RN A SE SR a —————— TIIYVUQ \ SL NEWSOFTHE WEEK ~—W. H. McCleary, postmaster of Pitisburg, has resigned. His term would not expire for nine months. ~All the settlers have been removed from Oklahoma, although, it is said, ‘the cattle men still remain.’’ The oc- cupants of two ranches, the improve- ments on which were destroyed last week by the military, “have encamped on the ground and continue to graze cattle.” The troops are in position to incept any considerable force of intru- ders. — Francis Taylor, Tubal Taylor and Elijab Sublet, who bad attempted to murder J. C. Dickerson and his wife, were tsken from the jail at Forsythe, Missouri, on the 17th, by a masked mob, It is considered certain that the three men were lynched, but ir bodies have not been found, — Monsignor A, J. Glorieux, the newly appointed Vicar Apostolic of ldabo, was, on the uineteenth conse. crated Bishop in the Cathedral at Bal- timore. Archbishop Gibbons wus the consecrator, his assistants being Bish- ops Gross, of Savannah, and Maes, of Covington, Kentucky. Bishop Keane, of Richmond, preached the sermon. ~The improvement in Geperal Grant’s condition continued on the 20th, and he took a drive in the after- noon, —Ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen re- mained in a state of stupor on the 20th, but his general condition was about the same as it had been for a week. ~— Admiral Jouett reports to the Sec- retary of the Navy, under date of the 18th inst, “The situation is un- changed. Everything 1s quiet on the Isthmus. Beardsley reports no fight- ing around Cartagena for a fortnight,” —In joint session of the Illinois Leg- islature, on the 20th, 354 votes were cast for U, 8, Senator. Morrison received 18, Logan 10, and the rest were divided among four other candidates. —The Secretary of the Treasury has promoted M. Z. M. Lawrence, a fourth- class clerk in the First Comptroller's office, to be chief of a divison in that office, vice J. N. Garrison, promoted to be Deputy First Comptroller. —David Underwood died at Fort Edward, N. Y., on the 19th. He had served a term in the State Legislature and was until recently a member of the extensive lumber firm of Bradley & Underwood. -~—On the 18th a wave eight feet high rushed down the Ri) Grandeat Laredo, Texas, carrying away a portion of the Mexican National Railroad bridge, In a few bours the river rose 12 feet and then rapidly subsided, The phenome- non was caused by a great water-spout which fell a few miles above Laredo, A large quantity of drift in the river in- dicates wuch destruction above, —A fierce fire started in the barreus about five miles south of Salem, New Jersey, on the 20th and at last accounts were burning across a tract about three miles wide, Men were out fighting the flames, but hundreds of acres of valu- able timber were destroyed, 1t was be- lieved the town of Quinton would be in danger should the velocity of the wind nereasse, — Daniel Knoll,the imbecile who fired the building on Wentzel's farm, near Reading, Pa., by which five lives were logt, was committed on the 20th on a charge of arson. It is said be “was al. ways looked upon as a harmless, half- willed fellow, but was desperate when roused to anger.” —A messenger has arrived at Battle. ford from Fort Pitl, and reports that the fort has fallen into the hands of the Cree Indians, who had been besieging it sinee the Frog Lake massacre, Two policemen aie known to have been killed. The others in the fort are re- ported to have taken to the boats in the hope of reaching Battleford. Nothing has been heard of them, and it is feared they were captured or killed from the river banks, ~The Secretary of the Navy on the 21st received a telegram from Admiral Jouett at Colon, saying that the Swatara had just returned from Carthagena, and that the Colombian General, Vila, writes him that he will soon come to the Isth- mus and re-establish the Constitutional Government, ~The March statement of the char- tered banks of the Dominion of Canada shows the total liabilities to have been $132,224 144 and the assets $212 805,081. ~The first public reception given by President Cleveland was held at the White House on the 21st. The Presi- dent, assisted by the members of his Cabinet and the ladies of their families, received in the East Room, which was beautifully decorated. From nine until eleven o'clock & constant stream of call- ers poured in and out of the house. Music was given by the Manne Band. —A thsastrious flood occurred on the 21st, at Kingman, Kansas, caused by a sudden rise in the Ninnescah river. Before the people could apprebend their danger, the whole of South