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Ecalestae.

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WESTERN MIGRATION ANU AGRICULTURAL ASSO-
CITATION
Evening Post Building EOS Broadway. New York
coon Orange County farm Tor sale. lAi acres good
" buildings p mile from Village uu Eric Railway raru
Warr fAciurS Tor creamery trout ponds, low taxes
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MAPLE GROVE Cemetery strictly rural. easy
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on AND AFTER DEC. TO- 1879.
Express Trains leave New YORK. via DcsbrOsscs and
Cortlandt streets Ferries. as follows;
49, ~ -. q. ~ IImtedl II A. NJ l. $50 T. ., q.
30 so AMI 10 4. " sundays, 80 and A. NJ, s. q,
7 80. $50 and 10 r. NJ
boats Of Brooklyn Annex connect with all through
trains at Jersey Cry. Anording speedy and direct
transfer for Brooklyn travel
Returning trains leave Philadelphia u Oh 2 IS. 355 T.
20. = \ b. aud II A. NJ tLimited Express. 80 T.
NJ: 2 T. $40 T. and T35 T. " on sunday, i2.Ol,
3 ~, 3 %, \, $50 A. NJ. : 4. 7.iJ 7 VI.
Ticket offices. j26 and ga Broadway Astor Housei
and Dcbro.ses and Coruandt St. Court IT. and
Brooklyn Annex Depot loot Of Fulton It, BROOKLYN ~,
ne and ils Hudson II. HObokcu; Depot, Jersey CITY.
Emigrant ucket otiice, ; Battery place, -
FRANK THOMSON, l. + FARMER,
General Manager. Gcnl Passenger Agent
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N AMATEUR Gamos -tmore's Garden, Jan q aud 2.
kuunlug aud walking thHudlcans jumping. also. %
NILE WALK FOR AAATEtR tii AMlIONsIiir. entries
closs Dec. 3d. Three urIcs for each event Entrance
- cents Tor comptu ors frogrammcs 10 be had Of
j. MARION POLLOCK secretary, lhi Broadway.
N(ETUES Model nj Jcrusnlom-onen day and
~ evening Admission p ceuis Children 10 cents.
Fourteenth st. opposite Academy Of Music.
,NARTIER SOCIETY HOP, rammauy Hall
I +atustuas naN Afternoon. iot nuu aud cNc'F. ~
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Two Famous Women.

From the Philadelphia Record.
There arc two women across the water
the melancholy fate OF whom is well cal
culated to excite the deepest commiser.
alton. CarlOtta, the widow of Maxi
milan, hopclcssly insane in her castle,
and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, the widow
of the assassinatcd President, living Sc
cluded in an interior town Of France,
declining to return to America, lest she
again be placed in II lunatic asylum. 1t
is said that she still indulges, to mod
crate extent, her propensity of purchas-
ing things for which she has no use,
which was one of the forms her mild
lunacy at first assumed. 1t will he re-
mcmbcred that in 1915 Robert, Mrs.
Lincoln's oldest son, commenced pro-
ceedings in the Chicago courts to have
his mother adjudged insane, in view OF
her reckless expenditures and her many
acts inconsistent with sanity, and to
have n person appointed to take care o.
her property. The court, after hearing
the evidence, pronounced her insane,
and appointed trustee to manage her
estate. About $4,000 in government
bonds was found on her person. After
the decision by the court she left her
room at the Grand Pacific hotel, in Chi
cago, and endeavored to procure lauda-
nun at neighboring drug store, but
received only n harmless drug, and was
prevented from committing suicide.
The next day she was conveyed to n
private asylum in northern Illinois, and
after few months was placed in care of
her sister, at Springfield, from whence
she sought quiet retreat in France,
The loss OF her husband bore bravely
upon her, but the blow which wrecked
her mind was the shaft of death that
fell upon her loved child, Thaddeus, or
Tad" as "everybody's pet" was aflec-
tionatcly called. There is but little
hope of her recovery. Robert, the only
son living, is engaged in the practice Of
law in Chicago and holds high rank in
his profession.
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According topopular belief Germa-
ny, the eXtremitiCs of rainbow always
touch streams, whence it draws water
by means of two large golden dishes.
That is why it rains for three days after
the appearance of rainbow, because
the water must fall again on the earth.
Whoever arrives at the right moment
on the spot where the rainbow is drink
ing can take possession of the golden
dish, which reflects all the colors of the
rainbow; but if nobody is there, the
dishes are again drawn up into the
clouds. Some say that the rainbow al
ways let's dish fall. This once hap
pcned at Reutlingen, in Suabia. 1t
broke in several pieces, but the finder
received 100 guilden for it. At Tudin-
gen, people used to run to the end of
the rainbow, which appeared to be rest
ing over the Necker or the Steinach, to
secure the golden dish Usually it is
considered wrong to sell the dish, which
ought to be kept rs heirloom in the
family, for it brings goodluck. A shep,
herd in the Suabian Alps once found
such dish, and he never afterward lost
a sheep. An unfortunate native of
Henbach, who sold the treasure at
high price, was struck dumb on the
spot. Small, round gold coins, mOrked
with cross or star, are frequently found
in Suabia, and the peasants declare that
these were manufactured from rainbow
dishes by the Romans when they in
vadcd Germany. In the Black Forest
the rainbow used a golden goblet, which
it aftcrward dropped. A shoe thrown
into a rainbow comes lack filed with
gold. The Servians have theory that
passing beneath a rainbow changes the
sex.
When double rainbow is seen, Sua-
bian peasants say the devil would like
to initiate n rainbow, but he cannot sue
coed. The EsthoniaEs called the rain
bow "the thunder of Gods sickle" A
theory existed in the Middle Ages that
n rainbow would cease to appear GER
tain number of years before the last
judgment, and Hugo Won Trimber, in
an old German poem, mentions forty
years as the prescribed time.
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Normal Schools,

