Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1878 — Page 2

The Rensselaer Union. RENSSELAER INDIANA.

General News Summary.

non wammTON. A Ooxvkxtion of State Agricultural tvxli--ties to to be held In Washington ou the third TMafetylnFebnuiy. Host. Ahix B. Kerr, a former Mcm!*>r of Congress from Maryland, died at his residence la Washington, on the morning of the 27th. The total popular subscription to the Government 4 per cent, loan, up to the 39th, amounted to about 99,1X10,000. The vote, in the National House of Representatives, on the passage, on the 38th, of the Matthews Silver resolution, was as follows: Yaas.—Aiken. Aldrich. Atkina. Baker tlndA Banning, Bayne. Bell, Bicknell. Blackburn, ltlonnt. llonek. Bon). Bragg , Brentano, Brewer, Tliiibna Bneht, Breeden. Browne. Bnekner, Burchara, Burdick, Ik. tier, Cabell. Cain. Csldweil (Ky.l, Gaidwrli iTenn.), Calkin*. Candler. Gannon, Carlisle, Caswell, Chalmers. Clarke Jvy.i, Clsrlc (Mod, Clark (la.). Clyrner. Cobh. Collins, Conger, Cox ((E), Cox iN. Y.>, Craven". Crittenden. Culberson, Camming*. Cutler. IMvideon, Davis (N. (',(, Deering, Dibrril, Dickey, Donnell, Durham, Elam. Kliis, Krrett, Evans (lnd.), Evans (8.C.). Ewing. Felton. Finley .Forney, Fort, Faster. Franklin. Fuller. Gardner, Garth. Cause. Gidaiiign, Clover. Ooode. Cunter. Hanna, Harris (Ga.l, Harrison. Hartridge, Hsrtxeli. Haskell, Hatcher, Hayes, Hazelton. Henderson, Henckle, Henry. Hewitt. (Ala. Herbert Hooker, House, Hubbell, Hunt r, H unton, Humphn-y, Ittner. Junes (Ala.), Jones (Ohio l, Keifer. Heightley. Kelley. Kenna, Kiliingor. Kimmel, Knapp, Knott, Latnrop. Ij'im, LuttreU. I.ynde. Mark, y. Manning, Marsh, Martin. May ham, Mackenzie. McKinley, McMahon. Metcall. Mill*. Money. Morgan. Moniaon. Muldrua, Neal. Oliver, Pacheco. Page. Patterson (N. Y.\ Patterson (Col. l, Phelps. Phillips. Pollard. Pound, Price. Pridemore. Randolph. Iten, Reagan, lteilly, Riee, (O.), Riddle. Robbins. Roberts, Rnbinaon (la. I. Robinson i lnd.i. Ryan. Hsmiwon. Sapp. Bayler. Beales, Sexton. Hhallenherger, Shelley, Hlenmn*. Small*. Smith (Ca.\ Sparks. Springer. Steele, Stephen*. Stone (Mich.) Stone (la. I Strait Thompson, Thornburgh. Throckmorton. Tipton, Townsend (0.1. Towmhend (lU.), Tucker. Turner, Turney. Vance, Van Vorhes. Waddell. Wnlah. Welch. White(Pa.). White (ind.l. Whifthoroe. Williams (Wia.), Winiama (Ala.), WUlia (Kjr.v Willets. Wilson. Wten. Wright. I'eates. Yonng -189. Nani.—Bacon. Baglcy. Baker iN. Y>, Ballon Banka. Beebe. Bishee, Blair, Briggs. Bnndy, Campbell. Chittenden. Ciaflin. Clark (N. J.'. Cole. Covert, Cmpo, Davis (Oal.i. Denison. Dwight. Earns*. Eicklioff. Ellsworth. Evans (Pa.), Reid, Freeman, Rye. Garfield. Hale. Hardenbergh. Harmer, Hams (Maas.), Hart. Hendee Hewitt (N. Y.l. Hungerfnrd. James. Jones iN. H.I, Jorgensen, Joyoe. Ketcbam, laiutm l aaham, l jndasvr I.iokwoiut; boring, MeCook, Morse. Muller. NorcTofta, O’Neill. Overton, Peddle. Potter, Powers, Pugh, Quinn, Rainey. Reed. Rice (Maas.). Robinson (Slaas.), Schleicher, Sinnickaon. Smith (Pa.i, Starin. Stenger. Stewart. Swann. Vcoder. Wait. Warner, Watson. Williams (Mich.', Williams (N. Y.), Williiuna (DeL), Williams (Ore.), Willis (N. Y. Wood-79. At a Cabinet meeting, in Washington, on the 29th, it was decided that the coiuagv of the trade dollar should be resumed at the Philadelphia Mint. The President, on the 90th ult., appointed the following Honorary C ommissioner* to the Paris Industrial Exhibition: Alexander McLeod, of Delaware: doseph (J. Thorpe and Robert N. Baker, of Wisconsin, and John W. Mackey and W. 8, Keys, of Nevada. : It was stated, on the 30th ult.. that arrange! incuts bad been made by the Secretary of the Treasury to receive, In payment of subscription* to the 4-per-ernt. loan, coin or currency, checke drawn on banks or bankers in New York. The currency checks will be converted into coin at current rates, without expense to the owner, and any excess over the amount due on the subscription will be returned to the subscriber. Similar arrangements would be made, if found necessary, in other cities having Sub-Treasury offices. Justice CunotD, of the United States .Supreme Court", attended a St ate din ne r at the White House, on the 30tli ult. This is his first social recognition of Mr. Hayes. The public-debt statement, as published on the Ist, indicates the following: Total debt, including interest of #22.427,834, #2,215,455,845; cash in Treasury, #171,108,479: debt, less cm*h In Treasury, #2,014.287,386. Decrease ('.uring January, #1,668,076. Decrease 6lnce .luue 30,1877, #15.870,857, A Washington telegram of the Ist states that the Secretary of the Treasury desired all drafts sent him in payment of the 4 jier-cent. loan to be drawn payable to ids order, otherThe Third Assistant Postmaster-General has notified the Postmaster at New York City that the trade dollars, not being a legal-ten-der, the latter is not obliged to receive them id* payment of postage, etc. According to a Washington special of the Ist , J. Madison Wells, the fugacious member of the Louisiana Returning Board, had reached that city. A Mk. Fitch, said to have been engaged with Hull in manufacturing the “ Colorado Petrified Man,” has given a New York Timet interviewer some interesting statements concerning the alleged swindle. He also states that Hull manufactured the famous stone tablets of the Connecticut Valley, on which w ere imprinted, by artificial means, the tracks of supposed prehistoric birds. Hull bought a turkey and used the feet to makcj.he tracks. These relics, it will lie remembered, excited -the whole scientific world several years ago, and many learned speculations as to their origin were made in the reviews and monthly magazines. = On the 30th uit., Mr. Hugh J. Jewett. Receiver of the Erie Railroad, of New York, was •held to bail m the sum of #20,605 to answer to the charge of perjun jn swearing to alleged ~ Mw gttuwiiwitrof ItnrtofttfttToh Arm-rega:’ The complaint was made by an English stockholder. On the night of the 3lst ult., a w ave swept over a portion ’Of Coney Island, near New Y’ork, and carried away four houses anil their sleeping occupants. About a dozen persons were drowned. Tiieke were 130 failures in New York City during January. Liabilities. #7.113.039; assets, #1,438.839. Thomas Loud, Sr., of New York, the old gentleman who recently married the Widow Hicks, and thereby incurred the displeasure of his sons, has recently come out from hi*- retirement. and will hotly contest the suit brought Bgainst him lor his alleged lunacy. He has engaged the services of-4ht—law—firm-of ex-Judge Porter. .: Gold closed in New York, on Feb. Ist, a I'll %. The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring Wheat, #[email protected]; No. 2 Milwaukee, #1.27J6@1;28. Oats, Western and State, 350336 c. Corn, Western Mixed, 44fd53c. Pork, Mess, #12.00. Lard, #7.70. Flour, Good to Choice, #[email protected]; Winter Wheat, 16.05(36.75. Cattle, *«[email protected] for Good to Extra. Sheep, [email protected]<. Hogs, #4.60 m 70. At East Liberty, Pa., on Feb. Ist, CatUe brought: Best, #5.25(35.35: Medium, #4 75@ 5.00; Common, #[email protected]. Hogs sold— Yorkers, #4.00(34.10; Philadelphias, #Aoo<a 4.15. Sheep brought #3.00(35.25 —according to quality. -N. At Baltimore, Md., on Feb. Ist, Cattle brought: Best, #4*87%(g5.73; Medium, 13.00J4.00. Hogs sold at #5.75(36.25 for Good. Sheep were quoted at for Good. ' - WEST AND WIDTH. The report that Sitting Bull, with his adherents, had crossed the line into. the United States territory is denied by statements from Helena, M.T., on the 29th. The Indejmideni of that city published s statement, on the above date, to the effect that Maj. Walsh had Just returned from the neighborhood of Sitting Bull, at East End Police Post, and brought w&nd that the latter bad said be bad heard American* were copiing to fight him

