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the latest work OF the destructiyes is
tha black enine Of the memory Of Isaac Van
Watt, John Paulling and David Williams
the captors OF Major Andre. Many Of the
pattisans OH both sides along The Hudson
We're "ooW~b0ys" aud "skinners" thieves
aud robbers. but tho three men who took
Andre have been credited with honesty be-
canse they refused to be bought. The
New York Evsni,a0 Post. however, pub
fishes some letters which We're sent to it by
correspondent who says they have never
been printed before from which it would
aeem that the reason Why the bribe was not
accepted was that 1t was not otferad in
ready cash. aud that by so doing service
to the American cause the trio Of SEMI out.
laws hoped to be forgiven for sonls Of their
known misdeeda as we'll as to be rewarded
Tor ihe capture, both Of which things hap
pened to them. The three letters are from
Major Tallnaadgs, who was tho officer in
charge of Andre during his imprisonment
and At the time OF his execution; Gen.
Joshna King Of Ridgefeld, Conn, who was
in charge Of the detachment which con.
tlacted Andre to Washington's headquar-
ters; and A. j. Hammond, who wrote to
Capt. Bowman as follows: Il tlo know
ttha they were horse and COW stealers, and
! have been in pursuit Of them many times
by order, and nothing but stopping Andre
conld have obtained their pardon; that had
they all three been hanged with Andre
they wonld have had their inst deserts.
Here opens widd tiell for the revision Of
school books and the patriotic literature OF
the revolution.
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GOLD PENCILS AND PENS,
ii"W They Are Made and by Whom They
Are Used.

uo" They Are Made and by Whom They
Are Used.
From the Providence Journal.
An important branch of the iewelry bust
ness in the city is the manufacture Of pen
ellis and pencil cases. The largest interest
Of the kind in the country is in this city.
More than half million pencils are manu-.
factured every year. There are the pencils
that are made Of gold or rolled plate, with
varions devices for rropelling the lead
holder from its case and for returning it to
it. The pencils are made in about one
hundred and fifty styles and vary from two
dollars per dozen to twenty-five dollars and
more. From the increase in appliances for
writer's 1t would appear that the gold pencil
the case. Gold pencils are practically use.
less for hard labor and are not employed,
but for light scratching, for ladies' memor-
anda. they ore convenient and elegant &C.
compartments. Some are provided with
rings at the end, that the owner may be
tied to them like the boy to the mittsns.
Few sterling gold pencils are made. The
rolled plate answers its purpose as we'll as
the paste diamond serves its purpose.
Gold pens are made here and are in ex.
tensive use. Pens are made Of pure metal
Metals of the baser sort will serve the par
oose. The careful tier finds economy in
.gold pen, but the careless scri5bler de-
serves nothing better than steel point.
there are men who have used one pen,
With point perhaps renewed several times. tor
dve or more years. The stylogrephic pen
bas come into general use by ready writer's
who have too much to do to 60 into the
shading and ornament business, which is
one Of ink wasting. Some have discarded
the stylographic pen, because it was not
always ready for business, as they thought,
simply because the art Of holding it had
not been acquired.
The Worthington advance., 1882-04-06

MINNEAPOLIS, according to statement
in the Tribune Of that city, has four-hun-
dred and fifty cases Of typhoid fever. There
seemed to be no obvious cause for 80 mucn
sickness OF that character, and many spec
uiations were offered upon the subject.
One alleged cause exists in the fact that
the sewerage or drainage Of tho fiat site of
the city is very defective, and that the wa.
ter system does not reach the newer parts
of the city, necessltating the nse of water
from wells and cisterns. The dejections of
typhoid fever patients find their way by
percolation through the soil at distance at
times OF even 200 feet from, vaults, sewers
and various other receptaoles to cisterus,
reservoirs and running streams, feeding
houses and communities with drink. It is
generally conceded to be true that human
beings who do not drink or in any way con-
sumo human excrement seldom suffer from
typhoid fever.
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The New Minnesota CaDitOl,

