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THE HERALD. PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. On Main Street, between 4th and 5th, Second Story. OFFICIAL PATER OP CASS COUHTY. Terms, in Advance : One copy, one year $5.00 Ono copy, six months j no 0n cpy, three months 00 NEBRASKA J JD JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. I'JGItSEVEItAXCE CONQUERS.' TERMS: $2.00 a Year. VOLUME XI. rLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1875. NUMBER 13.. THE HEEALD. ADVKKTIsrVO KATES. 1 VlUAro.. 2 nq im re 3 iinrcn. X column. f column. 1 w. 8 w. j 8 w. 1 in. .1 m. G m. 1 yr. fl 0" f 1 M) ti 0(1 f S f5 00 f 00 f II 1 W)i t (Ml 5 no! t 0,i I 8 W 3 '- i 60 10 00 9 7.' 4 0(1 4 7S H ('0 13 00 20 ' 8 00 10 00 1'J 00 00 VS 0O 85 8 00 IS 00'1 WIS OWS 0O'40 0O t ( 1 column.!l! oo 18 On. -J I no ti on 10 (hi m no loo op All Advertising bills dnc quarterly. t"S." Transient advcrUarmcnta must be iaid f4 in advance. Extra copltm of the Ilanam for ialo by 11. J. Streieht, t the Poctornce, and O. V. Johuoon, cur ncr of Main and h'ifib atrccU. HENRY BCECK, DEALER l!f SAFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, KTC.. ETC., ETC., Of All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASES. "Wooden Coflin.s Of all frizes, ready-made, and cold cheap for cash. With ninny thanks for pant patronage, I lnvit all to call and examine my LARGE STOCK OF lu 111 it art; niul CoIIIum. jan2S MEDICINES AT J. H. BUTTERY'S, On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth. Wholesale ai.d Retail Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, etc., etc. rf7rRESCRirTIONS carefully compounded at all bourn, day and night. 33-ly J. V. SHANNON'S Feed, Sale and Livery S7.I3XjXI, Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb. 1 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 K Will II un to the Steamboat Land ing, Depot, and all parts of the City, when Desired. . janl-tf First national Bant Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, 8l'CCE!SOR TO Tootle, IIsiiiiui fc Cltirli. JiiHH FlTJOETIALD K. ti. DoVET A. V. M Lm-;iu.in John O'Hocbke President, ...Vice-President. Cannier. .Assistant Cashier. This Hunk is now open for hnsiness at their now room, corner Main and sixth streets, and are 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 pnrt of the United States and in all the Vrincipal Towns and Cities of Europe. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED INMAN LINE and ALLAN LINE Persons wishing to bring out their friends from Europe can rritcHASK tickets rnox vs Tlll'Oll-ll tO X'lllttMIUOlltll. Excelsior Barber Shop. J. C. BOONE, Main Street, opposite Brooks House. HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO Cutting Children' and La dies' Hair. Call and See Boone, Gents, And get a boon In a n41-ly GO TO THE Tost Office Book Store, . J. STREIOHT, Proprietor, rou tour Boolcs. Stationery, Pictures, Music, TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, Violin Strings, Newspapers, Novels, Song Books, etc., etc POST OFFICE BUILDING, rUTTSMOUTS, JEB, O. F. JOHNSON, DEALER IN Drugs, Medicines WALLPAPER. All Paper Trimmel Free of Charne ALSO. DEALER IN t Books. Stationery AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS. t"ETrcscriptions carefully comjioundcd by an experienced Drnpgitt.jsi REMEMBER THE PLACE Cor. Fifth and Main Streets, rLATTSMOUTII, NEB. THOS. W. SHRYOCK, DEALER IX ITi-nit hi e ! Main St., bet. 5th' and Ctli, PLATTSMOUTH, - NEB. ALSO UNDERTAKER, And has on hand a large stock of Metallic Burial Cases, Wooden Coffins, Etc., Of all sizes, cheap for cash. Funerals Attended on Short Notice II. .1. WATEMM & S0i, Wholesale and Retail Dealers In PINE LUMBER, Lath, Shingles, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC., On Main St., cor. Fifth, FLATTSMOUTH, - - - NEB. FOR YOUR GROCERIES OO TO J. V. Weckbach, Cor. Third and Main Sts , Plattsmouth. (Gnthmann's old stand.) He keeps on hand a larjrc and wcll-seiected stock 01 FANCY GROCERIES, Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots, Shoes, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc. Also, a large stock of Dry Goods, Soots and Shoes, Crockery, Queensware, Etc., Etc., Etc. In connection with the Grocery is a BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY. Highest Tries Paid for Country Produce. A full stock at all times, and will not be undersold. Take notice of the Sign : "EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY." nlyl WILLIAM STADELMANN lias on hand one of the largo t stocks of CLOTHING AND Gents' Furnishing Goods KOR SPRING AND SUMMER. I Invite everybody in want of anything in my line to can at my store. South Side Main, bet. 5th & 6th Sts., And convince themselves of the fact. I have as a specialty in my Retail Departments a stock of riuciiuuimij V71 ..ll. u .nu uujr, iu .uitu 111' vite those who want eoods. I also keep on hand a large and well-selected lock or Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc. jarlyl PHILADELPHIA STORE SOLOMON & XATIIAX, SCALERS IX Fancy Dry Goods, Notions, Ladies' FnrnisMns Goofls. Largest, Cheapest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock in inc city. CURRENT PARAGRAPHS. Portugal lias prohibited the importa tion of American potatoes. Gen. Selden Connoh has been nomi nated for Governor of Maine by th Re publican State Convention, recently in session at Portland. The Agricultural Department, in its June cotton report, states that the ex pected reduction in areas has not taken place, the acreage being about the same as last year. The condition of the crop is excellent. The