FOR TIIK YOl'Xtt FOLKS. W*lTn. A paak of grar wolve# went down to drink And what do yon think ? And what do yon think ' The top wa thin. • And the pack fell in ' And they all wore like to have drowned been. Uiit those yelping wolren. o gaunt and grim, Made out to swim ' Made out to swim ! And they aplashed about Till they all got out. U lien I ho- felt very wot and cold no doubt. Bnt the snarling troop, with ihrir dripping fur, So hungry were. So hungry wi re ' That they dashed ahead ' And, a# they sped. They howied in the light that the pale moon ailed. On their tireless, ravening way they went. With eager scent. With eager eoeut. Wolves, hnngry aud bold. And wet and cold ! And if traveler they found, they have never tokl. ) outV* i'o'>i|UHk | n. The tinnier * Nisrv. " I have had many narrow escapes, and have seen some straugc things 1 can now recall otic, when I was hunting boavt r, inst as the ico began to break up, and ou one of the furtheat, wildest lakes I over visited. I calculated there \>u!d be no human being uearer than one hnudred miles. 1 was pushing my canoe along the lo,vae ice, one cold day. when inst ronud a point that projected into tiie lake. I heard something walk ing through the ice. It made ao much noise and stepped so vegularlv, that I felt sure it must he a moose. 1 got my rifle readv and held it coektvl iu one hand, whiio 1 pushed the cauoc with the other. Slowly aud carefully 1 rounded the point, wh; u, what was my astonish ment to see, uot a moose bat a man, wading in the water—the ice water !He had nothing on hi* head or feet, aud his clothes were alrnoet toru off from hia limbs. He was walkiug, gesticulating with with his hands, and talking to him self. He seemed to b© wasud to a skeleton. With great difficulty 1 got him in my canoe ; wheu I landed I made up a tiro aud got him some hot tea and food. He hail a lone of some animal in his bosom, which he gnawed almost to nothing. He was nearly frozen, and .piloted dowu aud soon fell asleep. I nuraevi him like an infant. With great difficulty, and in a round-about way I found out the name of the town from which he came. Slowly and carefully I got along, around falls and over por tages, keeping a resolute watch on liirn, lest he should escape Irom me into the forest. At length, after uearly a week's travel, 1 reached the village where I snpposevl he lived. I found the whole community under deep excitement, and more than a hundred men were scatter ed in the woods au-.i ou the mcnntains, seeking for my crazy companion, for they hail learned that he had wandered into the woods. It hail been agreed upon, that, if lu was found, the bells were to be rung and guns fired. And, as svn as I land f. a shout was raised, his friends rushed to him. the bells Broke out in loud note*, and gnus were fired, and the report echoed again and ag.i u in the forests and on the moun tains, till every seeker knew that the lost one was found. " How many times I had to tell the story over I I never saw people so crazy wish joy. for the man was of the first and best families, and they hoped his insanity would be but temporary, as I afterward learned it was. How they feasted me, and when I came away, loaded my canoe with provisions and clothing, and everything for my comfort! I: was a rime and place of wonderful joy. They seemed to forget everybody else, and think only of the poor man whom I had brought back." The I'rc lon. Herb. Two little German girls, Brigitte and vValburg, were on their way to the town, and each carried a heavy basket on hr head. Brigitte murmured and sighed con stantly, Walburg only langhed and joked. Brigitte sail: " What makes yon laugh so? Your basket is quite as heavy as mine, and you are no stronger than I am." Walburg answered: "I have a pre cious little herb on my load, which makes me hardly feel it at all. Put some of it on your load as well." "Oh," cried Brigitte, "it must in deed be a precious little herb ! I should like to lighten my load with it; so tell me at once what it is called." Walburg replied : " The precious little herb that make* all burdens light is called patience." A Fox Hunt at Fan. The principal amusement of gentle men wintering at Pau, France, for the benefit of their health, is fox hunting. The farmers oo a profitable business by selling foxes, which, after being fed on raw meat for several days, are set free and hunted. The fox is carried in a box to the "meet," several mile© from the city, and let go. A slow hound is put ou his track, and a flag stuck in the ground to show the hunters where to begin the hunt. As soon as the flag is found the dogs are put on the soent, and away go all hands; bnt not nnfrequently a dozen saddles are emptied in one bant. Bloody face* and broken collar-bonce and legs are among the incidents which g;ve a zest to the sport. A Boston merchant and retired ship-captain, Mr. R. B. Forbes, met with on amusing in cident ■ u one of these hunts. It Hhows the influence witicb a high title has over French peasants. He had followed the hunt over a field, and was passing through a gate held open by two peasants, when they seized the horse's bridle. In a rougb voice they demanded why lie was riding over their land. The astonished hunter answered tiist as he was following a cart-track, he had done no damage. They demanded five francs to let him pass. "I won't give you five francs or five sous," replied Mr. Forbes. It was rain ing hard, and the peasants had rushed out of their cabin in dry clothes. "In such fine weather," he continued, "and with this boautiful view before me, it is very pleasant to have two such nice young men holding my hunter." The men looked as if surprised at having found such an eccentric hunts man. They were rapidly being wet to the skin. "What should you do if one about 1 come on your grounds without leave?" they asked. " I should aay, Come into my cabin and dine." They seamed a little ashamed of them selves, and the American added : "Come to the Grand hotel, to-morrow, i:d ask for Admiral Forbes; you shall have refresbm nt and we will assess the damages done to vour sterile land." The reqi est to call on an admiral at the Grand hotel thoroughly upset the peasant?. They let go the bridle, open ed the gate, and bowed as Mr. Forbes galloped off with "Adieu, metnieurn." An Artificial Earthquake. Speaking of an explosion of giant piwder, by which several persons were killed, a Ban Francisco paper says : It is worthy of note, in a scientific point of view, that the stroke of a hammer driving a nail in a piece of wood, which exploded the giant powder works, also shook a city. There is no part of San Francisco in which the concussion was not felt, though the works were located rive miles from the center of population, ft is reported that the shock was noticed HI Hen Jose, fifty miles off. The gener al fleets were precisely similar to those produced by an earthquake. The di rect on of the motion was not the same in all places. Topographical elevations may account for deflections, bnt the genei al movement was north and south. Here we have a force external to the earth producing phenomena precisely similar fco those supposed to emanate from the interior. The coincidence, to say the least, is very remarkable. No one accustomed to earthquakes ex periencing the shock of Wednesday would have set it down to anything else but an internal convulsion. FARM. tJARHKX AND HOrsEliOl.l* Heelwes KVKUTIVN Tarvv. Take one cup of sugar, ono of throe tonrtha of a cup of butter. Boil not quite so long as molasses candy and poor on bnttoml plates To PKKVKST WOOOSN Howisi FKOM CHACKINO. —Place over a gcHvl tl n>, iu a wash boiler of cold water; heat to a boil ing heat, ami boil one hour, tnnug sure to havo it all covered; then set the Ivuler off the tire aud let it cool gradually, then take it out of the water aud wqe dry, and kiH>p it m the shade. It will never crack or break. TUK KITVHKS. - If you fiud it neces aary to have the floor bare, oil it well I with liustnyi oil, and you will save many \ a weary hour. One tiling alw ays ; the looks of a kitchen, aud that is the old clothes hanging in it. Make a cup board; curtain