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- J - , "**. . VA » ' V„"V** f& S, . '*• ?; 1 \ ' *'>t ' - \ K* v ; > ••••* •; ' *•. -*-,' * '•. # $&'•}£ y:* $^7^1 f.1 ";,* "f* "-'"r "-';• Y"V'<- •?" r*/r'\'.«'"*sf '^;"T"v'- | nw n»«n WOT* CAROMS A. my daughter. OHBMST, *g paiadeiiltr .YNC. CMoraMI OIS. •3W Ur^i^a B^tes prfdbro# 167,659> #70 bushels of potatoes last year, iSew York leading with 32,571*000 bushels, Wisconsin standing second with 13,552, - 130 -bnshels, JRennsylvania third fjth • ^ntt 117I93,750Imshels. *7 YOUNG EURRY^GARFIELD and Got Bock- fall's son^rfc M plicated in thereoent * weft of examination papers at Williams . College. Yonng RooJCwell wan suspend- - ed for five weeks, but young. Garfield, not having been successful in his attempt •ft theft, was sot punished. There is md to be & good deal of boy in him*-. • •' ,• • -rr--. ••••. •' > • , ,PBOP. MSZZBB|:OFF, ,tb® Bussian . <fcemist in New York, longs to do some­ thing for his fellow-man. In a lecture io an exclusive audience of Iriehsympa- thizeBB he ikidLy offers to destroy a ifi2,000,000 British man-of-war for $150. Kb s&yfe he can go to" Iiondon, Paris or St Petersburg with twenty men, each carrying an 'orfifbary sacihel, arid in twenty-four ^ouul bqi-n the whole place. THX Queen of England his now i?«Bgned about forty-four years. The '^iaiaries and perquisites paid to her ' and foelr family will average fully $f>?000,000 9 »ear.~\or,f. during^ the period of her ftetgfc, the eHbADa^s •rfurtr-"of $22$0b0,- 000. British royalty is a costly luxury, and as useless and worthless as expens­ ive. . When the Queen expires royalty may expire with her, as England is fijst jipyatag i|itortM»puM*«r • , r"- - >«& ^ s, ,4 • -r * THE Canadians find encouragement in 'tile reports as to the condition of the Dominion Indians, There , are* in ;.the Doirtinion'107,722 Indians' <$f~ these 85,726 are in Manitoba and the Nortli- ,yu»t tevita4e,8v Qf th^whola nnmber and the land cultivated by Indians is estimated at 75,000 acres. The - authorities tjelieye they see signs of the red man abandon­ ing the life of hunters and taking up *4hfr 4if»o( &u»en. ' C' i;v *•»» V„> ' f O 4. iO WAS Cleopatra the lpagnifloent creat- as vje know |ier in her pictures, and itt fche marble of Mr. Storey's flne slatue, Jo* was shtf a snaky little woman that 'WCFNAFRA MARFRITARTBNY ?•: THTE HTEIFNED' Iqpnographistaupf Naples are disputing "<^r ft-find mi^rble Hint lately Jbund at Sorrento, which some bay tB a portrait of Cleopatra, and others say it is only a Boman lady of the time of Hadrian, the coins of those days give two very different heads of the great Ptelemaie QBe^fln--dtie'atery grand Mrs. fiicraons- like head, with her son Antiochus on the •obverse; the other with Antony an the pbverse and herself on the reverse, rep- jp0§ent$d as a eia»ali, - thia-fe#jfcux©d 4 B&iEJvi «tiq^ lecky 8harp\ These coins are in the British . Hasec^n collection. " THK Norwich (Ct.) Bulletin relates the B Wry of a Norwich town man and dog. The dog had been a pet, but w^s old, and it was deemed-beat to put liW fo a painless death. The family voted in favor of chloroiora.. The dead- ly liquid was obt lined, and was applied ^mpo the.apimt^l's nose as he Jay, on the ^ ^earth lat^ on^ evening. The dog qui- «tiy inhaled, it and peacefully passed to it comatose state. The master, as ,he bore the limp form to the woodshed, re­ marked : " Poor Dick. I will bury him in. the morning." In the. morning he In the directory are pickpockets, burglars, counterfeiters and JTf|n«Md',l>ogai doctor a." APtUii I^ICHOO miaroe>opist had the curiosity to analyze some of the street dust of that city. The most no- ticeabl$ elements were principally hone manure, decaying pine and planking, bits of coke and coal, broken glass, hone hairs, quartz, some bine particles* the nature of which oould not be deter­ mined, and a dark-colored, fioely- divided, half-dried mud, which was neither pleasant to the sense of sight or smell. -Burned in • platinum crucible, the thoroughly-mixed mass gave off a little water, a pale yellow flame and a disagreeable odor. 'When water "*a$ poured over the siuff, the mixture was inexpressibly filthy and vile, but, upon examination microscopically, no living forms were observed. In six ho'urs it was again Examined, and found to be alrve with monads ; in twenty-four hours and again in forty-eight hoots a high power showed the liquid to be teeming with living Corps, both animal and veg­ etable. "" • THB English army estimates have just been issued, and contain some interest­ ing figures bearing upon the military expenditures pf Great Britain. The in­ crease of expense during the year has been $1,575,000. The effective strength of tfce^egular army remains tfrout the sagae, the number standing at 132,905 against 134,060. The pay and allow- ahces fdr thf regular tozfee are $22,230,- tWO.* divine service in the army costs $369^000; the administration of military kfw, $186,000; and the medic&r^estiib- liwhrnent, $1,505,000. The cost of the auxiliary and reserve forces for the year "rrill be. $6,783,000. "T^e salaries and mfHcdflaneohS charges 2Tf the War Office foot u|> $1,191,000. A sum of $1,000,- 000 for military maneuvres is also in­ cluded, and many of the English papers aire recommending that this sum shall be still further increased, so that ma- nettvresjnay be set on foot like those <>n the Coiltfaent? It is Also shown by tl^e estimates that; while something like 20,000, men are discharged annually the reserve is only strengthened by one- tenth that number. 1 UK Steattiboat, "Mary <>rlswold,M Is now making daily trips to and from the Lakes, carrying paw 11 freteht, ^ •• red as grateful as if he had been tne .racipipnLof a fyror. It has Jbeenifecid; |pd to let the dog die a natural death. ̂ , ^ OitE of the most astonishing things in file religious world iA the extraordiflary ^bt4h c5v th* jlltethwlist '.'Episcopal CliurSh sinee th| opening of thft present- . jept. ••. The Methodist Ms been keeping * careful acoount of; the cpnyersiqns re­ ported by all, the churches \fhich con­ sent io fl«nd their reports. Thus far . 