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Dotmv. from the District of Co-
latcy,
MBjnKMfc rortea with amendment
raaVMIl to tut Ikiuora told In the Ills
nkiewa on tfc ealemltr. Dvl, of fill-
iNm ip M Mil furnishing trusses to
I oldler DMsed. Thurmsu. from the
r committee, reported a hill creating
MWiMu Uommitnner pi. nor
trKMt and Wither, were piolntd on
Mftrwice of the potlorfke bill. Ad-
F.T, The Senate Mil granting the use of artillery,
r JvmUt etc. to soldier' reunion at Centre-
unrni.
riWW, lowat tiMietl. Upton imrouuccii a inn
. MtnorUtsg Ohio, Indiana mnl llllunU lo pro
Mtt suit aaalntt the United Htate In the
Sffmtrewia Court; referred. Bill for printing the
' 4f Uulltir.1 Rannrt for 18T7. Willi the Senate
pvwimiimenl for n,000 copies of Colonial Char
Fgttn and Constitutions; passed. Smith, n( I'm.,
HMiHWii conwrenco repor on hip oiii mas
Imm appropriation fo the pajment of Invalid
JkWtm returned of the hUi for Binendlnir the rev
s?- WMW htwi. After fome delute the lloute d-
IMnM.
if Hitn,
WAMiMaTOir, rrhur June 7. The prel
itmt of toe Hesnte prtMwntcd rommunlcetlon
inm ine eecreury 01 in rcnw, mhihk io
InieUoM M to hi cUon mrtrdluc the turn
of the Potter InTrttlntlrut commltteo lo
proiUee U 'LouUluit election rvtunn. Me
M4 obeyed the iuwiboo, nd ked the JiMb
Meotortheleritererdlnathtnctln. Kd
na4 tuhmttted n order tliftt the ccrrtry
iN4M before the rommHtee wim inn iMpcn
lit nqiieehM. The amendment of the Homo
r Mil, authorUlnr the tiuhllcatlon, for lc. of n
J oaiwoa oi me nrrmm oi me ruin r.iw
?'Uo wm vonciirred In nd tlio bill ptd
i nMtimed eoaelderat'on of the nny p-
r,i wrMrUtlon bill. . After noma dlnruMlon It wm
UjT- WfMMt, Mc.MIIUii, from the election coin
i nMwe. retiorted dreifeW on the bill to allow
nrtM new lltmphlro irKltUture to elect Brti
ft fttftr for the tvnn commencing March 4, 1H7M;
i" todMMttely itotpned. Bruce uinnitted n
I awtwdwmt to the rlrer an) harbor bill apjiro-
yrlMiBir a.nw.ODD lor ciowne gap in inn mii-
. BMM lOTBeai reicrrcii. rtuiuuiuuu.
H0UI1.
AtklM, chalrMii of tho committee on
ImwImIom reported the tundry civil approprla
IWpM Mll referred to committee of tho whole.
an-
Lin nouae went imoeuraoniw i m wuia
MMfM atii'ieaey mu. w imaonerea an
Mt for the payment of further claim
owreau oaeteaai aaKinecniiK m re
I hv. U aoaamHtea on tiaral ex
itm. nta. and Mvaral other amend
ware itrtM to, after which the commit
uonwtt omrea a rwoiuuaa aireci
fie Mm onmwIMM oa. Otttary Mtalr to Inquire
fibth eohdiiot of the trouM hi the battle of
1 1 wma fH PS t rvrar-nu anv "
I WAMttttroir, iattrday, Jwe 8. Spencer
lhaaHtad a reaolulloa for tae aDOolntaient of
I committee of eWrhl teaator to Inquire Into
MTerticaieaii enarara or-rraua. wemy,
ilmldaUoa, t wlenee and other obttaclea to
asd heet HUrraje at urn m.oeniiai
klon of 1BT8 in the nau or Bouts uaroii
IiOUlalai. ana into Mmiiar cnarns in
r But. rpencr aia ne wouia call ue
ration up crcrr day until a vote m reacBM.
furincr coniuerauon oi mi racino ami
blllwMpottponed until December neiu
from the committee on Mixion. report
ta faror of coacurrlnR In the Jlati
at increMina the pention oi urn. Jm
1 from NO to 1 100 oer month i ulaced on
i ealendar. The ttiecial committee wa ao
i4ate4 to Inautra Into the aliened connection
wator mhbw wiui we imiNana irauiw,
Itowtt Edmund, Alllnon, InKalli, Hoar,
, wnyie anujouea. oiii paucu raMiiinK
tract with Jame B. Kad. for the MUe-
letuea M to v. The election com
r reported farorably on the lloute bill for
i f or repreteautiVM hi WMtviruiiiia,
lo aad California, to tna Forty-aiiin
. and adrerMlv on the Benate bill on
i election from North Carolina, and
i oi a uaiteu miwi oenaior in ixuw
Uontlderatloa of the armv anuro
i Mil wm continued. After amendment
MU paawd. The rlrer and hartior appro
Ion bill wm taken up and laid Mlde to
i u tanlnlahM butlocu Hondav. win
btrom the conference on Mllltarr Acatlc
n. tnbmtttM a report which wm irrrd
ad U bill iMnwed. The bill flitm tho
i for clectlnjc reprMcntatlre to the Forty
I vonfren aito pawoa. Aujournea.
