Bloomington Progress, Volume 15, Number 44, Bloomington, Monroe County, 15 February 1882 — Page 4

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The Grand Jury investigated the

fiuyten Pujvil disaster anil returned an in-

l..tnier.tai::iirt ilcorg. F. Hauford, conduct-

wmW-Tjiiorpc Melius, tSaKeman, of too

a ookea (vain, ctiartriiig Weill won manaianstn-

! r in the fourth digive. The jury censure

i iperinterjilcnl Tonrcs and- thu mwfw ol

.0 X York Central nilroail for not lowing

cut tetter enarotd ana tor anoning too

1. j;h a rate of speed through ic Tboya.lvo1 lo some method (or esr Uniniiimtiou other

1 1 an mineral oil. arid siv Beutinc can br ore

t-litnM tcato-iolicd. ttnys titoukt pe het.U'd

by hot air, steam or h3 water.

At Grafton, K. Y., a man named

Ji fob altot and killed his tlt-muied Yrife'it sis tcr. and then uieJed 1 ilh a i-azor.

One of the victins of the New York

h 'ocmst, .V-opu G11 iMigliam, wher. hoi-aw U t heaborin save to burn to death, took off

his coat and wrai ped Itis fae in the trurmnt.

T.iat portion of bus rei.iainn 'O inwraprjed was IciuMina per'ect stati of p-eserv.it.oii. The n -t of. hj.s tody was a crisp New England h: t been visited bv ami Iitr vi- ilent snow-storm. . . . ,5hc fire in a Vane fct ry at Jersey ttty

Oscab Wiude, ste (esthetic pUilaso-

pr.r, was lecturing i a lioch. ster X. Y., wlieu

fttiiobof about 200 stauents of the university

tv'ipiwi in ao disgraceful iiiiucer M to U to: the intervention of the police. 10

IV-rimen of Syraccso Crurorsity were lidn. ped by Sophomorcs and carried lifti-on ttnles. to Oneida lake, where they were left to hod their way back aa test tl? nnght TOE WEST. A anobLake street, Chicago, burned nni X, R.. JReyrioMj, dealer ia paints. t WiitnCT.t Johnson,, aockerr. Losses 125.'W0 and 4&l.tM0 rcpeAlI. . ' A jibbmas on Northern Pacific freight train became iasane, overpowered- the engineer and tUed a mile, a minnte as "the proper rate of speed. After having hiscki.amp torn on, the engineer stopped the train jast in iime to avoid a collision. The niauiaQ tint oil across the prairio. ' At Tunnel ton, Lawren-?e county, Ind. ; three burglars who attempted to rob the saloon of To,Q.mas Clark were killed. A. confederate of the burglars, Ben TUlunghbr, gave thorn awny.'.and ample provision had been made for giving a wsrm reception. The names of the nun killed "e Virgil Wihwn, Sick Vaugl.an ami S. Wbitfed. Thsy nil b- longed in that vic-uitT, audhiti beta under taspidon for s lour;, tnue. ' tiiG Monro. Central Ai.ab&a bus.gufferecL ne. tieij from the orerflirv of the rivers Warrior By bee and T'inibiste. Tlie Alabama and On-at Southern ratKl tea been damaged 319,000 worth, and rau no trains for ten days. Fishborxe, the S outh Cntolma lnct1st, erdered theSesitl: chamber at Cotumbia iu an intoxicated condition, and perflated in tpeiking. When Lieut, fl u. Kennedy left the chair r wiihunie cdtle 1 i tin a lit, for which he vaf instant:y knoskeJ dotrn, when friesds interfered. The Lientenant C overnor wasfoltowed two blocks by rtis antagonist and struck at with a heavy eaue. whe.-enpon he com

menced to whip Fwhbarne n earnest. Both wer token before a trial ja-ticev whoroKeanedr wns dweharged and the duelist was committed to jail. I'our years ago the State af Texas net abide 3.0C0,00 acres of land b pay for erecting av CapitoL and recently a coilruct xas made with three citizens of Hock Island, XIL, and a Tesun. Efforts nave of late 3ecu mwie to annul the award, and a li ilvei ton firm orlered the State ii2y5,00O cf.'ti fo- the tract. Tim architect estimates the cj-t ol the structure at 1, 130,000, ami six yeari wilh reqniied. Tlie contracteni nave given a bond. of 2a0,OQ0 and cominenoed excanting at Antin. A keoiio namedl James linetey, era-ployed-on trie taxdrof Mr. Thomas 'Colling, in Randolph cbi'nty,-W. Tn., fell in love with Collins' dannutev, a, beautilal gni ot 20 yean,

and ndnced her to e' f e with and marry him. The lather ot the mipnuled girl visited the miserable earn where the twun we enjoying then hon vuioon, for the poiose of coanpelhfi.t bis rlioghter to return hom . Jjpfigbt ensued betw-wnthe two men, and inribg the (.tnigU- the . olored man drew a ret oiver and shot Mr. Collins dead. Friend of Coilin ovc;iowcrei l.mJicy, took him to the woods in front of big cubin, ana banged htm to the hmb of stF. A i-bize-fioht between John L. Sallivan, of BoTtoa, and Faddy Ryan, of Albany, for tiie championship of the United States and i3,m 0 a ide, was fooj;lit at Mississippi City, M.ss. ( autty-five mites 1 row Xew Orleans). 'Smhvan won the victory after tine rounds, fongbt in uk ven minntes. Rj in bi.d liia jaw and nose broken, and was oUm twite severely injured. The brutal spe:tade wi enjoyed uy&boot 1,100 perwns, lnclnding soma rnunicipai officers of Chicgoaad KewOriemr. Immense strms of monty arete staLed on aw cm test. WAsm Karen. . - A ho has take?, mneh intenst in the matter h lagraphs a Waahimjton correspondent s he is satisfied, after caref il inqniry. that the president does not intend to do anything in tegard to the Fitz John Porter case, not even to the extent of granting km pardon, which ouid restore him to fnll itizenstiip again. It has heeu agreed bv Uie House Conrraittee on Coftmeix TJiat the river-jind-liarbe.r grab this year fiiall be restneted to a total -f 39,600,080, beade in appropriation of $1,0(4.000 for the Jlii i isnippi nyer Public Pnuter Oefrees ha resigned, to take erlect April 1.At a meeting tif the Home Crarfiekl auditing comrnittee, Iat Twek, a coramniti cation was received from the doctors who attended the mtrrdered Prtsident, saying they &.- crined to Kec any vairt on their services, bat simply made a statement of their laboty, and referred "ths matter ft cHnpensatioit to the discretion of Conprest. The committee voted to adopt their view of the case, and will not reonire, an itemized atateinont of their visits. The other .expenses nnst lie based on items. The physieiansi made lie tefereBce to the services andprognr .comuunstAion of Dr. Boyntoa or Un. Edson. ' ' Thr Secretary tie Navy has ordered the iet'uii to Aniarica of Lieut. Dinenbower. of the Jeaoaette itaareh expediriort, and baa eit two 'other olictrs to eoatimte the reareh uf, IiienL D- Ceng and the missing boat. .The total valne of exports of pttroteam and petioleom products for the twelve months :niled Dec 31, 1981, was $'.8,1(56,103; for'tho same f enod in 1SS0, 834,505,65 Ttw IlnMi(lDt has appointed P. H. Conger, of Michig tn, to sncceed Norrii aa Superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park . . .Thomas J- Do rat t, coonsel cn the part cf tin United States before the American and Spanish Churns Coramissii'ii, is dead. Va vdehmlt bas soenred the Camden and Atlantie road, vhieh the. Pennsylvania people vainly tried to he 7. It is stated that the Heading road, wilt Y-indnrbiit's backing, will wit bin fifteen months have a through rente from the.coant i- Chicago. John Cbvbsh, Jeha Mashk and Josepli Pachka were pniduag a ear-toad of coal on a trestle-work at Jxrat Point, JId., when the trestle-work gave wiy and the men wore kilk.. Ix the Nov York Xegislatnre, the deaillcckirlrlch had exist xl for fix weeks' was' bi!;eti by a oompremuie effected between the straight Democrats tm too Tamnianyites. The latter, in conscqucnc withdrew Costello, their candidate for Speak -t. and voted solidly for Patterson, thns scccr. iig him the requisite nnmbts: of votes to elect. The regular Democrats thereupon w.thdrc the balance of the regular ticket ami accede! to John Kelly's demandt for rcpresentatioi' on important committees. Tae promoters f the Mexican National railway state flat 3E miles bare been completed, E50 gnwhal and rate and rol!-iog-?tTk purchatmd t cover tin whole lice. 7i! roilea. Tim-ti of tb constmo iron company i to be mcrea.-Hsi i3,00:.0'0 ... 1 lie tiunk 1 :ie have r iaI p. i'.i r rater t 417 r r ccond el,ss anc J20 10 for firt- -- i. twoen Sew Yri aiwl C .ici.), and S;S.T by tiie P nnsjlr tn;a and Bittimore roads. Thejib were two r-tcention on Friday. Feb. , namely : Ic m W. Borry, at t'reseolt, rizona, and D. (. Whito at Canton, Texe a. A coin, of ropo, In mi ing a tag with the following legend, was recently sent l y expre.ts to Washington : ''Geoit.i Hcoville, tni., Washington. D. C -Dear Sir : eeiiif! vour appeal to the -Unerican people foi roiitributiotis to aid pi the justice of tlieGi i!e;iu trial, we deem it oor ditty to contribute it ' portion, nonce we send rou thin smull itnbntion, whieh we trist will show onr appi : at ion of your conr.se. V r fspcetfnlly yoors, 1 tf, I'mrhK aho ClTXzesh or ZvmwrK- Jferj.s." Cor Bocihkot,c tot of the Oheroktes, ajates that OouUi has & t,rn upon hitueff the

