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rranklu,evr awugntTnl, henna; thing "Sato may' maHkett the Knjflsb4ookln corn, whew origin wu "CotooW:" And to hi tttliiktng memento, ,nj)l'o tn old Hartford Derigned M'ln rofpnemt. with -tpiblenas all Id WTO. With blazing and il, and with legend "JtrThiarajnaatar4- "rtur'ra the Ejt " very propoa; It hinted to -he people an in language not nnkinA, II rr'fvrU wanted, their bminem fa sanaf mimi.1 On core-re at,) tlio Shu appeared, ipnarently Item beaten, d jut Wnt a IVal and the tote m. On iw rxiilih- an eneL'ews chain r Utrfeen Usee ens fn - Tie big plar-i tetters, W ARE ONE," were nicely placed tetwren. To awF ' "Btimeut alive tbrogk aa Ike f ntnre yearn. The nctton's name around it nmatittakabi; prear;t From ail lhj nrkon incMenta we find the evidence Tbt Frank to to hi cuwx$.Qtm it JUtt tfnpfer cm; Sow, an tnte-liearted ettlxeiia, la prutse of Frinklln Join, Beoiemcerirg lrl;b grtttftooV r';rm ear oh. A prominent motto on the "Franklin cant le " Mind tour .wn I'tiffo-. t The tverd?, " t'nittd States.' wrotinde (Be in otto We are one." Onr Hmnt.

the eAir coauBwraft. He wa i gay conductor ; In be uniform no neat He wonld conductor lady tare With jdeeenre t o a eeat. Though ladies eteppej apon hwtrm He'd tiever etep on theiry ; And he would 11 ret colleot bin thowghta And then col ct We fan. He'd time Ida watch and watch his tunc. And C BU train was late , The ne vaa sirrtv and we old psce-h XtuUeketeaadnispaar While whizzing by at Ugh ad aceed, Feat kdszir, lases andpuis. He'd f irt, and, Uhe his ra , totve eknda tran of apaikK. His car had carried Mm nntil An accident hefe; Ho carr ed then his tear white Bo he cc!d tot get aa. To mi t hie train l'd trained hie n ind So tU that lira lie died. Tne c aupeiny aKowcd his gkni To liavo a dead-head :4e. -JTnnnftfMri Uti i.V.

ElY SKATIMfi STORY.

I was Di a quandary, as I thick yon will admit wben I have- stated my case, and it ways ezceedinglY yrcvoking- to be

conscioTJS tttcl 1 was lex-sea upon by all my acqtrnfatances as the luckiest mac in town, while I bore in my bosom the inward ecu vie tion that I was the most involved and bothered being; in existence. Up "to a la en th back, I Mjpixse I might.

with, some show of i-easontbienesi, have

been calljd lucky, lor Alias Clara Alden, the recognized belle of t ie season, smiled upon mo, and the current impression prevailed thl if 1 wonld gf in, I'd win. Well, 1 dki piin. That's the n- iscbief fit it I '?ent in jnst far enough ia commit myself to the contest, lint, before J had sighted the winning post, something

Happened to giro m pansy, wo were

t the akuang riak ono night, a large patty of 1.3, Sfisii A Men bding one of the nurqber. Her special escor; was a yoiing foreiguo', who was beiag a good deal lionized in wxaety just th'tn, and Clara seemed to take marfcel interest in him. It did not concern me in the least to observe this, for since I had fancied myself to be in lore with Clara Alden I Lad had reason to congratulate myself npon the assnrance that I was. notta jeidoostempentment. I intended pretty aeon to tender to Miss Alden a good-sized heart and a good-sized hand and a fairly good-sized f ortane, and I sBweniy hoped she wonld accept them. Until than and indeed after then, always within th i limits of good taste, she was . free to re eivo the attentka of an man or wotnao whose t ociety gave her pleasnre I tl ink Miss Aldaii and I iinderatood earh othas perfectly. We were tery o!d friends and the suitability of an alliance between us had been frequently siggeeted to each ever sines we coold ren ember. I was qnite contented with ' this condition of alGiin and even supposed soyseif to be very happy. Well, t'ria liight at ifca rink I had seer Oars skate off with her Englishman, and'with an nnjiertnrbed spirit I was skJaomis aroomd the rink alone when, just behiod me, I heard "3 little scream Badjjtte8(Tamble aiid omebodyeU. The. nebtt mutant, as 1 turned, I met t nir df i.lnrinr and lieimtiftilev-esamd

aa imploting and beautiful voioe cried - "'MfttrS " Oh, von't you plesae pick me up? " I eaxer y clasped thelirtle hands and

drew. the. prostrate young lady to her.

leet. x 'ras just in urie, lor naif a dejjjn o titer men had karrkit to the spot, amcag whom site recognized an ajntwiainkince. She mad her bow to -nw and-said ker "thank you' very prettily and then she swot pled the profferett, haad of her fries d nd glided awfy frjrci me. " And do j on know I did not-like i:? I felt disttaitiy vexed, for Hrpit see die was bewitehiitgry lov&y and tne gEmp.'ie I had of her v as merely taatalizfllg. t J mVr)s4ter tha -mny times, aljwafu'siilt ths same nran - whom I was rather provoked to recopiiize as a stranIjjaf, X fby found myeli always watohusint ttitt cie littla ngore, arid lollorwtthB:gaafl Qlabyrmairiema tnesavgiug crowd npoa the rinki I 4pWta swfik to my aetpjaiatanceii as tlhav-tianWettL'-and. althonirh there were

jpe pf'.ycnng teaes-who had a

a around tbejrini. I skated on

in T-ifrinr rrMnwaril rkf eanrv anool

DC-fnM4t oUiaralian m thai o8tt'

, tgerjriiO'!r'aBa then -I ebaneed nxm JBssf Atrlrn,-bat I felt noo-prcoccupied ,toor,cr eTen toobwin her especi&lnu.MW suddenly sanethiof ocenrred tnikveiteii hex with a lively interest. Why bad twea stopping t, pek to somt faeBda.w to.isat wiihotit he railing lookhw on, aitd ns she aoVl. her escort vrere staTtingjiTit again .she unodanly came Me' face with mj little beatity. SKjmwi'aV gleam of re&gnrtioQ on botb ; ittHMiSseu Miss JJden exclaimed : " Why, Daisys vrhi're have too tev&e&ivm 1 fWhojrwiHhs va thoughl Qlseeing you, of all pxq le, Jierer' 3 -hn wss ra'Jier it warm petino between the two before Iaisy explained: ' "I have come for the wiuVer and have -been. wwttiDg to look ym up, t nt I only tartreettyeeferolay. mm so glad to have met yoq here." . After that I heard no more, for the "wo frierj ds Joined haidt and skated off .together. I ihtiag alwnt them a little way off; pnitending t-j-bo miking to some miMi who were kmnging . aiutu sod whon I thought my presdsoe wrmtif Ot'pioTiS wt unplaassuit ntterraption ikkatfd .toward Clara and greeted bet irdiany, vskiiur ber where she had "been thii long time. She saw through me in a moment; asd enowud -Tie thai ahw- did dwregafdimi my r . ry entbeljr anl pseatiris m to ber friend. Miss Xjle. I bad ati a atood many masrjulhie eyes regarding Mis Jjyie with interest during the evening, ami now I;picsrred theoinx r of one pair of tJKeajirroa;kiBfr,Mias Jden with what I divined to be the un intention that had broagni mo hitlier a moment before; so whife bt was stepping to shake hands wrth Clam 1 ,t'ci-Hl my hands to Mibs Ijyl and we glided off together. A few adroit questions on my part elicited the fact that Miss Lyle nnd Miss Alden had been schoolmates, vt bo had not met for osm years, and T. f lrthermore disoovered -that Miss Iiyri'rss stopping is town with relatives wbo happened to be old acqiiithrtances of nine, fjo, after we parted that night. nUss Lyle aad I mot ofttm, and we were toiptUier so mnch at the rink that .ple had begun to romrrk it. Arid :)iis hriiifr me tn the period of the Qunfdnry w th which iFfcirted out. Here wa I, supposed br eveiyhcly to be tae 6.vored adorer of. one ltvely gi'-l, while in reality I was lit ul over h"els in

A. He Diiblican Iaper Devoted to the Adanvoement of the Ivooal Tixterestgs of Monroe Coxmtv.

Establislicd A. P., 185.

