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New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
NrwYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY SHEET

describes nothing worse than was brought to
light at the time OF the mutinies on board the
Nouville PeneOpe and the Dolores Ugarte. The
mortality tho voyages has always been ae-
knOwledged to be enormous; and II we reckon the
losses by wreck, mutiny, suicide and fire. the esti-
mate of 80 per cent Will probably not be any great
eXaggeratIOn. But those who survive the voyage
find that its termination brings no alienation OF
their sufeungs. Immediately on landing they are
marched off TO the maTts, where they are made TO
stand stripped. that their points" may be IN
spected by planters who hire them on lease. Their
daily life is one of incessant toll. AT IN the
morning they begin their work. and with scarcely
a cessation they labor on until 10 at night. when
they retreat TO the close feid cabins in which they
are compelled 10 sleep. At the caprice OF their
masters, or as punishment for offences, they are
subjected to cruel tortures. Outrage is heaped
upon them, and the law to which they naturally
look for protection gives them no redress. Truly u
may be said of them that they look Tor Judgment
and behold OPPRESSION Thus bereft of all hope,
despair drives them to suicide. Some throw them
selves into the boiling sugar caldrons, others drown
themselves IN the sea, and the railways furnish yet
another way OF gaining relief from the tyranny
which crushes them.
Such are the accusations brought by the author
Of " Living HeilsD against the cIimps at Macao
and the cOohe owners III Cuba and Peru. In cor
robOTation of each act of cruelty he gives the name
of sufferer who has endured it, and IN some cases
the evidence of the men themselves. The iilustra-
tiOns with which the volume is thickiy studded
represent IN full detail the suilerings of the emit
grants and lend an additional interest to "A work
which derives Importance from the influence 1t ls
producing on public opinion in China.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-18

Coming down to the more familiar days Of Car
Peter and Czarewitch Alexis, we light npon another
Imperial scandal another murder of the heir TO the
throne again owing largely to political dnerences
al the head of party of his and the other re-
senting and perhaps fearing, double programme
and divided allegiance The story OF the murder
itself IS told by countryman,, Peter HehnIy
Bruce who acted one of the chief roles 10 IT, Oh
the next day his Majesty. attended by az the Sena-
went 10 the fort and entered the apartments where
the Czarewitch was kept prisoner. Some niue lliS
thereafter Marshal Weyde came out. and ordered
me TO 20 TO Mr. Bears the druggist, whose shop was
hard by. and tell him to make Tue po-
ton strong which he had bespoke, az
delivered this message to Mr. Bear he turned quite
pale, and tell a shaking and trembling, anu up
peared in the utmost confusion, which sur
prised me so much that / asked him wnat
was the matter with him, but he was unaOie
to return NE any answer. . ,r oo,,o
in, much III the same condition with the u"us
plst. saving he ought to have been more eA-
peditious ms the Prince was very Ill OF az
apoplectic fit. Upon this the druggist deilVeTe1
him a silver cup with cover, whch lhe NldIsu
himself carried into the Princes apartment, stag
next see the wrctchcd Czarewlich struggling i oui
of one cOnvulsion into another" until he enpIc44
in great agony al > o'clock in the afternoon ~; and
the Gar came IN and ordered his corpse 10 he lad
in fine coiiin and pail Of rich gold tissue 10 ue
thrown over 1t. And 10 this day we might De Ieauc
ing in history books that Czarewich Alexis dled Oh
an apopectic fiji if this couutryman o ours iiad ot
pised a corner of the curtain OF mystery He nus
eious of that time had their suspicious but theS
took care to keep them 10 themselves. very lcW,
saws Bruce believed he died natural death I;
but it was dangerous for peopeto speak as they
New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
TIE NOBLE BED NAN As 4 LEGISLATOR.
From Letter to The Chicago !,terOcean

