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. t Mar Mi foiMMwr. mmMMxz. - ILLTNOia ; THE WORLD OVER. •• • • • , t $AfK8T nmttUGENfE FBOMSVlBI i»ART OF TLFE GLOBE. The following dispatch has been received 1 a Week Gathered Aram the i - WhM, SmbiMing Politic*! Doings, Per- 'f'VlilWMl JtorcniMtii Aeclde«tit Criwlnil S;: S. t JIAIM, Ubor Notes, Etc. TRADE INCREASING. from Interior Poir.ti Encouraging-- V 4 Business Failures. 'IK their review of trade for the last Week, R. G. Dun & Co. say: The pausing of a dividend by the Bt Paul eaesed a lall in stock, and the Government crop report a fall in wheat, while the export ir.vde. though improving, continues email. Bnt the volume of legitimate business ie large aud in- cisasiog, Mid there is improvement in the pro- ductlva industries. The crop report was so Ktoch Jess gjoowy than o:her recent accounts that it caused a fail af JM cents in wheat and 3i| la pat*, wlrh corn i„- c0nt lower. Tue Monthly afaieaHHfc.ot furaiio* h> Mast shits -wr cutput of 1A\W. w.af> of pig-irm wWfcty, an Increase of (>,.577 tons for the month. Once more the reports from interior i'.fQ 1 fonnly ei)"onr,T^M)2. both as to the volume of "tiboio.as an* us :6 lbs m;>ii£y market. Collec­ tions are either fair or improving a little. At New Ctrl- aus It Is thought Uiat the Injury to 4POtk>0 fcswn cxagaeiateel; at Kansas City •' recent rains are hold to l ave dispelled all fears <ft Uie com crop of that region, and Omaha re-1 ports verv good crops. The volume of buaiuese measured by bank exchanges is larger than last year by 10 per cent, outside of j New York, though surlier by 41.. per «eiit here. The passing of a dividend by St. Paul eplma not been unexpected, but.it connuceei the C public that the losses of Western roads because of the interstate act have ft tcefi far heavier tlian the speculators have reprrfHeUted or investors be­ lieved. The business fanores number 217, us compared with a total of 234 last -week and 22J the week previous to the last. The figures tor the corresponding week of 1^7 were 188. * VETERANS IN A WRECK. . teuid Army Hen Mangled, Braised Scalded. THE Baltimore & Ohio north-bound passenger train was derailed by a misplaced switch at Ankenytown siding, twenty-five miles south of Mansfield. The mail car, followed by the express car and two day coaches, struck the engine of the colliding freight train and rolled over on their sides, burying passengers beneath. The boiler of die freight engine exploded. In the coaches were 110 passengers. Many an old soldier returning home from the Columbus en­ campment. faced dangers as grave as those encountered in battle, and the marvel is so many were left to tell the tale. Nine members of the Defiance, O., Grand Army Post were on board. Seven of them were braised and scalded almost beyond recog­ nition. Four members of the llupout, O., Post were nearly killed. Altogether forty- one persons, including Mr. and Mrs. Ed- "ward Valentine, of Chicago, were fright- folly mangled and scalded, and two were killed outright, and William Grimsley^ a yM^kevuta, died of his injuries. Che John Bottnson toreos train, which was ' <rf th« Second ^standing at Cot-win Station, fifty-one miles District. The Democrat* of the Seventh northeast from Cincinnati, on the Mississippi District renominated Charles E. Little Miami. The caboose at the Hooker. rear of the circus train was split 4 in two, and the four sleepers ! . .. „ - ... ahead of it were telescoped. No damage > ® -National Democratic headquarters occurred to the animals or circus property, in New York City ! *Po*TC*in>, Me ! Sept. IS.--Calvin B. Brtee, i <- bairinaD: Dingley's palter, the Lewiston Jour- tuil, el aims to have returns from the whole State showing a Republican plurality of 18,49$, or 1,250 lees than in 18B1. Republicans increased their ! vote 904 ; Democrat n. 2,154, making straight Dem- ocratic vote ( h > le v, er than over before thrown. Total Republican vote. 79,003. "M. M. BRIGOS, Secretary." AROUND THE DIAMOND^ Conpeting for the Pennant -- Official Base- Ball Record. THE relative standing of the clubB com­ peting for the championship is shown by the following table: League. New York, w* sesEv.ij Boston Philadelphia.......... Pittsburg Indianapolis.......... Washington 70 .tw ... .65 ,.....-v...,. ... .00 38 ............54 .53 4? 40 Won. Lost. 40 48 SO 53 55 57 71 70 Western. Woalioiti American. Wan.Lost. Das Moines 64 3* St. Louis ..73 At St. Paul. 81 341 Athletic #7 Omaha. Si 411 Brooklyn .".66* -Kansas City 53 MHCincinnati. .63 Milwaukee i7 57|Cleveland 44 Sfatt* City .21 33 Baltimore 45 <»icago ..40 <>4; Louisville 30 Davenport 23 SojKansas City....32 Ohio Labor lien. THE Ohio State Convention of the Union I<abor party met at Columbus, and indors­ ed the national platform of the party, nominated the following ticket: ^Secretary of Sfats--George Ebner of Franklin County, bupreme Judge--J. H. Tuttle of Lake County. Member of Boarii of Public Works--W. J. Drimniface of Wood County. Electors-at- 0sz-Jr£2&zg". A Jealous Uuaband. - • CHABLKS KLEIN, a watch-maker of Fort Wayne, Ind., attempted to shoot his wife in a fit of jealousy, and the pistol failing to discharge, pounded her over the head with the butt of the weapon. He then ran out of his house into the yard and blew out his own brains with the re­ volver. A Colored Hanging. ' DOCK DANGAS, a negro aged 19, was liaaged at Columbia, S. C., for the marder tit William F. Coxe, a white boy. Started for Congress. JOHN W. CANDLER has been nomi­ nated for Congress by the Republicans of the Ninth Massachusetts District. Siv*' which were in the long train ahead of the sleepers. Four men were killed and eight­ een were wounded. Of these all were ean- vasmen, except Andy Smith, who was a contortionist. Smith was mortally wound­ ed, and, strange to relate, the injuries to the other seventeen are all trifling. The killed are: John Churchill, of Storks, Mo.; Ben Cisbey, Grafton, W. Va.; Frank Smith. Richmond, Ind.; Jack Lacy, Chicago. The injured are: Andy Smith, Petersburg, 111.; William Ed- wanis, Newark, Ohio; B. Brown, Holliday's Cave, W. Va.; John Mott, Cincinnati; Frank Larkin, Jackson, Tenn.; William Wheeler. Elmcwe Fairbanes, Coolville, Ohio; Dave Harrison, Delaware, Ky., Wil­ liam Hopkins. Franklin, W. Va.; John Gardiner, Martin County, Ind.; George Williams, Princton, Ind.: Albert McCarthy, Tipton Ind.: Samuel Wright, Level Val­ ley, W. Va.; Louis Butler. Lexington, Ky.; Frank MoucheifF, £aPIatte. Mo.; Eil Taj lor, Louisville, Kv.; Dick Dow, Mount Sterling, Ky.] George 1'owell, Beverley, Ohio. A TRAIN of nine cars crowded with Q- A. R. veterans bound for Columbus to at- tp*>d the Rational Encampment was run Into l>y a train three miieb Wdst of Wads- worth, Ohio, and the four tear coaches were completely demolished. The excur­ sionists had notice of-the impending danger, and all succeeded in getting out of the cars before the' crash, but as they hurried down the embankment the coaches rolled down upon them, killing four outright and injuring twenty-live others. The killed and wounded were nearly all residents