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naman equally industrious, equally
penurious, equally inclined to take
low wages, who goes through the same
process, and then in like manner dis
appears. Thus these thrifty Asiatics,
by keeping entirely to their own routes
Of trade and saving money or digging
gold simply to take it out ofthe cOun-
try, seem to the unsophisticated Amer
lean and equally duh Australian to be
by no means so useful to the country
as a less industrious, less penurious
and less homc-sick European, what
ever effect their method may have
upon the wealth Of the world at large.
This, at any rate, is the chief reason
why men who are worth arguing with
support such movements as those of
the Labor party in California and
writers who wish to combat their
arguments effectuallywill have to take
u wider view of the subject than they
take at present.
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NEW York, June BIN tho Swe-
%dehborgian convention to-day reports
of the board of missions were read,
showing the good effected in the
United States, Italy, Germany, Dem
mark and Sweden. Resolutions pro-
viding that moneys collected for mis-,
sionary work be distributed among
diligent missionaries not only in the
Southern States but also in the West
and Northwest, allowing the various
missionary associations to conduct the
missionary work in their own way
within their avn limits or territory,
were adopted. The board of educa-
ton was reduced to FIVE members.
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MAyFLOwERs
What Might be Called a Boston Romance.

Rutland Vt.l Herald
Acorrespondentf from Boston writes.
We have had April showers enough
this year in all conscience, that May
flowers ought to be abundant, but alas!
one a only become possessed of a
poor little withered bunch of a half a
dozen blossoms, from why evergreen.
by buying it from little ragamufin of
2 boy or Of u Mayhower women.
Have you even seen our Mayhower
Eomen2 If you have been in the
Hub in the season you cannot have
failed TO notice her, for she always
stands in some doorway near the
corner Of Washington and Windsor
streets, with a basket of the little
nosegays, and a patient look on her
poor, pale, withered face. She e a
a simple gown and shawl and bonnet.
always neat, but oh so poor and pitt.
ful. Did you know that she comes
from the hills of New Hompshirc
where MayAowers grow in pro-
fusion, and that when she was
young and charming" (like Little
(Buttereup) her youthful farmes laper
used to bring her great bgBc6cs of the
lovely. hloss0ms fragrant with dew,
aud that they used to pledge each
other that this should always be tbej,
chosen flower and that thay would
ever remember2 Did you know how
they were secretly married, these
young things, because they stood Ia
awe Of the boys father a steEa. hard
old man who vas Tor that place, rich.
While she was only a poor ornhan girl
who toiled for her hreadg And did
you, ever think that that pompous,
wen ta-d1 man who always stops
every morning and afternoon 10 buy a
cluster Of MayAowers from this s.S.
eyed woman, is tho very husband Of
her youth who, by a long train q
m'sigTIuness and misunderstanding
was led 70 forsake HIS young wife, and
who has long been married to a Boston
WOMAN whose tranquil happiness III,
poor torsakeu wife will never disturb
though she knows her husband we'll
while be never once has recognized in
her the bride OF his youth
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BAD FRENCHMEN.
More About Their False Marriages With
English Women.

