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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,
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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:..
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. Xbo Grf^cect: Dtecemry ?..?c?A*t> Im Or.
robiki'poMmUd VMntSfto rjwfnrpll-jtf) imhi fcjfew
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Kill* D?4nf, Alivi.lnlaain uIPn>
note* the Growth mt the Htlf. l
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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,.
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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,