of Ohio. THE parade of veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic at Columbus, Ohio, was the grandest military pageant since the review at Washington at the close of the war. There were between 65,000 and 70,000 men in line, and the procession took four hours and forty minutes in passing a given point. There were 250,000 visitors at Columbus, and the twell- ty-recond annual National Encampment was the greatest in point of numbers and success in the history of the G. A. R. The evenings were given up to the camp-fires and reunions, at which speeches "were made by many prominent men. ' * THE premature explosion of ft ' blast in the south face of the Wickes tunnel of the Montana Central Rail­ way, south of Helena, M. T., killed nine men and seriously wounded five. The accident was caused by the concus­ sion of the giant cap fired as a warning in the north face, the headings being close together. This is the first casualty re­ corded in the tunnel, which is over a mile in length. The dead nre: William Vale, Thomas Patterson, Dan Walker, James Miller, George Irving, Mike Walsh, Frank Anderson, Thomas Pearson, and John Sunbery. ______ . SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. THE Hon. W. A. Currier, Chief Attor­ ney for the Kanawha and Ohio Railroad, and prominent in West Virginia politics, died at Charleston, W. Va. THE outbreak of yellow fever at Decatur, Ala., has caused the greatest excitement among the people, who are leaving the town in large numbers. THE flood in August*, Cha., has caused losses aggregating $1,000,11)00, but no estimate can be made of the damage to crops between Augusta and Savannah. Eleven persons were drowned. r ^ THE CHINESE BILL. '/ A Kamber of Bills passed by the Senate and •y House. StaE resolution offered by Mr. Piatt in refer­ ence to a foreign syndicate controlling the pro­ duction of copper in the United States was adopted by the Senate the 14th. A heated personal debate between Senators Hoar and Vest followed. The Senate made an attempt to dispose of Mr. Blair's motion to reconsider the vote by which the Chinese exclusion bfll was passed. Tue vote re- nUted--yeas, 18; nays, 17. As there wai no quorum voting or likely to vote, it was arranged by unanimous consent that the next vote should bs taken on the 17th. Among the bills passed by the Senate wero the following: SonBe bill providing board; of arbitration to settle aiflerence.j between interstate rail­ roads and their finploves; providing ronal- ttes for the violation of quarantine regulations • House bill for the investigation of the mining debris cjues:ion in California; Kenate bill to de- forfeited certain lands grunted to the Stato jlc ^au 10 a"l >o the construction of a rail- ***d from Ontonagon to the Wisconsin State Ime. ihe House passed the Senate joint resolu­ tion appropriat ing ift2(K),o0} to suppress infection ttthe interstate commerce of tbe United States. Toe House at its evening session passed tliirtv- two private pension bills. RA8TE&N OCCURRENCES. ^ ? THE brain of the late Mr. Crowley, the aoted chimpanzee of Central Park, New York, has been examined by physicians. yhe pyramid tract which conveys will power was only two-thirds developed, and Ctowley was also defective in thoBe parts Of the brain which control the upright position of man, and in the broca, where •Poken language resides. There was a difficulty in the vocal organs which would have precluded a possibility of teaching him to speak. THE remains of Lester Wallack have feaen intered in Woodlawn Cemetery, the funeral services having been conducted in the Church of the Transfiguration, New York City. Many prominent actors' and •actresses were present * Bx the capsizing of a boat in the Hud- 5 tan River, opposite Hastings-on-the- Xfodson, the following persons were drowned: Silvester Maughen, aged 4; Miss Elizabeth Butler, aged 20; Miss Nettie Voorhees, aged 22, of Peekskill; John Demorest, aged 26; and-Mr. Der> 9 linger, an artist, of Peekskill. WESTERN HAPPENING!. i"T\ A CINCINNATI bongd. freight tnto*. i»a*ily laden, dashed at toll speed int* POLITICAL PORRIDDFT. THE Republican State Convention of Massachusetts met at Boston and nomi­ nated the following ticket: Governor, Oliver Ames; Lieutenant Governor, J. Q. A. Braclfttt; Secre­ tary of State, Henry B. Pierce; Auditor of State, Charles R. Ladd; Attor­ ney General, A. J. Wa­ terman ; Treasurer of State, George A. Mar- den ; Electors at Large, George D. Bobinscn, William F. Draper. In brief the platform is as follows: Declares for protect ion of American industries and demands as a cure GOV. OIJVKB AHES. for undervaluation of im­ ports a return to specific duties wherever practi­ cal and enactment of laws to correct the evil; indorses the liquor legislation the last Legislature; favors the sub­ mission to the people of a prohibitory constitutional amendment; contrasts the for­ eign policies of the P.epublican and Democratic parties : denounces the fisheries treaty ; pledges the partv to a wise expenditure for public schools ; denounces trusts ; favors a reform of immigration laws, an honest ballot, payment of national debts, a just pension law, and the exemption of the civil service from j artisan f-poliation. The Chicago platform and candi­ dates are indorsed. The Democratic State Convention of New York, in session at Buffalo, nomina­ ted this ticket: Governor, David B. Hill; Lieutenant Gov­ ernor, Edward F. Jones; Court of Appeals Judge, Clinton Gray. Summarized, tfiejalatform is as follows: Indorses the St. Louis platform and candi­ dates ; commends the President's letter of ac- <•<pittnce; approves of the fisheries policy; recommends a revision of tha laws so as to ex­ clude foreign paupers and criminals; indorses the anti-Chineso bill; condemns the United States Senate for its host lity to labor legisla- "on; denounces trusts, demands legislation to suppress them, ana conaemns the last Kepubli- cau Legislature for debating such legislation ; condemns rccent high-ucenso legislation the State as "hypocritical" "not hon­ estly designed to a:d temperance," and intended "for political effectfavors pure elec­ tions; condemns the Sax ton bill vetoed by Gov. Hill; demands a re-enumeration in the State; urge; a constitutional (.