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1 THE HERALD. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBEASKA. On Main Street, between 4th and 5th, Second Story. OFFICIAL! PAPER OF CASS IOISTV. Terms, in Advance : One copy, one year f2.00 One copy, six months j.oo One opy, three months 50 NEBRASKA EEA JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. rEKSCVERAXCK COXQUKKS." TERMS: $2.00 a Year- VOLUME X. PLATTSMOUTir, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1875. NUMBER II. THE HERALD. ADVKIITISIXCJ HATES. SPACB. 1 square., it squares. 8 pqiiHres. column. ,v, column. 1 roliimn. 1 w. I 3 w. 3 w. 1 1 m. 3 m. 0 in. 1 jr. If lOfl'fl eOfJOO 3 60,5 0t) H((ll f 13 ' i Nil 2 rxl a ir,i 3 sr. w to o is n 3 mil x i.i I ' I n i-" i- ' . OO H im'10 01) 1'J H an fH) an On o m'i) mi t wl iui in frit . fm (! l.') mis on i(i i to no 'no cm ) or 8 ', Ul Ok I no i) All Advertising bill due quarterly. tW Transient advertisements must bo paid M in advance. Extra copies of the Herald for sale by II. J. Straight, at thfl I'otofnc and O. F. Johnson, cor ner of Main and Fifth trcet. HENRY BCECK, DEALER IN In x xi i t uli? e, SAFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,. ETC., ETC., ETt;., Of All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASES. "Wooden Coflin.s Of all sizes, ready-made, and sold cheap for cash. WUU. many thanks for pact patronage, I invite all to call and examine my LARGE STOCK OF Jm-iii t mid OolliiiK. janJi MEDICINES AT J. H. BUTTERY'S, On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth. Wholesale atd Retail Dalcr in Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Patent Medicines. Toilet Articles, etc.. etc. fSTTRESCRIPTlONS carefully compounded at all hoiirn, day and night, 35-1 y TW. SHANNON'S Feed, Sale, and Livery STAHTiE, Main Street, Plattsmoulh, Neb. I am prepared to accommodate the public with Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, AND A No. I Hearse, On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms. A II A C Iv Will Run to the Steamboat Land inpr. Depot, and all parts of the City, when Desired. janl-tf First National Bant OF Plattsmouth, Nebraska, SU1 ESOK TO Tootlo, Hamuli Clm-lc. .I"HV KlTZr.KRAI.O K. ii. Povey A. W". Ml I.AIOHI.IN. . John O'Kourke President. Vice-President. Cashier. Assistant Cashier. This Bank in now open for bnsiness at their new room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and are pre pared to trausacl 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 States and in al) the Vriucipal Towns and Cities of Europe. Call and See Boone, Gents, And get a boon in a NEWS OF THE WEEK. Compiled from Telegrams of Afcompinying Dates. Monday. Jan. 18. The English astronomers at Greenwich have Riven to the public the results of their first tentative computations from the data obtained through observations of the recent transit of Venus. Remarking upon these re sults, an American astronomer states the sun's distance from the earth to be S8,443,730 miles erj;,J74 miles less than the dis tance as computed by Enckc from observa tions of the last trans.it. lie says at this rate of progress the earth will fall into the sun in about 1,440 years. But as the earth's motion will be greatly accelerated through the increased influence of the sun's attraction as the two bodies approach each other, the ca tastrophe may, and in fact must, inevitably occur much sooner, unices the eun's force should be proportionately decreased or its volume reduced. At Urbana, Ohio, on the morning of the 17th, a party of forty masked men took from the jail and hanged to a tree in front of the Court-House a man who gave his name as O. W. Ullery, and had confessed to having a few Ik fore horribly outraged the person of a little girl nine years old. TnE Republican members of the Ohio House of Representatives have caused a pro test to be entered on the journal of the House objecting to the subject matter of the lately adopted Louisiana rcsoIutious,and protesting against the manner of their adoption. Imjwsxatiox meetings have been held in Boston, St. Louis, Cincinnati and other cities, East and West, to protest against the alleged military interference in the organization of the Louisiana Legislature. A Berlix dispatch says Germany w ill soon have fifty guns on the northern coast of Spain to sustain any demand she may make for indemnity for the past and security for the future. Tuesday, Jan. 10. A Vit'KMtfKO dispatch of the 18th sa3-s Maj. Head, with a squad of Federal troops with fixed bayonets, and acting under orders from Gen. Emory, had entered the Sheriff's office there and forcibly ejected Sheriir A. J. Flanagan, who was in posses sion of the office by virtue of the recent elec tion. Flanagan appealed to the court to pro tect him in the discharge of his duties, but was refused. The Chancellor appointed W. H. McGhce Sheritr pro tern., and he was placed in Ksscssion of the office by the inilitarj-. The three Republican members of the House Committee on Louisiana Affairs left Washington for New Orleans on the rooming of the lsth, and were followed bj Mr. Mar shal, one of the Democratic members, in the evening. The commanders of the Spanish squadron now at Zaranz have been instructed to exact from the Carlists indemnity for the owners and crew of the German brig Gustav and the punishment of her assailants. A Beki.ix dispatch 6ays the Prussian au thorities have closed the Catholic seminary at Fulda, expelled the head priest from German territory and sequestrated all the property of the Bishop of the diocese. It is 6aid Castclar has declared that he will not take his seat in the Cortes if he is re quired to swear allegiance to the Monarchy. At Bucjtus, Ohio, a few days ago, Mrs. Heilman attempted to kindle a lire with coal oil, and was fatally burned. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED MAN LINE ai ALLAN LINE OF .-rXMVXlSIiJ-i. rcrsons wishing to bring out their friends from Europe cau rvnrnAsB tickets trom us irilI-OII-ll t 1'Iltt t KlllOlltll Excelsior Barber Shop. J. C. I3001STK, Main Street, opposite Brooks House. HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO CUTTIXfii CHILD. I UN'S HAIR C? ULi 312 .V. 1ST SIIArE. n41-ly GO TO THE Post Office Book Store, H. J. STKEIQHT, Proprietor, TOR TOCB Books, Stationery, Pictures, Music, TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, Violin Strings, Newspapers, Novels, Song Books, etc., etc. Tost office buildiag, PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. Wednesday, Jan. 20. Late cable dispatches state that on ac count of the llagrant outrages on railway trains and employes the Spanish Government has determined that every armed Carlist found in the vicinity of any railroad shall be 6hot. A delegation from the Carlist Com mittee of London has gone to Spain to inform Don Carlos that the English bankers with whom tb Catlist loan was lodged have re fused to make further advances. It was un derstood that Spain will pay Germany an in demnity equal to the value of the Gustav and cargo, even if she be unsuccessful in exacting the same from the Carlists at Zeranz. The Methodist preachers of Boston and vicinity have passed a resolution indorsing