awiLLOWisfi pins and needles. i.AOO rt us Necgies T*a" rrm • w*. mW| RMt -A r.rl.M IWsnln Illaaira. is* k? Hsversl RXaaslrt. Hero ia a silumlar case, and for all that, it is a case that is not absolutely rare. It is known that there are some epicures who have a deoidol taste for needles" .They swallow them by the doxen like oysters, some with an ap parent passion, for eases are cited of person* who hsve swallowel hundreds of ueedles There are others who pre fer pins, little white pins with round heads. Fins and needles travel all through' the tissues. They work their way ahno*t with ease through the body, much more sweety thaw Inmig creatures. Their migration through the different organs ir more or leas long. At the end of several months, and often after sever al years, the needles reach the skin, and they are taken ont sometimes in the same manner that a pin ia plucked from a tin cushion. No donot the thing seems improbable, but it is absolutely true. We halve lovers of needle* not cnlv among lunatics, but even among people sound in body ami mind. At l* Ssl petreir* (a French hospital) esjieciallv there have Iwen patients who have swal lowed hundred* of needles, Silvy makes special mention of a woman in the full enjoyment of all her faculties who had • passion for devouring pins and needles. At tlie autopsy of her body 1,600 of them were found m vari ous organs, Fwbriee Hilden tells of a lady hill of health who in her moments of ennui swallowed pins which came ont through the skin six years after their in troduction. Villars reported the case of a young woman of twenty-six years who in nine months turned out more than '2OO needle- and pins swallowed two years before. These little stranger* came out through the bands, the arms, tlie armpits, the abdomen, and even the knees, ami all upon the left side. The pins advanced more rapidly than the needles, the latter being oxidised. Dr. Otto of Copenhagen cite* another ease not lee* curious. The observation that he was enabled to make was in tlie case of a young girl who, in a tit, had probably swallowed a large quantity -*f needle*. Dr. Otto saw 89f> of them oome ont train different parts of her body. Little pimple* formed them •elves on the surface of the skm in bunches-—perfect nests of needles—froiu one of which 100 needles were extracted. Dr. Gillette, a hospital surgeon, who ha* jnst published • very interesting note on this subject states that in Jan nary, 1878. Dr. Bigger cited an analog ous case before the Irish Society of Surgery. Over 800 needle* were fonts 1 in the body of a nurse in Whitworth Hospital. One of the needle* pene trated the elbow, apd the uurse died at the Richmond Bcapital It could not exactly he ascertained how they had been taken into the body, but every thing tends to the belief, savs Dr. Bigger, that they bail been swallowed. We have onrrelve* recently mentioned according to Dr. Cauiara Cabral, the case of a voting girl sixteen years old. an epileptic, from different parts of whose body over ninety needies were taken. Dr. Gillette has just referred to a ease of a similar nature in Paris with a voung girt of tweetv, who gave out fcrom different parts oi her body several needles, which appeared under the skin, and. perforating it, could easilv be taken out wit 1, the fingers, or with a little pinchers. Their coining out was not accompanied by any flow of blood. On being questioned on this subject the voung gin remained silent as to the origin of the presence of the needles in her body. Suspecting that the thing was a mere trick. M. Lepaulmier watched the patient closely, and was himself aide to witness the coming ont of the needles. In eighteen months more than 330 aj>- peared. They were all put into a little flannel needle caae. For the most part they were oxidized and blaek. The greater portion were complete ; others were broken, and were taken ont in fragments more or less long. These needles came out from different parts of the body, at irregular intervals, and taking a' parallel course invariably the same. Thus, from the 4th to the 7th of September, forty-two appeared, and from the 6th to the 10th of November, 109. It often happened that a great number appeared in a single day. In October. 1874, there came out twenty-one, thirty one, sixty-one, and twenty a day. The greatest "quantity appeared just above the right brea/t; but they were found in the legs, the arms, the" temple, and the right week. A strange phenomenon preceded the issue forth of these foreign bodies. The patient experienced several hours in advance stinging pains, which produced a fever well marked. Then she felt a sensation as of a sudden pro jection or shock within the tissues, fol lowed by s prickling sensation. The young girl then examined the part of the oody which had been the sent of this momentary sensation, and she ssw the head of a needle outside the skin to a sufficient length to be caught hold of and pulled out. All the needle* came out head foremost. M. Lepaulmier took out 318. Six were extracted by the patient heiself. There was no trace of inflammation at the parts from which they came oat The girl never having displayed any over-nervous excitement, Messrs. Lep aulmier and Gillette came to the con clusion that the needles had been volun tarily swallowed by the young girl with a view of committing suicide. She never gave any explanation farther than to say that while ahe was at school one of her comrades, who several times had tried to play ugly tricks upon her, most have put the needles into sweets, which she was particularly fond of. This explana tion seems difficult to admit. Even np to the present day needles from time to time make their appearance through the body of the young lady. Similar cases might be moltiplied. It is sufficient for as to hive shown that the exit of needles and pins through the skin is a positive fact. The preceding details go to show beyond a doubt that pins can often be swallowed with oat any serious coneeqnaiMes, and that there is no need for serious alarm when one has accidentally been swallowed. At the same time, the atvve esses have also shown that it is pmdent to abstain front pins and nuedles as articles of food.— Journal des Debafs. Birds Flies and Fruit. A French paper, earnestly deprecat ing birds-nesting, says: "A bird's nest oontains, on an average, five egge, which would, in the natural oonrae, be come five little birds. Each little one eata daily fifty fliee or-other insects, and this consumption eifenda over fonr or five weeks. Taking itet an average of thirty drfye, we shall find the number of flie6 destroyed by each nest of birds to be 7,500. Now, every fly eats daily s quantity of flower*, leaves, etc.. equiva lent to its weight, nntiPit attains it maximum of growth; in thirty days it will have eateroa flower a ua.y—a flower which would have become fruit. Each fly—the term ik used, we presume, for insects generally—Laving, we vkill Bay, eaten thirty fruits in shirty days, the 7,500 flies which a of would have consumed cause a loss to us of 215,000 apples, peats apricots and peaches. We o.mmend this view of the matter to the pareats of marauding children." An Engine and Cars Lest, A Denver (Col.) paper says: Iu all the history of railway accidents, nothing oompares with the Kiowa disaster on the Kansas Pacific daring the recent flood in that ordinarily dry stream. A heavy engine and a number of freight cars went down through a bridge into the stream, and up to this time nothing has been fonad of the engine or several of the cars, though constant search has been made. It is supposed that the im mense weight and volume of water in the swift current of the s'ream stirred up the dry Hand in the bed of the stream to a great depth, probably fifty feet deep, and into this quicksand the en gine and oargjSaßk to " bad reck." The bed of the stream is now dry once more, and no one would ever dream that au SIB,OOO engine is buried there. On Hon* Facts about Serve Force. The common phraac "as qniek as thought" it found to lie by no means so 1 applicable as is generally supposed, e* pocial! v when it is discovered that thought, or nervous impulse, as com- j jwred with light or electricity, appear* as a veritable laggard. For whilst light travel* at the rate of many thousands of ; miles —-about one hundred and eighty-| mi thousand miles, according to the Ist- ! est research**—in a second of time, j nerve-force in man paws along his nervea at # rats* varying from one hundred and ten or one hundred ; and twentv or two hundred feet per seooud. Or, to use Mr. Oalton's word*, nerve-force is "far from iustantaueons" in its action, and has "indeed no higher velocity than that of a railway express train." As we could naturally suppose j from a consideration of this fact, amall , animals presenting tis with a liraitel 'distance for nerve-force to travel, will avoid rapid blows and shift for them selves in the struggle for existence at a much quicker rate than large animals Take two extreme eases in illustration of this fact. A mouse hears a stispici > ous or threatening sound, and at once, so to speak, accommodate* its action* and movement* to its protection. The j ear of the mouse, as oue of its "gateways of