Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1878 — Page 2

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General News Summitry.

r*«M WASHINGTON. Thb United »uu* Trewury hold, on the Wth uIL, tMMl7,53Ota United State* bonds to MWI ClrcnlaUoa,and *13,988,000 to mcure public depodtA. National Bank circulation outatanding: Currency notes, *330,910,385; Tn President and Mrs. Hayes celebrated their other wedding at the White House, in Washington, on the evening of the 31st ult An ordinary marriage ceremony was perfumed, after the gueau assembled, the Rev. Mr. McCabe, who originally married Mr. and Mrs. Haye*, officiating. The guest a present 1 did not number quite one" hundred. Among the pleasant incidents of the occasion was the presentation of a silver log cabin from the officers of Hayes’ old regiment, in memory of a winter spent tn camp during which the kindness of Mrs. Hayes, the Colonel’s wife, won the hearts of the soldiers. The base of the cabin was inscribed, “To the Mother of the Regiment.*’ It was the expressed wish of the President that no presents be given, but this one was accepted as a memento. The public-debt statement issued, .on the Sd, Indicates the following: Total debt, including interest, *2,233.802,692; cash in Treasury, debt, less cash In Treasury, Decrease during December, *71,894. Decrease since June 80, 1877, *14,902,780. _ _ THE BAST. A Springfield (Mass.) telegram of the 20th ult. states that the notorious Northampton Bank robbers, Scott and Dunlop, had been sentenced to twenty years’ confinement in the BUte’s Prison. John Bonner & Co., one of the oldest banking-houses in Broad street. New York City, failed on the 3lst ult. Bonner had disappeared. The liabilities would, it was thought, reach about *300,000. Tn Maine Legislature was organized, on the 2d, br the election of Hon. Warren H. Vinton as President of the Senate, and Hon. Henry Lord as Speaker of the House. The New York Legislature was organized, on the Ist, by the election of Hon. Wm. 11. Robertson as President pre tern. of the Senate, and Hon. James W. Husted as Speaker of the House. The message of the Governor pertains mainly to State affairs.

The Pennsylvania State Legislature was organised, on the Ist, by the election of Hou. Thomas V. Cooper as Speaker pro tern. of the House. This is an adjourned session. The Massachusetts Legislature met on the 3d. In his message, Gov. Rice recommends Constitutional amendments to prolong the tenure of the Executive and Legislative officers of the State, and also favors biennia) sessions of the Legislature. The State debt on the Ist was *33,220,464—* reduction, during 1877, of *330,000. Gov. Connor, of Maine, was inaugurated on the 3d. In his inaugural address, he deprecates the passage of the Silver bill. The savings banks of the State have dejxwita of *25,092.872—3 decrease of *1,633,298. The Legislature elected Sumner J. Chadbourne, Secretary of State; 1.. A. Emery. AttorneyGeneral, and L- P.dClDey, Adjutant-General, Dr. T. 8. Lambert, ex-President of the American Popular Life Insurance Company, of New York, was, on the 2d, sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, in the State Prison for swearing to false statements of the eondiMma «£ the euaipany-

At Bethlehem, Pa., on the 2d, John Haddock murdered bis sweetheart, Miss Lizzie Davis, and then killed himself. Samuel H. White, a former Viee-Presideut of the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn., was, on the 3d, indicted, with others, for conspiracy and fraud. FrrTT-TWo colered emigrants sailed, a few days ago, from New York for Lilteria. The Aldermanic Committee of New Y’ork City, appointed to investigate the Tweed Ring robberies, presented an extensive report, on the 4th, to the effect that there were ao legal obstacles in the way of a vigorous prosecution of such Ring thieves as were still living there in the enjoyment of their stolen goods. Some of them, whom the committee name, had made no restitution whatever. The report was accepted, and in consideration of the portion of it which treated of Tweed’s fateas too harsh fn comparison with the urn warrantable leniency extended hts associates, the Council voted —17 to 7 —ln favor of his release, on condition that he surrender his property as agreed and hold himself ready as a witness. The total amount of the robberies is estimated at *50,000,000, only *1,000,000 of which had been recovered. Thebe were 7,129 marriages, 25,569 births and 26,194 deaths in New York City during the past year. The number of deaths of children under five vears of age was 12,344, against 14,210 in 1876. Gold closed in New York, on Jan. 4th, a 102%. The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, «L33@L33; No- 2 Milwaukee, *1.34%@L35. . Oats, Western and State, 35010 c. Corn, Western Mixed, 52%@54e. Pork, Mess, *12.45. Lard, *B.OO. Flour,. Good to Choice, *5.6006.00; Winter Wheat, *6.0506.75. Cattie, *[email protected] for Good to Extra. Sheep, *4.75(96.00. Hogs, *4.70 (94.80. J - At East Libertv. Pa., on Jan. .4(h, Cattle brought: Best, *5.2505.50; Medium, *4.75@ 5.00; Common, *4.0004.50. Hogs sold— Yorkers, *4.3004.35; 4.60. Sheep brought *3.5005.75 —according to quality. At Baltimore, Md., on Jan. 4th, Cattle brought: Best, *5.0006.00; Medium, *3.6003.75. Hogs sold at *5.2506.00 for Good. Sheep were quoted at *4.0005.25 for Good. ' _ HMT ANffi AOVTII. ,'' The loss of property on Western rivers during the past year is set down at *5,330,000. Number of lives lost seventy, more than twothirds of which was by explosions and the burning of steamers. The German Savings Rank of Lafayette, Ind., closed its doors on the 31st ult. Liabilities *87,789; asses, *94,169. The Directors give assurance t mt the assets will realize sufficient topty_sll_Jgpoaitor» infull. Wells, Fuuio A Co.’a statement of the production of the precious metals in the States and Territories west of the Missoni I River, including British Columbia and the west coast of Mexico, during 1877, shows an aggregate yield of *98,500,000, being *7,500,000 more than in 1876, the greatest, previous annual yield. Critfornia gives *15,250,000 in gold and *l.250,000 in silver; Nevada, *460,000 hr gold and *44,820,000 fn silver—the so-called silver bullion being, ft ft eaid, about 45 per cent gold. California also gives *1,750,000 base bullion, and Nevada, *6,750,000 of the same, 28 per cent of which It gold. Arizonia gives for the year *2,820,000, of which *12%000 was gold and *500,000 stiver bullion, the balance being ore uttdb&se bullion. Al W" 1" 77 ; —■ /.•yjKl'.r " —J— Jiton Bunn, the well-known Springfield (HL) banker, made an assignment on the 2d. His liabilities aggregate about *800,000: assets liOv Ni ftl-Cll. Among Ute suspensions announced on the morning es the fid was that of the State Savings Bank, of Indianapolis, Ind A statement wBMEmMntrffaKAJH A . W*