Main street, was ‘‘under a rush of waters,” Fifteen dwellings were swept into the current with men, women and cliuldren in them. Four women, one man and several children are known to be drowned. ~A terrific explosion of gas occurred in the Phenix Collery at Pittston, Penna., on the 21st. There were about one hundred men in the mine at the time, and wany wege severely burned, put none fatally, ~The timbering of tunnel No. 2, on the Oregon Pacific Railroad, thirty-five miles west of Corvallis, Oregon, was burned on the 19th, The tunnel is 400 feet long, cut through solid rock, It will takea week or ten days to re- Jiir the damage, A fire at Cassopolis, igan, on the 20th, destroyed two brick blocks aud a hotel. Loss $20,000 ~(ieneral A. RB. Lawton of Georgia, has decli the mussion to Russia, save the Admin- : to his desire to fetration any poseihie rT — TR CH to be Seeretary of Legation in Chili, and Orlanda W. Powers to be Associ- ate Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah, Ie also appointed a number of internal revenue collectors and post. masters, among the latter Jacob K, Coffroth, to be postmaster al Somerset Penna. General Grant continued to gain strength on the 21st and had another drive through Central Park. He also walked along the street. from his Louse to Madison avenue aud back again. —'There was no apparent chaage, on the 21st, in the condition of ex-Secre- tary Frelinghuysen. He remains vn- conscious, and is restless except when under the influence of an ancdyne. —There was a still further improve- ment in General Grant’s condition on the 22d. He took a dnve in Central Park and another walk from his house to Madison avenue and back. Dr. Douglas says he will issue no more bul- letins in the case, whatever the other physicians may do, —A. U., Wyman, Treasurer of the United States, has resigued, his resig- nation to take effect on the 1st of May. His resignation is for the purpose of as- suming positions in two financial insti- tutions, CC. N. Jordan, ex-cashier of the Third National Bank of New York, has been appointed to succeed Mr, Wy- Iman, ~The President on the 22d appointed Lewis McMullen to be Appraiser at New York 1n place of A. I. Ketchem, suspended, McMullen was nominated at the special session of the Senate, but no action was taken on the nomination. -— No change was reported in the con- dition of ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen on the 224. ~The repair shops of the Pullman Pzlace Car Company, at Forty-first street and the Pennsiivania Railroad, New York, were burned on the 22d, Seven cars undergoing slight repairs were also destroyed. The loss is esti- mated at about $150,000, The insur- ance is said to be over $100,000, but the exact amount was not known as it had been placed by an agent in Chicago. About 250 men are thrown out of em- ployment, — The office of the Weekly Signal, at Old Yakima, Washington Territory, was destroyed by a charge of dynamite placed under it on the 20th. It had been raised on jackscrews, ready for removal and, it is presumed, the act was done to deter others from moving buildings from the old to the new town, Governor Cameron, of Virginia, states that he is unable to say what ac- tion he wi'l take in the matter of call. ing an extra session of the Legislature to consider the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court upou the question of the State debt. He will of the Court. — At the joint session of the Legislature, on the 32d, only one vole was cast for United States Senator. The convention then adjourned, SENATE. In the senate on the 20Lh were passed half a hundred bills to a second reading among them the bill. © NEW MOON WismEs, Onos when the new moon glittered Bo slender in the west, X looked across my shoulder And a wild wish stirred my breast Over my white right shonlder I looked at the siiver horn, And wished a wish at even, Teo come to pass in the morn. Whenever the new moon glittered, Bo slender and so fine, I looked across my shoulder And wished that wish of mine! Now, when the west is rosy, And the snow-wreaths blush below, And I see the light white eres ug Bink downward soft and slow. I never look over my shoulder, As I used to look before; For my heart is older and colder, And now I wish no more! lk THE BLUE SATIN SLIFFER. There was a church fair and festival on hand at Waynesville, and all the young ladies were in a state of feml- nine flutter, Pretty brown-eyed Jenny Carson had one of the fancy tables, Miss Bell Dorsey, who was Jenny's room, “Oh, what a preity dress, You'll look ravishing in it. need a palr of blue satin boots to malch it, and then yon'll be the best-dressed girl at the festival.’ “But satin boots are very expensive,’ sald Jenny, hesitatingly. “Oh, well, yes, somewhat, But there's nothing sets off a lady's appear- ance like nice shoes and gloves, 1 beard Dr. Chester say he never considered a lady well dreescd if she wore ill Otting boots or gloves.” And Miss Hell com- kids, while Jerny nervously put away the pretty silk, to be a wmatier of some moment to Jenny Carson. She was conscious of a longing for the blue boots; bat, alas! they were too expensive for her, and Jenny with half her pleasure spoiled. went on with her preparations, “Well, daughter,” said her father at lals for your frolic to morrow?" “Yes, I do ned some new shoes and we gloves,” said Jenny. “You do, eh? Well, what must I “Whatever you can spare, papa.’ “Well, here's a ten-dollar bill, 1 guess that will be enough. Get a good, sensible pair of shoes now; something to keep vou warm this cold wealher, and no flimsy things." “Yes sir, hank you, papa. 1'll do he best I can,’ said Jenny; but she blushed, and In her heart she felt very However, she did mean to buy a hills on third reading was taken up soon after the assembling of Lhe Sen- ate, but no action was had on measures of the slim attendance. A large num- ber of measures were read and ordered to third read ng without debate, The House resolution for an investigation of charges of mismanagement in the Boy's Educational Home at Philadelphia was concurred in, Adjourned, In the Senate onthe 221 the Marriage License bill being under consideration a number of amendments proposed by Mr. Lee of Venango, were adopied. The only material amendment was one making the court record prima faci. in- stead of conclusive, evidence, of mar- riage. The measure wis ordered to be prepared for passage. Mr. Upperman’s bill for the incorporation and regula- tion of natural gas companies pas-ed finally-—-yeas 31, nays 4. The joint res. olution submitting to the people for adoption an amendment to the Consti- tution abolishing payment of a tax as a qualification for electors came up as a special order shortly before the hour of adjournment, adjourned. HOUSE, In the house on the 20th Mr. Mackin of Philadelphia, called up the resolu- tion, offered by him on the 17th for the final adjournment of the Legislature on the 20th of April, and by a vole of veas 111, nays 4, it was referred to the committee on Ways and Means. Mr. Colborn, of Somerset, introduced a bill to confirm the boundary line between Pennsylvania and Ohio. After the first and second reading of anumber of bills the house on motion of Mr. Suodgrass, at 9.45 adjourned as a mark of respect to the memory of the late H. H. Me. Cormick, formerly speaker of the house, Adjourned. After the transaction of some rou tine business the Housd adjourned. During the course of the afternoon the Speaker and several members of the New Jersey Legislature entered the House, and a recess of a quarter of an hour was taken for their reception. In the House on the 224, several bills were ordered transeribed to thard reading, among them the fellowing. Regulating the marriage of minors by winisters and justices of the peace; for the suppression of lottery gifts b ftorekeepers to secure ronage, r. Betts of Philadelphia, Introduced a bill for the regulation of skating Hinks 5 provides that every sk rink | pay an aonual fleense $1 000, one half of which shall go into the State, and the other into the county treasury. Any one violating this pro- vision shall be guilty of a ETI w i I tor.] Adjourned, wear, She hoped to get the blue ones for about four dollars, which would leave her enough for the others and the gloves, Bat when she stood in Turner's store and asked the price of shiny things offered her, promptly answered, Miss Carson.” the “Seven ing down the boots, clerk. “I assure you, Miss Carson, we dollars, This is the light pair, so we offer them for Jess. They're very fine” “Yee,” admitted Jenny, a pair of these dainty boots,” pursued the wily clerk, with an eve for his trade, “Very few young ladies could wear 50 small a shoe—just about your tire, you see, Miss, Carson." Poor Jenny sighed, thought of the thick, warm boots she ought to have, cast a longing look at the blue beauties, recalled what Dr. Chester smd, and, silly little puss, for once let her vanity run away with her reason, “I'll take them,’ she said, After the boots were puma for, there was barely enough left to buy her gloves and a ribbon or two. The next day, the great one, was clear and cold, with a sharp wind, Overshoes would ruin the dainty satin boots; but, luckily for Jenny, the ground was