In an interview yesterday Gov. Hubbard made
some revelations concerning the new capitol and
the prospects OF its completion. Work, which has
been suspended during the winter months, will be
resumed on Monday, when Contractor Burris will
begin laying the brickwork. An unexpected dinl-
Guilty has arisen, owing to deficiency in the appro.
priation and the wording Of the act passed at the
extra session Of the legislature making the nom
completion of the building in all respects with the
contracts according to the architects estimates
amount to $245. 900. while the sum available is
only 81 81 900. showing deficiency OF $64 900.
But The act Of the extra session appropriatina
$lOO.OCO requires that this sum with the former
appropriations shall finish and furnish the building
The governors opinion Is that fully $25, 900 will
be required tor the complete furnishing Of the
whole building, which makes total deficiency OF
$4,000. 1t ia impossible to expend the available
funds making them 60 rs fat as possible the act
referred TO prohibits such action, by requiring the
entire completion Of the building with the amounts
heretofore appropriated. Tho existing co.ltracts
will be carried out. aud by tho cose Of this season
the building will probably he under roof, but 10
part Of it will be in condition for occupancy.
1t is too late to modify the plans contracts in any
for material for the main superstructure have
nearly all been made. with so much mate1la. on the
ground that changes that would lessen the cost can
not we'll De made Under the law it is impossible
for Gov Hubbard to complete the building until
further appropriations made at the next session
Of the legislature There seems to be no doubt but
that the State officers will have to occupy their
present quarters in the market building for long
time-prObably until the fall of 1883.
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THERE is co lack of promptness in tho
procedure Of British Justice. In the case
OF DIR. Sampson, just convicted Of poison.
ing his brother-in law, the crime was com-
'nitted on Dec. Sd, the cose OF the govern-
ment was ready Jan. Goth, and the trial
lasted only q week, although it involved
delicate questions as to the effects Of
poisons, the defense making no complaint
OF insdequacy of time or stringency of
treatment Having been convicted, the
execution of the prisoner is fixed for April
10th, and besides the examination of the
case by the Homo Secretary. there will be
no further appeal nor any delay of Justice.
His counsel did NIL they could for him on
the trial, then ceased. In this country.
under similcr circumstances. many criminal
lawyers would consider this work by no
means ended on conviction and sentence.
fno!ic sentiment in his favor, and against
capital punishment mnnt be manufactured.
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The great floods Of the Ohio river are at
tribnted to the destruction Of forests along
it's northern tributaries. The bare hills of
Ohio and Indiana have shed tho rain like
slate roofs, and the water which, il the
trees had been left standing, would have
been held back by old logs, mosses, up.
turned roots and distractions Of all sorts
for weeks and months has gone with rush
into the streams which have borne away in
torrents of few days the supply of water
which sheula have lasted them all through
the next summer. As it Is. these beds will
he dry and dusty before August, except as
now and then storm sends down another
torrent laden with the rich soil that consti-
tntes the real wealth Of the land. The
same conditions are still more strikinely
apparent in the Cumberland which was re-
Gently SO high as to do frightfnI mischief,
but vas nearly dried up during the heat Of
last summer.
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Pf6bOsed Reduction 0f Internal Revenue.

Proposed Reduction af Internal Revenue.
WAsHN0ToN, March S.-The house ccm.
mittee on ways and means has Agreed upon 4
bill to reduce Internal revenue It repeals the
stamp tax On bank checks, drafts, orders and
vouchers; tho tax on capital and deposits OF
banks aud bankers under section 34O8, re-
vised statutes, a. amended; the tsx Gu capital
aud deposits Of national banks under section
62l4. revised statutes lnot including the
taxes on capital and deposits Of said banks.
Lanlers and national banks for the current stx
months the period ending in case OF national
banks the 30th Of June, 1852, and In case Of
other banks and bankers the 3lst Of May,
1882; and the tax On matches. perfumery,
medicinal preparations and other articles
impoeed by schedule A. following section
3437, revised statutes
From and after the LIST Of May, 1882 recti6ers OF
distilled spirits shall pay . special tax Of el2O.
Any person who rectifles less than 500 barrels .
year shall pay $40. Wholesale liquor dealers.
$50: retail liquor Dealers $l2; dealers in manufac-
So: manufacturers Of cigars SO; wholesale dealers
in malt liquors. $50: retail dealers SO; brewers,
$50; any person who manuiactnres less than 500
and taxes as fooWs Fs ped
d!ers nEst:clsss. $50: second, $l5: third. 1920:
fourth, $500. Manufacturers Ct stills pay $36
Rn0 VI Tor each etlIl or worm lot OlsIlll1nG InaNe
Retail dealers in leaf tobacco, $3.50 and 80 cents
additional for each dollar on the amount Of their
sales IN excess OF $1,000 On cigars Of all descrip-
tions made Of tobacco or any substitute therefor
sold OF removed for consumption or eale shall be
paid by manufacturers 50 per thousand. On
cigarettes weighing more than three pounds to the
thousand, $5 per thousand.
Members OF the committee say their action is
not in conflict with the decree of the Republi-
can caucus, for that decree was against reduc-
ton Of the tax on whisky and tobacco only.
The bill Of the committee makes q total annual
reduction Of $29, ,000 0Go The reduction Of
ton Of the tax on checks, proprietory articles
and all articles In schedule A, is SIG, ,S72,-
$50. The reduction on cigars and cigarettes
is so, 100000.
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EDWIN D. MORGAN. ex-governor of
New YORK, a far sighted and able business
man, thinks property will be worth this
year aa much as in 1881, though money is
little tighter. In regard to national af-
fairs he says, We are collecting too much
for internal taxes and for duties on imports.
Az an American citizen, it is pleasant to
see the debt diminish hundred millions
year, or more; but it il bad policy. The
country ia uneasy on account Of tho large
amount Of coin held by the government.
and plans are constantly being put forward
TO get the money out Of the United States
treasury which are sometimes doubtful. It
would be far better that the money should
not go into the treasury, and this can only
be done by reducing the duties on imports,
and by largely diminishing. If not doing
away altogether with, the internal revenue,
payment Of tho debt to spread over large
number of years, so that the people of the
south, who are chiefly instrumental in oaus.
ing it, will have moro ability than they now
have to help us payit.
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4 CeleSti;l! Prison.

