Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1878 — Page 2

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General News Summary.

mum| av a ■uIMCIWkM vnvni waaninn ■ via* tmfr. J&uraHSHiT, known tor nearly forty yurt at the bend of the Smlthmminn Tn■MmU to Wathlnfton, died, oo the 18ih, teed Tnu mare legal-tender l nited States note. wWirtln, on the Uth, to the amount of ••**,681,015 Fractional currency outaUml--Ib*, *ls,6s4,9Bl—making a total of •1X0,485,At a eancßt of the Democratic member* of the National Bonce of Representatives, held o« the 14U, it was unanimously a*reed‘ that the Potter infeat Ration resolution then before the Howe should be finally acted upon before ear other basinets should be transacted, and it was resolved that all Democratic memhars out of the dty be notified to return to Waehin*ton, and, after due notice, that all •udatfea* pairs he declared at an end.

Tb Republican members of the House of RepMMntattrea held a caucus on the 15th, and unanimously resolved that the Potter resolution, then pending in the House, was “an attempt, in a form unjustifiable and illegal, to reopen the question of the Presidential title—a question solemnly settled by the actkm of the Forty-fourth Congress—and therefore revolutionary and destructive of good order, business prosperity and the peace of the country.” It was also resolved, almost unanimously, that the effort of the Democratic majority to,force upon the House, without opportunity for amendment or debate, a measure of such a revolutionary character, should be resisted by all means which are authorized by the rales of the House. Tns preamble to the Potter Investigation resolution adopted by the National House of Representatives, on the 17th, sets forth the actioa of the Maryland Legislature in declaring that due effect was not given to the Electoral rate cast by that Btate last December, by reason of fraudulent returns in the Electoral votes from Florida and Louisiana, and sets tbrth lhe tfltdarft Of McLlu alleging fraud in the Btate of Florida whereby the choice of the people of that State was annulled; and further arts forth the alleged conspiracy in the State Of Louisiana, whereby a like result was brought about In that State, reversing the true vote thereof. The resolution provides for the appointment of a committee of eleven members of the House to inquire injo these alleged frauds, and that said committee shall have power to send for persons and papers, to administer oaths and to take testimony, and to detail sub-com-mittees with like full authority, and with power to sit In Florida and Louisiana. The resolution offered by Mr. Hale, and which Mr. Potter refused to accept as an amendment, extended the scope of the proposed investigation by including Oregon, Mississippi and other States where frauds or attempts at frauds were alleged to have been committed. Pbot. Bfekckx F. Baird, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, has been elected Secretary in place of Prof. Henry, deceased.

THE MAST. The sixty-eighth anniversary of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Mission* was held in New York, on the night of the 12th. The Board was organized in 1810, and since then has sent SHO ordained missionaries to all parts of the world. They are now working in forty-six different tongues, among various races and climes, virtually giving the gospel to 100,000,000 people. They have educated more than 400,000 pupils and organized 350 churches, with a membership of 83,000. The present number of laborers from America, men and women, is 391, of whom 151 are ordained missionaries. There are 1,100 native laborers aiding in the work. Catherine E. Beecher, sister of Henry Ward Beecher, died at noon, on the 12th, at the residence of Tbos. K. Beecher, in Elmira, H.I. Gen. Thor. S. Dakin, Captain of the American Rifle Team, died very suddenly In New York City, on the 13th. He attended church the evening before his death, in apparent good health. He died of paralysis of the heart. The Maine “National Greenback” State Central Committee has called a State Convention for the nomination of State officers to be held at Lewiston on the sth of June. The Pennsyvania Supreme Court has lately decided that, when an insured person is in such a Mate of mental Incapacity as to be unconscious of the consequences of his acts, suicide by him fails without the provision in his policy In regard to self-slaughter, and does not absolve Hie insurer from liability. The Pennsylvania Republican State Convention was held on the 15tb. Gen. Harry M. Hoyt was nominated for Governor ; Ctaae. IV. Stone for Lieutenant-Govemer; James P. Sterrett for Supreme Judge; Aaron K. Dunkle for Secretary of Internal Affairs. The platform adopted declares opposition to free trade in whatever form presented; favors protection to home Industry “ that labor and capital Way both be profitably employed;” declares that American commerce should be fostered and home enterprise developed by the National Government; that the public lands should be reserved exclusively for actual settlers; declares opposition to the payment of claims from the National Treasury to those lately engaged in, or sympathizing with, the Rebellion ; expresses Sympathy with the Southern Republicans “on the unequal contest to which they are subjected for civil liberty and the maintenance of their Constitutional privilege*,’’etc., etc. ’ The New York Legislature adjourned aue die, on the 15th. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church met in Pittsburgh, on the 16th. In consequence of the illness of Dr. Ellis, of Oakland, Cal., Dr. Morris, of Cincinnati, ncted as Moderator and preached the opening •ermon. Rev. Dr. Francis L. Patton, of Chic, f°i **• elected Moderator for the ensuin'* year.

