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ENGLAND AND AUSrRIA-GERMAN Al.
LANCE.

BERLIN, March 2o.-The North German
Gazette confutes Lord Hartington's state.
ment that Germany is hostile to France,
and says that Germany and Austria do
not desire England to join the alliance,
because they regard the good relations ex-
listing between France and England as q
guarantee OF peace.
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FOREIGN NOTES.

overwork, want Of exercise and q sa.
lubrious air are telling on the Popesdisas-
trously.
Dispatches from London state that the
English Catholic aristocracy will provide
an asylum for the JeSuits who may be ex.
PEELED from France.
The number OF men killed by &C.
cident in st. Gothard's Tunnel from the
commencement Of the undertaking 10 the
end Of February, 1880, amounted to l2O;
wounded 400.
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CHINA AND RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 2s.-The posi-
bility of War with China is freely discus
sed here. A dispatch from Berlin says:
To keep the Chinese from Kuldia the
Russians are endeavoring to induce the
King OF Burmah to joiu the proposed ia.
pano.Siamese alliance against China. A
Japanese envoy will leave Toxic for st.
Petersburg in April.
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CINCINNATI, March 2a.-Cotton steady at
l2Hc. Flour dull; family dull and lower to
sell at IS 6Qa5 76; fancy easier 50 O0a0 80.
Wheat dull and dropping at 81 26al q. Corn
quiet at 40c Oats dull at 37a3sc. Rye dull,
weak and lower at S2asSc. Barley. demand
active; No. 3 fall at s2aSic. Pork firm at
Sl1 90. Lard stronger as 81 05a7 10. Bull;
meats frmer at .4iSasl lSa6Slc. Bacon firm at
41Sa5a7 lsa7hc. whisky, d'mand fair and
market firm ut 81 0S. Batter steady and un.
changed, Linseed Oil steady at SOC.
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ltt lntelLigttTtfn
-, Is and n Fourteenth street.

o.cied that Two more PASSENGER ,s,s g,
III Sis ss nj, on the Pittsburgh Wheel
ri'' y ~ Esp,acEy = Railroad during the
b 90 .,nnlb, and Sunday train on
e'hE ,. "r road from this point to Pitts, =.
" sgs s,. 'i been determined upon. 1T 1t
i-tfa' Ma that through passenger trains
'E'.'pIs (, v mSsipg on the Cleveland, Tussa, sea-
Ii4 v ~ Wheeling Railroad before the /,
81 lsa sadI. and with a fair prospect oil
81 , lts.,s.II,yiIle Sy extension and the pres
a'vs.~' sslilje, Of the Baltimore & Ohio,
d 's,'' T.. and Central Ohio division and
>, ,g...bnrrh, a., Baltimore and Wheeling,
.. .,rt.,sJ,pd t',',J, ( Pittsburgh roads, Wheel.
favg 4, r. about as much Of railroad
y ~ :, could be expected Of a town
: ~. ! st,. : things easy and makes haste
with A line down the river that
,,'S ',Ii connect at parkersburg with Tii the
y IN Is,i ultimately must reach Charles S,
!. \. ~ s oDeu up the interior Of the State
2 ,,'4,lI ~ 1bs territory with which Wheel
~ hone to sustain intimate reIa'
y " -o,1 be within easy reach, and We
''e 4. n,oiec, now on foot to establish
" I,,s ~ NAV not he thwarted by any un.
.rubIs surroundings.
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TURKEY.

