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Times Changes.

Yes, Colleen, time does bring about
great changes. Nine years ago man
came to this town 30 poor and hum
BILE that the tramps wouldn't speak to-
him, and, not long ago, when they took
that man over into Illinois to hang him,
half the town trailed after him in pro-
cession, and paid 25 cents apiece for his
photograph. And then there was the
young fellow with the straight back and
square shoulders, who wore corsets and
clerked in a millinery store, and was en-
gagged to twelve girls on West and seven
on North Hill. Well, the other day we.
looked in at his house and saw hira in.
the kitchen, holding baby in his arms,
while he pumped dismally away at an
old-fashioned churn, while his wife
leaned over the back fence and gossiped
with the man who brought the baled
hay. Oh, yes, it's changeful old world.
Remember what the Bible says, and
"swear not by the moon, the inconstant
moon. "-Hauk-Eye.
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A Tramp's Dinner.

The New York Sun tells good story
of sad-eyed tramp who accosted several
well'known New Workers i'll Park Row.
They gave him repellant glances, and he
was about to move away when Camp
bells heart was touched by the manner
of the stranger. "You look hungry"
said he. SEQ right into Moynahan's
and order what you want, and I'll pay
for it,"
A dubious smile broke over the care
worn face. They'll think I'm lying
and kick me OUT was the reply.
"Ill make that all right" said the
benevolent Campbell, turning to Moyna-
han. Here, Patsy, you give the poor
fellow what he wants, and I'll foot the
bill"
The sad-eyed tramp murmured his
thanks and followed Moynahan into the
dining saloon. He took his seat at the
table, called for napkin, ate for an hour
and twenty minutes, and departed. The
fol1ouipo 10 tho hill
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SwOrd.SwalIowing in Earnest.

With a view to allaying skepticism.
NJ. Benedict, the sword. swallower, gave
a private seance on Saturday last TO
some members of the medical profession
in his room at the Westminster Aqua
rum. Since Is years of age, it seems,
this gentleman has been fighting nature
with the sword until he has pushed the
stomach down into the groin, thus elon-
eating the esophagus to an unnatural
extent. As rule he prefers taking food
before the exhibition begins, as il makes
the internal sheath more agreeable to
the reception of cold steel, and protects
the coats of the stomach from being
pierced with the swords point. A ply
stefan who was present told me he dis
dnctly felt the sword recede as il was
from the stomach lying quite
IN the groin. The M. DIS present found
his throat good deal inAamed, and
gave him a gargle.-London World.
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WASHINGTON wu-Es.

JAMES "a. knight, Of WIsconqn, a cripple
UniOo soldiers las been selscted'hy DoorkeeT
er Field as hisssrst assistant
Army promotions: Maj. Tamee w. Forsyth,
Tenth Cavalry, to be Lieutenant Colonel of tho
First Cavalry SLieut. Col. W. ESIlliott, Firsd
Cavalry, to be Colonel Of the Third Cavalry.
The President has appointed Llewellyn
Davis Of Misss1ri, to be Receiver Of Public
Moneys at aronton, No., and Grste- Schneitzer,
Of Iowa, to be United States Marshal Of the
Territory Of Wyoming.
A Washington dispatch says,tLs Ways and
the income tax. The Indications acc said to be
that the committee will favor Having fixed
tax on all incomes over $4,000
The House Ways and Means Conr ittee have
completed the internal Revenue bill. 1t ex-
empts from theiDconne tax funds hsionging to
States ON deposit in banks. Funas.cf savings
banks invested r United States bonds are also
exempted, except when deposited in The name
Of a single person 1t levies tax q, l6 cents
per pound ON tobacco IS per 1,00e on cigars ;
$1.25 per 1 600 en< Cigarettes not weighing more
than 311 pounds, and an income tax Of per
oentum on Sil suna over $4,000.
The House Committee on Agriculture have
agreed to report witk favorable recoomenda-
ton the bill introduced into the Housesprovid-
ing for the better protection Of cattle In trans
portation. The bill requires that cattle shall
be fed at least once evsry twenty four hours.
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named Stroud murdered his win By stabbipg
her repeatedly with h14eAsr s6ifs, and then
ended his own wortAls@ szkzEencs by cutting
his throat -
The great play d tAe ~Exiles {" Is proving
IN unusually attractive card at Mcvioker's The
ster, Chicaeo. The excellent acting, the In
terestiug Plot ~ the drama, the fine sosuic eff
focts, a.a the sleds drawn by real live reindeer
and Siberian dogs 60 70 make mp tout ensem-
BILE rarely surpassss upon the modern stage.
Portions of Illinois and Iowa were visited by
disastrous storn on the 2lst OF April. At
0xlesbug, Ill, tine hurricane was preceded by
q furions fall Of tail, many Of the stones being
larger than hcss' eggs, which played fearful
havoc with wisSow-panes. At Pomerey, Iowa,
a small station ON the Illinois Central railroad,
forty miles wsst of Fort Dodge, the tornado
assumed frightful velocity. Severed
houses wevs blown down, f0w or Ave
Fasons hled, and about twenty other:
wounded. In Jefferson county the storm die
Immense damage to dwellings,, barns and
fences. tAt Storm Lake, MoSona county, {
number of dwellings, wcce Blown down and
severalrpeople killed. Loss of life IL reporter
at other localities in tho path Of the stofm
Taken altogether 1t YVES tbs most disestrcu
tornit o ever experienced liz the State sflowa
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following is the bill
CamelS i'm Arizona.

