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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-05

It,. A.. osnva.. OF said ballots" And by
$50 ,rovis,op. any interference with tne -
.w.tohers IA made misdcmeanor' puii' -, cnnis.
,esooroort II ia charged that the three NO"I sra
r.r On the evening Of the election sent
order 20 the police throughout the ''H' 40
-, .o,,,iD outs Ode the railing, anu
osnY>sssrs must not be mpoded pH ti, President
Bv order OF the BosrI.
49,. ,,orAs that the watchers, instead OF Deint 90
,sa 8,rect access to tho inspectors d. l'H" A.
, were 70 DO kept outside OF tue ra'''un r,,oos
,,ron,iacuois crowd that gather ~ 'ho P -. 90
.rhs reference at the foot Of this di'pa'eh .oc
Manual" ia an attempt TO sustain ''s y .ho Police
Sion rtsrred To has reference to the duue' oi
,.,,sonor. IN hiring polling places anu ", no
-, ,,. ,go,o. so secured for that purpose s" o,c
- -, ,,o ssle Of !i0uor. shall be hI WIN - -, -
- anstly that the rooms shall nave -, =, oonrse
o., ,O,ro around the table This space oa a. do
80 meant for the use OF watchers i 0a,ors freo
aligned 10 be kept clear. SO as 10 Si,V
-,c,ger To uerpetrate any frauu .uo' "" -. - Tn -
pOT'i ~ ctarccd that the appointment OF IN
ho'.O -. +oi.cn away from the Board oil romeo
.aionod 70 a secret committee OF TWO, anu
anu .iTbts Of the minority were utterly dlSre-
'"@. osc.ciolv those Of Gen. puryea. IL IL also
tos,o1 tlat the Board never acted upon any report
-. u,o Committee until after the election ana
1hs to Iospectors who served at the erection Me'o
-.,,od only NV the secret Committee. JuaSe OAR
rost took The papers in the case yesterday but no,
having time to examine them deferred decision un,n
to.5av The order applied for, if granted, will prob
s3v direct the examination of Commissioner Ola'-
lick on Monday next, at the Supreme Court nan.
-. ,,ditis stated that counsel will appear LOT
en- 6vo tax-pavers who represent the Council OF 70
,,t;ca, Reform and Tammany Hall, Cen Joseph "
Jackson will appear Tor the former, and George W,
Winpato and John r. Fellows for the latter FROM
,ho sciio, Of the Council of Political Reform the
leaders in this movement argue that Tins Is not I"
partisan attack upon political opponents Out non
partisan measure urged in good faith by men iiuo-
pendent in polite and Of high character - 10
mored that at the conclusion oil ,9' I'm c.
nharo.s viii he presented to the Mayor and Gov.
$50 ,,ndor the Charter, asking for the removal OF
Commissioners Gardner Smith. and Charllck' ana
that these charges will be urged by the Couhch u
Political Reform and Tammany Hall
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THE BURNING OF The MEMPHIS AND LOUISVILLE
pAuRnAn MACHINE SHOPS.

N'E"11'
MEMPHIS. Feb. 4.-The burning of the Mem
NH, and Louisville Railroad machine shops last night
wa. done by John Mccarthy, formerly fireman on this
road. but no employed on the Memphis and Charles
ton Railr oad Mccarthy in company with another man.
entered the Office the master mechanic aud pretend
ing 70 be intoxicated, quarreled with Dennis Roach
we,chman whom he knocked down with n billet or
wood and then lighted match aud set nre 10 some
napers About this time Lee Thomas, another watcn-
nan entered the room. and cOmpre hending the sltua-
tim Al glance struck Mccarthy over the mead win MS
club Mccarthy then ran aud was pursued 10y Ihomas
in his aide as stated by woman who dressed tue
wound Up 20 this morning the police had taled 70 cap
tnrc Mccarthy The entire loss reaches about SlOVW
Fnur locomotives standing on side track we're saved
nv the employees Fully 200 men are thrown ou OF eI
Diovnent by the tire 1t Is thought now THAT the
shons VIII be rebuilt ~ once.
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LATEST SHIP NEWS.
lsor oeher sh,p Mems see se.ond ra,ei

