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F7TT I-T-7TTI W7TTT
She is a stately old lady u title. and he Is one
OF the new school ~ Young truic.mrn Who rich. well
educated and wclmanucrcd, are constantly endcay
us TO- SINK te shop ami place themselves ou level
with their customers. even during business hours lie
knew her by sight AMI b name aud seeing her enter
the -hop-inr II shop after ahdvdnccd toward her
with pleasant ,nc. aud said | hope. Lady --.
you were pleased with the opera last night She turned
tn her companion ana family asked whether tho
man was speaking 10 her On being answered IN the
Affirmative, Size confronted the still smiling Noung gentle
man, and with raised eyebrows said Ny good man
II Inn. L. Ii Il --lu ~
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How saln.e Revue rouuh, "a Duel.


Tho only Frcnchman ever heard Of who dld
aiun'y lhnH at duel was Sainte Beuyr, Who having
Wlsht on very RAMP uurulng, PERSISTED u holding an
umbrella over hs head with III eit maud III vain al
The stenis rvmun.uAtr with him, AMI tell han such
cnniuci was out OF order. u don't mind being shot 90
Mld vr scat cuuo, but never came here 10 gct vet
waving proudly over his head
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neeounl.Ina a ser.nnl. Worth.

fon he G,suH,rrtH Aic1fte
A rich New York lady, Mrs. Caroline 4. Wycth.
who owns 4 cottage M Newport L. l.. aud who "' laN
ts hr,u slrulus the winter titrr Wei a. ll.c
mcr has pr, srnte 10 hor ntnh cnachmau her hur.cs
and Carriages vnlucd at s2 she has further
or them She does not urmi 10 five IN New mort AGAIN
The cOichmAu WAS requested 10 do with them rs he
N Tor hr good lady KNOW that hr Cuulh not hni.f ~
ep IN; ami ~ he 10 10 sell them aud pocket he pro-
ceeds.
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Not n hoy, hut a Girl Tramp.

A tramp known as Frank Watson was badly
crushed IN trying to board freight train az Nelson Greer
station yesterday After physician had examined the
Injuries, he said why, IN, ish woman" Watson &C
Acknowledged that tho doctor right she said thar
Toal name ~ frances Watson, aud that she born In
Laneaster IA Her lalhor was killed in the southern
army - the OF lB-nOt many month ago-shc lie
ternined 20 take the garb Of man. so That she might
make a living honestly She has boon teamster, but
fOotpad
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In his December missivc To- Congress Mr..
Il. H. HAYES conveyed the Information that
1.-THE Fishery Commission had concluded its
session at Halifax. and that the results of
the dciibcration Of the commission. a. made
public by the Commissioners will be COM
mumicatcd to Congress
Three months having elapsed without
thi- promise being fulfilled, the community
that Mr.. BLAINE represent. becoming rest
i've the Maine senator struck at the root Of
the matter by resolution calling on Mr.
HAYLs for the official documents relating to
the appointment of MIR. MAURICE DELrossE
rs Fishery Commissioners
This resolution Of course aims at n review
If the feat of statcsmanship by which Don
HAMILTON FISH succeeded in procuring an
award of damages against the United States
five or ten times "a great a. most persons
supposed To be possible. or NJ the accom-
rllshed Secretary had looked for himself
70 arrange the arbitration of an interna-
tional question so that his country loses the
award Is within the power Of many a diplo-
mat; but it is only few who can arrange
Ms to mulct their country in quintuple dam
ages.