it, driving naiis inside for all clothing which has to bo kept iu the kitchen. Paint the Wtsxiliox and all the woodwork in the kitchen, if piesi hie. Hood color would Ih< hand some. l>o uot forget that curtains are me© tor ' the kitcheu as well as parlor. llsMsrSslil Itlsls* WASHINU FIUNNKU. INit uo flannel lUtci clean cold water, and keep it iu (i>r a fortmght, changing the water six or •even times ; then wash it well with nice warm water and t**p, t< get out ! the oilv matter. Yon will find the flati uel wifl uhver get hard or shrink I To KXXIV>VK BTAINS. Duwolve ue onuce ot pure pcarlash iu a pint of spriug water, ami to the solution add a j lemon cut iu small alioea; unx the m grtsheufs woil, keep the mixture iu a warm state for two days, then strain it, aud bottle the clear liquid for use. A little of this poured ou the status will remove them; as s.x>u as they disappear the cloth ahouhl be washed iu clear water. How TO Mix MISIAKI'. Mustard should l>© mixed witli water that lias been boiled and allowed to cool; hot water destroys Us essential qualities, and raw cold water might cause it to fermeut. Put the auctatd .u a cup witli a small pinch ot salt, and mix with it, very gradually, sufficient bod iug water to make it drop from the spoon without being watery. Sur and mix well, and rub the lumps well dowu with the back of the spv#u t A* mnstard properly nr-xed should be entirely free from lumpa "Hie m istarxi ps>t should not be more than half fall, or rather lees, if it would not te used in a day or two, as tho mustard is so much better when fresh made. 4'*re • Fwwrts is lllsiir. The first essential to the comfort and well-being of fowl# iu severely-cold weather is warmth. If allowed to be out of doors when the temperature is as low as it has been for some time past, their feet and combe are likely to booouie fro ten, and they will snffer greatly, if they do not die, in consequence of the e-iposnre. Several times Junug the past twenty years the stock of fowls in the West has been greatly reduced by the large number that perished by the cold. When ueglect amounts to cruelty it is crimiua!, aud should so be regarded. Many fowls that do uot die immediately by exposure to the cold become chilled to such an extent thai their vitality is ever alter ward impaired. They will produce few eggs and will constantly exhibit marks of feebleness. Chickens are often stunted during the wiuter so so that they uever attaiu the sise of those that have had the advantages of warm quarters. Brmlersof tine fowls not uufrequcut ly have stoves in their poultry-houses, ready to tire up when the weather is uncommonly severe. Unlees the hooiw s are very clean they may do more harm than good, as they will cause the air to be tilled with noxious gases. If artifi cial heat is resorted to for warming poultry-houses, great care should be taken not to make the temperature too high. If a stove is pat in a poultry house, a VR ntilator should be made in the roof. Placing coals in an open ves sel in a po Itry-room is likely to kill the fowls by the carbonic acid gas gener ated. A barn cellar, having glass win dows on the south, is the best place for ponltrv during severe cold woather. It is not hkely to be either too cold or too warm for their comfort. If au ordinary poultry-hone has windows on the \ south and east sides it may lie ren dered verv comfortable if there are no cracks in the walls. If a portion of the floor is covered to the thickness of s foot or more with clean, loose straw, it will greatly aid the fowls in keeping warm. If bundles of I straw be placed on end, fowls will crawl between them and keep warjn. In Nor way, it is ssnl, rcoats are made for fowls in wiuter by placing straw in troughs. It is desirable to give fowls warm fo d in the morning during cold weather. C airse meat, chopped up with potatoes and other vegetables, seasoned with pepper, enriched by fat, and warmed over the fire, is excellent. If meal IH fed. it should be thoroughly cooked. It is likely that more can be realized from tallow and other coarse fats by feeding them to poultry than bv disposing of them in any oilier way. The evening food of fowl* may be whole corn and oats. A supply of shark sand, lime, or burned bone* and charcoal should al ways lie kept in a poultry-house when the weather is ao severe that fowls can not run out.— Chicago Time*. A Prince's Wedding in Oregon The Portland Oregonian prints the following story translated from the Oregou /)> ut*ch Z* ituny : A few days ago the (Jrrgonian contained a list of marriages during the year, aud among them appeared the following notice: "December 13, Prince C. J. Nadaeky ami Marie von Belcbe." The oddity of a titled wedding in Oregon led our re porter to investigate, and here follows the true story: " Prince Carl Johann Nadaskv, sole heir of a wealthy aud in fluential Austrian family and a loDg line of illustrious ancestors, was, dnriug the revolutionary year of IH4S, a young offioer in the imperial Austrian guard. W lieu the sentence of death was passed upon R >l>ert Blum, the famous revolu tionary leader, and a favorite of the Ger man people, the young officer was de tailed to command the detachment of soliders whose bullets were to terminate the life of the noblest aud bravest man of his age. The fortitude Blum displayed at the execution, and his parting words so im pressed the young soldier, that a few months' study of the liberal publica tions of thoee days sufficed to load him into the revolutionary party. But the feudal government ti iomphed, anu Prince Nadasky, together with many other prominent lenders, was taken prisoner and condemned to death. Through the influence of his relatives his sentence was commuted to imprison ment for life, and he was sent to the dark cells of an Austrinu fortress. Eight long years lie lived the life of a convict, when, at the birth of the crown prince of Austria, he was liberated, but ban ished from his country for life. He came to Ban Fraucisooaud devoted bim- Belf, under the assumed name of H. Meier, to the business of flower garden er, earning a livelihood and accumu lating a small fortune. About five years ago iie was married to a German lady of noble birth, who was impressed w.th the cultured and gentlemanly demeanor of the gardener. Not more than a year past he removed to Balem, in this Slate, and bought a small property for bis business. But the happy pair had been blessed by a lovely boy, and the father foun f no r.-st in the thought that his dear ones were destined to lead an obscure life, away from the honors and luxury due them, and took passage for Europe. He went to Vienna, and in an audience with Emperor Fran cis Joseph, succeeded in obtaining his pardon and being reinstated into his ancestral inheritance. Post haste he sped back to his family, and under bis real name he was again married in this city to his faithful wife. The steamer Idaho, which left here December '29 th, took the happy couple and their young son back to the castles of the prince, in the beautiful mountain regions of old Austria. " Thill 'Pre Dug." AI noou yesterday there pie<© of tedo>nl, a dog miii a man on tin* Wood ward atomic jHirtioo of tl city hall. If | tho dog could havo had liia any lout it. ho won hi prolmbly have offered the mail (or aalo at a low figure; bnt .lotf* tu tlita country aie dnuib. If *• the man who ! explain vl: "Yea, tlii* We dog m for aide. I kinder thought win it 1 lift homo that 1 j wouldn't tako loan than glO for him, but 1 flud, ou gittiu' lioro, that uioat every ! IKHIT owna litro or six dogs apiece; and I ao 1 'apoae I'll havo to oomo down to at* j or aovou dollara. I hatn to do it, though. If tho old woman waau't wearing a horse blanket tor a akirt, and tho ohildron barefooted, 1 wouldn't part with tlaa j vh*tf, oven up, for the biggest rhinoceros I in liarnum'a hull ootleekahun." " Any moan trait# alaiut hull ?" in- I quired the oitiaeu. " Waal, no," slowly replied theowuer; "not any downright mean trick " Then win d> von wiah to aell him?" " Waal, 1 can't lie, oven to aell a dog, and as bail a* the old woman wants a t new skirt. The fact is, we've kinder hut