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POREI6N GOSSIP.

PRINCE GORTsCHAKOFF, who ha
been staying at Baden, looks aged an(
worn. lie walks about u good deal, ba
his pace is slow and his gait uncertain
AT a Mormon conferencein Liverpool
there were $50 members present. Il
was reported that sixty-eigh t member,
had been received into their ranks
within the last six months.
TIE return of Gladstone to power has
not checked the exodus from England
as it was hoped to do. There have been
this year 1858 emigrants registered II
Outward-bound vessels from Liverpool
more than in 1879.
The Pope has decided to dismiss hi,
Swiss Guards. 1t may be recollected
that all OF the quaint dress of these mer
was designed by Michael Angelo
Buonarotti, save the helmet. This, il
appears. he forgot; hence their incon
gruous appearance.
RUSSIAN soldiers get so poor pay fol
their services, and their existence in
country districts is so monotonous, thai
suicide is becoming very common
Official returns assert that in Tashkend
no fewer than six officers persisted by
their own hand in one week.
TURKEY seems to become civilized
pretty fast. The daughter of a wealth.
Turk is having her wedding outfit made
in Paris, and part of it is a gown of he
liotrope satin with acourt train and
trimming of velvet and point lace, and
point lace apron and veil.
LEO XIII, has enjoined on the Hun
garian Episcopate to carry out in Their
EXTREMIST rigor the canonical regula
tons respecting mixed marriages. The
Episcopate has consequently addressed
a circular to the clergy, forbidding them
to celebrate mixed marriages, even
when the parties agree to bring up their
issue in the Catholic faith. This meas
ure is extremely unpopular among the
Catholics in Hungary.
THE cradle of the infant Princess Of
Spain is of polished ebony inlaid with
silver; its form is that of an open shell
the curtains are of silver gauze enam
eled with white velvet flowers, the
coverlet of white satin on which are
embroidered in brilliant colors the arms
of Spain. One lady grandesse Of Spain
stands at the foot of the cradle during
the royal infants slumber TO watch the
precise moment of her awakening: an.
other grandesse stands at the head
armed with huge feather fan to chase
away the flies. The royal Spanish
crown, whichin silver Gilt hangs in front
of the cradle, is the work of Froment,
the great Partisan goldsmith. The COS,
of the cradle, without the hangings OF
fine lace and the garniture of marabou'
feathers which surround it, is estimated
at l,4OO.
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National ThanksgIvlng.

WASHINGTON. November I.
TIT President to-day issued the following
Thanksgiving proclamation:
AT no period in their history since the
United States became Nation has this people
had 50 abundant and So universal reasons for
Joy and gratitude ut the favor of Almighty
God, or been subject to so profound IN obliga.
ton to give thanks for His loving kindness
ami humbly to implorc His continued care and
protection. Health, wealth and prosperity
throughout all our borders; peace, honor and
friendship with all the world; firm and faith
III! adherence BY the great body of our popu.
latton to the principles of liberty and Justice
which have made our greatness as q Nation.
and to the wise institutions and strong frame
OF Government and society which will Dor.
petuate it-for all these let the thanks Of
hapPy and united people, AZ with one voice,
ascend in devout homage to the Giver Of all
good.
IL Therefore recommend that, on THuRs-
DAY, THE TwENTY.rIETH DAY or NOVEMBER.
the people meet In their respective places
OF worship to make their acknowledgment
to Almighty God for His bOanties and His
protection, and to offer to Him prayer for
their continuance.
"ln witness whereof have hereunto SGT nv
hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done At the City Of Washington this first
Gay OF November, In the year Of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and
OF the independence Of the United States the
ono hundred and fifth. R.RHAyrs.
BY the President:
WILLIAM n. EvARrs, Secretary Of State"
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The Future OF Weather ForeteI,;,,

