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How to Take Drink of Brandy

Ifyouug men will drink liquors, We insist
that they should do it gracefully. \ great
many accomplished bartGndcrS and polite
by ISLANDERS have their disabilities excited to q
degree dangerous to proper saloon dcCOrum
by the awkward manner in which upstart
green 'uns take their grog, to say nothing Of
the danger from strangulation incident 10
starting 4 horn OF brandy down the wrong
way The following is the proper way to do
the business. 1t may come "a little awkward
at first, but practice will make it easy, and
the habit of doing the thing gracefully and
easily will save you from a world of rdiCulc,
and from many Of the evils which crazy tenn
peranCe people are always charging rs sure
to follow drinking Stand up strait like a
man; your left side TO the bar; take the glass
neatly and firmly between the tips of the
thumb and four fingers of the left hand, let.
ting the little finger drop down to the bot
tom of the glass; swing the glass IN plane
exactly corresponding with the top of the bar,
until it is precisely before you. just then
throw the head back little, push the chin
forward, so Is to leave the throat in full
open, easy position Compress the lips tight
~, draw q full breath through the nostril,
and, with a graceful curve of the arm, raise
the glass until the rim j, within about three
inches of your chin. Now Is the supreme
moment Just here, turn your eyes upward,
think Of YOUR mother, and-OpeH your hG7d,
instead of Your mouth, Ii any body laughs
it will he an insult which you should resent
by never going there again.--Elkod|F Jopr-
nal
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From the New York Evening Post,
ST.. George and His Dragon.
CARMEN MACAEONluM.


iIlacc FUhula'S one of those stories
Which the Italians say ought to be trHc
Sed which modern wiscacrcs have scattered
Among Les Illusions Pcrdu+
ST. George Equcs crrars crat
Qui vihraI u sCNUu.ioot sword;
IND cr wurdc cher DE busted,
Than he caught breaking hir word.
Assuctus au matin, to ride out
Pour chcrcher quGlqucchOoc Tor to lick;
Can a pic en- harnois-and To see him,
Whack Rusticus pauyrc was chic,
III,
Pcrcmitat thousands Of peasants,
Et, mantlCd in arlnOr complete,
Cacdat The whole huddlc, cOnlcstinL
TT leave them all ausgespiclt.
".
81 &c u'r,iuuc sans doutc, they were willing.
70 get up and solcmnly swear
That the very last Fraulen he'd seen, was
la plus belle dams toutc Ia tcrrc.
Elm Mor-cn err sab, a lie trottor,
Puelia formosissma tres,
Implican, implcXus Draconac,
So She couldn't get out of the way.
The d,aGon--donc VOLTA ic tabcau,
Had ewes sanguine Subjects
AIac CONNIE les lutnS in paradise Lost
Ell was, on the whole, insuari,.
VII
For Bcautc miserable, wa, there ever
Eque, who would not dare and die:
st. George his hastaln project
Right into Tic dragon, his eye.
VuI.
II coupe 81 tctC nit scin Schwcrt gut
SEES allies, il coupe nit scin conteau;
II coupe 81 queue NIT sa hachC dcs arnlCS
1t la Nladcmoisellc let 20.
IA.
In gcuua procumbit the ladyc,
TT di&ii, You've saved my life;
Pour tout ma vie Pm yuu'rn,n said she
&" I'm your regular little wife"
y.
Nam 8" says he docs these job,
In jocWn-gct up from your knees,
Vingt ct I'm Ia Rue ChoiscuIs my place
TT mon %arCon, he takes the fees!
JAMES APPLETON MORGAN.
Sc non ycrO
Z ben trOyato.-IttiiDm Pyo,rb.
TO save q Mayd, st George Dragon slew;
pretty talc--if all that's told be true.
lost say there arc no dragons, and It's sayd
here was mo- Gcorgc-pray Heaven there was a
Mayd.
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Uncle Martin Boomer, of Bristol, wanted TO
build fence, week or two ago. 80 he
bought some lumber and took one of the ME.
est looking boards - a gauge to make posts
by. When he had driven about twenty rods
OF post holes, he found that his Cuage was a
foot longer than the other boards. Uncle
Martin is a baptist; - he didn't tear around
and swear awiully, and kick over q nail key,
and pound his horses and turn his family out
doors without an umbrella, rs Uncle William
iwhO is a Methodist would have done. He
smiled a smile that was sadder than tears and
just went quietly 10 work and sewed . piece
on the end of each Of The boards, intending %
conceal the deed from his neighbors and
keep the truth from the Courier: but the spec
ial reporter never ,lceps.-Lociport Courier
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BOSS LAST RACE.

