NEWSOr THE WEEK
* —John A. King, one of the lay in-
corporators of the Cathedral of the In-
money and jewelry, The Wells, Farg
& Co's treasure box was also taken,
~The Secretary of War on the 25th,
telegraphed to the commanding Gener»
on
Killea sn Tarkey and Saved fis Life.
There is In possession of the descend-
for practical work, sucn as surveying
astromonical observations, ete. Prac.
tical surveying in the field during the
Queer Pets,
The private collection of curiosities
iof Dr. Louie Lotz in Milwaukee, is
FOOD FOR THOUGHT,
5 AAI
Despair {8 the conclusion of foels.
Great men never want experience,
| considered one of the best and largest
{in the northwest. It represents the
| accumlation of years, and isso extensive
| that to inspect it thoroughly would re-
als of the Divisions of tne Pacific and
the Misouri as follows: ** Use every
exertion possible, and call for all the
assistance of Federal troops you may
Butler county, a wampum belt of rare |
beauty and value, which is preserved as |
a memento of the shrewdness and skill |
of the great surveyor, by which he not |
ments the studies in drawing, ** The
study of military tactics comprises
practical instruction in the schools of
earnation at Garden City, Long Island,
stated on the 22d, that Mrs, Stewart
had signed an agreement to pay the
sum of $15,000 annually for the support
Ienorance never tettles a question,
All men have their imprudent days,
He who gains time gains everyihing,
of the institutions recently transferred
by her to tlie corporation and had ex-
ecuted a penal bond in the sum of
$300,000 to secure its payment in per-
Petuity. The agreement and bond will
placed by Mrs. Stewart on the Ca-
thedral altar at the same time she pre-
sents the deed of the Cathedral prop-
erty.
—Colonel Ierchmer, at Battleford,
Northwest Territory, has telegraphed
to the Inspector of Mounted Police at
Winnipeg, as follows : **All the team-
sters taken by Poundmaker’s Indians
have been released, and he has sent in
here asking for terms of peace.”
~The extra session of the Legisla-
lature of New York terminated on the
22d by adjournment sine die, both
Houses having passed a Census bill,
—The President oh the 23d, appoin-
ted Michael Phelan, of Missouri, to be
Consul-General at Halifax; Walter 11,
Dunn, United States Marshal for
Northern New York: John C, Wick
liffe, United States Attorney for Ken-
tucky; Henry W. McCarry, United
States Attorney for Western Tennes-
gee, and Edmund G. Ross, Governor of
New Mexico. Mr. Phelan, the new
Consul-General at Halifax, was born
in Nova Scotia about 43 years ago, is
editor of the St. Louis Western Waltch-
man, and was for several years a mem-
ber of the Senate of Missouri. Mr.
Bunn, the U, S. Marshal for Northern
New York, is Secretary of the Demo-
cratic Committee of that State, and
was at one time Clerk of the Assembly.
Edmnnd G. Ross, the new Governor of
New Mexico, was a soldier of the War
for the Union, in which he enlisted as a
rivate. Ie was a member of the
sas Constitutional Convention of
1859 and was U, S. Senator from Kan-
sas from 1866 to 1871.
—The resignation of S. 8S. Cox as
Congressman from the Eigth New York
district was received by Governor Hill
on the 23d.
—The Postmaster General has awar-
ded to the Holyoke Envelope Company
of Holyoke, Massachusetts, the
contract for supplying the official en-
velopes required by the department dur-
ing the next fiscal year.
—A telegram from New Orleans says
the following Philadelphia exhibitors
at the World's Fair have received first-
class medals: John Mundell & Co.,
children’s solar tip shoes; N. S, Seguin
self closing umbrellas and parasols;
Walter G. Wilson, best assortment
bakers’ staples, Biun’s Patent Band
Company, gold and silver trimmings,
bullion cord, and yarn; H. H. Edgar-
ton & Co., electrical motor; J. M. Fos-
tor, apparatus for supplying cars with
gas,
—The funeral of ex-secretary Frel-
inghuysen took place on the 23d at
Newark. New Jersey, and was largely
attended, many distinguished cilizens
being present, The State Department
at Washington was closed as a mark of
respect,
-{reneral Grant had a comparatively
comfortable day on the Drs.
