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The wonderful crop of oranges produced in California has led to the manufacture of a new a id non-alcoholic wine . from that fruit. The wine would be very cheap if it were not for the time required to bring it to perfection. On June 20, 1887, Queen Victoria will have ruled over Great Britain fifty years, and therefore this year nas oeea apuj denominated by the English people as 4'Jubilee Year." As one phase of the celebration, the British Government has issued a series of new postage stamps, called Jubilee Stamps. A careful compiler of statistics states that there are in New York city only 500 places of worship, one-fifth being mission chapels. Their total seating capacity is not more than :J30,000. The number of men in the city between 18 and 45 years of age, according to the most re- i liable information, is 353,107. A manufacturer of cheese in Prussia was endeavoring to improve his product, and, to this end, mixed the fresh cheese with about eight per cent, of mashed potatoes. The ripe cheese, however, looked suspicious; upon analysis the admixture was discovered, and the author of the new idea fined Iwelvo dollars. Science has reached a point where a man may have a nose shape J to suit himself. The cure of pug noses was advocated by a Boston physician at a recent meetiner. A simple operation will change the pug ncse to a charming Grecian feature, and with a slight change at the top of the pug the countenance may be made almost classic. "The sale of General I.ogan's book has increased fifty per cent, sincc his deaHi," says a Washington correspondent. "But Mrs. Icgan will never make anything like a fortune from it. It was published at an unfortunate time, just when Gen* eral Grant's book was in heavy demand and Mr. Blaine's .iecond volume was on the market, and I doubt whether Mrs. Logan will get $3,000 royalty in all." According to the last census we had in this country in 1830, 980 daily newspapers with a circulation of 3,037,424. Since 1S80 the number of daily newspapers has more than doubled and we now have not less than 2,0C0, with a cir?s: nnn nnn Tho T~nitWl IUIUL1UU KJk uuvuv w,wvv/,vvv. a v? States has more newspapers than England, France and Germany combined, and more than all the world outside of those three nations. "William C. Kingslcy, projector of the Brooklyn bridge, estimated many years ago in the infancy of the enterprise that 30,000,000 persons per annum would represent its maximum capacity, and that this number of people would be using the bridge in 11)00. Already twenty-seven and a half millions cross the bridge, and, at the present rate of increase Mr. Kingsley's estimate may be reached in 1890, ten years before the time fixed by him. The Raleigh (N. C%) News says: "We are glad to see that the long-preached doctrine of less cotton and more corn is finally having eflcct in the South. The crop report of the .Federal .Department of Agriculture for the past year shows that this is so. The movement has been slower than was desired by some, but it has been steady, and this sort of progress is always the best. It would certainly not do for the Southern farmer to aban don cotton altogether, as has been de manded by some theorists." The healthfulness of goats' milk is a well-known fact, and in many parts of Europe these animals are kept with decided pro "it. Professor Long, of England, advises people who cannot allord the luxury of a cow to keep a goat, because it can be kept cheaper than any other animal and will yield a profltablo return in milk. lie thinks the expense of maintaining one would not exceed $5 V?l_ ?i. ill A. _ 1 A. a year, wnue it win eat aimu-t uuy auiu of food and yield from one and a half to two quart3 of milk a day, worth at least cents. A prominent "Washington photographer recently got all the members of tho Supreme Court together in his place and securcd a negative of them in a group. The proof met the approval of all the justices except one, who objected to liig picture because, he confided to the artist, it made him look too short. The photographer refused to destroy the negative, however, unless tho justice would bring all the members of the court together for another sitting. This he succeeding in doing, and the artist provided the short member with a box to stand on. Ilis associates discovered the trick and had a good laugh at the expense of the short justice. The following Unit<d Statc3 Senators were all privates in the civil war at the time of enlistment: Warner Miller, of New York, private in Fifth New York Cavalry, at one time taken prisoner, afterward promoted to be Sergeant-Major and Lieutenant; John L. Morgan, of Alabama, private in the Confederate Army, belonging to the Cahoba Rifles, afterward promoted to post of Brigadier CJeneral; .lames iv. joncs, 01 ivmansas, private soldier during the "late unpleasantness"' on the losing side; Senator Ken no, of "West Virginia, entered the Confederate Army as a private and was wounded and was also surrendered at Shrcvcport, La., in 18G5; Richard Coke, of Texas, was a private in the Confederate Army and afterward a Captain; John C. Spooner, Senator from Wisconsin, was a private in Company S, Fortieth Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, and was breveted Major at the lose of the service ; Senator Pugh, of Alabama, was a private in the Confederate Army. The la-fc twelve months have been troublous times for the personnel of various European governments. Mr. Gladstone's ministry set the fashion by resigning; the Bulgarian Cabinet followed next after the deposal of Alexander; the French ministry had a rupture over the sub-prefecture question, and the J Italian Cabinet resigned because Parliament did not manifest that confidence in Its wisdom that was desirable. The British Parliament has been dissolved and another one re-ele ted and Germany has been in the throes of an electoral campaign, while it is probable that before long another appeal to the people of Great Britain will be made. Congress and Cabinet are more sccure under our Constitution. Another romance originating in the Custer massacra is identified with the gold watch worn by Lieutenant Critteni - *- - i i? it.