NEWS OF THE WEEK ~—Ex-Senator John P. Calihan, a Prominent coal operator, died on the 11th, at his home in Ashland, Penna. —Henry W, Blair was on the 11th renominated for U, 8S. Senator by the Rebublican caucus of New Hampshire Yegislature. The number of votes cast was 108, Of these Blair received 108, and ex-Secretary Chandler 37, the remainder being scattered, The Demo- cratic caucus of the New Hampshire Legislature on the 11th complimented “Harry” Bingham, of Littleton, with the nomination for U, 8. Senator. —The sessions of the Granda Louge of Good Templars were ended on the 11th, in Lewistown, Penna. The past year was the most successful of the Order. The following officers were elected : Rev. D. C, Babcock, Phila- delphia, G. W. C, T.; A. H. Leslie, Pittsburg, G. W. C.; Miss Hannah Mingle, Lock Haven, G. W. V.T,; Charles E. Steele, G. W. Secretary ; William Uring, Philadelphia, G. W, Treasurer; Rev, J, 8. McMurray, D. Da, G. W. Chaplain, —'I'he interiorior of the Chinese The- atre and several adjoining bulidings, in Chinatown, San Francisco, were burned on the 10th. Loss §65.000. —A shooting antray occured at East Bernstadt, Kentucky on the 11. between George, Willlam and James Thompson, brothers, and Wilkerson and Rufus Lawson, cousins, Wilkerson Lawson was instantly killed by George Thomp- son, and Rufus Lawson received sever- al dangerous wounds, BB, IL. Poyntor, a bystander was also dangerously wounded, —Qur total exports of breadstuffs during the eleven months which ended May 3lst, 1885, were valued at $140, - 431,965, against $§144,556,873 during the corresponding period of the proceed: ing year. —A r-asenger train was struck by a cyclone near Sioux City, Iowa, on the 12th, “and every car was thrown from the track and smashed to pieces.” A Jarge number of persons were injured. —In the Criminal Court at Washing- ton on the 12th, Daniel Carrigan, ex- chief clerk of the Naval Bureau of Med- icine Surgery, who had pleaded guilty on four Incidents out of forty present. ing false vouchers on the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, was called for sentence, He was condemned to six years in the Albany penitentiary. —A telegram from Guaymas says news reached there of an engagement on the 6th, inst., between the Zaqui Indians, under Cajima, and Mexican troops. The Federal loss was severe, but the number of killed and wounded was not given. Many Indians are repor- ted to have been killed; and 60 were wounded. ~The President on the 12th appointed Samuel L. Graham U. 8S. Marshal for the Western District of Virginia. Mr Graham was formally Clerk of the Cir cuit Caurt of Tazewell county, and he was a delegate from Virgiria to the Charlestown Convention of 1830, — General Grant was weaker on the 14th, having passed a bad might. Colo nel Grant says his father's condition “now seems to be one of increasing de. bility without pain,” and be will prob ably be removed from the city one week earlier than was intended, —Four troops of cavalry and four companies of Infantry, under command of Major Sumner, are to join in pursuit of the hostile Apaches now nearing the Mexican border. Two troops of cav- alry left San Antonio, Texas, on the 13th, for Spofford’s Junction, where they will be joined by two more troops of cavalry and four companies of the Nineteenth Infantry, and proceed to Deming, New Mexico. ~Vice President and Mrs. Hen- dricks left Indianapolis on the 14th, for New York. Mr. Hendricks is to speak at the Yale College commence ment, ~The commencement exercises of Princeton College, N. J. began on the 14th. Rev. Dr. McCosh delivering the baccalaureate sermon. —The Presbyterian Church at ship. pensburg, Pa., was destroyed by fire on the 14th, and a dwelling opposite caught fire and was also destroyed, The total loss is about $27,000, on which there are insurances of §11,000. The fire in the church started on the roof, and is supposed to have been caused by sparks from a chimney. ~The extra session of the islature of Tennessee ended on the 13th. In the Senate a resolution was adopted offering the Hermitage to the National Government for use as a home for veterans, after it was amended to the effect that should the Government use the property as a home for ex-Federal soldiers and exclude Tennesseeans who served in the Confederate army, the gift would thereby revert to the State, —The Senate of