to the amount of *84,556.78, and assets *85,513.68. It was thought depositors would lie paid In full within stx months. Col. >. W. Holliday was inaugurated Governor of Viiginla. on the Ist, with al) the pomp and display which distinguished similar occasions tn HHte-MZHw times. In his message the Governor took strong ground for the maintenance of the State credit While a box car on the Chicago A Northwestern Railway was being loaded with nitrvgivcerine at the Jackson mine near Negaunee, Mich., on the 2d, the mass exploded, instantly killing seven men and completely demolishing the ear. The locomotive to which the ear was attached was lifted and thrown bodily a distance of fifty feet, stripped of all the wood and ornamental work, and landed in a confused heap. Not a vestige of the car remained. The Maryland Legislature organized, on the 3d. Edward Floyd was etocted President of the Senate, and F. 8. Hoblitsell, Speaker of the House. The Governor’s Message shows the net delit of the State, for which interest must be provided, to be *0,396,322. A large body of unemployed workingmen, in San Francisco, marched Io the Mayor's office, on the 3d; and a committee waited Upon that officer and demanded work or bread, suggesting that they l>e set at work on the street* or other public Improvements. The Mayor stated his inabilty to take the action demanded, and counseled application, when necessary, to the various benevolent organizations. Th* crowd, to the number of several thousand, was subsequently addressed by agitators, the speeches living to the effect that they must help themselves by force if other means failed. The nutnlier of -deaths in Chicago In 1877 was 8,026, being a decrease, compared with the previous year, of 547. lx Chicago, on Jan. 4th, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at *1.0H,‘<01.08% cash. Cash jorn closed at. 43%c for No. 2. Cash oats No. 2 sold at 24%c; and 24%c seller Januarv. Rye WWc. Barley No. 2, 57«57«<c. Cash Mess Pork closed at *11.35. Lard, *7.37%. Beeves—Extra brought *5.20(95.40; Choice, *4.6005.00; Good, *4.00(94.40; Medium Grades, *3.50(93.85; Butchers’ Stock, *2.50(<i3.25; Stock Cattle, etc., *2.7503.40. Hogs brought *4.0004.25 for Good to Choice. Sheep sold at *3.00(94.60 for Poor to Choice.

FOREIGN INTKLUCKNCB. The French Academy of Moral Sciences lias elected Ralph Waldo Emerson as one of its foreign associates. Geo. Winks & Co., one of the largest, drygoods importing bouses of Montreal, Can., failed on the 29th ult., with liabilities at $300,000; will pay about seventy-five cents on the dollar. * London telegrams of the 31st ult. say it was understood that the English note had been answered by Russia. The statement was made that the Czar was accessible to peace overtures when jwoperly made, but that no propositions would be entertained unless coming from the Porte direct, ft was understood that Lord Derby had appealed to the Continental Powers to assist in opening i>eaee negotiations. Accokoing to Bucharest dispatches of the SUtult.the vanguard of the Russian Army had crossed the Balkans through the pass approaching Sophia. The Russian Government has telegraphed inst ructions to Russian Commanders in Europe and Asia directing the acceptance of any overtures for an armistice the Turks might make. The Pope has authorized < ardinal Manning to negotiate with the British Cabinet for the removal of certain difficulties tn the way of the re-establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Scotland. According to Bucharest telegrams of the 2d. the condition of the Russian troops in Bulgaria was liable to become critical because of the destruction of the Dannbian bridges over which the supplies were brought. Pera telegrams of the 2d report the discovery of a conspiracy having for its object the dethronement of the Sultan. Several arrests had been made and others were to follow. The Turkish inhabitants of Retimo, a town on the Island of Crete, made an attack on the t li4» 0.1 Elm IM IUM II v ILL. v.CrUolil| vTII I Lit. ilUtl til vic 11111 l from the place. An English man-of-war hae sailed for the protection of British interests on the is" and. According to a Bucharest telegram of the 3d. the Turks had recently attempted to negotiate with the Russian headquarters for an armistice until spring, but the attempt had failed because the Porte was unable or unwilling to offer an equivalent for the advantages it would derive from the opportunity to rcorganizeitsforces, ;