1,294 of . the churches have reported ti^at 39,652 persons have been conyerted ainoe the 1st of January. This is the jaoru wonderful in view, of. the fact that thjsre ave 17,666 Methodist, churohes* juid that the to|taL number of additions, to them during. 1881 was only 25,892. If conversions and addi­ tions go on for the rest, of this yew as they have begun, the increase will be the most, .phenomenal on record. The Presbyterian church, with its 5,598 ohurahes,, gained; last year 25,344 new members, or only about live-eighths as many as 1,294 Methodist churches have joined sines :New, Year's. "Wrfri s)iall say thai ^he missiou of journalism stops with the presentation of all the news and with comment there­ on ? . It may amuse, instruct, guide and bless mankind in many directions, as witness the New York Sun'a editorial advice to a youth who wanted to know "how he Should dresk for his marriage- * If the ceremony is to be in the day time, a black coat,- or one of some very dark shade bordering on black, is the correct thing. The waistcoat may be of the same material, though fancy-colored waistcoats are worn by come young fel­ lows, with double-breasted frock- ooats of the usUal bladk or dark cloth. The trousers---never talk of pantaloons-- slftMd brf* of gr*j^ 'staff wltfc %mall stripes, or some other unobtrusive shade. Let them be cut close to the legaif you wish to keep in the fashion. If you are to be married in the evening, howevdr, put oh a dress suit. That convenient costume, whose cut need not be changed to suit the slight variations of fashion, is the thing for every sort of evening entertainment and ceremony. A white lawn necktie, about an inch broad, is, of course, what you will need in the evening; but, if the wedding takes place in the daytime, you wil( have a chance to exercise your taste in the selection of your cravat. Pay due regard to your complexion, and remem­ ber that, as the waistcoat will be out ^M^fj^eravat is really the part ~ 'THE funniest c*ank pf them JLL ^** made his appearance in New York in the person of a man who objects to.the pub­ lication of his nam# . in. the directory. He considers it a g^oss outrage that the iiame and occupation of any citizen should be published without his knowl- , -edge or consent. He gave the publish­ es due notice that none of his family joquired their names in the directory; but in spite of the prohibition it was done. The collector of names evaded it by applying to some silly and talka­ tive member of the household. Be means to put a stop to this nuisance, and list the directory company hereafter •apT'nh them^lves at the expense of those who want their names there. He -does not particularize the means which lie proposes adopting. for the purpose, it will probably include a bull-dog ind perhaps a pail Of boiling water. The only persona with whom he shares averjioo to being mentioned, with Smitii. tip vhich will do most to Baptist <>>£ Unless that is be- color and harmonious, or of a happy contrasting shade, your cos­ tume will be unsatisfactory to every tasteful observer. Avoid all flaring col­ ors, and display only a modest soarfpin." This M information on an important point,' giVeh with the authority of a tailor and jbhe skill of a rhetorician. The Crayfish and the ibaveefe. The crayfish are the most formidable eiiimies of the Louisiana levees, and the great majority of the erevasses that occur are directly attributable to these little fresh water crustaceans. The most compactly constructed levees are often undermined in a single night, and the little stream of water, at first no thicker., than one's finger, soon cuts its way, artd rapidly increasing, becomes in a few hours a roaring cataract, crumb­ ling the immense embankment and fol­ lowed by an avalanche of water from the river which spreads over miles of sur­ rounding country, scattering death and destruction in every direction. Many precautions have been devised, but none have ever permanently suc­ ceeded in overcoming the difficulty. §ome years before the war, Mr. Lizardi built a brick wall in the center of Ins levee, banking the earth on each side, but was dismayed one morning to find that the crayfish had uuderrnined the waif and tlmt liis levee was aatuaily cav­ ing iu. The late .Professor Forshey pat­ ented an invention for securing immu­ nity from the attacks of the crayfish, which consisted of a plank fence in the center of the levee from base to crown, and the Louisiana Levee Company had it practically tested at an increased cost of 30 per cent over the ordinary levee,- but it was unavailing. Talking with Mr. Duncan F. Kentier, recently, he Pfiui that lie had anticipated Forshey's Elan some years ago, and in building his ivees be had constructed a picket fence on either sid«, of which he had made the levee embankment as compact as possi­ ble but the irrepressible little workers 6oo'n found their way through.--New Orleans Sugar Planter. * TSftrsiCAii definitions: A diminished chord--The cord of wood as sold by the unscrupulous coal dealer. A cross rela­ tion--The average mother-in-law. A deceptive cadence--When the cats keep quiet after you have thrown the boot­ jack, only to resume again after you have closed the window. Oblique move­ ment--Home from " thelodge, -- cml Her ald, FACTS FOB IBB CPMOul. WAHPS often attack a beehive, and driving out all the bear, devour the honey. IK the beginning of the last oentury it was suggested to the mind of a French­ man to use wood for the manufacture of paper by obeerving that the nestii of wasps were made of this material. A BATTMSSNAKB confined in a cage for eleven months shed ita akin four times, ate sixty rate; and, although it had ac­ cess to a ttnk of water, an apparatus prepared for the purpose proved it had never drunk a drop. THK Baltimore Gkuette relates that a lady who been vaccinated borrowed a pair of earrings from a lady friend for a day. The owner, ©11 resuming their use, was astonished to find that she was thoroughly