and thanking the I'residcnt and Gen. Sheridan for their action in the Louis iana troubles. The New York Republican Central Committee have adopted resolutions sustaining throughout the action of the Pres ident, and setting forth tLat, even if what was done was illegal, it was done without tae knowledge of the President, and with the sin cere desire on the part of the officers of the Government to perform simply their duty. Secketaky Belknap has received a dis patch from Gen. Sheridan, in which the latter gives an epitome of a report from Maj. Mer rill, stationed in the Shreveport district, con cerning outrages said to have been committed in that section. The re port states that threats made be fore election against persons who should vote the Republican ticket were being car ried out; that White Leagues were being rapidly formed; that all citizens not belonging to the Leagues arc ostracized, etc., etc. Bali.oti no for United States Senators began on the 19th in eleven Legislatures. Elec tions were virtually made in Indiana, Maine, Missouri, New York and Pennsylvania. The successful candidates in thescStates, in the order named, are: McDonald (Dem.), Ham lin (Rep.), Cockrell (Dem.), Kcrnan (Dem.) and Wallace (Dem.). Unsuccessful ballots were had inMichigau, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Nebraska and Tennessee. A New Orleans dispatch says the Patrons of Husbandry of Louisiana and Mississippi have issued an address to the Order through out the United States indorsing the report of the sub committee of Congress. Thursday, Jan. 21. The Republicans of Connecticut have nom inated: For Governor, Jas. Lloyd Green, pres ent Mayor of Norwich; Lieutejiant Governor, Charles L. English; Secretary of State, Col. Augustus Fenn; Treasurer, O. B. Arnold; Comptroller, Gen. R. B. Crawford. Among the resolutions adopted was one indorsing the President's special message to Congress on Louisiana alluirs. The direct testimony of Francis D. Moulton in the case of Tilton rx. Bencher closed on the lth, he having been on the witness-stand for over a week. His evidence was mainly a re iteration of his former statements. His cross examination was begun on the afternoon of the ISth. The court-room is crowded daily by a large concourse of spectators. A Paris dispatch says that leading Spanish Republicans are arranging with the Carliets to bury their political differences and unite in a general uprising against the authority of King Alphonso, and that, should the project succeed, it is proposed, by a plebiscite, to de cide between a monarchy with Don Carlos as King and a republic. Oxe of the most disastrous and wide-spread storms ever koown in the West swept over Colorado, part of Utah and California ou the 20th. There was loss of both life and prop erty. Several costly railway bridges were de stroyed and several towns submerged. The Cook County National Bank, Chicago, has suspended. The President, B. F. Allen, gives assurance that depositors will be paid in full. The London rail Mall Gazette says tha war, if Dot actually declared, is resolved upon by Montenegro against Turkey. The Massachusetts Legislature has elected Henry L. Dawes as United Stub's Senator from that State. Friday, Jan. 22. Spanish telegrams state that forty-seven Carlist officers have given in their adhesion to the Monarch)'. Russia, Germany and Austria have agreed to recognize Alphonso without waiting for th5 proclamation of the Cortes. The Michigan Legislature has chosen the lion. J. P. Christiancy (Rep.) to succeed Mr. Chandler (also Rep.) in the United States Senate. Mr. Christiancy received the Democratic vote, and a sufficient number of Republicans voted for him to defeat Mr. Chandler, the regular party candidate. The Illinois State Farmers' Association held its annual meeting at Springfield recently, and adjourned to meet next year at Blooni ington. A report was received from the State Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners that there is no law by which an injunction can be obtained to prevent railroad companies vio lating the Railroad laws of the State. The committee of the association disagreed with this opinion, claiming that the right of in junction is a common law right. The com mittee think the present law should remain intact and be enforced until fairly tested, and a resolution to that effect was adopted by the association. The Michigan State Grange recently held its annual meeting at Grand Rapids. There are 505 Granges in the State, with a member ship of over 50,000. TnoMAs F. Bayard has been re-elected United States Senator by the Delaware Legis lature. Saturday, Jan. 23. Richard B. Irwin has told the committee investigating the Pacific Mail subsidy busi ness to whom he paid the money distributed by him. He gives the following list: Charles Abcrt, $7,000; O. J. Averil), $ 10,000; J. G. Berrett, $10,000; E. II. Cormack, $2,000 or $5,000; Amasa B. Corwln, $3,600; L. E. Chittenden, $5,000; 3. H. Cheever, $5,000; Hamilton G. Fant, $12,000; John W. Forney, $25,000; Samuel A. Hatch, about $:JO,000; S. 11. Ingham, $10,000; Alex. W. Randall, $10,000; John II. Rice, $2,500; William B. Shaw, $15,000; Chas. II. Shcrrill, $500; John G. Schu maker, $:300,000; A. II. Whitney, $100,000; William S. King, $125,000; Richard S. Par sous, $10,000; Mr. Morris, of the ChronUie, $1,500; William Morris, $10,000 to $15,000; ex-Postmaster-Gcu. Randall, $35,000. Severax. casualties arc reported in Utah, the result of recent heavy snow-slides in the mining regions. In the Big Cotton wood canon six men Mere carried away by an avalanche and killed. The bodies of six persons whowerc killed by a snow-slide in the city of Alta had been recovered up to the 21st. Many are supposed to have perished, but their bodies arc covered to a great depth by the snow, and probably they will not be found for some time. In one demolished house was found the body of Mrs. Carey, sit ting in a rocking-chair, with an infant clasped in her arms. Near them were the husband and a little girl. All had been suffocated by the snow. Ex-Gov. A. S. Fadikxk (Rep.) was ou the 22d elected to the United States Senate by the Nebraska Legislature by a vote of o7 to 11 for Gen. Thayer, and 2 scattering. The British Government has demanded an explanation and apology from Peru for re moving a passenger from a British steamer a Callao. rONCiltESSIONAt,. In the SeDate, on the lGth, a memorial signed by over iSK) citizens of Arkansas, formerly Uuion soldiers, indorsing Gen. Sheridan's course in New Orleans, and declarinti the statements nude hv him to bo trim, wan presented . Mr. Schnrz' Louisiana resolution was further debated by Messrs. Saulsliury, Conklin. Clayton, Nor wood, Stevenson, Cooper and Jshormuu Ad journed. The House was not in session. In the Senate, on the 18th, bills were introduced -to estab!i)i a mint for the coinage of sold and silver at Indianapolis; to amend the act of March 3, 1873, authorizing: the construc tion of a bridge across the Mississippi Kiver at St. Louie; to authorize the construction of a bridue across the same river at or near Grand Chain Mr. Schnrz' Louisiana resolution camo up as unfinished business, aud a motion was agreed to to lay it aside