Massachusetts on the 15th, by a tie vote, refused to enact the bill providing that soldiers and sajl- ors shall be exempt from the civil serv- jee examination in their appointments to office. ~The President on the 15th, made the following intments for San Francisco: John W. Twiggs, to be As. sayer of the Mint; Thos. Beck, Ap- of Merchandise, and Daniel Z. 3 ost, Assistant Appraiser of Merchan- ise, Colonel Denby, our new Minister to China, received his instructions from ~The Democratic Convention of Adams County, Penna., on the 15th nominated John A. Swope as the coun ty’s candidate for Congress, ~The Hessian fly has appeared in the wheat fields around Wabash, Indi. conspiracy, the charge of embezzlement on which they were arrainged some weeks ago having been apparently abandoned, owing to the faulty way in which the indictment was drawn up. — Reports have been received at Minneapolis from over BCU points in Minnesota and Dakota, covering every wheat-growing county of importance, and fnom 300 points im Northern Wis- consin and lowa., 155 reports say the condition now is good; 135 say the condition is better now than last year at this time ; 50 say it is 10 per cent. better ; 50 says the condition is poor | 35 say it is not as good as last vear, and 20 say it is 10 to 15 per cent, worse. —A telegram from Keens, New Hampshire, says that Henry Hale of New York a wealthy furniture dealer, arrived there ¢n the [4th, for the pur- pose of helping his brother, the ex-Gov- ernor. “He has examined the assets of his brother, and believes that he will pay 100 cents on the dollar provided he be given a proper opportunity by his creditors, —James P. Brooks, Chief of the Secret Service Division of the Treasury Department, has resigned at Secretary Manning's request. His resignation will take effect on July 1st. —YViva voce votes for U. 8, Senator were taken on the 16th in both Houses of the New Hampshire Legislature. In the Senate, Blair, Republican, received 15 votes to 7 for Bingham, Democrat. In the House the vote stood, Blair, 179; Bingham 117. Both Houses of the Legislature adopted a resolution thanking Congress for for- feiting the unearned land grant of the Texas Pacific Railroad, and thanking the New Hampshire delegation who voted for the forfeiture. —Joseph 8. Miller, Commissioner ol Internal Revenue, was taken suddenly ill in his office, at Washington, on the 16th, and had to be removed to his home, Overwork and the effects of the heat caused his iliness, which will prob- ably confine him to the nouse for several days. — Vice President Hendricks and wife are staying at Atlantic City for a few days, ~The State Board of Agriculture of Ohio has compiled a comparative state- ment of the wheat shortage, based on official telegrams and private sources as the present probabilities with the known five years’ avernge, as estimated by the United States Department of Agriculture, The total average for the past five years in the United States was 412.355.699 bushels, while the esti- mates for 1885 are 230,779,000, showing a shortage of 181 576 099 bushels, The report concludes: *“*There can be no longer any doubt that this year’s crop is to be the most disastrous failure for nearly a score of years, and there is nothing to be gained by denying or striving to mitigate the fact, or trying to let the public down gently to the knowledge of it." —The Kentucky State Board of Health on the 16th issued orders estab- lishing quarantine restrictions in Har- rison county, where pleuro-pneumonia exists among the cattle, ~The State Board of Pardons, at Harrisburg, on the 16th, refused a par- don to James Kane, of Philadelphia, convicted of murder in the first degree, A pardon was also refused to Peter Riley, of Philadelphia, convicted of manslaughter. 