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. THE SYNDICATE.
Some Society Definitions Of What It Is.

| There was a little lull in the conversation
and presently Miss Siliibub asked the first SO.
ciety young man what the Syndicate was. =
presently said he believed it was th ai name q
a new opera. Last time he was In Chicawgo,
heard Mapleson, fellah that runs Queen 8
opera company: says ne was going to
faint that, best young man broke In
I-haw-darkies all going to Kansas you
know; whole boat loads of EN- going every
day. Political scheme; Republicans and Abo-
| litiOnists all mixed up In it. Coin to be war
il it faint stopped.
! Guess you're wrong" said son Of one of
our first families. "Syndlcate's nothing to
do with politics; heard some fellows talking
bout it down town to-day. Aw-felloW has
one In the .court-house; has to have it, you
That's what Syndicate Is
The son OF one OF our first families was
| looked up to with 80 much confidence that
there was at first g. general inclination to
accept his theory; which was disturbed, how
couldn't exactly understand how that could
| be, because she read or heard somewhere
that Gen. Sherman has ordered the Syndi-
| cate, or had something to do with it,
young man who makes living by sucking
his cane. Fences" he added vaguely, but
still with considerable enthusiasm. "Don't
you know? Mendin' his fences; Sherman's
lGuCHS--lOuCSS.
And the sudden CLEAN Of intelligence died
out Of his face, and his voice sank into feeble
mutter He reached around for his cane, in
tending to recruit his failing intellect by
long suck at the ivory knob; but he had left
it out in the hall, and dejectedly sucked the
knob on the back Of a camp stool instead.
well, Syndicate, as understand it. re-
marked fragile young man who was strain
ing himself by trying to see something
through pair of eyeglasses, "a Syndicate
is when fellows going to do something, and
another fellow doesn't want him to; other
fellow goes to court and the judge gives
him-sues him out, law-fellOws call it-sues
him out Syndicate; then this fellow can't
do it,
This was so clearly put that the company
sat for a little while wrapped in silent
admiration of the young mans profound
knowledge Of the law. But the whole ques-
ton was finally settled by the decision OF a
young man who was wasting rare and val
liable life by trying to raise eleven whiskers
on each cheek and look over his collar at the
same time. He looked up with an air OF
lectual effort, asked
.Wha' is it? Wha' talking about?"
They told him.
Syndicate?" he asked. Syndicate? Yes.
know. Blamed vulgar thing. Low. Beast
~ low. Beastly piece Of beastly political
business 'Tain't no way fit to talk about
here"
And then the company very properly
dropped the indelicate subject, and resumed
the conversation about the lawn parry.
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Victoria at BaImoral.
tI,ondon Society.


One naturally cannot help making inquiries
about the Queen when staying In the neigh
borhood. 1t is a neighborhood In which she
goes about In o more free and spontaneous
way than anywhere else She could hardly
go about at Windsor and Osborne as she does
at Balmoral. The Queen Is always dressed in
a very plain and quiet fashion. which is itself
O rebuke to the extravaganza 'dressfness' OF
the present day. She will enter very humble
shops In order to make very small purchases.
These purchases are mainly intended as gifts
to the poor. chiefly the poor in her own ser
vice. She selects the articles, but never asks
the price. The prices charged are exactly the
same as to any one else. Besides this, the
Queen regularly visits the houses Of the cot
given in the Highland Journal Really
she naively remarks, "the affection OF these
good people, who are SO very hearty and SO
happy to see you, taking interest in every
thing, y SO very touching and interesting" I
one day on the coach-top, as | went from
Braemer to BlairgoWrie. We passed a house
which had belonged to q deceased general OFF,
Ger, g baronet, who had seen good service In
the Napoleon1c wars. He had built a house,
where Napoleon died. On mound close
by the gate he had erected stand, where
waved flags commemorative Of all the differ
ent battles in which he had been engaged,
and In the centre the flag of Waterloo. The
her triumphant progress she omitted to no.
tice this peculiar array OF flags. The old
General was sorely hurt by this omission,
and bemoaned it greatly. He, however, had
friends ct court, and one OF them ventured to
speak to her Majesty on the subject. The
was anxious to crafty the old soldier and re-
lieve his mind. When she was next about to
pass that road she caused an intlmatton to be
given to him that the flags should be dis
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-26
ORIENTAL BEVERAGES.
Some Cool and Pleasant Eastern Drinks.

