Huron Record, 1880-12-17, Page 3DUOATIQNAL NQT4S,
-The Harvarn Annex for women now bee
about forty students. ,
-Tb,ere are now e41 pupils ia the iusti-
'button for the doef awl dumb at Belleville, ,
-A oompeny o voinnteers will be organ-
ized be connection with geeenn Oollege,
Iningsten..
-Inambridge end Oxford are slill in a cur-
ious Onto a uncertainty as to compulsory
Greek.' There la a genera feeling that some-
thing must be dope, but no one seeing to
know what to do,
-Iowa nes in her public school:: an aver.
age attendance of 265,000 and 21,000 teach -
ern It is complained than the standard of
the teat:Mors' 0X0minations in the Sate is not
salticiently high and that the certificates is-
sned are no evidencee of real ability, Iowa's
sohool :fund amounte to more than 63.500,000.
-Scheel benne, have been establialied in
four of the noard Sthoote in Aberdeen for the
receipt of deposite of One penny aun upwards
from the ohildeen in attendance. More limn
one theueand seholars have become depoeitors.
The system i 'threaded by degree to em-
brace all the elementary echools tinder the
management of the Aberneen nclaisol Beard.
-Tne systema special • examination for
women, which was' establiehed six years ago
at 'Harvard. University, hoe not been meetiog.
with the support which it deaerves from those
for whose benefit it was designed, There
have been only one buociren and six women
that have gbne up -for these examinetions,and
the management of the University, believing
that the cause of failure wee a defect in the
examinations of thereeelyee rather thane lack
desire on the part ef lady studenta to anal
themselves of them, have remodelen the style
of Mann:salon in a way which is expected
to be preduotive.of 'most excellent resents.
-Boston has abandoned the system of
.- special instruction in chewing in sobotils Of
all grades'. -Tne -regular teachers 'ettended
. drawiug-classos last Winter ancl spring, and are
now teaching that branish to thenunils under
their charge. These Mecums • will continue
to study duriug the nett two terms -front the
lowest (names in the priMery schools to the
&est advance(' in the high and evening
schools. Boston- has now a progressive course
in drawing. It has tame nine years to reach
• this end.
-At a recent meeting of the: Port Hope
Public Solinol Bonne, it resolutien waapessed
questioning the utility of the Model School
system, and urgiog that 'the county,which.
derived whatever beabAt . was to be had from
the Model School, ehoulil contribute mote to-
wards its . xuanteriance. It was further re-
solved that unless elm revenue from. all
sources- for Model Scheel pnrpoies for next
year bo increased to at least three hundred
dollars, the Board would eorisider it its dutt,
to abolish the:school. A copy of the resolu-
tion was forwarde-d to the.Miruster of Educa-
tion.
-Caedinal-Maniailig gives theinifteete Wfttir
Boman Catholic ennoation hi London:
have matleenetelltroviesterislienthe
our poorer ebrethrenaire-theeemissione of
parochial richoole. In the-- books Of theee
tabools we have 26,000 naines. inscribed:
For the education of childien who require a
higher instruction we havea1 beet steadily
'making prerviiicni. For theuirla of the mid.
' die:class therentriffineediabetudinfroonn int -
convents and private schoOls. For boys there,
are 11 grammar schoels vain two &Mogen in.
which over 700 ef the septa of, the middle-
class are receiving higher eancatiom" '
----enennine wheel. attend rincenff, Instiaim
the past yeer Was 611,283, 'The Statethas
104 coloren `wheels aid 115 eplanen_teablieks.
Of 'the white teacbeie. there lite 7,731 reales.
and 5732 females. no nay 'of teaehers
varies:greatly in the different comities. In
townships the daily. Wages Sot stale teachers
'knee flora 61.en to 62.29, and for ferealee
from' 93 cans' to 62 2Z In • town. sphools
male teachers are paid for their daily eerviee
. all the 'wan, frons 51.76 to 66.33, . end female
teachdre frorasan conee to 62.33. • In cent
schoonathepoyinent of male . to:where ranges
froth 6-15., to 57;60, and of female teachers feat
n1.65 to tt5. • . • .
* Washington,Salool Board are dis.
aiming the question of .redneing the naniber
of studies in the • public echoole, era the
..._—__nground-that-the-Inentlanen-therpuniniesentet
from too much work. :It ie Also niscussitg
the abojitionsof: 'corpora punishment. ' in
Memphis, Tenn, this matter has just been
considered bythe SehciolBoard with theresult
, of a vote of 6 to a in favor of bodily -correction.
