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HOW TO LIVE TO A RIPE OLD
AGE,

Another Way, not Like BrYant'S.
We copied in a recent number of tho
INTELLioENCEIs an account given by the
poet Bryant of the mode Of life which he
had pursued for many years, and to which
may fairly be attributed his remarkable
health of mind and body at very ad.
vanced age. A Georgian, who processes
to be ninety.Six years Of age and car.
penter by trade, has been moved by Mr..
Bryant's letter to give his own method OF
preserving health, which Is somewhat diff
ferent from that OF the poet He says:
II get up about five in the morning;
drink about six or eight drinks of good,
solid corn whisky by about eight o'clock.
BY that time have lacked off and dressed
about five hundred feet Of plank, more or
less; then take breakfast My breakfast
Is generally a smOthered chicken and n
stewed catfish or two or three trout; some.
times two or three shad, with beefsteak
and ham and fried eggs, with twOor three
dozen boiled eggs, fifteen or twenty batter
cnkes, with little coffee or tea-say
about six or eight cups-just as | feel
about the number Of cups | then joint,
tongue, and groove the plank. BY about
one o'clock | am ready for putting up or
down, at which time l dine. My dinner
Is not always the same; but generally !
take about ulree or four quarts Of turtle
or pea soup, a small baked pig or q roasted
goose, sometimes quarter OF a lamb or
kid, greens, beans, peas, onions, eschhlots,
potatoes, cabbage, and other like vegeta.
bles, by which time have drunk about
fifteen or twenty drinks Of old, solid
corn.whisky. After dinner put up or
down my plank, as the case may he; take
n few drinks during the time, say about
twelve or fourteen. then take the last
meal, which is generally called tea; don 7
use any meat; drink about six quarts o
good buttermilk, with about one and a
half or two pounds Of light bread; take
about four drinks to hold II steady, lay
down about eight, and rest better than Il
had crowded my stomach. l then rest
well, dream pleasant dreams. and rise
carly again This has been my mode o
living through life. lam stout and active
weigh from two hundred and sixty to twt
hundred and scventy.iive pounds; hcaltl
fine. My head Is as black as q gander'.
back. am not very Uxtravagcnt In using
tobacco; only use nbOut two or three
plugs day, say one and half pounds
smoke some and chew the balanceIhol
that like the weed; use ii only to keeT
nv flesh down.
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SOUTH AMERICA.
Proposed Emancipation in Brazil.

Proposed Emancipation in Brazil.
LISBON, June 3.
Rio JanerO dates to May 10, state that
Duque de Caxias on the part Of the Bra
lillian government, presented TO tho lm.
perial Chamber, an elaborate and care.
fully prepared bill for the emancipation Of
all slaves belonging TO the Crown. This
act, If 1t becomes q law, manumits thou.
sands now toiling in the diamond mines
and In the province oil the mines, and also
those engaged in the construction of
docks and other public works at Rio dc
JanierO, Bahai, PenAmbuco and Moran.
BAN, besides n large force employed on
tho government railroads. The provisions
Of the bill also release convict slaves on
the Island of Ferdinand de Narauba,
after seven years servitude, their owners
10 be indemnltied from the Imperial treas.
ury. The bill meets with determined op.
position, 1t is said, by the. conservatives In
the Brazilian Senate, but the liberal party
is strong and will likely carry the hi.
name measure. In the lower house,
where there lis an overwhelming liberal
majority, the emancipation bill, which
has always been pet measure of Bra.
zil's democratic Emperor, will encounter
but feeble opposition. Tho great obiec-
tiOns to the measure are said TO be not so
much to the justice of the act, but Its
hasty enforcement, The law as II now
stands provides for system OF gradual
emancipation for tho slaves belonging to
private estates only, while the Emperor's 8
bill DEGREES immediate emancipation to
tho slaves owned by tho Crown I'm.
nprial
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The Smoke Nuisance,

