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TIGS BOEKS.

The Manners v Habits and Peculiar

Characteristics of the South Atricftii Dutchman. Bos tor Hern Id. - , "Who sire the Boers?'! is a question that has been often asked of lafe, and many wonder a here the peculiar woid originated. The word ,kBoer, is the Dutch for fanner or dweller in the country, being the same as the German, "baueri" and the Anglo-Saxon "boor." The Boers are substantially the descendants of the Dutch immigrants who settled at the Cape of Good Hope under Jan Van Riebeek in 1653; They were joined by French Huguenots in 16wST and 1&39, but the latter was soon absorbed. The language of the Boers is the so-called Cape Dutch, the basis of which is the language of Holland, with the mixture of numerous English, -French, German and even some Malay &nd Hottentot, words This is the ruling idiom in the Transvaal and, the Orange republic, and of the rural population in the western part of the Cap a Colony, while in the Eastern part' and in K-ftraria and Port Natal there is mors English spoken than Dutch. Of the entire white pop

ulation or &outa iunea, wmen numbers from 380,000 to 400,000, only about 25 per cent, are of English stock, while 73 per cent, belong to the Jjow Germau race, and about per eeui. of other nationalities. The name Boer was first applied to the Dutch colonists by the English on recount of their agricultural proelivinies, and was adopted by themselves. On account of the scarcity of water on the South African table-land, the country would support only a thin population, and, in consequence, the colonies were obliged to settle at great distances from eiuh other, making impossible a system of popular education. The children of the Boers almost universally .grow up in ignorance. . Besidqs this drawback, at intervals there come dry years which oblige the farmer to desert his home and seek water and grazing lands for ins cattle somewheie, and from this comes a characteristic tendency to a wandering life. Under these circumstances it is not surprising that the descendants of the intelligent Dutch settlers should, in consequence of their isolation and their want or education and intellectual excitement, be considerably , behind tne world iSheir icfras. A German writer, M. Aisberg, says that if an ancient Netherlander of one

or two ceninrie ago could rise from his grave and visit one of the lonely farms of the Transvaal or Orange Free State, he would have a wonderfully homelike feeling at sight of the picture presented, and if he did not notice i he uiflerence in vegetation and climate, he would imagine himself taken back to the Holland of his day. It almost seems as if the wheel of history had here stayed its course, for, while among the civilised nations of Europe new times have brought new customs, in theremote corner of the world a people existed which has retained unehaed the customs of iU Dutch forefathers of 200 years before. " There is one difference" between the Boers and their ancestors, however, w) ueli Alsberg does not mention ; the Hollander being the incarnation of neatness, while the South African Dutchman is said to be the reverse. Before the house, writes Alsberg, his silver-mounted pipe in month, stands the head of the family, the "baas" (boss), inspecting bis herds, or busied with some carpentry, or other chores. "Within tne so-ealled "voorhuiz," or front room, serves as reception, eating and dwelling-room. The chief ornament of the apartment is the great Bible, with heavy metallic clasps, lying on . the ride table. Here sits the comfortable housewife, with her feet on thestoo'je' a hollow footstool filled with glowing coais. Bound about in the scan t ily-lurnished room are grouped the numerous children , from the grown-ap son, who is his father's chief help in his farm-work, to the youngest onVpring, all generally showing their race in their flaxen hair and blue eyes. To be sure, the visitor does not immediately have the chance to make these observations, for he must first undergo, before he can enjoy the hospi tality of the Boar, a little cross-questioning, such as "What is your name?'' Waere are you irom ?"

wnatis your easiness c" "Are you

to use salt in her time, may

provide ror tnis wnen arranging distance for the pin. A day or

afterward the couple arc married, so

mat tnere is nothing o! the"nonsense"

and; occasional heartbreak of long en

gagements, it is thus "freviug" is

carried oamong the Boers;of -the

Marriages are usually early, aud are fruitful in the rule. From ten to twenty children is the average, and fifteen or eighteen are not at all. rare. The ease of one Venerable Boer is mentioned whose descendants, including sons and daughters-in-laws, grandchildren, and : great-grandchildren, amount to 280. ' Out of this rapid increase in population grew the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Repu blic. Land bein g very dear in the Cape Colony, and scarcely affording pasturage for the cattie there owned, it has become the cust mi for the Dutch farmer to send one or more of his sons to those regions where real estate can be bought comparatively cheap. To purchase land is the great passion of the Boer. Farms

of 6,000 to 8,000 acres are the rule, and

there are some farmers the area of

whose lands is equal to that of. a little German piincipalitv. Next to the land

the cattle constitute the chief wealth of

the Boers great long-horned, neat

herds, together with merino sheep and

Angora goats. The first business of the farmer's day is the inspection of the "kraale," or corrals, large inclosures of thorn hedges, or with the wealthy Boers, stone walls, where the cattle are kept over night, there being no cattle-3heas in South Africa. . TheMar ky who watches cattle during the day is a striking-looking figure, diessed in a sheep or firoat-skiu, and a worn-out English, French or German military uniform, these uniforms being sent to

South Africa by the hundred by the old

ciotnes dealers, uwmg to toe sngm

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rainfall, only such farms are fit for agriculture as are situated near the rivers and convenient for irrigation. The farmer is also plagued by locust-swarms and hail and rustin his grain." 35ut the productiveness of the country is increasing, and in the last fifteen years the exports have nearly tripled in value. The raising of ostriches for their feathers has become a considerable iu dustry. The so called "nachtmaals!' form a characteristic feature of Boer life. The principal religion is the Dutch Beformed Church. Every three mon ths a s pecial Sunday is set apart for the eom-

prpbably tribe of Ethiopians that feed on locusts

the "which came irorn soutnern ana un-

two known districts.-7 lavintrstone states

that this is still ih6 case with many

African tribes. In Morocco, wuere locusts do damage every year, they are used for food whenever their increase

seriously diminishes the crops. The insets are roasted and offered for sale

in the market inTamriers and iu other

cities. The locust is also used for food

in Southern Russia. Many A men can

tribes of Indians, as is well, known,

make use of locusts as food. As to the

method of cooking, the Romans .. are said to have roasted them to a bright solden vello. .Locusts of the Old

World are mostlv laree.luid can be-

easily prepared oy first detaching their legs and wing, and then by roasting, boiling, broiling, frying or stewing. In Bussia they are salted and smoked. In Morocco they are salted oy the Hebrews, but are ordinarily boiled and

then fried. . The Hebrew population use the salted locusts as part of the

composition of a dish which contains

almost; everything eatable, is put into

the oven on Friday night, and taKen

out on the Jewish Sabbath, so that a hot meal is provided without lighting a fire on the latter day. A variety of other rnetjhods of cookiug were instanced by Prof. Riley. He had long desired to test the value of some of these methods, and took the opportunitv afforded by the recent raids of locusts at the West. He fonnd the flavor of the cooked insect prepared in

almost ally of the methods described quite agreeable. Fried or roasted in nothing but their own oil they had a pleasant I nutty flavor, peculiar, but agrees bl(?. He boiled them and stewed them, arid found them admirable. ... At a hotel he endeavored in vain to obtain assistance in the kitchen. The cooks and servants retired in disgust. The naturalists "were obliged to do their own cocking, but the savoiy messes they concocted converted the kitchen,