from Letter 70 me thtcdyD ItfeF- -Dceup
The capitol AT iMIeQuah Is bad euough. Quite
equal 1t is 10 be hoped III Dirt 50 ttoOns and general
lack OF rcsprctahilty TO other state Houses. Pipes
aud cigars were smoked as necessary accOppani-
mrut 10 legislation. and even feet were elevated
upon the table about which Senators sat, essen
tial to masculine sovereignty. But these disa-
grccablcs did not prevent business. our interest
In things essential. Tho faces-the look OF the To-
diar--uover seemed so distinctive, strongly
marked Many their hair long, even among
Younger men. II carefully kept. without gloss,
dark. soft, straight, abundant. parted Ia he middle
and How lDg over the shoulders. The lower story Of
the Council House is devoted To the Senate and
House of Representatives the upper To executive
Office. Supreme Court committee rOoms, as ON
"Edueation" etc.
We were present. at the opening of the daily session
OF the Senate. The chaplain, some one SAID an eX-
chief Offered prayer IN the Cherokee LANGUAGE.
AL the business transacted Is gwen brst IN
Eng sh, and then rendered into Cherokee by an ln-
terpreter--a process, of course, taking much une,
but quite necessary. there are many who under
stand but one OF the languages. Before business,
the ubiquitous newspaper, printed IN Doth Engiish
and Cherokee occupied the hands ANA attention oI
many as we'll as cigar or pipe Ii was matter OF
some surprise, as the PRAYER was over which
was long and feTvent, TO see cigar deliberately
lighted and pu1rd while the minutes were beJng
read | believe this was 10y the same one VINO
stretched his feet upon the table. Perhaps ne was
some degenerate CheTokee-I noticed be dlo not
look much like OEe-whO, without these pfenmiDa-
res conld not attend TO business. The general ar
was Of drcornm. The grave demeanor Of tine Indian
seemed peculiarly fitting tins place OF serious deb-
Grafton and law-makng.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-18

You may see in village mujick who has been
cooking himself in bis stove TILL he II OF color Ike
boiled lobster, rush naked into the snow ana roll
himself m il like dog TIL he elows all over "a hs
satisfaction IL mOnstrous that one of ilc Rus
SLAMS principal projections against the coid-hi.
beard-was laid under penalty By Peter the grat aud
subsequently by Elizabeth and Catherine H.. when
they were trying TO cvize their subjects accord
ing'to the custom of the West These three sever
eigns all laid tax OF boards; and peasants enter
ing cities market days were required 20 exhibit
in proof that they had paid their tax brass coin
stamped with bearded face and the words boroda
] lgnaia tiagota lthe beard tax has been settlsdl
This absurd mpost was abolished by Paul: hut the
effects of it still survive In manner; for the beard
still considered bad form ia anstOcTatic circles.
Military officers only mustache anu whiskefs
diplomatists and other civil servants eschew the
whiskers and generally reap their faces altogether.
Russian with beard is pretty sure to be either a
nnner middle.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
YEAST AND THE Roy.
Charles Dudley Warner IN The Hartford CouranL

Charles Dtdley Warner in The heHarfford CourdnL
The Yeast cake has wrought interesting domestic
changes II there u once good boy. ANYTHING
over twenty years of age to-day. who does not re-
member going for ycast when he was told 10, we
should be pleased 10 learn his name. II there is
once bad boy of similar age who does not remember
shrinking this responsible duty, losing the pail.
suffering headache excessive, delegatng his younger
brothers and sisters for the work, and even naily
refusing to obey, nc, too, ~ rarity. The Yeast
pail with its concurrent plgrimageS was ior genera
lions "A meaus of discipline III every household.
1t BUNDLED the minds oi the young VINO IL ue-
ycioped their bodies and the Jingle OF the pennies
WINS AN inspiration irresistible 10 tin savings banks
and "A spirit of economy.
Al one turn the yeast cake has driTen out the
pail-turned pail 80 to speak, but stlll succeeded.
The grocer takes the order and the next day takes
fbc cake 10 the house. II is n0iseicss. Ii never
spills. Even when accidental necessity colnpels
humiliation. Boys aud girls brought up without
the Yeast pail can hardly have the character ol
those who have been 50 tried. lhey VIII not DC
bred as we were. A the yeast cake now con
denses yeast so the yeast pail then condensed the
trials of childhood. There no escaping from II.
no getting without the pale or going without one.
The boy had 10 come 10 II, and carry IT, and brlng
il home. Never boy wanted 10 and never boy tndt
did not do Il.
In a sense the boy brought mp the yeast. but IN
greater nober sense. the Yeast brought up the boy.
And all this is over. IL comes now in tniuil, ANA
the boy who has 10 get II can pretend he has chew-
ing tobacco and be a little wickeder with II than
without. But human character is still forming.
The children of to-day will be the men of tho next
generation. The hope of the present and the futuIe
is that i'm the improved bread OF these days by
material means there may come sufficient moral
gam to the race 10 atone for the loss Obvate the
need OF this past means Of grace through discipline
New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
SENATOR KDMUYDS 4S BOY or PROMISE