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 18SI. New Series.--VOL. XV.-NO. 31.

love with another. For i had no doubt about my feeling in this mutter ; it was unmistakable. I smiled grimly now when I remembered the dnya in which I had boasted of not possessing a jealous temperament. Why, I ws jealous of every one who went n'Str Daisy. 1 was infuriated if she danced and skated with anv one bnt me, and when I saw some awkward, clumsy man run against her once at' the rink 1 felt like clinKing him when alt? smiled at bis apology. To tell the troth 1 was potitiroly wretched. If Daisy had never come I conld have got along very well with Clara, I told myself. There bad keen n tacit, if not ac expressed, understanding on the srwre of onr relationship among atl our friends, and I wo ild have been a very cheerful and attentive spouse to Clara if I had nevw neen Daisy : and, on tho

other hand, if I had never seen Olnra, I

up, aad we skimmed away together. I was too hnppy to speak; tho glorious pocsil l iility of what might be awaiting me lmrst upon roe with vividness. JButpreseutly I became consoions that she was hjk liking tome. She was .praising me at the time, which opened up to mo an opportunity which you may be sure I mndo tho most of. She blushed with pleasure at my praise, and so, both of ns in a turififtimirt tinftar. we came iiDon

I Cifira Alden, joyonsly dressed and es-

coited. by tier jmgu.inman. iney stopped in front of us, Jliss Alden sayinrr as tkey did so : ' Have yon, been to the little mtting rooms curtaineil off at that end ? No one seems to have discovsred them' yet, though they aro one of ijhe features of thi evening. I think it is such a good idea, and they are beautifully decorated;

bus when we lookoa in now doth oi litem

might now perhaps succeed in winuing were empty. Howover, as soon as some'

Daisy's hand, and with it everlasting . happiness. It was just a ease of How happy conld I bf urith either. Were t'othw dear enareier amy. I sometimes wondered whether Clara did not partly see through me, She had such an odd way of looking at me sometimes with such a shrewd smile ; but she treated me better than ever. She was really a splendid creature, and, nuder imaginable circumstances, I might have learned to love her very much, in a certain way. Bo things drifted oil until Chriatmas came. On Christmas night there was to be a grand fancydress ball at the rink. Daisy was going, and so was Clara, and it goes without saying that I wi on hand. My per plenties were at their height. I was more in love with Daisy than ever, but fully alive to the matter of my duly in another quarter. It was beginning to wear on me terribly, and T concluded to call in the advice of my friend Porter, a prudent and sagacious fellow, in whoso judgment I had unlimited confidence. How fondly I hoped he might decide that I was under no obligation to Miss Alden. And how differently he dirt decide! He was perfectly astounded a rr.y confession. Miss Alden, he said, was one woman picked out of 10,000, much handsomer, much richer, much more distinguished than Miss Iiyle ; I must be out of my senses. In short, he wound up by saying that I was" in honor bound to address Miss Alden, though, for his part, he began to doubt whether that splendid creature oould consent to marry a man who was so preposterously Mind aa not to see that she was second to no woman in existence. This was on Christmas day. I had been to Porter's room to hfCve a talk with him, knowing he would be at leisure, and the xiisult was that he entirely convinced me of what I ought to da Still it was very hard to make up my mind to it I had been invited to dine with' .the Aldens that day quite en fwmVls, as usual. It gave me a sneaky feeling of late whenever I got one of these kind invitations, but I had seen no way out of the matter but to accept, and so hod accepted. When I left Porter's room I

tamed my face in the direction of the

AHiens wnn a very newvy near, jaeiore dinner 1 had no opportunity to see Clara alone, if I had wished to, but I had ample opportunity for watching her. and I had to acknowledge that I had never seen her look better. She played, too, and sang more brilliantly than any woman I bad ever seen. I could have been very proud of such a wife, I reflected, if The other guests left early, but 1 lingered. I knew perfectly well wlmt T onght to do Mid I had been slov.ly making up rr j mind to do it if the oppiirtomty occurred, and the opportunity did occur. Toward nightfall every one else had withdrawn and Clara and I

were left alone; I took a seat very near her and told her X had. something of a confidential nature to say to he r To my surprise she rose and walked across the room, touched' the boll, waited un il the servant came and then ordered lights. This was a little disconcerting; but when the servant bad lighted the rt-om and departed she came lack to the sofa and in tne coolest and most matter-of-fact manner asked me to go on.

Glarai I began rather timidly, "you

body loads they will be full enough.

Supnose you two lead." She skated off with her companion, and Daisy and I went to obey her behest. But into that little curtained apartment you aro forbidden to en ter. Suffice it for yon that, -when presently Dwsy and I 'emerged we encountered

! Miss Alden at once, and when she

leaned towasd me and whispered : " Am I to congratulate you t " I bowed my head ia hnppy assent.

NATIONAL FINANCES.

THE SIGNAL SRTICE.

Report ( C htel Hazen. Tne repcit of Gaa. W. . Hazen, Ohiaf Signal OfJcur, contains nun; matters of interestt among hitb. luo following may be noticed: " J Uftvi) ciifJcavoroa." h sayn, " to bring this aer-k-o into atttivu sympathy and oo-oporation wi'.'i tho ivblsifc scientilo intellects of th? country. In this direction ana in response to my rccjncsl, the National Academy of Sciencoi had appointed an advisory committee of consulting gpooialipU with which I may infcr ai Of.Msion demandx. I take pleasure in acknmvli dginb- llvs conrlcw u Khowing the cs-' to) i-hnientof more intimate relations between tlf fv cutiHc in'cresU of Uus United States and tlw Signal Service. 'This year has boon distinguished by additional proKrcsa and by deoidod. impr-wmflrtt, wl: icli I will tuicflv recite : Tho ostablinhmcnt, iii.it r jour sanction, of a permanent soliool of nutruolion at Fort Myisr, va.; tho raii-iur; oi ih s andard of tbo pereonncl of (be Signal l rp ; tho systenuzation of the dutioe of the rptial scrvltX! ; the preparation of now Instrueti'iH for otwiirvcrs of tho service ; Ujo piopariil:un of new aid improved forruti for the re-coidi.-ig and prt.acavation of lueteorologiral At in ; iho preparation of special bulletins foi the wef, containing weather information of rnlihc inturet,t; Urn forecasts of weather, o( hot or ccld waves for periods exeoeding twenty-fenr lionrs j the ronnutsts of " njithera ' lor the interior plateau ; the adoption of a now storm-signal (the cantlonary Northwest) fcr tho interior lakes ; the arnuigcinont for the increase of river service, and wider publication at warnings of Honda or ioe-;orgt;s ; tbo rtangis. and improvements in tne publitalion of the international bulletin and tho monthly weather review, with tboir accompanying charts'; the increnwl infcrmalion added to the iarmeie' and to tlic railway bulletins; the organizaliou of H service ft:r the special benefit of tho cotton interests of tbertoutb; tho extension ot special frost-want ing to the fruit interesls of tho ooantrv; Uie investigation into tbermomelrio standards and into barometric standards: tho pio(Kriion of new hjgrometrictabU s conUinitig correction for altitude; the revised determinations of tho al'i-

l ti des of signal-service sta ions: tho cumnuca-

j ti hi of monthly constants for the redact-on of j j observed barometric pressnren to tea level; the

