Ligonier Banner., Volume 15, Number 3, Ligonier, Noble County, 6 May 1880 — Page 2

Che Figonier Banner, &B. STOLL, Editor and Proprm;t- ' LIGONIER, : : : INDIANA.

NEWS SUMMARY. — . 5 Important Intelligeree from All Parta Congressional. fF A RESOLUTION was adopted in the Senate on the 28th ult. calling on the President for copies of the correspondwce between the United States and Great Britain relative totthe outrage on American fishermen in Fortune Bay. Mr. Davis(W. Va.) presented a re%ort of the Select Committee to Investigate the accounts in ‘the 'Ureasury Departnotent, and Mr. Ingalls presentéd a report of the minority. The former Baid the committee found numerous and serious discrepancies in the Treasury accounts, and the latter denied that any discrepancies’existed, and said all alterations of the accounts were fully explained by chanfes in ‘the systems of book-keeping. A Dbill was introduced by Mr. Morgan to enforce the observance ' of the Constitution in regard to the eleotion of President and Vice-President. The Indian Appropriation bill was again taken up, and an amendment was agreed to—3ll to 21—striking out.of the House bill the glause abolishing the Indian Commission, and inserting an ap&Opriation of‘glo,ooo for the ei?enses of the mmission....ln the House Mr. Rice, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, made a report upon the. resolutions of the g..egislatures of Maine and Masdachusetts relatit?r to the fisheries, and submitted a resolution that ‘the President be re?u-ested to take such measures as will secure indemnity for our citizens for the damages sustained by them, for ynlawful violence against them by the inhabitants of Newfoundland, and the proteotion from any re{)e‘tit.ion of such violence, and procure the efrly abrogation or termination of the articles of the treaty of 1871 relating to fisheries. A bill was reported by Mr. Thomas, trom the Select Committee on Pensions and Back-Pay, to eqttllali_ze the bounties of soldiers of the war of the rebellion. : , 'ln the Sendte on -the 29th ult. the joint resolution guthorizing the President to call an International Sanitary Conference at Washington, and the Indian Appropriation bill, amended by striking out the clause abolishing the Indian Cominission, were passed. The eonference report on the Special Deficiency bill was iagreed to..:.The House concurredin the Senate amendments to the PostRoute bill and agreed tothe conference report on the Special Deficiengy bill. The bill amending the Internal Revenue laws was considered in Committee of the Whole. ) A RESOLUTION was. adopted in the. Senate on the 30th nlt. calling on the Secretary of the Interior for information as to any recent changes in the rulings of the department affecting entries of town sites on public lands, and requesting him to suspend action thereon pcndmfi Congressional action ou the subject. The Naval Appropriation bill was passed, without amendment.... A bill was introduced in the House extending the lettercarrier system to cities of 10,000 inhabitants. A number of bills granting pensions were passed. - Some of the Senate amendments to the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill were, and others were not, concureed in. THE Senate was not in session on the 15t....1n the House bills were passed for the relief of Notre Dame College, at South Bend, Ind., and providing that the oath of affirmation in verifying returns made by the National Banks may be taken before notaries public. Mr. Blackburn, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the Post-office Appropriation bill ($38,775,420). The bill to amend the Internal Revenue law was v‘,;m'ther considered in Committee of the Whole; among the amendments offered //was one by Mr. Singleton providing ~that nothing in the act shall be construed to authorize interference by revenue oi}t}'%e’ers with the exercise of the right of every individual to* manufacture and convert fruifs grown on his premises . into such form for family use a 8 he may de- | sire, free from internal revenue tax; this amendment was opposed !ay several members on the ground that it would encourage intem'Perance, and Mr. Singleton spoke at some ength in its support, but it was finally reject-%d—-&i to 84. The bidl was reported to the ouse. : ;

Domestic. A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 28th says tbe‘gxcess of exports over impons for the twelve months ended March 31, 1880, $191,465,148; for the twelve months ended March 31, 1879, $283,971,594. e AN insane, woman in Texas undertook to kill her five children by running knittingneedles through their heads, but was discovered before she had accomplished her pur-_ ge. o : pOTHE United States Senate Exodus Investigating Committee adjourned sine die on the 28th. . - THE number of immigrants who arrived at the port of New York during the past month amounted to nearly 50;000. This . is the largest number ever known for any one month. The greatest number for any previous month—April, 1873—was 42,743, Five Chinamen applied to the New York courts on the 29th ult. for naturalization papers. THE National Butter, Egg and Cheese Convention, Jately in session at Indianapolis, adjourned on the 30th ult. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: " President, D.F. Gooceh, of Tllinois; Secretary and Treasurer, Colonel R. M. Littler, of lowa, and one Viece-President from each of several States. = Resolutions were adopted recomhxending the repeal of the duty on salt. FOLLOWING is the statement of United States currency outstanding on the’ 30th ult, : e Old demand notes. ................... $61,090 Legal-tender notes, all i55ue5........ 346,681,016 One-year notes of 1863............... 47,155 Two-year notes of 1863... . ........... 13,000 mound-mterest n0te5..........:. 247,340 : iopal currency, allissues...... 15,604,591 |

