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IBM MMr flMbwrt's Loetwa with • UHm Baby mm m niutratloa. Thirty iropn ifetened lor utea hut Saturday night, In the lis Institute, Pltiladelpli' Hobart, who told them and Drees a Baby.'* The lecture v» illustrated- The illustration was kindly furnished by a young mother in the audience. It had a very red face, very bright eyes, a wee bit of a nose, and a voice. The lecturer, a fresh-faeed, handsome ?csi>r>s, bcg&n by oipi&ining how to wash and dreos a newly-born infant without drowning it in the basin, or causing it to burst by tight bandag­ ing, "White Castile soap is the proper thing to wash a babe with," said she, "and the water should be at a tempera­ ture of 100 degrees. Tlw» babe should not be washed a little at a time. Its head, face, and ears ttpnld be attended first, and then the erfttre body should be immersed in the water, like this." The illustration was placed in a deep basin filled with water and the illustra­ tion manifested its disapprobation by-a howl. "In drying the child," continued Miss Hobart, as she lifted the squalling bit of humanity out of the bath, "do not rub the child much, but pat it carefully until dry. Then powder it with starch or Bermuda arrowroot," and the squall- er was liberally besprinkled with a white powder. "Some mothers," said the lecturer, "in dnring a child's ear, dig it out this way. The illustration blinked its eyes, puckered its mouth, and let out a wild yell. "Upe a soft rag, wound around the litt'e finger," and as the action was suited to the word, the illustration crowed gratefully. "In dressing," went on the speaker, "the bandages should be loose enough to slip two fingers underneath," and as the babe was deftly turned on its stomach it grunted. Then came the ticklish operation of pinning the band. Miss Hobart showed how to do it without sticking the pin more than a sixteenth of an inch into the baby's back, a pro­ ceeding she said that nearly all infants object to. The lecturer advised that where it was practicable and could be done properly, the broad linen straps should be sewed and not pinned. "In putting on the babe's socks," continued the pro tem. mother, cleverly thrusting a little pink foot into its wooly cover­ ing, "be careful about tootsey-wootsey's 'ittle toes. 'E don't like 'e 'ittle toes all turned up, do V?" and the illustration lifted up its voice and bowled a denial. Miss Hobart then took a small piece of Boft rag and washed out the child's month, something, she said, that should be done after e* c'a meal. General ad­ vice was then given on keeping the babe away from a strong light; how to han­ dle it properly, and how to soothe it to sleep when fretful. The lecture was concluded by a practical illustration showing how to change the bed clothing expeditiously and without discomfort to the mother. The babe, comfortably dressed and crowing with delight, was handed back to its mother, and the au­ dience dispersed.--Chicago Herald. What Is a Creole) Even in Louisiana the question would be variously answered. The title did not, here, first belong to the descend­ ants of Spanish, but of French settlers. But such a meaning implied a certain excellence of origin, and so came early to include any native, of French or Spanish descent by either parent, whose non-alliance with the slave race entitled him to social rank. Later, tlie terra was adopted by--not conceded to i--tl»a nativM nf miTail •»jj still kS used among theSnseives. At length the spirit of commerce saw the money-value of so honored a title, and broadened its meaning to take in any creature of thing of variety of manu­ facture peculiar to Louisiana that might become an object of sale: as Creole ponies, chickens, cows,' shoes, eggs, wagons, baskets, cabbage, negroes, etc. Yet the Creoles proper will not share their distinction with the wortny "Acadian." He is a Creole only by courtesy, and in the second person singular. Besides French and Spanish, there are even, for convenience of speech, "colored" Creoles; but there are no Italian, or Sicilian, nor any English, Scotch, Irish, or "Yankee" Creoles, un­ less of parentage married into, and themselves' thoroughly' proselyted in, Creole society. Neither Spanish nor American domination has taken from the Creoles their French vernacular. This, also, is part of their title; and, in fine, there seems to be no more service­ able definition of the Creoles of Louis­ iana tlian^tliis: that they are the French- speaking, native, ruling class. There is no need to distinguish be­ tween the higher and the humbler grades of those from whom they sprang. A few settlers, only, were persons of rank and station. Many were the children of the casket-girls, and many were of such stock that society pro­ nounces less than nothing; yet, in view of that state of society which the French revolution overturned, any present over plus of honor may as we] II fall to the children of those who filled the prisons before, as of those who fiilled them during that bloody oonvulsion.--Oeorge W. Cable. _ The Polley of Silence. "General," said an Arkansaw gentle­ man approaching a well-known politi­ cian, "I suppose you saw that article in the Blue Whig this morning, in which the editor calls you a liar and a thief." "Yes, I saw the outrage." "What are you going to do about it? Answer it, I suppose?" "No, I shall treat the fellow with the contempt he deserves. A man who would willingly assail character is be­ low the notice of a dog." "But your constituents will of course expert you to defeud yourself. They do not believe the charges, but they do not wish to see you rest quietly under such abuse." "I think the best plan would be to keep clear of such contemptible men and not to notice their vile utterances.H "Why do yon think so?" "Because that scoundrel has got the proof against me." "Well, if that's the oase I wouldn't notice him." < ' ^ * " ' • 3 ' ' " ' ̂ " ' « • i 4 ^ , . TARIFF TALK. HOW TO flffl A BAB?. SOL 1884. ben.... seated I4.sss.ns 146^33,410 ILLINOIS IKcHENRX, SLTun / Tm tariff discussion was continued. % lfc> l»ilii on the ad Inst Arotowii M tfcs motion «i mi. Harris, rf . to strike out all the rs&sseu 40 to M per coat, as i valorem nsteod which Sane aaaiirf ft, to* thoBwMhoor Mhedttlotftne Wmyu CartMIl was began open, of the committee to lacra-- Un pres. 4Mt Mteoa class bottles about HM per cent fliifiotwn. tin rafts beta* Ind as at The Senate w