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married?", and the like, for the Boer's welcome to guests is abused by stragglers now and then. After these have been answered to the satisfaction of the Boer, the visitor is invited to enter, and then comes a 'hand-shaking with the entire family, for which gloves or mittens nusc be removed, it being a breach of etiquette to offer a covered hand. The cup of coffee offered by the "oude vrouw," or housewife, is then accepted with thanks, it having the same significance . in the Boers household as the pipe- of peace among the Indians. After this the visitor is regarded as belonging to the family. The Boers are a remarkably robust race of men; Thejr are frequently six feet high or more.a3id are broad-shoul-

dered and muscular. It is probably

nxm their ancestors that they inherit a certain stiff7 formality, and, at the same time, a ib lematie disposi tiaiu The men are characterized . by a selfpossession which elsewhere is generally only attained by careful training and intercourse with the world. Feminine graces are rare among the women and girls, but they are loving wives and mothers, devoted in their care of the sick, and there has often been mani

fested a heroic side to their character. During the Kaffir wars it has frequently been the jase that, while the men were away, a farm-house has been surprised by the natives, and defended by the women auci half-grown boys for hours at a time, with splendid valor. v Anthony Troll ope,, in his work on south Africa, given an aeeoun fe of the curious customs ftf courtship prevailing among the Boera. The young Boer, says BIr. Trollope. who thinks that he wants a wife,, and has made up his mind to look for one, begins by riding rouud the country to find the article that will tuit him. On this occasion he does not trouble himself with the hard work of courtship,but merely sees what there is within thecirele to wh eh he extends his inspection. He will have dressed himself with more than ordinary care, so tfcat any impression which he may make may be favorable, and it- is probable that the young ladl es in the district know what he is about. But, when he has made his choice, then be puts on his very best, and cleans his saddle or borrows a new one, and sticks a feather in his cap, and goes forth determined to carry his purpose. He takes with him a bottle ol sugar-plums ah article in great iavor among the Boers and to be purchased at every store, with which to soften the heart of the mother and a candle . Everything depends upon the candle. It should be of "wax, or some wax-like composition; but tallow will suffice if the proposed bride be nog of very high standing. Arriving at the door, he enters. ard his purpose is known at once. The clean trousers and the feather declare it; and the sugar-plums which are immediately brought forth and al ways consumed leave n ot a shadow of do ubfc. Then the candle is at once offered to the young lady. Ifsh refuses if, which my inforraant seemed to think was unusual, then the swain goe3 on without remonstrating and offers it to the next lady up'n H Ust. If she takesit, the candie is hghted, and the mother retires sticking a pin. into the cmdle as an intimation that the young couple may remain together explaining their feelings to each other, unHlthe flame shall have come doutt to the pin. Frejm salt, I was assured, is often employed to make the flame-weak.aitid so

prolong the happy hour. Bufe the

munion or tne bora's supper, urom great distances the Boers stream into the "Dor n, 17 or chief palace of the refrion. lor the celebration of the festi val.

The "eartthe prmcinal vehicle cf the country, a sort" of box hung between two high wheels not being large enough for the numerous family, the great ox-wagon is drawn into requisition, drawn by a large number of draught animals; the wife and daughters and younger children occupy the interior, while the Hottentot and Kaffir servants sit like lackeys on the back seat. The "baas" fakes his place on the driver's seat, armed with the mighty whip, with its thirty or forty feet length of iash, while the grown-up sons ride along on horseback, the great team being led by a negro carrying a line. The day is also an occ:jsion for political and social gathering, and the youn&men use it as a favorable opportunity to look around among the daughters of the 1 and for suitable be t-,

ter-halves. The farmer generally con

trives to reach the place on the ounday

: before, when he visits the shops anq makes his purchases for the next thre raonths, also securing a market for his own products. The church being usually too small to accommodate the great mass of worshipners,a large number of them are usually seen waiting their turn to enter and receive the sacrament. Around the church are hundreds of oxen wagonSjStanding in lohg rows, making a highly picturesque itnpression, especially at evening, wlen the white coverings reflect the glow of the camp-fires, and the music of sol-

I emn hymns resounds in the air. J T m . ;i. il '" ? (

xne xsoers are auriuiiy rcagipua. Light reading and even n ewspapers are seldom seen on the farms. Th Bible is read more than anything .else, and the people are fond of comparing themselves with Israel in the desert. So grave are the Boers that some of them have been known, while ip the fulness of their manhood, to make their own coffins and keep them in their houses as a constan t reminder of their mortality. There is a sect among them called the "doppers," resembling the Methodists in their religious principles and the Quakers in their garb. The Puritanism of the Boers is hot the cloak of hypocrisy, but is the result of their isolation upon their lonely farms, and the influence of the solemn aspect of the surrounding nature upon the plains. .

Health Notes. ' Dr. George H. Napheys, a!n eminent physician, says: UA partictular kind of exercise is to be recommended for those whose chests are narrow, and who? shoulders stoop, and who have a hereditary predisposition to consumption.

If it is systematically practiced along.

with other means of health, we would guarantee any nhild no matter how many relatives have died of the disease again st its i nyasion . It is volun tary inspiration. Nothing is more simple. Let her stand erect throw her shoulders back, and the hands behind ; then let her inhale pure air to the iull capacity of her lungs, and retain it a few seconds by an increased effort; then it may be slowly exhaled. Alter one or two natural inspirations, let her repeat the act and so on for ten or fifteen seconds, twice daily. Net only is this simple procedure a safeguard against

consumption, but, in the opinion of

some learned physieians, it can cure it when it has already -commenced. A correspondent of an .English medical journal furnishes the following recipe as a new cure for consumrtion : Put a dozen lemons in cold water and boil until softf( not too soft), roll and squeeze until all the juice is extracted , sweeten the juice enough to be palatable then drink, tlse as many as a dozen a day.

Should they cause pain or looseness of

the bowels lessen the Quantity and use

five or six a day until better. By the

time you have used nve or six - dozen you will begin to ,gain strength and

nave an appeate. ur course as vou

jsret better you need not use so many

Follow these directions and we know you will never regret it if there is any help for you. Only keep it up faith

fully. W e know of two cases, where

both of the patients were given up by the physicians, and were in the last

srages or consumpaon, yet notn were

cured by using lemons, accordinc to

the directions we have stated. One

lady in particular was bedridden and

very low; baa procured everything

that money could procure, but all m

vain , when , to please a friend , she was

finally persuaded to use lemons. She

began to use them in February, and in

april she weighed 43 , pounds. She is a well woman to-day, and likely to live as long as any of us.

