NEWSOF I'HE WEEK —An agricultural station has been established at Aurora, Illinois, in con- nection with the Entomological Divis- jon of the Department of Agriculture. It has been placed in charge of Nelson W. McLane, who has been specially instructed to pay attention to bees, and honey producing plants. —The Attorney General, to whom the Secretary of the Interior referred the question of the power of the Inte- rior Department to authorize the In- purposes, has furnished an opinion in effect that no such power exists under the law. , ~The jury in the case of Louis Rell, on trial at Regina, Northwest Territory, | for high treason, rendered a verdict of | guilty on the 1st, The jury were out | half an hour, The foreman wept when | announcing the verdict and asked the | mercy of the Crown. ~The Governor of Nebraska has is- | sued a proclamation prohibiting the im- | portation into that State of all cattle | coming from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Vir- iuia, West Virginta, Ohio, Illinois. | Centucky, Tennessee, Missouri and tbe | District of Columbia unless such cattle | are quarantined at the point of entry | into the State of Nebraska for at least ten days, and retained there until they shall receive a certificate of health signed by the State Veterinarian of Ne- | braska or an authorized inspector of | that State. —A large and “apparently inexhaust- | ible bed of bituminous coal of fine | quality has been discovered within three miles of Lampasas, Texas, —The German-American Teachers’ | Convention in St. Louis, adjourned on | the 1st, after electing K. W. Tenteberg President, ~The President on the 30th ult, ap- | pointed John Cadwalader to be collec- | tor of Customs for Philadelphia, and P. Lenore Bonny to be Appraiser at | New Orleans. —The President at the request of Mrs, Grant has designated the pall- | bearers for General Grant's funeral They are as follows; General Sherman, Lieutenant General Sheridan, Admir- al Porter, Vice Admiral Rowan, Gen- | eral Joseph E. Johnston, Geberal Simon B. Buckner; Hamilton Fish, of New | York; George S. Boutwell, of Massa- | chusetts; George W. Childs, of Penn- sylvania; John A, Logan of Illinois; | George Jones, of New York, and Oliver | Hoyt of New York i —It is rumorea in Washington that | Mr. Titcomb, Assistant Register of the Treasury, bas been requested to resign. | Register Rosecrans says the report is not | true, but that a reorganization of the | Bureau is contemplated. —A maskea vurglar went to the house of W. BR. Merriam, In St. Paul, on the 3d, seized Merriam’s mother-in-law “violently by the wrist, fired a pistol to | intimate ber, met Merriam in the hall and cornered him with a pistol and | then made him point out valuables, | The thief took diamond studs, shirt | buttons and a gold watch, all valued at $600, and then coolly walked out of the front door.” —A destructive tornado swept up the ¢*Neck,” Philadelphia, on the 3d be- tween the 3 and 4 o'clock, crossed the Delaware river, passed through Cgmden, and, re-crossing the river, en- tered the Twenty-fifth Ward and dis- appeared in the vicinity of Kensington avenue and Harrowgate lane. Atleast five lives were lost, and a large number | of persons were injured. i —~James H. Mulligan, Independent | Democrat, was on the 3d, elected to] the Legislature of Kentucky from Fay- | ette county. He received 1123 major- | ity in Lexington and 300 in the county. ~The total coinage of the U. S. | Mints during July consisted of 1,900,- 000 standard silver dollars. ~—General Sheridan has returned to ‘Washington from the Indian Territory. | He had an interview with the Presi- dent on the 24, but declines to make publie the tenor of his report on the yenne question. ~The President on the 3d appointed | Frapk F. Claussen to be Assayer, and Leonard Magruder Meiter and Reliner, at the New Orleans Mint; also Henry | . Ashmead Postmaster at Chester, | Penna., vice John A. Wallace, suspen- | ded, The commissions of Baker P. | Lee as Collector of Customs at York- | town, Virginia, and Adelaid Guernon | as Collector of Customs tor Minnesota, were issued on the 3d. ~General Hancock arrived at Mt McGregor on the 3d and will superin- tend the removal of General Grant's remains to Albany. —A tremendous rainstorm visited Chicago on the 2d, the fall, during the twelve hours ending at midmght, being 5.58 iuches, The sewers were unable to carry off the water, and dame age was Some, Specially in y business streets, the flooding of basements ‘and cellars, Heavy rain fell in Maryland during the 2d and 3d. The storm was espec- severe in the western section of the State, and great damage was done by su of the crops and wash- outs in the railroads. An election for State Treasurer and members of the ure was held in Kentucky on the 3d. A light vote was polled, and the State went Democratic