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y * * >llf s ' *' '. *- \^-r - 4 *' *i* ."t." '".»ri\" { .̂ " i." t>" ' ' i»v /,' , * .«, ^.v,- THE PAST WEEK, pa ii: ^ J>OitESTIC XBWMm i > / -- - .. .;.: The suit which VM agreed npoa by r Oen. Butler and Congressman Chittenden to 1MM validity of the NIMM of the United fNatesls^-tMkder notes In time of peace Is to %«%iea before Jndfte Blitchford, in the United States Circuit Court at Mew York, and will probably be reached in a month, sf* Ex-Judge George Bsmud, of the ,"|§Jew York ttnprane Ooort, is dead, j, An official report, received in London, •., «f the earthquake at Miraeh, Persia, on the yjaSd of March, says twenty-one Tillages were " t̂otally destroyed, aou m persons, 2,060 sheep, oxen, 191 homes and 55 camels killed. , v _ The Bulgarian Assembly of Nota- *"v,t bibles has unanimously elected the Rnssisa V" * IMnee Alexander, of Batteaberg, to the throne r *' 4 t, •• <,fot Bulgaria, with the title of Alexander 1 by * ••• ", A desperate atoSmpt was made by two ̂ - Imrglars to rob the Allegheny (Pa.) Savings ' ; - Bank in broad daylight last week. The cashier, Ii \f. who was alone in the bank, tackled the villains |y ' single-handed. He wrested a revolver from | f < oneofthmn, and fired three shots at the thieves, I" *%actu>g them to flight They succeeded in ̂ getting away with about <1,900, and made good |r WVtheir escape. |r,.. The One Hundredth Legislature of f ̂Massachusetts has adjoorned, after a session of i Cv' ' '*?. **• Wmrn,^ -i |- jl'.V. » u A very notablltnurder trial lias Just ̂ , - .. t-« 4»en oooctaded at Chicago, hating lasted % :,.̂ -(#lghtss«i days. In July ©f last year a young fc'f r %3Baaa named Peter E. Stevens, fired by jealousy, thot and killed his wife, a girl of 16 years. In course of time he was indicted and ar- for trial For counsel Stevens en- Btorrs and IBrnde, probably the two » jhrewdest, if not ablest, criminal lawyers in ; Chicago. They set np the insanity plea, and .labored with masterly ingenuity to oon- / jrtnaa the jury that the murderer was >r4' Insane at the time of the commission of the ̂ *"* Aeed; but without sucoess A verdict of maa- ̂ ikn^btar, witti fomteen 3rean in the peniten- *iiary, was rendered. No sooner was the decis- i ; . Ion of the jury rendered in the court khan Mrs. I' ,v. Young, the mother of the murdered woman , ,who had been a constant attendant at the Mai, ̂ * leveled a revolver at the head of Steven and ̂«* jmlledthe trigger, but, fortunately, a oorner of handkerdiief which the would-be murderess ̂ 1 H'fceld in the same hand that grasped the weapon > cMght by the hammer, tiM oap failed to * . ^^nqplode, and the intended-victim's life was . ;;#»T«d. ®ne °' most depraved and blood* t|hirsty wretches of whom modern criminal an- tifls give any record has just been executed at , '̂"iBnAen, Keftrney oounty, Neb. The immediate '̂ primn for which S. D. Kichards--such being : ~I{fee name of tte fiend--suffered was the mur- - / -•.'̂ derof a Mrs. Haralson and her two childreu5 - ,:$** thessectastitute but atturd of the people | _ i,? >} %rhom ha had robbed of life within a ;;; ̂ , toeriod of four years. The wretch made Ej" '* speech fTom the gallows, in which he said C ' |ie had made his peaoe with Jesus, and expect- v. * r>fd toptto hsaven. Bidiards waa in hi* 25Ui \ îrear; was bona and raised in Northern Ohio, Ijy- - • .iuodwas an exemplary young man until he f ' > • ..' Ipains West Coor years ago. I White settlers in Kanaas are organis- fc* * _ .;>t|ng into bands to prevent any mote negroes » from catering the State, and certain companies ttrol the river to prevent steamboats from any cargoes of negroes. The electric light is being used in Park, Cleveland. It is pro- better and cheaper than gas. . Rev. C. D. Helmer, an old and popn- I ̂ ̂ fsJoBgregatioa&l minister of Chicago, is dead. The white squatters are to be ejected *n'frro°l ̂ h*diaB Territory at any cost Orders ̂ "**'• have been issued to Geo, Pope to- fwaJsh all . t, -̂ Ahe troops required for .the purpose 3 James O'Neill, a well-known actor, tias been sentenced in the San Francisco Police (\ , ^^HCowrt to pay a fine of #50, or be imprisoned ̂ 4«r twenty-five