The rules of the Uties, N. Y.', schools .tvere
• recently 11o:ollagged as to do away pith coin
•.poral punishment.; but at recent a meeting.
of the Board :this action was reconeideren,
n and pertaiseinn • t •adniinieter •punisbeaent
. allowed, but ils. eareftel and Moderate Man-
ner. _
-A free school-1,er liontiqulture is ti..) b'e
•'opened in Paris, the objects of it to be the
Oulturo aid acclimatization of all plantnause,
• . full alike in dins,- intinetties and medicines ;
also of all.shrubs :Ian trees suitable for: the
ortamentation, afn, the squares rind public.
walks in Paris. Regular courses: oflectures
in practical botany are to be given to students
of both seem, with examinations, and. pupils
of ..the various menicipal schools will receive
invitations on spceml days, when practical
lessons of an elementety kiud svill be given
them by professore attached to the Reheat.
° Delegatee are to be foithwith Milt to England
and Belgium for the.. titter:mese Of. Outlying
the meat amiroyed etnods of hOrtieulture
in both countries.
representatives in - the Dominion. Parliament
to urge upon the Goyernment the necorsity
of at once erecting a grain elevator, und com-
pleting ouch other terminal facilities as may
be require(' at this port; also of making
Buell freight arrangements as will Kamm for
the Intercolonial railway A fainahate of tbe
carrying trade of dais Dominion, both to and
from the Atlantic seaboard." •
" 'Whereas, grearadvautages will undoubt-
edly result, not only to the Intereolonial
railway, but to our citizens of all classee, if
Halifax be made the wintee port of Canada;
therefore, be it
Resolved, that all means in our power
should be used,pablicly and privately, and
oua civie authorities are reenested to heartily
co-operate with us towards attaining that
objecne"
' THE WINTER PORT.
THB PAN.A.1VIA CANAL:
,
M.
de.I.iesseps Bound to Have it Built.
Nsw Toni, Deo 4. -The indefatigable de
Lesseps is about to make Another effort to
tenure them -operation of American capital -
late in aid of his inter -oceanic eanal solaeme.
et was announced to -day by Drexel; linemen
tt: Co., J. and W. Seligman ca Co:, and Win.
alow, Lanier et Co., that, under the authority
of the Council ef Administration of the Unis
versal Compete for the eonetructims 91 an
inter-oceanie canal through the Isthmus of
Panama, they:had been appointed a Resent
Americau connnittee to receive subscriptions
in America to U. de Lieseeps' projeot. The
books will be opened in the °fame of these
thins on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
of.nextWeek. M. do Lessee's is to be. Presi-
dent and Manager of the company. Mr. Jesse
Seligman- 'mid that the Arneribarte committee
and other bankers, including, Morton,. Bliss'
8e Co., John A. Stieeet and Heidelberg' laten
heircier propose to take there in the Oompany,
ma that applieations for Oates ha,vobeen
eonstantly mining in Irani hankere 'in other
cities as well as hr Nen,' Yotk. The prospects
were thet all ehe shares ihteinled for America
would be aubscribed for on the throe daya
named in the prospectus. Beakers in all the
principal eldest would receive (gams and send
the returns to .the special A:Meth= com-
mittee:. • .
. Mr. Seligman said, that shares in Paris were
being alloteed now at itienty por cont. pre-
mium, Be did not anew the amount of
shares that would be allotted to America. He
said that if he and nee bankierie aseociated
With him in disposing of the shares 'in. this
country aid not neve the utmoet °Mandan:a
in the suceees aef the'.enterprise they wean
iitithaventnythum to no 'with it. a .
•Peins, Dec. 6:.-nIt is stalen that the
Parterna Canal subscription is said to be
more than covered already.. '
• • •
WHAT WILL-. GREECE. bp 7
t6h,
epiteittla diee-
paten Meet Steleus-opprelieneiote nre7now
-entettained 'Ski to the . course likely to nee
ad.:sista:Up •Greeete on the withdrawal of the
allied fleet. • The times at hand for the dis-
persal of the squadrons, . and Thissia filen°
shows -any willingnessto- unite witlr:• England
in a futtlier demonstration. Geetsoci threat -
its as :Mon as the Airets dispense, to make an
attacleon Theesely and Epirue and then pea -
'crenate a topfitet withlurkeynwhieh stio is
atettaittingetiOngh elogle-nanded to .. Sustain.