President recently addressed a letter to the Czar of Kussia, congratulat ing him upon the birth of a grand daughter. The letter was in reply to one sent by that sovereign announcing the important fact. The Central Bank of Indianapolis was robbed of $7,000 on the morning of the 15th. During the afternoon of the same day the two men and one woman who committed the robbery were arrested at Lafayette, Ind. Abraham Jackson, the Boston lawyer charged with being a defaulter and with having committed various other crimes, has filed a schedule in the bankruptcy court which pans out thus: Assets $171, 01S, liabilities $417,720. The recent conviction, by a Chicago jury, of three three-card montc men de serves to be noted. The evidence was unimpeachable, and the prisoners were sentenced to the Penitentiary one for three years, and two for one year each. " W. S. King, member of Congress from Minnesota, has given bail in the sum of $5,000 to answer at the next term of the District of Columbia Criminal Court to an indictment for perjury re cently found against him by a Wash ington Grand Jury. The loss occasioned by the late strike in the Pennsylvania coal regions is esti mated to have caused a loss to operators and workmen of fully $10,000,000. As the latter have resumed work at the rates proposed by the former a reduction of 10 per cent. it will be seen that they have gained nothing, but have lost from three to four months' wages. Many of them were reduced to the verge of starvation. The California State Republican Con vention met at San Francisco a few days ago. Gov. Pacheco's name was with drawn and the convention nominated T. G. Phelps for Governor, Joseph M. Cavis for Lieutenant-Governor, O. II. llallett for Secretary of State and Wm. Beckraan for State Treasurer. Resolutions were adopted indorsing the Administration of President Grant and declaring that his recent letter had definitely and finally settled the third-term agitation. We are prepared to sell cheaper than they can Dc pnrcnaeca eiscwncrc. aiVB XJS -A- CALL And examine oar Goods. t3T"Store on Main St., between 4th and Sth Sts Plattsmouth, Neb. lttti PLATTSMOUTH MILLS, PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA. Cox bad Hkisel, Proprietor. FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED, Alwtyi on hand tai for file at lowest cast) prices, Tba Highest Prices paid for Wheat and Cora. PariiculAr attention girts to cmtom work. A few evenings ago Tom McGehan, of Hamilton, Ohio, was shot at the bar of his own saloon, while in the act of drink ing. The shot was fired from the out side through an aperture in the window. Mr. McGehan's only claim to distinction is the fact that he was the client ot the late C. L. Vallandigham at the time of the accident which caused that gentle man's death, some years ago. It is thought that McGchan was assassinated in revenge for the crime for the com mission of which he was then acquitted. The Bureau of Statistics reports that the total value of foreign merchandise imported during April was $45,807,319 $11,793,285 less than the importations of April, 1874. The total value of foreign imports for ten months ending April 30 was $459,675,479, against $195,C05,GG9 during the corresponding period of 1874 a decrease of $35,030,190. For the same ten months the total value of com modities, the growth, product and nianu. factureof the United States, exported to foreign countries was $532,019,106, against $573,072,189 for the correspond ing period of 1874 a decrease of $40,-452,423. The National Board of Trade, com- osed of representatives from the various commercial organizations throughout the country, while in session at Philadelphia on the 17th adopted a resolution compli menting Congress upon the fact that it had fixed a day for the resumption of specie payment. The same resolution expresses the concern of the National Board that no well-considered methods had leen adopted for the execution of the measure and begs Congress to place the means for obeying its mandate in the hands of the Secretary of the Treasury at the earliest practicable moment, that resumption may be assured at the time named in the act. The centennial celebration of the battle of Bunker Hill, on the 17th, was a very enthusiastic one, and worthy the da' and the occasion. There were over 300,000 strangers in Boston, and a procession made up niainly of soldiers, extending over ten miles and requiring five hours to pass a given point, was a conspicuous feature of the ceremonies. The exercises at the monument were presided over by George Washington uarren, a lineal dc scendant of one of the Bunker Hill heroes. Gen. Devens delivered the oration, and Gen. Sherman, Govs. Hartranft of Penn sylvania, Beadle of New Jersey, Inger soll of Connecticut, and Vice-President Wilson made short addresses. EPITOME OF THE WEEK. CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. A writer in the American Educational Monthly 6ays that "no person should re ceive a teacher's certificate of any class, no matter how high his literary qualifica tions, until he has served a certain ap prenticeship (one year at least) to the profession in the capacity of pupil, teach er or monitor, under the auspices of a legally-qualified public school teacher, or until he has attended a normal school a certain number of sessions. Moreover, the principles and practice of education should be the most prominent subject on the teacher's programme of study and examination, instead of being the lowest and least important, as it is now con sidered, by the Government officials them selves receiving, as it does, only one half the