Douglass and Shrady examined the
General’s throat in the afternoon.
‘When Dr. Shrady left the house he
said : ** The pain in the glands under
the jaw is less than in the three days
past. The ulcers at the base of the
tongue and in the throat have shown
no tendency to increase since last San-
day. The general condition is favora-
ble, though the present weather is some-
what depressing in itseffect.”’ During
the day the General received a number
of visitors, among them Senator Gor-
man, Senor Romero, General Horace
Porter and Messrs, George Jones and
Jesse Seligman,
—An election was held in Pima
county, Anzona, on the 23d, to deter-
mine whether $200,000 should be
granted to the Calabasas, Tucson and
Northwestern Railroad Company. The
measure was carried by a large majority.
The rectifying house of Elias Block
& Sons’ distillery, in U'restonville, Ken.
tucky, was burned on the 23d. Loss
$25,000. A large barn on the farm of
David Askgard, near Hickson, Dakota,
was struck by lightning on ibe fame
day and consumed, together with an
adjoining granary.
~{reneral Grant’s condition contin-
ued favorable on the 26th. In the
afternoon Dr. Douglas found the Gen-
eral “free of all pains in the region of
the ear, which has been the seal of the
darting paius that are understood to be
characteristic of cancer.” The doctor
thought the patient's throat “less sore
and painful than in some weeks, and he
found the swelling of the glands below
and behind the ear to bave much
abated.” Col. John Mason Brown, of
Louisville, on the 25th presented to
General Grant the engrossed resolutions
and speeches at a meeting of Federal
and Coufederate veterans held on the
anniversary of the General's birthday,
They are ehiroteed on alternate pages
blue and gray, according to the
colors of the speakers, and make a beau-
tiful volume. General Grant was much
affected by the demonstration.
The Secretary of the Tfeasy bas
- awarded a gold medal to John P. F.
Hagan, of Philadelphia, for heroic ser-
vices in saying the lives of twelve boys
fell into the Schuylkill river in
4th
ibid
last; also a silver medal to
utler, of Atlantic City, for
heroic conduct in saving the lives of D,
E. Jackson at that place last summer,
i
require to suppress Indian outbreaks in
Arizona and New Mexico, These out.
rages must be stopped in the shortest
time possible, and every precaution
taken to prevent their occurrence in
the future.”
~The Post-master General made 108
changes in fourth-class post-offices ou
the 23d. It is stated that of these 108
changes, 88 were among the Virginia
Post-masters. In some cases the re-
movals were made “* for cause.”’ but in
most instances the list bears the simple
endorsement, ‘‘removed,’’ which is ex-
plained at the Department as meaning
that the removal was for ** offensive
partisanship.”’
—The president will probably visit
New York en the 30th inst., and take
part in the local observance there of
Decoration Day. Secretary Bayan
will leave Washington next week fa
the West, to deliver an oration &
Thomas Jefferson at the State Unive
mity of Missouri.
—- 1 118 mproveinent in relies.
Grant ’s condition continued on the 26th,
He did not take a drive, however, his
two last drives having been followed
by an increase of pain in the throat,
Besides, he spent some time in revis-
ing the first printed sheets of his book
anid inserting new matter. Dr. Douglas
after having seen the General in the
afternoon, said he seemed freer from
pain and feeling better than at any
time for two months past.
—It is said that the Fresident has
reconsidered his determination to give
the Chinese mission toa Californian,
on account of the feeling of the people
of California towards the Chinese,
—A bottle has been found in Fish
Creek, which empties into Lake Supe-
rior, containing a pece of paper on
which was written: “On board Manis.
tee. Terrible storm to-night; may rot
live to see morning, Yours to the
worla, John McKay.” Captain McKay
was commander of the steamer Manis-
tee, which was foundered eighteen
months ago, and none of her crew were
ever found.
~The genuine Hassian fly, heretofore
confined to the wheat belts east of the
Rocky Mountairs, has appeared on
the Pacific coast. A specimen of the
insect has been sent to the Agricultural
Department at Washington.
