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Life in Toxic.

The Rev. W. E. Griffs writes from
Toxic, Japan, to the Christian Intel
jjgelacer: Yeddo began to be large
city in 1903, when Japan's greatest
ruler, Eseyasu, made the place his head
quarters. Until 1S54it was never. visit
ell by foreigners, except the Dutch
merchants from Nagasaki; but in, 1868
the mikado left Kioto, which had been
the old capital for over nine hundred
years, and made Bay-door the lilo, or
capital. Then it became "The Won
derful City of Toxic" about which Mr..
Greer has written lively book, as full
OF pictures as 6 Japanese novel. Those
who read "The Young Americans in Ja-
pan" viii know at once without any
Introduction who Mr.. and Mrs. Jewett,
and Fritz and Sallio and Otto Nambo
are. They are living in Toxic, and
many a pleasant walk do they take
through its lively streets. They live
in a Japanese house, which consists
chiefly of paper, mating, thin wood
and tiles, and which rocks in the fire.
quent earthquakes like cradle. They
don't plaster the ceilings OF walls,
chiefly because SOULS are softer than
hard lime, and lively earthquake,
which shivers as though old mother
earth had chill, tumbles over the
lamps, so that fires are numerous. For
o whole village to be wiped off the face
OF the earth like rows of chalk-fgures
OF black board is no uncommon sight.
L have seen, at one time, three or four
miles of burning houses in Toxic. The
Japanes take it, as a matter of course,
rs thing that cannot be helped. But
it IS rather hard for people from less
combustible cities, who see their more
expensive houses, churches and stores
laid in ashes because the natives are as
careless as foolish children. Now the
old swamps of Bay-door are filed up,
and Tsuki-ji (flled-iniland) is the part
Of Toxic in which our missionaries live
and Christian houses of worship are
! built-though our Reformed church
has other chapels in this great wilder
ness of houses. Nowadays when our
parlors, dining and bedrooms and sum
mer cottages are decorated with gay
| Japanese fans, parasols, curtains, racks,
napkins, and all the brightly colored
paper fnery and lacquered woodwork,
it is fine fun to read of the Jewetts visit
; ing the Japanese Lawmakers at home
seeing the porcelain-painters at work
and going shopping in Toxic stores
| where every one sits on the floor and
! sips tea, while the clerks add up THEN
columns of figures on rows of sticks full
of sliding buttons. Notwithstanding
all their pretty things, many of them are
very costly, the greater part Of the peo-
! pie are very poor, and earn but few
cents daily.
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Venetian Sunsets.

Words cannot be formed to express
the endless varieties Of Venetian sun
set. The most magnificent follow after
wet, stormy days, when the west
breaks suddenly into q labyrinth of
fire, when chasrns of clear turquoise
heavens emerge, and horns Of fame are
flashed to the zenith, and unexpected
splendors scale the fretted clouds. step
over step, stealing along the purple
caverns till the whole dome throbs. Or,
again, after fair day, change Of
weather approaches, and high, infinitely
high, the skies are woven over with a
web of half-transparent cirrus clouds.
These in the afterglow blush crimson,
and through their riffs the depth of
heaven is Of a hard and gem-like blue,
and all thewater turns to rose beneath
them. | remember one such evening
near Torcello. We were we'll out at sea
between AazZorbo and 1Iurauo. The
ruddy arches overhead were reflected
without interruption in the wayeless
ruddy lake below. Our black boat was
the only dark spot in this sphere of
splendor. We seemed to hang sus-
pended; and such as this, [ fancied
must be the feeling OF an insect caught
in the heart OF a fery-petaled rose
Yet not these melodramatic sunsets
alone are beautiful. Even more exquis-
lite, perhaps, are the lagoons, painted in
monochrome of grays, with Just one
touch of pink upon a western cloud,
scattered in ripples here and there on
the waves below, reminding us that
day has passed and evening come.
And beautiful again are the calm set
tings Of fair weather, when sea and sky
alike are cheerful, and the topmost
blades Of the lagoon grass, peeping
from the shadows, glance like emeralds
upon the surface. There IS no deep
stirring Of the spirit in a symphony Of
light and color. But purity, peace, and
freshness make their way into our
hearts, FFdSer'S MdgazjHe.
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The Study Of Languages,