London Truth aUi3aa
Attention is being called to the
peculiar position of an English Girl
married to a Frenchman who has not
fulfilled the obligations of the French
laws on matrimony, which require his
name to be posted up in his commune
before he can be legally married at
home or abroad. No marriage in
England should be permitted with a
Frenchman unless. he furnishes the
%celebrant with a certificate from his
consul that all the French require
mentS have been fulfilled. Years o
l was an attache at Frankfort. NV
principal business was to marry peo-
pie. The ceremony was a short one (:
no clergyman was needed. All that
was requisite was that the man and
the woman contemplating the holy
state should sign an affidavit that they
knew of no legal impediment, and
that they were Of age. Then they
signed a second paper, gave me one
guinea for registration in the diocese
of the Bishop Of London, their names
kwere entered in a book and / declared
them married. The dream of many
torelgn adventures is to marry a rich
EnglIshwoman, and the number of
aged Englishwomen that | married to
young and stalwart foreigners was
legion. The German police have
a black book, in which the live
OF adventurous are chronicled.
Sometimes | would get the bio.
graphy of the bridegroom from the
police and present it to the bride.
But love is blind young Romeo only
became transformed in the eyes of old
Juliet into a prosecuted hero, and she
rushed with augmented velocity into.
his arms. 1t was amusing to see the
old things simpering and Sinking
when asked TO declare that they were
of age, as though they expected me to
doubt it. Once, being ia a hurry. |
married a Frenohman to an English
gml without having got any a~ttestation
that he had fulfilled all matrimonial
preliminaries in his native land. "A
few days later | met the French min
lister, who protested. The position
and it may perhaps serve as a warning
to English girls contemplating Gallo
chains-was this: The girl was mar
rled, the man was not the girl was q
wife, but she had no husband. The
happy pair had gone to Darmstadt to
enjoy their honeymoon. OF | went
with the girls mamma to bring back
the bride. Luckily the F~renchman
was a man Of honor. The girl was
relegated back to her mamma. the
French legal formalities were fulfilled,
when we had a second marriage. But
%supposing hat the bridegroom had
been a scoundrel, it was perfectly open
to him to have planted the bride ON
US, and to have remained a bachelor.
Under these circumstances, the only
reparation that | could have made
would have been either to marry her
myself or to marry her mother, and
thus become a second father TO her
in either cases dismal fate, for the
girl wa very plain and her mamma
very Objectionable.
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work where the agent left Of, workin
the press to the full extent Of bi
ability, clinking glasses with q.
critics, and SO diSp0rting himself TIA
all the scribes are ready to swear tina
he is the very best fellow in tn
world. In the night the manage
stands at the entrance-g gate of tn
theater. and carefully scrutinizei
every person that enters, and watches
the doOrkeeper lest he fail to drop th,
admission tickets into the locked boz
beside him. At $3.50 the theater is a.
full as it will be, so the treasurer oil
the establishment and the business
manager retire to the office, open the
box and count the tickets. Each
ticket calls for a certain sum OF
money according to the prices of seats
in the house. The total sum received
for the night is made up from these
tickets of the various denominations.
and the share of the business mana
GERS stan" is paid over to him (the
business manager) there and then.
He pays his company's salaries and
his own at the end of the week with
current expenses, travel, etc., and the
remainder goes to his employer, the
star. This is his routine work
through six months of the year if his
company prove successful, and as he
is paid never less than $75 a week
with all his travelling and hotel ex-
penses (often Sl00) he generally comes
out ahead, and appears in the city in
May or June to cut a fine
figure about Union Square looking
out for another engagement. The ad-
vance agent gets only twenty-fv
dollars and expenses, but he is Il
dullard, indeed who does not advance
himself In two seasons from that post
to business manager. If he be quick
at picking up information, and can
develop tact and a little literary ability
he is sure Of advancing himself early.
The attainments necessary to the pO-
sition he aspires to are not great.
Indeed, he a very readily dispense
with culture, provided he has pro-
flied by his trlyels in advance sufi-
GENTLY to have learned how to mark
out a route, and to pilot a show over
a course where profit is likely 10 meet
enterprise. There are some fifteen or
twenty business managers lOunging
about the square now, some of them
engaged, others waiting for engage.
ments, and double that number of
advance agents Of all degrees of
capacity, from positive stupidity up to
deVilish cunning. They are. enjoying
the only vacation they will have, for
they will be at work planning and
preparing for the fall season, when the
second week in August comes around.
They'have a rough and merry life. and
are a rough but merry set. They
make three times the money in a
month that they could make, accord
ing to their capacities, in any ordinary
business for which they could fit
themselves, but they die poor, for they
are all Jolly fellows, aud Jolly fellows
never hold riehes--it is only the mean
ones who do that.
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GOV. cOIoUIrT, OF GEORGIA,
On the Prosperity Of the State and
Condition Of Its Negroes.

