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FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND.

LONDON, July 2S.-The interruption
Of the telegraph wires between Paris and
Vienna delays the receipt Of news from
Eastern Europe.
The freedom Of the city will be con.
ierred upon Lords BeAoons6eld and Sal
isbury on the Sd Of August, Immediately
before the Ministerial banquet at the
Mansion House.
II IL believed that the debate on Lord
HArtlngtons resolution, in the House OF
Commons, will last next week ill Friday,
when a division will take place. The
Conservatives will support Rsndle Ed
wards amendment expressing confidence
in the Ministers with the whole strength
Of their party.
ROYAL BErRorHAL.
In the House oi Commons this evening
the Chancellor OF Exchequer announced
the bethrolhal Of the Duke Of Connaught,
Queen Victorias third son, with Princess
Mary Louise, Of Prussia, daughter Of
Prince Frederick Charles. The Chan.
cellor said he would move Thursday for
provisions Of grant for the Duke.
Slt Onhtles Dllke, hAulCAli gave mo-
tice that he would submit m amendment
reciting that there IL no constitutional
precedent for such application.
DELIVERED AT LAST.
An nAustin special says: Judge Roberts
was nominated for Governor. He has
telegraphed his acceptance. james D.
Sayers, OF Bastrop county, was re-nomi-
mated for Lieut.. Governor, and George
Mccormick, Of Colorado county, was
nominated for :Attorney General. The
Convention Is still in session.
A dispatch from Rome says II Is stated
that the Vatican contemplates removing
the Roman Catholic Churches In Eng
land, Ireland and Scotland from the con-
troll Of the Propaganda fide, and placing
them under the immediate authority Of
the Pope. This is attributed, in Clerical
circles, 10 desire to induce the Briish
Government 10 establish relations with
the Vatican.
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BY-TELECRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.

TO TIE DAILY 1srELLIeEScKA
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Ror Additional Telegraph q. ROurtG PsSs
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POLITICAL.
The National Greenback Labor
ers i'm Convention nj Columbus,

COLUMBUS, July 23.-The State Con-
yention Of the National Greenback La
Dor party meets at the City Hall at 2
O'Clock. There were $50 delegates 10 the
city this morning. When all arrive II Is
expected that over 400 will be present
The Convention will NOT act till all the
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GALVESTON, July 2S.-Ths Nas special
from San Antonio says; ofciAl dis.
patches 70 the Mexican Consul here con.
! firm the capture Of EseahAdo. Hs was
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-01-10
The Italian Cabinet has been reco

The Italian Cabinet has been recon.
structed, with NJ. Dcpretis as President of the
Council and Foreign Minister.
Meter y Co., bankers, No. 2 Elk
change place. New York City, failed on the
36th. Considerable excitement was caused in
Wall street when the failure was announced.
They were large operators, and specialized
largely in "puts," "calls," etc.
A Bucharest dispatch of the 9th an
nounces the destruction of the bridge across
the Danube at Nikopolis by ice, and says that
the bridge at Sistova was also in imminent
danger of destruction.
A special dispatch from Washington,
on the 22Sth says that, at the Cabinet meeting
that day Scc'y McCrary submitted telcgraphic
reports from the officers at the scene of the
late riot in Ell Paso County, Tex, which state
that careful investigation showed that at
least one-hal of the rioters who killed Judge
Howard and Others. and attacked the military,
were citizens of Mexico. A more detailed re-
port was on its way in the mails, and no
definite action would be taken until its arrival
at Washington.
The Real-Estate Savings Institution
of St. Louis closed its doors, on the 18th. 1t
was thought the amount due dcpositors
(S2336, OOO) would be paid in full.
There were in the United States
Treasury. on the .9th ult., United States bonds
to the amount of S346,2ls.55O to secure bank
circulation, and Sl3,9SS, 600 to secure public
deposits. National Bank circulation outstand
ing: Currency notes, $500, 24O,3 1856; gold notes,
81, 4:s22.OO.
One Of the Oldest and largest dry
goods importing houses of Montreal, Can.
Geo. Winks Il Coz, suspended on the 18th
ult. Liabilities, s3OO,OOO; will pay about Is
per cent.
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hedged around with faint suggestion
of blue and black. It is a monstrosity,
madame. Take it away!''
He turned pale and acted like sick
person, but recovered himself directly.
s'It's a hard case, my poor woman"
he said, struggling to be calm and
cheerful, "a very hard case, indeed.
But take comfort. DO not be discour-
aged. Have you not read that nothing
is created in vain? Even this SEM
blance of humanity, awful as it is,
comes in that category, am sure. We
may at least assume that it has q soul:
and we know that not a sparrow is per-
mitted to fall to the ground unnoticed.
Even the hairs of our head are num-
bcred; and you may rest assured that
this miniature representative of our
truly fallen humanity was sent hither
for some good purpose. 1t is awful,
my poor woman-I admit it. But let
us look higher-let us cast our gaze in
to the blessed future. Think of Heaven,
my poor woman! think of Heaven"
He smiled sweetly and brightly; but
he turned hastily and sought a retired
corner wherein to hide his tears
Rochester IN. Y. Democrat.
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SICKENING HORRORS.
The CharMel.HOuse Of Plevma-Dcad
and Wounded Soldiers DevOured by
Dogs and vultures- Inhunlan Treat.
ment by the Turks Of Wounded Rus.
sians-A RetributtOM.

