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On the 1st, refused to gnat the petition for a rehearing In the case of Gen. Anderson of the Returning Board, and ordered bis immediate jcfclease from curtipy. ^ wls'o Oondeniod Telegraphic Hews. mm ou wosia dispatches of the Slat nit, Ot.of projects had failed. / ^ A* BELGRADE telegram of the 31st • lilt, nys Servia would join Russia in the event Anglo-Russian war. A spe&al of tl» date states that Gen- IfctffcoWts ±mij i,,,,*»een arrested for high treason, and other ar- " a .tests were deemed probable. ^ i A TURKISH force, estimated at 10,000, >mx: .^has stormed the insurgent position on Mount ^' " ^elfon and captured Maerimiiza. Losses on ..*f^F?1tothsidesheaty. ' ' "*"r* ' '«*?. #«'«« IK the British Parliament, «» the 8d, -iff*.I <|hc Speaker of the House ocf Commons read • , -4, t|pccr.h froKJ the throne anucaacing that Xl«f " • ^fiajesfy was about to call out the reserves. 'J" 4t"he discussion of the message was postponed 1 it.» - for one week. The Lord Chancellor read tW '•'ii Message bo the House of Lords. • ifi THE British Premier has sent fa.; cir- • p'#n l®ular to the Powers explaining the position of the Government regarding the -ppafeat com V.-Jition of affairs,- . . ., • ( A VIENNA dispatch of the 1st says the price of Austrian neutrality, if not co­ operation with Russia, was the alteration of "3 ' 'Hie boundaries of Bulgaria and Austrian mlll- " tary and commercial supremacy in Servia, »^outenegro, Bosnia, .Herzegovina and Al- .^^la. THE Russians ^fortifyingthelin«s c*#f Chatalja, and erecting forte at all strategic ">oint8. It is stated that the fraternization o* nr. '»|he Turkish and Russian soldiers Is complete *: Ir •The latter are said to go about the streets of ; - Constantinople, in uniform, without provok* - log remark or animosity. . AN Athens dispatch of the 1st says . } that Mr. Ogle, the London Time* corn* " " Ipondent at Maerimitza,had been assassinated - f "%j the Turks. *' A CONSTAHTINOPLIE special of the Sd the Russians had commenced a fresh «'itaovement toward Gallipoli and wye erecting * > -t fortifications everywhere. Tie troops north * «f the Balkans had been ordered tp take poei- ** lion nearer the Danube. M. TCHURNITCH, a former President of the Servian Ministerial Council, has been " * found guilty of treason for participation in the *: • military revolt of last December, and sen- tenoedtobe shot. THE Earl of Leitrim, his clerk and - • driver, were all shot dead, on the morning at . the 2d, near his lodge, in County Deny, Ire­ land. Eighty-nine of his tenants were under '• * notice to quit. THE Admiral commanding the Uni­ ted States squadron in Greek waters has or- - - -tiered a man-of-war from Smyrna to proceed to ^ a, t tVolo, near which place, according to last ac- ttwil' *ount8» massacres and pillaging by the Turks continued. mrtitf M_ OFFICIAL returns, published on the Id, shows that the Russians had 53,OOQ sick in ^ ' #fj1feurope alone. THE trustees of the champion belt ' ' * fcave decided that O'Leary is entitled to take « ilt to America, and anybody challenging him i,-» ®»usfcjjo to that country, nnlMMt O'Leary con­ sents to compete in England. < AT St. Petersburg, on the 4th* Lord ifalisbury'® circular was regarded as proof that lie Congress would not have proved a success "'V* it had met. THE British House of Commons, on '*fhe 4th, passed a resolution favoring an fn- ' - areas e of the tobacco and income tax--meas- j, .: :®res made necessary by, the impending trou- t , tiles with Russia. * PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF has stated '*"f0iat Russia would take Bessarabia from Rou- * d, iiania by force, if she could not obtain it oth­ erwise. Notwithstanding these threats, Rou- . mania persists in her refusal to yield. ..j CEXTINJE advices of the 4th say that Russiahad requested Montenegro to prepare , tor a renewal of hostilities, and that Prince Kfldta was taking measures accordingly. A LARGE number of persons have J been arrested in Ireland for complicity in the •assassination of the late £aii of Leitrim. i - « I , * ^ R OME special of the 4th says Russia had offered to gend an Ambassador to the Vatican at once, on the Pope's acccptfog the T:r;!#i«seQt«on(!|it!onof the Church in tJie Russian , ** Empire, ' DISPATCHES of the 5th represent the t feeling in London as hopeful of peace, while 'the unanimous sentiment at St Petersburg Hiras fi&id to be that war with EAgtand was only a question of tinie. The Czar was engaged'in Strengthening his military positions and in-, greasing the number and adding to the effi-* ciency of his troops, in anticipation of a speedy trial of conclusions with Great Britain. • : on sail. " BOTH branches of the Maryland Legislature have passed a resolution instruct­ ing the Attorncj^Gei*** <* »*t toln-, stitute proceedings in the United gu. preme Court for reojening the mdan-Hayea Presidential cont^ofer^i by % Cite, ujusunent made by the Electoral Commie- A UOQ u a k D«nnK1tA«M « e SP^IiCTnh« ^ J!OtlB6. 