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Lamentable Failure of the Russian
Harvest

The London Post of Oct. % saws /:
Russian correspondents of German
newspapers give distressing accounts of
the unparalleled failure of this year S
harvest Never before, it is asserted,
has a failure been SO general in Russia,
both in geographical extent and in com
prehensiveness with regard to crops af-
fected. The Russians are still familiar
with the distress resulting from the fail
IRE OF crops, for their experience of the
Samara famine. That, however, was
merely local famine. The present is
general. The entire cultivated zone is
deprived of the expected harvest. From
Oral to the Crimea, and from Tambow
to Podolsk it is the same tale, and there
is no prospect of help, for there is no one
to help. All are groaning under the same
load. In other years, if there is a fail
IRE Of crops it attacks only one species,
be 1t cereals, or roots, or grass, but this
year all the crops have suffered alike.
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Chicago there was one of the most exciting
campaigns in the whole history of municipal
elections. Ii was fight between honesty on
the one side and corruption aud rascalty on
the other. and honesty achieved most signal
victory. The Democrats proper made no nom
nations. The Republicans placed in the field
a ticket made up OF respectable, trust
worthy citizene. Airayed against them
were lot of unprncipled scala
wags, placed in nomination by a combina-
ton of foreigners, ward bummers, and the riff
raft and off-scourings OF society in general, not
one OF the candidates being a native-born
American. This ticket was supported and
voted for by the worst elements Of society the
other by the opposite elements-the merchants,
business men, taxpayers and honest men OF all
classes. 1t was bitter, determined fight, the
very large vote cast-over ST. 000-attesting the
interest taken in it, The Republican ticket
which was supported by large number of
Democrats was elected by handsome MAORI
ty, the disreputables were routed horse, foot
and dragons, and Chicago is saved from the
threatened danger of second era OF Tweed
lam
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The Stupidities of an English Hotel.

Napkins are to be furnished and used
as a matter of course at dinner, but not
at breakfast. Butter is TO be eaten AT
breakfast, but not at dinner, save per-
haps with cheese. You are required to
sleep on feather bed in the warmest
day of July and August, but it is the
fashion to be dressed without drawers,
no matter how cold or chilly the weather.
The night air, they tell you, IS bad for
you, and therefore when YOU retire to
your chamber at night you find the doors
and windows all carefully shut, and often
double curtains drawn, so by no posi-
bility pure breath of ar may be
drawn from the outside, and the air with
i'll may be poisoned as speedily as pos
sible. Per contra, gas is not allowed in
the hotel chambers, lest, forsootb, the
air be injured thereby. The idea of
having a window up an inch or two while
sleeping, to obviate this, is not thought
of. After night thus spent in a sort OF
Black Hole of Calcutta" breathing a
tainted atmosphere, you are expected to
go to the hotel breakfast room, and with
the thermometer often as low as 80 to
so or 50 deg. sit down and wait for a
mortal hour, with draughts of cold air
all around you, chilling your bones to.
the very marrow.-An american Tr0U-
eler in England.
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Losses by the Floods in France.

A statement has just been drawn up
respecting the losses occasioned by the
floods in the south of France. 1t APP
pears that 1,645 communes, situated in
twelve departments, suffered more or
less. In the Haute Garonne, the losses
exceed $4,000, 600 francs; in Lot-et-Ga-
rome they are ii, $40, 800 francs; in
Tarn-et- Garonne, II, 437, 1903 francs; in
the Ariege, 5,240,000 francs; in the
Haute Pyrenees, 100000 francs; in
the Gironde, 1914 COG francs; in the
Gers, 1910, 600 francs. The total loss is
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than seven libel suits on its hands, the damages
claimed aggregating $4,000.

