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region falling barometer, saaterly winds, cloud, and
&DOW.
Storm centres will probably develop In the North
weGt and North Caroiina.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
CHICAGO. Feb, 1-1 =. m,
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RELIGIOUS.

a Nationalist Creates IN Excitement
III q Church mt Oshkosh.
Sneciai Dispa.eh 10 JAs CHICAGO Tribune.
OSHKOSH. Wis, Feb. 14.-1n the union religious
meeting held by tho ministers Of the city in Mccourts
Hail. great excitement created by a man named
Edwin Petersilea, who. when the call vas made for
defense Of ratiouaism and attack upon the
churches. The hymn Come to Jesus " WAS raised,
and lis voice drowned out The utrnost confusion
prevailed for tine and amid loud calls for the
uolice petetslca withdrew.
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Ro,1E1 Feb. 14,-Cardnal TaEquni, who vas re-
ported as seriousy Ill Thursday, died last night.
He Was one Of the newly-eected Cardinals.
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SPAIN

LONDON. Feb. 11.-It is probable that the form of
the Government In Spain Will 10 decided by q pie
bsc1te.
BAIoNsE, Feb. lit Ia reported that Gen. Dorre-
garay Chlef-of-6tau to Don Carlos, haa been naur-
dered.
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OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.
NEW YonE, Feb 14.-Ar1ived, City Of Antwerp,
from Liverpool.
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LONDON, Feb. 1i.-The wife Of James Anthony
Frouda died to-day.
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PITTSBURGH.

The NeH City Charter Declared Un-
constitutional.
!n1sDUHoH, Feb 1.-THE Court decided this
morning that the city charter is unconstitutional
and issued order restraining the Council COMMITTEES
7o1a making apportioument uuder It.
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N. n. B1nckmOre, New Orleans.
y1ccsBuRo, Miss, Feb. 12-M- h. blaeRoo1es u
Now OrIeans died here ut noou today.
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4 M1u Pofsons Three OF His Children
mud Then Shoots lIi.nsclf.
ATLANTA, Ca, Feb 14.-At Rntedge, Ga, last night,
n. II Wood poisoned three OF Ills children and then
6ho. himself. His wife had deac1ted him.
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The WEATHER.
WAs8na1oH, .. G., Feb. l.-Tor thu uppsz L.1a
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-10

follows 4, President, William Thompson;
Vice President, Hugh d MerrymAn Sec
retary, John Pollock Treasurer, Andrew
Roy.
Resolrcd, That a vote of thanks be ten
dered To our Worthy President for the dig
nifed manner in which he has presided
over and conducted the business Of this
convention.
Resolred, That vote Of thanks be ten
dered MA Davey for his faithfulneas in
taking down the proceedings of this eon-
ventiOn.
Resolved, That vote Of thanks be ten
dered the proprietors Of the american
House for their kind hospitality to the dAl-
egates while in Alliance.
Resolved, That we recommend back 10
the subordinate lodges the propriety OF
creating State burial fund, or accident
and burial fund, and report 10 tho Secreta-
ry as soon az possible
ResOtred, That this convention favors
sending delegate to represent this State
organization at the Industrial Congress TO
be held in Rochester, next April, but CIV
ing to the scarcity of work through the
winter, we recommend it back to the lodg-
es, requesting them to take immediate &C
tlon In this all important question and re-
port a. soon as possible TO the Secretary,
John Pollock. Mr.. Williams our Presi
dent, is the candidate.
On motion, the convention adjourned at
10A. NJ. to meet in one year, or at the call
Of the Executive.
JOHN POLLOCK, Sec.
North Lawrence, o. Dec. %, 1873.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