uuaa.
i Senate bill paated amending tho rerlied
lute In relation to the Judicial power and
M of conMU. Cobb, from tho com
ion election, reported arrolutlon Initio
I cam ox lllimau v. Hniall. Irani the
laMtrkt of South Carolina, letting forth
i there wm not a ulr, free, ami peaceful
. and declaring the ct vacant, wait
tied a minority resolution declaring
the wtung member, entitled to tho
loth renort were ordeml nrlnteJ. The
I dXcleucv bill naated. llfackburn lire
lawaforence report on tho DUtrlctof
a mu, ezpiaininK uiav me uouwyieia
m appointment of CommlMlonvra, ami
i hi iuo eiecuon oi a couueu agrveo
in, rosier umnuieu a conioreuco
nlng the completion of the Wash
suueut. Adjourned.
SINATI
9X, Monday, June la The con
i on tho DUtrlct of Columtila bill
.to and th bill goes to the .'real-
ting mi imie lor we uonKrcssion
i W Vlrglula, North Carolina
aire oaaaed. oneucer moved
rMolu'.ton for the Investigation
n special committee; tho
ken up. and referred to com
WadMah Mid tea e so
intended to submit a report 4
i on tha Sixteenth Amend
dilution, enfranchising wo
i ana muter were msae
armv aDoroDriatlou bill.
imamed the rlvorand harbor
vwene coaataeraaon uio uu wm
1? Thnrwan presented the petition
in uorarae oouoiy, vivo, proiesi
laUon which shall deprive them
t.VJJ WliHUIIWH HMi) T.U
MOCSB.
ibUl fur the relief of the
the Bromnt aettlemeAt of
and the wotectloa of the
Indiana. Morse Introduced n
the rreudent to appoint three
loeonfar with th British com
I asaartaU on what basis a reelp
W
sIPv swJnfHf7wsWnlslsB1s vnMna H exWvMfMh)
prorme. ThohM aMMW gJt1l6fof
lMNIflflKtHMB oj a VOI
of Iflt to M Tha mnfA.Teport on the
mJHUrr aca4my afoa1TVMll wm agrred
lo. Tm Howm went mte eennmltle of the
who) on th snodry dvtl apMnorlallon Mil,
and aftr a lengthy Mbata the MyMnmltlf rn
without action, fh Mil Hitfodiced by Butler
to pUh hy tm or (mprtmimcnt any Tlola
IWm of th revMod statute whldk rcu(r pref
iwne to h given In piotntmer!u todlMbled
otdtets Med (Menc-r, from Die IndOUry
evmwnHts, reporUd Mvrrtely the bill giving
NabrnsfcaanarVtHhioalrfpresrntatlve. M.l
fMfa) order for the second Wrdnesdsy In I)e
tmbet. Adjourned.
IRHATII.
Wmmirtow, Tnrdy. June 11. A Urge
number of MIU on the ralendar, not ohjrctrd
to, wer pas-!. A Mil paawd relnibunlng
KaosM for reMllIng InvMlons. The fonste
resumed consideration of the river and harbor
Mil. Among th pproprlllons sgrrsri to wm
M,000lor the Improvement of lli Mluourl
rivvr at Council Hluff and Omaha: fM.ornfor
th Improvement of th Missouri river atKsst
lfV, Md Nebruka City, Neb., and 13,
IsWlsHiMourl river at ftloux City. Th .Mil
f MM m to M. After ettentlv session ttm
laal adjonmed.
nocsn,
The Hon went Into committee of th whole
on the sundry civil tpnroprlsllon bill. The
appropriation for the Chlravo custom house
wss Ai'd at MOUAOU, and for the AlUny post'
office 1100,000. Th appropriation for the At,
Ixiuli custom house wm fliedat $.1Q0,or)0. The
rommlttc roe, and th Hon adjourned.
Mr. Frllh's "H4 U KhIr."
