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GENERAL NEWS CONDENSED.

The Democratic State Convention of

ZA California is to bo held May 24th.' A storm at LoulBville, Ivy., April 18th,

caused damage to the amount of (10,000.Tho old Greeley mansion at Cbappa- -

qua, N. Y,, was destroyed by fire, April14th.

The residence of Samuel Austin atFlartford, Coan., burned April 17th.Lofb, $50,000; insurance, f4 0,000.

Penny's College, known as the Emer-son Institute, at Mobile, burned on the

, night of April 10th. Loss, $40,000.Lambert's largo vinegar factory at

Louisville, Ky., wns damaged by fire,April 18tb, to tho extent of $3,200; In-

surance, $1,700.The Emperor and EmpreES of Brazil

arrived at New York, April 15th, andwere received and welcomed with thebooming of caDnon, music and oratory.

An incendiary fire occurred atPa., April 14th, which de-

stroyed the American House 6tablc, aschool house and several dwellings.Loss, $40,000.

Great damage by the floods in Michi-gan is reported. At Midland there wasgreat damage. People wero compelledto leave their houses, audalurge amountof lumber was swept away.

On tho 14th of April 100 feet of thedam across Kansas river In Lawrencegave way, carrying alBo one pier of thebridge and letting down two spans intothe river. Damage about $10,000.

Winuic Frazer, a youDg girl who fellby the breaking of an elevator at Peoriaa few days ago, died of injuries received,April 14th. Mr. Green, another victimof the accident, it is thought cannot re-

cover.

United States detectives at Cincinnati,April 15th, arrested Bill Mill?, RomanLehner, David Rohl ami Charles Riley,counterfeiters. A considerable amountof fifty cent counterfeit notC3 and dies

, for manufacturing uickt Is were captured,A riot occurred near Massilion, Ohio,

April 14th, between a party of handswho were about to commence work intho coal mines and the "striking"miners. Soveral persons were more or

9 less hurt. The sheriff went to tho minesm with a Etrong posse.

Gen. John McDonald and Col. Wm.O. Avery, connected with the whiskyfrauds at St. Louis, have received sen- -

1 tence. The former gets three years inthe penitentiary and $5,000 fine. Thelatter gets two years in the penitentiaryand $1,000 fine.

The proprietors of the Missouri StateLottery have brought suit against theBoard of Police Commissioners at SaintLouis, asking $100,000 damages for the

9 breaking up of their business by thelate raid upon their offices and the seiz-

ure of their property.The Nashville Life Insurance Com-

pany and the Odd Fellows' Widows' andOrphans' Life Insurance Company atNashville, suspended April 15th. Theavailable assets of the former arc $290,-00- 0,

and liabilities, $319,000. The as-

sets of the latter are $293,000, and lia-

bilities over $100,000.On the 17th of April a serious riot

occurred at Leavenworth, Kansas, be-

tween a body of striking miners andaomo negroes whom the owners of themines intended to work. Pistols, knives,rocks, brickbats, and clubs, were used,and some heads and bones were broken,but no fatal casualties are reported.

On the evening of April 17th, Col.- A. A. Spencer was assassinated in the

eourt room at Lynn Creek, Mo., by astranger giving the name of Jeffreys.The only explanation of the affair isthat Jeffreys asked Spencer what he Laddone with hfs wife and children, andimmediately drew a revolver and shot

1 him three times, twice through thehead. Jeffreys made no attempt toescape, but surrendered to tho authori-e- s.

The collections at the Moody andSankey meetings on the 18th of Aprilamounted to $160,000. Mr. Moody saidthat if they could collect $200,000 agentleman had volunteered to subscribe$50,000. It is intended to turn over$150,000 to the Young Men's ChristianAssociation of New York to pay a debton their building, and the otner $100,-00- 0

is wanted to keep up the revivalmeetings and for building branches ofthe Young Men's Christian Associationin New York.

On the 15th of April sentence waspassed upon tLe following persons in theUnited States District Court at JeffersonCity, Mo., convicted in that court ofconnection with the whisky frauds:John L. Bittingcr, er, of SaintJoseph, two years in the penitentiary

9 and $2,000 fine; Simon Adler and Abraham Furst, distillers and rectifiers, SaintJoseph, each one rear in the countyjail and $10,000 fine; John C Sheehan,distiller, St. Joseph, eight months in thecounty jail and $1,000 fine; Henry P.HastiDg and Ernst F. Hasting, brothers,Bt. Joseph, each three months in thecounty jail and $2,500 fine, and JamesE. Marsh, ex-Gaug-er, Kansas City, sixxnontbe in the county jail and $1,000

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THE XLIVth CONGRESS.

bxyiTXTnunaay, jtprti 18. Tte EDtt billto amend the lawi relalug to legal lender of ill-T- er

co.n wn reccroialittd. TLe bill uat great length. Pending the dlacanlon.

the Monro bill nakicg an impropriation to nppljdeflcleLcIca in appropriations for the Tear endingJune&Olb, 76, and lormtr jear. wm referred to.ho corcmlttee on appropriation. After a abortexecutive aeea'.on, the Setata adjourned till Mon-day.