—The seventeen-year locusts have ap
peared in East Carroll Parish, Louisi-
ana, but have done no damage to the
Crops.
—The President has ordered all the
Government departments in Washing
ton to be closed on Decoration Day to
allow the employes to participate in the
memorial exercises,
—There was little or no change in the
situation at Plymouth, Penna., on the
26th. One death occurred during the
~ases for the week,
-—The 31st annual
Right Worthy Grand
Templars opened on the 26th in
ronto.
—General Grant did
than three or four hour on the
but his condition was quiet and com-
fortable and he did not suffer from
pain, His physicians attributed his
sleeplessness to the fact that he did an
unusual amount of literary work on
Tuesday. His condition on the 27th,
however, was quite good. He drove
out in the afternoon, and in the even-
8038100
Lodge of Good
Toe
——
nos seep
mora
back.
Secretary Lamar was seized with a
chill on the 26ch, and his physician or-
dered him to remain in the house on the
vr
2ith,
~ —Edgar Cowan,
Senator is reported to be dying of can-
cer at his home in Greensburg, Penna,
~The President on the 27th, appoin-
ted Edward Campbell, Jr., to be U. 8,
Marshal for Southern Iowa, He is the
candidate of the lowa Congressmen,
and gets the place for which C. L, Wil-
liams was at first selected. The Presi.
dent appointed the following Post.
masters in Pennsylvania: Wm, Stroh-
meler, at Ashland, in place of William
H. Lieb, resigned; David K. Boyer, at
Tamaqua, to succeed Mary McGuigan,
whose commission had expired; and 8S,
R. Kindt, at Shenandoah, in place of
James Wooley, whose commissioh had
axpired.
—In the Senate of Michigan on the
27th the Dodge Telephone bill was de-
feated on third reading by a vote of 43
to 33. The bill placed the rate for tel.
#sphones at $2.50 per month, with 20 per
sent reduction when more than one in.
stroment was used by the same firm;
rates between towns to be ten cents,
~The 27th was a day of festivity at
Selin’s Grove, Penna., it being the day
set apart by the Governor for the trans-
fer to the people of the monument
srected by the State to the memory of
Governor Simeon Snyder,
pra Jonvention > the Ep watant
plsco 0Cese of Mary opened
on the Br in Baltimore, Bishop Paret
~The Indian chief Poundmaker,
with thirty of his council and sub-
chiefs, went to General Middleton's
camp at Battleford, in the Northwest
Territory, on the 26th, and surrenders
ed without eonditions. They had with
them 200 stand of arms, Poundmaker
and five of his principal men were
made prisoners, and also two who con-
fessed that murdered Payne and
Freemont. 1 wers ordered
but saved his life and the life of many
others,
corps of engineers and 100 Government
troops, They had penetrated into the
interior of the then wild country, when
whom the entire party was captured.
Col. Ellicot had a half-breed interpre-
ter, who found out that it was the in-
tention of the Indians to massacre the
white captives, and he informed the
chiefs that his master was a great med-
ty to kill a man or any living thing at
a distance of 150 yards, while the ob-
fect he shot at was hidden from view
behind a tree, and he would not aim at
it or shoot through the trees. The
they would give the whole party their
liberty, Col. Ellicott was not a good
rifle shot, but he was able to do many
clever things in shooting by means of
mechanical tricks. When the decision
of the chiefs was given they procured
the wild turkey and told Col. Elicott to
exhibit his power. Confident of
success he drove a stake in the ground
a few feet beyond the trunk of a tree
with an axe, Tying the turkey firmly
to the stake so it could not move from
its position, he walked in an oblique
direction to one side of the tree and
his
with design, into the ground and then
made a mark on it with chalk, Pacing
off the 150 yards, he aimed at the
chalk mark and fired. An Indian chief
ran behind the tree and brought the
turkey out dead, the ball glancing trom
body, with such nicety had Col. Elli-
cott calculited the angles, The prin-
cipal chief was so delighted with the
belt he wore and fastened it about Col,
Elicott's waist. The surveyors
given their liberty and the belt worn
by the Colonel insured him
party safety and reverence during the
were
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West Foint.