Wm. II. Rilcng in Harper's Magazine for April
The first normal school was founded
in 1851 by the Able De Ia Sale, canon
of the cathedral at Reims, and sixteen
years later teachers class was opened
in connection with an orphan school at
Halle, the pupil-teachers receiving two
years training under the head.master,
August Hermann Francke, under whom
the system developed surprisingly, and
soon received the invaluable support of
Frederick the Great. Other normal
schools were opened in Hanover, Aus
tria, Switzerland, France, Holland,
Belgium, and, about forty years ago, in
Great Britain, whence they have ex-
tended into nearly every civilized coun-
try. The aims of the schools are well
expressed in the following extract Of
the Prussian law: "The directors of
teachers seminaries shall rather seek
to conduct the pupil teachers by their
own experience to simple and clear
principles, than to give them theories
for their guidance; and with this end in
view, primary schools shall be joined to
all teachers seminaries, where the pu-
pil-teachers may be practiced in the
art of teaching" There are now about
$50 normal schools in Europe, the
British colonies, and British India, the
latter having 104.
Massachusetts was the first State in
the American Union to establish normal
schools, of which there now are 1877,
with over 10000 pupils and over 1000
instructors, Ohio and Pennsylvania
each having twelve schools, while New
York State has nine, Illinois and Mis-
souri, eight each, and Massachusetts,
seven. The largest number of pupils
are in New York, however, where there
are 412S. The necessity of such schools
needs no other enforcement than a
few statistics relating to education in
the United States. Nearly 100000
scholars are enrolled in the public
schools. Nearly 100000 are in atten'
dance daily, and about 231, 900 teachers
are employed, including 233, 1000 women
The amount expended annually upon
this vast scheme, which seems almost
fabulous, is about $50, 100000, and the
Imagination is carried away by the tire
mendous suggestiveness of the figures
A deficit of $4,000 in the public schoo
fund Of Memphis, Tenn, IL reported
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A Chinese Book.

The British Museum has just secured
through its agent in China splendid
acquisition. This is gigantic compen-
dium of ancient and modern Chinese
literature. This extraordinary COM
pilation was made under the auspices of
the Emperor Kang Hi, printed with
movable type cast for the purpose un-
der the direction of Jesuit missionaries,
and finally used in A. d., 1885. The
collection contains between 5000 and
6,OO0 volumes, This vast storehouse of
information is arranged in upwards of
6,0OO heads, under thirty-two sections,
which are again grouped in six grand
categories. The general index to the
collection fills twenty Chinese volumes,
apart from the more minute indices
prctaining to each of the subdivisions
of the work. Years of labor will yet be
required in cataloguing, before the col
lection can be fairly accessible to Eu-
ropcan scholars. The Chinese them.
selves will now be compelled to 20 to
London to study thoroughly their own
literature,
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A NEW DEPARTURE.
A Boat that Works on the Land n
well AZ on the Water.

