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HIVE. BEE-HIVE. SALE OFDRYGOODS. Eeo te -i3dsTrettl3, Erccs Goods, Qlcsrbamjij Oaslj-nercs, etc, ja. pale.

NO wl BEE-HIVE. Tapestry Brussels, Extra Supers, 25d Por, "Card. tare plaoril on aaie id 50 ptsa fate's tf the aborw rrmcla thai wa frifii at ban eoat ot on examination yoa find the Rinda nuiVt fticr tiuui ni Uiiat eyer oSd before in the fetal, Great Bargains In' ihl LLa.es of GooCs. X1XSUR CO. 47 end 49 SontVKerMIaa St.

I Bingham, Walk Mayhew, TXJ JSXaXEIXLO, 12 E. Vaahlngtoii -'7, JUST: BEGEIVED, TV USD ELEOAJrT ASSaZTXEJT SILYEB I'-, comes, -P. ANGLES, .7 BRACELETS, UA1B. OUNAtlKITS Thai Good are ah the race, Cill and see thaatu fclGN: 07 THE STBEET CLOCXT THE DAILY NEWS. I I has BATL tDAy, JULY 20.

1878, The Indianapolis- Keys1 he, largest flxcnlatiott of dalij iper in AMTJiisa must be CooTT expenses ton ist be reduced.r Tire liberals in -parliament have an. trgonized the government on the protecto- Ttte eumed 6ver Asia Minor, Gi2-iuai. in -command of the Russian force in lumelia, where the; iring on' the English boat occurred, has' and promised to investigate. Tnr. Tuika are niaking read, to-sur- Tender' Varna and Sjiumla, Thus- the! 'iamous Ruc-tchuckj Varna I fcilh-tria and Shumla, tbefortres.es which' Lave btld invaders at Tiay.for jreca to picas, Tp.z j-resident bas sufen(ipd a Drother-amJiiw of Ecu liuUer'a from tit New Or-lcani poetmacterBhip and; irppointed bia Eutlcr will now take the war rallt Biore horougblr than -j before.

1 luikr UPta IritkB instead of a tomahawk. Or, S14 murderer acnt to the Ulinoi8 state penitentiarj' in the -last Jr'core of jcars, 103 are now at large through the ji.ituBe of the pardoning power, by, yariou Indiana need not! feel cha grined at yeing and that state need not plume herself; we bare a goTernor who will -toon put Indiana in this jnatter, Dan 'ooehii3, inlerriewej, thinks the Totter inyertigation is rapidl j' running Jnto the squirrel track wUch leada np it tree, lie thinka likewise that be want to 'BusrepreMnt Indiana in the senate for eix year tQ come and lastly, that Thorman Is i the cojiiliig iu an ol tbe democracy. Thii may be said to bo tate ingratitude to Air- liendjieka. who Is rtanding: in- the' back- round that Voorheea msy nave room'to' trut Lis brief hour. '7.

7 Senator Morton' was aCve the Ftntinel was careful' as to what it faid concerning that, he! is rieaiJ, with tt ghouliKh inetincU it prowls around Li grave rake therefrom. eo'iLe-. tLirg his recoriT wliich may WWtured into an ajxlogy for the charlatan Voor-beea, who trying tp be returned to the I lace lorton 'occupied. If the Sentinel la no. reppect for might respect for truth land decency to that lvintr ahoril a dead man i ccwtjdly as it is 7 i Tnr removal of Alonao B.

Corntsll from the York cuBtom house baa caaecd a i ptiblication of the letter he wrote" the retideKt at the time of the promulgstioa. kA tie oCce holders' order si year It reviews Mr. Cormdl's relations to the civil icTviee that in calling the state convection to order he-had the express an-'. thviity cf tie acting fecretary of tbetreas-Lrv, as wfll is tin evidence ahat similar teen girtn by gvjijotat, and produces tbe subsencnt Jemahi fur Lis immediate resignation 1-y quoting tise.prcsldent'a; pledges in hip It Iter fcco ling the nantination, and le.ar-. ing tie pre Went the mpenibility of t' acticip he may think the circumstances Taiut It i8 arrogant ahi idrctaiorlil Jn tne nd in declaration, uJ the toiler the president didairre-, Jcve tie tat corruptiouL-t at once.

.1 list 2Tct Insngh. If tl.e Eat cl the government alone could give valine- to paper, and by decree make it the equivalent of Other prtirtorty, then io clLt r' decree would be nedd for its All that would needed would le fur tlie government to stamp on a piece i -Tliis tm dullar; make thia f'ollar a full' legal ti'nderj ana. the thing vouM complete. Eut the advocates mcnty Llcw that" this i "not.ao, and BIOS Close Wasson of is is a of is is hence they propose additional decrees" to give this value, 7 1. Tliey declaro that the amount to be liNiucd must be limited.

Terre Il'aute Expresr grows indignant whea accused being in favor c44.trallalited,, paper And they -now propose that the amount thatl regulated by per cspita the population. IIow they tre. to 1H 'basis aacpea question but the Express intimates that when fixed it must bejnade nnjalterable by the AH this abf urdJ Do the "wants of trade" always 'remain the same? If o. The Express has jwasted column to orove that the demand for money fluctuates, and therefore that flic're ahouli be an elastic" currehcy. There iano elasticity in a constitutional provision fixing the sum per.