bitter hostility of all the tribes of Indians. Ho thinks his people would be glad to give iho right ot way to any important road which would pursue an independent course. Tms new French Ministerial pro-

J .gramme has been received .with geueral ap

proval. ...A fire destroyed the Bulgarian National Assembtr buildings. Thev were made of wood. . . .A defalcation of jl7,000,lM)flin theChstoin House at Taganrog, Russia, isamionnced.... Tlie Rothschilds of Loudon and Paris gave .5,000 each to the fund for the relief of Itiivshut Jews, and the eorporation of London subscribed .300 The Government officials have 1000 a large number of arrests in the town of Lough Mask, Irolaud, on account or tlie murder of the process servers, Huddy and his nephew. Tkr international billiard match in Parts was won by Sloeaon, with a total of 3,000 points. Vigaeaux's total was 2.5X1. Rcssia advises England that,, instead of wasting her sympathy upon the Jews within the dominion of the Czar, she should extend it to the suffering peasant! y of Iro land The Italian Chamber of Deputies lias passed the bill for the sorutirt-de- liste system in elections 385 to 125. The (fovernmentmade thu adoption of the bill a Cabinet question. . . , . . . .Germany will not adopt an international bi-metalnc standard without the concurrence of England. Fresh outrages upon the Jews are reported from Russia, and in Warsaw n renewal of the violent scenes of a few days ago is feared. The Chamber of Deputies, by a vote of 287 to 66, declared their confidence in Iho new De Freycinet Cabinet, and its intention to work for' reforms when circnmsiancos wero favorable;... Jn tli palace of tbo Czar wood will bo need as fuel, because the regiri lrl Nihilists are suspected of having lixed theco;! with dynamite. .. .Sir William Palliscr. the inventor of a projectile that bears his name, is dead. OfltWESB advices, considerably overdoe, received via' San Francisco, rep-rt tl-at on July 0 an earthquake, followed by a hc.ivy rain-storm, destroyed many human lives, 1 vo stock and property in th-) Khaunow district .... At the' reassembling of Parliament the Queen's speech was read by Lord ' Selborne. Her Majesty announced approval

of the contract of marriage between Piince

Leouold and the Princess Helemv of Wal lock ;

spoke of the cordial relations rulwisiing be

tween EoeUvnd and all too powers: referred to

ice .Egypt an question in a way snowiug mat tbe loin: convention with Franco to ex

ercise a protectorate over the iffjirs

of Eypt will ' be adhered to; and

spoke flopbfnllv regarding tbe prowct of con

eludtne a satisfactory commercial treatv with

Jhrance, cf the trade of tba country, a'ni iho

improved outlook tor the agricultural das es,

and of the success which has attended the

policy of tbe uoverntneut ia respect ot Irish

oval's.

. VOIKtiS OK CONliRESS.

THE ASSAS8IH.

Tbe'Uhcrman Funding bill being under con-

lidcratien in the Senato on tbe 2d intt., Mr.

Plumb's amendment to leave in tbe treasury

inly 100,000,000 for the redemption or greenbacks, was defeated by 25 to 27. An amend-

jiieuthv Mr. Hoar, assorting the legality of the tction of Secretary Wtndom in extending the

5 and 6 ,,per cunts, was adopted.

uter a hot debate. Sir. ferry re-

wrted advei-selv on the resolution to

(runt the franking privilege to Senators and Representatives for official business, and introduced a bill lor postal cards with flexible covers At conceal the manage written thereon. The Pres.dent nominated George F,. Bryant to be Pifc-tmasttr at Million, Wis., and George Fisliir :o be Surveyor of Customs at Ca ro. Iu tbe House, Mr. Stephens Toported back bills for a iietnc gold piece for international use, and for golold coins of several denominations. Sir. Donuell reported a measure to repeal the export tax on tobacco, and Mr. Bcllord an act to lease arid and desert land in Colorado. The postofhee appropriation waa token np in cumouttee of the whole, and an attempt was made oy Mr. Bingham to add $100,000 for expense of tiie free-delivery system, but the House adjourned without voting on the proposition. Tne Senate amended the Sherman Fnndin

bill, on the 3d, by limiting the withdrawals o bank crreuiation to $5,000,000 per month, and requiring thirty days' notice. Tbe

