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Centennial Elocution.
The eminently practical clianicter of
the International Exhibition continues
to. assert itself. The long looked for
week has come and gone without any
sitecch-making, either fine or superfine.
I 'erhajts the stiff, hard, stammering style
of the President, and the material,
money-making methods of his adminis
tration have, for a time at least, put
oratory out of fashion. If this inaugu
ration day had fallen forty years ago,
what speeches should we have had from
Webster, Clay, Calhoun, not to mention
many others! How great would have
been the Massachusetts giant, how
graceful the man of- Ashland, how
strong the Palmetto logician! If it had
been the lot of one of these officially to
declare the Exhibition opened," we
should have had a speech to be preserved
with the greatest oratory of all time.
On the other hand the address of the
, President had one merit it was not in
the least ambitious. For this we are
inclined to be grateful, since a different
man with the same opiortunity might
have been so absurd. Xever was a Fair
so extensive opened with so little fuss.
Even the President's platitudes were
entirely inoffensive. His assertion that
"one hundred years ago our country was
new and but pi.rtially settled" was one
which nobody could deny. It is jter
fectly tnie that "most of our schools,
churches, libraries, and asylums have
Ijeen established within a hundred
years;" while the frankness of his ad
mission of "our regret that we have not
done more" leaves nothing to be desired
on the score of national modesty. All
this is somewhat plainer than a pike
staff, but it is better than the confusion
of metaphor, simile, and jirosojtojtoMa
dashed with an inordinate flavor of
brag, which used to pass among our
enemies for a model American speech.
There is no doubt just now a great deal
of sup tressed oraUrry in private bosoms,
but thus far, we are happy to say, the
opportunity of giving it vent has been
wanting. The musicians have made
the orations in conjunction with the
poets. The dinner given on Thursday
evening by Sir Edward Thornton was
strictly a l'i Anglais in the limited and
formal character of the speeches. There
wen enough of these, but to the great
comfort of everybody, not too many.
There is something in the enormous
practical result of human energy pre
sented by such an Exhibition which
silences talk. We have an ample exem
plificatian of the difference between
'doing and debating, Itetwefcn-deeds und
words. The triumplis of art, of indus
try, of enterprise, sound their own
trumpet and speak for themselves. It
is all like a scientific lecture of which
the best part is the experimental. How
ever much the idealist may lament the
tendencies of the age, he can deny
neither their honesty nor their imjtor
tance. The world still takes kindly to
the victories of peace, though poets may
glorify the chivalry of old ages never so
enthusiastically and regret its disajt
pearanee never so mournfully. The
steam engine is the generalissimo of
modern campaigns, and our soldier
turned President jtoints with the pride
of a civilian to prairies subdued and
forests brought to the dust.
If we have before us a long period of
peace, we must anticipate a still further
decay of oratory, which nourishes best
in stormy and troublous times. The
Congress debates are becoming more
and more colloquial. The fault of this
style of speaking is a tendency to
prose, to the inordinate enlargement of
The Congressional liecord. Uut all
over the country, as at Philadelphia,
men seem to be too busy for much talk.
The citizens will dock to the great show
to see. and not to listen. On the Fourth
of Fourtlis (if we may say so) there is
to be a regular oration, which is certain
to be a fine one, and after listening to
that we may go on with our sight-seeing
again. N. Y. Tribune.
Buddha's Commandments.
"J3y gentleness, overcome anger; by
good, evil; by liberality, greed; by
" openness and truth, dissembling and
falsehood.
"Speak the truth, yield not to anger;
give, when asked, of the little thou hast ;
by these three steps thou shalt go near
iie gods.
"The evil-doer mourns in tliis world,
aid he shall mourn in the next; in "both
worlds he has sorrow. He grieves, he is
tormented, seeing the evil of his deed.
"The virtuous man rejoices in this
world, and he shall rejoice in the next;
in both worlds he has joy. He rejoices,
he exults, seeing the purity of his deed.
"A man slothful, saying many good
things but not deing them, is like a
herdsman counting the kine of others
but owning none."
Our energy is In proportion to the
resistance it meets. We can attempt
nothing great but from a sense of the
difficulties we have to encounter; we
can persevere in nothing great but from
a pride in overcoming them. Haziitt.
He isn't 8 years old, and he said:
"Please, sister Mary, can't I have another
piece of that nice custard pie you made ?"
"Why, deary, you are too full for utter
ance now; look at that luscious dump
ling on your plate not half eaten." "Oh
well, sister, I know the dumpling side
xt my stomach is full, but the custard
e side is rather empty yet"
A . twret as the breath that goe
from the llji of the white tut.
At weird m the elfln lights
Tht glimmer of frost? nights.