days, for playing the part of Jesus * 5,. Christ in the so-called " Passion Play." sensational murder has been <; !: , |oommitted in Chicago, in which a woman ̂jlgures as tiie man-slayer. A Mrs. Boberthad j ' !" * lawsuit against one Theodore B. Weber, a X . *'1-. "'weB-known merchant Finding herself unable \.'v< s r. get the bettor of her antagonist in the courts, v'if f ab« determined to revenge herself by robbing . , '• -:̂ -|ris» ©f big. life. While seated in a ' \ V " '(ĵ sw office, where the parties had mot by agreement of attorneys, Mrs. Boberts drew a i*tol and deliberately shot Weber through the els, inflicting a mortal wound. It is claimed, «mr« ̂that the woman was inaute when she ?§»mmi»ted the ieefl. Ay ̂ /y The Chicago &ttd Pacific railroad was ;> /'̂ oM at public auction in Chicago, the other day, 'or 1910.100 cash. a.<•%, A posse of citizens attempted to ar- tU®1' * gsng of horse-thieves at the house of one ' wr. Piereon, in Taney county. Mo. The leves resisted, and in the melee James Cog- >urn and Wm. Bates, of the posse, w&e killed another severely wounded, and Pieraon,of .Ithe other side, mortally wounded, and a man named Lockhart killed. The rest of the out­ law it escaped. • ' Ift* Iwft. The trial of Cox for the mtuder of CoL Alston was began at Atlanta, Ga., on the 8eth alt The trial of Buford, the slayer of .iM Judge Elliott, at Lexington, Ky., was postponed ttE the third Monday in May. ft Hon. Eli S. Shorter, ex-Congress- :.H' ? aian aad lewllng citizen of Alabama, is dead. ;<• r> | An incident of the recent flood in *' * Southern was the drowning of an entire t awrtber, and four childmi-at * < 'iOrand Mb* thirty-»ix miles north of nouston, % ? î Tliey wî jp»itouaded by water a* l̂ ght and * K-'t. * , i* * S ' & J s { i * [. ^ . */ % LEAKING8, ' "5 ^ P 7**^ v /-^ k . . ' ' A-b - - 7!" >•*' - %' I# Vis • The President has issued a proclama- Jion warning squatters against settling upon lands in the Indian Territory. * * The row between Senator Logan, of ^^Banois. and Congressman Lowe, of Alabama, CMMsd something of a sensation at Washington. '-^Ignew snt of an interview between Ix>we and ki% Pittsburgh reporter, to which the former said Logan aided in raising recruits for the to Logan, again demanding an expiration. 8U1 no answer. Then a fliird note waa ssot̂ y the Alabama Oongressmaai, demanding thMhĵ Logan, name some place out of the District of Columbia where another would reach him. This, of that a challenge to mortal the next thing in order. This note in fiie same manner as the two p: with silent contempt. Then the irate Lowe oomes out in the newspapers with a " card," m which, after giving the notes he had addressed to Logan, he says: "Thus ended this one- sided correspondence which explains itself. It neede little or no comment from me. I will not brand John A. Logan as a liar, for he is a Sen­ ator of the United States. I will not post him &a a scoundrel and poltroon, for that would be in violation of local statutes; but I do publish him as ooe who knows how to insult,;but not how to satisfy, a gentleman, and I invoke upon him the judgment of honorable men of the community.'" Thus the matter rests at thi» writing. At Washington it is not believed the affair will go any farther, as Lowe is satisfied with his card, and Logan expresses indifference as to how many cards may be written. Hon. Bnsh Clark, member of Con­ gress from tbe Fifth district of Iowa, died at Washington last week, after a few hours' ill­ ness, of a congestive chill Arrangem.eB.ts are in progress, and will shortly be completed, for lighting the en- tHre Capitol with electric lamps of a late inven­ tion. The apparatus is now being put in the building, and It i« contemplated to place upon the summit of the dome Very strong light?, with a view of experimenting in regard to lighting, extended areas of a city from elevated points. The public-debt statement for May is as follows s Six per cent, bond* Mtt.Mt,? Five par cent, bonds 1tl,6tt,ll Four Mid a ball per cent, bonds 180,000,1 Four per cent, bonds..... 668.9RV Navy pension fond 14,OU0,< • tfel Tote! coin bonds..... Matured debt. Literal tmdfm #M*,74MWI Certificates of deposit.... 