vaccinated in the earl ExFUuxatrrs made to test the mus­ cular power of insects prove that the smaller the insect the greater propor­ tionate muscular power. A bee is, for its weight, thirty times stronger than a horse, for a bee harnessed to a wagon can pull twenty times its own weight THK hydra, a water insect, when cut in two and the extremity severed, will at once form another separate and living body. Again can the second be "sliced up,' and the same strange programme of formation will be carried out The hydra can be turned inside out, and will live in that manner as well as in its natural state. THU mass of the sun--that is, the quantity of matter oontained in it--is nearly 330,000 times as great as that of the earth. This mass is about 750 times as great as the combined masses of all the planets and satellites of the solar system; it is two octillions of tons. The attractive pull of this tremendous mass upon the earth, at a distance of nearly 93,000,000 miles, transcends all conception. It is thirty-six quadrillions of tons; in figures, thirty-six followed by fifteen ciphers. , IF we could imagine an infant with an arm long enough to enable him to touch the sun and burn himself, he would die of old age before the pain would reach ! him, since, according to the experiments j of Helmholtz and others, a nervous shock i is communicated only at the rate of about I 100 feet per second, c<r 1,637 miles a day, I <uid would need more than 150 years to j make the journey. Sound would do it 1 in about fourteen years if it could be I transmitted through celestial spaoe ; and j a cannon-ball in about nine, if it were to i move uniformly with the same speed as when it left the muzzle of the gun. If the earth could be suddenly stopped In her orbit, and allowed to fall unob­ structed toward the sun, under the ac­ celerating influence of his attraction, she would reaoh the oenter in about four months. THE wonderful snow sheds--tunnels-- on the Ceatral Pacific railroad are of two kinds, one with very steep roofs and the other with flat roofs. They cost per mile from $8,000 to $12,000, and in some places where heavy masonry was needed the cost reached $30,000 a mile. They are firmly constructed to support the great weight of snow and to resist the rush of avalanches. Fire precautions are very thorough. Corrugated plates of iron separate the buildings into sec­ tions, and in the great ten-mile section there are automatic electric fire-alarms. At the summit is an engine and tank al­ ways ready to flood the ignited spot in a moment These sheds shut in the view of the g' eat Sierras, but without them travel would be impossible, Sometimes five feet of snow falls upon them in a d*jr, «*,»«! oiten - U@HfcM;-ll(a ground at one time, and in many places snow accumulates to the depth of fifty |e&t Above these great wooden *c Ceramic Artfelnen. • ' There are a good many humbugs in the world, and art circles ate as often deceived by them ae are les9 lesthetio people. A Loudon collector recently re­ fused to pay $5,000 for a pair of rose Du- barry vases, which he had bought of a dealer for old Sevres, affirming that they were spurious, and that the seller had tempted him to buy by exaggerating the price he himself had paid for them. There were pretty strong grounds for suspecting that the seller's figures were exaggerated, and good judges were equally divided as to the genuineness or spmiousuess of the Vases. The jury, however, held the buyer liable for the full amount Sevres is not the only ware about which there is much uncertainty. Con­ noisseurs often go into ecstasy about "old Satsuma," but Professor Morse, who has lived in Japan, declared in a re­ cent lecture before the Lowell Institute of Boston, that Satsuma is not held in any special estimation in Japan. There are four kinds of it--the gray painted, the gray inlaid, the brown, and the light colored or yellow. The Japanese claim that the yellow clay was not discovered until the present century, and that there is no ancient Satsuma pottery; all arti­ cles of real Satsuma are small, and have no stamp upon them; and plates with heavy rims, cups with handles, and sau­ cers and pitchers, have absolutely no ex­ istence in genuine Japanese pottery. Two rare old articles of genuine Satsu­ ma ware which were obtained by the lec­ turer with great trouble and expense, were made seventy-five years ago. The larger articles sold as ancient Satsuma are from two to four years old, and are principally sold in Tokio, and are rubbed with charcoal dust to give them an ap-' pearance of age. The Professor also declared that he had himself stood beside an agent at an American firm which deals in "Satsuma" ware, and heard him give an order for a great quantity of this "ancient" pot­ tery, directing the designs, and telling the maker to put on plenty of decoc­ tions, 110 matter what. These large j pieces are regarded by the Japanese af | abominable paraphrases, and a name is applied to them which signifies that they are ma4e solely to l»e exported. They are, for the most part, not Saisuma at all, but Awaia, and the decoration is per­ formed by children and cheap workmen of all kinds. There are a good many fine specimens of Satsuma, not a few of large size, to be found in all our American cities. The amount paid for some of these will ap­ pear much magnified in the light of Pro­ fessor Morse's revelations. If he is to be credited, there are other Japanese arts than the finishing of pottery, which collectors and all purchasers would do awll to study. The Hickory Nut Dodge. : A certain laborer attending a plasterer who was " first--coating " on the third story of a house found that he had much to do; for, work as hard as he could, the plaster-board was always empty and the plasterer waiting when he got up. At last he fell upon a novel way of lightening h s labor. He purchased 3 cents worth of hickoey nuts, and, putting a few among the mortar in the hod, he emptied it on the board. The plas­ terer, seeing a nut sticking among the lime as he was laying it on the