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Washington Letter.
From our regular correspondent.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 7, SO.
We had scarcely said goodbye to
those swarthy dignitaries with names
longer than a yard stick, who came all
the way from Madagascar to carry back
their satchelsour laws, customs and in
civilization, ere a fresh party of hon
cred and knighted statesmen under
the lead of General Porfrio Diaz, ex-
President Of Mexico, swoop down up
on us. General Diaz, who is about
fifty years Of age, is descended from
the historian and here, the celebrated
Bernal Diaz. Whether on the tented
field or in the angry political struggles
so constant in Mexico, General Diaz
has always stood fearlessly in the
front rank In the railway move
ments and in opening up of CONNER
cial relations with the United States,
he has been the acknowledged leader.
He is esteemed everywhere as a
worthy successorof the famed Juarez,
and is noted as the triple founder Of
the Republic of Mexico. All plans
for entertaining these distinguished
guests we're interrupted by the sud
den death of Postmaster-General
Howe. The Presidential dinner and
the proposed reception to General
Diaz and party by Secretary Ere
linghuysen were given up. This ma
ton enjoys the high privilege of fur
nishing its type of civilization to pso-
pie and nationalities who are discard
ing the barbaric ideas of darkness and
superstition. Wherever there is a
people that are struggling to be free
they are drawn to us by a fierce that
is mighty and all conquering. In
the years that are to come our moral
and material forces are to have a
mighty influence in uplifting be-
nighted millions in other lands.
1t has been unusually quiet in
Washington for couple of weeks
past and at such times a very little
thing creates sensation. The col
cred man Brown, who was recently
kicked out of place in one of the
departments because he refused to
become the body servant of his supe-
rior officer, has had a great deal of
notoriety. His chief required that
in addition to his regular duties as
messenger for the department he
should attend the said chiefs resi-
dence morning and evening to black
boots, make fIes, shovel snow, groom
the horses, and such little trifes. AS
Brown was paid by the government
this arrangement would save Mr..
Chief the expense of a servant
The messenger, to use a slang term,
kicked and refused to do mental
service in the chiefs household. =
Then Brown was discharged. Fsol-
ish Brown! He Should have attended
to the household duties and let the
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Written for tho Argus,
A Temperance Essay.

Mr.. EDITOR: l have anxiously
watched ard waited for some one of
eur town, more capable and quite as
much opposed to intemperance, to
delineats the evils growing cut of it,
by Illustrating and logically showing
shat alcoholic drink is not necessary,
IS q food, TO appease hunger and
build up the physical system, nor as
drink to quench thirst or prevent
disease. Twill try, in my weak way,
God being my helper, to try and per
suade my fellow-men not to use it in
any form, as the use Of it only has
tendency to sborten life, debase man,
aad finally sink him to the level Of
he lowest beast.
There is no one can show from ex-
peIience that the use Of wine, beer,
ale, brandy, or any of the alcoholic
drinks, ever made man better, moral
" OF physically; but, on the contra
ry, has just acted the reverse.
I will now show the evils of intern
perance, and in doing so 1 ask the
careful and patient attention of you
readers, and if God only uses me as
the humble instrument, in His hands,
Of saving some immortal being from
the cruel pangs of intemperance, l
viii be abundantly paid for any efSrt
l may put forth, and will ascribe to
Him all the henor and praise.
In the first place I will assert, with
cut fear of successful contradiction,
that no man was ever born a drunk
ard; that it is universally an ac-
CURED habit, and that no drunkard
can enter the kingdom Of heaven
Whv2 Because drunkenness units
a man for the social position in life
lie was designed to fill, and conse-
puently deprives him of that holt
uess Of heart and life, without which
no man can live in fellowship and
communion with God which He de-
signed We, as His creatures, should;
or, in other words, drunkenness takes
from US the spirit Of devotion to God,
and implants within us a malignant
evil spirit, which makes US enemies
to God and all that is good, and slim
ulates us to commit crimes which,
when sober, we would shrink frem in
disgust, and with all the bitterness of
ssul vsuld say, with enc Of cid, as
thy servant a dog that he should do
this great thingy'
But some will say, 81 am net a
drunkard, am not going to becOme
enc" do not suppose that the man
Bho died in the gutter; or the man
who brought his father or mothers
gray hairs in sOrrsw to the grave, OF
the wife of his bosom and his chill
dren to poverty, and in many instan
ces to the grave; or pays the penalty
of nisspent life on the gallCws,
would have told you, after he had
taken his first dram, he was a drunk
ard, or that he ever would become
one. But be did become one, and
hence the evils that follow the first
dram.
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To Parents.