A severe battle was fought, on the 31st ult., at Tashesan, which resulted iu the discomfiture and retreat of the Turks and the capture of the position. The Russian loss was 700 killed aud wounded. According to London telegrams of the 4th, irreconcilable differences existed in the British Cabinet-orer the Eastern question, and its immediate disruption was ’confidently expeeted. The Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs has demanded that the preliminaries of peace between Turkey and Russia shall be adjusted by a Congress of Powers, to which she shall be admitted. A Belgrade dispatch of the 4th says there, had been severe fighting south .of Etropol Balkans, iu which the Turks suffered a disastrous defeat A Constantinope dispatch of the 4th savs the reported abandonment and evacuation of Sophia had been confirmed. Cholera has appeared at Jeddah and Mecca. Official information has been received at St. Petersburg that the Chinese massacred 15,u00 men, women and cMldrcn at the Kashgarian Town of Manas. Cardinal Manning has proposed to the College of Cardinals that, immediately after the decease _of the Pope, the Conclave shall meet at Malta. The proposal was being considered by the Sacred College, on the 4th. The Italian Cardinals opposed the proposition.

Horrible Death.

A horrible death recently occurred at the blast furnm-e in South Stockton, Eng. The hopper of a furnace was charged by a man named James Higgins and other workmen with ironsjone, etc., and in order to allow the material to fall into the furnace an attempt was made to lower the bell —a large conicalshaped apparatus fitting into the bottom of the hopper— about two feet in..ta a hroadet-fipace. The bell had becomejamihfedinto the upper partof the ring, and could not be stirred. After several ineffectual attempts to free it, Higgins procured a large hammer, leaped on to the bell, and struck it a blow. The. apparatus immediately sank into the broader space, and Higgins went with it. A groan was heard, but nothing eould be seen of the poor fellow as he passed swiftly with the material into the furnace. The blast was at onoe thrown off and a powerful current of air forced in, but the horrible smell which arose proved that the poor man’s body was being rapidly consumed and not the slightest portion of it was recovered. A Coroner was summoned, but oould hold no inquest, as there Wipro no remains to view. A' Roman Catholic priest read the burial service of the Church, on top of the furnace, shortly after the accident. The Sh.vkk (JuF-STioK—Solid or plated. --.- ■ ■

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. —The latest out: The hired girl. —The Empress of KusMa is a good seamstress. —A good thing to put in practice: a young lawyer. •—Dresses continue to be made over to keep them in style. —The song of the widow— “ What ii home without another?" —A knowledge of keyamiks is a sign of kulture.— Boston (tlol>c. —The song of the mortgaged church: “Sound the loud Kimball." * —Camel's hair shawls are made of the wool of the Thibet goat. —Turkeys roost high enough when poor people want to buy them. —We make our own faces in a measure, and old ladies are sometimes far more Ix'autiful than their grand-daugh-ters. —A recent poem has the follow ing line: “A tear danced in her eye." That tear must have been at the eyeball. —A beatitude for the holidays— Blessed are they that have plenty, for more shall lie given to them.—.Vornstown Herald. —Mort-gage is a Latin word, apd means ‘ death-grip.” This is worth thinking of when one wants to get hold of your nouse. - It is asserted of Si Philadelphian that he died "worn out bv too severe mental effort in the study of how to live without work.” —lt is the custom among certain tribes in Siberia that when a woman is married she must prepare the wedding dinner with her own hands. The plan would hardly work here. —San Francisco fishermen complain that the sea lions, which are protected by law, are increasing so rapidly and are so destructive of fish that they are endangering the needed supply of food for citizens.

—“An enterprising lively man sometimes runs a sales stable, and a young lady who takes part in a church fair sometimes runs a sales table, also—singular as the coincidence may seem.”— Worcester Press. —One of the most dangerous counterfeits ever issued has just made its appearance. It is printed from the same plate as was used for the counterfeit hve-dollar bills on the First National Bank of Tamaqua, the title of the bank being changed to Hanover, Pa. —The St. Albans Messenger makes a boast of the fact that some brine owned by J. M. Morrill, of Chelsea, Vt., has bran in use for pickling pork for more than seventy-live years, having been first prepared by Mr. Morrill’s father, and in constant "use every year. —“ What’s ’hat?” Mr. Orrendorf asked his landlady as she sol his cup by it is plate. “ Coffee,” was the prompt and decisive reply. “Ah,” innocently remarked the boarder, with an air of interest “ and what is it macle of?” And there was silence around the table for the space of half an hour. —Elder Evans of the .Shakers, attributes to the use of animal food the iillio> ~Tdund, Tr he says, “ ti)’ many years’ exjieriehce, tharwhenevef TgeFa man to abstain from the use of flesh meats, much salt, and other condiments, he quite easily leaves alcohol, tobacco and drugs.” - The French think, they have discovered the secret of safety in a law which fastens the responsibility for fire on the person in whose premises it originated, and prevents him recovering insurance on the property burned. This provision seems to have worked well in France in decreasing the number of fires, and it is of value from the extreme watchfulness which it requires in tenants and owners. —Th.? lady with “ experience as a writer, and devoted to journalism,” wanted a place on a first-class daily journal. She “ would be content with her expenses for salary till she showed her value,” and the editor thought it would be encouraging cheap labor to engage her, till she sent down to the office her bill at an up-town hotel, with her laundry account charged twentyone dollars a month for fluted skirts.— N. Y.Mail.