measure was then passed by 88 to 18. A

bill was Dossed to auorooriate $200,000 for

tue erection 'Of a n re-proof hall of records for the War Department. The Secretary of the Intcriir transmitted the draft of a' bill to Vxtend over Indian lands tho act for the preservation of timber. Mr. Teller reported a bill granting life pensions of $5,000 per annum to the widows of Presidents Garfield, Polk and Tyler. The bill to extend the northern boundary of Nebraska was passed. Tbe Honsa devoted the day, in committee cf the whole, to the private calender. A resolution was adopted by the House, on the 4th iast, to pay John G. Thompson, ex-Sergearit-at-Arms, 98,000 for expenses incurredin' connection with the Garfield obsequies. In eommittee of the whole on the Postoffice Appropriation bill, it was agreed that $100,000 may boused in establishing the fresdelivery system at new points, and that 925,000 per year shall not be paid for carrying mails across the hndgeatSt Louis. ' The Senate waa not in sesiioo. The bill to grant lands in Alabama in aid of the Gulf and Chicago Air-Line railway was re" ported favorably to the Senate on the 6th inst A bill waa passed directing the purchase of the Frecdmen's Bank property in Washington. Mr. Garland introduced an act for the erection of public buildings at Hot Springs. Mr. Ingalls oilled np his resolution declaring that tbe pension law ouqht not to be repealed. He stated that the rolti of the War Depaitment showed 630,545 pensonabte eases, and only 880,364 pensions trad been granted by reason of death or disabilities. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate : Col Darnel H. ltncker, Assistant Quartermaster General, to be Quartermaster General, vice Geo. Meigs, retired ; Maj. Wm. B. Rochester, Paymaster General, vice Gen. Brown, retired. In the House. Mr. Belmont offered: a resolution calling upon the President for a, transcript of the letters of Jacob R. Shipberd, of New York, and of the replies made by the State Department. Mr. Springer introduced a resolution that the Pres dent be requested to give his authority for calling a congress of the American republics. Mr. Cobb offered a resolution of inquiry aa to tbe names of land -grant roads and the number of acres given therm A bill was passed providing thivt no person guilty of bigamy or potygtuny shall be eligible to a seat in Congrew as a Delegate from any Torri'-ory. A resolution was adopted directing the Secretary of State to investigate the imprisonment in Mexico of three cuizens of the United States for breach of civil contract. The bill to create a liquor oommission was defeated. . Mr. Garland introduced a bill- in tho Senate, on the 7th inst., to grant the right ot way through the Indian Territory to the Mississippi,

Albuquerque and Interocean railway. A peti

tion was presented asmng unoosiructeu navigation ol the Missouri in tbo construction or bridges. Hie bill to donate bronze cannon for a ptatne to Garfield was amended to authorize the Secretary of War to pay .$700 to tbo Society of the Army of the Cumberland out of the sales of condemned ordnance. A report was made on the claims for depredations committed by ths fjtes at the White river massacre. In the Honso a resolution was adopted calling on the Postmaster General for mfottttation concerning the sub-letting of mail contracts. Majority and minority reports were presented on the Kill to extend national brink charters. Mr. Ryan reported the Indian ApptOfH-iation bill, setting aside 1,920.203, ana reducing the number of Agents to sixtr. The ApportkMxmenl.bill was taken up, and six amendments were offered, fixing tho number of representatives at 319 to 805. Mr. Prescott asked-that tue wealth of the vurious fiiates be tikcn into consideration, for which sentiment he was sharply rebuked by Mr. Hon-. Mr. Blair, of New Hampshire, proposed iu (he Senate, pnthe 8th inst., a cjnstitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture or sale of liquor after 1900. Mr., MoCalt offered resolutons directing th) Secretary of State to negotiate for a reciprocity treaty with tho Co:.lrl and South American states. Messrs. Vest and Maxey, in a donate on the matter or arrears of pensions, warmly eulogized the present law. Bills wero pass -d to establish ports ot delivery at Kansis City sn l St. Joseph. Tho President nominated Commodore John C. Fei.igcr to be Hear Admiral, ami Ctpt. John L. Davis to bo Commodore. In the House. Mr. Randall gave notice of dn sni-nc)ment to the Tariff Commission bill, mak.ug the body consist of two Senators, three Representatives and four experts. Jir. locey rerwrtcd a bill to establish a r otal-sav-:ugs depository. The Sherman Funding Mil was taken from the Speaker's table, cn I referred to the Ways and Means Committee. After eulogies upon the laic lit prWentalivo (( Connor, of S-aitli Carolina, tho House adjourned. Tho house .'tanking Committee mode it favorable report on tbo bill to extend the charters of national banks. President Arthur sent a special message to both house.! transmitting letters from Secretary Kirkwood and the acting Governor of Arizona. In regard to lawlessness in that Territory, and urges tho amendment of th- posse eomitatus act to permit the use or trcoim in assisting the civil authorities. How fortunate beyond all others is the man who, in order to adjust himself to fate, is not roqnired to cast away his whole prpceding life.

Gnitcati was brought Into the Criminal Court

iu Washington on tho 3d inst, to hear the ar

guments on the motion for a new trial, and .ibtained permission to sit beside bis counsel.

He then undertook to address tho Judge, but was Ttromptlynippresfied. Mr. Scovillo brought

1 or arn inu cuarge mat uowspapers una oeen lurnishcd the iurv. and Mr. Corkhill submitted

on ntlidnvlt from et ch member of the jnryin

(iimifli. 0 ungo uox sain 110 would announce his

decision on the ith. Muiteau mado two inter

ruptions, and realized several dollars from the

rale of autographs.

It is stated that the assnssin is beginning to show much nervousness and irritability. He is

Mitferini; from a sovere com. which has in.

Il lino I his cyo4. One jail official says ho would not be surprised if Unite au did not live to be

iismsers.

John W. Guitcau, lost evening, spent an honr v. bis brother's roll, in eimpauy with Warden

. TocKor. 1 no prisoner occamo vary mncli exerted, and denounced his brother and Scoville.

John W.Giiiteau, in a card to the public, dia-nvow-i all knowledge of the proposed exhibition r his brothel's liody, and says that, whether :iit brothor dies by legal process or in tho insane asylum, his body shall be disposed of in a :n.mner thai will not offend public decency. In view of tho recent proposition to make a rablic spectacle of Guiteau's remains, it is

houirbt hlL'hlv nrnbablM that .TnHire (t will

nxercise tbo discretion given him by tho Revised Stivtntes. and include in tho death sen

tence the disposition of tiie body.

lo Ifemth-Seitti-nco Pwctt Upon Use

JtumnMtlu.

In the Ctiminat Court at Washington, on In day, lAjb, 4. Judge Cox overruled the

notion for a now trial in tiro cose of the murI rer of President Garfield. Scoville thero-

11 on flic I a motion in arrest of judgment.

fn Ige Cox then asked the assassin if he had -,uut to say why sentence should not be passed ipon biin. Tbo prisoner aro -9, pale, bnt with nw compressed, and desperate determination

itaiupvd upon bis fuatnroF, In a low and de-

lilierato tone he began, hut toon his manner necime wild and violent, and, pounding upon r.he tab'e, ho delivered himself of the follow

ing harangue:

I am not guilty of the ohsrgo sot forth in the

inaicimeui. xt whs uKKt act, not mine, ana irol wit take care of it, and don't let tho American people fwget it. He will take caieof

it and of evosy officer of this Government,

i rora toe axeennvo aown to mat Marsnai, tax

ing in every man on that jury, and every membur of this bench trill pay for it, and tho American nation will, roil in blood if my body goes into the ground and I am hung. The Jews put t he despised Galilean in the grave. For the timo they inuraplmd, but at tho destruction of ,'enisalein, foriy yijars afterward, tho Almighty

got oreu with li.em. 1 am not nlraid of ilentlu

1 am hero- as God's man. Kill me to-morrow if you.want. I am God's man, and I have been

1 rom tiie start," Judgo Cox then proceeded to pass sentence.

