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Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-08
AMERICAN SINGERS ABROAD.

Mile. Van Zandt and Her Relations
 With Mrs. Millionaire Mackay.
 Lucy Hooper's Milan Letter in Philadelphia Tele-
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 Mme Rolla (Mrs. Rammelsburg) has been singing lately in Bologna. Of the other American prima donna in Europe I note with pleasure the brilliant triumph achieved at the principal opera house at Catania by Miss Teresa Adams, who has been singing therein ''La Sonnambula" and q Puritani'' Miss Ada Arthur is shortly to make her debut at Parma as Marguerite in Faust Mrs. King (Clara Poole), the fine American con- tralto, is engaged to appear at Bergamo as Nancy in Martha" I am told that M. Car valho is now negotiating with an American singer to replace Mile Van Zandt at the Opera that he suffered that fine artiste, Emma Nevada, to cancel her engagement.
 And apropos of Mile. Van Zandt, I have recently seen some very laudatory articles in the American papers about that young lady, which ascribes part at least of her recent misfoItunes to the influence of Mrs. J. w. Mackny's emnity. These statements are in correct as they are unjust. Mrs Mackay, at the commencement of the young singers Parisian career, while she was still an un- known and struggling artiste, took the warmest interest in her career and did every thing in her power to insure the success of Miss Van Zandts debut, taking number of boxes and using all her influence in her favor. She afterwards engaged her repeated ly to sing at her soirees, remunerating her services with her usual generosity. On her benefits being repaid with marked rudeness and active ingratitude Mrs. Mackay with drew her acquaintance from Miss Van Zandt But in what manner that noble and generous spirit resented the insolence and rudeness of the spoiled prima donna may best be judged by the following circumstance: The day after the disastrous and now famous repre- sentation of ''The Barber of Seville,:' Ire ceived the following dispatch from Mrs. Mac kay: q am so distressed about this affair at the Opera Comique. Is there anything we can do to help the poor girl!'
 The fact is that Miss Van Zandt has had no worse enemy than herself. In the days of her brilliant and sudden success she took as much trouble to make enemies as other young artists do to gain friends. She snub- bed her comrades at the Opera Comique and treated with civility and neglect everybody that had shown her any attention or kindness at the outset of her career. She thus raised up strong faction against her among the Parisian singers and the French newspaper critics. "What do I care for the French paperss" she once said, clinching her little hand; ''I hold the Parisian public Tn my grasp-like this." Poor child! She did not realize like handful of wasps they might one day sting the palm that clasped them.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-08
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Mir Charles Carter the oldest citizen of the town of Marlborough, has just passed his ninety fifth birthday. He bids fair to live to be one hundred Mir Carter says only two persons within his memo ry have lived to be older than he now is who were natives of the town. They were Mr. Theodore Lord who passed his ninety birthday, and MT John D. Bigelow, who died in his one hundred and first year.
 Decoration day expenses in Hartford are usually about $200. The expenses of the annual decoration of graves are reduced to minimum by the fact that the members of the Sons of Veterans and Grand Army posts turn and do the greater share of the work.
 James Shepard, of New British, has returned from visit to Florida
 Mrs. O. c. Stanley, of New Britain. has sold her place on Main street R that city to B. c. Porter ami R. w. HadIey for abo>t $25OOO The lot has a frontage of 13s feet and is 200 feet deep and is of the finest building sites in the city.
 The Alvin Joslyn Comedy Co. play in New Brit ain next Monday evening and next Wednesday t,re the EggleSton Opera company Will produce tne Bohemian Girl' at the same place. with Miss tan ney of New Haven, Airline and a good support Miss Mary Myers, D., of Woodstock, who went out as assistant physician to Bishop Taylor Central African mission was married to c. L. Da- yenport on board ship in the harbor of Bonny, on the west coast of Africa, February 27th. Iudpa Andrews decided yesterday that J. Bar bour could continue act in his office, notice of | an appeal from the courts decision ousting MT. l Barbour has been made.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-08

Prepare to make up your mind about the entrances to the Green. Shall or shall not the stone posts be removed?
Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-08

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A Very Small Lion.

