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r J- - s i . 1 wmm t p w ' r yu j.i 1UI1"B MIi-.il- .J - . - -. Jt i aw.fx3sjijwpt 4tzSLTKi'nit,ij'rv2zriisa&Eu -ucut ntrf t.u:ty .-jagfa; JRats of AcLverfisinff. THE RED CLOUD CHIEF. '& f Oor .... ttn, on? ?ar 3'3-QU Half - 0-00 Qsirur" " ' thTt nlTrtsenU.'jil i!rtL3jtnUfor l'.lsuf tiian oci yrJo 3trjct to a ;" LU Ical aaJ KturUl KUe 10 ctt a lts fot ir.: lanrrUos, a! 5 ecs'. for each tabteaeat Sa?'tKn. Lk: lTrtlta at Utet pr!c. j:-tlurs csnls $$ per jar. Tit?? a;o our lotJwCsi rate, asi roolhr FUBLISHED WEEKLY AT J' 9 i rrn tf &. 'fiEIl CLOUD. Wr.nnsH' & r ii u B , 1 iS 2 11 1 is: M. . 1 JL- UC -. ' --l-i.- w - im:. a:. VT'jLS.isrEK, VOLUME III, RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, APRIL G, 1876. MUMI5KR 35. Keillor and Proprietor. -Kjr 1 E :r J lt tf -- & - FOREIGN NEWS. Ferdinand Frciligrath, u,c German poet, died in Wm tenlierg, March 17th, being nearly CO yearg old. Michael McCorrcll, the murderer of' kelson Mills, was hanged at Hamilton, Ontario, March Mth. Roberts, the ex-President of Liberia, died at 3Ioravio, February 21th, and was juried with military honors next day. On the 20th of March, the ofiice of the Jitpuhhrjue Fruncaiz newspaper in Paris, was entered by burglars and rob bed of $11,000. A block of shipping warehouses in -Manchester, England, was burned March IflV wftb a 183 tf several hundred tbcusand pounds sterling. Tlie expedition of the Governor Gen eral of the Philippines against the Soo Joo pirates has been successful. Tlie Spaniards lost ."500 men during the opera tions. A relief fund has been establi bed in Spain for invalid and wounded soldiers and families of those killed during the war. It is believed that the army will bercduccf to $100,000 men. The Surgeon of the Turkish army lately in charge of the Hospital at Ga betta, estimates the Turkish losses in Horzegovinia during the insurrection to htvR been not less than 5.",000 men, a lfc?gu proportion of the deaths resulting from maladies incident to the war. King Alfoni-o on the 17th of March entered Madrid at the head of 25,000 troops, where a triumphal crown wu, pKfentcd to him, a dinner given to the Eoldiurn, followed ;by fire works, illumi nations, bull fights, and the distribution of medals and crosses. A hundred masses were said for those killed in the war. A dispatch from Alexandria, Egypt, fcf March 12lh, says that n the 8th the Abyssinian army crossed the river !);- cassadeppa aud attacked the cntren lied camp of the Egyptian army, when severe fighting took place. Ne.l day the Aliy iir.ians were repulsed, an 1 ret routed to Adowa. King Ivi-ssii, the Grand Vlser, x chiefs and five thousand Abyssinians are reported killed in the trenches. The Egyptians lost heavily, but their victory was complete. Jjkr.Nr.ItAL NEWS i OXDKNSh.,.- The Democratic State Convention of OHo has been called to meet in Cincin ,. May 17th. t . -00 George Lewis Cook has declined - r:cratic nomination for Governor ot Khodo Islsnd. Fillmau & Son's woolen factory at Foxboro, Mass., burned March 17lh. Loss, $S0,000: insurance, $7,000. The Republican State Central G'om--Jaitteoof Ma."sachufetts have decided to hold a State convention in "Rost'jn, Aniil 28th. D. Curry, convicted of assaulting Ed ward Iloscwater, editor of the Onnha Bee, has been sentenced to four yeais in 4he Penitentiary. Mary Ray, an actress, pud her infant child were fatally burned in New York, by an explosion caused by the careless ,se of lamp, on the evening of March 17. A United States marshal a few days ago arrested near Hockvillc, Indian.!, Henry A. T. Commaud, who is charged, with the murder of Peter Remy in Rel-4 gium in the winter of 18711. Ttie pris oner fled that country after the murder, and for the past six months has been lo cated at the place where the arrc:t was made. "As a freight train on the Northwest cm railroad was passing over a trestle work at Milwaukee, March ISth, the 0track gave way. throwing the train into the lake. The engineer named Berry, aaA the fireman named Lynch, were kraad. The Opera llouso erected in Spring field, J11., about ten years ago by Jacob XJjjnn was totally destroyed by tiro on tho morning cf March 17th. Three other buildings were badly damaged. Loss on building about 30.000 and other losses ' occupants foot up about $30,000. No insurance on the building, and only f 3,800 insurance on cont nts. 3 Mansfield French, popularly known as as Chaplain French, a prominent Meth odist mini iter, widely known as a friend o the colored race, died at his pastoral charge in Pcarsoll, Long Island, March '5th, aged 06 years, lie was born in Vermont, and began his theological tudies in Kenyon