FOR THE FAIR SEX. Kprlna The Philadelphia 71im gives the following hints concerning the remodel ing of last year's dresses, and how to make and mend spring garments: Careful mothers are bringing ont last year's garments to see what may be available—what must Iw made over and what can be handed down. The fashion of combination-suits renders the task of turning and twisting comparatively easy, einoe something may always be fonnd to go with what is left of a drea*. Cheap goods are rarely worth making over, while all woolen materials of ginxl quality may l>e used again and again. These*also pay best for dyeing, and two dr< sses which have outhvod their use fulness in their first estate, may, alter passing through the dyer's vat, be united to form a serviceable suit of ldaok or some dark eolor. The dyers themselves always advise black for dark bines, browns, violets—indeed almost ail dark colors will not reeolor success fully iu any other shade. Dyed silks rarely look well, and mixed goods, cot ton and wool, or wool and silk, seldom pay for the trouble and expense of hav ing them colored. Some standard houses refuse to attempt tliem at all. lriali poplin is aiso rejected, although we have seen it well Jyod. It shrunk fearfully through the process, but the New shade obtained was a good oue and the fabric Wore well after it was dyed. If the fabric lie figured tlio figure will always show through the .lye. Black woolens should be sponged with hartshorn water and iroued while damp. If very dirty wash like fiaunels iu luke-warm water, aud rinse in indigo water made as blue as possible. Do not wring out. but hang up to drip, aud when nearly dry irou ou the wrong side. Few lower skirts are now made of the dress material. Kuglish cambric, cheap alpaca or foulard silk, are usually em ployed for the foundation. On this a facing of the dress goods halt a yard deep is put, and ou this facing the plaitiugs, flounces, etc., are set. Plait ing may be pieced to any extent, the joints Kwng hidden ui the folds. Bias folds should be lined with wiggins to give them the proper set. Be careful also to cut thorn exactly on the bias. The arm hides are no longer corded. lu remodeling ailk or woolen suits the mi or I pointed revere collar, meetiug at the top of the darts, will be much use.'.. The popular plastron affords an excel lent mode of covering the tubbed fronts of dresses. Stitch it on both fronts from eolUr to bottom, and work the buttonholes over the old ones. When the back drajiery is too scant add a width of the trimming material ou one side and bunch it up irregularly. The accepted trimming for plain skirts is one or two flounces cat straight and put on •in inch-wide plaits. These flounces are usually deep enough to hide ail that part of the lower skirt not hidden by the long underskirt. Silesia or drilling is preferred to linen for dress linmg by many dressmakers. This is, however, a matter of ta te. Lir.au and lawn dresses are not lined, but are made with the French fell, which prevents the seams stretching. To make this stitch ou the right side, trim the seams off close, turn and stitch up once more on the wrong side. In all bias seams on gar ments which are meant to be waslnd, stitch a narrow, straight strip of cloth to serve as a stay. Skirt braids should al ways be shrunk before using, else they will draw m the wearing. White petti coats which have cut out on the edges may be made •' as good as new " by put ting on a ruffle of thin new cotton or cambric, ua the material may require. The nulla may be easily made on the sewing machine. Children's white ureases may be lengthened by adding a band of inser tion and a scant flounce of Hamburg work on the bottom. If the dress is plaited at the back, lengthen the body bv means of the trimming and piece the plaiting at the top, where the added trimming will cover it. Plain princess dresses, white or colored, may be made longer by cutting the edge out in van dykes or tabs and setting a plaited flounce underneath—a fashion popular for new suits. When sheets give way in the middle, tear them down the center and sew the outside edge : together, thns bringing the best part where the hardest wear comes. Pillowcases are not often worth cronling. If It seems desirable, put a large piece of old cloth under the thin places and dam the broken threads. Tabled'>ths should be rarof ally darned w.tb nne linen thread. When too far gone for mending, use the best parts— usually the four corners—for traycloths, and take th." worst pieces for the drawer or bag in which rags for bandage* and sickness are kept; old linen rags are in valuable for such purposes. Nrw# nnd Mots# fot Women. The first female candidate for a degree at the University of .London was unsuc cessful. Green leaves sewn with crystal beads and woven into garlands are worn for bali wreaths by French blondes. Mrs. Martha Sinolair, of Des Moines, has ticen elected araistant preceptress at the lowa State agricultural college, English hrfsamakors rise wateh spring tipped with brasa instead of whalebone. It costs only about one-fiftieth as much. WorJscre nothing to paint a mother's love, a m fiber's consolation. A baby's :■-mileoon* vins the divinwit essence of all earthly soiaaiiutebt ; a child's love soothes without weakening; it demands ro much that in blessing it one is bleesed by it anawaree.