by about the usual majori- . All the Te Citizens’ defeated. ‘The com Fifties, but owing to unfortunate selec of candidates and extraneous causes, it wet a decisive defeat.” The tion to hold a Constitutional mvention was defeated in the State. ~The President on the 4th appointed gle Kel, men, 0 | , New Jersey. John G. Thompson, of Ohio, has been appointed a ial agent the Gen» fraudu- ~The Commissioner of Agriculture has perfected arrangements with the | Board of Health of Kentucky to co- | operate with it in the suppression of | pleuro-pueumonia in that State. He | has appointed W. H, Wray, of Yonk- ers. New York, to ge to Cynthiana, to | rigidly quarantine herds in which the | disease exists. «The French Canadians in Ottawa i are active in obtaining signatures to ! ing for a cemunutation of the sentence {of Riel, | —The President on the 5th appointed | Beckford Mackey, of South Carvolina,to | be Consul at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico; Wm. UC. Jones, U. S. Marshal for Kan- Mint at New Orleans. Also, to be Gov- Railroad: Frederick R. Coudert, of New York city, vice, Hon. Francis Kernan, declined; Marcus W. Hanna, | Harrison, declined, ~The Commission appointed to in- vestigate Postmaster Jones, of Indian- | Civil Service law. —The Democratic Convention of | Dauphin county, at Harrisburg. Pa.,on | The county | ~The crop 1eport of the Department | Alabama, covering | the condition of the cotton to be 95, or | ten per cent. better than last year. In —Over fifty ex-Confederate officers | met in the Hoffman House, New York, unanimously adopted a ~The grand ansual reunion of ex- Representative | Reagen made an address, in which he A committee was appointed to General Grant's death. —An attempt on was made at one | the 5th, to blow up the railroad contractors, near McConnells burg, Penna. The Hungarian board- | ing house and the house in which the | contractors were sleeping, were wrecked | by the explosions of dynamite. Two | Hungarians were severely injured. —The body of General Grant, Iyiog in | state in the City Hall, New York, was viewed on the 6th by a multitude of people, who passed in file around the catafalque. During the day the badges of the Grand Army of the Republic and | of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion, of which organizations he was a member, were placed upon his breast. —The President on the 6th appointed to be Collectors of Internal Revenue in | Pennsylvania Frank I. Schlandecker Dowlin for the Twenty-second. All] the eight internal revenue districts in Pennsylvania are now in charge of | Democrats, The President also ap- | pointed John T. Gathright to he Sur- veyor of Customs at Louisville, and Leon Trousdale to be Surveyor of Cus- | toms at Nashville, ~—John Cadwalader, the new Collec- | tor of Customs at Philadelphia, visited Geperal Hartranft on the 6th, and in | accordance with the prescribed form | presented to the General the notice of | transfer of the office and its property. | Mr. Cadwalader will take possession on | the 12th. i —A train on the Boston ard Maine | lailroad ran into the rear of a gravel | Luke Pal- | mer, engineer, was fatally injured by being thrown heavily against the boiler head. : «Dr, Galusha Anderson, President | of the Chicago University, resigned on | the 5th. It is said nearly a year's sal- | ary is due him. —A call for a meeting of the Nation- | al Executive Committee of the Irish | National League of America, consist | ing of one delegate from each State and Territory, bas been issued by Pres- ident Egan, the meeting to convene in Chicago on August 15th. *“‘The exec utive expects to be able to place before the meeting a communication from Mr. Parnell stating his views on im-| portant Irish matters.” i ~The piece-price system has gone into operation in the New Jersey State | Prigon at Trenton. Over 700 convicts | will be employed under the new systein, which that prison is said to be the first to adopt. ~The first bale of the new cotlon crop of Georgia was received on the 6th in Columbus, —— Pig sticking. Pig-sticking 1n Honduras iano child's play. The beasts often Lreea tiger, and keep him there for days until he is star- ved out, when he finally jumps down into the gung of them as they stand bunched around at the foot of the tree, A ————————" AAO TO POETS WHO ONLY LISTEN, When svening’'s shadowy fingers fold The flowers of every hue, Some shy. half-opened bud will hold Its drop of morning dew Bweeter with every sunlit bour The trembling sphere has grown, Till all the fragrance of the flower Becomes at last {ts own, We that have sung perchavce may find Our little meed of praise And round onr pallid temples bind The wreath of fading bays Al, Poet, who hast never spent They breath in idle strains, For thee the dewdrop morning leut Still in thy beart romaine; Unwasted, in its