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The j native regiments had been ordered to fill up, " ^ 15 and the factories for the manufacture o1 war material were working day and night „ %|| A HEAVY gale prevailed along the v * >"" northern coast of Spain, on the 20th and 21s{~ A larjre number of fishing vessels were lost, aiM* about 150 fishermen drowned. f A BUMOR prevailed in Constantinople, ,* on the 23d, that the Mussulmans in the Bal­ kans had armed themselves and attacked the Wr " M ' « > • ' " " « V V « V » » V « • » " f ^ *!5 Russians, who lost 900 men and thirteen offi ,A ' f cere. It was also reported that the Bulgarians , had attacked eight Mussulman villages and *;, r committed great outrages. f* % A PLOT has been discovered at Con- / jt " jw * stantinople to depose the present Sultan and restore ex-Sultan Murad to the throne. ' ,,5_; A PARIS dispatch of the 23d says all 1 *>« Hi *he European Powers, except England, had , > - declared their readiness to accept the invita- # tion to the Congress unreservedly. England • ; | alone insisted that all questions relating to ' k->'i the East should be treated M European and , not merely Turco-Russian. T A ST. PETERSBURG telegram of the 4 2 23d says that sixty-five officers of the Russian ' ^ Navy had sailed for the United States. In the t event of war with Great Britain, these would , take command of vessels purchased in and •.jfHI crews recruited from the United States. A CONSTAKTINOPLE telegram of the yfl 123d says another Mussulman outbreak had oc­ curred in Macedonia. A mixed commission had been formed by the Porte and Grand Duke to examine into the circumstances attending the Insurrection in the Balkans district. A MANCHESTER (Eng.) dispatch of the 23d says there were between 80,000 and 90,000 operative* on a strike in Lancashire, about 64 000 being weavers. A CONSTANTINOPLE telegram of the . 24th gays the 30,000 irregular Turkish troops in the District of Batoum had refused to lay down their arms. A vioLEurr occurred Black Sea, on the 24th, during which a Turkish corvette, having on board ninety men, was lost. There were no survivors. A ST. PETERSBURG telegram of the 21th announces the serious and dangerous ill­ ness of Prince Gortschakofl!, the Russian Premier. TYPHUS IS increasing among the Russians at Adrianople and Rosdusta. A VIENNA dispatch to the London Standard of the 25th says the Grand Duke Nicholas had threatened to hold the Porte re­ sponsible for the Bulgarian insurrection. A RUMOR prevailed in London, on the 2">tb, that the Government had rejected the S -heme for a simultaneous withdrawal of the Russian Army and British fleet, on the ground that the British acceptance of the scheme would be a practical admission of the correct­ ness of the limits assigned by Russia to New Bulgaria. The impression prevailed at Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Paris and Constanti­ nople that the differences between Russia and England were irreconcilable and that war was , Inevitable. PRINCE CHARLES, of Roumania, has refused the demand of Rassia for the dismissal of his Cabinet. **<1! THE Turkish Seeraskierate received Intelligence, on the 25th, that the Roumelian insurrection was spreading. Another engage­ ment had been fought with the Russians, in which thirty Russian officers were killed. THE Porte has peremptorily ordered the evacuation of Batoum. POPE LEO has issued an encyclical confirming and renewing the protest of Pope Pius against the encroachments on the civil - authority of the Church. A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch of the 90th says England and Cassia had agreed up­ on a direct exchange tlf views in respect to the Eastern question previous to the meeting of the Congress. Austria, Germany aad Italy also favored this course, and had invited Ea- i gland to state her views. A CONSTANTINOPLE telegram of the 2Cth says seditious meetings were held nightly in that city, and a popular rising was feared. It was stated that ex-Sultan Murad had fully recovered his health and was constantly watched and closely guarded. - ---- • • nRRBVVOH^ * BISHOP MCCOSKREY, under date of New York, April 20, eays: "I give my un­ qualified denial to the articles which have ap­ peared in different papers against me." Mrs. Banister, nee Richards, whose name was con nected with the scandal, has declared, with , i, the most tragic indignation, that there is not a word of truth in the story, and has sent a dispatch to Mr. McCoskrey, In New York, de­ manding his immediate return to clear himself and her from the vile charge. STORM LAKE, Iowa, and vicinity were visited by a tornado, on the evening of the 21st, and many dwellings and other buildings were