Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1885 — Page 6

The Republican. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. A S. MARSHALL, Pimunma

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

TBK sin. Reports from Monet MaeGrogor leave little room to doubt that Gen. Grant's dis- - is steadily progresaing toward a fatal termination. The swelling in tho throat and neck is hardening and increasing, and the ulceration burrowing deeper, and the illustrious patient is slowly but surely growing weaker, although ho continues to devote n little time each day to work upon his memoirs. Tho following bulletin of the General's condition, prepared by Dto. Bhrsdv and Douglas, appeared in tho New 1 York Medical Record of Juno 27: The prom-ess of the disease trom which Ocn. Grant Is suflerlne Is. barring accidental oompll-Cftlon-j, slow. Comparing the condition ol tho patient with what If. was a month ago. the changes which have token place can bo appreciated. Taking t-lila period of time Into consideration, It can bo said that the swelling under the anglo of the lower jaw. on the right side, has Increased, and Ims become harder and more deeply fixed. It has shown a tendency to progress in a direction downward and forward upon the right sldo of the nepk. the Infiltration extending Into the neighboring glandular structures. Tho lancinating pains In those t arts, although, fortunately, not frequent nor severe, have a significance which can not be Ignored. Trio ulceration on the right side of tho base of the tongue has become deeper tnd morn Irregular, although Its superficial urea has not petooptlbly Increased. This Is the seat of the j>aln occasionally In swallowing and when certain examinations of the throst are made. The destructive process on the right side of tho uvula Is apparently quiescent, although a now portion of the margin of the palatal curtain Is showing a tendency to break down. The voice has been reduced to a whisper, dpo partly to inflammatory involvement of the vocal chords and partly to nervous stony of tho latter. Thero is some impairment of general st rength and some loss in weight, although the appetite is unchanged and the usual amount of nourishment is taken. ’1 he removal to Mount MacGregor has so tar proved beneficial. It has enabled the patient to recover lost ground, ami thus in a measure has counterbalanced the effects of his local malady. A NEW trial was denied in New York to James D. Fish, President of llio lute Marine Bank. The Judges held that tboro might be oriminnl misappropriation of funds of a national .hank bv means of a loan, the contrary being a point raised and relied upon by Fish's attorneys,,. .Tho boat rare between the Harvard and Yale crows, at New London, was won by tlo> Harvards by fifteen lengths. Twenty-nine out of thirty-one of the national banks in New York whose charters expire during the present fiscal year have received an extension of charter for twenty years. The desire for extension throughout the United States has been almost unanimous. .. ,I’nf. 11. S. Baer, of Philadelphia, successfully porfomied the Utesurian operation upon a lady fifty years, old who had been afflicted thirteen years with what was supposed to be a tumor.... John McCullough, the actor, was last week handed over to,tho care of tho Bloomingdale Insane Asy.mn authorities by three of his closest friends. . . .Ex* President ,lames I>. Fish, of the! Marino Bank, New York, was sentenced by Judge Honediet to . ten years' imprison meat for misappropriating the funds of tho hank..,. The old United States steamer Niagara, which was used hi laying the first Atlantic cable, is to he burned at Apple Island for her metals.... The Bouthwark IVoolen Mills, near Philadelphia, shut down to avoid a strike for higher wages.

THE WEST.

