Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 22, 1878, Page 7

{ff CHICAGO - TRIBUNE FRIDAY. MARCII 22, 1878, LONDON. American Deadbeats Who Infest the British Metrop- olis. More About the Exorbitant Cost of Household Fur- niture. English Hatred of Innovation---How Clothes Are Washed in tke Great Cily, The Cost of Living There as Compared with the Expense In the . United States, Hatural Attractions Around London—Rot- ton Row, and tho Appearance of English Young Ladies, Rnectal Correspondenes of The Tribune. T.oxpox, March 4—Ata Umo when all En. glunil feels s it one of the greatest crises of Yer exlstenco were at_hand, when neither the Government nor the Opposition is prepared to define a general farclgn polley, when war ape pears overshelmingly disastrons in the present, sud peaco merely delayed sulclde,—at such n time It 18 natural that the volitieal nltuatidn should be the leadting tople of interest in Lon- don. Yet, as may well be understood by any one who has ever formed oven a slight acquaint- aoce Wwith the Immensity of the world's metrapolis, there are such numbers of {ntercats, such diverse ombitious and de sires, In exlstence here, that thero fs a wile ranze of subjects, wholly out of tho ficlds of polities or dlplemacy, which hiave an active snid powerful influence upon milllons of people. When one reads that there are 8,800,000 persons living in London, the figures in themselves do not vonvey to tho mind a very clear ldea of the fnmensity of the city: but let us say, fustead, that reven Chilengos could be populated out of London, and still Jeava o remalndor about the cqual of Bt Lonls; it wil then be scen how even Chleaga’s half-milllon of lubabitants sink into comparative inslgnificance. MINISTER WELSIL fs now settled in permancnt quarters at No, 87 Qucen’s Gate, having heretofors been occupy- fog rooms in tho Buckingham Palace Hotel, A man of large business capaclty and experience, with very casy, affable manncrs, lic makes fricods in all circles. As {8 usually the caso with any Amerlean of note or means, ho has been visited by the numerous army of his impe- cunlous countrymen who make a practiceof jm- posine upon new-comers; but he has apparontly escaped from thelr clutehes with much less loss than might bave been cxpected, for thoy are mong the most ingenfous and talented class of dendbents that I have ever scon—and I have been In St. Louls too, Ido not, of course, mean to {mply that all Amerlcans who may find it necessary to ssk toans or pecunlary aselstance from thelr moro fortunate countrymen are deadbeats, for I have Kuowat several eases where peoplo of high ehar- acter and considerable property have been caught fn a net of clreumstances such as to de- rive them temporarily of all ready cash; but hero are 8o many othors who aore nbsulute parasites on soclety that ono cannot be tuvo cautious in trusting only to such representations us are backed by pretty clear evidouce, One of the strongest cards playcd by these fellows is the **woumled-soldler” dodge, and some of them are positively artlstle o thelr inven- tions; Indeed, 1f ‘they would devote half the ingenuity and ability that they use fur petty swindling to legitimate pursuits, they would succeed far better than the avernze man of salary. They come out cspeclally stropg when they huopen to strike a well-to<lo Bouthernor, for then they not only can sopeal to natural benevolence und sympathy, but they havu an anditional hold upon his leclings as wrecked victima of the Lost Cauce, — Buot. it {s not alone among Southerners that they find TIRIR BEST VICTIMS, 1 was describiog the cunning of one of thess fellows who had vlctimized one of my friends (i whose bebalf I had fovestigated the clr- cumstances), when a gentlemon standing near teemed to take J;ren! interest in my remarks; and, when [ had'shown conclusively how totally unworthy the scamp was, this stranger sald: * Now, ['ll bet a farm _that's the same man T Ient £5 to n few days szo. ‘The speaker way o former officer {n the Unlon ariny, who had fought gollantly, and afterward carned o moderate fortune i civil life. " “"f" d~u it," eald he, *1 conldn’t refusc that fellow a few dotlars after tho atory Le told me. Unon ‘“F word, 1 felt nlmust ashamod of myselt for belny woll off, after hearlng how my reziment burned his place fn Georyria, and would have fiven hin a8 much more Jf ho bad come arain, As the swindler had never been nearer (eor- cia than Washington, and as his story wus uulfl naerics of Hew artfully concocted to tally wit! uformation drawn out of the Untun ex-offlcer, the lutter bas been “iaying for'* the party of the firat part for several davs; and, In the event of a neeting botween them, I think thera vill be o ckirmish of sotme magnitude, In one of my recent letters I mentfoned the EXOIBITANT COST OF TOUSEHOLD FURNITURE 1w compared with the prices we have been in the hablt of paying at bowe, Blnce then I have discovered ‘that I gave the prices of one of the mvst moderate firus in the city, and that, lad I, at that time, {oun 11140 ona of tho Oxford or Hond streot houscs £ should have ads ner cent to the fiqures, I receutly made an fn- spection of two liret-class, (astijonable furniture- houses, and, the Jonger I'stayed, aud the more 1 eaw, tho greater becume wy astonishmout. For [nstance, 1 et of vollahed ploe, o curving, no fulaid work, no degoration of any kind; it was slmply a well- made Job of platu'cablnet work, mul[ylum: of wardrobe with full-length mirror in the door, dreasing-table, wash-stand, towel-rack, commode for waste-water ower, and three chalrs, and thes \ or about $160. A shinllar set in in black walnut, 67 guineas, & i Bpanish maloguny, 80 uineas, or $430. Thesy wero all plaing but wheu I reaclied tho curved, fulald, and otherwise oroumental sots, the ricea bounded upward with astonisbing mPhluy. Black walnut {s Just now very fashlonable, and, whenever § sielited any plece of our familler Awerican wood T unew fn advanco that King Midus had touched it, and that I should Gud it turned to cold, A black-waluut set, us above, ulald with ash (very ylit, and worth about. $200 at tho outslda tn Clicago), was placed at 100 culneus, or $525; & bluck-walnut set {nlaid with satim-wood, 130 gulnvas; & black-waluut set, very neatly but not tutricdtely carved, 160 guiveas; Spanish mu- hugaudy. carved and glded, with bedstead ine cluded, 200 guiness, ur about $1,050. Now, thesw Drices seem to e to bo roally atwurd, | haye no healtatiou whatever in saving that any fint-class New York or Chicage tlrm” would b glad to furnleh scts of furuiture, caually hand- somo ond better flnished, for half the moucy, 1 do ot suy that it could be done bere,~for, of tourse, I do not know the cost of materials or Yubar,—but [ do know_that furuiture could by naoulactured lu the United Ststes, exported to England by steamer If desired, and put on the inarket here at o reductlon on Buglish prices of =3 per cent. As ta selifug it atterward, that s auother matter; for, if there i3 onw thing more tban anothior that Lho Euglish peovls [ SEEN TO HATE, it s an funovation, Tske. for lustance, thelr Bousebold utensils: no Amerleun could keop servant in her house w week with such aceomn- wdations as aro usul bere, If one wishes a tommon pall or backet for carrylog water, nothiug can be found welghiug less thai four or five pounds, It nay be truc, as one dealer vo- Tuarked, that thelr buckets will last 2 Jfotimey but Lshiould say that the Nietino of scrvant who mizht bo vutiged to carry the clumsy things tuuld uot be a very long ond. Do you happen o ask for an cgir-beater, & chupping-tray, o fl:la!;—shmr. & wringing-machine, & wush- and, 4 -ull-henuu&flnblruu, or any other cive Hllzed Invention Lo bo found in every well-regu- lated kitehen at home,~—the shoptuun who hears Jour fuquiry will either look et you as i you Were wskibg for some uohesrd-of inferual Wachine, or olae be wilt smilo deprecatingly ;ud a8y: % Aw,—you mean ono of thew Auer- au thinzsl Yes; well, you sve we don't ‘ave uy pale for 'ein; bLut 1 can get ‘one fur you.” Aud theu, one und all, they set vou down fur o Comancuo Indiuu, aud ‘seam o wonder where Juu carry your seatpleg-knlfe aud tomahawk, 1 Aud, whils upon bouschold thoughts intent, h "W{ o4 well wention that few faulles bave el Uread macte or thele washing done at homne, biese two domestle dutics, which would be the 4ot that our Aluerican bousewlves would per- it 10 £ outalde, are ghovet luvurably cous Sned o the profossional baker and washer- Wowan, Abuut 8 o'clock i the worndug, it you ever happen to be awake that early, you will hear a cheerful * Yow-oop''—a round fnex- pressibls on psper—at your area door. That's the paker. in a few minutes comes another— #0-goo-00,”’ more prolonged thao the bakes's yawp, Thot's the milkman. FEach has » dis- imcl’m, and the servants nover have any doubt 28 to the Memur of the person rineing at the area-tell, ‘The ather trmie:)n.-onln all call for orders later, and, {f one {s of o apecinlly contid- oz turn of mind, thers Is no necesaity for leay- ing one's houso to order the supplies for the Inv, But speaking of washerwomen reminds me of THEIR METHODS, Of course, those unfortunate famitles In Amer- fen who have no house of thelr own, and sro therefore obliged to depend npon laundries and *'slch, are perfeetly well aware that the Iired laundress 18 the fmplacable foe of all her suffer- ing customers; whether alie bo English, Irish, Uarman, or American, that fact {s too well un- derstood to o diaputed; but thelr nethods of wreaking vengeance upon thelr enomles, the publie, vary; and so I nention tho English washersunian'a practice simply as a contribu- Llon to the history of destructlon as a fina ort. No washboar! s used to rub the clothies upon, but. inits _stead, a st brush, which, witha plain board for o base of operations, ls plied vlgorously over the solled surfaces. Collars arc houked fnto a staple by one hutton-hole and stretched out by the other end, while tha brush trayels bock and forth until the dirt comes oft— or tiie button-hole tears out, as the caze may be. Boda fa tiberally used, and can be casly da- tected by tho smell; but then, remembering the character of London coal-smoka and the amount of “grimo™ that collecls upon the clothing, I presume some such ald Is necessary to remove jt. Indeed, the condition of many rcnpln': clothing is such that it scems to mo hat, it I were thelr washerwoman, I should use —well, benzino or sulphuric acid, I shouldn't cu;e"mlxlmlln which, 1o fmngine that At nd that many people Imagine that theycan live more cheanly in London than in the Unlted States, 80 for as tho_puorest classes are con- cerned, this 1s true. Day laborers, mechanics, stnnll ahopkeepers, elerks, and all the great mass of low-salaricd employes, can undoubter- 1y llve moro cheaply and have mwure comforts than the_same cluss of peoplo In the United States. t the momeut that a comparison 1s teade between thoso who aspire to a higher so- cial position, that momont the comparison is ALL IN FAVOIR OF AMERICA, not only In tha greater oppurtunitles for social advancement, but In 8 diminution o the actual expense connected therewith, Ttistrie that,even from the most clegnnt and styllsh to the most lhinmble, houses can be rented here at much juw- er rates than In Chicago or New York: that servunts’ wazes nro lves, taxcs lcse, all kinds of ¢luthivg and outiltting, and many other manu- foctured articles, much cheaper; but there sre other important itemns which fully make up the firat coat of golng to housckeepiny to ns great o sum as would he required Iu the United States, whilc the ranning expenscs are oven wore. The fact 1s, that I:cn le linre are accustomned to see certaln fixed habits and methods,attaching, with all the tenaclty of aocient custons, to every eir- cle of sociul vosition, 8o that one cannot. cven apparently for one's own gratification an advantage, dispensc with any of these domestic barnacles without losing caste. The result fs, that one finds the regular family expenses so Wlgaded " (to borrow n technleality from tho fosurance compnoles’ vocabulary) that an catl- mated expenditure of, say. £1,000 per unnum will fnvaribly have riscu to not less than £1,300 actial outgo by the end of the vear. Day before vesterday was thd first of tho de- Mclous spring-weather which London has so much of during April and May, but rarelv so carly In the season. . This has been quite an ex- ceptionnl winter, however, aud already the season fa a3 far advauced aslf it were eatly Aorll instead of March. Tho alr bad that fnde- seribable suttness and balminess which Jeaves lmpression of perfumo on the mind, withou! any corresponding elTect on the nonse. The sky was comparatively clear and blue, the sun bright, and the breeze gentle. I