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GENERAL.

A Manchester (kng.) dispatch of the
sd says there were between $1,000 and 90, 600
operatives on a strike in Lancashire, about
1900 being weavers.
A Vienna dispatch of the oath says
the revolt in Bulgaria was assuming large pro-
portions and spreading along the eastern val
leys of the River Ar1a and its tributaries,
A violent gale occurred in the Black
Sea, on the oath, during which Turkish cor
vette, having on board ninety men, was lost.
There were no survivors.
Typhus is increasing among the
Russians ut Adrianople and Rosdusta.
A Jacksonville (Fla.) telegram of
the 23d says that McLin, member of the Flor
Ida Returning Board in the Presidential cleo
ton of 1876 and L. G. Dennis, member of the
Republican State Central Committee, had con-
fessed that perjury and fraud were resorted to
IN order to count in the vote of that State
for Hayes.
The New York State Prohibitory Con-
vention met at Albany, on the oath, and
adopted resolutions demanding that the man
ufacture and sale Of intoxicating liquors be
prohibited by law; protesting against the pro-
posed Moffet Bell-Punch act; favoring the en-
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JACK FEArHERLY lived in log cabin
at the base of one of the mountain
ranges of the Adirondacks. He had
been brought up in the woods from
infancy, and the rocks, trees and flow
ing water were his lesson books, for in
that desOlate region schools were out of
the question. He was tho son Of n
guide who conducted hunters and
pleasure parties over tho lakes aud
through the woods VI tho Shnttagec
region. and by the time he was seven
tean years of age the hoy was able to
act M n guide himself. Ills eyes were
NJ keen that he could toll nj n glance,
by tho traces upon tho dry leaves.
whether hear. deer ar panther had
passed by. Tho forest was his homo
aud he could Ito down miles from homo
and sleep M swcetly upon his couch Of
moss ar ienvos ns tho hest housed
youngster on his more civilized bed.
In tho summer of 1873 no guided u
party distance of forty miles to the
first of tho chain of mountain lakes,
whore his father waited for them with
canoes. From that point they had no
further neod' Of him. and tho same
afternoon hc started on his return
home. He had passed over ten miles
Of tho way when night came on, and
taking his Ratchet from his belt he
quickly put up n "lean-to."
II did not take Jack long to build his
shelter, and when il was completed he
sat down upon IL, and ate some cold
meat and corn bread, which he had in
his hnversack. When he had finished
his supper he gathered quantity of
moss and leaves for bed, spread them
upon the floor of his rude tent, wrapped
his blanket around him and laid down.
Tho croaking of the frogs, the lny Of
the whippoorwill and the tapping Of
tho river close at hand were familiar
sounds and quickly lulled him to sleep.
His rifle, loaded and ready for use, was
ut his side, and his knife in its sheath
hung upon short, broken branch
above his head. Though he was but
seventeen years old, Jack Featherly
was as strong as most men, and quite
able to take care of himself; for his
courage was certainly equal to his
strength.
1t might have been three o'clock in
the morning, just before the light came,
when he was awakened by q strange
feeling of uneasiness, and gradually be-
came aware of the presence of some
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Fight With q Panther.

LAST week hunter named Jacob
Farquarson, while passing through
the forest between White Fish Lake and
Black-Trout Lake, near the head wa
tiers of the Madawaska River, encount-
cred q puma, or American panther.
He came acnsss the carcass of a deer,
which he stopped to examine, and
found it to be the remains of large
upland cariboo. While looking at it,
he heard noise at some distance off,
among the tree-tops. Shortly after,
the sounds were repeated, and, on
looking up, he saw large animal leap
ing from tree to tree toward the spot
where he stood. He was armed with a
Ballard rifle, and, as soon as the beast
came near enough he fired at it, when,
to his surprise and alarm, the brute
sprang from the tree directly 1T him.