In no other part of her wide ro,,
has Science done SO little for tho oa"l
OF man or her own fame as in tho I ds
partment of me!eorology. In the .o S
earth her prophecies have lonp hs S'a
high value, in the far-off heavens I bos
empire is affirmed, but in the unst, I1s
air between those two well.possessva'S1
provinces there is q region that r. Nv.
yet subjugated. Around the border ~" y.
the domain of meteorology some ca;ns
in the cause Of law and order have ' ;n'
deed been made; we control the )icht
ming, we are able to track clear|r ds
fined storm for days on its path and md
can help the sailor to knowledge that that
oftel enables him to escape its clutches
when it assails him on the deep sea: but
as for forctelling the weather in ANY, M,
proper sense, We have not vet ATTAINED
to it. is it attainable? Can we houp,o
compass the conditions of our DAYS 81
that we may SOW and reap. travel, feast.
or make war in weather of our choice;
This is, after all, perhaps the most in.
teresting of the questions that the future
history Of science must determine. BIT
though the perfect answer is not to be
given at present, there are some things
in the existing conditions of our science
that make us hopeful that we are but At
the beginning Of the work of westh,
forcca,ting.
There have been two distinct scieu.
tific efforts at weather foretelhng. a
distinguished from the current survival
OF the modes of thought Of ancient aces
that are introduced in our ordipsv
weather prophecies, that undertaken By
Admiral Eitzroy, in England, and that
begun in this country by the United
States Signal Corps, under the control
OF the late Gen. Myer. Both Of these
have made their basis of the simple
principle that weather always has q his.
tory; that it means conditions that pass
from one region to another by certain
laws of movement and ut a certain rate
This general fact was long ago recog.
nized by meteorologists, but it was not
until the telegraph enabled knowledge
to outstrip the storms that it was posi-.
bic to make any use Of it in foretelIng
the weather. BY the admirable labors
of the United States Signal Service this
method of announcing the weather thst
is journeying towards any locality has
been brought to q high point Of per.
lection, but it has not to any
extent helped us TO foretell the creation
Of weather. When Il weather area forms
in the far West, it is now tracedN
clearly as the path of an army, until il
passes away. Sometimes the state Of
the barometer will tell something about
storms that have not yet gathered them.
selves for their eastward march, but be.
yond this there have as yet been no
means of foreseeing. The Weather BIZ.
reau is Of no more use than q ground.
hog or a goose-bone for telling Us
whether our coming spring or summer
is TO be warm or cold, rainy Or dry. Is
this the end of our advance? Can We
hope to do no more than take the storms
we find ailoat, and trace them on their
courses; or can we hope to look behind
them to the conditions of their origin 50
clearly that we can foretcll their time
and pa &c Of working?-- A!luntic Monthly
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GENERAL.

TIE "Canahian lopez is the latest
agony in dancing.
Mrs. CYRUS CHAPMAN, of Ledvard,
Conn, elopcd with q boy l6 years OF
age.
JoHE L. OWENS, the actor, has given
up the stage ior mining speculation in
San Francisco.
a YOUNG lady of Boston became in
sane because she could not afford to
wear real lace on her clothes.
WHILE an English man.of-war, the
Wild Swan, vas cruising lately off No.
zambqUe, Il slave dhow was sighted and
ovcrtaken. In transierrin" The slaves
to the ma'i-0t-war, 4 slave boy fell over
board. One of his leys was immediate.
~ bitten off below the knee by Il shark.
and then the other. 4 sailor from the
man-of"war seeing him, Jumped to his
rescue, armed only with his sheathing
knife, and succeeded not only in resc1l-
ing the boy from further harm, but in
escaping unhurt.
WILLIAM b. HARRINGTON, of San
Francisco, was possessed by a desire to
take life. He went before the Lunacy
Commissioners and asked 70 be sent to
an asylum; but they decided that his
mental trouble, if he had any, was
brought on by drink, and refused to in
carcerate him. He declared that he had
murder in his heart, and some day would
be unable to resist it. One evening he
was drinking amicably at Il bar with an
intimate friend. Without warning, he
drew revolver and killed his coMpan.
ion. al couldn't help it," he said; 81
had to take somebody's life.'
AT Parkershurg, w. Va, the other
day, some children, in a spirit of mis-
chief ran after and caught one of the
pigs Of q litter, and carried it squcaling
through the gate into the yard. The old
sow became fearfully enraged, and.
rushing into the gate, seized the first
boy she came across, and, throwing him
down, caught him by The top of his head
with her tllsks and carried him scream
Ing into the street, where she would
have torn him to pieces, in very short
time, but for the ne ghhors. who ran to
his assistance, and with great difficulty
succeeded in getting him out of the reach
OF the animal. He was carried home
and a physician summoned. when it was
ascertained that the brute had tore the
seal p almost entirely from the little fel-
low head, and had inflicted other terri
bic wounds on his body.
Miss NORWOOD, an American mis-
sionary in China, describes how the
"golden lily" as the Chinese lady calls
her little foot, is formed. When the
child has learned to walk the binding of
the feet begins. The bandages are two
inches wide and two yards long for the
first year and five yards long for suisse
quent years. During the first year the
pain is SO intense that the sufferer can
do nothing, and for about two years the
foot aches continually, and is the seat of
a pain which is like the pricking of
sharp needles. With continued rigor-
Gus binding, the foot in two years be-
comes dead and ceases to ache, and the
whole leg, from the knee downward, be.
comes shrunk, so as to be little more
than skin and bone.
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The Only Case.

