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Stefano. In the English House Of Lords,
a motion was introduced that in case Russia
does not lessen her demands the British
Government discourage encroachments ON
the treaties of 1861. But differences
between Russia and Turkey are reported to
be nearly settled on a modification of peace
conditions. In Austria an encouraging
feeling of peace prevails. 1t is announced
that the Conference Powers will probably
not meet before the 1st of April.
THE insurgent forces at Remedies, under
Carrillo surrendered their arms on the 9th
isn't. Insurgent Chiefs Jimenese and San
ches, with four hundred and twenty-five
men, seventy-one women, and thirty chill
dren, surrendered in the neighborhood of
of Teracha. The number of insurgents sur
rended in Puerto Principe is reported at
six hundred men, with four hundred men,
bers of their families.
A CORRESPONDENT at San Stefano is able
to state that neither the surrender of a
portion of the Turkish fleet, nor the claim
on Egyptian tribute, is included in the
conditions of peace, and there is no inter
ference. with hypotheeated to foreign
creditors. Nothing is definitely settled as
to indemnity, but it vill principally be in
the form of territory in Asia, including
Kars and Bateum, not the portion of
Turkish revenue which is Erzeroum
Salonica and Adrianople are not included
in Bulgaria.
THE Greeks have based great hopes on
the insurrection in Thessaly, Epirus, and
Crete. The feeling is gaining ground that
fkn- R1ar, IN
which must follow from the Russo-Turkish
peace conditions, as now understood, Greece
should assert the rights of Hellenism, even
by sending an army across the frontier. A
large force of Greek insurgents had landed
on the Albian coast, and is marching in
ward toward Delvino. The Inhabitants
maintain neutral attitude, and the Turk
ish troops are retreating before the insur-
gents.
IT is said that the terms of peace have
been settled between Russia and Turkey,
bnt the views are conflicting. The Sultan
is to retain the fleet. The question of the
Straits is to be submitted to the Conference,
when, if England, as is probable, proposes
the preservation of the status quo, Russia, it
is stated, will not seriously oppose her. 1t
would seem, therefore, as if all the avowed
British interests are respected, and the
danger of the conflict between Russia and
England is ended. Such, however, is not
the opinion here. Negotiations have left
much soreness. 1t is thought England's
real aim is the humiliation of Russia. These
feelings may possibly lead to most serious
consequences. Prince Gortschakoff has
| quite recovered from his illness. A Paris
| correspondent says: Preliminary declara-
tions are expected from Austria, which will
either prevent a meeting of the Conference
or render its pr, gramme acceptable to the
| Powers.
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will be hardly questioned, in the judgment
of mankind, will be an act of bad faith.
As to all debts heretofore contracted, the
silver bill should be made legal tender
only at its market value. The standard Of
value should not be changed without the
consent of both parties to the contract. The
National promises should be kept with un-
finching fidelity. There is no power to COM
pei Nation to pay its just debts: Its
credit depends upon its honor. The Nation
owes what it has led or allowed its credit
ors to expect.
cannot approve bill which, in my
Judgment, authorizes the violation of
sacred obligations. The obligation
Of public faith transcends all ques-
tions of profit or public advantage.
Its unquestionable maintenance is
the dictate as we of the highest experience
as of most necessary duty, and should ever
be carefully guarded by the Executive, by
Congress and by the people. 1t is my. firm
conviction that if the country is to be bene-
fted by silver coinage it can be done only
by the issue of silver dollars of full value,
which viii defraud no man. A currency
worth less than it purports to be will, in
the end, defraud not only the creditors, but
sskiwho Are engaged in Legitimate business,
and none more assuredly than those who
are dependent ON their daily labor for their
daily bread. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES,
President of the United States.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Feb. %, 1873.
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.BISHARCRS SPEECH

Bismarck's speech in the German
Reichstag has been the subject most
commented upon in every quarter,
though in fact, as he himself said in his
speech, he had little new to tell. He
discussed the separate provisions of the
preliminaries of peace, and showed that
Germany's interests must oblige her
to deviate from her previous attitude.
