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V A horrible moidar by a religions fa- ; if natte is reported from Poeamett Mml One \Charles #. Fransaan, * Beoood Adreatist, bad beea >tWii!lng revival meetings. Some day* ago ntatmad to 1i»t« rsoeivsd a "woodsrfal mulatto*. Brwys *e LorddlrootodMm to fMttritoa Ida Uttla daughter, and Marai ihe , .«Ji5 , will rise again in time days. He sentwordto I • » „ * » * t i i e o d g l i b o r s h e w o n M a j a k e r e v e l a t i o n k n o w n , fi , and offer orthodox merifioe. A number of Sec - i*», 3 on* Advwrtiata aaaembledat hk hooae, bat the «Mkl bad then been killed. The little one waa T>' ' ta)HifenA Mfed her blood poured ' * \( «ot"Qpon a table, improvised aa an altar." ij /' - ,Freeman, the Pocasset (Mam.) Ad- iS*. i -kj>: veuUit, and his wife I«ave beea committed to jv / .. Jail' fttf theamrdev of their 5-year-old chM, g* 4, % >**< , On the tray to the prison both loudly pro- > ;tvi claimod that the death of the ohfld was in obe- r. m dienoe to the divine mandata A number of •tm '<? I * T*J ft-* vm Mb A&vaniist neighbors snstain Frseman in Ms Oonrae. Many of them are well-to-do farm­ ers. Boms of thoeo present »t the meeting at Freeman's house an the day of the nrarder will b» arretted c® 0m eharge of being aooessory to the deed. /> :. Three men axe under arrest in New j York for forging pension and bounty claims. The ring of which tlie raseala are members to supposed to have already robbed the Oovern- meatof over #100,000. ' •• A bill authorizing the State of Penn- '• aylvsnia to redeem over -12,000,000 worth of . • -w certificates iscmed to sufferers from raids in the ̂border counties of that Stat© dating the late iwaur defeated lath* PeBnsylra&ia ' J\ J Legislator*. i One of the Manhattan (N. T.) Sav- 1 - v i Inge Bank robbers has been arrested in Phila- f"-'. delphia while attempting to dispose of some of ' u--the stolen securities. B y an explosion of gas in a ooai nine s|j|i at Wilkeebarre, Pa., last week, three men were killed and seveiralwoaaded,so0W of themfMal- \. Hi - ly, it is feared. * , 1 Whittemore, Peet, Post ft'Co., ex- '/<tensiY© woolen dry goods oommia»io». mer- . *&;" whaste I® Mew fork,, kn failed for ©ver half a million dollars. "Bed" Leary, oaa of the mostno- ? - : torkma bank barman in the eotuftry, escaped from LodlowStreet'jail, Hew Toik, by digging j :ip'i his way, with the aid qf aocomplioes, through K Tti of hia oell, and thenoe Into the roam m: of an adjoining building. from Tssas, 1 ;̂ sMI«« t*^a fire, tha Jail was 1wa»d*d pvwhsliB flieiUwis. r Fi?e mm Wen lat̂ r IdODed in €W- Am IfcsV tfliUk PVi ••wt. vwipi ̂ In mm kad a tanoh of oattle in thirfii- •easion and were sleeping at the time the stook- m@n rods up and commenced looking at the stock. The men woke op and commenced firing, whan the stockmen kilted all five of them. • j ' t . Two negro inoendiariea, Johnson Spenoer and Nevlin Porter, were recently hanged by a mob of inforiatad eitiwDS at Stark- •ille, Miss. The trial of Cox for the murder of CoL Alston, at Atlanta, Ga., resnlted in a ver­ dict of guilty of murder in the first degree, ac­ companied with a recommendation to mercy, as provided tinder the new law of Georgia, framed by CoL Alston, himself. This recom­ mendation commutes the death sentence to im­ prisonment for life. Tom Jones and Hemy MoLeed (both colored) wars hanged for inurder in the pres­ ence of 8,000 people at Appling, near Atlanta, Ga., last Friday. Richard Lee, a negro bur­ glar, was publicly hanged at Fayatteviile, N. C. He confoeeed MB crime on the scaffold, ard said that lis de^rved teth. jmmmt, . At the charter election in Indianapo­ lis, last week, the entire Republican ticket was snocessfol by majorities ranging from 1,500 to 2,000. At Lafayette the Bepublioan ticket was also elected. In Fort Wayne, Terre Haute and New Albany the Detnoorats elsoted all their candidates far city offloers.--William Dawson, Democrat, has been elected Mayor of Si Paul, Minn. The Richmond (Va.) Southern In­ telligencer publishes a picture and a sketch of the life of Senator David Davis, and nominates Mm as " the Presidential candidate of the great combination to 1m formed against Grant in 1880.* The Maine Greenbaskers will meet in oonvention June 8 to nominate a candidate for Governor. A Washington dispatch says that "Secretary Sherman has returned from his Ohio visit, and entered npon his duties at the treasury. He again reiterates the statement that he has no desire or intention of becoming a candidate for Governor of 6hio»* •1 . j? .