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â€" Africa" Slaveryâ€"International Conferencel 1; k at Brussels- Ou t ‘day, civ'rlfzstion, as represented by fii ‘1: Powers meeting be girdrng it: loins and gathering African slave trade, in the hope great century of the odious truth: in human flesh. Th0" who may view thin attempt as a o“ thg pagan people of the Du:k 033“. piece of maudliu sentimentalirm, should an. a. ‘hgt Christendom, while e ' remember that Civilization was primarily. that portion cftao world to the Turkish “C1 "will" 301eer mpmible {01‘ the slave commerce, has at the very same time terrible evil it means to uproot. Enlightened Europe barons Afrfcau slave hunting and South America, and fel: the want of cheap labor, and sun hardened laborers to mapped in the second great hunting ground cultivate the soil of the New World and comprised' between the Upper Cong: build up its great British, Portuguese and Leunda country, and the northern n Spanish Republics. its invention. W110 “3 “'39: lhc time Who“ the swim“ martyrs to be massacred on the altars of the Churiel‘ed pagan gods in the roi‘gfous ceremonies of kah hoarhenism, while a portion of the captured provide annutlly 10.000 01' wrotehes are also ship 20,000 "tons of negro” (aye, that was the M3,}; WW they 5P°kel 1'01“ “18 Gui-De“ 003“; islands of the Indian Ocean. and Portuguese Governments. regular slave raiding companies, undertook to the time when the Portuguese Bishop of A0801“: on the “'68: 00H“ 0‘ Mil“: “00d that Dr. Nachtigul, the German explorer, ‘1 n tho mum and SW“ 50° mulling 0‘ “he witnessed terrible slaughter hardly three ngllolic Church to the slave Luisa and slave you“; 580. and shed more of admiration and grcauitg vessels sailing out to the lands of forced labor? Who can forget that hardly a century Sign the flames at the burning huts, in order that the great Liver land London merchants were still making a tremendous business in '0“de the Uni‘ed SH?“ With " Uncze of this district that as recently as last June & P5168"; this“ Within ‘he fix“ some Scotch missionaries living decade of the present century Cuba received Nyasm-nganlka plateau witnessed similar ‘30 “WC! than 12.000 b“le Wl'e‘ChGS intend' scenes, and afterwards discovered that the oms and To edfor the cultivation of its tobacco, and that, as recently as 1850, the Brasilia like- gm“ of Egg wise bought 50,000 unfortunate negroos, to “Tower,” showing capture which the human flesh hunters had only guilty of having been °°mP°n°d '59 lfirlhl’ and km “‘39” 39 first lesson in slave raiding. but has also many again? And yet, as in the case of Lady Macbeth the weapons wherewith to carry on their in BM. Wm verv widely knownâ€"net only do the Sultan’s its whole subject. cennt thousands of n “NUT-h ‘0 “The ‘ dull! 510" l“ the house and harem servants or jsuissaries. but m“ We also hundreds of them as future Hursulmsn which has witnessed the missionaries, who are its introducricn of railways, shall uses the last convened to the Modem 11Wth1 the b"- ow: religion! creed and increasing tenfold three ’cen- the difficulty of educs. turits ago, when it began colonizing 2\ out the “fight; of the civil, Europa even patented the Zambeze, it mpplies the neighboring having conquered and closed these rouces of supply, the Turk then resorts to the new slave hunting srounds opened up in Africa by civilisation itself, andâ€"thh is a f. ct not ht the Koran, saith, and then sent back to Africa to spread it through- Pmng or been fostering a regular crusade against in: the blacks into West. As to the “ tons’ of "slaverywars" kid- the k of Chieftains wi‘h domestic slaves or with ped southwards to gsscar, the Comores and other large It was in the upper part of this district grief at the sight of mothers strangling their own children or throwing them amidst they should not live to know the horrors of bondage. And is was in the lower portion in the attacking Arabs were nearly all armed with lish manufacture, stamped that civilization is not taught the Arabs their provided, and is still providing them with the perfumes of Arabia fail in “sweetsn- horrible negro chases. ing this little hand." In spite of ourselves, the slave raiding and slave owning crime which we invented is going on still through- out Central Africa and even spreading further. During three centuries, civilhatlon taught the coast Africans to invade the 9 interior of the Dark Jonsinent and enslave their brethren for the purposes of civilization itself. Now that the coast Africans have lost our custom, they are practising that terrible sport and trade on their own account. The slave trams has removed its markets from Christian to Idahomodan or heathen marketsâ€"that’s the only change. sasvsnr or to Dan. I nacswrunn