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According lo Iho report of tho De
partment of Agriculture Iho corn crop
of 1878 l.V),000.(MH) of bushel In ex
ecs of tlint of 1877, ntul oiU a some
what larger crop limn iho heavy ylelil
ol 1877, nnil 1 tho largest over raised
Inthlaeounlry. K)n l ono-slxlh larger
tlmn 1677. Potatoes) full off 40,000,000
bushels, Grapes, apple and pears show
a greatly decreacd jlotd.
The people In t,,n Hu,B ' Ml'10'"!
nnil Kant are Hculn a proposition
for tho annexation of Kansas City to
the Htalo of Kansas. The friends of
tho proportion In Missouri will prob
ably Mk thn IvgtUuiro to submit Ilia
question to a voto of tho elector of
Jackson county. and will all alo Mk
tho Federal Government to authorise
areturvey of tho Btato lioundary lino
between Missouri and Kansaa with h
vlow to determine tho faot whether, n
claimed, Kansas City Is not notnnlly
within tho territory of tho State of Kan
aas, according to thn original survey.
In tho muantlmn thn papers, especially
(f Ht, Louis nml Kansas City, nrn hav
ing a good deal o any about thn matter.
A fuw week ago tho Now York pa
porn wore enlightening tho publlo with
long account of tho progres doing
ttuilo at Monlo Park In tho Invontlou
of tho oleolrlo light. It I stated that
moro than f 70,000 havn boon expended
In experiments anil Incidental expense
connected with tho Invention, and thn
pulillo worn in ado to believe that tho
grand Illumination wa about to tako
place. For aoino time, howovor, wo
havo hoard nothing moro of It, and
pooplo begin to think tho projoct a fall
tiro, and some of tho paper now lntl
matn that Mr. Kdlauu has heen much
over-rated. Tho Now York journal
Imvn probably cducatod tho puhllo to
expect too much from Mr. KdUou. It
I not to bo expected that hu hall stiu
coed In uvory groat Invontlou hu tuny
propose.
Tho President nd Cabinet liuvu had
tho Chinese Immigration iiiollon under
oottlderatlou at several of their meet
ing during tho post fow wook. All of
them r.ro reported a having expressed
tholr views ipiUit freely. Tho Prosl
lent and Secretary F.varta aro doublet',
ly opM)ed to whololo Chlueo Immi
gration, regarding moro a, an "Invu
alon" than Immigration, for thoiunon
that thry do not como a settlers" In
tho ordinary meaning of that toim.
Thuy bring llttlo money or nroporly,
and oxpoot to return and take with
thorn all tholr earning McCrnry nml
Thompou tlo not regard tho Influx of
Chinamen ai an Invasion, yet bollovo
that It should bo stopped,. .. Devon Is
opposed to taking any atop In the
nutter, and Key Is pretty much of thn
same opinion. It I thought, however,
that atop will bo taken by treaty slip,
illation to put at leait a partial atop
to the Inlluxof Chinamen on tho Paclllo
coast. Tho Minister from China liar
not yd oMelally alluded to tho subject.
tour Ylr .rate Twe.
A rorropondeut of tho Troy 7im(M
thu describe four colebratetl "Ulir
Tree" of California!
Tho "Father of tho Forest," whoo
hugo form now lies prostrate) upon tho
ground, has a diameter of 117 feet, and
measures 1 lifted In circumference at
tho baie. It mutt havo boon 100 foot
high when atandlng. Wo climbed up
by a ladder ou tho mighty trunk, and
walked from tho root toward tlm top
for !W)0 feet, then wore compelled to
come down another ladder, because the
trvo had been broken In two by falling.
At tho brvnk wo found tho giant 10 feet
la diameter. Through tho trunk of tho
fallen monarch, which is hollow, onu
can rldo for 7ft foot ou horse-back. A
party of u walked aide by Ulo through
the Inside of this tree, then wo till
crawled through a knot-hole.
Tho "Mother of tho Forest," now
dead but still standing, I .VJ7 feel high.
iMoru than 100 feet higher than Hunker
till Monument,) This Is tho tallest
trvo on tho continent. Sumo year
at it co tho bark was stripped from this
two. for ft distance of 110 feet from thn
ground, and carried to Kuglaud. Your
correspondent saw it in mo London
Crystal Palace In 1807.
One of tho trees of this grovo (the
Calaveras) is called tho "Old Hacholor."
Ho is CO foot in circumference, and
looks llko some other bift-hclors, rather
forlorn. Another is called tho "Old
Maid," and she Is full 60 feet around
tho waist. Tho Old llaolmlor and Old
Maul aro quite a distance apart (they
trenerallv aro. von know). Tho Hitch-
elor la still standing: but a fow year
ago tho Old Maid fell, and ,1 must tell
of It, alio fell right towards tho Old
Bachelor.
