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TJUTPEOPLE OF LABRADOR T7ielr Homes ana Occupations Frerarl- ousrlvngGuInod by Flslilngund Scaling Hard andDangorous Mode of Life With But Few Enjoyments. If environmentmouldsapeoplethen the Labradoreans should have strong traits. The climate , the unique feat ures of the country , the undisputed supremacy of the sea , tho isolation from the world all their circum stances , indeed are so strongly mark ed as to be irresistible. The popula tion of the Canadian part of the coast down to the boundary line at Blanc Sablon is of French origin , Canadian nnd Acadian ; the Newfoundland part of Labrador the Strait of Belle Isle and the Atlantic coast is inhabited by English-speaking people. Moravi ans and Uxquimaux are found in the far North. The French Canadians consist of two classes ; a part of them come here every spring to fish for the merchants , and return every fall to their families and small homesteads between Quebec and Gaspe ; others live here permanently , own libtle isolated establishments , and fish on their own account. The Acadians have collected . In. two principal settlements , Esqui maux Point and Natashquan , where they have their schools , priests , churches , and some other features of village life. I was fortunate in being storm-stay ed at a few of these French Canadian homes , where I found now and then a person able to give mesomeaccount of the summer and winter life of tho people. Toi begin with external and material things , the average home of Labrador generally consists of arough board dwelling , with two rooms and a 5. garret , a _ small dock and store-house for receiving , cleaning , curing , and storing fish , and two or three open fishing boats. All these buildingperch like anxious water-fowls on the bare rocks ; they never impress me as homes , for they make for themselves no niche or place in the surface of the earth ; you expect them to be washed or blown away at the next gale as they sometimes are. For tho sake of be ing hear the fishing grounds these shelters are generally established on some outlying island offering a nioor- rng or else a beach for the boats ; they seem to be banished from the earth as far as possible seaward. They stand up gaunt , stark naked in the ales , in the midst of a desert of sea and rocks. In the best places there may be in a hollow a little sand , enriched with de caying fish , where a few turnips and cabbages manage to show themselves luringa brief season. Youget agleam of hope an'd horror an beholding a uant scaffold about 18 feet high ; but "it is not a gallows for the ending of life , only a platform for keeping the frozen fish for dogmeat. The interior pf thesehomes isnot quiteso distress ing as these hard surroundings , for the human hand in-doors can make its mark , which 5s not always a clean one. The furniture , diet , costumes , are rough and common-place ; but the people are courteous and kind , and they observe well their religious rites. Their isolation is such that they keep the run of time by marking the days of the week on the dqor-pqst. An ex ception to this drearinoss is to be met here and there , at a light-house , or at ; he home of a merchant. I asked an intelligent fisherman how he could con tent himself in such a place. "Well , sir , I expect we're fools to stay here. The ivorst of it is , our children are growing upas ignorant as we are just like the dogs. Hardly any of us can read or write. Our houses are too far apart to get the children "together for school , excepting at Es quimaux Point , Natashquan , and Mutton Bay. Then , too , we can't see the priest more than once or twice a year , and that's very inconvenient about dying , for pleurisy and consump tion are very headstrong. And there's no doctor at all , nor any roots or herbs or medicines. We keep alive on pain-killer and salts that the traders sell. It's a hard life , and we don't .ive to be very old. We have to do all our own work iack of all trades , you know. When we came here to live , my wife and I cut all the timber in \yinterfor building these houses , awed it by hand in a pit , and in the spring rafted it down the river. " Sealing , one of the peculiar industries of Esquimaux Point and Natashquan , is the most venturesome occupation Df theLabrador coast. Seals are taken in three ways by hunting them along the bays and shores in boats or on the ice , by netting them as fish are taken , and by following them out to sea in vessels and killing them on the floes. I sometimes met a boat sailing about the islands and bays with two men aboard eagerly watching the water and the'rocks for the harbor seals. Dressed hi coats and skull-caps made of seal skin , they often creep along the rocks rt-ith the motion of the seal , and decoy the animal by calling. Some of them have a trained dog. "What is he good forinsuch work ? " I inquired. "He can hardly be a re- jrieverfor an animal weighing hun dreds of pounds. " "Yes , he is , sir ; if seals are fat when milled , they float , but even if they are very poor it takes but little to float 'jhem. And the dog jumps off and catches them often before they sink , or he'll dive for theinin shallow water. When they sink in deep water we often 'jig' them haul them up with a fish hook and line. Some seals dive when wounded , and swim off to sea ; others turn to the shore and crawl up on a rock to die. " In the spring of the year they hunt seals on the ice when it drifts against the shores. Cape Bauld , Newfound land , is. a noted point for this kind of sealing. The floes coming from the northern seas strike on this cape and divide into two parts ; one enters the Strait of Belle Isle , and the other goes southward along the coast of New foundland. The people told me that hundreds of hunters come there in March with dog- sleds from tho settlements about Hare Bay , etc. Each gang of men brings a skiff , provisions , etc. , and many camp in little huts , and lemain till the 8th V 10th of May. They keep a con stant watch over the drifting fields of ice. When seals are discovert on a floe touching the shore or near ifr , the men put off to it in their skiff , haul the boat upon the ice and then go aboutclubbingtheseals. They soon return to the shore with blubber and hides , which they _ bury under snow for keeping until a trading schooner calls. Sometimes the wind or the current suddenly loosens the ice and carries it out to sea and the sport is then quite perilous. The netting of seals is not unlike the tak ing of fish in nets. A strong net may be moored off a favorable point or in a channel , or several nets are com bined and moored to form a kind of pound. At La Tabatiere Cape Meca- tina , a noted resort of seals , the com bination of net measures about seven hundred fathoms. When seals are abundant , several hundreds and even thousands were taken there in a sea son. In a favorable cove a net may be sunk on the bottom until the seals enter ; then it is raised with a windlass to close the entrance , and the men in the boats ro\y about the bay and drive the seals into the meshes. The ocean sealing is the most cost ly and productive method. Powerful steamers , built expressly for this work , and manned by 200 to 300 men , are sent out every year from St. John's , Newfoundland , , and Dundeei Scotland , The sealing fleet of Esqui maux Point and Natashquan num.- . bers about forty small schooners. In. 1881 they took 30,000 seals , but in1 1882 only 3,000. The strength of these vessels is remarkable. The one I saw building at Esquimaux Point , had timbers 12 inches square laid in solid , and bolted one to the other , ' and the bow was a mass of beams and braces. .The oil is tried out in fur naces along the beach ; the hides are sent to London for tanning. ; The social season of Labrador is tho winter. There is no fishing then to keep people at home ; cutting wood and a little hunting are the on ly occupations. Winter lasts about eight months ; when the channels among the islands and the bays are frozen over , dog teams can run up and down the coast for 300 miles from Mingan to Bonne Esper- ance. People then go visiting ; they carry no provisions , for everybody keeps open nouse , and thelittle cabins are of ten packed with people and dogs. The winter homes , as a rule , are back some miles from the coast , where wood is handy. Several families who fish at Whale Head live on a swamp in winterwhere the tread of a man along the street shakes every house. The Abbe Ferland says that in his bimeabout fifty years ago the hos pitality of the coast was such that the people on going away from home used bo leave food , and sometimes even money , on the table , and the doors unlocked , that needy travelers might snter and help themselves. But the idvent of more travelers in these days ' aas led to more caution. and less ge'n- jrosity. It is not surprising to find all sea lien superstitious ; the irresistible and ivhimsical forces of the ocean must ap pear to them supernatural , and their changing fortunes must often seem the result of some unfathomable mystery. Hould events so supernatural as those ; old by the Ancient Mariner be so ap propriate to a landsman. These fish- ; rmen are not behind other sea-faring nen in either the number of their super stitions or the faith they repose in ; hem. But Labrador , in timewill loubtless produce more astonishing results in this regard ; for what other region on earth offers such elemental powers , such weird scenes , such im pressive hardships and horrors ? Here s a region without a mile of road in J,000 miles of coast ; I never elsewhere ippreciated a wheel and a hoiseshoe. some of these"people have no idea of ; he shape and size of a cow or a horse , ind they flee like hares at the coming ) f a stranger. I have stated elsewhere ihat lawlessness often prevails , and ihat those who are in need do not lesitate to break open stores and help rhemselves. But