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Newspaper Page TextABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER; \ _.. ' BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1884. NO. 46. VOLUME XXVIII. EVEN I NO. L It is that pale, delaying hour When Nature closes like a flower, And in the spirit hallowed lies The silence of the earth and skies. The world has thoughts sho will not owa When shades and dreams with night havo flown; Bright overhead, the early star .Makes golden guesses what they arc. n. A light lies here, a shadow there, With little winds at play between; As though the elves were deh" ^ wuero The sunbeams vanished in the green. I The softest clouds are flocking white Among faint stars with centers gold? Slowly from daisied fields of night, Heaven's shepherd fills his airy fold. ?John Vance Cheney, in the Century. THE CAPTAIN'S WEDDING. There was a wedding in our church | last night?not an ordinary one, but one j with a real romance. Ten jears ago there came to this place, j from the far East, a certain Richard 3Iaurc. He came very quietly, and he j ? lived unnoticed, a lonely, disappointed, I -unfortunate man. to whom loneliness, -disappointinent and misfoitune were alike i - new and cruel, lie had always been for- j tunate, happy among the happy, loving and beloved, using and not abusing his ; gifts. Suddenly he fell among thieving misfortunes. They stripped him of his his wealth, of his favor, of his hopes and of his lovo. Under the last blow, his, sicut heari. failed him, and he carried it away bv night to bury it among strangere" ile'LlO'-ight it here. There was leit to him plenty of wit and "wisdom, a certain dauntless, hopeless energy and a little money; He determined they should not be thrown away, lie set himself to watch how men toiled and garacred in this new land, that he, too, might become a laborer, lie had4&Cii ' iiere three weeks when he heard of the coal lands. He hired a team and drove out to them. It was a long drive, and a novel one. Leave our town where you will, sooner or later you must cross ,la gully." A Kan sa8 gully is u llat, stony stretch, with a narrow stream runuing through the : middle. Beyond the gully the land rises, swells, and rises again to the rolling prairie. The long, level miles, stretching on and on and on, slid behind Maure, "srtiile he still scanned the horizon for the coal lands, and he was in the very midst of the group of rough shanties which marKS meir cciiier ueiure ne reauzeu mat mining in Kan?<i< and Pennsylvania are ; two different things. Here lie saw that you had only to throw back the swarthy skin, and the veins of wealth lay bare upon the earth's hard breast. Her children had drained them at their will, and left her desolate in many places. Ho 4# looked east and west, looked north and south. Great piles of slate and heaps of limestone, rugged scars and wounds whence treasure had been roughly scooped, barren and frowzy wastes, were ail ne saw. naggeci wans oi limestone gathered from the land they girdled marked out some few possessions, and upon the hearths of rudest homes each owner burned the coal he du<r from his own land, beneath a boundless sky that was the one lovely tiling left to life. 31aurc turned his horses' heads aud drove townward. The desolation, the stillness, the brooding sky, had a charm for him in his altered state. The next day he became a miner upon his own land. This life lasted a year. Then its work for him was done. But a shallow channel of the great mother's fortune-arteries had fallen to his share, and at the end of the year he stood up in his last trench to face the world penniless but toil-liardened and spirit-calmed. The next day he started overland for Texas. He was neither well-armed, wellmounted or well-provided, save with a steady determination, lie had an end in view, and was just that much better off than a year before. At one of the stations on the route he encountered a party facing south as he was, which held a friend. In the old days they had scarcely counted the tie so closc, but in a new land hearts beat to a new rlnthm. Mnure and John Dechert clasped hands, and loosed the clasp slowly. Then they sat apart, and Dechert talked. 1 He could do that. A reckless, brilliant, fluent fellow, in the course of the day he turned over and up to the light every thought and feeling, every impulse and belief. Those who *-an might read, if 1 they cared to, and interpret as they chose, i Maure learned that he was leaving home in distrust, and there was a ''woman in it "?a woman who saiil "nay." There Deehc-rt did stay his speech, for he rever- I enced her. 1 Maure repaid the confidences in his ; own coin. He unfolded his future as it might be, but was silent as io his past. He owned a ranch in Texas, and was going to it. ( "What it is, God knows," he said 1 quietly, "it came to me in a business 1 way years ago, and I nc er thought of it as a possible bcne&t until all else failed me. I am going to find it?or something else." It WflfnrtC when they parted and early "wlien they met for the day's march. Hut - ? the night hours had borne fruit. Dcch- 1 ert made a proposal, lie had money 1 and Maurc land. "Why not unite the 1 . two? Why not stock the ranch with the money and run it as joint proprie tors? Maure aareed on the spot. He said he had now found the "something else'' before the ranch. Of course, they soon found that, and from that time forth they prospered. Maure's ill-luck had been turned into another channel by the steadfast obstacle of his determined will. Out there in the wilderness they grew up to be friends in no common sense. 1 They lived each his own life, near his fellow, but never crowding him. Each knew the other kept back something, and respected it. Kadi asked of his nwn hi'art. nlone?:n nil kindlv sviuna thy and honor?"What woman darkened his life?" but neither of them mentioned the name of the woman he held sacred. If the winds had but answered the question! Eight years went by, and one year ago the romance was rounded to Fortune's hand, as one more gift. Life in the community of which they formed the heart and center was "life in the wild West" at its best and ut its worst. Its worst, and the steady combatting it. had raised Maure to the dignity of captain, with no empty honors. More than once he had led his men into danger and "into the jaws of death" for purposes of defence and succor. At last there came a time when he carried back from victory over lawless riot the senseless body of his friend, and heard those cruel jaws grinding and gnashing beside him through long, long days and nights of nursing and waiting. But the day came when the poor lips feebly obeyed the first intelligence of the wide, dark eyes. " Maure, send for Madeline." they beggeJ. < She was his only sister. Maure sent for her at once, and as soon as wind and wave, steam and steed, faith and courage, could vanquish space, Madeline Dechert crosscd the threshold of the Texan ranch, where Captain Maure anxiously awaited her. They had known each other in the old days, and the years of separation was bridged by the cares of that almost hopeless bedside. He only wondered now aud then to find her so little changed, so tender and so fair. It was so long since he had spoken with a woman such as those among whom his youth was spent, that this one seemed | doubly sweet. How it all came back to I him! It came back more and more as Dechert improved. She had brought with her an I ^ old servant-friend?such as are left to few households?and between them they j made a new kingdom for themselves of the wild ranch. Gradually this kingdom touched, it over-reached, it neared to the very center of Maure's round of duties and scant pleasures. He fell more and more into the habit of sharing his daily life with her, now atDechert's bedsidei now on the long gallery before the house, now under the quie$ evening sky. She was so sweet a creature that >ny man \ might have lovc<l her for herself Jilone, but Maure love 1 her only for the sake of that long-ago love. The time came when they spoke of it. They had been apart all day, for he had ridden oil si dawn and had just returned. They were slowly pacing armin-arm beneath the lovely night, and had been talking of many things dear to both. With that softened mood upon him, born of the "season and the scene," .Maure spoke of Dechert and their years together ?spoke even his hidden thoughts of Dechcrt's hidden past. "The woman who did not love him when he loved her must have been blind I or a fool?I have never quite determined j which." "Do you know who she was ?" "I do not, indeed." "Do you know why she refused him ?" | "I know nothing, Madeline. He has j told me nothing, but I saw?with spirit | nrnc f ll'lt liSfi&tni'V mil ill s'ich a channel." There was a dead silence, and he felt | his companion tremble on his arm. Surprised and alarmed, he looked down at j her, and stood still. She laid her hand , upon his breast, as though to steady her- ; self and him. and said, quietly: ' She was Rosamond dive. She re-j fused him because she loved?has always j! loved ?you!" Captain Maure had never had such a : ( shock iu his life. But he answered, as ! quietly: ! "Vou do me too much honor. Nine ! years ago?it is a long time, but you j may remember?Miss ('live sent me i! whistling down the wind after my lost j, fortune." , "Never! It was all a mistake. She .. never cared for \ oar fort uue. She i cared only for you?penniless or a nrinrp '' I , Cuu :i mail make a 'mistake' where j it means his whole life '{" he asked, , sternly. I "Yes! Men and women, both! Cap- j tain Maure, I know what I utn talking : about. She has never told me?no! not even on that last night before I came, when she lay in ray arms, and her tears k i?rr, Viol SrViur"T?oV,- -iiciie 0:1 m\ heart. They were never for me, V<>r fornoor Jack. They were for you?for you, to whom I was coining the next day, while she might not. I)o you think I do not ! know f 1 made a vow then that I would j tell you the truth. And God sees that I 1 have!" I She was so moved, so earnest,so eager, i that it moved him. J "Is this, the truth?'' he cried. j "It is?it is! Captain Maure, trust 1 me and tell me all. If you do not love her now?yoti did love her!?she shall never know of this night. If you love \ her. let me set it riirht. Let me make ; you liappv." j? He told her. It was the uld story? j j pride ou his side, too perfect trust on , hers, the influence of friends the gossip < of thoughtless men and women, and then . llight, in has:e and desperation, ruther j j thiiii steady f cing of the worst. He told ? of that one interview after his trouble, ' j of her loving sympathy and courage, aud s the strength it gave him to go forth and j. struggle. But after that he never saw j ( her again. Her father sent him the let- ! { ter she was too unhappy to write, even ! 