took an early drive just after lunch, fnto the beautiful sub- urbs around_ Bydenham, Btreatbhum Common, and Upper Norwood, Few persons who come hero simply to *“‘do™ London have any idea of TR NATURAL ATTRACTIONS surrounding it, They segard It asfa mixture of toiz, Cockneys, chimney-pots, lords and ladics, dirty streets, brick ond mortar, palaces and hovels,—all thrown toguthicr In s densoc mass, quito rogardless of anytbing except the desire tu getthe most of overything ou the least poasi- ble space; but, when one makes o tour, on an enchanting spring-day, to the outlying hills, whenee other hills can be scen rlsing {n succes- sive tiers of beauty in all directlons, with the Thames—ita dofects slightly tempered by distance—winding toraugh the backeround, one caneot fall to appreciate the exceeding charmy ot Eunclish landacapo-scencry, even {u the jm- medluto vielnity of prosy, unromautic Loudon. Streathatn Comnion, covered with wild goras, and fresh green grass, presents altcrnate viows of pleturesque barrenness, and cultivated, park- 1iko elezance, The hillslde alopes rapidly down toa beautiful valloy, and on every alde atand handsome houses, half-burled in groves of oak, bireh, and irult-trecs. Already the latier are partly In blossum, although the lcaves aro not sct out, and onc gets Irequent whiffs of fra- grance as the southerly breeze shakes the bud- ding timba. Returning to the city, 1 drove to Hvde Park ju thne to join the throng of carriages making the fashloriable drive on Rotten How. Belng the first day of really flne weather of the scason, tho Row was ono endicss stream of fashionable cquipages, whilo thers was also quito a show of onquestriuns upon the Inner riding track, 1tls more than ten years sinco my firat visit to Eu- gland, yet Rotien Row was TUR BAME OLD SBIXPENCR as then; anddo I lugyolu it will coutinue for an indefinito lencth of time, The blooming, pert, rather protty little nilsses, aittine besldo thele parents on” ‘“drags” or open landaus, were the only chances {n those present; ou the ubsent wers taken from among the overfed octogennrians wlo had lotled back upon cushe fous” and plllows d New genera- tlons, of course, have fllled tho scats of the uveniles, and the clders have *zong over to he nm{orltv." as thoy say heru; but, though the individusls may bave v:hlnuc\l, tho gencral aspect lus not§ ond, nnl.unll{. to a stranser It niakes no difference whether it Is the family of the Dowager Lady Bountiful of this or the last gencration,~they presont the yame appearance. The equipoges are often handsome, oud occaslonully thelr lady occupants are pretty; but the ~ young ladies rarcly show animation, snd almost nover good tasto In dress. On thls lattor point, of caurse, Inced say nothlug: the irratlonal wmanner in whichan English eirl **throws berself together" 48 too well known to’ need more than passing commont, I subpose thut the “fricldly fault- plandidly nuli? style of womau does ex- lund for wa have s poet’s word for it, and poets are tow.-rhlnl.l‘y accurate; but, while Ihave nu difllculty fn finding plenty of specl- meus of the **frigidly null " style, 1 bave yet to find the * fanltless” or the *‘splendid.” I bave no doubt tnut Euglish girls (n thele countrye homus, and »ome, on rare occasions, In town- suclety, aroas maturs), fuy, and agreeablo sa thielr socla) restraints wiil' permit; but, fu pub- Me,—evon thoagh the oceasion be only n smull reception,—they appear with astolllity of coun- tenanco whicli s far from attroctive to thuse who have been accustomed to _the more moblle expressions of the American, Frouch, and Rus- slan Jadies, It may bo an unworthy comparlson, but an Engheh girl in public always roininds me ota Bloux Indian, for she scems oqually de- termioed to permit nothing to exelte either her surprise or udmirstion. 1 have often had o wmallclous longive to seo what would bo the eifect upon a party of English ladies, on fuil- Aress parade I an aristocratic drawing-room, If one or twu particularly active sod exclted intca COULD BE TUNNED LOOBE AMONG THRM, My most brillunt firhts of fancy buve nuver given me n quite satisfactory fdes of the scena which would ¢nsue, 1t 1 yecotlect rizhtly, I ventured fn an evil hour, when begluning my last letter, futo the domuin of propheey; ory at least, I expressed my opinfon that it would be very astoutsbiug if England and Russia should be at peace when thut letter wus published. I withdraw the oplulon 1y humilation, tor abour thls time, I Kcnume it 13 1u type, and England, so far from eing belligerently disposed, scems to bo striv- fme to emulate a Svhyux, or su oyster, or any other creaturo emblematical of cluse-mouthed secl The warcrazo has passed its acuto atage, snd, 83 public sentiment now inclines to the opinfon that Epgiand haa just escaped making an 088 of hersell, theru {s cvery reason 10 bope for a vatious) sud peaceful settleuwent of the Fastern Question. OpaxuyEL. —————m—— YANKTON, Bpecial Carreapondence af The Tribuns, ‘Yarxroy, Dak., March 18.—The great wavo of temperance-reform bas struck this town with telling effect. About four weeks ago tho wom~ en orgunized 8 Temperauce Unlon snd procured some goud speakersi and tho result bas been that bundreds have signed tne pledge,—some of the hardest drinkers, who were given up as lost, among thew, and they sre bolding out wondur- fully,” alapy of them harve gons to work, sliow- ingz an earneot disposition to reform, The busl- peas-men and chuich-people cowe ub wasfully fo the support, furuishing the necessary means to carry ou the wood work. Bundsy plebt the reformed men held oo experience-meetiog o ths Coogregational Cburch, which was pucked 8o full that many were unable to find The spcakers wero gelormed wen. Mucl creditis dueto t for the cnorzy Shev bave shown 1 this work. ‘Fo-day Judge Stanuvu bopuscd leavy fucs ladics upon the keepers of keno-rooms, with the warn- ing that, f they were brought an -finln, it would be fine and Jall for six mooths, e gave a very pointed lecture to the offlcers, telling them that they muat ace 1o It that the law was enforced. All'honor to Judge Shannon ! The weather {8 delightful. Farmers ara all busy sceding amall grain; in fact, we are in the midst of spring. —— TENNYSON---LOCKER. Marriage of the Poat Laureate’s Son at ‘Weatminstor Abboy—~Gnthering of Celebri- tles. Correspondence Neww york llerald, Loxnoy, Feb, 23, 1878.