AN IrIshman was speaking of the excel
lence of a telescope. "Do you see that wee
speck on the edge of the hill yonder That
now is my ovid pig, though hardly to be
seen now but when / look at him through
my glass, it brings him so near that can
hear him grunt.
Why is joiner less handsome than his
wife : Because he is IDEAL palmer"
The late Daniel O'Conntn once met
conceited literary friend, and exclaimed
II saw a capital thing in your last pam
phlet" ''Did You" eagerly replied his
delighted listener what was it N "a
pound of butterr'
PUNcH says it is very natural for man
to feel girlish when he makes his maiden
speech.
A WESTERN editor has put into practice
plan which will enable all papers to dis
pense with the usual fighting member Of
the staff. One morning he was waited upon
by the biggest kind Of fellow armed with
a terrific cudgel, with several and sundry
protuberances sticking out all round, mar
velously resembling Colts derringers and
bowies, who saluted him with "Where's
that scoundrel, the editor r. Our friend
said ''He is not about, but please take
seat and amuse yourself with paper, he
will be in in few minutes, and hurried
down stairs, at the foot Of which he met
another man still more profane and fierce,
who asked the same question in the same
language. ''Oh, said the retreating edi-
| tor, ''ge up stairs you will find him read
ing the paper" Accordingly up he went,
like high-pressure steaSa-engine, letting
off steam at every step. Our friend waited
a minute, and such a crash-as il all Pan
demonium was let loose. What the result
was, was never known, az our friend didt'n
wait.
ALMHoUGH men are accused for not
knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps
as few know their strength. II is in men
as in soils, where sometimes there il
vein Of gold which the owner knows not ~.
Happy is he who comes to a test hour, and
proves strong.
TAKE care Of your family. How many
wife is fretted beyond endurance almost,
by green wood III the winter and not over
much Of that. How many children hover
ing around poor fire, with the thermom-
eter below zero on the back side Of the
room, fail to see such meaning in the
words ''Sweet Home" as poets have as
sumed Of that delectable locality. And es-
pecially is the sun an objectionable one.
when the father, leaving his family in this
disagreeable condition, finds comfort per
haps, at least companionships by some
neighbor's hearthstone, or at the village
store.
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All eyes have been turned toward Cuba
"a sunny isle, the largest Of the West In
dia group, some $50 miles long, and its
greatest width 1O7 miles. Lying Just
within the tropics, its climate is pc petual
summer, tempered by cooling sea-breezes.
There is one record of snow having fallen
in central town of Cuba, in 1856, and
hail is not unfrequent but while the heat
is rarely oppressive. the thermometer sell
dom falls below 60 degrees, except occa-
slonally i'll the interior. Havana is a spe-
cial resort for invalids. This important
commercial city has outgrown its original
walls but for its defense, and that Of its
harbor, there are half a dozen forts and a
citadel. The long and narrow channel
which leads to the city is defended on
the east side by the great castle Ell MORO,
and on the west by the powerful fortress
La Punta. La Cabana is said to be
the largest and strongest Of all the de-
fensive works Of Havana. requiring in
time of war garrison Of 1000 men.
in 1852 Havana, after a siege Of fortv-four
days, fell into the hands of the English !;
but the next year it was restored to Spain
in accordance with certain arrangements
made by treaty. Havana is regularly laid
out, and though its streets are narrow,
many Of them are well paved with granite
1t is wei lighted with gas, and supplied
with water by an acqueduct. The city al
50 has its public promenades, its fountains,
its universities, libraries, and museums,
and there are numerous daily, weekly and
monthly publications. Havana, To greater
degree than any other Spanish city, has
adopted the mechanical appliances Of in
dustry and the various improvements
which have been brought to it through its
commercial relations with other nations.
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Growth Of the Grangers.