College, Ohio, in vbich State he preached for some time. The ovening of the loth of March Mr. fielding came into Fort Fettcrmau from camp at old Fort Reno. On the 7th fien. Crook left the main camp at Fort fieno taking a pack train aud iiftecn days rations for the cavalry, and struck out after Inaia imown to be north cf that place. Since that date nothing was iieard from him. On the way to Reno ihe command was attacked several limco Ly the Indian one" herder fc was. wound 3, but is alive yet Au infantry man Waa alto wounded ; no other casualties. THE XLIVth CONGRESS. Senate Thursday. March If.. Bill Jntrodncrd for vMatiliFl.lt;; tit- Tcrnturv ol Temblna. Atcfo lction na adojitf-d r (juctiInK tb Stcrctary of Iho TriaMiry to iuriili-Ii lor irifonrution of the -Sesatu thisnmour.iif rirodart of po'd atid diver lnhe United .s:cu-t Irom :.", t ifcT5. inclaElve: alf o the j.idoi nt f'f "o.il and Filvcr in other parts of tlii wor.d Utr the -arm; jftarc, srid an cptinnte ,r. Tplld nd i-ilvtr in th United Slate at the present iirnf. Senator CoiikIIiik, Ioan and CaBerun di-nied charcce saaie hy certain rewrj-lianer.-. FintiiiK that they have kept private vvcre uriet who wre paid an clerkc. The Benito .. ...... ...i i... ...... t.i.... ..f.. ..r . i. t.ti .- i-uiiii:ii : .iiji-iwuiiiLJnji in urn ijui iti provide i lor Hid resulite the counting of TOte ot I'resl-dt-nVnad VJce-r.-ecident. The hill va- ili-cn?Fed , ty ctlft:orI' i tiunnan.t tinHtiancy,r relliii;huyieri, Jolini-Uiii, Howe and Morton. After executive Fe."tini the Senate adlonrncd till M- nda. lluf-E. The lloufc went into Committee of the Whole on lh hill to tnpply the deficiency in the currency printini; unit rricravln'.' bureau ol the Treacury Jlepartinriit. and tor the i-ueof silver coin. In tn- plar of Iraciloiial currency. Th bill appropriate. 1-J.W. and directf the Secretary )l the 'frca-ury t ItMie eih'ereoln in redemption of a. I trciioiml currency outrtandlni;. !r. It-uidal!, CJialtman of the nppropiiation Committee, proceeded to est'am and advocate) tlif bit! Me-F-r? W-ird, ll-wittand Kcilv ptioku a-aln't the Ufae-f silver ce. In. and Mr. Iteaau in advocacy ef it- The re mmittec roun without action. Sknte Mui.dny. March -M Senator Wright denied 'he charge made In ce-rtain ncwpap r p.iraivaphs eif huviu Pr vt-' Serretan- paiel by the(eivirnment. IIo Faid he hud no private? Sec retary whatever thit the on'y person uhoeliel any work with v hie h he via- rimrierted wa the clerk ef the C'omnnfe-e- em Claims, who doe-.- iho work eif the 0ti.miiee. Se-jiator Wit lien from the- Apairepriatiejti Ciininlltff, repnrte'd the notice deflcietcy bill for It viJiurr the Sie.ux IndiniiF", and moved to ftnkc en Jjo'i.Mii) and Insert 3150, 000 an thf ajipieipriatloii, v. Inch watt a-rted te, and the b'H pacFed. cnateir AUiioii calleil up f-ir ccm-ieleratii :i lie lull proud n er an ar jne.it uith th'-Moii-t aa'itui in re.-ard to portion-) of their re--r:itnii lor oMut ptirpei-en. The matter wrf briefly d're iF-.d ly Sena'i.r Hitch cock, who :ml lie w-ih oppOM-ei to any further apprortrintion for the-c InditiiH or for other Com nii"i"ii' r-. lie r.-iiei then was one man emt there nu-.v, ; n. Crook. , who a as able to make an hi;! ii!ii n' v.ith the-e Iiidlant af any ComniU -:eii-iv i. bo ro'ild lie fi nt o it. The debute was loniiii.'d ty Scnatiir i5or.'j, Ilnimlton, AlHron and ICiiimiud-'. enator .Morton called up the bill fur count!.-; . : Tor I'nvtdent and Vlce-I'.-e-id -nt. -n:.t r Ualidolph iii1ure-aed I 'ie Sen at- in FUpjiort e f httaiuel.ili-it nt, liriividlii" thai -hniild tlie iMo I on-ei of Cein-ire-F, apiirjjj F,.jia ra'ely, fail toa..vti a toulnetiii the true and ali'l r.tn n- of a Mr1, then, and in that e-.ent oiilv the rriFideii! e.f tne Se-nate rlir.il render a eb-riFieiii i f lnej:e-tion, and FUrii renditor -ha'I be m lavor e.f . '. . return ot the Mate which h ill li:ve riiiii 1 uiMijoriynI all the ve u-f ea-t l.i IhiIIi hiei-i i,t ( tiure-r', coijMid.-n-d .- if both hoti-e- had e-a-l their vole- in jviiiu uicetini; afl ecmbled. F-eim'or Mortein eiifi red a re.-olnllnn. wiiirb w.'.s a;r(,i (i t.i, alli.'A.iiT tti Coiiiuiittte e u rr.vili'i- aud lilee-tloii-. to s-!t tluni.u tie fer -ion while ley -.re inve-itruli:.-; t n- e jfo eif beimtor Si., lie r. Tne chaii laid before the Senate the mii.iary bill froujrtl-t SIoum. vtjtli Miliiication Ilia it-- lln'.i.