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?*> 1. TAN OitKI, Eilttr %THSNST. r» ' *'*: : '-\a •%"$;* • , '»4'i ILLINOIS. KPITOME OF THE WEEK. ^ .• nu wm voB&ik " Av Alexandria (Egypt) dispatch of 8 Bt,b saja preparations were making to dto- nbark Indian troops at Port Said and Sua. 5 THE Grand Duke Nicholas reached I 9t> Petersburg on the 5th. ; Tills SriuBii Fuli&IuSfit MOp6S6d| OB 1fes6tti. In reply to the questions of the lead­ ing Liberals, Sir Stafford Northcote, Chaacel- lor of the Exchequer, said that negotiations With Russia continued, but declined to dlacuM them on the ground that auch discussion frould be prejudicial to the pubile tnterorts. ; A SPECIAL from Turkish Armenia, fipblisfaedon the 6th, say* ninety-one Anne- alan viiSagee had bean plundered Denbt Xoords, and that the Ottoman authorities were unable to afford protection. . ROUMANTA. has issued another elr- etfar to the Powers wrotesting against the Stscian occupation of ber territory, and an­ nouncing that Roumanian officials were being ejected from their posts in Bessarabia. •COOKING to Berlin specials of the tft, Roasta had decided not to liberate the Itirkish prisoners of war, numbering about 96,000, because of the uncertainty of the ac­ tion of the Porte In the event of war with Qreat Britain. HI A VIENNA dispatch of the 8th says anarchy reigned in the newly-annexed dis­ tricts of Montenegro. The Albanians, Chris­ tians and Moslems refused to acknowledge re authority of the reigning Prince, and in- rrection might be expected at any moment. " THERE was a terrible tornado in Can­ ton, China, on the llth of April last. Thou­ sands of houses were destroyed or seriously Injured by the wind and an enormous water­ spout which broke over the city, and about 500 lives were lost. Hie foreign settlement suf­ fered severely. BAYARD TAYLOR, the United States iBnister to Berlin, presented his credentials to the Emperor on the 8Ul Ee was cordially received, A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch of the 9tfc says the Russians had evacuated all their i positions near the insurgent districts, so as to five the Porte's Pacificatory Commission full liberty of action. It was also said that the in- •argents had issued a proclamation to the Christians of Thrace, Macedonia and Epirus, summoning them to arms against the common enemy. A Belgrade dispatch of same date •ays the Mohammedans and Albanians in Old Servia were also rising in rebellion, and an in- •wrectionary fementation waa also percepti­ ble at Nisch. A BELGRADE dispatch of the 10th re­ ports that Bosnia was in a state of great com­ motion. The insurrection was rapidly spread­ ing and the insurgents were forcing all Torit, on the Ml. The report of thf urer s*o?*<l expenditures duite ti» j«*of #40Si4*B; veceipts, tothfllMg bil&MM oa hutd April 1,1877, •fl&.U&t. Doric* tha year 185 cojporteef* have beea employed in the United 8tat«»atf two ta the British Prortaoss, cir culating 199,881 volumes aud addressing 758 meetings. The Home Missionary Society also held its fifty-second anniversary on the same day. The number of clergymen in the service of the society was stated to be 99®. The offi­ cers of the previous year were re-elected, the vacancies caused by death alone being filled by new men. THE recent National State Conven­ tion of Pennsylvania nominated: For Gov­ ernor, & R, Mason; Lieu tenant-Governor, Christopher Shearer; Secretary of Internal Af­ fairs, James L. Wright: Judcre of Supreme Court, Benjamin 8. Bentley. The platform generally re-enunciates the principles adopted at the Toledo Convention. BEST HABTB, the author, has been appointed to a commercial agency at Crefeldt, Frussia, at & salary of $3,000 per annum. He aspired to t&e Chinese mission. AT Cleveland, on the 9th, Senator J. D. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, was married to Miss Sherman, daughter of Judge Sherman, and niece of Secretary and Gen. Sherman. MR. SHEARER has declined the nomi­ nation of tbe National party for Lleutenaut- fgffiraor ©f Pennsylvania. , if.!-.,'* , - - ' -<*J r < r , i #N6BB8M01VAt. * f.; / SENATE.---Not in session on the 4th. HOUSE.--Bills were reported from the Committee on Coinage, and recommitted, to retire the five and three-cent silver pieces, and to st<>p their further coinage, and provid­ ing that fractional or subsidiary silver coin shall be a legal tender to the extent of twenty dollars, and shall be exchangeable at the Treasury for other legal-tender money when presented in sums of twenty dollars or over. ....Several amendments to the Legislative Appropriation bill were adopted, among them being one requiring agricultural seeds to be distributed proportionately among the Con­ gressional Districts, and one appropriating 8185,000 for the re-establishment of the New Orleans Mint. The bill, as amended, was then passed. SENATE.