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e. Skaters Experience.

i'E special r.gu"toi spiritual talior,
$50 insert ,ur L3loWiug, clipped from
the -N"|"ft'r A,"'.
"ttlght beneath one OF our WINDOWS,
We so" youngsters AND oldstcrs twisting
their leg into all conceivable Shapes.
Wvgo NOT pick up paper butan arti-
Gle ora '-.@tug' meets tho eye, Every
body says it'- fun, and that's all every
body Knows about it, for we have tried
IT, iH-. night, about gaS light, after
radirG glowing description of life on
-Hg.o-,W" prepared iorour first attempt,
@u1 -a'liyi forth to Join the merry
crowd. We had a pair of stoga boots,
uoW-.r legs tucked inside, Robert
tailed coat and white hat We went .
down on The ice, ana gave boy two
.h',inw- la good coin OF the realm, Tor .
l.n use OF hi, Implements. We, with |
tine assistance Of friend, fixed on the |
-Eatc-, aud stood erect like Il BARRIERS |
pole.
"Ehcour"Geu oI 'he slShV oi 9oine liz
ule7 on tue pfluge 'ooNlHS at 'i'e oha'ci9'
WeStrurN OUT y S''h' W '''v iisi.' ",.i
,bc lctf foot. and inst then we saw some.
'llhg on ''' !ee' anu a'"oi''" eNei "
puck ]. up va ""' ieo' "s',"
sIa''t7 10 tile rlel' ana one 10 'le 'ei''
! >.a,,n. stride with the right loot, and
,y,. -,t down with fearful rapidity with
,.,.,-Iff,la. ifanv. elegance, What set
| dow, # was-r1r we made a dent in the
! iae mot unlike Connecticut butter
nnv., Iu.f tbon ono of the ladies' re-
,.4r'.a1 OH look. Mary. that fcller
,.itr tbe white hat ain't got his skates
.,, ,i,..r riuhr nlecer Ditto. thought we.
Inns, t,cn ,3r,cd little inn sang out -,
,- ra oas-,l rs. TEIIo, old tin,Jor-legsr
,rI wa ,rosn suddenly. and nut after
him, Three slide. to the right, and two
fl, trr left and away went our legs-one
q, tho east. and the other to the west,
.ln-irran immense nssure in our pants,
,nr another picture of a butter-tray in
The rold-oh. bo,r cold-icc! Then the
,,.f,.. -,.. l.rov sho was one nv the re-.
,....,- sbo r,ndc -,r,in smoke. and said.
,nht lonl, NIor, thot chan hos sct down
,, bi.. bor,lr.rrohfor IN konn from to.
.i,.,oy,lr Vo ro.n ,bout ~ rr,cef,l
'.,,,. Lor,o whom NTorv said .Guess
,...t..,., I,,,,,I,or,l,ior T,no and Mary
..'... ri.rht II v,,.r,to handkerchief
I,.,., torit, Inst then friend came
,r,,,a ord nrotrrrrd rs his coot-toil rs n
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Nit aud Numor.

