New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-14

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gary. where they perform tho rudest kind of labor
The women work with the men, and can scarcely be
distinguished from them IN features or dress IL IS
not an uncommon sight, in Vienna, to see sioYak
/ women digging sewers cleaning the streets or
carving bricks and mortar to the tops Of buildings
| The immigrants who have come TO New-iork seem
10 have been driven from their homes By famine,
resulting from the destruction Of their crops by
floods The condition of their country resembles
that Of Silesia. The Magyars. with whom these
poor peopie are confouuded, rarely emigrate They
have fertile country. and are intelligent indus
trious and intensely patriotic. The only consider
able influx of Hungarian immigration we have ever
received was after the suppression Of the Revolution
of 1915.
Dr. stephan the chief Of the German Postal and
Telegraph Department, gave a novel ball III Vienna
lately All the servants were dressed in the cos
tune Of Positions In the course of the festvi-
ties post-wagon, fully equipped, with harness
and diver, was driven into the dancing saloon.
Tie guests danced around a telegraph-pole adorned
with many-coored ribbons. Envelopes containing
bon bous were distributed among them from letter
boxes exactly like those upon the Berlin street
corners. Werner Slemens. the inventor, VINO Is
called the German Edison. provided for the occa-
sion a novel electrical lighthouse. The dancers
were gwen keys to the door Of the towers, some OF
which had the magic quality of causing the lamp 20
send forth a brilliant hime. The couples possess
ing the right KEYS watzed in the glow of the sud
den illumination, but those who cond not make the
tower respond we're hged to retire from the floor
amid the amusement OF the spectators. At o'clock
a fanfare of Positions horns gave the signal Tor
supper.
One dismal little item of news comes from huSSia
the unpleasautly significant fact that while lor
years past the private sales OF empower
IN all tho Empire have not exceeded III vaiue
700 600 roubles IN 1879 the returns reached
the sum of 100000 roubes. 1t is sup
posed that the revolutionary party has bought
and secreted large stores Of the explosive, WITH
view to literal blowing mp Of the Govern
ment. or a contest IN the field with what
ever may be left of it, after one OF the
sulphurous Palace episodes There Is nothing more
curious than the faith which the modern Commu-
INST has in gunpowder as reformatory agent not
withstandng all history Demonstrates its worse
than worthlessness. The political missionary whose
first notion is that he must kill somebody, isn't
! likely TO make the world any happier or to BRING
about any. change at all desirable What never has
been done q, isn't likely to be done now Guy
! Fawkoses are out Of date.
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in The Springfield Republican. The town was "es'-
field. Mass. The first TO vote Miss Belle flolton,
! high school teacher; then followed two or three
normal school teachers; but nj o'clock in marched
in body. forty-eight women led by police officer
who cleared the way for them. We are sorry to say
that only two or three of all the mon present wera
well-bred enough 70 remove their hats or TO stop
! smoking when the women appeared which proves
| that there are blackguards in Westheld as else
where. The more man thinks that woman should
not vote. the more civil he should be to her when
she appears at the polls. If not an ass he ""hid
sec that IN no better way could he enforce ms posi-
tion than by a peculiar and studied poiteness; and
if he neglects this he proves that the women whom
he insults are better fitted to vote than he's.
The storm of Thursday offered another opportu-
nity for our life-saving to show their mettle
From all along the Jersey coast come reports OF
foupdered vessels, and crews saved by the skilled
and watchfnI lfe-saving soldiers on shore. The
country has reason to be proud Of this branch OF her
service, which has proved this Winter the efficacy
| of the severe inspection aud drilling given to 1t
dining tho last Two years by the superintendent and
| his assistants l. Is curious to observe that the
| noDers which holly contested the establishment OF
This service on secure basis step by STEP are now
foremost in leading the applause for It's gallant
work. With the multitude. according to the old
saw, nothing succeeds but success.
Garcelon swears he is an Innocent Did he nave