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    THE HERALD.
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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBBASKA.
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VOLUME X.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, ATOIL 23, 1874.
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ner of Main and i'tf tu street. -
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PEACES IV
J?vl x- ii i t iii e,
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
ETC.. ETC., ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Wooden Collins
Of all sizes, raady-madc, and cold cheap for cash.
With many tbauk for paat patronage, I invite
all to call and examine my
LA IK; E STOCK OF
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MEDICINES
J. M. BUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes. Patent Medicines.
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
Cer-PRESC'KIFTIONS carefully compounded at
ill hours, day and night. 35-1 y
J. W. SHANNON'S
Food, Sale and Livery
Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb.
I am prepared to accommodate the pnt!!c with
HORSES,
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
A No. I Hearse,
On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms.
A II A C Iv
Will Run to the Steamboat Land
ing', Depot, and all parts of
the City, when Desired.
janl-tf
First National Bank
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
SUCCESSOR TO
ToOdo, Ilanna A: Clm-lc.
.Tons FlTZf.ERALD. . .
K. O. l)OVKT
John H C'LAliK
T. W. Kvass
.' President.
Yice-l'resideiit.
Cahier.
. . Assistant Cashier.
This flank is now open for business at their new
riMjm. corner Main and Sixth streets, and ar. pre
pared to transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks. Bonds, Gold, Government
and Local Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
DRAFTS DRAWN,
Available in any part of the United State and In
nil the IMnci'pal Towns and Cities of Europe.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
INHAN LINE ani ALLAH LINE
OI? STIiLV3IEllS.
IVr-ons wishing to hriujj out their friends from
Europe can
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Excelsior Barber Shop.
.T. C. I300ISE,
Main Street, opposite Eroaks House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
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Boob. Stationery, Pictures, Music,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Novels,
Song Books, etc., etc.
POST OFFICE BUILDISG,
8-if rLATTSMOrTJJ, NEB.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Telegrams of Accompanying Dates.
-Monday, April 13. Advices from
Ahanto on the 9th state that Marshal Serrano
h id made proposals for a settlement through
Gen. Ello, which the Carlists had definitely
rejected.... According to Calcutta dispatches
of the 12th, the distress on account of the
famine was increasing in Tirhoot, and it was
estimated that 4,573,1)00 persons in the districts
of Fatra, Chazepore and Rajeshbyc were starv
ing. . . recent fire at Willianisport, I'a., de
stroyed $.VX),000 worth of property, including
a large amount of lumber, a large planing
mill, a saw-mill and fourteen frame dwelling-
nouses. One man was burned to death..
Judge Blodgctt, of the United States Court
of the Northern District of Illinois, has re
cently decided that what are technically known
as "puts," where the intention of the con
tracting parties is only to "settle the differ
ence" and not to deliver and receive the thing
specified in the contract, are void as " wager "
or gambling contracts; in other words, that a
"put" is a bet against the price of some com
modity at a future time, like an "option,"
and therefore void like all other bets, because
contrary to good morals and public policy. . . .
A circular has been issued by W. II. Jackson,
President of the National Agricultural Con
gress, relative to the third session of that body,
to be held at Atlanta, Ga., commencing May
13, 1874. The circular says: " This Is a
purely representative body, since, by the
amended constitution, agricultural or kindred
societies which shall have contributed or may
contribute five dollars to defray incidental ex
penses of the body are entitled to one delegate
each, without reference to the number of
membership." It is requested that notifica
tion be made of the appointment of delegates
to Chas. W. Greene, Secretary, Jacksonville,
111., at as early a date as practicable....
The Michigan State Woman's Suffrage Con
vention will be held in Lansing on May 6. . . .
Murat llalstead, editor of the Cincinnati
Commercial, has been arrested and held to
bail for publishing an advertisement of a gift
concert in violation of the Ohio law. ...The
work of taking the regular State decennial
census in Michigan is to be completed this
year, as provided by law, between the first
Monday of April and the third Monday of
Ma
Tuesday, April 14. The tipper Louse
of the Austrian Reich? rath passed the Eccle
siastical bills, on the 13th, whereupon the
Bishops withdrew in a body. A Vienna dis
patch says the Emperor has sent a conciliatory
reply to the Pope's recent protest against the
bills. . . .The Carlist forces lcfore Gerona have
retired, the municipal authorities having paid
them 100,000 reals.... President Grant is re
ported as having recently asserted that he was
opposed to inflation in the general acceptation
of the term; that is, to an increase of the cur
rency beyond the actual business necessities
of the country; but at the same time he had
given no opinion concerning the measure
before Congress, nor had he indicated
what his action would be relative to
any bill that might be passed. .. .Otic
of the New York Cremation Society's mem
bers having recently died, the organization
have practically applied their idea of dis
posing of the dead. Ttie body was put up
right in a fire-proof receptacle, through which
intensely-heated air was forced. The father
of the deceased paid the bill f 3.25 and now
has the ashes of his son in an urn on his par
lor mantel-piece. ...Iron-workers in lenn
syivania to the number of 10,000
are on a strike because of the re
fusal of the masters to accept the
schedule of prices recently adopted by the
Puddlers' Union... .James Shoaff, editor of
the Paris (III ) Gazette, died on the 12th from
the effects of morphine administered by him
self Hon. Schuyler Colfax has written a
letter peremptorily declining to become a can
didate for Congress from his district next
fall The Wisconsin State Institution for
the Education of the Blind, located at Janes
villa, has been totally destroyed by fire. Loss
$250,000.
"Wednesday, April 15. The first de
cision of the new Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court has been recently de
livered on a case appealed from Chicago,
affecting the right ot the State to tax the
shares of National Bank stock held by non
resident owners. Judge Drummond decided
that the State had not that right, but
Chief-Justice Waite reverses this decision
and declares that such 6hares are tax
able by local authorities. The question
involves the validity of taxes levied by
municipal as well as State authorities. .. .The
Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with
the resolution of the House, reports the cost
of refunding the national debt into 5 per
cent, bonds, authorized by acts of Congress of
July 14, 1S70, and Jan. 30, 1S71, etc. The
whole amount of bonds refunded was f 314,
410,150, as follows: Bonds bearing 6 per cent,
interest to bonds bearing 5 per cent, interest,
$3X,4G1,150; bonds bearing 5 per cent., loan
1S5S, to bonds bearing 5 per cent., funded loan
of 1SS1, $13,955,000. The cost thereof hasbet n
$1,440,792 On the afternoon of the 14th a
Chinaman who was implicated in the murder of
Bornstein, at Corinne, Utah, lately, was taken
by a mob from the officer having him in chart e
and hung to the railroad bridge east of the
town The Delegate Convention of the State
Grange of Illinois met at Bloomington on the
14th. The meeting was called to adopt or
reject certain changes proposed in the consti
tution of the Na'ional Granze. The proposi
tion to make Kelley and others life members
was rejected, and the other proposed amend
ments were agreed to.