ARRIvED.
smhp Gaelic tBr Jsnink Liverpool Jan IL. wa 9peee,sss
steamship Ci Of H.,.0, Php, B.v.n, Jas 81. vita mise -
Steamship zoJi,c Cbapp MoressJ cp with misc pus
Bds Lso !. yri,p B,.s, M..S. 40 day. ~is 's nat ..i
Big Pit. of Bsrmua,, s-'li,oas D'r""i. 10 ip'..
soSr, Jane. Ph,Ip. Rockwell ssrH.y,.
oeSr. , GoOiEa. ",iobor'. stamford
SAILED.
Steamship, ASgDl' for Liyr.s'i T1n,er, fer a,s- n.r-
sls for OIL Lee 81 Tor sIF. , aS o.. RE
bark Bsnsi.oo for ros"hm. Qssn OF us sass Tor c-
B Brew" s'' S%:'.5 70, H,,r. Jap oi 66 v
Doni john Mhde sni 80 LofnIo to- Cork OF taaoo5
orders, John Grla 3 HolSroof r C.i,a,, s-D
Tor gree snr Han dude fr ne-assswn Ana or s,a,s
eos'sr lot Caso Bolivar; Oronoco TO- Liverpool Asp Res.
70, s, 10 ME- n1s.'t s t- H a,ls1 1fds1 ~ k,
Soys, s' au' G.y e'' oT En.r & S' nS; a
WISD-saa..s. de,h. n. \. o., oo4T
DOMESTIC PORTS.
BosroS. FEB tAuvei sssmsb Worcester. ron s''''as
FoErss,, Mossoa Feb Baltimore. Sp.rs.x
GaIvs.Tos Fso i~iHTeI snip DubH, s.rs
Jobn Meas from Cleared sAO Gardner Tor L,epo9
from Boston Thompson S'snn,h brig spsD1eTe s
for bp s.,s. Cog s, I.i,.t
BIaisoEs Fso A-Avi s'sa@.hips F'oa on Ca, eAes,
from Phl.epa.; .car Mime " Grsa ron se.n,,'s y
Hear L. aS fof Phi.phs bars. Pssao1 All a;.S e.
Qlesnso+n for orders brig ro'on Tor Dener,ri scars u
AgiOH Tor HabDL bAfeA
Baltimore FOR Bremen brG Norma for Qlesne-si brc
P-ro Belfast Ireland iPo'. Tor Quesus;o,3 'esr. Nellie B,-
Kug,os Jam IT, b. McAasy aaj Hamburg Os Tbs VIZ
Indies.
CHARLs,rOs. C.. Fsb 4-ArnVei shr' H. r. Heirs irss
Baltimore. Letsns Philadelphia; Ansfg ion Fsr
RoTa Cleared bark Betu,ts Alice for o srsits
for orier J.me. Ads and kAtSsfsf f~
SsE.YorG, ,chr. Julia A Brown. for Cansaaa
FOREIGN ports
LosDoS 4-saed for the United st,tes Jsn, Foster H..
Aurora Rsn souhir CupODs honts9do snsssSa Je.sas
Shakespeare The Crlss POrgnJs LADY seymour and Sses
Rnzand Arrived Unsl the 81 lost As
DsS Olga Carbons Alora, Herbert Eens Bapo. Al
Mcneil
DISASTER.
LONDON Pb ship Fsr-isi ron P-nsscoA shs
,ryei in Pnsr.h TO-DAY brought Of tie hssneAa
steamship Tile 90 Sacb foam cred IN tbo Gull o. FlofaA
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TIE STATE OF TRIDE
OOMRsTIC MARKgra

H.xOnGsas. psS APosr DALI .si s.a,s 81 60ot7 80 70
Treble Bttrs 81 1909 % PANTY frnsF I707Se
70, Witt BE r Yslio~ srd SOe fs rso- Oss fses
OfneSc Bran DUN 81 Hay 81 for Chsice Pesa ers
e. sl1 20 Dr., s.tS Mss' erI a. 6ssS'e foi sses Bees
de and eyer a. 81 for Shouders 9 Casf Rb SIDES 1oa
for Cssf sides Tsm. dali .eI3r Lri-Resasi ~sro
9@9' FOR stoei l0e for kes dali ssa5he fs< Ss
ferori o410ss for Commos 6asTso for Psly Psr,
Seobc for PINE tho'cs sosss-Goos q. Ia soesd h,sAss
Pnmo seog 1t oc Cos,s soed ssH OARsr
sold At "a 925ia.; Pal. 276Z7 iai o,d 2Tt,g28i.s Pn.s
2ss02so Cos Meal Grner At - t00S3 so doli nv m
chsDge-k. SIGHT = d,oosSs; Stsbsy 6.33es.S7.
WfLsISGTO' =. O.. FEB 4-SNris 1gry-sase ara 81 Ne
~ 10 Crude rsrpssfise ess- IS
" 10 or f,4o. 10 sod YTgs Tar sS'ssi 81 S0ssI 10
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rrIEGRAPUIC NOTES.