The latest weekly circular issued at
Washington from the Office Of the Nation
al Grange gives a statement Of the number
Of subordinate and State oranges, which
illustrates in striking manner the rapid
growth Of the organization. On Saturday,
the date Of latest dispatch, the
the membership being 643, 125.
number of oranges organized was 789.
During the past year, the number
of new oranges organized was 6,257,
distributed as follows: January, 1853;
February, 347; March, 666; April, 57l;
May, 500; June, 625; July, 6l2; August,
1913; September, 9l9; October, !, 1,05O; No
vember (22d), 789. The highest number
organized during any month Of 1872 was
100; the lowest, "a.
The following States haze no State gran
ges: Alabama, 266 subordinate oranges;
Delaware, none; Florida, l8; KENTUCKY,
SO; Louisiana, 80; Maryland, H. Maine,
1; Massachusetts, a. New Jersey, 2l:
New Hampshire, 8; Virginia, g. OF Ter
ritories there are, Colorado and Wash
mgton 8, while Canada has 8 oranges
State oranges are organized in the fol-
lowing States and Territories, while the
number of subordinate oranges are includ-
ed in each jurisdiction: Arkansas, 90;
California, III; Georgia, 1896; Illinois,
748; Indiana, 633; Iowa, 1888; Kansas,
679; Michigan, 100; Minnesota, 379; Mis-
sissippi, 480; Missouri, 1,079; Nebraska,
$50; New York, "a; North Carolina, 12O;
Ohio, 2l8; Oregon, 40; Pennsylvania, AZ;
South Carolina, 100; Tennessee, 229; Tex
as, 81; Vermont, 81 West Virginia, 22;
Wisconsin, 251, and in Dakota, 30. The
total number of oranges in the South, or
rather former slave States, in 2, ,046.
In New England there are but forty
four oranges organized, and none are found
in Connecticut or Rhode Island. Della
ware is the only other State without a
grange up to date The order has grown
with great rapidity in the former slave
States, especially those in the further
South. Singularly encGsh, the order has
its largest existence in South Carolina, as
far as the South is concerned. No ques-
tion Of color has yet arisen, and it is he
lieved that that matter is easily controlled.
The largest number Of organized oranges
are found in Kansas, according to popula-
ton, while Iowa and Missouri give the
largest percentage of membership. So far
the Southern adhesions a. e from the small
plantation holders, and appear to be de-
sirable acquisition.
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A handbook recently published at Leip-
sic gives the first complete resume that has
appeared Of the newly reorganized army
Of the German Empire. The most import
ant increase in this of late appears, of
course, in the cavalry, which can now put
twelve complete divisions into the field in
place of the six employed during the late
war, and independent of the regiments
attached to the divisions of infantry. In
Guiding Bavaria, there are eighteen army
corps in the Empire, Of which seventeen
(that Of Elsass- Lorraine is presumably the
exception) have every component element
perfectly complete. Each corps has, of
course, its divisions, and the most striking
change il the method Of organization as
compared with that in use in 1870 is the
far greater independence given to each di-
vision, this body being no longer regarded
as only a fighting, but a marching unit,
with its equipage and other special ser
vice complete. There is still, however, q
special service of artillery and engineers
belonging to the corps headquarters. The
number of combatants in the field army is
gwen at $4,000 baYonets, 68, 900 sabres,
1850 guns and l3, 900 engineers but the
ration lists Of the army, including train
and non-combatants, amount to 647, ZOO
men, with 23O, 600 horses. These figures
are. Of course, entirely independent u all
the troops Of the reserve.
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AN exchange says Out around Emaus,
in Lehiyh county, the wages Of the work
men in the ore beds yet in operation have
been reduced from Sl.5O, as before the
panic, TO 1925, and III some instances a.
low as 81 per day-and all payable in cor
der" at that. As matter Of course this
