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SEQ. -. Every penon. rrm or association
engaged In the business Of selling real estate
cry, shall pay for q licenae TO carry on the Same,
according 70 his or their average sales or re-
ceipts. ~ In the following schedule:
First Class-Honthly sales or receipts two
thousand dollars or over, quarterly license,
twenty-five dollars.
Second oiass-Monthiy alss or receipts under
two thousand dollars, quarterly license. nftssn
dollars.
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dred dollars or over. license for one day, ten
dollars.
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ave hundred dollars, license for one day, ave
dollars.
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.

l
A member of the Texas legislature, be-
fore voting for the bill setting aside the
| fourth of the State revenue for schools, said
he was in favor of general confusion Of
education
1t sounds slangy to tell person to "get
out" Tell him "to exteriorate. ."-N. 7.
Star. That may do in New York, but the
disciples of Joe Cook invite him to differen-
tiate his environment.
People make too much fuss altogether
over these athletic exhibitions. In his
greatest match O'Leary didn't walk 80 far
by seven miles as weak woman out on
North Hill did while she was trying to
match the shade of ribbon.-Burde:te.
The Troy Times tells of preacher who
reported himself and his numerous family
as in state bordering on destitution. His
people made up purse of $500, with which
he at once boughta gold watch for his wife,
gold chain for himself. and kid gloves for
the children all round.
"What beautiful quotation the lectur-
er used the other evening"" said Mrs.
Skinner. Z" 1t vast was from Shake
speare, believe, and like this: sShe never
told her love, but let concealment, like a
worm in the mud, eat off her damaged
cheek. '"-OI City Derrick
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DEPLoRABLE CONDITION OF RUSSIA. -
No country in all civilization eeems to be
in SO pitiable plight at present as Russia.
In addition to her immense foreign debt
and her general financial derangemant, her
political Affections continually cropping
out in defiance of law, and mysterious assas-
slnation, and her losses of every kind from
the late war, she is threatened with famine.
Last year she suffered exceedingly from
drought; nearly one-third of her crops was
destroyed by beetles and marmots, SO that
the seed has been deficient and field labor
is inadequate IN consequence of the excess
Of holidays--about 100 a year-and the
widespread drunkenness of common people
involving great wastefuIness. Grain, which
is the chief article of export, which furnish
es the means of paying taxes and of getting
all supplies, now seems insufficient for
home consumption. Her domestic debt is
very oppressive. Most of the land of the
empire is mortgaged to bankers, and the
owners are scarcely able to pay their inter-
est, much less the principal, their arrears
being from % to 80 per cent. Russia is a
vast country of vast resources, but she has
drawn on them very heavily of late, and all
indications are that she is approaching a
crisis in her fortunes which will require the
fullest wisdom of her statesmen to meet,
She appears to be socially, politically, finan-
ciallv and morally disorganized. or very
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Mistaken for the Queen.
From the London World. April 16.

From the London World, April IT,
An amusing story is told in Partisan cir
cles about the Minister of Fine Arts, Nj.
Turquet, who, it will be remembered, is
allied to the British nation by his marriage
with Miss Gregory. The day the Queen
arrived in Paris he was informed that pos
sibly Princess Beatrice might like to see
tho Louvre, in which case the visit would
be very early, and was to be strictly inoog.
nito. M. Turquet determined, out OF
Difference to the nation which has given
him his wife, to do the honors of the
museum himself, and was at his post be-
times ; but not much too soon, however, as
private carriage sooa drove up, and an
elderly lady and two young ones stepped
out, evidently the Queen, Princess Beatrice,
and lady-in-waiting. M. Turquet gave
his arm, and conducted the illustrious Wis
itors through the various galleries, princi-
pally the naval museum, as being more
interesting to the sovereign of great mari
time power. All went merry as marriage
bell ; the ladies left the Louvre, thanking
M. Turquet for his kind attention he was
delighted with the affability and gracious
condescension of the visitors and felt rather
shaken in his Republican opinions. Not
until the evening papers came out did he
learn that the Queen had not gone out, and
that the Princess Beatrice had visited the
Tnva1ifaaS and NOT tho T.or1vra T,+ar st;fl
he found that the ladies he had accom-
panied were the daughters of M. De Monte
bello, the Secretary of Legation at the
French Embassy In London, and that the
lady to whom he had given his arm was
their English governess.
