Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 9, 1881, Page 3

NEW YORK. tory of the Man Bagert 1’.‘“ Killed by the Officer - Thursday. Later Devalopments in the Blackmailing -+ gcheme with Which He Was Identified. e ; o 'Thought to Have Ml;mfif'?‘n Pinched” In Making : a “Twist.” " Ninety Orphans Barely Escape from Death by Burning in a Fire=Trap. ; The Seawanhaka Jury Unable fo Agreo —Ten Favor Conviction. b _— ' Bradatreat’s” Report—Bunset Cox O for Europe—His Parting Views, TOB BLACKMAILERS, NOT YET CLEARED UP, ' Bpeetac Dipateh to The Chieago Triduns. New York, April 8—The police did not to-day clear up what wag mysterious about the ineeption of tho plot to kidnap Mr. Louis Strasburger’s dnughter Rosa, and to extort moncy from hlm by threaten- fng him with death, They, however, secured the arrest In Philadelphin of Fugene Freldriche, a supposed accomplice of Vofrel and Sagert, and in partly ertablish- ing the position of Vogel as chlof of the con- spirators. They searched nfter o I(Il,urlll conspirator, . although Capt Qunner belleves that he I3 a myth, Mr. Strasburger had no suspiclon of Vogel until the time of his arrest, when proofsof his gullt wero overwhelming, Ilo suspected Freldrichs, who, with Vogel, was a passenger on tho Baltle, when he (Stras- burger) returned home from Germany, be- cause he DID NOT LIKE ms;gélz;mnn AND APPEAR- ., O Freldrichs and - Vogel roomed together at Rauth’s boarding-llouse, No. 82 Staunton street, until nbout sevenwecks ago, when Freldricis went to Philadelphia, and was employed a3 salesman In Wanamaker's clothing store. Mr. Strasburger says that before Freldrichs left Vogel he quarreled with Vogel, and he suspeets . that the ' dispute was about the plot to extort money from him. Persons who know Vogel and Sagert In Germany and this city talked about them to-day, Vogol’s father Is & dealer in engravings and works of art, lives In the Goethe-Strasse, Leipsle, and las s store under the . Pariser Hof. Vogel last October was In the second cabln of n steamer which met with on accldent outslde of Llverpool. Ile re- turned then and took n first-class cabin pas- #age in the Baltle. Ho CAME HERE PRNNILESS, but with o stoek of engravings and plctures, the property of his father, which he solil. Heapp ropriated the money, and when that wes spent he pawned the greater part of o good wardrobe, No good opinlon was entertained of Vogel by those whomade his acqualntance in New York. Bagort, the man shot, yesterday, was known fo many persons, Lo served his thmo in the milltary service In the Coast Guard at Swine- mund, on tho shores of the Baltie, Wien ho hnd paid the delit to Prussia he went into his father's oflice. Ho is romembered jns A Dbright, dnshing young man, who beeamo 80 debauched that his father gent him to the country to reform, 1le had o _sorlous nttachment for; his sweet, Leart at Hanover, and was no doubt tempted by the prospect of success In coercing Mr, Btrasburger, because §t would have enabled him to elaim hor hand on cqual terms, he hay- Inga small fortune. The letter to her and the ono to his mother, which were found in his pocket were affectionate episties, and did not speak of the foollsh and bungling con- spiracy, 3 IX UNRAVELING THE TLOT the polico mnke out o protty clear case sgainst Vogol, nlthough thelr discoveries pince the fmbecllity of the conspiratorsin o stornger light than before, Unless new ovi- dence to prove tho contrary 1s adduced, the olico wlill bellove that Vogel was at the bottom of the whole conspiracy. All but two of the nino lotters read by Mr, Strasburger are in his landwriting, and hoabtalned money in some manner while Bagert was ponniless. Capt. Gunner sald to-night that Vogel Ifad admitted that 1§ wa ho who touk tho letter to Rosa at the Bynagog Alnrath Closed on the 27th ult, FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS, To the Western Associated Press, New Yorx, Aprll 8,—~Further arrests will Boon be mnde in the Strasburger blackmail Ing cnse. A number of lotters not yot mndo bublic are still in the hands of tho police, who will not discloso the ‘contents untfi further progress in the case. Vogol, upon bis apprelionsion, mado o confesalon, part of Which was put in writing, Thisis withheld by tho police, Ho says he fired & shot to slg- 20l Miss Spelter to drop the envelope, but that the dead man was tho principal mover Ins o ffalr and planned 1t all. He further clulms that othors wero concerned, notably one whoin he calls Jack, and whomn he pre- tends to have met for tho first thne yester- day, Tho police are searching for lim in Philadelphln, Vogel Is belleved, however, to bo the origlunl schemor. No Vlstol was found on Sagort's per- Sou. Todny Vogel Is to point out .to Capt. Gunner the room in Fifty-third streot was hired by tho couspirators as the blding-place for the child of Strasburger When kldnaped, Sagert was to gunrd the girl there for ane night, and when she was Itmoved next morning by his fellow-con- Bpimtors ho was to recelve 85,000 for his trouble, Ile hnd made arrangemonts to sall for Hamburg on the next stenmer, STATEMENT OF EMIL DANZIQER, - Emil Dauzigor, who, with hig brother Adolph, has been detalned at the stations house to usslst: tho police In thelr soarch for the other partles, sald to-day: “1 know Bagertvary well, Horoomed with my brother, Who ndvanced him sums of money which belonged to me. Hu loft Gormany lnst sum- mer with about 8300 and n large quantity of €lebings and engravings which had been &lven him by his father, who sent. him.to 1hls country to start hlm tn business, When 0 arzived hero his monoy was all gone; he luving apent it fn Liverpool and on the yoy- ake. The pietures he disposed of for small l!‘\,l‘;uslm Elnb,lfls & Bn.rl:. n‘( I‘ihusnu street, Jlav- wi?\'cd, I{a posed of the money thus re- PEDLLED PENCILS ABOUND TUE STREETS: ;mtu hu recelved nnother Invoice of goods r;nn his fathor. Thess he suld alse for u tillng suw, Lo next recolved & conaigue went of & Sioit \;AhlillAflLE OLD ETCHINGS . 1 Touls Bihw, of Parle, on which he ex- }\eclasl to realize u handsowe wrofit, flc }gnfln the aequandntancy wfSchauss, Kuosdler, i ehble, and ol the first-cluss ploture-denlens u: the city, ul) of whom refused to urchase ¢ gootls, ~flo then sent the etchiugs fo* s & Co., auctloneors, who disposed of o At u suin which barely puld 'the expens HE(‘ Of transportation Bugert then led an {dlo €, subsisting on tho churity of his friends Lils far Jueagra romittances fieu& to him by f Islntlxe‘cuml uncle,. A fow days axo he .‘z’,é‘.'