From the Boston Herald.
Mr.. A. W. Ullvin, Of Milton Lower
Falls, has lately invented useful as
well as novel machine, in the shape of
n boat, so constructed as to be available
on the land as well as in the water. Fol-
lowing is description of the working
model exhibited by him in this office =
The invention consists of an ordinary
life boat with a propelling screw in the
stern, and two large wheels on the out
side, little forward of the quarters, and
a single smaller wheel on the bottom,
under the stern. The machinery con-
sists Of two double cranks, with their
ceuters opposite, thus furnishing con-
stant motion, connected with two fiat
rods, low enough to be operated upon
by the feet. Along the sides are levers,
connected with these connecting bars,
and placed at an elevation convenient
to be worked by hand, imparting re-
ciprocatory rectilinear movement to the
machinery which is converted into ro-
tary-motion by an ingenious combina-
nation of crown, beveland pinion wheels,
effecting continuous revolving motion
to the shaft which operates the propel-
ling screw. The steering apparatus for
land service, which is the single small
wheel at the bow, before mentioned, is
connected with the ruddcr used for
guiding its course while III the water,
by rods running the entire length of
the boat, the whole being worked by
lever located in the bow of the craft.
The seats are arranged with reference
to the sile levers, before described, and
the general appearance of the boat is,
with the exception of the side wheels
for land travel, similar to an ordinary
lifc-boat. The machinery is so con
structcd as to admit of speed of five
hundred and twenty revolutions of the
screw per minute, and the inventor
claims that, with load of forty passen-
gers, she can, while in the water, make
better time than m ordinary row-boat
ahoat. The inventor is cabinet-makcr
by trade, and native of Sweden. He
has been in this country butthree years,
and, although not conversant with our
language and laws, he has been sharp
enough to file caveat for patent on
this invention, which promises to work
revolution in the method of construct
ing life-sayinp boats.
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mob started In pursuit, threatening to cap
ture Gray and drive the officers from that
section. The danger of the officers being
overpowered is imminent Rcdmond's gang
is organized and desperate" The commits
sioner telcgraphed the collector as follows:
You are authorized to employ 100 men, il
necessary, to aid as a posse In enforcing
the laws and making arrests. Call upon
the marshals and deputy marshas to act at
once, leaving nothing undono 10 vindicate
the majesty Of the law. Telegraph your ac-
ton to o-morrow." Tho collector reports that
he has called on the U. S. marshal and dis
trict attorney for assistance in capturing
the Illicit distilers and bringing the Jail
breakers to justice, and that lie has ar
ranged for the employment Of sufficient
force, and was about leaving to superin-
tend operations"
Cruel Tortures OH Apprentices.
J.H. Hargreaves, proprietor of the hair
factory at London. Ont, was arrested
on the 18TH charged with excess
slve cruelty to young apprentices,
male and female. The implements of tor
ture, consisting Of ropes and pulles leather
thongs, paddocks and gags, were produced
in court One Of the victims. Annie Sparks.
related the crueltles that had been practic-
ed on her by Hargreaves and his partner
Jarvis. She had bccn repeatedly left sus-
pended by the hands from the ceiling of a
dark room, one time for four days. Har-
greaves would slackcn the rope at dinner
time, and hoist her again at night. She
describes the gagglng and hogging process
as applied to herself and others. Har-
greavcs was committed for trial. The fore
man has been arrested for completely, and
jarvis, the partner, has abscondcd. At the
close of the court the police had difficulty
In keeping Hargrcaves from the mob.
Adiudged Guilty.
Frank Miller, one of the men who
murdered Deputy Marshal Hughes ofJack-
son county, Mo. in February last in COM
pany with Green, who was lately hanged
at Kansas City. was found guilty Of murder
In tho first degree last week.
Ablcs u Fugitive.
A dispatch from Indiana represents
John Ables, recently hung at Carthage. as
former resident of that State and fugi-
tive from there for an alleged olrensc of
robbery and murder.
Murder and Suicide.
Thomas Merritt, at Yonkcrs, n. Y,
shot and killed Mrs. Samuel Lcgget, and
then shot and killed himself.
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Some jurors in case before a St
Louis count declared that they would no
find a verdict for a railroad company under
any circumstances.
Davis, Don't.
Senator Davis, of Illinois, is prepar.
ing bill transferring tho adjudication oil
all southern claims to the courts In the re-
spectivc States.
Won't Coalcsce.
The national grcenback-labor party Of
Pennsylvania has rejected proposition
to combine with the Democrats of that
State.
Dollars In Demand,
The new silver dollar appeared in
Wall street on the 18th, Buyers paid a
fraction above par in gold for the tokens.
Dads Scads.
The Philadelphia mint is turning out
the dollars of the daddies" at the rate OF
nearly Sl5O,00J day.
Gladstone Declines.
Gladstone has been invited to repre-
sent Leeds In parliament, but declined.
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THE EASTERN VAR.
On the Bosphorus.