than seven libel suits on its hands, the damages
claimed aggregating $4,000.
Tho South.
The steamship City Of Waco was burned in
the gulf, near Galveston, Tex, on the morn
ing of the 9th inst. She had just arrived from
New York, and was anchored outside the har-
Dor. The fire caught in large quantity OF
oil which composed part of the cargo, and
spread rapidly. The passengers and crew,
consisting of fifty persons, put of in the
steamers boats. The wind at the time was
blowing gale and, as at last accounts nothing
had been heard of them, it is thought every
soul persisted. The City of Waco was built at
Chester, Pa, was almost new, and was valued
at $3.50, 900. The cargo was worth 300, 900.
Washington.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has addressed
a circular to the Collectors of Customs an
nouncng that no importation of neat cattle or
hides be allowed from England from this date,
in consequence of the prevalence of the mouth
disease in that country.
Augustus S. Gaylord, OF Michigan, has been
appointed Assistant Acknowledgement for the
Interior Department, vice VIM. A. Smith, re-
signed.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
decided that under the statutes all inventions
for ageing spirits, when brought into use in
bonded warehouses, according to the PROPOSE
ton made to the department, constitute the
work of rectifcation and publication, and those
using such processes become rectihers Of spirits
and subject to taxation as such.
During October 90 1873, 900 postal cards were
issued by the Postoffice Department, the largest
issue by at lesat 100000 ever made in the
same time.
Washington telegram states that a large
number of special agents are employed in in
vestigating frauds in the pension business.
These frauds are chiefly in the West. and there
is reason to believe that the total amount Of
money which the government is defrauded of
annually by this means is an enormous sum.
One of the special agents fixes the sum a. high
as 100000. He thinks that amount of
money is illegally paid out to persons claiming
o be pensioners.
A Washington dispatch says it is now certain
that three topics, at least, will be largely dwelt
upon by the President in his coming message
to Congress. These three topics will embrace
the public school question, the finances and
the condition Of affairs in Cuba. 1t is said he
will urge, as he has done heretofore, the JUS
tice of recognizing the rights of the belligerent
Cubans: will come out strongly against the de-
mands of Catholicsm and will take advanced
ground in favor of an immediate return to spe-
Gle payments.
The Postoffice Department has ruled that
where postal card is to be sent through the
mails second time, 2 cent stamp is not
enough to secure its transmission. 1t must
carry letter postage.
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MuToN's house in Westminster is still
standing, although slightly altered. 1t
is situated on the north side of York
street, and is not many yards from the
st. James Park Station of the Under
ground District railway. 1t has been
lately occupied by fsh-monger, who
placed over his shop front the words,
1.-THE Noted Fried Fish Shop"
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100, 1908, ia francs, of which $4,000, 0O0'
francs are capital, and 1900, 600 francs
FOR crops and property, divided among
l27.Sl7 persons.
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SUNFLowERs prove to be the most per-
feet preventive against chlls and fever
that has yet been tried.
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Political.

DIR. Isaac I. Hayes, the well-known Arctic
explorer, was elected to the New York Legisla-
ture on the Republican ticket, at the recent
election in that State.
The complete vote for Governor in Iowa at
the late election was a. follows: For Kirk
wood, Rep, 25,069 for Letter, Dem 90, 324.
Kirkwoods majority, 3l,745. There was q
scattering Temperance vote of few hun
dreds.
Ex-senator Pease, Of Mississippi, who has
lately held the Enthusiastically at Vicksburg,
has been dismissed from the office.
The full vote Of Massachusetts, on Governor,
at the recent election, is as follows Castor,
Dem, 7S. 246; Rice, Rep, 1888; Baker,
Temp, S965 Adams, Ind, LIZA Phillips,
Labor Reform, 301.
Full official returns of the Pennsylvania
election give Hartranft, Rep, majority of
l4,510.
The people of Missouri have ratified their
new Constitution by majority of upward OF
$4,000 votes.
There is much speculation among Washing
ton politicians as TO the chances for the Speak
ership. 1t is generally conceded that the race
is narrowed down to two candidates-M. c.
Kerr. Of Indiana, and Sam Randall, Of Penn
sylvania with the chances decidedly in favor
of the first named.
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The West.