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Too Near Els Figure.


On one occasion, when General Butler
was in command at New Orleans, colonel
up in the Red River region made applica.
ton for furlough, which was refused linn.
Soon after she colonel left his command
with permission, and went to New Orleans,
where he was arrested and put in irons as
deserter. Upon an intimation that he
wished to make an explanation, General B.
had him brought to his headquarters.
WE'LL sir, said the General sternly,
what have You to $ y in explanation OF
your condnct 2''
Well, General, there are two Jews up
yonder who have some cotton they want to
get through my lines. First they offered
me $500, which refused Then they of
fsred me $1,000, then 5000, then s25, 900.
and at last they offered 500 .O0e; and tell
you, General, they we're getting so near my
figure 4 thought I'd better leave p'-- -Har-
per's Magasine for Hay.
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THE BURIED TREAsURE.-A French
merchant was agreeably surprised by the
receipt of an anonymous communication
advising him that box of treasure was
buried in his garden, and that the exact
whereabouts would be shown to him if he
agreed to an eqnal division of the spoils
He jumped at the offer, met his kind in
formant and the pair were soon plying
spades, their labor being rewarded by the
unearthing of box full of silver coins.
The delighted merchant counted out two
piles Of 800 five franc pieces, and bade his
partner take his share That worthy, af-
ter contemplating his heap for minute or
two, observed it was rather too heavy a
load to carry comfortably to the railway
station; he would prefer having the
amount in gold or notes, if it could be man
aged. Nothing was easier a..walk up to
the house and the business was settled en-
tirely to bis satisfaction and that of the
merchant. Twenty-four hours later the
good man took very different view of The
transaction, for upon examination he dis
covered that there was not one genuine five
franc piece among the 1000 Chambers
journal.
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EVE-ANGELICAL CORNER.
Queen Victoria is good ballad singer.

Queen Victoria is good ballad singer.
| Miss Celeste Wlnans is said to be the
richest young lady in America. She inher-
tied $40, 600, 900 from her father.
Young ladies will petition Congress to
pass an enabling act, to enable the old folks
to go to bed at nine o'clock Sunday even
ings.
Miss A. l.. Harkness, Boston girl Is
years old, who has been studying the violin
| in Paris for six years, has won the warm
approval of intelligent critics.
The hair of Z mummy recently examined
by Frank Buckland, was found to be
banged" in the way common to modern
ern young ladies. The mummy, however,
didn't wear striped stockings, SO our girls
can congratulate themselves upon having
more style than the dried up old maids of
six thousand years ago.
1t was very careless leaving the parrot in
the parlor on Sunday evening, but she never
thought anything about it until Monday
morning, when he raised the whole house
| by making smacking noise and crying,
Darling Susie Darling Susie p' He
kept it up all day: too. and the old folks are
much interested in the case.
The Los Angeles (Cal.) Express SAYS
"We heard good story the other day about
Governor Irwin, which we give as it came
to us without vouching for its entire truth.
The Governor was making one of his off,
clal visits to the Napa Insane Asylum, and
while passing through one of the female
wards was introduced by the superintend-
ent as Governor Irwin One of tue pa
tlents, fat old lady, Immediately took him
by the arm with the salutation, sHow are
you, Governor? let's take a walk His
Excellercy humored her for while and
then tried to leave her. Not bit of it,
said she, you don't go until you have
kissed me! Aud rumor says the Governor
was compelled to purchase his liberty at
that price,"
Madame Bonaparte, in her younger days,
| once attended state dinner, and was ia
ken to the table by Lord Dundas. He had
already received some of her sarcastic
speeches, and in not very pleasant mood
asked her whether she had read Mrs. Troll.
lope's book on America. She had. "Well,
madam" said the Engiishman, what do
you think of her pronouncing all Ameri-
cans vulgarians ?'' ST am not surprised at
that, " answered sprightly Betsey Bona
| parte." "Were the Americans the descend
ants Of the Indians Or the Exquimaux, I
should be astonished i; but being the direct
descendants Of the English, it would be
very strange if they were not Yulgarians. ;"
There was no more heard from Lord Dun
das that evening.