From tho Cincinnati dAhSttO,
II there Is such u thing thing as u
smoke consuming appdrNlu,, moi too costly
for practical uSu, our city legislature
could not do u work that would give them
such claims upon lhu gratitude N the CT
iZenS Of Ciucinnali AMI VI pJSturily iIS to
find II out, aud provide by law iOr aiilX.
Ing II 10 every furnace Ol a steam engine
or Of other mechanical process. II would
not be thought hardship 10 require this
In all furnaces used Tor mechanical pur.
poses; aud when 1t shall have been applied
10 them, II will be time enough To con.
slider its availability Tor ordinary heating
and cooking fires But its application u
the first will make our city moderately
ClGHnly.
The heaviest tax paid by this city Is the
smoke tax. II the damage u mUrChan.
disc, TO household furniture, 10 clothes,
and tho extra expense Of housekeeping
that arise from this cause, In excess Of
any ordinary Consequences Of 4 city, the
aggregate sum would bGlitile oil the other
taxes We pay No part Of the city Is OK.
enpt; for shops and factories nnd mills,
driven by steam power, are distributed all
over the city The evil hns grown grad.
mlly from small beginnings, and has been
accepted as unavoidable. But, Is 1t 80?
The use Of smoke consuming apparatus
In England Is commonly spoken OI. There
has not been any earnest effort to applyit
in America Certainly our city has made
none.
UnQuestionably there would be econ.
Omy III such IL process that would more
than pay It's cost. The whole system OF
ieedig fuel TO the furnaces Of steam boil.
ers Is most wasteIul. At every supply Of
fresh coal an important part passes of
uncOnsumed In black smoke to shower
the neighbOrlOOd with SCOT. We are con.
lident that this may all be rcmCdied, and
this volume Of SCOT consumed In the fur
naces. Single Climneys may be pointed
out whose smoke does thousands Of dol.
lars Of damage To merchandise IN the i'm.
mediate vicinity every year, If there
were II practicable method Of consuming
this smoke the owners could be indicted
for keeping public nuisanCcs. II our citi
zeDs were convinced that thCro Is n prac.
ticablo way Of abating this nuisance, they
would rise up unanimously to demand It's
application. II IL the duty Of tho city
fathers to see Il thOr0 Ia not Il practicable
why. We believe they will find II If they
look for II, and that an abatement can be
made OF n nuisance which all would pro.
nOunce intolrrable II they believed II
AVOidAblU.
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CINCINNATI.

ClNClNNATI, June IL.
James Campbell, an old citizen Of
Osborne, while passing before n train yes.
terday was ran over and fatally injured
There Is u movement on foot to build
the railroad from Greenville 10 Hamilton,
Ohio.
The Ohio Congregational General Con.
ference assembled in Mt. Vernon, last
evening, and opened with sermon from
DR.. Hawkins, Of Marietta. A large
number Of delegates were present.
Hon. Charles Kngler was yesterdayelect.
ed President Of the Publication Society Of
the Luthern General Synod.
Moses Kirkpatrick, an experienced New
Orleans pilot, has been appointed inspector
Orsnags and olstructionsin the Ohio river
between Cincinnati and Cairo. ...
The directors Of the Cincinnati Il Balti.
more Railroad to day ratified a contract
with the Cincinnati & Springfield Railroad
Company for the Use by the latter Of the
formers track into Cincinnati. The dl.
rectors of the Marietta s. Cincinnati Rail.
ropd have ratified contract granting to
the Cincinnati 6 Springfield Railroad the
Joint use Of the depot here. The contracts
will be submitted to the stockholders on
the 22d Of July.
The Cincinnati Industrial Exposition
managers today determined to erect addl'
tiunal buildings, furnishing In these struc.
turcs alone 90 900 square feet space. The
premium list adopted TO day embraces 49
classes, and extends to almost all varieties
of manufacture as well as raw cotton.
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GERMANY.

BERLIN, June 10.
The Alabama question has been decided
and II is said that the American ENJOYS on
the Continent have received instructions
to agree with the powers for the protec.
tiOn Of private property at sen. Tho con.
sent of England and France Is believed 10
hG doubtful.
BREsLAu, June Il.
The Stadt Theatre was entirely de.
strOyed by fire last evening. The audience
and performers all escaped.
BERLIN, June II.
The Empress Augusta Is expected In
Berlin today.
The committee having in charge the
donation bill met to-day, md was nd.
dressed by Bismarck upon the subject OF
It's labors. The bill was thenadOpted with
amendments, under which the Emperor
will distribute four million tllAlers among
the Generals and statesmen who have
achieved the results Of the war. The
Bank of Prussia has been authorized to
establish branches in Alsace and Lorraine.
The Emperor will send hls COngratula.
tions to the Pope upon the occurrence oI
his jubilee.
The German Parliament has llnani.
mOusly sanctioned the grants made by the
Crown Tor the relief Of members OF the
Reserves and Landwehr who fell during
the war The bill making special grants
to Generals and statesmen, who have
achieved the results OF the war, was also
passed. The prOrogation Of Parliament
will probably take place on Thursday al.
tcrnOOn
BERLIN, June IA.
The Alabama question having been
practically decided by the trcatyot Wash.
ington, it il said that the American En-
Voys on the continent have received in.
slructiOns to agree with the Powers for
the protection Of private property at sea.
The consent Of England and France is
believed to he doubtful.
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IOWA.
Democratic State Convention.
Dies MoINEs, June Ia