A mix was flleil iu the County Court nt Chicago, June fft. on behalf of Sidney Smith in his contest for the Mayoralty. The complainants, six in number, declare, in substance, that “they desire to contest the election of Outer Harrison on the grounds that Sidney Smith received about 1,000 majority, and that divers persons, who were not qualified doctors, nut! who were not entitled to vote, to the number of So>7 and upward, did vote for Carter H. Harrison for Mayor iq, the various election districts of the First, I'iHh Svt vtK KliftlitU PvvWl Mi — k't vt rttV4.t, artgtl U 1 % Ninth, Tenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Wards, and that these illegal vot e were counted l>v the election officers of the resportive precincts for Harrison, aud were included iu the returns so canvassed and formed part of the aggregate vote credited to said Harrison." They also claim that if the illegal votes credited to Harrison had been purged from the returns, the canvass would have shown the election of Sidney Smith to the office of Mayor of the city. One of the men shot by Arthur Nettleton at Paw Paw, 111., is dead, aud the other is in a precarious condition. Fears of mob violence Induced the removal of young Nettle ton to the jail nt Dixon. Tins treasury of Council Bluffs, lowa, is empty, and the police force', fire department sgd lights will be dispensed with unless hinds can be obtained from sources other than taxation.... A suit for s£o,ooo damages has Wen brought at Cincinnati by ex-Judge O’Connor against Judge James Fitrgerald, for language used by the latter from the bench iu t • trial of a woman charged with keeping a disreputable house, the Judge, who had learned that O’Couuor owued the premises, rcfiecting on persons who rent property for such purposes..,. Omaha disj> tch: '''Telegrams received at the V uion Pacific headquarters here from the agency at Huntington, announce the disooverv o t wonderful mineral quarts in the SUittAe River region, at a point thirty miles from Huntington. A Specimen from the vein in nossestuon of railway meu hero •hows' muon flee gold iu igneous rotten quarts and silver in pyrite- The former assays $473 to the ton, and the latter The ore is most easy of reduction. One man has already realieed from fifty pouuds of Quarts e: ashed iu a hand mortar $l4B. Tha new fields are in Idaho, near the Oregon State line, and con be approached within thirty miles by the Oregon Short Line, the closest stations being Waiser and Huntington. * , FEAKS of an uprising of the Cheyennes an iuoreasing, and the Governor of Kansas has telegraphed to Washington asking to have Government troops stationed at the ■onthweotvn eometpof that State to prevent an incursion by the Indiana. Government action iu the matter has been prombed. Military authorities at Fort Leavenworth think the danger of an uprising s igh! ... William Hayes, aged sixteen, left his home at P>raia» lowa, on horseback, to attend > religious services in a neighboring town. Two days afterward bia horse retained home, saddled and bridled, but riderless. Alter a prolonged search »he boy’s body Was found hanging from the limb of* tree, with the hands fastened behind him ad tha legs pinioned. It is believed that he Stas murdered by esoaped jail-birds, who took him for the eon of the bhenff, to whop he bore s striking reoemblauce, and thought he was pursuing theni AT Itetroit, M eh, in the application of the Hop Bitten Company of Bochester. S. T, toe a preliminary injunction against C. . ■ 1 , ;

D. Warner, of Bendbg, Mich., manufacturer of German Hop Bitters, to restrain him from nsing a similar name, bottle, and label in the sale of hie bitters, tho court (Justioe Mathews and District Judge Brown) ruled that tho defendant. C. D. Warner, hiul a right to use the words German Hop Bitters. jFoil a long time there has been serious 1 trouble in tho Polish Catholic Church at Toledo between the priest and his and a faction who were opposed to him. Over a year ago, in a row growing out of thin trouble, a man was killed, and the failure, to convict the parties guilty of the offense stimulated the opposition, which has been increasing in ferocity. A few days ago an attempt was niiuio to blow up the church with dynamite. Last Sunday the trouble culminated in a general riot, in which firearms nnd till manuor of woopons were freely used. Two men were killed, and several injured, while quite a number of houses were partially or entirely Bestroyed.... The greater portion of the mining town of Iron lliver, Mich., was destroyed by nil incendiary fire.... Much damage was done to crops, fences, and buildings, and several lives lost in the vicinity of Ashton, Dakota, by a storm. IlEroitTS from Durango, Col., show that the Indians who accompanied Agent Stollsteiiner to Dolores Valley to investigate receut outrages wero fired on by cowboys, nnd twelve Indians killed. The stampede of settlors from Dolores and Mancos .Valleys still continues. Throe hundred Blood Indians left their reservation in Northern Montana, aud are journeying south to-join ibe Piegaus in war upon tho Crows and Gros Ventres. • j

THE SOUTH.

James Arcine and William Parohnieal, full-blooded Chorokeo Indians, wore banged at Fort Smith, Ark., for tho murder of Henry Fiogel, an old Swede, thirteen years ago; John McKeever, colored, who shot and killed William J. Trainer, on December 17 last, ivns hanged ut Memphis', Term.; John Taylor, colored,- was hanged in Hopkinsville,* Ky., for tho innrdor of his mistress. Five or six thousand people, mostly colored, witnessed the execution; Robert McCoy, colored, was hanged at Sylytuiia, Ga., for murdering James Edgar, a white coustablo, on November 20, 1884. Tw o thousand people witnessed tho execution; Rufus- Dortaeh, a colored murderer, suiVorod the death penalty at Marianna, Ark... .At Greenville, Teton., the trial of Capt K. T. Johnson for the murder of Major Edwin Henry in Green County, Tennessee, Sept. 23, 1884, ended in a verdict of acquittal. Hon. Daniel W. Voorhoes was leading counsel for the defense, ami made an eloquent plea for his client. A short time before the homicide Captain Johnson’s wife had committed suicide lit Indianapolis, after confessing to her husband that she had been seduced by Henry. “The trouble in Rowan County is on again,” says a Morehead (Ky.) dispatch. “Humphreys, the alleged . Sheriff of tho county,, shot Ciuig Tolliver, Marshal of More head, and leader of the opposition faction, who attempted to arrest him op a charge of confederating for his (Tolliver’s) murder. A posse attempted to arrest Humphreys, when he ami his confederate, Rayburn, rushed out of tho house aud ran firing. The posse returned the fire, killing Rayburn and mortally wounding Humphreys,,,, Baltimore was visited by the heaviest rainstorm in fourteen years. Hundreds of buildings were flooded in the city and suburbs, and the aggregate loss is estimated at a quarter of u million dollars... .AtßarnesYille. S. C., llebecea‘Samuels, 12 years old, was convicted of murdering an infant whom she was nursing, by soaking her in a pot of lye. John Martin, one of the two escaped negroes implicated in the outrage and murder of Mrs. 11a-ell, at Elkhart, Texas, was taken out of the Gray sou Coutoty Jail and lynched. This makes six victims of Judge Lynch for the murder of Mrs. Harrell.

