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Land Laws.
New York Sun. I

New York Sun.
Why is it that it is necessary for the
British Parliament to pass law regu-
latlng the rent of land in Ireland And
why is it that this Irish law is believed
to be only the precursor of similar laws
to be enacted for England and Scot
land?
The cause which has forced on this
mighty change in British legislation is
simply the swift navigation of the At
lantic and the introduction of American
beef and mutton into the old country.
As long as the tenant farmers of Eng
land, Scotland, and Ireland controlled
their own markets, they got paying
prices for the beef, mutton, and pork,
which formed their principal products
and thus they were enabled to pay the
heavy rates of rent which were exacted
for the land they leased. But when,
through increased speed of ocean trans
porlation, it became practical to import
beef and mutton from the United States,
whether on the hoof or slaughted, and
W SCH tllt SiIIic III tH6 bIlilSl HldThelS
at the prices of Texas and Missouri,
adding only the charges for transporta-
ton and insurance, the British or Irish
farmer, with his dear land and high
rates OF rent, found himself suddenly
brought into competition with the far
mer of Texas or Missouri, where the
price of land is only nominal, and the
rate of rent is comparatively trifing.
Hence the whole trouble in Ireland and
elsewhere.
Such is the cause which is revolU
tionizing the tenure and the revenue Of
land in the United Kingdom, reducing
its productive value, and rendering il
necessary for the Legislature to come il
and make new settlements between tn,
land owner and the tenant. Il Is 1
great and far reaching revolution, anC
its extent aud consequences have only
begun to be apparent.
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JONES. OF FLORIDA,
A Romance in Real Life.
HOW A WIFE AND HUSBAND WERE RE
UNITED.


UNITED.
Fifteen years ago Thomas L. Patter-
son, young man, was married to an es-
timable young lady of Wilmington, Del,
aud removing to Baltimore, he was en-
ployed in mercantile establishment.
After a year or two of happy welded
life, Patterson fell into habits of dissipa-
ton, and was accused Of dishonesty by
fellow clerk to cover his own mis-
deeds. His protestations Of innocence
bring disbelieved, Patterson fled, and his
abandoned wife returned to her Will
mington home, with her infant Years
rolled on, and nothing was heard of Pat
terson until newspaper reported that
man of the same name had been found
dead in hotel of an interior Pennsy-
vania town. The remains we're exhum
ed, and, mistakenly identified as Patter-
son, were inferred in Wilmington. His
grave was marked with tombstone,
and the widow frequently strewed
flowers upon it in memory of the lover
| of her youth. Recent disclosures proved
that the body recognized as his was
that of entire stranger. 1t appears that
Patterson on leaving Baltimore went to
Texas and engaged in cattle raising, III
which he was quite successful. He sold
out and engaged in teaming across New
Mexico, until he had recuperated III
nealth and fortune sufficiently to enable
him once more to claim his wife and
child. With this idea, he wrote to his
wife and entrusted the letter to a mes
senger to carry to the nearest post office
wn;;,~h was at no small distance. tol
some reason the letter was never mailed
or at least never received. aoon, attel
he was captured by an Indian raid, los
all that he possessed, and was hlmsel
taken prisoner. Making his escape, n
returned to civilization penniless
broken in health and spirits, and tel
unwilling to write to his wife. Finally
he worked his way to the home OF som
old friends in Wisconsin, and was warm
/ ly and tenderly cared for until, wit
renewed health, he had made anothe
attempt to recover his wife and child
He first wrote to an intimate friend llv
, ing IN w 1lmlHgtou, IndAtHS ny Aii
about his wife and child. Greatly SUI
orised at receiving a letter from on
supposed to be mouldering in the grave
the friend answered the letter, givin
the information asked for. and askin
aim to write more fully. This Mr.. Pa
terson did, enclosing a long letter
, his wife, describing his wanderings du
, / ing his exile. The friend then comml
| nicated the startling news to Mrs. Pa
terson, and delivered the letter frol
q her husband The correspondence r
suited in preparing the way for the +
union of the long separated family, an
Mr.. Patterson s circumstances now BEN
e / such as to justify the step, he will con
e on here in October to ciaim once mo-
e the wife whose joy that he is ally
n EQUALS grief when she mourned hi
1fI dead. Mr.. 7. L. Patterson is broth
N Of John G. Patterson, United States dl
d trict attorney for Delaware:
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The Future" Business!s
LEGAL AsPEoF OF THE CoRNERING OF
COTTON AND GRAIN.

