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PPLYI XU M EX AG ERIES.
<1 rtw ElciihnntH, LIoiih, IIIppopotniiuiNCN,
iind Oilier Wild Animals fire Cauuht in
Ai'ricu?A StraiiKP BiiNineni*.
Whoever even thought of the lives
that have been lost, the suffering endured,
tli?> great sums of money expended,
and the perfect system directing the
ivl?i?f*c r\f mn? oiul aornnrciD for Kavrind
nviuiujjo v/i uivu ??im o.n.?f)vk. iui wvjw?v.
tho limits of civilization, making collections
of wild animals for the menageries ?
Indeed, the business has been so almost
exclusively done by two very quiet gentlemen,
whose agencies v >r nearly half
the globe, that beyond the proprietors
and managers of gardens and shows
only a very limited number have any
conception of the extent of their operations,
or of so much as their existence.
The head of the firm, and directing
spirit of its workings, is Mr. Charles
lioiche, considerably this side of fifty,
with the comfortable bonhommic manner
of an educated traveled gentleman.
His New York establishment, at
55 Chatham street, is passed by unnoticed
by hundreds daily; yet, from it,
orders are supplied from almost every
traveling show in the United States,
from the Zoological Garden in London,
and others in Russia, Austria, and elsewhere.
His large supply depot for this
country is in Hoboken. Henry Reiclie,
his brother and partner, lives iu Germany,
where they have a general supply
farm for all the world, with accommodations
and appliances for the keeping of
almost every kind of bird, beast and reptile
from any country or clime in that
part of the world which has been ex
plored. They are ready at any time
to fill an order for any thing from a single
canary through singing birds, display
birds, or trick birds, up to a flock of
ostriches, or from a field mouse to aij,
elephant.
Paul Lulin, one of the Reiche Brothers'
men, -who has lately returned from
Africa with rare birds and auimals, tells
interesting stories of the perils of the
hunt. He says: "The lion is a fierce
creature, and the lioness, when protecting
her young, very much worse; but
from long practice we know just ho.v to
go after them. A good rifle, firm hands,
and steady eyes, and we can soon topple
the old fellow over. The old lady may
take a little longer, but in the end we
are sure to kill her, and then it is no
trouble to pick up and secure the cub.
We try to get these little fellows when
they are about three or four weeks old.
They are then like young puppies, easily
managed, and soon learn to know their
keepers. Leopards, tigers, and all that
kind of auimals wo get in the same way,
and at about the same age. Baby elephants
are hard to get, and the hunt is
very dangerous. The old ones seem to
know instinctively when we are after
their young, and their rage is something
terrible. The trumpeting of the parents
can be heard for a long distance, and
quickly alarms the whole herd. The
rifle is comparatively useless, and trying
to approach them particularly hazardous
; yet it has to bo done. First,
we try to distract the attention of the
femalo from her offspring. Then a native
creeps cautiously up from behind,
nud, with one cut of a heavy, brcad1,-nifp
Rfivors the tendons of her
hind feet. She is then disabled, cannot
walk, and soon falls to the ground. We
promptly kill her, secure the ivory, and
capture the little one. Of course, we
occasionally have a native or two killed
in this kind of hunt ; but they don't cost
much?only So or SO apiece. The sheikhs
are paid in advance, and don't care
whether the poor fellows come back,
and so wo don't bother much about
them. Baby elephants we like to get
when they are about one year old.
Younger ones are too tender, and older
ones kuow too- much. They soon get
acquainted with all the camp, aud we
have lots of fun with them. Thev are
.'ire kindly, docile, #nd as full of capers
as the little nigger babies that play with
them.
" But of all ficrce, ungovernable,
lusty brutes," the hunter continued,
"the hippopotamus with young is the
very worst, and whenever we start off
to get a baby of that kind, we calculate
to come back with one or more men
missing. In the water they fight like
fiends, and in live minutes will crush to
pieces the strongest boat we can use.
They are quick as a ilash, too, notwithstanding
their clumsy appearance, and
the oarsman have to be wide awake to
keep out of their way. On shore they
are just as ferocious, and the way they
can hurry their stumpy little legs over
the crrouud would astonish vou. Thev
die hard, too, aiul take a heap of killiug.
"When such a job is over you may be
sure there is great rejoicing among us ;
but as oue little hippopotamus is -worth
as much as half a dozen lions, tigers,
and such truck, we are well contented to
take the risk. We cannot get these
babies too young to suit us. One I
remember, though I was not. in the
hunt, was captured the very day it was
born, and the hunters and attendants
brought it up on the bottle. It is the
same animal tint Barn urn advertised so
extensively as the ' Baby Hipjiopotamus,'
and it is now traveling with his
show. Ostriches we run down on horseback,
aud then catch them with the
lasso. It is an excitiug chase, but notparticularly
daugerous. On these
hunts we are entitled to only the young
animals we capture. The beautiful
skins of the leopards, lions, aud other
animals we kill, the tusks of the elephants,
the feathers of the ostriches,
and all other similar spoils go to the
native sheikhs and chiefs ; and those
old rascals are sharp at a trade.