— Ellen B*. Olney. A silver medal has been awarded to M iss Mary D. McXamara, of "Clinton, by t he Humane Society of Massacnusette, by reason of her bravery last August in rescuing a daugater of Mr. Levi Burk from drowning in the Lancaster Mills pond. Miss McNamara had previou a !y rescued two other girls from a watery grave. She ia tut fifteen years of age. A Paris latter describes a queer dress thus : It represented an owl, and was worn by a foreign duchess. The dress, in the darkest shade of blue satin, was trimmed with grayish fawu-colored feathers, the hue of "the night bird. The fr >nt of tlii droAe was oovered with fringes in feathers. The head of an owi with diamond eyes shone in the middle of the lady's chset, and another owl ornamented her hair. Romance of the Custer Massacre. Colonel Beateen, of the Seventh cav alry, left the impression in his testi mony in the it' no inquiry that Dr. Lord and Lieutenant Sturgis, who were with Custer, and who*-" bodies were not found, might be etill alive and with the Indians. Away down in Maine this ray of hope fell upon the heart of a young lady who is in reality, but not in name, one of the widows of the fatal dash for viudicatiou. There was more in the colonel's words to her than he intended. For the fifteenth time she wrote to Bis marck, Dakota, pitifully inquiring if there was any possible hope that Ben teen's intimation was founded upon fact. Jler friend nt Dakota answered "No." If Dr. L>rd wo*, alive aud in Sitting Bull's c&mp the Oiiadian mounted polioe would have found it ont long be fore this. Major Walsh, who is on the best of terms with the hostiieß, and is with them a great deal, lis* made every effort to discover a survivor. He is a great admirer of the dead Custer, and his per-ciud feolinga have been heartily enlisted in the vain search. All that he ha found has been one horse of the white-bor3oer vstions taken at Pike's peak. The signal station is now under the charge of Sergeants Ohoate, Blake ami Sweeney. These ofiiivrs are detailed from the army lavause of flu lr peculiar adaptability aud special qua! 'catsous for the accurate execution of the nice duties et taking astronomical aud uie teorol.wical observations, io Hergeaiit ltufus Ohoate 1 am greatly milebtcd for the particulars eutlxdisl in this article. The summit of Pike's peak contains sixty acres. It is It,h i''. !<•< tah vr the level of the -;a. Ou the lugue t point stands the signal station, a rough stone building twenty-four by thirty, cue story iu height. It is divided IUIO four ro.ius officers' room, kitchen, store rvHim and woodruom. Aud here in this bleak sjH>t, nearly twenty miles from the habitat.ol sof man, though throe miles nearer the heavenly regions than i.. st parts ol New England, these men live the larger part id the yt r. The station is three miles from the timber line, where the greater part of vegetation ceases. Short grass tufted with dehoab Alpine flower: struggle for a:t existent agaicat the frigidity of the atmosphere and creep toward the mem.tain top; but there are hundreds of acri - . f Cold gray and reddish rocks where not a vestige of verdure exists. Like the dwellers ASM- quick lr. The Atrni-sphere is eougemal; tlie mar.v risite>rs at the peak enhance its tooial life witii JOT, wocdcrniib! aud mirth. During the summer of 1878 up wraril of uiue huufiriai people, iu partus of Irons five to thirty, virited the jwak, among tliem many ia ties. They regis terwl from the four quarters of the globe, and they all expresed aitmiratinu and astonishment at the grandeur and sub liiuity of the wonderful views as seen from the peak. To l>ehold a suur.se from the ptak is an event of a lifetimts and for this purpose visitors ofteu re main over Bight at the station to be ready to catch the first glimpse of the sun as it appears above the horizon, gilding with its bright pays the nioun tains, hills, valley-' and plains, to the wonder and delight of the amazed be holder. The duties of tue officers ate various. Seven observations are taken daily; all storms are closely watched, and each special and distinctive characteristic duly Sunrise and snnset de mand close attention. Every peculiari ty of the heaven'v regions is viewed and a record made of the same, aud monthly reports of these records are sent to headquarters at Washington. The present year has been unusually prolific in sun-dogs, which are said to prognos ticate earthquakes, subterranean explo sions, immense freshets and troublous times. A government office st Pike's peak is i." stcedire, for the oth vr buffet all storms and brave all weather®. Occasionally an electric storm visits the peak. There is but little thunder ac companying these storms, but the mountain eeei~s all on fire. Sergeant Choate informs ine that when he was out observing one of these storms it up peaml as though the whole mountain top was a sheet of electric flame. It came ont of every rock and darted around with wonderful audacity. Jt played around him, and, as l oexpree*ed it, shot down his back aud darted out of each boot-toe. and so completely filled him with electricity that ne oouid not retain his foothold, but bounded and rebounded from the rock like a rubber ball; lie felt as though a powerful electric battery was pouring fiery darts all through htm, ami deeming "discre tion the better part of valor," he bound ed into the signal station for preserva tion. Sergeant Choate was at the spring, in December, and on December 'il he left for the jsak, wearing Norwegian snowshoea twelve feet iu length. It was a weary task and a dreary trip. The firat night tint he slept iu the snow on the mountain's sale. The second night the mercury fell to twenty degrees be low zero. He nought shelter in a desert ed cabin, through which the wind whis tled tunee anything but agreeable; here he built a small £re, but avoided sleep, fearing the extreme euld might produce the sleep of death. The third day he reached tho station safely. The summer months are also occu pied iu preparing for the long siege of winter. During the months of August and September upward of 3,000 pounds of the nsnal variety of family stores and about twenty-five cords of firewood ore snugly stowed away. These are all car ried to the peak in small quantities on the back sof the poor, despised burro, whose head has the appearance of being encased in cloth and whose ears are nearly the length of his legs, and who walks at the pace of a snail, and a very slow snail at that. Speculative Trunk Buyers. The proprietor of the Everett house, Bt. Louis, recently hid a sale of the lug gage left at his hotel by frauds an 1 im pecunious patrons. There were ei~h?y three trunks and valfs"s offered for s!e, and the total amount realized was SB3. A large crowd whs present, but the bid ding was far from spirited, as the oon tents of the trunks were not exposed to view. Mmy laughable