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A HAwK AMONG TIE HENs.-Gilbert White
tells most dramatic story Of a neighbor who
had lost most of his chickens by spsrrow-hawk
that came gliding down between fsggot pile
and the end of his house. to the place where his
coops stood. The owner, vexed to sac his focks
diminished hung net between the pile and the
house, into which the bird dashed and was en-.
tangled. The gentlemsns resentment suggest
ed ft of retaliation: he therefore clipped the
hawks wings, cut of his talons. and fixing a
cork on his bill, threw him down among the
brood hens. Imagination" says Mr. White,
''cannot paint the scene that ensued; the ex-
pre,sions that fear. rage and revenge inspired
were new, or at least such as had been unno.
ticed before; the exaspersted mstrcns upbrsided,
they execrsted, they insulted, they triumnhed.
Ia word. they never dess:ed from buffsting
their adversary till they had torn him in
hundred es"-Ser;bne7' s for March.
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Turkey.

1t was mentioned 10 yesterday g Gazette that
Ben Butler was spoken Of in connection with
the Speakersbip of the next House of Repre-
sentative. A dispatch to the Baltimore Sun
says -
1T il known among the friends Of General
Butler that be is candidate for the Speaker
ship of the next House of Representatives
Gen. Butler does not propose to run as the
regular radical republican candidate, but to
put himself on such platform as Will give
him enough Independent votes to elect. ne
is said to be quite sanguine of success Ihe
General said day or two ago that he would not
be surprised to fnd Senator Conkling acting
With the democrats 10 short time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-07

Gov. Matthews, OF West Virginia, was inau
gurated at Wheeling GU Monday. He deliver
ed brief address, ia which lie referred to the
disappointment caused by the action Of the
Electoral Commission, but said it was enough
now to realize that both parties are under the
highest obligation 10 carry out the decision,
whether acceptable or dstastefu in the utmost
poor faith. Gov. Matthews has appointed So
bieski Brady to the position Of Secretary OF
State
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The New Orleans Democrat says The 10
augural address Of Mr. Hayes is the first states
maDlke utteranco that has Como from the re-
publican party since the close of The war. Ii
be shall have Grmness and courage to carry out
the broad aud catholic views and purposes ex.
pressed 10 that document, he will dsarm much
opposition to his administration, greatly reduce
the difficulties Of his position aud confer real
benefit upon the country
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-07

Further Particulars received Of the tert;hI,
disaster in tho burning of the Batemao Hou.,
at Kansas City on Monday last s.ates TIA, f~
bodies in all have been taken from The Tr; ,''
The son Of hlr. Batcmau, twelve year Ct %oo
died yesterday Of his injuries. lie e., ~ ~
last OF the family, which consisted Of ,l,a ,r "'
and five children. The iGther is lyi3I. wax
very critical condition.
Cortina, so long the terror OF the T.v,,
frontier. has been tried at Matauora, a.I
found guilty Of kidnapping, the peDay,y -
Whloh by Mexican Law is death. The fni;s.,
OF the court, which was o military one t,s
been forwarded to General Cauaes, and r. 80
proved By him the earthly career Of Car,.6l,
will be most likely ended within few davs
A train Of cars 90 the Norristogo Er,ncb q
the Reading railroad rau iuLo horse ,sr ..
Philadelphia, yesterday, killing one D,I,en.n
breaking the legs OF another, who were rasscn,
GERS % the horse car, aud badly ipiurirr r.,
driven. The collision is attributed 10 nagIiscrss
Of the hagman. ''5'D''
An explosion yesterday 10 the Lain cd
Rand Powder Company's mill, at Cras:,n,
Pa, badly shattered the bulldog, and dost,o-
ed large quantity Of powder, 1t J.; rnr ~.
known whether any person vas ia the Lujllr'
| ri The time.
The Military Academy aod The posi- .. We,
Poiut have beeu constituted separate io,.rp
department, aud President Haya, ha, ,nno.,,
ed Maj. Gen. j. NJ. 3eho6cN c,goa,afs-
| thereof.
Charles Ralston, Que Of the sans who li5gI.f
Wall street, New York. with forged Ra;.L
and Eric Railroad bonds iu 1873, au,, wI,a..
convicted last November, was sc:rscnc,ly,,
tcrday to five years 10 the State prison.
1t is reported 10 London that the pa.tm,.,..
General Of Germany will shortly propose 70 4.
international Postal Uaiou Ike introduction.
postal cards serving Tor all couatrc. "a a..
| Union at the rate OF uGc h2Hny each
Chief Justice Moses, Of the South r.ro.,..,
Supreme Court, who has been Tars!y2ed =.
several weeks, died at Columbia yesterday.
Joe Coburn, the iugi!ist, has hcco senao,.i
10 New York to ten years 10 HE State prisyu
tor an assault with Intent to Kill q police oticai
The large iron structure comprising Nos. J.,
! and Bond street, New ok, vas ,1,tr. IT,,
by fire last evening, causing hcavy i)s:ra;
grea! excitement.
Leonard's opera house Ut Fos;9,t,4, U..g
was burned and Robtius's blocl: partially, J..
stroycd yesterday. Loss $685..
Gen. Sheridan: with c.. Sbcri.a q, u.
staff, has g0ne 10 Cheyenne to ner,e..s
spring campaign aga'e',t the hostile India
The Foreign Ministers, with Sir E!s..,
Thornton at their head, paid the usual i.re.
visit to the President Yesterday.
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MIR. Douglas Disclaimer.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
March 4, 1877.

