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V VOLUME L i.VV Til 13 CUIM) ( Al?T1YI30P \VY j ' OMING. [CopyrlnliU'd, ISS-i, j>y Kimk A WaKunll* At 8 o'clock on a cool September morning in ISIS 1 left Huston, 1'a., on u stagecoach for the Wyoming Valley, sixty guiles distant. Although there were only three passengers in the conch two women unci a babv I took a scat with the ^ driver, for there were promises of a plea-ant dav dawn and magnificent scenery. Hut when we had ascended to Nazareth, ehilliuo vapors that came up from the river and valleys caused me Jo seek comfort within the coach. We passed through the Wind (jap and breakfasted at the Kosedmmon Tavern. Then I resumed my seat with the driver. At noon we reached the gently undnlatino './ summit to the Pocono Mountains, * and dined at John Smith's two thousand feet above the tide-level. For about twenty miles wo rode over that dreary waste where, here and there, a lof^v pine, a tamarack, I or a less ambitious cedar rose from a oreen sea of shrub oaks. Hero the orav eaole wheeled undisturbed, the n J n ' boar made his lair, and wild deer roamed in abundance. The wind blew cold from the northwest, and 1 w.ms Iimotvv when we reached the brow of the Wilkos-Barre Mountain, a little before sunset, mid began to descend into tlie warmer atmosphere of tho charming Wyoming \ alley that spread out in enchanting bounty far below us. I can never forgot the right royal supper at the Phoenix Hotel, by the side of the beautiful Susquehanna, that appeased a voracious appetite after n. sixty-mile ride in healthful mountain air?vensicn steak and cranberry sauce, warm biscuits and honev! ICftrly the next morning I started on a pilgrimage to place and persons identified with the stirring scenes en0 acted iruthe Wyoming Valley in the! summer of 1778. 1 first visited Mr. Charles Miner, the early historian of tho valley, who, with his blind daughter, blessed with a remarkable memory, heare the fearful and pathetic story from the lips of more than forty intelligent survivors of the work of desolation. 1 then called on the venerable Mrs. Myers, near King* ston, a living witness of the woes of Wyoming, who was then eiglity ?f . *.v?..ll.. l.lJ.wl \ i -11 yuaio ui miii 11 > ijiiiiu, rji.il exceedingly cheerful and kindly communicativo. She was tlio last | sunivor of the inmates of Forty Fort, when it was besieged and cap- j tnred by tlio Tory leader Col. lint-1 ler and his Indian allies. She pos-' sessed the little round table on which 1 - the treaty, at the time of the surren- i dcr, was signed. I found the vener-1 able'woman seated in an easy-chair,peeling apples. She received me with great dignity and kind courtesy, and entertained mo for an hour with reminiscences of her girlhood experience amid the exciting scenes of the Vale of WyomingMrs. Myers nee Bennett was sixt teen years old at the time of the I memorable invasion of the valley,; and was in Forty Fort when it was surrendered. She remembered dv- j ery minute occurrence there with perf~..4 ..I, C"l.? * .^,1 I iui i uiunniuns. rum i miinimui iwu weeks in the valley after the surrender. The Italians kept her face painted" black and a white fillet around her head as a nroteetion against the tomahawks of strange, savages, and she was treated very * kindly by them. After the barbarians, white and red, had left the valley, she returnod with her family and had enjoyed for seventy years the s.veets of peace and domestic happi\ ness. *1 > v "1 am like a withered stalk whose flower hath fallen,'" seid the venerable lady; "but,'* she added, with a pleasant smile, "the fragrant still lingers. Have you seen Joseph' Slocum ?" she inquired. "I have not even heard of him,'' 1 . replied. "You ought not toMoavo the valloy without seeing him, "for ho can give you ji more interesting ^tory about the events I have been relating to you than any other living porson? the story of the captivity of his little sister, and tho discovery of her sixty years afterwards. Ho lives not far from tho hotel." I passed several hours of that day " BE T^SXTE VOIITON, Keillor. t <;. i?><ji:uK, i*ui>iiHiioi>. ? with Lord Butler, 11 grandson of the louder of the baiul of patriots who {^rtllnntly opposed ihc Tory and lnd'an invader of the valley. lie kindly accompanied mo to the most interesting localities in the neighborhood Forty Fort, the Monument, the chic'* battle mound, Mocacv Isr> * * land. 