LEGAL AsR1|Of Up iif@ SNiN-'
COTTON AND GRAIN.
New York Times.
The recent ''cornering" of the cotton
market in Liverpool has led to dis
cussion in England regarding the advi-
stability of action by Parliament to
restrict the buying and selling of "fu
lures" and to prevent such disastrous
oDerations. A similar form of bold
gambling with grain in Chicago has led
to the discovery that there is already a
law against it in the State of Illinois,
which only needs to be rigidly enforced
to put stop to the business. Judge
Jameson, of Chicago, has taken occa'
sion to bring the statute in question to
the attention of the grand jury of Cook
county, and to charge that body with
the duty of doing its part toward the
enforcement of the law. Dealing IN
cultures" forestalling the market, and
getting up CORNERS" are crimes in
| illinois, and punishable as such, and
certainly of all form of gambling they
are the most damaging and most dis
turbing to the general interests Of the
community. When speculation resorts
to the methods of the gamester and th'
highway robber it is certainly time SOM
legal checks were put upon it.
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NUMBER 49
AN ANCIENT TOAST.

II was giand dar in the old ehivalrie time,
tAe eircling around the board in a nobl
hail and the seuiptared walls rang with sen
unent and song. The lady of each knight
heart was pledged by name and many sylla
ole significant of loveliness had been uttered
until It came TO ST. Icons turn. when. lifiin
the sparkling cup on high:
drink 10 one,' he said,
whose image never maY depart.
Deep craven on a,gratefnl heart,
I'LL memory Is dead.
10 one whose love for me shall last
when lighter passions long have passed,
so holy It's and true:
10 one whose love has longer dwelt
More deeply fixed, more keenly felt
Than any pledged by you"
Zach guest upstarted at the word,
And laid Il hand upon his swcrl.
With fiery fiashing eve:
And Stanley said, we crave the name,
Proud knight, OF this most peerless dame,
Whose love you count so high"
ST. Leon paused, as if he would
Not breathe her name in careless mood.
Thus lightly to another,
Then bent his noble head As thcuah
To give that name the reverence due
And gently said, My Mother"
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needed less preparation than james
g Blaine. He is infallible IN history,
and impregnable in debate. bis mem
ory of facts and figures IS absolutely
wonderful. He can begin with William
the Conqurer and give you the name OF
every sovereign of England down to
Victoria, with the dates of their reigns.
Now and then the Senator would give
his personal attention to the printing
of speech.
One morning Oyster found him busi-
ly at work ''cutting" up copy for the
printers, "Hello, Oyster, I'm ahead OF
YOU; see, Pm dividing copy" es,
Senator, | see you're ahead Of me, but
| went home only six hours ago, and
shall be here for sixteen consecutive
hours" ''Well, 1 know its hard work,
OYSTER. I've been at it and know what
night work means"
VOORHEES, PREPARES HIS SPEECHES
carefully and revises moderately. He
is one of the few-very few-men who
use manuscript in such way that not
single oratorical grace is diminished
thereby. Whether this is because he
commits his speech well to memory or
not Inever could tell. l rather think
he does. But, with or without manu-
script, VOORHEES, is an orator of the first
school. As a rule, the very sight OF
manuscript in the hands of speaker is
enough to nerve me for bore. Demos
themes was right when he said: Oratory
is delivery-delivery-deliver is killed
by manuscript.
JONES, OF FLORIDA,
always hard student, labors diligently
at ''set speech" He is passionately
fond of Edmond Burke, and knows his
works as | never knew any other to
know them. He has memory equal to
Blaine's or Ben Hills, and time and
lime again have | heard him repeat
page after page of Burke's immortal
speeches. It is the same with the
speeches of Phillips, Gratan, Curran,
and O'Connell. Jones is a very able
man. His Democracy is extreme, but
out of politics he is one of the cleverest
fellows the world over.
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a faeetious young man calls Ger
tain female institute ssVennor weather
prediction, because il contains so many
misses. -Norriston Herald.
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VOLUME Xiv.
SENATORIAL ORATORS.