IIutterscotcA. Tako ono pound of su
jjar, throo-quartors of a pint of water
auau sei over n siow nru, vrneu uouu mm
ono nml a half teaspooniuis or butter,
and lemon julco to tlavor.
itn .niik nlillilrwii Mini lft .Mtiff.li nit! uiiirlr
and surely dyluir, or rather lwltu VtllsU by vx-
dnut or drunkca stuff called uieJIclne, tlul no
oockuows wliat It 3 made of, who cn rysUv
b cured, and ssvrd by Hop liltter, utsde ot
Hopa. Muchu, Mandrakf. Uandelloo. Ac.,
watte!) U so iur, tple and bsrtulfu Uist the
BMti frail woaaae, weakest tarslld or iwillett
ccM eaa trust In Uiew. Will jou bs saved by
I 8m ower coraaiD,
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sr(l-fifiiJ
Wind arn advertisements of all thoy
touch, however much or llttlo wo may
hoahln to rend thenit telling their wan
derings even by tlielr sconU alone.
Mariners detect tho flowery perfumn of
land.wlnds far at sea, and sea winds
carry tho fragrancoof ilulso anil tanglo
far Inland, whero It I quickly recog.
nled, though mingled with tho scents
of a thousand lanif.flower. As an Il
lustration of this, I might tell hero that
I breathed sea-air on I he Frith of Forth,
In .Scotland, whllo a mu then was tak
en Inland to Wisconsin, where I re
inalnetl nineteen earsj then, without
la all this tlmn hiving breathed ono
breath of tho sen, I walked quletlv,
alone, from tho middle of lm Missis
sippi Valley to thn 2 it If of Mexico, on
a Wotanlcal excursion, and while in
Florida, far from thn oast, my atten
tion wholly bout ou thn splendid tropi
cal vegetation, I suddenly rocognlcd a
aeadireeM. as It camn sifting through
thn palmettoes and blooming vlmt tan-
fles, which at onco awakened and act
reo a thousand dormant Association,
and nude mo a boy In Scotland again,
as If all tho Intervening years worn an
nihilated. Most peonlo llko to look at mountain
river, and bear them In mind; but few
caro to look at the winds, though far
morn beautiful and sublime, and Ihouuh
they become at times about as vlilblo
as Mowing water. When tho north
winds In winter are making upward
sweeps over tlm curving summits of tho
Alps, thn fact Is sometimes published
wlthlt)lng banners hnlf a mile long,
Thono portions of thn winds thus em
bodied can scarco bn wholly Invisible,
even to tho dnrkest Imagination, Ami
when wo look around ovi.r an agitated
furoM, wo nmy see something of the
wind that stirs It, by its effect upon
tho trees. Yonder It descends In a rush
of water-llkn ripples, and sweeps oer
the bending trees from hill to hill
Nearer, wo sen detached plumes and
leave, now sncoiiiiig iiy on liiiel cur
rents, now whirled In eddies, or, ncnp'
lug over the edgesof thu whirls, can led
rapidly nlotl on grand, tip.swolllng
domes of air, or tosxrd on llaino'llku
crests, smooth, deep currnuts, caseades,
falls, and swirling eddies, slugiiii'
around every tree and leaf, mid over nil
thu varied topography of tho region
w Ith telling change of form, llko mouii.
tain rivers conforming to ttiu features
of their chaiinels.
Honest Turks In Office.
It I a giuat mistake to suppose that
the Turk, who as n simple citlxen is n
straightforward, hornm, tiuthful man,
become invariably con upl and shame
less when he get iv plnco in tho admin
istration, 'lhert ate mnny Turks
against whom thu tongue of scandal
hns nothing whatever to allege; tako
Mldhat I'niha as an Kxamplo. After
four years of otllco a (Soveruor-Oeuer-al
of thopiovlnceot llngdiul- during
which time ho sol on foot project of all
kinds, establishing a tramway, dovel
oping steam communication on thn Ti
gris, building vast barracks, designing
wldo street through tho city of Ilng
dad, ho was as poor as when unentered
tho serai. He was so poor that when
ho was called, to Coiilautlunplo to bo
made Vlxlor, ho actually had not mi in
dent money for tho Journey to the cap.