addressing the prisoner as follows .- " Tou have lioen convicted of a crime so terrible in

it circumstances, and so far-reaching in its results, that it has drawn npon yon the horror

of the whole world and the execrations of

your countrymen. The excitement produced by such an offense made it no easy task to seen re for yon a fair and impartial trial, but you have had tho power of the United States treasury and of tho Government in your service, to protect your person from violence and to procure evidence from all parte of tho country. You havo had t fair and impartial a jury as ever assembled in a court of justice. Ion have been defended by conosel with a Koal'and devotion that merits the highest encomium, and I certninly have tlone my best to secure a fair presentation of sour defense. Notwithstanding all this yon Lave been found guilty. It would have been oomfort to many people, if the verdict of tbe jury had established the fact that your act was that of an irresponsible man. It would have left thepeople a sAtisfying belief . that tbe orime of political assassination was something entirely foreign to the institutions and civilization of ur country ; bnt the result has denied them that comfort. The- country will accept it' as a act that the crime can bo commit ted, and the court will have to deal with it with the highest penalty known to the criminal code, to serve as a n example to othore. Your csreernas been so (xtranrdioary that people might well, at limes, 1 eve doubted your sanity, b-it one can not - t-ut lelicvo that when the ciinio was committed you thoroughly understood t e nature of the crimo and its eonsequonceg " Gu teau I was acting s God's man "and that you had moral sonse and eonstience enough to recognize tho moral i 'nnitv of such an act." The Prisoner That's a matter of opinion. ".Your own testimony shows that you recoiled v-ith horror from the idea. You sav that rou

t rayed against it You say that your conscience v orned yon against it, but by tho wretched sophistry of your own mind you worked yoursslf np against tho protest of your own conscience. What motive could have induced you ti this act must be a matter of conjecture. Probably men will think that sonio fanaticism or morbid desire for self-exaltation was tho r;al inspiration for the act. Your own testimony seems to controvert Ike theories of vonr

OuukL They havo maintained and thought, honestly, I believe, that you were driven against your will by an insane impulse. The fcwtimony showed that you deliberately resolved to dc it, and that vour deliberate and misguided will was the sole impulse. Ihis may seem insanity to some persons, but the

Jt.w looks npon it as a willful crime, ion will . have due opportunity of hav-

uig any errors I mav have nnmmittei

during the course of trial passed upon by the court in bane ; bnt, meanwhile, it is necessary for me to pronounce the sentence of the law that yon be token honce to the common jail of tlie District, from whence you came, and tlioro be kept in confinement, and on Friday, the 30th day of Jnne, 1882, you bo token into the place prepared for your execution, within tho walls ot said jail, and there, between the hours of 12 and 2 p. m., you be hanged by tbe neck until you aro dead, and may the Lord have mercy

During the reading Gmtoau stood nnnarent-

ly unmoved and with bis gaze riveted n. on U10 Judge, but when tho final words were spoken he struck the table vielnntlv and thonted;

''And may the Lord have mcrcv on vonr snnl

rd rather stand where I do than where the jury does, and where your Honor stands. I'm not afraid to die. I stand here as God's man, and God Almighty will curse every man who has had a part in procuring this uiirUhteous verdict. Nothins- bnt enod has

come from Garfield's removal, and that will be

ww venuct 01 posterity 011 my inspiration. I don't care a snap for the verdict of this corrupt generation. I wouid rather a thousand times be in my position than that of those who have bounded me to death. I shall have a glorious

m'B" if o""Ji wu uiat uiuwrnoiB soounorei, Corkhill, will have a permanent job down belt'", where the devil is nrenarina for him."

After anparentlv talkirur himself ont i,

prisoner turned to his brother and, without tbe slightest trace of excitement, conversed for some ruinates before being taken from the erart-room. George Scoville bus returned to his borne in Chicago. He r ill not prejare the appeal pa-p-srs in tho case before Ma rob. Guards watch tho assassin night and day. Guitcau was vaccinated in the jail on tho day that he received his death sentence.

growing plants and tlowcrs from bedrooms. They can do no good, nnd tlioy niny do annus harm. Londmi Lancet

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Maj. D. W. Wasiibuiin, a prominent railroad man, together with a Mr. Stall, his wife and little boy and livo negroes, wero riding upon a haud-car, near Waco, Texas, when they were rundown by a freight train and all of tho party, with the exception of the negroes, crushed to death. Msj. Washburn was Chief Engineer of the Pacitlo Improvement Company, tho International Const mction Company and tho Mexican Construction Com

pany, lio was. in short, at tho head of tbe

construction department of tho Gould system in tbe rtonthwest. Ho wns about f!7 yearn old, and held tho bighest position in liis lino of

service in luo world, lie was from Klnurn N. .

A BE018I0N of pemiliur interest and

import was rendered bv the Kansas Supreme Court. It sets aaido as unconstitutional that

clause of tho Prohibitory law ftxhix a nunish

mont for drunkenness, on tho ground that this provision was not expreswd iu the title, of the bill. Tbn decision covers still another point, the court holding that persons legally in possession of liquor may drink, burn or give it away Charles Miller, who was under sentence of death at Uentoii, Mo., for tho murder of Franklin Hamilton, haugoa himself in his eeli with strips torn from his blanket .... VI Canton, Ohio, a patient suffering- from cancer iu the

etomacn, uiea or starvation after an involuntary fast of fifty-one days. A FrtiTHEit installment of details has been received regarding the. cruise of tho Jonaette in the Polar tea. The vessel drifted for

twenty-one months along with her prison of i I. -, !.. .1 1 1 . , ,

ieo, wuien ai iHsi ciuseu iu sun crusneu ner hull like an t-gg-shcll. The average v. hit r temperature was 33 degrees below zero, and the coldest weather noted was 54 degrees below zero. The House Committee, on Railways and Canals held a mooting to consider tho Hennepin canal scheme. On its behalf Gov. Carpenter, of Iowa, mado an extended argument showing that tho proposed measure was thoroughly national in its character. It is believed that the committee are favorably deposed toward the measure. The ilouse Judiciary Committee on

the Ooiieva award recommended .the payment,

first, of exculpated war olaims. and. secondly.

of war premiums ; leaving what over balance may remain for future action by Congress A five-cont postage stamp I earing an excellent likeness of tho la to President will be issued Match 1.

Mb. Gladstone stated in the He use

of Commons that the reduction in rentals made by the Land Commissioners had been an average of 23 per cent. He said the Land League had been confronted, and there had been every indication that it had been defeated.

Mohmon missionaries are actively at

work in luiion county, Tennessee, whore thty havo succeeded in securing a number of negro

converts.

THE FARM.

A Small-Pox Letter, Deputy Warden Rnss was opening Guiteau's mail in the jail office, when all of a sudden tho officials scattered iu evory direction. Tho ennse of tbo excitement was tho opening of a letter from Marietta, IU., which contained the following message : '.' Here, I send yen some small-pox. It is worse than the sentence of Judge Oox. Hub yourself with the sct.b, and it" wid surely atop your gab.'" In the renter of tlie shot was pasted something that looked like a black wafer. Mr. lings at once scratched a match and burned the sheet of paper. " I don't know," he said, "bnt people think these letters go right to Guitcau. Ilis letters bavo to pass through the inspection officers, and if there is any small-pox virus in them it might spread through the whole jail." The prisoner mail will hereafter be handled very carefully. Mr.Srovillcsavshehas received four such letters, and has asked tlie l'ostmastt r General to have his letters examined and fumigated. Mr. Scoville, upon the receipt of the Urst letter, badhiaiself vaccinated. Guiteau, when he heard about Mr. Hcovillo's letters, was very anxious to be vaccinated, ana his wishes were complied with.

Where We et the Word " Bosh. ' Hays an English paper : Bois-Ic-Unc. or, an tho Dntch called it, "HortogonbiKfch," or ''llosoli," 11 town of Dntch lirubant, hnslind t lie distinction of adding a new word to the Knglish Luisuiigp, ti-.o word " IkssV signifying rubhi-di. I Irrt ogenlxisch is eolobntl rd ns ninntifaetII ring tho very worst butler in nl! Europe, which at tho present time is largely i'liportod by thejj'uidcnbuftermcii. nail t holer:: ' Bosh btiller" came by dof! rues lo lxi applied to all artificial but-l-vr, nnd evoii la rubbish of varioit.-i t liter kinds.