aud his people; that they »ffe tired of blood, and w ould move nearer the Police Fort. Maj. ' Walsh savt that at no time since his arrtvsl there had Sitting Bull’s ramp crossed the Ine ' to American will. Thkke members of the Louisiana Returning Board—Anderson, Casanavu and Kenner—wore brought into court at New Orleans on the 28th, and the trial of tl)e first-named person was formally commenced, a change of renne j having first been denied. Anderson’s counsel, In the motion for a change of venue, alleged that the defendant could not have a fair trial in that parish, the prejudice' against him haring Increasod during the preceding few (lavs. The Judge stated that the .Jury Wnl t»een drawn in the most impartial manner, and was composed of conscleniloua, honest men, of unimpeachable character. The defense took a bill of exceptions to the ruling of the Court, after which the Impaneling of the Jury was begun. A full jury, composed of ten white and two colored men. was secured, on the 39th. The steamship Metropolis, bound from Philadelphia to Brazil, haring on hoard lietween 200 and 300 engineers aud railroad laborers, went ashore, in a terrible storm, and was wrecked on the North Carolina coast, throe miles south of Currituck Light-House, on the evening of the 81stult.,and it wasthought. on Ihe morning of the 3d, that at least 100 persons had perished. IN Chicago, on Feb. Ist, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at #1.040*1.0551 cash. Cash .•orn closed at for No. 2. Cash oats No. 2 sold at and 20J£c seller May. Rye No. 2,50 e. Barley No. 2, 48%(849c. Cash Mess Pork closed at #10.70. Lard, #7.25. Beeves—Extra brought #[email protected]). Choice, #4.50(34.85; Good, #[email protected]; Medium Grades, #3.40(38.75; Butchers’ Stock, #[email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., #2.50®3.25. Hogs brought #3.80(J4.05 for Good to Choice. Sheep sold at #3.12J4®4.55 for Poor to Choice.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. LONDON dispatches of the 28th ssy that the warlike operations of t>e Russians, Roumanians Servians and Montenegrins were being prosecuted with great vigor, pending the official notice of peace. The Servians bad defeated the Turks at Ratacharnik after a four-days’ battle. In which several thousand were killed and w ounded. Thkke were spirited war demonstrations In Athens. Greece, on the 27th and 28th, and troops were called out to disperse the niob. .... Ik the British- Parliament, on4be evening of the 28th, the representatives of the Government announced that, notwithstanding the changed condition of affairs in the East, they would ask the supplementary credit, both as a vote of confidence and to enable England to be properly represented in the forthcoming Congress, to which the settlement of matters of general European concern had been relegated. On the announce ment, the leaders of the Opposition at once decided to accept the condition, and announced that they proposed to challenge the entire.course at..the Cabiuet on the Eastern question, and secure an. adverse vote, if possible. The statement i- made that, in the event of the defeat of the Government, Parliament would be dissolved and an appeal taken tothe country. —=l— A Constantinople dispatch of the 29th says there as ppalling misery In Turkey, from the Bosphorus to the Gulf of Salon lea. The whole coast was crowded with terrified Mahommedans, awaitingtransportat ion across the Straits, and hundreds were perishing from cold and hunger. ([“Athens (Greece) advices of the 29th say that order had boon re-establ’shed, but that (he exasperation of the people was increasing, and it was feared that a revolution imjiended. St. Petersburg dispatches of the 29th say a slight misunderstanding had arisen between Austria and Russia because the peace preliminaries had not been submitted to a Congress of European Powers before being signed by Rnssia and Turkey. A messenger had been sent to V ieuna with explanations. A Vienna telegram of the same date says England had succeeded in detaching Austria from the triple . alliance- aartsecured hcrcondltlonal opposition to the, peace conditions. According to Vienna dispatches of the 30th Hit., the Servian Government had demanded as its price for peace the cession of the whole of Old Servia, except-that portion, comprised in Bosnia, and the payment of 15QJXX! Turkish pbunds -as a war IndcmniUv— Russian papers of the 30tli ult. report that typhus fever prevailed among the Russians in the Caucasus and Armenia to such an ex tent as almost to equal the plague in destructiveness. • According to Athens dispatches of the 31*t ult., Thessaly had demanded of Greece protection and assistants* in her war with Turkey. Tne Grecian Chamber was bolding a secret sitting to consider the demand. Twenty-four Communes in Thessaly had formed a Provisional Government. The Pope has ratified the plans for the reconstruction of the Scottish Hierarchy, and appointed two Arebhishops and four Suffragans. On the evening of the 31st ult., a meeting, called in London in the interest of peace, was captured and broken up by the war element. The feeling against Russia had become intense.