| A9 1ASANHA9l uuuC H.
The Democratic State Convention me
in this city at II A. NJ. to-day. The ut
tendance is the largest the party has eve
had in this State, fifty of the hundred ant
four counties being represented. Pcrma
nent organization was effected with Il
F, Montgomery, OF Pottowatamic, n
Chairman, w. W. Garner, of Louisa, ant
II. o. Walker, Of Davis, as Secretaries.
The following committees were thcr
selected;
On CredentidlS-A. b. lGolbrooke, Chair
man; T, w. Cleggett, Of Lee; Wm. II
Sharp, of Cedar; Lindsey Sears, of Clay
ton; Q. b. Evans, OF WapellO; w. W.
Gardner, of POttowattamie; ]. A. Bar.
thOl, of Marshall.
Permanent OrydaizdtiOn.-T. W. Bow
man, Chairman, W. w. Garden, oI
Louis, e, Newton, OF Linn, j. NJ. King, oI
Dubuque, w. T. Smith, Of Mahaheska
n. Q. RidcnOur, Of Page, and w. H.
Brown, OF Emmitt,
On Resoluti0nS,-A. 9. Dodge, OF Des.
moincs, Chairman, Chas. Mason, of Des.
moines, G. II. Thayer, Of Clinton, W. NJ.
Heir, OF Dubuque, j. G. Mccormick, ol
Marion, D, c. Fink, oil Polk, II. b. vii.
son, of Woodbury.. At this junction the
old Democracy made fight against the
packed programme of the faction in favor
Of the departure and got whipped three
to one.
The afternoon session was called to or.
der at two o'clock. The Committee on
Credentials reported fifty counties repre-.
sented, The Committee on Permanent
Organizations reported in favor OF tenn.
porary officers being made permanent
ones, with the following additional Vice
Presidents: j. l.. GilIes' Henry county;
II. Thayer, Of Clinton; Lindsey Sears, OF
Clayton; George Gillespie, OF 'WapclIo ;
D, F. Gaylord, of Cass; L Il. Train, OF
Webster. The report was adopted FOL
lowing this was lengthy debate on the
manner in which tho Committee on Res.
olutiOns was appointed, Judge Cleggett
moved that the Committee bO enlarged.
This was finally tabled by vote of 1888 to
"a, which may be considered as q victory
for the new departure. While waiting
Ior the Committee on Resolutions to re.
port, the Convention took recess Of half
an hour.
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WASHINGTON.
The N. Y. Central Railroad Case.
WAsuISGToN. June II.