In 1S54-'55 Congress appropriated
$50, 900 for the importation of camels to
this country, and the store ship Supply,
under command of Lieut.. ID. d. Porter,
was sent to the Mediterranean to obtain
them in Africa and the Levant. Fine
specimens, thirty three in all, were Sc
lected; one died during the voyage to
this country; the rest were landed in
Texas. In recent years little has been
heard of these animals. The arizona
Miner states that four camels, three ola
and one young, all quite tame, have been
running at large near Mineral Park.
One of these is 30 old that it is supposed
to belong to the stock originally i'm
ported. The Hon. George p. Marsh
wrote a small volume on the camel,
showing its probable usefulness if intro
duced into this country, shortly after
the animals were brought to Texas.
Camels are now bred in that State, and
the business is said to be profitable.
They feed on cactus and sage brush, and
prefer such food to that which ordinary
cattle require. A Texas camel-breeder
says that any of them, if well broken for
service, can travel 100 miles day, and
one in his herd has gone over $50 miles
in twenty-four hours. They seem to be
fully acclimated, and are represented as
dociie
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When Mr.. Penn matched himself
against Hon. Danvers Butler to walk from
Hyde Park corner to Hammersmlth for
wager of 100 guineas, somebody re-
marked to the Duchess of Gordon that
it was a pity q young fellow ike Penn
should always be playing some absurd
prank. Yes" the old lady retorted,
cit is pity, but why don't You advise
him better? Penn seems to be pen
that everybody cuts and nobody mends. .
What would the free-spoken dame
have said to a couple of clergymen run
ming race on Sunday for crown side
Such thing has been done. Soon after
Swift received his deanery, he dined on
Sunday with DIR. Raymond, OF Trim,
whose house was about 200 yards from
his church. The bell had nearly done
ringing for evening service, when Swift
exclaimed, Raymond, I'll lay you a
crown I begin prayers before you
"DoneP' caid the doctor, and off they
ran. Raymond reached the doors first.
and, entering the church, msde for the
reading desk at as quick walking pace
as his sense of propriety admitted.
Swift did not slacken speed in the Least,
but ran up the aisle, passed his oppo-
nent, and, without stopping to put on a
surplice or open the yearbook, began
the Liturgy and went on with the serv-
ice sufficiently long to win the wager
Az the Year Round
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The Senate OF 1879.

The terms of the following twenty-five
Senators expire on the 4th of March
next: Spencer, of Alabama; Dorsey. of
Arkansas; Sargent, of CALIFORNIA;: Chat
fee, of Colorado; Barnum, OF Connect
cut; COnover, of Florida; Gordon. of
Georgia, Oglesby, of Illinois; Voorhees,.
of Indiana; Allison, of Iowa; Ingalls,.
of Kans&s; McCreery. of Kentucky:
Eustis, of Louisiana; Dennis, of Mary,
lane; Armstrong, of Missouri; Jones. of
Nevada; Wadleigh, of New Hampshire:
Conkling. Of New York; Merrimon. of
North Carolina; Matthews, of Ohio:
Mitchell, Of Oregon; Cameron, of Penn.
sylvania; Patterson, of South Carolina:
Morrill,, of Vermont, and Howe. of Wis,
consin. OF the above seventeen are Re-
publicans and eight are Democrats. The
seats of the Senators from Alabama. Ar
kansas, California, Florida, Georgia. Ken-
lucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri.
North Carolina, Ohio and South Caro-.
lima have already been, or will undoubt-
edly be, filed by Democrats, while those
of the Senators from Colorado. Iowa
New Hampshire and Vermont
will be occupied by Republicans, leay-
ing the succession in Connecticut. In
LLAMA, New York, Oregon, Illinois. Ne
vada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin dis.
puted question, with the chances in |
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Song Birds Of the West.