and proceed with the LeniiOtitivo Appropriation bill. Anions the anieudente to this bill proposed by the Senate committee was one authorizing the organization of a Bureau of Commerce and Statistics, to be attached to the Treasury Department, which amendment was debated at considerable length Adjourned. In the House, on the 18th, among the bills introduced and referred were the following: To prevent the issue of United States and Na tional Hank notes of preater denomination than $100; limiting the tax ou bank deposits; in re gard to the collection of drafts and checks; au-thorizin-.' the use of information received throiiKh the Dead-Letter Office when its use will prevent or punish crime; to amend the National Currency act; to establish a mint at Cincinnati; for a special distribution; of eeeds in the districts dev astated ny grasshoppers; to authorize the con struction of a bridge across the Mississippi Kiver at Memphis The resolution of the Pennsylva nia House of Representatives relating to military interference with the organization ot the Louisi ana Legislature was presented and referred.... Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 19th, a memorial of citizens of Michigan, protesting against the proposed Canadian reciprocity treaty, was pre sented and referred The Legislative, Judicial and Executive Appropriation bill was further considered, and a proposed amendment providing for the organization of a Bureau of Commerce and Statistics was stricken out -"0 to 21 and an amendment continuing the present Board of Statistics was agreed to, with amend ments instructing the said bureau to collate and report annuallv statistics and facts relating to commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, the railroad systems of this aud tlu r countries, the cost of construction and operation of railroads and the actual cost of the transportation of freight and passengers on the railroads, canals and rivers of the coun try. Other proposed amendments were disposed of. . . . Adjourned. In the Hodsc, on the 19th, several members made indignant denial of charges that they had been implicated in the Pacific Mail sub sidy scandal. ...A committee was ordered and ap pointed to inquire whether the privileges of the House had been violated by the arrest and deten tion of Whitelaw Keid at the suit of Alexander H. Shepherd while Keid was in the District of Columbia under a enhpu'na from a com mittee of the House... Chas. A. Wet more, correspondent of the Alta California, was brought before the House charged with contempt in refusing to answer questions put to him liefore the Ways and .Means Committee in the Pacific Mail investigat ion, bnt further action was post poned and the House adjourned. In the Senate, on the 20th, the memo rial of Conservative members of the Louisiana Legislature, giving their views of the disturb ances rttending the organization of the Legisla ture, was prexented and referred, as was also the memorial of the General Assembly of that State in regard to the recent disturbances A bill was introduced and referred to protect each State against invasion and for other purposes The joint resolution of the Ohio Legislature con demning the expulsion of the officers and mem bers of the Louisiana Legislature by military power, and the protest signed by the Republican members of the House and entered upon the journal of that body, were presented and ordered printed The Legislative Appropriation hill was further amended and passed The Kortiti- cation Appropriation bill was passed without amendmeut The Consular and Diplomatic Ap propriation bill was amended and passed A motion was agreed to. to take up the proposed amendment to the Constitution providing for the election of the President and Vice-President bv a direct t ol the people, and pending its consid eration the Senate adjourned. In the House, on the 20th, a resolution was adopted rescinding so much of the resolution of Jan. 6 as required the Sergeant-at-Arms to keep Irwin In the District of Columbia jail. ...A bill was passed appropriating $:JO.ooo for the special distribution of seeds to portions of the country that have viiffcred from grasshopper rav ages.... The memorial of Conservative members of the Louisiana Legislature as to the difficulties concerning the organization of the Legislatnre was presented and referred Thelndiau Appro priation bill was considered in Committee of the Whole, amended and reported to the House, and rejected yeas 111. nays 1J0 the appropriation of fiii.O.OiX) tor the Choctaw nation being the prob able cause of the defeat of the bill.... A message was received front ilie i'residcnt and referred, calling special attention to the absolute necessity of providing proper armamvnt for sea-coast de fenses .The recusant witness Wet more was declared in contempt, because of insulting lau- gnage to tha House, and conducted to jail Adjourned. In the Senate, on the 21st, the Presi dent's messago rlat'n to tc.l.st flefeiiscs was received and referred An adverse report was made from the Civil Service and Retrenchment Committecon the bil, to reduce the salary or the President Mr. Moiton spoke in favor of his proposed amendment to the Constitution in re gard to the election of President and Vice-President, and Messrs. Thurman and Conklinq Advo cated some Mdittonn! provisions designating the tribunal for the Settlement of contested election cases in the Electoral College. In the House, on the 21st, the vote re jecting the Indian Appropriation bill was recon sidered and the bill was referred to the Commit tee or the Whole Charles A. Wet more, having made satisfactory a pologv.' was, on motion, dis charged from custody A report was made from the Committee on Elections to exclude the Dele gate from I'tah (Cannon from hi scat on the ground of polygamy The conference report on wh.it is known as the "Little Tariff'' bill was made snd, after debate, agreed to l:K to OH. In the Senate, on the 22d, the creden tials of P. B. S. Pinchbeck as Senator-elect from Louisiana were presented, aud referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections The credentials of Senator Bnvard, of l)elaware, were also presented A bill was introduced and referred to establish a Court for contested elections The proposed amendment to the Constitution in regard to Presidential elections was debated by Mr Anthony in Its favor and its further consideration was postponed tothetrTth Mr. Sherman addressed the Senate in defense of the Administration in its connec tion with the Louisiana difficulties aud was briefly replied to by Mr. Johnston. In the House, on the 22d, many bills of a private character were introduced and re. ferred Leave was askod, and objected to, to offer a resolution calling on the President to state by w hat authority the courts or officers of Mis sissippi, at Vicksburg, had been interfered with by the army A number of private bills were passed Adjourned to the S5lh. TUB ZTIAItKETS. New York. Cotton-ioiQ.lS'Ac. Flour Good to choice, $4.85(35.45; white winter extra, $5,450 H. IIO. H'Ardf-No. a Chicago, $1.07(1.0!); No. i Northwestern, $l.otK&1.10; No. -A Milwaukee Spring, S1.10S1.1J?. ll'j" Western. 