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Tin: HOME DOCTOK. Blceiiins at the >'osc. The best remedy for bleeding at the nose, as given by Dr. Gleasou at one of his lectures, is in the vigorous motion of the jaws as in the uct of chewing. In the case of a child a wad of paper should be inserted to chew it hard. It is the motion of the jaws that stops the flow of blood. This remedy is so very sunpie that many will feel inclined to laugh at it, but it has never been known to fail in a single instance, even in the severest cases. says the Scientific American. Colli feet in Ileil. ~ This is a very common complaiut. and one that causes a great deal of sleeplessness? first, on retiring at night, and again, early in the morniug we are awoke by cold feet, and cannot get them warm except by drawing them tip almost to the chin. This occurs not only in I he young, but in the middle aged and the old. For this there arc two remedies?the hot bott'e and lamb's wool socks, either or both of which may be used. When we consider that during the day, while we are active, we wear stockings and shoes, does it not seem strange that at night, when the temperature of the air is lower, and when we are inactive, that our feet should have less covering than during the day? The reasonable plan is to have a special pair of socks for night use, put thcrn on when going to bed, and change them when we get up: the result will be better and more serene sleep, consequently we shall be more able to undergo our daily exertions. 1 say at once, to all who suffer from cold feet, get a pair of warm socks for night wear. A good walk for half an hour before retiring warms the feet and sends a nice glow ail through the body, and disposes to sleep, it must not be supposed that these remedies 1-.!?)/% totaiifl /Titrl thf'V IllUH.e Uiic icaa auic iu vw.~, , are simply to retain the heat of the body and allow of comfort, and, if followed, much benefit will be derived.?2\ 1!. Aliinson, AI. D. Weak I'jres, Many girls, those kept too much in the house, and fed improperly, have weak eyes, especially when they read flashy literature late at night, or at the twilight hour. An important principle is to sec with the least elTort, never to strain or overtax them, but simply to open them and let them see. All efforts, in this matter, using them under unfavorable circumstances, by artificial light, if weak, or when painful, in obscure light, at the t'.vilight hour or in dark rooms, must he injurious. Pain is inteuded as a warning?one to be heeded. An hour's labor, as sewing on dark cloth, when pain is constant, is worse than a day's work at other times, when the same clfort in the evening or at twilight, may injuic the sight more than that of the day. Still another principle of the utmost importance (I speak from an experience of thirty years with weak eyes?inherited?but now gaining steadily, though used ten times as much as in the past>. I refer to the iutluence of sunlight. To occupy dark room-?, either from the absence of windows or liom the use of stained glass ("blue'' or not), dark curtains, etc., is 'to have weak eyes. This light is tho stimulus, the food of the eyes, as bread is of the stomach. My experience is in favor of more than usual light (it now shines on my page) as much as can be had without producing unpleasant sensations, after the first. A gradual use of it, as much as convenient, is safe and judicious. 1 believe the darkening of the sick 100m, save in exceptional cases, a3 in the measles, when dioided pain results, is but less than cruelty, since this game light is one of the best healers, purifiers and cleansers known! If at first painful, a wet cloth may be worn over the eyes, modifying the light, which will do more good than harm in any sick room. The girl with weak eyes should be much in the air and light, and not with "blinders," using as much of both as may be made ag.ceable. Ab solute restis not necessary, since we gain strength by exercise, usin^ our powers judicially. It is safe to use weak eyes, under favorable circumstances, until a little pain, or a sensation of discomfort appears. Freouent winkinjr, as a mean3 of dis tributing the tears, is of groat ad van I age as a curative measure. When tears are diminished iu quantity, artilicial ones are supplied by making a mucilage of rose water and the bark of the rout of the sassafras tree, fouud at druggists, just thin enough to run freely, putting it iu the outer angle of the eyes at least three times each day. A wet cloth, three or four thicknesses, worn at night over them, will keep them cool, reducing the inflammation. Let them be comfortable. I will add that s:ght is much impaired by using glasses when not needed, dark ones, or those the use of which renders sight difficult. The important object of them is to correct the distance or near sight, not to improve personal appearance. Since the air is transparent, it is 1 _ * - x ? ~? i ~..a: reasiiu uuvr mui. uur 2*?<i!?s*cs, vha:narily, should, be 30, that Sf cing may not be laborious. It 13 jVdiciovs to use glasses when necess-irv to change "fine print to coarse," and to protect the eye temporarily from the glare of the light. If the young wear magnifying glasses too soon, the l.-nscs of the eye will so change as to soon rend.r tlicm necessary. Looking through veils and the like, or through the hair resulting from an absurd style of wearing it, covering a beautiful forehead, must impair the sight.? City and Coiadri/. A Censns or the Sparrows. Presuming that the sparrows were introduced into this country in the year 1870, the following ligure3 will show what the increase would have been from a single pair of sparrows let loose in the spring, giving six pairs as the annual increase, and the parent birds dying at the end of each year: November 1870, the increase would have been G pairs; November, 1871, 3G pairs; November, 1872, 210 pairs; November, 187;>, 1,2% nnirs' Xnvr>mhr>r. 1874. ?.?7P> r>ftirs* No veinber, 1375, 46.656 pairs; November, 187G, 279,936 pairs; November, 1877. 1,679,016 pairs; November, 1878, 10,. 