Ee-si(es why should there be any more the more weaithvthe more business, the greater stimulus to industry, why noi on expanding and 'multiplying wealth Vanderbilt and Astor with their millions re not too rich in their own ay can not the gov. unment ereate oone; sufficient to give every one' Bullion of dollars, or even ten millions them? Hriainly because these "dollars" would be worthless. 1 The Express snows thik, and therefore it knows that "its "fiat moWy" is a humbiig, amere trap to catch'. gullailt knows that all the: value the ffiat" of the government puts' into money the value of he services it renders, and that this is 'Bqt unlimited by odds. Every admission that the issue must be limited an admisaion that without this limit, the would depreciate, and that "fiat" would not auatain it7 device lor the enpport of the fiat iaue is that it eh all 'be exchangeable Tor jnterest-bcaring "Then the greenback was first issued it was so exchangeable, -Eut under the pressure of the war expenditures' this privilege withdrawn after I due The Intent qf thig pro vidn was to furnish a means of withdrawing them from circulation, and it had been restored at the close of Jthe war they' would all have been funded'and siecie payments restored long ago.

And so Mr panldlng, who introduced the greenback bill, Mr. Kewton Eboth, and numeroni desired to have doae Some of them believed that by a system of intercon version wiJi a low interest, goldi hearing bond, the government could not only fund it but refund its dearer bonds as well, This sagaciona plan the green backers Beized upon "im proved as the; Express calls emptying it of gold and; proposing ijond. A fiat greenback' to be! interconr vlerUble with a' fiat bond, perpetually. One piece of paper to be -redeemed with another piece of paper, and thia to be paid in he first" -piecel ngain a financial per potual moUbnWolyed ouf of fiat! Like thp Ilindp cosmogeny they propose to reet their greenback world on the back ot a wnd elegant, and thia to stand on nothing-ach to uphold the other. rThese devices are crude enough but theyj rccc'gniie the fact that "fiat" will not do.

i CVH1UELNT CUUMKNT. 1 The national will soon find their fiat in 'the fire. BesumpUdn It speaks for the honesty of the NicH-; ols government in Louisiana that the rete-: nue returns this year' are (he largest since the. war, w. nLi 1 lya navy yard and pron ounce i 'if all' right, now to rii mm ra riptn mi on vr a 1 1 rrnr and in leas than twenty four1 hours yellow fever bfoke but Shows bow much he nows about navigation I- "Beyond the third term stands the7em- pire'' Andrew Joansohin the last speech" he ever made.

Virginia re-established the whippingpost not long ago, aa a for email' offenders, but horror upon horror, the first offender to be so punished was a white man and he. who the cai was a negro! It is enough to make the dead F. F. Ya. turn ib their coffins, i The Bt Louis republican thinks Grant's actual candidacy would make Ciysansm so far a sober probability Hb at it would flake the popular majority against the republican electors so overwhelmroir that not 'even nil au dacity' would dare to -dipnte the verdict There may be" something in that and per-: haps it will be just as well 11 for the monarch- ists tq make their experiment, ia 1680, aa at any'other The rebuke that a free people will give them will deter any similar at tempt fof a half century at least.

The truckling trme-serving platform of Missouri democrats hasfailed of its The party that state refuses to 'bs comforted thereby and Is daily gaining strength, at the "expense of the democracy. The bourbon blandishments There will be a rattling among 'the Sltssouri dry bonenext fall. The'LoulsviBe Cduxier-Journal tuftank tod'TrulhfuI. "words Fccretary Thompson deserves the mpect of all arties for (he bosiness-like way ia which' be has condaeled the naval department, He. bis made a thtironch investigation of the RcVeronian ruethoa of doiDg and ba fumfched the boue' naval 'rommittee ith every facility to get at the frauds daring HabCron'i eight vear of criminal extrava-panee.

The result is.a reTelaUon of the way of the public money "was sqnaa-cered for the benelit of contractors, and left us with a mere shadow of a nary. The navy tie! artment bas had a raking Ofer, and many of ol.f oq's adroit tools have been give their talking papers, audio-day the departr rnt ia the only, cjne whole expenses are within Jhc appropriation' madie. 7' W'j declare most unhesitatingly that Mr. Df.vTs has hot fpoken the sentiments of any nfectati)e rratnber'of -the southern people, staivds-' with Mr. Toombs, 'of Georgia-emong the mort extreme of extremists.

The' vast aiajoiity of 4he- people stand on this question wiih tjkveraor ltanr()ton. Senator I-HBiar, Senator Gordon, Ueneral aud otherrreatcanseryatfre leaderi. Xicksr burg Herald. If Fen Butler would stand for about two Lours bare-hea3ed on the St. Louis levee-one cf these and make, a red hot communistic fpeech to the stevedores, it would La no greater eacriSce of bis comfort than the true friend of the laboring man should be willing to the result which would be mostly likely to follow such a proceeding wculd be of incalculable benefit to the country, Clevelaad Berald, all who long for the past or are infected with the "absolute money" dehisioa have rea'wi to dread the consummation of resump- -r IK ior iucj -wen a resumi'iiou adTOf-ales do, that it vd be a finality.

There will be no shock except to'their hopes, ar.il tle lnjary they predict i reaLy. tho ending iciiemes lor legalized VukT.mes. 1 1 I a THE INDIANAPOLIS HEWS: SATURDAY, DENS or Dt.Tn, A Tour Aiuont- the By-wsyi if Sew York. IXe York HaralJ.J TVjwn EooBcvelt etreet from Chatham, a stone turow Jrom the. great street car thorouduare.

cf the sea aide, and half. I Way between the two branches of the pro- 1 pohcd elevated road, were the first houses vUited. The street itself i wholly given of prtpcrving a current through the. gut- ters, which are strics of stagnant pools of I best's, while the streets are piled hiebi i i in. vjaruajje ncs arouuu wuh mire.

