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3FTAIN- I Jr- Devoted to (lie Interest of llio Cherokee, C'liocfiiiva, Clilcliiisiivvs, Scinlnoles, Creeks, uiiil all Oilier Iiiillnti of Hie Iiullan Territory. CHIEFTAIN PUBLISHING CO. VINITA, INDIAN TERRITORY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY' 12, 1885. VOL.. III. NO. 22. ' INDIAN -eeii I : B Us ui u i OUItnBHT dOMMBNT. Tun Blblo has just been translated ln(o' tho Zulu language. Zinc Indians In front of cigar stores nro superseding tlwso mndo of wood. A I'wnwx mnn claims to hnvo a rooster of tho ,Shanghal persuasion that laid nn egg last week. A sYonk knlfo or iho nhnrlglnrd pc riod litis boon fotin'i on n farm In Union County, Pennsylvania. Tub ncarust njiprciicli to squaring n clrclo Is n now ntigtir lately 'Invented that bores n sipiaro ho1o. Tub Porto lias (tout direct complaints to tho English and Italian Government against Italy's action on tho Bed Sea coast of Egypt. Tiiuuk Is now a growlhg tondoncy among Juveniles for Shetland ponies, so much so that sovurni'bipetlprs lmvo gone Into tho business of raising thorn. Tnr. molstost clhnato known Is In India, at Ohcrrnponijco, whuro over a small arc.vtho yeany fall of rain is moio than 610 Indicator about 61 feet. Ttru heavy trafilo between Paris and Vienna, which formerly' went by ftrnsburg, changing cars nl tho Gor man frontier,, now goes (n greht part through tho Arlbcrg Tunnel, tho cars running betewon tho two groat capital without chaugc. Ttiu square In Now York City Hounded by Fourth street, Fifth street, Avonuo A and First avontio Is said to bo tho most crowded spot on onrth. Kaeh sldo of this Mjuaro Is aolidly composed of six-story tenement housox, each twenty-live foot front ago anil repre senting four families on' each lloor. A laiiv whoso husband had con tracted a club fever hit upon n brilliant scheme recently. Sho procured n paltry worn gentleman.' glove and left It on the parlor sofa when sho retired, aftnr fitting up until aftur twolvo o'clock for her absent lord. Ho does not go out in tho ovenings now. Two travelers In Central Africa arc utilizing tho phonograph in a novel manner. They visit tho different stiv ago tribes and pcrauado chiefs to talk at tho instrument. The record Is pre served to bo taken to Kuropo for tho Inspection and study of philologists, who nro qualified to mako out the languages and determine, whether or not they arc related to any otherknown tongues. Itf tho Spanish Chamber of Deputies Klduajcs, MlniV.or of Foreign Af fairs, read a bill granting Kqglaud tho ""favorcd-iiutloil' Clause, in return for licr concessions in relation to duties on wine. The agreement Is to remain In force until I8S7. Scnor Coigayon, JUnlstcr of Finance, read a draft of a bill declaring tho present custoias tariff permanent and nbolishlng tho nrtlelu providing for tho gradual reduction of duties. In spite of tho annual expenditure of over $730,000 for repairs and tho build Jng of new Jails, Btissia Is much exer cised how to 11ml room for tho cver gYowlug number of prisoners, who amounted in 1882 to 03,609, and in 1883 to 87,337. In Slborla great suffering is caused by tho want of accommodation for tho 12,000 convicts distributed over tho mining districts, especially as tho enormous number of exllos crowd tho houses of correction. An Inability to clearly perceive forms nnd outlines, or form-blindness, Is a new defcot that has been discovered by n ffovf York artist, who says he has sometimes placed objects' lil.tlio hliapo of hexagons, or octagons, ordecagons, or cvrn so common a shapo ns a penta gon or a flvc-polnlcd star boforo cer tain pupils as a tost, and almost Inva riably they, wcro tinablo to distinguish ono Vorra from another, ovon whon with caroful distinction tho illiTuranctn) wcro