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mmmm ice, Uftb Jill took Iter pnllo go lb to OI&j OUR JUVJ2NMJLE8. mB FATJB OF PATKi *• ff- 4M ""3*" F JHTO SNHPI Good-By to TFC« ood-by, Utile children, I'm KoinK i< ; my snug little home all winter to stay; ( •'J seldom get up once I'm tucked In my bed, ;,.^nd, M it grows colder, I cover mj head. '•'"I «1«h® v&ry qui4fejtiL winter i 0 flies are ell gone, so there's nothing 1 id I take this time to enjoy t good sleep. ly bed is a nice yttle hole in the ground. rhare, snug ra a bug, in the winter I'm found; |Toa might think long fasting wonld make me gtraw %. thin, . |M»a! imyPkWaikMwbe.IW1>jto. | /|/'j A :i i " • ' now, little children, good-toy, one and all* ; }f ;' Jjwme warm day next spring I shall give yon a «*B; I'm quite a tiro to know when to get out of bed, *. Wfeenlfeeft tbewara mm Bhinlag down oa airhead, t '<\f Aunt Clara, in Youth's Companion. S1 f, \ - 2 t'oefc and JUL |#?;S||U»'R3»®I!HBINARO ACCOUNT OF THS ADVHSTUBBS ^waasBOTMJB:MVii>aa|i, .U. ;- . fsok suid Jill went up a hill . ' ' T o * * . ! • I . " P - "•'tack fell down and cracked bis er&wtf, And Jill came tumbling after. Nov, -Tack WAS the son of a nobleman jfffho lived-jn »strong castie far across ;,|he sea. He once had a lit lie sister, but ~ e went to live with the angels when ewaa only 3 years old. Jack, as you tfaay suppose, was very lonely after that, for he was the only child in this great ||ou8e, and his heart was so sad that he Would creep away by himself and cry Aloud to his sister Effie to come back *nd play with him onoe more, Then bought for him a beautiful . -Jfhite $>fu» f*nd, falling his Jpqjr-hajzfd - 4$ewa«d, tola him to teach Jack how to fide, and always to keep his own haul Upon the bridle until he could keep his <pat properly. Now Jack was not a very ^bedient boy, for since hi* sister's death no one had ever crossed his wishes, and biswillhadgrownto.be altogether too big for such a small body. He thought *'it looked very silly for him to be on the pony's back with the steward heading the bridle, walking round and round the y'ard; jet, While his father stood near, "lie dared ndt disobey his order. By- and-by papa mounted his own horse and "•ode down the steep mountain side, and . #as soon out of sight. Then Jack told !ifhe steward to let*go his hold upon the bridle, and, because he would not obey Aim, he raised his whip to strike tie old a blow, but missed his aim, hitting e pony instead, who gave a great Spring, thus clearing himself from the steward] then, dashing through the open gates, ran down the mountain at full •peed. Little Jack was nearly thrown, but by grasping hold of the pony's thick mane he managed somehow to keep his seat Thfe pony kept going faster and foster, till it seemed to the poor boy asif he was flying. He began to scream for his papa and mamma, and ||t last, faint through fear and so much Creeping, became dizzy--his eyes closed, his numb little fingers let go their hold mpon the pony's mane, and with a hard thump he fell to tlie ground, while the pony, with no longer a burden upon his back, sped on like' the wind. In a few moments a poor old woman •hanged toeoias tlmt way,£&id, little boy lying by tlie roadside, drew Hear, thinking it might be a fairy Prince --for fairies were quite common on this mountain. But she soon saw it was no fairy boy lying there so still and pale. @he went t<| a spring near by and got softie wafer ia Sack'* sap and sprinkled it in his face. In a few moments he opened his eyes, but his head was so much hurt that he did not know what had happened tg> him or how; he chanced to be there. -After a while the old woman asked him it he thought he could walk, and he said he would try; so he ftood up, and, with a good deal of help and many times sitting drown to rest, they at last came to a low, brown hut, g|rhere the old woman lived "with her lit- llle grand-daughter JilL Jill's blue eyes were full of wonder when she saw Jack, though she mad ̂ him very wel­ come, giving to him her own little stool by the one wihdow in the hut. Jack grew well fast, but he could not ember his name or the place where fie came