Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 17, 1880, Page 13

THE CHICAGO ‘TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1880—SIX' LIFE IN WASHINGTON. The Speaker of the House—John Bull and Brother Jon« athan’s Speeches. Vanity Fair Opened—White-House Fostivi- ties—-The Supreme Court at Dinner—Charity Ball, Military Weddings—The Jersey Dines—Kettledrums "+ + —pioner-Partles—Lobby-Ex. x penditures. Revival of the United States Agrioul- tural Soolety—Disgruntled Knights ‘Lemplara— Amusements, ‘ Bpettal Correspondence of The Chicagd Tribune, Wasninaton, D. O., Jan. 11,—Sinco Wedncs- dny, thb 14tof April, 1789, on whieh day ‘the Ttonse of Representatives of tho First Congress clooted {ts prositling oMoer, there has not beon a day's session of that body in which honorable membors therouf hnyo not called or howled! Mit. BPEARER! Mi, APEAKERS! Yet tt fa doubtful whethor one Ina hundred has known why tho presiding officer Is thus ad- dressed. It jg.a part of tho legisintive machinery of Enginnd, which was ao carefully transplanted here, and which bas beon perpottunted until it hns become n part of our Parliamentary system, The preatding dMlicer of tho English House of Commons was originally culled its Chairman; Wut, during tho relgn of Charles the Second, Sir Job Chariton wns elécted to that position be- cause hé wis qualified to speak to the King. In doininunitcating bis election to his Majesty, Sir Job snd: ‘The veneration duo to Majesty, which Jodgeth In every loyal breast, makes {t not an easy Inatter to speak before your Mnjesty nt any thne, or in any enpaetty.” When the.Lord Chan- cellar, by tho King's direction, thanked Sir Jab for hls pleasant words, ho suid that thoy were regarded by hig Majesty “ns an evidence that the Hotiso of Commons had tho Royal affairs at bontt when .it chose such n mouth; tho conjunc- ture of tine requires such n House of Commons, sich a Spenker.” From that day tothe presont tlune tho presiding oflvcr of the House of Come tous bus been called “ Mr. Speaker,” and hug been : * tn OFFICIAT, MOUTHPIECE, or channel of commiutication, botween that body and tho sovereign und tho House of Peers. Our republican Mr. Speaker {s not the mouth- plese of the Mouse of Hepresentatives when coumunicntions ure to be nade totho President, ag committees nro chosen for that purpose. Nelthor does he communieate with the Senate, ai the Clerk of the Hossa is the recognized mo- dium, Bat, when a member who has erred [s to vp reprimanded, or A recusant wiiness is to be ahiworilshed, tho Sponker is tho mouthpiece of the House, Ag such, too, Mr, Speaker Clay wel- comed Lafayette os tho Nation's guest In that gtund old hill now dedicated naa National Pan- Yheou, JONN DULT'S Mit. BPRAKER bas moro arduous duties to perform that Brother Johithni hus tinpdsod on his. Tho Speuker of tho House of Commons must always ‘be present durlug tho sittings, as ho bns no paw- ortocalla member tothe Chair even fora few minutes. He must always be accessible to shembers In tho morning, and he must sign onch day's proceedings after’having tend thom, In short, tho ainount of labor ho bus to perform {8 wiinost Inoredlulu; but he ts well puld for it. ie recelves £4,000 sterling por annum, the tse of 1 Bandyumod house, £1,000 of equipment-money atid 2,000 uttiees uf ever plate on his etectlor, twa hogstdnds of claretawine and £100 for ata uonery every yenr, and feos nntounting to somo £2,000 df £3,000 por onnum besides, .All thia, at the prescut rates of exchange, would make over $10,000 per hiinuih; ahd, whe he retires, no care rica tu his home his sitver plate and tho Speak- rs chair th which ho hay preatded, a8 a souvenir, é DNOTUBR JONATHAN'A MI, 8 PRARKR only holds his oMfcé for twoyenrs, Ho recolyes $10,000 a your salary, with allowances for mile. age, stationery, and’ newapnperd, a sbarc of all Bublic doauimbvnts printed, and the privilege of appointing a clerk and 4 privato secretury, ench gf Whom fecoives $1,800 por annum. Tho only Speaker from tho Northwest was Schuyler Col- fax, who preslded over tho House for three Con- greases, while Kentucky furnished tho Speukers for cight Congrésses and ‘Terinogade for threo. ‘Tho others huve come from tho Atlantle Btutes, wiz. Mutoe has furnished tho Speaker for threo Gongressce, New Hampshtre.ter one, Massnchi- getts for eight, Comnectient for one, New York for one, Now Jorsoy for three, Pennsylvanin for threo, Maryland for one, Vintnty for eight, forth Caroflun for three, and South Carolina for htco, NoNtate botdering on tho Gulf of Moxl- cu OF West of tho Mississipp! ver bas over Milod ‘Veg Bpeakbr’s Chair. , HENRY CLAY WAB The MODEL BPRAKER, sind ho kept the Mougo in order by almply tapping with his silver pencil-onso. The natural yeace of his manner, tho winnitg ginnecs of bly ox- Pressive eyes, and the captivating tone of his Volco, nul commanded tho respect of tho House; and océasionnily ho would leayo the Chatr to participate in the debates, oxerelsing un Inspired control over hig political nsseciutes. Colfax anid Blaine frat departed from tho old traditions of dignity and pushed wlong tho business of tho House Uke auctioneers who hi through w ange tales Wielding thoir guvels like croquot- coke MR, SPEAKER RANDAL, Yettor known as “Sam Rondull,” oa food typo 4 Democrutic wardspoliticlan, Bury and red in Philudelphia, ho grow wpa munber of 1 Voluntoge ‘iro Depurtment, and, when fi 0. at, broke git hn f 1, he bee t am! caval compan #hleh aid thre” monte’ agentea aS Ja ruthor undorsized, without an ounce of super- Hious ilesh, aid bis the appearance of a tramed rizelighter disguised as n vlergyinan in a black ress-tout. Up to the session before his vlec- tion ae Bponker ho retained muny traces pf bis early fe in the engine bunk-rogm and the militia-armory,;—capeclally uu fondness for whisky. But nil at once he turned over a new teal jana iy has sinee been strictly tomporato, light of his charming wifo and hand: ne Frowa-up Haugbter, Tio lives ina modest: house on Cupitol Hill, where he gives frequent stay-partiea; and he ts regarted ns tho Conyres- sloual incarnation of Tildonism. Hts Intellect ts More volatile than voluminous, and he would not be erbiulkrnsacd by any covseluntions geru- pia re Saying se bo dons paul would ue ly OF Indireatly, the prograss of Sin Handi wowraras the Wulto House. at fs his goa! secs ¢ THB FASHIONANLE SEASON 44 How fotrly wnidor way, and it will be continued uni 1 Lent firrests the dancers with tho sunnd of chureh-gulng bells, Tho German ty danced nt tho assemblies by the brepiy dela crome of. tho young peoplo, and thore faa constant round of day and evening receptions,—some of thom open, to overy one, from the tilled wife of a fore! Ministor to the girls who stitch books ut the overnmont biidery, while others ure jeatously: arded agulnat intridors not recosnized us" fi suctety.” ‘Tho oficiais who want tholr salnrica ralaed tro giving ontértainmenta; tho army of- cord who don’t want ty bo retired aro racine, buapitablos _fupper-eaters have thelr bands Tul; musiclans look tired oath und tho indues ous