,, ...
Ing onln " nase lalue DEF lIolH pet ~
nar KIM q i r1ce 1pl over auVg years. IGs u,
ventor L. SUI lO naVe DiousnJ some " .yr Ing
Emperor, VINO, on IasIng 10, REMARKED. - Ia ms
liquor wiz cause gIsaI trOupie ga tne eIpsire
Io prevenl, Il posslple, me iuillllmenJ OF MS
prophecy, % panlsned me inventor ana IoI
pace me nhnuIacJure, put Lnls early nIsenpI
10 MP tne llquor tTa1Ilc IN Inc Dud 1ailed, tne
secret o. the manufae Ct was preserved ana
me on,hess are SILL IL tne enjoyment o. tneir
ve sn.sla q. ice DeeT. 1,.,.,
Inc rulers 81 Ihe Oelesblal ElIiplre Woulu
seem 20 nave nad more success ID :, Jne sup
plesslon " ts I'M. several Ehpslols
ax;Ins kus ~ w Ivy - sns M ~
le!IIe Gng patuH Y jug vlnes ~ sIlonB
drink Oh me Japanese, known as sdcKt. 10 also
pIepaleu lIpln i've hnu 30 " Tue o.ofe VI Ee
yaphnese, With p not coLislueIeu Ilpe uHtil u
nhS Doeh puIlsu ~ 80 ~ een vsssel IoI seY
eIal nouns i, u Che gaounu nu y
s sIlpes VI geneIl AiIga plepstg nle
iloln naze anu lne,' Wnls 1le
kans nave sueceea 81 10 exIractlng spirit
from one q Lnel ~. naI,ve grasses.
Alons Ine agrIcuiInLa Ira ,acss eeleais Wele
,os Cne Only a.elaas i t f Wlsn e1eu .,
were prepa i le ln y, nh ~
Lees were pIesseu lily 1ne seIVlcs. nhus' ~
ygIgiuMnB uua IL =, ttausass ~, ~
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Fixing His Hat.
New Haven Register.l

Did you ever notice the broad comfortable
shady-Iooking Leghorn hats In the milliner's
window? just buy your wife one, and the first
thing she will do with it will be to double up
her dainty fist and punch three-cornered
dent on the right side; then she will pinch the
front rim down and the back rim up, and then
stave In three more big dents at odd corners
and, when it resembles in shape an old tin pan
that has been a target for stone throwing
match, she will remark upon the elegance
and grace" OF the affair. But let Johnnie
he will be stood up in a dark closet and forced
to go without strawberry short cake for sup
nhr.
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OTHER SOUTHERN NEWS.

A wild cat recently broke up an Arkansas
picnic.
The Charlotte IN. o. Democrat reports Til
discovery OF q vein Of tin ore.
The negro boys of Ocala, Fla, drive flour
ishing business selling frogs legs.
The highest ever reached by the Asheville
N. g., thermometer lis 92o.
A Davidson county, N. G., farmer made six
ty-twO bushels OF wheat to the acre,
VIM. Embush, d Nashville photographer
fell down stairs the other morning, and was
killed.
The Paducah and Memphis Railroad Il
transporting INDECENT Memphis refugees fire,
OF charge.
The Winchester (Ky) Sun says at leas
$4,000 will change hands on the results OF thu
local elections.
One Armstead, Of color, whilom Missis
sippi State Senator, Is delivering polftica
speeches around Vanceburg, KY.
"A considerable portion Of Clark county 3
KY, corn crop Is III such q condition from the
drouth that rain will not save It.
The personal assessment of Harrison
county, Miss, as given BY the Democrats Star
amounts to $175,3 %. An increase over The
last assessment. 1877. Of S37,641 rs.
Large numbers of negroes are leaving
Lynchburg, Va, for Cincinnati to work on
the extension Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad.
- N'e - ih." 10 naPpy III Gue uISGOfeIy VI
an Ice mountain, not far from Rowlesburg, in
Preston county. Ice may be found wedged
between rocks and covered with moss all over
the mountain.
The Harrodsburg, KY, town marshal while
arrestlng an unruly drunkard, was besought
by the latter's wife not to lock him III huf Ia
give him a good thrashing. The marshal can :
sented, and accomplished the work to the
great satisfaction of the wife.
Danville, KY, Tribune: The pastures ara
drying up, and the corn IL beginning to fire,
badly. Ii 1t does not rain very soon the corn
crop will be as short as the hay and oats erop
in this county. The continued dry weather
Is having depressing effect upon the stock
market All our farmers who have any sur
plus stock are inclined to sell, because but
few of them will have anything to feed them
on next winter.
Vicksburg Herald: former tenant Of Mr..
Eugene Clark, who went to Kansas while the
excitement ragged, writes to him as follows
Dear SRI seat myself to write you a few
lines to let you know how the colored people
are getting along. The first OF June was ia
Frankfort, Kan, and they were getting along
very bad. There were fifty to sixty families
houseless and destitute OF clothing; they all
want money Times are hard In Kansas, and
you tell all your hands they had better stay
where they can do we'll. )"
Prospect fTennl special to Nashville Amer
dean. w. lei. Scrugs shot and Instantly killed
young Foster Patterson, at Elkton. A brother
OF Patterson, Ben, had engaged himself to
daughter of Scruggs, and tailed to marry her.
tie left the country and returned yesterday.
seruggs, the father OF the girl, hearing OF his
return, gathered his gun and started for the
nelghborhood OF the PattersoDs, when he met
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Debarred from attending the obsequies at
at the mass celebrated at the Church of the
Madeline, Paris for the repose OF the soul of
the Prince Imperial. Attired in full uniform,
his presence created decided interest, and, as
his name is still a power in the army, the Re-
publicaDs are disturbed at his conduct and at
the reception given him. He should have
been permitted to cross the water, where,
amid the crowd Of English. he would have
been lost to view. It was the poorest of policy
to make him q martyr.
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THEfNEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT SATURDAY JULY 26, 1S79