Ta* General 8j nod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America met in New York City, on the 16th. Rev. A. G. Wylie re elected Moderator to serve during 1818 H. Mgs. Ltdia Shzbxax, the poisoner, who was serving a life sentence in the Connecticut SUte Prison, died, on the 16th. Twa New York Syndicate, which recently contracted with the Secretary of the Treasury to dispose of #30,000,000 of bonds by Jan. 1,1870. hare anticipated their options and subscribed for the entire amount. It was reported in New the 17th, that the parties composing the Syndicate had offered t® take #50,000,000 of the 4 per 'cents with the option of #30,000,000 additional. Gold closed in New York, on May 17th, at 100#f. The following were the closing quotations for produce: No. 8 Chicago Spring, Wheat, *1.80X01.31; No. 8 Milwaukee. *1.28X @1.24. Os*» Western and State, Cora, Western Mixed, 51%@53c. Pork, Mess, #9.80. Lard, #7.00. Flour, Good to Choice, #4.9505.15; Winter Wheat, #5.8006.50. Cattle, #9.00011.50 for Good to ***»• Sheep, flogs, #B.flo@ 8.75. At East Liberty, Pa., on May 17tb, CatUe brought: Beat, #5.0006.25; Medium, #4.850 L3O; Common, #4.8504.5a flogs soldIpPr Philadelphia*, #8.600 S.n. Hbeep brought #B.ooo4.7s—according A* Irtthaore. lid., on May l?th, Cattle Sett, Medium,

•4.00®*. 75. Hog* sold at *4.70(3535 for Good. Sheep were quoted at •i.Olfcjt&.OO for Good. _____ wwrr and Mirra. Miss Kate Morris, of New Orleans, was burned to death a few nights ago, by the explosion of a coal-oil lamp. Bishop MoCoskry has recently addressed s letter to Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, President of the House of Bishops, withdrawing his resignation and announcing the abandonment of his contemplated journey to Europe, and hie readiness to answer Me accusers according to the forms and methods provided in the canons of the Church. He solemnly and emphatically denies the truth of the allegations made against Mm. A nor, named George A. Moore, aged fifteen years, died In Chicago, on the 11th, of whst wss believed to be hydrophobia, caused by the bite of a dog about three weeks before. The Michigan Democratic State Nominating Convention wilt be‘held at Lansing, on the2Sth of June. One side of the public square at Pulaski, Tenn., ws* burned on the 12th. Loss, 5100,000. In Chicago, a few lavs ago, a woman apparently died and was laid out for burial. During the wake which followed her apparent death, the alleged dead woman astonished her mourning friends by rising up in bed and ask ing the cause of their lamentations. She wss considerably surprised to know that physicians had pronounced her dead and her friends were waking her supposed remains. It seems she had taken an overdose of chloroform. On the 13th. at St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. Elizabeth Dowlcr was shot and killed by her nephew, a lad about six years old. He h*d got hold of an old revolver, and accldcutally flred it off, with the result stated.

Six years ago Julia Leblanc, daughter of a Jefferson County (Mo.) farmer, mysteriously disappeared and was never again seen alive. A few days since a negro, while shooting on the banks of the Mississippi, near New Madrid, Mo., saw a skiff floating down the stream, and, on overhauling It, found that it had for freight a female skeleton, w bich proved to be that of the missing girl. The theory Is that site was strangled and placed in the skiff which was tied to the bank of a small creek leading into the main stream where the underbrush effectually concealed It from observation; and that the Isiat remained there until HsrTOp?~ronsa;Trtreir-ftptoßiwrTtowirtlir creek and into the Mississippi and was secured as above narrated. A rsw mornings ago, Annie Farrell, a domestic employed by S. J. Moe, of Chicago, was burned to death by the explosion of a quantity of kerosene, which she was using to kindle the kitchen fire.

Tns anniversary meeting of the National Temperance Society opened In Chicago on the 14th. Vice-President E. S. Wells presided. The address of welcome was delivered by Rev. Dr. \V. W. F.verts, of Chicago. In Ids address the Corresponding Secretary stated that the liquor problem was becoming more and more a recognized paramount question of praetiea politics. The Treasurer’s rci-ort shows receipts for the year from publications, *46,898.62;' donations, $7i,182.13, making a total of *54,080.75. Expenses for the same period, *54,070.30. The Ohio Legislature adjourned, on the 15tli, until next January. Among the bills passed by that body is one allowing women to practice law. The Colorado State Democratic Convention will be held at Pueblo, on the 15th of July. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church South met at Knoxville, Teuu., on the l6tli. Rev. Thomas E. Pecß. D. D. of Virginia, was elected Moderator for 1878. The next Democratic State Convention of Ohio is to be held at Columbus, on the 26th of June. - y The General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church met at Lebanon, Tenn., on the 16th. Rev. W. D. Bushnell, of California, was elected Moderator for the ensuing year. In Chicago, on May 17th, Spring Wheat No. 2 closed at $1.10(i£l. 10% cash. Cash Corn closed at 39%c for No. 2. Cash Oats No. 2 sold at 2fi)jc; and 36c seller J une. Rye No. 2. 59e. Barley No. 2, 53 @ 53>£c. Cash Mess Pork closed at *B.IO. Lard. $0.70. Beeves— Extra brought *[email protected]; Choice, *4.85 (35.00; Good, *4.30(a>4.65; Medium Grades, *[email protected]; Butchers’ Stock, *2.75(34.00; Stock Cattle, etc., [email protected]. Hogs—Good to Choice, *3.15(33.40. " Sheep—Poor to Choice, *[email protected].