1116 f "iuest ron to tl >J motion eration <it DemdH against resoldtl the rqi( al Com number of prt 8th. A CALL h«s b«en issued lot meeting- <*®e Mlssowri Natloml 8tat« Convention for the yi ^..Suimi ^paioM. ami «o pro­ vide for Congressional nomlnatione. IT «M£ baen recently reported that at on the Bio Osiodti the Ifexican authorities had, on requisition, returned a herd'df stolen cattle to their Texas owners, and had titkeu measures to punish the thieves. TKK State COnrention of the National party ia Petmsylvaaia'is to be Imkl ait Pblla- on tho bib of .(lay. \• ....! ( ON. tbe 3d, the Massachnsetfa House of IJej>rjpsentatiYe» paesed An amejftdment to the Liquor law* jrequiripg ttm use of the Mof- fett bell-punch, and limiting the number'Of licenses to be granted in any city or town t» one for each 1,000 inhabitants. 1 •' 1' ,, Afthe J ate election hi Rhode Island^ the < Republican candidates for State offices: were elected by about. 8*000 plurality, T^e Greenback vote wa$ about 600. .Legislature largely Republican. ' * ^ DITRING March there were eighty- five^failures in New Ybrk City, with agg*e- £ate liabilities of f7,177,896, and assets amounting to ' ! ATT'Y-GEN. GWINN, <4 Maryland, ac­ cording to a Washington dispatch of the 4th, declares the Blair resolutions wholly inopera­ tive, and says he does not thinly a contingency will arise when his services will be required. AT Pawnticket, R. I., on the night of the 5th, during the performance of a variety troupe, Mile. Volante, a trapeze performer, held an apple on her head which was to be shot by Mrs. Jeanie Fowler, known on the stage as Franklin. The shooter stood with her back to the mark taking aim by reflection in a mir­ ror. The rifle was discharged and Mile. Volante Ml dead on the stage, shot through the forehead. Mrs. Franklin was arrested. NEAR Slatington, Pa., a few morn­ ings ago, an oil train ran into a freight train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, demolishipg the engine of the oil train and setting fire to several oil cars. One man was instantly killed, fifteen #ere seriously, and perhaps fa­ tally, burned, and about twenty-five other per­ sons were slightly injured. ' , < TXE New England ACethodist Confer­ ence, at its recent session at Westfield, Mass., voted not to hereafter, admit ministers who use tobacco. THE Committee of the National House of Representatives on the Revision of the. Laws Regulating the Counting of Electoral Votes for President have agreed to the proposition for the election of President and Vice-President ty a <}iff<3 vote of the people. : c TUB NSW WOBUk *15* to the close of March, 1,000,000 silver dollars of the new coin bad been struck off. Arrangements had been completed by which the Philadelphia Mint would turn out §1,760,000 daring ApriL , SHERRY and ConnoLLyv the young |MB convicted in Chicago of the murder of A peaceable citizen named McConville, who Sought to protect his niece from insults of­ fered by them on the streets of that city, havs been denied a new trial, sad are under sen- *.teiiee to be hung on the 21st of June. THE public-debt statement for March shows a total of debt and Interest of $2,214,- 047,973; cash in Treasury, $174,324,459; debt less cash in Treasury, 12,039,723,514; decrease "dmine; March, $2,313,614; decrease since June 80,1877, $20,434,708. ! ON the 1st, the House Committee oa ankiiig an<l Currency had a long conference ' T • 8herm*»- The latter reasserted the , ^teaiid arguments presented by him a few A® Benate Fiaance Committee, fa respect to the statement recently made lie wouid not be able to re- L daUi fl3£ed by law be­ cause the bankers would form a pool and buy up all the gold, Mr. Sherman saidTwoutf SvrCoo()eomr5 th^m 10 d0 tbis; he would have $40,000,000 In silver ready to issue ia case any combination by bankers should be »tr tempted, «^ when they had exhausted thi*, he did not thmk the? would be In a condiUon > to cause him anxietv. JOSEPH FOULKS & SONS, shipping a and commission merchants, of New York City! and Booth & Edgar, sugar refluers, of the •nftu aame place, failed on the 1st. The liabilities of the former are stated to be $450,000, and of • # the latter from $500,000 to $730,000. THE Louisiana State Supreme Court* urnfcd tb the imaMois «TIITH HEWS.» Chile, S!atl< CONGBESRIOllALi Sek^te.