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[London World

At the present moment 1t may be Of interest
to the public to know the precise manner in
which Prince Bismarck Is accustomed to pass
his time, or at any rate some part OF it; and
am enabled TO furnish the following details.
M Y correspondent writes: she lives generally
at the Radzivil Palace, which has lately been
purchased by the German government, and
added to the old Foreign Office next door. At
the back is large garden, called here park,
and originally cut off from the Muir Garten,
or Bots de Boulogne Of Berlin. It is sur
rounded by high wallis, and the great Chan
watched over by the police, and pro-
tected by his own celebrated dog, q large
smooth, black boar hound, which has sue
ceeded the famous Sultan, who was poi
soned by the Social Democrats. The
Prince hardly ever ventures into the streets
Of Berlin, and, indeed, comes to the capital
as little as possible. In conversation his man
ner Is frank and cordial; he talks Of English
books as one who has read most Of them, and
he seems to be possessed of thoroughly en-
cyelopedic mind. Nothing, indeed Is too
small for it, and his fund OF knowledge is con-
stantly increased by the information he OBJ
tains from his secret police, who, [ am told
furnish him with the most minute details
concerning the lives of those around him. It
is his habit after dinner to stroll upon the ter
race at the back Of his palace, and to puff vol
umes of smoke from an enormous china pipe
with q long cherry -stick stem. I do not
know whether his two sons are possessed of
any Of his intellectual powers, but they have
inherited, at any rate, their fathers Wig orous
and massive frame.
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Source OF Infectious Diseases.

All the infectious diseases undoubtedly pos
sess an original habitat, where 1t is probable
they are now as always capable OF spontane-
Gus origin in their primitive form, whatever
that may be. The difficulty of tracing disease
types through various localities, and among
different peoples of the globe, have up to this
time prevented a Bprecise knowledge upon
the point, which time may yet bring us. It
seems tolerably certain, however, that the
several acute infectious diseases named below
have the nativities here attributed to them:
The Cholera-Has its home in India.
The Smail-Pox-In the East. Known in
China nearly 1900 years before Christ.
The Plague-~An Oriental disease. Has @
distinct geographical range -..
The Typhus Fever-Ireland Is its BIRTH
place.
The Typhoid and Relapsing Fevers-Have
fixed centres in Ireland, Galicia, Upper Silesia
and some provinces of Northern Italy.
The Military Fever-ls epidemic In few
provinces OF France, Germany and Italy.
Scarlatna-Probabiy native to Arabia.
Epidemic Dysentery--Home in the tropics.
The Dengue-In Southern ATTITUDES. with
sharp geographical limits.
The Yellow overwhelmingly traced to the
Antilles.
The Chabalongo-Chili.
The Verruga-Peru. .:...#'. g.
Certain it seems that no general influence of
exposure or bad hygienic surroundings will
establish the typical disease away from its
local habitat, except through the penalties OF
heredity.
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and afterward reappear, Phgn I like, In the
smoke from the chimney. This personage
found rival month later IN man who
promised to publicly convert himself Into g
then serving himself, done to turn, around
to his audience III the guse OF waiter. When
the rage for mesmerism was at Its height q
so-styled Prof. Missmer mote the imitation
Champs de Mars and be mesmerized BY him
in three simple motions, after. which they
would be able to go about exercising the new
force by themselves. Three times the num-
Der called for paid half 8 franc apiece for the
pleasure OF learning that they had been
swindled out OF the gate-money. This hoax
led to horrible catastrophe, for the people
who were yictimized began, as usual, to fight
among themselves. and in the disturbance
twentyOne women and nearly fifty children
were MANNED or sutfOcated.
A TALENTED TULIP.
During the tulip mania In Holland an adj
vertisement extensively circulated through
the Low Countries lured hundreds to the
place noted In it, which we are sorry to say,
for decency's sake, was the cesspool into
which the filth and garbage Of the, village
was emptied. The prospectus stated that q
certain Herr Ghabbelkramme, of the town Of
Grendigen 9 gentleman gardener, had by ac-
cident, at the full of the lucky moon, in the
month OF October, on 9 night, when seven
stars fell at once, been attracted into his gar
den by speciesof faint and unearthly music.
This be found to be caused by the passage of
the wind through the petals and pistils OF an
enormous tulip which had grown up since
shutdown In the middle of the chief hower-bed.
The marvellous flower Ia question was OF a
variegated scarlet, blue, green, black and yell
low tint, and it's hues were phosphorescent
illuminating the vicinity like D powerful LAM
tern. BY day 1t assumed the semblanee Of a
cabbage, but as thes sun sank to rest it bloomed
| regularly into supernatural glory.
| SO idiotic was the popular belief in this
apocryphal flower, that thousands Of letters,
Offering the most lavish prices for the floral
treasure, flowed in on Ghabbelkramme, who
was the village big butcher. Most of them
are preserved to this day In the museum at
Delft
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CANCELLATIONS Or BOND.
STATE DE LOUISIANA. i