-e jail el iiiiiMitur in the :imrnd-in.nt-eif the Sia'r The Sena'c a;rve it to ad iieie in i MRLiiilmenT!1, aiivi a-!;ei n Conifittee nt Conference. e-!iBtir i-iref:it. Cocke-n-l, and Ilirvey. m rvai'pm.iii 1 em fie part of the Senate. lYiiiiiii e'in i:s-mu tne Senate went into Lsecu tr.i Sc--ioii a:.l tlien a:iour:ied. Ho: --B. AlCFrr-i. liauniu!; and Sa lor pr.ented the pet'.'ilil:- ol Willi l'. ell.ti'l It'll! Ohio. Ken- tucky. Indiana .ind Illinois ; rotCFtin, a-;jn-t e.tiy ciian; in the !ire-ent pliu of co:.cctitn tisi-f ichrreu. A bill wre lulroeluced bv Mr. l!ii;ik.nj. to re.'iiiate roniim rrc ami to prohibit iii ju.-t diM-iiiuin -tioim by common enrnerp. Sev ii il e '.irrency lull-were ,i!m introduced. The b.FiutF of the I)i-tnet of Ceduaibi.i was then laLea up, and -ooii aliei the Uoti-i adjourned. Ssnatk '" !, Match il. - Senat-ir (.'am tr.ni. of V. .fvi . - -i, pre-eiited a ioliit rio'stion of the I. -!-l of Wi-ror.-Mi, ai'aui-t i-rid;- ini tin- ". -- . ,.i Hi ver referred. I'elition .-.i. jire-e-T.'.-; 'v Senators Wright, I.ocan. i-iiw. e".x;i. r, Satiman, ( hr'-tiancy, l!i-aljp, iiiiil-am t.he;s. Irom Hood Templar- and oilier ti ni'iPRince r,un:zatIou?' ii tl. eeveral stateei s.ll i.rainjr lor tLcpatf-isv of jiroliib.tory litinor lhWi m the I) Ftrii t of i 'olumina, unrt a'so f-r'!ie i a-Fu-i of a I i proliitntlnR tiieiisef liijiior r.mone; eillicial-t in the civil, military ami naval -e.-vice-referred. Senator Alli-on called up the Finale hill proUiimt; for the azrei-mcj t w ill the SJonx Inilt.niH. Mud jiemliai; itcuMd t ia ion thi) im-rnir; In. it expired, and the Senate r. -iimeel the eoniidoiauoii if the bill to count ! o e e.t l'reident . nu Vice-I're.tident. Tins !. Ftii.n wa- taken em ihe atneni'mert of Senator liel:ni.hiieli to Jn-cit the foliovvir.tT: "The rCr. ret -hall be immedintely referred to the Chief .IiifIicu of the supreme e. ourt, pre"idin' ollirerel the Senate aud Speaker of the He'n-e. whore derl-iein Fla!l be final. If the Chief Ja--lli i" nIiFent. or unable to i.Ttend, tlie Ft-nior a-Feie Ute .Iutlri' tt t!ie Supreme Court preect l.i the caMt.l orei.her i':uc ol in.tintr "linll act in hl place." Amcm.mt.iit loft. The debate 1 eoiitii.iieil by i naiort steren-i'ii, Ttinnnan. Vtitlu-rF and Morteiii. sensteir .Mcxey pnij)eFcd au ..meiidr.ieu', which he asked to have ptined, proviuin'; that the ".'resident of the Seirue, acl-ln-r a- the jri -le'inj ilie-r of the two Iiou-e in ji.ua i-ioii, tliFli ditnle whleh is tin valid n.tmn. IVi.ritn tl.e d.FttiF-ion tlie Senate went lain t-wivcitiivt -e-ion and fioii after adjourned. Hot -E- Mr. Clarke, cf K niucky, lreim the Committee on ftailro- il- ami I'-uial". reported i bill auiht'riiinj' tin U'a-hinjton. Cincnnali ,t St. l.o-.n- H. 11. Co., to coii-tni' t a narrow ran-'e r.i!io.til fiom tide wa'er !. st. J..)ui aim Chicico reoummitted. ilr. Heavan, fremi he Commi'tee on Commerce, reported a bill to amend the law for the regulation of commerce ami navitation. ami tor leiii.-.iion of Fteam e?i li made tne -pee'iai eirel. r f.ir TueFday. Mr. l.ynde. from the .ludic aiy Ce mmifce. n pored ai erel on the liill provtdint' for the piintliiL' of -jpetciieF aud remrk- of member-ol Con-ire-- and Fe:iator. in :h- lar.-u.ii;e tn whleh tie-y .lie delne-n.il laid on the tihe. Mr. Caiiltleld, irom the Fame rout mittve. reported a bill niakiu-; it a mi-demeamir lor any je.'-sdii in the ervtco e"f the Ini'ed sta.e t' -o ictr or contrlbu'e funds for election jnr-po-e-F. or to ranwiF- in any state, comity or dig. trie;, in the United State-"." Mr. Hoar offered an amendment, providing mat the bill should no he coiiF'rued let prevct.t veuui.iaiy contribution) for th. pti'p - i cireulaiini; dncument-, or o! jro cur u-z public addre-Fi.-" on iae.-tion of jitiblic intere-t some eleb.-ite en-i;ed e-n the proposition to include senator-, ami l'epreentat!eF. Ir. Canltieid moved to reconsider Hie vote by which the m-in question ua- ordcri'd ea- I'll-, nav- 4. Mr. IW.il e itii-n ortVred an amemlment to Inc'iHde "Sei.ateir!-. Uepre!eniativc and Uelecate-" in Conjtre'," and to add the vvord "jiid ihe c-n-tribut ir of monty eir other valuable thin? as herein prolrbited by am senator, Kepreenttte or Delegate it C onre-T while hew a- a candidate for Cotii-re--. Fhail m additiiin to the penalties benin pre-enbevt opera'.e sf a liL-qti-ui'icatlnr. to hoUltn-; hiF eat.' Ameiumentt were al-o offered hy lieaiian, Hewitt ot Alabama, and Itrown of Ktntnrky. which are to be considered hen the til! next lomeF up. Mr. Heche oflend a reFoltition callln: for a Statement eif the account- of the Navy Depart inent with It1 ti-cal aseut i London, for every ear elnce ISttf - adopted. The Honse went into Committee of the Whole on the IcslFlathe and judicial appropriation Mil. SneechcF were made by Iluhbeli acaiiiFt the Mornson tuiiff bill, and by Fouler of Ohio, in .riticiFm of the redaction uropo-i-d in th lesiFlatHe approrriatijn bi.l. Farther ettb-ite followed in which MesFr. Blaine and Herman