As wild as the wluds that tear
The cnrled red leaf In the air.
Is the song I hare nerer sung.
In slumber, a hundred time
I'tc said the enchanted rhyme.
JJut ere I open ay eyes
This ghost of a poem files;
Of the Interfluent strains
Not eren a note remains.
I know by my pulses' beat
It was sometlng wild and sweet.
And my heart is strangely stirred
lly an unremembered word!
I strlTe. bnt I strive In rain.
To recall the lost refrain.
On some miraculous day
I'erhaps it will come and stay:
In some unlmaglned Spring
I may And my voice, and sing
The song I have nerer sung.
T. IS. Aldbich. in June Atlantic
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Prodaet tt the Irtafc Bga.
Irish lK)gs liave been celebrated for
ages as simply immense basins of liquid
mud of no value, and the land theyoc
cupy has been considered as lost, and
th material held in solution is believed
to be the product of trees, or vegetable
products, of a vastly remote ejtoch.
Dogwood is simply the trunks of ancient
trees saturated in bogs for undefined
jteriods, till they are charged with ele
ments that not only give them a very
hard texture, but an exceedingly black
color, susceptible of a beautiful polish.
Candles equal to wax, ornaments for
ladies, hubs for wheels and various
articles for the toilet are formed from
these ancient productions of primitive
forests.
IJnlmrat far Hera.
It. S. Steele writes to the American
Farmers' Club: Sometime ago I was a
good deal worried with a couple of
horses which had sore backs. I tried
various remedies without success, and
was beginning to despair when the fol
lowing recipe came to .my notice: "The
inner bark of white oak boiled down in
an iron kettle (never use a brass one)
until it is as black as ink ; while boiling
drop in a piece of alum about the size of
a hen's egg." This liniment is to be
applied with a sponge, and is good for
any sore or bruise; in fact, it is a safe
thing to keep in one's barn ready to use
when occasion requires. As I found
this so useful, I venture to send it for
the benefit of others who may not be in
possession of anything so good. I think
it is also an excellent plan in warm
weather to cloan the collars often with
castile soap.
T,BuipklH lorCaws.
From a peck of seed dropped 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 suer-excellent ; and six heifer
calves raised from the above are as fat
as moles. The cattle are fatter, too,
th:ui a majority of the cattle slaughtered.
These cows have been making about six
pounds of butter jier week, l-sides sup
plying new milk and cream for a gen
tleman's house with six inmates. The
pumpkins are chopped in the manger,
noon and night, about half a bushel
each time when cut into piecies. They
eat while being milked moniing and
night and they come to the yard and
go into the stable for half an hour at
noon. Deets, carrots, and some other
roots and small ears of corn will follow,
so :is to keep up the milk during the
winter. Cor. Country Gentleman.
Different drasses.
It has become a question of no small
moment for farmers to decide what
grasses to sow on the farm to make
profitable. Some favor the orchard
grass, as more hardy to stand the winter,
affording more winter grazing, and the
qualities more nutritive to stock, and
superior in every way to any and all
others. Others are equally as strong in
advocacy of blue grass. A correspon
dent of the Farmer says his experience
has proven that land well set to blue
grass will yield double the pasture of
our common grasses, and it is more
nutritious, stock fattens on it, and milk
and butter are much better flavored
Blue grass affords much better winter
pasture than any other grass. Many
people think that what is called June
grass in some localities is blue grass,
but this is a mistake. June grass is light
and almost worthless, dies out in sum
mer, while blue grass is heavier than
most other grasses, and lives the year
round, as well as year after year. 1 had
the privilege last summer of seeing
seven different rarities of this grass at
Cincinnati, as they were sent from the
field, tied up in bunches, some of these
were much better than others and those
who purchase seed should therefore be
caref ul to know what they are getting.
CUuslfleaUtm r -toll.
A farmer who conducts his business
his farming operations intelligently
knows something more about the nature
of his soil than that it is clay, sand or
loam. He acquaints himself with its
characteristics, notices results and ob
tains much useful and valuable knowl
edge from his experience every year in
regard to its requirements. A few
primary facts in connection with differ
ent kinds of soil are worth fixing in the
mind. The basis of soils are the rocks,
and they are classified by Prof. Johnson,
according to their clayey or sandy pro
portions, as follows:
1. Pure clay, from which no sand
can be washed.
2. Strong clay or brick clay, which
contains from five to twenty per cent
of sand.
3. Clay loam, which contains from
forty to seventy per cent of Rand.
4. Loam, which has from forty to
seventy per cent of sand.
5. Sandy loam, which has from seven
ty to ninety per cent of sand.
0. Light sand, which has less than
ten per cent of clay.
