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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-07-17
The .eyyEsIystone Light,

TIE attempt 10 lay corner stone for a
new Eddysioue Eshthcuse-which was tor
many days defeated hv stormy weather.
ecsis TO the London Times the history Of
that ancient and honorable light. The
first attempt to fix & light on the EDDY
s.oae Rock was made towards the close Of
the Seventeenth century by Mr.. VIM
stanley. private gentlemen with an in
geuious turn for mechanics. He built two
towers OF wood, with a stone base:
He had evidently not sufficiently calcu-
lated the force Of the waves in storm at
the EldystcTs, which Smeaton declares TO
be greater than that Of any sea in any part
If The world Of which he had read; and,
though he produced an elegant structure,
he took no pains TO sdsYt il 20 the si'ua-
ton it was to occupy. Nevertheless, Win
stanley had foil confidence in the stability
OF his tower, and often expressed wish
thSt he mi sht be in 1t "during the greatest
4torm that ever blew under the face Of the
Heavens" His wish was fulfilled TO the
letter. for be was in the Lighthouse during
The great historical storm of November,
1903 This was the storm referred 10 by
Addison in his poem on Marleboroush'sI
campaign, "sGch as OF late Ger pale Bri-
tannia passed" aud described by Macauly
as having ravaged England with the force
of West Indian hurricane. In this storm
the lighthouse wss destroyed aud Winstan-
ley peri-hed with it.
The next lighthouse, built BY Rudyard..l
few wears st.e-Ws.ds. was msde partly Of
wood. and was buried in 1855. Smeaton
then began the construction Of the present |
light. lie hit on the happy idea o. dove
tsilin- the stones together and into the solid |
rock a: tie base.-sn idea which has gener- |
ally been adopted in the construction of
lighthouses since. His light was built for |
al liaIs, and would have remained till now
Ut for he undermining of its foundation
rhis source Of danger was disoerned soon
sfier the lighthouse wss built, by Smeston
himsslf; be reported thst there wes n cav
,rn in the rock which formed the base of
he tower, and that ii necessary, il could be
lied M bv properly ceme1t d masonry al q
,os; OF ESQ. The work was never undertak-
n and The rock has since had to sustain the
,ufiets OF the waves and their shock on q
over so firmly rooted TO it that il almost
orms portion Of its own structure. Hence
be result which Smeaion /, ressw. and
vould have provided sgsinst. The House
Rock Is pronounced 10 be no longer secure,
nd the lighthouse placed upon il is corre-
uen,ly in jeopardy. Accordingly, i. has
cen determined 10 huild an entirely new
ighthou-.. ~ srcther portion of the reef.
bout 100 fee. - the u.heast cf the pres
pt structure.
When the new building is finished Smea-
,n's lighthouse Will be taken down TO the
vel of high water; bu', says the unos, his
SINE viii remain inperishabiy connected
iih the Eidysions.'
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The Grea, Minnesota cyclone.


The storm that visited the whole of Mia-
nesota Weinesdsy night and Thursd, "
morning IN the shape OF n pouring rain
and swept diagonaliv across The southern
part Of OF the tate ia the shape of de
-tructive tornado, is perhaps without p-ece.
dent in our history. Heavy GUNNER rai-s
and foods Of more CT less severity are CON-
mon cough. Locally formed tornaGoes
have liked about in the Minnesota and
Canu.l Valley T. m time TO time, uuroof-
ing LnI e., stsrtiI = settlers, ard cutting
wide Faths OF de Istaliou through the big
wood bat there Is no record Of an ex,en-
sive, we'll fcei cyclone storm, swsep.
ing across The territory Of two or
three SJatss T- ing whole vii ages in ils
path, andsac icir- human lives by deems.
This Is the saraCieT Of the present storm.
The whole number killed by crushing,
drowning ari lightning at Vass, Wsrrea-
ton, and other points where the track Of
the storIa cTaS-sl the Mississippi river, in
Nicolst county, al Le Mars, la =, where the
Storm first appeared this side Cf the Mia
souri, river, sld at va ious places around
the State where singi,. deaths are reported
by lightning or drowning, cannot fall short
Of twenty; while The IsL of wounded may
resch anywhere from 50 to 100 The storm
is Unprecedented in its fatality to life as
veil "a 10 the extent of its path. Ia both
these characters il Is totally different from
The ordinary Minnesota METEOROLOGICAL dis
turbsncs, ard approaches in character the
fan liar cycio-e OF the tornado belt.
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IMMIGRATION SOCIETY,".
So Joseph Organizes a society to
Promote and Encourage Immisra-