t. ok part, and ihei. the ceimmittcc roe withjutrction on tlu bi . Mr. Wei!, of MiFFiFSippl. introduced a bi'l topav bounties, to coK.xvd foldlers and their widow? referrrd. lloasc Adjourned. Parton ivaa not the first man -who married his wife's daughter. Some nftj years since, Eli!cr Anderson," h well known Baptist prevclier ia Csnaecricat, marrieil a widow. ianieBiDouqlass, with two children a boy and gitl. When she died he married the daughter, by whom he had a son, whosa father was his grandfather, and whose mother was his sister. A Paris dispatch ol March 17th says that aa arch oi ;he railway bridge over the river 111, nesr Larterback, gave! way uLder a passenger tr-iin irom ilul house for Strasbourg. Tiie irain was precipitated inio the river, and the cars failing on top of each otLer, ? ere dashed to pieces. Owing to thi.- iolence of the stream none ot the passengers could be saved. " All wero either crushed to death or drowned. Thirty bodies were recovered. FAR3IS GAUDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Coloring Clieene. The preference for colored cheese is one of the strangest commercial infatu ations we aie acquainted with. T! Yorkshire people, shrewd as foxes in things generally, .have a notion that plain cheese is not genuine for some reason or other, that it is not so rich as the other, whereas it is really the colored cheese that is not genuine that is, actually adulterated with annatto to produce the deep tint which they un wisely prefer. If these good people were to tasto just a teaspoonful of annatto, such as is used to color cheese with, we venture tjredict they would eschew colored cheese for the future. However, this fallacy is gradually being extinguished. London AyricuWl Gazette. OIil-I'aFliloneil Karuilne What would you think of the cabinet maker who should undertake to make furniture on a large stale by mean3 that were used eighty years ago, sawing out aiL the parts by hand, instead of by machinery, carving bedsteads and bu reaus by hand instead of molding the saw-dust, and all such thing? How would a tinner get along with the old fashioned tools, disregarding tlie use of diea and stamps? How would the wagon maker succeed shaving spokes by hand, morticing hubs by chisel and mallet? Or, how the shoemaker, di-daining peg ging and sewing machine. f Well, they might possibly make a living as they turned out their clumsy jobs, while others, working by improved and best methods, are getting rich. The old fashioned farmer, with poor tools, and disdaining book-knowledge, and the modern farmer, with the best of tools and with a head full of ideas, are paral lel cases. Micaicber. I'uiopklns for Cow -i. From a peck ol seed droppod and covered in the gaps of a corn field, a dairy of nine cows has been kept up to summer milking, and the quality of the butter is super-excellent; and six heifer calves raised from the above are as fat as moles. The cows are fatter, too, than a majority of tlie cattle slaughtered. These cows have been "taking about six pounds of butter per week, besides sup plying new milk and cream for a gentle mau's house with sixteen inmates. The pumkins are chopped up in the mangers with a spade, morning, noon and night, about half a bushel each time when cut into pieces. They eat while being milked morning and night, and they come to the yard and go into the stable for half an hour at noon. Beets, car rots and some other roots and small can of corn will follow, so as to keep up the milk during winter. Correspondence of Country Gentleman. .viie-oe-.t in I'l-iilt-Raisinc. We copy the following interesting item from the proceedings of the Horti cultural Society of Western Xcw York, in the Country Gentleman. "Mr. A. M. Purdy, of Rochester, called attention to the fact that, while farming might be advantageously pur sued in every part of the country, there were only certain localities where fruit growing is attended with the best suc cess. It is important to select the best places for raising fruit. On a farm of his own jcontaining 112 acres, he had formerly been unable to raise mote than $1,200 or $1,300 worth of farm products in . a year, but as this appeared to be specially adapted to fruit-growing, he had planted it tt large aud small fruits, and had since sold between $5,000 and $6,000 worth annually. A member present read a detailed statement ot the costs and profits of the celebrated Rath bone orchaid, containing ten acres. The whole expense was a little over $1,000, and the net profits since planting over $11,000. Fragrant Follajfo Grccliouse Plant. Gerniums, apple, balm, rose, lemon nutmeg and pennyroyal, lemon verbena Aloytia citriodora), cinnamon tree, myrtle