From Animal Traps and Trappers'' by c. F.
 Holder, In St. Nicholas for May.
 In Africa, deep pits are often made by human hunters to capture game, and among the insects we find the ant-lion (Myrmeleop) adopting similar ruse. Its eggs are laid in sandy places, and when the young ant-lions appear they have no wings, and are fiat lit tie creatures with immense jaws. As soon as born, the curious larve proceed to work. Every young ant-lion selects a soft place in the sand, and by turning itself round and round it traces all exterior circle; and by turning the spinal motion, and gradually re- treating to the center, it marks out and forms a cavity having spirals like those of snail she'll Next, these are smoothed down by an ingenious process. If pebble Il oils in, or is found in the slope, the ant-lion places it up on it's head, and with sudden jerk sends it far out of the pit. But sometimes pebbles are found that are to heavy to be thrown out in this way, and then another plan is adopt ed. The pebble is carefully rolled upon the flat back of the ant lion, which starts up the incline with it's tail high in air, so that the lead is kept upon level, and finally deposit ted on the outside. If the pebble is round, many attempts have to be made. The pit completed is seen to be circular conical depression, at the bottom of which the willy hunter conceals itself, only it's jaws and many eyes being visible; and here. it awaits its prey, that sooner or later comes tumbline in Ants that happen to be off on foraging journey are the most frequent victims. The ant comes running along rapidly, and is over the edge of the pit before he knows it, the treachereus sand giving way and precipita- ting him down toward the concealed lion. A moment more and two (to him) enormous jaws open, and the ant quickly disappears forever Sometimes, instead of tumbling down into the pit, the ant obtains foothold and almost escapes; but in such case the ant-lion throws aside the concealment, rushes out, and shovels sand upon it's struggling victim, and by successive jerks bombards it with such fusilade of sand that, beaten and confused, it rolls down into the open jaws of the cruel hunter. For two years the ant-lion carries out it's predatory warfare, gradually growing larger and enlarging it's pit, until finally it is ready to change into chrysalis. It then envelopes itself into 8 round ball of sand, cemented together by fine silken cords. In this cocoon it lives for about three weeks, when it emerges perfect four winged in- sect resembling the dragon-fy.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-08

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Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-08

and toward nightfal! caught sight of the In dians again. This time they thought it was all up with them, and that the Indians were possibly waiting for nightfall to kill them. All Applegrath could do was to tell his wife he would ask them to make short work of the business. His wife and the little girl cried little, but arms with them. Before leaving the house Applegrath had been searched by the squaws, and his arms and money taken from him. The only defence the party had against their pursuers was an ax.
 At two o'clock in the morning of Wednes- day they rested for couple of hours. The horses were nearly exhausted. But little before morning they were put together again and driven on. When daylight came their were no Indians in sight. They drove on all Wednesday, and at nightfell took another rest. Applegrath never closed his eyes, however. Sometime after midnight they went on, and the forenoon of Thursday they came up with Judge Rouleau, who had left Battleford the previous Sunday with his wife and child. Mrs. Rae, wife of the Indian agent, a hired man, the two Parkers of Bat tleford, and man named Foster-eight in all. This brought up the party of twelve persons. When the judge left Battleford apprehended. Applegrath's reports hurried up their movements considerably. Thirty miles from Swift Current they were over taken by Constable Sterer and MT. Smart. Storer had left Battleford on Saturday, and was the bearer of dispatches to Colonel Herchmer. The Battleford garrison believed Herchmer was within a days march of Bat tleford. Storer had pluckily volunteered to go out and meet him and tell him of the events that had transpired. On his way he met Smart, who was coming in with goods, and the two journeyed south together. They arrived at Swift Current on Monday morning, and the majority of the party went east on Tuesday.
 It may be of interest to know that the h. dians who were bent on killing Applegrath were those whose rations had been stopped by him until they consented to work
 This ended flight which undoubtedly is only sample of many occurring in the north country now, and which illustrates the un- happy plight of the settlers throughout all the disaffected region.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-08
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Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-08

The money in the national treasury, over $4S0, ,000, 900 in all, has been counted and the enormous deficiency of two cents has been found This can hardly be used by the Democrats as an argument for turning the Republican rascals out
National Republican., 1885-04-24
A Party without Experience.