incidents hap pened. One old gentleman persisted on prying open the trunks with a big knotted cane, and would only ((exist when made to do so forcibly. At the commencement of the sale he was ob served to be closely eyeing a huge .Sara toga which had been left at the Everett house by a female adventuress. When this trunk was cried he anxiously fom bled in bis pockets and brought forth ten cents, with which lie started the bidding. Finally was knocked down to him for $2- "Open it, open it!" yelled the crowd, and he .lid so. Tue first thing seen was a roll of newspapers, and the last a lot of bricks, among which was found a sheet of foolscap with this inscription on it: "Hold again! and never got your money back. Yours in haste." A boy bought a trunk for forty cents and found in it about £lO worth of clothes and a valuable breastpin, evi dently intended fur] a laity. A laborer purchased a rickety receptacle, held to gether by ropea. It was full of papers and letters, the latter written by s lady to her husband aud full of pitiful tain of poverty, distress and sicknees. To enumerate all the mistakes in buying would take a column. En dice it to say that a grocer bought some surgical in struments, a druggist a sack of dried ap ples and a quantity of beans, and a market-woman a complete skeleton, carefully polished and set on wires but not put together. The Rale wound np with a free fight, which the police bad some trouble in stopping. The Nation al Hotel Reporter. The New Haven Register opens the Ijasebal! season early, and scores a homo run as follows: "When the head of the househunt arrives borne at night and observes his oldest boy hanging his bead in a corner, he is prepared to learn that he ha® broken the best vase iu the house in early practice for the baseball season," SUMMARY OF NKYVS. r astern and Mirtrtlo States. Jams* It Keens. * well known New York uram oerretor. **** that telegram to wbtel. hi* name waa forged, was sent from lhal ellj to Chicago gram hrokera. directing tliem lo *ell .! 000 000 I'Uahets of win at i n III* soootinl The sale caused a .lectins in wheat in Chisago from l'o cents to set ceuts a liushsl. Mr Koene *sni lie rrpudtatsii ths entire sate. At lbs skhtseiitb sonimensewsnt of Uis (■Vlecbc meuteal oitttegs, of the city of Now York, two of the twenl* tlvo graduatee were ladles Benjamin Ntialleross, rseelver of lave* for Uis lw. nO tliinl want of Philadelphia, ita| i* *ret and an tnvestlgalloli broil; t>t to tl^lit ad ttcieney of 25.0T0 in hta account* Uie Peunsytvanta lr.. islature adopthl )nul resolulioas in honor of the tale llaiaut 1 ai.oi l iiumuiut men .1 New Vol. Philadelphia and Washington have Iwrn swindled out of vifioui turn* tliiw* |)!Rt|Mibl# iiulitulßiU, wh leprcscuted''themselves a* a mh-ci'iuiult teesrgagsd ui dillecting aubesrtptioua for a national eelehraUuo in comutemiua ion of the late Itayard i"aiU*r. lo t'e Itehl iu uigtius A dt.patoh from t .*q- r!. Me •> tl.e ship r.nkl-h Umpire, i.WW tous. Weal, tuaaUi, from 81. Jotm to DtiMui. with s cargo of deals went a*tsi>re si ( IN thick island, near i.raii.t Me nan, and was a tidal less 1 e|l*lo act a were drewimt I'he pilot and seven uiiW were sand. John P. M Richards encountered two t ur glars sn hi. residei •# in New 1 ■ rk. shot one of !hi in dead and captured the Oihe< Jtei J. hn tYcirt, aw. 11 known Ikistoil lec turer and easail*t, t. dead Phe twenty ufth anniversary of the fouuda Ui n i f the company fonutd to Uv Die Atlantic eahie w* oad el .rated at the resldetea of i'vru \\ I'irld to N.-w York f the dr.-original foil;.iters Mr Fia Id. Peter Pawqwr, M>- Ta Ma;id.a 1 0 ti :wdl.. and I't.au'.lf White all Weie pl -enl . vcepl the lasl tvu.e.t. Who I, dead. Among tin hn..drill. Ui alt. . ;e thousand p r*. ns were preei ut during Uie c vemug. About tvs hundred | ern :i- were ; t -.id al a town meel.'.i; 111 Mechanics la- Nil! ! r wick. Mr , When a pari of P t t>. ■ sudden!: c.ie wa\, pii Cipilaimg ISO uiett a ittltMlfll of fiMirtv u feet to the :'oor Iwlow No o .■• -• L. rit outright. lit any receive tft titfn injuries, aud the ro.vvrrv of several wan iv>u .ij. red dout tful Medical aid was lum -tiateh ... . mod from the adjoining towns, and svervth.. g ; on Is .1 : i lo aiici.at. Uie suf fe! : gS of the lUjltred. AS an exctttug meeting of the Pro. k.vn pf-lylery, a ecu nut tee u a rep r: tu tt>- larvt lo charge# ageiust tt.i ttrv 1". In YYltl ialmage's methods i f prcai-hiin; and adega itona that he :* stand* ihargtd t.y ciamea fan e With f:.,t !li ! a.:d dm*, it. >■ veil UceUOii* cixarglLg thervvrrvndgetitieiuu nth .Uitrnt! fu'.te, til regard to his charvh an! oihrt maiiers ncu adopted, aud his Wiai e ordered Ur. Taloug* w present aud votaat to have the tna! take place At the Maiue municipal , lectiou* the ltei it> ;icans aud bard-cuoiie'. 1 1 xu. r a:* elected their candidate for mayor of Belfast by ninety one maj r;tv; the Uepubitoan ca-.didale for may, r of Pang or vu uvx-e*ful. there m lli' elt,- ticu for iuav r . f A igU-ta. and a new elrctnui n* ordered, and IU lhddeford the c mblued ikauicn:* and ttrveul acker* i 'rotrd thcojaycr by seven majority. A voting man named Sunu.'. Vickar# was killed by lightning, during a thuudtr stonu, a: 51a; . lodge. Pa. Jhe only mark ou his jierson vra* about the sir.' of a lean ou his forehead. Us* team a* also killed. There hi* been a stcoud failure to elrot a mayor of tiivk.aud. Me l>f the l.iJi' i les cast the Republican candidate rccaived o- . the Om abacker it. aud the IVm.crat 33k The rer.iaius of Payard Tavlor th" late n.ns i*tir to Germany. wercVecaivi*! in New Y. rk on the steamship Oe ert.as.d w. re e Tied by tiki memtwrn Of i". runs aiagiug e Uvau Uieu deHvervxl aa oration, reviewing the life and work of the dea'. poet. The rem at: - wire placed ia star- iu th> . ..vr:. room . f Use city hail, and wire rwnonsd to Keuuett rvjnare. Pa., where the burial took p ace at lAicgwood cemetery. John J. I'.vaus, Cainn Mowery and Wide'.te I.lcvd wer. burufl to death daring a drc al the its! niug jxswdar works, near I>auv:.ie, Pa. I .'