NEWS OF THE WEEK —Near Qu’Appelle, in the North- west Territory, on the 17th, the I’rince Albert mail coach was stopped by a man armed with a double-barrelled gun. After binding the driver and the passengers he proceeded to open the mail-bags until he found a registered package said to have contained $30,000, which he took and then decamped, It is said he was accompanied by a gang of six men from Montana. Lewis Dick, gently paid $1300, and kept the money in his house, On the 19th robbers en- tered, drugged Dick and his wife and two children, secured the money, set fire to the house and fled, Fortunately, seeded in extinguishing them. The in- mates of the house were speedily re- stored to consciousness, with the ex- geption of Mrs. Dick, whois in a pre- carious condition. —S8ix men are in jail at Wyandotte, Kansas, charged with having wrecked a Missouri Pacific freight train, near By the wreck The al- of the 26th, during the strike. two train men were killed. leged wreckers are members Board. The H. Hamilton, prisoners are: recently a special po- iceman: Robert Geers, Mike Leary, Fred. Newport, a car repairer, C, J. [.loyd, also a car reparver, and William Vossen, employe of an ice firm. By secretly getting confidence of :he Knights of Labor, Thomas Fur- ong, a detective of the Gould railroad system, has succeeded in getting the sonfession of Lloyd, and it is upon this the arrests were made. —Michael Viergiven Vincent Place bridge, in New York, the 19th. He fell a listance of 120 feet, and struck the water with his back, but, as no bones ire broken, is expected rover, Henry C, Shaffer, 25 years of age, shot himself dead in Evansville, Indiana, on the 19th, He left a note :0 his employers saying **he was short $175 in his accounts, which his wife would settle, —Durnng a thunder storm on .the 18th, four Indians were killed and ten njured by lightning en Red Lake Res- ervation in Minnesota. It is also re- orted that a settler and his wife, on Chief river, were killed in the same Nay. —4t 18 reported from Tombstone, Arizona, that Prefect Oposura, of sopora, Mexico, and four companions were killed by Apaches last week while on their way to examine mining pro- perty near that place. They had an ascort of fifteen. The others escaped. It is said that eighty Indians were seen in the fight. —M. B. Buskirk, a dry goods mer- chant of Clinton, Missouri, 1s reported to have fled, taking with him all of his available assets, amounting to about $4000, and leaving behind him debts amountiug to $6000, Thomas White, John Kelly and Louis P. Saup were arrested in Dayton, Ohio, on the 19th on the charge of altering stolen United States bonds, into the jumped off the Rochester, on 3 ny ne to ie- — Heavy rains fell during the 18th and 19th, over two-thirds Kan- as, Wind storms also raged at seve- ral pla At Lakin twenty houses were demolished and ten or twelve wersons severely injured, At Nicker- on eighteen houses were blown down. A wind storm in Kearney county, Nebraska, on the 19th, blew down a church, and killed a woman, Nea: Minden, a farmer, his son, laughter were Killed by lights ~-Disosway Ludson was of COs, in ii taken Charleston, West Virginia, on the 20th, mn a charge of being a party loa gery of a pension receipt, for which H. B. Martin was sentenced to two years n the penitentiary, and for which N. J. Lesher is under a bond of somplicity. “This forzery has been the cause of the arrest and trial of one innocent man, W. I1. Justice; the con- vietion of another the probable con- viction of two more, and, in addition, has cost the State a large sum.” In Chicago, on the 20th, the jury in the sage of Henry Roberts, a notorious burglar, charged with breaking into a aouse on North State street, announced shat they could not agree. After this announcement the defendant guilty, and was sentenced to one years’ mprisonment. ~Mrs., Emilie Andre, living near champaign, Illinois, has been arrested an the charge of poisoning cattle by scattering Paris green on their pasture, One of ber neighbors lost two cows, and a thirteen-year-old boy In her em- ploy testified that she told him to put he poison on the grass, ~—J1t is reported