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Fearful Punishment in China.

A letter from Foochow China says they
are exhibiting Chinese criminal in ii
wooden cage, where he will stand until
death He is about 26 years of age
His crime is kidnapping children. lie
stands in. the cage with his head through
II hole in the top, his toes barely touching
the flooring. Thousands gather around
him every day, laughing and jeering at
him there he stands, with his ankles
chained together, and his hands tied be-
hind him. Some one had put few bits
of broken bricks in the cage, and at times
he would try, by standing tiptoes on one
foot, to bring the broken bricks together
with the other, so he could raise himself
up little and ease the weight from his
neck. He made rather poor work of it,
as he could not see the pieces, and had
to direct his movements by the sense of
touch only. His sufferngs must be
great as he has been standing more than
seventy hours. Another man that was
Gagged up the same way lived about six
days.
Oak Hall is as cool refrigerator this
hot weather, and when once YOU get in
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Eight Per CT. i'm Gold.
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
OF THE ISSUE OF
S [, 90, 600,
BY THE
st. Joseph and Denver City
RAILROAD COMPANY

In denominations of 81 900 and $500, coupon
or registered with interest at Eight per cent per
annum, payable 18th February and August, in
GOLD free from United States taxes, in New
York or Europe. The bonds have thirty years to
run, payable in New York in GOLD. Trustees,
Farmers Loan aud Trust Company of New York.
Inc mortgage which secures these bonds is at the
rate OF Sl3 90 per mile; covers completed road
Tor every bond issued, and is first and ONLY
mortgage. This line, connecting st. Joseph with
Fort kearney, will make aslort and through route
to California.
The, Company have Capital Stock of SlO,OO00O0
And grant OF Land from Congress,
OF l.6O0OO0 Acres, valued at the low
=, est estimate, at. ................. 100000
flrSt mortgage Bonds. s,................ 1,500,C00
Total, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S15,500,OO
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and accrued interest IN CURRENCY. Can
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and lucrative investments. We recommend them
Sith entire confidence,
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Oak Hall is as cool a refrigerator this
hot weather, and when once you get in
to one of its Summer Suits you feel as
though you had gone on voyage in search
of Sir John Franklin.
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NUMBER 43.
The Lady Of thc Key.
a Strange Story from Puris,

One Of the Paris journals announces the
death At Versailles of Russian lady, who
appeared in TIC drawing rooms in Paris In
1913 and lS40, and was nicknamed "Dano
. Ii Clef." She died, aged for.y.lvc, In
the most complete solitude. 1t was .aid
tha! her husband, much older than she,
camc to see her for week or two every six
months, and went away again no one knew
whittier. All was mysterious about this
Lady Of the Key. Last month the husband
did not return As usual, but ! letter csne
announcing his death. The widow sur.
vivcd him few days only, and it is sup.
posed she allowed herself to die of hunger.
Whether true or not, this was the story
that was whispered about her when she ap.
peared In Paris, young and beautiful, more
than twenty years ago: It 10 said tha. her
husband surprised her In slittle country
house which he possessed nc,r Moscow as
the moment she was hastily shutting some.
body up in wardrobe. A servant had bs.
trayed her. The Muscovite Othcllo turned
the key twice In the wardrobe, took It out
and then told his wife to follow him.
A travelling britzka stood q few PAGES
from the villa. More dead than alive the
unhappy woman obeyed. When the hus.
band had placed her in the carriage, and
given IN order In q low voice to the coach.
man, Keep this key" he said to his wife,
Il have forgotten something and win 70.
turn" and then went back to the house.
He returned according to his promise, but
as the carriage descended the hill the poor
woman saw the flames issuing from the
windows OF tho country house and taking
full possession of it. She tainted away
and on rcgaining her senses perceived that
gold chain was rivetted around her neck
to which the little key of tho wardrobe vas
attached. She wished to kill herself, but
her husband threatened her that if she CON.
mittcd suicide lie would reveal her miscon.
duct and cover her and her family with dis.
honor. She was, therefore, condemned to
live, and her strange neck tic excited much
curiosity in Paris. At last her tyrant Al.
lowed her to retire into quiet retreat on
tho express stipulation that she would not
attempt to destroy herself during his life.
time. His death released her from this con.
dition; but she had languishcd for moro
than twenty years, lavig tho witness OF
her guilt always before her eyes 1t il .
curious story, we wonder whether Il 10
true?