Although ~ previously mentioned in the
Times, Mrs. Tsun, the Chinese minister's
wife. receives no visitors aud never leaves
the building occupied BY the legation, she is,
l hear very cheerful, as she has always been
accustomed 10 seclusion. Her husband
has two nepews here. lads Of fourteen and
nineteen years Of age, respectively, and they
are PERMITTED to see her, az according to the
Chinese etiqutte a husbands Younger
brothers and his nephews may zee his wife.
bnt no others Of his male relatives. These
nophews are very intelligent, and although
they came only in December already speak
English we'll. They attend school here and
and have made great progress. Mr. Bartlett,
the Ameican secretary of the Chinese leea.
ton, hos wife and daughter who, because
of his connection with the legation. are
PERMITTED by tbs minister to call on bis
wife, and when they do 80 converse with
her through his nephews. It is a rigorous
custom IN China to seclude lady of rank.
Mrs. Angel, the wife of our minister to
China, who was recently here with her hus.
band, mentioned that during her four yesrs'
residence in China sue never saw q Chinese
lady Of rank. The wife of the viceroy, who
lives In one Of the larger Chinese cities,
has been immured in her house for several
years because there 10 no one In the place
whsre she lives Of high enough rank for her
to call upon. The only other lady in tho
empire on whom the viceroy's wife could
call is the empress, who lives At Pskin,
whore the viceroy's wife doss not live.
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School Districts Defined.

The following decision given by the attor
ney general relative to school districts and the
privileges Of nou residents Of any districts, was
received yesterday by the superintendent OF
public instruction:
Hon. D. L. Kiehe, Superintendent OF Public In
ssruction~Dear Sir: In response to your favor
submitting certain questions for my opinion.
ton. viz: rs six miles square Equivalent to thirty
chapter 3G, G. L., 1878! In other words, can a
district be more than six miles long?" That in my
opinion six miles square is not equivalent to thirty
six square miles. Under this section the district
may comprise an entire township irrespective ol
its!ength. bretth or area: or it may comprise 9
territory six miles square in different townships. In
tho latter it's dimensions definitely fixed.
and tho authority is statutory II cannot be ex-
tended by construction or implication.
To your second query. viz. Does this section
authorize county commissioners to give any non.
resident OF school district privileges within
it.? l answer that the school privilege.
which the county commissioners are authorized by
this section to grant are confined to such dis
tricts," e., district composed Of an entire town
ship, OF SIX miles square, and Is also limited Il
'persons non-reAdents OF such district and tt
whom the school IN sch district Is easier Of access
than the school in any other district" 1t does no
apply to school districts In general TO your third
query. VIZ: In pro1iso 9, section II. 10 any hm
itation to the magnitude Of school district i'm
plied?" l answer that there is no such limitation
implied in the section in my opinion.
WM. J. HAHN, Attorney General.
ST. PAUL. March 2e.
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Thoughts VI Thoughtful Ae1.