inc west.
The United States Grand Jury at Chicago has
found about sixty indictments against parties
charged with criminal violations of the inter
nal revenue laws relating to whisky. Most of
those implicated reside in Chicago, and many
of them are prominent citizens.
Mrs Smith, of Brookfed Mo-, was handling
a loaded gun the other day, when the weapon
was discharged, the load passing through the
body Of her little daughter and producing al
most instant death.
The Northwestern Railroad Company has
purchased and will hereafter,operate the Rock
ford Rock Island and st. Louis road.
The National Gold Bank of San Francisco
has gone into voluntary liquidation. Creditors
will be paid in full.
A horrible murder occurred at Springfield
No., lately. A woman named Mary Collins
went into the room where her husband, James
Collins, was sleeping, and Selling au AK split
his skull in two killing him instantly. She
then attempted to murder her little daughter
but the child made her escape to neighbor's.
Elder Morgan, an apostle of the Mormon re-
Hgion, appointed by Brigham Young to evan
geze illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee, began
his work of grace" at Bloomington, H., last
Sunday, by addressing large meeting upon
the "Tenets of the Mormon Faith 1t is his
intention to thoroughly canvass the three States
named in the interest of Mormonism.
Distinct shocks OF earthquake were felt in
different sections OF Kansas early on the morn
ing Of the S.h inst. The vibrations were from
east to west, and were accompanied by heavy
dull. rumbHng sound. Buildings were consid-
erably shaken, ard the inmates, in some cases,
much alarmed but no damage was done.
The whisky ring throughout the West is thor
oughly demoralized. In Chicago nearly all the
distllers have been indicted and will soon be
brought to trial The evidence against them is
said to be Of very positive character, and can
not fail to convict. The st. Louis ring is com
pletelv bursted Some Of the most prominent
citizens have been indicted, including William
Mckee, Of the Democrat, Constantine
Mcguire, late Revenue Assessor, and others
They have retained Dan Voorhees, and Ben
Butler for The defense. A review Of the opera
tons Of the st. Louis ring shows that during
the last few years they have defrauded the gov
eminent out Of at least a million dollars an
nually. At Milwaukee large number OF dis
tillers are under indictment, and the prosecu-
tionsvil be pushed vigorously.
All the Italians, five in number, engaged in
the horrd butchery at Denver, Col, have been
arrested. II IL hoped they will be speedily
brought to Justice. Hanging is too mild pun
ishment for such inhuman monsters.
Smallpox prevails to an alarming extent in
Cincinnati
The Minneapolis (Minn,) Tribune has no less
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Foreign.

Great Britain is looking with hungry eyes on
the Egyptian country. The Pal Mall Gazette
of recent date says 1.-THE English occupa-
ton of Egypt is only question of time, as that
step is necessary for the preservation Of our
Indian Empire"
A dispatch from Berlin says the Realsberg
Arsenal has been almost totally destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at S5.00O,OOO.
A London telegram says Austria is preparing,
at the invitation of the northern powers,a prop
osition for guarantees to be demanded and
Tie control to be exercised to insure the per-
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General.

Two new planets Of the twelfth magnitude
have been discovered-one by Palioa- at Berlin,
and the other by Paul Henry at Paris.
Three fishermen were drowned near Harris
vile, Lake Huron, one day last week, by the
swapping Of their boat
The United States Direct Cable has been
successfully repaired, and is now in good work.
ing condition.
The colored cadet from Mississippi, who has
been causing so much trouble at the Annapolis
Naval Academy, has been dismissed from the
Academy by the Secretary of the Navy.
Arrangements have been perfected by which
through bills Of lading and through tickets for
passengers are to be issued from all leading
European cities to China, Japan, Australia,
and New Zealand via New York and San Fran
cisco, and vice versa.
The steamship Pacific, which sailed from Vic
toria, Vancouver's Island, for San Francisco, on
Thursday morning, Nov. 4, was wrecked the
same evening forty miles south Of Cape Flat
terry. The Inflated vessel had on board los
persons, only one Of whom escaped. The sur
vivor, Henry L. jelly, saved himself by clinging
w Iile pLoO-AOuSo vi Vhc "iVOheu SVS"ihSi' "ud
was picked up day or two afterward by pass
ing vessel.
Charles Reade's delightful romance Of Foul
Play" has its counterpart in thrilling tale re-
ported from New York. On lonely island Of
the West Indian group four bodies were re-
Gently seen by sea-faring men. Who they
were, how long they had watched, what
their presence there meant, is not revealed.
Advices from Boston report that the briggs J..
W. Spencer and Toronto, and the schooners
Moses Patton. Nettie Chase and Serene, we're
lost. with all on board, during the terrible hur-
rcane which recently caused SO much damage
in the West Indies.
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THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK
, 1875-03-27
Fatal AbSiuthe.