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Longevity.
Chambers journal.

Chambers journal.
| There is no end of books written by
English and French medical men on the
preservation of health and attainment OF
longevity. For the most part they are not
of any practical value. They expatiate on
the Constituent elements of the body, the
chemistry of digestion, the osseus structure
and such like matters. They strangely
miss the main object in their theme, which
is to point out course of living, with bod
lily and mental conditions that would tend
to secare health and the protractinn of ex-
lstence. Does this arise from want of
grasp, or from fear of treading on popu-
lar prejudices? On the topic Of health the
world stands in need of a writer with the
fearlessness of Luther, the acute reasoning
of Pascal and the incisive humor of Mol
iere. The latest learned authority on
health and long life bores us with lacteals,
azotised substances, albumen, lumbar lynn
phatics, chyle, the thoracic duct and SINH
lar jargon. A long list is given Of persons
who lived to be upwards of 100 years of
age, What did these centenarians know
of 6br:n, the mesenteric glands and the
rest of it? The diet of woman who lived
to be 1T is said to have been buttermilk
and greens, of which we have some doubt.
Some were very temperate and others quite
the reverse. One old fellow who reached
104 drank pint and half of London gin
daily. An Irishman who lived to be Iii
drank plentifully of rum and brandy until
the last. With exceptions of that kind,
to be reckoned wonders in nature, temper
ance and simplicity of diet were the chief
characteristics. Old age had been attain
ed not by any hard and fast rule, but by a
number of circumstances, as seen by gene
raj experience.
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GRIM sRlMALDI.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF
CLOWN.

When Grimaldi sang San Oyster Crossed
IN Love-" he sat down upon the stage be-
tween Gods head and huge bivalve
which opened and closed its valves in time
to the music and and all the children
visible in the front rows of the boxes shed
tears of commiserating delight as they
gazed on Gr1maldi's ruefu1 countenance,
his ridiculous yet excessive sorrow making
its way palpably through the grotesque
paints.' How he delighted young and old
with Tippetiwichet," eliot Codlins, I"
and 81 Me and My Neddy,'' as no other
clown has been able to do since, is known
to all readers of theatrical history. His
irresistible humor once, as the story goes,
effected little short of miracle. One
night party of sailors Who had just been
paid off went to Sadler's Wells gallery /:
among them was man who had been deaf
and dumb for years. Joe was in great
force that night, and no one enjoyed his
comicalities more than this poor fellow,
until at last he cried out to his companion
next to him, "What - funny fellow!'
" What, Jack can you speak ?" exclaimed
the other, greatly amazed. Aye, and
hear, too ~ was the reply. This caused a
tremendous sensation the sailors cheered
>vociferously, and at the end of the per-
formance carried the man on their shoul-
ders down to the Hugh Myddleton. The
excitement out of doors was equally great
when it was told that Joey Grimaldi had
made the dumb hear and speak. The man
was afterwards questioned and examined
by Charles Dibdln, as well as by his cap
tain, and there does not seem to have been
reason to suspect a fraud he had lost his
faculties through sunstroke, but on that
night his desire was 80 violent to express
his delight that it seemed to break the
bonds which had held them SO long.