Mr. Frith'ii "Hoiid to Huln" ('J9l20ft)
I mini to ho a cuntro of nttrautton. It
la it "lUku'H 1'rogri!,1' nilntitotl to tho
prpftflnl lny, anil oompriHiunil 11 vo
ncnnoi, imtllled "Colh'K"." "Ascol,"
Arredt," "Strugf-le"," Thoenil." In
tho flrnt tho scumi pnssoa In n collin
room, with n vlunr of tho collect clinpol
Htrtmllnu out In tho ilnwn of nn onrly
spring Mty, nflur n night spout nl cnril
One youiiKstur ptifTs out n miporlluouii
onnillo. Tho horo, with n llvur copux
cup nt hUnhln, la still nt too urvinytuti,
ntwhloh hnml noln iiihIl'oIiI Iiiivii Itooti
frnvly ntakuil. It 1m thu llrst slop on tho
rond to ruin.
In tho Hiiconil wo duo tho horo of tho
story In tho onnhmuro nt Ascot, tho con
tro of n host of oiiiror hnrplos, who urn
ready to offor hltn tho odds nmilnst
Dvorylhlnjr or miythlng. Conlldcnt,
young, Inthoholghlof honlth iiml llu.ili
of fortuno, ho hooks his hoU. Around
him nro tho hnrdvtiod hnhltuoH of tlio
ring mid tho honutlo of tho hunu inondo;
nil Is sunahlnoi hut not tho loss tho sec
ond atop lift hoon tnknn on tho down
wnrd rond. In thn third ploturo wo hnvo
tho oonsoipiunooa of tho two foruior
done.
Mnrrlod to a young, hnndsomo nnd
fAshlonnhlo wlfo, nml a fnthor, our horo
has boon out running tho constahlo, till
now, In his guy houso, nt his own tiro
Ido, mining hi children' tovs ono of
thorn n stonm onglno, on whiali Jockeys
nro mounted ho has to nocopt scrvleo
of a writ for a doht which ho I.iih not
tho mentis of paying. Ills next slop
downward Is to llouloguo, whom tho
French lAiidlndy duns him; whilu his
wlfo, much changed, nnd his child sick
nnd sad, Add poignancy to the disap
pointments, which hnvo culminated in
tho rejection of a piny to which, poor
follow, ho has trusted to repair his for
tunes. Hogarth, It will ho remember
ed, has used thn same incident.
Last scono of nil that ends this and
eventful history. Wo Arc in thn garret
to which tho ebb of hi fortunes has
carried down tho spendthrift And his
family. Homo Articles of woman's
mourning show that thn sick child Is bo
yond suffering. The mother Is not visi
ble. She hnagono out on some errand
of borrowing or morellkoly pawning,
lie, shabby, miserable, And utterly
broken down, hna sought tho coward's
escape in suicide, And I looking tho
R arret door before putting to hi head
to wretched single-barreled pistol
oven tho weapon of suicide bespeaks the
depth of hia fail which Ilea on tho
Uble. There. Is no need to enlarge on
the moral ot tho story. All that has been
said for or Against suoh pnlpnblo
preaching in Hogarth's case may be re
lOAieti in ! nura. no. llko his irreat
decossor.niustbo ludmsd bv tho effect
of (V painted drama on tho heart and
Otlio crowds who will gather bo
j, r,i tho next three inontha.
DammrvHi Liberty.
Whon will parent learn the Import
anco of keeping lire-arms out of tho
children' way? Thoy will pUy with
tnom If they can. It ha boon estab
lished by Innumerable example that
thoro never was a gun or pistol no crip
pled, old or rusty, that It will not go off
in tho hands of a child, And It la Alio as
woll established that tho Innocent Aim
of tho child la always deadly. Two
mora oases of this kind are reported. A
boyot twelve years of ago wm left
alone for a few mlnutoa with hla ono
your old sister. Ho commenced play
ing with tho baby with A loaded rifle.
Tho gun went off, iho ball entering his
sister's chin and passing through her
head, killing; her lustantly. Tho alarm
ed boy called for help. Ho said that a
man canto Into tho houso nnd ahot tho
child nnd then ran away. That waa a
lio told in fright. Ho afterward con
fessed that ho waa playing with the gun,
polutlngit at hia sister, when she, grasp
ing HUil pulling nt thu ramrod, tho gun
went off In his liamls. And ao she died.
Tho other case waa that of a fourteen-year-old
who wim playing nt "burglars"
with a seven-year-old friend. He had a
gun which ho did not know waa londml,
but which ho had boon using to anap
caps. Thu llrst cap mimed tiro, but tho
second ttlsoiiurgcu tho gun ana killed
i no outsider in mo game oi robber, in
stantly.
Ihero Is no moro o say. If children
will play with tiro-arms thoy must got
shot sooner or later. It Is for parents
to prevent suoh dangerous play.
Threo Irishmen, who had dug a ditch
for fonr dollar a week, wore imlto at a
loss to know how to divide the pay
"aqually." But ono ot tho number
had been to school, and reached division
in arithmetic, vo it was left to him. Ho
did Itatonoo, saying, "If aisy enough.
Sure, there' two for you two, aud two
forme, too," Tho two received their
portions with a greatlyjincreared re
spect for the advantage learning give
a man.