A fool may have his coat embroidered
with gold, but it ia fools coat s;i,l.-Riu-
ar0i
In this world Of charge, naught which
comes stays, and naught which goes is lost:
--Madame ;Stre!chine.
Virtue and decency are so nearly related
that it is difficult to separate them from
each other but IN cur imAgination.--T Tully.
Poverty is hard. but dob: is horrible;
man might as we'll havs smoky house and
a scoldlng wife, which are said to be the
two wo:st evils of ca. life.- Spuygeon.
There ar. some critics who change every
thing that comes under their hAnds to goi.i,
but to this privilege of Midas they JON
sometimes his ears j. Petit Senn.
To buy books only because they were
published by An eminent pricter is muca
the sau.e as if a man should bIs elothes
t1st did not fit him. only because made by
some famous tailor.-PCpe.
A word that has been said may be un-
said; it is but air. Bat when a deed is
done, it cannot be undone, nor can OIL:
thoughts reach out to all the lnischiefs that
may follow.-Loagfello,o.
Grit is grain of character. It NAV gsn-
orally be desc, ibed as heroism materiailzed
spirit and will thrust into heart and brain
and backbone, 50 as to form part Of tt.
physical substance of the nan.-- Wh;;,rl..
Education gives fecunjisy Of thought,
copiousnes5 Of illustration. q1ickness, vic.
Or. fancy, words. images an! illustrations;
it decorates everv common thing, and gives
the power of triAne without being undig-
lifted and absurd. Sydney Smith,.
Fame has no necessary injunction with
praise; it may exist without the breath of
word; It is recognition of fexcsllence which
must be felt. but need not be spoken Evrn
the envious must feel il. and hate in sill
ence.- Washington AllstCu.
Beauty too often sacrifices to fashion
The spirit of fashion is not the beautiful,
but the wilfn|; not the graceful but the fam
tastic; not the superior in the abstract, but
the superior in the worst of all concretes--
the vul gar. leigh Hunt.
A conclusion may be formed as to the
nature Of the angels, from the circum-
stance that they dwell In the light Ct heav-
en-, and the light Of heaven, in its essence.
is the Divine Truth or Divine Wisdom;
which light simultaneously enlightens their
internsl sight, which is that Of the mind,
aud their external sight, which is that OF
the eyes.-Suelenbor0.
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oRIhHEa

Second Lieut. John McMartiu o! the Twenty
fifth infantry arrived 10 Saltwater last week
from Fort Randall, D. r., with two prisoners,
"a follows: Edward Mack and Robert Lincoln,
convicted OF conduct prejudicial to the good
to fifteen and ten years respectively in the state
prison. The party consisted Of i've persons,
all eolored.
Polk Wells. arrested in Randolph, Wis, Feb
ruary rs, for robbing bank At Riverton
laat July. aud etealing horses 1T Sidney, Iowa,
pleaded guilty to the latter. and was sentenced
against him for bank robbery was continued to
the next term OF the court, the district attorney
having neglected to get tho case in shape tor
trial.
E1-Keeper Blodgett testified in Albany, ct the
inquiry into the abuses in Sing Sing prison. that
hes resigned because he could not stand the evil
dences Of brutality around him, and would not be
keeper there again for 5 900 per month, on
account OF hearing the meanings and wailings
Of the convicts being padded.
The investigation into the opium smuggling
operations recently detected In San Francisco
develops ascandulOus conspiracy to defraud
tho government on the part of oortain city and
federal officers. The conspiracy was revealed
through correspondence conducted in the Chi
nese language, just introduced az evidence
Guiteau exhibits much interest in reading &C.
the hangtngs Of last Friday and remarking
that all died without showing fear, said: 'l'i1
die without f'inching. too, II an executed,
zee. If don't" He insists, however, that he
will get new trial.
Ex-Gov. Moses Of South Carolina, whom IN
ungenerous constituency had hoped was gath.
sred sS to the thieves reward, turn: up ss con-
& At Chapman Court house, Va, Doc. Wright
was hanged on Friday for the marler OF Cole
Arthur In February, 1881. He declared his
innocence on tho acaffoid.
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STEAMER BURNED OArNcMpHlS.
The Lives 1T Thifty-F Five ON BOARD Lost
Burning amt bro Svnink.