8 while she admitted its wisdom. She j i could not fulfill her promise to him. He | took her at her word and left New York ' that same night. ! Then Madeline told him her side, and told it well. He saw, as she went on, his ( Rosamond waiting, waiting, waiting, . i while he never came. He realized what i she must have fe'.t when she heard he i had "gone West" without oue word. He ! c knew how she had still waited aud hoped, 11 until the letters began to come from < Dechort telling of him, but bringing ,} never a word or a thought of her. j 1 ' Then," said .Madeline, "i tlunK slic f grave up, anil believed?I cannot imagine c what. But she loves you still, if you a care to know it." . ( He did, indeed! They talked late . 1 that night. Maure never went in-doors 1 at all. * All his last years had come back j 1 to him. All his trust, his hope, his ten- t dcrness, his charity toward God and man. Oh, men and women! And oh, the old, i s old story! x "With the next day he wrote to Rosa- 11 mond. and went a long distance to post ; i it himself. But for Madeline, he thought J he could not have borne the waiting for | an answer. And even the answer would : i have lacked its crowning sweetness with- f out her sympathy, and what was she to j c him in the time that followed no words 1 cau tell. She had such a wise little head . ( and such a loving little heart that she ! t knew always the best thing to do. !} There was a great deal to do. in a i different way. and from very different '} causes. Captain Maure round himself in 11 gr<":tcr than ever before. Here 1 was the ranch, to begin with; and there j i was Rosamond, to end with. Between i t the two was a perfect sea of troubles, i The ranch could not "run" itself. Dech- ; t ert could not run it nor himself, Maure < could not leave either, and, when they : t began to taik of that, Rosamond could j r not come to Texas while Dechert was j i there. Both Madeline and Maure de- | { cided upon that. And yet Maure, loosing ! ( the pent-up love and longing and self- i t control of years, could not live without. Rosamond. Madeline arranged it with : Rosamond's consent. The result was 1 that wedding in our church last night. J TJie Rev. Walter came to me at noon ( yesterday, "all in a flutter." i 'I want you to go out and invite f evervbodv vou know to a wedding in the . 1 uiul full t dress." c 1 looked at him. i l,I mean just what I say," he cried, js "It is a real woman to your hand. I j t will tell you later. Just now I have only j1 time to say this. The handsomest man I I ever saw has been with me this morn- J1 ing, telling his story, and making ar- ' * rangements for his marriage. He is from * Texas, and has not seen the girl he left 1 behind him for ten years. He cannot 1 leave his ranch long enough to go to 1 New York, and he cannot wait. She is < coming this far to meet him and marry j ? him here. She comes to-day at 5 i o'clock. They have not a friend, not an 1 acquaintance in the place. He left it to s me to have the church look like a wed- j ding for her sake. You will help me, I i know." i Of course I did. The Rev. Walter 1 has "a way with him." All the girls j helped. We got flowers and lights and ' were as busy as bees. And while we were < decorating the chancel, the Rev. Walter < told me the story as I have told it. i ' Aud where are Madeline and Dechert?" t I asked. 1 "Gone to California. Ho does not get f well as he ought. Captain Maure thinks." i "He knows this, of course?" < "Yes. Madeline told him, and he took 1 it quite easily. But he asked Maure to ! wait until he was able to go of! for a time. 1 He said he did not feel up to civilization i in'Lis weak state,after so longasavage life. | Poor fellow!" \ ( .n>? i c..;,i i "Does it .strike you in that way?"' he ] asked, with a quick glance. j 1 "It does." j "So it did me. But he does not seem i to have an idea of it. I'pon ray word, '} when you see him you will be convinced ] of it. Any woman would love him? ] could not help it.'' ? I saw him at 8 o'clock, and I said in my < heart the Rev. Walter was riirht. There f j was a slight noise at the door?we were ? all in church and waiting?a rustle of j silk and a firm tread, and they came up i the aisle to the Kev. Walter, writing in i the chancel. They needed 110 attendants. 1 A more majestic, noble-looking couple I < never saw. She was tall and fuir and ] slight?sweet as a stately lily. He was < simply the most magnificent creature in j ] man's estate. Nature and life, art and ; < culture, seemed to have done ev- . ] erything for him. I could readily I ] understand the girl at his side I' being faithful to his very memory, < yielding to his every wish, gladly and ; proudly, doing him all the honor she could in her strange yet not unseemly j wedding. But the more 1 think of it, j the more I reverence Madeline Dechert. 1 In the night she told him, God saw j more than the truth she told. He saw a 1 woman putting f.v.ay from her her own 1 happiness in the cause of truth. And I 1 Cftiaat help wisking, after all, that I 1 had seen her instead of Rosamond Clive married to Captain Maure. She was ( noble and brave and sweet, and true 1 enough for him?and that means much. We had an informal Kansas reception after the marriage, and saw them oil foi ! Texas in grand style. Captain Maure'i j coal lands have turued out valuable after all these years, so we will see them both j again. The Kitchen of the Past. In very old times the kitchen was a rudely constructed allair. The Gauls and Germans built their kitchen near the house, never within it, just as in India ' to.dav the kitchen is a separate build- i ing, under charge of the butler. All old Norman castles included a round build- , ing, completely roofed in. which was the kitchen, and which we find upon the same plan in all old monasteries. The form of this kitchen whs at first merely ; that of a round mound, having no windows and being entirely dependent for . light upon the wood fire, but it had, even iu the earliest times, chimneys or a per- j hires for the escape of smoke, often as many as five or six. As time went on j these kitchens grew in importance, and , were often marvels of architecture fin- j ished off with windows and doors, every [ possible facility being sought for letting ! iu fresh air and sunshine. At first the j tire was built in the corner of the room. ! but soon it became the central point, the i smoke ascending to the roof in circles j and thence liuding an outlet through the j many chimneys. Then came the intro- j duct ion of tables for the reception of , food, stools and other furniture. J no j rude spit, let down from the ceiling, wis j turned by a boy, and the cook sat in dig- i nity watching the proceedings. Soon | the chimney was built over the hearth, aud j then the mantelpiece appeared. In au j old cook book of the sixteenth century there is a wood cjt representing an Italian kitchen interior. A four-legged brazier stands in the center of the apart-! ment and near it bend two men cooks, ' while on the floor squats a man blowing I the bellows, and two lads, one on either iidc of the tire, sit on chairs, turning with ; long rods the iron bars on which birds j ire roasting. Above the stove is a strong I beam, from which depend bunches ot vegetables, birds of various kinds, herbs, ?c. A frying pan is ready to hand, and jpon the gridiron two fish are_laj.<]^.f&i'ooking. If we_s&fflfr (Town to a consideration of kitchens in our own day, we Jo not tinil very much upon which to i congratulate ourselves. If we have! gained some knowledge or refinement in cooking (and that is an open question), we have gained nothing in Hie situation j ?r appointments of our kitchens. lu ; country homes we have the old-fashioned chimney, the wide hearth, the annoyance )f dirt and soot, to counterbalance the fresh air and sunshine which gain an enhance, while in cities we have the adjutages of improved stove*, of self-actng boilers, of pantries and closets, of ; iteani heat and pneumatic tubes, with i he decided disadvantage of darkness I ind foul air. Of course, there are ex- j optional cases where the kitchen is as j feasant as any room in the house, but in jreat cities these exceptions are rare inteed in the case of those wise heads of arge establishments who have had the ;ense to run counter to public opinion, ind have the kitchen at the top instead )f the bottom of the house! In the land j >f elevators how easy this might be done, ind how much it would conduce to the lealth of the household. How a Big City Was Bought. A Melbourne letter to the San Fran:isco Chronicle contains this: Recently, 11 the Melbourne public library?a maglificent institution ? I inspected two 'ormal legal deeds, by which eight chfCfs :onveyedto John Batman, the " William I ?enn " of Victoria, GOO,0U0acres, "more j >r less,7' of land, in consideration of "20 j mirs of blankets, 80 knives', 100 toma- ; lawks, 50 pairs of scissors, 30 looking- j glasses, 200 handkerchiefs, 100 pounds j >f flour, and six shirts," for 500,000 i teres of tract, and for the other of 100,- i )00 acres ' 20 pairs of blankets, 550 J ;nives, 12 tomahawks, 10 looking-glasses, i .2 pairs of scissors. 50 handkerchiefs, 12 I ed shirts, flannel jackets, 4 suits of :lothes, 50 pounds of flour." It was ; tdded that a certain number of similar irdcles were to be jjiven annually as a | ental, such as would amount to $1,000, 1 tnd finally it is said to be "dated accord- ; ng to the Christian era, this Gth day of , [une, 1835." That was the year in which Melbourne vas founded. Not yet fifty vv>?