number of marks awarded to other subjects. Such a fact is in itself sufficient to make teachers careless of progress in their art." Yocng Max "I left a lock of hair her a few days ago tc be fitted la a locket. Is it ah ready?" JeweJer "Very sorry, 6ir; it has be mislaid. But it's of no consequence, we can easily get it matched, sir." v i ; TnE American rifle team, which reached Quccnstown, Ireland, on the 14th, were enthusiastically received by the Irish Rifle Association and a delegation from the municipality of Dublin. Dur ing their stay in Ireland they will be the guests of the Lord Mayor of Dublin. A Washington telegram of the 14 th sa3's the Treasury Department was con fident that the' proofs already obtained were sufficient to convict all the "crook ed" whisky distillers. Indictments had already been found against some of the Western distillers. In the criminal branch of the United States Court in New York city, on the 14th, the members of the firms of Clafiin & Co. and Field, Morris, Fcnncr & Co., together with Col. Des Anges and Charles L. Lawrence, were arraigned to plead "to indictments found against them by the Grand Jury for complicity in silk-smuggling frauds, all pleading not guilty with the exception of Law rence, whose counsel asked for time, which was granted. II. B. CI all in & Co. have published a card, in which they say they have conducted their business honorably and honestly and that they expect to demonstrate their innocence of any complicity in attempts to defraud the customs revenue. The New York State Court of Appeals has unanimously reversed the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Will iam M. Tweed, and rdcred his discharge. The Judges hold that the writ of habea corpus has always been construed in favor of and not "against the liberty of the subject , and citizen, and the reading must be the .same whether the benefit of it is invoked by the purest and best of citizens of the State or the greatest sinner, and the one most worthy of condign punishment. Th?y say no warrant can be found for cumulative punishment upon a con viction of several offenses charged in a single indictment, the aggregate punishment exceeding that prescribed bv law for the grade of offenses charged. It was reported from New York on the 15th that the Shcritt had taken every precaution to secure the ar rest of Tweed in the civil suits immedi ately upon his discharge under the de cision of the court. It is announced in dispatches of the 15th that the long strike of the Pennsyl vania coal miners has ended, the strikers making an unconditional surrender. Some of the men stated that they had made a mistake in holding out so long and were in want of the necessaries of life. At Clearfield thirty-two striking miners had been found guilty of conspiracy and riot, and six of them were sen tenced to a fine each of $25 and costs and to imprisonment for one year; thirteen to a like fine and sixty days' imprisonment. Sentence was sus. pended in the case of the other thirteen. Dispatches from different localities in Nebraska, Kansas and Western Iowa on the 15th state that myriads of grass hoppers were in the air and flying in a northerly direction, many of them alight ing and doing considerable damage in some sections. It is announced that several important and well-known mercantile firms sus pended in London on the ICth, with ag gregate liabilities of over a million pounds. Santandeu dispatches of the 10th rep resent that the political situation in Mad rid caused increasing uneasiness. It was rumored that the Carlists were about to bombard Bilbao. The suspension of the firm of Bennett, Benson & Co., of Quebec, was announced on the 16th, with liabilities estimated at over $1,000,000. The commission to examine the new Custom-House in Chicago completed their report on the 16th, and it is said they rec ommended the demolition of the walls now up and the laying of a new founda tion. It was reported on the 16th that the difficulties between the Baltimore & Ohio and tiie Pennsylvania Railroad Compa nies had been compromised. An explosion occurred in a building used for the manufacture of fireworks in Boston, on the 16th, and six lives were lost, the burned and charred bodies lieing taken out of the ruins soon after the acci dent. The cause of the explosion was un known. The New Hampshire House of Repre sentatives on the 16th passed 173 to 130 the resolution reported by the majority of the Committee on Elections that Ray mond and Harding (Democrats) Mere not entitled to seats. A destkvctive tornado passed over Quincy, 111., on the morning of the 15th, and destroyed property to the value of about $100,000. One man was killed. The Minnesota Reform State Conven tion was held at Minneapolis on the 16th and nominated Prof. R. F. Humiston for Governor, J. B. Tuttle for Lieutenant- Governor, John II. Stevens for Secretary of State and H. D. Brown for Treasurer. The platform adopted declares that com petency, honesty and sobriety are indis pensable qualifications for holding public office, and that removal for mere differ ence of political opinion is a practice op posed to sound policy. Many additional failures were reported in London on the 17th, the following among others: Malcolm, Hudson & Co., financial agents of the Japanese Govern ment; A. Gonzales & Co.; Young, Borth "wick & Co., liabilities, $12,500,000; John Anderson & Co., liabilities $1,000,000; J C. Fonlier; Westhead & Co., of Man chester, liabilities $1,000,000: John Strachan & Co., East India merchants, liabilities $1,000,000, and Henry Adam- son & Sons, ship and insurance brokers The recent