--On the 1st, a bill was in­ troduced and referred to levy a tax on liquors in the District of Columbia by the introduc­ tion of the Moffett bell-punch... .Bills were passed--appropriating $15,000 for filling up the low grounds south of the Capitol; to reg­ ulate the advertising of mail lettings, and for ' other purposes... .The Pacific Railroad Fund­ ing bill, was further debated. ; House.--Among the bills introduced were the following: Directing the Secretary of the Treasury, when the amount of coin and bullion In the Treasury shall exceed $100,000,- 000, to redeem the present outstanding legal- tender notes, when presented in sums of $1,000 and upward, with coin of full standard value; to regulate contracts for carrying the mails; to prevent a reduction of the National currency by fraudulently withdrawing legal- tender notes from circulation; to provide for a more efficient Civil Service in the United States--An evening session was held for de­ bate only. SUNITEI--A resolution was adopted, on the 8d, to transfer to the State Department for safe keeping the reccn-ds of the Commission on the Electoral count... .The Railroad fund* ing bill was further debated. HOUSE.--A joint resolution was passed authorizing th$ Commission having in charge the Washington Monument to apply €30,(W0 fio giving greater stability to the foun- d£tion*...Mn'HarrisonrspMned the major- •vacant. •' '• »' , ,, " • SsHAtB.^Bills were reported, on the 3d--ki relation to ths enlistment of col­ ored men in the army; the Naval Approprijb- i vion bill, with amendments A Conference, Committee was appointed on the bill for tem porarv clerks in & Treasury Department.. The Railroad jFun41»g bill iraa fuitber de­ bated. HOUSE.--A resolution was adopted admitting one representative of each public journal, which employs a permanent corre- spondeut for repotting the procaeedlngs of Congress, to the halls and passage-ways around the House... .The River and Harbor Appro­ priation bill was reported from the Committee on Appropriations, ordered printed and re­ committed....The case of Doorkeeper Polk was further considered Sen AT*.--A resolution was agreed to, oa tie 4th, providing for a select committee of seven to consider the propriety of taking the Tenth Census It was ordered that 35,000 copies of the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture .on forestry be printed The Pacific Railroad Funding bill was further con­ sidered. ^ Hqu«e.t-~A bill was introduced pro­ viding for the issue of twenty-five and fifty cents in fractional currency, and that any per son paying into the Treasury legal-tender notes or coin shall receive such amount of fractional currency as he may desire..The of Doorkeeper Polk was then taken up, a resolution was adopted--139 to 80--de­ claring th$ position of Doorkeeper of the House vacant. It was then resolved--li>2 to 115--that, until the appointment of a new Doorkeeper, the duties of that office should devolve on the Sergeant-at-Arms, SENATE.--On the 5th, the, Naval Ap­ propriation bill Was passed as it came from the Committee on Naval Affairs....During the further consideration of the Pacific Rail­ road Funding bill, Mr. Thurtnan said he would ask the Senate to eoine to a vote on the bill before adjournment, but a motion to ad­ journ to the 8th was finally carried--33 to 31 HOUSE.--Mr. Butler (Mass,) put in nomination, for the position of Doorkeeper, Gen. James Shields', of Missouri (Democrat), presenting him as a Union'maimed soldier. A long and. exciting debate ensued on a point of order, participated in principally by I Messrs. i>ut.er .and Cox. (N. Y.), the Dem- t^miwayyu'uiBmu, u*iLYiauwMiii,ttg brakeinan, fe|| ana «ust*ii^d fatal injuries. THE larflrc dwelling-house of .Fountain Tur­ ner, six miles east of Charleston, Coles Coun­ ty, WR? bferjjcd OB .the evening of the S toss, $8.5t». '• • • ' I AT MrT.ftAniflifTr^'BN'TTIE WGHTET the B3th, a man named'Rogers wss locked n)> in the 6l£f- aboose for drunkenness., The building Is Isolated, and'at % late hour someln>w got on fire, and Rogers was burned to death before the Are was discovered. Only the limbs and the lower part'of the trunk were recovered froth the*uins . , . j , ; , ' THIS ninth FMNTJAL INJSIWAN,CE, IMPORT of the Auditor has been' laid before the Governor. The number of fire, marine afid inlkrtd insur­ ance companies authorised to do business in this State iff 18!, classttted as follows: Eight joint-stock companies of Illinois, two mutual companies of Illinois, 140 joint-stock com­ panies of other States, eight mutual com­ panies of other States, and seventeen foreign companies. The number of district, county and township* companies organized under the laws of this State and doing business is llO. In the State for the year 1S77 the risks written by all companies, including those or­ ganized under the Insurable law of this State, amount to $474,531,341 .