.. yd was jce of Use proprietors Of the works. Western and Southern States. The creditor* of Judge Culver's hanking hoa*e. at fiutuc. lib, hate closed the tcstttu tiou. The bank * uabiitties are r>o.ooo, aud its snsporision mil occasiou much snfferiug in the neighborhood. Between I DS :.d two o'clock in the morning a are hrokr out in t! wan n !. pof 'tr* Itoti n* Ma Pausch. on Broadway, tivt St L-uis, IT. Chu> brick and tire frac.e bniidmg* were destroy:.!, entailing a lo*s of at. sf }!•• • lu Uh ecxmd story of the wagon uop. watch was occupied a* a rrsid. ace by M:a. Pausch. there wir. deeping her t'-.ree children by for mer marriage*, named lhar'.e* tiucheut ach, aced sixteen years, aud John and I t: Aa .Tpp. - v.-ral y.ars jrounger. together wua Henry Hboei • erkuetter a L.ackimutii,aud Mr* I'aiti ar:::e PJISI. win. wa spending the lught with Mr. Ban* h These ;r.c:s w. re all bcrned lo death, being uaabie to escape by retson of t'.i door leading " their apartment# temg fast.Mied on theoats.de Mrs lar -ii vra* aleo ' asleep U> the saiue hull*, at the t.me. but she tamj-cd from the w:udow and was fatally in jured. The cittz*ti# of i '.ttaibtis Ohio. K am* ter ribly atari:.*,! and exc.te*! t.y a concerted at tempt t . I nro the city, no '.*# than seven tires having Iwscn ku.dled a', different j>ouit on on* evwi.ng aud Uumc. for h every uight for a ( i< k the .nciu an- atum;t* were reuewtwt. The I,.*es from Ih* many h;. # rtached #PJS.- 000. At last the city cou-.ci! met in special ?- • • n and offend rewards for the appr.-btu .on of th* meet di*ric. an t ordered the clo ing of a!, -a; -.* a: 1 piac* of pubiic rr-ort aftir ten i c.iok r vs. Ad pirsons fonnd on th.- :r*t aft.-r that I. ur w. r. lo be arrested nine** they were known or could give a satis factory account of tbemeelvM, Sneciai police nji-u were on duty ou everv bh-cJ.. and ail the limitary rompautp* were coder arum patrolling the streets. The police commission and a number of prominent cat ?::* held a confer- : t-ncv. and as a result a lsrge nnmbwr cf cttixen* wen. ■ rn ia s detectives aril assigned to duty. Every alley and avenue was ; strolled by armed men. H. H. Vi.'kery, cheriff of IV>uglas* connty. M.'.,V 'Ut with a ;> t*n the h. use of ijbr-tt Alo;*e to arrest him. Alaop-- n>si*le.l the pro ce#s and tirid a number of sbots at the sheriff • party, one of which kuU-d Uie sheriff A *oj>e aud hi* little girl. Ave year# ol!. were thin killed by the sheriff s p • and two other per- i son* wounded. The child's death was no", in tended . A deplorable tragedy ha* taken plac* iu tho office of the HlaUi treasurer at the oapitol iu Ytiaats. Ga., the parties engaged being t!ol. Robert A. Alston, a mr ! .n's interest to Watt' rs, who had promised to buy Cox out. Alston sold to another pernon. Cox threatened Alston at noou that tie would kill bit: before sundown if the rale vu not cancelled atul then made witb hi* man Th*y met in the oapitol. drew pistol* and exchanged shot# at clo#e quarter*. Alston firing tbri-fi times and Cox twice. Al ston was shot through the brain and died at f.,40 r. m. Cox was shot iu the m.iulh aud jdgh the left haul and throat. Captain Boyton reached Ciuuinnati on hi* lung rwim in ins rubber suit from Pittsburgh to New Orteaii*. aud rested a fo* dav# b-.fore r.-umitig ti journey. He had made H2O miles of the .! :l n mile# constituting hi* trip. From Washington. The Provid'-nt r -olvc* some cnrioti* letters and telegram*. The following dispatch was received st the YYiilte hous i r. ceiitly: " May tho King of ktup# incline ttie i'resideut of tho United states to ilo a geueton# act, aud to give tho poHtoffloe to . a Christian gentleman. Y u wiil have God'# blesaiug and that of a thank fr.l people."' At a ftre in G.-nrgetnwi, P. U . three chil dren of Daniel Martin, a colored man. wore burned to death. Capt. F.td* has received from the treasury 4750.000. the last payment voti-d to tdui in the sundry civil appropriation bill, on account of hi* improvement of the southwest p* k # of the M smnoppu Foroiun Nowu. Bismarck's bill to discipline outspoken raem liers of the German parliament has been re jeetod by that body. i'lissanante, would-be assssstn of King Hum bert, at Naples, has been stmtencod to death. The rope c mnect"d with an ascending cage in a coal-pit near Wakefield. England, broke, sil l eight man were precipitated 3(io feet and killed. The Zuln* have been defeats! with grtat loss by the British trooji* iu South Africa. The ocean steamer Arizona, the Urgeet in the world except tho Grest Eta tern, ha* beeu (successfully launched at Glasgow. Begarding the recent massacre of relative* and others by the kit g of Burmah. a C&ldmta dispatch t"lls this brief story of kingly cruelty : i "It is said tbat while Ihe massacres, at tho In stance of the king, only amounted to forty, the killing was attended by every jiosmble atrocity. I The victim# were beaten aud kicked. The I women were shamefully abused. The royal princes were reserved to tho last, and made to witness the torture aiul death of their families. ; The bodies of all the victims wire thrown into old wells. The Afghan ambassadors to Bussia have re ' ceived new* that Yskoob Khan has \>eeu pro claimed ameer of Gabul. A message fiota Ya koob Khan, dated Oabul, says tbat two English battalions, suplKJsed to bo about eleven hun dred men, have been completely defeated aud pursued by the Kldji trilies iu the Akonta val lev. where the Kuglish had already establluhed an admiiiistratieu of their own. He bays that tho British troop* also sustained a severe de feat at Lagna fort at the foot of the Khouak mountains, nl ixtv miles soutli f y the FUJI fl " r * severe I Ha 111. and Ibe thigh*!* governor. Uiuntt with ! ioi es, HI oarrltnl in Urnitupb to Vsbnt Tbis | fori Is sn important post on the uialu road he tweeii the butlts vallev and Osrnt. t>y way of the Denial pass, and if il eair !•# h.d.l will serve ss s Shock to the further |>r<>gixui of the ltrit lah In that re* ton The vtUstjo of Poro. ma, Hungary, containing till) houses, hss heen totsllv dostrtyHl by s llood, the tnlisUtants taking refuge on a neigh I boring bill. The arrival of Denrral Orsid at l 'alcutta. India, Is aiiuouueod. W allsoe lie** of St John, N li easily de foaled Wan.