The man who wrote Orally round
the Flag" has gone into the flag-stone
business. Instead of rallylng around
the flag he flags around the alley.
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A GOOD JOKE ON GRANT.-Thisi is as
good place as any to tell what i con-
ceive to be good joke at Grants ex-
pense, perpetrated by so grave person
as Attorney-General Stansbery. My au-
thority is unquestionable, as, in fact, it
always is. Soon after Grants accession
to the Cabinet he brought up propo-
sition, in Cabinet meeting, in regard to
the abolition of whipping, as a punish
ment for crime, in the South. The
whipping-poSt, he said, was a relic Of
barharism, and it ought to be abolished.
All the Cabinet officers agreed on nat
point, but they differed as to ,he pro-
priety of interfering against the penal
laws of State. Such punishment was
being gradually abolished anyhow, and
would soon disappear entirely. But
Grant believed that something ought
to be done by the army to prevent its
continuance. 1t was so barbarous that
it ought not to be tolerated a day lon
ger. Stansbery glanced at the General,
and said in a quiet way: 81 believe
you still buck and gag men and tie them
up by the thumbs in the army, within
Il mile of this house, don't yOu?"
"Yes," the General said, "that had
| to be done sometimes"
"Well,it seems to me-" replied Stans-
berry, "that its little worse to buck
and gag man for getting tipsy than to
whip him for larceny. If you had to
choose, would you rather be whipped
or gagged ?"
The General had to acknowledge that
as between the two, he'd take the whip
ping-and he postponed further remarks
on the barbarism of the whipping-post
to some future meeting.
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A WASTE Of raw material two young
ladies kissing each other.
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II members. The gain lu-t year Was
10 churches, 3,9l3mcmbor-,2 ,2s minister's.
If the churches l,5lS agc III New
england. The amount olcuurjbUJim-
cportcd is aLo!I,720; but thpr- was 10
cpurt from thirteen States and turi.
orics. Tho American Home Ni--ion-
,ry, and the American Boardoi Foreign
the American Education 500
'icty, the American Ttac. Society of
Ncw England, and the American Miss
onary Association, are G lefty support
I'd 10y Congregatiouali-ts.
The Unitarian Congrcgationali,t- have |
2S9 societies, (of which III arc in Mas-a-
and 3jj ministers. The con-
tributions for various objects amount, d |
to $4,000
LJTUERAN~,
Tine Lutheran church numbers in all,
i2l Synod~, 1,Gil ministers, 2,9l5 con
$685. ,S2j COMMITMENTS. OF
these ,therearc connected with the Gene
raj synod synod, ,Glj minister's ,25j
congregations, and 1850 cummuni-
eHiiS. inc roS' are chior0.co III "tN't
Synods. Ihere Is Il Iehti"l 7Ehou 'l'
the South a new SYNOD Is Pr!9'c'e"'
on the basis oi a more s'fict 'oher'hee
to the symbols; a convention for this
ohJect was IleIu at h'"ui"g' H. III l'''
ccnIn'r' 1901 a''eho'' ny "'P'v''n''-
''Nrs rom 10 0E"ooS' p"' ''p ''',''''
acton mas Sc. p'en "'Nc"' inc '""
Western scandinavian 7yho"a hu'llDer
io'o0o hemDcrS' me 'hl'sf'''ion ~ IRON, ',,,'
SclidinaVia aloho ,37' year was -''o'o'
c"'clS i'u''!o''"' ''''' ',''-'' i''''',' ''''
pctioaica'S III .''e I O"'''" ,''"'c' ('' W
Whlch are III t"c "c''''i'. III" u"H'" I'
''''''''' 'N''' - N'''''''' '''''' - ''''
hF'N' "'''''''-'
The Protestant Epl'copai Chur'h
numbers 81 dloccses, 1t bishops 2'1lo
priests and dcacohs, 2'do'parI,h''' Iol-
23i COMMITMENTS, l3lsl9 sunday
school scholars It's contribution II
1866 were over three millions "i "oI'',Is.
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WESTERN ELoQUENCE.--Gentl
of the Jury: Can you for an instant
suppose that my client here, a man that
has always sustained high depreda.
ton in society, man you all on you
| suspect and esteem for his good quail
| ties; yes, gentlemen, man that never
drinks more than one quart of liquor a
day can you, | say, for an instant sup
pose that this ere man would be guilty
ofhooking box of percushin caps? Rat
| tlesnakes and coonskins forbid Pictur
to yourselves, gentlemen, feller fast
asleep in his log cabin, with his inno-
cent wife and orphan children by his
side-all nature hushed in deep repose,
and naught to be heard but the mutter-
ing of the silent thunder and the hol-
lering of the bull frogs; then imagine
| to yourselves fellow sneaking up to
the door like despicable hyena, softly
entering the dwelling of the peaceful
and happy family, and in the most
mendacious and dastardly manner
| bookings whole box of percu5hin caps.
| Gentlemen will not, / cannot dwell on
the monstrosity of such a scene MY
feelings turn from such IA scene of moral
turpentine like a big woodchuck would
turn from my dog Watch l cannot for
an instant harhor the idea that any
man in these diggins, much less this
ere man, could be guilty of any such
rantankcrous and un XampIed discre-
ton. And now, gentlemen, after this
ere brief view Of the case, let me re-
treat of you to make up ynIc minds
carefully, candidly, and unoart1Ily,
and give us such verdict a, " night
reasonably suspect from such an en-
lightened and intollcrant body of our
fellOw-citizons-remembering that, in
the language of Nimrod, who fell at the
battlco Of Bunker Hill, it is better that
ten innocent men should escape rather
than one guilty should suffer. Judge,
give US Il chaW of tobacco.
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ENGLAND.
GIadstOne's Recent Address.