DR. Pancoast and his party arrived 81 Green's
boto c. yesterday FROM Mean, AIRY n c. bringing s,sa wen
S. h. Finding the bodies .umoeai preserved %
sns,, 10 Pb.d,apAa the autopsy will be made 'AN eiV'
The trouble at the North Chicago rolling mills III,
h. been tsmp1hy adjusted Ths mil. si,e been .sg,o, /.
nm. prspar.i zhieh sill be free from the oeseses.os -
go, oas Tn. Juou which the sxrrsmset boupd we mos W
% 80 ts esu.s Of the trouble waaed them ha' NN WV
S,H,h,, sosli 40, YetAia suPor asa, u sss'i s@
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THE WAR on THE GOLD COAST.

GERMAN MISSIONARY RELEASED BY THE AsHAErEgs
BRITISH TROOPS wITHIN A DAYS MARCH or
COoMAsSIE.
LONDON. Wednesday, Feb. 4, 1874
Late advices from the Gold Coast report that
the Ashantees have released German missionary whom
they held captivity and sent him TO 5r Garnet VOL
seey with proposals for a treaty Of peace
Twelve hundred British troops have advanced 20
within days march OF Coomasse, the Asnantee capital
AS yet has been opposition TO them The troops
healthy. The Fantee carriers bsge deserted the
British army.
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6urual Notices

Liberal Republican General Committee.;uY,ns W.
hshs a. HesdduArters, t53 Poanhre ihiS -.
ISG o'elocE AnVS o. JAW"
T SSL,s. Secretaries
-e..,t,mc. Net,ce.-res rail- fos sssee foe "a. -
sarURDAf Psa T. i5Ta uil cess .. ns .sss =. rHuHs~
TUESDAY IL a Q N. WkDNkSDAi |" .
DAY Al A y a "a ssa % SATURDAY. @Hs I.nmpu
p.,., Trad. AZ G. Report. ..t i.''s. .ss -
,.a,s II yIslia 0aes y, cBBvsB aLAASAV' INV
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ARMY AND NAVY onpLRs.

WASHINGTON, Feb. A. - Lieut.. Commander
r H. Lowry is detached from recruiting duty at Ere'
penn and ordered take charge OF recruits for the
siate station and arrival there 10 report Tor duty
n H. sfation Master PauldIDg is detached from
recruiting duty on the Michigan and placed on waiting
orders. -, 49, 49,. o-.ara1 IN hola him.
- In readuess for examination before the Retiring
Rnsrd of which Gen. Hancock Is President.
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The Tribune Almanac for IS71.
NOW kKADf
Por sale By all hewsleilers and ~
TBa TRfBUSs OYviOs
D ssus; 7 Tor 81.
Pric. % ssns; 7 for 81

The number Of Pills male sings lay 10 she United STATS
enormous enough make pal out - maize COOS pt
an that's dGeuy There cheap harsh dic yb lh ns
nothing more THAI Ahsrac e besehi than ds
as but good msicne DR. Morris LVEa Plus which oopths
merely empty the stomach ou' "hn paeae
10 the I,isrslgm iIdeed sold eyrry"h-e 'sn
y HssKI CrsRAs Co, POpnetors. sDd Cols.epaos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-05

DIR. Swinburne OF Albany gave iooopy MI.
s.,ar,,s. 20 the State Medical Society ct the Della
,,o.s ,ast evening, whichwas attended by over ."
.sr.,oap,. among whom were Drs. Asnew' ha,tN,
Jacob Elliott Knapp. krackowlt,ef anS
o. SowYork Gray Of Uc;' R eSssns and an many otSer
aranlp oat pny ,Oians from all parts VI ths s""
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PASSkNG ERR ARRIYED.

