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GENERAL SEWS.
Beach still .berated Becchcr, the 15th.
Crops throughout Utah arc in splendid
condition.
The Jaqucs Cartier bank, Montreal,
hag failed.
Paris, KyM dccoiated rctal and union
craves, the 15th.
A storm at Quincj, 111., on the 14th,
did $50,000 damage.
Two democratic members of the N.
r- H. house have been unseated.
Alex. Collie & Co., of Manchester,
Eng., have failed $15,000,000.
Liabilities of Jackson. Boston de
faulter, $417,720; asfcets, $151,618.
While bathing near Savannah, Ga.,
two mn were carried to sea and drowned.
An unprecedented rain storm prevailed
,iu California the 15th, suspending har
vesting. At Put in-Bay the National Associa
tion of lion.a'i.nihic Physicians in iu
session .
J. M. MiGicw is MpjHiInled sixth
uudilor f the 'licusuiy, in place of C.
C. Sheats.
Count Von Aruiiu's (rial has been re
opened. In leugth it is like unto the
Brooklyn trial. -
Fires the 15th New York, $100,000;
Ithaca, $80,000; Green Cove, N. S., to
tally destroyed.
Omaha is full of hoppcis, and myriads
of them are flying over from Kansas and
Missouri, ana going northwesterly.
For helling corpses the superintendent
ol Philadelphia's burial grounds is held
to bail in $1,000. Pcihaps he was rais
ing money for the centennial.
How Tweed' out of jil ! The N. Y.
C'('iut of Appeal liutt unanimously re-
vt i( d the judgment of the Supreme
Couit in Ids ease, and oideud his dis
charge. On the Tex.-Mex. irotitier, Gen. Cor-
tl.mu i ui-iiiinir .tifl f ln-dnf miiiitr fftvjmrrfi
wiltia in juii .!- wii.u .. ........f.
on thu Tcxhiik for killing that dozen o
his friends, t'other day. Mexican olli
cinls are said to be walrhinghim with
l-nxiety not for what he may do to the
-Texans, but lor what he may do to them.
The Commission to lrcat--with the
Sioux Indians has been increased to
cierht niemtars. The following nrc the,
"oasics: Wm. B: Allison, TowAtHi"!-
...
Jp. R, Ames, Maryland; r. W. rainier,
111.; Brig. Gen. Alfred II. Terry, U. S.
A.; Hon.Abram Comingo, Mo.; Rev. S.
D. Ilinman, Dakota; G. S. Bcauvois,
Mo.; J. R. O'Brine, New York. J. W.
J)wyer w:is appointed Secretary. The
aalary to each will lie eight dollars imay,
with allowances for necessary expenses.
The Provincial Court, Vienna, acquit
ted Wiesenger of the charge of attempt
ing to delraud Father Gerald Beck. In
gic couise f the trial Wiesenger de
clared that he was an adhcicnt ol Bis
marck and ot ultramontaues. His sole
intention was to allure the Jesuits to ac
quiesce in the offer to assassinate Bis
marck and thereby give the latter reason
At more energetic proceedings against
Catholics. lie hoped that Bismarck or
Schwcinitz, the German Ambassador,
would regard him tor his zeal.
The Ewpress or China
It was reported soon after the death of
lie late Emperor of China that his young
widow had committed suicide, but, ac
cording to the rekin Gazttte, her death
Hd not occur until the 27th ot March.
The China Mail sajs": "Her fate has
been indeed an unhappy one. Wedded
at the ace ot 15, she became a widow at
M7, and aince the death -of her husband
fcMv'f aative reports are to oe oeueveu,
lea most miserable life. She is said
to have refuted all food lor some uays
Obvious .to her death, and to have sunk
fr0 exhaustion. Whether tnese reports
be trte or not, e can easily believe tnar
her position was a most unenviauie one.