Editor ofthe Republican
SIR.-Your short paragraph in this morn
ing issue OF your paper gave ME no umbrage,
but wish to do justice to most excellent and
distinguished gentleman, who might bo hurt
thereby. freely and voluntarily admit that
did Injustice to Mr.. Lamar, aud think it my
duty to make the most public PREPARATION. Will
you, therefore. do me the kindness to publish
this note, which is intended as a complete dis
cIaimer of the sentiments and opinions convey.
ed 10 my words last evening. { have the most
perfect personal respect for Mr.. Lamar, and
regret exceedingly that should have said any
thing to the contrary. He is a pure, high.
minded, aud truly patriotic gentleman, and l
feel it to be due from me to so declare.
Very respectfully.
(Sienedl B. B. DOUGLAS,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-07

Elk Senator Key, of Tennessee, arrived at
Washington yesterday, aud is reported to have
accepted the Cabinet position rendered him by
President Hayes The names OF the Cabinet
officers would, it Was thought, be seut to the
Senate 10. day for confirmation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-07

rhe Washington Conference Of the NJ. Z.
Church will hold its fourteenth annual session
at the jackson street NJ. f. Church, Lynch
burg, Va, 90 the 18th instant. Rev. Bishop
Ames, D. D., LII. D., will preside.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-07

The TRAMP Oh His TRAVELS. 1.-The Erie
with its loomy cars is iavorite winter line orlbe
tramp. aud the ingenuity which that Individual
displays 10 stealing ride is something mar
veilous. He is as practoed baud at jumping
trains as any lifetime rsiroader. HIS favor
ito LAY is, as IN this Instance, an empty box
car. For one 10 come along he watches and
waits IN the eight hours at stations and water
tanks until his patience is rewarded, aud he
gets another lift. SourIy euscoucsd in his
hiding place, the tramp has one great socltudc,
and that is as to the time and place Of the next
stoppace and release from the car. When boz
cars are Dot handy, he takes his chances 10 a
jump Oh the platform of passenger coaches as
the trains are 'puIliug out, aghtiug when a
stop is made, and re. cmbarkine when the traio
is agaiD uodcr Roadway, Whether able to
steal ride OF not, the tranp's tavorlte high
way is the railroad track. notwithstanding all
lis dangers to life and iIub.-Elna'ra Adrer.
tisnr.
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RECORD TO BE MEN EMBEREp.~- RC15rGncC
has been made lately TO the fact that there have
been other minority Presidents' be:ides Mr..
Hayes. meaning thereby Presidents not elected
by u majority Of tho popular votes. Thore were
five such examples. j. =. Adams in 1925.
Polk in 1915, Taylor in 1919. Buchanan in 1857
Lincoln in 1861. But ia every one Of hese cases,
with the exception Of Mr.. Adams the success.
full candidate received more votes than any other
candidate, and was only q minority President
by reason Of s division Of the votes against him
between two or moro opposing candidates.
BIT in 1876 Mr.. Tilden was the candidate who
received not only the greatest number Of votes
but majority of all the votes cast; yet Mr..
Hayes, a candidate who received leas number
Of votes and who though he had received all the
votes not given for Mr.. Tlden would still have
had minority, is declared" tho President.
The Chicago Times, which publishes SUM-
mary ofthe votes given at every presidential cleo
ton since, and including that Of 1924, the FIRST
instance Of the appoint ment af minority cand
idste remarks that in 1924 the msjority vote of
the country, though not given for Dir. Adams,
Jackson. The state of the vote proved that tho
majority of the people in 1924 did not want
jackson for President The appointment OF
adams was made By tie House OF Representa-
tlVes, and IN that 1t Was rejection or jackson it
was An appointment i'll accordance with the ex-
pressed will Of tho political majority OF the
nation. The representatives conveyed tho will
Of the popular majority into effect.
In 1876 the rolitcsl majority CT The nation
elected Mr. Tilden, not only over Mr. Hayes,
but over ali other candidates combined. It is
too late now to redress the wrong, butthe figures
ought to be kept in the record Of the public
memory. -Ba!timore San.
fhe Washington Conference Of the NJ. Z.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-07-13
The Boy Hero.

