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, 1875-05-29

UNSETTLED CONDITION or EUROPE
Europe Is not in q condition which promises
4 lasting pace. In Russia there is wide
spread di-content ahd uncertainty. The
social results Of the emancipation Of the serfs
cannot Jet be predicted, and socialism is
Spreading rapid among the working classes,
and the army, which Is undergoing reOrgani-
zltion, Is not yet in an effective condition. In
Germany the feeling that the empire rests on
BieInarcE's shoulders renders the public mind
uneasy as to the consequences which will fol-
low his death. Austria Is trying the expert
nent Of dual government, and the success Of
the experiment Is problenatical. Denmark
breads an attack from Germany, and Is
troubled with a struggle between the peas
antry and the landholders. Turkey is nearly
bankrupt France Is without a permanent
government and burdened by the cost Of
destructive war. Anarchy rules Spain, And
Belgium Is torn with religious strife. Only
In Italy and England Is there promise OF
peace and prosperity. This almost universal
di-ooatent and uneasiness, coupled with the
efforts Of all nations 10 bring their armies up
10 the highest point of efficiency, fOreshadows
the near approach Of war, and the very rec
oauitiOn Of the fact that war may break out
any day renders the confidence which Is the
necessary condition Of prosperity all the mOre
impyssiJle.--E. \. GTGDkie.
, 1875-05-29

NEW ZEALAND LADIEs." THE sud-
den transformation of seryant-girl
into a grandly-dressed lady is some-
times quite startling. Not very
long ago SAYS Mr.. Bathgate, | no.
tioed a girl, who | CHANGED TO know
had come TO the colony as an assisted
immigrant, sitting III full splendor,
with cloak, bouquet, and fan, beside
her husband III The front row of the
dress circle at the italian Opera !
Unfortunately, 1t Is easier to decorate
the person than 10 cultivate the mind.
In the wrong use Of phrases Mrs,
Malaprop is beaten hollow. A girl
who had been developed into a lady
was heard to speak of getting an an
timonic' dress, meaning a dress of
m0ire antique. Another gave it as
her opinion that the mayor of their
town should wear 4 scarlet robe lined
with vermin,' meaning, Of course, er,
mine. Male immigrants who have
come suddenly into wealth are apt to
make similar mistakes. One night,
at a public Suppcr-party, an indiyidu-
81 sat opposite TO a dish of pates 0s
toie grus, which rare and costly dish
he persisted in calling 'potted photo
graphs. Chambers Journal
, 1875-05-29

FRIGHTENING CHIDREN.-NOthing can
h. worse for child than 10 be frightened.
The effect of the scare It Is slow 10 recover
frorn It remains sometimes until maturity,
as Is shown BY many instances Of morbid
ssnsitivenesS and excessive nervousness. Not
Enfreuuently, fear Is employed as means OF
6i.cipiine. Children are controlled by being
made TO believe that something terrible Will
happen 70 them and punished by being shut
mn in dark rooms, or by being put in places
tbsv stand in dread. No one, without vivid
memory of his oEn childhood, can oompre-
mend how entirely cruel such things are. We
have often heard grown persons tell OF the
suffering they have endured, IS children, un-
der like circumstances, and recount the ire
Darable injury which they are sure they then
received No parent. no nurse, capable OF
alarming the yOang, Is fitted for her position.
Children, as near as possible, should be
trained not 10 know the senss Of fear, which,
above everything else, is to be feared in their
education, early and late.-A5e Iork f,ee-
,,s7,,'S Journal.
, 1875-05-29
BEAUTIFUL GRANDMANNA.