one bright autumn day two young people,
fair TO look upon and well mated, being none
other than Mr.. Robert Lowell and Miss Edith
May, who in moment of CCstaCy had prom.
iscd eternal fidelity each unto the other, were
walking on smooth country road at an hour
in the middle Of the afternoon.
There was a deep subject between them, for
they talked earnestly and voluby She seem
cd to be pleading and begging, and he OK.
planning and arguing They walked on and
ON, mile after mile, and the light began to fail
and the shadows lcngthcn.
She had his arm and they were deeply in.
icrcscd therefore they did not notice their
surroundings
They came to huge white fence, ten feet
high, and extending either way for Il long
distance, Opposite to them was grated
gate, which could be pushed up or pulled
down as was required. Within the space was
TO be seen vast cI!iptiCal space and "A series
OF high seats
The two walkers suddenly stopped.
Here we are at the terrible race course"
said Miss Edith
Yes, here we arc,' responded the Uihcr
with q touch of suspense in his tone If did
not mean to come hither, am sure IT was
pure accident, that Is unless YOU meant TO
BRING me hcrc,' looking at his companion
VIZ. d Suill'.
40, no. DOB fcplicd She, sadly; Il am
"oIHP my very pest TO lead you away from it,
ma coGId not consistently wish YOU TO look
~ il again"
.Do you really hate and fear it so much? ~
tskel he
SLG cIaspcd her hands upon his arm and
raised Dor face To his. He looked AT her In
the dim light he bchcld her palcncss, her
tears, and bier trembling lips
!'r ''H.o''L ltc considered lie could
o' ,1 w, a. nc N"uiu nave rc!lnqulshcd
- ''i.' t"' N.tIc were othcf interests than
' ,' "au'',i W, III 'nc ac'. sun he loved the
gu! 10" W''pIy hot 10 promise something
II" run all over in his mind what he might
>"'iIH''.
,Allol 'r'Nc II oil at once, Edith"-
IN 700.
40, h'.'". mere are six horses entered
i1r inc ''r ana my Eclipse is one OF them
o"' is '"' i''"IIlr ana all the betting men
III an li' ciHeS 81 the country have made bets
upon ArT o. against ter and if | should
Nllh'Fa" nar my 'H' would be in danger, |
ana nv ',h"laIioh would suffer even with The |
most upright men. | love my horses devoted |
" h1i | would quit them il you only breath !
"a "ish mat should. True You do not !
you WISH me 10 give up racing for money !
Ed!th, II ito It. But must run my horse
tomorrow, and II win | will quit The turf
after the race and sell every horse lint those
which $50 Want for ourselves and for our own
Hsc"
IF you Win. Suppose you don't? Tell Inc,
Bob. .upuo,. YOU don't win, suppose Eclip,c
comes in third or Iast,u
Il cannot bear to dream of such a thing
responded hc. i'm such "A hollow voice that|
,he started "a little; II fear il would be my
ruin
Bob" said She. earnestly and distinctly.
have YOU n,ked your fortune on this one
yacc-upon this one race in which the small.
rst acri'irni may destroy your cI,ances and
youg"
"Ic-." said Bob
lie hung ni, head
She sad NO more. her slender tnurc .biv
cred with agitation, but She wheeled about
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YE BAGGAGE sMASHER.