dry. Bot it was frozen bard, and when she reached the gayly decorated room of the new church, her feet were like ice, Jenny presided at one of the fancy the beautiful blue silk; her throat and wrists shaded with the softest lace, and the dainty blue boots Buttering in and out below the plaiting of her skirt, Beil Dorsey was already at her post, and as Jonnie cams up she opened her eyes wide and exclaimed: Oh, my, you blue angel! Did you drop from the clouds? * Jenny laughed, and happening just then to catch a glance from Dre, Chen. ter, who stood near, blushed with pleas. ure, while the gente heart in her bosom throbbed tumnltaously, Jenny had a very busy day of it, There was much buying and selling, and Jenny's table was very popular, But as the new church was large and not yet finished, it was not very warm, The girls at the table were chilly all day, and by the time evening came Jenny's feet were so numb aud cold that she could hardly stand, A hot supper, however, had been prepared at the hotel just across the street, Dr, Chester walted on Jenny al the table, Glad enough was she to get | Something warm and be pear a fre, Bul Dr. Chester, thought kind { polite, was not what he had been, | seemed strangely cold and distant, | Jenny felt as if her bright day | spoiled. But girls know how to and He and of the gay, She bad to return her as she stepped out into the night, Dr. Chester left her at the door of a i bow used by the ladies as a dressing. | Toom, without, { “IU's all settled, 1 suppose, Doctor, between you and Miss Carson,” was | what she heard, “No, Fred. t that to-day.” I've seen the folly of The tones which an- swered were the well-known ones of | Dr, Chester, ** You astonish me." replied Fred. “I don't mind giving you the reason, Fred.” said the doctor. *‘Just look at that young lady's feet and you will have it. In spite of this cold day she wears nothing but a flimsy pair of blue satin shoes, | Miss Carson; I don’t deny it. But you will see at ouce that a girl who ean so utterly sacrifice her reason to her vanity is not the wife fora poor, struggling doctor, with his fortune yet to make. But esough of this, Let's go in; it's chilly here.” self, But, after a brief struggle she rallied, It would never do to ery. It would never do to go to her table with red lady, who presently, and t blue Hoots Hite walked her table legis of the preity down upon the floor with a sharp, resolute click; for Miss Jenny had made up ber mind to do something very odd, “1 am a it self, “but I don’t quite deserve to low to Caidig tie fool.” she a good man's good opinion, and I won't ieither if I ean bh It was late go home, sLart, eR0oTe, eipit.” before she as she to ner J ust was abou Doctor Chester, who was if it were a matter fi. 1 $4 is Miss Jenn ¥, biease pul these sy ing, quietly, as 4 ) of course: on; it is too cold a night for such thin shoes as | see you wear,” Poor Jenny! Her face was she sear let with mortification. to utter “Thank you.” and i put on the offending overshoes without another word, Then she arm and made ont a confused fook the doctor's gellar, Jenny's heart was beating so fast that it almost chinked her, but she was ns determined as ever. Defore steps had been taken she said: “Doctor Chester, do yor think it | right to condemn a person for a single { faulty”? “Certainly not,” | promptly, “Then why do you condemn me?" “I don’t understand you,” said Le. “I heard every word you said | Fred Somers to-night,” rejoined Jenny, quietly. “Miss Jenny!” He stopped startled. “I dud. I gave you reason to think me ouly a vain, silly girl { defense and how sorry and ashamed 1 lam won't you?” And then Jenny | made ber penitent, little confession, i ! they went out to- ten mid the doctor | think of me now; but, indeed" | the fool,” cried the doctor, ardently. i And then" ! like you and I, reader, have any busi- ness to listen, When Jeany got home she took off { the blue boots which had 80 nearly cost {her a lover and flung them under a wardrobe, saying: | “Lie there, you blue wretches! Bat | you've taught me « good lesson. I've done with you. I'll buy my wedding { boots before long, and they’ll not be | blae ones either.” cr AI M5 Bs AMS Wholesale Sacrifice, In the Azleo Grant temple, in Mex. ico, before the Spanish invasion, there | were 600 ever burning altars on which human sacrifices were offered in a manner unpatalleled in the history of any other religion. The number of human victims has never been esti. mated at leks than 20,000 every year, The skulls were preserved and the Spaniards counted in one building 136,000. All this was done as a matter of conscience and