* Uen, WHO also pcnsucu vy iuc vcutjciui bullets or knives of Sitting Bull's people. The wat h was a present which his futher, General Crittenden, had purchased in England some time before. It became the booty of a Sioux warrior, who, in due season, after crossing tho line sold it to a Canadian rancher or farmer. The purchaser, suspecting that there must be some history connccted with it, wrote to the maker in England, describing the watch and stating its number. The maker wrote back that the watch had been originally sold to General Crittenden of tho United States Army. Thereupon the Canadian communicated with the General, who promptly repurchased the watch, and it now hangs in his bed-room in New York city, a sad memorial of the fate that befell his brave boy. A Burlington (la.) insurance company has awarded a prize 01 $zuu to a nocneater, N. Y., man for the best design for a tornado cave. It is made underground, j connected with the dwelling by a tunnel, and consists of a room Cxl2 feet, walled with brick and the roof supported by iron arches and bsams. The strength of the roof is an essential part of the protection, as cyclones often level large trees on caves, which they break in and enclose the inmates in a living tomb. An exit flush with the surface is provided on the outside for the escape of inmates if the dwelling Is burned, as it frequently i is after a tornado. The cost of such a cave varies from $200 to $500, which, it would seem, must place it out of reach of those who have not money enough to move away from a locality where such safety deviccs are required. At the best a cyclone cellar gives inadequate protection, unless its owner and all his family remain constantly at home to enjoy its advantages. Thomas Kelly, who has just died at St T.nnis at. thfi nnrfi of ninetv-mne. had a remarkable career. He was a native oi Limerick, Ireland, ami was apprenticed as a sailor at the age of ten. Three years later he sailed from Liverpool for Quebec on board the merchantman Bercie Croyd. Bad weather kept the vessel eight months at sea. Provisions wer? exhausted, and the crew finally drew lots to decide which among them should be sacrificed to support the lives of the others. Kelly twice narrowly cscaped drawing the fatal lot. The crew was eventually rescucd by the United States man-of-war Brooklyn Eagle. Since that date, July 27, 180?, Kelley never tasted meat. He continued his career as a sailor and shipped and fought under the flags of England, France, Spain, Portugal, and the United States. He was nine times shipwrecked. He lost a foot in the war between the States. After the ? i - rtj T 1 - i. iL. war ne went to at. .louis, wnere, at iuo time of his death, he was coachman to Archbishop Kcnrick. A unique sw indler has been exposed iu Springfield, Ohio. lie first had printed elaborate letter heads reading: "Miami Lumber Co., A. Barclay, Manager. Dressed lumber, ctc. Cash paid for logs of all kinds. Springfield, O." On the sheet he wrote letters to men here and there generally, telling of the accidental death of some man who had just been hired to work for the lumber company, and who had died before hi3 name wa9 On flii? mnn tliprr* xvna tinfhinrr * W * V/M (g to identify liim cxccpt the name and address of the man to whom the letter wa8 written. Then followed a list of valuables belonging to the dead man, asnounting to say $'J0, $C0 of which wa9 in money. The company had buried the body at an expense of $28, and wel*e thus ont $8. If the receiver of the letter was a friend of the dead man would h0 kindly 6end $8, and the company would at once send ou his valuables. It is pretty certain that more than one man who thought he'd be a friend to such a corpse had sent on the small sum of money asked, expecting to get $30 or $70 worth of valuables, which of course he never received, because lumber company, nnrnan nnr) volnnklno oil mvllia vvi 1 1 U1UUU1V?.1 ?VIV Ull IUJ I UO, Tersely Put. Governor McNutt, says the Boston Budget, transmitted in 1840 a veto message to the Legislature of Mississippi, which for its brevity, if not for the order of arrangement of its reasons, might serve as a model for all similar State papers. It is in the following words: VETO MESSAGE. "To the House of Iirjiresentatives: I return to the House for further action a bill entitled "an act to amend an act to con: fer tho power of Justico ; and Notaries on the President of the Board of Police and for other i purposes," with tho following objections: I First?It is unconstitutional. | Second?It is inexpedient T< Iini?af.n:cnrv A H Xfr-Vt'TT Executive Department, city of Juckson, February 2'i." Two National Debts. The following is a comparison of the national debts of Canada and the United [ States: I 18>6? I'nited States. | 1S86?Canada. Net debt, fam- j Net debt, family of five, $120 00 I ily of five. $234 00 Interest per Interest per family 4 15 J family 9S8 THE IMPENDING WAR Loud Notes of Alarm Sounded in the German Capital. The French Building Huts Foi 100,000 Men On the Frontier. The Berlin Xachrichten says: "Thethreatening character of the situation across the western frontier is becoming much more acute. | In view of the fact that huts have already been constructed to shelter 100,000 men, and that preparations have been made to shelter a similar number around Belfor*. have, beyond doubt, to deal with nothing Jess than the strengthening of the French line, to enable them at the beginning of hosti it es to throw a large for, e ac:-css the frontier, and thus transfer operations to German Teiritory." Herr Tissendorf, Chief Procurator of the Imperial Tribunal at Leipsic; Commissary Tausch of the Criminal Inquiry Department, and Public Prosecutor Vacano have L*'1 - AA?.fAt.AM/iA of fifpochttrtr liOIU U 1UU^ tvuioicm-u au Herr Tissenaorf afterward started for Uulhausen and Herr Tausch for Metz. It is supposed the object of their journey is to make inquiries respecting secret communications between German and French Anarchists, and concerning a reported conspiracy between the French Patriotic League and its adherents in Alsace. Continued arrests of Socialists a t Magdeburg have paralyzed tho electoral agitation there. Thirty-eight Socialists were token into custody, including most of the members of the local electoral committee. Frince Hohenlohe, Governor oJ! AlsaceLorraine issued an election manifesto. Ho said: "The Government has asked for the pas[ sage of a Septennate Army bill because it is persuaded that Germany