their most astonish- ng traits are laziness and improvi- lence here in sight of heart-rending lardship and want. Labrador , how ever , was formerly a sea of plenty ; ishing , sealing , trapping , gave even the ndolent a sure , though a miserable iving. In a few weeks the average nan could catch fish enough to ex- hange with traders for the neces- iaries of life. This enabled him to die away three-fourths of the year , ind relieved him of any sense of re- ponsibility. But now fish , oil and ur are no longer so abundant. The bverage family spends about $100per rear to get only the absolute neces- ities of life ; and yet the government s obliged very often to distribute lour and pork to prevent actual itarvation ; and it offers free passage md work to those who will leave the : oast. The lazy depend upon the in- lustrious , the provisions are shared , ind if navigation is tardy , the first : ail is watched for in the spring with tagerness. C. H. Farnham , in Har- ) er's Magazine for October. Ben "Wade's Strong1 Prayer. A story told me by Senator Hender- ; on about the late "Ben" Wade , ol ) hio , sounds characteristically true : o the popular portraiture pf that iturdy old abolitionists. Chief Jus- ice Taney was in feeble health about ; he close of Buchanan's administra- ; ion. It was feared in Washington by ; he abolitionists that he might die bo- ore Lincoln was inaugurated and give 3uchanan the appointment of his sue- lessor. In fact , he lived along until lear the close of Lincoln's first term. U ; his death Lincoln , it will be remem- ) ered , appointed Salmon P. Chase , vho had just been nominated forpres- dent by a convention at Cleveland , md was thus a rival. Some time in L8G3 Henderson was sitting beside iVade at the capitol when Chief Jus- ice Taney walked by. Wade spoke ip with much vi or : "Just look at ihat old sinner how erect and firm le walks. Why , along in 1S59 and ' 60 I was praying night and day thai he night live over into Lincoln's term. Say , Henderson , it strikes me I must lave prayed too strong , eh-New fork Tribune. : * - - ' * * * ' * 1 ' ' * ; ' ' : ; - , - > - - > V > * , J * * v , t. . -r The Latest Dances. JFrom tno New York Sun. "What do you call it ? " we asked , trying to make a diagram of the sinu ous movements. "That , " said the professor proudly , /'is the new Highland schottische , which is to be the society dance of the season this year. It is importedfrqro England and Scotland , and will be in troduced in first-class academies as soon as the dancing classes open. { Technically it is a combination of the Highland fling and the gallop , and it has raised a furor among the Scotch lads and lassies , and has also found exceptional favor among the fashion ables of London and Liverpool. It's la thing that no description can do justice to. It must be seen to be fully 'comprehended. " ! The fifteen other professors _ unani- jmousljr resolved to teach the Highland Schottische when they went back to their classes in Cleveland , 'Boston , Philadelphia , St. Louis , Terre Haute , Chicago , Binghamptqn , Poughkeep- sie , Providence , Norwich , Springfield , Lowell , Bangor , San Francisco and Louisville. "It is something , " Prof. Ashley , o" Giicago , said , " that will fill the Chi cago girls with delight. Their apti- tudefor dancing will enable them to master it with ease and dance Avith dazzling brilliancy of style. " When Prof , Brooks sat down in a crimson cushioned seat , Prof. Uris , of Brooklyn , got up and showed how the "Lawn Tennis"ought to be managed. The Lawn Tennis is a fairy thing from Newport that is regarded as a gem of graceful conception in the way of square dances. It is described as a combination of the quadrille and lancers , and dancing masters predict popularity for it. Prof. Spink , of Providence , propell ed his patent leather ties through a new and impressive waltz divertise- ment as he lightly whirled four pro fessors who were the improvised la dies in a quadrille set. "This new glide waltz interlude , " he said , as he whirled the last profes sor in the set , "is the distinguishing feature of the new waltz quadrille , called the Glide Polacca. " After this the professors , one after anothermimicked the various wild ex aggerations of the waltz and polka that they proposed to eliminate from the art. Among the offensive attitudes that are to be banished from all well- regulated ballrooms are the holding of the arms akimbo , the dip motion in the side-step waltz , and the carriage of the body bolt uprightas if the dancers were a lot of figures being twirled around on an old-fashioned hand- organ. At length the professors all sat down together and talked over what they would do next season to lend variety and interest to the art for the especial benefit of the children. It was agreed to revive the 'Varsovienne" round dance , and teach the little ones the "Skating Waltz" and the Danish polka also. Prof. Brooks arose , andtrippin through a waltz