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rmmi ' € •' iNfe i 1 <•'• / *a If#™ I. VMISLYKE. E«M raMPiMMwr. MoHKNRY, ILLINOIS. TCFFLETTE*.' Pa., ^qnW&kg feWta* Arthur to yudn SngNot Mason, and then ooiitrib- dlj m fan ̂ tb« family of the unfortunate. . ...F. A. Palmer, late Auditor of Newark, N. J., haa MM to Stated priaon for twenty yean for fonruw warrant* on the otty treasury-- Tbe manufactory of the Pond'a Extract Com* mot, In Brooklyn, valued at $100,000, |gd the roundhouse of the Oil 0for railroad, at Newcastle, Pa., with three were barned..;.. Mn Sylvester, of Waverly, Haas., the first to mnafaatare looomoth* cranks to the United States, ia dead John V. Oolea, a widely known advocate of twnperanoa, who was one of the leaden in the old Waohingtonian move- •moL died anddealy si Beaton from the effeota of a foil down stairs while following a btuvlar Mho UHd robbed hfftn. He was esteemed ifher- «rar known, and has led thousands of men into tfca paths of iobnety. DARING AN operatic performance bj Mi In Boston, with an audienoe of nearly six flMMuand gathered in Mechanics' Hall, the cur­ tain took fire when lowered at the close of flia first act Two journalists stopped the people from gorging the exits Tne New York As­ sembly adopted a resolntloa that the President of the United Slates be asked to commute the sentence of Seigt Mason to dismissal from the service. THR arrival of immigrants at Castle Garden, Now York, in one day last week, ag­ gravated 2,366, a majority of whom are En­ chant or Scotch At Lawrence, Mass., the Pacific mills shut down last week. The toek» oat affects 5,300 persons Royal B. Conant, •when cashier of the Eliot National Bank of Boston, embezzled $70,000, and wa« sentenced to Dedham jail for seven years. On the ground that his health has been undermined By two years' confinement, President Arthur ma granted him a pardon. ON a farm near Pittsburgh, D. T. lawson demonstrated his theory that boiler exploeions do not oocnr from low water, but are caused by the bursting of water into steam when a vacuum is caused fay opening the valve. The test was made before Fehrenbatch, the General Supervising Inspector, and the boiler Hew into fragment* at(a pressure of SH pounds. THE india-rubber man Is being exhib­ ited to the physicians of New York. He oan Stretch the skin of his forehead over his entire fsoe, and Ue the flesh on hie legs in knots over ttikoees. «HJ^ WEST. . '• DMONYI GORHAM, of Providence, &. L, after an investigation of several months, . arrested John Mott, at Cracker's Node, Mow, for complicity in the robbery of an Alton train at Blue Cut. The aeensed was employed by the raihvRv a.R telegraph operator, and kept tho nog well informed... .in asnowsiide at Genoa, Nev., Mr. and Mrs. Bo wen, Miss Borlun ™ , from seven to twenty Indians were killed. BOOM of the bodies have been recovered. THE citizens of Dallas,. Ore,, seized T#caon Langdon and a man named Harrison, j for killing A. B. Croaks and 8. J. Jerey. At < the hotel where the murderers were under j guard a party of masked men appeared and { shot Laagdon, following up the work by hang- lag Harrison to the trestle-work of the bridge. AT the request of the Northern Pa­ cific management, Gen. Terry has ordered a ooanpanv of infantry to the hfadmlcn of Oa UtUe Mimaati, to fNtect tee-totter* from the Indians. ; Judge Love, of Iowa, in a Bait against the American Union Telegraph Company for Mglect in sending & message to make purchases on wheat eantkcttfln Chicago, decided that, u thi lakrs of IBuoia prohibit option deal*, the pfoyUttf canaot mower damagea The ex- pteion in Gfaebe s furniture store at Bipoo, Wis., was immediately followed by flames which defrayed all the baildmgs on tho north •w or the jmhbe square, causing a loss of ...tbrn Imidtatat mwtsrfciiicGai, at Sffftor, Hfain ̂tygd with vheU, was swept awijr the kws betog 9200,000. THB Wabash road reports for 1881 earnings of $14,467,798, operating ex- i of titi,702.943. a deficiency for the year Of #3,472,088 ia meefing all claims . The bill to restoce capital pnaiahraent i® Wisoensin, whi ̂passed the Senate, failed to pasa.%|̂ [ ' KMHBU§ In the House by a majority of IT JTAKSS II. DAYIB, Deputy Bmnne Qribaferat Naahviile,«s waylaid and shot 4aad by a gang «f tmotf saooostrisers, near IMfinnrflle, Tenn. He |a said to have anasted tally thrse thousand men for illicit distilling, sad is known to bamidIM several Ax Tampa, lla, * young Englishman pHnnd & D. OsMaaattacked ayoong lady wWs a knife and stabbed har|̂ »r ̂ to death. He «i*ured and olaoed in 1*11, but within aa •our was taken oat by a mob and hanged to a SW®,*!!!* .to ewut-hon*) yard where the Uaiud States Court was in saaskm at the time. The Mayor and Oienff moterted, and Lieut, Psnaa.̂ the Third United States artillery, oeaarpd outthenairtsoo b> resent; tbe pnmmerr Dot before the troops arrived Owens was a dead Man... .A eonvioted horse lhief in Texas named Boody jumped from a train near San Antonio, Met WM shot dead by the guards. THB owner of the cave deposits of feat gm.no in Uvalde county, Texas, says the •apply cannot be exhausted In a century. An analysis shows over 11 per cent of ammr.ni. The ewm have reosgUy keen reached by rail- toad trackj andthe first shipoMnt has been tagde. The pipedaet is expected to bring W> per ton, • s. * • B*v. PAUI< BIMST was greeted with •Aow« «ggs at Oaiksville, Ark., whose oOmm felt indignant at reflections cast upon &e town in bis letters to a uewspapor A Wormon elder hss left Chattanooga for'silt w'th 175 oouverts from Bouthern '! WK. i CJOOK, a ohmiaal lawysr in tha District of Coknfaia, who has been eon* aaoted with the aaaas against the star-route ting, has severed his connection voluntarily wtth the prosecution, and in so doing h&g en° dsavorad to throw serious doubts upon the honesty of the present attempt to bsing the Mar»roate people to justice. He «i«iiii» that principal prosecutor, has beoome identified with the star-mate ring through the imxchase of a share in the Republican, and that Mr some time he {Mr. Cook ) hag not been con­ futed or advised with about the character of ••e cases or what was to be done in the matter. THXKB is likely mom. t© be serious em- "••WMsment in Use Oeawiti Ofia^ and unless Oongross shall make additions! appropriations J* inaposnible to complete the census •ora, there now remaining in the treasury to ®? credit of the eensossnproumiioti but t».