Thcrsday, April 16. By an explosion
in a coal mine at Dunkenfield, Lancashire,
England, on the 15th, a large number of
miners were killed and injured. Fifty bodies
had been recovered up to miduight. One
hundred miners were rescued. The explosion
was caused by naked lights.... The remains of
Dr. Livingstone have reached Southampton.
Fifty thousand persons witnessed the landing.
.... Assistant-Secretary Sawyer voluntarily ap
peared in the 8anborn inquiry on the 15th,
and denied much of Solicitor Banfield's testi
mony concerning himself. He stated that the
Solicitor was regarded by the department as
being something more than a clerk, and that
his opinion and counsel as to the interpreta
tion of any contract, or as to the propriety of
any action done under it, were sought by the
Secretary of the Treasury. When the question
as to whether a contract should be made had
been decided, the making of the contract, the
carrying on of all correspondence in reference
to it, and the modes of doing business under
it, with the exception of the receipts of money
arising from the collect ions, are committed to
the Solicitor as agent of the Secretary for this
purpose The Illinois Republican State Con
vention is to be held at Springfield on the 17th
of June. . . .The Ohio Constitutional Conven
tion has taken the female suffrage question
from the table and killed it 41 votes against
to 49 in favor, being 40 less than the constitu
tional majority.... Nashville, Tenn., and
vicinity have been visited by a destructive
tornado. The storm crushed in the fronts of
building, and lifting a large livery stable
from its foundations carried it into the back
water of the river, drowning several horses.
The damage in the city was estimated at $100,
000. It Is feared many lives were lost....
Joseph Brooks, who claims to have been elect
ed Governor of Arkansas in 1S72, took the
oath of ofSce on the 15th, and within five
minutes from that time took, forcible pos
session of the Governor's office and ejected
Gov. Baxter by force. In a dispatch to Pres
ident Grant Gov. Baxter says: " I propose to
take measures Immediately to resume posses
sion of the State property, and to maintain
my authority as the rightful Governor of the
State. Armed men, acting under the revolu
tionary movement, are now In charge of the
Government Armory and Capitol building."
He also asks for Government aid in his be
half, and subsequently took possession of St.
John's College as his headquarters, and de
clared martial law.
Friday, April 17. The Dominion Par
liament has expelled Kiel, the Manitoba mem
ber, by a vote of 124toC8 Dockery, former
ly Collector of Customs at Jacksonville, Fla.,
was recently arrested In Cuba for communi
cating with the insurgents, tried by court
martial and sentenced to death. An attempt is
being made to induce the Captain
General to commute his sentence.... A
Washington telegram says : " In con
sequence of recent statements that cer
tain bounty laws have been lately passed
by Congress, the Second Auditor's office is
flooded by letters of inquiry and requests for
blanks for application. Up to the present time
no bounty law has been passed by this Con
gress". . . .In the Sanborn investigation, on the
10th, John L. Pendrey, a practicing attorney of
Leavenworth, Kan., testified that when he
was at one time seeking a contract to collect
moneys due to the Government by certain cor
porations Secretary BouJvell referred the
subject to Banfield. The witness called on
Banticld from time to time, and at his request
produced the papers on which his charge was
based. Boutwell went out of office without
arranging the matter. Pursuing the subject
the witness called on the President, who said
that he would see Secretary Richardson. In
the meantime Mr. Richardson informed the
witness that he tAy understood the case. Ban-
field had stated that there was a great deal of
money in the case, and said he would allow
witness 50 per cent, on the first $100,000 and
25 per cent, on the remainder. The witness,
during his examination, said every contract
he asked for Lad been given to Sanborn on
the recommendation of Banfield. After thecon
clusion of Pendrey's testimony the committee
closed the investigation, reserving the privi
lege to Secretary Richardson and Mr. Cough-
liu to appear if they desire to do so'...Iu the
case of the alleged conspiracy of the Typo
graphical Union of Titusville, Pa., against
the Diilj Courier of that city, twelve
of the printers have been sentenced
to twenty-four hours in jail and a
fine of forty dollars each The thir
tieth ballot for United States Sena
tor fr Massachusetts was had on the lGth,
with the following result : Whole number
of votes, 2CS. Dawes, 92; Hoar, Sis; Curtis,
72; Adams, 4; Banks, 8; Washburn, 1; San
ford, 2; Whittier, 1 The Oregon Farm
ers' State Convention met at saiem on me
10th and nominated: For Congress, T. W.
Davenport ; for Governor, Thomas F. Camp
bell, editor of the Christian Mexsmrjer; Sec
retary of State, J. II. Doughitt; Treasurer,
D. Beach; State Printer, William M. Hand,
publisher of the Mountaineer; Superintendent
of Public Instruction, M. M. Oglesby. The
platform adopted asks for the building of. the
Portland, Dallas & Salt Lake Road; the im
provement of rivers and harbors; the comple
tion of roads already begun; favors the proper
encouragement of transportation companies,
corporations and persons engaged in legit
imate badness, all under subjection to
law; that freights and fares should be fixed
by the Legislature; considers personal char
acter the criterion for fitness for office; that
the General Government should pay the losses
and damage of settlers by the Modoc war;
indorses the Granger efforts against ex
tortions and monopolies, etc. ... Delega
tions of planters from river parishes
bordering ou the Ouachita and Red Rivers,
as well as from parishes bordering on the
Mississippi River, waited on Gov. Kellogg at
New Orleans on the 10th, stating that their
cattle and stock had all been drowned, their
lands and houses inundated, and themselves
and their laborers reduced to destitution by
the unprecedented flood. They ask that the
United States military authorities be re
quested to issue rations to the sufferers....
Little Rock, Ark., dispatches of the lo):h
say there was little change in the condition of
affairs. Gov. Baxter still occupied St. John's
College and was making preparations to sus
tain himself. Mr. Brooks held the State
House with two pieces of artillery and about
200 men. Brooks issued a proclama
tion defining his position, and Baxter a
proclamation declaring martial law. The lat
ter had surrounded the State House with a
cordon of sentinels, and it was thought would
have 2,000 men at his command by the fol
lowing day. A later dispatch says that Gov.
Baxter's forces had just taken possession of
the telegraph office. The President had re
plied to the demand of Gov. Baxter, asking
for the support of the Government, that his call
was not made in conformity with the Constitu
tion and laws of the United States, and that he
could give no aid under the circumstances.