The ChArMel.kHOuse Of Plevna-DeAd
md wounded Soldiers DevOured by
Dogs ana vultures- Inhuman Treat.
ment by the Turks Of Wounded Rus.
sians-A RetributiOn.
A London telegram of the 10Th to the
Chicago Inter- Ocean says:
Mr.. Macgahan, the correspondent of the
London Daiy Ntrs at Plevna sends a terrible
story of the state of things prevailing in and
around the captured town. Before the recent
great storm Plcvna was simply charnel-
house. Modern warfare has no parallel for Ii,
and its horrors can only be compared to those
which followed in the wake of Ghenghis Khan
or rimour, as their savage Tartar hordes
swept over and dcsclated Asia.
The famished dogs. of which there are Ak
ways large numbers in every Turkish town,
were feeding on the corlscS of the dead and
the bodies of the still living wounded. The
savage howls of the greedy brutcs as they tore
the putrid flesh of the dead and crunchcd the
bones between their teeth. the cries and groans
Of the wounded as they vainiy struggled with
the dogs might be heard for mlies around,
and made the soul sick. Birds were pcking
ut the skulls, hopping from body to booy, with
h,aks and piumagc tcsmear,d with human
hl pod. and screaming with iiendiSh delight.
Dogs fought among themselves. and bird
struggled with bird for the possession of a
morsel of human flesh. and the most indie.
Sclihlble horror prevailed.
In one house alone thirty-Sevcn dead and
fiftv-thrcc wounded Turks We're found, some
Of the former in a half-decomposcd and putrid
state, and the wounded in a condition that
can be more easily imagined than described.
Some of the wounded were able to crawl
about. and clutchcd ut odd morsels of food
that We're found in the hands of the dead,
devuuring it with fevtl ish avidity; but thou
sands of them were utterly helpless, and
awaited death or Succorwith Il listlcSs fatalism.
One thousand prisoners were huddled to-
getier on the bank of the Nid. and the hor-
rors of their position equaled those of the
great plague which ravaged Europe in the
fourteenth century. Living and dead were
piled together promiscuously in heaps like
wood. and carried away. There were only
three carts available for the work, and the
confusion was indcscribabc.
Osmals bravery is stained and blackened
by his treatment Of the Russian wounded that
fell into his hands. The bucharest CORE
spondent of the Hruld says that a fearful ret
ribution has overtaken part of Osman's
Army. which was caught on the march by
that dreadful snowstorm. Fate seems to be
wreaking Yer geaace for the slaughter of the
Russian wounded, whose cOrpses lie unbulied
On the hills around Plevna.
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Orders Obeyed.