The twcnty-third article Of the Treaty Of
Washington provided that the Fishery Com
mission should be composed Of one member
appointed by the British Government, a sec
ond by our own, and a third by mutual CON
sent. II was at once obvious that the latter
would bc practically the sole arbitcr on
every disputed point, and the selection be-
came important. The two Governments
having failed to agree on any third Commis-
ii. Loft Ia. ~ Ia . he
assigned for that purpose by the treaty, the
appointment fell. as therein provided, to
Count BEUsr. the Austrian Minister in Lon
don. He named Mr. DELFossE. the Belgian
Minister at Washington, "A gentleman who
had been before suggested by Great Britain
but rcjected--on no ground Of personal COM
potency or integrity, however, but Of his
representing n nation presumably prone to
British views, because politically dcpcu-
dent on British protection. II seems to be
conceded that for some reason the original
objections to Mr.. DELFossE had at the last
moment been withdrawn, and that Count
BrrsT appointed Mr. DELFossE 10y previous
understanding with our Government. 1t j.
AT this queer phase of the negotiations that
Mr.. BLAINE's resolution Of inquiry j. ap-
Iarontly aimed.
The result Of the brilliant bit Of diplomacy
we all know. The American Commissioner
appointed 10y Don HAMILTON FISH docs not
seem to have been ahlcto make the slightest
impression on the British Commissioner
Mr. KELLOGG was by no means an historic
repetition of DANIEL WEBSTER dealing with
Lord A-rBURrON. A. for the arhitcr, when
the other two disagreed, he awarded for the
ton years American Use Of the Canadian
fisheries the enormous sum Of sj,5o00Oo
and our Congressman and people are in the
huuiiliating position Of trying to find some
way Of wrgglng out Of paying the award,
without a ilagrant breach Of faith and honor
such is one OF Don HAMILTON FIsns lcga-
CIns IN his cnnntlN.
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To THE EDIroR or TUE SIN Sir: The
transfer Of the lifc-savrg service to Tire charge
Of thc Navy Department would bo II doubtful
advantage. That Il woulI give a large number
Of supcrnumcrary naval oil ,rs a chance to
earn their salt end draw ga pdy is. however.
undisputcd.
Instead nf being promptly mu-' go out when
tho navy cra-cd 80 exist NrcIton anprr. various
shifts were sought to give these PARTIES employ
mcnt. Thus WIS upcnod thr iNdrorHIhi'
Office. useless institution. sin-,. % apartment
~ tho Crnsi Survey hn- for yrHr- performed its
work. to wit, tie reduction aud enlargement of
chnri~.
Hundred. sc thousands " dollars have boon
wasted in thu hylrNrruultie ~'ir, w. made hy
naval ll'cr-. In uilH INSTANCE lnr.0' etonm ~
was employed for eight mnl'Ns un i'r S1uthriu
coast. her rit' - H'lug ruIat j upuu hydro
graphic survey; and whru c.Wvrfcl IL w's
found TINT uWini. To- incorrect -ru,inat on of
differentiation uf the lines 81 sound ingS. the
survey wis useless. depth of Ten fnthoms
sixty fcet-Wa~ shown on ririirld chart, wh"rn
the INSPECTORS SCUM ing-line indicated shonl
water. In fact. their cham is proved 10 bo ll-
Gated on sand bars. and their shoals oil-sound-
ings or in blue water.
These ar, The men that IT is proposed to place
in charge oi tli" ifc-saving scrvicr.
Shortly after The close 81 tn" rebellion dis
charged soldier pres ntrd himself To- the rr-
cruing officer of one of the navy ynrds and
desired To- ship fol three Years. As recon-
Union army. " ! SUPPOSE h. said. Union
soldiers are given the preference on the war
shins?"
" But we don't want soldiers" answered the
officer; We want saiors,"
So. in regard to the lfr-snvng stations. we
don't want experienced navi.gtors TO command
them. nor uuartrrma~trrs. bpatSwains, cox
swains. and captains Of the tops to man them
II is safe TO say that not on" ulan-of-war's man
in II hundred knows how 10 handle boat in the
surf
What we do want in these stations are the men
known along the scabonrd ~ " surfmcn." fish
ermrn who have been accustomed to pass
through the breakers daily on the way to their
fishing grounds.