WASHINGTON.

Action in the case *S Minister Keiley, says ii 'Washington dispatch, will bo doforred until tho wishes of the Austrian Government are officially communicated.... Among the pall-bearers of the late Richahl T, Merrick were Postmaster General Vilas aud Secretary Lamar. Ivr.roKxs from Washington slate that the President is disposed to exercise a little more moderation in his treatment of the Crow Creek settlers. The first announcement was that if any of them were found on their farms after June 17 force would be used to remove them. They are all there yet, and no troops have been ordered out Indeed, it is now said that the administration thinks of removing one settler only, in order to make a test case and get the matter before the courts... .Richard T.\ Merrick. an eminent advocate, died at Washlast ycek. In the closing days of the last session Congress authorised the President in his discretion to appoint a commission to negotiate for the cession to the United States of the so-called Oklahoma country. The , commission has not yet been appointed. and it is understood that no action will betaken iu regard to its authorised appointment until after the August elections shad have been held by the five civilised nations of the Indian Territorv. Meanwhile it is learned that the President and all the members of the Cabinet are in accord in maintaining that no white settlemen: shall be permitted on the Oklahoma lands, nnder any circumstances, without the consent of the Indians under the terms of the treaty of 1566, and that the whole force of the Government shall be employed if necessary to carry out the guarantees of that instniment. TreasCßT officials think that the deers-' ion of the court in bane in New York iu the Fish case, that corrupt intent on the part of a bonk officer is sufficient for con- \ lotion, notwithstanding the sac. thit his •acts were covered by seemingly regular forms, will hereafter render convictions easy for frauds for which heretofore there has been virtual immunity iu the courts.

POLITICAL.

Tuk Illinois Legislature has adjourned sine die, after a session of nearly half a year The lowa Democratic convention has been called to meet at Cedar Rapids. August IS. Tins President last week suspended Horatio C. Bure bird, of I.linois, as Director of the Hurt, and appointed as his successor Dr. James P, Kimbail. professor of economic geolpgy in the Lehigh UDiversity at Bethlehem. Pennsylvania. Foliowi gis the text of ihe letter of Mr. Burcbard to Secretary Manning declining to resign when requested to do so; Iwreeecttuffv ackaewledciaif your request for »v Muatfin. wanuiaMl to me aw tea l sh la»U. 1 Rave Uw honor u> state that, after cartfai roam iterance, 1 am MS aatta&edthat

duty 6r propriety requires me at this time to resign my office. Wtre any tnalieasanco or misconduct alleged or be ieved to exist. I am epre you. would- liave done mo the justice 3 have had an Impartial examination, and given a full opportunity of defense before demanding ray resignation. Nor do I understand from yon that the request is rnado for such reason, but It Is because you deem the relations of inv office to be so Intimately connect'd with your administration of the Ticasury Department, that you should have the privilege of selecting the officer to be In charge of fills bureau. Were this the case, and the Intention of the law. it might be proper and bo ominir for meto place the tenure of my service at your immediate command, or, perhapq to have dona so when you became head of the department, lint permit mo to say that atooh inis no# been my understanding of the pufpose of the coinace act in providing that tho Director of the Mint ' shall hold his oflioe for the term of fivo years, unless sooner removed .by tho President, upon .reasons to bo communicated by him to tho Senate.” The length of tho term ,j-livp, years—tfco conditions upon which removal is authorized, and the discussions and explanation preceding the passage of t,lie act imheate the intent that the office of Directorof the Mint should not be changed on account of a change of administration, or In the head of tho department, or tor personal or political reasons. My prednoes-or, appointed by President Grant, although of opposlto politics, continued in office under five successive, Secretaries of th- Treasury until Ills death. As to myself, having served with acceptation for a full term, and upon reappointment nnd continual ion a part (if another, I am conscious of no reason why aii exception to the policy of the law should now l>« made, or wh v I ought not to continue'tho performance of olticlul duty until the expiration of my commission. lowa’s political conventions will be held as follows: Greenback, July 7; Democratic, Aug. 19; Republican, Aug. 26.... Mr. Everts is prominently mentioned as the Republican candidate for Governor of Now York State. >

GENERAL.