--A petition was presented, on the fith, signed by a large number of per- sons, praying that Gen. John C. Fremont be included in the bill to place Gen. James Shields on the retired list of the army... .Mr. Gordon spoke in favor of the repeal of the Resumption act....The House bill mak­ ing appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States, for the year ending June ao, 1379, was called up, and several amendments were agreed to. HOUSE.--Bills were introduced--de­ claring that all propositions to change or mod­ ify the Tariff law are injurious and detri­ mental to the general welfare of the people; giving to all religious denominations equal rights and privileges in the Indian reserva­ tions ; for the appointment of a commission­ er, to be called the Farmers' and Stock-Breed- ers' Commission, and to consist- of a veteri­ nary surgeon and two practical stock-breed­ ers, at an annual salary of 12,500 each, to have charge of the investigation of the con­ tagious diseases of farm stock, their causes, means of prevention, cure, etc., and to report, from time to time, measures to prevent the importation of such diseases from abroad and the spread of the contagion • • -- 1 va W«V VVIIMI^IUU ^ to Indemnify II- ? fSuristtans to join them or burn their villages, linois and other States in regard to swamp : A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch of the ££&£ iSJte 16olcJ£.!? uT 10th says Gen. Todleben had decided to make Judrianople his base of operations in case of It was being rapidly fortified and be- to be impregnable. AN explosion of gaS occurred on hoard the Allan steamer Sardinian at the en­ trance of the harbor of Londonderry, Ireland, en the afternoon of the 10th. Three persons were killed and from forty to sixty more or less injured. The steamer was afire on the morning of the llth, with little prospect of saving her. Her passengers were chiefly Ger­ mans and Italians, although there were some -Jjpglish and Scotch emigrants on board. I ROME (Italy) dispatches of the 10th •My the Pope was suffering from inflammation Of the liver. It was also stated that the ne­ gotiations for establishing diplomatic rela- ns between England and Russia and the lean had failed. EX-PRESIDENT GRANT was in Paris the 10th. A BERLIN dispatch of the 10th says the German Government has declined the in­ vitation from the United 8tates to attend the International Coinage Congress. THE 1TBW WOl THE Sinclair Woolen Mills, at South Ckicago, were burned, on the *»teht o< the Ifth. Loss, about $150,000. About 180 per­ sons w»»re thrown out of employment. THE remains of John Mon issey were buried at Troy, N. Y., on the 4th. The fnner- al was largely attended. The entire State -Senate and several members of the were present. Ex-Gov. PACKARD, of Louisiana, has been nominated as Consul to Liverpool, Kng., eadex-Gov. Lucius FairchUd, of Wisconsin, Consul-General to Paris, France. ' A QUANTITY of well-execnted conn- tcrfeit trade dollars have ueen captured at Cincinnati. They are composed of block tin, hlsmuth and pulverized glass, and are *of standard weight and have the color and ring Of the real dollars. It is necessary to weigh ttem to detect their character, or press them fctween the teeth, when the glass they con­ tain gives forth a cracking sound. SEC'Y SHERMAN has issued a call for 86,000,000 United States coupon, and £2,000,- 8tttregigtered, 5-30 bonds, on account of sub­ scriptions to the 4-per-cent. loan. THE Committee on Education and Labor in the National House of Representa­ tives have agreed upon a bill making It a mis­ demeanor for the Master of a vessel to take more than fifteen Chinese passengers, male or female, to the United States after Jan. 1,1879. THE thirteenth annual meeting of the National Temperance Society was held in New York, on the 7th. W. E. -Dodge, of New York, Was re-elected President. The annual report States that in many of the State Legislatures as well as in Congress, the liquor traffic had occasioned much discussion, but there have been few Important statutory changes. UP to the 7th, the New York Syndi eatehad actually taken $25,000,000 of the 850, 000,GOO new 4%-per-cent. Government bonds which it recently contracted for with the Sec retary of the Treasury. > THE State Convention of the National partywillI be held at