The boys of our times, especially
in the larger towns and cities, are
exposed to many and great dangers.
There are on every hand a thousand
snares for their unwary feet such a
dram-shops, bathrooms, and many
other places that suit the tastes Of
the youth. Satan has many vices to
captivate the young. The parent
must be constantly on the look our.
| wish to mention a few ways bY
which so many of the youth Of our
country become to be such terrors to
society.
Many of them are brought up toa
life of idleness. This is a prolific
source of danger to boys, for idleness
breeds crime.
A want of curly religious instruc-
ton. They are not taught the force
of moral obligation at home and they
do not always 60 to Sabbath
school.
Another source of evil as it stands
related to the boys, is a want Of
proper and helpful influences. Many
boys have no home; their parents
are dead, and they are thrust out III
to the wsrld with ne one to look af
ter them. Many, again, have drunk
en- fathers, and they no home worthy
Of the name. Others have parents,
but they seem to be wholly Indifferent
as to the best interests Of their boys.
Home is not made attractive and
pleasant, and they seek recreation
and spsrt away from home, which
they are allowed to do. The boy
who habitually spends his evenings
away from home will soon lose all
TASTE for hsme. He will soOn learn
to chew and smoke tobacco. He will
then 60 step further and put the
Intoxicating bowl to his lips. Thus,
step by step he wanders away from
home, away frsm virtue and away
from GSd, and then away from
heaven.
What, then, can be done to save
the boys? Let US make h0me happy
with good bseks and papers For
instance, the Bible, a commentator,
dictionary, your church papers,
and so on. Don't subscribe for those
literary magazines for the sake OF
the chromos. They can be purchased
at your book stores much cheaper
Make home as attractive as possible.
With plenty of good reading boys
may generally be saved from lits
of folly and sin. Let the neither
pray over her boys, and urge them,
by precept and example, to love and
follow the good, and to hate and
shun the wrong, and they will grow
up to be men who will bless the
world and thereby rise to true great
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A colored man was busily engaged
in saving wood fer Col. Pswis, when
the latter observed that the bnsOm Of
a man and the brother, so to speak,
was adorned by an Odd Fellows
breast pin. "Do the white Odd
Fellows and the colored Odd Fellows
in Austin affiliated" asked Gel. Pow
is. Don't 6llyate wuf' a cuss, but
dey helps each ether out" "Well,
that's the same thing, amt it?" "NO,
sab, hits not de same ding. y
Whats the differeDce?" The col
ored man stopped saving wood, and
made the following explanation
Last week, when dat norther was a
freezin' de marrow in yer b. mes, |
went inter de saloon of white man
what totes dis very same emblem.
| was in distress, rale distress, and |
hadn't dram dat mernin', 50 | glib
him de signal of distress. "Did
he respond?" HE didn't glib de
proper response. De proper response
wonld hab been to hab rubbed his
lef ear wild his right hand, and to
hab sot out de bottle" Then he
did not respond correctly" mo, sar.
He made motion at the doah wild
one hand, and reached under de
bar wild de odder. | made de Odd
Fellers' signal Of distress once noah,
and den sumfn hard hit me on de
side of de head and knocked nae clean
out ter de street. Hit was the
bung starter what dat white brudder
Odd Feller had frowed at me in re-
spense to de distress signal. y
Then the white Odd Fellows and
the colored Odd Fellows do not afiili-
ate?" "Jess what | tole yer. Dey
don't fillyate, bnt dey helps each cd
der cut. l was helped out inter de
street wild de bung-starter, but FLY
ate means to set out de whiskey."
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Never fear to bring the sublimest
motive to the smallest duty, and the
NEST infinite comfort to the smallest
trouble.
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hours in looking at the wonders here
collected have little idea of the num-
bers eff busy workers who are deity
arranging exhibits IF all SOFT of
scientific specialties in the tiers Of
rooms in tie pavilion and towers Of
this marvellous structure. This mt
scum is soon to be the most perfect
and rarest in the wsrld. SPOT.
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The National Museum in this city
has introduced complete system of
electrical apparatus, such as call bells
burglar alarms, signals, telephones,
electric clocks, &c. The building
covers two and half acres of ground
and the numerous employees scat
tered through its various departments
makes it necessary to utilize these
electrical agencies to the fullest ex-
tent. The use of the telephone ena-
blss three messengers to do the work
by communicating with employees
700 feet away. Visitors who spend
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The Forestry Convention.