blown down. Six persons were reported killed, nr.d a number of others more or less injured, A WASHINGTON special of the 2lst states that up to tliai date, since the passage "ft Bllver bill, there had been coined of |f| •«. the new alver dollar $2,450, tW8, of which "-fill ®nly WM.319 bad been issued, the Secretary , - . , the Treasury refusing to exchange them for anything but nold. ...1 THE Michigan Republican State Con- \ \ ' i r v ? " l , a ® 1 > e e n c a , l e d t o m e e t a t D e t r o i t o n * • _"• the 13tli of Jane. A DEAD WOOD (D. T.) dispatch of the 21st says the severest storm ever known in the Uiils had been raging there sinee thenijjht of the 16th, the heavy snow, rain and hail doing much damage to the placer-mines rfnd shaft* iu the gulches, by flooding. Operations in the quartz mills were almost entirely sus­ pended, and the roads were impassable. WILLIAM ORTON, President of the Western U*iion Telegraph Company, died, ii New York City, on the 22d, of apopicxy. COL. SALISBURY, of the Enquirer- £«»,jiubl ishud iu Columbus, Ga., was fatal iy *h«t$n the back, by Dr. K. M.'Wliner, wbi:V uittfering a car, at Scale, Ala., on the 20th. r- W? ft" 4- -T '"•m. J l l i - :.i, ' - " f i IT has turued ont that J. W. Danwl^ itcently lrttflgat Warrensbnrg, Mo^ for »HI>- ler, was entirely innocent, and proceeding huve beeu instituted against the parties cm ecrned iu the judicial murder. It was * u**' of clicurastantiul evidence, purely. AT a base-ball game in Cleveland. Ohio, on the 20th, Albert Walker was strui'* in the head, by the batter, and fatally injure". A GALVESTON (Tex.) dispatch of tuo 2r.'d says news had been received that India • ruiders from Mexico had crossed the horde kiifcd teteral of the ranchmen and carried o^ two boys named Taylor. The mail-carr. • wlio left Fort Davis on the 20th was munle • ; ithin twenty miles of the post. IT has transpired that Geo. T. Hath»* ».«y, Treasurer of the Border City and Su:v Wore Milis, at Fail fiiver, Mass., io n defaulter to those corporations In a large sum--hoAf ninth had not been ascertained on the 2".' hut was believed to be from 1600,000 to 5<'X 000. His methods were similar to those of •• A. Chace, the defaulting TKWUNroCftitWtuir fall River corpocaUoo. THE Governor of Rhode Island has called a special session of the Legislature to consider the Insolvent laws, in view of the impending repeal U the National Bankruptcy laws. AT Franklin, La., on the 22d, three negroes were hung for murder. As the di'op fell one of them fell to the ground, the rope breaking. A new rope was obtained, and he was again hung, this time successfully. THE Canadian Government has de­ cided to impose a duty of 17% per cent, ad va­ lorem upon all United States silver coin shipped into that country. ON the 23d, the Senate, in Executive session, reconsidered the vote refusing to con­ firm Justin Colburn as Consul-General to Mex­ ico, and voted to confirm by a large majority. THE Republican Congressional Com­ mittee has organized by electing Hon. Geo. C. Gorham, of California, Secretary. O. C. ZELLERS, Cashier of the Na­ tional Exchange Bank, of TilT.n, Ohio, ab­ sconded after banking hours, Qn the 29th, taking with him $50,000 of the funds of the institution. IT is announced that Bssjiop McCos­ krey, of Michigan, instead of going to Europe, as he first intended, has decided to return at once to Detroit and insist on an investigation of the charges of immorality, which he de­ nounces as utterly false. THE property and franchises of the Erie Railroad were sold to Ex-Gov. Morgan, of New York City, on the 24th, for *6,000,000. SEVERAL lives have been lost and much property destroyed by recent severe wind and rain storms In many sections of the West and South. A JACKSONVILLE (Fla.) telegram of the 23d says that McLIn and Dennis, who were members of the Florida Returning Board, in the Presidential election of 1878, had con­ fessed that perjury and fraud were resorted to in order to count in the vote of that State for Hayes. A STATE Prohibitory Convention has been called to meet at Decatur, 111., on the 6th of June, to nominate State candidates for State officers, and generally to serve the In­ terests of Temperance. THE New York State Prohibition Convention met at Albany, on the 24th, and adopted resolutions demanding that the man­ ufacture and sal ™of intoxicating liquors be prohibited by law; protesting against the proposed Moffet Bell-punch act; favoring the enfranchisement of Women; opposing the Nar tional Banking system; favoring the expan­ sion of the currency, etc., etc. Geo. H. Dan- ford was nominated asa candidate'for Judge of the Court of Appeals. GEORGE F. SMITH has been nomi­ nated to be Collector of