In the meantime the hunter ha rapid
~ reloaded, and, having jumped aside
and behind large pine before the in
furiated animal could recover for a
second spring, he gave it another bull.
let. Both shots had taken effect, az
was afterwards discovered, but neither
in vital part. After the second shot
the puma turned and darted with roar
at the hunter, who drew a long, keen
edged hunting-knife, and, with his back
against q tree, awaited his enemy. The
enraged animal sprang at him and
fastened its long curved claws into hie
shoulder, when he drove the knife re.
peatedly to the hilt into its breast. Both
came to the ground together, but the
struggle did not last long, for the huge
animal, weakened by the loss of blood
from the bullet and knife of Farquar.
SON, soon turned over dead. The ami.
NAL, which is quite rare in Canada
now; was one of the largest size, meas
uring nine feet from the nose to the ex.
tremity of the tail.-OttasOa (Kan.
Free Press.
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Irish Pleasantrles.

IF the walls of the Dublin :" Four
Courts - could speak, how many a
pleasant story and witty repartee and
sparkling bonmot they could tell! Let
me recall and string together some Of
these pearls of anecdote and wit, some
of which, though perhaps not alto
gether new to lovers of anecdote, may
well bear repetition.
The first Viscount Guillamore, when
Chief Baron O'Grady, was remarkable
for his dry humor and biting wit. The
latter was SO fine that its sarcasm was
often unperceived by the object against
whom the shaft was directed.
A legal friend, extremely studious,
but in conversation VIGOROUSLY dull,
was once showing off to him his newly
built house. The bookworm prided
himself especially on q sanctum ne had
contrived for his own use, SO secluded
from the rest of the building that he
could pore over his books in private
quite secure from disturbance.
"Capital!' exclaimed the Chief
Baron. "You surely could, my dear
fellow, read and study from morning
till night, and no human being be one
bit the wiser"
In those days, before competitive ex-
aminations were known, men with more
interest than brains got good appoint
ments, for the duties of which
they were wholly incompetent. OF such
was the Hon. -. He was telling
Lord Guillamore of the summary way
in which he disposed of matters in his
court.
II say to the fellows that are bother.
ing with foolish arguments, that there
no use in wasting my time and their
breath for that all their talk only jus,
goes in at one ear and out al the
other"
No great wonder in that" said
O'Grady, "seeing that there's SO little
between to stop it,
The father Of the Lord Chancellor
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Married In q Stable.

Two YOUNG people arrived on an
afternoon train in the city yesterday.
They walked hurriedly up Ludlow
street, and stopped at Fourth, they
turned to Mumma's livery stable, and
inquired of the proprietor if they could
have horse and buggy for a few
hours. He assured them that a vehicle
was at their disposal.
The young man seemed somewhat
Hurried and in doubt. After looking at
the lady a moment. he turned to Mr..
Mumma again, and inquired rather fall
teringly:
"YOu haven't got any place here
where we can get married, have yOup'
Somewhat taken aback, Mr.. Mumma
looked at them q moment, then
scratched his head. and replied:
"Well, I've got sort Of parl0r right
here that can fix up for you in three
minutes. It's carpeted, got sofa In It
and lots of pictures; better looking
place than many you'll find"
THAT will do splendidly." said tho
young man. ''Can you got us minis
terP'T
I'm FIVE minutes" said Mr.. Mummn.
"Wcll I'll 60 an got y license. aud.
my DEAR" said he 10 the lady. ''you re-
main here till return"
In ten minutes tho young man was
back with his license. Mr.. MummM
was at hand with Row. w. j. Shuey,
and in five minutes John Henry Glib
bard and Frank Bancroft were man
and wife.
The young man drew sigh Of relief.
looked at the lady, and paying no at
tention to those about him, put his
arms around her and imprinted fond
kiss on her lips that wns returned mn
fondly, and whispered in her car.
''Safe, darling"
"Would you like to have marriage
certificate?" asked the minister.
..Oh, no; we don't care for that,
SO long as we're married. do we,
FrankieP''
The lady nodded acquiescently.
'Now we want to ride about for an
hour, but be back in time for tho Gin
cinnati train.