S:- Joseph Organizes a society to
Promote and Encourage Immigra-
tion-
ST JOSEPH, Mo July 10.-The St. Joe'
& Northwestern Immigration Society held
large and enthusiastic meeting in this
city to-day, snd organized by elscting A. N.
Schuster, OF st. joseph, President, with
fifteen Vice Presidents, viz:
Judge Joseph P. Grubbs, Milton
Tootle and John Ki5chner, Of
OF Andre Y; A. T. Morehouse, of Nodaway;
A. Re cher. OF Holt; J. d. Dtpp, of Atchi-
500; ). J. Farrell, Of Worth; &. q Com
stock, of Gentry; w. III. HiIlman, Of Har-
risor; l. III Westherby, of DeKsl'; Chas.
W. Porter, of Clinton; Tnos. W. Park, Of
Piatte; Wm NJ. Bostapt, Of Davies; Anson
Mills, Of Caldwell.
VI b Chapman, OF st. Joe. was made
secretary and Mi Henry K. W. Hartwig,
treasurer. An executive committee of If
teen OF the leading citizens Of this city was
appointed.
The object of the society lie to advertise
and call The attention of capitalists and
emigrants to the agricultural, commercial
and manufacturing advantages of St joe
and Northwestern Missouri. An inmi-
grafton bureau will at once be opened in
this city and county. Organic ,tions will
he formed all through the north west The
movement is a formidable one and hss al
resdy enlisted the active co operation ot
the leading Merchants, lawyers aud busi-
ness men Of this section.
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THE YELLOW FEVER sCo-nGE.

Teiegrsphic sdviCes from Memphis ssy
that the dreaded yellow fever pl,gue has
broken out sgain in that city ard that the
exodus Of the inhabitants amounts 10 vir-
tusl stampede. The supply Of csrs is no:
sufi cient to carry all who want to go and
the population Is becoming in a measure
terror-s!ricken. The Board of Health is
sues what is intended to be a sof,ened
warning, which has had the { ct Of put
ting the entire population into q fright,
and the only anxiety just al present is 10
put as much distance bstweer them and the
stricken city "a possible. The telegraph
further st-tes that business is progressing
quietly, but in a limited manner, and
there can be no other consequence than that
OF heavy blow 10 the commercial inter
ests of this sorrowful city. Should the
fever spread this summer as it did last 10
man can estimate the result. It will para
lyze business, render thousands OF business
men bansrupts, create rumberIess paupers,
breed unlimited misery and distress ard
spread ruin broadcast throughout the in
iected stelion. II may be possible that
this is more OF scare than realty, ard
it Is to be sincerely hoped thst it i, for it
is a calamity TO the whole country as well
as 10 the South. A recurrence Of the
ghas,ly visitation of last yesr would seem
almost zoo much for The nation 10 bear.
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THE TWIGGS SWORDS
The Contest for the Possession OF
These Valuable Souvenirs.
lSt. Louis L. puDlican,l