-i The trial of Dr. T< De WittTalmage, |£ ̂ - «vK which has been in progress before a synod of 5y ' % fr Praabyterian church at Hew To»k for sev- % f • • eral weeks, waa brought to a dose the oOiar ̂day, resulting in his acquittaL £ t • , The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania gr; l"i i has just decided the seoood suit growing out of H -i 'j; the suspension of George H. Stuart by the Gen- eral Synod at the Reformed Presbyterian : t-' 'rl Church, for hymn singing and oommun- I' " *>%: ing with other Evangelical churches, h . -ft angtains Stuart and his friends, at the tame time condemning the action of the \iz , synod, and continues the Bev. Dr. Sterrett and %. % r ' the 8econd Befsrmed Presbytwrian coagrega- J* tion In the undisputed possession of their f$J property, which fias been in litigation for the !"< ̂ * . t, past ton years. A similar suit was decided the #jf»" ' tiiS Ml way not loog agq s-s •xwmi ^>v*y -A" HheWWfc ' VJV ' im Oeoxge C. Harding, editorol'lfa© t&- P|'- . * arsfvdisnapQlis Herald, and Calvin, A. Light, of the t̂ladiaDapoUs Democrat, a Communist organ, 1 ̂* ; f «ngH(ed in an ink-slinging duel, in which Light |r -*Njj®ot the best of the fight; while Harding got i > ; ̂ Sighting mad. He bought a huge Colt's navy r'T " ̂ revolver and made a raid on light's L;' ;L:>ffioe' "d •» ««» ®P«n®d fire upon ?*'.kiln, while standing at the imposing- .v ĵstone, Lighv dodged the first shot, and ; ' stmek a printer standing at his ease, c^nasssd Gerhard Mans, in the grcrin. Harding , i ,-:-)ifired a second shot, which missed light, but another printer named Biehard Waiters in '̂î tfaelsB. The latter, fearing further damage, *#S»t once jumped through a window, and, in fall- |̂ ing upon the pavement, suffered a fracture of ;hofli his anMee9 which will lay him up for . weeks and make Mia a cripple for life. Light ;V ,j]|«scaped from his infuriated sseailant by the ?. "]free use of a good pair of legs, and fled to the polioe for protection. 8«mnel Pavey and his son TUJAOT : l̂ Pav ,̂ extensive dealers in live stock, wore riiot Vit*nd iwrtantl3r kflfed near Leesburg, Ohia ̂ by Link, Pavey's stepson. ̂ The Government architects, oon- *r&ĉ om ***& builders engaged in the construc- ' 'tion of the new Chicago Custom House were . ^arraigned in the United Btates District Court in f*;t|that city, last week, for trial on an indictment «sj5for ooo.»yir&oj.to defrand in Gevwruasntent s fat $880,WO. Crop reports from vwrloos portions of \ "I®16 Northwest are highly eummx&giog. The . "" ̂ iprospects for a bountiful Imrvest ar© exoeed- y' bright r' j'. Dr. Ezra Rose, of Palmyra, Ohio, in­ vited his friend, Sylvester Canfield, to toy some |new liquor which he had Just received. By ^mistake they each drank about two ounces of •oonite. The doctor died in a few honm. Can- fiold is in a precarious aitastion. Mm. Lightner, the wife of a promi- j* nent eitisenof Peoria, DL, was killed by an •gl*lev»torseflMentstti» Tmnoot House, Chi- '"Ifmgo, a tew days ago. ,-:t The new constitution of California, , <wMch was submitted to a vote of the people jpfcseth inst, was adopted by abopd 6,000 After a osreful examination, a com* ®**ee physidane have pronounced Mark ; the young man who shot at Edwin Booth Theater, Chicago, crasy. Xm. Kanoy Gray, a pioneer of Jo Hi, aged 108 yeaw, on tits 1st [amascy hutt; diedat her reaideaesln Galena She was *natW<5 of (;aunty Cavan, mi istainsd her full iaeultlM almost k*. m ¥isited States Supreme Ooutt the constitatfooaUty of tee law Congress in 1878, known as the creating a staking fund to pay .. woo principal of GovmwMnt jbonds */loaned to ffetfadllc ooast roads. A fire in St; Jean Baptist##iiyfb of Montreal, Canada, destroyed twenty-three stores and dwellings, inyoMng » ]qM ot •125.00a A railway ear laden with dynamite exploded with frightful effect fa the Grand Trunk freight sheds at Stratford, Ont The sheds were badly damaged, several houses near by were leveled to the ground, and long strings of freight ears utterly destroyed. Th@ damage done to property is estimated at half m million dollars. Two railway employes were blown into fragments. The foot of one was found 200 yards off. Other persons were injured. Wife-murders: At New Preston Hill. Ct, Egbert Cogswell, while drunk, killed