wall, picked it out, and, cleaning it with his Woodstock Department ie The public park given a gen^ i^anin; tip hit'w«ek, flilek to It* beauty. ^Quarterly meeting service* at E. church. Ia*t Sshbath.' Presldl ht ntteiirianc*. Bennett is whoUTdSVoL rtoThe'tok'of ending a royal iaco; ie iu princely 1 fashion, upon all sorts of sports ec- i centncities and extravagancies; that he |deeply engaged in this ambition, and spends so much of his time in ' Europe or away from New York, that | the Herald is running itself without any {management or control on his part. Yet this is an absolute and entire mis- I take. There is no person at the head of I» newspaper in this country to-day who ; exercises a more careful or a stricter j control than Mr. Bennett does over the j Herald. Whether he is in Europe or ; not he practically edits and conducts the | Herald as much as if there iu the ; editorial sanctum. People may think : this impossible, but we happen to know : of our own knowledge that, this is an actual fact, and if people knew the ; amount of Mr. Bennett's private cable j bills they would be both enlightened i and startled. Wo also^appen to know 1 th&t not' only does Mr. Sfuuett control ' the political and intellectual part of the j Herald, but that he hasihown the same ! attention and singular Ability in control- : ling the business management, of the ! Herald. It was his own original idea, I for instance, to start the Telegram as a j penny paper, which proved a great suc­ cess. It was his own original idea to i reduce the Herald frdMfcfour to three cents per copy--rather a bold step, as ! that one ceut meant a difference of ; $1,000 a day in the revenues of the j paper. But "it. proved a very wise and far-sighted idea, as it led to an enormous [ increase of circulation. The truth is I that the younger James Gordon Bennett j is a man of bold original thought and i brain, and of the highest ortfer <k prac- I tical ability. The mere conception of | such ideas as sending the Livingstone i expedition into the heart of Africa, | MacGahan to Khiva aril the Jeannette i to the North Pole, or hife generous oon- ! tribution of $100,000 to the Irish relief j f and, clearly show that ha is a remarkable j man. That he receives little personal j credit for the excellent conduct of the { Herald is simply because he has some | private eccentricities, conducts it by wire or cable, and at tlta same tim* J lives like a prince. In fact, Mr. Bennett lu» shown a broader and more geaefon* spirit, a keener and juster disaerameni of the needs of the modern pHNM than any man who ha* ever wielded tba editorial power of a metropolitan journal, rfbd there is a magnificent boldness of conception, a trenchant vigor of execution and an ap­ parently illimitable enterprise in his management of the lleriUd which makes ita greater paper than it ever was before in its history. At the same time its rigorously olean tone, its' scrupulous avoidance of mere scandals and sensa­ tions for their own sake and the power­ ful graap of the entire world's affairs which it unceasingly dismays give it a higher place in the loftier ranks of the newspaper press published iu the English language than even the founder of the Herald could ever have ventured to hope for.--St. Louin Pont-Dispatch. Surroundings of the flrett Freneh ""Sa is^onSmlSifetesof men. He rises early every day, and works steadily from 8 o'clock until 1, .and in the evening agaiu resumes his writiug. He i» a foe of the noisy life of the world, and spends the greater part | of his time in his country seat at Medan, j where he lives for nine months of the .year--a remarkable trait for one whose writings are so identified with the every­ day life of Paris. And it is just as re- j markable that this apostle of realism ; should live among the most idyllic sur- j roundings, in Paris as well as in the | country. His Paris dwelling is lux- 1 uriously furnished. There are fine old I rugs and tapestries. In the midst ot his ' chamber stands a bed in the style of i Henry II., and the light streams through I old stained-glass windows upon a thou­ sand fantastic objects standing in every available place. Antique things* are seen on all sides; ancient embroideries, oentury-old-altar carvings, and the like. In his house at Medan, it is still more strange looking. His residence consists of a square tower, with a microscopic cottage attached. There is no park, no tree, no allee; only a little front yard, hardly more than a vegetable garden, with a simple fence separating it from the railroad line. But in the author's sanctum the splendor is so much the greater. Zola works in the midst of a great and lofty hall, which is lighted by a large atelier window reaching to the ground on one side. This immense room is filled with curtains, rugae draperies, and furniture 01 all ages, and all coun­ tries, medieval weapons, either genuine or counterfeit, Japanese furniture, and beautiful things of the eighteenth cen­ tury. The stove is of truly monumental design and size, and an entire oak could be burned in it in one day. The ceiling is gilt, and bric-a-brac is scattered around on all sides. Zola has no passion for making regular collections ; he buys i as he pleases, just as the chance or his fancy may dictate. He follows the mood of his eye, and purchases an object for some quality of form or color which chances to please him, without heeding the real worth or origin d the ; thing.