99tic. Harley f 1.4.Y&1.50. Corn W1S87V4C Oats Mixed Western, fi73ti!ic. ' Pork New mess, $i!l.90fr& 20.00. Lard 137814c. Cheese 12&15c. Wool Common to extra, 4:j(.1c. Beeves $10.00 fcl2.no. Hogg Dressed, $7.75g.50; live, iti.SK&e'i. Hheep Live, $3.5H7.25. CiitcAOo. Beeves Choice, S".7r3,6.2"; good, $5.Wj.jO; medium, $4..VXS5.JO; butchers' stock, $2.7ofr,t.5u; stock cattle, $.!.75""9 4.00. Hoy Live, good to choice J6.4jc0.75 dressed, $7.50C.7.!0. Sheep Good to choice, $4.751.73. Butter Choice yellow, :Wr:i7c. Fgqs Fresh. arTSHc. rork Mess, new. $17.rV?17.70. Lard $i:.;!0&.tf.25. Cheese New York Factory, I. V4fjrlc: Western Factory, 15fTfl5Sc flour White winter extra, $4.2.VtS.Q0; spring extra, $:.75(r4.7.'l. Wheat Spring No. a, 88'ic. CornSo. 3, new, 5V4a 6c. Oaf No. 2, 52'4f!iW'4c. Jl'eSo. 2, tm567c. BarietjTio. i. $1.2fKTil.:io. Wool Tub-washed, 4r('t57c; fleece, washed, 403 4c; fleece, unwashed, 27(i:J6c. Lumber First-clear, $j2.)0t-'j5.txt; second-clear, $wi.00 T(50.0n: common boards, SU.OtXTM-i.OO: fenc ing. $ia.oor.(.14.)0; "A" shingles, $:.00tr&:J.;i3 ; lath, $J.0(iS.i. Cincinnati. "0'r $l.!Trt.5.05. Wheat Red, fl.Oi1.07. Corn New, 7Uu,72c. Jiye $!. 14 .10. Oats X36:Jc. Barley S1.S71.-T. rork $18.!XKttl9.00. Lard WHC&H'ac. St. Louis. Cattle Fair to choice. $5.0ovf?5.75. llois Live, $fj.2.Vit;.75. Flour XX Fall, $ t.:i.rv 4.50. Wheat No. S Red Fall, $1.05'i'' 1.00. Corn No. S. new, lilfrMiic. Oats No. J. WiVjft .S'ic. Jlye $l.l'l''il.o2. $1.3V6 1.40. l'ork Mess, $18.4118.50. Lardli& Milwaukee. flour Spriug XX. $5.25(95.50. Wfteat Spring, No. l.W-iGr.WJc ; No. S, ssi-ifff xs-Hc. Corn No. 2. tilfiil'c. 0f No 2, 51tf-51'4c. Hue No. 1, 97taW5C. Barley No. 2, $1.30 i.:w;. Ci.evklano. Wheat No. 1 Ked, S1.10'4fijl.ll ; No. 2 Ked, $ LIMA'S 1-05. Corn New, 71(r72c OatsSo. 1, MVifeoOc. Detroit. Wheat Extra, Jl.lSUl. 13' J. Corn 7o7U'4c. Oats tt;-4'(ot;;4c. Pressed llrxjs $7. 00. Toledo. Wheat Amber Michigan, 1.10; No. 3 Ked, $1.08'4TV 1.01. Corn High Mixed, new, b9!if".6y?c. Oats'Su. 2, 56!4t'i57c. Buffalo. Beeves S.80Yr;'.2.". 1orjs Live, $0.007.15. Sheep Live, $ t.75Tj,.00. East Libeutv. Beevf ISest, fO.25CTfi.75; medium, $5.2.79 5 50. Uoq Yorkers, $0.4Ov K.ttO; Philadelphia, $7.:HK&7..r0. Sheep Beet, $b.252.50; medium, $4.50(15.50. The rresidenf s Message on Fortillca Hons and Armaments. S8 Washington. Jan. 20. The President sent the following nies ge to Congress to-day : To the Senate and House of Representatives: In my annual message of Dec. 1, 1&73, while inviting general attention to all recommenda tions made by the Secretary of War, your special attention was invited to the impor tance of preparation for war in the arming of oursea-coast defenses. Proper armament Is of vastly more importance than fortifications. The latter can be supplied very speedily for tem porary purposes when needed. The former cannot. These views pain increased strength and pertinence as the years roll by. I have now asjain the honor to call special attention to the condition of the armament of our forti fications and the absolute necessity for imme diate provision by Congress for the procure ment of heavy cannon. The large expenditures required to supply the number of guns for our forts is the strong est argument that can be adduced for a liberal annual appreciation for their gradual ac cumulation. In time of war such preparations cannot be made; cannon cannot be purchased in open market nor manufactured at short notice. They must be the product of years of experienced labor. I herewith inclose copies of the reports of the Chief of Ordnance and of the Board of Ordnance Olliccrs on the trial of the eight inch rifle, converted from the ten-inch smooth bore, which shows very conclusively an eco nomical meansof utilizing the useless smooth bores and making them into eight-inch rilles, capable of piercing seven inches of iron. The 1,294 ten-inch Rodman guns should, in my opinion, be so utilized, and the appropria tion requested by the Chief of Ordnance of $250,000 to commence these conversions is earnestly recommended. While" convinced of the economy and necessity of these conversions, the deter mination of the Injst and most economi cal method of providing guns of still larger caliber should no longer be delayed. The experience of other nations, based on the new conditions of defense, brought prom inently by the introduction of iron clads into every navy afloat, demands heavier metal, and rille guns of no less than twelve Inches iu caliber. These enormous masses, hurling a shot of 700 pounds, can alone meet many of the requirements l the national defenses. They must be pro vided, aud experiments on a large scale can alone give the data necessary for the deter mination of the question. A suitable proving ground with all the facilities and conveniences referred to by the Chief of Ordnance, with a liberal annual appropriation, is an undoubted necessity. The gnus ready for trial cannot be tested without funds, and the estimate of $250,000 for the purjKise is deemed reasonable, and is strongly recommended. The constant ap peals for legislation on "armament of fortifications'' ought no longer to be disregarded if Congress desires in peace to prepare important material " the want of which in future wars must inevitably lead to disaster. This subject is submitted with the hope that the considera tion it deserves may be eiven it at the present session. (Signed) U. S. Grant. Executive Mansion, Jan. 2 1S73. The Troposert ew Plan for the Elec tion of President. The following is the full text of Sena tor Morton's proposed amendment to the Constitution providing for a change in the manner of electing the President and Vice-President of the United States: lie' 'A 'veil b'j the Senate and Ifmse f Iiepre sentathvs, in Congress AssembM, Tirit-ttird of Ktfli Hutixe t'onrnrrinff Therein, That the folj lowing1 article is hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States 6hall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Con stitution, to-wit: Article 1. The President and Vice-President shall be elected by direct vote of the people in the manner following: Each State shall be divided into districts equal in num ber to the number of Representatives to which the State may be entitled in Congress, to be composed of contiguous territory, and to be as nearly equal in opulation as may be; and the person having the highest number of votes in each district for President shall re ceive the vote of that district, which shall be counted one Presidential vote. 2. The person having the highest number of votes for President in the State shall receive two Presidential votes from the State at large. 3. The person having- the hicbest nunilcr "f Presidential votes in the Liiitcd Slates shall lie President. 4. If two persons have the same number of votes in any State, it being the highest num ber, they shall receive each one Presidential vote from the State at large, and if more thau two persons 6hall hove each the same number of vutcs in tiny State, it being the highest number, no Presidential vote shall be counted from the State at large. If more persons than one shall have the 6ame. number of votes, it being the highest number iu any district, no Presidential vote shall be counted from that district. 