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jPITOME OF THE WEEK. ̂ Opodenud Telegraphic NewB. AST.^RrinniROeofreaptondent, In- v „ a letter published on the 24th,~«ays Russia, in 1 ' wtew of the threatening aspect of her relations £ -iritis KnirljwidL had decided not to remove her ml :*•,< -troopsfrom the ricinitv of Constantinople, at - jt was ggjd, on the same date, that eat Britain that it would of the treaty with Tur- qt tJ: *§tatsia^)ad notified Great Britain that it would ' got submit the terms to tbe Congress. ^ * * AN Athens dispatch says >tbe Thea- * \%> ?>«te]fan ViUatres of Ohmpw, Eepana, Oairia and iitochora had been sacked by the Turks, and Many thousands of women aod children mas- ••';tf>r»Mred. • s - \ N " T H E R E W M ft heavy snow-storm % which extended throughout- Eneland, on the **th. During the accompanying gftle, the .British naval training-slop Kurydice wascap- |pzcd off the Isle of Wight, and of tbe 806 per- r ton# on board 304 perished. THE great international walktng- . natch In London closed on the evening of ltd. O'Leary, the Chicago champion, was the * iMnner, having made 530 miles in six days and < tftaten his best record by five hours. IT was reported from Belgrade, on tbe 25th, that the Servian Council had re- Mlved to reoccupy all the territory conquered * ftom the Turks in Old Servia. t> ' . Two HUNDRED THOUSAND meti of the jlussian landwehr were called out, on the 36th. > •>, jtf' F _ THE Grand Duke Nicholas, acoom- ' mnied by twelve Russian Generals, paid a " formal visit to the Sultan, at his palace In Con* 5 atantinople, on the 26th. The latter received .v. the Grand Duke with great cordiality. ' DIPLOMATIC relations have been re- j^jiewed between Tprkey and Russia, and Gen. Melidoff appointed (ftsryf <F.Con- iiantinople. . ' THE Russian Government has at last itermaliy replied to the inquiries of the British Government, that it adheres to its former Views in respett to the presentation of the treaty with Turkey, In its entirety, to the Con- * /«?«»• . , THE Loudon newsp apers of the 127th ; .declare that all hope of the meeting of the Congress most be abandoned, and that an armed conflict between Russia and Great Brit* ' tin seemefl Inevitable. A Berlin telegram of fhe same date states that Germany would not , .. issue invitations for the meeting of the Con- , v Areas. * ^ OSMAN PASHA, the hero of Plevna, f lias been appointed Commander-in-Chief of Ihe Turkish Armies. ' »! >»» GEORGE BANNISTER, a grata meet* <: 'kiftiant, at Retford, Eng.,'failed, dta the 77th, for '•u. .*'• AN explosion occurred in a colliery at North Staffordshire, Eng., on the 27th. There were thirty-five persons in the pit, and ' jj^ was believed that all had perishefj. .-/THE Pope has appointed CarAinaldi' lletro Pontifical Cainerlengo. ' " THE recent report of the death of the - amperor of Morocco is pronounced untrue in > • . i * Madrid dispatch of the 27th. , 1 THE resignation of Lord Derby as •" Sinister of Foreign Affairs toss announced to the British Hoase of Lords, on the after­ noon of the 28th. In making the announce­ ment, Lord Derby said the Cabinet had ar­ rived at certain conclusions of a grave and " *' Important character, in which he could not concur. Lord Beacon sfieM said Her Majesty . tad been advised to call out the reserves; the frst class, numbering 13,000 men and the ^ l|ilit,ia, numbering 25,000. A CONSTANTINOPLE telegram of thA S6th says Safvet Pasha bad requested flreat •• Aritain to withdraw her fleet, as Turkey aM .: ,. „ .Bnssia kad become allies and firm friends THE Russians have Issued a procla- "ti nation inviting tbe Mussulmans to return to fheir homes in Bulgaria, ami warning tbe Bul- ' ' jjiH"" to preserve tranquillity. * ' A CONSISTORY was held at the Vati- ' "'can, in Rome, on the 23th. The Scottish Papal - • Hierarchy WM definitively established,and Dr. V,» ffcrain appointed Metropolitan Arehbisbop of „ • ,it. Andrew's, atEdioburg; Chas. Eyre, Arcb- |fishop of Glasgow; MacDonald, Bishop of > Aberdeen; MacLachlan, Bishop of Galloway; »• ' 'MacDonald, Bishop of Argyle, and Rigg, : 'Bishop of Dunkeld. Father Chatard was appointed Bishop of Vincennes, Ind, ^* ̂ j|ather Reeve, Bishop of Richmond, Va. EDWARD P. WESTON has challenged ,s p'Leary, the victor in the recent international (pedestrian contest, to a six days' walking *; riiatch for f2,500. 