'Wintermoot's Fort.* etc.. and 1 spout the evening pleasantly and profitably with tvenerable Joseph Slocuin, whoso family was amon^ the sufferers in tlio Wyoming Valley. lie <ra\o me a minute account of the capture of his little sister j Frances l>v the barbarians, and the final discoverv of her. Mr. Sloouin's father was a Friend or Quaker, and was distinguished for his kindneas to the Indians, lie remained unharmed at the time of the invasion and his dwelling was un- i touched bv inoiiidiaiy lire. Hut his son (riles was in the battle. This, doubtless excited the ire of the Indians, and they resolved on von- j trounce. Late in autumn they were seen prowling about the house, which was not far from Wilkes I Jarre Fort., A neighbor had been made, a prisoner, and his wife and two sons found ! a welcome home in the Slocum family. One mornin/r the two boys were J rrrindin^e a knife near the house, when a rifle-shot and a shriek brouidit Mrs. Slocum to the door. A Indian \trn c uon I i n <v I?? * ni l * 11 . .1 ?? ?ia ovvti j'111niu uiuunt IIU> ) *i iiiu ui : fourteen. The barbarians rushed ! into the house and seized a little son of Mrs. Slocum. The frightened i mother exclaime, "Seo! he ran do thee no good; ho j is lame!" The Indian released the bov. and taking her (laugher Francos gently r> r> r* in his arms, seized the younger of the two boys outside and hastened to the mountains. Mrs. Slocnm's little daughter, nine years old, caught up Joseph (my informant), who was two and a half years old, and fled in safety to the fort, when an alarm was given, but the barbarians wore beyond successful pursuit. They also carried otr a black girl, seventeen years of age. About six weeks after this event Mr. Slocum and his father-in-law wore shot and scalped by prowling Indians while foddering cattle near the house. Tho savages escaped with their horrid trophies. Mrs. Slocuin, bereft of father, husband, and chili', an 1 stripped of all possessions except tho house that sheltered her, could not leave tho valley, for nine helpless children wore yet in her household. She trusted in the Ciod of Elijah, and if she was not fed by the ravens slife was spared from tho vultures. She mourned not for the dead, for they were at rest; but little Frances, her lost darling, where was she? The lamp of hope was kept burning, but years rolled by and no tidings of tho little one came. When peace returned and friendly intercourse with Canada was established, two of tho little captive's brothers started in quest of her. They traversed tho wilderness to Fort Niagara, on the border, offering J rewards for her discovery, l^it in vain. They returned, convinced that the child was dead, lint the mother's heart was still tho shrine of hope, and she felt assured that Frances was not in the grave. Her embodied spirit seemod to hold communion with that of her child, and sho often said, "I know Frances is living. Something tells me that she is alive and * "Winterinoot Fort" was tho bar- 1 ricaded homo of Winterinoot, a l ory in the upper part of tho Wyoming! Valley. When I was in Hamilton,, ioaa T \c_ TT in vniiauit) in I tjv/v/, I n?\T .?ir.s, IJJIll- ! nah Aikman. mother of Mr. Mieha<d Aikman, a small, delicate wo,nan, hut of clear mind, atid ninety ; one years of age. Her family were | among tho Tory refugees who set-1 tied in tho Canadian peninsula, j They \\ero in Winter moot's Fort at 1 the timo of tho invasion. She gave me a graphic account of their (light from tho Wyoming Vallov, after tho ! battle there, and thoir sufferings in I their forest journey to Niagara. 