A sufficient number aul variety of
animals having been secured, a caravan
is formed to take them across the desert
to Germany or America. This usually
consists of about one hundred camels,
each having its native driver; thirty or
forty horses for the white men and the
Arab hunters and their attendants; a
flock of from 150 to 200 goats, for their
milk and also for food, and black slaves
to look oat for the goats. The wild animals
are secured in strong boxes and
carried on the camels' backs. They are
all young, and are fed principally with
goats' milk, although occasionally, to
keep them in good spirits aud tine condition,
they are given pieces of raw
goats' meat. Horses nre very cheap
there, ranging from $15 to $20 each?
the natives even cheaper, S8 being
thought an extravagant price per man
for the trip. Milking goats are worth
?1 each, and others about fifty cents.
The jowrney usually occupies from thirty
to forty days, and all traveling is done
between three and eleven in the morning
and five and eleven in the evening.
During midday the sun's rays are so
fiercely hot as to make labor or traveling
hazardous, and none is attempted. The
route home is much the same as that
taken going out, and in due time the
beasts are lauded, usually with very
little loss, on the groat stock wild animal
farm of Charles Reiche & Brother,
in Alfeldt, Hanover. There they remain
until needed to fill orders of showmen in
either Europe or America, wane tueir
hardy captors take three months of rest
and recreation before starting on another
trip.
The Reiche Brothers have nearly
$250,000 invested in this enterprise,
which they have successfully conducted
for mauy years. The extravagance of
the prices paid for some of the beasts is
little known. As high as $15,000 has
been paid for a single hippopotamus in
good condition. To-day $20,000 would
hardly buy a specimen, as there is not
one in the country that is known to be
for sale. A rhinoceros is worth from
$3,000 to $7,000, according to the demand
and excellence. Giraffes sell for
$1,000 to $6,000. Lions from $500 to
$2,500, leopards from $200 to $400,
hyenas about the 8ame, and ostriches
from $300 to 8500. Elephants vary in
price, for, while some have sold for as :
low as SI,000, as high as $10,000 has!
heon paid without grumbling for a fine, !
big, intelligent on3. H
The Press in ItHsHta.
Outside barbarians can have no idea y<
of the extreme rigor of the censorship of S(
the press in the happy land which calls tv
the czar its master. The Qrammer \ tl
recently had an article upon the subject, j w
which throws a great deal of light upon rj
the manner in which that censorship is y
exercised. At the post-office were em- cc
ployed a number of officials, whose duty Ct
it was to mark objectionable passages in m
the foreign journals, which were then A
stamped out with a layer of printers' I e
ink, so that when the subscriber got his h)
paper it presented very checkered read- I
ing indeed. Means were, however, dis- :
covered of removing this incrustation tl:
without obliterating the print; the au- uj
thorities were therefore forced to adopt tl:
a fresh mixture, which defied all attempts ai
to remove it. Now for the way in which fc
the censorship is exercised. One censor tl:
took umbrage at a passage which stated fo
* * j y ?
tnat " tiie uossaciib riuo ou nine, moiy- ; cr
niticant horses." " Little" ami "iusig- ; bi
nilicant" were terms derogatory to any- j as
thing belonging to the Russian empire* m
so the words were struck out, leaving w
the astonishing news that "Cossacks'a
ride on horses!" A polish journalist :
began an article on " Learned Women " j in
with a sentence?" Tliere are some things j w
which, like a couple of rough-hewn i tc
blocks, do not fit together; to such j w
things we must add women and learn- j y<
ing." The censor, remembering that a
former empress of Russia, the great j
Catharine; had the character of a learned i M
woman, struck the passage out as reflect- j rc
ing on the imperial dignity. During the > ki
Crimean war an account was given of the I P
famine in some of the Swedish proviu- I cc
ces. The censor allowed this article to i ai
pass but altered the word " Swedish " to j s?
" French," as the Russians were then at pi
war with France, but at peace with Swe- la
den. In an article on Italy some Italian w
words were struck out with the observa- w
tion that the censor was not obliged to m
censorize Italian. Probably he could I
not rend them, and so deleted the words di
to bo on the side of safety. On another [ tc
occasion this same censor struck out an '
entire article from Invalide liusxc, re- 1 al
plying to the editorial remonstrances by I sc
writing on the proof-sheets the words j hi
naproHswye mugosslowiye (unprofita- j pi
ble gabble !) The censorship, howover, '
of late years has been considerably mod- j w
ified, and the present war will probably I
result in a great exteusion of liberty for !
flio nrflDQ ! AJ
i" v"3"* I ?