At a meeting of the ST. Louis Teach
ers' Association one of the members,
speaking of the study of language. adj
vised that the first lessons be to teach
the children how to talk If they talk
correctly, they will write correctly when
they know how to spell. The children
should be led to talk, babble, if the
word suited better. Dolls, bows and
arrows and kites should be taken into
the room; even a kitten might be in
troduced and talked about. This would
help to Danish restraint from the school.
The children could talk upon them and
their errors Of speech be corrected. On
the subject of definitions the reader
caused considerable merriment by cit
ing the case of teacher who had
wasted two months in trying to get from
a child q definition of the word "hole "
In lis own eighth grade recently . pu-
pill supposed a girl might be ductile be-
cause she could easily be drawn out.
This was absurd, but Just such absurd
ties we're encountered daily in school
where definitions we're looked for.
In an ei9hth-9rade class, in Chicago,
tlii llOuCSt VI fsllieS XII " us e
CURED to paraphrase a couple Of stanzas
from SCOTS Lady Of tie Lake They
ran:
Two dogs of black st. Hubert breed,
Unmatched for courage, breath and speed,
Fast in his flying traces came
And all but won that desperate game:
For scarce a spans length from his haunch,
! Vindictive tOiled the bloodhound staunch."
The girl went faithfully to work with
her dictionary and produced the follow
ing:
! 1.-TWO dogs of black color and ST.
i Hubert's breed were not fit for valor,
respire or haste, came in hurry on
their swift two straps by which vehi-
Gle is drawn by horses, and all but
gained that furious jest for hardly a
distance larger than spear or sharp
weapon used in war, from his hip de-
pending labored the bloodhound dog
firm and steady"
Such possibility with faithful
scholar should not exist The girl
should have studied the subject with
her teacher.
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LATE MINNEAPOLIS NEWS.

Prof. Warren was unable deliver his &C.
ture before the Reform club last evening,
and the meeting was turned into a general
discussion.
The proposed council meeting failed TO
come to time. Three or four Of the alder
men met in the council chamber, but there
being no quorum present the meeting was
adjourned.
A lamp explosion at los South Washing
ton avenue, called the fire department. out
at o'clock last evening, but a little pres
ence of mind and d pail of water had ex-
tinguished the flames before their arrival.
Damage, nominal.
Charles Gilmour, the kleptomaniac car
penter, Who has figured so conspicuously
in the annals of Hennepin county the past
three years, was arrested on bench war
rant yesterday. lie is charged with steal
ing large quantity of beef and butter.
The exhibition game of billiards be-
tween Jules Meyer, OF Minnea polls, and
L. w. Sherman, of California, occurred at
Turner hall last evening before a light au-
dience. Owing TO poor light, the chande-
liers being fully twenty feet above the Ia
bic, the game started out slowly. Many
easy caroms, which either player is GER
tain of making, were missed on account
of the shadows cast by the balls and rails.
The latter part of the game, however,
proved more interesting. The table
was fine new Brunswick & Bake,
and had the conditions been favorable, an
excellent average would have been scored.
The score stood at the end, Meyer. 634,
and Sherman $50 points.
The late Senator Ben. Hills monument
fn,,d in Gsnrria . ~ onnts To only So 2ze
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The Bess Monk.ey Of ne Caae.

Among recent additions to the Geological
garden were twenty-five monkeys from the
East Indies, says the Philadelphia Times.
They were green monkeys, Rhoesus mon
keys, spider monkeys, lemures, and maca-
Gus, and one of them, a large Rhoesus
monkey, with a beautiful, smooth, yellow
ish-gray coat, soon won distinction for
himself. All these animals we're put in
the big cage in the monkey house,
when the big Rhesus began jump
ing up and down in kind of hysterical
dance, which drew the keepers attention
at once. After he became a little ac-
customed to his surroundings and began
climbing about with the rest, his first ex-
plot was to seize bonnet monkey named
Frank" one of the Oldest inhabitants,
and hurl him boldly from the top of the
cage to the floor. This was the signal
for an uproar. which began Immediately,
and big macacus, which is kept fastened
by a long chain because of his fierce
disposition, started up the ratings to chas-
tise the aggressor. The newcomer met
him halfway and both dropped to tbs
| floor in close combat, while pretty much
all the other monkeys in the cage jumped
on top of them. For about ten minutes
| there was the iveliest kind of a tussle in
the cage, while the keepers could do moth
| ing but look on in dismay. Finally the
Rhoesus whipped the crowd, and from that
moment he has been known as Sullivan"
/ He and big female macacus are now the
"6osses'' of the cage, which contains about
sixty monkeys, and apportion out the pub
/ lie patronage to suit themselves.
| There were evidences of another battle
royal when the keepers opened the house
| yesterday morning, and a little monkey
was nursing a limb that had been almost
bitten off; but, as general thing, the cage
contains a peaceable and apparently happy
| family.
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Repentnnce on az GnIIo,re.

