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phone wires, was connected with the har.
monte System; that tunes were being played
over Il, and that the telephone wires took
up the sounds by introduction. This sug-
gests another grave question % 70 results.
should the harmonic system be generally
introduced.
Congressman Payson Of Illinois will de-
vote part Of the summer to private in
vestigation of the question whether large
amounts of land have not been overcertified
to certain roads in Minnesota, Wisconsin
and Iowa. He is confident that millions Of
lieves that 1t is within the power Of the gen
= A government surveyor has been at work
on the Red river, and has located the spot
for new lock and dam. It will be four
miles above Belmont. and to cost in the
neighborhood of $3.50, 900. It will make
q bead above that now had of ten feet, and
cut through bend three miles aroand.
At Auburn, N. Y, Thursday evening, dur
ing the play One We mans Life, Mrs. r. N.
Hudson became 50 excited 1t the acting of
one of the performers that she rose in her
seat and denounced him 40 IN evil man.
She has become 30 violently insane that she
will tie placed in the asylum.
A comparison Of statistics shows as the
third German city in the world, coming AZ
ter Berlin and Vienna. Chicago. Philadel-
phia, and st. Louis rank close to Frankfort,
Hamburg, and Dresden.
The United States Brick Enamel company
was incorporated in New York yesterday;
capital stock, $-,0Oo.o 600.
The Apaches have whipped the United
States in an engagement in Arizona. r5--.
The New York wool house of e. G. Wich-
man & Co. has failed for $500, 900.
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Postonace List OF Frauds.

The postoffice department placed the fol-
lowing named on the list Of frauds: w. NJ
Clinton & Co. and Comet Publishing COM
pany. BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,; Western Card
company, Normal, Ill.,; Union Novelty
company, Mount Pulaski, ILL.,; Star Pub
fishing company. Atlanta, ILL.,; Agents
Guide and Guide Publishing company, Lin
coin, Ill. Postmasters at the places men,
toned have been directed to discontinue the
delivery to these addresses of money orders
and regi tered packages. These addresses
are aliases of the same person who operated
under the name ofC. G. Williams & Co.,
Springfield, H., heretofore black listed. The
fraud consisted in advertising to send the
new American watch for 81, the article farn-
ished being small sun.dial costing about
8 cents.
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Breezy Witticisrn.

l. A gentleman, who had partially for
whisky-punch, on one occasion, after
imbibing his third tumbler, incautiously
trod on his favorite dog, which usually
lay on the rug in front Of him while lie
INDUCED in his 'potations. Thencefor-
ward the dog carefully watched his
master after dinner, and the moment
the second tumbler was finished he got
up and gravely left the room.
A lecturer discoursing on the subject
of Health" inquired, "What use can
man make of his time while waiting for
doctorW Before he could begin his
answer to his own inquiry some one in
the audience cried out, "He can make
his willy'
This anecdote comes from Scotland:
Two fisherman-Jamiea and Sandy-be.
lated and befogged on a rough water,
were in some trepidation lest they should
never get ashore again. At last jamie
said: SANDY, I'm steering and think
you'd better put up bit of prayer"
Sandy said: II don't know how" ia
We overheard" Sandy began: 20 Lord,
I never asked anything of We for fifteen
years, and if Yell onlv get us safe back
I'll never trou lie Ye again." "Whisht,
Sandy" said Jamie, the boats touched
shore; don't be beholden to anybody"
Alta dinner party in London there
were two sisters present, one widow
who just emerged from her weeds, the
other not long married, whose husband
had lately gone out to India for short
term. A young barrister present was
deputed to tBke the young widow to din
ner. Unfortunately, he was under the
impression that his partner was the mar.
ried lady whose husband had just arriv.
ed in India. The conversation between
them commenced by the lady remarking
how hot it was. Eyes, it is very hot, J"
replied the barrister. Then happy
thought suggested itself to him, and he
added, with cheerful smile: "But not
90 hot a. the place to which your hus.
band has gone" The look with which
the lady answered this lively sally will
haunt that unhappy youth till his death
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The Presidents rOliteness.
Waterbury American.