WASHINGTON, June II.
Solicitor Banfeld, OF the Treasury De-
partment, will probably present his decis'
lon on the question Of the New York
Central appeal, tomorrow, The only
question for the Solicitor TO decide is
whether the Secretary has any legal right
to review q decision rendered by Tue
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue. II 1t
Is determined that an appeal can be taken,
1t Is then for the Secretary to decide
whether he will hear it, and under the
probable circumstances II islAill not
doubtful that like less powerful parties
the railroad will have to pay its assess
ments, under protest II it chooses, and go
10 court with It's grievances.
KELLY's STEEL PATENT.
The Commissioner of Patents will hear
tho arguments tomorrow on the question
of extending Kelly's patent for the manu-.
hCturG OF steel.
SUMNER NOT ONE OF THE ARBITRAToRs.
Mr.. Summer says the use oil his name in
connection with the representation of the
United States In the court Of arbitration
which is to assemble at Geneva to decide
upon the Alabama claims, is entirely un-
authorized. His proposed connection
with tho adjudication Of this class of
claims is pure invention.
Subscriptions to the new Loan to-day
are $G5,000. The Department of State Is
ready to pay 7 per cent Of theawNrds un.
der the Convention with Venezuela of
1866 and under previous Conventions.
The Secretary Of the Treasury author
lies the Surveyor OF Customs at Duluth to
enroll and license vessels to be employed
in the foreign and cOasting trade on the
lakes in the northern frontier, his power
being limitedIto vessels being owned at
Duluth, and to the issuing Of temporary
enrollments to other vessels when II may
become necessary to do So
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picture OF himself, just like the one sent
you, anu said ever So many polite thingS,
and We left him We returned to our
palace ON elephants in the moonlight,
each OF Us on separate one, and three
abreast We thought and said what a
funny picture 1t w0ulA bo for our friends
~ home, and the Naharajah tried to get
PugHSrapher, 50 that We might have
our pictu'es taken. That evening they
hau fireworks in front Of the palace for
an hour which Wos very pretty, and the
next morningwe drove buck to Umbella
liorgOt 10 mention that all this time the
llimalayas were in sight The next day
We assembled the mountain, one of the
Ilimaayas, where We SAW snow, and had
most delightful day Of IT, rode po.
ny up, and VIZ were all brought down by
men in 'jOntous" Do you not think we
have had nice time! Ihave enjoyed 1t
SO much, and regret that It is over, We
leave here tonight tor Jugglepore, thence
TO Bombay, and from there upth Persian
Gulf with Admiral COCkburnG, on his
English man.Oiwar. | wonder what
grandfather Crosby would say could he
know his grandchildren were sailing
around tho world under the British flag
AS lar MS am personally concerned | am
not Hnxious togo. hAvuseen the best part
OF tho East, and AM very anxious To get In
TO Europe. This excursion up the Gulf
will take four or hvO weeks, which will
bring us into Syria during hot weather,
aud | think We have had enough OF 1t
here, and NJ we have been coming south
We found Il hotter and hotter, Here the
house il closed tight all day, and punkahs
are moving In every room, besides n sort
Of wheel or machine that goes very fast
and makes brecZU In the room. People
do everything To keep cool, II would
surpriseyOu to hear Inc lalk HindOostanee.
Az the servants ar0 all natives We must
learn the names Of ncCessaries, bread,
wafer, sc and have picked up many
words that nrU very useful don't sup
pose from tho calculation VIZ make now,
that WI can got u COnSiantin0ple before
the last of Juno, hut allrr that We eau
hear from youOllen Weiarc stayingagain
with that nicu family | wrote you about,
Sir William MOorO9. Tho ViCerOy ar.
rived tO'day,nnd the house filled with all
the sWGlls in India More fuss Is made
over him than over the President At home.
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NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS. June IA.

NEW OhLhhNbI Julc II.
Associate Justice Brady, of the United
States Circuit Court, has refused to grant
an injunction prohibiting the State au
thorlies from Issuing State bonds to the
New Orleans, Mobile & Texas Railroad
in accordance with an act OF the Legisla.
ture.
Obid D. Buys, ex.City Comptroller, Is
dead.
Colonel James Nelllgan, distinguished
ex.COnfederate officer and well.known
turfman, died this morning at Southwest
Pass.
The bark Carolina Samon, from Calves
ton Tor Liverpool, has put in for repairs.
She was dismasted and had lost her an
chors and chains of Galveston bar during
q gale on the 9th. She was also leaking
badly. She reports large bark ashore al
Ship Shoals, Pass Loutre. The steamship
Candida, from Havana for Galveston, has
also put In for repairs at Southwest Pass.
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ENGLAND.

LONDON, June IA.
The steamer Anna Smith has been
wrecked, and Ten lives lost
Earl dc Grey IS to be created MARQUIS
Of Rpon, in consequence of his distin.
guishcd services in connection with the
treaty Of Washington.
LIVERPOOL, June II.
Arrived the steamships City Of Dur.
ham, from Halifax, and the Batavia, from
New York.
\ lIm@ editorial to-day says. awe
consider 1t Unprecedented that such grave
differences between nations as that OF the
Alabama claims should have been settled
without rcsorting to arms. The demand
for injuries done to American commerce
blythe Alabama and kindred vessels was
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WISCONSIN,.
A Case of Mistaken Identity.
MtLwArnnn hmm IA

