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, 1876-03-31

Mention has already been made of the
salaries paid to popular comic singers,
the figures in one instance going as high
as $3.50 a week. I won't attempt any
comparison between the work of a comic
singer and that of first-class journalist,
but it does seem rather odd that vulgar
fellow at the footlights should earn a
great deal more money than leader of
public opinion. Whitelaw Reid is said
to get $4,000 a year, and this, 1 believe,
is the largest editorial salary paid in the
United States. There are rumors that Mr..
Reid will soon lose his place, but thus
far they are only rumors, and probably
do not deserve much attention. Mr.
Jennings, Of the Times, likewise said to
be on the point of decapitatiOn, also re-
ceives large salary, and a few other
leading journalists may be put on the
list of ell-paid writers. But when half
a-dozen are named the list of such writers
is exhausted. The highest salary paid on
the Herald is $4,000, which the manag-
ing editor receives. The Herald pays
literally for special news, but its salary
rate is no higher than that of any other
leading paper. The Times, Tribune and
World are managed with close economy
in all departments below the editorial
and even in these no such thing as waste
is allowed. The average salary of good
editorial writers, taking the New York
press all through, does not exceed 81, 500.
Reporters can hardly be said to average
above $50 a week, and there are scores of
reporters in New York who cannot make
over $15 a week the year round. The Post
and the Graphic are the only afternoon
papers which deal literally with writers,
and the Graphic is a good deal ahead Of
the Post in this respect. The editor, Mr..
Croly, is one of the few New York jour
nalists who sympathize with struggling
writers and give them whatever encour-
agement they can. On the whole, there
are few professions in which men of mod
crate talent cannot do better than they
can in journalism. Those who get into !
the first editorial rank get what may be
called a fair compensation for their labor,
but rarely large one. The great body |
Of newspaper men, however, have to re-
main below and content themselves with |
the wages Of good clerk or mechanic.
, 1876-03-31
Write Soon.

Long parting from the hearts we love
Will shadow DER the brightest face;
And happy they who part, and prove
Affection changes not with place.
\ sad farewell is warmly dear;
Butsomething dearer may be found
To dwell on lips that are sincere,
And lurk in bosoms closely bound.
The pressing hand, the steadfast sigh,
Are both less earnest than the boon
Which, fervently, the last fond sigh
Begs in the hopeful words "Write soon"
write soon" oh, sweet request OF Truth!
How tenderly its accents comet
We heard it irst in early youth,
When mothers watched us leaving home
And still amid the trumpetjO
That weary us with pomp and show,
We turn from all the brassy noise
To hear this minor cadence flow
"Write soonw Oh. s@eet request Of Truth
How tenderly Its accents come!
We heard it first In early youth,
When mothers watched us leaving home
We part, but carry on our way,
Some loved ones plaintive spirit-tune;
That as we wander, seems to say
affection lives on faith-Write soon!"
ELIZA Cook.
, 1876-03-31
The Children.

Parke Goodwin made a little speech at
meeting of the Society for the Proven
tion of Cruelty to Children, and paid the
following compliment to Mr.. Bergh, the
President of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals. Said he: ave have
all of us of late years delighted
to honor and bless one of our fellow
citizens, who, if the horses had
votes, like the greater brutes who
misuse them, and could hold con-
ventions, would nominate him not for a
first, a second, or third term only, but
for perpetual President. Laughter. His
defense of tine poor dumb animal, who
can utter no complaints, and cannot even
express their gratitude, (if they could,
what universal neigh, meaning aye,
weuld greet vote of thanksD Laugh
ter. has touched every feeling heart. For
the children, while they are greater, are
as helpless as the animals. Their feelings
are keeDer, their suffering more poignant,
the consequences of what they are and
are to be infinitely more important. In
each little squalid figure that we see in
the gutter sprawls the future citizen; in
each little plsintive girl face, SO old be-
fore its time, is the mother of the future
citizen; in each lies infinite potencies of
good and evil usefulness, honor, purity,
and the blessings of whole generations;
or worthlessness, disgrace, Putridity of
body and mind, and the curses of long
ages to come"
, 1876-03-31
Incidents Of Life in Paris.