€9. The! total amount of premiums on insured property in the State during the year .was $4,908,295.10, and the losses paid on property were only $1,939,840.78 --showing an excess of $S,978,453.43 on pre­ miums over losses. This represents the amount the people last yelr acM&Hy paid for insuf- *nce- • .. -• AT Waukegan, on the 30th u^t., Peter David­ son, indicted some time ago for the murder of, M^. Robertson, a Wtealthy resident of Lake Zu? rich, ill Lake County, was found guilty and sentenced to fourteen years in the Penitentiary. LiquTNixo played a strange freak, the other night, at Charleston, Coles County, by enter­ ing the barn of Judge Fauster, killing his cow and melting the chain by Which she was tied,, but doing no Other damage. THE following is a statementaf receipts AND disbursements at the State Tfieafqry for thle month of March,! 1878: f , . RECEIPTS. " Uevenue fund.. • • . . I i . /I .jbi. »..'« a . .$|]S.D^1 50 School fund .17,971 54 Military fund I...v;v...V.WS.!' 484 96 Min >r heirs'fund.!. 40 H Localhohdfund :...... TT....' 24.183 89 • • ( '* <» '• .; f • «< Total • f..j• -.#75,712 « DtSBTJBSEiaEIrtS. Revenue fnnd--....$66,082 8S Hehool fund 35 84 Minor heirs'1 fnnd.'............ 61 04 I«Knlbpndfund...4..;tv.r^»K-Kf-"" *' 191 35 Totifi... .$68,361 M AT Charleston, the other night, Mrs. Cyn­ thia McGrath, widow, 6ixty-five years old;' committed suicide by severing the main artery in her arm with scissors. Recently she had suffered much from infirmity of age. On the night in question she rested easier, and her son, Dr. McGrath, whom ^he had often asked for something to end her life, in watching, fell asleep, and awoke to find that she had de- strorcd her own life. WnnjAit CLARK Poofc, for forty-nftie years a resident of Cincinnati, for twenty-five years a prominent business man there, identified with the tobacco interests, and for the past two years of his life a citizen of Chicago, killed himself in hl6 elegant home there, at 3:80 o'clock on the morning of the 3d, at No. 396 West Washington street. Mr. Poor bad , everything he Wanted, so far as the world could discaro, except"* cheerful mind and a wife in good health., y'< > THE following PostofRce changes occurred in Illinois during the week ending March 30, 1878: Discontinued--Colfax, Warren County. Postmasters Appointed--Buena Vista, Ste­ phenson County, W«. H. Hoff, Sr.; Cornell, Livingstpn County, J awes Bradley; Eltham, Jackson County, Lloyd W. liSbftjaon; Green Valley, Tazewell County, Alvan S. Helmbold; Kumler, McLean County, Caleb D. Relleville; Rockvale, Ogle County, Robert M. Howard. • VatEKTrsE BETZ, an old resident of Cen- tralia, wafe found dead in his cellar, on the morning of the 1st. .I^ dicd of apoplexy*. , , A VERtrxBijEjpaae of hydrophobia occurred In Chicago, off the 3d. It seems that Willie P. Hcaley, sevch yiaxa of age, was bitten on the left arm by ft dog, not then thought to btf ni&d, on tbti lfilL of Dcceutber. But liCUe hu-, lice vvas taken of tiieu^atter until the morning of the 31st ult., when the little fellow was taken sick, the wound showing a vivid reddish color about the healed edges. As the case progressed, the regular symptoms of hydropho­ bia were exhibited; At 2:25; on the tnorning of the 3d, the little fellow died in the greatest agony. AT Petersburg, on the 3d, Henry,Johnson, about fifty-five years old, while unloading • wagon load of fodder, complained' of feeling sick. A wood-ehojypcrwho was working near by helped him oil the load, and laid him down. After remaining on- the ground4 short time, saying he felt better, he got up and sat down until the wagon was unloaded, and was then helped on the wagon and started after a load of wood, but only proceeded a short dis­ tance when he was seen to fall backward In the wagon and died hi a few minutes. FBITZ NEWMAN, a cigar-maker, committed suicide at Lincoln, on the night of the 2d, by shooting himself through the head. He bought a pint of whisky and a single-barreled pistol, entered one of the public parks, sat down by a tree, and there committed the act. The pint bottle was found near him empty. ONE McNamee, an employe at, the Southern Insane Asylum, a few days ago, when leaving the institution, assaulted Dr.' Barnes, the Superintendent, and shot once at him. Capt. Pulton, the engineer, who was standing by, interfered and saved the doctor's life., The reason, by rumor, of this assault, is jealousy. McNamee was about town for a day or'two aad Was not arrested for the assaulC - THB annual State Turnfest will occur |n Bloomington, commencing Aug. 14. Turner Societies from fdl parts of the State w|ll he in attendance. REV. Db. BCKGESS, of Springfield, Mass., has formally announced his acceptance of the* Bishopric of the Qulncy Diocese. A KEBOSENE-LAMP explosion in the clothing house of Clement & Sayer, on Milwaukee av­ enue, in Chicago, on the evening of the 8d» caused the destruction of $0,000 worth of clothing. - --When a young man wants to make his appearance into society with eclat, he wants to come out in eclat hammer co at.