is falling heavy on labor, but it is better
thus than that the fires under the engine
boilers should entirely 20 out for the win
ter, and the mines cease to be oper1ted.
We're all the mines in the county 10 stop
entirely, the distress would be fearful but
with The reduction adopted, and general
fcFbearanCe Al around, the winter can b
weathsred BY mARy 0f this class u labor
ers without much discomfort.
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A team" Of the members Of the Irish
Rife Association, through their founder,
Mr.. A. Blennerhassett Leech, Of Dublin,
have challenged an equal number of Amer
ican riae-men to shoot in the United States,
in 1874, for the championship of the world
The Irish team" Is understood to be the
same which IN 1872 beat the English and
Scotch ''teams' at Wimbledon and won the
Elcho shield. The challenge prescribes the
same rules as governed the Wimbledon
meeting, ranges from 800 to /, 900 yards,
rifles not exceeding 10 pounds in weight
and without telescope sights and hair-trig-
gers and that the American ride-men shall
have been born in this country and use
American rifles. This affords an excellent
chance for our crack rife shots, and we
have no doubt that ar American ''team'
win be speedily found who viii accept the
challenge.
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A MAN in North Adams, Mass had,
among other property, fine pig, valued at
about thirty dollars. This man owed .
small sum to another party in town, who
conceived the idea of collecting the bill in
this wise He got third man to present
the debtor with a small pig, valued at
about three dollars, aud, az the Law allows
but one pig, under certain circumstances,
the creditor attached the best pig and got
his pay.
MIsTRUsT the man who finds everything
good the man who finds everything evil,
and the man who in Indifferent to every.
thing.
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Report received and committee dis
charged.
Reports Of committees on Constitution.
Legislation and Restriction are too lengthy
to be herein inserted. The convention
then adjourned at 10 P. NJ. to meet at A
NJ. next day.
Dec. 20, 3 A. NJ invention met pur-
suant to adjournment, President Thomp-
sor in ihe chair. Roll called, all present.
Minutes of previous day read and approved
On motion, the secretary was authorized
to get 500 hundred copies of address print
ed and circulated rs soon as possible, and
il two-thirds of the miners favor adopting
either Of the propositions submitted, the
President shall issue an order putting the
ssme into effect upon the LIST day Of April
next.
On motion, the Secretary was authoriz-
ed IL get the laws printed as soon AS pos
siblc.
On motion, the Secretary was authori2-
ed TO get a charter for the Association oi
Ohio, and seal for General Council
On motion, the principal office was loca-
ted at North Lawrence, Stark Co., o.
On motion, John Pollock was continued
three months longer in the field to com.
pIete the organization, and report to the
Executive at the end Of that time, who
shall continue or withdraw said organizer
As the nature Of the association demands
organizer to be paid the average wages
earned in the State, and expenses,
On motion. there was a 8 cent levy pei
man. called for to defray expense Of print
ing. ETC., TO he sent to general Secretary
John Pollock, North Lawrence, Stark Co
4 Ohio.
On motion, Andrew Roy and William
Thompson be committee TO draft min
ing bill.
The convention then went into the eIec
| ton Of officers for the ensuing year, q
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FoR the benefit Of those of our readers
who anticipate celebrating their wedding
anniversaries, and do not know exactly the
order in which they come, We print the list
a. follows Three days, sugar sixty days,
vinegar; lst anniversary, iron 9th, wood
g.; 10th, tin 10Th crystal 10Th, china !:
25th, silver 30th, cotton 35th, linen
4Oth, wooden 45th, silk 5Oth, golden
and 10Th, diamond.
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Germany's Reoranganized Army.