-.a old ' ind already the ninth city ui the British ; :mpire in poptilafion! iiatman was a "airlv ?ood man, but his ideas in the way i >f buying lunil ?vere too large in propor- i ion to his ideas for paying for it. His ; ,urchase was not much respected; wor- ! led to death by litigation, lie died four ' rears after his contract with the chiefs. I lis descendants are poor, toiling people. ! lis story ought to be written on a mon- ! luient, in order that they who go forth j o New Guinea and other regions may re- j nember that there is an ambition that j >'er-leaps its ''sell," or saddle, and falls J >n the other si'.le. At the same time j here is a respectable fact beneath this j lew agitation for annexing the adjacent slands; it is that the Australias arc : ,rowing a Monroe doctrine and that they ;an rest it on much the same grounds as >ur Monroe doctrine rests on. The Elephant Executioner. Among the numerous dignities con- i erred upon the elephant in the far East j s one which, although certainly au honor j ew would be inclined to covet, lias out- j ived other and more creditable distincions, surviving till within the memory >f many men now living. Under the mtive princes of Hindustan criminals ! lentenced to death were usually exe- j :uted by one of the rajah's elephants, vhich was specially trained for the pur- ' lose. The victim, bound hand and foot, I vas laid at full length upon the ground, | ace upward, winks the monster, at a | iignal from his driver, planted one of his luge fore feet upon the prostrate man's ; >reast, and with one crunch pounded ' lim into a shapeless mass. The beast's ! )bedience was, as a rule, perfectly prompt j md effectual, but tradition records one i nstance in which the tragedy took a cry unexpected turn, bearing out to some extent the stories told of the eleihant's superior powers of memory and i nstinct. The enormous foot was just j aised to inflict the death blow, when it : vas suddenly withdrawn, and the ele- ! >hant, snorting excitedly, began to caress he fallen mail with his trunk. On inluiry it appeared that the latter had i )nce been the beast's favorite keeper, ltd that it had recognized him just in irae. The rajah, who had witnessed the >vhole scene, listened to the story with jreat interest, and ordering iiis attend- ! ints to release the prisoner, placed him ! >nce more in charge of the elephant | viiich had spared his life.?New York Times. in Extraordinary Railroad Scheme. 1 A Washington letter says tint General Jeorge P. Ihrie, formerly of the army, jut who is now a mining engineer in Boston, is trying to get up a company for :he connection of the Northern Pacific ; railroad with Alaska. He says that the ' mining regions and the fur trade of the ' section to lie opened up by this proposed j ine will fully warrant its construction. : lie also believes that a system of snow sheds can be protected from the heavy snowfalls of the severe winter, but Gene ai nine wouiu noi nave nis nne si op nr \laska. He says that the Russians are ilrcadv beginning to cross Siberia with *ailroads. It is only a question of time ivhen St. Petersburg will be connected )V rail with the coast at Behring's j >trait. China will in time i aave a railroad line along the eastern j :oast line. General Ihrie would have j luge ferryboats connect at the narrow- ! ;st point of Uehring strait with the two j railroad lines when the water was open, j (luge sleds could be used in winter. , When all this is brought about passengers can take a Pullman through car for : Europe for at least six months in the j rear. General Ihrie believes the Euro- i r.nnn trnfflp wnilld lift VftfV llfiilVV. ManV I people do not go to Europe because of 1 :heir fenr of the dangers of the sea. The | jri-ater time required for an ad-rail jouroey to Europe would be compensated by I the variety of country seen and the greater 1 safety insured. All rail to China would j be possible under this system. General ! Ihrie believes that this railway project is j one of the certain things to occur in the next twentv-fivc years at anv rate. * I A Belgian is breeding red canaries. FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. ( The Beat Dairy Brcedf. ( The introduction of the best breeds of dairy cuttle to this country from Europe t should not only greatly improve our dairy j cattle generally, but the fact that those s cows have been brought to their present state of excellence only by the best of ( care and handling, and the knowledge j that without this same care they are sure ^ to fall off in their good qualities in our hands should stimulate our dairymen not only to possess those improved breeds, i but to so improve their methods of farm- t ing and handling that there > ;,I be no g danger of deterioration in thci->r>rceds. t with t>ir? intorost now beincr taken in ? Jerseys and Ilolsteius, there is every indication that instead of their being a falling ofT there is every hope and evidence of * marked improvement not only in the c breed but in the method of handling.? 1 American Dairyman. Tlie Hoe in Growing Crop*. It has not been such a long time ago ! since the implements used in tending corn 1 by horse power were so few and so rudely c constructed that the hoe was looked upon r ns indispensable to the work. But now I that these implements have become so di- 1 versified, ns well ns better constructed, ' the hoe is thrown aside as no longer necessary. Men arc so prone to accept of any theory that will enable them to live r with le>s labor, that farmers have readily s caught at the idea that all that was nec- t essarv to insure a crop of corn is to throw J earth enough to it with the plow to cover c up the weeds. But that this is not all that c is necessary we shall now endeavor to ? show. We start out, then, with the es- c tablished fact, well-known to all, that the c more the ground is stirred the better 1 will he the crop. And why? Simply r because the ground is then kept in its x best condition to absorb moisture as well as fertilizing matter from the atmosphere, n with both "of which it is always filled, p Not only so, but by the frequent stirring g of the soil it is placed in its best con- o dition to dr.iw up, through capillary! t attraction, moisture, as well as soluble I j "minef&t tnaVf&r "nVrtf uriottT iiui~srnfl?ri j may ask, why may not all this be iiccom- - 1 plished by the plow? We auswei , 60 it I 3 could if, by plowing, the whole surface a nf tVifi irrminrl W.'IQ kf?nt nU'lloW. but aS C the plow throws the mellow surface nil j I into ridges, leaving the spnees between t ns compact and hard as ever, the power I of the ground to absorb is thereby dimin- i ished rather than increased, and in so far the crop is damaged. It is on this principle that summer fallowing is so beneficial to wheat. By this additional stirring of the ground it is put in better condition to absorb and hold i the fertilizing matter floating in the atmosphere, especially when supplemented j with a little plaster. The best chemical t authorities tell us that the main use of plaster to vegetation is its power to \ attract ammonia from the atmosphere a and "fix" it in the ground for the use of plants. Now the more the soil is pul- * verized the more its absorptive power j is increased, and therefore the better enabled to extract fertility from the atmosphere. This fertility consists F of gases emanating from decaying vegetable and animal substances, nnd 11 which, being brought down by the rains and snows, are deposited on the ^ surface of the earth, and the more the | * absorptive power of the latter is increased j a the more of this fertilizing matter it in-1 corporates. It is evident, then, that the r greater the area of surface pulverized the a greater the amount of fertilizing matter j r absorbed, and which is best done by the , use of the hoe; not in throwing the pul-1 c verized grouud into ridges, but in mel-! c lowiug the whole surface, as well as in I r killing the weeds. Weeds in a corn-hill j . are like parasites on an animal, drawing j * the life-blood out of it, and not to use i the hoe in their extermination is the very ! r way to establish them on the farm.?Bui-1 ? e?#r? j * nil CV/G KJiXti,. | Farm and Garden Notes. Give salt to ewes. Eggs absorb bad odors. Tobacco dust kills sheep ticks. This ought to be u good apple year. Plaut asparagus roots six indies deep. * Apricois may be bleached by sulphur 1 ) fumes and then dried in the suu. ! l An Indiana horseshoer makes his shoes j 1 for interfering high on the inside. , l' Mr. Marshall P. Wilder heads peach : trees, when planted, down two feet. An Indiana fruit grower puts moles in his strawberry patch to kill the grubs. The Rural yew Yorker recommends; j blue grass for low lands subject to over- j r flow. j A New York horseshoer says never cutj t the heel unless it grows faster than the s toe, which should be short. 1 c It is worth while for farmers to see i t what can be done with their land under . t the most favorable conditions. Take one ! s acre or a smaller area, manure heavily, j J cultivate thoroughly aud then make an ! \ estimate whether like treatment of all ! n the farm would not give greater profit: c than is secured at present. ! C The roots of most crops spread so j 1 rapidly through the soil that broadcast)' surface manuring, well cultivated in, will t give better results than putting it all in ( 1 the hill. Where the soil is fertile, but, ? naturally cold and slow, a little manure } ? ?.:n ...;n l ( iu iuc mil "ill I'W'V i'. "j e*'."o young plants 1111 early start. A large udder in a cow is commonly j11 regarded as a sign of a good milker, but ; excessive size indicates a deposit of flesh ! which is of 110 advantage, but rather a : 1 burden for the overweighted animal to ; h carry. If the milk veins are well de- j c veloped the cow will be a good milker, I 11 and the udder will be as large as is of j 0 any advantage. Without doubt, the way to get the , c heaviest yield of potatoes from a small s arcarage is to plant in drills, placing the j sets one to one and one-half feet apart in ? rows from two and one-half to three feet, y apart, according to variety. But the | bulk of potatoes for market are planted c where land is cheaper and more plentiful j than labor, and it is, therefore, economy j to make hills with rows both ways. The vegetable matter in all muck has a J certain value on sandy or gravelly soils ; c which need more humus to enable them I to retain fertility. The farmer who owns 1 a muck bed near a sandy knoll, as many i r do. can hardly mistake in trying the cf- ci feet of the muck as a top dressing, j i "Whether it will prove valuable for soil i j not naturally deficient in vegetable mat- J ter, depends 011 the character and compo-, t sition of the muck. Some kinds of muck 1 c abound in mineral elements, and these I c are everywhere valuable. 