'This 'would create a Most embarrieseion -site-
anon enbn England. " England. can ,:meither.
bland by and see :Greece beaterr'nor help ;her
without bripgirag .on a general European
warn. for :.which 4 Hngland .heiself ..ffd
prepared, and to which the . country
is totally opposed. Great: efforts are
being. Made to indeee Greece to wait ou
events until tiext spring, bathe Greeks think
this is the'golden monient for them, and they
tiradisinainedthione it to oblige GreatBritein.
Very warm repreeentatione bane been:made
to the Greek Government* urginterooneeation
and delay. "The positionceuses much anxiety
in Ministerial- otrcles,. •*specially as afairs in
Ireland show no tops whatever of it:apron&
iterate • ItiagpiiiGeol jxorge .1;laultfilthproo.-
first of Minch, but hie sincerity :is doubted
here in Government circles. '• . •
- Lennon, Dee. 6. -The .News prints the lol-
l:Swing eonspimousla : "W aro authorized
to state thaeal the powers. baying agreed. to
the proposal -of her Majestfr-Governreent
that the international fleet .sh.ould. aep,atane
aftermutually communiCatingtheinreepective
destinatione. Vize-Antairal- Seyneour, has
erderen the signel. to Pittet conipary." •'
•
Meeting in Halifax to Othisider the Ques-
HAMM:, Dee. 3.1 -There as it large at-
tendance this evening' at the public meeting
m the Academy of Music to consider the wife -
ter port question. Mayofobin occupied the
/min and moveralprovaineut business meet ad -
&tossed the meeting-- on the subject- under
• consideratiou. The toile wing resolutions were
adopted •
" Wberean the diverting Of the Canadian
carrying trade east and west to the railways.
of a foreign eounty is injurious, not only to
the interests of the letercoloniat railway, but
also to tbotto of the city of Halifax, the pro-
vince° of Nova Scotia and the Dominion of
Canada, therefore be it •
" Resolved, that in the oPirden of this
mer -ting the SubAidy for our mean mail
service should be paid only testicle a company
tie will make . its terminal port within the
Dominion."
"Whereas, the intereolonial railway hes
not yet fulfilled the propinse made previous to
'''Ddbfederation that Halibut would by it be
made Mc winter shipping port of The Domin.
ion; and, whereas, the neeossary terminal
typities for matiug it so are till withheld ;
•therefore, be it.
" Resolved, that this meeting nequeste our,
• RAILROAD NOTES.
Three hundred and twenty -fou,. care :of
freight artined at the , Halifax station en the
International Railwey duritg the week ending
on Saturday, and one hundred end" twenty•
0111.11 left. • • ' . • •
Inemenaature, Dee. 4. -It is stated here
that.the Baltimorean Ohio Railroad' 001/1.
pony is cutting rates, between New York and
the West. ••
Srmanounetz, Ont., Dee. 4. -The by-law
granting a botus of $3,500 in aid of the To-
ronto; Grey and ,Bruce. Railway was yoted
on in this village to -clay and carried by a ma-
jority Of Iwo. •
• The ratepayers of .North Dorchester have
Petitioned the Towriship Council to grant a
nonuei of 64,000 for the -construction of the
Credit Valleeitlailnay. Westminsten will be
asked to coatributo 63,000 to the sate pur-
pose.•
Sr. Lonna Dee. 4. -Alt the railroad expreas
departments centering here, inehiding the
Pacific, which covers all the Gorda toads, the
lean Mountain the Ohio Se Mississippi and
Louisville ds Nas1u4le, have made a local
'combination and Will her:eater occupy one
general calm. The combinatiet ' to save
the expenses of separate alma, the orraugcn
ment being that end set of men, tearns,
wagons, etc., shall deal the collecting and
delivery of goods het all the roads.
The fact that thili Wagner Oonipany have
ordered twenty-two new cars, to be ready
next spring, is takes' tse an inclieation that
some line leaclieg west •from Chicago will
adopt the Wdgner system.
,Travelis much lighter than usual and at
present largelylocal.