uTandmamma sits IN her quaint armchair;
Never wss lady more sweet and far:
Her gray locks ripple like silver shells,
And her own brow its story tells
Ola gentle life and peaceful even,
A trust in God, and hope in Heaven.
Little girl Mary sits rocking away
In her own low seat, like some winsome fay;
Two doll labies her kisses share,
And another one lies by the side of her chair;
May IS fair as the morning dew.
Cheeks of roses and ribbons of blue
Say, grandmanaa,' - says the pretty elf,
"Tell me a story about yourself.
When You We're little, shat did You play,
Was YOU good or naughty the whole long day,
Was 1t hundreds and hundreds of years ago!
And what makes your soft hair as white as SNOW
:" Did you have a mamma to hug aud kiss!
And dolly ike this, and this, and this
Did You have pussy Ike my little Kate,
Did you 20 to bed when tire clock struck eightr
Did you have long curls and leads like mine,
And new silk apron, with ribbons fine"
Grllndmamma smiled at tho little maid,
And, laying aside her knitting, she SAID:
Go to nay desk, and a red box you'll see
Carefully hit 1t, and bring It to me"
So May put her dollies away, and ran,
Saying, "Ill lie cIreful as ever can,
The gTaniHamma opened the lox and, 10:
A beautiful child with throat like snow,
Lip Just tinted, ike pink-sheIs rare,
Eyes OF hazel, and golden hair,
Hand ali dimpled, and teeth like pearls
Fairest and sweetest of little girls
g Oh, who Is it ~ cried wusorne May,
" How wish she We're here to-day!
Wouldn't l love her like everything,
Wouldn't | with her froho AMI singI
Say, dear grandmamma, who can she be -
- Darling" said grandma, - that child was me.n
May looked long at the dinp,ed grace,
And then at the setint-like, far Old face.
How funny - she cried with a smile AMI kiss.
Sc To have such a dear little grandma AS tbs;
''StiH, size added, with smiling rest,
So think, dear grandma, 1 like ypu best"
So May climbed on the slken knee,
And grandma told her history;
What plays she played, what toys she Lad,
How II times she Was naughty, or good, or sad,
q But the best thing you did, sad May, ''don'
You see!
Was TO grow "A beautiful grandma for me-"
, 1875-05-29

A WARNING.-The Hon. William d. Kel-
ley has to take it hot Just now from the ad-
ministration newspapers. He returned from
Southern trip the other day, and told
representative of the Tribune in Washington
that " he should hereafter take little stock in
Southern outrages." He found no traces Of
intimidation or ku-klux conspiracy The
whites were not violent and the blacks were
not afraid The misfortune of the recon
strr,cted States were pitiable enough, but
they were not attributable 10 animosities Of
race or politics &" lie talked with confeder-
ate soldiers, with Northern men, negroes, car
pet-baggers, and travellers, and he was sur
prised at the good feeling existing" There
was no more Use tor military interference
than in Pennsy lyania and Judge Kelley
added, with an emphasis which seems TO have
made a deep imPrassiJu upon his political
friends: The vote l most regret during
INV fourteen years service in Congress is that
which | cast last winter III favor VI the force
bill" Every honest and shrewd republican
politician who has gone to the South with
his eyes open has had an experience very
much like N.Y. Kelleys. Mr. Phelps and
Mr.. Foster visited New Orleans, and got
nearly the same general impression of the
condition of the Gulf States that Judge
Kelley brought away from South Carolinia
and Georgia, though of course, they found
more or less disorder IL certain chrouically
turbulent districts. Every competent observer,
no matter what his politics, agrees in the re-
port that in spite Of a few local wrongs
which, If investigated, would probably be
traced to local causes of irritation, the South
is sincerely disposed to peace, justice and
brotherly feeling.
, 1875-05-29
Radical ENtrayaGance

No wonder the tax-burdened people of the
land aro arriving at the conclusion that there
must be change IN the management of pub
Inc affairs or the country Will be ruined.
One OF the latest instances Of radical extrava-
gance brought to our attention as in the case
Of the burial expenses Of Charles Sumner.
Comment upon it Is needless; it speaks for it.
self The statement OF facts is due to tho
Boston correspondent of the SacrGaento
Record Hiog and read as follows:
One of the most popular topics of CONVERSE
ton lately has been the expenditures in re-
eeiving and entombins the remains of Chas.
Sumner by committee Of the last legisa-
ture. y few days ago an enterprising re-
porter got sight OF the State Auditors books
and copied the items of the committees bill,
which amounted 10 more than $4,000.
These items We're printed and forthwith
arose a great scandal One item WAS $1,000
paid George William Curtis for delivering a
euloSy on Sumner. Another was a like
amoun: paid William Howell Reed for "ed-
itins memorial volume; 800 paid a
professor Of elocution for selecting poem,
etc, etc. SoTae of Curtis friends at once
wrote to inquire if was true that he had To
crivei 5000 tor his eulogy. He replied
that the committee had offered it to him and
he had emphatically refused it. This put
tha committee IL the attitude of having
pockete8 tho amount and forced them TO ex-
plain. They said that on Mr. Curtis refusal
Of the $1,000 they ordered a bust of Mr. Sum-
ner 10 cost that amount which thay intended
to present to him, intending the gift as a
surprise The editorial labor for which
$1,000 woEld have been fairly remuneratei
by $lO0; and the payment Of 5000 to d
person for recitins short poem was simply
riaicUlOus- The public Is naturally indig-
nant at such extravagant expenditure at
the funeral CT a. man who was simplicity
itself. The committee DO not attempt TO de,
frnl their action; though one of them, J. B.
Smith, the colored caterer, and Summers
close FREUD, writes a funny letter 10 the
papers, saying that he believes the commit
tee have been charged with extravaganza,
and proceeds to say that . Mr.. Sumner had
no faults 10 hide but we asked George VIII
liam Curtis to uncover him, which he did as
no other man could. To be great we must
b. honest and Just" Not a word does be
say about the expenditures of the committee.
The b-st people amcng rs are heartily
ashamed OF the matter.
, 1875-05-29