—Why is a lamp-chimney like a Chicago savings bank? No one appears able to answer this. — Danbury News. That’s a mere snare. It’s too easy. 1. Because they’re sure to break. 11. Because a soot is apt to grow out of them. 111. Because thcr burn your fingers. IV. Because they can’t stand a strong draft. V. Because there is something wick-ed at the bottom of them. VL Because they’re hollow. VII. Because they’ve benzine to bust. VIII. But there! thete! we’re weary, we’re aweary, we are sad and sore perplexed; let our answer to your query be continued in our next — Philaelelphia Bulletin. —On Wednesday night two enterprising hackmen, who are usually alive to everything that may augment tlieir returns, combined business with pleasure by means of an imported joke? As the audience at Baldwin's Theater was departing, the hackmen stationed themselves at the door with large and impressive umbrellas open. The first lady who emerged from the door gathered her dress up and cried: “Pa, open the umbrella—it’s pouring!” The umbrella began to open, and those in the rear imagined a torrent. A large number of the audience straggled foi half a block before they discovered the mistake, while a larg'e number made frantic dives for carriages in the dark The effect of the joke was very ludicrous to those outside.— San Chroniclei

Necrological.

The Detroit News furnishes the following chronological summary of the more conspicuous persons who have “gone over to the majority” during the last year: 4. Com. Vanderbilt, the Railroad King. 4. Henri Monier, French artist and author. 7. Herman Brockhaus, German Orientalist. 7. Winther, jgreat Danish poet. 9. Lucille M estern, American actress. 11. Alexander Bain, English author and scholar. 11. Frangois Buloz, founder ol the Baau des . PtHT * 11. Thomas Page, English architect. 24. Christian Poggendorf, eminent German physicist. 27. The Rev. G. B. Jocelyn, President, of Albion College. —. Joseph Smith, Rear-Admiral, U. 8. N. —. Kling, German chess problemist. —. Signor Blitz, well-known ventriloquist, etc. rBBKUAHT. 2. Leon Joseph G staves, musician and critic, Paris. 5. James A’den, Rear-Admiral U. 8. N. 6.. John Mahonv, well-known Fenian leader. 8. Charles Wilkes, Rear-Admiral U. 8. N. 10. Theodoras Bailey, Rear-Admiral U. 8. N. 11. Ferguson, surgeon to Queen 14'Changarnier. French General. 14. Amadee Pichot, French author. 16. Ludwig von Gerlach, prominent Pru»,lun Conservative. 18. Herr Motenthsl/ ffeRMO dramatist

18. C'harlM H. Davis, Kear-AdmWal U. 8. N. 20. IxiuU M. Goldalxirougb, Rear-Admiral U. 8. N. 23. John Oxenford, prominent English critic. 28. Jung Bahadoor, Indian ruler. march. 3. Joel T. Hart, American sculptor. 5. Marquis de Compegien, the dieting utshed African traveler. 6. Joseph Autran, French poet and draaiatist. 6. Gordon Buck, distlntcuiehixl America n sur7. JoSann Jaooby, great German Social .Democrat. 7. Walter Bagchot, English politician and financial writer. —, 7. Matilda Heron, American actress. 7. Emory Washburne, of Muwa ebuaetts. 7 George Odger, English workman’s agitator. APRIL. 1. Marechai, great French painter. 3. Badou, noted Belgian- painter. 5. Julius otto, great German song-writer. 8. Dr. W. A. Muhlenberg, author of “I Would Not Live Alwsy.” 20. Edward Belcher, well-known English Admiral, famous for his Arctic explorations. 29. Alexander Braun, Gentian itotanlst, geologist and paleontologist. 29. The notorious Parson Brownlow, of Tennessee. MAT. 2. John Forsyth, Southern editor, etc9. Commodore Totten, U. 8. N. 11. The Rev. Dr. Taylor Lewis, Professor at Union College, Schenectady, and a wellknown philologist, essayist, etc. 11. Gustav von Manstein, German General. 13. Louis Joseph Ernest Picard, French advocate and statesman. 17. Edmund Quincy, author, Massachusetts. 22. Mathew Digby Wyatt, English architect and designer of Crystal Palace. 29. J. Lothrop Motley, the American historian. 29. Fletcher Harper, last of the original firm of Harper Brothers. Henty Perkins, English sculptor. JUNE. 3. Sophia Frederica Matilda, Queen of Holland. 15. Lady Sterling Maxwell (Lady Norton). 15. Mary Carpenter, English authoress and philanthropist. 16. The Hon. D. D. Pratt, United States exSenator from Indiana and ex-Comtnis-sioner of Internal Revenue. 17. The Rev. J. 8. C. Abbott, American author. 20. Charles F. Briggs, a well-known Journalist, of New York City. 24. Com. J. R. Goldsborough. 25. Robert Dale Owen, prominent American Spiritualist and social reformer. 26. Santini, Italian astronomer. 27. Hugh W. Mercer, Confederate General. 30. Heis, German astronomer. JULY. 6. Fr. William Hacklsender, the “Garman Dickens.” 9. Prof. Santiom Tcnnev, of Williams College. 12. Sir George Bell, veteran British General. 29. Samuel Warren, English novelist, author df “ Ten Thousand a Year,” etc. 29. George Ward Hunt, First Lord of the Admiralty, Great Britain.