The Prime Minister has issued the following
address TO the electors of Greeuwch:-
IL CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE, Dec. 10, 1861
Gentlemen;-Since the time when you were
pleased to elect me as one of your representa-
tives the Government which was then in po wer
has resigned, and have been called upon by
her Most Gracious Majesty to meet the public
necessi thus created by the formation of an
administration to conduct affairs and to prepare
for Parliament the proposals which the condi-
ton of the country demands.
After the share / have taken In Recommend
ing the measures which have been principally
under the view of the constituencies during the
recent elections, II was impossible for me, con-
sistently with loyalty or honor, to decline the
commission thus entrusted to me by her Ma
jesty.
have accordingly accepted the Office of First
Lord OF the Treasury, and have been aud still
am actively engaged in the endeavor to form
an administration which may, trust, deserve
the confidence of the country, and will Ger.
tsinly use every effort in Office to give effect to
the great measures which, out OF office, its
members generally have agreed In recommend
ing to the country.
Il is under these circumstances that solicit o
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PHILADELPHIA Trade Report.

TUESDAY, Dec 29.-The Flour market presents
no new feature and only few hundred barrels
were taken by the home consumers at $3.50
rs for superfine, 5000 so for extras, S725@S for
Northwestern extra family, s8 75@l0'50 for
Pennsylvania and Ohio do do, and sll@lS for
fancy brands, according to quality. Rye Flour
commands 81 50@S per bbl. No change to notice
in Corn Meal
There is a moderate inquiry for Wheat of
prime quality at former quotations. but infe.
good red at SO 05 amber at SO l0a2.iS. and 100
bushels white at S245. Rye is steady, with
sales OF AGO bushels Western at 81 60. Corn Is
without special change; sales OF 1000 bushels
new yellow at S0G90o., according to dryness;
new white at 85@87c., and 1000 bushels new
Western mixed a. 85c Oats are stronger; sales
OF $500 bushels Western at 74@77c. Nothing
doing in Barley or Malt.
Bark is held firmly at $40 per ton for No
Whisky is dull at srOa@lO5 per gallon, duty
paid.
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AUSTRIA.
A Significant Speech by the War
Minister.

The Austrian War Minister, Herr Won Kuhn,
says the Pau Mall Gazette of the l4th. made q
significant speech in the Committee OF the Cele-
cations at Pesth the other day on the military
budget. Speaking OF the forti6cations which
Cracow, he declared that mo delay ought to be
allowed in providing for the security of Galicia
and the whore of the eastern frontier, for we
shall perhaps soon witness important events"
laying the greatest stress on the necessity of
completing, as speedily as possible, the railroads
which are to connect Hungary with Gal,cia,
and especially on the importance of the llne of
operations which connects Pesth with Kashau
and PTzemysl. In Russia attempts are also being
made to bring the railways as close possible to
the Austrian frontier. 1t may be true that this
is done for commercial purposes, but commercial
roads are also military roads.n
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quently the stands are filed with collection OF
vehicles which have been condemned In every
other town. ...vss-u
"rbere is no one to attend to the roads, and
the result is that those that are still macada-
mlzed are periodically barricaded by layers Of
flint, which have apparently never made &C.
quaintance with the stonebreaker's hammer,
while those that are pitched are flooded every
wet day with mud-fall OF several inches.
'The ADMINISTRATION OF the Metropolitan Dis
trct, with all the vast interests 1t embraces, is
LETT TO series OF incapable vestrles, into which
no man of any intellectual or moral weight
stands a chance of being elected, and whose
whole theory of municipal government is the
continuous perpetfation of obscure jobs"
We are often treated TO dsquisitions on the
excellence of the London police; we are asked
TO adopt the Loi don cab system; we hear OF the
evil condition of our streets; we are held up to
scorn Tor the character of the men we place In
municipal Office, yet 1t appears from the FORE
going extract hat In each of these particulars
London is as badly or even worse off than New
York. In police arrangements 1t is certainly
far inferior TO that city.
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GENERAL GRANT.
His Policy To Crush the PIunder
Schemes.


From The Cincinnati Gazette (1adtcaD, Dec. "a.
Grant, during his late trip from Chicago TO
this city, remarked TO gentleman In company
that he feared the ''caTpet-baggers" would
swamp the Government before he could take
possession of the White House. By carpet
baegeIs he meant the large congregation OF in
diylduals now at Washington with their pockets
full OF schemes the object OF which is to deplete
the Treasury. General Grant spoke very freely
on this subject. He did not hesitate to de-
nounce the business as public robbery and the
schemers as public robbers. 'I am not In
rectly increasing the public debt while there is
party in the country that talks about repudia
tion. Furthermore, it IS absolutely necessary
that we should have the strlctest honesty in the
collection of the revenue and the strictest eco
nomy in all expenditures"
This is Grants platform. He makes no secret
Oft. The plunderers know it. They have been
to see the President elect. Pending the session
OF Congress they asked him, with reference to
some OF their gigantic railroad schemes, II he
could not favor them TO remain neutral. In
reply he said he would use his influence to
promise. He will, furthermore, mark the
plunderers, whether In the lobby or in Congress.
Now, II the public desire some particulars OF the
schemes General Grant referred to, or desire to
get q glimpse of the plans cut out for the winter
by the Congressional lobby we refer them to
all these schemes Congressman are OF course
interested. Let the people keep an eye on Con-
gressional movements, and they will soon be
able to spot the rascals. You need not keep
your eye exclusively on the Democratic side.
In plunder schemes political lines are not
drawn. The corruptionists hunt In couples.
Let us, II possible, bring public sentiment to
bear that will keep hands out OF the Treasury
until Grant gets into power. Then the Treasury
will be safe.
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SPAIN.
The Disturbances at CadIz