confidence in lloirr, ami the old woman, iu iH'rtteklcr, l* down ou liirn." " How Was it ?" *' 1 don't keer about the dog'# lieariu' what I #ay ' replied the man aa he low i ered hia voice iud drew oft a tit le. " You see, hi' tisik the durndent streak ou you ever heal.l of. Clue .lay he left home and come hack with a wallet in hia mouth. There waa tu it. Next day he brought home a diamond ear ring. Nut Hfhl le MM home witli a gold watch ami chain, and on hi# next trip he brought home a thousand dol lars in greenback#. In the course of the past mouth this 'ere dog haf brought home -ver ten lost )>orkela Us'ks, seven gold watches, Ave diamond 1 rings au.l six wolf robe# "Good gracious' but i that #o ?" ex claimed the citizeu, looking the dog over anew. " Yea, that m so. and that's wtiv we've lost confidence iu him, and why'l want to sell him, I'm afraid he dou't com© by those things honestly, and they are a burden on my conscience. The i old woman has turned everything over to the sheriff to be Restored, and ahe says if we keep the dog we're aiding and al>etting robbery." •* If I take this dog 1 shall simply keep him in the barn." ob*erv\l the citizen. "Justs... If you let him out he'll find a lost wallet, sure." "1 shall see that he remains looked up day and night, my honest friend, and, by tho way, let me compliment vou on vour rare display of conscience. You deserve the thanks of every honest man. Here are ST for your dog." "Thank you." was the humble re ply, and that meek and humble look didn't leave the man's face until the dog and hia new owner had turned s corner. Then he didn't sav anything. He merely gave vent to a chuckle which sounded like ice breaking off a mansard roof in a thawing day and coining down on a lot of scrap-iron. -Detrvit AV, , Prts*. Prices Paid t©r Fur- anil >ktaa. Iu its latest report, the Now York lYibu'ie aaya the oatoh of akiuiks con tinue# verv large, but speculator* are taking them at better prices. Trap pers anil Collectors show more willing ness to disjvisti of their skins as price* advance. below are for prime skiua only : Bear. Northern black, for *..-e ar..l iiaality. irime 95 i©<# f* ii Hear, Southern and Northern yearling* 3 Vo' 400 Beaver, Northern, per akia 7f 000 Heaver Wtwlcru and Southern . 50** 1 "0 lladger . .. .. 75< 100 Cat, wild .... 15-e 4 1 1 -eer, summer ... "Jo< 2S tlsher, Norttieru and Eastern, 0 00#' 10 00 Kiaher. Southern a:.4 Western . 4 04".: - t*> Fox, silver .10 I*## 30 I*o Fox. cross. Northern and ('.ast ern ..... .. -1 OOAC 2 50 Eox, red. Northern and Eastern 1 t'-so- I 50 Fox,red, S.lVun.. N J., N. Ohw 1 M >-. 1 1 - Fox, red. Southern and Western *■•< 1 110 Fox, gray. Northern and East era case# 1 Tie* 125 Fox. gray. Southern and West ern .. . - SOtk 1 AO Eox, kit! 3i''c 50 Oott, American, tt>.. 10* 18 I.fhx. each 1 '*•<* J I*l Marten. States ... . 1 00(j 1 50 Mink. New York and New F.ag laud 1 00# 200 Mink. Canada. Michigan and Minnesota 00# 90 Mink. New Jersey. IVnusyiTaina and Ohio 4' 00 Mink, Maryland, Virginia, Ken tucky. lndiaua, Wisconsin lowa 30* 40 Mtnk, Missouri and Southern Jsr 25 Muskrat, Northern and Eastern. fall anil winter It* 14 M'.iskrat. West l'enn. and Uhiu. fall and winter Mfil 'J Muskrat, Southtru. fall and winter 10 Otter, Kentucky. Virginia. North OaruUoa, Ksnsas. etc.. 200 Is 225 Otter. Northern and Eastern and N'orthwrsteru 3 0c C tk) Otter,Pennsylvania.New Jersey. and Western . 2 l*" 300 Otter, Sooth Carolina and Geor gia 2 tti* 2 50 Opossum. Northern, caeed.. '•>' 15 OccMnm. Boiiihern and nj>en Northern 'J# 3 Raccoon, Mioh, N. In J.. N Ohio 75'© *0 1 Raccoon. 111., lowa. Wis., and Minn t#t* 70 Raccoon, N. V. and E. Stale* and N. Penn 60- 70 Raccoon. N J.,8. I'eun.. lud., Mo.. Neb. and Kan. .. Ss' *5 Raccoon. Md.. Vs., Ky., Tenn.. N. aud H. Oar., Geo.. Ark.. Kla . and Ala 25< 37> Sknnka, prime bai k. No. 1. cased 1 3< 'JO Skunks, whole streaked l"fs JO Biiep, wool skin 2o* 75 Wolf skins, mountain, large ... 1 50* 2'*• Wolf skins, prairie, prime. ... s"* 60 r*t'k ('UstOMNi Cats are not supposed to have the in telligence of dogs, says an exchange, and yet if we observe them we find that they are capable of a great degree of reaaoning. A cat belonging to ua had a ' kitten, which, when it had learned to drink milk from the saucer with its! mother, was given to a neighbor. For | many days after the old cat never drank more than a certain quantity of the milk given to her, leaving the rest for the kitten, which ahe hourly expected to retnrn. After a time, finding the kitten did not come, she resumed her habit of drinki-" tie wl ole of the milk placed in the a .ioer. Wo were calling j at a cottage wl m an old cat came iu. "Ah!' said the woman of the house, | "she has been to see what.our neigh bor's cat hns got for her. She is too old to hunt for herself, so our neigh bor's cat will keep u mouse or a bird for her, and she go. rrguiauy every ; morning to see -..at there in for her." Aner.or cat we have seen who has h„ cu taught tricks in the same j manner as a dog, and if litr master places her on the table and saya " Die," ahe will lie quite motionless, and not move a paw or her tail until he tells her to get up, when she jnmps np immedi ately aud is OH frisky as ever. Cornered at lost. II is wife had, probably, been arguing I and coaxing for years, for lie looked like a man whose spirit had been worn out before he had consented to have his photograph taken. He had halted at the door of a gallery as if trying to in vent some excuse, hut she pushed him up-stairs, and he was in for it at last. He hoped the photographer would be crowded with work, but be wasn't. He hoped the camera was out of order, hut it was in fine condition. " Can't take me to-day, can yon ?" he queried. "Oh, yea—take von right awnv," was the reply. " Have I got to ait np straight ?" " No ; sit as yon please," " Hain't these clothes too light ?" " Not a bit." " I can't spsre over three minutes." " Very well—lll take yon in two." There was no way to get rid of it, and, with a despairing look around and a > frown at his wife, the old chap dropped iDto a chair with a aigh, shut his eyes, crossed his legs and groaned ont. : " Well, if I must, I rnnst. Bring ou your laugliiug gas, mid don t let my wtle g > through my po Krts wliile i'rn nn c inscious I" "Wbati," says a correspondent, I " would yon call short order?" Git! NEWS SUMMARY. f alvi and Mltldl* Htatwe l'ele."tive i hat'ee K Wlgglu. of Itosbui, who was . mploved by the attorney • geueisl of ; Maine U> investigate the circumstances con ■ ncH'tsal Willi the death of J. Wilson Itsrion ( res surer of ttie Hsxler (Ms < savings bank, professes au entire disbelief in the stoiyuf Ins I disliemwty and suicide Mis Barton, wif* of , the dead cashier, publishes * card, asking for a suapeuaiou of judgment milll all the evitUue* 1 in the esse lias loeti taken llii vrlirialle |s>et aud esssyist llieliaid j Henri liana, died at Ins resldeiioe 111 lg>stoii a , few daVa ag>>. age.! ninety three ! t'be business pal t of the village of lie, Mass., lias lieu destioyrd by fire Pen stores slid s piltdiug > Hue were turned out, csiismg . ill aggiegate loss of atsiUl #100.Oft) linierat tleorge Cadwalader, a voteran of i the Mi lean wai aud well known In military | circle* throughout tile Pnltal states, "lle-i In ' rt.iladelplils, the otbei day, aged eiveuty | lltrve von At Uie burial of Asbtmrtou w-bstei, 111 Marskfleld. Ms** . (be lkl of th* casket con lalutug the reuialns of bis grandfather Daniel Webster, was o|w>ited. and Ills face was l glug along iu the Nrw York surrogate s caiurt. Six men were arreatoil at i.elwuuu, Pa., chsrgrd with havmg murvteml J.eph liab. r. su old man, last 1 Avvutler, In order to obtain 915,1**1 insurance on his life. On* Peter* [—luted that ho saw several of the accused ■"Utko the old mau over th* head with a bluul instrument and thru throw the body into the creek so as t.i envoy the Uuprvaasni that be had falleu til aiiddrowued Thouiaa 1 ocd, the ageii New York milUou atre, l* dead, lu his eighty fifth year. He WAS 1-est known to the public by ttie cxcileuieril created and lutelrst aroiiseil last year when be