step , stopped and rested an instant with one toe thrust 'orward gracefully. Then he introduc ed the regular mazourka step. The ef- 'ect was very pleasing. It was the move ment of the "Varsovienne , " and the professor took another twirl on the polished floor and changed it to the 'Skating Waltz. " Pour gliding steps ire introduced in this before the regu- ar waltz step is executed , and the variation produces a stately minuet motion that enhances the picturesque effect of the dance for the spectator , and renders it less tiring for the danc er than the regular waltz. The for- vard gilde is executed as though the dancer was shod with skates , and this movement is found to greatly delight ; he little lads and lasses when they dance. The polka step this year will be a redowa glide movement that does away with the liopping % motion of the old-fashionedpolka. It willbedanced by children. Adult dancers nowadays prefer the waltz. Prof. Brooks was the first man in A'merica who ever danced the polka. That was in 1840 , when he danced with a Miss Anna Gannon , of the National theater. The dance had been invented ten years before by a Bohemian peasant girl named Anna Siezak , and it set the dancers of Eu rope wild for a long time , till the Pa risians afforded them a new thing in bhe waltz. ' How Boston. Has Changed. Boston Letter to New York Times. I am not sure whether it is that the city has hitherto undergone moral re naissance or whether my previous yrisits have been ill-timed , but I am positive of one thing , that Concord philosophy is at present away below par ; that the position of her base ball nine in the championship tourney jives Boston more concern than the international copyright law , and that she would hear thatheAtlantie ; Mag- sizine has been merged with the Police Gazette with far greater equanimity bhan that the Great Master Sullivan bad been knocked out intheprizering. In the business part of the city , where I once heard a policeman inform n person who took issue with him up on a point of fact that he did not han dle the truth with sufficient carefulness to meet the demands of veracity , I bave overheard no dicussion upon bhe superiority of mind over matter or upon the whatness ot the whe j- "ore , but all the talk is of the respec- bive merits of the Genesta and the L'uritan and the superiority of the cutter over the sloop and vice versa. I happened to be taking luncheon in the Parker House cafe , when the news that the rival yachts had come into collision in New York harbor , was received , and every man in the place arose wildly from his table and clam- orned for a newspaper. The famous Public Library opposite the Common is all but empty during the day , but crowds are always gathered before the newspaper bulletins reading enthu siastically that a boat has just put out to the Genesta or that the Puritan is reefing a sail ; and the excitement over bhe base ball scores is so intense that it is doubtful whether some minds will be able to bear the strain until the season closes. Ruined by Watermelons. "This year has taught me a sad expe rience in the watermelon business , " he remarked as the boat left Memphis. "Haveyoubeen shipping ? " asked the tourist from Ohio. "Not a ship. I live over thar on the Arkansaw bottoms. I heard so much about the watermelon bizness the profit which could be made that I planted a hull side hill last spring. It was a baa move. " "Didn't the seed come up ? " "Come right up as if somebody had a rope and tackle on 'em. " "And the melons grew ? " "Growd like a mud hole in wet weather. That was the trouble they growd too large. " "Couldn't be handled ? " "Not withoutthe help of two niggers and a yoke o'steers , and that was too expensive. When you git an eight hun dred pound watermelon on a side hill you've got to leave it thar. Thesteam- boats won't handle 'em if you git 'em down to the lauding. " "You don't tell me that you bad melons weighing 800 pounds ? " "Oh ! those were the little ones. The big ones cum nigher a ton. I hadn't no scales , but all my neighbors are mighty peart on guessing. " "And what became of them ? " "That's what occasions my grief , stranger. Them melons threatened to roll down and do me damage. I drew logs to prop 'em up , and I started for " town to git some" dynamite to blow some of the biggest to pieces. While I was gone the calamity took place. You see before you a ruined man. " "Wh what calamity ? " gasped the tourist. "Why , them 'ere melons brokeloose and rushed down hill in a body. House , barn , corn-cribs , and orchard were clean swept away. " . "You don't say ! " "I'm serious , stranger very serious. Imight have recovered from that , per haps ; but one o' them melons rolled into the creek , dammed up the water , and the inundashun carried the sile off my farm clean down to the rocks. There wasn't 'miff dirt left on 120 pcres to put in your eye. " : "Well , that is tough , and I pity you. " "Don't , stranger don't talk to me