077,696 pairs; November, 1879, 60,466,176 pairs; November, 1880, 362,797,056 pairs; November, 1881, 2,176,782,336 pairs; November, 18S2, 13,060,G91,016 pairs: November, 1883, 73,364,161,096 pairs; November, 18S4, 470,184,984,570 pairs; November, 1885, 2,821.109,907,456 pairs.?Philadelphia Ledger. A Porker or Many Tails. * r iii? r* l .. ? _ -nianorviue, ua-uu uuuui), is ? ijuiu and peaceful little hamlet. Andrew Erbacher is one of its sterling citizens, and he is the possessor of a full-grown hog that is a great curiosity. The animal has three fully developed tails. One is where the appendage ought to be, another in the middle of the back and the other one protrudes below. It is amusing to see it wiggle its three tails at once. The hog has been visited by hundreds of farmers from the surrounding country. They pronounce it a curious freak of nature.?Kingston (iV. 7".) Frctman, BLOWN TO ATOMS. : Explosion of a Tugboat's Boiler at t New York. J c Eyerjbody on Board the Craft In- 1 stantly Killed [ 11 The reccnt blowing up of Flood Rock at Hell Gate, New York city, was a terrific ^ spectacle, but an explosion on a tugboat near 1 it H,? ntlin?offiminnn trie lllllf+l 8 l(JU JJlltl'U II1C UMJVl ui^iuvuu ?. more terrible in its ofTects. From the metropolitan journals we gather the following par- * ticulars: d Tlie tug Dorie Emory, of Hoboken, began at dusk to make up a tow to go to llondout, c by hauling out from Candee & Smith's dock r at the foot of East Sixty-third street, an ( empty brick scow. Half a dozen men were p on the scow, and as soon as the tug headed f down stream, against the tide, sat down in the hold to eat their supper, 'llio tug was to pick up another scow at Fiftythird street, and kept within 401) feet of the New York shore. She had reached Fiftyninth street at about 5:35 p. m., and was off the bluff known as Riverview Terrace, when she blew up with a report that persons at the Charity hospital on Blackwell's Island s.iy was much louder than the last Hell Gate ex- e i%l/\?5ir*n I i The uppor works of the tug appeared to leave her suddenly and the hull spread. I 'J here was a momentary glare, a long shock t] with a sort of lull in the middle, and up went tl a column of smoke and stea:n 700 or 45UU feet in the air ::s straight as a rocket. With the E culutnn went all sorts of wre.k, and some 0 say they saw one man who moved ^ his limls in the air. Then a wreckage a began to fall over an area which extended 0 from First avenue to near Blackwell's Island, ^ and for many blocks up and down the river. Most of the debris was small and pattered like hailstones iu the streets and on roofs, but loud thuds and crashes told of larger ^ pieces falling on houses and pavemeats and in yards. The smokestack and part cf the steam pipes were thrown on the rocks at the foot of Eat>t Fifty-eighth , street and the shore was strewn with all sorts of wreckage. Few windows remained " unbroken on River View terrace, and in new houses south of it, which are known as River d View, ani hundreds of panes of glass were * lirnbon in th ? nAi'hhm'hood of AveilUO A and Fifty-eighth street, which is known as b Sutton place. ^ Within a very few minutes 5,000 persons * were at the river front or on their way there, v and within a quarter of an hour four times * ! that number were on the shore or on the ter- B? race in front of which the explosion took place, peering into the darkness, b; Police Captain Gunner . and a section T of policemen went to Fifty-eiguth street at the double quick. When C( the tug blew up Pilot McAvoy was steering the steamboat William H. Wickham across to the island. He made quickly for the scow, which was drifting helplessly, partly keeled " over, toward Sixtieth straet. Her bows were shattered, but those on board cried out to t( him that none of them were hurt, but that fii six men on the Dorie Emory had perished. ol There was not a trace of the tug to be seen on the water except here and there a piece of tl timber. Making fast to the scow, Captain ol McAvoy waited "until the Cornell tug Crosby \\ came along and took her in tow. The men b' on the scow, although she was making water ti fast, declined tj leave her, with the exception of one who went in the William H. Wick- j, ]iav?-? I ? * flia moonfima nt lofich fVlirt.V PVAft ucttii. ill ? "<- . V If had gathered around, and the water was patrolled in every direction to discover those who were on the tug when she blew up. No tra :e was found : j* except some receipts and billheads. When the damage done on shore was investigated it was found that, although no one dc was hurt, hundreds had had narrow escapes in the streets and in houses. A timber which s? two men could hardiy lift fell at Fifty-Eighth m street and First avenue, making a dent in the w pavement. Pieces of iron and timi>er were distributed promiscuously through the streats, and many windows were shattered. Five or six men?the captain, engineer, p fireman, cook and deck-hands?were on the kJ tugboat at the time of the explosion, and not a vestige of any of them, alive or dead, could 06 be found. THE NATION'S CURRENCY. g ar Attract of the Animal Ifcport of ^ Comptroller Cannon. a] The annual report of the lion. 11. W. Can- m non, comptroller of the currency, shows that si< during the year ended November 1, 1SS5, 145 banks were organized, with a capital of $10,93*,C0J, and circulating notes wero issued to ^ these new associations amountiug to $4,"274,- es 010. Since the establishment of the national & bank system on February 25, 1S03, there have been organized 3.405 national K banks. Of those 432 have gone .int.) * voluntary liquidation for tho purpose of winding up their affairs; 70 have to gone into voluutary liquidation for the pur- ti< ?.?ca nf ronrwniiizntioii. 04 are in liouidation 3li by expiration of their charters, of which pr number 38 have been reorganized; anil 104 00 have been placed in the hands of receivers of for t'ho purpose of closing up thoir affairs, ti; leaving the total number in existence 2,27:.' on November 1, 1 SXr>, which is tlio largest number that has been in operation at any 0210 k time: X< Through the operation oC the act to author- \\ ize the coinage of the standard silver doliar j), and to restore its legal tender character, the y circulating medium- issued by the govern- \\ menthas beon increased in the sum of ?24:),- u i};VA-i:?l, of which $ If, 442,089 in standard sil- Ti ver dollars are iu the hands of the oeople, ]j< and $70,070,570 of like coins aro in the trons- ?, ury of tlio United States, in addition to >0;V rc l|i>,872 of said standard dollars which aro T, represented by silver certificates in tho hands nj of the people. Ho calls attention to tho statement in his last annual report that the continued coin- , age of the standard silver dollar under tho present provisions of law is in excess of the 2< requirements of the country, and is liable to ?j* bring tho business of tho country to a silver i" basis and cause some degree of linaucial dis- Ji turbance. Four banks with an aggregate capital of $>;00.