will be threatened with the danger of war as soon as t;hat part of tho French nation which longsi for war regards the military strength oil France superior to that of Germany. If Alsace-Lorraine wishes not to be exposed to the terrors of another war, let peaceable and conciliatory Deputies be elected to the Dew Reichstag?Deputies who accept the peace of 1871. Those who vote to return members of the protesting 'anti-Germany) party, or enemies of the Government's Septenrate bill, will be responsible for the continuance of disquiet and the resultant injury to trade and com merce. "If in some electoral districts the friends of peace find themselves unable, tocause of the pressure of former political leaders, to put forward the candidates tb?? would like to have elected to the new Reichstag, they may deposit blank voting papers, aad in this way express their views and record the real opinion of the country. "The re-union of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany is irrevocable as long as the German Empire exists. These days are pregnant with decisive issues. Listen only to what your conscience and good sense and your love of homo and your family and your property dictate." [The "Soptennate Army bill'' referred to in the foregoing is the recent measure introduced in the German Reichstag and advocated strongly by Prince Bismarck and Genoral Von Moltke. The bill provided for additional army supplies and organization, the appropriations to run for seven years. Its opponents, however, carried an amendment making the a; propriations and provisions of the bill to run for only three years, whereupon Emperor William dissolved the Reichstag and ordered new elections, honing to get a majority of now members in favor of the soven-year measure.?Ed.1 LATER NEWS, A XCHBBR of incandiary fires In Gioni City, Iowa, aro attributed to the bitter fight between the liquor daalers and Prohibitionists. m? i-t -J * i*:i uuvuniui ui ivuuscn utu dj^uou c* uiij permitting worn on to vote in municipal eloctions. A party of seven lynchers, charged with murdering a boy who witnessed them hang two horse thieves, have b?en brought into Fort Scott, Ark., for trial. The seven prisoners wore hanging two men for horse-stoaling when a boy named Moon happened along* and the lynchers hanged him also, to keep him from becoming a witness. The President has vetoed the bill making an appropriation to enable the Commissioner of Agriculture to distribute seeds in tlio drought-stricken couuties of Texas. He vetoes the bill on the ground that he can find no warrant for such an appropriation in thi Constitution, and he doas not believe "that the power and duty of the general government ought to bo extended to the relief of individual suffering which is in no manner properly related to ths public so.-vice or benefit." The House Committee on Territories ha, reported favorably a bill for the organisation of the Territory of Alaska. Sixty witnesses havo been brought on from Texas to Washington ta testify in the Senate investigation of alleged election outrages. TiwKvTv.fTrv Turn's \ \n ni'tlip 7.1.000 ECl* sons confined in the prisons of India lmvo been released in commemoration of Que.'u Victoria's fiftieth anniversary of her accession to the throne. In all the chief cities of India imposing fetes lasting three days have also been held in honor of the Queen's jubilee. David Diwlop's large tobacco factory in Petersburg, Va., has been destroyed by fireLoss, $'250,000. Tiie President gave his annual dinuer to the Justice? of the Supreme Court Thursday evening, and a company of thirty-four sat down at the beautifully decorated table in the state dining room. Nominations by the President: Samuel N. Aldricb, of Massachusetts, to bo Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Eoston; John M. Mercer, of Iowa, to be Surveyor of Customs, Burlington, Iowa; Owen McGIoughlin, of Iowa, to be Surveyor of Customs, Dubupie, Iowa; Arthur K. Do laney, of Wisconsin, to be Collector of Cus. toms for tho District of Alaska; William W. Armstrong to ba Postmaster at Cleveland, Ohio. The steamship Great .Eastern, xue largest vessel afloat, has just bcou sold at auction in Liverpool for s 1:10,000. Traffic on th; Canadian Pacific I?ailroad bas been suspended in Manitoba for more than three week*, owing to h?avy snowdrifts and laud-slides. Mn. Parxeu, has sustained a defeat in the British House of Commons, his motion to amend the Queen's address being rejected by 242 nays to 107 yeas. Tho address was then adopted by 2s." yeas to 70 nays. Five miners were killed by a fall of eas tli in n mine at Lavant, Canada. PK0GRE3S IN CHINA. Religious Iiit orly Guaranteed by the Xcw Chinese Dynasty. it is said at tlw Chinese Legation in Washington tint tlii recent ord >r guaranteeing religious liberty to all classes throughout China is but another >tcp in tin upward and progressive movement of the empire. The Dowager Kmpros , who has just abdicated in favor of her young kinsman, yuon Shu, is a woman of broad, liberal views. It was under her reign that China threw olf her shackles <>f intolerance and isolation and took her place among tiio nations of th9 earth. During tho recent troubles between the French and Chinese tho declaration of war on tho part of tho latter was coupled with the announcement that tho army and navy must offer avery protection to tho missionaries so long as they remained non-combatants. Quon Shu, who has just succeeded to the throne, is represented as a bright, clever young man of seventeen, who has b?eu carefulyand thoroughly edu ated, and who is fuljy in accord with the humane and progressive spirit of his predecessor. , I NEWS SUMMARY Eastern and Middle State*. Johm O'Neill, the thi;d of the New 1 York Aldermen convicted of bribery, was sentenced on Friday to four years and six months' imprisonment, and topay a fine of $2,000. Heavy gale; have done much damage in I portions of New York and Pennsylvania. At Tyrone, Penn., a tree blew down, killing four Hungarian railroad laborers. Tex prisoners?two whito and eight colored?were publicly whipped in the jail yard at Newcastle, Del. A dinner given by the New York City F nr..K u?