81,635,00ft , Fractional currency.....'. 15.WH Ww* Gold and silver certificates If ,7 4W,Mf ( fl,MB.M8.800 67,449,110 Vstal without httscist.. : •. drfp* 41S.040.960 ; Vstal debt JEbtal interest bash in treasury «>^4S.4M.170 t7,166.«Q4 ury 448,467,1W Debt less cash in trsssuiy.;......|t^MT,190,SlS Increase during april lU,06t Decrease alnce June 80,1878 ,0,666,614 CUB BEST IiIABCUTiaS. Interest dne and unpaid ..# B,lfifl.9ft9 Debt on which interest hss ceased.... W(4SD,110 Interest tiMreon 1,203.042 GoldsadWlvereertiAcates i,$jS,64S United miss notes held for redemp­ tion of certificates of deposit. tt,68B,000 United States notes held tor redemp­ tion of fractional eurrencv 8,448.89? Called bonds not matured tor whiui 4 per cent, bonds have been issued... 171,319,100 Clash balance available May 1,1879... 145,517,348 Total.... AVULULIAaacn. 448,467,156 449,407,160 » Bonds Issued to the Pacific BailroaA €omnmies, Interest payable in law­ ful money: Principal outstanding..* M.698,519 Interest accrued and not yet paid l,8StS.,470 Interest paid by the United States.... 41,778,745 Interest repaid by transportation of mails, etc. 10,7C7,5S4 Balance of interest paid by the United States 81.066,2*0 A new Greenback paper has been started at Washington. It is called the Xational View, and is under the management of Lee CrandalL JPoUtieat. The Democrats of Kentucky have nominated Dr. Luke P. Blackburn, of yellow- fever fame, for Governor. Ex-Gov. Seymour has written a long letter, in which ho reiterates his determination not to aeoept the Democratic nomination for Governor of Now York, lie positively asserts that he has permanently retired from politics. Official vote of Michigan at the re- sent election; For Supreme Court Judge, James V. Campbell, Republican, 132,134 votes; John M. fUripman, faston, 13fi,27D; for Regents of tbe University, E. O. Groevenor, Bepublican, 131,350; James Shearer, Bepublican, 131,791; Henry Whiting, fusion, 126,333; Gee. P. tyitt- ford, fusion, 136,011 IHIWILAS SSMS. Gen. Alfred Solly, of the United States Army, died at Fort Vancouver, Oregon, a few day aga In deciding a ease in the United States Supreme Court, at Washington, a ruling was made which renders the jurors' test-oath law inoperative, if not unconstitutional. The opinion takes the ground that a Juror on ex­ amination as to his oompetenoy cannot be re­ quired to answer the question whether ho took part in the Behsiiion, sinoe to answer that question in the afirmatin would be to disclose on oath that he has tarn guilty of an infamous erim©--s® admission wUah he cannot be oom- pelled to make. The house of John L. Keogh, at Car­ bon HOI, Pa, was destroyed bf fire, and a son aged 11 and a daughter aged 13 were burned to death. Keogh had his face and hands terribly framed in the endeavor to rescue his children. His youngest child, aged 5, had his head and arms badly scorched, and its reoovery is doubt­ ful Michael Butler's residence, at Grand Bapids, Mich., and all its contents, were de­ stroyed by fire. Two children, little girls aged 3 years and S months respectively, were burned to death. Visible supply of grain in the States and Canada: Wheat, 17,78 ,̂000 bushels; 15 -̂ 868,000 bushels of corn; 1,907,000 bushels of oats; 1,012,000 bushels of rye, and 1,072,000 bushels of barley. Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, for half a cent­ ury editress of G otic if* T t̂dy't Book, died at bar home in Philadelphia last week. A fire in St. Jean Baptiste, a suburb of Montreal, Canada, destroyed twenty-three stores and dwellings, involving a loss of S125.00a •m- FOUBION INTELLIGENCE, A cable dispatch says that " porters to guard the doors of houses and prevent the posting of placards in St Petersburg, as re­ quired by Gen. Gourko's regulations, cannot be obtained, because the Nihilists threaten all who undertake the service with death. Gen. Gourko has apparently been removed from the dictatorship of tit Petersburg on ac­ count of the impracticable nature of his orders. The Czarowitch has received anony­ mous letters warning him to go abroad. Mur­ ders continue to be reported. Dr. Wieder, of Zurich, Switzerland, editor' ef tlMgiKhM OtniUtek t̂, has