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A New York Street Character.
Among the street characters of New j ai
York, writes a, correspondent, one of the j
most familiar is Smith the razor strop j to
man, who has been for several'years a j
fixture on the Nassau street side of the j ag
sub-treasury. Twenty years ago Smith j b<
was much more widely known than he is ^
now. He theu traveled through the j
country, selling razor strops and small j
hardware, and became quite famous in j aa
his way. Everybody knew him, and he i
made so much money that he was ena- ! .
bled to open a well stocked store in New . j"
York, which he kept going for several i a
years, But the store was not a success, i
Smith was finally obliged to give it up, ,
and report said at the time that his fail- j oc
ure was the result of too much spiritual- ST
ism. He had become a believer (so said
report), and instead of attending to his j *h
business, he gave his time and his mind i
to the mediums. At all events, the store ! P?
was shut up. and Smith had to start'out | (ll
once more as a peddler. But time had ^h
told upon his strength, and after a while a11
he gave up the hard work of peddling b?
and started the little street stand which as
he still runs just above Wall street. He
has a good stock of pocket cutlery which whe
takes home with him, stand and all, i at
everv night, and as every one in the j"
neighborhood knows him and has a kind- '
ly feeling toward him, he gets on pretty , w
well With his geutlemanly dress, j
smart manner, gold spectacles, and j
j ? i la
Willi*; 11UU iUlU WUlOn.U10 rnuov ??
man of sixty, at least), Smith is one of "(
the most respectable-lookiug street merchants
to be found. Transfer him to I
one of the handsome offices in the vicini- ^
ty and he would pass for a banker or
lawyer, with a home on Fifth avenue,
quite as readily as some who have mil- j w
lions to their names. A light heart has i J?
carried him well through life, and he is I
as hearty-looking to-day as when I saw j
him nearly twenty years ago, holding ! ~
his nightly auction sale of odds and ends \ cr
in a well stocked store on Grand street. |
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Good-Nntured Editing. jto
"Good natured editing," says some ,j!
wise man, "spoils half the papers in ' j
the United States." Yea, verily. "Will! 1
you please publish the poetry I send,'' \ .
says one, "It is my first effort;" and; ?r
some crude lines go in to encourage bud- ! 0
ding genius. " Our church is in great j
peril," says another, " will you publish j
our appeal ?" and a long dolorous plea j ,ra
is inserted. "My father took your 1 ai
paper for twenty years," writes another,
" I think you ought to publish the reso- | Wf
lutions passed by the Big Brake Church !
when he died,'' and in go resolutions of j ,
no interest to a maioritv of the readers. ! ,
"I am particularly anxious that the
views I present go before the church .
Whs week," ami out go a covey of small,
1 >.hy contributions, to make room for '
three columns from a ponderous D. D. 1
''There is immediate .necessity for the
exposure of one who is a bitter enemy n
to the truth," writes another, as ho ^
sends an attack upon an antagonist
which will fill an entire page. "I am
about to publish a book, identifying the ?
great image of brass, iron and clay,
and I would be obliged to you to pub- ?
lish the advance sheets of chapter V.
which I inclose to you." "Whydon't |y
you publish in full K.'s great speech in '
the General Assembly ? It would in- y
crease your circulation largely." " If j ?
you will publish the sermon I transmit |
to you, I will take eight extra copies !" j ,
" The church must be aroused on the
subject of foreign missions," says a . '
i-astor, as he forwards the half of his !
last Sabbath's sermon. And the ladies, ,
1.1 ii _ i. i.i i eti
?mess meir sweet simies ami meir : .
J sweet voices?the good-natured editor ..
j surrenders to them at once, and they go ! ,
| away happy, utterly unconscious that
they have helped to spoil the paper.? i ,,
Philadelphia Presbyterian. j j
Peculiar Marriage Ceremony. ?1'
On the wedding day in Borneo the
bride and bridegroom are brought from .
opposite ends of the village to the spot rf
where the ceremony is to be performed. I
They arc made to sit on two bars of iron, i-J?'
that blessings as lasting and health as ]
vigorous may attend the pair. A cigar
and betal leaf, prepared with the areca j
mit, are next put in the hands of the i
bride and bridegroom. One of the j
priests then waves two fowls over the B<?
heads of the couple, and, in a long ad- a'
dress to the Supreme, calls down bless
ings upon the pair, and implores that
peace and happiness may attend the
union. After the heads of the affianced
have been knocked against each other ^
three or four times, the bridegroom puts j
the nreriared sire leaf and citrav into the I ftt
mouth of the bride, 'while she does the
same to him, whom she thus ackuowl- j 81
edges as her husband. !
