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FOB generate mildew atearful <sf will be found to absorb the moisture and tender the air pure, but it is to renew the lime from time to time as it L»«cora«?» fully slaked. This last rase- dy will be found useful in safes and stiong rooms, the damp air of which acts frequently most injuriously on the valiuf Me deeds and documents which thej Mmtnin SAVING WOML--House maids can save themselves a great deal of work by using ostein various ways. Aparticular nail for each cloth used about tne sink,makes it easier to keep the table at hand, in or­ der, and to cleanse the pots and kettles »wrp owutfetpaasalor 1. . The robins serve Mm for their board, - Ana aaft » flbcrajr ao«r nnA than, is arebrfraia fthe heard T They are the sinless frfen^:- of mtu, i?or saving ;;ov4iv they take tkslr own, Fqaaof our foep. Pray, dzop thai, «mm, r#d-breatf Ur4 <Vi j >. • ' ~ . •> i-T v•' Atwund th« " CmramYS are excellent lightning con­ ductors. In view of which it is recom­ mended : First, that they be kept clean; then, that all the grates in a house be connected by means of a strong wire, such as is used for telegraph purposes, with a piece of metal in the earth, or with the iron gtts or water pipes. VARNISH brushes should never be al­ lowed to touch wate#, as it not only in­ jures the elasticity of the hair, but a res­ inous substance is formed in the hilt of the brash, which can never be thorough­ ly removed; and which will work outlit- tle by little when the brush is used, des­ troying the glassy surface which other­ wise might be obtained. * A sKUiLFTO sawyer, in sawing a log into scantling, which he knows will spring, will first mark off the end into «uts; and then, after sawing once through on. one side of the log, will saw a slab off the other side, and finish in the middle. By this means the lumber will be about as true as if the timber were not inclined to spring at all. THAT Kentucky has not long ago taken rank as one of the chief wool-growing States of the Union, is due to the pusil­ lanimity of our legislators, who have been afraid to levy a tax on the dogs of the dear poor man. The Grangers nave now taken the matter in hand, and we have reason to believe that the next Leg- iftlfttnrn will •pass », law kwtw (Jogs. Ptt&UGuii Kritflivkiart. As REGARDS cooking food for animals, intelligent farmers have been buying steamers that are now lying in the fence •corners. Grain may be plenty in one place, fuel cheap in another. Who can tell under precisely what circumstances it will pay to cook cattle food ? One su­ perfine buttermaker declares that only from raw food will his cows bring the most perfect butter.--Olcott's Courant. WE challenge any one to show thatasin- gle box of it was ever branded or marked oleomargarine cheese, or that it lias ever reached the consumer abroad or at home in the legitimate channels of trade upon its own merits, If the article is as good as it is claimed for it, and is designed to be sold as an improvement on skim-milk cheese, and not as a substitute for full cream cheese, we fail to see why there should be any objection to branding its name on it.--Boston Cultivator, I HAVE never known a case of cholera that was not traceable to indigestion, and Lad the herdsman observed, he would have noticed the symptoms of approach­ ing disease (viz.: extreme indolence, thirst, costiveness, disordered skin, fickle appetite, etc,) weeks before the disease assumed the violent form called'cholera. If the herd lias been neglected, and dis­ ease is allowed to progress till it assumes a type of cholera, it may be arrested, except in extreme cases, by giving salt, ashes, sulphur and cW-coal, and dleiiag upon sour milk or wheat bran cooked. I have ad.ioM Slis ii^atinent in a num­ ber of cases, and it .has invariably proven successful. If diet and core will not ar­ rest the disease, it has gone too far for medicine. --Li ve Stock Journal. SAYS the American Agriculturist: ** An early sown crop of rye will furnish a valuable winter and early spring pas­ ture. The cost would be as follows: Plowing one acre, seed two bushels, harrowing or drilling, and if necessary some fertilize;. Be&lly, the whole cost will be the seed, because the labor will be well expended on the land. A. portion of this cost will be returned in the ma­ nure left upon the field by the cattle pas­ tured. The return will be at least equal to the vaJbe of one ton of hay per acre, which will be a handsome profit. In ad­ dition to*the value of the feed gained, the condition of the stock will be greatly improved by a healthful change of feed at a time when it is much needed. What is left of the crop after it has been pas­ tured will be valuable to plow under, and the ground will be in excellent con-' dition for a spring crop. ( Alxmt the Bo«««. TAR an^ sweet oil, thoroughly mixed, will made boots waterproof^ ALWAYS fill a ooal oil lamp every day before using. The bowl should never be allowed to get empty and be lighted in that condition, for the vacant spac& is al­ ways full of explosive gas. BREAKFAST CAKES.