““ had hired rooms [n Enst Fifty-second c.l(._whlcll hesald werg Intended for his lmn:n sed bride, who was expected on the ex&atemnur. At the same thme he told wy or Adolph that he had hired the rooma ¥OR TUE PUNPOSE OF CONCEALING IWBA BTRASLUIGER, whom e Intended to nbiluct and demand 85,000 for hor return, Hesald ho was to hiro # carrlage-at a Hverysstable In Eldridge streel Vogol was to drive the earringe, uid ho was to snatels the child on her way from school, Ite whs fo kunln tho chilil for ane hight In the apartinent hired, and It the ex- ieeted ransum wis not patd she was to bo ianded over to othier partles. Sngert gald ho had inet Vogel In the Custmopolitnn Café, on Sceond avenne, in answer lo an advertiss- ment which the Iatter had publishied,” Cn“t. Gunner this afternnon_nscertained that tho apartmonts hired by Sngert wore on the second floor of the doubleint house 863 Enst Fmrsecoml street. 'They _wera rented to him March 26 by Mrs,” Marth Sehneer, who Bald the man gavo tho nnme ol Dubuls, and obtained the koys by prying 83 in advayce, The rent wosto bo $23 per mouth. The only praperty in the room was l‘lv‘{lsfll-bpx, tho property ot Vogel, in which A LANGE WOOLEN COMFORTEH, which, 1t s suruosud. was to bo used to E‘BK thn{:lmg il 1f slie made any uulcri{. ho Captain telegraphed tho police of Philadol- phin this morning to arrest Eugeng Fred- ericks, suspeeted of bieing implieated In tha hinekmalling case; 1o wns a dealer In lithographis and engravings, and Is sald to bo fricnd of Sngert’s, Fraderleks was necord- Ingly arrested, Tuesday Vogel loft his trunks In an expross ofice on Rivington streel, leaving word ho would sond for them in n fow days, e gave the order to the Cap- taln for thom, and they were brought to the station-house this nfternoon. Their contents were not tinde known, A Iarge nuinber of persons viawed the remnins of Sngert, which waore lylne In the yard of the station to-day, and in‘the afternoon they wers removed to tha morgue. Doteetlve Campbell, who shot Sagert, I3 receiving congratulatory messages, A PEOULTAIL BCMEME, Special Dirpateh to The Chicago Tribune, NEw Yong, April 7.—The nttcmpt to extort bluokmall from two wenlthy Jewish fumilies Lero, zud tho death of tho lender of the plot to- duy ut tho hands of an ofllcer, furnishes n pe- cullar chupter in tho history of crime. Tho detulls of tho scheme are “covored in the press dispatclios, but tho correspondenco that passed botween the parties ia peculinr and dis- plays some singulur fenturcs. It oxtends overa veriod from Dee. 24, 1880, to Aprll 8, and makes the most dircot demands for an exorbitant sum of monoy, which was innlly reduced to $4,600. ) TIIE TWO LAST LETIERS - rocolved wore nd follows: ApitiL b, 1881.—IToNORED LADIZS: I warn you nEainst to-morrow eveaing, Detalls 1 havenot rut got. If your husbands nre such fear- eaa crentures in - regard to it {8 veey bud I request of you immediate and specific expinnations. We ‘nro willing to take a smaller sum, but it must not be too uch reduced, At ull gvents, this aftor- noon 1 wadt'an answoer In tho Datly News in order that I may bo uble to prohibit everything intime. Uunlessyou mention tho amount 1 cun= ot do anything, BECIETARY, Avmun 6, 1881.—HoNonEp LApxs: T horeby infornt you that tho resolution offerod yestor- dny was earried,, 1 know now what tho result lg to’ be. That 'resolution will bo earcled out on Thursdny, Have tho tnono an envelope, 80 that oventually, if my chlef 18 ~ satistled, ~ which , he may be, unless tho amount {8 too much reduced, tho inatter can ba settled without bloodshed. "Rest ussured that 1 warn you ns a friond. ll[v tho fu- elosed slip you will see that tho Nihillsts inean business. . BECRRTARY, INCLOSED WAS AN ADVERTISEMENT of a roward offered by the "Mayor of Brooklyn for the apprehension of the person who on March 12 pluced o nitro-glycerine bumb under the sloop of J. McChesnoy's house, No, 175 Cline ton street, Brooklyn. A young (German says that the dead man re- venled his plot to him some time ago, and aald there wns Nibilism behind itall, Ho told' him tha ultimate object of tho schemo was to got papers in the pnssession of Mr. Btrasborger which compromised ouicials in tho Iussian Govern- ment. Prominont Nihilists hore deny that thelr soclety hud anything to do with it, KEENE. JIE IAS CAUGHT A TARTAR, Bpecial Dispateh to Ihe Chicago Tribunds * NEw Yonk, April 8.—Mr. Keeno seems to have taken a rathor peculinr position regard- Ing 8t Paul stock. When it was 123 he ad- this lssue, vised peoplo. to buy it. Now that itls down " 10112, hels of opinlon that it Is notn pur- chase, Speaking of the coufllct over this stock, a leading broker ;snld to-day: “ Why should Mr, Woerlsholfer have faith In Mr, Keene now ? The former has sccured rein- forcements In bis fight with Mr, Keeno over St. Paul, and It I8 proposed to make a corner on Mr, Keene.” Mr, Keene Is sald to be short of BSt. Paul about 75000 shares, while the Woerlshoffer party eontrol about 100.000 shares, 1t has been reported that Mr. Wocrishoffer and Mr. Keeno had a personal encounter In the former's oftice, o few days ago. It is suld that Mr, Keene used his customary vigorous language, and Mr, Woerishofer' INDUCED N TO SUDDENLY RETIRE to the street. If any such occurrence took pince it probably grew out of the situntion of the respective purties in St, P The sym- anl, fluh of _the street Is with Mr, Woerlshoffor, Taul r. Keeno is as heavily short of St as he s sald to be, the pool have him tna positlon which warrants the use of vigorous lnguage. *All butone of the Inrge operators,” sald a broker to-dny, “are arrayed on tho bull sido of tho market. Mr, Keeno is still a bear; but Ithink his Judgment of the market is warped by s In- tereats, Ile ling xutn good deal.of monoy into the bear side during the past sixty days, el 16 1s not cowming back just na he would 1N lo seo it Ile hasmade some vigorous Atlucks upon the markot, and has manipu- Inted money, but ho has not made the fin- pression upon prices that he probably ex- vected to make,” . BUNSET COX. OFF YOIt EURGPE, Bpectal Duspateh to Tha Chicaz Tribune, NEw Your, April 8.—Sunset Cox willatart for Europe to-morraw, and will probably bo absent some months, Speaking to-dny. ot the situntion in Washington, and belng asked s to his opluion of the presont Issue in poli- tlcs, ho reptied: * Well, if it were Conkling ngnlnst Gartield, I should prefer braius to gush, but s idiocy comes i to offset brains, and selfishness to hielp Idlooy, I profor Gar- fleld, Robertson, and decency.” “Whom do you mean by (diccy?" - **1 prefer not to answor, Coninarlsons are ns odlous as dirt, and dirt seems to bo the staple of our streets and politics,” r, Cox thinks 1t 1s cuito evident that *tho defeat of Conklinig will be the rusurroe- tlon ofour politics, and will bring to the sur- fneo old lenlers ko Fonton, and snch sehols arly peuplo as Georgy Willlnm Curtis,” Afr, Cox, whoso heaith 18 precarious, Intonds to visit Northern Korope and Germany, and wny go to Jerusalem and Egypt. i “BRADSTREET’S,” v ! FAILURES, G New Yonrk, Aprll 8,—~Bradstreet’s pub- lish o summary of tho fallures in the United States and Canadn for the first quartor of the current year compared with those of the corresponding porlods of 1880 and 1870, The total number of mereantile