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At a recent sale of short-horned cows ti
in England a beast named "Fifth w
Duchess of Hillhurst" was sold amid rc
great applause for 822,500. She is said fc
to be the highest price cow in England, !
and is described as a "charming crea- ; "
ture." The largest sum ever paid for a 1 hi
cow is believed to be $26,750 for the j
" Duchess of Geneva," which was sold I k:
at New York Mills, in New York, twrf or j g
three years ago. Tweuty-two thousand ,
five hundred dollars is the next highest j ai
Bum, 1 w
4
OLD BLtCHER'S WEDDING.
ow He Spilled Hln Wife of nn Honr off
tlic Wngon.
Times is changed, boys, since 1 was a
:>uug fellow. I'm eighty, now, and I've
>en considerable living. When I was
veuty-one the deer used to come out of
le woods yonder and eat my buck- j
heat, and I used to go out with my i
lie and shoot 'em down to save it.
enison is scaroe now, but you couldn't
mix n hungry man to eat it then if ho
mid gf t anvthing else, it was so comion.
Ask Aunt Martha if that isn't so.
b for doings, they're all altered,
verything is tine as fivepence now. We
id to put up with common fixings then,
tell you. Now that big wedding down
; Dadenhammer yesterday. Aunt Maria
and I went. All the house was fixed
p -with stuffed furniture, and there was
lings to eat I didn't know the uames of;
id four musicians from the city to play
ir them to dance, and after the wedding
icre was a carriage to take the young
ilks to the railway depot, for what they
ill their tour, and a wagon behind,
less you, with the bride's trunks, as big
i houses, every one of 'em. That was
y Martha's niece, that bride was ; and
heu Martha was married she wont on
different kind of a tour.
I mean to tell all about it while I'm talkig,
though she says the young people
ill tliinlr alio xrnnn't. a hit. nrontnnl
iel isn't my brother any way?never
as. Give me up and down just what
du are worth?no airs.
We didn't take any in those times.
7e were new settlers, every one of us.
[artlia's mother and father had one big j
>om for parlor and sitting-room and j
itchen, and there we were married,
eter Grimes fiddled for us, and we had i
>rn cakes and chicken, and sweet cake j
id coffee; and light biscuits and plum i
is, and fried pork for supper; and the j
irson he ate as hearty as any and j
ughed as loud as any of us?though j
hen it came to dancing, of course lie
asn't there; and after we'd danced until
orning, Martha and I started home,
had a cart; it hadn't any cover, and it
idn't ride very easy, and I was going ;
> take her over in that.
"We'd had a furnishing bee before and
1 my folks and all hern had givo us j
imetning ; but - Grandmother Smith i
id fetched over a feather bed for a
resent to Martha?and now says she :
" Put it in the wagon, Blucher, and it j
ill be a comfortable seat for Martha."
So we did it.
Martha sat on the bed. I perched up
1 the seat, and away wo drove. Motli
Smitli she cried, so did Martha.
Father-in-law hurrahed. So did I, j
id off we went.
For a considerable time T had plenty 1
< do, coaxing Martha to cheer up ; tell- ;
g her that she could go home as often j
i she liked; and pretending: to scold i
;r, though I -wasn't ungrv, for a girl
bo loves her own folks and is a good
lughter is sure to be a good wife.
Bat after a while she cheered up, and |
we rodo along in the gray dawn, just a |
;tle mistier than night, Bhe Baid :
"I'm so sleepy that I think I shall j
st cuddle down in the feathers and tako
It
nap.
" Do it," said I from my perch.
So after a while I spoke to her with- j
it turning my head, and she didn't an- i
re r.
"Sound asleep, poor little chicken," i
ought I, and driv on.
It was a cloudy sort of morning. We'd j
issed through the marsh, and the mos- i
litoes buzzed about, but never roused j
0 girl up. We'd come to the woods, I
id there you couldn't see your hand j
?fore your face, and still she was sound i
leep, [ thought, and I was glad she \
lould have such a good rest. But j
lien we'd come to the top of the hill, ;
id I could see our little house, I could I
>t stand it auy longer. I felt as if I'd i
ic to have her take the first peep along
ith me."
"Martha !" I shouted, turning around j
1 the high seat, " Martha, wake up, !
ssie ! We can see our house from j
But there I stopped short, and thought j
Rhould die. Martha wasn't there, j
either she nor the feather bed was on j
.e cart?it was just empty.
She'd fallen off somewhere ? but I
here ? And what might have happened |
her? There were plenty of wild j
>asts in the woods then?the smaller !
ud, of course, but not pleasant to meet J
and the swajip in parts was deep \
lough to drown in.
I couldn't stop to drive back slow and !
reful. I jumped down, leaving old Jed
take care of himself, and away I flew i
tck into the woods, calling "Martha ! j
artha !" and feeling about as I went, !
it nobody answered.
I tell you, boys, it was a dreadful hour !
r me; I almost fainted, or got a fit, '
something, before I got through the i
jods to the marsh. But there, there I j
is stopped, and being so scared, had
fide so nervous, that I burst out a j
ughing.
