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The two hundred and forty white agents
OF the International Association and tho
French Government along tho Congo arc
beginning to introduce into that wild region
many OF the comforts and necessities OF
civilized iifc, Ihoy are now erecting at
some OF thclr stations frame houses that
were built IN belgium and transported In
sections to the Congo. Tho International
stations are to be connected by telegraph
and part Of the plant Is how on the way.
A sanitorum has been established at Bona,
IS miles from tho sea, and others
arc to DO built at convenient points along
the river as comfortable refugees for tho sick
With tho present improved roads and the
perfected systcm' Of land portage past tho
cataracts. and the use OF seven steamboats,
above Stanley Pool. " Is found that 1t need
not take many days longer now to reach
Stanley Falls, about 1890 miles from the
coast, than IL did to reach Stanley Pool, 325
miles inland, three years ago.
Some Of these steamboats, are pushing I'D
tho largo afllucnts Of the Congo, which, ac-
cording to STANLEY, will mako 5000 miles Of
river navigation In tho Congo basin avail.
able to commerce We are treated every
little while to some fresh surprise with re-
gard to the great river or its tributaries, NJ.
GIRAUD. FOR instance, who returned TO France
the other day from his trip to the head
waters OF the Congo, says the river after
leaving Lake BangScoio turns abruptly
southwest, and flows In that direction for $50
miles before II turns north toward Lake
Moero. lfhis information is correct. ii adds
nearly 800 miles to the length OF tho river,
which. since STANLEY followed 1t to the
ocean, has boon known to 10 the greatest
river In Africa md probably second only to
tho Amazon In tho volume OF water 1t pours
Into tho sea. and In Its navlgable extent.
1t Is now said that STANLEY will return to
the Congo " june. aAd that the King Of tho
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-04-26

The B,t0alo Courier makes no mistake
whom II says that in succession OF Nation
al Conventions the National Democracy has
declared In favor OF civil service reform"
In tho Convention OF 1884 tho language was
that they were In favor OF an "honest civil
service reform" That was tho whole OF tho
declaration on that subject.
One OF the purposes, and among tho most
important, for which the Democracy gtrug.
gled and for which 1t trumphed in the
election OF 1854, was to reform tho civil sor.
VICE u itasa "! been thought l4at such
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President CLryFtASp dpss M pay sum
Client attention iothe prr."rystion - his hath.
lie i-a Strong snd IN enduring man, hut tn"
IAtor D.. performs you'd ;irv "u' = sissm sh-
r'nc. Tn. sort % exercise h" takes IL not the
trst. IIs - driven into tn. c,untry In tbs NJ
to, noon but that 1. not on ugh for such u hard
worker and vigorous feeder as he. u. ought 10
drivs himself as President GRANT used 60 do
or. better yc,. hs should initiate tho example Of
President ARTHUR and 60 cut on horseback.
This Last form Of exercise Ia probably much
b.t,sr than driving for n man of powerful ply
slaus: but that Is q matter Of individual taste
and idiosyhcra-y. With all his cares ard la
bors. Mr.. BONNER drives constantly and he Is
always . picture OF health. enjoyment. and ac-
tivlty. Mr.. CLEVELAND seems 20 have got n
good pair OF horses. but to have his coachman
drive for him when he Is out for exercise 10 moi
tho thing. He should stir up his blood and
change tho current OF his ideas by holding the
reins and the whp with his own hands.
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10 THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: A cor.
respondent from baltimore speaking OF the divorce suit
againt Ross r. winHns, says; In Maryland no mar.
rage lawful. except among Quakers. which is not
solsnnized by al ordained minister of the Gospe and
rgo no charge OF bigamy or claim for divorce will bs
recognized by the courts where tho alleged marriage has
been contracted otheIw wise"
The law Of Maryland enacted In l777 which s still in
forco In the District OF Columbia and unl.s, rep..l.a
or essentially mcdAsi Is now the law Of MARYLAND "a.
qurss license pubcAtio for three successy. sun
dsys and . clergyman to perform the ceremony
But In spite Of all that. marriage wthou, lcsn,s
q thu United States 1877 in the cnss NJ
coed notwithstanding the statutes unless thew con
law C1n'ans no such words OF nudity 1t prescrbes
penalty ~ ISD for marrying contrary to The stntS,s
10 where the parties 90 outside the Siats To-
marriage IL only savs; " 'eH''' VI such
That the General Court may inquire into, hear And
uesrmne either upon Indictment or petition OF .thsr
ths vAldy " any marriage contrary 10 thr sbls
n hs ACT or any second marriage nrst suhsstinw
nun Au voli; ana on All appeal the deposons and sv
uthce gwen IN mo case shall 10 transmitted with III.
RECORD 70 me court OF Appeals and ihsreupon such
cause snail De heard determined, and aiiudged de
Myo" "h XII. i777) This IL Inc present. law Of
"A'niSoros. D. C, AprilaA AhA's"'
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TURN THE R.ASCdLS our.
Every Representative OF the Hayes Fraud
should be Resolved Instauter.