4 Letter ~ me Rutidnd Herald and Globe
Anecdotes about our public men seem 10 be appre-
ciatcd by tbs public. | have III mind something
concerning Senator Edmunds, uttered by one 0t
his teachers ana friends years when the Senator
was beardless boy. His prophecy has been wei
verified. gentleman. well known IN kUtiahd
County, had occasion to visit Richmond. On his
way thIther, having business with the late Hon.
:. $. Phelps he asked hlm whom he could find ia
Richmond to draw up some legal papers correctly.
lie was told that the Hon. Mr.. Maynard, of Rich-
mond, was the man who could do his ouslntsS
properly accordingly on bis arrival IN X, he re-
paired to Mr. MayuaIds Office and stated his wishes
Said Mr.. NJ to a student at law in his office,
George. here are some papers want MADE 0ut
The caller, with much concern. Tor he cOnsldercu
bis papers Of great importance and dld nos Wish hy
botch should be made of them, remarked 10 SiI N
81 don't want "A boy 20 make them OUT; Juogo
Phelps told me you would do the business, ~ IL
should be done, aud am auXlOJs about thoin' Mr.
NJ. answered. You call that young man s0yi 80
be Is, but wanfyou TO watch his future progress.
b. aud By you will hear OF him in the Legislature
he will bo in the Speakers chair IN the Senate ana
Judge Of the Supreme Court. lie VII pc III me rue
Senate of the United States and very likely ne Will
be in the Cabinet and possibly lhe will 20 higher"
am not sure that he made out those papers, but he
has Allied out tho major part Of the plan then pro-
posed, with fair promise of doing the rest
New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
MRS. HAYES AND PIAK ROSES.
wastfngton letter to me st. 1ons Gl,5s D, D,n,ocra

Washfngi0R Letter 10 TIE 81 L0UIS GlJDs mOcraL
One Of the signs of the times, and fact upon
winch people are TemarSing. Is the elegance with
which NJ. Have. is arrayIug herself of late. The
neat htte black silk aud tine mod st robe oi Quaker
gray with which she made ser debut IN the White
House and wore. and wore, and wore. marked an
era that has gone by. Those two dresses were as
well known as any country lassies sunday frOck.
and md duty for Grand Dukes, Ambassadors and
lesser lghts but of late Mrs. HAYES has developed
astonishingly. AZ her reception on a recent Satnt-
day her dress was superb. The waist was OF invsi-
bic green satin. striped with velvet brocade on
goa ground the front OF the skirt green satin with
gold passementerles, and the train green velvet,
wll u fan piece of the striped SATIN SET iG half way
non the waist. the vest was composed OF rows of
yaenci.nues lace. and u cluster of pink rosebuds
were pinned at her throat. These PINK Tosebuds
are almost iusepGrable from Mrs. lIaycss dress
toilet. They are worn at the neck or carried In
hand bouquet always the same deep PINK buds.
his Is high ART. and quite Pausian, for lady to
adopt one flower and always wear IT, Certainly, 10
some people the SIGHT ana fragrance OF PINK roses
will recall Mrs HAYES.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
"LITING HELLS.D
r,om IN, Pail Mall Gazette.