There, in the midst of the soft mud, j
is the featber bed, all smeared and
attered, and on it sat Martha, crying,
le mud wasn't much over her knees if
e'd waded out, but she had her new
>ots on and her Sunday go-to-meeting
srino, and she couldn't make up her |
ind to do it. She was Bafe, but she i
is cold, and oh, boys, wasn't she
oss!
" I'm going back to ma," sobbed she
ross the mud. "If you'll cared for me,
u could not have lost me off."
" Oh, Martha I" said I but she
mldu't look at me.
I went into the mud and brought her
t, and then I went for the wagon and
t out poor Grandmother Smith's
itlier bed, and then we went home. It
isn't a pleasant ending to the wedding,
3an tell you. But after Martha had
ied an hour or two she began to get
er it, and at last she told me how it all j
ppened, as far as she knew.
She fell so sound asleep that she !
earned she was at home, and the old I
3y calling her to got up and get break- j
st, and said she to herself in her sleep: !
Its very cold this morning," and turn- j
. over to feel for the blankets; that j
irted the bed and off it slid, and there I
lay in the mud, and there she lay on j
p of it; and when she waked up she
ulil not remember where she was, but !
oaght the roof had blown off the old !
mse or she'd been carried off by the j
il boy, until I'd driven too far away to j
>ar her.
After that she, owned up it was some I
;r fault, and we made up, didn't we, j
artha? and stayed so; but that was my i
sdding tour. 'Twasn't as fine as Mar- j
a's niece's, was it ??Heading Eagle.
Webster's Wit.
Daniel Webster gave a reception to
me Western lawyers one evening soon
tsr the accssion of President Tyler and
ie dissolution of President's Harrison's
abinet. Among those present ware j
'.r. Stanberry,late Attorney General and
bashful gentleman by the name of
eonard. They were presented, made
leir compliments to lioBt and hostess,
id Leonard, to get out of harm's way,
ade for one of thoBe nonsensical little j
It and satin chairs which are not made
i sit in, but which adom all drawing>oms.
To make things sure, Leonard
lted his chair backward, and down it
ent, smashed, crackling in a crowded
)om, and, of course, Leonard the un>rtunate
was also Leonard the observed.
Webster rushed to the wreck of the
Buckeye," extended both hands to
aul him up, and said :
"Why, Mr. Leonard, you ought to
now that no cabinet work will hold toether
here."
There was a general langli, and Lconi'd
did not again try satin chairs lliat
eve not made to be sat in,
SUMMA11Y OF NEWS.
Interesting Items from Home and Abron
New York Republican Htate Conventlo
The New York Republican State Conventi(
was held at Rochester. ThomaB 0. Piatt w
appointed chairman, Senator Conkling decli
ing tho honor. The platform is in oppositii
to the President's restrictive order in relatii
to Federal officeholders, and a substitute I
George William Cartis, approving the course
! the President, was lost by a vote of 100 to 2?
The resolutions adopted favor speedy resum
trim of specie payments and oppose profu
appropriations and grants to Carry on wor
[ local and sectional in character. That part
the platform referring to tho Federal oflk
holders aud the President's Southern polii
reads: The office of government is to conBer
j order, peace and safety, and to protect eve
citizeu in tho enjoyment of every right impfci
by the Constitution and laws. Unity and fr
ternal relations in all States and sections is
[ the first and highest importance, and the li
| publican party of New York will heartily su
p#rt every measure authorized by law adapt
J to establishing and maintaining commerci
j and industrial prosperity and tranquilit
justice and obedience to lawful authority. T1
j Constitution ordains that "the United Stat
i shall guarantee to every State in this Union
I republican form of government." The or
j republican government known to tho Constit
tion of any American State is a goverume
! chosen by tho peoplo. The question whethoi
caso has arisen requiring tho President to ci
J ploy military force to protect lawfnl State a
| thority against domestic violence is by tho Co
i stitution committed to his decision aud to 1
| responsibility. Taking no iBsue with any d
cision of this kind which has been made 1
the National Executive in respect to tho ei
ployment of troops, and expressing no opinii
in regard to tho methods and attendant pr
ceedings employed in any instance, wo cheri
the hope that tiio action taken in regard to tl
j Southern States will result in peaco, tranquili
and justice, and no act of the Republicans
Now York conducivo to its good effects shall
withhold. Wo insist oi? purity, frugality ai
efficiency in every branch of the public servic
National and Stato. To that end, wo hold the
requirements practical and just: First, i
needless office, or officer, or public agent shou
exist; second, compensation for official servi
should bo fair and just, but in no cage'exce
sive: third, fit men, aud no others, should ho
Imblic trusts ; fourth, gvery official, high
ow, should be required at all times faithfully
perform his duty, and tho wholo of it; fif
no official or officeholder should be subject
political or partisan assessments, or to intf
ference in any way with his political rights
action, and plain laws should forbid and puni
all attempts to make and enforce such asses
ments, er to control or to abridge in any resp<e
the absolute freedom in political action whit
in this country belongs to all voters aljke. !