10 —James W, Nesmith, the famous “Democratic war Senator” from Ore gon from 1861 to the close of the war, died on the 17th, at Derry, in that State, ~The President on the 17th, appoin- ted John B, Stallo, of Ohio, Minister to Italy; B. W. Hanna of Indiana, Minister to the Argentine Republic; Charles A. Dougherty, of Pennsylva- nia, Secretary of Legation at Rome; William IL. Aden, of New York, Con- sul Ganeral at Rome, and Pierce M., B. Young, of Georgia, Consul General at St. Petersburg. —The re-election of Henry W. Blair as U, 8, Senator from New Hampshire, was formally declared in joint conven- tion of the Legislature of that State on the 17th. —{reneral Jackson, our new Minister to Mexico, presented his credentials to President Diaz on the 16th, ~Seventeenth being the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill was observed z8 a public holiday in Boston. The day was celebrated by the usual parade and other exercises, Ex- Attorney General Devens was elected President of the Bunker Hill Monument Associ- ation, ~The San Francisco Call publishes crop reports from the principal wheat growing counties of California. The figures show the yield to be even under the previous estimates, and not likely to exceed 24,000,000 bushels, or three-sev. enths of last year’s crop. The proba. bilities are that next year’s acreage will show a ¢ decrease, while the fruit area will largely increased. The fruit crop is in good condition and the yield will be large. ~The President has amended Rule XIX of the Civil Service Commission, 80 as to include deputy naval officers and deputy surveyors of customs in the Slat officers exempt from examina- on, ~The resignation of President White of Cornell University was sent tol the Trustees on the 17th as announ- -. ~The directors of the New York Central Railroad on the 17th elected Chauncey M. Depew President, to suc- ceed Rutter, deceased. «Sir Henry Ponsonby, Private Sec. retary to Queen Viet a letter authoritatively denying that members of the royal family vii ers in spiritualism, NN ~Japan has an army of 40,000 men, a reserve of ro and a territorial reserve of 150,000,all fe The balmy air is filled with soft perfume, From shady lanes where fragrant roses bloom, And blossoms cling to fence and crumbling wall; Re-echoes now the wild bird's joyous call, The merry greenwood; "neath its sheltering | shade, i The wild flower garnishes the sylvan glade, And denscst foliage the streamlet blinds That through the forest depths half hidden winds, Earth wears her greenest livery, waving blithe, The blooming clover courts the keen-sdged | scythe; Luxuriant verdure covers hill and plain; Full oft descends in coplous showers the rain, Till tie bright sun beams through the va- porous shroud, And limns a rainbow 'gainst the frowning | cloud, OST . THE LOST DAUGHTER. “All these are under two years,” on the goodly array of babies of all sizes and complexions ranged on sillier side of the long nursery. There were babies plump and rosy and good natured, as all babies should be, and pale, fretful, puny little creat- ures, who looked as if they were al- ready disgusted with the life upon which they had entered; back, blue and gray-eyed babies, and babies with eyes of very little color at all, It would seem that the lady dressed, and who was desirous of ob- taming one for adoption, would find no difficulty in suiting herself; but either she did not see what she was ad- so many rival claims to be able to make any choice, “Here, is a fine boy,” said the tron, pausing ia front of a black-eyed fellow, who sat on the knee nurse, sucking his fat thumb, “Yes, but I want a girl, Something like this.” As the matron glanced at the photo- graph the visitor handed ber, which was that of a lovely child of aot more than two summers, she mullered an excla- mation of surprise. “It is the picture of my little sald the lady, her eyes filling tears, ‘who died a few weeks ago, and whose place I wish to 611, if such a thing is possible.” “*We have a girl in the hospital ward who resembles the picture so strongly that I should think it was taken for her. Both parents are dead, and, so far as I can learn, there is no one to claim her.” The speaker led the way to a cheer- ful, sunny room, where on one of the cots a beautiful little child was sleep- ing. The resemblance to the picture was very strong, and to the bereaved mother it seemad from Heaven, “Lilian, darling Lilian!” she cried, bending over her. Ina of his : a blonde. erie] WY Bei with ously bright, while the Little arms went up with an eager fluttering. “Mother!” Clasping the hand to her heart, the lady burst into tears, while the matron looked wonderingly from one to the other. “She looks enough like you to be your own child.” “She iz my own child, was the cheer- ful response. “Providence has had compassion on my loneliness and sor- to me.” “Blue-eyed, Howard stood irresolute at the door of sesn there before, The door being ajar, Mr. heard her step light