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher does not
believe in gallows-tree saints. His report
ed words are:
Nothing TO my mind Is more indecent
than the way in which great criminals are
cossetted and carried out of life A muir
derer is in prison awaiting the expiration Of
his crime on the gallows, and The most sal
acious, and abominable sympathy is shown
to him. Womend send flowers to his cell.
Some of them would even kiss an ulcer
for him. Priests and philantropists run
to see him. Tracts, books and deicacies
are crowded upon him, and all,
forsooth, because he is going to
die. Are not poor men dying al
around and no sympathy poured out for
them? But here is a monster, and for him
the food-gates are opened. The news
papers say he died trusting in Jesus.
Faughl What world of mischief that
thief on the cross did! Can the whole cur
rent of mans life be changed in a mo-
1nent? Can one become leaned in the love
of heaven in minute? Can reeking pas
sions learn from vsstal purity: Can boor
from the country learn in night how to
conduct himself at party in a mansion
And yet a man who has crept to the gal
lows through the common sewer blossoms
out at the last minute, when all hope of
pardon is gone, into a saint. I don't
believe it."
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DEsrIrurIoN IN ITALY.
Horrible Reports Cohcersin0 the Life of the
Italian LGGOring Classes.

Italian LG60Fiag Classes.
From a series of articles in Undergraduate
Relga.l
Recent reports from Italy describe hor-
rible condition among the poorer classes,
much worse than that prevailing in Ire
land. Poverty and lack of employment
with their attendant vices, make the life
of the poor in Italy one of inconceivable
misery. This state of things is amazing
among a people so naturally intelligent
and industrious-!n a country so marvel
ously endowed by nature. The more
enterprising and capable are leaving the
country in large numbers to seek homes
in other countries, while those too poor
or too ignorant to emigrate are sinking
daily into a worse state of wretchedness.
Even when employment can be found the
wages are far from sufficient to support
family; a farm laborer receives on an
average $18 per year or 81 with board and
lodging. In soHe places threats and
punishment are found Unavailing to pre-
vent the half-starved laborers from eating
the grapes or other fruits they are gather
ing, SO that they are compelled to wear
muzzles.
When the Italian peasant gets fair
chance to work he surpasses almost ali OF
his competitors by his perseverance, fdel-
jty, and readiness to accept any wages or
undertake any work which other laborers
shrink from. The rank harvest on the
Campagna-the broad, marshy plain en-
circllng the city of Rome. whose exhala-
tons are fatal during the summer months
is gathered by hardy peasants who
come down from the mountains to brave
death for the sake of the scanty pittance
paid them by the owners OF the land
who never venture to set foot themselves
on the pestilential plains. Only q
| percentage live to return home-the shall
low, unmarked graves scattered over the
Campagna testifying to the deadly power
of the mRlaria-but there is never any
lack of harvesters. In the tunnels being
built under the Alps, the workmen die in
large numbers from that new disease late
ly developed among them, on account of
the want OF light and fresh air while at
work, but there are crowds of italian
laborers eagsr to step into the vacant
/ places. If the government would take
| the matter in hand and distribute the vast
tracks Of unoccupied. government land
among the poor of the country, what
is now an element of great danger and
crime, would be converted into a source oil
wealth and honor to the nation. A promi.
nent Italian said not long ago: 'We are
quietly sleeping in the path of an ava
lauche which has already given warning;
of its approach" referring to the recent
disturbances in Lombardy, Central Italy
and in the neighborhood of Venice. Tht
new electoral law goes into effect this year
which may beneft-the country and proba
bly, will, as up to the present time only
about 100000 Italians were entitled t.
votes out of a population of many mill
ions.
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10 through, owing to excess IN weight.
The farmer, who was going west to fur
nish produce which would be carried
over these very roads. accepted the sit
uation, called for the tickets. but, as he
pull out his pocket-book, said: "Look
here captain, cant You put little chap
we have, about six years old, through
free?" well, no; but tell you what
l viii dol viii get him through on
half-fare." The farmer paid his money
and left without murmur, but the adj
vance agent was still there using the
paper of the railroad company and
writing two or three kilograms which
he wished sent free. The reporter left
at this juncture, thinking that were he
a general manager the theatrical party
should pay high rates and the horny
handed farmer should be the favored
one of the Indianapolis jour
nal
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ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