Children play around thei sidewalks, eating half decayed fruit, and smoking the butU of poor cigars, and yetj V) ty some -miracle be? yond human seeq well. A few doors from Chatham street i Dr. Bmce pointed to a tumble down shan- ty having an alletway beside it and. a ttable door beneath which trickled tWo little rills of manure. "In there," he said.

tamityj js also used as a stable, and I reported it to the board as totally unfit for human habitation. It is now condemned and is to be pulled down." We then noticed a group of children eating peaches. No. 13 Eoosevelt street is an ordinary sized city let, acroES thei extreme rear of uien.is uuut an oruinary tenement nouse, about feet deep and containing rooms for six families. Jn front of this is court yard, perhaps a dozen feet deep, paved with blue stones.

Into this court-, yard runs an allev, perhaps six feet wide. wnue-on tne weei aae ot tne alley tne space, about seventy by twenty feet is pc-cu pied by a tenement house, with halls, leading into the On this single lot, 25 by 100. feet; with drainage so bad that- 'filth trickled along the slopes in the alley, accommjodajtions1 provided "for twenty-four families are numbenng at least one hundred soul. No. 18, a little furthet'down the street, was one of the houses inhabited by Italian rag pickers and plaster cast makers.

The entrance was through a low saloon, and in the rear was found eort of barracks of slight wooden frames running lengthwise of the lot, and opening, on a paved court-yardlike all rear It was impossible to tell how many-people lived for tie people themselves did not On the flags in the court-yard one or two men lay one -or two' Tv, more -'were assorting; rags and half a tfczen- Italian women dressed in rags and wearing bai)d-some gold ear-rings sat knitting. They were all statuesque in appearance, and one of. them was a woman of remarkable beauty. On a top floor tenement in "this Louse was a Very sick child, whose father and njotlier ana a grandmother all talked together, explaining her condition and what "they had done' for her. The two rooms they lived in were full of what they nse'd as furniture, and 'looked as if 'they had never been scrubbed out.

In the halls were buckets end boxes of garbage and filth, and the stairs were slippery with dirt, yet Dr. Bruce said they were in much bet ter condition than when he first went there; as the had been "cleaned, up" by his or ders. About Uo Holly TTter Works. J. Lewis' Grant," superintehdent 'of the Holly water works, at Auburn, New York, communicates the following to the Advertiser: read with much interest and satisfaction in your column of last evening the the article upon fire -protection for our city byjthe Holly system; In reference tty the city of Indianapolis where the Holly system you say that a controversy has arisen -in regard to thej of that system xnent.of fires." Thesyrtem in this city'has, been in Use 13 years and during that time, with only two or.thrte exceptions has givr' perfect satisfaction.

exceptions referred to were previous to the intrtfd action of the fire alarui tele-! graph, when it was difficult to commnnU cale ith the engineer at the wprkrt. The twenty fire-alarm boxesi now place the; entire city in instant communication withj tne engineer and ore pressure eani imme- ll.diately be 1 rates of insurance are less than i -m any city of the state, and the expanses of the" fire department, including, water tervice are much lower than in places of our population by'any other system. 1 Upon the introduction of water mains and nvuraots in the streets ot our Dity, the bve or six fire engines were into disuse and subsequently sold' and. no one wishes them back, again. We have now i v.

1 nJ. vJ fi iu uuuuim auu iuuiiccu lire uyurouus, which with the Sid of the fire alarm, are almost equal to that numW of hand fire engines ready lor use. Ihe yearly, expense to the city pf Auburn nnder the iresect contract for keeping in repair the nstruments, battery i and line of fire alarm telegraph, water for city buildings' and drinking fontains, and for fire purposes through the hydrants at about $75 each, Is only the exceedingly loir figure of ooo. i If. we add.

to this the expense of. run- the ITZTZZ Wr 1 of about $20,000 as the yearly cost the best fire organization and pt.otection.in the ftate. If those in Indianapolis are dissatisfied with or have fears of -the efficiency of the Holly system will honor us With a visit, we assure them that no effort shall be wanting on our part to prove that with proper care and management it is the Cheniwst, best and. most reliable fire protection in "use. I Bevinno Tronblo In Soath Carolloaw iAs the cabinei session to-day some occurred on the revenue trouble in' South Carolina, where four internal re ve-' nue oflieialswhile in search of Redmond, the illicit diFtiller, killed in man named Ladd, in whose house Red- was concealed.

1 he omcers imme diately went to Greenville and gave themselves up. They were indicted for. murder." Ah attempt was made to have the case transferred to i the state court. This has been positively ref ud. The general announced that he.

would direct the United Mates marsnai to late oui a rit hiibeas corpus for the transfer of the prisoners. This course was approved. The rotteVers at Xew Orleans, i Judge Morri Marks. was before Ihe New. Orleans branch of the Potter committee yesterday, He' said: 4The first set of -ctTtiCcates were signed the day we met All were present after the college organized.

The wcorrd set signed two or three weeks later The witness being shown copies of the 'first! and --second set recognized, his signatures 'in each case and explained away alight diCertnces in the ppiiearance of the signaturesL From his evidence it appears that Mrs. Jenks went to "Washington and personated Mrs. P. A. i Weber, and that the last mentioned lady came near denouncing Mrs.