mairitwl the dashing Mrs Hicks despite tho wishes oA his sous, wt.o instituted uusucces* fut legal protieedtiiga to have tbo marriage an nulled on the ground of their father's allagrd unsound mental condition. The sons charged that their father hail been kliluappod by Mrs lllcks and bad never drrauml of tuarrytng ber till five minutes lif ore (he ceremony took pla.e. lbs matter was finally Compro mised Mi Ix>rd signing an agreeaisut givrmg ti> eai-h of Ins children a yearly allowance dur tug his lifetime, and at bis death all were to •hare alike lu the jiruowed* of th* e*tat H* loaves several million dollars Hecwnllf a lass ball match was sbol by t aptani B gardus In Oilinore's Oarden. New iotk, and at the t.iuo It was clanuod the marksman ha' hit 5 (W0 consecutive halls with out a miss The feat was nailed as an un paralleled out but HT.ass' .qptrtl of L'o" Trows >"oines out in an article giving strong proof Ui show that the glass bails bad nearly ail been broken before they were shot at, atul that the " match " was a fraud Western and Seutnsrn Vtates. tinef causrd a young farmer named Posset, Uviug wear I pper tvandosay Ohio lo shot himself Ihfx-ugo the heart on th* day followuig the death of a recently married wife From #fna hlngton. CotKK ruing the beautiful Arlmgtou estate ou the Potomac, opjwvsite Waahliigtou, a djs patnh from the national 'capital ears ft ap pears to he the opinion of the legal profession here fannhar with the stibjeet that the Arling ton ijectment suit, which the Putted Stales itistrV-t court decidnd a few day* ago at Alex andria. Va.. ui favor of the lxe estate, will also l>e decide-! by the Putted States sn pn me court, to which it has been appealed, in favor of the piainuffa The judgment of the lower Court restores the estate lo tieiierai lx-<- arid cm .e for the ejivtment of ail teuauts who have been in po**"toir since the transfer > f the estate under a tax sale in lsfiS. This tu eludes (he tints 1 Mates as a tenant of the national cemetsry, the 15,000 bodies of deaii Purou soldiers that rest therein, and the gov eriiuii nt signal office and slatlou at Fort Wlnj pie. It is just t" t truerai lxv to say that be has no deeiro b> disturb Ibe deed or to regain joim ssg'ti of that part of Artlrglou cemetery projer. which is but a trifling jortiuu of the whole ewtat*. tier era! !>*e has oti'v wished to estallieh hi* entire property rights to the lauds in question, and l* quite williug to sur render that portion of the retste. or the whole of it, to the government, at a fair valuation Mwvetary -tanton declined (o receive the ten drr of taxee made prior to the sale by Northern reiaUves of ifd.erai Lee, ou the ground that Oeneral liotwrt L lxw was a rebel, and no rel ative should be perunt ed to redeem hi* prop erty. S-cretary htauluii. the court says, had no authority to dc thti. audit it practically up on tiiat act alone that the whole case turned There is a bill pending LU the Hunate to b..y the comet cry part of'.he estate After *l. eierutlVe KUIOII iaat.llg KTP!) hour*. the Senate confirmed the nomination* of Slr. Mcrritt and Hurt, u collector and nara; officer, rrapeoUrely, of tbe port of New York, Ttr flgbt orrr thee nomination* war t:i extrrtur r bitter our. Mr. (Vcikhng making • long ipMrK, ou * motion to refer tbe noon nation* hack few lnrratigation. during which be I r ir w S the anawcrof (icerk! Arthur, the •tupended orlirrtor. to the rtitrjiN made agaiu*t that ofiit-iei l y SWry Sherman. anj contained in tbe i'reeideut • recent moee. Mr. (onkUng denounced U> adaumaUatn.u fur *upcudiug Mcer Arthur and Cornell, tbe )#edeoeaeora of Merrill at.J Hurt, and created a profound aeunatli n in the Senate by pr< dncinp and baring real a batch of letter* ntten to iienerai Arthur by member* of the admmtetrmtioQ. aaktng for placme for their friei d in the New Y'ora eurtotn houee . a eon of Juatiae Hradler, of the United State* u I nine trior:, being one of tboee in wboer fan r application wa* made, accord tig to tbe docu ment* Tweoty Democrat* and thirteen Re publican* rnted ft# Mcrrltt * Oonflrmation. to eighteen ib publican*. flee Hocorrata and one Independent agamtl The Ski cur, in which th United States Mis to recover several hundred thousand dollars fr rr Hon. Hamtiel J. lilden for alleged srrrs'■ of income til. wa* ob the calendar of the S tilted State* district court. in Newt York, the other dev. hnt was pot off for the term at the of the government's oonneel. who was not ready to proceed with the euit. A fire in the bustix** center of St. I*aul, Mint'. . drtrc *ed property trained at over ff.0.000. Commissioner of Agriculture !#• Dnc ha* de cided not to distribute any more seed# through member* of Congress. but suggest* ttiat the object* of member* wii! let lietter accomplished by furnishing to the department the aort from him that tiie cattle disease exists in the Coils d j States, and he advlacs (itinera! Is* I>nr. with c r. aider able reluctance, of the neceealty there for, that the Dominion government t about In take measnree to prevent tbe introduction of that disease into Canada Meanwhile the sec retary of the treasury ha* Issued a circular to collector* of customs, instructing them that in no case will live animals !>e iwwntttted to be stopped from their ri|>ective porta nntil after an inspection with reference to their freedom from disease and the issuance of a certificate showing that they are in proper condition of health. Ibe national census bill as passed iti the tfenat*. provides for the appointment of a | superintendent of census, with clerks and as sistants. and in every Ftste of supervise!* of cetisua, wlio are to apportion the State and an polnt ■numerator#. wtio shall receive two ceuta for overy jiersou r..ported, two cent* for every loath reported, ten cents for every farm, and ! fifteen cents for ovary establishnient of tiro- , dnctive industry onniDseated and retnrned. The subdivision assigned to each enumerator shall not exceed j.nfio • > habitants according to Ui cenu* of 11*0. 'itie taking is to lie tie gun on the first of June. 1110. and the cost 1* to bo limited to #3.000.0 The President ha* nominated ei-clovernor John P Hartranft to be postmaster at Phila ; deipliif . James I'oll-Kk to lie naval officer at Philadelphia ; A. louden Knnwdoti to tie snp-r- ' inUmdetit of the Philadelphia mint; Msrtin ! Parry Kernard to is- assistant treasurer of the I ' United States at Bowlon. M*s*.; Thomas Stev ! enso i to Is* collector of internal revenue for theflf'.' . ii-li distm tof NOW York foreign Newt. Of the nun hundred and fortv-two cotton mills in the Bolton ditrirt, F.uglaud. twenty three are closed and iwoiit* eight are working on *h> rt time in eoMUqnuiM* of the depression , in trade. Aiiiert (Irani, an K.ngiisli capitalist c irineoted I with the F.nitna mine scheme, has failed for JB.tOO.WiO. 'J he British troop# iu Afghanistan are suffer ing from the lack of food and clothing. Four elephant* and 108 bullocks belonging to the : em mv died fmm cold and starvation, and tlie camel* were dying daily lu y'reat unrulier*. Austria (lormany and Houmaiila have in- I I stitiitcda stm t ipiarantioe against Itnssls. on aconnnt of the plague, aud will not let any one enter their territory without a pass. The following changes have liern msdo !in the French cabinet sinoe tbe socesaion of Proeuhut (Irovy: M. Waddington, provi dent of the council snd minister of forngu affairs . Senator I.e ltoger, minister of Justice: M. tie Marcere, minister of tiie interior, and also minister of tiie pntdio worship mi interim ; M Jules Ferry, minfrtir of y tiblti- inaroction and fine arts ; M. Leper n minister of agiicnl turu; Admiral Jaureguiberiy, minister of marine. A military cordon one thousand miles long has >•• < u formed around the plague-infected j district* of Itursia. The Union bank, of H. lston, Kiigland. ha* ' fslled with liabilities estimated at about fboo,- #OO. A Berlin dispatch *a\ s tiie most objection- | i labia features of llismsrck's bill giving tiie (lerniau parliament power to dtvcipline lis members, have been ei.ruinated, j M. (irovy, tb* new presldeut of the Fidnli ii-pibiu', baa sent