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VOLUME XIV PRICE 5 CENTS TUESDAY MORXIXG, MARCH 14, 1882. THE WEEK. EPITOMIZED. NARRATING THE HISTORY OF SEV EN DAYS. J*rocE«*11- (• at Homs and Abroad—Tire Politics and Per»*rrltt.. of tire Old World—Tb. Ways of tbo Peoplo at Seme, and the Crimes and amusements In weloh they Indoles. coalitionists capture Georgia, elect majority of congressmen anil ilo liaif wliat they say they are goingto do, these figures will need revision. Women! le Ilotn. Seiious Indian troubles are feared in the north west. The Wilmington, Delaware, female college will be continued. A '1 i!Hn. Ohio, mother has been arrested for mur- deriughcr infant. THE STATE ROAD. • WILL ITS OWNERSHIP REVERT TO THE STATE? The Attorney-General Oroides that the Eight Mil lion Dollar Bond Filed by the Lessees of tho Stare Hoad is Illegal and In.nCleient— Interesting Subject for Discussion. the rcnnicwT or nit. Stephens. It is now definitely known and freely talked aiiout among Georgians in Wash ington that Mr. Alexander H. Stephens will retire from politics at the end of bis pr.-sont term in congress. Ilo. is said to have considered the question carefully and has at length reached the conclusion that, he could find more congenial pursuits for his remaining years than in politics. Immedi ately after liis labors here are finished he will carefully review his history of the United States, now in press, and after _ that he will devote himself to his private inter ests nt home. He has received from friends in Georgia many expressions of hope that he would consent to allow his name used in- tlie gubernatinnal canvass, with assurances that the honor would be accorded him by common consent, anil he lias expressed Ins gratitude for this mark of confidence, but nis determination to leave political life is finally fixed. His view of his duty causes regret to his many friends here and will be unw.'Iconic news in Wash ington as well as in Georgia. His health is good and there is a united hope of thousands that lie may enjoy in peace and dignity many years to come. TO THE MEMORY OF ANDREW JACKSON. Chicago. March (!.—Andrew Jackson’s birthday, March 10, will be celebrated here by a grand banquet, to he given by the Iro quois club at the Palmer house. Many dis tinguished democrats have been invited to lie present. Senator Lamar, Colonel W. F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, W. C. P. Brcckenridge, of Kentucky, cx-Govemor Palmer, Tlios. A. Hendricks, General Black, Frank Hurd, ot Ohio, Senator Pendleton, ex-Senator Thur man, Jere Black and Henry Wattersen have accepted invitations. Frank Hurd will speak on free trade. Letters will be read from ex- Governor Seymour, Samuel J. TiliTen and Senator Buyaril. The occasion will be of con siderable political significance. THE FI.tPPER SENTENCE. The record in the Flipper court-martial case, together with the report thereon of Judge Advocate General Swaim, was submitted to the secretary of war to-day. General Swuim is understood to recommend the mitigation of the sentence of dismissal. The general im press on is that the sentence will be mitiga ted. AMERICANS UNDER AllBEST IN ENGLAND. Mr. IajwcII, United States minister to Eng land, in replying to uu application made on behalf of American citizens arrested in Ire land, says the coercion act is contrary to the spirit and foundation of the principles of both English and American jurisprudence, but it is the law of the land, anil controls all ■persons domiciled in the proclaimed districts of Ireland, whether British subjects or not. It is manifestly futile to claim that naturaliz ed citizens of the United States should be ex empted from the operations of the act. FEARS OF WAR. It is feared in Turkish official circles that war between llussia and Austria is inevitable. The question of calling out the reserves is being seriously discussed. It lias, at least, been decided in principle that some prepara tory measures should be taken. The exugger- * ted apprehensions of the palace party causa •'ih,-in i.nr«r?rtivrrnnriy , o” with Austria. A PRUSSIAN SPY ARRESTED. It lias been announced that a Prussian spy lies been arrested nt the railway station of llratteaux, in the suburbs of Lyons. A num ber of maps and plans of defensive works were found in his luggage. He stated that he was a captain in the German army. TUB NEW EXODUS. It is announced that thirty Jews, possessing an aggregate capital of 35,000roubles,have just left Keilt, llussia, for Palestine, where they intend to engage in farming. NINE TRAVELERS MURDERED. A telegram from Tunis reports that nine Europeans journeying from Tunis to Gafsa have* been murdered between Tunis and •Cairwan. HJNATIFFE’S LITTLE TRICK. The I/mdon Times prints a letter from St. Petersburg in which it says it has best reasons for knowing, accurately describes the situa tion in that country. The letter declares that General Skcbelotfs speeches were prearranged between him and General Ignaticff. It is said that the object of the latter was to embroil matters to such a degree as to create an op portunity for him to offer his services to the czar as minister of foreign affairs, in order to straighten them. A RAILROAD INNOVATION. An American company, supported by Gen cral Wallace, United Slates minister, is en deavoring to obtain a concession from the sultan for a railway in the province of Bag dad. THE QUEEN’S ASSASSIN. The would be assassin, MaeLean, lias been identified as the man wbo last summer fre quented the vicinity of Windsor castle and acted in a suspicious manner. MR. GLADSTONE SUSTAINED. In the house of commons this evening, de bate was resumed on the Gladstone resolu tion relative to the house of lords inquiry into the working of the land act. A motion by Edward Gibson, conservative, for the pre vious question was rejected by a vote of 303 to 219. The Parnellites left the house without voting. Gladstone’s resolution was subse quently carried by a vote of 303 to 225. THE WORK OF CONGRESS. Among tlia most important proceedings in congress were the passage by the senate of a bill to restrict Chinese immigration and a bill for the appointment of a commission to in quire into the alcoholic liquor traffic. The tariff commission bill will be debated in the senate this week. The house has passed the agricultural, the cinsular aud the deficiency appropriation bills. IN THE STATES. An extra session of the Virginia legislature was called immediately after the expiration of the regular session.