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The Man Who Laughs.

Victor Hugo declines to be excused for
his historical and geographical blunders on
the lenient reasoning that the errors Of
genius must not be scrutinized with Aris-
tarchean eyes. He olings to them, on the
contrary, and defends, in spite Of exposure,
ridioule and remembrance Beethoven,
being convicted Of CONSECUTIVE ffths"-s
violation of musical grsmmar-said they
must be correct sincs he had useo them. In
like mauner, Hugo persists that "Premiere
'des quatre" is the proper translation Of
"Firth of FORTH" and justi6es it by main
tanning that the English or Scotch title lit
orally signifies, or ought to signify, the
First Of Four Cliffs." At any rate, "Pre-
''miere des quatre" is the expression he
has chosen, it satisfies him perfectly, and
he refuses to change it on any terms with
equal fidelity he adheres to his ludiorous
mistakes in the opening chapters of
"L'Homme qui Rit," wherein the list of
half the British nobility is thrown into q
state Of confusion sufficient to bewilder
Burke himself. All these errors, we are
told by correspondent Of London jour
nal, were pointed out TO the author before
the. publication Of his work; but, as it sp-
pears, without convincing him that his
was not better than other peo-
pls's fac 8.
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The Late senator Fessenden.

In the death Of the Hon. VIM. Pitt Fessen-
den, of Maine, announced in our dispatches
this morning, the Republican party Of the
North has lost one Of its sblest and most
respected leaders. Mr.. Fessenden was q
native of New Hampshire, and was in his
sixty-third year. He had taken an active
part in politics ever since 1881, having been
an unvavering supporter Of the old Wing
party as long as that organization existed.
He was first elected to the United States
Senate in 1854 by combination between
the Wings and Freesoilers. In that body
he was more distinguished as the head Of the
Finance Committee, and as au efficient and
untiring worker,Sthan as 9 political psrti-
san. He was reelected as senator for six
years in 1859 by unanimous vote Of his
party in the Maine Legislature, without the
formality ofs previous nomination, it being
the frat instance Of the kind in the history
Of the State. Fearless and independent in
his public life, good citizen, firm and
steadfast friend, snd man whose character
stood above reproach he belonged to that
class of public men, Of whom, unhappily for
the country. too few remain in tho National
Councils.
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Trades Unions.

The London Workingmen's Association,
through its president, George Potter, has
recently addressed communication to the
Count de Paris, in reference to certain
charges contained in the royal authors
treatise on the s.Trade Unions of England" 1"
Mr.. Potter states that it is fundamental
rule Of the London workingmen's Associs-
tion that no aid shall be given to any soci-
o.y engaged in lock out or strike, until
such society shall nave made offers Of arbi-
tration to their employers on ell questions
relating to hours, wages, or work; that it is
an absolute fact that no society or body OF
men ever had encouragement from the as
ISOLATION to engage in strike; and no help
was ever given to any body of men on lock-
out or on strike until some time after they
were in that position, aud until arbitration
on ell questions. in dispute had been de
olined by their employers; that the assOci-
alton never made any promise Of help to
any body Of men. What aid the sssocia-
tion gave was afforded after any struggle
had commenced and our conditions were
fulfilled; that the association does not CON
sist exclusively Of trade uniopists, but, on
the contrary, its committee has always been
fairly composed, in part, Of members who
are not, and in their circumstances could
not be, members Of trades union.
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all the way from three hundred dollars, for the
privilege of posting bills on the fence for two
wears, to fifteen thousand dollars for the same
right. The highest bid was accepted, and the
lessees will lay out the fence into lots and ar
range graduated scale of prices, according TO
location. .GOwoers OF fences and dead walls IN
general must not expect to be st once enricned
by the lease of the bill-stickipg privilege, for
this fifteen thousand dollar triangle is an e1-
ceptional bit Of fence, in the busiest place. III
the busiest city in the country. The amount
of SPACE covered by the contract is twelve num-
dred feet long by ten feet high.
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" power to control the road that is now
" attributed to Baltimore" We ask: Did
Charleston ever have the opportunity
Why, in his eagerness for purchaser, did
not President Townsend approach the direc-
ton of the Northeastern Railroad or other
persons in Charleston for sn offer? Why did
he not, at least, inform the directors in the
city Of his intsntions3 Why were his inten-
tions of selling the stock studiously concealed
from the Charleston directors We are told
that Townsend says that he believed
that the Charleston interest wss notprepared
or had not the means, or was not disposed to
buy, and, therefore, he did not deem it worth
while To negotiate with them. President
Townsend further says that they did have
an opportunity Of buying, both at the meet
ing and during the time occupied by him in
reaching o telegraph station to ratify the
purchase. We leave it to the public to de-
eide whether this was the opportunity to
which Charleston was entitled, and which
would have been given her had it been de-
sired that she might become the purchaser
Of the stock. The sale Of the stock will.
however, be contested in the courts as ille-
gal and void. And we hope that the whole
transaction may be broken up, for we can
not think that any Baltimore purchaser will
take as good care Of our interests as we
could do ourselves. The Wilmington and
Manchester and Wilmington and Weldon
roads are deeply interested in cutting US
off from a northern connection via Cheraw,
which would kill the through travel over
their line, and they can afford to buy the
Cheraw and Darlington stock at $40 share
and throw it into the fire, if by doing so
they can save themselves from ruinous
competition. We do not say that the pur-
chasers of the stock are connected with
these roads, but we have 40 faith in stock
speculstors, and shall have more confidence
10 the completion Of the extension OF the
Cheraw and Darlington Road when the
stock is owned in South Carolina, where its
control belongs and should remain.
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Mr. Buckles Law of Average.