5. The foregoing provisions Bhall appty to the election of Vice-President. 0. The Congress shall have the power to provide for holding and conducting the elec tions of President and Vice-President, and to establish a tribunal for the decision of such elections as may be contested. 7. The States 6hall be divided into districts by the Legislatures thereof, but Congress may at any time by law make or alter the same. What Are " Fictions." The committee say that there was no intimida tinirof the colored voters last fall; that, the elec tion was conducted w ith remarkable fairness. The stories of oppression and lawlessness by the White League are fictions. The report of the sub-committee of Congress who visited New Orleans is thus summarized by a Democratic news paper. Taken altogether, this is perhaps the most remarkable report ever sub mitted by a committee of Congress. If there is anything stranger than the re port, it is that such a committee were ever sent to Louisiana to make it. "We know of no other instance in which a dominant party has delegated work of like importance to individuals all of whom were either opposed to it or were utterly indifferent regarding the subject investigated. If the report were not so palpably and transparently false it might cause the country to believe that all" the stories of outrage in the State named were purely imaginary; but the sub-committee have gone so far in their prejudices that thev have overreached themselves, and their report will only create a smile of contempt. ' There was no intimidation!" "Where, then, the necessity for such certificates as the following: New Orleans, Nov. 28, 1874. This is to certify that Charles Durassa, a bar ber by occupation, is a member of the First Ward Colored Democratic Club, and that at the late election he voted lor and worked in the interests of the Democratic candidates. William Alexander. President First Ward Colored Democratic Club. Nick Hock, Secretary. Was this to insure the safety of the bearer of it? Everybody knows it was, and for this reason the colored men clung to these certificates as they would to a life-preserver. Those who did not have them occupied dangerous ground indeed. " No intimidation!" Wherefore, then, such words as the following, from the Westville News, which w ere substantially repeated by every White League organ in the South : The white man's party is the only salvation for the State. Show the ne'ro his place and make himketpif. If tee, can't rote, him down we can knock him down, and the result will be the same. "No intimidation!" Why was lan guage like the following employed by the Shreveport 2'ines again and again : The white people aire determined to protect themselves to the taut extremity, and by the more diex rate means the bt'ti-r. We say again, wk are going to carry the tlections in this State his fall. "But the 6tories of lawlessness and oppression are fictions." Are they, in deed! Pray what kind of peace, quiet and liberty are indicated by the follow ing? The victims, it need scarcely be remarked, were all Republicans: An Inquisition taken for the State of Louisiana at Caspiaua aud Canipo Bella plantations, iu the parish of Caddo, on the :tlst day of August, 1871. hefore Justice Marion, acting Coroner of said parish, upon the bodies of six unknown men, three of whom are on the Caspiaua plantation and three on Campo Bella plantation, lying dead. The jurors, whose names arc hereunto sub scribed, being dulv sworn, do hereby render as their verdict that said six men came to their death by gunshot wounds produced by parties unknown to us. Signed by W. J. Hutchinson, Foreman, and eight other jurors, and attested by John Marion, Justice of the Peace, acting as Coroner. But why quote these positive acknowl edgments ol" guilt from the momlters of the White League themselves? Have they not been given again and again, and if the committee would not believe men who confessed themselves guilty of murder, and boasted of it, what testimony can satisfy them? "There was no law lessness," and yet this committee were walking the streets where a few weeks before an organized army of rioters de fied the law, murdered the guardians of the city's peace to the number of a score, and only retired when driven out by the power of the Federal army. Even while the committee were there in person they witnessed an attempt to overturn the law of the State by violence, and organized the Legislature by force; and yet they have the temerity to say that all is peace ful and serene! The report is an insult to the intelligence of the country, and the feeble-minded gentlemen who made it have evidently mistaken their calling. Inter- Ocean. Letter to the President from the Gov ernor of Iowa. Washington, Jan. 22. The following letter has been received at the Executive Mansion: State of Iowa, Executive Department, Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 12, 1873. ( To the President: I have watched with anxiety the progress aud development of the Louisiana imbroglio, and in the recent climax of an insurrection ary spirit and purpose shown by the people of New Orleans, representing secret organiza tions hostile to the Government, I have been gratified by the promptness with which the revolutionary schemes were met and de feated. It is also a source of grat ification and an earnest of the wis dom and moderation with which the mili tary arm will be used to suppress this incip ient rebellion that the commander of this de partment is a General whose past services to the country, whose brilliant reputatiou as a soldier and whose patriotic devotion to free dom are recognized and trusted by every man whose heart was w ith the Union during the war of the rebellion. These people do not believe that he will abuee his power, and they know that he will not sutler the rights for which he and his comrades periled their lives in the past to be trampled down by an organized mob. I may safely say that the masses of Iowa, who sym pathized with you and your army when you confronted the rebellion at Vicksburg and Richmond, sympathize with you in your pol icy to-day when confronting its lingering spirit at New Orleans. It is true that the people who were with you when civil liberty was imperiled by undisguised and recog nized warfare will be glad when the spirit of law and order shall so far take the place of turbulence and insubordination, and tran quillity and peaceful industry shall again so generally prevail, that military interference to preserve peace and prevent bloodshed will become unnecessary in any of the States. But if the Government of any State is to be a government of force they prefer Federal bayo nets iu the hands of men who have proven their fidelity to the country to shot-gtuis and bowie-knives iu the hands of White Leaguers and Union haters. With great respect, truly yours, c. C. Caiu'Entek. Kid GloTes. Besides kid, gloves are made of goat, lamb, sheep, and calf skins. The rat skin story is a pure fabrication. A gen tleman who has been in the business for the last fifteen years told me he never Baw a rat-skin glove in his life. Nearly all the gloves sold in this country are made iu France and