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. On the 11th, an attempt was made to assassinate the Emperor of Germany. Emil Hoedel fired two pistol shots into the royal carriage, neither of which took effect. He and his accomplice, named Krueger, were subsequently arrested. According to a St. Petersburg dispatch of the 13th, Berlin bankers had subscribed for the loan recently asked for by the Russian Government, and had made a preliminary advance of 50,000,000 roubles. On the same day tlie official paper published a proclamation calling for the formation of a volnutecr fleet to defend the “just cause, in case any adversary of Russia should provoke war.” Oijythe 13th, the wife of John Bright, the Liberal member of the British Parliament, died at her home in Rochdale, of apoplexy. The Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Militia has ordered a distribution of arms and military stores at various points along the border, and holds a large force in hand to repel an anticipated Fenian movement from the United States. The intelligence from the Mussulman irt-‘ surrectionary districts, received on the 14th, was to the effect that the movement was rapidly spreading, and that Albanians and Bulgarians vert participating. Ax explosion occurred in an ammunition factory in Paris, on the 14th, which destroyed the manufactory and adjacent buildings and caused the loss of several lives.

Okcbo, the Japanese Minister of the Interior was lately assassinated. Ix consequence of the pressure from Hungary, the opposition of the Porte and the influence of England, Austria has abandoned her intention to occupy Bosnia. A CoxtjlXTlNOple dispatch of the 15th says the Russians were throwing up intrenchmeuts at San Stefano, and arming them with Krupp guns. '*■ Gex. Todlebex has notified the Porte that unless the Turkish Commissioners induce the insurgents to disperse, he wii! kitnself adopt severe repressive measures. Loxdox dispatches of the 15th say the political atmosphere wa6 once more clouded, and British opinion was crystallizing into the belief that war would be declared before many days. It was stated that Lord Salisbury, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, had stated at dinuer that day that peace or war would be decided u(«on within .ten.djtyS, and that he believed it would be war. Instructions had been received at Chatham to graut no olllcer or soldier an hour’s leave of absence on any pretext whatever. ”"TV

Riots occurred la Blackburn and Burnley, Eng., on the 15th, which required the efforts of the military to stop. ' At the latter place a laige warehouse was burned. The riotous conduct was caused by the refusal of the masters to compromise with the strikers. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Princess and the Prince of Denmark, visited the Ainerican section of the French Exposition on the 15th. He said he was greatly pleased. A KECEXT earthquake at Cua. in Venezuela, destroyed much property and caused the loss of 600 lives. THE recent drought in the District oi Dome-, ran in British Guiana efitaik-d a loss to tlie planters of between #3,OOcMKK) and #4,<JUO,OiS.

Berlin dispatches of the 16th aa; the PanSclavist party of Russia was rapidly gaining the ascendency, and that its triqmph meant war with England. Skrvu ha* Increased her army of otieerva. tlop from 15,000 men to 35000. The concentration of a large Turkish force on the frontier is believed in Belgrade to forbode mischief to ScFVia. and has' largely stimulated war preparations. A Bkiaikade dispatch announces the resignation of the Servian Ministry. The Russijujjqjjlitgry autborltiee., have forbidden the Bessarabian members of the Roumanian Parliament to attend any more sittings of that Assembly. It was reported from Vienna, olf the 17th, that the Mussulman Insurgents had secured slid were bolding three of the Balkan Passes, and that the Turkish Commission had been unable to induce them to give them up. TliE ( Jurks have again attacked the Christians In the Island of Crete. A Bt. Petekhbi-ro telegram of the 17th say* that Count Schouvaloff had succeeded in converting the Emperor to his pacific view*, and Would immediately return to his post In London. It was lielieved that the meeting of the Euro|iean Congress was assured, and that the gathering would take place within a fortnight, unless further complications arose. On the 17th, Gen. Todleben sent a note to the Porte demanding: First, the immediate evacuation'')! Slnimla, Varna and Batoum; second, the removal of the Turkish Camp ,at Maslak, and third, permission to occupy Buyukdere. It was believed the Turks would tight rather than yield to these demands.

FOKTY-FlFTtl fIONGRHSS, Senate not in session on the 11th. Bills were passed in the House—for the relief of settlers on public lands; providing that any person who shall plant and maintain for eight years ten acres of timber land shall lxf entitled to a patent for a full quarter section; permitting Nebraska to cede certain territory to Missouri; providing for the sale of timher lands in California. Oregon, Washington Territory, Nevada and Colorado, in quantities not exceeding 16) acres to any one citizen at a minimum price of *2.614 per acre, and making it unlawful to cut any timber on public lands ... A hill wns reported from the Committee on l’uhlic Lands, ami referred to the Committee of the Whole, providing for the loan of #SOO to every person who sliall settle on the public lands under the Homestead law, the act to be in operation until *lO,(100.000 fc ave been thus expended. AThEL" was introduced in the Senate^ ott the 13th, to levy, by the Moffett bell-punch, a (ax on liquors in all places in the District of Columbia where intoxicating liquors are sold by the drink.... Several amendments to the Poetofhce Appropriation bill were agreed to. In the House, Mr. Potter presented a resolution directing an investigation, by a select committee of eleven, into the alleged frauds committed in Florida and Lomsiana in the late l’residential election. After considerable discussion, the Speaker decided that the preamble and resolution presented a question of the highest privilege, and must -be received. An appeal was taken from this decision and a motion to lay the appeal on the table was agreed to—l2B to 108. Mr. bale asked Mr. Potter to yield to him that he might offer an amendment, which he desired read. Mr. Potter refused to allow the amendment to be read, but asked as to its purport, and on subsequently ascertaining that it embraced the question of alleged frauds in other than the two State* named in the resolution, refused to receive the amendment on the ground that it was not germane to the resolution, and would he of no practical effect. When Mr. Potter insisted upon tiie previous question, the Republican members refuaed to vote, thus indicating no quorum present anti voting. The Army Appropriation bill was reported . A bill was passed prohibiting the further coinage of three and fivecont silver pieces, and declaring subsidiary silver coin a legal tender hi amounts nst exceeding twenty dollars.

