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Opposed to a Reoou ut.


The New York Herald has caused all the
members Of. Congress, Senators and Repre-
sentatives to be interviewed On the Blair
bill with the following result: In the Sen-
ate % Republicans, and "A Democrats open
ly denounced the measure Democrat,
Mcpherson of New Jersey, favored, and z
Republicans and 8 Democrats declined
either to answer or evaded direct reply.
Senators Patterson and Spencer, Southern
Republicans, were not opposed to reopen
ing the count. So the matter stands on the
Herald's showing-49 Senators against
even considering the Blair bill, 1 in its IA
vor and II (including David Davis) who
did not express themselves positively,
though all but three or four might reason
ably be counted against the scheme. Of
the Democratic Senators opposing 1S are
from the Southern States. Among those
who decline to speak must be counted Mr..
Lamar. - ~
The House of Representatives divided,
undei the Herald process, is as follows !:
Republicans, 115. Democrats, 81
(of the latter, Cd were from the former
slave States). In favor-Democrats, 13 !;
Republicans The latter, Mr.. Williams
of Wisconsin, seems to have been jesting
in his reply, as he said he was in favor of
reopening the count three or four years
from date. On the fence" as the Herald
puts it, were 43 Democrats and Republi-
cans. The latter, including MIR. Butler,
simply declined to be interviewed. Ac.
cording to the showing obtained, the
Herazd's figures stand as follows: Oppos-
ed-Democrats, in both houses, 116; Re-
publicans, ditto, 140-a total of 256. In
favor-Democrats, IA; Republicans, l.
total, 10. "On the fence Democrats,
SO; Republicans, IA Independent total,
81. Absent. 80. Of the so-called doubt
ing ones, it is fair to infer from their an
swers, as reported in the Herald, at least
25 are really opposed to any action such as
the Blair bill proposes There is little
probability Of the measure ever being re-
ported from the Judiciary Committee to
which it is referred. But if it should come
into Congress and vote be obtained
there will not be over 40 votes cast in its
favor. .G a.
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THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA.
From the Nv Y. Times.


A Wall street broker laid wager the
other day that Christopher Columbus dis
covered the continent of North America,
and, of course, lost. it. 1t is surprising
how many intelligent people entertain the
same error. Knowing that he discovered
o number of islands in the Western. Hem
. isphere, they think that he must of neees-
sity have discovered this continent also.
They forget that ne died in ignorance of
the real grandeur of his achievement, be-
iieving Cuba, Terra del TFaego and the
other islands he had found to be remote
parts of Asia, Amerigo Vespucci, after
whom North and South America is named,
did not discover this continent proper.
The land he discovered lay near the equa-
tor, and he, too, was deluded with the no.
tion that it was portion of Asia. John
Cabot was the discoverer of North Amer
lea, (seme time in May, 1497,) which he
likewise supposed to belong to the domin-
ions of the Grand Cham. He sailed along
the coast for 800 leagues and went ashore.
without finding any human beings, although
he believed the country inhabited. 1t is
remarkable that the three great discoverers
of the Western World should all have been
Italians Columbus was born in Genoa !;
Vespucci in Florence, and Cabot, presuma-
bly, in Venice. The birth of Cabot is u n
certain, as are his age and the place and
time of his death. But the fact that the
license granted him by Henry VII calls
him Kabotto, Venetian, would seem to de.
termine the question Of his nativity. The
dlscoverers had sorry fortune. Colun,-
bus, as we are aware, was treated with tho
blackest ingratitudo by the King of Spain.
When the officers of the vessel in which he
was removed as prisoner to Spain offered
to remove his chains, imposed upon him
by royal order, he replied, 81 will wear
them as a reminder Of the gratitude of
Princes" He died, as everybody knows.
neglected, in extreme poverty, of q broken
heart. Vespucci had many trials and died
poor, and Cabot, or Cabota, fell into such
obscurity that no one can tell where or
when or how he died. Surely the augu-
ries attendant on the birth of the Western
World were not favorable, and in q super
stitious age might have led to the belief
that it's history would never be marked by
good fortune. dix. ...e. ssee b.@ {; -
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From the Buffalo Courier.