- "0<m «hanstod. The sBuoulty is that the sriuutM have boon Inad^ 4&&te. A WASHXNGTOK TELEGRAM sayg thai Ben Hill has improved so rapidly that te hopes soon to ride out. His physicmna ttink tte cancer has been entirely removed. "*• ™ no truth whatever in the report tel- •BajpM from Whshingtou thatthe Georgia fPfOKor was in a dying coadiiicwt AT the Oabinet meeting the ease of them five Senators and j* largs number of Bep- reaentatlves, mat in Washington for oonsulta- tfam over the varied gap osteons to imprors 'watar-rootas in the West. Senator Allison oaiied to the ohair Hon. J. a Dor®, of Chicago, who demonstrated the fast that agricultural products aimpriae 82 par o#S of our ex­ port*. JjjMWMutative noat, art*. I<ouis, tar nnnepin CMMJ; Say tor Windon Mmf^r Of "#ef«pal imte irxm Bosk Islaapl to Ohtcago. ipeslMjr Mer nKprssaMi pletMB* in the m- terast 'taksn in p trttSportalinn qaaation. Bc>oltmsos WSM «A>ptaA that Iks lakw and the Upper Mississippi, tflAsd, Would form the most extensive water route in the world, and feat the demands of commerce required the removal of all obstacles to their union. •tmntAb • N«w YORK journa states that the Mutual Union Telegraph Company has infor­ mally agreed to transfer its wires to the West­ ern Union, and that the Baltimore and Ohio line will also be handed over to the monster enterprise, part of the consideration being a majority of the Directors of the Mew Jersey- Central road, in order that the Baltimore audi Reading roads may have easy access to New York.,. .The Garfield Monument Committee of Cleveland announces contributions of #108,000; of which 175,000 was raised in that city. A new appeal is made to swell the sum to *850,000. THS Chilian official paper publishes the protocol made by Envoy Treeoott mitu agrees to make peace only on the oession of Tar&paea in perpetuity, the occupation of Pern m(uk Moqueqna until $30,0<k) indemnity is paid, and possession of half the guano ®f Peru. Jtn>0s FOBCTK, of Cincinnati, has de- sided that ernts against insurance companies may be brought in any State where they da business, MR. BIIAIXK, in an Interview with a Washington reporter, gave an emphatic ex­ pression of his views with regard to the present status of the OhiH-Peru question. In his opin­ ion there has been a combination made be­ tween Chili and a syndicate of English capital­ ists for the purpose of crashing Pern. This is shown by the fact that the Chilian Government has advertised for bids for the purchase of a million tons of Peruvian guano, the price to be paid in drafts on London. As to Treseottj his instructions from the present administration are to remain perfectly quieL and his presence will in no way interfere with the carrying out of the bargain... .The Ameri­ can Association of tho Red Cross is about to send agents into the overflowed region of the Southwest, and makes an urgent appeal for funds, which can be sent to the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary of War. ML1TICU. « "WASHINGTON telegram : "A promi­ nent Republican, a close and confidential friend of ex-Senator Conkling, who has seen him almost daily of late, says Conkling does | not want and would not take any office at pres- j ent. _ He says that hod the President's letter ; offering Conkling the Supreme Judgeship reached the latter before the nomination was made Conkling would have declined then, and the public Ton Id have known nothing about it. He says Conkling'e ambition is to return to tho United States Senate from New York. His plan is to devote himself to law practice and accumulate money enough te make him in­ dependently ricu by the tune of the next Sena­ torial election in New York." The author of the bitter attack on the character of President Garfield, published m a Washington journal, proves to be William Brown, of Kentucky, a delegate in the Chicago Convention. RHODE ISLAND Democrats, in conven- { tkm at Providence, nominated a full Stats j ticket Horace A. Kimball was selected for ! Governor and J. G. Pony for Lieutenant Gov­ ernor. J JAMBS Low, a bitter aati-Conkling I MEMB^? fit TFC» N™ YORK LASJITA" HE« I nominated by President Arthur to the Consu- I late at Clifton, Ont....The Senate of Nsw I Jersey ban pasged over the Governor's veto a t bill giving tip the ownership and control of i tho water-front of Jersey Oitv to the Pennsyl­ vania railroad. ' VBKEI61I. A ooHXBapoHiKNT of the Daily Neu>$ •ends a pitiable account of the state of affairs in the prison palace of Gatohina. The Caar is said to be stupefied by cs|>tivity, ssnsis- atsnA preventing bis mind from beoomii^ completely unbilled. He Is aftam to accompany the Czarina for out-door exercise. He spends hours daily with the children in the gymnasium, climbing rope ladders and turning somersaults. A RATB collector and agent named Crawford was shot while driving to church | with his family, near Clonmellon, County Westmeath. He is in a critical condition. ! Some members of his family were also injured, j A police sub-inspector named Doherty was f»- | tally shot in a disturbance at Tabbercurry, 1 County Sligo. Several arrests were made.... j Victor Hugo, while entertaining gome jour- j n&lists in Paris, received a telegram ' from St. Petersburg announcing that i the Czar had spared the lives of l five Nihilists at his request Whereupon Hugo ! toasted the Czar.... A Borne newspaper pub- I lishefi a remarkable article by the Secretary-of the Committee of the General Staff, urging ths prompt completion of the military organize tion, and the alliance of Italy with Germany and Austria against a probable Franco-Russian allijuaoa. AT Dublin a eaoniater of grin powder was thrown into a house where several detectr ives lived. Property was badly damaged, but no one hurt. --A fire near Northampton, Eng., destroyed twenty-five houses and rendered 100 persons homeless. Another at Emod, Hong*. rv, destroyed 350 houses and caused the loss, of nine lives.... The Prussian Economic Council haa rejected the tobacco-monopoly bill, and adopted a resolution in favor of increasing the tob&KiO tax. BERLIN was decorated and thanks­ giving aervioes beld in honor of ths Emperor's «jrt*ty-sixth birthday. In reply to an address the octogenarian ruler remarked that each new period of life reminded him that the Almighty chose His instruments... .Eiffbt hundred Jews were expelled from Mo^-foTnothaving passports. THE speech whioh the hot-headed Skobelaff made to the Servian stadaats is not ths only asiault hs hss made upon Qw- many. Use Berlin correspondent of ths Lon­ don Standard reports him as speaking to some ( fiussuii officers ia Warsaw, at which h® j said : " The best, of Bossians is oar Cear. | You, and indeed all' Europe, know what ws i think on the great Slav question. If, never- i thelfcss, jou find me here at our Czar's com* I mand, yon see in it a fresh humiliation on ths | part of that man who by 'blood and iron* ; founded an empire which cau only be destroyed by th« 1 blood and iron' of Russia." Frightful Boiler Explosion. PHILADELPHIA, March 24. The boiler of the steam passenger ferry­ boat, Henry C. Pratt, plying between Philadel­ phia and the Atlantic railroad depot, Walnut street wharf and depot Koighris point, Cam­ den, N. J., exploded at the wharf. Two of the crew were blown over the roof on the other side of the street into the water at the eud of the street a block away. " The anchor lodged in the telegraph