* The Iowa legislature has submitted the amendment prohibiting the liquor traffic to the people. All extra .session of the North Carolina legislature lias been called to meet April 20th to redistrict the state. The governor of Kansas, having refused to call an extra session to reapportion the state, four congressmen will have to be elected at large. THE SUPREME BENCH. Boscoe Conkling, having been confirmed by the setmte as associate justice, finally de clined to accept the office. A rupture is now said to exist between him and the president. The ofiice has been tendered to Senator Ed munds, he now holds it under advisement. MR. HILL’S CONDITION. The latest advices from Washington report Mr. Hill as still being convalescent, with ev erything hopeful for the future. Congressman Black has been seriously ill for several day NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. The senate has confirmed, the following nominations: Rufus Ingalls to quartermaster general; Walter H. Johnson, collector of in ternal revenue, second district of Georgia. the majority expected. Sober calculations from not over hopeful men, skilled in watching the signs of pol- itcis in the north, give the next house to the democrats by a majority of from ten to thirty.. This calculation is based on the as sumption that the south will send about many democrats as it now has here. If the Ko’ji men were killed Saturday by a boiler cxplo sion in Winchester, Indiana. Near Milwaukee, two drunken men, attempting to cross a stream w ire drowned. It is reported that General Grant has been ruined by speculations on Wall street. The slate troops of Nebraska have been called out to repress some rioicus strikers. Sunset i.'ox lias been making a speech to the col ored people of Washington on African wit. , General Grant's property at I-ong branch has been transferred to his wile in consideration oi §40,000. The village of Prince Frederick, Calvert county, Maryland, was destroyed by lire last Fiiday night. In Now Mexico three murderers were lynched from the same tree, nnd two negro thieves were se verely beaten. In the Lothian, .Michigan, coal mine two men were killed and several wounded by the falling of the wall above them. it win uc remembered that during the last session of the legislature an investigation was set on foot as to the validity of the bond given by the lessees of the State road, and as to real ownership of the shares of the lease. A thorough investigation was had, and bf resolution the testimony was referred to the attorney general, who was instructed to re port to the governor, who was in turn in structed to act in accordance with the attor ney general’s opinion. Since the adjournment of the legislature but little has been heard of the matter. The at torney-general has been hard at work, how ever, and it came to the ears of The Coxstitu- the value of the lease considerably over a million dollars. Besides this, there is a large amount of income bonds based upon the lease earnings yet outstanding, so that it GEMS OF THOUGHT AND PULPIT is probable that the amount involved is nearly two million dollars worth of profits, bonds and property. It will be understood without say ing that our publication of to day puts the public on first notice of a cause eelebre in the history of the state. IN GENERAL. RELIGIOUS READINGS. ORATORY. Robert Collyar on XbRersoll’s Atheism—Dr. John Hall on Individual Beat onsibility—W. Lloyd on Spring—Parson Newman’a View of Baby lon—Adler on Woman’s Education, After the flood, then the drouth. A medical college for women has just been Incorporated at Baltimore. He seems to be saying “It is my turn now, | and I will do what I can to square the ac count with Christians once for all. I will dethrone your God to-day and peals of laugh- M^Vbi^wlTonM^TuTiKu^^ud I — that he had prepared and filed a report wouuding many others. I upon at least one item of inquiry. After train' rott 1 SS“ kUteTafte? &g“Sortau| dhigent searcli, we were rewarded by finding, wounded seven of his assailants. that he had reported against the validity of As-ociate Justice Miller, of the United States su- I the bond, and was almost ready to give his preme co«rt^is quite iU, and^it ^ feared^that he | report as to the ownership of the shares. The result of our investigation, with a de- cannot take his place upon the bench again. The Episcopal bishop of Niobrara has been sued by one of his clergymen for S25.000. The bishop had removed him from his station. There is a movement on foot to erect a monu ment iu Greenwood cemetery. New Vork, to the memory of the Mexican veterans. Owing to the theft of numerous articles, the pres- iaent lias ordered a limit to be placed ou the in spection of the white house by the public. tailed history of the case, will be found below. The Investigation Ordered. In the early days of the last session of the legislature, on motion of Mr. Rankin, of the house, or Mr. Hackett, of tlie senate, a com mittee was raised for the purpose of looking into the bona fide ownership of the lease shares and.thc.validity of the lessees’ bond. There are serious signs o^moYement among the I investigation was ordered, first, because Poles. I of rumors that the Louisville and Nashville General Skobelcff arrived in St. Petersbug, on road had acquired a controlling interest iu Sunday, and was cheered. I the lease, the law being that the control During the months of January and February | should remain^ ill the state; and second, bt There is great activity in the New York I ter wiU bl ° w His being down the wind on the city real estate market. « I wings of my epigram. I will start a crusade London Saturday Review: “The manner of I which will shut up your churches and silence writing which Lord Macaulay introduced has be-I » fri.