tree, Laurus nobilis or sweet bay. Plants notr now in bloom having fragrant flowers: Heliotropes, Olea fragrans or sweet olive, orange and lemon trees, Gardenias of several varie ties, Daphne odorata, Stcvias a- d Eupa toriams. Tne following plants are also usually found in the greenhouse at this season, viz: Hyacinths, sweet violets, English primroses, mignonette, gilii flowers and wall flowers. The Jasmi num grandiflorum and revolutum, two shruboery greenhouse climbers, should be in full bloom at this time. Among the rampant growing and pro fuse blooming vine3 commonly trained upoa the rafters of the greenhouse, will be found the "Bignoma venusta, which produces an abun ance ot brilliant orange colored flowers throughout the winter, and the Bassiflora which is of rapid growth and blooms very freely. The flowers are of various shades, pur pie being the leading color. These two vines are tmoug the very best of our greenhouse climbers. Treamr.TD.ent of the Soil. The soil is the farmer's bank. If he would Keep his accounts good and have his drafts honored, he must take care that his farming operations do not im poverish his land, for that i-frl! inevita Mv impoverish him. There arc those account4trgood fann ers, because, in the main, they are rea - nably successful in their management, j yet who, nevertheless, blindly pursue I methods that are futile in accomplishing desired results. There is much working in the dark, and sometimes a great waste of labor. There are some things that ftre hard to be unlearned after they have b.en long practiced with apparently beneficial efleats, out which really had "f1 " littlrt agency iu jjrounciij uigsu effects. A hundred years and more ago Jo thro Tull believed and taught that, by suf ficient culture, the soil would produce crop-i year after year, without manure. His theory brought disaster upon him ultimately, but there was a reat lesEon in his experience which farmers failed to apply, to wit: the value of tillage in aerating the soil. Cultivation, lrequent stirring, admits the air, and when it is recollected that vegetable ind mineral manures are useless until decomposed into their original elements, and that de composition can only go on by the di rect agency of the atmosphere, the im portance ol the knowledge is at once recognized. Organic matter possesses highly fertilizing properties, but these lie dormant and useless until decom posed, and rendered fit for plant food, by aeration of tl.o soil to which this matter hr.? been applied. Pulverize the soil and keep it mellow, for then it can breathe freely, so to speak, and the more productive it will be rendered. Herein lies the benefit of repeated 3tirnng of ft;!l plowing, which insures additional pulverization by the action of frost, in suring finer tilth. And hence, too, the beneficial ellocts of draining the soil, carrying off stagnant wnter, and per mitting the air to take its place. We mast not lose sight of the fact that with properly aerating the soil the couatituciits removed from it must be returned, and that in the Uho of manures it is well to consider uot only what is desired for an immediate crop, but also the condition in which the 301I will be left for succeeding crops. Judicious culture and proper rotations will insure good crops, and at the Eanj time the land will not deteriorate in fei tility. rsEFrij RECIPES. Si'ET Prniirxu. Take one cup of suet, chopped fine; one cup ot raislnp, chopped; on -half cup of English cur rants; one cup of syrup; one cup of sour milk, two even teaspoonfulsof soda. Mix tlie suet, raisins, and currants well into the syrup; then add the sour milk; next, the soda, pulverized and well mixed iu a handful of dry flour. Stir until it begins to loam, then add flour enough to form a stiff batter. Steam one and one-half hours. For a large family double the quantity will be re quired, aud should be steamed two hours. Serve hot. Snow Puuuino. If there should be fall of snow, somo of your readers may like to try this receipt. Where cold dry, fresh-fallen snow is usod it gives a ligntn'iss to the cakes all its own; no amount of beating can rival it. Make a still batter with four ouuees of floor, one-fourth pint of milk, or more if re quired, a little graled nutmeg, and a pinch of salt. Divide the batter into any number of pan cakes, and add three large spoonfuls of enow to each. Fry lightly in very good butter, and serve quickly. ,Tho uau cakes should bo about half the size of a soup plate for the in dicated quantity of ouow. Charlotte Russe. First, iin your molds with sponge lady-finger; you can buy them at any bakery, and, if fresh, are very nice and save much trouble. Pack them around the sides of the