IIoubb Mr. 8ay!er, from the committee onpublic land, reported Senate bill toennflim pre-emption aad Lomeataad entries of public landawithin tho limits of railroad grant, in caeeswhere auch entries had been made under regnlation of the Land Department parsed. TheIlon-- e went Into committee of the whole on thsIndian bill, and Mr. Cook concluded bis speechcommcncidye'terday In favor uf the transfer oftbt Indian Burean Irom the laterior to tbe tVarDepartment. Mr. Meelve spoke attaint t tfiebill, and Mr. Hooker advocated It. Without ac-tios th commiit-- rope. A night eeisltn washeld for the consideration of the legislative ap-propriation hill. Ail amendments wcro rsjectsd,lloni-- e adjourned until Saturday.

Honsx Smturdav, Airil 15 Mr. White oflereda resolution instructing the Judiciary committeeto Inquire Into the chare that Mr. Smith. Journalclerk of the House, offered to ptoecnte addi-tional bounty claims for a commission. Mr.Smith prenented an explanation, stating thatwhile at home in New Hampshire, and hearingthat the Legislature would probably paas tbeboanty law, he resolved to resign bU positionand follow itmt burlnesn, and hence lsurd a cir-cular. Tbe resolution with the explanation wasreferred to the committee on rules. Mr. Knotttv ported back the benato bill to provide for

oaths on Impeachment trials parsed.Mr. Ilurd.from thejudlciary committee, reporteda resolution In the habeas corpus case of llalletKllburne, the recusant witness in the real estatepool Investigation, directing the Sergcant-at-Arm- s

to make careful return to the writ, settingout tho cute of the a'ctentlon of Kllburne, andto retain him in custody and not produce him be-for- o

tlieJud:eor court without further order tfthe IJoure. Mr. Lyndu, ol the Judicial commit-tee, on benalf f thu minority, ubmitu-i-i a sub-stitute setting form that the prisoner is duly heldby authority of tho liou'e In the proceedingsagainst him for contempt, and directing the Her-gua-

to take the body of Kllburne belore thu court when miking such return Alengthy debate en-ne- d, participated In by Mexsrs.Kaesoii, lluid, Krye, II oar. Lynde, Lawrence.Kelly, Oartlcld and other. Fun her proceeding!in tne cao were pcMponed until Monday, and tbeilunee adjonmru.

tiKNATX sionauy, April 17 The Senate beganthe consideration of the ixnpeachoieat articles.

lielknap, with his counsel, ap-peared and took seats ibat wi prepared torthem. The mnn ger of the impeachment andthe members of the House appeared, when i heminutes ol tLe Senate as a tourt of impeacn-wen- t

held on tbe Sih. were read. The return onthe writ served on the ex-S- i cretary having beenread and the Sergcnnt-at-Ar- having calbdupon him to ant-we-r Carpenter read and hadfiied a plea denying the Juridlctlon of the Sen-at- i:

to try lielkuapon the arlicKa of Impeach-ment, as he was not an officer of the UnitedMates at the time ruch articles were lound andpresented to the Senate; that he has not sincebeen, nor Is hi now an officer of the UnitedStates but was and is a private citizen ot theUnited Siat. s ani of the State or Iowa. Mr.Lord, t n tbe part of tbe manauors, d time tobe allowed them until the 10. h Inst., to considerwht rep. .cation shall be made to the plea ofBelknap. So ordered, and thu Senate tnen ad-journed as a court until the lttth.

The resolution to pay Pln.hback a sum equalto the c-i- nration and mileage of a Sena'orIrom the the term for which he wasa contestant to the termination of tho contest bythe Senate, wsi ordered printed and to lie on tbetable. Senator Tuuiman gave notice that at thearlett time possible l.e would call op hla

motion to reconsider the vote by which the billin relation to counting the vntelor I'residentandVce rreMdtnt was passed. Senator Mortonrave notice that on next Monday he would askthu to proceed to the consideration of theresolu Ijii fimmlitcil by him early In the see-do- n,

in regard to the rights of States and thetruennil u il charactrr or tbe Government. Thenppropriailon committee reported the House

bill, with amendments;, to pay the ex-pen-

both wjjs of United States property tobe exhibited at the Centennial; $15,000 for theInttnor Department; fie.COO for the War De-partment; $ll,COUfoi tbe Treasury Department:S"l,O0U for the Smithsonian Institute; $25,000for tbe Black Hills Commission. The unfln-ibhe- d

business, being the Pennsylvania Avenuebill, was called np, and aftir discussion the Sen-ate went into executive session and soon afteradlourned.