wires. The hoiiur was lifted, aud grazed the second and ttiird btorieu of the warehouse on Delaware avenue, 2(K» feet irum the fceue, and, falling, demolished and sunk two tug-boats. The ex­ plosion occurred at Pier 8. Delaware aveuue. Portions of the boiler were liung across the ave­ nue, sinking Not. 132 aud 134, • occupied by Kelly, Lovfcll & Co., whip chandlers, aud Hugh Fitzgerald, wines, destroying the second und tuird stores scattering brick, etc., in all direc­ tions. Tne body of George Scully, the Captain .wub. wuj <ji ureurgc Rouuy, me uaptam _ _ t _ - -- , of the Pratt was thrown over the entire block <*det Whjttaker was disposed of, by iinrHn, I against the wail on the west sids of Water Mis recommendation of the Academic Board of that he be dismissed for being de» Atfaot in his •to ŝs. It is not decided who MIUsrsn>...ThsWsgrsand Means Commit- *wst Washington has instructed ths sub- ewnmBtss to sapart wMtt sfccfertitng nearly all iatarasl revemie taxss sxoept those dn hquors. •annfsctnrsd tobsoea sad hsnk ciroqkMou, A Vaahington tnVaffrsi at Maveh 2B avs: aiBriUiyel IWarhssotdsred mi,- O wtkaatahs tasaaA st WswOdssns fear ths fe 9t TwiMina flood sntenrs, S00,000 st i for Ml»»wip|ii, «T,M0 st Hsl̂ ia for I, aad 1S,0W sash at Charleston, New I MM OMOflOa'fiflff * Two wmnmao § ̂ amonf slree^, a snapeiess pulp. Burning coals were tbrown from tiie tire-hole on to the roof of the handsome depot of tne Philadelphia and Atlantic railway, 600x200 feet, covering the p.er where the boat lay, burning it to ths ground in an hour. Coals were also thrown aboaid the Bteam tug Ella and she was burned to th<; water's ed c. Five men aboard "** ?BSis st uie HKW of tho expiuiuGu wSSm A UimnwoTA mob dM not lynch the man whom they ha4 intended so to pnmgfcu He argued with them a while and then gave then $5 to buy beer convinced that he was not so him to be.-- nmsnmiuKol "fcntt^r. a B. SaTHtaiJta, whowssspseisByds- tailed to go through ths overflowsd distriots in the vicinity of Arkansas City, haa apaminml ths Arkansas and Whits iHvers and polsU south ot ths Affcaassa. Ms reports that nineteen. twutiaclM of tha soontry m andar water, and a oonsiderable portion oi ihe eolond popaiattoa is in destitute diwunsfanoea. Lwnt Sattsriss estimatee that fttUv 1,500people hare no means of subsistence, ths State aaUiantiss are do­ ing nothing to »l)®viafe the saMaf, trusting to the snffioienoy of the OomtUBsM bountv. There will lie little or no Stack left in the flooded district A gentleman who made the trip from Vioksbnrg to Yazoo City reports the condition of the inland districts as bad or worse than reported. Sunflower, La- lloray Bolivar, Coabotas, Tallahatchie aad Tunica countiee are entirely nnder water. Issa­ quena, Yasoo, Holmes and Washington coun­ ties are about one-half and Warren county about one-quarter so. The totals pcpnlation of these, bv tue iase censns, was MB.M1L and of these at least 100,000 are colored laborers mads absolutely destitute by the flood, and who must be supported by outside contributions un­ til the river Mis and work is resumed. Ths region south of Memphis is swarming with buffalo-gnats, which are killing what little stock wa* saved from drowning. One result of ths overflow has been to prove to the satisfaction of the natives that the levee system is a failure. Millions of money msy bs ®pent in repairing the damage already done, but in the opinion of the knowing ones, it will be thrown away. Reports received at tb© War Department in Washington estimate that there are 80,000 des- titnts sufferers in the flooded regions between Oaiwx 111., and the Galf of Mexico. It is be­ lieved that an appropriation of $1,000,000 by Oongren; will be required before- these peopls oan again teoom »lf-»apporti»g. Craiae sf 4 Relief Bsat ay Ihs laa- flower Htirer~~!StimBg« Seeees--1»- dlan IVtttimflw ttnd Roof* of Hcuea tlae Only B<*fS(o of the People. - A correspondent on board the Government relief boat Anita, gives graphic details of the devastation on the Sunflower river, in Missis­ sippi, from which the following is taken: In making the trip put through Lake George the Anita penetrated a country not visited by steamboats. The negro inhabitants farm in a small, way and hunt There are being opened several plantations on the river, and some of the people were but recently brought into the dis­ trict. to work on them. Before ths Anita had made five miles up the lake fciiere came a cry of die-tress from the woods. The yawl put out in the direction of the hail, and after working through the bush came upon a scene which demonstrated the extremities to which these people have been driven. Huddled together upon a mound, the top of which was above the water a foot, were eightv negroes, men, women and children. They had left their cabins with­ in a radius of three miles, and had sought this elevation as a place of safety. Save in a few deep holes the bottom of Lake George is dry land in midsummer, and the planters cut grass on it Wiien tho Anita entered tho Yazoo country the flood bad not readied its height Every morning the gauge showed an advance of five or six inches. All day Sunday the Anita pursued the work of relief up ths Big Sunflow­ er. At places the river is half as wide as the Mississippi; at ethers it contracts so that the branches brush the sides of the boat. Many of the farm houses had been abandoned by the people. The chickens sat in trees, and dogs-- for every planter has a pack of hounds--howled dismally as the boat passed along. Scores of hogs which run half wild in the swamps wers seen perched upon big ioga floating about in twenty feet of water. These creatures, the people said, would gnaw the cottonwood and find subsistence for two weeks at least, but for every hog that had found a resting place a hundred nad perished, Tho sensation of the day was reached when a curious-looking craft was met floating down the river. It proved to be a cradle with a negro baby in it The little black Moses of ths STPTBSS was contentedly suoking his ttmmh. where he eame from will probably never be ViinaMi IVniythms? immginahlB in t.hn form of household belonging*, from i washstand to a whole house, that would float, was met upon the current The extent of the flood impressed itself in many ways. From the deck of the Anita could be seen long rows of tenant- houses, the eaves of whioh, and in' some esses all but the ridge poles, were submerged. It must be taken into consideration that these houses are built on large posts, and that their floors are seven to nine feet abeve the ground. Thie peculiar construction is for the emergencies of high water, but the architects eontsmpiafctifl iyi •nah #ood as that of 1882. A* tbeAiina mpred the month of Bear creek a dugout came alongside and an appeal was mads in behalf of tne negro renters on the Mc- Connell farms. They were reported on the roofs and in lofts, with holes cut through the