!i lautnucitu, jut uLiuiai uivcu;aueii in at uosphono electricity, in anemon etry and in . aetiuomotry, and in tho lust subjejr, especially j with reforeuco to tho importance of solar ra liatiun in agricidlnre and tho absor jlion of tho I' snu's bent by tho atmosphere; Ihoco operatioa in auexiicdition to the summit of Mount Wlutnoy, Cal., for the dctenuinalion of proldems I in solar nhvsics: in metroloirv. tlio nmmratinn

of conversion tiblaa for tho English aud metric systems ; tho cooperation in the dropping of time-balls at sii-linl-senico stations ; the jMibheation in quarto fitrni of apecial pro-fessioiuJ-papers ; the otT'liring tf priajs for eeysof Kreat mo'rit.on meteoroloi'ical suh

j jits ; tlio organization oi tjtato weather sor-

viw ; um uiw uiesiigauiin oi uaagnr uues on Veetern rivers ; the organization and equipment of two .expeditions for mcieorologioal obecialion and research in tho Arctic regions of America, one to be stationed nt Lsdy I'rankliu bay, the other at Point Burow, Alaska, both co-operating in this work with a system ot stations estabushod in the P.ar region by international conference ; the cpublisuinciit of a system of stations of observation ju Aiaska. "A series ot fcxporinieuts has ;xst n made with

sun-nasnes, witu a view ot imnrn ;.ng uiku t tie

will be perfeotlv prepared foi what lam 1 of heliugrapb to be tdoptad for the 'gen-

gorngtosay ion iiavo so mucn ais- S" ) f b' cernment that you mnst have seen that gr0Bt spucity withWefcnlyHnd PZes e,

HU9 juvuKiiv uuui wimv. a ' mmuj nwudj aiivnriliuiee, SO IC1 AH KilOY. IV ji i. i i ); , nM;ti...i.utM. i j.i - A '

ways nax uie . ikuuuauuu um. regurd for yon. Lvalue your worth most

deanlv. I feel-"

.fere Ipufced, confused and miserable, - . "Never mind what yon feel," sai:l Miss Alden, coolly. " Let's come to the jwiat. The ttpshots of it. ell in WiUaf" ". That I want to ask yon to marry mo. I will do my best to make you happy, if lean, I know J don't dsservo jon; but will vou marry rae?" " Mkist oertainly not" Th" answer came cool, calm, determined. I was startled, and murmured ixn'ifusedly : " What do you mean V T mean that you miglit have saved yourself some trouble if yon had asked me this question a" good deal sooner," tuvMswl'aiidluBt not consoions of fetrling partMularly Mattered at the offer of a ham so distinctly and widely separated from the heart However, the print is thfit 1 have refused you; so you may moke the most of that. Ton needn't wait now. I know you aro impittiont oh it is- tine to prepare for the rink. I have declined to marry you, but I feel euotfgh interest- in you to wish you success. Perhaps to-night I shall bn able to offer my congratulatkn8. " . She offered her han4( tmd I took it in a sort of daze, whith lasted all the while I was walking home end dressing, and until I reached the rink. When I entered the mom was full. What a beautiful scene it was I Alt those gaylyclsd men and girls, Heating alng the polished surface to the Round of entrancing nutate, made the place look like fairy land.. It was the merriest and prettiest Christmas scene I had over witnmsed, There were evergreen garlands hanging aiouud, with holly bushes rlxmt here and there, and many of the characters had un gotten u;a in dresses appropriate to the season. There were four great cedars in the lorijers stuck full of candles which, wer? now being lighted, and tho l and was plnyinp such inspiring Christmas music. Ifelt intoxicated with the liennty end brilliancy of the scene, and, putting on sty skates, I w.u skimming around tn an aimless sort of wny, when I came face t4 face with the b-muiest little vis on that mortal oy s were ever iHirmitted to siie. It was Piiisy, driissed u'f Christmas, in a dross which looked w if it were matte of snow and trimmed with icicle. I. ton't know h'.-w the Tery cleverest imitativo art could have devised snoh a tiling. She had a wreath of holly leaves and berries on her hair, and lmnnhes of tho same abortt her drees. She w as slttting with a ymriR man dressed as Santa Clans, who, however, gave way whe I glided

over similar instnunents in otlie.'? services.

' "During the past year stations of observation on the loabits slid ruvages o? the Hooky Mountain locusts or grasshoppers were established in those sections that tho ex:erience tf past years bi.s shown to ho mobt exposed to the ravages of thoto iKssts. These ttatious 4ereat Onrttis, fivand Island. North Plane t nd Sidney, fceb.; Cheyenne, W.T.; Denver, k)lorado tunings and PneKo, OoL ; Fort gill, 1. T.; l?ort Ediott and all other stations on the United States military teiegraph linos in Korthern, CVntrsl and Southern Texus, and those on the northwestern military telegraph line n D.ilioU mid Montana. Where oivdiana wero cmpliiyed u niakiiiu t be obsetvations treir iiorvicce were voluntary and without compensation, the Government beniing the noxissnry expenses ior riationery an t teiegMphing. "It is sratif ying to suite that uot a single report of the ravages or locusts has reached this office, and their presence has lioci) annoumied only at Orand Island, Neb. , Port Supply, I. I., ;ind Fort Ellirtt, Tex.; bntinno uislaacohai any danger buen reported. " This year, for tbo first time, the Chief S5gnal Omcer has caused to lw prepared and issued, twice dully, special bnllctns for the press containing meorologipal infoi mation of popular interest to a greater extent than can appear, for want of tpace, in the official synopHw i,nd indications. I'hoylroatuspccially of high winds, severe storms, tornadoon, heavy l'niiitnlls, floods, extreme tcmperatiuia), sadden and gicat changes in temneiatnre, frosty temperatures BpeeaallyrcpfirtettnomheilthiOKortsduiiiig the season when frequented, and, wlu.n tho ojnd;tiOES mflicionUy wui-rant, fan- or rainy weathei,ai the case may be, predicted fortwudava in advance. ThofB are also forccf.sted the nurements df the sexled 'warm vraves ' anl 'cold waves.' " In addition, the Chic:'' Signal Officer causes to be regularly made, dally, each morning, by all officers who aro iiable for detail in llio Indications Division, fennoaats or dednetioiiH nf Hir

weather conditions for the day succeeding that

On WI1JOU IUV lUrWJABL 1U ILJHIO. 1-1 UK rflfflUt of these studies is sulHciently sncccasfut, indications will, in time, be issued for all disttiota for period of more than one day. The river reports, giving the average de.ptb of water and noucesi of tbo dangorons risen in the different great rivers of the interior, tot Iho licnetlt of Ihe river eimmereo and thetoptuations in tbo river valliiys, have been regularly'mnde, tclcgrar. hod, bulletined in framex, and also published by the press at the dilfiirt nt rivor port and cities. "The manner in which these reports arc prepared and used, and the mode by whim a dangor-lino has boon detenninod, w;th water below which tliero is considered to l no danger, while every rise abovo it is dangerous, hive Ixen sufficiently explained in preeediug r'l-orts. " 1 he information publisr.ed in reference to this danger-line, in connection with (be ibulj reports of this office, has, on the occurrence of river floods, enabled lm;so interested to judge of the probable limits ot the rises of water to bo expected at tlw diffeient places on the rirot banks and of ilin dangsrs lo bo antioipiitd. Tld.H knowledge has made possible uecciie.iry precautions for safety.' A nitOTHKB arose in a weekly prajev meeting iu Now Jersey ami sail : " Brethrou, when I conw'der tho short

ness of life, I fed as if 1 miglit be taken ibe flower away suddenly, like a thief iu the nwltV' ' domiward