Grand Rapids, Mich., on the 5th of June. ^ CAiL k*8 been issued for a State H Convention of the Independent Greenback liT't i° ^ keld at Emporia, Kan., on the 3d y of July, to nominate jor state ^offices, etc. ,| EARLY on the morning of the 8th, a V ^tornado passed over Memphis, Tenn., unroof- afagai® Peabody House and injuring other .0 ̂ Jproperty. The total loss was about 850,000. THE fifty-third anniversary of the Amerk^p. Society was held in Mow A motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill redncing the tux on snuiT and tobacco to sixteen cents per pound, on cigars tD five dol­ lars per thousand, etc., was lost--veas, 130; nays, 115--not two-thirds in the affirmative. SENATE.--On the 7th, the Postoffice Appropriation bill was reported back from committee, with sundry amendments, and placed on the calendar... .The House bill to forbid the further retirement of United States legal-tender notes was, on motion--33 to 25-- read a second time... .The Pension Appropria­ tion bill was further amended ana finally passed... .The Indian Appropriation bill was taken up and several unimportant amend­ ments were agreed to. HOUSE.--The bill providing for a permanent form of government for the Dis­ trict of Columbia was passed.... A motion to go Into Committee of the Whole on the Tariff bill was agreed to--109 to 108--and Mr. Banks spoke in opposition to the bill A bill was introduced and referred to provide for a Tariff Commission. SENATE.-- On tbe 8th, the House bill to forbid the further retirement of United States legal-tender notes was referred to the Committee on Finance The House joint resolution to amend the joint resolution of July 3, 1876, authorizing the Secretary of War to Issue arms, so as to provide that arms shall be issued to the Territories as well as to tlie States, not exceeding 500 stand of arms to each Territory, was amended so as to provide teat tbe present quota of the States shall not be diminished on account of such additional the reioluHon, a? amended, was passed... .Several amendments to the Indian Appropriation bill were disposed of. HOUSE.--The Speaker announced the Committee on Census as follows: Cox (N. ¥.), Mills, Stenger, Lignon, Smith (Ga.), Carlisle, Hatcher, Ballou, Jorgecseh, Ryan and Williams (Ore.) The Committee on Elections reported on the contested-election cases from the Second 8outh Carolina and the Sixth Mississippi Districts and Oregon, de * >m. €l by Messrs. White ( Toward White no attention \ proached hfta to know why he (White) The two gentlemen were ive peats by their *' finally passed. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS, Sablt 0& the morning of the 1st, John Crosby, a colored man, shot and instantly killed C. B. Murmert, four miles north of Springfield. Ifurmert owned land which he bad leased to Crosby, There was a dispute as to the terms of the lease, and there had been lawsuits as to the occupancy, which suits were decided in favor of Crosby. On this morning, Crosby went on the land to plow, and Mur­ mert came with tsro friends and ordered the negro off. Statements are conflicting as to the further progress of the dispute, but it resulted in Crosby's shooting Murmert with a gun he had brought to the field. The gun was heav­ ily loaded with buckshot, which took effect in Murmert's breast, killing him instantly. Then the men with Murmert undertook to arrest Crosby; but he resisted, and so laid about him with the empty gun that they fled; bat one of them, Imarsum by name, shot him through the hand with a pistol. A warrant was after­ ward taken out for Crosby, and he was lodged, in jail. The Coroner's Juty returned a ver­ dict of murder against Crosby. THR committers appointed to make ar­ rangements for the removal of the flags from the Arsenal to the State House have decided upon Thursday, May 23, as the day for the ceremony. A general invitation is extended all soldiers of the Union Army to attend. A special invitation will be issued to soldiers of the Mexican and Blackhawk Wars and mem­ bers of Gov. Yates* Administration. A CHICAGO woman named Scoville, a young widow endowed with a marrying: propensity, last summer advertised through tife medium of newspapers for gentlemen correspondents with a view to matrimony. Tom Moore, of Dead wood, who was at the time employed in dish-washing at the Custer House, seeing tbe advertisement and no doubt thinking there was a chance to better his fortunes, an­ swered the same. The correspondence was continued during several months, in the course of which photographs were exchanged, but the too anxious Tom