shingles. Three large yawls, capable of carry­ ing thirty persons tacli, were at once launched and manned, nearly every man on the Anita who oould pull an oar being pressed into ser­ vice. The yawls were pulled over the wagon roads, through the woods, for five' miles, and the situation then dawned upon the rescuing^ party. The people ia. the settlement 120 in all, had gathered in half a dozen of the most sub­ stantial buildings. The other structures had fallen, and in some instances floated off. Out from under the eaves, and through the roof of the first house approached peered rows of which are contained* in glass bottles cov­ ered with Chinese letters and figures on thin silk, as silk and satin. IQRTT-SlfBirrH COTOBttfc The snti-Ghiaese MU occm^ed ths sols sttsn- tiee of tiis House on ihe 13th, ths entire day bstng given up to dsbatc on that nmrora Speschsn were made bv Me^ra Mower, Moor®, Bemr snd Williams, fcberu was no session of the Senate. flsoator Taller, from fhe Committee on Pub- He Lands, reported a bill to the 8snat% on the 20th, to Cx the period <4 residence necessary to acquire titles to hoJiesfc-od*. waking it three years instead of five. A bill was reported for a public building at Erie, Pa A resolution was passed allowing Mr. Butler 63,500 ani Mr. Kellogg 4*9,600 for expense incurred in meet­ ing contests for their seat?. The Diplomatic and Military Academy bills were reported, with amendments, as wss M*O the act for the admission of Dakota. Mf-^rs. Beck and Mor­ rill made spesohes on the Tariff-* ommission bill. Mr. Pendleton presetitad a memorial of the National Tobacco A^oeiation protesting against the passage of & Free-Lpaf bill and asking the abolition of export stamps. The executive session was wholly consumed in oon- sideriug the nomination of Samuel Seabury, of New York, to be Constructor, on which no action was taken. In the House, °t lie Speaker submitted a mmmg® from the Pres­ ident stating that, in compliance with the con-* stitution, the Governor of Nebraska, on his re­ quest, was given authority to employ troops to protect the State against domestic violence. It was agreed that the House recede from its amendment to the Mississippi relief bill author­ izing an expenditure for itrengthening the le­ vees. Mr. Hubbell introduced a bill to abolish all taxes on banking and the atamn tax on matefees snd perfumery. Mr. Manning presented s bill to appropriate $5,000 for a monument at the gravte^f Thomas Jefferson, and Mr. Beach an act setting aside $10,060 for a memorial shaft at Washington's headquarters at Newburgh, N. Y, A resolution from tho Maryland Asscmblyssked an appropriation for a monument to Francis Scott Key. Mr. Neal asked permission to report the District of Columbia code without the provision for mixed schools, and a hot debate endued, the scheme being voted down. It was resolved to take up the Tariff-Commission bill whenever the House shall go hi to committee of the whole, and to continue its consideration until definite results |re reached. On a struggle over the Alabama Claims bill the House wss in session until after midnight. Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, introduced in the Senate, on March 21, a Joint resolution provid­ ing that all. Postmasters, United States Mar­ shals and District Attorneys, the Clerks of all courts inferior to tho Supreme Court, and all other civil officers of tho United States ex­ ercising executive or ministerial powers within any State or Territory shall be elect­ ed by the people within their districts. Mr. Hale offered a protest against the admis­ sion of Dakota until her record is purged of the cbaige of repudiation iu Yankton county. Amendments to the Life-Saving bill were adopted by whicli a pension roll is created for disabled surfmen. The Military Academy Ap­ propriation was passed,. as were also bills tJ bridge the Mississippi between Minnesota and Wisconsin, to aitslish the reservation at Fort Abercrombie, snd J'or tho sale of the Otoe and Missouri reservations. Mr. Frye in­ troduced a bill to incorporate a company to build a railway between N< w York and Wash­ ington. The capital iB to be $10,000,000, and ex-Senators Gordon, Wallace and Creswell are among the promoters. The time of transit is to be six and one-half hours, a nd the fare 15. Ths House adopted a resolution to make tho Geneva Award bill the special order for April 11. Mr. Gibson submitted a telegram from New Orleans, atating that the supplies distributed by the War Department sre exhausted. The House had another long debate ou the Chinese bilL The Senate st its seftsion on the 22d, amende! the diplomatic appropriation to provide that all Consular agencies with their compensation be hereafter enumerated > in the estimates of the Secretary of Slate, whfen the bill passed. The Senate in executive session confirmedf8amnel Blatchfora as Associate Justioe of ths Supreme Court A. L. Morrison, of Chicago, wss nominated as Marshal for <New Mexico, The Hotue adopted & Tesoltttion calling on ths Secretary of War for 'information as to what further relief m necessary for tS» Missinisippi sufferers. The Chinese bill was taken up Washburn, of Slm- that i( was the TOt to prevedt V 'TTTTFT Banflotph to the talk abftat China, by showing between the two " You people," shouted Capt Lee, "can get away now. There's a Government boat at the mouth of the creek which will take you to the large mounds at Harris' place, where you will be perfectly safe until the water goes down." " Thank God, thank God," came in a great chorus in all the keys from the inside ot the house. Half & dozes families had gathered there, and there was not room in the loft for all, close as they eonlS be packed, and children I, 4 and S years of age were out on rafts com­ posed of three or four logs fastened together with wooden pins and tied to the eaves of the house by pieces of clothes-line. From house to house the boats went taking the people off the rafts and out of the lofts. In most oases only the women and children were pi wd ia the yawls, then the men, the boys being told to follow in their little flats and dugouts. As the poor creatures hastily gather&a up little bun­ dle# of most necessary effects they ejaculated their thanks snd ssng st the top of their voices. At Fletch Lindsay's the information was im­ parted that there was a negro woman away up hi ths loft who hsd just had a baby. Bedding was piled up in the center of the skiff, the end of ths house was knocked out, and one of the Anita's oersme John Gotraers, gently lifted the woman and baby out into the boat snd kid them down carefully. Others, grown and sasller, were.tsken into the yawls until they ssnk to the gunwales, and then the men pulled slowly back to the Anita. Trip after trip was msde, until the women ana children were aboard the Anita, and her decks were covered with people, so much so that the Captain wss obliged to dis­ tribute