AYOUNG Sub-Lieutenant left his regi-
ment a short time ago on sick leave,
and put up at the best hotel, not a hum
dred miles from Poenah. where he was
Immediately smitten by the attractions
OF lovely maiden who was staying
there. He proposed, was accepted, and
the happy day was fixed. The Colonel,
however, disapproved of Sub-Lieuten-
ants getting married, and particularly
the marriage of the sub in question.
AS he happened to be friend of the
young mans father, he thought to pre-
vent the union of the fond couple by
sending peremptory telegram eouched
in the following words: "Join at once"
The son of Mars was in DESPAIR. He
presented himself before his intended
with the fatal missive in his hand, and
anything but a look of pleasure in his
cOuntenance; but the lady was equal to
the occasion. With blush of maidenly
simplicity and virgin innocence, she
cast her eyes on the ground and re-
marked: "Dear ME! I'm glad your
Colonel approves of the match, but
what hurry he is in! ! don't think
can get ready so soon, but I'll do my
best, because, of course, love, the com.
mands of our Colonel must be obeyed.'
The young warrior was puzzled.
"Don't you see, my darling" he said,
g that this COMPOUNDED telegram puts q
stopper on our plans? You don't seem
to understand the telegram. He says
peremptorily, Join at once.'" The
lady's bushes redoubled, but, with q
look of arch simplicity, she raised her
lovely eyes to her fa,sce and replied,
ut is you, my darling, who don't seem
to understand it. Your Colonel says
plainly, Join at once,' by which he o.
course means get married Immediately
What else can he possibly mean?'' A
look of intelligence replaced the air O
bewilderment in the young hero!
classic features, and, bestowing regu
lar feu de joie of chaste salutes on 6el
! rosy lips, he accepted the explanation
and was enabled to answer the Colonel's
telegram in forty-eight hours afterwart
in these words, "Your orders arr
obeyed. We we're joined at once."-
BOD,bHY Gazette.
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noise. faSC inc spanish fcakS;
past the new town of Veta {;
into the Veta Pass; up. up. 5000
feet up, across a neck of the
Sangre di Cristo Range itself; down the
other side, and out among the foothills
to the vast San Luis Valley, the plucky
little railroad has already pushed. It
is notable feat of engineering. As
the road winds among the mountains
its curves are so sharp that the mex
perienced and timid hold their breath.
From one track, running along the
edge of a precipice, you look up to an
other which you are presently to reach;
it lies high on the mountain-side, 400
feet above your head, yet it looks hard
ravine between. The curve by which
you are to climb up this hill is thirty
degree curve. To the nOn-professional
mind it will perhaps give a clearer idea
of the curve to say that it is shaped like
q mule-shOc-a much narrower shoe
than horseshoe. The famous horse
shoe curve on the Pennsylvania Rail
road is broad and easy in comparison
with this. There are three of these
thirty-degree curves within short dis
lance of each other; the road doubles
on itself, like the path of a ship lacking
in adverse winds. The grade is very
steep-211 feet to the mile; the engines
pant and strain, and the wheels make n
strange sound, at once sibilant and
ringing on the steel rails. You go but
six miles an hour; it seems like not
more than four, the lcisurely pace is so
unwOnted one for steam engines.
With each mile of ascent the view
backward and downward becomes finer;
the Spanish Peaks and the plains in the
distance, the dark ravincs full of pine
trees in the foreground, and Vaa
Mountain on the left hand-a giant bull
wark furrowcd and bare. There are
SO many seams on the sides of this
mountain that they have given rise to
its name, Veta, which in the Spanish
tongue means 'vcin. "-Scribner for
.jaMuary.
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A Genuine Dead.Beat.