connection with this subject wo recur wi
satisfaction to that portion of the letter of a
ceptance of Mr. Hayes wherein he declares th
tho founders of our government meant th
t.hr> nfticnr should be secure in his tenure as loi
an bis personal charactor remained untarnish
and the performance of bin duties satisfactor
In furtbcranco of thin view, wo commend
worthy of consideration legislation makii
officers secure in a limited tixed tenure, ai
subject to removal only as officers under Sta
laws are removable in this State, on charges
be regularly and openly preferred and adjudge
Wo bold honest service or labor the best ai
highest exertion for American citizens, ai
those who labor for others, whether for tJ
government or for private employers, are
fully entitled as any citizen can be to absolu
freedom in all political, civil and religious a
fairs. They owe the full servicc they agree
render and to their omplovers they owe nothii
more. The Constitution "of the United Stat
and of the State of New York and the lai
establish equal rights of all citizens and i
voters, and we deprecate as unwarrantable ai
hurtful all attempt by employers, whether re
resenting capital or political power, to encroa<
upon or coerce others in the enjoyment of ai
of the rights or tho cxercise of any of tl
duties of citizenship. In tho State of N(
York the whole number of national officchol
ers, including clerks and subordinates of eve
degree, is 7,455. This is one national offici
or subordinate to 152 voters. .Of State, coun
and town officials there are in this State 13?
513. This is ono State, coanty or town offici
7-1 nvarv ftl vntnrn Whfln the nntential fllll
tions of local officers are taken into accon
tbeir nearness to the citizen and their pow
over his property, taxes and interest, th(
relativo influence becomes even greater thi
the numbers indicate. The exclusion of pnbl
servants from political action would disfra
chine a great body of our fellow citizens. XI
laws make no such exclusion, and we deny
an imputation U|>on the peoplo of New Yo:
that they are or have been dominated by tl
nation's .subordinate officials, and we can co
ceivo of no condition of affairs short of e
tinction of manhood and patriotism in which
postmaster or clerk could snbdue to his pari
san will 152 other electors, or exert any oth
influence beyond such as his character mig!
give him.
A fire broke out in tho business center
Providence, It.I., and before tho flames could 1
extinguished a number of largo business hous
were burned out, causing a loss of abo
$750,000, on which there is a partial insuranc
On the second day of tho Now 3fo:
Republican State convention at Rochester tl
following nominations were made: For seer
tarv of State, John C. Churchill; for com
troller, Frauds Sylvester; for State treasure
William L. Bostwick; for attorney-goners
Gronvillo Tremain; for State engineer, Hoi
ard Soule A single-scull, three-mile boi
race on Owasoo Lake, N. Y., between five coi
testants, was won by Charles E. Courtney ..
The visiting Sionx chiefs in Washington callc
on the President at tho Whito House and etatf
their grievances Tho Maryland Democrat
State convention was held at Baltimore and r
suited in the nomination of Thomas J. Keatir
for comptroller, xne piatiorm aaopiea r
affirms the resolutions of the National Demi
cratic convention of St. Louis in 187C; coj
Satulates the Democrats and Conservatives i
e Forty-fourth Congress upon the successfi
reduction of the annual expenses of the goven
ment by more than $30,000,000 ; feels that it
a source of pride and satisfaction to the Demi
cratic party that ''its peaceful policy of lion:
rule and non-intervention in the affairs of ti
States has become a cardinal rule of action i
an Administration whose title to office is n<
derived from an election according to Constiti
tional methods, but exists by the adjudicatic
of a tribune unknown to the Constitution
demands a revision of the tariff laws and syn
pathii.es with the workingmen The Mil
nesota Republicans renominated Gov. Pillsbur
The platform indorses President Hayes' polic;
demands the remonetization of silver, aii
favors the early resumption of specie payment
... .The IianiHtable Savings Bank, of Provinc*
town, Mass., has suspondod Major-Geueri
A. L. Pearson, commander or tno suite trooj
during the recent riot ia Pittsburgh, was a
rested on the charge of murder, for orderin
the military to fire on the crowd... . Tw
members of the band concerned iu the robbei
of the Union Pacific train in Nebraska,, wei
shot and killed, and $20,000 in gold was recoi
ered from them Prang's largo chrom
establishment near Boston was destroyed fc
fire, causing a loss of $100,000.
