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law was pass ID II. 1872 requiring a more elabo.

law was pass "a H. 1872 requiring more elabo-
rate and substantial system OF supports In gal
lcrcs, but tho statistics Of the three subsequent
years do pot indicate that its application has re-
suited in any sensible esscning OF danger. The
average number OF annual deaths in Great Brit
ain from the caving of galleries. during the
twelve years following 1861, was 42S. and in 1875
it was still 422. Tho total number Of miners
who persisted from this cause alone in the
fifteen years under review exceeded $500. or
moro than twice as many az wcre Killed by ex-
plosions Of fire damp or the latter catastro-
Plies we hear because the sacrifice OF life often
reaches the proportions OF n public calamity.
but in the former case tho minor dies isolated
and UNDECIDED entombed in the dark corner
where he works, while mono but his fellow
laborcrs are informed OF the event.
We need not refer in detail to tho accidents
which take place in descending the main shafts.
IT might be supposed that with n little cnre and
the adoption of the ingenious contrvances in
vented in recent years all peril from this source
might be avcrted. Such. however. is not the
case. In the period OF which we speak. more
than 1900 miners were killed by fractures of
tho cahlc and other mishaps in connection with
the lowering apparatus. Among other CASUAL
ties Incidental TO mines. inundation. which
proved 80 disastrous ut Pontypridd, IL one Of
the least common. Only three similar inunda-
tions have occurred in the great coal basin Of
northern England since 1868. In these in
stances. rs at Pontyprdd. the works had been
pushed too far in the direction of an old. aban-
doned mine. and thus tapped on a sudden a
vast reservoir OF water. 1t would be easy enough
TO prevent such disasters by requiring each
company to procure and keep in view "a plan Of
all mines operated or abandoned in the neigh
horhood of their property. But this precGu-
ton. which has long been enforced in France
and Belgium. is not practiscd in England.
In view of these statistics it may be said that
the sacrifice OF twelve to fifteen hundred stout
hearted men in the course OF every year is not
credtahle to the state OF science in the last third
OF the nineteenth century. II is claimed. how
ever. that adequate appliances exist. but that
their application will require stringent lcgsla-
ton. On the other hand. mine owners complain
TIM; they are already too much trammcllcd by
Government Intervention. Thus for the mo-
mrnt public opinion in England. which was
rousrd to fevcrish excitement by the catastrophe
ut Pontyprdd, seems to waver between the duty
90 protecting tho citizen and the duty OF alb
staining. az far rs possible from intermeddlng
with commercial concerns.
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tho other. would silence some OF the best men,
After ALL the real question about n sermon is
not whether it is eNemporancous when you de-
liver it, but whether it ever was 50. whether
there eyer WIS n time whom it sprang freshly
from tho authors mind. The consciousness uf
an audience is something that may come into u
writer's study. and many an earnest man is
more excited when he writes. kindcs moro
then with the glow of sending truth to bis fol
low men than he ever does in speaking. And Mr..
Brooks we'll says that the fire. If it was really
present when the words were penned. stays
there. and breaks forth in namo again whom
they are read or uttered II is like the fro that
was packed away in the coal beds ages ago. and
brings out now It's undccayed. unwastcd light.
Ftnelon had a maxim that anything which had
really been written with enthusiasm could bo
quickly learned even by some one else than its
author.
On other minor points connected with the
making OF sermons this book ia stored with
acute and useful suggestions We can notice
only two or three Of them. In one direction. he
thinks. tho reaction from old and disagrceabo
methods IL carried too far Ma doubt the pro-
cessassociatcd with 'ot ID Presbyterian dvincs
tho formal statement Of the subject. the divis-
ion into heads. the recaptulation at tho end. all
the scaiIolding and anatomy OF n scrmon-is
just now out OF favor. and there IRE many very
good ic-ts about it. The true way. however to
gct rid oi the bonyncss OF your sermon, lecture
or essay. is not by leaving ont Tho skeleton. Tut
" clothing it with flesh. True liberty in writ
ing comes by law. and tho moro thoroughly
your outlines urc laid out. the more freely your
work will now like an unwastcd stream between
its wol,-huilt banks. On the whole. Mr.. Brooks
would leave to the ordinary sunday school ad-
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ally nonnlnr or will Mt all moot the e,nectatIons