The youngest nuptial union that we have
seen recorded In many z day has just been
consummated in the quiet village Of Yonkers,
a suburb Of New York city. Master Mathew
Mansfield and Miss Fanny Gale, pupils il
one Of the public schools, and aged respect
lively fifteen and thirteen years, fell in love
with each other and sere united n mar
rage. Besides being remarkable for the eK-
treme youth OF the husband and wife, ths
marriage Is somewhat peculiar on account oi
the manner IN which it was brought about
The family OF the girl being strong spiritual
ists and believers in a. afiinities," thought
the boy and girl exactly suited to each other,
and hastened the marriage without the
knowledge Of the boys parents The latter
were highly Indignant at frs', but finally re-
Tented, and are now recOnciled 10 the match.
, 1875-05-29

BARRlsTER to witnessl-Sow, sis, what
is the character Of the plaintiff in this suit
WHISTLER character Is slightly matrimo-
NAL. Barrister-What do you mean by 3
slightly matrimonial characterf Witness
She's been married three times.
, 1875-05-29

BEMsTnNE 4 MATCH FOR BEDBUGs-
The best mode Of getting rid Of bedbugs Is
to iumigate them with birthstone. Houses
standing long and empty which have swarm
ed with them have by this means been Ell
fectually fred from them Plsoe in the CEN
t1e Of the room dish containing about IodF
ounces Of brimstone remove from the rOoi1
such metallic surfaces as might be- effected
By the fumes; close every apsEt;'re' even ~
70 the key-hole, and Light the orimS'ohe;
After four or five hours, enter the rO0tn sI.4
open the window for thorough slrlng.-4r-
trT-O.eaH
, 1875-05-29

A Tunnel UNDER TTIE STRAITS oE GII'-
RAIrAR.-A company has recently been torla-
ed in Spain, the object Of which i 70 unite
Europe and Africa by tunnel under the
Straits of Gibraltar, between Isr.fa and
Ala,esiras On the Spanish coast 70 Ceuta and
Ts3yiar on the Morocco shore. The sabmar-
inc nortion will Be nine miles in length. The
enterprise offers more dIticnlties than me
similar work under the English channel, al
though the latter viii have more than twice
the length a. the maximum depth OF tho
channel at the point 10 be trayersed Is bnt
lfj3 feet, while that Of the straits is 2,62l
feet.
, 1875-05-29

TAKE lie easy, and don't always be trying
to beat the sun mp You may win iOr 4
while, but in the long run you are sure TO be
beaten, and SONG nlorDipg it vii rise when
yOu don't,
, 1875-05-29

A CoLoRED congregation in Dayton have
decided to forgive their clergyman Tor bet
ting On three-card monte and losing $50 fes-
tivaI money. One Of the deacons remarked,
" We l. all human, and de game IS VERY
exciting
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
Ghosts in Vermont.

The effect of the Eddy performances
has been to set Vermont wild with phe-
nomena accredited as ghostly. Some
of the stories that come from that State
are novelties in their way. Oliver Pal
CHA was killed last summer in mill at
Milton, and the dwellers on q lonely
road in the vicinity say that he ''mate-
rializes' in front of passing vehicles,
shouting and swinging his hat. The
unaccountable falling of stones on the
premises of Thomas Paddock, at North
Pownal, recurs every three or four
nights, and the neighbors have no sort
OF doubt that mischeivous spirits are
dropping the missiles for fun. A more
serious belief is that INDUCED in by the
people near Montpelier, who suspect a
man OF murder almost entirely because
of a credited story that the man ap-
peared TO a medium and made the
charge. At seances held in st. Adams
what purports to be the spirit of wo-
man controls the medium, and tells
how, in materialized state, she waylaid
and killed the woman who had been her
successor as a wife.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
Breach of Trust Case i'm New York.