Tho Japanese alts down when ho
works, turns a a are w to tho left, put a
horse head out in a stall, pull hla plane
toward him aad kills himself to spit
hit foe,
fari, Qkunr.n ar mouhehol.
Malting Mxk.
On of thn most Important things to
attend to In tho care of farm stock of
every kind, is that they have acce, at
all times, to salt. In this connection wo
would again nail attention to tho bad
practice now In vogun with muy oth
erwise good farmers, In that they salt
Irregularly, and at such times with too
liberal a hand Thus animal will gorge
themsrlrea, and this often result in s
vera purging. Again, when the salt Is
thrown about on the ground to Imj lick
ed up, the stronger animal get moro
than thoy should" and tho weaker ones
littlo or none. Besides, Injury to weak
animals Is often tho result of this strug
gle. Tho proper way to salt stock Is to
hnvo tho salt placed undercover, whoro
they may get It every day If thoy wish.
In this way they take lust what they
want, and no moro, and, while eating
what Is ncccMsay for them, they never
take enough to do them injury. Thus,
cnttlo will seldom take moro than ordi
nary tahlospoonful per day, and this Is
about what they require in summer, as
an aid to proper digestion. Chicago
I'rairie Farmer.
Irylnx Flower) lm IMsisel.
The Ladles' Floral Cabinet recom
mends Iho preservation of flowers in
snnd, aud gives thn following plan of
carrying out tho advice: "'lako dooii
dishes or those of sufllcient depth to al
low flowers to bo covered nn inch deep
with snnd. Got thu common white sand
such as Is used for scouring purposes,
cover tha bottom of tho dish with a
layer about half nn Inch deep, and then
lay on the flowers with tho stems down
ward, holding them (Irmly in place
while you sprinkle moro sand over
thorn, until all thu places between tlio
petals are tilled and the flowers out of
sight. A broad dish will accommodate
ipilto a largo number. Allow sufllelont
sand between; set tho dish in a dry,
warm placo, where thoy will dry grad
ually, and at thu end of tho week pour
otTtho suuil and examine them. If thorn
Is any moisture In tho sand It must bo
dried out before using again, or fresh
sand may bo poured over them. Homo
flowers will require weeks to dry, while
others will become sufllciontly dry in a
week or ton days, lly this simple pro
cess flowers, ferns, etc.. nro preserved
In thu proper shano, its woll as In their
natural color, which Is far better than
to press them In hooks." White (low
ers will not answer woll for this pur
pose, nor nny succulent plants as tho
hyacinth or cactus. Huch (lowers ns
dahlias, pannlos, carnations, pinks,
sweet wllllams, mid gladiolus may bo
preserved for yours.
TrfttllMtr Orrhnrd UroiiNd.
The raising of fruit is the raising of a
farm crop. Now to do Justice to grain,
corn, gtass and other crops, care has to
ho taken. Wo plow, harrow, nnd get
the laud In good tilth; wo manure it;
wo drain It if necessary. If those things
are neglected thoro will bo nn crop. If
negligently done there will bo a poor
crop.
Fruit trees aro a farm crop. If tho
land is properly cultivated nnd enriched,
and If it is wen drnlnod, there will be a
good growth; If not, there will not lm ao
good n growth. A wo treat our orchard,
o It will be. Hence tho effect of our
neglected orchards which we so much
sou. Make tho orchard a specialty; that
Is, devote It to fruit; cult! vat tho ground
for that purpose.
And horo an explanation Is necessary:
If your ground Is deeply rich, porous
and drained, surface cultivation has
little effect. Tht roots plunging down
f;etoutof its roach. Manure applied
s retained at tho surface, If the soil Is
retentive as a good, well balancod soil
is. Then grass may bo grown and grasa
removed. We have seen this in numer
ous cases, and with the roost gratifying
results. And horo we have found tho
best success In fruit growing. The boat
orchard (apple) that we ever know was
In such soil. 1 he roots piercing down
many feet, permitted plowing up to tho
tree. This orchard was kept constantly
In grass, Is in grass to-day, and has
boon uniformly good for tho many years
that we have known It.
Suoh land, thon, Is an exception to
the general culture of tho farm. It
does not effect tha culture of tho grain
and grass crops, but It Is an exception
to the treatment of fruit trees. Tho
advantage here Is ho depth of tho soil.
Tho underground strength la made use
of, which can not bo reached by tho
grain nnd grass crops, though clover
does it to some extent; nnd clover grows
excellently in such soil, producing two
heavy otop, from live to six tona per
acre. It Is the soil that should bo do
voted to them.