J. v- Nobody to I The' ofScuar infruiry into the ironclad iaFter on the British coast resulsed in a verdict acquitting' officers of the iGrofCT-Kurf urst and the buu uuriuuimg me couit-ion to a ruisiase of the helmsman of the Koenig-Wilhelm. Emigration to' Cyprus. I iJnigrauon irom lgyt-l to is "proceeding on a large scale, and it is pro-tmble that a direct service of steamers will lie eplabiiehed between Alexandria and It i i Xrprus. FASHION IXTTEB.

Eeasonable Fabrics mnd THmuvIt Uo- siery, Etc. CbrmfimUnee ol Tht Indianapolis 'J. Yoax, July It Choice snmmergooda, consisting' many beautiful brocade: trehaJiflesVsiikj and the delicate 'gauzes of lovely blue and I pink, include novelty termed nabob hfts 6tripc8 composed of many bright colors, one of i which is promiiient in each' piwe oi inf gooas; in one li is oiue, in another void, and so otu Striped goods are alwsys fashionable for misses, but these rai lbow-titited gauzes will be employed by ladies for drapery and trimmings. Eourette with many ay colors on a dark ground is used for over- skirt and drapery on the most delicate shades of pink and blue. Heavy fringe in mingled colors and cordings are used for trimming; JGolored grenadines are represented uy variety ot goods, among them is thedrtVcade.

or. as it is termed, the goods, isea'-foani, aliio jthose with, velvet lace stripes, xilaelc silks and grenadines ha.ve been supersedid to a great extent fabrics istill handsome dresses of these vmatenals ire made for very of i crepe lisle embroidered in brilliant floas with variegated fringe to tnah are intro-' duced for grenadine in-door toilets as well as for the little fichus of out-door wear. Batiste is ii great favor, especially the. pressed crape-like is handsomely trimmed and Worn with silk and "velvet. Serviceable' foulard silks of American manufacture jare made rinto house sacks in place of the easily ruihpled white muslins: cherry lace and bows of ribbon used in liberal them: very dressy and elegant Light or dark colors ire wkcted according to individual taste: Pongee silks pre purchased and used for.

the same purpose. Narrow ribbons enter extensively in the garniture of all dressy articles of a from dress to parasol, mien the dress ia of two colors or of tihe bouiette mixture, bOws of five or fl- 111 "1 1 six omereni coiorea nooons are comDinea in one cl aster i as cardinal, pink, indigo, skv-blue. sea foans. poldJ and tad. "When nicely! arranged (such bows are as pretty as a bonquet of HOSpCEY.

i Siockintrs for traveling ire In solid ifbades of gray or light brown, the mixed colors ot the bouretteare alsct'selected; the same styles are worn' by children in the morning, ranging from -est tint can Shades of 'red and blue the deepest hue to the faint- be i purchased to. match the prominent icolor nf tfiA costume. or they Taflernoons -and evenings arei exceedingly eir rtrettv retty and to advantage with highbutfohed bots of many straps that -ornament the instep; or.mS!- stocking, is decidedly fashionable this sea son. Aoeyysre ptjettily checked, and sure ly the neatest fpr nsnal service; the "fancy howeyer, is much' sought. -Little folks are beginning to wear the "staple 'goods' tut with a alight embellishment ot of colored figures.

Small stars or dia monda, are worked in red and blue, just above the shoetop; one or twd rows are considered i Lace mittens for dressy occasions and lisle thread for every day wear are the gloves worn by little girls. Lisle thread gloves, fine in quality, nicely shapedand reaching welt upon the arm are worn dar-s ing the morning by grown ladies." Laba'Lee. -h Oppoaitlon to (li Treaty of BerUn. i The resoljutien of which Lord Ilarrjng-! ton gave notice in the house of eommons to-day thathel should move be as as follows, j. j.

i "EKlve4v That Jwhile the'i house has; learned, with satisfaction that the troubles in' the east have been terminated by thej treaty of Eirlin without fdrther recourse' to tjrms, and rejoice in the extension i of liberty and seli-government to I sofne pop-1 ulations bf. European-Tarkeyl it regrets that it has not been found practicable to deal more satisfactorily itiih the claims, of th Greeks that in regard to Asiatic TurkeV the, military liabilities, of-, this country have been unnecessarily extended that the undefined, encaeemenui to- a bet-. admiis ration of the Asiat provinces have imWed anr reroonsibllities on the state! while Wsufficknt meana are i i lnuigaun? nieir iuiuiintent, ana that theefe rjesponsibilities. haVe been in- i ii cva tv iiuuub Luc arj iu uo auu acuxn ui Aimowsaysii is unaerstoou uie ue- bate in the I houfe of commons on Lord Hrrringiohii lbcition, regarding the east-j question, win commence on tne inst. and; lost throughout the following week.

7 I i. 1 1 i 1-4-. Pirdoii( Murderers ,) Hie Chicago Inter-Ocean publishes an article containing startling facta regarding the abuses of the pardoning power in Illinois. The records tof penitentiary show that 314 murderers' have been sent to Joliet in years, bf which 95 ere for life, 25 for 25 years and.upward, a high as 34 years, 23 from 20, to 25 years, and the remainder fr less terms. Oyer 50 of the life men have been pardoned by different governors and a large number of Others, amounting to 100 in all.