Pennsylvania State Temper ance Convention nominated Hon. Robert Audley Brown, formerly a Republican member of the State Legislature, for Governor, and Elijah F. Henry Packer, of Chester County, for State Treasurer The platform adopted pronounces in favor of woman iuffrage and against sectarian influence In tchools. Hoy, Wm. Allen has been renominated for Governor by the Ohio Democratic State Convention, which vnet t Columbus on the 17th. The balance of the ticket is as follows: For Lieutenant-Governor, Samuel F. C. Trejon, of Hamilton; Su preme Judge, Thomas Q. Ashburn, of Clermont; Auditor, E. M. Greene, of Shel by; Treasurer, John Schreiner, of Meigs; Attorney-General, Thomas E. Powell, of Delaware; member of the Board of Public Works, II. E. Ohagan, of Erie. Among the resolutions adopted was one in fuvor of limiting the President's service to one term nt a salary of $25,000 a year, and another demanding that the present financial policy of the General Government be abandoned, and that 44 the volume of currency be made and kept equal to the wants of the trade, leaving the restoration of legal tenders to par with gold to be brought about by pro. moting the industries of the people and not by destroying them." TIIE MARKETS. June 19. 18V5. NEW YORK. Live Stock. Beef Cattle $11.50313.50. Hops Live, $7.3T!i7.50. Sheep Live, $4.505.7a. Bbbadstujts. Flour Oood to choice, $5.30 5.05; white wheat extra, $5.7latj.40. Wheat No. 2 Chicago, $1.111.11-4; No. 8 Northwestern, $1.14'jai-15; No. 2 Milwaukee sprinR, $1.10PS 1.17.' Ryo Western and State, !Ric3.$l W. Ba' lcy $1.25:31.30. Corn Mixed Western, Sri 84c. Oats Mixed Western. 6SJ.li'Jic. Pbotisions. Pork New Mess, $19.4(Cil0.50. Lard Prime Steam, l:j4l:J?c. Cheenb 5ii 12V4c.' Wool. Domestic fleece, 433t3c CHICAGO. Liyx Stock. Beeves Choice, $ii.2."'-40; good, $5.S-X2'$.15; mcdintn, $5.5CT35.5; batch ers' stock, $1.(XX&5.S5; stock cattle, $3.50a4.7a. Hors Live, $f.65&6-90. Sheep Good to choice, $4.2j4.50. , Provisioks. Butter Choice, 20325c. Eps Fresh, 15lc. Pork Mess, $18.4:k.18.50. Lard $12.95(313.00. BiutADSTurrs. Flour White Winter Extra, $r..007.25; spring extra, $t.2531 8rt. Wheat Spring, No.. 2, !7(397JiC. Corn No." . 2, 69 Ofl'ic Oats No. 2, SftiftH'aC. Rye No. - a, S5(3ic. Barley No. 2, $1.391. 33. Lumbeb. First Clear, $ W.OJ-jti.OO ; Second Clear, $13.0(xa4T.OO; Common Boards, $10.0)56 11.00; Fencing, $11.00; 'A" Shingles, $2.75 (31.00; Lath. $1.75(32.00. CINCINNATI. Brkadbtufth. Flour $5.3535-15. Wheat- Red, $1.2031.25. Corn 72374c. Kye $1.08 1.10. Oats 6437c. Barley No. 2, $1.201.7i. Provisioks. Pork $18.C5318J. Lard 13',i 13? c. - 81. LUU13. Liyk Stock. Beeves Good 10 choice, $5,753 6.50. Ilogs Live, $6.25(57.50. Brbadstupfs. Flour XX. Fall, $5.0(J5.50. Wheat No. 2 Red FalU $1.343L34K. Corn No. 2, 67fc3K8c. Oats No. 2, 5S359C - Rye- No. 2, $1.081.12. Barley No. 2, $1.2031.22. Provisions.- -Pork Mess, $1'J..19.J. .Laru 12'13c. BRKADSTtrrrs. Flour Spring XX, $1.75 2 500. Wheat Spring, No. 1, $1.(3'41.04; No.2,9Sic. fl.OOM. Corn No. 2, b7V4bbc. Oats no. 2, 57V4Q58C. Rye No. 1, 9-K&944C Barley JNo. 2, $1.2031-25. ULi nun. BRKADSTUrwi. Wheat Extra, $1.2731.28. Corn No. 1, 7072c. Oats No. 1, 6161 c. TOLEDO. Brbadstuffs. Wheat Amber Michigan, $1.2331.31; No. 2 Red, $1.2131.21,'4. Corn- High Mixed, 74374'ic. Oats Mo. z, WJ'rdt.lc. CLEV-KLANU. Breadstuff Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.24 !i 25: No. 2 Red, $1.19131.20. Corn High Mixed, 74375c. Oats No. 1. 6'43e7c. BUFFALO. Livk Stock. Beeves $V603 .25. Hogs- Li vc, $7.0037.25. Sheep Lire, $17535 25. JCAST LIBERTY. Livk Stock. Beeves Best, $72,537.00; me dinm, $6.003t.25. Hogs Yorkers, $,. ... JO; Philadelphia, $7.wxi7.75. Sheep Beet, $j.2.j3 5.50; medium, $4.75(35.00. SWIMMiaiti THE EStiLlSU CIIAX- SEL. Capt. Koylon and Ills Llle-l'renorvinc Dre A SufOfMfiil Xrip Across the- ICnslial Channel. The villaec of Grisncz, the starting point, is on the coast of France, about 1300 yards from the light-house, and nine teen miles distant across me cnannei from Fan Bay, where this amphibious navigator landed. Before putting on his bathing or sailing costume the Captain was examined by Dr. Direr, his phy sician, and pronounced to be in sound health.and in a better condition than when he undertook his last sail. A deafening huzza greeted the Captain as he stepped into the water at three a. m. snarp, wun paddle in hand, shouting 44 live la Franfe!" His departure was announced by the discharge of rockets, blazing bon fires, and the roar 01 artillery Dy me vil lagers; also from the steamer rnnce Ernest. The sea was calm and dark, the moon being obscured by clouds; the wind was light, but occasionally blow ing hard from the southwest, and the weather was hazy, the barometer mark ing seventv-six degrees, with a downward tendency.' His course across the chan nel was tne most direct mat couiu uc selected, being the same as the last, though starting from the French coast this time, and the English side the last. After paddling about a mile to the north west of Gnsnez lie liailea tne convoying vessel and asked that his sail, which he had forgotten, be sent for, as he did not think he could get along without it. He fixed his sail, with a small veil nag at tne peak, blew his fog-horn, and started, but did not make much headway until after daylight, as both wind and tide were against him. At daylight the spectators on the vessel saw the Captain not far oil, vigorously working his paddle and under pretty fair Headway, wnen ue saiuieu them by furling and unfurling his sail, blowing his fog horn, and standing up in the water to show them that he was not