Wotal. ... i R v Sin s nan osi e Mz. HAGAR, an expert who was examined on the Bith ult. in the Whittaker investigation, testified that the handwriting of the threatening notices sent to Whittaker was the handwriting of certain specimens submitted to him as the work of some of the cadets. . ; A BOILER in an iron mill at Youngstown, Ohio, exploded on the 30th ult., killing two men, one of whom was driven through a seven-inch brick wall. : : A NEw YORrx carpenter, who made a large sum of money by a lucky deal in mining stock, scattered $lOO in nickels and pennies along the streets the other day, for the benefit of the newsboys and bootblacks, who followed bhim to the number of three hundred tntil his bag was emptied. : | ' At the Cabinet meeting in Washington on the 3'th ult, it was decided to send General McKenzie and his forces into the Ute reservation to prevent a- collision ‘between the Indians and the whites. f TaE public-debt statement issued on the Ist makes the following exhibit: Total debt (including interest of $19,822,009), $2,167,779,146. Cash in Treasury, $199,464,308. Debt, less amount in Treasury, $1,968,314,753. Decrease during April, $12,018,070. Decrease since June 30, 1879, $58,892,502. ; _ OVER four thousand immigrants arrived at New York on the Ist. w o 2 - THB colnage. at the .mints during April was: Double eagles, $1,320,000; eagles, $3,173,1 0; half-eagles, $2,317,600; silver dolIg-, $2,800,000; cenits, $21,200; total eoinage, A Wasr Porvt cadet has written to the Newton (”g!sg( Journal that’ the corps Liad voted to raise $l,OOO to be used in ferret-

ing -out the perpetrators of the outrage :on Whittaker. - , - ON the morning of the 2d the German Bocieties of Paterson, N. J., went up to the ton-of Garrett Mountain to greet the rising of Qle sun,:@s usual on the first Sunday in May. There was a party of young men among them, one of whom—Joseph Van Houten—attempted to cross the lands of Dalzell, a farmer owning property on the mountain top. They were forbidden to trespass, but persisted, and young Van Houten was shot dead by Dalzell, The party then pursued Dalzell to his house, where the police were powerless to protect him. They fired bis barn and house, and, when he .came forth, seized him and were about to hang him to a tree, the rope being already in position, when a reinforcement of policemen arrived, and Dalzell and his son, who was also implicated, were rescued from the crowd and taken to Newark.

Personal and Political. THE Connecticut State Democratic Convention was held at Hartford on’the 28th. Delegates to theé Cincinnati Convention were chosen who are supposed to be favorable to the nomination of Mr. Tilden. A resolution ‘was adopted pledging the support of the Demoocracy of the State to the nominees of the National Convention, whoever they might be. THE Arkansas Republican State Con‘vention met at Little Rock on the 33th, and, after remaining in sessiof until after midnight, selected delegates to the Chicago Convention who were instructed.-to support all ‘measures tending to seeure the nomination of Gemeral Grant. . : JoBN RopBiNS, ex-member. of Congress, died in Philadelphia on the 27th, of eongestlon of the lungs, aged seventy-two years. | : Tuae South Carolina Republican State Convention met at Columbia on the 23th, and elected delegates to the Chicago Convention. A resolution was adopted instructing them to vote as a unit for the nomination of General Grant. o THE Democrats of the District of Columbia.met on the 28th and chose two delegates to the Cincinnati Convention. D. W. MippLETON, Clerk of the Su-. preme Court of the United States, died in Washington on the night of the 27th. He had been connected with that tribunal for over fifty years, and filled the position of Clerk to the Court for nearly twenty years: - THE Maryland Democratic Convention will be held at Baltimore, June 9. THE Wyoming Republican Territorial Convention for the choice of delegates to the Chicago Convention will be held on the 15th of May. | THaE Ohio Republican Convention was held at Cplumbus on the 23th. Delegates-at-Large and for the various districts were chosen, most of whom are supposed to be favorable to the ngmination of Secretary Sherman. A State ticket was also nominated, headed by Charles Townsend for Secretary of State. Among the resolutions adopted was one laudatory of Secretary Shérman and requesting the delegates to vote for his nomination. + WHILE the trial of ex-Postmaster John McArthur, charged with misappropriating $50,000 of Government funds, was in progress in Chicago on the 28th ult., and after the argument to the jury had been practieally concluded, the counsel of the accused, while denying all moral delinquency in the. matter, admitted that, under the United States statutes, his client was legally guilty. A verdict of guilty was accordingly returned, and sentence was postponed. It was un-: derstood an application would be made for pardon.