that way ! I kin face hurricanes , cy clones , airthquakes and sich as brave as a lion ; but when anybody pities me when soft words of sympathy are shot into my soul by a total stranger ' it breaks me down , and I have to shed the caildish tear. Stranger , ex cuse me while I cry real hard. " The Ohio man considerately with drew from that sacred spot , and the watermelon man wrestled with a broken heart. The Great Earthquake at Sclo. "A Study oi Recent Earthquakes , " M. A. ' Daubree , in Pop. Science Monthly. An > ong the morerecent earthquakes was one that destroyed most of the island of Scio. On the 3d of April , 1881 , about an hour and forty min utes after neon , the city of Scio and thirty or forty villages in the southern part of the island were disturbed with a violent trepidation. The shaken and cracked houses were still standing when a few minutes afterward , a sec ond shock equally as violent , came on , and finishtd the work of the first. With it 5,000 persons were buried under the rubbish. A little while afterward 4,000 other persons were i killed. Hardly had the people recov ered from the terror of one shock than others came on , causing general panic and stupor. Hardly a quarter of an hour would pass without a new shock , and the wounded who had succeeded in extricating themselves from the rubbish were buried in it again. "Death , " said an eye witness , "seemed to pursue its victims with fury. In less bhan an hour Scio was an utter ruin. " The agitations of the ground continu- 2d , with only short interruptions , for Ei year. Dm-ins 1879 and 1880 Scio bad suffered from frequent tremors , sometimes repeated as many as ten times in a day. Mitylene and Smyr na were also similarly affected , but none of the shocks were strong enough to cause great anxiety. They were , as it were , the subterranean prepara tion for the catastrophe that was ibout to burst out a few months af terward. Gen. Sheridan and Maclcey. John Mackey has gone to Washing ton to lobby through a claim of $250- 300 which , he holds , the government awes the bank of Nevada on account jf monevs advanced to land spectila- ; ors and surveyors and sharks. It is lot exactly known where Gen. Sheri- lan is now , but it is hoped he is not n Washington. If Sheridan should jver meet Mackey at close taw , there s no knowing what the result might ie. Sheridan is short , Mackey is tall , jut one is a fighter and the other sn't. Mackey once gob Sheridan to nake an investment of over $12,000 n the Sierra Grande mine at New Mexico. This was the famous George Roberts steal , and most of those who ; ot jammed never whimpered. Sheri- lan would not , perhaps , have squeal- jd had he not heard that Mackey jlaimed to have nothing whatever to lo with the thing ; that he had no noney in it , and was merely backing Seorge Roberts , an old boaster , in the atter's scheme. When Little Phil got jn to the scheme he never squeaked , nit layed for John Mackey. He made i -journey from Chicago to New York jxpressly. He sa'w the husband of \lr \ ? . Mackey and the ' 'Arc de Criomphe , " and the man with the lick under ground gave way to tho nan on the black horse. History . ill , perhaps , never contain the rec- > fd of that interview , but the story is ; hat the cavalryman raided the miner ind got at his sluice boxes. . He not us $12,000 back. Chicago Herald T vy. - . * " -1 TFJEM ; oxer BETES JSILUSO * Sfembers of Rival Churches Settle a With Firearms A Fair Sample of XexoM Piety. A special to a Chicago morning pape * from Jacksboro , Texas , reports a most atrocious affair near that place , resulting in the killing of seven men and the wound * ing of several others. * There has been a bitter feud existing between James Wilson ( proprietor of one of tho most extensive cattle ranches in the state , and Fred Rhodes , the owner of a large sheep ranch * The two men lived about five miles apart , and were forme.ly on the most friendly oi terms , having emigrated to the state from the same town in Tennessee. Both wer9 members of the same church , and were do- Birous of having a church building erected near their ranches. They agreed to build one between them , but a dispute arose aa to where the edifice should be located. Tha men finally quarreled , and the result wa8 that two churches were built , about two miles apart. As tho country is very sparse ly settled , there were only a few people to attend the services , but the pride of both men was aroused , and to make a good showing on Sundays they forced their herd ers and cowboys to attend churchRev. . A. R. Johns , a circuit rider , was engaged to preach at both churches , holdingservices afc VVilson's on the third sunday in each month , andatRhodes" on the fourth Sunday. Con siderable religious interest had been devel oped recently , and the minister was in vited by Mr. Wilson to hold a series oi prayer-meetings in hia church during the week. The invitation was accepted , and a meeting was held Monday