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CAMERON on THE ALABAMA CLAIMs.-Tbs
Washington special Of the Cincinnati Coaqrsey.
ca. contains the following story:
1t j. reported that Secretary Fish and Ban.
croi: Davis, several day, ago, labored for two
hoar- 20 give Cameron some idea of what the
high Commission treaty meant and that at tn,
end OF their expana ons, they asked him if he
understood 1t we'll enough to explain its proyi.
sions TO the Senate, and answer any question:,
regarding 1t which might be asked of him; he
replied that ne thought he did, but a. the .4ne
tune indicating that he thought the portion re-.
latlng to the payment Of the Alabama claim,
ought to be stricken out, "because" said he. iii,
the CLAIMS OF the Alabama are paid, why not pay
the claims OF Louisiana, Georgia, and the other
Southern States The story zoe, that thi. civ.
oumstance decided to Place the management Of
the treaty III Morton's hands This anec3o,e
spread through tho Senate in rapid, hum,rou.
manner, being told by one Senator TO another
until it reached Mr. Calleron's ears several times
he denies the report to-day. and says he know,
very well what tho Alabama claims a~e; that
they apply 10 the rebe. cruiser, which was named
the Alabama /. is rumor.i that he intends 70
to make personal explanation, and exhibit a
letter from Secretary Fish. denying that any
such circumstlEce took place.
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Alisfellaneons.
The Envelope Nuisance.

ne IsoNCAVPG 4V0AO0ACCs
An envelope confirming lettsr written BY one
who has the smallpox may communicate tho
dreadful disease. ...
A mans heart may sink within him, if, while
struggling to get foothod in the world. hs calls
at the postofi,e for . letter, and is handed one
with lawyers address printed in one corner.
Respectable lawyers do not need to publish their
vocation in order to get business.
But of all the inconsiderate, ruthless, foolish,
hypocritical dangerous, and cruel devices, none
exceeds that of sending letters with black bor-
der around them-"mournings envelopes" Scarce.
ly a reader but will confess to an undeinable
uneasiness, if not an actual shock, to be kept up
until the letter is opened, and the name at the
bottom deciphered. The very sending Of a
mourning letter to any one is a barbarity, a bru.
tally, hypocrisy, and a lie. True grief detests
display; the deeper the sorrow, the more in
tense is the desire TO shun observation to shrink
within itself, to shut out all creation. The world
ever, the men who mourn the lOudest Tor their
lost wives, are in the greatest haste to get mar
ried again. None is happier than the extrava-
CANT heir, whose father has just died, and left
HIM untold thousands; his envelopes will have
black borders foot broad for the next ten years.
A poor woman, whose husband was at the
"front" during the war, has been threatened by
her landlord to be turned out of doors next day,
unless the reAt was paid she had been anxious.
ly looking for remittance from her brave hus-
band, but it did not come; in the early morning,
before she had left her bed her babe at her side,
there was knock at the door. "Thsres the
landlord" she exclaimed, and the next instant
was corpse. An emotion kills. This was IN
emotion of apprehension, and countless numbers
of these, with pangs only little less fatal, are
usslessly occassionsd every day in many trem.
bling heart, in many nervous temperament, by
this same sending of mourning envelopes"
Reader, if you have spark of true humanity,
you will never send another.-Ilalls Journal Of
HeaM-
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Wao that has seen dangerous disease arrest.
ed by IN able physician or a good medicine bu.
values 5otht Be it your family ply sician to
whom you owe so many escapes from aches and
ais, or Dr. Aver. inimitabe remedies his sar.
saparilla that renewed your vitality or Cherry
Peetoral that cured painful cough, or his Avuc
Cure that expelled the freezing fever from your
blood. Who that has been relieved ty any oil
these agencies but feels grateful for them -
BlnggT 1tmes
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SUMMER IN A CoRNER.-Dear. generous sum.
ineI IS ut hand, of all seasons most lavish and
loving. Her full lap holds the blossoms of a
world; her prodiysl fingers scatter flowers on
every side, by dusty highways, on mountain
tops, in deep, secluded ylens The dalsy's snow
She piles in the Iae~dows, and tinyes million
helds at once with gold o: buttercup and red Of
clover.
But none the less does she find time for hum.
bic hooks, unno.iced spots of earth And to us
WHO have but a tiny corner, a narrow back ward
IN which to do her homage, she comes as truiy
and as atHuenlly as to palace garden or wide
savanna.
DO we drop few seeds, insert twig? I'm.
medlately her warm hands descend IN blessing
Flowers have no pride of rank or place to keen
up Mignonette will bloom and violets nestle,
roses open their perfumed hearts. morning.
sIorles climb and Irvine, and lilies rear their
stately heads as gladly in one place as another
HiVe them but earth, sun, and their beautiful
opportunity, and nothing will they care that the
family wash flaps on the lines over their heads
or that but poor board fence separates them
from the next door ash.heap
30 let us take courage-we who, pent in cite,
and narrow lives, feel sometimes that the sum
Iner is Tor Ne. The universal Mother knows nc
distinctions. We are all alike hers, and for every
smallest aid to her loving mission she is ready
TO give t.ntold recompeuse, and
Make the world more sweet"
'Scrbner's for Jtyae
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These st"temen ats are very instructive. Farm
ers and workmen do not arrive at good old age
as often as ths clergymen and others who per-
form no manual labor but this n owing to neg.
lect OF the laws of health, lnattention to proper
habits OF life in eating, drinking, sleeping, dress
and proper care Of themselves aft.r the work Of
the day is done These farmers or workmen eat
heavy supper of n summers day and sit around
the doors in their shirt-sleeves and in their tired
condition and weakened circulation are easily
chilled. laying the foundation for darrhna, bill.
lous collie, iung-fever or consumption
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CuriOSities Of Life.