should be Removed Instauter.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: There
Is one cause that Mr.. Cleveland and Democrats
everywhere ought to insist on as being sui.
hcient to hoist every officer who shall come
within the class to which 1t applies. l have
seen published list OF the names OF the men
appointed to office by Fraudulent Hayes
actors In tho great swindle who received
their Offices. and as many OF them "a are now In
office hold their Offices. as rewards forItheir In.
famous services In that regard. These men
ought to 20. They ought to DO made to 20, nor
be allowed to stay upon the order OF their 70.
Ing. The Democratic party as grand inquis-
itor. with President Cleveland rs Its appointed
instrument for that purpose. ought to search
them out and pursue thom with flame and
wrath until the public service is cleansed from
the pollution OF their presence. H. l.. PIPES,
CORVALLIS. Oregon. April IA.
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From the Atlanta ConstHution
President Cleveland believes that the highest
am OF party to gave the people the benent OF homes,
and economical rovsrnment-not the greatest good 10
the greatest number. but the greatest good 10 ALL
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WASHINGTON April 25.-The President 10.
aay DESIGNATED Surgeon George NJ sternberg U. s. A.,
10 attend the sanitary conference at Rome MAY Is tn
CONSIDER measures to the inv Aston OF chnl.rs
aud other contagious diseases. " N'''''s
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A Coming Evess,


ET0M Ws TblfS OemOcrdt.
Wife-,Old Mrs. Bentley told mo conf,dontiallv
mother, w ''sS"s egrahu'
Husband hbsent mindsd)-ls It poaslblei That old
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WASHINGTON. April 25.-wm. G. Chase. the
eoored clerk In the War Department who predicted in
ms newspaper the rec terrible results for hi. rae.
missed, >'S'""N "ah p.eh us'
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10 WAsN,SnIoS. April 25-The Board appointed
= @eSS aS..' s'!ss 'as w wv w WI Ns,i' ~
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.o psnry palm. asthmao and oil throat Affections are
soon relieved by That certain remedy for eoprn" ~
sS'N' wy WI tR!sIss.3S[<aV Wv
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We are told In John S,rinton's Paper that
there Is "one fool In Chicago" Too narrow an
estimate. We fear
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Good prizes have been offered for St Bernarda
both rough and smooth. and also for English
masiihs. A breed OF African greyhounds, comma
from tho desert OF Sahara and used by tho
Arabs for hunting tho gazele. have attracted
hucn attention at tho recent Viennese dog
snow. An Arab is In attendance on these dogs
VINO are all provided with certificates attestina
tho purity OF the breed. Long haired Russian
ereyhounds usod In wolf hunting have also
peeh honized attic Austrian exhibition. Spec.
linens OF both those breeds will soon find their
way over here. and. although they arc descrlb.
Cd as most powerful and ferocIous- looking
beasts. will probably ere long DO installed as
ladies' pets either in city drawing rooms or on
the lawns OF Newport cottages. Among the Ia.
dies who have entered thoir pets at the show
arc Miss Work. Miss Ryder. Miss Turuure.
Mrs. Frederick Nelson. Miss Blssell, and Miss
Coudert. The two little daughters OF Mr.. So
bastian schlesnger enter two dachshunds.
!hat II Is not always such o very good thing
In the case OF Mr.. William Isclin, who has the
hohor OF having taken tho inita, cropper in
this seasons hunting field. Mr.. Isclin was at
nrst supposed to be dangerously Injured. but
ID now declared to be progressing iayoraLiy
lie was thrown while hunting with tho Rock
away mounds and landed with such force on
hls feet as to break both his Iogs--one very
badly-and do some damage to his spine.
Inc newest device for the characterization Of
iaoies Jackets ~ to have the monogram worked
IN silver or gold on ths outside. Young ladies'
t Wh0 are engaged may. 1t Is said, have other
which means OF course. those Of their inncts.
rms leaves no room for doubt or embarrnss.
dm Smi Um INC fsTi OF Young men seeking intro.
exact fortunes in plain figures. OF those who
are as no, engaged could DO thus consriSuoWsiy
DISPLAYED. impc"unious foreigners in search Of
wives would have many .lupolipcuts removed
Gom tbsG llorny yslA.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-24
Stories OF the Russian Court.