fhe Lives 1T Thirty-F ON BOARD Lost by
Burning amt browning.
The CihcinnAtti and New Orleans packet
Golden City, eli route from Now Orleans to Gin
cinn.u, burned Ut the wharf this morning 1T
/ 80 O'Clock. Between thirty and fifty lives
were lost, principally women aud children.
discovered on fire by the second engineer, Rob
ert Kelley, who Immediately notified Capt Price
Purcell. sr., the pilo. co watch The boats
bow Was at once headed for the shore, and In
four minutes afterwards she touched
the wharf At the foot OF Bea!e
moopsa % Inc was hastily aa threwn Issi snd ma4e
fact to one OF the coal barges. but the current
being swift, Is 5000 parted, and the burning
steamer loated on down the river, q mass Of
flames, with many OF her passengers and crew
aboard, who we're unable to reach the shore and
We're lost. The Golden City left New Orleans
lied crew Of sixty. She had aboard forty
cabin passengers, fifteen Of whom werH ladies
and nine children.
Among those known to have been lest, are:
Dr.. MonaLan aud wife Ut 'Jacksop, o.: Mra.
Carey Of Failmont, near Cincinnati Misc Lula
stowe and wife; Ollie Woo and wife, Hender-
son, n.y.; Mta. Anna Smith, Massachusetts;
Mrs: Helen Percival, Hsinesville. Ky. Mrs. l..
L. kountze aud three children; Mre. Camp
boil, q relative Of Mrs. Kountze; Robert Reilly.
second engineer; Mary Boyd Anxnda Atchlson,
cbambermaids; J. G. Crane, owner OF side show
to s:owe's circus, three Of the deck crew tcol-
ored) and negro boy servant, W. H. Stowe
The books OF the steamer sre lost, 30 1t Ia i'm
possible to gather \ complete list OF the lost
and saved. All the officers Of tho boa: are
safe, except the second engineer, Robt. Kelly,
and he it was who fret discoyered the fire and
gave the alarm and remained at his post until
cut OF by the flames The fire spread like
lightning, and he sacrificed himself to save
Others. Mrs. L. T.. Kountz and her three chill
dren, who are lost, was the wife Of Capt.
Konntz, 4 well-known Steamboat owner.
Stowe's circus was taken on board At Vaada-
liza. La and ok cages Of animals and birds, to.
gether With the ticket aud band wagons, tenta
and horses we're lost A near ~ can be ascer-
tanned there were twenty three ladies aboard
The i'll -fated steamer, but two Of whom 20 far ~
known. were saved. J.. 3. Cronk, connected
with Stoves circus. 10 misaing. John Derouse,
his wife and three children were saved, and are
oil at the city hospital. Nr. Detouse is sNghtly
burned On bio hands. The Golden City Mes
snnk about three miles below Memphis In the
chute uear the Tennessee shore.
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CASUALTIES.

The steamer Thomas Cornell, from Rond0ut
to New York, went to pieces on the rocks south
Of Newburg, on Monday. The passengers and
crew were saved by another steamer. The loss
is heavy, on the boat alone being over 5000,
600. The boat ran on the rocks in q fog,
Rlanton} Duncan estimates the area
OF the Overh0Wed districts III the aonth
at 81, ,ON, 900 acres, and 600. 900 people will
be compelled to seek other lands and employ
ment. He Gays it will take 8 @, 600, 600 to re-
lieve their necessities.
Jacob Heroh, poor Eohem ian lxborer in st.
Paul, was returning home Saturday night on
the railroad track. when locomotive engine
came along and took his head clean off,
aud Isaac Beattie were cavel on and killed in a
mi1s on Quartz creek, Missouri comfy. week
before last
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PITH OF THE NEWS.
RAILROADS..

4 naW railroad project Of great interest to
eastern Iowa And Hinnesots, and especially to
St Paul. has lateiy crystalii2ed into business
form, making another and important trunk line
running into st. Paul with direct st. Louis and
Chicago connections. The snrveys have been
completed for the first section OF railroad pro-
jected to st. Panl. connsoting with the BuriiDg-
ton road At some point near West Union, in Fav-
ette county, IL. This line OF road will pass
through the most densely populated ~ we'll ~
the richest agricultural sections OF Iowa aud
Minnesota. about midway between the river
road and the Austin hranch Of the Milwaukee 4
st. Paul road.
Mr. Pound is receiving petitions from citi-
zelw OF Superior City and from railroad officials
representing the Northern Pacific and the Chi.
cAgo, 81. Panl, Minneapolis Il Omaha roads,
asking FOR an increased appropriation for ita-
provement Of the harbor. Tho sum f3xed BY
tho commerce committee ia $50, 900, aud tle
petitioners ask to have it incrsaeed to 81 900.
basipg their request upon report OF COM
mission appointed by the seoretary ct war to
examine Superior bay. ss,-a-r.' >~-
Col. +. d. Underwood, superintendent Of
the Southern Minnesota division, OF the Ohica-
60 Milwaukee Il st. Panl, ia lying dangerously
sick at the Cameron hotel, La Crosse, the trou-
lie being blood poisoning
The early spring rush TO the conntry lying
along tue line OF the Hastings i Dakota branch
OF the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad,
is assuming u substantial and most gratifying
character