; -: Locusts as Pood. Prof. Charles V. Riley, State Etomolbgist of Jrlissouri, has been the target or many newspaper shots since he announced his belief in the excellence of locusts as an article of diet, boiled, roasted, fricassed and fried. Excepting locusts, most insects used for iiuman food have been procurable only in small quantities, and as a matter of curiosity or epicurean taste. Loeuats have, however, been an article of substantial food for man from immemorial antiquity. A mong the Ninevah eculptures in the British Museum are representations of men carrying different kinds of meattoa festival; some of the men bring sticks to which locusts are tied. These i usee t are accounted among "clean meats" in Levitieus,and

I are elsewhere in the Bible Hnnkn nf na

mot her f who has,perhaps,b!ad occasion food for man . Herodotus mentions a

the excellence of the soups, fricasses and fritter which were materially composed of locusts. Prof. Riley describes a variety of instances in which the cooked locusts were eaten by nis friends, with scarcely a dissenting opinion in their favor. ...,... A Badly-Used Nose. When the Society Francaise V Amiti Ball- was at its height on Tuesday evening last, says The New York Star, a coupicous tgure on the flVor was a very small man, not over four feet tall, with a single eyeglasscrewed onto his left eye, and with the end of his nose pointing toward a shock of curly red hair, parted iu tho middle. He was dressed from sandals to shoulders like a Roman senator. As his togs flew

gracefully out at rieht angles to his fign re, he dan eed the"' ' racquet' 1 with a muscular sixfooter, dressed with the exception of his feet, like a school-girl qf tensummers. "Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come!" howled the little man ts the music ceased. "Revenge yourselves alone on Oassi us for Cassiusis aweary of the world. Heated by M "Oh, let up," growled a man with a preposterous nose and a diamond stud 'of several inches aperture, bringing his hand down with a bang on the Roman senator's head. "See here sir, don't you hurt me, sir; I'm little, sir, but I'm game sir." "Ho ! Look at the little toddlei J Come, stand aside here," said Nose, and and he gave the Roaman senator contemptuous push. The Roman senator thereupon fell upon the Nose and thumped it with a vigor that would have delighted a real Roman could he have seen the little man take care of himself and his country's glory. A middle-aged man in the center

L of tho floor shouted some quick word of

command to the leader of theorchestra ; a waltz came roiling down from the music stand ; m an instant the floor was occupied by dancers, and the unfortunate Nose was bounced upon by a devil and a shepard, who afterward proved to be two special policemen in disguise, and was unceremoniously ejected from the building, leaving tho Roman senator feeling so triumphant

that he executed a most unsen atonal

double shakedown, and glided oft with

a pretty pink domino.

Tradepn the United Kingdom. The English Board of Trade returns

for December, 1880, which give3 the results of the commerce of the United Kingdom, are of singular interest. In

spite of the worst harvest ever Known, the revival of trade becomes quite evi

dent. The revival in iLnghsh trade having, apparently, commenced in the fall of 1S79, the four last months of

1880 show the great activity, proving not only the continuation of trade, but that it was being carried on in a constantly-increasing ratio. Considering first the exports, there was great increase in iron and steel. Absolute and

relative increase is also found in machinery, mill-work, hardware, woolen and worsted goods, and in linen and

jute. We were the largest customers

in iron aud steel. The increase in the demand for cotton goods arose from the requirements of the India market. As to the imports, they slackened in December, showing that there was, perhaps, a fairly large stock of material on hand. In the classification of the many substances England, wants for consumption and manufacture, in raw material the increase was 22 per cen fc. ; in food, 1GJ per cent. ; and in tea, coffee, sugar, wine and tobacco, 0 J per cent. The very large increase in raw material, when compared with other products, shows "the mannfacturerswere encouraged to lay in exceptionally large stocks." Specifying the various commodities, 6,500,000 nirjre was spent in cotton and 57,500,000 in timber. In certain food substances, such as wheat, eggs, fish and pork, there has been a falling off, but the increase in the importation of living animals, bucter, cheese and Indian corn and meal has more than made up the deficiency. Passing the Hat Among Lynchers. Bangor, Me., WbJg. When Hunt, the Los Anereles mur

derer, was caught, a short time ago, a mob gathered at the city Prison, and cries of "lynch the scoundrel" were heard on ail sides. Sheriff Rowland hastily called 200 leading citizens to his aid. Several orators harangued the multitude, but it was implacable. The rioters surged against the prison, and it was understood that, the deed would oe done at 12, midnight, sharp. Just before midnight, Colonel Frank Godfrey, lormerly of this city, climbed to a point of which he could obtain a view of the crowd, and made the following speech: "Fellow-citizens: I see before me a large number of men who would like to see the murderer, Hunt, hanged. Now, I propose, as a preliminary to this act of retribution.

that we take a collection for the widow and orphans of the murdered Olfieer Gills. I will lead off this with $5, and here is my friend, Joe Manning, who will cheerfully go through the crowd and gather up the contribution a." The surging mass began to dissolve and scatter, and in a veiy brief time hardly more thaii a corporal's guard remained. How much money Joe Manning collected has not been made known.

in buying a copy they proc ed upon the same grounds ns in the purchase of

a oar or soaothev wonki rather havA

one that comes from the city, because it must necessarily be so much better in every sense than a home production. The same men woul 1 laugh at you if you should refuse to patronize the cross road mill, because you be?lieved you had rather tret vour flour

from the city. The country newspa

per is one of the most important; attributes of every town in the United States. When a colony settle anywhere with the intention of building a village, the first thought is a newspaper. The press is thus the very vanguard ol civilization. It is the useful agent in every place progress and growth. There is not another single power than can do so much

good in the way of building up a town or countv as a local newspaper. It is

not altogether important how it is edited, whether with ability or not so

that it be conducted with an industry

and enterprise side bv side .with the

town if it can afford to keep a few

years in advance it is all the better.

A country newspaper that has little

else. than advertisements would bo an

immense help to anv place, for a over-

iwwuouis uoiismuie a more rename index to the character, size,' business

and general con dition to the tow u .