Pete was Tin In, h,..,a-,mu, l, ram .y Sgp.
Lrr EntIr
Whore tIc t,,rs and ,r,.,,. If t,.,,,,, srl mn.
HincLinUly Lr bore.
He cared moi how fine women wen, mr. -,rluas
men royrd and ,,,orc.
While he mutilg,rl .uIpuic eases dr.,r,tni sara
torn. oupiLIlgtcd ordinary lurpgrc. immoIa.
ted Garnet bars rytcrminatrd hand boxes.
and cyturui,nrd travellers oltGt- hy the
+ score
Til. fine old railway bagragrma,,. one Of
the modern time
CANI' -E't INDUS.
Rut T.,,r.J,v ,r,,.rr...,,, ,hcro ,.,,,. ,ol,..t
tra,'ri,',r ,ne,' '''''
Who smiled and watched howruth!c55ly the bag
gagc Pete did slam,
g,,, Ia and lam ''' 49,
He said, Dear friend my worldly possessions
are few and humble; silver and gold have !
none, hut such as ! have are in that trunk,
Handle II tchGcfiN Tor 1t is frail and ! am
poor ana u theTcs a man travelling who
watches ana "ctpS ana prays over his bag
gage, then mat the Kind Of a man am
Chorus IAr same as before.
,,vTo rppr,r,
But Peter seized his shabby trunk with ,uorts Of
wrath aud ,corn,
And in two seconds both the handles from the
end, were torn,
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CASTO QUARTCS.
STSIKES.
BY PROF. j. d. BUTLER.
strike but hear! Themistoclcs.
LINCOLN. NphroSko 1872