LILO TrcSluenG>S FOlkCc0eSS.
Waterbury American.
We are glad to record an anecdote of
President Arthur illustrating his true
politeness. So much has been said OF
his surface polish that it is a pleasant
task to Offset it with the pleasure of an
act that speaks as loudly of his kindness
of heart as that of the genuiness of his
good breeding. ''The new member"
who had remained over in Washin ton
after the close of the session, had wan
dered up to the white house to SEQ
about making "Mariar Prices daughter
postmaster u. North Fork" The presi-
dent and some friends were on their
way out to lunch, and the ''new member"
was invited to join them. ''The new
member" thus tells the story: $50 we
went in and set down. and they had
some Of them pesky fingers bowls with
lemon in the bottom of them. When
the raw oysters came on thew seemed
mighty stingy With their lemon, so I
took nutcracker and | picked the lem
had been tallin' about the way the
president used to whoop up the boys in
New York, and when they see me goin'
for the lemon, some of them fellers stop
ped and begun snilkerin' and laffin' but
next thing the president he fetched nm
his lemon with a fork, and put it on his
oysters, and them chaps stopped laffin'
and looked as solemn as funeral after
that"
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
EVENTS IN WARRINGTON.

EVENTS IN WASHINGTON.
The acting secretary of the treasury has
decided that the rate of duty as between the
old and new tariff is not TO be fixed by the
date of arrival Of the importing vessel at the
2 exterior port Of entry, and that goods i'm.
ported before the new act takes effect AMI
shipped to Western ports under the imme-
diate transportation act will be dutiable un-
der the present tariff unless they remain in
aPublic store or bonded warehouse when
the act goes into operation.
Notice is given that on Wednesday. April
Wednesdays, United States bonds embraced
in the 10th call will he redeemed at the
treasury department., Washington, to the
amount Of i, OOO, 600, with interest tc date
of payment. Bonds presented each day
named for redemption will be paid in the
order OF their presentation, and il an excess
of S. OOO,O 900 be presented on either day,
such excess will be paid on the next redemp-
ton day.
Under the law, the vacancy caused by the
death OF Postmaster General Howe must be
filled in ten days from Monday. 1t is the
impression in circles where the matter has
not been closely inquired into for want Of
time, that the president could renew the
order designating an acting postmaster gen.
eral at the expiration Of that time, and so
on until suitable person could be found.
The talk about the postmaster general
successorshipi is becoming universal. Every
body speculates on the subject, but no one
knows anything about it. A very full list
ofcandidates has already been given, but it
ispretty certain that none of these have sug-
gested the subject to the president and the
latter still abstains from discussing it with
any one.
The president has appointed E. o. Graves
assistant treasurer of the United States, to
fill the place OF A. U. Wvman, promoted.
Mr.. Graves has hitherto been su perintend-
ent of the national bank redemption divis-
ion the treasury department..
Secretary Folger continues to improve in
health, and it is thought he will be able to
resume his duties at the treasury DEPART
mcnt in a few days, but before doing so will
take rip to Bermuda.
The officers of the quartermaster's corps
are kept in state of continual a. citation over
the deliberation of the president in filling the
vacancy which has now existed for some
weeks.
Secretary Folger, has appointed Capt. T.
M. Burrill Of New York chief of the bureau
of engraving. and printing, to succeed the
late Col. Irish
The old G street convent in Washington
is beng torn down. TIE Nuns of the
Visitation have occupied it nearly 100
years.
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Roof Life in New York.