--Burlington Hawk-Eye. of the to Bayard A NEW YORK Chicago as folio •The Taylor feeling bjr^reaes w D&njfdeWgiv< hlfh on tsfinMrof his departure to till the mission at Berlin. On the 16th William Cullen Bryant is the President, gayo h|mfa SrfeakfaS#; ^ AM^hfch ? inter­ esting kdmfefestes #ere treRvei%d byfc. •Bfymt, Ttyiui, euugp ir, tury Club is ft social C!*ib» oomposod of rojiirtiaentauves pi the refine­ ments of culture and ^t of our city, Mr. Bayard. Taylor, is the fourth one of the members of the Club'appointed to foreign vnidshOUh within the! last few ye»rs-- BigelovT, Jay and Bancroft being the othera--saying nothing fabout another member, WilUam M. Kvarts, the maker of Amba^adors. It is some evidence of the kind of m«n wh« eotti- ppse the membership of the Club that, at the eleotjotvof 187®, a candidate for the Presidency of the United States, candidate for th^ , Governorship and Lieutenant-Governorship <d New York, and for the Mayoralty of this city, were taken from its body. It would al­ most seeifti as if, wheA a fim-clasi, ticket Is to be formed, the politicians' select their candidates from among the class who are members of the Century. And yet, at the Club, partisan politics afe entirely ignored, and its officers, as a matter of taste, eschew all publicity that partakes of the sensational; con­ sequently none of these, speeches have been made, .public by the Society. I had the good fortune to be a guest at the banquet, through which means I am now enabled to furnish your readefB with the address of Mr." Bryant, to­ gether with Mr. Taylor's response. I do this without reference, to the objects of the banquet, or to violate the pri­ vacy of the Club, but for the purpose of showing how well preserved ate the mental powers of 'a man now in his eighty-fourth • year, whom Motley tormed •' the venerable and most be­ loved poet of our country.", Although it has been said that suqh minds never, grow old, it is more than probable that Mr. Bryants perfect health, activity and intellectual vigor are the result of the abstemious life he has led, and of the natural serenity of his mind. He sympathizes deeply, as he did of old, in all of the moral and public enter­ prises of the day, and is almost daily called upon to preside at and address public meetings upon any and all sub­ jects having for their object the moral and social advancement of the people* His graceful address, which I now give, shows no signs of age. It was de­ livered with all the enthusiasm,, as may inferred, of his college days, as t^e closing point would indicator • Q^N+LIMEN^ SwHriSTifelwiTrto casi: eveiii the smallest shadow over the festivities of this occa­ sion. We ate here to do honor to our fellow- member, Mr. Bayard Taylor, whose voice yon all desire to hear, and 1 fiad myself obliged to en­ treat. of him that he'will use it In the wav of ex­ plaining a little matter in which he is concerned. 1 have not much doubt that he will he gl;ui of the opportunity. " • ' Gentlemen, this Ceatory Club is the foster- mother of us all. We have, in a manner, been nourished »t her breasts,'and owe her our con­ stant love. We must stand by her whenever her rights are 'brought in question. We must see that she is deprived of nothing which adds to her re­ spectability, even in appearance. We must not let anybody pick the good lady's pockets, or slip off her necklace or bracelets, or wrench the jewels from her eare. And what, my brethren, are her jewels? They are like those of the mother of the Gracchi-- her sons are her jewels. One of the - most brilliant and eminent of these ia the gentle- • ment who sits at my right hand, and he is about to steal himself from her. He who has delighted the world with the charming narratives of his journeys in the remotest part of the globe; whose graceful poems have bewitched our maidens, and who has transplanted into our language the great­ est poem of the greatest poet of Germany, ren­ dering it with a fidelity, strength and grace which Goethe himself might wonder at--he is about to desert