CINCINNATI, April 25-The Ohio State For
estry convention began it's session to-day
The attendance is very light. F. A. Warder
read a paper OH How, When and Where to
Promote Forestry" Tonight Prof. Venable
read paper on "Trees in Mythology" and
was followed by Commissioner of Agricul-
ture Loring, who reviewed the present con-
dition of forests in this country and advo-
Gated their increase and preservation by
State and national aid. He said the great
opening of forest wealth was in the South.
The supply of pine and spruce at the pres
ent rate of consumption in some of the
Northern States, will last but few years,
while in the Southern States it will last from
100 to $50 years. He recommended opening
the latter and the abandonment OF the for
mer until they have recuperated by natural
and artificial growth. He pledged the sup
port OF the Department OF Agriculture ir all
endeavor to increase and preserve the forests
of the United States.
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A wronged wife,s vengeance.

LANSING Mich, April 25-A. D. Clark, a
wealthy real estate man of Battle Creek, has
been here for several days with a woman
known in theatrical circles of Chicago as
frankie Carr. They put up at the Chapmaa
House as man and wife. but subsequently
went to another house. On Tuesday night
woman who claims to be his wife arrived
from Battle Creek, accompanied by a lawyer
named Frank Reynolds and her two chill
dren, little girl of six and baby girl five
months old. They went to the Chapman
House. Soon after Clark. and the other
woman came in, and the Battle Creek woman
at once began trying to get him to go home.
He attempted to eyade her, but soon after
the two women got into an alteration, and
the Battle Creek woman drew revolver and
shot the Chicago woman in the head the
ball entering just below and back of the left
eye and passing through to near the ear on
the other side. A physician was called, who
rendered all possible assistance, but it is
thought the woman will die.
LATER.-MIss Carr the victim of the shoot
ing last night is better. There seems to be a
fair prospect of her recovery, notwithstand-
ing tine bullet in her hrain has not yet been
found.
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More Deaths Reported.