from. He thought that Jill was Ids own dear little sister Effie, and so Crazy was his poor head that he really believed this mean, low hut was the home of the angels. He would sit and look in Jill's blue eyes and call her Effie, And tell her how much he had missed her, ana how glad he was to be with her •gain. Both the old woman and Jill grew to be very fond of him as the days and weeks went on, until the mountain was white wilh snow and the cold win­ ter winds made dismal music round the ow, brown hut. They were very cdin- 'ortable inside; the fire was Always right upon the hearth, and there was plenty of oatmeal from which to make Israel* with a goat to give them fresh milk. To be sure, it was not like the dainty face Jack uAed to have in his father's castle, but he had forgotten all ,«|h'at and was very happy and contented with what he had. One cold morning, when th$ rain •now into to reach the spring, and, when they were nearly there, Jack fell down, and his head struck the ice so hard that bis ®rownf was .cracked--indeed, there is one old lady who insists to this day that it was broken--but die is mistaken. Then he slid down to the bottom of the WO - JMSKpIt VltvVBHb< i When they stopped Jack's eyes were round as saucers. "Who are you?" he cried tp Jjjl, "ftndhowcatne I keref'*'!' * : 1J'ni * (You see, that juBt as a ^h»mp had driven away Jack's wits, a' harder crack had brought them back agpiî ) • Then Jill told him how, many months before, her grandmother had found him by the road-side, and that he never could tell them his name, or wheke he used to live.r , :/- "But 1 can now/* he erfed. "Myhotae p a big, grand castle; my papa ih» splendidest man, and my mamma!--oh, so lovely--but how can'91 gjefc iord to1 them where I am? " "I don't know," said Jill ; " lei's go and ask grandma." Tjhen they went both to the hut, and Jack told the old women who his father top. ,, & " Indeed, I knew him well onoe," die cried, "for I was many years a servant in his father's house, and I will soon let him know where you are." Yon may be sure Jack was verjl glad to think hie should soon see his, dear parents, and waited with great impa­ tience for them to come for him. And it was not long before he was clasped in their arms, with kisses and tears of joy, No? did they forget those»who had given their little son Idve and ten­ der care when he so much needed both --for they took the old woman and hear granddaughter back with them to al­ ways live at the castle, and, after one year they loved blue-eyed Jill so much they concluded to adopt her as their own little daughter ̂ which miade Jack very happy. He promised never again to disobey--yet I cannot say whether or not he did. Let us hope, however, that he kept his promise, and also that he begged the old steward's pardon for trying to strike) him. Be that w it may, I am sure that neither he nor Jill ever forgot the time when: ' O &ck fell down Mid cracked his 4 « • And Jill came tumbling after: ^ -•-Springfield Republican. • - i •" two tfOBltlJttLB ilANOntGlh No. 1--Victim, Patrick Farrell; place of execution,. Quebec, Canada.--The rope was fastened to % beam and the culprit stood on the trap-door in the scaffold. His eyes were unbandaged so that all the final proceedings were visi­ ble to him. The official charged with the execution proved a bungler. He fumbled with the bolt and for some seconds tugged at it, the prisoner mean­ while bending a beseeching look upon him. At last the bolt was shot back, and then, with a blood-curdling scream, the wretched man, as he fell through jthe caught thefo^e and mnajned suspended 4>y the hands. The hang­ man seized the rope and shook it vio­ lently until the hold of the culprit was loosened, when Farrell dropped about % foot and slowly strangled £> death, his neck not being broken. H ̂| * No. Jhr^ctii%: Benj. jfuntej-; £l*oe, Camden, N. J.