| Show E eli elt I 1 A L S tiie tile nomination of henry wilson fre called the natick cobbler rs Ps candidate for vlee vice president is having the effect to draw attention to the shoemaking trade A newspaper correspondent recently visited natick mass I 1 to hearp all he could about wilson wili at his hib home the senator benator was absent and he therefore therefore confined himself to a relation of what other people said about him the chief characteristic which he dwells upon ia that mr Wilson when h a young matl man was wab a very hard worker at natick ahoe shoe shoemaking making is the foundation of everything 7 the correspondent gives the names of inen blin of some local prominence who were trained to the business of stitching uppers and pegging soles squire ham who has been clerk of the courts of middlesex one of the most eminent lawyers of the region was in early life a shoemaker col nutt another eminent lawyer and a member of the legislature was also a shoemaker W N mabon another lawyer learned I 1 the same trade T the h e trial justice the bhe ahe sheriff riff and several other notables were also graduates from the shoe makella makers bench shoemakers are the leaders in society there it would take considerable space to enumerate the shoemakers outside of natick and massachusetts who have distinguished themselves we are acquainted quain ted with a gentleman in this city who learned the business of boot clos who now as a phonographic reporter Is ia probably not excelled in the united states BOSTON rr rejoices in the idea that at its jubilee the greatest soprano singer that ever has visited america in the person of madame leutner is heard and that the chances of her glorious voice resounding in any other american city than boston are dib adib disgustingly gu us feeble she is said to be a lady edy of noble presence and handsome face and figur and from her throat when she sings pours forth a volume of melody fuller than pareppa Pare pas pays more true in its training than carlotti pattia patties aid ald almost an entire octave above the range of nilsson she has a most profitable contract at the famous leipzig opera house and thi the only way in which she was coaxed across the ocean was that the jubilee happen happened sd Bd to come just juat a the time of her summer bummer it is id understood that she returns on or about the to euro europe e tue THE english arg are famously fond of animals of the consequent out of door exercise and of races field sports fairs and animal shows horse dog or bird fanci fanciers erit most englishmen are so we are not surprised to hear bear of the third british grand national of sporting and other dois dob on the ath of this month mouth at the crystal palace the entries numbered one thousand and alve aud and comprised comp i als ed bloodhounds deerhounds deer hounds greyhounds grey hounds mas timma af adt bernards newfoundlander found landee iander din tera seffi betters selters irs spaniels sp aniels otter hounds 8 harrl harri harrier barriers ers erb 8 beagles rox fox roxter ox ter dym dim dalmatian bulldogs terriers terri erd ers of all borts borta dandle dandie din monts plies maltese blenheim and king charles spaniels spa sp aniels italian grey hounds and sporting and other uther puppies the judges were for grey hounds lod loid burgan lurgan mr lort and mr walker of halifax england for all sporting classes except harrier harri ers and beagles 7 and for the last three classes mr lort and mr J walker of wrex hal haa ham while the last named gentleman ent leman ieman decided on the merits of te the harriers barriers harri ers and beagles in the non sporting classee classes mr S handley and mr J barrow were the judges but the dandie dandle Din monts w re judged by mr nis Nia bett of edinburgh the weather on the day of opening was cool pleasant and all that could be desired the exhibition n appears to have been baen the beat ever held in london or vicinity champions must have been deen previous winners of three prizes the fox terriers were very numerous the mastiffs ma stiffs pointers end and english setters were an unusually nine zine assortment the toy dogs bugs pugs etc ete were of uncommon dpn merit while the Bedd beddington ington lugton terriers were the best collection ever exhibited hibi ted so that if old england is really in her decline it its is certainly not in the matter matte af dogs albeit all dog fancying england did go to the dogs 0 for one ono day at al sydenham tiie tile senatorial contest in new hampshire has excited considerable in in republican circles cir clr eles elea senator patterson Pat tereon whose term expires on next ath of hii bli and who was defeated in the caucus has the credit of being honest honorable and of eminent e ability he is a scholarly gentlemanly man of whom new hampshire ought to be proud but the party hag hai pronounced its verdict upon him and he be retires from the senate which he be has so ably graced the reasons for his hia defeat are set forth by the washington re republican publican which claims to be the organ of the administration it baya sayd new new now hampshire Hamps hire bire republicanism brooks no wavering and so sensitive is it that it denies to its representatives even independent judgment when the question concerns the administration vitally I 1 know the caucus was misled in this matter and yet I 1 can understand how they might be for there were certainly some strong facts used to show how benator senator patterson stood at washington and that his selection was not specially desired by the president however erroneous and unjust the insinuation it had bad its effect and was the second important cause of his hia defeat this will be another strong reason in the minds of those who object to the doctrine that to differ with gen grant ts is to differ with the republican party why they should vote for greeley they will think that it smacks considerably of imperialism if true for a faithful ceran unexceptionable gentleman to be repudiated at a hint bint from the chief executive that hia hla selection was not specially apeci ally aily desired by him to THE victors belong the spoils rightfully or wrongfully germany is thoroughly satisfied of that her people are having a grand good time just now over the