Two well-known Parisians, who are
now independent of fortune, but who
were once her slaves, stopped few even
ings since in front of the ticket Office Of
the vaudeville; both were embarrassed
One said; "How stupid l am Would YOU
believe it, have come out without nv
pursef The other replied: "Well, am
in still worse plight have just paid the
last cent l had" The former smiled |:
what ungrateful dogs we arel Pros
perity has made us forget our old, our
best friend-the pawnbroker's shop is
round the corner-we both have our
Watches"
A diner-out says that three evenings
since he went to dine with some new ac-
quaintances. 1t was his first invitation
to their house. He entered the mansion
just as the neighboring clock was strik-
ing the hour appointed for dinner time.
As he put his foot on the first step of the
staircase he heard loud words, screams,
tumult-and before he could pick up his
ears, down came tureen of soup, rolling,
tumbling, bounding, breaking, rattliug,
clattering, distributing beef tea, cabbages,
carrots, parsnips, shin, rags of meat and
fragments of porcelain right and left,
front and back The culinary cyclone
past, be, finding himself even unstained,
kept up stairs. Dinner was announced
soon after he had saluted his hosts.
They took seats at the table. The servant
brought on turpot. The husband said
to his wife: ''My angel, tell our friend
the bill of farel" She-her face wreathed
in charming smiles--answered: "No,
darling, that duty is the hosts" He
therefore easily said: swell, must give
you warning that we have adopted the
English custom. We never have SOUP"
, 1876-03-31

BLAINE PHoroGRAPHED.-He looks
surcharged with tremendous nervous
energy, so irresistibly impelling him that
the steam brakes couldn't slow him
down to 800 revolutions per minute.
When there is nothing to work it off It
seems to effervesce in boyish exuberance
Of spirits; or he darts hither and thither
across the hall, up and down the aisIes,
or through the lobby, with incessant ae-
tivity. His habitual air is that of a
man intent upon overtaking tomorrow,
and driving ahead at such tremendous
speed that nobody would be surprised If
he did it. Physically he is q splendid
type of manhood; of commanding stat.
ure; straight a a Maine pine; broad
shouldered, and of stalwart, muscular
frame; triAe stout, but with step as
quick as a boys, and every movement
as free and supple as that of trained
athlete. He has full, high forehead /;
large, keen, observant eyes; nose slightly
-aquiline, and of the sort that adds to the
look of ush-aheadativeness that is i'm
printed on his every feature. His short
cropped beard, which half conceals his
lower face, gives him an air Of military
precision. In speech he Is rapid, but
distinct in utterance, and clear-cut in
expression; makes no apparent attempt
at rhetorical graces, but is forcible, pun
gent, and at times stirringly eloquent,
while always terse, and pointed, and
marvelously quick at repartee.
, 1876-03-31

The OLD "CoHsrITUTIoN AS many
of our readers are aware, it is proposed
to have the old Constitution thoroughly
repaired and refitted, as nearly as can be,
in her -time-style, for the Centennial,
when she is to be fully equipped, oficered
and manned, and thus to form one of
the great attractions of the "big show"
She was placed upon the stocks on the
goth of December. At half-past eleven
O'Clock, after elaborate preparation, the
vessel made slide, causing a shout OF
"There she goesP' to go up from those
assembled. After moving along smooth
ly about half her length, she stuck, caus-
ing considerable delay. The difficulty
was finally overcome, and the famous
vessel was firmly settled on her dock.
The work upon her is to be under the
direction of Naval Constructor Hart,
whose grandfather was her original
builder, and whose father superintended
the rebuilding in 1918.
, 1876-03-31

Rich WITHOUT MoxKY.-Many a man
Is rich without money. Thousands Of
men with nothing in their pockets, and
thousands without even q pocket, are
rich. A man born with good, sound
constitution, q good stomach, q good
heart, and good limbs, and = pretty good
headpiece, Is rich. Good bones are bet
ter than gold; tough muscles than silver;
and nerves that fash FIRE and carry en-
ergy to every function, are better than
houses and lands; it Is better than .
landed estate to have the right kind Of
a father and mother. Good breeds and
bad breeds exist among men as really as
among herds and horses. Education may
do much TO heck evil tendencies or to
develop good ones; but 1t is a great
thing to inherit the right proportion Of
faculties to start with. The man is rich
who has a good disposition = who Is
kind, patient, cheerful, hopeful, and who
has a flavor Of wit aud fun in his COM
position.
The hardest thing to get along with in
this life is a mans own self. A cross,
selfish feIlow-a desponding and COM
planning fellow-a timid and care-bur-
dened man-these are all born deformed
on the inside. They do not limp, but
their thoughts do.
, 1876-03-31
Another Mammoth Cave. - Gigantic
Human Skeletons.