At best she waa condemned to perpetual
geeJuioa for many years to come, -while
m Was expoeea xo jningiu m-u, u
Hew of her expected confinement, might
have had her death and that ot tne pos-
ible child as their object. Deatu was
probably a merciful.relief." The Sliang
juii Courier and Gazelle says that the
etfly death of the Empress is entirely
h accordance witn tne mqobw iu oi
bati8aost nigciy nuug n -"
bJfreaved. It is not impossible that her
emorj will-acquire a sanctity in Chi
nese eye from tne ia ui uw uiuK
llowed er iora wnum -
3 m.. vpi.t ib already attributed to her
Irecretf, m it is said that she suffered
a. Alii )!eaaao
Ifrom no octbuc uwv
The North German Gatetteot the 13th,
ices the arrival of the United States
Rear Admiral Warden command-
afc It says the Admiral is expected to
the city to-Bigni. ua -
1... . Iilvi Qflll ttVt
j a warm wcicume w -j -
is a highly 'deserving officer or an
b aad frieadly nation. The uer-Ih-ot-war,
Lovely, met the Ameri-
tetatthe month of the Elbe, and
an exchange of salutes, accom;
Itoekstait. The testis ex-
rarrrfn'i. Kil5mosiad the Ad-
there are preparing nmmnr re-
ajnarsntiillisaln honor ef the,
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Oca. Sherman.
The General is perfectly at home in
St. Louis, and is very popular, lie is at
pains to be very cordial with people, and
goes to entertainments with a freedom
which never fails to be charming. Mrs.
Sherman, a quiet lady, who has great in
fluence over the General, is with him
almost all the time, and they give pleas
ant receptions at their dwelling at least
one night of the week. Their two tine
yoUng daughters arc at school in Ohio.
Sliss Lizzie Sherman is visiting iu the
East, and Mrs. Fitchjs quietly enseonsed
lu her trans-Mississippi home. The cel
ebrated jewels which tie Khedive gave
ostensibly to Mrs. Fitch were designated
for the General as a family prcsent,but the
delicate occasion of his daugher'o wed
ding was selected to oiler them uoui
inally to Mrs. Fitch. It is understood
in St. Louis society that thtse treasures
will be divided up among the daughters,
and presumably the gift ib worth some
thing under $100,000. The family man
sion is a large brick building, square
and high, with high ceilings, large Imlls
snd chambers, and is well fitted to be
the headquarters of the ai my. The flag
staff is raised over the roof, and an
orderly in civilian dress is found at the
door. Tiiere arc now but six staff oili
cers. Sherman wears street dress; some
times his trousers arc blue and his coat
black, and again his coat blue and his
trousers black, and sometimes both coat
and trousers arc black and the vest blue,
lie appears to get into his clothing with
out much ado, and he transacts so much
business and talks so rapidly that people
scarcely have the chance to look at his
clothing, lie has an immense number
of callers. Foreign actors and artists,
travelers, military companions, .adies,
and dependants go to his quarters with
freedom. Graphic. ,
Triumph of Gonitis.
A -New
Orleans man has invented a
contrivance which should Immortalize
him. It consist of a neat little skele
ton attachment for the roof of a street
car, with the hinge just over the door.
It is rather ornamental than otherwise,
and doesn't iu the least interfere with
passengers. The driver works it by a
sort of treadle: When he sees a boy
catching on the step, he will go through
Hie usaal forms. He will look indig
nant; amTtfirealeh'the' boy, and appear
to be awfully riled, and of mnrw .
boy will grin and stand on one leg, and
wiggle his fingers against his nose in
derision. And just at this interesting
crisis the driver stamps his foot with
vigor, and something like a grappling
hook will sudden y fly down and wrench
out the seat ot that boy's trowsers, and
snatch him several feet to the rear ot the
car, where the inevitable milk cart will
run over him. Now let this genius con
trive something that will annihilate
bonk, insurance, and lightning-rod
airents in a similar manner, and wealth
will be his, as well as enduring fume
and the gratitude of humanity.
