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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-17
HANNIBAL AND ST. JOSEPH MORTGAGES.

The Finance Committee of the Hannibal
and st. Joseph Railroad Company last week burned in
the furnaces Of the Union Trust Company its entire
third mortgage bond issue OF S1500OO0. These bonds
were authorized several years ago. aud never regularly
,ssued but had been used as security for loans. BY
nroVtsion of the sinking fund land grant bond
mortgage for 100000, dated January J. 1873.
fine trustee Of the mortgage, the Farmers
loan and Trust Company, was authorized when
it came into possession OF $4,000 OF the railroad
eompanys funds IN excess OF six months interest 10
range for the cancellation Of certain number OF bonds
since April /, $4,000 OF the bonds have been cancelled
IN these the company has drawn forty OF the unsOld
bonds The officers OF tho railroad company state that
OF the bonds have been sold Of D5 and accrued
lpterest and that the company has paid Oh floating
debt OF $500, 600
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-17
pprAKTNa TIP AN IMMORAL SHOW.

Egyptian Hall, in East Thirty fourth-st.,
was closed by the police on Saturday night for the
ond time In two months. Captain Murphy procured
warrants from Justice Duffy, and on Saturday night
surrounded the place with squad OF officers The cur
tain down, and the actors behind tne scenes were
The Artists Studio" The men ana women found on
the stage were arrested There Dineeen prisoners
hi aii-ten men, including Thomas Murphy, Lawrence
30 ward and James Dawson, three Of the reRuted pro-
prletors, and nine girls. At the fOrkYne Pohce Court
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-17

GERS from the Albany steamboat line. She was struck
by barge Of the tug John Cooker and part OF ner
stern carried away After the passengers got on me
steamer about TO back out when she was struck D
another barge In tow on Martins Stores and large
hole made in her bow Sac ran back 10 her PIER ana
sank the dock in forty feet OF water
The boat belonged Francis Venus the engineer and
others She 112 feet long, % feet BEAM ana leeI
depth OF hold she was valued at $1,000 and insured
a0aiDst fire
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-17
r,,nr,n IAur Wrr.- Sandy mnn tn

CURING A LAZY WIFE" Sandy, mon, TAX
the stoups and gang for rake o. water frae pump
while we're wet" said woman TO her husban 4. one
night "a he came home from work drenched TO the skin
Sandy said nothing but quietly took tho stoups and
marched of 70 the pump When he returned his worthy
spouse was sitting quite cOntented by the nreside
Sandy deliberately dashed the contents OF first stOup
aud then another about the person OF his gudew1fe
What IA Il We mean We wretchi" screamed the woman
To this sandy very cooy replied. "Tak the stoups and
gang for q rake o. water while ye're wet" Sandy
never asked 10 go for a rake Of water again.
A SPIRITED ANswRR.-Ministeri Janet |
Janetl Drinking again Don't you know where ali the
drinkers 70 10 Janet; All could say what thers
do, but al aye gae where alb ken-lhicl-ahn get the
best cheapestp-lPunoh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-17
rHE RANKERs IERsEY EXCLUSION

Saturdays excursion party to Philadelphia
ana Atlantic City. mentioned in TIE TRIBUNE was
composed of officers Of the principal banks and insur-
apee companies and their friends. They were Joined
along Aha route and al PHILADELPHIA by bankers from
other eties the entire party being 152 IN number At
HaddOnfed, flowers presented by the people ana
Al Egg HarbOr a vineyard company sent quantity or
It's vine 70 the train band met the travellers al At
lanto City and escorted them TO Congress Han Inc
bankers unbent from their usual dignity and fun and
trolic prevailed Later the day an address OF vel
come delivered by Dr. Thomas n Read OF Atlantic
CITY, which was responded 10 by George T. Coo. Tx
Secretary McCulOcb JOhn Lneas and others also made
speeches. The excursion Party VIII return TO NeW-fOfk
this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-17
CUBANs STILL LOOKING FOR LIBERTY.