That the administration has already
made good many bunders its most
ardent admirers will hardly venture to
deny. Especially conspicuous, as wo have
heret oforo shown, are the blunders made
in tho diplomatic appointments. Such
straightout Dem ocratic journals as the
New York World, whose remarks in this
connection we have quoted on several oc-
Casions, feel constrained to bitterly con-
dcmn the appointment orMr. Phelps to
the English mission. The cases of Gen.
Lawton aud Mr.. Kelley have already
proved thorns in the side of the admin
istration, and their doclination of the
honors rendered them has pcrforce been
politely called for. To true blue Demo-
the consulate at Melbourne is very un-
palatable mistake, and the recital might
be extended further,
The source Of Democratic trouble and
laundering lies in the fact that the party
is totally unused to governing. 1t has
played tho role Of captiOus critic with
out responsibility for the past quarter of
u century. Its leaders have been under
no necessity Of keeping track of the char
actGrs, antecedcnts, and capacities of its
material available for public service in
the various states, Thrust suddenly into
position OF responsibility, the country
now sees the party cropping about in be-
( wilderment,unable to avoid the perpetra-
! tion of the most absurd errors.
1t is palpable that such measure of sue
/ cess in the conduct of the affairs Of the
| government as must he conceded to it has
been achieved solely whero the admin
/ istration has strictly adhered to the
broad and well defined lines Of policy
established by the Republicans during
their long rule Of tho nation. The country
/ porceives this, and as clearly perceives
the incapacity of Democracy to originate
anything better, or to avoid blundering
when it feebly essays to do anything
which will be recognized as distinctively
Democratic and foreign to any line oi
policy that tho Republican party would
have pursued.
National Republican., 1885-04-24
A Question Settled.

Tho Post Of last Monday contained q
severe attack on Mr.. L, q. Rathbone,
late chief of the special examining
division Of the pension Office, the chief
feature of tho article being an alleged
interview with Congressman Follett. of
Cincinnati.
THE REPUBLICAN Of Tuesday, in an
editorial paragraph referring to the at
tack, said "The only thing worthy of
mention which the article contains--to
wit, an alleged interview with Mr.. Fol-
lctt-is repudiated by that gentleman"
The Post of the next day, in the
course Of most exasperatingly iusoent
article, said THE REPUBLICANS state.
mont Concerning Mr.. Follett is so wanton
and impudont falschood as to border on
felonious mondacty."
But tho Pos, of yesterday vindicates
THE REPUBLICAN by printing letter
from Mr. Follott, in which that gentle
man says:
The article in Mondays Post, to which my
attention has been called puTporting TO be an
interview with me In relation TO Mr., L. 6.
Ruthbonc has so mixed what | said with what
| did not and could not have said-bcing mat.
tcrs about which know nothing-that in jus
tlCe ii is necessary that should state, as nearly
us can now recollect, what did say.
Mr.. Follett then goes on to make a de-
tailed statement, which the Post edito-
rally sums up with the remark that
! This amounts to n practical denial by Mr..
/ Folott of every remark which he made. To
| this we oppose our statement that both In the
! Interview" of Monday and In that of Wedues.
| day nc was reported truthlully aud accurately
We leave Mr.. Follett and our esteemed
contemporary to settle the question oI
vcracity between themselves, being quite
content with their joint vindication OF
/ The REPUBLICANS vcracity.
But it is probable that n "forked
tongue'-the property of Mr.. Follett-is
responsible for the disagreement between
1 the Post and THE REPUBLICAN, on a
question of fact,
National Republican., 1885-04-24