in bi* tiral message to the national assembly. He says he wijl never enter i ■nto conflict with the nati nal will, couv. yed , through its constitutional organs, till will be guided by the wants aud withe* of Prauce i M (laiulwlU also dollverad ln Inaugural ad dress as picwtdniil of Uia t'hauiber of doputloo. The HL I'elarohurg press bltleily dnnouiswi (ho precaution* tat en by < lei many and Austria lo prevent tba plagu* from raaolilug Uiell toiritoif as attoiupt* to iiuu Ituoaiau ! trade. Frederick l.caia Malgaitni, of lAindou, ha* rsiliwt for A',1.15,000. A Bings|wir dispsli'b says liie laminae ' lew of tin- Australian l.siK Kate Wtns, froiu lloug Koug iHiiuid lo FimicllOW, nnitlnleil ami uiui dtie.l Ibilr oftlcirs and scuttled ttie Vie en I Htr Ikes Iu Kuglaiid are freiiueut of lalr. t'ver 10,01)0 latauers are lillo Iu Uvorpwol, aud * dispatch from 1 eilrdoii say* SOU englunri* hmt slniik and l.'Joo mure woull follow tbetr *i ; aruplo the following day lllkOHKasiOlll. Ml VI VI AMY. Ilaiiltl W Tool bees waa •worn in a* Bonator to fill lbs unexpired term of the late O I* Murtoli sod also as liouaior for th* term of six i roars baguiulng March 4, H7D Mr Harris leporlmt a hill for (ho prevention of e|Sdemlc I diseases and it was ordered printed and in ivimtulUed A hill was lutroduoedtu transfer the linliau utUos to the war department A , long petition was pieeentml. signed by tlfty seven cotorad men in Ixiuloiana, renting al legid outrage* |ierpoUatod upon theui prior to ( liie last sleetiou, and tuvokutg the aid of (km , gtesa to protect Uiocu IU their Itql*! rights. It ass referre.l to Mr Teller a inveitigaliiig Cum I mitlee Adjournal after an i xwulivo session Meuslui llaiullii said he was luwtveileuUy absent from the Senate when the vole uu tbo .xinfirmation of Naval liltleer Hurt, of New | York, vu laHnu, aud he ashed that his vote be . recorded against cundruiaUou. Hi* re<|Ue*t was granted Mi Matey re[a>rted au amend ment to the lawtoffltwi appropnatuiu hill, pro Vldiug auhsldles for two line* of sl*>ain*iil|ia to ' run to llraail. and 11 was referreit lo the appro prialioii oommiltee Mr ('anierou, of nis, cajusln, from the majority of the ooiumiliar on privileges and rlecuuu* submitted a report* signed i v y.e Republican uietubers of thecom unite-- iu favor of seating Mr. ttorhtu a* Hoa at or from Mouth Carolina, aud Mr. 11111, of i tleorgia, from the minority of the committee, { submitted a minority re|w>rt. signed by Uie I Democratu* uiembera of the coiuinltteu, ui favor of M C. Btttirr, who now hold* the seat. Mi Matthew*, from the foreign relations ! ivuumUtee, rrfairted a renilutlou providing for , a select committee to inquire Into the iiendmg I claims of the citlaeu* of the fulled Mates , against the government of Nicaragua 1 be Senate then lea timed consideration of Mr £d ' munds resolution affirming the validity of tbo | thirteenth, fourteenth atnl fifteenth constitu tional amendment* and wss addressed by Mr Hayard in up.-oaiuou to their adoption, and by i Mr. Kduimid* oo the right and duty of the IMtmaUi to r'laol such togtilaliun a* the rtasolu (Urn (iropueed. Adjourned after an r.iucuUvw iS'wiiai The debate on the k. linn ml# resoiubou affirunug tbo vainlilr of Ihe last three cousin ' tuuouai lun u din an is was rosuiuwl, aud Mr. Whyte, of Maryland, argued against their ; adoption and against tho right of < ongroaa to cmitroi electl ns A long debate ensued. Bev eral ameiidnirnts were offered and rejected, ami thou a vole was teken on Mr Morgan s sutwlltutc, and it was rejects.' by thirteen lo I twenty-six. Mr Kdmunds' resolution* were (hod adopted by twentv-threo to *evrateeu. aud the Senate, at 11 o'clock r a , adjourned Mr. Paddock submitted a resolution lnatruct ihg Uie committee oo agrtcuiture lo inquire in • to certain rr|wirt. receutly circulated in . this country and nlaewbere in regard to infec tious disease* among burned rattle 111 the Ctsltcd Maine He *eiil to the clerk a desk and bad reed letters tietM< on th- ( anadleu utlnts | ter of agriculture aud tlen i.o Due, our oom tnisslouor of agrtcuiture, iu regard to such diseases The reeuJuliun w|< agrtwwl Id the biU providing for the tekiug Up of the tenth - and eu'.eequrnt .wmsuaee was passed, with aaaendmeiils, by 46 to 4 Adjourned after an executive ar-aiou Mr Matthewe from the select committee to inquire as to the best means of pr> iwnt.ug the lutroducttoo of -pile.' • diteases, rejiorted a joiul resolution author.r.ng tiir tx inniitter to ill during the rwre** of l'.ingress and to re tain the service* of threw experts, who shall visit Havana and such othev place* aa the cotu : untie- may direct, to inquire into the history of yellow fever The Joint resolution alwo rw qiM*t* th* President lo liivile the co-operation of theHpantsh guvrmmeut lo the examination Piacwwl ou lb* calendar The hill permitting w,*lll-0 of certain attaiumente and -xperi-ncw ss lawyer* to practice iwfore the ouprvmie court aa* j asset Mr. Harris from the oe ■ leel rouimittee upon epl|>emic diseases, re potted a till to prevent Use introduction of contagious disease* ui the I tilled Mates, and { to establish a buieau of public health. Plac-d I ou the cwiendar. Adjourned after an executive j session. Hews*. Kesoliitious to *a*pend the rules and |>*ss - t 'ill* making gold and sliier interchange*! Ie and |*ovtdltig for an lasuo of F4O,OUO.O(k> worth of four J>er ca nt, bunda, with the proceeds of 1 which to meet the arrears of jei.alona. were re- I jected resjwctivelv by 101 to lid and 140 to SI , ' not two-lhirvk iu th* affirmabro.... Bill* were ' intnalu.wd By Mr. Culler, appropriating ! tIOO,OtO.OtIO to pay the arrwarsget of penalou*. ' by Mr. White approprtating 9H0.Mi0.000 for < the same purja-ae, and by Mr. Port toeaublub a national Ixwrd of agrnculture . referred I Memorial •ernce* were held in honor of the i late lUq*eerut*!'.Te yuint. Adjourned. Ylr LnttrvU. of Cahforma. introduced a tuli amending the bill granting arroar* of {wvnatoo* .. .There was an animated debate on th* army apjvxqiriatlon bill, and amendment# reducing I the army to 15,Oft)men Ui 17.0ft)and to2o 000 I were rejected . the last by AC to 118 At the evening sewsiou the hid for the appointment • f a commie-: n on Mississippi nver improve ment* was dt*cu*M*l and it was ordered In ' cotumiUee of the while that it should be r |vrt*i! to the Hcwse AdJ.smied. The House, in committee of the wh-d* on the army a; ;vopnatU'U bUI, adopud, by 101 to 91, ) the amended Iqil to reorganise the army, and voted by 9J to 90 to *xpUuge from tt.e revlae.l i statute* the provision al lowing mop* at the |oil to preserve the peace Mr Manning, from the committee on weight* and measure#, rejxirted a bill intended to main tain sliver emu* at a par with gold IneUll was discussed by Messrs Hurchard. Patterson, Me; hen*. Oar field and other*. A snlwlltutr, ! offered by Mr. Brewer, making Mivnr coin* rxcbangeable for treasury note* to the eitwnt to which tbey are a legal tender, ail defrebve ! coin* to bo net to the mint for recoinage. was | ws*ed. Adjourned. TUB < I I'llKlt IllWPATtllKd. ls>rill|allB bv the I'ellrr Meb-t omaalllee la Neva Yerh. The Potter •üb-committew appointed to take testimony in New York tu regard to those cipher dispatch- • having reference to alleged corrupt practices in the Presidential election at IsTt, arrived in New York and Iwgan thiir rxamina tion of v.luwm The following Btembers of th* llonrr coni|xwed th* #ab-coamittee Oen eral F.ppa Hunton, of Yirgiout (I^eaxxTat). chairman. Wmiaro H. Stinger, of Pennsylvania f Dvnux-rat i. WTlliam M. Springer, of 1 dim. is ), Prank Hl#cock. of Now York (ite putihcati), and T. R lieod, of Maine (lhq übll caaj. 