_ * t : 1..). u;_?u < HO^UUliLQU VIUU 1U UUUUI Ui UIUUUIU O UII bU' ' day brought together many noted Republi- c cans, among them being Govornors Louns- ? bury, of Connect'cut, Foraker, of Ohio, and ' Oglesby, of Illinois; United St-ites Senators 8 Aldrich, Harrison and Hawley; Senator- \ elect Hiscock, and others. ( Three choir boys connected with the Epis- ^ copal Cathedral at Garden City, Long Island, t ventured on an ice-covered pond near the j Cathelral after services; the ice gave way s and all three were drowned. t Estimates by BradstreeVs put the pe- f cuniary losses of the late strike iu New York j City at $7,000,000?of which employes lost ^ $3,000,000 and employers $4,000,000. f Rev. "Sam" Jones, the Southern revival- 6 ist, has baen preaching in New York city. c John Carroll, the oldest man in De?a- J ware, died a few days since in Wilmington. ^ He was said to ba within a few months of r 110 years. The Gloucester (Mas?.) ffching schooner Alice M. Stroplo has lost three of her crew by the upsetting of their dory, Ths Philadelphia Municipal election has resulted in the success of the Republican ticket, headed by Edwin H. Filter for Mayor, by large majorities. In E'arrisburg the Democrats elected their ticket, hoaded by Dr. John A. Fritchey for Mayor. A day's telegraphic report of suicides: W. A. Wilson, a promiuent lawyer of Lancaster, f'enn., suffering from insomnia, shot himself; Thomas Stomaf'er, a negro in the Norristown (Penn.) poorhouse, hanged himself, and John Stever threw himself into Niagara River from the Suspension Bridge. James C. Barrett, a leading member of the Rutland (Vt) bar. was fatally injured, and Mrs. Charles P. Harris was badly hurt while tobogganing. fionth and West. Storms and floods have caused heavy losses and great inconvenienco in the West. The town of Three Rivers, Mich., was surrounded by water: at Elkport, Ind , fifty houses were in a similar condition. Many factories in Ohio and Indiana were obliged to shut down. At Louisville, Ohio, seven houses and a woolen mill were demolished. A loss exceeding $150,000 has resulted from storms and floods in tho country surrounding Saudusky, Ohio. Fifty or "sixty bridges wore swept away, and scores of small structures demolished or damaged. The prohibition war in Iowa has reached that stage that the Governor tbnatens impea hment proceedings against a United States Judge. A fire at Augusta, Ga., destroyed the Masonic building, a large imposing structure, the Globe Hotel and otner property, causing a total eiumaieu nauiuge 01 *~w,- t 000. Both House? of the Tennessee Legislature 1 have passed resolutions prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors ia the State. 1 The fund for Mrs. Logan now amounts to $04,000. Block, Oppeniieimer & Co., wholesale dry goods dealers of Galveston, have failed, with liabilities amounting to $750,000. A serious snow blockade exists on the Central Pacific Railroad. Washington. The .Senate and House Committees of Conference have agreed upon an Anti-Polygamy bill. The Senate has confirmed William Reed Lewis, of Pennsylvania, to bo Consul at Tangier. The Commissioner of Pensions intends to give Mexican veterans opportunity to establish their claims to pensions without the aid of agents. Colonel Jamison, Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service, ha? resigned. He has been succeeied by T. E. Nash, Chief Clerk of the Department. The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Thomas B. Conuery. of New York, to be Secretary of the L'nited States Legation at the City of Mexico. . Captain A. W. Greelt, of Arctic exploration fame, has been appointed to succeed the late General Hazen as Chief of the Signal Service Bureau with the rank of BrigadierGeneral. Foreign. John* Brioht lm< written another letter ! criticising Gladstone's Irish policy. A fire iu Rangoon, Burmah, has de- j stroyed 400 housei Mr. Parnell's amendment to the address | in reply to the Queen's speoch was lost in the I British House of Commons by* 342 nays (To- I ries and Liberal Unionists) to 3415 yeas (Nationalists) . The amendment recited that the remedy for the crisis in Ireland is not "an increased stringency of criminal procedure," but "in such reform of the law and system of government as will satisfy the needs and secure the confidence of the people " Great suffering prevails among the inhabitants of Newfoundland, and tho provincial treasury is almost empty. Chixa has made full indemnity for the attacks on American missionaries some months ago, and tho Emperor has proclaimed religious toleration throughout the Empire. Evictions on a large scale for the nonpayment of rent are taking place on Lord Cork's estate in Ireland. Siv nnHiw nf tlia Ton frn Islands have been condemned to death for R?ra'iltin^ a uiisaio?r* .Z. ii A BABY WITNESS. Extraordinary Evidence in, an Assault and Battery Case. .Some weeks ago a young woman named Scott, who was soon to become a mother, appeared before a Mercer County (Fonn.) Justice of tin Feaco aud sworo out a wrrrant for the arrest of a young man named William Bloodgocid on cbargo of assault aud battery. Blootlguod was arrested. Tko youn? woman sworo that two weeks previously the prisoner bad comc to her house and, as t-ho objocted to his remaining, ho ha I < liokcd her until she wa; almost unconscious and bad twisted her loft wrist, almost dislocating it. Sho said tho marks of bis lingers aud thumb were visible on her throat for several days, and her w rist bad remained crooked for soir.9 time. She had no witnesses of the assault. Jiioodgood admittod iiaviug I oen at tho young woman's house, but denied the assault. The Justice held him, however, to appear at court. Few rersom beiicxed that tln> giil had boon assaulted, aud as she had no witnesses to prove her stjry liloodgood's disr-harge was nvnrv-lfiil n :snnn nspourt mot. The CaSO WaS called at tlie last torm of Morccr Court. I The compl-iiuant appeare I, carrying her I three weeks' old Uiby. Her lawyer put her on tbo witness stand. She swore to having been assaulted l>y tho prisoner as she had sworn before the Justice of the Tea e, and that s'.ie was tho ni >ther of i theclii'din her arms. A physi.ian corroborated the la.