THE Pennsylvania State Democratic Convention met at Harrisburg on the 28th ‘ult. and adjourned on the following day. Delegates to the Cincinnati Convention were chosen who are said to be divided between Tilden aud Hancock in their preferences. Electors-at-Large were nominated. George A. Jenks was nominated/for Supreme Judge and Colonel R. P. Dechert for Auditor-Gen-eral. The platform declares that the military should at all times be subordinate to the civil authorities; opposes the presence of troops at the polls; demands a free ballot; opposes subsidies, ete., etc. e ' THE State Greenback Convention of Indiana met at Indianapolis on the 20th ult., and chose delegates to the Chicago Convention and nominated Electors-at-Large and also the following State -ticket: For Governor, Richard Gregg; Lieutenant-Governor, Thomas Debrule; Secretary of State, J. B. Yeagley; Auditor of State, George! W. Demaree: Treasurer, John F. Ulery; Attorney-Gen-eral, John L. Miller. The platform demands the payment of tlie bonded debt as it becomes due, economy in the administration of public .affairs, ete., ete.

THE California State Republican Convention met at Sacramento on the 29th ult. and appointed delegates to the Chicago Convention, who are reported to favor the nomination of Blaine for President. o Youne KALLOCH was held, on the 29th ult., without-bail, to answer for ‘the recent murder of Charles De Young at San Francisco. ' . * GENTLEMAN JOE,” the man who so singularly tormented Rev. Dr. Dix at New York, has been sentenced to Sing Sing for ‘three years and six months for forgery. DispaTcHES from New Mexico announcing the killing of ex-Mayor Brown, of St. Louis, by the Indians on the frontier, were contradicted on the morning of the 80th ult. ; ‘ THE Pennsylvania State Board of Pardons on the 30th ult. recommended Goyernor Hoyt to pardon Kemble and his associates, lately sentenced: to the Penitentiary for bribing members of the Pennsylvania Legislature. The pardons were subsequently made out and signed by the Governor, and the prisoners were set at liberty. : ON the 80th ult. President Hayes tendered Postmaster-General Key the Ulfied States Judgeship for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee, and the appointment was accepted. A CONFERENCE of representatives of New York Independent Republicans of the National League of Pennsylvania aud of the Young Republicans of Massuchusetts was beld in New York on the 30th ult., and resoTutlons were .adopted expressing sympathy with the callers of the St. Louis mass convention and agreeing that the above-named assoclations and all other associations having similar views should send delegations to Chicago to make strenmous opposition to the nomination of candidates they consider obJectionable, and to urge a strong specific Civil-Bervice Reform plank upon the Chicago platform. : g

‘MicaarL' DE YouNg, the surviving proprietor of the Ban Francisco Chronicle, was arrested on the 80th ult., on the complaint of Mayor Kalloch, on the charge of libel. The libel consists in republishing in'the Chronicle an editorial from the New York World which aceused Kalloch of inducing one Clementshaw to swear at the inquest held on Charles D: Young that young Kalloch shot in selfdefense.

THE twenty-third General Conference of the Methodist Episcopasd Church met in Cincinnati on the Ist, and effected an organization. Bishop Scott presided. MAJOR-GENERAL HEINTZELMAN, who commanded a division at the first battle of Bull Run, and who served throughout the late war, died in Washington on the Ist. IN consequence of poor health, Colonel Tom Scott has tendered his resignation as President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to take effect the Ist of June. He has been connected with the road for dver thirty years. = THE Wisconsin Greenback State Convention will be held at Watertown on the 27th of this month. | Ex-CONGRESSMAN WiLLIAM WIRT WARREN, of Boston, died a few days ago.