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skole'on ana meen"hlsm ess'hu"i 10 any 'o''-
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poem' Ihis Is certainly inc case WIN u"u.', T.
Nheh ne Is worA'h. up as'hsio ,nouEn'' ,.'n-
ing an Isolated hsure' or norlrnS'hE i"ru'u-
i"r scene no mana Is sur'' or more N'E''ouS'
or mas moro cunning secrets Oh Hs OWL no
cvulu paint mlhlalur : III N"Iy' H' 'Vui' ''tN'
cup OF ring Cp"h 'l's l'N'i vi "'' H,'
leI'i'ous conception ol lOrm anu 'Ni",S,'o
hhiSn OIL WorAhahsnlp were not "'"' ,"'u ny
an, rI'l 'ii'i'an u ms ""n'' ~ ".9' VIZ "'".
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TIE PR0GREss or sOUTH AUSTRALIA.

TIE PROGRESS or SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Among tho semi-ndcpendcni States found
"a by British settlers in Australia. we hear
much less Of Adelaide than OF It's eastern neigh
hors. Victoria and New South Wales. For that
reason it is worth while to glance at some sta
tistics lately published which bring the record
u tho former colony down to the end of 1916.
Tho progress oyin.ed in the last few years is
the more remarkable because. in this case
growth Of population has not been puickened
hv The discovery of gold. but is a faithful index
* agricultural Development In other words.
the prosperity of Adelaide is substantial and
no British dependency seems TO oIer surer
guarantees of future ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
This colony embraces an area four times
larger than that Of France. forming section Of
the Australian continent from north TO south
between the 1924 and lll-t meridian. We need
not say. however, that OF this territory III" en-
trail portion j. "A hopeless waste. whiie re north
rrn const. with the exception II a small district
about Port Darwin. il unsettled. aud evon to
large extent UNEMPLOYED. Tho singular al
vance. therefore. a,tes,ed by these statistics is
mainly couinud TO the arabic traces aud pasture
lands between the coast range and the southern
ocean. Bat while premisin; this, ia order to
-
ought 10 add That vigorous Efforts are making
to expand the field Of enterprise. Already
telegraph line has been constructed across the
continent. from Adelaide 10 Port Darwin. md
there j. now mu IA talk in the former city II an
overland railway which should connect the two
hrrhor, some two thousand miles apart. An
ilogous undertakings have been carried ont
across The great American desert. but nowhere
else on the surface Of the earth.
Tho population II South Australia which
thirty years ago fell short NJ ~ 600 had swollen
~ titcio-e of 1870 TO 22O00o. curious fea-
tIrr is tho marked preponderance Of the Eng
li-h element over the Irish. Scotch. German.
ari, indeed, all other nationalties combined.
This circumstance partially explains the great
'rrngth Of the Anglican Church. which num-
beers more members than the Catholic and Wes-
eyan Churches taken together, and owns
moreover vast tracts II land. ST apart at divers
times for its maintenance, 50 that the question
Of dsastahshment threatens to become one
day as grave and urgent in Adelaide as in the
molher country.
Passing to the products ~ the colony we find
the f.ur hundred thousand acres which were
uudor I llasr IN 1850 have expanded in sixteen
years e. al ,iit q million and half. Almost the
whole of this area is devoted to grain. wheat
alone ensrossing nearly million acres Few
persons are aware what proportions the culture
81 the grape is assuming in AdplHide. II an
pear, tat last year more than iva million
yn's were in full bearing; that the wine WIS
of excellent quality, and was exported in con-
siderable quantities. As Is we'll known the
vnugrs NJ the Cape have Tor many years met
with ready saie In the London market. and
they arr said o. Doe in ~ wise superior To- the
South Australian product. Thus the settler
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A YANKEE At FETEY.
His Impressions of switzerland and tho Swiss
A Nation of Landowners