--One quart of flour, one pint of milk, two eggs, butter the size of an egg, one teaspoon of soda, two teaspo&ns of cream of tartar, baked in a quick dven and heated pans. FROZEN CUSTARD.--One quart of cream, two quarts of milk, one and a half pounds of sugtur, yolks of four eggs. Mix milk, eggs, and sugar, put on the fire and let them scald ; just cook. COOKIE ,̂ R--Xwo cups sugar, one cup butter, four eggs, one teaspoon of soda, two teaspoons of cream of tartar, and flour to roll. Carraway seeds or spioe to taste. If put in a stone jar they will last for a long time. COAX, oil lamps will be much safer to usc^ if the bowls is ktfsely filled with raw oottpn or tow before putting in any oil. In case of explosion or fwling on . en water is slopped upon the floor, if it is wiped up, me rest of the floor is saved from soiling. Whole days may be saved m the course of the year, and any amount of irritated temper flgwred/if enrery dish and kitchen paten* fiu is put away *«» its place* An intelli­ gent jjsffl will savs; Iisr time sad stsenMk by using her head along with her hands. CBKAM Obsess FKCH BimrasMn*K.-- Put the buttermilk in a kettle ever the flre and heat slowly till it curdles, but do not let it get warmer tinea wQl he pleasant to the hand when placed in it. Eeraove from the fire and let it set on the back of the stove till the curd sep­ arates from the whey, then strain through a sieve or bag. Work the curd flue with tiie b an ds, salt it very little, and then put in cream, mixiag it thoroughly with the curd. • A Cat Show. ' Ool. Wtmxvy writes thus t^mn lfiiiflon of a cat show at the Crystal Palace : At first numbers of people were attracted by the novelty of the soene alone, but though this section of the visitors to the cat show is still large, many now come with a party of children. The Crystal Palace lfaelf is familiar to Americans. Hie center transept, at onoe a beautiful promenade and a delightful resting place, was crowded yesterday by the visitors who came to see the cats in cages down each side. Each cage contained a cushion for pussy, a little saucer filled with milk, etc., while the prize cats were distinguished by a blue flag hung from the top. Some idea of the enterprise of the authorities at the Palace may be gathered from the fact that about 130 prizes were offered for compefion from £5 to 16 shillings, while marks of dis­ tinction, which are equally coveted, such as "very highly commended/' are also awarded. In certain classes, where there is a great competition, and only say three prices, those cats which are highly com­ mended have a good chance of carrying off the first prizes at local shows or ex­ hibitions, where ilM? a&EMtmg would be more completely recognized. The best tabby cat received a silver cup. For this prize there was a general rivalry ; theye were thirty-six candidates, and as they v/era all first-e]»»» tlie decision 01 the judges was not mad© until after much discussion. The prizeman at last ap­ peared in Master Shuckard's " Tommy Dodd," aged 9 years, and valued at £100 ($500); the winner of the second prize was also held at the same amount, while the value attached to others in the same class was'never below £5. Miss Sliorthouse's cat, "age unknown, pos­ sesses a tabular pedigree for six genera­ tions," and is valued by its owner at £10,000, but in face of these substantial arguments Miss S.'s favorite was not am jng the prizes, only receiving a high "commendation." Other of the candi­ dates were magnificent creatures, grace­ ful in their movements, their furs shin­ ing with gloss resembling the richest velvet. These cats were the best in the show, and were specially considered by the judges to be a superb class. The average weight of each was about 16| pounds. One of the