fatieued ; after which he vigorously pad dled away amid rounds of cheers. At eicht o'clock, hvc hours alter sinn ing, he was seven miles from Grisncz, the starting point, and at twelve o'clock he had only proceeded about three miles farther, when another steamer, Hearing an excursion nartv. hailed him with cheers of encouragement, which saluta tions he acknowledged by waving tne stars and stripes; and after partaking of a luncheon and a smoke he again set sail, and frequently exchanged saluta tions of greeting witn I113 convoy steam er until about four o'clock..when she de- narted for the En dish coast to land the excursionists at Dover. At 4:15 a heavy storm broke over, accompanied by thun der and lightning, and a very rough sea prevailed, and ot course nis progri-ss was very slow, being only thirteen miles ,,t at ct t- m unii KIT TT11IP8 IfODl Dover, which he hoped to reach at dark, but, the sea remaining rough and the wind against him, he drifted about al mnfit. hplnlpsfclv until about one o'clock, at which time he was about three miles from llnvnr havintr onlv sailed three miles in seven hoars. At 1 :30 he had made n. half mile further, when, the tide and wind having changed, he steered di rectly for the shore, aoout two ana one half milna distant, and landed at Fan Bay, one and ne-half miles east of Dover, at 2:38, having been in the water twenty-three nours ana vuiriy-tigm min utes, sailing or walking or swimming or. rather, -doing all alternately, just nineteen miles. The course was north northeast and north-northwest-by-west Aftprthe congratulations of those on shore he walked into the water and hoarded the Btaanier Prince Ernest. where he undressed and went to bed, after being rubbed down arid drinking a little brandy nd milk, apd waj then placed in blankets. When he came on board he was in a heavy perspiration and slightly fatigued, complaining 01 his face, which pained him. on account of ex posure to the sun and rough waves, also complaining of stillness of the joints His temperature stood at 00 deg. and his pulse at 71 acg. At Dover an enthusiastic crowd thronged the wharf, and the steamer, on ncaring and imparting the success ofthc Captain and his presence on board, was saluted with ten guns. After sleeping a lew nours tne tJaptain went asnore, where a royal banquet had been prepared at the Pavilion Hotel, at which he was lionized ad libitum and, in a short speech, said he had 44 accomplished his task of cross ing the channel, and was glad it was over. His invention was a success." In a few hours he left for London and arrived here looking as well as usual, and apparently as fresh and buoyant as ever. Lvndun May CO) Cor. Chicago Inter Oaan. FACTS AND FIGURES. Kentucky has no public debt. The St. Piul directory has just been issued, and on the strength of it the citi zens claim a population of i5,b00. The total number of pieces coined by the United States in May was 3,401,000, and the value $4,300,200. a r 1 c k frm ...... - has been discovered in Southern Utah oy tne geologists 01 tne wnecier expedi tion, and one of 20,000 square miles in Arizona and New Mexico. TnEKE are in Georgia 27,535,030 acres of improved land, valued tit $!M,51 1,5)35. This is an average valuation of $3.50 per acre. Tho wild land of the State is re turned at 7,000,000 acres, valued at $2, 191.S54. A mammoth turtle was captured on Tybec beach, near .Savannah, Ga., re centl3r, four feet eleven inches long, two feet ten inches broad and one foot eight inches through, weighing 300 pounds, and containing 500 or 000 eggs. New Yokk city has a new city direct ory. It is a book of 1,800 pages, con tains the names of 253,031 persons 24, 000 more than have ever before been published and has been corrected, bound and printed since the May mov ings. This year the southern counties of California sent to San Francisco 5,380, 000 oranges, 020,000 lemons and 80,000 limes. The consumption of California is about 10,000,030 oranges a year, and 5, 000,000 are brought from Mexico and the Pacific isles. Di king the past eighteen years there have been eighty-four murders in Suffolk County, Mass., most of them being in Boston. Of the murderers, twenty-five were sentenced to from one to twenty years' imprisonment, eight received life sentences, seven cheated justice by committing mr'-ude, five are now await ing trial or sentence, and only two have been hung. It is stated that the honey product of San Diego Couaty, Cal., this year will be fully 000 tons. One million two hun dred thousand pounds of honey from a single county is prodigious for an indus try only about three years old. Los An geles County also is making tremendous advances in the honey culture, and in a few years the two counties will supply the world. The honey of Southern Cal ifornia is said to be without a rival in quality and flavor in any market. The State Board of Equalization of Kansas has just made a report. The total number of acres as appears from United States surveys is 43,123,200. Total as returned by county assessors, 30,025,202. Acres not returned, 7,007,000. Value of lands, $254,040,434 ; value of lots, $30,057, 781; total, $2!)0,(;'.t8,218 for the year 1874. In 1872 it was $424,452,081, the present valuation being $123,754,4G3 less than in 1872. It is thought by many Senators and others that the decrease in valuation will necessitate the calling of an extra session of the Legislature next winter for the purpose of devising means to meet the current expenses of the State. In view of the fact that; several of the wealthiest counties in the State, by rea son of the drought last year and the rav ages of the