The Lake Shore k Michigeti' Southerti
°Mates 1,177 'alto' of track; its stook
amounts to 640,466,500; its gross earnings
ittfit fiaeal year were $15,271,492; its net
earning $6,019.351, anti the full interest ot
its bond e was n2,031,1.30.
-The Welland Tribune seen: "Several
letters are erowded over till nett week."
Whiela we euppoise, is the reason that paper
malls " tenapratio.".
, AN ANGEL'S VISXZ
.& colored man named Bounty Smith, living
on Antoine street, was before a Justice of the
Peace yesterday forenoon charged with the
larceny of Afty cents' worth of fire wood from
a ynette limn living next door. The Inman -
tion had a circumstantial ease. Some one
was heard at the wood pile in the night.
There were tracks in the snow lea.diondirectly
to defendant's house. The defouclant was
found in possession of wood exactly like that
missen from the pile, and he admitted that he
had not purchased any Wood this fall. The
defendant said he wished to be swore in his
own defettee, and after he had taken the stand
be began;
"He claims nis wood wns tooken away
Sunday night. Now, on Sunday mawnin' I
war. 'tacked by rheumatiz an' couldn't atop
till Monday night. Dia right leg war bent
back so, an' dis left one war skewed out so,
an' my wife had tofeed 1316 wid a spoon. War
I in shape to go out an' steal woon ?"
met
"Well, 'long 'bout dark do ole woman Said
ne las' stick of wood war gone, an' we wont to
bed to keep warm. Cada Igo put when
war in bed?"
I guess not!!
" Bertha, I couldn't, When I remembered
datowe had.no wood for de ilex' day I Went to
prayin' dat some rich man's heart might be
opened to charity, Fust I knewed de etioks of
wood begun to hit de doah, an' do ole woman
scrabblad 9ut and fetched dem in. If any than
reibbed dat man's wood pile, it war an angel
who was sent to help me."
•But you forget the tracks io Jim snow,
They were just the size of your beets." '
Trecks1 Was, dey any tracks?" .
"Yes." ' •
dat' s nuffin min me, as I see. I
'sped de angel had to shin' 'ton:wide de wood
pile to load up."
Twel of the jurors seemed totake this view
of the case, and the result was a disagreement.
-Detroit Free Press. '
•
TWO MEN AND A DOOR.
.; The stormaloors all around the Poet office
all open outwardly. This isn't for leer that
a fire* will occur and. a rush ensue, but it ie
arranged that way to make' a man mad. A
ban will gasinging aloag the street, smiling
all over, and, bragging to hiradelf how gond
natured he ise when he suddenly. remembers
Shat he inust mail a letter. He 18 may one
man; but the other 'mentioned in the heading
stands around to give adeice.
The hest man rushes up the steps and gives
the door a push: It issolid as a rook, and his
momentum generally carries his knees and
twee against the hard wood. e •
"Peen 1" yells the extra mat.
• The otner steps neck andfollowa the advice,
but with no successful results. By this time
•hiiteamilethait_ladennineedgapepeitanegins to
Tviittelip
attlTh1flin1Uniinttfltea
as he tunas and asks :. .
-nttethiehloand Pestninnee-aeletted. for thee
day ?" • • ' • :
"Olinnoi sir. --I-guess you.eviltgetein if: you
•pirsh hardenough. 1 pereume the hinges aee
a tittle rusty." • , • •
Then the mat returns to the Charge. :As a
rulehe his 814:adder-to the:door, his ,feet
slip bacnaand ite etudes down in a gainful
heap, to be lefighed at by alltheboys. WISen
he gots up, he feeldag if -he Muld ink any se'v-
en Menebet before he has time nonlek 'afield
149. OttItteetnnanace
'"Minhty ceineue tintritt thai'doer.. Ah 11
See-nopenethie way, You might have 'Mated,
all day and nbt got in.". •
The one Who goes in is.too mad topostitis
letter. -• The ote who stays out shakos ell over
:and keeps hht eyit Out for. the net.---Detroip
Free Press, •• •
TRH 14IME-KILN OMB.