Ital, and had tocast about forlhomeaiis
of raising It as best ho could, lie em
ployed a cnulldcntlnl agent to endeavor
to soil his watch ami chain, -vhlch were
very valuable, to n distinguished unlive
of India, who was to bo kept in Igno
rance of thn Vender's imme. Hut the
watch was rooognlaed, mid tho Indian,
buying It at the price asked, sent It as a
proiuut to Mldhnt on his departure, and
requested him to accept it as a mark of
esteem nml friendship. Thn houornble
poverty of Mldhat 1'iwha rolled moro
credit upon him than oven tho energy
with which ho forced on so many ben
ellulal nubllu undertakings, by .my ono
ot which he might so easily havo en
riched hlniMdf, Another distinguished
olllolal who enjojs, and rightly, a char
acter for disinterestedness not second
to that of Mldhat 1'asha himself, Is Ah
med Vefyk Pasha, who after holding
many high administrative appoint
ment and tilling tho post of Ornud VI
xor for n season, lives modestly In a
small wooden villa ou the Hosphorus
nn cdltlco as unpretentious a the cot
tago of Cincinnati! not ashamed of
tho narrow fortune which attests his
Indexible Integrity ami untarnished
honor.
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Christian aiid Israelites.
St, Luwlt (iUt' lfimcrt, ,lti, Jilt,
The tiro which destroyed tho Second
Haptlst Church on Friday last was a
misfortune long to bo remembered by
both minister and people; but it has
served to glvo yet another proof of the
truth of thu saying that gool cometh
out of evil. The minister and his con
gregation hnd scarcely realized their
loss beforo thoy ivcelveU messages of
condolence, often accompanied bv of
fers of material aid. Nor were "thov
confined to the adherent of tho special
tenets and observances of tho Haptlst
creed. Lutheran, Methodist, and KpU
copallau ministers and aCathollu priest
wero foremost In tho good work of say
ing valuable books and papers from tho
.lames, and tho smoko of the ashes was
hardly laid before another congregation
set another example of warm-hearted
and generous liberality. It was ono not
included In the Christian ranks, but
composed of a people who, from tho
earliest ages have worshipped tho Hod
ot the Christians, and who, In all oases
ot distress, havo been among tho tlrst
to answer to an appeal tor aid. As
soon as the President and Trustees of
the Israelite Temple Share F.ntoth heard
Of tho loss, they held a meeting and,
with tho full concurrence and support
of their rabbi, offered'tho Haptlsts, who
wero thus left without a church, the
froo use of tho Templo until they could
rebuild their own house of worship.
Preacher Spuruveu and .Neal Hon.
homo weeks ago the Hartford, (Conn.)
CVuniMl j.rlnted hu alleged assertion
of (Jen. Neal Dow which had got Into
circulation that Mr. Spurgcon, tho
famous London preacher, used beor
and splrltous liquor vcrv freely. A
frleud of Mr. Spurgvon 'in Hartfonl
sent to him tho paragraph (hlch Mr.
Dow had disclaimed) and has Just re
celved tho following:
itett Citt-v.frUwiffl.fr.n
If Mr. Nenl Dow knew tlm truth ho
would not make such charge against
uio. My manner of life 1 before tho
world. Ask theift that know mo. What
ever faults t mar lime. I have been
preserved at all tunes from oxcesi, and
I havo given no irround for any onu to
accuse mo or It. I tiso no alcoholic
drink as a Ix-veragn. but I am an hab
itual abstainer, ami, as a rule, a total
abstainer. "Ilecr." of which Mr. Dow
speaks, I never touch, and I never
tnoiight.much less said, that I could not
keep up to my work without brandy
and Itoor. I no not bollovo that those
or any other stimulants aro p help lo
any man. Yours truly.
C. H.Hl'UHOKOH.
Mrtutsr Alllsan's lUmnty Hill.
Tho bill recently Introduced by Mr.
AllUon In IheHenato, to provide for the
payment ot additional bounty to the
soldiers of tho war of thn rebellion,
provide that thn widow, minor chil
dren or parents, In thn order named,
of all suoh soldiers who died In tho
service of thn United Htates of diseases
or wounds contracted whllo in thu
service nml In the line of duty, shall bo
paid bounty In nddltlon to any amount
of bounty to which he wa entitled
by law at tho date of hi enlistment for
thn tlmn between tho dato of his enlist
ment and thn date of hi death in tho
service, or discharge from tho service,
ptovlded that all sums paid as nddl
llonnl bounty under thn laws of lf0
shall bo deducted from the amount lo
which the soldier who received thn
same would ho entitled under this net.
Tho bill also provide that no xoldler
who received nny Statu bounty, or other
local bounty, or who received pay as
a substitute, shall receive additional
bounty under this act, unlets thu bounty
lo which ho Would bo entitled ihotilil
exceed the amount of such local Immiii
ty or pay, and in such case ho shall re
ceive only the excess.
lluhhles.
