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NEW 2lsT ISSUE OF STOCK.

Books for the reception of subscriptions to stock in
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ing 1416 st. NV: Persons desiring stock in the new
series can obtain the same day, between ohe
back dues TO be paid The meeting for the commence
ment Of business in the 2lst SERIES well the
tenth annual meeting of the Serial will be held on
WEDNESDAY,. 9th Of May prox- Six per cent interest
Is paid withdrawal of stock Large business is
stanty being done and the affairs of the Association
are claimed to be conducted economically, WELL aud
with great success. Call for Constitutions.
kOBT. q. CAMPBELL, President,
JNo. A. PRESCOTT. Secretary aud Treasurer ia i6
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BONDS ACCEPTED.-The Secretary OF the Treas
ury yesterday afternoon accepted the following
bonds: 5000 AS, coupon, at 126X; $500 As,
coupon, at 126k; $3.50 As, registered, at 1861.
Total o,15O.
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CADETS AT WEST POINT APPoINTED.-The follow
ing have been appointed to be cadets at West
Point: Frank Johnston, jackson, Miss; Frederick
Fitzgerald, Hartford, Conn; Benjamin M. Ford,
Crystal Lake, ILL., Jno Francis MahOney, Man.
chester, n. H.. and Frank Dustin McQuestOn,
Merrimack, n. H.; and the following as aternates:
Chas. ii. RObb, Green River, W.; VIM. Gerald Fitz-
gerald, Ft Edward, n. Y; j. G. Carew Springfield,
NO., and BueU Is. Bassette, New Britain, Conn.
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PERsoNAI--Mr G. D. NJ. Peixotto left for New
York last evening, 20 be gone two or three weeks
The Duke de Montferrand, vicomte de Tour
vile, and Duke de Chichinet OF France, Alfred L.
Cary OF Milwaukee, &. F. Williams OF Ptttsburg,
Allan McAllister, jr, ID. Sanders, and H. Scott OF
Philadelphia, and Gen. A. p Ketcham and r. NJ.
Slender OF New York are at tWelcker's.--Senator
Aldrich, Representatives HIT and Smith Of Ver-
mont, and Inspector General DumOnt were in New
York last nights. Maruyama, N. Omihara, and
n. Seki Of Japan, j. Kennedy Tod Of New York. F.
X. Robinson OF London, Thos. Atkinson OF Rich
mOnd, Jno. Ii. Stewart OF Antwerp, Belgium, Geo.
A. Hall OF Boston, Clayton McMichael q. !. Hard
ing, and Ii. H. Unz OF Philadelphia, and Z. L.
COrtell OF Chicago are at WOrmiey'S.-O. Frey
and w. b. Hutchinson OF New York, Geo. c. Baker
OF Des Moines Jno. B. Scott OF Philadelphia, and
DR.. j. C. Byrnes OF the Navy are at the Ebbitt-
L. D. Moore OF Indianapolis and Chas. s. Tanner Of
Providence are at the st: :James.-Robert Bill
lington OF Liverpool, J. w. Fanshane, Henry C.
Adams A. o. Hoddick, +. w. Patterson, and j. w.
keddall or New York. Z. p. Remington OF Pitts
burg, and L. G. Fay OF Philadelphia are at the
RggS-Chas. o. Orleans OF New orleans, Chas.
stewart OF Scotland, Fred. b. Miles OF Philadel-
phia, j. P. Tucker OF Boston, Rev. JAS N. Ander-
son OF New Jersey, and Frank Kerr of Baltimore
are at the Arlington.-Dr. j. M. Randolph Of
Railway, j. A. Mackee OF Hamilton, Canada, X.
NJ. Gilliland OF Wheeling, w. Va, B. +. Pierce OF
Louisville, and Jno Fitzgerald JAS McIlrath, and
Edw. W. Leggett OF New York are at Willard'a
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Senators Turpie. Gray, Hampton, Call, with Mr..
j. N. c. Stockton and Mr.. F. Stockton (Fla.), and
Pugh; Representatives Nelson, Wade, Peel, Yoder
Biggs with Gen. Montgomery (COL); Davidson
with T. ]. Plunkett Iexas); Wilson wv. Va.),
McKenna and French, with c. B. Davis CONN.,,
and Hon. II. c. Hall, minister to Central America
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EXCURSIONS, PICNICS, &c.