Germany. They are cut at the factories and sewed in the sur rounding country. Italy, Sweden, En gland, and some other countries manu facture gloves, but not to the extent of France anil Germany. The kids of which gloves are made are taken from the mother before they arc weaned, so that the skin may be of perfect quality. The other animals of whose skins gloves are manufactured arc very carefully raised. They arc never allowed in any but the smoothest pastures, for the fclightest bruise or scratch from a stone or twig would unfit the skin for use. There arc no kid gloves of any consequence manu factureilin this country, for the reason that it costs a great deal more than to import them. It is the cheapness of labor on the other side of the water that makes them cost so little over there. People complain of the high price of gloves in this country, when in Europe they are so cheap. Perhaps we are a little over charged, but then it should be borne in mind tlmt the Custom-IIouse dues are 50 per cent., and that there arc great risks in the business. To give some idea of how great an un dertaking the manufacture of kid gloves is: The tawing or dressing of the kids preparatory to dj eing requires twenty four manipulations. And among the twenty-four manipulations which con stitute the dressing of the skin there is one w hich requires that it should pass through eleven different hands; for the making, it passes through fifty-six. These facts will make the reader under stand the quantity of labor necessary for the making of this delicate production, which is destined to last so short a time A skin to be dressed must pass through 138 hands; the operation of dyeing re quires eighteen manipulators, the cut-tlng-out thirty-four, the sewing seven teen, the putting in dozens and packing twelve. A glove, from the state of skin with the hair on to that of a finished glove, passes through 219 hands. One large manufactory in France employs 0,700 hands, viz.: Dressers, 200; dyers and openers, 40; glovers, 240; clerks and overseers, SO; undertakers of sewing, 40; seamstresses, 4,150. This establish ment dresses every year 600,000 kid skins, French and foreign. It dyes 512, 000 kid skins, and cuts out 900,000 pairs of kid gloves, which are sewn in differ ent departments. (The sewing of a woman's small glove comprises 2,500 stitches.) The dressing and the dyeing together require 1,000,000 yolks of eggs. The yolks of eggs are employed in dress ing the skins and dyeing. The whites are used for making albumen. It may be that in the course of time kid glove making will be among the industries of America; but it is exceedingly doubtful. Uor. New Bedford Mersury. The Overworked Man of Easiness. The London Sanitary Record, in an in teresting article on " Overwork," gives the following graphic picture of the business man who is overtasking his powers : " Sooner or later he finds that his day's work has become an effort, a toil rather than a delight; the last hour has become a strain only maintained by determina tion; a sense of exhaustion and fatigue en velops his closure of the day's work, and the last columns of figures have present-, ed difficulties hitherto unknown, and the last pile of letters has seemed more try ing than of yore. Anything new, of an unwonted character, making special de mands upon the higher faculties, becomes arduous and distasteful, revealing the fact that the higher powers are first commencing to give w ay, to announce their inability ; while the mcie routine matters, which have almost become automatic, or even habitual, can still be effectively discharged. But in time even these lower processes are affected, and the last half hour at the office is a distinct trial, and is fol lowed by a new sense of exhaustion. There is a certain amount of irritability combined with the sense of exhaustion, that irritability which is ever found along with the exhaustion of nerve matter; this irritation, sometimes almost amounting to exaltation, marks the com mencement of nervous exhaustion and failure. While work seems to become more irksome, the usual sources of pleas ure no longer afford their wonted solace and satisfaction. There is a heightened susceptibility to any little trivial annoy ance, domestic matters are felt more keenly, the dinner is not so satisfactory, the children are noisy ; the more neces sity for rest, and the more distinct the craving for comfort and quiet, the less seems forthcoming. There is an emo tional exaltation which reveals the irri tability of the exhausted nerve centers; the newspaper is stupid and uninterest ing, the piano wants tuning, servants are deteriorating, children are less obedi ent, and wives less sympathizing than of yore. The mind is as sensitive as is the skin after a blister; the slightest touch produces pain." Which Should Hare the Child? It is recorded of Solomon of old that he once had a tough case to decide as between two women, each claiming the motherhood of the child. To settle the question the wise King proposed to cut the child in two and give each woman a half. The true mother was then re vealed when she agreed, without any other scratching or pulling of hair, to give the other woman the little one and save its life. A question somewhat sim ilar lately was sprung up between the station-master and a porter at an En glish railway station. A basket came to the station which, upon being opened, was found to contain a living child. The station master declined the gift, but the porter, pitying the poor little helpless wanderer, volunteered to accept it and took the basket and child to his humble home by general consent the station master being glad to get rid of the package so easily. The porter and his wife were made glad, for they were child less, with strong paternal desires un gratified. They lifted the baby gently out of the basket and found a treasure of another sort. It was a package of money, and counted out 800. Soon as the station-master heard of the porter's good fortune he demanded the basket and its contents. Of course the porter refused to give them up, and hence the question of right between them. It would not take a Solomon to decide to which of the men the mother, could she be consulted, would intrust her child. The " Crjins Doll." Somebody gave Thomas Cooley's Bister a crying doll" on Christmas and Thom as found much satisfaction in punching it in the stomach so that it would squeak. Arguing from his experience with the doll he concluded that his baby brother might be made to produce noise by the same process. So the first time he found himself alone in the room with the child he went up to it. and gave it a terrific dig in the abdomen. As this knocked the breath out of the baby it did not cry; and so Thomas placed both elbows upon the child and pushed three or four times with considerable violence. Still it was silent. Then Thomas climbed into the cradle and seating himself upon the baby jumped up and down often enough to produce music for any doll baby that was properly constructed. In the midst of the exercises he heard his mc ther coming and knocked off, with the intention of resuming his experiments at some future time. But he never will re sume them unless