"A. loetle money will buy wood an' 'tenet's
an'bacon, an' shoes an' doze," began the
ol4 man as the meeting opened, "Lots of
money will buy . silks an' sable, an' jewelry
An' white bosses. De man wid a leetle money
seems to believe dat the man" wid lots of it
am takin' all de comfort, I used. to lean dat
Weal nbut I'anget ener it. It am lisle, solemn
belief dat de who sots down bete' his own
fire, win his wife on de eight an' his chill'en
on de left, an' ne ole cat an' a pan -lull o'
appleain de middle'am in posishun to take
len as much comfort as if he lived in a house
wid golden stars. Take de world. frew an'
you'll An' dat de humblest homes am de hap.
PIM. Do MAP W110 has steady work, a Gavin'
wife and healthy children wouldn't be a bit
happier if he was to draw 50,000 in a lottery.
If he (loan' take comfort ine his own fault.
It's her own, fault if his wife isn't haPPY-
Sometimes may ole woman gits de blues an'
blows aroma kase she sees odder folks ride
out in deir icecaps, an' diem up in deir
satin:3,131ff I build up a good fire, git out de
apples, eider an' pop -corn, draw up de big
reckire.cheer, an' she can't titan' it ober ten
Db blue begin to fly away, an' she
pats de beln spot on my head an' says ; We
hate a cabin of our owe, plenty to eat, aneetle
money in de bank, arn I 'sped we kiu set
down an' take as much teolicl comfort as if
you war Gwe'ner, an' I had ten silk dressee.
He who inekes de most of what he's got am
finite' hisself to enjoy better. 'No eituashun
but what could be made worse. Finny 'dollar
blade by honest work ought to bring two dol.
lars worf of gond tomfort, Wid dese few
remarks, °ellen forth by overlie:nen' Samna
Shin growlizn arount bekase he couldn't have
mashed Intern at &bay meal, we will tow
eradicate the usual order of businese."
Eradicate 1" queried the Rev. Penstock as
he bolted to his feet.
" De che.n said eradicate," answered the
resident. • "IDe °bane damn boas' 'of his
eddicashun, but he knows de difference be -
tweeze predicate:an' eradicate." ,
" Could yea predicate dis eneetin' ?" asked
the reverend. -
" 11 earoumstances was favor'ble an' de
moon in de hest quarter I think I could. If
de brudder will now drap back int a his seat
we will endeavor to perambulate do gin'ral
programme." •"' .
" Per— 1" .
" Will Bruddir Penstock chip ?".
He dropped. '
VETITIPTS.
OiittittBAOR AS A lin'ORkER.
'IIo could woikatlitli green rapidity, ' A
libretto WaS fiput to him when he was director
of the-Bauffee. Horeceived it without read,
nig it. After o due lapse of tinfo the author
demanned the production of the piece, Offen-
bach asked for tithe, the author sent him a
lawyer's letter deintinding the score. In aftmr3.
0.0111 fOr411'44.1or.a134 said:
" You wisb me to write• yen some music ;
Monsieur ?" • . : ' •
'"-Certainlenalonsieut Offenbach."
Then I will make seine." • ,
He seized some ruled paper, and scribbled
down whatever came into his -bead. At the
end. of an hotir he looked up. '
" More than half the, score ienone !
it Out to bp eopied: We rehearse in three days,
liana to* ?" •
" This is joke," exelaimed the ' itatnor.
" YonasinelY•will not thee endanger yam -re.
'potateen and out success 1" a • , • •
." I will not change a single tote 1"
The -librettist departed. Offenbach. to 'his.
own surprisefound some good ideal in what
'he had written down thus hurriedly; he re-
read die libretto andfound it contained some;
good situations ,, month lie produeed tht
pfeee " Anothecatteet retnuennera ane it
succeenednan • • • ' '
-
The blacksman shops at toe head ot Gate
wold street hardly opened iheir ciders
yesterday morning when a colored Man ap-
peared at no of themleadingaii equinewbich
slidand-walked and hobbled by turns -on the
• slippery snow. If horses ever live Over a
hundred years this one bad primed that figure.
His hair was -long, one eye was closed and he
had so many limps that it seemed useless to
ook for insound leg. • .
"What I want to knots," began the owner',
after he had taken:four turns aroued a hitch-
ing post with the inch rope used as neater'
"am 'about what it will cost to Shoe •dis
hoss." "
"Two dollars,", was the prompt verity.
For de land's sake 1 bin has iron nz upto
dttpit'elir-have to dwell on net for a few
minitsn'
He dwelt. He walked eround his steed,
looked hitt over carefully,. and then said to
the smith : .