1 The totals num ber of mnrders now at large in the state, who were tried and sentenced since 1S3, is 162. Twonty-three have died or gone to the insane aIom. -Thefse figures indi-. care a wholesale system of pardonins, aa the average time for a murderer pentenced to the IUihoia pebiteritiary thusipp3arsto oe uiree years anu six mouius. Xlilnea Lol.

liee. ol ban i rancisco. attor ney for Chinese six convpnie is preparing a letter tpPresidept Hayes in relation to the Chinese question, setting forth statements regarding immigration, based upon ctficial rtcofds. He will show that durinj the past tworSaJS, up to June 1, the) emigration end death rate of the Chinese hare exceeded immigration-by about 500, and that the entire number of Chinese rcsi-erfts on the Pacific coast, as borne on the registers of the six companies, does not exceed CoveaalrnaJ Nomlaatioas. The republicans of the eighth1 congressional district yestetday renominated Greenburvl -Li Fort.

McKnight has been for congress by the republicans of the eleventh distriA lof Phio. Surrefader tt Shnmja and Varna, A Constantinople dL-patch says that the Turkit-h conj mission era Yarn a and ghumla' are jengaged ia, removing troops iud'war' material This surrender of these fortresses will take place shortly More Yelloiw Fever. Two more seamen onboard the Vermont at the BroOklvn navv vard were Seized with yellow fever, jyesterd ay afternoon, and re moved to quarantine, it is believed that there are to be aq further extensions ej the aiseasie. rotmtr Appointed. I The president yesterday appointed Gen eral Badger postmaster at New in place of J.

U. 'rarker, suspended. Parkr is a brother-in-law of General 1 B. F.Eutler.'- I V' 1 1 I C-olUer Strike la. TrajneB, The -situation at Auzin has improved in consequence! of concessions of the employers, and sonie'of the men, hive resumed wf.rl' I i I i i I JULY 20, 1878.

The Uutf I Can. "1 rtn not do miich." aalj little tar, "To make dut World bright! Vr aiiTerr Iimim ran Sot fat ThrougU the loidicg tflxra ol uifht; Eut I'm onlr part ol Uod'a grvxl p'tn, Atti I'U cherrluUr do to bent I eau." VHiat li thecs," cloud. thJw dropa that I boM; Sf Yet I aia trt -at Goi ereat Bo my trrtaora 1 11 give aa wU as I can." AfhiM went merrtly forth, toplavr But a thought, likes sIJtct thread, Kfj't winding In and oat all iay Throng the happy, goldm hesdC. aaid, 4-axUni do all you can. For yoa are a part ol Uod'a grant Ehe anew no more fban tne glancing ttar, Kuc the cloud-with iti chatlce full, JDow, why, and for aU strange jSiiaga were, cne ww vujj conu ax scbooii Put she tOfucht, '-It is i plan iui evoa i- anooia ao an a can." Elurnelped a younger child along m.

When the road was rough to the feet, And ah tans ber hcirt a little long That ire all thought pasaing sweet And her father, a weary, toiSworn Said, "I will do likewise the best that I can, Onr bestT the best of os Must hide oar faces away, When th Lord ol the vineyard eomes to look At our task at the ckse of the day; But for atrsngth from above t'tis the Haator'a fclan) W'U pray, and well do iht best w. can. SCRAPS. Always room at the top. Fahrenheit." I've ju'st dropped in, as the fly' said to the coffee.

The burlesque! Evangeline. la- ne axing its 200th performance in Boston. A Eussian surgeon has made a series of experiments showing that cancer is 3- Artificial ice factories are, snccessf ally running this summer in several southern cities -f-1 i Edison should invent a rheana of dispensing V'fl'ith the months of, July and UgUSUr. I The sun is 3,000.000 of miles further from the earth than ip January; but nobody would ever know it." 1 ''The July returns to Uie department of agriculture indicate that the high condition of cotton reported in June1 09 per cent has been maintained. Two i thousand American cattle is the average weekly number arriving at Liverpool steamer, and in tha city's cattle market the American -animal has for weeks predominated.

7 f' Mary C3emmer writes when Yin-nieEeam, buttonholes a man she throwB back her head, spreads out her face feelahimself a stucio image on the spot. A pretended John B. Gough has been lecturine -in Missouri and Mis siPsippi. "He' ia a fluent speaker and satisfied the audiences. first he avoided towns in which Geugh had lectured, but growing hold, he.

Went to one of Cough's old stands and was exposed. That there is a strong revulsion of feeling atnong the Romans -in favor of the Vatican the late elections prove. Not onlr princes, but people, long for the good old irresponsiDip aays wnen mere were no when: life was facile and full-of festas; whea only three days' work out oi seven was done, and sometimes not that when modern prbgresB with its tremendoui. individual self-sacrifices vr as unknown) -y-Eome letter. Mr.

Langston, our minister to Ilayti, has, by direction of the secretary of state, made some investigations into the nature of a narcotic herb, growing on the island; called ''the wanga plant." The. herbiai ed to procure sound and. pleasant sleep by, persons sufiering from disease of body' -or mind. Itj has been successf ut" where chloroform has failed. Fi vO leaves plaeed under the pillow are suHieient to bring relief.