explained to them. A dispatch from f-'olumbla, S. C, saj-st Tho carrlnssiiess of negroou in roeard to their children Is becoming every day morp apparent. IJvory week comos reports from thoTarlous counties of a child burned to death through tho nogllgonco of Its pnrunts. Wltbln tlio past month threo oro burned to death in Kcwliaw County, two In Sumlor, two In Onfngcbiirg, two In Itlohland nnd otheM In otlior countlos, It is be coming such a common occurrence that legislation on tho subject has been de manded. Bome speculative Individual has pro mulgated a queer story about oyos, by Which ono can bo made to seo without thoiu. JIls theory Is to place a plcco of copper above, tho tongue and ono of lino beneath It, nnd then by closing thq oyes nnd lcltlng Iho tips of tho pkves ot metal touch each other a flash of light can bo detected. Tho oyos do not sco, but tho sensation of ncolng Is a vivid one, and tho Impres sion thus transmitted to tho optlo nerve, nnd thence to tho brain, would, With blind persons, answer tho latno purpose ai eyes. Ojb of tho most startling projects of 'tin times U to UlumltiaT tho Atlantic Ocean by means of eleclrlo Jlghts act ually to tnakp "a path of silver light" across the water from tho banks of Newfoundland tp tho shores of Ireland. Ten vessels aru to bo anchored at n dis tance at two hundred miles from ono another In ft t might lino, each riding at "a mushroom anchor, which per mits tho vessel swinging found with (ha tldo without fouling her, anchor." Thwo light ships arc, alto to be con , ucctodlogethor and. to Iho shore by an eloctrlu cable, and ho Mo Kv toml pics'- TEE WORLD AT LARGE, A Oummnry of tho Dally Nowa. CONflltHSMONAf,. Tub btenntn umu meeting on the "1 m ined.ntcly took up tiro Interstate Commerce lull and tho dcltatc continued nt length. Tho Connie lilll was finally sultMllulod for the House HciHrnni lull lirn vote or its to Is, lull I ho eYnnte did lint ranch nvnle 011 lis final paaeniro ...In lliu llniifo a rnsolut'on wns adopted fMllinir on tho Fcerotary nr the Traiatiry for Information whether tha fleet. In IIoiimi or fi.w Vnrk or nny ?(al.nnal Hank ii'iuted to remix 0 llver dollars or certificates m tho settlement of Iho.r 1ml nncos nnrl other Informnt 011 In roKard in dlqrliiiluiitlon nirninm siller. If anr, nml what niiinnnt of tlm receipts of tho ffovi rn mrut have Itcon recoiled in allicr or icftlll catos since tho 1st of January. law. Tho ftnsto amendments 10 the lloiifo con curient rcolution nmklnir nrtnmroinonti for count. hit thn nlcvtonil vote lroioBKreftd' to. llio Itousn then went Into Committee of llio Who'o on the ltlver and Hurlior MM. Ad journed. O.x the Itli the Chair laid before tho Ken nto llio I'ri'iMi nt i iiiofrko relating to Mrs. llinnts ollrr to Iho (lorornin.-'iit of tho rnrnnNnml other tullltnrr nnd oltll tpntlino ll.illn lately I nhmrlnir to (lenenil (irant, nmt rpeoininel'illnirConiiiriis In n Mil to en Hliletlic liri lent to plnc (linernl (Irnnt on tho ret rul lint. Allnr HrtoptliiK i,oenit roMiliitinn rnlllne on Iinpnrtincnis for Infor inatlon, tho hi'imte roiiinotl rormlilcrntlon of the IntrrClnto) oiiiiiiercK till flvr lunch tnik tho lillliScnHtolilHiiiibotltutfHirorllniiio Mil);ie. hj-HMitoof lite I-1. Tlie 111 for Iho letlieincnt nml roeolnniro of tho trnilo ilolliir wii then Inken tip. This Mil an ninomleil provides for tho susppiiilnn of tho rolimiro of -liver ilolhim. Mr. Iinnills moed toxlriko out Iho vr-cllou for sinpenslonof rolniroof tho nluv dolhir. whon Seniuor Morrill ndilieoed tho 'eimto. Tho do hale coKtlneeil until cxecMtlo Houston. Ill the l(oiie Mr Mutplitnr fi-om tho Com mittee on I'lrll Sorvlco ttoform, reportod ml roiwli 4ho lilll prohlbltiiur tho reinovnl of I nlon ohl.er, or thnlrdepondcnt rolntlvpn, In tho ol I porvJeo oxcopt for