from London, Ken- ucky, that “the French and Eversoll ‘action fought at Hazards on the 18th, + Ww for. Apa $1000 for The French faction hold the town.” -—The Calispel Indians in Washing- won Territory on the 18th, killed two white men on the reservation. General varlin and two companies of infantry nave left Fort Cear d’Alene for the scene of trouble, ~At Luling, Texas, on the 10th, Peter Sorell, colored, aged 20 years, who had murderousiy assaulted a Mrs, Dukes, was visited in jail by & masked mob and riddled with bullets, News has been received at Santa Fe, New Mexico, of the killing of Juan Martinez, 4 prominent citizen of La Junata, by A Swedish tramp who stole Martinez’s horse. In the fight the thief was also fatally wounded, both men dying within » few minutes of each other, James U. Cook and Frederick Gerhard were killed by horse thieves in Montgomery bounty, Aamo, oh the 19th. Henry Il, aged 15 years and killed his sister Mattie, aged 3 in Bangor Maine, on the 18th, "He picked up a , and, not knows Ing that it was | , playfully point- it at his sister,” etc. He has become insane from the shock, ~ Hailstones as big as walnuts fell in Winchester county, Virginia, on the I8th. covering a tract nine miles !n length and balf a mile in width, Veg- station in the path of the storm was de itreyed, —Samuel K. Gay, the absconding pension clerk, was brought brck to Pittshurg on the 10th, He confesses his guilt, but says he did not steal more than $4,000, — George Simmons, & reputable citi zen of Westfield, Illinois; accidentally shot and fatally wounded his mother- in-law early on the 20th, mistaking her for a burglar. —It isreported that the revolutionists in Tamaulipas, Mexico, have captured a large hacienda near Mier, and robbed Clem Bishop, aged 70 married on the 19th, to Retta Boston, his ward, a girl nine years of age. backwoods doctor and sibly without diploma or license. His wife died two weeks ago, and the neigh- bors theatened to take from him this To thwart them, he procured a license and married. He presented a certificate from the girl, to obtain the license, that she was twenty-seven years of age. The officer who gave the license sus- wrong, and sent a mony had been performed,’’ —The Burlington ITawkeye publishes despatches frem Southern and Eastern Iowa regarding the crops. With the exception of a few light local showers, there has been nd rain for six Wheat and oats are nearly harvested, The quality is good, but the yield only about f. Corn generally good condition, but everywhere needs rain to crop, I Hay light. one-hal is in save Lhe up. — Heavy rains fell 11st, in t Kansas. washed away. on the 20th the country aroundGarden ( Several br have ages been — At Cunningham, Missour! Ie 20th, Maud, Cora and Anna Daven- port were playing in a sand pit, when the sand caved in and buried all three, Anna freed herself and dug tl 1 AWay Lue earth above Cora, uncovering her face, thus allowing her to breathe and saviug her life. The body of the other girl she was unable to find, and she ran to the nearest for aid. Cora was taken out uninjured, but Maud was dead when found. house —lobert Burton was killed 20th by the premature explosion o blast in the Crescent mine, » —3ix years ago Lewis Green, of Columbus, Mississippi, defrauded five mills in Fall River, Massachusetts, out of $60,000 by forging bills of lading aud drawing on the mills for payment of cotton never shipped. Green fled, but subsequently offered to compromise at 25 cents on the dollar. This was refused. But on the 21st the Weta- moe, Granite, Linen and Mechanics’ Mills compromised on that basis 845,000 plus interest and I'he Slade Mill remains obdurate, — Near Union, Newton county. Mississippi, a gang of young white ruffians, styling themselves ‘‘Regula- tors,” have issued a decree that no negro shall work on the farms in that vicinity. The band contains about fif- teen members, and they have Il negroes and wounded several A posse of twenty citizens, “headed by proper officers armed with warrants,’ are in pursuit of the gang. 1 NOT losing expenses, three others, — Frank Malloy, son of Mrs. Emma Malloy, ‘‘the temperance evangelist and