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FRENCH POLTTICIfNs.
Electoral Corruption In EraDcc-Thc system
OF Napoleon III. Invented.
From ne HiH NuH Gd'ete.


The Bourbons. IA establishing British III
situations. also founded the ~ystem Of elections
Il IIHghiDt. AS the PAYMENT oil JJUl. wear IN
taXe- was required to confer ,he fisht of Young,
the number OF electors In each constituency
was email and the amount ut Ulibtry enormous.
4 petition presented In -! against the return
Of count de toienet alleged that this free
handed nooltnnn h"d spent @ftJI. and Nelt
tue whole ACCOMPLISHMENT of Nilirt- ihebriite
for fortnight; moreover, that he had PROMISED
no lever u "a olgutN crosse, e tie l. - II "
Honor TO divers electors. Tho Count was not
unsehed, and the account n his iareessrs
seemed to eXoite only amusement w the House,
for the Marquis de Drcux-lircXC remark rd aloud
that Niiers was cheaper seat than his own
IN the Ouarente.
Corruption continued more or less In force all
through the relgns OF Charles X. and Louis phil
ipre, out under the latter King decoratvus and
Government posts were more layi-hcd than
money Tue thing led at 81 Ia Parliamentary
inquiry, and very amusing scene one day oc-
summoned before the committee to give EVIL
dence, was asked by Baron de rOurnellrs, ono
OF the Deputies for Rouen, whether he had over
been promised a decora' ION for his vote. Yes,
YOU promised me one answered The ca.ileuhn.
indignantly. You did, but d mi believe y"u
knew what you were saying at the limo, Tor 80
had drank two bottles together replied the
man. who was, Of course. allowed leave 10 retire
without further question. Gre 4. however as
WAS the corruption under luui- Pnlippc, IL
never occurred IL that KIN GnVtrnn ont Ia IN
sttlte the system Of Official cindi ates VILLA
Napoleon III. inNphtcd. The Imperial Projects
were not sinply hidden to give occult support TO
TINS or that candidate; Government irahhly de-
cldIed Ia the MOuNtur who were lts candidates,
ami treated all Others as enemies Il the dyn sly.
ln,ii the last year OF the empire no electoral
meetings were allowed, and both the clrculars
and the posters Of candidates were taxed az be-,
the ctrculars OF Tue Government nominees ue-
tnR all the wnile distributed 10y the gurdes cham
petrcs and the gendiTmerie.
Projects still weigh heavily on the electors,
but at the coming elections We are not l,ely to
witness Zach scenes as were freely indulgtd IN
SO ltte a. six years ago. In one clrcum- ctl YtlOn
a MAYOR took the ballot box to hi miv tc house.
after the voting was over, and said he would noe
Openit Ull the morrow. Next day II wa found
TO contain none but Government votes. IN
another place a Mayor gave order, Ia the police
To tear down the posters OF opposition candl-
dates as fast as they were pllratdrd. nm NV
aud lust before the voting commence, issued
circul as announcing that the opposition chndl-
d ne mad retired, or mad suddenly diCd. II Mas
10y an ingenious move Ot TINS KIND lhtt NJ.
Br hlcun II. liilaire lost his seat ia tho Seine
q -Oi-n in lND.
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ETIING ETEN.
One of brother IInrlnn'- Liitle Gsmes NIECE
" rInYcd upon Himself.