prizes was for the " heaviest cat in the show, " and this was won by a specimen weighing a few ounces over 18 pounds. The gentleman was so overcome with joy at the honor he had won that he gave himself up to amusement the whole day, glad to en­ gage in a game with the first youngster that eamo «long. Few out of the 5G9 pussies showed bad tempers ; the tions were among the black cats, which, for the most part, seemed discontented. Very different was the eoadtiet of the long-haired Angora species, with their splendid coats white as snow, their pink eyes, and fiery appearance, forming one of the most interesting features. The crowds of children who almost, in these days, live at the Palace, make their choice without regard to the decision of the judges, and their favorites gqe at onoe exalted among themselves. CTA1II.1Y IH AFMCA. A Brl,^ OMUh» mtVhm •rt AohiaTemeata--A Klag wrtth £taty«eta sad 300 WITM Otrei Some extraordinary FeattrtttM and DU- P>»Y«. . .'7 C . New ^Pork Herald has received by c^ble an iii w-resting synopsis of the two sfefiharwas <fM« respectively, April 12 sad 14, and fpesentfromUagalla,inUnganda, the capital of the wmntrv mlfvl hy ¥i'nw Mtesa. They complete the smbject dealt with in the letters received in October. The SfoaUF* LoMtm carvespoadeitt telegraphs: An interest almost as great as that of their contents attaches itself to the story of the journey of these letters from Stanley hither. They were committed to the custody of Col. Debellefoid, whom Stanley met at Mtesa's court, and who left there April 17® This gentleman was apparently attached to the armed force which the Khedive has sent to those parte under Gordon. He wins a£ Mteafc's capital with- troops in pursuance of some object related to Gordon's expe­ dition, and aooeptod Stanley's letters with a view to send them down the Nile by the Khedive's line of posts* He was on his return to Gordon's Station, and when he had nearly reached it was sur­ prised and attacked by the &ari, by whom he was inagsacred, with thirty-six of his soldiers. Four of his soldiers es­ caped, and succeeded in reaohiiw Gor­ don, who sent a detachment immediately to the soene of the tragedy. Stanley's letters.'stmned with Mood, were found by this detachment among the bodies of tne slain, and carried to headquarters, whence they were dispatched down the White Nile to Khartoum, and thence by the Khedive's couriers to Cairo. Stanley describes fully in these letters his survey of the southern, eastern, and northeastern shores of the Victoria Ni- yanza. He gives thirty-seven observa­ tions of bays, inlets and creeks, minutely explored, with a. view to determine their relation to the main body of water, and to exclude the possibility of their open­ ing to other lakes or streams. Ho fully exhibits and demonstrates the unity of this magnificent sheet of water. He says : *s Livingstone was wrong in re­ porting that the Victoria Niyanza con­ sisted of five lakes. Spoke correctly states that the Victoria JSiyanza is one lake." gpeke's two islands are proved by Stanley's observations to be peninsu­ las. One observation further confirms the great importance of the river Shi- meeyu as the principal feeder of the lake, and the extreme sourop of the Nile yet discovered. Stanley depicts graphically many inci­ dents of his expedition. He had several conflicts with the treacherous slave- dealers CHI the lake. On one ett*vmi<yn he w»3 M}0 aotM wife spears, in 13 canoes, who were repulsed after a severe fight. Three natives were killed. He arrived at Mtesa's hunting camp at Msavura April 12, where lie was received with jpreat ceremony and cordi­ ality by the King. In Stanley's honor the King directed extraordinary festivi­ ties and displays. One feature of the display was a naval review on the lake, of 84 canoes, manned by 2,500 men. On the second day* in addition to the naval maneuvers, there were races, in which 84 canoes were engaged, each propelled by 30 oarsmen^ the King leading the fleet personally in the presence of » great throng of spectators. Among the on­ lookers were the 300 wives of the King, On the third day there was bird-shooting and target practice by 3,000 troops. On the fourth day they returned to Mtesa's capital. This King has 2,000,000 subjects. Stanley praises his great intelligence, and depicts him as a ruler whose domin­ ion affords the best augury for the pos­ sible civilization of Africa. He is a Mus­ sulman, but your correspondent regards his conversion to Christianity as possi­ ble, and suggests this labor as a field for missionary effort that is capable of af­ fording' very brilliant results. _ Picturesque accounts are given of the richness and beauty of the country. There are valuable geographical notes in further illustration of the map, includ­ ing .soundings of the Niyanza and an osplanation of the .White Ifile fibove Ripou Falls. Taken altogether with the letters pre­ viously rccjoivod thfe completes the ac­ count of the grand discovery that it has been Stanley's good fortune to make through the good will of King Mtesa. UHCLE SAX'S TKEASJJKf. fon the 1 ofjjKmsaons to givepi them; . »5 irwrtion follows. _ ii if$ longer practiced by --Trilmne Letter from »• Sjrnopala of the Annual StotfMt «f ^ , . rj»r Now.' , Ireaswcer"^, 1--www «HH« Vtlf \ti a tocsi nominal, bal- anotof $173,876,064.05 on handJrfn^ there were deducted "titittwtiDr 8̂." ««?regating pajMinciml item was *28401,644.91* dnpftom the States to the Unifted.States on amount of the act of Congress, ap- proVttd June 23,1836, which is omltted mMtt&estatements of cash batarfbe of thejCteasuiy, but which is carried nev­ ertheless from quarter to quarter and from year to year in the account of > the Trwerer. The other <( unavailable items, deducted were: Balance duq at the OOtbreak of the rebellion few ' the United States at Qalvwton, Texaa» and the Branch 'Mint at Char­ lotte, N. C,, and Dahlonega, Ga., amoasating to $60,728.69; from the Sab- Ifemmrg at Hew Orleans (May lip, aad four days after gicd Penn, one of the pi 1UM87S. HoWmber. 1778, jjriOMMAkMt it. Mnioii in Wiwd tfee royal proda- * «£ «* last nope of the stnfi resort to b m noted in the Mtide " CongMos adopted a peti- its __ pro otuiou iur JCJ10UIG with the u6<WI6heBl in dingcf. lis fdrmal recep- ii&W WM rafuwi/tllB Oabktet deoiding Amtjthe cxdcBiea «bodt[ be Seated Bat,;Aouffhtiie p t̂itipa not formal- W by a royal pcpoiMBunam detiiuring the Americans in '/.CfWil iBidaVOwed Rebellion." Certain dauses^te flixeoted a«alnst "divers wicked aad desperate persons" within the realm, who wire in traitorous cor­ respondence with ike rebels in th** eol- ODNS. At the Boyal Exchange ; doB),tIir prrjdaiftafciOB was reoeived with, i *igeivaral hws. After the publication of the pfOciaamtjon, the Amorieen agents, F&in and Arthur Lee, w*>*o permitted |p twesettt the pe«tjon of Ooagr«» to akcar defalcation in 1867), -$$70,325.33; | Dartmouth, who informed them :to t®s£Ms •erred ht the mam fraudttVstt asles of CMMbl OEflflE to in. WhiH t^M law has ®sased salaries dbout per oentum, it has addiTonly about 18-100of lp® centum toHM wvtsme. The estimates lor PoataMfltetaTttbr for the next fiscal year are 17,600̂ 000. iLUSOJS ITESaft"^ ^ Tra® Belleville street cars havl stop- ped running. *»»ui of patronage did it. . WM, G. JOHNSON, ESQ., of Jackson- i ville, hss voted every year in Jackson- ̂ ville for forty-two years. ,4" SDICB the diphtheria amnMuwrf IN .'Ml from the First National Bonk of Selma, Ala., failed), $38,965.75; from the Ye- nangoNational Bank of Franklin, Penn., (failed), $217,391.3H |u addition to the above the following items are n.l«o unavailable, and although they were not deducted they should^ be, namely; Due from JTWi National Bank of Washingw km, m a, (failed), $194,948.24 (against which the Treasurer holds $100,000 Union and Central Pacific bonds as se­ curity); amount stolen from the Treas­ ury June 2, 1875 (no part of which had been recovered at the close of the fiscal year), $47,097.65. Deficits in United States Depositories as follows: Pitts­ burgh, in 1867, 82,126.11; Santa Fe, N. M., in 1866 and 1867, $7,448.27; Balti­ more, in 1870, $1,196.87. Deficits in Sub-Treasuries, as follows: New York, in 1867, $87,206,70; New Orleans, in 1867, $5,666.31; Philadelphia, in 1875, $882.50, together with $765,966.37, spe­ cial item of deficit in the bullion fund of tho Branch Mint at San Francisco, C&L f m vtamqqi WftyB Jjq. tween 1857 and 1869, »wnnnti«» to $419,243.84. If apneaŝ jAsrefore, that there should be deduote&Stoom ISio cash halanoe, as reported in the monthly debt statement of July 1, 1875, the total sum of $765,996.39. The Treasurer says three years will probably elapse before a final settlement of Gen. Spinner's accounts can be made, as many of them are outstanding, and the Auditors and Controllers Mtmnt pass upon them before that