A Feu a telegram of t lie 31st nil. says the wires between Constantinople and Gallipoli had been out that afternoon. It was reported that the Russians had appeared before the latter place. The Rotterdam Cournnt of the 31st ult. publishes a private dispatch from Constantinopler etaTTtlg-'fTrar.’m m'gmKtlons between Turkey aud Russia had been broken oft. An Adrianople dispatch of the 30th ult. says ail the Turkish troops within the Quadrilateral had been retired upon the fortresses. Athens advices of the Ist say the Greek Premier had made a statement to the Greek Chamber which was considered tantamount to a declaration of war. He announced that he had ordered the military occupation of Thessaly aud Epirus, and had directed the enrollment of the entire population in the National Guard. The Cretan insurgents have formally deerce l the annexation of the island to Greece. George Cruikshank, the well-known British artist and caricaturist, is dead. IThe announcement was made In the British Parliament, ou the night of the Ist, that peace preliminaries had l*een signed the day before at Adrianople. y . A Bucharest dispatch of the Ist. says orders had been issued to all Russian columns to stop where they are and await further instructions. A Vienna telegram of the Ist says it had been decided to hold the European Conference which was to follow peace in that city. A Belgrade dispatch of the Ist says all Servia w as intensely disgusted at the disregard of Servian interests shown by Russia, and proposed to eontlnup the war until the whole of Old Servia was captured. C

FORTY-FIFTH CONG BBSS. Several petitions were presented and referred, in the Benxte. on the 28th. -■-Bills were introduced and referred—providing for the disposition of public timber and the timber* lauds of the United States; to reimburse the States of Kansu. Texas, Nebraska and Colorado for expenses incurred by said States in repelling invasions and suppressing Indian hostilities,... The House bill to authorize the free coinage of a standard stiver dollar, and to restore it* leghltender character, was taken up. and Mr. Morrill made a lengthy speech in opposition thereto. A large number of bills were presented and referred; in the House, among whicn were—to secure the pay and wages due employes of railroads engaged in inter-State commerce; to retire the circulation of. National Banks, and to substitute therefor Treasury-notes, receivable for , all due* to the Government, and to abolish the tag ojj banking