Lay your finger on your pulse, and know that
every stroke some immortal passes to his Maker /;
some fellow being crosses the river Of death and
if We think OF it, We may we'll wonder that it
should be SO long before our turn comes.
Half Of all who live die before seventeen.
Only one person in ten thousand liyes to be q
hundred years old, and bat one in two hundred
reaches sixty.
The married live longer than the single.
There is one soldier to every eight persons,
and out of every thousand born only ninety five
weddings take place.
If you take thousand persons who have
reached seventy years, there are of
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long time after being removed from the Refrigerator Farm.
es who get meat from carry It home without fear
It's spelling on the
Liberal discount to hotels railroad contractors and Others
buying In large quantities
Having had large psrsnes in the cattle shipping bust
ness Chicago for the last three years. the undersigned win
also continue to attend " that branch business in
which orders solicited. SOLOMON DEGAN
Ottawa, June 11th 1879
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GhegRteIEiqe

PRoTEcrioN FOR THE SINKING Fund
The ordinance for the better protection OF
the sinking fund Of the city was reported
back from the select committee in the
First Branch of Council last evening,
with some amendments, and after Il
lengthy discussion was laid on the table.
This was done In Difference to the request
Of member OF the Finance Committee,
who said the committee had matured q
plan for measure which should provide
Tor funding the city debt, and would soon
recommend an ordinance for that pur.
pose. He claimed that the passage
Of the proposed sinking fund ordinance
would elnbarass tho Finance Committee,
but failed to show how, though speciG.
cally called on to do 80. The ordinance
provides for permanent board Of com.
mlssionsrs, requires them TO keep the
funds coming into their hands, closely in.
vested either by the redemption OF city
debt, or II unable to do that In 0. 8. Sc
curities; and provides that IL the CON-
misSioneB allow as much as $1,000 " lie
in anybank ninety days they shall be per-
sOnally responsible for 1t with interest at
10 per cent, Those whooppcsed tue ordl-
nance last evening, treated the question us
ifltwas mere scramble between tho banks
about which should bethe depository Ofthe
sinking fund. II Is TO bo hoped council
men will be able to take larger view Of
their duties, and will be willing to use as
much care 10 future 10 protect and pro.
mote the interests of the City Treasury
as they have taken In the past 70 turn an
honest penny by getting the handling of
its funds for the banks In which they werc
50 fortunate as 70 be interested.
We are unable 10 sec that the adoption
oil some such ordinance as that reported
by the Special Committee could embar.
rass the Finance Committee in the slight
est In the negotiation Of new loan. 1t
would protect the sinking fund (Somo.
where between twenty and thirty thou
sand dollars till the new loan could be
negotiated, and the completion of that
negotiation Smay take one or two years
There ia no reason why the city should
meanwhile be lcft at the mercy Of such
negligence on the part of the Finance
Committee Of Council as that which late.
ly cost her between hfty and sixty thou
sand dollars.
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The Latest News.
, GENERAL NEWS.