To Mr. Brooks, who made a similar demand,
he made reply declining to comply with his
request, on the ground that his right to hold
the office had not been fully and finally de
cided by the courts of Arkansas. The com
manding officer at Little Rock had been in
structed to take no steps whatever to interfere
in the pending troubles, except to preserve the
public peace.
Saturday, April 18. Gov. Washburn,
of Massachusetts, has been elected to succeed
the late Senator Sumner in the United States
Senate. This result was reached by the State
Legislature on the thirty-third ballot, which
was as follows: Whole number of votes
cast, 207; necessary to a choice, 134. Will
iam B. Washburn received 151; Curtis,
04; Dawes, 26; Adams, 15; Loring,
4; Banks, 4; Wendell Phillips, S. N.
Gifford and J. G. Whittier, 1 each A pri
vate dispatch received at Raleigh, N. C, re
ports severe and heavy rumblings in Bald and
Stone Mountains on the 16th. The trembling
of the earth was felt more than 100 miles
from the mountains. The shocks were more
severe than before, and it is firmly be
lieved by scientists that an eruption is
imminent.... A Little Rock dispatch of the
17th reports little change in the situation in
Arkansas. Both Governors were surrounded
by bodies of men armed to the teeth, and the
Federal troops had been ordered to watch
events, taking sides with neither, but ready to
prevent bloodshed. The Postmaster had de
clined to deliver mail matter to either, but had
telegraphed to Washington for instructions.
Judge Whylock, of the Circuit Court, had
overruled the motion to set aside the judg
ment in the Brooks-Baxter case, and sustaiued
a motion to correct the record so as to show
that the demurrer was submitted without the
knowledge of Baxter or his attorneys. The
bar held a meeting on the 17th
and passed severe resolutions against
Whipple, Brooks' attorney, for his
non-professional conduct, and also against the
court for its action in the absence of the Gov
ernor's counsel. The citizens of Little Rock
had issued a proclamation reciting recent
events and calljng upon the citizens of
the State to sustain Gov. Baxter. Late
in the evening the Postmaster-General in
structed i be Postmaster at Little Rock that
letters addressed to " Governor Bixter" or
" Baxter, Governor of Arkansas," should be
delivered to Baxter; letters adddressed to
"Governor Brooks' or to "Brooks, Gov
ernor of Arkansas," should bo delivered to
Brooks. He was instructed to retain all com
munications addressed to " the Governor of
Arkansas" until further orders.
"
FOUTY-THlJtn CONGRESS.
Saturday, Anril 11. Senate. Not in
session.
Home The report of the Committee
on Elections in the Kentucky contested election
case, declaring Young, the sitting member, en
titled to his seat, was screed to withonl discus
sion... The Senate bill extending the provisions
or ineaci or tnewiti ol February, lfte i. so an 10
include all venoels of the United States
ravialin? waters of the United States
was passed .... The Commit lee on Com
merce was instructed to iimuire into the exuedi
ency of establishing a liphi-t-tiip at or near the
mouth of Detroit River on Lake Erie. Consid
eration of the Currency bill was resumed, and
an onler Tor tne main question waa votea
down veas 114. nays 121) when several ameud
inents were oITered. debated and rejected, one
of them beine in the nature of a substitute author
izing the issue of $Jr.1,000,OH) lejral tenders.
the retirement of the National Bank notes and
the substitution therefor of Trea-nry notes and
8.65 per cent, convert lbie bonds, which substitute
wa reiected b ldi navs to 68 vea. Durinj;
the votiusr on the amendment the point of order
was raised that members interested In National
Bank stock had no ritrht to vote on the ones
tion involving a tax on such stock. The Speaker
over-ruled the point of order and the de
cision was ratified by the House, only nine mem
bers vollne at'ainst it. The Senate bill was moved
as a substitute for the House bill, and several ad
ditional amendments were proposed, when the
House adjourned, the status or the bill being that
the previous question Impending on tne bill, ana
the various amendments, including the Senate bill
as a substitute, would come up again on the
14Ui
Monday, April 13. Senate. Mr. Chand
ler was exensed from farther service on the Coni'
mil tee on Mines and Mining, and Mr. Jones was
appointed in bis place.... Bills were introduced
to authorize the Secretary of War to credit the
several Suites aud Territories for arms and muni
tions of war, under the act of 1SG8; to
chanze the lime of holding courts for the
Eastern District of Wiscouoin at Oshkosh.
....The bill to provide for the incorporation
and regulation of rai'road companies in the
Territories of the United Slates was taken up and
debated, and several amendments were agreed to.
when the bill as amended was finally passed -20
to Is. ...An amendment was submitted to Mr.
Carpenter's bill to provide for a new election in
Louisiana, and considerable discussion was bad
on the question of taking up and considering the
bill, after which notice was given that the bill
would be called up on the 14ih .... The
House amendment to the bill to authorize
aliens to act as engineers ana pilots, which pro
vides that they shall nave previously resided six
months within the United States, was concurred In.
House. Several bills and resolutions
were introduced and referred, among which were
the following: To regulate the service in the col
lection of customs at the vatious ports of entry in
the United States, and the disposition of fines,
penalties and forfeitures incurred under laws re
lating to customs; in relation to rates of freight
and passengers on the Pacific Roads: for the con
struction of a ship caual from the ML-sissippi to
the Gulf of Mexico: for improving naviga
tion at the mouth of the Mississippi River;
resolutions of Ihe Illinois Legislature usking for
legislation to secure to the people of the United
S'aies equal advantages and facilities as to rates,
time and transportation on the Union Pacific Kail
road and its several branches. .. .The bill Tr the
free exchange of newspapers between publishers,
and f ree transmission of newspapers by mail within
the county of their publication, was passed 78 to
41. The "bill provides that from aud sf ter the
pas-age of this act the following mall matter
shnll be allowed to pa-s free in the mails: First
Newspapers, periodicals and magazines recipro
cally interchanged between pnbli-hers, and not
exceeding sixteen ounces in weight, to be con
fined to a single copy of each j-ublication.