The secret history of the fight Gov the
Iowa Senttor-lip Ia, really been kept secret un-
I'll now hut we know no reason why " should
nor he told. here were i've candidates, Kirk
wood, Harlan, lielknap, McCreery, and Price.
a Governor, eK Senator and eN-Secfetarv Of the
Interior, Secretary OF War, and two Congress
men. The number Of votes needed to nominate
In caucus was d. KlrkwOod was believed to
be sure Of s. His four opponents theTeupon
combined their forces.
The agreement was that the Governor WAS to
he beaten, and that one Of them was to step IN
to Senator Wrights shoes Hat which one
That was the rub Each Of the four was per-
fectly willing that the other three should sacr-
country. SIN, this might have been arranged,
mad not KirkwOod's manager-a Chicago man,
with "reminiscences Of Pacific Mall money In his
pockets-hit upon a shrewd scheme. He sent
thirteen members Of the Legislature who were
sure 10 vote for the " old man TO the dtHefeut
headquarters OF the opposing quartet. At each,
the thirteen let II be understood that they Wero
going to support Harlan, Belknap, McCreerY or
Price, as the case might be. This Introduced
the apple OF discOrd into tho hostile camp.
Each 81 the four candidates, with hts sure vote
plus these thirteen imaginary ones, feit tnht 20
had the right To dictate rms. Hence all OF lnelh
tried 10 DO SO. The night before tho election,
while they were sim wrnngling, Harlan s agent
discovered the trick. II 10 mans * votes uMll-
died suddenly 10 49, and he promptly withdrew
him In unfeigned disgust. kirkwood was nomlN
mated on the first ballot
IL Is "A curious fact that the tactics by when
he won the fight were precisely the same as
those by which Harlan beat him ten years ago.
The whiriiglg OF time has brought around tta
rsvsnEs. GovsgnsI' sspstor HARDWOOD Is happy.
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FLusuING,s REvITAL1sr.
what Mr. MiiHken Has Done for the Cause
Of Reiieien AMI Of Temperance.

at was iniuriout and decidedly unjust
20 saw was a reformed drunkard, and make me
seem to have been almost dragged out Of the
gutter, yet 80 | have been represented in some
newspaper paragraphs" said Mr.. ". r. u. MILL
ken, of Flushing a. he sat In his law Office yes
terday. "Any way" he continued " there has
been great deal more said about a small matter
in connection with my name than I can see any
reason for. want To live quiet life am not
a fair subject for sensation. and don't want 60
be made use Of IN that wav."
"Some OF our people over In Flushing thought
that little talk from ne might be listened to
10y some Of q class who do not habitually attend
inc churches, and Invited me TO speak. ' did so,
hrst In the Baptist Church. and AN evening or
two afterward In the one to which belong, the
congregational. did not deliver any sermon,
or exhortation, or studied address, but Just =
plain moral talk, such as any practical man
might, who would like to encourage those about
him TO do right, without any thought Of being
considered an exhorter or a reyiyalst, or "a rival
OF Moody and Sankey.
81 have been a member Of the Congregational
church two years, and have endeavorcd to be a
consislent one, doing NY DUTY as under,tood
a man OF the world, used to enjoy the creature
comforts Of life like any other man hut always
have never been hard drinker There was no
truth In that at all and don't like the assertion
that was. As for my leaving the practice of
my profession, the law, To enter the ministry,
there L. not an atom Of truth In that either
never had the slightest notion OF doing 30.
expect always, wherever can be Of any use In
furthering morality or sustaining that which
believe to he right, to do my duty to the fullest
extent of my abilities, but / do not conceive
that IL would be necessary for me to be a
preacher to do that.
There il one matter concerning Flushing In
which THE SUN has always dealt fairly with MS,
and In n spirit Of enCouragement which have
been glad to see, and that is our cndeavors to
regulate the liquor raflc. and rs FAR as possible,
reform its most objectionable features. II you
choose to refer to 1t you may say that We have
been very successful. and are confident OF
achieving all we have undertaken in this direc-
ton. All our liquor shops are closed on suns
days. The sale OF liquors to minors has been
stopped. and the vending to adults has been 80
restricted aud put under strict rules Of order
that we hope TO have Flushing soon a model
town. have twenty or thirty cases yet To pros
ocutc, and will probably move in them next
week. They will. I think. end our conflict.
am one Of the Excise Board. and also counsel foI
| the Law and order Assoc iation. 1t might seem
nj nrst glance that the duties are Incompatible
hut they are not. On the contrary, they are
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-30
The Victory OF the Atom. !