AUGUST. 4. Field-Marshal von Steinmetz, celebrated Prussian General. 9. Dr. A. B. Crosby, Professor at Bellevue Hospital, New York. 15. William Longman, well-known publisher, of London. 16. Dr. Asa D. Smith, President of Dartmouth -- College. 19. Henri Conneau, French surgeon and physician to the late Emperor Napoleon. 20. Henry Rogers, English writer, author of “ The Eclipse of Faith,” etc. 28. Ben Deßar, tne American “Falstaff.” 29. Brigham Young, President of the Mormon Church. 30. Admiral Semmes, of Confederate fame. 30. William Shannon, ex-Governor of Kansas. SEPTEMBER. 1. E. L. Davenport, American actor. 3. Louis Adolphe Thiers, French statesman and historian, and ex-President of the French Republic. 14. Constantine Canaris, Greek statesman. 16. Levi Coffin, well-known anti-slavery apostlfr unfl flfflqgr its tbe underground rallroad. 16. Henry Compton, English comedian. 20. Louis V. Bogy, United States Senator from Missouri. 22. W. H. F. Talbot, one of the pioneers in photography. 23. Leverrier, celebrated French astronomer. ‘l9. Henrv Melggs, American railroad builder —in Peru. OCTOBER. 3. Archbishop Bayley, of Baltimore. 3. Mme. Titiens, the great finger. 24. Geo. L. Fox, American comedian. 28. Joseph Durham, English sculptor. 29. Edwin Adams, American actor. 29. Gen. Forrest, Confederate chieftain. 31. Baron Frederick von Wrangel, Field Marshal of the Prussian Army. NOVEMBER. 1, 0. P. Morton, U. S. Senator, Indiana’s “ War Governor,” etc. 1. Pierre Lanfrey, French Senator and historian. 4. Duvergier, French jurist. 6. Gustav Brion, French painter. 8. Amelia, Dowager Queen of Saxony. 9. Jose Olozga, Spanish Progressionist leader. 14. Julia Kavanagn, English authoress. 23. Sauveur Henri Victor Bouvier, the wellknown French physician and medical writer. 24. Moses H. Grinnell. New York merchant, and patron of Polar research. DECEMBBH. 7. Benj. Huger, Confederate General. 11. Sidney Stnike, English architect. 15. Lord Percy, General in English Army. 17. D’Amelle de PaladtnA,French General. 28. G. W. McCook, General U. 8. A., and of the “ fighting” McCook family.

White Dresses.

Scarcely anything will be more popular than white evening dresses during the present season. They are to be trimmed with bunches of drooping flowers and fruit, forming fringes. Each fruit will be accompanied by the flowers or blossoms of its tree before it became fruit. The idea is pretty, but the reality is ugly. These garlands of orange»,-*peara, apples, currants,-straw-berries, etc;,-are much too heavy for gauze and tulle dresses. For demitoilets high polonaises, or coats of whice muslin, are worn over white silk dresses. This polonaise or coat must not be as long as the under-dress. The under corsage is cut low-necked, the coat is high at the back and open in front to the waist like any coat, tight sleeves to the elbo»» where a bouquet of flowers now invariably accompanies an elbow sleeve for evening wear. Other white dresses are of silk, satin, poplin and Indian cashmere. White Indian cashmere costumes are ideal in beauty, richness and elegant simplicity*. With such a dress, well made, one may go into any society. It is equally adapted to low or lilghnecked dresses, and may be worn with full blouse or a tight fourreau. It requires no trimming, though it does not refuse trimming. Oriental trimmings are the best adapted to it When trimmings are used, but it looks equally rich untrimmed. New embroidered laces are a feature of this winter’s decorative wear, and form a very beautiful garniture, entirely novel as well as -arttstier— — A new and beautiful trimming consists of blackbirds 1 wings threaded with gold. If yon cannot obtain real birds’ wings they can be imitated in black velvet. These are employed instead of passementerie birds.— N. Y. Herald. Therk is something terribly suggestive In a bottle of ink with the cork sea unbroken. It may write immortal po ems that, shall live for unknown ages, or it may be touched upon the worn .edges of your frayed black coat to make it look less seedy.— Exchange. The Annuaire <PEconomic Politique states that the Russian debt was, in 1831, 220,000,000 roubles; in 1847, 315,000,000; in 1860, 515,000,000; in 1875, 700,000,000. In 1878 it will have reached 1,193,809,956 roubles, equal to *501,557,700. , A serious man may not be pro verbial for wisdom, though he be a solemaun. -

PERSONAL AND LITERART.