Flowers in Sleep in jf-Koonis. Tho public aro again warned ugnitiKt the uso of Mowers in tileo.ping apurtmenbi, and wonderful ulorics are told of tbo deleterious oiled which have followed their presence in n limited atnw phere respired by iavalidn. Curious euongli, those appalling "instances" of tlie evil influences of plants do not for the most part apply to flowers. NovertbeleBfj we agree Wwtt it is safe to banish

The Cause of Sob Law. The existence of mob hvw in a commu

nity indicates either a state of semi-civilization n di played in our frontier settlements where government is still iu .tmbrvo, or a lock of confidence in the

justice meted out by the courts. Whoa

we lincl this disorder apparently increasing in. old and conservative portions oi the country, and when summary ven

geance for crime is winked at if noi openly approved by sober, respectable people, it is evident that something more than ordinarv is wrong. They don't

approve of mob law because they believe

it to bo right Ihey know it is all wrong, aud a disgrace to the community even

when the sinTerer from it deserved nis

fate, instead of being, aa is sometimes

the case, an entirely innocent individual.

Why -is tuts? mere can oe only one

answer, it is tue delay and dunciuty, 11

not impossimhty in many cases, of pun

ishing criminals through the ordinary methods. The Constitution was careful

to cuarantee to criminals the right to a

speedy and impartial trial, bnt that in

most cases is the last thing they want.

The very first effort of a prisoner's at

torneys, too often successful, is for delav, in the hope that now subjects may

cnciMSB the attention of the rmblic. wit

nesses become scattered and the most

11 n favorable facts forgotten. That the public lias any right to a speedy trial is

a fact too often ignored. This of itself

tends to encourage crime, for the moral effect of minishment is largely lost when

so long delayed, even if conviction is attained. Then the insanity dodge has

been played so extensively of late years

as to practically work a denial of jus-

lice. Men whose sanity bad been trusted

all through life in every sort of business transactions are suddenly found to have become irresonsible beings, and the law which would have held a man re

sponsible in all ordinary matters sud

denly nnds nim irresponsiDic snoma no

take a notion to imbrue uis nanus in tue blood of his fellow-man. To heighten tho absurdity, if possible, a person

whom twelve men nave .declared so in

sane that ho can kill his brother without legal responsibility, is allowed to go forth a free man to carry out his deadly work

oiiome one else. It would seem that

ovfeii lunatics who go about killing peo

ple ought to be confined in the interests

of society. The general public is entirely out of patience with all this, and

the feeling has become very general that if the courts will not punish criminals the people will take the law in their own hands. This is not creditable, but dealing with facts, there is no use mincing things. When the people of

this country conclude to abolish capital

punishment thev will do it through their V - , 1 ' 1 ' 41 4: 1,A

uegiBiaiureB, auu 111 ine lueautiwo way expect the courts to punish crime speedily and vigorously. With- the certainty

that punishment in a legal way is sure

to follow crime the motive and excuse for mob action will disappear, and with

it the acts themselves. sieuoenviut

Herald.

Know Tour Business Thoroughly. A young man in a leather store used to feel very impatient with his employer for Deeping him, year after year, handling hides. Bnt he saw the nse years after when in an establishment of his own he was able to tell by the touch the exact quality of the goods. It was only by those thousands of repetitions that the lest-on was learned ; and so it is with everything in which we acquire skill. The half-informed, the half-skilled, in every business outnumber tho others, dozens to one. Daniel Webster once replied to a young ujan who asked him if there was any room in the legal profession. "Tlu-re is always room at the top." The better your business, the hotter your chance to rise. You can gather much information by making a wise use of yonr eyes and ears, and perhajis bo able to surprise your employer in an emergency by stepping into the " next man's ' place, and discharging his duties satisfactorily ; so, learn your business. We would guard the young against the .use of every word that is not strictly pioper. Use no profane expression, iiHude to no sentence that will put to blush the mott sensitive. Yon know not the tendency of habitually using indecent or profane language. It may never bo obliterated from your heart. When you grow tip, you may Hud at your tongue's end some expression which you would not uso for any money. It wus used when quite yonng. (iooil men have lieen taken sick aud become delirious. In these moments they use tho most vile, indecent language imaginable. When informed of it after their restoration to health, they had no idea of tho pain thoy had eaused. They had learned and repealed tho expressions iu childhood; and, though years had passed since, they had been indelibly stamped upon the hcurt. Think of this, you who

are tempted to use improper language, and never disgrace 'yourtsoH or your friends. '.Phi-: Uamaras of Houth Africa have 1 keen appreciation of the shades of coloi marked on their oattlo aud have twenty six terms for them, but havo no riamei for cdjors Jlffit ore not cattle colors, i

Tojiaooo as n window plant, is recommended bv a correspondent of an Eng

lish journal. It certainly has much to

commend it; its broad, greon leaves, aud stately habit, while, should it flower, its abundauco of bloom would be showy, ond continue long. The tobacco sterns

often have it as a sign, whioh shows that

it will endure neglect.

NiTBOOEN is Fertiiiizebs. Natural manures, dung, urine, etc., contain scarcely any nitric acid, and but very little ammonia. Nearly all the nitrogen is in the form of organic nitrogen. It

occurs as organic nitrogen likewise in

most of the artificial fertilizers, as bono, dried blood, meat scrap, fish, leather-

waste, and in the "ammoniated" phos

phates, in whioh those are used io m-

ply the mtrogou. l'oruviaa guano con

tains considerable ammonia, but tho largest part of nitrogen is in organic compounds. Indeed in all ordinary nitrogenous fertilizers, except nitrate of

soda and sulphate ot ammonia, tlie bulk

of the nitrogen is orgamo nitrogen.

Osage Obancib fhom Cirrrisas. The

Ofiwre orange crows readily from cut

tings, b'. -th of the branches and the root.

but experienced hedgers only use plants raised from seeds. The labor of making the cuttings is much greater, but the great objection is tho lack of uniformity of tlie plants thus raised, iu setting a

hedge it is important to use plants as

nearly alike as possible in size and vigor.

else those that have a slight advantage

at first, in size and strength, will keep it,

crowdinc the weaker, and prevention-

that uniformity so desirable iu a com

plete hedge, t or this reason the llrst

step with hedge plants, when they aro taken up in tho fall, is to carefully assort

them anjt tie in tumults, so tnat in planting, those vn any part of the hedge will

be as much alike as possible. If a dozen cuttings were raised from a shoot they would be verv raueli unlike : those from

the terminal bud, and a few other buds nearest the top would bo much more vigorous than those from buds lower down, and some of them would be of

inch sIonv growth as to be unfit for plant

ing in a hedge.

What Fobms of Nitbooen po Plants Use fob Food? Plants can take their nitrogen as ammonia, as nitric acid, and -. as organic nitro

gen. They -qeem to prefer ni

trates and ammonia. Tho number of

organic nitrogen compounds whieh they

are able to digett, so tot-peak, is limited.

Practically the larger part of tlie nitro

genous food of plants seems to consist of

the nitric acid which their roots gather from the soil. This nitric acid is derived mostly from the decay of vegetable and

animal remains in the soil, though part comes from the atmosphere in the form, of ammonia and nitric acid, The inert

nitrogen comiouuds, which, until changed, are useless to the plant, are gradually altered by the process of nitrification above refeirtd to, and finally

reach the condition of ammonia and

nitric acid, the forms which plants urefer.

And not only is tho vegetable matter of

the soil worked over for the useot plants.

but animal refuse, dung, guano, and tho

various materials used for fenlizers. in

eluding even ammonia, are transformed

by nature in ths.t wondsrful laboratory

which we call the soil, and mode into the

compounds best fitted for the plant. American AgriimlturalM.

Fob ONKCHEPitr ' The Kbntish."

" it you nave room lor but one pear

tree, what variety would you plant?