knowledge," is situated so Clone to the brwiti that the interval which elapaea lietween the reception of the sound by the ear. cr between its transmission as an impulse to the brain and the issue of a command or second impulse from ihft brain to the muarle* of the Ihhlv for the purpose of move ment, is too short to be perfectly appre ciated by the observer. In a whale, on the contrary, which may attain a length of eighty feet, a much longer interval will elapse before action of body follows oa nervous impulse, seeing that tlie nerve-impulse has a longer distanev to travel. Assuming that m such animals as the whale the uerve-aotion travels at the rate of seventy or eighty feet per second, it follows that in a large whale which ha* leeu struck near the tail bv a liar pool;, a second or so will elai>ee tw h>re the impulse is transmitted to the brain, whilst another second will pass liefore the second impulse is sent from the bnuu to put the muscles of the tail in action for the purpose of retaliating upon the harpocm r. In sueh a case it is assumed that the brain of the animal will be the nervous center or station at which information i* teecived, and from which instructions are iu turn telegraph ed to the various organs and parts of the body. In the actual details of the ease, however, it is probable that the spinal marrow of the animal or some part of it would act as the "head-office" for re ceiving and issuing commands. We know that a headless frog will wipe off with one foot a drop of vinegar that has been placed 011 the other, and in the ab sence of the brain we thns assume that the spinal cord mav act as a nerve center. Doubtless the spinal marrow discharges this function naturally; and in view of this latter supposition, the in terval between the reception of a blow and the muscular actions of an animal would be of less duration than in the case we have just supposed, where the brain is regarded as the central station of the nervons system. As an eminent authority in physical science has re marked," "the interval required for the kindling of consciousness would prol*a bly more tbaa suffice for the destruction of the brain bv lightning, or even by a rifle bullet Before the organ (that is, the brain) can arrange itself, it may therefor** be destroyed, and in such a case we may safely conclude that death is painless.''— Charubrr*'* Journal. On Bathing. Hall's Journal of Health don't believe in too much water, for it says ou the subject of bathing: Once a week is often enough for a man to wash himself all over, and whether in summer or winter that ought to be done with soap, warm water and a hog's hair brush, iu a room showing at least seveDty degrees Fahren heit Baths should be taken early in the moruiug, for it is then that the sys tem possesses the pow 1 of re action in the highest degree. Any kind of bath is dangerous soon after a meal, or soon after fatiguing exercise. No man or woman should take a bath at the close of the day, unless by the advice of a family physician. The best mole of keeping the surface of the body clean, besides the once a week wash tug already men tioned, is as follows: As soon as you get out of bed in the morning, wash your face, hands, neck and breast; into the same basin of water pat both feet at once for abont a minute, rubbing them briskly all the time; then with the towel, which has been dampened by wiping the face, feet, etc., wipe the whole body well, fast and haril, with mouth shut and chest projecting. Let the whole thing be done in less than five minute*. At night, when you go to bed, and whenever you And yourself wakeful or restless, spend from two to five minutes in rubbing your whole hody with your hand, so far as you can reach in every direction. This has a tendency to preserve that softness and mobility of skin which is essential to health, and which too frequent washings will always destroy. lairo Donkeys, Travelers in Egypt see many cnrions things, and are generally amnsed by each new sight and sound. An Ameri can traveler says: The donkey boys of Cairo are bright little fellows. Prom constant intercourse with travelers they soon catch a few words of various lan guages. If your donkey boy finds you are an American, he is trare to call his donkey by some pet name which he thinks will please you. He says: "He 'yer good little donkey; he nice little donkey; he name Yankee Doodle." An other says: "He fine little donkey—he name Andrew Jackson." You can ride an hour for ten or twelve cents. Most of the carrying is done on the backs of donkeys and camels. Results are not accomplished with great rapidity, there fore. I h ve seen them excavating for a railroad, and carrying away the dirt on donkeys, about half a bushel at a load—carried in panniers or baskets which are balanced on either side of the little animal. Some who were not so fortunate as to own a donkey—men and women—were carrying dirt in small bas kets on their heads. A curious sight it would be in this country, where a man wittva wheelbarrow would remove more dirt in an hoor than a donkey would carry in half a day ! Heavy merchan dise, rack as boxes, barrels and bags, is transported on camels— loDg lumber is loaded crosswise like the letter X, as draymen haul it A few carriages are in use, principally by Europeans, of whom quite a number reside there, engaged principally in trade. A Feat of Horsemanship. Englishmen and Americans ride well as long as they ride a trained saddle horse and meet with no accident. lint a Sontli American or an Indian will ride a wild horse, and encounter an aocident with a skill seldom fx rmita them to be worited. An English engineer, while engaged hi a deer-hunt in South ern Brazil, saw a feat of horsemanship, which, though involuntary, shows how mind and limbs can be trained to meet an emergency. AslaW bad been ordered to the top of some rising ground to look for cattle. He was going at a shqyp gallop when hia mule suddenly put a fore-foot in a hole, and wnt down as if shot through the heart. An English or American rider would have inatinctively gripped the Raddle with both legs, and attempted to stick to it. Not so 'this Brazilian. He threw back his body, opened bis legs, alighted on the ground and started on a run. In a few strides he stopped himself, and returning, caught his mule just as it got upon its legs again. Re mounting he rode off, as if nothing had happened. " That's a trick," remarked a Brazilian to the engineer, "you English could never do with yonr ' monkey' style of riding." The English rider keeps his seat by the " grip" of the mnscles of his thighs; the Brazilian retains his by " balancing" himself. His stirrup only admits the insertion of his big toe, so that he can not be entangled with it in oaas of an aeeident. FNITED THFY STOOD. TkMlrl, IkMT t>*n ttblrh lb* *SM>rtr Nnd Kn.ll.k Foaabl as kill**. All F.nglisli jiaper published in Shang hai, China, gives thin reminiscence? Thursday, the 4th of April, * the an niversary of the battle of Muddy Flat, which occurred in 18M, and is, we lie lievc, nieniofuble as the only occasion when tlie Amerinau ami llritish dags were united or allied against an eneuiv. The volunteers' flag, dtstroved at the tire at the Hntiah conaulate, ls>re these wools: "4th April Defence not IMI slice," Few remain now in Shanghai who were present atid t>ok part on that ineinorwble invasion, and a few scrajui from memory of the event may not t>e uninteresting to the volunteer* of the present day. For some time prev ions'v the lni|>erialist soldiers (or as they really were rabble! were eneani|>ed outside the Defence (.'n-ek, their eani|>s extending froiu the .loss lions*- st the S.svhow Cnvk neai ly up to the turning of the race course at Probst's Garden. Thev had made aeieial fruitless attempt* to drive the relieli- from the eitv. The liu|>eri*liat> were, however, a con tinual Mimv of annoyance to all for eigners, for a* tiieir encampment wa ou the edge of the creek thev wiHild in sult foreigners and even ladies while walking on this side of the creek. They for several days out off onr market sup plies, compelling ua to fall Iwiek on t'roase .V lilackwcll. Not*ithstalnllllg rei-ested remonstrances from the con sul* to the t'luuese commander*, thev refused to re*ire to a distance, or stay their insults or eno roach men t. tine source of great danger was, that tlicy inasi to place their targets for ball i>nk tice in such a mwition that the ball would cotue hissing near the persons of foreigners while taking exercise on the road. At last, Ivcoming emboldened, thev assaulted a lady while lieing ear riel in a ehair, and wounded her lius bau 1, ami it wus determined to ex|H*l the intruders by force. It was, therefore, arranged by the American ami British CeUisuls that they should unite their forces, call out the volunteer* ami all foreigners to asaist the uaal force to drive awav the lm|H'riaiist army. The volunteer* to a man turned out under Cupt. Wade, then her majesty's vice consul, now British minister. This force, under the command uf (.'apt. O'Calhtnui, of the Encounter, and CpL Keliv, of the Plymouth, marched out to the spot on the Maloo, letween the Backet Court and the old Grand Stand, the American force taking ground where the