his wife and himself. Lewis Coons, of Toghkanic, N. Y., in a fit of jealousy, cut his wife's throat and then his own. The woman is dead, but Oooos will live. Both were young, and reoently married. A considerable number of the South- era negroes who emigrated to Kansas are re­ turning to the South. They are making this move through a St Louie commission house which has large Southern connections. It is stated from Washington that ar­ rangement® to check the emigration scheme for the invasion of the Indian Territory have been placed by the Secretary of War, through Gee. Sherman, in the hands of Gen. Sheri­ dan. Sheridan's orders are imperative to prevent the emigrants from crossing the boun­ dary of the Territory, and to remove without parley, delay, or argument all trespassers upon the soil of the Indian Territory. Visible supply of grain in the States and'Canada : Wheat, 16,972,090 bushels; corn, 12,248,000 bushels; oats, 1,865,000 bushels; rye, 973,000 bushels; barley, l,64G,00n bushels. A largely-attended Southern Laboi* Convention, called for the purpose of devising measures to check the exodus of colored peo­ ple, has just been held at Vioksburg, Mies. Evolutions were adopted declaring that the interests of planter and laborer are identical; that the colored raoe has been placed by the constitution and laws on a plane of legal equality with the white race; that the blacks sh l̂l be accorded the \ enjoy­ ment of their civil and political rights; that tii® credit system, so prevalent in the S&uitiB tened upcra liens or gnertgtge* m stock and crop® to be grown in the future* hm disturbed the entire laboring population, and should be discountenanced. K national conference of colored men was held at the same time in Kash- *111®, Tens. It was called for the purpose of presenting the grievances of the o&lored raoe to the country. Bepresentatives were present from n®arlf every Southern State, and from half a dosen Northern States. Ss-Congressmaa John R Lynch, of Misdssippi, presided. The National Women's Suffrage Association held its annual convention at Si Louis last week. Nine­ teen States were represented. Hi© following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Siauty.,; Cor­ responding Secretary, Mr. a A Speimr, Wash­ ington; Treasurer, Mrs. 4. Q, SpofforO. Wash­ ington. A prise-fight took place the other day, between two New York bruisers, on Long Point ialand, in Canada--'the battle-field occu­ pied by Heenan and Morrissey in 1858. The contestants were & pair of New York boxers named Dwyer and Elliott The latter was knocked seneelew in about twelve minutes, which terminated the disturbance much sooner titan the mob of spectators wished or expeoted. Both of the brutes were badly punished. The American Medical Association has just held its yearly session at Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Lewis Sayre, of New York, wa< elected President, and New York city was chosen as the next place of meeting. In the Sanitary Council, which was also in session at Atlanta, one of the speakers denounced sleeping-cars as vehicles of epidemias, and the council recom­ mended that they be investigated as to their ventilation, eta The American Bible Society, in New York, has just celebrated its sixty-third annual anniversary. The annual report shows that during the last year tbeve were 1,300,958 Bibles " - <r 4 * ; R -* 4' 1*," «* •'!••* *< ••!*•>••' • , • '•d&u •«-. ni -'[WM r; ̂ 11 *.'.4i4v> * ' "V r: vf, V ** '>r have JttSt held ttair sanaal swsffji ft m Loni«, Its. A la^sankberof dsisgeles weee tn at- choaan as tbs next The Nilfcmal Woman-Soflfmge Oon- veuttav lately in session at 81 Loids, rtected Elisabeth Cady Stanton President for the en­ suing year. WORBION HTTEIuLlGBIt CE» An official report, received in London, of the earthquake at Miraeh, Persia, on the 22d of March, says twenty-one villages were totally destroyed, and fl82 persons, 2,060 sheep, 1,125 oxen, 124 horses and 55 camels lolled. The Bulgarian Assembly of Nota- blea has unanimously elected the Russian Prince Alexander, of Battenberg, to the throne of Sulgaria, with the title of Alexander L A cable dispatch says thdt " porters to guard the doors of houses and prevent the posting of placards in St Petersburg, aa re­ quired by Gen. Gourko's regulations, cannot be obtained, because the NiMUsts threaten all who undertake the service with death. Gen. Gourko has apparently