memorable in racing annals. Base ball,
too, has even spread into tho south, and
at Atlanta, Augusta, Nashville, Birming-
ham, and tho other cities In the Southern
League the people arc iuordinately OK
cited over the game.
"All work aud no play makes Jack
dull boy is an old adage and a truth
full one. 1t is good thing for the
national health and vigor that the inter
est in tho racer, ball, bat, and oar has
become so pronounced Tho games of
ball hero, for instance, are the induce
ment to ovorworkod business mon and
delicate women to leave the cares of their
merohau dising and their households for a
few hours now and then. That the time
thus spent is beneficial to mind and body
no one should doubt.
The influence of field sports upon the
rising generation in the direction Of pro-
noting physical vigor must be very great.
Base ball, rowing, bicycling, and lawn
tennis all contribute to harden nabby
muscles, expand aud strengthen weak
lungs, render tho oycsight keenor, and
bring refreshing sleep, and so are to be
encouraged as tending to make tho Amer
| lean men aud women Of the future stronger
aud healthier, aud rs sequence better
able to confront the labors and trials o
/ life
National Republican., 1885-04-24

Ak Tepe Is the controlling point Of tho
Penjdeh district, where the Afghans
built fort last year. 1t is situated on d
fiat piece of alluvial ground, around
which the Murghab passes in n winding
course before joining the Kushk, and
controls not only the junction of the two
rivers, but the whole country between
tho two rivers, up to the hills overlook
ing Herat. Fort Ak Tepe, with its seven
teen guns. Is thus in every sense a gate to
Hcrat. That cato the Russians would
have seized long since If the Afghans had
not forestalled them. 1t is included in
the territory demanded by Russia. Tho
Penjdeh settlements are south of the
fort, toward Herat thickly disposed
round the village of Penjdeh, six miles
from Ak Tepe, and stretching forty miles
or so higher UP the Murghab to within
sight of the Afghan stronghold of Bala
Murghab. When Russians speak OF
Penjdeh they do not mean the villag o
of that name, but the whole south dis
trict, with Fort Ak Tepe. As that fort Is
tho principal military point of the district
it would have heen well IL moro promi-
nence had been given to it and less to
Pcnjdoh The Aighans planted them.
selves at Ak Tepo last year, Subsequently
tho Russians seized Pul-i-Khisti, or tho
Brick bridge, spanning tho Kushk few
miles from Ak Tepe, and leading to the
entire Pcnjdeh district. The Russians re-
tanned this, and rendered tho Afghan fort
almost uDtenable. Tho Russians also
claim Chaman-i- Bed, thirty or forty miles
further up the Kushk, and are already in
possession of Ak Robat, another impor.
tant position, within eighty miles OF
Herat. Penjdeh is variously estimated tC
be from 100 to 40 miles from Herat. So
that before the late battle was fought, the
Russians were already long way to the
rear of the Afghans at Penjdeh.
National Republican., 1885-04-24

REV DIR, RIERDoS, Of New York, is at the
Arlington,
CHAPLAIS CARROLL O. WRIGHT has been
ordered to the Omaha May /,
Mr., HAROLD FosBEEd, the Washington actor,
is i'll with Brlght's disease In New York.
VICE PRESIDENT HENDRlcKs was guest Mt
the Manhattan cldb banquet, IN New York last
night
JAMES b. CLAY, Of Lexington, KY, grand.
son Of Hon Henry Clay, Is stopping at the
National.
MR. CHARLES NoRnuoFF, ofthls city, did not
go to Europe, as published, but Mr., Walter
Nordhon
REAR ADMIRAL L. Y. MccAULEY has been
ordered to hold dhlmsclf in readiness to com,
mand the Pacific station.
DIR. A. Y, T., GARNET has gone to New
Orleans TO attend the medical convention
which meets there next week.
Hon c. ". GILFILLAN, who was n member
of the lOrty.Grst iorty.second and forty.third
Congresses, Is stopping at the National
LIEUT. JOHS d, KELLER has rendered his
resignation to take effect June l5 and has been
granted leave Of absence until that time.
REPRESENTATIVE RANDALL was called tC
Philadelphia yesterday by the sudden death
Of his brother In that city on Wednesday.
PASSED ASSISTANT ENGINEER A. +. DIXON
has been detached from duty in the bureau oi
steam engineering and ordered TO the Michi
gan 18th Instant
sESOR PERALTA, the newly appointed min
lister from Salvador to the United states Of
America, was yesterday presented to the Presl
dent by Secretary of State Bayard
AMONG the Presidents callers yesterday were
Minister McLane, Senator Jones and friends
of Florida Representative Holman aud j, B
Brown, Of Indiana; Senator Butler; Repre-
sentstives Forney, Campbell, Cox, North Caro-
| lima Lawler, Springer, and Milliken; Frederic
W, Huidekoper; Mayor Dowdle, OF oswego
N, 81 De Witt G, Leach Of Chicago; Lewis G
Cassidy, attorney general of Pennsylvania
! George W. Fargo, Of Buffalo, and committee
from the Bar Association of the District o
Columbia, who filed a petition for the appoint
mcnt OF II resident Of the District to succeed
Judge Wylie on the supreme bench Of thI
| District,
National Republican., 1885-04-24
Onrn Air Nnoria