cnuso. Mr. Millnnl ohtnlnol pnrmti'Slon lo alo r inlnor'ty report hcrcnfler. Mr. Monoy, from tho Committee on 1'oHonicos nml l't roml, reported n Mil to rwluco potngo on mnllRblo mnttrr of tho second ehiM. It prmiilos Hint putniro on publica tion of tlm second oln, whon mnt lyr n pnlillrliertii Ihjiia tide sulim rtlieni, shnll ho one oont per jKiinid or frnetlon thucof. Tlio llonso ni'iit Into I'oiiiniitlee or tho Whole on tho Jtlver uml llnrhor It'll, und no other lnlne ns Irmi-nctiHl, nltho'iKh anoten Inif si .on was held. Ik "tho Snato on tlioSlh Mr. Vnn Wyck orfcmt a reixdutloii. which wu uitroed In, cnlllnir upon tho fecri'tnry of tho interior In fiirnltlinstnteuoiit Khoirlin; wlint mniinu .ero duo the l.'nlted Htnten Decern: "i nl, w lint niTHiimt tune Pccnmo duo from tli..t unto mini liemlcr:il. pvi, neconllnir totho riilolalildotrn lij.V"" decision Intoly tnmlo between Iho 1'nlle.f Mntea nml snlil rond, In tho Court of I la!in; Hlftt whether the annual mtlemi'iil inntle Kebruarr, 1, n pri lldoil In tho 'Jhurinnn net. Tito bill for tho icdomptlonnf tho trndo dollnr nnd l'' -pen"'oii of the rtiindnnl dollur n n tAki-n np nnd rttseni-ed until ndjoiiruineiit . In tlio lloiiiwtbo retonilion onlllnr on tho l'rosl riniit for cop es of nil eomiuiiulcntloiM ro MivLtluvthoCoiiiroronforeiieo n ndoptitt. (ii!Mlentt:onot tho l(lorund Harbor bill rcsiiincl, nflur which tho l.')ritnitlve. Juillcinl nnd I'-nxutiru Appropriation bill win reported nnd tho llouro udjounicnl. I.N tho Heimt on tho Gtl Senator l'almir dcllvvnil n lengthjr nddrens fuvorlni; tlio ro'olutlon tnstibmlt to thcMntPi the prop osition to nmeiid tho cnnlltulloii so n to iieimlt wotuou tooto Tho bill to roitulnto tho feos of pension nKtmtK nnd nttnrno) s wns then taken up und pue. It provides Hint no foo k'realerllmn slOnhullbo reeeuod by penlon ohilm ni,enti except that under rpeolnl clrciiniftnnce", n contniot mar I mndo between tho nppllonnts nnd clutm ajrenU for n feo not o.ucdlni: f. Tho Mil torblds the rollcctlnn by elnttn nvonts of more then fin for ilnlins filed lietwerai June ai. ins and July 4, 1W4. Tho Coniulnr and Illploinntio bill win thou called up nnd pnxivl. Tho (lialr Inld N'fon tho Kennle tho Antl-Sllver CnlniiKo bill, nnd tho 5enat went Into executive mIoii. Tlio House, in loiiiiuiuoo ui ino t noic. rciiiuci conim. erntlonoftho Itlrnrnml llnrlior bill, belmrit ,,, . ...,,,. , . , , , , ,, ,i . , iiiiiUuiiiuuiii in iiiurmiay s SfMrmr,1ref01''r't"'t"' l-1 "wiii nn . committee fomi rose nml tho House ad-1 New York during the resent examination ourneit and was Immediately called order for tho new hwUlntlvo day. After niiilluo buMiioaatho lUvrr nrxt Harbor bill wu aunlu taken up nnd debuted until rcees. At the otcnlnif lenHon twenty -six pension bills patsed. I.x tho Huiiato on tho "Hi Mr. t-lieniinn, from tho Commltteo on Library, reported a Joint lesolutlou, which passed, accepting tho otrermndo by William II. Vnnderbllt nnd Mr. (Irnnt of tho munis, iiiinIiiN, lirontet imlntliiKS nnd other articles prccuted (lou irnl (Irnnt, and cxpiosilitir tbauki to Mr Vanderblli and Mrs. Uraut for tho kiuiio. The bill to authorize ii retired list forpriratvs nnd nou-cominl5loned oiuccrs of tho rutted Slate arm), who crc0 thirty )cur or up. wurda,wiiip,mtl Tho bill to Increase the pcnulouof the widow of Ucneral Thomu to 2,UDn)cJr pae-l. A number of prlvu, penilnn bills wcro eonnldorod. tlio l)Itrlit o Columbtn bill pnrod and tho Senate wont InlooxccntlVfl reikon .In tho llouao thn mod of Iho roo'slon wns taken up In dlcu- of iho Whole. rilltSOKAI, ANI 1'OI.ITIOAt. rnEBIDENT-ELECT CLEVELAND, nCCOIIl- pnnled by Colonel I.amonte, nrrivwl at New York on the 4th. Tun Illinois Itcpubllcan caucus Iiks norul nuted Ixignii for United Htates tjenntor. The Dcmorrnts uomlniiteil