Second Newspapers, one copy to each actnal
subscriber residing or receiving the same within
the counlv where the same is published, but
carriers shall not be required io distribute such
papers unless postage Is paid upon them at usual
rates" A nio'lon was made to suspend the
rules and adopt Ihe resolution reciting gross
abuses and irregularities in the letting of mail
contracts, and providing for the Investiga'iou
thereof, but the motion was not seconded by a
majority. Quite a spirited debate ensued on the
alleged abuses and irregularities, at the close of
which it was nnders'ood that the resolution was
referred to the i"ostonice Committee Ad
journed. Tuesday, April 14. Senile. The Fi
nance Committee reported the Louisville A Tort
land Canal bill, aud recommended that the substi
tute passed by the House be concurred in, with
certain amendments The Civil Hights bill
introduced by the late Senator Sumner was
reported from the Judiciary Committee with
a recommendation that it be pas-ed as
amended.... A hill was introduced to regn
late bids for goods, supplies and trnnsporta
tion on account of the Indian service.... The bill to
provide for a new election in Louisiana was taken
up and debated.... Executive session aud adjourn
ment. House. Bills were reported from the
Civil Service Committee to provide for a commis
sion to reorganize the customs service; for the
reorganization of the Treasury Department.... A
bill was passed abolishing Ihe office of Appraiser
of Imported Merchandise at Providence, Portland,
leveland, Milwaukee, Memphis. Evansville,
Louisville, rorrolk, Mohile, Toledo and lltts
burfrh. and r.rovidinir that there shall be only
one Appraiser of Imported Merchandise at Phil
adelphia. Baltimore, Charleston and Savannah.
.A joint resolution was introduced and referred
submitting to the Legislatures of the several
States an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States providing for the election of
United States Senators by- the people of
the several States ...The t'urrency bill was
taken up and the previous motion was seconded i
114 to 83 and after Ihe rejection of proposed '
amendments tie bill was passed V2H to 11B....
The Senate bill to amend the Nailona! Currency
acts and to establish free banking was taken np
and passed 140 to lOi and the hill now goes to
the President for his signature, while the House
bill has to await the action of the Senate. . . .Ad
journed.
Wednesday, April 15. Senate. The
House bill amendatory to acts to provide National
currency and to establish free banking was re
ferred to the Committee on Finance. .. .The
House bill making an appropriation of $''7.
750 for the pavmeut of teachers in the
public schools of the District of Colum
bia, and providing for the levy of a tax to
reimburse the same, wa9 passed.... A bill was in
troducer! and referred to reimburse the state or
West Virginia for moneys expended in arming and
equipping militia to aid in suppressing the rebell
ion The bill 'to provide for a new. election in
Louisiana was rurther debated. ...Adjourned.
House. A bill was passed 18G to 40
to abolish the mileage or members of Congress,
and providing that they shall be paid their actual
traveling expenses to and from Washington once
each session. ... The Legislative. Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill was considered in Com
mittee oi the v hole. ...Adjourned.
Thursday, April 1C Senate. A joint
resolution was Introduced and referred declaring
that it has become the duty of the United States
to recognize Cuba as one of the independent na
tions of the earth, and that the United States will
observe a strict neutrality between the contending
par ies.. Bills were introduced to enable dis
abled soldiers to receive money commuta
tion upon orders for artificial limbs that are
dated before June lo, 187'); amendatory of Ihe
Pacific Railway act, requiring the Union Pacific
Railway Company to pro rata all freights carried
over irs'line in connection with other railways....
The hill to ennahle the Mennonites of Russia to ef
fect a permanent settlement on public lanHs of the
United States was considered, and a substitute was
offered The bill to provide for a n-w election
in Louisiana was further debated.... Adjonrned.
Hovse. A bill was reported from the
Judiciary Committee, ordered printed and recom
mitted, for the distribution of the Geneva award.
The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Ap
propriation bill was further considered in Commit
tee of the Whole, and several proposed amend
ments were disposed of. a spicv debate ensuing on
a motion to reduce the Item of the Presidem Vsal
ary from "0,0 '0 to $.. 0 it being contended by
some of the members that the increase of salaries,
including the President's, at the last, session was
unconstitutional. The motion was finally reject
ed.... Adjonrned.
Friday, April 17. Senate Resolutions
adopted at a meeting of citizens of Cincinnati,
protesting against any expansion of the currency,
were presented The bill to provide for the pur
chase of the bona of ihe Loaiville A Portlard
Canal Company was taken np and several amend
ments were agreed to. ...The Louisiana bill was
further debated Adjourned to the -.0th.
House. A resolution was introduced
and referred for fnrnishing rations, forage and
clothing to the people who are suffering from inun
dations from the overflow of the Mississippi River
and its tributaries The Legislative, Executive
and Judicial Appropriation bill was further consid
ered in Committee of tlw Whole, and an amend
ment was adopted to furnish official postage
stamps to the State Department to an amount not
exceeding $oO.OOO Adjourned.
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.
Apbh 13, 1S74.
Cottoh. Middling upland, 17Hl-4c
Lrv Stock. Beef Cattle $10. 0U&1&25. Hogs
Dressed, $7.2537.75. Sheep Live, $6.5O8.50.
BaxansTcrrs. Flour Good to choice, $rt.75:l
7.00; white wheal extra, $7.05a7.40. Wheat No
3 Chicago, $l.5tt&1.60; Iowa spring, $L57S1M;
No. 2 Milwaukee spring. $1.5031.6 i. Rye West
ern and State, $L10$1.13. Barley fl.65S.1.67.
Corn Mixed Western afloat, SS&Olc Oait
New Western, C264c.
Paovisiows. Pork New Mess, $16.75310.50.
Lard 103 10
Wool- Common to extra, 40 70c
CHICAGO.
Liva Stock. Beeves Choice, $5.rO&5.80; good,
$5.2035.40; medium, $4.iKX&5.10; butchers'
stock, $1.0a&4.-5; stock cattle, $3.75(4.75.
Hogs Live, $5.G0&6.1:!tt. Sheep Good to choice,
$6.5037.14.
Provisions. Butter Choice, S32M5c Eggs
Fresh, 12H13Jc. Pork New Mess, $16.30(3
16.35. Lard $9.b79.7a
BRBAnsTUTFH. Flour WTil te Winter extra,
$7.003'J.25; spring extra. $5.2jC&6.37i4. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, $1.2731-!i7X. Corn No. 2, 65fc
65'ic. Oats No. 4t6c. Rye No. 2, 82'
03c Barley No. 2, $1.65(31.67.
Wool. Tub-washed, 4t355c: fleece, washed,
8(i348c.; fleece, unwashed. 25332c.; pulled,
35310c
CINCINNATI.
Brbadstcfw. Flour $6.6036.80. Wheat -$1.40.
Corn 67370c Rye $1.05. Oats 48i357c.
Barley $1.6031.65.
Provisions. Pork $16.50316.75. Lard 9
ST. LOUI3.
Livx Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $1W3
6.05. Hogs Live, $4.70(35.75.
BRBADSTurrs. Flonr XX Fall, $5.5035.90.
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $l.t031.51!-4. Corn No. 2,
65iittc. Oats No. a, 4'.il!!4c. Rye No. 2, 123
Sic. Barley $1.60(31.65.