Whoro thoro Is a shallow soil tho
thing is entirely changed. You now
have the root whoro you havo to food
them. Thoy soon absord tho strength
of tho scant soil. If, in addition, grass
or grain is sown, th matter is still
worse, unions the crops grown nro given
to tho laud. Thon thoro will bj nn ad
vantage, because an addition; or manuro
may bo cultivated, but enrichment must
go with it, cither in leaving tho crop or
adding manuro. If not tho orchard will
sutler and Anally decay. .Prut We-
corner
A Snake Attacks a Man In a Haggy.
Mr. Walters nnd his wlfo wore return
ing to tho city (says tho Dallas, Georgia,
CurMtiierWdf) in a two-howi buggy,
from a trip into tho country. About
seven miles flromtown, on tho'Mansflold
road, they passed a auakothatwaslylng
on the side of tho road, tho great sizo of
which attracted their attention. After
passing tho roptlle.Mr. Walters conclud
ed ho would turn back and kill It. He
turned tho team around, drovo baoiMo
a point opposite thu snako,
w hint
pistol nnd tired at It, wltho
Tho horses not bolnc used to
of tiro-arms, became restless Jamd hard!
to control, whioh caused thj attention
of Mr. Walters to bo dlvertal from the
snake, which ran rapidly tothe buggy,
up tho wheels, and ou tho dash-board
before the occupants wore aware of it
Thu snake, when it was within Afoot of
tho occupants of tho carriage, colled tho
lower partot its body.threw Its neck in
to a graceful curve, drew back Its hoad,
and was just in tho act of launching its
deadly f anges Into Mr. Walters, whon
he tirijd the second shot. This, though
missing. hal the effect 'o cause tho
snake to lower Itself on the tongue of
the carriage. Mr. Walter fired two
more shots, one of which look effect,
and caused the reptile to fall from the
carriage to the ground, and Walter ills
patched it with a stone. The reptile
was measured and found to bo over six
feet long, and was thicker than a man's
wrist
Origin. fiJamMlag.
Here Is a quaint old allegorical ac
count of tho origin of gambling:
Tlio Goodes of Fortune was ono day
out on a lark, near thu shady Tool of
Olymjius, when the gay and festive God
of War, Mars, espied her, and noon al
lured her to his arms. Thoy worn unit
ed, hut the mighty Jove frowned upon
the festive frolic, and forbid the banns.
Tho result of tho amour was an ill-favored
child called Gaming. When a
chick of a young one onl, sho would
play with cards, dlco and counters.
Fascinating, she hail admirers by the
score. Tho gay nnd extravagant of
both sexes paid her court, for she was
of neither sox. yet poosscd tho charms
of both. At length, beset by tho martial
wooing of men of war, she gave birth
to twins Hulcido and Dueling. Thoy
became their mother's darlings: where
sho went thoy went. Nor did Fortuno
dosort her daughter, Gaming. Hho gavo
her splendid residences near tho abodes
of tho rich. At her table sparkled the
most costly wines; her larder was laden
with tho richest nnd most highly seas
oned viands. Her houso was always
open, and her hospitality wiw a house
hold word. Home ratim out laden with
"ducats," others with empty pockets;
some led forth by half-witted, quarrel
some, hot-headed Dueling. Others fol
lowed In tho wake of Suicide and sought
oblivion In tho dark waters by tho dead
ly poison, or tho fatal bullet. Cincin
nati Commercial.
Destroyed by an Karthqauke.
Tho town of Cuba received about all
the serious damage resulting from tho
recent shock. It lies about fifteen miles
from Caracas, and was a handsome,
flourishing place. Tho shock of May 12
entirely destroyed It. Tho loss of life was
fearful. No full account has yet been
obtained of the numtior killed. About
two hundred have thus far been taken
from the ruins. Threo hundred sol
diers, aided by a largo number of vol
unteers, worked In tlio dllllcult task of
extricating tho bodies. The stench
wim almost insupportable. After thu
search had ceased tiro was applied to the
ruins to prevent a pestilence. Tho
President, as soon as tho news was re
ceived, dispatched a largo body of men
to tho relief of tho town with cart-loads
of provisions, He also sent doctors nnd
surgeons, as well as coaches to bring
tlio people into tho city, and announced
that ho took the sufTerors all under his
private protection. Tho destruction of
tho city was as sudden as it was com
plete. In almost every houso thoro
were victims, cither killed or wounded,
or both. Fortunately, the hour was
early. Had It boon two hours later,
whon tho majority of tho people would
havo been in bod, it would havo boon
much moru dreadful. Fortunately,
also, tho day nnd evening had been ex
tremely hot, nnd many peonlo wore out
trying to catch a little coolness In the
open parks, and so wero preserved.
One gentleman who was In the park
says ho was looking at tho cathedral,
when suddenly it seemed to rise
straight up In tho air, and, being
thrown oloar of Its foundations, it fell
forward to the ground in one mass of
ruin.