crux. Of course, all this is over now. now run oosrsnxou WILL m: Conrossi), Such, according to the most recent eye- witnesses.aud authorities your correspondent has consulted and to the last documents, ublished or unpublished, is the present condition of the black flesh trafio which in Livingstones time made half a million victims annually, and now, according to Cardinal stiger ie, makes two million victimsâ€"a figure which may have been exaggerated some months ago, but which, thanks to the capture of Emin’s province, will soon he be- low the truth if the “African curse" be not quickly put a stop to. And new the civilised nations are going Ever since to put all their hands together to stamp out 1794, when our consciences were aroused to the hideous evil, not only from sentiment shame by the splendid outburst of a great and because th revolutionary and abolitionist Frenchman : â€"“Let our colonies porish rather thanour principles of human freedom ( “Que lea colonies persissent plutot qu’un principe l” ) â€"sver since then the civilized world has been slowly endeavoring to cleanse the bloody slave stain from its hands, and the great American Secession War, followed by last year‘s final unfettoring of the slavery bon- dage iu the Empire of Brazil, have been the crownino incidents of this general white washing . The principal slave hunting ground stretches from west to east, from the Niger to the Blue Nile, right thrcu b the Soudan, over an expense of something ko 3,750 miles, very nearly connecting Indian Ocean, and extending ey feel their moral responsi- bility concerning a pin 0 of their own creation, but also from as interest, because, at the time when the overcrowded Old World is seeking to get out of its social troubles by preparing African outlets for its commerce and its surplus population, it is confronted and arrested on every side by its pupils the slave traders and slave hunters, who likewise wish to shut out Germany from the Zaodbar coast, England from the Somali coast, the Belgians from the Upper Congo, and light and progress from every point of the Dark Continent. And this is what has prompted Belgium, at the sugges- tion of Lord Ssiisbury, to convene a great Anti-Slavery Congress which is now in the Atlantic with the session in the Conference Hall of the Foreign southwards Office, in Brussels. thmugh “1° Nimi M‘i“ mun'er right d°w° now run armour cones Is To BE unmovnn. to the northern frontier of the Free State. 0 And even this portion of the picture doesn’t say the whole truth. Since Mr. Wauters has drawn up his map, we have got: from Stanley the ter- rible news that: the Mahdists, coming down What antirslavery measures will be pro- sd neither President Carnot, Lord . alisbury, tho Ki of the Belgians nor Prince Bismarck con d probably say exactly themselves at the no moment) seeing from Khartoum, have invaded and captured an" “0 Prefioua agreement has been “me Emin's province, where the sraflis was dying out, so that the salvery canker new again extends southwards, right down thro Unyore and Uganda countries, to Vitu. that portion of the East Coast where the English, under Mr. Maekesde, and the Germans, under Captain Whamaun, are striving to establish European domina- tion. Then going backwards from Coast, there is aseeond wide slave hunting ground, which begins in die neighborhood of Stanley Falls on the Upper Congo, expands through the Malayalam oounxuy, Uj jl, and the borders of Lake Mgmycks, right down to the northern bank of the Zrmbese eastwards and to the Leuuda country westwards, covering spreading the whole central and southern portion of the Congo Slate territory, which mmth red 11°” hwded' Europe has allowed to King Leopold, but up so which the Belgian sovereign has not you had either the time or the moans to carry his flag and. his civilia'ug efforts. The wonder is, how can ruch immense tracts of country be so easily invaded, where are their unfortunate population taken to, and to wont use can all E1113 human lluhh be m: T I \vnar we: SLAVE! am: waxruv FOR. m not and Sea to the Indian Ocean. Each country’s and tar om. Court, composed of the Consuls, would air, to, that each one is in the dark usno the other cus’s plans, and that the dell-gates we will probably have to telegraph daily to choir ective Government: for fresh instruc- tions while the Conference is proceeding. But several suggestions are already in the air which are likely to be brought forward. One of them is to render general the system carried out last summer by England and me But, Geometry on the East (least-4. 