The answer to this, in ninety nine cases in a hundred would be "Bartlctt." A similar question about cherries would

be answered by those familiar with va

rieties by "Kentish." One can form

acme idea of n fruit by the synonyms.

or different names that have been given it. The "Kentish"' 1ms over a dozen other names. It has been largely planted in the Western States as "Early Richmond," and some experienced fruit growers still consider that as distinct from the Kentish. In somo localities it is known as "Early May." The treo has

a rounded, spreading bead, is very pro

ductive, and bears regularly. The fruit

begins to color towards the end of May.

when it is e-mail and very sour, bnt may be used for pies ; it hongs on thu tree through the month of Juno or later, increasing in size to medium, and becom

ing less acid, and very juioy and rich. This variety is characterized by the

clinging of the remains of the flower to

the stem, and tbe tenacity with winch tho stem holds to tho stone. When quite

ripe, tbe stone may be pulled out by means of the stem, leaving the pulp ready for drying or canning, for which Jses it is unequaled. It is an old European variety, and may be found in till nurseries as Kentish or as Early

Itichmond. It is an exceedingly profit

able market ohcrry.

The Canad Tnis-rue. Probably no weed is held in greater dread, and justly too. by farmers, than tho " Canada

thistle." In localities where it is, for

Innately, not known, its reputation has cone before, and farmers, when a now weed makes its appearanco in the

grounds, at once ask if it is not the dreaded " Oaua ia thistlo. " Tho plant is known by tho name "Canada thistle" in this country ouly; it was probably introduced from Europe by tho way of Canada, and was so called for this reason. Ia England it is known as "creeping thistle," and "oorn thistlo," and in France and Germany by tho names in the language of those oouutrioa whioh U-anslate into field thistle." Thoro are several native k'nds of thistle, aud tiesides the "Canada," one other introduced species is common upon our farms. The general appearance of tho thistle head should be -veil known, it being often figured as tl e emblem of Scotland. Numerous tubu lar purplish flowers are collected in n close head, which is sur

rounded by a globular, or egg-shaped,

istmlly oricklv ifii'oiucre.asthogreeniHk

sup shaped portion at the base of the head is called. A plant suspected of being the " Canada thistle" should have a flower head of t nis kind. To distinguish Iho "Canada" from all other thistles, the size is sufficient. The heads aro rarely an inch in diameter, usually not over half an inch. The plant throws np slender stems, usually two feet high,

though in rich grounds it may be taller.

The plant sometimes bears only sterilo, nnd sometimes cmly fertile flowers; the

heads of the former are globular in

jhape, the others being egg-shaped.

The flowers ar- of a dingy purplish

jolor. The foliage is of a pale-green

p-olor. each Jeot narrow, deeply lolsed on the margin, and with numerous very sharp prickles. When the unopened heads como into flowers their stems elongate and raiso these flowers to nearly tho level of the upper one. Th? leaves npon tho tipper part of the stem aro smaller and exceedingly spiny. The "Canada thistlo" has the reputation of being tho most formidable weed of agriculture

(though a native, tho so-eallo'd "Horso

Nettle." Solatium Carollnennt; is far

mnro to bo dreaded ). nnd the question

of I on a-k how to d-stroy it. When it once in well established, and ita loug creepiiiR root stocks whHt branch in every direction, get possession of the soil, tl.jy are very difficult to eradicate. The plant is introduced by tho seed. The first year it makes but littlo show, only a tuft of leaves, with no ascending stem. In this state it is busy in preparing for the future, by getting possession of the soil, ita running root stocks ar formed, and a store of food laid up in them for tho growth of future plants, Fortunate is the farmer who recognizes the pest on its first appearance, as lie

can then oasily uproot the plant, and save much futnrvs trouble. Whore a fow

plants have mado a foothold, thev havo

sometimes been destroyed by cutting off their flowering stem and applying a small handful of salt to tho freslily out root. Unfortunately tho plant is noi usually noticed until iaTc U ostalilJahfHj

1

J and forces itself npon the attention of the farmer. Where there is a largo

pawn mi upriiuuiiK r nulling will answer. The plant "means business," and

unless the farmer accepts the challenge.

ho'had better sellout, or tho this' le will

eventually get the better of him. There is no one fact more thoroughly proved

than that a plant cannot livo long without leaves. If the green foliage be cut oil

as often as it appears above the surface, the plant must die. If cutting with a

sharp boe, every few days, if need be.

be persisted in, the plant will in time be exhausted. If it be cnt two or three times in the season, the plant will like.it rather than otherwise," and probably spread all Hi J faster for it. tt is a rose

in whioh there can be no half measures;

it must bo " war to the knife and the knife to tho hilt," else the fanner will

come out of the fight second best.

HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

IVtom ths Dfctfcit Free Press M Hmel-.oM." Coffee -Cake. One cup of coffee, one of molasses, one of sugar, hnlf cup of butter, one of raisins, two teaspooulula f baking powder, and spice to taste. Kick Biscuits. Sift seven ounces of sugar, then add to it half a pound of the best ground rice, seven ounces of butter, seven ounces of flour, and mix it into a pnsto, with eggs two are sufficient for this quantity. Pimik Lemon Poddwo. Quarter of a (sound of suet, half a pound of brer-d crumbs, fonr ounces of sugar, the juice nf two lemons the rind of them grated and one egg. To be well boiled and served with pudding sauce. Boiled Tokoub with Tomato Sauob. -Half boil a tongue and then stow it with a since made of a little broth, flour.

parsley, one small onion, one small car

rot, salt and pepper, and one can of tomatoes cooked and strained. Lay tbe

tongue on a dish and strain the sauce

iver it. Boiled Ceoer Pie. A boiled cider

pie may be u'novelty to some one. Take four table spoonfuls of boiled cider, three tablespoonfuls each of sugar and water, two tablespoonfuls of flour and

sue egg ; beat all together. Bake in a jeep plate, and with upper and under srusts. Gisoeb Loaf. To four pounds of

lough add one pound of raw sugar, half

1 pound of butter, one ounce and a balf if caraway seeds, one ounce and a half

at ground ginger. Bake in the -usual way. It very much resembles Scotch

hot cross buna. It make a a very nice

3ake either for tea or luncheon.

Creak Cakes. Into half a pint of

good cream stir a pinch of salt and as much flour as will make a stiff batter ; then odd a teaapoonf ul of the carbonate of soda ; bake at once in a shallow tin, in

.1 very quick oven, and serve hot, with j'fted sugar over. If liked sweet, two

ounces of sugar may be stirred in with the other ingredients.

Rice WaffiiES. One and a half pints

nf boiled rice, one and a half pints of (lour, half a teacup of sour milk, half a teacup of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of soda, three eggs, butter the size of a walnut and salt to taste. By adding to the above recipe an extra half cupful of milk, the batter becomes the proper con

sistency for rice pancakes.

Potted Ham. Take lean and very

tender boiled ham, chop it flue and beat to a paste in a mortar an old-fashioned wooden one is recommended for the purposeadding butter, if needed, to make the particles stick together, and a little

mixed mustard, if desired. This is excellent for travelers' lunches, and also

handy to have in the house." Veai. Caks, Butter your mold, then

put in a layer of veal and ham, cut in thin slices, season it with cayenne, salt, a little beaten nsaoe, some parsley, some eggs boiled hard and cut in slices ; press it down and bake it. Make a little veal gravy with a few shreds of isinglass ; etra n it and add a small quantity of cat

sup, pour it over hot, when cold turn it

out.

Farmkrs Fnorr Cake. Soak three

enpa of dried apples over night in warm

water. Chop slightly in tbe morning

and simmer two hours in t-xo cups of

molasses. Add two well-beaten eggs,

one enp of sugar, one cup of butter, one dessert spoonful of soda, flour enough to make rather a stiff batter. Flavor

with nutmeg and cinnamon to the taste. Bake in a quick oven.