Not long since there appeared at Canton a book
which IL Is not unnatural to suppose may have lp-
nuenccd the recent decision Of the Chinese Govern
ment to carry under their own nag Chinese emil
prapis TO foreign countries This work, which pro-
fcsses to find IN the condition Of Chinese coolies In
Cuba and Peru justification of its title of " Livc
cruelty inflicted on coolies in the barracOons at
Macao on board the emigrant ships, and on the
farms aud plantations ia those countries. Unior-
tunafely there il independent evidence TO show
that these statements not so exaggerated as at
first sight their horrible details might lead one TO
suppose but even If tithe OF what IS stated De
will be tempted 10 believe that Mencius threw his
net too wide when he said that "all men have
natural sympathies"
The tragedies enacted from time to time on board
coolc snIps have made the outer world aware OF
some Of ihe miseries endured by the emigrants.
And Un tins point the author OF Living Heiis'
New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
ANECDOTES or 4 HANGMAN.
From The London World.

From The London World
4 correspondent wrlt.s: - suppose am the
only person with whom the late bangmau had any
relations approaching friendship. Some twelve
years ago used TO fish nearly every Saturday alter
noon m the Lea near SewardstOne. Afternoon after
afternoon there wont TO confront me on the lett
bank little old man with long white beard. we
began TO converse fishing topics, and gradually
grew quite intimate, always, however, with the
stream between IL. At length, one day, sudden
thunderstorm came on. and refuge bad TO be sought
cOunselled the old man to make for bridge, get
to my side, and accompany me 10 tho. fountdln'
wel.knOwn fishing pu0iic-house. AS we were ap-
preaching the pubiic-hOuse he stopped, and saId no
would rather that went III alone. pressed him
for his reason Finally, with some emotion he told
me who h was spoke Of the possibility OF hs being
recognized, and the embarrassment the recognition
would cause 70 me.
Ialways take n man find him and IL Titus
Oates were man of social tendencies, / should not
have the slightest hesitation in standing him din
ner at the Continental. Calcraft, l think, was
touched, and We became almost friends, ms we sat
and drank while the thunderstorm spent itself.
Then aud afterward he told me some curious anec-
dotes Of MS professional career. Mrs. Manning, he
said. was the worst subject he ever had worked on
She was somehow sort Of distant cousin of his.
and when the scafOld be spoke to her sO0thingly
Her return was 70 make her teeth almost meet In
the bali of his thumb as no pulled the nightcap
down over her face. He promised 10 give me whole
sheayes Of anecdotes, and / at one time c0ntem-
plated his biography but was called abroad, and
neI or saw the old man afterward.
There ran through Calcrafts nature curious vein
ofIromance. When knew hin he had an only dauSh-
ter. just grown up on whom he doted she had found
a sweetheart, SO he told me one day in OuI clJss-
stream gossip, and she asked her father 10
be allowed TO bring him home. Calcraft counscllci
the girl TO be candid with her lover as to her ahers
- profession r-the expression was his own; but
the gir could not bring herself TO speak out. and
she successfully entrealed her father TO keep the
0rnsome secret also. The lover was aesiduous
Sistor TO the maison Calcraft up the New North
road way, and the narriage-day was actually fixed
He owned that be was miserable with the sense OF
misfortune. One night. after the lover had said
New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
CZAR AND CZAREWITCH.
Ernm I'm, Pail MnN Gazette.