mold, which should ba about as deep as tho fingers are long, so thsi thoy will keep in place firmly. Second, pour a teacup of boiling water over one-half box gela tine and di -solve it thoroughly and leave in a warm place until ready for it, but don't keep it boiling, only warm. Then take one pint of thick cream from the ice, stir it until it thickens, the: pour in briskly the gelatine, two teaspoonfuls of vanilla, the whites of seven eggs beaten to a froth, and one teacup ot powdered sugar; fill the molds to the top of the lady-fingers and put in a cool place. This will fill two good-sized molds and is delicious. Cony Dodge:5. One quart ot corn meal, a tablcspoonful of lard, two eggs, a tablespoon ful of salt: scald the meal with the lard in it with boiling water, cool with a little milk, add the eggs (beaten lightly) ; beat very hard lor ten minutes; make them thin enough with cold miik to drop off the spoon and re tain tbeir shape in boiling lard. Serve hot. Have tne lard boiling hot when ycu crop them in. The Grand Jury a: the recent seiision of the District C-riUTt of Jefferson county failed to return an isdicuaent against W. W. Jnnkln, Eiq., for ahootiag Hoc. Edward Campbell, jr. The Judge or dered the case to ix taken up by the next Grand Jury. Some Old Letters. There has lately been purchased by the Trustees of the Bodleian Library, Ox- ; ford, England, a rather curious and in teresting manuscript volume. It com prises various letters, memorials, Ac , of the Fairfax family, copied into a book by Mary Arthington, daughter of the great Lord Fairfax, Commander-in-Chief of the Army ol the Parliament of Eng land during the famous civil war. It is a shabby lookiug Tolume, in dilapi dated calf binding, with marks of lost hasps, the paper being very coarse, the ink rusty, and the chirography consisting of perpendicular letters, about a quar ter of an inch long, much blotted. The oontents evidently transcribed from the original letters, Ac, &s a means of preserving them mainly re ,late to births, deaths, sickness, and do mestic transactions in the family of the Puritan General ; though there are some allusions to the "parrilui times." The writers are nearly all Fairfax'js, or rela tions to them by marriage ; as, Frances Widdrington, Elinor Selby, Dorothy Hutton (daughters of the General), Charles Fairfax (his brother), Thomas Widdrington (his son-in-law), and Frances Legard (niece of the copyist). But the most interesting portion of the correspondence ia that by Lady Fairfax, the redoubtable Presbyterian and Roy alist dame, who accompanied her hus band to the field at Adwalton Moor and was captured and sent back to him in tho Marquis of Newcastle's own coach, and who subsequently appeared at the trial of Charles I. and cried out, " He has too much sense to bo here!" when the General's name was called, as related by Clarendon. There are live letters by this lady to her husband, all curiously charactcriutic of her wifely affection, Puritanism, devotion to her domestic duties, aud tho simplicity of the times. We append tho two most interesting, printed verbatim U literatim: good sweet heart I haue lived in hopes the parlament would hauo been short but methinks it hath becne long & I feare the worst yet it may be you will get leauu to come downo but I feare not long anough. I pray god send you your health and us a joy full meeting both in this wot Id & in the world to come. I percieuo yeur care of rac both by your letters &, other wayes for which I haue to thanke you which I will lay up in my heart and will study to deserue it if it please god to giue me leaue. 1 haue rcciued the rent of Billbrough & of my father the causes of cxpcnccs hath beene much your land-lady had for rent 11. Ss & I am to buy a cupple of kio tho rest I shall mako you a reconing when you come home & please god according to my simplicity I will sand you nothing but what needs must. I am at this time with my father & urslay with me, Frauke & the mades at Skough the lit tle one with her Nurse, I thanke god she mends very well good sweet heart tend me word whether ,ou would hauo mo at home for I feare our charge is no less for my being here & our household afares goes not so well forward as they should, for my owne contentment I should be as well there as here till your coming home though I be made more of thanl deserue, your horse mends very fd3t about a fortnight hence he will be ready to go to grasse if you please, for he hath spent a great many of oats be sides annisceds & bread but it is well bestowed on him for he likes very well thus hoping that this will be the last let ter till I se you remembering my loue to you e& desiring your blessing to