Provisions. Pork Mess, lG.r.0316.75. Lard
MlHVAllit.il.
BRBADSTUFrs. Flour Spring XX, $5.70(36.2
Wheat Spring No. 1, $1.35(31.36; No. 2, $1.3tK3
1.30!4. Corn No. t, RloSc OaU No. 2, 45(3
454c. Rye No. 1, f93Jc Barley No. 2, $1.68
Ql.fcO.
jjJSTKurr.
Bbkadsttjits. Wheat Extra, $1.6S3t.e9.
Corn 75 77c. Oats 53354c
TOLEDO.
BRADSTuro. Wheat Amber Mich., $1.50(3
1.51. No. 2 Red, $1.50(31.51. Corn Mixed, 72
7iXC Oats No. 1, 525234C
CLEVELAND.
Bbkadstctm. Wheat No. 1 Red, $ 1.5.N31.56;
No. 2 Red, $1.4531.17. Corn 75376c Oats 523
54c.
BUFFALO.
Liva Stock. Beeves $5.2&3r.2". Hogs-
Live, $5.35(36.00. Sheep Live, $U.3737.7'5.
KAST LIBERTY.
Liva Stock. Beeves Best, $-i.l2!J6.37.J ; me
dium, $5.756.00. Hogs Yorkers, $3.40(3.90 ;
Philadelphia, $6 30(36.60. Sheep Best, $6.75
7.75; medium, $6.00(6.50.
STARVED TO DEATH.
A Oerinan, Swindled Out of $S0,000 by
a AVall Strt-et Shark, Locates In Ar
kansasBecoming SickanU iestitute,
lie and a- Son Perii.Ii from Starvation
-Great Suffering ot Ilia "Wife and
llemainlng Children.
About two months njro a man named Kauf
man came into the State of Arkansas with
his wife and two children, from New York,
where Mr. Kaufman formerly resided and
where he was engaged in a reputable business.
In an evil hour he fell in the way of a Wall
street shark, who had a lot of Little Rock A
Fort Smith Railroad bonds to dispose of. De
sirous of leaving New York to try his fortune
somewhere in the great Southwest, Mr. Kauf
man too readily listened to the oily gammon
of the broker, and almost before he was
aware of it had exchanged his greenbacks for
the worse than worthless trash. He arrived
in Little Rock with his little family, and then
his eyes were first opened to the enormity of
the swindle perpetrated upon him. Confident
in the negotiable character of his $S0,000 in
bonds, he thought to dispose of sufficient to
meet a need of a little ready money, and the
poor fellow's despair maybe imagined when he
received the iuformation thai a bushel-basketful
would noi buy a breakfast iu that or any
other market. Sad at heart, but not entirely
bereft of hope, he made a desperate effort to
retrieve his losses, and place his little family
beyond the reach of the wolf already glaring
at them with greedy eyes. He went from
Little Rock to Lewisburg, near which village
he secured a small tract of land, built a
temporary cabin, and made preparations for
putting in a crop. He had, meanwhile, pro
cured lumber wherewith to build a comfort
able dwelling. But it was not to be ; climate
fever laid its hand upon the poor fellow, and
he was soon upon his humble couch raving in
delirium. When taken ill his scanty supply
of provisions had been consumed, money he
had none, and he was a stranger in a strange
land. His forlorn and wretched wife, almost
crazed with her burden of multiplied sorrows,
was soon to bring into the world an heirtothe
misery around them; but love for the man who
lay moaning in the hovel overcame her physical
weakness, and she went to a neighbor to ask
that a mcj-scnger be seut for a doctor. This
niau refused to give the assistance asked, and
the heart-broken woman took her weary way
to the railroad track, hoping to bait a p .ssing
train and obtain some aid in her dire necessity.
There beside the rails she stood in a drench
ing rain four hours terrible to her who was
striving to snatch from the brink of the grave
the lives of her loved ones. Exhausted na
ture at last demanded relief, and without a
ray of hope she sought the mockery of a
home. The exposure and her condition were
too much for her feeble frame, and she too
succumbed to the fever ; hope fled, and iu a
stupor of despair she laid herself down to
die, prayimr ouly that the end would come
quickly. The fat her died first starved; then
a little boy closed nis eyes ana was in a lauu
where starvation is unknown.
Mr. Chapman, a eenileman living about a
mile from Kaufman's hut. heard suudry ru
mors of the sad condition of the family, and
repaired to their rcief, fortunately in time to
save from thj death of hunger, at least, the
mother, whom he found iu the agonies of
childbirth. There was not an ounce of food
in the house, nor a soul at hand to render as
sistance to the buffering woman and her little
daughter. Mr. Chapman hurried to Lewis
burg, and sent a doctor to the bouse, promis
ing to pay the fees himself. He also, it is
said, applied to citizens ofLewn-burg for aid
for the stiicken sufferers, but one and all are
reported to have turned a deaf ear to his ap
peals and his pitiful story. He could not get
a dollar, and so paid for ehrouda aud secured
plaiu coffins for the dead father and son him
self. Mr. Chapman also procured some
food and nourishment, aud again went back to
the cabin. He subsequently appealed to
the Masonic fraternity of Little Rock (of
which order the dead man had been a mem
ber), and the breihren there raised between
sixty and t . venty dollars for the relief of the
sufferers, f " 1 now, says the Liltlc Rock Re
publican (from which paper the foregoing
statement is compiled), the mother and her
two children have every necessary comfort.
There was little hope that the mother would
survive, as she was suffering from pneumonia,
fciid the little girl was so reduced Horn want
of f iod that only the most careful nursing
could restore her to health. The baby was
not expected to live many days more.
If a person swallows any poison what
ever, or has fallen into convulsions from
having overloaded the stomach, an in
stantaneous remedy, more efficient and
applicable in a larger number of cases
than any half a dozen medicines, is a
heaping teaspoon of common salt and as
much ground mustard, stirred rapidly in
a teacup of water, warm or cold, and swal
lowed instantly. It is scarcely down be
fore it begins to come up, bringing with
it the remaining contents of the stomach,
and lest there be any remnant of the
poison, however small, let the white of an
egg or a teacup of strong coffee be swal
lowed as soon as the stomach is quiet
These very common articles nullify a
larger number of virulent poisons than
any medicines in the shops.
Apples and potatoes are important pro
ducts to our farmers, though uncertain of
late years. The apple belt of this conti
nent is 600 miles wide; and the fruit par
takes of the nature ot the soil. It is best
on the Pacific coast, but the fruit is more
enduring in New England than anywhere
else.
There -are in New Mexico 164
schools, 1S3 of which are public; 7,102
pupils and 196 teachers. The school
lunds amount to f 06,821.57.