-la I imnrtt an I ngllshman. in a rowing mal.'li out Ihe l"haine eham|4onshl|> I course. The j-eo|'le of I ashiueir. India, are le|He dying of faiuino like tiles, alet at the presold rate of mortality it Is said the ptoviuee will bo nearly dejH'pulatevl by the end of the 1 year. "The l.rururtl Blacksmith." Klihu liurritt, win ->e death took place tlic other day at Now llritain, (Villi., had an almost world-wide refutation ae "The hetrual Blacksmith. 11c * tern in Now Britain, t'oun., on the Bth of lHHHiut'r, iHld. His ancestor* wore Hcotcli, and both his father and grand father serv.-d iu the American army during Itio Kovolution. His father was a shoemaker iu humble circuuislauccs, and having a family of teu children couid not afford to give them liberal advantage*. \S lieu seventeen years old, Klihu was appieutiivd to a blacksmith, uud it was during his labors at the anvil that a great deal of his study was ac complished, He ww a natural mathema tician, but had also a great taste for the languages, and with little assistance he mastered French, Latin and (Ireek, and later he acquired u knowledge of oilier tongues. It is related that when twenty two years old, being ashamed to ask for anl. he resolved on working his own way in lus studies, a • he sat down to II -HUT'S " Iliad," without note < i com ment, and with only a lexicon with lcttiu dufluitions. He had never read a line iu the tusik, but determined that if he eonht read two lines by har.l study during the wnolc day, he wonhl never ak help of any one in mastering the Greek language. He won a complete victory, arnt by the middle of the after noon had read read and committed fif teen lines to memory. He went to Worcester, Mass., in order to nst) the library of tho Antiquarian u >c:. ty there, and tlu-re he ma ie his first attempt at journalism, editing the f'Ariv fKiu Oftizt 'i, a j -tit nai devoted to the {H-aceable settlement of iut-ruational troubles. He became a lecturer of note, speaking on the subjects of temperance, slavery and cheap o.eau jswtage. In lHtti he went to England and formed "The League of Universal Brother hood," which announced its ami to l>e thc abolition of war. He took a deep mU-rest tu the slavery question, a.l\ eatingeuni|>ohHted enian cipatiou, and he assniutwl charge of a TOilatielphia journal, the (ViiMi of the H'o-frf, in IH5'2, iu order to a.lvauct< this scheme. In his devotion bi the subject it is said that he sometimes restricted his personal expenses to sixt.wn cents a i day. In I8t"5 Mr. Ihirritt was ma.le Unitcl States .- instil at Birmingham, England, but was removed from office when l'resi ' dent Grant was inaugurated. He re tnnmd to th-.s country iu 1 >*7o, and Las | given his attention since to quiet lite rary work, writing to the newspapers <>u many subjects. One of his latest ar ticl.-s was printed in the New York ' ttiny last October on the rela ti. ns of England and Kussia. Among Lis books are " Hparks from the Anvil," " MisceHaneons Writings," " Olive Leaves," " Thoughts and TluiigH at Home and Abroad," " A W.vlk from John OTiroat's to Land's End," " and Bpeeches," an I " T. n Minute Talks on all Sorts of Topics." Ten-Ikdiar Certificate*. A United States treasury circular calls attention to the act "antlionxiug the is sue of c-rtitl ate* of deposit in aid of the refunding of the public debt." This act authorises ami directs the secretary of the treasury to issue, in exchange for lawful money of the United States that may be presented for such exchange, Certificates of deposit of the deuomina- Ucu of §lO, bearing four per cent, tnter wt, ami e -avertible at any tirne, with accrued interest, into the four jw-r cent. ■ bonds; the money so received to la? ap plied onlv to the payment of the bonus bearing not ie*- than live per cent, in terest. The certificates will be tna.le nearly of the form ami mx- of a Umt<-d Stat.-s note, and will bear ou it* face the following: I'sntn HtaTW Earrsatvu CtaTim-xTS. Ti-s 1'- iXJiu* Ai-nIL 1. IS7S. Thw cvrrtili.-s that Uw- sura f tlt h hcaa -ttpovite.l with ifce Irmtonr of 'he Tinted Ktales, na-ter ths actof Tet-. . l*-~ -'. 1 Jx+ thi rim.*s, Tieasnrsr of tlio Tuitvsl StuUif O. W Hooruu u, llegi-ter of tho Traasary, Washington. I' ('• t' >nv- rul !<-. *ith *ccrnr-1 interest ? four i-ercvut. j--i .nncni. Into fuor per oeuL 1.-mb of tho I'wted Stales, Isstltv! tinder the set- of Jaly It, GT , awl J*n. 20, I*7l, upon pryseii!*- tion l e olhse of lbs trwoiircr of Wx> t usteS t Kltlra. Washlnßton, IJ. 0., in sums CffW, or mnluj'.• th reef. The back of the certificate will Ix-ar the following : Interest on thu note will accrue ** follows For esc!: nu e dsys.'or on< -teulh of -lusrter, one cent ; for each quarter year ten cents . for tach entire year, forlv c:-nU. These certificates msy Ire pnrchasvsl of the treasurer at Washington or of any of the assistant-treasurer* for lawful nvneT, and the treasurer at Washington and the assistant treasurer at New Y'ork t may receive in payment drafts in favor of themselves respectively drawn on I New Y'ork, which will be collected, and the excess, if any, returned by eheck to the depositor. The secretary of the treasury will alsoac-ept in payment eor tificab* of dejvis-t of national banks specially designated to receive deposits on thi* account; but the refunding cer-. titles to* will not 1H delivered until the certificate of de|*sit issued by the bank has been paid for by a treasury .'raft or j by a deposit of a like amount with the treasurer or aome assistant-treasurer of the United .States, or until United States lx>nds of equal amount are substituted in their stead. The certificates will be ready for de livery April 1, 18T1>, at which date they will begin to bear interest, which will be payable upon the conversion of the certificates into four per cent, bonds. As soon oa practicable 810 certificate* will lie issued nn ler this law similar iu form and upon like similar conditions to these above deaerilwd, to be register- j 1 cd ou the hook* of the treasnry iu the