that kind and indulgent mother under whose roof he has passed so many pleasant social honra with his brethren, and smoked so many bundles of cigars without hearing a murmur 01 admonition. He leaves her, prond as she is o£ him and his writings, after having so long nestled in her affectionate lap, and wanders on to a dis­ tant country to be an Ambassador. I know it may be said that our guest is but one of the many, and that one diamond more or lem in the cluster which crowns the brow of the Cen­ tury may not affect essentially her prosperity. Let tais be granted; the principle of the thing is to be considered,, If one of her children may de­ sert her in this manner, another and another may, until all are gone--dispersing to Europe, to the East, to Texas, to California, and thus the •Century, she.best Club in tks world, will perish a? the parricidal act or her children. Her fata will b© of the old people o£ some parts of India whose families, when their parents have become helpless with age, convey them to the brink of the CJanges and leave them there to either die of hunger or be swept away fey the first flood that swells the oarresj 6 of the sacred river. Such is the state of things--the situation in modern phrase which I would giv© our gtidtt the opportunity of explaining. What fcishe to say to it ? And while he is meditating what answer to make I propose that we drink his haaljthj with tnree cheers and a tiger. SUYABD TA¥W>K'B BESFOHSE. Ma. BBXANT, AN© PKBTHBBM or TKK Qnramv: I am sure you will all uiiaerstahd my feelings, and sympathise with ne 011 this occasion, when I am coinpelled to appear as at least half a gne»t where I have s® often been one of many hosts, it is a great deal .easier fior me io-tmite- in doing honor to some one else than to receive honor my- self -proljably because 1 have had so much more experience of the one than of the other. It could not have been wholly easy- for the Disciples of the Great Master to be served by Him; and it embarrasses me, a disciple of Kong, to receive BeneroaB service f nun a nuwter of song. It seems to reverse the order of Nature. I could not wish any change in our relative positions, or in my H8socifttiong_ with all of you--except that they should continue to ijrow more trustful, intimate arid happy. There w, really, 110 change: but the circumstance of my receiving this welcome, tlmmuh what may be called an accident of my life, geems to place me temjporaiily ia a new re­ lation toward you. I want you to make your kindness complete by helping me to remember, so that I may bear the remembrance away with me, that we should have been just the same good friends if 1 had received -no diplomatic appoint­ ment, It will not be easy for me to lose the habit ofonr familiar intercourse. I shall often, in that double consciousness which comes from the strong yearning of the heart, pass as an un­ seen ghost among you, take an empty chair in my favorite corner, give you unfelt taps on ths shoulders, and call for refreshment--which the waiter will not bring. I thank you, each and all. for this evidence that I shall also not be for­ gotten by you. If 1 were to try to say more, I should «>erhaps not be able to sav anything; but we need, 1 think, no explanations. If you can­ not guess all that I feel, from these imperfect words, take my hand, and there is no truth in blr ^ x ....... . m zones to an extent of excess of the profit of jjtrippedfrom " f^Thfc sudden,ness of ..'•.tlire anijl d ftom col d dry to well h to an"" of tem- tto cold et to dry iulted in igetable ly^eaxif aoe8^t>bear to you a me«sage from E«rest Heresies. The following paper on "Forests" Was read by Geo. May Powell, Chairman of the Forest Committee: One of the most plausible forest here­ sies is that land is more needed for agriculture than for timber growing. : In previous papers we have shown that deforestation has been the chief cause of climatic irregularities, which, in some longitudes and latitudes, had narrowed the fruit and winter wheat ife. This in turn has added fa$ the loss side of the balance sheet in stock-rais­ ing, to say nothing of incalculable human life And hygienic conditions in­ volved. The effect, however, of pluvial conditions can be shown to be morl tangible still. In so regulating rainfale TFTW litre uiMitg -mm ILM-IEUJ UUIJUII luog aod<4nnk yjawen^^s a point of well-nigh incalculable importance. The wonders of agricultural yield undei* well-regulated irrigation illustrates this. If plants can have watef fvrhen they want it, and as they want it, the result, as is well known, is almost fab­ ulous, when compared, with reversed conditions. An eminent ' £ur*pean scientist