fallures proper in-the’ United States for the first quarter of 1881 Ia-1,980, ngulnst 1,804 the corresponding perfod of 1880, and 2,850 for 1870, 'Cho In- crense of tha lust quarter Is ccounted for by the peculiar and somewhat abnormal cone ditlon of-«the :West and Soutl, snd, in part, by fll-judged - ventures during ' the period of general activity, while the general condition of -trade is oxceptionaily sound, ‘I'he fallures reported the past week through- out the United States and Canndn were 123, an luergrse over the preceding *wesk of cleven, ‘The Increase Is entirely in'tho West- ern States, wherothera have boen forty-three, 88 agalust tweuty, Michigan aud California showlng the wreafust numbor, ‘Thers hos been a decrease of four In the Southern b‘fnlex. one ln New l'.nglnnd two in the Mld- ;lnu &mw. and five in Canada and the Irov- o » ALMOST A HORROR., PANIO IN ‘AN ORPHAN PIRE-THAP, NEW Yonk, April 8,—Firo to-ulght, In o bullding on the grounds of tha St, Joseph Orphan Asylum, Elghty-nintl stroet and Aventio A, at' one tlne threatened nlnety young chlldreny with destruction, and fright- ened two persons so badly that . they ara not expscted to llve, The chlldren ranged from 9to 7 years of age. ' A-fire In ‘a new oven, connected with a flue which was found to be defective, caused tho plastering to Ignite on all the floors and the entiro- bulldiug becamo suddenly filled with smoke, The children Wero {n bed, aud many asleop when the tire THE CI{IC.AG() TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1881—SIXTEEN PAGES. was dlsenvered. ‘The firemen amd police, whili several cltlzens and sisters of Notro Duame, caugnt up “tho little ones, whilo older unes rnn out, Blster Mar: Petar, ona of the oldest slaters, was, throug| fright, attacked with paralysis und lock|aw, and probably will not recover. ‘I'wo novices, Lizzle Iiny, amd Dora Zahn, were also_over- come by tright, Tho latter wns suifering {rmr heart-dlsense, ‘Tho damuge by fire wag 1 . SENATOR JONES. 1E 18 NOT ls'mm:ugfl)gm THE NODERTSON Bpeelal Disvateh to The Chieaga Tribune. New Yonk, April 7.—Henator Jones says ho did not como to New York to procure the withe drawalof Judge Hobortson's nnme. Iesayst %1 do not know Mr, Robertson very well, having only met bim onco, during tho Conventlion 1n Chieaga, and lwrmlnl{ wattil not do_such thing a8 1o undertuke to fnflugnce his withe drawal or to work agninst his confiemation. Tho :,lmnr“ :'y'u Buch 18 my busincas 18 eotirely ere ous,’ ITEMR. IN BIIEF, NEw Yonux, April 8,—The Now Jersey e fining Company, 87 Wall street, has falled, Linbllities, $100,000, The suspension of Marley, Eunson & Co., shirt manuincturers, Is announced, Linbilf- ties, 8100,000; nssets Inrge. TIE SUIT OF TUOMAS DMEW AGAINST ORIN- NELLy former Collector of the Port of New York, tried before Judge - Wallace and a jury In the United States Cirenit Court, resulted in n verdict to-day for the defendant, - The suit was begun In 1809, and hng twice been tried I former years, the fury disngreelng on each trial, The ?mlmm n 1800 hported certain Rouds called * spot nets.” which were clissl- fied by Colieetor Grinnell for duty at the rate of G0 per cent ad vnlomm, purstiant to the provisions for * sllk Inces ** contained in the Tarlfl act of June 30, 1884, ‘There belng no wroviston for *silk spot. nets,” the plaintift clalmed that the proper rute of duty was 60 per cent ad valorem, pursuant to the pro- vislon for “manufoctures of silk not other- wise provided for” fn tho sawe section, In other suits of like character uver $1,000,000 are Involved. ; A NEW TRIAL has been granted Willlam E, Gray, convieted of having ralsed bounty bonds from 81,000 to 810,000 each and procuring money on thent. : PENSONATL t(lfi&"floh‘. Among tho lnromhmn arrivals of tho past t\veuxfy-mur loury wers J. IL Devercuy, Clevefand; Ifi'mnu Blair, Chicago, Windsor Hotel; Carl De Bille, Danish Chargé do Af- falres; Lilout, Amorr\'. United = States nnvys ex-Mayor Otls, Cleveland, Fifth Ave- nue flnwl; E. R, Wudsworth, l’,‘hlcmzo. Gil- sey House; Thoodore Sherlock, Cincinnatl, Astor House. TUE TIDE OF TMMIGRATION. Three thousaud three hundred and sixty {mmigrants landed at Castle Garden within the past twenty-four houtrs, THE WEATHER. ‘The wenther Is chllly, windy, and cloudy. 4’1‘hermomewr: 0., 55: 9 n, m,, 89; noon, A RUMOR WAS CURRENT AMONG POOL-PLAY- ERY Inst night that Wahlstrom, better known nas “the Swede,” had developed unmistnkable signs of insanity and been consigned to an asylum, . IN THE DASE-DALL MATCII TO-DAY between the Detroit Club and the Metropol- 1tan Club, of this city, Detroit won the game with 17 runs; Metropolitan, 7. THE STEAMSNIP AUSTRALIA {s now five dn{a overdue from London, and it Is feared she has been disnbled and Is mak- l“!f her way under sull, . It is thought prob- able that somo British steamship, which will prubauly arrive before to-morrow night, may bring news of the Australin, ns they take about the same course, Coleman, suspected of participation iu the plot to destroy the Mansion House, London, Is believed fo be on beard. . JURY DISAGREED, ‘The jury In the trinl of theo Local Steam- boat lnspeetors, Jnrnes and Matthews, iu- dieted for munslaughter In connection with tho burning of _the steambont Seawanahaki was discharged to-night, after being locke up thlrti'-t\vo hours, without belng able to agree, It Is learned that the jury stood ten for conviction and two for aequittal, - SOLD INTO SLAVERY. The Way the Paupcr FPopulation of Jiancock County, W. Va, Is Dis= posed Of, ; Speclal o Olnelnnati Commeretat. Srevsexviune, 0., April 2,—Since the colored slaves- of the South were given their liberty we imagined slavery was at an end. But In thls we were de- celved, A short time ngo we heard of the way they disposed of paupers In Hancock County, W, Va., just across tho river, and the custom struck us as so barbarle and un- like what shouid be tho custom of a clvilized peoply that your correspondent took the woon ‘train for McCoy’s, from which place we crossed the river Into JInncock County, In slavery times there wore very fow slaves owned. In that part of West Virginia, ny it was 80 menr both' Ohio and Ponnsylvanin thnt they could edslly make thelr cs- capo to one of those States, Inelther of which they could find nuwwerous persons who, thinking, like Willinm Lloyd Garrlson, that slavery Is a sln ogalnst God and humanity, would willingly ald - themn In making thelr way north to the Canadus, ‘To such ny ex- tent was this tho case that there were fow more, If any, slaves thore In those dnr‘u than there are now, the only exception being that now there are whites as well a8 biacks, with the former color, I"‘“ef in the majority. At New Cumberland wo found that for years it had been the custont to anually offer the paupers of the county for sale nt public auction, the lowest biddor enrrylu‘x ol the wlzo. and often the lowest bidder {8 not able care for himself and