the Port of New Or­ leans. He has represented Louisiana in the House of Representatives. IN compliance with invitations ex­ tended by the Municipal Government of Phil­ adelphia and the National Union League of that city, President Hayes and wife, accom­ panied by the Secretaries of the Treasury and Interior and their wives, and other distin­ guished personages, visited the City of Broth­ erly Love, on the 24th, meeting with an en­ thusiastic reception and ovation during a three days* sojourn there. AT Catasauqua, Pa., the other day, a tight-rope performer, while walking backward over a rope, missed his footing and fell to the ground, a distance of fifty feet. He was fatally injured. A MAN, fifty years old, leaped from the new Suspension Bridge at -Nfr.gava Falls, on the 26tn. In his coat was found an envelope addressed to Edward M. Great, Wa- terford, Racine County, Wis. Bins. PETER KEOLER, living near Conncrsvfllc, Ind., recently gave birth to five hoys. Mother and children doing well at last accounts. THE son of Mr. Evarts, the Secretary of State, died at Washington, on the 36th, of consumption. THE Indiana State Republican Con­ vention has been called to meet at ludianapo- of June. (MMH2 RESMOflJMfa* i V SENATE.--On the 22d, a bill was in­ troduced and referred to repeal that section of the Revised Statutes which provides for a tax on the notes of State Banking Associa­ tions Mr. Blaine submitted resolutions de­ claring that any radical change in the present Tariff laws would, in the judgment of the Sen­ ate, be inopportune, etc., and that it should be the fixed policy of the Government to so maintain our tariff for revenue as to afford adequate protection to American labor. HOUSE.--In the House, the resolutions of the Maryland Legislature reopening the Presidential question were referred to the Ju­ diciary Committee Bills were introdueed and referred--repealing the law iiti|<osin.r a tax on the notes of State Bunking Assuci^ tious; prohibiting Members of Congress uii J other employ*-g of the Government irotu re­ ceiving any coni|iensation for services ren­ dered by them in any proceeding, con tract < it- claim in \vlii<-;i ihe United States n av be di­ rectly or indirccbiy iiueivsted; re»ulutin- for­ eign insurance companies doin^ business in the United States The bill providing for tile issue of fractional currency sind for the issue of Treasury notes of the denomination* of one, two, three and five dollar*, was de­ feated--Ii0tol'i4 Amotion wa* made to suspend the rules and pa-s the River and Harbor Appropriation bill. Mr. Cox (N. Y.) made the point, of orler' that oolite items 1" the bill weie :»g dm<t the ('<>n titu- tion. but the Speaker derided that the po.ut raise I WHP one for llie Hon* ? to determine. AMer further opposition, and amid ' mnch confu-lon, tlie ii nit ion to suspend the rules and pass the bill was agreed to--left to G(i -- a-nd so tlm bi t was pHPst-d (impropriating fV.iKXMWO)- Wr. (Jo.x (Nert- York) tlkiii roa« to a privileged fphvsl.ton for tlie purpose of pri-*ciitingp protest n*t the passage of tlie Ml'. *i:jiied by twi ntv-eiuht nieniU-r# of tlie Ilou.v . Amiu mueh excite men! mid confusion, a motion (*• adjourn iinnliy prev ailed--lll»'j> 101. 1'he protest was tdtiioi t.j A5of.ru.' K tt. MeKczio. Plack- buru, B^riu^er, Lunrcd, Clyuier, Wi.iis (Ky.), Finley. Beebe, Jones (H, well (Tenn.), McMahon Hewitt (N. Y.), Fort, j Gardner, Browne, Robiti tie, Cald- Stenger, Rice (Ohio}, Die! SENATE.--On the the amend­ ment, of the House to thebU!granting a per­ son to Qen. James Shields, lnereas'ng the amount from fifty dollars to $100 a month, was referred..,. The House bill to prohibit the coihage of the twenty-cent silver piece was passed The bill to extend the time for the con st ruction and completion of the Northern Pacific llailtoad was further considered, and several > amendments were agreed to, after which, the bill, asamended, Was passed, with­ out division. / HOUSE.--The Speaker ordered the protest against the summary passage of the iJlver and Harbor bill to be read. Mr. Conger objected to words referring to alleged combi­ nation of members for the spoliation of the Treasury; aud Mr. Cox (N. Y.) withdrew that portion of the protest, and proceeded to ad­ dress the House, to which objection was made, •ind after considerable tumitlt aud confusion i he Speaker put the question as to whether •he gentleman from New Yark should be al­ lowed to proceed, and declared it carried--10-5 to 87. Mr, Conger also objected to words iu the protest declaring that "And tint* encourages similar attempts on tlf Treasury to gratify local interests," but. vhe Speaker ruled that they were no' disrespectful to the House. The reading of the protest having been completed, a num­ ber of hours were spent in personal, word j controversies between different members, 8ft- v r which it was decided that tlie protest, dirf wot present a question of privilege--yeas, 52 • nays, 180. A motion that, as a matter o' courtesy to those who signed the protest, it uv entered on the journal, was then rejected.... The report of the Conference Committee or the Deficiency bill for temporary clerks in the Treasury Department was agreed to, a com­ promise having been effected....The .Indian Appropriation bdl was reported and referred to Committee of the Whole. SENATE.