1: It is very rare in fanning that any jj1 single experiment can be regarded as i ^ conclusive. This is especially true of the v cultivation and manuring jf crops. Dif- i 1 feience in season will make one manure [ \ nmre helpJul during one season, while c something else proves better the next, j ^ In the same year there may be wider ' variations in the fertility of portions of * the same field than the experimenter * suspects. It requires several years of 1 careful study of a farm, and repeated i H experiments, to make results at all certain. a The curb or hip roof to a barn is a new j rs device for getting increased space above ' the posts. It is best adapted to farmers J who use horse hay forks which will nil ] this increased space with comparatively i 1 little increase of expense. If hay or grain c has to be. pitched up in these high lifts c by hand power it costs too much to make ^ the greater space gained of any ad van-1 f tage. The larger number of posts inside a the barn are an objection, except in situ- ' v at ions where they arc needed to give more J * strength to resist winds. i r A Georgia fanner gives the following j remedy or rather preventive in the mat- j * tcr of hog cholera: I feed my hogs on j p buttermilk and kitchen slops. Every ' * week I throw dish-water over them. I , c have not lost a hog in ten years by j * cholera. While mv neighbors' hogs have s died of it, mine have been healthy. I ' keep a barrel 1 ear the cook-room hack i window and pour all the slops into that; c my hogs are fed on it once a day. They j are free from lice and kept in a healthy i ' condition all the time. The grease and ! J soapsuds keep their bowels 111 good con- I f dition. Klonneliold Recipe* and Hints* J To remove the stain of perspiration j c apply a strong polution of soda and riuse ( n no]/I -viratar The yellow stains on the margin of | . ingravintrs may be removed by a solution t )f hydrochloride of soda. Swansdown may be washed in soap , ind water; after washing shake it out. I j ind when the down is somewhat raised ' ihnke it before the tire till dry. To insure the cranking of pork being :risp and eating short, just before the j )ork is done moisten the skin all ovei j I villi a little butter, dredge it with flour, j ind place it near the tire to brown. Take some sardines, carefully skin and j >one them, lay them on slices of buttered j oast, with a few drops of lcmoti juice ; f{ ind put them into the oven with a but- jj ered paper over them to get quite hot. i Serve at once. Cut some smoked salmon in the very { ^ hinnest possible slices; lay them neatly j t] >n pieces of buttered toast, sprinkle with icpperand put.iuto the oven, with uj >iece of buttered paper over them, just ! ong enough to get quite hot. Fish almost more than anything else, ; tl s improved by slow cooking; especially h s this tme when the lish is boiled. If ! h looked rapidly it will fall apart, and will | ^ icither taste nor look so well. The great | tl joint insisted upon by scientific cooks o! p he present day is this of taking abun- j ? lant time to prepare food in, and the fact hat nothing is gained by rapid boiling, i w A common fruit and spice enke is ' uade of one cup of buttei, two cups of ugar; beat these to a cream, then add i 0 wo well beaten eggs, the whites and ; tl oik l)eaten together, a large handful of f< :urrants, a quarter of a pouDd of citron P :ut in small bits, one teaspoonful each of j] grated nutmeg, of cinnamon, and of d :loves, half a cup of sour milk with a p luarter of a teaspoonful of soda dissolved ? a it, and three cups of flour. This cake j j equircs nearly an hour for bakiDg, in a j v noderate oven. n A common loaf pudding maybe varied nd so be made appetizing. Make the t udding after this receipt: One cup of f< [ranulated sugar, one cup of sweet milk, r ne egg, and a piece of butter the size of ? he egg. two tcaspoonfuls of baking j towder, flour to make it like cake dough; I hrt Ti ViVTr o'r iViis in - lite- -tiu, tk'.'n aj^ ayer of jam, then another of the dougH, | .nd so on until the tin is haif luil; have I 1 it least two layers of fruit, and have ! lough on the top. This will need to | take longer than if without fruit, and | c vhen it begins to brown on the top it is j c >est to lay a paper over it for ten min- j ~ Ltes. | f( I D 1TISE WORDS. j ? I n Every base occupation makes one sharp | n its practice, and dull in every other. ! ? There is a class of men ever ready to j tl jump you to any extent, if you only give c< hem a handle. Honest and courageous people have ^ 'ery little to say about either their cour- ai igc or their honesty. c< "Where the people are well educated, ^ he art of piloting a state is best learned tj, rom the writing of Plato. w As ceremoney is the invention of wise " nen to keep fools at a distance, so good j ireeding is an expedient to make fools m ind wise men equals. i hi Oh. strange caprice of fate, that a ship ; ^ vhich has outlived the lightnings and i ai erapests of the sea, should be wrecked in i ui i quiet harbor at last! ! Whether religion be true or false, it: g? nust be necessarily granted to be the only j w vise principle and safe hypothesis for a j.e: nan to live and die by. I To be happy, the passions must be j ui heerful and gay, not gloomy and melaniholy. A propensity to hone and joy is eal riches; one to fear ana sorrow, real pn Hjvcrty. th The every-day cares and duties, which nen call drudgery, are the weights and | lounter-poises of the clock of time, giv- j ang its pendulum a true vibration, and its i di lands a regular motion. i J? ? lii 1t < The Red Gum Cliewcrs of Annam. ! ^ The Annamese, about whom so much * >' s being said nowadays, are not an atmotive people, but they do not wear ; m jigtails, and I can tolerate any other vice, | hi vrites a correspondent of the New Or- j tr; eans Tinta-Democrat. They are much ,,c ike the Chinese in appearance and in j jjj nany of their habits, following the same j r0 eligion and liv.ng in much the same way.' a Hie most striking thing about them is heir chewing habit. Instead of chew- ^ ng tobacco, the men and the women | er ilike universally chew a quid about the ' M ize of a filbert, made up of Syri leaf, lit >ctcl nut, gambier and ohunam. This j reparation is of a deep red color, and j ^ mparts an exceedingly nasty appearance en o the teeth, lips ancl gums. The people j Ti eem never to have discovered that tuis Jo lisgusting juice does not contribute to heir personal appearance. Some day ^ he revelation will burst upon them with k< tunning effect. At least, I hope so. ! th fudging from the reddened ground 8r vhere Anamites have been expector- ^ ,ting one would think that this is a col- g( inly of consumptives. Like all the other dv )rientals, the Anamese wear their hair |'( ong, but keep it bound up in a top-knot, j {? 'erhaps 1 should except me .Japanese iu ar liis sweeping statement, for the revolu- su ion in the matter of toilet which the last " lecade has wrought in Japan almost Pa >laces the people there on a plane with (jG )ccidentals in this as well as many other fo espects. The appareling of the people 8. s, in keeping with the climate, quite ^ imple. The Anamese whom I have een W( q full dress, wore cloths around their jc leads after a semi-turban fashion, and T1 isually an elaborate hiirh comb. These P? loths were dyed some brilliant hue, K isually blue or red, but I noticed in a. very case that one corner was left un- es tained by the dying liquid, so as to how to best advantage the original olor and the texture of the fabric. The pr hoes worn are lieelless wooden affairs, hat turn up in front and terminate in tic long curved and pointed toe. The icople are slender, have high check lones, homely features and are of a to oppery color. wi H< Art Regions and Tribes. lai ' J. Raymond Lee Newcomb, the naturalist ( ] if the Jeannette expedition, in the Long pi sland Historical (society's hall in Brook- 111' yn, gave a familiar talk about "Arctic cgions and tribes." Mr. New comb first [t lescribed the natives of St. Michael's h-; sland. Their habits, he said, had in a ! of freat measure been explained to him by Ue.xai, who was himself one of the na- ar ives. and who became a member of the is rew. He described Alexai as so much 'iu if a man as to have laid down his life for lis commander. The inhabitants of St. ilichael's had, like people all over the lvi n r\f ifimpnl rnsnrt or rendez- on ,u"h> ? oils, where they took it easy, smoked, ttlanced or worked on skins, according to heir inclinations. The lecturer gave a tjj' lescription of their huts, which, he said, Ai vere rough, barren structures, with a re lole eight feet square in the middle for {o he fire, and scats made of logs on which r? lie occupants perched themselves. The o< vomen in sewing used knives instead of fo cissors. Tobacco was in great demand re itnong the natives. Except in rare intances it was not manufactured tobacco. , W) They wore amulets andjnieces of bone in c'i liffercnt ])arts of the face. He rcnicm- th icred Alexai to have put a collar button f.