Mrs, Jacob Stern were drowned by the upsetting of a row boat at Laporte, Indiana, on the 224, —The house of Rudolph Roath, at Conewago, I , Penna, , was burned on the 2lst, and two children perish v ’ count 1 » flames, Lowa, ra house and onthe 21st, destroyed ( Hubbard's h leather store, Loss, S40 0H i3. fell rains jedi ¢ i during the 21st in indiana, Missouri Illinois, breaking the long drought, — At Long Beach, New Drunswick. on the 19th, Richard, the 4-vear-oid son of Captain Simon Tufts, *d ately threw the l10-month-old Fnos Serat off a bridge into a stream, where the little drowned." —Oprous portions « and eliber. child of running fellow was —Thomas Conway, aged 17 years, died on the 224, at Baltimore, from a dose of rat poison taken on the 21st, with suicidal intent, because his rather old him that “he must go to work and earn to make a living for himself." - (General Gibbon, commanding the the ore of hostile Indiaus on the Yaqui river, 10 horses and several hundred pounds of dried beef. The Indians fled in all directions. ~Stephen Brodie, 23 years of age, on the 23d jumped from the centre span of the Brooklyn bridge Into the East river. He was fished out, hav- ing suffered only slight bruises, and is now under arrest. It Is said he made the fearful leap for a bet. ~Caspar Wehner, Chief Clerk in the County Commissioners’ office at Pitts. burg, shot himself on the 234 with suicidal intent, He is not expected to recover, B. G. Plummer, aged 50 years, a prominent lumberman of Wa- seau, Wisconsin, committed suide in his bed room on the 22d, He had lost heavily by econ} Samer. Hes, Peter olf, BO years o himself in an uninhabited A 3803 hisnaelt county, Penna., on the 21st. He was a veteran of the Mexican war, a “Forty-niner” in California, and a sol- dier of the Unlon, «fierman Jacobs and Edward Kroncke, boys, found a closed tin box in an alley in Chicago, on the 20th, “Something rattled inside like money,’ and they took it to a chopping block and struck at it with an axe, It exploded with a report which was heard for blocks around, and both boys were severely wounded. ~At Lancaster, Penna., on the 23d, James Henry, alias Charley Wise, alias Henry Lindon, was arrested charged with having stolen a horse in Carroll county, Maryland, last April, and with having burned the barn in order to con- ceal the crime. The years of age, and was released from the for he years of a twenty-year term writes to the Georgetown account of affairs there, of the flood. He says: *‘Men houses, Thousands are in condition where he 18 and in the county. The last year’s cropping same else where from what they might otherwise do. He thinks the people are on the brink of famine, and sug- gests the convening of the Legislature —At Butte, Montana, on the 23d J, W. Moore shot and killed Joseph Hen- derson and then killed f©imself, —Lincoln Sprole and Calvin James, hanged on the ’ the Iud ders committed lu uaian Lory. thor with ber about i) heartened and War. well-armed have defeated the Gover badly. About 200 Yaqu hi captured and shot. The or given to shoot all Yaquis fo was mel by a ¢ Cajemne to kill all Mexicans, suit is that many wore Mexicans been killed than Yaquis.” pebmesntbaffs FORTY-NINTH CONGRESE SENATE. . 8, Senate on the 10th. rine bill v i Ys rE in LLIN i Aditi, wunter-o have was taken up, and an amendment ex- he principle of bill ines and liquors, Mr. Harris offered an amendment making it 1 ful to sell oleomargarine District of Columbia or the i it was distinctly marked ; was rej -yeas | Mr. Miller moved to lay amendment on the offered + the to HAW sete] - table, ynmitiee on reported back a bill statutes as to the mode « sellin cut the back ¥ i $ t VY RIDE {I packit tobacco, Cominittes the Pension b on over > and recon passed 4:1 # » leration {ing the word | clauses, and $ ise 1 4 sented a batch of Knights in fav we Ok. The ay discussed a Van Wyck pr of Labor peti laboma bill, ip, and ns pe case was taken great length. id Teller ar- . Messrs, gued e 1 gating the case, an investigation. ate adjourned, In the U., S, the re lief of Greely expedition lieu of conference fit nvestii- . Hoar favored Pending debate the Sen ot