rested in Milan, on an aoMsettMi in a plot to eMptfaate the Qaeen of and the Kfng aad Queen of ft&ly. In a six (imp? walking toiirnaatent at London, Brotot eevezed 543 miles, Corkey 403 miles, Haxaet 473 miles, and Weston, tbe American, 450 miles. Brown's time la the best ever made tn a six days' walk. Dispatches from Calcutta State that arrangements for the British advance on Oabul ire aowpoenpletei. Nihilism pervades all ranks in Rus­ sia, and a revolution is only a matter of tima All subjects are dealt with in a summary and bloody manner. Thousands are arrested daily. Troops are ooneentrated at the points most likely to be the scenes of the first fires of the general revolution. The Emperor wears a suit of fine mail under his ordinary clothes against assassination. Every house in St. Petersburg and other leading cities is under military sur­ veillance. Many soldiers and policemen have been secretly arrested by the imperial Judges. Advices from Afghanistan speak of the oomplete breakdown of the Quartermaster and Commissary Departments of the British army of invasion, owing to lack of transporta­ tion. The column is said to be incapacitated for offensive operations. I The principal portion of the city of Orenburg, on the Ural river, in Russia, has been destroyed by a fire which burned for two days. The Ions of property was enormous, and more than half of the population are destitute of food and shelter. A dispatch from Borne says the Vati­ can has instructed its delegates to Chili, Peru, and Bolivia to interpose their good offices with the view of ending the war, or at least causing it to be waged with the least possible cruelty. Lorillard's 2-year-old Papoose won the race for the first spring 2-year-old stakes at Newmarket, England, There were four start- era. Khabara was second. Home Bole third. The city of St. Petersburg, Russia, is completely under martial law; no person is allowed on the streets after 9 o'clock at nighty and at 10 lights are extinguished, as in the days of the curfew in England hundreds of years aga The impression seems to be general that an overwhelming revolutionary outbreak may occur at any moment Advices from South Africa report that Cetywayo has had enough of war, and h«S ®a4e ojertures for peace. CONGRESS. Tha loag debate in the House en the Legis- lalative Appropriation bill was brought to a close on the S6th of April, and the measure passed with the political amendments in it, substantially as it came from the committee. Mr. Garfield1* amendment to strike out all the political amendments was rejected by a vote of 134 yeas to 130 nays, and finally the bill was passed by a second vote of 140 yeas to 119 nays. All the Republicans voted In the negative. All the Oreenbsckers except Barlow, of Yetfnont:, and Kel- ley, of Pennsylvania, voted with the Democrats for the bill.---The Senate was not in session. The Legislative, Executive and Judidal Ap­ propriation bill was reported In the Senate on the 28th nit., as it came from the House, ordered printed, and referred to the Committee on Appro­ priations. Mr. Pendleton delivered a lengthy speech in support of his bill relative to inviting members of the Cabinet to take seats upon the floor of the Senate, and participate in the debates relating to their respective departments. The bill repealing certain clauses in the Sundry Civil Appropriation set of March 8,1870, and making appropriations for the extension of military tele­ graph lines, and rescinding the authority of tbe Secretary of War to lease the water-power at Moline, 111.,waa passed. Mr. Pendleton introduced a bill to in­ crease the educational facilities and establish normal training schools for the benefit of Indian tribes who have educational claims on tbe United States. Mr. Williams introduced a bill to regulate the legal value of metal money, and to provide for the free and unlimited coinage of gold and sUver bullion, and to restore cola to circulation. Ihe House was not in session. Neither house of Congress transacted any business on the 39th ult. The Senate had bean ta session but a short time when the death of Repre­ sentative Clark, of Iowa, was announced. Proceedings were stopped, a committee