mutnct}>al stud are staldxl. It had been duly notified t<> the Imperialist commander that they would la* given up to three P. M. to more off, but as there ww no digits of their complying, at the moment of three o'clock, a if by magic a shell frvtm each gnu fired by the American and Kuglish forces fell burst ing into tiie encampment, a general stampede followed, and tlie country to the westward. so to sjteak.blackemsl aad blued with the figures of hurrmdly re treating sol.hers. Not one of the for eigner* hatl the slightest idea that the encampment contained so many soldiers. After ths first slielliag, when the sol diers had apparently evacuated the po sition, the foreign forces approached the works; in doing so, they were fired upon by the soldiers stationed at the guns pointing from concealed port holes, when Mr. Qray, of Russet A Co., was wounded, losing a leg. Capt. Pearson, of the .American ship Rose Blandish, re eeired a mortal wound in the face. The carjicuter of her majesty's aliip Enooun ter was killed, also a seaman of the United States ship Plymouth. Mr. Brine, an English merchant, one of the volunteer*, received a mortal wound in the head. Some miuor casualitica were also received. It was not aaoertaimxl how many men w-re killed of the Chinese. Their encampments were completely destroyed. In cnnoequence of the detenuiued action of thishaudfnl of foreigners, the Chinese commander considered it prudent to move off to a more respectful distance. The whole affair was very pluekily carried out. About 4 foreigner* in all hrarely left their houses, and attacked, it was esti mated, abont 15,000 Chinese intrenched with several large guns in position. And so vast the number of Chinese whofullow ed the rear of the foreigners, and re mained between them and their homes, that, hail they had any sympathy for their countrymen they had only to op poae their return, and the foreigners would have been attacked frout and r<*r, and not one could have eacajwd. The rebels, seeing the success of the for eigners, came oat and completed the destruction of the encampments. Fahi<>n >otes- Jet trimmings are again the style. Hair jewelry is again to be the style 111 Paris. Fans bearing Biblical quotations are a noveltv. Guipure sacques will be worn with black silks. More white and black is worn this trammer than ever. La>lie*' kid glovee have a heavy stitch ing on the outaide. Chenille bourette grenadine is some thing new and stylish. Children's dresses are being made longer by an inch or two. The Iceland floss is much used for crocheting shawls and sacques. The most fashionable scarf-pins are onyx and gold " spoon oara," crossed. The present style of dressing makes it necessary to adopt princesse lingerie. Princesse dresses are shirred in the front and trimmed with passementeries. Handsome velvet picture frames have a vine of flowers embroidered upon them. Carriek capes are seen on batiste and organdy dresses, and even on morning wrappers. Beads are used on bonnets in the greatest profusion, and are often com bined with flowers. A wrap with mantilla fronts and ex tended back, with rever trimming on the aide forms, is very dressy. Hun-shades and parasols are no longer in the colors of the suits, but are em broidered with silk in the shades of the dresses. Square lotr-necks will be replaced by the oval low-neck, called the " Agnes Sorel," and many fiebnsof all kinds will lie worn. Ladies continue to wear at their waists bunches of natural flowers with the stalks like very small serpents enriched with jewels, and brooches with their first names formed of stones or worked in metal. Watches depending from chatelaines of all metals and in all styles, aud chains around the waist for the fans, continue in vogue. Almost all suits at present are gray. Waists are made in liabit shape to indi cate 11 distinction between the cuirasse Jeanne d'Arc and the postilion waist. These habits are made in all ways ; there are square habits and swailow tailed, and rounded mats. Many are embroidered with golden and silver silk and colored heads, almost exactly like an officer's uniform. Underground Curiosities. At the city of Medina, in Italy, and about four milea around it, wbeieverthe earth ia dug, when the workmen arrive at a distance of sixty-three feet, they oomo to a lied of chalk which they boro with an anger, five feet deep. They then withdraw from the pit before the auger ia removed, and npon its extraction the water burets up through the aperture with great violence, and quickly fills the newly made well, which continues full and ia affected neither by rains or drought. But what is the most re markable in this operation is tbe layers of earth as we descend. At the depth of fourteen feet are found the ruins of an ancient city, paved streets, bouses, floors aod different pieoes or mason work. Under this is found a soft oozy earth, m%de up of vegetable, and at twenty-six feet, large trees entire, such as walnut trees, with the walnuts still sticking to the stem, and the leaves aod branches in a perfect state of preservation. At twenty-eight feet deep a i.oft chalk is fonnd, mixed with a vat-t qnautity of shells, sad the bed is eleven feet thick. Uader this, vegetables are found again. Word* of WIKIIOIM It w oiiftier to oo urn all fault* than larfto virtiio*. 1I> i* rioh who t* |>M>r Niongb t> ln> gouerou*. A WISW Hint I I* tH'tor less alotiO tllHll when hi' in alone. 'l'hi< wisest of men in he who has nioNt ooniplaiaanoe for other*. A wihi* timu seeks to aliino in himself; • fool, to OlltxlllUC otlll'lN. Charity lohch its benign influence when heralded by ostentation. Flower* are the *tar of earth stars are the flowers of heaven. Banger should lie fiwrcl when dts taut and braved when present. It la lietter to plant virtue to lie imi tated, thau vice to be ehunucil. You have gently ventured, but all must do so who would greatly win. Tlie weakest point iu every man is where he thinks himself the wisest. It is the Iwwit proof of the virtues of a family circle to see a happy fireside. All sorrows and joys hero are but temporary, a<> auu htglier than them. It i* easier to believe an ill rejMirt than to impure into the truth thereof. The flrst and last thing which i* re pured of genius is the love id truth. Take care not to go to the brink of vice, lest you fall down the preoipioe. IV. good to all, that thou mayest keep thy friends and gain thine ene mies. Have our settled purpose iu life, uml if it Ik* honorable it will bring you re ward, Mankind worship succcua, but ( thitik t*vi little of tlie means by which it is at tained. A man shows hi* charwcter by what he laughs at, ami hi* culture by the way lie doc* it. A proverb of the time, after jvv>r Uiohard He who goes collecting, re turns reflecting. (.hvasiouH of trouble ami adversity do uot make a man frail, but they show what he is. Generosity does uot consist in giving hut iu wakiug sacrifices that you may be able to give. Book* are meu of higher nature, and the only meu who speak aloud for fu ture times to hear. o*ll to mind tho heavier suffering* of other*. o may you hotter bow your own Mil all trouble*. Every man has some secret, which, were it revealed, would tend to make him hated or despise*!. Excess of ceremony allows want of breeding; that civihtv 1* lest which ex cludes useless formality. Life is a cruciblew We are throwu in to it ami tried. The actual weight and value of a man are expressed in the spir itual substance of the man. All else is dross. Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, as frost and tire are both aheu to the human flesh. Famine and gluttony alike drive nature away from the heart of man. If you would bo exemjit from uneasi ness, do nothing which you know or suajHict is wrong. Aud if you wish to eujoy the purest pleasure, do whatever is in your power that is right. Ix>vc i* like a hunter, who cure* not for the game when ouoe caught, which he may have pursued with the moat in tense atnl breathler.* cagcrac**. Love is strougest iu pursuit; fnetnl-hip tn powtetwiiitl. A Mothers Present! unnt. The mysterious disappearance of Cap- Um George A. Mag> tre some Java since, sav* a recent issue of the St. Lamia Globe-Democrat, has givett rise to a great deal of comment and many con jecture* aa to the cause of hia absence. He was well known throughout the city, having at one time lieoti a promi nent voting politician, with the avowed determination to achieve the diatiuction of a miit in Congre**. For several rears pact, however, he hail !