(;i:0 failed during the past year. Divi- y? d; nils have becMt paid during tho year to the m creditors of insolvent Lanks to the amount of wl $ 2,151, J>G8. Wi During tho fiscal year ende-l June 30, mi 1S85, there was paid to the government of the United States $2,749,584, taxes on circunf IVlt.!onf\l hnnlvS. iULiU^ UVU.O VL The rojort contains comparative state- Qi ments of the resources and liabilities of the pr national hanks during the past ten years, and po a detailed statement of their condition on the th first day of October, 1)S85. The different 1 items indicate that the business of tho na- th tional banks has largely increased during tho flj( past year, although tho items of United Stateo bonds and circulating notes have de- * creased. Liabilities to depositors and corre spondents have increased more than ?1 >0,000,- ()!;0. During tuo year the banks have in . creased their specie resources more than ?5(i, OUO.OoO. This im roa.se is made up of $-14,471,714 of gold coin, and $1,HIM,2*4 of silver coin. " The legal tender notes held by tho banks have, however, diminished about .'jO'J.OJO l'i S( EIGHT INDIANS HANGED. fa' Expiating ITlurdera Committed Dar> fe in? Kiel'* Hebelltou. fr Tho execution of the eight Indians found guilty of murder at Frog lake and Battleford, occurred at Battleford, Northwest Ter ritory, a few days since. Of the eight Indians hanged, seven were fj at t:ve participants in the horrible massacre at Frog lako on April > last. Tho bloody cr work wa?s begun by Wandering Spirit and ai afterward carried on under his direction until ai the white people of the Frog lake settlement were almost exterminated, Wandering Spirit and his followers attacked the worshipers at a church in Frog lake on April <>, killing Agent Quinn, Charles Go win, an American half breed, a miller . named Gawanlock, J. Dill, F. Williscraffc, W. Gilchrist, and Fathers Marchand and - ?.?t ?:j.i, fr Fuford. They continued tn?ir tumwi ? the Dominion authorities until tho rebellion was conquered by General Middleton. Then ol they were captured, tried, found guilty and sentenced to death. bi ui The annual production oE condensed milk is estimated at <50,030,000cans^ manufactured pi by eleven different firms in Europe and America, of which the Anglo-Swiss Con- ^ densed Milk Company manufactures 40,01)0,- h, 00J cans. I STEWS SUMMARY. Eastern and IHIddlo Ststei, GovEiiNon Hill issued a proclamation on lie 2Tth ordering nil tin flags on the public wildings in Now York to be put athalf-uiast 111 til after the burial of the lato Vice-Presilont Hendricks. A PiTTSBUR'jr dispatch states that th9 pro;racted strike of the coal miners on the Molongahela river has resulted in riot and >loodshod. A body of 5U0 miners, some uasked, drove out the men at work in several nines, and severely beat a number of them. Ptr 11 ~ U..~ 1**4. aj x i/uv iau ui u uuuivcu aovoiai wuihiuyii uii ho new Now York Aqueduct were thrown 50 feet down a shaft. Three men were intantly killed and a fourth was fatally injured. W. S. Yates, a Yale College student, phile duck shooting in a small boat, was varied out on Long liland Sound and froze to leath. Much fishing property was destroyed at rloucester, Mass., and vicinity during the ecent great storm. Along the ocean side of Jape Cod great slices of the shore, in some ilaces from 200 to 300 feet long and thirty eet wide, have disappeared. General Alexander Siialer, president f the New York board of health, and commander of the first division of the State iiilitia, was arrested a few days ago on a far. ant charging him with accepting a bribe i connection with the purchase of armory ites. A fire has destroyed every business house xccpt two in the village of Savannah, N. Y. .'he total loss is estimated at $110,000. A mattress caught firo in the home of 'atriek Fitzgerald, at Providence, E. I., and bree of his children, aged respectively one, tiree and four years, were burned to death. The first volume of General Grant's Me. noirs has just been published. It is a work ? 5S4 pages, beginning with a preface writ8n at Mount McGregor during "his last days nd ending with army affairs in the autumn f 1603. The book is dedicated "to the Lmerican soldier and sailor." South and West* Thk steamer Emma Graham, from Pittsburg bound for Cincinnati with many passngers 011 board, collided with a barge on lie Ohio river near Parkersburg, W. Va., nd went to (ho bottom. One man was rowned, an;l a number of others were reorted missing. The casket in which Vice President Hen ricks was buried was made in Rochester, I". Y., and greatly resembles the one made or General Grant It is covered with black roadcloth banded with silver bars. The rimming inside is of white satin, tufted, "he handles are of the textile style, with ound centres and silver tips. The cover is -imined on the inside with rayed white itin. Three men were killed and three injured y the falling in of a house at Slingtown, exas. Glowing reports are received o? the dis)very of rich gold fields in Alaska. Mayor Read, of Louisville, Ky., was arnrkitn r*?i in o ftuf rtnrKf An nnrt rtf ;3wu nuiiv ui c? now u^uv vu uuo vi 19 streets in that city. A riot between white and black miners )0 place at Bevier, Mo. Many shots were red on both sides; two meii were killed and ;hers wounded. Henry Maso.v (colored), incarcerated in ie Campbell county (Va.) jail 011 the charge ' murdering and robbing "a farmer named [ammersley, was taken from confinement y a crowd of masked men and hanged to a ce. Sadie Hays, a young colored woman, is to 0 hanged in St. Louis on Jauuary 15 next >r the murder of Police Sergeant Jenks. Tim dwelling of H. A. Grayson, at Mariez. Texas, was burned the other night, and rayson's wife and daughter perished in the iines. Five men were killed by a railroad accimt near Missoula, Montana. Renegade Apaches have been raiding the m Carlos Indian agency in Arizona. Three en, nine squaws and a number of children (.-re killed. Uakhinstoni Much opposition was made to President leveland's coins to Indianapolis to attend ice-President Hendricks' funeral, and lie reived many personal requests and telegrams ging liisi to remain in Washington, mong those who called upon the President id urged him to stay in Washington wore mntor Edmunds and Speaker Carlisle. The gument was that the President's duty to ie country was to avoid as much as possible 1 risk of the ordinary .dangers of travel itil s iiii9 manner of presidential succesM was provided by an organization of ongress. The total revenues of the United States istoflice during the past fiscal year were 12,508,843, and the expenditures, actual and timatel, $30,t>42,415, leaving a deficiency of >,381,571. The President has appointed the following istmasters: Ward Gregory, at Ithaca, N. Henry Stowell,"at Sen?ca Falls, N. Y. Governor Squire, of Washington Terriry, in his annual report, gives the popula3n of the Territory as 129,438, an increase of ,'J30 in two