Gen. Levitski, a Russian officer who ha
beon in command of the army of the Danut
and was suspended for failing to reinforce Gei
Scobeleff, committed suicide.... Harvey Thor]
a convict in the prison at Auburn, N. Y., bi
came incensed at William E. Howard, a colort
prisoner, and struck him on the head with tl
iron log of a bedstead,knocking himoveragallei
thirty feet and causing death The loss <
the Russians thus far in the campaign again
Turkey is said to amount to over 70,000.
Gen. Grant visited Shakespearo's birthplace i
Stratford-ou-Avon and was brilliantly receive
his arrival being made the occasion of a fe
tival, in which tho whole town joined. Tl
American colprs were conspicuous all over tl
town, and Gen. Grant was presented with i
address enclosed in a box made from a mil
berry tree planted by the Bard of Avon
cargo of 28,000 bushels of oats was lost by tl
sinking of a schooner off Kenosha, Wis.
Col. David H. Armstrong has been appoint*
United States Senator from Missouri to succc(
the late Senator Bogy The business pa
of Putnam, Conn., was destroyed by firo. Loa
fthont ft200.000. on which there is an insuranc
Tho Xational Republican, tlio Wasbin
ton administration organ during Gen. Grunl
term, ban passed into the hands of A. M. Clap
lato government printer, who will hereaft
conduct it as an independent Republican new
paper At Washington Ex-Assistant Seer
tary of tho Treasury Sawyer, ex-Commission
of Customs Haines and Frank Brooks, of Ne
York city, were found guilty of tin charj
of procuring tlio payment of a fraudulent c!ai
against the government for $57,000. 8awy
was a United States 8enator from South Car
lina between tho years 18C3 and 1873
In answer to numerous inquiries at tho Depai
ment of State at Washington,- tho proclamatii
of tho President, calling for an extra session
Congress on October 15, has been republishe
Senor Castillo and his son, permanently co
nected with the Cuban insurrection, have sn
rendered to tho Spaniards. Senor Castillo w
minister of foreign affairs under tho Cubi
government At Richmond, Ky., Per
White, a colored man, was shot and killed 1
Hon. Cassius M. Clay, formerly United Stat
minister to Russia. White's mother had bei
discharged from Mr. Clay's employ, and ti
son had threatened to revenge her removi
Mnritinfr Mr. fllftv on the roadside. Whi
j rushed upon bim, "after an altercation, when ]
[ drew a pistol and iired twice. Mr. ('lay w
exonerated by a coroner's jury Tho \Vnr
iugmen's party of Massachusetts have non
nated Wendell Phillips for governor A 1
duction of .^3,880.000 in tlw public debt w
made during September William Hartnia
loader of a body of striking railroad employ
near Circleville, Kansas, fireil upon a pot
of sheriff's oflicers when commanded to ha
The lire was returned and Hartinan receiv
wounds from which he flied A;i eleetii
in Hartford, Conn., resulted 111 the succ^
I of the Democratic ticket Over 750,0
persons bare perished during the famine in
India A number of buildings wer? burned
. in Indianapolis, Ind., and a loss inonrred of rw
? a.nE nnn rm,? ?*eI
?T I J,UUU . .... J.UO DftiiiJga uaua av uauuio,
" Mass., suspended after a heary run of several Mile
dh days. Hogi
a8 It was accidentally discovered in New York Shee
n* that William C. Oilman, an insurance broker, Lain
311 whose reputation for honesty and business &>tt<
[>n integrity was unexceptionable, had perpetrated F ou
?y a scries of astounding frauds by which he had
?r realized hundreds of thousands of dollars. His
* method was to obtain "certificates of profit"
P" or insurance script of the Atlantic Mutual RyoInsurance
Company for small sums and "raise" Barl
"J them to a much higher figure. He would erase Bar!
or the words "one hundred" In a certificate for
gsli.O and insert instead "ten thousand," mak3?
ing it a certificate for 110,000 ; and although Hay,
v0 tho forgeries were clumsily executed, yet Gil- stra'
*7 man's standing in the business communily was Hopi
Ed so high that the certificates were nover ex- P?rl!
?" amined closely, and the forgeries were com?"
mitted with comparative impunity. It was
! rumored in Wall streot that Oilman had also
P* j "raised " some bank stock in a similar manner.
ecJ | The American forces under Lieutenant Petr
al Bnllifj that had outered Mexico in pursuit of Woo
Indian horse thieves, returned without accom116
plishing their object. They were not molested
69 by the Mexican authorities James. R. Bntt
a Hawkins, colored, was sentenced to death by
l,y the Howard county (Maryland) circuit court
u" for an assault on a thirteen-year-old girl in
j April last. c,10<
n- | In New York the car depot of the Dry Dock
u- Railroad Company was destroyed by fire. Ben
sides the building about ninety horse-cars were
lis burned and a loss incurred of J250,000, which Flon
le- is covered by insurance The Most Reverend
by James Roosevelt Bayley, archbishop of Baltin
more and primate of the Tloman Catholic By0
an Church of America, died in Newark, N. J., Barl
o- aged sixty-three years. Archbishop Bayley Bar!
ah l was born in New York and was a graduate of
he i Washington (now Trinity) College, Hartford, Bee!
