Show THE various german geographical societies aro are preparing to organize AD expedition lor for the purpose of completing from tho the west toast coast ot of arden tho the discoveries commenced by dr livington livingston from the cost cast NIXON ho was suspected of being connected with the derider bender jamil family ly in kinai kansas commit committed teJ suicide on tho the kansas texas railroad last week ile he held bd leen been dogged around liy by detectives for some time and commuted committed the tha set act before the alio eyes cys ifa vf a detective on tho the cars can ile he said aid before tit lie death hint bat the lie dender family admitted to lo him that they had killed and concealed one hundred und ind furty forty moo women and children tur albany Or oregon ogon democrat says yi the measles have taken it a rath frash start in our city and now about halt half tho the students in albany collego are laid up with thit meddlesome contagion what with our albany horses having the tha epizootic tho the youth of the city the maalo mc mca alo and the young ladies of fashion the bustles bustled bust les find and this officio burdened with at least SOO delinquent subscribers are looking decidedly cus hereabouts 11 THE stock maiert on tire the rio grande have not yet received any compensation for their losses through mexican cattle thieves this is i partly oin olinc lr however to the iha tance of their demands dc mandi somo some men sent in claims for and damages dam when ti V would bavo amply compensated thim tho the chums rare acen worked ur up to these thesa high figures by lawyers aho vho is ho are acting its as abenti and who tire are to pet get a contingent fee of fifty percent per cent it ii probable both lawyers and clients have overreached themselves TUB THE brakemen arak emen on the railroads have a way of their own on of yelling out ibo names of or and leome thries they twitt twist a plain name nama into For not readily or misunderstood by passengers the other day as a train on the detroit lane bog road wits was henring nowell II owell the brakemen put his bead into tho car and eluo ow ell almost leaving out the ow an old woman who be had it front seat caught tho the fill fall force of tho the word and she grabbed her satchel exclaiming sakes inkes live alive is taateo that eo laa me off a lew few rodt rods this side THE official postage stamps and stamped eni 1 I elopes fire not to lo lie be aed leforc before july itt when the act abolishing the franking privilege goes into elrett these stamps and envelopes tire are furni bed bod for postal bus business ineis only and they must not bo be sold old or used for correspondence or business buc iness or applied to any purposes what whatever eyer under no must they be sold loaned or given to any officer agent or clerk of any other department of the government Govern nent A violation of anny of prohibitions will bo be hold to constitute pool good ground for removal until further notice stamped slumped envelopes of special design deign will bo be furnished to frat first class offices only other offices will he be supplied ns as now with unstamped envelopes for use with tho the official stamps DAVID J LEE AT D writes to the tha chronicle Chro that the terrible disease leprosy actually caiata is san sail francico and that there is ii a possibility of its spreading and becoming permanent in that city TUB the disease is brought to the coast by the chinese and is u communicated to tho the class that visit the chinese quarters of the city dr lee positively asserts that several lepers coo can be teen seen at almost any time on jack son eon street near the chinese quarters find and on one ona of aba wharves of tho the city iio ho is 11 sure that the disease has hai increased of into years and that tire only remely reme ly known tit nl once be applied the remedy is not against tho the disease dibease itself for that is incur incurable ablo but goes goca to the prevention of its spreading the tha remedy is completo and perfect isolation of those afflicted the lepers know this fact and dread the ibe isolation and hence they conceal themselves and thus aro are enabled to spread the affliction i till THE washington Cb chronicle ronicle alludes to the he hitch in the further supply of postal cards in the ful following lowing item the tha morgan company of springfield massachusetts have not furnished any postal cards to tha department for several everal days post pat the general is determined not to allow the cards to be ba printed on the miserable thin cardboard card board latt last offered to the department As tire the matter now stands a to the public in not securing curing tc more mora postal cards for a haason seems inevitable it is that lint the company cannot furnish more cards at the ibo contract terms term like those originally issued loosing money ind and tho the lost postmaster master Glone janeral jv ml li is only awaiting further evidence before revoking the contract of the company tho the department is iu incensed to think that it las has been debeh ed find and the public disappointed by these contractors the company is ii boing baing given time to comply with the tha terms ot their contract but just now things are nl at a stand dill although ii the company are said to be ba adding additional machinery whereon to manufacture these cardi carda the next lowest bidder tho tha proposals propos ali is jno 1 U rely by ot of new kev york at present ei in sop supplying plying the department with wilh stamped envelopes Tt ve lopes it is not known beaber ha be would accept act the lb manufacture of these cards now |