White pleated basques will be again
worn with colored skirts, but only for
the house. This style is too comfortable
to be abandoned. These basques arc of
linen, cambric or batiste.
Government Reforms In Japan.
A letter from Yokohama says that
the Japanese Government is still bent on
introducing greater uniformity in the
administration of the country, cud that
it has decided, with this object, to abol
ish the use of the Chinese character in
all official documents. In future the
simple Hira-Gama letters arc to be used,
which every Japanese can read. There
arc no fewer than 705 foreigneis in the
government service, and 281 others have
obtained appointments from private em
ployers, and the number of the latter
continues to increase. This, observes
the correspondent, is the bestpr.oof that
the foreign element is "necessary to the
Japanese, and such will be the case, for
some time to come, notwithstanding the
efforts which arc made to educate the
Japanese youth both at home and abroad
and to train them as teachers. The gov
ernment gives particular attention to
education; 'examinations take place at
regular periods, prizes are distributed,
and during the last two years nearly
$1,000,000 have been contributed for ed
ucational purposes from private funds.
The Imperial Prince Fushini passed his
examination the other day, and is said
to have distinguished himself in French
and Chinese; he is to enter the army as
a sub-lieutenant. The government also
proposes to establish' from ten to twenty
new harbors for foreign trade, and it is
hoped that the -whole of the interior of
the country will noon be opened to for
eigners. Two hundred thousand dollars
have been appropriated for the cost of
the Japanese department in -ths exhibi
tion at Philadelphia.
The Supreme court of New Hamp
shire has decided that the Democratic
Senators Priest and Proctor are entitled
to seats. The seceding Republicans will
return, and the Legislature proceed to
elect a Governor by ioint ballot
White will atill be worm, but it is not
as fashionable an ecrn fabrics.
Fashion' Freaks.
Lace scarfs are again worn this sum
mer, but not so long.
Shoulder Beams arc cut very short, and
the coat sleeves lit almost tight to the
arm.
The deep, round overskirt retains its
popularity, more particularly for travel
ing usage.
Grenadine shirred basques are pretty
and becoming to cieriiter ladies. They
are puiTcd all over, evcu under the
arm6.
F-jr midsummer use, the pretty linen
lawns are the sweetest and coolest. They
are found iu imported stripes, cross bars,
and large plaidsto suit all tastes.
Kids, skirls of pique and Victoria
luwus, with box pleated skirt waists, arc
now worn on girls as well as boys, and,
with handsome sashes, the effect is quite
stylish.
Gray dud brown undressed linens will
retain their popularity as morning and
traveling suits. Some are handsomely
embroidered on the flounces, jackets and
sleeves.
According to the style lately set by
the Princess of Wales, it is fashionable
among English ladies to have their
monograms and coats of arms embroi
dered in arabesques on their skirts and
corsets.
Beautiful lawns iu patterns are now
found in few of the stores, and are as
uncommon as they are stylish. They
make up very showy, and are extremely
handsome. They are iu all shades, like
the other organdies.
. The new stockings for ladies and chil
dren are ribbed. They are ot French
cotton, all Guides, and have the appear
ance of silk. These are the latest and
most stylish of any hosiery that have
come in the market.
Elaborate guipure nets in antique de
signs are bought in ail shades to suit
dllfereut colored underskirts. Brown,
ecru and black are the shades mostly
worn for the street, though white has
been seen on some few ladies.
The ladies have an Ulster or traveling
wrap made of wool or linen, and they
are really serviceable for that purpose.
Some have the pointed hood and some
arc made witli a deep square collar. A
loose belt is used of the material, and
fastened in the back by a large buckle,
Maek or stcol.
Newspapers by Electricity.