Governor CoIquitt, of Georgia, whc
recently attended a Sunday -schoo
convention at Brooklyn, and addressed
the children, gave the Herald thi,
statement of the condition of affair.
10 his State
" am filled with amazement at the
readiness with which the Intelligent
people of the North believe the Sian.
ders that are put upon the people Of
the South. | omit to discuss the
acute malignity that invents these
stories. The slightest appearance o.
crime or disorder in Georgia is seized
upon and treated as lift were the par
Of u widespread epidemic of biooC
aud ~carnage--as if it were the ruI,
instead Of the exception. Now, !
know what | am talking about, and
say that there is not a more orderly OF
l~sw-abiding. justice loving people il
America than the people of Georgia
The statistics will show that, popula.
ton considered, there are fewer crimes
in Georgia than in the most Of The
commonwealth Of the republic. We
have a perfect administration Of
justice. No man can commit
crime and escape the death penalty o.
the law. Our justice is equal and pro.
tects all classes. In my administra.
ton white men have been hung fol
the killing of negroes. | guarantee
that no State. North or South, will
show a people more thoroughly peace.
able or peaee-lOviug than ours-morC
entirely devoted to the material recu-
peratiJn of their State than the Geor-
glAns. Look at the facts in our case.
Oar taxes are low and have Just been
reduced one-third our latest issue Of
bonds only bears four per cent. inter
est, and the whole issue sold readily
at par. Our cities are growing with
unexampled rapidity; our towns are
doing quite as we'll, and our farmers
are out at debt and are making money.
Are these things possible in a State
where there is even a favor of disor.
der. much less any general disregard
Of law
The negroes OF the State, the gov.
ernOr says. are not afflicted with the
exodus movement. He states,
The State Of Georgia has virtual.
ly settled the negro problem. W.
have made out Of them not onl,
~peaceable, but good and prosperou,
citizens. They have accumulated over
s6,oOO,OO0 worth Of property. mostl,
land. They are rapidly becomin,
educated, and are %contented. ambi
tious, and thrifty. They have goo,
schools, good churches. and live il
perfect harmony with the white peo
pie. Thousands Of them. especial,
the property owners, vote the Demo
cratic ticket aud understand Ii,
political issues pretty we'll. We shall
have no trouble with our negroes.
was told at the Nashville convention
Georgia was always excepted wheI
any attacks we're being made on IN
Southern treatment Of the negro /
being acknowledged that she was ID
ing all that could be asked"
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Being invited to a lunch of
the Fishmongers' Company, he
there heard some sharp criticisms
of Virginia because Of her slow
ness in paying her debt. Taylor
was by descent entirely a Virginian,
and was very proud Of his ancestry,
and he promptly arose to repel these
imputations, aud his remarks, full Of
strong sense and justice, so impressed
the audience that after the banquet
was over he was waited upon with a
request to meet and confer with a
committee Of the principal holders of
Virginia bonds in London as to the
best plan of compromise of their
claims, and finally was empowered to
submit to the government Of Virginia
a proposition FROM the holders of
Sl0,0OO,0 900 of the Virginia bonds, not
very different from that recently ac-
ccpted by that State. Had his coun.
sells prevailed, much trouble and
scandal to Virginia would have been
avelted. He left Richmond chagrined.
and respondent as to the result of
the efforts Of those who were in favor
OF maintaining the credit of the
State. 1t is related of him that dur.
ing the Derby races the Prince Of
Wales took him to his own (the
prince's) stand, aud as they were
ascending the stairs the Duke Of Ed
lnburgh came hastily up and said
o " alosl do you know Forester is
booked to VIM ooh, yes" said
the prince, the general and | have
Just been to the be~tting-stand aud laid
fifty guineas each on him" Turning
to Taylor, the duke said Now.
Won ! you please go to the stand ana
lay fifty guineas for me on him2'
Pardon me, your highness," said
Taylor the stand is quite as near 10
you as 10 me-" Il am so glad you
told Edinburgh that, said the prince.
What a deal Of check he has to be
asking my guest to lay his bets for
him Taylor had q SINCERE respect
and liking for the prince, and a heavy
contempt for the Duke Of Edinburgh.
whom he spuhbed on more than onf
occasion. Apart from the personal
CHARACTER Of the duke, lie was onlJ
second sll Of a queen, while Taylor
was the only son Of a real PresidegI
OF the United States,
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From Yesterdays Second Edition.l
LATEST BY CABLE.
Disturbances in the Province of
Constantine AIglers---TrOOps
to be Sent to 0uell the
Outbreak.
Death of Baron Lionel Nathan De
R9thschilds.

PARIS, June 3.-An official dis
patch from Algiers gives an account
OF disturbances in the province Of
Constantine. Eight men Of the es.
cort and an officer of the Arab depart
ment were killed, but the official
escaped. Three battalions of infantry
and two detachments Of artillery have
been sent to quell the outbreak.
LONDON, June Barron Lionel
Nathan De R%othschiIds, chief partner
In the banking firm of Rothschilds 4
Co., is dead.
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The UmcIean Afghan.