These Valuable Souvenirs.
[St. Louis ke puDiican.l
A day or two since resolution was in
iroduceI in congress asking th at Inc swords
Of the late Gen. T~igg- be returned to Mrs.
Joseph Guedells OF Ensland, they then be-
log iE the treas ury department. There il
history hanging on these swords The
swords were presented to General Twiggs
for bravery in The Mexican war. One by
congress, through James K. Polk, Presi-
dent; one by the State Of Georgia, and one
by the city OF Augusta. They are masniti-
cent piscss. The one presented by con-
gress il OF DLmgscu. fiuish, the scabbsrd OF
pure gold, and the hilt OF solid gold, set
hriiiisnIly with diamonds. Ii is worth
$50 900 in mouev. The other swords are
worth probably $40 600 more When Gen.
Butler was about entering New Orleans
Gen. Twiggs deposited these swords with
Miss Florence for ssfs-keeping. Gen.
Butler found them, however, seized them
and sent them 10 President Lincoln, his
pnrpo7e bsirg, as he afterwards told Gen.
Tw. .gg-' daughter, TO have them kept in the
treasury rs reminders of what base Uses
there glorious sworls had been put to-" al
ludng to the fact that Gen. Tw,ggs drew
them in defence Of the coniederacy. A
year sgo, Mrs. Myers, the msrri-d daugh-
ter Of Gen. Twiggs, applied to Congress for
these swords To her surprise, Miss Flor
ence, now Mrs. Guedeila, having married
an Englishmsn Of that name, claimed tnat
the swords were hers, and that Gen. Twiggs
had not only presented her these swords,
but also large amount OF his family plate.
She claimed that the pIe-entstion was bo-
ns fde and absolute. Outraged at TIN.
claim Judge ii. II. ID. Twigsa a nephew of
Gen. Twiggs, brilliant young lawyer Of
Augusta, aud a dtuniless hot t-olood, made
public the fact thst the claim was a pre-
teEce. and that the swords had been SOL
emnly devised by Gen. Twisgs to
his children, and could not have
ben given away TO stranger.
and that General j'wiggs valued
these swords al his most precious
possession. This brough: a share letter
from Mr.. Ernest I. Florence Of New Or
leans, who insisted upon his sisters right to
the swords and silver. The silver plate, il
il said, was the property of Mrs. Myers,
the daughter, and could not have been given
away. 10 this letter Judge Twiggs replied
in a sharp and stinging letter, saying: 1--WE
are led to the mortifying conclu-ion that
these swords, around which cluster the dear
est memories Of our hearts, would be put,
il you get them, to a more substantial pur-
pose, or conver'ed into baubles for eminint
adorDment." Mr.. Florence hiss not been
heard from since. And thus the war over
the swords wages. The friends of Gen.
Twiggs will make every efiort to secure the
swords and plate for his heirs, while it ap-
pears equally sure that Mrs. Guedella will
claim that the articles were given TO her
for saie-keepiug. The stronger claimants
have no scrap Of paper to sustain their
claims. They are Jews, and stand well in
New Orleans aud elsewhere.
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ARMY CHANGES.
Adiutanf- General Townsend-s Re-
tirement-Who Will succeed Him
The Guartermaster-Gene

Adiutanf General Townsend-s Re-
Who Will succeed Hin
The Guartermaster-Gen
Sr. LOUIS, July "a Washington dis
patca says that the prominence which has
been given for some time past TO the fact
that Gen. Townsend, Adjutant General of
the army, will reach the age Of retirement
about the middle OF August, has revived
the p riodical speculation upon the retire.
ment OF the chief OF other staff departments
of the army. The friends of off cers eligi-
bic TO the position are consequently actively
at work in hopes Of securing their promo
tio1. A list Of these oficers who had
reached the age of retirement was given
In these dispatches some weeks ago, and the
early addi ion Of Gen. Townsend, who was
then mentioned to the list, increases the
pressure. There are, az yet, however, no in
dications OF a cnsnge in the Pre5ident's
mind from what was then stated
General Drum, who IL now acting
Acj1tant General OF the army,
stIil has the preference, but
Whipple ard Vincent are being brought
forward, and both are capable officers. 1t
was intimated at the department to day
hat age was 30 disqualification where the
officers we're in full mental and bod ly yiyor.
Meigs, q Iartermsster General IL at least a
year over sge. Barnes, Surgeon General,
has Just rounded xty-eight. alvord, Pay
msser General, il even beyond that age,
while Judge Advocate General Dunn. il
about six'y-two. There are no prospects
that the President will soon take this mat
ter up, though the pressure becomes strong
er every day. He intimaied only a few
days ago that he saw no present reason to
make any changes in the stsf departments
Of the army. 1t is known, however, that
the friends Of Gen. ingalls, have been at
work for several years, in hopes of dir
placing Meig-, but have not succeeded.
Gen Grant even sent Meigs abroad thst
Ingalls might serve during his absence.
Should the changes GOMEZ mem later,
he selec ms will be maj eipass and
not seniority, ss in the case .. -ss. Grants
appointment of McFeaiy to be Commisary
ienersl, Bennett - Chief of Ordnance, and
Eyer h the Signal Bureau. II il doubtful
,hether the Pfesidsus can LOG Withslasd
10 urysney Of Tie ffinsds a Ne sligihls
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when Grant was Poor.