represented himself to the fair inamorata as the proprietor of a first-class Deadwood Hotel, With this un­ derstanding the pair closed the bargain and agreed to match. Mrs. Scoville packed her trunk and took wheels to annihilate the dis­ tance between herself and her unseen lover. Arriving at Deadwood, her affianced husband met her, and during the Interview let the cat out of the bag. At the second Interview Scoville declared the engagement off and left for Chicago, a poorer, but an infinitely wiser widow. THE following is a statement of the receipts and disbursements at the ! the month of April, 1878: BECEIPTU*'. F State revenue fund School fund. ii. .i Military fund Local bond fond... *. Total...'. Treasury for . 8900,408 90 . 414,940 59 18,360 15 . 492,02106 • 81.796,727 00 . 81W,885 22 . 1,754 03 767 04 ipi daring the sitting members, Cain, Chalmers and Williams, entitled to the seats, which re­ port was adopted.... The Tariff bill was taken up in Committee of the Whole, and Messrs. Tucker and Robbing, of the Ways and Means Committee, spoke in its favor. SENATE.--On the 9th, the bill to pro­ vide for the distribution of awards made un­ der the Convention between the United States and Mexico, concluded on the 4th of July, 1868, was considered in secret session, and afterward passed. .Several amendments to the Indian Appropriation bill were agreed to, and the bill was passed The conference report on the bill regulating the advertising of mail-lettings was agreed to The bill to repeal the Bankrupt law was further debated. HOUSE.--A joint resolution was passed for the enforcement of the Eight- Hour law in all departments of the Govern­ ment The Senate bill authorizing the citi­ zens of Colorado, Nevada and the Territories to fell and remove timber on the public lands for mining and domestic purposes was passed, with an amendment providing that such lands shall not be open to railroad corporations for the cutting of timber.... Further debate was had on the bill to regulate inter-Sfcate trans­ portation by railroad The Tariff Mil was takes up in Committee of the Whole, -and Mr. Kelley, of the Ways and Means Commit­ tee, made an argument'against the measure, and Mr. Harris (Ga.), of the same committee, spoke in favor of the bill. SENATE.--The House joint resolution authorizing the expenditure of 836,000, of the $200,000 appropriated, to give greater stability to the foundation of the Washington Monu­ ment, was passed on the 10th... .The bill to repeal the Bankrupt law, was taken up, and an amendment was agreed to--27 to 21--pro­ viding that the repeal shall take effect Seat 1, 1878, and the bill as amended was passed.., Adjourned to the 13th. HOUSE.--A bill was passed in the House providing that the notice of contest, under the Pre-emption, Homestead and Timber. Culture laws, must be printed in newspapers in the county where such contest lies.... A bill appropriating 83,300to Richard Heater, of Vir­ ginia, for stores and supplies taken bv the United States Army during the war, gave rise to considerable discussion on war claims in Local bond fond... . .WV^HMV . «£. • Total. MV. ̂ MZi.. 817M06 26 THE fifty-first Annual Convention of the Diocese of Illinois will be held at the Cathe­ dral, in Chicago, May 28. G. W. DAWSON, five years old, was drowned In the Mississippi River, at Rock Island, the other afternoon. MORRIS ELLIS, a farmer living near George­ town, in Vermillion County, started home from Vermillion Grove, the other day, with eight stands of bees in his wagon. The bees grew very ahgry, doubtless .from the jolting of the wagon, and In a solid Inass Ijt upon the horses and driver. The horses did not at­ tempt to run, but lay upon the ground and rolled in terrible agony. Both horses have since died, and Mr. Ellis lies In a very critical condition, and is not expected to recover. THE dead body of John Tucker was recent­ ly found in a field north of Sullivan. He had left his team for a moment, and it is supposed that while returning he was struck by light­ ning, as his clothing and body bore evidence to this. IT appears that ex-Chief Grain Inspector 8wett has retained of the funds of the Ware­ house Board $3,519.62. Mr. John N. Jewett has been employed to institute legal proceed­ ings to recover the money. EARLY on the morning of the 7th, Mrs. Susannah Brotherton, a woman living In the south part of Springfield, rose from her bed aud jumped into a deep well, where she was found dead some hours afterward. THB President has pardoned F. S. WInslow, formerly President of the Scandinavian Bank, at Chicago, who was sent to the Penitentiary for stealing $12,000 from the cash-room of the Treasury Department, where he was employed as a clerk. It will be remembered that he confessed the crime and surrendered the money. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. Since his imprisonment he has been keeping books for the Warden of the Penitentiary and teaching a school in the Prison. The pardon does not shorten his term of Imprisonment, being is­ sued to take effect on the day on which the term expires, but merely restores his citizen­ ship. CASS BURBASS, Caleb B. Smith and William Brownback were arraigned before Hon. L. B. Adams, United States Commissioner, at Springfield, on the 7th, upon the charge of conspiring to corrupt a revenue officer. These are the parties who, it is alleged, paid money toPrettyman, a Deputy United States Mar­ shal, to Induce him to aid them in getting off easily from a charge of defrauding the rev­ enue. Upon the discovery that the money had been paid, United States Marshal Rae displaced Prettvman. After hearing the evi­ dence, Burrass and Smith were held In 8500 bail each, and Brownback discharged. AT Springfield, on the 9th, ten sisters of the Order of St. Francis made public renewal of their religious vows, and seven ladies, who had been Protestants, were received Into the order. A STRICT? prohibition ordinance went Into effect in Jacksonville on the 9th. As a result, all the saloons except one closed. Bradbury, the proprietor of this one saloon, in order to test the legality of the ordinance, remained open, and as a consequence was arrested, charged with having violated the ordinance. He was tried and fined $50, and appealed. TDE Trustees of the Deaf and Dumb Asy­ lum have been investigating charges recently preferred against Superintendent Gillett, and have reached the conclusion that the charges were groundless, and that everything about the institution is comfortable and proper. What It Will Do. IvjtlM course of a very interesting article written for the North American Review by Mr. Jbdison, the inventor of the phonograph, he gives a statement of the uses to which the instrument can be put, and among them the following: dictation which will permit of the appli­ cation of tihe mouth of the speaker to tfae mouthpiece of Hit phd&ograph may be as readily effected by the phonograph as in the case of let­ ter*. If the matter is for the printer, he would much prefer, in setting it up in type, to use his ears in lieu ot his eyee. He has other use for them. It would be even worth while to compel unimpeaci mony. Tie increased delicacy of the phono- gragh, which is in the near future, will enlarge this field rapidly. It may then include all the sayings of not only the Tvltnei?®, but tha Judge ?r>fl th« counsel. It will then also comprehend the utter­ ances of public speakers. Books may be read by the charitably- inclined professional reader, or by such readers especially employed for that purpose. Mid the record of such books used in the asylums of the blind, hos­ pitals, the sick chamber, or even with great profit and amusement by the lady or gentleman whose e\es and hands may be otherwise employed; or, again, because of the greater enjoyment to be had from a book when read by an elo­ cutionist than when read by the average reader. The ordinary record sheet, re­ peating this book from fifty to a hun­ dred times as it will, would command a price that would pay the original reader well for the slightly-increased difficulty in reading it aloud in the phongraph. As an elocutionary teaeher, or as a primary teacher for children, it will certainly be invaluable. By it difficult passages may be "correctly rendered for the pupil but once, after which he has only to apply to his phonograph for in­ structions. The child may thus learn to spell, commit to memory a lesson set for it, etc. The phonograph will undoubtedly be liberally devoted to music. A song sung on the phonograph is reproduced with marvelous accuracy ana power. Thus a friend may in a "morning call sing us a song which shall delight an evening company, etc. As a musical teacher it will be used to enable one to master a new air, the child to form its first songs, or to sing him to sleep. For the purpose of preserving the sayings, the voices, and the last words of the dying member of the family--as of great men--the phonograph will unquestionably outrank the photo­ graph. In the field of multiplication of original matrices, and the indefinite repetition of one and the same thing, the successful electrotyping of the original record is an essential. As this