To the stranger who may have looked

in a prospective way upon a place, the advertisements are "the invaluable

jart of the papers that have been sent. Without a newspaper, with its local

news aud busiuess. what would the

average American city or village be? It would surely ba unknown to its neighbors. Tne country weeklies ought to bo the host supported newspapers of the whole land, for they contain, news and gossip thai, cannot be fonnd in any of the city dailies. The :farmer can learn from his local paper if he prefers to take it instead of some distant city publicationhow much is his neighbor's sixty acre farm sold for, how the schools are prospering, what improvements are in progress through the section in winch he lives. He can get none of this in the city paper, and he cannot be a thoroughly useful citizen without such items of light information. It is not always the best town that supports the best newspapers, but it is strictly a fact that no place ever gets the credit of being thrifty or enterprising until it can send out a first-class paper, and that nlws.ys depent Is more upon the people than the

editor.

MATT. CARPENTER.

DuOayle's Romantic Life. N. Y. Tribune. Jean Baptiste Charles Alphonso Cayron du Cayle, a eon of the Count Cayran du Cayle, for many years the Governor of the Hotel des Invalided, Paris, died on Sunday at his residence, 206f Fifth avenue. He was the youngest and last survivor of nine sons, ail of whom were killed or wounded in the service of France. His life was a romance. Its prominent, incidents are thus narrated by his widow : He was born" at Paris, October IS, 1828. At five years of age he was placed in the military school for ofiV eer's sons at La Fleehe, near Lamont. Many men now prominent in Francewere his fellow-students. At the age of eighteeu he joined a hussar regiment, and. remained in it two aears. In 1S48, after leaving a ball, he wem; with a number ef companions to a revoiutionery club. The "Marseillaise" was sung, and the whole party w&s arrested. Du Cayle was tried for treason, but family influence saved him. H?. was then transferred to Africa, and made a Lieutenant in a regiment of Spahis. . He was in several campaigns under Generals Negrier and St . Amaucl. Four brothers were in Africa with him. The other four were already dead. At the Outbreak of the Crimean ws.r ho was ordered with his .regiment to Russia. He was at the charge of In -kermaun and also at Balaklava, and was badly wounded at the battle of Alma. From this wound he was always slightly lame. He was brevetted Captain for gallantly, and held t'ae. the po sition of ensign beaier to General, now Marshal, McMab on. His future seemed bright, when an unfortunate affair ruined alt his prospects. There was much political reeling among the officers of the French army, and tho Orleanists and Imperialists were bitterly opposed to each other. This resulted in a series of t.even duels, all on one day, and between champions of the rival factions. Four men were killed outright in these duels. DuCayle was an Liioanist and fought Rene de Marnesea,wbo was said to pe the bastard son ot Napoleon 111; Maruesea Was killed and then began DuCayle's troubles. His promotion was stopped, men were passed over hi 3 head, and finally he was forced to resign. Ha returned to Paris, and as he had a fine basso voice he studied -music at the Conservatory for three years and became a pensionaire of the opera, He was basso in the original performance of "The; Bohemian Girl," at Rouen. He then went traveling intue East Indies with an opera company, was a'fray five years and accumulated, a fortune, which he sent on to France.. On his return he lauded at Marseilles, and learned that, he had lout all but 5T,Oj3u francs by tho failure of a his banking

house. With this mouey he went to Buunos Ayres and started a theatre. It failed, and he went to New Orleaus, where he passed many unhappy years. Me returned to France In 1869, and same back to this Country nt 1870. He was best known in this city as a basso. He sang with the Hesu and Kellogg troupe and in many other companies. He was in the choir of the Church of St. Vincent du Paul, Twenty-Third street, near Sixth avenue.

The Country Press. Vevay Koveille. There are few people who do the country, paper full justice. Most everybody is inclined to look away over the shoulders of the country editors to some paper printing more reading matter, and then make comparisons. Th ore are people who actually believe it is impossible to find a peraoii with common sense, with industry, or with brains, in the office of a country newspaper; a newspaper can have no charms foi them unless it can be mystified under a strange personality, aild

Mrs. Garfielcl. Many omens . point to a aenslbie

practical, yet brilliant administration at the w hi te house. Mrs , Garli el d at the time of her visit here,says a Washington letter, did not contemplate, the exclusion of wine from state dinners, and she is not a woman liable to a

cnange or purpose. vYnatever course she may assent to, it will be her husband's policy, not an . insistence of her own, and she whl be conscientious in its observance. . Foreseing that many excellent total- absti nencr lad ies m ay be disappointed, it is welt to delermiue in advance to judge the new mis tress of the white house Willi broad and catholic justice. There is something touching in the quiet j$ravity with which she accepts her coining responsibilities. No sign of elation is visible in face or manner. It is a plain face, not radiant with joyous vitality, like Mrs. HayeHbut it is a face that betok

ens to a careful observer a deeper ex perience of life. She has won upe n t he many here by her modest but firm declination to have her photographs exhibited for sale. If she? will atifcere to this she will be accredited with a delicacy and sensitiveness that are a strong attraction in a woman vhose relation to the nation, has certain .official character reflected from her husband'a high calling and election. She is one of whom it is not lulsoin to say: "In that stillness which most becomes a woman,calm and holv,lhou sittest by the fireside of the heart feeding its flame." Hot a Cannibal Captain. In Mill bridge, Me., at the house of Captain Means, there is a little girl nine years old, who comes from one of the Cannibal islands of the Politic. An American vessel called there for water, and the natives brought tho child to sell to tbo Gaptain for h 'sdiauer, offering to prepare her properly. The Capbought her, but said he would piefer to kill his own meat, and no brought her home, i-ihe still believes she will be killed and eaten, and .when strangers visit tho house she cliugri toMrs.Mftavi.

j ajrwj begs not; to be taken away, .

Anecdotes of the Dead Senator As

a Stndent As a Lawyer. N bw York Tim es.

The Hon. W. S. Gaiter, ot this city,

kaew benator Carpenter intimately. He first met him in Milwaukee hi 1859,

aud followed his career closely there

after. Mr. carter recalls many interesting ineideuts in the dead Senator's life, notably his connection, in his

early years, with tin great Rufus

Choate. One day, walkiner ti?.rou:h

Court Square, iu Boston, he saw a sign with the words: "R. Choate, Atcorney

at Law," upon it. Ascpiuling the

stairs he entered the ofhee aud inquired if Mr. Choate was in, and was in

formed that he was not. He thru inquired when he would be in. whereupon the clerks wanted to know what lis business with Mr. Choate was.