The wild Western portion of our coun-
try is as well supplied with feathered
songsters as the more civilized Eastern
section, and that in secluded dell or in
dreary desert, where seldom heard by
human ear, they nevertheless sing as
gayly and with as much enthusiasm as
if solely for the entertainment of us vain
beings, who, in our conceit, are apt to
imagine that all that is beautiful in ma
ture was created simply for our amuse-
ment.
The principal songsters of the West
are not in all cases those of any particu-
lar locality, for the mountain forests, the
desert valleys, and the rocky canons have
alike their own characteristic species,
and it is difficult to decide in which those
most entitled to the first rank are found
The more fertile valleys ring with the
loud, clear song of the Western lark and
the passionate trills of the lark-sparrow;
the dreary sage-brush wastes are rem
dered less inhospitable by the tender,
soothing chants of several sparrows;
among the oottonwoods in the river val
legs are heard the mellow warbling of
the black-headed grossbeak, the mean
dering chant of the house-fnch, and the
merry gable of the wood-wren; while
on the mountains, the pine forests and
the varied shrubbery of the canons re-
sound with the lively ditty of the Louis
lama tanager and the silvery harmony OF
the thrushes. OF the latter, most OF the
species, except those of the southern
border, are common also to the East
but, as they are nevertheless conspicuous
among Western songsters by reason Of
the melody of their notes, they deserve
prominent place. Ridgeacay
IN Ha,7oer's Magazine for May.
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POLITICAL POINTS.

n. meeting of the 0t,binet in Washington,
the other day, and before the Ministers hsd
formally proceeded toitho business0f the day,
tn President Submitted platform (which he
seid he believed would reunite the Republicans
AID again secure then the controed OongI ess.
Z GLOWING is the platfetm in brief
/. Resumption orf scosie payments rns gclc' and
N liver.
2. Resistance d. alisxhemes for hfaGting paper
currency.
8. A fair and uaoderate tariff that win srrd rea-
sonable protection oos american industries.
4. An amenfrnentSe the constitution p~eidbiting
tho of money rsisod by publix tsxstson for the
support of scesarisn'sshools.
s. Speedy ccappfet on of all puhlic works such az
river and hs1o,or improvements, public buildings.
fortfcations ETC., that Labor ant rsateria are
cheap and wrlnngnen need employment, and Z
liberal policy for the improvement OF tae grsat
tionaI chanp. N ee>o1mmerce hire 'tle NssissipEs
river and ~ tributaries.
Members OF tbs Cabinet conceded with the
President, and AFTER some infornhi' discussion
a sixth paragraph was added, declaring agains.
the payment ofdoiaims to dklOyas citizens for
damages and losses growing out of the Re
beIlion, and tho payment Of pensioos to "per
SONS whc were disloyal during the war. Wild
this addition, tts platform wss pronounced sc
be a fair presentation Of this visws of the al
ministrstion.
The Republicans Of Oregon 'hfse nominsSsd
c. C. EeeI.man zor Governor, and n. K. Hissl
for Congress
wasGngtoro1rresponde reprst that There
e q scherne which is to be Grgec through On .
House Judiciary Committee to rsopen the N
vestigItiOn 20 the Louisiana Returning
Board. ut Is proposed lthat the mecz-
bers Of the board DO Summoned and
compdied tos answer these questions Wec
you advised b. any one whom you believed
to represent tine Government et Washington
or the pertyInow in power thao x was neoss-
sary Sor you, in the interest Of the national
welfare. aud'ir disregard, is need be, of laws
of the State, rDder which you acted, to count
out tire Tilden electors and count in the Hayes
electors7 Die you thus oount's-t and coxzs
in, and IN violation Of what you'believed tebs
the provisions # the law unaec~iich you half
office--
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FoRTY-FoURTH CONGRESS.