Tho river Tu!, ruining through the
city, had been so hot that all day the
Inhabitant had boon unable to drink
Its wator; and the fishes wero observed
to bo very uneasy, jumping frequently
out of tho wator, whore thoy wore ap
parently uncomfortablo from Its heat.
On the banks of tho stream great tish
uros wore opened which became tilled
with wator that gavo forth such a
stench that persons who had encamped
on Its banks were obligod to leave the
vicinity. Small hillocks of sand, hav
ing the snmo suioll, wero thrown up In
different spots. Nearllv all the coffoo
and sugar plantations for several mile
around Cua and tho other towns near
Cua havo boon moro or less injured,
but fortunately no lives havo been lost.
New York Herald.
A Htory of Marshal Baxalne.
A French provincial paper has just
published a curious story of the pater
nity of Marshal Baxalne. which has
hltnorto boon a secret, as at tho timo of
his celebrated trial It was said that he
himsolf was ignorant of his own origin.
It now appears that his father was tho
sou of a journeyman tailor, and became
a private soldier In tho armv of the
first Napoleon. Ho soon rose from the
rank and displayed very groat abili
ties. At tho timo of tho treaty of Tilsit
tho Czar of Uussia was imbued with nn
intense admiration for Napoleon, and
for everything French. Ho accordingly
asked for throe ofllcers to bo sent to St,
Petersburg and assist him in tho organ
ization of his armv. Napoleon of course
consented, and Uazaino was selected
among tho throe. Soon after his arri
val ho fell In love with a beautiful girl,
Mdllu. Sovenof. Thoy wero married,
and might have lived happily ever af
terward, hut, Unfortunately, a French
woman appeared upon tho scone, and
asserted her rights as his legitimate
wlfo and tho mother of his threo child
ren, whom ho had left In France. He
Induced her to return, but the story be
came known, and the Russian lady at
once left htm, but seems to hnvo retain
ed her affection for tho man who had
so cruaiiv deceived ner. ine uzar
efectMVard tho talo. but Dozalno's service
reportxeyWo just then too valuable to be lost,
ana uu nccoruingiy uirecicu money o
bo sent to France for the support of tho
family. In process of timo all throe
officers returned. Mme. Daxaino aud
one of tho children died. Mme. Soven
of aftorwaru resided in France, and
thoro again met her old lover, but re
fused to bo married a second time. He
showed her his two motherless children
And begged to bo Allowed to placo them
uuder her chargo, and ahe consented.
One of them grew up to become the
Marshal Baxalne.
AflRICUIriJIUL.
It it reported that down InTeiiDesJce
there s a beetle that chows tobacco.
Ten thousand orange trees were et
out in the vicinity of San Joe, Cl.
this seaton.
Crude carbolic acid mixed with sixty
parts water Is recommended for killing
tick on sheep.
The rice crop of this country 1 com
Ing to the fore again. South Carolina
ha an estimated ) leld of H.WO tiercel
this year, and Georgia '.'6.000.
Pruning wounds should bo covered as
soon as the sati ceases flowing. Graft
ing wax, applied hot, will make a good
covering and will avoid further serious
trouble.
A littlo green bug is destroying tlio
blue grass In Kentucky. Great fields
aro said to ho ravaged by It, tho grass
looking a If it had suffered a protrated
drouth.
Sheep aro being iuiorted from Ger
many to Kngland at Iho rate of about
ifO.OOO a week. When American farm
ers set about to raise lino mutton, this
branch of foreign trade will rapidly in
crease with us.
No farmer can afford to sell wood
ashes at any price that the soap-loller
would pay. Where oat lodge, as they
are apt to ito upon heavily manured
laud, an application of ashes would save
tho crop.
Weeds In lawns, If annuals, are soon
killed by frequent mowing; thUtles,
docks, plnntaus, and other perennials,
can be pulled when small. If tho ground.
Is moist; or if too large, cut below the'
surface with a knife. A few children
will soon clear them out ut a littlo ex
pense. Hecplleethins of Aaron llurr.
Dr. Kphralni Clark, of Slalen Island,
N. V., who was a consulting physician
called In Hnrr's last illness, gives some
recollections of that once great man.