STATE OF LouTsfANA.e
Executive Department.
Whereas. GEORGE H. BRAUGHN. of the city
Of New Orleans, has applied to me for the can.
collation. Of his official bond drawn and SUBJ
scribed by him on the twenty-ninth day Of
June, 1876. as principal, for the sum Of $4,000,
with Andrew Hero, Jr., and G. G. Haley. as surs-
ties, each for the SUM Of $4,000. conditioned for
the faithful performance of the duties of said
George FL. Braughn as Assistant fGsn-
eral Of the State of Louisiana,
Therefore, I. FRANCIS T. NICHE Ills. Goy~
ernor Of the State Of Louisiana. do h9breby give
public notice to all persons therein concerned
and interested to show cause. in writfnas, at the
office Of the Secretary of State, In the Nty OF
New Orleans. within ninety days from anAf after
the last publication hereof, why the afohed de-
scribed bond and the NOR gage resulting there
from should not be Cancelled and annul1eH and
the above named securities should not by dis
charged from any further responsibilities In
the premises.
Given under my signature and the seal DIT the
State Of Louisiana at the city Of New OrleaAas,
this tenth day of July. in the year Of our Lohd
one thousand eight hundred and seventy eightr
FRANCIS z. NICHOLLs.l
By the Governor.
We'll. A. STRONG.
secretary OF NLatS. 1y11 3DN
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Am Epidemic of Drunkenness.

Drunkenness has been by many believed to
be on the increase, at any rate in higher cir
ago an epidemic of drunkenness seemed to
break out In England. The passion for GIN
drinking had got hold of the masses, and the
result was, in London at least, that increase
In the population was almost wholly checked.
Before gin became popular the consumption
of beer was enormous. Almost a third OF the
arabic land in the country was devoted to
barley. In 1858, with population Of 100000
very nearly 12,50O,000 barrels Of beer were
brewed. Up to this time our distilleres were
very insignificant, and French brandies were
far too dear for the masses. But hatred to
the trade was thrown open, and in
1859 the importation Of foreign spirits was alb
soluteiy prohibited. Then gin drinking be-
gan, and In 1875 the British distlIleries manu-
featured nearly 5,50o, 900 gallons. Gin cellars,
where men could get drunk for a penny,
dead drunk for twopenee, and have straw for
nothing, abounded. Hogarth's Beer
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UNHbHlHg 'TEH s OCEAN.
Interview with u submarine Diver.
New York World1