0DL * A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch of the f9th ult. says, Russlafa diplomacy having iso- * . feted England, Russia, in conjunction with f <jf fhe rest of Europe, would proceed to adjust €,, -pending differences without British aid. «, RUSSIAN newspapers of the 29th ult. |tate that many advantageous offers for let- £ ^era of marque, in case of an Anglo-Russian " war had been received from the United States - "Ind elsewhere, but that none had been ac- ' iepted up to that time. IT was seml-ofiiclaTTy " announced, in the London papellB 'of the' 80th ult. that Lord Salisbury had been seketed ta succeed Lard .Dgrby. T THE British Minister notified the Turkish Government, on the 29th ult, that , . the British fleet would remain in the Sea of ' Marmora until after the departure of the Rus- ? • % Hans from the envirous of Constantinople. <; •Gen. Ignatieff, the Russian Ambassador, has . ̂ • •• notitte4 the Turks that Russian troops •f,,«t| would remain in the environs of CYmatinti- nopfeoo long as the Brittsh fleet occupied the • • 1 Bea of Marmorft. ^ was stated from Rome, on the • 29th ult., that the Pope desired to establish W r diplomatic relations with Great Britain, and T, rksd taken steps to that end. * .7/™ mil •. -- r» ( . ™ W9SLO. • i/l / ^ tk® Hudson River, between Sing *^*l' ®h^g and New York, on the 23d, an explosion occurred on the steamer Magenta. Two per- ^ eons were killed outright, two others severely scalded and a large number more Or less BO- ; ?<fj, *erely. One was tisvn overboard and lost. How. JOHN ALLISON, Register dt the United States Treasury, died in Washington, $ a few mornings ago, of apoplexy. His death wa6 very sudden and unexpected. {Ie was ^ sixty-six years of age, was formerly a Member of Congress from Pennsylvania, and was ap­ pointed Register of the Treasuiy by President Grant, in INik*'. ; - in-law. Miss Church, a school girl, fourteen years old. AN extensive fire pc^urnaLin Phila­ delphia, on the cwni^Pf tM'ftiM, wflfich, be­ fore it eo«M 1»« overpowered, destroyed twen­ ty-five business in the belief Itb* city, causing a loss reaching hourly ll.dw.aXC fPEW uwiy luii ui iuiuiB walls, , _ 4 , ,, Vt;,, AT Cleveland, Ohio, o|i the ovening of the 25th, Geo, Weincman shot and killed his son, and then shot himself, dying instant- Jy. Bttsiuese troubles mtween the two induced the double deed. > «• ' ' - ' ' ! K . THE thrso •• Moltie Hiigtrir4Min ' <tf NoftbucDberland County, convicted of the diabolical murder of Alexander Rae, were hanged at Bloomsburg, Pa., on the 25th. Thetr names Were Tully, McHugh and He&tss. THE Massachusetts Legislature has recently passed an act--and the Governor ssving tsigueu the satuo It is uoW a law--giv­ ing to the Board of Commissioners of Savings Banks the power, whenever it Judges that the. welfare and security of the depositors require it" to limit U^e amount And time of. >aymerit. The law Is' to continue in force for hree years. IT was stated, on the 25th, fftat no more goods would be received at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for shipment to the Paris Exposi­ tion. Twelve hundred tens were affalttng transportation. , y,., " IJ THE Government Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad have been recently an* nounced as follows; Chas. F. Adams, Jr., of Massachusetts; Ralph P. Buckland, of Ohio; 6. W. Smvthe, of Iowa; Daniel Chaiiwiek, Of Connecticut, and C. G. Housel, of Nebraska. A FERE in New York City, on the morning of the 36tb, on Canal street, do-' stroyed property valued at over #500,000. IN the suit of the United States against Samuel J. Tilden for 1150,000 delin- uent income tax, Judge Blatchford, of the nlted States District Court, decided, on the B6th, that defendant must submit to a jury trial on eleven of the twelve coants af the tn- dbctment. ON the 26th, the President appointed ex-Congressman Schofield, of Pennsylvania, Register of the Treasury, vice John ^Allison, deceased. The Senate Finance Committee have speed to report favorably on the nomi­ nation of R. Reynolds to be. First Auditor of the Treasury, V: . THE Iowa Legislature adjourned sine die on the 36th. Among the , bills passed before adjournment was one restoring capital punishment In the State. IT is reported that counterfeits of tale new silver dollar are already Moat In &e -East. They are said to be an almost perfect foe simile of the genuine, only a little less heavy. The Chicago Tribune of the 27th says the first counterfeit of the new coin brought to fhe notice of the Government is very poor as regards color, but that in other tespeots It Is a good imitation of the genuine* THE Pennsylvania Republican State Convention wfil fce held at 'Harrlafcurg on ttafr 15th of May.. m the r eolnqg and -- puri thirds pend tbe rules and pass operation of the Sinking-Fund iK'tfiSfe* wfc# r», SENATE.