fawily, let alone any outsiders, 'The price bid, and which the county pays per year for the malntenance of 1ts poor per head, runs from 880to double that amount, with very few at the latter price, tho ajority being - at loss than $100, “‘L'lis Includes food, clothing, nud everything else oxcept wedleal attendunce, Occustonally the pwupers fall into fimd hands, but more otten Into the hands of tho * pauper shark’” (who does not protend to work, but lives off of what the county ultows him and what work ho can get outof his worse than slaves, whom he fecds just enough to keep life and hud{ together), und then, truly, his or her Iifols a pitinble one, - the sals a regular auctloneer is em- ployed, and the blduing Is genernlly very spirited, w father, brotlhier, slster, or somo ather near rolative bemg found bidding agalnst the professionnl ** paupershark” for the unfurtunate piece of humanity ou sale, About three years ngo tha good people of the county endenvored to haven poor farm establishod, ~ "Thoy npplled to the County Court and obtalned ‘permisslon to put the matter before the peoplo .at the next reg- ular oloction, ‘This wns dong, and the Poor Farm earried by u wnjority "ot several hun- dred, . 1t was then the Poor Bonrd's placs to purchass a farm in accordance with the wishes of the poople. That body of men, clected by the peoplo to carry out the laws and look after the euun:.{ pour, rode around tha county- and looked' at several farms; then they sat tlown on the project, and each year since has witnessed the sale of paupers at publle auction. ."I'he Board Is severely condemned by the people of the country for thelr action, 88 thoy Justly should be, Accustomed as wo areto seelng life in all its numerous phnses, to witnessing the hard- 8hips week by weok, your correspontent wis shocked at suelng souio of the victims of this barbarle practice, and hearlng the tale of thelr mistortunes, Ruding old men, four scora ?'rum and upwards of .age, who i1 ties not ?nx ogo had been respectod and tax-puying cltlzons of this and other communities, now covered with rags barely covoring thelr at- tenuated forms, having noth but a bunch of struw in o garret or un out-liouso to sleep on, lubs!utlug on brend and water, witl ne- caslonally a bito of meat and a cup of coffes to remind thum of better days gone by, One old wan, aged about 10 yours, guve his vxperience with one of the sharks »fmkcn of above last fall. Iie was cowmpelied to sloep In a filthy out-house, having nothing fora bed but- & fow old ruln. 1o sald his Whole body was covered with filth amd vere wmiy, hig BY' belng allve with wriggling maggots, e finally ran nway to'ths house ota friend, who brought the ilatter before thie Poor Board, and he was sold agaln, this thue getting a better home. This samo wolf {n shevp's clothing Is blddlug for viethns this year, Fsterme i e o CAl was of snoldn 1 0 Fusnmar abauy 85 years of e hud the Los 10 woman was bilnd, ‘The also suffered Jndeseribable ngonles, untfl finally, as they were cosing down the walk one day land In hand, an old friend saw thelr owner, a woman, flourisking 2 large wh|lp mae)r lllellém')dfil mhnm ’lllylll’\‘fl m;:l'? ::.lll,! ng protect his wife, s case, h \\Ir'n’\,s complained of by the friend, and they swere again sold, & Another old lndy, who was sofd out of a good home Inte nplacd run by one of the s ahnrks,” swooned nwng' 18 40011 04 8he wins taken Inslde its doors, She knew what she enuld expect, and, being unable to stand it, dled at the lhmmfnt of it. The above are only n fuw of the cases hrought before our notice, Or tho younger Pemuu solil we need not spuak,—they In the eycsof their owners are Worss than brutes, and are mwle to do the hardest and dirtiest work to be found. They are also bid In Jower tha the lder ones, us thelr work 13 wortl inore than the revenue recoived from the county. JUDGE M'KENZIE, The Bad Blood Stirred Up Among Am= Bitloun Towa Polldeians by tho Ru= mor of n Coming IRealguntion. Speetal Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, Mansnanurows, In., April .—~The Elev- enth Inwa Judlelal Distriet, comprising the Countles of Boone, Franklin, Uamilton, Har- din, Marshail, Story, Webster, and Wright, is considerably agitated over the contemn- piated restignation of Judge J. W, McKenzle, of the District Court. It Is known that he bas fora long thne been In poor lealth and unnble to diseharge his duties In a manner sutisfactory to Lilmself or the publie. Some weeks ugo, by tho aclion of his supposed friends, a report was circulated that he wonld resign at the close of the Boone term, and that hls sticcessor would be uppointed In timo to hold court in Webster County the fol- lowing' week, ‘This report, coming from apparently reliable sources, and fullowed by prompt action by those near him to secure- the appolutment of his successor, led to dis- cusslon ns to the choico of the district, and action was taken in this and other lncalitiea tonscertaln the viewsof the Bar, as it had been found that Judge McKenzie's determin- ntlon to resign had been communieated to Gov. Gear, who hud fctimated that he snould be eontrolled in mnking the appolutment by the same, Subsequently it seems that.the Judge concluded to withdraw his resigna- tlon and cmurlcm the rotnds of the district, ending with the Marshnll term in June, and then resign, to tnke effect at the commence- ment of the fall term, <During the re- cent blockade he wns unable to reach Fort Dodwe, and nadjourned that term, and, being guite 111, determined to resian nf once and go to ‘Tennessce for liis henith, From this e was disstinded by these friends, who ndvised him to let the spring terms zo by default, and resign_some time in the summer 1 not Improved, While a great deal of sympathy 13 felt for Judye McKenzle, and while all would be willing to nceomino- date hlm, It Is trug that the dockets are so large as to make the course suggested ngrent public inconyenlence, subjecting lawyers, clients, and a large number of persons under indictinent and awalting the action of the Grand Jurles, to n delay of halt a yearnt public expoense, ns well a4 a sacrifice of large public. interests, against wiich has beon manlfested n disposition to protest, Grow- ing out of theso uomrllcnumm some bitter- ness hns been engendared, and rumors hav- ing little or no foundation In fact have been spread by private means and through lo press to the detriment of severnl ersons, and involv] charges ngalnst fiov. Gear, to the effect that ke has sought to avold the responsibllity ‘of making the n‘r pofutment for fear of “the effect upou his Senatorinl chnnces. Judge MeKenzie Is a unbleman, one of whom the State Is and the Natlon has been proud; but lie Is n physieal wreek, unable to perforin the dutles required of hin, and the distrlct I8 Impatient, as, it he still continues itl and does not regign, but two of the cight terms will have been hekd this summer, It 8 n