The venerable Doctor, in a recent Inter
view with a representative of tho New
York Times says:
He had a grand head with thu most
brilliant u es I oversaw, but below the
head ho was little moro than a helpless
skeleton. I can't say what was the
matter with him, any moro than gen
eral debility, but what was the cause of
that debility I cannot say, its 1 was not
his attendant physician and never thor
oughly diagnosed his case. Dr. Har
rison atteuded him regularly, but I
never asked him any questions, aud I
novor gavo Mr. Ilurr any medicines ex
cept two or thruo times, when I was
called in consultation, aud prescribed
anodynes to relievo the great palu in
which ho.seemed to be all the time. I
never saw him stand up. Always In his
room lie was lying upon Ids bed or
couch, and when in a carriage he was
supported by pillows in a kcmi-rocum
bent position. Hn had a very strong
Irishwoman In constant attendance upon
him, and when it was necessary to move
him, oven to carry him down to tho car
riage, sho would just pick him up in
her arms and take him along. Hueould
not havo been a very heavy load to
carry, for ho was fearfully emaciated,
reduced, seemingly, to littlo or nothing
hut skin aud bono. All power of mov
ing his lower extremities seemed to have
boon lost. Waa he religious?' Well,
judging from the profanity ho would
pour out at that woman when her hand
ling hurt him, I should say not, deci
dedly not. No, I don't think I over
knew of his evincing any tendencies in
that direction. But although his phys
ical being was such a wreck, ho seemed
to retain his intellect to tho last. I do
not think that I ever heard a moro bril
liant conversationalist, or that I over
met a man who moro profoundly lm-
Eressed mo at my first luterview with
lm. At this lapse of time I cannot
say what the topics of our conversation
were I only remember tho general lm
prossion made upon mo. I don't think
wo ever talked about politics, and I am
sure the duel between him aud Hamil
ton never waa a subject. 1 have hoard
that he expressed profound regret for
tho fatal results of that encounter, but
ho never did ho in my presence, never
Indeed alluded to it in nny way thut I
can remember either to that or tho
the wild dream of a South-western
empire which ho was said to liavu cher
ished in his younger da)H. Hut I recol
lect that thoro was a gentleman, a verv
intimate and warm personal friend o'f
his; I can't recall his name now, but he
used to edit tho Spy, in Washington.
Ahl yes I do remember, It was Matthew
L. Davis who talked to mo about that
duel, and urged very strongly that Burr
was not to blame, that ho had sought
to avoid tho pushing of matters to nn
extremity, that ho had opened tho door
for his opponent to step out of the nf
fair honorably without a meeting if ho
had chosen to do so, and that ho Burr
had always suffered unjustly a grent
deal of blame for that matter.
Mr. Davis was with him a grent deal.
Wo used to call him 'the old boy in
specs.' I think ho told me ho was Burr's
friend in tho duel; I will not bo posi
tive, but that is my impression. I be
lieved what ho said about Burr's con
duct iu that affair, and learned to look
moro leniently upon him than I had
before I knew him; but tho first time I
took his hand thin, weak, wasted away
it was until it was llko tho claw of a
bird I could not help thinking of tho
deed that hand had done, and a strange
feeling passed over mo, not a shudder,
perhaps, hut something very much llko
it. Although ho must havo been near
or quite 80 years old, it seems to mo as
I remember him now his hair was not
at all gray, but blak or a very dark
brown. His face was always Rnioothly
shaven. With tho exception of Judge
Edwards, who so kindly took care of
him, and tho friends that gathered about
him down thoro at the hotel all Judge
Edward's personal friends except Mr.
Davis, I believe Aaron Burr seemed
to bo all alone; horribly alone for a man
who had been Vice-President of the
United States and had held the social
position that he onco did. Hi first wifo
had died aevoral year before, and his
daughter by her, his only legitimate
child, it is reported, who married Gov.
Albtone, of bouth Carolina, w as lost at
sea moro than 30 year befora this timo.
He had married a second wife, the fa
mous Mme. Jumel, when he was nearly
or quite 78 years old, but I believe was
divorced from her before long. At all
events. I never saw her visit him while he
remained at Port Htchmond. and do not
think she ever did; nor do I think she,
or anybody else than Judge Edwards,
contributed to hi support. After his
duel f ith Hamilton, in 1804. he went
steadily downhill, financially aud every
other "way. DMrnnchlsi-d In New
York, and Indicted for murder in New
Jersey.hc fled to the far South wmt.and
entered uHin the visionary proceedings,
never very clearly understood bv any
body but himself, sofar as I could learn,
that ended in his indictment at Rich
mond. Va., on tho charge of treason,
lio got out of that on a sort of 'not pro
ven verdict, and went to Europe, flee
ing from creditor. It was said. Four v
years lie lived in great poverty in I.on-
don and Paris. Then ho returned to
New York and practiced law, very ob
scurely and without even an attempt
to seek any return to nolltlcal life. Ho
was completely crushed, nnd whon a
few years later ho became paralyzed In
tils extremities, he would douhtlcatt k
havo died of want but fur Judge Ed-m
wards. When he died, on Sept. Ifr
1830, at thu Port Richmond Hotel, thoy
took his body over to Now Brunswick,
N. J wheru it was Interred. 1 was
not present nt his death, neither did I
accompany the remains, but my im
prcoslon is that tho other gentlemen
whom I have named as his friends and
visitors did so. That is about all I re
member of Aaron Burr, a cherished
but sad remembrance, take it all In all,
of a brilliant limn, who, If lio had been
a good man, might well havo been a
great one, aud whoso end, lonely, de
pendent, aud obscure, seems lo poiut a
mural.