''Here's you buggy" said Mr..
Mumma.
They returned in an hour, and left
on the train at the Union Depot bound
for Cincinnati. The last words they
were heard to utter, as he Rugged her
affectionately to his side, were:
"We're safe now, Frankie" and she
looked up into his eyes confidingly and
replied:
1--WE isl Dayton (Ohio) Journal.
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afterward Lord Plunket-was. a very
simple-minded man. Kindly and un-
suspicious, he was often imposed upon,
and the Chancellor used to tell endless
stories illustrative of his parent guile
less nature.
One morning Mr.. Plunket, taking an
early walk, was Overtaken by two re-
spectable-looking men, carpenters. APP
parently by trade, each carrying the
implements of his work.
"Good morning, my friends" said
the old gentleman lyon are early
afoot. Going on a job. ehP''
"Good morrow kindly, sir. Yes,
we are, and quare job too the quarest
and the most of-the-way YOU ever
heard of, I'll he bound, though you'v
lived long in the world, and heard and
read of many thing. Oh, you'll never
guess it, your honor, SO l may as well
tell at once. We're going to cut the
legs off a dead man"
"Whatr' cried his nearer, aghast.
You don't mean"
Eyes, indeed; tits true for ME; and
here's how it come about. Poor Mary
Neils husbands carpenter like our
selves. and an old comrade-has been
sick all the winter, and departed life
last Tuesday. What with the grief
and the being left on the wide world
with her five orphans, and no one to
earn bit or sup for them, the craythur
is fairly out of her mind stupid from
the crying and the fret; for what does
she do, poor woman, but send the
wrong measure for the coffin, and
when it come home it was ever so
much too short. Barney Neil was a
tall man-nigh six feet we reckoned
him. He couldn't be got into it, do
what they would, and the poor cray
thur hadn't what would buy another.
Where would she get it, after the long
sickness himself had, and with five
childher to feed and clothep So, your
honor, all that's in it is to cut the legs
off him. Me and my comrade here is
going to do it for the desoiate woman.
Wen just take 'em off at the knee
joints and lay them alongside him in
the coffin. l think, sir, now I've told
you our job, you'll say it's the quarest
ever you heard Of"
"Oh!' cried the old gentleman,
"such thing must not be done. It's
impossible. How much will new cof-
fin cost?''
The carpenter named the sum, which,
was Immediately bestowed on him,
with injunctiOns to invest forthwith in
the necessary purchase.
The business, however, took quite an
unexpected turn. Mr.. Plunket, on his
return home, related his matutinal adj
venture to his family at breakfast,
the future Chancellor, then young
barrister, being at the table. Before
the meal was ended the carpenters
made their appearance, and with many
apologies rendered back the coin they
had received. He who had been spokes-
man in the morning explained that on
seeing the gentleman in advance OF
them on the road, he had for lark
made bet with his companion that he
would obtain the money, which, hav-
ing won his wager, he now refunded
Harper's Weekly.
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DEALINGS III GRAIN AND PRO.
VISIONS.
How Transactions Are COnsummated
on the Chicago Board Of Trade-Dif.
ference Between ssFuture Deliveries,
and 81 Puts and Calls.,s

on the Chicago Board Of Trade-Dif.
ference Between . Future Deliveries,
and 81 Puts and Calls.''