Hobby horses are
pop.
book
Ono man's hobby Is books which he
never read. He spend his life, and
all hi uporl!uou cah In tho collec
tion of volumes, jt which he never tie
ruses moro than the title-page i. Ills
shelves aro groanlinr beneath tho eru
dition of all ages and all countries.
Ho gloats over tho oossesslou of the
rarest works, mid will travel from onu
end of thu kingdom to tlm other for tho
mere chance of purchasing a unique
specimen lo add to his collection. It
would tako him a century to spell over
what he has already amassed; but ho
never dreams of such a thing, He
reads thn catalogue, thn Inventory of
his riches, and nothlui; else; every ad
dition to thai Is an addition to hi sutU
faction, because it Is nn additional grace
to his hobby. Another man's hobby Is
the collection of niilotrraphs, and In his
mad race ho nllows himself to beenmu
the pest of so-called great men. An
other glories In pictures and is continu
ally Increasing his store. He Is never
taken in; not lie. ho Is too good a Judge
for that! Is he? A third rides a mu
sical hobby, and goes merrily through
thu wot Id to tho sound of llddlo ami
llilte, and French horn mid double bass.
Ills whole life I one song; nml when hu
sink into silence al Inst, It Is with the
blessed hope of a Joyful ihi rnio In tho
land of celestial harmony.
Portugal l.io Muklmr.
Xiirrlttooii llcirtlit
The mode of making love in Portu
gal Is very simple, bin It lacks energy
and the true Inwardness of thu Ameri
can article. The Portugal young man
nays his addresses by simply standing
In front of the house occupied by tho
object of his affections, while the u:ig
lady looks down approvingly from an
upper window, and that's all there I
of It. No gum-drops, no measuring of
waists with arms, no peanuts, no ga
zing into the liquid depths of love-melt-lug
eyes, no-aud-so-forth. It Is a
great saving of the old man's gas and
fuel, but on a cold night tho young man
is liable to havn his ears frozen, unless
he carries a stove In hi coat-tall pocket.
These silent courtships, we aro told,
sometime continue for very long peri
od beforo tho lover can ask the impor
tant qiioMlnn, or the lady return tho
final answer. Thero is big room for
Improvement in tho matter of Portugal
love-making.
Love Affairs ntul Kellglon.
Mr. Hrvatit used to say that a itentle
man should never talk ofhls love affairs
or his religion. So far as I know, ho
practiced as ho preached. There was
no subject which for manyjears ap
peared to occupy more of his thought
than religion, none about whicn lie
seemed moro willing to listen, but of
hi own religious exiierieuco he was
singularly reticent. I do not remem
ber to haw heard him detiue his creed
upon any point of theology, or glvo ut
teranco to a single dogma; neither do I
bollovo such an utterance can be found
In any of his writings, though o pro
found wero his religious feelings and
convictions that they found expression
in n series of exquisite devotional
hymns, which I trust may omo day
bo given to tho public. In" matters of
religion his amnesty was a conspicu
ous a-s lu everything else; ho was never
betrayed into citing his own example
or his opinion as an authority to any
one.
llutltr rtity.Ono-halt pint molas
ses, one-halt pint water, one pound loaf
sugar, one quarter pound butter. Let
boll without stirring until, by dropping
a little lu water, you timl It is done.
tor .loin' iViMiuy. Thrco cups of
Hour, ono cup of molasses,- ono cup of
milk, one cup of suet, ono cup raisins,
ono tcaiquHmful of mhLi, spice to taste;
boll two hours; eat wLh sauce.
.1 Itak' (I IHuui huhhnjj, Tako ono
pound of tlour, one-halt pound of cur
rants, one-halt pound raisins, one-halt
pound suet, one egg. one-half pint of
milk, a llttlo caudle! peel; chop tho
suet finely; mix It with the tlour, cur
rants, stoned raisins, and sliced peel;
add thu woll-bcalcu egg, and add milk
enough to make tho pudding ot tho
consistency of very thick batter. Put
It Into a buttered tttsn, and kako In a
gvxnl oven from ono and a quarter to
one and a nail hour; turn u out; strew
sifted sugar over, and serve.
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LATE NKWaV
Uvairrail.
Tho People's Dank at Kufaula, Ala
bams, lis iuixndeL
Poslttvo order hare been Issued that
the pursuit of U. ccapd Cteycnti be con
tinued. Henry Zlterer, a brewer of Now
Turk, hs filial with lUMiltlr tmounttng to
lfo,m.