AhO ObNh1e
On the morning of the 18th General Caballero
de Roda addressed the following proclamation
to the Inhabitants of Cadiz:-
A revolution, incited and fomented by secret
enemies, is delueing with blood the streets OF
your beautiful city, but has found no echo in
the Peninsula; and 1 come to suppress 1t with
the forces placed at my disposal by the Gov
ernment. Lay down your arms, and your lives
will be saved. This / guarantee you in the
name of the Government, on whose clemency
you NAV rely. Such is the only means by
which the insurgents, can escape being treated
with lnheXible rIgor."
grant you DELAY until tomorrow at noon,
in order that the old men, women, and chill
dreB, as we'll as all Deaceably disposed citizens,
may leave the town.
Inhabitants OF Cadiz, it will not be my fault
II, with the means of attack which the imper.
Gus law of necessity compeIs me to employ,
there should come for Cadiz a day Of mourning
and ruin. / shall regret such a result from the
bottom of my heart, but shall do my duty.
This proclamation produced an impression
upon the Insurgents and they sent delegate,
accompanied by the Consul of the United
their arms in buildings which he should de-
signate.
General Caballero de Roda expected to enter
Cadiz on the 18th.
General Caballero de Roda, at the head of the
Army Of Andalusia, entered CadZ on the 18th at
two O'Clock. The people were giving up their
arms.
On the morning OF the 18th the insurgents of
Cadiz offered TO surrender their armies into the
hands of the Consul of the United States, but
General CaballerO de koda refused TO entertain
such proposal, aud declared that hostilities
would be renewed if the arms we're not placed IN
the military buildings. The insurgents there
upon yielded to his orders, and the troops
under the command of General Caballero en-.
tered Cadiz at two P. M.
Tho Ex-Quesn to Publish a Manifesto.
A A Madrid letter contains the following:-
"Queen Isabella is said TO be about TO publish
a manifesto calling on the supporters of her
dynasty to present themselves as candidates at
the elections, and by that means TO bring about
of founding journal under the title of Et Alma
de Robesp,e're. General Prim has just pro
moted. by seniority, forty captains, thirty,seven
lieutenants thirty-seven sub lieutenanis, aud
thirty -one sergeants. The Correspondence
announces that the Carlist agents are very
active IN Catalonia. The same journal limited
a few days back that a foreign emissary had
arrived at Seville to combat the canddatesh ip
of the Duke de Montpensier. For fear that its
iDsinuation should pass unDerceiyed, the same
organ adds that Seville letter calls attention to
the large quantity of French money in circula-
tion in that town."
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renewal OF my trust. am aware that must
rely wholly on your indulgence, for my time aud
thoughts are absorbed by imperious demands
ties of appearing among you before the day Of
election, and which suggest that others might
be more capable of doing full justice to your
local interests. But have felt it my duty to
place the questson before you in a broader view,
and grateful as | have just reason to be for the
past, all that it has taught me of your public
spirit now renders me not less confident of the
coming issue, which very respectfully leave In
your hands.
I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your most
obedient and faithful servant,
w. r. GLADSTONE,
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Affairs in BaltimOre-COnventiOn
Of the Colored People-Editor
BOwles Declines a Dinner
European Markets.
Financial and Commercial
FROM BALTIMORE.
Meeting of Colored PeopIe-DeIIcRte
Surgical Operations.
i0I nee,a nfoh IN ne

Meeting of COlOred PeOpIe-DeILcRte
Surgical Operations.
Special Despatch 20 The Evening Te.s0raph
BALTIMORE, Dec. 29.-There was large meet
ing of colored citizens at Douglas Institute last
night, TO raise means to defray the expenses Of
the delegates TO the Colored National Conven-
ton at Washington. Numerous speeches were
made by white and colored orators. Tue Reve-
rend Henry NJ. Turner, colored ex-member Of
the Georgia Legislature, spoke strongly in favor
of educating and giving the colored people their
rights and political equality. considerable
amount of money was raised.
Rev. Father McElroy, now eiGhty-seven years
of age, the oldest priest of the Catholic Church
in the United States, and who has been blind
two years, recently had his sight perfectly
restored by the removal of a cataract. The
old gentleman now walks about, and expects
soon to preach again. -
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BELGIUM.
BELGIUM.
Destructive Storm-Twenty-six People
Killed.
lr1 the LoldOn Posi-. DC. Ia.