Sandy soils, then, are those which con
sist mainly of grains of sand, or silica,
or flint, and is called a silicious soil.
Nature never bestowed ujton man a soil
of greater capability of being made
astingly fertile than the sandy, light
soil of Xew England.
Gravelly soils need no description,
though there are rich gravels and poor
gravels depending ujton the rocks of
which they are conijtosed and the sub
stances which are mixed among them
Clayey soils consist largely of alumina,
that is, having such an abundance of
clay that it is called the "clay metal."
Clay itself is a compound of silica
(sand), acid, alumina and water. It also
contains potash, soda and lime. It
forms a compact fatty earth, soft to the
touch, sticky in a moist state, and very
hard when dry.
Chalky soils have Iteen formed from
rocks in which lime was abundant
Peaty soils need no description, al
though they differ very widely.
Alluvial soils are formed by dejtosits
of sand, loam and gravel, brought down
by the rivers. They are often very rich,
being composed of a multitude of thin
layers of mud, in which all sorts of
fertilizing materials are mixed.
Loamy soils contain a large propor
tion of decayed matter, humus or muck,
as we call it "Woody fibre in a state of
decaT acquires a dark color, and ulti
mately becomes mould. Loam contains
a variety of ingredients, as clay, sand,
lime, in addition to humus. It is a loose,
friable description of soil, easy of culti
vation, and as to texture, is a most
desirable description of land for all the
purposes of tillage.
Soils have a singular projterty of al
sorbing, retaining and parting with the
elements of fertility without materially
altering their weight, bulk or texture.
They are fertile or barren, according as
they abound or are deficient inthelmlt
stances which enter into the comosition
of plants.
Sketch of Salonica.
The scene of the fatal riot between
Christians and Turks, reported by tele
graph, is a city and seaport of European
Turkey, the next place in commercial
importance after ConstantinorJ- re is
situated at the northeastern extremity
of the Gulf of Salonica, and is the seat
of an Ottoman departmental govern
ment The opulation numbers altout
80,000 persons, the larger proportion
being Israelites ; most of the remainder
Turks, Greeks, and Franks. The city
has a very imjtosing appearance. I
stands by a hill slojte, surrounded by
whitewashed and painted walls, and it
is ornamented by numerous minarets,
and domes, and laid out with gardens of
cypress. It is commanded by a large
citadel named the Seven Towers. One
of its gates was built in honor of Au
gustus after the battle of Philippi.
Within the citadel is a triumphal arch
erected under Marcus Aurelius. Several
of the mosques have been originally
pagan temples; one, which is wholly
uninjured, was a temple of Venus. The
mosque of St Sophia is a handsome
model of that at Constantinople. Salon
ica has a large trade in British produce.
The exports consist chiefly of wheat
barley, maize, wool, sponges, raw silk,
tobacco, and staves. Cicero resided in
this city during his exile. It was
raised to the rank of a Roman colonv
by Valerian.
Am Imdian Interment
A couple of days ago a squaw died
out at Yankee Blade, and the Indians
buried her and her infant together,
without taking the trouble to make a
corpse of the latter. It is a custom
with the Piutes and Shoshones to bury
the dead mother and living child to
gether, when the latter is too young to
help itself. In this instance they dug a
hole, threw the woman into it and laid
the infant on her breast covering them
over with bruslu In explanation of
their conduct one of them said : "Baby
no good; no got milk; bimeby heap cry;
die pooty soon anyhow."
It would be an impossibility to con
vince an Indian that he is douig wrong
by thus abandoning a helpless infant as
a prey to the coyotes and carrion birds ;
it was the custom of his fathers, and he
can see no wrong in it A white man
does not like to interfere in such a case;
for to try and rear the child would be a
hopeless task, and no white man would
feel justified in dashing its brains out
with a stone. Besides, the Indians
would feel greatly aggrieved at any in
terference with this pleasant usage of
theirs. Reese River, Nevada Reveille.
Boston opens her arms to the Chinese.
Some of the people there, incensed at
the treatment the Chinese are receiving
on the Pacific Coast gave an entertain
ment consisting chiefly of views of
Chinese scenes, the other evening, at
which about seventy Chinese residents
of Boston were present
Death is as near to the young as the
old; here is all the difference: Death
stands behind the young man's back
before the old man's face, Ret, T. Ad-
GENERAL NEWS CONDENSED.