On tho night of Jannary 17th. nearly
c.'l tho buttnes JvrtlOQ of Alfensvflle, Ky.,
burned.
Tlm woolen mill of John Hrown &
Co., I'tilltdtlpbls, burned Jsonsry 30th Ijnk,
2M,(XI).
Tho stockholder of tho Trader' Na
tional lltlik, rttDKur, Milne, have total to
ctosA busier
0 Tho (Srand Central Hnnk, a small
eoiKTMi In Nrw Voflt, has clcxrd It do, for
wint of butlnrM.
Thn total loss by tho groat lire In
New fork on thr night of Jsnuary Ulb, It es
timated at l,.SVVi0.
Thn residence of James M. (ilenn,
one mile south cf Newport, Ky., burned, Jan
uary U. Lot, 11,000.
A lire at Portland, Mich., January
Ifltli, ilettroyrd a number ot storm end other
tmlMliiir.. !., I.l.dio.
Tho Kmanuel Congregatlonnl church,
on ItoMnn Highlands, burned January 30tli.
Ishu, .VI,(), nuriiri i;Vi,Oii).
Calvjrt A: Co., boot and shoo manu
facturers, of llostnn ami Nahtltle, Tent).,
hare failed. Liabilities, J.Vi,0s).
The Purls .fc Danville railroad engine
hotoe at Danville, III., burned January 1Mb.
l.o, I'.ivu), Insurance, I l.l.usj.
The lecture and Sunday School rooms
of the Flrit l'o-sbytcrlan church, Newark, N.
J , Llirnrd January anh. l.o, iVW.
I'ho mills of J. Kidder, (ieuoeo, 111.,
which originally cot 37,(JO, together with
H,(M worth of stock, burned January 'MU.
Insurance, f 13,000.
Tho jail at Pino Hluff, Arkansas,
tm rne.l on the night of Jinusry I7lh. The
prUoner were removed to the court house un
injured. A rlwner fired thr building.
A lire In New York, on tho evening
of the llth of January, destroyed a large
amount of rnrty, and was attended with
lots of life, rteral tlmiicn are mUolng.
Three whites nml one Chinaman wero
killed by an rxitnlon at the (Slant Powder
Work, 8au Francltco, January Hth. Other
were more or lew hurt. Thr damago to prop
erty wa .ihoiil 10,oiio.
Thn blasting fuso factory of Feckford
.t Co., Hhnsbiiry, Conn., was blown up Janu
ary mill, an t three glrla were killed. Hoveral
other eron wero Injured. The accident was
catitcd by the friction of machinery.
A tiro at Atchison, Kansas, January
1Mb, destroyed thu round home and machine
hoa ot thn Atrhlfou and Nubratk lUllroad.
Keur engine and all the repair machinery uf
the eoinpany was deatroyed. Lo, f ItW.rtXl.
The Urn wu Incendiary.
Another disttsfrotis lire in tho bust
liens prth)ii of New York, occurred on the
nlgnt of January Klh. The l-a a estlma
tetl, fiHil up orer J,4(),ru), aod aru mainly
uiUlncd by nine dltle rent tlrius, each liming
from S0,un) to f l,(ssi,us).
.', On tho 10th of January tho roof of
Taylor .V Faulkner's planing mill, Cincinnati,
brnku down on sceeuut of the eiiermous weight
of mow, carrying to the ground the entire
second story, which tontalued tery heavy ma
chinery. Thn dsiusge to the building and urn
ihlnery Isrstlmated at from IO,(n)tol,(K).
Thu Territorial Legislature of Men
tan ervatibed, January 14th. Owing to tho
Intiillh-lcnt emigre, Uni.,l appropriation to
pay the exH'iie of the Legislature, a con
current rv.olutlon was lntroducel and the
Iliui.o adjourned until the 1Mb of January.
The (J-jreriior's mesrsgesnyshehas a propol
tlen from a res; entitle party to take the en
tire iNiiuled debt of theTerrltory (f4,S), now
tdrwng 10 percent) atfler cent, free from
station, or 5 per cent If taxed,
Tho latest accounts from Fort Hob
tnsnn, Jan. 17th, represent the eca-tl Chey
enne a entrenched lu such InaccenslhU poll
lion as to hold the tnop at bay. Capt. WesJ
lelU tellevea they cannot he dislodged from
their preteut position without losing a greater
number of Uvea than he deems advisable, and
has In entiMrquence dlfpatchcd Lieutenant
l)odd, of th,f Thtnl Cavalry, to lUd Cloud
Agency to obtain tho aulstauce of dozen
Sioux aciuita well vered In the Indian mode
of watfare. A party of live soldier who were
detalUd from thn command for the purposeot
aci i tabling ttie position uf the Indians, while
engaged In this duty uuexpectedly found them
selves within short rttte ranee of orer half a
score of Indiana, Tlio I tter dlscharge.1 a vol
ley at thn squad, killing private Uarber ot
Company II, Tldnl Cavalry, gaining poe
slon of hi carbine, pltol and aminuultlon.