years. Th? assessed value of operty is $50,4>>4,437, and there are yet 23,i'jO.XJ acres of the public land unsurveyed, which IG.UOJjOOOare good agricultural and tuber land. Additional, appointments by the Presimt: John C. Thompson, of Harrisburg, y., to be surveyor general of Wyoming. ) be registers of land offices?Sainuei C. rilliams, of Querida, Col., at jl Norte, Col.; Nathaniel H. Harris, of icksburg. Miss., at Aberdeen, D. T.; David rebb, of Covington. Ind., at Salt Lake City . T; Frederick A. McDonald, of Oregon, at he Dalles, Oregon. To be receivers of pub: moneys?J. Massie Martin, of Opelousas, a., at New Orleans, La.; William L. Garird, of Lawrenceville, 111.,at Cheyenne, Wy. John W. Causey to be collector of interil revenue for the district of Delaware. The postmaster-general's annual report mtains much that has already been given the public in bureau reports. There is a ificiency in the year's postal revenues of t.000,000, eausod by cheaper postage. Durg the year 2,021 now postoffices ere established and 8S6 wore abandoned. ore now offices were create 1 in the Southern ates than in any other section. During the ar there wore received 4,750,000 pieces of ail matter in the dead letter bureau, of iiich only 13,000 were left on hand. There is a decrease in both the foreign and dosstic money ordor business. Foreign* A new Spanish cabinet has been formed. iee:i Christina has expressed to tho now etnier, Sanor Sagasta, her desire that his licy should be one of conciliation rather anrepression. The Duke of Somerset, once prominent in e legislative halls of Great Britain, has just 3d in his eighty-second year. King Theebaw, of Burmab, has surrenrod Mandalay, the chief city, with his hole army to the British expeditionary rce which recently entered Burmese terriry. This virtually ends the war, and adds iother province to the British-Indian emre. The Arab followers of the late False rophet are again on the warpath in the )udan. Robert Goodale, a market gardener, was ineed a fevr days since in Norwich, Eng nd, for wife murder. The execution was i bunglingly performed that when the drop 11 Goodale's head was severed completely om his body. The nationalists or Irish party made a ean sweep in Dublin in the election for embers of parliament. Four Parnellite embe: s were elected by immense majorities. War is imminent between Turkey and reece. The war between Sorvia and Bulgaria has lused unfriendly feeling between Austria id Russia, the former favoring the Servians id the lattor the Bulgarians. NEWSY GLEANINGS, The pumpkin crop is the largest ever nown. Insanity is said to be rapidly increasing l Philadelphia. American beer brewers use 40,000 pounds t rice annuall}'. Wheat is lower in England than it has 3en for a century. It is proposed in Canada to render all debts Qder $50 uncollectable by law. The total value of real estate and personal roperty in New Jersey is $565,500,687. A Michigan man has invented a machine ith which he can fill 15,000 tomato cons in a LATERNEWS. FrrcnnuRG, Mass., has elected an entire temperance ticket, from mayor down, In Plainfield, N. J., the teinperanc3 advocates were also succassful in th3 local election. A tug boat struck and exploded a naturaj gas main on a bar in the Allegheny river near Pittsburg. The crew of seven men were blown into the river, one man being instantly killed, two others fatally injured, and the rest severely hurt. The boat was destroyed. A conductor and a brakeman were killed by the collision of two freight trains near Washington, Ponn., and three other train hands were seriously injured. The women belonging to a Polish Catholic church in Detroit, Mich., refused to accept ho dismissal of their pastor by the bishop, ani their displeasure manifested itself in rioting of the fiercest character. Hundreds of women attacked the two priests appointed successors to the one deposed as they were celebrating mass; stones and brickbats were thrown at them; the church was broken into by the in. furiated female members of the congregation despite the efforts of scores of policemen, and one woman was killed, and another fatally injured. The riotous proceedings continued, and several women were arrested. Many new postmasters have been appointed within the past few days by tho postmaster-general. Albert A. Wilson has been appointed by fUA *Pi?neir1nn+. marc h?1 fnr tho District nf Hnl- I umbia in place of Colonel McMlchael. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs says in his annual report that tho Indians should abandon tribal relations and devote themselves individually to agriculture. There are in the United States, exclusive of Alaska, about 200,000 Indian souls. The number of acres under cultivation by Indians is24S,241> an increase since last year of 13,473 acres. The Austrian village of Grahovo has b^en destroyed by a land slide. King Theebaw, of Burmah, has been taken prisoner by the victorious British and conveyed to Rangoon. General Caceres, leader of the Peruvian rebels, is reported to have entered the city of Lima aud driven out the government troops. A revolution has broken out in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and a fight between the revolutionists and the acting governor's forces resulted in the defeat of the latter. A number on both sid?3 were killed and wounded. Charles A. Ray, a New York civil engi j j?i a neer, snot ana aangerousiy wuunuwu ins nuv and then killed himself. Jealousy prompted the act. The body of William T. Connory, of Boston, was incinerated the other day iu the Lancaster (Penn.) crematory. There are thirty-seven murderers in the Kansas pauitontiary unier ssntence of death. The extensive iron and wire works of Barnum & Co., covering a whole block at Detroit, Mich., have been destroyed by fire, involving a loss of #:.'G0,UfJ0. The will of Vice-President Hendricks, a tattered document twenty years old, has been filed for probate at Indianapoiis. Mrs. Hendricks is left all her husband's property, and is made executrix, if agreeable to her. The total valuation of the estate is placed at $11)0,009. Mr. Hendricks had but $1,000 life insurance. John A. Sullivan, of New York city, has been appointed colbctor of internal revenue for the second district of New York. Major General Schofield, command ing the division of Missouri, says in his annual report that his force, in round numbers, consists of !),500 infantry, 5,GOO cavalry and 280 artillery, aggregating 15.000 men. They occupy sixty-five diflforout stations, giving an average of 231 men at each. He declares that in order to prevent murder and depre. dations by the Indians a larger standing army is necessary. The President has made the following additional