CfG5ucrsl Grant and his wife in their
pover,y-siricken days cf loGl ap!cturesqIe
little story j. told. He hsd gone from Ga
lena TO Springfield TO get a caPtaincy in 4
regiment thea heiug organized, and III his
absence Mira Grant cut 10 one Of the Cf'-
lena shops and asked for a barrel Of f5ur
on credit, as she had no money. Her re-
ques: was reiussd, when a bystander, who
was also a merchant, approached her end
told her she could have any thing she wished
from his store. This kiGdRess in time of
need was never fprgo Ten by Grant, and al
he b5carne President he bestowed sUbs:an-
tial fayors upon this good hearted AID pa
triOtic grocer.
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The Barbarism OF Civilized Warfare.

RoMsEY, June %. To the editor of the
London DSiiy NeEs: | enclose an extract
of letter Just received in this town bv the
mother Of one Of our soldiers in South
Africa. Part Of it is 30 horrible that one
would be glad to have it officially contra
dicted; or, if that cannot be done, that
steps should be taken to prevent a repeti-
tion of such shocking barbarian. Am air,
yours truly,
FRAs. BUcKELL, NJ. r. C.S.
Extract of letter from private in the six
tieth R@siment, Royai kifes, South Aflica,
May iS, 1879:
"Before you cen be looking they (the
enemy would be close upon Us; but they
do get deceived; and the I'd of April, when
We went to relieve Pearson at Ekove, they
came upon US in thousands, but we soon
thinned them out; and as our cooks were
getting our breakfast that morning, and We
we're Just going to sit down to est cur
breskf.st, the enemy came down upon us,
and We fred upon them about an hour. and
We never seen such q sight in all our lives
hey laid in thousands upon the ground
md We lost our breakfast through them
hat morning, and I never ate no dinner
hat day. because the Zulus what We KILLED
hey stusk % much; and Tie wounded Of
Aeo, after the firing were al doos, We
- eW hlac3D ct anoapst -. -
~ &lea n q II vs1sds1; - ssas
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The Reception OF General Gran

I.N-'u a IsftTN.7I1B DO I''-''fI'I
Whatever sigaiiic 4nce the Forthcoming
return nf Gen Grant TO the United States
may have in poiIcal circles. there now ap-
pears 10 be strong interest, independent OF
politics, among his old companions in arms
of Vicks5urg and APpomatto1, as well as
among The admirers generally Of the SOL
dier President, in rendering TO him on his
arrival in this city an ovation that shall
rot De unworthy of the honor- that have
been showered upon him daring his visit
abroad by almost every nation CT the earth.
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One or she Great yseds OF the south