-t of that relationship. Tho lawyer then stated to the court that as the defense would ask for acquittal ou the ground that there was no evidence of any assault having been committed, ho offered as evideiu-e corroborativo or the plaintill's to->timonv tho baby she had in hir arm-. Ho removed tho child's wrap' and carried it to the Judge, and calls I hi:- attention to it. The result was that tlu baby was admitted in evidence, against the ob.o.tiou of tho defendant's counsel. The prosecuting lawyer took the iufant to tlw jury, and, uncovering its throat, rcvoalcu to them tho distinct marks of lour fingers on ono sido of it and tbo plain and unmistakable impression of a thumb on the other. After tho remarkable birthmarks li?^1 ItnAn ovnniinnfi liv t.lio ilirv tho laWVtT uncovered the baby's ieft wrist. It was twisted out of shape and swollen, a* if it had .beeu suddenly wrenched. These marks on tiie throat and the twistted wrist correspond exactly with the injuries the baby's mother swore, more than a month before it was born, to having received at the hands of the prisoner, Bloodcood. After this startling and most extraordinary evidence was presented the prosecution lested its' case. The prisoner was con: victed. .... THE CARNIVAL SEASON. festivities in a Southern and a Northern City. Jew Orleans and Burlington, Vt., r\ 3. i *1.1. t urowaea wim visitors. The festivities of carnival season were pened at New Orleans on Thursday by tbp larade of the Knights of Momus. The brillant pageantry burst into view at 8 o'clock, n Canal ftreot, near Claiborne; marched hrough Camp, Julia, St. Charles, Royal, .nd Toulouse streets, and disappeared within the large portals of Vie French )pera House, where a ball, varied vith tableaux, concluded the night's enterainment The route of march was gorgeousy illuminated with colored lights and the treets and houses were hung with flags and ianners of all descriptions. This was the irst parade of the Knights for three 'ears. The general subject of illustration vas the myths of the New World, and wa* >ortrayed by sixteen decorated floats re-i ?? : J piuuueiib ju L'uiui auu inc. iuo inav yi uuio ar, bearing the name of the subject of the mrade, was an Aztec temple, built of steps >f stone and flourishing with tropical vegetation. Then came, in their orler, Manitou, the Greet Spirit of the American Indians, standing on a snow-flaked :rag smoking in sombre dignity. Next the iappy hunting ground, peopled with Indian iportsmen and their game, then Megissogwon, he pearl feather of Hiawatha before his tepee, n communion with his snakes and owls. The South Wind is next represented as a sylran grove, peopled with beautiful maidens, ivho attend upou Shawondasee, their eus;odian. The Peruvian Viracocha, or Creator, ssues out of the sea, bearing the waud of Dlive, and surrounded by his sons, the Winds. Next appeared Montezuma, the Azteo King, with his retinue. Quettacoati, the child of Thunder, takes his dejarture on the back of a flying dragoon. The four t?ods of Yucatan in fierce and lgly grandeur appear next in line, worthy >f their monopoly of the world as survivors jf the great deluge. Mechabo, the Great White Hair, who taught the skill of husbandry, is guarded by four spirits. Tho Peruvian Temple of the Sun is next revealed in all its grandeur, which has taxed the ingenuity of architect and painter. Next comes Hurakin, god of storms, an 1 the Fountain of Youth, while the Gardens of Manoa, a bit of realistic Eldorado, complete the scene. Immense crowds lined tho streets ilong which the gorgeous procession pa ;sed. Burlington, Vfc, has been having a week of Carnival festivities. Thursday was the great success of the week, about 12,000 visitors baIng iti town, and the amusements all passing off satisfactorily. The first thing in the programme was an ice-yacht race over a three-mile course. In t'ae afternoon the snowshoe races were run. There was so a fancy skating tournament at the rink, and the Russian toboggan slide was fairly dive. The Main-street coast was the principal attraction in the afternoon. In the evening occuiTed a grand torchlight procession of snow-shoers, tobogganists, and other clubs, headed by a military baud, the whole under command of Brig.-Gen. N. L. Greenleaf of the Vermont National Guard The streets through which the procession passe J were one blare * of illumination, and there was an elaborate pyrotechnic display in the City Park. A tor this various toboggan slides were formally ? ? ? ?m'*U ** A io.ilmr s\f Tlio UjJt'iiwU wnu t? mVI *** w ?? w* ?..w week's programme closed with a grand carnival ball at tha American House. A DEADLY JVINTER. Fearful Sufferings From Arctic Weather in the Northwest. The winter of 1880-37 will long be remembered throughout tbo Northwest for the extreme severity of the temperature aud the unusual depth of snow. Old-timers always referred to former years as "high-water marks," but this year eclipses all previous records. The severe weather started in soon after the holidays. Mercury thermometers were often congealed and spirit thermometers were kept busy jumping from 40 to 00 below zero. Half a do^en times has the 60 notch been touched, an J once this seas.n 02 1-2 below zero has been scored on the Saskatc hewan plains. This year the snowfall is unprecedented. In s5me localities it is anywhere from ton to fifty feet deep. On the level, throughout the National Park and elsewhere, it is from eight to twelve feet deep, and on the dead-level prairie from eightean to forty inches. Of course, such a heavy fall must bring more or less suffering and death. Alreadv this winter a number of deaths from cold have occurred in Dakota. Not long since Charles Schroeder, living near Valley City, started from his house for one 000 feet distant. A bliz/ard was blowintr and the thermometer registered S? Itelow." Not reaching home, his family aud neighbors turned out with lanterns, followed his t: acks in the snow all night and found where he liad lain down in a strawstack and then gone on. s The next day the body was fouDd twelve miles away on the" prairie, lying on its face, where he nad fallen from exhaustion. The body was frozen into a chunck of ice. A few days ago Miss Maggie Bunn, a school-teacher at Highmore, while going from tho school to her house, was frozen to death. Tho bodies of three Indians who belonged to Berthold Agency, were found frozen near Ashland. Several more have been missing since Christina?, and thoy must have been- caught out. Their bodies will probably be found when the snow melts in the spring. In Montana a number of casualties have already occurred. Tony Wise and a Swede named Martin were at