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American Products i'm England.

ONE is very much struck by the
variety of American articles offered for
sale here can remember, when
abroad few years ago, the longing l
had for only one genuine American
apple. After the season for English
pears was past, I asked my fruit-man,
with many misgivings, if he had any
good apples. Yes; he had fine apples.
Would l prefer Baldwins, peach
favored Newtown pippins. russets, or
greenings?-all just arrived from
America. And 1 found what he said
was true, and that l could have, in as
good condition, with a very small in
crease in expense, as good apples on
my table as if at home. About the
same time my fish-monger astonished
me by asking me if I would like some
Blue Points. And these 1 have found
of as small size and fine, fresh flavor
as if served at Delmonico's, and not as
high in price. Even at the smaller
grocer-shops one sees canned fruits,
vegetables and meats, all from Ameri-
ca. Many such articles are recon-
mended because American. l had
white cotton cloth shown me the other
day, in a small shop, on which was the
stamp of a mill in Rhode Island. This
increase in the sale of American arti-
cles is regarded with great jealousy by
many of the English, and they have en-
tirely gotten over regarding us as a
half-civilized Nation.
Gladstone's recent article opened the
eyes of many to our condition as a
Nation, with a sudden disagreeable
shock. But many are willing to cede
to us the Importance of our industries,
and as an example of this 1 will quote
from the speech of Lord Beaconsfield
at the opening of the Parliament now
in session. Referring to the present
great commercial distress of this coun-
try, he said: "Though we hope before
the year is passed we shall every day
find ourselves in better position, with
respect to the employment of the PEG.
pie, the employment of capital, and
the enterprise of Individuals. l do not
allude to the words of the President Of
the United States, though words from
such an authority and such a quarter
cannot be treated with too much con.
sideration. But the enterprise Of
America generally precedes that Of
Europe, as the industry of England
precedes that of the rest of Europe, and
l look forward with confidence that the
industry and enterprise of Americs
will be productive of results upon thi.
country which cannot now be de
scribed." -London Cor. Springfield
Mass, Republican,
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Dawn ON the Moon.

A ROCHESTER journalist who visited
Prof. Swift, the other evening, and had
a view of the moon, says: 1.-THE tel
escope, with power of 36 diameters,
was turned upon the moon. At first
the flood of light was binding, and
the view was but cursory. The moon
looked like a shield of embossed silver
the shield of Achilles-hung by his
goddess mother in the azure of the
heavens. Prof. Swift looked over the
field, and noted, as he looked, many
of the interesting points, and suggested
that we follow he sunrise on the moon.
On the moon the dawn advanced at the
rate of ten miles an hour, lighting up
new fields and furnishing to him an
ever-changing panorama. Still, there
is naught but desolation, yawning
craters and sharp peaks Of volcanic
mountains and circular walls with per-
pendicular sides that surround deep
pits. The moon is dead to all appear
ance-burned out with volcanic fires.
No water leaves the desolatc and rug
ged shores of its gay sea bottoms. But
in the gray plains, where some astron-
Omers think an. ocean once spread,
craters are seen with perpendicular
walls. .-i-
1.-The gray plains can be seen with
the naked eye, forming what is called
the man in the moon,' on map like
the Eastern Continent. Under the tel
escope we could trace what seemed at
first to be shore lines on the borders of
this plain. On closer inspection, in
stead of wave-washed sand, these lines
appeared to be but rounded steps
formed by successive lava bursts
spreading over the plain and marking,
by the lessening flow, the gradual ex-
haustion of the volcanic force From
one Of the largest craters rise three
volcanic cones, the SUBMITS of which
are tipped with sunlight before the
floor Of the ,erater is lighted. In an
other large crater two cones arise.
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MOther.LOve i'm Birds.