House. The House proceeded in a body to theSenate to attend the impeachment trial. Re-turning therefrom, the discussion on the Kllburnehabeas corpus care was resumed. The discussum was continued at great length, afier whichthe substitute oflered by Mr.I.ynde, directing theSergeaut-at-Arm- s to make return to the writhelore the conrt. was adopied Teas, 165; nays,75. Mr. Kandall oflered a rt solo tion, which wasadopied, that in fuither proceeding, of the im-peachment case, the House shall appear beforetbe M-nat-e only by its manatee. Mr. McCraryintroduced bills as follows, which were referred:To create a finking fund for the liquidation ofgovcrment bonds advanced to the Union Pacificiia'lroad Company; also in reference to the can-cellation ol mortgages. Adjourned.

Sknatk Tuesday, AvriliH.A resolution wasndopted instructing the Judiciary committeeto inquire Into the expediency of providing arenomaWe statute of limitation barring all righton the part of thu United States to sue on off-icial bonde, with leave to report by bill orotherwise. Senator Sherman, from the com-mittee on finance, reported favorably on theSenate bill to amend the lawa relating t thelegal tender of silver coin. Senator Anthonyreported a bill relating to the sale of the Con-g- n

tsicnal liecord aud other public documents-pass- ed.Senator Logan, from tbe committee on

finance, reported favorably on the Ilouebilltodefine tax on fermented and malt liquors. Sen-ator Otilesby, from the committee on publiclands, reported the Senate bill to dispose oflands formerly covered by tho watefa of Bia-carte- o

Lake, 111. parsed. The bill for there-paveme-nt

of Pennsylvania Avenne was takenup, and after some consideration was passed.Senator Morrill, of Maine, called up tbe Honaebill making appropriations to supply the de-ficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscalyear ending Jure 30, 1676, and for prior years.Various amendments were agreed to, and thebill passed. Senator Allison,. from the commit-tee on Indian affairs, reported favorably on thebill to amend section 10 of the ac. makicg ap-propriations for current and contingent expensesof '.he Indian department for the fiscal yearending June 31, 1S76; in regard to sureties onIndian agent bonds, and book accounts of In-dians. Alter executive aesaion the Senate ad-journed.

Hocse Tho House agreed to the unanimousreport of elections committee in th contea adelection case of Bromberg against HaraJaoi, de-claring Haralson, Republican, entitled to thesefiU The Florida contested election case wasthen taken up. the resolution of a majority ofthe committee being that Walla, the sittingmember, is not entitled to a seat, and that JesseFinlay, tbe contestant, is; the resolution ol tneminority being to the opposite effect. A votewas not taken. Mr. Scales introduced a hill torefund certain direct 'taxes on lands collectedfrom citizens of the late insurrectionary States.In the evening the House considered the bill forthe transfer of the Indian bureau to the WarDepartment. Speeches favoring the bill weremade by Messrs. Culbertson. Hooker, and Ban-ning. Adjourned.

Sexaik -- Wednesday, April 19-.- Tie chair laidbefore the Senate the message from the Presi-dent vetoing the act fixing the salary of thePresident of the United States. Legislativebusiness was suspended to resume the impe ich-me- nt

trial. Mr Lotd tent to the Secretary'sdesk and had read the answer adept ed by theHouse of Representatives to the plea or Bel-knap, to the effect that at the time ot the com-mission of the acts charged, Belknap was anofficer of the United States and was such officeruntil alter the Hotue, by it proper committeehed completed an investigation into the chaiges

"" ""i "u eic preparing i.r nisnt that this lact was Known to aimwhen he resigned. Mr. Carpenter, for theaccused, asked for a copy ol the replication ofthe House, and until Mond.y, April S4ta, toanswer. Senator Edmun s submitted an orderthat the respondent file bis answir to the replica-tion of the House by the 24th; that the managersfile thtir rejoinder by the i5th. and that the trialproceed on the 27th. Agreed to. The Senate,sitting as a court of impeachment, adjournednntil ihe 27tn. Legis ative business was re-sumed, and. the Bouse bill to define the tax onfermented and malt liqnort, was passed. AfterItmher ditcusslon tbe vole by which the billpassed was and the bill wan th.nplaced upon the calendar. Senator Morril, ofa sine, submitted a resolution directing tbe Sec-retary of the Interior to commanleate to theSenate any inlot mat ion relating to the presentsituation and disturbance in the Sioux re exra-tlo-n,

and whether the aalita y force has beamin trpoted then in, ana if so, if It was byauthority of the Department of tbe laterior, andreason lor such interposition. Agreed to. Sen-ator Ihnrmaa caihd up the Bottom entered byhim several days ago to reconsider tae vote bywhich the bill in regard to tbe coaming of Totaifor Piekident and Tlce President was passed....I wv. 4fwt wuAMMMn va laviiUBCHai