LINCOLN, Nebraska, 1873,
Employees have right to get for their labor
rs much as they can by lawful means It i.
lawful for them to refuse to workout not tC
stop others from working. No tyrant so bad
as the petty tyrant. "a poor man that OPP
| prcsscth the poor is sweeping rain, which
! lcaycth no food On tie other hand, employ
cr5 have right to hire as low as they can
Strikcs-showing that laborers aspire to
better their cOnditiOn-are good Sign They
have often secured higher wages, or fewer
hours OF work. Yet they usually cost more
than they come to. While they last, lahOrcr-
must live on their own savings. or those OF
their fellows But these are small amount,
compared to the wealth of capitalists with
whom strikes bring them IN collision When
the rooster contends with the horse in trtaling
on toes, the result cannot be doubtful.
No set Of workmen are so indispensable as
they fancy to their employers. How soon
their places If they quit them, are filled by
others from other localities, natiOnalitcs or
the other sex. Twelve to fifteen thousand
London carpenters are now locked out"
If strikers persist in any unreasonable de
mand-they may lose employment altogether
by forcing capital to seek new investments
where ii has no nccdbfthem. They will killthe
goose that lays their golden eggs. So long as
Il strike lasts il stops earnings but not outlaws
and thus it leave, the WORKING class daily
poorer.
a century ago, Europe was crazy for bal.
ancc of power. John Bull fought for it till
p!Ds the national debt, and isiHps million
paupcrS-he was nicknamcd John Bulldog.
Nor did continental fighters fare better The
end was:
$40 Europe balanced, neither side prevails
For n"Imh-s left in either OF the scales"
The longer strikes last, the more they tend
to simiar notification.
The right 10 strike is then too much like
the right 10 shear your hog-"grcat cry-littlc|
WOOL After much SqUcalng and struggling
there /. Little gain.
English tarm-Hburc, are talking of strikes
But what can they get: Landlords now oh.
tain little more than two per cent. on the
money in their estates. Can they lower rents
But tenants declare their profits small, and
decreasing through competition with the nro
duCc of cheap land in America, which YEARLY
reaches English markets, more easily and
ahundantly Rather than nay higher wares
tenants will emigratc to Nebraska. where they
can buy an acre in fee simple for less than
their present annual rent.
Not few. both tenants and landlords. have
already bcitcrcd their condition bv passfnr
from Great Britain To Greater Britain. More
will. Nor is il surprising that associations
of farm labores, after struggles 10 sell their
labor higher, have devoted their funds TO
OF the west a. the true way Of carrying labor
to It's best market
such an emigration, whether from Old
England or New, or any old state if one has
money enough 10 make a new start, is twice
blessed. 1t makes iahorcrS scarce 80 that
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Mr. Lawrence Black. Everybody Missed. and
ran to take Bob by the hand.
He has quit horses now, and j, devoted to
tralMng Children
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Sidc' i9urmiie meats fhjH To- seventy
thousand people saw the race on Long Island
ana SuCh slghl h4u never been Witnessed
since EcIlP,G peat llcAIy'-n"f ever since IN
represented the south and Fashion the North
and the southern horse had been poked at the
north for some time. Ten dollars was the
price of admission To the privileged space.
Thousands of rutanS carried the fences, and
had to be driven out by Yankee Sullivan and
other employed prizc-iightcrs. Boston wa,
the tayoritc, won the inside place, and lost the
first heat ON the fourth mile, Fashion winning
in ;32i The next heat Fashion won also
in 80. They never met again, and Boston
became a great stallion.
We now come to the greatest horse America
has probably had bolh as racer anH sire,
IPv,>GTn<
, ,..,. r. ,o,n .,..,.. 1880
n"'. ~ ~ ~ iIi 49, WI ~
VIZ ."' y, " US ~ l t
Law ''Ui ,i"J L ,''',, ,o
,,,,.,;,, n; ,.,nat ,I,,or.or,, ,,o Iacn,,tn
a Louisiana horse, also by Boston out Of a
Glencoe mare. Lccomtc won inc sGconu , race
IN '!lc tlch uhequaIcI l'lhc ct 20 90 !
i%Ning'oh 'hch oeat LccoihIc Ill'c loI d
9|o'ooo STAKE III MA, an" oc"t hccoililt III
race Us we'll III ';|o4' ny lGVI ,yhS ~
ncc"Hl,c WIS IoHcn TO EiS'a ~ oS w. 81,
mile in l:41li. Lexington won in all six
races out OF seven, and So6,OOO III money
ARROW. PRYOR. rrrxcnr AKIN ,srrr0ID,
Wa ,,o,. shin ,rr,,. o,.,,, ..,,, ~ p,s,o,
n, 't''o ~ sD' Va oI 49,
"'tV ' N.Y. , -, ,ont ~
pt"'.its t; S'oh i p. us oP'Iu ~ oi'
oJiii'L ~. iu ~. Sli,i', 49,,
@ II, ',',' Wv tao;d
WI ,'r caIt nr, '"'', C,o -,
cin,,cno7 yas on IN, nnrtod ro"irr s,niIior Who
Lay @ at ~ it TanS IN
,Uo @ 9' inaT ,orn 40 ~
,;,o ~ S.I- 70 ,o r,T1 r",,;n oG
,a,,nd, ard bnot,nc IIero !. unayyamnIaJ
pT"" " ,SeG oS five fr"m,
~ ~ ond dind NJ ,hn oro W ~ Thn mos,
~ hrncdrr we have had A.toroid
, NV ,,ranIson If GLENCOE tbc SON Of Tcynr
Wv, ,Iu $50 Ia, racn o,f of ,ynIro aS ratSd
't ~ a6 y, 00n chai,on,,oJ Kontrcl, and hrnlr
~ E''iV IoCrr t%n r,o !, tsGG
'''''' '''''' INV -
KENTUCKY,
for whom AUru,t Belmont rave $4,000 in
1858 ,vruld n0,y I've - wears old the son u,
Lexington by q Glencoe mare. He won
S3G O0O and 't,,ruty.tvyo ont of twenty. four
rorrs in fnIIr seasons lie also ran the fastest
twn.onI aouortcr mile, on record. in 4:OliI
TRoTI'A" II AMERICA
wa, first celebrated by prize of $1,000 in
1913. In 1926, legal and authorized rottine
first began at Jamaica, l.. l. Trottingparks
then spread abroad, and our first great trottcr
was Topgallant. who made his two miles in
J:l9 in 1881 and went three miles to saddle
in s :0G. Scrcwdrycr was his competitor and
he made three miles in : :O2 to saddle. Hiram
Woodruff rode in America as early as 1892
The next notable trottcr was Dutchman,
who brought time down to 1872, went two
miles in j OS, and q second mile in 2:2s lie
trotted three miles in t:39l5, the best ever
uone,--aS early rs INo'
IN 20 Nippon ao'ISu - n.tC' ,n an Gao,
In 4CCV, Il Ioau may N"'', l''NI l'' All''H Oi'
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FAST HORSES.