The mothers love for her young is
the strongest and noblest feeling of
which animals are capable, and with
certain species it is more than an in
stinct, it is passion which may rise to
heroism. Thus with the stork and the
lark among birds. The stork, which
spends the winter in Egypt and the
summer in Northern and Western Eu-
rope, likes to build his nest on the top
of some steep gable roof. Such nest
is real nuisance. 1t is from three to
five yards in diameter; it swarms with
snakes, lizards, frogs, toads and other
disagreeable creatures; it becomes, in
course of time, so heavy that it would
break the roof if not artificially propped
up from below. Nevertheless, for vari-
Gus superstitious reasons, the stork is
not only welcome, but even courted by
the European peasants, and it cannot
be denied that the reverence with
which the bird is looked upon is, to
some extent, deserved. If the house
takes fire. and the young storks happen
to be at an age in which they cannot be
saved by being brought away from the
nest, the stork mother does not leave
them. Standing erect in the nest, flap
ping with the wings to watt away the
smoke and the flames, and cry
ing out now and then some
strange Egyptian dirge, she re.
mains with her young ones,
and perishes with them. The sky-lark,
which builds her nest in the meadows,
runs away from it, when frightened by
somebody's approach, four or five
yards, under the clover, and rises then
perpendicularly in the air, pouring
forth all her song in its widest strains
in order 10 divert the attention. Eut
the peasant boy knows that as long as
she remains hanging at the same point
in the air, he is still four or five yards
from the nest, and he uses the direction
of her movements and the ring of hel
song to find out the exact spot. Il
then it happens that the young larks
are Just about to break through the
shell of the egg, at which time the
mother-instinct of the bird is on the
height of excitement, while her bodily
strength is much exhausted from the
sitting, she will drop down dead from
the sky in the very moment the nest is
| tOuched.-N Y. Times.
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The Other Side OF the Intelligent
CompOsitOr" Question.

NEXT to the "inteIligent compost
tor" the proofreader is the best-abuscd
man in newspaper establishment.
Indeed, some philosophers have thought
that the latter is entitled to the first
rank. 1--WE distinctly wrote" re-
marks the editor of the Blueville BuJlc,
s.. Brother Boliver of Calvary Church,
and only the tiendish ingenuity of the
intelligent compositor could have twist
ed it into Bloody Bull-dozer of Calvary
Church, we exceedingly regret, etc.,
etc., "In our editorial last week on
tho Ann Arhor University" explains
the Ragopolis True Banner, "the in
tention was to allude to the internal
dissensions' and not to the internal
dissections,' as the proofreader imag-
ined." 81 want you to understand"
writes an awfully mad correspondent
of the Badgertown argus, "that 1
quoted the beautiful Sanscrit line,
sRa1et oggerd ei,' and not Root hog or
de- as your paper printed it. Why
don't you hire some one who can read
proofs And thus it goes, without
anyone giving very much thought to
the horrible aggregation of penstrokes
that make up the mass of printers
copy. Writing of every conceivable
design, from the neat copy of the first
manuscript to the hieroglyphic SC rawl
of the old stager in journalism, all
dumped on the unfortunate shoulders
of the comp" or proofreader. And
yet mistakes in a good newspaper arc
very rare. Still a man has never been
known to come to a newspaper office
and say that letter of mine was adj
mirably printed, not a mistake in the
whole column but it is quite COM
mon thing to have man with red face
and fiery eye, shout Heavens and
earth, what kind of paper do you
print, anyhow. l wrote to and it
came out 'thc' this morning." and
then he mops his heated brow in agony.
Column and column of correct matter
are forgotten, and the one mistake
stands out in gigantic proportions.
The Free Press has a compositOr who
frequently mutters his thoughts aloud
as he works at the case. Last week II
peculiarly detestable piece of ''copy"
fell to his share, and, after he had set
tied in his own mind which was the
top, he growled: "Sometimcs think
we must have lived another life before,
and that this life must be pcrditiOn,
and this copy the hottest corner of it. )"
There are two sides of this "intelli-
gent compositor" business.-DetroI
Free Press.
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GEN ERAL.

The Minnesota State Legislature met
on the 9TH, and perfected an organization by
the election of the Republican caucus nomi-
noes for officers of the House. In the Senate.
the Democrats and Grecnbackers united and
elected some of the minor officers, although
the Republican caucus nominees for Secretary
and Assistant were choscd.
The Pennsylvania Legislature met
on the 9TH, and perfected its organization.
Thomas b. Cochran was chosen Chief Clerk
OF the Senate, and IL. NJ. Long (Rep.) Speak
CIR of the House.