1 < told her of my visit to tho Wyoming Valley, and when 1 described Win- 1 termoot's home as she remembered 1 it, and spoke of the Bennetts, the i Hallenbacks, the Slocums ami the i Donovans, when she know, hoi eyes brightened, and sho said it. seemed as if son jo of her old neighbors had come to see her. Her maiden name was Showers. TO 3TOTJ"^ -WGttlD CONWAY. well." At length the mother's hear; was 1 clioered. A woman (many years. had now passed, and 1* ranees, if liv- , injj, must he a full-prown woman) was found among the Indians who answered the description of the lost one. She only remembered beii^ carried away from the Susouchnnnn. Mrs. Slocum took her home and cherished her with a mother's tenderness. Yet the mysterious link of sympathy that hinds tho material na irt* to its offspring was unfolt, and tho beroavod mother was hero* avod stili. "It may ho Frances, yet it does not seom so. Yot the corner shall , ho welcome," said Mrs. Slocnm. The foundling felt no liiial yearnings, and hoth being convinced that} no oonsAnguintv existed ?the orphan returned to her Indian friends. hVomJ time to timo the hope of the would ho refreshed, and weio made to distant 1 "din^KBSB^sa metits in search of the hut in vain. The mothorjB^^^s^ laid in the grave, and !it was almost forgotten. The hrothers of the chy had become aged grandchildren wero pin ving^M?B?|H very Rpot from whence I'ra? 88 taken. In tho su.nmer lift v-nine-veaj-K after her telligonce of Frances was C.'olonel Kwing, and Indin^HBHI^R and trader, a letter Logansport, Indiana, to tho^^H^HH the I Lancaster / if /-<.<W H such information that all about her identity wero r"'^||P| She had told Mr. Fwing thN jwili name was Slocnm; that lie Mam was a Quaker, and that she w;VL taken from near tho Susquehanna Fiver when she was very young. The letter came to tho knowledge of Joseph Slocnm, when ho and her sister who carried him to the fort jotirnoyed to Ohio, where they were joined by their younger brother, Isaac. They proceeded to Logansport, where they saw Mr. Fwing and ascertained that tho woman he had written about lived twelve miles from the viiliago. She was immodiatelv sent for, and toward evening the next day she oniric into the town. riding a spirited young horse, accompanied by her two daughters dressed in full 1 ndhin costume, and the husband of one of them. An interpreter was procured (for she could not speak a word of Fnglish), j ami she listened seriously to what her brothers had to say. She answered but little, and at sunset departed for her homo, promising to return the next morning. The brothers and sister were finite sure it was Frances, though in her face nothing but Indian lineaments were seen, her color alone revealing her origin. ''True to her appointment,11 said Mr. Siocum, "she appeared the next morning, accompanied as before, i mentioned a mark of recognition which my mother had said would be a sure test. One dav, while playing with a hammer in a blacksmith shop when 1 was about two and a half years old, 1 ga\e Frances a blow upon the middle linger of her left hand which crushed the btvie and deprived tho linger of its nail. The test J withheld until others should fail. When 1 mentioned it the good woman was greatly agitated and while tears filled the furrows of her aged face she held out tho disfigured finger, but said nothing. There was no longer any doubt that we had found our lost sister, and a scene of deep interest ensued. He affections for her kindred which had slumbeiod more than half a century wor e aroused, and she made earnest, in diries after her father, mother. ( brothers and sisters. She opened i her full heart to us and gave us a 1 history of her life. "The Indians when thev tnnk tm> from the house/ she said, 'went to a i rocky cave in the mountains. They wore Delawares. The next morning they departed for the Indian country. That first night was the unhappiost of my life; but I was kindly treated and was carried tenderly in their j' arms when I was weary. 1 was adopted in an Indian family and brought up as their daughter. I soon almost forgot my mother. For years I lived a roving life, and liked it. 1 was taught tho use of j K h\ ? Si i * M Ml / ml y Hi TOTJK *^7^0152 , S. 0., THURSDA V. A] the how and at row, and becamo export tis it hunter and in till out ofdoor exercises. Wlton 1 was orown ' to womanhood both of my Indian parents died and I soon afterward married a voune chief of the nation and removed to the ( )hio eountrv. ' . ! I ' n I win (.routed with more respect than even the Indian women generally. . ] J I was taught to ride on horseback and was not required to cultivate the p soil or hear hurdons. 