s m w*s no quorum, my and glassware ( "Means Commit- w>d **tK£l . No mmm progress was made in the debate on the tariff on the Sd last The teaate applied lta attention to the ootton •Bbedale, and did a food deal of talkl̂ r and Mr. Harris' amendments ootton yarns of all values 86 and'40 per oent were severally when Mr. Beck wanted ; down, but oenttakea off the duty fixed in the Mil on the next to the lowest grade of yarn, and 2 cents taken off the duty on each Ujk- fiade, the RepuHioans seemed tfa^Med to compromise, and the amendment was adopted without a division. The House spent three hoam on the schedule of esrthenware and glassware, but did not assurers of fefjbe West and kenthaS |̂£«adiiof February bsr ttrthesweMatof «ihe wtnlw. An embaigo was placed Upon railway traffic, and In many places butanes of every kind was for a season completely suspended, h Central Illinois the storm was accom­ panied by thunder and lightning, the wind blowing a gale, and the thermoaMter being far below the aero mark. Snow fell to the depth of two feet in the oattie ranges of the far west, and much suffering to the stock has ensued in oonsequenoe. THE Union Iron and Steel Company of Chicago; has closed their eactemdve throwing 2,000 men out of employment. The causes which led to the financial oollapse are Sven by the President of the company as e decline in the price or rails, while the oompany were carrying im­ mense quantities of high-priced material, and the unreasonable demands of the workmen, who have been receiving from 90 to 40 niar oent more for their labor than was paid for the same class of work in the East Ttoe capital stock of the company is #2,01/0,000, and tin value of the plant, including the stock of ore on hand, is placed at f5,0(*i,000 Judge Koran, of .Chicago, has rendered an int decislc *" U. B. nils! hdd ft* ndeapUcii ci Mtitetts of Cash balanoo evaffiSZi ijimll Total Available assets-- Oash in lrassury Bsndta iamofl to PKllknllmraMit- psBin, interest parable in lawful money-- Principal outstandine latwest aeorued. not vet paid. Interest paid by United state*.. .... Intern* repaid by companies-- By transportation gervtoe By eash payments, 6 per cent, net 'i&A ft; A ,&i4; : • * i, -v ;» 5',#* flaUi lb Six manufacturers of the wares aat in the members' private gallery and watched the proceedings, each having before hfmaprlnSsa oopy of the Tariff NIL Other or their ageats were oon- ' snieaous with Tariff bills in their hands in too front row of the public gallery, where thev oould readily be brought down for con- •olratkra in an emergency. The Committee of Ways and Mean*, hiring learned something from their defeat yesterday, wisely offered to-day to ohange tin duty on flint and lime eMsootUes and vials from 2 cents a pound 85 per oent ad valorem. Plain flint and Ume-preewd glassware was left at 36 j>er Oexxu ad valorem, which is the duty under the present law. The committee and the commission Increased the duty on all articles Of glass when cut, engraved, etched, deco- ' colored. Msined, silvered or not including plate-glaM silvered or F-glaas plates, from 40 to 60 per oent MBS. Thb Senate made aome progress with iti hill on the Sth last., and finished the schedule. There were no nottoeabk in the debate, the epeechee taking the widest ranee and oovertaf all the essential feetmes of the bill. The Senate made consider- aUeiedaeMaa In the schedule below the recom­ mendations of the Finance Committee. A resolution wss introduced for relief of anffersre by the recent Germany. Mr. Van Wyck offered •KOIUWII Joint n the nlle In acssotatlea of inquiry whether claim agents in Washington are practicing extortion on soldiers' * In the House, Mr. Kelley nrevldiag that the Tariff from the < widows and eftitd a hO! should be taken from the* committee of the whale Feb. u ari pat upon tte passage. He then proceeded to reiterate the charge that the Democrats intended to dcieat the Tariff bill. Mr. replied that the bill as reported by rays sad Means Committee was a sham Intended to forestall any redaction of the tsxtff, iastesd of effecting what the people Onaaaded--Its revision m such a manner as to tedaee taxes. The rMolation waa nieeted--1S9 yess to 90S nays. Bills were introduced to pre- 1 the swueof land patents to subsidised rail­ roads not completed within the specified time, to promote oommercfau tda to promote Central and Soath motion to rdsUon* America. A > suspend the rules and pass a bill to the Territory af North Dakota failed of A bill t ... esmer h noa moved, to ens T together witl by Mr. Tuck the metal Mr. Kelley A bUl to qoiet the title of settlers on river hub was passed. Mr. Can- moved.to suspend the rales and bring the ~ * prtation bill before the House, m Born houses of Congress were engaged apon the tsriff on the 6th inst., though very •tile piogiess was made. In the Senate, the amendment of Mr. Beck extending the duty of Weentsjper pound laid by tfce bill«poa "wools of the firstelaes, the value whereotat the last poet or plaee whence exported to the United Btatea, excluding charges In audi port, shall be II eents per pound or less.* to each wools valued ataceatserlessper pound, waa agreed to ' y*T--i' -- fin '*•'i vrmalfend,debated, and lost, in the House, I tar. Tudker moved to reduce the duty on the Cost at polished plate glass, undelivered, above Kxao inches square and not exceeding C4x60 tnches, from 3S to 15 oents per square foot. This, er with various other amendxaente offered . Tucker, was lost. The consideration of schedale waa entered upon. Kelley, under instruction from hi* committee, moved to increase from 50 to w cents per ton the duty on iron ore, including «manganiferous Iron ore. also the dross or resid- aum from burnt pyrites. landing action on Mr. Kelley's motion, public business was suspended and appropriate resolutions upon the Ufcand public Mnfce of the late Representatives Upde- graff, of Ohio, and Hawk, of Illinois, were and eulogise upon the deceased were i. Similar memorial services were gone t in the Senate. ' "Ma. Luub, of Mississippi, dellrerM a pre­ pared speech upon the tariff question in the 8en- steea the 7th inst., taking strong free-trade ground. The keynote of the speech was the un­ natural and abnormal development of the pow. -ST of the manufacturing interests. He said that protection meant high taxes. He wanted the people to have the matter explained to them dearly throughout the breadth of t he