A correspondent of the Louisville
Oourier-JoHrndl, writing from Columbia,
KY, says that a short time ago, two young
men named White, while idly wander
ing in large tract of wild, dense forest,
in the southeastern part of our country,
discovered what they supposed to be a
sink-hole or fox den, and with that idea
proceeded to explore it. After a little
trouble in making their way through
the entrance, the cave (for such it proved
to be) became large enough to admit of
their walking upright. They had pro-
eeeded thus in this passage probably $50
yards when they emerged into large
and picturesque gallery, the beauty and
grandeur Of which will rival that Of the
old Mammoth itself. The room, accord
ing to their calculation, is about $50 by
100 feet, and abounds 10 all the varieties
of the stalactites and stalagmites. In the
northeast corner of the first gallery (for
there are FIVE, of which will hereafter
speak, about five feet from the ground,
they noticed some strange characters, or
hieroglyphics, neatly carved in the wall,
which, upon close examination, proved to
be the heAd-rock of vault. A few min
utes' prying served to loosen this and
disclose to view the interior of an in
closure in the solid rock of about five by
ten feet, which contained the remains Of
three human skeletons, which measure
eight feet seven and a half inches, eight
feet five inches, and eight feet four and
three-quarter inches in length respect
lively. The heads were lying towards
the east, each body parallel to the other.
Beside them lay three huge--what looked |
to be-swords, but they were so decayed |
that upon being touched they immedi- |
ately crumbled to dust. After examin-
ing the remains closely, but finding moth
ing that would serve to throw any light
on the question as to who and from |
whence they are, they closed the vault,
but in doing so knocked their torch out /
which they had lighted before entering,
leaving them il anything but pleasant
predicament. After searching some time
for their lost treasure, they concluded
to try to escape by feeling their way out;
but in this they made the matter worse.
They stated that after leaving the first
large room they struck a good-sized
branch, and continued following il until
forced to turn into another passage-the
stream disappearing suddenly in huge
perpendicular gulch-which led them
into another spacious hall, the size Of
which they believed to be quite as large
rs the first. Out of this second opening.
and through what they conceive to be
three Others similar at least In size, their
way seemed to gradually ascend, until
their hearts were mada Glad nv the dia-
sovery Of light ahead, and finally they
suergGd from their ugly confinement
1I0uI,lt = Iulo
Russell's Creek, having been confined in
their subterranean discovery over thiFty-l
sight hours. The whole country there
about is rife with speeulatieHs concerning
this interesting discovery, and numbers
of citizens will visit 1t as soon as the
Messrs. White finish their work of rem
iering the entrance less difficult to pass.
, 1876-03-31

ITALIAN vIsIToRs TO THE CENrEN-
EIAL.-Some time ago society was or
ganized in Italy for the purpose of get
ting up an excursion to the Centennial
Exhibition. Information has been re-
ceived at the Centennial Rooms to the
effect that the organization has proved
very successful, and that society has
been formed under the name "Associa-
zion Cristoforo Colombo" for the pur-
pose of securing large representation Of
the scientific and literary men and art
lists Of Italy. They have hired steamer,
to leave Genoa on the 1st of June, reach
ing New York on the 18th of June. The
party will remain in New York until the
1st of July, in order to be in Philadel-
phia on the 4th. After leaving Philadel-
phia they will visit Washington, Pitts
burg, Cincinnati, st. Louis, Chicago,
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, across Lake On
tario, down the st. Lawrence to Quebec,
to Boston, and thence to New York. The
trip will occupy ninety days, and will cost
each member Of the party 1900 francs
The applications for passage on the
steamer have been so numerous that IL
has been found necessary to secure an.
other steamer.
, 1876-03-31

THE FORTUNE OF SIR A. RoTHscHuD.
Sir Anthony Rothschild died a poor
man for one Of the heads Of that great
frm-a paRper in comparison to your
Astor. To his widow he leaves $4,000
a year and his house in London; to each
daughter e200, 900, TO revert to the firm
should they die childless; to his son-in-
law, a son of the late Earl Of Hardwick,
csc, 900; his race-horses to his brother,
and his landed estates to the nephew who
inherits his baronetcy; to three nephews
his house in Newmarket. But Sir Antho-
ny's hospitality was profuse, his style
of living magnificent, and his charity
widespread and diffusive. He was also
great patron Of art, and had collected
valuable pictures. He was great con-
noisseur in the matter Of cigars, these
being specially manufactured for him ct
Havana.-L0adon Letter.
, 1876-03-31