: : Foreign. THE bill to legalize marriage with a deceased wife’s sister has been defeated in the Canadian Senate. . - LA DirLOMATIC relations between France and Mexico, suspended since 1862, have been resumed. - - THE new British Ministry received the seals of office and entered upon the discharge of the duties of their respective offices on the 28th. . THE Italian Cabinet were greeted with a vote of lack of confidence on the 29th ult. The Premier asked the Chamber to sus-, pend its sittings until the Cabinet could take orders from the King. . OvVErR 6,000 persons were released frem imprisonment or delivered from police supervision in Russiaon the 29th ult., it being the sixty-second anniversary of ‘the Czar’s birth.

ToE British House of Commons convened on the 20th ult. and organized by the choice of Right Hon. H. B. W. Brand as Speaker. i THE officers of the United States frigate Constellation were banqueted at Cork, Ireland, on the night of the 20th ult. s A wWHOLESALE drug-house in London was destroyed by fire on the 30th ult., and six ~of the employes perished in the flames. : EarrL CowpPeßr has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. DuRriNG a fire at Grusback, Moravia, recently, some malicious persons incited a mob to attack the Jews. One Israelite was killed and others were mutilated. THE town of Osurgeti, near Tiflis, was recently destroyed by fire. A St. PETERSBURG telegram of the 30th ult. says all Jews of foreign birth had been ordered to quit the city within six hours. Ix the British House of Commons on the 30th ult. Mr. Charles Bradlaugh, member. for Northampton, refused to take the oath required of all members, because it implies a religious belief and binds the one subscribing to it to support the Monarchy; Moosa KoHAN and Mohammed Jan have made their submission to the British authorities in A fghanistan.. A St. PETERSBURG diSpatch of the Ist says that in Orenburg the roads had been for weeks blockaded with snow, and many persons had frozen to death. i AN explosion of gunpowder occurred at Pantin, near Paris, on the afternoon of the Ist, which caused twenty deaths. ' THE Italian Chamber of Deputies was dissolved on the Ist. - At the Royal Academy dinner in London on the 2d the Prince of Wales spoke in complimgntary terms of the United States for the aid so freely given to Irish sufferers. - RussiA is reconstructing her frontier fortresses, especially those on the west and at Kars. : ANOTHER engagement with the insurgent Afghans is reported. The battle took place on the 25th and the Afghan loss was stated to have been 1,200. The British loss was not given. _ o A BOILER recently exploded -at . Kcenigsrute, in Prussia, causing the immediate death of six persons and seriously injuring as many more. o

| LATER NEWS, " A sEriovs fracas. occurred on the United States frigate Constellation, in Queenstown Harbor, Ireland, on the evenihg of the 2d. It appears that a white seaman proposed to have a dance, but the colored musicians refused to supply the music, when a row ensued, and blows were freely exchanged, iron belaying-pins forming the faveorite weapons. Matters at one time looked very serious, but the officers ultimately quelled the disturbance. ; TrE British House of Commons has appointed a select committee to consider Mr. Bradlaugh’s refusal to take the oath required of members of Parliament. 7 TaE French Chamber of Deputies voted on the 3d to sustain the anti-Jesuit action of the Cabinet by 362 ayes to 167 noes. . W. H. DooLirTLE, Assistant Commissioner of Patents at Wacshington, tendered his resignation on the 24, totake effect on the 31st instant. - ; ‘ CREMATION of the bodies of sunicides is refused by the Trustees of the Le Moyne furnace at Washington, Pa. Two casés of refusal on this accouut have already occurred THE Citizens’ Bank of Paris, Ky., was robbed a few days ago of §20,000 in cagh and bonds. : THE St. Louis bricklayers struck on the 3d for an increagse in wages. They were being paid $3 per day, and demanded $3.50. THE seventeenth quadrennial session of the General Conferenice of the African M. E. Church opened in St. Louis on the 3d. Bishop D. A. Payne, of Ohio, was selected to preside over the conference, and Rey. B. W. Arnett, of Columbus, Ohio, was re-elected Becretary. o

REPORTS of further Indian outrages in New Mexico were received on the 3d. Thirteen. herders had been killed in the Mogulan Mountains, and one hundred thousand head of sheep had been stampeded. A messenger who arrived in Silver City on the 24 brought particulars of a desperate battle between ranchmen and savages in the mountains, in which sevéral ¢asualties occurred on both sildes. bs - 4

{ A BILL was introduced in the United States Senate on the 3d, by Mr. Williams, tor ‘establish ocean mail service between the ‘United States and certain foreign ports ; and providing adequate compensation therefor. A Committee of Conference was ap}pointed on the disagreeing vote of the two houses -on the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill. Mr. Ingalls, by request, introduced a bill to establish a uniform system ~of bankruptey throughout the United States. - Mr.' Vance coneluded his speech on the Spofford-Kellogg ease. A resolution was introduced in the House, by Mr. King, calling for information in regard to the exgulsion'o% J the Israelites who were citizens of the United States from Bt. Petersburg, Russia. Mr. Daggett introduced a bill to establish a uniform } system of bankruptcy .