w son The Steamer W. W. CORCORAN Leaves
a. 10 An keac hing Washington On Return Trip at
{.m Application for Of Grounds Plank shad
fArties Excursions. &c. and for Charter Of Bost can
u made ~ CAPT. BLAKE. Of the Steamer "
eoreoraE- For sunday Trips see Special Advertise
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Senator Chandler has submitted an amendment
TO the House Army appropriation bill providing
that Lieut. Col X N. Baschelder, deputy quarter
naastergenera shall be paid 8, $50 for horses pur
The House naval c0mm1ttee yesterday decided to
report ravorably : bill providing that 80 worth
OF clothing shAu b given 20 appgonttco8 uDQn
their en1isttng y II Navy.
The new North-west., 1888-03-30
LOVE MAKING At EASTER.

The season Of Eastertide, which originally
brought thanksgiving and joy of religious
nature only, has come to be observed by the
younger portion of humanity as fitting time
in which to exchange friendly and even love
tokens in the way of bonbonnieres and other
gifts more Or less remotely related to the
feathered tribe and its products. The idea of
fabricating imitation eggs in sugar, precious
metals and choice porcelains is of compare
lively recent origin. But their manufacture
has become, not only in France and Ger
many, but in New York as well, a source of
important traffic. About the beginning Of
December the leading factories of bon bons,
both abroad and in this country, begin their
preparations for Easter.
Not only are the bonbons themselves! in
some degree works of art, but the bags,
baskets and boxes made to contain them are
still more SO. These latter are models of
taste and elegance. For instance, basket
formed of straw, satin and flowers, the bot
tom of which is covered with q lace pocket
handkerchief. as though it were simply
graceful addition to the satin lining Oil which
repose tho egg shaped bonbons. But this
handkerchief costs good many dollars, and
thus some lovcsick swain is enabled, when
sending lady seemingly few score OF de-
licious bonbons, to make her a handsome
present in tho most delicate possible way. A
silver egg that opens in half Oh touching
some mysterious spring forms pleasing re-
ceptac!c for q jcweled brooch, Stimulating an
Easter lily, or, if one feels SO inclined, to cele
brate this second New Years day, a betrotfal
ring.
The new North-west., 1888-03-30
peace bears to passion, or that promise bears

peace bears to passion, or that promise bears
to prayer.
Soon tic aspect Of tho flower changes. As
though o:ei' the wei! spriag of its eternal lifo
hangs some ruthless power forcing it back
into darkness, before an hour has passed, wo
can see that its newly found vigor is fading
away. The pulsing light at its heart grows
fainter and fainter-slowly the petals raise
themselves, to drop wearily side by side upon
its bosom-and finally, its beauty vanished,
its strength exhausted, it hangs heavy and
brown upon its stem, waiting for the touch
that alone can waken it again.
This rare botanical wonder, blooming one
moment before admiring eyes, and next lying
dried and shrive]ed, is not without its legend
ary interest, though the odor Of its oriental
history has, by this time, been neary blown
away by that sharp simeon of investigation,
'wi.ie'' iao .i.eauy wnlrlea SO many pretty
fables and theories into oblivion.
The story of the resurrection flower. as
given in 1856 by the late DR.. Deck. the
naturalist, is as follows:
While travelling on a professional tour in
Upper Egypt, eight years before, engaged in
exploring for some lost emerald and copper
mines, he CHANGED to render medical service
to an Arab attached to his party. In graft.
tude the child of the desert formally pre.
sented to him this now called s'Resurrection
Flower" at the same time enjoining him
never to part with it. Like the tabled gift
Of the Egyptian, it was supposed to have
"magic in the web Of it." The doctor was
solemnly assured by the Arab and others of
his race that it had been taken ten years be-
fore from the breast of an Egyptian mummy,
high priestess, and was deemed great
rarity; that it would never decay if properly
cared for; that its possession through life
would tend to revive hope in adversity, and.
If buried with its owner, would insure for
him hereafter all tho enjoyments of the
Seventh Heaven Of Mohammed. When ore
sented, this flower was one of two hanging
upon the same stem Dr. Deck carefully pre-
served one. The twin specimen he presented
to Baron Humboldt, who acknowledged it to
be the greatest floral wonder yet seen and
the only one he had met with in the course of
his extensive travels.
For years the doctor carried his treasure
with him everywhere, prizing it for its in
trinsic qualities and invariably awakening
the deepest interest whenever be CHANGED to
display its wondrous powers During the
remainder of his life, it is claimed, he caused
the flower to open many times, without caus-
ing any diminution of its marvellous property
or any injury whatever to it.
The new North-west., 1888-03-30
THE VIOLET GIRL.