been removed from dictatorship of St Petersburg on ac~ oount of the impracticable xsatee of his orders. The C^arowitoh has received anony­ mous letters warning htm to go abroad. Mur­ ders continue to be reported. Lisas. Dubrovina, an officer in the Russian army, reoently arrested on suspicion of being a Nihilist̂ has been hanged. Takoob, the Ameer of Afghanistan, is inclined at present to hasten the negotiations for peac* with England. He is moved to this, it appears, not so much by fear of the English as by anxiety concerning a conspiracy to remove him and put his cousin in his plaoe. Several of the semi-independent tribes are said to be sttp- poning the cousin's aspirations. The long-talked-of race between Ed­ ward Hanlan, the champion oarsman of America, and John Hawdon, the British Soulier, was rowed on the river Tyne, in England, on the 6th of May, and resulted in an easy victory for the American by six boat- lengths, The Britons, who gathered by the thousands in expectation of seeing their repre­ sentative victorious, were greatly ohagrined p the result The cable announces the death of Dr. Isaac Butt, M. P., the distinguished Home- Bule leader. . There have been serious riots in Dub­ lin, Ireland, Lieut. Coyte, of the British navy, ar­ rested on suspicion of being the author of a ridiculous story about a pirate ship off Fastnett light, on the 16th of January last, has been convicted of, the offense and dismissed the aervioa. p St. Petersburg dispatches deny the reports of the tenor-atrieken condition of that dty. A London correspondent of the Edinburgh Scotsman aaya the Spamarda have ooncluded a oonvention with the King of An am, Cochin China, with the purpose of supplying Cuba with Anamite laborers. The gallant little American horse Parole has scored another victory over the English racers, winning the great Cheshire handicap stake* at Chester, England, with the utmost ease. A London dispatch says of the race fWt" Parole was the l&st in the first turn round; then, arousing himself, he ran through the competing horses like a flash of lightning. The other jockeys looked at the performance iu perfect stupefaction, almost as if they had seen phantom horses in their ranks. The applause for the American horse was immense as he came in on the canter past the winning chair." Yakoob Khan arrived at the English camp on the 8th inst, and sent word to the Viceroy of India that he desired to establish friendly relations between Afghanistan and India. Owing to trichina having been dis­ covered in some hogs shipped from Philadel­ phia to Liverpool, England has issued an order, to take effect June 1, interdicting the importa­ tion of American swine. A dispatch from Lahore, Tn îa, an­ nounces that Yakoob Khan has accepted all the British proposals. These advance the frontier line so as to give the British the Kojuk pass, Pisheen valley, the Korum valley as far as the Shuargaaoa pass, and the Khyber pass as far as taargi The British also gain the right to keep aa agent at Candaban ef tiwm«ntorlal4 rdattac to diacuasad. Mr. it of tXH - resolution to appoint a his connection with the laid on the table. committee to In Port Pillow maaaaen, waa laid on the table. Darin* the debate ontb« naolnUoa a sharp per- eotuae of a speech, made some remarks sot oompUfnentary to Mr. ChahneW eoadaot lathe Fort Pillow affair. Thel aid said that he renetted what Mr. Bnrrowa had aatd, but he WvWV IwVBinH WW WW VB vWTIwwVy not CONGRESS* i® the war was not clean and unspotted. Mr. Bur­ rows, advancing down the aisle, demanded to know what Mr. Chalmers meant. Chambers, Mold much confmfon, aaid that he had been told that Bnrrows had resigned beoause hi« superior officer thought he was not competent. Thi« announcement was re­ ceived with derisive laughter on the Bepublican side. Borrows aaid that the statement waa in­ famously false, and this wss the firat time that he had erer heard it. Chalmers said that he did i believe the statement, and would withdraw it. In the Senate, on the Sill, eqnsWeration was resumed of the Hcus* bill prohibiting military in terlerence at elections, and Mr. Morgan advocated its passage. Th® House discussed the bill to enforce the Eight Hour law sftd the Silver bill. The former was defeated by a vote of 108 nays to 63 yeas. No vote vti reached on the Silver bill. £tf the BausaO, on the9th inst, the House bill prewidingjor the paytaeot of the money heretofore appropriated to James B.Eads andhisacsociatestoir the construction of jetties and other works at the South pass of the Mississippi river waa passed. Consideration of the bill prohibiting military In­ terference at elections was then resumed, and Mr. Edmunds delivered an elaborate argument in op­ position thereto. Messrs. Blaine and Chandler also spoke against the bill, after which it was t>as«ed just as it came from the House--yeas ,38; nays, <}.