They did not find out, aud he dually 1 earned that the great advocate would

be in about 3 :30 that afternoon. At that hour he called again, and after considerable delay was shown to Mr. Cluute's room. The latter lay upon a sofa, wearied with a day's hard work in an iniportaut trial; but, taking the young stranger by the hand, he kindly asked him vvhat he could do for him. oung Carpenter then told him who he was, where he had come from, and that he wanted to enter his office as a student. Mr. Choate called to an assistant in an niter room to know if there was any place for a new student there, and was informed that there was none. He then said he would have to take the youug man into his private offlc 2. A small desk was accordingly procured, and the next morning found the young student seated in the private office of Mr. Choate. Before leaving for court, Mr. Choate gave young Carpenter a letter to answer from a country attorney asking the latter's opinion upon a question of law. The young student worked diligently all day, embodying

the result oi his work in a handsomely

written letter to tne correspondent. Mr. Choate, upon his return, looked it

over carefully and said: "I guess I can put It. Choate to the end of that and tell that fellow to send me a hundred dollars." Whereupon that wonderful scrawl that pasKecl for tho signature of It. Choate was affixed to the opinion, which was enclosed to the lawyer with an accompanying note written by young Carpeuter asking for

tne nunarea aoijars, wnicu was promptly sent. He continued with Mr, Choate until his admission to the bar, over a year later. A great intimacy sprang up between them, which was continued until Mr. Choate's death. He was once with Mr. Choate, indulging in the luxury of a little wine at the hitter's house, when the sound of footsteps was heard. "Merritt, get that decanter aud those glasses out of the way. quick ; that step hath a Congressional sound," said Choate. The decanter and glasses were hardly out of s;ght when, with a nip at the door, in walked the Rev. Dr. Nehemiah Adams, Mr. Choate's pastor. The future Senator obtained: many of his ideas regarding books, it. is said, from Mr. Choate. Pus advice to the students of a law school he was o uee addressing, to buy all the books they could, on credit as well as for cash, it is iiaid, was but a repetition of Choate's advice to him when he left his office preparatory to going West. The books he bought for cash at that time doubtless were very few; those he bought on credit, with Mr. Choate's guarantee, are said to have been very loauy. Little, Brown & Co.. is is believed, have never told ju3t what the facts- are. Immediately after bin admission to the bar he settled in Beloit, Wis. Mr. Carter first heard of him in 1856, when an emiuent member of the Connecticutbar, now living, returning from a visit there, remarked that he had seen in Beloit the most remarkable young lawyer he had ever seeu jthat his name was Mat Carpenter, aud that he was a "perfectly immense" man, Soon after he settled in Beloit he was nominated for district attorney of Rock county, and on account of the number of defective ballots cast for him, his opponent was declared elected. Carpenter contested the matter before the Supreme Court, which decided in his favor. His argument in his own behalf was so brilliant and able that one of the lawyers remarked that "it was worthy of Sir Mathew Hale." The other lawyers present caught up tho name and declared that the young lawyer sL ould never again have a name over which thdrQ could be any dispute whatever, and that henceforth they should call him Matthew Kale. And this was how it came to pass that Merritt Carpenter, of Vermout,became Matthew H. Carpenter, of Wisconsin. In 1858 Ve removed io Milwaukee, and at onfie entered upon a large and lucrative practice. In the heavy railroad litigation, particular y, which grew out of the reorganisation of most of the Wisconsin railroads, he bore a leading part. H is arguraen ts in these cases before the Supreme Court of the United States attracted great attention frrmi thft nnnrt as well as from t he

raernbers of the bah o grhat, inaeed, j bad his reputation become that when

the famous McAi (I le case was OGming on for argument before that tribunal, Secretary Stanton engaged Mr. Carpeuter to make the principal argument for tho government. His argument in that case, it may be safely said, will rank with the greatest efforts ever made before that or any other judicial tribunal. After the completion of his brief he submitted it to Secretary Stanton, who cordially approved it, but added that William M. Meredith of Philadelphia, was the king of American lawyers, and that before tho argumen t was made he de32red to have his judgment as to its soundness. Provided with a note of introduction from the

Secretary and a thoUsand-doilar retainer, Mr. Carpenter went to Philadelphia and submitted his argument , to Mr. Meredith. A whole day was spent at

but one possible authority that could be urged in support of his claim, and that was from tho scriptures, which said that "from him who hath not shah be taken away even that which he hath," but ho bad added t hat never, to his knowledge had that principle been applied to the rolliug-stoek upon a railroad company. A well Known Wisconsin lawyer, against whom he was trying a "base, persisted in asking his witnesses leading questions. Carpenter completely discomfited him, however, not by formal objection, but by dryly suggesting whether it would not coi tribute to the orderly administration of justice if his friend would at least filter the evidence

through the witness. When the late Justice Nelson was presiding in the Supreme Court of the United .'States, the winter that Chief.

Justice Chase was off the bench, he was

iu wie nuuit or inquiring, wnen a law

yer was .; piesented for admission.

"whether the annlicant qualified under

the rule?" Carpenter at this time introduced Mr. Sleep, a friend from Chi-

cago, and, without waiting for the Acting Chief-Justice's usual question, remarked: "And I nmv add. vour'

honor, that my brother Sieener is not

only qualified under the rule, but far

beyond the rule."

GARFIELD'S CABINET.

Made-

How a Cyclone Looks.

Philadelphia Press.

The recent terrible cyclone iu

conpin county, Illinois;., is thus

scribed by Engineer Cutter, of the Chi

cago and Alton express train, . which

was running at full speed, and mer, the

empest at Carhnsvule. Mr. Cutter

saw ovlt on the prairie what, he sup

posed to be a straw or bay stack on lire.

As he approached it he saw that it moved rapidly toward the track, and then realized that it was a cvclone of

he most appalling character. It was

a dark funnel-shaped cloud, reaching

rrom the ground high in the air, where

it disappeared into the clouds. It was

DJacK and dangerous-lookine, and

whirled writh terrible velocity. Its

voice, neara even in the distance above

the rumble and roar of the train, was

rrnrnuui m tne extreme. The cyclone

seem id to travel at tho rate of twentv

miles an hour, and was so fast ap

proaching that the moving train must

in a moment inevitably strike it. Mr. Cutter describes the sight as the most horrible he ever saw. The ah was

urid and dark and hot, as if coming

rom an oven. Jkvery thine: in the path

way or tne storm was demolished and

crushed and annihilated. Barns,feiiees, shed3, telegraph-poles and everything at all fragile was swept up. Mr Cutter and his fireman crouched down in the tender, and for a moment feared that the whole train would be overturned. The cars were only held on the track by their safety-chains. Tne passeugers, who first wondered at the 'stop, with blanched cheeks and terrified countenances viewed the terrible monster of the air in its work.