is reported to maintain that 7,000 pounds of water are required to develop a pound of barley. This pro­ portion would bear reducing te^ times ! And still be the prime factor in the problem of the relation of water to proiit in plant life. The beauty and vigor of plants in the hand of a skillful florist who waters them every day,- compared to plants in the same condi­ tion in all other respects, except that the latter are* drenched once; an week, anft dried the resf: t>ff the ttferef is an­ other illustration. Frequent showers are needed by plants hafcfly more as supply of fluid than as supply of' solid. Much of plant food is only edible to the plants as it is held in solution. The plants eat and drink at the same time, and bv the same processes of vegetable physiology. Therefore, their feeding it Interrupted or prevented by irregu­ larities of Nature"^ fluid, supplies. The : <3orn .field ;ref^e^bed by a; shower once or twice a week, instead of receiving the. same amount of water in torrents six weeks apart, will, other things being «qnal, yield fall 6(>per cent, more- in the former than in the latter case. Forests in proper proportions and posi­ tions will accomplish this needed regu­ lation of rainfall. The aggregate aver­ age annua) agricultural yield of large sections of our ^rain, cotton and fruit­ growing j areas would tlaoagh * boreal regulations of rainfall be doubled by multiplying their wooded surfaces bjr two, and dividing the cultivated sur­ faces by the same divisor* This not by increasing but simply by distribution of rainfall. Short crops from drought one year, and rotted ones from excess­ ive rains another, would thus be modi­ fied so as to give these comparative re­ sults. Some estimate that a quarter of a country the breadth of ours between oceans should be wooded to properly conserve these interests. We think that careful study of the facte on de<- serted farms, not alone in the South, but in Hew England and in the Missis­ sippi Basin even, will show that three? fourths of our fatherland better be draped in the emerald robes of the For­ est Queen. The total yield of golden grain, of fruits and grasses, and with them of heads of cattle and. sheep, would thus in many regions be more thaijr ̂ u^tjjqipled.-- N. Y. WorhL v^ , m * M ' Artistic Deafness. - j ,.t! ONS «F the finest, and, perhaps, one of the least understood, qf sooi&l arts is, the art of not hearing. The many' know nothing of it; the few comprehend it, master it and practice it at once deftly and gracefully. Men seldom at­ tempt it, and when they do they are apt to blunder in its execution. They learn its theory: they perceive its advantage; they try hard to manage it, and are commonly foiled even after they have grown most confident of success. This artistic deafness naturally falls within the province of * woman, and its complete and arduous responsibilities are never quite discharged except by her. Her instinct, delicacy, tact ana quickness fitr her for evading, or, rather, for ignoring, any question or re­ mark not "welcome to her, and for- bringing to repentance and regret the person who has been indiscreet enough to offer it. She cannot carry off her simulation easily and becomingly, un­ less she Is distinctly flhe, liafe hid long training in society, fnd owns the power *>f fmtieipatjjiQ$ to an ^extraordinary de­ gree. ' Although so few become adepts in this social art, it is worth everybody's while to undertake it and experiment upon it, for they will improve by prac­ tice and, bv dilligent attention and fon- tinuous study will finally acquit them­ selves without discredit. It saves a deal of friction; it mildly though effectually rebukes all impertinence; it represses scandal; it discourages egotism; it in­ culcates modesty; it stimulates and, strengthens good-breeding; it is a mod­ ifier and a sweetener ef society., Inhere th^re is any number of persons who seem incapable of hearing the unpleas­ ant and undesirable, one may be sura that in their circle unusual gentleness of manners ant| refinement of behavior may reasonably be looked for. They are guardians of the proprieties ana creators of the bienseances which lie at the foundation and constitute s large a portion of all social elegance, what can give a better or higher idea of a strictly fine man or woman than the consciousness that he or (he $y»c;pr«- sents to the ungrateful and indecorous the ear of a statueP To stifle incivility or inappropriate- ness by nicely chosen words, to sting an indelicacy to death by a sarcasm, to reprove by a glance, to deter by a gesture, is well, and involves and de­ mands a peculiar talent. But each and all of those are