Nor long ago gentleman conduct
ing a small manufacturing business in
the northwestern section of Philadelphia
was requested to visit family in a suf-
fering condition, and, if possible, to
relieve their distressing necessities. On
entering the house a sight presented
itself to the kindly-disposed visitor
which would have moved to tears a
much less sympathetic heart. Resting
on two trestles, placed in the center Of
the floor, was coffin, around which
were placed burning candles, and near
it sat the disconsolate widow, pouring
forth stream of lamentations and
tears.
The visitor kindly inquired what he
could do to assuage her grief, and was
informed her greatest, in fact, her only,
concern was that her departed might
be buried in consecrated ground, and
not laid away in the Potter's Field; but
she had no money to purchase lot,
and to raise sufficient amount for this
purpose was all she prayed for.
The gentleman urged her to keep
calm, promising to see that her wishes
were fulfilled. and to give her the money
next morning. With shower OF
thanks and blessings invoked on his
benevolent person, he babe the sorrow
ing mortal adieu, receiving from her
the Injunction to be sure to call at ten
O'Clock the next morning, and give the
money to the undertaken himself, and
be satisfied that it would all be appro-
priated to the purpose for which it was
donated.
Returning to his factory, the gentle
man succeeded with his own contribu-
tion) in raising twenty-five dollars for
the "poor widow
The next morning the thought &C.
CURED to him that it was useless to
wait until ten o'clock, the appointed
hour, but that he would go there al
though it was but seven O'Clock, and
leave the money with the object of his
charity.
Arrived at the house second time,
he knocked gently at the door, and,
receiving no response, quietly opened
the door, walked into the house, and,
seeing nothing but the coffin in the
room, went softly-as one should do in
the house of death-to the door of the
kitchen, opened it, and there sat the
corpse, in his shirt-sleeves, eating
breakfast. He concluded on mature
reflection to let the dead-beat bury him.
self at his MISUNDERSTANDING.
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THE TCRCO.RUSSIAN WAR.

A correspondent Of the London Daily
Ne"s. in letter published on the 18th, says
Plevna, at the time of the surrender was one
vast charnel-h house.
The Russian bridge across the Dan
uhe at 1brail has been carried away by the
sudden drifting of the ice.
The Servians, on the 26th, captured
Lcskovatz and kurahumliic. Thirty thou
sand Servians, with 800 pieces of artillery, were
investing Nicsic.
a Berlin dispatch of the 9th saws
that England's Intervention in the Turco-
Russian war would be followed by the send
ing of German feet to Constantinople and
the Stationing OF corps of observation on the
banks of the Dardanclles.
The st. Petersburg papers of the
eth state that the Portc's request for mcdi-
alton would be declined, because, according to
international law. mediation is only possible
when solicited by both bellgcrcnts; otherwise
mediation becomes intervention.
\ Bucharest special of the 9th SAYS
Osmau Pasha was to be tried by military
court for the slaughter of wounded Russians
after the great battle of July 81 and the fight
before the Grevitza Redoubt on the 18th of
September. Several hundred Russians are
known to have been captured during those en-
gagements but on the Russian occupation of
Pleyna not prisoner could be found. The
Turkish troops taken say that all were incon-
tinently massacrcd.
Austria has protested against Ser
Was extending hostilities in the direction of
either Bosnia or Herzegovina.
The steamer HUSBAND recently cap
turcd, in the Bosphorus, Turkish transport
steamer with 100 troops on board.
London dispatches of the Both ult.
say the War party in England was momentari-
lv increasing in numbers and influence and
the general expectation was that there would
he trouble with Russia early i'm the coming
spring. About $1,000 native troops and q, 900
regulars had been ordered to be in readiness
to march at short notice from India to Egypt
and Turkey. The recent circular of the Porte
asking the mediation of the Great Powers
having failed Of its purpose, at the request of
the Sultan, England had undertaken alone to
mediate between the belligercnt Powers. 1t
was yet uncertain how the offer would be re-
ceived by Russia.
A Belgrade telegram of the 3Oth ult.
says negotiations we're pending for the sur
render of Nisch. The capture of Prot, by the
Servians, was announced.
A London dispatch of the 3Oth ult.
states that the Russians were approaching
Sophia, and the authorities had ordered all
non-combatants to leave.
A Bucharest telegram of the 3Otl
ult. says the last of the Russian bridges
across the Danube, that at Petrocheni, had
that day been destroyed.
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One Thing Deaf.Mu ties Can Do Well.