Its properties, are yet to be-determined and defined. Anew way of filling a theater is resorted to hi Paris, where in summer the nrinn. ta rti K'jvia wnAM in aiim mm rna beaten are empty in fine weather and nI-T tnf a'n "a is fom the boulevards. There is a kind of chemical paper wnicn cnanges lor witn diimn. irhen the atmoeunere Is urv it is wue'B we 1 PlIf-' The manaeer i i UltfUUKLl L'l AJ AJLTV BUlUlPniUU i this chemical paper: and puts at the loot a cendition: ''This ticket is only available: if the ticket be bine.

it be pink it will be refused." 1 Miss Jeanctte Bennett, shier of James Gordon Bennett, both recently returned from Europe, will: be married as soon as the necessary preparations for the ceremony can be arranged to Mr, Isaac Belli of New Yof whose father is the president ot the Old 'Dominion steamship company. Mr. Bell, is cotton merchant, well known in the trade. The'; w.edding will probably take place in St. Ann's Roman Ctholiohurpn-, and Rer.

Dr: Preston will undoubtedly perform the ceremony. The event promises to be one of the great social occasions of the season. 1 In -one of 'the lists of passengers for the Paris exposition la recorded the name of a man almost unknown to the public, who, in war times, brought to the north sad yet welcome tidings, that set at rest lua mi4 iolui 4.111a uiaa ia uor-r ance Atwater who brought away the dead li of Andcrsonville prison, a record by which'the fate of thousands of missing soldiers was made known. Mr. Atwater was appointed conKul at Tahiti, in the fkciety where he married a princetaj and engaged in the lucrative pearl York.

Times. It is not generally found that a consideration of the miseries of others has much effect injmootfiing the roughs edge of one'i own experiences; but it this Jwere the ca our workingmen might comfortably during the summer by a constant perusal of our consular reports from abroad; which call attention to the decline in wages, the lack of destitution jiad starvation their foreign brethren, compared to which Uie distress in this country is inconderable. And if a view of the condition of thiugs 'in Europe makes confortable by comparison, what shall we t- iy when Asii and starving China come to be considered? -f Washing. I ton Star. 'There is a -poodj story told or.

Judge Hoiman of. Isuianat. At thej time be was a member ot the committee on aprroprtf ations, estimates for the bureau had been senf into' the committee of printing and engraving, and for a certain branch of the wirk was" asked By a mis-. print the estimate was made to appear- as -tOOjOCO. When Judge Ilolmtn ran his eoMiohiic eve over the amount, he said; "Well, we will cut this down to SjOO.OOO; it ctignt to be" enoueh." Subsequently, when informed that $200,000 was all was aked for, the judge, not at all abashed, said: "Well, I guess that is too will cut it down to tonfctar.

tTby IMdn't Ton Ray Sof piiatilng Joumai 1 Question: If it takes sixty cents a day to feed a laboricg landsman, how can a naval officer liT on half that sum? News. Answer: A 1 naval receives a lanre salary and luraishsi hii tai.d of a -ot uj roviiicia. How ropl IJvwat 118" laltie Sliade. OjrresioiiJfnce O.it,;o Tribune. In.

India the "hot weather," or dry season, latU'from about March 15 to June and the thermometer gradually riea till," from April. 15 onward, it-mav regbrter anywhere from 110 to 11 in the shale. These registrations are not fromj anywh'er aainrtt-ai wall or tree, but from thermjinetera placed; where they' are unafi'vetd by the radiation: from a heat-absorbing birdy, an-i are ex-poced only to the actual heat of the atmos--phere. The tattie is; the great intilulion British India, It is a doubid-diauond frame of split bamboo, with the space between the two frames loosely yet firmly padded with the rooU of the ens-cus grass. nese roow are porous ana iragranana whca Bjoitened water, emit their ixngntnce mo bit, lWtn 1.A tirt taM' i ftl.

ways a wind a not, burning blast, more or less strong, which sweeps, over the arid plain thirsting Sometimes it shifts about from point to point, but generally it is constant fom the south, or southerly. All hous "are built with French wrndows epening to the ground, ami with these on ail Bides to ad mit every breeze and encourage a thorough draught. Up near! the ceilings are small windows built like the transoms over our doors, and closed or opened -at 'will by of cords. As-the weather becoinw warmer! the "ens-ens tatties" are fitted to all the doors and lower windows; tabes for water are placed between each tattie," or between two, and two 'or more coolies, according to the siae of the house are hired. Their duties are to provide a con stant water supply for the tubes, to keei' uie taxues ever moist, ana to trim snip, as it were i.

e7 to keep the draught from end to end of the house with the wind." But there are days "there ia no breeze when the fervor of'the sun scerch-1 es up even the energy of the simoom and leaves the whdiei atmosphere a breathless oven. counteract this evil, i i THB TirEIOIVnDOTK has-been invested. It is a large box containing an axle, which crosses from side to side; to this axle are fixed four to six fans, radiating from the center, and extending to within an inch from' the fori, bottom and sides. The front end ef thut box Is elongated into a window or and the; remaining space is carefully boarded up around the, tunnel and made as air-tight as possible, The open silles-of the thermantitfote is fitted with anda cistern is so arranged that a confitant supply of water is given (by means of pierced troughs' placed over them) to tbejtatties of the. thermantidote.

