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Cotton closed steady at Is cents.
In Liverpool, on Thursday cotton closei at
sxd. for uplands and s11@sHd for Orleans.
-In New York, the youth now affect "King Viii
liam whskers.n
"A new cable is soon to be laid across the AT
Iantic BY way Of the Azores.
Six hundred Chinese, male and female, re.
Gently started from California for the Flowery
Land, to participate in the festivities OF the Ne"
Year.
The London correspondent OF the New YORK
World states that King William, OF Prussia
retains the spiritualist Home constantly In his
company, and is completely under his influence.
1.-THE bill TO admit the Indian representative
a, concress should become law, nothing Will
he needed to make representation general ana
complete but the presence OF a woman ana
sheathen Chinee."
a washington letter says: "The Hon. Mr..
Rainey, the new colored member OF Congress from
sont6 Carolina in place OF cadet broker White
more Is s: opping at the house Of Alfred Marshall
. colored clerk tn the office. CT the commissioner
Of customs.n
General Schenck authorizes the statement to
he made that he has requested delay OF his nom.
ination,so England, but has accepted the posi-
stIon. He says he viii not 60 until the adjourn-
ment Of the present session, unless some ex'sency
makes 1t necessary. Els departure Will DC gov
erned entirely by circumstances.
in England, a season ticket-holder on 9 iali'
road found the advertised train not gong 90
start. In consequence OF the fireman haVing neg
lecfed to keep up-siean, and ordered speclai
train. at cost Of about forty pounds, which he
maid. and then brought an action for the recovery
or the money, and ten pounds additional LOT his
own loss Of two hours, time. Thejudge expressed
himself "astonished" that the company mad re-
sisted such claim, and the jury gave thc piala-
tifr verdict for all he asked.
in one OF the recent engagements In France,
xBsysrian battery, in very hot place, ran out
or ammunition. But instead OF Withdrawing,
Iieutenant Petes widmann, commanding, shout
Cd; "Iads III; we retire to fetch ammunition,
those Prenchman will think we are running
swsy. We can't shoot at them, that's true;
but we can show them We don't care -
for.them. Stand before the guns, all OF you, and
sing them the 'Wacht am Rhein' In stout German
chorus ln No sooner said than done, the men
formed up with perfect steadiness, and gave the
Frepch the musical counterpart OF the "Marsel.
laise,, In their best style, from beginning to end,
under rattllng fire.
As the exact relationship OF the Lee family to
the Arlington property was not clearly stated In
the recent debate In the Senate, 1t should be un-
derstood that Il never belonged to General Lee.
At the death OF George W. P. Cuslis llre.inter-
est in it was bequeathed to Mrs. Lee, his daugh-
ter, and a. her death 1t was to so to his grand
Sons, Custis and Ftzhugh Lee. The taxes upon
the property having accumulated during the re
bellion 1t was sold therefor and purchased by the
government; thus it will be seen 1t Is held by
virtue OF tax title. Subsequently. Efforts wele
made to redeem it by paying the amount Of
taxes but they were unsuccessful. and the title Is
still vested in the government by virtue OF the
tax sale alluded TO.
The fate OF the honest fisherman who sadly
ended his plscatorial efforts by going down to
sfeed the fish he'd bated offs BEFORE" Is striking
y paralleled in the fate OF the ex-Mayor Of Rich.
mond, George Cahoop, 30 unhappi!y notorious Tor
being involved In the quarrel for the mayoralty OF
Richmond THAT finally ended in the frigh;lul
courthouse dIsaS err. He was tried for forgery
and convicted q short time since, and it Is grave
Iy related that, Immediately following the SEN
tence, the culp.it-who filled at the time the
Office of United States commissioner taken
by the marshal and installed in his judicial seat,
where for the rest OF the day, he sat in Judgment
over criminals sent before his court. When the
judicial work Of the day was ended, he was
marched OF to prison, and Is now serving out
four years in the Virginia PenitentiGry.
Brigham Young Is lie ,taring the Mormens on
extravaganza IN female 1-ess, and IN the course
of one OF his speeches says: ~ will venture to
say tina, my mcs!er wore the cloak and h. Cd that
her mother before her wore, and wore them until
the day OF her death, when she had occasion TO
wear cloak, and when she left this rlEce for the
nexs apartment she was forty-n years old, and
they went to her daughter. do not know what
has become of them. She did not tase 2 cloak
worth SOS, $50, $40 or $50, and sit down In 1t with
child with piece OF meat In each hand 70 grease
1t all over. But now let some women get silk or
satin dress, and they will, perhaps, while wearing
1t, take up child with piece OF chicken In one
hand and piece Of pork in the other, or cup OF
milk to drink, and as likely as not some OF 1t is
spilled on her dress, and then they say, well l
declare, my dress is spolled.'"
The clock at present In the cathedral at Stras.
bourg gis not the original one 1t is in reality, the
third, all very wonderful pieces OF mechanism.
The first clocS was commenced in 1857, and COM
pleted two years afterwards by John, Bishop of
Lchtenburg. 1t was placed in the double tran
sept opposite to the place OF. the present. clock.
There Is still 20 be seen in the wan the brackets
which served to support The second clock dates
from 1911, but, from varloas causes, was not COM
pieted till the 2iIh OF June, 1914. This clock was
restored the first time In 1869; a second time IN
l7S2, and eeasei to work altogether in 1889. The
present clock was commenced in June. 1888, and
vas set go:ns for the first time on Sunday. the I'd
OF october, 1872, ON the occasion Of the tenth
scientific congress OF France, which mst at Stras.
bourg. Twas solemnly ;naugurated on the 31st
Of December following, when nocturnal fete was
given to the maker.
The correspondent OF the London TelegrF oh
with the German army of.the Loire writes as d..
lows OF the services Of the Prussian cav; z:
'sThe various movements OF the German IT. ,s
have been hitherto conducted without any IT.
tempt at moiesta;ion on the part Of the enemy.
Protected by thsk curtain OF ever.watchful
csvaiey, the infantrs hive moved In perfect free
dom without even thought Of danger TO harass
or impedaihern. No branch OF the service has con-
tribused more to the marvellous successes OF this
campaign than the cavalry; aud military authori-
ties win do we'll to consider the great Importance
OF that arm as evidenced In the present war.
Pushing on sometimes two or even three days.
march ahead or the coanas, the cavalry have
with an audacity that wouI havn omo,ntol m