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~ t FOR THE IOUNG PEOPLE, Why ? srro's whts. Mumma, why is it that the sun Shines only ia the day ? Why docs he shine eo nice and warm When he's so far away ? Why are the stars so very large ? Each one looks like a spark. Why does the moon shine whon it's light And never when it's dark ? Why are the summers always warm V The winters always cold V Why is it th.it each year must die When only oue year old ? And why can't little children bo As big as their pap&s ? And wheu I ask yon questions, ma, Why do you say, "Because"? Why is it, mamma, when it rains, So cloudy in the sky ? I'd like to know 'boat lots of things The really reason why. mamma's wirrs. Myo, why is it little boys Can never walk down stairs, Cut sliding down the railing so Necessitate repairs ? Whv will they walk npon their knees And make such dreadful holes? Why do their hands so often look Ab if they shoveled coals? Why are their pockets full of nails And atone* and iron rings ? Why is it their delight to see The chairs festooned with strings ? Why are their facts seldom clean? Their clothes oft stained -with dirt ? And can you ttll rue why it is That kisses cure a hurt ? v> ny are smuu iinuus au imovuiuvuuo, Touching forbidden things; Turning the hands in papa's watch, Or wearing mamma's rings? Playing with matches or with fire, Or picking at the pie, Or hiding grandpa's spectacles In some smug place so sly ? And why can't little boys stand still? Why will they chase the cat? Why do they never shut the door, Or hang tip coat or hat ? Why is it when mamma is ill They makennusual noise? And why, in spite of naughty mcks, Mammas love little boys ? Coral-Maker*. There is a very curious, wonderful and beautiful little creature, living in the sea, so small and simple in its construction that to look at it without knowing anything about it, one might suppose that it could be of very little if any use. But "things are net what they seem," the poet tells ns; and very true is it in this case, for the Polyps? that is the name of the family to which this little animal belongs?insignificant as they appear in our eyes, are really very useful. Different kinds are found in almost all the seas, rivers and lakes on the globe. They are of various sizes and forms. Wo shall confine ourselves in this article to some varieties found only in tropical seas, Some of these perform an im monco ornl imrvirf-ATit. wrvrlr. no less than the building of islands for man to live on. One tiny creature cannot of course do much toward such a grand result, but the large family working together in innumerable numbers beautifully illustrate the truth of the axiom, "In union is strength. ** The polyps, as has been sai<^, vary in size, some being several inches long, others too small to be seen without the help of a microscope. They have neither ueaas, legs, Aiotii 10, iuu^n um other organs which higher animals have; consequently they are without sense or motion. A polyp may be described as a sack or bag, with an opening at one end. This opening is surrounded by a fringe of fine thread-like things called tentacles or feelers. We will call them arms, . also, because the animal uses them not only as feelers, but also to seize, grasp, hold and push with. The opening into the sack is called a mouth, not because it looks like one, but because of its use in admitting food to the sack like stomach. Weak and defenseless as this odd little mite of a being is, when seized by more powerful, than^uts elf. u shows itselTtorave in securing its own prey among creatures still smaller. The polyp is very greedy. It fastens itself to a leaf, plant, or rock under the water, and when it is hungry?as it al most always is?it Btretches out its ? arms in search of food. Whatever oomes within their reach is quickly seized and pushed into the stomach. Sometimes the thing seized is larger -- than the polyp. But it makes no difference as to* the victim's fate, provided it is not strong enough to free itself. It is pushed and crammed into the captor's mouth, and held there by its many arms until it is digested. Unwary little worms?for there are worms in the water as well as on land - often come too near the polyp for their ; own safety, and, in spite of all their squirming and wriggling, they have to go the way of all flesh that is not stronger than the poJyp. It is almost impossible to kill one of these strange little animals. Probably the only way of doing so is either to keep it out of water until it dies, or grind it to atoms. Possibly even then the atoms would live for if a polyp is cut into two parts, the mouth will keep on swallowing, even though the food drops through the opening made by the cut as fast as it is taken in at the mouth. If the j creature is all cut up into pieces, these pieces will live right on, and, 6trancre to sav. each one will crow nntil I it becomes a complete polyp. If only an arm is cut off, the arm will live, grow t and become the parents of a large j family. Once a polyp was turned in- i si'le out. What did it do? Die? Not; a bit of it. It went right on living and ( taking in food just as if nothing unusual had happened. The outside of its body i seemed to make just as good a lining as the original inside, althongh the polyp appeared to be conscious of its "false position, and made- many unsuccessful efforts to put itself right again before ; the world. The baby-polyps of one branch of the I lamny grow nae ducis on me Doay ot tne mother. Just as soon as a bud is per- | felted, it puts out a bud too, and this bud sends out another, and so on, until one polyp becomes the parent of many. As soon as the youngster becomes- of ago it leaves the parental home and starts housekeeping on its own account, and prepares to send forth a numerous progeny into the world. This kind of polyp is inclined to solitude. Each one lives by itself and sends its children away from home to shift for themselves its soon as possible. But they have rel. atives of a more social turn. They are the coral-making polyps. They live in large communities, each one occupying irs own apartment or cell. They work together most industriously in perfect order and harmony. A coral-maker's babv does not errow as the solitary polyp's infant does. It is at first only a drop of jelly provided with a fringe of fine hair-like appendages called cilia. These cilia enable it to swim about in the water. They are in constant motion. This tiny drop of a thing is left by its mother to take care of itself duriug its babyhood. For a time it leads a free and careless kind of a life, ebjoying itself, do doubt, unless it happens to be gobbled up by some greedy and unfeeling fish, After a while it fastens itself by its cilia to a rock, or piece of coral, and settles down. Then the cilia being no longer necessary for its motion, become quiet. Changes begin to take place in the young polyp's appearance. The little lump of jelly begins to swell itself up into a tabe-like shape. A kind of rim is formed around the top edge ol n m n IvAnn'n rtlti/y A? ^ A oixo iuuc, iiuo jo mo ur^ii-iuiiig vi vuv house, or frame work, or, more probably, the skeleton which the little creaturo is going to make for itself. Then a little rising appears, which soon forms itself into a month and feelers, or arms 1 which at once begin to work. The arms seize everything they can get hold of? for they are neither scrupulous nor dainty?and pn^h it through the open month into the stomach. Then the little creators begins its life-work, which ia the manufacture of the lovely ooral frem which so many fine ornaments are mcde. Naturalists used to suppose that the ' f ' coral was the polyp's house; but they have discovered that it is the skeleton of tho animal?really a part of its body j ?as onr bones are a part of our bodies. Only the polyp's skeleton is outside of its body instead of being inside like t ours. i The skeleton is made of the same sub- ] stance as chalk, or limestone, mixed < with a little phosphorus. There are ' myriads of minute creatures, in the sea, \ whose bodies c ntain a good deal of \ phosphorus. Tha polyp feeds on some i oi these and so takes in phosphorus, i which, in a way mysterious to us, is ] mixod with the chalk, which it also gets j with its food from the sea and converts ] , it into coral. If the polyp has any motto to inspire ] it, it must be " Excelsior," for it is an , aspiring little being, continually aiming j to greater heights, toward the light. It works only in tropical seas and never so j I far down in the water as to get into the ( cold currents of the deep sea. There , ! > - -i 1-- ? t 4i.? l?4.4.