work on mining property on the side of Sheep Mountain. A imga avalanche swept down tb 'mountainsideand hurled the men into eternity without a moment's warning. burviug tlieni thousands of feet below. Tom Williams, a sheep herder near Mossgals Springs, about sixty years old, was discovered lying faco downward in the snow. He was dead, but the sheep were wauderiug aimlessly about. Many had been stampeded by packs of wolves. A band of British America Cree Indians came across the line last fall and while the weather was lino camped in the mountains between the forks of Sun River. An unusual snow followed and the wretched creatures became penned in by au icy wall. From seventy the number was reduced to fifty-one by starvation, when white men hunted them up and brought relief. During the latter part of January fifty lodges of Crow Indians, camped ou Ciark's Fork, camenoar dying. Many did perish, but the majority managed to sustain life by eatiug the cattle that died in the cnnwHvi'ffo Twelve hundred out of a herd of fifteen hundred sheep were lost in one locality, and the survivors were so badly mutilated by coyotes and wolves that they died. Some shespmen in Western Montana have lost entire herds. There is no doubt t ie eattlo industry has received a serious blow. ~ BOOTH'S SLAYER CRAZY. Boston Corbett'K Mad Pranks in the Kansas Housed' Representatives. Boston Corbett, the slayer of John Wilkes Booth, created a sensation in the Kansas House of Kepresentativos a few days ago. At the commencement of the sesssion of the Legislature, Corbett w;is appointed Assistant Doorkeeper. Tuesday he strapped on two revolvers, and took with him a box of cartridges. Then, with a drawn weapon, he drove a negro attendant from the Hall of Representatives. Serge mt-at-Anns Norton attempted to expostulate with him, when Corbett cocked one of his revolx ers, and, pointing it directly at the o.'Hcer, told him to travel. Corbett then looked for Speaker Smith, anil on meeting a memuer who somewhat resembled him, was about to lire when the member threw uo his hands ami said he was not the Speaker. The member was thou permitted to move on. Corbett took posses sion of the Speaker's gallery, and, walking in front of the doors, held it during the entire morning session, refusing to allow any one to come near bitn. Three policemen were called, but they would not venture into the dark corridor, aud tlie slayer of Booth held possession. At 12 o'clock be sent word down to the House to ad jotirn or he would come down and adjourn it himself. The House adjourned. Corbett was afterward captured in the lower corrklor, disarmed, ana taken to the police station. He was ad judged insane and confine.! in an asylum. SUMMARY OF CONGRESS, Senate Sessions. 43d Dat. ? Bills "to increase the naval n establishment" and "tJ provide for the in- J crease of the naval establishment" were in foot and mouth disease and to facili- " tate the Exportation of cattle.... . The Senate passed Mr. Hale's bill to provide for the increase of the naval establishment? , yea?, 4(i: nays, 7. Tho bill provides for ap* > propriations amounting to $15,400,000 with which to construct war vessels, torped) boats, etc The Eads Ship Railway bill was 1 amended and passed. House Sessions. 49th Dat.?The veto of the Dependent Pensions bill was received, read and referred to Committee on Invalid Pensions The evening session was passed on private pension bills. j 50rn Day.?The Senate bill for the retire- 1 ment of the trade dollar was amended so as ( not to make the recoined trade dollars a j part of the silver bullion required to bo pur- | troaucea, tne iormer ?y jar. Cameron ana the latter by Mr. Ha'e, and were referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Mr. Stanford introduced a bill to V, provide mortars aiid heavy guns for the armament of the forts, coast defence, and vessels of the United States....Mr. Hoar resumed his argument in favor of the Eadi" Ship Canal bill. 44th Day.?House bills for the comple- a tion of the Brooklyn and Troy postomce j, buildings were passed A bill for increasing the navy was favorably reported The 11 PostofBce Appropriation bill was passed, b The amount appropriated is the exact sum ^ asked for by the Postofflce Department 4.5th Day.?A memorial was presented asking that the investigation of alleged outrages in Washington county, Texas, b? car- . ried on at Brenham, Texas. Referred.... J A petition from colored men In Mississippi, \ asking for an appropriation of $100 apiece to ^ transport them" to Liberia, was presented * and referred The Cameron bill to increase ? the naval establishment was then taken up, 7 and Mr. Cameron spoke in its favor, and Mr. Van Wyck in opposition?The Eads Ship . Railway bill was discussed further....Ex- J e^utive'd'scussion. 40th Day.?Mr. Mitchall, of Oregon, of- J fered a resolution, which was referred to the ? Judiciary Committee, reciting a provision J of the Thurman Funding bill, which set J forth that if either of the Pacific railroad i companies fails for six months to perform its requirements, the failure shall constitute a forfeiture. The resolution directs the At- . torney-General to inform the Senate whether these roads have laiiea to periorm meir auty under the law, and whether any proceedings have been instituted to bring about the forfeiture of their rights and franchises The Eads Ship Railway bill was discussed 47th Day.?The presiding officer laid l>> foro the Senate what, he sa:d "puri>orted to bo'' the credentials of David Turpie, elected Senator from Indiana for six years begiuning March 4,1887. The signature is signed by the Governor, whose signature is certified by the Secretary of State. Referred, on motion of Mr. Hoar, to the Committee on Privileges and Elections....The bill to increase the naval establishment passed. It provides for the construction of ten protected steel cruisers, with such armament for each as the Navy Department may deem suitable, the cost of all of the cruisers, complete, exclusive of armament, not more than $15,000,COO. For the armament of the vessels the sum of $4,800,000 is appropriated, to be available during four years from March 4. Tbree of the vessels shall be built on the Pacific coast, three on the (J ulf coast, and four on the Atlantic coast. 