A London correspondent of the Liver
pool Courier writes to that journal : It
has been hinted from time to time that
one of our wealthy London journals has
"under consideration" the practicability
of printing its sheets in several of the
great towns simultaneously, in order to
secure a distribution of its copies as
early as the various local journals which
arc so fast depreciating the circulation
and once paramount influence of their
London cotemporarics. How can this
staggering feat be accomplished? The
leading journal had its attention drawn
some weeks ago to an electric machine
in operation at the London Stock Ex
change, by which the fluctuating quota
tions arc telegraphed to a number of
city offices, whetc an instrument, com
posed of movable figures and a dial
plate, is made to record changes from
hour to hour. If an electrical current
can be made to manipulate movable fig
ures, it was conceived that a system of
mechanical type-setting might be car
ried on simultaneously in a number ot
distant places, the operation being di
rected from a central office in London;
the news being there collected from all
parts of the world, and that tbe "copy"
might be put in type at several provin
cial offices simultaneously by operating
on an electric key-board, or a number of
kny-boards, controlled in the central
office. This idea, like so many other in
ventions, is not new. Mr. Mackay,
of the Warrington Guardian, worked
upon the same line of invention about
eight years ago to my knowledge, and
simultaneous type-setting by machinery
was by him carried to a practical issue,
though he found that his invention did
not result in profit. He worked a num
ber of type-settinir machines by op
erating on one key-board, and proposed
to 6et up newspapsr columns for any
number of papers by this simultaneous
process, the only difference Ibeing that
the various machines could not be placed
in distant places. In other words, he
did not connect them with electricity.
The fact remains that he actually worked
some ten or. twelve machines on this
principle of connected action which de
rived its directing power from one key
board. There is no jnoral doubt thatthe
same thing can be done on a wider scale
by electric agency. But it done, would
the game be worth the candle! I know
the Timet, or rather the manager of its
mechanical department, is putting the
thing to a private test in order to .ascer
tain its mechanical practicabilitiea. If
that can be. made clear, the Timet di
rectors are not likely to be deterred by
financial timidity from. the next step in
the unparalleled adtentare. What n
world i of journalistic development the
prospect of.eaa id jHiauaat v
P
Tbe Service Flies Perform fr Maw
klHd.
Mr. Emerson, a distinguished English
chemist and naturalist, has been observ
ing the habits of the common housefly,
and he has given the following account
of his proceedings in the Scientific Amer
ican. In the light of the revelations ot
that gentleman's investigations, thfT-fly
assumes the position of an important j
friend instead of a pest to mankind.
"Did you ever watch a fly who has just
alighted after soaring about theroomor
some little time? He goqf through a
scries of operations which reminds wtt.
of a cat licking herself after a mekIof
ofubird pluming its feathers FirstrtKe
iad feet are rubbed together, and each
hind leg Is passed over a wing, theotthe
fore leg undergoes a like treatment; and
lastly, if you look sharp, you will nfee
the insect carry his proboscis over liis
legs about his body as far as he cn
reach. The minute trunk is perfectly
retractile, anil it terminates in two lare
lobes, which you can sec spread out when
the insect begins to meal on a lump 6f
sugar. Now the rubbing together 6(
legs and wings may be n smoothing op
eration; but for what purpose is thfe
carefully going over the body with thfe
trunk, especially when that organ is not
fitted tor iicking, but simply for grasp)
iug and licking up food?"
Mr. Emerson states that he began hi
self appointed task of finding outwhethj
er the housefly really serves any appro
eiable purpose in the'scheme of creation,
excepting as an indifferent scavenger, by
capturing a fine specimen and gluing his
wings down to a microscope slide. On
placing the slide under the instrument,
to the investigator's disgust, the lly ap-
pcared covered with lice, causing the
offending insect to be promptly released;!
and another substituted iu his place..
Fly No. 2 was no better off than fly No.,
1, and the same may be predicated of.
flics No. 3, 4, 5, fi (or of x flies, as the
algebras have it). Mr. Emerson con
cluded that there was something which
at once required looking into. Why
'were the flies lousy? Meanwhile fly No.