religious duty. Sruixo water is sold in Boston at two counts & glsss and sevoral persons who have tried it pronounce it quite paste. . Bathing. Bathing Is indispensable to health, It is a preventive of sickness and rem- edy for disease, The water cures peo- pie who believe that water is the cure all, the universal remedy for every ill that flesh is heir to, are not so far wrong; they are on the right track, if i they do run it into the ground a litte at the far end, For, as the old proverb says, cleanliness is next to godliness, and as we know that the latter virtue is & sure preventive and cure for all dis orders of the mind and thought, and | keeps the soul pure and clean, so clean- | iness is to the body what godliness is And to be Now, some trouble to wash Like that old Syrian warrior, who, perhaps, in the fashion of that day, rarely washed and was never clean, and so was afflicted with | that dreadful disease, leprosy engen- {dered by filth through many genera- clean, one must bathe. { think it Is too much | tions, some peeple of the present day object just as vehemently against that Jordan and be clean.” But washing of the whole body, bathing in fact, is | absolutely necessary to comfort and health, One does not need either to have a completely furnished bath reom jor a swimming pond for bathing. {| Every household can be provided with | the means for bathing without cost or | expense, A large tub and a kettle full | of bot water to temper the coldness o | the waler for those who have an antipa- {| thy to the plain cold water, and a cake of caslile soap, a sponge, and a rough towel or two, complete the family bath. itt. A cold water sponge bath i is a delight and a luxury. A shower bath, too, may be provided in one of the lower rooms, or in an outer place | fitted up for it. Adl that is wanted isa { tin pail with the bottom punched full { of holes with an aw! and hung from the ceiling, so that another pail hanging over it and filled with water may be tipped by a string into the perforated pall and the shower bath will be as comfortable and as perfect as one that | would cost much more mousey, The cold bath should not last longer than half a mtnute, whether it is a sponge or Ing « excita rubbing with a rough Turkish towel, ot a coarse liven « ] Re Wii ired reaction, des give a whole body, open the pores, st Lue insensibie perspiration, eflect a dose of physic or a dozen of it hardens the muscles, {rees imuiate and Ler Fads in of whatever kind, assists the work the healthy, vigorous, physical condition, ivees also a sound and vigorous men. tal eondition as well. FOOD FOR THOUGHT, Joy is a moth with wings of dust. Harmony is God’s voice in the soul, Chifldhood is the miracle of the ages Revenge is the brutality of a litle mind, Imagination is the mind In winter a fire is better than a mos cal rose, perfumes of Lhe Love leaves more ruin is his path than war, To grow old to men B to becons young to the angels, Fate 18 the dark shadow that forever CIOSSEs our sunsiuine, Manners require time, as nolldng m more vulgar ti haste Flowers, leaves, frui woven children of hight, Silence is the wit of fools and one of 0 } all ani, t are the alr Let us learn upon earth thamse things which call us to heaven. Our deeds determine we determine our deeds, and we live by US 48 the an Life 18 a pure flame an invisibie sun within To a guilty soul the fall of a leat sounds like the crack of doom, Spring is the sunrise of the death ix the sunrise of the soul. Wrongs intrenched in bad legiskation can never be converted imtoo vested rights, Vamty refuses all wholksems food and lives entirely upon the polson of flattery. Great deeds need to be teste! by their #pirit There can be nosaintiioess with out bumility. Men talked as though they believed in God, bnt they live as if they thoughts there was none, He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the did gent maketh rich, Fame is to give our heasd’s blooé that a violet may bloom fram owr dost in a hundred years. pages of our lives thas to the world seein darkest in God's eyes may be luminous as stars. All ceremonies are, in themselves very silly things, but yet a man of the world should know them. Never does a man portray his ows character more vividly than in his man- ner of portraying another's We do love beauty at first sight, and ’ YAR h he We judge ourselves by what we fee , While others judge us To see the hand of God in the pres ture m the hand wos, ae The virtue of 3 mu ugh so Iw measured, not by 8 extraordinary ex ertions, but by veryday conduct. : false Wit is 1 When the new ruth it bursts the old husks Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; a: mmstiakes ther selves are often the best Searchers of A new thought may will pass away » 1 = clean.” tment A Bemarkable Meteor, ing rapidly Bombay-wards, placid sea, under a magnificent starlit sky; 1 wasoccupying my favorite resort, i and Col. Pw Cagnversalion of the good ship Deccan aed it with me, Oar | turned on the magnificence of our sur- be st, each unit shining with the splen- | ! | i us, great masses of phosphorescence {rolling in the depths, seemed to emulate | the sturs above; and behind us, Venus | cast a long brilliant reflection on the ‘deep. While watching her effulgence, Col. P.