What Tiny Joe Told Little Nell About
Easter and Its Flowers.
''Violets, sweet violets; who will buy my
violets!"
A chorus of voices in wild confusion called
upon the passers by to purchase the punches
of spring flowers that had sprung up after
the winter SHOWS to greet the glad resurrec-
tion feast.
They had taken their stand outside Covent
garden, these poor women and girls whose
bread depended upon the sale Of their violets
It was growing dark, and Easter eve, too,
and this was their last chance II the flow
ers were not sold before they went to their
wretched homes, they would be lost, all dead
and withered before Monday morning.
There was q girl who stood among the
crowd, holding her basket in her hand, but
not opening her lips, not joining in the gen.
cral clamor, only leaning against the wall,
and looking so pale and wretched, it went to
ones heart to think that there was such
misery in the world as was written on that
fair young face For it was very fair, in
spite of the tale it told of poverty and want;
there was something in the girls whole ap-
pcarance different to the people among whom
she was standing, something of refinement to
which they were strangers and which they
could not understand. They ran after every
one who passed, screaming, vociferating,
entreating; she stood in her place, not speak
ing single word, only standing there with
that look of mute entreaty upon her poor,
thin face
The new North-west., 1888-03-30
WAS II THE HEN OR THE HARE,

A curious custom prevails in Germany, for
which there appears no explanation. Hares
are. in the popular belief of the children,
transformed for the nonce into oviparous
animals, and you see in the pastry cooks
windows animals of that species as large as
life, modelled in sugar, and sitting upright in
nest, surrounded by any quantity of eggs.
The fresh, simple minded German children
believe implicitly in this egg producing
power Of the hare; and when, about Easter
time, they see one running across field, they
clap their hands and shout after it: Glare,
good little hare, lay plenty of eggs for us on
Easter day!" Implicit belief in the hare as
the author Of Easter eggs does not exist
among the young people Of all countries,
however. The little maiden depicted in the
illustration here given is evidently in doubt
on which to pin her faith, the fluffy hen or
the heetinp hare
The new North-west., 1888-03-30
THE RESURRECTION FLOWER.
Stories That Are Told of This Natura
Wonder.

Stories That Are Told of This Natural
Wonder.
Travellers in Egypt, who profess to have
seen the genuine resurrection flower, describe
it as little ball hanging on its fragile stem,
and resembling both in color and shape
shrunken poppy head. Sleeping, but not
dead, the flower is aroused by being for an
instant immersed in water and then sup
upper fbers 3egin to stir. Slowly, yet Wis
IDLY, thev unfold, until, with petals thrown
back in equidistant order, it assumes the ap-
flower, not unlike some of the asters in form
Resting moment, it suddenly, as though
inspired by some new impulse throws its
very heart to the daylight, curving back its
petals farther still and disclosing beauties
first awakening
To say that, in general effect, its appear
ance resembles the passion flower, is to give
but poor description, and yet one searches
in vain for more fitting comparison. Lack
ing entirely the strong contrasts in color Of
the latter, it yet wears a halo of its own, un-
like any other in the whole range of floral ef-
fects
When viewed through powerful lens, one
traveller claims the heart of the flower,
which, to the naked eye, lies flooded in q
warm, colorless light, assumes the most ex-
quisite iridescent hues, far more beautiful
than the defined tints of the passion flower.
Melting to the eye in its juiciness and deli
cacy, yet firm in its pure outline and
rounded finish, it bears the same relation to
that chosen type Of the great Suffering, that
The new North-west., 1888-03-30
EASTER MONDAYS QUAINT SPORTS.