--On the 26th, the bill tore fpeal the ^apkmpt I^w|w4 <e|qrtjpdMck f roifl ' e Judidary Committee, without recoi suspend the act for five Ir. THE Sixpenny Savings Bank of New York City suspended on the 27th. L^abiliiies, $1,700,000; assets, $1,600,000. THE Illinois State Convention of the new National party met at Springfield, on the 67th. Gen. E. N. Bates, of Chicago, was nom­ inated for State Treasurer, and Frank H. Hall, of Kane County, for Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Toledo platform was in­ dorsed, the resolutions adopted declaring it to be the exclusive function of the General Government to coin and create money and regulate Ita value; that the coinage of silver should be placed on the same footing as that of gold; favor the donation of public lands to actual settlers in limited quantities; declare that the Government Should, by gen­ eral enactment, encourage the development of our agricultural, mineral, mechanical, man- , ufacturing and commercial resources; favor the reduction of the number of hours of daily toil; demand the immediate issde of a full legal-tender paper currency try the Govern­ ment to the full limit, at least, of $400,000,000 legaUender United States Treasury noies, etc., etc. t" .,<• AT St. Albans, Yt., o^ Jthe 27th, G. T. Storrs, of Bath, Me., walked 106 miles in twenty faburs, three minutes and fifty-two sec­ onds. THE body of the late Congressman Leonard, of Louisiana, who died* recently, St Havana, arrived at New York, on the ?8th. THOMAS P. FISHES was hanged in the jail corridor at Mauch Chunk, 'Pa., on the 28th, for complicity in the murder of Morgan Powell, a mine bose$ at Summit Hill, Pa., on the evening of March 2, lfifTtt. A PHILADELPHIA telegram to the New York Times of the 80th ult. says J. B. Knight, Secretary of the Franklin Institute, and a well-known scientific engineer, had just concluded an investigation of the Keely Motor, and in a long report denounced it as a humbug and fraud. They state that the so-, called vapor was simply compressed air, and that probably no more pressure than 500 pounds to the square inch could be obtained. Keely was said to be angry at these revela­ tions, and the stockholders, who had spent $1,000,000, were greatly astonished. IT was stated, on the 29th ult./ that the friends at Cincinnati of ex-Congress­ man Vance, who mysteriously disappeared a few-days before, had about given up the idea of foul play, and intimated that, his absence was voluntary and paused by financial difficul­ ties. A DUEL was fought at Eastville, Va., a few days ago, between Sidney Pitts and A. P. Thomas, to settle a dispute. The weapons used wens pistols, the contestants standing only Six feet apart. Two rounds were fired, and PitU was instantly killed, 'ft' ceived a probably fatal wound. r,u . . . . . . . v «SN«BBSf i (ONia# • • SENATE.---An amendment was sub­ mitted, ojn the 25th, to the House bill to re­ peal the 8peqie-Resumptlop act, providing that on and after July 1, 1878, United 8tates legal-tender notes £hall be receivable for all debts and dues, both public and private, etc. A bill was introduced and referred--to protect the waters of art lakes, rivers and streams upon public lauds from sale, and to dedicate the same to the common use of the inhabitants Mr. Howe called up his resolu­ tion asking the President for information In regard to the alleged defalcation of Judsre Whittaker, of Louisiana, and made a lengthy speech, in which he denounced the course of the Administration in its dealings with the South, and also the Civil-Service policy, as carried out under Sec'y Schurz. HOUSE.--A number of bills were in- troducea-Traa referred, wnong them--to re- Ofgaulee the urtny; to aid the education and advancement of the colored people; to fegu- .. _ . cor­ respondence betweeu tto<Awerican and Brit­ ish Governments in regard to the appointment of DelfosSe on the Halifax Commfosiou, was taken from the table and referred W the Com­ mittee on Foreign Affairs. HOUSE.--The Legislative, Executive ahd Judicial Appropriation bill was reported from the Committee on Appropriations, and the Tariff bill from the Committee on Ways and Means, and the latter was, by a vote "of 137 to 114, made the special order for April 4, ajter the morning hour.. .The Massachusetts contested-election case of Dean vs. Field was further, discussed... .Concurrent resolutions were adopted for printing 300,000 copies of the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture and 5,000 copies of the report of the Forestry Commission. SENATE.--A bill was introduced, on the 27th, granting pensions to Indians who were iin the serMce of the United States in the War of 1812, as scouts, guides or warriors.... The House bill making appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Service of the Gov­ ernment for the tear endihg June 30. 