In a sermon designed to teach that a
life Of self-sacrifce is the only life worth
living, a New York preacher tells the fol-
lowing touching anecdote:
A rough teacher in school called up a
poor, half-starved lad, who had violated
the laws Of the school, and said:
Take off your coat, STRIP
The boy refused to take it off. The
teacher said again, Take off your coat y
as he swung the whip through the air. .9
The boy refused. It was not because
he was afraid of the lash--he was. used to
that at home but it was from shame !; he
had no undergarment. And as at the
third command he pulled off his coat,
there went a sob all through the school.
They saw then why he did not want to
remove his coat, and they saw the shout
der blades had almost cut through
the skin, and stout, healthy boy rose up
and went to the teacher of the school and
said:
90 sir, please don't hurt this poor fell
low! Whip me. He's nothing but a
poor chap. Don't you hurt him; he's
poor. Whip me!''
SWELL" SAID the teacher, tits going to
be severe whipping; I am willing to
take you as substitute . 's
"Well," said the boy, Il don't care.
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Birds Nests.

The best way to find nests is to watch
a bird g. While building; in that way more
over, YOU are sure to see them in their
best cone91t ION, and to know when the
eggs are Ifesh It requires patience; but
you see the.workers return again and to
the same spot, and a little closer inspec-
ton usually completes your knowledge,
though may sometimes be deceived or
nonplussed by the caution and cunning of
the architects. You will facilitate your
work by scattering cotton, WOOL horse
hairs, straws, string, worsted and cloth
where they will attract the attention of
the birds about you. Put them on your
lawn or on the piazza vines, and watch
them. A robin comes to carry off the
string, and, having used up what you have
provided, and liking the material, attacks
long piece wound round stake, and
supporting gladiolus. ....,. "a.
BY persistent effort he frees a part of it
out the harder that he pulls the rest, the
tighter he ties the knot around the stake,
and the string is becoming entangled
with his legs; he fights twenty minutes
and then gives it up. sparrows pick up
hairs and straws from the lawn, and
warblers come to the. vines for cotton
wool, passing fearless1y within three feet
OF your chair; then they come back. to
break off little twigs and to peal off
shreds of dry bark from the honeysuckle.
A pair of golden robbins, the male with
black and orange, the female with yellow
and duller black, come for string, worsted
and thread; but beware of them, for thew
are thieves. Leave your knitting under
the tree there for five minutes, and it is
gone; you will find tia week later, bart
irrevocably woven into the hanging nest,
and part dangling with the needle in it.
The weaving is SO cleverly done that you
wonder whether the orioles haven't used
your needles. 3s
i Not at all, madam; / defy you to pro-
duce with your implements such piece
Of work as these birds have produced
with their bills. Successful experiments
have been made by supplying the orioles,
in the tree where they are occupied, with
bright silks and worsteds, which thew
employ together, if literally provided, SO
that q very gay and party -colored nest
may swing in your orchard where you
can see it from the house. Wilson says
that an old lady, to whom he showed an
orioles nest in which a piece of dry grass,
thirteen inches long, was passed through
thirty -four times, asked him, half in earn
est, if the birds couldn't be taught to
darn stockings - 01per's MontAzy.
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what was the matter and found the dog
guarding the chest, barking, and show
ing his fangs significantly. Lerat crept
on tiptoe to the box, and heard movements
in it, Heran at once for his gun, got the
gardener, and returning, opened the chest.
A man in blouse sprang out and at
tempted to escape, but Lerat covered him
with his gun, and the man, instead of
evading, fell upon his knees and begged
Lerat not to betray him; he would con
fess everything. Lerat, however, handed
him over to the police, who set trap and
captured his two accomplices, trying to
break into the house. The goods box
dodge, it seems, has been frequently tried
Of late.
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Admiral Hornby is, however, expected