President Chaki.es Francis Adams, of the Union Pacific Railway, presented his views on the transportation problem before the Senate committoo oh interstate commerce at Omaha. Ho declared that pooling was necessary to prevent ruinous competition among railways, and expressed little faith in the utility of a Government commission. Jle denounced the pass si sb m in vigorous terms, declaring that it cost the Union Pacific Company $2,000 a day. S. W. Tall madoe, Secretary of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, has issued what he claims to bo a closei and reliable estimate of the probable wheat yield of the United States for 1885. This estimate places the spring wheat yield at 121,000,000 bushels; winter wheat yield tit 210.(100,000 bushels. Total spring nnd winter; 331,000,000 bushels. From these figures it will be seen that the crop of 1885, compared with 1884, will show n shortage in winter wheat off 100,000,000 bushels; spring wheat, 22,000,000 bushels. Total shortage spring and winter. 182,000,00© bushels. The average wheat yield of the United States for five years past is 401,000,000 bushels. The estimate shows a shortage compared with the average five years past of 130,000,000 bushels... .A report has been received at the Navy Department from Admiral Jouelt announcing the failure by, tho parties interested to settle the disputes in tho United States of Colombia. He says the political differences between the two parties are of such a nature that a peaceable settlement is quite impossible at this time. Hostilities are likely to continue iiulefinitly.... The convention of the National G. A. 15. encampment at Portland, Me., elected exCougressman 18. S. Burdette, of Missouri. Commander-iii-Chief. Delegate Griffin, of Eau Claire, Wis., created a sensation by presenting the name of Gov. Fairchild, and designating the proceedings of the convention. as disgraceful and disorderly. His apology only made matters worse, and he was forcibly seated by friends... .Of one hundred immigrants landed at Montreal by one steamer, thirty-six Were deaf-mutes.

There wero 184 failures in tho United States during tho week, against 170 for tho preceding week, nnd 153, 165, and 153, respectively, for corresponding weeks of 1884, 1883. and 1882. Bradistreet'a Journal says of the condition bf trade: From the leading business centers word conics that trade continues quiet and singularly free from speculative movements. Surplus funds at the lunks at New York and boston show no signs of growing smaller, and the demand for money at the interior has not equaled the expectations. The volume of general merchandise moving is made up of hand to month purchases.. Sincethe labor trouble at IV.tsburgh has been settled the local trade situation has assumed a better aspect. At Philadelphia merchants aty inclined to a more continent and hopeful view of the near-by future, while at New York the reverse is true. Cotton aud woolen millmen fuall directions are inclined to regard the outlook as opposed to a revival, and their complaints as to the effects of the late heavy auction sales of cotton and woolen fabrics at the East am based, they claim, on the injury done the textile manufacturing interests. A: Boston there has been some activity in sales of dry goods by jobbers, but agents aud makers report trade as dull as ever. It is believed that the Mexican .Government has iu reserve a more extensive financial project than the oue promulgated a few days since. Tho $4,000,000 worth of nickel eoiu stored in the palace at the City of Mexico has been sold to European parties for $800,000... .Prominent French-Cana-dians at Quebec are raising funds to defray the expefiSes of Riel Jttd bis associates in the coming trials at Regina. TitE clearances for the week Bhow a slight improvement. Trade all over tbe country is quiet ami free from speculative movement Chicago shows an increase of 1.2 per cent, as compared with last year, while the decrease at New York was'26.2 per cent

FOREIGN.