—The people of Wales are pleased with our new Minister io England because he’s Welch. —The wife of Gilman, the New York forger, has recovered h«r reason and gone to visit her husband. —Gen. Grant felt much, at home with Mount Vesuvius, both being the most distinguished smokers of their respective continents. —Elegant Mrs. Hooper, of Jfew York, who stole diamonds from, her society friends, has gone to the Penitentiary to be entertained for five years. —Fanny Davenport fell sod bumped her nose at the Detroit Opera-House recently, and a sorrowing country stands ready to offer its consolation and camphor l>ottle.— Boston Post. —Donn Piatt speaks of the Vermont Senator as “the captious and querulous Senator Edmunds, who failed of admission to the Episcopal Church, because he moved 336 amendments to thirty-nine articles.” —Judge Jere. Black not only chews plug tobacco, but he is in the habit of spitting all around him and caring not whom he hits. When he is out calling and wants to be “real nice,” he takes his hat along and spits in that.— Detroit free Press. i —Dr. Dio Lewis is now astride a new hobby-horse. In feather pillows the doctor has discovered tne Herod of our modern civilization. He attributes the majority of deaths among young chil- ' dren to overheated brains, the result of lying on feather pillows. —Nearly all the distfhguished Californians of the day are said to be selfeducated men. Senator Sargent is one example, Gov. Irwin another, Mayor Bryant, of San Francisco, another, and Messrs. Flood, Mackey, Fair, Jones and Sharon may be added to the list. —The Hawk-Eye has the details about Minister Welch’s arrival in England. “The Queen,” it says, “met him at the train and carried his grip-sack to the hack for him, and they rode up to the Tower together. She told him to leave his arctics on the porch and come in.” —This was the way in whieb Mark Twain introduced William D, Howells to a Hartford audience Wednesday night: “The gentleman who is now to address you is the editor of the Atlantic Monthly. He ha t a reputation in the literary world wh jch I need not say anything about. lam only here to back up his moral character.”— Boston Globe. _ —Mark Twain’s success on the platform is said to ba much greater since he did away witjh his manuscript. From the written lectures he came down to copious nqces; from these to a little card with printed heads, which he put in his waistcoat pocket. He dispensed with this by substituting a few marks on tl ic back of his finger nails, and then he wwent it alone. —Dr. Sanford B. Hunt says, in the Newark Advertiser, concerning the editor of St, Nicholas: “ By some means she inspires the contributors to St. Nicholas lo extraordinary efforts-, and, instead of finding Longfellow. Whittier. Rrrvant, Proctor, George MacDonald, and the others, writing as if under a strain—as is the case with most authors when they depart from accustomed paths—in St. Nicholas we find them talking to the children just as they would if all the dear boys and girls were clustered about their knees, with the firelight playing strange tricks of coloring over the golden, the brown, and the gray heads.”

Her Active Mind.

“ Yqu are going to Hie, William,” remarked a lady of energetic nature to her poor little husband. “ The doctor says you can’t live two hours.” “Very well,” responded William, in a weak Voice, but with a great sigh of relief. “Go down and blow up the servants at once,” “ Wh-w'hat?” said the agitated woman, bending over him. “Freeyour mind, Nancy, free your mind,” he gasped, feebly. “ I shall be as quick about it as possible, but I shall try your patience Blow enough to make you cheerful a couple of hours, and by that time I shall be out of the way. I shall never have another opportunity, and I want to die in peace.” “ He wanders,” said the lady to herself, scowling through her tears at some cheerful voices that stole into the room of death from the street below. “ I wonder if those pesky triflers don’t know there’s some dying going on up here. I shall speak to the policeman about this. It’s a shame that I’ve got to be worried, and worried, and worried to death when my heart is so- full of other matters that I can’t find time to think. Here I’ve “ 1 should like to comfort you,” interacted the rapidly-failing man with a faint smile of apology; “but the truth is, I’ve got so much of my own dying on hand that I can’t find the time. Bear up, my dear. I’ll call around and make a complaint to-mor—-or rather I’ll send my ghost.” “William,” ejaculated the griefstricken wrftnun, yon. Always too easy and shiftless. Always putting off till to-morrow what should be done to-day. My mother warned me of it before I married. If there’s anything I hate, it’s procrastination! If there’s anything I abominate, it’s a shiftless man.”

“Godown and give it to the servants,” said the dying man, huskily. “He wanders,” repeated the agilated woman, rising hastily to make frantic passes at a fly resting in the sunshine on the wall, “ This house is overrun with vermin from cellar to garret. It makes no difference how much I toil, and delve, and drudge, and work my fingers to the bone, and wear old clothes and look like a fright. William! if you don’t get me some exterminator to-morrow’’- “ It’s unnecessary,” interrupted the gentleman addressed, with a sad, sweet smile. “I—l guess I’ll—l’ll manage to—to go off without it.” His head fell back, and there was a strange look in his eyes. “He’s dead!” shrieked the widow, throwing herself upon the lifeless form and weeping violently. “ I had forgotten that ne was dying—l have so in this house. My poor, patient husband!” There was the sound of approaching feet. “Go away!” she screamed? “ Leave me alone with xpy dead!” A moment of silence intervened. “ Stay!” she added. “Go straight to the undertaker's. Susan, and tell him to come at once; and if he slurs this job as he has others I’ve - heard of, I’ll never give him another as long as I live. takers is so shiftless.” 'A gleam of* sunlight stole into the room and rested for a moment on the dead man’s face, “J declare!" eg.

claimed the heartbroken woman, “ I told Susan to abut the blind tight, and she hasn’t done it We shall be all covered with dust. I shall discharge that girl at once.” She put her handkerchief to her eyes, and, having found the requisite time, wept bitterly.— Hoche st er (N. Y.) Democrat.