From the Buffalo Courier. -.
A man named John j. Groat arriTed at
Suspension Bridge from the East on
Thursday evening. He reached the place
at S:45 o'clock on the New York Central
train, and soon after entering the hotel he
said he was going over the read with the
engineer. Twice during the night he got
up and each time avowed his determination
to 60 over the river, and each time was he
persuaded to retire again. Yesterday
morning he got mp, paid his bill, and
crossed the railroad bridge on foot. AS he
crossed he loft his overcoat with the gate
tender and inquired If be could get boy
to walk to the Falls with him. A boy was
found and they started for the Falls on the
Canada side. Groat stopped at Buekley's
store and bought some paper and envelopes,
wrote letter and mailed it at Clifton, after
which he proceeded to walk to the new
suspension bridge; reaching this point he
purchased a ticket one way acicss, and
walked over the bridge some distance, re-
"diuiAk uPOu ~ AIA oOAASeuAAE VvOA AoAa
an hour. Meeting some parties he in
quired how high the bridge was above the
river, and whether anyone had ever jump
ed off the bridge. He was told ''Yes, and
killed." He finally walked away from ev-
.erybody, pulled his coat off, got upon the
railing and took the fatal plunge into the
relentless torrent beneath. Men at work
upon the bridge below saw him make the
terrible leap. In the first few feet of his
descent he turned completely over, after.
which he went down feet frst, until near
the water, when there was another change,
and he fell fiat on his back. The shock ev-
identity killed him instantly. The body
foaAed down the stream on the surface for
distance of about 800 feet, and then sank
out of sight. The alarm was given to the
ferrymen at Prospect Park, and they made
endeavor to reach the body, but failed to
find it, Great was about fifty years Of age,
and evidently has parents living at Water
ford, Wisconsin, and in his pocket was
found an envelope addressed to- Edward
Groat at that place. 5s1asv9 4
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FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES. 1t is
act act generally Sc kneRn, even in cultivated
circles, that the amount Of arabic soil in
America is greater than in Europe, Asia
and Africa, put together, and can therefore
sustain more lives. speak from scien-
tific basis, and I will show you what that
basis is: Our continent is narrow, and
therefore the winds of the ocean water it
well. The mountain chains ON the east
side of the American continent are low /;
on the east side of the old world they are
high. From this it results that the trade
winds, laden with the wetness of the sea,
are attracted to our land. The breadth of
the old world and it's high eastern ranges
cause the rainIess interiors of Asia and Af-
rica. Again, America Is the land of fertile
plains; the old world of scorched piains.
Our plains run north and south, and so
attract and receive the rains America is
: higher under the equator, the old world is
wide, hence with us small surface is ex-
posed to the scorching sun. The result is
that the productive soil in the old world is
10000, 900 square miles, and IN the new
II, ,000, ,009 Thus bursts upon as in all
the light of scientific truth the fact that
America can sustain a greater population
than the old world, and if she can it is un-
questionable that some day she will.-Coal
Trade Journal.
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From the Baltimore Bulletin.


The late Colonel Jenifer, whose death
was announced in the Bulletin yesterday
had seen much service and distinguished
himself ON many fields. He was the IA
nous white horseman at the battle of Balls
Bluff, who exposed himself SO ,ecklessly
to the Federal bullets that he was reported
to have a charmed life, He contributed
very materially to the victory OF the Con-
federates On that day. Colonel Jenifer was
peculiarly attached to horses and dogs, and
succeeded in training them to the perform
ance of many. remarkable feats. Many
persons in Baltimore will remember the
beautiful brace of trained settlers " hich
accompanied him everywhere in 1864.
and the white stallion ridden by him at
Balls Bluff had been a ia vorite and trusted
companion for many years. The stallion,
so we'll known at Pimlico. and which is a
barb of the purest lineage and choicest
points, was a present made to him by the
Khedive in recognition of important SER
vices in recognizing the Egyptian caval-
ry, and Colonel Jenifer testified his at
tachment to his native State when he sent
the beautiful creature here.
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EvE-ANaEIIcAL CORNER.
DIR. Mary Walker Is forty-eight years of