INDIANA STATE NEWS. WrLLiam P. flt}msrm, of Columbus, on his death-bed, a days ago, made a confession that he and two others, names not given, %ed a wea'thy stock-trader named James Jamieson tc% years ago, and divided between them a large sum of money found on his person. Jamieson’s body was never found, and this is the first clew to the manner of his death. DRr. GEORGE BERRY, ex-Auditor of Franklin County, and a citizen of Brookville for over forty years, was stricken with paralysis while on the street on the 27th. He was conveyed to his home, where he lies in a critical condition. : : , AT Lafayette on' the morning of the 27th Frank Ernst, a lad about fourteen years old, son of ‘Charles Ernst, was run over by the cars in the yard of the Wabash Railroad. His legs were severed just above the knees, and he lived but a short time. It is the same old story—he attempted to jump on .the cars when in motion, slipped and fell under the wheels. ; ANDY MOYNIHAN, the murderer of John Raymond Jackson, was on the 26th sentenced to be hanged on June 11. Moynihan is the person who escaped jail from Logansport in March last, and who was subgequently recaptured. His lawyer will try to get a:new trial from the Supreme Court. ' THe barn of Horace Halstead, livtng some miles north of Elkhart, was destroyed by lightning on the night of the 25th, killing one horse and rendering all the others deaf. Lightning has been doing a great deal of damage throughout that section of late.

THE Greenback State Convention met at Indianapolis on the 29th ult. and organized by the choice of Major Levi Ferguson as permanent President, one Vice-President for each Congressional district and Charles H. Jackson as Secretary. After recess a lengthy plat form was adopted, of which the following is a brief summary: The first five resolutions declare that the peoplé, through their Government, shall resume control of the currency which has been delegated by the Republicans to a moneyed oligarchy, and that all currency, whether metallic or paper, should be a full legal-tender and of sufficient volume to do the business of the country. The sixth and seventh declare that ‘‘ We are in the midst of a revolution which has for its object the rescue of the producing classes from the oppression of an interest-bearing debt.” The eighth ‘ninth and tenth demand the payment of the bonded debt as it becomes due, and the prohibition of another dollar of debt, either State, or National. The eleventh and twelfth demand for labor the divine right to enjoy its legitimate fruits, which should be secured by law. The thirteenth demands that public lands shall be beld for homes for actual cultivators. The fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth denounce those who in public position secure illegitimate gains; they are “unmitigated thieves, and should be punished as other criminals.” The seventeenth demands economy in public affairs. The eighteenth demands that the soldier shall be paid according to the contract. The nineteenth demands the immediate passage of the law to equalize soldiers’ bounties. The twentieth declares suffrage theinalienable right of every citizen of the United States. The twenty-first favors the passage of the Reagan Inter-State Commerce bill. The twenty-second opposes the importation of Chinese servile labor. The twentythird denounces the arrest and imprisonment of American citizens for exercising the right of free speech. The following were nominated for State officers! Governor, Richard Gregg; Lieutenant-vaernor, Thomas Debruler; Secretary of State, J. B. Yeagley; Auditor of State, George W. De. maree; Treasurer of State, John F. Ullery; Attorney-General, John L. Miller; Reporter of the Supreme Court, Thomas Marshall; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Captain Wessler; SBuperintendent of Public Tnstruction, L. E. Pleas; Judge of the Supreme Court, W. A. Tinton. The nomination of Judge from the Fifth District was.referred to the State Cen. tral Committee. “David Moss ‘and Samuel Wallingford were nominated as Electors-at-Large. The Delegates-at-Large were chosen as follows: Mrs. Dr. Mary L. Thomas, James Buchanan, John B. Milroy and J. H. Allen. The District Electors, District Delegates and State Central Committee were announced and the Convention adjourned. ‘ THE Governor has issued a proclamation announcing the ratification of the amendments recently voted on throughout the State. ! i