--The prisoner ha£ at­ tempted suicide by bleeding to death, but a surgeon sewed up the severed artery. Then he tried starvation, but food was injected into his system. The hanging was to be by at rope run through a pulley, with the noose at one end and a heavy weight at the other. The Sher­ iff had miscalculated the length or elasticity of the rope. When the weight was dropped Hunter was barely lifted off his feet and fell back into the arms of the Sheriffs assistants. The Sheriff caught the other end of the rope and pulled Hunter up a little way ; several of the by-st&nders took hold with the officer, and in this way they kept him suspended forty minutes, during fifteen of which he, and slowly choking to death| " ̂ • '• * ; • • # £ » , *U ' \ GJLMKtL, , Agalnel&l -poker--Chasing a wild hog. ~ A game of cards--New Year's calling. A. game of you our}--Kicking a poor of chance- theldlred A girL j A games of whiptl--Telling a secret. A gameof s pool--I'alhvg wto Ajdnok pc«d,,. ; j ; ' ;l . A game of hill yards--Paying your wife's dry-goods account. : A game of dies--The last gasp of the Slain hero in a stage tragedy. . A game of keen-o^-Drawing maauetf fr<Mn a bank on a forged checks ? A game of old sleds--Coasting.i A game of ^raw--Pocketing your Week's salary.- A game of faw>--Rowing the fair. A game of checkers--Pleading with a %ie^d to get you oi Keokuk ConstitutUm. ^ the North of Bnssia is distinguished, where, by the aid of the brilliant north hi by night as, by day.; del, the betrothed of Patkul, was ev^y moment expecting him to return froin*« *o«r had been a number of months on an important mission as Ambassador and O^kmd of t^ Ofcur 6f RuSsia. MmP ame d'En&iedel had ordeiped her rrkSM^o retire, and now, in solitude, she paced the walks of the oourtyard, wondering, and s|ll wondwing, ̂ jfjPatlntl̂ î jot make |is^ps^aahee. ̂ | } ̂ The following day was the one Ap­ pointed by Patkul for the celebration of their nuptials, and that night the one on which fee had declared his intention to be in Rtissm. But, as the moments lengthened into hours and he did not come, 'Madame <i'Enlrie4fi| conclndeil to retire to her chamber. ** " • After a few hours of nnrefreshing slumber ̂ehe aros .̂ end her maids at­ tended her to breakfast. As she sat, dreamily sipping her chocolate, a valet entered with a letter for his mistress. Madame d'Enfriedel eagerly snatched it from his hand and broke the seal. After perusing a. p«rt of its cobten|B, she ut­ tered a scream which filled her maids with the utmost terror; and, no sooner had they relied her side, than she fell into a fainting tit. Medical assistance was soon procured, but she scarcely re­ covered irom one attack before another, more alarming, if possible, than the former, succeeded. Thus painfully passed the day, with Madame d*Enfrie- del, that was to have made her the bride of Oen. Patktil. (J ' • The terrible n^k; Whidi was a^tended with distressing oonsequences to this magnificent woipaa, was that Patkul waB imprisoned at Altranstad, under direc­ tion of Charles Twelfth, King of Swe­ den, already having been tried by a council of war, who condemned him to be broken alive on the wheel and then quartered. Charles Twelfth was at that period a monarch at whose nlimc a quar­ ter of Europe trembled, although he afterward met with Adversity and wai himself detained a prisoner in Turkey, In the earlier part of his reign he was, styled the Conqueror. Indeed, he was once heard to complain of his constant success o^er his enemies, whom he re­ peatedly engaged in war. He dethroned Augustus, the King of !Poknd, and placed Stanislaus Laaezinskv instead, and now, in defiance of the laws of na­ tions, hev had caused the sentence of death to be pronoujMed upqpithe Czar's Ambassador, p | '|' ff "|| John Eeinol<l Patkul a n4tivfe of Livonia, a beautiful and fertile province belonging to Sweden, and was once con­ demned to death by Charles Eleventh for carrying to the throne the com­ plaints of the province, the people of whom the King had stripped of their privileges and patrimonies; bat made his escape to die a still more tragical death at the hands of Charles Twelfth. After his escape from Livonia he b# came the Minister to Augustus, King of Poland, but afterward entered into the service of the Czar. The most singular circumstance con­ nected with the affair was that Augustus, now a dethroned King, mid one whom Patkul had defended, was the one to