" New York World.1
ssIn the course Of your life you must have
seen great many curious things under the
water2"
II can say that have seen plenty of mud
and garbage and broken crOckery and such
things around New York harbor, but I never
saw anything more valuable or curious. The
water around the city Ia awfully dirty, and
diving is done under very great disadvantages.
1t is almost impossible to see anything. Up
the Sound it is different. There the water is
ahead Of him. The divers who work for
wrecking companies see many curious things
and have very strange experiences. / will
give you one instance by way Of illus
tration. You remember the wreck Of the
Atlantic on the coast Of Maine2 Well,
John O'Neil, the PASSPORT, Me-. diver, was
employed to raise the bodies. He made sew
eral descents, but failed to open the cabin
doors. At last he succeeded AS the cabin
door was opened the first thing he saw was
two women fully dressed suspended In the
water. The rush Of water carried them to-
wards him. and they appeared to be alive
He stepped back in horror, and 1t was some
time before he gained sufficient courage to
enter the cabin There he fglnd the women
who were passengers on that Inflated ship
and holding each other by the hands,
as II they had been engaged in prayer when
the steamer went down. He then went to the
The cabin was in the Widest
disorder. Chairs and tables were turned up
side down. bottles were scattered about and
the men lay on the floor as II they had per-
shed during drunken revel. Most OF them
had pistols In their hands. Scenes like this
IRE common in sunken vessels which carry
The passengers down with Them
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
OFFICIAL.
To the Qualified Electors of the State
of Louisiana.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, July II, 1878.
In pursuance Of article lat Of the eonstitu-
ton Of this State, publication is hereby given
to the voters of this State Of the proposed
amendments TO the constitution Of this State,
agreed to by two-thirds Of the members
elected to each house Of the General Assem-
bly,, at Its session Of 1878, and which are re-
quired to be published, three months before
the next general election for Representatives
to the General Assembly, In at least one news
paper In every parish Of this State, In which
newspaper shall be published. Said amend
ments appear more fully iii acts Nos. 70 and
II OF the regular session Of the General AS
sembly of 1878, and In act No. IL of the extra
session of the General Assembly of 1873,
which are officially published for the inforna-
tion of the voters, and which will be submit
ted to the people at the next general election,
to be held on the fifth day of November,
(next) 1878, In such manner and form that
the people may vote for Or against each
amendment, separately, and II a majority OF
the votes at said election shall approve and
ratify all or either of said amendments, the
same shall become part of the constitution.
WILL. A. STRONG,
Secretary Of State.
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS,
dollars, payable quarterly % bis own var.
NUMBEr INTERPRETERS.

rant.
NUMBER NINETEEN.
No license tag shall be- imposed by the
state, or any parish or municipal authority.
on any mechanical trade, mandatory or fac
tory, except such as may require police regu@
lations, In towns and cities.
NUMBER TWENTY.
The Legislature Is authorized TO exemnt;
from State municipal or parish taxation
household goods, such as furniture, wearing
apparel tools OF trade or profession and fam
lily portraits, not exceeding in aggregate value
the sum OF five hundred dollars.
ACT NO. u, EXTRA SESSION OF 1914.
NUMBER TWENTY oNB,
Strike out the first part of article 1A2 oF ffIfs
constitution of 1868. which reads: "A ,1ni-s
Versity shall be established and maintaine6lf
In the city of New Orleans. Tt shall be com
posed OF a law, O medical and collegiate de-
me General Assembly shall provide BY law
ior It's organization and mafntenance:s' and
insert; line university shall be maintained
L. snail be composed of d law, q medical and
an academical department, and such other
departments as may be established By law.
each with appropriate faculties; proyidea,
that the law and medical departments ALREADY
organized shall continue in the city Of New
Orleans, and the academical and other de-
partrneents may be located elsewhere IN the
StaCe. jy1S til
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intentions, but three years Of constant court
ing had failed to overcome his excessive bash
fulness. They were sitting in chairs at o re-
spectful distance apart. Said the youth hav-
ing spent five minutes In search OF q subject:
Nicely" replied the young miss; Tim i'm
proving wonderfully. | can make splendid
cake now" ''Can you p said the young man,
in a pleased manner. s'What kind do you
like best p 81 like one made with flour and
sugar and citron and raisins and currants,
and lots of those things, and beautiful FROST
ing on top, responded the young miss. "Why,
that's wedding cake" exclaimed the young
man nervously. II meant wedding" said the
young miss, shyly. They are published.
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II it had not been on the Fourth Of July 1t
would be q wonderful discovery. On that day
two men were walking near the deep cut and
tunnel Of the Pioneer mine, about live miles
from Volcano, when they heard the music of
q brass band They sat down and listened to
it at intervals for nearly an hour. There was
no installing the music-it was certainly a
brass band. The only brass band In the
county was then playing OF San Andreas,
twenty-five miles away, with g. mountain be-
tween. The theory Of these two men is that
there is q natural underground communica-
ton with San Andreas, connecting with the
Pioneer NINE The theory Of most OF their
neighbors is that the two men had been cele-
brating the Fourth of July.
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CANCELLATION OF BONDS.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. !
State OF Louisiana.