(J n his mouth, and to have seen it come ]a' ?ut of one of the holes in his face. Tho jr :hildren wear beads of all colors and b i cinds. lie saw little girls with strings * tf glass beads hanging from their noses . tnd ears. As far as work went the tic vomen did their share. The ndministra- lai ion of public affairs was looked after a i nostlv by the men. i An ordinary clay on the Jeannette was lien described. There was a sameness co ibout everything that transpired on board, b i ''or breakfast they had oatmeal and l'( anned mutton, and for a great while poatoes. Then there was St. Michael's j-( almon, and while it and the potatoes a?ted the meals were immensely enjoyed. Qt iVhen they had to rely altogelher on the ^ :anned mutton their appetites fell off. ftp <>esh flour was aboard and tne steward Pi cnew how to make excellent bread. ; Yfter leaving the ship the butter, bread ind sugar disappeared from the meals. , ^ i fo A late Australian invention is a method | v* >f adapting a saddle to various horses j to ind securing a good fit by having a sad- j lie pad inflated with air." I yj / ? ^ L FRIGHTFUL CALMfj? Jurnin? of a Poorhoiisa and Its g. Helpless Inmates. ?' [811 : 'ifteen Persons, Unable to Escape, j a i Lose Their Lives. I ! i i ve ! th A dreadful calamity has happened at Hart- j ad 3rd, Mich. The Van Bure.-i County poor- j ou-e was partially destroyed by fire and j gr iteen of the inmates lost their lives. I sti The county building* comprised a large j wo story frame structure, with a wing on i ae east side, and a two story addition ex- i 0f mding to the south; anew building, accu ch ied lately for th9 service department, anl j building beyond known as the jail, tho ; qj rst floor of which was occupied by | ij superintendent, Mr. Cash, and je is family, and the uppT story was occuoiei j y the hir^d help. In tho jail were confined ?Q be idiotic and \iolent insane. The newer ^ uildlng had no occu. anti. The addition to j mj ae main bu lding contained a batter class of 1 atbnts, and it was here that the loss of life , criirrMl. I P? '1 he til at alarm was at 2 o'clock, when a man PL am d Hals -y, sl^epin* in the main building, H( as a ouedbytho cms of the inmates of Pr :e addition. He ran to the door leading }n< om t ie hall and oj.ened it. Ashedilso be 19 fiam^8 burst out intj his facj, almost ?a verp .wering hinx He manag d to siiut | lr< le acor again and gi\e the alarm. This j 1U Drtunate mo e enablod those in tie front j art of th9 >t.Ti turd, which burned rxipillv, j m< 3 escape w.th the r lives, an 11 a, is all. The j pa lil did not im neoiately cat:h fire, having a J < etached builJin ; betwe n it an 1 tho princi- j w? al structure, so there was plenty of time to - an etthe inmates out. Nothing was save! frcm j wl be svpe1 incendent's quartern, however, but i tir liss Ca h, daugh'er of the superintendent, I cu ho wa< ill from typhoii lever, ani was re* ( loved ti apla:e or tatety. : m< 1 he patients who perished were all in ona ; ta ring, and most of t iem were smothered in | lc heir beds, though after the lire several were j soi aund together. Only oae of the bodies wai I Bcogni able. All that co.ild be found of tiia j ^0' ther fouiteen bodi-s w is put into one box, ^ lie size of an ordinary coffin box. I ^ POLITICAL OTVENTIONS. i al Election In Various I po ftt?? to Xat.onal Con.emions. "tw At the Massachusetts Republican State j onvention, held in Boston, Messrs. Hoar, th 'rapo, Long and Lodge were chosen dele mi atee to tho national convention. They are I r>r FHmnnHa rtiH T Inrvrin. TVia tari.f t)lank f the platform adopted was as follows: We advocate tariff lawg which, while furishing necessary revenue, shall favor the tic ibor anl indust.ial entarpriSes of tha coun- sh 7 and not assail them. While we inslsj a! i on a reduction of cus om duties becaii; e o* ? 10 dangerous surplus in tho treasury re" siptH, at the same lime we deem it essen- ?a1 al thit this r duction t-hould be made ith the least possible injury to the la jor t?" ad manufacturing interests of the country, : id we c n;demn the arbitrary per- I mtage redu t;o.i proposed by the ! resen: Democratic Elousj of Repreronta- ! ves, because it tails to relorm any ine^uuli- ! 31; aa of taxation, disregards the busine s j jef ant3 of the country, emd. iJ adopted, would j '.pple many industn s and at the same tim j ould probably increise the reven le." Presi- ?nt Arthurs administration is warmlvcom-* j cit ended, bat no preference is expreiSid as to 1 1 c i successor, except to demand that the can- | H< late shall be "a man o? prore 1 fidelity in 1 h< lblic life, and whcsj relations to the party | su e such that all of its memoers can heartily ; sir. lite in his support" j ric Tha Massachusetts Democratic State cou- ! ration, h id in Worcester, balloted for dele- i go 1 es at la'-ge to the national convent ont I th the folio win ; result: .Benjamin F. But* I j. ' r, 6:34; Jos.ah U-. Abbott, 608; M. J. McCaf-I i rty, o7J;Jaire3 Delaney, 8o3; and thise^ JL are dec arcd el? tel. A motion was c rried * ^ i mimoa-ly that it was thesei sj of th i con- j mtion that General Bu.ler should ' 1 nominate 1 for Pi evident of the ! nitei States at the national Democrat! j i invention in Chicago. Another motion ; ] at the delegates at large be instructed to spi >te at the Chicago convention on every , v illot frr General a. F. But.er tor c indi !ate i $2. r Piesilent was tabled. The platform I < loptei deprecat s ad tendencies to class I (w stuut ons or towarl tho c.eition of ! Dc ono o iea; advocates :re"juent eectionsand j c0 nlted tenures of office; reillirms the resolu- ! <je Dn? of the last national L'e;no.ralic conveii- ; (n, 3n; opposes extravagance of Republican j jn ipenditures. and denounces the accumula- 1 ^ an of a surplus revenue from tho taxation i the pjople; demands t'.ie recognition of { e rights of tin working p;ople by govern- i vj. en's, both Stata and Federal; denounces ' ~~ apublican neglect of the fisheries indusy aud commercial navigation; de- jji mncea the a.llcial abuses of i en tferonoge an.l tha rotten conditio 1 of the [ lblic service as demonstrated ly the Star ; ne ute fraud j, and domar.ds reform; demands : an reduLtion of tie tariff, and declares that on e burden of taxation should be removed j *a om the necessities of life, and not from < hiskv and tobacco; tenders thanks to Gov- ta] nor Butler lor his able and fearl -ss adm n- thi ration, and commends his energy in public soi e. i inNew Hampshire Republicans, at their State I th nvention in Concoixl, elected as deleiate; | large: Charles B. Sawyer, George H. How- I I, liaward H. Rollins and Joseph B. Clark, j cfl ivo of these delegates are understood to be to r Arthur, one for hdmunds and one for , t ^ laine. The platform adopted congratulates I j?( e Republi ans o. other States on the flat- j 0f rin<* prospects for another triumph of : spubliean principles, commends" Ar- | urs administration, demands such ex- : % ? ciae of power by tne national giv- ! m< nment as will insure the enjoyment of his institutional rights to every citi-en in the ! mth. condemns the horizontal reduction of | , ities and maintains the doctrine of protec- i )n, favors a reduction of duties on tna nec- ! ' _ saries of life ani in Tease of those upon ! ruries, urges the eradication of pjlysamy | # id a reform in the civij aervire,demands the sp nsion of the coinage of the silver dollar, i W1 id approves the national education bill 5S?d by the Senate. gc 'lho Maine Republican State convention, | ru Id in Bangor, renomina'ei Frederick Rome ch r governor, by acdamat on. General John mi Cas?,of Rockland and Weston F. Mil;it n, : ] Portland, were chosen pre.-i lential electors. be le follow.ng delegates at large to Chicago te< are chosen: J. R. Rodwjll, George C. Wing, pi is. S. Wheelriebt. and J, H. Druraironu. mi 10 platform adopted favors the j rjiective go ilicy: urges a prudent, though firm, foreign ti\ ilicy; presents tho name of James G. , be aine as their choice for the presidency; St proves the present administration J tic :presses severe disapproval of the action of ) > e Democratic majority in Congress upon ! a-r e Morrison Tariff bill and on the shipping i u lis, and rea:Tirms approval of the pobcy or j ^h, ohib.tion. , j.e The Maine Straightout Greenback conven- n,< )itat Augusta nominated \V. F. Eaton, of ipe ElizaLeth, for governor. Delegates to : e National Greenback convention and two ' esldential electors were choscn. A motion instruct the delegates for General Butler *"! is defeated. At tho Vermont Republican State conven- i J*? >n in Montpeller the following delegates at ? - 3 ? vn rge to the liaticnal conventl >u were en >s n: Gregory Sini;h, Ho Ifield Projtor, Fre ler- j i-, c Billing. Broughton D. Harris. The dele- i J, tion's ch i o is Edmunds. The platform ; ' opted reafBinn allgiince ta toe great | rcy, and raol.es that the party rannot rest , b.l , its past, but mits'' Lo a party of pro;r '.ss. j f'J declares that Con xrossmen and o?U e- j nit ilders mast b? relieved from the impjrtanity to oflLe-seukers. The system of pro- j , ;fioa will h has developed na- j die >nal inriu^trie*, made labor ri h j pit id li-.ing (ho.- p, is approved, an 1 a desire 1 na oxpres.id for the rei istatoment of the alt ti s on wi ol and woolens, nn I a call is J i ide 'or a reduction o-.' taxa ion on ne<xs a- ; s rather than luxuries. Goo gj F. Ed- , *j.' unds is ] resented as a representative of ! * lat i( best in th It' p lbli an party. and as j c ,j whrse high and unsel ish pub i: ;er/i< e, j jr. ;gres ive intj^rity, abilitv, hag.icity, stitcs- , anshin and tinblcmshed mord," fit him j iove all others for t e ch ef magistra y of *0' e nati n. The admini tr.ition ol Prosi.ient j ithur i; heartily commended as free from i fl? )roa h. It in tra ts the d3l ga4os t3 vote be r Edm;m Is as long as he stands bjfore thj , pri 1 - - ?' - ? 4.