1 institution*; ■fearing to all the States equl > mcwiiirr of patronage in thr Civil Service of the Opynp—nt. fixing the number of Rmcacnta* tivee in Congrrm at 1M....A mnluimu wae i adopted—l 74 tzi 85- declaring that, in the J udement of tin- Honw.no saheidirain money. Inmda. Eblir Und*. tndorwinent*, or by pledge of mibcrevtiL ahould be granted or renewed by Congrem to iqwormtKm* engaged in. or proponing to •ngnge in, public or private enterprinen: but Uutt appropriation" ought to be limited to each amount and purpose* only a».»h*ll be impemtivelv demainn'll by the public aervioe. .The I Senate concurrent rreolnuim. known «a the MatI thews Silver resolution, was taken up and pawed 189 to 79. In the Senate, on ihe 29th, the Houae Joint resolution, aecepting Carpenter’a iwinting of Lincoln and hi" Cabinet, was agreed t<*-43 to 7 Mr. Beck called up and advocated the pannage of a resolution previously submitted by him dee hiring it ” nnneccmary or inexpedient to maintain or impow taxes M. this lime for the piirpow' of providing for #57,19C,0M.04 asked for by the Secretary of the Treasury for n Kinking fund.”....The Houw Silver bill wn turiorr debated. Mr. Wallace «iM*akinr in favor of. and Memru. Bayard, Dawe« and Whyte againnt, the rneanun*. Amendmonto were aubmitte<l and ordered printed; providing that the dollar iihall oonKiat of 420 Brain* of stendard *ilver: providing that it Hhafl be a leffal tender for all debt*, pubiie and private, amounting to Biimi over |WO. In the House, a resolution was adopted directing that the isaning of pnane* for admission to the floor of the House be discontinued. A bill was panned—l 67 to 100— recognizing the Woodruff Scientific Expedition around the world. A RF-eoLi TioN was adopted, in the Senate, on the 90th ult., asking information of the President relative to the survey of lands in the Indian Territory, and the Indian ownership thereof... The Silver bill was further considered. and Mr, Chnstiancy submitted an amendment providing for the coinage of silver dollars of 434 grains each—nine-tenths pure silver and one-tenth alloy—to be a legal-tender for all debts, except when otherwise provided by law or contract. In tiie nouse, a bill was introduced and referred, prohibiting any further destruction of legal-tender note*, and making such notes legal tender for customs duties .. The bill extending the time for the withdrawal of distilled spirits in bond until July 1 wa* consUleml, and a substitute was adopted—l 46 to 112—declaring a reduction of the tax on whisky inexpedient.

Several petitions were presented in the Senate, on the 31st u1t.... Bills were passed—appropriating #200,000 for the erection of suitable posts for the protection of the Rio Grande frontier; to define the rights of persons with respect to homestead entries on public domains... .The House joint resolution extending the thanks of Congress to Henry M. Stanley, the explorer of Central Africa, was unanimously agreed t 0.... The Silver bill was further considered, and Messrs. Morgan and Booth submitted amend roents. after which further consideration of the bill was postponed until the 4th, to which date | the Senate adjourned. In the House, a majority report was made trom the Committee on Elections in the California contested election case, against Pacheco, the sitting member, and in, favor of Wigginton, the contestant, a minority rei>ort being also made, taking opposite grounds The following additional appointments to committees were announced by the Bpeaker: Expenditures in the tttntc Department, Turner and Bundy; in the Navy Department, Pridemore and Williams (Ore.i; in the Postoffico Department. Clark (Mo.), ami McKinley; in the War Department; Dickey and Reed: in the Interior Department, Patterson and Pound. . . The Military Academy Appropriation bill (#272 166' was considered in Committee of the Whole. The Senate was not in session on Hie to. A bill was introduced and referred in the House, to provide'for funding (he National debt in home bonds convertible into currency. .... Mr. Baker, of Indiana, rising to a question of privilege, recited certain statements made to bwi in writing involving grave if not criminal conduct on the part of the Doorkeeper of the_ House, which statement* had since been put into the sliape of affidavits. He offered a resolution stating that John W. Polk. has been guilty of corruption and malfeasance. in office; that he has required employes to pay to other employes part of their salaries, and that he is interested in claims aud bills now pending before Congress, and directing the Coromitteon Rules to inquire into the truth or falsity of such allegations. After a lengthy and spirited discussion, the previous question wasted:, omled nnd the resolution was passed, after being modified bo as to direct the investigation to lie made by the Committee on Reform in. the Civil Service... . Adj'oumed to the 4th.

Report of the United States Commissioner of Patents.

The United States Commissioner of Patents has recently sent life annual report to Congress. He suggests some important changes in the present l’alent laws, which, in soriie cases, the Courts have declared defective. He thinks that tinder certain conditions it will be better to dispense with models in applications for patents. They form no part of the palc.ntjwhcn issued. The law makes it essential to the validity of a patent that the spcciflcation and drawing thereof shall disclose fully the invention to those skilled in the art to which it pertains. He believes that, it will be necessary only that the provision .-be made requiring models in cases where the capability of the machine to operate is called in question, or where the Examiner is in doubt as to sufficiency of the drawing, or where models may be necessary for ready illustration on appeals or in interference cases. This will relieve the inventor of a large part of the expense attending the applications for patents, aud will tend on the whole to make the drawings and specifications more explicit and better understood. He would, however, advise the collection at the Patent Office of articles of manufacture and working models of such operating machinery as manu-facturers-or-inventors may desirtrtcr place on exhibition. A collection thus made up of working models confined to inventions actually in use would be of value as illustrating the state of the art throughout the country, and would require much less space for many years than that- «mij>ie<i by the motl'els recently destroyed. Reformation is also suggested in what is now a source of much complaint. This is the reissue of old patents with claims covering machines subsequently invented, and practically the first to operate successfully. To such an extent has this been carried that when a man had really made a valuable invention it was necessary for him to examine the records of the office and ascertain what old patents could be found-which might be reissued to cover his invention; and it has been a matter of prudence to secure such patents before investing in the manufacture of an invention liable to be dominated in that way] Further than tins, there are patents granted for improvements more or less trivial, differing in comparatively small particulars from machines or articles preceding them. That which seems but a trivial change may amount in practice to a very important and valuable improvement. Since the grant of such patents cannot always be avoided, the question arises Whether their duration* may not be abridged, and for this purpose some process of natural selection be applied to the patents issued by the Government. It has therefore been thought desirable to require, at certain periods in the lifetime of a patent, the payment of fees as a necessary condition to the continuance of the life of the patent. Such a provision would, in the opinion of the Commissioner, tend to remove useless and frivolous patents, without imposing any serious burden upon those that prove meritorious. "The wicked stand in slipperyplaces," but * for a perfect picture of reckless insecurity, you want to look at a frightened woman trying to stand on a camp-stool to keep out of the way of a mouse. —Danbury News. The survival of the fittest is illustrated i» the case of a Leavenworth tailor, who is years old.