1879, was amended and passed The Pacific Rail­ road Sinking Fund bill was further debated. HOUSE.--A bill to prevent the intro­ duction of eontagiorss diseases into the United States was "passed, its provisions not disturbing the quarantine regulations of any State, but State officials are made agents of the National Quarantine system....In the Massachusetts contested-election case of Dean vs. Field, the minority resolution declaring Field entitled to the seat was defeated--120 to 120--Mr. Butler voting with the Democrats in the negative, and the following-named Demo­ crats with the Republicans in the affirmative: Hartridge, Herbert, Jones (Ala.), Potter, Rea, Stenger, Walsh, Williams (Del.) and Cut­ ler. No vote was reached on the majority res­ olution. SENATE.--A number of bills granting pensions were passed, on the 28th A bill was also passed providing for the sale of a portion of the reservation of the Confederated Otoe and Missouri and Sac and Fox (of Mis- siouri) Tribes of Indians in the States of Kansas and Nebraska--The Pacific Railroad Sinking- Fund bill was farther debated....Adjourned to the 1st. HOUSE.--The contested-election case in the Third Massachusetts District was dis­ posed of by the adoption--124 to 123--of the majority resolution' declaring Dean (Dem.) entitled to the seat. Mr. Butler voted in the affirmative with the Democrats, and Messrs. Cutler, Hartridee, Herbert, Henry, Potter, Rea, Stenger, Walsh and Williams (Del.)-- Democrats--voted with the Republicans in the negative. Mr. Dean was then sworn in.... Bills were introduced--to allow American reg­ istry to foreicn-built vessels; to establish a Board of Pacific Railroad Commissioners. SENATE.--Not in session on the 29th ult Housfe.--A bill was reported and re­ ferred, appropriating 130,000 for deficiencies in tbe miscellaneous fund of the House A bill was reported and passed appropriating $420,000 for tbe payment of claims reported allowed by the Commissioners of Claims.... A bill was introduced and referred to promote the general use of the metric system Bills on the private calendar were considered in Committee of the Whole Adjourned to the l»t. .• "• WhjF Women Mhould Read. LAYING aside the thought of oujr own rest and comfort, let us look a little higher. For the children1 s sake we must make the most of ourselves. Many an unselfish mother has said, " Oh, I can­ not take all this time, there are so many things to do for the children." She does not realize that she may do more for them in the end by cultivating her­ self than if she spends all her time on clothes and cooking. A generosity which makes the recipient weak or sel­ fish is not a blessing but a curse. Have vou not seen grown-up sons who snub­ bed their mother's opinions in the same breath with which they called her to bring their slippers? The meek little woman has " trotted around" to wait on them so long that they have come to think that that is all she is good for. Their sisters keep "ma" in the back­ ground because she "hasn't a bit of atyle," and is "so uncultivated," for­ getting that she has always worn shab­ by clothes that they might wear fine ones; that her hands have become horny with hard work that theirs might be kept soft and white for the piano, and that she has denied herself books and leisure that they might have both. And there are other children, too noble for such base ingratitude, who feel a keen though secret sense of loss as thev kiss the dear withered cheek and think how much more of a woman " mother" might have been if she had not shut herself away from the culture and sweet companionship of books.--Scrib- n^r for(April. ' Attend to Business. NOTHING but ultimate ruin stares that farmer in the face who does not pay personal attention to all tne most mi­ nute details of his farm. There are a thousand small leaks about the manage­ ment of an ordinary farm, that, if not closely attended to, will surely bring the most hard-working farmer to ruin and bankruptcy. Nine-tenths of the sinking farmers can attribute their present distress to no other cause than a lack of close attention to the small details of the farm; a close supervision of machinery and tools, the stock and their feed, a place for everything and everything in its place. No one is as much interested in attending to these details as the boss. Such a course Will, in a few months, or in a year or two at most, enable many farmers who are now on the down grade, to again begin to ascend. If heroically persevered in, it will surely make headway against what now looks so hopeless. A fear of sunburnt hands and face, dirty clothes and boots, and a/desire to have a repu­ tation that he does not work on the farm, has been a fruitful source of loss to many farmers. A course of this kind once entered on will be hard to depart from.