An extraordinary army joke la,
found its way into the columns 0.
the Court Journal. The dirtiness Of
the Afghan is ~proverbial, and it il
said that upon one occasion General
Roberts captured a Mongol, who was
so preterhaturally dirty that it wa,
thought necessary for the safety of the
whole campthat he should be washed
Two genuine Tommy Atkinses wer,
told of for this purpose. They strip.
ped him, and scrubbed him with for
midablc brushes and a large q~uantit,
Of black soap for two hours, al N,
end Of which they threw down theil
brushes in disgust and went 10 thei,
colonel What is it, men 2" well
sir, we washed that Afghan for two
hours, but ii wasn't no good. Ate.
scrubbing him, sir, till our arms wer,
like to break, blest II we didn't com
upon another suit Of clothes
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Tho Ohler ohleelIon % ChInese

Fall Wall bszelts, May I9j
There Il another and Deeper reason
than those assigned BY the Times in a
long leading article this morning, for
the hostility Of American 70 Chinese
Immigration and II applies e%1nalig d
English colonies and 10 the United
States Not only is the Chinamap, q.
the writer truly fsys, personally ob.
leotiqnsble, but he u Z bfotectionist
ana az absentee 81 the most w%rulent
type at one and the same time. No
one gets any pull out Of q China
man. he buys bic clothfs ffWa China.
he hHyt hig fss4 ffbm OhiBa. be brings
his opium from China, aDd be deals
exclusively through Cinnamon. Thus.
whether be u q gold- digger Or Il
working for daily wages Neither Amer.
leqns g0F E-npyasiis esh make ahg.
thing 0at n him Wien 10 his
made "A mueh 20 ~ thinks vii keep
him % comfort ~ Chips N be goes
With his ssgibEs sd ne stats ~ Tie
colony knows hin ~ Hgfe But IN
bis plass there sgbssfs smother Chi.
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Carrying a ri: toll.

One pleasant night in a lonely SPOT
in the Faubourg du Temple, a pcdcs-
trian was halted by a robber, who.
threatened to kill him unless he
voluntarily subscribed to the sam
paign fund. The pedestrian calmly
drew a pistol from bin pocket, and
placing it to the highwayman's head,
marched him to the nearest police
station, where he gave him in charge,
and told the story to the sergeant.
Very good" said the vigorous
official, and now have you a permit
to carry a pistol?'
II have not.
In hat case | shall be compelled
to hold you on the charge of carrying
concealed weapons"
But if hadn't had my pistol with
me | would probably have been muir
dered."
This is quite likely, but the law
takes no cognizance of little things
like that. The law is the law aud
must be obeyed.n
Very well but is there any ordi-
nance against carrying a pistol that
won't shOet?"
No of course not"
Then if you will be so good as to
examine this deadly weapon, you will
perceive there is no trigger to it. 1t
Is n a friend gave to me to take to
the armorer's and have repaired"
Lemme co. yelled the captive
highwayman II was kidnapped and
inveigled here under false pretenses.
This is a charge of a fraud by a
fraud
The vgilant sergeant was about as
deeply Disguised.
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Democratic Caucuy

WASHINGTON, June 9.-Tho result
of last nights joint meeting of the
Democratic caucus committees Wa,
the adoption Of a programme suggest.
ed BY tho sub -committee. The Demo.
eTats Of both houses will consider the
report this afternoon.
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/. Chicago.
Result of the Judicial Election.

CHICAGO, June 3.-Thc following is
the result of the judicial election held
yesterday in Cook county:
Democrats-Rogers 3O,32l; MEAL
lister, 25,9lG; Moran, 25,6l7; Barnum.
.25,2lS; Tuley, 23,Ol7.
Republicans-Booth 1856 Buell.,
1919; Rosenthal, 18,46S; Williams
1929 Reed, 1902.
The average Democratic majority is
.S223.
For Supreme Court judge, the ma
.iority for Dickey DEM over Dent
(Rep.) was 1881. In the Twelfth cir.
cult district the Republicans elected
all their judges. Reports from the
State at large are scattering, but indi-
cate that where partisan nominations
were made the Republicans generally
elected their candidates by small ma
iorities. The vote was very light, es-
pecially where there was only one
ticket, as happened in several circuits.
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COlnage MS NIonfh.