How SOME OF THE SoLoNs OF THE UNI-
TED STATES SENATE PREPARE THEIR
SPEECHES AND REVISE THEM BEFORE
THEY Go INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD
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A Mermaid.
THE REMAINS OF ONE OF THESE STRANGE
CREATURES OF THE SEA ON THE STEAM
SHIP NELLY ABBY,


SHIP NELLY ABBY,
N. o. Times
MERMAID sea woman a fabulous
marine animal represented as having
the head of woman with the tail OF a
fish" So says the photographer, and
as such has been considered by all who
live in this enlightened age. notWith-
standing the fact that frequent mention
las been made Of these semi-mortal
and semi-fnny beings by the most an
Gent writers, sung by poets and painted
in glowing eolors, for the amusement OF
the little folks in fairy tales.
A real mermaid in this advanced
stage of navigation ordinarily would
and it difficult to keep from the sight
of human beings, and up to some two
months ago succeeded in evading cap
ture. when a native fisherman, resi-
dent of Aspinwall, captured one OF
these beings and successfully pressed it.
This wonderful curiosity arrived in this
city ON the steamship Nelley Abby,
now living at the head of Josephine
street. and through the courtesy Of
1 CAPTAIN 11OfuS3 tnc 7ONh1A, . 4A-1A~>
reporter was yesterday allowed t
examine it. The photographers defni
tion fully covers the case, and al
doubling individuals can call at the shiI
and see for themselves.
THE SILKY BLoNDE HAIR
on the head of this curiosity still re
/ mains the features Of the face ar
perfect even to the teeth, the arms are
The same as human beings with claw
resembling an eagles talons in place Q
| the finger nails. From the waist u
| the resemblance to a human being Is IN
| mistakable, and from the waist dow
tha body IS exactly the same as q
ordinary mnllet, with scales, fins ant
tail perfect. Captain Horn came int
rossession Of this wonder through Mr
tsroeh Of the Boston Ice Company
stationed in the city Of Panama ssy
| eral scientists yesterday visited th
shin and examined this curiosity
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THE SILKY BLoNDE HAIR

70 know that thing i right and
not dc it Is weakness.
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WAS THURMAN.

Occasionally he spoke from manuscript,
but the stenographer took down every
word he said, as the old gentleman
would forget his manuscript and drift
into extempore eloquence. Thurman,
though never a graceful speaker, was
always forcibie. He was, beyond all
doubt, the ablest of the Democrats and
their leader from the time he entered
the Senate.
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g Heed but the bearing of tree,
And if it yield a wholesome fruit
A shallow, envious fool is he
Who enurns IL for its forest root

Heed but the bearing OF tree
And if it yield wholesome fruit
A shallow, envious fool is he
Who spurns it for its forest root
But really, ladies, l would have to tear
myself away if Venus and all the graees
were pleading with me to remain, and
bowing profoundly he passed over to
where Amy was standing.
Miss lie Roy am delighted
to meet ynu after all these years.
Mr.. Ainsley, think !" she said,
placing her hand in his, just as # she
had not carried his image in her heart
since they parted:
When she was only district teacher
she had given her love, unasked, to this
man, and then, realizing how foolish
she was, she placed it in 9 little cham,
/ Der Of her heart, closed the doors and
/ windows, and entered the arena OF hfei
with every faculty concentrated IN heI
art, she competed for laurels, and won
them.
After Harry Ainsley presented him
self SO abruptly Amy felt rather IL at
ease, and she soon left Mrs. Montague
and sought her rooms ct the hotel
With i petuIant little motion sh,
spurned her wrappings from her, walked
to the mirror, and stood looking s1oical
II upon her glorious young beauty,
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EDMuNps NEvER usEs NorEs,

and once speech is out of his mouth
he doesn't bother his head about it.
During all the years he has been in the
senate, he has not revised a single
speech. He turns everything in his
mind beforehand, and never rises to ad.
dress the Senate without having weighed
in the scale of his great mind what he
intends saying.
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B. w. Oyster, Esq:
: Nv DEAR srR: / beg you to receive my
thsnIs for the bound speech, and ior your
Eindness throughout. | am glao 70 nass ss
made your acquaintance. ana slllss A.'1s
Enow ~ Won better in future,
AA10" Cordially yours,
RoscoE CoSKLING
Of all the Senators, Conkilng yrl1es
the best hand--large, easy, graceful ..lI III
lepible. His signature, however, MOaa9 :.o..S
be : study to any one not acqualnse0
with it.
rHn PRESENT SECRETARY Of STATE
nsr,l,er Of the Senate, used e
iook 4 carefully after his speeches 3 w9aen e...
for the most part. were maus -. -,
ssheadings. Probably there nessL ~. -.
i tie United States Senate 2 man ~
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RAYARD WORKS HARD