-- Boston Herald. A Doctor on the Bicycle. . "A Country Surgeon" writes to the London Lancet about the bicycle as fol­ lows: "I have been a bicycle rider for the 1 last five years, with an eVer increasin^ delight the more proficient I become* This summer I have turned both my horses out to grass, and have trusted to my bicycle alone, going on an average about fifty miles a day. I find I get through my day's work with less fatigue than on horseback, and without the monotony of driving. My work is done quicker; my usual pace is teu miles an Yfe® XXottov CkSM Eve* J'nut , . '. V ' [WMhington Teiegtun.], , > "m m\ \ It wjr be remembered Umt aome time ago Dibble, of South made a motion to quash the testimony taken by Maokey in the contested case of Maokey against O'Connor, in the Charleston district, on the ground that the contestant had, after the testimony left the hands of the notary public be­ fore whom it was taken, altered, muti­ lated, interlined and otherwise tampered with it, so that, as printed by the Elections Committee, it showed a different state of facta from that sworn to by the witnesses in the case. Dibble Sled certain affidavits in support of this motion, Mid in a few d%ys after­ ward Mackey filed affidavits ftolffl all ex­ cept six or seven of the witnesses who had testified in his behalf to the effect that their testimony, as printed by the Elections Committee, was ex­ actly the same as that given by them before the notary public when they were examined. The affidavits also reaffirmed the truth of the statements made in the testimony as printed. Having exhausted every pretext for delay that could be devised before the committee, Dibble, on last Tuesday, procured® leave of ab­ sence for ten days, and immediately left for South Carolina. His counselt who lives in Washington, has indis­ creetly let out the fact that Dibble has gohe to South Carolina intent upon a' new scheme to prevent the immediate prosecution of the Mackey-O'Connor case. He expects to take advantage of the heated condition of affairs down there incident to the forthcoming election trials, which have so aroused the Democracy of the State, *nd to procure indictments against Mackey for subornation of perjury and other ofienses in connection with what he calls "this mutilation and suppres­ sion of testimony," and to support the charge with the same testimony that proved ineffectual to influence the <a(N tion of the House Committee on Elect tions. Having procured indictments against Mackey, Dibble expects to have a warrant issued for his arrest, and be­ lieves that he can prevail on Gov! Ha- good to issue ,a requisition for the arrest of Mackey, who is now in Washington, and his surrender to the authorities of jthe jState of South Carolina. , f, < [Vrm lha Chioago Tribune] >• , \:f Aoouple of weeks ago AttaraepGe*. eral Brewster addressed. a letter to Mr. Sanders, the Assistant District Attorney ot the United States at Charleston. £ C., nrging the latter and his tujieribr, CoL Melton, to 'prosecute rigidly the moat, prominent persons concerned < in the election frauds which wane developed by the Smalls and Tillman,oonjfett for ,a seat in the House of KeptoMnwives, It is important to state that "Mr. Sanders is a Democrat, and had been sent into South Carolina by Attorney titaneral Brewster because his own party attach* ments would arouse no personal antag­ onism, but possibly obtain popular ap­ proval for any convictions that might'bo secured under Democratic proseeution, Mr. Brewster's letter was an earnest afM peal that the most prominent men in­ volved in these election frauds Should be brought to justice in ord<er that future abuse of the right of suffrage should be made perilous in South Carolina, and in order that every man thereafter, whekht ei- white or black, Republican or Demo- t88! * cording to his convictions. Such a letter written under'such con­ ditions ought to have called out the support of all good citizens for the pro­ gramme it outlined, and certainly should not have excited any sectional, party pr race opposition. Instead of being' re­ ceived in this spirit, it has been taken up by the Democratic party of South Carolina as a menace to the bulldozers of that State, and the Democratic Couf- mittee have ksued a pronunciamento calling upon the whites to resist this new encroachment of the- "radicals," and "to stand together as one man* to maintain Democratic rule. The meaning of this Democratic proc­ lamation in South Carolina is unmis­ takable. It is an appeal to the white minority of the State to use its local in­ fluence to detent the prosecution of the men who manipulated the last Congres­ sional and local eleotions by fraud or carried them by intimidation, and to encourage the same practices in the future. There is no injustice or oppres­ sion in Attorney General Brewster's pol­ icy. There was nothing in his letter «o excite party resentment. The very man intrusted with the prosecution is a Democrat in politics. The only purpose is to punish men who shall be proved to have used fraud and foroe in election*, and therby vindioate the free­ dom and purity of the ballot. But the Democratic managers is South Carolina know that from the moment free suff­ rage is tolerated in that State their party must go to the wall. They understand that the Democratic party cannot main tain universal local rule in Su>uth Caro­ lina and send an entire Democratic del­ egation to Congress if the right of every man to vote as he pleased and the right to have that vote counted as he cast it shall be established in the State. Hence the proposed resistance. If the Demo­ cratic Committee had summoned the bulldozers by regiments and platooiis,' had organized a brigade of ballot-bok staffers, had declared outright that Re­ publican votes must not be counted, or that Republican voters must be driven from the polls, it could not haye avowed more distinctly the intention to employ fraud and intimidation as the means for carrying elections ill the future. It is againt tliis spirit of nullification that the United States authorities must proceed in any effort to insure an honpst bal)ot in South Carolina. Then pi to another pocket and found an­ other dollar, a&4 Iftfe tji. to my boy. And then int6 another pocket, and didn't tnd anjfthihdT"" '•Well, and what did you do with that?" "Oh, I put it in the ntiMf&nary "box on Sun­ day." * • v : ^ nxnrois U^BISLATURK* • St*Se*ttte eonVMSd wMt tfca ItiM on the 30th alt, and •jmlfrj iihsiisti ft th« ordtar of tadnast, After the Gti^Wa bad &UyinTok«iu* diTia* Mssufc aodtte&eo- sblramly nadtb* jounsl of ttia Plowing day, th« UBs on 11* oalSW ware wen up and read a ssooad ttoto. «®n op Normal Gntrerstty Appropriation MB tad »• two pcondiac '<* ths expeoiM of tk* ipo- ®o objection boiogy made, cadi , f,, ®"lt *M ordered to .third Teplini yttwnt amendment. Tbi. dooTtba g«rt^ iatacmnced that there was no farther bnmatag before tee Bsnate,' wherenpoa a Jfod^ nZ? which was ear- hriAf 20a Houfa proceedings were equally brief and oamtaMetiag, X^*iorial Mkiiw Congress for »n»p{yoptiaHon for the Henne- cwiai iu adopted mi&nimonnlv. debate on lis# Criminal Ooae **• . postponed, * pin The Gomnisgion $ .. .