, 1876-08-06

p;ttsbprg, and WAS assured Of great consideration
and profit If she would give it up and testif,
.o.inst her master, Tilton. She did testify, witt
nploab and assurance, and now she cats the bread
of penurJ and despair.
II has been widely reported In New York tha,
certain Republicans in Congress propose to confer
!. nension of $40, 600 per annum upon President
Grant after the expiration Of his term. The state.
v,ent il uuQualifedly falsc. The President doc.
not need pension has not applied for one and
xonld not accept it il voluntarily voted.
Nchcmct Ali Pasha, the Commander Of the
Turkish forces operating against Servia, IL a
Frenchman. In boyhood be deserted from ship
on which he was employed as cabin boy, and took
e.r,ice with an influential Mussulman. he was
educated in Constantinople, changed his religion,
and accented commission in the army, where be
epeedily rose to the important command he now
occupies
The worst Of the Thomas faeco in Philadelphia
fs not merely that the concerts have been discon-
t;nued. It appears that there has also been fail
rre to redeem some OF the tickets sold in advance
For this breach Of good faith it may he necessary
n ernlain Mr. Thomas himself is in no respect
,esponslble. His recent connection with the con-
eerts has been only that Of IN employe. II his ex-
r.rience In this instance shall impress upon him
the danger Of lending his name to an enterprise Of
xrhic he has not the exclusive CONTROL 1t will not
have been too dearly purchased.
Dr.. William II. OlnmocE, Master OF the Adams
Academy ut quincy, Aass-, receives salary Of
S. lar sum tnan is paid to any
person occupying simllaf position IN this country.
The Academy WHICH "as 1ouhoed under bequest
OF the elder Aoame' mas oeen ou1 three years In
operation tne executors oeemIng 1t best to wait
for the principal to accumulate until it should be
~,,p1v sufficient for the nnrnnEn Thuir lihe%a1
treatment o1 Of' O1mmock was perhaps Us high q
compliment 10 tae cause OF education and the
woh1ness OF the teacncf calling as 1t was posi-
bic for tnem 10 pay
The National school Tor Cookery, In London, e1-
lists unIef hi@n anu mighty auspices. His Grace
the Duke OF Westminster, the richest Peer III En-
gland, Is the PRESIDENT and the Princess Louise is
constant attendant upon the annual meetings.
Duche.ses. Countcsses, and ''ladies" without
number, are among its promoters and patrons. The
school, which has been IN existence only three
years, is in dourishing condition, though COM
pe1}ed to put up with incommodious quarters
Twelve teachers in cookery have received diplomas
and nineteen more are now in training The teach
ers aready sent out are earning IN average Of clOO
pet snnum By their classes.
1ucy HOOPER writes from Paris tn the Nc,r yo,tr
Uo,iJ. at is annnnnc>d that two ,.x, xorlx
from the peu of Victor Hupo will shortly he nub
lished, namely, the two concluding volumes OF
''1s Legende dcs Siecles, " and collection Of
poems On childhood, = entitled: 'L'Art d'etrc
Grandpere.' To my certain knowledge, these two
works, with two tragedies, +Torque,nad1' and
Les Iumeaux, have been ready for the press for
nca.y two years past bat their illustrious author
shrinEs. for some inexp1cable reason. from pub
fishing them. l aEa told that the quantity Of COM
pleted MSS. that he has on hand is something ex-
|r+nF s31v&e -
these finished works to the public he only laughs
and makes answer, 1 an amusing treasures for
ny grandchildren.
The Philadelphia TIMES contains the following
fteua which could net BE- more delicious il It were
intended for persilaye, instead Of Gcing, az the
children kuy, '*real sober earnest" -: 1.-The Hon.
Alexander DeImar, the Philadelphia statislician,
has made very exhaustive comparison OF the pro-
ducti.e resources of Bavaria with those OF other
countries. particularly our own. lie will give the
result OF his study il the nc1t number Of the Inter
5aoffo"a1 Aee'e". Ja1st II tals une, "nen 1ne
aa'ef7 ase III a''cac u th's Aino VIII
" VI spee'ai s''oe' ean my one ln'as.ne lne
nofns "nanoeo sohs VI eo1 fusa'h= III no1 nase !"
Ae ne" ~ "o1ain LIZ 1"e'"o 'osas 1'ee'e"
ano h1. De'nla1 a''leie' w lear III aafs'e nuaa-
pcF u 1a,nei9 WILL se' up n'gns 70 4eaFn aoou'
sne productive resources u oa'H''a IL o'o'' /"
Senator Jones tells story, which he probably
will be gre.1y mortified to see in print, OF his cx-
pericnce with Eoulctfc-whecl i'll san Francisco.
1t WIS twenty -eisht years ago. and in those days
Hi. Jones WAS thrift: sonl' not above = going
Into gambling house to ralsc stake, y as he
onesy expresses It, he had been told By an expert"
encca that the safe thing IN Is
Always to bet against tue Pile ana he 1a!aa1uAiF
followed his instructions. the consequence was
that be came very NEAR oc'n3 klcsed down-Etalrs-
Tue secret CT u Is tha1 aHe gambler VINO manlpo-
aates the wheel uscs sinai! wire which raises
either color al will, and throws the ball upon the
other When the bulk of the money, therefore, Is
on one eolos anc s''4a1i aohht Oh the otner, Inc
oeae1 Will lake care 10 WIN tne large sum ana pay
VIC 1la'' one' ee'a1's Jonee VIZ nus enao'eu ~
~'a os oe.ul: pees'sten''s On 'oe san'o'ess Saue'
~ we" " 'ness lac's' WHICH a'c ts'a'ea " AT
os"se a,!eu ao"hseAu, VIC eAnaoI see WY s'4-
suou4u Nv W "aoe ica4 'e"ocs iof ''4 ceo1''
p1o''e oAa pirate"
ihe faa-RdH Gazette Is properly edi1cd by the
oescf1ptlon of the new hog bouncer Introduced in
TO the cattle yards At Albany, BY means Of which
anrniy porEers, when they congregate in the gang
way 1nd d1scuss the situation, are suddenly shot
ZONE feet into the air. The Gd=effe hopes the new
invention vii! not be generally applied in meetings
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