The Area of Texas. Exchange. , Texas, with au area of more than 719 000 square niiles,has a trreat variety of soils, but until recently but little has been known of the country between the Brazos said Rio Grande and north of the thirty-first parallel of latitude. Formerly it embraced the hunting grounds of the Apaches and Comanches. The wild horse, the butfalo, antelope, bear, deei and turkey, feasted and fattened upon the rich grasses, aud were found in large numbers. When the Fort Yuma Stage Dine was started, and forts were located and occupied, adventurous stockmen established ranches. The superiority of this vast area was nonnested as a grass producing and cattle-grazing district. The grasses were vastly better and the water more a bur dan t and

-lastinjvthan in most of the other parts

of the Static When, m lift 8, it became know n that the Pacific Railroad Company were ananging to push their road" to a speedy completion, enter prising Grangers began their encroachments upon tho stock ranches. They found the land most sightly to the eye. The wheat, corn, cotton, outs, rye, barley, millet aud vegetables yielded far better crofits than they bad' anticipated, and in 1879, when drought had caused the great grain and cotton fields oi South and Ceitiral Texas to wither and dwindle sway, they, with poor tillage, raised fair crops, the rain fell in season, the" grass grew, and the country that had been deemed worthless as arable land .soon became known as the nest in the State. This knowledge has extended, the section is rapidly filling up. and this year's crop far exceeds that of 1879.

tho hitter's residence in a verry thorough examination of it At the conclusion Mr, Meredi th wrote . Secretarv Stanton in these words: 4i have carisfully examined the .argument : of Mr; Carpenter in the matter of McArdie. To it I cannot add a word; from it I would not subtract one." It has been claimed in .some quarters that much of this argument was Beverdy Johnson's -and not Carpenter's.. In the Senator's safe, at Milwaukee, there will be found a letter from Mr. Johnson which sett that question forever at rest. Some years ago, as Milwaukee, Senator Carpenter became very inuCh attached to an exceed inclv erratic Epis-

nnnal clerrrvman bv the Kiame of Rich-

mend. The lailer owned a Jarm near

Poughkeepsie, wince was worked by a man named Lewis. Richmond was one day out in the Held directing Lewis what to do. in his characteristic way,

when the latter struck him witirarake

and killed him. Carneuter was deeply

grieved at the loss of his friend, and at

nnfifl wrniR thi ihfctrict attorney oi

Dutchess countv. oiferine: to asaisfc in

tho nrnRpniitinn nf the murderer. The

offer was not accented. The trial was

had. and a divided fury was tho result.

Before the next trial the district attor

ney, wrote Carpenter, saying that on

the second trial ho would bo glad to have the benefit of his assistance with

out fee or reward. Carpenter went to Pouphkeepsie, took hold of the case for the State, the trial resulting in a ver-

diot of murder in the first decree. The

counsel for the prisoner used every eiw deavu$ to prejudice Carpeuter with the jury for .volunteer! ig to assist in the

nittrag of a fellow-man r.o ueatn. uar

enter s argument in lepsyis saiu .to

have been one of the most eloquent

e ver heard In the Estate. His wit was of the finest. Iu a brief In one of the La Crosse railroad cases in Uie Supreme Court of the United

(adversary by saying fchat lie knew oi'

- PITH AJSBFOIjNT. Better trust to luck than to promises. Small dishes are decorated so handsomely now that pickles look unhappy in theui. . . : - It is. a fixed fact that there 3s a great future for everybody who can live long enough to see it. Between the man who knows too much and one who. does not know enough, the happy medium is best. Why is the money you are in the habit of giving to the poor like a newly born babe? Becauso it is precious

little. .

When a woman leaves a man who

has not earned his salt for years, he

immediately advertises that he will

pay n o debts of ner contracting.

An exchange ?jays Mr. storey is one

of the handsomest men in ine yest. We don't know how that may be, but he is eertainlv oue of the wickedest.

rhe habits of Am encan girls marry

ing Italian Counts has slackened up a

little Of late. A life of following around a hang-organ and passing the

tambourine for pennies is not as attractive f;S formerly. . -

A Galveston man, J. l-iarney ;oy J.i. - . c

name, WHO IS m ine imcnor ut iuv

State, received a letter from his wire the other day It read: "Dear hus

band, I have been very anxious about

vrair nprsonal satetf ever since I read

J " X' - ' .

oi that cattle train being wrecked."

-a-l-v-

A Baby's Wake in Chili. . When a young child or infant dies

the oaby, after being cieanseo, is ar

rayed in the finest garments, and placed upon an altar in the best room in

tne nouse; a pair or yiu& ivy uwwuuu

to it, and a crown upon irs neau,

above in hutig a dove, and tne enure

surroundings adorned with isowers and ribbous. A guitarist is provided.

wao, rrom ms sear iu nuni,uuauw

sinji-s airs, generally oi a lauuaiur; nu lamenting nature, for the loss or the niiild! hutiia the unoncha," or drink

begins to make itseit lett upon rue

frieadswho nave gaiuereu iuuuu, ij ihvn hpftnittea "a ticene of mirth and

gelito" (or little angel). This generally ..fs.iifa rn AAvmi ddvs. until the

Brief Sketches of the laves-and Services of the Appointees, Hon. James G. Blaine, the., geat statesman aud Republican leader of Maine, occupies the "position of honor"

in the new Cabinet, ay Secretary of

State. Kis fame is world-dde, and the facts of his public Career an) too well known to need repetition. . Mr. Blaino is now 51 years of age, and no one will question eithjer his statesmanship or his power as a bold and adroit politician. A successful poli

tician has the qualities jor successful piplomaey. .......... ,j . Hon. William Windoni, m Minnesota, the- Secretary of the Treasuryrthe most responsible nosition in tne

Go vern men t has served' many years in Congress with Messrs! Garfieirl and Blaine, and they know him thorought r. nil j . V7.

jy. air. vvmuom was a member of the House of Representatives' continuously from 1S60 to 1870, an i has, been in the Senate rrom 1870 until; the present time. He has been a prominent mem

ber of the wnf Committee on Appro

priations, and therefore I understands well the financial affairs of the Governnien t ; and heiias been one of the authors and builders of i our present general system of currency, and finance. It must be that President Gar d eld, with his long personal and oflicial acquaintance with Mr., Wind om , h as great reason to I have con fldence in his financial judgment, else he would not have called: him to a position of such delicate trust and heavy responsibility. ; Mr. lWindom is a native of Ohio, is 55 years of age, and is one of the sol id est and bent appearing men in Washington. He is a:Iawyer, and has been a citizen of Winom, Minn., for twenty-six years! Mr. Robert T. Lincoln, of illinofe, the Secretaiw of WTar, is thi? only survivor of the children of the venerated ex-President Abraham Lincoln. ; He is a native of Springfield, 111., a graduate of Harvard College, Massachusetts, and is in his 38th year. During the last years of the War of thejRebellion ho was a member of General Grant's military staff. He was admitted to the bar in 1867, and has been quietly but successfully engaged in his profession ever since, being .located An Chicago, and his law partner being Mry Ed ward S. Ishani, who was a college-mate of General Garfield. Mr. Lincoln, in