TnE BEIrIsu ASSOCIATION OF 1874
Now glory to the Molecules from which all creatures
And glgItO the Scientist who spreads abroad their
Oh hear hlm tell the wondrous tale that old Lucretius
How danced and jumped ana rolled ard thumpel around
Now Mtler thiticr, ~ anG down. through all the
tn every ,ltic Note,sule was jossled into place
HurTahi inrrahl A single speech hath beat the ser
Before the Atomic theory all other systems fail
There time IN history-or many years before
when men made Gods Of dead ones or even something
Then some them grew wiser and aid te Gods aide
before the swarm OF Goths and Huns Ger Greece nj
which covered up for centuries the wisdom of the
And then wise Epicurus. who didn't care ang
In his quiet garden sat aud watched them At they tum
TIL their subsequent proceedings interested him
Next, the whiriing Atoms struck the rude Tarpeian
Evolving as they FELL the great Lucretius from the
And. alter falling silently through all the realms of
tremendously arranged themselves in his reSoundinE
But then alas for centuries the Moiecules wer hid
BY P9ges ana Monks ana FA'hers' all beneath the
Who sIroye, With all the pupils Of the STUPID slasr'e
TX 9gie ana heologl 70 kceP HEM n' Of sight
dasseId aud the bishop good mot quite SO bright you
while Bacon, newton Hobbies and Boyle for Darwin
To show how ali creative power deep hid in Matter
lay
And slowly worked age after age to make or change
a feather,
or teach The bees Economy and Rucd-both together
How and Wisdom, Love and Hate, and all tnat stirs
the soul,
Are ony sparks that fall from Atoms, clashns as they
To spread the glorious Gospel which tells how Il is rife
With the potency and promise OF every form Of liie
Let every age Its dream contrve of all that lies be-
You'd
Fit abof Tor each yhtest mind TO frame some fancy
fond,
While men shall come and shall go, as clouds of
In Heavens azure distance into viswless Atoms fade
Then glory 10 the Molecules from which al creatures
came,
And 10 the sres, philosopher who celebrates their
HurrahI Hurrah The victory 10 with ths Atoms
small
Before their undivided throne ali combinations fall
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Ten Million. of Gold In One rue.

Speaking Of this, reminds one Of very
wcli-authenticuted rumor that the Great 80,
nnnza Kings, Messrs. Flood. q Brlen, Ma hay ana
Fair, are going to send one hundred ana my
tons Of the gold and silver bullion from their
and pile up the glittering bars in some cpiispcu-
Gus spot, So that all the world can see what one
mine produces In I'VE months The value OF the
bars will be ten millions Of dollars In United
states gold coini II the idea is carried out II
will be the grandest sight among n million Of
Will visit this "mountain Of wealth " than any
othe. single thing in the buildings Five millions
the balance will be ready In due season. Few
people ever SAW such vast sum as ten millions
Of dollars IN gold aud silver all In one or several
Flood Co., II carried through, will add much
~ the charm, the wonder, the ecldt and the sue
cess Of the Exposition.
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FourIIundred eIeaI. n Dny.

The dining rooms OF st. Paurs Guild At
Leonard and Centre streets open daily from A. NJ
TO r NJ, and meals are given TO ali deserving poor
and women. Above tho restaurant are the lodging
rooms In which seventy clean ana eomf0rtabe
beds To the wOmens apartment IL attached nursery,
where matron and assistants lake care OF small emil.
dreQ placed there by mothers who wOrb out. In the
s,Atient is u gmens club room An average OF
four hundred persons day have neen fsd there since
thu Opening early Ia December. Tickets for meals and
lOdgngs are distributed By the mALa or sent ~ the
order " eoptTlpuors " the Guild FUND
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HENRY, ILL.,, Jan. 26.-The Rev. j. I. Shell
ton, at the conclusion Of his sermon last nisht,
commenced to explain some remarks that he
had heard derogatory to his character, when he
was interrupted by one OF the dcacons, who
arose and addressed a few words TO Mr.. smell on,
saving tnat the reverend gentleman mad been
imprudent In keeping company or waking
the streets with young ladies, lnasnuch a. he
was "a married man.
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Mhnt Mn. In sImeon Ahrnms,. IIenrts