( 'Clonal u 11 ciio on. The Jo>Va Republican Stntj ronvention at ] 3s .Moines do e a solid Blaine de.egation H< r the nation d <onvont'oii at;d a iopted hif solutions which dtc.are strongly iu favor of co e K< publican ](>ositi n on the ari I' d -iriand th< at emigres s mil halt in the d strjetiva ve< sr.v pro use 1 by the Morri on i.ill an 1 do- < ire that .Inm s G. Mains i? the choice of ?j e Republicans of Iowa tor Presid nt. j( [vans is Republicans, at t'leir State oonven- t >n in Topcka, cle ted four delegate; at (ju re.e favora' lo to Blaina and ehos s tw o e idential fie tor-;. The i> solution - a lop ed ' rong'y comme: d Arthurs adminis:raton "n d favor nati >nal legisiafc.on to regu ate J?6 tor-State cornm tree. 1'he U es* Vir<:miaRopuV>li"anStat3Conven- "u >n at Mar.in;b irg elcc >'d f"ur delegates at I '' A! 1 ?o*%r1 r^n^orvi rflj rge m mo nauuuui cumuiuuu rj ol ition instr ntin; thi delegate> tj vo:e 1 il r 1'lriino ns o.ng as tliero was a rjusjnaUe wo ian: e of his nomination. wl Virginia : t aig.it >ut K< p iblicans, at their vie nv.ntion in t<ichmond? <1 ctod an uniu- wi ru .-toild 1-ga ion lo ti o national i onven- 1.1 )n. but doclai' a in tin ir rcso utions fc at tho tes >mina'ion of B1 line and Lin -oln would in- foi ir; courago among tuo Ripublicans of the his >uth. m< Tlie Michigan Gr -mibaok State convention Dt troi'was attend-d by Governor B gole nc ;d prominent Gie nback rs. The deleea es th osen t:> th'> nat onal c nvention ttt Indian- sig to]is were in.stru t d to vote for Butler lor eBident. Attbe Wisconsin Republican State con- , miio:i in Ma lison uninstru ted delegate the rational convention were chosen. lirchild is the firs, choice of the delega.ea a? r.Prefideni. at Nebraska Republicans. at their S'ca'e con- ! intion 11 Oman i, ele ted a Blaine delegation in; the Chicago i on. enti ^n. wt Nevrdi Republican; sent an uninstructed ri\ (legation to Chicago, but passed a reeolu- ] jn favoring Blaine for President. Or fEWS OF THE WEEK rastern end Middle States Dr. w iluakd Pauicer, one ot the most mous surgeons in America, a native of New ampshire, but a resilentof New York lor any years, died in t';iat city a few days ice in his eighty-second year. Considerable ex itement and one failure ? lted from asu d;nalvanc_>o. four cents bust el in the pii e of wheat at the New crk prod.ice exchange. The Massachus tis Greenback ft ate conntion at Lynn olo ted delegates at Urge to e Ind ana olis national convention, and opted rt>olutiona fa o: ins: General Butler | r 1 resident, declaring that ei ht hours o-'ld constitute a da / s work, demanding a aduate 1 incom? tix and asserting that the ugile lor greenback money would be conrned. Major-General Emerson* Opdycke di?d his residence in New York fro n theeflects a wound receive I by th* accidental ulsarge of a p.st< 1 which hi was cleaning, . reral 0} dy.Ko was tifcy-flva yen soli, and d be n a prominent Federal officer from lio in the Jate v.ar. Ex-Govkunor Marcus L. "Ward, of New rsey, died at his homo in Newark, the her day, aged 71 years. He was elected vernor of New Jerse : i:i 1865, in 1MW was nirman of tha P.e.-ubliean nitonal comIttee, aud in 1872 was fleeted to Congress. George E. Ewixo, a prominent Philadelia Eculptcr. came to New Vork for the rpese of model ln^ al o r lievo models of jnry Irving, t!ie En.lish actor, and his incipal support. Miss 1: lien Terry. A few rningi a:o, Mr. Ewing was found de3d in d at his hote'. He bad turned on the unlit and been aspkyxiatd. Mr. En ing cauva >m h'cctland two years a^o and had acired considerable reputation in art article i. A. National Conference of Colored Men it in Pittsburg, with delegations from all rt; of the cojntry in attendance Tbe obit of tbe con erence, as stated by a delegate, is to secure to the c< lored people, North d South, tho re -o^iiition under tne laws to i:"ch they are entitled. Various papers perlent to the occasion wore rtad and disssad. Charles L. VnsE, a retired New York ?r. hant, and Antonio Moreno, a metro do lift rcmni sion merchant, were impelled a jv days ago by phyrf.al suffering and ifluni i to (hoot themselves to death. A. fire at Ulens Falls. N. Y., destroyed th rpera houses, 1 he Presbyterian?h.r.h, ,i d Gi da s'.eeves Unioa hall building, en- j i.ing a total less of about $3)0,000. , A. fire in the great dry good? district or iw York city i estroyed property valued at 1 .0.0 0. Daring t :e progress of the fire 1 adder fell on a proup of newspaper re- ( rters injuring one or them?Samuel F. , )IUJ_ l]y,' mployed on the Sun?dangerously. The steamer F&lfflviUth was burn?d at her 1 aarf in i ortland iMe.)~b.>rbor. Three of ] e crew p rished in tha Barnes. "The esti- i ited Its; is $175,000. 3. F. Donnelly, the New York reporter ' Tick by a falling ladder at a fire, ctyea from ' a effects of h:s lujurio?. i James R. Keexe, tin great New York >ck operator, has failed to meet his obligams after losmg some $4,000,000 in the past : months. Mr. Keene came lrom San Fran ' ico to New York about six years ago with fortune estimated at from $ I,(.00,000 to .000.00!*. He went into Wall street, apecu- ; ied fieavily, and recently has been engaged selling stock privi'eges. A heavy fall in a market led to his downfall. J i South and Wert Later return; put the votj in Louisiana out as fellows: Democratic atate ticket, 1 ,10i": Republican State ticket, 42,931. The , 'is'aturo will stand 11i Democrats to thirty I others. Miss Ida Davis, a young lady of high sod standing, while out riding on horseback in | >li< ar county, M.'ss., was attacked by John snder on, a colore! man, dragged from her i rsa and ass lulted witti probably fatal re- | It. Henderson was caught by neighbors, | ,wly strangled, and when nearly dead was i Idled with shot and torn limb from limb. ; ! VV. J. Buchanan* has been nominated for j | vernor by th9 Tt nne-sej Ureenbackers. j Many persons were kil'el, abo.it lCOinre 1, an t an immense am >unt of da-nag) to opeity w.is don; by a torn ido in the v.c'n of Dayton, Oh o. The town of Jamastvn was entirely destroyed. Dcdtev Francis, of Mossvfb. HL, and o of his childro i were drown.d by the up;ting of a rowboat Moses Fralev, an extnsive St Louis sc ilator in grain, has fai ed for about 11,),000. By a sudden rise in wheat he lost 50,000 in le ? than an hour. rijouas L. Thompson and Daniel Jones hit*), Jack Womaukiller (Cherokee^, John ivis tChociaw) and Fanny Echols (neeress), nvicted in the United S ate3 Court ofmurr in the Indian Territ ry, aud Mat Music izro', convi;ted of crin-inil assault in the uxan Territory, have beea sentenced to b? nged on Friday, July 11. Pv.r,ni-RBvnR Henry M. Matthews, of i et Virginia, died at his home in Lewis- j r *, "VV. Va. aged fifty y? ara. He had ve 1 in th Conri derate army, was ele.ted torney-E ne.al of Weat \ ir^inia, and gov- i aor in 18.6. An exolrsion of dynamite at a stone quarry j u-H etCdville, Ind., h :rled huge timbers d pieces of iron in everv direction, kill a e man and injured twelve, several with I tal effect. Dne night recently Hiram Jefferson was ken from his home at Audobon, la, by ree meu and hanged. Hid son, Cicero Jelfer- ! a, has confessed that he and his brothers- i law, J. J. Wilson and J. A. Smyth, were a murderers. William Xeal, the last of the three men ! ip'icated in the as ault and murder of three iidien at Ash'aml. Ky., has le>n sent n:ed 1 death. It wa; tne attempt to lynch th-^e I ree men wh ch led tj a c^lHsim with the i entirely militia and a crowd, and the death several men. A. fire at Harford, Mich., destroyed the in Buron County poorhouse, and flftaen inites lost their lives. ?Washington. The House committee on postofflcei and st roads his directed a sub-committee to epira a bill providing for a contract sysn of postal tefegraohy. rHE House committee on military affair 11 ask for the appointment of a special cointtee to investigate the management of the ldiere' home at Dayton, Ohio. Gonerat .trick, governor or the h >m3, has be:n arged with bein? overbearing and inhu\n in his treatment toward the inmates. Representative Stewart, of Texas, h*s en directed by 1he House Commit> on foiei m affairs to prepare a bill ? i.l.V,-. fsy *ha nr>r>r>mtmnnf', o thrp? com tuners to visit Mexico an 1 Central and i th * merica to se lire information re a'e to inc easing the commercial interest tween thoso tountres and ihe Unitid a es The hill is to contaia an appropnan of $*0,Oi 0. The Hcu-o committee on appropriations n e I to report Mr. Ell;s'9 bill, with amendants piovuiing for a oan of $1,000,000 to a ;N ew Ui 1 -nns expo-it o l. This sum is to tetunud :o !he gov. rnmenf after the pay?nt of cun e t ox pen es. and before any ir.dend is paid to stockholders. Mr. Nuf.no, chief of the bureau of statis8. reports that the to al values of 3 imporis of merchant si for the tlve months ewiel March 31, 1S84, ire $883,258,042, and for the twelve months led March 31, $"42,51)8.875. The lues of the exporti of merchandise for the elve months ended March 31, 1884, were 31,733,431, and for the twelve months ended irch 31, lXSo. $>>08,727,802. The consular and diplomatic appropriation 1, a; report d n ttie House. appropriates i i'.i70. which is $347,275 1 s; than tiie capites, and $:;18,;?85 hs< than the approprian lor the present year. Ia^ob Cole, boatswain of the Jeanne'ta, xl tho oth'-r day .n St Elizabeth's Hosal for tho Insane, at Wash in jtin. He I Ixjc me insane from hardships endured ;-?r the wreck of the Jeannette. [ t ie contested election case of Wallace McKinlcy, of Ohio, a sub-committee of House committee of elections, by a vote three to two, decided to report to tho full nmittee in favor of the sitting member, . juirwuncy. The wor!; of laving stone on the Wns'dngj monument has be n resumed at a hdg it ; 411 feet, t.ie point reached at the s-usp nn of wor.c 'ast tall. Aiourseca.