I mm abftsagtri , r ported, tat ivpUtagoa to tat

plea of Jurisdiction filed on beha f of IWkcapThe replication was adopted and ordered cocmanlcated to the Senate. The Scrreact-a- t Anna re-

ported that he had obryed tbe writ of hatavaicorpus in the IIal!et Kilbourn c. and that Kll-bour- n

was ordered by thojudce Q nc cs. ,u ofthe marshal. Mr. lisktr. ol Indiana, oSered aresolution, which waa adopted, instructing tbeselect comrtlttee on the real estate jkx)! to I --

vestlgate whether any members of any forr. rCongress wcra count ctra with that pool h -

such members. Mr. Whltebou-- e Introduce "

bill for funding the interest-Vesrin- r debt of theUnited State, ia United States consul bearingfour per cent, letcrcst ana havm lortyyears to run reterred. The House rtiumed theconsideration of the Florida election ca-- e. Afterseveral speeches thu report Mas adopted yeas.113: nas. J. J. Finla) was dtc:ared entitledto the seat and was sworn In. Thu evening ses-sion was devoted to deb tte on tbe bill to transferthe Indian burean to the War Department. Ad-journed.

A Recommendation.

When Justice Potter readied his of-

fice, yesterday morning, u man aboutforty years old, and decidedly old fash-

ioned in look, was there waiting forhim. lie talked about the weather fora while, and then remarked :

"A man down here on Larned streetsent me to you, saying that you couldrecommend me to some nice lookingwidow."

The Court has become used to suchapplication?, ami, without betraying anysurprise, he gavo the stranger writtendirections to And a widow who lives inthe northern part of tho city. The manwent away, but returned iu tho courseof two hourB, one of bia eyes growingblack and blue, a scratch on his nose, atorn coat collar, and a generally un-

settled look, lie sat down, pulle-- 1 uphis pint leg to exhibit die marks of adog bite, pointed to his eye, and grimlyobserved :

'I believe you recommended me to awidow?"

"Yes."''But she didn't tvantto marry didn't

seem to care anything about the holybonds of wedlock!"

UI don't think she would !" sighed HisHonor, as he turned to his law booksagain.

The stranger looked at him for five orsix minutes, and then went out withoutanother word. Detroit Free Press.

Burned to Death by a Meteor.

An intelligent black boy was trudgingalong a highway at night in the vicinityot Palestine, Texa3. Tnere was a negrowoman riding a horse in the same direc-

tion the boy was going. The intelligentblack boy reappeared in Palestine thatnight, out of breath and as pale as hecould get. He said he saw a ball of tirecome out of tho sk, and strike the wo-

man and set her ablaze. The horse ranaway with the woman alire on his back,and he ran back to town to tell wnathad happened. The people went tolook after further particulars of the cu-

rious incident. They found tho womanlying on the ground with all her cloth-

ing off, but with life enough in her totell that she had been struck in thebreast with a ball of fire. The horsewas found with his mane singed, andtbe woman died on the next day. Tbepeople think she was hit by a meteor.

Conundrums.

A gentleman, one evening, was seatednear a lovely woman, when the companyaround him were proposing conundrumsto each other. Turning to his compan-ion, he said, "Why is a lady unlike amirror?" 8he "gave it up." "Because,"said the rude fellow, "a mirror reflectswithout speaking, but a lady speakswithout reflecting." "And why aro youunlike a mirror?" aaked the lady. Hecould not tell. "Because a mirror issmooth and polished, and you are roughand unpolished.

Dr. A. H. Nichols, in an article oncontagion in schools, suggests the adop-tion of rules by which no pupil shall beallowed to attend school who is affectedwith diptheria or whooping cough, orfrom any house in which small-po- x,

varioloid or scarlet lever is prevalent,and that in case the pupil has been af-

fected with either of these diseases, towhich he adds also measles, he shall notbe permitted to return to school untilconvalesence is complete, and the teach-

er shall have received satisfactory evi-

dence that all clothing worn by tbe pa-

tient, as well as the surface of his body,has been thoroughly disinfected.

The women journalists of tbe UnitedStates, including correspondents as wellas publishers and editors, will have adepartment in the Centennial Exposi-tion at Philadelphia. The autographsand photographs, as far as they can beobtained, of women eminent in litera-ture, will be on exhibition.