From the London Post Dec IA.
violent storm broke over Belgium last week,
and committed great Iayages in almost all tue
towns of the kingdom. at Tournai the roof of
the Town Hall was partly carried away; at
Mons chmneys were blown down and houses
damaged, and several booths from the fair field
were carried away. At Bruges, the church, the
hospital, and the theatre, in addition to some
factories and private dwellings, suffered con-
siderably. Also at Fritzar, near Cologne, lthe
tower of the church was blown down during
mass, and several persons buried under the
ruins. Sixteen corpses have already been got
out, but ten more are known to be still there.
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THE EUROPEAN MARKETS
BIZ Atlantic Gable.
This Mornings Quotations.

LoNDoN, Dec. pa. M.-The Money market
is active. Consols for money, 92t; for account,
923. U. 8. Five-twenties firm at 74S. Ameri-
can stocks quiet. Erie. 26S; Illinois Central,
954; Great Western Railroad, 42b.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 29-A.M.-Cotton market
active; the sales for to-day are estimated at
$1,000 bales. TIE shipments from Bombay
since the last report up to the 25th inst, have
been 10000 bales.
Red Western wheat, 9s. 1Od. @ss. 11d.; other
articles unchanged.
FRANKFORT, Dec. Pa. M.-United States
bonds dull at 79a@789.
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FROM MASSACHUSETTS,.
samuel RowIes DECLINES . ninn.r.

SPRlNGFIELD, Dec. 29.-Samuel Bowles. the
editor of the Springfield Repub iacan, declines a
dinner rendered to him by Governor Bullock
and other distinguished citizens of Boston. His
letter, which appears in the Republican of this
morning, discusses at some length the duties OF
independent journalism and OF the American
press as the best defense of the rights of the
American people.
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LONDON.
How They DO Things I'm the English
Metropolis.

The Pal Mall Gazette draws picture of the
way they do things in London, which seems to
be an exaggerated portrait of New York. 1t
comes In, happily, to point O moral for those
who contrast the conduct of affairs In that city
with the methods in vogue In London. The
Gazette says:--
There Is no proper authority to look after the
police, and consequently London Is about as
secure after nightfall as HOunslow Heath GEN.
''There is no one 10 see to the cabs, and conse-
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Two murderous wives are in jail in New
York. One killed her husband with a rolling
pin and the other with poker.
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFFICE OF THE EVENING TELEeRAPHl
Tuesday, Dec 20 1899.

Iutbuay, Dec ~, 1885,
Money continues in fair demand, but the
rates are without anv material change. Call
loans are quoted at 6@DS Der cent First-class
mercantile paDer ranges from solo per cent.
per annum. The banks have been lending quite
freely for several weeks past to their customers
There was very little disposition to operate in
stool ks this morning, and prices generally we're
weak ard unsettled. Government securities
were fraction lover. l144 was bid for 6s of
1881; ll0s for '62 520s: l07S for '64 5-204: lO7s
for '65 5.20s; 1l05 for Judy '65 520s 1lOa for 67
5.20s; and 1859 for 10-40s City loans were
uncbanged; the new issue sold at 1004@1N0S.
Railroad shares were inactive. Reading sold
at 49t, decline of &; Lehign Valley at $50, no
change; Camden and Annoy at 1894, no change;
and Pennsylvania Railroad ut 54k, q slight de-
cline on the closing price of last evening. Sc
was bid for Norristown: 81 tor Minehill; 35 for
North Pennsy ylvania; 80 tor Elmira common; 3Ik
tor Cata wissa preferred; Is for Philadelphia and
Erie; and 48 for Northern Central.
City Passenger Railway shares were dull.
Hestonville sold at 104, decline of I; AT was
bid for Second and Third; IS for Tenth and
Eleventh; % for Spruce aud Pine; 46 for Ches.
nut and Walnut; and 33 for Green and Coates.
Bank shares were 6lmly held at full prices.
Mechanics sold at 81, no change.
In Canal shares there was very little move
ment. Lebish Navigation sold at 284@292. a
slight decline; 124 was bid for SusquehaAna
Canal; and 30 for Wyoming Valley Caual.
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The Natohezians are pushing for subsorip.
tions 10 the NatChez and Jackson Railroad.