DIR. Mary Walker Is forty y-eight years of
age.
Mrs. Stowe says she has only made $780,
600 instead of $500, 900 out of ''Uncle Toms
Cabin" ~ s.. .ay .r
Mrs. Tilton suffers from rheumatism of
the heart as well as from quiekened con-
science. -. .-..
Asmall white stone bearing her name is
the only monument above Charlotte Cush-
mans grave.
None Of the members of the Rothschild
family were present at the marriage of
Hannah to Earl Roseberry.
a sunshade composed entirely of panses
with solid gold handle is novelty ex-
hibited in New York jewelers. window.
Alone of all Mohammedan women the
mothers Of the Sultans of Turkey can ap-
pear in public unveiled and receive as many
visitors as they like.
In Greenland woman who can lift two
hundred pounds is called s'sklux," which
means the same as Beautiful one, wilt
thou wander with me ?''
A pair of twins with different birthdays
recently arrived at Brockport, Mass. One
was born five minutes before and the other
five minutes after midnight.
Mrs. Gen. Gaines being asked how she
retained her youthful feelings to the age of
over eighty years, replied !: Soap and
water and clear conscience
Before Boston goes entirely crazy over
that female barber, she ought to pause
little between beans and ruminate upon
the trouble Samson got into by letting a
woman cut his hair.
A lady wished seat. A portly gentle
man brought one and seated the lady.
ooh, you are a jewel ?" "Oh, no." he
replied, bowling low. 81 am .jeweler
have just set the Jewell"
In England married woman cannot
pay tax or rent house or do anything
independent of her husband. Single wom-
en who pay taxes, however, can vote at
local elections the same as men,
A foolish Fall River woman recently
had the remains of a poodle placed in a
walnut coffin and sent to New Bedford to
be inferred in the family burial ground,
where some of her children are laid.
Grace Greenwood thus writes on the
"Woman Question - g If had the form
ing of the law only such women should be
allowed to vote who had sewing machines
and knew how to use them no woman
would have a vote who could not read and
write; who was mot able to cast up her
millinery accounts and cut them down :;
who could not make loaf of bread, a
pudding, sew on button, wash dishes,
and, on pinch, keepa boarding house and
support a husband decently,"
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Household Hints.
Keep fresh lard in tin vessels. d.
Keep yeast in wood or glass. 80
Keep preserves and iellies in glass
Yaav~ calf ss, a Iwu v.1ann s-.s..s

Keep fresh lard in tin vessels. a \
Keep yeast in wood or glass 8
Keep preserves and jellies in glass. ::
Keep salt in dry place. .sa ag 3 a
Keep vinegar in wood or glass.
Keep meat and feur in . cool, dry place.
Lard for pastry should be used hard, as
it can be cut with a knife. 1t should be
cut through the -four, not rubbed.
Crusts and pieces Of bread should be
kept in an earthen jar, closely covered in a
dry, ccol place.
In boiling meat fer soup, use cold water
to extract the juices. IF the meat is want
ed for itself alone, plunge in the boiling
water at once. os g
Broil steaks without sailing. Salt draws
the juices in cooking /; it is desirable to
keep these in if possible. Cook oyer q hot
FIRE, turning frequently. soaring on both
sides. Place ON platter, salt and pepper
to suit taste. tss rstes Il
To prevent meat from scorching during
roasting, place basin of water in the oven.
The steam generated prevents scorching
and makes the meat cook better.
Beef having . tendency TO be tough can
be made very palatable by stewlng gently
for two hours with pepper and salt, taking
out about pint of the liquor when hall
done and letting the rest boil into the meat
brown the meat in the pot after taking
vp make a gravy of the pint OF iiquei
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The Czar Of Russia is a much-titled mon


The Gear Of Russia is a much-titled mon
arch. The treaty Of San Stefano, the iull
text of which has come to light, has the
following introduction We, Alexander
H., by the grace of God Emperor and Au-
tocrat Panrussian. Muscovite, Kievian. Via
dimirian, Novgoradian, Gar of Kazan, Gear
of Astrakhan, Polish Car, Sibel ian Czar,
Gar of Chersonesus. Georgian Gar, Gosu-
dar of Pekoff, and Grand Prince of Smol-
ensk, Lithuania, Volliynia, Podofia. and
Finland; Prince of Esthonia, LiYonia, Cur
land, &C.; Commander of the whole north
ern5 5Gasudar of Iberia, Kartalinia, the Ka-
bardian, and the Armenian territory he
1editary Gosudar and Ruler of the Cireas-
sian and Highland Princes and others, Nor
wegian Heir-Apparent CD Duke Of schleis-
wig Holstein and oldenburg, &C., hereby
declare that, in consequences of mutual
agreement between US and His Majesty
the Emperor of the Ottomans, our plehi-
potentiarles concluded and signed at San
Stefano, February 10, March 3, of this year
1878, the preliminary conditions of. peace
between the two empires, which word fol
word ran thus; Wonder if the Car ex
poets all that. to be cut into his tombstone
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.
I cannot tell lie. : have none left