cumbersome and awkward compared with the lack of necessity of noticing their existence. Hot to hear paralyzes rugged energy and abashes extreme boldness, espe­ cially when the not hearing is trans­ parently an appearance, but at the same time an appearance which must be accepted as a reality. No man is prool against this dissembled deafness. It is worse than the bitterest sarcasm, than the sharpest rebuke; it blights and withers when its feigning is fault­ less. It is a sort of triumph of mind over matter, of art over Nature, of so­ ciety over humanity, of discipline over instinct, of tact of over passion--of in­ dividuality, in a word, over race. To doit perfectly, much as H may havdt been done, is always note or less'of m an inspi rat^n, i t go done iff; sume noS^hear. He^who h^^ai^ the wrong thing, wittingly or Imwit* tingly, can generally see 'that he haf». . touched the quick, however skillfully »l his touch may have been parried. H(>r--L who has intended off^pse dwdteUrminedf^ p to wound perceiVeS in most cases -mriiu umfauimniw hi mm de­ spite silence studie+ffeflMB to re- so th ,• „ the slightest amlitional fleam iff her eye, the ttitfcn&iiSrfcJ" fresh w?S °she1 w^ee^o/lnJtinS^^nd ingenuity, that "fibers'^ is communi­ cation between her ear and her bram- itg* a / profatod* iHtfl, not even those scB-nt symptoms l^tokGn* » ®d. The words sne has heard seem to xall .as uuheeued as it th#y had never. .been uttered; sometimes they to rebound and^fltrike the speak?*, tord and quick, like a rebuff of hi^ dulieesB or temerity. They are verywuoly fK»tedi -be, their falling dead, their toi <yake the ghost of an echo, renders the air that ha» eld them ghastly, and their further re­ newal jocularly grim. The woman who has heard and showeduo sign of Healing seldom hears again ' what she hVs »<j> adroitly and reticently repelled. The- sensitive but outwardly-inattenti^eiear looks too formidable, too mysterious, to be assailed afresh, and thus imperti­ nence sinks into conventionality and apology Unexpressed. There *1 no such rebuke as that fcWked in silence, which is opnyeyed only by implication. , . (f 4 The art of not hearing is fearJcl by- bores and malaperts, by coxcoq^ and ninnies. They scarcely know what they fear, but they know whom thev fear, md temperamentally avoid |the chill which the non-hearexs strike into- their ill-conditioned souls. The art is a- wonderful protection, a grand undoer of incongruous and insolent schemls, a- lesson not soon forgotten to those #who need lessons, even m the best society. They who Jdave never tried it qaja form no adequate conception of , how &uch they can save themselves in mind force and nerve waste by refusing to hear what they do not want to hear. Slav­ ing once essayed the role wjth ^raesf, purpose, they will soon find themselves m a new and genial atmosphere, full of s y m p a t h y a n d o x y g e n . p a - ZOLT. Exeeution by the (taillttin A friend once described to M wjfexe- cution which he witnessed in* raris, outside the walls of the City Prison, and in the public street. It took place in the gray of dawn, and at the praise hour indicated in the sentence. A squad of soldiers filed out of the gates, and in a twinkling put together the ma­ chinery of the guillotine, some of tiiem sprinkling sawdust on the paij^nent while it was being put up. Before this was fairly finished the gate swung open, and the criminal and executioner, and the spiritual adviser marched, ,9ut. Whatever religious exercises werst es­ sential had been attended to within the prison. The criminal, with his hands bound behind him and & cap drawn over his'head, was led. 'fartli, anJN his body bent forward over the cairisge,, which, as he pressed it, shot forward on noiseless \yheels, and the knife fell with a glitter of its keen, polished edg^;,the head dropped into the basket awaiting it, the body was placed in a coffin, the |na- chinery taken down, the saw-dust swept up, and the whole scene was over. Within ten minutes, by the watch of the witness, every trace of the execu­ tion was over. The soldiers, the priest, the executioner had disapjj)earM,"find there was not even a drop of blood upon the pavemei^ to indic^e tfkat a tragedfpliftfi l>eiit thareeraakltel^^TKtro Bulletin. '• .1 -~i | • ---The gossips of the Baptist'Q&ftrch in the little Village of Ham uton Sq«Are s N. Y , .are loaded to the mwrale ijiih scandal. The other Sunday, while'the , pastor, the Rev., W; W. was , preaching an earnest diseotirsfe, a' fijar- ried lady arose excitedly in a pew in front of him, and shouted, 44 You'fe a liar! Better practice what you preach." 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