Insect Ravages—Report of the Locust Commission.

A recent Washington dispatch says: 1 he United States Commission which was organized for the purpose of inves”K ftt tng the subject of insect ravages in the W est, and of devising a remedy for the evil, has finished its field-labors for •he year. Its memliers will soon asaemble in this city to complete their annual report to Congress. This report will make a volume of about 500 pages. It will be ready for distribution in February or March. Among other interesting questions to be treated of in the report, the migratory habits of the locust will lie described, showing that, like many species of birds, these insects journey at certain fixed seasons southward, and at certain other seasons return to the place of their origin. These migrations being foreseen, steps may bo taken to protect from their ravages the fields which lie under their line of flight. Many methods of accomplishing this are suggested, some of the most effective of which are the direct fruit of the researches and experiments made by this Commission. It is shown that the destructive propensities of these pesfs can, by timely precautions, be practically neutralized. The definite limits, beyond which the locusts have not ventured, are carefully fixed, and the crops which are most liable to destruction, and the best methods of procedure, with regard to the protection of each, are specifically given. The insects’ feeding habits are treated of at grea length, and form an interesting feature of the report. The examination of the stomachs of more than ninety species and 690 specimens were made with special reference to this subject, and the value hitherto placed on these aids by entomologists is fully sustained by the results now arrived at. Among the discoveries made by the Commission, those relating to the habits of the silky mite and of the blister * beetles, w ill be of interest to entomologists. The former is an eight-legged creature which preys on tne locust eggs. It is proved to be the mature form of the Tittle six-legged mite, which is parasitic to the locust. Of the larval habits of the blister beetle nothing has heretofore been known, notwithstanding that the attention of scientific men has been directed to the matter for many years, both on account of its value in commerce under the name of the Spanish fly, and of the injury it causes to potatoes and some other plants. Many facts of interest with regard to the origin and habits of this insect have been discovered and will be made the subjectof a chapter in the report

Nez-Perees at Worship.

On Sunday a reporter visited the camp of the Nez-rerces. He found that the army-tents that had at first been put up for the accommodation of the captives had been taken down at the request of the Indians, and in their places were a number of tepees, or lodges, made of skins stretched about long poles. The lodges are circular in form and of conical shape. The skins which form the wall are sewed together securely with buckskin strips. They are weatherproof on the outside, ami do not appear at all untidy, except oil the top, where the skins have been blackened by the smoke. In some of these lodges were furs of the finest description, owned by the more wealthy memliers of the tribe. On some of the lodge-poles are forks with hanging boards, to which the children or papooses are strapped, hanging in much the same style as white men would hang pictures on a wall. Near each lodge was stacked a huge pile of wood, some of the stacks being covered to keep them dry. The number of people who visited the camp during the day did not fall short of 5,000. The reporter visited the quarters occupied by Chief Joseph, which consist of a comfortable army-tent w’ith a floor and stoves. This place he found thronged with a multitude of people who were eager to get a glance at the famous Chieftain. The next point of attraction was one of the large hospital tents, where it was given oiitthat there would be a “medicine-dance.” This was an error. The ceremonies, as had been performed in the morning, were of a strictly religious character, and th a dance talked of was the afternoon service. The reporter found about 100 men and women ragged in two lines near

the walls, and in a sitting position. They were engaged in singing some of the chants peculiar to the tribe, and paid no marked attention to the entrance of the visitor, each one seeming to be deeply interested. Others began to arrive, and within a short time fully 150 occupied the tent. The chief exhorter then took his place in the center the group-and began the first of the general service by a few remarks. He then rang a small bell which he held in his hand, and Jthe entire party began a chant which was perfect as to time and harmony, and was not devoid of music. Both male and female held in their hands some kind of a plume, either a single feather or a bunch as large as a hearse-plume, which were waved back' and forth mueh in the manner our music-teachers wave their batons. Three men in the center of the apartment held instruments which resemble tambourines, which they, at the proper intervals, vigorously pounded with sticks, producing ajsouijd not unlike a dram. After the first general song was finished, one of the braves made a few remarks in his native tongue; which was followed by another chant, which was concluded, as were the remainder of the songs, by a long, low, wailing sound, each one raising the right hand toward heaven. The second who.spoke was a woman. She related her experience to the medi-cine-man, and he repeated it in a loud voice to the congregation. This was ollowed by another chant and a dance] which was*kept up for a long time. George, who during the services seemed to be the most interested, on being asked if he was a Catholic, said: “Yes, me Catholic, but no Chief. You white man; another black man; me Indian; but all same heart, and good heart; all feel same to Him,” and pointed upward. The services lasted until a late hour in the evening. The looker-on could not fail to" see the resemblance in certain parts of the proceedings to the litany in the Catholic Church.— Leavenworth (Kan.) Times, Silk handkerchiefs are n» longer in style except for the little folhs

INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

—A Boston woman recently testified that a man had threatened to'take her life, and he was put under bonds to keep the lieace for six months. Since then she has married him. —A touching scene noticed before a Baltimore toy shop, a few days ago was two little girls who had between them a smaller sister who was blind, and were describing in detail the colors. forms and names of the articles displayed. —lt is stated on authority of the London World that the Duke of Manchester will succeed Earl Dufferin as Governor-General of Canada. The Duke is head of the house of Montague, and is now in his fifty-fifth year. He was married in 1852 to a daughter of Count d'Alten of Hanover. —Rattlesnakes are so thick in Slaugh terville, Ky., that they have driven one man out of his house. For two or three nights in succession they could be heard rattling under and around the house, and as their number didn’t seem to diminish materially after he had killed twenty-seven of them, he concluded it was time to clear out. A man was killed in Canaan, Conn., the other day, by the fall of a derrick. He had a romantic history. He was one of the followers of Kossuth and fled to this country. He had wealth, and social standing in his native land, but before it was safe for him to return he met with such reverses that his spirit was broken, his lady-love in Hungary married another, and he finally sunk into a common laborer and so lived and died. —The champion “don’t-know” witness turned up, lately, in Troy. He said he was unable to give the date of either his first or secondmarriage, having taken but little interest in the affairs. The Judge then asked him if he remembered when the Rebellion broke out. His response was: “Oh, Judge, you misunderstand—l don’t see what that has to do with the case, but I believe it began some time ago; I don’t just recollect when.” The witness was here dismissed. —The Carson Appeal tells of a family who were recently encamped inCarI sou; and whose appearance of poverty I led a benevolent man to tender assistance, when the master of the rig said he was “ heeled,” and informed the citizen that, four years ago, he had sold a large farm in Kansas for SIO,OOO, and that he and his brood, as he called them, had traveled 2,500 miles in “ that thar rig, yonder,” pointing to his wagon, looking for some desirable spot to locate, but as yet ho had not found it. He is now en route for Mexico. —The Jefferson (Mo.) Tribune says: “A gentleman who lives in Vernon County tells a remarkable story of the sagacity of a dog which accompanied him on his travels. While in the Short Creek timber, on hie way to Joplin, the dog jumped and caught the horse by the bridle-rein. Mr. Ewing drove the animal off, but it persisted in catching the horse by the reins, until the gentleman concluded it must be mad. Under the impulse of the momenUhe pulled his revolver and shot the animal, which then ran back along the road over which he had come. In a few moments Mr. Ewing missed his overcoat, which had been tied to the saddle. He turned back to find it, and, after riding about a mile, not only found his coat, mit his faithful dog, which was lying on the garment, aead.”

The Clock of Clocks.

In Mengel's Building is now on exhibition in all probability the most wonderful clock in the world. It was built by Stephen 1). Engle, a watchmaker, at Hazleton. He is about forty-five years of age, and was about twenty years in perfecting the clock. Mr. Reid paid Engle #5,000 for it. Engle never saw the Strasburg clock. In fact, he has not traveled more than 200 miles from home at any time. This clock stands eleven feet high. At its base it is about four feet wide and at the top about two, It is about three feet deep at the base, gradually less toward the top. its colors are dark-brown and gold. The Strasburg clock is thirty feet high, yet its mechanism is not so intricate, nor has it as many figures as the Hazleton clock. The Strasburg clock’s figures are about three feet high, and the American clock about nine inches. Three minutes before the hour a pipeorgan inside the clock plays an anthem. It has five times.* Bells are then rang, and when the hour is struck double doors in an alcove open and a figure of Jesus appears. Double doors to the left then open, and the Apostles appear slowly, one by one, in procession. As they appear and pass Jesus they turn toward him, Jesus bows,

turns again and proceeds through the dmible doors in an alcove on the right. As Peter approaches, Satan, looks out of a window above and tempts him. Five times the Devil appears, and when Peter passes, denying Christ, the cock flaps its wings and crows. When Judas appears Satan comes down from his window and follows Judas out iu the procession, and then goes back up to his place to watch Judas, appearing on both sides. As the procession has passed, Judas and the three Marys disappear and the doors arc closed. The scene cap be repeated seven times in an hour if necessary, and the natural motion of the clock produces it four times per hour, whereas the Strasburg procession is made but once a day, at twelve o’clock. Below the piazza is the main dial, about thirteen inches in diameter. To its right is a figure of Time with an hour-glass. Above this is a window, at which appear figures representing’ Youth, Manhood and Old Age. To the left of the dial is a skeleton representing Death. When the hour-hand approaches the first quarter Time reverses his hour-glass and strikes one on a bell with his scythe, when another bell inside restantly. When the hour-hand approaches' the second quarter or half hour, there are heard the strokes of two bells. Then Youth appears and the organ plays a hymn. After this Time strikes two and reverses his honr-glims, when two beTls respond inside. Oneminute after this a chime of bells is heard, when a folding-door opens in the upper porch and one at the right of the court, when the Savior comes'walking out. Then the Apostles appear in procession. The clock also tells of the moon's changes, the tides, the seasons, days and day of the month and year and the signs of the zodiac; and on top a soldier in armor is constantly on Siard, walking back and forward. As e hours advance, Manhood, Old Age and Death take part in the panorama. —Reading (Pa.) Eagle. A New York jury baa decided that, wedtJlngpresenM belong to the wife,