fact that, fn ‘his present state of mind, he Is open to infiu- ence that In robust health would have no Impretsion, This has been taken ndvaulage of by men who are sceking by the® tending wiles of small politiclans” to better their chances for @ Iown Assembly, and who are urging the claims of thelr candidate to succeed Judge MeKenzle from s Wilson- Qear standpoint,' Judga McKenzle hins sov- eral times announced his intentlon of vesign- ing, but hng been dilferently influenced, Gov, Gear, although sonsible of the injury bemg done the district and the State, 13 pow- erless untll Judge McKenzle moves In” the matter, The Bar-ls silent In respeet to the Judge, slnee thelr previous actlon unwitting. ly gave him palu, The oxpresslon of the HBar_has thus far been In favor of the Hon, H, C. Hendeyson, of this elty, as & sucoessor, should Judge " AMcKenzie resign, Other strong ‘eandidntes have also been named, ami sfiould the duty devolve upon him, Gov, Gear would no doubt make n selvction that would be satisfactory. Since the matter hny agsumed a political phase It has attracted the attention of the Staty, and the views above expressed have been gathered by your cor- respondent from leading smembers of the Bar of the district. CASTS FROM ANIMALS. Snales, Turtles, and Frogs In Plastor —Exporiments in Confining ‘Foads in Stone, er nbout W, New York Sun, ‘*Takes It ensy, don't he?" snlda sharp- eyed man, pattine >long, winding mass of elny hanging ovefn branch., ** You don’t mean that 1t is alive?” ““Waell, Ishould say so, Look.here,” ho replied, aud pleking away o Jittle clay at ono cnd o bright-bend-like cye appenied, anda forked tonguc that darted- out for a second belonged to n rattlesuake, Tho cast-taker wns Jue Paimer, now om- ployed by the Smithsontan Institution to re- store animals, ete, Many will remember him as the assistant of Waterhouso Hnwkins tn making the huge restorations of fossil hnl- wals in the. Park about fifteon years ago. Any one who has visited the Nutional Mu- soum or Smithsoninn at Washington will re- member his work,—u fine colleetion of rep. tlles exhiblted In the cuses, Purtof them aro stuffed sking, and the. rest models, So oxact ara thoy that It Is almost fmpossible to distingulsh botw een them and the living anle muls when pluced slile by -slde, Paliner has aspecinl bulldine for the purpose, and every rure anlmal recelved by the Instl lut(nn DRSECS into his hands, aud {s reproduced 1f eolor aud contour to the life. ‘Thoe qualifications of the animal sculptor who works from o models are varled, Artistic talent, a cool hend, and stealy nuryes aro indispensable, uspecially when the subject Is o rattlusnnke or a copporhond, ey l’ulhlchlli nsmukein clay In foruer thues, and preserving lifellko !Yrontmmns, was an fmmense work, ninny of the scales havhy to bo worked over and “over with instruments for the purpose; but now the operation {3 much nioro simple, although? dangerous, A living snnko I8 chloroforined, and after It is cumpletely nndar the Intlugtice, pluced on n limbor in'a coll, and plaster qulckly put on, 1f itshows slgns of conclonsiess Loforo the clay has hardened |i)ruuufl.vl more chlorofurm I given, and finally the cast s cut off awd ready far the wold, which when completed 18 pulnted, making a perfect fac-shmlle. The operntion Is not slways conducted ensly, A copperhead *came (0" one due‘ suddenly, and throwing tho clny astde, mado w dasl for liberty that ereated n stampede, e was re- captured lnter, "“l'l"gum largor “"'&?fl‘m“"‘x‘ff’"’"fl"?‘ porpulines, graimpuses 0 whito whalo {Im{m \vnx'm. u:g New York Aquartun: 'l‘wumyonhlr:‘y heuds standlng on the top of the cases ju the archieotoglcal hall attruct considerable attention from the variety of vx- pression shown, In one, the lips are drawn tightly together, aud dotormination fs shown in overy lleament, Another looks s it it had lost all hope: while In otliers, fear, ruge, astonishment, disgust, ond dogged Tmper: wrbublm{ u{u seen. ‘They aro the lieads of u band of Indiuns that vislted Washington severl years ngo, and wore couxed by the seulptorto undergoe the rmcnsa of vastetak- g, 'They all declined at first, but the chief finnll t'ullmlflmi. thevthers followed sult, and thelr different enotlons a8 they saj fur 8u hour with their heids awd fuces plastercd with eluy (breathing through straws), are ace curatbly recorded, + ‘Ilie urroy of tustles i most Interesting, thelr brignt colors contrnsting finely with ench other, One of tho lurgast shappurs ever found s there, nearly four feut In llmfilh. and with w bill that would twlst an jron bar, 1t was origluully found in o evcek nepr Buf- talo, and was kept for o long "time ws a pet by an lndian, . One day at the tavern, the -con- versation turned on turtles, .and 4 younyg farmer in the purly began to huust of n Jurge wud turtlo that ho huad, and which ho was willing to wager wauld travel fuster thau any ;‘urtle n mgmfi. d‘{fllu ll.mlllmr.a'u!‘hem long aranzie, nowpled the cl ke, und it wus decided ‘that the two turtles’ should by matched In g hundred and fifty yards race, 8lakes to he o gnllun of apple jack and the turtles. The next day a crowd gathered near the river to see the race, nnd tho conteatants soon nppenred, the Inding wheeline his fa- vorit in'a wheelvarrow. A cord was runnlong the ks 0 Lo suruit, diul -t Lurtly whose head lirst prased it was w he the winner, ‘The turtles were placed side by side, 150 feot from the water, At the word the{ started, encouruged or frightened by the yells of thelr owners, - For the first fitty feet the little one kept ahead, and then the bl snapper, In re- 8ponsy to u blow on Its buck, spurted nhen, seratehing gravel Ino wiy that made mud turtle stock go. down with'a rush; but it was cithor oyer or under trained, so that us the neared the line it was two leneths behind, whila the little fellow hud reented i aliend and with its head high in the air was fmprov- Ing the paes In compoundy porpurtion ns the distance diminished, A few seconds inore and it was withiin two feet of the 1 ultant owner cheering and the crowd y while the large snapper was nearly thiv Bebind, “The mud turtle was elearly the vies tor, when the Indinn, thoroughly disgusted, seized a burning knot from o vile of brush and hurled 1t ut the snapper, striking it mlrl?' on the tall, Startiog ahend In terror, it thrust out its lung, snakelike neck fust over sthe line, three inclies uhead of the fttle vne, winning the race, and completely turning the ‘tablesand tho direction of the flow of apple Jack, ‘The artlst has heen most successful with the fra}unnu tonds, which are shown tn all sorts of natural positions, In_ Lriliant green and yellow, and sombre brownand red, Thls Buccess 18 also due to thefact that the casts are mudeled from living animals, Strangy to sy, theao ereatures are quite easlly killed swhen fnelosed In the wet eluy, which tends to throw discredit on the repeated!y told tales of