1 always remembered my carrying off; and so happy was 1 in my domestic relations that the chance of being discovered and compelled to return among the white people was the greatest evil that I feared. For ! had been ! taught that they were the implneav' , I i ble enemies of tlie Indians, whom I loved. My husband died, and my .... \\ P^Hk^ftving jollied the Miamis, I wajg?BMagWfc>em. and married aiw of have ehildren and |g| ^ a:" very happy. ( '' i.h %c meludoil her anP1 her right hand , -. -flS H. . \ . . , d ! r i \ i i '*U? :>s t'K,t ' 1 the heavens!" ^^^^yr^>aml had been lb*' was entirely v. u t language. >iie of Ma-rnn-iti"" \'<r." and was a 1 ... . . 1 " iinstian spirit. SHHKSSHiiitl V, v> WBSttUBBBE^r '"he second inter. J1 sisl<M'< to tho homo of HhH^' |! lor BHR^mbHT ',lluso midst of ^W-; . / BB9^ L'U'^ hoard of cattle and ' li.mi HRfat . '.uiy /?' '.^ra/.ino in tho pas-I kicic. howeye* 1 hiiitf l>e'<>kenod plen A Is that ho tjlfforl, for she was weal- . tflV'Witi her wants and iior moans , wore compared. Iler annuity from tho (loverument, which she re-1 * . n coivod as one of tho Miami triho, , s had Imoir saved, and sho had ahoul ^ one thousand dollars in specie. I lor .. ' ? '' white friends tarried with her sev| ir oral days, and not lono after their ^ return home, loseph and his dauyh- . tor, tho wife of lion. Xiba Hennott of Wyoniini/, ainiin visited her J **> /-) () aiwl bade her the last farewell. On! a that occasion she was induced to . I p sit. for her portrait to an artist named Winter, residing at Logans-h nni'f u'lioio I '?"k< "' ' f 11 IMM 1, II IK III! I lliul ill. I .III it VHllC, i > J I \v Indiana, in 1800. It was a lialf. . I 11 Inm'tli iifo si/o. At tlio timo of .. . . I tl my visit it was hanging in Mr. ^ Sloeytn's parlor, an<l 1 was per- j j inittod to make a pencil copy of it. The costuino was vory simple-?an under dress of scarlet and a mantle |( blaek^cloth, with a largo flowing sleevo on one si I). | p Francos Slocuni?jMa-con-a-t/ua ? ! si the Child ('aptivo of the Wvoining, P Valley, died in 1844, and was on- Jj ried with considerable jiomp, for u she was regarded as a queen among; ]?' her tril>e. When tho Miatnis were j 0( removed from Indiana, the "lost. ' ... ftl sister"' and her Indian relatives were | exemjited. The affecting storv of her life was laid before Congress, and so eloquontly did John Quincy Ad* j, ams plead her cause that he drew II tears from the eyes of many memhers. Congress gave her a tract of i*' . . 01 land a mile square, to he held in p perpetuity by her descendants, and ,) there her chilrdren and grandcliil- si drcn were living at the time of my :l visit? in tho Valle\*of Wyoming. | \v HKXSON J. I.OSSINO, I.I.. D. ' The Patent He<l Spring. 1 ,l I a Our patent spring hod has been |, remodeled. The one. for two in a bed (j is so arranged that the part tho wife' q lies on can be set by tho husband u unknown to the former, and it springs 1 p, her out of hod and stands her up on q the floor at any hour for which it is set. It then remains turned up on j ai one edge so she can't get hack again, j .. ... i i - _ i r' i ' . i J tu. h um on jut suit! 01 me ood, ami ! ]]{ slio won't come back on his sido, f<?r j she's too ill I fired mad to como n??ar , him. So the result is that she !h Cl coinpolled to dross and go down stairs ^ to see to breakfast, and the old man |j will fret a rest. Oh, it's a daisy! ? 1 Park Journal. ni -? *- tj An Unfortunate Habit. h brown It has been reported to mp,1 8( Robinson .hat you sttid I am a man of un ji savory reputation. ' Robinson (nurprisedy Why, I never said anything of the kind, Brown. j} Brown I get the information straight. 0 Robinson Weil, I assure you, Brown,, j( that I never intended to say audi a tiling, u and if I did, I attribute it to my unfortu- j . nate habit of tiiinking aloud.?New York i Sun. | C v ^ i pf * ii | v ^ ? si ^ostid t"oxjk cot imml 12, 1888. imm:sii?i:nti vl povhkty. idle WIiite liouso Not the i'laro for Money MakingMost of tlio presidents have died o<?r, and few of llioin liavo mado )11c11 out of otlicodioldinir. .lust l>o>re Jefferson died lie was so much i debt that a lottery scheme was ottrn up to sell liis property and re eve Ins noi'iiwitlnu i i<? l.