Said an old soldier, “they have the
England, and
branche
West Point
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features of
and
an
schools in France,
where the v is
taught, but in
Academy we have all the
military life for the student, so that
when he graduates from it he is a thor-
ough soldier, fit for the eavalry, or in-
fantry, or artillery, as he may prefer,”
A candidate on receiving his appoint
our
Point to the Superintendent of Lhe
Military Academy in time to ap
examination at its meeting early in
June, unless there is good reason for
designating another time. Soon after
his arrival he is subject to a rigid phy-
sical examination by a board of ex e-
rienced surgeons of the army. If he
is then examined by the Aeademic
Board. In January following he is
subject ta another academic examina.
self to serve the United States eight
to the Academy,
the Academy is between seventeen
and twenty-two years. Candidates
must be unmarried, at least five feet in
disease or infirmity which may render
them unfit for military service. They
must be well versed in reading, writ.
ing, (Including orthography), in arith-
metic, and have a knowledge of the
elements of the English grammer, of
descriptive geography, particularly of
this country, and of the history of the
United States, No provision whatever
is made for the payment of the travel-
ing expenses of either accepted or re-
jected candidates for admission to the
Academy, but the pay of a cadet is
$540 per year, beginning with his ad-
mission to the institution. He must
wear the presccibed uniform, the cost
of the outfit for which is $30,
“ Are the duties so severe and the
i
hi
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and in artillery and cavalry. With the
| third year the successful cadet 18 ad-
| perimental philosophy, chemisfry, min-
| ink and colors, while tactics are contin-
ued and practical military engineering
i added to the hard work of the period,
| science of war, the Spapish language,
dinance and gunnery signalling. Along
| with these and other subjects of book
| study comes practical instruction in
| the construction of pontoon and spar
bridges, in laying out fleld and siege
tary field telegraphy,
signalling and of course tactics, As
| regards the last pamed, care i8 taken
that each day adds to the cadel’s ac-
quaintance
whole
reconnoisance,
course of four years.
September to the 15th of June, caval
ry drill is practiced at West Point
with great assiduity. The exercises
are carried on in the plain when the
weather is
ted for the purpose,
horseback is secured to the possession
of every cadet by the course pursued,
which comprises the performance
surprising feats, as for example, pick-
ing up objects from the ground when
thl horse was at a full gallop without
alighting. Men are exercised in
tempts to unseat one another while on
horseback, the use of the revolver and
sabre under the same circumstances,
and in other ways serving the object of
making them proficient in the employ-
ment of such instruments of war as
{ are carried by cavalry in actual service,
of
:
September ; in October, artiliery drill.
December and down to March 15th,
the cadets have targel practice
cover. In the second hall March, in-
fantry drill prevails. On Apri 1st ar.
tillery begins and lasts
ensuing two calendai
under
ry drill 1s then resumed and
with artillery drill to the
ust,
> issn A
An Histerio Cannone.
We found the old St. Paul's, erected
150 years ago, almost the only building
that escaped the greal conflagratic
in 1776. It
+ i ssid
is built
8 an object of
of bricl
» hluish-glazed
said, Ly exira heating of
1
Le A
s, RDG
the
Appearance
caused, it 1
the kiln; below
the eaves, in one corner, on the side
facing the river, half imbedded, was
the famous cannon ball. When the
| fissure was first discovered, the ball was
| missing. It was supposed to have been
displaced by the heating of the walls
when the interior of the church was
burned in the war of the Revolution.
About eighty years afler, a man having
an idea of cause and effect, given the
hole, reasoned that the object that
| caused it must be somewhere in the
vicinity, and digging in the ground
| below the spot, was rewarded by find-
| ing the identical ball fired into the
| town by the British so many yeas ago.
It weighed twenty pounds and a half,
but it was thought its weight had been
diministed by corrosion, and that it
| was orignally a twenty -four-pound
shot. It was afterward cemented into
the original cavity, and there it rests,
amidst the ivy, and, as the books say,
is a *'fit and lasting monument of Brit-
ish folly and oppression.”’