THE man who works up the "straw'
business on railroad trains has been
very scarce this year. Indeed, only
one instance of canyassing 4 Michigan
railroad train has been reported thus
far during the campaign. On the tram
going to Saginaw three or four Gays
ago 4 man who had enough whisky IN
HIM to make himself enthusiastic asked
permission of the conductor to MAKE .
canvass of the train, and was told to 60
ahead at his own peril. Armed WIN
paper and pencil he began at the 1851
seat in the rear coach. This was occu'
pied by a man who rose slowly up snea
his coat and quietly remarked:
"Mistcr man, I'm going to MAKE
your heels break your neck In just III
teen seconds!" .
The only reason he didn't was Soc ..
cause the canvasser hurried to the o!he!
end of the car. He began operations
here by punching an old man who way "a,
fast asleep. As soon as the sleeper ~ !.
his eyes open and saw the pencn ~
called out: >.
"Oyer three months ago | swo1s ,n "
do it or lose my vote, and here goes" ..,.
He made a sudden rush at the %. t n;,n
yasscr, threw him over q seat, nl1 1 ,ad
below the belt, and might have crlPp ~
him for life had he not been takeI 1, WI.
A quarter Of an hour later the cos M ,bs
or found the canyasser standing vi i 1;s
platform with his nose skinned anu w.
enthusiasm all gone. 49,. .,;rod
the official. ..rdi.
IL was elected over all other cs sn'"t
dates by two majority wa' the tn y P, n.nfr
reply, rs the man wet DIV U! pJ Es,e
and stuck it on his nose.-De''o" NV
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Had Not Lost His Reasoning fo"e'"

A COUPLE of old darkics met Inc o' .nd
day and began talking over matl ' Io M.
things. "How is ole Colonel h "S"ts
comm on, what used to own you a us
de war? He is so ole he must DC g .o";n'
to be childish and losin' bis !es' sho,t
powers." "Don't know MUM mn 'I las,
him-hain' t seed him since oc'Gsn mat,
Christmas. "Why, what's . w. old
,er?" "Ain't got no use for snc d,r II /
gemmans. Last time ! wa. .o,ched.
fetched him a big reddish had es't ,abls
I tole him ef he would s'i''l'' !. fin.
knife | would s,rape an e ,,,; ;. a. A,. 1
What do you spose he sedp ,nGch,t
YER to come in and get dIam i '' "I. sta
awhile about ole times on de ole ,ppn 'lds't
,ion." mo. sab; he tolc me # &c 6" de ns.
borry table knife from some oo 40 ~ fish
bors dat he would RAIDER clean LEAN u I'd be
himself. Is'pose he was ~ a''a hacs when
keerjess in handin' de knife os ' S,rkey
| GOT done wild it," The o. ne' 81. g. see
r = his chin and rcmarS' ca; 90, de de
hv dat ar dat de ole mans SUI Gal,ys.
use of his reasonin powers
ton NeWS.
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COMMERCE. AND INDUSTRY.