The French have discovered a methodof detecting raised checks. It is onlyneceassary to photograph the suspectedpaper, when, if there has been any era-

sure and alteration, it is sure to show intbe photograph, though quite imper-ceptab- le

In the paper itself.Like an inundation of the Indus is the

course of time. We look lor tbe homesot our childhood, they are gone; for thefriends of our childhood, thev are goae;the loves and animosities of youth,where are they! Swept away like thecamps have been pitched in the sandybed of tbe river. Longfellow,

Exchange of Silver for FractionalCurrency.

Secretary Bristowhn issued the fol-

lowing instructions concerning the issueof silver coin in place of fractional cur-

rency :

Tkea6Ubt DzrABTXXirr, Washing-

ton, April 18, 1876-- By virtue of au-

thority vested in the Secretary of theTreasury, the several officers below,named are hereby authorized, upon thepresentation, at their respective offices

lor redemption, of fractional currencyof the United State in sums of $5 ormultiples thereof, aafb-te- d by denomina-tions, and in amounts not to exceed

100, to issue therefor a like amount ofsilver coin ot the United States of thedenomination ot 10, 30, 29 and 60 cents.

And furthermore, upon the presenta-tion for redemption at the office of theTreasury of the United States, in Washington, of any amount of such cur-

rency, properly assorted, aad in sums ofnot less than 5, the Treasurer is author-ized to issue silver coin therefor to theamount ot currency presented, or be mayissue his check therefor, payable in silverat either of the offices hereinafter named,at the option of the party presentingthe currency.

As far as may be practicable, fromtime to time, fractional currency re-

deemed in silver under these instruc-tions by any of the Assistant Treasurersor designated depositories of the UnitedStates will be sent in sums of $1,000,or multiples thereof, to the Treasurerot the United States in this city, to becharged in the Treasurer's general coinaccount as a transfer of funds; anyamount of such currency for which tilver has been paid remaining at any timein each of the several offices will betreated as coin assets; and in no casewill such fractional currency be reissued.

Fractional currency sent by express orotherwise to the officers below namedfor redemption in silver, under the pro-

visions of this circular, should be ac-

companied by a letter of advice, statingfully the address of the sender, and howremittance in payment therefor is de-

sired ; and if by tho Treasurer's check,the office at which the check should bemade ptyable.

The Government will not pay expresscharges on silver issued on fractionalcurrency presented for redemption underthe provisions of this cricular.

The officers herein referred to are asfollows:

Treasurer of the United States, Wash-

ington.Assistant Treasurers at Boston, Phila-

delphia, St. Louis, Charleston, S. C,New Orleans, Cincinnati, Chicago, SanFrancisco and Baltimore, and the UnitedDepositories at Buffalo and Pittsburg.

B.4H. Bbistow,Secretary and Treasury.

THE MaBKETS.

HKW YORK.BecfClttle f 86S OHMHogs Dressed 9 75 10 60Sheep Lire 6S5 Q8JBFlour-Go- od to choice 400 Q430Wheat --No. S Chicago 194 O 128Corn Western mixed 70 7Oats Western new 43 Q 49Xk.S AO Var V13 U LI.! a . 1 I VVaaTwasa Ol Yaw OPo-- New Mess S3 85Lard IS 60 IS 63

CHICAGO.Beeves Choice t 470 4 90Hogs 775 S00Sheep Good to choice 500 730Butter-Cho- ice to yellow 80 34ulfcl a I VsY 0Flour White winter 400 4TS

Spring extraWheat Spring No. a 19440 103Corn-- No. a 4S

Rye No. 2 , 6TH 66Pork Mess, new ... ... S113 23 30Barley No. 2 23 64Lard IS SO 18 85

BT. LOUIS.Beef Cattle Fair to choice 41SH 475Hog t.ive 710 780Flour Fall XX 475 5X.Wheat No. 2 Bed 148Corn-N- o.a 48H 49Oats S3H

Pork-M- ess M75Lard 18874

ctxcotmStx.Flour......... ........ ......'T ...t 480 810Wheat Bed .?.... 180 130XrfOrQ a a ! P 09vJafVlSaa 04 B WBarley. ; 118 Q115XrOTK 484 Wj

Lard .... 1856MILWAUKEE!.

Wheat No S i... 1 FSliCora. j. .. 48Oats No S . ................. 34Barley No 2.... ........ ........ 90

ye io m .................. t .. i iDXS MOOTS.

Flomr wholesale !....$ 173 840

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X "( IW W 99Kggs 18 IStfButter........... .............. . SO 87Hogs............ ... .......... .. 7 00 7 25Cattle 800 40J

Ssowtlakx Cam. Three eggs, onecup and a half sugar, half cup butter,naif cup milk, half teaspoonful soda,one teaspoonful cream tartar, two cupsflour, whites of two eggs, half cup ofsugar, beaten together. Bake in jellycake tins, frost each layer, and sprinklewith gt ated cc coanut. This is excellent.