™» „.i , come all but universal iu journalism.” I j our pray ers. There was a time when he Leading out of the village of Hope, X. J.,is " as clothed in a fine austerity. He went on a covered bridge, upon which somebody has writ- liis lonely way, content to give grave and se- ten: Mho enters here leaves Hope behind.” I . - . , , , ,, i-i . „ , . ‘ . nous reasons for rejecting what so many hold The hules of all the cats m America would I , . ,, . , be worth § 0,000,000 to commerce. And it’s a fear- dearer than their lives. He was then faithful ful shame to have so much properly lying idle. to his instinct. I know of more than one man Twenty-one sea lions, who were lassoed on I who in those days nourished a deep regard yesterday placed iu the pond in Central park, New 1 tor him and found something noble in the York - . _ stand he made for the best a man could do The parliament house in Dublin is held on I who has to abide so utterly alone. But Mr. a lease by the bank of Ireland, and a clause in the I . ,, , , , . lease provides that the tenure shall cease if ever a I Ingersoll, who has been roistering round as parliament meets in Dublin. I t j,e popular advocate of atheism at $25,000 a Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, says that he ...... r ;.. nnothe- man The man in the believes the committee on ways and means will J V ano , man ’. Alle “an in the ring, bring in a bill reducing internal revenue taxation 1 whose soul business is to make you laugh, to the amount of possibly s/o,000,000. . I makes no converts even to rough riding. And „ I, .-round lor n.i.I.er hope no, be celebrated. The Mississippi itself has already fear about the advance of atheism so long got “on a high” in anticipation of the event. this remslins tlle best luet ho,l of it choicest A philosopher observes that there are two 1 , . T . . , , ... periods of life when a man looks to see if his I champion. It may make headway with such hairis coming out—at twenty, when he inspectshis I men as v oltatre had to handle, and in such r i il>: at Jorly ’ when he inspects the top of times; but this serious and deep hearted race iead - I of ours never did take to this kind of thing, In 18S1 the value of the ostrich feathers im-1 and never will. It is only as the crackling of ported into this country was §5,493,024.75. Black I thorns under a pot. Algiers feathers are worth from §350 to §600 per I responsibility—John iiai.i., and ^ feathers from §30 to §300 per | Touching upon responsibility Dr. Hall said; We must not let ourselves forget that while What is it they mean? It is the form, the proportion, the harmony and the unity of all things. DB JUDSON’s BIBLE AND THE BIBLE SOCIETY. Boston Watchman. It will not be long before those staunch in heritors of the traditions of the standing or der, who now stand at the helm of the Bible society, will be gone. Their children will not perpetuate their folly by refusing to give to the heathen that noble version of that noble man, Dr. Judson—that living section broken off from Plymouth Rock that it might form the foundation-stone of one of the most idely useful missionary cntcrpr.ses the world lias ever seen. In itsprescntactionthe Bible society does not honor itself. It cannot dishonor the Baptists, or support its charge of non-Catholicity agaiust them. 12,655 emigrants left Hambuigfor the United States. The Oldham cotton masteis complain that enor mous frauds are being perpetrated in cotton adul teration. The trial of Dr. Damson, charged with murder ing a student in England, is now progressing in Loudon. Arrests oi very Important nihilists have been made at Odessa lately, and their secret press has been discovered. cause Mr. Wadley had asserted publicly that the indorsement of the Central road on the bond of the lessees, signed by Mr. Holt, was not binding on the Central company and had not been signed with proper authority, THE INVESTIGATION WAS MADE by a joint committee, with Senator Hacket. as chairman. A great many witnesses wen examined and a voluminous book of test.- Parliament has, for the third time, annuled the I m °hy printed. The investigation was d election of Brafllaugh from Northampton, and re- I rected principally to the ownership of tb ierred the question back to the people. I shares of the lease, the matter of the signa- The sultan hfts written to Arab! Bey.the Egyptiau tures being a plainer question of fact and ai premier, approving his course, and advising him to I most purely dependent on legal opinion, avoid complications with England and France. The committee reported the testimony back The Prussian chamber of deputies to-day voted I to the house without any direct opinio:-. „ic turn required for tho esuibli^uiueut of & I rus* I nnAn either matter it set nut to I but rrUli asi'pplcrncntaireport, 10 ax. czar has rebuked Skoboleff for his recent utter-I In submitting the testimony a men - auces. I her of the committee moved The international hurdle race at Croydon to-day I each house for the whole matte,- was won by