--Farm and Fireside. THERE arc 125 species of grass known to be native in Maine, and it is thought ,a survey would discover half as many more. Fifty kinds have a high agri­ cultural value. The grass crop of the State is said to be worth $42,000,000, annually. 'A DECK] hie name t|£. Ak,«ilMd inloaOMicqs: Uce-StatiilMoaHie 23dl*nd the TION-KEEP^PAPKE HAD9NES4PEI^P»G WI was sorry XMfl^ftpkl wished to give himself up. Being askeu to explain, be said he was a paint­ er, and while working, two weeks before, he mm°¥$ Mpwjm >, which amount be appropriated and sen led 10 confess his crime. He was locked UP. THE following Postofflce changes occurred Illinois during the Week ending March 23, 1878: Established--Cahoki*, St. Clair Coun­ ty, T. (J. Droit, Postmasun-. Discontinued-- HoustouvlUe. Champaign County; Ox Bow* Putnam Cpunty. Postmasters Appointed-*- Basco, Hancock County,'Lyman Doty; Lin­ den, Whiteside County, Wni M. Burkitt; Opdyke, Jefferson County, Runyan J. Estes; Ridgeley, Sangamon County, Joseph Bennett; Tonica, LaSalle County, John A. Wilson; WeBt HAlfock, Peoria County, Juliti# A. Por­ ter. , THB bankrupt banker Jacob Bunn, of Spring­ field, owed the National Lincoln Monument Association 919,495 at the time of his failure. GEN. J. B. AVER, an old and prominent res­ ident of Mattoon, was found dead in hts field, on the evening of the 35th. Deceased was a prominent Xtfl&ht Templar aid a wellMknown politician. : Mus. DAVID WATTS* who lives at BurgoyneV bric;k yard, near Danville, while splitting^ kindling-wood, on the evening of the 24th, accidentally struck her little three-year-old child on the head with tbe at, inflicting a fatal Wound. - The poor mother is frantic with grief., ,,i(- THE State Convention or, tne National par­ ty met at 8pringfleld at noofr, oh the 27th, and organised by the choice of W. V. Barr, of Cook, for temporary Chairman, and Messrs. Coffee, Heath and Everest as Secretaries; Rev. jp. M. Gregg, of Springfield, opened the pro­ ceedings with prayer. The following Stat# Central Committed was nominated and elect­ ed: First District) 'James Sprin er; Second, T. P. Jones; Third, David Gill; Fourth, S. M. Slade; Fifth, Charles Boone; Sixth, H. M. Smith; Seventh, R. W. Nelson; Eighth, Thos. S. Wolfe; Ninth, D. T. Emery; Tenth, H. H. Stevens; Eleventh, H. K. Dunn; Twelfth, W. T. Collins; Thirteenth, D. S. Heath; Four­ teenth, W. L. Reed; Fifteenth, C. L. Culors; Sixteenth, J. W. Everett; Seventeenth, John S. Dewey; Eighteenth, W. T. Ingrahauf,' Nineteenth, Samuel E. Flannigan; at large, A. W. Herr, of Cook; James Gillespie, of Mad­ ison. A Committee on Resolutions was ap­ pointed, consisting of one member from each Congressional District, and , a Commit­ tee on Credentials, after which a recess was taken. Upon reassembling, Joseph Gillespie, of Madison, was chosen permanent Chairman and the temporary Secretaries made, permanent. The Committee on Credentials reported that the delegations were far from full, and recom­ mended that those present cast ihe full vote of the district. This recommendation was adopted by the Convention. A ballot for State Treasurer was then taken with the fol­ lowing result: Bates, 229; Armstrong, 142; Horton, 14; Emery, 9; scattering, 13; neces­ sary to a choice 204; and Gen. E. N. Bates hav­ ing received a majority of all was declared to be the candidate of the party. A ballot was taken for Superintendent of public Instruction, with the following result: Ha'l 3 6; IIarr > n 4; Turner, 19; and Frank H. Hall, of Ktyie, bavjngitsocivcd a majority of all the votes cast, was declared to be tlie nominee of the party. Charles W. Shoalcs was nomi­ nated for Clerk of the Appellate Court of the First District; Charles M. Klnsky, for the-Ap­ pellate Court of the Second District; C. B. Slioalf, for the Appellate Court of the Third District; M. J, O. liarnet, for the Apellate Court Of the Fourth District; R. M. Springer, for Clerk of the Northern Grand Division of the Supreme .Court; T. W. 8. Kidd, foi Clerk of tlic.Cuiitral Division of the Supreme Court, and John l\ Stcllc fur Clerk of tlio Southern Grand Division, of the Supreme Cot|rt. The Toledo platform, consisting of thirteen arti­ cles, wasado|Acd, with the following addition­ al articles: 14. That We demnad an immediate imueof a full legal-tender paper currency by the Govern­ ment to th* fill! limit: lit least, of tM $490,000,000 ltgal-tt-nd' r United States Treasury notes. J6. That the credit of the Government can best; be utren^thencfi and preserved by ita firet paying off it> inter*a:-bearincdebt before calling in anv part of its noh-mtereat-bearine utilization* fo • redemption. 