2, on the slide, seemed to take his posi
tion very coolly, and extending hb-pfii
boscip, began to sweep it over his lody
as if he hid just alighted. A glance
through the microscope, however, showed
that the operation was not self beautify
cation, for wherever th-- we' there
I.- 4..iti went. The lice were disap
pearing into the trunk; the fly was eat
ing them.
He took the paper into the kitchen and
waved it around, taking care no flies
touched it, went back to the microscope,
and there found animalcules, the same
as on flics. He had now arrived at
something definite; 'the animalcules were
floating iu the air, and the quick motions
of the flics gathered them on their bodies,
and the hies then went into some quiet
corner to have their dainty meal.
The investigator goes on to describe
how he continued the experiment in a
variety of localities, aud how, in dirty
and bad smelling quarters, he found the
myriads of flics which existed there lit
erally covered with animalcules, while
other flies, captured in bedrooms of well
ventilated, clean apartments, were mis
erably lean and entirely free from their
prey. Wherever filth existed, evolving
germs, which germs might generate dis
ease, there were the flics, covering them-'
selves with the minute organisms and
greedily devouring the same.
First
Class Work by Volcano
Earthquake.
and
The lollowing particulars have come
from Panama by mail, relative to the
recent earthquake and volcano : On the
18th a severe earthquake visited Salazar
and region. In this city a large part of
the church tell, and several houses were
destroyed and some people killed. The
city circuita is entirely destroyed, only
a few families being saved. The botica
alemania German drug store was set on
fire by a ball of fire, which was thrown
out of a volcano, which is constantly
belching out lava. This volcano has
opened itself in front of Santiago in
Redgo, called El' Ulto. De La Giracba
SanCayetana was destroyed and Santiago
in larger part In Gramelctc there ws
great destruction. Arboleda, Cucutilla,
and San Cristobal are nearly destroyed,
principally the four last The popula
tion of these towns is estimated as fol
lows: San Cayetana 4,000: Santiago,
2,000; Gremeiate, 3,000; Arboleda, 5,000;
Cucutilla, 5,000; San Cristobal, 16,000.
The section of the country referred to
embraces regions around about where
Columbie. and Venezuela join the Colom
bian portion, embracing Santander. It is
in some respects the most productive por
tion of tlus republic, and whose coffee is
lamoas all the world over. San, Jose De I
Neircuta, at the time of the disaster, had
a population estimated at 18,000. It
had a large commercial business and waa
the grand depot for coffee and cocoa Jor
shipment, either throng the Venezneli
porta or down the- Magdalen to Pan
ama. The shock was' felt sharply 3
Bogota and adjoining section. Am
tleman who was at the time in Facn&fl.
Tin nays that the movement bated thfac
Ditcorery ef Gold In Kansas
JFtct is often stranger than fiction, '
is a very trite saying and true one,
though specially applicable in this case,
or while the Solomon Valley iu Kansa
has In-en a favorite resort for homestead
era, the fact that gold was concealed in
that valley never entered the minds of
any until lately, and there is no doubt J
but that a man would have lecn laughed
at had he insinuated that he had discov
ered gold in thid section, and would
have doubtless been considered a fit sub
jnMjtfnrli lunatic asylum, or a first class
fraud.
?It is, however, a fact that i.i the Blue
Hills, which are located in Mitchell, Sa
line aud Lincoln counties, oh the divide
between the Solomon and Saline rivers,
irold has been discovered, and at the
present time a party of about five
hundred men aie obtaining it in paying
quantities.
The Blue Hills have hardly been heard
of by any one residing off the valley
but they arc ttiere, and Uncle Aaron
Bell, the oldest settler in Mitchell county,
says they were located in exactly the
same place twenty years ago, and were
christened Blue Hills because every one
who went there returned looking blue,
owing to the fact that it did not appear
practicable to cultivate this section, and
really they all looked upou the range of
hills as being of no account in the world
except to shelter antelope, deer, builalo
and red skius.