ayy oa # ws #1 ¥ 31 $is1d Senate on Lhe 22d, a hill for enlisted men on the paying each 8708 in commutation) was passed, A report on Naval Ap. propriation bill was agreed to, The discussion of the Fayne case was re- and Mr, Telit finished his speech in opposition to investigation, Mr, Sherman argued at length in sup- port of an investigation and Mr, Eustis Mr, Frye followed on the the In the U, 8. Senate on the 23d, the there should be no further investiga. tion, was then agreed to—yeas 44, nays 17. Fifteen Republicans voted with the Democrats for the majority resoiu- tions, The Sundry Civil bill was then considered, its consideration being con. tinued in evening session, Adjourned, HOUSE In the House on the 10th the Forti. fications bill was passed. It appropri. ates $020, 100,000 for the preser- vation and rephir of fortifications and other defences; $20,000 for continuing torpedo experiments and for practical instruction of engineer troops; and $600,000 for armament of seacoast for- tifications, providing that the imple- ments o a pure Shazed oSiom this ap- propriaation sha 0 merican manufacture, Mr, Cobb, from the Sonfgrense EE onthe Sin re. ng the | imber and t Land laws, reported a complete disagreement, A further conference was ordered. Adjourned, In the House, on the 20th, Mr, Willis, from the River and Harbor | Committee, reported back the River and Harbor Appropriation bill, with the recommendation that the Senate | a point of order raised | burn, of Iowa, the bill and amend- | ments were referred to the Committee | of the Whole, The House then went into Committee on the Senate amend- { ments to the iver and Harbor bill, | Pending action on a motion by Mr, mewitt the wveint of no quorum was Hade and the committee rose, rison called his concurrent r solu- tion for | gress on the 23th inst,, and | agreed to—145 to It now the Senate, Mr. Morrison then up the resolution setting up it goes to called 30. the increase of Yeas, 102; nays, | River and Harbor Lill was | conference committee, The State Commerce bill was taken up and discussed, debate being continued in an evening session. Adjourned, the 47. the bill for Adopted, NAVY. luter- In the House, on the 22d, a Or Mr, prohibiting the passing of local special laws In the Territories. Hatch, of Missouri, from Com- mittee on Agriculture, reported back | “as a matter of privilege,”’ the Oleo- margarine bill with Senate amend- ments, Mr. Dunbam, of Ii raised the pcint of ler that the wus not a pnvileged one, thererfore declined to entertain it The House refused to consider the Naval Increase bill, ler { Interstate ( ‘ vO 180d the oraer port i and also refused Lhe gmmerrce ol ominitiee agreed to, i [ to go nto { the hole was then 2 House Ww he revenue bills i Lilt a8 1n were su wr rd ey y OLS Yai 8ES88I01 . session, the I into Committee of the Joie, an t € Cadell all MEASUres on dar iu advance of Oleomargarine bill were passed over. When 1 margarine bill was reached, Mr. said that, though the bill bad ported back with the recommendation that the Senate amendments be non concurred in, In view of telegrams and letters which had been received by the committee during the past twenty hours, he had been instructed to +s X3 i ie revenue the he Olen Hatch been «ree {ter cur in all the amendments, debate, bil amended by Senate was reported to the House and concurred in-—yeas 174, nays 7 BOW goes President, A ence report on the Naval Approp: 1 to. the as to the Lill was agreed An evening session was heid for | wngideration of pen- i ———— FOOD FOR THOUGH ludoe a Ina £ i a i for many a one { ait > 3 if “ To over meekly Aol The with any fallu never make any reas] stronger than ev really good man in an ill place is little yeast in a gallon of dough; eaven thc mass, Melancholy falls upon a « ontented life ink upon white paper, because it (oxi is ike a { can like a drop of which is not the less a stain CAIries Kindness thrown down to a man like a crust to a dog, is like an apple falling It ory et 10 meaning § ' , on us from 3 Lop oO though it be a good apple, a Lree, A lawyer is happiest when his {friends are in trouble; a when his friends are seriously sick: an