Jurgen Green, a German who sudden-

ly disappeared from Council Bluffs,March 14tb, vu found April 16tb, in acemetery near that dry. The verdict oftbe coroner's jury was that he case tohis death by means of a pistol in bis ownhands, but as no holt was discovered im

Green's body, doubts are aeccrtained ofthe legality of tteTeTtict,

Life in a Coal-Hol- e.

Vonaie Parks, a New Tcrk schoolmiss ot fifteen, bad a novel four days'experience lately. She was a pupil In agrammar school, and took piano musiclessons of her mother at home. She wasbeloved by her schoolmates and the petof wealthy parent. One evening aftershe had returned from school rer moth-er wai giving her the music lesson, andscolded her for her carelessness and in-

attention. In an hour after Vonnie wasmissing. She had taken her c'o&k andhat and other outer street garment1, bather. jewelry, of which she had plenty,and her other clothing remained iu theroom. Vonnie did not return that night,and tho family alarm spread to all thepolice stations. The next day the father of Vonnie scattered round hundredsof photographs of bis lost daughter,and they were very pretty picture?, too.In two days a detective obtained a clew,and that was all. Vonnie had been seenriding through Torkville in a street car,with a negro woman. Now, Vonniehad never known but one negro woman.Delia Tobias, who was formerly in Parks'employ as a servant. Delia was huntedup, and found in the kitchen of a Mn.Co we. Delia said that she knew noth-ing ot Vonnio Parks, so that clow oftne detectives failed. Four days alterdisappearance Vonnie returned to herhome of her own accord, looking crump-led and rumpled, aud draggled generally,She told her little story, and it is quiteinteresting. She said that Delia Tobias,who had visited Parks' house a roupleof weeks before, bad put it into herbead that her mother was treating hertoo much as a child. Delia advised hertoo run away, and come to her if shewas again insulted by her mother. Thescolding was her cure, and she went.8be found Delia in Mrs. Cowe'akitchen and was welcomed. Delia putVonnie in a kitchen closet during theday, and found opportunities to feed her.She suffered only for light and air.After 9 o'clock at night Delia and Von-

nie stole to their bed in the attic, to talkover their plans and sleep. In the morn-ing early they would steal down to thekitchen, and Vonnie returned to thecloset. Delia seemed to be much vexedthat Vonmie had not brought some ofher jewelry with her, upon which theycould raise money and live in betterstylo. Vonnie now began to realize thatDelia was a bad woman, and that shewas her prisoner; then she became veryunhappy and wantea to go home. Deliaproposed to kill Mr. and Mrs. Parksand rob their jewelry store; after theirbutchery and robbery they would go tosome quiet place and live on the pro-

ceeds. Vonnie could not sympathizewith this scheme to murder her owbfather and mother, and began to revoltat her situation in the kitchen closet antfcompanionship with a savage woman.After two days and night of such life,Vonnie began to pine for liberty, andexpressed a desire to go home. Deliathreatened to do something terriblo toher if she attempted to escape, and toldher if she would be a good girl shewould take her out riding for air. Ac-

cordingly, at 9 o'clock that night, in-

stead of going to bed as usual, theystole out and took a ride in the streetcars. They returned late and went tobed unobserved. The next day Vonaiereturned to the closet, but made a sternand desperate resolution there. Thatevening she put on her wrappings andboldly walked out. Delia stormed be-

hind ber, threatening violence, but doingnone; aad so Vonnie Parks found her-self a free girl in the open street, andmade her way home. On the strengthof Vonnie's story Delia was arrested,and some charge or other preferredagainst her. Vonnie Parks bad fourdays' life in a coal-hol- e, and has hadenough ef it.

A Bold Bad Boy.

The other day a bold bad boy wenthome from school and said: "Dearmother, mayn't I go in my bare feet thisafternoon! None of the boys wearshoes in the spring." Bat his mothersaid, "No, my darling boy, I cannot letyou go barefooted." So the bold badbuy closed the debate with a sigh, andwhen the yeas and nays were called hismotion did not prevail, and the housesoon after adjourned. But the boy wentout of the yard by the alley-wa- y, andtook offhis shoes and stockings, andhid them behind the woodpile, andscudded mtrrily off to school, andeverybody admired hff flat, muddy, barefeet. But when he got out of school tneground was covered with snow, aid behad a very solemn time hippity-hoppin- g

oack home, and when he got there hecouldn't tell the woodpile from a hay-

stack, and his shoes aad stockings mightas well have been in the middle of tbeocean for all the good they did him. Bo

he weat into the house, and after a gooddeal of filibustering he made bis report,which was tabled, and the house wentInto committee of the whole on thestate of the boy. His mother took thefloor, aad after aa exciting and highlyinteresting sessioa the coausittee roseand the house adjourned, while tbe boyframed a bill for the mare perfect pre-Teitio- n

of cbUblaua,

FARM.GARDKN AXU UOl'SKHOL!'.