grasshoppers of this year, will be totally unable to pay their taxes this year, and will have to be returned delinquent, it is claimed that there can be no money to pay current expenses of the State for the year 1870. Artists' Life. Taine savs of artists: "A hard life that of an artist. There arc men of fifty whose names arc famous, who do not earn 10,000 francs a year. About thirty, after ten years' study, he begins to pro duce something; then sales must be made, and to make sales the artist must have the tact of a salesman. Some go fasting, and put in here and there a thrce- franc lesson; out even luai is a cuauL-u. Some paint backgrounds for photogra pliers, or large sigh-boards. At forty, with real merit, or friends in the newspapers, he may get into notice by constant ex hibition and pulling. About fifty he earns a little money and has cau?ht the rheumatism. Each year the number of rrnl artists prow less and less. lastc has declined since the division of patri-. monies has broken fortunes into crumb?, and the great profits of the Bourse soil society with new and vulgar wealth. Amateurs sell their galleries, bargain with picture-dealers, ppeculatc upon their stores. To succeed three things arc needful : The first that at the exhibition some rich bourgeois shall say: 4 There is a gay hunting scene, wnicu wm uu very well for the left-hand panel of my dining-room!' the second that he feel in the humor to spend his money, xnai ne has faith in his own taste, that his wife does not say no; in short, that he buys; the third, that ins inenas, naviug breakfasted before the picture, or der copies. But the 5,00) pictures of the exposition distract the at tention, destroy all beauty. A woman is pretty alone oy ner nrcsiue in ucrc.iy chair; put her among eighty ball-dresses and she is lost. How do 111c two or mree miles of pictures which are got ten up each year in Paris find sale? Reply is impossible. On this route the crowd is greater than on any of the others. For thirtv years oacK tne cnici cuaraciers ui novels whose heroes were formerly young gentlemen have been artists, especially painters. inertupuu aviate m mm di rection; numbers of young fellows who would have mwle excellent clerks have boueht gaiters and let their beards grow. What are they to do for their dinners? Many a one is worn out. This one takes a whole summer to finish a study. He rubs out, paints over, rubs out again, ends in losing all true feeling, becomes cross, irritable, talks feverishly and by fits and starts, like a man who has had a nervous attack. Many have utterly thwarted their natures and, after fifteen years of struggle, find themselves power less. Instead of an imagination full to overflow, and an impulse to pour out on tne canvas the very superfluity of their brains, they resemble the dried-up spring which, at long intervals, leaks out in mis orahlp" drons. A friend comes in. He is stopped by a gesture. 4 Stand just as you are; stretchout your arm. Perhaps I have found the attitude I have been looking for. At last, by mere chance, and after a hundred groping hesitations, they hang up something, and the creat ure, thus brought into the world by a miracle, is a pretentious abortion." Those counterfeit Triers' fives have reached California. KISSIXO THE CHILDREN. Kisses in the morning Make the day seem bright, Filling every corner With a gleam of liht; Ami m hut liupi'incfS he iniscca Who, aflccliov's impulse srornlng. Depart, and sjives no kisses To the children in the morning. Many think it folly; Many say it's bliss; Very much depending On whose lips 3-011 kiss! licit the truth I uni coiifi'Shintr, And I'd have you all take warning, If you eovct any blessing, Kiss the children in the morning! Kisses in the evening. When the lights are low, Set two hearts a-lluming Willi allec-tiou's glow; And the :ngc!s swarm in numlH.'rs Hound the pillow they are prcssitur, Who are wooed to peaceful slumbers liy a dear one's fond caressing. Kisses in the morning Arc not out of place; Kisses in the evening Have a special grace; And it seems to mu that this is For indulgence lawful reason; Sweetest tulips I mean kisses! Yii are never out of season ! OUK DONATION PARTY. We had all been to dine with 44 Aunt Walton" (as we called her, although she did not stand in that relation to any of us), a custom which began when wc were wee bits of girls, and which the good old lady insisted should be kept up, although all of us. had arrived at the dignity of being wives and mothers. Wc had done ample justice to the excellent viands which Chloe, Aunt Walton's old colored woman, set before us, and now we gathered around the blazing lire on the hearth to have a good chat. After passing from one topic of conversation to another some one referred to the do nation party to our pastor, which was to take place soon anil which all of us ex pected to attend. 44 Speaking of donation parties," said Aunt Walton, 44 there is a family in our immediate neighborhood which I think need assistance very much." 44 Who can it bc?"wc queried all to gether, for we live in a quiet country place where none possess wealth Sind none that wc were aware of were very poor. 44 The family that moved into that old house near the mill, recently," replied Aunt Walton. 