Some years since an American frignto camc
To- anchor on one Of the North Pacific islands.
Being in want of provisions. her commander
ordered four long-boais lowered away from the
davits. manned. and sent ashore to obtain them.
line Of breakers intcrvened between the ship
md the shore. and the loats. which were
stcercd by warrant OIL ..rs. were with one cN-
ception. overturned. The oac that passed
through in safety was commanded by Il native
Of Long Islands surf-beaten shore
In fact. there IL ~ much difference between "a
flrst-cluss scaman and u surfman rs there is be-
tween u seaman and a marine.
Remove political influences from the eOndu I
OF the illc-suNing stations. ana the duty uf
efficiently manning them can be easily per
formed 10y ia" present inspectors. VIZ: revenue
marine officers.
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New Hampshire Sick OF the Fraud.

The rumbliug in the White Mountains
grows louder If HAYES docs not yet hear
u. his deafness is not shared 10y his next
friends They know perfectly well what is
coming. and they are already trying to
make believe that it wont be much Of a
shower after all.
The Republican candidate for Governor in
New Hampshire i, HAYES man. lie is
standing bolt upright on HAYES platform.
There are probably ten anti-ll> YEs Rcpub-
Leans in New Hampshire to-day where
there was one when Mr.. pREscorr was re-
nominated; and there were good many
81 them then. WILLIAM l.. CHANDLER
is only one man among thousands who are
Giegu-tcd with the Fraudulent President,
and who are not in the humor to give him
Tie benefit uf even q constructive endorse
mrnt. The Now England HAYES organs
admit that there is serious dsaiTcction in
the ranks, and accuse the old party leaders
u frcachcry.
The only question now in New Hampshire
is as to the Size Of the Democratic majority.
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Gov. NICHOLS Of Louisiana having con-
vened the State Senate In extra session,
some apprchcnsions are expressed that his
purpose may bc to pardon Gen. ANDERSON
This docs not seem probable. If he was
going to pardon ANDERSON at ALL why
should he not have pardoncd him before (?
All the reasons existing for pardon now
existed Immediately after his conviction.
and were as well known to Gov. NICHOLS
then IA now. No real. true reason can be
urged for II pardon at this late day which
had not equal force the very moment iudg-
mcnt was pronounced.
II, after all the time that has interviewed
since the sentence Of ANDERSON, Gov. NICIl-
Oils should now grant him pardon IL
would not tend at all to establish the pris-
oner's innocence in the minds OF the COM
munty but would be accepted as evidence
Of some new. secret, corrupt arrangement
like that which led To the original, fraudu-
lent electoral returns
ANDERSON is already permanently ruined.
pardon would only serve to drag Gov.
NICHOLS down along with him.
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Mrs Key is the most elegantly graceful
woman in her movements IL has almost ever
boon my good forum" 10 meet. She IL tall and
fully formed. what Joe Garg'ry would term a
nuo lggrr Oi a woman. AMI She crosses aroOm
with Tie easy unduiatiug movement Of an An
dulu~lan. Her lace II perfectly immOhlr.
pleasant. and kindly in EXPRESSION hli llckinl.
tr' ! have never seen N light up with "a fin-h
ol ~pirit or morrimont. Her hair II dark. nnd
worn with iiS natural WAVES drawn back from
her face. she strikes mo as "a trlfn IL iiiiout.
Mrs key dresses with almost Quakcrlikt sim
plrity her ordinary calling costume being "a
combination of olive groom silk and camel =
hair cloth. with bonnet oi velvet io match. She
rni"t~ AMI lonVns a carriage more elegantly
than amy woman eyer mot.
mu~tcr-Genornl, Is small. fair haired. with mia
deemed from blonde inSipdity hy her bright
smlln. I'm" white teoth. and beautiful dimples.
Mrs. Thompson. wife OF IA" Secretary of the
Navy. is dnhcate- looking elderly woman. and
avoids anything Ike over cNeItlpn. she fire.