them carefully to preserve a balance. There were three mounds on the MeConnell place, but two of them had gone under before the Anita arrived. The stock hsd been driven on these, and there the brutes were, perishing. Many had fallen and laid dead lis the water. The stronger ones Stood amonc them. The wa'er <va* HO hi^'i Mi*t they were almost floated off their feet While the yawl* were saving human life the brutes bawled then- distress. It was onlv a question of hours tiii the depth would permit none of the cattle to remain on the lower mounds, and as the yawls were coming away fifty of the an- imttle took to the waser and swam it quarter of a mile to the longest mound, on the outer edge of which they found standing-room. Fifty of the cattle had already perished, and it was the matter of only a bhef period when ths 200 remaining would have to go under. The dogs on the rafts aud housetops whined piteously as they saw their human friends leav­ ing them. By Sunday night ths people hsd rescued and j transpoitxd to file Harris mound nearly 1,000. All but a few of them were camped in the open air. The moving of the people ws# accom­ plished without io«s of life, although twice there was a scare, as some little darky, ventur­ ing too near the guard, went overboard, but paddled around until somebody caught him. The negroes' spirits rose rapidly after they found theiMHelvea in safety, snd the disembark­ ation wiai attended by singing aud shoutiog. The sight of the big Harris mound restored confidence, and some of them thought that * saodern repetition of Nosh's time had eons. Taxation Intensified. The German customs officials have contrived to double and treble the tax on many kinds of provisions imported by simply taxing the wrappers and labels as essential parts of the consignment Thus cheese, enveloped in silvered or tinfoil wrappers, they now levy duty en as sil ̂ ered wares. American corned beef in tins is taxed as fin® iron wares, The latest feat, oi ingenuity in this direction .# taari»g"Cl»ii>iWM liquors, wiencaa, and debated. Mr. nesota, made the duty * of the G< the degradation Tosher, of Virgin] endangering our triide that tne total commerce countries last year did not amount to $30,- 000,000, and hsd fallen off 33 per cent sinoe the adoption of the present treaty. Mr. McLane, of Maryland, former Minister to China, made a powerful argument in support of the bilL Mr. Kasson, of Iowa, expressed great fears lest the sensibilities of the Chinese Government should be wounded. Mr. Piatt made a favorable report to tho Senate, on the 23d, on a bill tor the registration of trade-marks. Mr. George reported an original bill to make tho Agricultural D epart- ment an executive One. A bill was introduced for the admission of the State of Washington. The-Secretary of War was duected to transmit full information as to relief furnished to or needed by the Mississippi sufferers. A resolution for a reciprocity treaty with Mexico was referred. Mr. Mahone reported a bill to prevent the spread of contagious dis­ eases among domestic animals. Mr. Dawes reported the Indian Appropriation bill, with several amendments. In executive session, A. L. Morrison, of Chicago, was confirmed as Marshal of Nfw Mexico. The President sent in the following nominations: John II. Smyth, of North Carolina, Minister Resident and Con­ sul General of the United States to Liberia; Emery P. Beauchamp, of Indiana, United Slates Consul st 8t Gall; James W. Wilson, of Mis- Bouri, United Staten Consul at Three Kivenj, Quebtc, The House resumed debate ou the Chinese bill, nearly all who chose liaviug an opportunity to air their views. Mr. Page toonght the debate to a close, aud stated tnst ne knew two railroad companies had united to defost the measure. Mr. Kas- •K°8 amendment to reduce T® ten years tne period of suspension of imatigrstiou was •defeated by 100 to 131. Mr, Batter worth's IS?61. f??e~ for a fifteen-year limit was lost. The bill then passed ths Boose exactly as it came from the Senate to 177 yea* to 06 navs. mow tiwn two-thirds. Tie vote in the Senate was 29 to 16^ or one less than i«ro-thlrda> The House bill to bridge the Misaouri at Aaron Book was passed t»j tte Senate on March 24. The Lits-Ssvlng-Serrice hill wss amended to provide for five stations on the Florida coast, and to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to nx pay on the basis of service ren­ dered. when the measure passed. Mr. Sawyer presented a memorial from the Milwau­ kee Chamber of Commerce against the renewal of patents for steam grain-shovels, and resolutions of the Wisconsin Legisla­ ture for throwing open to ookimeroe the Sturgeon bay i<hip-canal. Mr. Morrill reported adversely on Mr. Test's bill to prohibit the is- su6 of notes by banks hereafter organized or reconstructed. Mr. Kellogg reported a bill ap­ propriating $5,000,000 for the improvement of the Mississippi, and $1,000,000 for similar work on the Missouri. Mr. Miller made a speech on The tariff •Commission bill. Mr. Williams intro­ duced a bill to incorporate the Chero­ kee Central Railroad and Telegraph Company. A bill was passed to c: mte two new land districts in Nebraska, in the House Mr. Robinson asked action on the resolution respecting the imprisonment of American citizens in Great Britain, and threat- eueato move the impeachment of Minister Lowell. A bill was reported appropriating $6,863,000 for the improvement ef the Miwia»* sippi river. In committee of the whole on the private calendar the claim of the captors of the ram Albemarle was discussed for two hours and perfected, and when the oonanittee rose the bill waspasaed. JiiM'MJLJ 1! THE DIPLOMATIC SCAHDAL. Jacob R. ShiphMd, aeasmpaaiad by Ua wtlat appeared before ths House Committee cm For- sign Affaire, at Waahiagtm on the Ust <rf March. He handed in a epjHAoate fMa hie physician that his reoMifc illnaaa had bath qpdle serious. Shipherd was etanHiietf at lei«th by the committee. He stated that hs in­ dorsed to President Gartstd and Bee- retary Blaine, in M*y, sepiec of the prospectus of the P«ru*j*n OoMpany. In Nsw York, on May 80, he hfcd a prokmgea Interview with Miuister Huribut, who said the President regarded the case as strong in law and equity as it could possibly be, and action would be taken if it would enable FHQ to pay her in­ demnity and get out of her trouble with Chili ilurlbut was assured by Shiphetd that it would result advantageously to him if he made no opposition. Shipherd had two extended conversation* with Blaine at the snd of July last and asksd that both Chili and Peru be officially notified of the right to the guano fluids asserted by Americsns, which ths Secretary said should be done at onoe. In a letter to Hurlbut Shipherd statss that 9260,000 of pool stock in the Peruvian Company had been reserved for the Minister and his friends, the terms of payment to be arranged at their convenience. In his testimony before the