16. That we commend and urge upon all State, County and Township Committees, and mil other uernons * ngaged in the work, the organisation of National Greenback and local clubs that support the principles net f u'tliin the ToletUi platform. 17. That pvynient of all wn^es in l-itvful money of tlio country M the only valid rayim-nt for labor, and that wa are to the employe meat of minors in shop^ and^ factories uud r fourteen years of qg®. _ f After a speech by Gen. Bates^ the Conven­ tion adjourned s')w die. • THE attempted capture by TILE Sheriff of Jefferson County and a posse uf a man named George Bufflngton, and the arrest of three of his friends, James and Clay Dial and Lafay­ ette Dobb*, d*v*lop« » &t«Ky of t .e most de­ termined resistance to official authority. Buf­ flngton, who resides in Farrington Township, ten or twelve miles from Mount Vernon, was, about a year ago, indicted by the Grand Juiy for disturbing % worshiping congregation. To avoid trial he tied the- State, locating some­ where in Texas. Owing to some crooked con­ duct, he recently deemed it prudent t > leave Texas, and was lately heard of in Jefferson County. On the 19th ln6t., the Sheriff and several others surrounded the house occupied by Bufllngton, but the Jatter's friends fu > ceeded in getting him out. The officers'; however, tracked their game to a gar­ den in the rear of the house, and llred three shots at him, the last one grazing his scalp. Buflington fled to the woods and made good his escape. On, the night of the 23d, the Sheriff having been reinforced, started on a second hutit for his man, who was discovered in a corn-field near the house In which he was first concealed. One of the party imme­ diately tried the effect of a revolver, and, it is reported, put four balls into the body of the fleeing Buflington." On the 34th, another effort was made to take Buflington, which, it is claimed, would have been successful had not the three friends above named thrown themselves between the offender and the offi­ cers and made an armed resistance. Several of the officers were subsequently surrounded in a house by Biitfington's friends, and their surrender demanded, for what dire object ie not fully known, but the latter presented a gall.int front with their weapons, and tluallv t;ot away unharmed. "r How Business ts Done at London. THB slowntfts with which business moves here is always the subject of an­ gry comment by Americans, and 1 nave heard various instances of it re­ cently which seem rather amusing. A gentfemaft from Rhode Island vnio is engaged in introducing an important invention here, says that he comes con­ stantly upon stumbling-blocks in the shape of delays. He is called up one morning by .his solicitor who wears a very a;rave and injured expression. .'! So, Sir," says the solicitor* 4«you go to see your patent lawyer without con- well; you can do as you llk«f but you are trampling upon established cus­ toms." A»d the solicitor goes away injured. Nothing new can ever be accomplished under two days, gen­ erally two weeks. An American once arrived in London on a very important wlBBtun lstr a pronrtwent Mn&er IteM "Ihe budjnets which concerned the bank was, m a Yankee way of thinking, ex­ tremely pressing. The American went to the banker's private office, and pre- Sented Lis letters as soon as he reached England. The banker said: "This if very important, and I will have the papers laid before my solicitors." "And l suppose that I can have an interview with you to-morrow, possibly P" inter­ rupted Brother Jonathan. 44 Well, hardly worth while," answered John Bull. "But this matter presses* " 44 Yes, yes; well, come and dine with me a week from to-morrow; by that time the solicitors will have sent the papers back, and then we can discuss the matter." There was no alterna­ tive. and our American friend waited a week, then repaired to the bahker's ipansio&. The house was filled with ftotopaftiy, aftid the banker, after the im­ portant subject had been nervously ap­ proached two or three times, said: 44 Well, the solicitors are still busy with those papers, 1 believe, but if you will come into the office about the day after to-morrow, I think we can begin to en­ ter into tbe subject." And it was not until weeks had flown away that any­ thing like an understanding was arrived at on an affair which concerned the English banker's interest rather more than the Amferitab's; As for getting work done, it is next to impossible. Carpenters a?e wqeks oyer a small job which would be done in a day in many