is a problem easy of solution, it properly ranks among the probabili­ ties. It comprehends a vast field. The principal application of tbe phono­ graph in this direction is in the pro­ duction of phonographic books--a book of 40,000 words upon a single me­ tallic plate ten inches square thus be­ comes a strong probability. The ad­ vantages of such books over those printed are too readily seen to need mention. Such books would be lis­ tened to where now none are read. They would preserve more than the mental emanations of the brain of the author; and as a bequest for future gen­ erations they would be unequaled. For the preservation of languages they would be invaluable. The only element not absolutely as­ sured in the result of experiments' thus far made--which stands in the way of a perfect reproduction at will of Ade- linaPatti's voice in all its purity--is the single one of quality, and even that is not totally lacking, and will doubtless be wholly attained. If, however, it should not, the musical-box or cabinet of the present will be superseded by that which will give the voice and the words of the human songstress. A doll which may speak, sing, cry or laugh may be safely promised our chil­ dren for the Christmas holidays ensu­ ing. Every species of animal or me­ chanical toy--such as locomotives, etc.-- may be supplied with their natural and characteristic sounds The phonographic clock will tell you the hour of the day, call you to lunch send your lover home at ten, etc. ;It will Lcnceforth be -possible lo pre­ serve for future generations the voices as well as the words of our Washing- tons, our Lincolns, our Gladstones, etc., and to have them give us their "greatest effort" in every town and hamlet in the country upon our holi­ days. Lastly, and in quite another direc­ tion, the phonograph will perfect the telephone and revolutionize present systems of telegraphy. Both these inventions cause a plate or disk to vibrate, and thus produce 8ounc{ waves in harmony with those of the voice of the speaker. A very sim­ ple device may be made by which the one vibrating "disk may be made to do duty for both the telephone and the phonograph, thus enabling the speaker to simultaneously transmit and record his message. The telegraph company of tta future --and that no distant one--will be sim­ ply an organization having a huge sys­ tem of wires, central and sub-central stations, managed by skilled attendants, whose sole duty it will be to keep wires in proper repair, and give, by switch or shunt arrangement, proper attention to subscriber No. 923 in New York when he signals his desire to have private communication with subscriber (ifo. 1,001 in Boston for three minutes. -One of the oldest and best known, as well as best light-house keepers on the Atlantic coast, is a woman, Kath­ leen Andre Moore, of Black Rock Light-house, near Bridgeport, Ct. She is sixty-live, has tended the light-house lamp for fifty years and lives alone in her little house with two dogs and a pet lamb. She says there used to be many more wrecks than there are now on her coast, before sailing ship% were replaced by steamers. She is as active as a girl of fifteen. There are several hundred printed rules for the instruc­ tion of lighthouse and live-saving sta­ tion-keepers, and this bright old wo­ man knows them all by heart. She is a great reader, and prizes particularly Shakespeare, the British poets and books of travel and history. She had more than 1,000 visitors m her little siuuner.^OimMMO Tritwm*. n* years north One winter eveni jfo, a poet-ohaiae, ieman inside it, ~ were going to crow to usually spent the night. The gentle­ man, whom we will call Mr. MacT., was the owner of a large estate, and an old house which had belonged to his family for hundreds of years, in the Mainland, or chief of the Orkney Isl­ ands, and was now- about TO visit his property. It was a blustering, stormy night, but that only made more pleas* ant the cigar and the glass of whisky and the cranklinw wood-fire hy which MacT. sat chatting with the landlord, who was an old friend both of his fa­ ther and himself, and who was proud oung laird/1 as wildest tales of of entertaining the "yo he called him, with his adventures on the sea. They did not, however, sit late, for the Orkney packet sailed very early in the morning, and MacT. soon found himself in his cozy, well-appointed little bedroom. The wind was chanting a grand Berserker melody, and the sea was roaring a deep bass accompaniment. MacT. loved those sounds, for they had often been the lullaby of his childhood, and