SA AI AISA)
Pars to be a Seaport.
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and there, three feet
The old idea of making Paris a sea-
port, ventilated in 1823, has again been
tiken up by an engineer, M. Bouquet
de ia Gyre, who is a member of the In.
stitute. He proposes to deepen the
Seine between Rouen, where large ves.
sels can sail or be towed up from the
sea, and Poissy, a pleasant summer
resort of many Parisians, within easy
distance of the metropolis, The dis-
tance to be deepened is something over
ninety-three miles, The projector,
however, says nothing of the dangers
likely to rvesult from the numerous
islands which stud the Seine between
Poissy and Rouen, and which would
render river navigation exceedingly
dangerous for vessels of large tonnage,
such as those that pick their way so
carefully from Havre to Rouen.
The cost of deepening the Seine, with
its tortuous windings between Poissy
and the Norman town, is estimated at
$30,000,000, The engineers who, in
1825, concelyed this gigantic plan spent
$10,000 in studying the problem, but
their labors were interrupted by the
been since in abeyance,
A Ws —
Men in responsible
like those in
solely by the
1 h
A ancl tives ua oan
%
Ck
| quire several! days, Among the most
| noteworthy curiosities in the coliection
{18a Roman coin of silver, made when
| Christ was upon earth. It 18 about the
{ size of a half dollar of the preseht day,
{ but thinner. Upon its face is a Roman
head, surrounded by a wreath and
| some Greek letters, while upon the res
| verse side is an embossed tree, The
coin is highly prized by the doctor, and
; occuples a central position in the large
number of old and curious cons, of
every nation, of every size and shape,
{ and ranging in intrinsic value from one
| quarter of a cent to $20.
Indian relics and curiosities occupy &
| Separate case, embrace everything from
{8 scalp to a war club, Arrow and
spearheads of flint and agate are &ar-
ranged in rows, according to size, and
| make attractive collection. Tomahawks
acd axes are numerous,
cannot but wonder
ingenuity of
i
upon these
The beholder
at the mechanical
man, as he gazes
of warfare,
and jewelry found in Indian
the red
implements
Pottery
this department,
day, of long ago, when our forefathers
retired by the
the telephone
unknown.
and electric light were
The doctor does not keep his
collection at his residence.
is a perfect
les in many respects a tropical garden,
containing, as it does,
plants and animals,
i
{
|
The unfortunate are always egotistie
cal,
A wise man’s day is worth a
life.
The other side of believing
ig.
ignorance is the dominion
dity.
Advice
give,
He's armed without
within,
Keep clear of personalities in couver-
sation,
{o01'8
A trast.
vf
is not thing
a popular
that’s innocent
lun no risks when your soul is af
stake.
Character is a plant of the
growth,
Flowers are the silent messengers
beauty.
No one knows the weigh’
burden,
Prudery is a pertume t!
tiated alr,
Hard work
temptations,
vi
is the bes:
Leave no time
an entrance,
The wise 136
nan
Great truths
Children have
than of critics,
The stoutest
more need
heart lose
Grief counts the second
forgets the hours,
111 can he rule the great wi
{and a young one. Hans
| years old, and has been
quarters many years,
iE BOW
in
The
by Dr. Lotz with as much freedom as a
babe is handled by its mother, To one
unaccustomed to the sight a cold shiver
is apt to pass aloug his spinal column
as the Doctor kisses the repulsive-look-
ing reptile, which 1s about
length,
four féet in
one--but a foot
long—is also tame, but will not permit
itself to be touched by any one except
Dr, Lotz. and milk,
occasional
The small
Bread
bit of
with an
cupy 4 small case near the alligat
This case is not
now aud then a rustle will be 1
quarters,
fully aware of what 18 gol
a pair of bright e; i lool
nd a fork
prarentiy
Mie 18
Aare Riowe
fries
#
are quite
A Person
handles th and they in return
3 pocket,
the practice seems fraught with danger,
but Dr. Lotz places great confidence in
£3dl Hy
3a A a $
Lie Gown ib D
impunity. Soakes and
served
insects pre
in bottles are arranged on
and the whole scene reminds
one forcibly of a room of a professor of
the black art, such as is seen in sciue
spectacular plays,
A Woman's Kingdom.
shelves,
Among the dependencies of Holland
there 1s a remarkable little State, which
in its inhabitants, surpasses the bold-
est dreams of the advceates of women’s
rights.
the Cities of Batavia and Samarang
18 the Kingdom of Bantam, which al-
though tributary to Holland, is an in.
dependent State, The Sovereign is,
indeed, a man, bnt all the rest of the
government belongs to the fair sex.