arrest him and cast him into prison. It was done ̂from a spirit of revenge and jealousy at Patkul's leaving his service and entering into that of the Czar. Augustus, however, did not intend that Patkul should be delivered to King Charles. Although he sent his guards to deliver this unhappy man to the Swedish troops, he dispatched a secret order to the Governor of Koningstoin to let his prisoner escape. The Gov­ ernor, knowing that Patkul was very rich, endeavored to make him purchase his liberty; but Patkul, relying on the law of nations, refused to pay for tW. whieh he knew by good' rights he ought to obtain for nothing. During this interval he was seized by the guard, who delivered him to four Swedish Captains, who carried him to Altranstad, where he remained three months fastened to a stake with a heavy iron chain. Charles, forgetting that he was the Czar's Ambassador, and not; his own subject, ordered a Council o| 1W£r to try biAi ir!|l|t|e stsuiet il.,w2ie« abiding by the King's directions, pro­ nounced the fearful sentence, which was immediately dispatched, to ,Ma<|ame d'EnfriedeL • i ' - A chaplain came to inform Patkol of his sentence, without acquainting Hi** of the manner~in which »t was to be executed. Patkul, who had braved death in many battles, himself alone with the priest, and his courage being.no longer supported by pride or passion, poured a flood of tears into the chaplain's bosom.: . He entreated the chaplain to* wait upon M4dame d'En- fridel, giving her all the consolation in his power, and also assuring her he died lull of the most tender affection for hes. When he mis brought to the place of over him. ! A^wedish officer then read aloud a paper to the following effect: _ • " I "This istO declare thatit isthe ex­ press orders of his Majesty, our most mer- eiful Lor^tî 'IfiisStiln, wiho-C Mndtor to his eoaatef, be broken at the wheel ancLquaBtored, in o®der to atone for Ins _criiMlJ an Sample to others, thai every one may beware of treason, and faithfully serve the King." He revived sixteen blows, and suf­ fered the most excruciating torture im­ aginable. M. De Voltaire sayst ^Xi«i#©f Sweden alone, educated in the princi­ ples of arbitrary power, thought he had only performed an act of justice, while all Europe condemned his cruelty." When the Czar was informed that Patkul, his Ambassador plenipotentiary, was delivered up to th© King of Swe­ den in contempt of the laws M nfr&ons, he loudly complained to the several courts of Europe. He wrote to the Emperor of Germany, to tlie Queen of England, and to others who were in high authority. These letters only served to set the power of the King of Sweden in a stronger light. England, Germany, and Holland were then en­ gaged in a ruinous war with France, and each nation deemed it an unsafe thing to exasperate Charles XII. Thus there Was no power that would inter­ pose in behalf of poor Patkul., The day that Patkul was^execnttd Madam d'Enfridel, being aware of the time, lay in convulsions' many hours. She had the wealth of a Princess, and her bridal robe, whieh she ordered to be laid aside and kept until it was (heeded to shroud her form in death, was in itself worth a large fortune. Her jewels she ordered to be sold for the tienefit of the poor, ahd thenceforward, while she lived, she attired herself in a peasant's garb. Filled with the most melancholy reflections, she never was known to smile after the death of her betrothed. Thus two lives went out in sorrow at the cruelty of an ambitious King. /. &».' :» 'jI »'*• _ jtwifc tlie wind fo*aTtl in CUM of yews from date oi Jnil|[Siniit] l> •mwiiT lUi on to 8 jwriMitt »lr mm/BkfM the * " ed rel«« ̂ to BOmmaied nndarpmlMt, report of the Cow«itt<» (i&it Exponses recommending Ifr. Secretary of m ̂ toe!