-- in the House, the bill reported from the Judiciary Committee to remove the political disabilities ot J. C. Pembetton, of Philadelphia, gave rise to an amusing colloquy between Messrs. Con- gar and Cox, which Mr. Knott cut short by moving the previous question, and the bill paeaed. TUe llousa resumed the consideration of the Warner Silver bill, and was addressed by Mr, Weaver in advocacy of the bill, and in favor ot the double atandard. JswTSitiOH, Van Buren, the Adamaes, Taylor aa* th# IPtirfients who never einplojed the veto power. Quant used it oftenest, having vetoed 25 billa. Monroe and Lincoln vetoed but 1 each. Washington vetoed 2, Mad- toon 6, Jackson 5f Tyler 7, Polk 3, Pierce 9, Buchanan 8, Johnson 17, and thus far, Hajee - v I »,••', r-r , ft ' ' ̂ - Gen. ButlSr ofieiw ^IWCl 'acres of land in Wisconsin to the negroes fleeing from the South, to be divided np into small farms,and Bob Ingersoll will lect­ ure on the exodus to raise money to help the colored people accept the offer. A Philadelphia Quaker chips in $10,000 to assist the sufferers to settle in the West. William Lloyd Garrison has re­ ceived $510 in subscriptions for the ool- 6red ref ugees. . -4, ;: Compress had a dull day of it <#41* M idi The Senate was not iu session, and the House de­ voted the day to the discussion of the bill reported from the Coinage Committee, amending the stat utes relating to ooinage and coin and bull- leu certificates. The Democratic membera of the House held & caucus and determined upon a ln wgsrd to the Array Appropriation bill. They decided upon the exact terms of the measure to be separately passed iu lieu of the sixth section of tho Bevised Statutes, it being also agreed that all consideration of the remainder of the bill shall be deferred until this independent political mvwu*. shall have been acted upon by the Preal- dent. Under the sail of States a Mil was introduced In the House, on the Sth inst., by Mr. Ladd to pro* hlbit military interference at elections, and it waa referred to the Committee on Judiciary. This la the hill agreed upon by the Democrats In caucus, and Is as follows: "Whereas, The presence of troops at the pells is contrary to the spirit of our institutions and the traditions of onr people, and tends to destroy the freedom of elections; therefore. "lie u enacted, etc.. That It shall not be lawful to bring to or employ at any plaoe where a general or special flection Is being held iu the State any part of the army or navy of the United States, unless s"ch force be necewary t® repel the armed enemies of th© United States, or to enforce section 4, article 4, of the constitution ©f the United States, and the laws tnadf sa pursuance thereof, on application of the Lt pfftlature or Executive of the State where such force is to be used, and bo much of all laws as are inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed." Mr. Eaton offered a similar bill In the Senate. There was a joint caucus of the Republican mem- s CfS' •* Which It was unanlmoualy resolved that the proposed bill should be defeat- d Messrs. Edmunds, Frye, and Bobesen were be offend & comullttee to PreP"® a substitute to The Senate had a long discussion, on th® 6th' inst., of the proposition to authorize the Commit- tee on Privileges and Elections to take testimony showing that Senator Kellogg obtained his seat by bribery, but no decision waa reached In the mat­ ter. The bill to prevent the use of troope at the polls was reported, with amendments, from the Judiciary Com- McDonald. Mr. Beck also reported from the Committee on Appropriations, with amendment*, the Legislative, Executive and Jn- £ » Appropriation bill. lu the House. Mr. JIaK"* wUhont amendment, tlte bill to prohibit juUitwy intertereuce at a^M-iions, Bobeeon offered a aubotitnte prohibiting ®ee of troops at elections except Mr. the MIXING FASHION BINTB. Old age is generally much worn everywhere. tlneMy lie the heads wearing crowns in Europe--especially in Germany and Russia. „ Purses shonld be worn fnll on fhe body. Suits of China material are rather hardware for this changeable climate. Pies, this spring, are eat quartering aatd diamond-pointed. The principal style in gentlemen's spring hats is to pay for them in ad Vance. Hand-oufb are muoh worn by tourists to Sing-Bin .