Recorder Haokett, In the trial Of simeon
AUram for larceny by trick and device. he having ap
proprated several coats given him TO nnsh was asked
to charge the jury that unless Abrams at the time he
received the goods had II In his heart to steal them
they must acquit replied II has not been esttbi.hed
by evidence that the man had any hear ami the Jury
cannot take anythlnR rust" The Suprcm" Court
Judges say this refusal wound have neen tla error
aside from the objectionable wording of the REFUSAL II
the II cOrder had not subsequently charged suDsihn'
TALLY as requested, This judgment OF convection re-
Yersed however because there WAs no eYdtuce Oh Any
fraud, ttck, or device.
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The Peril. of broadway.

On Friday afternoon Miss Clara De Forrest OF
eis West Thirty ninth street followed ~ stranger
from CaswelI q Hazards Broadway store 10 Ihlr4'
third street. and there he tried TO snateh her pochet'
BOOK tRlniDR $50, from her hand. fAlnH ne trp-
ped her. buS a. held the booE even afte! falling he
cOsed his teeth one Of her nnEers. ~ shg SUI
resisted him. the man drew short club AID trAndshse
II her head, then Miss De Forrest Eseatsa NE
WV, Naq ~ ran away With ".
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COLUMBIA, Pa, Jan. 29.-rhis morning Abra-
ham shires, Henry strayer Cyrus strayer, and Henry
beeder, while engaged In alling up lime kiln 10 TIL,
place, were overcome BY the gas and fell lnl0 tie p
kesaW W. the onlI eas rescued give
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CoLUnBus, Jan. ee--Ih the Senate to-day a
bill MS Introduced 10 MAKE ufuuAeAAet WI 0ne IeAI
suinoient cause tor divorce
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At the ensuing sessions a second bill ~ in
dlctment was found with the formal error c r
rectrd ana provided against, and the prisoner
was put on his trial on the 18Th of july before
Juds rs, and Mr. Newman Knowleys, Recorder
OF London. A plea of previous acquittal was
put In, and evidence was given that the real
name OF tho child was sufficiently well knOwn
10 have enabled the prosecutors to state " Drop
ery In the first Indictment. Justee burrOu h
told the jury that the prisoner ought not TO he
put upon his trial again. They gave their vel-
diet accordingly, and the murderer was dis
charged. Sheen, however, became an outcast,
detestcd and avoided wherever he went. lie
could get no work and In desperation he took
to dnnkng. HIS life became n burden to MIN,
aud he frequently was obliged to crave the pro-
lection Of the magistrates TO save him from the
persecution OF the populaoe. IL Is only lew
years since the miserable wretch was relieved
by death from his suferings.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-08
People Crying for Work.

An editor of the Philadelphia
Times, who is implored to find work
for the people in the country, an
swers:
With all the extraordinary prena
~rations made for the Exposition du-
ring the last year, there are to-day
not less fhd5l 10000 able bodieI men IN
This city, embracing all the varied
branches OF skilled and ordinary la
Dor, who cannot find employment "a
da.y trdges, and there are other thous-
ands now gladly laboring al scarcely
hoJ pay to obtain bread.
The complaint and suffering is no,
peculiar To Philadelphia, for here
there are nearly three times 10. 00C
people receiving full or partial aid
from u public. or private institu-
tions. The tendency of the young
men and young women is towards
the city. If these people really knew,
or acted npon, their own best inter.
ests, they would rather look to the
country for relief than to the cities
More is TO he got out of the soil than
out of the bricks and mortar CT oui
crowded cities. New York Express
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-08