The Nebraska Legislature was or.
gained, on the eth, by the election of &. f.
Matthcwson as Speaker of the House, and
Sherwood Blair Secretary of the Senate.
The Kharkoff Veterinary School
and the kicf University, in Russia, have been
closed in consequence of the riotous demon
STATIONS Of the students.
The Emperor and Empress of Ger
many have given notice that they do not de-
sire personal gifts at their golden wedding,
which occurs on the 1lth of June next, but
that they would rejoice if the money these
gifts would cost be devoted to charity.
The Wisconsin Legislature was Or
Ganizcd, on the Sth, by the election of Senator
Price as President pro tenn. Of the Senate, and
Z. +. Bross as Secretary, and ID. NJ Kelly as
Speaker and John Eldred as Chief Clerk of the
House.
The Illinois Legislature was organ
lied, on the 9th, by the election of Col. Will
lam A. James as Speaker, and w. b. Taylor
as Clerk OF the House, and Senator Hamilton
AS President pro tenn. and j. ii. Paddock as
Secretary of the Senate.
The Missouri Legislature was organ
lied, on the 9th, by the election, in all cases,
Of the Democratic caucus nominees. The Re-
publican members votcd with the Democrats
The Indiana Legislature met on the
oh, and organized by the election of ID. ID.
Dale as Secretary of the Senate, C. W. Ward,
Assistant, aud Rich'd luncheon, Door-Kecp-
or, and II. S. Cauthorne Speaker of the House,
and W. Dixon, Clerk.
The Connecticut Legislature met in
joint convention, on the 9th, and elected the
Rel ublican State ticket voted for at the late
election. In his inaugural message, Gov An
drews favOrs allowing women propcrty-holtl-
ers to vote on questions affecting property.
A Berlin telegram of the 10th SAYS
negotiations relative to the prevention of col
lisions at sea, had resulted in the compilation
of code of regulations which had been an
proved by majority Of the Powers interested,
. and which, it was expected, would be shortly
embodied into international law. -
-Another great storm prevailed
throughout Scotland, on the 9th and 10th. In
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in this department., they pass to the
very low cook-shOps, or gargctiers, who
again use them in a mess of broth, fla
vOred with carrots or burnt onions.
One would surely think that bone had
now done its duty sufficiently, and that
it might be allowed to rest in peace.
But no. There is still money to be
made out of it; for, if big enough, it is
sold to the bone-button makers; and if
it has been too much reduced, by re-
peatcd cracking and maceration, for
this small purpose, it is, at all events,
mt to be made into animal charcoal,
and probably does duty in box of
charcoal tooth-powder lying in place
of honor in the window of fashiona-
BILE perfumer.
Thus it will be seen that nothing is
too small for Partisan Spectator, and
that there are depths in each station of
society which even our philosophy
dreams not of. just as the eating ma
terial descends step at time to full
fill its various uses, there is a CORE
spending grade of professional indus
try connected with it; for the harlequin
purveyor, like the flea which has small
er fleas to bite it, employs number of
hands, chiefly women, to sort out the
savory messes and apportion the Gle
ments so as to suit the cooking depart.
ment, the lamp-oil maker, the button.
maker and the preparcr of animal
charcoal. 1t is noteworthy fact,
however, that even in little restaurants
and cook-shops which carry their occu'
patton and class of customers on theil
face, there is often a most appetizing
display of meats. vegetables and poul.
try hanging up at the window or neal
the door, giving the visitor the idea
that there is good fare within, notwith.
standing the humble exterior. But
these succulcnt joints, plump fowls and
tasty vegetables are y delusion and a
snare. They are real, it is true, but
they do not belong to the establish
ment. and are i'm point of foot lot o~.
for show from day to day for a small
sum, just as beggar woman hires ;
baby for her stock in trade to appeal t.
the sympathies of the charitable. So
then, there is regular industry of pro
vision-rcnters, the eatables being re
turned as wanted, after having done
their duty in practically advertising thu
excellent resources of the cook-shop. =
| Chambers Journal.
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THE POTTER COMMITTEE.