^^ are uigu ruc^o, hdxu^ HUUI tuc uuutvxu of the ocean, which have been thrown up by volcanic forces. On these the polyp fastens itself and builds higher and higher, constantly making'for itself a new skeleton on the ruins of an old one, which dies and hardens when the live polyp deserts it. This is the way great coral islands j are formed, little by little, by the constant and persevering industry of myr: iads of these tiny creatures. There are : several kinds of coral, of various forms, ; and of different colors, white, red and ; pink. j It is very interesting to watch the i coral makers at their work. Sometimes ! they are at rest. Then myriads of tiny 1 thread-like feeders or arms may be seen ! spread out of loveliest forms and the most brilliant colors, looking like exquisitely beautiful flowers beneath the clear water. But, generally, the tentacles are in motion. The polyp requires a good deal of material for its work, and as it can get iconly by eating, and as it uses it up as fast as it gets it, of course, the little thing is always hungry and greedy. Their greediness serves another pur' pose, however, beside coral-making. ; There is always in the sea a great deal of I dead decaying matter which would make ' the water very impure if not disposed j of. As the polyp is not at all fastidious j in its choice of food, it devours a good | deal of this offensive matter,and through; its simple digestive apparatus, converts ! it into the useful, curious and beautiful coral. Thus they serve with the lobster and some other creatures as scavengers of the sea. IIow wonderful is the economy of nature. In her vast, workshop nothing is wasted. Even the most unsightly and impure matter is made over into new forms and colors of i marvelous beauty and use. J The coral-making polyp used to be considered a sub-marine plant, because I its lovely forms and bright colors re-1 j oemble flowers so much, Later, it -was : supposed to be both animal and vege! table. But still more recent investigai tion have decided naturalists to class it i among the simplest form of animal life. Mud Pies. ! ! Mrs. Pig's five little children were dressed up one morning by their mother J in clean white apronB, which they dreaded, and were told that they might go out on the grass under the trees to play. " Be sure that you keep on the grass, though, children," the mother put her head out of a window to say, 41 mirl rlnn't on nAflr f.hfl middles in the road." So off they ran, capering and frisking, and would have been very happy but for so much starch in their aprons, and for the fear of getting a speck of dirt on them. They played " Dickie's Land," and "Puss in the Corner," with the trees for corners, and tried to be contented; but all the while they thought of the beautiful puddles that the last night's rain had made, where yellow butterflies were fluttering^ and where there was such: a lovely chance to make mud pies. At last the temptation grew too strong for them, and one by one they slipped through the gate out into the road, where they soon forgot their clean aprons and their mother's warning, and made mud pies to their hearts' content, ax^H astva. wudod oat into ttf? -rrntcr up to their knees. Their mother soon missed them from the grass, and went in search of them. i sue naa ieic sure inai ene snoma una j them where they-ought not to be, and i so had armed herself with a stick. She I went granting and grumbling along, | and sure enough, there they all were, ! paddling in the forbidden puddle, and I mixing up their dirt pastries, until the : five aprons were the same color as their 1 pies. They caught sirjht of their mother ' before she reached them, with her cap| frills flying and her threatening stick in i the air, and with one frightened squeal away they scampered and hid themselves, breathless and terrified, under the barn. What happened to them when their mother caught them, I do not like to tell.?Youth'8 Companion. Lending n Pair ol Lean. Sometimes we ask people to "lend a hand," and sometimes we can hear them say "Lend me your eyes." Here is a story about a boywho lent a pair of legs ' just to accommodate. Some boy 8 were playing at base-ball i m a pretty, shady street. Among the number was p lame little fellow, seemingly about twelve years old, a pale, sickly-looking child, supported on two crutches, and who evidently found J much difficulty in walking, even with . Buch assistance. The lame boy wished to join the game ; for he did not seem to see hoy much his infirmity would be in his own way, and how much it would hinder the progress of such an active sport as base-ball. His companions, good-naturedly enough, tried to persuade him to stand on one side and let another take his place ; none" of them hinted that he would be in the way ; but they all objected for fear that he would hurt himself. 1 Why, Jimmy,' said one at last, ' you can't run, you know.' 4 O hush !' said another, the tallest boy in the party ; ' never mind, I'll run for him, and you count it for him,' and he took his place by Jimmy's side prepared to act. 'If you were like him,' he said aside to the other boys, ' you wouldn't want to be told of it all the ' time.' How many times loving hearts will find a way to lend their powers and members to the aged, the poor, the sick, and the weak. What There is in an Egg, Any one who eats throe or four eggs at breakfast consumes that number of embryo chicks. AU the materials which enter into the legs, bones, feathers, bill, etc., of the new-born chick oxist in the egg, as nothing is derived from outside. The little creature which has just pecked his way out of his calcareous prison-house has lime and phosphorus I in his bones, sulphur in his features, iron, potash, soda, and manganese in his blood, all of which mineral constituents came from the egg, and are taken into the stomach when it is eaten as | food. The valuable or important salts j are contained in the yolk, and hence this i portion of the egg is the most useful in ! some forms of disease. A weakly person, j in whom nerve force is deficient and the blood impoverished, may take the yolks of eggs with advantage. The iron and phosphoric compounds are in a condition to be readily assimilated, and although homcBopathio in quantity nwer- j flioloaa p-rprf n. marked inflnftnfw iinnn the system. The yolks of eggs, contain- , ing as they do less albumen, are not so injuriously affected by the heat as the j TT-ln'foa' arirl a linrd.hnilfid vnlk mav hft usually eaten by invalids without incon- , venience, The composition of a fresh egg, exclusive of the shell, may be pre- ( sented as follows: < Parts. Paris. , Water 741 Oil or fat 10.5 Albnmen 14 | Mineral salts..... 1.5 ' Total 100.0 < The whole usually weighs about 1,000 < grains, of whioh the shell makes a tenth i part. 1 HOW NEW YORK LIVES. 140,000 of tho Inhabitants In Tenement Housen. There are, says a New York paper, iccording to the records of tho deportment of buildings, 21,000 tenement 30U888 in the city of New York in a to?1 of 78,000 buildings of all kinds, raken all through the city, the new and :ne old, ttie aret ana tne tecona classes, :hey average four stories in height, and ire constructed to hold two families and i half to each floor, or ten families'to a house. Accordingly, if all these buildings are foil, the tenement house population of New York is 210,000 families, which, at five persons to a family, would make 1,050,000 men, women and children. This is evidently an overestimate, but certain experienced agents of tenement houses on the east side say that twenty per cent, is all that need be deducted for houses or parts of houses not occupied. That deduction leaves a net tenement house population of 840,000 souls. It has been said that the tenements averaged two and a half families to a floor, or ten families to a honse, but the population is not at all eqnally distributed; in some buildings there are as many as five families on a floor, and in others one or two. Most of the build mgs are so Dane as to eitecc me greateBi possible economy in space, in ventilation and in safety. High and narrow, with contracted hallways and walls of the minimum thickness allowed bj the department of buildings, with little or no open space in the rear, and frequently a rear tenement building instead of a court, they are hardly bearable af places of habitation in the winter, aad still less so in the summer. Indeed, it has become a common sight to see tlieii inmates sleeping on summer nights on the roofs of their dwellings or in carts ir front of them rather than suffocate within doors. It is their cheapness and their cheapness only that gives them any attraction to the poor, and theii cheapness is due to the possibility ol packing them with tenants and to the practice of building them on the mos< economical plan., f : - ? The tenement houses are not, as man j suppose, confined exclusively to the lower districts; they are found all ovei the city, and fringe the island on the extreme east and the extreme west sidef all the way up town. The most fashionable part of New York is flanked bj them on either side, and a straight line down from Murray Hill to first avenue on the one side, and frpm Murray Hill to Tenth avenue on the other, would discover some of the very worst of theBf dwellings. They are constantly increasing, too; within the past eighteen month* 800 new ones have been put up, some down town below Houston street, and others up town as far as Harlem. Th< distress of the time has not relieved ^ nnnnl /tloflQ ^nOnfa tXt tlltJLU UI tilCU Uf3UUi V/XOOO UJ. vguuuuo ktv much as it has filled them with a nev class, which formerly inhabited privat< houses. The cheaper tenements an better patronized than ever, and land owners who would not venture to buile ordinary dwelling houses to stanc vacant, are willing to take advantage o: the present low price of labor by erect ing tenements, which insure a safe anc steady, though slow, return for the investment. In moat of these houses there are fron fifteen to twenty families, and in som< there are more huddled together, anc making life bearable as best they can The crowding would be less tolerabl< but for the fact that, by their mal< tenants at least, the