land. There was a demand for the reduction of taxes. He Wanted Congress to say to the country: "If you want protection you must consent to pay the • cost of ' maintaining that system, and scorn the allurement of " lovr taxes and cheap foreign (roods tfkened the power ef the manufacturers to that St the slave power before the war. The latter mU with a crash because Its supporters were blind to the future. The handwriting was on the wall predicting the destruction of the gigan­ tic monopolies which are now fastened apon the material interests of the 6ountrr, and he trusted that thev woald wt open their eyes to see before the Inevitable ran and downfall should come. A motion to put books on the free list was, after "Msion, aarried-44 to 23--Messrs. Ingalls, »b and Van Wyck, Republican*. Democrata. A of Interest paid by United <0,310,610 MB. BLACKFAN, Superintendent of the Foreign Mail Service, has furnished the Senate with a full history of ocean postal transportation. Contracts were made with steamships in 1848. £200.(100 per year being paid for semi-monthly trips between New York and Southampton. The Government now pays foreign Ftenmers the ocean post­ age, averagingZoents per letter. In the past forty years the foreign malls have oost 130.^4,407, THE Honsei Committee on Coinage has instructed its Chairman to report a reso­ lution providing that the coinage of the sil­ ver dollar shall not be discontinued; M mpoitant decision affecting1 the status of that the surplus in the treasury above 25 the so-called "bucket-shop grain rooms per cent. Fhali be devoted to the payment An application was made by a proprietor of j of the public debt by the purchase of bonds, one ot those institutions forau injunction also that the Appropriations Commltteeshali restraining the Western Union Telegraph * ' ' -- - Company and the Board of Trade from deriving him of the Bflhrd of Trade quotations, and the court held that the applicant carried on a gambling business and was not entitled to anv equita­ ble relief... The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company has reported to the Treas­ urer of Wisconsin that its total receipts for the year ended Dec. SI, last, were #5,090,442. - 04, against #4, WW,461.67 fair the previous year. THE Kansas rolling-mills, located in a suburb of Kansas City, shut down last week. The assets and liabilities are about f(!00,ti00 each. Five hundred men were em­ ployed Ten lives were lost on the coal-boat Tacoma, off the coast of California, and the vessel is a total wreck... .A leakage of oil in ThermerA Teagle's refinery, at Cleveland, was carricd by the stream to the boiler, where an explosion occurred, and Boon the run was full of blaring oil This extended to the Standard Oil Works, where a number of successive explosions occurred, wrecking many buildings and sending the burning fluid in all directions. Fully 100,000 barrels of oil were consumed, and the total loss is placed at •3U5.U00. THREE men were killed at Dead wood by a fall of earth in the Esmeralda mine.... In the jury-room of the Criminal Court at St Louis John C. Parker, who wasto be tried for murder, shot his wife through the head and sent another bullet into his own brain The wife was awillingparty to the desperate scheme....Charles Waite Sheriff of Sherman county. Neb., was Jilted ov a widow of Loup City, who twice changed her mind as to the propriety of marrying him. He lost his reason and killed her and himself with a re­ volver. ....The investigating jury in the MewhaU House horror returned a verdict finding the proprietors and owners of the building guilty of culpable negligence m not having a sufficiency of lire es­ capes and in not employing a greater number of watchmen to guard against dis­ aster Freight and passenger trains on the Dayton and Michigan road collided nearStd- ney, Ohio, killing both engineers and a bag­ gage master, and badly injuring two fire­ men. The accident arose from a misunder­ standing of orders. THREE men--E. R. Duty, Thomas Booth and Jack Williams--were killed at Rabbit Ear mountains, in Middle Park, CoL, by a snow-slide on the mountains. The men were at supper iu a cabin, when the snow- slide struck the shanty and bwept it and them to destruction. In the cabin with the three m-n was Mike Flynn, who was rescued alive after being buried eighteen hours un­ der the snow, but probably fatally injured . ^.^The grow receipts for two performances vf FtttU u* CLuvkuuau xtifeyvtix A SEMI-ANNUAL dividend of 4 mgton, 143,158,318 following *23.117 «T,K3,a» IMIT^TB H8.1M Mr. KaUoy with the motion to put ions ooal waa placed at T6 emery ore was placed on the OMtng nip for making paeer on the free list waa lost. The duty on bttmnmoi eent» per ton, and erne toe list. The House tackled the metal schedule sit the Tariff bill, and after spending live hours an the first item without making any chance in me rate of duty, the bill waa laid aside for other tsetaeM. Mr. Blaghaai introduced a bill for a Opmmiaaton of seven members to report upon a» condition and value of the plant of the vari­ ous telegraph companies, and what can be done ID reduce the cost of communication. , : hh THE infliction of corporal pttmshxiient am convicts in Hew York penitentiaries has been prohibited, except In cases of riot or i, aolf-defense, until the laws on the subject V* made consistent Judge Acherson, of Fltt*burgh, has decided that when a pat­ ented medicine is sold at Sheriff's sale the right of the defendant to the use of the pat- fnt passes away also Wong Chin Foo has >. ' v igsued in New York the first number of a jreekly paper ealled the CMtieae-Americari. .. THE Original Jubilee Singers were . 'forested at New Haven, Ct, for giving a . .