your little ones & your louo to myeelfe I re3te Your very loulng and duty full wife Mary Fairfax. The second shows the true wifely na ture ol this notable woman: Sweet heart For feare you should thinke it for want of loue or lorgetfullness I write these few lines as wintnes of my true louing affection which I hope to god he will ever giue mo grace to carry myselfe as a dutifull wife to you thus hoping you will take these few lines written in good part & desiring god to aend you your health & giue you grace to serue him with an vpright heart I commit you to god's protection fe restcth your louing and dutifull wife till death Mart Faiktax. Gilbert Stuart's Later Life. In 1793, Stuart returned to An ?rica, and for a few months remained in New York, painting the portraits of the most famous men and women of. the time. He then went to Philadelphia, then the capital of the new Republic, his high est ambition in life," as he declared, being to paint the face of Washington' There is a story of hie first introduction to the Father of his Country, signifi cant of the characterof the two men. Stuart's natural ease4- manner-(or iclf- conceit. as we ray SLdosq to think, it) had often carried him -unabashed into the presence of royalty in Europe. The j man oi genius, had he deiared, honored kings by his notice. But when Se.t.-ri-tary DaaJridge brought him int : . little p.irlor where Washingta s.a"t- him, he utterly lost his ?ilf-nosssinn and stood awed and dumb for cdvcral minutes, quietly The President talked to him until he recovered himself. There must h;.vt been some fine quality inJStuart himself, thus to appreciate the mbjesty of simple truth. The painter lived in Ocrmaatowu. a quiet little stiburl of Philadelphia, to which tho yellow fever tl.at year had driven President Washington ant! the officers of state. He turnul un ivy grown stable or barn in a field near his house into a studio, and there he exe cuted the truest and gre.itet work ot his life, the head of Washington, work ing at it with a p itient atuf anxious zeal. Something of tlie sincerity of his fitter seems to have communicated iteelf, for the moment, to the flighty artist; and Stuart's fascination conquered even tlie grave and impassive Washington. After his own portrait was finished, we are told in the legend of the vilbige that he a ml Lady Washington would often stroll across the fields and sit for hours in the stable-studio, talking to tiie painter as he worked. The portrait f Washington, in l'ict, was not finished at all; when tlie head was done, Stuart declared he would never touch it again, ..... .1:1 ..ii. ......!. 1... :..:i. ...1 :.. nun ucici uin, unuuuu u- iiiiiai-uii in- . ' . . iertor copies mane irom 11, sdiu mem, 1 . ami bi-unui-ii:. .u..ui me -ei.iug. i nts one great picture whs bnttght by the Boston Athen.Tiini, to which it now belongs. It gives us, perhaps, our only true knowledge, of the appearance of 0 ' Washington, if we except the best made by Houdin, who came from France for the express purpose of modeling it, for the State of Virginia. There are told in Germantown many stories of Stuart - of the great men and the stately, beautiful women who came to him to be painted (and otiu likes to b lieve that iu those first day.-j of the Republic all the men were great and all the women fairjjoflns skill, his ex cesses, iiis mad fury when angered, his generosity when pleased; at work this morning, with Thomas Jefferson as his charmed, attentive listener; this after noon, kicking a roast of beef back to his butcher'ri in a tempest of fury, fol lowed by the shouting, delighted boys of tho village. His record after this date is briefly told. He went to Washington, then to Boston, and there died, the first portrait painter in the country, after an old age beset by disease, debt aud drink. No boy ever set out on the journey of life with a argcr capital of health, win ning manner, friendship-!, or natural ability; no man ever brought that jour ney to a sadder eud of disappointment and loss. Rebecca Harding Davit, St. Nicholas for April. Wagner and the Centennial. There is now authority for the an nouncement that Richard Wagner has agreed to compose a grand march for the opening of our exhibition at Phila delphia. There is no musician living whose work would be more likely tn attract notice in this country thin the author of 'Tannhauser" and the "Rinir of tho Nibluugs," and perhaps there is none who would produce for tuch a festival a work more richly deserving notice. Wagner ha3 never written poor music to order since the miserable days of his early youth in Paris, when he manufactured 'arrangements" for the publishers at starvation prices. All the