A young poet had written most sour
rilous poem, in which he had described
and libelcd not only the empress, but
also all the grand dukes and duchesscs.
Some one, the censor of the press, went
and told the empress. "The man had
better be sent of to Siberia at once" he
said; it is not case for delay" "Oh,
no, said the empress; "wait Il little, but
tell the man | desire to see him at 4
o'clock tomorrow evening" When the
poor man was told this, he felt as if the
last hour was come. and that the en-
pcror alexander ID must intend HIM
self to pronounce n sentence Of external
exile He went to tEc palace, and was
shown through all the grand statcrooms,
one after another, without seeing anyone,
till at last he arrived at 4 small common
place room at the cnd OF them all, where
there was q single table with a lamp
upon it, and here he saw the empress,
the emperor and all the grand
dukes and duchesscs whom he had men
toned in his poem. "lIow do YOU
do sirl" said the emperor. II hear you
have written most beautiful poem, and
| have sent for you that you may read it
aloud to us yourself, and have invited
all the grand dukes and duchesses to come
that they may have the pleasure Of hear
ing you" Then the poor man pros
trated himself at the cmpcror's feet.
"Send me to Siberia, SIRE" he said 4;
'Gorce me to become a soldier, only do
not compel INC to read that poem" ooh,
sir, you are cruel to refuse me the pleas
urc, but you will not be so ungallant as
to refuse the empress the pleasure Of
hearing your verses, and she will ask you
herself" And the empress asked him.
When he had finished she said II do
not think he will write any more verses
about us again. lie need not go to ST.
IBERIA just yet"
A noblcman had entered into con.
spiracy against the emperor, and was
sentenced to Siberia. His eyes were
bandaged and he was put into dark
carriage, and for seven days and nights
they travelled on and on, only stopping to
take food. At last lie felt they must
have reached Siberia, and in the utmost
anguish he perceived that the carriage
stopped, and the bandage was taken oil
his ewes, and-he was in his own home
lie had been driven round and round st.
Petersburg the whole time; but tho
fright quite cured him.-,Stadtes IN
Russia.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-24

The following is the preface written
by General Grant to his book of
memoirs:
"Man proposes and God dsposes."
There are but few important events in
the affairs of men brought about by their
own choice.
Although frequently urged by friends
to write my memoirs | had determined
never to do so, nor to write anything for
publication. At the age of nearly sixty
two l received an injury from fall,
which confined me closely to the house
while it did not apparently affect my
general health. This made study o
pleasant pastime. Shortly after the
rascality of business partner developed
itself by the announcement of failure.
This was followed soon after by univcr-
sal depression of all securities, which
seemed to threaten the extinction of
good part Of the income still retained,
and for which | am indebted to the
kindly act of friends At this juncturc
the editor of the Century magazine asked
me to write few articles for him. l
consented for the money it gave me- for
at that moment was living upon bor-
rowcd money. The work | found con-
genial, and determined to continue it.
The event is an important one for me,
for good or evil; l hope for the former.
In preparing these volumes for the
public, | have entered upon the task
with the sincere desire to avoid doing in.
justice to any one, whether on the Ma
tioEal or Confederate side, other than
the unavoidable injustice of not making
mention often where special mention is
due. There must be many errors of
omission in this work, because the sub
ject is too large to be treated Of in two
volumes in such way as to do justice to
all the officers and men engaged. There
were thousands of instances. during the
rebellion, of individual, company, regi-
mental and brigade deeds of hcroism
which deserve special mention and are
not here alluded to. The troops engaged
in them will have to look to the detailed
reports Of their individual commanders
for the full history of those deeds.
The first volume, as well as portion
of the second, was written before had
reason to suppose | was in a critical con
dition Of health. Later | was reduced
almost to the point of death, and it be-
came impossible for me to attend to any
thing for weeks l have, however, re-
gained somewhat of my strength, and
am able, often, to devote as many hours
day as person should devote to such
work. Iwould have more hope of salts
flying the expectation of the public if |
could have allowed myself more time.
have used my best efforts, with the aid of
my eldest son, F. d. Grant, assisted by his
brothers, to verify from the records every
statement of fact given. The comments
are my own, and show how l saw the
matters treated Of, whether others saw
them in the same light or not.
With these remarks l present these
volumes to the public, asking no favor,
but hoping'they will meet the approval of
the reader. U. S. GRANT.
MOUNT MACGREGoR. N. Y, July /, 1885.
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ostensible casus belli was the act of the
Bolivian government in imposing an ex-
port duty of ten cents per cwt. upon nj
trate. At the port of Antofagasta
CHILEAN company had nitrate works, and
refused to pay the export tax. The Bo-
livian government seized the works. and
was about to sell tlem at auction, when
Il CHILEAN man of-war appeared, landed q
force to protect the property, and the
struggle began, which ended in the
seizure of all the Bolivian territory on
the coast and the most southerly prov
incc OF Peru.
The most useful to mankind of all the
natural products of Peru was quinine, the
drug made from the bark of the cinchona
tree, which was discovered by Francis.
can friar in the early days of the con-
quest, and call cinchona in honor of the
Countess of Cinchona, whose husband
was the viceroy of Peru, in the early
days of Spanish dominion. She intro.
duced it into Spain rs remedy for fc-
vcrs, and there is no drug in the cata.
loGuc that has been used in such quaint.
ties or with such success by suffering
mankind.
The entire supply formerly came from
Peru, and it was known as Peruvian bark,
but aftcrward the forests along the en-.
tire chain of the Andes were found to
contain it, and it furnished one of the
chief articles of exports from South
America for three centuries. The supply
has been greatly diminished by the de.
struction of the trees, it being the habit
formerly to cut down the trunk and strip
it as well as the branches of the bark
Nowadays the forests are protected by
law, and the trees are allowed to stand,
a portion Of the bark being stripped OH
each year, which nature replaces again.
England, with that proyidcnt fore
sight which charactcrizcs much of her
political economy, several years ago sent
agents into Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia,
under the direction of the celebrated
bctanist, Mr.. Spruce. and made collcc-
ton of cinchona plants, WHICH were
taken to Java, Ceylon and India, and
there have been transplanted and cult
waited with great success and profit. 1t
is found that under proper treatment the
tree produces very much greater amount
Of quinine, Of n much superior quality,
and at less cost than the bark can be
gathered in the mountains of South
America, so that shipments from Peru
have almost entirely ceased, and the
market receives its supply from the Brit
ish possessions. Thus Peru has lost her
quinine, which was formerly great
source Of revenue.
The indigo trade also has almost Gu
tircy ceased, the East Indies and West
Indies furnishing superior article than
Peru can produce. Indigo is made by
boiling the leaves of the indigo tree and
letting them ferment. After certain
amount of fermentation the boiling pro-
cess is renewed, the water is drawn off,
and the sediment at the bottom Of the
vat is subjected to a degree of heat suf-
ticicnt to cause crystalization.
Thus have departed one by one the
sources of the wealth and prosperity of
Peru.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-24
The DatOOra Plant.