The cholera is steadily spreading in Spain, and the mortality i«-increasing to a frightful extent. All efforts to arrest the ravages of the plague, which consist'chiefly i of invocations to the Virgin and saints, prove utterly useless and unavailing. The truth about the French expedition to Tonqnin, siuce peac» is declared with China, is coming to light. - A cablegram says; “All accounts received from Tonqnin show that ihe ravages of disease among the French troops there are simply appalling. Three thousand invalid soldiers have been sent home. Three hundred soldiers down With disease await transportation. The deaths among the troops are from fifteen to twenty daily.”.. ..The differences between Russia and Turkey, growing cm of the demand Of the former upon the Porte for the removal of ihe Governor of Salomon, hare been amicably settled... .Sir Nathaniel Rothschild, Sir Evelyn Baring, and Mr. John Merley will be raised to the British peerage. The arrangements for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Qneen Victoria’s reign, which will occur next year, hare already been begun. It is reported that she has expressed a desire to complete her reign on the occasion, but those who know her are slow to believe that she wil! relinquish her power so 'dag as she is able to exercise it.... Rev. Dr. Spurgeon has creased a deep sensation by a publication, over his own name, in which he attacks the immorality of the English ' He takes aa his text the death of Justice Williams in e btothei, end the disclosures ">«■»•» recently in the Jeffries case, and aavs: * Sodom in iu most putrid days could

scarcely exceed London for rice."... .W, P. Tisdel, Special Commissioner of the United States to the Congo, makes a report describing the country as rich in resources, but advising no Americans to go there for business purposes unless abundantly supplied with capital.... A fare well,.reception was tendered Earl Spencer at Dublin Castle, which was largely attended. Extra precautions were taken ngainst dynamite intnision.... The French Chamber of Deputies has adopted a bill allowing the free manufacture of weapons of war... .An explosion in a coal mine near Saarbruck, Germany, resulted in the loss of eighteen lives. » , •

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

The Postmaster General has decided ta set apart two weeks for the purpose of disposing of the large number of cases of Presidential pofitofficos which have been prepared for consideration, and for th«trans iction of othewnocessary and pressing business, and therefore announces to intending' applicants that he can not during that time hear personal applications for appointment. This announcement is designed for tho benefit of intending visitors and with a view to expediting the consideration of cases. It does not relate to the First Assistant’s office, nor to applications by letter. The new schooner yachj; Brunhilde, own'd by John S. Phelps, of Englewood, N. J., son of William Walter Phelps, has saile i from New London, Conn., for a trip around tlio world. Besides the owner, five other members of the class of ’B3 of Yale College will mak.e the trip.. Canadian fishermen threaten to resist American fishermen if they cast their nets in inshore waters; and members of Parliament from ! tho maritime provinces say bloodshed will result, if the fishermen of both countries meet.

An active rebellion of the London newspapers against Reuter’s news agency is in progress ... Continental papers give currency to rumors regarding an alliance between Germany aud England. .. .Reinforcements are boing hurried luto Chinese Toorkistan, where- the rebellion is assuming serious proportions. The liabilities of L, L. Smith, the Omaha dry goods merchant who decamped the other day, ,nre estimated at from $150,000 to $300,000. Ilis debts to Chicago firms aggregate $60,000. His store, which has been sold to a representative of IP. B. Claflin A, Co., of New York, was closed on two attachments. Smith is thought to have carried from $50,000 to SIOO,OOO away with him... .Chicago elevators contain 14,984,909 bushels of wheat?:1,0.36,324 bushels of corn, 468,542 bushels of oats, and 41,771 bushels of rye; total,- 10,531,546 bushels of all kinds of grain, against 7,261,203 bushels a year ago... .The wheat yield in Kansas will reach half a crop, 100 per' cent, greater than the estimates of tho Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. Mks. William Smith, of Rochester, N. YV, claims to be a sister of John McCullough. the actor, aud alleges that ho has neither wife nor children. Mrs. Smith also states that a theatrical friend of McCullough, who has borrowed thousands of dollars from him, is attempting to prove that the tragedian Inis no relatives living, so that ho may retain possession of the money. .. .The Egyptian obelisk in Central Park, New York, is succumbing to the suddeu changes of temperature. Gen. di ■Cesnola suggests its inelosnre in the large central hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which would involve the building of a stone foundation to cost s4o,ooo..According to the census just taken by the police force, Buffalo has a population of over 260,000. Tlio President lias made the following appointments:

Ilans S. Beattie, to be Surveyor of Customs in the district of New York: Silas W. Burt, to be Naval Officer of .Customs in the District of New York; Janies M. Adams Register of the Land Office at Spokane Falls, Wyoming, vice J. M. Armstrong, suspended; Benjamin K. Peach Pension Agent at Boston, Mass., vice Darnel YV. Gooch, suspended: George L. Holmes, of Charleston, S. C., Special Agent of the Bureau of Labor. vice William , L. Tronholm, who declined his appointment Collectel's of Customs—Edward L. Hadden- for the District of New York; Theqphil.:s Moody Fqvrv. ler the Distriet ot -Pearl River. Mivrc; Joseph B. O'Brien for the District of Natchez, Miss. ; John E, Grady for the District of Apalachicola, F la.—Receivers of Public Moneys—John Oheaae, at Vancouver, Washington Territory; Michael J. Cady,, at Bodie, Cal.; and J. K. BolDon. at Humboldt, Cal.: A J. Quindlev. at Little Rock, Ark. United States Attorneys— Arthur R. Delaney, United States Attorney for the Eastern District pf YViseonsin.vioe Hazelton, suspended: W. C. Perry, United States Attorney for thePistriet of Kansas, vice Hallo well, resigned Postmasters -Edward Mullen, at Putnam, Conn., James H. Moore, at Monongahela City, Pa., Edward H. Krier, at Plum Creek. Neh., Samuel B. Evans, at Ottunhta.lowa.viee A. H. Hamilton, suspended; M. Glennan. at Norfolk, Va , vice J. YV. Long, suspended; E. Brewer, at Portage, YYis., vice C. E. Dow, suspended; John F. YV'edow. at Marine City, Mich., vies J. J. Spinks, office become Presidential; Edward Duffy, at Anu Arbor, Mich., vice J. C. Knowlton, suspended; William F. Roe, at Y’allejo, Cal., vice F. A. l.each. suspended; J. R. Thome, at Piqua, Ohio, vice Leroy S. Jordan, suspended. All the above suspensions were made for partisanism.

THE MARKETS.

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POPULAR SCIENCE.

Prof. Miall says that there are to be found associated with seams of coal and especially with the underlying shale, the flattened impressions of creatures which once had life,! though at first strenuously doubted, A brilliant black 1 varnish tor iron, stone, or wood can be made by thoroughly incorporating ivory black with common shellac varnish. The mixture should be laid on very thin. But ordinary coal-tar varnish will serve the; same purpose in moat cases quite as | well, and it nearly fid expensive. Lenses for the great Lick telescope are said to have been at last ly cast, and need only polishing to be ready for use. The San Francisco Call says: “In looking through this telescope it is reckoned that the moon will be brought within thirty miles of the earth, and that discoveries will be made on that planet to solve problems here-1 tofore held to be unsolvable.

The treeless condition of parts of the South American pampas, of the La Plata region, at least, is attributed by Mr. Arthur Nicols to the work of an omnipresent ant, which feeds upon leaves and quickly destroys tree seedlings and other tender plants as soon as the leaves appear above ground. Indian corn grows freely on these plains, its growth being so rapid that the insects do not succeed in completely devouring the young plants. Microscopic organisms not only destroy the plant and animaj. forms familiar to us, but they appear also to build up such forms, and to be necessary to their very existence. A French biologist, M. Duclaux, has just made some experiments which tend to prove that plants will not germinate unless microbes exist in the soil, and Pasteur had already been led to the conclusion that microbes are essential to ’ animal life, as digestion cannot be performed unless they are present. A german physiologist, Prof. Eulenberg, has found that different parts of the body are very unequally sensitive to differences of heat and cold, the sensgtof temperature being most acute in the forehead and the back of the hands, and least active in the back an l tipper part of the abdomen. At the former spots differences of about a third of a Fahrenheit degree were distinctly perceived, but at the Other .taxipoints differences were only detected when reaching nearly two degrees. After tea has been steeped in boiling water for three minutes over fivesixths of .the valuable constituents are extracted. At the end of ten minutes the leaves are almost entirely exhausted. Prolonged infusion give no additional strength to the liquid, but it dees cause the loss, by volatilization, of the flavoring principles. Hard waters are to be preferred to soft waters in the teapot, as the hard waters dissolve less of the tannin out of the leaves. The bearing of these laboratory results on the art of making a good cup of tea is obvious. Dr. J. M. Axdeks has reached the conclusion that only flowering plants, grown in well-lighted places, generate ozone; and that the most odorotis flowers produce the greatest quantity. The ozone attacks the organic matter of the air, and by oxidation renders it inert ; and Dr. Anders does not doubt that flowering plants is clear weather give off - enough of the natural purifying, agent to be of hygienic value indoors. Foliage plants although yielding no ozone, may be of advantage in contributing to the maintenance of a healthful degree of humidity iu the atmosphere of rooms.

Ancient Dogs.