tel clean daylight, s'pose.. You see. we vites
dem to come on de railroad, but In desc hard
times we can't take dem home; dey would
we bring dem here, glib dem plenty OBJ moon
shine and seabreeze, and Il dey bring any
change along dey need not suffer, wild all
dem tables standln' round. II dey want to
fall sleep, we Civ dem plenty OBJ green grass.
Vahf vafl ~
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-26

A girl OF sanguine temperament and fas-
tidious tastes will take compton fit, If she
happens to get single hair in her mouth
out of the butter, but the same girl will
browse around On a silky mustache attached
to good-looking young mans lip and never
say word
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Patriotic Grandmother King.
IBaxter sprines (Kan.) Times.l

Grandma King, an Indian Of the Ottawa
tribe, aged Ill years, attended the Fourth Of
July celebration in the Territory She was
eight years old when our national independ-
ence was declared. Her presence at the one
hundred and third celebration Of the ami
versary of our national independence pre-
sents scene not often witnessed.
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quaint writer says: II have seen women
SO delicate that they were afraid to ride a
horse for fear of the horse running away;
afraid to sail, for fear the boat might upset
afraid to walk, for fear they might fall; but
have never seen one afraid to be married,
which Is far more riskful than all the others
mt topathar
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seabreeze, MoonshIne and Grass.
columbia Is. C.) Reporter


The following extract is from letter de-
scribing the night of the Fourth of July on
tibet Battery at Charleston: IAN intelligent
contraband' answered all my questions with
prompt frankness. How long will all this
be kept up 7 I Yentured to ask. Well, boss,
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An up-country church society offers re-
ward for the arrest OF the person who surrep-
htiously introduced a hornets nest into the
grab-bag.-EBoston Post.
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An illiterate correspondent, who Is given to
sporting, wants to know when the 1sAnglo-
Saxon race, so much talked about, Is to como
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Foster, mistaking him for his brother Ben,
shot him end killed him instantly. Scruggs
has fled. The family offer $500 for bis arrest
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Plagniol de James
OLIVE OIL.