division and diffusion of the spoils wrung in the shape of indemnity from tiie tile french and how are the germans dividing the spoilt liel ilki according to a bill for the allotment of the french war indemnity recently submitted to the imperial Cli oil chamber amber of deputies at berlin after deducting the return made to eranee eranea on account of the railways in alsace and lorraine the germans have about 1350 millions of thaders th alers two fifths of which have been paid and the french are striving earnestly to hasten the payment of the remaining three fifths neither prussia nor any other of the german states has any public debt of moment so BO most moat of these spoils are devoted to war purposes past present or in view of in the future forty millions have been expended in compensations for losses pensions and charities donatio donations Bs to generals gene geue rals rais increase of rolling rollings stock Katock on the alsace lorraine railways and other othen similar purposes the bill referred to allots funds for the fortification of alsace and lorraine norraine Lorr norr alne aine for defraying gene general ral rai and departmental expenses during the war or fon enlarging the central or educative and inspiring departments of the army staff office engineering schools etc and for dividing the surplus among those states which shared in the conquest thus while france is learning the ea luary lesson of adversity germany is enlarging her experience in the fascinating cina ting yet dangerous field of prosperity but at the same bame time paying shrewd and sedulous attention to the probabilities and possibilities of future concu convulsive I 1 national disturbances in short in time of peace and prosperity preparing more energetically and thoroughly thau ever for war A METHODIST clergyman visited a widow in cincinnati and bestowed caresses and kisses hisses upon her which so excited the ire of her lover that he procured a bright new hatchet and tried it upon the clergy mans head the washington evening star in alluding to the occurrence does not pour the balm of gilead into the wounds of the go speller it bays baye it is strange in view of all the scandal that has haa come upon the tho cloth through such occurrences that clergymen should not be more guarded in their deportment they are flesh and blood like other men and there is no reason why they should permit themselves freedoms that would be considered improper in other men yet it is not an thing to see a minister indulging in little caresses of the females of his hia flock in what he doubtless considers an innocent parental sort of way but a way to which fathers husbands brothers othera br and lovers sometimes seriously object though they do not always enforce that objection with a hatchet as did the young man of cincinnati another thin thing in view of the huston affair and similar scandals ministers should under no circumstances allow themselves to hold private interviews with women or girls SOME people are never happy un unless less they are miserable and others are chronically in favor or of having their feelings harrowed up ever and anon it is better than medicine and almost as g good as daily bread to them nationally the frenchman is given to bloody revolutions the irishman to very pretty rows landlord shooting and ugly rebellions bel lions the scotchman to dry stringy discussions brother jonathan to c constantly on recurring sensations and johnny p bull buli 0 o periodical invasion se scares ares the saturday review in a recent article thus imposes upon the latter old gent lemans feelings the occasion being a review of the lecture of vernon harcourt of the london times at the united service lna ins ltd itu tion on the possibilities of an irv lav invasion aslon ablon of gre great a t britain As far as we can judge the germans or french could conid with proper pre pro caration pa ration transport loo fighting men to our shores for the maln main attack employing half hait that number on a demonstration to be converted if expedient into a reality let us however have these numbers and suppose men employed on the main and on the false attach attack could we without long previous notice botlee of a contemplated invasion promptly concentrate on any one spot a force equal in numbers and enni effI efficiency clency cleney this is the real question of which a solution must be sought bought to us it appears perfectly fe feasible wible with good management to land men op ap our shore and w we see nothing extravagant trava gant in the supposition that such a force might seize and retain for some days at least possession of a large and rich tract of country we might ultimately annihilate the enemy but when once ho he had bad eluded our fleet we could not arrest airest his disembarkation have englishmen realized to themselves what the consequences of such an event would be uhland at and guildford brighton S boreham shoreham hore Shore bam ham lewes and newhaven paying heavy ransoms every house in those placie places billel title I 1 with hostile soldiers farmers stock ruthlessly swept up by the flying columns gentl emend emens man mau mansions pierced with loopholes the trees in their parka felled for the mayors and chief inhabitants of the towns carried off as hostages fortunate if they were not shot as a reward of patriotism cities and villages given to the flames because the local volunteers had fired a few distant shots at a cavalry patrol trade commerce and public business at a standstill the funds down to 40 or less husbands hub hue bands banda fathers brothers sons torn from their homes to serve lu iu the auxiliary iary forces their carts carriages carri agea and horses everywhere pre pressed aed into the service of ef the contending armit s thousands of englishmen lying dead dying or wounded and the land full fuli of weeping women all this would be the in evitable consequence not of a successful invasion but of the mere temporary occupation of a small portion of our island do we like the prospect are we prepared to run the risk if not let us make while we have time such preparations as aa shall render an invasion BO 80 utterly and glaringly hopeless an affair that it shall not enter into the minds of our neighbors even to think of it |