Akatract of Treanirer iirillan'a Yearly Report. The report of United States Treasurer Oilfillan for the fiscal year ending June 30,1881, shows an increase in the receipts over those for 1880 front every sonree. Increase in customs, tll,637,Gll; iutonial revenue, 11,255,011; sales of public lands, $1,183,336; miscellaneous source, 3,177,702; total increase, 27,255,68t, which, added to tlio net reduction of $6,930,079 In expenditures, makes an increase in tlio surplus revenue of till, 185,751, The not revenues wore 1860,782,292, and the net expenditures 200,712,887, Tbo excels of the receipts over payments was 100,061,404, of which $90,872,261 was expended in the redemption of the publio debt. The balance in the treasurv increased $18,F67.P03. from 203,791,321 at the beginning, to $252,158,025 at the end of the fiscal year. The amount expendod on account of interest and premium on the publio debt ran down from tfH,ft52.89,,j in 1880 to $83,569,989, a reduction of H,'82.905. The balance standing to the credit of disbursing officers and agents of the United States with various offices ot Hie treasury, June SO, 1881, was 421,936,807. Tho receipts for the fiscal year on account of the Postofflce Department were $39, 757,664, and lie expenditures $38,511,935, of which amounts 924, 702,703 wore received and expended directly by Postmasters. The unavailable funds in the treasury amount to $20,521,032, an increase since the last report, by reason of taking op certain items previously carried in cash. At the close of the year there was held bv tho Treasurer ia United Mates bonds $360,505,900 as security for the circulation of national banks, and 915,295,500 as scenrity for publio deposits ia mtional-bauk depositories. During the year $276,890,700 iu bonds was deposited for these

puiTiueee, nnu vzt (,Qz,aDu wunurawn, exceeding try far the transactions of any former year. erranrwcY ounrrjurDrieo. The amount of United States cttrrencv outstanding at the close of the year was $362,539,137 ; redeemed during the year, $71, 69,974. Total redempfittn since first issue of currency, $2,3-1:1,141,073. United Slates bonds amouniinc to $35,301,050 have been retired during iho year. The aggicgato retired by pnrchase, redeanplian, conversion and exchange, from March 11, 1869, to the close of ihe fiscal year, was $1,1143.314,800. Coupons from Vi i'td States lwnds of the value of $22,797,667 wero paid during thn Tear, and quarterly interest on rt-gisten d stocii funded loaus, auionuting i,o $11,455,790, was paid try means rf 3 1.105 checks. National-liauk not- n ricch ed fur redemption during the year, $5"J,650.25-.I. Thn aggregato redi mptoiis. under act Juno W, 1874, havo been $1,099,634,772. cold xu srr,va. ia""' Oomparii g (b- o md tion of t"io treasury Sept. ,11. 1881, with the condition tlio same day last year, tho meat striking changes are the iuoreaie n ao'd coin and bullion and standard filler dollars on haul, ant in silver certificate') nntstsnd ng. Dednehng gold certificates nctnallv outs'audine, tbo sold belonging lo tho (ti.verann nt 8e)t. 30, the last four vear.-', was 1 12,608.622 in 187a $151,9S7.371 in 1879, S123,161,!S5 In 1S80, and li:9,552,746 hi 18-U. Tno gross amount of golil and silver coin and bullion hold by th Ireasnn-, without regard to oblisations ou'stanlin against it, ranged rrom $163,969,111. in 1878, to $222,807,368, in 1879. to $21 1.303. 215, in 1881, and $269,706,898.

i-i 18'11. Tlio ircrwse la t year was $55 460,000, e.f which $39,150,00,1 was in gold, and 16.250,000 in silver. The increase ,u gold was greater and in silver less last year than any voar since tho coinacr of thn xtandard silver dollar I cgan, TI e United Hate? notes on hand slightly increase I last yciir, notwi hst&nding the urgent pnblic demand for circulation. Tho amount on hand above the amoui-t r- quired for payment of clear ng-honae certificates is $J1,OW 0tl0, against $18,00 ',000 a year ago. The practice the past year has been to make 10 per cent. o allr-ayiiKnts in silver dollan or certiflcaleii, 40 per cent in gold coin and 50 per cent, in uo'ei. To this rnle there i-i one tmporlaut exception. Under an arrangeme nt tc-iTree-n Uie Irrarmy and the New York Clearing Ilousoall payments by Iho treamry to this institution, ggre(rolii!g275 000,000 a year, mn t be made in gold coin or United Stales note, stand -rd silver dollars not being receivable an-di-rits rules, although silver certificates are now boiug paid it by the treasury to some extent iu largo denominations, in lieu of gold coin, for use in the payment of customs dues. Aside from any peiwmal iiws as to the expediency ef reviving the, silvor dollar, the Treasurer says it "TOuld seem unwise for any brancj of the Govetrmnent tn enconraee an arrangement bv which

coin, which tho law has made full legal tender, !

is aiscreqiufj. Tho gross assets of the Government including 'unils held for redemption of cold, silver aud currency certificates, is $331,991,210, having increose'd more than $64,000,000' last year, aud larger than on the corresponding date in any year since 1878. The increase U due in oluaf part to deposits on account ot silver certificates, which amounted to $45,600,000. TUB KLS2RVK FUND. In referrinc to the reserve held for the redemption of United States notes, the Treasurer eays: There is no provision in the law requiring specie res. rvo for redemption of United Mates notes. In the preparation for tho reFumption of spe -ie payments a fund was created in the treasury under section 3, lt sumption art of 1875, by the sale of $95,500,000 in bonds, and the accumulation of mrplm revenue to protect outetandhig notes. The amount of this fund has never boon definitely f led, but it has been maintained at about 40 per cent, of United States notes outstanding. It has usually been assumed that a reserve of 40 per cent, is sufficient for the protection of United States notes, but, under the method of compntalion. the reserve is not merely 40 pet cent, of liability represented by United States notes, h it c.lso 100 percent, of all other liabilities. So far as go'd, silver and elearing-hous certificates are concerned, it is necessary, under the laws authorizing their issue, that their full ii mount should be set aside in gold, silvor and VJn'ted States notes, respectively, as funds for the r redemption, but ss to ether liabilities the -pis no such obligation aa this, and it is submitted no higher reserve is required for t h?ir protection than is required for the protection of United States notes. In the changed condition of trade and commerce, unless some calamity shall overtake tho nation, there seems to be no probability of a run upon the reserve of t ie treasury. The total demand for coiu in 1ho redemption of United Statea notes aggregated since redemption but ? 12, 029,086, and no not: s whatever havo been presented for redemption since February, 1881. THE SPECIE RESERVE. Should there over bn a run on the specie reserves of tho neasnry, United States notes will bo made the oasis of demand, and not the other matured obligations, which compose tho very varied current liabilities of the Government, The exnets over demand for liabilities of the .Government, other than United Utah's notes, is shown bv a tabulated Ktatement to he $116,413,491. Considering these liabilities ss a whole, the Treasurer tays; "It is olear that whatever percentage the reserve will protect United State i tioies will protect the either liabilities. Tho Treasurer docs not attempt to say what this percentage should be, hut is of the opinion that a uniform percentage should be fixed for all current liabilities other than the three classes for cei1ijcates, and the excess of cash in tho treasury should be expended, from time to time, in tho purchase or redemption of tbo public debt, according to some definite and publiclv-announcfld plan. Should tins be demo the policy of tbo department would cease to be the subject of speculation and influence in the treasury, and the money market would be reduced to a minimum. During the last two years there has bceu a steady increase in outstanding noteis of denominations of $20 and under, a ad a proportionate dearoaso in notes of higher denominations, hundreds alone excepted. STXSDAIUi Ml,YBH-lOI.I.AltK. Tbo total amount of standard silver dollars coineel to Sept. 80, 1881, under tho act of Feb. 28. 1878, in $98,322,706, of whieh nearly 31 per cent, is in circulation and the remainder in tho treasury. The amount coined lat vear was $27,753,955, of which $9,589,420 wont into circulation and the roni.iiudor are in tho treasury. The Peanut, Tint peanut is the fruit of a plant ceimnjon in warm countries. It is aomo times railed tlio gi-oimd pen anel ground or earth nut, and in iiho Semihe rn States the gewber or gexiber nut fc' till another name for it is pineUil or piiidcr, and ill Western Africa it is milled rumelubi. The) plant is a trailing viae, with small yellow flowers. After Ihe flowers fall