The Potter Committee. on the II,

. The Potter Committee, on, the 18th,
considered the question of placing an affidavit by
st. Martin. the former Deputy SergcantatArms Of
the committee, upon the record. The Republican
members favored this course but the Democratic
majority favored personal examination of aflant,
and it was 80 ordered. = "a -I
Thomas ). Kelly (col0red), who some time ago,
wrote to the Chairman that he familiar with the
fraudulent Louisiana Presidential certificates and
had placed marks on them to prove it, testified that,
In December, 1879, he was Gov. Kelogg's private
secretary, and was present when the first ccrtif-
cate was signed. Witness, pointed out the sigma
lures Of JeffriOn and Levissec, two Of the Prcsi-
Dental Electors, as having been forged. In an
swcr to the direct question Of the Chairman; wit
ness declined to say whether or not he himself
committed the forgery, but<aid he wished to con-
18th to decide, and adjourned tho examination
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"Away With the Old!'
TICK! tick! tick!

1lCh: GlCk: UlCh:
1t was the greatclock of Time slowly
eating away at the last hour of life left
to an old man who sat musing. Peo-
pie had said for weeks past that he was
growing old; but his strength had
borne up wonderfully well until this
last hour. Now his head had turned
snowy white, his limbs trembled, and
though born in mid-winter, and his first
words mingling with the icy blast, the
cold seemed to pierce him through and
through.
Tick! tick! tick!
1t is sad thing to look into Deaths
CLASSY eyes and know that he is wait
ing to clutch you at the expiration of
an allotted time. No wonder the old
man moaned and trembled as he looked
up at the great dial and noted how
swiftly the pointers moved. At twelve
he must die. Flood, nor fire, nor
human power could reprieve him. In
his helplessness he wept, and as the
cold wind blew his tears away they
were frozen to icicles.
''Men will not weep for me when l
am dead!' said the old man. "They
will remember that brought disasters
at sea and calamities on land until al
most every hearthstone in the land was
dampened with tears. They started
the good ship from port and smiled as
she sailed away. Iplunged her down
to her ocean grave, changing the hap
Ply songs of young and old to shrieks
of wild despair. walked over fair
country by night, and in my footsteps
followed fever, and death, and desola-
ton. took fair children on my keee
to kiss them, and they withered and
died like flowers torn up with n rude
hand. l paused beside the old, and
men brought collins and shrouds for
them"
Tick! tick! tick!
"Men will remember no good of
me, but they have written me down on
the day-book and ledger as one who
Ss1s n SsaH &sas R1sy
name in every cline, and the widows
and orphans of war are crying out for
revenge. Months ago, when l was
strong, l did not care 50 much, but
now, that am near my grave, every
tear, and look, and word, stabs my old
heart and grieves my SOUL"
Tick! tick! tick!
"No one will give me praise for the
happy bridals I have made-for the
joyful family reunions have brought
about--for the many times l have
fought back grim death and permitted
loved ones to be restored to health and
friends. 1 have made peace where
there was war; have given the world
bountiful crops; have healed aching
hearts and wiped away tears of sorrow;
l have let hundred ships reach port
where one has gone down. Men should
think of this, but they will not. All
day to-day they were hurrying to and
fro with thoughts of the morrow-of
when l am dead. None will weep over
me-all will cheer my successor"
Tick! tick! -!
The old man folded his arms and
looked death in the face.
Tick! -!
"Let men forgive me as I forgive
them!'
In the echo of the dying stroke OF
midnight was heard prayer and a
football.
"Poor Old Yearr' said the New, as
it claspcd his cold hand and bent over
him, but those of earth were shouting:
"Away with the Old-hurrah for the
New!'-Detroit Free Press.
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Ireland, the storm became hurricane, and
great damage to shipping and buildings was
wrought. ~ :
The Sub Committee of the French
Chamber of Deputies have decided to impeach
the Broglie-Fourtou Ministry.
Special dispatches from Camden, N.
j., giving an account of the hanging there,
on the 10th, of Benjamin Hunter, for the
murder of John NJ. Armstrong, report the
execution to have been fcarfully- bungled
affair. The victim died most horrible death.