About sou CuDans attended meeting sat
urday night at Tammany Hail. tho object being to
sure all exiled Cubans OF their undmIsbed zeal I'm
laborng Cubas independence although the resident
Cubans had yielded to the spanards The president of
the Cuban Society, Mr. Lamadr said that General
MaceO ready and willing at any time TO coutinue
the struggle n the necessary means were furnish
General MaceO was loudly cheered, and responded IN
few words. II decided 10 issue proclamation
All Cubans In the United States 10 assemble and
Central Committee, 10 consider the best steps TO 10
taken In aiding the OF Independence. Upon the
request Of the secretary Mr. Cespedes committee OF
three appOn cd 70 examine the books OF the Cuban
Society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-17
THE INTERNATIONAL TRUSTS CONDITION.

A. IL. Williams, Master IN Chancery, filed
his report Saturday the suspended International
Trust Company Of Jersey CITY, The actual liabilities az
gregate Sl77.476, exclusive OF interest due OF this
amount $50 secured. being loans due tho Second
National Bank OF Jersey City, aud the UnedSat Life
Insurance Company OF this city. There are also
contingent liabilities guarantees, hich not taken
into account Mr. Williams believing they will never
amount TO anything Mr.. Williams estimated the assets
at SI46,s25 including mortgages, $20.500 bills re-
ceivable and due stock subscriptions, $i79SO real
qstate gGJ 800.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-17
THE LoNaEsr STAGE LINE IN THE WORRIED.

FORT WORTH, Texas. June 16.-The mail
and stage line from this place YUMA Arizona was for
mally opened yesterday. The line Is 1890 miles in
length ia the longest In the world and offers the short
est and quickest Mexico and Arizona The pro-
cession consisted OF eighteen four horse coaches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-17

the bark Azor which sailed from Charleston Aprll d
with $50 negro emgfants for Liberia There was rnse
suffering on the voyage the having become soes
ship fever broke out and twenty-three OF the
died. The rcst were In good spirits at having reached
Africa. =" ~"o4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-17
SINKING OF AN ANNEX STEAMER.

The steamer James A. Stevens, one OF the
Brooklyn Annex boats sank OF JswelPs dock, Brooklyn,
en Saturday just as she was about 10 Land her passen-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-17
THE EMIaRANTs TO LIBERIA.

CHARLESTON, s. c., June 16.--A dispatch
dated sorre LeOne May To- the arrival Of
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12
Alaska.

Rev Sheldon Jackson, ID. d., who is a
Presbyterian bishop at large, roaming
over the great west OF the country, has
been up to Alaska, aud has given through
the Christian Weekly very interesting
account of that almost unknown region.
Among other things, he says:
From its eastern boundary to the island
of Alton. the extreme western limit, is
two thousand two hundred miles in an
air line. This island of Alton, according
to Prof. Guyot, is as far west of san
Francisco as Maine is east. Consequently
between the extreme east and west of the
United States San Francisco is the mid
die city. The coast line of Alaska, fol-
lowing up and down the bays and inlets
according TO the measurements Of the
United States Coast Survey, is $4,000
miles, or once around the globe. Its
total area is about as large as all the
United States east of the Mississippi
river and north of the Caroinas and Ala
bama. 1t has the great river of the
United States. The Yukon is over 1900
miles long, and navigable for steamers
from 800 to 800 miles. With vary
ing width of from one To five miles along
its course, II is seventy miles across the
delta of its five mouths. Not as long as
the combined length of the Missouri and
Mississippi, it has greater volume of
water. Larger than the Gangcs of India
or the Orinoco, of South America, it is
one of the great rivers of the world.
Alaska has the greatest mouutain-peak
of the continent, Mount st. Elias, 19,500
feet high.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12
Courtesy in Business.