IA ni.Y cannot receive half dozen guests
without sitting through the remainder of the
All rnoun. Her face is quiet and pleasant,
without the slightest traces of beauty: her tooth
ar quite deficient. and she dresses with grrnt
simplicity. never seen without her old lady =
cap ct lace or tlrlaian.
Mrs, VI Gravy - tiny In stature. hut not in the
loHsi pretty. she seems a kindly, sprightly lit
Tie body. with something Of down East wang
10 her VOICE. ANA a pronunciation and use of
idoms quito familiar 10 the Western prairios.
She ia- one -on al a military school near chit
rHgo, ! believe, and llttle George, a bright.
self -puss' ~sei urchn of five or six, besides a
daughter not yet out
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vantage Of the Generals softcncd spirit to
approach him on religious subjects.
OF the rest 81 the evening W. have too
brief an account:
"A season o. eor.iM conversation. gNl NJ. company
breaks up No,fm. no n..un,i .rlrmnii marfcf t"
hour twas 1854, OFF 'he siam .lDri| u.f'.t Nrl q
With tbs thon-nt ui.hnd 'Nheu THE f-h'cous aic DO
authority thn people rcioicc
Wcarc afraid that thc Rev. d. WHEELER
docs not know what cant Is. From the time
when HAVE, va- nominated at Cincinnati IL
has constituted his stock in trade. Hi pro-
fc4~inn- of -uicitulc for the poor African
were all cant. He has talked cant about re-
Cancellation, cant about civil service reform.
and cant about the finances. But the cheap
est and most ignoJlc sort Of cant is the U.s.
tcntatious singing of Christian hymns in
the house which he gained only by fraud.
forgcrics. false Oaths, and corrupt bargains
uuuumbeIpI
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a. Foster has close district, and SHEER
MAN has patronage that may be turned
to good account there.
After two muuihs and Il half " unucr'e-
sarv delay in the Committee ol Way ami
Means and thc Committee "u Accounts. the
House. Il few day. ago. authorized the ciu-
ploymrnt of ton experts. to aid different
comaitlrr- IN proposed Investigations.
Wh"n'Vcr Investigation j. suggested IN the
House 10 -ccfu- tp act on the nerves oi cor
tain members lihr rcl flag iloutcd I'm front
Of uu cnin-cd hull. FusrEn. CoNGEi, GAR
rirIp, little HALF, and the rest Of them
rush forward with hcndlong fury to shout
objections. points Of order adiournmcnt-
calls Of the House. and other parliamentary
lodges
They stand in dread Of IA possible cxplo-
sion witch may drive ilr Fraudulent Adj
mini~,riion ,u' %. onj,. .nd send one or
more Of it, members to- keep ANDERSON
company They fear WELLS may some day
tell his experience with the visiting states
mon. and mako clean breast of the crime
with which his name will ever bc associated.
They know he offered the vote of Louisiana
for sale TO the Democrats, and only counted
In HAYES at the last moment, when n pur-
chaser with half million Of ready money
could not be found among TlLDEN's friends.
When the proposition 20 employ experts,
who are Indispensable to any successful in
vcstigation, was before the House, Mr. FOS-
TER opposed IL violently and with partisan
dcuunciatiun. Experts are not necessarily
accountants, but persons familiar with the
laws. the devious practices, and the meth
DDS of contracts in the departments. No
committee can investigate the Post Office
the Interior, on the Treasury, as they ought
to be investigated, without this special aid
and failures i'm tho past may be attributed
60 the want Of IT, The employment of these
ten men reused the Indignation of this
member from Ohio, because they are expect
eel To uncover fraud, and may bring home
corruption to the doors of his friends lie
was shocked at the extravaganza. and rant
eel about reform like a professional with
good pay and pickings But when it was
proposed to keep Il lot of "dcad beats" as
Mr.. FOSTER called the experts, then he was
all enthusiasm and energy
Not long since, JoHS SHERMAN asked an
appropriation for nincty-live temporary
clerks who really are little more than dead
heads on the Treasury. and put there, rs the
record shows, by political influence. \ sub
committee Of the Appropriations went
through the department, examined every
case, and strained point in favor of twenty.