•oncert on the Sabbath in violation of the Junday statute pawed in 1788... .A fire in ersey City, originating in the millinery re of L Seabrun*ki, swept away seven '°r establishments, the losses aggregat- •125,000 At Troy, N. Y., theBurdette ding, containing neveral stores, and the lainir occupied by Fuller, Warren A Co.. ve founders, were burned, the aggregate ses being estimated at #275,000. THE United States Supreme Court «lecided invalid the act of the New York legislature imposing upon steamship oom- «Maie8a tax of tl for every alien passenger 4{uail in thirty days, and declures that he oould once repcatit. All that he found necessary «#*as to take the birds as an extra meal To old t̂ e offensive odor imparted to the ly, Waloott took a Turkish bath daily -- Ischua, Pa, a psssenger train ou the alo. New York and Pennsylvania rail- Ipianged into a creek, IclUkg two em- severely wounding a other and ' injuring many travelers. ? jlar Titusville, Pa., a tank, contain r ;1>ng UQjWQ barrels of oQ, bunt and was set »„. Wan Ut itrom the boilers at the pif-n ̂ ftattorn. Two men, one woman and one ,, - . child maaehumed to death.....The bodvof V# Gsmae immigrant, which had been im- * ' aerred ia tk* potter's field at Waehawksa. It p. J., waa eaftiuned and wss found # aonoealed to Ids nndsr-ahtrt • In order to loveotigate the manage- ^ jwwrt of tb» Mlrekallc wards ct BaUaraa "Tf1 • • per •oent. has been declared by the Chicago and Alton road, payableMarchl... .The Hamline University building, locate between St Paul and Minneapolis, took lire in the roof the other morning and was slowly consumed All the students escaped, and the contents of the structure were nearly all saved The building was of stone and brick, five stories in height, and oost $55,000. It will be re­ placed this year by an edifice costing 8100,- SKVEKAL men were killed by a crazy Creek Indian at Okmulgee, Indian Territory, and the 1 ouatio was in turn shot to death by a party that essayed his capture. THE MOUTH, THE Governor of Alabama issued a proclamation offering a reward of $5,000 for the arrest of Vincent, the thieving Btate Treasurer. THE block, at Nashville, Tenn., bounded by Front, Broad, Market and Wharf streets was consumed by lire, involv­ ing a loss of 1200,00. Forty horses in Allen's livery stable perished in the flamea THE Mardi Graa festivities at New Orleans were of an unusually brilliant char­ acter this season. The prooession oomprised fifty can; and was witnessed by a vast oon- course The postofHce at Ri™<ngham Ala., was robted of money and mamps amounting to $<j,r> )0. The safe was opened by boring a finger-hole. EDMTND J. DAVIS, a lending Republi­ can politician of Texas, and ex-Governor of the State, died of pneumonia at Austin. POLITICAL. A BILL has been introduced in the Ohio Legislature providing for a $250 liquor license where spirits are retailed and a 9125 license where beer and wine only are sold The license, or "assessment," as it is termed, is to be paid into the county treasury for the benefit of the poor fund, and is made a lien on the premises in which the business is con­ ducted Double assessment ix the penalty for making a false return, and there are penalties for non-payment when due and for selling to minors, intoxicated persons, or known drunkards. ., Gov. Patttson, of Pennsylvania, in a special message to the Legislature, calls attention to the necessity of revoking unosed charters which are being hawked about the United States, as was tne Credit-Mobilier franchise. The House Committee on Election LAWS. of the Massachusetts Legislature, reported in favor of the poll-tax as a qualification for voting. Gov. BUTLER recommended that elec­ tion-day in Massachusetts be made a legal holiday, and that the sale of liquor be pro­ hibited on that occasion. The House killed the proposition by a vote of 129 to &! The Iowa Prohibitionists voted, at their State convention fn Dos Moines, to demand that the Governor call a special ses-lon of the Legislature to re-enact the Prohibitory law. The West Virginia Senate rejected the proposal to submit a prohibitive aaoendment to a vote of the people WASHUH3TOK. THE public debt decreased during January #18,636,888. The obligations of the Government, less cosh in the treasury, are tl,Mfi,9M,n& Following is the official state­ ment: Interest bearing debt- Bonds at 6, continued at per oent Four and one-half per cents Four per cents Three per cents Refunding certificates... Navy pension fund; Total interest-bearing debt tMTO.iao.OGO be directed to make sufficient appropriation to erect any necessary vaults for the storage of the coin, which is held as a security for the silver-dollar circulation. DIRECTOR BURCHARD states that of $ 135,405,080 in standard sil ver coined in the past five years there are #37,874,111 in circu­ lation and #72,745,470 represented by certifi­ cates... .Miss Alice Blaine, daughter of the ex-Secretary of State, and CoL John G; Co; pingor, U. & A., were married in Matthew's Catholic Church, at Washington, President Arthur, the Supreme Court Justices, Senators and Representatives, and th- Diplomatic Corps being present at the ceremony. Iu the evening of the same day Miss Mary W. Brewster, daughter of the At­ torney General, was married in Washington toR. J. W. Koons, of Philadelphia. Both in going to and returning from the wedding i resident Arthur's carriage was damaged by collisions, and he and his daughter walked home through jfP rain. GKNKKAX* THE steamship Samaria landed at Boston three Arabs who were ticketed for New York, but who decided to go no further and were arrested as vagrants The police placed : hem on the Canard dock and ordered them taken back across the Atlantic. The steamship agents shipped them to New York, for which Collector Worthington re­ fused a clearance to the Samaria, under the Federal law regarding the Importation of paupers THE recent storm of sleet created widespread havoc among telegraph and tel­ ephone wires, the slender iron threads snap­ ping under the accumulations of ice, even the poles in some sections also being laid low Fruit and other trees suffered severely, and walking was utterly impossible in some country towns At Bradford, Pa., an ice gorge burst, flooding the lower section of the citrv, and causing many families to fly for their lives; atPii tsburgh the loss by the flood is placed at #100,000. Great damage was atso infiloted at Indian, apolis, Cleveland and other pointa Bail- road travel was greatly impeded at all points, and the loss of bridges by the freshets is unusually heavy.... One thousand desperate contrabandists we said to be operating along the northern border of Mexico From an American rail­ way station near Laredo a large amount of goods was recently smuggled across the Kio Grande Mexican customs officern cap­ tured the men and their property, but the smugglers got reinforced and killed three officers and recovered their trooda JOHN G. BOCHAN HEPBURN, son of an English Baronet, was murdered by miners at Pinos Altoa, Mexico, and on the Hya of the eriminalR were tri<d «id FOREIGN. EMIGRATION from Germany decreased 16,000 last year, as compared with the pre­ vious year, and 168,465 emigrants passed througn Hamburg, Bremen and Stettin, mostly for the United States, exclusive of 63,750 foreigners... .Bismarck, beside his neuralgic affection, is suffering from swollen limbs A telegram from Cadiz chronicles the death of Hemi Tamberliks tin Italian tenor. A DISPATCH from Dublin says that James Carey, a member of tin corporation of Dublin) and seven others were arraigned in court and formally charged with the murder of Cavendish and Burke in Ph<cnix Park. A witness named Fitar.mmons identified Carey as con­ nected with the conspiracy. The prisoners indulged in loud laughter when the charge of murder was read to them One hundred persons suspected of connection with secret organizations have tied from Dubliaa. THE London Economist says the attention of financial circles has been drawn to the high dividends paid by American land and cattle companies The steamship James Gray foundered on the English ooast and all hauds perished BIBMARCK, by direction of Emperor William, has sent a letter to the German diplomatic agents in the United States ex­ pressing gratification and thank* for the speedy relief sent by German citizens to the flood sufferers, and stating he has given special attention to the distribution of the funds... .Earthquake shocks were felt at Mnrcia, in Spain, and Agram, in Hungary. SAMUEL HARLAN, Jr., one of the load­ ing ship-builders of the United States, va. siding at Wilmington, Del, died in Vienna. ... .The Russian Czar has issued an nkqpfi nouncing his coronation at Moscow on the 27th of May next, and commanding the at­ tendance of the nobilitv and others.... The Emperor of China telegraphed his con­ gratulations to the German Crown Prinoe on the oocasion of his silver wedding... .Prince Jerome denies that he aspires to the French throne by divine right THE steamer Kenmure Castle foun­ dered In the Bay of Biscay and thirty-two of the crew were drowned The, eight pas- •eugera and eight of the crew were pioked Sfti^y a French vessel. In a dying oon- #81,328,750 390,000,000 tas,9C7,soo 901,444,350 sm.iso 14,000.000 Matured debt Debt bearing no interest Legal tender notes Certificates of deposit Oold and silver certificates.... 14.S32.715 Total without latenst.... Total debt ... MS.HO.MO 13,400,00s ... 194,623,410 7,018,098 ... #S11,770,7G9 Tcfcdintereet.. Total aaah la faaity...,,;,,.,,. .#1,903^33^34 .# 10,168,800 *U,7*6^31 THB story of Reuben Porter Lee, who was recently sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for embezzling $200,000 from the First National Bank of Buffalo, reads like a romanoe. En­ tering the institution as messenger boy «»t the age of 15, he had filled the^osi* tions of bookkeeper, teller, cashier Vice President and President at the age of 32. He was elected to the latter position last January, at which time the stock oC the bank waa worth 160. Three months afterward the institution closed it» door s, hopelessly insolvent. Lee obtained the money by disco nting his own, his wife's and his father's notes, each in excess of the 10 per oent. of the baok'a ca?>ital stock, which is the highest limit allowed to any single borrower. He allowed the reserve to be drawn below the 15 per oent. re­ quired by law and carried paper for a worthless firm to the extent of $1,000,- 000 at times. He received his son enoe with seeming indifference, but hu yoong wife was nearly heart-broken. He appears to have been a oon<umm ite and heartless scamp, who richly da* serves all the punishment he goto i ensuing day find ahrA IMsovwriofi In tin LmrRtaM of Congmi. Ipssoelated Press Report! of Representatives at Wash- f. Feb. 6: MLr. Kelley tte rules and adopt the latfon: 12th of February, or on any ', the committee of the whole Of tin Union, having oonsldera- se Tariff bill, is hereby em­ powered tiMer the bill sad amendment thereto to ab Honse for its action, with JS tjujy Hatai*. the majority of (he votes of a, and on Feb. 12 a motion committee of the whole to the bill to the House shall of a motion to amend seconded 13U to 8H. r the country expected this Congress to revise the revenue system, and to reduoe the excessive surplus income. The taoMoe whii h had delayed the Internal Revenue bill until near th* dose of the last session,and had forced down its proportions, were now being resorted to in connection with the pending Tariff MIL If the House was to passihe Tariff bill it must have pow­ er toeseaps from the distinguished leader­ ship of the Other side--no legitimate leader­ ship: not tin leadership of distinguished gentlemen who represented that side on the Committee of Ways and Means, but that leadership which proposed amend­ ments to -Hut which no man on the floor wanted amendments, which called tor division* and tellers, and which, unhap-ay, found sap port enough to obtain them; It leadership (referring to Mr. Wheeler, or Alabama) which would have rallied the oot­ ton States in favor of putting cotton-seed oil on the free list; that leadership (referring to MT. Springer) which on a Joke mistook a specimen oQLmerican ceramic art an a cus­ pidor, and lectured the House on the extrav­ agance of American woridngenen in provid­ ing .themselves with such costly spittoona The House must escape from that leadership ai d bring the hill under the control of its friends. Mr. Morrison said one paramount duty of Congress wa# t<> revise tne tariff, and so re­ vise it as to reduce taxation This the bill prevented. The bill wasto deprive the Gov­ ernment of tavenue by Increasing taxation, and it was thus proposed to forests 1 any re­ duction of the tariff. It was a sham, and once passed 1# would be claimed by the gen­ tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelley) and his friends that it was a revision of the tariff and therefore a settlement of the qu stion, and that the question must not be again agitated, lesP the busines of the country be disturbed The Tariff Commission has been revising the tariff for six months; «te Committee on Ways and Means for six eeks; the Finance Committee of the Ben- ate and Vie Senate itselt tor several weeks, and none of these four revisions was alike. Mow the genAinan from Pennsylvania pro­ posed toaBk SflXi men to take the work of the Committee on Ways and Mean" when it did not agree with the work of the other re­ visers The gentleman knew it was imnos- slble to consider half the bill in live days Mr. Carlisle Mud the Hou-e had only been eons