-envfnt'ca; advocates' homo rule for citics and lcgislat on to prevent the adulteration of food; demands franchise for inmate.s of soldiers' homes ; favors tbe mainten­ ance of the canals and the employment of con­ victs without competition with free labor; sym­ pathizes with the Irish Lome-rulers, and indorses liov. Uili's udruir-i.itra.tion. THE Massachusetts Prohibitionists met in State convention at Worcester and nominated the following ticket: Governor, William H. Eaiie ; Lieutenant Gov­ ernor, John Bascom; Secretary of State, Henry S. Smith; Treasurer of Stat'?, John N. Fisher; Attorney General, Allen Coffin; Auditor of State, Kdinoud M. Stowe; Presidential Electors, James H. Kobertson, John Black. The platform summarized is as follows: It denounces the liquor traffic--arraigning the old parties for neglecting prohibi.Ion ; demand­ ing that district attorneys be appointed by the Supreme Court; dt manding the ab andonment of ijoverument revenue from liquor licenses ; favor­ ing duties adequate to the needs of the govern- ment; demanding the preservation of free public schools, reform of civil servitre, the suppression of po ygamy, uniform marriage and divorce laws, a more just distribution of the products of labor, arbitration in international strife and labor difficulties, the preservation of one day in seven as a day of worship, the improvement and better enforcement of immigration laws, liberal pensions, disfranchisement lor selling votes, the ie?fJ7tttlon of lands for actual settlerB fulfillme nt of treaty stipulations with 1».H<I.TI« ---- Independent suffrage THE Democrats of the Fourth Minnesota District have renominated Edmund Rice for Congress, and the Domocrats of tho Fifth District have nominated Charles Canning, a former, and member of the Farmers* Alli­ ance. THE Republicans of Washington Terri­ tory have nominated Hon. John B. Allen, of Seattle, for delegate to Congress. IN the Fifth Wisconsin District the Re­ publicans have nominated Gustave Kuste- man for Congress. GEN. W. H. EABXJT has been nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Ninth Wisconsin District. THE Republicans of the Tenth. Massa- ebusetts District tave nominated for Con­ gress Joseph H. Walker. i THE Third Arkansas District Democrats have renominated Co ngressman T. C. Mc- Rae. CONGRESSMAN W. G. HUNTER has beeu renominated by the Republicans of the Third Kentucky District. HON. JOSEPH E. WASHINGTON has beeu renominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Sixth Tennessee District. THE Democrats of the Eighteenth Ohio District have nominated Dr. G. P. Ikcrfc for Congress. HENBY KEBNOGHAN has been nominat­ ed for Congress by the Republicans of the Seventh Mississippi District. CONGBESSMAN R. M. LAFOLLETTE has been renominated by the Republicans of the Third Wisconsin District. THE Democratic Congressional Conven­ tion of the Eighth Wisconsin District nominated Dr. Samuel C. Judson, the Union Labor candidate. "Mb. ACROSS THE OCEATT* < " THE steamer Laurance, when entering the port of Luz, in the Canary Islands, ran into the Italian steamer Lud America, from Montevideo. The latter^vessel, which was lying at anchor,-sufilcin a few minutes in ten fathoms of water. The Lud America carried 216 passengers and had a crew of sixty-seven men. Of these 180 passengers and sixty-three of the crew reached the shore safi drowned. Bafely. The others W FRESH AND NEWS||^ • RAILROAD traffic between Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico has been sqspend- ed on account of the falling of the Mettac bridge, and in other parts of Mexico swol­ len rivers and creeks have forced a suspen­ sion of traffic. Houses have been thrown down at Orizaba and several lives have been lost. THE following summary of the spring wheat crop and the condition of corn ap­ pears in the Farmers' Review: The reports from correspondents have been full and definite on threshing returns tot spring whAat.. Illinois shows a higher average than any other State. The average yield, as reported, is 16?» bushels per acre. The highest average yield reported from any one county is '25 bushels, fcnd the lowest 8 bushels. Iowa, 9 1-7 bushels ; highest average yield, 14 bushels. Kansas, 3 4-5 bushels; highest, average yield, 20 bushels. Missouri, 13 2-5 bushels ; highest average yield, •23 bushels. Michigan, 12 3-5 bushels; highest averaze yield, lti bushels. Michigan, 9*4 bushels; highest average yield, 15 bush­ els. Nebraska, 14J£ bushels; highest average yield, 24 bushels. Wiecotmn, 10 6-7 bushels; highest average yield, bushels. Dakota, 14^ bushels ; highest average yield, '20 bushels (four counties). Keports on corn continue favorable. Condition is reported as follows : Illinois, lOtiper cent.; Wisconsin, 95 per cent. ; Iowa, 100 per cent. ; Kansas, 78 per cent.; Minnesota, 87 i>er cent.; Nebraska, 1U5 per cent.; Missouri, 1U) per cent.; Dakota, W3Si per cent. ; Michigan, 90 1-5 ter cent.; Indiana, lOti per cent.; Kentucky, 103 per cent.; Ohio, 110% per com. THE Customs Department at Ottawa, Ont., has been advised that Inspector Kavanagh of Quebec has made a seizure of two American barges, the Beaupre and the Pacific, for landing bituminous coal and other dutiable articles at the outport of Valley field without a report or clearance from any place. The vessels were also found without certificates or registration licenses. THE Presidents of the International Range and the Butchers' National Protec­ tive Associations have issued a call for a convention of cattle raisers, feeders, and slaughterers at St. Louis, Nov. 20, to meet the Senatorial committee having in charge the investigation of the beef trade and to devise means to re-establish competition in the purchase and sale of beef cattle. A CITY OF MEXICO special says: "Ad­ vices from Orizaba show that the loss of life by the floods numbers forty-four per­ sons, and that the damage to property amounts to more than $200,000. Many cattle have been lost. In the City of Mexico rains were constant for several days. In the State of Vera Cruz diead bodies are being found. The corn, rice, and bean crops are complete failures, and much of the land formerly fertile and fenced is now sandy waste. There ara no signs of tbe floods abating." MABKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. CiltLl--Choice to Prima Steers.a 6.2# and prohibition of trustB. of women is favored. THE Democratic State Convention of Colorado was held at Denver, and this ticket nominated: T. M. Patterson, Governor; S. A. Porter Lieutenant Governor; Amos G. Henderson' Treasurer of State; William K. Erhardt, Secre- tar of State; Leopold Meyers, Auditor of St a e • J. M. Abbott, Attorney General; M. B. Gerry' A.J. Rising, Judges tMijjreme Court; Thomas Macon, Congressman; C. J. Hughes, Jr., J M S. Eagan, L. Harm, Presidential Electors. The platform, after indorsing Cleve­ land's administration and the St. Louis nominations and platform, demands the free coinage of silver and the prohibition of Chinese and pauper labor, favors tariff reduction and liberal pensions, denounces trusts, and indorses the deep-water harbor movement. GEN. J. R. CHALMERS was unanimous- * nominated for Congre„ C ZX Gooel. Common. Hoes--Shipping Grades SHEKP WHEAT--No. -I Bed COBN--NO. 2 OATH--No. 2 BYE--No. 2 BUTTKH--Cheiice Creamery CHEESK--Full Cream, flat.. Eeios--Fresh POTATOES--Car-lot^, par bu PORK--Moss MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash COBN--No. 3; OATS--No. 2 White BYE--No. 1 BARLEY--No. 2 POUK--Mess CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed ST. LOUIS. WHF.AT-NO. 2 ConN--No. 2. OATS--No. 2 . . . . . , ; . , . . . . PORK--Mess BUFFALO. WHEAT--NO. 1 Hard Co UN--No. 2 NEW YOHH. CATTLE Hoos SHEEL' WHEAT--No. 2 Bed......... COBN--No. 2 OATB--White PORK--New Mesa DETROIT. CATTL* Hoos SHEEP WHEAT--No. St Bed. COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White INDIA NAPOLia CATTLE Hoos SHEEP LAMBS TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 3 Bed Co HA OATS--No. 3 White CLOVKK SEBB EAST LIBEBTY. CATTM--Prime. .: Pair..... v. Common......... Hoos....... 5.63 3.25 G.00 3.0.» .01 0 8.75 © 6.00 ('4 4.50 d« 6.75 & 4.00 .4S?s® .24 c? .s; & .21 & .as t«6 14.00 <3X4.50 .91'. .40 .25 .55 :a .