PROM LIVgRPOOL-Is snr-sAp Cty Of EeD- York Pss =
Smala) o. For n D. oe S1seJ TboTnion' H. hss's. u
By,n
IRON 3AVAHNAB-Ta slsr1nss., So. Ja-rio Pea Ana
smith ADD hid. J ~. 3mitb, 4. A. Scale Peter ARdois
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nATTLR MARKRr.

racaso "a csips thres dsys. Cattle 1900 Bss~
63 500 sAcs9 POO C.rrs fairy se,vs eqt s.r, we're -
PEELED I2s; owing 10 to bsA rseaps s
hvOrbo Bra qu.y rather qsot'oI. T.sf ~ I,o
81 Is r Rrir, 25@Sj 50 for Csois 81 B72s3 iZr ~
6O0Sk rs foe Rsui StGst % sf hesssn % zs~
81 u Tor igfsu0r and CommDn o,.,-.. -
supply qasiy Oosd " Cb"es usss
hrm 81 7OdS6j grades dad 1Sj 30 foe Poor O"-.s~
saysr los. .eys asol.Sy ps rang. - 70"
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FRANCE AND GERMANY.

ALARMING REPORTS CONCERNING THEIR RELATIONS.
LONDON. Wednesday. Feb. !. 1874.
tn, Daily Nsws has a special dispatch from Berlin.
which says that alarming reports current in that
city concerning the relations between Germany and
France
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-05

who arc engaged In money making business against
which their neighbors have made no earnest protest
As they lose their means OF living tho women shu
up their shops ought TO help them 10 q bettor life.
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GOVERNMENT REPORT.
OFFICE OF THE CHEZ SIGNAL OFFICER. 7
WAsHINGToS. ID. c., Thursday. Feb. 81 a. IN.
synopsis FOR the past treniy-f0ar honrf


OFPrcB OF THE CHEZ SIGNAL OFFICER.
WAsUSGToS, ID. c., Thursday. Feb. 81 a. IN.
synopsis FOR tie past t,geniy-foar honrs
The barometer has very generally risen, nut
has bcg1ln TO fan tue Western Gull coast An area
nj high pressure IL central the upper Mississippi
valley The temperature mas rises slightly In the souh
Atlantic States and the Northwest. -,
If has fallen In the Middle and Eastern States North
westerly winds with clear or partly clear weather. are
reported the latter Light winds ahd clear weaver
weather. from tho South-west. Westerly winds with
snow prevail on the lower lakes
PrObGbilites.
For Thursday In the extreme North-Wcst ana south
West areas OF falling barometer, with CLOUDY "eaIner
and rain or snow will probably develop;
For Ner-England and the Middle states. r,sing oar
oreter stationary higher Gemperutare horthUe'erV
cinds and rery generally clear heather .,.
For the lake region rising barometer cloudy weather
and light snow. 49,, ~. ,.,,.
For the upper lake region and the West, falling
barometer, Somewhat higher temperature, southerD
winds and hazy cloudy weather -
For the Western Gulf states falling barometer east
erv winds. cloud ana possibly rain.
For the Atlantic States rising or Stationary par
ometer, northerly winds and clear weather
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-05

Metal Springs, the PitiIess Iron Finger Pads. ass
wire springs sgsrsVsge Rapture en1gns the helcn bs W 49,
ar, raIu.lly cured By tbs BLATIc TaO,a 6oS BroSsJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-05
SARATOGA REJECTED.
SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 4.-The Amherst "Ag-
gesD have voted not 70 row at saratoga

The Fourteenth Annual Statement Oh the
u,ahtngton Life Insurance Company, ;prnted IN the
sdvertislog columns OF TIE TRIBUNE to-day, deserves
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believed by tho Compapys ooers In this city that II
will not have an further trouble with It's employs
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MIKRIEU.

NATURALIZATION wedaeis, Pb 1874 At Lersl'. Psst
Orangs J. by the Dine March. d D., ofPbi,sphii
Martin Burt, 20 Mary H. daughter Of DANIEL Head ESQ
CLARKB-CURTISsAs the residence Of the 6nde on IhsfSx
Ian % h, she Rev Robinson d. D. Mr. HenU Csrie u Jos
nsctcut Susie NJ daughter Of Charles CURTIS u h' aD
COFFIN -sGOASR-On Tuesday Psb By Rev Johs Hall u
Blmupd Cola jr 70 EuVAs@s isasaS 'i "A.~ ''.S' t ~
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FEBRUARY WEATHER.
HEAVY SNOW STORM IN HALIFAX.