Rev. Adrian Louis Itosecrans, eldest
son of Major General Kosecraiis. was
seized with a stroke of ajtojtlexy on the
evening of May 10th in New York, and
died next moniing There was a -tn.-
0J fire in "Worcester, Mass.. May io;1l
l"p to the time of closing the Cen
tennial ExM)sition on the first d:iy, over
j."rO,Coo people had p:isscd in at the gates
Citv Collector. Geo. Van Ilollera. of
Chicago, has gone to Euroe via Canada
but before he left confessed to his
friends that he w:is defaulter in the sum
of $100,000, and his accounts verify the
confession An old fashioned roblery
of stage coaches took place -in Texas a
few days ago. Two sij;w from Saa
Antonio to Kingsbury were stopjed by
masked men with relocating ritles and
mounted. They ordered the passengers
to alight from lioth stages, give up theii
weapons first and then their money
The robbers cut the mail bags and
robbed the mails. They secured about
SG00 The prospect for an abundant
wheat crop in Kans.ts is reported to !.
better than ever ltefore.
The works at the Silver Creek coal
shaft near Massillon, Ohio, were burned
May 12th. The fire was accidental. Loss,
f 12,000; insurance, S7.000 George II.
Benedict who h:is been connected with
the Cleveland Herald since l.v;, died.
May 12th The Kepublicansln Michi
gan and West Virginia have elected
Blaine delegates The Toledo Blade
has changed hands, and the price paid
was S200.000 A disastrous fire oc
curred in Bock Island, 111., a few (lays
ago, destroying property to the amount
of $70.000. . . .The mill of Chester Pike,
near Windsor, Vermont was burned,
May 12th. Loss, $4,000 Ten men
were Hogged, and afterward punished in
the pillory, at Newcastle, Delaware,
May 13th David .1. Van meter, editor
of the Rock Island Argtts, trii.nl for
manslaughter, iij killing John B. Stam
bach, when attacked lry him on the 7th
of April, h;is been acquitted The
President Ikis declined to pardon either
McKee or MeGuire.
A fire at Niles, Ohio, May 15th, de
stroyed projterty valued at $40,000; sujt-
jtosed to be incendiary Messenger &
Wright, w(tol brokers, having a large
mill at "Worcester, Mass, have failed
with estimated liabilities of $lf0,00t to
8200,000 A stable containing six
horses and wagons belonging, to the.
Remington Sewing "Machine Company,
was destroyed Dyfiiit Lexington, K
May ir.tn. i. mair named Bnckey,
agent of the comjtany, was seen going
into the hay mow with a lighted cigar,
and is supposed to have fallen asleep,
igniting the hay from the cigar. He
was consumed in the ilames Henry
S. Mulloda. well known in the Fenian
and Exile Committee, committed suicide
in Xew York, May 14th.
S. S. Rurdett, owii I to itor health,
has resigned the officcof Commissioner
General of the Land Othce A freight
train on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Railroad ran through a bridge
about 100 miles below St Louis, May
ISth, killing" Charles Smith, conductor,
and the fireman. "Wm. Facer, engineer,
had both legs broken A dispatch
from Custer City states that three men,
named "Williams, Harrison, and Brown
while returning from the Black Hills
were tomahawked and scalped by the
Indians near that city, and their entire
outfit earned off. Their bodies were
found twelve hours after and taken to
Custer City for burial Several con
victs escaped from the guards of the
military jtrison at Leavenworth. May
17th, and another named "Wm. Callahan,
was shot and killed while attempting to
escape The steamer Pat Cleburne,
exploded her boilers near Shawnetown
on the night of May 17. Several persons
were killed and many badly injured.
After the exjtlosion the boat took fire
and burned to the water's edge The
schooner Thomas C. Street lound up
from "Welland Canal to Buffalo,- May
17th, was struck by a squall and cap
sized, six of thecre being drowned
"William "Workmar of a recently sus
pended banking firm of Los Angeles.
CaU committed suicide on the night of
May 17th. Cause, financial embarrass
ments John J. Redick. of Omaha,
has been aitpointed United States Dis
trict Judge for Xew Mexico.
The Giant Powder "Works at Drakes
ville, X. J., exploded, May 16th, killing
two persons Five children were.
drowned near Vevay, Ind, May 14th
"With three otliers, they started for a
ride in an old leaky skiff on the Ohio
river Paul Campbell and Bruce Rolv
ertson, both colored, were hanged at
Savannah, Georgia, May 10th, for the
murder of Mrs. Cochrane and daughter.
The Attorney General has refused
to interfere with the course of the law
in the case of Maguire and McKee
Mrs. Sherman-Fitch will at last be
come possessed of the jewels presented
her by the Khedive, the measure allow
ing them to pass free of duty having
been adopted by both houses An at
tempt was made to throw the train from
the track of the Council Bluffs & Saint
Joseph railroad about one mile south of
Forest City, Mo, about 3 o'clock on the
morning of May 16th A heavy storm
prevailed at Cleveland, May 16th, and
several buildings were destroyed by
lightning The Republican State Con
vention of Alabama, held May lth,
nominated Thomas M. Peters for Gov
ernor, and also the balance of the State
ticket. Delegatis were also !Mn to
the .National Conuiition, but Mere not
instructed . . Wm. II. Ibiraum 1ms Urn
elected I'nUed States ;vnat.r in Con
necticut to fill the vacancy oe-;inn,,'
by the death of Senator Kerry The
IKayelt Blo.jmmton A: Mj.--Msii';t
railroad, a leased line of the Tolnlo.