Glenducc. with Ancient PistolI second, to be referred to the attorney general wit >. \VaPonbi 0 but^r tUS lhlrd * J ‘ ig!u ran ’ llitlu <iiub Mr. I instructions to report to the governor his Tho Parnellites expect to expect to elect io mem- I This resolution W o* r-irripd Liii cpf . i bers to the next British parliament It is proposed I inis resolution was catTieu.as Will, be sei.1 to pAy the home-rule members§1,500 per yourout of I on September 28th, and testimony at one*! the land league fund. I went to the attorney general. That officer, aj* The French chnmberof deputies yesterday.by a I predating- the gravity of the case ijfc vote of 313, against 139, resolved to consider M. I lie was called upon to decide, devote Bayssctt’s proposal for the abrogation of the con- I much time to its investigation, nnd studie l appreVed iUcondderaaom W eonsulted every case ' Pf' ami 1J nmVed 0t0 with'■ lautibu" afiA tion, was surprised and defeated by die insurgents deliberation. He concluded ins investigation tFifteen hundred insurgents afterwards endeavored | of the matter some time ago and made an o bar the passage of the French. The insurgents official and extended report to the governor, were completely routed, leaving 100 killed and I i; n f f i - wounded. The French lost lit killed and wounded. upon receipt of this report the governor 1 as instructed in the resolution published A Widow’s History. I above i served the president of the Western Philadelphia Presse* anil Atlantic railroad, Senator Joseph E. Last summer I buried a man who was followed I Brown, with a copy, andjalso with a copy of to the vault by his young wife. You should have I the resolution, calling liis attention to its just seen he* fehc lCUllCQ OU tbc shoulder of I nrnvjciftnc Wm nnfipriit’infl flint f Ilia nnnv t f a young man with a smug face and choker collar, P™' fi® * ” e “ ,, er3ta nd that this copy of and drowned his shirt front with her tears. When I *, attorney general s report was received by the coffin was lowered she tried to throw herself in Senator Brown about the twenty-first of Feb- tne grave, only tho smug-faced man wouldn’t let ruary. No hint of what the report was or of her. ’You’re pretty attentive ,’I thinks ,’I wonder the fact that it had been made lias been given if you are any relation?’ Sol asked the under- I “ “ taker after awhile. ’Relation,’ says he, ‘no, but he 1 10 uie PuDitc. soon will be. She didn't care a pin’s head for him down there. He was old and ugly and led her the I The Future Course or the Case, devil of a life, and was always threatening to leave I Tf i inr(1 fn •„ u. tVlo his money to the hospital. However, he dropped 11 ls J,a ™ t0 sa > 8t present w bat will be the down dead in the middle of cursing her. soshe’s all course of the case, ffe can only suggest this rightly lixed now; §50,000 at least. All that I morning the probable course of the litigation eye-piping business was put ou.’ 'Then who’s I and the probable conflict that will probably smug-face*.*’ I asked ‘Oli! says the under- I r-Qine from this renort t-ker. with a grin, ’yon mean the young man as ,T4. iL^ TLt wouldn't let her throw herself on the top of the! . e ‘,^ s,secs ’ through Governor Broun coffin; that's the young geml-raan who courted I accepting ihe report of the attorney-general as her before she married the old man, uud I guess I final, may make a new bond. This, of course, he’ll be rewarded for his patience now,’ and the | would settle the matter definitely. Asa bond, however, is for $3,090,000, and as the attorney pound. eoffin-maker got into his carriage and drove off. As 1 was tilling up that grave I meditated a little to myself: ’if spirits are what spirits are reported tube, I wonderwhat the spirit of the old boy down there thinks of that last little bit of conversation.’ Well, other funerals came and went, and 1 had for gotten all about the young widow aud Mr. Smug- face. until one day in August, I saw the pair com ing along the path, arm-in-arm. They walked up to the old husband's grave, chatting and laughing together, aud I crouched behind a tombstone un- lerceived, for I wanted to hear what they were say- ng. “Don’t you think Portland granite will do?” says he. “Why, no, dear,’, says she, “let it be marble, what would people think after leaving me all the money?” “That wasn’t his fault, the old brute,” he replies. How you did cry on the day of the funeral, Mary. Yon managed it well.” ’’Did I, dear?” she says, “did 1? well it was such a release.” general decides in effect that no one of the present sureties is bound, it would be difficult to make a new bond out and out for the re quired amount. 2. It is most probable that the lessees will make a fight npon the present bond. Gover nor Brown went before the committee on th road at the last session, and made an able and exhaustive argument to prove that the present bond was legal and sufficient, and lie will hardly abandon the position he then assumed without a stubborn fight. 3. If the fight is made it will come most probably in this shape. At the end of sixty days from the day on which Senator Brown received notification of the report that if a new bond was not filed the governor would proceed to recover the property to the state. v J 1IE J ,on d“ 1 T‘ mes expresses the belief that I there is an individual responsibility there is from^nm United State? tolsurope^ Iffiewh^ als ^ * national and a family life. The family abroacl, will form as important a feature of ship-1 “td the national life are liete organized bodies ment as breadstuffs are now. I that have no existence in the world to come. In the year 1777 considerable interest was I it they go astray, and God is to be seen as a manifested in an announcement that six stoves I jnst ruler, His justice must take effect on had been completed ifi Philadelphia. The annual I them here, because as families and as nations product of the stove foundries iu that city is now 1 they have no place in the unseen world i^,1*1 .