<» .1«'; .4* .87 & .44 df .28'vM .54 & .00 0 .84 .45 .2954 .55 .66 14.00 <$14.30 .GO .HBJa .81 & .02 .42 <e» .43 .£4>$& .25 14.75 0.15.23 .40 1,00 .50 4.00 fi.25 4.03 .68 S 4.00 C.OO 2..00 .951v«S .45^(3) .23 & • 1.10 & .50)6 & ass 6.75 C«J 5.50 <9 .99 0 .90 ® 5.25 <#0.60 & 3.75 ma 4.00 •.00 8.60 4.00 & 6.00 & 0M m 4.2* 40 5.26 @ fi.25 & G.2S <* 4.50 "l™,» fp .40 <4 .*7 .2754® .20 4^5 4.96 *50 1.00 C.2S Of MOF. PROCTOR, *0*E«> ASTRONOHEl. < After Vlaltlac in«rl<l» Be Returns to !fow 'Sta'lE MM Dies of thn Bla£k Vomit--A RoyMl WcMb, at Turin-Items of tien- •nUIaterest. [Now York'special.] Professor Itichard A. Proetor, the astron­ omer and lecturer, died of yellow fever at the Willard Parker private hospital in this city. The Profomor's death was preceded by the charaeteriatio black vomit, which set all doubts at rest. Professor Proetor arrived Ih this city direct from Florida by rail, and put up at the Westminster Hotel. He had spent the summer at his place called Oak Lawn, Marion County, Florida, and was not known to have been exposed to the disease. There had been no cases in Marion County. a»mm en route for England, where he was OSMCAWmniOIAll TROWS AT XAKA CITY, XOWA. to lecture this fall and winter, and had left his wife and family in Florida. The day after his arrivul he eomplainod of feeling un­ well, and it soon became apparent that the Professor was very sick, and health officers were called in. His arrival from Florida made the case suspicious. Late in the dav the Professor became better. He did not believe that ho was suffering from yellow fever, but thought it was malaria. It was finally decided, in view of the bad symptoms, to take the patient to tho Willard Parker hospital. Here a relapse set in. and the trouble was complicated by the appearance of symptoms of Bright's disease. At 7:15 death occurred, preceded by slight convul­ sions and tho black vomit of the yellow fever. His remains were placed in a metallic coffin, according to the rules of the board of health, so there could be no dangor from burial in any cemetery. Uichard Anthony Proctor, B. A., was born at Chelsea, England, March 23, 1837, and graduated from St. John's College, Cam­ bridge, in 1860. He was appointed a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1866 and an honorary fellow of King's College, London, in 1873. He edited the Proceedings of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1872-3. In 1869 ho created great interest by main­ taining, against the almost universal opin­ ion of astronomers, the theory of tho solar corona, and also that of the inner complex solar atmosphere, both of which have since been accepted. In 1875 Prof. Proctor severed his connection with tho Catholic Church because, as lie said, the theologians of the church had convinced him that the holding of certain scientific views which he believed to bo correct was incompatible with loyalty to that faith. In 1881 Mr. Proc­ tor was married at St. Joseph, Mo., to a niece of Gen. Jefferson Thompson, of Vir­ ginia. Mr. Proctor had written much on scientific subjects, and was tho author of more than sixty books, mostly on astronomical sub­ jects, the principal one being "Other Worlds than Ours," first published in 1870, and "Transits of Venus," 1874. A ROYAVpDDING. . of the Onhe of Ao*ta to the Prtn- cess Letttia Bonaparte, [Turin special dispatch.] The marriage of the Duke of Aosta and Princess Letitia Bonaparte was celebrated here with great pomp. The civil ceremony took place in the grand hall of the palace, in the presence of the princes of the houses of Savoy, Braganza. and Bonaparte. Gens. Menabrae and Dellaroci, Sig. Crispi. Sig. Farini, and other dignitaries. At the conclu­ sion of the civil ceremony the party pro­ ceeded to the chapel of the palace, where the religious service was performed. Cardinal Alimonda, Archbishop of Turin, delivered the address. Afterward the newly wedded couple went to the Aosta palace. They wero escorted by COO gentlemen on horseback. The cavalcade presented n brilliant spec­ tacle, and the thousands that lined the prin­ cipal streets cheered enthusiastically. At the square of Victor Emmanuel tho proces­ sion halted and the King and Queen and the Duke of Aosta and his bride saluted one another. They were accorded a popular ovation. •* A Tendefitbot Tlidfei Their Prfaaittf** Home »nd Graphically Describe WUst He Saw-- The Red Mian's Tepee--No Advancement Made In Fifty Years. rMarahalltown Times-Bepublican.] Indian Agent Enoa Ghesn was kind enough te invite your reporter to accompany him on a visit to the Indian camp some three miles from Tama City, Iowa, thinking, no doubt, the ten­ derfoot would see something new, and he did. This is not a reservation. The Sao and Fox tribes own some 1,400 acres, bought by tbe Gov­ ernment for them some years ago, the title deeds being held by the Governor of Iowa in trust fcr thein. As farmers, they raise corn and garden track wit.n fair success, anel have some ;50J head of ponies that have to shift for t hemselvesum­ mer and winter, no feed or shelter beyond what nature supplies being furnished thein by their owners. No cattle are on the farm--some say it s against their religion--and two Logs make up th'jir live stock. At present they are occupying their summer retuiltuces, which consist of shvds without chimneys, aud the inside is generally one room. They still eat as their forefathers did when hungry, and the table is tho lap of mother earth, covereei with a matting made by the women from tho rushes on the river bunks. Stores are unknown, schools thay won't have, and el ti??0 r.r-i the combination eeen when they •is it to\m. Wiuija co:d weather comes on, they move into tco' v.'r'pjca," a circular thatched hot, say six feet high, With an openinc for the smoke to go out at the top, and a hole to crawl into. In othei woras, they live as they did 100 years ago, per­ haps with a few more coinfcrts in the way ol clothing and food. As -we rode up, some threo games of pokei were going on, no "penny-ante" business, but a came lor keepB, a dollar-raise common, and tbe limit was off. We heard the continuous pound­ ing of a drum from one cabin, and an inquiry showed we were fortunate ermugh jo be on liana to witness an "adoption"--that is, a certain family was to adopt a healthy spring buck of twenty-live ye ira of age. Across the bottom came tho chiefs, who were invited to the num­ ber of twenty or more; one old fellow that would weigh 25t), "fatter'n a fool," a linen dueotr, some one-legged pants, and that's all; others were covered with red blankets, that as they walked showed they had forgotten to dress for company. Then the drummer had called two asm stunt musicians. A stick some three feet eipht was stuck in the grounel; this was covered with streamers, like a May pole, and the "Queen of tbe May" the adopted one, the prodigal, as it were, toon his po sition noar it. On tho ground waa some matting, with baker's biscuits, gresn corn, and other truck, and at a given signal, down on the ground, around the table (?), they sat, and the feast commenced, let the devil take the hindmost. The squaws and hungry papooses keep a respectful distance, waiting for some­ thing IO turn up, that is the bucks. They make short work of it, and then the women and chil­ dren gat hered up the fragments and carried them off inside of them. Old Kick-'em Stiff, a youth of 71, with his head shaved a la Chinaman, face painted, clothes re­ moved to his hips, then commenced a slow walk around the May pole with a drum accompani­ ment; very soon he began a double shuttle the •sweet singers gave us, Dundee, or something liko. Faster and faster he went, until his breath gave out, he gavo a backward kick, the music atopped and then h 8 oration commenced. Our inteipreter said he was hu ting tha Sioux. At any rate lie hael a big time making believe ho was doing something, anil all of a sudden he stopped, and gave his battle ax to Stricken D er, a 50-vear-old chap, wit.'a his head tied up in a black rtg, b :cause he was sca.ped once upon a time. He put tho battle ax between his legs, played horse, kicked up, bucked, and went down. Interpreter suii "horse throw him." At any rate wo all had a good lauph, Indians included. Then ho pave us a free trade sneejh, a% nearly as vour scrib > remembers, and handing the battle ax to the next performer, he walke:d around t uce, did nothing, said nothing, but gave it to the end man, who asked some old chestnuts, which -we gave up, anel then thy adopteel em©, covereei with blanktts, ribbons of nil colors, stepped out, took the calico from the May pole, gave each ehitf a reel rag, and tnesbow was over. This visit has knocked all of the Fenimoro Cooper business out of the writer. He saw a little fat papejose, with a stomach on him like a four-weeks-old pig after drinking two gallons of buttermilk, get lighting mad and cry as natural as any white baty ever did. He heard th- se dignified noble red men liugh at and guy a bashful speaker equal to any students' debating society. One of iho speakers, the fellow that played horse, was a perfect clown, anel kept chiefs, squaws, and papooses in a continual roar of laughter. Perhaps the most comical sight was an old chief, half naked, painted, dancing hij war dance, with bells on his ankles, killin r and scalping his Imaginary enemies, all this in the moat approved style, and wearing spectacles. This can be Raid to their credit, that they re­ member little debts of honor. Deputy Post­ master Austin says it is safe to trust them for apoatago stamp. Agent Gheen says they ap­ preciate kindness, and his successful work with them is on that plan. Thirty minutes brought us back to town, and it hartlly seemed possible thai within three miles of us lived 40!) human beings that had not advanced perceptibly, socially, morally, intel­ lectually or financially, in fifty years. . , Chicago Theatricals. Imre ltiralfy's grand revival of Ihe Ravel Pantomime "Mazulm, tho Night Owl," at McVicker's Theatetf, is now the chiefest attraction among Chicago theatri­ cals. It is a great production, over two hundred poople being engaged in the vari­ ous tableaux, ballets, inarches, etc. Those who remember the performances of the celebrated "Ravels," so great an attraction in this country twenty- five years ago, will need no further in­ troduction than to be reminded that it was the most popular pantomimo of their rep­ ertoire. Following "Mazulm" the favorite actress, Lotta, and America's greatest co­ median, Joseph Jefferson, will fulfill their annual engagements at McVicker's; so that visitors to the Western metropolis during the next two months will find a rare feast of attractions offered them at McVicker's popular theater. ' Flashes from the Wires. Miss LAUBA LENT, a Brooklyn socioty belle, has been arrested for stealing dia­ monds. A LAROE part of the business district of Huntington, N. Y., has been destroyed by fire, which caused a loss of $100,000. FIRE at Cincinnati destroyed the office, machine shop, and foundry of John R. Brownell & Co., at a loss of $20,000, well insured. SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH and Cbnrles Bradlaugh will retire from the British Par­ liament next month, the former on account of failing eyesight and the latter because of financial embarrassment. AT a meeting of the St. Paul directors it was resolved to pay nothing on the com­ mon stock and to reduce tbe dividend on the preferred stock to 2J per cent, against 3i percent, declared six months ago. IN the Supreme Court at Boston, Ma^s., William P. Harvey Jk Co.. of Chicago, re­ covered a verdict of $2;J,000 against Z. T. Merrill and William Hoald for losses paid by Harvey & Co. on a pork transaction ou th^ Chicago Board of Trade in 1883. THE Roadmasters' Association of Amer­ ica, at Washington, *e-elccted J. W. Craig, of Charleston, S. <3., President; J. Bur­ nett, of Joliet, III., First Vice President; and James Skiau,'ef the Chicago and East­ ern Illinois, Second Vice President. SIX persons have recently died at Frank­ lin Park, a small farm settlement in New Jersey, from a disease which is believed to bcyeilow fever. Tho first victim of the malady was a sailor who hod just returned from a voyage along the Southern eoaat. A Novel Idea. Jack Allprey has a large foot--a phi nomenally large foot--aud he has also a phenomenally cool way of repudiating his debts. "Ye don't owe me $2V" said an enraged hackdriver to Kim the other day. "Ye don't, yech'atin'thafc!? An' ye won't pay it, yo won^t ? Well, it'o meself wishes loud have tk% kickia' ov ye all arqun' ihe Mock.w^yfU* .wru fat f-ifarperV Batar. 7 ̂W CONDITION OF^OUR CROPS. Report from the Department of Agriculture for the IHouth of September. The report of the Department of Agriculture for Sept. 1 makes the average condition of corn 04.2 per cont. ; wheat, 77.3; oats, 87.2; rye, 92.8; barley, 8<>.9; buckwheat, 93.7; potatoes, 91.6; and tobacco, 87. The returns show but slight fallin ; off from tho exceptionally high August rejjort of corn, the general average having de­ clined but one point during the month. Th» loss is almost entirely in one State--Kansas--where drouth and hot, dry winds caused a decline of eleven points since last report. This high av­ erage of condition has been exceeded but once during the last ten years--in 188o--when it stood at "Jii, and the largest crop ever grown was har­ vested. In the seven corn surplus States the average of condition is 85, against 64 at the same date in 1887. The average condition of spring and winter wheat when harvested was 77.3, against 8i lost year and 87.8 in 1886. In 1885 It was 72, and hi 188'!, 08. The winter wheat States show a slight improvement over the last report of condition (July), but there has been a serious decline in the Bpring wheat region of the North­ west. Chinch-bugs were again a serious evil in portions of Wisconsin and Minne­ sota, while, .unseasonable rains at and after harvest materially lowered the condit on in these States and in portions of Iowa. Frost between the 16th nnd 18th of the month did some injury in the Had and Jim Biver Val­ leys. The averages of tho principal States are: Winter wheat--New York, 8i; Pennsylvania, 92; Tennessee, 96; Ke ntucky, 90; Ohio, <50; Michigan, 78; Indiana. 