Not a | tile excitement was created in
legal circles in New Yor. city Oh Thurs
day by the report that serious charge
had been brought against prominent
lawyer. Mrs Hardin, the lady who has
become well known from her connection
with the famous Hardin will case SO
long in litigation In the surrogate's
court, employed as her counsel Mr..
Robert FL. Corbett. He also acted as
her hduciary agent. She now brings
suit against him for over 800, 900,
which, she alleges, belongs to herand he
has in his possession; that she freqently
called upon him for an accounting,
but failed, whereupon she withdrew
her power of attorney and trans
ferred it to another lawyer, who states
that he called almost every day, but
could not see Corbett. He then went
to the Office of O.. NJ. Bogart & Co.,
bankers. with whom he understood
Mrs Hardin's money had been depos-
tied, and found an account had been
opened in Mrs. Hardin's name by the
deposit of $43, 900, but that two days
after S., 900 was drawn out, and the re-
mainder of the deposit was transferred
to the account of Corbett, whose
friends claim that he had no inten-
ton of defrauding Mrs. Hardin There
is considerable excitement with re-
gard to the issue of the case. Bail has
been fixed at 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
TO 90 on, and be master, depend upon

TO 90 on, and be master, depend upon
it. -
GO But not my master,,' whispered
pretty Mrs. Armstrong, :" hot mine"
"Mistress Armstrong, them spoons"
whispered Biddy at the stairs Just then.
Hetty Armstrong gathered UP the
spoons which had slipped downinto her
lap. Sherlooked at them as she did so.
They were solid and elegant, as was eli
ner silver. Her eyes glanced about Tho
room, which wealth and taste had made
the perfection of elegance and comfort.
Her room! She heard down stairs the
merry chat of her guests, the sound of
music and dancing. She remembered
that in the kitchen her servants were
making ready q supper fit for king.
She turned to the mirror; a handsome
woman, still young, and elegantly
dressed, looked proudly back. An hour
before, all this, the woman included,
she would have given to Charles Roke
wood had he been beggar. Just q
twingo of pain went through her heart.
One tear stole down her glowing cheek.
Then she gave little bitter laugh.
"l alone am queen Of met" she mis-
quoted, and ran out to give the
spoons to Biddy. ii.
g 1t was hard to find them," she said,
"but here they are at last
And she laughed little louder than
usual, and not quite naturally. ...,L
1t was the merriest Christmas party
of them all, said every one of her
guests, and Hetty Armstrong seemed
the merriest there. But no one saw
her when the door was closed upon
Them and she was alone III her chamber.
No matter how brief love-dream has
been, the awakening is hard, especially
if it is sudden. a5ss.. ........ -.
Hetty Armstrong refused Charles
lockwood the next day, and the people
who guessed it blamed her bitterly. AS
for Charles himself he was amazed, and
injured, and deeply grieved, for he.
never guessed that his lecture on mar
ried life had a second auditor; nor that
Hetty would have said Yes" instead of
No" but for that crack in the china
L.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
Suicide Of Scorpions.
l writer in Nature says:

81 shall feel obliged to you if you will
record fact with reference to the COM
mon black scorpion of Southern India,
which was observed by me some years
age in Madras. One morninga servant
brought to me very large specimen Of
this scorpion, which, having stayed out
too long in it's nocturnal rambles, had
apparently got bewildered at daybreak
and been unable to find its way home.
To keep it safe the creature was at once
put into a glazed chronological case
Having few leisure moments in the
course of the forenoon, I thought I
would see how my prisoner was getting
on, and to have better view of it the
case was placed in a window In the rays
of a hot sun. The light and heat SEEM
ed to irritate it very much, and this re-
called to my mind story, which I had
read somewhere, that scorpion, on
being surrounded with fire, had com
mitted suicide. [ hesitatd about sub
jecting my pet to such terrible ordeal,
but taking common botanical lens I
focused the rays of SUN On it's back
The moment this was done it began to
run hurriedly about the case, kissing
and splitting in a very fierce way. This
experiment was repeated some four or
five times with like result, but on trying
it once again the scorpion turned up its
tail end plunged the sting, quick as
lightning, into it's own back The in
Fiction of the wound was followed by a
sudden escape Of fluid, and a friend
standing by me called out: "See it
has stung itself; it is dead" And sure
enough, in less than half minute life
was extinct. I have written this brief
notice to show, one, that animals may
commit suicide; two, that the poison of
certain animals may be destructive to
themselves.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
Railway and Steamship Matters.