countries. No workman can be driven; arguments, reproach, threats, are all useless, and sometimes bring new vexa­ tions on one's head. I think the British workman takes a sturdy pleasure in holding back the fahpetuous American. --Edward King lo Boston Journal. Cambric Costumes, Etc. *' The furnishing stores display new costumes of percale, cambric and Scotch ginghams, trimmed with pleat­ ed frills of the material, on which fall scant ruffles of white Hamburg em­ broidery. The favorite design for these is the pleated basque, with the pleats extending far below the hips, and the edge finished with embroidery. The shoulders may have a yoke in front only, or perhaps only in'the back, while the front is pleated, but in most cases there is a yoke both in front and back. The dver-skirt has a very long wrinkled apron with soft drapery behind, and in most cases it is sewed permanently to the lower skirt either at the belt on just below it. It is easier, however, to iron such dresses when each part is made Separately, and the effect is just the same. The bourette figured percales in gray with blue, or black on white, brown or navy blue, are most used. When American percales are chosen, the suit is sold for $6.50. Cambric wrappers are also being fan­ cifully made at the furnishing houses. The prettiest of these have a yoke with Watteau pleating in the'back, and are made of bordered cambrics, with the border used for trimmings down the front, edging the yoke, pockets, collar and cuffs. Other wrappers are trimmed up the front to represent a plastron, and are cut off below the waist, and have pleated fullness added there. Plain Gabrielle wrappers simply bor­ dered, or else with a deep Spanish flounce, are sold for $1. For nice wool wrappers thiat are heeded for cool mornings in the country, American basket-woven cloth at seventy-five cents is used, or else the domestic bourettes at the same price. These come in pale blue, to be trimmed with olive green or with navy blue, or in cream-color or pink, with both of which dark cardinal red is chosen for bows and facings,; ' Cafrick capes promise to bo tery much worn on various spring garments. *trc . seen ? on cloth sacqces, on basques Of plain costumes, on polonai­ ses, on Dolmans, on English cloth trav­ eling cloaks, and finally on linen Ul­ sters. Those on new sacques for spring are deeper than those worn during the winter, and some are lightly trimmed With rows of braid. S°ts of three capes are on wraps, but basques have only one or two. It is said that the capes without other wraps will be used for spring; they will be made of oloth of light quality.--HarperBazar. Diphtheria an old Diseased even so wise a man as Cour ant's agricultural pronounces a modern disease, DIPHTHERIA the Hartford alitor but it isn't. In a letter to the Portland Advertiser, Dr. C. P. Ilslev, of Cam­ bridge, shows that it is an' old disease with a modern name. As far back as 1737, Falmouth, ndW Portland, suffered severely by it, and it was spoken of as 44 the most fatal scourge that ever visited New England, and rapidly hurried its subjects to the grave; the throat Swelled, became covered with ash-colored specks, gre^t debility and prostration ensued, with putrefaction.' It broke out in Kingston, N. H., in May, 1735, and 1,000 persons fell victims to it in New Hampshire. In the following August it reached Exeter, and Boston in September. Four thou­ sand took the disease in Boston--one- quarter of the population, as Boston then contained but 16,0d0 inhabitants. The mortality was small here in com­ parison with other places, the deaths numbering only 114. This was prob­ ably owing to having prompt and more effectual remedial agents at command In Haverhill, Mass., the victims num-: bered 199. So much was it dreaded that two fast days were observed at Falmouth on account of it--one in 1735 and another the next year.--itosfon Herald. , -- 4 4 Aha!" exc la imed a man who had been chased across a forty-acre pasture bv a bull, and just escaped by the skin of his teeth--44 Now for henceforth I eat beef only." revenge-- --Gold is down; so are feathers. iiflfean in a fouh- re«p. With this> „ to get along- well^and 8'tmfi money, hut they do not. Mr. Marooney has a cousin, a shoe­ maker, who gets only $15 a week, yet who sails right along in lightning ex­ press, while Marooney eomes lagging along in a freight with a hot-bex. " How do you mAaage it, Jack?" he »cwJdAwpaBtl|r aafr, •long- the way you do? Here you actually I get dott&e the |>ay! 44 Oh, I don't manage it all," says VI lust tak^my7money home to» ttwioli woatt on»Sat«frda/niglft, and she takes $5 to run the house with, andi puts the rest carefully away!" 