Gov. Stephens is seriously sick at Allan
ia, Ga.
The divorce suit of Minnie Conway
against Cornetist Levy, at New York, is
settled.
A woman was given poison in mistake
for medicine in New York yesterday and
died in great agony.
Letters published from Cardinal Sine
oni confirm the reports that the vatican
has instructed archbishops to order priests
not to interfere in elections.
New York and Boston capitalists in OF
tawa are negotiating with the Ontario Pa
cifc railway for the construction of line
from Cornwall to Sault st. Marie.
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AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred
and fourteen (214) of the special laws of
the year one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six (1S76) relating to jurIes in
the county OF Ramsey.
Be il enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section one (1), of chap
ter two hundred and fourteen (214) of the
special laws of the year 1876 is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following
The validity of any Of the lists herein pro-
viGed for or the legality of any jury, shall
not be affected by the selection and naming
at any time of more or less than the NUM-
Der of persons in this section specified.
Section ,. Section four (Q of said
chapter is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following: No name
shall be taken from either of the boxes ex-
cept for the purpose and in the manner in
this chapter provided, nor excerpt in the
presence OF the Sheriff and a Justice Of the
Peace Of said County.
See. 3. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved Jan. 30, 4. D. 1883.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
1 hereby certify that have carefully
compared the foregoing with the original
on file in this department, and that it is
a tr ne and correct copy thereof, and OF
the whole Of the same.
l@o Witness my hand and the Great
GREAT Seal of the State, this twenty
! SEAL. eighth day of February, A
\~~l D. 1888.
FRED Won BAUMBACH,
Secretary of State.
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AN ACT to amend Chapter Three hundred
and ffty-nine $3.50 of the Special Laws
of One thousand Eight hundred and
Eigth-one assn relating to Plat Com
mission for Ramsey County.
Be II enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section /. That section two (2) of chap
Ter Three Hundred and Fifty-Nine $3.50 of
the special laws of One Thousand
Eight hundred and Eighty-one (lS81) be
aud th7 same Is hereby amended by adding
tn,- Ito the following,to wit: Allplats pre-
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IN HOT WATER.

PRESF RYE AND NOT DESTROY is A
SOUND MOTTO IN MEDICATION AS IN STATES
MANSHIP, AND DURING THIS COLD WEATHER
NOTHING so PRESERVES AND KEEPS II PER
Feet Older THE FUNCTIONS or THE BODY
AS A TEASPOONFUL OF TARRAN9'S SELF
TER APERIENT, TAKES IN HOT WATER,
HALF AN HOUR BEFORE FRI AKTA9T.
feb 27-mar Il
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L Heroic Statue OF Garfield.

The commission for heroic statue of
Garfield from the state of Ohio grants TIE
sculptor, Charles H. Nishaus, $4,000 for
the completed Carrara marble statue de-
ivered at Washington, D. c., within two
years. For the next six months the sculp-
tor binds himself to exclusive work on the
study model and the full-size working
model, which are to be committed to the
state committee for their approval. The
latter can terminate the contract at any
time that the progress of the work is not
satisfactory to majority of them. The
statue will show Garfield as a civilian, not
as a military commander. The only
sculptors voted for when Mr.. Niehaus was
chosen were Mahoney, Papotti, Redisso,
and Winnie Rsam. Mr.. Nishaus is about
twenty eight, began as stone cutter,
worked in the Cincinnati school of design
for some time, and then went to Munich,
where he is said to have taken prizes.
One should hope for the best; perhaps Mr..
Niehaus will surprise as by a real work of
art, thing greatly to be wished for at
Washington.
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local LEGISLATION.
-fCTS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE
-IFFECTING R-fKSEK COUNT.