Whit Htrk In attarA writer in the Jram 'jmsr the

discourses on the above topic, but. likeeverybody else, fails to clearly apjwchead the cac. He h., however, tunlthe remedy, so I think the cue fsecondary importance. The preventiveis thorough, carclul. faithful labor In allthe manipulations pertaining to It

manufacture. If every thini; U right,there will, of coure, Ik? nothing wronj;.Once more. I don't care whether thereis "grain" In butter or no, if so be thenare no grains of dirt; but I do know

that what is termed tho "gram" dtp nion tbe same conditions a the freedomtrom "atrcaks."

Hora-bholti- a;

The improper manner gencrallj prac-

ticed of shoeing horses has renderedvalueless more horses than, jwrhapi, allthe otner evils to which the animal ttsubject. Tho diseases of the left In

horses arc, tor thu most ptrt, owing tothe ordinary inodc of shoeing. Tihgreat care, therefore, can not be eiercised, provided one would d. justice u

his horse. When the hot so ia taken tothe shop, the owner should bo presentto see the shoeing done right. Whitwould people do if we had to trim ourfeet to fit the shoe! Therefore, havethe smith make the shoe to fit the foot.Hot shoes should not be applied t tlwhoof, as it will make them brittle. Thefrog should not bo cut at all; it in thedefense to tho sole, acithr of whichshould be tampered with.

How Ids: Clovar.Mr. Harris s&ys his practice is to har-

row the wheat three times in thu spring.We go over tho wheat both wnys withtho harrow, and then sow the cloverseed, and follow with thu harrow tocover tho seed. If the ground h veryhard, the harrows do not break up thecrust sufficiently to afford a good covering for tbe seed, and if dry weather fol-

lows wo have a poor catch on thesu hardspots. I have my doubts as to which i

the better plan, but am Inclined to thinkthat so far as securing a good catch oftimothy and clover is concerned, it is

better to give up harrowing winterwheat in the spring and to sow timothyecd in the fall and clover seed very

early in tho spring. It depends verymuch on the soil and season. Tiie har-

rowing helps the wheat and kills a goodmany weeds, and on sandy loam theharrow leaves a good seed bed for theclover, and if wo arc favored with a fewshowers, we are pretty sure of a goodcatch of clover.

riaat the Ilt Kef.Many farmers no doubt wonder how

it Is when they have bought a new kindof need (wheat lor instance) that in afew years it has lost its excellence, andthat they have an opportunity ot buyinga cheap article, a grain at a high price.The query is, where does it come fromThat "work will tell" is a safe axiom,take our advice. When your wheat ia

ripe, go over the field and band pick bytbe best heads. Plant this, and repentthat procea". every year, and you willhave an excellent seed wheat for sale.The same will prove true in corn, and infact every crop. Possibly tbe potatoesdo not depend so much up a the per-

fective quality of seed planted, but webelieve it is a rulo that should never bedeviated from, to plant all sccda fromthe most perfect of their kind. Experi-ments have proven that seeds, like stock,are improved not by frequent changes,but by great care in propagating the be it.

Habsr'i Description of Hwarmlng.Huber describes the process of swarm-

ing in minute detail. Toward the closeof the drone-layin- g season, when num-

bers of the drones and some of thequeens have nearly attained maturity, heobserved the old queen rapidly parsingover the combs. She created an agita-tion wherever she went, which did notsubside after her departure, but com-

municated itself to all the bees in thevicinity. Finally, the whole swarm ap-pea-- ed

to be in a violent state of excite-

ment, and large numbers issued fromtne hive, with tbe queen at tbeir head.Boring the agitation which precedesswarming, the thermometer rises frombetween 90 degrees and &7 degrees to104 degrees. "This beat is intolerableto bees," says Huber; "when expose i toit they rush impetuously to the outletsof the hive and depart." Swarming isoccasioned by excessive heat, quite asmuch as by an overstocked hive. Theinitial cause of the queen's agitation isnot known, but it always communi-cates itself to the whole swarm, whateverits cause may be.

Warta Cmttim.