Houae Commit­ tee on Foreign Affaire, on ths 2M, Shipherd asid that the only officers of the United State* with whom he had any correspondence or whoo® he sought to interest in the company were Minis­ ters Hurlbnt Kilpatrick and Adams, the Secre­ tary of State, President Garfield, a Senator from New Hampshire (Blair), snd William H. Bobertson, Collector of the Port of Mew York. According to his story Blair was given a re­ tainer, which he afterward returned, and Rob- ertson w«? paid a fee for services rendered ths oompany in ths capacity of attorney. Shipherd admitted that his only dealings with Gen. Kil­ patrick consisted in writ* tig two lstteis to ham, which were never answered. Shipherd, when called before the Hoaaeoom* mittee on March 23, stated, before any ques* tion had been put, that he desired to add s word, if it would be in order, to the testimony given the previous day. He then stated that he would waive the technio.il objection he had raised, and would state that ttie Senator to whom he had alluded was Henry W. Blair, of New Hampshire. He further stated that, with one exception, there was no other Senator or member ol' Congress who had in any way been interested as counsel or had been approached with a view to securing his services. This gentleman, Shipherd said, was asked to act as counsel, and declined on the ground that he might be oalled on as a member of Congress to pass npon the claims of the Peruvian Company. With this exception and that of Senator Blair, there was no other instance of any effort to se- enre the servioefl of a member of either house of Congress. Witness produced a copv of his letter to the President. It was quite long, snd rehear-ed in detail the claims and plans of the Peruvian Company. The letter referred to mclosures naming the prospectus of the company, the draft of agreement with Peru, the chain of the title of tho Peruvian Company, and stated it was deemed best to lay the whole matter liefore the President It spoke of the magnitude of the interests involved, and estimated the value Of guano at §1,000,000,000, and indicated that ex-President Grant would be President of the company, and that its Board of Directors would include gentlemen equally well luiowu and capable. Shipherd failed to ihow up in the House committee room at Washington on March 2ith_ He sent as a substitute a physician's certificate to the effect that he was suffering from neu­ ralgia and threatened with erysipelas, with a likelihood of his remaining ill for several days. The committee sent him a notification that thereafter it would be necessary to have his physician's certificate sworn to. MOW ARB TWiWM. And had you loved me then, my dear, Aad hsd yon loved me there, When still the sun was in the esst And hope was In the air-- When all the birds sang to ths dSWB And I but saug to you, Oh, had you loved me then, my dssr, And had you then been true! Bat ah! tbe dav wore on. my dssr, And when the noon grew hot The drown? bird* fortrot to idni. * And you and I forgot Tbtslk of love, or live for faith, Or build ourselves si nest, And now our hearts sre sheltering And our sun Is in the west. --Louite Chandler A KAKBOW-OUAOB road of three feet ooets in construction about five-eights aamnehiieabroad-gnafe. ̂ U'Sf A • urn J'-'h,' OBITUARY. Henry W. Longfellow. Keiiiy Whuh worth Longfeiiow was born at Portland, Me., on the 27th of February, 1807* and died at his home in Cambridge, Mass.. on the 24th of March, 1882. Young Henry's early education received the utmost care from his parents, and at the age of 14 years ho entered Bowdoin College, in his native State, from which he was graduated in 182&. After leaving college he entered his •father's law office, but tb* i«,w was so uncon­ genial to his tastes that after a few months of stiffly he abandoned Blackstone and Kent, and commenced the study of literature^ Having been tendered the professorship of modern languages at Bowdoin he went abroad to qualify himself for the duties of the chair, and spent three and a half years in Europe. He returned to the United States in 1829, and at once assumed the duties of his professorship. He remained at Bowdoin until 1885, when he accepted the professorship of modern languages and belles lettresat Harvard. Again he went abroad, and after a year ho entered upon his duties at Harvard, in 1836. This position he held until 1854, when he re­ signed and devoted himself exclusively to his own writing and the publication of his" works. He began his literary work while a student at Bowdoin. many of his early poems being published in the United Slates Gazeite, aud while a professor ho contributed many nblo criticisms to the North American He' view. His first collection of pooms was pub­ lished iu 18.SU. "Ballads and Other Poems" appeared hi 1842, and "Poems on Slavery" snd the " Spanish Student" the year follow­ ing. The poem that brought him the most fame, "Evangeline," appeared in 1847, ani " Kavanagh " in 1849. " Hiawatha " was pub­ lished in 1855. "Miles Stftudish" in 1858, "Hanging of the Crane" iu 1874, and "Kera- mos " in 1878. No American poet has been so greatly admired in Europe ss Mr. Long­ fellow, and his works nave been trans­ lated into most of the continental lan­ guages. He visited Europe in 1842, again in 1868, and again the next year. The honorary degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by Cambridge University in 1868, and that of D. C. L. by the University of Oxford in 1869. In 1873 he was elected a member of the Rus­ sian Academy of Sciences, and jn 1877 a mem­ ber of the Spanish Academy. On the 27th of last month tho 75th anniversary of his birth was widely celebrated by the various literary institutions of the United States, but his health has laiteriy been so broken as to render it im­ possible for him to attend to his own corres­ pondence. SERGEANT MASO& m aaatoo paw now rou HIS HIDOR--na raam>cKT ASTONISHED. WASHINGTON, March 22. The mammoth petition from Chiosgo snd the Northwest for the pirdon of Sergeant Ma­ son was presented yesterday by the special messenger, M. E. Dickson, Congressmen Al- drich and Farwell and Mr. John CL Dore, of Chicago, being present. The President re­ ceived the party in the library, the monster petition being laid upon the piano. Mr. Al- drich introduced the messenger to the 1 "resi­ dent. and Mr. Dickson said that he bore the request as shown by tho formidable roll presented, of the great city of Chicago, the State of Illinois, and the Northwest, for the pardon of Sergt Mason. It was a mute but eloquent appeal from tho wealth, the brain, and the muscle of the great Northwost It was in every »ense a popular petition, and he de­ sired that the President give it his earliest consideration. The President after a mo­ ment's reflection, said : " This matter lias not , been brought boiore me for my consideration ; but thin is the most extraordinary petition that I ever saw. I