MISCELLANEOUS items. —Tlie child’s kingdom—Lapland. —ls you don’t want to bo robbed of your good name, do not have it painted jn your umbrella. —it is absurd to suppose that a man sen speak abdve hi* breath, since his mouth is below Ills nose. * —The London Lancel says that on# tiurihl out of every hundred consigns a living person to the tomb. —A hopeful clergyman looks forward to the time when church choirsingers will be pious people.—AT. O. Picayune. —The Seminole and Creek Indians ol tho Indian Territory have held meetings to protest against the scheme t« make American citizens of them. —“ Rabies are babies,” says the Atchison Patriot, “ and nothing can take their place,” Well, yes; other and newer babies can.— Hawk-Eye. —ln olden time*, when people heard Home swindler huge had come to grief: They used A good old Haxon word. And called that man “ a thief.” But language such as that to-day, Upon too many's feelings grate*, Ho people smile and simply say, ,- He ‘ rehypotiiecate*. —X. Y. Commercial A'lvcrUter. —A lady that would please herself in marrying was warned that her intended, although a good sort of a man, was very singular. “Well,”, replied the lady, “ iflie is very much more unlike other men, he is much more likely to lie a good husband.” —Forgery-proof paper has been invented, by which means the least scratch or alteration of writing notes or legal instruments can be detected immediately. Nothing is wanting now but an invention to secure the payment of real notes when they become due.— N. 0. Picayune. —A gentleman married his servant. A short time after their union they gave an evening party. Conversation nagS, silence reigned, when one of the is said, “ Awful pause!” The lady of the house immediately exclaimed, “ Awful paws, indeed! So would you haveawfnlpawslf you had done the dirty work in your lire that I have!” -Chief-Justice Dorion, of Quebec, is after the lawyers there with a stick that has been sharpened, on account of their long arguments and absurd printed bnefs, vvbich seem to be linked nonsense long drawn out. In one case where .“8150 were at stake one lawyer sent in a brief of 110 pages, the printing of which cost $220. In another, where a servant’s wages were sued for, the plaintiff’s statement occupied 143 printed pages.— Detroit Free Press. —Much indignation is expressed in Berlin papers at the conduct of the cit izens toward the members of the Chinese Legation who may happen to -walk the streets. They are followed by crowds, and their cues pulled, to the great delight of the populace. The police have orders to arrest all oft’enders, and school-teachers have been directed by the Government to urge decent behavior in this matter upon their ypupils. In London and Paris the Chinese Legations have never been annoyed. '

— Potter's American Ninthly publishes, in its department of “Notesand Queries,” the following statement concerning what is called a “ Fourth-of-July Family,” living in Allentown, Pa. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Ward, have been married a little more than ten years, and the births of their eight children have succeeded each other in this regular order: —Jnlv 4,1809, a daughter, Bridget, Uring; 0 iilv 4,1871, a son, James, dead; July 4,1872, a sdn, Barney, living; July 4, 1873, a son, dead; July 4,1874. a son, Chart's, living; July 4.1876. a daughter, Mary Ann, dead; .1 uly 47187fi, a son. dend; July 4,1877, a son, Winnie, living. —lt seems to be the ambition of all young wives to look well when any one calls. The other day a South Side bride heard a ring at the front door. The maid was out , and she rushed upstairs to ‘ fix up’ a little before admitting the caller. There was a moment of lightning work before the dressingcase. Quicker than it takes to tell it, a ribbon was fastened to her throat, a flower stabbed into her hair, a flash of powder on her face, and she was at the door, all smiles and blushes. Tho gentleman said he had walked from Memphis, and couldn’t remember that he had tasted food since he left Cincinnati. —Oil City Derrick. —He had staid until the clock hands hung together at eleven, and that valueble recorder of time was menacing a strike. She had yawned till her mouth had felt large enough for a horse-collar, and yet the young man evinced no symptoms of a speedy departure. “ I’ve been working on a motto to-day,” she finally said, as she held her eyes open with her fingers; “ don’t you want to see it?” He said he did. She brought out the article and passed it to him for inspection. He held it up to the light and read the cheerful- sentence, “There’s no place like home.” The young man guessed he’d be going. Rutland (Me.) Courier. —A servant at Boston Highlands merits distinction for the plucky way in which she fooled a tramp a few days ago, as he was trying to enter the house with evident burglarious intent. Failing in his ruses to induce her to leave the door, he lunged violently against it, and, as the door gave way suddenly, he caught at the hinge-post to save himself from falling with it. The girl saw her opportunity, and violently closed the door again, catching the intruder’s fingers in the crevice. She now had him toul, and she held him there writhing and pleading for mercy until he was thoroughly cowed, and only too eager to escape from the place on the (kiublc-auick. ........

Horse-Racing in England.