—Not slnce Sir Will- lam Hareourt was marrled to the amiable Mias Motley has old Westminster Abbey been throng- el with so many ** Hons of literaturce? and the ereme de la ereme of London socicty as on this, the Iast day of **the metny month.” fuvita- tlons were sent out early in the week, inviting tho select onea of England to the wedding cere- mony between Miss Elennor Mary Bertha Locker and Mr. Lionel Tennyson, to be held on the 24th of February, 1873, at 11 0. i, within the 0ld Abbey, whero s many uf the great have been joined together In tha wrarm llnks of Iiymen and the cold ones of death, Bome flve hundred guests came, Long before tha appolut- «ed hour, though the woather was not bright and springlike as during the previous week, the Abbey was surrounded by groups of the curlous ruhlh:uml filled by the speclally lavited. In ess pootlo languaze than tho Laurcate would employ, it was a great * wedding fleld-day.” TIE CONTRACTING PARTIES. Miss Eleanor Locker Is the daughter of Fred- erick Locker by the lata Lady Charlotte. Stan- ley, sister ot Dean Stauley. Mr. Locker Ia hline self & man of letters und the nuthor of pumer- ous vers de soclete, well known In the Inner elrcle af liternture, where lyuhllshcn‘ fear to tread, He ts o gentlemnan of independent incans, and hls receptious at s Belgravia residence are marked by the prescace of distluguishied anthors and patrons of Hfterature, and inay be sald to be the reunions par excelisnce of brain-toilers. ) Lloncl Tennyson 18 the younger son of the Pe Laureate, ard Is imacif a brilllant young schini- ar aud ambitious of walking in the'path of pu- etry su industriously cultivated by his father. Inappearance tho bride is a incdluin brunette, of lithe, petits iure, and about four feet cight nigh, She hass sweetly pretty profile and a dollcately formod nose, terminating **like tho petal of a tip-tilted flower,' as the {ather- fn-lnw has sald. In ago she Is somewhere b tween 20 and 22, if the age of any bride Is per- missinle In print, The briklegroom s a young man of 24 years, of delicato and somewhat angulor phystque. There §s a geueral reseru- blanee tu Wl fuce to that of his father, it belug bony and atrong. IIis beauty, Iike the religion of De, Julinson, can bear but’ littlo notice. Al- together tho outward iman is unattractive. THE MAHIIAUR CEREMONY. Tha ceremony commenced with the loud peals of the erand organ and tho usual festive sym. phony. The main aisle In I8 sombre shadowy massivencss wns 8 fine Rembrandtesque con- trast to tho ricl, light, and alry costumes of the nssembled guests, ond as they opened 8 pas- sage-way for the bridal gau-ly tho scone present- ed u pleture with a happy blending of the warmth of & Claude, the grace of a Watteau, and the hold shadows of & Vau Dyke. The orgac -eraduated its tones {nto u melting, fad- fng treble, and suddenly stopped. The sifenco was again broken hy the group of choristers within the sanctuary, intuning and chanting the Emccremumes of a grand nuntis) sorvice. 'The bride leauing on the arm of the Poet Lau- roatc, was followed by her bridosmaids, adults, and six of inor_age, sisters and relatives of the betrothed. Tley wera vscorted by Mr, Hullam Tennyson, the cldest son of the Poct Lauraate, who was * the bust man,"” and by thy sons of Lord Selborne. Within the altar ralls they took r places, tho venerable Mrs. Tenny- son, onee herself 8 groat belle in Lundon socle- ty, being assisted to o seat by Mr, W, E. Glad- stone. Dean Stanley, not betne well enough to erform or aosslst “{n the cercmonies, Canon Farrar, the well-known preacher of the clty, Jjolned the youthful pairas man and wite. WITNRSSING TIIR DOND, After the nu‘ptlul ceremonies, and amid chant and organ swell, the bridal party and immedlate friends proceeded to tha clhancery at tho west end of the ALbey, when the register was slened by Albert Tenuyson and Mra. Tennyson, - his wife, In & free and bold naud, Thencama tho cramped signature of the Dukoof Arzyle, the Peer, one of Mr. Frederick Locker, the less free one of Mr, Gindstone, und the unreadablo one ot Lord Selborne, alongsida of onc that Robert Browning inscribed which could pass for 8an- serit, Here tho oride and groom recelved thy wood wishes of the great ones aascmbiud, as the eldor Mra, Tannyson, leaning on the shoulder of Lier eldest son, Hullam, passed out ju o feeble and nervous state. Tho first porsou that at- tracted my atteution way thu poct. FOLT LAUREATE, Atall times Mr. Tonnyson is distralt, and profars retircment to m\{ open denionatration. Ho usually wears 2 musty sult _of black, with sloyched sombrero el hat, and when at homa looks ltke Washinzton Irving did,—~a typeof o farmer, who can smoke equal to Pittaburg. Ou this oceaslon he sovimed moro distrait than ever, und struck we as s feeble, faillg * alave of the lamp.” It seamed odd to sce his studied negli- ienvo of dry, hard, tufty hafr, still black, but decreasing; his wity, uitouth beard, tinged and tipped with gray, glven more prominence by a new black frovk coat und bright violet panta- Joous. When I recsll a retmark ko once made, that his first ambition in lifo was to e a soldier, I am auazed how awkward'and hobbling hla gait is, Much more so {s that of auother great lon ot Mterature logencs Teufelsdroch.”, Thumas i3 surrounded by o bright ‘particutae = Carlyle few'ns thoy wish hln hupplucss for the 5th of March coming, his four score and third anai- versary of the day he saw lehit n the “ Arched House" ot Ecelofechan, which wo recognlize as “Eotepful® in that vivia sutoblograpby of “Bartor Resartus.” The old man rests bis arm on that of a fair girl (s nicce), and tho rich, rosy freshucsa of Ler youth inakes a striking guntrast to bis rugged face, Carlyle Is alwoys cross and grumpy-looking, but now scems sid aud weary. 