--The report of the Confer­ ence Committee on the House bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to employ tem­ porary clerks was agreed to, and the bill was passed, on the 24th... .A bill was also passed to amend the law in relation to the deposits for savings. HOUSE.--Bills were passed--extend­ ing the operations of the Light-House Board over the Illinois River for the establishment of lights, "buoys, etc.; providing that the hailing place of every vessel of the United States may be the town where the vessel was built or where the owner resides; Senate Funding bill in regard to the Pacific Railroad Companies--343 to 2--the negative votes be­ ing cast by Messrs. Butler and Lynde. SENATE.--The amendments to the .Na­ val Appropriation bill were Insisted upon, on the 25th, and a Conference Committee was appointed A report was submitted from a majority of the Conference Committee on the bill to provide for deficiencies in the appro­ priations for the service of the Governmen for current and prior fiscal years, and, afte explanation by Mr. Blaine and considerable discussion, it was agreed to--35 to 19....Ad­ journed to the 29th. HOUSE.--The Senate bill for the re­ peal of the Bankrupt law elicited a lengthy debate, and an amendment was agreed to ex­ plicitly providing for the repeal of the title sixty one of the Revised Statutes, and the act approved June, 1874, entitled "An act to amend an act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy," and further providing that all penal actions or criminal prosecutions arising prior to the passage of the bill under the acts proposed to be repealed shall continue in full force until disposed of. The bill as amended was then passed--206 to 39 A re­ port was made from the Committee on For­ eign Affairs in reference to the Mexiean bor­ der troubles, together with a bill in relation thereto, requesting tue President to keep on the Texas border* not less than 5,00rt men to protect American citizens, and authorizing the crossing of the border by United States troops, untiirsuch treaty stipulations shall be made with Mexico as may secure an efficient protection to American citizens and property. SENATE*.--Mot in session on the 26th. HOUSE.--A bill was passed, in the House, exempting from enrollment and ad­ measurement all vessels not propelled by steam or sail, except vessels of that character engaged in trade with contiguous foreign ter­ ritory--The Postoffice Appropriation bill was reported from Committee of the Whole, and several amendments were agreed to, one of them providing that the compensation of Postmasters of tlie fourth class shall be based upon the number of stamps canceledj instead of the number sold at their offices. Tlie bill as amended was then passed. A New Railroad Pass. A new style of railroad pass has just been patented by a railroad man which is something of a novelty. The idea is to provide a pass which can be used by none save the person to whom it is is­ sued, and the pass seems to meet the requirement. Around the pass proper is a margin, with a description whieh, by the use of a punch, may be made to fit anybody. After the word '* age" appear a series of figures out of whieh the person issuing the pass punches the figures corresponding with the age of the one to whom the pass is issued. Then after the hsad "shape" follow the words "slim," "medium," stout," "corpulent." After "color of hair" come the designations "black," "brown." "gray," "light," "au­ burn." After "color of eyes." come "black," "brown," "gray," "blue," hazel;" and after "beard" the terms none," "full," "side," "chin," "mustache." Thus, supposing the man to whom the pass is issued be a dark, slim man, with black eyes and beard a la Napoleon, the issuer of the pass would punch the word "slim" under "shape," "black" under "eyes" and *hair," "mustache and chin" under " beard." The pass could then be transferred only to a man chancing to answer just the above de­ scription. The idea is certainly a nov­ el one.