IL there was % conservative Car his son was suro
TO be a reformerI II lie had Western ideas ana a
turn for Constitutions the CZaIeWltch was I'M
NV niece into an old garment. AS far back as the
fifteenth century we hear Of serious disputes be-
. 49,, the Gar and the Czarewitch and now We
Sod the Emperor of All the Russias and tho heir to
tbs throne sill at lOggerheads AN you find fault
with my political acts" cried Iyan ~. when bis
rTi ;s treasoul Who knows if you have not already
conceived the design of raising the standard Of re re-
volt against mei Rebel you are eagnsd WITH ne
' ooS ~ historians are pretty well agreed that it
xas NO hatred of the Czarewitch's person that
savage bGw P,nco with which wa. The ,Vas
,h.t he loved In the world and we read that
~9eo Il was too late he fell upon his body In
despair and for once pvnhea Tal hf bssTen
DIG Deoah r,h caIIed surgeons and sorccresses, and
anu ssd treasnres and titles TO any who who would
coDiure hack TO life the heir to tho throne
New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
GAU7IERS LAST BI7IER HOURS.
on, T,mDfe Bar.

From Temple Bar
The closing hours of his life were overshadowed
by a premature gloom, the forerunDer of darkness
eternal He grew sombTe and sllent-he, the gay
bdguear the life and soul OF every assembly IN
which he set foot The jest died on his lips. tho
laughter In his eyes he no longer the animated
creature of old, but and weary spectre OF
himself. Ills friend. Ernest Feydeau, brought one
day to him his little daughter TO distract the poet.
who was passlonately fond Of children. Gautier
PLAYED a little while with the child's lovely haxen
rim glets and then fell INTO a reyere, seemingly Ob-
livious of everything. 1hen, without apparent
cause he began bitter TRADE against life and So
cieiy and the folly of humankind.
And what Is the reason OF all this y inquiries his
astOnished friend.
The poet answers, with his mournfu gaze fixed
on vacancy:
"Yonr little daughter, who is exquisite. and who
enters the world at a moment when Intelligent
beings esteem themselves happy 10 get out oil n :.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
SCHOLARSHIP AMONG STATESMEN.

From " Gata's" Letter 10 the Cincinnati Enquirer -
Nature has equipped GARFIELD muhlhcshiIy; III
has large substantial Inquire, plenty Of beaId ana
color none of the NERVOUSNESS SAID To exist III Tue
American temperament, ana none of The roWoylsm
dnd INSCRIPTIONS party aGdaolty Whlch o!leH uo
little ,ur pubnc hle Though he las been attacked
for " bat he chose to do IN certain large cases ana
contingens II Is nevertheless true that the great
opposition TO HIN among his equals III Congress y
tnat lac is too fresh" If he Is dislked at all II Is
because he has not enough coarseness OF hoil'e anu
character. Men don't Ike To be KEPT uneasy III te
company Of their politicians Garfield Is man 10
whom no one would undertake to make disnonol-
able proposition, from the very uncomt2riabiehess
that his behavior and moral shyncss would gener-
ate. Very much oi legislation Is desigheu " @ kct
tic advantage. and persons Ol that class see han'
others whom they would rather talk 10 tEan blf-
field. But his election 10 the Senate ls perhaps we
fr,t contribution the West has gwen ol scholarship
to the senate. The necessities of Western men
have made them all ultra-practica relying on thcr
observation and intercourse for knowledge lhsteau
of on examDlc ard science. Mr.. Booth OF Callior-
mia. was expected to be n literary contribution 10
the senate, but it seems thai he Is man VINO pre-
pares at long Intervals some essay ana delivers II,
instead of being confident and rapid enough 10 rise
TO and Speah out OF the general iuIness oi
The reading men in the Senate when Garfield
comes there will not be numerous We may put
down Edmunds. COukllng. IlOar, and perhaps HIIi
of Colorado IN the list. The tone OI scholarship Is
not A. high rs II was before the Civil War, when
both North and South sent men OF some IteIaty
polish frequent occasions To the senate hho
Daniel Webster, Jared lngersoll Anson turllngame'
Judah benjamin. and Colonel Benton. WITH Iendle-
ton and Garfield III the Senate from Ono two very
opposite types of men. though both courteous con,
front each other. PendletOn. both by family ana
party attachments. belongs on the lost sIde ol
things he Is like coulter at the close OF tic
French Revolution, sitting n the same Assembly
with a child Of that Revolution, the two agIeeihg III
no premises whatever and hardly able to under
stand how the others motives begin. Garfield has
seen the war, which of itself was enough 10 tear NJ
and reconstruct Tie mind Of a green man. -" man
who rode on the day of the battle of Chickamauga
from one flank Of the army TO ia other and SAW on
that Inck the Two sections 0f the country conccn-
traIod, Al killing each other To- carry ont thclt
purpeSA Las "A premise to start from more VIVID
tL4uI ne were fed on tine Constitution boiled III
NIX rom the nipple up.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
now THE RUSSIANS KEEP WARM.
Irom The Pall Men Gazette.