perfumed cell It waits the evening gale ; Then the aznre whence it fell Its ilngering sweets exhale. REMI, TOM TRITTON'S CHOICE, “Now, Tom, isn’t this better than Square. The speaker was Tom Tritton's sis- ter Carrie—Carrie Tritton ng longer, | than a twelvemounth | known in society as ‘‘that charming | “Tnat depends entirely on the point | from which you view the matter," answered Tom deliberately. “From | the msthetic standpoint, this moonlit | sea must certainly be considered an | Lincoln | But viewed in the light of busi- | ness common-sense, the reveres equally undemable. How can reconcile it to your conscience, Car- on is you | “Oh, nonsense! As if you couldn’t | afford to take a holiday after working | as you have done! And, besides, I do. You've never had a brief yet, I day. What do you do?” “Well, I don’t mind telling you; but remember it’s a secret, You know the “Yes? “Well I'm the editor, and it takes lot of editing, too, I assure you.” “But why on earth keep it such a secret?” demanded Mrs. Howard, I had not the least idea of such a thing, sor has any one else, so far as | know." “That's just as it should be. And now, tell mine, in return, why you were so imperative aboul my coming down just this week, when a fortnight hence would have suited me so much better? I believe you had some occult and un- “ “Of course I had; and a most ex- | too.!! The little lady paused, to heighten the effect of her and then asked in al mysterious whisper: “What would | you say if I told you Helen Gainsford would be here to-morrow ?"’ Tom Liwughed. “Sa? Say that makers, and ought to be labeled ‘dan- gerous!’ with a big D. But Miss Gainsford isn’t likely to bestow a sec- ond thought on & briefless barrister; and he, as you know of old, isn't! drawn towards strong minded young | ladies, heiresses though they may | “Who lives longest will see most,” then the talk of the brother and sister drifted into other channels, “Just what 1 expected,” was Tom's ter proudly presented him to Miss Miss Gainsford was of the middle height, though ber well-propor- tioned figure and upright carriage often gave an impression of greater stature, Her features were good except that the | Her abundant brown hair was drawn back from the face, and confined in smooth, orderly braids, leaving fully in | view the broad and intellectual fore. head, Perhaps her eyes were the most remarkable part of ber face, Clear, | shining gray eyes, large and lustrious, with an odd look in them as of con- stant mental weighing and judging of every one and everything around her a look which made one think of Justice and her scales, only with the bandage removed. 1t would have been difficult to find a greater contrast to Helen than her cousin Violet Musgrave, presented-—a dainty little figure, with the tiniest of feet, hands and waist; a wealth of gol- den hair, arranged in the most studied disorder; a complexion which was the envy of every woman who knew Ler; and a pair of large, pleading eyes of the deepest, darkest blue—all these charms had established the young la- dy's claims to the title of beauty. Women, however, sometimes remarked to each other on a certain hardness of the mouth when in repose; but then, women are notoriously prejudiced judges. Certainly there was no trace of hardness in the face as she went through the ceremony of introduction to her hostess’ handsome brother, but with a little blush, and flutter and droop of the eyelids, which Tom found jnfinitely more fascinating than the frank and calm demeanor of her wealth. jer cousin. . “Oh, Marry I'm the most miserable within a stone’s throw of the waves, “Indeed, Carrie? Well, I'm glad to know the sum of human misery 18 80 much less than I had imagined.”’ look there!” And the little lady nod- ded {mperiorsly in the direction of another couple strolling, like them- ing the lovely August evening. “Well, what then? They seem very happy.’’ was the husband's obtuse re- ply. “Happy indeed! happy? [| had that Musgrave girl here of foil that would show up all And vow to gee a frizzle-headed doll like that! Look at bim pow, gazing at her as though she were an angel, while my {y such creatures!’ » » . - - “Ol, Mr, Tritton, do please row us It looks so flat, I am delightful this lovely after. “With pleasure, Com answered Miss Musgrave,” near that the dark blue eyes met Tom's so will- long frame, and his arms felt strong as in exact proportion, Putting his back one unheeded remonstrance from Helen till an hour's hard labor brought them within a hundred yards of the spot oars, while his eyes scanned the little rock in search of a convenient landing- place Exactly how it happened none of them knew, Tom was rowing cautiously Helen was steering carefully, and yet, just as the boat came alongside of the ledge on which they were to step, there was a shock and a thrill, and, almost before the ladies could got on to the rock, there was a large pool of water in the bottom of the boal. Tom bit He turned to to examine the damaged craft. The result was far from pleasant. Not only euer be “We've done it now!” and his moustache savagely. she leaked In more Tom strode quickly away fo highest part of the low lying tangie- weed with which it was thickly covered, The fucus was long, luxuriant, and ex- cept just on the surface, quite wet, There could be no doubt that the last tide had completely submerged it. and the thie from the length of the weed. himself, as he straightened that coffin of a boat, for they have searched all more likely places. 