TUESDAY, April 6.-sKNArE.-The resolu.
hiea Of Mr.. Howe, calling for certain Information
in regard 10 Judge Whitaker. Of New Orleans. was
adopted. Mr.. Davis, of weet Virginia, OF cred q
resolution, which was adopted calling upon the
Secpetary Of the Treasury for information
10 the balances due from the Collectors of Internal
Revenue not In Office, as TO what amount has been
settled by compromise, etc. Mr.. Garland from the
Committee on Public Lands reported a substitute
for the Senate bill supplementary 10 the act In rel
ton TO the Hot Springs reservation In Arkansas
Mr.. Grover, from the Committee on Public Lands.
reported back the bill 10 extend the time for the
completion of the Northern Pacific railroad and on
his motion II referred to the Committee ON Rail-
roads. Mr.. Mcdonald introduced bill TO author
lie the States Of Ohio, Indiana ard Illinois 10 bring
and prosecute suits against the United States 10 RE-
cover money due on account Of the proceeds OF
SAFES of public lands. The bill 10 incorporate the
National Pacific Railroad aud Teiegranb
Company. and Mr.. Plumb's bill for the relief IA
settlers on certain ppblic lands, were paced
Mr.. Howe made personal explanation regarding
Newspaper comments upon his recent speech In tho
Senate. Mr.. Howe disclaimed any malice toward
TIC sdmipistpton, aud denied tibet be had ever %.
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NEWS SUMMARY
FOREIGN NEWS.

"A correspondent at Berlin learns, on tire most
Trustworthy authority, that Prince Bismarck
has offered his good offices with a view Of
bringing about an understanding between En-
gland, Austria and Russia II is said Bismarck
is endeavoring TO obtain the simultaneous with
drawA of the British feet from the Sea Of MAJ
mora and the Russians from the neighborhood
of ConstAntinople.
In England there ia q great strise 6f cotton
spinners against reduction Of wages.
The dispatch OF native troops from India to
taken by England. II is claimed to be only q
precautionary measure, but there is no doubt
hat Europe viii regard is asa direct menace ~
Russia.
There is much excitement IN Rougaania over
the encroachments OF Russia.
There have been serious Nih.list riots ins.he
streets Of Moscow, Russia.
dispatch from Athens says at is now
certain that the ThesssEan instruction is a
complete failure. The Greeks have list all
heart for further effort They rsay now wholly
on England"
Advioes from Moscow, Russia, stass that
5000 students sud wotxinen we're involved in
the disturbances Of the 18th inst Twelve
were killed and twenty-five wounded. One
hundred OF them were arrested.
A special from Sistova says typhus' is raging
there, and the NicCposis hospitals ars crowded
People are dying in the streets.
The Caucasian army Corps isvso be dis
banded
A terrible gale On the northern coast q,
Spain he's brought appalling devastation 90
the fishery trade, sinking scores of smGl
vessels ene drowning upwards Of $50 fsho-
men.
reportSomesff,om Cen stantinc de that so
600 MusUarnans, presumably in'the Balkan dis
tr{as, have armed themss- yes with the cannon
and rifles left behind by-s1leiman Pasha stthe
time Of this retreat, ands.tacked the Russis ls.
1t is saiE that the Russians ifave'lost 900 men
and thnteen officers and have as led for lin
foroemen.s from sAdrianople.
News has reached SN Francisco that yio-
lent hurricane had swept over Tahiti. the
largest of the lgreup' oc Society islands, kill
ing 400 people, aud doing vast damax, to
property-
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Recent POstOfIice Ralings.