But some man born lucky happened
to stumble on to gold in these hills
while prospecting for a sheep range, and
immediately imparted the fact to a few
chums, who started at once iu search of
the precious mineral. Of course the
news flew fast, and in the Solomon and
Saline Valleys some of the homesteaders
who had been eaten out by grasshoppers
last fall, left their farms for this new
Eldorado, and to-day the most intense
'excitement prevails in that portion of
.Kansas, news from the prospectors being
looked for as eagerly as fie dispatches
'respecting the Brooklyn scandal,
f The Indians were all driven out years
?igo, and Uncle Sum's troops are too busy
in the Black Hills to ever think of the
thitherto much abused and despised blue
feiaL fjMU-rti.v"',-.---, t. -idling
perfectly secure, uud need not have his
head shaved to protect his scalp. St.
. i
Joseph Herald.
Dress in Church.
Apparently the ladies who listen to
the sermons of the Rev. Mr. Talmadge,
liavc not learned that black is the most
fashionable for church wear, fer he de
clares that, there seems to be, in the
churches, a great strife raging. It is an
Austcrlitz of ribbons. The carnage of
color is seen all over the religious assem
blages. Along on the outskirts of the
Sabbath audiences you see here and
there a picket of fashion, but down in
the middle of the uudience arc the solid
columns, blazing awny through the ser
vice. Five hundred "broken and con
trite hearts" covered up in rainbows
Tiaiirspangles. Followers of the "meek
and lowly Nazarene" jingle and flash.
Forthermorc, he says: We want a great
ecetcsiastical reformation in this matter
ohSabbath accoutrement. Shoo these
religious peacocks out of the house of
God. By your example, make subdued
ana modest .costume more popular than
gauiy apparel. Do not put so much
dryjoods on your back that you cannot
climb into glory. You cannot sail into
the harbor of heaven with such a rig
ging as that They would level their
Sane at you as being a blockade-runner.
Cooing up to the celestial door, the
gatekeeper would cry, "Halt! you
cannff go in with such regimentals.'
Andfas you answered, "I got those
jewels from Tiffany and that dress from
Arneld and Constable, and 'those shoes
fromsBurtV' tne Ste keeper would say
to one of the attendants: "Take this
soul iown to one of the outhouses and
tear ok those puffs and ruffles and knife
plajjjjigs and Hamburg embroideries,
and'jpit on her more appropriate attire;
for gojng in as she now is, all heaven
would.purst out a-laughing!"
f
Of tnnftetien.
Trnjj? humility, being a wbe virtue,
wiU-dhhLmore in self examination and
seaeftpmtrition than in confession. For
confession is often a mere luxury of the
conschmofrrtieed as the epicures of an-
cienr?Bsie would use an emetic and a
warm.hjtb before tkey sat down to feast
It is oflskalso a very snare to the maker
of it, sMt delusion practiced on tbe
party Whom it is made. For, first,
thcfai
may be each as words win not
at
explain; secondly, the plea
ot
ghat-tit judgment in her seat;
thirdly
Indulgence shewn to con-
fa
be better bestowed on the
conceals, far this tend to
uarmn WMi many
of penitence to the
it'
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The British Barmaid.
The strong desire of smart, resectable
young women to obtain the place of bar
maid Itchiml a public-house counter is
evinced by the number of applicants of
fering their services in thc'llcensed vict
ualers' newspajKsr$,dccribing thctnelve
as tall, genteel, well educated, attractive,
never lcen out before and rcadv to serve
months without wacs. I have, in my
time, known many attractive barmaid,
and have often heard from their lips talcs
of misery, whilst otlicrs, full of gayety,
would not exchange their position ex
cept on a "very eligible offer." Numbers
of young females have been brought to
the bar through unthinking friends of
'mine host' the latter taking the maids
under :olu recommendation of custom
ers; and once installed barmaid?, bar
maids they must continue, ulcss married,
for few would accept their services in
any other capacity. A great many un
doubtedly like the position from the
pure love of admiration and vanity. They
like to be talked, to, and converse with
flatterers and admirers; and their fond
ness of dress is considerably heightened
by the opportunities afforded of "show
ing off" to the "fellows" using the tav
ern. It would be far from the truth to
assert that all this allurement to impro
prieties with men, leads vx) evil courses
as a rule, for, as a class, placed in so
many ways of temptation, barmaids are
far more moral than any other female
employes that could be eisily named.