1o hus expressod himsolf isup- pointed with Germany and Biswarck. ‘Tho phi- losopler of Clelsca and the ldol of Cheyno \anfi atill wears his looso brugans aud his Dag- 2y clothos that will never find a follower to it them, Near by bim {s o follow Beotchinan and Mterary _llon, Thoodore Martin, e {a the best Aunglo-Geninun scholar Scotland ever produced, and as tho author of **The Life of the Prince Consort"” has gained a “‘favender place” at HBuckingnam Palace, In n?mnrnum hie {s about five feet cloven Inches, m;‘r thlck set and griz- aly gruy—a strongly marked tyoe of the uncom- mon comnay men ol the North who have been aven above the highlands of Jowland literature. BWINDURNE AND IHRURNT SPENORI. ‘That more poctic-looking wan chatting with Irvingg, * the urt actor,” ia full of Hro to-day, and pronounces strougly agalost Nussia. o las just comadown from Scotland, with his mind’{ull of poems and his portmauteay full of baltads, ali to be befora the publle st aw sarl day, aud all pralaing and blambig. Kossuth fy to be redelied aud Russia redamned by Swin- burne. IHerbert Speucer, who 1s now chatting with the Duke of Argyle and a Jegion of the falr Campbulls, who aro always ‘mluu aud coni- ing somowhere, dwells on *Ths Revengey or, & Ballad ot the Fieet." ‘Though fully 53, Herbert Spencer looks but 40 years of ugo; yet, like )m Gladstoue, he will **break, break, In awiul night,'? for his work by the lawp Is woudrous reuts § *gronam mLiOT." That refived, quict lady, dressed (o black velvot, trimmed “with black satin, is Marian Evans, to the world of books kuown as ' Ueorge Ellot." \What quict diguity and slmplicity mark her appearance! The 1ittle white plain collar, fastencd by a tiny black bow, showiog off the_ resulute y: ch neck and sdding promincucs to the to the finely-rounded head, the white cuifs soparating the “speakiug ands," as 8ir Arthur flclps says, froum ihe graceful aru), the sbsence of fewelry, make this, the most brilllant of mental jewcls, wore radlant thav all tho alitter of drcss auid the skill “of art-niode mround her. Like George meun“" to tho pub- ie." Tosce *Goorge 0 Evans one should go o her villa at the rtired Grove of the Evanielist, cummonly ealled Bt, Juhn's - Wood, ‘Thers uo golden key oo her Sunday cvenluge can galn an cutrance, ” Nono but ono that hus worked fo tho troubled lanes of literaturo can enter there, where s feast of reason alwuys prevails, Ueorgs Aurusts 8ala looma up nesr the door i a shady place. He will purslst tu green neck- tics, which gives bhis face su solmated lobster- salud ellect and leaves him tho least possible looklng of Mterary wen, TUR PEOFLE'S WILLIAM. Mr. Gladstuus Jouks uob s Worn aad sleepy as the Couservative press perslsts ou describing dully, Holmpresses you with all bis strong mental grusp and reach,—from vacclnatlon to Pupal infallibility, Yetbts big heart aud keen, ear- neat convictlouw canuot bub be touched by the yulgar mob’s rude attack upon his resldence and blsvawe, Viewiog bis past, bowever, fur the pub- e wead,—or woe,—we caunot overlouk tuo fact that lie Lay Jone somothivg himself in forming the pack that row hunts bun, ** Seuting canum Jera gucta suvrum.’ Oue, Lowuver, cauuot forget the vamwe moband fts vouduct tuwsrd Lord Palmeraton, (o 1541, sud bow tucts chauged se ment afterward. 1 muy be su with M. Glad- stone. L “paRACELIUS." Near by Wikl Coliius Ls Robert Browaiue, Though *‘gay and sixty-three " he looks young- er. He fa the same vlzorous, redundant, imag- inative Browning ascver. There is & paselonate alrof “I am* hovering around this *Sordello"” that at firat {mpresscs you unpleasantly, but his thoroughly Engllsh fravkness is & grand act-ofl toit. He'wears his gray beard and locks not so foll ns some time ago, yet **his red hlood elows.” Tn about two weeks he will eive the ublic some three or more poems—the fates and printers ‘nermlmnz. “PUT YOURSRLP 1N M8 PLACE." Charles Heade is chiattering with f’utch, or, 1 should say, Tom Taylor, Its editor. ‘Fhe dwell- erin * Nahoth's Vincyard " looks hard and worn, hattted by a skeleton out of the cupboard, Hae alwaya carries the air of 8 man ready to do bat~ tie with “ezotists who burn down thelr neigh- hora' hyuees to cook an_ege for themselves," an he says somewlicre. Tlecently the suthor of 4 A Bimpleton’ proved his rond sense in saving his vineyurd by a atroke of his pen from the cgutistn ol a wiercenary Lord, aud now he la writing within (ta walls a novel which bis Inti- mates say will be his chief work, * MODEAT - ABSURANGE," That is the little, bluck-cyed, keen, Moaale- lot)klngfmpriulur of Truthi who Is talking to soung Jurrold. Henry Lubouchere was born with three mmbitione,~a scat {n the House of Cummons, the proprietorship uf & theatro, and & uawspuper, Jle has been auccesaful {u all, but satisflea with nelther, He is a wonderfully cleyer tablo talker, of good memory, and some wit, and with all of the quality this peragrapls 1s headed, “oinx's panr."” Beyona Mttle Labouchore (s that genulne and deliclousty-fresh humorist, whose lights and shades of pen always tell truthfal yet terriblo soclal problems, and deplet them in thelr jng- gedness and terrorful ncaning, be his whin- sicality cver so great. Hels rwp-rlnz another literary ballet, i which he will Jead us a dauce to “Iuferno,” surrounded by his georgeous grotesquerte, MR3. OLIPUANT. Near by in the shade of that window sits this charming writer, whose fascinating books, in pure and excellent English, have gained her the name of ** tivod Mrs, Oliohant.” ~ What eyes of thought she has, aud how every move of her graceful hand eonveys an {dea of **the poetry of ution1 | learn siiw has @ novel In_press, and the herolne ts a Jady who gave the only water- {vg-pluce deserving suck o name, Newport, much pleasant vonversation three years ago. New York claims this herofne s “her falrest belle and most beautiful of blondes. ‘S TIE BRAST 000, I notiee Edward Maltland, tust good soul who has brought his brain duwn to materizllstic sci- enee, crucity to anhmals, eating meat, drinking wlue, and autl-swallowiug **cant fanaticism, togethier with rellgious formulas and othier bad things, which he pronounces as *‘very damna- tore." fie will tell you that Nero fs ‘the Beast 000, and he belleves what he savs. le pro- noutnces 8t. Punl as “a dnpcfiw invalid,” be- cause bie dId ent **rare roast beel’” Mr. Maite laod (s & }ving sample of viviscetion. THE MARITIME LEAGUR, Mr. Judah P. Benjumin s the foremost man at the Bar of Englaud fn the international, com- mercial, und personal property law, and the only mun who tias returned a feebecause he had not'time to attend to the case—a rare thing in England. e fs known and esteemed in all so- ciety of learned mén both fu England and PFrance. His cbou locka and bright cyes speak 1ttle of the rule of rutbless Tine, 1 kuew bim iu tue days of “secession,” but nover befora ssw him In @ The DIl o the House of Lords, presented by Lord Chancellor Cairns, on the territorial marine rights of England, is tue