judicial appointments: Lafayette Dawson, of Missouri, to be United States judge for the district of Alaska; William G. Langford, of Walla Walla, to be associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Washington; Charles R. Pollard, of Delphi, Ind., to be associate justice of the su. premecourt of the Territory of Montana; J. Bomar Harris, of Mississippi, to be attorney of the ^United States for the southern district of Mississippi. The order of expulsion of tho GermanAmericans on the island of Foehr has again been suspended, Mr. Pendleton, the United States ministor, having intervened in tho matter. LIFE-SAYING SERVICE. linnnrf of thn Snnnrintemlcnt? A Re* mark able Showing- for ISK.?. The annual report of Mr. S. J. Kimball, general superintendent of the life-saving service, shows that at the close of the last fiscal year the establisbmsnt embraced 203 stations, 157 being on the Atlantic, thirty-eight on the lakes, Beven on the Pacific and one at the falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Ky. The number of disasters to documented vessels within the field of station operations during the year was 256. There were on board these vessels 2,i'05 persons, of whom only ten were : Jost. The shipwrecked persons who received tuccor at the stations number 5(58. The estimated value of the vessels involved in these 1 disasters was $3,519,550, and .that of their 1 cargoes $1,084,905, making the total value o*" ] property imperilled $4,004,455. Of this amount $3,352,7(50 was saved. ' The total lo^s of life within the scope of the 1 service is tho smallest ever reached since its 1 general extension, except in the year 18S0, when but nine were lost. Tho assistance ' rendered in saving vessels and cargoes during 1 the year was larger than in any previous year, except the Inst preceding. The follow- j ing statement gives a summary of the statistics of the service, from the introduction of 1 the present system in 1871 to the close ot tne < fiscal year. The loss o? life as stated below includes 183 lost at tho wrecks of the Huron ! and Metropolis, which are really not chargeable to the service: Total number of disasters, ( 2,918; total value of property involved, *51,- f 763,094; total valuo of property saved, $36,- ' 277,929; total value of property lost, $15,485,- 1 765; total number of persons involved. 2'>.693; 1 total number of persons saved, 25,236; total s number of persons lost, 4 >7; total number of < persons succored at stations, 4,829. t [ c IMFORTAN'T DECISION. 1 t mercantile Agenciev and I.Ibcllony e Prlvilrge.1 Communication*. t In the United States circuit court at Balti- 1 more J udgo Morris decid-.'d in th3 caso of a -j Charlestown, (XV. Va.) resident against the c mercantile agency of It. G. Dun & Co. for I ibel, that tbe plaintiff must furnish a bill of particulars within thirty days as to when, ( where, how an I to whom the alleged libellous publication was made. This decision in ;hii lliiitad States court is important as con-inning similar findings in the various State :ourts, to tho effect that in order to make privileged communications libellous tho party bblaining the report from the mercantile ijencies must bo disclosed. The subscriber * - ?'? .1; 1 * !?/* Z%\fj-wm of i ATI ;o nil ngHucy who uivuites uuu iiuuiuiuih?? may thus be made jointly liablo by tho violation of bis contract with the agency. ( Phesides't Diaz, of Mexico, and family . recently dined off of locusts, under the impression that they wore a new species of crab. They had been sent him as a curiosity by a friend in New Mexico. THE German government has discharged all the women who were in the postal tele- i graph and railway service, on the ground of unfitness for public business. LAID AWAY. I; ] The Funeral of Vice-President ! Hendricks at Indianapolis. The Body Followed to the Grave by ' a Great Proc93sion. ! An immense concoursa of people from all sections of the land participated at Indianapolis in the last sad rites over the remains of the dead Vice-President. The public buildings and many private residences were heavily draped with mourning emblems, and business was entirely suspended. The early morning trains on all railways brought delegations from the national capital and all tho leading cities of the Union, together with an influx of people from Central Indiana and Illinois. The cabinet was represented by jSccretary of Stato Bayard, Secretary Lamar, Secretary Whitney, Secretary Endicott, and Postmaster-General Vilas; the supreme bench of the United States by Associate Judges Matthews and Blatcliford; the United States Senate by Senators Edmunds, Allison, Pugh, Harris, Conger, Blair, Dolph, Vest, Beck, Camden, Vance, Jones, 1 Voorhees, Payne, Palmer and Harris; 1 the House of Representatives by Messrs. 1 \V. R. Morrison, J. Blount. H. A. Her bert, \V. S. Holman, William Springer. W. P. s Hepburn, S. B. Ward, William Phelps, J. J. i Kleiner, Thomas Ryan ami P. Dunn. The ? number of active and ex-members of the \ Lower House present, in addition to those i named, was large. The governors of In- i diana, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky were < present, attended by their staffs and numer- 2 ous State officers. Major-General Schofield I was the chief representative of tho United States army present. Ex-President Haye3 I and General William T. Sherman were dis- fc tinguished guosts, the latter accompanying a delegation from St. Lonis. Washington street was crowded hours before the time for the services arrived to such an extent that locomotion was almost im- , possible. The buildings along that thoroughfare presented an almost unbroken lino of drapery, the most conspicuous being the postoffice and county court house. One of the central points of attraction for ' the visiting multitude was the modest home of the late Vice-Tresident on Tennessee ' street, a plain two-story brick structure, \ facing the State capitol building now in pro- j cess of construction. On the front door of the house was a black rosette, from which 1 was pendant a strip of black crape, which s constituted tho only outward emblem of , mourning. On the street, in front of the house, gathered a large but respectable crowd,which grew in numbers as the forenoon advanced, t A detail of police and soldiery was able,how- t orAP tn L-onn f-.h? f'lonr in frnnf, nf tho W,VM wx "VVI' v"w w" vvv >'vw* " w" v"w g houss to enable friends and relatives of Mrs. ^ Hendricks and the members of the respective s committees to gain admission to tho ground. Emblems of mourning and memorial floral designs were at hand everywhere. Among j the mos5 notablo designs was a beautiful flower piece from Miss Cleveland, the Fresi- * dent's