THE BRAND OF OLIVE OH. OF pLAG.
~ - MOL DE JAMES SO universally known. is
Grand Gold Medal Of the Universal Ezposition
OF paris IL 1875 and the Prize Medal at the Ex
9oslilon 81 philadelphia In 1876. We, the un-
q Mr. PLAGNIOL DE JAMES, OF Marseiiless
90 I'll hereby caution the public that any forgers
with the utmost vjgor Of the law. - ploseoueeo
:net BASSETTI & XIQUES.
4o 81 and 50 Decatur street.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-24
THE NEw roRK NOMINATIONS.
Gen. Arthur Exposing the Absurdity of
Hayes Reform Pretcnces.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Thc Senate Com
mittcc on Commerce SAT for two hours and u
half in consideration Of the New York nominal
tons this morning, and at the adjournment un-
I'll tomorrow every Prospect existed that the
adverse report upon the nominations OF Mcr
rift and Burt. which the Committee will make
would be unanimous. The larger part Of to-
days meeting was spent in reading Collector
Arthurs answer 20 the charges against him
made 10y John sherman in his letter TO the Senate
In addition 10 the defence made In q previous
communication on tho subject when the nom
inaton Of Roosevelt was before the Senate. in
which the accusations Of the Jay repor, were
met and demolished. Mr.. Arthur takes up his
personal relations with John sherman and
shows that on the very morning that the order
was issued removing the Collector. besides the
previous letter which Arthur mad received
assuring him that his course was salts
factory. sherman. who was then. in New
he was fully satisfied with Arthur's admins
Office for some one else. and had insisted upon
the removal To this extraordinary fact Ar
sions Of the Administration hy showing that
while Collector he had been forced by Hayes
Ioint 's mem unfn"d f5r the '' positions h.
WIS required tn xiv" them; that Xix"
appointmsn,s had o"ep made az Sherman,s Re-.
quest 10th Arthur submitted. showing that his
own removal could scarcely be considered the
at 81 men faithfully anxious g. reform the
civil service of the country. The charges OF
neglect % duty Arthur met much rs they were
| mot 100 h- answer 90 Che jay reports, and his
| plotely satisfactory. Ihclcttor f>lm John Shor-
man aud Ar,Aur- answer would together cover
about "a page of THE SrN.
II IL Senator tuukNug's intention, after
! securing a unanimous rrporf 10 make the
report TOMORROW, ana push the light in the
Senate Us asking that the iuluu 'ttnu ~ secrecy
| boz removed. No ono doubts his complete sue
| orss FLYING ruincr- that Arthur and Cornell
are IN town have been IA circulation al! day, but
uu one has been us yet alle 10 ser them. and
! their presence is. to say tho least. doubtful
| Their answer 10 tho attack mude upOu them Is
not. Thut has fall"n mainly upon Arthur. ~ II
| WIS his administration of tho Custom House
| which the frivolous charecs-so at least tho
| rummittee appear 70 consider them-put for
| ward by Sherman imluEuel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-24
Daniel web.ter'. Grandson.

Ashburton Webster. n grandson Of Daniel
Webster tho last male dcsoc ndan Of the great cNpound
er died IN this ciiy Wcdne sday at a7 West twenty
eighth street HIS father was Col Fletcher webster the
de,t son of Daniel Webster and o only OF his tour
children who survived him Fletcher was secretary of
Legation under Caleb GUSHING n china and Al the Oicu
ns Of the war he organized the ", h,i'r regiment in
MASSACHUSETTS, at nir head uf which he Killed no
a. IN BHns.S retreat mp the shenandoah Valley m t-u4
A,hlurtuu Webster wn, born an Boston ou Dee z l~li
and after am early education i'm thr Boston lnuu school.
whore hr remained uuul lftt hc entered ilr NANHl
Academy NJ Newport and subsequently INC NhNal school
al Aunnnuhs while ut ur natter place no lrt the upper
onts o thrce hnccr-oi h- ugAl hri WHOM %" school
shin nnd boat were ia collision llr id not enter
nc naval service. uWlns Co Ia, iat inEr Qn'le, nut
Lee went 10 live in the Webster N " Nil .hNrI !.
vhirh ho mad inherited nom hi. lIH. ..r llr stud
ned Law and pract.cd With no N.tt -urrt-- M
Massachusetts, lie came tn New YORK Y- fHUVr last,
ana he was under medic treatment l,rc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-24
MRs. ANDERsO N.s RIrALs.
Craving for Fame on the Track. and Covering
Half "A Mile In About $40.