8.. a blockade of the whole African seaboard, from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. from the R- d l ! meuvof-warwould be empowered with the right of searching trading vessels for slaves, under whatever flag they may be coursing; and as a corollary to this, an International try and srvcrely scnbmcs all slave parties Another idea, which will probably be mooted by the Portuguese, will be that civilization should summarily close all the slave markets of Morocco, Tripoli, the Eastern countries and Africa itself, by armed force, if required, and at whatever cost of money and blood the enforcement of this measure might cost. Other delegates will suggest that all States possessing territories in Africa should be compelled to levy small flying ormies and roc'mgs of the Ila-Yo convoy routes on crease watch stations, in order to keep the Mr. Wauter's map will show that the coast slave raiders in check or to give them chase, Arabs who overrun size western portion of while all re the great Seudanose hunting wilderness, where the sumpticn, as ivory where there are several slave markets con- cealed from the European Consuls, and to to institute al Tripoli, where a runny ll an lar, she beads or cloth. From the eastern the central busing: ground, the caravans of weeping, bleeding, bafl'lrbflkfll black mar tyrs are (ironed and whip the males for domestic pur to anti the lust of she poly tsins of kriour and Kordofen, or also ship ,2!" pod across the Red Son to Push Arabia, came from the land of Utopia; others are and the finish Sultan's Adam workout. sue to create of this Eastern redo it some that many of the male slaves captured for Nth boingsoauxlous to ridherself of the A pueliarity the pmpose have been sxnresslyand hor- ribly mutilated dthrr in curl youth or as the very time of shipment, order that they may be fitted to play the part of . eonuchs in erT-mal sorsglios and heroine. Until about seventy or eighty years beck black slam were almost unknown in the 03 " “0k “hi'uld 5° 5091313831“- Turkisr Empire. The largest uulsher of servants were of editorial to“)lerslf the typed poor witty hunchboeked lupus, have starved of! like who lrishmsu'l essay on negro is used as cur- for the mention of norm gauge African equivalent to the American 1101- railways and English sovereign or the African naturally become substitutes for negroes as pardons! regards the carriage of psdtovrards Nubia, importation of firearms may be prohibited, Berber, Khartoum, the Hahdi‘s Farr"; .‘c as, and also a heavy duty :a'naxs spirit trade, which renders the negroes such gamoos chief- an easy pre gulsrly constituted States, such ground wry aslfurkcy, Morocco, l‘ripoli, Madagascar, their booty through the immune Se.an where domestic slavery has become a nation northwards to the Ouaddan, slum are used for home con should be constrained to proclaim that carriers,dcmestimforthe "anyooe desiring to befrse, is free. and local 591“. Md '0 f““h; ‘30 “NOON, 00‘ such slaves remain slaves as wish to." ty and has created vested rights, hen, again, thorn is a talk of propos' ergo international State fun steamboats, which would and other goods, and at the same time hasten the spread of education. And of course the on the maddening to the slave raiders. Some of ideas sound as though they t differences. and yet may come of them, Lady Moc- bsd cruelllug stain. ._ M raunchy go begin: for an answer out " What’il yer. have 2" never does. ,. *- n. r....;ral that the man who steps A K mus Sunday paper devotes a column ty in Chlcuqo." It might ; i drawn frcua Greece. ("rows 01’ Mix Best- sunk“ in Ireland, “There are no sakes in ‘ ern Mediterraneu; :elaudt. But civilisation inland.” TO SBARG El FOR BURIED TREASURE. One evening before :1 oy reached their dee- tiuation, Sensors and the Peruvian were sit~ It is Said to be Worth 339.”..000 and so be ting chatting on the lee rail, and looking on One or the annulus Islands. Information has come to light shcuin that an expedition is being equipped in San Francisco harbor to go in search of the treasures said to beburied on the Marianne Islands. In the year 1823. during the dark days of the terrible revolution in Peru, a number of the wealthiest residents of Itima met the leading fathers of the Church at a monastery to devise a plan whereby some of their wealth might be saved. The brig El Gudad, lying in the harbor, was bought. During the night and under the he of merchandise the treasures were hast y con- veyed on hon-d. It is said her cargo amount- ed to over $30,000,000 in coin and melted plate, besides an inestimable amount of jewels. Unlucklly for the owners, Winter: Somers, an adventurous Englishman, serving as a. Lieutenant in the Peruvian navy, learned of the whole plan through a maid in the service of a wife of a millionaire with whom he was carrying on a little love affair. He soon succeeded in gaining the services 0‘. a band of kindred spirits, who were ready for any