--Indianapolis Sentinel --The Washington correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal men­ tions, as a matter that is causing some gossip in Washington, that up to this time the entire diplomatic corps has been omitted in all invitations to dine at the White House. He adds: " The cause is believed to be the trouble about hav­ ing wine on the Presidential table, the average diplomat regarding wine as essential to the art of dining, and the Executive being sternly opposed to sup­ plying any such pleasant temptation to the .unwary." --Henry Disston, who died in Phila­ delphia recently, had a wide reputa­ tion as a sawmaker. He was the first man who successfully rolled steel plates in America. When he began making saws he concealed the fact tnat the material did not come from En­ gland, as purchasers then demanded that all steel should be rolled in En­ gland. --President Anderson, of Rochester University, has served longer in office than any other college President In the country. ILLINOIS STATE MEWS. JAMES WEBSTER, living six miles north of Belvidere, recently spread some strychnine on some bread and butter, Intending to take It to the barn and poison mice with it, but placed it on a shelf in the sitting-room and forgot it when he went out. He had not told any of his family that he had prepared any strych­ nine. Soon after, his wife came into the room, having in her arms a little four-year-old niece, and the little girl, spylntr tlie bread and butter, asked for it to eat. Her aunt gave her some, and soon she wtfut into apasms and was dead in about half an hour. THE motion for a new trial In the case of Davidson, convicted of murdering Robertson at Lake Zurich, and sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment in the Penitentiary, has been overruled and an appeal taken to the Supreme Court. THE wife of Pat Welch, living at Morrison- ville, in Christian County, entered his bed­ room oh the morning of the 19th, while he was vet aelecp in his bed, and struck him on the head with an ax, Inflicting a wound which will probably prove fatal. The blow extends' from the left forehead diagonally between the eyes to the opposite cheek bone, fracturing the skull. Mrs. Welch has been insane for over a year, and was adjudged insane by the County Court about a year ago, but her hue- band refused to have her sent to the Insane Asylum, as ordered by the Court. KATE OKAY died of poison, self-admfnister- ed, at Danville, a few days ago. HON. WM. H. MCDONALD, formerly member of the Twenty-second General Assembly of Illinois, of high reputation for character and standing in the legal profession and in society, was arrested at Chillicothe, Ohio, and brought back to Charleston, on the 21st. The arrest was under a, requisition of the Governor of Illinois on the Governor of Olifo. and qn an indictment of the Grand Jury ot Coles County for the embezzlement of a large sum of money collected by him and not paid over. THE following call Is Issued for a State Con­ vention, to be held in the Interest of temjier- ance, at Decatur, June 6: In response to the (renernl sentiment of the friends of the temperance reform, the under­ signed, Executive Committee of the State Pro­ hibitory Orj»anizat'on. hereby call a State Con­ vention, to be held in the City of Decatur, in the County of Macon, on Thimday, June 6,1878, at ten o'clock a. m., for the purpose of nominating candidates for State officers, and making ar­ rangements to nominate candidates for members of »the General Assembly, to be chosen at the election to be held in November next. Measures will also be taken to secure n thor­ ough organization, with a view to the enactment of a Prohibitory law for this State, and such other business as may be brought before the Convention. All friendly to the objects of this call, wheth­ er as individuals or representatives of temper­ ance organizations, are invited to be present. C.G. HAVMAN, Chairman, Chicago. THOMAS MOULDING, Chicago. JOHN SEBOBKI. Bloomineton. GUY C. SAMPSON, Hyde Fade. W. 8. CBISSEY, Decatur, J. W. HAOOABD, Bloomington. J. O. BBAYMAN, Secretary. Chicago. THE grocery store of James Hill, in Taylor- ville, In Christian County, was entered by burglars a tew nights ago, and almost entirely cleaned out. WHILE John Geddes was chopping wood, near Danville, the other day, the ax slipped and severed two arteries in his right leg. ' He is reported to have bled to death. WALT Rit O. BBTAXT, a colored man, Hvlng at Danville, attempted suicide, the other night, by drowning. He was rescued, and spent the night in prayer, after which he an­ nounced to sympathizing friends that be felt better, and would tarry awhile yet. * GREAT alarm prevails in Nashville, Wash­ ington County, over the sudden appearance and rapid spread of