"Now see hyar. If you war' me wouldn't
you sort' o' neap' dis.beast-fur a summer
hose, an' do your winter haulin' on a hand:
. I would," •
" Det's what 1 wan • Ankle 'bout, an ..nueSs
I'll save him over till April and call myself a
hoss hew do winter. • Seems like admvagance
to got baos fur nie an' shoes for him all to
once. Hold up Aar', Philander -none four
punkt' up heachinnpOsts 'Munn Vire 1" -De,
troit Free Press, •
-When the•850 Chinon) took their leave
of San Fraticieco last week, a crowd of hood -
huts • gathered aid cheered the departing
Meaner. •The Secretary antouneett a letter from Oin-
The Secretary :none with a tear in his eye.
He had token twenty-one petitions home to
assort the different States. Since the mei-
dent-last enthmen when lie lost a bundle of
petitions while trying -to outrun a dog, he has
been very careful. He had the package of
letters in his pocket :when he went to bed, but
when he awoke in the morning the eats had
eatentaver.ytenterancieenewedezip_one of his
lneenternanieterneellts-nrste-thought-was• to
declare that hi n cabin had been burned, but
hiTneentenslaring himself to_tell a ho He
it:bind-speak the troth end take the :oonse-
"Rat man ne sot down tuider the same
head as hurrtcates and.lightnitinn'; replied
the old men. ":Dey go • when dey 'please
an: cosnestthenday' went tO.neDe •Socluetary
ant nee 'xactly to blame, but yit in db-ftipbor
better leave allclookeyments heel. in
de hall: We will nuike up de teen- order o'
biznoss," • ' :,• •• • •
. •
The betitabeilveht around to -the • tune of
",ally n stets," and thetalowiag candidates
were handsomely' silvenpliten
Rosh Snove,.. • Elder Case,
Belly Smith, • •' • ; Policy "White; •
Thanktul nonce, Windfall Kyler
Duplex Beater, Rev. •Seebeck.
enn.suar. •
. .
The. ()batmen of the, Committee on the
Sick reported neat Brother Brutus Croft sent
edin wend aboet ten (bye before that he was
sick abed.. Iie. had celled arid found the
.brother 'apparently very hard up. The , next'
thne he called at the house Brutes WAS lick
leg hie wife,' but got ' into bed and begat
groaning.before the door was opened: The
niatirmenelnielebearnratching-nleirartrodediall
diecoydrecr that he was lazy, shiftless and
shamming. He had put •up a job to get ye -
lief, and hissickness was only deception.
Dans de sort a 13:1:(11:1 he inn, is 3 ?" musea
the President: "De Seliretary will notify
Brutus -to appear at do nex' mectin' tO h'ar
on' plead t dem charges, -or his name will be,
creased front our boons. rye' had my eye on
dat-chap •fur Some tattle time, an' I knew
Item de. way he sot hie eteet di:rent. net eve
shouldn't carry -him:, win ns werry long, A
man Who bad raythundrag his hoofs arew de
Mud deng to de trubble of 'bendirt' hie
knees cloan' las' long atter: ye begin to tviiteh
him."' . - .•
s not Doriniti entoners.
The Secretary et the " African Order of
Modern.Philoeephy," which' holds , forth at
Kept, Oltioefetwareiod. an, cadet ceintenuica-
non atsking -Wane ' Geriner 0 amietanne.
klie ordure ti ieyeet j t .e. 1.1, • traift • of eons
co:ended tles. eutez sr a e., t Sli,1. ahead to
keep UP %vita the hi n e .r, else the 'enter
• slid beat "te, preeen; eneed et the
oleterones° none() had to ouo tneci and
some to tn (Abet, mit all ,(g.eeii to Joey° it to
thodeason of the 1:resident Of the. une-Kiln
Club. " 7 • •
afor half a minute it seemed -ate it- the- old
'man was struck. Ho scratched bis head,
looked Up Mid •down the -hall and hitelied
about in his Met. Then no got his 0110,1 and
rosie up and said ,• •
"bey haven't sent 'long 'miff ,perticklere
about dat-case, • Dey doan' give de -name of
na"railr aiL Dey goon': say which way the'
thin am gvtine. Deg clean' say hoky 'many
nasgengere ani aboard, nor give the name of
de conductors. 'When they beva furnished
his infoerettehut I; Olathe worry giant° fen
ilish my opinyut hia no question at issue.