name of the owner, which name will also be entered on the face of the certificate. A Town Destroyed by a Flood. For several uavs Szegedin, the second commercial town in Hungary, contain ing bO.fkiO inhabitants, had lccn in im minent danger of inundation 'mm thn river Theiss, which flows through the - place. Several large dykes protecting the back of the town had beeu bnrst, ami 1 ] the safety of the town then depended on \ the enibauknient of the Alfold railway, j to strengthen which all efforts were con eentrated. At last, however, the water, j aided by a gale, broke through the ' embankment, and rushed in broad I stream* toward the doomed town. Tho scenes that ensued defy descrip tion, for, to add to the situation, the i tremendous current undermined the foundations of the buildings iu which i , the inhabitants lived or bad sought shel ter, and milul shrieks and frantic op ! peals for aid that it was impossible to render, the structures went crashing into i the flood, carrying with them the in- j 1 mates. Even tho synagogue, to which i many people had flown for refuge, was . | not spared by the waters, and fell iu, i burying hundreds in its ruins. The gas ! works having been submerged, people | j | were left at the mercy of the torrent, un , i able to perceive what fresh danger threat . j eni'd them, and in a state of prostration | from which death would have been a re lief. At daybreak the town was many feet ' ' deep iu water, and the inhabitants had " | begun to realize the extent of their ca , l lamity. Here ami there a house, loss substantial than its neighbor*, tottered 1 auil fell with a crash; and it frequently . happened that at the moment a boat was t nonring a window from which half-dis tracted people were appealing for aid, >i the whole edifice would succumb to tho torrent, amid the piteous shrieks <>( the* inmate*. Much u( Hit* inhabitants as WTW so fortunate a* to te able to do HO fltd to Now Mzegcdiu and more lwt orphanage nuortitnhed, bury ing >tH inmates in tho ruin*, am! two manufactories were ilimwml to la in Itauics. No excesses were observable, however, on the part of the inhabitants, pi coaultonai y measures having been taken lor the protection of properly. Ihtriug the afteruooii the ilama were cut in several places to allow the water to ruu off, the flood was still rushing with au awful roar over the city, and the practical destruction of the towu was complete. Happily, how ever, while there was much excite ment there was no disorder, and such of the inhabitants as could be removed were conveyed to a place of safety by men who seemed to retain their presence of mind to a greater degree than might have been ci|eoted. Sixty thousand persona were without a r.s'f to cover them. The upper floors of all high houses were era ruined with spectators in momentary fear of death. One httudrod square miles m the vi ciuity of Maegedin were flooded and the crops in that district totally rained. Terrible Scene at a Walking Match. Br the fall of a gallery at (Elmore's garden, New York, on the night of the third day a international waiting match, twelve persons were injured. The af fair is described thus Two streams of human beings were pouring into the building, the lobby crowded full, and a Solid wall of humanity blocking Madison avenue. Within wu* an immense throng variously estimated at trow N.OOt) to IfI.(MK) people. It did not NOCUI aa if the garden would hold another person. The center of the building was black with men, the scats on the side were crowded, cvory available space of stand ing room was taken, and the gallery at the Madisou avenue end of the garden was tilled. This gallery wa a tem porary affair, put up forth® Arum ball, ami divided roughly off into boxes, it stretched nearly serosa the whole end of the buildiug, directly over the rutie houses < ach side of the mam entrance, and was about six feet deep. A great many ladies were in the gallery. Eunis had come on the track again, and all the men were walking well acini it instant cheering. buddeiily n Niugltt rw-rcetn, wv from a wtimeit, art*t nietvc thu uproar. It tvauiu fri>tii tho fpallery. Tlioao who looked now the aouth 1 ud of tins jynllt-ry slowly nettle, wutl *aw it* oooupuuU aridu to thoir fort. Thi-u, amid tho era wiling of timltom winl criea of people, nbotit forty fcx-t of thin gwllery et-omud to txillapeo. The front gave wy first, and, tending downward, shot its ooeo j-ai.ts lu-adforemoat ftftrcn feet upon the i-t-a.lB of tho people beltiw. Tiu-n the timber* gave way at the ruar, and thu whole section of fortv fuut fell. A cloutl of du*t arose, and for an in ■taut enveloped the spot. Thou followed what hid fair to tea fearful panic. From tho adjoining aee- Eons 11 the gallery the people rushed like sheep, and those below, under, and around the gallery with tiiem leaped for the entrance*, through whtoh the steady stream was pouriug into the garden. The next moment, with white faeon and star ing even, from out theae entrances ponred the human stream, now an un governable torrent. For an iftstant it wavertvi aa it uaet the inflowing stream, then daehiug all before it, police offi cers, #{>ec'.al detectives and ail, it hnrled itself against the wall of men in Math son avenue. Mill aud women runbed out of tibiae two doors like wild tea*!