One account says: surrounded by men
drinking whisky from TASKS, and smoking the
vilest tobacco, he was actually strangled to
death by two Deputy Sheriffs, who seized the
rope (thc weight having proved insufficient
to suspend the body, and swayed the body
back and forth, as if taking delight in their
work. The place was turned into a holiday
picnic, and there was no solcmity about the
scenc.''
At Camp Robinson, on the night of
the 9th, the imprisoned Cheyennes revolted
and broke out of the building where they
we're confined, killing one soldier and wound
ing four others. The troops pursued, and
thirty-tive Indians were rccaptured. Thirty
were killed, and as many more badly wounded.
A Calcutta dispatch CT the 18th says
information had been received there that
Gen. Stewart had occupied Candahar. 1t was
also stated that lacoob Khan had been official
ly Informed of the terms on which peace could
be made.
A gale on the Biscayan Coast, on the
18th, caused the loss of numerous vessels.
Upward of seventy persons were drowned.
A Calcutta telegram of the 18th says
the troops composing the Pcshawur and
Kuram Columns had settled down in winter
quarters.
The definitive treaty between Russia
and the Porte has been agreed upon, and only
awaits the signatures of the two Powers.
A London dispatch of the 18th says
that, few days before, Ben Ismail, Prime
Minister of the Bey of Tunis, had proceeded
to the French Consulate and rendered to him
a full apology for the recent alleged insults tC
France.
A Paris special of the 18th says ex.
President Grant had decided not to wait fol
Iuc SHiteu SIi1tcS steduSulp NlcuuiOuus Dul
would sail for India in the French steamer or
the 23d.
A severe shock of earthquake was
felt, at Jacksonville and other points in Flori
da, on the night of the 18th. 1t lasted about
thirty seconds, and buildings were violently
| shaken and doors thrown open.
The Arkansas Legislature was organ
lied, on the 18th, by the choice of NJ. NJ. Dial
| ton as President of the Senate, and X. b
Bearien as Speaker of the House.
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Bank FOrgeries.

FOR SONIC GlIu0 pstSC Cne AOuUOu pOllce
authorities have been forewarning the
police in America about an old and
powerfully-organized gang of London
forgers who departed hence for New
York and San Francisco, and skillfully
forged letters of credit on British banks
after the eleventh hour of precaution.
A good deal of surprise prevails here at
the police headquarters that these forg-
ers were permitted to indulge in their
pranks without hindrance before being
successful. In the case of the forgeries
on a prominent London bank by one of
the chiefs of this gang, in San Francis
co, there is no doubt but he was known
beforehand by the police of that city.
If precaution is better than cure. and
conviction is only part of a division
of the spoils, the sooner detective"
police are reformed the better for the
Orient and the Occident regions. This
gang has been an old expectation from
London, and daring in society as well
as in "letters of credit has been one
of their chief stocks in trade. 1 am
informed that one of their party can so
skillfully forge signatures that it is no
easy matter to detect the false from the
fair name. Then the process of false
matchmaking paper by the glycerinc
veneering is also effective in deception.
Hence preparatory information as to
the programmes of such persons should
be acted on promptly by the police. 1
learn that Washington may be sur
prised before long by an attempt of
skillful forgers; hence to keep safes,
bonds and certain employees properly
guarded is wise precaution. A grand
Geographic police systemis about to be
organized or arranged, placing the
great places of the world in supervised
information as to crime and criminals
use the word supervised advised
", for it means the looking after some
police Us we'll Us some prisoners, and
perhaps making the former like the
latter in the eye of the law.-Lo'ton
Cor. Baltimore San.
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What a wicked boy that was who
slyly put chestnut burr under the sad
die of the parsons horse! Up to that
moment the animal had never played
him single trick; but all at once he
became very spirited brute and
pranced along with a kind of military
enthusiasm. For a single moment the
parson thought of selling him at a high
price to snowy Colonel of the army.
After that his attention was so concen-
trated on the means of holding on that
he had only time to wish that he had
sold him the day before. and to the
highest bidder. The little boy stood
on the roadside with his thumb in his
mouth and tears of sympathy in his
eyes. The parson thought the boy had
a very tender heart, but when he took
the saddle off and saw the burr he
grasped his riding whip and looked
around, but the boy was gone.-M y
Times.