•
• netnren MN OUT. • „,
• The Linni-Kilo Club is muter obligations to
Uncle Pilly Tiensior, of Bushnell, Is., for 'ex.
posing an impostor who. Will probably be
trent as kill as a poke t before the winter is
out in eetuni for his badnese. He is deeeribed
aa a young man of 23, having a complexion
the color of a cedarpeecil, steering boots with
the heels run elbwn on the insi4o, and claim-
ing to have been sent. out by 13rother Gardner
to collectsmaterial for it musetm of 'wonders
to be run in commotion with the Lime•Kiln
Club. When he teethed Bushnell he was
tended &aro with relics of Columbus, jaw.
bones of wIntletr, pistols of colebtaten generale
and old pipes tehieli had boa, sucked to death
by fordoug Indian chief's of a hundred years
ago. Ho is A base fraud, and sbouln receive
the grand bounce wherever be tutne up.
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PliOnAntir-VrILLd
einnati, aeking whether tna Lime-Eiln Club
and the corning Congress would work in hat.
mony. Brother Gardner replied that they
probably %stead in a genera way, although
the club might differ with that body in eonle
few things. The publishere of the Congres-
sional Beeped had agreed to publish as much
of the proceedings of the club as they could
make room for, and there tteemecinno reason
for any melons disagreement between to._
bodies convened icor the Panic gond. '
NOT bIITU141ITICArEn.
A State offieial'ot the State Of. Indiana
forwarded a letter in witich he asked if the re-.
port was true that Fred Douglas, it case he
was continued by the new administration, in-
tended to offer Waydowu Beebe, Pioldes
Smith, Giveadana Jonee and Upright Bristow fat positions under tne district govern -
went.
" a hint reached me las' week,"replied
the President, " but it am not yet authepticae
ted. Kisser Pouglae has long. bin aa boner-
ary member of dis club, au' or coarse he feels
kindly to'rd all upright members, but I should
counsel de bruddera earned Many righnhealt,
in place of eseptin'' any poishun which eciuld
be made fer 'ern down in Washington. NS a
worry wicked city, an' de gain of a few dol-
lars am nuflin' compared wit' total loss of
character."
net 110a.
Elder Potts ecise to make a suggestion. In
bis end of the hall more than half the mem
hers bad hitt' their shoes off all the evening, "
and he had scratched away at . his own chin -
blains until he was tiettl. Was this state of
snatchy to continue all winter ? lia .wouicl,
suggest that the Committee on Nanigittion be
requested to experiment, inquire and investie .
gate for a euro. Brother Gardner replied, that
lee had Weeded. to make a move in thin din
reakin nefore winter set' in, and ha' -advised
the aommittee to spare no paine , or expense
in seeking a remedy. no triennia then
sounded and the members rushed for theie
hats and clattered down stet -on -Detroit Free
Prep.
ALL., SOUL$.
. -
Peculiar Observations of tile 'Day in
France and Italy.
'•', From the islew"Yorkefeetr. '
In all Cabello countrieethe 2ed of Novem-
ber is consecraten to theneemory onthe dead.
It wee Octillion; a French abbot; who, in the : •
year • 998, instituted thie .ainnineraetation. ,
There is a legend, generally believed in Franeo. •
that from.the sunset of the lst'tb• the sunset
of the2nd day ofenlovember the denieene of.
the epirit world revisit the boraes and fannies • •
they left on earth, and in mauy plum people
,fut up, all night in the • hope.of seeing elmee• .
evho they feel sure will be • with then' deritg •
the night and' the following s thy. ne Italy
there is no snarler belief,though theday is
devoted to the dead, ancntlan cerneterien Aro
,deekenevitheitoweettanattenseetatin-onlighted-tra-n-ae
pers,whi eft retake thenel ook Mord like enchanted, ' •
geedets than sinlinary burying .gremode.:Tne •
•menitmente in, Haliarrecemeteries • aro veryn -- --
beautiful, and these ' ithothlek that Italian . e ..... n•
arttedying .onteneed,onlen pay -a -visit to -the' - ,
Repeat ' Oeniettity to aihenge their opinion.
There. is one -tomb. -which in neat is worth ell,
that . •Itranee ..ctiiishow in this novel,. A. .'"'•
.weei art ettindatilane on a bettered ship, in the
midst of a stormy sea:, the farms .,is eilaeped -,
,to lier besoninrid her eyes. Are inced eri heaven.