He described the apprehensions respect
ing the Dandanelles as not justified by
the actual situation. Regarding the
position to take by Germany he said he
could not now give any official informa-
ton, as documents only came into his
possession that day. He did not believe
in European war, as the powers who op-
posed Russia would have to assume the
responsibility of the legacy left by I ur-
key. Germany was in favor of hasten
ing the assembling within the first fort
night of March. He rejected emphati-
cally all suggestions that Germany
should intervene, and declared that she
was willing, honorably, to mediate, but
did not wish to exercise the Office of
arbiter of Europe.
A Vienna correspondent says that if
the impression produced by Prince Bis
narcks speech in the German Reichstag,
Tuesday, be mingled one, the declara-
tions of Herr Bennigsen and Warmly,
and the sympathetic way in which they
were received by the House have in
Vienna produced unalloyed satisfaction,
proving as they do, that though the Min
lister in his responsible position must en-.
deavor in the German Parliament to
hold the balance evenly between Austria
and Russia, nevertheless the scale de.
cidedly gravitates in the direction of the
former-and the great value of this is
fully understood.
In st. Petersburg, it is reported, Bis.
marck's speech produced no impression
whatever in official circles, being pre-
cisely what was anticipated several days
before. Indeed, its general scope and
tone were confidently predicted by the
Golos, whose prophetic inspiration was
probably derived from an official source
In Paris the chief thing remarked il
Prince Bismarck's desire to absolve
Germany from all responsibility, and
to maintain just equilibrium between
Russia and Austria. After this speech
the people are more than ever discussing
the policy of England.
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A Tidal WAYE

The correspondent of the Star and
Herald of Panama, writing January 27,
says of the great tidal wave of Callao,
that the morning when the tide receded
it was noticed that boats and coasting
craft along the shore were left high and
dry, and when the wave returned it
passed with immense force over the
walls of Muelle Dorsena, rushing up
over the newly made ground toward the
station of the Oroya Railroad for dis
tance of three hundred feet, carrying
everything before it. Launches, numer-
Gus little cane huts, built on the esplan-
ade, and many Enclosures around the
coal and lumber yards, etc., were COM
pletely destroyed. The massive walls
of the Muella Dorsena, in front of the
English Railway Station, were torn
away, and in the station itself train
of freight cars was wrecked, such was
the amount of water entering the station.
The surf was tremendously high. The
waters in the Bay of Callao during the
day were so troubled as to render COM
munication with vessels almost impossi-
BILE. So the damage done them could
not be ascertained. For ten days pre-
viously several strong shocks of earth
quake were felt at Lima, but no serious
damage was done.
Callao, Iquique, and africa expert.
enced several earthquake shocks on the
night of January %, causing great ex-
citement and some damage, while Payti
was visited by heavy rain storms
phenomenon unprecedented there with
in the memory of man.
A correspondent writing the next day
notes the drowning of five men, two
being swept from the iron bridge con.
Meeting the shore with the docks. AL
though hundreds of persons witnessed
the drowning, no assistance could be
given.
The sea was very violent, in which
the ships rolled fearfully, and the decks
of the Peruvian man-of-war, Huascar
were repeatedly swept by the waves
The eight ton blocks of concrete, Of
which the coping of the Muelle Dorsens
was formed, were knocked out and scat
tered about. Coal and goods trucks OF
the railroads were overturned ano
strewed in different directions, and &
large amount of goods destroyed. Sew
eral vessels broke their moorings, bu
were again secured. Almost all the ole
moles have been swept away. All tn,
forts fronting on the sea suffered.
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FOREIGN SUMMARY.

EDWARD SHAW & Co., yarn merchants
and spinners, of Belfast and Celbridge, Ire
land, have failed. Liabilities $5O0,0O0
LORD NAPIER, of Magdala, Governor of
Gibraltar, has arrived in London and had a
long conference with the Duke of Cam
bridge, Commander-in-chief of the forces.
WILLIAM II. LYONS & Co., butter mer-
chants and exporters, and Sutton & Co.,
coal and shipping merchants, of Cork, have
failed. Liabilities respectively $4,000 and
100000.
THE Pera correspondent says the treaty
of peace was signed on Saturday. Thirty
one thousand troops were reviewed at San
Stefano. A TIE Deum was sung amid great
enthusiasm.