From The Pail NGlt Gazette
The Russians have great knack Tor making thelr
Winters pleasant You ieel nothing OF the cold IN
those tightly built HOUSES where all the doors ana
windows are double, and where the rooms are kept
warm by big stoves hidden IN the walls. lhere Is
no damp III Russian house; aud the inmates may
dress indoors IN the lghtest OF garbs. which con-
frost oddly with the mass OF fnrs ana wraps wI.n IN
they don when going out. Russian can afford to
run no risks of exposure when he leaves ms mouse
for a walk or drive. He covers hs head ard ears
with fur bonnet his feet and legs win felI Doots
lined with wool or fur which are drawn on over tae
ordinary boots and trousers, ana reach up 10 lhe
knees, he next coaks himself IN an ample top-c0at
with fur collar lining ana cns; anu eo ne or hear as
skin Thus equipped and with the collar OF his
coat raised all round that IL mqtes hlm up To the
ewes the Russian exposes only MS nose 10 thc coIu
air, and ho takes frequently TO give that organ
"A little rub TO keep the circulation going A
stranger, who apt TO forget that precauuon woula
often yet his nose frozen IL II were not 0r the cOur
tesy of the Russians, who VIII always warn hum ii
they see his nose whitening" and Will, unbidden'
help him to chafe 1t vigorously with snow;
In Russian cities walking Is Just possible LOT men
during Winter; but hardly so for ladies' The women
of the lower order wear knee-bootsj those OF the
shopkeeping classes seldom venture Out at all thuse
Of the aristOcracy 90 out IN selghs, these sIelghs
are by no means pleasant vehicles ior nervous peO-
pie for the Kalfnuck coachmen drive them at snch
terrific pace that ey frequently capsize Dut persons
not destitute of pluck hnd their motion most enjoy
able Ii must be added that 70 be spilled out oil q
Russian sleigh is tantamount only 10 gettng iOugh
tumble on soft mattress, for the very timex fars ia
which the victim Is sure to be wrapped Will DC
enough TO break the faIl. .
The houses aud novels Of the Russian working
classes are as well warmed as those of the arisoc-
racy. stove is always the principal item OF rurn-
iture in them; and these contrlvances are used to
sleep on as we'll AS TO cook In. me nuJleK having
no bed curis himself up on his stove at his time
for going to rest; sometimes he may be found creep
Ing right into the stove and enjoying the delights OF
q good vapor BATH The amount OF heat which
Russian will stand IL amazing, and his careessness
In facing the cold afterward not less so. On o
Saturday, which ~ washing-day all over Russia,
New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
: cyARAC7ER-AND 4 QUESTION.
g1om The Spectator.

Prom The Spectator.
,s,h;ops strange uncompTehended lfe
rolI of riddles with no answer found,
= sea-ike soul which plnmmet cannot sound,
ras, with belligerent winds at mutual strife.
IN M col in h,m hath taken unto wife
'n9 dfsnchter of the pit, and, strongly bound
II coils of snake-hke hair about him wound
p,es straining hard to raise the severing knife
Far sueh sunken soul, what room in HeavenS
For such u soaring soul what place in He'll
can those desires be damned, those dOings shrven,
or IN some lone mid-regiOn must he dwell
poy everY IOl God sittcth with the seven
Stars in his hand, and shall not He judge well
JAMES ASHCROFT NOBLE.