̂ Impecunious acquaintances and poor relatives may be out short. Slippers are 1ms common sinoe the ice has melted from the pavements. Furs are often useful to hide un­ healthy skins. Mahogany and rosewood suits appro­ priate for people who persist in dying may be had at the undertaker's. Clocks are becoming to stockings, but more useful in steeples. The fashionable color for boiled lob­ ster this season is red. Large rents are now oommon in ex­ pensive suites of rooms. John Kelly wears a smile of doubt and defiance.--New York Graphic. JPXATI2TG JPOM MjUTUKJ^ The story that Causeur told last week about the country parson who prayed for rain to such purpose that on the following Sunday he had to pray to have it stopped, reminds a cler­ ical friend of one he onoe heard from Hon. E. B. Washburne, late Minister to France, who vouched for its truth. It was in Scarborough, Me., a place famed for fish, but not for the riohness of its soil, although about one-half of its population manage to keep body and soul together by farming. There had been a long drought, and one Sunday, when a clergyman, who had oome by way of " exchange " was to preach, one of the deacons, having referred to the "dry spell," suggested that a petition for rain was desirable. " The soil's rather thin, isn't it, Brother B ?"said the minister. ^Bather," answered the deacon; "but we need rain." The good man took his place in the pulpit, opened the morning service, and when the proper time came said: "Oh, Lord, thy servant is instructed to pray that Thou wilt send rain to this la&d; but Thou knowest, oh, Lord, that what it wa^ts is dressin'."--Boston Transcript Jjiris nr a XUTSBKLL. "What's the use of living?" asked a discouraged man. "We are whipped for crying when we are babies, whipped because the master is cross when we are boys, obliged to toil, sick or well, or starve, when we are men, to work still harder (and suffer something worse!) when we are husbands, and, after ex­ hausting life and strength in the service of other people, die and leave our chil­ dren to quarrel about the possession of father's watch, and our wives to catch somebody else." • Mica. The damage done by mice in the canton of Zurich is considerable. Ih some communes 25,000, and even in one instance 66,000, of these vermin were caught last year. A report on the subject says that birds of prey, such as buzzards, owls, etc., have not received the protection they deserve, as they help to rid the country of mice! Hie same report further recommends farm­ ers to protect catSf foxes and, hedge­ hogs. .. Tbb three Vaughns, two brothers and a sister, ranging in age from 72 to 78, have lived for forty-two years in a sin­ gle room at Lewis Center, Ohiot In all that time not one of them went Out­ side of their door-yard until lately, when they were compelled to attend a judicial inquiry as to their mental con­ dition. They had .conveyed their farm to a nephew, and other relatives desired to invalidate the gift; but a jury, after listening to testimony as to their her­ mit-like Hfe, decided that they were only ecoentric. A statement in the Railway Age shows that during 1878 forty-eight rail­ roads were sold under foreclosure pro­ ceedings. These roads represent a total of 3,902 miles, $160,014,600 bonds and debt, and $151,616,700 capital stock --the entire amount of bonds, debt and stock being $311,681,200. In 1877 the number of roads sold under foreclosure was fifty-four, covering 8,875 mileB, and ft capital invested of only $198,984,000. During the past three years the number of toads sold under foreclosure hoa been 182, with a mileage of 11,623, and cap­ ita! amounting to $728,468,000. , Ik China, where fhe opium habit ruins and destroys many men annually, the efforts of the Government to abol­ ish or diminish the use of opium have reoently been more energetic ever. All these efforts have been in vain, as were those of many previous years. The Pekin Government have at last de­ termined to take the final step in the business, and an edict has been issued, which goes into effect next year, mak­ ing the use or sale