Morrison. The Illinois Ktato Hcante adopted a reso lution requesting Congress to open the Oklahoma lands to homestead settlement. O.v the completion uf Ills term of court nt Pierre, I). T., Juilgo tiewnrd Bmlth was prcsentoil with a series of very compli mentary resolutions. lie goes to tala n jiosltion as Justice ot the Supremo Court of Washington Territory. ' 5iisci:i.i-ANi:otis. Tun villagoof Hattle Lake, Mlun., wns destroyed by (lro recently. Matilda Lhk, coloreil, living in n frame shanty in Cincinnati, while drunk tlio other evening, upset her lamp nnd burned up with her Loiuo, The Khedlvoof Ilgypt has refused to follow England's advice to allow tho Ital ians to occupy Mono wall without tho con sent ot tho Hultan of Turkey. At a wedding ceremony at Plato, III., re cently, tho floor gnvo xrny and tho entire company, numbering aliout l.V), xreve pro clplt.teil luto tho cellar. Three ladles were slightly injured mid all badly fright cued. At u ineetins of tho ltlver nnd llnrlior Committee on the Mil it xvns decided to re port amendments to tho ltlver and Hurbor Appropriation bill, eliminating tho item which proposed to mako Captain Kmls Consulting Huglnecr for the Mississippi ltlver Commission, and to jilaeo him jit chdrgo ot tho improvements at (Jalvfstou Hurbor. Tlio iimcndinenln will reduce tho appropriation proosl for Ualveitonllar lior from t7M,0O0 to J.V,00i). The French, It was rumored. Intended to abnndou the blockade of Formosa and ap ply tho blockndo to Cnntoti ltlver. Tho l'Veneh commanders bavo given notloe of their Intention to search all neutral vessels lu Chinese waters for contraband. Mum Annie Lev IIowman, aged twenty one, was turned upon and fatally Injured by a hog ou her father's farm near Lexing ton, Ky. The National House, at Its session Feb ruary 0, passed twejity-lr penslou bills, Including oue granting a pension of ten dollars each to tho children of the Into Lieutenant Kesllngbury, and ouo Increas ing to fifty dollars the pension ot the widow of Commodore FlUcbrowp, I). W. Millkii, of Oiuolunatl, 0., pro pristor ot the 1). W, Miller Carriage Com. pauy, recently assigned to Henry II. Gib son. Assets estimated at (12.1,000! liabili ties, 111)0,000. A waii. waned for three weeks past be tween the UrsUvIHo &, Chattanooga and mi-iupiu. o. vuurioaiuu uniuruuus, lias ceased, and an amicable adjustment made. The lilt lo regulate the fees of pension ngtnti, at it passed the National Uenate, provided that no. fee srsater than ten dol ngens. The bill contnlni n eldiiiw espM lnll forMOdihg tho enllectlon I. olnlin c Rents of more'llmn ten dollsrs (or claims lllett tietwrcii Jur 'JO, 1878, nnd July 4, 1861. HRVEK or olRht persons nero Injured by nn ncoldent on tbo Florida Central, nenr Qnlncy, recently. Tlio trnln wns thrown from tho track nnl turned coinpli:UJ.y over. I'r.Ans wore felt for the safety of the IlrltUli atenmcr "Snrdony," which left Victoria, II. C, Ucccmber 10, with 400 Chi nese aboard. KAIt.uitBn fpr week ended February S In tlio United HtntM numben.il 811, t'snndn fit, total IMO, ngnlnst 3nt tlio previous weok, and 111 the week preceding. Till: California Aiwembljr has Adopted n concurrent resolution favoring tho Nlcoru gnnn trenty. DlsrATCiimt from l)ndon on tho fith con tnliwl nothing dellnlte ooncernlnx tho fnt of General Gordon. It would take rive weeks for Wolaoley to reach Klionm from Kortl. The report that iUvrloum wns surreudc -eil thr Igh treachet-y wns oonllnnw!. A oorr of n photoRrnpli of the mlmlnic etlltor, Connnt, of lhrprr't HVeWy, has been sent to Alliens, tla. A dispatch from Athens stated that n mnn reprcionllna; lilinself ns Mr. Connnt, of Jlnrptr'n Jiefkly, hml ueon in that elly Interviewing the peo ple as to the political sentiment there. Ik view of the warnings ot the Intention of