stem cjrows leuiger, bends and tho pod in the trad

forces itself into the ground, where it ripens. Peanuts are wised in immense quantities on thefjwijsi: coast of Africa, iu South America and in tho Southern United States. The vines are dug with pronged hoes or forks, dried for a few days and then stacked for two weeks to euro. Tho pods are picked by lianO from the vines, cleaned in a funning mill, and sometimes bleached with sulphur, aud packod in bugs for market. Peanuts are sometimes eaten raw, but u finally roasted or baked. In Africa and South America they form one of the chief aitic'cs of food. Large ipuuitities of them are made into an oil much like olive oil, and which is used iu the same way. It is also used in the manufacture of soap. A bushel of peanuts, when presseel cold, will make a gallon of oil. If heat is used, more oil is made, but ii, ij not so good. Iu Spain peanuts are ground and mixed with chocolate. Peanut vines make good food for cattle. Tho petmut gets its name from tho shape of its pod, which is like that oi the pea. THE ARMY.

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III. 1 ' lit. tl'J I.' St 11

(ieu. Shca-auasa's Annual Report. Gen. Sherman has submitted his annual report to the Secretary of War, inclosing th reports of Gens. Drain and Saokett, and th; reports of the commanding Generals of tho division!! and daparbnenta. The General sayi, referring to the reports of the latter, that they all show that our companies are too sma'i for efficient discipline and for economical service. When tbo treasury was poor and loaded with debt tho army endeavored to gracefully submit to overwork, but now, says Gen. Sherman, they appeal for relief, and it is recommended that Congress repeal that clause of the existing law whieh limits the enlisted force of the arm? to 25,000 men. Considerable space is devoted to the discussion of the subject of officers' servants, Gen. Sherman maintaining that no soldier should ever bo compelled to do menial labor without compentiation, or without his consent, and he recommends that the existing law be repealed or modified so as to secure this end. Beferring to West l'oint, he says it lias been, and mutt continue to be, the fountain-source of military education in time of peace. In bin judgment, the military academy at West Point fulfills its uses, and can safely be intrusted to prepare boy to become the aoldjen erf the future. There are in the army 430 companiet, necessarily widely scattered over our vast domain, to guard the property and prevent, as far a foresight can, complications and troubles of every variety and kind ; at one time prelecting: settlers against IndUiis, and, again. Indians agaiuat settlers. When these occur it is always sudden, and reinforcements hare to be hurriee. forward from great distances and always at a. heavy ooht for transportation of men, horses, wagons snd supplies. This cost in the aggregate will, iu my judgment, be more that sufficient to supply an increase of 20 per cent, of private soldiers all that 1 would ask for thi . time because I behove this increase will add little, if any, to the annual coat of the army, and. Jet give great relief to our overtaxed soldiers, u the last ten years our frontiers have so extended nnder the protection of our small armi as to add at least tsl,000,(KK,000 to the taxable wealth of the nation. Thin has enabled emigrants to settle up remote parts of thecountry, and is the principal cause of the great prosperity which ia felt throughout nil parts ot the uomrry. When the national treasury wat poor and loaded with debt, the army endeavored gracefully to submit to overwork, but they now appeal for relief sod I do most earnestly ask the honorable Secretary of War to apply to Congrest. to repeal that ohvuee of the existing law which limits the enlisted force of the army to .25,000 men, aud to enact that each and every con n'y in the arnry may be enlisted to at least fifty privates, making sixty-two enlisted men. and luretc ofU'.ers to each 440 companies, thut increasing tho at my proper to 36,660 enlisted men, which number, in practice, will probably never exceed 25,010. .This should lonn theesomhat ant force t and. as eixuerienco and universal

practice have demonstrated the necessity for an

other or non-combatant force, l further urge -

uini epecini pruviMuu ue uiaae oy law xor eaca of tho following separate and dutinot purposesvie: En,jim'jr battalion iu Pniuar.ent lccrn.ting evim why and i rt:e,.. tt.

Enlieted men elet;.i edaiiKeeiiU-r)icv (c ei-ks) 1-2,

umnaijcc LH-riar!m---in ( noorem ami im-ctiiinie ; We4t Point cl-ttchu-(M (udutuy acideii).... Prison guard lit Fott Leavenworth peat 1).... HoHpital stewsids Or.lumice Scrjiiiuit.t'oumuswry Sergeant lu-.uau enouts Signal oetachincut...,

Total 3,78-J Which number, added to the 26,660 before explained, will mike the total eulined force of every nature end kind 30,449. Gen. Sherman sulun ts a statement of tho actual number of euUsted men in the regular army Oct 15: O retry. .'. 6,Sij Arullerr. -j,il. Infantry .' 1 ,5.(1 Total combat ant 19,815 N-ni.OPmbatanttf (engineer battalion, erdnane-e department, rcorniluig terrier, isnil corps, Me-.) 3,781 Tolsi enlisted force of army Iff,5G6 "Nearly every general officer commanding troops em toe fronti- r tiAn for a lai-Rcr increase U an I havo herein indicated, but lliii may be txitter accomplished by giv ng to the President tie right to increase, at bis discretion, companies most exposed t .1 danger to any uumbet of privstcs net exe-ecdii g lfju, limited always in practice by the actual appiepnations of money rather than by the lisuti uumb r ot men." Tbo General asks lor an tncieaseof nine Majors in the Imipect.;rs" corps, and rrcommonds that tho vvbol - q ie.-lKni ot .rmst defense be submitted to a beard of hiub oiliccrs, wbile a similar board sbenlet eon.idir the matter 01 military posts and nations nw obsolete. These recommcndatione am with a view to iho salemid relief of the army fiom the care ot iiso'ejs forts, posts and station. Home old forts, (.fan. Sherman admits am -worth retaining, and, in order that these may be prootirly taken euro of, ho recommends tnat 'the President lie anUiorized to transfer out eif tbo chess of enlisted men who have served for twentyfire years or moie. a number nut tei exceed 500, including Ordiianoc hcrgeantu (now 112), and es alhidi a ' veteran corps ' lo ba stationed at these old feats, with the rank and pay Ihoy held at the clone of their active career of army servico, to be subject to the rules and articles of war. but only te be used for guarding public property. One or twe owBcera of the retired class and'half a dozen ol these old soldiers would compose a good garrison for an abandoned post or fort By granting the retired officers thus detailed fuel and quarters, we would provide homes for wortbj veterans, which wonld be most honorable and charitable to them and advantageous to the Government" Gon, Sherman, in his remarks on West Point, says: "The Board of Vfritors substantially recommended that tho Bnp-siiutcndent of the Military Academv should be a Colonel of EnKioeerc I wi'i" roneede to tho engineers all they ask, but when war cotics tho ougineer naturally takes to maneuvering and parapets, wlnreas the infantry, eavalry andartilury mnst 'go in' and doth fighting. It was so in 1812, aud 1848, and 1861-Tii. West Point is intended to make 'soldier,' and not professional e-ngi-noers,and the Void 'soldier' embraces every tiling ui war. If the engineer be a bettor soleher tiian the infantry officer, then let hira in war end pel co hare all the boiK-r and emolumeiits. But eur recent experience dees not fulfill thi asse-r-tion." Gen. Sherman takes direct issue also with other rccommenilatioiii of the Board Of Visitors. Iiiijiy Venetians. The saelelest thing in Venico is the absence of newspapers. I have never yr-t KM-tt one iu the biiml.s of anybody but 11 tntvele-r. Tho rcd-fimed Vonetian sits lazily under the half-drawn curtain that iuki'H iho place e( eleior to his shop, waitirg for iniHtotnr rs, knowing nothing of thn werld without; tho women, lrcfeioted or in tew t'lipuers shufllo and gussip 11 bout, but no ono has a newspaper or ' a book ; the t-eirobi-r gemileilior quarrels for an extra cente'Kirai from hi puKseugr. but he never heard of Amoriea, or " jnjjiglnnil, aiul has jjiever road a