MIR. j. c. DAVIS advertised yesterday
for 100 deaf-mutes to be made into tel
egraph-operators. Nine years ago, he
says, he taught deaf-mute named
Hoffman telegraphy. Hoffman learned
the art in less than three months, and
became one of the most expert opera
tors in the country, being at the time
of his death the chief operator in the
Mobile telegraph Office. Mr.. Davis has
since taught twenty deaf-and-dnmb per-
sons, and says that they are almost in-
variably much quicker to learn than
persons who speak and hear, and make
far better operators. II had call
from one to-day" he said, "who told
me that he had been q bookbinder. He
was at first very skeptical, but con-
WINGED him of the ease with which he
could learn by giving him one lesson.
In three-quarters of an hour he knew
more than half of the Morse alphabet,
and, by referring occasionally to the
alphabet written out for a guide, he
could talk with me on the instrument
with ease. Of twenty that / taught in
Philadelphia, sixteen are now in Lon
don, where u number of them are in
IIC 1clCSEdpu OCpd1 IluCuG "a tuC uCA~
eral Postoffice. Two of them have po-
sitions in Philadelphia and one in
Montgomery or Mobile, don't know
which. 1t is marvellous that deaf-mutes
should be able to use their sight as they
do. There was one of my pupils with
whom 1 could talk with my eyes. They
are wonderfully quick and accurate.
While they are receiving dispatches,
which, of course, they do either by
sight or touch, they are not disturbed
by sounds or conversation, and are COM
sequently less liable to make mistakes
than a sound operator. begin with
this little instruments sounder-and
teach them to hold the hand over the
key in receiving, so that they may learn
by the touch first. OF course there is
one requisite to a first-class operator
that l do not teach. He must be q
rapid penman. After going through
course of three months tuition, he
must spend a week or two in an Office
to learn the peculiarities of the manner
of doing business in that Office. Then,
if he is a rapid writer, he is good
Operator.-N. r. World.
u-,,-..o,-.~ -. 4 nno ~,-~~~or ,,,:<l, .
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time he can secure respectable farm
where land is cheap, and have lit
tie cottage upon it, or he can get a good
house and lot in any portion of the
country.
At all events, be not one of the
"dumb. lowest rank" The improve
ment of your leisure time will probably
introduce you to some lucrative en-
ployment.- Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Reading.

In these days, all men and women
read something, but the trouble is that
by reading in a single vein, which SO
strongly appeals to their individual
tastes and personal idiosyncrasies that
it is not study at all, they lose their
power to study anything else. The
rule for successful and profitable read
ing would, in the light of these facts,
seem to be to read only what one does
not like to read. That reading which
costs no effort and necessarily dissi.
pates the power of study, is that which
we should indulge in only for recrea-
ton, while that which we know to be
important in itself, and in its bearings
upon broad knowledge and culture,
should most engage our time and at
tention. The trouble is, not that we
do not read enough, but that we read
so much of that which simply pleases
us as to destroy our power to read that
which will edify and enlarge us. There
are many aspects in which newspaper
reading is preferable to much that is
considered essential to high culture. It
is undoubtedly dissipating to the power
of study, but so is any other reading
which is pursued as a passion. 1t has
this advantages: that it never detaches
the mind from supreme interest
in the affairs of to-day. There are
studies which separate man from his
time-which shut off his sympathies
from the men and the movements
around him. There is q kind of diet.
tanteism which rejoices in housing in
dark corners for the curiosities of his
tory and art, which is wise about great
nothings-wise about bric-a-brac, wise
about antique gems, wise about coins,
wise about classical antiquities, wise
about old book of whose contents it
knows little, wise about dead and use
less things, and foolish enough to plume
itself upon its wisdom.-Dr. Holland,
IN Scrib,ser for January.