\ft vf.w.ti ally nothing to his children, ami liey roceivod some two sums of *10,- 1 OC each from the legislatures of two! f tlio southern states. John Tyler left some property, lint; all went to his second wife. One f his sons. (ten. John Tylor, whoi rove a fonr in hand while his father! as in the White House, and who as then called the handsomest man i Washington, lives olT a position 1 the treusur> department, and one f Tyler's most accomplished daw^h>rs, a lady who presided over the xeevtive mansion after her mother's oath and until her father married ulia (Jardner, is a ouest of ('orcoin's ()ld Ladies' Homo hero. A inu who claims to ho one of the Washington family, and who, hv the, ay, has a face strikingly like that f the president, peddles trinkets in little booth in the pension building, i >ollv Madison, the president's wife,! as. diirincr n usiri /it' lie?? loui irni:>h(u! food by a colored uutn v. ad been in President Madison's serice. Sho jrot, however, a larjro sum f money from congress for Madi>n s papers, and it was this that used ' <" 'oclinino1 years. r:a: mo cr .munkok's iovkuiv. Monroe was so poor that his latter! ays were spoilt with his son-in-law, atnnel P. (Jovernonr, in New York, nd there he died. Harrison left olhine- to speak of. l'olk* left about 11")0,000, including Polk plaee at .'ashville, whore his widow now ves. It is a valuable block of round in the center of the town, hicli lias risen largely in value nee the president's death. Martin Van Huron made money ut of politics. * Ho started life poor nd died well to do. One estimate uts his estate at $800,000, and he lade money in real estate as woll as i the law. IJoth of the Adamses ore money savers, if not money uikers. The letters of John Adams, le second president, to his wife, ibijrnil, repeatedly nr<>o her to cut own the household expenses and to rauico economy. Ho lunched himdf on oat cake and lemonade, and _ 11- i r r- - * h wiiiKfd iar ouener than ho rodo. John Quiney Adams received noar,* $500,000 from tho government in ilaries during his lifetime, and ho osscssed the Yankee thrift. The alums family tit present is one of to richest in Now Kngland, anil I as told at Kansas City that Charles rands Adams has more than $1,1)0,000 invested in rotil estate there, le lias railroad stocks and bonds in Jdition, and he makes his money reed like Australian rabbits. ASDHKW J A<'KSON's KX I'KNSKS. Andrew Jackson spent tnoro than is salary while ho was in the White louse, and lie had to borrow money > keep up with his expenses. Tlios. offerson borrowed money that irried him out of Washington when 0 left tho presidency, and Andy ohnson, though he entertained conderably, is supposed t<> have saved t least $50,000 during his White louse career, lie died, 1 am told, orth about $100,000, and the most f this caino from economy. It was protty good estate for a tailor ?? Nive. James Huchanan was making i bout $7,000 a year at the law when e entered congress, and he spent tiring his presidency what was left oin his expense-s in charity. Ho as not, however, a rich man when 0 died, and his estate of Wheatmds was sold a > ear or two a; >. President Kilmoro began Ins life 1 a wool carder. I hiring the three ears he was engaged to his sweetr> n E'art ho had not enough money to ay the expenses of 150 miles wfiich ty 1 iet\t01?11 her homo in Saratoga annty, N. V., and where ho hud beun to practice law. During the rst years of their marriage his wife id the housework and taught school, ud still ho died one of tho richest of 10 presidents. The greater part of is fortune, however, came from his jcond marriage to a rich woman of iulTalo, whom ho courted after his rst wife died. Prosident Cleveland is supposed to o worth about $100,000, and lie wns, I am told, roal estate in HufTa> which is rapidly advancing in val- i e. President Arthur left much loss tan he was supposed to bo worth, larfield shortly before his death ow } w I .."*<> l ???1* A mm Ml. J ' oil $80,(MM) to oen Swaim, and < rant iliil not add to Ids fortune by Ids W'ldte House career. Hayes made T money out of the presidency, and is rich through inheritance and economy. The presidents, ?s a rule, liavo not saved money during their presi deney, but the same aldlities which made them presidents would, if thev j" nad been used in the field of nionev t'i making and in :iey saving. 