bABCUTIVE DEPARTATElyT, a.
State Of Louisiana
Whereas. L. A. HARANG, of the parish of
Jefferson, in this State. has applied To me- for
the cancellation of the following bonds, to witt
1. One bond subscribed by him as principal
during the year 1879, with Manuel Lombard
A. K. johnson and John r. Beals as surstjas. II,
the sum OF five thousand dollars and one bond
subscribed by him as principal on the nine.
teenth day Of May. 1876, with Manuel Lombard
and Amos Morrison as sureties. In the said sum
Of five thousand dollars, conditioned for Sha
faithful performance OF the duties Of said II. A.
Harang as treasurer OF the parish school board
for the said parish OF Jefferson. right bank
Q. One bond subscribed by him, the said al. Al.
Harang, as principal. on the thirtieth day of
March. 1876. for the sum Of twenty thousand
dollars. with Michel Zeyer Jules Samuel AND
Henry Viering as sureies. each for the sum of
five thousand dollars, and +. l.. Mathews and
John Hepting as sureties. each for the sum of
twenty five hundred dollars, conditioned for
the faithful performance of the duties OF said
L. A. Harang as tax collector for the said parish
Of Jefferson.
Now, therefore. T. FRANCIS T. NICHOLAS.
Governor of the State of Louisiana, do hereby
issue this my proclamation. notifying all per.
sons therein interested to show cause, Id
writing, at the office of the Secretary Of State.
In the city Of New Orleans, within ninety days
from and after the last publication hereof. why
said bonds and the mortgages resulting there's.
from should not be Cancelled and annulled, and,
the above named sureties discharged from any
further responsibilities In the premises.
Given under my hand and the seal OF the State
Of Louisiana, at the city Of New Orleans, this
eighth day Of July In the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy eight.
FhANUIS T. NlDH0LLGs
By the Governor: sz.s&
WILL. A. STRONG.
Secretary of State. iy13 3oE#
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sToNEwAI.L JAGKsoN's WAY.

p
Come. stack arms. men Pile On the rails,
Stir tlp the campfire brIghti
Nj, matter II the canteen fails
We'll make roaring night.
Here shenandoah brawls along,
There bllrly Blue Ridge echoes strong,
no swell the brigades rousing song
OF Stonewall Jackson's way.
we SEQ him now; the queer slouched hat,
Cooked DER his eye askeW;
T'he shrewd, dry smile; the speech SO pat,
I'd calm, SO blunt, SO true!
the cute old Elder knows them well;
Saws he. .'That's Banks, he's fond of SHE'LL
Tford save his soul! Wen give hin" -Welli
That's Stonewall Jacks0n's way.
Filencel Ground armsl Kneel oil Caps off!
Old B lpe lisb .sg going to pray a5ay
Attention! It's his way.
Appealing from his native sod,
III fOr7HG pnttpefis, TO God
stIiay bare Thine arm Stretch forth Thy rod
Amenp '-Thats Stonswall's way.
He's lii the saddle now: Fall in!
Steady! the whole brigade: "...
Hills at the ford cut off, we'll win a
His way out, ball and blade.
What matter Ii our shoes are worm
What matter Il our feet be torn?
Quick stepl We're with him before mornl
That's Stonewall's Jackson's way.
The SUMS bright lanees rout the mists
Of morning; and, by George!
Here's Longstreet struggling In the lists,
Hemmed LII by ugly gorge.
Pope and his Yankees whipped before.
stBay'nets and grapep' hear Stonewall roar
Charge, Stuart pay off Ashby's score.
Id Stonewall Jacksons wayl
Ali. maiden wait, and watch, and yeatn
For news OF Stonewall's band; ~
All, widow read, with eyes that burn,
That ring upon thy hand;
All, wife sew on, pray on, hope on
Thy life shall not be all forlorn,
Tte foe had better meier been born
4 That gets In Stonewalrs way.
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Marty Of serenaders halted ON Boundary