night. Sir. Rhodes called on Rev. Johns Tuesday morning and asked him to preach in hia church Tuesday night , but the minister re plied that he had promised to lead tho meeting for Mr. Wilson. Upon this refusal to preach Rhodes became very angry , and swore that he would break up Wilson's meetings. Tuesday night , while the peo ple were gathered in Wilson's church , Rhodes rode up , followed by his herders and three or four neighbors. He demanded that Rev. Johns go with him at once. The minister refused , when Rhodes and his followers made a rush into the church. There were about twenty people present , and a fight ensued. Revolvers were freely used , and after a lively fussilade the in truders were driven out , but not until three of their number had been killed , in cluding Rhodes. The Wilson party lost four men , two being killed outright and two dying shortly afterwards. One of the women received a bullet in her arm , and Rev. Mr. Johns was struck in the head by a ball , making a serious scalp wound. Tha Wilson party followed Rhodes' men to tha eheep ranch and another fight ensued , bufc there were no more fatalities. Sheriff Herd , of Jacksboro , with a posse ; has gone to the acene. The names of the herders and cowboys killed has not yet been learned. THK BEAT OX" 2Ta.ters of Interest at the & > Uonal GcwttoJ. "Washington dispatch : The secretary ol the Interior Is dissatisfied with the ineagre- nesi of reports heretofore furnished by the government directors of the Pacific railroads and Intends to make a change in this res pect The statutes authorize the secretary to prescribe the character and frequency of these reports , and an rder will be made next month requiring tha government directors to submit detailed reports of tho dlrectors'meet- Ings , with such other Information concerning tie business of the companies as they may possess. For years past the duties of govern ment directors have been confined to the prep aration of an annual report setting forth the results of their inspection of the railroads and containing no references of Importance to the proceedings of the full board of directors. Ax the Information thus collected was , as a rule , about the same as that furnished by the commissioner of railroads , the government has never been enlightened upon this subject to any extent. After the Issue of the order mentioned it Is believed that the department of the Interior will be fully advised as to the exact character of the financial operations oi the roads. ALL sorts of rumors are current in regard to the office of supervising architect of the treasury. It is believed a change is im pending in this office , but it is not regarded as likely that it will occur until after Mr. Bell , the present incumbent , has submitted his annual report , which will not be for a month yet. The most prominent candi dates are Mr. Seligman , of New York city ; Mr. F. W. Whitehouse , of Chicago , and Mr. McGroth , of St. Louis , all of whom are btrongly urged for the place. It is said at the white house that there is no truth in the report that the place has been offered to one of the above named gentlemen. SINCE the announcement of thodecision ol Secretary Lamar in regard to the admis sion to practice before the departments o ! ex-employes , many inquiries have been made as to the nature of the claims that cannot be prosecuted by such attorneys. To settle the question tho secretary has issued the following order : By virtue of the authority conferred upon tho secretary oi the interior by tho act of July 4 , 1881 , it is hereby prescribed thatno person who has been an officer , clerk or employe of this de partment within two years prior to his ap plication to practice in any case pending therein shall be recognized or permitted to be recognized as an attorney or agent in such cases as shall have been pending in the department before or at the date he left the service ; provided that this rule shall not apply to offices , clerks or employes of the Datent office. A. Prize Walker Agl&Oa. Columbia ( S. C. ) dispatch : Capt. Robert W. Andrews of Sumter , aged 90 years , ivhose pedestrian tour from his home to Boston last year madehim famous , left this : lty yesterday on a tramp to New Orleans , nhither he go s to "take in" the exposi tion. The captain is a rugged , hale , hearty , and well-preserved specimen of humanity , and is apparently as strong and vigorous is tho majority of men are at 45 and 50. He is attired in a plain &uit of dark gray , wears a weather-beaten and frayed nhite tile , and carries an umbrella twined with pink ribbons. On his back is strapped a miall pack containing changes of under- svear , etc. He is accompanied by his little Jog , Fido , which made the trip with him to Boston. Capt. Andrew expects to arrive ( n the Crescent City in the latter part of , November. After doing the exposition and < resting for two or three weeks , he intends I ; o go by rail to Texas to visit relatives. Bad temper