The Paris correspondent of the St.
Louis Globe writes. AbSinthe has
greatly increased in popularity during
the last i've or SIN years lis drinking
Was formerly confined to the wcu-to-do
classes. Il was sort of artistic and
literary dissipation; painters. sculptorS
and authors slipping II daint,Iv and com
mcnting on lis delightful crects. 1t is
s'..l drank by all The boulevard lnuprerS
and PromcnadcyS, and drank more than
ever, but II has grown to be a democratic
polajlon also. LahoTcrS and mechanics
GUAM Il al the vine shops on the street
corners. AMI women in every grade of
society are reported 20 yield to lis scduc
lions. Il Is largely manufactured in this
country and literally exported 10 the
French colonies. Great Britain and
America. Very iusidiouS Is abSin,he.
Il acts very differently from LIQUOR, and
Is regarded by the medical faculty As
much more dangerous and harmful. Il
steadily destroys the finer feelings.
wastes the faculties. CorrudcS the srom-
ach, ohlitCTa,cS the memory, eXtinCuiSh-
e the senses. l. acts directly on The
nervous system and lis stimulating in
nuencc on the brain Is one Of the reasons
why II Is 50 alluriuE. \ distinguished
physician saws that II gradually poisuDs
the whole system, soon or late Uroduc;nr
despair, insanity and disease Tho
symptoms that prcccde dissolution are
lndeciSion Of the muscles. indicated by
spaSmodlc con,rdCtjonS and trembling ~
the limbs, priCklng and tingling af The
skin, heavineSs and numhness of the
arms and legs, weakness Of the knees
general lanEUor, spiritual depression
inability 10 stand or sit with ease, steady
wasting away, physical agonieS and men
TAI torture. relieved only by death
Ah>lnihe, siguifying woTmwoCd. is dis
i.led not from w0rmwoOG alone bvr
from anise seed, flag root, angelic
roet SWeet-maiOram and other plants.
Al these being maCcTaIcd and nut in
Lsh-proot alcohol for eight OF Ten DAYS
the mixture IS distilled. and small
amount OF the oil Of aniSe added - the
uiSn-laiion- Not Unfrequentlv various
coloHng mixtures, such as indigo. tinct-
uFe OF civcuma and Sulphate of conner
are used snd augment its roisonouS
qualities, Nhst the charm of ahSinrhe
Is cannot divine Il certainly does not
taS,e we'll; and, though l have often
'aAeh i i0r experiment, | have never
, 1875-03-27

been able TO discover that il had any
effect on me. OF course it would have
in due time. but don't intend la give II
an opportunity 10 tyrannize over my
nerves and brain. Although these may
bc Of small value, they are quite useful
TO YOUR correspondent ID so many ways
that he intends 10 keep them unim-
paired so long as 1t is possible. The
subtle green liquor Is recommended as
an appetizer, Not few persons, from
taking Il for this purpose, have grewn 10
be its yictims-have sunk into ImbccIhty
and gone 90 the cemetery by circul'ous
road OF suffering. ] have tried abslnthe
a number Of times before dinner, and If
| had any appetite it destroyed what |
had do not think | am in any danger
from the emerald demon, as II has been
STYLED. II seems more like nONI0us
medicine than anything else, and It IS
not a medicine for mind diseased, since
il creates what 1t assumes TO cure. Alb
,iuthe has done inCalCulablc harm TO
artists and HrTd'eTy. Some Of the
most gifted Of The order have been killed
directly or indirectly by the cunning
poison, and a great many more will be.
The French seem unable 10 resist alb
sinthe after II has once obtained a hold
upon them. Its fatal effects have been
50 clearly demonstrated that the Govern
ment has forbidden its use il the army
and navy. even to the officers, and has, |
think, interdictcd It's expectation 10 some
Of the colonies
, 1875-03-27
The HopefuImcss OF the Consumptiye.

IL diseases Of the lungs the condition
Of depression is rarely present, and
when so present is possibly due to some
abdominal complication; though, Of
course. some of the existing depression
may be fairly attributed to the anxiety
naturally arising from an intelligent
comprehension of The danger impending.
In tuberculosis Of The lung there is com
monty such an emotional attitude in the
patient as has earned for itsen the dcsig
nation of spc yitkisird Here the hope
fulness is As irrational as Is the deprcs-
sion Of some other affections. The con
~umptivc patient just dropping into the
grave wil. indulge in plans stretching far
into the future, ignoring his Tca. Cunul-
ton and the imposSibility OF any such
survival as he Is calculating upon. Il IS
"a curious vet familiar state. Hope seems
10 rise above the intelligence Just as IL Ger
tain abdominal diseases there i a deprcs-
sion which dcfc- lis corrections. The IN
tClloCl is not equal 10 finding the true bear.
iurs OF of correcting the exalted emotional
ccntcrs. In curious relation 10 these con
dti0ns stand WclLkHOwn differences Of
the pulse In Chcst-discascs the pulse Is
usually full, sometimes bounding; in
abdominal disease il is small and often
lhrraIy. The pulse of pneumonia and
'hp pulse Of pcrItOnilis are distinctly
dissimiar and contrast with each
other. Il is well known that there
is much more tendency to collapse
In abdominal than IN thDracic disease;
taking the conditions 81 the pulse To-
gcthcr with the emotional attitudes oi
these affections, the SyUthcsIs Is unavoid-
able that some effect is produced by the
.ubcTcular disease in the lungs upon the
emotional Cenj"Ts as opposite 70 ths ct-
feet Of abdominal disease as are the
varied effects upon the pulse; and iur
thcr that the result is probably produced
through the circulation The cJplana-
tiou which is shadowed out, for II really
does not amount 10 more, is that abdom-
inaI disease causes depletion Of the
emotional ccutcrs-of which depression
Is thcoutWard inliCatI0n-whllc phthIsis
leads To plCthUrIc state associated with
exalted emotional conditions. In either
case the intellectual and yolltiOnal cen
ter, appear unequal to the task Of main
tanning the balance which normally eN-
ISIS. As a matter Of fact there are GER
tain mental attitudes found in some dis
cases which are 50 regularly present, 50
well marked and pronounced, that they
may fairly be included as a part Of the
rational symptoms - commonly Il
mental depression found along with bill. 1
iary disturbances that the name 5gelu,- /
CIylU Was given to these conditions of |
mental gloom; and modern observation |
is hut establishing the pTopricty of the !
tcrm.-Dr D. ". FOhUgW, IN Popular |
$-.0rg Wyuh,Y t1r N3rct
, 1875-03-27