CovsrAYrIYorLE,, March 29.-There is
serious dissension in the Turkish Cabinet.
The Grand yizier proposed reduction
OF the various pensions and the sultan's
civil list. Mahmoud Nedim Pasha, Min.
lister OF the Interior, vigorously opposed
the proposition, and the Grand Vizier &C.
cused him OF lack OF patriotism.
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NoEEGtG, cOSS, March 2s.-Fire broke
v','n y the boiler room Of Ponemat Mills at
t.'''iIls tonight. Eight streams Of water
ssts !. .? got on the Gre glthout effect. AT
5sve'oek steamer and two hose car
AZ, ss We're sent from this city to aid In
~ Nv uaagqhhlng the fre before u reaches
h IN gi1r gliAi1 q building. 1t Is the largest mill
: ss" England and cost 81 100000.
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BA1TmoRE, March 20.-BEET CArTLE-AIar.
ket slow and prices shade OF very best
4za5Ifc; first quality 4a4Nc; medium 3aic;
ordinary 3ci most sales at lEa6kc. Receipts
l,7s5 head sales 1,0Is head.
sWNE-Market incidentally active at 90 oOu
0 IS. Receipts 0,Ss0 head.
sHEEP AND LANRs-R Receipts 3,6s7 head.
Sheep, 81 0OaT 90; lambs s. 6Oa4 50.
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OmoAeO, March 2O-The DroyOrT Journal
reports:
aoGB-Roceipts 1900 head: shipments
5000 head. All grades stron er, firm aBd ba
l0c higher; mixed packing 81 SSai 90; light
chiefly 81 60a4 55; sOmo common 10 medium
81 30ai ~; choice heavy 81 BJai 80: Market
active, aud ailsold early; Quality poor.
1900 head. Market higher; good stronger;
common steady; shipping good TO choice 81 20
a5 10; common TO good s. 0Ol4 10, bulchprs'
strong aud unchanged; COWS S2OOaI ~; bulls
50 20a3 40 steers IS 0Oai 20; BtooEen lleady
at s. OOaS 90.
snEER-ReceIpts go head; shipments
$40 head, Not quotably lower ut S GA6 90.
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ACmIcAGo CmAnAcSER.
V''t AcathOlIe Priest, lie Dies a Drunk.
hni'a Dcnih.

RHi'S Death.
CHlcACO, March 2O.-John McManus,
t'nstly u Canadian priest, and for over q
!elfa wreck and waii upon the shoals Of
l,StrOPOliaa life, was found dead in o
~ ~ At the Madison Street Police Sta
W., a. an early hour this morning
=. y Vnlcer l.awless. A few months
heSe ~. the Catholic clergy took him
,,i sGa 9e police court, where he was ar
,.sSA .., lor drunkenness aud dressed him
4 i'Aay' gave him money and started him
y llls once more. McManus was well
Saase'ed a4d educated, but drunkenness
asd hisGreat error. Saturday he came
AZ Tue station drunk, and was allowed 10
sslis .rah when sober. Later he appeared
~, Sa' being carried in by six men in .
~ w o. dead intOxiCation. At midnight
.,,p0Ee 10 the turnkey, and asked him tc
N.Y. Nv bank where he had 500 TO bal
W.T.
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ToIedo,

TotEpo, March 29.-Wheat firm: amber Mich.
igan 81 25N; No. 2 red winter. spot 81 26JEc:
April 81 %; May 81 27Il: June 81 22N; July
$l'09H; No. 8 red Wabash 81 lS: No. Sd. h
n. red 81 20; No. amber Illinois 81 284;
No. red mixed 81 22H Corn steady; high
mixed Ale; No. 2spot 40Kc; May 4Okc; No.
2 white 42ho; damaged 304c. Oats quiet;
No. 2 3iNc. Glover seed quiet; mammoth
a 35; choice "a 90; prime IS 90.
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TrrusyrIIE. March 2o.-PETRoLEUM-Market
opened at s7Ifc, highest $3.50, lowest 81
closing at s7j1c. Shipments 1900 barrels /;
ayeBge 1900 barrels; charters 1880; aver
age Il, 800. Transactions $4,000 barrels.
prfrsHuRGH, March h2o.-PETRoLEUA-Q Quiet;
crude steady at 90no at PArker's for ship
msnt; refined 71Sa71lc fer Philadelphia deliy-
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The New York Democratic Convention