%k l̂M)a> «w;nlMial erafty roptfit lawk>^riv«M«M to make B V' , wioos Uf&HBt :ujM, Mow Bear• Art) Captured <» Busate, , The following singular means of killing the bear is said to be frequently practiced by, Bussian peasants who can­ not easily proeure firearms. As is well known, the bear has a fondness for honey, and.will track his way a great distance to where the wild bees have ^filled some hollow tree. Their sting cannot hurt him, and they and theft- stores are entirety at his mercy. In a forest known to contain bears the hunt­ ers examine the hollow trees till they discover a wild-bee hive. A branch of the tree is then chosen directly above the hole; if there is no such branch, a stout peg is driven into the trunk. To this peg a strong cord is fastened, ami from the end of the cord a heavy stone or cannon-ball is suspended, at about half a foot from the ground. The bear in his researches comes upon the treas­ ures of honey. The pendulous barrier obstructs and incommodes him a good deal. He is an irritable brute--in such cases one of the most irritable as well as ftupid in the forest. He begins by shelving the weight or stone on one side; but it presses against his head, and he gives it a slight knock, to free himself from the inconvenience. It recoils a moment, and he receives a smart tap on the ear. His temper is roused, and he again poshes off the hard and heavy mass, but more violently; he gets rather a heavy blow on the side of his skull in return. He becomes furious, and with a powerful jerk sends the block swing* ing away. The pendulum cannot be the first to tire at this game; and it is a game in which the blows are felt on one side exclusively. The bear alone suf­ fers; and the point is that he imffers as much by the blows he gives as by those he gets. He takes double punishment. His very retaliations are all against him­ self ; and, for every furious push which makes his skull ache he receives-an im­ mediate equivalent, which mî gp^ftche again. At last his rage is he hugs the block, he strikes it, he bites it; but, whenever he would thrust his head into the hive, back on his ear falls the obstruction, against which his terri­ ble hug or the blows of his paws are of no avail. The brute is maddened. He faces his strange and pertinacious tor­ mentor, and once more makes it re­ bound from his skulL But back again it swings, like a curse that returns upon the head from which it started. The bear falls exhausted under these reiterat­ ed blows, one more violent than another; and, If he be not dead, the hunters, who have watched the contest from their hiding-place, soon dispatch him. A LOCOMOTIVE shop in PatewonfN J., is said to hive received an order for seven immense electric lanterns from the Russian Government. These lan­ terns are to be placed at the bowaof the seven largest Busaian men-of-war. I k. The one tarf Hkerttwn WM 1<*»... ,3%«1hBB6hitttrtis MK *>re8en* national finaaois< Hotraa--Bilk -were introduced: To enlarge the powers of th® Boards <rf«ducatioft: fexfog the amovant of Boss wad tOMsnfe of daioiytt in case of iomred pmwtt dostreyed by tie; amending the kw fat n&lioa to wills ; for » «m«ewaaystamof eignaSoantitoada t̂o eo- ahle dOes and Tillages to maintain bridges; to ting io^Jtooais by ftjifrij to Mowtd tto h,m reh^g to Orpttit Couete; proving for a bureau of labor statists; amendtog the Iaqnor law; amending the Ifo- nicipal Incorporsftoa »s>: aawwdfaMHbe Revo nuelaw; amradlMthe To^^p OrgsnizaUou act; to repeal a pofBba of &e ortni&al oode; for aa »ppn>pri»iiM)ior the £MU»Nomal Uni- yerwty; to amend Ihe sol defining the power of tho 8«prenie Cotot; to' amend the law re- latiBg to the adailaiatratfon of estates; to amend the JNL and Salary sot.... to amend the Heplevin liwf to amend the law regtiriUng ooUertion s* to enable law; to abolish the State House Comarissfon; law; amending the law regarding oourts m iog the bastardy laws; authorising towifchipe to support the poor; amepdjug the Bond law. BATOKDAT, Jan. ia --Sntjw*.