dering the Tariff bill for one week, and now at the first importunity it was proposed to limit its consideration to one week mora The Hou,se had not as yet completed two schedules, and they by no means the most Important Be the end of the week the metal schedule would have been passed, but the oomru ttee of the whole would not have reached those schedules where large in­ creases of taxation were made n ootton and the woolen schedule there was au in­ crease of taxation to the amount ot millions. He stood here as anxious to see the itassage of a proper measure as any gentleman could be, but he stood here also to demand for the representatives of the people that right which Hhad always beeu en­ joyed by them--the right of free speech for the interest of the taxpayers of the country. He should protest against any measure calculated to v title the rights of the people's representatives on a bill which pro­ posed to tax them to the extent of at least §200,000,UOO. If Congress were to pass the measure making an insignificant reduction ' in the revenue and at the same timeincreos- i ing taxation, it would be claimed hereafter I that the question was settled, and if the Democrats undertook to reopen it they woutd be subject to the accusation of being simply j agitators and disturbers of business inter- * esta j Mr. Hatch thought it came with bad grace ! from the gentMman from Pennsylvania to ask the House topass a tariff bill when, dur- 1 tog a session months, the same gen- w nitron u« brougit in anIVBEploned, that after thirty years of delving in this tariff question he was unable to manage it, and wanted to rel- : egote his high trust to a tariff commission, ' yet, having raised that commission, he swept the report aside snd brought before tne oountry a bill which increased the rates re- j oommended by it. | Mr. Haskell commented on the fact that the country had watched six years, and had waited in vein for a revision of the tariff at the hands of the Democratic party. Now ! that the Republican Congress had Drought i in a bill largoly rcducit g taxation, the Dem- j ocratic side of the House said "Nay." Mr. McKlnlev !>elieved the Democratic side ! had m jde up its m nd deliberately that, if it could he prevented, no tariff legislation should be enacted by this Congress. Mr. Si>rhi<rer--That s not so. Mr. AlcKiuley--I have no doubt of it When we proposed the Commission bill you wo1** c-- inir f. *• a revivors of the tariff "do- daring that this proposition was "an affida­ vit for a continuance," but we passed it, and it is the gentlemen on the otner side who are making "an affidavit for a continuance" now. I have heard representative men on the other side of the house sav they could amend this bill until the 4 th of March, and that they would do it lather thun that the Itepublican party should pass a Tariff b 1L Mr. McKenzie--Name your men. I defy j you to name them. Mr. McEinley--Does the gentleman want me to name them? Mr. Mc enzie--Yea Mr. McKlnlcy--1 can name them by the score. Mr. McKenzie--Ton oan't name one. Mr. McKiniey--I can name men on the very committee on which I serve who weio honest enough to nay that rather thau have the bill reported by the Committee of Wa> s and Meatus they would sit here uiuil the 1th of March before the bill sh uld be passed Mr. McKiniey--I ack that we pass the Tar­ iff bill because the business interests of the country demand it. Hie business interc'sts want rest, and certainly, and above alt, they do not want a D- mocrauo Congress to make for them a Free-trade bill. Mr. Il«od, in a brief t-peeoh. charged the Democrats with the intention to defeat the bill, and then a motion to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution was lost--yeas lit#, nays 1ft'--not the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative--a party vote, except that Messm Hardenburg, Morse, Spear. Wilson i>f West Virginia, and Wise of Pennsylvania vot«d with the Republicans to the nve. ADDITIONAL NEWS. GEN. HAZKN opposes the transfer of the signal service to the Interior Department for the reasons that the chief of the service must have power to punish neglect; the work ia done more cheaply than under a civil bureau, and the observers must be held by enlistment in order to repay their Instructor for the time spent in educating them.... The Congressional oommittee, which made a trip to New Orleans to investigate the condition of the Mississippi river, met at Washington lust week to c mplete a report They wi.l unanimously pronounce the jetty works succesKtul, but will not recommend the outlet sy .tem. By a vote of ti to 52 it was decided that levees are not necessary to the improvement of low-water navigation. There will probably be three reports pre­ sented, and it is believed that am appropria­ tion of will be recouuneudod for Improvements below Culia Two HUNDRED or more gambling and policy shops in Boston closed their doors, in consequence of an order by the Police Com­ missioners. .. .Henry Bowie, of Jersey City, Is attem ting the lout of oatlug four quadl per day for a mouth. A STAGE on the Sweetwater line, in Wyoming, was abandoned to the recent blizzard A relief party found the driver standing de d in adrift; the superintendent was erect to the snow, unable to move, and a paxsenger was miming They had been out three days and nights.... Bobert Law has applied to the Probate Com t of Chicago for a jury to asoertain the mental condition of Periy H. Smith, preliminary to the appointment, of a conservator. Mr. Smith was lately Vice rresident of the Northwest­ ern road and is ranked a millionaire Price 4 Stevens' stables at Bed alia, Ma, were burned, and about twenty-five horses and in the flamss....Ununited arrestedOkla- The entire wan taken to Vort Ik.no. )to«f, the Socialist, Harknan, the Klhlllst, and members of the International Society of Itor Y«rit,have held sevaral oon- fenMM at Vltlladelphla, teaching the coro­ nation of tae Chac Hartman n credited with aflftag that the ooronattoa would be ...Ha Boyal Opera House at 7o- -- - - by fire Gov. Ban's message to the Tennessee Legislature Is confined almost entirely to the State-debt question. He suggests that the State debt proper, less war interest, be paid to full, at the original interest, and that the contingent indebted­ ness be settled at 80 oents on the dollar for principal and interest, with interest at 3 per cent ANOTHER European row is threatened. Montenegro