In the Senate, on the 14th, the House amendments to tl* bill authorizing citizens of Colorado, Nevada and the Territories t<»;feli and remove timber on the public domain for mining and domestic purposes, were concurred in. ana the bill was passed Several bills were reported from committees and placed on the. calendar. . The Pfistoffice Appropriation hill waa farther amended and passed.... Messrs. Coke and Harris spoke in favor of the bill to repeal the SpecieResumption act. The dead-lock continued in the House on the investigation resolution of Mr. Potter, the Speaker announcing the regular order to be on seconding the demand for the pre - vious question. The Republicans refrained from voting, thus leaving the House without a quorum, as there were Dut 113 Democrats present--146 being necessary to make a qu' 'rum. After farther filibustering on the part of the Republicans, a motion to adjourn was carried—l3l) to 104. In the Senate, on the 15th, the petition of Robt. G. Ingersoll and others favoring the repeal of the law forbidding the transportation of obscene literature through the mails was reported from the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and referred to the Judiciary Committee ...The bill authorizing the publication for sale of an edition of the narrative of the Polaris Expedition was passed.... Bills were introduced and referred —to authorize the Postmaster-Gen-eral to place mail aerviee on any public highway, river or railroad wherever public service requires it; increasing to seventy-two dollar* a month the pension of certain pensioned soldiers and sailors who have lost both arms, or both feet, or the sight of both eyes, in the service of the country. In the House, the Senate resolution for the -final adjournment of Congress, on the 10th of June, came up as a question of the highest privilege, and a motion whs agreed to—l3o to 106—to postpone its farther consideration until the 29th of Slay .... The dead-lock on the Potter resolution continued, the highest number of votes cast by the Democrats on the motion to second the previous question being 120. the Republicans still refusing to vote. A call showed 268 members present, but efforts to get a quorum to vote were ineffectual, and the House finally adjourned.

A concurrent resolution was submitted bv Mr. Butler of South Carolina, and referred, iji the Senate, on the 16th; providing fora Commission to consist of two Senators, three members of the House and three officers of the regular army who have Fervcd not less than ten years, to whom shall be referred the whole subject of the reform and reorganization of the Army, the commission to assemble as soon as practicable, and to report to the next session of Congress through the President of the United States.... The House joint resolution-to print 300,00 i copies of the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1877, and 5.000 copies of the Colonial Charters and Constitutions, was passed. . .The bill to repeal the Specie-Resumption act was further con sidered, and Mr. Matthews submitted an amendment, in the nature of a substitute, providing for the reissue of Treasury notes when redeemed, the amount of legal-tender notes outstanding at any time not to exceed $350,000,000, ana further providing for a coin-re-serve f and of #100,000,000, and that bonds of the United States shall be sold for legal-tender notes, and that legal-tender notes shall be receivable for all debts, public and private, except principal and interest of the public debt. The dead-lock continued in the House, two or three votes being had without indicating a e,norum. One call showed 261 members present, but the Republicans still refrained from voting on the motion to second the previous question on the Investigation resolution. The la*t vote showed 142 Democrats present, or within five of a quorum. A motion to adjourn wasagreed to, bv a vote of 141 to 116.

Several Pension bills were passed in the .Senate, on the 17th.... A number of bills were reported from committees and placed on the calendar..’. -A resolution was adopted instructing the Committee onßnles to consider the propriety of admitting the heads of bureaus of Executive Departments of the Government to the floor of the Senate during the sessions thereof.... Adjourned to the 20th. Tiie Senate amendments to the Indian Appropriation bill were, noh-coucurred in by the Ilppm?.',. -Altera protracted strugwlo and the issuing of a warrant to the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest and bring in f u li rnemhers as were absent without leave, the Democrats succeeded in securing at quorum of their own number, and the previous question; on the Putter motion, then was ordered— l4B to 1. 4 motion to lav the resolution on the table was then defeated —ils to 145 and the preamble and resolution wore finally adopted—l 42 to 2—the Repuhiieans-refus-ing to vote. Messrs. Mills and Moo e (Dem.) voted in the negative. Dining the eouteet on.the previous-question motion. Mr. Goode explained why be voted after a previous pair with Mr, Loring, and Mr. Conger made the remark that it was simply a question of honor whether he (Goode) would break his pair. Mr. Goode replied that he rould take care of his own honor, and if Mr. Conger assailed it ha should lie held personally responsible. Demands being made that the remarks of the gentlemen be taken down, the Speaker deeidea that the words of Mr. Cunger were not parliamentary if they were used in an offensive sense, and that a man's honor could not be called in question without allowing him to defend it i. - —A brother of the bite Vice-Presi-dent Wilson opens the door for visitors to the United States Senate Chamber, and a brother of Senator Blaine, who only slightly resembles him. folds papers in the document room. |