^nnnl’fSHivS 0, 1111,1 lhu iudus,r I' supports I where we all stand as individuals. And not TI ’ p , p '. ... only is there this family life, but there is also Higher education among women is making the family unity and the national unity. We wonderful advance iu Russia. Nine hundred aud nr „ ; n detrrees what nnr fntbpru eighty female students are pureuing the higher af e in some degrees wnat our lathers made us, courses of study at St. Petersburg. Of these 5211 and so will it De with the generations that study physies and mathematics and 417 literature: I come after us. There is a family unity and 6!0 are of noble birth, and 774 profess the orthodox 1 community, and the punishment for sins IalU> ’ _ committed now falls in God’s retributive Iroquois (nine stone), says the Pall Mall I justice upon people not yet born. It is said. Gazette, is now favorite for the city and suburban. I “train up a child in the way it should go.” He carries the same weight that Bend,Or won with. I orid jf t could upt tlio par of nn.tinn<i T wahKI “««8S&1UisrsS'US'SMS? w'toimpSSL’fc.h'.pass the case, the betting between them will be very | bouud to think of what the nation will be heavy, as they have never met since they competed come. People speak of the “living present,” in the Derby. | hut the living -present is merging "into the The question of licensing the sale of intox- I dead past, and it is the future which has to be Rating liquors served to give a special interest to | considered. God help us to bring forth good the Massachusetts town meetings on Monday, and I fru.it to the glory of His name in some places the issue was hotly contested. In 71 I ° spuing—w lloyd* towns the total votein favor of license was 9,901, I Tl-n fool «iv<i in liis heart. “Tber,.nr, r.p,l and against it 14,730: majority against license, 4,- _ the tool saysin iiisneartiiiere is no God. S29. Only eighteen towns out of the seventy-one I Nature sajs in her heart and in every Hush of voted in favor of license. j her face, “Th A'a is a God and He is here.” The city of Philadelphia alone lias more I The only sound many can catch in nature is Jews than the six New England states combined, (the clashing of the many wheels in her Of these Massachusetts has the largest, 8,500, and I wondrous mechanism. But to the pure spirit Veunoutthesmallestshare, viz., 120. Maine has every star that burns and every flower that oOO, New Hampshire laO. Connecticut 1,492, Rhode I t bo elastic sod is a voice of God Nntnro SsUiid 1,000, and tlie Maine Jewish colony is said to h'Cius tne eiasnc^soi.u atoii.e ot uo<l. Nature ee poorer than any of'the btlier live inhabitmgNew I “ winter is the s.-ij g beauty. Spring is England. the power that touches lies and sire wakes Count von Moltke, Germany’s greatest I “1° life. The beauty of nature is a stronger military strategist, thinks the invasion of England I argument for the presence of_a divine intelli- through the proposed channel tunnel a sheer im- I gence in her than even design. Nothing is possibility. “You might os well,” he exclaimed m0 re pitiful than tlie state of the man who “you might as well talk of invading her through I spring day and neither see nor hear God. that doorway.” I Kvery bird that carols in the woods sings the An English company is about experiment- I °^. son S °J faithfulness. Each ing witheopper on the north side of lake Superior. I spring our talth in God grows stronger. God The land is to be paid for in simresof the company. I is true. The lengthening days are declaring but these shares are to receive no dividends until it; tlie flowersare blooming with it; the whole Urc^e wlio subscribe cash have received back in I ear th throbs in a response to it and it is home cash dividends the full amount of their subscrip- I „• tioa. This is a new wrinkle in mining ana a very I u P on e\ ery Jjreathof the balm j. air. honest method of protecting investors. 1 T _ , , Babylon—J It. newman. - ... x - . | Infidels laugh at the statement that the sea O^E of the clerks in the !Ne\\ \orlv post* j win uoon Bubvlon but the irtiiip'pil office found a chameleon runniug over the stamp- 1 J , L ° l ? e . ne r d Ji * * veescaned I banks which once held the waters of the Eu- plirutes are removed and the river has spread The animal is about eight inches iu length. Its I all over the country. A not her audacious pre skin is without scales but is covered with fine diction is that Babylon will never be rebuilt granulations. The tail is prehensile, and the body I This is much compressed, giving it rather a high back. I p r reinhabUea. inis almost enallenges faith I Ls color changed with the objects about it, and I m the Bible, because it goes down to the very with its temper when jogged about the box. It wil I sound oi David’s trumpet. • The infidels have be sent to the Central park museum. rallied Christians about the prediction that Notwithstanding the admonition of the tlie Arabian cannot pitch his tent there. Metropolitan of Moscow, the czar still maintains I They have rallied Daniel on two things, his hermit-like seclusion, and either dares not or First, that no mention is made of Belshazzar will not venture without his palace domains. - th „ v:li„ Tlip defenders of tl,;= Nevertheless preparations are making in Moscowon ° ut ot tlie DioHb , | lie OBienaers ot this great a magnificent scale for the ceremonies of his coro- I book were puzzied now to meet this criticism, nation. The throne room, at the Kremlin, will be 1 but recent archteological discoveries prove res.ored to, as nearly as possible, the same appear-1 that Belshazzar did reign in Babylon when ance it presented in the days of Ivan the Terrible, I „ deatroved and money is being lavishly expended to insure tue fbucation-feux adtfr grandeur of pageant uud sUmpiuousness of fes- ^ ^^iXr cuRure ^ weTfor those A correspondent at Athens writes that such rSt severe weather has not been known there before for I ^ e rru ro 213 a r ?