64; Illinois, 72; Mis­ souri, 7.5; Kansas, 90; California, 85; Oregon, 04. Spring whoat--Wisconsin, 78; Minnesota, 70 ; Iowa. 73 ; Nebraska, 80; Dakota, 78. The general av.»rsgs of oats at the time of har­ vest was four points lower than at last repejrt. In only one yea' since 1881 has the Septembet report made condition leas than 90. This was in •1887, when it was 83.4. Potatoes have fallen ofl less than two p >ints eluring the month and con­ dition is genei ally high in all soctions. Tobacco showB slight improvement, mainly in the cigar leaf State-*. The average condition of cotton is R3.8--a de­ cline of 3'.j points sines the last report. Tho general average is slightly higher than in 1887 and 1836, when it stood82.8 and82.1 respectively. RESTORED B\_A MIRACLE. Remarkable Recovery of a Young Woman Who Hail Long Reen 111. A curious story is told in Oshkosh, Wis., of the miraculous recovery of Miss Emms Bennett, a young lady who resides with her brother, William Bennett, a farmei near that city. For nine years past Mist Emma, who is now 32 years old, has been n bedridden invalid. Her disease was called consumption of the blood. During hei nine years' confinement she has not ut­ tered a loud word. Part of this time she wac able to lisp in a faint whisper. Frequently she was thought to bo dead. For upward of three years one side of her body was par­ alyzed, rendering lier still more helpless. One dav the family were at dinner when snddenlv from the sick-room came the sound of a full, round voice 6inging strong­ ly and sweetly the words: "He rose, he rose, he rose from the dead." The startled family rushed to the bedroom and there was the sick girl sitting in bed and singing the words quoted. She asked to be helped to her feet, saying she felt that she could walk, and she did walk across the floor. She said she felt as though she had risen from the dead. SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKES. JH(a'ny HuileUngn at Vostliaa, Greece, In Ruin*--'Uwo Betdle* Recovered. An Athens dispatch says: "Vostizza, on the Corinthian Gulf, has been visited by two heavy earthquake shocks. Nearly every building in the place was more or less damaged, while many houses are in ruins. Two bodies were found in the debris and it ie thought others will be found. Many persons had limbs broken and wereothw- wioe injured. Villages for miles around suffered. The cable between OMnati| «n<i Patraa waa broken.". AN ABUNDANTCOUNTRY. DIVERSIFIED RKSOrRCRg OT WASH­ INGTON TERRITORY. The Valley of tho SMke RHer, Oa^Terffca Richest «nd XoetVroltfle SecOoni dtlhe Paelflc Northwest --A Healthful, Temyer- UteCltoiate. [SPECIAL OORBESROXDEKCK.] * DAYTON, Wart. Ter., Sept. 13,188*. It la a common though entiroly mistaken no­ tion that the-farther north we go the oolder it beoomea. The altitude, the character of the aurfaoe, prevailing winds, abundiutoe of water and many other condi ions give us entirely dif­ ferent climates on tbe same lines of latitude. Without attempting a treatise on weather lore we will content ourselves by reiterating tbe well-knoi^Bact that th9 western coast of North America ^Pwarmor than the eastern. This is due to the influence of the winda and the ther­ mal currents of the Pacific Oc an In distributing the heat of the trop'c* to thest shores. The great Japan current peiurs tho full force of its warm breath against tho shore line of Washington Ter­ ritory and Oregon, and« inland over plain and mountain top. even to Dakota, performing the same service for this western land that the Gulf Stream does fi,r Europe and the British Islands. Sitka, Alaska, ia on the parallel of Edinburgh, ring* *rb*tk ftMt mC*tt f i i L , 15® Scotland, and while very much damper, it has tho average annual temperature of Minnesota. It Is not cold enough at Sitka to freeze merchant­ able ice. The northern boundary of Washington Territory is not so hopelessly near the are/tic seas, when it has the same latitude as Paris, France, where the products of the middle tem­ perate zone attain their finest results. And here on the southern lini of the Territory, from -whence we write, we are on the paralle-1 of Bome, Italy. The great climatic feature of the Pacific Northwest is the Chinook wind, so regu­ larly on hand when wanted to regulate the heat of summer and the cold of winter. This v ind comes from the heated currents of the Pacific, and turns win; er into summer at a moment's notice. There is nothing in the c.imate here to detor any intelligent man from making himself more com- forta lo the yoar round than is passible any­ where east of the Rocky Mountains. The long, winding Snake coming from Idaho dlvldos with its profound canyon the south­ eastern part of Washington Territory in twain. South of the river are four counties of surprising agricultural possibilities, oi -which region Day­ ton is the geographical center. It iB quite im­ possible to give Eastern readers a clear idea of the appearance of this country, for the rea­ son that it is unlike any region in the East. It is prairie, but deies not correspond to the prairies or the Mississippi Valley. There are no wide stretches of level land; on the contrary the whole surface is a, successiou of rounded hills with narrow valleys between, anel a few broader valleys, sometimes called flats. The p.oil on the Bummits of tho hill* anel on their slopes is even richer than in the bot­ toms. It is u curious fact that the upland soil often has a depth of from 5'J to 100 feet, ehow- lng the ancient prodigality of nature in leaving such enormous deposits of soil on this region. Wheat has been known to mature without a drop of rain, moisture coming from bolow on the principle of capillary attraction. The soil is decomposed basalt, lava, and volcanic ash, a comparative analysis mado by the Agricultural Department at Washington showing that it ia quite identical with that of the plains of Sicily, which was a granary of old Rome, and has a record for producing wheat extending through thirty centuries. The soil here ia easily handled, an I the amount of work that can be accomplish­ ed by an energetic man without fatigue or ex­ treme weariness is as remarkable as the crops are prolific. It seems like a big story to say that one man can plow and seed from 30J to 40o acres of wheat and each acre yielding from thirty to fifty bushels. The average yield is twice that of Minnesota and three times that of Ohio. A single gra n of wheat has been known to send out a stool of fifty or more stalks, each crowned with heads holding a hundred grains, or five thousand for one. The eliffoience in the yield on different farms is not a matter of soil, but of proper culture, and of sowing at the right time. A good crop of wheat is forty-five