We had paid four cents for paper in
the office OF one of our large dailies, the
other morning. pleasant Thank you
from the clerk greeted us. We have
thought much about it since. We should
not have considered it discourteous if our
money had been taken mechanically four
cents is a small sum. But it was very
much pleasanter as it was; and the little
incident set us to thinking on the sub
ject we have put at the head of this arti
Gle.
Would it not be much better all round
if there were more courstesy introduced
into our business dealingsl We 60 into
some shops and offices where there seem
to he the most utter indifference whether
your wants are supplied or no. We
sometimes meet officials on railways and
steamboats, who are almost brutal in their
manner, as if gold band round the cap
gave them right 70 be overbearing and
insolent. And then, again, we find 9th
ers quite the reverse, ready to answer
civil questions civilly and to promote
the comfort of those who are temporari-
" under their care. 1t is needless to say
that little courtesy goes great way in
making things smooth and agreeable.
This lesson of courtesy is one, it seems
to us, that all young persons entering in
any capacity upon Il business life ought
to learn. There need be nothing fawn-
ing or simpering about it. 1t is best
when thoroughly manly or womanly.
But it certainly is most easily acquired
in youth, and it will stand its possessor
in good stead in after years. The courte-
Gus clerk will rightly be the tavorite
clerk. We know that the homely old
proverb is in one sense true, that Zine
words butter no ips"-words do not
take the place of things, of actions. But
it is also true, as the Scripture says, that
"a soft answer turneth away wrath
This politeness in manner and in word
will be like the oil that prevents the
friction of the machinery. 1t makes
everything run easy.-Christidn Weekly.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12
In the Future.

What is yonder in the future?
Lift that mystic veil away;
Let the morning sunlight golden
Fall on shadows grim and gray,
Of the doubts and fears we borrow,
Of the death-chill and the sorrow
lowering Ger our lives to-day.
Tell us. is there not glory
In the onward-gliding years?
See we not beyond the parting,
As we gaze through falling tears,
Fondest hopes and rosy vision?
Is there not some field elysian
Which the glowing sunlight cheers?
Though We may not lift that curtain,
Falling DER our future lives,
Yet we know the years are bringing
Rich reward from him who strives;
And, where one day drops of sorrow
Fall to earth, upon the morrow
We shall see plant that thrives.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12
The Paris Continental.

The Continental Hotel, the most mag
nificent in the world, was formally opened
for guests in the month of June. 1t in
closes two large courts, is six stories IN
height, and cost about twenty million
francs, or four million of dollars. 1t
contains five hundred chambers for
guests, employs two hundred and fifty
servants of every class, the silver plate is
valued at 450, 900 francs, it contains maya
zines of table ware, extensive wine cell
lars and all other appliances required to
run such an immense establishment. 1t
has three passenger elevators and four
for baggage within the building, and one
other without, which carries people up
to the coffee and billiard room at the top
of the house, and from which there is OBJ
tanned good view of some of the most
interesting points of the city. The en-
tire building is ventilated and heated by
steam machinery, which costs 100000
francs, using three large engines and four
boilers. The gasometer supplies six hun
dred burners inside the building, while
the court yards will be lighted by the
electric light. The kitchen in the base
ment and the kindred apartments are of
the amplest dimensions and complete in
all their arrangements, and all the food,
etc, are conveyed to and from different
points by rail. The salons and chambers
are furnished and furnished in most gor-
geous style. The grand salon with bridal
chamber adjoining, is finished in modern
renaissance and upholstered in crimson
and gold. Another parlor called the
parlor of Louis XIV, is in the style of
that period-the panel paintings by the
best artists of Paris, represent nuptial
scenes of that day. A singular pair of
curtains cost 5000 franc $4,000. The
mantle, of variegated black marble,
reaching nearly to the ceiling, has cen
ter piece Of a NEUROLOGICAL subject eX-
quisitively carved. Between the two
court yards is large conversation room.
The ceiling is painted by Mayerolle, a
distinguished artist, and finished in gilt,
while numerous statutes, on marble pc
destals, adorn the side walls. Adjoining
is the winter garden, finished in Moorish
style, with reading-rooms for ladies and
gentlemen on either side. The dining
room, to seat three hundred persons, is
finished in the same general style and
adorned with paintings and Gobelin tap
estry. The ceiling at the breaktast-room
is painted by Luminais to represent hun
ting scenes in the time of Henry H., is
wainscoted in ebony, .inlaid with.red cop
per, and the walls are hung with leathern
tapestry. The chandeliers are made after
antique patterns. The cate and billiard
room are also flashed in the style OF
Henry H., and the furniture is If solid
walnut, covered with crimson velvet. The
desk Is An elegant piece of carved wal
nut, with violet.colored Brechc marble
slab. The carving of the desk alone cost
81 900. -PhiLadelphid Times.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12