Wabash A Western, has N-en sold mxler
a decree of court, for a debt of $i.-;i5,-241.91.
with interest and was purchasM
by John T. Martin on U-half of the
bondholders for $,VU0 ...The enp
jirosjtect in Nebraska is very promising
....George's mill. Z miles from I .one
Tree, Nebraska, was bune-d on the
night of May nth man named
King was attacked ami killed by Minor
Milton, six miles from Blair. Nebraska
on the night of May will. Kins'
brother w.is also badly Usiten Jeffer
son S. Brolaski, a clerk in the Illinois
t M. Louis Bridge Company's office, lias
been arrested on a charge of counter
feiting railroad tickets.
THE XLlVth CONGRESS.
Mrnalp.
Kitnt.v Y.May 12. The chair laid !
fore the rviiate a communication from
the commissioners of the District of
Columbia in answer to the resolution of
Senator Edmunds in regard to the man
agement of white Slid colored schools
in till District. The commissioners state
that net discrimination exists in the
management, and no nation.nl a-gisla-tion
is required to secure equality in the
schoolsreferred. Adjourned!
Mr. Cox was elected Sj-ikcr pro trmm
during the absence of Mr. Kerr. The
House went intocginmitteeof the fhole
oi the postofliee appropriation bill, the
question Iteing in regard to abolishing
the free delivery system in cities of less
than 40.000 inhabitants lost. L'. to "..
Several other amendments weie con
sidered, but witllbut disusing of the
bill the committee rose. Mr. Vance, of
Ohio, chairman of the committee on
printing made a iartial rejMtrt on the
subject of government printing. The
rejtort states that the Congressional
printer has ohurged for work of the Ex
ecutive Department an excess ranging
from "A) to lli." iter cent. Iteyond regular
rates; thathehaslcen p;riug more than
ordinary retail market prices for many
of the articles jturchasetl for the office":
that he has invariably iturch.ised sujv
plies from middlemen! allowing to them
a heavy profit : that the prices" paid for
laltor are greatly in excess of those or
other establishments, while the days
work is 8 hours against 10 hours in pri
vate establishments; and that, as at
present managed, the printing and bind
ing for Congress and the Department
costs more money than it would be done
for by private jKirties. The rejtort makes
many other charges, closing with reso-
Uiiions instructing the Sjteaker to cer
tify the ICMIIIIOIlj t K. Itlctrw.L uil-
thorities, to the end that the Con
gressional jtrinter may ! indicted and
prosecuted: instructing the Judiciary
committee to imiuire whether he is ah
officer who may be impeached: and in
structing the committee on ajtpropria
tions to rejtort in the sundry civil aj
propriation bill sections for the abol
ishing of the government printing of
fice, and providing for the printing and
binding tor all departments of the gov
ernment. The rejtort was ordered print
ed and recommitted. The Sjtcaker's
leave of absence was extended tn days.
Adjourned.
Hmair.
Sat'I'Day. May l.!. During the
morning hour a number of rejtorts of
an unimjtortant character were made
from various committees; and the Sen
ate went into secret session to deliberate
on the question of jurisdiction as to the
Belknap iiiijteachinent. After some
time the doors were ojtened and the
Senate, sitting as a court of imjteach
ment. adjourned. Legislative business
was then resumed, aim Senator Oglesby,
from the committee on Public LaniCs.
rejtorted favorably on the House bill
extending the time within which home
stead entries ujton certain lands in
Michigan may lie made entered on the
calendar. Senator "Wright, from the
committee on Claims, rejtorted adversely
on the bill to amend the deficiency aj
jirojiriation bill. May 1572, and to
extend time for presentation of claims
for cotton seized after .".0th of June, ls7.rj
indefinitely ostponed. Senator Pad
dock called tip the House bill to amend
the act of March 13th, 1S74. to encourage
the growth of timlier on Western jtrai
ries jassed. Senator "Windorn called
up the House bill to extend the time to
jtre-emptors, on public lands; amend
ment of committee agreed to, and the
bill passed.
Saturday, May l;. Mr. Glover in
troduced a resolution setting forth that
L. H. Fitzhugh. Doorkeeper of the
House, is not a fit tterson to hold the ih-
sition of Doorkeejter. and that he Ik?
dismissed referred to the committee on
rules, with instructions to rejwrt as
early as jtossible. Several resolutions
were adopted calling for rejorts and
correspondence as to whiskv ring jtrose
cutions and dismissal of John B.