In behalf of John Leisenring, Of
| March Ch,znk, Pa ! there was filed d.
the United States Circuit BCourt for
! the Southern District Of New York, re
Gently, q, complaint III the nature of a
bin In. equity against the Land Grant
hallway and Trust Company, the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Railroad Com
)pany, the New York Warehouse and
security Company, and about a hundred
wealthy men who are implicated per-
fsopally, and as trustees and directors of
various corporations, all concerned re-
motely or otherwise in the great enter
prises Of the Sc Missouri. Kansas and
Texas Railway Company. Leisening
claims that he has been defralded of
his lawful interest and share of the
lawful profits Of the construction and
equipment Of the several thousands of
miles of railroad consolidated into the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Company. n T; =tr"
The Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany will sell round tickets between
Chicago and New Orleans for the Mardi-
Gras festivities for $33-tickets to be
good from February l. to April l. =
The General Managers of the Illinois
Central and the New Orleans, St. Louis
and Chicago Railroads are just now ne
gotlatlng with various parties for the
purpose OF establishing steamship
line between New Orleans and Liver
pool. Since the connection between
the Mississippi Central and the Illinois
Central has been made at Cairo, the
business between Chicago and New Or
leans has largely increased, and it is
believed that with the proper arrange
ments, the new line may successfully
compete with the Eastern lines for the
European traffic.
3 Negotiations are also pending be
tween the managers of the Illinois Cen
trail and the New Orleans, ST. Louis and
Chicago Railroads, to have the passen-
ger rates between Chicago and New Or
leans lowered. At present it costs 1913
to go from Chicago to New Orleans,
while the rate from Chicago to New
York is but $50, although the distance
is about the sane The General Mana
ger of the Illinois Central is in favor of
making the rate 1926, while the Manager
of the New Orleans road insists upon a
higher rate. 1t is, however, believed
that compromise will soon be effected
by which the rate will be reduced to
about $27 from Chicago to New Orleans
A New YORK dispatch says that the
Illinois Central Company has recently
negotiated in Scotland loan of $780,
900 to take up the same amount of ster-
ling bonds due in London on the LIST of
April. The new bonds bear 6 per cent.
interest, and have twenty years to run.
This company has in sinking funds
81, 735, 900 to pay the balance of the
construction bonds, which also mature
on the lst of April. The. original
debts of the company will then be paid
off, with the exception of $2,5OO,OOO six
per cent. currency bonds, held in Am
sterdao, which do not mature until
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-01-27
A Change i'm Fashions.

It has been intimated to us, from
trustworthy source, that very mark
ed change in the fashion of ladies'
dresses is impending. This is the abo-
lition of redundant trimming, of gimps,
jets, bugles, beads, ribbons and what
not that our women are SO fond Of hang
ing about their persons. Innothing have
our women SO Enthusiastically indicated
their inferior intellectual plane to men
than in their fashions of dress. That
they should be attired richly and ele-
gantly is what every man of liberal
taste comedies but that they should
ceaselessly mistake meaningless orna-
ment for beauty is what every man of
cultivated taste deplores. It is specially
in dress trimmings that deficiency
of culture is manifestation these
outhangings are almost invariably
senseless additions; they de-
stroy simplicity and unity of
design; they break up lines and diffuse
effect; they destroy the nobility and
the largeness and the essential charac-
ter of the dress upon which they are at
tached. There is another extreme of
badness, but better this than the cur
rent taste for display that is essential
ly barbaric in it's nature. A woman
who loads her dress with ornaments is
animated by the identical impulse that
stimulates savage to cover himself
with beads. The distinct difference
between the barbaric aud the civilized
in the use of decoction is that the one
is intelligently directed to unity OF
plan and harmony of parts, while the
other is an impulse that delights in the
extraneOus for it's own sake.