They have no objections to be made
love to and accept presents from "soft
heads" and "siMnmeys," but catch them
outside the bar with suwh ! In many
houses at the West End and the city
used by clerks, lawyers ami shopmen,
the landlords find it greatly to their in
terest to have handsome, fine, sho ry, at
tractive, ami talkative "young ladies"
lehiud the bar. The conversation at
these houses is by no means of the
"goody school of alphabet." Many of
these "young ladies" have rich dresses in
the height ol fashion, found them by
their employers, and ouly serve at those
hours when the "giddyitea" look in to
liquor up aud feed. It mny Ihj piety,
or something else, that causes this branch
of bur-maidenhood to forsake the taps
OH thCJHiVentb "Uy b,.t icitnlu it Ts they
always have their Sundays out, and are
to be seen at Kew, Richmond and even
the "Zoo,"' escorted by rich admirers.
Many marry rich men, and not long
since, a Jermyn street barmaid was
united to a wealthy shipowner and a
member of Parliament. The old gent
in this ca?e married out of gratitude for
the young lady's civility at a time when
he was taken queer at the bar. Most
barmaids possess their civility aud po
liteness until theircustomcrs get quccrly
otherwise, and arc asking for "tick,"
when the virtues disappear altogether,
and instead of "please give your orders,
gentlemen," the gentlemen are "ordered
out." With respect to remuneration
being an inducement to enter the ser
vices of the "bar," it must be otherwise,
for the general wages average only from
10 to 12 per year. In regard to easy
and pleasant duties as encouraging fe
males to seek such employment, those
who have thought so at first must havs
been sadly disappointed. Iu many
West End houses, and in those in the
thoroughfares, barmaids are down by
five o'clock in the morning, and with
the exception of three hours rest in the
less busy hours of the day, they arc at
work until half-past 12 at night They
have to clean the floor of the bar, the
taps and glasses. They are in many
cases never still or off their feet from
early morn to the middle of the night.
On Sundays they have a few hours to
th emtelrcs which are taken up in clean
Ing out their garret, nd arranging or
mending their clothes. Once a month
thay are allowed a "day out." They
have to silently bear the filthiest lan
guage and disgusting sights, particularly
from their own sex. They have to put
up with insults from the lowest of the
low without a murmur, and all this
for less wages than is paid a maid of all
work. Emily Faithfull.
Kerosene and Whisky.
These two great American extermi
nator, worked in concert lately in Mich
igan. On last Friday a farmer named
Backus went into town in a wagon, his
wife accompanying him. They bought
among other things, a can of kerosene,
and Backus himself bought and drank
abundance of whisky. On the way home
tbe horses became frightened at some
thing, and, Backus beiag too drunk to
control them, ran- away. Mrs. Backs
was thrown out and somewhat injured,
but Backus remained in the wagon.
After running for some "distance, the
horses became detachedrom the vehicle,
and at about the name time Jre from she
drunkard's nine Jell among the straw.
Tbe straw hnrned until the hawse
reached, wheat ths can SKnlsdsd,
ninsr Backus 1m Issnss. Hie
nsnch mtmcalad to Jmsb hisaislf, his
hnmedte
little
death. Whsniul lisri nmi
Incident er the PenmijlTaaU Firrt.
Great tires arc still raging in the taola-
j ted parts of the neighboring Pcnnaylva-
nia counties. In the northern pit of
Monroe county several live were lost.
The inhabitants of Locust Ridge, Ever
green. Stodd&rtsvillc. GouhUboro, and
of many lumlcring settlements were all
driven from their home, score of which
j were laid in ashes. Hundreds of cnp2e
saved only what clothing they wore.