1_ I r\ Pintoo. Shnt
IV i V_>UU1J. jlau nan uiuaiucu uiiuiOM/t v< uiu * w w, w ?.w
of tant Episcopal Church, and subsequently loin- Hogi
be I ed the 1 to nun Catholic Church, pr^parin^ liim- ^?11
id | self for the priesthood at St. 8nlpice, Pans. Ho
so, 1 was the founder of Seton Hall College as well
bc aB of numerons schools, academies, convents
no and churches, and was ouo of the highest dig- Outs
Id nataries of the Roman Catholic Church in Pctr
ce this country....Titiens the opera singer, died 1^??
>H- in London on October 8....... The Alleld
ghany Savings Bank, the oldest bank
or in Alleghany city, Pa., and the Cap Cod Five _ .
to Cents Savings Bank, of Harwich, Mass., have
th suspended payments Five persons were gogl
to killed and a number were wounded by the Floe
>r- explosion of the boiler on the steamer Comfort, Con
or bound from Wheeling. W. Va., to Marietta Oats
ah A fire which broke out in McKeesport, Pa., at Wo?
s- one time endangered the whole town. Before
:ct the flames could be subdued a large number of
jh business houses and private residences were
[n burned and a loss incurred of about $175,000 ;
th partially insured.... One square in the business hori
c- portion of Frankton, Ind., was destroyed by
at fire. Loss, about $10,000 ; no insurance BmI
at The National Episcopal Congress opened at 8he<
ig Boston 1 he steamer Magnolia, running L?m
ed between New York and 8avannah, was loBt at trr
y. sea, owing to a leak ; no lives were lost.
an M|
jd Words of Wisdom, V?
J? Men's rauficles move better when P]
d. their souIb are makiug merry music. ki5*j
^ Genius is the morning dew that keeps a
tlia world from nerishinc in drouth. A
no , ? ^ ?
as i To sneer and denounce is a very easy Th
te ; way of assuming a great deal of wisdom, [^nt
? ; and concealing a great deal of ignorance. ?
!g Live for to-day, to-morrow is a dream, Jll
c*s ! We may not seo its bright fulfilling ; Mrn
,v* ; But now. while duty's earnest voices call, l,2<
ill I Wo will, with courago strong and willing, term
id j Live for to-day. ?nrac
P* j None are too wise to be mistaken, but si?E!
few are so wisely just as to acknowledge n
| and correct their mistakes ; and espec- Ix
nv ially the mistakes of prejudice.
d" There never did, and there never will, st<
exist anything permanently noble and ex- with
ty i cellent in the character which ia a StrangI,
i er to the exercise of resolute self-denial. nanj?
'j j confc
c. I The truest help we can render to an 1,01
nt | afflicted man, is not to take his burden ?
er i from him, but to call out hia best ^
;ir : strength, thut lie mny be able to bear
^ j tlie burden.
n- There are two sorts of enemies insepa- '
tie ! rable from almost all men, but ala?
J together from men of great fortufiwi? mail,
^ j the flatterer and the liar. One etrikes Mtr?
n.! before ; the other behind?both inx-1
sensibly, both dangerously. ?
.a ' Do little hel, ful things and speak
i helpful words whk ever you can. They 11
ht are better than pearls or diamonds to 11
strew along the roadside of life. They 11
of | will yield a far more valuable harvest, 11
be j as you will find after many days. 11
| Faith may sometimes exceed reason,
e 1 but not oppose it; and belief may be often SB
rk | above sense, though not against it. Be
10 ware, men, not oniy ui uu impnuit
c* fiiitli, but of being too closely tied up 9
P" to reason where faith is required. J
dj ! Do little helpful things and speak jS
v- helpful words whenever you can. They EST
i are better than poarls or diamonds to
a~ | strew along the roadside of life. They f U
Id i will yield a fnr more valuable harvest, [Jm
id : as you will find after many days. ^Z.
? J Poets know, and statesmen ought to - .
,g 1 know, it is by Bentiment when well AI
e- ; directed?as by sorrow when well used? '
o- ! great .nations live. When sentiment
}" j dies out, and mere proeaic ca1 culation of DI
a} I loss and proft takes its place, then
j. comes a Byzantine epoch, a Chinese ?ach i
is ; epoch, a deceptitude and slow decay. e'^
J ! Children must have love inside the
,0 | house and fresh air, and good play and
in . sume good companionship outside? Con
otherwise young life runs the greatest with
danger in the world of withering or all"!'
'n growing stunted, or at best, prematurely 1
old and turned inward on itself. ?tn
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11 1 which produce chills and fever, bilious remit
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