was appointed to accom­ pany the remains to Iowa, and, as a further mark of respect, the Senate adjourned. In the House, tbe President's private secretary made his appear­ ance and delivered the Executive's veto of the Army bill, she document:, without being read, was laid upon the Speaker's table. The announce­ ment of tbe death of ItepresentaUve Clark was made, a committee was appointed to attend the funeral, and the House adjourned. The Senate, on the 30th nit, spent two hours in discussing an amendment to s bill appropriat­ ing money to defray the expenses of the extra ses­ sion of Congress allowing mileage to the members of both branches. The amendment was fiually de feated, and the bill waa passed. The bill to prevent the introduction of oontagious and infectious diseases ia the Uni­ ted States was then' taken up and discuaaed.--- In the House, the President's Message vetoing the Army bill was read and entered upon the journal, following bills passed: Appropriating the The Approp requisite amount to pay J. B. VM* the sums due, and to become due, tor constructing jetties at South pass; amending the section of the Revised Statutes prescribing a peualty for conspiracy against the United States. Mr. Le Fevrc. from the Committee on Agr culture, reported a bill to prevent the importation of dis­ eased cattle and spread of infectious diseases among domestic animals. Printed and recommit­ ted. The Eetuocraiic members of the House, im­ mediately after the adjournment, met in cau­ cus to consider what further action should be taken by the Democratic party concern­ ing the two apnropriation bills after they shall both have been defl ated by Presidential vetoes. After an animated discussion, it was de­ termined to refer the whole subject to the caucus committees of the House and Senate, whieh origin­ ally framed tbe political sections in controversy. The National Oreeuback member-, of the House al*o held a caucus of three hours' duration on the subject of the Presidential veto. A general inter­ change of views occurred, but no definite return waa reached as to what courae they should puraue. The Senate was engaged in the discussion of the bill to prevent the introduction of contagions dlseasea in the United States, on tbe lat inst., but reached no decMm upon the aubjeet. In the House, the President's message vetoing the Army biU was read, and the Speaker put the que*tion whether die bill should paaa, notwithstanding the veto. On passing the bill ever tbe veto, the vote was-ayes, 120; noes, 110. Ko the bill failed for * art of a two-thirds vote. The two commit'ees appointed respectively by the House and S^uate Democratic caucuses to report what course of action should be adopted in view of the Presidential vetoes, past and prospective, held a joint meeting, but arrived at no definite under­ standing as to what course would be pursued. The Texas Pacific Bailroad bill was intro­ duced in the Senate by Mr. Johnston on the 3d inst., read at length, and referred. Mr. Saulsbury^ called up tbe resolution authorizing the Committee on Privileges and Elections to reopen the case of Senator Kellogg, and to investigate Judge Spof- ford's claim to Mr. Kellogg'a aeat. Mr. Hoar offered as a substitute a resolution reciting the action of the S nate at the time that Mr. Kellogg was admitted, and «xpresfing the opinion tiiat said proceedings were final and concluxivo as to the right of Mr. lC«lioKi; to a seut in the H-ua*e for the full term for which he was elected. Consideration of the leHolutiou was postponed for one week. Consldera inn was rermnied of the bill to prevent the introduction into the United States of contagious or infections diseases, and Mr. Garland made a speech to show the constitutional power to pass the bill, and the necessity for doing so. • The House was not in session. A sommFic gentleman, wfeo lias given the ^subject much thought, says that when a man knowingly faces death he thinks of everything that ever hap* pened to him. The delinquent sub­ scriber never knowingly faces death. THE instructions to Capt. Bailey, of the revenue cutter Bush, ordered to Alaska, contemplate a five-menths' cruise. The Bush will afford protection