1868, married a daughter of Hon. James Harlan, of Iowa, formerly United States Senator and subsequently Secretary of the Interior. His only political achievement has been the active part he took two or three years

ago in breaking up tne corrupt ring

4j .s Mn-s&mi I l;t'

find any one to sign a peace with, as Pierela has refused to come to Liuiafor that purpose, and no pr-muneia-

which, under the name of a "Town Board," had for years been plundering the tax-payers of the South Town of Chicago.. As Town Supervisor he, with other members of the new reform board, cut off an immense steal, and plugged up tbe leak so completely that the old gang have never since had the least encotiragement to siek a return to their old official pastures. Mr. Lincoln was one of the Garfield and Arthur Electors at the November election, and ran ahead of his associates on the ticket. Mr. Lincoln is a gentleman of modest, retiring disposition, tine intellectual culture, and those who know him best say he possesses superior executive abilities. Those who think President Garfield has made a mistake, of judgment in selecting the son of our martyr-Presi-deut as a member of his Qabi&et, will, we are confident, soon have occasion to change their opiinion. Hon. William H, Hunt, the Secretary of the Navy, is a native of Louisiana, and was a prominent and- me cessful lawyerlh New Orleans and he was appointed a Judge of the United States Court of Claims at Washiugton a position he has held for several years, and now relinquishes in order to accept a place in the Cabinet. Mr, Hunt was a steadfast .Union man during the war, thus, incurring ostracism by friends and family. He was t vice elected on the. Republican. -ticket as Attorney General of Louisiana during the reconseruction period. He is forty.fi ve years of age, and is a gentleman of education and more than ordiuary ability. ,i - . Colonel Thomas I . James, the Postmaster General, has been ; postmaster at New Yo rk City for the j past eight eight years, and it is acknowledged; by all, political friends and jfoes alike, that that city haa never had his equal a a postmaster. He is a plan of energy, public spi. it and great executive ability. Colonel James i? native of Udca, N. Y.. and is now hi his 50th year. He started out iu life las a printer boy, and naturally d lifted! into jour, nalism, being the publisher and editor of the ' Madison County ! Journal at Hamilton, from 187 to 1862, when he was appointed an, Inspector of Customs at New York city, and remained in the Governments, revenue service until 1873. when General Grant appointed him Postmastar of New York. Colonel James is ha political supporter cf Senator Cbnkiiug, and it is safe to conclude that his appointment is satisfactory to the Senator ar.d his friends. Colonel Jame . is in favor oi the most advanced system of fast mails and prompt delivery! and under his administration we shall anticipate great improvements in dur general postal system. J . " Hon. Samuel J. IOrkwood, the Secretary of the Interior,, is famous as "Iowa'a War Govcnoi1." He has been three times lected gvenor of his State, aud twice to the United States Sanate. He is one of the nost popul ar public men in the Northwestan honeat straight-forward aian:a lawyer by profession, but inj hearty sympatnv with the masses; and is the special lavorite of the 3 argje element m Iowa's population, known as Dhe "Granger. ' His firm integrity and trreat sood sense will Wf him una

The Govern went toexceunt purpose

mento had taken place : at either Lima

or Callao. Commerce, is much hami pored by the circulation! of the inojui -and other paper money. A few meri , . chan kb met at the Rom and agril upon some measures, which. jhowevrr . have not improved matters. ' On the 18th the alcalde of Liaia at tbe request 1; of the Chilian authorities, "convoked a- ? meeting of prominent eitizerts to con- j sider the situation. They decid.nl that f Senor Pierola's authority was sutlicient ?. to establish a Government sit" any i ; place, and then, while accepting tho situation, they could not disown the -national Government. In consequen$e' i of this declaration, martial law hn been proclaimed over the territox 65- '

cupied by the Chilians. Two' thou- : sand eight hundred prisoners were taken by the Chilians and carried to the Island of San Lorenzo. Chdrrilloa

was burned to the ground. The . streets, the maleeon and the beach 'a were, up to the 22d, atrewn with dead', bodies, .supposed to exceed 6,000 d' number, ' ' ' The Chilian loss in the battle of the 13th w;s over 2,700. The battle, which

was vigorously sustained! by the corps- j under command of Colonel Iglesia lasted ten hours. The burning of ? Chorrillos was provoked by-the stubborn resistance of those who were driy- I en into the town and who fired on the j enemy from the streets, roofs and bal- j conies. In the battle of the 15th the 1 Chilians suffered most as they had one ' killed to every five wounded. ItH3 i estimated that the Chilian lo& at both bat ties may have reacheii from 8,000 to 10,000, and that of the Peruvians aoonfe 1 the same; for, although at the battle'of -the 13th there was fearful mortality ia; the Peruvian camp, in that on the 16th! the explosion of tue mines and auto- A

matic shells caused terrible navoc m the Chilian ranks,- La Actus Jidad is the name of a new paper started at Lima, edited by Senor Errazuiriz, proprietor of La Patria of Valparsiso. it. said that Bierola has with hint about

800 men. "

The battle of Miraflores was sudden

and unexpected. The Chiliair coni-

mauder having ordered a thorough t&-

connoisance, the JferuviF.n outposts

nrea on tne reconnoitermg parties, and a general engagement fcllowei. . An incident then took place whir it caused very serious complications. The diplomatic corps, having repaired to Miraflores to endeavor to mediate in a capitulation, were suddenly alarmed by the fire of the combatant!!, and barely escaped the Chilian . fire.g The French corvette Vennsj ax anchor in Miraflores, carried a rumolr to An-; con to the effect that the British Mbister artdAdmh-al had been killed. The Shannon's commander ordered, her Majesty's yesiels to get ready for action; they5 lowered topmasts -and proceeded to, Callao, intending an immediate attack on the Chilian fleet if the umorvas confirmed. 1?he commander of the Shannon ascertained, however, that the only ground for t!ae report was thac the British Ad miral , on account of his heavy build, had received an injury from a horse which had been ottered hi mat some distance from

Aima;

Idttle Jakie Jones. Botrolt Fre1" Trosi. V .

Old Mrs, Jones borrowed Mrs. Brown's recipe for making watermet -i cn-pickle the otlieir day, aad, being hard of hearing, ;is she couldn't: nee rery well , she go t her grandson Jakle A

to read it for. her. - Jasle ttok

paper like a dutiful child, . a.nd, ho tdlug it upside down, eommeuced: !&

4 'Take a green watermelon ' 1 1 14 Wh Vi Jakie, ain't you mistaken? I thought the melon must be ripe;' r . "Oh, what's the matter wid'. yew?