tenements are usee almost exclusively as sleeping places In the spring and summer months th< women, too, forsake the close buildingi * V J" 1 Al_ lor tne DOt mucu ireauer uir ut tin curbstone and the pavements outside. I walk along First avenue, in the locality indicated, after dnsk, at this time of th< year, will discover the doorsteps aliv< with women nursing their infants, anc with young girls gossiping among them selves or flirting, with the young men the sidewalk and roadway literally swarming with children screaming an< shouting at play, while the scene is li up by the brilliant lights of the myriac liquor saloons. Perhaps the most noticeable feature of this tenement house district is the extraordinary number of liquor saloonf it contains/ At a cafiual glanoe one would say that thero was a grog shop tc every five houses; on one block there are no less than seven. These are dif ferent in appearance from the German larger-beer saloons of the lower district! as the people who patronize them, art from tne German beer drinkers. Instead of the low-roofed, dark basement, with its modest little counter and its sombre proprietor dispensing beer from behind, one sees large, showy stores, brilliantlj lighted without and gorgeous within, with long mirrors reflecting the array ol shining and vari-colored glasses ranget along the counter. Times are very hard among the tene rnent house people. Hardly a house but has one poor family in distress because the father or husband is out of work. There is no mistaking the signs of real hardship. Many of thefle people are in rags and many more have not the meant to buy a meal for their families, whe have to depend to a ^reat extent upon the charity or good will of neighbors. A.nd tenement house neighbors are usually very kind to each other, not knowing when kindness will be needed in return. Feat Men and Women in Shetland. The lives of these peat men and women are simple and uneventful enough, rhe chain is a very short one and the links are not scattered. They go forth to their daily work and return to their iaily rest, cud have no thoughts or ambitions beyond. Their aspect, I have 3aid, is picturesque. Tney are 01 all iges, some youug, others bending under the weight of years. There they go, one ifter another, with their baskets or kishies, as they are called, fastened upon the back by means of a e^rap over each shoulder, rising above their heads, and piled up with squares of black peat, rhis naturally gives them all a stooping position, suggestive of hard work and feminine weakness, that quickly appeals to the sympathies. Many of them wear shoes made of cowhide, strong and cheap, perhaps, but without form, and with small pretensions to neatness and clean liness. And tnese tneyoiten "Bare oy jarrying them in their hands. Many, too, are without stockings, and they :rudge along bare-footed and barelegged, and only look in oonsequence the nore poverty-stricken. Their petticoats ire short, and generally of some dark, joarse material, with the color of which ;he peat-getfcing sufficiently harmonizeo. Upon their heads they wear the inevitable kerchief of Shetland wool, generally gray, but sometimes red. Their faces are sun-burned and weatherbeaten. Those of the old women are jften strangely and wonderfully wrinkled, which, with their bent attitude gives them a look of extreme age, xnd almost decrepitude. The younger tvomen are many of thetn handsome; I a ffitr rAnllv hpnnfifnl fdops. Asthev -j ? ? ??? ?~ * ?o along the road nearly all are kitting stockings or Bome other article for wear, rhey appear to knit by instinct?an herelitary gift. Their heavy loads and somewhat difficult progress in no way seem to interfere -with the flying needles, rbese never arrest their motion as their Dwners for a moment raise their heads as you pass, and -wish you good-day; or, it may be, turn round to look after the stranger or the gun?no doubt the gun. ?Argosy. Ladies' Skirts. The present inordinate length of ladies' skirts appears to have so greatly excited tho ire of the police of Leipsio that they have restored for their eupnrpssinn +.r> tViA snmntnnrv Iawr nf lh? middle ages. A notice has appeared in the Leipziger Tagblatt that nil persoDB tvhose drees is found trailing on any streets or footpaths within the municipal boundaries of Leipsic will be liable to be raulctnred in penalties varying from five to fifty marks?according to the extent of the skirt we presume. Constables are instructed to arrest, and jonduct to the nearest station, all offendsrs against this regulation, and the aames of the guilty ones will be published at the end of every week. 1 which will be held at*Portland on August 1. A gravel train on the ProBpect Park I and Coney Island railroad, Brooklyn, was thrown from the track, and five of the Bixteen workmen on the train were killed by the craRh. The accident was caused by obstructions that ' had been placed on the track. The 8econd National Bank, of Scranton, Pa., has suspended. During May there were ninety-five failures in ' New York city, .with liabilities of over 85,500,i 000 and assets less than $1,000,000. The trial of the Bev. Goorgo B. Vosburgli, pastor of a Baptist church in . Jersey Oity, . N. J , on the charge of having attempted tc poison his wife with tartar-emetic, resulted in 1 a verdict of acquittal. The case had excited intense interest on account of the prisoner's 1 standing and the fact that his innocence wat L believed in by a majority of his parishioners. fn Vna <*nncrrfiirftHon nr iu-l. ? O--O the day after bis acquittal. | The Rev. C. 0. Burleigh, late pastor of the 1 Florenoe (Mass.) Free Congregational church i was run over by a train at that place and fatal ly injured. : A large indignation meeting of women vrai j held at the Cooper Institute, New York, to de nounce the remarks derogatory to their sei made bv Judge Hilton, manager of the lat< Stewart's Women's Hotel. The language whicl r. called forth the meeting was to the effect thai ? in his experience as a manager of the hote Judge Hilton had found that women were nol j so easily satisfied as men; that the hotel proved a failure as a women'B home becaus; 1 applicants becamo dissatisSed with the rulei and left, etc{ Eleven resolutions expressive o! ' . the indignation of the meeting were passed. Western and 8onfch? n States. ! "Fifty persons were killed and from 200 t< 250 seriously injured during the recent tornad( I in Wisconsin, while the destfuotioo to property ) will reach into the millions. Woe ana desola . tion were visible everywhere in the track of th< , terrible storm. . i , 5 Joseph Oberlie, Alois Smith, Edward Wil I liams and Chris. Turner, while engaged ii cleaning a vault In Cleveland, Ohio, were over come by foul gas, and, falling into the vanlt I all four were suffocated before they conic ) be rescued. All were married and leave largi r families. *. . ri? : . j Democratic State conventions nave oeen nei< 5 dates nominated. In Iowathe tick'et la he'adec - by T. 0. Walker, for secretary of, State ; ii I Tennessee fire candidates for Judges of th? | supreme court were nominated, and in Aiabami ? R. W. Cobb, foe. governor, headed the ticket. "Much excitement was created by tbe diacov . ery, in the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati of the body of the venerable J. 8cott Harrison > father of President Harriton and ex-membe of Congress, who had re:sently been bnried a i North Bend, Ind. A guard had been placet 3 over the grave, but notwithstanding the pre , caution body-snatchers succeeded in stealing 1 the body and transferring it to the college where it was (about to be dissected when dis 3 covered by & son of the. deceased while search 3 irig for another body that had been stolen froo I 4hfr?une cemetery. y r. j j v j .At Bowling Green,iTa., William Henry Bob *' inson (colored) was" hanged fbr the mtirder o Eliza Itoy, a young colored girl who had re 3 fused to marry him, and at Uada&eld, Ohio 3 Edward Webb (also .colored) suffered a liki L fate for mnrderiog an old man named Finney j At Springfield, Mo., Mrs. Thompson, a widov 3 about fifty years old, highly respected anc connected,' while temporarily insane killed he , sixteen-year-old daughter with a razor anc i then cut her own throat - ' % A portable sawmill boiler on a farm nea ; Hillsboro, Ohio, exploded, killing three met j and dangerously soalding threo others. Thi | boiler was found 300 yards aw ay and one raai was thrown completely over a tall tree, i Two men entered the house of Mrs. Beck: Baldwin, a young widow residing near Taze well Court House, Ya., and "'demanded be: > pocketbook. She wont to het; dress, took on 5 the pocketbook/and.threwitInto the fire; anc as one of the men stooped to recover it Mrs Baldwin snatched up an axe and dealt him i 5 terrific blow, which uh& followed up rapidly i by others, dashing his braino out. The seoonc ) robber rushed at her with a dirk knife anc . stabbed her in the left breast, but not befon the: resolute woman had nearly severed hi/ ' right arm with a fearful blow. The miscrean! i fled and his dead body was found the next ) morning, two miles from the house. To t 1 youijgrman passing hy several hours after Mra Baldwin tola the story t of her terrible enooanter, and her death won followed; A hurricano passed oVer Richmond, Mo. 1 leveling to the ground over half of the build r iogs in town. More than one hundred housei , [were totally destroyed, and