Whether he had been acting part for
some private reason, and was thrown off
his guard moment, must be decided by
the readers skepticism or credulity, but
somewhat similar cases have been effected
by laughter, as in the story of the man
who was dying of a quinsy. Not alone by
the vulgar were Grimaldi's talents es-
teemed some of the foremost men of the
day paid tribute to them. He was great
favorlte of Lord Byron, and before the
great poet left England for the last time he
presented him with valuable silver snuff
box, upon which was inscribed: "The gift
of Lord Byron to Joseph Grimaldi," and
Joe's benefit never passed without his
sending him e5 note for a box.-Temple
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HORACE GREELEY's SHOE LEATHER =
Mr.. Greeley rolled into the shoemaker's
store with that heavy, billowy sort OF gait
he had. "sit down, Mr.. Greeley" said the
shoemaker. Greeley looked up with that
broad, wondering, half child like look. and
said, Why, do you know me?" Every
body knows you, Mr.. Greeley" was the
reply. A comfortable fitting shoe was
tried on. mo, that's altogether too
SMALL Then shoe that was really alto
gether too large, but that, too, was not
large enough then cloth shoe, SO large
that Mr.. Greeley could put his hand in and
arrange his stocking over his foot so as to
fit him. He was amazed at the contrast
with Broadway prices, not seeing that there
was also contrast with the Broadway
quality, bought several pairs like it, all the
man had in fact, and went away greatly
delighted, saying that he had lot of shoes
he would send around to be mended. Sure
enough boy came in few moments with
small basketful. The shoemaker pledges
me his professional honor that there were
no two shoes alike In the whole basket.
He hurried around to Mr.. Greeley's house,
and suggested that, as none of the shoes
mated, il vas OF no use to mend them.
II Vol, /" said Mr.. Greeley, with that con-
fldential half whisper of his, the fact is,
put 'em on just about as they came alongT
And it is not difficult to believe that he
did.
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From tests recently made in India with
| the Martini-Henry rife, the arm used by
| the infantry in the English army, it is
shown that the range of these guns is much
greater than has commonly been supposed
greater, indeed, than has been claimed
for them by their inventors. An ordinary
rifle of this class is sighted at a range of
1,400 yards but at the trials referred to it
was found that its fire was perfectly effect
i've at 2, 900 yards, and hence all that was
required to secure this yast increase in all
the offensive and defensive power of the
infantry service was a purely mechanical
change in the apparatus for sighting at
long distances. 1t has been pointed outby
military critics that this brings the foot
soldiers of an army into marked promi-
nence, and that if field artillery is to be of
much service, certain Improvements will
have to be made either in the method of
it's handling or in the means adopted for
tracing the course and effect of shot.
Hitherto field pieces in battle have been
placed in commanding positions, but their
great range has permitted this location to
be in the rear of the infantry and the risk
taken by the gunners and officers has not
been excessive The disadvantage in the
matter of range still continues. as rifled
field pieces will carry projectiles from
1900 to 5000 yards. But in battle fought
in an open country, z, 600 yards is about the
limit of effective fire, as beyond that it is
almost impossible to judge of the results of
shot or to correct the aim, and for this
reason to pass over this limit is about as
satisfactory as it would be to fire into the
darkness. But now the rife and the rifled
cannon are on equal footing as regards ef
fective range, while the chances of protect
ing themselves from the shots of the enc
my are decidedly in favor of those who
make use of the former weapon. Infantry
soldiers are taught by modern tactics to
expose themselves as little as possible, by
taking advantage of every natural Unequal
ity in the ground, and by advancing in
loose formation !; but artillerymen are
usually clustered around the gun they are
serving, and form conspicuous target for
these long range rifles. To obviate this it
has been suggested that the gun should be
protected by some portable steel shields,
and until some new device is invented to
determine definitely the point at which the
shell strikes, this appears to be the only
point of protection open to artillerymen.
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Zulu Military Customs.
Corr. n. Y. Herald.

Corr. n. Y. Herald.
1t is of interest here to glance for mo-
ment at the Zulu army which Cetpwayo
commands. The total number of regi-
ments is 80, of whom 18 are formed of men
with rings on their heads and Is Of unmar-
ried men. Seven of the former are COM
posed of men over 60 years of age, and their
numbers are not given in the accompanying
list, 50 that for practical purposes there are
not more than 26 Zulu regiments able to
take the field, numbering altogether 40, 400.