WASHINGTON, June S-The fol.
lowing coinage was executed at tho
United States mints during the month
of May Silver dollars, 81, 600
gold coin, $2,s78,s5O; Ave, three, two
and one-eent pieces, 470S. TotaI
pieces, 29,675,9OA Value, S. 10, 25s.
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NnmInnti0n.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-ThO Presi,
dent to-day sent to the senate
the following ~ nominate George
W, McCrary, Of Iowa, to be
Judge of the United States judicial
Circuit, in place Of John +. Dillon,
resigned. 10 take effect the LIST day Of
september, 1879, and this nomination
is to be for the vacancy Tins created. "
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wednesday evening. june I, 1879

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is IS per annum and
boc per month fOrlesG than Ons year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER is 81 per Annum-
postage free.
Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at 500 per
month in advance, with the privilege Of
changing pOStOfice.
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An aged Congregational Clergyman.
10 Castleton, VT, repeated a sermon
that he had originally delivered fGy
years ago. It's ideas, strangely. had
become old fashioned. The subject
was repentance,
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The grave Of General Walker, the
hlibuster, is on the beach at Truxido,
where he was shot. Visitors, says the
New Orleans Picaypne, leave a stick
IN the sand near his grave as a mark
" respect.
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disappeared.

hOsroN, June a-Wm. H. Mason,
the elocutionist, has disappeared,
having, as it is alleged, forged the
name of his fathers firm for $ll 900.
He also forged the name OF Nj. Doherl
~ q Co. for a small amount.
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WHEELINd, w. VA, June 3.-The
residence Of J. G. Smith caught Gre
al 4 O'Clock this morning and Was pa.
tally consumed. Loss, $1,000.
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An admirer Of Elihu b. Wash.
bprne, describing his personal appear
59ce, says the labitqal expression Of
ms Intelligent FEATURES suggest Eents
words TO Lear you have that in
your eountenance that | would fain
call Master ~ ff
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Col. Higginson says that Thoreau
never married because OF an early act
Of self-abHegation toward his egn
brother, whose lore had taken the
same direction With bis own.
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Mr.. Anthony J. Drexel's daughter,
who was married last week ia Phila.
delphia to Mr. John R. Fell, Of that
city, is said to have received weddinv
presents valued at $4,000.
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Legal proceedings have been com.
meneed by the nephews of Plus TX
against the executors Of their uncle
Cardinals S%aeconi, Mertel and Monaco
La E%aletta, to have the will declared
invalid.
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Representative Money, ~ Nissis-
sippi, is going 70 the Sandwich fsiaud.
ior the benefit Of bis hesltR
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It is no wonder SO many mothers
praise DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup. We
heard one of eur best physicians pro-
nounce it to be the only safe remedy
for children.
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The wife Of Secretary Sherman is in
London.
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NII Srept9' o mn mp mses guaranteed to
gusta, Maine. O. SHAW Co. Aa-
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-12-11
Holiday Presents.

We speak in another place Of the pro-
priety of making presents Of value and
we 90 somewhat into particulars. An
other item in this connection occurs to
our mind. Some years ago we desired to
make a little Christmas present to each OF
the hands in our office, and we went to
Washam's Clothing Store and told him to
let each one have an overcoat.
This reminds us that Washam now has
a much larger, finer and better stock OF
clothing than he had then, and especially
has he one of the finest lots of oyercoats
ever offered for sale in Jackson. These
overcoats, as well as all other kinds OF
clothing, are suitable either for presents,
or otherwise
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-12-11
Oyerc0atS. &c.

We speak in another place OF the tine
stock of fine overcoats to be found at the
Clothing Store of P. H. Washam q Co.,
Corner of Main and Broadway, opposite
the Isham House, Jackson.
We wish again to call attention to this
matter, thus early in the season. Do not
think that, because we have so much to
saw about overcoats, that there are not all
kinds of clothing kept in that Great Store
You can get all kinds of clothing there
very cheap, as the goods were nearly al
bought before the rise in price. Th
stock is so large that we cannot specify
but urge our readers who need clothing
to call and see for themselves.