Skates, reptiles, confectionery and
soap are unavailable.
Mail-carriers cannot carry unsealed
communications outside the mails
The Postoffice Departm ent, wishing
to avoid any complication with the rival
ries existing between publishers, de-
clines to furnish information showing
the amount of postage paid by any pub
locations in any one year.
The law providing for the forwarding
of letters at the request of the party adj
dressed, without additionsl charge for
postage, does not apply TO printed or
third class matter.
The addition of the ddtc on printed
circular by hand-stamp, subjects the
same to letter rates of postage.
Advertising sheets, folded within the
issue of any publication, cent to regular
subscribers, subjects the same to the
rates for third-class matter.
Hand-bills sent from the printer to
the party ordering the same must be
charged as merchandise, and postage
paid at the rate of / cent fog each ounce
or fraction thereof.
A publication, in orderrta avail itself
of the pound rates, must be mailed at
the postoffice nearest the claimed office
or place of publication. 1T may also be
mailed at other offices 81 the pound
rates, to regular subscribers, by news
agents.
A husband cannot control the wife's
correspondence, nor can the wife con-
troll the correspondence of the husband.
Postmasters are exempt from militia
duty.
Private individuals cannot send any
communications in the mails free of
postage, no matter to whom it may be
addressed.
The words "please forward" on the
address side of postal carE subjects
the same to letter rates of postage.
A Postmaster may attend to business
FOR private parties, if il does not inter-
fere with his duties as Postmaster, if he
chooses to 10 80.
The erasure of an address Ca "a postal
card and the substituting of another
does not make such card unmsilable.
Western Postal Revie,O.
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n was in Spandau thai the adventure !
which won Carl 6churx his,
knights spurs-h one may use q med.
seval figure in this unknightly age. Bnt
the whole adventure ID thoroug, dly TO-
mantle. Before the troubles Of f84S,
Schurz was studying medicjAe II Bonn,
and there became intimate with Che poet
and professor Gottfried Kinkel. This
Kinkel was a wild, Visionary writer, but
seems to have possessed that personal
magnetism which seceres truest and
most self-sacriticing friends. Both he
and Schurx took part IN the SO called
Baden revolution m uS49--a campaign
which, so far as the revolutionists were
concerned, resembled more closely a
Fenian invasion IT Canada SAan any
other military event with winch am
scquslnted. At the breakup those pa
triots who were nble crossed tie frontier
into France * Switzerland, Schurz
reaching the lstSer country; but Kinkel
wss caught, md locked uFin the peni-
tentiary at SPsndau, where he spent the
most Of his time in spinning yarn for the
GsovernmeUfs benefit. His friends,
however, were not going 20 let him pine
away at tts;s useful but uncongenial en-
ployment without making an effort to re-
lease him from it. His wife-a woman
of grea&'energy of chSiracter-wrote to
Schurx, asking if he were ready to help,
and became at once " Bonn to see her.
From fhere he went with letters to some
trustworthy persons in Berlin, notably
to certain physician there; and these
two, with the assistance of country
gentleman living infthe neighborhood of
Spendau, arranged and carried out the
daring attempt. They succeeded In
brbing turnkey, who, between IL and
II at night, having provided himself
with the duplicate key to Kinkels cell
which hung in the prison office, and q
rope, let the lstter out, and got him @n
30 the roof of the building, whence he
vas let down 20 the street, where Schur2
end the physician were waiting. They
conducted him with all possible haste to
neigMboring inn, where suit of plain
( clothes was awaiting him, the doctor
taking in exchange his prison gear, which
he intended, and, to his sorrow, actually
did, preserve as relic, though implored
by his friends to destroy so dangerous O
possession. For not long afterward, he
being suspected of having hand IL
Kinkel's fight, his house was searched,
and, the clothes being found, he was sen.
fenced to long term in prison, and died
there. This, however, is DEPRESSION.
After the change of dress Yves effected,
the aforementioned country gentlem al
appeared with carriage and span Of
fine horses, himself on the boz, and, after
Schurz and Kinkel had got in, started
for the Mecklenburg boundary. They
reached in safety the poyteof Rostock
being everywhere helped on by trust
worthy friends, and from there the two
sailed for Scotland in a vessel dispatched
by it's generous owner solely TO convey
them. Mr.. Schurz was at this time
November, 1850 but ~ years DID,
Arth,r Venner, in HarperS Magazine
for Nay.
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Ex.Empress Eugene.

Eugene lives in dignifed retirement
at Chiselhurst, Kent, and daily takes
long walks about the pretty lanes and
wide commons Sundays and fast-days,
and on the 9th of each month, she visits
the Catholic church where lie her hus-
bands remains. She gives up her morn
ings to her correspondence and the news
papers, breakfasts at noon, and, as she
has royal memory and much vivacity,
makes the dejeuae, a charming occasion;
teas at O'clock, usually receiving neigh
bors or visitors at that meal, and dimes
en- fanaitle at 8. She has an income Of
$3.50. 600.
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The New Acquaintance.

"How did you come to know her q"
asked a mother of her little girl, as she
saw her bidding good-by to poorly
dressed child at the church door.
Why, you see, mamma, she came into
our Sunday school all alone, and made
place for her on my seat; and I
smiled, and che smiled, and then we.
were acquainted, was the pleasant an
swer.
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A Curious Case.

An old case, growing out of slave
times has been decided in the United
States Court at Cincinnati. Henrietta
Wood (colored), who was born a slave
in Boone county, KY, but was finally
given her freedom, was afterward kid
mapped and taken to Covington, where
she was delivered to three men. Bob
Ward, Frank Russ, and WilIoughby
Scott. From Covington she was taken
to Lexington, and, after some time. sent
South and sold to planter in Missis-
sippi. She was finally liberated after
the war, having served her master for
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Ku.ELuxing In California.

Samuel Meore was disliked by bis
neighbors in San Buenaventura, Gal. He
was quarrelsome, avaricious, and dis
honest. In q secret meeting nine of the
neighbors voted that he ought to be
lSlled, and Immediately set about carry
ing out their idea. They covered their
heads with pillow cases. cutting holes to
see through, and the rest of their bodies
with burlap sacks- Thus disguised, they
went to Moore's house in the night, and
shot him to death. One of the assassins
has confessed, and all are under arrest.