>eeu in fail ing health and subject to that terrible disease, epilepsy, which sooner or later destroys life or takes the reason captive. Captain Magwirc was fully aware of the fate that awaited htm, and knew that no medical skill could avert his doom, and that the hand of the destroy er was upon him. Death he did uot fear; bnt he thought hts intellectual faculties would liecome clondtsl, and that ho would be an. object of pity to his friends was unendurable. With what intense anxiety he watched the slow approach of the insidious monster of insanity can hardly l>e imagined. He resolved not to wait to be enfolded in its clasp, but rather to avert it by tak ing his own life. This determination was expressed to several of llis intimate friends, but he informed no one of the time or method he should select, if, in deed, either time or mode was fixed in his mind. On Tuesday afternoon he was seen at the bridge, and since then no tidings of him have been received by his family. The presumption, growing out of the circumstances, is strong that he leaped into the river and was drowned. There is a possibility that he may have fallen from the bridge during an attack of epilepsy, but the general impression is that he committed suicide. The disappearance of Capt. Magwirc ia reverted to now for the purpoee -t recording a very singular dream, or presentiment of his venerable mother. There can lie no donbt of the authen ticity of the fact about to be related. The night Mrs. Magwire last saw her son her sleep was disturbed by a pain ful and vivid dream. It seemed so like a reality that she could not shake off the impreaaion. In her dream she saw her spn struggling in the water; she saw him sink and rise again, and heard the gur gling sound of strangulation as he dis appeared beneath the waves. Hhe awoke her husband, and said to him, " George is dead; I saw him in the water and heard the gnrgling noise made by him in drowning." This was before Mrs. M. hail beard that her son was missing, or hal heard any intimation of hia in tention to take iiia life. This is one of those singular dreams which puzzle the philosopher, sutl lends a probability to the assumption of the Spiritualists. Mrs. Magwire ia qnite ail old ladv, but she has alwavs been of sound miuu. Large Boot* and Shoe*. An exchange savs: " Wear broad, heavy-soled, capacious lxiot*, with m loose insole. The foot appears smaller in a Ixxit quite large for it, than in one in which the compre**ion compel* the sides to overjnt the sole and lk tight over the instep and toes. '* Ladies should remember this fact, which is so well known to fashionable shoemakers. A stylish dealer was daily complimented nlxmt his small feet and nioely-fitting boots; a compliment whioh his wife also shared among her lady friends. Tho secret wa* they never pinched their feet. •• He wore number eight, while hi* wife wore the unpopular size of fives. He conld put on six. or hi* wife a four, or perhaps a three. By wearing Ixsit* of tl lie form of their feet of ample size, the lioots remained in graceful shape. The gentleman's boots were nearly num ber nine in length; so made to lend proportion and add comfort in walking." HONOR TO AMKIIICAN MANirrACTTREBa. —Hi* Majesty Oscar 11., King of Nor way and Hweden, ha* stmt to the Manon A Hamlin Orgnn Co. the Grand Hwedish Gold Medal in recognition of the ""Pff iority of their cabinet organ*. The medal i* surmounted by a crown and bear* on one side the inscription "Lit teria ot Artibns,', and on the other around the but of the king, "Oscar 11., Hvec. Norv. Ootb. Vend. Rex." This honor will be the more valued by the Company from the fact that Hi* Majesty Oscar 11. i* known to be a mimical oon noineur of highest attainment*. While a young vender of greens was endeavoring to dispose of kin stock in trade, his poor old erowbait balked and refused to badge an inch. The driver finally commenced belaboring the animal with a big stick, when an old lady thrust her head out of a window and exclaimed: "Young man, have you no mercv ?" " No, mum," replied tho peddler, • noth'n but grasps." FOR THE YOUSW PEOPLE. The frail r Kill***. A long tuuoago, not many years After tho ohi revolutionary war, there lived in tho northern pint of Mouth (lambus a Mr. William*. Tho country wan not at that time very thickly nettled, utnl bears, wolves and Ntioli like iicighlHirn were not no rare iu tin' forests an they are uow. Tin* Mr. Williams had two little Iniya, Koliert and Muiuuel, about ten and eight * earn old. One day thene little boy* hail been to the tle|dn, a colinidorable dialauce frotu the hottne, to carry their father'* dinner to him, and coming back concluded to go round through the wimnl*. There wan a beautiful little brook run ning through a deep ntiadod glen, where they played a long time, theu climbing over the tcep hillside, they came ujtoil a hole in the rvs'k like the mouth of a cave; this was quite a discovery, and they scrambled into it with loud excla mation* of delight. Thev weie still wondering and admir ing, when from a bed of leave*, tliat seemed to have"t>eeu driven by the wiud into one corner, they heard a "I range, weak cry, aa of some young auitual. Fearless little country boy* that they were, they hastened to the spot, and - "(> what licautiful little kittens," they both exclaimed, "IsM's carry them home, they will die here. Where could thev have cotue from?" 'flier*. were just two, o each took one in Ins arms and started homeward eager to show their treasure*. The little creatures seemed to lie very wild and tierce, anil the boy* laughed heartily at the way they suapjied and snarled at them, but hahl ou to them with deter mined kindness. They had gotten out of the wood* and were crossing a large opeu field, when they heard some one shouting to them. "Koliert! Ham! run for vour lives!' Thev looked around, and there,not tar tiehtnd them, was a large wolf following their track. Clutching their pretty kittens more tightly than ever, they did run with ail their might, but their enemy was gam iug ou them every moment. Now tlie house was ui sight; but thev were so tired, would they ever get theiff Already lliey could hear the ipuck tread of the wolf close behind them; and something else was coming up on one side. Could it lie another wolf? They dared not •top to look. Poor Ham! his little tired legs almost refused to carry him, hut there was never a thought of letting go the kittens for tlie cruel wolf to eat. A step or two more, aud there was the quick report of a guu, a furious howl, and they turn to see their enemy nil ling on the ground aud their father comiug rapidly toward them. It was he who had given them warning. Cnstaing from one part to anoUier of hi* farm, lie had seeu their danger, but the chance of reaching them seemed hopeless; yet happening to jtass a hunter, he snatched lu* gun ami so succeeded in intercepting the raging animal and saving his sous. And what do you thiuk the kittens were that thev had been carrying to carefully iu tlieir arms at the risk of their lives? They were young wolves. No wonder the mother-wolf pursued the boys with such fierce luxate! But the litile lv>y were gieatly distressed when their father insisted uj>on having tlieir rough little peta killed. Httuuyluur it one of the happiest little maiden* iu the world ! Hlie lire* ou a firm, utnl her playmates are chickens, and lambs, aud baby-pigs, eaJv *, colta, horses, aud cows. On rainy days, the baru is her |day house. A grand one it is, with great wide doors at either end, and sweet with urw-inowu hay, and musical with the t witter aud chirp of countless swallows, that build their queer neat* high up among the rafters, aud dart in and out all day long. When Suuuyhair runs across the yard and in at this great door, the cows "moo" t in welcome to her ; the hens cltick, as if to tell her where to And their pretty white eggs ; the cock* flap their wings and crow; while "old Frank, ' her chief j>et, turns his head to look at her, an i quite forget* his oats, m joy that she ha* cottle ! " Old Frank " i#a white horse that for many years did faithful aervice at the plow, and now takes his rest in his comfortable stall, and fur exercise trot* up and down the road with his little mistress on his bsck. S<> harder work i* require*! tor him, and indeed thi* i* not work. It must seeru only like play to htm, and I do believe he enjoy* the sport a* much aa Sunuyhair herself. ' When the mornings are ooid, *he put* the chicken* on old Frank'* hack to •' warm their feet." He never make* the slightest objec tion to anything *hc does, no matter how queer it may seem to u*. I wi*h I could make yon we her aa *he look* when she i* riding. You muat remember that oh! Frank l* a big horse, and somewhat awkward now, and *he ia only aeven year* old, and the very tini eat child of her age I ever knew. Her face i* aa fair a* a lilv, her eve* are blue, and her hair fall* over Ler nhoulder* like a winte.oloud. Hhe tie* scarlet ribbon* round Frank'* anklea, and you would laugh to *ee them, aa tbey'gn wandering ofl together, her graceful little form erect, a* ahe aita boldly on hi* t>ack. Hhe see* verr few children, and per hap* yon think *he mn*t lie lonely, living so far away in the wocxla. Hut all the animal* on the farm neem to know her voice and follow her, and, aa.nhe heroelf *aya, " How can a little girl be lonesome, with home*, and iamb*, and oown, and chicken*, and aeven doll* ?" >"oufA's Com/tanion. A I'oct'v Prophetic Word*. The poet Wordsworth in one of hi* rente* tiae* an expression which antici pated a horrible crime, and soon after ward seemed like the voice of prophecy: " Sweet is the lov* that nature brings ; Our meddling Intellect M ssha]>e* the beantion* form* of thing* We murder to dissect." How little did Wordsworth imagine that tho idea thus playfully uttered would be fulfilled in a aerie* of revolt ing crime*! He lived, however, to read the record of Burke, the tKxly-aiiateher, who decoyed