dynamites to destroy Victoria bridge at Montreal, a woode.i nlmnty has been built on tho Ice nenr both ends of the btidgo nnd gunrds 'tostetl at night. This will be maintained all winter. I'iiilii Mr.wnoLti, chargetl with sending letters threatening to Mow up the Derby (ling;.; town lmll, wasdlsehargeil from ar rest, nothing incriminating being found against htm. A sfEciAi, from St. Charles, Minn., says: Mr. Mcdmnth's house, ocupied by Sir. Hums, Imrned the other night, nml two lit tle girls, agetl seven ami eleven, perish 1 In the llames. Mrs. Ilurns got tiro little ones down from the second story, but two of them becoming confused ran lek Into tho kitchen, Inntejd ot out of the front door as the others did, and perished. A.v nccldeut happened ten in Ilea Weat of Creston, Iown., recently. A Chicago, Ilur llngton & Qiilncy train went through n bridge, rauretl by n tn-oken rail. Threeof tho pnnengsm were killed and eight serlooaly rjuuueu, A JBAliFUI.t.Y destructive flro occurred at Ilruuswlck, X. J., early on the morning of the 7th. A train with a broken truck stopped on a Itridge for repairs, ami was run Into by auohher freight train. Hovers I coal oil tanks exploded, ami tlio burning oil ran nvtr tho Ice ou the river, setting tiro to warehouses ami factories. The two trains nml tho bridge "(Jfe totally de stroyed. Four lives were fust. Tho total dnmago amounted to over ono million dollars. Tiieiie was much Buffering reported anion? tlio jieople fonnerly employed by tho six cotton factories lu the vioiuity of I'eterfcburg, Vn., wblcli hnvo been closed soveral months. Over 1,000 hands wero Idle, ltcllot measures have been Insti tuted by the authorities. A rniE at ITartford, Conn., broke out in tho Imseincut of J. 1. Clnllvan's store, llnckwoH's block. Tills block, togetlier with Tllden's block, Itnrket's block, Carlos I'routy's dwelling nnd t'lo water tank of tho Voir London cV Northern Itallroad wtre entirely destroyoil. Ixs, JWI.oiX). A rivn-ciiANEKnKH revolver was taken of KichartI Short for his attempted Mur der, 1'helau pleadoil that tha revolver xx as necessary, ns his lite was coutlnually thrcateneil. It wns rumored at Tiu-Tsin that HusaU would soon make another effort to annex Corenf Tho Runpowder workant Kutolian, China, fourteen miles from Canton, exploJwl D ceiuber ii and killed S&0 employea. Tin: World's fair at New Orleans has n debt of 3d0,000. Its managers ask $600,000 from tho Government. . TltiS steamer "Alaska," several days overdue, arrived off Firo Island on the Mb, having In tow tho steamer "Lake Winni peg," from Liverpool. TuenEnre four orders of Anarchists nt Cleveland, O., and nuollier was to be or ganized. An agent ot the International Worklugmeu's Association of Anarchist says tho xvorktugmeii of C .velantl "ore rlpo for n riot, and that unless the tlmeu Improv the greatest revolution the w orl.l hns ever knowu will be inaugurated." .1H)ITI().VA IHSfATCItKS. Ti.e weather wns rejiorted Inbmsely cold at all points in tho Wast nnd Northwest on thotith anil 10th. Heavy snows were re Iortel nud trnlllo delayed. Tub Chinese ilriveii front Kureka, Cal., nrrlveil at San Frauclsoo on the Utli. IllCIIAltn SHORT, who atUwptwt to ns sassiuato Captain I'helan nt New York, gave bonds Jvr $,000 to npiiear for trial and was released. It was thought that would be the last ot the prosecution, ns it was thought he xvould forfeit the bonds and disappear. Tub upluloii prevailed at the KuglUh War Oflloe that General Gordon was still alive ami engaged In defending himself lu some innccesslblo point nf the city of Khartoum, which he had prepared rfu(je In case of nn emergeuey. Five of tlio largo Iron xvorks of Ban Francisco reduced wages fifteen per oesit. pa tho IHli. Fifteen hundred workmen rn fusod to accept tho reduction nud