*/«< ifee General Government until it IALMWR* ODOB what terms the canal will be accepted. TO® •eaqioo in eaen bouse, oa Saturday the Jet ipst, waa exceedingly brief and unimport­ ant. The Senate met with jnat four member* wewmt--Bunt, Snndeihind, Wright arid Neece 2~«fcdrtB* aaoal aawrtaaefat of clerk*, mm*. Janitor*, eta Senator Bander land slipped uuo the chair, Senator Hunt moved to adjourn aiAil Tuesday, the 4th„. The motion was car­ ried with singular unanimity, and the session precipitately broke np. Eighteen members nlade up the attendance in thfe House. The OsiapSain, ti» Iter. Father Hale, perpetrated a good thing in his opening prayer, when he asked that the Lord wotald bless the absent- Ma, and that they aught diaeharg» their dntics to their country and to their constituents, oa their return. The members present listened intently to thii nifiMeuttonal hit'tt the absent­ ees, and the latter will probacy appreciate it wbeu they c«me to read of the way in whirti gtifod old "Father Halo played for thein. The appropriation bills, providing for the pay ojf tne meoAer^and the contingent expens­ ed of the sertion, were read a second time and ©rdmxt engrained for thin) reading. ' Ad­ journed till Tuesday, tho Atb. . , . Botl* Houses at the L îalatsra •wwmMpdln the afternoon of the 4 th inst., aooording to programme, and, without transacting any busi­ ness, immediately adjourned tar the day. There wereftmr Semttore present to participate in this solemn ceremony In ttas SqaatSi ana tea Beereneotativps comprised tha attendance in the House. About twenty-twa Senators wars lei their seats oa the morning of the 6th hist., when the Betfkte wtt Cafled'to order, ' An eloquent prayer wfcB*tt«mdt#tW Chaplain, Bp*, T. A, Par­ ker. The Committee en Enrolled and En- sssf t TSa '"srJ&ns.'K House Mr. Yaugtwy, of -La SaUa, 'iftfer of reeolution*.̂ Afwrooiunjthe^dTanta®es to be had from thk tetprotemtm eflhs Dimeis and Mfehigau fta*»L,t» reapfe#?*^a o ŝipn to the General Government, the resolutions were ŝeated, ar fdllowrf: TkSt We tfoommena ttoesdtsa of ssfrl tp the^gpd- end Goyernmeht, conditional that it be madea steamboat dt ship oknkl, b ̂ despenlng, •nlarging and •mdening te a sMMisteyrto float heary harden*, ooanecting the same with the propbeedronte"oftheii«uaeptncanal ierao^Md furfbgr, TbM ttia Geyertuaaat shall warn ail of lla#tKinsl righM an*Mto in and to said canal, and all of ita lands and properties given it by grant of the Government, nntU it •onrgg w The House si Heps wpnli|ln% slfls ss||Hl <m the 1st mat, jMHsed tlM 8«Me WI to Cap­ itate the (laymeot ot dhrldands to tlis aedHtts of the Fresduaa's Sevfaaga OHMSH> An ae* was reported for aa additional •aahar of tts present House frocn Nebraska. A IB was PMsed to make St Vincent, Xkm., a port of cr.trr„ A bill VM HMM ing f!50.000 for ̂ ZS aaraimnt The a«Miyawi«%aiatiua «MWsn np m committer of the whole, and Mr. offered an amondnMBt eoEOSMUMr from com­ pulsory retirement tbs GSSMSI Sad General of the army. The Bsaato was not ia aeesion. The Senate paaasd a wsotatioa, st its assHsn on theSd last, appropriating 110,060 for a ument cmx the grave of Thomas Jeff, at Monticello, Va. A bill wa3 iutrodaced for a bndge across the' Misaouri river near county, Iowa, and to nompel the i: S FaoiSc road to p*y the cost of nor- •'S •eying 'tts lands. Mr. Voorhees snibmrtted *" •*- a tsechition denouncing the imprison- . tnent of McSweeney and other Ainencu H citizens in Ireland. Sir. Garland reported ^ a bill to secure tbe safe ke«>pi^ of money paid into the Federal court*. Tho Presiden' trans- '<•< mitted & letter from the Secretary of tho Inie- -~£:* riot asking provision for the payment of the - ̂ Utah Commissionerg and ©lection officers, and f<$ recommended that the salaries of toe Commis- );'fl sioners be fixed at ®5,000 per annum. A tall was pssasd .anthonzing the redemption of outoUndin ̂#10 refunding certificates at *;3' the market piiea In esecative asarfoa the Benate rejected, without debsrfe, the % nominations of James G. Watmougk to be "iS Paymaster General of turn navy and Samuel Saabnry as Naval Ooaatmotora In the Hoa« ̂ fM Mr. Singleton îreeented a petition tram 5,000 citizens of Illinois for the finproTement of the i-X Mississippi teTees. Bills were introduced to au­ thorize the construction of a bridge across the Mismissippi at Memphis, and to apply the sorp luF ravenae tn . the payment of the public debt A hot debate took place on a resolution to f!tk a date for - taking up the bill to extend tho corporate ex­ istence of national beaks, which was voted '§& down by 123 to 77. Under ansjienskni of the ralsa, bilk were paassd to readjust salaries of Postmasters, tosxtend the bond period for ?