chroniclers of what is kept busy. wi worn are kept fndisge ‘ ‘oe Witith nooER msing Its share of hospitality. Bra. Tfa: has had a bevy of Western demalsdtioa mautas Week with bor, and sho hag Joined heartily in Heir amusomonts. ‘Then she bus ontertuined tho Judges of tho Supreme Court,—trroverently, callod a get of solumn old purnpec Who werd obliged. fo through tho long and coremonious Fepust with no mory potent boeverayo than cotfee, and a ginss of Itoman punch, which is designated ns “the life-suving station.” On Saturday. afternoons Mra. Hayes reeetves, and the awring-roors uno crowded with Jadica in Sew nt. tllots; whilo on Tucsday next the luat will hava u public reception. + TOR RUPRUME-COURT DINENS-OUT, Alwaye beaded by Chicf-Justica Wilts, whdde digestion Ja uniuipaired, were dined und wined dest night by ite, Attornoy-Genurnl Devens, who {an bachelok, but entertains at a redtaumnt. A Well dnnor has alsa boon given to the Court by dudge Richardaun,, arte Sceremry of tha (Foasury, now on tho Hvnch of tho Court of Giaing,—at which bis duughter, Mra. Dr. Mie ary ota idea. | Me, Hunt conthings Loacé the sin-tho-mungor, ho is 6) Used 1} by hie vata t he ‘clintot penton any udlehith Qutleg, yet ho ts peryuaded by Bir. Conikting nut Sy bey Man think that, aa tho Presidential fealige ana calls, heuay ai: mailer, he may tum town o Tench oF no Supttice” Court ta oat oe deat, after a loug und stormy political curcer, $18 OMALIYT BALL at tho Baxonio Templo, Tor the benettt of tho Children's Hospital, was a great budeuas. 'Thore, hie at po other ontortujnnient, one eves tho fum= PUA A Muerto gad [tt ply ot Ke ‘alnao ie Ad ‘Brille abe Dip: 1@ lor Foss MU! make ita polnt to attoud, fn 6 dtp Toudtog 4 nge huulLos the Ma- ‘Srmy and ngyy oi I. foale Torapte wna ol, tly devo ‘with flow- Tas ete ane a ale an act ad. ot, ats i ” eile St ice eae oF Repreatututley, Cutten, tI le, Srimmod with’ fulds of waive satiu, aud with é = polut-lnce which rivwled tho magnificent dia- monds of tho wenror, = A MILITARY Wet Js tho gront aim of a Washington betlo—atways provided hit she cannot oateli ind west A diplos Utne andes HEE at PR nt the Cunrol of tho Epiphany. ‘There aro vo groom G the bridugroonr Is attended by a box AN ke himentt, i attire! inn new uniform, Nid lice ani embroidery allowed by nemy togulations, When the ormunint atrikes wv the WeddingeMarch Tram “Lohengrin? th beldeyroomn enicra tha chancel from the veatcy: and atnnds in front of the altar, Inthe position: of a commanding officer nt a dresspirade, with: the best iin three paces bebine ‘Tho strangur waited armind a while and thon atorted of With the ro “Never you mind, olty over’ but Pi supplied with ts Dird, two to the yel 10G AND HOMIN TH hunt this whoto MP. on a mild spelt of weather and thon amit mo koa henthon!” etn en = HORTICULTURE. Orchnrding in the Weat=Enecourage= mont to Keep on Plauting—Mow to Double the Vatue of the Farm in ‘Ten Yeoars—Varloun Suggestions, From Our Own Grrrespondtent. No, 13 Eranrnentic Stuset, Cincaao, Jan 15—When we speak of the West, and ot “Orcharding In the West,” we mean that region of the country weut of the Misstssippl River,—particularly Iowa, Kansas, Missonrl, We have been sumewhat in- quisttive of Inte-whonever we have met yartles from these States. afwe Is to know wht the future of these States Is toboin regard to orchard-fralts; and we have sought to know to what extent tho plauting of orchard-frults is going on, ‘There fu no qtteation that thdse States are ALD ADAPTED TO FRUIT-OROWINGS and orchards nlready jn bearing demonstrate that no finer oreliard-frults are grown any {mumtgration Is very great at this thne into Kunsas, Nebraska, and Lowa; and ono of tho first th@gs thought of (after Getting a houso to Hye In) by the inore enter- prising settlers, is to preparea plece of ground and set out an orchards and that is the wise thing to do, And to such an extent Is this true that itis estimated that in the past year there have been set 60,000 frult-trees In Lowa alone, But what ure these among so many? Towa isn grent State, Her farins are large aud her aeres many, It fs bolieved that Lowa is doing more than any other State In this matter of treeplunting, both for fruit and for timber; and yut it would be better If ten On A HUNDRED TREKS, were planted where now but onv_ is planted. Nothing can add so rapidly to a farms in the West, un these treeless pralrics, a3 of fruit, evergreen, and ¢ is common for such labor to double Ine of cheap kinds In the West In ten Jt is surprising that the owners of lands do not yive more attention, and better attention, to this subject. v! say better attention, I mean FOR THE PLANTINGS SLADE, Some who are forward enough to plant alve little attention afterward, thinking that Q tree can take care of Uself; when the (rath young, growlng trees need cult- o The Intter flew (ng ina shrill voice, and Kable wlgns af anger. ing the cause, I took away one of t potl birds settled down qulet- A Nervous and Unsettled Market for. mat. Wo have Grain and Provisions, martal nuptiays flowers, whon Lower Prices Conseqnent upon the parece neon 1 SQUABBLE Outside Pressure to Realize. A! i Mr. Pattl-Do Munck Gocs on the Ware path with a Slingshot, and Encouns fers Mr, FinchoMs Shotzun. San Feaneteen Chronicle, The bitter feud between the house of Pattl- De Munck and the honse of Fischof still contlutes, antl waxes tragic. corridor of Mr. Sharon’s carayansary heard yesterday the thud of the descending slung- shot, and saw tho glitter of the revolver’s The burly oMeip) statuet named Jackson, whose plug-hat reflects alike the bens of the daily sun and the nightly Jab Jochkofl In the courtyard, was eniled on to quell the deadly fray nnd ulspatel: the irate husband of the prima donna to the shelter- ing wing of fils domestic nightingale, and the enraged accretary swore out a warrant for assault to murder, assault, as told by Vref. Fischof, who Is the sveretary of Madame Pattl, whom she discharged for chastising her husband for an. Ansult, is a8 follows, an intimate’ friend of the assaulted party having repeated It ton “You see, monsieur, after zu trouble wiz 3. Munck, and ze article yerrn mouch enrage lim, ty sue bravos to come be- Rie ig he has before done in Peorla to an editor who say zat Mine, Patt has no volce and fs play out. Well, 1 nidin trols heures to ze High Valucs Hero Bring Out English Supplies from Other Oountries, Rumors of a Break-Up in the New York The marbled Combination, the bride, on the ari of her futher or guardian, AB the vorleye mivatices Np tho: culture ind dresses of the bride and her ate tendunt bridesinalda Tapld coupanil with which one woman can of whit another worn of one keoond, When t! and Nebraska. seanued with thne - ‘The produce tnarkets of this clty wore yery much unsettled yesterday, snd throughout Butthe range of prices was not so great as it was on some previous days, when the elements of weakness and strength xeemed to alternate less raplilly than they Ot yesterday, Tho rathor sharp upturn In priees Thursday afternoon was followed yesterday morning