the lose on property will reach $250,000. Whole blocks were com* [ pletely swept away, at>d the debris was scattered for miles. The Shaw House, a large briokjhotel was demolished and its inmates were buriec ' in the ruins. Teh persons were killed, thre< ; mortally wouhded and over thirty seriouslj I injured. '' ' According to late adrioes from Fort Benton t Montana Territory, _ Sitting Bull js preparing to go on tbe war pain again soon, no roceuui 1 maaeja rancorous harangue- promising to retun 1 to the United States when the grass grows anc i make the soldiers weep. A grand war-<?anc< t and mustering of the various tribes followed thiB speech. , At Omaha, Neb., a woman named Oleeon while in a fit of temporary insanity, seized hei daughter, twelve years old, and threw her intc a pond and then jumped in herself. Th< screams of the girl alarmed people within the sound of her voioe, but not within sight of the pond. A search was made, whioh resulted ic the finding of the dead bodies of mother anc daughter. The Baltimore Sun publishes a long cabel message from James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Ber-cdd, in regard to th? recent stories published about his duel wibt Frederick May. Mr. Bennett intimates that none of these stories are altogether correct ; that he will arrive in the United 8tates about the middle of July, when he will be ready tc assume the legal responsibility for tbe duel il public^ opinion should require it ; that as i principal he cannot say anything in regard to his actions during the duel, but that be feels at liberty to withdraw any injunction of secrecy upon the gentlemen who acted as seconds. A farmer named John W. Caldwell, living about fifteen miles from Amerious, Ga., killed his wifo, three children, aged ten, six and two years, and his sister-in-law, Miss Mitchell. The murderB were all done with a smoothing iron. After he had committed the terrible crimes Caldwell made three efforts to commit suicide, by jumping down a well, leaping from tho top of his house and precipitating' himself from the roof of a gin house. Tho last attempt resulted in death. The cause of hia crimes is attributed to the improper relatione which existed between him and his sistef-inlaw. From Wanhlneton. The marriage of lieutenant R. L. Hoxio, of the army, to Miss Vinnie Ream, the well-known sculptress, took place in Washington the other day. mL* A# 17M? XT TW + aw JL LIU IUILC1 Wi UUU? V/1AXAOVU XI* X ULlOi f VUOUman of the Florida investigation committee, ban brought out two long replies-one from Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, and the other from Postmaster-General Key. Mr. Stephens denies that he was acting in concert with the Republican party, but entirely upon his convictions when he opposed the investigation resolutions. ilr.Key'B letter is addressed to the people of the South, and he says in it that the title of President Hayes "was settled irrevocably by the Forty-fourth Congress" and that "uo man need hope that the schemes of the men who have engineered the movement to unseat President Hayes can be carried out without a bloody civil war." At a caucuB of the Democratic members of the House it was resolved to postpone any action upon adjournment in the Houeo An official statement made by the bureau of statistics shows that the amount of exports and imports during the ten months which ended April 30, were as follows: Total exports of merchandise, $593,187,292; imports, $365,501,851; excess of exports over imports, $227,625,441; exports of specie and bullion, $27,077,914, imports $25,794,400; excess of specie exports over imports, $1,283,514; excess of exports over imports of merchandise and specie, $228,908,955. Sub-committees from the Florida election investigation committees will go to Louisiana and b lorida, to take testimony. Mr. Cobb, of Indiana, ono of the members of the Florida election investigation committee, resigned on account of ill-health, and Mr. Springer, of Illinois, was appointed in his place. The committee resolved to sit with open doors and to Qhnrman fn finnanr hv eonnsel Qiiu ?T I.WW.VI*** J ?v *Tr*" as requested by him. Mosars. Blackburn, Springer an J Reed form the sub-committee to take testimony in Louisiana, and Messrs. Hunton, 8tenger and Hiscox the eub-committee to perform a similar duty in Florida. The House committee on the revision of the laws, has reported favorably a bill to repeal that section of the revised statutes which relates to the sending of obscene literature through the mail, on the ground that the law is unconstitutional and in many instances has been executed in an unjust and tyrannical manner. The syndicate of bankers has subscribed formally, for 916,000,000 of the 4^ per oent nWHMHIHHnMI bonds, being the remainder of the $60,000,00 nnder the contract of April 1L Daring May. the pnblio debt was decrease $8,070,198.08, and since Jane 80, 1877, it wi decrea ed $26,520,772.62. The cash in tt treasury was $238,507,769.57, and the tot debt, less cash in the tre&sarv, on Jane 1 wa $2,083,637,450.64. During May the coiuage i tbe miuts was 293,750 pieces of gold of tt valao of $3,527,400 ; standard silver dollar $3,015 000 ; other silver. $370, and nickel an bronze coins $316?making an aggregate c $6,543,088 for that month. A communication from the secretary of tt interior has been laid before the Honse, re ommending that the revised statutes be amom ed bo to allow executive departments to pi ordinary advertising rates for the publication i all official advertisements. The rate prescribe by existing laws, namely, forty centa per oi hundred words, is, in the opinion of the seer tary, insufficient to secure first-class circnl tion. r: .. Foreign New*. Prince Bismarck signed tne invitation 10 u Powers to attend the peace congress. Thefc lowing representatives have been nominate Russia, Count Schonvaloff; England, Loi Lyons; Austria. Count Andrassy and Ban Haymerle; France, M. Waddington, and Gree (if admitted) Sir Peter ArmeDi. Lord John RuBsell is dead at the age eighty-flit. His career in English politics w long and eventful. In 1861 ne was raised the peerage, and he was twice England's prfa minister?in 1846 and in 1865. At the time his death he was a member of the House Lords, and in politics was a Liberal. Details of the agreement between Engl&i , and Bussia have been published in London. ' a rt? i is agroea 10 uiviae uio now Duigaim uw i> provinoes, one of -which is to be ruled by prince; the other by a governor. Russia i ceives Bessarabia and Batum, but relinquish 1 her claim to Bayazid, aud agrees to forei ' further encroachments as part payment for tJ indemnity. The German ironclad Grosser Kurfru (Great Elector) was sunk in the British Oha 1 nel, off Folkestone, by colliding with the Kod Wilhelm, another German ironclad, while bo 1 vessels were endeavoring to get oat of the w 1 of a passing merchantman. As soon as t 1 vessel struck all on board rnshed on deck ai plunged into the sea. Efforts were made to r< 1 cue the drowning seamen, and, about 183 we saved. The number lost is over 800. The oapta ) of the Grosser Karfurst went down with 1 ship. The bow of the Konig Wilhelm w crushed, but she was able to proceed down t channel in tho direction of Portsmouth. T I two ironclads named and' the Freusaen were i . their way from Germany to Portsmouth, thi ; final destination being tho Mediterranean whe ) thoy were intended to guard German interei i in the event of an Anglo-Russian war. T, I weather whs fine and the sea calm at the m 1 ment of the calamity. As Boon as the accide I ocounr^lboata. from the other ironclads we 1 - foworfea and a number of fishing smacks in t j ' vicinity hurried to the ssene of disaster, b > the Grosser KnrfOrst -foundered so Budder f that the asaisfcanao came too late for the n jority of officers and crew. A number of t survivors died from exhaustion. The sunk ironclad was one of the moat powerful vess< 5 in the German navy. > Another desperate attempt- has been ma 1 to BBeasHinate the emperor of Germany, tl - time wife serious results. While the Empei 3 Williamwas taking a drive in the aveaue Unt den Linden?the scene of the previous atta . ?some shots from a hou?e on the avenue we i fired at him and he was wounded in one ai . and on the cheek by a quantity of bucksh< The emperor stood up in the carriage as t | first shot was firad, hat immediately sank ba j again. Bis personal attendant jumped into t oarriage aud supported him until their arrii , at the palace. The person who fired the ?h< 1 was arrested, but not before he had fired up ~ the persons attempting to capture him. ] 1 also tried to commit suicide, and inflicted S( 1 eral severe wounds on himself. He proved 1 be a Dr; Edouard Nobiling, a doctor of pb 1 ologx, aged thirty-two. '^The emperor suffer great pjBo Ind several grains of shot were < tracted, causing much loss of blood, but t i wounds were not thought dangerous by 1 physiciahtf. F The ocean steamer Idaho, on her way fr< \ New York to Queenstown and Liverpool, we 1 ashqre bn the coaBt of Wexford, Ireland, dt irig k tog, and foundered. The crew and pi > sengers were all saved. 1 Only, one aession will be held by the Eui . peajk pepofc -obtgress, during which the ba j of peaoe .will bo settled and the final tree signed. Dr. Nobiling, who tried to kill the Empei f William, hid studied agriculture and finam i was a regular contributor to agricultural joi nals and was in easy circumstances. Ho i 3 mitted tbathe had accomplices who had be ??