BArT BURROUGHS, a young farmer, was ar~ rested in Urion County at seven o’clock on the evening of the 28th ult. for grand larceny. He was brought to Richmond, tried, convicted and sentenced to two years in the Penitentiary before nine o’clock next morning. J. H. WADE has been convicted of the murder of J. G. F. Brown, at Indianapolis, and sentenced to -death. He was surprised by the verdict, but said he had always lived in this country and should abide by the laws.. . A TEN-YEAR-OLD son of Peter Carpenter, of Butlerville, while wandering in a grove a few days ago, ate some buds and new leaves of poison ivy, from which he died in-about two hours. g iy

Tue Grand Commandary of Knights Templar which recently met at Indianapolis, elected the following officers: Henry G. Thayer, Plymouth, Grand Commander; John H. Hess, Columbus, Deputy Commander; Samuel R. Sweet, Fort Wayne, Generalissimo ; Richard L. Woolsey, Jeffersonville, Cap-tain-(General ; I/saac A. Joyece, Greencastle, Prelate; Walter Vail, Michigan City, Senior Warden; Henry C. Adams, Indianapolis, Junior Warden ; Charles Fisher, Indianapolis, Treasurer; John M. Bramwell, Indianapolis, Eminent Recorder. ' A committee of nine wis appointed, with Grand Commander Henry (3. Thayer Chairman, to complete arrangements to attend the Triennial Conclave of the Grand Encampment in Chicago in August. Hexry EARrLS, a wealthy farmer who resided southeast of Plymouth, was choked a few days ago by a piece of meat at dinner.’ Medical aid was summoned, but relief was only t :mporary, and the victim died on the morning of the 28th in convulsions and great agony. . ‘ ~ Tue Indianapolis grain quotations are. Wheat, No. 2 Red, $1.0814@!.09; Corn, 36X @363{c; Oats, 32@34c. The Cincinnati quotations are: Wheat, No. 2 Red, [email protected]; Corn, 40@41c; Oats, 3454@35)4¢; Rye, 82@83c; Barley, Extra Fall, 93@93¢c. fnianh

A MILLIONAIRE—an Italian senator—residing at Manteleone, was on his way to Pizzo recently, when he unwittingly dropped from his. carriage a packet of notes of the value of So,ogO%{rancs. A poor peasant who noticed the accident picked up the parcel, and running after the carriage gave up . the missing prop-. erty to Creesus, who rewarded him with a gracious smile and continued his Jowrmeye. . Lo o

A WESTERN man who was recently invited to a seat on the floor of the House at Washington, indignantly refused, saying that he was accustomed to sit on chairs at home, - =

. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. —The Methodist Conference recently beld in Philadelphia placed on record a formal protest against Sunday campmeetings. ; : . —The widow of J. E. B. Stuart, the Confederate cavalry leader, has been elected Principal of the Virginia Female Institute at Staunton. o —lt is a suggestive and strikin§ fact that the people of the Sandwich Islands contribute annually for missionary purposes outside - their territories $24,000. Some churches average more than four dollars per member. - One church sustains five foreign missionaries. v —The St. Louis Young Men's Christian Association is enjoyin%l such prosperity as to need a new house. The necessity of the Union Methodist Church to sell was the Association’s opportunity to buy. - The price paid was $37,000, a part of which remains on mortgage. —Drew Seminary was short £500,000 on its endowment fund, owing to the failure of Uncle Daniel Drew in 1876. Vigorous efforts and special church collections have made good about $280,000 of this. The work of raising money Eoes on, and the brethren in charge of it ope to gather the complete half million. —ln Persia the famine has been very severe among the Christian familes of Oroorhiah a’n§ the vicinity. -Missionary Shedd writes that 1,200 of these families report scantiness of supplies, dand that 500 are suffering dreadfully. .The special famine fund thus far amounts to $2,130. The Missionary station at Oroomiah is $l,BOO in debt. Pecuniary assistance is earnestly asked for.