land. Admiral Hornby is however, expected
there. 36
An official dispatch Of the 9th, announces
Turks as far,as Trajan's wall. The Russians
continue to cross the Danube uninterruptedly,
day and night According to intelligence from
high sources, the Russian army at Batoum,
after several engagements, has been broken
up The fragments are retreating in different
! directions, and the army besieging Kars being
left uncovered, in consequence of the disaster
at Batoum, although it has not yet raised the
siege, is taking measures to do so if its situa-
ton becomes more imperiled. Both sides
seem to have shown great bravery. The Rus
sian troops, after losing positions, one after
another, were, alters time rallied by their
chiefs. This explains why twenty general
officers are mentioned as Killed or wounded.
1t is believed that the Turks also suffered
heavily, as they do not seem to have followed
up their success with he3'rapidity that might
have been expected. The advance of the Rus,
slams across the Danube seems to have arous-
ed the official world in Constantinople All
available troops, including the imperial guard,
have been ordered to the seat of war
sF. ! AAO ACltSSldu duVduCC ~ ABOUT malt way
to Tirnova, which the Turks seem to have
abandoned and afterwards reoccupied. It is
reported that the. Turks are concentrating
about shumla, in order to take the Russian
advance to the Balkans in the flank. The
Russians will probably, go forward until the
Turks come out of Slumla, and then face
about and give them battle in the open coun-
try The 10000 Russians who have crossed
the Danube at sistova comprise co. 900 cavalry
and $50 cannon. About $4,000 more Russians
are concentrated between Simnitza and Turnu
Magurelli. The army which crossed at Sis
tova has been divided into three bodies, the
principal of which is marching on Rustchuk
and the other two towards the Balkans and
Nikopolis respectively. Gen. Ignatietf has ar
rived at the headquarters of the Grand Duke
Nicholas. "~ ~
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Mexico Versus Uncle sam.

Secretary Evarts submitted to the cab
met at Washington on the Sd, the order Of
the Diaz government to Gen: Tervino, in
structing him to resistwith3 force Of arms an
invasion of Mexican territory by the United
States troops. The Mexican order was briefly
discussed, but no action was taken. Gen.
Malta has not had an interview with Secretary
Eyarts concerning his recognition as minister
rom the Diaz government. . He may visit the
State department. Thursday, which is known
as foreign ministers day. There is no indi-
cation that he will be received in that capa-
city, or Of a change Of the policy of the ad-
ministration respecting either the Diaz gov
eminent or the order to Gen. Ord, authorizing
the pursuit of maurauders on American soil
into Mexican territory. The administration
will act slowly. and cautiously in receiving
new ministers from that country '-'
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Latest Markets.
MILWAUKEE.


FLOUR Quiet and unchanged.
GRAIN-Wheat, No. 2, $1.44; seller july
$1.45A; seller August, $1.26; No. 3, $1,000
l:3O. Corn, lower; No. 2, 1910. Oats, No. 2,
SSc. Rye, No. l, 671ac. Barley, No. 2, zoe;
No. 8, 39c.s i
CHICAGO
FLoUR-Common to fancy, $6.75@8.5O; do.
Minnesota $775@9.50; Minnesota patent So, 90
@ll0O; fair t.. choice $S.50@9.5O; fancy
brands, 10OO@1O.5O. : ~'~'
GRAIN Wheat, No. O. Chicago spring Sill
l.2036 seller August; s1.15 seller September:
No 3 do. $1.20; rejected $4,000. Corn, 46c
cash; 46B@46Ac seller July; 4714@47Lc
seller August. Oats, 33116@33Ic cash; 33Ic
seller July. Rye, steady. Barley, 6O@65c.
PRoy1sIoNs- unsettled; $500 cash;
ust. Lard, $S6215 cash; and seller JUN:
$s.77L seller August; $S.9o@s.9s11 seller Sep.
TENDER.
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Luck of a Poor Prince.