shall certainly look well into this matter, aud carefully consider the requests made lor the pardon of Sergt Mason when they come before me." Judgo Advocate General Swaiin, it la under­ stood, recommends a modification of the sen­ tence of Sergt Mason upon the ground that Guiteau was not. in a position where he could possibly have been killed by Mason, and that under such circumstances the charge of swautt With intbut to kill cannot be sustained. Wm ANI) THE BABY. WASHINGTON, March 22. . The wife of Beret Mason appeals for aid for herself and her distressed family, and the re- lease of her husband. For eighteen years, she •ays, her husband has been a bravo soldior, never in the guard-house before, and honorable wounds. She thinks he has boon punished enough by six months' isapri^sssasBfe Repliants in Ceylon. The Rev. Mr. Oollins, a naturalist twentr-ftve years resident in Ceylon, says that elephants there live abont 130 years " ana come ol age" at 40. There are three sizes of them in.the MM herds, and, when they are the siftes that they will attain is pretty nearly known by the number of their toes. Those whioh grow to be of the largest size have eighteen toes five on each of the two fore feet, and four on each of the hind ones. Those which grow to a medium size have seventeen toes--five on each of the fore feet, and four on one hind foot and three on the other. The least size of elephant has sixteen toes--five on each forefoot, and three on each hind foot. No Cingalese elephant has a fewer number than six­ teen toes. The driver rules his nlepbant by means of an iron book, with whinh he touches a most sensitive part behind the ear,«which causes the most unruly elephant to beoome submissive. How to Elect a President. A number of our ablest statesmen have devoted much of their time to the pro­ duction of essays and the preparation of measures intended to simplify the elec­ tion of President# and Yice Presidents of the United States; but all of them have grappled with the subject as if it was so abstruse that only some compli­ cated machinery could reduce it to prac­ tical and just results. Thib bas been the common error of all our statesmen who have attempted to provide against, the de­ feat of the pogular will in the choice of a President; either by the legitimate use or by the perversion ot the Electoral College system. The Electoral College system is a cum­ brous machine that iu liable to defeat the expression of the people even with hon­ est direction, and opens the way for the successful employment of chicanery or fraud. The Jefferson-Burr contest of 1801, the Jackson-Adams-Crawford con­ test of 1825 and the Tilden-Hayes con­ test of 1877 all stand as finger-boards to admonish the American people of the ab­ solute failure of the Electoral College system and the possibility of prevent­ ing it to the meanest aims of .mean am­ bition. It is not pretended that any of the purposes which were intended by the fathers of the Republic in creating the Electoral College, have been fulfilled. Instead of Presidential Electors exercis­ ing a sound and patriotic discretion in the choice qf a President and Vice Pres­ ident, our Presidential Electors are the mere puppets of party, and it would now cost any one his life if he were to exer­ cise his own discretion, however just and patriotic, and thereby elect a Presi­ dent against the wishes of his party. The Elecfcorial College system is, there­ fore, a useless and dangerous circum­ locution, and it is the duty of the best statesmanship of all parties to unite for its overthrow. There is a simple and just method by which the people could elect Presidents without more than a tithe of'the de­ bauchery and demoralization which are now common in such contests, and that is for the people of the whole Union to vote directly for President and Vice Pres­ ident, with judicious safeguards for the determination of the legal vote of each State, and declare the men elected who receive the largest number of votes. There is no reason why a " government of the people, by. the people and for the people" should have cumbrous electoral machinery that can accomplish nothing beyond the possibility of defeating the popular choice; and there can be no rea­ son, to forbid a direct vote for our highest offioes or the commission of those who receive the largest popular support from the people of the entire na­ tion. Such a system of electing Presi­ dents and Vice Presidents would end the corruption and demoralization which rnn riot in Ohio, Indiana and other pivotal States in Presidential contests, and it would make a Democratic vote in Ver­ mont or a Republican vote in Mississippi as amportantr p*s wny -voce *«j any dtner State. The very best system of elect­ ing Presidents is the simplest, and the simplest system is a direct vota for the candidates and the highest popular vote to elect.--Philadelphia Times. Terrible Railroad Accident. * BISKABCK, Dak., March 22. Newa reaches here of a terrible wreck at Sweet Briar, about forty miles wea of here, on the Northern Pacific. An engine came overt from Mandan for physicians and assistance to attend the suffer­ ers in the wreck. The wires are down between Bismarck aud Mandan. but it is stated by the engineer from Mandan that "Black Jack's" work train, bouud west, went through a bridge, and a passenger train but a little behind fol­ lowed. Thirty persons are repented killed and many more injured. All the physicians to be tyund in this city have lust started on a special engine for the wreck. The accident occurred at the crossing of Hart river, two mileii east of Sweet Briar, at a place known as Soapstone cut The snow plow had passed safely over the bridge, but tho work tram fell through, breaking four bent* of tho bridge. The cars caught tiro, and two burned. The first reports of tbe accident on tha Northern Pacitio road were very much exagger­ ated. The number of killed number eight snd the wounded twenty, all of whom will recover. Following aro the particulate of the affair: The train had Just started to cross the bridge at Sweetbrier creek, and was within a few hun­ dred yards of it, when those in the car next to the engine felt a jar aud knew the car was off the track and was being drugged along on the ties. Huddooif they felt a shock just as the car struck the bridge, and it and the car following, containing about thirty laborers, were precipitated over an em­ bankment tweuty feet bign to tho ground be­ low. The cars were of the variety known as boardiug-ciiFs, filled up with bunks for sleep­ ing, and each contained • stove tor heating. Immediately after their precipitation the cars took fire, and then there ensued one of the most terrible scenes in the history of railroad tragedies. Tne third or diu- ing-car remained on the track, and that por­ tion of the crew in that car immediately set to work with a will to rescue the unfortu­ nates. Jack Simmons, who