sister. At U a. m. Mrs. Hendricks entered the room for her last leave taking, accompanied by . her brothef and Mrs. Morgan. The ordeal was most trying, and tiie desolate woman ? seemed to be utterly prostrated, clinging = to tho last to the clay s j soon to be hidden [ from her view. Impressed with the J" placid and lifelike appearance of the j: dead, she sent a photographer to lake a pic- " ture of the coffin. Before he arrived, dele- ? gat ions from different cities began to come, ? and were admitted to pass through and view ? the body while the photogragher was engaged ? at his work. It was 11 o'clock when the coffin was re- ? placed, and the stream oi visitors again passed by and out through the side door. Shortly after this the pallbearers ar- R rived. l lio draped hearse and the carriages for the family and friends _ wore drawn up before the door, and the preparations were made for the final removal of the body. This was done without further . leave taking. The police and military kept the curious, but always respsctful, mass of " people out of the way. and the little proces- ?( sion moved quietly with its escort through ' densely-lined streets to the Cathedral of St. z Paul. b It was nearly noon when ihe coffin was borne into the cathedral, the vast congrega- ^ tion having already been seated, with the ex- ? ception of the immediate relatives and the ! church vestry. The ollioiating clergy, four in number, in their rob^s of "office, , met the coffin at the main entrance of the cathedral, preceded by a guard " of the Indianapoiis Light Infantry. The r*. body was borne up the central aisle, the clergymen and members of the vestry going ^ in advance. Bishop Knickerbocker read the opening sentence of the burial service, "I am the resurrection and the life," followed by P the Revs. Dr. Stringfellow, of Montgomery, j. Ala., aud Fulton, of St. Louh, in their reci- ^ tation of the other verse? used for the dead, J" until the coffin had been carried and placed outside the chancel. The great audience ?: stood while the impressive scenc was enacted. Following the bier came the widow, lean* ? ing on the arm of Mr. Morgan, followed by the other relatives, all 111 deep mourning. Thirteen pews to the right of tho central aisle . were reserved for the family, while the vestry " and the members of local committees occupied pews in front to the left. ? The pew occupied by the dead Vice-President in his lifetime was the tenth from the frrtnf. fA tlia loPf nf flia nnVlHlo oiclu wlian fanincr the altar. It was d'stinguished by its com- ^ plete envelopment in black cioth and by the n. fact that it was unoccupied. : The church is a modest brick structure, f. seating U00 persons, but fully 1,000 were j crowded within its walls. The doors, inner walls, archos, windows, and chancel were tf heavily druped, and everywhere were masses of flowers and elaborate lloral designs, which have been sent from all parts of the country. The interior of the church and chancel was ^ brilliantly lighted, and the scene was very ft impressive. CJ In the church edifice, the place of honor j, was accorded to ex-President Hayes. He sat f j immediately in the rear of the pews occupied te by the vestry and reception committees. In Jt] the pew in his rear'were Secretary Bay- ]a ard and the other members of the ^ cabinet. To their left were seated n the committees from the United ^ States Senate and House, wearing flowing es sashes of white over their right shoulders, 0"j closed at the left side with rosettes of black crape. In their rear were the ofliccrs of the United States army in full uniform. On the north side of the church were the Governors p] of the States present with their staffs. pi When the coffin had been placed in front or the chancel rail the choir sang the anthem, S1 "Lord, let me know mina end." The lesson ^ for the dead was read by the Rev. Dr. Jenckes. This was followed by the u singing of the hymn, "Lead, kindly light," p! by the choir, the audience joining. The Rev. Dr. Jenckes, speaking from the lecturn, lelivered an address. The reverend 11 gentleman took as his text. Philiipians iv. 11 md verse 8, and his sermon was an eloquent :ribute to the virtues, both in public and private life, of the late Vica-President. Mu.-h p itress was laid on the lessons to young and >ld of Mr. Hendricks' honorable c areer, and T, .he sermon closed with the words: "Eminent ? ritizen, faithful friend. Christian gentleman, lonest man, farewell." When the speaker had concluded, Mrs. ? )oner, of Chicago, sang "Rock of Ages," -he bishop closing with prayers and the benidiction.~ The collin was then lifted and is >orne from the church, the audience remain- ol ng seated. The procession had formed on the streets hi n the vicinity of the church while the servi- U res were being conducted. The order of the 1' )rocession was as follows: Mounted and unmounted police. ^ Military band from Columbus Barracks. a jleneral Fred Knefler, Marshal ot the Day, and staff. Adjutant-General Kountz aud sta Military companies. Hearse and Guard of Honor. :j] Mrs. Hendricks and family. I ~ Members of the Cabinet. Ex-President Hayes. Judges of the United States Courts. rc United States Senators and Representatives. b< Governors of the States with their staffs. J* wivie organizations, Mayors of Indianapolis C and other cities. *r 1 iVlUIllUljlUl UI1ILW15. Members of the City Council and other mu- << nicipal bodies. te Citizens in Carriages. 01 The bells of all churches bogan tolling when the body was taken from tho house and ol continued their pealing during tho rites and ci while the procession was on its long march to A Crown Hill cemetery. 01 The line of march to Crowa Hill cemetery j ni ivas nearl}- live miles in length There wen 15,000 in tho procession, and it was nearly )'c!ock when tho cemetery was reached During the time all the bells of the city wen :olled and the streets were paclcei with spectators. Fully 50,000 strangers were present ind twice that number witnessed the pa *eant. The Hendricks lot and monument wer< covered with elaborate floral offerings. A vhite marble vault had been sunk into tin ground for the reception of the burial casket L'ho inner walls of it were completely coverec .vith smilax and roses, so that the bare eartl vas at no place visible. The religious services at tho crave wen jrief. Drs. Fulton and Springfellow pro lounced tho sentences. The impressive com nittal service bv Dr. Jenckes. the rector o: St. Paul's, and the benediction by Bishop Knickerbocker, after which the funeral parti oturiied to the city, the military companiei narching in line. The cabinet officers, thb senatorial anc :ongressional committees, and the Bostor :ity