by a (ttle more strength near the outset, but It was soon evident that there were a geod many selling oriers fn hand from people outside, and prices de ellned, tho aspect of things being quite What’ we are wours in about h ushtra rench the chino they tile otf to the right ond lo the left, follower mialds, forming two groups plotiresquely. ure Asthe bride nppronches t nidegroomn mivitices to nigel ber und, ro- oeiving her from her oscort, leads her ty tho vy the beldes- THY, NUPTIAL KNOT 18 TIED (ition, The procession is id donves tha church -tho ling the was, followed tirat. by’ thon by tho ushers, Re- 's house, thera i a wwedded ‘pate go with all possible uxyus The story of tho ritesn turning to the btld tion; atid the new; more ently iu the ev As bofore remarked weillingy the past week, Maring Corps, indtried on danghter ol She wore n courtedrvss jy of White sutin, trimmed with lice, and wlong tulle yells while her bridesnuids wore: white musiins trimmed with Valenciennes Ineo, and broad white sutin suahes, ANU cneh one cur busketfel of sare towers, wg wis that of Lieut. Bush, of the Army, to Miss Bilt Stanton, & daughter of $s HAT WAN-BECRETARY. if mat white breende over A Petticoat of white satin, and a hinge polnt-lnce shawl as a veil, arranged: ners an her forehead, wore dresses of fhe white oashmere trimmed There was also an old-time Maryland wedding, last week, at the home of tho: Rey, Mr. ‘Towles, of Prince whose daughter mural Engene A, Moule, an artist who juts painted some’ exquisite piutures. THE MONT NILETANT ENTERPAINMES of the Week was given by Senator Randolph, of rey, Who ovetipies a linge honxe on Muse e@vonne, Ilia daughter, who ten des Dutante, was charmingly’ drested ‘In pale-binw while her guest, the daughter of Gen, Me- nn, wore a white sik, triimined with lowers, Prominent. among the toilets was that of the fo of the Mullan Minister, which was of white elk atriped with munve gating ant trimmed with Ince, towers, sprays of dinmouds, Mie, the Mlinater from lings. 1, we have had two of these then o Mitte reaction, and the greater firm ness was slightly Intensified In the afternoon, so that the later tone may be characterized fs natendly onc 3 It in diMeult to assign any spectal reasons for the features noted in the morning of yes- The British advices noted 0 declin- ing tendency In. wheat and dullness in corn, whils letters and telegrams recefved by In- operators confined the polnts inde for several days previously, that the prices that haye ranged here during the last two or three Chronicle reporter. of the Navy. in ze paper, whi hind ne und ke come yesterday ap ranolse snd turn my= What do I see, by Is Monsieur Manek wiz zo bij hand, raise nbove his head. | and ze slung-shot strike me’ on ze arin, my pop—iny revolyalre—and put it In ‘ You sall not take one with «muouf the cor- The six -lirklesmalds with awansdown, George County, Amerlean porta fur 3 more; 1 sa Ono authority the falling-off at about 17,000 quarters per week, the difference belng chiefly maae up by tInereasing arrivals from other places; and still others promised to sem wheat before tho next harvest comes tround, THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF USsTA. plemented by arrivals from Aus- tralia and New Zealand, while the Argentine Republic is esttuiated to send in about half a million quarters, whieh English statistielnns atso ouch elear that conntry haying been un porter up to About two years ago, hore were all sorts “of rumors affont, prantnent among them being one to the ef fect that Bismarck had departed this Ute, and perhaps that had as much as anything else todo with the upward tendency in tha the day. There were, how- ever, some Whispers afloat with regard to York a@perators who had re- celved orders from the other side a few ngo, Which they reported filled without hav. shel. ‘The supposition was that they went short on the market, and have’ since been trying thelr level be 80. thangs they could ie New York- demand on consumption, newspapaire,” Nevaire mind, mon e one steps or L blow you Inte a It is aanasterplece of Ebay int Parks 100 fratics for Mr, Fischot exhibit slx-shooter, carrying abouts No. 6 shot, and rt and excention equal to y torpedo, “ M. Munck continued he; "but L Zis 1s ze pistol. Lachetoureand, Adttraness Bling, the w was pale wiz horrewr,” spare hees Ife, aud have hin arrested for ns- sault to murder, Ze ofijeer, M. Jackyon, tako eshot from hin, and pat him tn ze elevator directed to Madame Path Ze toze Gen. Barnes, my ayuent, and hi 20 paplers an’ I swearto ze complaint. Ze ott ceer go to ze hotel for M. de Munek, but he Is notzere. He look in Madame Pattl’s room, in zg wardrobe, under ze table, but zere is no. M, Munck, and he walt to catch him tl dark, ‘You see you have no atfalres Whonneur in zis Itisnotiegal In my countree we seltle zis wiz the sabre or ze rapler. Tecould not do it, for he is no gentilhomn le is a grand coward, and [tell you why. in St. Louls, one editor insulte Madame Patt M. De Munek come to me, exelted yerra jnvoch and bite iis mustache, and say, *Ze sae-r-r-rerre cannilie, me ze pistol.” He take my revalyalre and go He does not kiN ze editor, but come ¢ pistol in his sumband forctivgulre and say, ‘Alon Dieu! Suppose I fall di sing go off and kill me?? Anozzer occasion. Aman named Blumer, from St. Jo, write In ze paper zat Ma Path Es an kt sereectiawl, Minek to liek thn, and he try brayos to klek ‘linand cannot, and will de ig. T goto M. Blumer and f say Wat for you make zo infamy for Mine. ‘Beeause TI fee} like It.’ ” Bovause you feellikety? ‘Lakezat? Boomfund L knoek him down, and take me by ze cont, sa, att bounce me on my knees, Tattach to his legs and tip hin gyer, and have satisfactlon, Ab Reno Munek hv strike ze maid in ze face wiz his in ze hotel he lift achalr tostrike Mine, Patti, nud I take It away _or she be damage. go he Is no gentleman, hotel he runaway to her room and tits hat. fall oft, and he ddes not stop to pick Zt is no gentleman, Uardon, the wife of Guntemuli, wore 0 showy colored #ilK, trimmed with the vet, brocuded in violet, dhuing-rvom was given np to the dune or, which was i profitge ono, wi ‘he beilo of the evening was u Miss {Hil- inrd, of Bultimnors, who fs tho guest of Maj. Goodlog, of the Murlue Corps, KEITEL R-IUMA from? ge on tho aft known asin when! in Nebraska, on 0 farin that he ts maleing for He says he has had * bad uci’? anting frilt-trees. ‘Lhe trees “don’t and he has wo orehard yet, after so irs, The trouble is, the conditions ARH NOT MET, It would seem that some planters ex; tree to Hye because It hs 0 tree. the roots nre rudely taken from the ground, and drled inthe sun before resetting, itis expeetud that tho tree will live. But there fs no resurrection fora tree when once dead, and tree-life 1s 28 sensitive to sbure na ik ani inal Wes he, abuse WH harband ki it as dt would be 40 great feat to go West, luke etlon of and, and double or treble ita Valne by tree-planting alone In ten years. Here is how to do its and fi we will but be giving a bit of personal ex- which nro given