--PetUions wey® proaented: Asking that the Senate refuse to! oontoa the nominations of the OoTcroor for membersof the f t̂ate Board of Health unless the Physio-Medical school of me&«Oe be twdg- niEfld; asking an amendment to the ponstttiition prohibiting the sale and mannfaotars of latoxi- esting drinks; asking that the Bridge and Road law he so amended as to provide for the j sleotion of Overseers of Highways, etc.... Senator Ho«er was added to the Committee on Penal sod Beformatoiy lastftation»„.. .A seleot oommitte of three waa appointed to consider the ventilation of the Chamber and the cost of looking after it....Bills were tataodkuoed: to amenathe law in relation to pounties; to con­ solidate the several grand divisions of the Suprtrtle (kmrt,' snd locate It at the Capitol in the city of Springfield; to repeal Keo. 3Wof an aet in regard to practice in courts of record. HOUSE >Tha Oommtttee on Eduoation was iberessed to seventeen saembsra.... .Re*oht- ttonis calling lor the t«>moieyement of proceed­ ings sgsinftttiie Cotrit eomntj Board ef Oomn^s- sioners for acoepttng payinexoeasof theamonnt allowed by law were presented... .IfSMin. Hani - iltoaartAmtaaifcoathe cjurt dftlwSikidkLsnd 8haw, Gross and Wentworttx, onthe part of the House, were appointed a-Oomtaitte* oa Bulee for the goverameot of the CNnteral Assembly iu joint session.... .A reaolntSon was presented instructing the Committee oa Be venue report to the Honse as soon as practicable auoh îpend- monts to the present Revenue law sf pay be neoessary to inattre the prompt and speit̂ col­ lection of taxss, and also any other amendments that may be necessary. MONDAY, Jan. 30.--SENATE.--A communica­ tion was received from the Secretary of State, n which he ssvs tbat it is not in his poWsr to giro a list of names and salaries of all officers and employes in the employ of the S^ato, be­ cause he has no authorii? over any department of the State but his own. Honiara the Senate to the several heads of departments. v.. A petition Was presented asking ' that the exorbitant charges of' the Union Btoek Yards at Chicago bo esrtaited br law Bills were Introduced: TbamtM the law re­ lating to' the jnrisdiottai ef, and' fttaetice 'be> ̂̂ conviots in, tlie pmitetitiaries ̂to provide that the oostsof winunal puosecution which 9^nnot be collected of we partyoonvie ted sbul be paid by the.Gotmty Court; toimettd oe aet in Wtfc- tion to the Supreme Court prepasatory to the consolidation of the three gtana divisions; to appropriate #4,(100 per antahm for the iuci-ease of the oellecfcon in natural history, and |3,000 per annum for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Lfbtiiy at ratal; to At hoar resointtoaef A. Ci ths . hdhalf of jR&'-C Petare otf Prey, Nati inatcd J8hn ^ llartavatiklSi WBnuESDAT, Jsa ' bills were returned from connhittoM with iM> recommendation thatthey dopi|as,ai)di these was one liorne, to give < ther pjW, te deads aad e4fe i; eeut der the less eV No: prevent fire-insurance compaaies mailable for advertising as assets anything not availa the payment of losses by Are; to provide for the issue of currency aseorsd by a pledge of United States stock*, and for the circulation and redemption ttereof....A resolution was presented and adopted, calling upon Congress to so amend the new Pension law as to include the survivors of the Blaok-Hawk war. ! HOUSE.--Under a suspension of the rube, Mr. Durkee introduced the following, resolu­ tion: "Rewlved, That it is the duty of eaoh and every member of the Tliirty-firat Oeneral Assemblf to use all honorable means to defeat the election to the United States Senate of any person who, while a mejmber of Congrora or the Senate off the United'States, voted for and took the increased pay under what ia com­ monly known a* the Salary-Grab act. Referred to the Committee on Federal Re­ latione Resolutions were presented : In­ structing the OomSlttoe on Jhdfcisry to re­ port a Dili to authorise such legislation as should be necessary to prohibit the pooling of earnings and -division of profits arising from bueibess nansactionS by rival railroads at competing points in this State; caittng Sqr an Investigation of the affairs Of the PublicTHmer, and the disbursement of the funds ?et by the legislature for that abolishtog the Oanal Commissioners: ing Illinois Seuatore and Representatives to use their efforts to ham rapealedl tlie aet if Congress authorizing the appointment of Fed­ eral Supervisors of Eleotiottfet ttpon Congress to pass a law creatftijg% Northwestern judicial district in this States© as to relieve, in .a measure, the overcrowded business of the N o r t h e r n d i s t r i c t , i ; ; ; , g TUESDAY, Jan. 21. --SENATE. --Resolutions introduced: By. Mr. Moffit, of Macon, di­ recting the Committee on Fees and Salaries to ei«n>s>!