at his speeches, and though he writes
them out and follows his manuscript
closely, he revises after proof is taken.
He makes few changes, however, bui
holds the proof very often until z
o'clock in the morning, as he spends
his evenings generally in social circles,
He is good penman, writing good
sized running hand.
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more than any other Senator, INDUCES
in manuscript, preparing even a i've
minutes speech with great care. This
has been his infexible rule, and has
been since he entered pablie life. After
he delivers his speeches, or rather after
he reads them, he hands his manuscript
to Mr.. Murphy, the Senate stenograph-
er, who sends it to the Government
printing office. The compositors never
have any anathemas for the judges
writing, which is large, distinct, and
full of character.
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has been done by worms. Eighty per cent.
/ of the crop has been picked. The yield
will be about 75 per cent. of the crop of last
year.
Mr.. Lanier, of Huntsville, Ala, shot
and killed II, l. Love at Greenville on Fri
day, Love was at one time connected with
a paper in Columbus, Miss, aud will be re-
membered by our press brethren as the per-
son who delivered an address at the YazOo
CITY meeting of the Press Association. For
the past year he has been acting as South
ern agent for Northern capitalists, and is
well known in all parts of this State and
| Alabama A few weeks ago, Love was en-
gagged TO a Miss Johnston, one Of the most
beautiful and attractive ladies in Hunts
vile society, and he had gone so far as to
have the wedding invitations printed. Il
appears that she learned some things in re-
gard to Love, that caused her to change her
mind, and marry another suitOr, young
man named Lanier, gentleman of high
standing and fine family connections. Love,
being foiled in his game, caused to be cir
Iculated the invitations he had had printed,
having added to them a scandalous card,
rejecting on the virtue and character Of the
lady. He then departed. Lanier, it aP-
pears, has been tracking him ever since, and
on Friday found him in Greenville, where
he was in the capacity of special corresPon-
dent of the Yicksbqrg Herald. Coming
upon him, Lanier shot him in the race and
breast with load Of bnckshot from a gun,
at which Love fell to the gO0nd, and began
crawling away from the spot. Drawing
two pistols which he had, Lanier emptied
them in the body of the miserable victim,
literally riddling him. Public sentiment
upholds his action, He could not have
done less
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-22
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and that where all other medicines
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Drug Store you a get a trial bottle
free of cost, or a regular size bottle
for $L.OO. janl6ly(2)
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-22
FOSTER, MILBURN, & Co., Props,
BUFFALO, N. Y.
Sold az Wholesale hy Isb g. NcNehon and G. +
ORDINANCE NO. 267.

An ordinance for levying q special tax for the
g trading of Cass street from the center of 18th
street west to oath street (Omaha street in
Sweesey's addition) in the city Of Omaha, in the
county OF Douglas and State of Nebraska.
fe it ordained by the city council of the city OF
Omaha:
SECTION /. That the several sums set opposite
parts of lots and pieces of ground being lots and
pieces of ground adjacent to and abutting upon
Cass street in the city Of Omaha, be and the same
is hereby levied AID assessed as a special tax and
assessment upon said lots and pieces OF ground,
the same being for one half the cost and expenses
of bringing said Cass street in the city OF Omaha,
from the center of 18th street to oath street to
the new established grade, said grading having
been duly perform ed under contract made by the
city Of Omaha with Duffy Brothers, contractors,
and said improvement being now entirely COM
pleted:
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-22
Stooirley Strung.
aaA.tuNl h..