Progressive architects have again and
again suggested that the roof of high
buildings should be utilized for the ben
eft of the occupants, by turning them
into gardens and Fairgrounds.
A London architect has said that in
the house of the future the kitchen will
be in the highest story and on the roof
will be "sass" garden, which will furn-
ish fresh vegetables for the family table.
A correspondent of the New York
Times, in describing the queer lives led
by janitors' families. indirectly shows
that the architects idea may be realized
some day. He saws:
know janitor who has charge Of a
big building down Broadway, who ha
four little tots of children, and thew
don't get down into the street more thai
once week or so.
Two Of them we're born in the seventh
story of an immense iron building, lust
under the roof. One of them to my GER
tain knowledge has never been down il
the street at all. That's fact. It win
be down some day. 1t was born only
Where do you think the children'A
play. ground is? tits the roof; and a rare,
good yard it is. too, with flowers grow
ing on it, and every thing just like good
big, paved yard.
There is high ledge around the four
s!des, so there is no danger ofthe young
sters falling oil: And there are clothes
lines there, and tubs standing about, and
clothes-pins lying on the ground every
thing so natural you might easiiv imag-
inc yourself in somebody's back ward.
Those children seldom see anvthinp
OF the world down below; and their
mother hardly ever does, for she has her
hands full taking care of the youngsters.
There is a nice secluded life for YOU,
with no danger of annoyance from PRIV.
ing neighbors. There is something at
tractive about it, too. ,...... s0 - -
Just think Of the janitor, at dark. shut.
ting up the W hole place, and barring the
iron doors with himself inside. There
ne is. with his family abont him, and all
the world securely locked out.
1t is as good as living in castle with
the bridge drawn up and the moat full
of water.
But even when the outer doors are
locked, the janitors are not always shut
IN from the world. There is block of
buildings in one ofthe principal business
centres of the city all about the same
height.
Each building has its ianitor, and each
janitor has it's family. When the outer
doors are shut and locked and no out
slider can by any possibility make his
way in, the janitors' families begin to
visit. = q
The roofs form their avenues and
boulevards, their grand promenade.
There is something slightly curious about
that way of living, isn't there?-hayine
your neighbor dropped through the roof
instead OF coming through the door.
It is something like the way of living
OF the old cave-dwellers in the SOUTH
west $500
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IA STAR PERrO R1IER.

:.
The silvor-voiced Son OF : beaver
Man.
From tho Denver Herald. 8,
81 may not be educated way up to the
B top notch in musical natter, = remark.
ed Colonel c. NJ. Toll yesterday, ..but /
have strong convictions, and l fully ex.
press them whom I say do not consider
Madame Nilsson the greatest vocalist.
The fact u.s. : continued the Colonel .s'I
have heard all the great singers from
Patti down to Alice Oates. While I waa
in Washington last October paid IS 10
hear Patti sing an aria from 'Semiramide. 7
and l never regretted anything 90 much
to Denver paid out S to hear her
angels Ever Bright and Fair and I
have Kicked myself whenever / have
thought of it since. say it boldly
neither Patti nor Nilsson compare with
q certain vocalist l have in my mind,
and whom have the pleasure Of hear
ing every day Of my life"
You amaze mel" exclaimed Judge
Markham. ITO whom can you possibly
have reference?"
''To my son." said Colonel Toll,
proudly. "To my chubby, silver voiced
sons months old and daisy."
ooh, pshaw!' said Judge Markham.
"Factw persisted Colonel Toll. "lfhe
hasn't got more music in him than the
prima donnas in Christendom, I'll est
him. | suppose you would call him a Kind
of high baritone-at any rate I'd rather
hear him execute one of his noctuInes
than the finest diva in grand opera.
talk about expression! Why. lean
tell the minute he opens
his mouth what he means. II he COM
mences in B fiat and strikes descend.
ing fourth D in alt, know he is plead.
ing tor his bottle. II, on tho other hand
his song is fortissimo, with what mus
icians term the vibrato, instantaneously
arrive at the conclusion that q min is
sticking in him. Or, if he murmurs an
aria soto voce, erst-while clutching at
his sides with his dimpled hands, am
satisfied he has colicky pains and needs
paregoric:" ...., -..l<,s as
THAT boy" continued Colonel Toll,
"can move me " hen my emotions
would be bombproof against the voice
of prima donna. In his vail 1 hear
the moaning of the wind, the requiem
of pines. the sigh of broken hearts, the
plants of an Eolian harp; in his laugh
ter there are the songs of birds. the rus
tie of angels wings, the music of heaven,
the curling of brooks, the chime OF
bells, the warmth of sunlight, and the
soft mellow glow of an Italian
landscape. Every man to his taste, of
course; let others sQuander their wealth
upon high'priced divas with their tri!ls
and appoggiaturas, and crescendoes and
diminuendoes, but, az for me, shall
continue to revel IN the melodies and
and harmonies which are to be heard off
and on during the night as well as LAY,
at the northeast corner of Eighteenth
and Welton streets"
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RAILROAD RUMBLlNqH.