time. . , Ocean Meteorology. Daniel Draper, Esq., Director of .the New York Meteorological Observatory, has oompleted his report for the year 1873. The purpose of this report is more particularly to present a continua­ tion of the report for the previous year, relating to storms crossing the Atlantic, and to show how its results were arrived at. He has shown heretofore that wind­ storms are propagated from the shores of the United States to the shores of Britain, and in eighty-six predictions of storms to occur on the British coast, only three were failures. In the report just printed the course of several storms is 'carefully noted, as ob­ served on board of different ships, and the conclusion arrived at that at the time they sailed the atmos­ pheric disturbance might have been cal­ culated and the vessel forewarned. Mr. Draper says it is nt»w that the grand fu­ ture of ocean meteorology is beginning to appear, for when self-recording in­ struments shall have been established in the Southern and Western portions of this continent, they will yield a far more correct and reliable record than is possi­ ble by personal observations, and, by furnishing estimates of the passage of atmospheric disturbances across the American continent, enable us to pre­ dict more correctly their movements across the Atlantic Ocean. The conclu­ sion arrived at is that storms leaving America often cross the Atlantic, and the places where ships may ipeet them at sea, and the timtjs of their arrival in Europe, may be predicted within certain limits.--New York Commercial Adver­ tiser. THK Brooklyn bridge has already cost $5,800,000, and will cost $10,000,000 more, and four years' work. . t Courtship Among the Indians. The age of womanhood is hailed with gladness lory the parents, and is the occa­ sion of rejoicing in the form of a feast, to which are invited all the friends of the family. On this great occasion the jeyftl father of the girl gives away as many ponies, robes, and blankets to his friend* and the poor of his tribe as his possessions permit. Now the young girl is careful of her personal appear­ ance, as the "bucks" will watch her. She adorns herself in garments of flam­ ing colon*, paints in an extravagant man­ ner and powders her hair with sweet- smelling leaves. -, Polygamy is the almost universal practice. There are three modes of marriage. The courtship of one form of marriage is conducted in a singular manner. A young "buck," becoming enamored of a young squaw, waits a convenient time, when, approach­ ing stealthily, he wraps his blanket around her, and then, holding her in a firm grasp, pours his tale of love and devotion into her sometimes unwilling ear. This being completed, he goes to the father, and; he prioe of the maiden is agreed upon according to the young man's wealth; one to three and some­ times more ponies are given for the girl. This transaction being finished, the girl becomes the warrior's wife, whether she has said "yes " or "no." There is one thing certain, however, that while she remains with hiin she obeys him. The squaw may leave her husband, or rather she may be deserted by him, and then going back to her family she is ready to ba ...ought again. There seems no spe­ cial regard between the "buck" and the squaw. In view of this fact, the In­ dian, strangely enough, evinces a strong affection for his children. Where there is no love between man and wife, you •would suppose this could not exist. It is nevertheless a fact that the children are dearer to an Indian than his horses. Of course the squaws grow old fast, and soon become ugly ha^s. At this stage they are treated as an incumbrance. Old men, as well as women, have been left ized and. ~t?hich dejjotiii&d security for circulation, in the fiscal year of 1875 was 127. The number organized to July 1, 1875, was 2,282. The number doing business June 30, 1875, was 2,089. Thirty-five failed prior to July 1, 1875; three failed in the fiscal year of 1876. The number that went into voluntary liquidation prior to July 1, 1874, was 97; in the fiscal year of 1875, 36. Ten wound* up business for the purpose of ,!jlating with other banks. 