The English formerly called tho Amer
icNns dyspeptic and lacking in good
physical proportions, attrbuting it to
thei sedentary habits and lack of open air
exercise and diversions, Whatever of
truth there may formerly have been in
such a charge it could not be truthfully
made now, for the most careless observer
cannot fail to take noto of tho vast aud
constantly increasing popularity of out
of, doors sports all over the country. 1t
is safe to say that, since we have racing,
boating, cricket, base ball, and kindred
types OF amusements firmly established,
fashionable millions of people in the
United States now devote more or less
of their time each year to finding health
ful recreation in the open air, And the
tendency in this direction grows and
spreads fast,
Tho turf has grown since tho war to
such proportions that last year more
recorded races were ran in this country
than in England, and from every racing
center this year comes notes that indi-
cate a greater degree of popular interest
than that which served to render 1854
National Republican., 1885-04-24

1t has been announced that the Presi-
dent has received long communication
from the editor of tho Meridian miss. }
Mercury, asking him to issue proclama-
tion pardoning Jer. Davis.
Several Mississippans in Washington
are reported as saying that IL JEFF. Davis
should secure a pardon and ask for the
senatorship, the election for which takes
place next January, he would got it with
out opposition.
If President Cleveland were to issue
500 proclamations pardoning JEFF. Davis,
his political disabilities would still re.
main.
The only way for this man to have his
political disabilities removed is to ask
Congress for such action--and that he
scorns TO do.
National Republican., 1885-04-24
No Hope In That Quarter.

In many quarters the recent decision o
the Supreme Court in the Virginia coupe n
cases is held to be practical annul-
ment Of the eleventh amendment, which
provides that "tEo judicial power of the
United States shall not be construed to
extend to any suit in law or equity begun
or prosecuted against any one of the
United States by citizens of another
state"
Our morning contemporary indulges
fond hope that "the influence of "a DEM
ocratic administration will in time be SO
felt that the rights of the states will be
safe not only from direct assault, but
strained constructions of courts, which
really do more harm than good"
The probable meaning of this some
what obscure remark is that "the in
fuence of a Democratic administration"
will "be felt" in tho appointment of
Democrats to the supreme bench. But
is the hope of relief in that way we'll
founded, in view of the fact that Mr..
Justice Field, the only Democrat on the
bench, concurred with the majority in
this decision?
Tho New York Tribune mentions as
peculiarly significant that this decision
was sustained by justices Field, of Cali
Iornla, IIasian, Or rSoutushy, auu Woods,
of Georgia, the three justices from south
crn states, and by Justice Blatchford, oi
Now York, and Matthews. of Ohio, who
delivered the opinion, while the dissent.
ing opinion, maintaining the sovereign
power Of q state, was delivered by
Justice Bradley, OF New Jersey, and sup
ported by Chief Justice Waite, of Ohio
Justice Miller. of Iowa, and Justice Gray
/ of Massachusetts,.