Tho Thirteenth Legislative Assembly
of Uakot Territory couveniM at Yaukton
January tlth. (lov. Howard's message con
gratulates the people on the wonderful proa
pertty of tho Territory during the past two
years, and recommend the conr miction of an
Insane asylum and penltenUary In the Terri
tory, He places the Indebtedness of the Ter
ritory at ItT.CoO, He call, upon the Legist
ure. to rvqulra the Territorial Treasurer to
make a more explicit report ot his financial
transactions, and recommend Improved
school legislation, and asks for a law authoris
ing the appointment of an Immigration board,
and touches on various matters of importance
The Legislative sesalou will occupy forty day.
Due of the moat Important meaturvs to be en
acted Is the reapportionment of the Territory
lu conformity wUt a reeent law of Congresa
cuttUg downteglthttve representation.
Ci-IissImhi Krcrl.
John Heck, postmaster at French
burg, Ky, baa K-on arrested, charged with
rinln; valualde letter.
Tho Amoricn bark Shooting Star
has Mlleil from Utbon with Angel), hi de
faulting Secretary of the Vullman Palace Car
Couipanv, ou board.
Captain Georgo Prince hu boon ar
rested at ItatA, Maine, charged with obtaluliur
a large amount cf money from the penitoa of
fice oa fictitious nawea.
T.omM !lcl, for some ycara cash
ier of the First Nattotial B8k OalTetorj,
Teis, hat abaeomlrd, and the PreeMent of
the bank offer ll.ttsl reward for Ids capture,
Nicholas Jacoby, who was shot on
the Mreet In JMUburg, Ps., a few days ago,
died January 19th, Previous to hi death he
made a dying declsralltm, la which be Mated
that Frank rmall, a fqrrner lorrr of hi wife,
wa hit mnrdtrer imall U under arres.
Klghl prisonrrs attemptrd to ccnpo
from the Jail at (iwentown, Ky., at norto Jan
usry 17th They knocked down thr Jailor's
brother, Ilibert M ore, who bad charze of
them, and fled, lut Moore, regaining bis feet,
drew a revolver and flre.1, killing Wllllsm Saw.
yers, who had tu eonflne.1 for burglary.
Tho property of tho Massachusetts
Horn Mlwlonary S)elety, which It late treaa
urer, Charles Demnnd, was alil to bare rcls
lil, amount to 1 10,000. The trouble arfaea
from unauthorised Investment by Hemoiid,
who Juitlfle his action by the cuaf-m of for
mer treaaurer making Invettment In behalf
of the Sicfety.
A few day ago a party of soldiers
found the tdlr of two men near the Tort
Laramie and Fort XcKloney road. One was
banging to tree and the other lying on the
ground. It l auppoied that they were horse
or cattle thieve, and were hung" by ranchmen
who, being short ot rope, hanged one, and
when be was dead cut him dowu and banged
thn other.
Mnrtln Merger, another Mollle Ma
gil'rr, waa haugrd at PolUvllle, I'., January
llth, for the murder ot Patrick lliirni at Tut
carora, Pa., April l.'.tli, 1170. This makes the
nineteenth Mollle Magulre hanged for munler
In that State. Two other, Peter McManui
and John O'Neill, the alleged murderer ot
lloaer at thamoklo, In December, tsT5, are
yet to be dealt with.
Ou the night of January 1,1th Frank
Donohue, aged V roue from the bed In which
he waa sleeping wlih his friend and fellow
workman, Martin llouaton, In Chicago, and
taking a pocket-knife ilablx-d llouaton some
twenty tlnus about the head. When found In
the morning llouaton was dead. Donahue
admitted the murder, hut was under the In
fluence of liquor, and aayt them wa nocauae
for It except hit own condition, he having lern
alio jet dellrlou with drink tor aome weeks.
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Tho execution of Sharpe and Mc
Donnell, two Mollle Magulre, took place at
Msuch Chunk, !'., January 14th. They wero
convicted of the murder of George K. Smith,
a coal operator at AiMcnnld, on the night
of November Ath, 1MVI. A reprieve from (lor.
Hartranft arrived one half minute after the
drop fell Jnt thirty seconds too late to save
the Urea of the men adjudged guilty of tho
murder. The doomed men alept peacefully the
night before and showed no tlgu of tear.