"GatA" Geo. Alfred Townsend contributes
for the Chicago Yrij'me, from Long Branch,
the following "reminiscences Of famous horses
pr fiji. .r..r.tr...
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Il was born in Boston in $50 Was cdu.
Gated in the Methodist faith 10y my grand.
mother, who told me | must not swear nor
smoke, nor drink | think there were fifteen
commandments in that family. aud up 10
eighteen ycais of agr had kept them all,
! strange rs itmay appear. ! have crossed the
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COLWELL, CLARK & CO.

Have on hand LUMBER Of all grades
Lath, Lime, Hair, Plaster, Cement
and Brick, Sewer Pipe, Drain Tile,
Dimension and Cut Stone, Ottawa
and Joliet Bubble Stone, Builders
Hardware Of all descriptions, and
Nails Also Glass and Putty, Build
ing Paper, DC.
The whole of the above materials
having been purchased at the lowest
wholesale figures, we will either sell
or use them at the lowest market
figures. Being extensively engaged
in the
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WAGNER AM cGEY EAGLE

were next notable In point of timc,-the
former grandson Of Sir Archy. Describing
their race, ut Louisville, William r Porter is
said 90 have written "thc finest specimen OF
turf writing in the English language" Wag
ner. Louisiana horse. won the race Of two
four mile heats. Grey Eagle broke down and
died; Wagner won 10y hard running in 7:5l
and : %
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also daughter of American Eclipse, out Of Sir
ArCby dam Lady Lighttoo;, whose progeny
probably yielded more money than any
American mares. Black Maria wa, born IN
1896. She ran five tourmilc heats in 1852 in
SOC, 100, Sl3, $50, Si7. All the horses
We're used up for months. In 1853 She ran a
third thrcrmilc heat in 5:iS, and a first heat
III 3:i2. She also ran a third mile in the
course col u heat in 80. She won in all thir
teen cut Of twenty-five races, all three and
foJrmiic heats, and was the most enduring
mare ON our turf Her colt headed the list in
1896 for produce stake of Sll5OOO,-twenty.
nine entries, the largest purse ever put on a
race
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BOSTON

Sir ArChy's grandson, trained by Arthur Tay.
Tor, and ridden by Gilpatrlck,-a chestnut
horse with white >joCkinCs.-WaS toalCd ~
Richmond in lNi5. and brought $4,000 in
1885. He won forty out of tortytiyc races,
thirty of which were -four mile heats. and won
S5l POO In 1872, a. The age Of . Boston ran
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KENTUCKY

for whom August Belmont gave $4,000 in
1868, would now be - years old, the son Of
Lexington 10y Glencoe mare. He won
5000, and twenty-five out Of twcntyfour
races in four seasons He also ran the fastest
acknowledgements miles on record, in 4Oll !.
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BUILDING BUSINESS.
Do Work Cheaper X Better
than Any Other Firm.

We are fully stocked with Ready
made DOORS. SASH & BLINDS.
manufactured from Well Seasoned
Lumber.
~ Lumber Iard-Hossack IL
Richardson's Docks.
. Office and Factory-La Sale
ST.. opposite the Park House.
C0lWfLl, Clarke co.
..ass, Marc z-s'.lsS.
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This celebrated father of Loug.rll.w and
Littlcton was toalcd in 1853, the son of Faugh.
a-BaIlagh, and, after racing in England, was
imported to Philadelphia. He brought nearly
$4,000 in gold when gold was up in balloon,
and had then won $4,000 in gold ON the
llrf
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iIlacc Fahula'S one of those stories
Which the Italians say ought to he trHc'
Sed which modern wiseacrcs have scattered
Among LES Illusions Pcrdu,+
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MESSENGER

wa imported TO New York in i7sG, racers
and road.tcr, were produced by him Of equal
superiority. He was gray horse. and $
years old when he came to America, and he
lived TO he y years old His sire Has Nam
brine, and his dams ran back to barb mare
Messengers grandson We, the great Ameri
C9p FrlipSp
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-03-13
INCREASED PAT.