44 1 managed to hobble across the fields as far as there the other day, and, feeling much fatigued, I con cluded to go in and rest awhile and chat with our new neighbor. I was much pleased with the manners of the lady, for such she seemed to be, although her surroundings were those of extreme pov erty. She told me her husband had died some time ago, leaving her almost desti tute, with two little ones, liut she had managed to pet along by doing any thing she could find to do uutil her health failed, and she had moved to this place hoping the change of air might prove beneficial, nhe did not complain, and was evidently trying to make the best ot her unhappy circumstances; but I have not seen anyone in a long time whom I pitied so sincereby. Our good doctor, who called here this morning, and had just been in to see her, said the illness was more in consequence of overex ertion and anxiety than of any deep seated disease, and his opinion was that a little timely assistance toward the support of the family Mould be nuite as much service as his medicines. Now girls, you arc farmers' wives and all have an aounuancc 01 just inosc things in which this poor widow stands in such pressing need. Now I propose that some of you get a horse and wagon and call at the house of each one and see what you can collect foi our unfortu nate neighbor." Well, wc all favored the idea, for it seemed so dreadful to us, whose dwell ings are filled with plenty, for aDyonc to be so lonely and destitute. So we soon decided that Mrs. C-ary (whose husband was storekeeper as well as farmer) should be the one to provide the convc3rance for us, and, as Aunt Walton had consented to go and intro duce the party, we separated for our respective homes to get our contribu tions rcadv. JUrs. c-ary started irom home w ith sundry brown-paper parcels (none of your small ones cither), which we found out afterward contained tea, sugar, crackers and raisins. Her first call was at my house, l had succeeded in capturing, after a good deal of coaxing and " shoo-shooing," two fine turkeys, and at first thought was about to have their heads taken oil'; but Mrs. Cary suggested it would be better to carry them aiive and let the widow dispatch them when she'ehosc. So we filled a bag of corn and another with fiour, which, with a pail of hominy, completed my contribution. Next we came to Mrs. Kent's. She had filled some sacks with potatoes and w hen she saw us coming she ran into the house alter a huge piece of beef and one also of mutton, which we carefully stOAved away in a big basket. 44 Mr. Kent has just had a beet and sonic sheep slaughtcrwd, and I was just in time to run off with a piece," she said ; 44 but those potato sacks, how arc we ever to get them into the wagon?" Which was iust what wc in the wagon were puzzling ' . ... r . 1 .... ..... 1. .1 .1.. about ; lor irom me nrsi we 11 ;tu de termined this should be a f eminine party, without any interference or advice from the gentlemen folks -just for fun, you know. Well, such a time as we did have with those potatoes! But after a great deal of pulling, jerking and shoving they were finally landed safely on board the wacon. Next to Mrs. Fenn's, who soon ap peared with a pot of butter (such butter!) followed oy the "iieip, orining a paw of lard and a l irgc piece of cheese. So we stowed the things and ourselves to the best advantage, and soon reached tho next place Mrs. SomTs'. 44 1 won der what she will carry," said some one. Some canned fruit, 1 hope," which was echoed by all, for we yielded the palm to her in that line. "Sure enough the trim little matron soon appeared with a basket filled with g'ass cans, through w hich the pale yellow of the peach, the ereen of the cage, and the crimson of the strawberry were plainly visible, also a jar of quince felly and one of honey; which after depositing safely, she ran away again, and soon came back with a nicely-smoked beef ham. 44 Two more places to call and our com pany will be complete," said Mrs. Cary, as we stopped at Mrs. Elton's neat little home. She appeared with a basket of snowy biscuits and puffy crullers and far down we caught sight ol a irosieu sun ac e, which we knew covered one of her de licious cakes. 4 I expected to invite you all to tea next week, and made some of this cake for the occasion. But I guess you are as well off without it," she said, laugh ingly . Then we noticed she had pulled a little cart after her which contained an enor mous ham, which for a second time called forth pretty strong efforts cn our part to coax into the wagon. Then on we moved to make our last call. Mrs. Reade was on hand, as she always was in every good work. 44 Girls," she says, 44 1 came home and found cellar and larder so empty that I can contribute nothing but thete eggs," holding up a basketful, fresh and white. ' Po you suppose they will answer, with a small sum of money?" (which we uf tcrward learned was a five-dollar green back.) 44 Of course, money is of a good deal of consequence, and eggs, too," said we. "Jump in." Which was no easy matter, owing to the assorted nature of our cargo; but, after some squeezing, a good deal of fun and laughing, wc were finally settled, and then Mrs. Cary'H 44 gray" set off at a pace that threatened to tumble basket, cans, vegetables and poor humanity en tnaxxe. Wc urged the lady to diivc with tighter rein; assured her that the horse would 44 sweat," as tho gentlemen folks say. 44 Well, let him, then. It will be in a good cause carrying assistance to those in need." So on wc went, over hi'd and down dale, at a speed which soon brought us to the widow's door. We had caught a glimpse of Aunt Walton's gray dress as we turned the corner of the road, and so knew she was within, ready to intro duce us. So, getting on a tide of the house where we should be invisible until every thing was in readiness, wc went to work to unload, which, after a good deal of exertion, wc succeeded in doing, then walked in and were iutroduced, and chatted awhile with the widow, then brought in, as best we could, our contri butions. I shall never forget the ex pression of that lady's countenance. 