1 I can’t remember at all.” two girls were watching his movements, In recollected at what hour it had been high water the evening before. «A little after seven,’ she answered her at the wide expanse of heaving High-water at eight, and it’s now nearly mix. This rock will be some feet under water in two hour's time.” “Is there any chance of our being taken off?” “Very little I'm afraid. There's not a boat in sight, and we are much too far out for any shouting or signaling to be of any use. They'll search all the coves and creeks along the shore before they think of looking for us here.” “What shall you do?" “The boat is the only chance, I stall make a tral trip in her, and see whether it will be possible to keep her afloat. At ihe worst I can swim back to you again, and we shall be no worse off than before.’ As he spoke, Tom moved towards the boat. Ten minutes afterward he was again beside the girls, It's worth trying was the verdict, I've plugged the hole as well as I can with my thick coat; she still leaks a good deal, but I think constant bailing may keep her afloat till we reach shore, There's an old can in her, and one of you could have my hat and both bail at once, 1'd go alone, and fetch another boat, if only I were sure of having time, but the tide is running so fast, and the wind ising, top, 1 dare notzisk a f en “No,” said Helen in u low voice, “Only we ought to start directly, The water gets rougher every minute. Though I believe we may manage it | hour's time,” “We are quite ready, Come Violet | the hand, and Jed her to the water’s | edge. No sooner however, did Miss Mus- | grave see { boat, and the increased roughuess of | Jutely refused to accompany them, | her only chance lay in obedience. “1 cannot—I cannot!’ she reiterated, “Let us stay here till some one comes | to us, | plan.” i Tom said to Helen in a low voice, bind her hands and feet, and put her in { the boat by force. { what you can do. with terror.” “Dear Miss Musgrave,” took the girl’s hand and spoke in his w— Do you think I would urge you to do a | foolish thing? | est hope of escaping in any other way, { I would not press this on you, but I | know it is now our only chance. { trust yourself to me and let us lose no more time," tried to lead but she 11 Ait} bozt, turned AVAY. she said sullenly. “I had as drowned here as there!” And she tried to drawaway her hand, | But be only tightened his grasp and | signed to Helen to give him a long woolen scarf which lay in the boat Then, while Helen pinioned her cousin from behind, with arapid twist Tom soon be kles, In screamed ; vain in she struggled and another minute Tom's fastening them securely behind, and her eves were bandaged with a second handkerchief. Another minute, and she lay in the stern of the boat, sobbing hysterically, but cowed and subdued. nd thes Tom pulied, and Helen baled literally ** for their It was a hard fight; but they were aided by the {ast inflowing tide, and in end the victory over death was theirs, Tom rowed like a very giant, helped by many a cheery word from Helen, seemed to sense of fear in energy with which she worked at | task of baling. AVES, $3 wie who the het lose all ! unconsciousness, and neither of her companions had leisure to bestow any attention on her, till at length the keel of the boat grated on the shingly beach, Then they released her from her bonds, ed consciousness, “1 wonder whether you could ever forgive me, if you knew what hard thoughts I had of you only a week ago?” | moonlit terrace together, a few even. | ings after thei terrible adventure. | Jooked earnestly at the falr tace as he time that he could ever have mistaken its quiet strength for coldness. There | Was no eoldness in the smile which an- | gwered him or in the gray eyes lifted | for a moment to his face, { “Do you think you sould me?" ing that a harder heart than Helen's must have been moved answer gently: | “You had better try me and see.” Aud Tom did try, with such good | success that a twelvemonth afterward | pretty Carrie had the delight of seeing her darling dream fulfilled, and of welcoming @ new sister, in her old friend. to EE — A Niippopotamus in Manitoba, One day recently, while