ALBANY, March 2s.-The Democratic
State Convention for choosing the dele.
gates to the Cincinnati Convention, will
meet at Syracuse, April Goth. Thecall in.
yites the Democratic electors Of several
assembly districts aud all others who In
tend tosupport the nominees oil the Demo,
cratic National Convention, 70 send dele
gates 70 Syracuse,
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NEW ORLEANS, March 20.-CoGso dull; Rio
IeargoVs ordinary to prime l6c Sugar trm;
common TO good common 7aiNc: lair 10
fully fair 7sSa7Tc prime " choices 75tASJ<o;
yellow clarified s5SasXc- MOHSses demand
good. at full prizes; common S0c: fir $50;
eentrifusai 80di2c prime To choice 4ns52c.
Rice dull; Louisiana ordinary tochOlce Cal 40,
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iInye, and Parry ln Xew York:

NEW YoRK, March 29.-President and
Mrs. Hayes, Secretary Ramsey and Mrs.
Ramsey, and others OF the Presidents
party, arrived here this evening and went
at once to their hotel. Tomorrow the
President will formally open the Metro
politan Museum Of Art and dine with
John Jacob Astor.
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NEw YoRk, March 2e.-The cost Of Ice
to consumers in this city will be one cent
per pound hereafter, or 500 40 per ton,
although the crop In Maine has been large
and ships are delivering ice from there at
81 30 10 s. W q ton,
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New YoRE, March TO- Buainrss continues
light With commission houscs. Cotton gpodI
In moderate demBnd 1t hnt bands, and
steady. PrinN quiet excvpt aide prints,
which were fairly active. GinRhsrns Ia Ood
demand and irni. Cotton dftsa goods Sctiye
aud scarce, Mems wooIens quiet aud hrm,
Foreign goods In moderate demand,
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NEw York, March 2o.-1t appears now
that in the divorce proceedings Of Mrs.
Dion Boucicault she charges that her hus.
band, at various times during the last
nine years, has been uniaithiul to his
marriage VOWS, the other party being
Katherine Rogers, otherwise known as
Mrs. Davis, and. that he Is father Of her
boy now living, and that they yet live to-
gether.
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aEIeYen stnbborn lIsn.r

LYxcuBuRo, Va. March 2o.-The jury
in the second case Of the United States
against County Judges for violation Of the
Constitution, that Of Judge Griffin, falling
to agree, were discharged. The jury
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Cincinnati Hoo sInr,,et.

oncnHATI, March 2O..-Hogs steady; com.
mon s. 60a4 Is; light 81 26al 45; packing
81 20aA 90; butchers "a 60a4 66. Receipts
Leo bead shipmenta l,l0Q,
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East liberty Caiile Market.

East LIBERrY. March 20 9-UArrLr-Re-
ceiptssince Friday 3,63s head OF through, and
az head OF yard stock. TOtal for the week
ending to-day $500 head Of through and
1903 head OF local, against 3,774 head Of
through and l,29 head OF local for the week
before. Supply Is somewhat less this week
for y'rl sales than last week, but quite
enough for the demand. About ten l1ars
were packed up for the York market; tile bal
GnCe Of common to fair, local butchers and
the retail traders nere. The range fprices
run about as follows: Best shipping S OOa
~; fair 70 good butchers' 81 VOai 75;
common and lightstuRS IS 2jas 65; stockea
IS 0Oa3T6. Sales Io.dAy $40 head
Hoos-Receipts 100 head; tptal for the
week lS,4S0 head, against 29Ss head the
week before; Phiiadelphias $4S5a6 co.; York.
ers 81 5Oa4 20.
sHEEP. Receipts 5000 head; total for the
week 1890 head, against. 10 900 head Tor the
week before. Selling I lily active at IS Goa
8 76 for common 70 extra,
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Rnlnplorn.