to the inhabitants, will look after Gov­ ernment and commercial interests, and will obtain all possible information as to the fate of the Nordenskjold expedi­ tion. The Bush is spoken of as one of the best and fastest revenue cutters in the service, and there is every probabil­ ity that her eruiae will be a sftcoeeaful o n e . ; • - THE London Truth offered a prize of 2 guineas for the best epitaph upon the English soldiers who fell at Rourke's Drift while fighting the Zulus. The lines that succeeded in gaining the hon­ orarium run as follows: A blunder! Ay, but censure's words fall idly on the ear; We only hear their dying cheer, their last de­ spairing shout. A blunder I Ay, but history's paffa wffl not its reoord bear, For soon as it was written down their life-blood wiped it out. The ohief ideas of the above are de­ rived from Tennyson and Sterne, but the adaptation was good enough to win the money* ,r„ • THE Indianapolis Journal has had an interview with Gov. Hendricks, in which he positively refuses to be a can­ didate for Yice President. He said that the Yice Presidency was wa less honorable and less responsible position than that of Speaker of the House of fiepresentatives, and, less remunerative than his law practice in Indiana, and he could see no reason why he should again allow the use of his name in con­ nection with the office. He did not de­ sire to enter the White House from the back door or through the Yice Presi­ dency, and desired to put at rest at once and forever all talk of his occupying a second place on any Presidential ticket." A MAM named Brown, an American, who had been admitted to the Oharity Hospital, in New York oity» in 1878, suf­ fering from leprosy, died a few days ago. He contracted the disease at San­ tiago, Cuba. The treatment of his case i» considered by the hospital physicians as an evidence that in this country, at least, leprosy is not contagious. Brown was treated just like any other patient suffering from an ordinary and not con­ tagious disease. None of the attend­ ants contracted the malady. He ia sup­ posed to have suffered from the disease from four to 'six years, the leprous marks manifesting themselves on his hands, feet, tongue, larynx, and head, causing him to lose his hair on different parts of the soalp. -I blaofcMpp. man and red-haired girl watoji* together, and presently found wfc&h was never claimed..̂ -.' . PHKNTICB. GoL J. Stoddard Johnson, Secretary of State of Kentucky, prints a long let* ter in the Frankfort Yeoman in re­ lation to the efforts made by Southern sympathizers to obtain control of the Louisville Journal in the year 1861. The letter is printed concurrently by the Courier-Journal of Saturday. It stated that George W. Johnson, a Kentuckian of large foresight and the most earnest conviction that peaSe should be attained by the acknowledgment of the inde­ pendence of the Confederacy, made a direct offer to Mr. .Prentice, who was then cramped in money affairs, of $50,000 in gold; but the $50,000 were to be used in enabling Mr. Prentice to se­ cure enough of the stock of the publish­ ing company to give him free sway, providing the views sought to be advo­ cated by Mr. Johnson were per se the views of Mr. Prentice. The. editor lis­ tened to the proposition, heard argu­ ments in its support, and turned them over in his mind while sick in bed. News of the defeat at Bull Bun had just reached him, but he dictated a strong leader, which olaimed that all should fight for the Union to the last, and directed that a copy should be sent to Mr. Johnson as his answer. The Courier-Journal oon- siders this statement of Col. Johnson a final refutation of the stories that would seem to throw doubt upon the legnalty of Geo. D; Prentice. ̂* 3 PRAI8M AJFJD PZA.TTXMT. Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes it* value only to its scarcity' When it becomes vulgar and common, it is very cheap. If a person is rare in his praise, and very discreet in the use of it, we Value his opinion ten thousand times more than that of the man or woman who is a constant flatterer. Of what value to us is the opinion of one who pronounces the most common­ place thing of life "splendid" and "grand?" To such a one a thing of gen­ uine merit is of no more importance than the thing of no merit whatever. A grand scene in nature is no more at­ tractive than a common garden, for both are, to the ordinary mind, splendid and grand. A beautiful landscape by Dun- canson or Noble makes no deeper im­ pression upon the mind than the daub of a school-girl amateur. Such persons have no discretion--the sense of criti­ cism in them is dead--they are mere stupid flatterers! And the truthful, proud man scorns to ask their advice, however susceptible he may be to the blandishments of praise. No. If you would have your opinion upon any subject respected, you must not open your lips to commend and ad­ mire, unless you are very sure the sub­ ject of your commendation deserves the favor you bestow I BOMAW CATHOLIC colonisation in the United States has been taken in hand by the National Board of Colonization, at the head of which is Bishop Ireland, of St. Paul, Minn., who has for years devoted much attention to the subject. The largest Boman Catholi6 settlements of late have been made in Minnesota, where nearly the whole of Swift coun­ ty, on the Northern Pacific ^railroad, is occupied by 800 families. The land was obtained in 1876 for about 50 dents an acre. Three other colonies in the same State are smaller, but growihg steadily. A Yirginia colonization scheme has been successfully pushed by the Irish Benevolent Union of Philadelphia, whioh two years ago purchased 7,000 acres in Charlotte and Mecklenburg counties, and has already established 125 families in farming on that and other land. Another project, a private speculation, is to settle Boman Catholic families in the West of Texas. i / f , f . * f • ' X i Wi •v-'j Sfe MB. E. L. GODKOT, of The Nation, lectured in Boston the other day on "Some Remedies for Socialism." He thinks that the Nihilist movement in Bussia has nothing Socialistic about it ; it has not reached the working classes, but is the result of chafing under brute force. The progress of the empire dur­ ing the last twenty-five years, in suoh circumstances, reflects the highest cred­ it on its ruler. Nihilism is below So­ cialism--a mere nervous disorder. The success of Socialism among the so-called laboring classes is made possible by the relative decrease of the farming class, which is due both'to the impetus lately given to trade and manufacture and to the attractions of city life. It is among these urbanized rustics that Socialism finds its adherents. In the next forty years, however, this cause of Socialism will be, to a very great extent, absent, for the equilibrium is already beginning to be restored, and the farming olsss is assuming its proper magnitude *" 1 I AMONG the eccentrics of Dei-oi| is a man who always keeps two " two women servants, and insis the mien having black Vnd thej red hair. This is with a view inasmuch as years ago he. MYDRATK Of CMtOMAL. This, in the form of sirup, has be­ come a popular medicine, it being equal to opium in its power to produce sleep, and Sax more agreeable to take. Its power to relieve pain is less, but it is less unpleasant in some of the immedi­ ate effects that follow its use. Its use, however, is not without danger, even of the gravest kind. Its habitual use is followed by great­ er susceptibility to depressing influen­ ces. The sufferer becomes nervous, emotional,' hysterical, neuralgic, and de­ ficient in will power. The ultimate re­ sults are delirium, imbecility, and par­ alysis of certain oarta. The craving for it, as in the case ot opium, becomes intolerable, and sleep-- for whioh it was perhaps first sought-- becomes impossible except under its in­ fluence. These results are not immedi­ ate ; indeed, none of them appear for a long time, but they are sure to oome sooner or later. The hydrate of chloral is a remedy of great value in the hands of skillful phy, sicians, but all such need to be careful how they presoribe it without fully cau- ioning their patients against its habit­ ual use. The very popularity of the sirup shows that multitudes have al« ready entered within the circles of a re­ sistless whirlpool. r* A PLANT WITHOUT STALK OB LKAP There is a very big