*, trampling, shouting, groaning, cursing, prnytns, while from within came the great roar of the tuousauda. Women fainted, au i cowards trampled upon them. Home cried "fire," and in the galleries on the nidea of the buildiug men threw open the windows, and.it is Haul, one 111 Ins fright jumped ont to tho sidewalk telow. A squad of special police officers aud detectives stationed uear the entrance were the first to stop the panic. Aided by tho location of the accident, thty succeeded in stopping the rush, for. the brokou gallery being near the entrance, almost every person in the garden could •ee just what happened. Then a rush was made for the scene of the accident ; bnt Oapt. Williams, extricating him-wlf from the throng that had earned htm l>otlily out of the building, r andialed hi# force* and prt*#ed back the multi tude. Fifteen firemen, under Chief Fisher of theeightli battalion, who were detailed iu the garden, wore in their places as soon as they could press through the mass vf people, aud iu less time tiiau it takes to tell it the rubbish WHS cleared away, tiie wounded taken ont, and either carried outside of the Iwxi! ling or made as comfortable aa pos sible within. A HOY Ah WKDDINH. ytsrrtsar ol IFocsii Vlnorla'a Third *Oll 10 thr I'rlnr.., I .aolM> :lr#nrvl of l*rti.ln- Prince Arthur, duke of t'onnaught, the third son of Queen Victoria, and the Princess Liuisa Margaret, of Prussis, were marrnsl at Ht, George's chapel, Windsor, in pnv*eu<-e of a brilliant as semblage, which iucludeil the queen and several members of the royal family, the king and queen of Belgium and many German princes. The service was performed by the archbishop of Canter bury. In the forenoon Windsor wns crowded with people. The bride is a niece of the Erap. ror Willism and daughter of Prince Frederick Charles, of Prussia, who commanded before Metx 111 the war between Germany and France. The marriage, which waa con dneted with all the ceremony of state tetittiug the high position of the royal bride aud bridegroom, took pla(N} about one o'clock. Within the altar rails were the officiating clergy and the bride and bridegroom. Next to them were their respective supporters—the crown prince of Germauv and Prince Frederick Charles, of 'Prussia, for the bride, the prince of Wales and the duke of Edinburgh for the bridegroom. The queen was on the right, near the prince of Wales. The Princ. sa Bea trice antl Prince Altert Victor of Wales were behind her majesty. Net: behind them were the princess of *Wales, Prince George and the prin cesses of Wales. The bridesmaids were ou the western portion of the diaa with the vieo-charuberlain Rud tho lord chain terlnm on each side. The other royal persons in attendance were seated on each side of the altar. The body of the chapel was occupied by about 150 em bassadors and foreign ministers with their families, cabinet ministers, mem bers of tho uobiiity, and distinguished soldiers and sailors. The bride wore a white silk dross trimmed with myrtle flowers, anil a long vail. The brides maids were similarly attired. The queen wore a black corded rilk dress, richly embroidered and trimmed, s white vail, a tiara of diamonds, a cloak of rovnl ermine, aud the insignia of the garter. The princess of Wales wore a black dress trimmed with white, and a tiara of diamonds. Tho dnke of Oon muiglit wore the uniform of the Rifle brigade, the prince of Wales the uni form of'a field marshal, aud the dnke of EJiubnrgh that of au admiral. The queen's procession left her ma jesty's entrance to tho castle nt noon, ft comprised three carriages, in the last of which (a landau drawn by four ponies) were her majesty, Princess Beatrice and Prince Albert Victor of Wales. Tho two i other carriages were occupied by mem bers of the royal suite. A field officer's osoort of the royal horseguards attended the procession. The clerk of the royal chapel, the marshal, the equerries of the bridegroom and the maids of honor mot. the queen at the chapel, where her 1 majesty was received by the great of fioers, and was conducted to the dais 'by the lord chamberlain, Mendelssohn's march in "Atlialie" being played ou tho organ as the procession moved up the aisle of the chape). A quarter of an hour after the depar ture of hor xuajeety from the oastle, the bridegroom, accompanied by hia sup port® iw, the prinne of Wale* ami the duke of Edinburgh, proceeded witii their rM|HH)tivu suite* iu tho iiuoon'a carriage# from tho stale entrance of tho oaatlo to Ht. George's ohanel, attended by a rap tain's escort of tho guard*. Tho bride groom waa roooivod at tho woat ontranoo ty tho lord chamborlain in full ooro moiiial, ami conducted to a seat on tho right of tho ilaia leading to tho altar ; tho pruioo of Wales and tlio duke of Edinburgh occupying aent# near by. Tho brido left tho (juoon'a ontranoo to tho castle at l'i.Bo, accompanied by her father and tho erowu priuoc of (lor many, with a numerou* einUv The bride wai* received at the wont door by the lord chamborlain. Tho bridal prooeaaiou wua immediately formed, ami moved up the nave to the choir, the tram of her royal highness being terue by eight unmarried daughters of dukes, marquises and carta. Theae were, Lady Els Haekville Itiißneil, eldest daughb r of the duke ami duohe!M of 1 trwif>rit, Ea.lv tloorgiaua Elizabeth Mp-ner t'hurchvdie, fifth daughter of the duke ami dtichoea of Marlborough; Lady Blanche Oonytigham, oldeat daughter of the mari|uia and marchioness of C'ou- Ylighatu; Ea.lv Adelaide L ly Louisa Elizabeth Bruce, aiHter of the earl of Elgin; Lady .Mal>ei Ht liita Uridgeman, oldeat .laugh tor of the earl and countess of Bradford; La.lv Cecilia lodiu llaV, oldest daughter of Die earl ami countess of Erroli, and Lady Victoria Frederics Caroltue Edg cumbo, eldest daughter of the earl of Mount Kdgctunbe. AH the prtJOoaaion passed up tho chap el, Handera " Occasional Overture " wan given uu the organ. Tho bride vw conducted to a neat in tho choir on the left of the daiH, and hor supporters to neat* near by, while tho bridei-manl* stood behind, ami the lord chamberlain ami vice chamberlain licit to them. The archbiHhop of Canterbury per formed the service. The bride nt given away by her father. At tho con clusion of the service tho choir oaag the " Hallelujah Chorus," antj Mendels sohn's " Wedding March " pealed forth as the bride ami bridegroom left the chapel, while in the long walk a salute of gun* announced tho termination of the ceremony. The royal family and guests lett the chajtel in the reversed order in which they entered it. All tho royal guests returned to tho queen's entrance to the castle, where the registry of the marriage was signed in the green drawing-room, and duly attested by the queen and the other distinguish ed pel M, us invited to attend for that purpose. Iu the quadrangle opposite the principal entrance of tho castle a guard of honor of the second battalion of tiie Coldstream gnards