- distilled spirits, and to erect public buildings at Louisville, Rochester, Cofatmbus and Min­ neapolis. The bill to incorporate the Maritime Oaiial Company of Nicaragua waa favorably reported upon in the Senate, on the 4th inst. Mr. Conger obtained leave to visit his mother in Illinois, who was dangerously ill. On the hill ; • to grant right of way to the St. Louis and San '<;• Francisco road, Mr. Ingalt3 moved to rcqnirs the consent of tho Councils of the Choctaws S * and Chickasawa Mr. Teller was oonrteously given an opportunity to pass the bill Wr admitting free of duty articles for the Colorado Exposition. In the House, Mr. Chalmers introduced a bill to amend the Apportionment law, providing that in no Btate auali the difieretiee in tbs popaiauon of Congressional (iistriets exceed! SO,000. In com­ mittee of the whole the Ajtty Appropriation bill was taken up. Mr. Henderson moved to ~ insert a |)roviso that whenever an rffloer has H* served thirtv-ftve years he may apply to the "M Preaidoataudbeptaoedos the retired tot and if he has served forty years, .or is ffljears of a^e, he shall be retired. An amendment wu Adopted providing thit any sopsmmncrary g qfficiar may be honorably discbuged at his own request on noetpt of One years nay and allow- Sana The eommittee Iken rosS, when a com- x mnidoatioh was received from thQ aecrutart of State with re*ard to Amtriosa eitiscias im- ?f prisousd in Ireland. A meettagefrocs thePreo- f. , ' Ersuswsttap&'t ' « ahsill be assepSed Ihd Oongraw shall bass made the pioasiiry appropriations tooomplete ths work on said canst, tne Stats in the interim te n» it ita House thea The Bspata aesaioti was brisfontbeethtnst, r'hri liBillp aitswt ^ • 1 •• • ,mt*m fter tsSag np sailiif^Sf ths WIS fciy5(E for the expenses of the General Assembly ancr tli« Normal ITaieaivity* Wtt̂ * seweetiag an error made byJLhe reguiy. MHion, Mainst wliioh |)S7^w3tiou, iho fl^aats adjourned. to y^Hnuee, the biUs to provide ioS UMCSTof the Gen­ eral AMeieuiblv worf .taken up an^pssfed without a smgle negative wte. The Apepsi or, d(>r was then cauea--namely, the obakraeafatioa of and minority reports 'fhwt tlM Ju­ diciary Comtoittou in regard to tile tarlstou of the mminal joode. and speeches wers made by Me#«s. X*ue«?y. Aiku end White^ ia fairSr of the majority report, vtols Massrs. " Ntehaus opposed it ... •nil I mssissim 'HI i , - i f ' - ' . A Dog, a Bee and a Fat Han. ; i : A bee flew into a pitcher that stood bil a doorstep of a house in Boston. Atiog, coming along, saw the bee and wont down into the pitcher after thq insect. The bee made it lively for the dog, and lie could not withdraw his head, and the circus began in earnest. The s' . ., , ;^JJklksa, Ark, April :w •. .Th* tfjsd with all its inoonmemenoe is still upon the people, sad it will still be four or ftrs weeks before the ordinary haziness of life <mn be started. The water falls so slowly that it la barely peroeptiUs, sad,the*, where it has fallen it shows the tsniWe destruotioo that has been wrought by the water. The levee up and down the river oh both sides is a perfect wreak, 'and1 in many places there ia a totsl disappearance of ail the smailer honssa A gSatlasMb just in from the Qidtown r^oa give» a terrible aooouot of tha suffering. The boflal? gpats are beooosng the asost torritda ' ia aooBunonateht'tosMtatfas iipper of tbe tosflsmuies drawi^ a Wagoa with a tin backet smekiny ooals, a method takea to dms the gnats away. Hie aasfl ef . tbs.tad animsls is pomsthing appslUng,' sad there «». Iiundreds of aniiaals . that Odght to be killed and put . out of. their misery. The bdazardrare fiying ip thousands, and have beoone as tame aaohMtens. In Tun­ ic* ooadty the situation is terrible. There is no chance of starting a crop for msay wtsks yet toeome. There must elapse many year* befcie the effect of this disaster ww. gas* away, ,TU« colored families, which nn^pered about sixty persons, who were in snob a destitute condi ­ tion, have been partially relieve the lotions shipped on the steamboat JobU 8. Branaford. At Lacoma (Nrcle the present 's^sptsft is tlisit ptupkt will' be unable to .start a new crop on the present lijjusted number of rtoek, and tb«re is no possibls chance for them to procure any more. la Let county most ef th« ground fa covered withaeyeo feet of j^ater, and ths cattle a^B dying vpry fast There is a fairer putleok alotu; WhiM Hver. The wkter falling faster and there are some Bpota of gtottnd to be seen. There is re awn to hope' that IBtyifegia plowing in about three weeks. * A Memptas diapateh uays: "13ie river con- tinaea to daoline stMdi)yi it baa fallen twenty* •even Jjwheafrom its highlit point Between here sna Helena, Ark.,' fend on both sides of tbe rivsr iSoemnig.gridaaBy to view. Abo-rs the declipe hia been greater and the proapecita are proportionately brighter for the farmers." A Na* Iberia (La.) (Bspatcl MMS : "leather Googhlia, parish, priest at Ijerenaville, on the east aids, e^ght miles from here* reports 1,200 persona now homeless on account of the flood^ Mr. Sanndera, of Nebraska, reported a,ME to tlisSeqats, oa tk 6th fast,, for the sdnsisnion ef P&tto ss a State, Mr. Miller, of New York, totrodnoed a measure to suspend Cnineae im- migration for ten years. A motion Far- key to take op the vetoed ObinsM till wa« adopted bva.vots of 29 to $5. AJ«&pro- looged debate, Mr. Morgan's motiot to refer ths bill to the Committee on Fomijn Kela- tions was i&st On the question of passm ̂ the bill over the veto the vote was 99 ayes to SI noest the ssssors fading (or taok of a t«xk-thirdF vote. A resolution wis adopted aaktng the number of pensioners oa thsroS S and the amount pati taami Mr. Morgaa f*red a resolatioa, whlah was-paiaed, to ptace .trade with Mexico on a more reciprooal basia. Ur. Cameron, of Peonsvhrenl*, reported a e ^President nomipaUd Jams B, Plart- ridge, of Marvlaad, to aapwisa UM late Gen. Htirlbut as United States Kinkier to" Peru, attt Ueury C. Hall aa Maastsr to tha Central American States. The Honss weot pv into committee of Urn whole on the AppsopriaUon bill In tegasd to claimsv \t pendnig in the Quartermaster's Depart- meat, Mr. Blackburn stated that he held ' <•', evidence to show that clerks to the Qaar- , termantir and Commissary Depsximeiits ' had exacted blackmail of 5 percent, lor recom- : mending claims. An amendment was adopted , infgreasing to «10.000 the appropriation for tha .. army imedical museum. Ths committee react .... when an ameudm^nt was agreed tov forbidding . *>5 an expenditure in mvestigaUng cUtims by the ' r V > i i l Quartermaster GcUeral'a offioe. The bill then 1 V I fassed, *' i In the United States Senate, on the 6th iUsa, Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, presented a me­ morial from the Good Templars of his State against using the liquor revenues as an educa­ tional fund. A bill waa passed appropriating $90,000 for the immediate relief of the Chey~ ©line and Arapahoe Indiana Mr. Farley in­ troduced a Chinese bill suspending immi­ gration for - sixteen years, fib*. Miller re­ ported a bill for ocean mail service to foreign ports. The hill to regulate tha counting oF votes for President and ViM Pres­ ident was passed. A recommendation fyom the S(«retary of War was received for an addi-g. / tionai appropriation of §501,331 for tony trans- ?