measles among tlie school­ children. Over 100 were suffering from the disease, on the 23d, and new victims were being rapidly added to the list. THE coal-miners along the St. Louis & South­ eastern Railroad have, inaugurated a deter­ mined strike, demanding an increase of two cents a bushel for mining. The coal supply of St. Louis comes mainly from this section. The strikers number about 3.0J0. THE Attorney-General has filed, an opinion with the Auditor in regard to the Road law and collection of taxes thereunder. He holds that the Road law of 1877 is the only one now in force, and that under Section 81 thereof the Commissioner of Highways should certify to the County Clerk, and he extend the road and bridge tax on all taxable property, but that the legal voters of anv township in counties under township organization may at the an­ nual town meeting provide that the tax may­ be worked out under the proviso in Section 71; but that the parties so working out their tax should receive from the Overseer or Commis­ sioner of Highways an order on their Treas­ urer for the amount of the labor performed, and that such order would be a legitimate tender for the taxes assessed for road and bridge purposes. THE G over nor has appointed John Gordon, of Jacksonville, Trustee of the Central Hos­ pital for the Insane, vice John C. 8alter, who resigned to accept the position of Warden of the Southern Penitentiary. COL. KLEEMAN, of Chicago, was recently killed near Laramie City, Wy. T., by falling down the shaft of the Sunrise mine, a dis­ tance of 150 feet. He was ascending the shaft, and, being seized with vertigo, slid out of the basket and fell to the bottom. A SEVERE wind-storm struck Cairo on the afternoon of the 22d, and unroofed several houses in various portions of the city. DURING a storm near Mount Vernon, the other day, Mrs. James Westcott was severely injured by a stroke of lightning. She was sitting on the edge of a l»ed near an open fire, place where the lightning descended the chim­ ney. and she was knocked insensible by the shock. Other persons in the room at the time were uninjured. A TKAMP hung himself to the limb of a tree near Irving, in Montgomery County, the other morning. He was identified . as a St. Louis baker named Bayer. THE State Auditor, since the 1st Inst., and up to the 24th, had issued warrants to the amount of $2,565.66 for compensation and mileage in conveying prisoners to the Joliet Penitentiary. Os the 25th, Mr. Swett, the Grain Inspector at Chicago, was removed by the Governor, and John P. Reynolds appointed as his successor. Mr. Reynolds at once perfected and filed his bonds and entered on the "discharge of the duties of the office. The charges made against Mr. Swett were incompetency and dibobedi- encc of orders. Thrilling Experience of a Hnnter In the Adirondack Mountains. JACK FEATHERLY lived in a log cabin at the base of one of the mountain ranges of the Adirondacks. He had been brought up in the woods from infancy, and the rocks, trees and flow­ ing water were his lesson books, for in that desolate region schools were out of the question. He was the son of a guide who conducted hunters and pleasure parties over the lakes and through the woods of the Shattagee region, and by the time he was seven- i teen years of age the boy was able to act as a guide himself. His eyes were so keen tnat he could tell at * glance, by the traces upon the dry leaves, whether a bear, deer or panther had passed by. The forest was his home aad he could lie down miles from home and sleep as sweetly upon his conch of moss or leaves as the best housed youngster on his more civilized bed. in the summer of 1873 he guided a party a distance of forty miles to the iirst of the chain of mountain lakes, where his father waited for them with canoes. From that point they had no further need of him, and the same afternoon he started on his return home. He had passed over ten miles of the w&y when night came on, and taking his hatchet from his belt he quickly pot up a "lean-to." It did not take Jack long to build his shelter, and when it was completed he sat down upon it, and ate some cold meat and corn bread, which he had in his haversack. When he had finished his supper he gathered a quantity of moss and leaves for a bed, spread them upon the floor of his rude tent, wrapped his blanket around him and laid down. The croaking of the frogs, the lay of the whippoorwill and the lapping of the river close at hand were familiar sounds and quickly lulled him to sleep. His rifle, loaded and ready for use, was at his side, and his knife in its sheath hung upon a short, broken branch above his head. Though he was but seventeen years old, Jack Featherly was as