word even ef his own language. All arc

urinul of Venice, even though she u

mn AND POINT.

iUA , THyoungmanwithhisfirstmustach. monil Hint ii iiiim nnnnnnmil liw DaCKS UOWn.

jrijuii uini. sue who uiiuc tr j Napoleon ; proud of the church and j

square oi at. aiai-ir. s; prouu 01 me commerce Rheonoo had; prond of the palace of the Dog-js, with its cpiaint MoorisliGothie arcliitecture; ' proud, fornuglit I know, of thu Bridge of SiRha, " a prison ami a palac-3 on each hand," aad of the horrible m.chincj:v of liersecutiou un

derneath, running down a hundred steus j wor

1IILU IUI5 glUUUlT rutlll, HIT HIItT Venice developed all that was elevilish in maa. But Venico is a bankrupt city, onlv half fed, a pauper of glass gcwgaWs anel HlagreM, slow ly returning, through gloomy gramleur, to tho quagtnire from whieh it sprang. W. A, Croffttt.

Tiik more flour a housekeeper has the more she kneads. A case without a parallel is manifestly not a printer's case. Why is there nothing like leather? Because it is the sole support of man. A Pf.cumarity of the clock is that aa soou as it strikes it goes on with its

the Land coukt.

Coiicrn.Meiii A Banna; (he Irian ajindlorda Over Itat VerdlctM. DuBLtR, NOV. 1. The Irish Land Court has given during the past week unequivocal indications of the spirit iu which it intends to administer the Land act fustice O Hagan's definition of a fair rent is such a rent will enable the tenant to live" and thrive. This was laid down at tie opeuing of the court, a fortnight ago, and has since been applied bv the AKS'star-t Commissioners at Belfast with star, ling results to the rents on the Crawford estate-, aud on the ccrn-nioney tenant estate of Dundonald, both or which may be called rackrented. In both the rent was' re duced an average of one-third ill round. The Commissioners expressly said that neither estate had been uiaiiavcd with the liberality expected or usuil with Irish landlords ; hence the reduction is greater than the probable average. But these cases afford an example) of -what wil hspx-cn to ..-ack-renbsd estates generally. Iu both cases the Commissioners personally examined minutely the properties. There 'is ureason to suppose that their decision will bo reversed if appealed from, nor in an appeal expected. Tlio deois on ot the same Commission respecting improvements is regarded as stilt mere formidable to the lattdlcrds. It substantially declares that improvements shall be presumed to have been made by tho tenant unlets the landlord can prove the eonlary. Thin rorcrses completely the presumption guppojJd to have been created by the act, and shilts the burden ot proof to the landlord.

nktndiord ant tenant under which tho improve-

ments utcame . ice ..lauuirjrers. -ice result u that, in fil ing a judicial , rent; suoh huprovericnts, whi :h iu many cases cover a lame portion of the value of the property, will be -considered as forming nb part of the capital on which the Undloni is entitled to receive rent. The dccisio a has produced something like consternation iimong certain elastics of landlords, snd will c rtainly be appealed from, though every act and word yet proceeding from the Land Court, inelicates that it is disposed to bold to this swee ping principle. The edfo-sl is an enormous increase in the business ef the com t, whieh, before these decisions, had Hhqtrn signs of becoming- unmanageable. Applications pour ia by the thousand. League organs are beginning to claim this as the result ot their new pcUcy. Being unable to prevei-t tenants from resorting to the court, they now enjourago litication with the view of creating a complete; dIooU, The truth is, the firmer are acting tm themselves, liaving understooet from Justice: O'Hagan's opening address thai the court wat to bo aTer-anU' Court From recent appear, aores the court will be called on to readjust the whole, rental of Ireland. When,-through a slip of the tongue, Mr. Smith, Begtetrar of Uie Land Court, proclaimed, on Oct 19, that "the Court ol tbo Lend League" was open, ho unwittingh told the truth. Mr. Justice O'i'lagan ant his colleagues did not hesitate), ait the open iug day, to detclare, almost in so man) words, that they intended to interpret the Land act and to execute it solely in the intesrest of the tenant applicants, and the SubComniisioiietrs are religiously living up to that profession. The landlords expected severe treatment, but Uiey did not count oil being absolutely garroted. Mr. Pamell made a great point against the Government, by declaring, that tenant who had beer evicted during the fierce agitation in the sp'-i ag would lose the benefits of the act But Mr, Justice O'Hagan has ruled that ali tenants ejeeted within six months tiefore Aug. 22 (the day the Land bill became a law) art entitled to its advantages ; and, furthermore, that when a reduction of rent is ordered it shah apply to all sales which have txwurrtd since Aug' 22. This sweeping interpretation of the foggy' fiftieth and sixtieth sections ot the act aUu-rned the landlords, and I believe some ol' them resolved on consulting eminent lawyers tn Ireland aud Euglai'd, with the view of tearing Us soundness. But they were told what' they ought to havo known that the Mt makes the Land Ceimmissioit a comt of final jurisdiction, and that there is uo appeal against its deed lions, not evaa to the House of Lords.'

" I'll join yon presently," as the minister said to the young e ouplu as he went for tho church key.A rsisFS college advertises guaranteeing to make its pupils ' better writers than Shakespeare in his palmiest days." Huns is another attempt to depriva woman of her rights: A male wretch has got up an invention to prevent the slamming of doors. We am told that the ancient Egyptians honored a cat when dead. The ancieiit Egyptians knew when a eat was most to be honored. "It's sot you are, winter or summer," said the snappish wife to her drunken husband. "And it's scold you are, summer or' winter, " he replied with a malic-iou-s grin. Theub are some experiences in life which make us feel like tho boy who, when he stubbed his toe against a sharp stoue, said he was too big to cry and too badly hurt to laugh. This is a beautiful language of ours. Ben Hogan, the retired pugilist, who has turned preacher, is spoken of as the ex-pounder of the prize ring and the expounder of the gospel. J. W. Kiibt has a poem on "The Lost Kiss." He doesn't make it very plain as to how he lost it bat it is presumed her mother came into the root just in time to catch her at it " What makes you feel so uncomfortable when you have done wrong?" asked a teacher who was lecturing lua pupils on conscience. "My father's leather strap," answered a little boy. A lady, who hod quarreled with her bald-headed lover said, in dismissing him, " What is delightful about yon, my friend, is, that I have not the trouble' of sending1 y ott back any locks of hah.'." A,itth.k gift went Uinidlyiintd a shop and asked the shopman how many shoestrings she could get for a penny. " How long do you want them ? " he asked. "I waut them to keep," was the answer, in a tone of slight surprise. ScEjfE A butcher's stand. Butcher : " Come, John, be lively now ; break the bones in Mr. Williams' chops, and r ut

I Mr. Smith's ribs iu the basket for him."