> nnMXinniinHnn trifli Vltm nn th? nnblnct Ut VWiiJUi Ut^UUViWU >|?^M ? ? ? ^ the assassination of the Emperor for the pi J h.x monthB. t ii i r" The formal invitation to the peace oongr< 1 w^8 made JrabUc. The . international postal treaty has be r signed by all the representatives of the govei x ments taking part in the conference. 3 . I'urtiier advices from -Berlin in regard to t 1 attempted assassination of the Emperor Y) liam, state that Horr Holtfleur. who was al , wouilded by the assassin, Nobiling, was m . tat'eU'py the. infuriated populace for then r mtuderer,: and was so roughly handled tt t his injuries will prove mortaL As the van ec j veying Nobiling to the hoepit&l was bei rapidly driven through an archway of the ho I tbe driver's head came in contact with an ar j with such force that he was kilted; and anott 1 man who attempted to arrest Nobiling also 1 | oeived injuries from the effects of whioh 5 died. As soon as the news of the attack up , the emperor was made known telegrams [ sympathy from all parts of the civilized wor! t including one from President Hayes, were at k. to Berlin. CONGRESSIONAL HUMMAKY. Ornate* [ The Senate committee on foreign relatio , mado a report on the fisheries award messa , of the President, accompanied by a bill provi . ing for the payment of the award..The t I to prohibit further retirement of legal tend notes was passed by yeas 41, nays 18, ai [ went to the President for his signature. T. , billxeads: " That from and after the passsge j this act it shall not be lawful for the seereta of the treasury, or other officer under him, canoel or retire any more of the United Stat legal tender notes, and when any of said not > may be redeemed or be received into the tre r suit, under any law, from any source whateve j and shall belong to the United States, th' 1 shall not be retired, canceled, or destroyed, b j they snail be reissued and paid out again, & ' kept in circulation; provided, that nothii herein shall prohibit the cancellation and d , struction of mutilated notes and the issue r other notes of like denomination in their stei > as now provided by law. All acts and parts i i acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed > Adjonrned after an executive session. i The Senate refused to take up the bill to r i move the legal obstacles to women practicii I in the United States ooarts, by yeas, twent six, nays, twenty-six The river and harb appropriation bill was reported. The aggr gato amount appropriated by the House is i ' creased $900,000 by the Henate. Adjourne A bill was reported from the judiciary cor . mittee to create an auditor of railroad a ' [ counts, as a substitute for the Senate bill r laling to the filing of Pacific Railroad report ' A bill waB introduced by Mr. Cameron, i , Wisconsin, authorizing the present LegiBlata of New Hampshire to eleot a Senator for tl 1 term beginning March i, 1870 The bill a thorizing the appointment of an addition judge in the seventh judicial circuit (1 linois and Indiana) was pa?sed....The le islativo, judicial, and executive appropriate ' bill was disposed of in committee of the who I and passed The fisheries award concurre 1 resolution was discussed without action. A journed. The House amendment to the Senate res 1 lution for a final adjournment of Congress < 1 the 17th was adopted The Senate resume ; consideration of the concurrent resolutic approving the report of the foreign relatioi committee on the Halifax fisheries award, long debate took place, in which it was argut 1 that the award, notwithstanding it was exc bitant, should be paid. Several senators i timated that the proceedings of the Halifi commission were not regular, and that tl award had been_reached through improper t fluences. Finally, an amendment was auopt* declaring that the provisions of articles 18 ai 21 of the Washington treaty ought to be te minated as soon as possible, and then the re olution authorizing tne President, after furth correspondence, to pay the award, was adop ed. Adjourned. Mr. Dorsey, from the committeo on the Di trict of Columbia, reported favorably on tl 8enate bill for the protection of daiiymen at to prevent deception in sales of batter ai cheese in the District of Columbia.... A amendment to the Houso bill appropriate $20,000 for the expenses of the Louisiana ar Florida presidential election investigation cot mittee was reported from the judiciary cor mittee, appropriating $20,000 for any invesl gation the Senate may order daring the fort fifth Congress The post route bill was tak< np and various amendments adopted. M Hamlin submitted sn amendment virtnal reviving the franking privilege, which, aft discussion, was rejected by 29 to 29. Adjourne The Senate bill to repeal the bankrupt la was signed by the pr< sident of the Senate, ar it went to the President for his signature.. The committee on appropriations reported tl army bill. The House provision reducing tl army to 20,(00 men was amended and tl force left at its present figure?25,000 me: The committee also srruck out the section pri hibiting the use of the army as a posse con itatus for the purpose of enforcing and ex exiting the laws, except in cases express authorized by Congress. The clause in tl House bill transferring the Indian bnree from the interior to the war department wi agreed to by the committee. Adjourne J. House. The army appropriation bill was passt with amendment. Tho main features of tl bill as passed are, fixing the strength of th army at 20,000 men, fixing the number of ca' airy regiments at eight, (with compani* | not exceening 120 privates,) and or mranu , regiments at 18, (with companies of not lei than 60 privates;; reducing the force of tk various staff departments, providing for board to reorganize those departments, pri viding for a board to recommend the retirin or tho mustering out of officers, fixing tb number of major-generals at one and of brigi dier-generals at three after those figures sha have been reached, reducing the number an rank of aides de camp, reducir g the pay an emoluments of officers, transferring the India bureau to the war department, ani prohibit ing the employment of troops for civil pui poses unless specially authorised by act of Cor _ea 10 grew.. . .The bill repealing the bankrupt law was passed after concurrence in the Senate's l(j amendment, and went to the President for his i8 signature. Adjourned. ie The House refused to postpone the subject nl of final adjournment till June 8, as agreed ,a upon in the Democratic caucus, and fixed June ^ 17 as tUe day for closing the session. A bill ie appropriating ?20,000 for the expenses of the 3 Potter Committee wae reported, and, under a d point of order, was referred to the committe )f of the whole, but the opponents of the appror priation bo retarded progress that the committee at length rose, leaving the bill at the.'e foot of the calendar. Adjourned. ?* On motion of Mr. Atkins, of Tennessee, the bill appropriating 120,000 to defray the exv peases of the Florida investigation committee, 2 was taken from the calendar and passed without a division Forty-five bills on the pri. vate calendar were passed.... Tha Bpeaker appointed Messrs. Blount, Manning, and Fort as the board of visitors to West Point on the part of the House. Adjourned. The House non-concurred in the Senate ie amendments to the legislative appropriation >1- bill.. A bill was passed exempting post office d: employes from military and jury duty The :d bill to reorganize the life-saving service was >n passed On motion of Mr. Wood, the tariff se Dili was taken up in committee of the whole. Debate was limited to two hours by a vote of 0f 129 to 86. At the close of s speech against u the bill by Mr. Garfield, Mr. Wood moved that t0 the oommittee rise, which was lost by 111 to ae 82. Mr. Wood then demanded the first reading 0f of the bill, which was proceeding when Mr. 0f Butler proposed that a vote should be taken at noon on the nfext day on a motion to strike out the enacting clause. Agreed to. Adjourned.' It The Home Presidential Election Investigate) j lion. . " The House apecial committee appointed 10 investigate alleged frands in the Louisiana and Florida presidential election opened u its sessions in the basement of the old Capitol, which bad been fitted up as a court room. The fnll committee was present, and Secretary Sherman was represented by Messrs. Shetland barger and Wilson, as counsel. The first Wit}g ness called was James E. Anderson, a journaliat, who had boon supervisor of registration in the parish of East Feliciana. La., during the election in 1876. Witness stated that be3" fore the election Governor Kellogg and others *B* tried to drive him from his post because, re knowing how the election would go, he refused in to make' up a jase of "intimidation;" that ua after the election he had been asked to sign a as protest, alleging the election had been carried unlawfully, but that he refused; that 116 subsequently he did eign, but not swear to. ?.n a protest that had been garbled and ohangea iur to suit the purpose for which it was inire tended, namely, tathrow out the vote of the "8 parish. Witness gave the particulars of an "e interview which he and Don. A. Weber (superl07 visor of registration in West Feliciana parish) nt had with Hon. John Sherman in a New Orleans restaurant. At that interview, witness