FUTURE DELIVERIES" &
AMONG the varied departments of
trade in which Chicago ranks pre-em-
inent as compared with the great COM
mercial cities of the country and the
world, and with which the interest of
the entire business community are
more or less identified and in which
transactions of the most tremendous
magnitude are at times involved, none
command more attention-particularly
in seasons of largely fiuctuating val
ues-than the " trading in contracts for
future delivery of grain and provis-
ions, more commonly but improperly
called "options." We say improperly,
because the contract for the property
is fixed and definite, and the only feat
ure in which the trade is at all OPP
tio''al, is the privilege of delivery be-
tween specified dates, accorded to the
seller or buyer, as the trade may be
made "seller the month";" or buyer
the month";" Almost the entirety of
trading in Futures however, is in
contracts for "seller the month"; the
particular month being always speci-
fled. Thus, when dealer ION
Change asks of another member the
price of "May wheat" each under
stands the question to apply to the
price of contracts for No. 2 Spring
wheat, deliverable during the. month of
May, at the option of the seller as to
s0hGt day in May he will deliver the
property. Trades in "buyer, the
month" are very seldom made and are
almost obsolete. The meaning of the
phrase "buyer the month"; IS, how
ever. that the buyer can call for the
delivery of the property on any day
during May, or any month for which
the contract may be made, and the
seller is bound to deliver before 2:3O
p. m. on the day the demand may be
made. On contracts for "seller the
month" the contract once made, the
seller must deliver the property and
the buyer must receive and pay for it
within the time named in the con-
tract, unless the contract shall have
been Cancelled by another offsetting
trade, or by settlement
To illustrate the detail of a trade in
MAY wheat" we will suppose that A
buys from B 5000 bushels of wheat,
seller May, on Change at $1.1O per
bushel; in the afternoon AS clerk will
will present to B contract, of which
the following is the custom accepted
and Board of Trade form, which B
signs and the contract is complete.
FORM OF CONTRACT,
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The Queen Of Spain.

A BOsTON girl, sent to be educated at
a French Convent, was a schoolmate of
the Princess Mercedes, now the Queen
of Spain. In letters sent home, and re-
Gently published in Scribner's, the Bos-
ton girl describes the Princess, whom
the nuns insisted should be called
Madame" She was once punished
for joining the other girls in mischief
during school-hours, and the amiable
way in which she received her punish
ment is thus narrated:
Poor Sister Marguerite felt that all
authority was slipping from her hands;
and when at last little, quiet, demure
Madame, to the delight of the offend
ers, could resist their overtures no
longer, but began, too, to join in the
pranks, she felt that something desper-
ate must be resorted to. With a rap
on the desk that made every one jump,
she said, sternly, ''Mercedesv'
The Princess started to her feet, and
turned crimson, and the girls looked up
to hear what was coming next.
Sister Marguerite went on gravely:
Mercedes, am grieved to see you en-
couraging this conduct in your class
mates. You may go and stand at the
door till the class is quiet
All was hushed in an instant; and the
girls were aghast; for to stand at the
door is considered one of the most hui
initiating of punishments, and is sell
dom resorted to except with the Petites.
The door of the recitation-room is a
glass one, leading into the hall, right
at the. foot of the staircase where peo-
pie are continually passing; so that the
offender, who stands outside, is in full
sight of the passers-by, as well as of the
class.
The girls looked wonderingly at each
other, at the mistress, then at the Prin-
cess, to see what she would do. For a
moment she hesitated, then she turned
and walked quickly, with head bcl I
down, to the door, opened it, went out
and stood there with her hands folded,
and with a very red face.
This step had the desired effect Of
bringing the class to order, for there
was hardly girl but felt she deserved
the punishment far more than Madame.
However, Sister Marguerite let her stay
there several minutes.
From this till the end of the lesson.
tho girls were all like little models.
This evening. after Madame had left,
tho nuns told us that after class, she
came up to Sister Marguerite and
thanked her for having given her this
punishment. saying:
"You have reminded me that. in my
position. [ ought always to give the
highest example. hope never shall
forget it." She always takes y rcproof
In such good spirit that I don't wonder
the nuns think so much of her.
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SAxoNY is now nearly as densely
populated as Belgium. In 1884 the
population was 1886, SOS; in 1861,
1926, 24O; in 1864, 1881, 1872; in 1867,
2,423,568; in 1875, 2,76O.5S6. Part OF
this is due to the immigration thither
OF factory hands from other parts OF
Germany. The population of the
cities has been especially rapid. In
1884, Dresden had 10000; in 1861,
lag. 600; in 1875, $4,000. Leipzig has
grown from 5000 in 1884, to 127, 600 in
1875. Chemnitz, from Fl, 600 in 1884,
to $4,000 in 1875. If the suburbs OF
these cities be included. their popula-
ton was, respectively, in 1875, "a, 900.