MILWAUKEE, lime Ia.
Gov. Fairchilds, of Wisconsin, to-day
pardoned, on the ground Of innocence
Floyd Smith, brought from Minnesota on
u requisitiOn, charged with horse stealing,
convicted in Waukisha county last March
and sentenced to five years in the State
Prison. 1t Is proved by large number
Of witnesses, whose responsibility Is
youcled for by Gov. Austin, OF Minneso.
Ia, that Smith had owned the horse found
in his possession and claimed to have
been stolen for five years previous 10 the
alleged theft The case was one OF mis-
taken identity.
The officers and directors Of the North.
western railroad, arrived here this even.
ing, tO attend the election of directors oi
tho Winona & st. Peter road, and left for
ManttatO to-day, returning to Chicago
Thursday. Tho following directors were
elected John +. Tracy, JnO. W. Burk,
A. G. Dulman, David Dows, Il. i. Doyles
and NJ. l.. Sykes, jr, all Of New York; II.
II. Porter; W. II. Terry and j. II. Howe,
of Chicago.
The announcement Is made that the
Milwaukee d St, paHl- Railroad Com.
pany, Is to commence Immediately the
construction Of n new road between Mil.
waukee and Chicago. The road will be
built as nearly as possible on an 0ir line.
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The Right Man in tho Right Place,
CLEVELAND O. Sune Ia

A notorious swindler and dead beat,
named George G. Bennett, of Wadsworth,
%, was arrested and brought here
today, by G. W. Steele, U. $. Depu.
ty Marshal, Mt Mount Vernon, O., at
the instance of G. +. Baldwin, special
agent of the Postottlce Department,
charged with violating tho postal laws.
II appears that Bennett Is u member of q
bogus firm called Bennett & Co., who are
the publishers OF n villainOus semiocca.
sional paper styled the Jolly Young Ameri.
can, in which he adverlises for sale all
manner Of obscene and filthy trash, con.
siSting of books, pictures, SC. 1t Is on
account Of mailing these vulgar prints
that the agent of the Post Office Depart.
mcnt caused his arrest In default oil bail
he was committed to Jail.
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CONNECTICUT.


HARTFORD, June ID ~
The amendment to the constitution,
submitting to tho people the question
whether there be ono capitol or two, and
allowing Of choice between Hartford
and New Haven, was defeated in the
House to-day by las to 81.
The Republican Legislature caucus to.
night re.nomnated Judges Parse and
Phelps for tho Superior Court Judgeship.
Amos L. Neat and Asa B. Woodward
were candidates. James Pike, of Ster.
ling, was renominated for Railroad Com.
missioner Tor 3 years, receiving decisive
ballot .! 81 votes to 40 for John X. shep.
pard, OF Norfolk.
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MEMPHIS.


MEMPHIS, June IA.
The select committee to whom the
council referred the question Of grading
the bluffs In front Of the city reported in
favor of so doing.
From some unknown cause one section
Of the dry docks began sinking immedi.
Ately after the boat Excelsior came off Of
them to-day. Despite all efforts 1t went
down IN hundred feet Of water. Every
means arc being taken to prevent the
other from sinking, also the northern
bank
The train from New Orleans was
thrown from the track near Canton this
morning and badly smashed. No par.
tiCulars.
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.oCT0F WHITTIER,
SSV Peas Street, Pittsburgh, Pa,

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unacceptable to the EnglishI Commons,
and was abandoned by the United
States, Tho Times also expresses the
hope that, taking pattern from the ad-
justment Of the American question, the
nations of Europe will rise to higher aims
and duties olinternatiOnal fellowship.
LONDON, June IA.
The owners of the coal mines in South
Wales, have agreed to settle their differ
ences with the miners by arbitration, pro-
yidcd the whole subject OF wages is re-
ferred, st ''
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THE WEST INDIES.
Attempt to Blow Up tho Hornet.
PORT AU PRINCE, May 80.


An attempt was made n few nights ago
by II party Of Spanish to blow up tho stel.
mer Hornet. The party was fired into
and rctreated. The Hornet will proceed
to sea as soon rs repaired,
HAVANA, June IA,
A number of families have surrendered
at Santo Esperltus, including seventy men,
within the past few days. Letters from
prominent parties announce, also, the early
surrender Of several of the prominent IN
surgent leaders. 1t Is stated positively
that Bembetta left without any official
character or mission. Valmaseda goes to
Puerto Principle on the nth or 18TH
Four Of the battalions of Havana volun.
teers refused to send companies to the
military lines. The eOther battalions have
already designated the companies to go
hV lOf
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SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANcrsco, June IA.

SAN FRANCisCO, June Ia.
Barley will be an average crop, and the
wheat crop two. thirds. The lr,iit vintage
will be the largest ever seen In California.
The other crops are good throughout the
State.
Captain VIM Rankin, n veteran of the
Mexican war and formerly u resident oi
Pittsburgh, Pa, died here this evening.
The Cotton Growers Association Is n
complete success. In the San joaquin
valley, II is stated, the crop Is the finest
ever seen on tho continent, the drought
having no effect upon II.