(To BE CoNTINUED.)
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Part Second REAPlN6 IHe wHIRLWIHO
CHAPTER l.
N WELDON GOSH, J1
Part Second. REAPINe IHe wHIRLwl
- the TRAIL

''lius like ~ untlimed monster Ia his breast
ReiEu> the unquen.hed ambition. y y. WtLi
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is now widow, and resides in Canada.
The ''call boy in those days receiv-
ed 81. The leader of the orchestra, a
Mr.. Chubb, was paid 1926, and the
members S. each.
One curious fact worth noting is
that in those days the system of ''fnes"
was in force, and this salary list shows
several instances of it. Mr.. Thomas
Barry, the leading man, is therein fined
SIC. nearly one-third Of his salary.
Charles Bass is fined SIS. Several Iii
nor members of the company are fined
one.half their small salaries, and in two
cases the fines imposed are very severe.
One man, named De Jonge, whose sala
~ is $l5, is. fined SIS; and another
man, named Gallott, whose salary is
So, is fined $l4, or So more than his
entire weekly stipend. The ladies have
no fines charged against them, but the
act is due to their better behavior or
the gallantry of the box-ofice officials
there is at present 40 clew.
The manager got good deal for his
money then, however, as is rendered
evident by an inspection Of the play
bills of the period.
Look. for example, at ''the combina.
ton of TALENT in the fullest sense Of
that much-abused phrase, which is an
nounced for one of the early benefits Of
Miss Charlotte Cushman. Mr.. Charles
kcan, Miss Cushman and Mrs. Fitzwil-
liams are announced for the same even
ing-the two former in ShakeSpearian
tragedy, the latter in an afterpiece. The
bill was ''a variety BILL truly, begin
ming with Macbeth" with most su-
perb cast, then a comic act in charac-
ter, then farce, then comic song, and
last. another and capital farce, estate
Secrets capitally cast.
Occasionally in looking over these
old play bills you come across Bulwer
night. Not ''Richelieu,' Lady Of Ly-
ons, or Money but his less familiar
pieces. Thus on the "last night Of
Richard Ham blin'' he is announced as
Richard Darvil in ernest Maltravers''
and as Orbaces. the Egyptian, in Last
Days of Pompeii.' Mrs. Shaw, the
beautiful Mrs. Shaw, being the Alice
Darvil and the Nydia. Then there
was Dickens night par excellence, on
which were played Oliver Twist
and Nicholas Nickelby.' In the
first place Placide played Bundle,
Mr.. Peter Richings was Bill
Sykes, Mr.. William Wheatly was Toby
Gackit, and Miss Cushman Nancy S, kes.
The Fagin of the piece was Mr.. Chip
pendale, who did not make much Of the
character, however-it being reserved
for late day to witness the inimit able
Fagin Of the late James Wallack, and
the Sykes Of E. L. Davenport. The
drama Of 'Oiiver Twist" as played in
these early days, had twenty-five char
acters an, sixteen scenes.
Ticket nights were laughing nights
in the olden time. One bill OF ticket
night promises "My Neighbours Wife
"The Viii" aud "The Unfinished Gen
:leman," with Placide, Richings,
Fisher, Wheatley. Mrs. Chapman, Mrs.
Whcatley and Mrs. Vernon in the
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airy. In this he served two terms, Of
three years each. having been with
Sheridan in his campaigns.
He made good and faithful soldier ;
both of his discharges certify to his
good character, and On one of them is
simple official entry, as follows:
"Character-very goods
After his first discharge he went back
to England where he married a young
girl who is described as person of fine
appearance, and Of more than average
intelligence. She came with him to
America. when he re-enlisted, and she
seems to have been with him in camp.
" neither she was actually unfaithful,
or he was jealous without cause is not
known, but certain it is that jeal-
ously existed, led to repeated quar-
rels' and finally to the deplorable re-
suit. They separated; she went with
three children to Asome relatives in
Cleveland, Ohio. After a limited ab-
sence she returned to him at Brainerd.
he re-enisted the third time, and went
with his family to Fort Seward. Last
July he was transferred to TT. Ripley.
where on the 10th Of November he en-.
tered her room, engaged in a quarrel,
and shot her dead with his breech-load.
ing gun, and wounded his eldest child.
a girl of six years, in the arm. On the
entrance Of soldier moment after,
the wife was found dying on the floor,
the wounded child sitting by, grasped
by one Tightening arm, the little inno-
cent patting the paling face and begging
her to get up. The father, apparently
self-possessed and cool, stood by.
Such is the sad, pitiful story. May
we at Little Falls never be thrilled
with the Ike again.
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a Brave WOnan's Exploit.
[r'rom the Cincinnati Gazette. !

The recent escape Of Marshal Ra-
Zaine from the fortress Of St. Marguer-
lite, with the assistance Of his wife, re-
calls an act Of womanly devotion, car
ried out in defiance Of seemingly iusup-
cradle obstacles.
William, fifth earl Of NithSdalc, was
one Of the unfortunate participants in
the Stuart uprising Of IT'S. He was
made prisoner, taken to London, put on
trial in February, l7l6, and condemn
cd to execution on Tower Hill on the
25th OF that month. His devoted wife,
Lady Wmnifred Herbert, daughter of
the marquis Of Fowls, fastened from
the northern country to see her attlict-
ed lord. The roads in those days were
almost impossible in winter, and the ia
tlsue of her long journey threw her into
4 tit Of sickness on her bed for several
days. She did not wait for recovery
before petitioniug admittance to her hus-
bands prison. Permission was at last
granted, though under various restric-
tons. She was still hoping that Pc
tition to the king, through the house of
lords, night obtain communion Of the
earl's sentence. Only two days before
the fatal oath she became convinced
that such expectation was in vain.
Lord Nithsdale was confined in the
house Of the lieutenant-deputy Of the
tower, his room being sixty feet from
the ground, and exit from it living
through the council chamber and the
passages and stairs Of the deputy
house. The door Of the room was
guarded by one sentinel. Two others
were stationed on the same floor. Sew.
eral stood about the passages and
stairs, and two more by the outer gate.
Ia the face Of all these difiicultios, Lady
Nithsdale determined to make one des-
perate attempt to save her l.rd. The
moment she learned that nothing vas
to be expected from the house of lords,
she went to the tower and told each
guard she met that she brought good
news. mo more fears for the prison
ers," she said, "since now their petit
ton las passed" giving proof Of her
apparent joy by handing the soldiers
money to drink the health Of the king
and peers. To her husband she said
never = word OF her design.
It was lucky for her that there we're
no reports Of the parliamentary de-
bates il the papers, Cor she could not