EDUCATING Trick HoRsE.-"There," !"
said Mr.. Harrison, pointing to him, 81
raised him myself. He's rising nine, now,
and just as good an animal as he ever
was. Come here, Charlie" The horse
came up to him, and stood looking at me
with his head over his masters shoulder.
"Is he trick horse1"
"Yes, but donX often use him for
that. He can walk on his hind legs, and
dance, and drink out of a bottle; but that's
always empty. l usually do only the
Arab and his dying steed.'n
allow did you train hint"
"By kindness-that's the only way
to be sure. OF course you can make any
animal obey BY lathering him enoughi
but then some time when you ain't look
ing out he'll play you an ugly trick
balk when you're Jumping, to let you
tumble on the ground, or rear and fall
backwards on you. They're cunning
about that sort of thing. I've seen q
splendidly educated horse come into the
ring and just stand still, not do single
trick, and seem to enjoy to see his master
hooted at"
"What is the method of educating
animals9"
swell, with different animals there's
different ways. With horses and dogs
you show 'em first what you want done,
and show 'em often enough for them to
understand it. Then lift them several
times, till they find out what you want
done and do it themselves. Then re-
ward them on the spot. It's all easy;
you've only to keep your temper and be
kind. Some horses learn very quickly,
but that kind forget it just as soon. l
like best slow horse, because he'll re-
member longer"
, 1876-03-31

The Staunton Vindicator's compost
ton on the ground hog: "The ground
hog was out Wednesday. He saw his
shadow. He ran back in his hole.
There will be awful weather for the next
six weeks. Many persons will damn the
ground hog. But he will not care. He
Is In his hole. If a person is safe in
his hole be does not care how much
cursing goes on outside. It Is the same
with ground hogs as with grown persons" I"
, 1876-03-31

A KNowINa Doa.-There was panic
in Paris street over the conduct Of a
magnificent retriever in front of the win
dow of a picture-fTame dealer. He
jumped, yelled, barked, tried to make
his way through the glass; and he was
mad, Of course. The bystanders were
about to kill him, when philosopher
interfered. 1t seemed to him that all
this strange conduct in the dog showed
method, and had reference to portrait
of q lady which stood in the show
window.
He was allowed to enter the store after
the picture had been placed in another
position. He at once rushed up to it with
frantic signs of joy. He evidently knew
the portrait or the original. And so 1t
proved. Thelady, it was soon ascertainedl
lived in Marseilles, and the dog had been
stolen from her many months before,
He had recognized his mistress in the
painting, and by q strange chance was
thus enabled to regain his old pleasant
quarters by means Of the accidental plac'
ing of the picture in the show-windoV
to exhibit its beautiful frame.
, 1876-03-31
A Previous UnderstandIng.

A night or two since chap about
thirty-fve years old, looking as if he had
crawled out of cave to commence life
anew, entered one Of the hotels in this
city, and waiting at the counter until the
clerk was at liberty, he asked:
"Is this hotelf''
"Yes, sir,r was the reply.
"Good living, good beds and the most
courteous attention1"
Eyes, sir" ~
"Well, said the stranger, after long
look at the railroad time table, II sup
pose you don't trust2"
''No, SIR" -
Wouldn't let a man stay here four or
five days until something turned 3p51"
"No, sir.n
That's what wanted to know. al
ways like to have previous understand
ing about such things, for If anything
makes me mad it Is to have great big
hotel clerk jump in on me and kick me
down Stair - account OF my strai ned
You'd better nnd-s0ilc 80 ,,i.6e, y
sugg eslod> the clerk.
-s0h, / shall,p replied the stranger.
tsThe outside Of this hotel seemed to
smile welcome at me, but as said be-
fore, my present policy is to get along
without being kicked. I've got mental
feelings as well as anybody else, and I'm
getting so worn down in flesh that mere
common grand bounce from healthy
hotel clerk upsets me for a whole day.
Farewell, young man-dont bile no
extra 'taters for me"-Dstroit Free
Preaa.
, 1876-03-31

THERE will be three hundred wild,
wicked-eyed, scalp-yanking, entrail-eat-
ing, long-haired, blanketed Indians
camped upon the Centennial grounds,
and million foreigners win view for the
first time that strange, weird, and SEEM
ingly mythical being, who has in years
past been to them only character in
romance and story PAitadelphia ITEM.
, 1876-03-31

FIRMNEss, both in suffering and exer-
tion, is character which l would wish
to possess. / have always despised the
whining Yelp Of complaint, and the cow
ardly, feeble resolye.-Burns.
, 1876-03-31
o. the DspOsed King Of Dude.