A widow woman living in a lonely
place on the road testified to hearing
cries of murder. Blood, and signs
of 8 Struggle We're discovered in the
road the next morning. The whole
neighborhood was searched and
Swingle's horse found tethered in the
woods. A band of horse and cattle
thieves who had infested the place,
were accused of being the murder
ers and left the country. Eighteen
months afterwards a skeleton was
found in n pond by a man who was
fishing. The bones were gather, d
and buried as those of Swingle. A
couple of years afterwards Swingle's
son married the young widow of
Swingle senior. The couple were
living pleasantly together up to last
month, with three children, when a
note was received from Cleveland,
from the missing Swinglc, t o the eff
feet that he MAS in a lodging house,
sick with fever. He was found and
brought home, the wife attended
him, the son was almost crazy.
Swingle senior, however, died with
outknowledge of what had occurred,
and the young couple were married
over again. Swingle said that he
had taken a notion TO leave while on
the road, and had gone to Australia,
grown rich, and then lost all. The
skeleton is now supposed to have
been that of a cattle drover named
Gibson, who frequently went through
the country before then, but has not
been e since.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-08
HUMOROUS SELECTIONS.


An Irish editor says he can see no earthly
reason why women should not be allowed to
become medical men.
What is the difference between a hill and
a pilla One is hard to get up, and the
other is hard to got down.
Astonishing cure for consumption" as
the old lady said when she sprinkled snuff
on the ~victuals of her boarders.
"An is vanity" remarked a tinware ped
dler, the other day. What's life to me.
anyhow, but holler and tin sellP"
You can tell a lady who has a ssal-skin
sacque from one who hasn't. The one who
has one has to run down TO the stores twenty
times a day.
Some people will be o~ver-polite. Don't
trouble yourself. / can find the way my
self" "Ohi nonsense. my Hear. I'm very
pleased, indeed, to show you out"
Professor Cooking at his watch): Gas we
have a few minutes, I should like to have
any one ask questions. if SO disposed.'
Student: what time is it, please p
Kansas teacherl"Where does all of our
grain product go to Boyle goes into
the hopper" Hopper! what hopperP"
"Grasshopper! y triumphantly shouted the
boy.
A facetious boy nsked one of hisintimates
why a hardware dealer was like a boot
maker7 The latter, somewhat puzzled.
gave it up. Why" said the other, abe
| "a mao tho ppa cnlI a. al. IL IL 1t
nailed the soles."
A Miss of 10 or II, on her way to school,
was heard saying to herself:-"A noun 10
the name of any person, place or thing, and
if any of the girls have hooked that applS
from my desk, I'll raise o fuss with the
whole school,"
IA young and beautiful widow was about
to marry a rich old widower. Her friends
wished to know what she wanted to marry
him for. She replied, !" For pure love. 1
love the ground"-meaning the estate prob
ably" on which he walks" ai
A fashionable visitor thus addressed a
little girl: How do you do, my little
dearf" Very well. I thank you." she re-
piled. The visitor then added: "Now, my
dear, you must ask me how / do" The
child honestly replied: "I don't want to
know"
"How did you like my sermonP, said a
vain clergyman to a distinguished chance
listener. "Ah. sir, there was one beautiful
passage" Eyes, yes." said the dominic
delighted, rubbing his hands; "and what
wns thatp' "The passage from the pulpit
to the vestry,"
Mrs. Sage, I should like to know whose
fcrryboats these are that I tumble over in
the hall ?" Ferryboats, indeed, sir! Those
are my shoesl Very polite of you to call
EN- ferryboats! !" "Didnt say f~erryboats,
Mrs. Sage. You misunderstood me. Fairy
boots 1 said, my dear friend" 30
A clergyman and one,,of his elderly
parishioners were walking on the ice one
day, when the, old man slipped, and fell.
"Ah!" shouted the Clergyman, "the wicked
ishAii stand on slippery p~haces.nflT The old
gentleman looked al, tho parson a moment
and said; 81 see they do, but l can't"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-08
PHILADELPHIA. POINTS.
IRON Our own correspondent.l