Thry died proteatlng their Innocence.
A horrible murder wa committed at
Hell' bend of the Cumlerlnd river, twelre
mile from Naahvllle, Tenu., on the night ot
January 14th. Next morning the IxMIca of
John Whlttvmyer nd wife were found ide by
tide In bed. Tliey had been terribly beaten
and dlf tlgured with billet of wood, between
thn two dead bodies were found an Infant and
a child two years old, who were crowing and
playing, uncontelous of the tragic nirround
bigs. One Knox Martin (colored) I sutected
of the murder. He had a mlmnderstandlng
with Whlttemjer aWmt the pay for a day's
work.
Mrs. Kate Cobb, who has been on trial
st Norwich, Conn., for poisoning her huaband,
has been sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
Charles Demond, treasurer of tho
MachUH'tt Home Missionary Society, Pot
ion, has rralgned by trquettnf the Kxecilthc
committee. He had tuadu an unauthorised
Inve-tinent of the funds amounting to from
.V,U to 1100,000. It la aald that he had
been speculating exteuttvely lu Western real
estate that be rold the securities n! the soci
ety and Invested the proceed In weateru lnd
for the ttkn of the comnilailnns he would re
ceive on such Investment. The property ha
tieen placed In the band of the society, hut
It valuo Is regsrded a doubtful.
FasrrlaxM.
ArOIIAMSTAN.
Troops left Candahar by tho Cabul
gte Jnury Slh. The mall fnm Herat for
Mir Afgul, lte (lovernor of (lliwguee, wa
raptured. Anarchy It said to prevail at Cabul.
ritANce.
A Pari dispatch of January 16th
says: The situation I very critical. The over
throw of the cabinet would lead to President
MacMahou'a retirement, and government by
the extreme Left, with Ita revolutionary pro
gramme, would profoundly derange society
throughout Franc Thn itepubllcsus are de
termined to rrt-itn only their party friends In
olllce, and to have all the Ministers.
The Ministerial statement has gen
erally created an unfavorable Impression.
A Versailles dispatch of Jan. 20th
lays that during the suspension of the sitting
of the Chamber of Densities th Government
effected a compromise with the l.eft, thu te
eming a majority for the mlnlttrty. In conse
quence of the compromise Julra Ferry offered
his motion expressing couddence In the tiov
ernment, which was adopted.
OtKMANT.
Tho Gorman Government, In conse
quence of the refusal of the Samons to etna
ply with Its demands has instructed the cor
vette. Arlsdne and the gunboat Nautilus to ex
act satisfaction, by force If necessary.
The Herlln lst says that Hisraarck
has declared privately that be was Indifferent
as to the fate ot the parliamentary discipline
bill, which be aald he prepared solely In the
Interest of the IlelchtUg Itself.
Tho Herlln Journal states under ro
serve that as soon a the Socialist IVmvrsUc
Deputlescome to the opening ot the Ketch
ttagtbeywtll be expelled, in virtue of the
tute ot selge.
Hismarck has written and caused to
tw published a letter appealing to the agricul
tural community of Germany to afford him
their united and vigorous support In his work
ot fiscal reform. He refers to the new duties
to l levied upon Imported corn and cattle,
and expresses the opinion iht such taxation
hu become an unavoidable nrccasttv.
THE ORIENT.
The Auslro-Turklsh convention will
U ttgaed shortly. It will leave Austria free
to administer Bosslaaad Herxejovtoa, con
M JSWW, fcsM
tinue tbt Turkish administration, sr.d rub
tlsh a mixed occupation of Sort Haiar.
Tho Atcnu llusc, of St. Petersburg,
says tbe proposal to extend the function ot
the commission for the organisation of Rift
era Hmmells, h received the aent of all
th fowert, and such a prolongation dor not
eunsUtnte a violation of tbe treaty of Ilerlln.
A Vienna dispatch say It I not true that Aus
tria content to the prolongation of the Itus
slan occupation of Eastern Houmella
r.L'JSIA.
Thf llcrlin XUiotnit Ztttuny, refer
ring to tbe projected ItUMlan loan, says Euro
pean caplttliut will only supply the money if
tbe Kusslan armies In Turkey are withdrawn
and Hassla forbears to engagr in a fresh war
In Asia.
ROME.
A ditpatvh from Koine of Jannary
17tb, says: In sddltlon to the propped ap
pointment of several Vlcart Aptollc In part
of America destitute tf F.placopal churches,
tbe Vatican Inteadt to ettablisJj several new
lll.hcprfrt In the I'ultrd States, and Institute
a new Hierarchy different from the present
one. Tbe Pope hss trot circulars to tbe tilth
ops outside of Europe with a view to extend
ing the collection of Peter's peine In all coun
tries of the world.