BALTIMORE, March 29.--Flour moderately
active and steady; western supertlne a 26a
$50; do extra IS 25a6 IS; do lam ly 10 Ooa
675. Wheat, western quiet and shade
hrmer; No. . western winter red, spot, March
and April 81 s9N May 81 37IEal STx; June
81 34al 34H:. July 81 2lka 2lIE. Corn,
western steady: western mixed spot and
March 64Aa56c; April 62ha529Sc: May 6Oa
6OI<c; steamer 53hc. oals dull and. easy;
western white Acc; do mixed 4Sc. Rye quiet
aud steady; prime 93o Hay firm: prime 10
choice Pennsylvania at $40 Goals 90. Provi.
sions quiet. Mess PORK at $i2 25aI2 so for old
and new. Bulk meats. loose shoulders 45Sc;
clear rib sides exc; do packed 6a7Au. Bl-
con, shoulders s 6Ifc; clear rib sides7AG Hams
at l0Hall<c. Lard at SNo, Butter active
and firm; western packed and roll 2s,3Dc.
Eggs flrmeF at1lc. Coffee firm with sma do.
mand; Rio cargocs fair to prime at l4Kal6Jkc
Sugar quiet; A soft aHc. Whisky steady and
quiet at 81 101Sa1 IL.
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The subcommittee Of The House Com
mittee on Ways and Means, consisting Of
Messrs. Tucker, Carlisle, Gibson, Garfield,
and Frye,to-day agreed to report tot he full
Committee the following schedule Of tariff
duties upon imported sugars: Melado.
81 9l; No. Z D. s., 81 25; No. 10 to IS D.
s., 81 50; No. 10 D. s., g 81: No. 20 D. s.,
S. 20; above No. 20 D. s., 50 81. All
sugar testing above 50 to be classed above
M IN
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BY Western Associated Pres.

The excess of exports over imports for
the twelve months ended February %,
1850: S2l2, ,20S, ,96S. Twelve months ended
February 2S, 1879: s203, 762, ,l67.
+'nE HATH THE FALLING SICKNESS"
While Senator Thurman was speaking
on the Geneva Award bill to-day he was
taken suddenly sick and obliged to retire
from the Senate. The Senator suffers
from rush OF blood TO the head. He is ly.
ing down in the cloak room. No seri.
GUS apprehension is felt as to his condi.
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The Senate Exodus Committee held a
short session to-day and examined Mr.. A.
Harris, practicing lawyer and Democrat
from, Fort Scott, Kansas. He testified that
800 or 400 negro emigrauts, mostly from
Texas, had come to Fort Scott, one hun
dred OF whom we're men and the remain
der women and cbllieln. They were
generally in destitute condition, and de,
pended for employment on odd jobs. BE
had conversed with quite q number .oi
them who gave no other reasons ior
emivrating than hard times In theii
section Of the South, resulting from
short crops last year, and theti
understanding that Kansas wss q
favorable place 10 move to-, They told
him some white men had travelled through
Texas, and displayed 10 the negroes
chromos, representing q negro family
located on q fine plantation in Kansas
viii a fine two-story white house, ele
gantly furnished, with piano, fine car
petS, 60, &C., white servants and fin!
barns. These travelling agents charged
the negro emigrants from y TO - each ioi
purchasing their tickets;
Mr.. Harris did not think the exodui
was political movement In Kansas, q
the Republicans did not need Republi
can votes In that State. The people gen
orally In his section Of the State, he said
condemned the movement, as 1t results Il
bringing TO the State pauperized laborer
who were not selisupporting, and wel
not needed there,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-17
Lost and Found.
Boston Herald.

On the 9Th Of June. 1875. Rsv. Thos.
Guard Of Baltimore, In company With
his wife and child. vas passing over the
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad, en- route
to Hamilton, Canada. where be had an
engagement to preach. Mrs. Guard
was the owner Of Q very Ans diamond
ring. valued at about $500. and. In order
to please her child, had placed Il upon
her finger. In the meantime the child
was eating an orange, and while In the
act Of throwing the peel ont Of the car
window, Q short distance above the Bus
qushanns, the ring slipped of her Anger
and went out also. The train was NOV.
ing rapidly and there seemed to b. NO
hope Of recovering the lost treasure.
Subsequent search wal made whore the
ring was Lost, and for IL days the
ground was hunted very closely. every
inch Of Il being examined. and finally
the search had to b abandoned. A
couple OF weeks ago Il wss found In
a jewelers. store In Boston, whore II had
been sold By . lsborer employed a.
trackman on that same railroad. He
said he found Il By the side Of the track.
a few weeks before. whore. II hs told
the trutb- II must have lain for about
ave ystk. He has been suitably
rewarded and the risg restored 70 It.
much pleased and surprised owner.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-17
An Arctic Fruit.