strong as most men, and quite able to take care of himself; for his courage was certainly equal to his strength. It might have been three o'clock in the morning, just before the light came, when he was awakened by a strange feeling of uneasiness, and gradually be­ came aware of the presence of some large, soft body lying close to his own. He could hear the heavy respirations of an animal's breath, and even felt them on his neck. Whether the creature was ferocious or otherwise he could not tell, but certainly some wild visitor was lying close to him and enjoying the friendly warmth of his body. Was Jack frightened? Put yourself in his position and tell me what you think about it. My opinion is, that as brave as he was, he would have been better pleased with a different bedfel­ low. Not that Jack knew there was anything to fear from his strange neighbor, but the suspense was some­ thing even more uncomfortable than fear. Painfully still he lay, without moving hand or foot, for he could not tell what deadly assault the slightest alarm might provoke. But this inaction became too horrible. Human nerves could not bear it. Cautiously he reached out for his rifle; his fingers clutched upon it; inch by inch he dragged it toward him till the barrel lay across his breast and he could touch the lock. His thumb pressed the hammer, but even now he dared not cock it, for the click might startle his bedfellow and force a battle before he was prepared. Sooner or later, however, it must come, and necessity compelled him to venture.. Stiffening his muscles, and drawing in his breath, he thrust back the hammer of the lock, and the sharp click, click, sounded fearfully distinct in the dead silence. The wild animal made a quick movement, but Jack lay like a stone, and in a moment his un­ known enemy seemed asleep again. Would the morning never come! Jack dared not fire in tne darkness, for if he missed his aim, and the creature proved indeed a beast of prey, there was no chance for him. With his fin­ ger upon the trigger and his hand upon the lock, he waited in aching anxiety for the first light to show him the out­ lines of his dreaded companion. Minutes seemed hours. Never before in his life had the boy passed such an hour. His mind was terribly active, and vivid memories of all he had ever done, and regrets for every misdemeanor, with wild thought^ of what the end of this adventure might possibly be, peo­ pled ̂ "his vigil of danger till it became a nightmare. Slowly, very slowly, the darkness broke away, and Jack, sickened with his long suspense, cautiously turned his head. There, close to him, stretched oitt in an attitude of repose, lay a full-grown panther. Carefully and silently tne boy drew his rifle forward a little more. What if the cap should not explode? What if the rifle was not properly load­ ed P He raised his right arm gradual­ ly, until the muzzle was within an inch of the panther's ear. He pressed the trigger, and at the instant of discharge he was on his feet with his hunting- knife in his hand, ready to fight for his life. But there was no need of the knife now. The bullet had crashed through the brain of the prostrate beast, killing him on the spot. Jac&'s danger was over; but even now, whenever he tells the story, he says he can feel the cold sweat gather on his flesh as it did that terrible imorning in the Adirondack woods when he lay in bed with the panther.--jillen- town (Pa.) Cor. Exchange. Kind Words--Why Use Thenu 1. Because they always cheer him to whom they are addressed. They soothe him if he is wretched; they comfort him if he is sad. They keep him out of the slough of despond, or help him out if he happens to oe in. 2. There are words enough of the Op­ posite kind flying in all directions-- sour words, cross words, fretful words, insulting words, overbearing words, ir­ ritating words. Now, let kind words have a chance to get abroad, since so many and so different are on the wing. 3. Kind words bless him that uses them. A sweet sound on the tongue tends to make the heart mellow. Kand words react upon the kind feelings which prompted them, and make them more kind. They add fresh fuel to the fire of benevolent emotion in the soul. 4. Kind words beget kind feelings toward him that loves to use them. People love to see the face and hear the voice of such a man. Kind words are, therefore, of great value in these hard times.