• . partation. President Arthur nwuoated Henry ^ " - M. Teller, of Colorado, to be Sacretarv of:.- the Interior; William £. Chandler, of NewV Hampshire, to teSesrataijrof the Navy, aad< William 0. Huat, of Louisiana, to be Minister io Russia. ciler's nomination was confirmed. ' we ethers being ralened to eommittees. lor;- 4 the Federal odoes in Boston BoUnd Worthing-; i'.n is ton was nominated for Collector of Customa, , '• >j Aden B. Anderson for Surveyor and Daniel' „ . Hall for Naval OIBoar. John J. Kuox, of Min­ nesota, was named as Comptroller of the Cur- reucy. The Senate adjourned till Monday. In the House,. Mr. Oatttms reported in favor Of seating , Mr., Lynch from the Shoestring dis-. . , Wet or Mtssissiiqii, in place of Gen. Chalmers. . • A bill • wss passed' ^propmting ®30,0t)0 iv to purchase seed for sulTerer* by tbe over-. now of the Mississippi. Mr. Page asked consent to introduce a bill to oarrr into effect the tioaty with, Ctiina, but M^> Springer ob- • jeoted, A hoi was passed aMNropriaung ®150.- 000 to ooutmuewock on the Washington uionu- ^ ^ meat. A bill waa reported to grant the r.ght *»• of way through the Choctaw nat ou to the dt.,, N <\ v 'j Louse and Sau Fraacwco road. Mr. Page was then permitted to introia^o hi* Chinese hill, •* t/- which was referred to the Committee on £du- - Cation and Labor, as'; were 'also similar meas- f. wee presented by Msssra. Willis and , Berry. The House of Representatives on the 7th f paased a bill to relieve from the charge of de- j sertion volunteer soldiers who served faith* s- •»<"". '*i ̂ fully through their term and failed to be ̂ mustered out. The CommiUae, <m War De- - v» . directed to ^ : Z W f : • r Z : , partmout Expeaditores was inquire into alleged abuse-1 in the a^judi- cit en of claims in the Quartemmter or ^ Coimoitjsary Department. Mr. Washburn , ^ i KU nutted A con ferine? renort son" the bill to >» bii<'s»s the Missouri at St. Carries, wh eh was , J spiral to. Mr. Haskell made a spo*>oh 011 tbe *. . ^ I ar'fi' 0->ranm»i >n b II. An eveninsr session was XhesteasMwaa 5 . " i , lit- d to consider iiwnaion hiUs. dog howled feartully and began to hour, and I cau go at the rate of fifteen j piunge wildly about, and then started when pressed. A bicyclists steed is j on a mad run down the street. The dag, always ready saddled, and on arriving at j ^ing completely blindfolded by the our destination does not require a boy to hold him. It can be ridden with almost as much ease in wet as in dry weather, bnt it is not adapted for a very hilly country, though all moderate bilk can be surmounted. Since I invested in my new fifty-two-inch, I rode ninety-five miles in one day without unusual fatigue. I cau confidently recommend all men who are fond of exercise without fatigue, and all who wish to curtail their stable ex­ penses, to take the: trouble tt learn the bicycle." • " A COLORED boy of Tallahatesee cut off the fingers of a playfellow. When he was asked about it, he said he could not tell a lie, andthathedid it with his little hatchet » pitcher, could not guide himself, but got under the feet of a stout man and both took a roll in the gutter, and, the shouts of the man, who did not attempt to disguise his annoyance, were as loud as the yells of the dog. A policeuiah, coming up, broke the pitcher; and thus broke up the show at the sam# time.,. Fogg's Contribution, *' Mr. Fogg was telling how he gsW out funds to meet the various expenses of his family. " You see," said he, 441 put my hand in my vest pocket, and found $10." 441 see," answered his friend. 44 What did you do with that?" "I it to my wife. Then I pat my in another pocket, and found a E and a pphcatioijaJfcgr^ shelter in his chun^i •and stables" are'^namwotu.' /He is ask­ ing for local cdhtnButkHia: ' Thtit dss- uess is represented as appalling. The j UQ£ ju 8=tM:o» water of Red river through Bayou (Jeur Tableau., j . . as well as that of the .Mississippi through Thb following amusing lucideut OO- A'chafalava an<ji Grand lakf, V"1 cerUinly enrred ia Berlin; A tragedian occasion- briiigMto^lewlof the ^ Weiwnow ally gave i| iwss to his landlady. She ..M I wi sittingVithherlittle girl in'the pit . f. of the theater, viien the heavy villiau r was about to stab the tragedian iu the „'. ^ giszard. The child, seeing her friend's ? m probably esc««d it two fi-.»i or more. khn*t>an Uniou telfs <4 » young la^r oured of heftdache W^ing her ^ Stoutly started up, and, with ; bed |rom the_ wall against whic^ ahe had ^ streaming from het blue eyes, v >• been breathing whUe taleep, and thus hrie"kea out. «<Oh, please don't kill ' i • \ beiug deprived of a sufficiency of fresh s'lneaea oui. y", l'"^* « * ^ ^ air. For One case of this kind, 41ier»i; are probably one hundred -headaches due to hieeping iu rooms with uo means iff ven- ti!a,tiou. Even in cold weather there should be some drop or raise of a win­ dow, though it necessitate sl^in^^n an overcoat and..woolen aocka>. him, or he won't give us any mora for the theater!" &- Is the .last twenty years, tweirtr-ntne murderers sent to the Connecticut Spate's prison for liie have been par­ doned opt aitfr au avaia^a^onftaement of eight «nd a lull yeem . . IK fancy jewelry, bfaek ve'vet 3og- oollars are worn, dotted with pearls, diamonds and fine flowers in colored atones. Young ladies also have -necklaces ornamented with ooius. Dead gold ^oraameiite are on different parte of the toilet. are thus made of detached mounted to form bouquets a; to be placed on the Hitooidera «it iliifci' «nt parts ot the dress. pi-. , : u a' 1 . • ft#" ^ UF , ^ xvv ^ V K+k ^ ; ^ 4 . f.M,.' .fc.Sl?