Issuing Certificates of Tndebtedness-Lay-
ing Out Misunderstanding to Juries-The
Plat ners-Phonographic Re
ports for the Courts.
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*#*''Men condemn in others what they prae-
tee themselves" Those who practice the use
of Kidney-Wort never condemn its use by others,
but commend it to all affected with piles, dys-
pepsia, constipation and all other diseases resll-
ing from a disordered state of the kidneys, live
or bowels
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scented to said plat commission for accept
ance by said commission must be drawn
in duplicate on good and substantial can
vas backed paper and shall be of uni
form size, that is Twenty two (22) inches
in width and Thirty $50 inches in length.
If said plat shall be accepted by said COM
mission they shall endorse their accept
ance and approval of one of said plats or
maps and certify to the other one as a true
copy of the one approved and accepted by
them. When said plats shall be presented
to the Register of Deeds for record the
map endorsed as approved and accepted
by the plat commission shall be
filed OF record as the original
plat; the other shall be certified
by said Register of Deeds as a true and
correct copy of the original plat, the plat
or map filed as the original shall only be
open to inspection in the presence of the
Register of Deeds or of one of his depu-
ties, the certified copy shall always be
open to the inspection of the public du-
ring business hours.
The originals as well as the copies shall
from time to time be bound in separate
books in good and substantial binding
whenever sufficient number of plats or
maps have accumulated In the Register
of Deeds Office to make a book, the cost
and expenses of said binding to be paid by
the County of Ramsey, no plat or map
shall ever be accepted by said plat com
mission unless the same are presented in
duplicate as aforesaid,nor shall said Regis
ter of Deeds ever file for record any plat
or map unless a trae copy of the original
map or plat shall be presented with the
81 CT of nd
map or plat shall ever be accepted and
approved by said plat commission unless
the certificate Of the Surveyor or Engineer
making the same shall state that at the
corners of each and every block an iron
monument has been placed, said monu-
ment shall be at least fifteen (15) inches
in length and one and one-half(115) inches
IN diameter.
No map or plat of any new addition Of
lots or blocks in or to the City of st. Paul
the area of which lots and blocks in the ag-
gregate shall exceed five o. acres exclu-
sive of streets and allyes shall ever be ac-
cepted by said plat commission unless at
least one-twentieth (i2O) part of the area
of the land so laid out into lots and blocks
shall be dedicated by the owners of said
! addition to the public, as public park.
| Sec 9 This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved February twenty seventh, A
| D. 1888.
STATE or MINNESOTA
! DEPARTMENT OF STATE
L hsreby certify that l have carefully
compared the foregoing with the origina
ON file in this department, and that it is {
true and correct copy thereof, and of tht
whole of the same.
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Franz List has announced his perma-
nent retirement from public performances
He was asked to play in Paris for the ben
eft of the inundated inhabitants Of Alasce-
Lorraine, but replied that his seventy-two
years had disabled him as a pianist. He
said ne had not praciced for years and
was sure any effort of his to play in public
would be attended with failure. He added
that he had determined not to appear N
concert playing again.
1t is said that cats never display any OF
the attachment and gratitude to
their masters that aresshown by dogs. II
this be true, Louis Blane's fayorite cat
was an exception to the rule. This animal
was in the habit of waiting for its master
on the stairs every evening until his return
from the chamber of deputies, and it is
now said to have died ofsgrief two days
after his decease. It refused to take
either food or drink.
Two actors recently shot at each other
near Liverpool; but both. so deeply wa;
their stage training incorporated into their
muscles, fired into the air and fell down
just as in play, Those who heard the
noise and rushed forward to raise the
supposed corpsee were greeted with the
involuntary question from each, SIS Tie
curtain DOWN." AS a revoluting crime the
effort was not a success.
The military suite of the present car
consists of SIS persons, among whom are
.welve members of the imperial family
three dukes of Ieuchtenberg, seven roy a
princes, eight princes entitled to be styled
serene highness." twenty-eight princes
forty-four counts, twenty-five barons, AMI
222 noblemen. They include sixty-fv'
Germans and seven Poles.