L
have received. and some reflections | have
made in Switzerland? My first soIourn hero
was Mt vevey. 1t Is called delightful place.
The Castle OF Chilon is near, and careful stu
dents may learn from the guide books that Ros-
seau did much to give interest TO the immcdi-
alto ncghborhood. The whole scene OF the
Nourclie Hsloise Is there. For myself, soon
grew weary OF this village. 1t Is but fair. how
ever. to say that did not frequent ia" " hilinri
room" in tho hotel most favored by my coun-
trymen. where. as / was assured all kinds Of
mixed drinks achieved by the highest Western
civilization could be had. Otherwise | might
have esteemed the place as charming IA do
some Of my compatriots. Many another town
and valley have seen in this country moro
beautifully situated and vastly more attractive.
1t is true that. occupying tho choicest apart
ment OF the costliest hotel. after tho manner Of
Americans. you look out upon the eastern cni
OF Lake Lcman. From the opposite shore. Ill
Ing the right hand side Of the view. rise abrupt
ly the rocks Of Meillerie. from which, near tho
village Of that name. Napoleon |. caused mate
rails for the Simplon road to be blasted These
so-called rocks. with the summit ~ the Don't
d'Ochc, which appears above them, bound the
horizon in that direction. Some hamot-.
scarcely visible across the water, nestled AZ the
feet OF these precipitous mountains Further
to the left. in the distance opened boy the valley
OF the Rhone, are seen Mount Cologne. Mount
Nolan. the snowy Dent du Midi, and the Alps of
Vclan. S;ill further to the left. and on tho
homewar1 course round the head Of The lake,
are tho villages Of Nilleneuvc MontrruN. and
Clarens. Close at hand is the Tour dee
Plelz. and between yilleneu,c and Mont
reux the Castle OF Chillon. But this crlehrai i
prison is not prominent object in tho land
scape. Its site Is on or rather Ia the wafer, and
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one orrhcoph,ie uau,ler', stories.

The ingii h version ot GAI'n,GR spifds
forms tn" ihirt y'uiu" "a Aprlntpns colo. ton
Of foreign h,uon. Thcas who DO not read
Ftn'h. thi yri d"sIle To- hauT something Il
cre WHO LrId tunul", ltuD' iYty. p'ara uluos
Partisan men of loit.r-, viii no doubt avail
Themselves Of tine chance here offered. But this
class can hardly he a large one and there is no
reason 10 suppose that "spritv' Will DO gen r.
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The SDe.akerSh;D.


The Washington correspondent Ci the Daitl.
more Sun says
a statement has been made public that the
Southern democrats have determined to con-
,rol the quest;on OF the Speakership, aod 10
pu. forward as : candidate one OF their oWo
humber. There is some foundation for this,
but not to the extent that there has been any
formal understanding among the Southern dem
ocrats to unite as a section on any one candl.
date for Speaker. There will undoubtedly be
seyera! Southern candidates for Speaker, prob
ably including Mr. Hooker, Of Mississippi; Mr..
Goodc, Of Virginia; Dir. Gibson, of Louisiana,
ADD others, but none Of these gentlemen expect
or desire to receive the nomination solely by
votes from their OWE section. Indeed 10 South
crn candidate could receive the nomination IN
this maracr, for large number Of Southern
votes arc already pledged to Messrs. Randall,
SayIer and Cox. No Southern candidate ior
the Spcakcrship would consider it polite or ex.
pcdent for him to demand or receive the solid
support OF his Owe section, but those gentlemen
who enter the list will do 50 not as representa-
ivcs CT q section. bnt Us asking for support
| from al! parts o! the Union. In fact the very
best information derived from personal ioter
course with members from all over the South
warrants the assertion that they have 10 great
concern SIS to !tcal;ly in tho selection Of thu
Speaker. Eat while this is 50, it can lie stated
that ia matters Of party policy he SouIher1
democrats have concluded that they will 1T
logger remain 10 the ackground aud do the bid
ding CT hcir Nolthcrn associates without ques
tion. From the time Of the converting Of Con
gross it will be seen that the Southern repre-
scntalvcs will advabc, to the front. They say
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Foreign News,