tonds Hving In solld roek athonsand years, nuda careful serles of experlinents” wera mudeto test them, The evidenceis never erfect to show that those amphiblans were nelosed n nsolid rock. No examinntlon ls mnde until the ereature Is discovered by the braaking of the mass in which It was con- tafned, and then it s too Inte to ascertain whether there. wns any hole or crevice by which It mlght have entered. These con- slderations led Dr. Buckland to undertuke certnin experlinents, e caused blocks of conrse limestone and snudstoneto be prepar- ed with cells of varlous sizes, in which he in- closedtonds of dfiferent ages. ‘e small tonds Inclosed in the sandstone died nt the end of threeinonths. The same fate befell the larger ounes in the sccond year. They wers watched through the glass covers of thelr cells, and were never seen In a state of torpor, butat each successive examination they became mare menkre, until at Jnst they wore found dead. Itis certaln that bot rogs and tonds can concenl themselves in very small crevices of the enrth, orin very small openings in stones placed In dark places. ' CURRENT GOSSIP. LARRIE O’DEE'S COURTSIIIP, - W5 IV, Fink (n the Independent, Now tho Widow McGoe And Larrle O'Deo Hind two little cottages out an tho green, \vunljun enough room for two pig-pens be- : woen, - ‘Tho widow was young and the widow was fair, With tho brightest of cyes and the brownest of And it w;:qucuny chanced; whon sho came In With lb?: ‘:v?llnl‘!or ber pig, Larrlo came with the And poms of tho ears that ho tossod from his In tho ;:.‘In of tho widow were certalu to land, One morning sald ho: *Qch| Misthross McGeo, It's uwashte of xood lumbor, this runnin' two : riis, ‘WIid n funoy partition betwane our two pigal* “ Indude, stire It I8! " unswered Widow MeGee, With the sweetest of smiles .ug(m Lurrle O'Dee. *And thin it looks kind o' bard-hearted ant mane Kapin' two frindly pigs 80 exsadlngly near Tlu?l whhrmvcr uu{opmmu thin 1{::’: other can ¢ Andyit kdep n cruel partition betwanel* “8hwato Widow McGeel" Anawered Larrle O'Dee, *1f ye fule in yer heart wonre mano to tho An't wemnne to ouselves to be runnin' i Ocht ll.mmndn mo beart acho whea I paped © through the crocks Of mo shunty, iasht March, nt yez shwingin® yer nx, An' a-bubbin’ yer head, an' a-sthompin’ yor fate, Wid yfix;,purly whito bunds jusht as rod psn ute, 2 A-lrhlmln' yer kindlin*-woad outin tho shtorm, Whin one liitle shtove it would kape us both warm ! ow, plgry," said she, Larrlo's conrtin’ o' me, Wid big delieute, tinder nlluslons to yous: 8o now yez muslt toll me Jushtiwbat I must do, For, l.rm“lgullnlny Yes, shtir tho shwlll wid yor But, I£ I'm 10 sy No, yoz musht kape yer nose ;. out Now, Larrle, for shame to be bribin' a pli By u/tossin’ & bandful of corn in ita shwig!” *Me durllug, tho plegy says Yes,” anawered ho. Aud that wus the courtship of Lurrle O'Dee., RS, Pt‘v‘v’a MEMORIES 0F THE DEAD CZAR. New Your, April 2—To the Editor of the New York Tribune: When 1 took up the paper on Monday, March 14, and read of what hod happened the day before on the banks of the frozen.Neva, I was as greatly shocked and pained as it'I had losta near ond dear frlend, The reason why I feit all thismore keenly than other Americans of sensibility, is as follows: . . 1In the winter of 1875, just before the Lent of tho Greek Church had begun, I visited Russin with my wife, We took up our quarters fu St, Petersburg and entered Into the plensant life of tha true *xenson.’” Amerlcans who visit this great northern country, as far too many of them do, in swmmmer, know nothing of the distinetive soclal customs of Moscow and St. Petorsburg, At that time tho late Emperor and Empress entertained tho lvellest sentimonts of re- gurd and gratitude toward the Ameriean peaple. Thero had been some .annoyance and o ashado of disappolntment in ofticial winds, caused by a misunderstanding regording © the visit of , the Grand Duke Alexls to Washington, but the popular reception of thelr son had made a deop lin- presslon on the Imperlal couple, At a recep- tlon, Indeed, on Nuw-Year's Day, the K. poror and Empress hind conteup to the United states | Consul-General: and, taking hlin by the hand, reguested hin, fn the most caruest manner, to conyey thelr thanks to the great Auwurienn peoplo for the kind receptlon ot thelrson, It was to this stmple fnct that T owa uno of the yarest aud plensantest soclal oxxuriuuccs of my life, n acquaintuice with ona of the Grand Dukes and n sllght service rendered anothor member of the Imperial family had brought our naings to the nutiea of the Emporor, and, ul»ou behng Informed fiom the Forelgn Oficy ol pur presence [n the elty, and that swo woro only transient viitors, having no connection with oftielrl lire, he sent word that wa shonlil atonce be fnvited to a private ball at the Wintor Palace. Tho Invitations were sent, not to.,the Legation, us cusunl, but to our hotel; their: recolpt ralsing us, as we could uuslly BLE, in the ostimntlon of the functionnries of thut establishment, _Ou tho nikht appointed wo drove, with the United States Chargd d’Af. uiry, to the Paluce. ‘Thoe invitation hud not anly presoribed our attive (for my wife, fuil syening dress, without "M“i or myself, black dress sult and -crush hat), but re- ynested us to uscond by the Ewmperar's pri- vato staircase, This we dld, pnssing liverled oiliclals at every landing, We wuore ushered Into ahandsome reception-room, and vurious ufiielals were present, Lhen the Grand Mastor of Ceremontes, Prince Lioven, sald that he should be compelled to trouble ns to move o to other roons in suceession, ‘Thore was leas formnlity ubout the whole affair than [ hove- often. seon at a party In this country, Finally the company were mngel In o cury- Ing line in the ball-room, extemding from o closed door conununleating with™ the Ime [»erlul apurtiments, In & fow moments his door was thrown open. The orehiestrn at ouce struck up n_waltz, and while its nierry notes wore sounding, the Crar Alexs ander, clad in the unitorm of » cavalryman, walked alowly in, followed by the Ciarlnn, then the Ganu Duchess Dagmar (now the Fmpress), und other members of his fawlly. Acw(mfllud by Prince Liuven, ho walke: alony Iine, each purson belng lfruuemud to hfin and addressed pleasantly by him, 1o 8poke to us for sone winutes I o graclous aud friendly way, Whun he had passed, tho Grand Duko Alexis ciune up, Scelng him talking with us, the Eumperor turned back and nsked it we laiew “lhat young man,” nmklnfi some Jocular remark about him, Then the beautiful ball proceeded, asnd thy sight wus onu to be long remombered, But 1t 18 not on the brlillant assembly of notabil- Itles, the gorgeaus custumes, the fine musle, and the graceful Russian mazourka, that my memory dwalls to-day, I can nn&lnluk ut the mentle. plinost sad manuer, the warmne mnuy u\?m-us. 3 hearted hospitality of this great soveretgn In his brief ‘intercourse with two Amer- leans with o officlal _ rank or distlnctlon, Supper was served In the fimmense roun used for the inrger official balls, On a dals was the table for the Imperinl famlily, the Ambr\smul«rsl ete,, whilo the other guests sat at round tables. 