John (briskly) : " All right, sir, jnst as soou as I've sawed off Mrs. Murphy's leg." Tun newly-amved chambermaid having observed her mistress going out for the evening wearing a pair of twelvebutton gloves, confidentially remarked to tho conk: "It bates all. Shnrwl niver expected to see a lady wid stoukiu'a on her arruius. " A man who was fishing for trout in the Tionesta years ago, so thoste ry runs, caught his hook in a bag of gold and brought it safely to shore. As he looked at the cold he sadly said : " Just

my luck ; never conld catch auy fish I " Oil Oily JOerriek,

A Leadvixms man in one week was

attacked and scratched by a catamount, hurt bv an explosion, had a bowlder roll

down on him and stave in two ribs, and

was kicked by a mule. And a local editor remarked that he had " been somewhat annoyed by tnrcumstances lately."

A question of supply; Parish clerk (at vefctry meeting ou the question ot organ blower's salary, the rector in the chair) " You see, sir, it isn't as if thtire was only the hymns, but there's the comin' in and troin' out and the 'spontes

and the prayers and the psalms take a

won erlni ejenl-o wiuel I l'uncn.

He was at breakfast, wrestling with, a

piece of remaiKftiiiy-tougn veni. ins wife said to him, "I'ou always say there's something to be thankful for in everything, I fancy you'd be puiszleel to find soniethinsr to be th.inkful for iu that

"Skip.Twe." i veal." "Not at all," he cheerfully reThe moat difficult and faiihiouable syonded, stopping to breathe; I was form of "solitaire " at cards is called the just thinking ;how grateful we should be "skip-two. It is said that the game is we met it when it was young.", go ingenious and interesting that in at , dance, the other evening, ae Eastern cities clubs are formed to play i V!lg iutroelnoeel to a very becomiug miss, it communication of success being made JMj so, of course, was eleiing his best to by telegraph and letter. The elementa merit his good luck. Foeliug a sudden of ejalculetion and chance are about , indispositiou, he excused himself for a equally divided. The possible combi-i minute, mid, on returning, wfisintiie nations cf the game may bo said to b j act ,j reniovhig a few kernels of coffee incalculable. The full paok ol fifty-two fnm js vest jiockct, when the damsel cauls is ueed. They must bo thorough- j astonished him by saying; : " Dco't ly shuffled to begin with, and then 1 id i chew than; I hod rather smell the new out one by one in rows on a large table, j ruin." He didn't apologize. Whenever as thus laid out a card of tbe ' same suit as the last one in tho row is to be found three carels back, "skipping Electricity the Benefactor, two," it- can be placed on tap of tho last Electricity sre ahall want a shorter card in the row. This, of course, dis- i word very soon, oh, philologists ! and a turbs the order of the enriginnl arrange- better oue, " amber ishness" being a stament, and may bring cards of the same j pid description, and the proper one, if suit within two cards of ontth other. I you knew it would be " Indra can In that event the two may bo plaosd ! already be made to do many things, in a single pile, that lo the right though it tloes them all imperfectly, exbeinff the one on whioh the other card pensively,' or with a oertain uneasy hesimust be placed. It will often happen ! fatten, lis if some Demiargus did not ht ,. fnr miitK muv be moved in this ! ouite know whether he was justined in

way at the same time and i-i eloiug tins ! giving s-ioh power as that to sueh a race

the nieuioryia taxed anel great ingenuity of

men. and every now and then held up

neeels to bo frequently displayed so as I his hand. Man may snd man will, if

to combine tho carets iu suon a way as ; ten mons years oe given unit use uis to bring those of the same suit within new slave upon his favorite wotk, the two cards of each other. When the I only work he permanently and always cards on the table oifer ro chance to ! admires, that of killing his brothers move Uie player draws from those in j wholesale ; and Demiurgus may lie wortlie hand until nil are exhausted. The j ried about that Still, electric work is result of the game, ii successful, is the ; done, and work greater than ringing

combination ot ait tuoae en me uw angry iitvio uotei uoiik. Autre is, to oe-

suitinapilo tytneniserves, iiius mfiwiug four piles. .Failure is rfetohed when, the cards in hand beuig exhausUd, there are no further moves anel more than feiur piles remain on tho" table. Special tiarels, smaller than Jioso genr-

Blly used , so as not te take up too muoit room, ara sold with instruclions "how to

gin with, always the telegraph, whioh ejoes take luesnaes across the Atlantic aKeadl of .tjme, benb though the big electric lights HJckoi? ancn0o .outi.Tjnoxr ixtctedl , aud the Utile lights are not aa bright as they should be, aud nil the lights are more or less disajpreeablc in enter, nr el neilioelv will ariva vcai the least

play wlmt ia really a fascinating homo depcmtable hint alxiut Iho cost

game, requiring eonsiderobi exercise of

mcmorr ana a vast au ot rawoiiwu

Tub bust sponges lite tliij American sponges. They come from t !io West Indies and the extremity of Florido. Bit they aro not sufficient to supply tho remand in the United States alone, and so sponges aro imported I'romtlw M-;ditena-nean alao. Mirny rf tho West India sponges are exporteel from New York to

Lionelon, I'ans, (ieriuany anel liolltind

ovcrvlxxly tells a different story about the distauce at whioh the force begins to tire and slacken, there is certainly light; light, if you will pay the money, almost limitless in quantity, and in practice able to go all the distance from the generator that is wanted. And, slowly, slowly, but quite visibly, the obstacles to the use of that light passes away. Subdivision, the old difficulty, considered insuperable, has been mastered ; a measuring ins trument for the light ceinsumed

Thov are especially useful for washing i has boon invented : yesterday, some

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cuja BHVt uio vuiur ui ti

carnnces anel for simdar imrixrses. Com

m'n bath sjioiige's sro tiMially lrom tlio Mediterranean, and Syrian sponges arc tho kind used in hospitals and by surgeon. The Florida supply is growing smaller year by year, aud prices aro sccorditigly higher. Kuropoan sponges ore also aearco this year.

ht that human

eyes find easiest was secured; to-day, this very week, the flicker baa been con

quered by an application Swire's accumulator ; and to-morrow, perhaps, the easiest, cheapest and handiest generator of the foi-ce will be shown to a Parisian audience., anxious chiefly to know if with eleotrioitr substituted for Kas theaters