flower with a queer name, Uafflesia amoldi; but the oddest thing about it is that it has neither stalk nor leaf. I don't m|an a dead flower with the stock and naves plucked away, but a living and growing flower. The one 1 heard of measured three feet across weighed ten pounds, and could hold about two gallons of water. It was found in the 'East Indian island of Su­ matra, but I'm told that others of the same family have been seen in South America. These curious flowers grow upon the roots of other plants, seeming to sit on the roots, and spreading up like heads j of cabbages. -- " Jack-in-the-Putpit" in St. Nicholas for May. a man calls his wifefr aayl angel," it is time for the wife to «y- DlAMOmS. H ' s Ko eerd or cable can draw ifr;iangi$y or bind so fast as love eaa do with but a. eiagle thread. Children are travelers newly arrived in a strange country; we should, there­ fore, make conscience not to mislead than. The reason why so few marriages are happy i« because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in mak­ ing cages. Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of 10,000 desires makes a wise and a hpppy purchase. ^ •* Nothing Is so fierce but love will soften, nothing so sharp-sighted in other matters but it throws a wi«t be­ fore the eyes on't. Virtue and vioe> ire not arbitrary things; but there is natural and eternal reason for goodness and virtue, and against vice and wickedness. There are prating coxcombs in the world who would rather talk than listen,, although Shakspeare were the orator and human nature ihe theme. There is net any one vice to the mind of man against which the world has raised such a loud and uni­ versal outcry as against ingratitude, • •• • -- .ip^' • AM INTERESTING BTAGE-LlN&i - In the Pyrenees there is an interest­ ing stage-line between two villages, one on each side of a mountain 16,000 feet' high. After the coach has proceeded a little distance and reached the steep part of the ascent, the oonduotor begs the passengers to get out so as to ease the horses; they are even requested to push behind and help the poor ftnima|s to drag the Ivugd8vehicle up hill- When at last the summit is reached, each trav­ eler, wiping from his forehead drops of sweat as big as kidney-beans, congratu­ lates himself on the breezy ride down the steep slopes of the descent which awaits him. There is where he fools himself, for the oonduotor, with a sweet smile, begs the gentlemen to be kind enough to hang on the coach be­ hind and act the part of a Westinghouse air brake, or else the horses may be in­ jured. In this manner the terminus of the line is reached, the passengers hav­ ing pushed the coach all the way up one side of the mountain and held it back all the way down the other. In spite of this there is a rush for places on the stage daily, as there has been for half a oentury.--New York World. v i')At QUEER SPECIMENS, Mexican newspapers are odd speci­ mens of literature, typographically and editorially. They have neither local nor telegraphic news to speak of, but are ponderous in the way of " leader " and literary lore. The absence of local news is a distressing feature. You scan their pages in vain for ac xrants of fires, murders, public meetings, reviews of troops, political meetings, court re­ ports, or any other events which with us go to make up the local columns. A bull-fight, if it is a good one, is eulo­ gized to the extent of a dozen lines. If a poor one, it is dumissed witk iM many words. A GEBVAN savant, in order to obtain facilities for certain studies, which are granted only to the higher order of the Buddhist priesthood, lately embraced Buddhism, and received from the Em­ peror of Siam permission to serve hi* no­ vitiate in the splendid temple adjoining his palace. The ceremonies of initia­ tion were very imposing. The novice is to pass four years completely isolated from the world. w'- ^ THE MARKETS. . SEW YORK. »**v*s T. .|8 75 §10 TO Hoos 3 BO Con OH 11JA Flovo--Superfine *65 <g 3 tW WHEAT--NO, 2 @ 1 1*54 CORN--Western Mixed 42 4<t£ OATS--Mixed HVA'A ** RYE--W< stern 66 @ 87 POBK--Mesa §T»5 £C10 &5 Lano 6 & 6 % CHICAGO. 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