the little one has a stomach in heaven. For Thomas Cooley's baby brother is an angel now. Max Adeler, in Danbury News. ALL sums. A negro man while fishing iu Green liivcr last summer caught a large catfish. Wishing to go farther up the river he put a string through the gills of the fish, tied it to a root in the water anil went on. In a short while another negro came along w ho had caught a small cattish. Seeing the large fish, he exchanged, leav ing his and taking the other. Toward evening the first fisherman, returning, stopped to get his fish. Taking it out of the water and seeing a very small one instead of the large one he had left, he said : " Dis ain't my fish ; yet it nuts' be for it's on my string; but lars a marsa, how he swunk!" Owensboro Examiner. Miss Gertrude Pillow, daughter of Gen. Gideon .1. Pillow, of this city, shot a bear near Old Town landing, Ark., last week. The young lady was attended by a youth named Charles Mitchell, brother of Capt. John II. Mitchell. Bruin re ceived two loads from a double-barreled shot-gun, and, turning over with a sigh somewhat akin to a growl, quietly breathed his last. He was of a very large size and the steaks were juicy and nice. Miss Pillow has the reputation of being skilled in the use of the fowling piece, and has brought down many deer. Memphis Appeal. Apparently the opening of the new opera-house in Paris is to furnish a polit ical scandal as well as a pleasure to the public. In the original plan there was an imperial box, as the plan was made under the Empire, and this box still ex ists. There has consequently been some curiosity to know what disposition would be made of it. It is now reported that this box has been permanently hired to a club and that the club will keep it "systematically empty," and so it will constantly stare the public in the face as the place where the Emperor ought to be. One of the Paris almanacs has this story, signed " Laboulaye": A lazy girl who liked to live in comfort and do noth ing asked her fairy godmother to pi vc her a good genius to do everything for her. On the instant the .fairy cailed ten dwarfs who dressed and washed the lit tle girl and combed her hair and so on. All was done so nicely that she was hap py, except for the thought that they would go away. " To prevent that," said the godmother, "I will place them per manently in your ten pretty little lin gers." And they are there yet. "Arc vou going after that sugar?" called a M"arquettc (Mich.) mother to her boy who was on the street. "Am I going after that sugar?" drawled the youth in a saucy and impudent tone ; but just then he happened to see his father com ing up behind him, and he said very re spectfully and lovingly: "Why, of course I am, ma I didn't know you needed it right away." Mining Jvurmtl. Prince Bismarck wears a revolver since he was shot at by his would be as sassion, Kullmann, and since he has be come persuaded of the assassinating ten dencies of his antagonists. He laugh ingly remarked to some of his friends that hereafter the Chancellorship of the German Empire and a six-shooter must go along together. Berlin smiles grimly w hen it does smile. An American, who has been travel ing at night on a Mexican railroad, says hejpas astonished at the amount of cock crowing along the line about the hour of daybreak. His first impression was that the train must be passing through end less rows of roosters, but he discovered at last that every other Mexican on the cars had a game-cock under his terape. An ambitious Piovidence under taker went to Boston, and there, falling in love with a wealthy lady connected with one of the "old families," asked her hand in marriage. The proud dam sel looked at him scornfully for a mo ment, and said: " Sir, I must consider your proposition a grave joke." Abner Granger, of Mliine, spoke up one evening twenty-four years ago and said he guessed he'd go out and fodder the cows. He went out, but has never returned. If this meets his eye we'd like to have him understand that we think he's the slowest man to fodder stock ever heard of. Detroit Free l'rr. John L. Paget, of Cornish Flat, N. IT . Ktill shaves" himself with a razor which was the only one used by his f 4 l . .. I, n ..1,1 ,rr1.tr IttlUl'l, V 11 'J (JUI lb JL cill eiu ju,u viiiij years of age, who in turn bought it when he was a young man for sixpence at a f pawnbroker's shop in the city of Glasgow, t was an old razor then. The Exeter (N. II.) Bank lately no tified a man that $500 stood on its books to his credit and subject to his order. As he had made no deposit there the an nouncement was a surprise, but did not impair his confidence in the bank. He now thinks a former employer must have done it. A man was recently found lying in sensible in the street by the police of Baltimore. He has since been claimed by a woman, who positively identified him as her husband, and by a young man. astraneerto the woman, who is just as positive that the man is his long- lost father. The Chinese have names which cor respond in frequency with the Browns and Smiths of Anglo-Saxon Christendom. Those most frequently occurring are Ching, Chang, Wrang and Shih, which are the equivalents of "gold," "long," " prince" and " stone." Chicago claims to possess the " Belle of the Eastern Slope" in a seventeen-year-old daughter of a liquor merchant. She has been kept very secluded since her return from school in Germany, but is soon to rise upon the view of an en raptured world. The exclamation of an old lady on hearing of the execution of a man who had once lived in the neighborhood was: " Well, I knowed he'd come to the gal lows at last, for the knot in his handker chief was always slipping round under his left ear." Miss Jennie Britton," of Lewisburg, Pa., has gained a reputation as a skater by propelling herself thirty-two miles on the ice in three hours and thirty-live minutes, the other day. Full-Dress Toilets. Parisian modistes delight this season in quaint and new combinations of color and are fast discarding the familiar rose with pearl, or pink with blue and s?.lmon, for fresher fancies and more daring ar rangements. Extreme shades of one color and the pretty monotone dresses of several kindred hues arc also aban doned for odd contrasts made up of a very light tint of one color with a dark shade of some opposite color, such as pale pink with chestnut brown, sky blue with seal brown, straw-color w ith garnet, or fiesh pink w ith emerald green. Brocades are fully restored to favor again, but instead of flowers and stripes the more novel designs, like coins and scales, are sought after. Velvet is also much used for full-dress toilets, and in stead of black being used exclusively colored velvets are worn, especially blue in its lightest and darkest shades. Satin is also in favor again. One of the rich est satin dresses made this winter is in Spanish colors, viz. : salmon with pink hues predominating, trimmed with scar let geraniums. Very stately dresses are made of the new embossed velvets that come in deep positive colors gray, violet, brown and peacock-color. Tfiesc have a soft repped surface, with arabesques of self-color in deep velvet pile. Like the rich materials just noted these