has officially announoed the rupture of diplomatic relations with Turkey, to oonsequence of the failure of the Porte to agree to the oes-ion of territory claimed by the mountaineers. It takes very little to start trouble along the Danube, and the act­ ion of Montenegro, if followed by a demon­ stration in force, as it must be to have any effect, may precipitate a war involving all Western Europe.i.. A oommittee reported to the French cham­ ber of Deputies that there was no cause for the republic to resort to the violent meas­ ures oif the Ex ulslon bill. There are rumors ttiat If the measure be defeated the Govern­ ment will expel Prince Jerome and retire the military Princes... .The man Dowling was convicted at Dublin of shooting Detect­ ive Cox, with intent to murder him. and was sentenced to penal servitude for life. The police^ arrested a man whom they eiaim to be the car driver who figured in the Phoenix Park tragedy.... Tae survivors of the wreck of the Kenmore Castle, picked up by a French steamer, sub­ sisted for three days by chewing ilannel shirts... .Davitt, Healy ana Quinn, who were convicted of making inflammatory speeches, refused to give bail, and have entered upon a term of imprisonment in Kilmainham )aiL THB tariff oocupied the almost exclusive attention of both houses of Congress on the 9th tost. In the Senate, a motion to put jute on the free list was lost. A motion to add books, pam­ phlets, bound or unbound, and all printed mat­ ter not specially enumerated or provided for ia the bill, engravings bound or un­ bound, etchingR, illustrated books, maps and charts to the free list, was agreed to. The negative vote wa« wholly Republican. Messrs. Van Wyck and Injralls voted in the affirmative with the Democrats. Mr. Allison offered an amendment, which was ordered Srioted, providing for refunding 90 per cent, of le duty paid on imported salt used in curing meats exported from this country. The House continued consideration of the in<>tal schedule, and made Rome important reductions from the report of the Ways and Means Com­ mittee. The duty on steel railroad bars was cut down from $18 to $15 per ton; charcoal iron bars was iixed at $22 per ton, and steel blooms at 45 per cent, ad valorem. The clause Imposing a duty of cents per pound on armor or other plate was struck from the bill. A SHORT SHRIFT. ow to Qulek Work M«d« of m Gang of Montana Desperadoes by Montana Vigilantes--Itoa of the Raarals Kttlier Hanged to Treat or Filled with Bullets. Weeks ville, Montana, which has been the ohampion town for roughs and rustlers, is getting a thorough purging. It is at the eastern end of the western division ojt the Northern Pacific, and for the post month has been the scene of at least half a score of murders and outrages, and lately of nearly half as many lynchinga. A gentleman from that place, who recently arrived at Butte, gives the following thrilling account of the summary manner in which the newly- organized vigilantes of Weeks ville dispense even-handed Justice: Less than ten " ago, it will be remembered, Billy weli known in Butte, was captured, to pieces and thrown into the riven* la?t Sunday was the bloodiest rea-li ever known at the terminua Fo weeks past a spirit of lawlessness, and murder had reigned supreme point Good citizens were terrorized the rule of the robbers was so potent that it became unsafe for any man with a dollar to his pocket to appear on the street, even to broad daylight While under cover twiwwiiiiMw nwywwt ufc oriDMp VMcnft ducted by the thugs and cut-throats, who outnumbered the good citizens that any attempt to arret and punish the criminals • was attended with almost certain death to thoee who might otherwise hare been willing to aid in the enforcement of law an c,tj; law and in visiting u "'7 the proper penal alarm took possession of the business ng upon the heads of the the proper penalties for its infraction. community, and dent that, unless Willi; it finally became evi- all good men were iag to sacrifice their property and leave, some Immediate and determined effort was necessary to terminate the existing reign of terror. The courts were paralyzed and their edicts were defied Urged to des- peration by he extremities of the situat <>n, a vigilance committee was organized with great secrecy, and the aocessions were soon sufficiently numerous to render its members bold enough to announce their purpose of suppressing the high handed outrages al­ most hourly coming to light. Once organ­ ized, no time was lost in carrying out the object of the association. On last Sunday night three desperadoes known as Ohio Dan, Blondy, Ed Eiuight and another man were arrested. The three first mentioned were hanged without ceremony, and the fourth was converted into a lead depository. At the t-Y," another camp two miles went of Week^ville, a similar scene was enacted, three men, names unknown, being hanged ou the same tree and all at the same time. When the coaoh left Weeksville the bodies of two men were still dangling in the air from a limb of a tree, giving an early morning scene of ghastly asi>ect It was also reported at the same time that the three victims at the " Y" were similarly suspended, having been thus left bv the avenging vigilantes, so that there should be no possibility of a return to life On anoth> er authority it is learned that last Monday witnessed the hunting of three more men whoKe high crimes h>d become known, and who were considered too wicked to be al­ lowed to afflict the earth any longer with their presence A DELUGE. rri|hthl Damage Wrought by Ike Vteadi tai Ohio MM! fnaiuylTaala. The reoent Hoods throughout the central group of 8tatea caused a frightful devasta­ tion of property, the losses being estimated to the millions. Pennsylvania and Ohio seem to have suffered the worst. At Cleveland alone the damage is placed at not leas than $500,00& The loss was occasioned by the overflow of the Cuyahoga river, whloh wrecked vessels, carried away bridges, and piled millions of feet of lumber in a confused mas* alonjr the river front In and around Akron, Ohio, the damage is estimated at •l,()00,(KKt. The Scioto river went on a boom at Columbus, and many residences in the lower part or the town were drowned out, the inhabitants being rescuod to boats Great damage was done to the railroads iu the Western Reserve, while the news from the oil district in Pensv sylvania is one long chronicle of disaster. At