The machine ia now ready fr work. The motor is a coolie who turns. a crank attached to the axle of the fan. To multiply, the revolutions of thia fan, a cog wheel attachment and belt are often re sorted to, but this requires more motor power. But these means are insufficient to keep the atmosphere cool.

i 7 Punkahs are needed within. These ire hnge swinging fans, made of a wooden frsme-work covered with canva, to the lower edge of which is attached a heavy deep fringe. 'These punkalis are alnng'to the ocams of the roof by stout from one lido a cane (rattan) passes out through a small hole in the wall to the, outfiiieor verandah of the Two or more of these fans may be connected together from room to room and kept constantly swinging by the motor witnout the ever-present coolie, Without the coolie India would not be habitable by the civilized European. He1 works hard with a patient, unwaverin-r urpose-rWorks well and cheaply. For 51 each a month he and his mate will keep the punkah ever swinging, and they rarely faint or fail.

Sleep do, and often at their post, but still without relin--quinhing their automatic labor. VTnh these varied appliances, the heated atmofpbere, which causes the thermom eter to register 1.15 and 118 degrees in the shade, is toned down to degrees, 78 de-. grees and even 76 degrees. In such an atmosphere one can breathe, move and lire. ASD HOW DO TTtEr XIVE? 7 Iset us picture to on) selves a European mnitary or civil Stationi At 4 p.

m. -thfjiir quivers with the long-drawn -call from the qu or tars of the various regiments. Outside the hore-keenecs are -rooming Jheir masters' Jhorses, and the cook 1 are preparing tea, coU'ee, toast Within doors the men are bathing" and dressing for parade ori mill-j taryf if civilians, they" ar fereparinir fori the morning ride with the ladiejr who are ai.o oami.ng ana oonning- tneirriaing habits. A cup of tea is taken, or coffee, and.a bite of toast perhaph' an egg, but jtjot ofcriv Then away to duty, of to pleasure. 1 By a.

m. all are pending their way homeward; By- 7 a. m. they are all and. seated In the verandah or U-ymim fmji, partaking of the cfofa hozoriyOT "little 'break last." Ibis consists of tea, coffee, chocolate, toast'bread an-l butter, preserves, errs and fruit ef such kind-las are prenervable.

This meal is- dra-A-n out to 8 and cast, but at 9 a. na. eVery one who has no duty to perform out of- doors is doffing society garments and getting into light marchingj. order. Tnj civilians are at their officesthe military officers are in their mess-hc(ise at breaks In.the very hottest wealbOrlhe time la mostly spent lounging with extended legs on leng-hrmed chairs, or lying oii the broad of the back, in either case, undfer the ceaseless ptjinkah, In the htost weather, ihe "door is closed" to any but tha most Imima.te friend from 10 ri.

till 4jp. m. Tliere is no- prevarication or "npt at "heme" about it. "Durwaza bund" "the .1 ccor.is cuoaeu says tne aucnuaui in tae verandah to any stranger who may be "green" enough to attempt tjrdry. ana the dcor -remains closed, except to thos( who may have been asked to f'tijffia" tiU'call-icg fcours, which are ,4 tal3' but nearer the latter' than, the former.

I rom 4 to 6 p. m. the -general ilres-ing hour, when most people take a bath and are' ready for At about ft p. m. the drive is taken! or a ride on'hdrsebnck to the' publio gardens, where tbe banl caay be plavingor the more! energetic among tlu: lailit? ar playing croquetor indulging in lb e-raeeftil tractice fof archery, with thi ni are the less energetic, oi ladien' men.

The more energetic men a0 away across country with, their dogs, drj are playing racquets the -great bot-wealher game ol the Anglo-Iniiani, At 7 p. the 1 are heard. beele of the various reinic sounding the call, and 'all a re. homeward bound. Then ccmcs dinner, the lohg drawn out a lltn i-'Uiso a.

a fc -ya-V meal of the and bed. 33jtv as June grew older, e7erprne is cagrlyicouatin the days to ti.e 1 These are dne about June Id to June 15, The. pfternoon has ljccn hot inl. sultry tl a degree of utter pros-traUon brandies and. 'sodas bave been gulped dowis al libitum drink and how).

Perhaps all are seated languidly trying eat dinneft whilst. ancn -sgme xudividual caUa oat TulL" and lolls back exhausted in his chair. 'Suddenly a mi'hty nir-lung winl is Leiyd sweeping over tLe dii-tant plains, at firt it oomes hot, fvrvid and burninjr. Dien of heavy drop, then a Ltivi ai- a -w iivwij of TTUer firm tLe tj cf LUvtu tlit 1'ur long ujoa-eriwa rnoHhij tava (wlif docni some auiiabie! compiler of eocktails zo out as a muaiqnary among thosfc aiul teach them- whit to a 1 I teen scaled. "Open th ai-iw'ai df-wsf "Hurrah '-f-j-ea some r.ore champagne r' rtaoun-U ti.ronsh the remi-matcd throng, and in ten th: fallh" frouiJl.J -t70.

'The rains have TLe hvt weather is over. i i But ytt t'i-era is torrid heat ahdkaten'. AVhrn the rain slops furs a short aav, a hot time and tie bret steaming JiUnorhere. re main uncoolabltj arnl Oinbly frying; but tl.cua ftoll are not driratioa. During them 'are Ihimany gr-en ban'K, in-) cholera breaks out cholera tinTe is but gain.t pnnidrole there is a ntffe guard, AVtar a stout, hat of utile color, and texture; im.

pervious the nin's ravs, or wear" a lht trww hatjcovcrsl with Ixi-ie folds of gvie or canunc i jji there be atnne to cover the nape of Vne tueck and temple keep the spine -protected even pad the coat with- cott'i down the back so as cover the spine. Keep the brood col mwlerate diet; enctnirsge persipiration. Wiih these points lived up to, sunstroke has no errors. .1 1 Waterlne: TUeeKotes. The regular Tolo, season has- opeiKJ at Newport.

i 7 To-day the racing season Vs-hs at Saratoga. It will a month, 1. The "Keramicfcath.rnj'suit is the late-L It cailT-Ccired ciwth. and makes the bather look like' a collection of- foreign portage stamps. Cape May is vvy gay.