-h day will laid during favorable weather. Stone is ?pared to raise the struct .u*e 10 a height of ) feet. lixirineer Melville appeared before the niso committee of investigation and give t ? version of the life on tie Jennnette. r^inting .hovari jus littloditft ren esl>etween 3 otJl crs He said ho bad never been in a ! ssel where there was less quarreling. The President has sent to Congress a coramication from the secretary of state ex- ' lining the need of the consular and diplo- J itio service nnd advising against auy rection of the appropriations. Dvr.rxi. the present Congress 6,8"?8 bills 1 vo lie n introauc -a in the House of Hepre- , ifntaLi .e . In the last Congre s d :ring s samo period the number oi bills introcod was < ,0 1, n the criminal court at Washington tho >e of th? United States against William st Kellogg was be^un. .Mr. Kelogg . w charged with having receiver! money lilo a Unit d St:ites Senator for s<_res renders 1 in relation to a contract | ththe Unite! States in vio.ation o: sejtion I ] 8?, revised statute. Contractor Price ; ititied that he hid paid Kellogg $-0,000 i r obtaining the x >edition of service upon ] i (I rico'si routes from the i>06.o.Ike depart int. ] Hejtrt W. Cannon, of Minnesota, was f iminated by the President for controller ot i e currency, qh successor to Mr. Knox, reined. Foreign. rHE British government has adopted a ] liting policy in the Soudan, e.nd will prob- j '.y not attempt to rescue Ceaeral Gordon Khartouin until the autumn. Several persona were killed and twenty jured by on iiccid nt through which a ra 1ly tiain was thrown iroma bridge in o the rer near Cuid.d-.rte.il, Spain. By the upsetting of a yacht at Midland, t itario, three men were drowned, , ] .i h. Fire In London burned out William Whiteley, a large dealer in goods of every description, causing a loss of $ 1,000,000. Many persons are dying continually of fello f/ fever on tho .ithmuj of Panama. The king nnd queen of Italy opened the international exposition at Tu.in. A fire at Panama destroyed two block* jf houses, causing Idssj-s which aggregat; 5500,000. During its progress a large mob )f armad plunderers were tired upon by owners of buildings and several killed. The ministerial party has been successful n the elections iu Spain. Thirty convicts wore injured by the sudJen fall of a pare of the ne .v barracks in pro;ess of erection at Port-mouth, England. A greater loss of life than was at first rejorted re ;ultxl from the tiunbling of a train >f cars through a bridge n<ar Cuidad-Heal, spa n. thirty-eight corpus having been taken Irom the wreck. Fifty soldiers v ere reported nissing. A French fishing schooner was run down ?y a Norwe I in bark oa t :e bail- s o' Newoundlund during a tog. Twelve of the ei hje n fishermen on board the schooner lost ;heir lives. Two gunpowder magazines at Havana were blown up with terrific e Feet. A number of artillerymen and the men guarding tho itjck were killed. In Haveni balconies, windows and shutters fell to the grjund in ilmost every street within the custom house wall. Sir Michael Costa, the distinguished English composer and musical conductor, is lead, in his saventy fifth year. Queen Victoria led tie bridal procession it the marriage of her grand-dau?nt.r, Prin:e.ss Victoria, of Heae. to .Prince Louis, of Battenber^, in Darmstadt, Germany. By the powder mrtga?ine explosions in Havana twenty-one persons were kiiled and laventy-ninein j area. Floods resulting from heavy rains have :aused great damage to property and somo loss of Life in the Argentine Republic. A iunber of hou es fell la Bueno3 Ayres, four :hildr n were killed, and many villages have >een inundated. LATER JNEWS Sheriff Atkins, of Boone county, \V. lra., was visited at his house by a band of robbers, who demanded his money, and upon its refusal to give it up they shoe him dead, rhe robbers next visited Alanson J. Woods' 'armhouse and fatally shot Mr. Woods and dlled his son Albert, but were driven f\9 O Mtrrtl I'AW jti uy uio uau^uicx aw wg p/iuv u toiunoi Two hundred citizens wont in pursuit of the nurderers, and three of them?Scott Hill, Erownlow Hill and Charles Spurlock?wfirfc :ap'.ure& acd taken to St. Albans. A /crowd of :.00 took the Hill brothers away 'from the officers anl hanged them, fc'pur lock was spirited away by officers to Charles'own. Four robbers entered a bank at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, and shot and kilbd the cashier, George Geppert, and fatally wounded tho president, E. W. Payn9. Then they fled without securing any money. A large crowd of citizens followed and captured lh?m. Their imprisonment in ja 1 was short, however for a crowd took thre^ of them out and hanged theui; the fourth was shot to death in his call. -Timcii Wvt.tt". rlppiHM In thn rrimin&l court at "Washington that the prosecution against ex-Senator Kellogg is barred by the statute of limitations; accordingly a verdict of "not guilty " was entered by the jury. The se:retary of the interior has trans" mitted to Senator Flumb, chairman of the comniittjo on public Ion's, reports from Bpe.ial agents, showing the methods adopted for the ur.lawrul acquisition of tit'e to public lands ia the interejt of foreign capi:alists. fcBands of insurgents have be: n committing depredations in Spain, cutting telegraph wires and destroying a railroad bridge. A wall belonging to a burned bu ld'ng in London fell suddjuly. burying fliity work, men in the ruins. Eleven men were seriously Injured. ANIMAL INDUSTRY. Provision* of tbe Senate BUI Ertablikbinff tbe Bureau* As amended and parsed by the Unit'd State3 Senate, the bill providing for the establishment of a bureau of animal industry and the extirpation of contagious cattle diseases provides that the commissioner of agriculture shall organize in h s department a bureau of animal industry, with a chief who Bhall lea competent veterinary surgeon,and who shall investigate and report the condition o? the domestic anima.u of the Unitjd State*, and tie cause of contagious, infectious una con municable diseases among them He shall also collect s .ch oth r inforiunti n on these subjects as may b: valualle to the agricultural and commercial inc:re.ts of the Uni.ed States. For the purpo es of the bureau the commissioner of agriculture is authorized to employ a force not to ex eed twenty persons at one time. The 8 ilary of the chief of the bureau is fixed at $3,000; that of the clerk at 11,303. The commissioner Is to appoint two competent agents, who shall be pract cal raisers of or men experienced in commer ial transactions affecting live stock, wco shall report the best manner of transporting and caring for animals, and the means to be a loptxi to sup iress and extirpate pleuro-pneumonia and other dangerous contagious or tommunicabl > diseases, 'lho com;.e.isa:ion of such agents is fixed at |10 pe.- day. The commissioner is to prepare as early as possible such rules and regulations as may ba necessary to extirpate the diseases named and certify su-h rules, etc., to the ese utivi authority of each State and Territory, and invite the co-operation of sich executive authority in the e tecation of the act of Congress. TVheu tha rules, etx, shall ha <*e be .'n accepted by su h executive authority, the commissioner may expend in the State so accepting so mu.-h money as may be necessary lor th3 purposa or the investigations contemplated by tha a jt and for such disinmiBvontinfl monq-irAq A? TTIRV be neces ary to prevent the spread of ttoe d.sease from one htate or Territory into another. In oner to pron ot) export itioa <v'live stock special i.ivcs igution shall bj made ta to the existence of contagious disace amg th* dividing line tetwe.n the United Snt^ted and foreign countries, and a'ong the transgoitaticn iines iron all parts o' the Uni ei tates tj jorts from which <at:le are 6 4ported, and reports n:a le to the secret r/ of the treasury, who shall co-operate with the Statj and muni ipal authority, corporation!, andpei6on8 engiged in transportation of neat cattle by land or wat ;r, in estil liahing regulations for the safe conveyance of ihecitt e, an J preventing the sprca 1 of dise ise; a::d the secretary of tne treasury is authorise t to take siuh steps a* may bo ne essary, not inconsistent with the act, to pievent the exportation of cattle affected with any contagious disease, especially pleuro-pneumonia. Transportation companies are forbidden t> tr ansport catt:e affe teiwith any contagious disease irom one .State or Territory to another, but the so-called splenetic or Texas fever is excepted trom the category of communic ible diseases, 9? far as regard.-; the transiwrtation oi cattle to mi: ket Violatio i of the act by railroad companies or vessels is de lai ed a misd mo ;nor on th?t art of the manager or captain, punishable by t'ne not to exectd $o,0'X), r.r imprisonment not to exceed one year, or by both. It is made the duty of the United States district attorneys to prosec ute the cas s The su u appropriated for the purp oses of the a 11< $150,00 >. 'I he > omm ssio ler of agriculture is re :uired to re ort annually to Cons ess a full ac ount of tin op *rat.ons o. the bureau, a list o:' all j er. ons employed, their compensation, et\ AT CHICAGO, How rclcjntci to the Rennbl'ran Prcaidcniial Convention Stand. As a matter of general interest we give the following estimate, made in New*Yo.k,of the way in which most or the delegates sent to the Republic an Presidential convention in Chicago, will vote on the first ballot: For Arthur?Alubima, :.0: Arkansas, 14; Delaware, 1; Florida. 8; Georgia, -4; Illinois, (j; Indiana. ii; Kansas, 2; Kentucky, 4; Louisiana, l'i; Maryland, 2; Massa- husetts IH: Miinesota, 1; Mississippi, 17: Missouri. Nebraska, 2; New Hani; shire, 8; New Jersey, 0: New York. ' >; ><orth Carolina. 1~: Pennsylvania. 17: Rhode Island 4; South Carolina, ;8. Tennessee, 8: Texas, 11: \ irsiijii,i4: Wisconsin. 7: i istrict of Columl.ia. 2; Wyoming, I tali, 2. Totfil. 2U\ For Logan?HI nois, 3-*; Indiana, 7: Kansas, 2: Missouri, 7; Tvnnossre, 1. Total, 55. For John Sheiman?iniliana, 4: Uh.o, If. rotal, 25. ]-or Jo-eph R. Hawloy?Connecticut, 12. For Grrsliam?Indiana, 6. For Fairchild?4. F< r Grant?Maryland, 1. For Edm nit's-Massachusetts, 16: Michigan, K; Minn sofa, 5; New Hampshire, 4: New York, 14: 111 o:lo Island, 2; Tennessee, I; Vermont. 8; Wisconsin, 6. Total, 61. For Blaino ?California, 16; Delaware, 5, Indiana, 7; Iowa, 26; Kansas, 14; Kentucky, !; M; ine. 12; Maryland, l j; Michigan, IS; Minnesota, N; Mississippi, 1; Missouri, 11; Sew Hampsh re, 1; New Jersey, 12: Xew i'ork, l.'O: N vada, 6; Oh o, 27; Oregon, i?; Pennsylvania. 43: Rhode Island. 