In the Danish “kitchen-middens,” or heaps of household refuse, piled up by the men of the newer-stone -jieriod zr a time when onr Scandinavian forefathers used chipped and polished flints instead of metals for their weapons—are found bone-cuttings belonging to Borne species of tha genus eanis. Along with these remains are seme of the long bones of birds, all the other bones of the said birds being absent. Now it is known that the bird bones here found are the very ones which dogs cannot devour, while the absent ones are such as they can bolt with ease, and it has been ingeniously argued from this that the remains in question did reall v belong to a domestic dog, as, if the animals to which they appertained hail been wolves, they would have made short work of the long bones as well as of the others. Oth. r dog bones are found in Denmark in later periods. At the time when the flint krives were succeeded by b.ronze a large dog existed, and at the time when iron was used one larger still. In Switzerland, during the newer stone period, a dog existed which is probably the oldest of which we have any record. It “partook of the character of hounds and setters, or spaniels," and, in the matter of its skull, “was about equally remote from the wolf and jackal.” This dog, too, like its Danish contempotary, was succeeded in the bronze period by a larger variety. Thus we see at a tine when onr ancestors were living “ill dens and caves of the earth," in a state of civilization about equal to that of the African or Australian aborigines of the present day, the dog was already systematically kept and “selected,” that is. any good varieties which appeared were taken note of and kept up.— Casseifs} Xhfaral History.

A Good Renson.

"Judge," s id a citizen, addre sing a well-known justice, “I thought, from tue evidence, that year charge to tlie jury would clear the prisoner, but instead o: that, you came out plainly and said that he must be hanged. Yon certainly do cot believe that he is guilty," “No, den't 1 elieve that he is," the judge replied. “Then why do yon think he should be hanged?” “Well, lUi tell you. I was very favorably disposed toward him and was about to advocate his acquittal when I heard thht sometime ago he shot the proprietor of a roller skating rink." “But. my dear judge, you. are not so partial to roller .skaters, are you ?* “It is net that, my dear sir. He failed to kill the fellow.* —Arkansas Iraeeler. . - j ■ A Btrsa often announces the departure as well as the arrival of shame

GRAND ARMY MEETING.

A Great Gathering 1 at Portland— Marvelous Growth of the Order r * in Recent Tears. . . 1 —H * '' '* Important Recommendations of the Com-mander-in-ohief-‘The Woman’s Department