Betting, especially on race-courses, is largely on the increase. Whilst thirty or forty years ago there Were not, perhaps, more than 200 professional betting men. there are now probably 2,000, each of them doing a “roaring” business. No one can tell, with any approach to certainty, the amount Of money which changes hands upon the turf;' it is known to be enormous. The owner of the horse which won the Cesarewitch of last year was able to back it to win him £IOO,OOO. Another of the significant facts of the turf was lately stated in a popular magazine—the chief jockey of the period earns in fees as large an income as the Lord High Chancellor of England! Ahd his fees and presents are said to have amounted last year to over £13,000. In. all probability the three principal jockeys of England will earn, or, at all events, receive more money in a year than the whole professional staff’ of a modern university. The recent death of Admiral Rous and the public accession of "the Prince of Wales to the turf conspire to direct re* newed attention to the horse as an instrument of gambling. Horse-racing was once the “ sport of Kings.” and in

England will apparently become so again; but it baa sadly degenerated if it were the Innocent pastime which some assert it waa. Now it ia in aad want of reform, Hoeing, to qse a quaint quotation, that “theturf is daisy’d o’er with scandals.” The running of horses, ns we have tried to show, has become surrounded by all kinds of temptation; the horse is in the hands of gamblers. Gentlemen degrade themselves bv dirtying their hands with a betting-book. Men bribe, and stable boys become corrupt in consequence of the turf having been selected as one of tbe places where people* make haste to be rich. The elements of chicanery which now attend the pastime of horse-racing have given it a bad odor, and it would be a thousand times better that horse-racing should altogether cease than that the race-courses of Great Britain should continue to be seminaries of swindling! —Contemporary Review.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

—Fannie Kemble is sixty-five years of age, and weighs nearly 200 pounds. —Gen. Grant refused to authorize the illustrated papers of Paris to print his portrait. —™ —Mr. Elihu Burritt’s health has so much improved that he hopes to be out again next spring. —Judge Hilton, who seems to know everything about the Stewart family, says that Mrs. A. T. Stewart will never marry again. —Gen. D. H. Hill, the ex-Confedcr-ate, a brother-in-law of Sonewall Jackson, has a Bible class of 200 members in Charlotte, N. C. —lt is said that Winslow, the Boston forger, recently visited three of his friends in that city, and that his hidingplace is not 600 miles away. —President Taylor’s grave, in Jefferson County, Ky., is unmarked by any monument; and Gov. McCreary, of Kentucky, wishes the State Legislature to call upon Congress to put up one. —The oldest member of the House of Representatives is Mr. Patterson, of New York, who is almost seventy-nine years old. The youngest member is Mr. Kenna, of West Virginia, who is twenty-nine years old. —Miss Susan B. Anthony has sent S2OO to assist in defraying the expenses of the Woman Suffrage organization that recently met in Washington, and it is said that she contributes every year as much money to aid the cause as all the rest of its advocates. —Miss Tabitha A. Holton, who has just been admitted by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, to practice at the Bar of that State, is the daughter of a clergyman and is only twenty-two years of ago, small in figure, and of modest, unassuming manners. —Was ever there a sadder episode in human experience than the Charlie Ross abduction? There is not a parent in all this round world whose heart does not go out in deepest sympathy for that fond father and anguished mother, who are bending beneath the weight of sorrow and disappointment which the loss of their pretty, curly-headed boy has brought upon them. —Rochester Democrat. —To a correspondent who talked with President Hayes recently the latter said: “ I don't mind the* callers who merely want to shake hands. They often help me out of a dilemma. For example, I may have some persistent obdurate office-seeker or office-mana-ger. He will press his point, perhaps, until he has put his knees against mine and demands a ‘ yes* or ‘Tio.’ It may be that I.feel rising temper at his aggressiveness. Then 1 think of the people outside, They are always let in on presentation of a card saying 1 respects only.’ 1 see some of them at the instant, desirous to shake hands. Sol turn from the unpleasant caller, and while I talk a minute to the people, have a chance to calm my.. wiaj aM. prepare to answer the question.”

The “Petrified Man” Humbug.

Any doubt as to the real character of the so-called petrified man of Colorado is removed by the confession of Mr. Fitch, one of its makers. Mr. Fitih is the proprietor of a manufactory of artificial stone, of a city in the northern part of this State. He says that George Hull, the maker of the Cardiff Giant, called upon him in February, 1876, and suggested the scheme. • The statue was made near Elklan'd, Pa., the material used being Portland cement, colored with metallic brown. Human bones were introduced where examination was likely to be made, and to prevent injury to the upper part of the body the shin-bone of the cow was inserted through the neck from the middle of the head down to the point of the chest, where the statue subsequently broke. When it was completed it was baked. P. T. Barnum was then taken into the arrangement, and he supplied money, and under his directions the statue was carefully boxed and shipped asjine mar chinery, with a false bottom on steel springs beneath it, to Bridgeport, Conn., in March, 1877, and thence to Colorado Springs. The statue is now in a Broadway cellar, where one of the owners has been introducing into its abdomen a quantity of crystals which were intended to make it stand the final test of scientific men.— N. Y. Evening Post, Jan. 28.

Going Through College.

Theodore Parker never received a diploma, though he pursued the full college course at Harvard. Nor did he fever recite a single line to a professor. His father was pour, and . could not afford to pay 1 the college expenses; but Theodore was bound to have a liberal education. One evening he said— 11 “Father, 1 have entered Harvard College.” “How did you prepare?” asked the astonished parent. “ 1 studied by myself evenings, after the day’s work was done, and mornings before work." He was then assisting liis father on tire farm; “ But 1 cannot pay your expenses in college.” t “ 1 know that; I mean to stay it home and keep up with my class.” And he did more than keep up with the class; part of the time he worked for hisiather at home, and part of the time hetaught school, paying hisfather eleven dollars a month to hire another hand in his place.. He passed the examination successfully, but was not given Ta degree because he had been a non-resident, and had paid no, fees. Subsequently a degree was offered him, on condition of paying the customary fees; but money was scarce, though energy and scholarship were ample, antfjie was obliged to decline it. Wuat a reproach is his example to those who, have everything to help them in a college course, waste time and advantages!— Youth's Companion.