2; 'Jennes>ee. 4; Texas, 15; We-t Virginia, 1*2; Wisconsin, 5; Arizona, 2; Dakota, 2. Total, MOO. RECAPITULATION*. Arthur 29S Hawloy 12 Elaine I^CO Gro^ham ' Edmunds 64 Faircliild 4 LiOgan 5.5 Grant, 1 Sherman 23 I TT Total 703 Not reported " Total ?20 Necessary to a choice 411 The Colorado convention chose on uninitructerl delegation of six, believed to be for 31aine. | A SCENE OF DEVASTATION. Details of t se Tornado's Barages in Oi.to. An Immense Cloud Sweeping Away Everything in It3 Path. Details of the terrific tornado which swept i over a portion of Ohio, carrying death and j destruction in its train, are given in tha following dispatch from Dayton: A litt o be o o 5 o clock in tbe afternoon ft tornado pass.d over the southern part of Moutgom.r. and i r.en? counties, devastatin; eve ythin; in its curse. It originated near 'Woodburn a small town ten miles si uth of hero, and was f. rmed by the union of two light storm clouds from the south nnd nortuwest, which inmeliate.y a?ciiiiia i tlio in r\f a wilt^?rsr?nll rik'lmr defending like waves of tde sea, anl destroying everything in its way. Mr. K Eest, | of this city, w h j was near eno tgh to observe accurately, siys that its path was fully onej eigh.h of a mLe w.de, i he storm moving over j the country like an immense cloud of smo e, wnile everywhere in Its course the ar was filled with trees and the rjin; of houses, ^oiests w*re mowed down like weeds, f n es destroyed for milds, and it is estimated that in this county alone at least j tw. nty residence. are i i ruins, to bay nothing o. the 1 ss on othei bu ldin a, live stocx, and farm prope ty. in Alexanders ille.sixmJes soutu o.'nere; se-e.al | 0i?0 is are known to < , have been injured, and one la .y is re. ort.d \ to i ave b en luLid, and a sawinLl, b.ons and , ; |ther bjJIdin:8 w re ai8troyed. At cano aoa,F ieud^pi-pe millandother tul irgi were bs.d y damaged, and a mmber oI reticences weie de tr yei. The te.eI graph lins ciodown in all cl e.tims, and the roads are mi. a a de. in and near Wood1 burn many hoii. es anl lar is with other property were destroyed or badly | Two iarm hands aror<;poi ted miainj. Brick i sihool hoi83 No. y was <1 s royed, and the ; roof was carried 600 yardi. A child was ! ^onoVifin fVin Min'o^ 9fifl Vflnffl JlT.d I dro pjl to the earth slijhtly inj ired Con; sideiug the la. ge cumber oL hoir?3 de! Etroyed, 1 he 1 o- life must have teen h avy. The tornado struck Jamestown at about 5 p. u., and two-thirds of th; town was rujjed. ; Six persons were kil.et, a* follows, xim \ Stela Jones, aged tif.ejn, of Ksculaple. Springs, b. j.; Mrs. Ann Carpe.iter, LetJtia | Jenkins, Miss Kate Bo'.elftr, x.,ra. Stewart | (colored , and * -en of j ames taullo. Twenty others were i aily wounded. Hundreds of peopb are txi ned oat o their homes. Among *] other residences, that of L. Wic ersham was veined rom its ioundatijn and carried quite a distance. Near Xenia there was considerable destruction. The Soldiers1 and Sailors' Orphans' Home was badly damaged, and the barn, laundry, and other buildings were destroyed. The hospital and other structures were un- ' ! roofed. Miss- Harvey, matron, and Night Watchman Richardson were injured, but none of the children were hurt Be| tween Jasper and Cedar Creek, on I the narrow-gauge railroal, the damage is gre.t to larm property, and at this I point some trains were umblo to move on acj co int of the wind, while others dare not past I over the Ced>r Creek trestle during the tor-' j nado. in a 1 drections south and eas-of here th s eneor d^s ruction defies disc, iption. In ; B< llbrook, Greenj co-inty, at Last fifteen ! fa:m housas vere damaged, but the occui pan s generally esca^l by taking refuge is the cellars. ! SUMMARY OF CONGRESS. Senate. The Senate agreed 10 a resolution providing for the deposit in the Smithsonian Institute of the silk flag presented to the Senate by Mr. Joseph Newman, of Ca ifornia, being the tir.t American fla< made o' American I i ilk?The Hou e bill to establish and maintain a bureau of labor statistics was reportel favorably: also Mr. Blair's . bi 1 to p-ovid or the study of phvsio!ozj and the effects of intoii^itiag, narcot c and roU: ono b s.ibstaaces on lUe. h alth a d welfare among the i eo jle of th3 Territories ani the | 1 i triut of Columbia?1 he Senate vuted'to Insi t upo i it; amendments to the naval apfiro rlitionbi.l....Mr. Wilson 8 >oko on lus oint resolut.on relating to inter-State cam| ner.e. The greater portion of the day's session 1 was devoted to the bill to establish a bureau of animal industry, and to extirpate conta! nous cattle diseases. On motion of i Mr. Coke the disease known as i "Texas fever" was exempt jd from dlsew* ! Intended to be included within th? meaning of 1 the act, so far as it concerned t. ansporta! tion to market. An amendment was adopted ; to strike out altogether the reference to the slaughter of animals. The amount to ba approp:iated b\ tt e bill was reduced to .. .Tnebill to consolidate the bureau of military justice and ths corps of judge advocates of the army was passed. Mr. Edmunds' till to aa iust tae account* of tho Untel States with tha subsidized ' Pac fl:: railroads was favorably reportxi.... The bill for the Sileofthe owa lniianree; ervation in Ivebraska an 1 Kansas was pa aod I ...'.After debate, the bill to est iblish a bureau of animal industry and to exterminate contagious disea es amon; cattle was passed. The Sanata devoted the greater portion of ; the s ess'on to the consideration of the ihip| ping bill A joint resolution was passed appropriating $25,000 to pay for the cere| monies of the Washington monument dedicaj tioaHouei In his prayer the chaf 1 lin of the House invoked divine protection for the Greely relief expedition, and divine aid for a successful I terminat on of its mission?The bill for the 1 relief of Alyra C ork Gaines was. after debate | in committee of the whol>, liil aiie with a , favorajld recommendation....The House ' a?re id to the confe:e.ice report on the little I deficiency bill At the evening session sev! era' pension "oil's were parsed. Mr. Hewi t reiterate! the statement made by him on ihe previous Friday that Secretaiy i Cnandler had received 420) 00 J for the sale of j condemned ve^e s, and had not yet turned the monev into the trea ury, as re uired ! tiv inw ^Tn said it was de josited with the ] treasury to the credit ol the secretary of ; the navy, and he could draw, out the whole of it at any time on his mere c ieck without I vouchers. He imputed no intention on the I part of i he secretary to do any dishonest thin^. i i But the issue was whether a great oficer of the j government had obeyed the command of the i \ law. He asserted tin t the srcretary had not. Mr. Calkins, of Ind.'aua, defeniea Secretary > ! C.iandler. He said the liw re -uired only that , j thi n t "ro -eeds be covere I into the treas. ury. Tha net pro eeds of the 8i e could not ; le obtained until all e :r euait ures had been ! settled f>>r. a jd this ha 1 not yet be n d me. ; | ....At the e e.iin^ sefsi n spjeches were i j made by Me sr.% Wolford. o'Kentucky, and Van Eaton, of Mississi ipi, in favor of the ; ' Hon i on tarifr I ill, aid by Messs. Sto m and Lawrence,of rennsylvauia, ia opposition ! to it i I "1 he House passed the joint resolution di, recting the President to demand and enforce an immediate settlement of Mr. J. E. Wheelock's cla m for ind mnit/ for gros3 outrage? and tortures inf.icted upon h'm by an officer of the government of Yeaemela. An attempt : was made by the Veneiueia officer to extort from Mr. Whes!o:k a confession of crime of wl.i;h he was not guilty.... The army bill wa? reported, and referred to t ie fommi tee of the whole. The amount api j ropriated is $&.&!),-150. which is $4 2 800 less t.ian thj lost ?:p >ropriation....Me8>TS. His ock, Hurd 31or?e a :d Dinjley. and othe s s;>oke in ti.e d-bae on the.uom>ont.iriff , bill. A report was ttibmitt d in the contested e'eei on case of O ler ail again t haul, declarin r the i ontestant entitle 1 to ths sea;.... A po.-tal te'e^.aph b.ll was reported favorab v Debata oa the Morrison tariff bill i was resumed. | PROMINENT PEOPLE Patti, the singer, plays billiards almost aa well as the warbL-s. The lato duka of Buccleuch owned the greater i art of time Scotch counties. United states Senator Logan's father was a:i Irish doctor, and came to America in lb Jo. General Gordon is said to be the only Chri>tia:i who is prayed foriu the mosque* at 1 llecca Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the novelist, is a tenant in Washington o.f General (Jrant. | Edward Eoglkston's daughter, Allegra, is claimed to bo the be=t woman wood carver in America The enni ess of Austria sels tvp3 with the grace anil skid which oiuraeterize an intelligent tomposior. Dom 1 ediio, having as-ended the throne of fcraz 1 at tue a;e u? six, i.as now reigned longer th .u any other living so. e/eigu. Pre-idk.vt Jkwett, of the Erie road, la a ! cons ant sufferer from iheu nati m, and his affliction i said I e telling on his otherwise rugged constitution. The Earl of Aylesford, who his paid $75,* COO lor a ranch in Texas and h is bought a hotel at Big S;)rin s in th it btate, is heir to un estate ot $.8,ixj0,U00. \ erdi, the composer, is an impressive^ look ng old man, w.th s.iow wntto nair ana n us ache. Hi s| it it an 1 health have been failing ever :-iuce the death of Wagner. Neither of the two living daughters of General Hobert E. Loo married. Th - v both live v.ith th ir brot.ier, wito succeeded his father as-proideutof 'Washington university. Ex-Senator David Davis wears his marriage w II, ami is s-aid by his friends to be jovial, social on 1 even sprightly?more like a boy ot tv.e^ty than a man of 27b or thereat o.'ts. Congressman O'Hara, the colored member from .North Carolina, is a graduate of Harvard and a lawyer by profession. He lives in go >d style and has a white tutor for his four children. President Arthur favors bu lding anew mansion oa Lafayette s|uare, oppoai.ethe \\ hiti Hous?, for the strictly private home ot the chief magistrate, and .etuniag the old White Hous for the executive offl:es and for ho.ding oiicial and public receptions, dinners, etc. ? -

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