The nineteenth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which was held at Portland, Me., last week, eclipsed any gathering of the order heretofore held, and the capacity of the Pine Tree Stated chief city was pat to a crucial test in providing adequate accommodations for the immense throng. We condense from the dispatches the following report of the doings of the order during its three days’ encampment: The streets through which the rarade was to rasa were crowded wllh people and gay with bunting. At eleven o'clock the >ignal gun for starting t.he process on was fired, and the great line moved forward without halting un'U the procession had passed a given point, when it was made > pparent how great is the number of Grand Army men now here. It had Deen calculated that it would require two hours for the procession to pass, but instead of that it took more than three hours. The most careful est'mates of the number of men in line place the figures at 22,000. of whom 20,000 wore the uniform of the Grand Army of the Republic. It appears that some of the commanders in several of the departments had been overlooked in the instructions as to their positions in the parade, aud those who were neglected, after wandering about for a time aud finding no place assigned for them, gave up the idea of joining ill the procession, and took favorable positions for watching the marching of their comrades. Entire posts of many of the departments, including a number from the West, and even in the Department of Maine, did not participate in the parade, and because of this neglect it is calculated that more than 5, t00 members of posts did not parade. The oversight was due to the disregard of official orders that all posts should rc:ister on arrival. The executive committee declare that nearly 30 percent, more men have erme than the committee had been notified would be here. Two tho o sand two hundred tents had been pitched, with a capacity for accommodating abont 13,000 men. Instead of six it has been found necessary in some cases to put ten men in a tent. This crush could not be foreseen by the committee, and they disclaim anjr responsibility. Commander-in-Chief Kountz was greeted with generous applause front §U si<j£S, and Gen. Logan, Who in a ferriage with Congressman Reed, received a continuous ovation, When the line had entered Congress Street, on its way to the encampment, where the procession was to be dismissed, Commander-in-Chief Kountz, Gem Logan, and many other distinguished men left the procession and Were driven rapidly through other streets to the reviewing stand. Upon the grand stand were Commander-in Chief Kbuntz, Gens. Logan, Slocum; Robinson. Beatty, and Illaek, ex-Gov. Fairchild, ~ of Wisl eonsin. and Governor Alger and staff, of Michigan. After the end of the procession had passed the grand stand, soldiers called loudly for Gen. Logan, who was obliged to respond briefly, referring merely to the benefits of the G, A. il. gatherings. In the evening a reception was "tendered to Commander-in-Chief Kountz. as a representative of the body, at City Halt — Addresses of welcome were delivered by Gen. Hal!, X c-part-ment Commander of Mane; by Gov«. liobie, who also paid a tribute to Gen. Grant; and by Mayor Deering, of Portland. Commander Kountz replied on behalf o. himself arid comrades. a {(dresses wero also made by 'Gov! Alger, of Michigan; Gov. Fairch Id. of Wisconsin( Gen. Henry W. Slocum, of New York, and Gen. Logan. The business session was held in the CityHall. The delegates were distributed through the hall By States, their positions beine indicated by little banners upon bla k walnut poles. The galleries were open to comrades having the national countersign, and they were well filled. At 10:45 the gavel fell, and the encampment, came to order. After prayer by Chapldn-in-Chief Shanafrlt, of Michigan, the roll 6. membership was called. Commander-in-Chief Kountz, in hie address, stated that (ho order now consisted of thirtyeight departments, 5,026 posts, and 287,637 members. During the eleven months now ended the membership has increased 67,08 i. The Commander-in-Chief advised that of the $15,224 cash on band at least SIO,OOO should be investel, and that there should be no further increase of funds at the national headquarters. During the year the Commander-in-chief traveled more than 30.000 miles in his official capacity, having visted all the departments ex cep; those of Florida, Arkansas, and New Mexico. The address contained a reaffirmation of the c’airn of Dr. B. F\ Stephenson, of Springfield, 11L. to be the originator of the order, and commended the Veterans’ Rights Union, the Sons of Veterans, and the Woman’s R lief Corps, and pronounced in favor of so amending the pension laws that every disabled soldier entitled thereto shall receive a pension from the date of his disability. In his report the Commander says: “1 am opposed t • .the perpetuatiou of the* Grand Army, believing the mission cf our great comradeship will have been fulfilled when the last comrade has joined the final muster-out. Knowing that there is nothing in the Grand Army of the Republic inconsistent with the most exacting personal duty or the strictest religion, I deemed it for the interest pf the order to appoint a special committee to lay its nature and workings before the proper Catholic authorities of the United States, that they might know our organization has nothing to conceal and that oar purposes art commended by all wh > understand them. The committee reported, having fulfilled its mission, that assurances had been given by Archbishops Ryan and Gibbons that nothing could be found in the aims of the Grand Army to prevent any good Catholic from becoming a member." The Commander-in-Chief deprecated participation tn politics as an organization, and urgently advocated the Mexican pension bill and a bill to grant disabled soldiers a pension from »he date of disability. He also nree<i that Decoration Day be not desecrated by devotion to recreation and pleasure. The Woman’s Re- .. lief Corp>s now has twenty-two permanent and three provisional departments, with snbor- . dinate corps in nearly ail the States where the Grand Army exists. Resolutions of sympathy with General Grant were adopted by a unanimous rising vote, amid great cheering. Remarks were made by several comrades eulogistic of the sick r older at'Mount MacGregor. Commander-in-Chief Kountz was presented a gavel made from the Andersonville stockade, and another made of wood from eve and Territory in the United States, which gavels are to be used by the Grand Army of the Republic so long as it exists, and then by the Sons of Veterans. Th- vote to meet at San Francisco next year was two to one. The forma! session of the Woman"e National Relief Corps opened with speeche- by Past Grand Commander Paul Yandervoort, of Nebrr sfca, and l ast Grand Chaplain r oster. of New York. Mrs- Logan wss intrude., ed to the assembly, and in a few words thanked the dele'ca;ee f r the manner in which tbry greeted her. The report of the President for life year was read. After adjournment Mrs. Locan held a reception.

Government Revenues.

The fiscal year ends June 3 ', and according to the receipts from internal revenues, customs, and miscellaneous sources, says a Washington telegram, the felling off in the estimates for the year will be about $lO,OOJ.Oc 0—52,000.00 > ia the internal i evenue, $4,000,000 in customs, and SUOO,OOQ in the miscellaneous. The expenditures have been greater for pensions an i deficiencies than were anticipated, so that the surplus for the fiscal year will probably be between $15,0*0,000 and $20,000,000 less than was calculated by Secretary MeCuLceh in his report to Congress last year, saving the surplus about Siy,OOO,OOO instead of $39, 000,090. Mrs. George B. McCi.ET.nts is understood by the Boston to be the author of *A Carpet Knight,’ the recent novel. £ , W mritLiw Bud, cf the Xew York Tribune. tas settled ah annuity cf SSOO cm Mrs. Cleveland. Horace Greeky'a poor sis- *«• » Assihax Lntcots is pou" disaster in Syracuse, and the -Journal says he "goes about the town doing grod. * The next orange crop in Florida is expected to be worth $2. tXUOO.