are quite the rege, Th freainnents, und darkened rooms f oF tollets nud Jewels. They d Jarge expenditure, and the hosta do net give up their houses, us is the case for Ferminds Wood will give Dahlgren; while for lls diplomutte. A new attempt Is Svarts to give a diplo- it the Lepartinent of stute, but be very properly hesitates, DINNER-TARTIES Aronbundant, Secretary Rumney, Senator Pen- divton, Represuntitive Davis of Callforulu, Rep: resuntitlve Luring, of Massachusetts, Kopro- Beutative Morton of New York, Gen. Hurnsidt and others have entertaly thoir gentlemen friends nt elegant repusts, : se presides, but it wiry for any other ladies to appear at Washington dinner-purties, latter part of cera New an evening purty, bought a bu: t week, und eo will Mr to depress prices nt ok profit. who believed thig stated that th ers would undoubtedly be obliged to appear fore many days: at their uunsualnetivity my be reported from the seaboard, with a conse: quent advance in prices that might renet warrant the brits fit prices back to the neighborhood of $1.30. Per contra, however, there were other whispers. floating nround-to the effvct that the partles In New York who have v: CONTROL THE WHEAT DEAT. up fo this point, and aro ca slood to by carrylug, tl No.2 whet now friends only, on Br belug made to fuduce Mr. on the market fre gone, and U in this statement WE Dip THE TINNG tist AvONE the Why to be stated, and dou. bled the value of an elglity-nere pleee of Inu dl deluct ‘partics 0 land without tree-plan : than $54 per aere has niso commenced its feeds at Weleker'’s noted thing todo ts to restitirunt, whore they win some Intlnenve by i Unticlousty-voolud y often huppens that Cons Kk with them won't th eredulous. expl- talists belfeve that rallrond land: be obtilned, that putents ca be extended, Alnanelal measures enn be curried, and that! Intion on the tart cun be arrested, 1 they will fee u few broken-down pulitichins who: is Cupital, and who demund tablesinoney ten ticeessury pirt OF thelr machinery. A hiss tory of the millims oxpended here during the vist half-century in fuiueneing or In attempt ing to Intiuencd legislation, would bo rryfng, or under: he greater part of the bare divided In thelr eouneils, some of them wanting to get out of it is thought by some to be not fine probable that the rather large offerings here inde for February and March within the last day or two have been on aeecount of the die affected oncs, and speculation wag aetlye in i remurd ty the probuble ant- rovide the young not sen” Kast, ‘est, nor Anywhere for trees three or four yenrs vuld, to be shi my, or a hundred Wo would not buy “trees”? champagne, but It ver gressinen who. oat and ppek a thousand what we dit argertain what varieties do well In the Inte fule nnd location we live selected, and de forming what varictles of haye, ‘The lst should not be fifty varletics, or twenty-ilve, or fifteen, perhaps not ten,— ONE MALF-DOZEN proved yarletles, aquiet way fr When we fight atza vomne of this {eelln; i hat the Keene will't at present, as ho ts understood to be deter- aires, eal seemed to think hrow his wheat Gat ts coward.” Jaekson describes the combat as been mortal th Whose mustache Is nut over fivy fect from the ground, attneked valiantly with his slang-shot until the amlcroseople revolver evolved itself from Flavhef’s pocket, and then he made strenuous efforts to disappear we was dlsarined without trouble, and beat a hasty retreat to Madame Patti, while Mr, Fischot, housii Col. Barnes’ office, Tho at- on him, ho thinks, was planned to take lace in Carlot(a’s apartments, ag she sent im a verbal message by the bell-boy yester- day forenoon to come and see her. als a result of the scene of possible carna and {ts outcome, Madame Patti was unable to ging Inst night. She sent word to that ef- fect tu the management, and the concert pro- ceeded without her. LIFE IN NORTHERN MEXICO, Translated from the Itinols Stauts-Zeltung, Cununita, Noy. 2%5.—At last do 1 find time, using tho night and tho ovenings, to write about the habits and customs In Bonora, about the way business 1s earricd on here, and other cliracteristics of this blessed country. Tho firet impresslons of tho life the natives lead here 1 got when laborers came hero with thelr families to find work, former letter, I think, I meutlohed that pret- tyinuch all the Inbur is performed by civil- ized Indians, of Which the Jackys are the most preferable. I also told, I think, that about the tine of St. John’s Day these Jacky- church-festivals the extreme, THE UNITED ATATES AGRICULTURAL BOCtETY, which once held uw inigitiivent uxhibition at Chie ended operations In 1X81, ITerent sides In tho grew! Kohie wore tho blue, while of ‘he charter granted by Cor Cf wo wanted o experimental orchard, that would bo another thing.) Now, having our ‘varieties selected, we would go to a reliable uurserymun, and pay hin, say, $50 or more to graft’ us These wo would i nursery-rows, and culti- vate carefully fur two years, Almost ¢vory graft will grow ahd ioke o tree, AT TWO YEARS OLD in to set in the orchard, and have trees 1 ¢o sell to. all tho neighbors and the for miles ground, is time the sales of trees lave paid all the expenses, and we have a in anil several thousand trees still on Wo can from time to Inerense our own planting; and, If 4 tree falls, We have another to put In’ tis plice. done at our leisure, and the transfer from nursery to orchard fs so quick- and perfectly doue that the tree Is hurdly eckud In growth, ‘The satisfaction In seeiny np under your trained to your kin the grent satisfaction orchard obtained Inter on when the Engl thelr home-grown The result of these contiteting opinions was Abont As nich uncertainty as has ever been obsoryed on tho floor, nnd, nine-tenths 0 seemed to be entirely nt sea. have exhausted to tse a nitutleal the operators for February whent_opened-at to $1.24, advanced ta 31,247, de- 1 glosed on Chango $1.4, improving another half cent fn the aft- ernoon, making tho Intest price half a cent at of tyonty-four hours previously, Corn declined half'ncent and inp! quarter, with an additional ¢ighth in the afternoon, closing nt444¢ cents for May, which disadvantuge of only an eighth of a cent us compared with the previous evening, PORK DECLINED cents vn barrel, redeted 10 cents during and improve an adaltlonal 7: in the afternoon, closing wt SL Lani declined ors hive been’ y" ver, and tho Suciut; set on the farm resuing actlyy operations, The Hon. John ifor- rymin, of Maryland, noted ns a aucceasful breeder of Hereford cattle, will probably bo elovted President, TUR KNIONTS-TEMPLAN horo rre Bomchow disgrunticd over tho risult of their appilontion tor botel-nccommudtydons at tho Chicugo reunion next fall, and are: talking ‘bout abandoning the visit, [mention this that those who have churgo of tho arraryements muy ce that the promises made in tha invita: ‘tons ure fairly curried out. * “OUI AMUSEMENTS: will bo yarital. Sothern hand In the nursery, ‘Tho work can be & to 7g cents, and recovered the difference Inter fn tho aye ‘Tie market for