Henderson, as special counsel and the
fropriety of turning over duties in the
nternal Revenue Bureau to the Com
missioner of Customs, and for a list of
government defaulters since March. 1 575.
Mr. Paj-ne's bill to authorize the issue
of silver coin to the amount of ten mil
lions in exchange for legal tenders
which are only to be re-issued after the
destruction of an equal amount of frac
tional currency was collected, was
called up, and defeated yeas. 13.1: nays.
73 not two-thirds affirmative. Of Iowa
members, Messrs. McCrarv. McDill.
Pratt Sampson. Tufts and "Wilson voted
vea, and Mr. Ainsworth nay. Messrs.
Kasson and Oliver do not appear as
voting. Mr. Hoar moved to susjiend
the rules and adopt the resolution de
claring that the House lias entire
conidence in the wisdom, integrity and
efficiency with which the Secretary of
the Treasury has prosecuted and is pros
ecuting tha't class of offenders agiunst
the Internal Revenue law, known as the
whisky ring, and do not desire him to
make public any information in relation
thereto, which in his judgment might
impair the efficiencv of such prosecution.
Mr. Randall moved to lay the resolution
on the table, and pending the motion
the House took uj the business of the
District of Columbia. The cliarges of
Albert Grant against Judge "Wvlie. of
the District were referrea to the fol
lowing committee: Messrs. "Warren,
"uUw'Vn W1l"yun;of AW.
Housv admmed-
..!.
Tfist w. May 1. c-cnalcir Mirhil
s..ve.uso UM-a-ngth ui-n Utr etl of
the ( hme-M- imm!gm... when u,r r,,,,.
MtlMntttam of tin nrtiHr of imj-iu-h-ineitt
u.i resumed. lW,irv rwhlnir
.w dtviMou the s-n.it.. ,!,,. ... ,
-....-
'court of uiii-wliiufti: :u!iinie.L Af-
tt-i oni-i extTittiw ?w-v,l.it tl,..
adjourned.
"wtc
riKsiiAY. Ma ItU-Mr. Va:rof
Uhkt. chairman of Uc iMniimtt. on
pruning, reiirwcl tin- ct v( kuTrnj
meiit pnutmg for tl- lust v,-n rArv
Mr Mnsle-on of onmvueut. preferred
Hint- charges against the (, ongrs.'in.U
printer w - A want of pioj-T qualifi
cation and total incapacity to till the
ot.lce; M tnrliiriicu in the m.-tn.'t'-r-inent
of his office; 3d-EmU-xzlt.-ii.-n
of money from thr I'mtl .-. The
House then vot.fi on thw printing rom-mit:e.-s-
resolution. Th first rrx.lution.
directing the s-peakcr to certlfv to th
projier autltonties of the District of
ohtmhta the testimony taken Mating
to the eondurt of A, lapp. ( oiii-res-.ioii.il
printer, to the end that he ini
e indn-ted and pro-cuted. was adopt M
137 to 74. Thr seeond rrsoluUnii in
structing the judiciarv rotniniU-- to in
quire wh.-Ui.-r the Congressional printer
is an otlicer who niav impruchM. was
aUo ndopt.-d. The third resolution in
structing the commutes on appn
pnaiions to euiU-lv in the sundrv civil
apjiropnations bill stiotut changing
the present i-tem of gv eminent print
ing, w.-n recommillet! to the commute-.
The Houe went into commute- of thr
"hole on the )ito!hVe appropriation
bill, and after sereral amendment1 the
committee nise. Mr. Leuis offered a
resolution instructing the committee on
rules to inquire into the propnetT of
consolidating the otlires of iWr-keeiicr
and Sergeant-at-Arms--adopted. Ad
journed. Wi:itvii,AY. May"l7.-The House
went into committee of the whole on
the iM.ta! appropriation hill. An amend
ment wjls agreed to allowing third class
mail matter to U- sent in juckages not
exceeding four jtoumb.. and making the
If tstage one cent for every two ounces.
pm iding also that annual rej-irts and
catalogues of uniersities, colleges mid
other institutions shall U- deemed thin!
class matter. Other amendments were
agreed to. when the committee rose and
lejiortcd the bill to the House. Mr.