BATAVIA, N. Y, August 10.-Chas.
Stockley, the assassinof John Walker,
a farmer, his employer, passed his
last night on earth quietly. He ate
ice cream and cake with his brother
John, at 10 p. m. Afterward he slept
from III O'Clock until 6 o'clock this
morning, when he arose and ate a
hearty breakfast of beefsteak and
potatoes. He was led to the Jail yard
at 1898. Rev. Mr.. Everest offered
prayer and Sheriff Griffin asked the
condemned man if he had anything to
say. He murmured "No, sir. The
moose and cap were then adjusted and
at Hop the drop was pulled Stock
ley shiyered convulsively a moment
and his hands dropped to his side.
At lilo, DIR. Cole pronounced life
extinct and the body was lowered at
HIP. A large crowd surrounded the
Jail.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-22

in places, but he is not bed-sore by
any means"
"Has he been troubled by bad air
and malaria here!'
"Well, there is enough of it around,
and the sooner he can be moved from
here the better: but, of course, that
is out of the question just now.
"Has he been conscious since this
relapseF"
eyes, his mind hasbeen very tight,
and he has fully realized that he has
been in a precarious condition, except
when just waking up, when he may
have been Eighty. He has always
known what is going on. Docs he
say anythingl' "He talks very little;
he simply lies still without moving a
finger, sleeping as much MS possible,
and trying to regain strength" How
has Mrs. Garfield felt about this
matter?' "She has fully real
lied the danger. Indeed, L
told her fully what to ex-
pect when the first relapse occurred.
She has borne up well and has spent
most of her time with the president.
How is her health2 Very good in
deed, and she is doing everything to
keep we'll" SIS there any truth in
the story telegraphed from New York
that Mrs, Garfield is in a delicate con-
ditioa2" "None whatever. L saw
hat story, and it demands only un-
qualified denial as false"
What is the prospect for the presi-
dentl"
"He is a desperately sick man, but
he is growing better each hour, and
we have strong hopes now that he will
pull through"
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-22
A Terrible Feud
National Associated Press,

National Associated Press.
MoRRIsTowN, Tenn, August 10
During the session of the circuit
court at Huntsville, Scott county, a
fearful riot took place which originat-
ed in an old feud between prominent
families. Two hundred men
were in the crowd and at least
twenty men were fighting at one time
with pistols, knives and rocks. The
sheriff summoned a posse and at
tempted to quell the fight but without
success. In the midst of the melee
the wife OF Ashbury Burg, who was
N of the participants, rushed in to
persuade her husband to desist, when
a rock struck her in the back with
such violence that it will cause her
death. The riot was only ended by
those taking part wearing themselves
out. No n was killed outright but
many were terribly injured.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-22
A Captains Terrible Suffering.
National Associated Prpgs.

COLUMBUS, Ga, August 1%0.--Intel-
ligence from Key West says that the
American bark Aberdeen, Cork, mas
ter, laden with mahogany, was brought
in by the schooner Madgie. When
otthevesselwashelpless
there being butoneman ondeck and she
was drifting at the mercy of the winds.
She loaded at Santa Cruz, Cuba, and
two days after sailing struck an I'M
known rock, where she remained two
days, subsequently experienced heavy
weather and was wrecked both fore
and main masts. The crew snccumb-
ed to malarial fever, which they con
tracted at Santa Cruz, and one by one
fell sick. The master, on whom ev-
erything devolved, fought against the
disease until the vessel was turned
over to the salvors, when he fell ex-
hausted. He stood at the wheel three
days until his feet burst, there not be-
ing a man on board able to relieve
him.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-22
TRJTE TO mi TRUST

Too much cannot be said of the
ever faithful wife and mother, con
stantly watching and caring for her
dear ones, never neglecting a single
duty in their behalf. When they are
assailed by disease, and the system
should havo a through cleansing, the
stomach and bowels regulated, blood
purified, malarial poison exterminated,
she must know that Electric Bitters
are the only sure remedy. They are
the best and purest medicine in the
world, and only cost fifty cents. Sold
bv Ish & McMahon, (2)
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-22
About Davitt's Rearrest.

NAIIUHUI hssoIAtuu TTtas,
LONDON, August 20. In the house
of commons, which sat to-day in vio-
lation of the ordinary custom which
makes Saturday a dies non, Parnell,
in pursuance of a notice whichhe gave
yesterday, called attention to the no.
arrest of Michael Dayitt, which he de-
clares was not warranted by anything
Dayitt had said or done since his for
mer release on n ticket of leave. Sir
William Vernon H~arcourt, home Sec
rotary, continued that Davitt, by his
acts and language, has rendered his
arrest a duty on the part of the gov
eminent.