—The Baltimore School Board has fpassed a resolution to try as an experiment the employment of colored teachers in the two colored public schools, at the same time directing ‘the Superintendent of schools to note the relative -progress of the pupils \ln said schools with those of similar schools in which - white teachers are employed. This action gives great satisfaction to the colored people of the city. - —The Rev. Theodore Monod, a prominent Protestant Pastor of Paris, has been deputed by a French missionary society to visit the United States this spring, to represent the present condition and needs of Protestanism in France, and te obtain help for the evangelization of Paris and other parts of that country. M. Monod studied theology in the United States. _ i - —Boston school-children are doubtless in a state of blissful anticipation—the younger ones, at least. Reading-books have been introduced by the committee which consist of popular fairy tales, selected stories from the' Arabian Nights, and poetry for children. - The volumes have clear type and attractive engravings —just such books as will charm the eye and mind of the young folks. —The oldest living Bishop of the Roman Catholic Churcfi is the Archbishop of Tuam, who has just entered his ninetieth year; and he still sails about the wild isles in his diocese, carrying his crozier - and -preaching in the native tongue. He holds his crowded stations on the hill-sides, and takes care of ‘the %olitics of his. archiepiscopal province. e is understood to be arranging his papers and his literary notes for publiea~ tion after his death. —Presbyterian clergymen are wanted in Dakota. The Chairman of a Committee on Supplies thus defines the requirements: ‘“ The men wanted are such as can preach acceptably to professional men of decided mark; who are sagacious enolgh to see wants and opportunities, and wise enough to enlist men 'and means for all emergencies that ean arise. i Organizing and executive ability are needed; with scholarly culture and évangelistic zeal.’ Nothing -is said about: salaries, however; thongh the following is a sentence in the official advertisement:. “To such the richest rewards are at hand—if suecessful labor 'is a pleasure, grand opportunities and aspiration, and rapid results-of effort put forth a comensation.”” Address the .Rev. D. C. Eyon, St.- Paul, Minn, <

Growth of Plants. A reeent free evening lecture at the Working Men’s College, Great Ormond Street, fi_ondon, was given by Mr. Francis Darwin, M. D., a son‘ of the well known naturalist, The growth of a plant, the lecturer said mi‘%ht be likened to the growth of a snowball ‘set rollin down a snow-covered hillside.- Bot% plant and snowball grew in size by the addition of matter; but while; if the bulb of a hyacinth were placed’in water and kept in the dark,dt would rdg‘,row. in the ordinary sense of the werd, in reality the plant would merely have taken stuff out of the bulb and arranged it 1n a different.way, whereas in the growth of an oak tree from an acorn a quantity of new stuff was formed. These instances of growth suggested the questions, first, ow & bulb or bean rearranged its matter in forming a plant, and, secondly, how all the new material: was obtained that went to form a*tree? ' He intended on that occasion to speak of only one half of the question: How the ;)lant in growing arranged its material? First, it was necessary to know what a plant was made of. If one hundred pounds weight of some growing plant were taken, say turnips, and the water driven off by dryinlg, it will be found that the weight would have decreased by ninety pounds, and that the solid, woody part remaining, about ten pounds in weight, would nearly all burnawbir(,) leaving but a few ashes. In order t gve some idea of the why in which this large . quantity of water was held in the plant, Dr. Darwin compared the effect of water on-_—dé&d@afifi*, :g‘ch as tea leave: orleather,vfi% e ect of giving water to a growing plant —the stig, dry leaves be gm limp and soft, while the drooping, flacci %gem?f a living plant, when watered, became stiff and elastic. Hfiw could the plant build up a strong;, stii :lbfin with so much of so unstable a material as water, and how did the water become & Source of this they must know how the water was contained in the plant. The solid ‘ma:le‘rifi ‘was ;:::medcmm il)iéflq olsifivéfie‘gs an these—an infinite number of little boxes, a 8 it might‘be*weng fiu@.(g.f with water. ‘The way in W‘;"’h "‘“*’“fifflflgfi’- : §Aioming:.mmrhthxag xible tube or bladder, or by b*owfixmwmw glove, The pressure of the water conil L pleo o PEOUE B U g