cannot. tell q lie. have none left to
tel. Mrs. i11ltoa. 80 e
"A Texas te,iitor asks forvegetables in Lie u
of Spring poetry. -Pscayune. z.--
The straw berry is, the noblest work of
the agriculturallst--.Bg Erpress.'
Suicides are more frequent in Spring
time, but true inwardness comes only with
the green apple season. ~ I'icayune.
Awful scandal in Washington! Prorni-
nent Senator-handsome widow-chops and
tomato sauce-mum .-Bostee Post.
It is said that President had bis belief in
the Bible shaken when he was informed it
was not written by an Ohio man.-Haack-
eye. ..z@
Edison is laying the keel for double
turretted phonogragh big enough to wres-
tie with one of Evarts' sentences - Wash
ington Post. ~.
The newspaper maker who enliyens his
columns by stealing paragraphs, appeals
to his readers with the eloquence of scis-
sor-owe.-Ee. sL&
Why wouldn't Oleomargarine do for a
girls name ?-Cincinnati Enquirer. If
we had little girl and hadn't any but her
we wouldn't call her that.-Richmond En-
qriTer. .'.-...
Ten millions Of hair pins are manufac-
tured in this country annually, and yet
they are not sufficient to prevent hair
from getting in the butter once in while.
Norr. Herald. +. aas
a''I say, Paddy, that is the worst locking
horse you drive ever saw. Why don't
you fatten him up9'' Fat him up, is it !?
Fax, the poor baste can hardly carry the
] little mate that's on him now" replied
Paddy. 80 7a' 45:
In the tar South the general verdict in
the Beecher and McCloskey cases seems to
be that the victims show lamentable ig-
norance of the moral influences of the re-
volver.-ADany, Times. ..-..
|. When man goes to the theater for the
first time nothing surprises him more than
the wonderful rapidity with which an
actor writes letter, unless il may be the
suddenness with which the receiver as
certains it's contents. One glance and he
absorbs it all, and clasps his forehead with
left hand 80 ...-. t-.5... zs.
= Perhaps the meanest thing, speaking ar
tistically, is the way they run the gum de-
partment at ,Vassar College. Gum, for
reasons best, known TO the faculty, is left
off the catalogue, and SO the girls have to
chew it all over the "a hours. In the his
tory elass, for instance, just as the girls
all get the gum soft on their molars, along
comes the question, "What year was
America discovered 90 And then comes
the distressing answer from the whole class,
Alum. whujum, oieh, ech, wah." This
is gum for 1491.-N. 7. Herald, P. l.
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... arn n, ,SIK 3 Krropz THE r War.

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CHEAPER THAN BEFORE THE WAR;
The Philadelphia Press lately Published an
elaborate table or comparative statement
of prices, covering . period of 10 years.
IL is a valuable paper. showing that we
have at last struck hard pan. On alllead-
ing articles Of consumption there has been
i decline from the prices Of 1850 at this
time Of from 25 to As per cent There
was ! comnon impression that i was only !
necessary to get back to the solid ground
OF 1850 in order to touch trade bottom,
and thence to begin an improve enaent in
business. Yet while our heaviest products
are much lover In price than in 1880, they
cannot fnd ready market, and they are
still under downward tendency.
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Our New .Shild.

You didn'd hear dee news !? Veil, yell,
Dots kinder funny doo-
Wy Everybody knows it yet
Don'd you dink id's true!
Yes, yes, dots so-ve got SON.
My olt woman und me-
Und he's der smardest leedie shild
You efer yed kin see.
He co 1mb las Muntay mornings,
Der sassy, leedle Mool,
Eff he coemb yust Won week ago,
He'd been an April fool;
But dot baby, he knowed ding or dwo-
Dersay he looks like me,
Dots cause lee been he's fadder,
Dot counde for dot, you see
He's got der incest leedle shnood
Und leedle hands und feet,
Und he can Wink init both he's eyes
Oh! he's goot enough TO cad.
Watts dot bet you dot I'm broud,
Il veel like ouf vas Wild,
Yoodn't shwap him for a warm,
No, he's doc nice a shid. ...
Come in der house und saw him vonce,
Hush now! Don'd wake him up,
He's got awful bair of lungs
He shkweel like bisened bup. e
So. der he is, now ain'd he nice? 4
He's fxin' he's moud TO CRY, FT
He wants to trink off something, guess,
He's leedle droat ish try. .s.
-&saMB~s-
GRoATS FATAL PLUNGE.
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Says the New York Engineering and
Mining Journal. A curious feature in
many recent bankruptcies has been the
charge that the failure was due to large in
vestments in Improbable gold and silver
mines; and the assertion is supported by
the appearance among the assets of i'm
mense quantities of mining stock 1t has
come to our knowledge that there is con-
slant inquiry and demand from business
tirms which contemplate ssmaking an as
signment for large quantities of stocks of
some mine that has been more or less
known. 1t is not at all essential that the
mine be worth anything, but it is essential
that large amount of stock be obtainable
for very little value in the form of boots
and shoes, dry goods, hardware or nick
nacks. The stock makes fine show in the
list of assets, and gold and silver mining
gets the credit of having caused the failure
and is condemned by each of the bankrupt's
numerous creditors as "ruinous to any one
going into it, We commend this ''point"
to those g whom it may concern"
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Clerical Experiences