of opium punishable by death. It is hard to say how the edict will be met by the 10,000,000 opium victims of the Celestial empire, or what proportion of them will come to this oountiy to enjoy their fascinat­ ing custom. Pbinck Albxaxdbb, of Battenberg, is probably the best choice the Bulgarians could make for their ruler, since their prosperity must depend for a good many years on the friendship and ma­ terial aid of Russia. Prince Alexander is the nephew of the Empress of Rus­ sia, and a personal favorite of the Czar. He took part creditably with the Rus­ sians in the last war against Turkey. While he is acceptable to Russia he is not particularly obnoxious to any other of the continental powers. His stipuW tion that the Russians now holding ad­ ministrative positions in Bulgaria are to remain in their places for five yean shews that he recognizes the fact that his new principality is under Russian tutelage. \j i •-v- i »4* <1* I can say no yo« M» Pxxnsixvaxia has long furnished all the contiguous States with building timber, and has exported a vast amount to foreign countries. Whenever some colossal structure is to be erected in any part of the country, the forests of the northwestern section of that State are laid under contribution for the beams and girders. There is hardly an important public building or bridge in the East, or possibly in the West, that does not contain Pennsylvania timber. Recently the forests of Northern Mich­ igan have been drawn upon for long beams, but until within the last ten years the only trees available for this purpose had to be floated down the west branch of the Susquehanna. The tre­ mendous drain on the forests near the rafting streams of Pennsylvania has robbed them cf all their tall trees, and the lumbermen must now go farther up the creeks and into the more inaccessi­ ble nooks in crder to find the stately pines which used to cover the whole regies with their sturdy growth. The Philadelphia Press calls for measure* to prevent the wanton dostruotioa of the forests of the State. A^KSSTSJrUMT A beggar accosted ing. He said: MI haveawife mad can say no more.* ' ' We walked on. "I have been in this cdfchtry four I oan say no more." » We walked on. i "I have had nothing io days. I can say nomore.V We walked on. "I have Lred on three rolls to-day three (holding up three fingers). I can say no more." - ̂ Wewî ed on. , > 1 "I«m alone know nobody. I can «*y no more. ' We walked on., "I cannot speak a word of I can say no more.** We walked on. :v "I dare say you belong to the Ytmng Men's Christian Association. But let q me tell you youhelp no one. I cut say J no more." >:*->• ~ .1 we™itoa«.«T ' ] "You go to church every Sunday. But you will not help a poor I can say no mora." . t j We walked on. " I have just aafted and I can find no work. more. We walked on. "I am an honest mail. lies. I can say no morfc* 'We walked on. 4 "I sacrifioed my Hfe in the Rebellion. 1 I oan say no more.9 We walked on.-- New York Maty* 4 TBM XAWK-KTK MAN. Mr. Burdette is 86 years old, short'in i stature, easy in manner and affable in Vl conversation. He has a low, broad ̂ forehead, a Mack mustache, entirely too small to have suggested the subject of t j his lecture, although it has a character "j of its own, in that it is of irregular X growth and gives his mouth a coquet­ tish look; a rounded «hi»> and a pair of j far-apart, deeply-set black eyes, that twinkle and shine and give expression to the fact that he enjoys fun as much as anybody. It is natural for him to be funny. In speaking of the most com­ mon-place things he expresses liimsalf in the most humorous way. He says: " I don't try to be funny. I have an idea occasionally, and when I get it loose people laugh. Then I review the re­ mark and shake it out to find the fun. My perception of a joke is not hung upon a hair triggei." This he said in the course of an interview accorded some newspaper people at his parlor In the La Pierre House. " You see," he went on, " I don't know how I do qay things people think funny, and some­ times *1 am in a state of mind bordering on insanity to know why people thinV they are so. I certainly had no school except the wide world from which to leam the lesson of fun, and, now I e6m» to think of it, perhaps the page was the most instructive that could have been placed before me."-- Philadelphia Times. 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