-^ e 18 a generation as that which Mas recently experi- I radically false. There are notable exceptions, eneed. ‘‘While we hear,” he says, “of middle and I but the rule is the following, that the object western Europe enjoying a winter of unusual I sought to be gained is accomplishments mildness, we have been experiencing one of extra rather than solid knowledge. Women are ordinary rigor. In the streets of the village of I _lqr thp ninnn oml Cephissia, at the foot of Pcutelicon, only a few I the piano and to use the miles from Athens, the snow has been lying fordays I French language. They get a smattering of six fee: deep. Even in Athens itself the streets I many subjects, an intellectual grip on hardly have been blocked for three successive days with | an y Even knowledge is given them as an He put his arm around her waist and kisredjter, . ^ first step in thi3 proceeding will'be a and wnispered something in her ear, pers something back and kisses him, and they sat ou the tombstone opposite tlie dead husband's grave all that afternoon mashing each other like one o'clock. Now if that wasn’t enough to stir up tlie ghost of the old man, what was?” Aphrodite McGuire. Chicago Tribune. Docs yourfather know?” He does not. Thank heaven that sorrow was spared him.” The crickets climbed under the flagstones, and the warm, south wind came in soft puffs over the meadows, bearing upon its bosom the scent of the red-topped clover and the ox-eyed daisies, as Rupert Redingote and Aphrodite McGuire stood by the patft that led from the farm of the vil lage oi Roussillon. Macoupin county, while the swallows circled around in the fast-coming twi light, giving forth now and then little sleepy twitters, as if anxious for the warmth and com fort which their nests afforded. They were to be married in the fall, these two—in the merry hard- cider and corn-husking time—and. although scarce three months had passed since Rupert pressed upon her pulsing lips the solemn betro thal kiss. Aprodlte trusted her with a perfect faith that was almost sublime in its passionate inten sity “So the old man didn't hear about my getting full?” said Rupert. “No,” was the girl’s response, as, with a little, happy, take-it-away-for-t-n-cents sob, she laid her gum-filled cheek upon Rupert's breast and twined her dimpled arms about his neck—“if any one had told him it would have been a cold day for you.” “You ate singing on the right key now. Aphro dite,” was Rupert’s reply. “If the terrible fact had come to nis knowledge he would part us forever. His position as deaeon in the church would not allow him to overlook the fault, even should his stern Puritan nature relent. No. darling, we must not let him know of this sin of mine.” As Rupert sjtoke a buggy was seen comingrapldly up the lane. and. as it reached the gate, the horse stopped suddenly and the man in the vehicle came out over the animal's head and fell with a dull, sickening thud into a hot-bed. The deacon had been taking a nip himself. They CO Home to Set the Heai. Washington Letter. The congressional ladies go home so soon after easter, when the warm spring days begin to come that there is a perceptible dearth of the fair element in society. 1 asked a merry lady, wife of a senator one day why she was going to her northern home so early—so long before the season was over. “Well, for various reasons,” she vivaciously answered, “principally, I believe, to set the hens.” quo warranto directed against the lessees. In reply to this they wiU attack the decision of the attorney-general and define the validity of their bond. The case will be tried before*the superior court by a summary process, and will be appealed in either case to the supreme court, The quo warranto proceeding is a sum mary one, and a final decision could be reached within a very few months. We do not believe that the case could be carried to the supreme court, as it involves no constitu tional question, and is simply a question of bond under the law, the constitutionality of which is not under discusssion. 4. If the matter is appealed to the supreme court, and they decide within a few months, there will be an end to tlie matter. If it is decided against the lessees they will either have to make a new bond or give up the pro perty. If it is decided against the state we * must accept the present bond. If, however, the final decision is not readied before the meeting of the next legislature the lessees may appeal to the legislature for such a modification of the bond as will enable them to carry out the contract they have so successfully kept up to the 'present day. Or those interested against the lessees may ask the leg islature to’ force the lessees to make the bond required by thedegal officer of the state. As said before, this is a simple suggestion as to the best course that the case may take, and we leave discussion of the matter with the friends of either side, and are not authorized to speak officially. As to the attorney-general’s decision as to the real ownership of the shares, it is under stood that he has been working upon that, but has not yet prepared his report. It is said that it will be ready by the time the sixty days allowed for the making of the bond expires. As to what it will be we have no opinion to offer, and none can be given with authority, as the at torney general has not yet decided the case in his own mind, The lease has nine years yet to run, and is very valuable franchise. Shares in the lease sola a year ago for $50,000 each, making cedingThefolTthe S streeTha'd lo be sprinted with water owing to the clouds of dust.”