ORI A TENA he ORE NEWS OF THE ~Workmen on the 19th replaced the ron railing around the Andre monu- sent at Tappan, New York. 1t wid the stone will soon be reset, and she present inscription effaced. “The amount paid by the Dominion S.overnment to the Hudson Bay Com- amuy for supplies, transports, coms amssions, ete, during the Northwest rebeilion, was $2,000,000. This is ex: elusive of claims by the company for losses. —A telegram from Toronto says the Jovernmeut has decided to fix the fol- owing scale of liquor licenses: In sities of more than 20,000 mhabitants, 250, and uader 20,000, $200; in towns, Biou; willages, $1300 and townships, F100, Saleen licenses will “be $300 in cities, and $250 in towns. ~The Senate on the 19th confirmed J. C. Franks tobe U.S. Marshal for California, and W, M, Campbell U. 5. Miurshaul for Minnesota, The President wm Lhe 19th nominated Charles B, Har- nou to be U. 3, Marshal for sfaine, —Secietary Endicott has been cone ined to Bis house in Washington for wveral days by a severe cold, IHenry Wasterson was reported better on the 19th, and his fueods and physicians be- gin to hope for his ultimate recovery, The two thousand men employed in the Philadelphia and Reading Rail- road Cowpauy’s shops at Reading, Jenna., were on the 19th notified of an 18 begin March 1st. The amount increase was uol announced. Atl Los Angeles, California, on the 10th, the breach of Louise E. Perkins against E, J. win, millionaire, resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for §75,000, — A fire slina, on sleamers, a sheds of the thiree blocks of many residences on streels, the | two railroad mills, a cotton compress, ete, 18 estimated at more than $1,000,000, the 21st destroyed schooner, Clyde Steam:hip stores on Walter street, Front Methodist Church, the rst — Nine buildings in Edenburg, Clar- ion county, Penna,, were one o'clock he 20th, and a man named Groves, who slept over the nost oflice, hed in the flames, The dre 18 at ributed to an explosion of nat- ral gas, aod loss 1s estimated at vearly $1 c (HR —Mr, Bla ommitter on Col pinority report mn he ree coinage wversely by that ninority report signed by Bland, Lacham and Bynum, ~—Judge Ingraham of the Supeiior court in New Y has issued au in junction restraining the Seventh Avesue Railroad from selling, leasing, or in disposing of its interest in the Dioadway surface Railroad ( --The Supreme Court of Ind the 20th aflirmed the of a law of that charge of local telephone frum $5 to $3 per month, —Colonel W. I’. Smedl the 10th, elected Commander on Califurnia Department of the Grand Army of the Republic. Among the candidates for the position was Gover. nor Stoneman, —[t is said that the treneral at San Franc presented to the Stu Department leis aggregating more than $500,000 hr damages resulting from the anti- chinese riots and expulsions on the Pau. ific coast. The Secretary of the Treasury on the 20.b, sued the 134th cal for the redemption of bonds—for ten millions 3 the three per cents, on which inter- ast will cease on April 1st. -Rev, Chauncey C. Williams, of | Augusta, Georgia, who was elected | Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal | Diocese of Easton, Maryland, in De. rember last, has declined the office, | The convention to elect a successor to | Bishop Lay will reassemble in June | next. | Oot 1 ist per hairman of the House nage, has prepared a favor of his bill for of silver, reported committee, p is HA 14 ! Broadway a { HAUDV an AUpAny Hed Qlupeny. ALA © constitutionality ti a reducing the Coinpanies Sale ITE Was on thie Chinese Conaul sco has already | ~ 1 ! At Corunna, Michigan, on the 20th an attempt was made to poison the family of Robert Berry. by putting Paris green in his well, Several of the family became sick, but were saved by prompt medical aid, Paris green was found in the pump, **and tracks lead. ing to the house of Mrs. Charles Gage, a neighbor and an enemy.’ Mrs, Gage’s daughter and her hueband, Henry Shafer, were arrested, — A passenger train on the Reading Ratlroad going from Pottsville to Wil- hamsport was thrown from the track at Tamaqua, on the 23d, by a detective switch, The cars tumbled down an embankment and caught fire. A num- ber of passengers were injured. West- ley Hammer and Joseph Fisher, of Pottsville, dangerously. —The old Seventy- fourth Regiment | Armory in Buffalo, occupied as a skat- | ing rink, was burned early on the 23d. Loss, $30,000; insurance, $15,000, Four firemen were slightly injured by a fall- ing wall. Mannheimer’s dry goods house, a marble building in St. Paul, Minnesota, was destroyed by fire on the 23d, to the extent of more than $100! U0 —Ilenry Watterson was on the 23d | pronounced out of danger by his physi. clans, -In the U. 8. District Court at | Dubuque, Pa,, on the 23d Judge Shiras | decided, in the case of a man who | claimed damages from the city becaune he was arrested for peddling without a license, *‘that the ordinance requiring peddlers to pay a license was not in conflict with the United States, and | that the city is not liable for damages even ir the ordinance be uncousti- tutional.” ~The U, the 234 con- | tobe U.S. | Alfred at Mil- | S, Senate on for be Marshal Judd to waukee, —In the U. ¥, Senate on the 19th i secret session, confirmed a number of | Steplien A. Walker to be U. 5, Attorney for Sout ern New York; F.S, Shields, Colle tor of Internal Revenue for Lousiana; PP. Robinson, Collector of Customs | the following W. J. Blaek, of Delaware, D. J. Partello. of Dis | Maine, and Pension Agent ~ Jas. | per Smith, of District of Columbia, at Newcastie-on-Type; W. H. Parker, of t of Columbia, Cousul in Corea, General -— Returns of tl held in the Fifth C [pre jal 8 mgressional Distinct to the T. B ted by for a Rankin, ren ral. ha SUCCOSS0r shiow that been ate Joseph Hudd, 2 large w —The Virginia House of Delegates on the 24ih adopted, with some amend. m the local option bill passed by the Senate on Mouday. The House were Hnently Con the Neu Ibe bill now his eF ald 3 ole jority nts, iendments urred mm by oes Lo the SU Daeg ile Governor for he Dill appl #4 to all ent Covi in the State except where local IAW HOW eXI8Ls, -— The b man and a woman were found under the ice in the Indianapolis on 24h. wis identilied as that Newton, demented aged won who disappeared HONLD ago, man’s body was wies of a canal The of al the woman's Zorelda uid le i Hrs The funeral of John B. Gough took vlace on the 24th at his late home, Hills | near Worcester, Massachusetts, Chere was a large attendance, — All the vessels of the North At lantic Squadron, except the Brooklyn, | have been ordered to rendezvous at Key Wdst about the 1st of March, The | Brooklyn is now searching for the ship | Neptuve, reported to have left this country on a filibustering expedition against Honduras, —(reneral Crook left Tueson, Arizona, the 23d, for Modico, to meet | Geronimo, with whom he expects to ar- | a an, ihe Zable, i i | i tile Apaches, p——— i ——— i FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. SENATE, In the U. S. Senate on the 23d Mr. | Fryer introduced his bill **to promote | the political progress and commercial | lersomn’s condition continued on the 21st, | and his friends and physicians hope that the crisis is past, and that rest and guiet will restore Lim to health. ~All the Chinese residents of Ore- gon City, thrirteen miles from Port- land, Oregon, were driven out about two o'clock on the 22d by a mob of pearly filty whites, The mob “‘knocked the Chinamen about, twisted their queues, and stole all the money found on their persons,” The Chinamen wer - then escorted to the steamboat Latonia, which was lying at the wharf, placed aboard of her ard conveyed to Port- land, “toelr fares being paid out of the money stolen from them.’”’ Forty-two CUhinamen in all were driven out. With the exception of three or four, all were employes of the Oregon City Woolen Mills, which also employ about eighty white men. “It is understood that a prominent Portland agitator was at the head of the movement,” — A train on the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad run off the track at Mount Morris, New York, on the 22d. The forward coach tipped over and was burned. Eighteen persons were injured, among them Rev, 8, D, Moxley and wife, the latter seriously. ~ Senator Vest, of Missouri, who has been for several days ill in Washington from overwork, is reported convales- cent. ~-Henry watlerson continues to im- prove, and all indications point to his recovery. ~ About one hundred and fifty addi- tional car drivers and conductors on the 22d became members of the Quaker City Car Drivers and Conductors’ Pro- tective Association of Philadelphia, Mello New J ork i ambly on the opted a resolu requestin Attorney General of the State to how legal steps for the revocation of the Broadway Surface Railroad in New Yorkcivy. Morgan submitted resolutions, | adopted by the Democratic minority of | the