VINEGAR BITTEIs.-DR. J. WALKEE. a
regular practicing physician of Cali
fornia, has conferred priceless boon
upon mankind by the Introduction of Il
" Bitters" compounded from herbs cx-
clusively, which may be truly said to be
superseding all others, and is becoming
bitter dose indeed for the charlatans
and quacks, on account Of its immense
sale and universal popularity. Not only
are these VINEGAR BITTERS, as he calls
them, an invaluable tonic and Alternative.
but they are acknowledged as Il standard
MEDICINE, and the astonishing rapidity
with which they cure diseases hitherto
declared incurablc seems almost incrcdi-
bic. After having been carefully tested
they arc kept on hand in thousands OF
households and used for any and every
form OF disease, many relying upon them
in preference TO the most celebrated
physicians They have become ii recog-
nized Family Remedy" and properly
so. p
, 1875-03-27
DcId-lICadIns Across the Continent in
u HearSc.

4 FEW days ago hcarsc arrived from
Rochester, \. y, consigned Ia Faster
dav Il Morgan. of this city. The hcdr>c
VII, transported from the shop in Roch-
ester without change OF cars from the
flat on which 1t was originally placed
Before shipment the manufacturers
placed q large box over IL To protect it
from The weather The box rested on
The aNlcs, inside the wheels being long
enough 10 extend from the rear over the
dash board IN front. Owing To- the con
strUCliOu of the drivers seat on the
httr>c. the corners of the box extend far
enough 10 allow room for the body Of a
man 60 pass between the box at that
point and the hcarsc. The front and
rear of the vehicle Is So constructed as
10 swing open, and thereby hangs the
tale This was noticed by some one who
silently contemplated how easy II would
Doe To- save few scads and see the cOun-
Try where strawberries grow rs large rs
hen eggs all the year round, and then
puunCCd of tu lay IN 4 stock Of prOViS-
ions These ne procured and pOkcd them
through the cavity between the hcarsc
and the box, after which he followed.
Once within the wooden scpulChcr,
II Is thought hc waited "a song of
praise, for there rcposcd large box
partially filled with sIiycr-platcd CaShct
trimmings, etc, which had been packed
IN straw and ShayinES, as also the seat
cushions. After arranging his corh-bccf,
bread, ,ardlncs, hcrmctlcally-scalcd cab
baSc and 4 quantity Of tobacco, he ar
ranged the ornaments in the box 50 aS TO
leave nice place in the center for him
tu TCpusC in And then, after taking a
drink and chew of tobacco, he reClinCi
amid the straw and fine ShavingS and
quietly snickcrcd. The appearance Of
TINS suffering soul rs he laid back and
elected the nicotine from between the
ruby hpS against the platc-glass sides of
that hcaTSc must have been cmInCntlv
satisfactory. AS VAS seen by The rem
nauis left in his lodgings his appetite re-
manned substantial throughout the Jour
ucy, hut his amiablc weakness seems to
have been in lining the glass walls OF his
Sancium with tobacco Juice \ highly
co.orcd shoI,-Stcmmcd clay pipe found
IN the corner gave proof that ii was not
allowed 10 rust with inactivity and told
how vacation between meals was some
times paSScd--OlsLuAd ,Cai Tribune