toor and friendless Ixjvs into his den—dragged them with strong drink and laudanum, aud then lowered them head first iuto a well. After life wa* extinct he took them to the Bur geon*' hall and obtained hia fee. He and bis associates were hanged, and there is no proof that the crime lias ever lieen repeated. Rurke wa* a slu>emaker, who lived in Edinburgh. A debtor dying at hi* honse, he Bold the body, aiid the handsome fee lev! him to abandon hi* tnde for the "resurrec tion " business. Ho confessed the mur der of fifteen victims, whose bodies were thns disposed of, and Wordsworth learned that there wa* a dreadful re ality in the words "we murder to dis sect." Where fluid was Almost I nknonn. Thero wa* a qneer *nct interesting sight at Willimantio Hatunlay, *aya the Hartford (Conn.) Courani of a late date. It wa* pay-day at the Williman tio Thread Company'* mills, and the manager* paid off their help iu coin. It wa* the first time in the histo ry of the concern that gold had been actually used for the payment of wages, and it* reception by the throng of women and men and girls and boys a* they came up for their pay wa* a cu rious tudy. A few of the older work men who bml lived abroad were familiar with tbe stuff, but to moat of them it wa* a ntrange night and a useless thing. One woman, after receiving her pay (nineteen dollars) and counting it over, came back to the overseer with: •I've brought i ack the money. There'* a dollar, a half dollar and some cent*.' She had reoeived a ten-dollar gold piece, a five-dollar gold pieoe and a two and-a-half-dollar gold piece and a dollar bill and a silver half. The last two she knew—"a dollar and a half-dollar"— bnt to her all the rest of the stuff waa " some oenta" and aha was bound to have it corrected. SUMMARY OF NEWS. ■ ■■tarn and Mlddl* State* At i mooting of Plymotith <'hnrrh W". KlitNloth 11. Tllton wm unanimously " exeoni iiiuiiioatsd from the communion and folio wahlp of ths church. ' Monm A. W1 loolnok, *bo had beau chairman of (lin Now York Mlook Kxohauge for more than ltron|v flyoyoar*. mil had hold that uoalUon until recently, committed *tiloide by shooting himself Ho ■ given to iliiuking heavily, hail >n(Tor>ml aerlou* tiUNlno rrmraM, ami bl> dr'fNat at (ha laat oloi'lion for ahairmatl of llio Htork Kii'tiango aootua to liava preyed ujsiu hl> ml ml The Now York Plough <'au|>*iiy • works in Newark, N. J , were nearly totally left to hi* daughters There sre u inner oil* complaint* along the line of the newly-opened Klovalsd railroad in New York ou account of the uolee made by iiasslug trains. People c4H|>lt)li that the noise Is a great sleep-destroyer and injurious to |*r eons m sickly health. T an et plosion of gas ill a vault lu the new uiuuit-i|*al building, Brooklyn, NY, one man wae fatally iujurtsl. another eerumaly hurt, and several other* slightly Injured. Four large l-ulere in the puddle mill* of the Cbeaaiwake Nail Work# lu Harfiaburg, Pa., exploded wllh terrtt.le effect The mil) was almost entirely demolished Chamber. Hower mssler, a foreman, wa* fearfully mutilated and instantly killed. Henry Nee*, John liaaa, (Jorge Frank, and John HetOck, workmen, were ladli scalded aist injured hy the dying debris. One of the boiler* a* carried ovsr an adjacent mill, sixty-tlye feel in height, and landed in a field about 350 feet from the scene of the explo*tou. Another wa* blown through the top of the mill lute a brick warehouse. A third wa* carried Into another warehouse, badly damaging the building , and the fourth holler wa* entirely torn to pieces. The luee is estimated at from #IJ,OOO to #15.(M1. The hoard of o&oere forming a court of Inquiry lu the caeeof lleneral Fit* John Porter, who was removed in ISM for alleged diso tsstleuce of General Pope's orders, met at West Point, S. Y., and began an examination for the pnr|s>se of ascertaining whether Geo Porter had beeu unjustly tmaled. At Philadelphia George VY. fttllea, steward ou a schooner, shot hla wife, cut the throat of hla three rear-old child, ami tboti cut hi* own throat lKne*Uc trouble* Isd to th- tragedy. Ml** Henrietta It. Heme, and another lady, who kept a fashionable tvierdlng school in New York, have failed, with liabilities amount tug to #143 57, and nominal aaeet* in rxoeM of that ainonut. Western and Southern Status. Jeremiah Connolly and (ieurge Sherry, aged respectively nineteen aud l*nuty-one year*, were hanged at Chicago for the unprovoked murder of Hugh MoCouviUe while they no under the influence of lienor . John Ruro* wa* hanged at Parts. 111., for the murder of Khxa beth Iturdwell . Perry Roaster wa* hanged at ChilUcotbe, Ohio, for the murder of an aged toil keeper and wife , Kdwarvl H. txwtley aged twenty. *u*"rsd a similar fate at Fred erick, Md , for the murder of hi* cousin, Nolo men Cuetlry, aud at I-itUe Ruck. Ark., Jacob Uv.li, colored. * o hang' t for the murder of another colored man. Tbe*e all execution* took plane In one day. Nine member* of a gang of counterfeiter., haying their headquarter* near Baxter* Spring*. Kan., have beeu arrested and officer, are tn pursuit of other*. Colonel (ieurge P. Kane, Mayor of Baltimore, i* dead. A Portland. Or.. di*patrb gives the following rtwult uf the late Ursgun elecuou. Full rot tiro, give Whitakvr. 1 etu . for < ongrwa* lfi.V't ; Hum. Rep.. 11.3*4; Oampbell. luJ.. SSU. For guvoruor—Thsyrf. IV-cn . ha* 16,05S ; Reek uiau. Rp., 16.('*.• , Wllklu*. lad., 1.333. The Republican* slsct the other tttate officer*. Ths other dxr I'aiUd State. Senator I truce, of Misiissippt, * u married in Ctovkhmd, Oh'.o, to MM Josephine 11 Willaon. Roil, jwrtir* art- colored. Th Indian uiiuiiif in the V.Vt h cul minated 111 A batllr ltnpli nil*HOß troop* (if General Howard and the bueldrs, forty five nil tw from Fort Hsri.ey. Colon*! Ilobbins and several soldiers arc reported killed. Couriers rode 200 miles to furuwti General Howard with Uib news of the engagement and to a*h for re uifurrvmeut*. The Ohio brmocrat* met Ui State ouoventioa at Oolumbu* and nominated a ticket headed he I >arid It Paige for secretary of State. The platform adopted demand* the repeat of the mumpttou act and the enactment of pro nsioo* fur froeeouisge of atirer accept* tb< dectaiou of the Electoral Commission a# Sua!, hut dcclarea that the investigation of fraud in the providential election ta not debarred hy that decision, and assert* thai "the oitereala of the induatrial. wealth-producing claaeea l* of paramount inter eat to the |>oopir of the Called Statca." The Illinois Repnbllraaa bsid their State convention tn Btwiugflcid. The ticked nomi nated is headed by J. C Smith for Bute treas urer. and the platform adopted opposes further contraction of green tacks and declares an " unwavering faith iu the jwiociplew and pa triotism of the Republican party ' Bu"h cur rency aa can be sustained at par with Coin " ia ftv.-nd. The Pomcrov Iron Company, of Pomeroy, Ohio, ha* faded, owing #70.000. From ffatninaton. The Senate committe* of investigation, ap- Isi in ted at the instance of Senate* Mat'.'<* to inquire into his connection with alleged election frauds in Louisiana and other matters apper taining thereto, met on the dav after the ad journment of (Viugrass and called as the first • lines*. James F. Anderson, whose testimony before the Potter committee wa* made public recently. Anderson refused to teetify utile** be could be repre*et,teJ by counsel. saying that Mr. Matthews, a trained lawyer, was pre sent to manage hia own case, therefor* he flat ly refused to testify unless he could have coun sel. This the committee decided not to allow. Senator Whytr. of Ib* committee, suggested that the committee had no power to compel at tendance during a recces of the Senate, and Anderson was discharged. It t* supposed no jurther action will be taken in th* matter until lha Senate meets next December. funeral Mackenxie. with United States troops, penetrated Mexico about forty-five miles, in pursuit of raider*. They were met ' by a detachment of the Mexican arrav. drawn up in line of battle, and General Mackenzie , warned them to get out of the way or aim he would fire upon them. Tho American troops then farmed ia line of battle, when the Men . *:•• withdrew, but followed the United Slates troops until they returned across the border. J. Meredith Heed, United States charge d af fair* in Oreece : K. S. Nad*), second secretary of the legatiun at I-oiidou. Chapman Coleman, second secretary of the legation at Berlin. and Henry "Vicuaud. serunddorretary of the legation at Part*, have been mfartmnt that no provision for the respective office* has been made by Congrsea fur the next fiscal year, and the offioet are therefore , abolished. The bill appropriating #50.000 in further ance of Captain Howgatc's Polar lonutattoa , scheme, which was introduced earlv in the last session of Congress, and favorably reported by tlie naval oomruittee, failed on the last day ! of the session not only to gsi the two-tlards vote necessary to carry It through under a •iitension of the rules, but eveu to get a majority in It* favor. Tbe failure of the raw agt> of this bill will compel the return of the preliminary expedition under Captain Tyson, which was sent out last season. The sub committee of the