occasional works ot his mature years have been of high and permanent value; he has not put a pen to paper except under the impulse of ideas; he gives nothing to the world which he does not believe to be worthy of his fame. His American Centennial March therefore will doubtless do credit to his own genius, and we need hardly say that it is almost certain to be stirring and gorgeous enough for tho celebration which it is to usher in. That the great master has been in duced to interrupt the preparations for his model performance at Biyrcuth long enough to write this March for America is the fruit of the negotiations of Theo dore Thomas, under whose direction of course the execution of the piece will take place. It is owing however to the zeal of the Women's Centennial Organi zation, which has pledged itself to provide the necessary money, that 3lr. Thomas was enabled to offer Herr Wag ner a suitable compensatioa. The Iadiea oi Philadelphia and Boston have agree J to raise a certain moderat-2 amount, and the ladies of New York are following their patriotic example. If the history of (he Centennial enterprise is ever published in fall the world will be sur prised to learn how much the women of America have done, often in the most nobtnuive manner, to make t success ful. J". 7. Tribune. Ira B. L-ttle, Steward of the Boone county poor house, disappeared quit; mTSteriotulT several weeki aero, and hai I notbea heard from iince. An Knterpri-v of Jeilm Jacob AtnrV. Ia t'lt; yc&r l1'. J'hr J.cob Ator leur-Se I the Ar.:c-.- n Fur Company. the bctte r tn eniMe i:.rw tn curry 1 tit his d M'ii -f te:.diw ti. trad mte th in- .cnoI ,-- ClapcUn;; ViUi tn,! Hritish Northwest Far Compnr ami llml.a Bay Conipaay. The out:- of thta new company stretched tat'" new aad hitherto untrodden dr!!, draining a cnuntry stocke. with, beaver. tter and buffalo. Having aiw, at the uu of fortyilt, siequirei a fortune ufficioatly large to sit.tfc.ty the anibtti m f most men, ho conceived a iHIiior iin:orpric than any he had yet nndcrtken, whioh W.13 iiv othvr than to nt'eatp: : control t:e fur trade woit of the Kooky Moun tains. To thi end, the tirt pt, A.t ria, was u-tabiihet ia IS 10, at the'niouth of the Columbia liiver, by a party of sixty men, uneit-r the command of Mr. W. P. Hunt. Comtaotlitift for the Mip ply of thii settlement wero to he con veyed iu j-hipj from New York, which were likuuie to be freighted with vnri 11U articles of rr. rchandiM!, which went to le exchuagt.el fr furs nt the Ku.1Mn.11 settlements further north. These, in turn, were to be exported to Canton, nt this time a favorable market tor fur?, urn! exchanged for C'oina gooli, tllkt, tea?, etc., etc Meanwhile, the war with ;:ent Britain broke out. The Tonqutn,' i , . ... ,, , . .... ,i, ,.., 1 the first, and the "I.vk, the tlurl ou- 1 ... . ,.,.. ,.,.,. i,- I ! dispatched to Astoria, were lObt. w..,1,rili.11,q ,ri,.rt of Mr. Amor' I7 err fc !'--'-' I - J appears to nave ocen aueimeu im ens aster throughout. The tort at Astoria . .. .. 1...1 ...1. 1. .i: ! u-iio iuiOliri .1. nail JllSt tit t!ll! Cleiies eif I , . , ., . ,, .,..,, ......I . et... .f.r ... it .vn niMtir to oe reitoreii. 1.. ...... ... it was koIiI to the aentM f the North west Fur Company, throuirh the treach ery of one ot his urtnrr., a Scotchman named McD.mgal. When the new' of the capture ot Aotr;a ru-ichul Mr. Astor, he Miiel. with a cheerful smile, "I am ruined." From "The Astor Family in New York;" Fcrihntr for April. Affection for lli old 31 i.-t re--.!. An old white woman was arraigned on Welneday for elrunkenties!, found guilty, and sentenced to seven tlny in the Work House. She sat down in 11 corner of the dock, and boon afterward an old colored man came in, bringing a' pitcher of coffee and a plate of j.n .ision", and nppronching tlie Marshal he asked, in nu agitated voice: "Boss, is ycr got an old white Iaely in dar named Kiley?" Some one replied in the affirmative, .nd the old man's face brightened up at once. Turning to a number of gentle men, he said : Gemmen, I hecrd dis mornirt' dut der pcrlice hail 'rested my old mlssi., an' I cum here to see her, an' dey wouldn't luuimu in. Dat ole lady, gommen, wan a rich woman ounst, and was her per vaut. She raised me from a sum!! chile, and when I heerd of de trouble hhe was In I felt-je-it ltko crying; and when I cum here, an' elcj wouldn't lomme ra: her, aez I, I-st., she aint had nulllu to eat, and'I 'took all le money I had in dc world and fetched it to her." He then advanced toward the dock, calling her by name, and, wt n die ap peared, said : "Old mihsis, here's iiith ia I done brought lor yer to cat. 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