44 All these things for us? for us? Oh! God, how I have distrusted Thy kind providence," she exclaimed. Then fall ing upon her knees in the middle of tho lloor she poured out such a thanksgiving to God and implored such blessings upon his unworthy servants that there was not a dry eye in the room. W c left the happv, grateful woman in a .short time and had a pleasant ride home, rejoicing tha. Aunt Walton had put it in our minds to act out our part of pure religion 41 to visit tho fatherless and widow in their affliction." I have often thought since how easy it seemed for us to contribute of 44 such things ns we had," and have wished other farmers' wives might do thtr fame. 44 Inasmuch as ye have done it unlo the. least of thce ye have clone it unto Me." N. Y. Inde pendent. m m SENSE AND NONSENSE. A ciiiu of the son A grandchild. The law is always purchased at cost. A brutal husband favors a lick her law. Even the laziest boy can sometimes catch a whipping. I want to go home," says Red Cloud, with blood in his eye. The Charleston (S. C.) strawberry crop this year has netted $100,000. 44 1 no havec, how can?" said a Ios Angeles Chinaman, when asked to pay a debt. TnE St. John's Freeman says that tho quantity of lobsters taken in the Provin cial fisheries amounts to about 8,000,000 cans annually. Civilization slowly but certainly ele vates the mean duration of human life. As many live now to seventy as lived to forty-three 300 vears ago WnEN a reporter stands three hours watching two painters at work on a scaf fold, and waiting for the rope to break, it may, indeed, be called active journal ism. European statisticians figure it out that Jews live five years loDger on the average than other folks, and suffer much less from sickness while they do live. There's only one conclusion left in regard to the package missing from the Treasury Department it must have llown away. Riches have wings, you know. In consequence of the hard times the ladies arc contracting their skirts. In their expenses, however, they are in flationists of the most pronounced char acter. The wife in a family much given to conundrums was one evening asked by the husband in an excited tone: 44 Why are all these doors left open?" "I give it up!" instantly replied the lady. Does the Court understand you to say that you saw the editor intoxicated? 44 Not at all, sir. Only I've seen him In such a a a flurry as to attempt to cut out copy with the snuffers. Thai's all." No matter how sad and weary a woman may feci she doesn't read much poetry alnrmt death and the grave until her bon nctcomcs back from the milliner's for the third time and still isn't trimmed to btiit her. A Massachusetts boy recently found a pocket-book containing a large sum of money, and spent twenty cents of his own money and two hours' lime in find ing the owner, who rewarded him with a dime. Gentlemen's shirt bosoms in the latest style have a bias band of colored cam bric, about a quarter ot an inch wide, placed near the edge on the front plait, and trimming of the same on collar and cull's. A case came up in the General Term of Common 1'leas, New York, lately, w hereby it was decided that when a gen erally docile horse suddenly caunes dam age inrough fright and f ractiousiicss the owner in not liable. A younu man named Ifinkh y, of tiiir dincr, Me., who was accidentally shol by a companion about a year ago, has just died of his injuries, and hi mother and sister had previously died of overwork in taking care of him. There are 7,000 store clerks working in New York city on salaries averaging ten dollars a week, but ihey couldn't part their hair in the cenler if they were workinir on farms or in shops and mak ing thrice the wages. 44 Well, doctor, it's no use. I'm going to die!" 44 Nonsense," said the doctor. 44 You're not going to die at all. No man ever died with feet as warm as yours!" 44 Ah! ves thev did. doc tor." 44 1 should like to know who, then?" said the doe tor. "John Rogers did," said the pa tient. This, with his autograph, was Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes' contribution to a bazar and fancy fair at Manchester, England, for the benefit of a sick chil dren's hospital : Hnped in the clinsriii2 billows" trrip. From s?a-weed frinjre to mountain heuthcr The British oak with rootnl crasp Her sU-ndcr handful holds loj;el Iht ; With cliff of white and bowers uT Kre-n, And ocean narrowing to carens her. And hills and threaded streams between Our little Mother-isle, iod bless her! One of the grand items of the Centen nial expense which will fall entirely upon Philadelphia is the water supply. The present works must be largely in creased, and much beyond the peima nent or immediate prospective require ments of the city. One million six hun dred thousand dollars is asked for to effect the necessary additions to the present pumping, reservoir and conduct ing facilities TnE best trait in Barney Williams' character is the filial love and lovcrenco he has for the ould mother, an ancient Irish woman, who can never be tilth avenuized, who will smoke a pipe, who will wear a peat-bog cap, who has no book learning, and a brogue you could cut with a knife, but who has the place of honor at table and the best the house affords, who Is introduced to every guest with fond affection, who can go sit and smoke her dhudecn on the stone steps "forninst the dure av she plazes, as she says. What a fine example the play actor el s. AVw Tort LtUer. f- - ... O i