lloo,oo(l, heiug on the average a little more than #2,000,000 a month. foreign News. The oonrt of inquiry into the recent loaa of tbe Ouion steamer Idaho, off the Bailee island, finds that Captain llolmea wae in fault, and ha* tm*pouded In* certificate for six month*. In the exchange of views going on t-tween tbe plenipotentiaries at Berlin the Russian representative* are begibliing to point out that there 1* a final limit t<> concession* for a nation which has made sacrifices aud cannot offend the strong national feeling of its people. They are also said to have stated that they could not go beyond the cononaatoua already made. Just ice MUlar. of the United HtAte* Supreme Court, has t>een seriously til and has had a dangerous ojxirmtiou performed. It is reported in Berlin that the Turks, Rou manian*. Servian* and Montenegrin* will pro tect against any resolution* adopted by the )Moe congress which are not to their taste, and will resort to arms if neoesaary. Charles Jgrnes Mathews, the celebrated Eng lish comedian, is dead at the age of sevtiity fiJe year*. Tbe Turk* have declared that they will not abandon the fortresses occupied by thorn until the final treaty of peace is signed. A Berlin dispatch state* that according to preeent ar rangements, the congress, provided Turkey does not raise difficulties, will lisve settled the main points by tbe middle of July. The set tlement of details will tbon be Iwft to a confer ence of the seapnd plenipotentiaries, and the oongrees will meet again in September to ratify their acta. Tbe Qneen of Bpain died in Madrid of fever after a week's illne**. Bhe was conscious until a short time before her death. Her husband. King Alfonso, and her father, tbe Duke of Montpensier, with ether member* of the royal family, were present at the last moment. Great sympathy was expressed in Madrid and other European oourts for King Alfonso, who was wholly prostrated by his bereavement. Queen Mercedes had just completed her eight eenth year, was marriod to King Alfonso on tho 24th of January last, and hai since become very popular with the Bpenisb people. WGreeoe baa concluded a loan In Paria of #lO, 000,000. The Turks are dissatisfied with the proceed ings of tbs peace eoagrees as far as they have gMW. The Nm* I'rMUMiUI Rise lies After adjourning over the last day* of (loo grcaa the committee reassembled end celled ee the first witness Captain Thomas A. Jenka, of New Orleans, who lestlsfled thel In IIW hie residence wee In East Feliciana jartsh , bald the |MWlUtti of I'lilted Htates deputy merahei | wee appointed by Merahei I'tUin . Itepubltcaiu In the perteh bed told wtUieee thet they war* efrein to regular their nemea on eoMrnnt of tha intimidation. At UiU point Mr. MsMehoo inquired if Mr. Jenka wee e wltnaaa oalled et the inaUnoe of Mr Hhartnen. Mr. Beed re plied thet ha wee. Whereupon Mr. McMabeo raid that he oldarted to any questions being put relattUK to alfalrr in Kaat Feliciana parish, sleep! whet meter tally affected Mr. Hhermeu, and that the iiuaetioue whetlier or not Mr. Hheniten wrote the so-called " Hhsrmao latlar " ahould he decided hafura thta wltnaaa vera laaUmouy regarding tha Intimidation which wea aiperteunad by Republicans In Kaat Fall claire pariah. A long dlaeuaaton folluwsd and ended by Mr I McMahoua withdrew lug hie objection end the continuation of examination of wltneaa, who had nut testified mueh further when Mr. McMehou again objected hot "witness wea ellowad to proceed with the undemanding thet at a future meet lug. when the mouthers were ell praeant, it will he derided whether or not tha taallmony. an far ea it relate* to tiiUmideUon, aheil lie accented or alriekeii oat Wltnaaa then taatldad about tha alleged luUiuldeUoti Iti Kaat Feliciana, saving thai huudreda of ueople had been driven b£New Orleans, net daring to vole the Republican ticket, and that James E. And ar son bait told bun that there was a perfect reign of terror in the pariah. Wltnaaa denied that Andareuti ever told htm be amid not make a protest against tha election. Anderson told wltneaa that the Democrats had made proiMHrttion* to htm. and that he noold make a pretty good tiling out of the election. Wltneaa 'tented Anderson • statement that ha and Wslwr had once shown him tha Hharman letter. On hu cross examination witnea.- testified that be aaw no violence In Keel Kelbaana on the day of election waa told by white men that oolorwd men could vote and by colored man that they dare not vote. Ma knew nothing of his own knowledge regarding the elestiou , It waa bear say. The witness Aral learned that ha had I nan sobpo-naed on the Bepubboao atde from Mr. tthellahargwr i KecreUrr Hhsrmaii scounsel) on tha after uuon ha rwachel Washington Hs sent word to Hhellabargar that he was in town ; thellabarger called on lam , then ha waul to Kbellabargcr* office and nad a nuuraraatlou with bin for a ounple of hoar*. Hi* wife was with him there part of tha time. Itbe went around U> see Gov. Kellogg, and on her return she called at Kheliabarger a office He oalled on Mr. Hhellabargar at hu office three tune* In all, and met him half a dvaen tunes . talked over I,'Hiuiana matters geuermlly, hat not per ticularlT. Mrs. Jauk* (wife of wltneaa) came on to Washington Ut response to letter* from Kellogg and Packard inquiring whether aha had anv uiformaUouor documents which would he useful to them In the fight for the New Or* lean* ou! lector ship and governorship Hs did not know whether hu wife had preserved the letter* received from Ke'logg and Packard, hut thought U likely that she Lad, and that ahe would produce them. Adjourned. Mr. Butler made an explanation to regard to a report that Senator Matthews refused to ap pear before the committee because he was afraid of being insulted by him. Mr. Butler said be would not know tWnntor Matthewa if he aaw bun that he had no personal hostilities against the Senator In coucJasKm Mr. Batter said "And I want to nay that if Mr. Matthewa will wot before this committee, ae relocated. I will absent myself on that day. I want to with lraw all possible obstacles In the way of hu coming before us." The cross examination of Mr Jmk* was continued. Witness ir*>sted in deviating that hs never heard of the Hhar man letter until January last, although Ander son had frequently written letter* to him con taining reference to " that letter.'' Witness stated that hs did uo know what '' that tatter" referred to. Mrs. Jenka. wife of the rreceding witness, was called next to the stand, and her lengthy examination proved quite entertaining. She parried many of the quesUons asked bar, both during the direct and cross examination, with sucti skill as to show that she was no ordi nary witness. Tha *ubstano* of ber l ug ex annua'mo is as follows . She dsaenbad a meet ing with Weber su(-rnsor of una of tha Feli ciana parishes, at the St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, shortly after the jwsaadential election, and taking fur bun a note to parlor P. which note waa addressed to John Kherman. Weber told her he and Anderson bed met Hharman the previous night, and that Andarwun 'was not satisfied and wanted a written guarantor The witness tore the anveiotie containing Weber * note to Sherman, and became pos *e*ed of Its contents. I'pun reaching parlor P he found Garfield. !la'< and others of the visiting statesmen, hut did not see Sherman She got an answer to Weter • letter (packed it up man the table) and returned to Weber, who was awaiting her at the ladies' entrance to the hotel, and gave it to him. Mr. Batter a*ked her to whom she handed the note in |rtor P, to which the witness replied " That i* a direct question " The manner in which Mr- Jenka said this created amusement and. ; after ll.r laughter which it oreastoßwd had sub -t.led. Mr. holier aald be wanted a direct vnswer. Stroking her chin far a moment a I gesture which 'he frrqneotlv made during Lb* examination - Mrs Jenk* said that t* fore ah* replied ah* wanted to make a statement Mr. Bntiar said "Certainly, " and witness continued " Well. I wish to Stale in the I Cessnas of this august committee aud to the country at large that I distinctly and entirely exonerate Mr Secretary Sherman from sot complicity, direct ; or indirect. In the so-called Andereon-Weber guarantee. If there is criminality in the docu ment. or political dishonor attached to It I 1 alooe know the Alpha and Omega of It So j .e else know* aught ui regard to 11. and I do net think I shall tell you anvtking more. It la sufficient that 1 exonerate Mr. Secretary Sher man and also Mr. Anderson, and although I may deem him (Anderson) one of the moet magnificent and sublime scoundrels, at least in the matter of the guarantee, he has been sin cere, and I award turn all due merit. He ha* always deemed it genuine, and this may be a ■mall ray of light admitted into the darkness that surrounds him No one know* about that document but my*elf, and I do not think I am compelled to tell'you gentlemen any more.' In answer to farther questions by Mr. Butler wit ness refused to say to whom in parlor P she had banded Weber s letter. "Who wrote the so-called Sherman letter 7" aaid Mr. MeMahon. on the cross-examtuaUon. She answered " The Otter to Anderson and Weber " mean ing the Sherman letter— " was dictated by ma." " Who wrote it at your dictation r" " I decline, she an wared m a neb French accent. " moet emphatically and mist specifically, to aay who wrote it. I never thought much of the letter till I lately saw it ui print. • d then 1 thought it looked quite imposing.' 