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The PIe1iscltlg,s,.

The Plebiscitum, which is to ask from
France an approval BY popular voto of Ma.
poleon's new scheme of reform. 10 expected
to take place in May. The points present.
cd by the Senatus Consultum which the
people will be invited to approve are-hrst,
that the Senate shall share legislative pow.
q with the Corps and the Emperor, but
cannot initiate taxation; second, that the
Constitution. making power given to the
Senate is taken from II; third. the Consti.
tuition can only be modified BY the people
on proposition to the Emperor. We fail to
rec in these provisions, or in any other part
Of the Senatum Consultum, Of which they
constitute tho vital portions, IN express pro.
vision for trusting the Corps Legislatif
with any additional legislative and constit-
uent power. 1t il to be supposed that the
Emperor will offer reforms to the Consti-
tuition on motion Of his legislature elected
BY the people, but this Il not certain. At
the present moment, the question in France
10 whether the new reforms shall be deba-
ted by both the French Chambers before
being submitted 10 the vote of the people.
Napoleon has not yet answered this, though
the Plebiscitum seems to be quite resolved
upon. IT II be ''thc last alternative, Of rev.
olulion," - we think Prince Napoleon
called II In his latest speech to the Senate,
the Emperor certainly pays high respect to
the spirit which such contrasts as the free
dom of the murderer Prince Bonapartc and
the imprisonment of the Deputy Rochcfort
are calculated to provoke. Neither France
nor her ruler is safe under such dangerous
Inconsistencies. Concession Il not oblivion,
and the poison Of the two events we have,
named has begun its work in the blood Of
FAnce.-Nt0 YOEk Utrold. tsa j.
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ICf0m uAtpeTO 0a&a3ine
A young man of Indifferent position il,
the social circles Of B., New Hampshire,
came 70 IN early deceasc by Z vigorous but
absusdly unequal contest with party of
the Otard family. The preacher who off,
ciated At the Anal solemnisies improved the
occasion BY making the following remarks:
II, hev bin requested, not to ray imporssned,
toe deliver funeral discourse on this occa-
sion, aud hev reluctantly consented toe do
%. Inevcr heeTd any good Of the deceased
ytk md II the friends hev made up their
minds that l am about tobe1ia sech course
now, thet ne very assA misisisn esd
mate, In faes, that this yeasg naa, now !.
layin bsfor Jon, wns. about the ~sse man
ever permitted, On, the onscsutabje ways Of
TIE dlyins pyssss, % locale in this vicinity.
He w one who, I might ny. always fell
whenA - was tempted: hscertlnsly appeared
toe seek rather than avoid, OCCASIONS for
sech tsmp6S3on. why, my felIer Chris.
tians, 10 KEEP hoasei and run 'sm; he KEEP
cocks and nt 'em; and . too wimmin, let
his widdsr, who see a-settin ID ! front pew
testify" (Here the widow arose, q was
the custom whsn the family Of The deceassd
vas alluded "a, asd dseming Il . compn-
msetaey gsnask, cosrtssisd - hspssachsr.)
...Ia short SITTER dilliesas inquiry istos the
passieklsss. ol his. keuiksee and conduct
while - hes residal IN this village hsv
nona - - 0nnelnainn, that alout IL on1v
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= 0sessSsOWOS Ak1o60V9OS00oeoo&0, L
The Londoa oofrespondent' Of the New
York 7Sssss writes The Daily Ness is try.