Judiciary Committee, in regard to | the controversy with the President | concerning papers mm cases of suspen- | sions from office, und at his request | they were ordered to be phinted and | laid on the table for the present, The | bill appropriating $250,000 for a mon- | ument to General Grant in Washing- | ton was passed. The Education bill | came up in order, and was opposed by Messrs, Gray, of Delaware, and Plumb, of Kansas. After an executive ses | sion, the Senate adjourned. Inthe U. S. Senate on the 24th the | House bill permitting national banks to change their name, localion and capital by vote of two-thirds of their shareholders, subject to the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency, was consi tered and passed. The Educa. tional bill was taken up, and Mr. Blair replied to objections made against it, Mr. Hawley said he was opposed to the bill. Mr. George, of Mississippi, advo- cated it. After an executive session the Senate adjourned, HovUseE In the House, on the 23d Mr. Ells. bury, of Ohio, from the Invalid Pen sions Committee, a bill grant- ing pensions to all valid soldiers or their widows or children who are de. pendent on their dally labor for support, The bill authorizing the Executive De rtments to exhibit articles at the ew Orleans Exposition was laid on the table by a vote of 135 to 112. The bill forfeiting the unearned land grant of the Atlantic and Pacifie Railroad Com- pany was passed, with an amendment providing that the forfeited land shall subject to settlement under the Homestead law only. On of Mr, Morrison, it was cxdered that Saturday of each week be devoted to gener'l debate in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. The House then adjourned Southern Pacific Railroad dar, The Heunepin Canal bill Alter a speech by Mr. Murphy in sup- port of the bill the committee rose, and Mr. James asked leave to offer a reso- lution making the bill for the free coln- age of silver a continning special order from Mareh 2d, not to interfere with revenue or appropriation bills, Objec- tion being made, the resolution went over, The half Gallon Whisky Tax bill was feconsidered in Committe of the Whole, reported to the House and passed, The House then adlourued. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. ———— He who speaks without modesty will If the power to do hard’ work is not talent, it 18 the best possible substitute for it, It requires a great deal of power to secure consistency in life, speech and To be poor without murmuring is To be rich without being To have faults and not to reform them-—this indeed should be pronounced The best way for a man to get out of a lowly position is to be conspicuously pot long; and if the gate be strait, it opens into eternal life, the of all his sorrows and evils, and resurrection of all his joys, is ministration of its duties, If vou wish to know what most gages a man’s thoughts you have to his conversation, He that procures his child a mind makes a better purchase for him than if be laid out the money for ion to bis former acres, only to listen good an addin For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word Le We ought to be what we say. $ often careful indeed in Men, as they would, are always ready to 1m pute the blame thereof unto the heavens “0 As to excuse their own follies, i with that Kind of life or series of actions in which the choice of others or his own uecessilies way have engaged hum, ik of equaling them; when we see turn inward and examine ourselves, Public opinion 15 8 weak tyrant com- pared with our own private which determines, or, rather, indicates his fate, Earth bas rot a spectacle more glori- oud or more fair to show than this; love us wilh a veil, iM chantly., Many a man who fails to reach fection of life, has made surprising at- tainments in seif-conquest The Lord estimates the effort made in such struggles Help and give willingly, when you tent to bear, The master thinks good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the lanty. There is a burden of care in getting riches, fear in keeping them, temptation in using them, gilt in abusing them, account at Jast 1 ing them, No way has been found for maki heroism easy, even for the Labor, iron labor, isor him. The world was created as an audience for him: the atoms of which it is made are op- portunities, A man who has the elements 80 mixed within him that be naturally, as one says, borrows troubles, and crosses bridges before