1 .rther questioning brought out her statement that site dictated the letter in parlor I' of the 8* I'harlea Hotel with " Jchn Sherman " etgned *o It, and that she hanued it to Weber. All effort* to discover the alleged writer of it or to induce her to name any one present, even a waiter, utterly faded and the committee adjourned after having , questioned her for about five hour* The cross-examination of Mrs. Jenk* oon j tinned, and wa* ma nly ilirorted with a view to getting her to My who wrote lb* Sherman tet ter. After being pressed on this point for i some time, witness again asserted that she had originated the letter, that it was dictated by her, but she refused to reveal who lia aman ' nenai* w or who was in the room at the tune the letter was written. Witness wa* asked to write a cope of the letter on a sheet of | paper handed her by the committee, but re faed After recese Mr. H. V. Horn ton . a newspaper correepoodeoU testified to an in 1 trrview with the President in which be asked tl. I resident how this man Anderson, with , barge, against him of having manipulated v ote* in Ijooiaiana, came lo be appointed to a I . unaulahip. and that the President told him it wa* on account of good services which he had rendered the party, endangering hi* Ufa etc.. but that he ( Anderson > would uot get the ap ' potuUuent or would not hold it. Witness testi fied he did not get the idea from the President : that Anderson's services had been of an tm 1 proper character, but, nevertheless, he had carried away the impression, and had conveyed it to others.' that the appointment wa* doe to the fact or some political knowledge which Anderson bad. That tratvesaioii had been changed, however, from finding ont recently that, at the time of thi* conversation Ander son'* commission had already been withheld by direction of the President. The witness re sented the style of Mr. Butler * examination, and said that while the other members of the committee acted Itke gentlemen, Mr. Butler acted toward him the pert of a " rowdy." The witness wa* thereupon reprimanded by the chairman. After a secret session the committee adjourned. Mrs. Jenk* appeared on the witness stand for the third time, but failed to produce certain letters that she had promised to bruig before the committee on the previous day. hhe was then briefly questioned in regard to her visit to Mrs. Weber at lHinaldannvtlle, La., prior to her de parture for Washington. Mr. Boyntoo was then recalled and went over the story of his interview with the President a* told on the pre vious day, but nothing new wa* elicited. John H. Q. Pitkin was called next and to* titled that he wa* Uulted State* marshal at Sew Orleans in 1*76. In re ply to a question, witness read a long state ment in which be aaid Anderson had made a protest and swore to it in presence of witness, but the document wa* not strictly regular. This ts the protest to which Anderson testified that he did uc t swear. According to the statement, Anderson subsequently came to Iltkin with a second protest, which wa* properly signed and ■worn to, and this Pitkin read superficially to see that it wa* in proper form. He did not ob serve the blanks which Anderson swore it con tained, and which be insisted had been flUed in without ni* knowledge. On cruse-examination it was disclosed that Pitkin had subsequently met Anderson at Philadelphia, and, a* a result of that meeting, Pitkiu and Bypher, of Phila delphia. Anderson s lawyer, met Beuator Oouk liug in Washingtou. wbeu all the uapera in Anderson's possession were fully discussed. Pitkin explained that he and other Louisiana Republican* felt aggrieved at Judge Harlan and other members of the President's commis sion for their action in turning over l-ouiaiana to N'icholla, and hia purpose was to ascertain whether the papers possessed by Anderson were of a character " to bridle ' Stanley Matth ews and defeat the confirmation of Harlan for the supremo bench. Another witness was called, but not examined. Adjourned. Mr*. Jenk* was again plaoed on the stand and questioned iu regard to the Sherman latter While rofu-mg to mention any names she said tbt the partv who wrote the letter from bar dictation was a prominent Louisiana politician, and that he was in Washington about six months ago. Witness stated there had been two drafts of the letter ; the first did not suit her because it was too definite, and she dicta ted another, whioh, she said, was the one a ocpy of which had been read to the committee. Th# next witnaaa examined was Albert Q. Italev ft dMf IBM. wno lived In the bon-e et I wuS'ttk. Juke .t*rfd wbM In Wftahlngton lftt winter. He teeUßed thftt the lady tnfonn ed him thftt he feme to Waehlngtnn to aafttot Packard In hi# oooteet for the Sew Orleeaa o< >1 lector eh i(> . thftt the Hhermen Uter WM under her control. and thftt be bftd been offered #I,OOO for It. HftJet told her If ftheweeoffer ed #I.OOO U would ortog #.000. ftod of fered to he her agent to negotiate ,or iftje. He underelnod from her eonreneHmi thftt the letter bftd been deport ted for eftfety la t fire-proof eefe t Sew Orleooe, Md thftt ftft •be bftd lepoftlted the letter with the tnfttrue- Ituoft thet it mail he delivered only to i Jeaka In person ebe w mid he nam polled to go to Sew Orleftoe for It Thtft oonveraatioo be tween Mr. Hftiey end Mr*. Jenke aooarred In • rutteu *t Um*> • beu eeverftl other peraoue were preaent Witneaa bed known Mre. Jeokft , ft long UIM. Judge Campbell, of Sew Orleenft, wee then called end teetuled thftt be drew the | form of the proteet to IS7S which ft nderetm etgoed, Md which ietevn, In hie tefttimooy. •aid be bftd not ewarn to. Judge Cftmpbell did not remember whether Anderauu ft wore to the proteet but eftld if bU signature to the proteet wee genuine be did o eweor. WHOM* rUted thet Andereeu bed ruftde objestteee te aertetn eUteiuenU In the proteet After ft ebart dlecmeetpn regarding the order In which w itneeeee ebould be examined the eamnuttee adjourned. Mr. Pitkin wee rerelled end examined Upon the polntft developed in hie prevtoue tontimOoy. Witneee testified be bed no doubt of the legftl- , Uy of the I'eckerd government in LOUMABA. end thftt it could here etood without the ftld of Federal ftrme. At thle point • dtecoeelon eroee, Mr. Haucoak objecting to going Into e dieaaeetun regkrdtng the legality of the Pftck erd government end logieteuire, end Mr. Bat ter eaetetning thle breoeh of the eteininftUon. Wtttneev teetißed further In regerd to the pert j ployed by the MecVeegb oooißtieMoo, rent to LuUlaleaa by the Preeldeet to investigate the raepeolive title* of NieboUr oud Packard.' In answer to • qneeUau bv Mr. Butler, witne** eUted thftt Meeere. Harlan end 11*wley bftd told him, ftfter the recognition of the Skebtotle government, thet the leading Bepabliceo. of UuuleiftOft who bad borne (the brunt of work would be token cere of, but Mr. Ander auu'a name woe not meutioned In that oounec uon. After leaning a ftubpuma for at-Collector I'eckerd the committee [iiiieed into the florid* Caen. William r. Chandler teed Bad and n , plftlneil the eeenipg of vwWu telagTm in j cypher that be had aeut from Florida in 1876. 1., a. lHuinle of Atftobuft county, KUiridft, wee then ewuru, od etftted be ee* In Tillebftftenr ahortly after the PraAdantlal etectmri, and there met Govqyuor Novae; be explained to Governor Soya* the difficulty ehuut Archer HMMOt Si. i ai.l . veruor Suyea deeped thftt he ahuuld teelify oouoaruing that preotnrt tiefuro the returning board; wttneae told bun that be bad better not put him upon the eland, u be (WIUMMC) Blight Injure the caee, in fact, he eeld to Governor Suyae that tllileei the latter meant to abandon hie caftft, be bad better not put wltaeea on the stand. The ItepubllCftoe m Florid* regarded Governor Soym ftft the special repreeentatlve of Mr. Hayea. Witness know* nothing of My pledge* made to mem • bew of the cMvemg board Adjourned. Apr—■■ Apron* liA? c, in otift form or other, and of one material or other, formed ft oouapiouotift part of female onwtume from \ :.p.o -Saxon time* to the present day. lu the fourteenth and fifteenth cento rieft, the apron waa worn tolerably plain, and waa generally confined to good houaewivue; but in the sixteenth cents ry they were again adopted by Indian, and were made of aft fine a texture, and eo elaborate in decoration, that they provoked the ire of some of the satirists of the period. Tbna, in IMHJ, Go mum wrote: " Threw- aprofM white, of finer* thread. So cbomehe tied, eo dearly bought; tyo finely fringed, eo mcely apreed. do quaiaUy cut, eo rashly wrought— Wore they in wort to ear* their ouet# They need not met eo many groat*." At thia time they were edged with the most onetly laoe, and worked with gold and silver thread, and with vanoaa color*. In the reign of William and Mary, apron* beoame an indispensable part'of the drouft of a lady; they were very email, edged and puffed with