'l'be first w.tnw called wa# Smith M Weed, a lawyer cf Ptattsburgh, N Y., who t*tifieemocr*Uc would not give a certificate to thia effect unless they were paid (or It, as tbey were candidates for office a', the same election, and firrulv believing that the Ptgiorral* havuunt them out and that a propir d claratlon o' tb, vote of one of these Hian • would settle the matter, he telegraphed to New iork asking If money cpuld ne furnished Witness said ne cotild not refer to anv particular dispatches ; h* would " give the bone# of tbe transaction ail the dispstob<>* which he sent were director! to llenry llavemeyer . finally a proposition was made to bim by tbe returning board of sionth Carolina, offering to give tiie Hlate to the Domocrata for Mtiwr *#o.ooo or fHO.OOo. he telegraphed tbia fact to Now York, and re ceived an atiawer which be understood a* an assent to Uie pro|>osition , he bsil never said that South Carolina had gone for Hayes tbe face of the county retnrus was to thai effect, he understood, but the precinct return* showed that the State had goue Democratic; when he left South Carolina a representative of the re ttwnmg board, named Hardy Solomon, went on the tram with him. bv arrangement . at Balti more he met Hoiooel I'oltnn.who informed him that the matter had mme to the knowledge of tloveruor Tiiden. who refused to |srmit any monev In bo used . tbe witnoss informed Solo mon of this fact, but the latter insisted on oomitig to Uii* city with htm. to see if the monev could t>e raised outside of tbe Demo cratic" nillonal rommittce , tbe returning Isiard kf|i tb ir decision open two day*. *s h was informed, waiting for the lesiilt of the money negotiation* , on the day when tiie board was eonijielled by law to decide, lie loM Solomon that the money ecitlld not tie furnished . Solo mon then *enf"a dispatch to Sonili Carolina, sating that the "good*" could in I be obtained. Solomon t*ld " the other side list been lidding. Mr. Weed said thst (lovemor damp ton. Senator Oordon, Mr. Itsndolpb, Mr. Has kell and other persons prominent in South Carolina at that lime had no knowledge of the dispatches or of the negotiation*to wbiehthey related , although he had deatroyid hi* cipher kev, be knew that ail the dispatches pub lished in the Trifmr were not correctly rendered . not a dollar was ever paul by biui or by any other penult to his kuowh-dge to the South Carolina returning Imard ; they merely male * projswuliim, which was de cliued Witness testified further In regard to the Trilmnr translation* of the cipher dis patches, sayiug some of them were mistrans lated and ttiat lie had never sent one dispatch winch tbe Trihut.r published, with translation, as hav'ng Uu soul by him to Ounersl Gordon from Baltimore , the dispatch which he scut General Gordon woe entirely in refer,meo to oonrt matters After the aunouncement of (he South Carolina vole witness was taken to task by Mr Tiiden for outcrt*Jiiliig a propoal ttuii to buy the State ; "be said I should have known tletter, and that I ought to have known he would not consent to lake the presidency on an* such terms. I explained the whole matter as I bad engaged in it. aud ho replied that if llie presidency was to bo sold he would hsve nothing to do witb it and that h* would not buy it of faluus did nut know from whom be expooleil to gel th* money to buy the South Carolina electors , in siplaiialloti of one of the dispatehas he would say that h* would have bought LoUtai ana and Florida, as well as Houth Carolina, for tliev wore all for salo The next witness, MayiS CiNqier. mads th* followlug statement ; lo the committee " 1 saw Mr. i'elton just be fixe he went lo Baltimore. It ws* in lit* hall |of Ooveitior Tildrii's houae He was about in get lutsi the cai nag* He said lis waa golug to llslUutoie to so* Mr Weed and some Bouth Parollua iHwqile, and that be might want some money I receiveil a telegram next day, partly In ci|ib< r and asking for a large sum of mousy, 96(i (**) or 9Hl,ft*) 1 was vbi > much surjirisod at tills, and Mi TlUlou aai I Mr I'elton most ikirnt home luimedlatelr 1 don t know If lan • w i4 od the telegram. No money was Sent 1 know nolhltig about auy arrangmunbls to spend money iu Houth Carolina. I was troas ui tw of theuathMial oommiltee sod made many disbureeSuruU lam ready to submit these to th* (Himuiitlee VVili.ee*, eoiilliiuiiig, said It* belleve-1 Mr Weed went to HalUttvore to make souie oegoUaUolis With 111# Houth Carolina re j turning board, be did uot Uiiuk Mr lYideu knew tin*, for a* eix.ii as Uie U-lngraru was re eel red be (Mr Tlldsn) ordered Palton heme, be thought any |woposllio.is by rwluruiug boards were known b. Mr. t'etlou alune Colonel William T. I'elton waa sworu and testified thai dispatches from Hmith M Weed . and others who had gone houth sftei the i iiresldeutlal uhctton lu 1876 were received by i Sum In .-are of Mr Henry Hsvetneyer, who waa a jieniot'ai frtetid of wliueas. After tesll fylng tu regard lu a mtml-er of dftpatcbes sent |n. him by Manion Marble from Florida some of wblcli be thought were ourreel as Hani I iated by Ibe MeM, while as U) the tuUinU lielty of oUiers be was not so certain wilueas I said bo had received aud accepted a jirouoal | tlou to pur-base the vole of Florida for 95tl.ftK) ' from Uie returning board, but bis acceptance cam* too late to lake effect iLegardhig the i Houth (larulluladupatchr* from Kiultb II weed, x ill.(Wis slated be assented lo the prupoatMoo to buy tbo reluming board fur 98rovod of the j>r ojxislUoii and ounsidcred It Impracticable the next day, when iu Baltimore he received two | .lispatct.es, one from Mr. Oouper to the effect ! that the money could not be raised and tho .Alter from Mr. Tlldou, telling him to return after returning to New York with Mr Weed, be saw Mr. Tlidott, who Blade aou.a etupbauc ' remarks ou the proceeding# m quewUuu, aud : expressed Ui* opinion that the wilua** had no . buslneas to do a# be had done , ha had pur- Vjeeiy coucealtd the transactions from Mr. liden. as be knew lbs latter would disapprove lb em . be did nut think that Mr Tlldeu knew ! of Uu visit to Baltimore until after he ha# tone there . Mr. Tlldan, so fax as he knew aud elieved was equally iguuraut of the nogotia Hon# lu regard u> Florida . Uie vntrice# did not : intend thai Mr. Tlideu ahould know anything 1 about Lb em . the information which be re ceived from Mr Weed and Mr. Marble relative u> the intended purchase of voles was noi un j i>arled by him lo Mr its will or other members of U.e Democratic national committee I'jou cross exanntia' ion it waa brought oot thai wit lies* did not reeollect liie origin of the ciphers, i and b.s memory as lo other luUresUng poinu was tut oiear. Mr. Man to:. Marble testified thai b* went t>. Florida, on hi* own (notion, to watch Uia ' Count of the electoral vote lu the Hounx-ralic Interest, hut not al the rvqOedt of Mr. Tlldeu. Mr iVlton gave blm a ctpner at the Fvcretl bouse. Wllnea* asserted he found bo Demo , craUc frauds, bat plenty on the other side, and ooautenanced no corrupt dealings, tint transmitted to Mr l'altun. 'as warnings lu the Ileaiocretic oommiltee,' two propositions - one of 950.000 and the ether of 9 JOO .dOtb to aril Uie electoral vote of the Mtai* To one be received Uie answer. " I'ruposlUon ac cepl.-d If done only once " he put It in the fire and said nothing lo any one about It. Dunug bis stay in Florida he sent and received dlsoaubt* in this cipher almost daily, but be 1 ban sent none to Mr Tddcuand got none from htm. His understanding was that the die 1 pan hot reaching turn from New York ware Bant by Mr I'tltou. Of U> published cipher dis patches he idebUfied a number as having been sent or received bv bun. and as bavmg beam tranalaUd wiUi suietanUal correctness, others had t*u mtslranslaled. or had bad a wrong meaning put upon them lie bad not retained bis copy of the cipher, having burned ail Li# Florida paper* when be got through there Witness raid be bad nothing to do with any dickering fur the vole of Florida, and denied all knowledge of the dcs|>aleh of Dvceiubor 4, which, according to the TWsm translation read " Marble says plan sent you tialurdav must be acted u|u immediately. H* re pulsed at! "plain of that sort ou the spot. Mr, Tarns, who wmt* the dispatch in qnestloi,. was then called, produced his cipher ary and showed that for " Mart.le " the TYxbuns ahould have read "Woi.tley" the indiscreet " mau with whom Mr. Marble had declined to act. Vw York's Big rirr. Th# rortcnt dcwtructiTO Are# iu New York recall some of those noted con flagrations which have beoumr hist-.n oaJ in tba