soon fell asleep. For some hours he slept without an image or a thought reach­ ing his mind: but at length, when the morning was glimmering gray in the east, a strange dream came to trouble him. He dreamed that he was in the ancient banqueting hall of his old house, in the Mainland, sitting at the head of a very long table. The ban­ queting hall was in reality almost a ruin, but in his dream MacT. saw it hung with tapestry and blazing with a hundred lights. The table was filled on both sides, and he thought he glanced curiously down at its length to see who his guests were. As he looked he shuddered in his dream. Those who sat at the table with him were all his dead ancestors for many generations back. He knew their faces and dresses well from their portraits in the picture gallery. Next to him sat his own father, who had died about a year before. And at the bot­ tom of the table sat a fur-haired man in a dress of skins, who was a Norse Chieftain, the founder of the family. It seemed to him that he sat for some minutes as if spell-bound, while the specters murmured together in low, hollow tones. At length they all rose, and slowly, one by one, in turns, left the hall. But before they went, each one paused at the door, and, turning, raised his hand in a warning attitude, fixed his eyes on MacT., and said in a deep voice, the word, "Beware." "The packet starts in twenty minutes, sir," cried a loud voice at the door, rousing MacT. suddenly from sleep. Confused at first, yet soon remembering where he was, he sprang out of bed and began hurriedly to dress himself. Being a bad sailor, his first glance was natural­ ly enough at the sea, close to which the inn stood. The wind had risen in the night. The waves thundered on the shore, and the little Orkney packet was tossing up and down like a limpet shell. As he gazed, his strange dream rose up with sudden distinctness before McT.'s mind. He was infected with a good deal of thorough Scotch superstition. Beside he did not much like the look of the sea, and so he resolved not to go till to-morrow. That day the Orkney packet was lost with every man on board, and McT. and his little wife, who was left at home with the babies, had to thank that warning dream for his life.--Argosy. Manners and Morals of the Sioux. . I HAVE made diligent inquiries re­ garding the social and tribal laws gov­ erning the Ogallala Sioux, and have elicited the following, which, though not so terribly strict, is, nevertheless, more than enough to govern " ye gen­ tle savage," in his own home, when administered through the channel of Indian justice. I mention first the crime of stealing. No doubt, when I say this crime is considered a virtue in­ stead of a crime, the reader will laugh incredulously, but yet 'tis true, "to steal and not be found out," but to be caught in the act or to be found in pos­ session of the stolen property is a -dis­ grace, and it is the privilege-of -the squaws to taunt and tease Mm, who ex­ ercise this privilege to the fullest ex­ tent, and to be ridiculed by a squaw is the worst degradation that can be in­ flicted; consequently he very seldom steals. Should he be caught in the act three or four times, he would be shunned by all the warriors and made a squaw man. He is then disgraced forever, being debarred from aU war­ rior proceedings whatsoever, which disgrace to an Indian is worse than death, and many prefer death to that ny _ punishment and kill themselves. When a warrior or young man is made a squaw man, the head men of the tribe take his gun, bow and arrows, ponies, all his war apparel, in fact, everything --and in turn they are given to the parties whom he had stolen from, and to destitute widows and orphans of fallen braves, and the thief is turned over to the mercy of the band. But should he be a successful thief outside of his own band, then he is praised for his sagacity, and the more he steals the higher he gets. Should he luckily hap­ pen to be a brave Indian and an ac­ complished thief combined, then he is away up on the brave list, .and no ex­ pedition is fitted up but he is invited to be one of the party, very often as its leader. This kind of an individual is a terror to the squaw-man, as he invarj- ably taunts him when and wherever he meets him. There is but one squaw man in the whole of Red Cloud's band. I have personally seen him, and his life is a hell on earth. He has to do everything that no other Indian would do, and never receives a kind word un­ less it be from some kind-hearted mis­ sionary. I tried to find out what he had done, but could not, as