as it was, “Daughter.” Mr, Howard looked gravely and ten derly into the pale, wistful face that confronted him, “My child, you look as if you were summoned before a stern judge rather than a tender father, who would not knowingly deny you anything that would promote your true happiness,’ “You have always been very kind to me antil now,” said Lillian, bursting into tears. **But, indeed, indeed I can never be happy without Charlie!" Taking his daughter's hand, Mr. Howard led her te a seat in the recess of one of the windows, “Let us talk over the matter calmly, You are my only child, the pride and Joy of my heart. I have given you every advantage that wealth can com- mand, and feel that I have a right to expect you to do better than to marry # man with neither position nor means to support you in the style to which you have been accustomed. And your mother folly agrees with we,” “But papa, you always seemed to like Charlie until now. You never objected to his coming bere or my going out with him before.” “I like him still my personal feelings toward him have not changed in the feast. But I find his prospects differ. ent from what I thought they were, 1 supposed Mr. Haven to have no family, and, thinking so much of the man as he seemed to do—a distant re- lative and all—I thought he would in- herit the Jargest part of the property Howard But he tells me he has a daughter, who will have every penny of it, which gives the matter quite a different com- “But why shonld you care for “You are wrong, Lilian, True, I ly crippled my resources, Go now, my child, I have some lettersto write. You ded wisely. Tell the young man what I have told you, and let that end the matter,” Tying on her hat, Lilian went out bright sunshine and bloom and the ver- dure of the besutiful June day could | were 80 blinded by the tears that would middle-aged man, who path, | young lady’s quivering lips and tear- wet lashes he came to a sudden stop. “Crying, Miss Lillian! What does this mean?’ Lilian looked into the kind, thizing face of the speaker. “Oh, Mr. Haven, papa says that I can see Charley only more, and then only to tell him that we can never, never marry.’ “oes he.’ was the grim “J ttunk I shall have something to say about that. Do you love Charlie?”’ “Dearly.” “And you think he loves you?” “I am sure of it.” “Then should not marry.’ Syn pa- ouce FesDOTISG, I see no reason why you two ilian opened her ww widely, hit to disobey my father?” “*1 have fither; that is sald nothing about your about the last thing I But Charlie I have a danghter who will : would counsel you to do. is poor, you know ust about your age, inherit Do you think you could in asmall, plainly furnished wealth. all my be Lappy wi » Te Yr b house, with neither the tine dresses, nor any of the beautiful things i YOu Nave Dex all foul ’ life? ned nt sipped until flushed cheeks, The golden lashes dr they lay quivering upon the “11 Charlie Mr. Haven's face and strong emotion. was there, betrayed strange “Twenty vears ago,’ be said tremu- ously, * sweel spoke to me nearly the same words. As I hive your life shall not be blighted as Cheer up, my child,” he added; “leave the matter to me and all will be well, I was on my way to your house when you met me. [ am going to dine there | today. Let us go back together. ”’ He had frequently dined with them {in the same | his genial and kindly traits of character | making him a great favorite with all ‘lips just as hers was, | the family. The after-dinner talk turning spon the improbability of a recently pub- lished story, Mr. Haven said: “I will relate a story, as strange as any that can be found in what is called fiction, and which is strictly true: — “Sixteen years ago yesterday, as it stands upon the records of a certain or phan asylum in a distant country, a lady, young, fair and wealthy, went there for the purpose of obtaining a child to take the place of one she had | just lost. In one of these wards was a lovely child, whose parents had both way disaster, and who so strongly re- went out to it at the first glance, “She took it away with her, giving it | husband, who was absent at the time, | pot the little one he kissed at parting, | and over whosegrave the grass has been growing for many a year. “Six months later the father of this child recovered, in a measure, from the accident which had made him a cripple for life, and