plan that promised fortune. On the night before the sailing cf the vessel they waylaid a party taking the last of the jewels aboard. The bearers were killed, and two of the heaviest caskets turned over to the keeping of the maid, who promised to meet Somers in a foreign land. Boats were manned, the pirates boarded the brig and killed the guards. They threw out the proper signals, which Somerr, as an efiioer in the Peruvian navy, was acquainted with, picked their way among the guarding ships, and struck out boldly into the Pacific. After some discus- sion, and more disputing, the pirates made for the Marianne Islands and. buried the treasure. A course was then shaped for Honolulu. Before reaching the port, however, the old disputes sprang up about a division of the sscils and the method of disposing of them. The crew quickly divided into two factions. One night one side attempted to extermin- ate the other. Scmers, three officers, and a cabin boy soon found themselves penned in the cabin, the others of their party hav; ing been KILLED AND PI'ICIIED (ll'fRBOARb. ‘ l g over the plat giving the position of the treas- ures. The explanations were on the margin and all in Spanish. Suddenly the lookout heard a cry. In the wake of the ship he saw a clutching hand disappearing beneath the waves. Somers was no and Rsvclo 1var clutching the r on looking overboard. The vessel was bros - t to. but the body was never recovered. velo declared that Somers had accidentally fallen overboard. The paper, which he still hell in his hand. had a portion of the margin containing the ex lanation torn away and was much crump- led), showing signs of a struggle. Soon after this Thompson sighted a brig, the Captain of which proved an old friend. He divided the secret with him, and together they sailed for the islands. Ravelo was threatened with being delivered up to his Governnment unless he guided them to the spot where the treasure was buried. He promised compliance. On arriving at the feet of the island he was asked if that was the one, and he said it was. Preparations were made for going ashore and digging up the gold and jewels. As Ravelo was stepping into the boat he begged to be allowed to return to the cabin for a little plat of the place he had. The cabin boy, who was in the place at the time. after- ward told that be filled his pockets with all the led and iron )6 could stuff into them. On returning he slid into the boat, lost his grip, and sour nsstru run sonrscs. The coxawuin made a grab for his disappear- ing head and pulled away a tuft of hair. The two Captains went ashore and made a long and vain search for the treasure. They had Somer's plat, but he had gem down grasping a part of it. What descriptions they had were in Spanish and not a man among them was acquainted With that lan- guage. In digging about, some Seuth American coins were found, o. ring, a. sailor’s knife, and a piece of board, into which had been born- ed the letter El Ci, undoubtedly a portion at the words El Ciudad, the name of the brig in which Semers fled mm the treasure. (trembling among the overworked sailors and a scatci of provisions compelled the Captains to a miss the search, ‘ In J onuary, 1886, the British schoonsr‘ . ,. ' I . 7 _ The Victors celebrated. the event In a Wild Herald “Led imm 1°Lchsm“ “5 f“ M orsy. advantage of their condition, fought a clear passage to one of the boots, provision- edit, and put off, after first setting fire to the ship. While on the ocean in desperate straits a small cask of whiskey caused a fight between two of the officers. One was killed outright. The other, badly wounded, was soon after sacrificed to save the rapidly diminishing provision. All Honolulu, Somers, Pedro Ravelo, and the cabin boy represented themselves as the survivors of a shipwreck. Their story touched the sympathy of a merchant, who provided them with passes to San Francisc. Somers’s first business was to try to eh pos- sezsionof the jewels left in Lima in c urge of his sweetheart, in order toreolize cn‘them and u out an expedition for the Marianne Is- ands. The three raked and scraped together every cent possible. It was given in charge of Ravoio and the boy, who were to go to Lima and bring back the maid and the jew- els. Somers, being afraid to show his face anywhere near the Peruvian line: for obvious reasons, remained in this city. As the same time he proposed to do what he regal ded as a neat little stroke of business. The treas- ure on the islands1 was large, but the fewer there were to share it the larger it would be. After the style of the trick practised on Bellerophon, be despatched an epistle by Ravelo and the boy urging the mold to see that the messengers were killed. The mes- sengers reached Lima, delivered