1 . vo i*iv- it en them fortunes. - / 'run/: >?. ('</? - ^ fnft r in Xi >r )"<>/*/? I) tn'bf. \Vn fiord on u Itoom. * j m I'rof. .1. A. (iatnewell. secretary of j? the faculty of NVofford < .'olloife, was ,i in tlio city vostordny Tho object of ^ his visit was to arrange for the publication of the annual eutalouge of st thot'olloge. The Walker, Kvnns & s< Cogswell Company have secured the [,; contract and will got out an artistic pamphlet. | Prof. Grnmowoll savs that Spar-; tanburg is catering upon a period of ()f great business activity and that tlie tr faith of tho business men in the city jsjj was never stronger than it is now. WofTortl College, he says, is enjoying ^ a session of unusual onoourngoment. 1 ; | i'lie students are doing good, work, and the faculty are pleased at the re- II suit, of their labors. The Kitting ?p School, a newly established adjunct of the ("olloL'e, ltas proved to be a , ill great succcs. It has a large attendance and the hovs show great desire to he thoroughly fitted for college cl It has proved of very great assistance v, to the College proper, as it enables ^ the professors to begin their work with scholars prepared for the College classes. Preparations are being c< made for the approaehit connnoti- sc cement in .luno, when tho Hon. n, tides.I. Patterson, of ('hosier, will 111 deliver the annual address before the literary societies and tne Rev. .1. 11. ,:t Vincent, I >. 1)., of Xew Vork, will tii preach l<> nmiual sortnon. ? A'firs m Mm/ (Courier. jn A ( oak wit ii a < tent ril'nenl Mo- ? ., u< I,on. A well known Paris scientist, I >r. |j, Dolauney, has made some curious dis- (p covorics which show the connection |(, between the little and great things, 'p To acertaiu tlx* qualities of an nppli- t\ cant cook lie says it is sufficient to give her a plate to clean, a sauce to u make, and watch how sho moves her n< hand in either act. If sho moves it S(, from left to riuht, or in the direction |? of the hands of a watch, you may | trust her; if the other way, sho is, certain to he stupid and incapable. a The intelligence of people may also V( he cpiuo'ed, the doctor further says, p, hy asking them to make a circle on tJ paper with a pencil and noting in , which direction the hand is moved, p; The tfood students in a mall e natieal p, class draw circles from loft to riirht. The inferiority of the foftest sex, as tn well as the male dunces, is shown hy af their drawing from ri^ht to left. Any- ()f lum patiens do the same. In a word, sa says tho doctor, centrifugal move- tI) ments are characteristic of intelli- m jrenco anil higher dovolopinent; con- m tripotal are a mark of incomplete evolution. A person, as his faculties a arc developed, may oven come to ! ^p draw circles in a different way from ]p what he did in his youth.?C/nnn- pj hern Journal. S( * * \v I liferent ill" Kelirs of Lincoln. tu Jit The talk about tho removal of Lib* 8J) hy prison to Chicago starts afresh re* miniscencos of the war. There is jf living in Chicago to-day a lady j-p to whoso house Lincoln was taken ^(l from Ford's theatre on the ni</ht that n I i:f .1 iii tin* jiiu^iucui n nit' >vns uiKtvii i>y *) . Wilkes Booth. The lady was at that time a eliihl. I lor people were south* orners, and haled everything Vankeo. Ilowevdjr, they wero the bet- (j, tor class .U JJanthornors, who nover to permitted j&jBpno beneath their own tj( roof to byfc timed otherwise than as .>} quests. When Mr. Lincoln's body [s, was carried into this house the fami- <>, ly yielded everything to the comfort j? of the patient, and \ >re deeply m grieved at the misfortune, as they subsequently showed. The lady in as question has the pillow upon Which t|, the martyred president breathed his j;i last. The piece of candle which was ftf held for the surf/eon as ho was dressing the wound is preserved and in n| her possession. The coverlet which ()f was thrown across the sufferer, and |)( many of the little things that were s|| about the room, and some of which C) were used on the fatal night, were all preserved, ai d are in the keeping and the ownership of Mrs. (Jhas. Hector, a north side lady of Chicago. ?Chlcayo Mi.7. 