The successful expedition Of PROBES
sor Nordsnskjold has proved that the
shores Of the Arctic sea are not 80 inhos-
pitabls - has been generally supposed.
Perhaps the most interesting Of the
minor discoveries made BY the learned
explorer II the finding of'a new remedy
against the dread Of al navigators and
the particular scouree Of Arctic sxpedi.
tons, namely, scurvy. Il sppsars that
there was not . single case OF this dis
ease during the whole voyage; and this
remarkable fact 10 due. mot to the en-.
ploymsnt Of lims-juios and other an.
tiscorbutics In ordinary uss. but to the
use Of Q curious little berry. hitherto
unreoognizsd. produced by Q plant which
fnds an ephsmsral existence In the snow
and ios during the short Arctic summer.
The berries are found In great album
dance, and are said 10 b . favorits fruit
with some Of the natives OF the great Ice
world. Its favor resembles that Of the
raspbsrry. but Il more acid. The mode
Of preparation adopted on the voyage Of
the Vega was 10 dry the berries and then
preserve them In the milk Of the rein.
deer, which 10 then allowed TO freeze.
In this state the fruit can b preserved
for IN indefinite period.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-17

The fellow who on Thursday quoted the
line about "winter lingering In the lap Of
spring." etc., clipped. fell and bit of the
end Of his tongue while trying TO steal .
free ride on the platform Of . bobtail car.
The hospitals refused 70 receive him and
he perishsd Of starvation. Sad but
just.-Ns~ York GraPhie.
A certain individual In Gold Hill has
got Of that Same expression 1870 times
this winter. and claims ID 70 bs original
with him. He also claims to bs the
author Of "The Beautiful Snow" and
the Fifteen puzzle. he looks pretty
healthy. but may die Of starvation yet
II he stays in his present business long
enough. With the present weather there
IL hope that he may alp and break . leg
or two. Winter 10 getting too many
laps on spring anyhow.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-17
. Beautiful Picture Of Home Life.
Bosfo,s Herald

Boston Herald.
A Now York young lady, according 10
correspondent, from whose life all hope
OF the pleasures Of youth was shut out
by the perpetual tormsats OF Q curved
spine, betook herself 10 painting birds
and blossoms, butterflies and bits Of sky
and earth that could be seen from her
| city window. Her mother, who 10 a.
sympsthetic a. she II intellectual, was
almost Withdrawn from o social circle
which she long adorned and illuminated.
TO brighten the ~sedsntary life OF her
daughter. To mako companionship
complete, and to establish . union Of
thought and pursuit, the mother took
up the brush and palette. and discovered
that her latent talent for really high art
Was quite willing 10 bs developed. And
90 they painted pictures together. these
two sweet, sad women, and they pre-.
scented them to their friends, and II Was
through these beautiful gifts that an ap.
preoistive world found them out and
brought the fruits Of their artistic hands
into public life.
By.and.by Tiffany sent an Ambassador
to beg . favor Of thsm. They were i'm.
plorsd to paint . screen for him, just -
o favor. and with the courtesy OF gentle
women they complied With his wish.
Aftsrwsrd something else was craved,
and now Tiffany wants everything that
they can furnish him. Their oiroum.
stances In life do not make generous
compensation for their pictures ss vel.
come 10 them % II would be II hunger
stood waiting outside their handsome
doors, but they remember Angelica
Kaufman and Rosa Bonheur. and accept
the good their pictures bring. both In
pleasure and fortune. These two women
are mentioned, because the sorrow and
sweetness OF their lives have not only
been made tolerabls TO themselves, but
svsn besutful, by their tender devotion
to genuine art, and to teach each other
at the same time. They produce pic.
lures In that sick chamber. the like Of
which are painted nowhere else In New
York.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-17
A Good Fish Story.
Forsst aud Stream.