The Berlin Political Correspondence says
General Won Moltke's recent speech concern
ing French armaments was Intended to clearly
and resoiutcly direct the attention Of Germany
10 facts which, Notwithstanding the I1doubted
ly pacific tendency Of our policy, call upon US
to continually observe the greatest military
vigilance.
The North German Gazette says Bismarck,
upon reading Won Moltke's speech, lmucdi'
atey minated his complete concurrence.
It's supposed the Emperor visit TO AIsacc
Is connected with definite settlement OF meas
ures TO copHcrba!ance the concentration OF
French troops % the frontier.
Tie London Daily News understands that
the Conservatives will meet Mr. Gladstone'a
resolutions by direct vote of confidence IN the
| Government.
The Loudon Daily News says the members OF
| the late Liberal Cabinet met at Lord Gran
| villes residence yesterday and decided that
they wou Id rot support Mr.. Gladstone's TeSo'
lutions, but will vote Tor tie previous question,
which Sir John Lubbock will move.
The shipwrighta in the Glasgow cIstT!ct OF
the Clyde pcrslsing in their strike, The ship
builders have resolved to lock out tic men.
Therefore 400 who did not strike have been
| thrown out OF employment.
There were 81 deaths from s!nait.pox 10
London last week, Mr.. Washburnc, tho
United States minister to France, has returned
10 Paris.
A letter from Havana, dated April Is. con
tuins the following A meeting Of planters
| L. ,Ioo, IA, Iho IN mansion nj ihr
Marquis Of Ala1a, with tie object OF discussing
a plan for the formation OF society for import
ing Cinnamon rs Iaborers 10 the island. Tho
meeting came to definite arrangement, the
particulars OF which are set unknown. Ink
capital required is fixed at 100000 half OF
which has been subscribed already. Piant or:
arc invited to subscribe within thirty days.
In view Of the presence Of General Escobe
do, who is the chief supporter OF ex'Pfcs
dent Lcrdo, on the Texas frontier, and the prob
ability of an attempt beiug made TO restored ertt
TO the presidency OF Mexico it is statcc
General Diaz. the acting President, vii! soOr
come to the Rio Grandc and assume the com
mand of northern Mckee. Mr.. DershaVe be-
arrived to recruit without delay i've or SIX
thousand additional troops ard horses. Nuni
tons OF war arc being concentrated on The
frontier AS speedily as possible. Should Esco
bedo cross from Texas Ioto Mexico he will mce
with stubborn resistance II ia reported thai
General Cor,Da vas received in Mexico vii!
demonstrations OF favor and has placed hi
large stock CT horses in his different ranches i!
tia, vicinity, which were largely stolen fron
Texas, al the disposition Of the government
Corlina ; friends assert he will socn return viii
the former rauk OF general, and take an actlv'
part 10 the stirring events shortly expected OF
the Rio Grandc.
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Reputation.

ATLANTA, Ga, May 3.-Ihe popular vote
on the Reputation OF certain Georgia State
bonds occurred Tuesday and was exceedingly
light, hardly reaching 10000, but was almost
unanimous for reputation. The bouds sum
up several millions in value and include only
bonds issued during the Bullock regime being
aid Of the Brunswick aud Albany road; the
currency bonds of August -, 1870; certain of
the gold bonds Of September is, 1870 TO-
dorsed bonds of the Brunswick and Albany
road of March Is. 1862 Endorsed bonds Of the
Cherokee and Gainesville aud Vauwert road,
and Endorsed bonds of the Baiubridge aud
Cuthhert road
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The death Of W. T. Richie, Of the Rich
mond Enquirer, was announced last week. To-
day NO hear that Of Colooel John Forsythc, oil
the Mobile Register. Colonel Forsythe was an
able writer and was we'll Verscd in all the &C
complishmcnts of the journalistic profession.
lie was one of the few remaining links that
bind the press Of the present to, what VIC can
not think was its Inferior, that Of the past, and
no matter who may ell his place, his pen viii
be sadly missed by the maDy who were accus
toned to read what it inditei. flc was g
democrat, and, though Douglass elector 1T
1850, was always firm supporter Of Southern
policy, and true and distinguished exponent
CT Southern ideas.
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.Mr. e. <. Wade.
JEFFERSON. April 30, L