Kings out Of business are usually an
unhappy set and the deposed King Of
Dude, who held sway In India before
England took possession, appears to be no
exception to the rule. The palace and
grounds provided for the deposed mon
arch by the British Government extend
one mile on the rivers bank IN Calcutta,
with width Of about one-eighth Of a
mile. There Is the main palace nearly in
me centre With smal ler nalace elaeA |lqrc
there Is : long nne q magnlncens s,aoles !
there are hundred OF more sman mouse as
along the street slae, occupied oy tne
Kings retainersI numbering 4VV II al J
tnere are fountains ano pagooas snq otnel
lsnciini structures on tne gro1nus insiue J
there Is large pi8eon-nouse ior tne mock
OF more tnan 2 tnousana oa snese oiIos'
wnicn are trained 70 ny 10 one ulrecnon
and another as tneir keeper waves ms nag
there are Walks lawns ana gardens artls1-
lcaiiy ialo OUT, WIN 2 MonoeiIul sno" OF
, 1876-03-31


THE following is an extract from q
lately-issued report Of the government
inspectors of factories in England:
"The women are in many cases abso-
Lutte slaves to their husbands, and il is q
common thing for idle, lazy young lads
to look out for skilled, Industrious wives,
in order to obtain an easy life.' The toll
is hard and unfeminine, and the so-called
husband cares neither for wife nor chill
dren 50 long as be can get money where
with to crafty his-own degraded tastes.
The feminine feeling on this subject was
we'll expressed by one woman, who ap-
preached the subject with the words: Il
say, master, ! wish you would make my
man do little more work, and me less.
It was her fate to keep her husband and
find him money to drink"
, 1876-03-31

WE BELIEVE IN FORTUNE TELLING
''Do you believe in fortune-telling7" asks
a young correspondent. Yes, certainly
we do, and practice 1t, too. Would you
like a few trials of our skilll Well, then,
give attention. When a boy with black
hair and eyes always tells the truth, he
will be believed and respected as long as
he lives, and as people would prefer to
keep him alive, he will stand a good
chance to arrive at old age. A girl with
brown hair and blue eyes, who obeys her
parents, is good tempered and industri-
Gus, will have many admirers, particu-
larly among sensible men, and she will
therefore be in the way of getting a good
husband. If a girl with rosy cheeks and
curly hair will avoid late hours, tight
dresses, too many nice things to eat, will
take plenty Of exercise in. the open air,
and keep good natured, she will probably
be good-looking and happy lady, and
If she obtains good education, she will
be a fit wife for Governor or President.
In all these cases the hair and eyes are Of
no great importance, but the other req
uisites must be strictly observed to have
the good fortune to come out right.
, 1876-03-31

CURE FOR CRoUP.-A Kansas lady
gives the following cure for Group, which
she vouches for as reliable. She has had
much experience with child always
troubled with croup-had tried hive
sirup, goose grease and scores Of other
remedies, and finds the following better
than all:
Take of honey one tablespoonful, pull.
verized alum one-half teaspo0nful, SAHARA.
tus, one and one-half teaspoonful, and
one-hslf the white of an egg. Beat all to
q cream and give one-fourth teaspoOnful.
This will be enough to give reliefif takea
as soon as the first symptoms Of Group APP
pear, which Is hoarse cough, the horror
Of which can be realized only by those
who have heard it, and have watched
night after night with child sick with
Group. If 1t has become necessary to
vomit the child, give one teaspoonful, and
if the case is stubborn one repeat the
dose in half an hour. In an extreme case,
when this remedy has not been applied
soon enough, she recommends to take a
piece Of flannel large enough to cover the
throat and lungs well, grease it with fresh
lard and wet It with camphor, then warm
It and apply. This willrelieVe the hoarse
breathing in very few moments. If
given 10 time no outward application will
be necessary.