48th Day.?Mr. Whitthorne introduced a bill to create a naval reserve in auxiliary cruisers, officers and men from the mercantile marine of the United States.... A bill was reported fro.n the Committee on Agriculture to extirpate pleuro-pneumonia and uuoseu uiumuijr, auu iucu iu pwvides that for a period of six months after the passage of this act, the trade dollars, if not defaced, mutilated or , stamped, shall be received at their face value in payment of all dues to the United States, and shall not again ba paid out, or in any other manner issued.... The Consular and Diplomatic Appropiation bill was discussed without action. 51st Day.?Bills anl resolutions introduced: By Mr. Lawler (I1L)?A resolution requesting the Secretary of State to inform the House whether the terms of the treaty of Ghent are construed to inhibit the United States from maintaining an effective uavy on the northern lakes bordering on Canada, and whether the construction of the Welland Canal by Great Britain is not a violation of that treaty and, in casa of war with that country, a menace to the safety of the lakoboard cities. By Mr. King (La.)?To prohibit members of * Congress from acting as attorneys or employes in cases iu which the government is interested. By Mr. Little (Ohio)?Proposing a constitutional amendment for the election of Senators by the people. By Mr. Butterworth (Ohio).?A bill for full reciprocity between the United Statas and Canada. [It authorizes the President to issue a proclamation admitting all Canadian goods into the United States I'rej of duty as rapidly as Canada permits the entry of American goods of similaf character into Canada duty free. 52d Day.?The conference report of the Anti-Mormon bill was submitted, ordered printed and laid over until Thursday? The following reports were submitted and reform*1 tri fVia PnmmihtAo of the Whole: 'I'd encourage the holding of an industrial exhibition by the colored race in 1*88; to increase the naval establishment....The Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill was discussed without action. two Day.?me House insisted upon its amendments to the Senate Trade Dollar bill, and agreed to the confi.-reuco requested by the Senate....Mr. Belmont (N. Y.) reported back the Senate Retaliation bill, with a substitute therefor, wbi. h was ordered print- i ed and recommitted...The remainderof the session was devoted to speeches eulogistic of the late Senator Logan by Messrs. Thomas (111.). Henderson (ill.), McKinley (Ohio), Randall (Penn.), Holnmn (Ind.), Springer (111.), Hice (Mass ), O'Hara (N. C.), McComas (Mil.), Wilson (W. Va.), Osborne (Penn.) and others. Throughout the day Mrs. Logan, accompanied by her son, occupied a seat ia the galiery reserved for tho use of thf | Speakor. 54th Day.?The Speaker laid before the | House the message from tin President returning without ills approval the bill appropriating $ll),C0.) for a special distribution of seed to the drought - stricken countics of Texas. The House refused to pass the bill over the President's veto? yeas 8:!, nays KM) The conference report upon the Anti-Mormon bill was passed? yeas 202, nays 40....The Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill was amended" and paired. A WONDEKFUL APPETITE, A Small Boy, But a Biff Eater?One I "S iuare Meal." Haury Flowers, a fourteen-year-old boy of Jefferson Township, Ind., is one of the most peculiar spe-miens of humanity that has ever come to light in that section. He enmo to Martinsville last Saturday, as is his usual custom, and was taken to the Mansion House of that city by two prominent citi ens, who I argaine.l with the landlord to furnish the boy a s juare meal for fifty-five cents, they wishing to satisfy their curiosity as to his abilitiis as an eater. They did not have long to wait until their fondest hopes of getting the joke upon the landlord was realized. Ho ate six pieces of light bread, two pie ei of corn bread, two large slice-! of beef, roasted with gravy; two larg-j s'ices of roasted pork, four large potatoes, one dish of beans, one dish of slaw, two dishes of hominy, one dish of parsnips and two pieces of pie. After eatiug bis pio he < alle.l for a bowl of oysters, ) and was informed that they were not on the I bill of faro lor that day. He theu went to Dr. Bla(.k>ti>ne's to eat again, and his meal there consisted of seven potatoes, tlireo slices of bread, cach six by eight inches: two slice? of roast beef, two cups of coffce, one dish of tomatoes, one dish of butter heans and two pieces of pi?. As is usual with h'm. his hunger was not yet satisfied. lie went from Dr. Blackstone's to one of the ciiy bakeries, there purchased ton cents' worth of cheese and crackers and ate them, and at last accounts he was in his usual condition. The boy is very lean and of less than the average height for his ago, being only about three feet high, and weighing but forty pounds. His sldn is thick anil yellow, his cheeks hollow and sunken, aud his eyes give an unmistflkab e proof of his constant hunger, which he evinces on all occasions. &'el- j dom, if ever, dco.i one encounter su .*h an apetito, aud it is a wonder where he stows a? ay s"> much food. No physician at Martinsville can satisfactorily diagnose his case. The new State Department at Washington has 150 rooms, aud cost $o,000,00D. The new War Depart neut has 173 rooms, aud cost $ 2,500)QJ'J, The building has 412 windows. MANNING'S RESIGNATION. I [he Secretary of the Treasury's 1 formal iteuremeni. Jorrespondence Between the Presi- 1 dent and the Secretary. I Secretary Manning's letter of resignation nd the President's letter of acceptance, fix- v? ng April 1 next as the date when the Seer*- 1 ary will lay aside the Tresuary portfolio, 1 lave been made public. The correspondence 3 as follows: . Treasury Department, > Washington, Feb. 14. > Mr Dear Sir: In view of the near adournment of Congress, and in order that ima may suffice for the selection and conIrmation of my successor, I desire again to ila-e my resignation of the office of Secretary f the Treasury in your hands, and trust you rill now deem its acceptance no detriment o the public service. When you requested me last June to delay j osisting upon the acceptance of my resigns- ,1 ion, as again in our conference last October I rou honored me with such terms of rjeraoaal JIV consideration, and expressed so grave a de- 1 :ision in regard to the requirements