he gets to them, and per- mits things small or great to fret him, is bound to worry. Repentance hath a purifying power, and every fear is of a cleansing virtue; but these penitential clouds must still be kept dropping; one shower will not suffice, for repentance is not one single action, but a course, What God calls a man to do he will carry him through. I would undertake be given up concerns . ev scholar. me to do it, I would not undertake to If we see or feel sorrow let us not be depressed, for the end of his counsel and working heth hidden and under- peath the ground: but as seed it shall spring up and bear a harvest of joy and blessedness to all who love God. We may lose lHeaven by neutrality, as well as by hostility; by wanting oil in our lamps, as well as by taking poi- son, The unprofitable servant will as surely be punished as the disobedient and rebellious servant, Undone duty will undo the sonl, Unspeakabie are the emotions of silent people; a sense of personal dignity or shame keeps them quiet; but to most of them is vouched a single confidential friend, into whose ear all the pent-up feelings are poured from time to time, He who thinks no man above him but for his virtue, none below him bat for his vice, can never be uious or as- suming in tie wrong plac will fre- quently emulate men in stations below him, and pity those nominally over his I It is very easy to spoil children by rearing them in idleness, A girl who is never allowed to sew, all of whose clothes are made for her, and put on her, la aha mates bus ie] . - for her, spoiled x by doing everything fot er Three Old Saws. If the world seems cold to you, Kindle fires to warm it; Let thelr comfort bude from view Winters that deform it, Hearts as frozen a8 your own To that radiance gather: You will soon forget to moan, “Al! the checrless weather!” If the world’s a wilderness, Gio, build houses in it! Will it help your loneliness On the winds to din 11? Raise a hut, however slight; Weeds and brambles smother: And to roof and meal invite Bome forloruer brother. If the world's a vale of tears, Smile till rainbows span it Breathe the love that life endears. Clear from clouds to fan it, Of your gladness lend a gleam Unto souls that shiver: Show them how dark Sorrow’s stream lends with Hope's bright river, RTE A DETERMIN ED MOTHER. **I say you did sir.” “Madam, you certainly make a mis- take,” “I don’t make a mistake, any such of a thing. These are the very words you said: ‘Mrs. Beasely, I have not | spoken to Hester concerning the matter, thinking be better to | that it would I would like | ese were Mr, Lucas, and you | tout of it ¥ madam, [ am much to I have never had a thought your words, orev nt “Why, old You certainly must | have dreamed that I addressed you.” “Look Mr. Lucas, I am a 3 here, “wi i" reputation during many years,’ “None of foolishness, course, You have borne that | 3 Vour sir. “A declaration which 1 have not dis- : 43 Spe drew herself up, glared at him “I am a woman, but I | I am always | word You sly Uilies and continued: against not to You! + prepared to defend my attack, and let me warn again question my truthf said that you wanted to marry Hest “Mrs, Deasely, this is an unfortunate | I am forty years old; Hester is | 3 8. er.’ affair. seventeen “When I told Hester what you said,” i she joyously replied: ‘Won't that be | delightful’ » | ‘Mother, what are vou and Mr. | exclaimed the room. a “1 your noise scatters my thoughts, if I have any,” “Hester, keep quiet. I'll manage 1 am determined that you “How cheated, mother?" “Now don’t put on such an air of You know what | mean,” “I declare I do not.” “Now, daughter, don’t be foolish, 1 told that Mr. lucas wanted you for a wife—"’ “Mother!"' screamed the young lady. “What's the matter?” demanded the you “You never in all your life spoke to me about Mr. Lucas wanting to marry me, I don’t know what to think of | you.’ “Hester I have not lain the weight of my hand on you since you were a child, but if you 1ersist In dispuling : I shall Lug your ears, Lucas fact which you cannot dispute, you clapped your bands and said that such an arrangement would be delightful,” Miss Hester's face grew scarlet. Without replying, she sat down near the window. Lucas could see the tears rolling down her cheeks, “Mr. Lucas has disputed my word, but he cannot deny the truth of what I say, Now 1 shall leave you here to talk over this business,” “Miss Hester, this is a strange affair,” said Mr. Lucas, when the old lady had gone, “I never saw the like, what can ail mother.” “She is certainly very strange.” “Is it possible that she is going crazy?” “I think not, for she is perfectly sane on all other matters, and is the most accurate business woman | have ever seen. As God is my judge, though, 1 have never spoken. to her about marrying you. 1 have never thought of such a thing; let me assure you.” The denial was a little too positive, The young lady, turning with mock courtesy, replied: “Oh, you needn't throw such em- phasis into your words. Other men, men who are quite as handsome as you are, doubtless, have thought about marrying me. I have never begged anyone to marry me, I am sure,” *Miss Hester I did not mean— “Oh, never mind making excuses, Just because you have a large planta. tion and a fine carriage, you think that everybody wants to marry you.” “Miss Hester." “Don’t Miss Hester me. You and mother ought to be ashamed of your. selves, A poor girl never has a chance in this world, anyhow,” and the lady burst into tears, “This beats any affair I ever of,” mused Mr. Lucas as he I don’t know toward bome, “I don’t know ia — _—_ ain going to get out of it, either, for the old lady is as mule headed as a pig or as pig headed as a mule, 1 don’t know which, I don’t exactly under- stand Hester's actions, I thought that I would be doing ber a service by mak- ing a vigorous denial, but hang the luck, it seems that she did not want me to deny it.” perous planters in southern Arkansaw, owned a beautiful residence near the Ouachita river, He was a bachelor, Those who knew him sald that he had never been in love with any one, and that he was too honorable to marry without love. “‘Hester,”” sald Mrs, Beasely, when Mr. Lucas had gone, “why did you take 80 keen a delight in humiliating your poor old mother.” “I do not wish to humiliate you, mother, and you ought to know that I do not.” “You did so, my daughter.” “Why, mother, you are surely beside yourself, I have known Mr. Lucas all of marrying me.” “Hester, let me give you warning. Don’t dispute my word. He asked me for you.” He should 1 first asked con- sent.” “It ave my seems that your consent woncerning the with delightful” “Why, mother, you are crazy!" 2% matter, Mr, 1 Lucas woul be “IT lester, as 1 told you before, I have id on you since you were a child, but I'll to goodness that if you persist in puting my word and I that 1 I will box y« declare am not UT Cars, Miss don’t know why Hester began to shed Lears, vou should wan said, “1 am sure that lie “Hester, all girls must marry,” “So must all people die, but it is “Marriage Is a condition of life All conditions of | are brought about by human agencies. 1 shall another conference y HI¥ life soon have vourself for" **No, for the best.” “We are always prepared for best, mother, It is the worst that quires additional preparation.” “Now, daughter, tell me Lhe Don’t you love Mr, Lucas?" “No, I don't.” “I think you do, Hester, Burely a mother ought to know what is best for her daughter. Don't say another word to me." ¢ rey wills th, Mr. Lucas, entering his parlor. A had arrived, “How do you do, Mr, Lucas?" “Delightiul weather, Mrs. Deasely.” “Splendid weather, Mr, Lucas.” “1 think, though, that we are need- ing rain, Mrs, Beasely.” “I think, though, that we are need “Mrs. Beasely, I know why you have called. Now, tell me. Is there not “Oh, yes, and it is concerning a satisfactory understanding that I have called.” “I am glad to hear you say so, What proposition have you to make?" “A very fair one. That you marry Hester without delay.” “My dear madam’ “Don’t dear madam me,” “Your proposition is preposterous.” “Very well, sir,” she replied, draw- ing herself up and glaring at him.” “1 do not wish a neighborhood dis- turbance, Mrs. Beasely.” “Then do as I say.” “I do not know that your daughter loves me.*’ “You are not prepared to speak. You have never sought her love.’ “I have never sought any one’s have business in town. While I am away this afternoon, you'd better call and see ber, Good morning.” Mr. Lucas called on Miss Hester. He found the young lady in a high state of agitation. “Miss Hester, 1 hardly know what to say.” “Oh, sir, mother is awful,” “Quite beyond the bounds of rea. son.” “1 don't know, I am sure, what we shall do. Do you think that she 1s rational?" “I don't ses how she can be and maintain such opinions, As I told you, I never told her that 1 desired to marry you," +f did not say that you did.” “Oh, no, of course not. Now don't fly off so unreasonably. We must talk over the matter in a business-like Wn “l don't know what to say, Mr: Lucas,” RA “Hester, do- ” She looked at him eagerly. ness beamed in her eyes, | “Hester, do you think that you | could love me?” “Mr. Lucas, how can you be 80 un- reasonable?” “I do not desire to be unreasonable, little girl”? “Don’t you.” **No. I simply want to know? you think you could love me?” “Any one could love you, Hester.’ “Even you?” “Even 1.” “Then 1 know that I could don’t you tangle my } Oh, you’ve kissed me,” Fond- - be love— air! “Come in, Mr, Lucas.” said Mrs Beasely, *‘SBeveral days have elapse since I have seen you. Is your healtd good?’ “Very good, thank youn.” “Well, what have you do?” “1 have decided to marry Hester.’ I thought that you would prove | yourself to be a sensible man, When | do you desire that the ceremony shall | be performed? | The result | was that the ceremony was per | formed almost immediately, Every {one said that Hester looked beautiful. | Lucas, every see med About three weeks after Mr, and Mrs, in their decided re of question this 1 one agreed, to be happy. f sapem their marriage, Lucas | were sitling Prat planter said: “Hester most precious woman it * § have been finding it oul a rei Yaz ia } igor av arier i He ost valuable discover | are made gradually.” al Ri BIGIUALY, “America { made WHS valuable discovery “h orp 1ual y *9 grac ually, ul at fr il Was, love you very dearly?” ! 4 , s Fie cow i are conia?n st sight no Do you know one Knew valuable $501 © . $12 3 3 Y NGW Vy Really Now Yo Ake “Don’t try to tease me, Hester, Re member that I am aa old man.” “What an old man and only forty?’ “Wel when compared witl you.” “Then don’t i me,” | Mrs. “*Y ou two seem to be happy,’ Yes,” they exclaimed, “Now, I am going to tell you some Hester, if il +} “ie i, I am old pare Yourse!l Deasely entered Te “BS, You { sh, leave room." %.1 blush, but 1 prefe, ¥ The duty of ho has a daughter, is meets with no disap Some time ago Mr, Lucas that you might 3 10 sex 3 ual Zhter pointments 1 beard fall in I “Why, mother!” ] Don’t Hesler pray ve with her—* my word, I have ght of my band or | you since you were a child, but if you question my veracity I shall box your ears, I saw her kneel by her bed, and I heard her tell the Lord—tell him cone | fidentially—that if she did not marry { you she would forever be miserable, 1 | know what a mother’s duty is, and 1 | immediately began to execute a plan | which at once popped into my head, I | knew that Hester would die of grief—"" | “Why, mother.” “Don’t dispute my word. I have not lain the weight of my band on you since—"’ Mr. Lucas kissed the old lady, EP on AED i never lan the wel A Hero Who Rode into the Sea. At Mandwa, near Bhaonagar, Eng land, there is a red Mahades stone which marks where La Gohil, the Raj- poot, rode into the sea to please his lord, he Rajah Sidhra) had visited the sea. coast and come among other places to Marndwa. Ona certain day the waves were very violent and the sea much agitated, at which time Sidhraj had gone down to the seashore attended by several horsemen The King said. “*He would be a brave man who would ride a hundred yards into the sea on a day like this.” One of the horsemen re- plied: ““Thers 1s no race so loyal and gallant as the Gohil. One of them might do it, but no one else would dare to do 80.” Another answered: “The Gohil race is brave in talk, but thei bravery shows itself by boastings in the market-place; there is no Rajpoot who would throw away his life for such a challenge.” On learning this La Gohil placed his hand on his moustache, bade them all farewell and urged his horse into the ocean, where he was quickly overwhelmed. The Cost of Human Conflict. A An English statistician has been making calculations, and shows that since 1703 wars among civilize! nations have caused the death of 4,470,000 men, A very large majority of these deaths came from wounds, hardship and dis eases, the number actually killed being comparatively small. The bloodiest battle in the period named was Boro. dino, where 250,000 were engaged and 78,000 placed bors de combat. i Bn II I, “I woULD like you to help me a lit- tle,” said a vagrant, poking his head 1n- to a country shop. “Why don’t you hiolp yourseltY"’ asked the pr prietor, "w k you, I will,” sa'd the t am, ing up a bottle of pickles aud Lwy vos of bread, and then vanishing, |
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