ON October % the arrivals of grain at
New York were the largest ever received at
that port, amounting to 100000 bushels,
including Gll1,G0O bushels of wheat and 'iS2, .
coo bushels OF corn.
THE debt statement issued Nov. /
shows the decrease Of the public debt dug
Ing October to be S7,lO3,5'4; cash in Treas
ury, S203,Hj, 406; gold and silver certificates,
&,5GS,4GO; certificates Of deposit outstand.
ing, sS,,G',O0O; refunding certificates, SOC,
200; legal tenders outstanding, $346, III ,sil;
fractional currency outstanding, $7,1Sl, s1l.
The reduction Of debt since June 30, 1880,
has been $50, 6Sl, SG7.
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A ROMANTIC relic Of Cowpens battle
was shown by MIR. William j. Randolph
at Kings Mountain during the centea-
NAL Observance. The relic is q plain
22.carat gold ring, which was found on
the Cowpens battlefield in 1921. The
inscription reads: ''This and ye giver is
yours forever, 1922" 1t was presented
to a British officer by his sweetheart be-
fore his departure with Lord CORVALLIS
for America. The officer, who was
killed at the Cowpens, also wore but
tons Of 2O-carat gold on his uniform,
and some of the buttons are still owned
in the Carolinas. One was presented to
Gen. Lafayette in 1926, and others were
sent to England, the coat-of-arms on
them revealing the family to whom they
belonged.
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NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of important Events.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE official canvass OF the vote IN
Ohio at ..,e October election gives Mcllyaine
Rep. J, for Judge Of Supreme Court. &c.,.
O45; Follett Dem.), 340,mS; Landon
(Greenb.) J, $3.50; Ross (Prohb.), 2,s5s. To-
tai vote, III, 100. Republican plurality, @,-
O47. Townsend's majority over Lang for
Secretary OF State was 1905.
ADDITIONAL evidence taken on the
1st in the ease Of Kenward Philip. charged
with criminal libel in connection with the
publication Of the alleged Garfield Morey
letter, was as follows: s. l.. Morey, OF Law
renee. Mass, testified that Henry l.. Morey
was his uncle and that he met him in Lynn
In February or March, 1879; identified
the signature Of II. l.. Morey on the
register OF the Kirkland House, Lynn,
under date Of February 90, 1879, and
also under date Of October II, 1879, as that
of his uncle. G. b. Adams, Postmaster at
Lynn, testified that he never heard Of a per-
son there named II. l.. Morey; there was no
such name inthe City Directory, and dill
gent inquiry failed to discover any person
who had ever known q man there Of that
name. Abram 8. Hewitt testified that he
was we'll acquainted with James A.
Garfield, and that the Morey letter
was, in his opinion, in his handwriting;
the envelope, however, after examinati on,
he did not think was in his handwriting.
kenward Philip, the accused, swore point
blank that he did not write the letter in
question; never saw it before the day upon
which the FAC simile was published. The
examination was adjourned until Thursday,
Nov. 4.
PRESIDENT HAYES has returned from
his Pacific coast trip, reaching his home at
Fremont, o., in time to vote.
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Eighteen !!


is yet to be commenced. Before that
time We sit listening to a tale-a mar
velous Acknowledgment sometimes and
sad sometimes; always unreal. Before
that time our world is roic-its inhab.
itants half divine or semi.demon; its
scenes are dream scenes: darker woods
and stranger hills, brighter skies, more
dangerous waters, sweeter flowers, more
tempting fruits, wider plains, drearier
deserts, SUMMER fields than are found in
nature overspread our enchanted globe.
What moon we gaze on before that
time! How the trembling of our hearts
at her aspect bears witness to its unut-
tcrable beauty! As to our sun, it is q
burning heaven-the world Of gods At
that time-at eighteen, drawing near
the confines of Elusive, void dreams,
Elf.land lies before us, the shores Of re-
atty rise in front. These shores are yet
distinct; they look so blue, soft, gentle,
we long to reach them. In sunshine we
see greenness beneath the azure as of
spring meadows; we catch glimpses of
silver lines and imagine the roll Of living
waters. Could we but reach this land
we think to hunger and thirst no more !;
whereas, many a wilderness, and often
the food of death, or some stream of
sorrow, as cold and almost as black as
death, is to be crossed ere true bliss can
be tasted. Every joy that life gives
must be earned ere it is secured; and how
hardly earned those only know who have
wrestled for great prizes. The hearts
blood must grace with red beads the
brow of the combatants before the
wreath of victory rustles over it. At
eighteen we are not aware of this.
Hope, when she smiles on us, and
promises happiness Tomorrow, is im-
plicitly believed. Love, when he comes
wandering like lost angel at our door,
is at once admitted, welcomed, en-
braced; his culver is not seen; if the
arrows penetrate, their wound is like a
thrill of new life; there are no fears of
poison, none of the barb which no
leech's hand can extract; that perilous
passion-no agony ever in some Of its
phases, with many, one agony through.
outs believed to be an unqualified
good. In short, at eighteen the school
Of experience is to be entered, and her
humble, crushing, grinding, but purify
ing and invigorating lessons are yet to
be learned. Alas, experience! No
other mentor has so wasted and frozen
a face as yours; none wears a robe so
black, none bears a rod so heavy; none
with . hand so memorable draws the
novice so sternly to his task, and forces
him with an authority so resistless to it's
requirements. It is by your instruc.
lions alone that man or woman can ever
find . safe track through life's wilds;
without it, how they stumble, how they
stray; on what forbidden ground do
they intrude; down what dread declivi-
ties are they hurled!
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do now. But Brignoli is no singer &c.
cording to my csthe;ic taste. He sing;
like a man who hasn taken out his sec
ond papers yet, and his stomach is too
large. 1t gets in the way c"uer
| Tribune.
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Three Brave Boys.