« inso the *nd salaries of BwW oftioers with a view of adjustia# them to the present value of money; by Mr. Fuller, of Boone, a joint roeolutiou deoliuring that all United Sbites Senatoii Ihould be elected by the direct veto of the peo- &anBfer of caasenom the State to the 1 -bmet ibe mMlttut ef J " ' " " " L a - recil coun ̂has fallen fives? to tnyeHhe toimprove. ntrodn< cit stii directing the SenaFe and Honse' „ appoint sub-oommittees to visit the ....Senator Hsrdmaa inteoduoSd a amend the law in relation to of Ceuaty CoftrtSta tivm dt m ticea so as to leava tmi like pwvtoo. .v jouraed to Monday. Houss. --Mr. Robinson, of Foltou, introd a resolution reciting that, whereas, theThi Cknsral Assembly had mads an fbr the svppofi of mi NoMUKl whieh it waa provided that the Iggh School deputmsnt of aoersai iSOMttlttrf ,rv% Qg rthctvoto ttod ad< The yii iion| totrodnead for the election of of memt qnltM _ of at adjowtunent... JOINT Op^vairaoN.--Ths o* the two houm conve ̂in BepressoAatî plHMl at 12 o'clock. Jhe roll of « called, BhoWing fifty SShatotS i sentatives present The roll eall of i upon the election of United a* read, and the Speaker Ja was elected a i the Stkto of miMife from the ithof itaMh-nssI :̂ JIM a apeseh of air>M r M C UMMER T ITEMS. at'inn « w* n*)*a m»-§ B|EX»aiuM hssan army; ̂ f 109,̂ 00, THE Qtlifcaafcift (Mkewlian TWONEWS^ ̂ papers. :n: rt<-i • . TKE last laiiguage SPOKEN will probably be the Finniph. FIGURES show tM the Ajnericaa people are drinking less whisky sod more beer. THE Puebk) Indians, OF N^W Meiio^* ! speak a mixture of ieMte diiRftent ; ern languages, " IN Turkey the forehead of tiua eon- ̂ y V - vioted author of a> notorious faltf^oocl̂ ! is branded with a hot iron. , A aAMBLiNci den at SheihgrriUe, ̂ is located so near a ehurch that '"C worshipers can hear the chips rattle. * . WHEN does a' showman DISPLAY* W'f ' ' confused knowledge of vehicular dSi- tinctionsf When he oilb ""'A "6 van." ' ' "" DIPHTHERIA is raging,# in some district of Hongî ̂ rJ» town of 20,000 souk 243$«aa«»iu>d deaths are reported. ,h*\a-A \ A NEW HAVEN w^man'applied for a « divorce from her husband, recently, bef8 " cause he had no style about him, though ' f he was well enough otherwise. "" f>< * ri.? i-.. ,tn ' » niiliot Viefmsfid! r ' ><r i VMMal courts, on the ground that the; act in question iWinSi-tendfs to o „ _ , rect contradtstfastt by Mr. Jones, in Congress to secure moirtto^heNaticaial] shall notebarge more and that they shall and law of 1877; ynmmHtrn* of flaiM oeoiintekMt, thsirtiffbu!-! nbadks. latkm on demand in ooin insteadof Bills introduped: By .M the criminal ebang» ___ __ prisoners convicted of petty lSroeny; by Mr. Bearbom, toammdtiie law ielstlsg to t£» as­ sessment of mcoperfy, and for krry rad col­ lection of tafes; bylfr. Whitotoainend Sec. 7, Art. 5, of the law relating to m# theorportt&bn of cities and villages; by Mr. Hosner, to amend See. 75 of the act relating to Coanty Courts; by Mr. Fuller, to amend See. D of the criminal code. * FOREIGN merchantsahipeggs to f, don in cheap ooftns, the**<bmog mOCA . profit in selling ttie coffina |l«»8li» 0i»- <4 posing of Tthrr irnnrlrn pirtligwi. r SCSAN - fell •' in loise -kitlM? ART**** keeper, aild when" Amit Mary askdd a b o u t h i s p o s i t i o n & l i f e , S u s a n S a i d ' " demurely, "He's a Count, {s-oved 'satislaoiory ^ ̂ THE Boston paqkps, BEE^; } G ahippiiig live cattle to Englaad hwv*; ..;s| lately met severe losses.. The weathwr ol',. ̂ has been so bad that the hatches had • >'> \ 4 ;.f to be closed, and tlie animals smothertid. BRIOQS, who has for ten oonsecative '̂ New Yearte made a vo"w to smoke no more, and broke it as often as made» says he has decided this year to tuue smoking snd quit lying instead.-- ̂ Boston Transcript, ;t:, _ , - MINNESOTA stands at .the luBiftd<tf^4iM^n..u list for raitemd devdopsoflnk' having built 338 miles; Iow%itt6;>0«la i; rado, 193; Pennsylvania, 182; Iffav York, 142; Texas, 118; down to 7 for A r k a n s a s , 6 i m . M l f * * . f t t H . ^ New Jexs^r