From the Toronto Globe
5 No family has had a more sudden rise
in so brief time than that of the present
King of Denmark. Little more than a
dozen years ago Prince Christian of Schles-
wig-Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg was
one of the most obscure of the European
Princelets. It is true that he was the &C
knowledged heir of King Frederick VII.
OF Denmark and the Duchies. But this
cousin was a man in the prime of life,
little older than himself; h e was not next
in the succession even to the Danish throne,
and it was always possible that the resign
ing sovereign might revoke the nominal
ton given to Prince Christian in favor Of
the Dukes of Sonderburg Augustenburg,
who had better legal title. It was al
ways possible too, the King might marry
legally his morganatic wife, the Countess
Danner. The late sovereign had no love
for his successor, and provided very spar
ingly for his wants, so that the heir-pre-
sumptive to the Danish throne was reckon
ed poor even in the thrifty capital of Den
mark. Indeed, if Copenhagen gossip of a
dozen years ago is correct, money was so
scanty in Prince Christians household
that the Princess used to walk home
from the Court balls in order to avoid the
expense Of carriage.
Now all this is changed as if by magic.
The eldest daughter Of the King is Prin-
cess Of Wales, the second is wife of the
Czarowitch of all the Russias, and the
younger son is King of Greece. The Co.
burgs and the Glucksburgs between them
will soon, be represented on well-nigh
every throne in Europe. It is only fair
to add that nobody could have borne a
sudden change of fortune better than the
Princess Alexandra e
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Good Dog.

"A rich merchant Of Paris has hand
some country house in the environs which
he only occupies from July to September.
The rest Of the year the property is under
the care Of Lerat, an old soldier retired
from service. About May list, while Lerat
was smoking his pipe before the door, two
men in blouses, carrying large goods
box on handbarrow, asked his leave to
deposit the box for an hour in the oar
den. Lerat assented; the box was set
down behind the stable, and the men de
parted. In the evening Lerat's dog be-
gan to bark savagely. Lerat went to see
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A Bad Dream.

The other night Shylock & Co., (adyan
ces made on good security awakened in
bed with a horrible shrek and start.
"What is the matter?" asked his terri
fed wife.
aOh, Ihave had dream, a most fearful
dream. Can you imagine that I fancied
in my dream Jones came and returned
me $1O?"
" But, my dear husband, l can see
nothing horrible in that2''
ooh, you can't, can't you? You illim-
table idiot. can't you see that I must
have lent them to him first. There is
where the agony came in.''
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Ten Hours q Day - Work s.

u The Secretary Of the Navy has issued a
general order promulga eating the decision Of
the New Jersey supreme court, in the case Of
Arthur =! Martin, IN regard to the eight hour
law, 70 the effect that contracts fixing or giving
different mt length Of time as q days work are
legal and binding upon parties making them.
and in accordance with that decision he saws
under De this construction Of the law regulating
public labor, the department. has fixed the rate
OF labor for mechanics, foremen, leading men
ana laborers on a basis Of ten hours day. All
workmen electing to labor only eight hours a
aayWlll receive proportional reduction OF
their wages IS .#f
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The Galleys.

It was by revival of classical strategy
England was, in the seventeenth century
put into EXTREMIST peril. Louis the Mag
nlticent's galleys in Torbay were a more
real danger than the fleet with which
De Ruyter had burned our ships in the
Midway. For, howevea great the alarm
caused in London by the sullen roar of
the Dutch guns, the Hollander had not
single regiment to disembark whereas
the French King had sent to the Devon
coast formidable force of white coated
grenadiers, to cooperate with the expect
ed Jacobite rising. The galleys were an
especially French, as they had been an
especially Roman, institution. The force
had been patronized by several Kings, nor
was it until the reign Of Louis XIII, that
the General of the Galleys was made sub
ordinate to the High Admiral of France.
For harassing an enemy's coast and for
the trasport of troops, this fair-weather
1otilla was unsurpassed. But galley of
Louis XlV.'s, rowed by wretches chained
to the oar, the vilest felons mingled with
runaway Protestants whose sole crime
was their attempt to escape to Holland
and England, was the nearest approach
to floating pandemonium ever devised.
TO every ten convicts was allotted a
Turkish or Moorish prisoner of war, whose
knotted cord fell on the bare shoulders
of all who dinched, while boatswain and
officers patrolled the narrow space be-
tween the row. benches, and piled rattan
and lash unsparingly.
1t was by sheer fear of physical suffer
ing that the chained rowers were urged
to keep the great oars rising and falling
with such mechanical regularity. The
galley-slaves were not expected to fight;
there were soldiers on l,6ard to do that.
But they were expected to row, and no
plea of illness or exhaustion was admit
ted. So far from the sick OF weary being
sent to an intirmary, they were deliber-
ately beaten to death. Painting, bleed
ing, the miserable wretches were to the
last regarded as so much mechanism, to
be stimulated by cuts of the whip, and
when they died their bodies were un-
chained from bench and oar, and tossed
into the sea.-AW the Year Bound.