SI'AIK.
A Madrid dispatch of Janunry 17th
say The Constitutional papers loudly com
plain that domiciliary visits were made a few
nhthtssgn tothe houet of three friend and
partisans of M tribal S-rsno and search made
for a irdltloua pamphlet, which, however, was
aot discovered. Ttie affair caused some seu
satlon.
Paul llcferr cro.
(Uaeta Ctirlsiloa bj F.ltanur E. Orlrbar
Nero, with his thick neck, full round
chin, and cruel lips, had lost already
tho beauty of his early youth. Ilia
curling ha'lr was bound by a wreath of
myrtle leaves, and his whole expression,
as" ho presided on tho judgment seat,
was thnt of a man nearly driven out of
hi mind with prosperity and boundless
power.
Heforo him stood Paul of Tarsus,
worn with long watching and waiting!
for trial, although ho had received every
Indulgence which Komau law could
permit. On his wrista wero tho marks
of tho chains which ho hnd worn for
two years, tho scars which must havo
hurt so much whilst they wero being
inado. Thero wero also scars about
him of these fearful scourges in which
hotrloritied; and thero were traces of
perils by sea and by land, which do not
leave a man ns they find him.
Thero ho stood with undaunted self
oossesslou, facing tho cmjtcror, a.1 ho
had faced many a lessor ruler. Ho hal
longed to sou Orusnr, and now ho had
his wish.
Hu was at last face to faco with tho
man who had murdered his mother,
destroyed his first wife and adopted
brother, and whoso heart waa full of
every imaginable wickedness. Ho was
face to faco with a man whoso blood
mined mind waa over bent ou praise,
and who so forgot his dignity that, in
spite of the loan of his servants and
counsellors, he publicly performed on
thu stage m a musician and as a chari
oteer Is tho circus. It was Impossible
even for the most devoted adherent to
tho ito.unn law to feel tho least respect
Tor this emperor; and thu awful attri
bute which was given to him of "power
equal to tho gods" was Incapablo of
raising him in tho minds of his sub
jects. Whalebone.
Few persons know what tho whaltv
none of commerce represent in tho liv
ing animal. A writer thus describes it:
hnlcboiie, in fnct, represents nn euor
nious development of the gum of tho
whale, nnd exists in tho living animal
In thu form of two rows of plates,
which, llko a double fringe, hang or do
pond frrm it palates. From ono hun
dred nnd fifty to two hundred of these
plates exist in tho mouth of a whale,
and tho largest plates may measuro
from eight to ten or twelve feet long.
Tho inner edges of those whalebone
plates exhibit a fringed or frajed-out
appearance, and the whole apparatus
is adapted to serve as a kind of gigantic
solve or strainer. Thus, when tho
whale iills tho mouth with water, largo
numbers of small or minute animals,
allied to jelly-tishs and the like, aro on
gulfed and drawn into tho capacious
mouth cavity.
Tho water Is allowed to ecapo by tho
sides of tho mouth, but ita solid animal
content aro strained off nnd entangled
by the whalebone fringes, and when a
sulllclent quantity of food ha been cap
tured in this way, tho morsel la duly
swallowed. Thus It is somewhat curi
ous to rellect that thn largest animals
aro supported by some of tho smallest
beings.
Had Condition or the National Capitol.
Washlntrt n heller W the S N, World
The mortality in Congress turns at
tention afresh to tho defective ventilla
tlon and pernicious sewerage of Ihe ns
tional capitol bulldiug. It would bo
uufalr to charge all tho several death
of congressmen upon this as tho
immediate cauo, but it cannot bo Ig
nored as a primary Influence in loading
to snch sad results. Tho two chambers
in which tho senate and house set for
business are sot within chamber, like
boxes inside boxes, and original light
and air never reach their interior. Air
is pumped in through long conduits,
having tUilr extremities in tho hillside
on which tho capitol building stands,
and the actinic ray of heaven's light,
the chemical, life-generating ray, never
gets within the double thickness of
ground glas which makes tho &ky lights
and Is utterly excluded by tho outer
walls, which are perforated only for the
admission of. light to the encircling
galleries and committee rooms. It is
trotn tho asphyxiating of such hall
that tho members rush forth into the
changeful atmosphere of the Wash
ington climate the temperate men to
invito chills and fever and the drinking
men to seek protection in alcohol.
While congress will always afford a
good field for the benevolent efforts of
the temperance advocate, the capitol
will be still more a subject for th In
telligeat consideration of the sanitarian
scientist.
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