brain-work of Mr. BenjomIn, and to his power- Tul arguuicnt In the ** Franconla’ case, about 8 year ago, Is sttributed the origin of the legisla- tion ou this subject, JAMRS FITZIAMES BYBPHEN, Tulking to the ireat Loulsiana barrister Is the Frum, ulemic counselor. - Mr. Stephen is s icavy, lorge-set man, of about G2 summers, though so thoroughly Englishh and weil-pre- gerved that he would pass lur 40. He, Is the legal authority ou fornula theolorlcal, aud s greut Tou 1o Ciwsarlam and Ultramontanism, Ho inaintains _ihat the Savior of Man ls " not proven,” fle chats Ireely and weil on social toples, aud is a charmiog companion, whose portrait will bo done by Millals, R, A. That lirgo fox-hunting, falr'und fresh man s John Everett Millals, the renowned painter of faclal themes. He lives well, ond has & mousion near the “folly” of Albert Grant fn * Courtly Kenslugtou,” * DEAR LADY DIBDAIN," Mr. Justin McCartny bas sat in the IHouso of Commons and marked the columns of the Daky News with his vigorous pen. Of all the writers on American suclal wmanpers bo salone has not put a * guess,”” or a * reckon,” or a * calcu- uto ' {n the mouths of well-bred Americana, ‘Tuoroughly Irish, e Is one of the best Enilish {ournalists In London,~it that be Celtlc loglc. TIE 20N OF TIE * MARDLE PAWN," ‘That tall, gracetul, and somcwhat handsome young man {s Julian Hawthorne, 1lo bas come up from classie Twickenham, where he now Tives, and looks ltke the description by Danicl Webster, commencing: ** r. Prosident, [ shall enter o no encomium upon Moasachusetts,— she pecds nonc.” Mr, awthorne has suine poems and a story of attraction for tho public at an carly day. And thus these * Hons " of litera- ture pags in and out of the * broad sanctnary,! greeting the Poct Laureate and wishiug bappl- {;luu 0 the youttful twaln,—one and {nsepata- 3 GAS FROM PURE WATER. A Marvelous Discovery that Engagoes Some Capltallsts, New York dun, James \Winter, who has hed charge of the steam englno in tho Cosinopolitan IHotel, says that hie hus discovered how to make Hlumluvating gas out of water at a trifing cost. A number of capltalists, of whom Mr. Jordan L. Mottlsa falr representative as to business sagacity, have becomo futerested in the mnatter, and suttlclont money has Leen invested to Lulld an experi- mental machine, Some of the more sanguine belleve that the invention s bound to reyolu- tionlze gus-mokivg, and provide a new motlve power, s Mr, Winter Is o practical man,” says ougc of tho gentlemen concerned fn the enterprise; “that fs, he knows Low to mansge levers, guuges, and boiler, without undersianding any- thing about the philosaphy of stcatn power, He t4, howaever, of very quick percoptions, sud 80, when vomething vory strange occurred, as he was expertmenting on an invention, ho real- 1zed thot he had made adiscovery, flo thought that it this alscovery did not clude him as sud- denly as it had rovealod itself, ho had some- thing that would pruve of great value. ‘The experlments that he was making wero at once given up, and ho hent his whols stten- tion to capturing his discavery ao that he could handiy it. ileisa Western man, auen- gineer, and posscased of ouly such chemical knowledge as ho has becn able'to pick up, The exporiments that ho was civinghis tinie towhen ho mudo his discovery were on a water metre, which was to be & grest finprovement over those now usod for measuring the consumption of gea, and it was in the mantpulation of the wat nd some of the forces brought to bear on it, that he saw what suggested how to turn water into an flluminatiug ges. ilo worked out the plans which his discovery sug- gested. Hly whaole time was devoted to it, sud bo showed all tho absorption and encrgy of an enthuslast. People who saw bim wore in. clined to smile, especially when thev observed that o used an old kitchen kettle, puuched full of bales, In his experiments. But one day bhe 0 far progressed tuat when he pluced o lighted match at one uf the holes in the kettle, a blulsh tume fustened Qtself to the uperture, Then those who had watched hiin smiled o more, but spread the report that he had really cone verted wauter into {lluminating gas, Ife per- facted his muchine, carbonated the gas, and ob- tained » Lrilliant fet, Capitalista heurd of {r, and called on bim. One moncyed man was 30 far satisticd that be was willing to favest lare- 1y, vravided he could be vonviveed that thero ‘was 0o trick, such as the uso of chiemicals, Mo put to Winter questfons relating to the chem- fatry and philosovhy of the operation, **I dou't know soylblug about that. [ oply know that tbls machine will do 1, was the reply, and ho (recly ehowed tho macbive. The capitalist took it to picces, put it together, took waler thit o koew could ot have been chem- {cally prepared, aud then gencratod s gas of brilliant Hiumfustiug power. Uther capitalists wers luduced $0 lovk at the machine, and so well satufied wore they that they required voly the testimony of experts that there wasno fraud about i Lo invest heavily. . “Bowethlog important bappened while all this was golug on, While perfectiug a machiue, Winter narrowly escaped belug blown Lo plecos. “Thu litle frou box exploded. Tuvestization fol- lowed, and he bocame satiafied that his box wus capable ol reocrating au lmnense power, and the capitalists who been looking foto It thought that thalxu vroperty might be 8 com- paratively insigulticant consideration. At tho susiie thue there were susplclons that this might be unothor Keely-motor delusion. But Winter appareotly concealed nothing. excepting as lar asis bythe capltalists thought uccessary to cevent others reaching the Putent-Ottice frat. [ thuss whiom B trusts hie bus opened the box sud sllowed the to acu Just buw It works. Tuuy bave used Crotun water, and are positi that uo electrivity §s used. Tho simall wachive that 1a now Hulsbed wus filled with o few pounds of wuter, and i fifteen secouds @ power equal to s pressure of 250 pouuds (o the square jnch waoi geverated. A guuge shiowed this. Among those wWho bave scea the opcrstivs re Vices President Reed, of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Raflrosd. =~ Mr. Reed gives much attentlon to spplied sclence, 88 far aa {t may be made of uac fo ralirocd oneratfons, He wus Intensely intereated in tha machine. There was no doubt that great power was generated, and he remarked that If it was s Renutne thing, and