A PERA correspondent processes to give
the conditions of peace. He makes the
indemnity fully as heavy as reported Febru.
ary 25, viz: ], ,400, COO 900 roubles, with s4O,.
900, 900 in bonds added.
THE London Times, in a leading editorial,
says: The struggle is between Count Andras.
sy's policy of maintenance of Austrian
interests, as heretofore declared, and the
temptations offered by Russia to counter.
balance those interests.
THE London afternoon papers announce
prominently that it has been decided to EN-
ploy Lord Napier as Commander-in-chiei
of any expeditionary force that may be sent
out in case of war, with Major General
Wolseley as chief of staff.
A CORRESPONDENT at Rome telegraphs
The feeling is growing here that the new
Pope is not SO liberal as was thought. II
seems certain that Cardinal Pecci and Lee
XIII do not hold the same views. tits now
believed the Pope will remain secluded in
the Vatican.
PER Oceanic, from China, we learn that {
terrible disaster occurred at Tientsin, il
the burning of the refuge house in which
famine-stricken refugees from the Northern
province had assembled. OF nearly thre,
thousand people in the building, three hun
dred only escaped alive.
M. DE CAssAGNAc, the distinguished Re
publican journalist Of France, achieved tn
honor on Saturday of puncturing with
sword one of his colleagues of the Left VIII
differed with him in q matter relating t.
election returns. Cassagnac is an expert
enced duelist, and he usually kills his man
RUSSIANS are not, for the present, to ar
proach nearer Constantinople than 81
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Poe Reciting ss The Raven"
lScribner for march,

iSCTlDner
Once, in discussing "The Raven"
Poe observed that he had never heard it
correctly delivered by even the best
readers-that is, not as he desired that
it should be read. That evening, num-
ber of visitors being present, he was re-
quested to recite the poem, and COM
piled. His impressive delivery held
the company spell-bound, but in the
midst of it, ], happening to glance
toward the open window above the level
roof of the greenhouse, beheld a group
of sable faces the whites of whose eyes
shone in strong relief against the sur
rounding darkness. These were num-
Dor of our family servants, who, having
heard much talk about "Mr. Poe, the
poet" and having but an imperfect idea
of what poet was, had requested per-
mission of my brother to witness the
recital. As the speaker became more
impassioned and excited, more con-
spicuous grew the circle of white eyes,
until when at length he turned suddenly
toward the window, and extending his
arm, cried, with awful vehemence:
'Ge. thee back into the tempest, and the nights
Plutonian shorel"
GACAC Wdo d SO0oCA ulSd v pSSiIduCc VI buc
sable visages, a scuttling of feet, and the
gallery audience was gone. Ludicrous
as was the incident, the final touch was
given when at that moment Miss Poe,
who was an extraordinary character in
her way, sleepily entered the room, and
with a dull and drowsy deGberation
seated herself on her brothers knee.
He had subsided from his excitement
into gloomy despair, and now, fixing
his eyes upon his sister, he concluded:
"And the raven, never fitting still is sitting, still
On TIE paia bust of Pallas, just above my chamber
door;
And its eyes have all the seeming of demon tina.
is dreaming
The effect was irresistible; and as the
final "nevermore" was solemnly uttered
the half-suppressed litter of two very
young persons in a corner was responded
to by general laugh. Poe remarked
quietly that on his next delivery of a
public lecture he would "take Rose
along, to act the part of the raven, in
which she seemed born to excel"
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His Title at Court.
Editors Drawer in Harper's Magazine. |

Editors Drawer in Harper's Magazine.l
Robert Heller, in one of his recent be-
wildering performances, alluded to the
I" darkity and blackity" of certain pro-
ceedings of the Ring" men of this
city 1t reminds US of the general tur-
pitude that prevails in some of the
frontier towns of Texas, and the hilarious
character of the local jailer thereabouts
let us say at San Antonio, whence
comes the following sketch:
Not long since young man with
blonde hair, freckled nose, and other
marks of personal attraetiveness applied
to the deputy for pass to see his
father, whom he had reason to suppose
was an inmate of the county Jail.
What's your nameT' asked the
officer, turning to his register.