icouncil left for their respective home; >n special trains at 6 o'clock p. m. At the church services Mrs. Doney, of Chi :ago, formerly Miss Annie Gale, of Indian ipolis, sang "Rock of Ages," and connectec vith this the following is narrated: Severa fears ago when she was leading soprano ai St. Paul's at Indianapolis she sang the sam< song at the funeral 'of the wife o Senator McDonald, and Mr. Hendricks ,vho was present, was so impressed by het -endition of the beautiful selection that he ;aid to her: "Miss Gale, when I die I wanl ?ou to sing that at my funeral." The prom se was given and she came to Indianapolis t< fulfill it, which made a change in the musica Drogramme necessary, but at Mrs. Hendricks 'oquest it was made. Dispatches from all parts of the country ihowed that the observation of the day wa iniversal throughout the Union. In citie lnii t.nwiw halla wpto toll oil minnfa crnn rvare fired and in many cases me norial services were held. Busi less was suspended during a par )f the day, courts and public bodies ad journed, and tokens of mourning were dis jlayed on public and private buildings IVork on the new capitol in Albany was sua >ended for the day. In London the Unite< Stales legation was closed. AGBIOULTURE. fhc Annual Ifeport of tlic \ntIona Conimifl??ioner. Commissioner Colman, of the . Nationa Agricultural department, in his annual re port says the year which opened in gloom threatening the destruction of winter crops s closing with blight prospects of abundanc< 'or man and beast, j rcduced at a cost whic 5 not a burden to the producer, and to b< sold at a price which is not a barrier to the joor consum?''. He says it has become more apparent thai i more intimate relation is necessary betweer he several agricultural and experimental itations and the department. The colleges vere endowed by Congross. They are now eparately carrying on experiments withoul iny central head through which to report tnd compare results, ne sudiiiics cnac toe lepartment should have authority to avail tself of the peculiar advantages offered by hese institutions in order to test the adaptajility of new seeds to various sections. The law establishing the bureau of animal ndustry he says, does not authorize the laughter of .animals affected with conta;ious diseases. The characteristics of pleuroineumonia make it a difficult disease to exirpate except by the slaughter of affected nimals and the slaughter or quarantine of .11 that have been exposed. Such is now the >oJicy ot" most civilized nations. He decribes the serious effect upon our forign trade in life stock resulting from the xistencc of contagious diseases among catle, and says that the reduciion in the value f cattle in the affected States has been euor(10us. In the entomolgical division the work has reatly increased during the year. Much ttention has been given to agriculture, and hp work in resoect to silk culture has been luch extended. 'me statistician of the department has a reiew of the cour-e of agricultural production uring fifteen years, which shows an estilated increase in corn of 157,(XX),000 acres, or 0 per cent; in wheat, of 20,000,000 acres, or os per cent; in oats, ot 1o,u<>u,uimj acres, or 42 per cent; in all cereals taken together, 7X00,000 acres, or 97 per cent. The commissioner says that many importnt medicinal plants are perfectly adapted to ur cl.'mate, and could be cultivated in persction; and it would seem weil that means iiould be taken to give them a proper trial. The commissioner says that eitbrts should e made to arouse the people to the dangers 'hicli threaten us through the destruction f forests. "Arbor days''should be instituted, le science of forestry should bo taught in ihools, and the organization of local and talc forestry societies should be encouraged. In view of the continued destruction of le timber on the government lands, and the nportance of preserving such portions of crests as are adjacent to the head springs of ivers, or which may be needed for climatic r other reasons, he urges that the further lie of timber lands belonging to the govern* lent ought to be suspended until a survey lall reveal what portion may be sold withnt injury to the country and what ou^lit to a nnvnmnontiv in tha forest condition. Tbe commissioner says that particular at?ntion has been given to improved methods f distributing seeds. He calls attention to mt feature of the law which anticipates a jport of experiments from tho3ewho receive ;eds, and says in a vast majority of cases lis design of law is not met and is not likely > be. He suggests for consideration whether t* not some systematic plan of co-operation lay not be fixed upon between the denartlent and members of Congress by w hicu the >rni?r can have a better control over the Istribution of seeds than it now has, and lake the distribution a condition precedent > a compliance with simple but important jnuirements. The commissioner describes the result of le work of the microscopical division in the iscovery of a method of detecting counter;it butter, and says that the unparalleled in ease during the past few years in the manuicturo and sale of various compounds, audulently represented to the public as but>r, threatens the destruction of the legitiiate dairy business?an interest of the rgest magnitude. It is not, he says, com* jtition with dairymen that is deprecated, but io simulation of the true dairy products, le use of impure substances and the dishon;t sale, at high rates, of products otherwise E little valuH, piactices which demoralize ade, defraud honest industry and deceive io buyer. To protect the public from these deceptive ractices he earnestly recommends the prompt issage of a law by Congress to prevent the mtinuance of this business except under ich regulations as the necessities of tho.case jmands, the enforcement of the law, if lought advisable by Congress, to be placed nder the control of the internal revenue detftment. _ ______ MJSICAL AND DBAMATIP Lawrence Barrett will write a biogra hy of the late John McCullough. Mrs. Langtry ha3 lately met with unusal success on the stage at Nottingham and iverpool. Adelina Patti is to sing at Bucharest ad Constantinople, in "Lucia," "11 Bariere," and "La Traviata," Mme. Sophie Menter, the famous pianist* now enjoying the possession of a fortune $3,000,000,left to her by a Russian admirer. Margaret Mather celebrates her one undredth performance of Juliet at the nion Square theatre, New York, January Henry Irving will produce "Faust," for rhich he has long been making extraordinry preparations, in London during Christias week. The young violiniste, Signora Teresima au, has just sign<.