The members Of the rcccntly-organiZcd
Now York Ladies' Walking Club continued
their exercises In Clarendon Hall yesterday.
and were gliding around the track until 10
o'clock last evening. Regarded from pccuni-
nry point Of view the sports thus Ear cannot be
said TO have been successful. but that Of course.
was matter Of secondary importance. What
the ladies chiefly crayod was pedestrienno
fame. Tho time made last evening WAS not
such ne would enttle the performances 20 rival
that OF Mrs. Anderson in Brooklyn, but il tho
timekcepor announced It correctly II was re-
markahly good. and. considering the peculiarly
stout and leathy forms Of cach one OF tho con-
tcstants. IL was simply wonderful.
once, indren ,"Mr44rllnnry rpe'd SCENE To
hc made. Tall Miss lluWklns ana shorter Miss
Mortimer dashed around the track. now ono
aud now the other ahead. When the bell rang
AT the close Of the half mile there was not foot
between them. The umckocpcr announced
that the distance had boon trnvcrscd IN min
utcs and 30 seconds. The hall rang with ap;
plause for a minute, and then eNpr So lons 81
a,toui-hmcnt and incredulity were heard
look NJ your wat h again. voice cried; -,
The tlmckcrper did So, and said that he had
made n slight mistake. The tmn was min
uirs and 80 seconds. That was about the aver
age speed attained although Miss Rockwell nc-
comulished the half mile in D minutes and 20
seconds but on the other hand. Miss leyanion,
an exceedingly short and stout walker, occu-
pied q minutes and seconds.
Tho pelrstricnne- sometimes walked around
tho track in difT rent directions, and then there
was a struggle for the inside position at almost
rnco between Miss H1wkins and Miss Mortimer
they came into violent collision As they met
and the shorter Of the two rolled upon the saw,
dust She ay where She had fallen for several
spcou Is. and looked around NJ though expect
ing that some one would PICK h,r up Nobody
stirred however So she sprnng to her feet. and
dashing around the track with renewed energy
won the race.
of "A mile. ostrusil ly Againt time, but in reality
against each other and TIE taller OF the two VOL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-24
FIN1NCIlL AND COMMERCIAL.

THURSDAY, Jan. 23-Thcre has been an
other very active day on the Stock Exchange.
and generally values further advanced. but
fluctuations were wide and the close feverish.
Northwestern again took position as n leading
fancy, with sales OF SO. $50. shares common and
1890 do. preferred. The advance in common
was well supported. but preferred was APP
parontly left to tako care Of itself. and. after
selling ut s6is, dropped suddenly to s5i, Eric
common was excited, selling to the extent of
Gi.625 shares, and advancing / o. receding but
slightly. Erie preferred advanced 81, and re;
coded !. Lake Shore advanced 2 and closed
firm with sales Off $50 shares, Coal shares were
higher and closed slrom, WIN sales Ct sIio shares
said - have much improved. 81 Pauls were higher but
IT, ~ share. common AK 8 7s5 prefrrcd New jersey
Central advanced with sl,s of~7pi shares Ohio and
aud preferred o. viii sales Vt l. shares Western
nucJ rb w. am m' , "s vrc i'm az, ~iS ~"
silver recent nominal figures Investment shares
werc In good demand ant de.rsr ..peeely I'Tt Waync
with weak report from Philadelphia, but Pittsburgh
Government bonds continue depressed for The early
-ucs owing 20 their liam4ty 20 called in and paid nv
torSd Vs. 81, isy5 resisiere5 idiaoii a. ISL
COUPON 10 a. igl7 registered ina coupon 10. eur
rcncy IS sold al l2ul up TO- l2ts stat" bonds were
oihg and recelcd to 90 sdi's North carolina Is
If columbia s'i' sold at si.s-ls, losing part OF yes
Railroads wcre more active. but somewhat irregular
iu values The most active issues New York Elc
waited nrst, advancing a. lu3i4 Metropolitan Elevated
opening 40 - AMI advancing u -l losing at So New
Jersey Central adjustment bonds declining 20 - ami
covered 10 V.is Lehigh and Miikc.harre declined 10
A., fauls sold 40 fret - ln2'. iu2ta for
consolidated E, ami ~ ssiun. for ami u. division
extension. Mo- X and T. consolidated assentcd. 4HAa
down 20 80 ohio amt Mis- second - up 20 s3s central
Pacific gold. luI Union Pacific first 1DTi. Louisville
and Nashville consolidated lbs Denver and RIO Grandc
nrst ~. --'s Morris and ESSEX first consols. o2a3,
Gacna aud Chicago hrst lUS. Michigan Central sinking
fund. - ~ New Jcrsy Central first consolidated as.
Inc Whole the market Tor railroad bond, closed rather
| quiet
National, % Niuth National, 10, Bank OF Commerce.
| lis IT Nicholas. ~
| Money easy at 2s2ia = cent Sterling exchange
declined 90 SiSii dSf S1 for prime 0nday Hills, and
81 ~ sa - for short time. viii reports VI transac
| below insiae range
The following will show the range Of prices paid and