miscellaneous items. —Azure way of being miserable is to feel blue. ’—‘Hose who watch history speak of it as a repeater. —What sort of implement does a man use when he cudgels his brainsP —Mr. Darwin holds that Heaven’s best boon to mankind is the baboon. —The difference between a cow and a milkman is that the former gives pure milk. This may be chalked down as a fact— Puck. —During the past winter a New Hampshire woman has cut and piled twentv-three cords of wood. She wishes to be known by her ax. —“ The biscuit," says a newspaper writer, “is the National gastric clog, the huge sporegerm of self-propagating and self-perpetuating dyspepsia.’’ A Japanese in Europe writes back home that it is really no uncommon thing to see a European husband and wife walking arm-in-arm in public. —lt is a good rule to be very patient with the faujts of others and very impatient with your own. As a general thing, however, the rule is reversed. —A man in Maine applied for five gallons of rum for “mechanical purposes.” “ For what mechanical purposes?” “Forraising a bam,’’ wasthe reply. ■ * • '

—Sulphate of quinine and sulphate of morphia were supposed by a Cincinnati druggist to be about thesame thing. He discovered his error when he killed a boy. —“What are Prussia's terms?” asked a visitor referring to the San Stefano Treaty. “Two dollars a year, in advance, 1 ’ replied the abstracted editor. — Hawk-Eye. —ls you are just penitent enough to be sorry that you got caught, that is one thing; but if you are penitent enough not to commit the same offence again, that is a very different thing.— N. Y. Herald. —Fame is tardy in reaching some men; but if a man is deserving it is bound to strike him sooner or later. A Berks County'edrtorlfisba3 _ ayßTue ; red canal-boat named after him. — Norristown Herald. —A witness, on being cross-ques-tioned lately, swore that he was in the habit of associating with every grade of society, from lawyers up: The lawyer who “ had him in hand” gasped out “ That’s all!” and sat down.

—“ England, sir! England rules the seas! Britannia rules the waves,” pompously remarked an Englishman to an American. “ That’s nothing,” was the reply, “every Yankee has a notion of his own.” —Boston Commercial Bulletin. —“Three of the sweetest words in the English language,” remarks a sentimental exchange, “ begin with H, which is only a breath—Heart, Hope and Home.” Surely; same way with hunkers, hog and hossfly. —Burlington Hawk-Eye —Little five-year-old is having hex first experiences of spring in the country. Looking At a pear tree in full bloom, the other day, she exclaimed; “ Why, mamma ! Just look at that trite. It’s all covered with popped corn!”— Boston Transcript. —His mother was mending his primer, which showed sad evidence of wear and tear. He looked on for a while in a brown study, and then said: “Ma, why are you like one of them prize opera singers?” “I'm sure I do not know, my child. Why?” “Because you’re a primer-darner.” —An abandoned baby in a Central New York town wore the following explanation: “ I was born on the 21st of January, 1878; have no father or mother but God in Heaven. lam not baptized, bnt would like to be. and then find a father and mother to take care of me in honor of God. Yours in Christ.”

—A Buffalo clergyman, the Rev. D. R. Frazer, of the First Presbyterian Church, being disturbed on a recent Sunday morning by the exit of three young men who inarched out with squeaking boots just after he had announced bis text, said: “That strikes me as the.coolestpiece of impertinence L have experienced in some time.” —The bright lexicon of youth, in which the world fail is not printed, does hot seem to be in extensive use nowadays. The other edition, however, in which all the disagreeable words and phrases are found; such as “ fail,” “burst,” “played out” and “gone where the woodbine tvvinetb,” is having an extensive sale.— New York Herald. —Here is something of interest to every parent: A number of infants Have recently didd in London apparently from erysipelas. It has now been discovered that death was caused by the adulteration of “violet powder” with white arsenic. Some of the powder which was analyzed was found to contain 25 per cent, of the deadly poison. These trade tricks travel quickly, and unfortunately white arsenic is very cheap. —“E. E. Hale thinks there never was an eloquent woman,” says an exchanged Let Mr. Hide, in his wanderings through the suburbs of the city, find a small woman with a thin lip, a bulging eye and a turn-up nose, and let him slap the rascally towheaded brat of that woman while she is engaged, in wringing out some checked shirts and a rea flannel petticoat in the back yard, at the same "time stopping to “ aass back” at her—let him try it once, and if he should persist in thinking that there never was an ’ eloquent woman, why, then, the conclusion is inevitable that he doesn’t know what an eloquent woman is. —Louisville Courier-Journal.

The Transit of Mercury.