limiting the expenditure to $1,000. This
economy did not suit the HAYES reformcr, so
he moved to strike it out and insert:
For the employment Of temporary clerks In the
The amendment was beaten in the face Of
n Republican rally for IT, and Mr. FOSTER
will probably be short of some OF his antici-
patcd patronage though Honest JoHN SHER-
MAN may find a way 10 soothc his sorrows.
After helping t. put HAYES in the White
House, it il not surprising FOSTER should
try to billet nincty-iive smaller frauds
on the Treasury.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-.SD; II is n
singular fact that with very few exceptions all the
counties In the state OF New York principally culvaung
hop ani harley regularly send the bitter opponents
Of rca.onit" and fair ENcise law 10 both branches
the Legislature. Tie farmers OF Franklin Madison Li,.
IN st"n. and other counties ARE strongly in favor sup
pres~tw -. malt AMI aicuiniH beverages hui 1T
e same mr uf' are very HrNI,l. Geo set fne h-lI..f
market rr' for tneir barley aNd tIUiI hops Sow. a. i
ht,wtr. auf sirs -hnNl rne e. tir conclusion lut
fH hu' hlt N' lof~ur % lU-ifl uf iifrN grnwui %
county tn lnfHtNu ~ which is alv4Na TRYING run
thr lusiu' u them best customers -udI. 81 reversal o.
u tl,u NIL 900 itht place ia tht too ni the
lluus itriurr 900 New NufN state icutN barley ANT
hos tan W obtained outside 90 te 'uui'rs referred ip
just tHNrh u tw kvfs o tic anu ,cu- iustics and
how tieA viii howl
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The Senate Committee ON Appropriations
have reported in favor Of nil the extravaganza
and abuses at West Point. which the House
struck out " the estimates. and have thus
added longevity pay for tho professors. an ap-
preparation for the absurd hig hospital. one for
water supply and an additional sum for the
pay Of cadets besides authorizing graduates to
become second licutcnnnts. whether vacancies
exist or not. These changes were made after
conference with Gen. SCHoFIELD.
II now remains to he seen If the House.
which holds the purse strings and is pledged to
economy in the public expenditures. will allow
the Senate 10 dictate its policy, and 10 continue
the old system Of favoritsm and prodigaity
while the revenues are falling of. Better allow
the I'LL To- fail than 20 submit TO these constant
and cxorbitant demands. But for the OPPOSE
ton Of the Senate. there would have been more
than ten millions " reduction in the appropra-
tions Of the last Congress. every dollar Of which.
IL Is now admitted. could have been made with
out mpairing the public service in the least
degree.
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An important contribution to secret politi-
cal history has Just been made by the publica-
ton Of correspondence between Lord DERRY
Count SCHouvALoFF. and Mr. LAyARD. the Eng
lish Ambassador at COnstnutinope. 1t appears
that as long ago ms the sth Of last Juno, before
the Russians had crossed the Danube Prince
GoR1CHAKoFF communicated to the British Gov
eminent the precise terms which the Russians
would demand Of Turkey ia cas- the war ended
without crossing the Balkans. These terms in
cluded the autonomy Of Bulgaria. north Of the
mountains, the retrocossion Of Bessarabia to
Russia, the Independence Of Roumania, with
the possible annexation of the Dobrudscha by
way Of compensation. and the territorial ag-
grand2emont OF Servia and Montenegro. Bosnia
and Herzegovina We're 10 have suitable reforms
or. il Austria demanded il. 20 Ice partially
merged into that Government. Batoum and the
adjacent territory in Asia was also to be given
NJ TO Russia. These were pretty steep demands
to come from an antagonist who had as yet
gained no victory. and Lord DERBY. in COM
muncating them To Mr.. lAYAED especially iu-
stru ted him neither to propose theso condi-
tons of peace tOthe Porto nor 10 support them.