JEFFERSON, April ~, 1911.
70 the Editor Of the Clreland Leader:
notice in your paper OF to-day two articles
relating to myself, copied from the New York
Tribune. The first purposes 70 CONC from MIR.
Ward Lamon, Of Washington, formerly mar
shal Of the District stating in substance that
some time during Mr. Liucoln's administration
a conspiracy vas formed by the republicans in
Congress opposed TO his administration 10 de-
pose him from the Presidency, and put either
hlr. Fremont or myself 10 his place as Dictator;
that written memorandum Of the compact
vas made at the time; that copy CT it was il
the possession of Mr. Chase, and by him shown
to Mr.. L:uc1!n. Now desire to brand the
above statement in all its parts Us wiItu and
maiignaat falsc:ood. aud if MIR. Ward Lamou
ever made such q statement az Il alleged to any
onc, pronounce him 4 liar.
saw the article in the Tribune last week,
and had it related only to myself should cot
have condcsccnded to notice so silly lie, but
whcn fad It copied into respectable Journals,
aud as it lmpcatcs many members OF that
brave old Congress that carried Us triumphant
y through the war, most Gi whom arc IN their
graves thought SUCH scandal UPON them
should not 20 uncJntrar:!ctcd. Inc second S.atc-
mcut. relating to hlr. Painter, Is as iolows:-
Mr.. Wade is credited with saying, in cxplaDa'
ton OF his famous letter, that it was confident
iaI, and was mad, puulic BY person totally de.
PRAYED and utterly destitute Of honor. This Is
aIsn ase. Although the letter Was private, it
found lis WY to the public in maoncr which
entirely cxcuIpates Mr.. Painter from all blame.
Nor do blame him for its publication, as it
contained ouIy the scoimcnt5 which staud by
row. [ do hot regret its publication, aud III
all The hostile criticisms in the papers and
otlarwisc wiiirh 1t has called forth % one has
Eas yet d:uiad that it contained the exact truth.
la vinGica'ion OF Mr.. Painter, [ will say .ha;
have known bin Tor many years, and nc is Us
honorable man as have ever been acquaiat.
Cd With. Respectfully yours, &c.,
Is. L. WADE.
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PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRIWEEKLY B
EDGAR SNOwDEN-
THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1877.
Gen. Stewart l.. Woodford, OF New l ork, a

Gen. Stewart l.. Woodford, of New York, a
gallant soldier in the Northern army, having
accepted a courteous invitation to address the
literary societies of the University OF Mlssls'
sippi, is informed, By the representatives OF the
bloody shirt ADD last ditch radicals CT the
North, that if 'hc goes there to slobber p'atl-
,udes he had better burn before he starts the
manuscript Of that GRAFTON ringing with pstrl'
otism 10 which he has told us the story OF the
march by the lief, flank, forward. y lnsatiatc
archers will not the hosts Of those at whom
YOU have cast the darts of your malice tor be
ing kind to the South suffice? Must Genera
Woodford, who, until now, has been your pei
child, also be sacrificed to appeasc your hate o.
The people who never willingly did you any
harm, and who, if not rebutfed upon all oc
casions, and driven away from you, would b.
your best friends?
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Fatal Accident.

PATERSON, N. j., May 3-Near Pompton
last evening while Simon Demorest,a prominent
citizen, was returning from funeral With four
other persons, in carriage, 10 attempted TO
cross the Moncair Railroad ahead of train.
The engine struck the vehicle killing Mr.. De-
morest and Miss Taylor Of Paterson and 3
young man. The other Two persons were ia
tally Injured. Both horses were killed.
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ADMIRAL HOBART PASTA. -Adnral Ho-
bart Pasha, Of tic Turkish na9y, whose ex-
plot 10 runriug b. the Russian batteries at Ga
la!z was told il yesterday cable dispatches, is
well known in Washington. H. was one Of
the most successful aud most annoying Of the
blockade runners CT tue iac civil war, in which
service he Was cmpioycd By the formerly
wealthy but recently bankrupt London firm OF
Alexander Collie e. Go. Admiral Hobart was
q captain in the British nayy, aud took advau-
tage # (: leave Of abscnc; granted him by the
English government 20 go into the blockade
running business for Collie Il Co. When this
matter came 10 he knowledge OF the Lords of
the Admiralty he was suspended from his rank
in the British nagy. Thcreupon he entered The
Turkish service, and, besides being invested
With the rank OF admiral. was made pasha
b. az imperial tirman. lie mex. became con-
spicons 10 checking Ike rebellion in Crete,
where his knowledge Of the blockade running
business was OF great service 10 him in prevent
ing the Greeks from furnishing supplies Of
arms and ammunition to the Insurgents. By
subsequent decree in council of the l. ,rds Of the
Admiralty he has been restored to his rank and
number in the British Iavy.-But Sun.
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We have received FROM the publisher, Ezra
Whitman, CT Baltimore, the May number of
the Maryland Farmer, ono Of the best agricul
turaI magazines published iu the country. As
almost everybody who has farm or garden is
now at work upon it, this number, containing,
as it does, instructive articles upon all branches
of agriculture and horticulture, will be particu'
larly sought after. i
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THE SUPREME CoURT:-Hayncs VS. the
Commonwealth. From the Hastings Court of
Richmond. Decision reversed, verdict set
aside, and remanded for new trial.
The court adjourned for the term.
Gee hundred and twenty cases wcro disposed
of during the term The docket is said to be
smaller now than it was ever known 10 be be.
fore.