bushels to the acre; a heavy one, fifty to sixty. Barley and Oats yield from forty to sixty bushels; oats have weighed forty-five pounds to the bushel. Flax will run from fifteen to twenty-five bushels to the acre, and furnishes a fiber equal to that fiom which the best Irish linen is ma<le. Most farmers cut wheat and rye for hay. equal in many respects to that made from timothy. This is in the' only fruit section east of the Cascade Mount­ ains. Apples, pears, apricots, plums, peaches, prunes, cherries, anel grapes, of superior aroma, flavor, and size, are produced, while berrleB of all kinds grow freely. Nowhere under the sun Is ottered a more favorable field for diversified rural industry. Take here, in connection with grain raising, the production of poultry, eggs, butter, and similar items now almost unnoticed as "not worth bothering about," and the indus­ trious and frugal farmer and housewife, man­ aging as of necessity do those in the thickly et- tleel Htate?, shoulel soon make themselves inele- peneUnt. The constant increase in the magnitude of mining, lumbering, and other non-agricul­ tural operations in all parts of the Northwest, and the long stretch of fruitless country through to the great lakes justify the belief that any considerable surplus of produce cannot be unprofttably raised for years to come. Dayton, the county seat of Columbia County, is located in the valley of the Touchet (Tu-soy) River, a mountain stream of sufficient fall and volume to furnish power for several mills anel factories, with lots of room for other in­ dustries. * Where potatoes grow from; 30J to <;01 bu shels to an acre a starch factory would bo a paying institution. An oat meal mill is a legiti­ mate want., and a pupar mill would prove a pay­ ing investment, on account of the abundance of straw and the fine water. A furniture factory is a necessity, so, too, a woolen mill, a roup factory, a beet sugar factory, a cannery, a pork packing house, and, in short, a multiplicity of varied manufactories. Daytem has a population of about '2,000. It- ia a well-built town, with wide, shady strjets, and variety enough in architecture to give iutoreat and attraction. We have read of those who sit under their own vine and fig tree, with none to molest or make them afraid. This is literally true of Daytonions, for they gener­ ally possess their own homes. The booming process has no footlioid on l'-3al estate, and tuero is no city ill tho Territory where values in prop­ erty are so truly representative and inelicative' of the actual prosperity. Tne courthouse is one\ of the finest in the Territory. There oro two ex­ cellent newspapers, the Hhronutlts Bud the In­ lander. ten or twelve churches, a public library, a telephone exchange, two banks, all the leading fraternal organizations, and a school system of which the ei.Uous are deserveelly proutl. Tho city has a fine water-workH system, tho supply) coming from springs of unvarying temperature anel puriiy. The fire department is a crack organization. In short, the town en­ joys many comforts and conveniences noi found in much larg r Eastern places. Lmnhe4 . ia brought to town in a V flume from the Blu i Mountains, twenty-one miles distant, Dayton, In the respi'Ct of a timber supply, being inori fortunate than most, of the towns of the prairi i region, there bein£ plenty of timber within flvu miles of town. There are some ten or twelv I saw-mills in the county, anel lumber retails a] from i*8 to $16 per M. The present railway out- lot is over tho O. R. and N. Road, 283 miles to Portland and 6) miles to Walluln, the neares: point on the Northern Pacific, although negotia­ tions are pending with the latter road to send n branch into the county. Dayton has an activu Board of Trade, and is one of few towns with an office anel committee to wait upon nowcomurf. Tho health conditions of the country are all that could be desired, tho water is good, anel there are no rapiel or extreme changes of tem­ perature. Thunder storms are practically un­ known, the cyclone and tho blizzard never come, and there is no reason to fear the eortheiuake. There has never been an epidemic of any kind, anel the Insect pests so prevalent in California arei not to be met with. Consumptives, asthmatics anel other sufferers fr< m lung anel throat com. plaints find in this climate much relief if not ab* solute cure. Midsummer nights are cool, th.i days are breezy, and each succeeding season calls forth words of pntise. If an industrious man can flourish any­ where "atop o ground," he certainly can here. The farmer who can Bell his placs in the East for *>3 or JS6> an acre and buy better hind here at »13 to $15, ought surely to profit by the change. He can have gardens and orchards on 1 ha hillsides and grain fields on tho hilltops. His tables can groan with plenty. In the valleys he can have pastures, without need of expensive barns to shelter stock through a long winter, as in,the Kast. Treeis grow rupiellv, and his home can soon bo embowered in shade. The harvest s. awn is long, ai;d he can haul his grain from the fiel l to the care or boat. In time he will have a road, heavy bank account. Near Daytem there are no open public lands, but sett ers witn means can always find opport unltie • to buy im pro ved places. Nothing seems to be lackiir; here io make Ideal country lite and 11" ing. Therois no roWdyUm, and m toogh of early eettlement is all ilons, and ebneebes, schools, ro>uls, postal facili- 1TE AND HOUSE.? SATIOMAL LAW-MAKEK8 ASD THKI ARE DOINft Prawmdinc* «rf the Senate and Home of RiKffaseallMUViJa -- Important Heasum DtatoMwed MM Acted OnGist of the Rualnesa. MR MARo**»falll to pension Eliza N. LN-- of Chicago, who was a nnrae throughout the war, which passed the House, has been favor­ ably reported to the Senate. The "Hou*e, the; 8th, passed tbu retaliation bill after a long dis­ cussion by tbe following vote: Yeas 174. nava 4 - --tbe negatives being Bayne, Dal*elL Llnd. and White of New York. The House MMM6 bills granting penaions to Meat. Starkey B. Powell, late of the Third Ragtnfeut of Illinois Volunteers in the Blackhawk war; to Samuel A. Tate, late of Company I, Fortieth Regiment Illinois Calvary Volunteers; to Rachel Rogers ' dependent mother of Jeremiah T. Rogers, late of Company H, Fifty-fourth Regiment Illinois' Volunteer Infantry; and to Walter Watson of Company D, Fourteenth Begtmant of Illinois Volunteers. u TIIE Eouce bill pensioning "Annt T ; Aikeng* of Chicago, an old army nurse, at the rate of $26 a month, was passed by the Senate on the 10th lest. Tho Senate voted to ncn-con- ??* i e **?uee aineneWnts o the bill to pen widow of <ien. Kilpatrick (reducing the amount from 8100 to $75 a month) anel ordered • a conference. Mr. Vest's resolution on the sut-- •: ject of campaign work -by an employe o. the Senate waes passed by the Senate. Roth branches of C.ongresb sgreeei to tt < conference repe rt« • on the anny and fortifications appropria- .^n !