Ing to puCd1wn Or amelSosase' tho scandal
OF female gymnastics, and has had - meas.
urs Of sueesss'' In the enterprise. A Ger.
mau female gymnast has been walklny on a
wire fifty fest aboye the pit Of the Holboru
Circus, with her little child on her shoul.
desa To hook up ffty feet At woman skip.
ping about on On invisible wire was great
delight, but to watch mother and child In
such peril was ecs.acy, and the house was
crowed nightly. The Nsss said II was near.
y ~ bad - y bull.dsht, and the Home
Secretary told the House thae the Police
Commissioners had written 10 the manaeers
and requested them 70 leave out the baby
BIondin and Leotard, and three hundred
imitators drew we'll for . time, but people
got tired Of them. Then We had female Blon
dins andLeotards, and now every music hall
In England Has lss trosps Of female gymnasts
and acrobats, appearing - naked a % many
South Sea lslanders, In the most grotesque
and perilous positions, for little money
and much applause. One woman, said to be
French, carries her husband and three well.
grown children round the stage on her
shoulders; another throws herself from the
flying trapeze, and b caught in mid air by .
man swinging head downward, holding by
his toes 10 feet above the foot-lights. Such
performances g these, with crash of mu-
stc, . glare Of tinsel, and . cra,nmed house,
filed with the fumes gin, beer and tobacco,
constitute the nightly amusement of perhaps
half million Of the enlig htened British pub.
lie. Accidents sometimes happen, but with
much less frequency than might be expect.
cd. The performers take their chances and
the spectators theirs. At steeplc- mon
gather round the most dangerous leaps, for
the chance of seeing horse staked or
mans neck broken. In Russia it is proposed
to reform. popular amuscments by building
very large and elegant ,hcatcrs. with low
prices and good performances. But will you
blame the common people when you read in
the fashionable inteliscnc, that ''Thc
Prince Of Wales hunters numbering nearly
. scorc, have arrived at Kimbolton, and
tour or five days capital hun.ing is anticipa-
ted. Their Royal Hi:hnesses and the CASTLE
party preceded at noon 70 the Grand
National stceplc. .chases at Cottenl,am."
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ffasu NH7@H go u "a. r.
Ths ST. Paul Php,s aasouncss that sx.
sserssasy NcCslloeh, Senator Carl shus.,
and Ex-Governor 1ssslall, OF Iiunesoss.
have besa selected. fnd win Be invited BY
The Northesn Psciaf Railway Company 70
70 70 Europe on . Nlssion - orgaai.s and
stimulate immign6pn 70 the line Of the
rosd and the settled Int of liz lands, on a
plan more compreh livs and extended than
any heretososs dsvis& The company own
every altesnats sest1a ~ belt forty miles
wide. from The bsq of Lake Superior to
the Pacific Ocean, q enivasent TO = strip of
twenty milss widsS IL between thirty
and forty million aesee Of lands Territory
greater In extent haGlall New Hnglsnd, and
cspabls Of sustaining evV q Dix millions Of
people. They have pady arranged with
German capitalists fall neaas necessary
70 Ne oonssracsioaaef ~ soad with the
kssst Soree tAsyeh Ainby. They pro.
poss - onr - eysy ~ ut IN Ea1ops
sbundant employmess IN bdQdint the road
for the first year or two aftss his arrival.
Whether they assist him In his passage here
10 not stated. When he has finished bis
work for the company, hs Is TO have farm
Of forty, eighty, or one hundred and sixty
acres, With . neat fasme dwelling house
erected thereon, and lot OF reasonable size
fenced in, IN u the expense Of the company.
The terms Of payment are 70 long, and on
% low interest, that they cannot psovs .
burden to the poorest II h expected that
the surplus wsges rscsivsd for constructing
the road win stock the farm and provide
the tools, 20 that every person employed in
the construction Of the road may, - soon
as it is finished, so to raising the crops.
which It will bring to market. The company
will manufacture the houses by the thou.
sand, exactly alike, like tho parts of
Springfield rifle or Elgin watch, ~ that
each piece of any one structure will fit into
the corresponding piece Of any other.
They expect, in this manner, to secure an
abundant and immediate supply of cheap Ia.
Dor and to Immediately enhance the value of
their lands by the rapid settling up of their
road. The present Is peculiarly favorable
time for inauguratiug such an enterprise, In
view Of the distressed condition of the la-
boring class In England and other parts Of
Northern Europe, and the universal desire
of the European working classes TO get to
America by all means within their reach.