xvere thrown out ut employment. An accidsnt oecurretl recently on tha Milwaukee & Northern, forty miles from Chicago, by reason of the heavy snow. Hcveral persons xvcre severely Injured and trains were delayed. The Senate, on the 0th, bad the Antl Coinage tiilver bill and the Penslou Apjiro. prlatiQn bill umUr oouslderutleh. Tin House -oontluutd Its legislative session of Katuiday on the Hlvcr.tind Iiarlwr Ml). Some liltlo diionler oectirreil oonsaiueiit upon Mr; White being ordered to tako hjs seot liy tho Speaker. Senatoii Don UAuenoN has started for Florida for bis health. Ho has had two hemorrhages recently. Assignee Lewis May has begau tho payment ot the tlrst dividend, 83 H per cent, to the creditors of the Arm of Jehn J. Cisco Bon, New York. A l'lusnimon dispatch says that the Hdgar Thompson steel xvorks, Drntldoeks, has resumed operations In all deivartineuU, giving employment to nearly f.OOQ men. A rim: In Washington the other evening Intboauuex to the Signal Bervloe Oltlco destroyed and damaged a number t tue teorologtcal records, nnd also ruined eouio ot the Unest Initrumeutj) In the olllce. The German flag has been hoisted ou the Illver Dalbrecki In the vicinity of tho French ossesstons In SeuegambU. AVonn xvas received recently at tho-oflico ot llarptr't Wttlly that the man in Athens, On., wlia xvas supposed to be the missing Mr. Conaut. turned out to be Mr. Nostrand, who Is lu tho employ of Harper Brothers. NtNB cqavIcU xvere Wtunned at New. chstle, Del. recently, Hjbt for larceny, ono for burgvai Tho letter, a pjto, re. celveif txrenty athrt, arvf stooil for aif liotir !. Us vlllot-y, Tl. Ptbe, errM INTER-STATE COMMERCE. Main rnlnta nf the lutrr-Htate Commerce Hill us 1'.. it'll by tlie-Kciiuli'. Wasiiwotox, rebrtniy 5. The Inter state Commerce bill, having been amended somenhat In Coinmltlen of tho Whole, vmt leported to tho Senate and pntMal. Yean, (S; ii.ijs, 12. As passed by tlm 9nntn, the Interstate Commerce bill ttrovMea for a Commission to lie cnniMiKd of members, no from each Judicial clrrult of the United States, to hold officii for six years, except that of those first appointed three shall hold oftlcfl two j ears only, and three others futir years only, vacancies to bo fllleil lijr tho President. Not more than five Comml I loners shall belong tonne polltirsl mty. The 'lutiea of the Commission are denned lo exerclho'iweis nnd duties grouted by tho bill "iwrtMliiluir to inetlied and regit Istini ttic operation of alt lrntisK)rtitin etninttiiles engaged In Inti r stale wn tncree." nnd to lako into consltleratloii .ami Investigate alt the various question lat iim to eommeroe hetwren the SIbIoh, t, v chilly Hie matter of tmnsportatlon so far as it may baiioeewnrj toeetabllsh A Just vs tein of rrgulatioM for government. 'I'lie salary of tho Commissioners Is fixed at S'.aoo and they are authorised to appoint a Secretory at S3,W0. All necessary travel. lug expenses are to oe inldliy the Govern' rieiit and nltnes-es sutnmoueit hefore tha conimlsslmi to bo paid the usual feus. The commission has power to send for htoih mid papers, to ndmlnlster oaths and to re quire the production of all books, ap -rs, conttai'ts and (locumeiits, or iwopcrly eertl. flwl almtraets theroof, relstlnx to tlmiimtU'r under eonslderation. It is urithoritud to le piire tntcr-stato transsirlatlon eoinpanlei to fuiutah annual retort srUlug full Infor illation as to l!ielr tlimnclnl comlltlon, nt of propei ty, nuinhvr and Milnrlt-s of em pUie, etc., etc. It shall rejxirt nnnuallv to ll'e Secretary of )e Interior. Tne xin mloslou rlnll ilurhig tho first x ear lnvi"tUnt! and tepift on tho subject of maximum nml minimum rhirges. loIlti, w.iterbig slorks, uojust Ulscriuilnatlon, ele. I he n.oxt Itn poitant sections of the bill are in stibsUnee