said, Mr. Sherman made the following remark; ut < Gentlemen, I want to see yon, as I under"y stand there is some difficulty in your respective 'a" parishes. This is a time when the assistance bo of every Bepubllcan and true patriot is needed, en and I trust you will stand by us." Mr. Weber remarked that in endeavoring to do their duty they incurred the displeasure of Messrs. Packde ard and Kellogg, and were compelled to leave lis their respective parishes; and in the event of or Mr. Packard's election as governor, we will get :er nothing from the administration, whereupon ck they were assured by Mr. Sherman that they ;re would be cared for as Mr. Hayes would conrm trol the Federal patronage. All he desired )t. of them was that they stand firm and let the he record run along as it is. After a lapse of a ck s- ort time Messrs. Weber and Anderson conhe eluded to forward a letter to Mr. Sherman, 7*1 informing him that thev were not satisfied with >ts ! their conversation with him as regards being on token care ot, and requesting that he inform 3e them in writing a i to whom they should look rv- for the fulfillment of his promises. Messrs. to Hiscock, Butler and Cox, of the committee, il- objected to the reading of what was claimed ed by the witness to be a copy of the reply to ix- their letter to Mr. oherman, taking the ground he that Mr. Sherman should flrBt see the docuiis ment, and, if he recognized it as a copy of his reply, then, and not until then, should it )m be admitted in evidence. After discussion lqt it w?b determined by the committee to call Ir. Secretary Sherman and allow him to testify 18. concerning the letter. After a recess Secretary Sherman appeared before the committee, and the letter, which was claimed by Mr. Anderson "?* to be a reply to his letter, was shown to the 81fl secretary, and he said: " Mr. Chairman. I belt7 lieve from my recollection of the views I have taken that I never wrote snoh a letter. - If it or was written, it must have been when the rese, turning officers convened to count the returns, ir- and I do not believe I ever wrote this letter, id- At the same time, there are things in leten ter I would have written to theee or any other of men engaged in such occupation; but I do not i?t KqUctto t wnta this Ittttar. A votfl was then taken, resulting in favor of having the letter Hg read. The document was as follows: " New Obleahs, Not. 20, 1876. ' Messrs. D. A. Webeb and James E. Axdeb? boh.?Gentlemen: Your note of even date has just been received. Neither Mr. Hayes,myBelf, the gentlemen who accompany me. nor the he country at large can ever forgot the obligations il- under which you will have placed us, Bhould so you stand firm in the position you have taken, is- prom a lODg and intimate acquaintance with sal Governor Hayes, I am justified in assuming lat the responsibility for promises made, and will >n- gtuwantee that you will be provided for as soon D8 after the 4th of March as may be practicable, tel and in such manner as will enable yon both to ch leave Louisiana, should you deem ii necessary. >er Very truly yours, Jomr Shebxax." re- " Secretary Snerman left the witness stand and he the examination of Anderson continued. He ?Q testified that he came to Washington and tried of to obtain a suitable position through the aid of Id, Hon. Stanley Matthews. Mr. Matthews asked int witness what position he wanted, and he re 6ilea: " rtouung in partionmr; wuureupuu [r. ilatthewB advised him to proceed to New Orleans, and, if possible, see are the original written promise of Secretary Sherman, guar anteeing that Weber and himself would be prone vided for. Ha succeeded in obtaining the copy, ge and forwarded it to Mr. Matthews, but he did id- not succeed in getting a satisfactory position, till Witness was cross-examined at great length by er Mr. Batler. bat nothing new was elicited, ad Under the call of the States the following lie bills wore introduced and referred: By Mr. of Bland, of Missouri?Authorizing the issue of ry $50,000,000 in United States treasury notes to to be applied for the improvement of the Missises sippi river from 8t. LouIb to thei Gulf of Mexies co. By Mr. Culberson, of Texas?To restrain ia- the secretary of the treasury from paying the >r, out-standing 5-20 bonds, except in legal tender ey treasury notes. By Mr. Wright, of PennBylvaut nia?Authorizing the issue of $400,000,000 id United States notes, to be knewn as national ig money A bill was roported to let tho printe ing and engraving of tji6 national corroncy, of United States notes and^bonds, after public id advertisement, to such parties whoso proposals of shall be most advantageous to the government Adjourned. On the second day of the sitting of the com e- mittee, the cross-examination or tne witness ig Anderson was continued by Mr. Reed, of the y- committee. The examination was largely deor voted to an endeavor to convict the witness of e- discrepancies between his testimony on the first q- day and statements heretofore made by him d. before the Senate investigating committee a- that visited Louisiana last year. The conc tracts between Anderson and Nash fcandie date for Congress from Louisiana) and :h. between Anderson and Weber were largely of used for the purpose of showing contradicre tion and discrepancies and disregard of moral le considerations on the part of the witness, a- Witness had stated in relation to the Nash al contract that at the time of it? date he had nn [1- evidence of fraad in his possession and had not g- pretended that he had. and yet the contract in recites that he is to suppress evidence le showing that East Feliciana haJ been fairly ut carried by the Democratic party, tho considd oration for such suppression being that Nash was to secure for him the position of naval o- officer. He was pressed on that point as to )n whether his statement on the first day (that he >d had no snch evidence) was correct or not, and )n he assorted that it was, except that he had the us Sherman letter in his pocket at the time (if A that could be constrnea into snch evidence) 3d and also except that he had knowledge that the r- vote of the State was to be thrown out on a a- forged protest. He admitted also that he did ix not expect to get the position of naval officer. 36 Anderson further stated* that he had purn posely misled the Senate investigation corned mittee that went to Louisiana last year, in id order to carry out as far as possible his imir plied agreement with Mr. Sherman. Coming s- down to his tostimony as to the interview with er Mr. 8herman at Moreau's restaurant, in New >t- Orleans, Anderson waB closely cross-examined and made to repeat in detail all the ciroum8 stances of the interview, but his answers to ie all the questions put to him on that point did id not show any notable variation or discrepancy, id lQ 1? . A Qnickened Conscience. jj" During a lull in the conversation yes jl terday evening, grandfather Lickshiny glef startled the family by remarking: >n " I've lived over a hundred years by r* the watch, ana never leic tms way dbJ fore," and be blinked in a very sorrow3. ful manner. w " Wbat's the matter?" asked mother, id who was at his side in an instant. "I don't know," he said, " unlesa I J? have a quickened conscience," and he ie blinked and stared by turns in a very i. alarming manner. " I feel sort o* hot around the ears,' I' he went on, " an* mebbe I'd better con?' (000 ? ly ie His whole frame trembled like a leaf, in and a deadly pallor overspread his face. 18 A window was thrown open, which seemed to revive him, and he gasped: , " I wrote ' Beautiful Snow !'" ie " You did nothing of the sort," yelled ie father; "I wrote it myself, and I can v- prove it." Grandfather went on with his conresJ sion: ,0 "I killed old man Junius, and wrote a tho Nathan letters I Bind up my horse I >- Give me another wound !" ? Another window was opened. Summoning his strength again he whisU pered: I d "It was I who struck Billy Patterson d ?struck him twice; once for a V, next ? time for a twenty," an! grandfather fell r. back in his ohair exhausted.?Oil City i-1 Drrritk, - - ; ,-TT -v-.-' r*"?r- r + .<-*Wy t?~ jwi"s?i *;.? ' - . ?^f? -; j v>3* *. . I ';>. ' :.--:?ifi 1 Fashion Notes. Watered silk will be worn again. , i Belt buokles are very fashionable. 1 The novelty in scarfs is'the Don SoL All bonnets have strings this, seaspn," Lace turbans are worn by boy-babies. Pearls are used profusely on hridal toilets. . The " Fra Diavolo" is the latest itoind | hat. / ?" '*> ? ?'? India pongee is worn -again for costumes, : Lace mittens are not suitable for street wear. Bracelets of gold filagree are pretty novelties. Bound hats are worn only by girls in their teens. Short qverskirts are worn with some of tbe kilt suits. j. . The wrists of new lisle thread glbves are lace ?looked. Mirecourt is the name of the finer grade of torchon laoe. t' " Bridal dresses are no longer made | entirely of white satin. The swallow-tail jacket is affected byt nobby young ladies. , , No loopincrs in back draperies are worn by fashionable women. Four button undressed kids are the thing for fall street costume. . The capote, or pottage shape, is the favorite style for mourning. The Marie Antoinette fichu of black silk is a favorite light wrap. J> < r\ Bourette batiste is a new knotted linen fabric for mid-summer wear; There is a revival of spotted silks and satine and soft twilled foulards. 