yet, see what l am. 1t is only towards
or tritlers who, after twelve years service
return as they went"
"And it is to me you apply such
words2"
Take them as you will; but warn
you that l will harbor no idlers who come
to eat out my substance"
II assure you l will work"
Nonsense! you have lost the habit OF
it."
"Then you repuse me--farewellw said
Bernard departing Indignantly.
"You have not deceived me-" he said
to Julien on returning. "He has re-
pulsed me-not the slightest mark of
atfection-rothing but the coolest selfish
ness"
"Ah. well, console yourself, my dear
Bernard. You know the offer | have
made you. You have only to accept it.
You shall remain with us. We will sup
ply your brothers place"
81 consent, my dear Julien; we shall
live together; Tut before carrying out the
plan, it is necessary that | should be alb
sent for brief period"
"How, quit us again2"
"Only for few days"
"Well, hurry back, so as to be in time
for the coming tete. The new master of
the chateau is expected, and he is to have
a grand reception. They are getting all
the old guns out to do him honor. They
say he is great general, and such fellows,
you know, relish the smell of powder.
Your brother is sparing no pains to
make everything go off splendidly-all
simple enough; he wishes to keep his
place, you see."
On the day appointed all was in COM
motion in the village. The steward di-
rected everything. The sentinels posted
on the route, gave the concerted signal to
announce the counts approach. Soon he
appeared in a splendid barouche. A
grand salute was fired. The bells tollcd.
The count stopped his coach, and the
steward came forward TO deliver an adj
dress. He began by comparing the gen
eral to Alexander the Great, but all at
once he stopped in the middle of Il period.
His tongue stuck fast. His astonished
eyes were fixed upon the counts
face.
W GU, sli, YOU SUI rhpi' ealu ihC AT
ter; "your tongue was glib enough few
days ago.
"My-my brother.' stammered the
steward.
His brother." cried the astounded vii
lagars.
"Yes, my friends cried the general,
lcaping from his carriage, 81 am your old
companion, Bernard Gervais!'
The crowd pressed about to clasp his
hands, and testify their pleasure at his
happy return.
The pitful figure cut by the steward
may be imagined. He was overwhelmed
by the recollection of his unnatural con-
duct. The general, always generous and
good, took pity on his distress. Extend
ing his hand, he said:
LET ali be forgotten. A day so happy
should nos be marred by our estrange-
ment. The name of brother cancels ALL
and | shall no longer remember the stew
ards reception
With Julien and his wife, one on each
arm, the count entered his chateau, and
we may be sure that these two worthy
friends were never afterward forgotten.-
Men York Ledger.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12

The TooTHACHE.-A gentleman says:
after suffering excruciating pain from
toothache, and having tried in vain to
obtain relief, Betty told me a gentleman
had been waiting some time in the par
lor who said he would not detain me one
minute. He came friend | had not
seen for years. He sympathized with
me, while briefly told him how sadly |
was afflicted. MY dear friend,n cx-
claimed he, ~ can cure you in ten min
utes.' How howl' inquired; "do il
in pity "lnstantly," said he, Betty,
have you any alumf' ayes" Bring it,
and some common salt" They were
produced; my friend pulverized them,
mixed in equal quantities; then wet
piece of cotton, causing the mixed pow
ders to adhere, and placed It in my hol-
low tooth. There" said he, "if that
does not cure you | will forfeit my
head. You may tell this in Gath and
publish il in Askelon the remedy is infal-
liable 1t was So. experienced SEN
sa,ion of GOODNESS ON applying it which
gradually subsidized, and with it the tor
ment of the toothache.-Cineinndii ga
zdte.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12