forsst uho DUeoWs
One pleasant ummsr afternoon ! was
standing ON the shore OF . pond oh
Long Island way down-whsrs Mr..
Hallock has, I trow. many times and Oft
cast q line. Watching the play Of swal.
lows a. they SKINNED just over the sur.
face OF tho water before sunset. About
100 yards out was bed Of lily pads.
and as the swallows skippedit, occasion.
ally q good.sizsd ripple could DO seen
and sometimes . break from the edges,
indicating Ash there. This fastened my
attention to the particular place. / had
often seen cats play with swallows,
swoopine at them. but the idea Of fsh
doing the same Was something new to
me. Presently ! saw . clean breach
and 9 fine. large picksrsl showed his
whole size and got . swallow. too, as be
disappeared beneath the water. This !
saw repeated several times. and ! called
the attention Of my companion to this
novel sight. While We were watching
We saw two large Ash break at the same
swallow, the fab coming from opposite
directions and each head on TO each.
Both missed the swallow, but, singular
to relate, only one ash was seen to fall
into the water and neither was seen to
pass the other. Ny companion and
myself looked with wonder. There was
q great commotion in the water, with .
continuous spattering, and . boat being
handy We jumped In and rowsd to the
spot and picked up the largest pond
pickerel I ever saw. When We bad him
In the boat the mystery was solved; the
smaller Of the hsh had, In bis eagsrness
for the swallow, jumped clear down the
larger ones throat, and only the tail to
the extent OF about an inch showed.
The large fish was completely rent ssun.
der and killed BY the catastrophe. Both
together weighed "a pounds.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-17
The Commune.
Pars Letter,


Yesterday being March IS. the day on
which the Commune began. just nine
years ago, the sinister event was com.
msmoratsd by Q monster meeting. held
at the Sale dss Coolies, In the Rue OAR.
ras. The hall was hung with red. .
plaster bust Of the Republic adorned the
back Of the platform, and above 1t ap.
pesred . scroll with the single word
'.Amnestie" inscribed thereon In letters
Of gold. Round the hall were suspend.
ed Venetian lamps Of . rudy hue.
which threw . lurid glare upon the $500
motley heads eongregatsd below. Blood.
rcd banners fostsd here and there, and
near the door was Axed . placard which
had already done duty on . previous
occasion. and which ran thus: "6triks
for the universal Commune. Rshabil-
itated Ii our cause. Avenged It will DO.
Glorifed Il will remain. Ninth anuiver-
sary OF the Revolution OF MARCH, Is,
1871" Close by stood another banner.
upon which famed the words. "vive 10
Communsi" After some prsliminariss
had been gone through the Cheyenne
Rouzade, . great star among the Social
lists, appeared ct the tribune and made
the speech Of the evening. The "Cito-
yenns." q woman Of middle height, very
thin and angular. was clad In . black
dress Of the most severe simplicity. but
her hat was relieved with Q trioolor rib
bon. and . huge diamond sparklsd on
her baud.
She met, I need hardly add. with an
enthusiastic reception, and than, In cold,
dry tones she set to work to denounoe
the clergy and the governing classes"
Nature, she said. has made no one .
master among Ms. Deprive the general
OF his uniform, the cure OF his soutsne.
the Judge OF his robes, turn them all
into bathing attire. and then try and
recognize them. Brutal force and theft
have been the point Of departure OF the
first rich men and Of the arst masters.
Even the bourgeois" cannot deny this.
With more in the same strain. which all
loudly a~pplauded. At the conclusion OF
the address the audience arose to their
fest1nd made the hall ring again with
cries OF "Vivs / Annestis Vivs 70
Socialismel vive Ia Communei"