provisions and for corn serineil to be chiefly goyerned by th tlous'In wheat, the only notteeable polnts ht n “ Our Cundidate.” To Lotta, who is now playing in Dal- begin wn ongagerhont Incanwhile the great drami of © Politica " ‘bo performed by the Congrvssiunul compan; Bon. Hill, Cont aod other stir por- Amoriean corledy ¢ timor®, will? la considerable; but that you have got an THAT 18 AN'ONCHAND, not atres itssing whoreatres should be; and they are so vigorous and strong,—nhend of trees huported trom fore aro two or threo years olf es of nursery-stock: to u your trov-culturo profitable almost from te start, orchard of no nore than 1 000, Lwould buy the roy! them on the farm where’ Hctnuen, Gariela, formers in the leading purts, ——— at A WoatherTalker Who Got Left , - ‘Thera {s ono Detroiter who wi the sta of tho wenthor aguin as long as ho Hyves, The ‘conditton of th hobby of his for yeurs, and he has Culrly rovoled dn tho rains and fogs which huye been ours siice io New Year, On inectiug un xequaiutance he nto. vessels we indlsposed to operate freely wnul 3 ore seitled, while the arrivals of mneaty from the enuntry packers were wiusu- ally large. ‘he lutier are probably coming in to be delivered on sales previously mada for next month, . Freight-room was thken Inte Thursday evening for about 115,000 bushels more of who are Joading Wtrsertes that ti nelghbors have AU never refer ta, 10 Wenthor hry buen a yolt ofcharms; many of them might -pass for handsome, aud thetr forms certainly are foll and voluptuous, he sleeping boys and girls were ns naked as when they were bari; naked babies crawled up to thefr mother to seek food, It wasn aight noteastly forzot- ten, Jolin was nowhere to be seen, aid I lad to oross the yard, pleking my way tirouuh the groups of siecpers. On the veranda I'found Weberling resting in king]: elevation on a astraw-wattress — spread on his. fron a Alongside “of hin, on he are floor, —slum- red the owner of | thitty-six square inlles of Innd. Alongside him, his wife, hold= ing a suckling baby in her bare arms, and close by her oldest Bisly a handsome child budding into womanhoud, It wasn charm: ing picture, witch willbe fully understood whun Tadd that tho tomperatire was over 100 degrees, : My search after John proved futile, but when L returned: from my hunt among the sleepers I found him building the fire. Nothlug slinpler can be finagined than the dress of ‘these people, ‘Thea women never Wear auything on thefr heads, except when areriding, When coming outdoors they throw a shawl over head and shoulders. Corsets aro perfectly unknown to shes they show theform of their budles ng itis, and abstain entirely from bolstering "and wadding up thelr outlines, The dress of the women Is generally only a very | fiberal | chemise, ant on thin skit from the hing dowh. ‘Tho men wear Joose Jackets and tronsers of very thin ma- terial, The children aro naked half tho tine; If they have any clothing n¢ all they lave but one change, aid have to co naked while thelr clothes are washing, Unlf-grown boys and girls are seldom dressed, except from the his down. The children are not carried in the mothor's arias, ay is done tr elvilized America, nur on the back, Hke the Tndian banonsey but they ride on the {uethor’s ip, one leg infront, the other be- nnd, Notwithstanding thelr Inck of civilization, tho Mextennsy are well mannered. I was especially pleased with their mode of wel- couny and Jeave-taking., ‘They do not kiss on those acensions, ag te dono in the States, sometines to the great Korm” of | tho, younz, but they vince each other's = hands un the shoulders and exchange a few meaning Words, ‘These people seem to have no wants. They live exceedingly cheap, although flour, corn, ete., are very costly; they ure conten to earn from 7% cents to st per day, Ast mentioned before, they grind eurn and wheat by hand between stones. ‘This work 1s per- formed by the women, and keeps them very busy. 1 Inve notleed them as early ns 2 o'clock tn the mornlug kneeling over their stones, to have the tortillas ready for break- fust. I presume they adopted tls mode of Uving and preparing food from the Indians. Very soon the scene beeame changed, One worming when I rose I noticed groups of poople camping along the ‘road leading by’ our sinvle, Teonclided they must be Jacky Indians, and wis not iistaken, At day- break men came from the neighboring hills with brushiyweod, and the women werg busy etting breakfast, or, rather, grinding corn, f baggage, I noticed a few earthen dishes, a few thin coverlets, and also growils of chil- then, and not a few dogs. ‘The dackys caine In seareh of work, and were, therefore, quite welcome, ‘They did not stay in the ranel: long, but built 9 village near by withing few dnys, Nine. posts bearing a roof of Drushwood and dirt made @ house for them, and the clty, which adjoins the site of our works, was by thein called Culebra, The male Jackys are, a5 a.class, Well-bullt, of swwarthiy complexion, ink and lean, ap- parently all bone and musele. Lhely dress consists principally of n pair of white and very while trousers, whiel: they roll, when at work, up to the thighs above the walst they aro naked, at least In summer. ‘Tho woncn are very’ plain, but strong and {ndustrions; besfdes they observe more deeeney In their own dress and that ‘of thelr children than their Mexican sisters, Like the Mesticans, these Indians are not: burdened with much luggage; they are always able to move at a moment's notice, carr: yl all thelr varthly postesifons on their shoulders, leaving their houses behind. ‘These houses are, of course, without value; they can be built In less than a day’s the, During winter thine the “house” is inelosed with brush-wood as a protection against the cold, but during sum- mer its sides ore entirely open, The Jacky iy quite content when he gets 75 cents for a Uay’s work; boys of 10 or 17 years of nge are to be had for 50 cents, For com- mon work they are deciiedly preferable to the Mexicans," ‘They don’t waste go much thne lighting thelr’ cigarets xs do the Mex- icans, and are, besides, more reliable, ‘Tho Jacky, ag well ns the ‘Afexicans, are but little given to disstpntion or excesses, they are oth sober as a rule, and on week days do not indulge in MquoratellL Sundays the Jackys will now and-then get intoxicated, but thoy make the most harmless drunken men Lever saw. If adacky feols like having o “time,” he gets aquart-Dottle full of liquor and drin! until he can’t get up on hls feet any more. Several times [ have seen some of thein lying by the roudside completely overcome by Hquor, while their whyes. sat by them, keep- {ng wateh over thelr Jords and masters. On Monday the Jacky Indian is always ready to work ugain, Another civilized _tribe of Indinns in So- nora {3 ealled ‘the Phinas,.but.they are not used often ng laborers, -As-a rulu they are employed as guards, messengers, sud escorts in the {eansportstion of bullivn or money. They hful, brave, and the best of sol- diers, and will ff ight to protect what is on- ru fo them ub to the fist man. After tho arrival of the Juckys 0 good may of our Mexican workmon went awiy, Only those of the mlnera remalned, who gat 81 per diy, or, for the boring of Noles from two ond’a half to three feet deep, Tho Jackys lave preserved thelr own Innguage, and only yory few of them can talk Spanish. Thelr main settlement is on the Jacky Itiver, where they ard said to own thousands of ncres “af ithe most beautiful nnd, Thelr Chicftain resides there. I under- stand that the Government fins made several unsuccessful nitetapis to drive them away from this land, which {g suld to be excellently adapted to the cultivation of the sugnr-eane und of cotton, but fs now iylng waste, From appearances £ should fudao tho Jackys to bu Catholics, the sane ng the Mexicans; at lenst, thoy all, without almost any: exception, wenr n smal pleture of sume saint suspended stand,—tho convenienes for setting Is so and having planted them, nvarinbly said: ‘ain, mostly corn. 