Wood, of Xew York, from the commit
tee on Ways and Means, reported a bill
aUtlishing'lhe tax on receipts of Sav
ings banks piisscd. The House con
curred in the Senate amendments to the
bill to extend the time to iire-emptors
iii public lands. Mr. Mngleton. from
the committee on printing, rejtorted
back a resolution which wa re-com-
mitted to it yesterday, in reference to
the congressional printer; with an
amendment which, instead of instruct
ing the committee on njijirojiriations to
rejtort in the mil apjiropriation bill the
sections changing the present system of
1T-i...i.. recommends inuuiiVinto the
ejw liency of making a cliangV. "With
out action on it the House adjourneo.
.
TnrirsiiAY. May l. Senator Morton
submitted the resolution instructing the
sjweial committee to inquire into the
recent Mississippi elections, and also
the alleged outrages and murder at
iia ou Tunica ; anil asking that a siecial
committee of the Senate le authorized
to investigate the matter agreed to.
The House bill authorizing the apjioint
nient of receivers of national banks,
and for other jnirjutses, was passed.
M'liator Wright called nit the House hill
making appropriations for the payment
of claims rejiorted to Congress "undei
section 2. act of June lt, 174. by the
xrretary of the Treasury passe L The
Senate resumwd the consideration of the
articles of imjieachment but ltefore
reaching anv decision, the doors were
ojteneil and the Senate adjourned.
.
Thesjieakcr laid ln-fore the House a
communication from George M. Adams,
clerk of the House, asking an investi
gation int the charges against him.
inade by the Chicago Inter-Ocean, that
a memlKT of Congress had in his jtos
session facts showing that he has l-en
selling his ajtitointments at from $100
to $ 7A). and denouncing the charge as
false. Referred to a special committee.
The House procetsled to coasider the
resolution reported by Mr. Singleton,
from the committee on Printing, relative
to the Government Irinting Office. The
resolution was adopted by a party vot.
Mr. Randall, from the appropriation
committee rejtorted the Indian appro
jtriation bill, which was made the special
order after the naval appropriation bill
shall have leen disjtosed of. The bill
ajtjtropriates S32.77.and jtrovides for
the transfer of the Indian bureau to tiie
War Department. The House took up
the joint resolution heretofore intro
duced by Elijah "Ward, jiroviding for the
apjtoint ment of commissioners to confer
with similar commissioners on the jiart
of Great liritain. and ascertain on what
b;isis a mutually Iteneficial treaty of
commerce between the United State
and Canada can be effected. The matter
was laid over after some debate. The
House went into committe of the
Whole on the naval ajtpropriation bill,
and after some debate the committee
rose. An evening se?Hion was held, and
devoted to debate on the bill.
FOREIGN' NEWS.
A British resident at Zanzibar, has
negotiated a treaty with the Sultan jiro
viding for the entire alolition of the
slave trade, under stringent rules
The memorandum in regard to thr
Turkish troubles agreed ujon by the
three Chancellors in Conference at Ber
lin has Iteen communicated to the
guaranteeing jxiwers. It concedes the
consideration of the reforms demanded
by the insurgent leaders Advices
from Salonicasay the total number of
arrests in connection with the outrage
S there has Iteen M. The preliminary
j inquiry has commenced, and the excite-
ment is gradually subsiding A battle
letween Gen. Diaz, the revolutionist
j leader, and the government forces in
Mexico is imminent, and all accounts
' are to the effect that it will be decisive
i in its results. Either Diaz will make
I the revolution a success, or he will be
beaten into subjection France will
likely agree to the proposition to send
J -M-npOton of wUn-iiHa Ulh I'M.
. 3lrlphia nxhiiHtiOR. An appro;Tiat4a
of $4yMfnr t"ip-xiT l !-4n dicrusM
i m Chitnir f lwiu.ttm u
AUirrr dlip&trh vn. Uc Turk Arr rr-
infomng thrtr puMtion.-. on the Grrrk
frontier Grwrr will Ule slaiiUr
atlui 111 t)at quarter It aUnfrd
thai forrljni rHimtMOMr-i at rndravw-
tng to tuducr Chn.iiaa w U fronttlrr
to reult. Great agitation P'ewih la
Crete
Adtirm f rvm alottk-a. M- 17. state
thai six of th jirittcljul cttlpntj la the
recent OUtm-" hnTr lu HtUk-l ex
ecuted U is anrtouiirol from Vienna
that the Knirur lias ordrrrd Uitpprd
Ue court-martial of Count Halm-rat.
who Kill--! Prince A uorj'riir m a due.
The I,onton .Yciti publL-th-n ajii--patch
from Constantinople. i-lnchwA
delavcd serend day, -dumity that the
Amtwssndors arid other lelrel an
otithrcuK was then imminent. The
AmKisvidots made a tnt arraiigr:nnt
for the protection of thrlr coimtrvnirti.
All the Legations had men tinder armn.