"Pm Jim M'Snifter, from Arroyo,
Colorado"
"what peculiar kind of playfulness
has your feyther been amusin' himself
at-murder in the first degree %
"Wusser than that" was the M'Snif-
terrain response.
All levity vanished from the face of
the officer, who was really kind-hearted
man and there was human sympathy,
and perhaps tear, in his eye as he
turned over the page, and said, in low
voice. ..
| ssworse than murderY My Godl he
must have stole ponyl"
1t was some misunderstanding about
a newell" observed M'Snifter Junior,
Furnishing his cowhide boots with his
quirt.
There are none of the M'Snifters in
Jail. Maybe Pve got eapiGs for you"
a"I bleeve in the last Indictment the
| old mans name was spelt Bob White.
The title of the suit is the State agin
White" s avr5 ss a1saz
"Why didn't you say so atoncey You
mean that is his title at court. Why,
certainly! just you come along, and ri
| present you with his royal Majesty. He
is in the ground cell. Just come along:
1 want to see if the old rooster hasn't
been trying to saw his hobbies of"
And buckling on his armor, the dep
uty-sheriff conducted the crown prince
across the square to the castellated sum
mer palace Of his royal psrient.
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A NOBLE lord, one of the canons at
Windsor, who is good-naturedly ad-
dicted 10 speaking to soldiers in q
friendly manner, and not as though the
wearer of the red coat were food for
powder" and nothing more, was natur-
ally much gratified when a guardsman
said, genially, and without the least in
tention of being rude, "I like you, my
lord-there's nothing of the gentleman
about you'll"
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"DoLLY" Madison, wife of the Presi-
dent, was housekeeping, domestic
body, but SO popular that an act of Con-
gress was passed unanimously comforting
upon her the franking privilege for life,
and the Senate unanimously adopted a
resolution admitting her to the floor of
its chamber. She was the only woman
upon whom these honors were ever con-
ferred,
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AVERY good imitation of meerschaum,
which may be carved like the genuine
article, can be made by peeling common
potatoes and macerating them in water
acidulated with eight per cent. sulphuric
acid, for thirty-six hours. Dry on blot
ting paper, and for several dayson plates
of plaster of Paris in hot sand. The
potatoes should be strongly compressed
while drying. :
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ONE of Mrs. Mary Livermore's audi
tors, at recent lecture, tells us that she
has forehead that "has both height
and breadth, real Boston forehead, the
kind that reduces timid men to state
of complete AFFECTION at sight, nose
that psychologist would call resolute,
and complexion that betokens an un-
impaired digestion and an unvexed
soul" We are further informed that
"she has beautiful wavy brown hair,
which on the evening of her lecture was
arranged in a coil at the back of her
head, and frightened with bow of pale
blue ribbon, set on the wrong place."
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GoRTscHAKoFP is eighty years old,
the richest man in Russia, and is con-
sidered the most agreeable diplomatist
In Europe. One reason for his success
IL ascribed TO the fact that he is not
required to make speeches to the coun-
try. The Pail Mall Gazette says he talks
slowly, writes grandiloquently, and
gives high-minded reasons for every.
thing he advises or does. Persons who
might have expected him to explain
some tortuous piece of policy on cynical
grounds are staggered by his semblance
OF perfect good faith, and by the reas-
suring promises which he makes in a
tone Of stately gentleness, to which his
venerable appearance gives the stamp
Of wisdom and truth. His strength is
patience; his talent lies in seizing oppor-
tunities the moment they arrive; and
these opportunities come through the
simplicity of the foreigners who trust
him. fffNTFWFfNF
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monosyllables. In reply to questions
regarding his discoveries and what he
has been through, he says yes or no as
long as that is possible, then when
neither word will serve he refers the
interlocutor to his book, saying that
will tell all about it." In fact, he has
the appearance of being little dazed,
like man who has been a long time in
a dark room and then is suddenly led
out into the bright, glaring sunlight.
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LOVERS of the chaste and emotional
ballad are having season of unex-
ampled refreshment. Each day seems
to offer them some rarely esualed gem,
and the cry is "still they come" One
of the sweetest of the later publications
is " Call me when the hash il ready"
We can not refrain from quoting . Verse:
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A PARIS letter gives this latest de-
scription Of Stanley: He is short, being
not more than Ave feet FIVE in height,
and weighing now, believe, one hun
dred and forty pounds, which Is thirty
pounds moro than when he left Africa,
but indomitable courage and persistency
are written In every line Of his face.