Saratoga Cons Cake. Four eggs.

half pound of sugar, quarter pound ol butter, one quart of milk, half ounce ol soda, salt, one pound of eorn-meal, one pound of flour, one ounce of cream fartar. Beat well tocethcr writh eggs and

sugar, melt- the butter and add the milk with the soda dissolved in it and salt; stir thoroughly and add oorn-meal and flour, with the cream tartar well mixed in it. Bake in a moderate oven, and eat not with butter.

Salt on Milk-Rising Bbead. Take

one enp of sweet milk, two ot boiling

water, and a tenspooului ot soil ivnne hot stir in enough corn meal to make a thin baiter : let it stand till cool Add

enough flour to thioken well and set in warm place, beating it up occasionally to make it rise better. After this yeast has risen sufficiently add flour nnd knead

into loaves ; ploco them into pans to rise aeain. and bake. In making up the

second time put a little mora salt in, as

tho quantity put in the. yeast w scarcely sullioient to season the bread.

Simple Tales for Little Children. 1. Here wo have an album. It is full

of pictures for little ohildren with dirty

lingers to look at. noro are iwu pictures

of papa. This is one of him before he was married to mamma. He looks like a two-year-old colt behind a bond of music. Here is a picture of papa after lie had married mamma. Now he looks like a government mule hauling a load

of pig iron. See if you can put your finger on the nose and the eyes. and tiie mouth of each 'picture.' Turn down a

leaf when you come to a pretty picture

you like. The baby is eating bread and

molasses. J-iet mm ia.o ne wuum iuu look at tho pictures, too.

3. This is a lamp. It is mu 01 nice,

yellow oil Can you light tho lamp? If there is too much oil pour some of it in the stove. Mamma will not miss the oil if yon pour it in the stove, but she may miss you. A little oil on the carpet is not 1 bad thing for the oil, but it is a bad thing for the carpet and you.

II Do not make a noise or you wui

wake tho policeman. He is Bitting on the doorstep asleep. It is very hard on him Us have to sleep out of doors these

cold nights. There is a bonk being roblied around the comer and a woman is being killed in tho next block. If tho policeman waked up he might find it out and arrest somebody. Some people believe this is what poucemon are for, but the policemen do not think so. i. Who ia this creature with long hair

and a wild eye ? Ho is a poet. He writes poems on spring and women's eyes and strange, unreal things of that kind. Ho is always wishing he was dead, but ho wouldn't let anybody kill him if he could

got away. A mighty good sausage-sluntsr

was spoiled wlien tne man Docame a poet. He would look well standing un

der a doseouding pilo-driver.

5. Tho cirl is at the gnte. A young

man is coining down tho lane. Tho girl s

papa is silting on tne mint srcn.

i.s very old. lies has raised a ramuy 01 eleven children. What is the poor old

man thinking about, and why does he gaze so intently at liis right boot? Maylse

10 is thinking auout raising wu yuuug

mint who is coming aown ue isnn-

Jhnvcr Tribune.

Aftbb a severe oarthquako it has

been observed that many heavy bodies, such as obelisks and chimneys, havo more or loss rott-ted. (f)no explanation

is that thp center of friction of the base 1

does nop oouicido, with th$ geometrical 1

floater. . ' ' ;

THE sun.

ttamaasMry of What tn Kaawn Afesme taw Center or Oar jM-rsa. It is now pretty generally admitted that the sun is but a "single star nmong millions, thousands of which excised him in brightness, magnitude and power." But he ia our sun, " Cut off Lis rays tor even a single month and the! eiwth would die all life npon its surface would pease." What the ancients felt in I! lis matter and formulated into nysfems ol! sun worship the modern aoientitio spirit, aided by the telescope), the-pyr beliometcr, ths actinotneter and the spectros'sope, has evolved into the doc t inea of tiie correlation of loreee and tho conservation of energy : (1) The cisnter-of the sun ia a ".mass of intensely heated gases ;" (2) its face, ita pliotosphere, is a shell cf luminous 0 onds, the home of the sunspots ; (3) it s immediate environment or chromo1; shore is composed mainlytsf ineonaideiablo gases ; (4) the corona or next outer cirolo of the sun has as yet "reo:tived no explanation which commands universal assent." " The attraction between the sun and the earth amounts to thirty-six hundred quadrillions of tons ; in tig ires, 36 folio wed by f-eventeen ciphers. " Yet onr little planet holds its own and seems in no special hurry to drop into tho arms of lie "father cf lights." "Tlie sun's volume is 1,300,000 times that of the earth, while its moss is only 330,0(10 tiroes as. great." As to size it is about as a pin point to the head of a fonr barrel., out the sun's average density (found by dividing the moss cf tho volume) is 31 ly about one-quarter that of tlie earth. Tlie earth is a little fellow, but compact ti ul well- made, let the infidels say what tli ey will, and the sun, too, is good in itii way. You not only cannot look the K.n in the face with tho naked nje, but tl: e applianci s used in the study of the moon, planets and stam will not answer t all for solar work. To find the spots on. th sun you need only throw its imure throneh a telescope on to a screen

ni cardboard, and they are aa plain aa freckles on some folks' faces. Ever since Newton it has been known tl:at a beam of light is decomposable In to its constituent colors by passing it throneh a priBm. and. under certain cir-

cu mstances, thu result is a rainbow-tinted

band or ribbon, wbieb ban been called the solar spectrum. In this spectrum Wolhuton, in 1802, discovered certain dark shadings, aud from that day to this astronomers have been endeavoring, by moans of tho spectrum, to determine the nature of tho elements of the sun. In 1877. Dr. Henry Draper, of New York-

announced thot he hod discovered the prissence of oxygen in the sun. In fact, it is claimed 'by philosophy that the primal elements of all sunt, and worlds aro the same, "but tho work of science ia to prove this or prove the contrary"

There are a good many guesses aa to

what sun spots really are. "Cavities filled with gases and vapors, which produce obscuration," sounds right, but tomorrow some other theory may sound be tter. "SuriBPOts are not distributed

over the sun's surface with anything like uniformity. They occur n.ainly in two zo ies on each Bide of the equator and between the latitudes of 10 and 30.

But the cause of tins distribution is not

known."

As to the " Sun's Light and Heat

Hcrsohei cuicnl ited that the amount of

belt received on the earth's surface, with

tho 6un in the z i.tli would melt an inch.

thickness of ice in two hours and thir-

et n minutes nearly, and of course, if

such sheet of ice were a hundred and-

eighty-six million miles tn diameter it

wo aid nil meat in tne same lengtn- 01

time. "Of thus enormous outflow ol

heat tlie earth of course intercepts only

small portion, alsout I-aafJOOOOOOO.

But even this minute fraction is enough

to melt yearly at the earth's equator a Inyor of ice something over 110 feet think." Better than this, our little earth, intercepts enough of tho sun's light and heat each day to clothe all clouds with, beaut', to make the fruits ripen and thai fl jwern bloom ; better still., to keep our heart-blood warm and our pulsea beating, and it is not from science alono, bnt from the reverent vision of common eytsa that we must get much of the best light and heat of the sun, the world or the tars. Philodelpliia 7Swe.