fFrom Our own correspondent1
Philadelphia, March 2, 1876.
eeds s'EDProR mLEADER.-I have been
here two weeks without setting the
world on fire or getting in the Gala
boose. business In this city is no
merely 'dull," it is dead and buried,
in spiteo Z all the spasmodic efforts
at Centennial enthusiasm. On WASH
.-ington,s Birthday there was an im-
mense display of bunting-fiags flew
thick as leaves in Valambrosa, and
atbe gatnins, of the street, in spite of
- city ordinances, and in the very faces
of the stupid police, fired squibs,
firecrackers and scare-horse cannons
to their hearts delight.
The Centennial Buildings progress
very e~ncouragingly, and the Exhi-
bition, or .Expositlon," will be i'm
g. hfehse and interesting, in spite ofthe
deadlock of apathy with which the
idea was at first greeted. But the
chief end of Philadelphia is to make
almighty dollars, first, last and al
ways, out of the big show. And they
are going to do 1t. 1t is already whis-
<Reredby the knowing, that space and
rfavors are being sold to such as are
able to "see" the officials who have
charge of the assignment of space in
the various buildings. Next winter
Congress can put in its spare time and
SaAN superintendent honesty, in inves-
.stigating. Centennial,fr frauds. All man
ner of ,side-shows and money-traps
will be on hand and tolerated, down
to the california Quartz Paste'' man,
and the lady with the wonderful
wax iggers.." Some of the propos-
ed arrangements will not please the
average y merican citizen, with his
Centennial Fourth.of-J July shirt on,
visiting a National show, largely
supported by national %appropria-
tions! A good many of the proposed
rules will be considered unreasona-
BILE. yexatious inc arbitrary.
Moro anon. CENTENNIAL.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-08
A Curious Family History.
no curious affhlrF has inst neon !,

= Acurious affair has Just been made
public neal Silver Station, Pennsyl-
vania. Ten years ago a rich farmer
HYnapedI swipgle. 69lyears Of age, who
had married for his second wife a
young, Hgpp Rps ffYdcnt in his his
firmly, Went out one day to- pay
ysl,s 500 70, a n~eighbor, g mils pr two
away, and never returned. Ii was
" -. found thai. he bad paid the money,
A. / and left for ihomeon his horse at, 8
O'Clock on n dark, stormy evening.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-08
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH s, 1876.
VHFFHFT TTFT7 T5F===-

NtftflN Fftttf NDt4t4faa
A Happy Hit at the Bankrupt of the
90 t'ss .. sAs- - - Period! ei.
The fables of the World. much
sparetrpty thar Bsneroft's history.
deserve to be called "philosophy
teaching by exataplel" As, for exam
pie, the following:
xx.ATHE MERCHANT OF VENICE
A Venetian merchant who was
lollfng In HE lap or luxury was nc
c9sted upon sthe7 Rialto, by a friend
Who had hot seen him for many
months. allow is this?i - cried the
latter, "when l last saw you your
gabIraAS wAsqpfat the elbows, and
now you saiffn your own gondola.'
"True," replied the merchant, "but
sipce then / have met With serious
ss1VFstlandfbeeh ebligedito compound
"sA&hhfffy creditdfs for ten cents on
the dollar" =
neutrality-suspicious. is the Life Of
Tnade.g . W hieh is thus illustrated
by an extract in the Evening Post OF
Friday:
s'-i' ht'A Boston newspaper says that
MstSuhday' morning one ofthe finest
turnouts with two beautiful horses
seen onoone of the fashionable ave-
nues, was that of a man now in bank
ruptcy. who was riding to church
with his family. at is probable that
very few of the bankrupt's creditors
could afford to ride at all, save in a
ho~rse-car."