In tho throes of dissolution, Congress
passed bill, increasing salaries, as fol-
lows:
"Thc President of thc United States
to receive $4,000; the Vice President
$4,000; Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, $40, 500; Justices of theiSuprcme
Court, $4,000 cabinet officers, slO, 900;
Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury,
State, and Interior Departments, 81, 200 /;
Speaker of the House, after the present
Congress, $4,000; Senators, Reprcsen-
tatives, and Delegates, including the
present Congress, 81 500. This is to be
in in lieu of all pay and allowances"
Mileage is thus disposed Of and per-
auisits arc no moro for all members of
Congress. ItlOoks little brassy, though,
for the members of the last Congress to
vote an increase of their own salaries,
when they were elected to serve, and
did serve, on a certain salary. However,
while some of their fellows had made
their little piles out of the Credit Mobi-
lier, the honest ones want to have fair
chance to get even, for their exemplary
honesty. Honesty, you know, is the
best policy, but it keeps man d-n
noOr
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Fountain is the name Of the new
township formed out OF territory includ-
ing Salt creek and First creek. The in
tcIligent and entcrprising farmers and
stock raisers Of this township, have or
ganized a farmers club that holds week
y meetings, and have previously an
nounccd questions for debate at these
meetings. Z. r. Baldwin, is Secretary.
Salt creek is the best place for stock in
Kansas.
There is vacant land in this comfy
on the head waterso of Pipe creek. These
claims are not bluffy, bat smooth undu-
lating land, with springs of water oc-
curing frequently. No timber on the
land, but there is timber on the stream.
This land is in the vicinity of the three
feet vein Of coal that has lately been
discovered. Land thus situated will not
remain vacant long. For further infor-
nation, call on Myron Smith, Lamar
post-office, or Charles E. Everton, Lind
sey pOst-office. These gentlemen live in
tho vicinity of the lands.
The law provides that our next term
of District Court shall commence on
the fifth Monday in April, but As there
Is no fifth Monday in April, it is under
stood here that Judge Garfield has an
nounced that he will hold conrt here,
commencing the 18th day of April,
which will be the fourth Monday in that
month.
Last week was the time for cleaning
out wells. The public well had not been
cleaned out for two years. There was
found in it half cartload Of rock and
sand, a pair of cats, . few rabbits, several
old shoes and boots, defunct novel,
sundry old pans, buckets and iron hoops,
some old hats, and last but not least the
defunct remains of Mrs. Horry's old
rooster. Before the ''cleaning out" was
done the water had farewell taste.
SOLOMON.
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NEWS Of fHE WEEK.

At the Inauguration, President Grant
sat in chair once occupied by Washing
ton.
1t is reported that tho President, in
the latter part of March, will visit his
farm near St. Louis.
But very little credit is attached to the
rumor of separation of the Marquis of
Lornc and tho Princes Louise.
1t stated that the President has offered
the governorship of Utah to cx-Dclcgate
Clagett Of Montana.
The Comptroller Of tho currency noti-
fics national banks to report their con-
dition at the close of business on Feb.
18th last.
The swindlc on the bank Of England
was perpetrated through the prete"se Of
introducing the Pullman palace cars on
the British railways.
Rumor says tina. Commodore Wander
bilt intends to convert the Harlem Rail-
road into freight adjunct to the Hud-
son River road instead of double tratk-
ing the latter.
The President, on the eth inst, nomi
mated A. J. Sampson,of Missouri, for con-
sui at Jerusalem; c. ". Babcock, sur
veyor general of Kansas f. A. New
comb, U. S. marshal for the Eastern dis
trict of Missouri.
President Grant has nominated Levi
P. LuIckey, of Illinois, to be his private
secretary Y. c. Stiffen, assistant private
secretary o. l.. Pruder, executive
clerk. The rest Of the promotions are
in accordance with the principles of civ
il service reform.
A cable dispatch to the French gov
crnment will make demand upon our
government, under the extradition laws,
for Gen. Fremont, in order that he may
be tried in Paris, upon a charge of fraud,
in putting on the market bogus railroad
bonds.
The President has appointed cx-Gov-
ernor Yates, of illinois, commissi ner
to look after the interests of the United
States in connection with the land grants
to the Northern Pacific and Texas Pacif-
ic railroads, and to see that the railroad
companies comply with tho law. Mr..
Yates was an applicant for the Mexican
or Spanish missions.