On Easter Monday, in Eye olden time, :"
even the clergy and women indulged in the
delights of bali playing. In many instances
it formed part Of the church service, bish-
ops and deans taking ball to church and
at the beginning of the anthem, while danc-
ing to the music, threw it to the choristers,
who handed it back and forth to one another
during the singing. After this service they
all retired for refreshments, which usually
consisted in dish of bacon and tansy pud-
ding.
An old rhyme referring to these customs
reads somewhat as follows:
At stool ball, Lucia, let us play,
For sugar, cakes Oh wine,
Or for tansy let us pay.
The loss be thine or mine.
II thou, my dear, q winner be,
At twirling OF the ball, i!
The wager thou shalt have, and mo
And my misfortunes oil.
Another Easter Monday game was running
. race for tansy cake. Just why these
angular sports should have been considered
appropriate to the Easter festivities the wise
ones fail to tell us. The playing at ball or
running race for tansy cake might-very
likely did-have its foundation in desire to
keen alive the memory of the bitter herbs at
the paschal feast, though some old writer's
ignore any spiritual meaning, and one speaks
Of tansy cakes in this wise:
stIn the spring time they are made with the
leaves hereof newly sprung up, and with
eggs. cakes, or tansies. which be pleasant in
taste and good for the stomacke; for it any
bad humors cleave thereunto. it doth per-
fectly concoct them, and scowre them down.
wards"
The new North-west., 1888-03-30

MIR. MCUE. COUNTING THE MONEY.
get in. The vault is divided into iron
compartments, each IS by 20 inches.
Each compartment holds about $500, 600
in gold coin. In addition to being
counted, the coin has to be weighed. If IS
gold piece has lost by wear and tear more
than one-half Of per cent, then it won't
pass. But it would take much too long to
weigh coin by itself, SO the coins are weighed
in bags of 5000 each. II s., 600 bag falls
behind more than the weight Of $40 gold
piece, then each piece in the bag is weighed
separately and the light ones taken out. In
addition to the millions of gold coin there are
5000, 600 in small silver pieces and pennies,
and also several millions in silver dollars.
The men who are engaged on the work are
very accurate, and it is rare indeed when q
mistake is made.
Judge Alexander McCue, who is the new
sub-treasurer, is man of about 62 years of
age. He was born in Mexico, and when he
was 10 he went to Brooklyn to live with his
parents. He is graduate Of Columbia col
lege, and is a lawyer by profession. In 1885
he was appointed solicitor of the treasury,
and has only been recently appointed to his
present office. He is very wealthy.
The new North-west., 1888-03-30
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all his sufferings, how he was laid in the gar
den grave, and then came the story Of the
Easter 5oy-how he rose again from the
dead, and how he has gone back to his place
IN heaven to ask God to take US there because
he died for us, land oh, Nell, +" said Joe, when
he had ended his wondrous tale, .'never mind
how poor or how hungry we are, and what
pain we have to suffer, SO long as we think
OF all that Jesus bore for Us, and remember
the Easter joy, how he rose again, to show
us that after we was dead wo should rise
again also and live with him for ever in the
beautiful city where there's no more pain"
Nell, who had listened to the story in
breathless astonishment, said: "Can we go
inf' and the boy, in reply, led her up the
stone steps and through the vestibule into
the brightly lighted church
There were flowers, beautiful dowara. snr-
TOuIn1sz1 by DumDeTIeWsn ngntH. There were
violets, her own violets, around the chancel.
There were bright hymns, more beautiful
than the flower girl had ever heard in her
life. Everything seemed to tell Of the Easter
gladness
Nell understood little of the sermon, but
all seemed to speak of the same thing, and as
she wished to know more about it she de-
cided she would go to school the next night
and begin to learn. And so she did, proving
long before the year was out one of the most
diligent Of the many pupils who attended
the night school.
The new North-west., 1888-03-30