theirIetters and were cordially received by the former love of Somer's. Time and the revolution had changed her 101:, however, thanks to the jewels intrusted to her care on the night of Somer's great coup of the Peruvian treasures. She, was the wife of a great official. Sho coolly informed the messengers that she didn’t propose to go with them, and that she didn i: take any stock in their story relating to the treasures being safely buried and Scmers waiting to guide her to them. The messengers threatened her with the exposure of her connection with the piracy. She temporimd with them to no more. At last she found no escape but to follow the advice of Somers’ letter. The two were WAYLAID BY assassnls but they made a boteh of the business. Rav- elo escaped with a scratch, but the boy was mortally wounded. As he lay gasping away his life'ho confessed the whole story to the authorities. The woman was arrested, tried, and ( Xecutvd. After suffering untold privations Ravelo escaped from Peru and made his way to Som- ers. The two survivors now begun to devise ways so reach tho buried treasure. At last they found Capt. Thompson and told such a 1' ‘* 7;; ' t he consented to fit out his 1 «1'.-O’.I.:'l‘ Swallow and have a try at the heaps of gold and jewels. Semers, however. to protect himself, would not divulge the island which held them, but insisted that the char- tor for the vessel should include the whole group. .l... , \ss (.13. The four mm in the cabin “0k Chan, asmall island in the Marianne gronp, in search of the treasure. The vessel was never heard of afterward, and is supposed to have perished in the terrible typhoon that swept that coast: shortly afterward. Two expeditious havo sailed from Lima, implying a confidence in the confession of the murdered cabin boy. One of them was wrecked on a coral reef, and the other returned unsuccessful. Speculators took up the scheme and worked for some time to have the Government back them in an expedition. For a time it looked as if their object would be attained, but a new ad- ministration coming into power ruined their hopes. Thompson is in San Francisco, old and penniless. For a long time he tried to interest capitalists in his story, but without result. Since the report of the fitting out of the expedition has got: abroad Thompson has disappeared. Those in his old haunts who are familiar with his habits are con» fident that he is now being kept in seclusion until the story of the treasures on Marianne Island has been tested. Etanley’s March. Dec. Lâ€"Stanley writing from Mikosrl under date Nov. 26, says that the party are all well and enjoying the luxuries Major Wisman sent to them, but he complains bitterly of having been two years and eleven months without news, the mail having been lost or robbed. A postscript, written on the morning of the 27th, states that Stanley had just received Acting Consul-General Smith’s letter. Everyone was rejoiced to hear that the Qxeen still reigns, and eagerly wanted newspapers to learn the incidents of the latt three years. Stanley gives the follow- ing as his probable itinerary :-â€" Goren- gevi, November 27 ; NBOs, N ovombcr 28 ; Halt, November 29 ; is ca‘np, November .29 ;in camp, November 30 ; roach Mbuysui, December 1; Kibijo, Detembzr 2; Kiugaul river. December 3 ; Bagnmoyo, December 4 ; and Zanzibar, December 5, W The Way Be (bold Tell. “ I say Jenkins, c: 11 you tell a young thicken from an old one 2” “ Of course I can.” " Well, how 2” “By the teeth.” “ Chickens don’o has teeth.” “ No, but I have." A Sign which Failed. Toung Husbandâ€"“Seems 1 0 me, my dear, this chicken is pretty tough." Young Wifeâ€"" I know it is, and I Ian’s understand it at all. self.” "Did you examine it closely 2" "Indeed I did. I looked in its mouth the first thing, and I could see it hadn’t cut its first teeth yet.” I picked it out my- k. “a... .g-v . ‘l CARISTM '8 EVE. A TERRIBLE THOUGHT. “0h, Tommy l Just sup,- n a«.. .. --4 w n" with r: i" an“: :. l The Tobacco Plant- Tobacco is a native of America Accord- ing to many accounts, it was first found by the Spaniards in the province of Yucatan, who called it after Tobaco, thoname of the country in which it was cultivated. Others, however, assert that they first discovered it in Tobago. which is one of the Caribbee Islands. This last account is generally con- sidered very doubtful One thing is oer- :ain, however, in relation to the origin of the name of this plant, that the aborigines or Indians of the Caribbse Islands had s. tube or pipe which they termed “ tabsco," and in which they smoked this herb. The Spaniards, on visiting this torrid slime, transferred the name of the tube or pipe to the plant itself, which has been denomi- nated “tabsoo,” or, according to the orthog- raphical corruption of the word, has been styled "tobacco" ever since. The tobacco plant is classed with tho Nicotiauo genus. This genus derived its name from Nioot, a French or Spanish botmist, who devoted his attention to the study of this species of plants soon after the middle of the sixteenth century, or about the year 1560. The leaves of this plant, upon being dried. and then manufactured in various ways, are most commonly used for chewing and smoking purposes. and in the preparation or making of snuff. It is also used, to some extent, as a medicine. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€".â€"â€"â€". Didn’t Like the Bank Selected. Brownâ€"“ My children manifest foo eu-lv in life a tendency to put away money, and I am exceedingly worried over it.” Jenkinsâ€"“Why, sharia an exec liens trait. and I don’t see any reason why you shouli be worried .” Brownâ€"‘ ’But I am. The baby swallowed a dime this morning.” The Evidence Against Him. Hard-Looking Citizenâ€"“Do you want to - hire a man?" ' , Merchantâ€"“No, I’ve no use fora man that drinks." Hard~Locking Citizen (with offended dig- nity)â€""I can bring you any number of withnesses to prove I m not a drinking man, * sir.” Merchant (motioning him to the door (â€" “You can't establish an alibi for that breath.” What He Thinks About- “My dear," said Mrs. Honeymoon to her spouse,‘one day at dinner, “doctors say that one should not think about business matters at meal times, as it impairs digestion and injures the health. Pray dear, what do you think about when we sit down to meals 2" “Sweetest” replied the old man, “I only think about chew I And Mrs. Honeymoon put her arm around his neck and kissed him. A Musical Shoe. Mrs. Bjonesâ€"Wby, how your left shoe squeaks l What is the matter with it. Bjoncsâ€"I think it must be the music in its sole. How He Lost Them. Lady of the Houseâ€"How did you lose those two fingers from your left hand, my p )or man? Trampâ€"They were cut oil’, mum. “I suppose that was when you were working. and that their loss disabled you from further manual labor. Tell me was it in a mill ‘2" . "No, mum. It wuz in a hen coop. 1 had to cut ’em off or steal the trap." The Kind-Hearted Cob. Policemanâ€"“Here, now, move on." Strangrr (who has lost his way trying to get back so his hotel)â€"“I am no tramp." Policemanâ€"“What are ye, then?” Strangerâ€"“I am a country cditorâ€"" Policemanâ€""I see, I see. Poor fellow l Here’s a dime." Puttiu’ a patched dime in the collection box is like buyin’ a scalpcr’s ticket to heaven. Only One Thing Lacking.â€"(Mr. Jones had married little Johnnys maiden aunt: and they were at the wedding breakfast.) Little J ehuny (to his grandfatherlâ€"“When are you going to begin on him, grampa I" Grandpa-"Begin on who, Johnny?” “ On Mr. Jones, I heard you tell grandma he wouldn't be so bad if you could only put some brains in him ” Breakfast was finished without Johnnyâ€"allows Sittings. A museum attraction in Boston has per- manently retired from business. His speci- alty was catching a bullet, fired from n. rifle, in his teeth. This apparently wonderful fast is not so difiiault when one knows how to do it. The main thing is to have an imitation bullet composed of pasteboard. It looks exactly like lead and easily “ catches” the gaping jays who see the thick. This time, however, the gun was accidentally loaded with a losdon bullet, which, instead of being stopped between the teeth of the showman, wont on through his head. Curious customs prevailed in some parts of Sutherlaudshire in the “olden time." Not the least curious of these was the agreement ' betwven the "minister’s man" and the min- later. In those days the minister. for the time being, bad the solo right of fishing salmon on some of the best pool: on the river. ['th was part of his salary, and he could fish those pools in any way he pleased, by not or rod, and by proxy. The some qumco was that his servants were : ' ulsrly satisfied with salmon ; and so it ' .m to pass that before engaging they bound dorm the minister not to give them salmon oftsner than once a week i A great outcry has been raised in the Swiss Cages Tonia against the prevalaoce there of bribery at elections. The political workers are constantly racking their brains to devise new means of buying votes. The mayor of a small city near Locaruo recently, while running for reelection, invited every person who Would prcmjse to vote for him, to eat and drink at his expense for three months at cortsiu specified caverns. The vuocess of his plan is shown by the “wt that he was reelected and that his hi: Lb the taverns in question amounted 1-.» 14 000 francs. Votes bought in the clddashiened may cost from 20 cents to 86 each. Even clergy are said to bribe clean-rs um and, cf.’