5 total number of official letters oonsoi wn The doping that period was 104,163. gregatmg 'force in the Treasurer's office their a^ariasi^g- Tranips and How to Heal With Tliem. Some of the village newspapers in this State, says the Cincinnati Commercial, complain of the number of "tramps" going from town to town, asking for rai­ ment, shelter and food, and the proposi­ tion has been started to call a convention of representatives of all the cities and villages for the adoption of some uni­ form system of dealing with them. Va­ rious expedients have been tried in Eu­ ropean cities, and some of our own; and that which seems to be most favorably received involves compensation in labor for the relief afforded. The tramps are Siven some kind of employment, which oes not require special skill, and work a certain number of hours, or dc a re quired "task." We see no reason why this system should not bo adopted. The professional tramp is a fellow who shirks labor, though he professes an intense, de­ sire for it t?h©rs. there is no prospect that his desire will be gratified. We re­ call a wealthy farmer who lived on the post road between Cleveland and Pitts­ burg, when railroads were comparatively rare in the West, and who was plagued by tramps passing to and from the cities. He finally adopted the rule to give a meal of victuals to any one of them who would saw a certain amount of firewood; the task was not a large one, and an ac­ tive man could get through with it in ten or fifteen minutes. It soon became known to the professionals that if they ate at that fanner's house they must work, and he was not much annoyed after thai. There are always certain du­ ties to be performed about station- houses, city buildings, etc., for the do­ ing of which men have to be hired. By employing the tramps to perform them the corporation might be relieved of one item of its expenses, and at the same timw aid those who profess to be on the tramp because they can find untying to do. ; Free-Letter The annual report nf the free-delivery division of the Postoffice Department shows that there are now employed by that branch of the service 2,196 carriers, distributed among a total of eighty-seven offices, and that they delivered during the fiscal year nearly 228,000,000 letters, 68,000,000 newspapers, and some 84,- 001),000 postal-cards, tfeside collecting 243,000,000 pieces of various kinds. The total cost ot the service was $1,880,- 042, and the receipts from postage on local matter amounted to $1,947,559. As compared with the preceding fiscal year these aggregate show an increase 111 the number of carriers of 146, and in the number of pieces handled of 71,000,- 000, together with an increase of 4 per cent, in the cost of the service, and of 21 per cent in the receipts from local postage, which now for the first time exoeed the cost of the free-delivery system. FIVE shillings is the fine Eli Stacey paid for driving pigs through the streets of Bridge water, England, one recent Sabhttth morning, "the same not being a work of necesBiSv "idir cluua ̂̂ ̂tiifl Lord's day." that no official reply was to be expected. The tidings of these events, as already stated, reached American) the early part of November, together with the intelli that the British government was in treaty with other powers for soldiers and tiiat more ships and more troops were to be sent over for the subjugation of the colonies. Step by step, and cau­ tiously, Congress proceeded. The marked measures of this month were resolutions recommending New Hamp­ shire and North Carolina to establish lorms of government, such as, in their judgment, would best produce the hap­ piness of the people and secure peace and good order "during the continu­ ance of the present dispute between Great Britain and the colonies." Though in their minds the majority of the dele­ gates saw no end to the dispute but in the sundering of the relations between the colonies and the crown, they left that interpretation to the people. In the British Parliament, Richard Penn, having been summoned as a wit­ ness before the House of Lords, ex­ pressed a p isitive opinion that the Am­ erican Congress had formed no design to assert the independence of the colo­ nies. The tenor of the petition which he had brought over supported this view; and it was moved that the petition should be made the base of a plan of conciliation. The proposition was re­ peated. In the Commons a bill, intro­ duced by Edmund Burke, repealing the acts of Parliament against the colonies, Sid SrWiteiig mnuwly' MW ilM past; rejected by a voto of'iwo k> one. ' Litchfield, a few weeks dren have died in that place of the fear ful disease. THE Bock Island Agrkoltettal Society