1' ;1 ^ The Don Sol scarfs are of silk chenille, and bright colors are preferred. ;a ' Jaspe silks with bourette effects are the latest.novelties in dress goods.!.,;:, New summer fichus of lace and crepe lisse have collars and cuffs to match. The "Devonshire" and Oxford are leading shapes of round hats for this season. 1 (in'n<yA AAmVlltl<Xf\ tknf.Tr VJriLUUUU UiQlU !AiU^U| wmv*uvv? crape, 10 used for trimming mourning dresses. Beige beads, in graduated shades. are a novelty for trimming blaek silk' drees?a .. . . ' .. White muslin veils, dotted with Ro* man pearl beads, are pretty "novelties for full dress. < ... : The moat fashionable trimming jot! linen and batiste dresses is Russian embroidery. Striped black silk grenadine, ^witH chenille bourettes, is used for bonneij capes and strings. :1' v; Young girls who are in deep mourning wear crape round hats in'all the popular shapes. v / Beige, chip, lined with black velvet' and bound with gold braid, is the favorite style of bonnet; Grenadine lace is the name given, to! a. new trimming of open work designs embroidered on grenadine. . '!' , ,'1*?,'' The fashionable belt buckle' Of the moment is of cut steel and gold, ot.6f, diamonds for evening wear. ' :i Large bonnets and still larger round hats are the fashion in Paris. The bbri1 - - " -? ? nets nave large oaring diuus uiueuuju m. Watteau style, and broad flat crown. .. The Amazon.- /' , ;/;[ g It rises in the little Peruvian Lake of Lauricocha, just below this limits fcrfjpcbrpetual snow.' For 500 milea, it flows swiftly through a deep valley. Then;' turning sharply eastward, it runs 2,500 miles across the neat equatorial plaint. , Two thousand miles above its moath'ita width is a mile and a half, increasing to more than ten miles at the head of thei delta, where it divides, and after iun^ ning 400 miles, presents a front of 150 . miles upon the ooean. For a great distance it is bordered by side ohannelp or "bayous," as they are called upon the Mississippi, named by the Indians igan rapes, or "canoe paths." : From Santa rem, the principal ,iown' tibo^e;. Pfitta, one may paddle a thousand milee parallel to the river without once entering the stream. Fortwenty-flve degrees of latitude every river that flows down the eastern slopes of the Andes is an affluent of the Amazon. The volume of its waters is Greater than the breadth of the' river wouTd indicate. At N&nta, 2,200 miles from its month, the depth is forty feet, increasing rapidly as it approaches ' the ocean. The largest ocean st4pmer could doubtless steam 2,000 miles up the Amazon. The vegetation of the' valley is exuberant. There w a bewilcp ering diversity of grand and beautifm' trees,, wild, unconquered vegetable giants, draped and festooned by creeping plants. The moment you land upon the shore you are confronted by a so^.d wall of vegetation, through which, if you wish to proceed, you must hew your way with axe or macheta. Palais, of which three varieties are noted, constitute the majority of trees. Thfcn thereare " cow trees," a hundred and fifty feet high, yielding a milk of the consistency of cream, used for t&>, coffee and custards. The '4 caucho,'' or rubber tree, though of a different species from that of the East Indies, produces a gum which constitutes most of the rubber of commerce. Of ornamental woods there is no end. Foremost among these is the " Motra-Pinima," or ' tortoise-shell wood," the most beautiful in grain and color of any in the world. Enough is wasted every year to veneer all the dwellings of the civilized world. For monxr vaorn tn mmfl thfi ATTWirtfl nf the Amazon Valley mnet be mainly the products of its forests. Contrary to all that we might expect, the climate of the Amazon Valley is temperate rather than tropical. It . is more equal than in any other region of the world. Year in and year out it ranges from sev enty-five to eighty-seven degrees?the fair mean being eighty degrees. A Fatal Explosion. That it is as dangerous to sleep over a toy shop as over a powder magazine was shown one evening in Paris recently, when a small stock of ammunition for drawing-room pistols exploded in the Rue Beranger with such force that it brought to the ground a house inhabj ited by over 100 persons. The terror I TcVii/Vh fh? flYnlnnion nansed in the im mediate neighborhood was immense; and the audience in the Troisieme Theatre Francais, waiting for the curtain to rise, rushed from the house in alarm. The ground floor of the hose was a toy shop and manufactory owned by a man named Blanchon. Above the shop there were twenty-eight rooms, all of which were tenanted, the total number of occupants being ninety-two; besides the Maison Blanchon itself, which employed sixty workmen and women. The explosion took place, luckily, at the Paris dinner time, about eight o'clock, so that most of the people were away. At halfpast nine o'clock followed a second explosion, bringing down the walls of the I contiguous houses. This caused another j panic for the moment Many of the j women had fainted from fright, and were brought down in the arms of the ! firemen. Others tore up their sheets j and blankets and made ropes to descend I with. One poor old man who had been paralyzed for years was rescaed just as the floor of his room was about to fall in ThroA Hf.tlA cHrls. whn hart hpflri locked up while the mother -went out to fetch some bread for dinner, were found playing in an attic, unconscious of the danger which surrounded them. Many other striking escapes occurred, such as that of a little girl who was found buried in the ruins with a table over her, which had to be sawed in two before she could j be rescued, when she was fonnd safe ! and sound. The rescuers worked all ! night at the ruins, beneath which the ' groans and shrieks of human beings were heard. A dozen bodies were found before morning. Deceit.?Some people continue under such gross aDd habitual self-deception that tho most blundering observer of I human nature can understand them ! better than they can themselves. There are persons who have so accustomed themselves to all the arts and tricks of falsehood, that to gain a plain end in a plain way would be as tasteless and nsipid as warm water. .'itsi\ iiU li) a^rihiT How Prof. Henry tflssed Being An u> <;// ;t,>/ Actavrtrrp #sm; .. > Thurlow Weedhas written a*My in-cl teresting letter to the New York Tribunf" describing how (be laid Prof,Stn*jvibe <; .well-known Bcientist.and ftecretfry 9! the Smithsonian. .Instate, jpet,, be-,. dommeiicing in t8l5, ripened ;lnto5 "warm 1 friendship. He Wa tfteh an1 apptefatice to John F. Doty, a silversmith",'itf 'State', street, Albany.. .X waa a journeyman in the office of the Albany Hegiater, published, by Henry. 0. Sou|hwiok,..and edited by Solomon &tathvi&During the war with England;' which had. just closed, the Green Street1 Theatre, with) a strong company, HbtoaUj*' patronised ' bv the officers of thearihy stationed, in'} Greenbush, awakened much, erithuslAem among the young gentlemen# AJftany,, ( several of whom-formed themselves; i?to . an amrtenr theatrical tntimmTjziiVbief fitted up* hall formerly" ??6d for dmn-itic irepre^entatfons, thai' kftownati the' Thespian' Hotel, on the &rnear" i(l 'JfbrtW; Pearl and Patroori Hb" ap?a. Ttti/a. e.i.. fancied large audiences, Joseph. J&nrybecamo a " bright particular star." jSCis young Nerval, Damoo, add ever/Hamlet, were pronounced' equal' in conception and execution tb the personations ot '^^ce^and^idp^j^^^^,, ' &> genius, rrgedhim to adopt foe: stage on a profession. Hii ;owh > thoughts -and inclination rendered him'a--willing lis"-tener.' Soon the mazxager;pf th<i Green.'. :$fereet Theatre offered nimia u&iilato^ni. engagement with! a liberal that the ; young acpirantr<<?!^nMnatio. honors was greatly delighted.) But Dr. T. Bomevn Beck, principal of the Albany Academy, believed that there was a way opened to the ybUiig man promising greater usefulness and more -euchring honors than the dramaoouldconfeiv,, After consultation with tbfsfcruatees, Dr. Beck invited youngHenryto enter npoff and complete a gratuitous aoademic Course. While anxiously considering^ theBe conflicting offers three of his.iuti^ mate friends, James Dexter, a law stuv dent, James Hunter, a printer, a#d myself , were called into consultation-jHunter and myself saw for our friend iaia-1 dramatic1 career assured fame and fortune. Dexter--lew enthusiastic, preferred academic honors to those of thd' "*ock" andr /Sbusljin."- ;<Hf urged^ calmly but forcibly, that if-the stage was. to be ultimately adopted as a profearion, an academic education HvotiM* hi crease 'pair Mend's dhancee. jHrnBtafflfi^Dii c$ss, and that after ;;oon^leting l^ ffdncation lie would be q^teypung enough" to .-.become an aotor^Tbiflargpnect* after a long and anxious mental-struggle, proved effeofeuali The 'following day;" Joe Henry** Tejeited Meager Bernard's d^matfc .\b|T(^';fiid7 ^tooVfcla, , seat in the Alban y Acade jny,.; Mr. t>i0^ . when informed- of .his apprenticed .-de^ i /sire to become a student, in the academy*/1 generously surrendered his indentures. If was only a ierw weeks before the "Young Rosciris" becami stf abibrbed ;1 ft 'and delighted wijUx hit studies '$?{: the theatre with. all its attract^ associations was forgotten. Long yews after-. : ward, when we met in Washington or in hisvisitt to Albany, while recalling! the scenes of bur.