'T “Hyer see such o grain, y arda the storage question new features whatever, sels) were chartered, Jearned, nnd the process of Jonding previously cased went on {1 the ion, ‘The Chany Nevada finished loading at the Rock Island ees Will communce 1 ¥ forse and the the Colorado ho situation yesterday | no ({me, to employ Mexican laborers, It did not take a long time before we had not only Anunber of Mexican Inborers, but thetr fan- ilies ulso, gathered around us. The owner of the ranch where we stopped showed con- aidorable Kindness towards his countrymen, and permitted them to camp {n his yard. Whoevor balleves that there is much differ- enco botween the poor Mexicans and the thoréughbred Indian makes a bly mistake. Neyer did I seo people with less bagguge than theso Mexicans; it has to be seen to bo bolloved. Beds aro an unknown they sleep on only sometines mat between themselyes and the earth, They know nelther cooking utensils, nor dighes, nor chairs, nor forks, hor kettles, and i€thoy do know thorn they do not use them, They make tortilius (whent and corn enkes) of auch toughness that thoy can bend them Into spoons and use thom to scoop up thelr national dish, bean-soup. They are not con- sidered as rellablo workmen as the Jackys, nor as industrious, and, ag a general thing, they consider thomtselyes ng above dolu munual labor, Generally they hold of wsmatl mine, and wor! helr own clumsy way, althot eh, they cannot muko much money that way, ‘Chey refuse to work side by alde with the dackys, but are not averse to communicating Wo were obliged to pay: the Moxicans $1 per day, while the Jackys tit, haying made the eon- winter before? Curious country, this, Who'd Mave looked for spring In January? Have you nay idea it wil ‘This mud is killing busincss, but wo can't help Ever knoy of suvh n suceceslon of fomse” Yesterday niorning bo was coming up town by As wnbrela fell trom his oar. Astranger pléeked it 1 Qnd tho citizen sat down be- tunkee, Terrible weathor, isn't !t? Ever seo Buch weuther beforey We'll all bo sick unless 4 necounl for this Tlaving the trees, the next thing is ta f CULTIVATE THE ORCHARD, 3 thot some sli{ftiess planters, corn, will rn agulust an ple-trea and skin it. ‘The orehurd Js the id the corn is ‘secondary, or should corn 4s for tho orchard, orchard for the eorn. potatoes, or some hoc 1 But respect sho} and no-despite done it, PRUNING Tit TRER {sn sefence, and it requires ns much wisdom to know when to atop a8 bow to proceed. arents train children with “a rod? sight, just as sore orchards! lashing away” atthelr trees, ‘Trees perly tralned” from the nursery need but le cutting or pruning,—just ag “the rod? tumilles {3 seldom needed, Shall we continue to plant orchards? can hardly be considered a sorlous one Lf the iinp!ication 1s that {t ts time to stop ut fruit is cheap,” it is com- plained, Fruit should be cheap, and must bo _. BUT 00D FRUIT will nover becoma #0 cheap that It will not ong year with another, as much, more, than other crops on‘ the fruitus an article of diet !3 health us vegetables, aAawinatter of fact, those who givo thoir attention to growhig apples, for example, more monvy out of th them for ore cents per bushel, When orchards ih Were few and fruit searce, nan who has 3 farm, ich there iy no orchard this-day, justly rege farmer at all, ty a rules and 4 there are a good Inany such. is to provoke them to do better, ono so far ns could tho Fort street tino, yTtmuatencata hand us he ontered th up, moved along, to gave o hill of gama point toxluy, ‘The Arabin flushed at the Galena, was loading at the Armour & the Parana was taking corn out of the Dan- scls chartered w ‘lil probably finish loading by Monda: Ing. The bursting elevators will then have heen relieved of over 2,000,000 thetr plethoric contents, and it remains to be geen whethor the neceasitics of the case will for the chartering of tt th addltionsl available vessel room in the har: bor--some 2,000,000 It will depend, among othor things, on whether tho railronds weaken and reduce THE HATES OF TRANSPORTATION to the enst, ‘Toiloso would secure them business which otherwise may bo heli hore and go around by the lukes when navigation But the rods are apparently sluw to weaken, and, an they put It, help a lotoft speculators, evidently forgettln, pduclig rates they ore assiati nas of speetiintors, Who want nu ter than chance to kee; Tong as possible with a view to making tho commodity more valuable in the East and across the water, It is better to plant there's 4. change, weuther ut this season?’ Tid like to apentt a few words to you in pri- vate," replied the stranger t © Bleawe yet olf the gar with ther, the citizen greatly when thoy ruuched the walk tho strunger continued: “You remarked that this was terrible weathor, T quito agree with you. You seem to bo a welle educated and observing jan, and Latn gladio hve met you. Lhadn't taken any notiee at all you bpoke, but f quite zon cleared hla throat, but did nat re- and presently the man went ons Fou asiod incif thud over geen Buch wen- thor before, 1 um gatistled that 1 have at sume thine in ny Hfo, but) cannot. aL haw ruoall tho Well Teannot tvenll it now, but on reaching holue [ will look up my old Waries, 1 Lonndy Boything tu oblige you J shull only bo « ‘too glad.’ ‘Thoy: walked 0 block in ailonce, fyd hetounded, and thon You suid we would all bo sick unlesa thoro was chunge, ‘Chat remark shows your Interest quite agree with you— quite, Yoo, we shall ba Jil, And many of us may Bever recoyer, Lhope you are prepared to io. ‘Pho citizen now began to hoofing {tf for another long blovk growled “Whut Wd you want to Bay to me I pri- Y * You nakod mo," replied the othor as ho gest- ured with hig clouched band, *1¢ Eeuuld. ‘acount for tia mild wenther ut this seugon'vf the yeu wir, Lown; but f didn’t want ta give it pway ly theory regarding this wartn just two hours, and Lit you won't,” was tho bl: o Twill "When Tot out tor nw guarded voice, mae.” of the weathor until ree with you—quite, My rollaegu rs ‘The question, ag essentini to our fullow-mon, a ‘vite denn socially. The Heason of Birds.3 London Spectator, to. prove that nan friends, bath Get but 75 vents; I tell birds'can be, Ike thelr Teasonuble and unreasonuble? years ngo it pulr of u ho hen was siting tensoly hot, She drooped, and 1b fear that she would no hateh the vegs, and soon found that the cock Was u deVute. bathed In the fresh cold water L went to thi 1 burfed ber heu t mad, and after y qu ‘Lhe pleture mada morning: thesu Mexicans, the women kneel rinding corn between stones; the nak children plying about their not overdressed women sinoking elgarets; and nn uncertain fickering: ght thrown on the whole b is interesting In the highest degree, Lt wou prove # splendid subject for a painter to on canvas. During ‘the nt nd slewp all over the ron eap-bed pl veranda, Our servant vanaries built, While iw Weather beeanie [ne 1 watchud the Palaces of Yoo, y tho numuraug fires, nite to that whieh wna Anue's rol, is about to bo oonstructod In tho Zaclogival Ganien at Moscow. The manuyors of that ostabltybment hive found among Its archives some valuable detuils 18 to which wus adopted on the toallin ppell can bu explained fn fi gy to your office an Hed wyery mori! of tho nest, and th renst und was yefreahied, hands and without & sponge, what more lone? &. “Lhe followlngs spr! ina window w! three tHE canuries, onely Ai i wis sitting in the room, at ard my {istte favorit: git if Nr A house of. feo, ' hunt anewor, built in tho Enaprets oul in willing to ypond four hours if” neces atrect hoplig to ho also cromed and peated, toby you to explain if as he halted, “1 tho modo of Dulldl formor occailon, an the presout instance, The tt betwedn the Aduirnity and the Wintor Palnoo Peter WW, and was formed dows, decorations, a wers cut ina square ir sufuces sprinkled with wuter, whiob, when. the cubes ny sttion, froze in tho intervtices and bouud whole Into one com) cy uf tho structure ¥ with statues, ‘Tho pllusteniof toned bo tmitate groon murbica, ‘The vl four windows, and tho othur ruotos tive cach, while on tho sills stood of joy, shrub-Hke he dame suterial, ~oandvlabras, bods, shake the man olf, but ho “Having been ap) ohn and niyself had p in the stable ag guard for our valua- né night John complained of the heat, t permission to foln the sleepers In the At4o'cloek inthe morning, the thne Tealled for him, Recelving no reply, outin the yard, ‘There a pleture at oncy churactaristio and attractive met my shining, and tho star Hiant hus over the earth. have such nights, a uxican was lying on the round alongside of his wife, surrounded b Isehlidren. No covering for tho sleepers, except the brilliant sky; a palr of trou: wos oll the dress of the mun; a scanty rovented the woman froin beln eso Woulen ure Nol rst edifice was ral in: & separate tho causo of thia mi} It] it auy inure of you ‘O1 otk me to expluin.” dat-you dian, Don't bilsile up to me with an} ue ohatel"" warnod the. stran ory ot ughout—-waller roof, ve. a peculiar alyzed with fright. On Recertal a the cae ol it alloon passing over the en The Biris didnot mpovy tik it was out of alght, when they all Their wk Sundioon, eae on! ty Who guye the alan; doubt be milstouk it for a have a green and- a yellow sido by side, ‘hoy ary ond are warn friends. to parlake of some delicacy to the window lid mass: At the tsky shed a bri vo a chirp of within sight of ‘There's swarthy ‘lth ins ae ony and taking up | 8. citizen turned palo, me reated oxnetly al “gud'thoa mude u rush ato the nearest house, looked all around, I] the other was 7 0 0 from ncord around the nek, I have not noticed, however, any consiterably qrdor in the exerelso of religious duties, either with tho Jackys or with the Moxfeans. Ido not belleve there is a country where the Catholle Chureh has become more Huerta, than in fexico, As is perhaps woll known, all re- Uglous socicties were banished from the country several years ago. Edo not destra to puss judgment on the question whether thls measure was just, politic, or expedient, and will confine myself stuply to a states ment of what I liave observed myself or learned from, people entitled to -cruilit, and iy teatlers will not forget that my observa tlons have been finited to only a small part of Sonora, where I have now spent some tive months, it geems.te mo aa if the population. had been robbed of sontothing, without hav- ing been given something else {1 its place, Of no other ground can tho great ignornues and utter Inck of education among these peo- fo be explnined. L had often heart of the enorancy of the Moxicun people, but hind no iden ft was so greatns tt really ts, ‘There seems to prevall among the popula ton tha greatest Anidifferenco In tepard to schools, reltg! lous impressions, and churches, Llave sot sven a single set- Mement where I did not find the ‘ehureh buildings ether in rains or ina terribly neg: lected sthte, Only in the Inrger cities are schools heard of, ‘Tho clergyman who takes enre of the religious peoplé of thls section ministers to sumo thirty congregations, sono of which. ara. 125 mifles apart. People, and people entitled to credence, too, tell the most oubiogeows Btorles about clergyman, which explain to. me why the churehes remaln emply, Tho priests, or Gleriganen, do not pravtl at all, and thoy never tiitern word to eneotmge inorality, never - lift thelr volea to show. to parents and grow- ing childron the Smportance of school- ig. In the entira civilized world, i beljevo, public education cannot be found ii 4 more Roplogteal atte tha hero. ‘That expluina why the knowledge of readlag and watt ig is hera mononollzed by very, vers few. Only tho rich people, able fo keep prl+ vate tutors for their children, or to send then to schouls abroad, appreciate and reap the benelits of education. 'Fhoy of course eon trol ull tha business, and ‘are, In fact, the masters of the country, ‘Tho ‘great masses ore thoroughly ignorant, It ts no wonder, therefore, that Moxico ts 89, very much be Hind, that. tho people ent with their fingers, know nefther chitrs wor bedstends, no com- forts’of any Kind, Lis no wonder that hard! a Mexican con be found who knotvs onough to tell the tIme of day by n wath § that tho Mexicans know absolutely yothing of tholr own ‘country, let afone the world «at large, Nature lus uot, neglected the Moxl- can; he ts peacesble, gifted ina great many, ways, quick of comprehension, -an ‘Bu sure {his country would soon epmy tito the front mink of civilized nations \f od schools could by Introd yee ppd nial tained, here. ‘The people of the Urtited States sponil, z ftor yout, hundreds of thousaniis of Aelfard for “tulsslous ia hia Attia ad other farnwny cou! Rood could be produce was expensed at th ry Stateg,.tu Mexico, -f do iot -spca! a view to thd offorts of the Cathallcor Prote: estant Church, but Lwish Toontd enlist the N Atnerieans, without re; i dn behalf of this Mexlean. |‘ bell if Y alr nearest ucighbor, to - people sntnd democratic. 