was mounted. The wedding presents were numerous and costly. The queon gave a magnifi cent diamond tiara, tlio brilliants hang ing down iu sparkling peaks from a cen tral wreath of brilliants of pure water ; also a pearl ami diamond pendant, the jewel of the royal order of Victoria and Altert, a medallion of the queen and the* prince consort, and the jewel of the imperial order of the crowu of India, her majesty's royal and imperial cipher, " VJi and 1," in diamonds, pearls and torquomw, encircled by a border set with jearls, and surmounted try the imperial crown, jeweled and enameled in heraldic colors attached to alight bine worsted ribbon, edged with white. The marriage presents were displayed in the white druwiiig-ruom of the castle, and were coming in up to the last mo ment. Later in the day the presents were viewed by many members of the royal family and party stayiug at the midle. Home of the most valuable jew elry pre*eute*l had no cords attached. The room ya* filled with costly and splendid gifts ami works of art lha monds biased in one corner on n special table reeervivl for them. A center-table was tiocupied by plate and candelabra. C niche* and guerdons had furs, cloaks, lace aud embroidery disposed upon them. Chinese Poetry, Chineae poetry is the subject of an in teresling article in Afacmitlan'a Maga situ. Few jtersous appreciate the gen ome poetry to which the Chineae have given birth, ret poetry occupies almost as important a place in their literature as in our own. Here is a literal trans lation of a abort poem: The heart, when it l# haruaod. Aud* no piaoo of r*d. The mind, wheu emUttered. think* only of grtrt. In the following the writer is sup posed to te apostrophizing a ted of chrysanthemum plants in fnll bbsim: r* <■ Hit tr *let>-.ler shadow# jrtetured outLc fence whitat tbe r drheale jterftime scant# the K*r>lt-:i waJl#; Thi .r tiuLa, now .lark, now light, C.sah one mgaiust the ether; The d. • a* they drop strengthen Iheu frame#. Itnngry, they fet-d on ir What can with their bright color* oompete ? Talking of then one might pity their languor. a* of that of an invalid; Delicate, tbcv < pen with cunatituUon# at best antrum!#!, Vet say tiot that they hjoom to no parpoae. For di ! they not by thtir oharma in>r>e Tao bo poetry and eonvtrlallty ? Here is one that ha* be*n metrically translaUal. It is called the " Tiny Rill:" Over green field* and meadow* a tiny rill ran (The little predon# coquette); Hhe waa pretty, she knew, and thu* early began Ciayly flirting with all that she met tier favor# ou both ide# be'd gracefully aliower. r.egardlesa of whom they might be; One moment he d ku the #weet Up# of a flower, Th<- next —lave the root of a tree. Hhe would leap from one rock to another in play. Tumble down on. hor pebbly ted. Idie a naiad, let the darzliug. aiinsmitten spray. Fall in ]>t:matie grnm round her head. Romatime# #he would lash heraelf iuto rage. And niali roaring atnl c>thins aiong; Till a bit of amooib ground arould her angsr assuage. When she d iiquldly murmur a song. How Careless Men Can lie With Money, A correspondent says : My friend was a paymaster of a largo railroad company, and one day he went ont with 830,000 to pay thexnen. The money wa* wrapped np fn an old newspaper, and he carried it under his arm. He stopped at a way-side hostelry for din ner, and left tho money cn a chair when he went out. He had not gone many miles from the place when he missed it He flew back and asked the woman if nho had seen a parcel. "There's a bit of newspaper on the chair beyant.," Raid she ; " perhaps that it which it proved to be, and my friend returned a happier and a wiser man. Another circumstance: A man I know of lost a roll of bills amounting to 810,IKK). They, also, were'tied np in a newspaper, lie told a friend, and the two talked over the loss atnl the probability of finding the money. The friend made him tell all the ground he had leen over since he had the money. The last place was the postofflce. Tho night was wet over head and slushy under foot. They stopped at the postofflce, and going to the place where the man had been, and fonud two or three torn bit* of newpa jHir. It was the same. They looked further, and found the lost treasure. It had been kicked in turn by every one who cama into the ofllce, and wbeu found, was all untied and completely soaked in slush. They seized it eager ly and returned to their hotel, where they spent several hours in cleaning it. It was all there ; arid at last they got it dried. Tho grateful man took his friend out and bought him the hand somest watch that lie could find. I.likens' "I'tth unit I'oinU" Breast high—Thecreasein your shirt bosom. " You're qnite a *trauger 1" aa the eggshell said to the fledgeling. A self educated man is not always one who has learned to school himself. Corpora! punishment. When that poor subaltern in reduced to the ranks. Impetposity is like the ocean under tow. for it carries ns beyond otM depth. The horsethief, who came near be ing tarred and feathered, plumes him self on his escape ou a pitoli dark night. —AW York Newt, Adulterated Fowl. From facts and data in our poaacaaion, savs Urn New York I/rratd, it is sus ceptible of proof that iinarlv all the es sentials of life are seriously tampered with, and that the adulteration of food is the rule rather than the exoopttoa. The following list la carefully prepared, and will give au idea of tho extent t* which tho evil extends: Ma usages ~ Made of impure moats and u-aeonid with suicee. Bread - Mixed with alnm, lime water and flour ground in with lead. Flour—Ail n Iterated with damaged |>eaM, p.w.lTed alum and caacun, in whiah are worms, inaeota, acart and smut. Coffee—Adulterated with ooooanut a hells, almond shells, chiooory, lx-aus, j.ru* and corn. Tea Odored with black lea.l and Frnnslau blue. (tyniers, (Jiams and Lobsters —Htale j and decaying. Chwwe Goloml with saffron, Vene tian red, carrots and an nut to, which latter is often found to ouutain jroiaon ou* chroma tea. Essences -Adulterated and noutami uate.l by nitroTienxole, pruasic arid, oil •1 Hym|law> bul Ifetf It w