The celebration Of the one hundredth
anniversary of the evacuation Of Valley
Forge by the Continental Army, has
brought to mind the terrible sufferings
undergone in the dread winter when our
troops were encamped there, without pay,
almost without clothing-some of them
being shoeless-and with insufficient ra-
tons. 1t was the darkest period in the
history of the revolutionary war. What
is all glorious now was all blackness then.
The rare virtue which saved US in that
crisis was the endurance of George Wash
ington. He never gave up. Serious and
calm, but always hopeful and determined,
he was the same in sunshine and in storm
Not unduly elated by victory, he never
despaired in defeat. This was the dis
tinguishing trait which made the name of
Washington immortal, while it secured
freedom and equal rights to the Ameri-
can people. George Washington never
gave up
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12

Fourteen thousand new books, contain
ing twenty thousand volumes, were pub
lished in Germany in 1877 by ten thou
sand authors. The total number of
copies was two million four hundred
thousand, or one for every twentieth per-
son in the empire. The eight million al
manacs printed annually are not included
in this computation. Statistics show
that the new books are bought by only
two per centum of the population, and
herein is a curious phenomenon that q
nation producing such an enormous num-
Der of books should buy, paratively,
so few, for at least half of every edition
is unsold or is sold outside of Germany.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12

Two butchers at Sunderland have been
sent to prison for three months at hard
labor for butchering dog and selling the
flesh TO their customers for mutton, and
as several dogs have been missing of late,
it is thought that this was not their first
offence.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12

The eruption of Vesuvlus, in A. ID. 20
when Pompeii and Herculaneum were
overwhelmed, is to be concentrated in
Pompeii next year, on the eighteen hum
dredth anniversary.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12

Snodkins Gin trepidation to certain
eminent professor beg your pardon,
sir, but have got through your exam
inationi Eminent professor (absently
but kindly)-Oh, yes--yes--very credit.
ably indeed.--What is your nape, siri
(FacD .-Hdrvdrd Ldmpoon.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12

The family of Senator Grover of
Oregon, are at Bethel Hill, Maine. The
Senator will return to Maine in Sep
TENDER.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12

The first symptoms OF mind in health
are rest of heart and pleasures felt at
home.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-03-01

A little over ten months agu Charles
T.. Whiteomb Walked into Syracuse
wenring M oil straw Int with a hole III
tile top, pair 81 SHOES with thc heels
knocked oil. md linen dnsler. Yes.
tcrlny the lsev Charles T.. Whitcomh,
III Ira. Caynga county, entered tie
.standard editorial roonns the straw Int
hal giycn place 10 silk tile, aud tha
linen .lnHtar md been multiplied ~ a
fnlIslress sui ii bluck. II ii but Iii.
liz over twelve months ngo tint Mr..
Whitcomb ran saloon, where Tho worst
characters u Detroit, Mich, congrega.
tod. H. went through small fortune
of ~. no or el0, 900 spout the Inst cent
with boom companions, and tllcn started
On trump. Al Port Lry.len, Lewis
county, he abandoned his former hab
liz, mud within he struck Syracuse and
tho revival liz maintained Iii. desire 10
lead letter life. H. took up one
branel, u Mr.. lIammond's laiDrs work
among the incorporate. THIS hr pnr.
sued Tor several months, lnl VIVA quito
rnccessinl. Ilc reached I'm, where ha
now Ii pastor III u church, whicl, Ina
prDspered under liia ministmtions.
From II yaloon.kccper ~ u preacher In
twelve mouths. Aytaapse IN. "
| Standard.