annals at tba citj. Tba first historic fire xrns in the lieginuiug of the rcvolutwti. Prior tx> that there wns the inceudiarj panic, hut it ws* not aoc*>m jvauiftl with severe damaire. Ttie Are referred to Usik place soon after Wash iiurton's retreat (Heptcmliar, 1776), and destroyed Uie loiel part of the eitv, m cladinx the first Trinity clinreh. Nearly 400 buildings were laud in rums, and tho bnrnt diatric* was not rebuilt iu twenty years. Trinity churck waa not rebuilt until the beginning of the prvwont cen tury, aud wne no inferior in it* construc tion that in forty yuan it waa conoider (v 1 UU safe and waa therefore demolish ed. No one who aces the present Trinity can regret the change. The burning of Uie Park theatre, in ItfiO. w* the next fire of note, and oth er rail t cws'taJiic orenrred, bnt polk ing of m sin riling nature until thagrwat fire of December 15, 1835, which had ■ever I wen equaled on the contmant. The previon* aggregate damage, occa sioned by all Uie fire* (hat had ever oc curred here, was less than that inflicted by this rant and crnahiug oataatrophe. It destroyed the heart of the bnaiueaa diatriet, inolmling TIK) building* (chief IT akvrea), with an welimaUwl loaa of ffio,ooo,ouo. The extinction at the large amount of capital waa one canae for the jMunc and prcaktira which act in the next year, and which i afill re membered. In 1H45 the buaineaa put of the city wax again ravagtvl by what may be called the great fire. Unlike the last alvive mentioueil, it occurred in the hot test part of the anmnier, aud was mem orable for that myxU'rtoua exploaiou which waa proof agaiuat all luveatiga tion. The burned area waa not lew than ♦ wcuty acres, and waa rapidly rebuilt. The fire thua proved a permanent bene fit, but a number of ioaurance compa nies were rained. Several very exteu •ive " tea tires," aa they were called, have ooenrred, one of which waa the de af met ion of the Smith warehonae, with a low of nearly 81,000,000. Tea make# h heat an intense aa to prevent an ap proach sufficiently ucar to cope with trw i*B tract ive element. Tho recent Wroad way fires are more extonaive iu jxunt of loss than anv which have occurred auica 1H45. and have given luaurauce Blocks a heavy blow. The companiw iu many inatamx a have lost their Rnrpina, and the atoekholder* muet not eifieet their nana! dividends. "Hard Times" In Hostcn. The following la au extract from a letter by a couutry oouriu temporarily in Ikmtou tx> hia mother: "Yon aak me what indicntioiiH there are of hard time* in Ronton. On Httnday, at least ten thouaand aleigha drawn by fast magnifi cent hor*(8 paasftl annt'a liouac. Cousin Jo saya if it were not for Uie hard limes there would have boon fifteen thousand. Nearly every lady wears a sealskin sacque, but Cousin Minnie told mo bnt for hard timea they would all wear aable, ax they did when her tin tlier was a girl. At the theater the other night there were diamonds enough in the ears of the ladies to fill a coraneopia, but Jo say* if the times were better there would be no use for gits as the brilliantn wonld illuminate liie auditorium. At church last Kunday Couatu Minnie naid she did uot believe Uiat there were more than sixty fifty-dollar ha la prcaent, which she sitvs is proof |msitivc that btisincitii is very dull. Uncle Joseph thinka we have reached what he calls ' hard pan,' which I presume is a kind of frosted cake that ppor people are obliged to est, be cause there are so many failure#. Many fashionable people are so poor that they are uot able to raise pot p)> ie. but they hire tbcm for winter dcaoratioua from tho floriats. The hardest case of pure suffering that I have seen was at the opera, where the swell young men, iu order to economize, were without gloves."— Ronton Journal. Nine-tenths of the thousand million dollars which France borrowed of Eng lish bankers in order to pay Germany are now held iu the shape of national bouda by Frenchmen at home. As fast as the foreigners would sell, the bonds were bought up off the Paris market, and thus, though France still owes that vast sum, she owes it in bulk only to her own people. The Uaker of Thurso Rotwwt lick, " iUkcr of Thurso," tba Monte h geologist aud Ihi tain at, al ways shrank from publicity, cud notice of any kiud distressed him, hia name in the uewapa|>*ra even Imiug painful to him. From Hindus' life of this remark able i.ian it appears that of friemD he had few, though those he hod were stauucli, an 1 that hia greet reeenre kept him apart from the towuafolk, to whom I ho never gave euterteiumeut, and from i whom ho received none. A baron of ; Kugland one day aought to draw him , from hia bakehouse to meet at breakfast Ina countrvniau, Thome* (Jarlyle, but ' he waa aa l'udiffcreut to (Jarlyle aa to the folks of hia town. Thaoauae of thia I ahytieaa la revealwi in the book, lie had a atepmother, anil hia boyhood waa I clouded with til treatment aud disap pointment. "All my naturally buoy ant apinta," he once aaid, "were brok eu. It u Una which makea me shrink from the world." Hia studies were pursued with ail poaaible privacy. A tttiirroeoopo and other scientific mstrii ! moot* Were brought home (n aacka of flour, a* were atao tine editioua of hia favorite books. He had a fondness few literature, and of |H knew. There was an alarm of fire the other night, aud Mr. Tolauglower, of Union street, being awakened by the uoiae of the 1 tells, sprang hastily from hia bed and thrust his head out of the window. A man was rushing by, aud Mr. To hmglower hailed him with: " Whash abiah lah ahwirsf" The man stopped i in his mad speed aud yelied, " What T" " Whash ahish tsahwireF' repeated Mr, Tolling low. craui ug his head still further out of the window, and scanning the darkened heavens anxiously. "I don't kuow what yoQ're talking about," shout ed the man, beginning to get bis leg* rcn.ly for another run. "lah ahes wlwi is shwire— earahthash !" yd led t Mi. Tobmglow-r, in a rsge. " Oh, go swaller yourself 1" muttered the man, darting off with an exclamatory " Fire!" And just as Mr. Tolimglow was going to shriek after lam with a rsthful male diction, his wife touched lam on the shoulder and handed him hia false teeth, winch he had forgotten in hia exe le nient to put on. And when Mr. Tobm glower had donned that moat essential I portion of hia wardrobe, he vu enabled U> shout to a |ssuig box, in a perfectly intelligible manlier: " Where u the fiwl"*/fochr luc-rwsaitig Us iviaUM rut r unit, bj kUmoltiuiij lite disss ' live organs and •ucouraglug assimilation, with that matctilnss vitaiitm# agent. Hostel ter • Hlomach Hitters People not afflicted with any organic or inorganic (he**## grow wan and haggard simply tweauae their blood is thin, watery, dofieirut In mmrtabing prop rriles and so meager is quantity that the el t-rem ties aie very uuparfeilly supplied with It, and the superficial ric-ulatloti extremely fee hie ileooe the Flood lee* apj-eeraooe of the countenance. But when the B.Uci • are need to enricb and qutckati the blood, the r.ajr hoe ut health return* to the rtierk the frame ac quire* auletanor as well as vigor, the appetite improves, and no digestive qualm* interfers either with it* graUficaliuu or the subaequaut ranqaillty of the etmnach. A a I pfc"*o m,r The excessive ourpuieury of a oertain Toiled Mate* Senator ha* tang been the bntt of edi torial wit and *pcy Sow <* from the pen* of W aahuigthn eom-eptindenU. Few person* have suspected that hi* obtwity waa a disease, and liable to prove fatal. Yet this la the *ad fact. htCMBUve fau>*e I* not only a diaeaae in ilseif, but one liable be generate other and more *eriou* one*, t'beuiatry ha* at last re vealrd a Safe, ear* and reliable remedy forth)* aUiormai oo idm -m of the *yetem in Ailea • Anti-Fat. Distinguished cbem-ata ha* pro nounced it not only iiarmlem but very bene final to the system, white remedying th* dis eased ouudltion. Hold by druggists Ma'ignant and subtle indeed is the potaao of scrofula, and terrible are it* ravage* in the •yetem. They may, however, be permanent! •tared and ttie destructive rim* expelled from the cxrrulation with HcoviU's Hiood and Liver Sirup, a potent