4: foster frlendly contmoretal) tho two nations. if they’ * and strive hannonionsly. together they Will have no frouble to puta sto) Inachinations — of reset make Mexico the sympathies of hI to religions belief, country. Ido nol ot exlca to do sl should _ exerci: principles, anil to ft Intrigues and Severnl. years neo Mex atopped tlie coluiye of L234. and 6} one and one-half real: stead, the Aimerican 10 formed that snel change was a Guayias, a, good stock of this very handy commodity. “At our ftirat stop- plng-place, however, pieces, and adopted, hi when [offered for our ments, ane for the“ Mextomh ubie, made no tinpression on the e! had 1 not beoh provited with other - Inoney; We sliould probably. have starved 01 the road. Lcould not pt those colns, not eveit dia merchant who unde: them changed In Guaymas or In Hermosillo, There are hut few ot te old reals and hiult= realy In elreulation, still the Government lint thus far not succeeded in persiiaditig thot: erent mass of the people thatthe 20 and &* cent pleces are good money, provide the necessar to resort to the actual and quurter-dollars, Into four plee onte single one of. sunt sinall coins we have: Ht un of: tho hale: Wflollars nee cut: es, Which are readily tal IMs cents vach, and the auart dollar furnishes four 6'¢-cent pleees, day afternoon I wns busy for aver two hours inaking sinall change by cuttin the cold chisel on our anvil, change Is In general etreulation. —* Very curious is the manner in whieh the: sand with Inborerg are: kept here, Appreciating the general Ignoe., Tnce of the masses, the Government thne ago, passed a law for the protection of) the ignorant ngainst the wiles of the bi ness-men, imine-owners, and others, which prescribed the keeping ef recounts, not in- words or figures, but in signs, which every nubles people to. sea that thoy are not ehented,. If y buys on credit, the seller Is obliged: to give him 2 tieket showing In alguns for haw: joney the buyer puroliised. purchased can be given ty If the debt is pald, a receipt Is tleket by anotl er inark, ‘Ths clumsy * “f oni: Accounts with trad given on the, every evening ‘the 1o by signs. Payments made during the weuk, : or outside of the regular pny-days, corded on the tickets, likewlye by sign the same manner the accounts with the peo- fe who furnish wood, coal, fruits, vegetae ‘This system Was Tnever rend about tt In any letter of any book before. [think atopy: 74 of one of our Inborers’ tickets will prove of js the way It looks, ranslated into English; 4 Tn account with Juse Valeneuclas ron -OZ2______ Noy. 15, 1879. Chicago Milling & Min! les, ete, area kept ulne novelty to m Tho marks crossing the upper Mne Indicate each a day's work; those stopping at the Ines, half nday’s work. For smaller froc- f aday’s work no signs ean be made. ¢ complete elrele on the second Mne stands: for $1; the half-cirele fora half-dotlar; the: for one real; the oue for half a rent, Un acm is when Inrger sims. stopping ut the counts with am have to be recorded, $10 are. 7, and §5 thus, 1. This exhausts the isto: signs. and lirge nmounts have to be exs' pressed by a repetition of the signs give: day the ‘laborers hand in je marks showing thelr work blk. 3 counted, the payments marked on-thele tick-' ° bilance ts paid thor, ey get & now ticker 1 often amused to notice the men throw sand, Thad made mut penell; they wera” unic - ets are set off, and the them with iy quaint with Iead-pencffs, an ni other writing bit that dono with pen and ink, LTknow by actunl experience tliat, with the exception of perhaps three or fe of our workingmnen, Including s! chanics, is able to tell looking at a clock or wateh, ¢ ‘Thi seribes the levy of tax for echo: but there ts hardly a place Where levied, and If 1t 13 di maintain schools for boy girls being cousitered ent the time of doy by: lone Stig used only to. : yz, tho eduention of tire ly supertinons, . C. HESING, Se A Jolly Wedding, In Central America Towkn, ond without doubt the Towkans,, whatever elso they may , people In the world at a wedding, The: pear to be such an iguorant rucé “as. to unable to keep record of the aga, of thelr, -* children, except In a manner somewhat links Inr to that adopted by Robinson Onisad with, his notched post for'‘an almaune, The Towe kans, howovor, do not notoh thelr children. They hang round their necks at birtha string: ad on, and at the explmtion of a: year they add another bead, anil xo. 0} main objevt being seemingly that be nosnistake when the Bt f& marringeabls 9 f country: called t e, arv-tho jolllost. When. a. girl ntitns he is marriagendle, -but the young man must possoss a ieckincy of twenty beforv he is reckoned capably of. take {hg on himself so serlous a responsibility. But tho wedding feast is the thing... . ‘The fnvitud guests assemble on. wi swers to our Village green inlust Is a canoe, the propel : groom, brlaming with palm wine, sweetened’ and thickened he drinking eps nre culabnslies,” which ore set Hunting $1 the fragrant liquor, and sdated round it, the company fall tom mark of politcness being to drink out of as many culabashes that have been drank oyt of by somebody elsu as posstbic. It should be. mentioned, however, to tho Towkan’s credit. that hfs bride 13’ not prosont at this dous diinklag bout, or rather, boat, matns In hor ‘parents’ hut, and when her Ine tended lias finished with the calabastes he: takes hls whistle of banhoo anc ‘life “tom tom,” which is a hollow little log,-tisd over at each-endt with bits Jof.leather, and, scathy hinwelf wt the door of th pirente-in-law in prospective, he commences nud tootlo sweet imu heart of the tendpr oréature wit! and they Jet hin in, ac ‘ A Husslan Eccdesinstical Manifesto, In purguance vf orders trom the Czar the od have cuttsed un ecclesinstical: ‘be eval in tho wostorn and ountrat provinces, in which the revuluvonary party aro: solemnly consigital to etornul ais, the manifesty declares, ty anointed of the every Bubjeot to oboy thé by cigu, oud to contribute taward tho uxtermina- BShnultuncously wlth tho. p Is elorical document many ot Jows hithorto tuleratod we Ttiasia pre, ® rts Oo! " 7 back to thalr y of tha bride. with crushed: dwelling: of his nin ls softened ie sacred dirty of. Hoscaws Cuny Sa tae. pie We been uxpelled clout untehtig Palla and soul Pollan prove fro }o of view of tho Jnasina: Government; -. middle classes, in whom fon. hag beon Juttorly shaken by, latit notions, bave unifornily bevame- oppoees Bugular powor, tho edicnted Jows, ommnclpating themselvas Crom the orth and Talun religionista, huve wok a, apread haciudiaarion the pupulation. ‘The. uring thomsclyes as nriny surgeons TOPRIRALOrS, Ok Husslan aurrou; } Rn ry be doubt that. oF the Orthudox oa" ttle suntributed to among the rast af oat Idead, of Nihil views, Which, snk broc rt Nicholas the auny tad to‘ ehity almose with aunt for tho duttlog aupesteige ut the oop Nt for the Uyhtiug cr fallated the adtesouof. te Jows ug 4 most intellcotual oloments in tha, countty. Now the Jews are again banished “as being trro= ligtous -and aubvoraive of, the vxleting reyime. ‘|: ith the Juwisl studonta a. ¢seat) miny.nigr, bunts und porn huve to to ble to careloros Up, hie urls th n want of: drin! ‘Tusine su: Bresta Canals belng- Se a Vente ts to be by 8 Uridye from the maluluy