there are several ways to reduce an Indian to that position, and no amount of in­ quiry will make them disclose the facts to outside parties; and as the last In­ dian I asked said, " Heap talk too much," I gently took the hint. To act the coward in battle, to disobey an or­ der from the Chief where there is any r, to trytw akulk or get out of ans tor it. squafeman* unknop hafeiiVe* seek fight mother of hi. have been told that when de- le Indian a- [esis almost :perienee I wishing to r td, though I iionally there- is such a case. Should two Indians- commence to fight and another Indian step between them, or put a stick or between them, they would have to- ™t, or run the chance bf being- led, as they certainly would be did IKeylSot des«r#Beh WONTM!" Pre­ meditated murder amour ttepselves- is looked on as one of tra lupMsibili- ^esj *F*iere 11 an fpf^n the- band ilitticsui call to mind any instance of such a case. There ftre some in- sfenais wheM tlyt nftoce fnenicannot keep down a fight Between two Indians- who have some fine point of Indian- i honor to settle. The nead men then make them go on and settle life affair with knives, when one or both are in­ variably killed. Should one come off' safe, he would on some d#fk night take all of his ponies and tie them in front ! of the tepee of the deceased, which would go a great ways.to assuage the grief of the relatives. Sometimes the- gift would only be four erH&ve ponies, according to the ran^ of ̂ deceased. Any dispute that may arise is inva­ riably settled by the older men bf the tribe, and their verdiot forever settles- the dispute. f Hospitality among the Sioux isgreat^ indeed, and would put to shame some of their paleface brethren*Poor- though it be, 'tis given cheerfully, and you receive a perfect welcome. For an Indian to send a hungry man from his- tepee, be he a prisoner, friend* ftr en­ emy, is an insult to Ms tribe. r It would require a separate letter to- give all the different forms of marriage • in days gone by, but now they Resort to- the missionary, and have adopted the ways of the whites, and they seem to- think it the best way, and try to imi­ tate their white sisters aind brothers to* the best of their ability. _ ' An Indian will always avenge any personal wrong done him, even should it lead to his death, and their Memory of a wrong done them lasts for life; but • by the kind actions of a humane Govern­ ment and good example of the mission­ aries, schoolmasters, etc., I hope there will be a great change. Civilization. will dff it in time;--Cor. Chicago Tinted • y • • Proverbs, New and 01d»< IK Harper's Bazar, Mr. Alfred Walk­ er closes a very interesting anaT useful series of articles, entitled " Hints to Women on the Care of Property," with, t h e f o l l o w i n g p r o v e r b s | Never sacrifice safety- to ll^ge 6XH pected returns. " - Never make a loan on importunity. Never loan a borrowing friend more- than you are willing to lose if he can't pay- Never speculate deeper than you are able to lose if you lose it all. Never borrow money to speculate* with. ' * Owe no man anything. T&' Be satisfied with a moderate rent to good tenant. Keep well insured. and watch your- policy. ./ " Never consult a man on business whb- does not manage well his own.; Avoid a second mortgage for a fresh, loan. He that maketh haste tb not wise. < > Poverty is no bar to marriage if both* parties will work and save. The gods help those who help them­ selves- -mm} or women. : God promises nothing to idleness. A' man must ask his wife if lie may­ be rich. ' Little coins, like little drops of water,, will fill a bucket . As we sow in temporal affairs we-> shall reap. ; ; Short settlements make long friend­ ships. Fortunes are made by ean&itgs andt savings. Money easily gotten is soon spent. Money earned is money valued. It is easier to loosen up good proper­ ty than to re-establish it. ,. , ^ In discussing business disagreements- keep cool. / / // Less wisdom is rfeqtairfed to make money than to keep it securely when made. • THB Sydney correspondent of the^ Australian ana American SbMe News, writes that the loss in Australia drought in 1876 represented about $10,- 000,000. It was with great difficulty that stockholders could be induced to • furnish statistics. The lostfe&in 1877 are known to be very, much "heavier. Previous prosperous seasons have en- - abled the Colonies to bear up .under this - heavy blow, but, of course, inaay indi- - viduals have gone under. « THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. , . 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