HEAVY SNOW STORM IN HALIFAX
HALIFAX, Feb. "A heavy snOw-storm from
the southeast began last night and continued uninter-
ruDtedly until THE evening There are immense drifts
in every direction and feet high. Travel in the
country completely blocked. No trains are running
east or of Windsor the Western line. but the
Pctou line ia clear. the snow-plOw having been run
Mug all night.
SKATING
The skating ponds at Central Park were
crowded with skaters yesterday Tne ice the best
OF the season, clear, CLASSY and crisp. Many OF the
members Of the old skating associations who formerly
paronized the private ponds were circing about in
quiet corners, while others rolled gracefully by in the
same direction with the wind, and pulled their fair
partners back again against the clustering remon-
srauces OF the wind At the CaptOne and Union lakes
in Brookyn the Ice was very good At the former place
there Is to he ladies' skating matinee to-day, and
band OF music will in attendance. On Saturday there
Will be n bows race for prize. Tho baseball match
will not take place until the entire lake Is clear OF snow
With favorable weather there will be good skating at
Prospect Park to-day
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DIED.

All Notice, Of Marriages must BE- mdor'ad wn fSa
HaB,e and addIess
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How a Lobster Dimes.

Frank Buckland, the English naturalist,
writes as follows: A lObSteris much more
particular fellow i'll his food. L have
been watching one in my large marine
aquarium at Receivers. If a portion OF
food be thrown down to him, he immedi-
ateIy sets his long horns at work to aScer-
tain the whereabouts of his dinner. If he
does not like it, he at once pushes it away
from him with the attitude Of an epicure
who bids the waiter take away plate OF
meat he does not fancy. If the food is
agreeable to him, he munches it up, mOv-
ing his Jaws in peculiar way, like weav-
er making blanket. He tears his food
into large pieces, leaving the actual pound
ing work 20 he done by the very peculiar
internal teeth, which are to be found in
the lining of the stomach, and which my
reader can easily examine, if he will take
the trouble. When the lobster goes out
for 9 constitutional" and is not in par
ticular hurry, he carries his great claws in
front of him, well away from the ground,
like the big flags we sometimes see head
ing street professions. He ''Wa-lS upon
the little legs which are underneath his
body while he keeps his horns moving in
front of his nose. like blind man tap
pine the flags with his stick as he plOds
the lobster is shOrt-Sghted. If the least
thing alarms him he scuttleS backward on
his hind legs, which move with the rapid
ity of the legs of a centipede. If he does
not 90 fast enough in this way, he sud
denly snaps his tail toward him like man
suddenly closing his hand, and flies back
ward with jerk like an India-rubber band
snappedin half. He always goes into his
cave tail foremost, and he takes the most
wonderfully good shots at the entrance.
1t has been said by friend of mine that
fly fisherman will never be perfect until
he has got an eye at the back of the head
so as to prevent his drop-fly from getting
hitched up in the tree behind him. | real
ly think the lobster must have an eye in
his tail somewhere. Our pet lobster is
not willing that the secrets of her toilet
should be exposed to vulgar gaze, so the
first night she was in the tank she artfully
collected cookie and oyster shells and
made a trench round herself after the
fashion of the Romans when they took
possession of a hilltop. y branch of sea-
weed forms canopy overhead. and there
she is at this minute, in a house OF her
own making, a regular compound house
hOldprn with no taxes to nav.
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A Peculiar Fish.