The and General are both expected thera this month. It in' a favorite r-ort of ex-secretary terrapin Eobeson a'w. Secretary Evarts's faniily will iend the remainder of the summer at IlunnymcdeJ Vt. Long1 Branch hotel, men ay they are glad Coney Is and is doing so" Well, becan.e it draws otF "the riff-raJl from the Branch. (This is 1 Narragansett is doing about as well a could be exjtcted, with Newport still in the distance-, and board down to $10 and $12 a.wej&k.

I The ocean pier at Cape May i a great succees, and is fatroniied- by thoutinds day and night. It is eight hundred feet long, andisvtry subeitantially buMt. The Indiana of Niagara Falls have manifested their prejudice against Getr. Howard by increasing the price of thoe musty ten-cent pincushions to a trade "On the night of the 20th of" August the cadets will give a grand ball at VTet Toint, and. on the day' will break camp.

High'toned'tourists whoiset ont to walk from Catkill Tillage to the Mountain liowc are always found sitting on a rock waiting for 'the stage to come along, about ten miles from the hotel. Those farm houses whefe the pillows feel as if theyj were stuffed with dried ap- ple, and here yoa can't turn out of bed without sousing your feet in a pan of milk, are doing a fair business this Thus 1 far there has been no gavety at Saratoga to speak of, and the. people seem to prefer quiet' and rest to social. dissipations of any kind. This is one of tiie eti-dt'nces of an emaciated baik New Yotk never probabljy looked so va-' cant in July as during thd present seaj-oh, The stampede out bf town during the hot weather has been more general than eveif before, partly-btcauic accommodations in ail classes of summer resorts arnle4 clieaper than tliey have been for partly because there is so little bu iness to detain men in town.

Green Brief White Sulphur Spring! in Virginia has. abouv43o0 guenl. The ton promises well at all' the Virginia 1 Tfhat Crvar 11L; il VfXeW York :n.l Whatjhe accomplishod reiuired a much, rrtlnter power cf endurance; for Captain Bognrdua Used it ten-pound barrel-el shot gun, and raised it to Ms rlioublef only at every alternate liot. 1 1 hri-kt kalis, making 15J -misses, a lotal of 5,156 shots To do this he rai.ed the ten- ponn innd cun times, an arrrezata of "On nr.nn.td Ttlll. .1 1 1 uuhub, VI flClfV MUCK.

Dr. Carver broke 5,500 balls and missed 712. balls. this he rawed-the ten- pound shoulder times, an segregate of 62,120 pounds, or a little 'over thirty -one tons. brfke balls ia the time that Captain Bogardus t-jk to break 5,000, and in doing so he llltad to his shoulder ixnndsl or over eigh- tern tons more than he captain.

the comparison is not complete. Tie Winchester rifle throws out Uie shall and loads with a lever, the entire lreau re -cm)ing upon tht center finger of the rieht hand. The doctor worked this times. The rifle, expands with htkt; and, when thus heated, requires ankverage prefsure of forty to each shot Cto work it. At this eotimate the doctor have moved 213,130 tiounds with his mid- ole nngr during the day In point 'of ski 11 and endurance, hi feat i certainly unparalleled by any event in sport- ing annals, and.

it will prolrably, remain -unparalleled as-long as bullets arp" moulded and guns discharged, 7 Bim pnntd at MllUravUJ. Yesterday at eleven o'clock the flou rin mill of John Carlyale, sitoated near Mil-. lersville, qu Fall creek, took fire and wu burned to die The fire is sup- portd to-have originated in the fourth story, and occasioned by friction in one of the belt boxes. Mr. Carlysle was begin- j' fiing to add largely to his already prosperous ant nad promise of a better trade than has ever been dohe'tbere, whea tl'e flames consumed hi property and his hoj-es.

There- was ia smalt inmirance on thti builuinp, but. none on the- lar-tj-. amount of wheat in "the mill, which wai wiuru i Uiehtnood Palladlam The national Kreenbaek meri are Wiots by Ben Harrison. ludiaqspglis Sub. lj Ben Ilsrrisondid nothing of" th kind, lie called the men who.

would ''destroy and supply their place with, money" a something akin to There is as much between jrreen-' backs and "fiat money' as there 'is between sense and nonsense. To Get Piece of tho So Fot-Ple. Loginport JournaLJ Do the demor-rats of Indiana prireve -'Dan Voorheea did an honest thing in ing for the salary grab, and pocketing the money? If they do why are they' supportirg bim for the United Stiles Tbey-AJl 1) 'tCULuon4 Indepen-ItjatJ James Buchanan, of In-li-tflaiKdis, n'i-y Vdly called the-. Plan, because Cl his plan or scheme to advance bis personal dizement through the gree nback party. 1 I A Yavcatloo'ltmdy.

Waterloo Pre-il At the pTwnt: rate, tlero will belittle trc in any aforbpt.to pnih crime until the blue'-'ieans'brecche vacates the gnber- ntuorial chair. The ItoMlo-holder. P'ort Waft TheTndian'bi-oIis Journal s-sems t- have bYc'we wet nurse to the partv ia i 1.

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