fishing from the bank of the river, John Bryan observed a very strange monster swims ming in the river some distance below him. Mr. Bryan's attention was first attracted to the point where the mon- ster was desporting himself by a sound which resembled escaping steam, and he expected to see a steamboat coming up the river. Imagine his surprise, however, to see swimming about what he at frst thought was a cow, but which on closer inspection proved to be a lar. ger monster, the like of which he hed never seen or heard of before, The be st swam from one side of the river to the other at a terrific rate, throwing up the water like a steamboat. Then it FOOD FOR THOUGHT, sp Infancy conforms to nobody, Every one must bear his own bur- den, A miserly father makes a prodiga son, Mental gifts often hide bodily de- fects. | The clever turn everythirg to ac- j count. { Modesty | beauty. {| Envy shoots at others and wounds i itself, Do good by stealth and blush to find it fame. | Beek not for praise, but seek to de- | serve it. has more charms than | Doubt indulged soon because doubt | realized, In tracing the shade we shall find out i the sun, Everything in upon will She neglects 1 | her glass, this world depends Lier heart who studies Principals are responsible for the acts | of their agents, Politeness 18 a wreath of flowers that | adorns the world, He is never alone who is accompanied | by noble thoughts, We consider the man | insensible to shame, undone who is A man must stand er kept erect by others, ect, and not be Railing among lovers is peighbor Lo forgiveness, A cross or a harsh { wounds that never heal, True merit is like a river, the deeper it is the less noise it makes, the next word makes | A man makes himself grealer as be | increases his knowledge, in every work of genins we recognize | our own rejected thoughts, One ungrateful man does an inj fo | all who stand in need of aid. ury Head the words which thoughiis and inspire belier healthier feelings. Gratitude is a debt we all owe, and but few men pay cheerfully. Every human being is eitner a bheipar or hinderer to his fellow-men. { Jealousy is the sentiment of poverty, but envy is the instinct of theft, Trust that man is nothing who has not a conscience in everything. Man isa sort of tree which too apt too judge of by Lhe bark. He surely is most in wan! of another's patience who has none of his own. The world those who ti il 3 3 w who feel, we are is 4 comedy id a tragedy to tl La LIN, AY The superiority of some wen is merely local because their associates are little. Troubles borrowed and number, by far, all others | nlen ot Sloe ous the world. not cowardly to vield to peces- to stand outagainst 5 8 i. the senti- being that is willing 8 io i: all our fanits aud fail ire 18 comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth The bitterest tears shed | are for words left unsa undone, Ver graves d and desds left | Guatitude is a fruit | tion, and not to people. | Words milk of life | cream, Nature knows no pause in progress and development and attaches her curse on all inaction. Knowledge is power. | pecasion for adding to | upderstanding. i Most of our misfortunes are | supportable than the comments of | friends upon them. Thrift of time will repay you in after life with a usury of prout beyond your most sanguine dreams, It is a poor wit who lives by borrows ing their words, decisions, mien, inven- tions, and action of others. The essence of education is the edu- cation of the body, Beauty and beaith are the chiel sources of happiness, , Great men should think of opportu- pity and not of time. Time is the ex- cuse of feeble and puzzled spirits, Foolishness places itself in the fore. most rank to be observed: intelligence stands in the hindmost to observe, if you let trouble rest upon yonr soul {ike a ben upon her nest, you may ex- pect the batching of a large Lived. Good qualities are the substantial riches of the mind; but it isgood breed- ing that sets them off to advantage. Charity excuses weakness, extenuates miscarriage, makes the best of every- sing, forgives everybody, and serves all. The man who always agrees with you may be a pleasant companion, but When sou want advice go 10 someone else, Some men are called sagacious bee cause they are avaricious; whereas a child can clench its fist the moment it is born, The talent of Sueaing others into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, i8 the qualification of littie minds. . Insult not misery, neither deride in- firmity, nor ridicule deformity; the first shows inhumanity; the second, folly: the third, pride. The too frequent use of authority im If thunder were continual, it of great cultiva- be found among gross are the adulterated while example #50 is Lhe pure Improve every your store of nore our
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