^th, the grav^Kblrttor ttenry, men ^wpria-wiaB i^ciepimq reputation, remefiibered^a ,episode in Ms , life as partaking ' io*9 61, a dream'than as a reality.- tn? v-i sw? ofli ?"l fi* it . 1 l.VWM.U . R* oi ,?" !r . it. Mil UUlteft the Wind* ^,u{ : .As we cft^pr'aU.^re ^hat^'lriiDi ' $1 the ^3^ of" music, perhaps the follow* ing information how to make tfye mbat of-what all ean get-raayW acceptable: 1 Double,.kwidtand waxstooagailk thread? tie a knot on eaoh end ^make two little ' wedgesofsoftwoodl)w50ithelittle''end one on each end of ijhe fcfciead, the knot : ikeeping-it ftpm slipping ttubiigjL .'$<>*, stretuh it as tightly-as possible between, the sashes of < a window where the wind, will play npon it ; fasten firmly with the wedges, attd ^<w-Kjbms will:: W'.^lled with, music so soft afiid sweet, 60 ^fuj| of changeful harmony, you.w^ .fwjftast , fancy it the mosic pf,;angel voices, and listening to it will begoile many ah hottf of pain and'weariness. By making the '.string coarse* 6t' finer 'different' tones will, d?;'produced, bitf' all; faitof iesfc ; ,ana nweemess. ,)o u^-^in ynt?? 5S"8^p for U1 dfeea&M tnddent to-'the period or teeth*: iifg in ohlidren. ItreUevM the ohOd from pain, sores wind 00lie. regulate* the bowels, and, by ghifig relief sad health to the child, gtara test to ' the mother. It is an old and well-tried remedy. I hOIMI j. ~~ , i jwr-Bnekpyq flfowera aad Bfaperi. ? ' .The Buokeye Mowers and Reapers,. ^otU by . Adriauoej Piatt k Co., Pocghkeepsie, andIK Ghieiindcbatrtet,'"New Torkj h**.>for21 years' . heja; tfi'e I posi6on. While !mtoy 'tiflef ol improvemeats ha^e-been made in other del-, partmen^a .qf, .agrtyultufal, xnyhmery, all at, ( tempt# to prcklqpe ^ machine that ^pnl^ equal the Buckeye in the simplicity anil oenegtpess Of its principles of oamtructlOE have failed; whfle the excellence of the mechanical'work done by Adriance, Piatt A Co., has given them' a world-wide fame. The New Model Buckeye Mower contains all the original Buckeye features, and is constructed entirely of iron and stee?.It is truly a model of. beauty, symmetry, lightness, strength, efficiency, and durability, h.ij < The Adriance Reaper, brnlt by the same firm, la the nearest approach, to perfection yet attained in a light,,pimple, Bingle-drive wheel iron reaper, combining every desirable; feature to enable it to do the best of work under aD circumstances. Its platform in very easily folded, rendering it as portable as the Buckeye Mower, and enabling it to. pass, through the narrowest bar* or lanes.!- / < < t'ltn ""* Great age carries with it a certain reapectvbility whether it attaches to a person or thing. This is seen particularly in this case- of Johnson's Anodyne. Liniment, which is the moot marvelous internal and external remedj. ever discovered. It ought to be kept in every house; If farmers and others continue to buy dust and ashes put up in big packs and sold for condition powders it won't be our fault We have exposed the swindle time and again. Sheridan's Powders are the only kind we know of worth carrying home. The Xarkflia. nw yob*. BMfOattli S^tlve , 19 9 t?* Xexu and OborokM.. 08 <3 09X MUohCows 60 00 ?60 00 Hom: Live OSJtfg OS# " Dreoea X .... <** 81>eep - ?{>?? fjLrrihu....,?,,rtft Co ^ Cotton : Middling 4 <"X<? , J*X Flour: Western: Good to Cbaloe. 165 <9 " tj SUte: Good to Choice.... 6*J ?Ji8 Wtaeat: Bod Wcetern ^ g J J* No. 2 Milwaukee 01W Bye: State ? f ]? Barley: HUte *2 ? J? Barley Malt ?- ?, ? Oata: Mixed Weetern 23 g J* Corn: Mixed Weetern " ? Hay, per cwt ? ? fj Straw, per cwt ? ? Hops 7?'?-08 ?? 78 *25 ? -S? Pork: 8 78 0 921 Lard: Oity8team 2Z*f,ai2 Plata : Mackerel, No. 1, new 1?00 016 00 ' No. 2, new. 8f0 Dry God, per cwt. 2 7? ? # J? Herring, Scaled, per bo*.... 17 0 18 Petroleum: Crude MKaWvi Bftfii>ea...?lX Woo' California Fleeco. 20 <9 Texaa Fleece , i? ? ? Auatrallan Fleece.... 88 ? 12 State S3 9 ?? Butu . }? 0 ? Weatern: Choloe 1<? 22 Weetern: Good to Prfcne. 1J 0 1? Western: Firkins........ 1' 9 18 Ohsese: SUte Factory 0 U State Skimmed....... 01 0 07 Western 0 'a Eggs: State and Pennsylvania.... 1SM0 1* KOtWiXO. Floor... 5 76 -A 415 Wheat?No. 1 Milwaukee ....? 1? S 0 107 Corn?Mlxea 42 0- <3 Oats S3 0, J . Bye 65 0 08 Biriev:::;:. 70 0 v* Barley Malt 65 0 63 psnosiLraiA. Bwf Oattle?Extra 0# 0 OS* Sheep 06X0 !M* Bogs?Dressed 06*0 06k Flour?Pennsylvania Extra 560 0 6 P Wheat-Red Western 1 05 0 1 C8 Ryo , 6} 8 H Oorn?Yc'.Ioti 44 0 46 Mixed 48 0 44 Oats?Mixed 29 0 .6 Petroloom?Crude Ofl ?0JH Beflned, IX Wool?Colorado 78 0 '3 Texas 18 0 '.3 ralUftwiU OA Ck. *ifk BOSTOS. Beof Cattle 00 & *>?, Sheep WX<S - 07^ Hogs 06VO 07 k Flour?Wisconsin and Minnesota 7 00 9 9 00 Corn?Mixed 48 <? 53 X Oata? " 87 0 89 Wool?Ohio and Pennsylvania XX... 12 <3 47 California Fall lb ? 18* Baiatrrox. uxas. Bwt Cattle 0fl*& 07 M Sheep 08 0 03V Lambs 07 ? 10 Hogs 07X9 <H XITSBTOWN, HAM. B:-of Cattle? Poor to Choice 4 ?0 9 00 Sheep 8 00 9 7 >0 Umba ... 7 00 #800 1 if Hi-mill fiiwW 11ij inil wu'jiiiiji; mmafi Ls^aia'i^ sil'P Owfay-to'uMrpirfect purity at Doolej'i UWU lUilAiaa llili Will UBJmi iloiaHSldt pi ai?fo!jQ*ing fionn^ea, ^^n^nj^aeJanJ. Spain, Russia. Denmark. Sweden, Italy and Brazil. It wAs long ago adopted and is today, mod . by; thquaands of k^?L' American houaehoUB scattered all- ,dy?r the western torld, and the high, esteem Jif whicfr it is held lrt tlilf cotjnliy fully jualifiei "Jto. Introduction land jaw as above .^Wted:.. i' <rj ? " vrlQHKff i>* i f . >"T.:TheOaletaated ' j i/t yn.i- i MMamanB** ?? M-'"'" 5 r.l Wood Tag <Ffcf ' r. f-tritfuiiT* Timodfc'.i < if?.. / '?*? JPiomosaTobacco Oowair*, .( .vuc ' Nesr,(VGFk,Ba*toe.-and Chicago. . Xbo Grf^cect: Dtecemry ?..?c?A*t> Im Or. robiki'poMmUd VMntSfto rjwfnrpll-jtf) imhi fcjfew aidPfbli*. WJft *j^n?U4to WW Ooli^ and Spaam#* Mn? laUrn*flyjfad.tteveKOuooU ^WwWl&wtfUre^ Old Boroo. JP W-flJW % fa terttr.*W.? ?"** ? i *fUr onw sirin? U * Ulx IrUL Price, 40 conU. Ub 'TOBIAS' VENETIAN HOBgp' &iaiMBri; t^Flat Sai^^?w??PiP :'?h ii it ,>in<}ir.n'rri?i . glOWt BUOMCKUL riOCre^lW<?a*^l^<*l<H fpgHSpeaSF >4Wu-I oj jI-'HT: ja .vitfixux '*u*u?a* iuio?. fi??s AX5EI\fTS,REAE? THIS! W? ?gU P"? A??at4 ?'?<***# of# tfiiW/Mwrt C^?.aMT Upham s DEPILATORY POWOER feiatmh WpflrnW HW la flyo mWif^'wltSottt ;m"s25'a^SSs *'*'m:jf 2'' ".1 n-*iii ? i ?o tO 9rv " OaHj^proO^ ygg5| ! r. iTTfrTTufJgK! Tf'tfT .,;>rfT**T(?TTi,^T . eeheh^SHES cwoab q. mq^gaa&xbrtu^bfc^a?rt4rt. : ,' s!ffls?.. v9^ -.|?spwfr? : sold ? vtmL dkwoists.1 . iff / j fr^i-A.XDEPPT/G BOWBR*i*. *? ; B*iMAIk:TO&:s33?i 31KWBHB .' r.r.ity-. > i . /! > HoiBliiWmr V :. rtiiv/ ' !. ni v? *) ;?.' i Fronting - Unkm^SaTraw*' : -jH: /v.:/. NEW (YORK. ^U.J> Finest Location in the CiW' EnrpaiPlai-E&SM^l i. ?rj 'on^i* Hm iw rviT A ?<ti8 mrmnwMB + wmA9MtU^%'^rnt'9wt^r?. - hsU4kfi*ImjProxtgr^^ BDRffETTS COCOlIIE Kill* D?4nf, Alivi.lnlaain uIPn> note* the Growth mt the Htlf. l . .'.' - : "..< iiut !--t ;; v'; ? Ottawa; BtL., April 9,'isn. Metro. Jocefh Braurrrr 4 Oo,: f] *- ";J Gtnti?i**?ForovwtwoTwn HUT*Hfbndt?Mblr with "icaldhead" in it> wontfona. Attvvwbiio I tried a bottle of yoor C-OOOAIir*. The &r*t application gave me relief, aod now the disease ia effectual!* cured. I oheecfallj iteommrad Bcmrrrr'a Cocoam to aa/ on* (offetUf with the abore complaint. Yoart reapectfally, K. 0. BTEVHfS,. . . Pepafrghwig. Safe and Beliabt* Issbvtltste lot QaiBlM The only 25 cent AGUE REMEDY ZN ,TBB WORZiD CURBS -./fr-i Md all MAJLAUIAL DISBAHK*. old bf *11 Druxrtalt. M?ll?d FREE *" r*?lpt of prtca. Writ* to DCNDA3 DICK A CO.. V. Wootrrn tiTlur, 5ST tor iMr i?n cat book, to Qm ritifcn o; I thli pn?r FREF u" ?pr"=?'lon. /WTMT Tke GREAT UHKDfte OOnPUXiBNOH. ALLAN'S ANTI-FAT U purely errtabie ?nd perfectly harmless. It ?eti upon the food In Uje stomacli, preventing 1U being eonrerted Into At Taken In accordance with <]( reetlon*, ft wffl ?c<a?> t*t penoa from two to tn ^Coroulence U not only a disease Itaelf, but the harbinger of others." So wrote nippoeretea twa thousand year* ago, and what waa true then la bom the less so to-day. Bold br drug rut*, or sent, by express, cpoa receipt of 11.50, Quarier-doren ItQOl Address, BOTANIC MEDICINE CO., i JPiojartatai s, Buffalo, Jfc 7. 4 ITRI >3 I SUMMARY OF NEWS. Eastern and Middle States. The Rhode Island Legislature organized at Newport and inaugurated the State officers. In the Senate a resolution protesting against the Florida election investigation was passed. A bust of Mazzini, the Italian patriot, has been unveiled in Cental Park, Now York. The Pennsylvania Prohibition party held a State convention at Altoona and nominated a ticket headed by F. H. Lane for governor. Decoration Day in New York this year was observed with unusually imposing ceremonies, although the programme of the day was marred by the heavy rain that set iu during the forenoon and continued all the afternoon. The military processeion was reviewed by Gov. Robinson, and among the officers in line were Generals Sherman, Hancock and others. All the statues in the city were beautifully deoorated with flowers, notably the equestrian statue of Washington, in Union Square, which was completely surrounded with floral archeB and inscriptions. The ceremonies at the different cemeteries were curtailod somewhat 1 by the rain. At Gettysburg, Pa., the pration of the day was delivered by Hon. Benjamin F. Butler, and short addresses were also spoken by President Hayes, Attorney-General DevenB and Secretary McCrary.' Hon. James G. Blaine has been eleoted chairman of the Maine ReDublican State eonvention,