tChicasO Inter ocean,
vith school poru,stion of lS7, ,tG7 in
Arkansas, only 3S 7i7 persnns were educ
ted in her public SCHOOLS lsst year. 1t is TO
be hoped that the Arksnsas brethren OF the
press who are i,ureying through The great
Northwest will return to their homes snd
infuse > iule new III. into the dormant cit
izans Of the State upon the subject of edu-
cation. If they do that their summer ,unt
will not have been in vain. More ihsn
anything else in the South d, they need
god common schools People in isuor-
auce will Continue II be the tools OF The de-
signing ies, snd society will be ever sub
iact 10 erupt!ons.
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any Chinese, prohibits their employment
on any public work and enacts thai the
Legislature shall provide the necessary
legislation to prohibit the introduction Of
Chinese into the State. Until the Logisla-
ture meets, therefore, nothing practical can
be done, and the M5ngoliaas are aPpar-
emily determined to make the most Of the
feT months grace now allowed them.
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4 Coed Illustration.

A GOOD illustration OF the methods OF
econo..,y i, signed TO swell the apparent
savings Of the Democratic Appropriation
Committee y = one reducing the sum Civ
ing for ccmmi.sa.y stores 100000. This
saving wss, however, effected 10y imposing
a tax of ten ger cent, upon the officers and
soldiers by providing that instesd CT being
alloGed, rs heretofore, to purchase supp lies
of The commissary at cost, that otiicor shall
charge then an advance Of 10 per cent.
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BsproR THE THEATRE Folks

QGite stir has been created among the
theatrical managers, in the East, by re-
ported recent agreement between the Penn
sylvania railroad, the Central railroad, oil
New Jersey, and the Reading Railroad
Companies sbolishing special rates to the
theatrical profession. 1t is held by the
managers that this agreement will break
up travelling combinations and compel To-
cal managers TO maintain stock companies.
meeting of The various dramatic agents
is proposed, with view Of sending repre-
sentatives to the Ticket Agents Convention,
at Louisville. in September neIt, snd en-
deavor TO obtain some concession from fuli
rates for travelling companies.
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The Leather T.aSe

The steady and rapid growth of our ex-
port trade in leather ia an interesting busi-
Dess sign. 1t only began as an experiment
ten years ago, but it has now reached shout
twenty-five millions of pounds a yesr,
valued at four millions Of dollars. The
amount sent abroad during the first six
months Of the present year vas larger than
ever before by over . million pounds, and
Tie bssiae1 seems destined to grow to still
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EARHLESS LVNACG

Senator Davis, of West Virginia, con-
tiBuss his Investigation" into tie books oil
the Treasury. No one objects to the Sin,
ve..igsuou." itplraey- Mr.. Davis, gives
hi;n cyusricn ri-i,.--, furDi-her-Ippioy ueht
81 s,.h;Ic .x.5r.-e 70 some of his fsvorile',
aud epable- him occasionally to talk IN
mysierious wsy about '-torced balances" IN
tie Treasury. The truth is, the whole
thing il \ farce, which smuses all con-
cerned in it except Mr.. Davis. lie is in
thorough earnest, and is under thedelusion
that he Il doing something.
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Secretary Eyarts on the Extra ses.
sion.

Secretary ESarts thus poinledly reviews
the extra session: They began by saying
to the President: 'Sigu our political meas
ures or we will withhold SIG .000, 900 OF the
appropristiCns for runuing the govern
ment.' That does rot frishten me- re-
piled the President, Il shall go ahead ard
do nv duty i1st the same Very well,'
said the Democrats, 1T thsts your intention
We will keep back so 900 0O0' Finding
the President unnovsd, they cried out: III
YOU don't back down We will refuse you
500 600 0OO' As this threat had no e Sect,
they finally held back 5000 COO and ran
awsy"
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SETTLED At LAST.
aire Serrre>a Portion Of the Prop
erty Through a Compromise