{tained within caused the walls of the cells to become stiff. There were other ‘ways, too, in whieh this stiffness was ‘obtained, the water getting into the texture of the Woogagflf and stiffening it “as water stiffened saileloth. This state of things existed also in the pith, and each cell, being over-?]led with water, was forever'tryiif to ,en&:.hen itself. Some of the results of ‘these conditions in the plant were then -explained by the use of two pieces of apiral sprin;_l:;, and for a more familiay example the audience were referred to the effect of splitting a dandelion stem. Each half curled over outward because the more elastic pith, trying to lengthen itself, was prevented from expanding on one side by the less elastic bark. \%’ith two pieces of spiral spring ina linen tube it- was next explained how, when the Eressure of water in the cellsin the two alves of the pith was not equal, the stem did not grow straight. Not that plants bent accidentally or in a purposeless manner.. On the contrary, when the plant bent it was with'some distinct and useful object. To the explanation of this point, the rest of the lecture was directed. The direction and forms which the root and stethf a young growing plant might take were happil i,fi:lstraoed with a piece of whitened _le,ady pipe of small bore put through a cork, which did duty for the bean. - A great many theories had been offered to account for the fact that the root always tried to grow toward, and the stem away from the center of earth. HMaving related Andrew Knight's ingenious experiment with a revolving wheel, by which, with’ centrifugal g)rce, as a substitute for gravity, tge plant was deceived and the direction of growth in seedlings was changed, the lecturer next dealt with the influence of li%ht and damp ‘on the growth of a plant. The stem was invariably shot out or bent aside in order to get at the light, and the root, with equal persistency and certainty, was sent to find moisture. It would have been noticed, Mr. Darwin said in conclusion, that he had, throughout, spoken of plants ‘perceiving the light, and knowing where the center. of the earth was, and had used other expressions of a similar kind, usually only applied to animals. He had done so with no idea of being paradoxical, but because he .thought that by thinking of plants in this way we were more liT(ely to learn what ‘was going on within them.' If-we would understand the actions of an animal, we must know what was useful or not useful for that life, and it was quite as necessary to consider in the life of a plant of what use its actions were, and, in a certain sense, why it acted in a particular way.

Dronesin the Human Hives. Emphatically the man who does nothing, either by his hands or his brain, to improve the condition of mankind, and who tries only to gratify selfish purposes, has lived to but little purpose. The Jhumblest laborer that digs in the dirt. and breaks the stone is more to be hon.ored than such aman. A man of wealth who uses that wealth to improve his country, to reward labor and to benefit his fellow-man is worthy of all praise, and deserves our warmest thanks; but he who lives on the interest of his money, though it be eounted by millions, and contributes nothing to the general welfare through earnest effort, is a mere drone in the human hive, and will, when he passes away, leave behind him the most valuable part—his money. Such a person never realizes the immense accumaulation of effort, of skill and money necessary in carrying out successfully -any manufacturing or business enterprise - ‘which, when properly consummated, will produce such far-reaching benefits in any community. - The radical- wrong ‘in this illustration is too far back to be of ‘any use to hint at reform, but for the _principles ‘which we wish to elucidate it ‘has served our purpose. The difference 'between the man, whose interest alone ‘supports him and the man who labors ‘early and. late on the farm, in the manufactory, at the desk, in mercantile pur‘suits, professions er-inifollowing the lead ‘of inventive genius '¢annot at -all be estimated by cOmpafilg one with the ‘other. While the. first has been aptly icompared to the drome, the latter, in‘cluding all producing industries, should ‘be styled the Nation’s henefactors. What ,creates wealth? Who build splendid ;mansions for the abode 6f ‘wealth and ‘culture? Who build our magnificent ‘floating palaces? Who produce the rich fruits with which .they are laden? The ‘men -who till the ‘goil, who ‘work the ‘mines, who run the furnaces, who teil in the shops, to gain the support they so . honestly earn. %Vhen— financial disaster comes, who suffers the most? Is it the man with his millions? By no means—‘but the working, toiling milliens, that are victims to this unequal distribution of money. Every manufacture can afford to pay good wages when he can sell “what his laborers produce at remunerative prices; so also, should capital pay for its luxuries and extravagances in an equal ratio. No capital should remain in an unemployed condition when a country-abounding in mine wifealmi:s does ours, offers such inducements. Let capital seek out locations for manufactories, open our nn ruct our railyays, instead .of a-é‘%,i:%ahd subjeet todocglity prejudices, and employ the thousands ‘whe now suffer through the mismana @éww men whose mfiefifiy ‘haye helped to swell.. Qur country is rich in resources, and to assist their development is the duty ‘of her citizens. How different would be the condition of the laboring - men in this State if the money within its borders was put to use, and those desiring to work were giveu‘eémfl?ment-»at remunerative. prices.—BSan. Francisco wfi;wwmz)m!!mmw TR - —The fifteen great American inventions of fif ] dzm e adopti “&:fi ‘The 8. The grass motwer ind reaper. 4. The rotary printing press.; ‘5. Navigation by steay ’“’e "%& ne. 7. The sewing machine.. 8, The India rubber industry. 9. The machine manufacture of horseshoes. 10. The saiid wfir onia largescale. 14. The electri g Fied ; I RVRCLON. BDRRGREON, | 10. v e T N R . -Heaven's gates are wide erongh to indemivevery shnel it Milverey. Wi IBMeDIEORb v T L