*d an agreement with the npressario, Mr. Henry Klein, for a grand tur in America in 1S6G-7, for which she is to iceive $50,000. Madeleine Brohax, having permanently itired from the stage on account of failing ;alth, will presently publish a volume of irsonal recollections entitled "Under the Lock in the Foyer." Verdi, the Italian composer, now in his iventy-hfth year, doubts if he will finish his. Iago." He says it is uncertain work to atmpt to clothe in musical notes the passions le is too old to feel or to imagine. They have been trying to establish a school ! acting in England, but the institution osed its doors after a very short season, n English review says such a school can ily succeed in connection with a subsidized itional theatre. ! FEDERAL Mm An Increase in the National Debt Last Month. Statement of Government Recsipts acd Expenditures The following is a recapitulation of the national debt statement during November: j> Interest-bearing Debt ) tsonas at per cent. w r Bonds at 4 per conL 737,742,850 00 3 Bonds at 3 per cent 194,190,500 00 Refunding certificates at 4 per 1 cent 221,750 00 i Navy pension fund at 3 per cent 14,000,(MX) 00 3 Pacific Railroad bonds at ti per cent 64,623,512 00 - Principal $1,260,778,612 00 ' \ 1 Interest 11,853,088 51 I Total $1,272,631,700 51 3 Debt on which interest has I ceased since maturity: , Principal $3,509,105 26 Interest 217,035 76*. b Total $3,736,141 02 Debt Bearing no Interest. ' ? Old demand and legal tender } notes $346,738,806 00 Certificates of deposit,......... 17,555,000 00 Gold certificates 105,554,092 00'. f Silver certificates 92,702,642 00 3 Fractional currency, less I $8,375,934 estimated as lost 3 or destroyed 6,959,574 92 Pri'noinol JlnHO S1H t ??v. v ? [. Total Debt. !- Principal ... $1,833,857,832 18 i. Interest 12,070,124 27 ' i Total $1,845,927,958 45 % Less cash item3 available for reduction of ' the debt $231,452,594 55 Less reserve held for redemption of United " Stat33 notes 1100,000,000.00 1 331,452,594 55 Total debt, less available cash items 11,514,475,381 90 - Net cash in the Treasury.... 61,930,595 34 Debt less cash in the ' Treasury, iDec. 1, 188o.$l,452,544*766 56 Debt less cash in the Treasury Nov. 1,1885 1,447,657,568 09 j Increase of debt during the , month. 4,887,198 47 Cash in the Treasury. Available for reduction of the I public debt, i Gold held for gold certifi- * < cates actually outstanding, $105,554,092 00 Silver held for silver certifl' cates actually outstanding, 92,702,642 00 r United States notes held for 5 certificates of deposit actual! ly outstanding: 17,555,000 00 Cash held for matured debt and _ interest unpaid 15,639,229 53 Fractional currency 1.631 02 ; Total available for reduction of the debt $231,452,594 55 Reserve Fund. Held for redemption of United States notas, acts of Jan. 14, 1875, and July 12, 1882. $100,000,003 00;. Una vail a b 1 e for reduction of the debt: Fractional silver coin $27,920,809 44 * , Minor coin 616,171 34? 23,536,480 78 Certificates held as cash 66,737,432 00 Net cash balance on hand 61,933,595 84 Total cash in the treasury as shown by tbe treas urers general account. ..fK?,ocxr,ii?.o< The following is a comparative statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States during November: Receipts. Source. November. Since July t Customs $13,030,651 $81,403,464Int. revenue 9,2419,938 49,221,074 Miscellaneous.... 3,074,573 10,392,708 Total $25,381,163 141,017,2i8 Expenditures. Ordinary .'$10,561,088 59,361,148 Pensions 11,037,061 ?3,364,300 Interest 1,986,185 22,287.571. ; TotaL 2.'), 584,935 115,013,021 PIBATES OH A STEAMER. The Captain stabbe I and Throws Overboard by Passengers. The British steamer Greyhound, Captain C. W. Sieder, trading between Hong Kong andPakhoi, left the former port recently on one of her regular trips with 120 passengers and a general cargo. When the steamer was about seventy miJes southwest of Hong Kong about forty apparently innocent passengers who were scattered over the vessel suddenly opened fire with revolvers on the unsuspecting officers. The captain attempted to reach the chart room to arm himself, but was met with a volley from the pirates and was stabbed and thrown overboard. The only other white officers on board were the first and secondvmates and the chief and assistant engineers. The chief officer and the assistant engineer were forced at the point of a revolver to work the vessel, while the others, with the remainder of the passengers and the Chinese crew of twenty-five men, were placed in the hold, and the hatches battened down. The pirates then ransacked the steamer. The vessel was turned about, and when about forty miles from Hong Kong three junks came alongside, took off the pirates and their plunder, valued at $10,000, and sai ed away. The pirates were in possession of the vessel nearly nino hours. The Chinese authorities have captured two junks containing property taken from the Greyhound, and six men who were concerned in tho outrage. The prisoners have been taken to Canton, where they will probably be beheaded. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. 48 Jcef cattle, pood to prime I w 8 (d> 9}i Calves, com'n to prime veali 48% Sheep 3 (S 4}4 Lambs . 4 %<Q 5% Enj^s?Live 4 (a 5% Dressed, city 3%@ 4 Flour?Ex. St., good to fancy 3 75 @ 4 50 West, good to choice. 4 00 @ 5 7{f ! Wlieat?No. 2. Red 96,V@ Kye?State 63 @ 70 Barley?Four-rowed State... @ 85 Corn?Ungrad. West, mixed. 51^@ 53 Oats?White State 30 @ 40 Mixed Western 35 @ 37 flay?Med. to pr. Timothy.. 91 (dj 95 Straw?No. 1, llye 80 @ 85 Lard?City Steam G 35 @ Butter?State Creamery.... 26 O 27 Dairy 17 (g 23 West. 1m. Creamery 14 @ 18 Factory 7 (S 13 Cheese?State 1" aetory 7 @ 9*^ Skims *....? <5 & 7% Western 8 (? 9% Eggs?State and Penn 27 @ 27% BUFFALO. Sheep?Good to Choice 3 15 (3 3 25 Lambs?Western 4 50 @ 5 75 Steers?Western 4 00 (co 5 10 Hncra?flnrul t/i PhniVo Vnrk<j 3 fiO (fii 3 65 Flour?C'v ground n. process 5 25 @ 6 50 Wheat?>o. I, Hard Duluth 1 01 orn-No. 2, Mixed New.... (cO 47 Oats?No. 2, Mixed Western 40 rtf Barley?Two-ro wed State.... ? @ ? BOSTON. Beef?Ex. plate and family.. 12 50 (313 00 Hogs?Live 4 Cd) 4}? Northern Dressed.... 5 @ Pork?Ex. Prime, per bbl... 0 75 (m Flour?Winter Wheat pat's.. 5 25 @ 5 50 Corn?High Mixed 35 (ttf 50 Oats?Extra White 40 (cfl 4L Rye?State 75 (cb WATERTOWN (UASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Beef?Extra quality 5 8734@ 6 25 Sheep?Live weight 4}^ Lambs 3^@ o Ilogs?Northern, d. w 5 (g PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Penn. ex family, good 4 25 @ 4 50 Wheat-No. 2, Red 9t)%@ OOjtf Rye?State @ 75 Cora?State Yellow 52 @ 53 Oats?Mixed 40 @ 41 Butter?Creamery Extra Pa. 20 (!? 23 Cheese?N, Y. Full Cream..% 113^(3 14