213, 600, and 114.OOO.
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"A sick man in Newport, r. l., in a
sudden outburst of gratitude, told his
female nurse that he would marry her
if she would send for a minister. She
sent forthwith, but before the clergy
man got there the sick man had
changed his mind and was very obsti-
nate. %t-t#
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AS among the things physically
possible, it is now considered easier for
a camel to 60 through the eye of a
needle than for a rich man to make a
will that cannot be broken.
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President Anderson, of Rochester
University. has served longer in Office
than any other college President in the
country.
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80. Bush. a. s.. .
GRAIN CONTRACT. Chicago, 49,. 1877

Il. have this day BOUGHT Of. B. ...
Flee. thousand bushels of No. 2........
SDring Wheat. ......at one dollar and
ten cents per bushel, to be delivered
in store. at sellers option during. 49,.
the month Of Nay. 1878,
To BE DELIVERED IN LOTS OF $1,000 BUSHELS
EACH.
This Contract is subject, in all respects to
the Rules and Regulations of the Board
of Trade of the City of Chicago.
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"A man recently knocked down an
elephant, . lion and q rhinoceros. He
was an auctiOneer.
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franchisement of women; opposing the Ma
tional Banking system; favoring the expansion
Of the currency, ETC., etc. Geo. H. Danford
was nominated as candidate for Judge of the
Court Of Appeals.
In compliance with invitations ex-
tended by the Municipal Government of Phil
adelphia and the National Union League of
that city, President Hayes and wife, accompa-
MED by the Secretaries Of the Treasury and
Interior and their wives, and other distin-
guished personages, visited the City of Broth
erly Love, on the oath, meeting with an en-
thusiastic reception and ovation during q
three-days' sojourn there.
A man, fifty years old, leaped from
the new Suspension Bridge, at Niagara Falls,
on the 18th. In his coat was found an en-
velope addressed to Edward NJ. Great, Water
ford. Racine County, Wis.
The boiler in Strong's foundry, in
Dublin, ireland, exploded, on the 18th, de-
stroying the adjoining houses, killing fifteen
persons and seriously injuring twelve others.
A Belgrade dispatch of the 10Th ult.
says the frontier and frontier Notifications of
Scrvia were being hurriedly strengthened.
A Berlin correspondent of the 29th
ult says il Austria invaded Bosnia and Herze-
govina, rs then appeared probable, Italy would
make descent upon the Albanian coast.
1t was believed in Washington, on
the 29th ult., that tax on incomes of over
$4,000 would not pass the House of Represen-
tatives This was the opinion of the Ways
and Means Committee Of the House.
In the United States Circuit Court,
at San Francisco, on the 10Th ult., Judge Saw
yer decided that = Chinaman is not q white
person within the meaning Of the term as used
in the Naturalization laws, and is not there
fore entitled to citizenship. The case will be
appealed, doubtless, to the United States Su-
preme Court.
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The Republican Congressional Com
mittee has organized BY electing Hon. Geo.
c. Gorhan,, Of California, Secretary.
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The property and franchises of tho
Erie Railroad were sold to ex-Gov. Morgan, Of
New York City, on the Gath, for $4,000, 900.
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CURRENT PARAGRAPE4S.
The son of Mr.. Evarts, the Secretary
Of State, died at Washington, on the 26th, OF
consumptiOn.
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George +. Smith has been nominated
to be Collector of the Port of New Orleans.
Ha has represented Louisiana in the House Of
Representatives,
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The Indiana State Republican Con-
vcntion has beer called to meet at lndianapo-
lis, on the 5th of June.
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'ORM OF CONTRACT.
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Pope Leo has issued an Encyclical
confirming and renewing the protest of Pope
Plus against tho encroachments on the civil
authority Of the Church.