On the afternoon of the Seawanhaka disas.
ter, last summer. three boys, FIR 4 II. Whit.
man, Herbert II. Dean and Edward l.. Lamb.
were fishing in rOwbOat near tac float Of the
knickmbOcker Yacht Club. A. they saw the
burning steamer coming through the Gate,
they sprang to their oars, and ruwed piuckily
to the rescue. They reached the shore of
Wards Island just as the steamer grounded,
and theirs was the second boat on the spot; the
brave boys succeeded in rescuing fourteen
persons, among whom was the Captain of the
steamer. The matter came to the attention
OF the Irving Club. an association composed
OF prominent residents Of Harlem, aud it was
unanimously voted to make public recogni.
ton OF the gallant conduct Of the boys BY pre-.
senting to them gold medals. The medals are
handsome pieces, made BY Tiffany. On one
SIDE Is representation Of the boys in their
boat In the net Of rescuing person. Around
this Was the inscription: presented by the
irving Club OF New York City," The reverse
side bore the following: "For bravery dis
played Mt the burning 1T. the S,awanhaka,
June SS"-N. 7. Coz. CIieN Hcralj.
THE postmaster sometimes STAMPS
his feet.
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SOUTHERN Dakota is grazing over
135, 900 head of cattle this season.
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No matter how old a crow bar may
be, it remains as pry as ever.
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TaE postmaster sometimes stamps
his feet.
The daily gazette., 1880-03-06

was boastfully pointed to as resting in
the intelligence Of the people, the Re-
publican party with force Of arms,
placed At the disposal Of the pneduca-
ted negro. And stin that party rs-
mains In the minority. Take from the
Republican party 100000 votes and
you have its real strength as it existed
before the war and its actual legal
constitutional voting strength remains,
showing that since the war the Demo-
Gratis have added about /, coo, 900 whits
voters to their ranks, in other words
setting aside ths negroes that voted in
1875, Mr.. Tilden, carried q majority Of
300, 900 Of thelegally constituted white
voters of the country Yetthe minor
ity with arms in their hands succeeded
by threats in installing fraudulently
chosen President. .,,..l io
The daily gazette., 1880-03-06
Congress.


In the U, s. Senate yesterday Mr..
Maxey, from the Committee on Post
Offices, reported the bill to classify the
salaries of railway mail employees. Mr..
Butler, from the Committee ON Terri
tories. reported bill providing Ter
ritorial Government for Alaska. Mr..
Davis, from the Committee ON Appro-
priations, reported the bill TO repeal
the acts relating TO permanent and in
definite appropriations, with certain
exceptions. Mr.. Gordon, from the
Commerce COMMITTEES, reported an
appropriation of $28, 600 for the con-
tinuance of the improvement Of the
Susquehanna river, near Havre-de-
Grace. All the above bills were placed
on the calendar. The bill to amend
the statutes relating to the importa-
tion Of neat cattle was reported ad-
versely, and indefinitely postponed.
The Fitz John Porter bill was re-
sumed, and Mr.. Logan finished his re-
marks against it. Mr.. Carpenter OBJ
tanned the floor, when the Senate ad-
journed until to-day.
In the House, Mr.. Morrison, from
the Ways and Means Committee, re-
ported bill to amend the statutes re-
lating to immediate transportation of
dutiable goods, and Mr.. Vance, from
the Committee ON Coinage submitted
a report in regard to the decennial sys-
tenn of weights and measures. Both
were ordered to be printed and recon-
mitted. The Senate amendments to
the bill for the relief of certain settlers
on the Usage lands, in Kansas, were
concurled in. Mr.. Butterworth, of
Ohio, offered resolution declaring
the agitation by Congress Of the ques-
tion Of reducing the tar on distilled
spirits injurious and inexpedient. 1t
was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means. Mr.. Carlisle, Of
Kentucky, introduced a bin, which
was referred, regulating the duties on
sugar. Mr.. Knott asked leave TO re-
port resolution directing the Judic-
iary Committee to investigate the
present system of salaries and emolu-
ments of officers of the U. 8. Courts,
with view to the correction Of abuses,
but Mr.. Conger, ofMichigan. objected.
Mr.. MacMahon, from the Cammittee
on Appropriations, reported def
cheney bill, appropriating $632, 500, in
cluding $4,000 to the Public Printer.
1t was ordered to be printed and re-
committed. After personal discus
sion botweon Mossrs. Hazelton, OF
Wisconsin, and Warner, of Ohio, the
House adjourned.