has seemed fair grounds on an island m the Mnmanppi. midway between Book Island and Molina. THK Bridget of a family at Jackson­ ville, who was told to put a few onions „ in the morning hash, used a number of hyacinth bulbs instead, • A TCUNO man named Qeocge Of* was „ * crushed to death at LaHarpe last Sato- 'II;' > ; ̂ day, while coupling ears in the yard ot" 1 ̂ : the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw road. ' • IRA Hoo/r, engineer of the Fire De- » partment of Burlington for eight yean, 4s < »V has resigned, to teke charge of thefeorf? H Water-Works atEvanston, near Chicago. THK Jacksonville Journal says the eye-glass fever has broken out among the girls of the Athenseum, in that city, and some of them do look "stunning." MR. S. P. BOUNDS, of Chicago, Pres ident of the Illinois Press Association, proposes a grand European excursion for the members of the Association next spring. A MAST on whose person nothing been found to identify Mm, was killed about four miles north of Cairo one night last week, by the down passenger- locomotive striking hi™, A CARPENTER named Bomick, who was at work on the spire of the new Congregational Church at Lincoln, fell from a scaffold, a distance of fifty feet, last week and was not killed. MR. SRBHCBR, of Manchester Pre­ cinct, Scott County, purchased some time ago sixty head of cattle brought from the Southwest, since which twenty eight head of the lot have died of Texas fever. • St'*; " 1 ' i-'-unq; m , j -S>- 'dt , 1;.'! --'! other similar proposition shared the same fate. There were changes waA> in the Ministry by which the British Cabinet became a unit on the hostile policy which had been resolved, upon; and despite of protests from various di­ rections, the government became fixed in that fatal policy. Of course these proceedings could not have been known in "the colonies. Enough, however, was known to lead the Americans to antici­ pate the course of events. And it was Known, also, that the cause of America had many friends in England, Ireland ^^^^ad^as well within the realm," ac- «used of correspondence with America, fixed, if it did not prompt the appoint­ ment of a seoret committee to correspond with those " wicked and desperate per­ sons," Franklin • was chairman of this oommittee* Harrison, Johnson, Dickin­ son and Jay worst the other members. The public feeling from one end of the colonies to the other was intense, and such letters of the period, from men and women, as have been preserved, mark decided patriotism or faint loyalty. Those were the days that forced men to the courage of action, and women to the greet courage of endurance. Jefferson wrote to ft friend or refugee who had sought protection within the British lines: " There is not in the British Em- 'piroa.siaa ivho axon? cordially loves a union with Great Britain ilian I do; but I will cease to ei^sfc before I yield to a connection on such terms as the Britirfh Parliament propose. And in this I speajk the sentiments of America."--Phil­ adelphia Ledger. 7 ' Ways ia Which tlie San Influences the ! Earth. If we now turn to the sun %e find that there are three distinct forms of motion which animate his surface-particles. In the first place, each particle is carried round by the rotation of our luminary. Secondly, each particle is influenced by the gigantic meteorological disturbances of the surface, in virtue of which it may aoquire a velocity ranging as high as 180 or 140, miles a second ; and lastly, each particle, on account of its high tem­ perature, is vibrating with extreme wpfiiity9 and the energy of these vibra­ tions communicated to us by means of the ethereal medium produces the well known light and heat effect of the sun. Now, is it philosophical to suppose that it is only the last of these three motions that influences our earth, while the other two produce absolutely no effect ? On the contrary, we are, I think, compelled, by considerations connected with the theory of energy, to attribute an influence, whether great or small, to the first two as well as to the last. We are thus led to suppose that the win must influence the earth in three way#, one depending on his rotation, an­ other on his meteorological disturbance, and a third by means of the vibrations of his surface particles. Bui we have already seen that,' as a matter of fact, the sun does appear to in­ fluence the earth in three distinct ways --one magnetically and meteorologically, depending apparently on his period of rotation ; a second cyclonically, depend­ ing apparently on the meteorologicaljcon- ditions of his surface ; and a third, by mpiviis of his light and heat.