The London Times in an editorial
says: On Monday the Russians not only
occupied several villages round CONSTANT
nople, but took possession of point on the
edge of the most notherly plateau running
down toward the entrance Of the Bospho-
rus. The small forts which command the
entrance lie directly at the foot of the DO
sition thus occupied. and as these forts arc
open on the land side, the Russians have
the power to march in at any moment and
close the entrance to the Black Sea.
Serious Complications.
Aspecial from st, Petersburg says the
official world there entertain again grave
apprehersons Of serious complications.
Men who have considerable influence In
causing or averting events which they pro-
fess to foresee. say 1t is by no means certain
that the Congress will meet and II 1t does
meet 1t Is not likely to succeed in conse-
quence of Austrian and English jealousy
Of Russia's int "rest.
The X ssian Bears Hug.
The London Times says the Russians
are making further advance toward the
Bosphorus. Our government must have
satisfied themselves that the virtual COM
mand of Constantlnople gave the Russians
an unsuperable advantage. and we may,
therefore, view with comparative indifrer-
ence their movements, which are in no way
more alarming than those in which wehayc
acqulesced."
Indian Mohameda Aroused.
Trustworty advices from India state
that the Mohamedans are greatly excited
about the overthrow Of Turkey. Serious
trouble is apprehended unless the govern
ment takes some anti i-Russlan action short
ly. 1t is believed two hundred thous and
Moslem volunteers. to serve against Rus
sia, could be raised without difficulty.
Suleiman Drowned.
A dispatch from Constantinople re-
ports the death Of Suleiman Pasha by
drowning. Tho report further says that at
the time Of his death he was engaged in n
plot to overthrow the sultan.
| Ready For Service.
The officers of the British royal engi-
neers. first on the list for foreign service
have been ordered to provide themselves
with full field equipment and be ready for
immediate service.
| All Jealous.
The Berlin Post says that measures
must bo taken to prevent the Dardanolles
and Bulgaria from becoming Russian prop
| erty,
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Sheep Raising Profitable.

From the Commercial Bulletin.
A conservative insurance President
of Boston had son, an active and well
educated youth, who, finding mcrcant-
lie life here rather distasteful, and the
chances for young men not numerous,
took Horace Greeley's advice, went
West, and entered upon sheep raising.
The President was much disappointed
at that course of his ambitious off
spring, but mutual friends brought
back such good accounts of the bust
ness, and of the young mans success,
that the worthy President finally in
formed Boston merchant that he had
got tired of hearing the stories, and
proposed to send his Secretary out to
look into the subject, "a man of years
and experience, sir, whose head is not
likely to be turned" The merchant
being interested in the matter, after a
sufficient lapse of time asked what was
the result of the Secretary's mission,
"Well, to tell the truth, Mr.. g." said
the President frankly, Il suppose this
is rather a sheepish matter, for / have
got letter from my Secretary, and he
says he shall not return, as he is going
into the business himself"
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CRIMINAL.


The commissioner of internal revenue
has received the following telegram from
Collector Broyton, at Columbia, s. c.: I'm
formation is just received from Special
Deputy Collector Hoffman. that on the 9th
inst. three Illicit distlllers were arrested by
his force and committed to jail at Plcken's
Court House. by Commissioner Thornby,
but were released by an armed mob, sup
posed to be lead by the outlaw Redmond
The sheriff who surrendered the keys to
save his life, refused to aid in capturing tho
prisoners. Deputy Collector Jillson, at
Greenville, telegraphs he has advices that
an armed crowd surrounded the. house of
VIM. Gray, who aided tho revenue officers
In arresting the released dlstillers, for the
purpose Of hanging him. Whom satisfied
that he WAS absent with the officers, tho
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A Young German in Luck.