1,1 ^ .... si One of our Western exchanges ui Says that a practical revivalist ro- pi quested all in the congregation who li; paid their debts to rise. The rising d< was general. After they had taken si thoir seats a call was made for those el who didn't pay their debts, and one [x solitary individual arose who ex-; xv plained that he was the editor and ^ could not because the rest of the 'l congregation were owing him their 01 subscriptions. NI .MI5EK 39. ickivnwnc; a i!oitr.i:i:v. I?c Hopeful Outlook of (In1 l>irci'l Tux Kill. (Ni'\v?ju?k1 Courier.! Washi no i on, A|>riI ?. - The prost>cl f<?r the passage of the bill to roiiiil the direct tax is very eneourugig in the opinion of its friends. In ie contest to-dav as to whether the il! should be i uni"diatelv consider-* I it was supported 1 v a very largo ajority, although the mea urc coma : : * i : * r % rung wuii u ior precedence was 10 annual pension appropriation hill, appeared strange at first sight to a> t-lio Republicans votino almost didly against taking uj? tlio .pension 11 lirst, hut this i .cuddy explain1 l>v tlio fact tlint the greater part of io soventeen miIIions of dollars prup<ed to ho refunded will go into the easuries of Northern and Western lutes, while some of the Southern tates, having paid little or nolle of io tax, will receive proportionately ss benefit from the Refunding Act. estdoy, the Ifepnblicans knew that io pension appropriations would rtainlv pass a' oitie time during lis session, while the hill to refund in direct tax might nob have a lauoo. I he opposition so far dodoped. and the on I v opposition iowii to exist, come? from Southern en who are convinced of the unaistitutionalit y of the refunding heme. '! icy say that if this tax is funded the 'cotton tax, which was KHicstionahlv an unconstitutional x, should also ho refunded. Thev, icreforo demand that the hill bo nendod so as to provide for rofundg the cotton tax. I Lis not thought >sHihlo that this amendment will ho looted, because it would take frotn in .treasury sixty-eight million dolts, in addition to the seventeen unions on account of collections of the roct tax. The cotton tax was colctod in twenty-live States and one erritorv, and of the total about lif' livo millions were collected in Duthorn States. The remainder as contributed by California, ('on client, Illinois, Kansas, Massachu'tts, New .Jersey, New \ *ork, Ohio, ennsvlvania, Khode Island and tah. Mr. Klliott addressed the 1 i<>nse in vigorous speech, especially in fa>r of amending the direct tax hill y incorporating in it his lienufort x bill, which, of course, would he specially beneficial to the people of s district, wiio suffered so severely y the manner in which the codecan of (lie tax was enforced. lie ink occasion to trivo an interestm" icount of the virroron enforcement r> collections, and the unnecessary erilioe of property hv tlio tax comissiouers, and supported his stateetits by reference to ollicial* docuents. Mr. Dibble intended to have made speech in support of the hill, hut * _ _ I I .. * * ? * * * * o umoauoiuMi ior me discussion is nited, and he ha-^so far con ton tod msolf with the exercise of his normal influonco in its behalf. Tho hole of the South Carolina dologa)ii will support tho bill as it. now ands, but Mr. Tillman will not bo iiisfied unless the refund of the eotn tax bo included. Ho says that it is not provided for in this bill, is will probably be tho last chanco rot the cotton tax refunded. 11. M. 1.. -4- <t> -A Newspapers in 1.88S. Prom edition of (b o. P. Howell ?.V: o.'s "American Newspaper Direcry,M published April 2d (its t wen 3th year,) it appears that tho Xowsipers and Periodicals of all kinds mod in tho Tinted States and unada, now number 1(1,310, show<r a ijaiii of SOt) during the last 12 onths and >f 7,130 in 10 years. The publishers of the Direct inserts that the impression that when e proprietor ot a newspaper underlies to state what has been his exit circulation, he does not generally 11 the truth is an erroneous one: id they conspicuously offer a reward ?100 for every instanco in their jok for this year, where it can bo iowu that the detailed report relived from a publisher was untrue. I hiring the past 5 years a great adince has been made oy women of lis country in the direction of phyeal culture. It is no longer counted iwoinanlv to use the samp care in roinotinir health and vigor by intel* ~ * c5 J gent exercise that one would use in 3veloi>ini( literary taste or artistic , till by appropriate culture. The PFect of this change is already soon i tho Rowing strength of youno omen ami thoir satisfaction in tho bilir.y to do things that would have rushed the belle of twenty years ajro. Scientific Amfricrn. ? IIMhZ