Of ostrich feathers, in which are placed the
eye like parts Of peacock feathers to repre-
sent the eyes or vigilance of the church.
When in the church he rests under rich
canopy of silk.
The pope, after officiating at mass at the
high altar, is borne with the same ceremony,
to the sound of music, back through the
crowded church to a balcony over the central
doorway. There, surrounded by his principal
officers, he rises from his chair of state and
pronounces benediction, with indulgences
md absolution.
The crowd Of people who witness this most
imposing of all the ceremonies of Rome at
this season is immense. Below the balcony
ut which the pope appears to pronounce the
benediction is the densest crowd, which
watches with upturned faces the falling of
the papers containing copies of the prayers
that have been uttered, which are thrown
down into the midst of this restless multitude
by the pope and his assistants. This being
jubilee year these ceremonies commemorate
ing Easter week at Rome are of unusual
magniicence.
All the movable religious feasts are regu-
lated by Easter day. Easter Sunday this
year, in consequence of the lunar movements,
AoAAS carly LII duO Us u u0LuI64
Candlemas was earlier than usual. 1t oc-
CURED Feb 2, and the wholesale dealers in
candles throughout Christendom prepared,
as usual, large amount of candles for the de-
mand arising from the religious occasion.
The devout of the Catholic church, from
the richest to the poorest, make an Offering
OF candles at their respective churches on
Candlemas day. Some of these candles are
very elaborate, being made by hand and
composed Of pure wax. Some made for the
high altar in the cathedral and other
churches in New York cost, with their elab-
crate ornamentation, from $3.50 to $500 each.
Persons of moderate means offer candles less
expensive, but even the poorest Of the con-
gregation present candle made of pure wax.
These candles are blessed on Candlesmas day,
and all the devout are presented with a
blessed candle to be used on special occasions
in their homes To be denied one of the
blessed candles by the priest is a punishment
which Is regarded in serious manner, and
the refusal is only made when the applicant
has Offended the laws of the church. Candle
mas day is, therefore, one Of the solemn
events of the church. and is usually observed
strictly by all true Catholics.
The new North-west., 1888-03-30

THE LATE HENRY BERGH. Fronch resident Of
New York, died and left the association $780,
600. Its objects were meanwhile successively
recognized elsewhere; state after state
adopted humane laws similar to those adopted
by the legislature Of New York, until they
are now on the statute books of nearly or
quite all the states.
Mr.. Bergh dabbled i'll literature to some
extent. He wrote a satirical poem many
years ago called Married Off," but it was
mercilessly criticized. He also wrote several
plays. His Gloves Alternative,' was pro-
duced by amateurs at the Union League
theatre in 1881 and was great failure.
Henry Bergh was undoubtedly somewhat
visionary; but he accomplished a great deal
of good. He championed the erratic Count
Johannes (well known on the stage twenty
years ago, but he stopped cruelties to cattle
in transit. He opposed vaccination, inocu-
lation and vivisection in the interest of
science. In this opposition to the causing of
pain essential to scientific discovery he met
with no success.
The new North-west., 1888-03-30
Little Money in the Circus.

The circus business in this country has got
to such point that there is little money in
it any more. There are SO few novelties in
the circus line that it is hard to attract peo-
pie under the canvas and around the sawdust
ring any more Oh, no; the interstate COM
merce law will not affect the circus to any
great extent. The cost of transportation is
very small item in the expense account Of
circus man. It will, of course, compel the
big showmen tocover less territory than they
have been. Then stops will be closer to-
gether, and don't know but it will be good
thing for them. The showmen are not look
ing for a big business this season. They
never do in a presidential election year. The
people are too busy with politics then to take
time to go to shows.-Showman in Globe
Democrat