The late Mr.. Buckle, in his "Intro-
duction to the History of Civilization in
England" somewhat startled the world
by announcing theory of averages,
which be applied to all human actions,
and from which he argued we might fore-
cast the future. It was philosophy teach
ing by statistics. In such space of
time there would be so many forgeries,
arsons, murders. Not only this bnt the
murders would repeat themselves in the
manner Of their pcrpetration just the
some number be by poison, by the pistol,
by the bludgeon, etc. IF in any three
months of 1920, six sons had killed their
fathers, the like number of cases of par
ricide, with certain increase for the
increase of population, would occur in
the same three months Of 1850 We
are under the operation Of a law seeming
ly beyond our control or recognition.
This extraordinary theory has SEEM
insly just received striking confrma-
tion in the Registrar Generals reports of
accidents in the streets Of London. For
many years past it has been observed
that for the first nineteen weeks of the
year just seyenty-four persons have been
killed by being run over in the public
thoroughfarcs It was therefore expec-
ted froE1 the unfailing law of average,
that the same humber would be killed for
the first nineteen weeks in 1869 On the
sth day Of May, after the lapse of eigh-
teen weeks, the number of fatal accidents
Of this kind should have been seventy,
but it fell four short of that number.
Obviously, then, the law of average must
fail, ol the accidents for the week ending
the 18th of May must be doubled Gu
riously enough for the first seven days
from the Sth to the fifteenth, eight per-
sons were actually killed instead of four,
and thus the seventy four victims deman-
ded by the merciless arithmetic were
fully made up.
This was certainly odd. TIE deduc-
tion from it would seem to be that when
accidents or crimes are in arrear, the pub
lie should be notified, in order that, By in
creased caution or vigilance, the expected
disasters may be avoided. We take
precautionary measures against unusual
peril, which we can confidently antici-
pate; we give additional props to build
ings which are to undergo an
unaccustomed strain, and double police
force when immense crowds of people are
to be brought together. Should there
not also be redoubled care and watchful-
ness against periods which the law of av-
erage teaches US will be more than
ordinarily fatal
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A SPLENDID NEWSPAPER BUILD
INa.--A. u. Richardson, who is writing
a description of the Pacific Railroad for
the New York Tribune gives the follow
ing account of newspaper Office in the
west. 49,
The new Office of the Chicago Tribune
is the finest newspaper building in the
United States. 1t is Of white marble, FIN
ished interiorly in chestnut and black
walnut, four stories high, and with broad
roomy halls and staircases. Itcost $780,.
600; and the portions rented beside
those required for the use of the news
paper, return ten per cent. per annum on
the entire investment. It is said that
the profits Of the establishments for fifteen
months paid for the building. -
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A GIRL OF THE AGE.-A New York
paper thus describes specimen of this
genius in that city: She went to the
theatre and two parties in one evening,
carried on three firtations at each, and
the next day refused three offers of mar
riage, accepted two and broke off three
previous engagements, read four new
novels, wrote two love letters and a
hundred notes of invitation, practiced
upon her music lesson, made herself a
new waterfall, ate breakfast, lunch, and
dinner enough for two milkmen, took q
walk on Fifth avenue, bought two pounds
of French candy and ate its rode to the
skating rink with one Of her 6ances and
walked home with the other. a
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When professor Aytoun was making
proposals for marriage to his first wife
a daughter of the celebrated Professor
Wilson-the lady reminded him that it
would be necessary to ask the approval of
her sire.
Certainly said Aytoun; ssbut as lam
little diffidcnt in speaking to him on
this subject, you must just so and tell
him my proposals yourself
The lady then proceeded to the libary,
and taking her father affectionately by
the hand, mentioned that professor Ay-
toun had asked her to become his wife.
She added: Shall l accept his offer,
papa? He says he is to difident to
name the subject to you himself"
ssThen,' said old Christopher, Il had
better write my reply and pin it to your
back
He did SO, and the lady returned TO
the drawing There the anxious
suitor read the answer to his message,
which was in these words, "With the au-
thor's compliments"