- | but to make them appear pleasing. To be A DOG’S TRIP OVER THE FALLS. Alive Alter Shooting: the llnpldn, the Cataract, the Uorac uml the WhlrlpooL Niagara Falls, March 9.—This village as thrown into unusual excitement to-day by the adventures of a large dog. He was first noticed while he was within tlie inllucnce of the upper rapids. As he whirled rapidly down over the falls no one imagined but that that was the last of him. Shortly afterward, however, he was discovered in the gorges be low the falls vainly endeavoring to clamber up upon some of the debris from the remains t the great ice bridge which recently covered the water at this point, but which had nearly all gone down the river. The news spread rapidly through the village, and a large crowd gathered on the shore. Strenuous efforts were made to get the struggling animal on shore, for an animal which had gone safely over the falls would be a prize worth having, but without success. Finally the dog succeeded in getting upon a large cake of ice and floated off upon it down toward Suspension Bridge, and the terrible whirlpool rapids. Information of the dog’s coming was'telephoned to Suspension Bridge village, and a large crowd collected on the bridge to watch for the coming wonder. In due time the poor fellow appeared upon his ice cake, howling dismally the while, as if he appreciated the terrors of his situation. An express train crossing the bridge at the time stopped in order to let the passengers witness the unusual spectacle. Round and round whirled the cake, in a dizzy way, and louder and more prolonged grew the howls of the poor dog. As the influence of the whirlpool rapids began to be felt, the cake increased in speed, whirled suddenly into the air, broke ih two, and tlie dog disappeared frorii view. No one thought that he could possibly survive the wild rush through the rapids. When, there fore, word was received that the dog was in the whirlpool, still living, and once more struggling vainly to swim to land, it was re ceived with marked incredulity. This story was substantiated, however, by several trust worthy witnesses. It seems incredible that an animal could go through the upper rapids, over tlie falls, through the gorge, through the whirlpool rapids, ani into the whirlpool it self, a distance of several miles, and still be alive.” A STRANGE MURDER. A Xcjsro Found Drowned uml Corcred With Chain*. Gwinnett Herald. Considerable excitement was created in Ben Smith’s district last Saturday by the an nouncement that the body of a man had been found in Perry’s mill pond, a short distance. . from the court ground of the district. Upon examination it was found to be the remains of a negro, and the fact that chains were found around the arms and legs of the de ceased, was conclusive evidence that he had been murdered and sunk in the pond with the expectation that the crime would not be discovered. But murder always comes to light, and the body, which had probably been in tlie pond four or five weeks, had risen to the surface to tell its ghastly tale. Coroner Peters was at once sent after and arrived on the ground on Saturday night. He proceeded on the bright Sabbath morning to investigate the cause of the death. Only two witnesses were introduced. Thomas Dillard testified as follows: On Saturday night, about five weeks ago, some unknown parties came to his house about nine o’clock and got a chain and rope and carried off a negro man known as Thomas Martin. Witness did not know how many were in tlie crowd. Hear ing the noise he went out, when one of the party told him to go back and go to bed, that they were doing witness a favor. They also stated that they had lost a horse and wanted to talk with the negro awhile. This was about the substance of the conversation with him. G. T. Willard testi fied that from the quills found in the pocket of deceased and his clothing, he was satisfied that the body was that of Thomas Martin, who was taken from Mr. Dillard's on the night of the 28th of January last. PERSONAL. s f blunt, women are educated so they may please A SINGULAR adaptation of the railway cn- I The fault is less with the teachers than Bine has just been made in Russia. Information m .®?’i a® laving been given to the authorities at Alexan- I with the parents, who create the demand and drovo, on the Polish frontier, that the locomotive I obtain the supply m our fashionable schools, of the express leaving that station for Warsaw had ah this ought not to be. Our education been ingeniously converted into a receptacle for o{ „ ir ] s should be more practical, more smuggled goods, it was carefully examined during nse f u i than it is Everv woman its sojourn at the station. Though nothing was I SOUCliy useiui uiau 11, is. .coery woman, found wrong, it was deemed advisable tnat a cus- I whether she needs to enter a profession or not tom house official should accompany the train to I should be so trained that she can enter one, its destination, where the engine furnace and boil- I or a t least perform some useful service for er were emptied a >id deliberately taken to pieces. I hj c h society will remunerate her. Every In the interior was discovered a secret compart- I ,, „v,_ v,„— ment, containing 123 pounds of foreign cigars and I girl should know that she can support .lerself several parcels of valuable silk. Several arrests I if she desires to do so. If this were the case, were made, including that of the driver, but his I women would have greater independence and astonishment at finding the engine to which he l f ree( j om in choosing their husbands than they had so long been accustomed converted into a har- • v „ „ n .i t i. e knowledge that there is an dened offender agaiust the laws was so genuine n .