The Fish of Paradise is one of the most
peculiar of Chinese fresh-water fish lt Is
small in size, pale gray in color, and, at
first sight, having but little about it to at
tract attention. As soon as the animal be-
comes excited, however, the long fins on
the back and belly straighten out and as
sumo a rich purple hue tinted with green
the long and fOrk-shaped tail spreads into
kind of fan, and the stripes upon the
sides of the fish become yellow. red and
blue, constantly changing in color. The
scales seem to become Opalescent, and re-
fleet the light with the greatest brilliancy,
while the eyes appear Illuminated with
bluish-green fire. The habits of the ami
NAL are as odd as its appearance. The
males take charge of the young and build
the nest. The latter is simply eiot Of
foam floating upon the water, and is made
by the fish rising to the surface and alter
nately absorbing and expelling air, until
little cluster of fine bubbles, hardly three
tenths of an inch square, is formed. The
female then deposits her eggs. which are
/ at once seized upon by the male. who car
ries them in his mouth to the nest. Then
he watches their incubation, carefully
guarding and distributing theW with won
derful sagacity ev'"ly thrSnghOut the
mass Of foam. When they clOt together,
he pushes them apart with his nose, and
/ besides. keeps up continual manufacture
4 ofbubbIes until the eggs are lifted up above
! the water and rest only upon their soft
couch. As soon as the embryOs appear.
/ his care is doubled. He watches that none
escape; and in case some become separa-
I ted. he cliases them, catches them IN his
mouth, and replaces them carefully m the
nest. If one becomes injured he removes
! it from the others, and gives 1t a
| separate bubble by itself, and ap-
parently nurses IL until it regaf1ls its
/ strength.
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A BROOKLYN woman has made a ma
chine by which mixed hair can he separa-
ted and turned so that the roots will all lie
one way. The machine also makes it easy
to smooth and arrange and cleanse the hair
that is found in hair stores. What Is to be
the result of this invention, it is not diff
cult to predict So much hair viii be
made available that all sorts Of hirsute ex-
travagance will follow. Head-dresses that
look ike church steeples will tower on all
hands, absorbing the floating tobacco
smoke. and making a sort of little bar
room for every woman TO take home with
her. Hair pulling, if there is such thing
among the fair sex, will lo;e halt its az
fractions. In case of fright on the street
there will be no turning of the hair 10
white or gray. There will at all times be
plenty of hair. In fact, hair will be
within the reach of everybody. The ma
chine will be welcomed. In fact, it ought
TO have been invented long ago. All that
she needs now TO insure her fortune IS a
contract with some tribe Of wild Indians
operating ON the frontier.
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Railway Travel in Japan.

4 correspondent says The depot at
Yokohama is a substantial stone structure
and the waiting-rOOm superior in comfort
to many of those in our own cities at
home. The railroad was finished three
wears ago, and cost the Japanese Govern
ment twenty million dollars, or million
dollars a mile. The engineers, tiremen
and conductors are all Japanese. We had
for so long a time been ont of sight and
hearing of the ears that the sensation was
novel when we heard the whistle and went
rolling off through the rice fields. we
saw a miniature temple in a grove, ceme-
terry with palm trees around it, low thatch-
ed houses. and rice fields with raised paths
winding in and out among them, highly
cultivated fields with wheat, onions. rad
ishes, turnips, carrots and peas growing III
abundance. Now and then we had a
beautiful view of Yeddo bay, and glimpses
of far-away mountains with the sun shin
ing on them.
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these good, honest, cOnfiding people more
than to discover. as they do now every few
months, that the thieves and despoilers
! make use of the very organizations TO which
they themselves belong.
The part PLAYED by the President in the
appointment of Simmons seems TO have
excited as much hostility and display of
astonishment as that of Butler himself.
But we may observe that this is not the
first appointment of this kind he has made.
After sending Sickles to Spain, and reap
pointing Casey in New Orleans. and with
drawing the name of Benedict, and letting
Mr.. Curtis be driven out of the Civll-Serv-
ice Commission. there seems to be no par
ticular reason why Simmons should not be
put over the Boston merchants, the ''brOod
OfimpOrters" as Jayne calls them. Indeed,
the Presidents amusing offer TO nominate
some one else if the Massachusetts dele
CATION can agree on any other nominee, he
knowing very well they cannot, and if
they could the principles of civil-service
reform - demand imperatively that their
wishes should be no more regarded than
those of any other well-meaning citizens
this offer seems. here in New York, where
weunderstandt the system administration
at Washington pretty well, to be very
lldlilldl anu tbNiOuH way VI
things.
The attempt to organize an honest mans
party was made in earnest some three
years ago, and, had the plans of those who
had the matter really at heart been carried
out, we should now have either President
of undoubted character and intelligence,
and got rid of the Butterflies at one blow,
or, the attempt falling, the nucleus of
a reform party would have been left with
which to begin another campaign. There
were plenty of SimmOnses to be seen in
various offices of trust and profit, all over
the United States, even in 1872; and Grant
had the same sort of belief in reform that
he has now. If it was only necessary then
to have confidence in Grant, and a few
wel-known principles which were settled
and enacted into law some ten years since,
it is equally unnecessary now TO take any
active steps. If, on the contrary, it is
necessary to be very active now, and make
a stand in such cases as that of Simmons,
those people seem to be in the right who
have always maintained that the creation
of an active and earnest and persistent OPP
position is the crying need of the country.