had charge of the train, states that he bad five cars, aud that he was on the roof of the third car when the acci­ dent occurred. The train was running about ten miles an hour, and he believes tue aeciient to be the result of a broken wheel. A Terrible Mem of It. There is a young editor wandering on tho face of the earth, who formerly pub­ lished a paper at Sterm Lake. Iowa. He left there the day after the issue of his last paper, and is supposed to be cross­ ing the State on foot, to get away from an infuriated female populace. It seems there was a concert given by young ladies of the city, and the gallant young editor wrote it up in splendid shape. The same day he had visited a herd of sliort-horn cattle, owned by a farmer in the vicinity, and he wrote up the cattle also. The cross-eyed foreman of the of- ftce ££* the two articles mixed as follows- "The concert given last evening by sixteen of Storm Lake's most beautiful and interesting young ladies was highly appreciated. They were elegantly dressed and sang in a most charming manner, winning the plaudits of the entire audience, wli^, pronounced them the finest short-horns in the county. A few of them are of a rich brown color, but the majority are spotted brown Mid w , k®* Several of tne heifers weighed as high as fifteen hundred pounds, fine bodied, tight-Hsjfcsd imd promise to prove good property." The poor editor killed the foreman and left. He should be acquitted of the charge df murder, as he was evidently crazy. It ooold not be otherwiae. RESISTING temptations is like banking np yoor honae to keep oat the cold. •ii-imini f »• it HI *, - ADDITIONAL SEWS. • XHB Minnesota Senate, sitting as a court of impeachment found Judge E. 8L Julian Cox guilty of dronkeuness and condnflt unbecoming a Judge, after a trial lasting sev- •ral wa»lm The aeotenoa is removal from aflloe aad diaqualifioatfcm for judicial office tor three years. ;-•£ TUEBB were five exect|tionB in Pen** Qrlvada oe Friday, March %L Jack NeverBlgg" waa iwnng off at Clearfield for killing Samual Pennington; Henry and Frank Rumbergar were hanged at Harrisburg for the murder of Daniel Trouts&an in November, 188J: Edgar Frank Small was suspended at Pittsburgh far killing Nicholas Jacoby,iu Heot^mber last, and Jonathan Mayer, who participated in the mur­ der of John and Gretchou Kuentzler in Da- oember, 1877. was executed at Middleburg. John O. McCarthy fell a victim to the' hang­ man's BOOM it Angelica, N. Y., for the murder of Patrick Markey in November last; and W'm. Heilwagon paid the extreme penalty of the law •t Book Island, I1L, for the slaying of Dan Heuwagon, Ua son's wife Report* are cur­ rent in army circles that Maj. Gen. McDowell will be plaoed on the retired list on or befom June 1. It is thought that Brig. Gen. Pope will be promoted and auccoed Qsn. McDowell on the Pacific coast THE Northern Pacifie railroad officials have secured the written consent of the twonl>y» three perrons injured by the recent bridge ao- eident to a settlement with tho company on tha following basis : The oompany to pay all ex­ penses of sicknessj restore clothing, etc., and give them a position on the road as soon aa tbev recover....An incendiary fire in W. P. Bouthwi r ? h H grocery at Cleveland burned the buildings Nos. 114 to 118 Ontario street. A loss of •267,000 was sustained by Southworth, J. Kraups A Co., H. M. Brown and Chandler A Rudd.,...The Indian chief Grow Dog, who kitted Spotted Tail, has been found guilty by a jury at. Dead wood, and sentenced to death. BRKNNAN, late Secretary of the T,«nj Leaguo, has bepn removed from Kilmainh^m jail to Kilkenny. Quinn, Assistant Secretary of the Land League, is removed to Armagh, The National Assembly of France haa passed the Education bill which has been pend­ ing for some time. It is a measure m the in­ terest of popular intelligence. GEOBOB E. LANK, of Exeter, N., H. a member of the Governor's staff, Treasurer at his county and President of a savings bank* confesses the embezzlement of $45,000 and its loss in stock speculation. He is in jail St Portsmouth. .. .John L. Sullivan announoos • that he will fight no man with bare knuckles, but in gloves is ready for any man in the Union, for $5,'JOO a side. SECRETARY Lincoln haa discharged Cadet Whittaker from the Military KmAamj on the recommendation of tho board, iHmanaa of deficiency in his studies. , The Conveyance of Steam. ' The conveyance to long distances of steam for power or heating purposes haa long been a problem with engineers, and its use has, iu many instances, been dis­ carded for compressed air. In fact, the measure of the distanca to which steam may be caaried with economy is not ye^ determined. A suggestion is now made by which owners of establishments m which steam is largely used might effect a large saviBg by concentrating their boilers in one place adjacent to a railroad station, or to the shore, or even con­ structing a large central boiler, where their coal may all be landed and used without cartage, aud thence distributing the steam to their several works. The difficulty has always been to find a ooet-. ing for steam pipes absolutely preventing the radiation of heat, and, according to flin Pftof/\r> Jjrjjiwin/ SUCla a covering may now be prepared. It is made of four parts of coal ashes sifted through a riddle of four meshes to the inch, one part calcined plaster, one part?, of flour, and one part fire clay. Mix the ashes and fire clay together to the thickness of thin mortar, in a mortar trough ; mix the calcined plaster and flour together, dry, and add it to the ashes and clay as you want to use it; i4 oaa. fclva tw^COats, aCOO^tU ing to the size of the pipes. For a sot- inch pipe put on the first coat about one and one-quarter inches thick ; the second coat wants to be about half an inch thick. Afterward finish the outside with hard finish, the same as is applied*tor plastering on a wall. \ ;4' . ACCORDING to the recent enleulatidfti of Mr. Gr. H. Darwin, the earth and the moon must have formed only one body some 54,000,000 years or more ago, and at a time when this body was rotating at the rate of about one revolution in five hours the mass now forming the moon became separated from it. Thus waa the moon born ; and Professor Ball, in his exposition of Darwin's views, oon- cludes that in time the wound on the earth became entirely healed, leaving no scar to testify to the mighty catastrophe. To this vfinuJk^conclusion Mr. Q. Fisher now offers Jan amendment. He believes that She-scars yet exist, and that those scars are the ocean basins. When the moon's mass was thrown from the earth, the liquid interior must have risen to fill the hole, and portions of granite crust must have been borne toward the cavity. The hole only par­ tially filled up, and the crust became broken into the fragments which now form the oontinenta. CHARLES A. 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