It is yet too soon even to conjecture, with anything like certainty, what results will flow from the many observations made of the planet Mercury’s recent transit across the face of the sun. Two points of importance are certain, namely, that the weather was particularly favorable for the making of observations, and that every availaable telescope of the country' was used, with the best aids to varied and accurate observation that could be provided. There are several astronomical questions which these observations are intended to solve, in whole or ip part, but two Of them so outweigh the others that their solution may be said to be the object sought by all the astrono mers. One of these is the question of the sun’s distance from the earth—a question the full, accurate and conclusive answer to which would furnish the I. means of solving by accurate calculation a vast body of mathematical problems with reference to the solar system, and would at once greatly advance astronomical science in its store of facts and in the accuracy of its com-1 potations. For purposes of this kind the recent transit of Mercury was far

lew valuable to astronomers than the late transit of Vonua, but it is hoped atleast that the observations of Mercury may correct or oonfinn the results obtained at the time of Venus’ transit and may thus narrow still furthor the margin of doubt which exists with respect to the exact distance between the sun and the earth. By far the most interesting question which was sought to be answered yesterday, however, was whether or not there is a planet nearer the sun than Mercury is. Le Verrier, whose mathematical calculations revealed the existence and the place of one planet before it was seeu, thought that the existence of still another planet, revolving within the orbit of Mercury, was shown by certain peculiarities of Mercury’s motion. The existence or non-exist-enceof this inter-Mercurial planet was from the first a matter of profound curiosity among astronomers, and the more because certain trustworthy observers have believed that they have seen the supposed planet, while the accuracy of their observations has not been confirmed by others which ought to have confirmed it if they were right in believing that they had seen the new planet. Without attempting to give more than the most popular statement of the matter, we may say that to solve this question it was necessary to discover whether or not the planet Mercury shows increased motion at its perihelion—that is to say, in that part of its orbit which brings it nearest the sun—as Le Verrier supposed. Upon this supposed increased motion Le Verrier’s theory of the existence of an interior planet rested. It is not to be expected, of course, that an exact agreement will appear between the results of the observations made in various parts of the country, because the condition of the atmosphere and many other circumstances may affect the accuracy of so nice a matter at any given station; but the Washington observations which were made with the very best apparatus at hind, show pretty conclusively an increased motion even greater than that on which Le Verrier founded his calculation, and so far as reports have been received the observations made at other points generally confirm this conclusion. The figures are yet to be worked out in many places, comparisons are to be made, and the exact results will not be known immediately, but the indications are pretty clear that Le Verrier’s theory will prove to be correct. Prof. Peters, of Hamilton College, in this State, believes that he has made an interesting discovery in observing the transit, namely, that Mercury has an atmosphere. Sis full report on this point will be awaited with much interest. If the indications upon which he founds his belief shall prove to be satisfactory to himself and to his fellow astronomers when examined critically, Prof. Peters will have made a contribution of moment to the store of astrdnoraical facts which American observers have so greatly’ enriched of late years.—A. ¥. Evening Post.

A Boy’s Description of the Bee.

One day Billy, wieh had been a readin that poetry about the bee, and the ant, and sech things, kep a sayin it over til we ol got sick of hearin it, so one time wen he come in the dron room and bust out with How duth the little bizzy bee! my father he said, William, that inseck has past a tolably quiet nite, and is a doin as wel as cude be expedited, it is very good of your master to send you to inquire so offten, but it is a nusance ol the same, so lam about to isshuethis bulletin, wich will save you any further trubble. Wen he said that my father pict up a paper wate and made like he was a goin to fling it, but Billy he improved the shinin our by dashing thru the dore into the passidge. I hate bees cos some fokes wich writes is ol ways a crackin’ ’em up, like they was the mose industirus, and ordly, and p'easable, and clever things in ol this worl, and little boys and girls ot to be like ’em. But wot if little boys and girls wude sting like they does? The hunny wich is tuke out of bee hives is sweet, but frute cake is the stuf for me. Bees wax, wich my mother uses wen she sose the baby’s frox, is nothing but just hunny comb, but not like you comb your head with. The way the bees makes wax is this way. A bee goes to. a. flour and roles in it, and the dust sticks to his legs and makes him feel uncomfitablc, and wen he cant stan it no longer, he goes back to the hive, and wen he gits in there the hoi porter bee says boots! Then the boots bee comes and brushes the dust oft’ the bee wich roled in the flours legs, but dont sweep it up, and so many a goin in and out it gits tramped into mud wich is wax. But how they bores the six corner holes in ft, les they do it with a sifle corner oggur, and were they gits the hunny to put ’em, is wot beats me! Maybe you have hear about a bee line. Wen a bee gits his legs loded, like I tole you, and wants a brush up, it flise rounand roun, gitting high upper and high upper, ol the time, till it sees wich way the hive is, and then it has wasted so much time it has got to fli mity strafe to git home fore dark, and that is a bee line. If it didden’t think itseif so onederful clever it wude start of to random and inquire the way and git home lots quicker and not so far to go, but bees is bees. Only I don’t like ’em to be throde up to me as if they knode it 01, and me and Billy was a fool.

Las summer our dog Towser was a 1\ in in the sun a trine to sleep, but the flies was that bad he cuddent, cos he had to ketch ’em, but bimebyabee lit on his head, and was a wokking a bout like the dog was hisen. Towser hehel his head stu, and wen the bee was close to his nose Towser winked at me, like he said you see wot this duffer is a doin, he thinks I’m a lily of thevally wich issent opn yet, but you jus wait till I blossom and you will see some good fun, and sure enuf Towser opend his mouth very slow so as not to friten the bee, and the bee went inside Towser’s mouth. Then Towser he shet, his eyes dreemv, and his mouth too, and had begun to make a peaceafle smile wen the bee stung him, and you never see a lilly Of the valley aek so in ol your life! —Little Johnny , in N. Y. Weekly. —----- Poqr young thing! She fainted away at the wash-tub, and her pretty nose went kerslop into the soapsuds. Some said it was overwork; others, however, whispered that her beau had peeped over the back fence and called out, “Hullo, there, Bridget, is Miss Alice at home?” . i A CRYING want— Tq come down to actual business, what the country imperatively demands is more Honorary Commissioners to the Paris Exposition. —Sew Orleans Times. t

Employer and Employed.