aire Seerre~a Portion Of the Prop
erty Through a Compromise.
RICHMOND, Va, July l0.-The Chancery
court Of this city to-day decided case in
volving the question Of the marriage of the
late W. o. George, a prominent and
wealthy citizen here, with Caroline Jack.
son, 2 negro woman and former slave Of the
deceased. Upon this decision depended an
estate valued at 5000 900. In the fall of
1863 George died here very suddenly, leav-
ing no will. The brothers of the deceased
here set up claim to the property OF their
kinsman. For many years George had
been Ultimate with Caroline, who had
borne him four children, one of ths m
beautiful girl Sh) e complexion was so fair
that 1t would never be supposed negro blood
c0ursed through her veins She married
an intelligent white man, a Swiss, who was
under the impression that she was
moved his colored family 10 Phila-
with handsome house, and supplied their
wants from here. Soon after the death Of
George, Caroline Jackson claimed that she
and the putative father of her children had
married a few weeks before his death, and
pr. ducsd a marriage certificate. The case
excited great deal CT mention, owing TO
the high social position Of the Georges.
There were three trials. The first resulted
In verdict for the Richmond claimants,
bu, the JacF-ons took an appeal, and got q
new trial. Ga he two subsequent trials no
verdict was reached. To-day the Georges
agreed to give Carolina Jackson one fourth
Of The property, and submit the question Of
to the court without jury. The
was ac' epted, and the court de-
cided that no marriage had ever taken.
place. The case had been pending for ten
years.
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THE E.RoPE,N CROPS.

ADvicEs with reference to the failure Of
the crops IN Europe come just IL time FOR
cur farmers. The wheat crop is s.ilI al
most entirely in the hands CT producers,
and they instesd Of SPECTATORS get the sd-
vautsse of the advance. The foreign de-
msnd for wheat will be larger this season
than in any former year. Fortunately,
too, the crop is the largest ever secured IN
this Country. We may not, OF course, ex-
pee; famine prices, bat paying figures vii!
be re e1liz-d, snd the surplus, large - it IL,
will all b.. needed.
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HE CONTINUES TO CONE.

Notwithstanding California's emphatic
vote that the Chinese must 90. the Mongo-
hans consinne to come, and in greater num-
bers the last few weeks than before for q
number OF years. The news that the Presi-
dent had vetoed the anti Chinese bill sp.
pears to have stimulated the:inmigration,
which had been much smaller than usu.l
for the previous year, and Kesrney's sue
ces in the eonstitutional election has not
operated 10 check he tide. Ths new con-
seiiptiaa ioghids aay curporaaioa 10 snploy
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THE HEBREW CONVENTION.
Yesterdays Session devoted Princi-
palIy to the subject of Agriculture,

paiiy to the subject of Agriculture.
NV YORK, July 1O-The C-uncil OF
the I'm on of the American and Hebrew
congregations to-day considered the subject
Of agriculture. An amendment was offered
that in order to carry out the plans success.
fully the executive board be instructed to
appoint a committee On agriculture; that
said committee shall solicit donations of
lands, farming implements and money, and
a. soon as they attain a tract of land they
shall sub-divide it into parts Of
fifty to eighty acres, for one fsmi-
ly; sald family shall have
that land free Of sny rental for the term of
teven year.; after seven years the price
shail be fixed on favorable terms for which
that family can buy said land and the
money thus received BY the executive
board to be re-invested in fertile lands and
to be given to other settlers under the same
conditions.
Rev. Dr.. Wiss spike in favos Of the
seheme.
Rev. Dr. Moses, If Alabsns, said that
~ dwelling place Of Jews ala sys had
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Eearney and his Chinese Friends.

The decision of Justice Field, at San
Francisco TO the effect that the queue cutting
ordinsnce, aimed at the Chinese, is in con-
fict with the fourteenth amendment, and
therefore invalid, will cause Dennis kssrney
TO swear and the Chinsmsn 70 rejoice. The
fourteenth amendment provides "No
State shall mske or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges or immunitiss
Of citizens OF the United States, nor shall
any State deprive any person Of life, liberty
or property, without due process of Law; nor
deny any person within its Jurisdiction the
equal protection Of the law" This decision
opens the way TO other questions raised by
certain provisions Of the new Cons tuition.