The King is entirely dependent upon
his State Council, The highest author.
| ities, mulitary commanders and soldiers
| are, without exception, of the female
gex. The Amazons ride in the mascu-
line style, wearing sharp, steel points
| instead of spurs. They carry a pointed
{ lance, which they swing very grace.
| fully, and also a musket, which is dis-
| charged at full gallop. The eapital of
| this little state lies in the most pictur-
{ esque part of the island, in a tropical
| plain, and is defended by two well kept
fortresses.
The King of the Belgians
The King of the Belgians, who is
just 50, may be said to enjoy one almost
unique distinction Among the reigning
princess of Christendom. Born heir.
apparent to the Crown, he succeeded a
father who died a natural death ata
good old #g+ and in secure possession
of his scepter. The King of Italy was
seventeen years old before a kingdom
of Italy existed. The King of the
Greeks is the founder of a dynasty. The
King of Spain, if so disposed, might
take counsel of two former rulers ot his
dominions who are still in the flesh, to
say nothing of a pretender. The Czar
ascended the throne of a murdered pre.
decessor, The Emperors of Austria
and Brazil derived their titles, in the
first instance,” from ‘‘acts of abdica-
tion" in their favor consequent upon
revolutions, The Kings of Prussia,
Sweden and Portugal all started in life
as younger sons, the King of Denmark
as a distant cousin, and our own Queen
at the date of her birth stood but Gur
in the succession to the crown,
A friend is
may be sincere,
We do more good by being g
OLlier way.
a person wi
y
“any
Hope is the brightest star
A profound thinker always suspects
Almost everything thal is greal Las
beon done by growth,
Good, the 34°
more abundant
There is no other recourse or re
from God than in Him
Keep f a man
re commnunIcale
TTOWS
clear of wi
value his own character.
Betis
r bend the neck prompt
y bruise the forehead.
be
0
4
Hs.
proposes
ild first be a stude
Poverty is in
v5 ris { avervihing
VArice of everyling.
f
Adversity links men togel
perity 1s apt to scatter them.
1
5
etter be dead and forg
wing in shame and dishonor
Small and steady gains give
tency with tranquility of mind.
All who joy woukl win must shape
it. Happiness was born a twin
It is more honest to acknowledg:
faults than to boast of our merits
To be conscious that you are:
ant is a great step to knowledge
First keep thyself in peace, and then
shalt thou be able to pacify others,
To persevere is one’s duly and fo be
silent is the first answer to calumny,
nor
A great deal of talent is lost to the
world for the want of a little courage.
If the power to do hard work is not
talent, it is the best possible substitute
for it.
No pleasure is comparable 10 the
standing upon the vantage-ground of
truth,
Some people have greal Knowiadge
of society, and little knowledge of man.
kind,
To enjoy the pleasure of wealth you
should first experience the fatigue of
labor, :
Rest satisfied with doing well, and
leave others to talk of you as they
please,
It often happens that worthless people
are merely people who are not worth
knowing.
Prayer without watching is hypo-
erisy; and watching without prayer is
presumption.
As any man may be compelled to eat
his words, he should vever indulge in
bitter speeches
There is no strength in exaggeration,
even the truth is weakened by being ex-
pressed too strongly.
Do not lose courage by considering
your own imperfections, but instantly
set about them.
Idlers cannot ever find time to be
idle, or the industrious to be at leisure,
We must be always doing or suffering.
ill use of his abilities, the more dan-
gerous will he be to the commonwealth,
for benefits received,
is the duty of honest men--one of the
sins that most offendeth God is ingrati-