ss follows: Bee. a. If anytrnnsiiortntlnu e anrrn gaired In Inter-state couimeree V J eollect irt'.re than n ieeonble rate ot compote antion for trnniitatlon or handllnr fre'aht, -aid (omrfanr shall lm deemed ullt of ex tort on which l declured a ml. demeanor See. 4. If any trntiportntlnn company on-a-aa-ed In Interstatn eolmnerco sliall by rebnte or other dnvtco rhanre any pemon a grealer comiionaatlon than another for Ilka ronrlee. or alinll neirUvt or rpfiiac In f urii's'i the time facillt.'e for carrtaae nnd handllo of frcl(rlit to ono person that l at the anins time furnished nny other roii umlT aiml iHr clrotiin.tauces, such onmpaii) shall ' e de.'incl inillty of iinJtiKt a.rcrllulnut on, wh'ch Is doclttrrd a mlmlenieanor. teition 5 prov de that ir complaint Is nade to the conutUlon, clutrfflnjr uuv tiu.ifv pnrtatlon companr with extortion or linjii-t iiacrinunuiinn, inn companv suiii have rvMiional'Ji' time to answer the ehartre, nnd II tlnnke repanitlon of the Injury done and bo coinpla.nl Is withdrawn tho cine .hall I" ilsmtssed. It the company stint! notsntl.ff complainant within n reaxonnblo time and It hnll appear Iho charaes made are true. th commlsulon shall notify the company todl. continue tho pract ce cmnplalned of and pa coinplalnnnt datnaro lined by Iho comml slnn. 1-octlon Q provldos Hint If any transporta tion company ena-nacl in InttrStnte om mercc .hall refitM to par damages iwtH and do not des.st from further violation o! tho net. tho enmtnlMlnn ahnll cerllft iho facts U the I'iiIIikI States Ill.trlrl Attornor. xliow ditty It shall lie to com mence procifdings to recover the dainniro afce!, and to compel theeompnn) to com nl w thlhe provision of the a"t and tho t'lrciilt Court of the t'n ted States ihall navt Jurl-dlctlou to try the eauo without revnr.i to the uttlu nshlp of the parties. In eec ol failure to re, oer the eomplalnant alinll pal tho eit of the nlt, attorney s feos eseeptc-i An) iranniMirtatlnn compnuv oonvletel us rtorthcuci .hall pav for eneh oirettcc a Wn not execcuing f l.nu nod If an ouch com' pniiK tluill tefiiii. to iv. infiirmaiinn. oi ii-ai s.f lis- II irtNtuce I'ootti,. etc,, annil iimm cooviciHtE rte nnod not to exoecri Sl.ihVir,r euch,tiretiae aud ttttt hconipum. oran ieronorieroni rlolat'nir the pro-atoiM of the act. or at tempting to obstruct the .trovls ons thereof Mini, -jiton runt Iction be fined not to if ec; tl.ftin. rite muto of any traiisportatioc companv la bv the hill made to in elude all railroad and water, and the rentes nf the company and the term 'transportation eompany" Is deflneil to mran any Individual or cortorat'on n loir, to eratlmr or using any rallroud or an, ve'sol. in whole or In part or bavin n rhrhl to tie the same, proxidlusr such eompant or in llvldnal Is i ntraired In the trnnoport.itlot of frelxht from one StatetoHliotln-i.whelliri by all rail cr part rail and part water com iminlcailon. It la also made applicable to nil trunpnrtat(nn onieuinos not whollr water route companies, earrrlntr frelzhti from one place In the Tn'teit 8tnte,s throiiftl ane forelan country to another place In the t'nlted State, nr from any place In the rolled Sliitcs to anv plaoe oiiUlde the ITnlted States. All Ujfhts of art Ion nnd run. ed'oa nlroadr acourod b law arc contlnunl In force Tho bill being In ita prewnt form u Kuutltiitn for th- Houso bill, It now goes tothell.use. S It A KANSAS TRAGEDY. A Woman Aaaalnntrit Willi" (.In. Win Atteniiltig to Her 1) oni'i.ile Duties. lticiii.AMv Kax., Februnr' n. Tlio w itc ot James Heed, a "oil-to-do and respectable farmer, tiding three miles west ot till! tturo, was hhot I it tier own house on .Satur day evening last, under xery tn)sleilous cir cumstances. James Heed, Hie jitislwtid, had htam In town during the evening ami started home