The French landed sailors for the pro
tection of IheMcAiner of the Uic.sAKnl
les M.tnituucn. the ituvtlaut armed
2,M .Montenegrins, and the Austrian
armed l..v Croat. and the crews of the
AuMrinn Llo) d's Meaniern. The Hritt-di
fleet was telegraphed for to come to lto
Mr liar A Itcrlln dispatch say.i that
Herr amphau-cn. Vice President of
the Prus.ii.in .M;ul.try and Minister of
Trance w til tender his resignation In &
few dats on account of difference
with HtMiiatck.
The measures taken by Turkey for
thr punishment of the Salojilcu avui
sins give satisfaction sit IWltn Th
dedication of a new KngUih church t
Constantinople has teen lnnfl for
fear of dtslurba-"es A letter from
Constantinople tw; the londoii Xnar,
under date of May r.'tlt, eiay.t: The ex
citement during ihe last three dt js has
amounted to a panic. The demand foi
weaH)us Is so great that uunt of tho
shojis in StamUiul sold out all their
stock.
iBtlantrUI.
TmouavO Okki. Sllriltr vf PloU nt h
Iowa l'TtT orrii , at t Mrtef rt-"1 fc
folio wlDtf U S. l'klrnl UtU! (w ltrrti ldnl
ori Ai'llU. .'. lS7rt.
Machinery for Splitting Icather
Uichard Crocker. Ics Moiioft. Iowa, as
signor of one half his right to M. X.
I'mOiey, Xewton, lowiu
Cultivators .1. 1.. McCulhx-h, Daven
jKtrt, lowtt 'lif ailjustable frame with
its combination of rolling cuttem. weed
ed, and fork.
Heat Extracting Apparatus Hiram
i itt.t., ii4. i,jWIU
Game Counters Kinery It. trmn
burv. Mason City, Iowa, assignor to I
J. Waterburv atul .laun-s Allingham.
Water Spout Cut OfT.s Kdwatd Stew
art, Fort Madison. Iowa. Leak ori'lcr
are jthm-d on each side of the funnel
shajied chute, s that after the bucket
has Iteen tilled, and the chute -twung
as to conduct the water Into the cistern,
the bucket will still receive water as
long as the rain continues. After th
rain has ce;isf 1 and the water has leaked
out of the bucket, the chute will swing
to itn norma! nosjtioii.
Horse Hay Vorks 1. S. Challin. Vin
ton. Iowa.
Platform Scales A. W. CoutMork,
Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
Wind Mills .Luvtii C. Sp;irkj. Tipton.
Iowa. The arm.) of tlie wheel are at
tached tit the rings supjtorted by dndied
arms. The short ami ;unl the secondary
hub are combine 1 with them, m a man
ner to make great strength. The shaft
Is carried m the long I tearing, and at
tache! to the upright bar, winch 1 piv
oted in the vertical Mipjiort eomjtosing
two ujtrightfl. with a turn table attached
to the middle, carrying the juvot and
cujt. anl leing ibwlf pivotifl on a plate
supported at the middle of the tower.
Grain and Seed Sieves John Khafley.
Jr, Mount Vernon, Iowa. I-itrrai shake
of screen frame cause the agitators to
rise and fall.
HUMOROUS.
When a young man gets the impres
sion that he's as handsome as a jticture,
isn't it about time for somebody to take
him down?
A Chicago Itoy who Is addicted to go
ing to the theater to see the heavy drama
called his father to supjter the other day
by bawling out : Wliat, ho, there, base
craven! Come hither U thy vi-sperian
hash." And when that father and son
came together it sounded as if the belt
had slipjted off a 'jo-foot tiywheel-
" Your llonor," exclaimed Mrs. MuT
dooney to the squire, "it's not the black
eye, nor yit the kitchen, that I am com
plainin ut, for my Iatrick always was
playful ; but when be conrartfl the last
drop o gin I have in the tay-pot. thin,
your Honor, I object to the projiinsity
of the youmj blackguard."
Well, I guess we" had better quit
work for to-night," said a farmer who
was in the habit of rushing oat among
his men at evening, ami working with
them, so as to keep them digging as Ions
as they culd see; "I guess we hail bett"
quit for to-night," "I don't know," said
one:we might hoe awhile longer, if
you'll fetch out some lamj-s."
"How had you the audacity. John,
said a Scottish laird to his servant, to
go and tell some people tliat I was a
mean fellow and no gentleman?" Xa.
na, Sir," was the candid answer, "you'll
no catch me at the like o that. I liaYe
kept my thoughts to myself."
Two tramps stopped at the Itouse of a
lone widow in Westchester county, and
one went in to beg. Very soon he came
out with a bloody nose aad a black eye.
-Did you get anything, Jack?" "Yes.
growled the sufferer, -I've got the wiuV
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