STRUGGLE.
. BT EtXKX P. ALLEKT0X.
Great strength is bought with pain. From ou
the strif e.
From out the storms that sweep the human
soui
Those hidden tempests of the inner life
Comes forth the lofty calm of self -control.
Peace afterwar. Althonch the heart may be
Trampled and plowed like a lorn battte-fleld.
Rich are the fruits that follow victory.
And battle-grounds the fullest harvests yield.
Strong firrows his arm who breasts a downward
stream,
And steins with steady stroke the mighty tide
Of his own passions. Sore the wrench may seem,
let only he id strong whose strength is tried.
To toil Is hard. To lay aside the oar
To softly rise and fall with passion's swell
Is easier far; but, when the dream is o'er.
The bitterness of waking none can tell.
To float at ease, by sleepy r.ephyrs fanned,
Is but to grow more feeble, day by day.
While slips life's little hour out, sand by sand.
And strength and hope together waste away.
He only wins who sets his thews of steel
With tighter tension for the prick of pain:
Who wearies, yet stands fast; whose patient zeal
Welcomes the present loss for future gain.
Toil before ease ; the cross before the crown.
Who covets rest, he first must earn the boon.
He who at niirht in peace would lay him down
Must bear his load amid the heats of noon.
A NIGHT WITH GAMBLERS.
In the year 1S.0 I was sojourning tc-m
porarily in the City of TTexico, and I'-.v-ine
nearly a month of le'sure after satis
factorily winding up the business matters
that drove me tnither l aevoteu a portion
of it to exploring the darker portion of
the metropolis, meeting with some curi
ous adventures, making a lew strange ac
quaintances. One of the last was a midle
aged man with whom I first spoke one
afternoon at a bull -fight in Necatilan
Square.
A strong feeling of friendship speedily
sprang up between us, and with Don
Jaime Mercado as he introduced him
selfas truide I had little dililculty in
findinc means of passing away the time
And with him as companion one night I
found myself cautiously trending the
Callejon del Arco, or " bund alley ot tne
Arcade," long notorious as one of the
most dansrerou3 places in the Mexican
capital. The dense mass of houses, of
which the Merchants' Arcade forms a
part, known as the Impedradillo does
not form one compact street. (In the
southwestern side of the Catheural a nar
row lane runs into the Impedradillo; this
is called the Callejon del Arco. It is
like one of those caverns which the sea
sometimes hollows out in the face of a
cliff.
Even in the daytime, while the sun's
rays pouring down upon the square are
almost blinding, this alley is dark,
gloomy, forbidding. Advance within it,
though only a few paces, and you seem
precipitated into the shades of night; an
involuntary chill creeps over you, by no
means lessened as you catch a glimpse of
some shadowy figure lurking in an arch
way, closely shrouded in cloak and sombre
ro, the black, evil eyes watching your every
motion. Then there is an unhealthy
dampness around you; water is constant
ly oozing out of the walls; under foot
it is wet and slimy almost unconscious
ly comes the terrible fancy that one is
treading in the gore of the countless vic
tims whose lives have ended here.
Yet through this alley Don Jaime Mer
cado guidedme he withdrawn sword, I
with cocked revolver. Three several
times we closely hugged the mildewed
walls, our weapons pointing outward, to
await the passing by of some suspicious
character. Either these gentlemen were
wronged by our suspicions, or else they
did not like cold steel or hot lead, since
they quietly passed us by, though edging
close to the further wall.
At length Don Jaime paused before a
heavily-ironed door, striking three loud
blows upon it with the pommel of his
sword. Almost immediately this opened,
and a porter bearing a lantern held the
light up to our faces. Evidently satisfied
he rapped a signal upon the dor behind
him, which promptly opened.
This revealed a long, steep flight of
stairs, up which we tramped. Here a
serge curtain, surmounted by a transpar
ency bearing the legend "Sociadad Filar
monica," swung noiselessly aside, and we
were in one of tne most fashionable gam
bling halls of the City ol Mexico. For a
minute the brilliant light dazzled me, and I
could distinguish little else than a low, in
distinct hum, mingled with the click ol
the roulette balls apd the more musical
tingle of golden coin.
The hall was of extraordinary dimen
sions, lighted by hundreds of wax tapers.
Two dozen long, green baize-covered
tables were surmounted by the eager
devotees of Fortune; this much I saw,
then was introduced to the proprietor of
the hall, a dapper little Frenchman whose
name I have forgotten.
He was extremely polite and attentive,
leading us to the elegantly fitted-up side
board, pressing us to partake of the spark
ling wines and luscious fruit. He soon
left us, however, to greet some other vis
itors, and then we joinet' he crowd around
one ot the tables.
It was devoted to rouge etnoir, with its
circles of devotees, who came night after
night to tempt fortune, one moment ting
ling with a wild, delicious joy as the
fickle dame deigns to smile upon them,
the next plunged into the depths of de
spair as the croupier's rake transfers the
glittering offering to the wrong side of
the table.
"See," whispered Don Jaime into my
ear; "observe that lady in black, 6he with
the lace mask, who places her little pile
on the red ' double zero' w ith such a
queenly air. That is Senora de Los
1) . Ten months 6ince she was the
idol of her husband, who possessed al
most princely wealth, but the mania
seized her. She visited the tables night
ly, losing enormously, giving orders upon
orders upon her husband lor the amounts,
which were gladly taken, for Don D ,
every body knew, would sacrifice his last
thaco rather than dishonor his name by
telusing payment. Her husband soon
scovered. the truth and paid her debt,
but there was a stormy scene between
them, it is said, and two days afterward
he was found dead in the street, slain by
the stroke of a cuchillo in the hands ot a
hired bravo. The truth is not known for
certain, but many believe that she paid
for the murder. Since then 6he has been
a nightly visitor here, losing almost con
stantly. The last of her husband's prop
erty is sold, and when that is gone well,
there is the suicide's grave."
At the next table a Californian of swart
features and sinister aspect, not lessened
by the strips of court plaster that diag
onally cros his face from eye to jaw
bone, deals monte for the " benefit" of the
moths who flutter around the golden
pi?es in momentary expectation of rais
ing them first into their own pockets;
but, alas! though riches have wings, they
do not fly in that direction.
The low cries " Cavalle en la puerta!"
" Soto mozo !" (" The Queen in the gate !"
The knave winner!") at intervals an
nounce in 6et phrase the progress of the
game. The golden stakes are transferred
from hand to hand, their sharp, metallic
click contrastir g with the soft.rapid shuffle
of the cards. But then the betting almost
ceased when a man pushed himself for
ward and seated himself in front of the
benches, wnile a servant deposited an
iron box before hi9 master. When the
lids were thrown back a glittering mass
of onzas appeared, causing even the im
perturbable dealer to start with wonder,
and a glance of joy to flit across his face
two things that had not occurred before
within the memory of man. .