New ORLEANS, April 25.-The Picayune's
West Point special says: "By the cyclone
near Tampico, Clay county, Louis Ferguson
and Mr. Burchfield's houses were blown
down, and little daughter of Mr.. Fisher
killed. In Henryville, Clay county, Par
ish's house was blown down. Holenlinden
is reported to be completely destroyed, and
two churches demolished and seventeen per-
sons killed. At Abbott, Mr.. Abbott had
several houses blown down, DIR. Crunn's
house was unroofed, and one person killed
and several wounded. William Jordan and
wife were slightly injured. The cyclone
struck the Town of Harrisvile, Simpson
county, killing ten persons. Seven were
killed near Morton, names unknown, and
much property DESTROYED.
News has been received that three white
men, two negroes and two Indian children
were killed four miles from Morton, on the
Richardson place, and others wounded. The
cyclone passed up Leaf river, Scott
county, demolishing everything until
it came to Morton, where it forked, one fork
passing over the Vicksburg & Meridian road,
five miles from Morton, thence by Hillsboro,
where much property was destroyed, and
went on to points on the Mobile Il Ohio rail-
way. The other fork took up the Vicksburg
& Meridian railway. This is the one that
struck Lawrence Station.
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disposed of at once to the retail trade. The
petroleum changes hands alongside the snip,
and is carried off to the shops in the town
without passing the depot doorway, thus es-
Gaping the extra charge which naturally in
creases the price of the American article.
Nine thousand pounds sterling per annum
is no small contribution from the trade and
might well be considered sufficient return
for any protection afforded by the govern
ment stores. This was the amount received
last year under the fifty para charge from
American petroleum alone, and the new reg
ulation will just double it. 1t Is easy to see
how heavily all this will handicap the Amer
lean trade in favor of the Russian. At the
present time the oil from the States holds its
own in the market on account OF
its superior quality, and finds
its way into all parts of Asia Minor. This
advantage however, will disappear in time
with the introduction into Russia OF better
system of refining the article, and then the
competition between the two sources of sup
ply will be entirely a question of price 1t
is not as if this charge fer storage at Con-
stantinople was the only tax levied upon pc
troleum beyond the regular customs duty.
Before reaching the inland consumer it has
to pay similar charge at the seaport If it re-
mains but day or SO in transitn. The fair
estway of settling this matter, If the Turks
are absolutely bent upon this increased taxa
ton of the petroleum trade would be to in
sist upon every case that reaches Constan-
tinople, from whatever quarter it may come,
paying the charge for storage, whether placed
in the depot or not The most Objectionable
feature about this increased charge is the
fact that it is being levied for the purpose of
placing money in the pockets OF private in
diyidualS.
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A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
An Obscure Ohio Village the Scene of a
Shocking Murder and Suicide.

PIrTsBURe, April 25.-The Dispatches Lea
vittsburg O., special says; "a place about
two miles from here, known as the Center
of the World was the scene this morning of
a terrible double tragedy, man named John
De Long killing a widow named Griswold,
and then committing suicide. 1t appears
that belong had proposed to Mrs Griswold
to marry him, but she persistently
refused, and he determined that no one
else should have her, so this morning he
called at the residence of Richard Allen,
where the victim was employed as house
keeper, and asked to see her As soon as
she appeared he opened fire on her with a
revolver which he had in his hand. The first
two shots took effect in the head and three
others in the side, and the woman fell dead
without a murmur. De Long then placed
the mazzle of the revolver to his temple and
fired. falling dead within three feet of the
PROSTATE body of Mrs Grswold"
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REPUBLICAN HARMONY.
Reid Expresses His Views on the
Best Method to Secure 1t.

New York, April 25. -The following letter
was sent this evening to the Republican COM
mittee appointed to suggest plans for secur-
ing harmony in the party:
Dear Sir-Until this afternoon. had expected
TO attend the meeting this afternoon, but TO my
regret another engagement interferes L shall
hope for better fortune at subsequent meetings,
and shall be glad to cooperate in any way in my
power to secure one harmonious and earnest
organization of the Republican party in this city.
The way TO DO this, in my judgment, is
ment That they do not enjoy this at present is
the reason for the general discomfort now Off
cially recognized by the appointment of this
committee. My idea of organization would be
in which every Republican voter could cast
his ballot for the selection of candidates for To-
cal Offices and of delegates to State conventions,
and the voice of the majority in the party thus
fairly ascertaine, should control its action.
work we'll in great city may perhaps be doubt
ed by many practical politicians.
Any plan that may be preferred should, in
my opinion, rest upon two cardinal principles
for the last Republican presidential ticket
should be entitled to q voice. II we are to have
great united party, capable of success and in
spired to achieve it, that should be our only
should be asked for any pledge whatever
as to how he will vote in the future. The
very best elements in the Republican party,
those that have given it its success, its
glory, are precisely those that would array them
selves against such pledge. The way TO tie
them to the ticket is TO give every man a fair
chance for his equal voice in making IL, and let
every man see that II Is the majority that rules.
Where that plan prevails the Republican party
Ia rarely distracted by schisrns, and never de-
moralized by its occasional defeats.
Very respectfully, WHITELAw REID.
To Hon. Edward Mitchell, As West FifUy.tifth
street
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Obituary.