Pittsburgh and Allegheny City immenHO losses occurred, aud reports from various districts In Indiana show that the floods were very severe thera Many railroad acci­ dents, several of which were of a serious and fatal character, are reported, the high water having carried away bridges and trestle-work, or weakened' them so that they gave way under the weight of traina A Pittsburgh dispatch says: "The damage by tbe flood in the Immediate vicinity of Pittsburgh and Allegheny City will not he less than i'Juo.OUl Most of it is to the destruction of small river craft The rest it to the inundation of dwellings, manufact­ ories and oil refineries." At Fremont, Ohio, five out of six iron bridges were carried away, and much damage inflicted upon Srivate property. In Lawrenoe county hio, the water drowned out 9lu0,0ft) worth of property. In Butler county. Pa, the Pittsburgh and Western railroad loses every bridge from Collier* lonotlon to Allegheny. Whole col umns might be oonsumed to reciting in stances of the destructive nature of th* flood, but these samples are sufficient to give the reader an idea of the vast emailed by the watery visitation. ii Bp size of the destroyer the plucky little j ftsit would run down the tree in a livf T < way, deposit its booty in its nest in the '• ground and instantly return for further slaughter. There were at one time as many as forty coming down the tree. 5 each bringing alon« his victim, and 5 doing the work with apparent ease. K 0ur ob8ervfltions, we noticed that the ants ran up the trunk and out on the limbs, and from thence on to the ; leaves of the trees, where the filthy worm was at work, and, seizing him with a strong grip at about the center of the body, turned about with the. squirming worm and retraced their 1 steps. The worm was dead by the. time the ant reached the ground. If': this work of the ants is common they must prove valuable friends to farmers. \ aud fruit raisers, and should be mc*. teeted in every way possible. Tfce Yalne of Predmn StOnM. The diamond mines of Brazil were ftwt opened in 1727. It is estimated that since that time they have produced at least two tons of diamonds. In Eng- land, a stone weighing one carat and of the purest water is worth when cut and polished about $60. The dealers in rough stones acquire the habit of dis­ tinguishing the water of a rough stone by simply breathing upon it. Among the historic diamonds, the Rajah weighed 307 carats and the Great Mogul 280. Before it was cut the latter weighed 900 carats. From the composition of the diamond we see what costly things nature makes from common material. All the diamond fields of the world are not worth the anthracite fields of Penn­ sylvania. Since 1840 there have been two panics, when diamonds rose and fell like other securities. One was in Brazil in 1843, and the other was five years later, at the time of tbe revolu­ tion in France. This stone is found in India, Brazil, South Africa, Borneo, Al­ geria and the United States. Job speaks of the price of wisdom be­ ing above rubies. A ruby of five carata is double the value of a diamond of that size, and one of ten carats is worth three times as much as a diamond of corresponding size. A perfect ruby ia the rarest of all stones. These gema were once used as charms against poison and wicked thoughts. They are often imitated with real stones, the most com­ mon being spinel. But it is not difficult to distinguish the imitation, as the ruby is the only stone having a pigeon-red color. Another precious "stone is the sapphire, which is like the ruby, with the exception of the color. The emerald is a deep green, the deeper the better, It loses no brilliancy in an ar­ tificial light, but its color may be ex­ pelled by a gentle heat. Most of our emeralds come from New Granada, and will always have flaws. In imitations it is not the hardness nor the color that ia sought, so much as the flaw. This stone was said to cure palpitations, hypochon­ dria, and other imaginative diseases. Other precious Rtones are the ohry- soberyl, called the "floating light,n which is the only one having the prop­ erty of showing two colors; the topaz, with its many colors--yellow, pink, blue, green and white; the opal, containing 5 per cent, of water; the garnet, tur­ quoise, tourmaline, amethyst, agate, crystal, peridot and pearl.--Neio York Tribune. Arago's Little Joke. A story of E. Arago, the French sci­ entist : One day at the Academy of sci­ ences they had a long and rather tire­ some session. Arago thought he w onld go out and take the air. At the foot of the apuway iuere watt a ieafuur ocrwi upoh which the rays of the sun were hotly beating. Arago turned the bowl around, and rushing up stairs told the distinguished assemblage that he had just met with something which was very mysterious. "That leather bowl," he said, "at the foot of the stairway is cool upon the side which presents itself to the sun. but warm upon the other side." The scientists descended in a body and substantia ed this assertion. They took the inclination of the sun, the hour, the minute, the seconds and a vast array of other details. They made calculations, and several weeks afterward each of them presented a paper explaining the phenomenon. Arago himself taking care to send in his explanation with the rest. There is no knowing how far the dis­ cussion might have gone had it not been for the concierge, who, having seen Arago turn the bowl, and pitying the worthy gentlemen who were so much worried, cleared away the mystery. THERE is an undergrown lad in New York who has been the faithful nurse ot a feeble mother ever since he was 5 years of age, and in the twelve years of his devotion he has never spent mere than half an hour at a time outside of the darkened chamber. A'JCDOE in Nevada, it is said, sends his juries into a cellar for consultation, and they most agree to a verdict «r Ireeze to death. THE MARKETS. It Ants as hudfaHw. is new to us, fays the Boston mieufc w d^msga GBCKKLAHD dogs have traveled 270 miles in three and a half days. Journal of Chemistry, that ants are great destroyers of canker worms, an 1 probably other worms or insects of the B <i. ler varieties. We watched with greit interest the work of a large colonv of black ant* which attacked the caufe-1 woi-m on an elm tree in our groundr, aad were delighted with the nature and re iu' ts of their labors. 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