Please give me a remedy that will curewarts on a young calf t Answer Thesetumors are often very troublesome totreat. As aa external application, noth-

ing is superior to iodine ointment, madeby mixing hydriodide of potash, onedrachm, with sevea drachma of lard.At the same time a drachm of tinctureof todiae may be givaa ia alittle gruelsight aad moraiag. The Uterus! and

extotaal u of illae ttt to ciftatlaassl

kI exl tirr! or (war njdeceive benefit will t-- obtataeJ Thetumor will frrj cUj duapa? entirelyby thl ro.'e of trratmrnt, while rcarta! itatmn: will te no Sct what-

ever, exempt ! rrlut them.

jvi.nta,ou tutnbnillaa la May.

The rwa.scmti c anbuitlnn la

to N crttitrvl with roaay otthe burning of haras, sUrka, etc.Many fire in cttica arc-- clearly traceableto this cue, fur aaj subtaac liable todecay, eapeclilly veitable dber la astate of comprrtaioa, and In coaaectioawith ta Mture, tl heat and eotnetiaaMbreak out into tlarue. In our dryclimate, where hay may be thoroughlycured leforc atacVtn and mowing, thiscorubuilioti i rare, but in Koglaad it Is

not ULC-mino- A!bo Molno, la ImSInda, clrra the following aa the theoryof the phenomena .

II ty, when piled damp and In tooUrge muw, fortneata and turns dark.In titc4untoatng lUlHclmt heat ta de-reloj-- ed

to ho tniupportable whea thehand la thruit Into the mas, and vaporsMgtn to be rmltted. When the water Is

aluioit entirely evaporated, tho decom-

position continue, and tho hay Incomescirltouized. httle by little; anil then thechirred (ortiou, like jcat, p-- at cindersmixed wiiti charcoal, sulphurous pj ritesnud lignite, etc., becomes a kind ofpyrophorous, by virtue of its greatporosity and of the large quantity olmutter expoaed to high oxidation. Underinfltteticu of air in large amount, thischarcoal txcomes concentrated on thesiirlnce to auch a degree that the aaaareaches a temperature, w hich resells laIts bursting into flame.

ITEMS OK INTEREST.

The Signal Service ct last year $8t0,000.

The receipts for patents in March were30,4 ry.Austrnlin exported, in 1075, gold dust

to the tmount of $10,889,335.Secret societies aro being orgaaised

by tho Chinese throughout Nevada.Thu remains of yet another great city

have been discovered on the banks ofthu Caspian Sea.

Thu situ on which Cincinnati is builtwu sold for less than fifty silver dollarsin 1787.

Tho friends of Alexander Keith, ofHalifax, deny that ho was the dynamitefiend.

Only 3,505 fatnl caaea of snake bitein the lower provinces of India aadAssam during 1873 4.

The women of Charleston, S. C, havegiven $1,500 toward the Leo maueoleam.

Western Nw York expects an abund-ant fruit and grain harvest this year.

Tho proponed control of the railwaysby tho statu continues to excite publicfeeling throughout Germany.

A deadhead has been sentenced laLondon to six months and hard laborfor merely asking for" a tf9 pass. Hewas not a Hoosier editor.

The population of Japan is placed at33,300,975, an increase of 187,000 la leesthan three years.

Russia contains 12,311,559 childrea ofbetween seven and fourteen years of age,and only 60 per cent attend school.

The statistics of tbe Xatioael Better,Cheese and Egg A ssociatloa show thatthe total product is worth 9490,000,900.Eyg-sellsio- r.

The annual revenue of the BoglleaChurch is reported at $33,000,000. Ofthis amount tbe Archbishop of Caatsrbury geta $75,000.

London has 7,844 cabs, owned by t,-6- 00

different proprietors, and let out bythe day to licensed drivers, of whomth,rc are 10,093.

In some parts of Australia the wildhorses have increased to such an extern!and do so much damage, that the settlershave to shoot them as they do wil4beasts.

Among the treasures recently broughtto light in Pompeii is a silver altar, onwhich were placed two silver cupe aaslspoons, tho latter precisely like thoeenow used.

A tract of 7,000 acres of lead oaMaple river, Dakotab, has beea pur-

chased by eastern capitalists, who prepose to devote it to wheat growiag.

There are said to be over a thoasslpupils in each of tbe 49 school build-leg- s

in Chicago; the ,883 school chil-

dren of St. Louis are distributed amoasj54 buildings.

In Germany the telegraph wire atein future to be carried uadergroaad la-ste-ad

of being supported by poets. Theobject of this change is to prevent theinterruption of commualcatioae whichregularly follows upon a great storm.

The American Express Compaay talkof arming all their employees withpistols, which they will wear ia pleiasight, the law forbidding theof concealed weapoaa.

Fasting and prayer will be theof the day ia the Methodistchurches on the 96th of this mo, hyappointmeat of the Board ef Bssmeye,The object is to seek a hi mm eg em the)

General Coafereaee, which seeta hjBrooklya on the 4th of Jiaj.

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