OF these az, 1900 are between 90 and 80 years
of age, 10000 between 80 and 40, 8, 400 be-
tween 40 and so, and 500 between so and
60 years Of age. Drill in the ordinary ac-
ceptation OF the TERMS unkn own among
the Zulus; the few simple movements which
they perform with any method, such as
forming circle of companies or regiments,
breaking into companies or regiments from
the circle, forming line of march in order
of companies, or in close order Of regiments,
not being deserving of the name. The Of
ficers have, however, their regulation du-
ties and responsibilities, according to their
rank, and the men lend ready obedience
to their orders. AS might be expected,
savage army like that of Zululand neither
has nor requires much commissariat or
transport /; the former consists of three or
four days provisions in the shape of maize
or millet and a herd of cattle, proportioned
to the distance to be traversed, accompa-
nies each regiment; the latter consists of
number Of lads who follow each regiment,
carrying the sleeping mats, blankets and
provisions, and assisting to drive the cattle.
When the Zulu army on tae line of march
comes to river in food, and the breadth
of the stream which is out of their depth
does not exceed from 10 to Is yards, they
plunge in in dense mass, holding on to
one another, those behind forcing them for
ward, and thus succeed in crossing with
the loss of few of their number. In the
event of hostilities arising between the
Zula nation and amy other (unless some
very sudden attack was made on their
country messengers would be sent travel
ing, night and day if necessary, by the
King to order men to assemble in regiments
at their respective military kraals, where
they would find the commanding officer
ready to receive them. 1t is to be noted
that, although the above were the ordina-
~ customs of the Zulu army when at war,
it is more than probable that great changes
both in movement and dress will be made
on the introduction Of firearms
among them.
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Fasnion Notes

| Short dresses for city wear do not have
paniers.
Every fashionable dress has satin for
part of it.
Serge de Suez is a new material for street
costumes.
Elbow-sleeves are seen on ball and even
ing dresses.
Very low necks are again fashionable for
evening toilet.
New eambrics in popular designs look
like India silk.
Some snowy parasols haye the ribs gilded
or silvered or colored.
Black Breton bids fair to take the place
of black French lace.
The newest wraps have paniers and are
bouffant in the back.
| Melted jet trimmings are much in vogue
for black spring wraps.
Changeable and shot silks are seen again
on dry goods counters.
Silk handkerchief overdresses are worn
with plain foullard skirts.
Japanese parasols come in new and inn
proved styles this spring.
Black tulle wells, with tiny gold thread
dots, are recent novelties. %
The season for cotton sattcens and mum
my cloths will soon be here.
Worth uses shot silks in two colors for
some of his most effective costumes.
Some of the new ostrich feathers and
marabouts have tips Of camels hair.
Black silk is combined with white polka
dotted black satin for street costumes.
The newest evening dresses have trimmed
skirts with separate corsages and basques.
White wood parasol handles are prefer
red for plain pungee or twilled soft silk par
asols
Passion flowers form part Of the trim
mings of many fashionable evening bon
nets.
The small carriage parasol or sunshade,
turning over the handle when raised, ia re-
vived.
There is return to the fashion of lacing
up the back of the corsage of evening
dresses.
Long sharp points back and 'front.' are
marked feature in the new spring evening
dresses.
The passion flower appears among other
large floral decorations for eyening confec-
tions.
White wood polished and carved, with
thread traceries, initiates ivory to perfec-
tion in parasol handles.
New parasols have quaint but finely cut
and carved handles of weichsel, wood emit
ting delicate perfume.
Some of the new black tuile gold thread
dotted wells have borders of gold thread
in light patterns.
Bamboo, tonkin, japanese birch, sweet
brier, rosethorn and ebony handles OF fine
parasols are finely carved.
The new white lawn and organdy muslin
dresses for house wear have panier basques
and Pompadour polonaises.
The neck feathers of the Impeyan phsas-
Int make the most effective tipping for os-
rich or marabout plnmes.
Bugs, alligators, beetles, toads and all
'orts Of quaint, queer and curious things
ire found among the carved ornaments Of
,arasol handles. II
When the eorsages Of evening dresses are
made with long points front and back they
re made to fit like glove over the hips
,ut are quite short at that point allowing
he panier draperies to show helos.