could be applied, it would be worth 85000000 to the Compuny that he represented, lle proposes to be present ata coming experiment with the machine that Is to he made inthe presence of experts, and whers the most searching examination is invited. Tle project has so far progrossed that a proposition to place it in a manufactory in Fourteenth sireet, to furnish both power and {Humination, will probably soon be acted on. ‘There, of course, remalns auspiclon [n the minds of thors who propose to Invest in it, and yet, so fully have they availed theinselves of the opportunis ties to cxamine it, that they cannot sce whera there can be any fraud. Itwas proposed to give an open exidbition weeks azo, but it was des cided (o first bulld s largo machine, capable of furnishing great power and resstance, Mr. Winter was provided with a secluded place In Brooklyn, very near Fulton ferry, and has the large machine now so nearly completed that the experiments will he very svon made,"” 'he n:achine ls described na consisting of two {ron buxes, une contulubly water to be pumped into the other, which Is the fustrument that re- leases the oxygen and hydrogen gases, What Is inside of this latter Lox no ono koows except- ing Mr. Winter and the few capitallsts who are luterested fu #; but the internal ma- chinery is Yvery simple, aod makes use of no chemicals or electriclty, Une thing 18 sald tohappen after the couverslon of the water intg as that I8 & inyatery,—the chemical relations of vxygen and bydrogen In water, two volumes of ox'vgen 1o onc of hydrogen, are disturbed. The vulume of onyy.-n weema Lo be lessened, and of hydrogen not increased. What becomes of the missing oxygend A scientiilc man, who had not seen the appa- ratus, but to whoin the subject was mooted last evenlnz, nald, with impaticnce: “This is the thousaudth time that® somebudy has come for- ward with an nssurance that Lo could manufac- ture {iluninating gas from water. 1don’t say that our Brooklyn friend hasn't done it I say merely that if he has be has done a veryromark- able thing, and appears na curner of thehorizon thnt Ls bright with conspicuous fallures,” e — . CURRENT OmebN. They say that the new silver dollar isn't handsome; but **handsome s av handsome goes. thie test It conquers, —Cincinnats Enguirer (Dem.). Jerry Black and Montgomery Blair—both t00 pure to live in thie wicked world—shonid tell what they know about each other. It would bLa ‘*mighty iotercating readlng."—Memphls Ara- lanche (Ind.) A goot many men who are in tha habit of votlng the Democratic ticket wonld hesltate to do 80 If they belleved that ‘he consequence would be thenddition of some hundreds of milllons to the Nationaidebt, throush the paymeut of Southern clalme.—Boston Adcertuer (ep.). Itis roported that Benstor Blaine has a brother in the timber bnsiness somewhors in the Wert, Itsecms at though James G. had a brother who had deallngs In Forth 8mith & Little Rock Taliroad bonds. Jomes (3, should keep a Jookout for thut broth ", OF he may lfinl lutnself into trouble aome thne.—Miliwaukes Sentinel (Kep, ). Chicngo may have to reduce hor Firo De. partment; she may be compelled to let hor stroets continue In 8 condition that deiighta the 4,000,000 of the porcine apecies that travel them yearly: she may be forced to close her schoole. Tat aw long av slie maintains the Coronial oitice, aud Dietzsch in it, she will lack no(hlnf In phltosuphy and po- Hte litcrataro, —Clucinnalt Times, It is not the aattlers aud miners who cat a Wttle wood for thelr fires against whom Secretary Echurz Is warring, Ile ls after the ratlrond corpor. atione ant mill companies that strip the tin- ber olf thousands of acres of the public lands with- ant paying a dollar to the Gaverament, The Sec- Tetary In dulng & good work, and will be sustained by the peolo, nu matter what his political ene- mies In the Ecnate may ssy.—Clereland Jerald (Hep. ) i There fs something deeply touching—al. most incxpresslbly affecting—in the sad eye and quavering voico of a plous Indlan Agent as he speaks of the manifold afictions that must ingve itably fall on the poor, vorsecuted red men, the simplo kons of the forest, 1n case the Indlan Bu. rean ta transferred to the War Department, Such disinterested bonevulence 1s a credit to buman natare, Cald and hearticas as the world fs, 1t i3 #1)l the sbode of men can weep for others’ woes, — iWashkinglon (1. C.) Post \Dem.). Thera i n genoral ontery agninst the slovenly, Inartistic deslgn on the new silver dollar, It is the poorest, slouchicst speclnen of tho art of colnago that the Tresrury has pot forth for balf & century, Theesgle looks like a demouralized buz- zard, and the Qoddess of Liberty, lustead of o clear, dignified Qreck profile, Las_the seneuans, feeble ontline of a decadent age, The reliel is low #0 thut tho coin fs alinost smooth, and the 1nsceip- tions and device aro crowded and awkward, It is an offenve to the forefatners to call this degenerato ll'gin thele dollar, —Cleseland Leader (Anti-Silcer g ‘We agaln urge the point that there should be uo additional monctary legtelation In Congresa until the new silver colnage Is (alrly teated In prac- tical operation. Even silver certificates in indefi- nite quantitics and amounts should not be Jssucd, but, having sllver, gold, greonhacke, and Natiousl Bank wotes, we should Lo porfectly certain that thosy will 1ol snswer the necds of the country he- foro adding to the volume of currency. " The nocessary issue of cortificatos for bulllon which in turn will draw out the coinod miver coustitute s Treasury regulation which cannot Le objected to, = Pituaburg Gazetie (Jep,). It {s more to the purposeto remember that Mr, Dlaine has been in the past s confederate of the plunderers of the public domaln of the Unitad Htates; that he was tho holder of $130, 000 of land- bonde of the Little Iock & Fort Bmith Rajlruad, for which he did nut pay & dollar; and that, In pur- auance uf his promise of notproving udfesd in the enterprise," he used bis position as Speaker of the luuss to help the jobbers who were working for a renewal of the land-grant o the Little Huck load. Mr. Schurz has st lesst follawed +*the in- stinct of his wlhuudn' which tauebt bim tu em- pluy hiv talents in msking an hooest livelihood. — Naw York T4ms (Rep.de Tho Gbe.Democrat opposed the Bilver bill while it nder discussion in Congress; bat, when it becama the Taw