The unassissed immigration Of the past
year 10 about ffty thousand In excess of the
year before, - indicated by the arrivals at
New York. Everything promises IN i'm.
migration during the present year exceeding
anything ever before known in our history.
This win be exceedingly dcsirsble in view
Of the high prices Of labor prsydling among
farmers u our ssricultaral d6tricta-CM.
saeo 1ri1ssG. -'. u
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There sss lsneiy hearts 70 cherish
while the days ars going By:
There Are weary sesls wAs perish
While the days sss golas By;
II . smile ws can renew,
A. our journey We pursus,
o.! GOOD ~ Ill may Do
While tie days are gpiag by.
There's no Nine for idIs seosuiag
While the days are going b.;
Let our faee be like The morning.
While ths days are going by.
o! the world 10 fuil Of sighs.
Full se ed and weeping eyes
Help your failing brother rise
While the days NJ golag b..
All the loving links that tisl -
While the days are going BY,
One BY one We leave behiod %
While the days sre going by:
Nut the sesds q good We sow,
Both Ia shade aad shins viii grow.
AID viii kssp our hsszts agiow
While the days sss going By.
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Diss,salstlea,sent Of LMceas5ura.

The strongest inland fortress in Europe
Is now demolishing. Gradually. work
which 1t has taken nine centuries to do 10
undone by far more active hand than that
of Time, and those who have had the luck
to sec Luxumburg uay congratulate them.
selves upon having seen fortress the like
Of which they will never see again.
The Grand Duchy Of Luxembourg. of
which the old fortified city Is the capital,
has for centuries been bono Of contention,
and continually changed hands. It was
erected into duchy by Charles ". Of
France; fell to Philip OF Burgundy by mar.
riage, and through Philip to the house Of
Spain, with whom it continued entire until
the peace of the Pyrenees, in 1850, part Of
it was ceded to France, and took the mans
of French Luxembourg. This portion 10
now comprised in the department Of the
Mosclle. @.' "'.
In the first revolution, France again ap.
propriatcd the whole, but in 1914 it was
given 10 Holland in compensation for Ger.
tain German principalitics, and was organ.
izcl by the King Of tho Netherlands ~ .
foreign province, with constitution and
administration of its own.
1t was again dsmem5ered in 1881, in
consequence Of disputes following on tho
Belgian revolution of $780, and the portion
west of line drawn fron,4he French to
tho Prussian territory was given to Bel.
GUM. ..t
Naturally strong, and carefully strength.
enetl by the successive possessors, Luxem.
burg was estimated, prior to its dismansle.
ment, as the strongest place in Europe, cx.
cept Gibraltar, and tho only poiss Teppui
front which Francs could be attacked from
tho side Of the Moselle. .a.,.r~.
II consisted Of an upper and lower town,
the former being tho citadel, and standing
two hundred feet higher than the lastee,
with which It communicated by fights Of
zigzag steps cut in the solid rock. a,
The lower town occupied deep valley,
watered by the Peterburn and Alzatte,
crossed with Notifications, and divided into
two quarters -Grindel and Plaffonthal
the projecting rock called Le Bous.
This was the most remarkable part Of the
works It w6 followed from the top 70
the bottom, comm anding the whole valley,
u p and down; and its easements, cut in. the
solid rock, were capable Of containing four
hundred men.
The various great parties interested
agreed that Lu1emburg should hencefor'
ward be neutral State, and the King Of
the Netherlands, a. Grand Duke Of Luxem.
burg, engaged to take tho necessary steps
for converting the fortress, by partial de-
noliiion Of tho fortincations, into q, opoa
city This pledge Is now fuldlling.
The Jorrsa1 ef chemistry says thal the
dohe by clearing = country Of, it,
6esssts has undoubtedly been ovos.ssaina.