44 Oh, no, not quit©; I keep oat a lit­ tle for tobacco during the week, and a trifle to keep me from feeling lonesome. If I kept it all in my pocket I would spend it sure, but Mary keeps it tight and safe." day night he brought home his .f SO, and. keeping back one, put the rest in her keeping, and she promised to do' her level best to set tne table on but $5. The first week she squeezed through somehow, and got along with 1^.50. Mr. Marooney was quite pleased, and began laying awake at night think­ ing about what kind of a house he would build. He thought a plain rustic cot­ tage with a bay window would be about, right. The next week her expense account' footed up $5.80 and Mr. Marooney changed his design 'fbr a future residence from frame to brick. The next week she brought it down thirty cents more, and he added a wing, with a wash-huuse. Then she made a superhuman struggle, quit buying milk, and came within two shillings of the goal for whiph she had been striving, [r. Marooney decided on an iron fence in front of his premises. The next week she lost ground, slipped, and came out at the 86 post. Mr. Marooney thought a neat railing fence was good enough for anybody, but when the en­ suing week she came in with flying col­ ors, and struck the $5 mark in both eyes, Mr. Marooney had the iron rail­ ing reinstated, and granite steps run­ ning up to the door. The next week she took the money she had saved, and went and bbikght her a love of a hat, too cute for any­ thing, a black pilk dress, and a cherub of a oloak, that made the woman next door cry with envy till her nose got sore, and Mr. Marooney came to the conclusion that it didn't pay to live in one's own property, keeping up repairs, insurance, etc., and the worry and stew in dread of fire and earthquakes more than counterbalanced any trifling ad­ vantages there might be.--Pimbwrgh Gazette. -- .»«» . . .? . i • • i > , ^Interesting Indian Stitlstiici THE Board of Indian Commissioners have made their ninth annual report, covering their operations for the year 1877, and present some extremely in­ teresting statistical matter, showing considerable agricultural, industrial and educational development among the Nation's wards. Of tbe 278,000 Indians now in the United States, not including those in Alaska, the peace policy has induced 112,903 to doff their furs and blankets and don citizen's dress. They now occupy 22,199 houses, and have 830 schools with 487 teach­ ers, attended by 11,515 scholars, against 111 schools, 134 teachers, and 4,718 scholars in 1868. Ih many other re­ spects they show a great advance dur­ ing the past ten years. There are 40,397 of them who can read, whereas none of them could in 1869; and 28,000 of them Attend."' church. Industrially, also, thfey make a very gdod sShowihg." They are cultivating 292,550 acres of land, and, not including the five civilized, tribes, 84,682 of them are engaged in tilling the ground. They have raised during the past year 688,278 bushels of wheat, 4,656,692 bushels of corn, 3:!9;- 247 bushels of oats and'bav&y; 556,975 bushels of vegetables, 148,478 tons of hay, and they own 216,286 horses and mules, 217,883 cattle, 121,358 swine and 587,444 sheep. The Commissioners urge, as a strong argument why the management of Indian affairs should not be intrusted to the War Depart­ ment, thiat supplier /contracted for and furnished to military posts have cost from 88 to 78 per cent, more than at i the neighboring Indian Agencies. The ^Comfhissioners make' a ver^ itrorig"ap- peal, upon the strength of the practical results of the peace policy, to have it ly. continued permanently. THE MARKETS. HEW YOBK. LIVE STOOK-OatUe-.. . ^ 1 LOUB--Good toOhoie®. *. WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago COHN--Western Mixed......... OATS--'Western Muted RYE--Weeteni POIiK--Me* T, A RD--Steam. CHEESE WOOIr-DomwtW March 29.1878. 99.25 (&310.76 6.25 & 7.25 HEKSES--Extm $600 ̂ tS Medium- 8.65 ad • Batchers' Stock S.7B Stock Cattle --. . . . . 8 .25 HOGS--Live--Good to <3hoioe~. 8.25 SHEEP--Live ..«. 8.75 BUTTER--Good to Fancy. .... .'il EGOS--Fresh .07 FLOUR--Choice Winter 6.S0 - • • ~ - - - 4-B0 .40 7» Fair to Good Spriag.. Mkiji--Wheat, Spring,feTl.. Com. No. 2.. Oate, No. 2 i . Rye, I lye. No. 2.... Barley, No. 2-. PORK Common Ikmxd inob @•5.35 m 4.b& m 4.40 # S.tM) ® 8.75 8.75 £50 5.96 .83 JflA 6.75 6X0 W •S81-. .45 9."5 7.15 Boards.... 11.00 @ 12.50 Fencing 11.00 @ 12.50 IStiS BALTIMORE. OATTLE-Best. t6.0) Q 16.50 Medium 8.37i.im HOGS-Good 6.25 § UHEEF--Good 100 « $*> EAST LIB&BTY- CATTLE--Best...... tf.TS ® •»•«) Medium 4-5 > @ 4.76 HOGS--Yorkem 8.70 § 4.80 PhilndrliihifMi • 4-05 @ 4.21 gJO ® fi.75 M w 100