The Wealth ofTrlntly Church.
Thu Episcopal denomination is
stronger, hnancinlly, than nny other,
aud experiences less dilllculty in making
both ends meet. Tho Immense rosorvu
fund of the Trinity corporation is a val
uable backing. Tlio exact amount of
this fund has long been a matter of
speculation, and it will probably i cumin
so. 1 saw a newspaper paragraph tho
other day, which put tho value of thu
Trinity estate at 70,000.000. and tlio
samu authoritv made it appear that a
grent deal of tho property was rented to
liquor dealers. Tlio first statement ia
wholly wrong and tho second partly so.
I had occasion, some timo ago, to As
certain, as nearly A possible, tho total
value of tho Trinity property. Infor
mation ou tills point cannot boohtalned
at headquarters, so persons socking it
havo to look elsewhere. I made in
quit les at tho tax otllco and among per
sons likely to bo Informed on tho sub
ject, nud tho result of my Invcstigutions
was an estimate of between 2o,000,000
and JjUO.OOO.OOO ns tho total value of tho
properly. The greater part of It is very.,
old. an thu only real value is in tho
Intnl. Thoro Is a comfortable revenue
from it, however, and this will continue.
As to thu rum-shop matter, an explana
tion iuay lm In order. Nearlv all tho
Trinity property Is leasehold leases for
tweontj-one jenrs. with renewals, havo
bden running on since New York waa
but littlo moro than a village. Somo of
those leases have changed hands raanj,
times. Whon thoy were made, temper
ance crusades wero unknown. A man
could sell liquor without having a lot
of fanatics come out and toll him he was
going straight to the devil. It was not
considered necessary then to insert
clauses in tho leases prohibiting liquor
traftlo on the promises leased. No such
clauses wero Inserted; consequently
Trinity had no power to prevent the
sale of liquor on premises thus leased. .
But I understand, that in all renewal of
lease within the past ten or fifteen
years, no man can now become a Trinity
tenant without signing a covenant that
ho will not engage in tho liquor busi
ness Kxchange,
Iowa WaikrrMrwlce.
May, 18T8.WM cool and rather wet, but not
m stormy as April. At the Central Station a
the mi-an temperature of the air wm M deg
which la 4.3 degrees below normal; the rain
fall wm 5.43 Inches, which la 3 Inch- above
normal. The wind traveled 2,700 miles, which
Is about 1,400 mile Icm than In April.
The rainfall wmIcm than three Inches In the
north-west of Iowa. The southern half of Iowa
received over five Inches. Sir Inches fell from
Ottumwa over Muscatine to CI In (on, alao from j
Red 0k over Earlham to Dea Molnea. Over'
seven Inches fell from Fremont toDallMcoun
tlM, and westward to Harrison county. The
highest rainfall occurred luMilltcounty, name
ly, twelve luetics.
The severest rain storms occurred during the
pwtage ot low pressure arras, with thunder
torms, on the lit and 3d, the 17th and 18th,
and the 39th and 81st. The drat of there rib
storms waa greatest In Central Iowa (two and
a halt Inches), and least lu the southwest. The
second wm raot abundant from Audubon to
lluchanan counties, giving from two and a half
to one and a half Inches. The third wm the
most severe of all, giving six Inches of rain
early on tho 29th, at Glrnwood, Mills county,
causing severe floods; rain were al-o abund
ant during these last storm from Audubon to
Scott cotntlr. .
A snow storm on the 11th, cspeclill heavy
In the northwest, and down the 'Coon and Ml Ja
die Des Molnea rlvcrs,uhered In the cold spell
from the 11th to tho 13th; the frost were the
most evere In the regions most deficient In
timber.
During the continued low pressure of the
33J. hall and thunder storm were produced;
a tornado cloud was heard and seen on the af
ternoon In Jones county probably thr-me
which a few hour later came down to the
earth's surface In Wisconsin near Mineral
Point. A similar cloud wa seen on the tttta
over Washington county.
The number ot rain-day wm les than ten
on the western slope, aud over ten on the east
ern slope. It reached 13 Iong the 'tyoCMnd
lower 8kunk, also from Iowa City to CllnOon.
The number of day with thunder storms wa
3 to o In Ihe west and northwest, over 0 In all
the rest of Iowa, and reaching 10 from Audu
bon to Polk counties.
The iun' disc wm free from spot watll May
38tb, when two group of spots appeare4Te
mean dally range of the magnetic need!-'waa
8 1-3 minutes. OrsTavrs niaaicn.
Ctntrat Station, . ir. .V., Jum 4, 1874.
Orn expresi facilities are now excellent, en
abling us to fill ail orders without delay. Pack
age will reach publisher with news print
up to the date of shipment.
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