Is its own scourge. Few things .re bitterer than to feel bitter. A man's < enom poisons himself more than his victim. J j DISIORVED. Jttototis Bemonstrrtlons Against King Christian. Copenhagen dispatch : The ions-continued rbltrary policy oi King Christian In refusing to dismiss the Etruph cabinet , in compliance with the vote of parliament , and levying al- Jegcd unconstitutional taxes , because parlia ment refused to vote the budget , las led to a number of serious rlota and imposing demo-v tratlons ID Copenhagen. People em de termined tiat we representatives in parlia ment shall have some voice In the aft-lrs of the government , and have become so threat ening that tho garrison has been reinforced and the declaration of a state of siege Is ex pected. The situation Is very grave , and it la feared that a bloody revolution will breakout Involving terrible loss of life. It Is reported that the klni.has . ordered the garrison at Co- I-enhagen to be largely reinforced. These popular demonstrations are not confined to Co. enhagcn , bnt are general throughout Denmark. It is expected that a state of fliege will be declared , and it Is feared that a revo lution will ensue If the king persists in refus ing the concession asked by parliament. A numbrr of political arrests have been tending to further Incense the people , aud bloodshed is anticipated. A. TVomlerful Cup. Bnroij Charles de Eothsehild , of Frankforfc-on-the-Main purchased not - - - , , long ago , for the enormous sum of 800,000 francs ( $160,000) a silver-gilt cup by the celebrated Jamnutzerwhich is said to be a marvelous work of art. This sum , according to the Chronique des Artcs , is , as far as it knows , the largest price ever paid in modern times for a single object of art. The work is the center piece of a table service. Tho foot is composed of a rock entirely cov eredwith grasses and field flowers , on which desport themselves beetles , little lizards , locusts and snails. From this rises the figure of a woman , emblemat izing the earth , and bending eloquent pose as she supports on her head and her hands a tall chalice , decorated with grotesques and topped by a cover , which terminates in a vase in tho form of a baluster , from which springs a bunch of leaves and flowers. Tho silver gilt of which the cup is made has ornaments in opaque and translucent enamels. The goldsinithery of the sixteenth century is said to offer nothing more finished in . execution , and which , though open to criticism , possibly forms the standpoints both of taste and style , has its weak nesses counterbalanced by the wonder ful perfection of all its details. The story of Baron Rothschild's ac quisition of the work is quite curious. It formed part of the estate of the late Nuremberg banker , Merkel , who died in 1873 , and whose heirs , by common ac cord , agreed to loan it , together with Albert Durer's portrait of Holchucher , to the German Museum at Nuremberg , c'i of which Jammitzer's chef d'ceuvre be came one of tho greatest treasures. In deed the public , during the years it was on exhibition , thought it belonged to Hie museum. It was so arranged that the work could not be taken away with ' out joint consent of tho heirs and a Min V/ isterial authorization. Some months ago tho celebrated art work disappeared from the galleries , to the great astonish ment and consternation of the Nurem- bergers and tho country in general. After a while it leaked out that a Frank fort dealer in art objects , tho agent of BarOn Eothsehild , had appeared with the necessary papers from the family aud tho Director of tho Museum had been obliged to deliver to him tho cup. The whole affair was conducted with great secrecy , and it is certain that had it been known that the object was for sale the Directors of tho Nuremberg JMuseun ) , as well as many oth- ors , woiud have competed with the pres ent purchaser for its possession. modem' Improvements * . "When a brave voltigeur of tlio Imperial Guard wrote from the Crimea to his fath er in Alsace , asking him to send him a pair of strong shoes and a ,5-franc piece , the father , bethinking himself of the telegraph's speed , put tho money into one of the shoes and hung the shoes upon the wires. An ill-shod fellow com ing along soon afterward made an ex change ; and the old man upon discover ing the substitution went home to tell : iis wife that their boy had not only re ceived his new hhosa but had returned Jie old ones ! " HASH. Take a teacup of boil- ng water in a sauce-pau , stir in an even easpoon flonr wet in a table-spoon cold rater , and let it boil five minutes ; add me-liolf teaspoon black pepper , as much alt , and two table-spoons butter , and ct it keep hot , but not boil. Chop tho eal fine , and mix with it half as much talc bread crumbs. Put it in a pan and lour the gravy on it , then let it sun- aer ten minutes. Serve this on buttered oast. THE MARKETS. OMAHA. 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