His features are finely cut, his hair,
which used TO be black, In now prema-
tursiy gray; his rather deep set eyes are
dark and piercing, and now they are
restless, turning quickly from side to
side, As II he were watching for an
attack from concealed enemies. He
seems 70 De constantly preocupied, and
when he Is spoken TO answers only in
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-03-07

SrArIsrIcs show that during the last
dozen years there has been slow de-
crease In the ratio of paupers to the
whole British population. Yet the last
report does not make the evil less than
appalling. In England and Wales the
number Of paupers is 800, 200; Scotland
adds 100000, and Ireland 250,000.
Drink Is the great impoverisher Of ma
klA,a
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The proprietor of forge, not remark
able for his correctness Of language, but
who by honest industry had realized a
comfortable independence, being called
on at social meeting for toast, gave
" Success to forgery f'J q u =
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TEE story which is going the rounds
Of the press respecting the burial, with
Christian rites, of two dogs, in the old
Cinque port of Winchelsea, reminds one
of the attempt Of the eccentric elder
Booth to have prayers said over null
titude Of dead pigeons. Mr.. Booth
wrote TO q clergyman to come and Off
ciate over the remains of some friends
Of his. The clergyman came and was
astounded when Booth opened closet
door and showed him a number of wild
pigeons, which had just been shot.
Booth was very angry when the minister
refused 10 have anything TO do with the
obsequies, and tried to convince the re-
fractory rector that he was erring against
God TO neglect His creatures, for" he
argued, "they have souls to save as we'll
as men,"
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In France ninety-fve per cent. of the
murders are committed for money; in
Spain ninety-eight of every hundred
murderers are inspired by motives of
jealousy and love. e4a
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SAID gentleman (O to a Professor
who was expounding the Sanserit'
What makes your breath so offensive? I:
Guess it must be the dead language, "'
replied the Professor. istfa t'st''fs
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TREES generally, when they are inter-
posed between dwellings and swampy
lands, have been known to exercise
purifying influence upon the atmos-
phere, and are consequently conducive
10 the health Of those occupying such
tree-protected. dwellings. About thirty
years ago Gornkpore, in Northwestern
India, was considered a healthy place.
A mango grove was cut down, and the
miasmatic vapors from the neighboring
wet land, finding no obstruction, made
the place q fatal one to Europeans.
The grove was again permitted to grow,
and the salubrity of the station was
restored. The planting of a belt of
bsbool trees at Futtehpoor converted a
pcstiferous station into one where the
death-rate is about the average.
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The late King of Italy was very fond
Of shooting, and ON these occasions pre-
ferred preserving his incognito, going
about with his gun over his shoulder,
with his dog as his only companion.
One day, in the Savoyan Alps, peas
ant, who had seen q master shot of his
Majesty, went up to him and asked him
II he would shoot q marten which had
done much mischief among the chickens
Of the peasants. OF course the peasant
had no idea of the rank of the sports
man, and promised to pay him two silver
coins II the order were punctually ex-
ecuted. Before daybreak next morning
the King was on the peasants land, and
had soon killed the marten. The coun-
tryman paid the price agreed upon, and
asked him who he was. "This,o said
Victor Emanuel, "is the first money
] have ever honestly earned, my son;
am thy King"
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A ROME correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Press gives an interesting ac-
count Of the sanitary virtues of the
eucalyptus tree. He says that the sup
posed place of the execution of st.
Paul, some two miles outside the walls
Of Rome, and ON which there has long
been monastery, was one of the most
pestiferous spots in that malaria-affected
atmosphere. Such was the mortality
among the monks that for more than
ffty years no cne lived in the monas-
terry. Now, by the careful management
Of some Trappists, a grove of the poison
absorbing eucalyptus tree has been
raised to great height, and for the last
three years the monks have been able to
live there with perfect impunity, and it
Is now as healthy as the Quirinal itself
the most salubrious section of the
city.