Families were driven for miles ttcfore
the advancing conflagration, through the
forests, before they reached places ol
safety.
One StoddoxUvUlc fondly named Cox,
consisting of a father, motherr teven
small children, and Mr. Cox's mother,
nearly ouo hundred y;ars of age, suf
fered untold hoirors in the burning
woods. They lived on the outskirts of
the place, and tied with the reJt of the
inhabitants. Old Mrs. Cox was unable,
to walk more than a mile unaideo. Her
son assintcd her some distance further,
when sho fell to the grouud utterly at
huustcd. Besides helping Im aged
mother, Cox carried two of his children,
his wife carrying two more, the three
larger ones making their own way, C'o
attempted to bear his mother along also,
but found that his progress was so re
tarded that the fire threatened to over
take them. Thu old lady tagged her
sou to leavu her and save himself and
children. He tried to induce the children
to run along themselves, but they were
so frightened by the terror of the scen
about them that they clung to their
father and refused to go on aloue. The
flames advanced rapidly toward the
group, and Cox, alter dragging his
mother some distance to the right of the
direct path of the conflagration, wim
forced to abandon her to save the rest of
his famiiy. She was soou cuvc!okm1 by
the flames and burned to nshes. The
rest ot the family were driven high into
the mountains, where they were obliged
to remain on a barren ridge for u day
and night. Two of the smaller children
became delirious with hunger and thimt,
and one has since died. The others are
still sick from the effect of their dread- '
ful imprisonment in the bilrning forest. ,
An old man mcd"ChamherInin was
also overtaken by the fire, which waa
driven along by a high wind with great
rapidity. An effort was made to save
him by some member of his family, but
in vain. He was burned to death.
On the mountain from White Haven
to Gouldsboro, fifty-two farm houses,,
were burned, with barns, farm imple-'
menta, stock, etc. Besides these, heavy
individual losses arc reported in the
Monro-j county region, including 10,000,
000 feet of manufactured lumber, twelve
saw-mills, four stores, and over 200 head
of valuable horses and cattle. The losses
in the region, independent of standing
timber, are placed at $300,000. The
main losses fall on poor people, who are
rendered homeless. An organization to
soUclt aid for the sufferers has been
formed, with Wm. Ellis of Stoddarta
ville, treasurer. The loss in bridges is
about $10,000, which must be Iwrne by
the county.
Along the Mud river the fires spread
with such velocity that it swept down
upon settlements before the Inhabitants
were aware or their danger. The village
of Mud Run was totally destroyed. This
place was one of the most extcnsivcTum
taring stations in Northern Pennsylva
nia. Five mills, with a total capacity
of 500,000 feet a day, were destroyed,
and not less than 30,000,000 feet of lum
ber. Note building was left standing
in that vicinity. When the fire swept
down from the mountain on the place
the wife of John Gctz, a wealthy lumber
operator, lay dead in the house, awaiting
burial. The funeral services were !ing
held. The advance of the flames were
so rapid that the bouse was almost sur
rounded before the mourners and near
friends could escape. The body of tbe
dead woman was consumed with the'
house.
Thousands of acres of the best timber
land was ruined. The loss on Mud river
will reach more thas half a million dol
lars. Much of the property destroyed
there was insured. N. Y. Sum.
Banker Hill Centennial on the 17th o
this June, and the Washington Light
Infantry, ot Charleston, S. C, is on its
way to Boston to participate in the jubi
lee. Several of the company haven't
been north since they were rebel pris
oners at Elmira, ten years ago. Think
of it! And it isn't 40 years rise the
citizens of Charleston mobbed the chief
justice (Hoar) of Xvaachneetts for tU
iting the Palmetto State on a piscefnl
errand. Isn't things worki!
Tbe Treasury Department is conldcnt
that snficieat nrooJ are obtained to
nonriet all the crooked whisky distillers.
The action of the nrusscntin
sscnri against the aBsguf
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