are used mostly as ac cessories of a dress rather thanir a full toilet. Ostrich feather bands are its most effective trimmings. High corsages are almost always made with fanciful basque waists, though la dies with fine full figures like the plain corset waist extending smoothly over the hips, and laced behind. Transparent sleeves, short pulls, long shirred sleeves and autique sleeves reaching just to the elbow are all worn with high waists. Young ladies select high corsages with short sleeves a pretty and girlish fashion. The high neck may be heart hhaped, pointed or square, anl those cut three-quarter low and square are also in vogue. Low corsages are usually either pointed or else iu corset shape, though very many imported dresses have the round Josephine waist. A bertha finishes the neck of low corsages, ami the sleeves are as short as possible. Trained skirls are of medium length, anil cling closely to the figure in front. Shirred lront breadths, elaborate tabliers of various kinds, and the wide-flowing pleated back breadths are the conspicu ous trimmings. There are a few round ovcrskirts made with full-dress toilets, but aprons of every shape are seen. A lace point, either black or white, forms the prettiest apron, and when put oifwitli the back in front falls at once into fash ionable shape. While beaded tulle aprons come in this design; they arc edged with side-pleated tulle, and a flounce of the same trims the tkirt of the colored Bilk dress. Sashes must be uniquely arranged. The simple bow with end streaming be hind, or the scarf-sash worn below the hips, will not answer now. More elabo rate festooning is used, and scarcely any two are placed alike. Sometimes the wide faille ribbon starts high on the right side and extends back and front to the left foot, where a bow holds the point ; on other dresses there is a regular side trimming of a ladder of ribbon loops un der each arm from the belt to the foot; w hile another fancy litis the sash begin ning on each side at the belt, festooned across the tournure, then draped to the end of the train, where it is tied in a great bow and attached to the skirl instead of streaming out from it. Snow-balls, chrysanthemums, gera niums and tipple-blossoms at e the flowers that find most favor this winter, not be cause they make as pretty garniture uh more drooping flowers, but because they have been so little used.- Many while dresses are trimmed with scarlet flowers such as geraniumsor poppies. Pink aud scarlet together are also popular in ge raniums and chrysanthemums for trim ming white dresses, of which there are more worn than at any previous season. Another caprice is for variegated geranium garlands and clusters made up of the rose-pink, the scar let Lady Washington, white i.nd amber -colored geraniums, with em browned foliage, or perhaps none at all. A cluster of pure while snow-hulls is put on the corsages of colored Mlks that have no flowers elsewhere, and many white, fresh toilets without nn atom of color have a full para re of dwarfed snow balls; oilier white dresses have tri color clusters of three chrysanthemums pink, white and crimson. The newest, paruret outline an apron, and sometimes there are triple garlands representing the stylish triple apron. .Apple blossoms of whitish pink, with thick, natural-looking woody stems, form lovely clusters for tulle and pale-tinted silk dresses. So.no garlands are arranged across the waist from the right shoulder to the left of the belt, and from thence three vines are draped to form the tablier. Hoses with loose, soft petals are used alone, or else are mixed with violets, apple blossoms or white lilacs. White lilies, with grass fringe, are' also admired. Prices rang'', from $5 to T'2o, according to style and quantity. Though most dresses are laden with flowers there are exclusive tastes that are wearied of them, and for these the modistes use quantities of rib bons in bows of every conceivable shape, with the new French blonde laces. The French fashion of excluding lace from brides' dresses is adopted here, more especially for very young brides. Simple, yet-very stylish, w edding-dressr of w hite silk have a tulle overskirt, made with lengthwise pulls down the entire front ami a vine of orange buds and blossoms betw een the pulls. The back of the overskirt is irregularly pulled and clusters of flowers are set about on it. The lower skirt has a wide silk flounce, edged and headed with a tulle pleating, anil a vine of blossoms also heads it. The basque is of plain silk, or else s covered with lengthwise puffs f tulle. A vine of flowers trims the neck and a spray extends down the center of the back. The youthful bridemaids look ap propriately dressed in muslin w ith Valen ciennes trimming and lavender, rose, pink or scarlet flowers and sashes, no two of which are alike. The novelty in thin fabrics for very young ladies and for bridemaids' dresses is white Chambery gauze in checks and half-inch blocks, with open figures like embroidery in the center of each block. This gauze is combined with pink or blue silk of pale shades, forming trans parent fdecves, overskirt and flounce s on a cuirass and train ot the silk. These square figures for gau.es are new er than 6tripcs or damask patterns, though stripes of three different widths are much used in a single dress, viz.: narrow stripes for the cuirass, very broad stripes for the overskirt and medium stripes for the pleated flounces. Another novelty seized upon by bride maids is the beaded tulle over dresses, all w rought and spangled with white jet. They are worn over dresses of plain white tulle, with pink or blue cmpe sashes tied low down, fichus to match, and bouquetsof blue forget-me-nots, con volvuli of blue and pink together, or else sprays and fringe of pink acacia. Pearl, gray, maroon and ashes of-roses are the colors worn by mothers w hen ac companying their daughters to the altar. A handsome toilet worn by a brunette matron on such an occasion is of very light pearl colored t-ilk and partly of plum color, with cardinal red roses for garniture. The shirred lront breadths of the skirt are of pearl color ; the back of the train in a great quadruple fold is of the darkest shade, trimmed with long looped bows of the pearly hue. Down each side is a w ide flounce of black lace, held by the dark red roses. The basque is dark, with pearl-colored sleeves. Hoses in corsage and coiffure. Diamond orna ments. The English fashion of bridemaids without groomsmen is followed this winter. The ushers who seat the guests escort the bridemaids. The ushers wear full dress always, even when the groom is attired in English morning costume. A small square bow of white gros-grain ribbon, with perhaps a w hite rose-bud in it, is worn in the breast of the usher's coat. Harper's Bazar. A Baltimore toy took his boots off to send to the Iowa sufferers, and every body patted him on the back, and the philanthropists made him up a purse of $50. The boy's father knew how the plan would work. The woman who wore her absent over's kisses on her lips for him to come and take again survived long enough to bestow them upon a responsible third party, with good collateral security. Brooklyn Argus.