'The Emperor, In aecordancs with an old Itusslan custom, did not sit down, but walked nbout among his guests, asking If they were properly served, I can see him in my imind's eye at this moment, his grave face,his tall form, In the white cnvnlr{ unl- fornt, boots, awd accoutrements, and 1 finil the tnost vivid linpression of all to be that of the great gentleness to whieh § hnve just nl- Iuded. I may freely say that I sece nothing in the grandeur and pomp of Imperial gov- ernment 1o greatly fmpress an lutellizent Republiean, but frumn the Imperial point of view the ruler of the Siavonie domnn I8 loft- ily exalted ; and a gracious famillarity on his part was particulnrly noteworthy, Soon he appronched the table where my wife sat. She was about to rise, with the others, when he pit bis hands on the back of her chalr to de- taln her, nnd talked with her for o few min- utes, expressing his plensure at having seen her In Russia, and hoping that hier stay would be pleasunt. *‘Then with a bow, and wlinost l;.nmlle. he passed on; and we never saw him hore, A REMARKABLE FAMILY, Cleveland Leader, " 8nym “Yes, sir” o “I want to givo you some partleulars abouta remarkable woman and a remarka- ble family, This s the Leader ofifce, ain't it? Well, I thought so. You know the other dny the telegraph reports gave an nc- countof u woman in_Michigan who hasn't eaten nnything since last October, and that when she gets hungry she simply takes n beef tea bath and Is all right. Prompted by a curiosity to see this remafable woman, I went to Michigan and ealled On her. I asked her If 1t were true that she had censed eat- ing, and she yeplled that not only hierselt but her husband and little boy had glven up the DA a1 vou stop? I usked, A hy did you stop * I asked. * Ol well,' she replied, * we liad all been ‘zrent enters, and_found that our stomnchs d glve out. «See that thing hanging up there Y—pointing to somethine that looked Iike an_old . hemp towel, * Well, that's my lusband’s stomach. See all thosa holes in They wers caused by eating too much,’ * 4 IHow did he get it out T asked, ‘*+ After tryine for several dnys to pull it out with n pair of drag-hooks, he run a pair of long-hnandle tongs down hils throat and got It vut, All of yur stomnchs have been re- moved.! " . % ** Just then the old man and his son'came in. Afteran introduction he remarked that -1t was about dinner-time, and tuvited we to partake in the meal. I followed him into an ndjoining _rooms, where he removed his clothies and wot Mnto u bath-tubof beef tea, He smncked his mouth, and, remarking that the tea was“not salty enough, took down s salt-cellar and vroceeded to season his bath, * Eating by nbsorption,’ e sald, *Iy the plens- antest way to ent. You never get choked, Won't ?'Oll have some? Iull off and |Ielil yourself.! Golng back into the other_room Tound the. little ‘boy paddling around in his diuner., After the man had finished, he came In aned uneorking o Lottle he askea meif T would have ‘o drink-of whisky.- I tovk n l,ulll. wondering how he woukl minage when by turn enme, 1118 method was shnple, 1o rolled up his pants and’ poured a good sized drink on his leg, siacked his lips, and selz- Ing tumbler poured on some water. . * Wil you swear to all this?” “Yes, foritis a solemn truth, Will you printicy? ¥ 1t printed. AN AUCOMMODATING ROAD. Detruit Free Press, Severnl dnys azo o stranger mada his ap- pearance at the Unlon Depot nnd nsked Ot~ cer Button how long” before the Grand River Valley train would go out, i “In nbout twenty minutes,” was the reply, claim to i i “You wiil,” 5 *Thit's good. Talways prefer to travel on a stir horn of whisky.” e returned In fivé minntes, wiping ‘his mouth on tho hack of. his hand, and asked: “*Tas my traln gone yot ¥’ ‘' No, sir; you still linve fourteen minutes to X “That's good, and I guess I'll go back for n little brandy.” When e agaln returned he felt in good spirits, mul, ascertaining that he still had six niinutes to spare, he salil: “Now, that's what 1 call liberal, and 1’11 Iay In one more drlnk.” - i - ‘The Inst one proved wore than he could bear np under, and he wns not seen ngnin for three hours, - ‘Then’he catme round with n wabble in his gnitoud an uncertain fvok In his u{e and asked: “Shay, what time does that Gran’ River Valley train go out > “ I abaut four hours,” , “Fo’ nours? Wiy, that'll glve me timo to qlzet drunk agin: mos’ 'comwodatin’ rallrond eversaw, ¢h Yo" “Shay ! I doan’ want to bomenn. Go'n telt ‘er Superintendent he needn’t walt fur me any longer, ‘cuuse ‘tuiny delny othera, He's o zhentleman, he is, an ' zhentleman, 1 am, but when s zhentieman holds a train for memos’ haif a day I enn'’t fmposs on him any longer! Shay, do you ever cry when you ot zhrunk? 1 dus and If you've no jeck- shuns I'll ery now.” No objections belng made, ho eried. QuIrs, Still'aliead—The Sphinx, *Punch thinks that Vietor Hugo, on his birthaay, should bo rechristened Vietor Ego. When yon have nsecret to communlents to n palrof twins bé sure you get them to- guthor, tor you will find it difiiealt to tell them apart. A Doston pnper has discovered the cause of Cinclunnti’s clalms to bo regurded. ns the Parls of Amurien in the fact of tho Gorynnuy having completely Invested 1t, *Theral” sald Mrs, Rogbag, *I've tried four times to give thut shirt “away, and it's s0 worthless nobody’ll take it But Il wot ridofit! 'l leave It out on the clothes-line to-night.” 3 * Laok here, boy."” sald n stern Gnlveston parent, * i'uu aratellhwe s a falschood, 1 can rend ftin your face? "* Wiy, pa, you know you can't read worth a cont without your speetacles,” P 11igh art below stalra—The modern Jeames of Berkley Squnre Is i for wsthotlelsin nnd culehuw, In his puntry haslits guzimg on' n lily inun old eracked” bineking-bottle, Ilo ealls It tho *“ Lily of the Valet,"—London Punch. [ First member (feeling o' twingo of con- scienee): **1 say, Tom, what a long timo A mun does wasta during tho term playlne poker”? Bocowd ditte (hot catehbiyg " the pointy: * Yes, especlully while shullitig.”— Colwnble Spectator, : A woman returning from markot got & Soutn Hill strect-car the other day Bnlsl‘wllul of ‘l‘lll;eu:‘w}l pull;’llr{. m‘l‘u e driver, yBuen shnr, ald, . “No,” il the wannin fowh' And body cackled.