--^Popular b c i e n c * M o n t h l y f o r N o v e m b e r 4 » ! Postmasters'Salaries* The increase ui the amount of salaries paid to Postmasters during the last fiscal year, says "a Washington correspondent, is $931,000, or 15 per centum of tlie en­ tire amount paid. This increase is at­ tributed to the law which provides that the salaries of Postmasters shall be regu- ' , V . .-s H. B. BiVENBURaH, ot Cherry Valley, Winnebago county, was recently sen­ tenced to sixty days' imprisonment and fined for selling liquor to a minor. He wae i was <xmvioted by J, n. CJasrver* Slate'® An. Attorney, ou both liounii* ol iuudidr # < n*#« ^ ' r m. • »* *,4i * •>; .} Vr '• : i - .tT urf-' * •«.' >1' jrr • f' '• << '1 \ /1}i /• ."{f* . * . •;'<K < H.V - * si r; . : • •• fila­ ment. It is astonishing how few con­ victions there no under this law of tins State. Two mbi mvinjr flHfcitiotni names reg­ istered at the Phillips House in Cham­ paign one day last week and endeavored to pass a number oi counterfeit twenty* dollar bills, but failed. One of them, giving his name as James Murray, of St. Louis, waa arrested, and on his per­ son were found $220 in counterfeit greenbacks, all but one very poorly exe­ cuted. The other man escaped. THE Jacksonville Journal nmnnimnnn iflhn r, started I nu n a, ,r Qy County, has He has sold to S. H. Pete! Henry, C. A. Crandall, and T. M. Thompson, the latter beooming editor and Mr. Crandall business manager. This is the fifty-fourth time Mr. Harper has said adieu to the newspaper enter­ prises inaugurated by him. ' From the figures contained in there- port of the Commissioner of Internal ' , " ̂ Kevenne it appears that Illinois is the ' banner State of the Union as regard# the amount of internal revenue paid into the United States Treasury, In 1874 our State led New York by $237,358, and in 1875 this excess was increased to $2,895,745. It is also a notable fact that the First District of Illinois has paid during 1875 excise taxes amounting to $7,839,299- a sum exceeding the inter ­ nal mvonuQ collections in any entire State, excepting only Illinois, NewYork, Ohio, and Kentucky. THE unprecedented feat of rolling 1,207 rails in seventeen hours and twen- • ty-flve minutes, was accomplished at the Joliet Iron and Steel Works, on Monday night and Tuesday of last week. Thfe beats the world. For the week ending Saturday, Nov. 13, the Bessemer Works connected with the above mills made 252 heats, the product being 1,432 gross tons of steel ingots. This beats the heretofore champion run of steel tails by the North Side Boiling Mill Company, of Chicago, by 197 rails, and the work of :% the Bessemer Works, under the same company, by 115 grow tons. . . AN exciting case was tried before Jus- tice Allen, at Sterling, last week. The " ̂ principal of the Rock Falls school ' whipped one of the pupils witti a raw- hide, leaving marks on his limbs that at- 4 'W tested the severity of the punishment, The prosecution claimed the whipping Sf5 was brutal and greatly in excess of the teacher's duty or authority. The de­ fense insisted that the punishment was not more severe than tne case and the good of the sebool demanded. The Justice deaided that as the punishment left no permanent injury to the boy and was not the result of malice or passion on the part of the teacher, he would hold that it was for the good of the school and boy that the defendant be discharged from arrest The father of the boy also came out seoond best in an encounter with a person who stated that the boy had got what he needed. <• ' 4* I'A.' ~tf* ' / -mi :7*; > jf< J *y#v i-r Xf r fm i hpi i " U s mm- 1 r i. "-t ?; m- n ,L'fV Tlie Bank of England chps every Ixgnt sovereign that comes in. The weighing of every sovereign is accomplished quickly; they weigh 3,000 in an hour with one machine. Mr. Palmer, the Deputy Governor, informed the House of Commons' select oommitte© of last session on banks of issue, that last year the Bank of England weighed coin to the amount of J28,100,000, and rejected £810,000, or about 86 per cent., as being light gold. For the last amount the bank paid the value, making a dedu< for the deficiency of weight, whtob is generally about 3d or 4d p« hght|«OV- ereign. . , 'im