A week later the Government OF the Car con-
cluded that they had not asked enough. and in
formed the British Foreign Onlce that they must
include Bulgarian Roumclia in the now autun-
omous province. Nothing was said Of the nav
igation of the Straits in either proposal These
terms, which are substantially the same a.
those recently eXactcd ut san SteianO. were, AT
the same time secretly communicated TO Prince
BISMARCK and Count ANDKAssY. Mr.. LAYARD
in his reply secuted the idea that such terms
would be acceptable 10 the Sultan on his Minis
ters, and added that in his opinion it would be-
"evcn dangerous To suggest them at that mo-
mont. lie pontod out that To give up Bulgaria
would be to give ~ the main line Of defence
Of Turkey in Europe" and to place Constant
nOplc itself Al the mercy of Russia Should
the Sultan submit oths under present circum-
stances added Mr.. LAYARD, " 1t would proba-
by cost him his throne II not his life" Tho
triumph OF the Porte over Scryia and its other
rcbolllous provinces in the preceding year had
Ared the ottoman heart 10 such On pXtent that
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To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-S6': \ para
graph j. son the round. o tho lr,, 10 the en,ct that
bish"n Frron Of 'lcrm1n,, frNcc has been the
longest m the Emscouaic OF amy cc.lc,iasiic I'm
u" Catholic church. N-r faron was cons.
.flhi f.rfy i've year, ago Bai tlc Most h.N
in Wac lln'o Ar'hhi-hnp of fua.n Or N1 was cr lf a
h-h" w Mia ON Iunv B. ls-' should that pr,lstr hc
riniii, 10 I've unt the month alter nest Dee wall have
three wears ~n.p.
Nv AnlA. MAroh :. lsI-
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Massachusetts Kennel Club.

To THE Enron OF THE SuN-SH; l am
requc-t, o., tc committee o the Massachusetts, kennel
club To forward You prixe lit ot III, forthcoming bench
show d doss O. %" held hero the -dh March aud the
following 'aN- ~" prizes amount O. s2r'' IN gold COM
ami me Ndh' " Tie special prY srn ret l. S9uu
nahtn- 'uc CO.. The rrandt II prl st- offered IN.
rnWmiiirr iV~ifuus ui uaAin- mai. representative
slow 81 tl ir test dls ln the utrl ~tnf,- We have
ALREADY htcu assured of ar-o number u ,ntric, from
nearly every part oft The country
ChNnrs LlNooLS, Superintendent
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The wrctchcd man SHOCKS, who died un-
der the torture OF Morris Trenton stretcher.
had not only been suffering from dreadful
disease, but, according to the testimony for tho
dcfen nee he was insane. The mans insanity is
one Of the grounds upon which his racking is
justified. Lunatics afflicted with acute menin-
gifts are regarded us proper victims for Morn :
Trenton sirct'hcr. At Sing Sing. also. az MP
pears from the case Of THOMAS RIOKETTs, in
sane conviHs are liable TO bc tortured stretched.
and whipped for the manifestations Of their
insanity.
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JosrrHrsr SHAW LOWELL, one of the state

Commissioners ~ Charities has lately pointed
ont sundry shortcomings OF tho Poorhouse in
W"sichcstrr county. She finds It's cells for
lunatics u disgrace 10 humanity In the dark
est of them she discovered a man chained by
the leg and sitting on the hard bare floor. The
lookup for the insane she found dlsgustingly
foul. and discovered that three times ~ many
men sometimes sleep there as there nre beds
for Obviously such evils can be cured at slight
expense, and the County Superintendcnts OF the
Poor to whom she addresses her letter. can
have them romndiad