A “Jolly Joke” Turns Out to be a Somewhat Serious Matter.

Tbe good people In La Veto and vicinity nave been considerably exercised of late over a triple wedding which occurred at that place last Sunday night, under most peculiar circumstances. Messrs. F. D. McHolland and E. A. Palmer, and another gentleman whose name has not yet reached Denver, wore calling on thnee young ladies, named respectively Kate Lewis, Addie Patterson and Laura Patterson. The conversation ranged upon the general topics of the day for a short time, but the six gradually paired off, Mr. MoHolland and Miss Lewis occupying one part of the room, Mr. Palmer and Miss Patterson another, and the third gentleman and Miss Laura Patterson still another. All proceeded merrily. Mr. McHolland gradually warmed up to his subject, and at last exclaimed, during a brief general conversation: “ Wouldn’t it be nice for all of us to be married P” “Wouldn’t it, now?” said one of the ladies. “ Just the thing!” said another gentleman. “ Splendid!” said another lady. “I’m In for it!” said another gentleman. “Put’er tliar, old pard!” said his riend. “ Well, now, this is really growing interesting,” said one of the ladies. “ I suppose we’ll be married before morning?” “Yes,” responded the first speaker; •“ married, and well of it.” “Shall I go for the doctor?” asked one of the gentleman. Chorus—“ Yes; make no delay. Let no dust stick to the bottom of your soles. It’s a desperate case.” And off he went. “Ain’t this fun, though?” queried one girl, as the interested messenger was seen to turn the corner. “ The jolliest game!” said the second. The messenger flew with the speed of Mercury himself. W. A. Toflelmire was the “ doctor” before whom he laid the case. Now, Mr. Toffelmiro is a Justice of the Peace, fully authorized by law to solemnize the rite of matrimony. He was at his house waiting for something to turn up. No delay was necessary. He went immediately to the place where he was told that his services were required. No license is necessary for marriage in this State. He called the young parties into the middle of the parlor floor. With a few words solemnly spoken and in due form of law, he pronounced the words that made three of six, and united forever the destinies of these Adventurous couples. f After the ceremony was performed, one of the ladies declared that she had never been a party “to such a jolly joke in all her horn days.” “Joke!” exclaimed the Judge. “Joke! If you think you’ll find this a joke, you are very much mistaken. You’re tied as tight as Haman when he was hung.” No joke! Horrors! What a time for faints! Blank looks took - the place of joyous countenances. The pulses of the young ladies fell below zero from the boiling point in an instant They had not intended to be married, hnt they were. It was a joke, and such a joke as others might laugh at more than those most directly interested. The ladies were young and had not dreamed of matrimony. Beside, it is said that one of them was engaged to a young man who has been digging away in the San Juan mines for the last year, with the hope of getting money enough to set up housekeeping. But what is to be done? Divorce is the only alternative. The nrarried people have not lived together. It is understood that proceedings will at once be commenced to obtain the papers that will set them free again. What plea will he urged cannot be stated, but in the present condition of the minds of the young ladies, there is no doubt that that of incompatibility of temper would prove a good one. Mr. McHolland is Deputy-Sheriff of Huerfano County; Mr. Palmer is Agent for the -Denver & Rio Grande Railroad at La Veta, and the other gentleman is connected with a saw-mill. The ladies reside at La Veta. — Denver (Col.) Tribune. ___

A Small Specimen of Humanity.

Master Franky Flynn, of Norwich, N. Y., is probably the smallest specimen of a boy ever known. He is four and a half years old, and is thus described by the” correspondent of the Utica Observer: “ We went to see him, expecting a Tom Thumb or Commodore Nutt to walk in before us. Imagine our surprise when his grandmother brought him in as one would a goodsized cat. He is not as large as one of Tom Thumb’s legs. In Tom Thumb’s carriage he would look as lonesome as an ordinary man in a circus band-wagon. To sit upon one of Tom Thumb’s easy-chairs would be to him WhSt- it is to the ordinary boy -to perch upon a gate-post when the spring comes. He is smaller than any one can conceive who has not actually seen him. Yesterday he had on two pairs of stockings, and even then the small-est-sized baby shoes were too large for him. His wrist is the size of an ordinary man’s thumb, his ankle but a slight increase. He was dressed in a full suit, like a man. He stands twen-ty-three inches in his shoes, and weighs, clothes and all, twelve pounds. That is the most he ever weighed in his life. Still, he is a lively, sprightly boy, very active, climbing into chairs and getting down; walks around with his hands behind him, ‘like his grandpa,’ and talks and laughs, and is as cute as any boy of his years. He is no larger than he was when one vear old.”

The Fish Torpedo.