——suddenly drew my atten- tion with: “By Jove, H——, she is tecoming at us! And true encugh it | seemed so for a moment; but immed. iately we both recognized tbe fact that a great meteor was approaching; and no sooner was the fact apparent, than [it had passed abead and disappeared ! under the following astonishing circum. | stances: At first of a damzling white, it rivalled Venus in brilliancy, and | seemed to emerge from ber; then the white rapidly passed into red, then dull red, almost black, snd in this condition | it flew over our beads, passing over the { Deccan, and falling into the sea with a spiash, apparently a mile ahead of her, | and slightly on her starboard bow. In. voluntarily, we both rushed forward to see the fall, but were too late; but every one on deck heard it; and we all saw and heard the outsplashed water fall ing back into the sea. As the steamer {sped on, we passed over, at an inter. val, I should say, of 500 yards, three gigantic bubbles of hot alr gurgling up from the depths, and marking the slanting course of the meteor to the bottom of the sea, The every-day cares and duties, which all men call drudgery, are the weights and counterpolses of the clock of time, giving its pendulum a true vi- bration, and its hands a regular mo tion, The sumethetio action of hydroehlo- rate of cocaine, the discovery of which has been attributed to Herr Kollar, a student in Vienna, was lately made the subject of a paper by M, J. Grasset, which was read before the Academy of Sciences, Paris, M, Gasset showed that the hypodermic injection of 0 01 gr. of the of cocaine pro- duces in man a sharply limited sone of hom although sngugh to enable a Bok There There 7 here but but is but one enjoy ua is one happiness—duty. aton-—worl ithe beau 18 One cons HA X atstas BH pT s $d Nothing 1s ric! ble wea but the wt es ~ 5 OL Dali's, Os re but sl is Of P. Gossip is a 3 v thoms des thal comes airly pipe if those who di it; it prov ng bub bad taste Lhe smoser. The wan wi faults in his n one worse ithau h Ing Inlo & mirror, Hard words are like bailslonc: a summer, beating down and desbroyrg what they id rh wee shes sort of su < s#13 1} iid aE ¥ Os is always discovering hi CRO #08 SOLIDE Ss pewghbom by look- IOOLS, Wola nou melted into drops, Frivolity, under whatever form i appears, takes from allostion its strengih, thought its originality, from feeling its earnestness, Most of us know something about the discipline of poverty, and fes! quite ready to experience some of the awe responsibility of wealth, The only prudence in life isconecs- tration; the one evil is dissipation; and it makes no difference whether our db sipations are coarse or fine, To be impatient at the death of 2 person concer.ing whom it wascertain be must die, 1s to mourn Yeesuse thy friend was not born an ang, A great many people whe are alwaye complaining that hfe is a burden, would feel very unhappy at the pros pect of being relieved from the lead. The parent of the teacher wlio ne flicts penalties as an outlet for his ows unpatience or displeasure, is utierly incapable of the task he has assomed. The action of man is a repmesentative type of his thought and witk and a work of charity is a representative type of the charity within, in the soul and mind. The history of every diseevery, of every enterprise of benewslence, of every reform, is the history of toil and watching through long discourage ments, It is only imperfection shat cou plains of what Is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more palient and gentle we become as regards the de of others, Prayer would be a very dangerow instrument for ignorant, selllsh, falli ble men to wield, if there was pot ax infallible One to refuse to geant mis taken requests, Charity, the most lovely of virtues represents others as lovely as possible, It does not merely lot us soo an object as it is; It Isa Rind of sunshine that brightens what it lets us see,
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