-'WellSnd Canal was opened yesterday
Thirty French families have lefl
Quebec for the United States within 9
week. %. '@ z-.IH
The PrincessOf wales yetsrdsyga gayt
birth TO son.. III 4 ~
3-Yesterdsy was fast day IN Massa.
chuSetts.
The colored people Of Newark, n. j
yesterday celebrated the 18th amendment
"A son Of A. Rupley, Of Cambridge
Illinois, aged only is years, committed
suicide at Galena, Thursday afternoon, by
hanging himself. Cause unknown.
The Ohio House OF Representatives
has passed a bill to authorize all corpora.
tionS to issue bonds and pay the tax on
the same Of the State Treasury, thus ex-
empting the holders Of fsuch securitisfrom
taxation on the same, II paid by the cor
porations issuing them.
The St. Petersburgh 06GeiA Journal,
yesterday published the ratification of the
Turco.R Russian Convention, abrogatIng
the restriction on the navigation Of the
Black Ses.
The Lower House Of the Austrian
Reichdrath, ratified the Consular treaty
between the United States Of America,
and tho Austrian Empire. & .95-
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NEW YORK CITY.

.'-,-..s y. NRw YORK, April 8.
The German Peace Jubilee on Easter
Monday, from the Arrangements perfected
and from the programme Of the celebra.
ton, will be one Of the very grandest dis
plays ever witnessed In this city. The
musicians, alone, engaged number up
wards Of 5000. ..I-s
The first mass meeting called by the
council Of political reform will be held In
the Cooper Institute this evening VIM.
n. EvaTts and Henry Ward Beecher are
among the speakers. The object Is to seek
some practical remedy against certain
measures introduced into the Legislature,
dlsastroasly affecting, as the Council be-
lisVe, the material and political and es.
pcciAlly the moral and educational inter-
estS Of this city; including the city tax
bill; abolition ol Board Of Education; bill
TO repeal the law regulating public amuss.
ments, and the bill for the practical aboll.
ton Of the registry law. ...
The examination Of ]. H Coleman, re-
ceiyer, In the case Of Heath & Raphael
ct al, against the Erie Railroad Company,
was continued this afternoon before Judge
Kenneth, MIR. G. W. White, master, was
examined by Judge BlStchford. The
books containing the translers, 6S4 In
number, we're produced In accordance
with the order OF the master. They were
brought In one Of the large Erie baggage
wagons drawn by four black horses, The
counsel retained In the case appeared
thundeStruck at the idea Of undertaking
the examination Of 594 transfer books.
Mortimer Slit, Assistant Secretary was
sworn and examined by the council for
the plaintiffs In regard to the books. He
stated that the transfer certificates In
question were contained In the books out.
side In the wagon, and that he had no.
thing TO do with the transfers, excepting
sometimes hO signed certificates. The
examination Of the books was then com.
menced.
Mr.. ]. Howard Wainwright, a promi,
nent member Of the New York Stock
Exchange, died very suddenly this morn,
ing OF his homo In this city. He was
about Is years Of age, and was q son d
the lamented BlShop Wainwright.
Alta regular meeting Of the Chamber
of Commerce to day q resolution wal
adopted declaring that the income tal
should be repealed.
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The PsnnSylvania Coal Troubles.
HARRIsnURG. Anrfl7

Gov. Geary, who has been indefadgable
for the past two weeks In trying to bring
about q settlement Of the differences in the
coal regions, has had long interviews
with representatives Of each party. A
proposition was made by the President Of
the Reading railroad, and though It Is be-
lleved It will besccepted, II Is understood
that the representatives Of the Working
mems Benevolent Association preferred
submitting It TO their constituents before
committing themselves, either to its &C.
ceptance or rejection. BY an agreement,
the workingmen agree to abandon all con.
troll over the colleries, and all interference
with the employment or discharge Of any
one, simply on account Of his belonging
to the Workingmen's Benevolent Ass0cia.
tion, or on account of any part taken by
him in behalf oi the Workingmen's Ben
evolent Association. The above two
clauses are to be binding at all times, and
are not to be changed BY any reference
to arbitration whatever, Work Is 10 be
resumed at once upon tue 81 so basis, pro-
Viding that for April the men shall re-
ceive the rate OF wages they would
be entitled to upon that basis when coal
sells for three dollars at Port Carbon, on
or before the 25th Of April The Board of
Arbitration or Cancellation TO meet and be
comprised of six delegates from the Work
mems Benevolent Association, and six
delegates from the Anthracite Board Of
Trade, the,twelve thus chosen, shall at once
elect an Umpire, before tranSacting any
other business. Shall then fix the rate Of
wages 10 be paid tor the rest Of the year,
after the month o: April. And this Board
shall from time 10 time adjust all difficult
ties between parties, In cases thus being
unable to agree, the decision Of the Um-
pire shall be final. It being the true intent
and meaning, this agreement that the
Board Of Arbitration and Umpire here
after shall settle all differences whatever,
90 that strikes and suspension shall not be
resorted too. simultaneously with the
gen eral resumption ofWork upon these
terms. The charges upon the Reading
Railroad are TO be reduced.
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Cincinnati Market.
ONcrXATI, April Q