The stranger played heavily, for the
bank had iio limit, and in less than an
hour the banker slowly uttered : " wen
tlemen. this bank is closed!" The
stranger ordered his servant to gather up
the gold, and then scattered a handful of
ounces among the crowd, vanished amid
the confusion, by this maneuver escaping
a probable blow liom a cuchillo in the
alley w ithout.
"That niau is an enigma," muttered Don
Jaime, with a long drawn breath. " ThN
is the third tune that I have witnessct
the same thing; each time he broke the
bank, and then vanished, just how nolnvly
could tell, though I have heard that the
best cuchillo in Mexico has been hunting
for him this past month. ?so one knows
who ho is, where he came from, nor
where he lives. Some even sav that he is
the-tho devil!" Ami here the sunersti
tious Spaniard devoutly crossed himselt.
" But let him be what he may, I wish he
would impart his secret to me! '
Around the adjoining table the faro
players were gathered, where a smooth,
oilv. cat-like Southerner dealt, a hu
bowie with an inch Mtuie sticking in the
table before him. ShuiUing the cards 1 e
placed them in the silver box, then while
waiting lor the players to make their
game he said, tappirg the silver hilt of
hisbowie:
' Gentlemen, you see this? 1 play on
the square, und I warn you all that the
first man I catch trying to confuse the
stakes will have his hand pinned to the
table!"
As no remarks followed this blunt state-
ment, one would infer that such a trick as
" confusing the 6takes" by suddenly slult
ing trom a losing card the money staked
thereon was not entirely unknown. We
watched the deal nearly out, when, lm
probable as it may seem, a seedy-looking
greaser" suddenly shitted his stake, ins
quick eye detecting the losing card ere
was lairly uncovered.
Thud! went the knife swift as the
lightning's flash, true to the eye as Kit
Carson's long 44 Ilarkins" and the greas
er's hand was pinned to the table! In
stantlv all was contusion around the ta
ble, each man instinctively shrinking
back as the glittering blade flashed before
his eyes, while, with a single sharp yell
of pain, the greaser bent low over the
golden-laden table.
11 is pain must have been intense, for
the broad blade had penetrated through
the back of his hand, severing one or
more of the bones, fastening the palm
upon the trifling stake he had wished so
much to cover. And yet, as I stod at the
erd of ihe table, I distinctly saw the ras
cal slip his let! hand beteath his body and
clutch a handful of Uie golden ounces
rom the pile of his next neighbor, then
drop them unperceived down his wide
boot-leg! 1 he sharp jingle ot the coins
he deadened by another shriek, and a
oner-winded volley of all the curses in his
vocabulary, which would have put to tlie
blush ihe oldest "bull-whacker" of prairie-freighting
days.
The dealer " politely cursed" the greas
er for a few moments, then withdrew his
bow"ie, wiping it upon the man's blanket,
hen calmly resuming the interrupted
game. I lie greaser, snappmgup nis lianti,
stole silently away, no doubt thinking his
wound paid lor by his adroit ciutcn.
1 had been watching a young man, a
casual acquaintance, whom I knew was
unior partner in a New Orleans firm.
He was playing heavily, and kept calling
for liquor, which the obsequious waiters
iroraptly supplied. I would have fpoken
to him, but Don Jaime restrained me,
pointing to the cocked revolver lying be
fore the man. And I did not care to risk
a shot certainly an insult by making
an effort to draw the young man away
lrom the table.
Every deal seemed to go dead against
ountr Cleveland, and then, when but one
more turn remained in the box, he Hung
a large pocket-book upon the table, mut
tering hoarsely :
" It's neck or nothing; if that loses,
then 1' 11-
IIe did not finish ,the sentence, but
leaned forward, watching the turn with
bated breath, pale as a corpse, and then
the tray fell upon the losing side.
Scarcely was the result perceptible
than the room rang with a pistol-shot, and
Cleveland sank forward, Ins head resting
upon the pocket-book, his brains and
blood bespattering all around him.
Silence and death came at the same
breath.
Shuddering, heartsick, I left the hell,
nor has my foot ever crossed the thresh
old of a gambling hell since that night.
The Deaf Man's Mistake.
Old Mr. Collamer, one of the members
of our church, is extremely deaf. East
Sunday the clergyman, during his ser
mon, had occasion to introduce a qu'ot-w
tion, and as it was quite long he brought
the volume with him, and when the time
came he picked up the book and began
io read from it. Wv always sing the Old
Hundred doxology after sermon at our
church, and Mr. Collamer, seeing the pas
lor with the book, thought the time had
come, so while the minister was reading
he opened his hymn book at the place.
Just as the clergyman laid the volume
down the man sitting next to Mr. Colla
mer began to yawn, and Mr. Collamer,
thinking he was about to sing, imme
diately broke out in Old Hundred at the
top of his voice. As the clergyman was
beginning "secondly," and as, of
course, there was perlect silence in the
church, the effect of Mr. Collamer's vo
ciferation was very startling. But the
good old man didn't notice that anything
was the matter, so he kept right on and
sang the entire verse through. When he
concluded, he observed that everybody
else seemed to be quiet, excepting a few
who were laughing, so he leaned over and
said out loud to the man that y awned,
" What's the matter with this congrega
tion, anyhow? Why don't they go
home?" The man turned scarlet, and
the perspiration broke out all over him,
for he felt that the eyes of the congregation
were upon him, and he knew that he
would have to yell to make Mr. Colla
mer hear. So he touched his lips
with his lingers, as a sign for the
old man to keep quiet. But Collamer
misunderstood the motion. "Going to
sing another hymn, hey ? All right," and
he began to fumble his hymn book again.
Then the sexton sailed up the aisle and
explained matters out loud to Mr. Colla
mer, and that gentleman subsided, while
the minister proceeded with his dis
course. The elders have written Mr.
Collamer a note, requesting him in the
future not to join in the sacred harmony.
The effect is too appalling upon the ribald
boy s in the gallery. Mux Adeler.
The Influence or Daily Habits.
The daily habits of every boy and girl
are materials with which they are build
ing up their characters, and every
repetition strengthens them for good or
for evil. Justice, benevolence, honor,
integrity, and self-control are no ephem
eral blossoms that a day's sunshine can
call into being and a night's frost can
wither and kill. They grow slowly and
develop gradually, but once rooted
firmly in the heart and trained by con
stant exercise they will prove sturdy,
healthy, long-Jived plants that will bear
rich and abundant fruit It is not enough
to teach ; we must learn to train. It is not
enough to tell the child what is right, we
must accustom him lo love its atmos
phere. So with self-culture. If we
would become nobler and more virtuous,
vre must habituate ourselves to the con
stant exercise of pure thoughts, generous
affections, noble and disinterested deeds.
ttlSCELLANYXIUS ITEMS.