I'd, botnsn cannot always remodel nature
NTH impunity.. In Aussfaha, sines 1858,
he fain.fail has gradually diminishsd from
thirty y-sevan isches IN thas year, to seven.
|esa inches In lSea This year, tho fall
1oring The wettest months has been unusu.
lily small In the Colony Of victosia, che
yoternassnt hnl appointed a lnspeclos OF
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POETRY,
We0rlG,'0 Well.

we0rlo'S Well.
In sait simmer gloaoia'
In yoa dowis dell
II was there " tws Asst 49,
By Weasis's esuld veil.
We at On the broom bank,
Aad hooked In The basa,
1St sidelaog w looked -
llk itbes In turn
The eosueraik vas eAirni,s
HE ed esris cry.
And the wee stars were dreaming
Their path through The sky:
The. burn babbled freely
Ia luve 70 ilk lowcs.
Bpt We heard and We ssw seusht
In that blessed hour.
We heard and We saw neuGht
Above or around;
W. felt that our luvc lived,
And loathed idle sound.
IEszed on your sweet faos
Till tears Oiled my &c.
And they drspt On your wee loot
A wards wealth 70 me.
Now tho winter snsws faIng
On the bare holm and lea,
And the cauh wind II etsippiRs
Ilk leaf al the tree.
but the snsw ia's not faster.
Nor leaf disna part
Sac sumo frae The bough, -
Faith fades in your heart.
You've walled out spithes
Your bridegroom 70 BE-;
But, can bic heart luvs ~
A. mine luvit thse?
Yell get bigStngs and uail!nA
And money hsaw claes
Dut they q Wilma buy hack
Tho peace . past days.
Farewell. and for ever,
Ny Asst luvs and last:
Nav thy joys be 70 come
Nine live 10 the past
u sorrow as1 ssdness
This hour la's on me;
But light, % thy lave, may
i aeut over thes!
WJlMom HeGAersesI
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Il ~ Al ! zI.s;a !!!.Ff
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The Fcnians appear unhappy ia the Coun.
Gil Chamber, - witness this from New
York dispatches of the e2d:
The committee of conference appointed
by the New York Congress to confer with
the committee from the, Chicago Congress,
refused yesterday. 70 accept tho propositions
for union offered By, the, latter committee.
Il Is probable that / heir action. will be sus.
ssined by, the Congress. The committee
stood 6 In favor Of adopting the basis and
10 against. The basis WAS 70 dsposc the
President and Senate. rs-electa couucil Of
nins, four 70, be drawn BY each Congress,
and the eight to, elect the ninth. An ami.
mated debate ensued over the proposition
fnom the Chicago for . harmonious s,ion
estxeen the t~e faefisas. Dsri.s the die,
'eassios MAJ. Fitzpatrick bslligesently, de,
elaasd that, ~. .paqpg. way - Aaal viii, h,ths
Chicago de|egPtien would b ~ sliug thsu
out OF the window. Major Lindsay IN.
nounccd that one IrishmAa oould wkip one
hundred Canadian, and that ths Fenians
were going to do il The debate developed
As.rong feeling IN regard. to the inmsdiate
Ead into Canada ..t
How the, FIvrHEN7H AxExD9E11 A.
SEcrs lNDrASa-A resolution has, bssa In
srodaced into ConErsss inquiring xhae .ef-
scct tue Fifteenth Amendment WIN have
upon dsdisns. "lndiass not tazed. asa e.
GUIDED from repraasnta ton. ssd ~ pspeame
! no one claims thss they are ciussas ol -ehe
Osited States. Tho Amendment affects
none but ''clizsnp" How ca they becoa,s
e'azens! They ans not aliens, and thxsfoss
90 not require 70 Be natafslissd. . TAsrase
natives OF our coll. and ~ .clsin their aljj-
.'snce st the aanne time .thoe weA>ee vith
'nem ~ independent ttbee g sstjosa Thla
peculiar diplsnaay .sensgAaA o,npaieaaes
'as'qsesoaa .et IaAiaR nsq4 ~. ,Sll sie
Amendmsnt. Il vll SECURE speciois sIeeia.
'a'son ey Oessrsss - adals 80 &sSeeeII.
,saas aslaat,abj ,bqev>spJjenA1Itael
fssAks 80
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