aar- CINCINNATI, April 8.
CorroS-steady; middGng 14R14ic,
FLoUR-Steady; family SO S0a8 so.
GRAN-Wheat firm; red 81 S7R1 40
Corn; demand fair and advanced to 67a6sC
Rye nominal ut 81 05G1 on. Oats; de-
mand fair and advanced; No. 9 at 67a5sc,
Barley advanced for choice fall, which Is
selling at 95ca$1 90.
GRoCERTEs-Firm and unchanged,
OILs-Linseed oil higher at 9sca$1 90,
Lard oil dull at 81 GOAL %.
EGes-Dull and dropping at 13c,
BUTTER-At S0a99G.
CnEEsE-At 16a17c.
SEEDs-Unchanged.
PRovIsIoNs-Pork; an advance Is ask.
ed but none established; 20c offered. Lard
quies llfc asked. Bulk meats In fair de-
mand, but at lower rates, Sales 100, 900 lbs
shoulders &c; bulk sides, clear RIB &c. Ba.
con quiet and weak; shoulders 79c; bacon
sides clear rib 10c; clear, 10sc asked.
ToBAcco-Firm and unchanged.
WH1EKY-Quiet at s6ias7c; the latter
asked, sales at the former.
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WAsHINGToN.


RECEPTION OF THR SAN DOMINGO MEs-
sAoE-ATTEMPT TO sTBANGLR DEBATE.
- NEW YoRK, April 8. ,
AWsshington correspondent telegraphs
that when the San Domingo message and
report were submitted 70 the Senate yes.
terday, there was adisposilion on the part
Of the Sumner.Schurz party 10 debate 1t.
The Presidents friends, on the other
hand, were anxious 70 have 1t printed and
laid on the table without debate. Mr.
Sumner said he never saw 80 bold an
attempt 10 cut of debate IN the Senate
since 1852, when be insisted upon discus.
Ing the slavery question. Il was finally
agreed to allow speech on each side,
but there will be 8 struggle on the part of
Sumner and his friends 10 have q regular
discussion upon the message and report.
PROGRESS OF THE JOINT HIGH COMMISSION.
II was telegraphed from Washington
last night, on well informed authority,
that the labos Of the Joint High Com.
mission will be finished In fortnight from
the present, and that treaty which will
be the basis Of the settlement Of oil points
Of difference between the two countries
will be ready TO submit to the Senate at
that time. It Is not Improbable the Sen.
ate will be In session two weeks hence,
and that the treaty will be Considered be.
fore adjournment. General Schenck late.
ly expressed tho opinion that the work Of
the Commission will be finished In time
for him to sail for England before the 1st
Of May.
Treasurer Spinner, who has been con.
fined TO bed Tor two, weeks, having had
a surgical operation performed, Is now
conySIeScent, being able TO sit up. At one
Its not true as reported that Trielhart,
the French Minister, has been taken to the
insane asylum. He d now in Washing
ton, attending to business OF his legation.
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HARPER's WEEKLY, for this week, con
tains Charles Reade's new story, "a Ter
rible Temptation" with an eight page
supplement having magnificent double
page cartoon by Mast, showing on one
@The Evacuation of Paris by the German
Troops" and on the other "Their Recep'
ton In Berlin" and many other ilIustra'
tons and attractions. For sale at Nickel
yeys News Depot, in Mcclure House
Block, Monroe street
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TEE "DeviI's fiddle" is the name giYe1
BY the Boston 1rGps!lsr to the noisy con
tfiyance, consisting Of tin mustard POI
with q waxed string drawn through thG
bottom, by Villain0us boyS. That Journal
says q plague Of locuS6 never visited .
Yirtuous people more suddenly than DID
the devils fiddle" the inhabitants. The
police have suppressed the nuiSanee u
Boston, and It seems 10 have subslded II
this city-H Z R1St
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The Ohio Legislature on san DOmin.
|, EO.-A DOubtful Compliment.
encounters
COLUMBUS, ApFn 0,

In the House yesterday, resolution en-
dorsine Grants San Domingo policy was
tRkeniip, and q substitute adopted by .
party vote, declaring that In regard to the
extsntion 6i our borders, and the acquai.
tlon Of territory, as well as every other
measure Of public concern. We endorse
q sound political wisdom principles en-.
bodjed Ia the declaration Of Presiden,
Grant, that no policy should bs enforced
against the will OrthO people! nrf
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Financial and Commercial.
New York Money and stock Market.
New YORK, April Q.