The Minneapolis & St Louis Railroad
company made returns to Treasurer Kittel-
son yesterday of the amount OF tax upon
the gross earnings of the company for the
year ending Dec. 81, 1882. The tax amount
ed to $50 1913 II. an increase Of SIG, IA
over that Of 1881.
The earnings OF the Chicago, Milwaukee,
& st. Paul railway system for the third
week in March were $495, 900 against $685.
for the same week IN 1882. Increase $780,
600.
H. G. Davis, assistant general passenger
agent Of the Manitoba road is in Chicago ar
. ranging an expected reduction in emigrant
rates to the North west.
Another trans-Minnesota railroad has
been proposed, to be called the Duluth e.
Northwestern. Judge Stems heads the list
OF stockholders.
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Fatty Heart.

L VI luc OlHpdulOll.
We lave spoken of the tendency in
old ages to both fatty and calcareous de-
generation. The former is the more
common. The greatest liability to it is
in the heart and the arteries of the brain.
where also the consequences are the
most serious.
II. the corpulent, fat may be deposited
around the heart so as to encase it, O,
within the cavities of the heart, or be-
tween its muscular fibres. This, how.
ever, is 'fatty infiltration." In fatty de.
generation the muscular fibre itself is
transformed to fat, though it retains its
proper size.
The heart is strong, tough, unresting
muscle, by whose vigorous action the
blood Is driven through the system,
bearing away the waste. If this organ
is weakened, every other suffers. 1t
will be readily seen how greatly it must
be weakened l.. to any considerable ex-
tent, fat takes the place of tough elastic
fibre.
The degeneration may be general or
partial. The latter is the more COM
mon. And yet persons have died in.
stantly by rupture of the heart, when
the disease had not even been suspec-
ted.
The disease progresses steadily, it may
be for years, the person becoming more
and more feeble, until he suddenly dies
in faintins. it-frem the inability of the
heart to throw sufficient blood to the
brain,-or from the hearts rupture.
Sometimes patient becomes gradually
weaker, gene raj dropsy sets in, and he
dies of debility.
Even at an early stage, slight exer-
tons or excitements or improper food
causes palptation and difficulty OF
breathing, and often acute pains in the
breast, ringing in the ears, giddiness,
faintness. Attacks of faintness become
more frequent with the increasing weak
ness of the heart. The spirits are ant
to become depressed and the feeling IT.
ritable and morose.
The system needs to be sustained with
a generous but easily-digested diet, and
braced with tones and outdoor air. In
staneous death may be the price of any
violent exercise, effort or passion, any.
thing that excites the heart.
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RECORD OFCASUALTTES

park went ashore at Hollyhead. The
crew of twenty-three persons were drowned.
Reports from the Scottish coast say a ter
rife and destructive gale visited that section.
Three vessels have gone ashore in the vicin-
1ty OF Aberdeen. No reports of loss of lite
but the damage to property is large.
Henry Cooling of Yarmouth. Me-, was &C.
cidently shot and killed by Josiah Warning
a few days ago.
Mr.. Seaman's store at Fort Ripley burned
Saturday With its contents. Loss, $4.lOO,
uninsured.
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BRIEF FOREIGN NEWS.

smalley's London Cable: Mrs. Carlyle's
letters, published recently. provoke fresh
outburst in the Times of bitter hatred to.
ward Carlyle, the writer accusing him of in.
difference, neglect, extreme selfindulgeace,
and mea,, parsim0ny to her, and also OF
aIousing his wite's jealousy by q protracted
filtration with Lady AshbartOn. The arti-
Gle summaries the relations of man and
wife in the remark that Carlyle appreciated
her within the measure Of most miserable
nature. This review is apparently an effort
to 2eutralize the kindlier general feeling to
Cralyle springing from the Emerson CORES
pondence.
The death of Cardinal Ignazio de Nasci.
mento Moraes Cardoso, patriarch of Lisbon
leaves another vacancy in the Sacred COL
lege. Eight bats are now to be given, one
OF which was reserved in petto BY the con-
sistory of Dec. Is. 1880. Cardinal Fretler-
leo Giovanni Giuseppe Celestino Schwartz.
enberg is the only living cardinal created by
Gregory XVI. OF the remainder forty. one
were created by Plus TX and twenty by
Leo XIII.
London cable: The systematic deporta.
ton of population of the west of Ireland was
begun by the government recently, and will
be continued during the next three months.
The emigrants are described as looking we'll,
and happy to 60. The government pays the
expenses of the emba, kation and passage,
and each emigrcnt gets assistance besides
from the Tuke fund. ..-,o
In his recent budget speech at Ottawa.
Sir Leonard Tilley drew attention to the
fact that American manufacturer, cfaeri.
cultural implements were endeavorine to
make slaughter market of Manitoba, and
in order to protect Canadian manufacturers
the government intended to place .luty on
American goods equal to IS per cent. ad
valorem.
AStonewall MAN, Dispatch says: Emma
Paul, aged seven years, teasingly snatched
scarf from her cousin, Willus Manus, and
ran into the house. The boy followed, and
said: III you don't give me the scarf I'll
shoot. The gun was discharged in Emma's
face, and killed her. A prominent detec-
tive has been sent from Winnipeg to inves-
tigate.
De Lesseps, who has arrived at Tozer,
TURKS, declares that an inland sea in the
desert of Sahara is practicable and can be
accomplished by using 100 excavating ma
chimes equal in aggregate capacity to the
labor of lO0,0 900 men.
The statement is made that Bismarck had
under consideration the propeiety of the
dissolution Of the Reichstag should it con-
tinue refractory on the question of the bill
providing for an increase of military pen
siOns.
Queen Victoria now takes carriage exer.
cises as was her practice before the acci.
dent. She is fast recovering the use of he,
knee, and now experiences scarcely any in
convenience.
At Pesth Count Szekhely was neatly muir.
dered, and his tongue cut out, to make
doubly sure that dead man should tell nc
tales.
Lord & Mum, produce shippers, keep up
the Montreal record with $3.50, 1000 failure
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The Land Grant Decisions.