Trebe nre onlv two bad thiues in t ie . will not linht up yery well indeed,

world fciu and bile, IfetrenaA Afoj-c. ' The Spectator,

JfXDIASA KBITS. Thb October prejdn.st'of U Bqtdl cejal ihuehi aggri)gat-80 car. '' Mas. Nanct Ccitai, ceihtlhed at the Reformatory, is reaorteeit to'be-'-iti bad health. " ' , " Tbe attempt to have water iWorks at Richmond was defeatoii by atwge vote at the pijlls. - - . j.- . Smai.ii(ix ia Mging at Maalison, and the public schools have been okoeeid in consequence. , Miss Alice Dunham, eiaughter oi; tlio late Judge (Jyrus Dunham, erf ( Jpw Albany, has joined a theatjical. combination. ' ' 1 " Sbtmoub L. Pllllt,Cily:rdkif Shelbyville, has justsomeeelcd!nitft!Curing a back pension which amouiits to 2.cX).' The post-otflce at BefJe ' rnieniL Putnam county, was buiglarfja,' tlio thieves making away wrth ' iyTal; .hundred stamps and $10 in money . Calvik I'mtckeb, ftsh ejgwnjissjones of Indiura, has gone b-WBliiflgtpn to purchase t-S'M worth of carp-wiulV, .whioh to stock the Wabash and iGStl-ririarsi GbORGJS W. 8TBPHarKS.(fs;peidlt o of the MnucM sehool toard, has been arrested, charged with lMabayinicuring his -efeotiaii- -as- a- iikebur ei the -board.. . . ' Ax TtM'lorsviUe, Barlhohmiew county, Jerry- Tolen, a weltdiggcr j.ma msarly drowned by tlie sudeten inrttrthitg of water while ho tVMats.w-crkinitfeu bottom of a well,' a! .r Tkit total aelditumH to- -the' Ohfttiaua geologic;) 1 calrinet this yt rmttber ' upward of l,(XX) specimens, and itetce.Jlection of upper sUuian ftn-aias ia uneqitaled mthet . , "'A 'fabxeb named Ballanger,'' siting near Hagerstown, WavrnJ e3euoby,''Twaa stung on the neck by a bee. His whole face became covered wfUi. hulaoxu sores, and, aa a result of the atiug, he, ibaHj become insane. ; ' A btohe train, in msning ImeikwanI

on a switch near Ur-settbuuj'IJeiiatnr county, struck a horse, tlitclnug several cam. The conductor, Hilt Bryan., was killed, and a brakemau setjotisly injured. , Aw mtelliftemt towmtip . trtrnte' in

Owen county sends the foflemtwj rtijpewt to the bureau of statasticH PBgatrlinfj the Tocations of women: "Out. wnn en marry eirly, and their husbands ,li re long and die hard. ' Two burglars rode- into MfcrnH Vernon, acd tried to explode thtjwmhynation loe-k in the Firjt Natsonti laa&k, failing in which Uioy were engaged jn drilling holes in the safe whem discovered by the watchman . " A befobt from Becforel saysi : Tomato, watermelon, and inmpkta vmee lull of half natured irnjt and new potatoes the size of pigeont.' etggs,t at .tiis season of the year are rather unusual in this latitude, but we have thenu A oomtany is being forme-I to lease and open up Wyandotte Cavey in Oawford county, in tlis State. It is nearly as large as Mammoth Cave, ant't is fmeh finer and grander. There is fine hunting and fisliing in the neigh bwribod, and it is thought-si pejprda :Ksoai. can be maele out of it. .., ,. New Indiana patents: J. P. Band, Warsaw, piin cleaner; H. oker, Indianapolis, stean grain-dryer: O. G. Conn, Elkhart, piston-valve miutiijal'instrument ; J. It Gilbert Charlettdwn, chair or stool; T. Scantlit, Eransrjllev self-measuriiig oil-can; O, inhban, Indianapolis, becl-lounge. The Supreme Court of this Saunas decided that a conveyance of rd estate to an assignee iu bankruptcy wiis a judicial sale under State law. The omi-third dower of a wife then bcoome . an. actual estate, and the court holds that the vipfe cannot be relieved from har reeporiiabflity for a mortgage on Uhe entire rateises in which she oined ; a sale of the husband's two-tlrieds will not satisfy the mortgage. T.'i-jr Las been a movement on the part of wives of bankrupts to set up claims to ntie-third of all wl cfltate, under tlie StSXelnw, bat this cuton . .,... . . .

BveLicn uini, iuri,Ku. t . Tbe Iniiiaria Baptist State Ckmvcntimj 1 old its annual cession at Terre Haute.

The Bev. S. E. Leonard was elected President and the Rev, 8. H Effgin Secretary. The report of- thu board shows that twelve missiemarieihave been sustained iluting the year.' Mote than $14,000 kas been rawed. Itwac shown that 300 towns in .the State were without a Baptist ohurclu' Tbe subject of education was tluxoaghly ceirttielored, including the relation Franklin Qillege to the Church. Sunfay-sohool work and home missions wets -also dis-.5tisf-d. There was a large atcettdance of ministers and others. ': ' -. v n Bbowk county is otie.e the'enaallesl counties in this State, apdat thesame rime one of the v-3iy bet,'sp farjiis bills and hollows- tie ooncjrned. - -Pi yet ! gold hits been knexwa tor earisfe.wilihett its liaiitH, and in 1850 thei-e was; a gnent rush of people from' tpe adjoining countries into it who wcut m pearrJjf gold, which was found to exist) over all extensive Kurlnce of thtf eaantyyiAft rwing to a want of mining knowledg; 'ont&w of. them gathered any -of thu,rrBn metal. Since then prospwtots. Wkve been engaged, at intervals in Viwliing through tho hills, and it ferep'tfUMthfit gold dnarta that isrtrientmrirtprpay hanelHomely for working it bas, lieeq discovercel. LtaWKKxejB county is having it lively poor hons squabble. SomeStiine" ago the Grand Jury visited the poor ajyhnn on a tour of ittvxsdgiitton, and hjreport they handed in to Judge Willmifciajavla story of neglect and barbarity, so far ae tlie tri-stment of paupers was'Mmoarnetl, Buffie-ient to disgnBt any decent citinsa. This enraged Jolin Scpoggan thSnperintenelont, and he openly declared his intention to bring a suit foriibeil against Uie membsrt of the jury. Seeggan also published a; eommiinicatiqti mt the Bedford Magmt, in which he ,tirteaUy charged the gentlemen wi feingnilfy ot perjury.; This, in turn, lias got the backs of the irranel-itirymen uj,-adtat least two ol them iutimate, their wilUttgness nuel deeirei to bring .sjn'j a&MUst Soroggan for liliol. As the affair 'loeSkt now, there will be lively tmt belcafe the attoir iu done with. - ! A ncRsnt ocoured in the.Cwftit Cejurt at Shelby -iille that is not ofl an. -triv neBsed, and oue that was coo, .derahJy mixed' with the mdiorous ami- pathetitc elenieute. Xlie case of Standi fur -va. his wife tor ditwoo was ore itxai! and, considerable number of spectators was present to h- the testimony. Tbe Oei fondant maelB no orute save fe the-'iowSr tody of their child, so alter H.frna witness-isB hiul been on the stand the divorce whs granted by the, oeiirt. As soon as the decision wnsfftDderel, Sande for and the woman wlio only it, meitneut before had boon his wife vnerts !f.itjoekVe repair to ono corner of the room. . J"!?, fow mmubi8iheyerj.gago( in' eww tion, and then theiir eyes m ftHed v-ith teftsv lu.aHotlier nwtixtii.jajDi!. such n scene ot hugging :an4 ,.kifSito transpired as fewpfirsons eve' saw; before) in public, Thi couple wtaw uuinterrupted till Judge HeMd lek silenoe with thereriark thatle thtayht from the den onstm lions mad) tdtathti partie i could live te-getlier, aad t rtn his sen ho erase d lrom tlui dwatet

tnede ee ot lavoret), masuu liand and wif once taoes---rt of each going a oeprWe wa; samablyliapi V couple luvve i on lite s path together; '

a nt ia caolisin was bRMUflit beibre-'a

fiBtico and rieirolesslj attacked by 4 oDDOnnt'a la ryer. vfhm afi IitfttV&

was suiFered to speak, he saitl : 'tyeua Honor, I asV. aUvro one veiekin, the procoeelings, no Uuvt can "led bl enough liar to tvnatver that itmr?,' Hi rMiiiMi -mat irmuitWl.

theMS hitoK ihwee