A Baltimore doctor who has lived in
India described to a Herald reporter
some of the mysterious plants belonging
to that strange country. We quote:
81 had an experience with the datoora
plant once continued the doctor, mus
ingly, "that very much increased my
respect for the natives. The datoora
plant grows wild by the side of bitches
and cactus hedges. 1t has large white
flowers, and very dark green leaves
From a distance it might be mistaken
for our own hollyhock The leaves are
a sure cure for asthma They are dried
and prepared like cigars or smoked in a
pipe. The seeds of the flowers, which
have dusty yellow color, arc subtle
and potent poison, and when taken in
small quantities cause temporary
insanity. and, in large quanti-
ties, death or permanent idiocy. The
wonderful properties of the seed are well
known, and there are regular gangs of
professional robbers who traverse the
country and dcspoil their victims, after
having placed them under the influence
of the poison, which they conceal in
sweetmeats. One evening put up at
small village, at an inn. On the vcranda
noticed three fine looking fellows
dressed with more than customary e!e-
gance. Surprising them to be dignita-
ries of some Sort | scraped up an ac-
quaintance through my guide, and we
chatted in their own language until mid
night. l then retired, not deeming it
necessary to secure the latch of my door.
| remember nothing after that until a
week after, when / awoke from what
seemed to me to have been pro.
found sleep, to learn that l had been
poisoned by datoora seeds by the
three fne-looking scamps in good
clothes. They had taken literally every
thing OF value | possessed, and | had to
cable to London for money. The guide
told me they found me in the morning
speeches., with my eyes wide open, in
the most ridiculous sort of a stare.
could walk about when led, but gave
unintelligiblc answers to questions put
to me. can remember positively moth
ing OF what occurred during that week.
All was a blank. My only sensations
were those of going to sleep and awak-
ing. When person dies of datoora
poisoning in that country they cover the
body with n cloth and some leaves, and
place it for three days in the shade of a
sacrifcial banyan tree, until the datoora-
devil comes forth. when the body is
buried. The use Of this plant has to a
great extent superseded the use of hand
kerchiefs by the Thugs"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-24
HEALTH HINTS.

Well ventilated bedrooms will prevent
morning headaches and lassitude.
To SroP VOMITING. Drink of saffron
tea. Don't pass this by unnoticed for
it may save your life, as it did mine. 1
know of four other cases as critical as
mine where it was elfectual. Day Star.
A good specific for hiccoughs is made
by moistening graduated sugar with
good vinegar. OF this give to an infant
from a few grains to teaspoorful. The
effect is almost instantaneous, and the
dose seldom needs to be repeated. - Toledo
BLdde.
CURE FOR SPRAIN; Take one table
spoonful of honey, the same OF salt, and
the white of one egg; beat all well to-
gether for at least one hour-or two
would be better. Let it stand an hour.
Then anoint the sprained place freely !;
keep we'll rolled up with a good band