°. w , V ?.'’ “ re ,' K S „ a “ that he was released aud allowed to return to his I alternative open to them w ould cause them duties. I to enter married life on a footing of greater equality than is now accorded to them. There would ’then be fewer of those unhappy mar riages into which young women allow them- Lo! the winter is past, the rain isoverand gone; I selves to be hurried for fear of falling a bur- the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the I den upon their fathers or their brothers; singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle | fewer of those_cases^ in which a_ woman says is heard in our laud. SPRING. L When all the trees put on their robes Of fresh and lovely green; When here, and there, and everywhere, The little birds are seen; When grows the bud into the rose With face so wondrous fair, I know that winter’s deadandgone— 1 know that spring is here. ii. When toiling, toiling goes the ant Through all the livelong hours; When sips the gaudy butterfly The nectar from the flowers; When yonder brook in yonder wood Makes music sweet and clear, 1 know that wiutet’s dead and gone— I know that spring is here. HL When on the wild-wood’s sheltered banks The starry celandine Runs round and round its braid ot gold With anemone between; When black-bird's call and cow-bell’s clang Break on tbe perfumed air, I know that winter’s dead and gone— I know that spring is here. —Joseph Aluhonsus Farrhll. Yes” at the altar when her whole soul means ‘No.” A SINGING nEAKT—DR. ARMITAGE. All music is wrapped up in the human heart. It is delicious to think, whether we have a singing voice or not, each man has a heart which God lias attuned to the music of His love. During the six- days since you were in the sanctuary together you have had busi ness and anxieties, troubles and cares; yet you come to church this morning with a heart of song. It is the sweet privilege we all have. We can never tell the possibilities of music in any instrument The music is not in the strings or pipes. It is not in the hand that brings it out or the head that dictates it It is in the soul that is behind the performer and the composer. That is a beautiful con ception that our poets have of music without a voice. They spe k of the music oi the 1 spheres, of the music of nature, of the song ’ of the heavens. Go out among the mountains at midnight when the world is hushed and No need of putting Mr. Hayes on the re tired list. He is effectually retired. As to Mr. Conkling, there is a general feei- ingof “indignationand thankfulness.” “I hear that my friend General Grant is broke. Who held the four aces?”—Emperor William. Ole Bull’s residence at Madison is offered to the Wisconsin legislature for an executive man sion. The price asked is£15,000. A Venetian gondolier makes «n an average four francs, about eighty cents, a day the year round. On this he will marry, rear a family, and put some money by. It is said that the Virginia legislature took a recess till the J6th ultimo, in order to give Senator Mahone a chance to attend to some private busi ness and rest for a few days. James Reynolds, of Providence, was 100 years old last month. He has been twice married, and has a number of children living, the oldest of which is 65 and the youngest 8. Francis Murphy, the Pennsylvania temper ance advocate and originator of the “blue-ribbon” movement, has been conducting successful tem perance mass-meetings in Manchester, England. After April 1 every plumber in New York has not only to be registered, but must,pass an ex amination before the board of nealth, under an act entitled .an aet to enforce an act to plumb plumbers. There is a general suspicion in New York that kowell “threw ’ the walking match which re cently took place there. A strong friend of the ex- champlon is said to have bei §109,000 that he would lose tbe contest, and the next day he gave up, claiming that he had, been made seriously ill by drinking vinegar. Ex-Speaker Randall is said to be persuaded that the democratic party can be rehabilitated and made a liberal, progressive and aggressive reform narty. With this purpose in view he will accept the chairmanship of tie Philadelphia democratic city lommlttee and proceed at ouce to unturl the banner of reform. Represent ative Dcgro, owing to ill-health, left Washington on Monday evening with his wife for their home in this city to consult his own phy sician. He aud his wife are the youngest couple amongcongressional families, he being only twenty- six, and she several years younger, though they have been married five years. Senator Morrill, of Vermont, has written a book on the “Self-Consciousness of Noted Per sons.” The author is in the twenty-seventh year of his continued service in congress, and was the intimate friend and' associate of Sumner, Wilson, Fessenden, Thaddeus Stevens, Lincoln, Chase. Stanton and of many others. His reminiscences can hardly fail to be of interest and value, but they are printed only for private distribution. Queen Victoria will shortly bfe a great grandmother. The eldest son of her eldest daughter was married last summer to a German princess, aud the conrt newsman now announces that the young bride is about to become a mother. This shows how dynasties are continued, aud royalty and im- listen. You can hear that music, and yet | periallsm are perpetuated. If the offspring of the there is no 90und. As the Psalmist savs, ! young couple is of the masculine gender, that male “They sing but their voice is not heard.” | child will some day be emperor of Germany. INDIST1NCT_PR1NX