Gold has been steady and dull at 11OF
a110f all day, opening and closing at t he
same prices. Loans were made ct from l
10 8 per cent. Clearing gold exchange
about $23, ,8s5, 900. Awards Of the Sub.
Treasury $2,0OO,0OO, at from 1907 to
110.43. Governments opened steady at
about last nights prices; about2 P. n, fell
of TO / per cent Stocks active; Rock
Island, Lake Shore, Wabash, Union Paci.
fc and Erie, strong; Vanderbilt stocks
steady, and 0hio's of a little. Wabash
and Union Pacific showed the greatest
advance; Wabash advanced lit per cent;
Union Pacific II per cent at the close;
general market strong and active. Money
very firm at 0 and z per cent. State Sc
curites dull and steady,'wlth little change
In prices Tomorrow being Good Friday,
there will be no session Of either the Gold
or Stock Exchange. Sterling exchange
10Qi
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A BigamOus Case in Court at San
Francisco.
RAN ERANc1sco. Anil 9

a SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.
MB, Fair has been testifying all day In
her own behalf, and admitted having been
married four 6mes-once since her adul.
ferrous connection with Crittenden. Two
of her husbands committed suicide, ltrom
one she obtained q divorce, and oneliving
undiyurced when she married last. She
ayoWed the most advanced free love sen.
timents, declaring herself Crittenden'S
true wife In the sight ol God, though his
wife, TO whom he had been married thirty
years, and the mother Of his children &
still living. She said her recent marriage
with Snyder did not make her his wife
because she did not love him. Two
women's rights females who spplauded
her, yesterday, were fined twenty-five
dallafs tor contempt Of court .l b.
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To NE CuNPLErED.-The Baltimore
Bridge Company has sent Its representa-
tive here to finish Market street bridge
and the action Of Council last night will
secure that result without delay. The
Company completes the contract as the
sureties Of the original contractors.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

READING CoNTEsT.-our notice of the
reading contest, last evening, at the Fe'
male College, Is crowded out Of this morn
ings paper. The contest was quitespirit'
ed and resulted in awarding the prize tt
Miss L. Heiskell, Of this city. We viii
give particulars tomorrow.
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The St. 1OuI, Election.

81. LOUIS April ..
Tho official majority for Captain
Brown, elected Mayor on Tuesday, Is
1904. The lowest majority & for Royle
Harbor Master, !, 1,559, and the highest fol
W. G. Carr, Auditor, ass. The majority
for F. A. Matthias, Democrat, for County
Treasurer, Is 5000. The proposition for
the county to subscribe one million dol.
lars to the st. Louis and Fort Scott Rail.
road was defeated BY 4,762 majority. As
before stated, the City Council Is a tie
but Mr. stussel, Democrat, In the Third
Ward, will contest the seat Of Mr.. Anne
lung, whose majority Is only eight.
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STATE BoNDs-Missouris 92t; Tennes'
see, old 85t; new, est; Virginia, new, 7lti
old, COT; North Carolina, old, 4Si; new
"a.
SToCKs-:.Western Union Telegraph, ST.
Adams Express, OF; Wells, Fargo &
Co., Al; American 4sE; United States
40; Pacific Mail 4Sl; New York Cen.
tral, 98t; do scrip, 999; Erie, ait
Harlem, 1881; Reading, 107ti Michigan
Central, 191; Pittsburgh & Cleveland
114t; Northwestern, sSf; do preferred, OFT
Rock Island, 112; New Jersey Central
1914; St. Paul, 614; do preferred, 79t; Wa
bash, COZ; do preferred, 20; Fort Wayne
9St; Terre Haute, 8S; Chicago & Alton,
lie; Ohio & Mississippi, Ash Cleveland,
Columbus & Cincinnati, sS; Burlington
& Quincy, 1853; Lake Shore, 10es; Indiana
Central, %; Illinois Central, 1S4i. e..
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Coon FRDAY.-To-day IS Good FIJI.
day, observed In commemoration Of the
crucidxion Of the Savior, 1t Is devoted
to religious services Of the most solemn
character in some churches, and has been
established as a legalhOlldsy by several Of
the State Legislatures.