Response to a Toast en Womea. Mr. President. I think the most sensi

ble thing ever done in the world waa th making of woman. It ought fo have, been done before it was. I presume that .Adam, when the rib was taken out

of htm, thought it was pretty rough. He did not know what was going to Tseconie of him But when the job was. done and woman was sent down, and. the meat put on in the right place, I am satisfied that he looked upon the job and said it was the boss. I lay it should havo been done before. The idea of Adam's remaining there all those year alone, without any one to welcome him home from Scotch banquets, and to ask him why he didn't stay out all night, and come home smelling like a snaok ho uie ? I can imagine Adam going tothe grocery after codfish, and building; tires himself, and cooking liis own mealsin tho bachelor's halL It lias atruok me that it wouid not be out of place for the. lectslatcre to tsasa resolutions of thanks

for the making of womar. It is to be. hojsed that they will attend to it thia season. If woman hadn't been made at that time, I am satisfied that a great many of na would not have been hereto-night. II it had not occurred to the. Almighty to make woman, I don't 1 etiev. the Republicans could bas e got 15,000 majority ;n this state to-day. Women, are " the boss." I don't know as I can explain it. but the most; of you know how it is yourselves. There isn t a man who hasn't felt the electric influence of woman when taken across her knee, or when in love. It beats tdl. Some of you. probably know more than I about woman, though I have lieen exposed more or less. The highest ambitions of man are stimulated by lore of woman. There isjiardly anything good or noble thats man does but what lie receives his. inspiration from woman. Aud in everything of that kind that we do, it is for the benefit of woman of mothers, wives sisters, cousins I won't go any farther than cousins, because they are tho

darlingestof all. Evory man has a guiding star, and a, cousin makes a good star t3 look up to. It i good that it is so ; and tho lovelier guiding star he has tho better. Tho man who bas a pure good woman to feel proud of him, and love him, is indeed a happy man, and he can work harder, enjoy his work better, and be nobler if ho knows there is one that he is resiscnsible to tor every thought one whom he. loves till his heart gets ia a few extra bears when ho thinks of her, and one who considers him " tne boss." And all of you have such dear omss gazing on you always. Peoh't Snn. Diet of the Japanese. Of 36,000 cows slaughtered in Japan last year, more than one-half were consumed by foreigners on shore or ship. Fow natives, except olttccm in this capital, sailors and soldiera, eat beef. Mutton nd pork Iscyond the treaty ports aro hardly yet known. About 200 varieties of fish ore eaten, one-half of tho peoplo eating fish every d.y. Tho food of tlie masses is " 90 iier cent vegetable." Tho list of food plants iu uho, net including sen plants, wus prepared for h pamphlet, with their analyses, by Prof. Edward Kinch, of the Tokio University. A largo number nf these substances aro unknown, or at lcr.at unused, in tho United States. Of riee, which occupies iu its culture onis-half of tho cultivated land, there are 250 varieties of Btved in the country. Millet, is extensively used, bnt bread raised from a " spougo " of yeast is hardly yet known in tlie popular diet, the old jUtiu-For

tnguose word pan being, however, in use. Tho soybean, which in chemical composition closely approaches animal filter, is extensively cultivated Probably uo country excels Japan in the va

riety of logitaMiiooa plmifrr rnliiiil tm food. Of tuiiers and roots, (He sweet

isotuto is the most popular, thi

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'aristocratic classes as nirifms arts stjeM roMed to Ise among us, Sixteen milBoa

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and tcrred with "drawn butter." -Tna

lotus root is eagerly eaten witlioij obj livioh of country or doijay of jictrmtiwu Poppy seeds powdered: aw xudimvnt, infusions of salted cherry .blossoms ot drink, horse-chestnuts and aisorna are " among; the artieles of diet. - -- Mrs. BarbanU'a ChfMkood, .. One con fonoy the little aastduou girl, industrious, impulsive, intereafed in every tiling in all life and all natam ' drinking in, on every aide, learntftgjt. eagerly wpidering. listening ' to all ; around wit I. bright and ready wit. There is a pretty little stoiy fold Iry. Mrs. Ellis in her book about Mrs. Barliauld, how one day, when ' Dn- Aiken and a friend "were- conversing on ttw passions," tie doctor observes that joy cannot ww nloce in a state of perfect felioity, ainco ft supposes- an accession of ( happiness. " I think you are mistaken - -papa," says a littlesweioe from the opposite side ot the tabl. 'Whyo, raTy f child?' say) 1 the doctor. "Because & .- the chapter .1 read to you this mornttag, . in the Testament, it u said that 'these is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenet i than over ninety and nine -just persons that need, no repentance.' n Besides her Euglish Testament and hetr" - " early reading, the little girl wns taugkt " by her mother to do as little daughters did iu those days to obeys somewhat austere rule, to o'rop curtaiewiu the right

piace, to ms.ie ueas, to preserve ihubv The father, after demur, bnt surety not without some paternal pride in her proficiency, taught the child Latin Said French and Italian, and something fat Greek, and gave iier an axquaintanee with English literature. Gttecamtmegins little Nancy, -with her fair head bending over her lesions, or, when plhying-time , had come, perhaps s little lonely and listening to the distant voices of the ' schoolboys at their games. The- mother, . fearing she might acquire rough and boisterous manners, strictly forbade any communication with the schoolboys. Sometimes in after days, speaking .of, these early 'limes and of tho oomtaainl of many by-gone rules and regaup' Mrs. Barbauld used to attribute tc this early, formal training something o the hesitation and shyness which trotbled her and never entirely wore off.' She does not seem to have been in any grant harmony with her mother. One could imagine a fanciful and high-spirited child, timid and dutiful, andyet strong willed, secretly rebelling against igMa ; rigid order of her home, and feeling lonely for want of liberty and companionship. It was true she had birds and beasts and plants for her playfeHows, -but alio was of a gregarious and sociabjs) nature, and perhaps she was unconsciously longing for something more, end feeling a want in her early life whioh. no tilent comiany can supply. Z'Ae'OarsaMU Magazine, Ant fn Arm, ' The St Louis SpentoU' "Town Talker " says : " It is a curious fact, bnt nevertheless true, that yon never see a lady and gentleman walking arm-in-arm in tins city, except in coming from th -theatre or late in the evening. In the daytime, if a lady should promenade, having hold of her escort's arm, moat ' 'people would turn their heads to look a the couple. In the Eastern cities suoh a sight by no means so rare ; yet even there the custom is very far from general, ' In European cities, on tiie contrary, it ia the universal habit. Why ia it thaw American damsels are so tihy of clinging to a gentleman's arm ? Probably it arises from her naturally self-reliant and independent nature. American girla do t hings .. whioh would shock the .senaibili i ieav-ef their European sisters. More latitude i allowed them in their actions ; their independence is fostered. To be hypermetnphorica!, it may be the wine clintr- : iog to the oak ; but our American belle needs no rapport, and as the act of taking the arm implies per $e tlie necessity of protection, it is averse to her iu&em. Perhaps, too, it is thought to be a sign cf 'spooDiness.' Whatever it is, tbe faot remains that onr girls object to perambulatiiig the streets in tbe glare of the sun with their arm through those of their escorts." Nowa-daya one in vol- ' untarily takes a couple arm-in-arm in the daytime to be provincial. A Forest or Pet rifle Trer. ' Fsom twenty to thirty-live -miles from Denver, Isetween Cherry Creek and Banning Creek, the Denver and Sew Orleans Bjrilroad forces struck an unusual obstruction, it being nothing less than -a buried forest. The trace ere all petrified and agstused, are of all sizes, end lie buried at various depths, from ten to twenty-five feet, which is as deep as any excavations were made by tiie workmen. They came npon these reikis of a bygone age in at least half a dozen localities, and have met with not a little difficulty on their account. The trees ws; very pet feet and could be taken ont nearly whole if suitable machinery wen employecl. Tire trees show the barjc and the grain very perfectly. Above' these buried reprc sentatives of a onee mammoth forest grow tho nines of the present generation. Qrecley (CK) . CArontcfj.

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