ERIE Pa, April 25.-Hon. Milton Court
right, distinguished civil engineer and rail-
road contractor, died to-day. at Norfork, Va.
He helped to build the Erie railroad, the
Northern Central, Lake Shore, Canada South
ern and other roads. He also constructed
the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal. At
the time of his death he was engaged in
building the Norfolk & Virginia Beach rail
road, narrow-gauge road from Norfolk to
the beach, distance of seventeen miles,
where it is designed to establish a pleasure
resort and santarium. Mr.. Courtright ran
for Congress in 1866, against G. w. Scofield.
He was man of marked ability and very
highly esteemed.
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An overworked Ministry.

BERLIN, April 25.-The North German Ga
zette says The mass of work now before the
ministry is beyond the power OF the existing
staff to perform 1t dwels upon the condi-
ton of Bismarck, who is constantly ailing,
and the illness of Boetticher, Minister of the
Interior; DIR. Busch, Under Foreign Secre-
tary, Burchard, Secretary of the Imperial
Treasury; Eek, Under Secretary of the Inter
ior, and Beecher, also of the Foreign Office
and says that now Bojanowski, who took the
place of Count Won Hatsfedt as Minister oil
Foreign A fairs during the illness of the lat
ter, has collapsed under his superhuman ex-
ertions, and was compelled, yesterday, to re-
linquish his duties"
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Cable Notes,

Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church at
Rome was consecrated yesterday.
Three hundred laborers from Spalding,
England have sailed for America.
The Russian general officers and soldiers
suspected of being concerned in the Nihilist
operations killed themselves
The Swedish Acknowledged Society has
awarded Henry NJ. Stanley the medal insti-
tuted in memory of the return OF the Vega.
Bismarck has appointed German consul
at Tamatslve, aud asked the Federal Council
to approve the commercial treaty with Mad
agascar.
Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant started for
Balina, comfy Mayo, yesterday On Friday
he will witness the departure from Belmul-
let for America of number of emigrants.
Prince Batthyany, well-known patron of
the turf and owner of number of race
horses. died suddenly yesterday in the in
closure for members at the Newmarket
track
The budget committee sof the Spanish
Chan. Der of Deputies adopted resolution
reducing the increased expenditures pro-
posed by General Martinez Campos. Minis
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BosToN, April 25.-The Tewksbury aims
house examination was resumed, to-day.
Christian Mueller testified to tanning hui
man skins received from various doctors and
students. and a pair of uppcrs for slippers,
made from a womans skin, were shown.
Frank G. Haverlin testified to cruelty
practiced by the nurses. On one occasion
they dressed an idiotic boy in fantastic
garb and frightened one German so that he
died soon after. He remembered patient
who had received extreme junction from
priest, taken by the back of the neck and
forced along screaming, into the bath
tub. He died thirty-six hours later. Witness
said these cruelties had taken place since
last September and then described the fare
given the inmates, which was passably good,
and plenty oft; however, he would not go
back to Tewksbury if lie could avoid it. Ad-
iOurned
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substantial relief for Ireland.

LONDON, April 25.-The offers relative to
Irish emigration the government are favora-
bly, entertaining are from the Canadian
Pacific railway and land companies interest
ed in opening the Canadian Northwest The
proposal of those companies is to settle 5000
families, %, 900 persons, on government lands
under the homestead law, which gives each
family 100 acres free. The promoters of the
scheme would become security for fl 900, 600,
advanced without interest by Great Britain
for ten years, to be devoted to give a suffi-
cient start to each family, or they would be-
come security for f2,000,000. with which
they would relieve the crowded districts of
Ireland of $1,000 persons.
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Sullivan's Condition.

BosroN, April 25.-Sullivan is confident
the hemorrhage is from the stomach, not
from the lungs, and he will be out in few
days. He has no idea that his sickness will
interfere with his sparring match with
Mitchell. His opinion is that he
is too fat and needs severe
course of training to get into condition to
meet the Englishman. The impression of
sporting men is that Sullivan will never
again be fit to engage in a prize fight and
many of them of the opinion that it will
be dangerous for him to put on the gloves
with Mitchell. His physician says that all
that is needed is mountain trip and absO-
lutte rest to bring him through all right.