A Git.vrrc thing a poke.
A want that may be "felt." The want
of a hat.
Pauisian aeronauts propone a balloon
exploring expedition to the North l'ole.
"TnE femaelstrom" is what a Day ton
man calls the present woman's movement
in favor of temperance.
An Indiana man fell sixty nine feet the
other day and was ctmd of deafness.
Nature is a great healer.
A Utica girl intends to shoot her late
lover because he left her on account of
her flirting proclivities.
An English wag asserts that machinery
is the most modest of all things, since it
almost alway s travels in cog.
A i.kadino milliner says there arc thirty
different names for spring bonnets and yet
they are nearly all the same shape.
Lace sashes are something new. They
are of Cluny an 1 guipure, and lined with
brilliant silk to keep them " spread."
A BACHKi-OK Is politely descriln-d as a
man who has neglected his opportunity
of making some poor woman miserable.
Should cremation ever become adopted
here as a system, the lender expression,
" 1'eare to his ashes," will meiin some
thing. Fourteen Quincy men have signed a
pledge not to allow their daughters to
learn music until they know how to make
bread.
There is a prejudice in human kind
against large ears. As the poet says: 4Man
wants but little ear below, nor wants that
little long."
A pickpocket arrested In Kochester
saitl : " I was only searching that man's
pockets for proofs of frauds against the
Government."
The champion forgiver lives In Terro
Haute. His wife has eloped five times.
and he has taken her back and tried to
make home happy each time.
The huge Inverted svphon of the V ir
ginia &, tlold II ill water company.
which carries the water across Washoe
Valley, is proving a success.
Bekchkk cursorily remarked that
squeaking boots were one of the notable
burdens of existence while listening to
some in Connecticut recently.
In Massachusetts, when the preacher
reaches "seventecnthly" in his sermon, a
knowing chap yells "rire!" and the con
gregation is promptly dismissed.
The fowls cackleate it is discourag
ing times lor their business atiout tlie
close of Lent, and lay it down as an axiom
that Easter is eggscessively henervating.
An embryo poet, who is certainly a
close observer of human nature, remarks:
" Time marches on with the slow-men.
ured tread of a man working by the day."
IIekkaktek no portrait is to be placed
upon any of the bonds, securities, notes
fractional or postal currency of the United
States while the original of such portrait
is living.
A Kentucky breach of promise suit
wherein $40,000 wis claimed has been
settled for $12 and a mule, which i just
about the figure the jury would have re
turned.
Fhat's all nonsense aliout a volcano in.
North Carolina. It's the usual spring
ague, and the natives of three or four
counties haptencd to commence shaking
at tne same time.
Daniel Pratt now comes to the sur
face to say that no man can strike a hard
cr blow by spitting on his hands first, ami
that it is a useless custom w hich he would
ike to see abolished.
It's about time tint the. conscientious
press began to prate of cliolc.a, and thus
make life a dreary waste to the man who
fondly hopes to sit down and enjoy him
self after house cleaning.
If hens would only color their Easter
eggs before laying they might corner the
market. Quiz has been experimenting by
feeding his landlady's chickens on log
wood, and they died well.
Wte have heard a great many rough
things about tlie bite Mr. Nero, who fid
dled while Rome burned, but to this day
nolxidy has ever accused him of parting
his hair in the middle. Thank goodness,
here was a limit to his atrocities.
Memphis AtabincliA'.
The Taunton Uizdle says: A lady en
tering one of our stores yesterday, no
ticintr the window druped in somber
mourning, asked who was dead. "Why,
Mr. Sumner," said the polite attendant.
"Oh," responded the obtu.-e interrogator,
" was he a clerk here?"
Don't tell a child you w ill do any thing
for it unle.-s you intend to keep your
promise. A strict observance of this rule
may save you the agony of seeing your
child become a liar. If you say, 4' I'll
skin you alive!" go and skn it though it
brings tears to Jour ey es.
Tub Vermont people have a great pas
sion for discovering coal mines on their
farms, nowadays, but Prof. Seelcy, -of
Middlebury College, who has examined
specimens from sonic of the supposed
veins, says that a'l coal hunting iu the
State will end in disappointment.
It is now asserted, says the New York
Tribune, that a side window in a stable
makes a horse's eye weak on that side;
a window in front hurls his eyes by the
glare; awindow behind him makes him
squint-ey ed; a window on a diagonal line
makes him shy when lie travels; a stab.o
without a window makes him blind.
Truly farming is a fearful and wonderful
pursuit.
A few days since we noticed the fact
that many of the engineers on the New
York Central Kailroad were obliged to
make three trips per day civen n time
to rest, or hardly to eat. We have a case
of a more recent date. Within a n onth
one of the engineers on the Central Kail
road, who had been making his three
trips per day for several days, and was 1
worn out and exhausted, ran his engine
on a turn-table in Buffalo, awaiting tne
arrival of the express from this city. He I
fell fast asleep and it must have been
refreshing to him. He was suddenly
awakened by a yardman, and, in his be
wilderment, supnosine that the express
had passed, he started from the turn-table
to collide almost immediate. y wun me
express. The only da njre done was to
property. This engine' r was discharged t
immediately from the service ot the com- i
pany. Nature dt iwanded its rights the I
engineer succumbed; the railroad com-1
pany exercised its prerogative, and threw
him out of work. Ihcfuster (A". Y.)
Unin.
The Dunn. County Nevs gets off the
following good thing, which is worthy a
place with some of Mark Twain's best :
44 We sympathize heartily with one of our
exchanges, which is sorry to learn that a
German chemist has succeeded in making
a first rate brandy out of sawdust. We
are a friend to the temperance movement,
and we want it to succeed, but what
chance will it have when a man can take
a rip-saw and co out and get drunk with
a fence-rail? What is theuseof a prohib
itory liquor law if a man is able to make
brandy smashes out of the 6hingles on his
roof, or if he can get the delirium tremens
by drinkingthe leg6 of his kitchen chairs?
You may "shut an inebriate out of a gin
shop, and keep him away from taverns,!
but if be can become uproarious on boiled
sawdust and dessicated window-sills any
effort at reform must necessarily be a fail-1
ure. It will be wise, therefore, if tern-!
perance societies will butcher the German I
chemist before be goes any further. His
recipe ought not to be made public. He i
should be stuffed with distilled board-,
yards until he perishes with mama af
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