^° "uadry civil Snd de­ ficiency bilit. the only general appropriation « measures to be acted upon. Tho iatter is now " m the Senate, while the conference report on tbe former was discussed by the House, the ques­ tion being on the t-'enate amendment appropri­ ating to investigate the practicabilitv of reclaiming the arid regions of tho Dnitftd btates by irrigation. The uebate occupifd nea> - ly tbe whole, session, and was not concluded : when the House adjourned. In the House Mr Oates introduce*! a bill to amend the naturalise- : Hon laws, providing, among other things, that, " no alien who hufi ever been legally convicted • of any infamous crime or miselemeanor involving moral turpitueie, or who has immi- V grated to the L nited States in violation of the laws the-reef, or who cannot spank the English language anel reael the Constitution of the United States in English, or who is a polyga- ' mist, an anarchist, seicialist, or communist or belongs to any society or association of su'cL- shall be naturalized or adjudged by any tour- to be a citizen of the United States or of anv State; nor shall any alien be naturalized who has not continuously for six veais, next preced­ ing such adjudication, resldod within tho Uniteel States. THE House bill to allow certain claims known as tbe Fourth of July claims was passed by tho Senate on the 11th inst. The bill applies to 680 claims, aggregating $180,000, the only large items being two of S35,90t5 each--for Je>hn Reynolds and the leprescntatives of James Reynolds, of Mississippi, and these wero inserted as an amendment.- The fenate voted to non-concur in the House amendment to the bill'to pension the widow of (Jen. Heintzelman (reducing the amount from #100 to 875 a month) and ordered a conference. Mr. Sherman reported to the Senate a substitute for all anti-trust moosnres hereto­ fore introduced. Consideration of the Chinese exclusion bill was resumed. The sundry civil appropriat ion bill occupied the attention of the House,the timo being taken up In the discussion of tho Senate umeuidment relating to the re­ clamation of arid lanela, the appiopriition for which was finally reduced from $450,(MX) to *100,000. Mr. Holman (lud.) offered a substitutes for the Senate amendment providing that the necessary expenses for carrying em the work of survey shall be paid from the appropriation for , the topographs survey aud suspending the, operation of the desert-land law during tbe penelency in Congrjss of legislation looking to Its repeal. The vote resulted--yeas, 01; nays, 73; no ejuorum, and the House adjourned. IN the Senate Mr. George offered an amend­ ment, on the 12th, to the trust bill reported from the Finance Committee. It consists of four sections, the most Important being one malting it the duty of the President, when satisfied that the price of any article of merchandise is raiseel ia consequence of agreement ?! or combinations, to issue bis proclamation susponeiing temporary- a. ly tlio collection of import duties on eueh h articles. It was ordered printed. The Rouse f voted to non-concur in all the Senate amend- * xnents to the sunelry civil appropriation bill ex­ cept that relating to arid lands end ordered a further conference. The arid-land section as amended by the House appropriates $1D ',000 for the purpose of investigating the extent to which the arid region can bo redeemeel by irrigation. The Director of the Geological Survoy is directed to make an annual report of the progress of'tho iuquiry, and all the lands which may liereafter be designsteel tor Bites for reservoirs; ditches, or canals for irrigation purposes, and all lands made susceptible of irrigation, are reserved fiom sale or entry until otherwise provideel. TBE discussion of the Chinese exclusion bill was continued in the Senate the 13th. The House passed the Senate bill amendatory of the interstate commerce act, after adopting tha fal­ lowing amendments: Giving State courts of competent jurisdiction concurrent jurisdiction with United States courts in cases arising under the act; directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to prescribe uniform classification schedules for the use of common carriers in making rates, and requiring common , carriers to charge the same rates on refined oi!, petroleum, cottonseed oil, and turpentine in wooelen packages or barrels as u on the same products in tank or cylinder curs owned or leasee! by the shipper. Tho House also passed a bill giving Staies and Ton-itorio.s legislative control over pussenger and freigut races of common car- riei s on traffic between points within auey State or Territory. ^ , •, • W«ader? of the Sea. , ' The sea occupied threa-flfths tff the surface of the earth. At the depth of 3,500 feet waves are not felt. The temperature is.the same, varying only a trifle from the ice of the pole to the burning sun of tho equator. A mile down the water has a pressure of a ton to the square inch. If a box six feet deep were filled with sea water and allowed to evaporate under the sun, there would be two inches of salt left at the bottom. Taking the average depth of the ocean to be three miles, there would be a layer of pure salt 230 feet thick on the Atlantic. The water is colder at the bottom than at the surface. In the many bays on the coast of Norway tho water often freezes at the bottom be­ fore it does above. Waves are very deceptive; to look at them in a storm one would think the wholo water traveled. The.water stays in the same place, but the motion goes on. Sometimes in storms these waves are forty leet high, and travel fiitv miles an hour--more than twice ai fast as the swiftest steamer. Th> distance from valley to valley is generally fifteen times the height, hence a wave live feet high will extend over seventy-five feet of water. The force of the sea dashing upon Bell Rock is said to ba seventeen tons to the square vard. 'f®J' ' : ' ' : Brick Dost. Thought and effort are the parents oi sweas*. -• - k;r' Dismiss your frown and the angels will come to vo». If you never go where yqp are not wanted, you wili seldom be turned out of doors. Manv a man passes by a little spring of cool, pure water, to drink at last from a hog wallow. When Christ did so much for all, it does seem that Christians should do more for a few. It does not pay to hira help you have to quarrel with, or to work for a person with whom you desire to quarrel. When men dare not tell the truth of themselves, how can they l>c expected to always tell the truth about others? Our religion does not permit us to quarrel with the religion of any other person, or to deny to him the right to live by his own judgment. The nervous man who geta drunk and wears the velvet from the nerves oi his wife, is to blame for her growing old before her time, and for the tears that float in her heart.--Foniemy's Ad­ vance Thong ht. ' Feeding Grain and Soft Food. „ . .All kinds of soft fopd should 1>6 fed Traftn troughs or ou clean boards, aud anv portion remaining over after the fowls have , had their meal should be removed, but whole 'grains should never be fed from a trough or hopper, but scattered over the ground, so as to induce the hens to hunt for them: and, UmteUx scutch and t . . - *