A party of serenaders halted on Boundary
street the other night, touched the light
guitar and struck up, with great feeling,
"Come where my love lies dreaming and
then a great bush-headed wretch, forty-eight
years old, with a beard like thicket leaned
out Of the window and said, in q loud, COARSE
unfeeling manner, young gentlemen YOU
mistake; she isn't dreaming. Far from her be
it to dream, or even sleep. She's sitting on
the back porch, with her feet in q tub of cis-
tern water, drinking iced lemonade and fight
ing mosquitoes with a palm-Ieaf fan, and she
isn't dressed for company. Sing something
true" But long ere he ceased to speak the
summer night was still, the front yard was
empty, and the voice Of the harp no more
aWoke the night in melody Hawkeye.
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The French watering place season has fully
opened, and it makes one smile when the ex-
travagant dressing at Newport and Saratoga
is spoken of. Seldom do you find there q lady,
however fashionable she may be, who APP
pears in more than three costumes q day
The French and English fashionable journals,
on the other hand, enumerating the grand
total of the de rigtteur dressing at Biarritz,
TrouvilIe and similar fashionable watering
places, make out the following list: l.. A
morning dress for bathing Or drinking the
waters. Q. Another toilette for breakfast. g..
other for the table d'hote dinner. 5. Another
for ball or theatre at the Casino. This is the
minimum. Afternoon visits and drives i'm
ply, of course, at least one toilette more. And
all this dressing Is called rest and summer
holiday
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Curious election item In the Nashville
Giles county last Sunday, had one Of the
largest funerals ever known at Pulaski. At
ter the burial, and all had returned to the
court house, Gov. John G. Brown eloquently
eulogized his life and character. The large
assemblage present then nominated w. s.
Ezel, Capt. Flournoy's father-in-law, for the
position of county court clerk-for which
Capt. Flournoy was candidate-and he was
elected on Thursday over FL. Ell. Emmett by
$500 majority.
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Street Ii bad enough. but his .iain Lane Ia
so horrible that but for contemporary de-
seriptions, we should deem 1t an exagg eration.
Legislation endeavored to check the EVIL, but
laying On d heavy duty merely produced q
great deal Of illicit distiiling. The consump..
Fielding prophesied that, IF the drinking Of
this poison Is continued at Its present height
for the next twenty years, there will be- very
few Of the common people left to drink it.
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The Russian government after havin

The Russian government, after having
mone has noW made ne a fs ho
the army has fired. From an account pub
ished in the hvatide Russo it appears that
the Russian troops in the Balkan Peninsular
fired, in round numbers, 2O5,0O0 shells and
that the number of killed and wounded Turks
amounted to about 100000 men, it appears
that it takes something like tifty-two cannon
and rifle shot (mixed) to kill or wound one
man.
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ALI the New York papers-the Herald, Tri-
bune, Times, Post, Graphic and World-are
frightened at the progress which the Nation
az party Is making in the Empire state. The
Herald says: us it rash to suggest that here
this Greenback Labor party may find them
selves obliged To drop all party bonds and
combine III defeat itass
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BAYS sgurmbRea.

EFyssN1F #Es5B JWEaEWFSWs
Chatham Island is one OF the places where
the "sun jumps day." and is thus described :
Chatham Island, lying off the coast OF New
Zealand, in the south Pacific Ocean, 10 pecu-
liarly situated, as it Is one OF the few lnhabi-
table points Of the globe where the day OF the
week changes 1t is just on the line OF de-
markation between dates. There high twelve
on Sunday, or Sunday noon, ceases ana in
stantly Monday meridian begins. Sunday
comes into mans house on the east side,
and becomes Monday by the time it passes
out Of the western door. A man sits down to
his noon-day dinner on Sunday and it Is Mon
day noon before he finishes ii. There Satur-
day Is Sunday and Sunday is Monday, and
Monday becomes suddenly transferred into
Tuesday.
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The Olympic mountains, In Washington
Territory, are crowned with eternal snow.
NJ. Piper cogittatinag on $50 ton which Which!
tour in the snowy wilderness, He struck it
rich. He now owns by presumption bonan-
"a of solid ice sufficient to supply both hemi-
spheres for centuries; for n B., obedient to
ice will cost SIS q ton. delivered at port.
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On the fourteenth ultimo tottering old
man, who proclaimed himself a .centenarlan,
was securing repeated treats from ardent
Republicans by declaring that he had been q
prisoner in the accursed Bastille. whose de-
molition they were celebrating.
The sympathizlng crowd figured 1t out:
"1789 from 1878-he was only eleven years old
o, the horrors of the dncien regime Hola,
garcon: pose les en- haut encore. {Hi, boy; set
'em up again."
They asked him, as he was wiping his
mouth, how long he had rotted in that loath-
some dungeon?
"Thirty years. he said, in sepulchral
voice.
'Horrible" exclaimed the crowd. tAt the
age of eleven the unfortunate child had al
ready been thirty years secluded from light
and air. A bds les tHru7sr'