Whenever either employer or employed forgets that there is a community of interest between the, two, both are sufferers. Thie-irtrueof all kinds of business In which the two classes come in contact. The employer who has no other interest in his help than to get out of them all that their strength will permit them to do, will soon find that his employes will become equally as selfish, iiikl that not only the least possible amount of labor that will prevent tnoir discharge will be done, but that what is done will be imperfectly performeo, and the employe who has no other interest than to get his money, is a detriment to any man who employs him In some establishments, and on some farms, a stranger would be unable to tell, from the language or actions of the help, that they were employes. Whenever they speak of the affairs of their employer, they don’t speak of them as if he was wholly responsible, and that they had no responsibility whatever, but their language conveys the idea that they feel their own responsibility, and that the successor failure of the business is a matter of anxiety to them; and their actions accord with their words. Nine out of ten employers greatly appreciate such a manifestation of interest, and it really seems to lighten the burden which always necessarily rests upon a business man. If an employe has such an interest in the affairs of his employer, there is no mistaking it. It will show itself on every conceivable occasion; aud if he has been so unfortunate as to find a man who does not appreciate his merits, they will not long go unrewarded, for others will see them, and be glad to avail themselves of them. It is, no doubt, the case with human Nature, that it is selfish in all of its relations of life, and perhaps the great majority of men are too apt to slight their duties, instead of doing everything upon honor, and performing services for others as they would perform the same service for themselves; but there are men, and a great many of them, who aiHJ strictly conscientious in the performance of their duties as employes, and it is such men who will always win.— Western Rural.

The Increased Suicide Rale.

That there is an alarming increase in the number of suicides in this country is evident on reading the records as published in the daily papers. Every day the dispatches chronicle the suicide of from thyee to five persons, whose prominence or the circumstances of whose death make the announcement of general interest. During one month of the present year the weekly average of such suicides was over twenty, and possibly the average has been nearly as great for all the months. The reported cases take in all grades of society, and include young people as well as old; people prosperous and in good health, as well as people disappointed and sick. A correspondent of the Inter-Ocean expresses his opinion that the increase in the suicide rate is owing to the publication of the particulars of every case of suicide, and the throwing about the" act, in so many instances, the atmosphere of martyrdom or heroism. Believing that the publication of such cases exercises an unwholesome influence on persons of morbid imagination, leading them to adopt, for the sake of notoriety, the methods of the suicide, this correspondent asks that all suicide items be omitted, at least from the weekly edition of the Inter-Ocean. This approximates to a theory of suicides that has many advocates. As a wayward and disappointed boy takes a .melancholy satisfaction in doing something that will make him sick, and picturo the remorse and grief of his parents when they see him sick unto death, so it is argued that a person suffering from disease or worried by disappointment and trouble, turns to a resort that promises relief from all, and to an act that, while it stops all reproaches, arouses the sympathy of friends and appeals to the charity’ of enemies. . »— —, : —-

Has a man been wronged, he imagines that self-destruction in some waymakes the fact prominent, and that his self-immolation makes the public the instrument for reproaching and punishing those who have wronged him. A man who thinks he has not been understood or appreciated is apt to fancy thaf Tiis sudden taking off in a mysterious way will open the eyes of the world to the talent and ability- that was allowed to perish With him, and, animated by this thought, he takes his re'venge on the public by an act which he hopes will tear their hearts with remorse. The letters left by many suicides show that in some such spirit they contemplated self-destruction. Others write as though they were simply tired of life, and disgusted with--their-own infirmities. Others, again, write not at all, but carry all clew as to motive with them into the beyond. While the public looks upon suicide as cowardly, it is easy for the person who has determined on suicide to convince himself that his act is in some sense heroic. Certain ife is,that much thinking on suicide makes men mad, and in~seeking causes for the increased rate of selfdestruction, we may find the principal one in the fact that with the change in public opinion toward the suicide has come a disposition to dwell more on the romantic and peculiar features of suicide cases.

In the old time the suiqide was counted in the list of outcasts. The act itself received the severest condemnation of the Church, and was looked upon with horror by the people. There was in public print and common conversation no disposition to excuse and no tendency to justify the act by an array of causes, or by enlarging upon the troubles and trials of the deceased. There was no encouragement to dwell on the subject in secret or public, but popular sentiment, custom and tradition all were so many influences to direct men’s minds away from the subject. The sentiment in the churches, the attitude of the Church itself, and the feeling among the people at large, all have changed, there is now more charity for the act, and more consideration for the person who commits suicide, than formerly, and the means of directing public thought to such occurrences having greatly increased, are used without scruple. In this change of public sentiment we may find one reason for the increase in the suicide rate. Supplementary to thisis the fact that suicides find apologists and defenders in many brilliant and erratic writers. An article is published, written years ago by John M. Binckley (who is said to have committed suicide a fe\v days 3incc), which is in effect a strong plea for charitable judgment on the suicide. If Mr. Binckley did commit suicide, he applied to the disappointments of his

career the reasoning common to diseased minds, and the article written in former years shows that bis inind had been dwelling on the subject, and that he had taken the first stop in the direction of danger. Many seek causes for the numerous suicides in the hard times and incident privations. As a rule, however, the trials of people struggling against poverty tend to rouse the very qualities in human nature that contribute to wholesome and practical thought, eyon though it be commonplace and prosy. —Chicago Inter-Ocean.