—Ihurdette, A -torr {3 told of n German shoemaker, who, havine mnado s pair of boots for & g tlemnn of whose (lnnuelal futegrity lo had considerable doubt, made the following re uli' to hlum when Lo ealled for the'nrticless * Dar poots Ish not quite done, but der beol sh made out.” At a fire fu Parls a fireman who was about to save u chilld asked for something to pro- toct (11 oyes, “\Who's got u palr of spece tacles " ligerled. A gontleman very polite- Iy took from his nose a tine palt of Brazilinn fiubbles. wiped them curefully, and, handing hein anfalily to the firamaty, remurked, T hurdly kinow whether thess urg your exnct nuwber "—Parls Figare, ‘The frontlsplece of the new uumber of tha dmeriean Art Review Is an etehing by lloury Farrer, entitled * Supset, Uowanus Bay.” 1t was much admired by a company of "Brocklyn connolsseurs, with one excsps tlon, Bomebody asked hlm what he found fault with, and’ he answered: ** It 1s nat trus to natire; 1 don’t see any dend dogy ulong the shore,"—Hrooklyn Eagle. e e——— Proved by the Sifter, Bylvania (Qu.) Tedephune; The other day a colored buy nutsed Anderson b 80 onts vtolen fram hin, aud bo wasd thoroughly cevtilu thag ono of throe darkios, namod reapectively Johao, Ieney, and ffotty, had taken the wonvy. Ans derson tuvited uv to witness tho operatlon of Lnding out who wus the thlet, and we went, We 8aon gaw that somothing unusuul wus to tuko pluce, Anderson bad obtained & common sivve, used in wepurating Hour from the brun, avd u small paie of sclssors. o stuck ono of the wvoluts uf the solssors lu the rim of tho sieve aud into *“Then I'll have thoe to get o grink, wou't |- placéd a Onger under each handle of the same, allowing tho slave to be susponded likon pendus lum. Anderson reverontly took off his hnt, and, addressing himaclf to tho sieve, said: * Hy Bt, Poter) by 8t. Prul, swenr by tho God wiat madd . It John took my money, sifter, turn.” We waited In broathless anxicty for somo mani~ festation on the part of tho sifter, but nono eame, He next Inqulred, with tho same proe lude, §f nnry was tho guilty party, but the Aiffer wan dumb, ~And now came fletty’s Lurn, The solemn Invoontion was uttered and the tinestion neked, when bebold, the muglo sifter turned urotind with the scissors and umprcd to tho flour. “Hetty stoutly denied her guiil, and reinarked: **Yon s, dono took da maney, naw you got to prove ‘em.” To which Andersan roplied: *Alu't I done provo ‘om Ly do sifter?’ And there the matter reats, — Carlyle on thoInvention of the Steame bont. B 0o of the tnost notable passagos in * Cars l‘ylu Hteminiscences™ ocotira in the chapter o adward Irving, in which Carlyle denies to Fuls to tho credit of priority of invontfon as to the ;:fi:‘n";:‘g)?% Thia remnrkublo statement 18 af ** An ld friend of mine, tho Into Mr. Btrachey, bas told me- that In his schooldaya ho At un’l - timo—early In tho 00's, I should guess 17%—uscd tu sec. fii crossing Westmioster firidie, n littlo tnodelateamship paddiing to and frobetween him and Dinck{riars Brideo, with stoam funnel, pad- dle-wheels, and tho othar outfit, oxbibiting and rocounmending itself to London and -whatover solentifio or inarine ndventure Tondon mixht bnve—London, entirely dend to the phenomes - tiun which hnd to duck and divo across tho At Inntlo bofore London saw It agaln, whon & now genoration had risou. . *The rea] (uventor of steamships, [ have learnod credibiy elsowhere,~the mnker and proprictos Of that Truiticss mwodel on the Thumes,—wns Mr. Milter Lnird, of Dalawintun, in Dumtrieshien {Poot Burns' landlord), who spont his life and estate (o that adventure, and ts not now to ba heard of in those pnrte, having had to goll Dnl- awinton nnd die quusi-bankrupt (und 1 should think broken-henrted), aftor that combloting of hix painful Invention, and Anding London and mankind dead to it, * Millor's nssistant and work<hand for years wns John null.nilnlnor in the noignboring villags of Thornhlll. - Milier being rainod. Boll was out of work and conucetion, owmigratud to New Yark, aud there, speaking much of “his old mas- ter and plorlous unheeded Invention woll known to Hell in all its outlines {n dotnlis, At length found one Fulton to liston to him: and by Ful- ton and el (wbout 1809) an actual packet- steamer wis yot_Inunched, and luceatively ply- inuz on the Hudson River, becamo the miraclo of Yunkeo lund and geadully of nll lands. " Theso, 1 believe, aro essontinlly the facts.” —eee e AMUSEMENTS, HOOLEX'S THEATRE, LAST THREE PERFORMANCES OF OLIVETTE. Crand Matinee To-day at 2. SMUIN TIUWSON as, Capt. De Merrimag CATHERINE LEWIS as. eenaenssOllvotte AND TUE ENTIRE COMLEY-BARTON COMPANY. Direct from the Fifth-av. Theatre New York. v Exira Perlormance Suaday Fight at 6. fonday, April 11-Tho G CIANE 1 LHOV ntw blar, & Fvery Evéning and Matinecs this wonk, JOVN DILLOY In Farco; Andy and Annto Wughes, Churles Diamond, Cliarios Glidden—in Speclaltl ol Surray uhd oS Cortiand h deassae o “CONSTABLE MOOK."” Bupported by Gearze Learock and Stock Compan; K iissjon— 4 veniugs und Sunday Matines, L : ani L. W otk K0 B ST 005, 125 mnd Mer Loacs @l b hecured by buth Edison und eil teléphunes. MWYICKKR'S THEATRE. LAST - OF ML, LAST MATINEE } GUR WILLIAMS. {Z(IUHT Last Performance of the Hilarlous Comady, OUR GERMAN SENATOR, - Tho Laughable Telonhuno fceno, - 5 Gus Willinios' Bongs and Funny Storles, it The (e Trivlo, Mnceale Jamuel rer. Al nibound Miss IR0 OF HONOI e HAVERLY'S THEATRE, . 3,11, HAVERLY..,, ansxor und Proptiotor 'Thie Suturduy Matiner, Lniles, ; und This Satarday Night, GENEVIEVE WARD, In lor original und. foreible oreation of STEPHANIE, Margulse de Mohrlvart, 1In tho great play, entitled FORGET-ME-NOT. EPMiss Ward docs not play Wednosday Matinoss LAY DSt AN ang. 1r—tienofits af BI1ss aiiny ATehts, An = o WHTRER wnd Fite CE Homeumbor, GRRAND -HOUSE. Clark-at., upp, Court-llousc. TWO WEEKS ONLY! Chrte & Itico's Upora Camlaue Co. In the Intost Lons on wnd Now York Success, - IBIILILIEEE | _TIAIYILIOIRI ¢*ALL, ON ACCOUNT OF ELIZA." Guln Matinoo this Saturday sftornoun. Spocial Perfurmnuca SUNDAY NIGILT. SPRAGUE'S OLYMPIC THEATRE. SPILCIAL NOTXICII. By genceat requost, to-night and evory nliht this woek, wiso Statinues Haturday sud Sunday, IEPRODUCTION OF . MULDOON'S PICNIC. TOOLEY'S THEATRE—EXTRA. EXTIA ANNOUNCEM '=Tho Comedians, ROBKON Al CRANE, i Commence an Eugngemunt Next Monday Nightln tholr Latost und Best Play, D. 1900. BEATS NOW D‘N SALE. NERYOUS DEBILITY CURED. The Vital Forees Restored Without Medielnes n})ll ELECTRIO AP- PLIAN Are udo- guaiea it thoir construc- o und ofLcuey, ge: tng und difiusinga cuntian und GENERATING tomu y v v VITAL - FORCE: LOST MANHOOD, an: curtnz th wurst cases of Nominsl Weuknoss, Ex- muscular, and wonoratlyo 8/t ministerod by the mild, continuous currents, For Youny AMon, Middie-Aqed Men, and Okd en theve (u « Natural Wy vt of Sujfering and ihmhh.‘ i Ind iliustratod pawphtot sont {n soalod envelo gfi 'r’sfoapuuo'l Tehia hustace. Conauliation rao. Omge 0uvs, U, i 108 110, WG T,A D EB-bpocial clreular ou Fominlo troublos, lull.j‘)u{'fi:l,\llnv spnscinl Tinctrival Appliances T0r cure OF nainy 0i FOCElit ULy culile PUstAKUL AMERICAN GALVANIC CO,, Rovius 1 and 2, 184 Madison.st., * CHIOAGO, ILY. Cut this aut fur reforence. - Wei De leyer's ' CATARRH URE, One package is geaerally sulliclents A veal cure of Caturch for 85,00