It is at Fiume, on the Adriatic, that Mr. Whitehead, the well-known inventor of the fish torpedo, has his principal factory. Scores of skilled laborers work there night and day at the manufacture of these terrible engines of destruction; and under his immediate supervision and continual experimenting this deadly weapon (which in the opinion of many scientific men will in time totally supersede naval artillery) is daily undergoing modifications ana improvements, . which render itl ati nearly life-like in its attributes as it is iu appearance when seen in motion under water. So much does the fish torpedo resemble a porpoise or dolphin when self-propellecTttfough the water at a little depth below the surface that on one occasion, when Mr. Whitehead first began experimenting with them at Fiume, a native sportsman who happened to be on the beach, probably on the lookout for wild fowl, fired at one which was being tried at long range, but iu a direction parallel with the shor®. fit another time Mr. White-

Read lost a torpedo, which, after a lapse of more than a rear, he recovered, through some accidental oasts of fishermen’s nets, and which proved a valuable haul to them eventually, when they took it to Its original owner, although they were at first disappointed to find that the fish was a metal one. Some of the lookers-on, who had seen the hanl at a distance, reported the capture of an enormous monster to the town folk. The price of one of these fish torpedoes, as supplied to the British Government, is about £6OO. Her Majesty's store-ship, Wye, was very recently at Flume, taking in an instalment of a quantity for the supplying of which Mr. Whitehead is undercontract with the government. When first the inventor experimented his fish torpedo the maximum speed attained by it was nine knots; the present ones go through the water for a given distance at the rate of sixteen to eighteen, and some are now in course of construction by order of and for the use of the Russian Government, which will travel at the hitherto unequaled speed of twentyfour knots. Those latter will be of large dimensions, but the given distance at a maximum rate of speed will also be greater and the explosive matter contained in increased nuantity. Each torpedo is tested before delivery, of course only as regards its propelling capacities, its accuracy of adjustment, etc., and not its exploding capabilities, which are naturally taken for granted. —London Times.

Lumbering in California.

The production of lumber is an important industry in California, and, in tact, on the Pacific coast For the past year there has been an over-production and the demand has fallen off. There ’ are too many mills and there has been a great disposition to cut under ih prices. The redwood lumber in California comes principally from Humboldt, Mendocina ana Del Norte Counties. For hundreds of miles the slopes of the Sierras are covered with immense forests of sugar pine, spruce and fir. The best timber is found at an altitude of from 3,500 to 6,000 feet, up to the snow fine. These vast timber resources are being utilized by a company whose operations are of stupendous magnitude, and on a scale probably unparalleled in this country. Their property in mills and other equipments is worth over $2,000,000. Most of their mills are located in the mountains, and number nearly a dozen. They operate over 150 miles of V flume, which floats their lumber from the forests to the yards. This flume was built ten years ago and cost from $1,500 to $2,500 a mile. It runs over tree tops, along mountain sides looking down over 1,000 feet, crosses deep canyons, suspended by trestle work 160 feet in the air, ana then finally reaches the valley. If a man is injured he is placed in a little V-shaped box, sixteen feet in length, and run down the flume at the rate o$K dozen miles an hour to the camp, whore a physician is In readiness to attend him. The 'company operates twenty miles of tramway for hauling their logs to the mills and 200 miles of telegraph, which connects their mills with their main office. The capacity of their mills is 50,000,000 feet yearly. The annual pay-roll is some $450,000. Over 500 men are employed, 500 work cattle and 100 or more horses and mules. It is a wonderful lumber enterprise. The sugar pine lumber of the company, beside finding a home market, goes to Japan, China, Chili, Peru, Australia and New York.— Cor. Boston Journal.

The Tramp Nuisance.

The Chief of the State Detective Force devotes an interesting portion of his report to the “Tramp.” In order to ascertain something definite of the habits and characteristics of this peripatwo men last summer on a tramp in the western part of the State, where they fell in with one gang and another and traveled with them from town to town. They were found to be of various ages and nationalities, and in most cases had in past years been employed in some regular occupation. They had been on the tramp for periods ranging from two or three to fourteen years. During the warm weather they generally slept in barns or in the woods, preferring to keep away from lock-ups and stationhouses. They obtained food by begging and stealing, the latter method apparently being preferred. They were uniformly averse to earning, anything by labor, and though, when begging, they always profess a desire to obtain work, only two were found during a tramp of several weeks who did not scout the idea of working for a living, and show a decided preference for their vagabond life. It was clear that lack of employment had little or nothing to do with the wanderings of these vagrants. They did not seek employment and did not want it, but preferred to subsist upon charity and plunder. One said that it was his habit in winter to-go to some large, city, and commita. petty crime that would send him to some public institution,to be taken care of till warmer weather. There was a complete lack of moral scruple among them, which showed what a dangerous element they might become in the community. Not only did they steal without the least compunction, but there was no doubt that they were ready for any crime that could gratify revengeful or other passions, provided there was a fair chance to escape detection and punishment. In many localities they were a terror to the inhabitants, and obtained what they asked for because unprotected women in the houses which they visited did not 'dare 1 refuse. Ueveral parties hi July set out for Pennsylvania to join in the railroad riots, and others waited about the stations along the Boston & Albany Road in anticipation of a strike. It was plain that their purpose was plunder, and they were ready to take advantage of any opportunity to join in a lawless outbreak. The Chief of the Detective Force is of the opinion that the “tramp system” had its origin in the return- of .“.bummers ” and camp-fol-lowers from the armies after the war. These men had become accustomed to a life of vagrancy and had no disposition to settle down at any regular occupation; but their ranks were soon recruited by the idle and thriftless vagabonds who now for the most part fill the realm of the tramps.— Boston Globe. Nobody knows where you go or how long you stay, if you are broke, but everybody wants to know which way you went and if they think they’ll eatoh you if you happen to be broker. These are times of perilous financial uncertainty.— Burlington Hawk-Eye. While growling at her husband last summer a woman in Chicago was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Ladies should paste this paragraph in their hats.