A young German, lately, employed n
a butcher shop in this city, received
notice Sunday, that the sum OF $4,000
was awaiting him in Cincinnati. His
parents formerly lived in Cincinnati
where his father owned considerable
real estate. They moved to Texas where
the mother died. The father before
re,marrying, decided to his children the
real estate in Cincinnati, which was in
litigation. The case was lately decided
and parties now living on the same,
ordered to pay the heirs 100000. The
costs of the suit amounted to $140,000
leaving balance of 100000 to be di-
vided between the young German and
his brother, who now lives in San An
tonic. The young man left Monday
for CINCINNATI
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What Scene for Gods, Men and Mon
KEYS"

p Donan in the Bcntonyle Advance.
Sixteen United States Senators on n
wild and beastly drunk the night the
silver bill passed, reeling around in the
aisles, sprawling over desks, vomiting
upon the floors, and making the vaulted
roof of the grand chamber ring with
bacchanalian yells and laughter, while
motley mob of strumpets, negro va
grants and street rowdies filled the gal
leries and howled and hootcd their
filthy approval of the orgies belowl
What scene for gods, men and mon
kcYsl
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CHIIIICOTIIE LIVINGSTON CO., THU RSDAY, 2 1878

vote the proceeds Of sales of public lands
to the interest OF education, provides that
the act Is not to have any effect to repeal,
impair or suspend any law authorizing pre-
emptlon OF public lands or the entry OF pub
lie lands for homestead, nor MS limiting In
any m anner the power of Congress to alter
or extend the right OF homesteadupon such
lands, nor shall 1t be held to limit or abrldge
the power of Congress over the public do
main, or interfere with the granting of
bounty lands. The Secretary OF the Treas
ury Is required, on or before the 3lst of
July OF each year, to apportion to tho sew
eral States and Territories and the District
OF Columbia, upon the basis Of population
OF said States and Territories between the
| age OF five and twenty-one years, tho net
proceeds of sales OF public lands for the
previous year.
MAIL MATTER.
The committee of post-offices and
post-roads, OF the House, have nearly COM
pleted bill for the classification Of mail
matter and rates Of postage thereon, Mail
matter is divided into four classes first,
written matter; privileged and ordlnary;
third, other printed matter; fourth, the mcr-
chandise rate now existing will probably
not be changed, but the classification is
simpliAed. The bill will prohibit the carry
ing OF second-class mail mater outside of
the mails, and authorizes tho postmaster
general to use return postal cards and COM
bined letter sheets and envelopes; sample
copies OF newspapers, etc.. are to be admit
ted to the mails at tho same rates as rcgu-
lar issues of registered matter. The COM
mite is divided us to whether any distinc-
ton should be made on rates, on second
elias matter, and the probability is that the
law will remain us 1t Is, making rates two
and three cents per pound
DISCHARGE THE DooRKEEpER.
The House committee on reform in
the civil service, In their investigation of
the affairs Of Col. Polk, doorkeeper of the
House of Representatives agreed upon n
report-by vote of against 3-charging
him with violations and loose management
in his office in tho matter OF appointments,
and they recommend his removal, and that
the House be placed under tho charge of
the sergeant arms until the House shall
determine the election Of another door
keeper.
THE POSTAL SAVINGS SCHEME.
In the post-oilice department the
postal savings scheme is looked upon very
unfavorably, as they doubt the practicable
ity of It's execution with tho present average
postmaster. They state that the utmost
limits of Its operation would be in cities
where the money order system in in vogue,
and therefore would meet the requirements
and interest Of but very small portion of
the population.
BULLION BILLS.
The committee on banking and cur
rency agreed upon bill providing for the
Issuing Of silver bullion certificates. Bu-
Hon is to be counted at its equivalent In
coin, less mint charges and cost OF trans
portation. Certificates are to be issued by
any silver coming mint or assay office, and
to be redccmable at the assay Office in New
York and mint In San Francisco.