undertak- when his friends are dead. 1 ~e ¥ uoctor, er, Life one continual proges- sion, Step by step it travels to its cli- max, and loses a portion of its Interest as soon as it begins to decline, Keep thyseil at a distance from those who are incorrigible in bad hab- its: and hold no Intercourse with that man who is insensible of kindness, s#apit Ise | an enemy's or stranger's rebuke is in- vective, and irritates, not converts, The fellow that forgets a good deal | that has happened doesn’t worry us | half as wuch as the fellow who remems | bers a good deal that never happened, No man’s body 18 as strong as his ap- petites, but Heaven has corrected the boundlessness of his desires by stinting his strength and contracting his capaci- ties. Each human being does not solely bear its own sin, nor work out its own retribution. Upon others near and distant falls the debt, and it must be paid. To judge by the event, is an error all abuse, and all commit; for, in every instance courage, if crowned with suc- cess, is heroism, if clonded by defeat, temerity. Thas is the prerogative and charm of genius. It never 1s genius unless it creates; and everything inside of that is mere cleverness, which can be trained or made, We are dead to the past, which was yesterday; we live only in the present, which is to-day: we are unknown to the future which is only to-morrow. Yet we fondly remember the past, suffer on in the present and build castles of great ponuty in the future. We are a green PASTIMES OF ANIMALS, Members of the Brute Creation That Amuse Themselves, Dogs, though not able to gquandel after hour seated at a window | watching all going on in the street; or, | in the evening, regarding a mouse hole ~not with the slightest of gain | or profit, but merely a8 an | means of passing the time, Then there continued flights of tame { hour cas IER are the long pigeons about our houses, the gambolling of gnats and the hovering in the sun of those bright colored, two winged flies we sometimes call drones, Even the patient that beast of many woes, 18 naturally light hearted, his ordinary relation seldom He abH, though goes | when off duty, but those { . i kept cared for who and one nition and joy at the sight of any one | worked, joyous donkey, fond of sport, has been known to indulge In hunting pigs round a farm yard, catch- even ng and holding them DY ie od ie } afl nnt the tall unt their squeals brought the owner to the out of school shows hi ir freedom more pony does wil run at grass paddock, now and fil art Wi re beginning the amusemen form of heir stable take the some such horse stable coat and in their to 0 es sir stalls jayful pony has been known to indulge in pulling the feathers out of pigeons’ tails, me of the Talking of pigeons reminds 4 y 11 tally Gr igantity of small talk, gossip or scan- 1 + vie} ngs vd 54 § juglied in by apd certain ¥ i them birds on retinng at nig the day. House spar- all vers who ' } IC OF De- inning work for starlings and rooks are + auch . tisrsan hile bLirds at su MINES. Wille IGS nore ly always he loves tol s away half an t l., gnawing a f WO DG, t ilen end vi) PAR ’ hearted dogs will wme with a game of pitel a di £ . 6% Of I have KEDOwWn ith one pei the d« $ Voy HAIER § beasts sp 48 mu ier $1103 1h these DE LIne as a0 LNese, en a — Making hooseo, ping, hooks, cheese-1 Strain fresh unskimme a boiler: warm it just | i pour it u to vhile warm add rennet enough to turn it—a half tumbler strong water to six quarts of milk will proba bly be sufficient, but it will very much of Keep the tub covered with more: the tub, and rennet of depend upon the strength the ren- net- water, be only the ene a hlanket where the milk will blood-hot, curd lu use and if in not formed, more is absolu or the cheese will have a As as the curd is gently into cakes without hour more an 18 add I net; no than tely Necessary, strong taste. formed cut it moving them; this will cause the whey S000 to rise: cut it across slowly and gently; pass the knife around between the tub and curd, Cut it again in ckecks an | ipch apart. Remove the whey as it rises, tut do not disturb the curds, | Cover the tub a quarter of an