he called at the asylum to claim her, but only to learn that she had passed as completly out of his pos- session as if the grave had Lidden her from his eyes, “The death of a wealthy relative had raised him from poverty to affluence, and Le spared neither money nor pains in his endeavors to find her, But as the lady who had taker her from the asylum had given a false name and ad- dress, all his efforts were fruitiess, and it was not until after a lapse of some years, and by the merest chance that he obtainad a clue that led to the dis. covery of her whereabouts, “She was then a blooming maiden of fifteen the inmate of a beautiful and happy hpme, and the pride and darling of a man for whom he had high esteem and who believed her to be his own child. All a father’s love sprang up in his own heart as he looked upon the sweet face that was the living picture of the wife he had soloved and mourned, but foreseeing the discord and unhappi- ness the enforcement of his claims would occasion, he contented himself where he could see ber occasionally and watch over her interests, “Bot as time passed on and she reached the age of eighteen, she proved to ba her mother's daughter in heart as well as form, bestowing it, as ber mogh- er did before her, on a man whose pov- be brought against him. When rificed, he resolved’ “Here the speaker was interrupted by During the bustle and confusion that fallowed Mr. Haven went out upon the later by Mr, Howard, After convers- ing together a few minutes the two re- turned to the house, where they found Howard and Lilian. Both had tenance of the former akin to if to us both is jut you are wrong think I at first intended to him. I was among strangers when my you trip of several months’ duration. The perceiving that my husband saw no had gained too strong a place in his heart to be easily dislodged, every week's delay making my task more dif- , until it became something that I found impossible to do. And, strange as it may sound to you, closely did Lilian resemble the little one I had lost, and so ergirely did she take her place in my heart, that I could never make it seem that she was not mine by birth as well as affection.”’ “1 can give you 17 is MOLLE B80 said Mr, Haven, ‘as well as to Lilian’s sirong resemblance to you and child. Have you forgotten you sister, who bore the same name, and who was discarded by her family for marrying beneath her, as they eall She wife your Lil for 1 have not disturb the relation that has your twin WAS my and the mother of ian; come to 5 L Fatad BO ong existed between you, but to see that she 4 not defrauded of a woman's dearest right—the night won to wed the man who bas not only worthy of it. naire who her but is heart, There is many a millio- 15 not as rich in all that con- stitutes true manhood as Charles Har- My gentle nearly broken by the harsh decree which low, Lilian was heart separated her from her early friends, e child the i Give not to t¢ same bitter experience, but let her go to the man of her choice with your blessing as well as mine,’’ That the blessing of her adopted par- ents followed Ii her new life Mr. Ha- is very happy in the happiness of his long-lost danghter, who often de. clares that she has two papas, and she loes not know which she loves best. ss wo lian to and home we may be sure yen Jay Goula®s Narrow Esoape. Jay Gould had a lively time for a few minutes, recently. His yacht, the At- Twenty-third street, as usual, to take him up to Irvington, and a lot of otuer yachts and small boats were floating around thick, wailing to see expected race between the Mary Powell and ‘he little steamer yacht Stiletto. friends, to be things were boat with two or three rowed out to the Atlanta, already very lively, so that was not a very comfortable thing to be in. The armival of a big dump barge fastened to it, made things much thicker. The tug could not steer very well with its heavy load, and had a straight course, Skylark. J. Lester Wallack’s tearing a yay the bowsprit and ripping Then it bumped against the ferryboat ried Mr. Gould and his party. The young man who was steering turned around and yelled at the tug, while the ately to get out of the way, But no matter which way they pulled, the tug seemed to be going just that way, and kept getting nearer and nearer to them, new freak, turned off to one side, passing about six feet from Mr, Gould