. .'"4out Airpr spa n, wjitrmelon that WUfiil't

-gnen?" . r -. . f Cut the watermeionf into: ur i halves" . , uBut there ain- t only two halves to any thing. I don't believe yodare i- reading that, Jakie." t I ' "Weii, I don't have tanyliow that's what the reseet says Then soak it iu a pint cup" r , . V 4Oh, dear me ! How in the wrld can you put a watermelon ia a $iut cup?" 1 . 41 Well, I ain't here to tell the whv ases and hcrwforjs. I'm just? reailin the facts and you can fill in the fllosqfee to suit your taste. After soakia' the melon put it in a skillet and firv jf fur five days." : . s "I wonier ife Mrs. Brown sent me such a recipe as that?" said chfr old lady; but Jakie kept on: "Then put tlae watermelon i i a: quart bowl and pour over it a gallon of vinegar, taking care not to spdl the: vinegar" 4lI'd just like to know how you can pour a gallon into a. quart towl without spilling any of it;" but Jakie

continued: : i

'Then sift a peck of ied pepper

through a milk stramerover the; mei- . on, and td one cup of butter ami .the whites and volks and shells of ihree eggs, and throw in the old hen that laid them,, and four sticks f cinnamon drops and two tablespoonsful of quinine and run it through a coffee-mill j aud let it stand till it fermented and,f then put it in a tin call and tie the can toadoif's tail this will stir it up to -the right consistency-r-and you will turn it off in crocks and have it ready for use. Serve it cold and spread it on mince pie and it makes capital des- ; serf," and Jakie slid out of the door and left the old: lady looking Jike

wrinKie on a monnmeui.

m i I

-a

in the Sfimportant ttepartmeui, um. is to be' intrusted to ibis rnaiuigeTliWrwM tl-irt t'p.

rvi oil

sion Bureau, the mono wnwuyj the Patent Office and thb Agricultural Bureau all very important interests are embraced in the Dep u tment '': the Interior. Under Goveru'br Kirkwocd's shrewd aud faithful gnaiinuship there will be no ''crookedness'' and "no nonsense" in that depailmentthat is very certain.. Governor Ivirkwood waibom in MarylAndl "brought up" in Ohio, and has been aicitlzen of Iowa City Iowa, for over a quarter of 9, centurv Ho is 67 years of tee. .

Hon. Wayne Maeveagiii, or j.-eun-

fteneral. Is tne

Cameron aad Senator Pon

.. ... . j i .

body gives forth anytntug out .picubuuc odors. This custom at the present day is more general amoug the lower classes, for, although it exists among the rich, there is nothing of the boisterous style about: if. A Man with Sighty-Seven Children. Feder Vassllef, a peasant of the Govmail i. A f Moaeow. was twice mar

ried. His first wife bore hhn, at twenty-seven aceouehments, children as follows: 16 times 2, 82 children; 7 times 3, 21 children; 4 times 4, .16 children. His second wife bore at

eight aceouehmoot 18 children; total, 87. Or: this number 73 were living in 1842. when the father was 75 years old. These facts are perfectly verified. The family of Vassllef are wed known, and it has been the object of Government

hivors. The President has nominated Banford . Hudson, of Wisconsin, to fee Associate Justice ot the Supremo Court of Dakoata, and Clark 13. Cavr, to bo Postmaster at Galesburg, 111.

sylvania, the Attorney son-in-law of Simon 4 urnthp.r-in-law of

' . . .. .. j j...

Cameron , but aiametntfa u v :. oppoaeu w their political methods-! They are he head of the "boss system" ot that State, but MaeVeagh Jis one of ine leaders of the an li-bans movement He was conspicuous at the Chicigo

National Convention 'last June as an fnvea: onnoneut of IGranc and the

fWiri hrm. tt isi 45 vears old. a native

of Chester, county, a gradate of

VniA AoUere and one of, the ablest law-

w.v ami orators o f that State. lie was

YkA nhflirman of the Jtepublicaii State

Ceatml Committee in the campaign of

1863-4, was United States Minuter to

Constantinople in jo-i, ..sum uuonr was one of the "visiting statesmen" appointed to investigate the Iionisia.ua. election controversy. I Ho is a brother of Mr. Franklin MacYeagh, who is, at tho head of one of Chicago's principal wholesale houses. . I

Emigration w tKe Ujoiitd Stati. London, March 9.A correspoodent ; of the Times at Berlin comments on; the great increase of emigration to the ; United States, and says whole villagev are deribed- by the local parsers as? emigrating from Posen, Prussia nrof

per, an bcmeswig. ne aiiiwwuemigration agents, however; hardly

set forth me aavantagea oi me vnriuua;

States, they represent, as xut y ro.

warned by the American liegauon-

that it would be unable to help tneox

if they should; get into trouoie wiut the authorities . j 2

Mr. Wrandel, an Ameneauv situ? en

of Hungarian extraction, wdj, tw

yearij ago, was loroiuneii iu w'wic i

Berlin on iiimigrauou,- u ju- wu equally unsuccessful on a second visit.

CieSltriieU tU UClDUWlCWn wuwiwhwj. . 3s- .:Ait,'Mi -.' It-

the tony oi impeuiuis wuigiMiuu. . y

appears, nowever, iui iw tuvu

against tne exonus oi yuug a what, ailated in South Germauy,

The German Government particularly

aims to divert. United States.

'"-i i

emigration ftoja?rtt&

A Dog Slliduig Down HiH . v HxHiesdale Pa., Febauary .A. shepherd dog ; on the farm of ,m Thomas HJdmat Seeley ville,thisepun has been creating a furpre m this neiirhborhood during the tenure past Winter. He has been seen repeatedly to drag a large piece of bark uo a stee hill back of the farmhouse, where tniekcrust had formed, then delibe;teiy seatf iiiniaelfoii it and slide to the bottom

of the hill. Many people hav . wftnes

ed this strange freafe ott he aog, ana after coasting: dbwn the hill several

times the dog wouia carry tne oaris sit?u

.85

the 2(ith of

TOie War. in South America.

Guayaquil Nacion. Advices from Lima on

.in una rv. savs that srtflt distress is ex

perienced there, eveu by the well-to-do Massif. Hundreds of birgai's fiwarm

the Street aud Generiul Baavedra, civil 'fttiH .oilirarxr head of Iths department,

rlint.Tibuted. 3.000 soles

&ti9 . . r ,

union tr them, 'rne unmans, uauuuw

I w

J.I

16 a place of safety-

again,

un til he?need ed i it

: The Census in Brief.

nivAn in the United f itaUs, ae

coj'dtng to thejjensus report 25,520,5

tlves number 43,475,506, an d the ftreign bom 97T whites. '3,577,151 colon d,x 105 40a Chinese and 255 other Asiatics. vTtog are 15,153 colored cPoraons to, WW, wnites, against; 14,528 In 1 ??0; 16 359 toreiffuers ta each :10U,iK)) ittvas, as St Vim i 1 and 06,510 females to every, 100,000?

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