hour. run off with the whey and leave the looks green the process is proceeding satisfactorily. After the tub has re- maimed covered fifteen minutes set the basket partly over the tub; spread the cloth (for strainer) over it, and dip the curds into it; shake the cloth to hasten the dripping. Gather the ends of the cloth up recurely, and put a weight upon the curds for a quarter of an hour. Break up the curds again with the hand, and press again, Now salt, using half a tablespoonful of salt to a pound of curd. Spread a thin cloth in and over the press; lay ia the curds, a litle heaped in the centre; pack it down tightly, The cloth should be large enough to allow the corners to cover the top of the cheese well; lay upon it a heavy weight; let it remain two hours; cut up the curds; lay in the press a dry thin or gauzy cloth; put the curds agam in the press. Repeat this, without again breaking the curds, three or four times a day until tie last cloth looks dry; then use a fine linen cioth wrung out of hot water; wrap this ’ If firm enough (if not H it; put in a hoop, Keep it in a hoop i a cheese-board or shelf and rub it butter every day for a week, For months WAS } it on grease it occasionally very rich cheese, add to th the cream of the These rich cheese need coloring, but for annatto, and a little mix which it 1s g es———— The Mouse Plague of Brazil In the colony of Lourent the months of May and mice suddenly appeared number They invaded fields in such great num! corn literally seemed alive few that was edible; and before, were carried away and low trees, or other ise, Gourdsand p hardest, were Of green 1s, barley, not i ese long amazing. hundreds were killed The cats could cont plague, the rats so fia} rip b o gating such a were f many of would have been an it by their great n » cats aclu $riTey 11 via G sLone or from their destructiveness. othes, hats, books- the traces of their te the hoofs of the cows the stables, literally ate up fa nd often bit away the hair « wg sleep. They penetrated apartments and gnawed thei: § nd walls of ough boards and ches that were dug ot suffice; the mice y other 11 tha #4 egoing account of in lLourenco will extent to what an the The same province had ‘ Ta . i Again in AT plagues a0 1 tl have occurred 1e fleld mice ul in greatly inc: well think wh t were these little, ali cant creatures everywhere in s . +1 4 . wy vad S #8 we take lhe ascenqancy. 1 that considers that on an ‘ ' One or two Im Average mnths five to are born, and that these yo mature in a few months will not be surprised { single pair of common eld course of a single summer, crease to 23,000 individuals, the conditions which now keep them in check be removed, every living thing would be consumed a half dozen years, Could all 4 ss 1) > ti upon the earth ig pu —— Diamonds as iiltle rodne brownish Diamonds are found pebbles covered with a thin, and When this brown coating is taken off they are colorless, butsomeare found tinged with red, orange, brown or black. Those without any color are the most wvalua. ble, and called “diamonds of (he first water.” Diamonds were first found in India and the Island of Borneo. The most celebrated mines of India are those of Golconda and Roalconda, But most of these stones imported into Europe and America now come from Brazil, where they were discoverad by semi-transparent 1t is now principally carried on by the Jews at Amsterdam. Perhaps the most precious diamond in the world is the “Pitt Diamond,’ which was bought in 1743 by the regent Duke of Orleans, who paid $600,000 for it. The stone is pow valued at $1,000,000. The cutting occupied two years, and reduced the weight from 410 to 136 carets. The Empress Catherine paid $450,000 and a large annuity for a diamond weighing 194 carats, and about as large as a pig. eon’s egg. The best things are nearest; Lreath in your nostrils, light in your eyes; flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plam, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and dally bread are the sweet things of life. Modesty is very becommg mm a fool, but it makes a man agspear like a fool, i
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