•with the se:mai:tit 'gaze of faith. •Auethern s-
• tornb,whieli .ettracte attention .repreveats three '
entire angels ainitnelontitnee'fbeavezentiwiiken a . nen - eenaenennesee—
neesbii of three cbilthen Who died withitthree
months of each other, When one ledaea these, •
•
tombs -he feels' as ir death lattd.lest•itS ttitig. '
If :death'1were ot wrapp•iiiin s0 .11411011 000111' •
1
011k 'dread °fen' ;night cease: The ont Greeke e.
ann Roman: had' less teat of death, aralthey •• .. .
bad their tombs befone tittle eyes iittne rncist .:.. •
frequented roads. .. -. . ." ..• , • -
There is :mother intstonintbich is observed '
-by -all-true Bereatiennamely, the dating of
large beenit at dinner on the 2n of Novem-
ber, The origin of -this mietom la not known.:
lieteeinthought-thateineolderatimee-thenleade-ae
went honored in May lanced of . November,
and that, as:beats weirothen in .seasonnthey
fotroodpart of feast,- New, however, dried
beans -have to be edema and at evarV one does ' ..
inn like that food; theChurchalloweineitation -
beetle: -Those aro made of aim. and pastry, .
medeup he the .shape of and canoe dead men's
booess The lerynaioneis eiillicient to deter .
many from riattiking of this teamy . iliongh
it is said to •beedeliciouti, butahe sight •of a •
hinter.. bone,, even -when tang tiet, i by thet . . '
*West' of. mouths, is net pleasentS• The
custoin of placing these deathnsonee on clinIng . ,
tables had -the, Same origin as that of introditin .
Mg skeletons at ,festiettle to remind the guests
that all weed Mettelen'd it was better to enjoy, ..:
life Whilst they coo; Christianity•ara eivilie :
xenon abolished ' skeletons from , bangnets.;
tint 'a vestige of the custom' still remeins in ..
thesenionee, which are eaten eluting the first .' .
nine days of November.
In. addition to visiting the catnetery and .
eating .beats and . deal -bonen die Romans
also visit the crypt of a 'church whieh is made .
ettirely Gf human bones.. The stairs leaning .
to the crypt, the bannisters and the.walle are
oI bones.All thenrnamexitatipns andfrieees .
are of bend; "as are the window 'frames., -.no
doors -.9.,0 the ; chandeliers which hang On a '
elielin of bones frost a 0'011111g' of benne. They .
are so .cleverly put together that the ' whole
looks- like ivory. There aro two or three
elturches that hove bone crypts' of this kind;
'bin the' meet celebrated tense one linnet thin '
Church Da Morthnear the•Sisto Benign The :
crypt; is surrounded with • skeleteni,:mme '
dressed, some entked,.and (tenth's heads are
„aburidannn seettotticl about,tt is said that a . '
photographic likeeteen gives a shack to. one's. • -
vanity e buta visit to them skeleton Ci, ts
kills vanity forever. . '
-, --The 'tendert jeurtiels, account for what
tlioy call"' the Sara Bernhardt craze" by pay-
ing that the New Yorkers AVO more than half
Parisian. They like Englend's old. world *
relics and eittiqeities, cathedrals, eivern, and
Stratford on -Avon ; but Innis has their heart.
They visit the tomb of nhaliespeare aud wain,
der abounthe Mutts of Dictums and Zemke
.etay, but it is from Paris the American. lady
gas her dresses, and the millionaire hie fnr-
niture, deeerations, and pictures.• ••
-it will be some consolation te those • • .1
aftlieten with seaticknese to know that William .
111:, whom Macau:lay makes tortiething tear
a god, was a martyr to this inalady ; so were
the great Lord Nelson, bravest of the brave
seamen; and: A:be-el-Kaden accomplished in
all the nett; of Arab chivalry; so were Nape -
leen and Prince Albert, emperors in war and
peace. So. Sarah Bernhardt, powerful to
charm tlIc theatrical gods, einlia MorOiff 0 40
influence ova Neptune . and now comas Sit
itoherts, the hero el Af4hards4an, to de- .
clam now his soul sidemen opt the heaving
wave, and he had to call onho 13toward.
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