Edward Eggleston, writing in Serb
nef of the New York Postoffice and its
methods of testing the fitness of appli-
cants, says: less iEyy
The swarm of applicants for places in the
Office are tested by examinations also, but
these loo! more to their general intelligence.
| was permitted to see some of the very
original answers on the examination pa
pers. One question, "What has been
your clerical experience % is veritable
pons asinorum to the applicants, and many
are the donkeys who are lost here. Most
of them take clerical in its ecclesiastical
sense. One man answers that his clerical
experience has been "Catholic," and SO on
through all the denominations. One man
responds by saying, Have taught in a
Sunday School," Another man has not
had any occasion to deal with clergymen,
for in answering the question as to bis cler-
ical experience he breaks out, Swell, ]
was never sick a day in my life." There
are others who give the term a wider
sense. One. answers "Compositor = an
other. 8. Working as porter in store, -
while third hits its exactly when he
says, !" Making horse-collars.
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An AMERICAN PRINCESS. the
numerous visits made by the Prince of
Wales during his recent trip to Paris, he
hnnnred Prince Louis de Bourbon with his
his presence-the brother of Prince Phil.
ippe, whose much combated desire is to
espouse the daughter Of the late proprietor
of the gambling rooms at Monte Carlo.
Prince Louis is the eldest son of Compte
dAquila (Well known TO all who remember
the Paris of the second empire), and
nephew of the ex-Queen ChEistiana of
Spain and Of the Empress of Brazil. Some
nine years ago Prince Louis took it into
his head to fall in love with a very pretty
American girl--Miss Hammel by name
who, however, was no better off than the
weli-known milkmaid as regards fortune.
The face of the young New Orleans belle,
in this, however, oyercame all sordid scru-
pies (she looked like Patti, only much
prettier), and the affair ended in Prince
Louis running away with the transatlantic
beauty, and notwithstanding the frantic
chase after him undertaken by his broken
hearted father, the marriage was celebrated
in New York. Since this great grief and
disappointment, Compte d'Aqnila has re-
fused TO live in his pretty villa in the Ave-
nue. des Bols de Boulogne, which be Lot
some time ago for next to nothing to tho
celebrated self-imposed queen Of wit (..) who
not long ago was known ut Madame RAT.
tazzi.-- WhstskaN Rerissc.
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REMEDY FOR OBEs1" According to
DIR. Philbert, the waters of Brides in Savoy
which are very similar to those of Carlsbad
are very useful in the treatment of obesity.
The purgative salts contained in these wa
ters are sulphate Of soda, chloride of sodi-
um, chloride of magnesium, sulphate Of
magnesia, and sulphate of lime. To in
crease the effect, from Is to 90 grains of
sulphate of soda are added to each glass Of
mineral water. The quantity taken daily
is four -tifths of quart, divided into three
doses, and the purgatiye effect is produced
in two or three days. The course may last
from four to six weeks. As an adjuvant TO,
the waters, . vapor bath may be taken
every day or every second day. Ferinace-
GUS and saccharine al ticles of feed are net
allowed, and brandy, 1iquenrs. and coffee are
interdicted; but the quantity of food is snot
limited, and q moderate amount of wine
may be taken without harm. Muscular ex-
ercise is considered indispensable, and the
mountains insthe vicinity Of Brides afford
every facility for walking, where, in addi-
tion, this treatment may be followed by the
grape cure. @ @