of tho land, it was entitled toafalrtrial on Its wmerits. Mr. Sherman has fssucd an absurd order (hat the new colna shall be pald aut at par for gold only. Thls amounts o ordering that they stha)) be hosrded §n the Treasury Tepariment, for nohody is (oln‘e o pay & promiuc forgoid to buy them with, We (rust Cong: wiil proper action on this subject, and givs Mr. Shermau to undorstand that it ls bis business and not 1o obstruct ! -St, nocrat (Anti-Sileer Ite, The Iouse of Reprosentatives has {llus. trated its Idens of Civil Service by donbling the uumber of e officers and lessening thelr eMelency; by withholdlng the appropristions necessary to the proper conduct of the pablic business, and lavish- ing the Treasury upon rebel clalmaute, and upen inveatinations that have disclosed nothing, and whose ouly efect haa been to give employment to Dewoeratic deadbeats and bummers. this is the partr that appeals to the Amersican people for the power of the G(lovernment which it vainly at. tsmpted to overthrow fn the flald, and under which it now sttcmapts Lo reap sl the benefts that 1t lost 1n that failure, —Prosidence Journst (Kep.). Mr, Blaine thinks that some folks may be TRooshians snd soma folks msy be Prooshisns, but that the hardy ralirosd carporution of the Weatern wilde should not be charged more than 105 cents & cord for all the wood it can ateal from ths padlic domata, tter of opinion. ** 150, 000, Torritory.” Verhaps, though, Mr. that if Montans were soltod out flat fta area would bo materially Incressed. Wo fancy that Mr. Dlaine's ullusion to Prussisn spies and ylmr. will bo beard of sgaln about June, 1880, when it may s loug way toward sccurlng the German voto f:flr( tho Senator from Malne.—New York World u There are men, strange as it seoms, who thiok that Tsmmany Democracy way be srusted to protect the Government agunst shult, spollation, and wanton expenditare. Tho Boulh sends in its bill. A littlo bill; slresdy it is sbove $150,000,- 000, avd the cnly cestaln thing aboat it ja that the greater oumber of demands ang the larger aee inauds ace atilt lylag under hatches. **Never fear!™ say Democats; ‘‘have we uot a stanch Northern Demiocracy (o protect 1be countey!” Tnis passes the ludicrous and lgpwlthu the sub- Ilme. When ose a Bolid South demsnded, Northern Democracy bas not bent the knsu? Claime on bebalf of the Bouth, to ** get even ' bu- causs of losscs during sod jncldent W the War, sre Tikely to be suntarned by & Solid South. Was thero ever a Northern Democrat who neglected to snresu wha )Ih. Bouth took suuflt—New York Tribune (ditw). Geo. Anderson has demanded the law, and has disclaimed sny desire forpardon. The law has d bim. This decialon carrice the agalnat Welis and the other weiwn- ra. 1t carrics slso all tbat the Til- den conspirutors and the Loulsans fiuplacables ) hoped to make by a form of s Jadicial declelon tainting with frand the Electaral ‘vote_of & Biste which wan requisite {0 the election of Haves. The effect of the decision Ie that the Board dld not ex. ceed their lawlol powers, and that the eaid ** con. rolidated statement, " even if it were false, and eyen if it had been proved—which It was not—that the Board had falsified it, did not aMect the orig- inal retarne nor the result of the clection, We are glad that the end of this conap{racy has come abont throngh law, adminiatered by 8 Lomisisna conrt, on tke merita of the care, and not by pardon or technical error, —Cincinnat Gazetle (firp. ) Once give the Demncracy the Presidency, and ample worklng majontlen in both ionees of Congress, and the country will be compelled nnt only to give the Bouth the $150,000,000 siready asked for, hut to double the amonnt. and perhany mnltiply it by thres or fonr. And the great hnjk of the contzibntion must neceararily be taken from Northern pockets. The ontertaiament to which the Democratic barty lnvites un in notexactly a pleasing one to anticipate.— Troy Times (Kep. ). A correspondent explaing the petition signed by Col. Ingersolland othernpraying forthe removal of restrictions on the circulation of obscene litera- tare n the malls. Anthony Comatock, he rays, engineered laws through Congress & few years sga which gave him the control of the mslis for the suppression of obscene literature. He haslately perverted his powerand established a modern In- quirition by trying to anppress liberal and sclentific worke, 'Thae petition in auestion was presented by Den Butler: and, whilo it adyncated strict Iaws for the suppression of obecene literature, it petitioned for an amendment to the Iaw confining It to such Nterntare, and_exempting sclentific publications like those of Huxley, Ifilrwhn. ‘Tyndall, and that clann of writing, and prohiditing Comstock from exteading his powee beyond the domaina of the Y. M. C. A. The petltion contained 61,000 namer, and was 500 yards long, —ZSufalo Kroress. ————— INDIANAPOLIS. ‘Tilemakers—The Btate.Ifonse Plans, Special Dispateh to The Tridune, IxpiANaroLts, Ind., March 21.—The Btale Tilemakers’ Association adopted a constitution and elected the following ofticers: President, J. Stringer, Kokomoj Sceretary, W, E. Chandler, Brownsburg, A vrize of $800 for best ditening- machine will be offered, the trials to take ptace at the next State Falr, aud a commitiee to sug- pest revised ditching laws for Indiana, Oblo, and Indiana was spoointed, conalstiug of Thom- as Carlton of Ohlo, Brown of lllinols, N. N. Hadley and J. Stringer ot Indiana. The State-House Commissiun dld not, as had been expucted, select a plan to-day, and prob- ably no declslon will be reached until Saturday. Gov. Willlams fs an ex-officlo member of the Commission, but has nat verr ln'quenlle' at- tended the mectinge, Now that the dufy of voting on o cholee of plans has risen, he sces the neccessity of personally nvestizating the merlts of the several designs. This will cause o delay of twe or three days, and, possibly, post- pane the selection of a plan until next week, There {a reason to belfeve that the cholce will full upon oue ol thelocal architects—Mesara. Bunting, May, or Hodzeson. A fatal defect (n Eppinzhauser’s plan will exclude its adoptlon, although In tmost respects It Is an excellont ao} appropriate design, Myerz, of Detroit, and Capt. Lee, of St. Louls, inay both be constdered out of the competition NEW PUDBLIOATIONS. SCRIBNER FOR APRIL. 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