vegetable detergent which eradicate* all skiu diseases. leaving no veetlg* jof them behind. White swelling, salt rbmxxu. U-ttcr, abeoiinei. liver complaiut aud erup tton* of every description are Invariably ouo oa- red by it. I>ruggi*t* sell it. CHBVk Th* Oolebrated 'MiTißi.es* Wood Tag Plug Tom* 000. raa lioraxa Toaaooo Ooarast how lirt. Huston and Chloagw Ibe Mason A Hamlin Organ Oo are produc ing superb instrument* at very low pnoea . not much more than pncee of poorest organs. Highest honor* *1 every world • exhibition for many years, and two highest award* at th* lal and greatest at Tan*, last year, tail the story of thedr sujiervoritv. For upwards of thirty years Mr*. KISHLOWY MOUTHING tiYKCF ha* been need forehiidmi with never failing snooeea It correct# acaJ.iy of the *Uvma.ih. relieve* wind eoUe. regulate* the bowel*, carm dywntnry and diarrtMaa, w bother arising from teething or other causes. An old and wail-tried rwmedv as rta. a bottle. J ut** fer"~Veer#etf. By sending thirty Aveoc.nl* with agw. betght, oolor of eyes and hair, you will roorive by re turn mail a correct pbotograpb of your future husband or wife with name and date of mar nag*. Address W. Fox. P. O. Llrawer 3L j ftmnflkAJf. * TaacisT ArrV'-tioss ako It- iwnrw All suffering from Irntallon of the Throat and hoarseness will be agreeably surprised at the almiwt immediate relbf stforded bv the use cf Brown'* Bronchial Troche*. ' 25 cl*. box. I*tiew J%rV—>u' Iwt Sweet Sirr folae* The lirts a saw voaa OS I uattle— RU1n.,..., . 4k 101 Teaal aad Chern* ** Pit* (Vl* Mtlaa Oewa •# ffl* AO Hcwa—Uvr...... IS Drse—a ... wt MM Hbser o*b 0 1hm1e...7. <**• O*H Otrtt- - rtffllu.Tptaods o*s4A r *V riewr—W**U>rn—Cboh* lc KSDCJ .. 00 gill gtate— Fair 10 Oheict ■ M • I W VkMI -SO. 1 Red .. .~~s 1 Olfcffl I (AM Whet HUt# .... ....ms 1 10 m 1 >1 Rya- Wa. •• 5 H liarww- -laaad* No. 1. '• A 0* liar *y > a11.............. I * (A I Au Oa MiweA Wsetern. W A M Cora—Mlied Waotare Tngraded <'Sd *• HJ, per cwl... .........MM.... k .M....M. .OX4MX 0A. Flah—Msober# 1, Wo. 1. Bay ' no Al* "0 •• Ao.J Brines Kdw'dls 00 u*> 00 Dry Ood.twr wt * A A * * Usrrtiig. Aalad.per boa... 14 A 1* C: -o.rr.tß—(l-thl*. (IkgVk RafiDed. O*S IVxat " to U Bali." —Utat* Creamery 1* At* " Dairy...... II A W Western Cresmrry 14 A n Factory "5 " dhssss- osl* Fac'.ory mm. 03 A 0u HUts HHio.inert... .. ns A 04 Wesiara ....... .. 01 A""M tea, -etavaan* Fanncyiyau: AO A • tttui-iuxn gloar--Fourier Ivan la Rvwa •*• A4i Whsat -.iSl Peanorlvania... .... 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U.tt. Tns Mcmo.l R*. mil, [bilrr Ronii, Rdkar, uiM I "■ II ens I 11,01 mar 4u OT ii M'*lb. Maai*. Row*, A* B4 |OT Vmml . OLIVER DITSON A CO., Boston, c. ii. WTMO* a i n., lIIA *43 Hrwndwsy, N*w Vwrk. J. K. OITMiN * CO., tit I bnstnnl oirrtl. Pblladrl. 11IR < HitlCSdl FOOD IH tMb WoHLO A. H. I'. I ra.bad M blir M'baal. A.N.I. llalnMl. A. N C. Hariri tuf. A. H. I'. Mala*. (JlrtmMd Immi rwUii IM aaaannrrl#. and far SOTtißuad rouanertu. Th. imm lOTd lor 1 bildraa aadaduiu, Ail himß. wii, and ImyarMMa Han In fmmpmema turn i.i.i. is dfrasa aikaafa* tar *aia k>, una., Ao* lor A A V Hrand IkulinuM by THE URIUUIA UAMVIAItrVUiau UU . IS Oauau tui>% Raw TUBE TEAS!s® aarvwa at Mali lbs uanai rosl Nam aiaa >' adarnd la Dial. Aannu and U>aa bayar, ALL mXI'MJCM UtfAtbUKS PAltk ] HOT iwi PtlE Thefreat American Tea Company, j ■;<> rs|oif(| 1 1 JMITT| hBBEMI "LTTiJavA'iii .'.v. F CURED FREE ! Aa lalaihbks and snasaMlad raand lor Flla. h#ll*nsf wr t.Ulba Mtrdiaaas a m. ronowwad apaeiAs and • 111 I?,"t'j-4~!lLd,r, U ■ V W P U and Htpraa* *Um Ua H rlMnyrd. Ktlil'CKD RATRH OR AU. TICKETS SOLO OttOtCß OF AIX KOL'TKb No. 31 Bt. CWlm Itraat. I'bdar lbs Hi Obarla* Hotel, >K OKI.KA.tn, t.A. SCROFULA.— Persons afflicted with scrofula. Hip-disease. Ulcer ous Sores, Abscesses, White Swell ing, Psoriasis. Goitre. Necrosis. Ecte.ma. Diseased Bones, wilt please send their address Or, JONES. d.-ni looo'iiii c ;i*aa% ,rd is (ha amal maiDlal. ! Hater, a* iho World arm yaWMbnd. Il *alb ml >* L I band far nwan amror and mttrm term* u. A*.'**. 1 Addraa. W.*i*al Prauaai.u Co. Phii*d ;A>a, Pa ; Pensioners, ail paa*lae eiaua* baralalar. Urn IM ri'.j hr nay*"ad Uu aabbd* o* tarr-.tenote , .nam win ha d iby iil irrta Etnrteia and arm .ajonrea dona far tall yar neu ar, .ted fur any, oI Taa IaTaaal T*rA ar. • pay. yayar. .a,ate atoMAif. d daralad le In# inter •tea at aobbar* aad aaUoro. aad teOT a.ir, i nlalri > ail *aw ayt TI sod raa.iy* uri hhoaid ba in lbs baada af wrmrj aaldkar Ivw AO eaua yar fmmi , .a iad*a*nwla la rinbr Mlottom oon Inaa ! Addraa* al ocoa, OKOROK R UCMoN 400.. W oat aytoß. D O Mason & Ramua Cabinet Urrans. *~< br ifliiRIMT H* m r.aia, td* Vtat>A. ktCJ, BAJTIAIKI. lb. 1 PBHAiLrRiA.MI. P.ara, If* and Omatn, iwnnu Win Mux tarn. U* r Earna*a Otwaaa .rat aaardad J ura< honon al msu i-ot 4aid lat aaab at I uaataLawta lu.rra*nri> Ciliinom aad t'iroa lan ait 4 DOT **kar *d4 ynoan. rote Itea MAhOH d HAMUfUIuCI OU .BteuaaKaa *cte.y> t'lrw TBl'T ■ 18 MItMTT! wjP ?, LHIH - 111. A tarsi ul , , acna. wi oalu'r I mat.or and Inera Naltraaor. and Wrri..nyt.r K R . witb dOTUina hoaaa. Hood water hitnsite* I aajltr. and ao.i adyyte.l in Iraki aad Uaebiay I So™ rma kinll oaaf aad ba:aao. iy en. aad two yam. I A darter rtihABI.K * P kt'Kf KH. An*'., 14 l/raknwtwn Hi.. Hallla*rr ) ; kl*r,u.te, nnii in I S u Sal HH Papor CO Ookaa Kal.na a* uriuifi^-~"^ j www J. 4 |v aTt . latkßted I.V AsoutM. Xlonrt Ttxtw" *> will yai Aoctr a hnlary of t).■ par aoalt aad Miiaini or allow a '.or*, ognmlwiur. to *a!l onr baa aad woadmfnl lateoiluua W. a, mm rial w. aa, *aii>i, frwo Addrte*. NHKKMAN A CO . Marshall, Klrh. mo nnn^w IJolllflf M-kr.kiilrUj. iroa i.l Km, 1 aw w ■ w w w a rote twnt *raa*r t ymtlrsfai* ' Wr*. a. T.JMjf H Milt an Pn._ PIANOS A A aXa* V/O tor arte Hhot ayrkybta . It. Aa, ilia teitet UA**. >a uar iaakail* wa.aralrr Hr*(lo (haaaa ml oo inal Pw. aala-.w -. irm kl** •*: wo*. Pur ■ ' XI * f.Vt V •(. 1 Dr. CRAIC'S KIDNEY CURE. Ttm ft** (Ipxiflf for •! PL Mwwjr I>ibMl Hm cevw fBJNM) r KQ* itisvm** r.f UMP K Ar*fo in tb* psi ihm FBJ.I-1 N*o3 f'f pBJ® J Lt..r\. *1.4 HdtlrßMW llr 111 All*. RI II F. NEW you K - ~te M (TTtR A cv> .will*' -R T T>T fy rkk Wiin Mm,... Iksiite Wha*aoa*a Ml Ij su aaiw rsy.dlf lor Ml ate Osia.o#** . _ II M >HHMlWßlfWtebVßL.Wiafite.K** Can Be Cmd Iddrsa* l) PtkOTK. ISO latlnrir Ate , R*Tort .teAIMTi. , roats raarara.oa Mr tba FtrswM 4v / TSaliwr Tsm* ab.t 1-Hhßi Fras. Addtern W r O. TIOKKBY, LatwU, Maw OPTTTM 2TST vl A U iIA tewnia. Dr y.K Marab.UainayJtirb ({A A MONTH-A4WW*. kkultectH krw dddU mm I In* articla* in thr world . ana teyia ftmm W A..(tea* JAT UROimo* fVtroll, Mich . aw. MWhts: BACK PENSIONS —l'y* irv RHr-Mfe VT"- yR e Mmth olid eipMiM* |,ißr%nt*(! I® Ac*ote " 1 j < Nihftt fm hNt A I Jo.. At ansfi, PUIW* SELL THE~FARM. If ywm warn tao>i tn. f~r sdraruoo la tact, sad lot II b* koowo For |lv aib wo will inoort a ****B-lit>• all rolawßl on# twk to I !w ol M wooAlj Bowapspara. or (aw itaoo ia a dlSorwii lat of JC jappro, or too liooa two onti to a etuaoo of ailor of foor ooporou sod tlouaol Mota. omiaainlaa from 70 to li> popart aaefc. or foot Ur. oaa waok >a an (oar ol Iho am all lata, or oao lias oao woak a all an lata oaaiMaod, hotnr mar* tk* 1.000 papon TTo aloo Oao* lato ol papor* b> Itfsloo tltloiahoaWtts I'aitod Statoo aad Oapada Hood Ma emu tor "nr 100 par- pampV.lot A'.droet Oao. P KoWKU. A CO., M.wapaper Adoortistod Baraan. lO Sproo- M root. Mow Vert T"npy-T A ivf>gk mm tii in rnrulii"" O > - f ' rjf -jjiy Iwhte M y 1 i. ". * < ' . a * 1 ** A few applications of tM* Preparation will remove CKLES, TAN, SUNBURN, PIMPLES, OR BLOTCHES Al THE FACE, AND RENDER THE COMPLEXION CLEAR AND FAIR. .OFTENING AND BEAUTIFYING THE .-KIN IT HAS XO EdUAL Price, liO cents. Sent by Mall, post P®ld. for E. C. MARSH. No. 10 Spruce St.. New Yc- k. NOW IS THE TIME. —_ SUBSCRIBE FOR Frank Leslie's Petal® - 1879 - mu* Ualta* 11 mil l! I * ....14 (Ml ftul laaU* HantHw.. 4 OU rnat Iwi'l Uinnw traa*.4 no rmt Mw'i Jmnl .......... ..... 4 (Ml nrbtM AfiFMTS 18 larruof,. a eUCI* I J urocr nwlr rod imor. AKEKHIM H H!.ll>lHMi t 0., Harff*r4, I *aa. S2S&