A Carious Wager.

A few evenings since a party was given at the house of one of our prominent citizens. One of the guests was a most charming and accomplished lady, who had worn the weeds of widowhood two years; another was a gentleman but recently come to our town, a native of Hartford, Conn. The amusements of the evening were varied and thoroughly enjoyable; but the chief attraction proved, by a delightful event, to be the game of bassino. Several had tried their skill at the board, with varying fortunes, when the gentleman and the lady referred to approached the table, and the gentleman suggested to his partner that they should try their skill at the pins. The challenge was accepted, and the lady playfully proposed that they play for a wager. * The gentleman gallantly assented, and asked her to name the stake. Seeing her confusion, the host jokingly said: “His hand against vours.” The lady demurred and was turning to leave the table, when the gentleman, after a moment’s thought, said: “My hand for yours, if I win; or at your disposal for any young lady of respectability (her consent being first obtained), if I lose.” A proposition so gallant the lady could not resist, for the gentleman was a prize, whoever might win him. Excitement now ran high—all other amusements being suspended, as the company-gathered round the bassino board. The lady was reputed skillful with the mace, but the gentleman knew nothing about the game, yet possessed an admirable coolness, which was almost an offset for inexperience. The lady led off, getting a “ king strike,” and the gentleman followed, missing little bassino, and making a “muff” with the third ball. A laughing sensation was indulged in when the score for first prize was announced, “ lady, 45, and a bassino spare gentleman, minus 18.” Nothing daunted, S continued the play, followed with equal spirit by the fair antagonist, until near the close of the game, after the seventh play, when the score stood, “gentleman, 215: lady, 164.” The excitement among the guests was now intense; and the lady, flushed and trembling, played very badly her last three plays, losing heavily. At the close of the tenth and last play the score stood, “lady, 188; gentleman, 385,” 3aid to be the best score ever made in town. A decorous applause followed the announcement; and the lady, covered with confusion, scarce had presence of mind enough to acknowledge the low bow of S , who murmured a few sentences expressive of joy. The hostess now advanced, took the feebly resisting hand of the fair widow and placed in that of the winning gentleman. And we hear that the latter ceremony is to be repeated with more solemnity, some few months hence, due notice of which will bo published in the Register. The mace used S begged of his host, saying that he would treasure it carefully for a perpetual reminder of that happy evening.— Franklin (Mass.) Register.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

—The heirs of Brigham Young brought a restraining suit too late, and the executors have restored to the Church property of the estate valued at from $500,000 to $750,000. An examination of the books has been going on since Young’s death, and it snows that he was in debt to the Church about $1,000,000, which is almost the full value of his property. —When Spencer, the defaulter, ran away from Chicago, he left a locked box supposed to contain much treasure This mysterious depository was broken open in court the other day, and was found to contain “ a copy of Capt. William Morgan’s celebratea exposure of Masonry, undated, but yellow with age.” And then his creditors felt better. — N. Y. Graphic. —“Gen. O. O. Howard,” a Portland (Ore.) correspondent of the Boston Journal writes, “is marvellously popular with the people. He is known as the praying General. He is one of the most earnest Christian men on the coast. His religious flag is never struck; that floats everywhere. In church work, in Christian association, in the Sunday-Schools, in the odd, wayside labor of missions, he is foremost. On board the steamer he was the life of the company; cheery, genial, unselfish, he made friends with all. On Sunday he arranged Divine service, led the singing and aided the preacher in his part. Hi# personal bravery and courage is admitted by his enemies.” —Senator Withers, of Virginia, displayed wonderful nerve duringa recent operation, when the surgeons had to cut into the inside of the pupil of the eye and remove from it a particle of diseased matter. He absolutely refused to take morphine or any other anesthetic, and, lying on a sofa with his head propped up to allow the surgeons to reach his eye readily, submitted himself to the shock with entire composure. Mr. Withers not only did not utter a sound under the knife, but did not once wince or give any other evidence of feeling pain. The exhibition of nerve and power of will was wonderful, and the best results foHowed. The operation was more successful than if the patient had been subjected to the influence of anesthetics.

—Tom Placide’s widow died at Tom’# River, N. J., recently, aged eighty-three. Fifty-three years ago Placide fell in love with her, but Mary Ann Knight, who was ten years his senior, did-pot encourage his suit and married another man. In 1868 her old lover met her, then a widow, renewed the courtship of forty years before, and this time was successful. After their marriage they went to Tom’s River to live, he having retired from the stage. Their home was a beautiful place, and they are said to have lived very happily together. In July last Placide committed suicide by shooting himself. He had suffered protracted agony from a cancer in his mouth, and, in a letter written just before the deed, he explained that he could endure no more. Mrs. Placide was prostrated by his death, and her health thereafter steadily declined. Strawberry short cake is so called because it is short of strawberries.