of the i >ublic service, that it was as impossible to 1 luestion my duty as to forget your kindness. ' [ have not spared myself in the endeavor to :omply with your wish, and to contribute to he support of the policies which have illusrated your administration. The approaching end of the Forty-ninth Congress marks a period in your own term f if oflice and in the divisions of our political 1 calendar. If a change must occur in t!ie leads of departments and at your council >oards, it is clear that your personal con enienee and the public i-iterests are best ubaerved should it occur now. Moreover, the financial situation is to be erioudy different from that which opened >efore us when the present Congress entered ipon its life and upon the opportunities :reated by a transfer of the people's trust to lew hands. In this most critical condition ;he circumspect execution of a wise fiscal . wlicy or of administrative reforms in he collection and disburszment of i >ur colossal revenues is not alone denanded, though labors such as these have exacted and exhibited the abilities of our J 'oremost statesmen since the constitution of ;he government. But there is also an ex- 3 laustive round of daily administrative tasks, arhich, however subordinate and clerical, aa ifficient Secretary of the Treasury cannot or ihould not evade. These are tasks beyond ny present strength. I, therefore, submit to your consideiate judgment that in asking releas3 by the 4th jf March, or as soon as you may select my successor, I fulfil a duty to my family that may now be permitted to outweigh the duty }f accepting longer that assignment of public lervice which two years ago you did me theaonor to make. Returning to the rank"? of that great party which has called you to its lead, 1 shall still hope to follow its fortunes, under your successful guidance, with a fellow-citizen's loyal. , | pride. Very respectfully yours, I Daniel Manning. i Th3 President, Executive Mansion, etc. | Executive Mansion, Washington, ) i February 15, 1887. f j Hon. Daniel Manninq, Secretary of theTreasuri/: 'J Mr DEARSrR?Yourformal letter of resignation which I have received, though not en- -j tirely unexpected, presents the reality of a - \ severance of our official relations, and causes { me the deepest regret. This is tempered; only by the knowledge that the frank and J friendly personal relations which have unbro- 'i kenlv existed between us are still to continue I refer to these because such personal relations supply after all whatever of comfort and pleasure the world affords, and. because I feel it to be almost superfluous to speak of the aid aud support you have v given me and the assistance you have' furnished to the administration of the gov? ;j ernment during the time you have directed ' the affairs of the exacting and laborious office which you now seek to surrender. Your * labors, your achievements, your success and your devotion to public duty are fully seen' and kuown, and they challenge the appreciation and gratitude of all your countrymen. " S, Since I must at last relinquish my hope of your continuance at my side a? counselor and co laborer, and since I cannot question the reasons upon which your reiue t to bereleased is based, it only remains for me to accept the resignation you have tendered, and to express my profound thanks for all that you have done for me in sharing man- . i fully my labors and perplexities of the past two years. I feel that I may still ask of you that the 1st day of April next be fixe l as the date at which your resignation shall take effect, and that you will so regulate what remains to v* you of official duty in the meantime as to' secure that measure of freedom from vexatious labor which you have so justly earned. With the earnest hope that in any new path of life you may hereafter follow"there- 'j may be allowed to you more of comfort and of ease than a conscientious discharge of v] duty here permits, 1 am, very sincerely, your friend, Gbover Cleveland. '; * -$1 BIKDS AND BEASTS. Jacob Smith of Perryville, Ky., missed his horse one day recently, aud was highly incensed against the animal, which had ft i propensity for straying. Mr. Smith was propitiated, however, when the horse returned after au absence of twelve hours, carrying in his mouth a pocketbook containing ?14. A Chicago monkey afflicted with an un sightly eruption went broken-nearceu on ue- holding itself in a looking glass. It refused to eat, would look no one in the face, and soon passed away. It was a male monkey, and its emotional death was considered remarkable. The chief officer of the steamship Electm recently shot a woodcock off Oporto fifteen miles from laud. The marine instiqet is very J feebly developed in woodcocks, and the situation of the one in q uestion is supposed to bavo been due to accident THE MARKETS. new york. 7 Beef, good to prime f (ft 9 Calves, com'n to prime 8 @ Sheep 8 ? jj' Lambs J? @ J Hogs?Live 5J? _ > Dressed Flour?Ex. St, good to fancy 4 00 <# 4 to West, good to choice 3 65 @ 3 00 Wheat-No. 2, Red 90% \ Rye-State 5S @ GO Barlej*?Stato @ 70 Com?Ungrad. Mixed 49 Oats?White State 36 <3 38 Mixed Western 3(5 @ 37)? -v* Hay?Med. to prime 77>$(g) S2,'j Straw?No. 1, Rye 70 @ 75 Lard?City Steam 7 35 @ T 50 Batter?State Cieamery.... 27 @ 38 K Daiiy ? @ 23 West. Iiu. Creamery ? @ 20 Factory 14 @ 17 Cheoso?State Factory 13>$(? l.W Skims 11 @ 12)5 Western 1?'&@ 12# Eggs?State and Penn ? <?: 18 BUFFALO. Sheep?Good to Choice 3 75 @ 5 50 Ijamw?'Western 4 50 ?> 25 Steers?Western 4 30 @ 4 70 Hogs -Good to Choice Yorks 5 55 @ 5 6.5 i cd 15 I* jour - - Wheat-No. 1 88S!? Corn?No. 2, Mixed ? & 43 Oats--Xo. ".J, Mixed ? <8 ' ^/4 Barley?State 0- ($ 04 BOSTON. Beef?flood to choice "*}?(& 15 Hogs?Live 0 Northern Dressed.... 6Tg@ 1\? Pork?Ex. Prime. j>er bbl... 10 50 M 00 Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 5 00 <3 5 30 Corn?High Mixed 50 @ o0>? Oats?Kxtra White 38 @ 41^ Rye?State 60 @ G.'j WATKUTOWN* (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Uaof? Drassed weieht ?\4(fh 7 Sheet)?Live weight 4)^7$ I-amoj ? @ 6# Hogs?Northern ? @ 0^ PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Penn.extra family... 3 75 <g 3 90 < Wheat?No. 2, Red <)2 Rye?State ? <$ 54 Corn/?State Yellow 47 @ 48 Oats Mixe.1 34 @ 8&}? u Butter?Creamery Extra... 26 @ 27 ^ Chee3??N. Y. FSill Cream.. ? @ 13)^