Tho Washington National Repu ;lican
hes an editorial this morning criticising an
article published in the chicago Tribune
charging that the interior department has, for
several wears, been used by the land grant
railroad companies. The Republican says:
1.-The Tribune is in err )r in most of its state
ment. of fact o, for example, when it
states that the Kniskern case in Minnesota
had been permitted to stand in favor of the
overruled that order, and gave the land to
the settler. The decision in this case is one
of those which will save their homes to
hundreds of families. In the Graham case
also In Minnesota, he has also decided
against the railroad. During the last vi
- per cent, ofthe cases brought between SET
the railWays,"
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No Reflections on Washington.

NO NcueCClOnS on washington,
There is perversity about the men,
Dry which often leads it to play off it's
FRANKS upon the man who trusts it. For
instance: if a speaker forgets the speech
he had committed, he is almost certain
to stop just where the failure makes him
ludicrous. The following anecdote is an
illustration of this irritating fact:
An ambitious man. being elected to
western lie sislature. prepared with great
care speech which he thought would
impress his colleagues and please his
constituents. He waited for a fitting &C.
casion, and then rising, began:
.''Mr. Speaker, when reflect on the
character of General Washington
md came to a sudden stop. Beginning
again. he said, "Mr. Speaker, when re-
feet ON the character of General WASH
ington'-and again the failure of his
memory brought him to a sudden halt.
For the third time he attempted to 20
on. but got no further than washing
ton" II rise to point OF order, Mr..
Sreakerw exclaimed waeglsh member.
"It is not in order for a member of this
house to lie m king reflections on the
character of General Washington"
That shot brought down the house and
the fOrgetful member.
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Death Of Hon. George l.. Otis.

The Hon. George L. Otis q prom inent
lawyer and distinguished citizen of St. Paul
and the northwest died Thurdav evening at
his residence. Of q pulmonary disease With
which he hes been afflicted for upwards of
two years. Mr.. Otis was horn at Homer, in
Cortland county New York, Oct. 1929,
and descends from the Massachu-
sets family of that name. He
was admitted to the bar during 1855,
and in 0 ctober of th..t year came to St..
Paul, where has since resided in the ENJOY
ment of lucrative practice. He held at
various times important offices and at one
time came very near being elected governor,
an Office he did not desire. As q lawyer.
Mr.. Otis has taken an honorable position at
the bar; as msn, he was above reproach.
He was prominent in the Masonic ffaterni-
ty, . member OF Christ Episcopal church,
st. Paul, and in all the walks of life at.
tracted the confidence and friendship of
those with whom he was daily brought into
communication. He leaves widow, two
unmarried sons and two daughters; also .
married daughter. the wife of Lieut.. Wal
lace of the Seventh cavalry.
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The diamonds worn by New York bar
tenders are said to be worth $3.50, OO.
The Philadelphia News remarks that
the carbuncles worn on the noses of New
York bar patrons probably cost about
5000. 600.