a profusion of laoe, and were worn over tbe npper part of the rieh petticoat, the front of which van fully dwplayed by the opvn gown then worn. In tbe time of Quern Anne the apron grew to aorne wbat larger proportion, and was worn by every lady—the Qaeeu not excepted. In her reign it was niton decorated with gold and silver apangleft, rich needle work of divers colors, gold laoe, meet to*, puff* of lace, and even picture* painted on piece* of wet in and stitched on. In tbe time of George IL, and the early part of thq reign of George IIL, aprons were worn' very long and plain, without lace or ornament— simply long, white apron*, and nothing more. These long, white aprons, circa 1780-60—certainty not being very becoming to ladies—at tracted the attention of " Bean Saab,** the master of the ceremonies at Bath, (or King of Bath, as he waa e mmonly called) an 1 provoked hi* rage to such an extent that it waa decreed no ladiea should appear in white aprons at any of the public balls in that fashionable city. So stringently was this rule enforced, thai it is recorded on one occasion, when the Duchess of Queenftbury infringed the regulation and made her appearance in a white apron, Naah walked np to her grace in the ball-room, and, without ceremony, auietly took off the offending garment and threw it among the waiting women, observing that none but" Abi gails wore such things! The first object in eating is to sup ply the waste of the body; so the first object in cooking i# to prepare food in the manner that will best adapt it to that end.— Dr. R, B. Fbotr't Health Monthly. Metkewa ! Mwiaev* : : Meeavre :il M'l fail to procure Mr#. Wmelow * fiootbtoe; Syrup for all awaaeee uaflttent to thft period of tooth ing u> children. U relieve* the child from tela, •are# wind oolio. regulate* the bowel*, and. by citing relief and health to the child, give* re* to the mother. It i# an old and wall-triad remedy. So. T. Mason, Eaq.. of W. Lout*, write* i "The relief Jon** Whitoomb'e Aethma fto.ro afforded me wee perfect; I have no* had a bad night moot- taking IL Thi* cumplair t ha* troubled me for a long tune, Md I have triad IBMT thing*, bat in no caee found My relief until the Itomedv came to hand." Life la fuU of disappointment*. We recently offered to core a bad caee of rheamatiaa for a rear • etibacripOon in advance, but lust a# we were on lbs point of lifting the vhekela, a *ym twlhixme friend suggested Johoaon a Anodyne I.uumenL, and the money sod the patient van ished instant er. ___________ I'arson* INirfftbve Pilla make new rich blood and will oompleielv change the blood in the entire evetom la three month* Any perton who will take one pUI ft flight from on* to twelve week# may be restored to eoand health. If such a thing i* poaaible. The Markets. a#*f ee* t!* rt-ov-Waatern— Oood to Oholeo . tft* ill 1 mate— tood to Choice S T5 # i <0 per owl ...... 1 fI to Wbmx-M WeR-ft I 0# 5 1 !*o. t Milwaukee • I rt Eye— —— J {Jh Itarley— Slftto. - " 2 ft* Barley Ma1t..... •••• •• # ™ lleokwheat... ~ Data—Mixed Wsaearo ro t iVm—Mind Waetoru 0 45 lUy.pwewt U2S UoTT.'.rT.. fttoi' V. TTN r g i# SSl'iKta - ,O a2 U Lard—Oily OTN# OJ rteo—Mackerel. No. 1, new W 00 #M '0 So . . a*, t 00 A * MM Dry Clod, per cwt. i to AIM Herring. Scaiod. per box. IT $ I* t'rtroleeiß—CVnd*. Oft AOftM Eedaod. ..10* W#r Fleec# HAM lan •• *.... .X..UI MA" HtatoXX A Butter — '* *2 Western—Cholca 1 A " Woatora—tlood to Prtm*.. M A XI W cetera —Firkin* II A M t'ftaeee—State Factory 10 # 11 Htat* Hk1mmed........ ... OT A tft Western...... OS A 13 Sag*—met*end Pennsylvania.... . It A IS ssmiA Wheat—No. 1 Mtlwaukaa.. 1 tft A 1 07 O-ra—Mixed 41 # 41 Data St A 31 Hve...... T A SS Barley . Tl A TIM Barley Man...... ftJ A raiuntLT xn. Beef Cattle—Xitra I*NA MM sheep • M tloge— Dneeefl ("MA OftN Floor—Pennsylvania Extra • (0 A 3 So Wheat—Red Western...... 1 01 A 1 IS Bye 4' A <7 00r0—Ye110w...... 4* A 44 Mixed 43 A 43* Date—Mixed..................... ... N ft Si Petroleum—Crude OSHAOftM Belnad....U Wool—Colorado II ft ii Texas IS A 0a11f0rnia....... N # II ftOSTOk Beef Oeltl* .Me. US A o*h Hheep UftJfA O.'k Horn. WH(. Mk Flour—Wisconsin and Mlnneacta.. 7 78 ASM Uorn—Mixed... 33 A M i>nta— " 34 A Ma Wool— OHIO and Fdnnartvenl* XX.. aft A 40 OaPforyla Fall 14 A 23 UXIUOTOK, Maaa. ileefGatue OdRA n*M Hheep (M A MM Lomna.... .. ■)/ A hi Hogs 01 a a tl w*van-vow*, et&e* BMf Qvtlie—Foot to 0beua...... . *i. ft to 80e0p.. ..4,....-.... 1 a •- tetat0....^..^......... .... i to - • (trace HALT. —On* at the moat ebftintag hall* for eouewtft in Hew Tort city hi theJuUy celebrated (Hart Hall, Ho. 111- IMb fcreeh Tbe eftfttlng eepedty I* about •. aad the acouaUo properties of the baUdtae are eo ex cellent thai thry fturpem tboee of My other •Under aelftbllahnwnl Connected wiih thi* hall ar the wararooma of the renowned (tm** pUWM, the menu factum of which waa etarted a quarter of a wntny ago by Mr. Geo. (Mart. Thee* itietrumania are a nit vailed for tone and durability, sod bare taboo Mm Brat peine at tli Vienna exhibition in IBTt, and at PhUadelpbia in IB7A The Bra in full sympathy with tbe time* offer latauJtDg purchaser* every poeelbl# inducement aa and taraa The Meet and Meet Eraaeuxltal lliruMkeeperft are giving the cheap adulter aladl-eklug powder** "wide berth, 'and whyf Becaaee experlance has taught them that an absolutely pure, full atreogth, full weight ar ticle. each aa Dootey'a Teaat Powder, which never fails to produce light, wholesome and nutrition* biscuit*. mi's, nufint, waffle# and griddle cake* of all kinds, is by far the ebeep aat and most econonWaaL OtSVH The OaleteMad " MiiTOELS* ** Wood Tag Ping Tuiifioo. Tag PIOVKSS Toaaooo Umin, Sew Tart. Boetooi and Ohicogd The O reel eel Oteeeverr ef It* A* I* Or fakta*' nlilirinit Veeellee Lief aet ? ftientalei a* peftfta, sad warranto* Is earn' DvavrW. DfeaeMeft, Uafta. aed aeaaaa*. lake* laiemefly. aed UMe.UUraaee ■ l I Sere Thaeale.Owtm, ftrewaa. Old Saaea. ' aaft Paw* la tea Umb*. Baaft aed ObeM, eaWraeili. 11 aaaeevat tailed Se lewllft sill saw ft* wttfteW S alter aee* fttvftNr H • tall Wtal. Pnea tU aaafta. IS. pohus' vancriAn Woaaa LDfiMSMT, w Pta* Ueeua*. at On* DaUer, I* enrvaeted raftiwar Is aa* wear, at BO PAT, tar tfta anra a* Oaha. OWa. BrWaaa. O.d eataa.au SeM ft* ali Drsactew. ftr> to Pare Pea*. Was Tart. —-aa. ■eevr'a aaoaceni.Taoawae. *• —urf> aee rosy I * l if i * ***** ; otnre BBftggtJWgVß^g $350 80.000 OEGmHr-.Fi^T^.w Am A D*T I* Ae—ta aaaraertaa tar IB* Pll eetd* *7 Vletter. twe aed Oetfti Pva* AAtaee W w P O VlOKMlT.Awetai.Maaa. a liltSTw WASTED Par ttw A-t aed Iftwe \ a. tier Plaeanal Seaka aed B.hta* Pilaea rndeaed n ear aaer. Thee llinwiL Prei imn aCo . ; HigMelabta. Ota**e. ar St heea Iff MVB tJSSStai" AVKa vIWIM AGENTS, READ THIS! $lO. S2O. SSO. SIOO. .taaasaa jfeiffiyaan ts.vtiy.BS.g.ttCtoagß' wdeaa iaflKKSa^Sto'k~&ssaa lar-U-r (Ulee* ereawL Oaed ftehdree*. taeaaa. tee mMIM SI 0 £ $25 SS-tontßS: Novelties S2SS. Outfit Free S I ft|4g*y?yoSSuuSS!. Sum. I ' - Bl# frlwhwd nmrff tfly yff* Geo. Steck ft Co s Piano Fortes TXAPI MAMX. DR. BCCKERI \ Q 7 o CELEEEAWD BALSAM (himt eCL u A ff H t'lVrf Par lEPLAMEO WEAK ETMA I Vv KTVEB aed KJU rvixnm. y7 F V\ SOLD ET ALL DKI&OtSTS. / XT DOWEKV.B. k. Cures Dyspepsia. Indigestion, Sour Stomach, Sick Headache. BODSf Fronting Union Square NEW TOOK. Finest Location in the City Evfjiai RE—tatural fescnassil UKK.XKW A WKI fffff. ft epi leferi. l{u7msSfTtSCMSCo\ I ses Bf/QAO. 'AY. Nr. I ffbo Wants Bjchinery? W* ftaaatar aelaeaer I.SOO •' aed unafl beed j waaftiaaa si pnaaa far ftWoa tha.r Ire* vale*, on—erie. in* etW-..1L1. aed ItENERAI. WOOD WORKING MACHINERY a# eaarv daeeeipltae. PenaMr aed Niatleeerv NTBAM bNtiINEN aed HOILKRM fraw |.KOOOh. p., WATER WHKKI.V fJRIeT Ml 1.1- MA* It IN KEY, MAtIIINIMTN' aed EI,.*€7WSMITHS' TOOIJI of overs vanaOr. Pt'MPK, PIER APPA -1 EATITk, t'OTTON tad WOOI.EN .MACHIN EEY. RRI.TINO. CIKCCLAI MAWN. Mil *rl 'Mil ri'UAYN, etc,, etc.. all fulls doaenbad, ear prteftod last Ho. IT. witk pnoaa aeeex Od.eftlefte. I —all folk# addvaraof ear pert* Awtr tea aaohieocy .ftoerao—*t of atawp taeta ptoetr )** vfet waeftie# or atvahlaaa mm ate la want of. set dost bai H1 fom bar* oaietaltj read oar .Ist ml ths craetoar hareaiea aa—oWarad m tft* ee* af eaw aed ear add aed wachia— Loe apsetal fmshl ■aa ullaier I tar ,-er oeato—re w oar —ctioa ad tea ro led Hlala* or Uaaad*. Addrvea S. F. FORSAITH A CO., Hickubsts ad Garni Macbfflt Balers. WIANCME9TERft N. N. 5f H.— VlUmm end Town Fuw KnfiMp. Mom Ojr nsgw. Lnddwr Trucks and Firm Equipment* a specialty, hwend for I'irw Ffi#tnr circulars. Homes in Minnesota. |liiißota'siS"^S Dallere, THIKTY-PIVK Ml 1.1.1 ONbaakafi of Cftft.Oee.lba, Barf—. Sashewi'sl od Potetooa, worth over Tarealv MUftoa Hollar* Poor hae died and Five ri.Ot kIM; mUA rifteao btt dr. Aa,n#_Kll HIRE ST ATI OF THE NORTH WENT. Tweelv Ft TO 1Q77 ITfie BOieS,rTBeSCBMIS.ITCfiJiMOS, In// Seo'y ef taatr aiyUu^g°y^ A Sofa aad Hallab * kabetiteto for Quitalne The enly 25 cent AGUE REMEDY XZO* THB WORZdS CCHBS WlllMJlihiJ all MALAHIAL OLEKASBS. J! DrorfWva. Baiwe FR(I aa racalpt of ftrte*. aa UCNPae VIOB a CO., . Wooovaa ftraaev, We* ,au far ll,air tea cast bonk, eailvl ta lbs laaSsrV v*P" FREE efaw* •t . " f, - j* ' SH I ■. via if ' '