and his friends, It was a close shave, millions had was indeed. Mr. Gould didn’t seem very much so, and was about the only man aboard who did not yell. The Luster of Pearls, with acids, gas and obnoxious vapors of all sorts. This is especially true of pierced pearls. Various means for re. storing them have been tried, but ex- perience shows them to be useless The Lest way to preserve pearls is to wipe them with clean linen cloth after being worn and deposit them, wrapped in linen, in a closed box or casket, A leading importer of pearls advises that pear] necklaces, which are liable to de- teriorate by coming in contact with the skin, be restrung once a year, as draw- ing the silk thread out and in through the pierced parts tends to cleanse the pearls, In Ceylon, we are assured on fairly good authority, that when it Is pearls the pearls are allowed to be swal- lowed by chickens, The fowls with this precious diet are then killed and ow FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Go not into the society of the vicious, All men have their imprudent would kill fa we aays. If you let it a slander, Misery requires act DOSE, ion; happiness re Nothing overcomes passion more than silence, Where children are, den age. thie gole were 18 2 He who has most of of sorrow. Leart knows rost Good order 1s the good things, foundation of all Apologies only account for that they To be proud of est ignorance, The secret of felicity 18 a indicious interuption of routine, WEArnIng 18 the great The only really bitter tears are th {phen About the only force habit, some People Charity gives itself riches, but coves Character Is the diamond Poverty is the test the touchstone of friendship. for prwil or for civility 34 PR ugh sweet T'eCOls, Revenge at first, tho ere long back on itself A word spoken pleasantly is a spot of sunshine on a sad heart. piant the courage in the He who can human soul is The King becom tion, patience, c« the best physician, ng 9" YO IrRge, ETACES: fortitude True eloquence cx that is proper, and nsisls in saying ail pothing more While learning adorns a man, let remember that truth enn In cricket, as in other pu NE sOmeliines Has hes Din rsteem is the mot! 8 often older ulous tot foolish, Conversation standing, but so genius, It is curious burdens “we put others, No metaphysic ficiency grateful. Ff 1 ¥ Oi ang The moment a man everybo : ©, 50 him, Services to be friends whom serv estranged. All passions are g ters them: all them, Happiness only begins when » end, and he who han f enjoys nothing. ¢ rendered reconc ces rendered ! when o are tad when slave to forebodings; Childhood has po then it is soothed by outlived sorrow. of memories Every man lives tice of any voluntary sin off from Christianity. v in the habitual prac cuts himself Every evil is followed by its punish. ment. It is as if evil bad its punish ment inscribed upon it. Flowers sweeten the air, rejoice the eye, link us with nature and innocence, and are something to love. In a crowd the average individual 18 take advantage of this fact. There was never law, or sect, or opin- It isa ruinous misjudgmwent, too con- The law cannot supply brains for fools, and those who attempt it are the ones who hope to profit by it. Fortunes made in no time are like skirts made in no time; its ten to one if they hang very long together. The discovery of what Is true and the important objects of philosophy. Is there ever a hard question in mor- Platonic love is like a maich out in time of peace; there is much music and a good deal of dust, but no danger. Fifty years is a long wait for a golden gument in favor of early marriages, Justice exists independent of the law, although it may effect its attainment. There are some who fall (0 get rich, As to luck and laziness: When luck knocks at the door, it often finds the man inside too lazy to lift the latch, He who requires muuch {rom himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment, He who affects to speak always as you speak, and to do always as you do, 18 not your friend; he is your shadow. Can we be unsafe where God has placed us, and where he walches over us, As A parent a child whom be loves? Music and flowers are aveng of rity and faith, redolent of God, if we t unlock our hearts to their ministry, the Holy Ghost at is divided by a wise thr it.
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