---Church Unign. THERE were 4,500,000 registered letters in this country last year. I jf \ The Qveen off JMhm. A BOSTON girl, sent to be Ifueated at f a French Convent, was a scl»hnate oft; the Princess Mercedes, wmSka Queenr - of Spain. In ktterssent hMtfe, and re- cently published in ScrimW'̂ the Bos- ; ton girl describes the Princess, whon»;J: - the nuns insisted should be «aM Madame." She was once punished^ ;^ for joining the other girls in mischief '/<• during school-hours, and the amiable; V way in which she received her punish-, . ment is thus narrated: .. li:f * Poor Sister Marguerite felt that all' authority was slipping from fer^qfids; and when at last little, quic Madame, to the delight of tbe ers, could resist their overtures no;', $l longer, but began, too, to join in pranks, she felt that some thing de%ter- ate must be resorted to. With a rap- -- on the desk that made every one jump, she said, sternly, "Mercedes!" The Princess started to her fee£,rand turned crimson, and the girls looked up , to hear what was coming next. v ; Sister Marguerite went on gravely "Mercedes, I am grieved to see yotten-?^ couraging this conduct in your class-. mates. You may go and stand at the door till the class is quiet." All was hushed in an instant; ftttftthe , girls were aghast; for to stand at the| ; door is considered one of the most hu-, ' miliating of punishments, and is seli' dom resorted to except with the PetitlBsjJ The door of the recitation-room is a glas3 one, leading into the hall, right at the foot of the staircase where peo-'c pie are continually passing; so that the,7 " offender, who stands outside, is in fnlll; sight of the passers-by, as well as of the class. The girls looked wonderingly at %fcch other, at the mistress, then at the Prin­ cess,. to see what she would do. For a moment she hesitated, then she turned and walked quickly, with head btt t' down, to the door, opened it, went out and stood there with her hands folded, and with a very red face. Tnis step had the desired elfectl of bringing the class to order, for there was hardly a girl but felt she deserved the punishment far more than Madame. However, Sister Marguerite let herstay there several minutes. From this till the end of the lesson, the girls were all like little models.' This evening, after Madame had left, the nuns told us that after class, she came up to Sister Marguerite and thanked her for having given her, this punishment, saying: " You have reminded me that, in my Eosition, £ ought always to give the ighest example. I hope I never shall forget it." She always takes a reproof inisuch good spirit that I don't wonder the nuns think so much of her. . , - - - f / A Mad Ending. . For years Beau Brummel #i§ "the leader of fashionable society; but his spendthrift habits brought him to pov­ erty, and his last days are thtis de­ scribed by a writer in Chambers' Jour­ nal: A poor, neglected imbecile is living in squalid lodgings, at Calais. It is scarcely possible to recognize in this unhappy being the once gay and ele­ gant Beau Brummel, the glass of fash­ ion and mold of form to the men' and women of his generation, whom he ruled with the despotism of an auto­ crat. Yet this is the poor Beau an4 no other. He is holding a phantom reception. Having desired his attendant to arrange his apartment, set out the whist-tables and light the candle--alas! only tallow --he is ready at eight o'clock to" receive the guests which tne servant, previous­ ly instructed, now announces. First comes the Duchess of Devon* shire. On hearing her name, the Beau leaves his chair, and with the courtliest bow, the only reminiscence of his de­ parted glory, he advances to the door and greets the phantom Duchess with all the honor that he would have given the beautiful Georgiana. He takes her hand and leadf fc»$o a seat,'-saying, as he does so, "Ah, my dear Duchess, how rejoiced I am to see you! So very amiable of you to come at this short notice. Pray bury your­ self in this arm-chair. Do you know it was the gift to me of the Duchess of York, who was a very kind friepd of mine?--but, poor thing, you know she is no more!". At this point tears of idiocy would fall from his eves, and he would sink into the arm-chair himself, awaiting the arrival of other guests, who, being duly announced, were similarly greeted. With these ghosts of the past he would spend tne evening until ten o'clock, when the servant, telling each guest that his or her carriagtf v^fts in waiting, would carry his poor oli^mas­ ter off to bed. We cannot wish him good-night without the payment of a sigh for the pantomime he has acted, and the sad lesson it conveys. TUE MARKETS. KEW~YOBK* April LIVB BTOOK--C«ttle f&M* < bheep "i-W ; FLOUR--Good to Choice 6.25 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago 1.2 > « CORN--Western Mixed .i-0 < OATS--^Western Uixvd ' RYE-Western .72 I PORK--MCSB 5 . LARD--Steam < CHEESE .1)6 ( WOOL-Domsstie....,.........i, .32 i CHICAGO. 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