jliout six o'clock, ami Just befort reselling home he heard the report of a gun and preavutly tnet a man In tho rood wilt a gun on his shoulder, but a It waaiUrk lie was uiulilo to Identify him. On reach- 1ug bitiiie he found hs wife riihlledwllh buckshot, lu Hie in U 1st of her terror-stricken children, ."nine fiend in human shape hail walked up ti the yard ami doliU-rnti' j firssl at her through tlm window while she was atMidlug to Iter dnineatte duUo-i. A boy by the name of W. Go I, living neat by, has lieeti n treated under tery stuplciouj clrcumaiaueea. Trtplti Jlnrtlrr. 1niii.ikkiik.vck, K.v'., February 6. A eotd-blonded murder near the little town nt itadleal City, In tills county, was diw coxeted this morning by l-'Mnk lhwhaiui the eldea'. mm ot a widow living on a farm IMr Itadleal. On his retain boiHeafUir several da s' ala-enoe he found hut motlier, brother and sis or murdered, and to alt apimiraiuMM tltvy lind Usn dead for a d or so, as the joutig ii.au baa been awj hltice Monday. Stu-rtlf MeCiturv ami Deputy Miailley baxo gmio to Ihe plae aud win iiwie a uioroiutii inveeiigaiioii. a uter la no t'iite yet to work on. Kvery eltort n ill tH made lo eapturo the x illaiu, and jdiuuld lie lie iliM'overed it will not need a jury la settle lits ease. A 31 j'ftiurmtia V .rpte. liioitMiwi). Vju February C 'I he iuj--trrluua arrival of the eorioe of a young and lieaiilirul uouian at Snrot Hall, n llttlu rallvay ktalloii lu King William County, has created quite a aetisntlou. 'Hie body was tiilpiaal to Sweet 1)111 teieml 'laxs ago. No one editing for it, the rallrund ronipany w,Te conipelUsl to bury it upon tholr own premlaes. An anonymous letter was fiiinid ill -the case liieloslm; she coffin In which Hie wrltc-i f-itd: "Mary has been sk'k a tone time nnd I now iletel. and It wao her hud ieitit that she should bo burled in King William, her uatlte county." Tho body was. shipped from llallhnure, but further than that nothing Is know u Irurvgjrd to 1L .is a iii llrechLi'a Ilullrf. New YflliK, February ft. An A'bany special Mja: Henry Ward lleeclier, In con versation rt'gatdlng tlio outlook for Iii4 Clc eland administration, said lie tliought tlio I'resldeiit-olcct had shown xcry good tense in Miiniuunlng the party leaders tc confer with htm, and In this way familiarize uluisolf Willi tlio situa tion ho had to confront, liu thought Da new auiumuiration would show a oeteimlnatton to tnnt the great questions pending befoie tho country in an Intelligent aud mnsclentlous way In hi) tttorts at re form Cleveland would bo i ustAlned by the .heal, elements ol bolh patties, althougl Ptr- FALL OP KHARTOUM. Ornerat (lordon ftrtrayed nnd the Cita del rails Into tlit Mnli'U'a llan.ts. London, February 6. 10 a. in. Intelll- ;enfO Is Just recoiled here that Khartoum )asbcen enttired by, tho Arabian rebels. The whereabouts of General Uordon Is un tuown. He is probably a prisoner In the aamtsottho victois. ANOTIIHII IlISI'ATCn. Ij.ndon, 1:S0 p. m., Februiry C The War Office hns Issued the fol.owing' A telegram from (lenenil Wolseley anrouuoes that tho fall of Khartoum took plart ou January 30. Ho says Colonel WHsou nr rived at Khartomn, January 39, and wes greatly surprised to find Hint the enemy were In possession of tha place. He Immediately started on Ids return down the river and proceeded under a heavy Hro from the rebels. When u.ine miles be low the Shuabaca Citafact, Colonel Wilson's steamer were wracked, but lie and his whole irty managed to resell an island In safety, where thoy are secure. A steamet has gone to bring them back to the Hritlsh camp near Metemneh. (ienenil Wolseley eays he has no Infurmatioti recnrdhig the fate ot General Cordon and tiou'l know whether lie is dead or atlvu Natives report thn Mahdl had 000 men in the vicinity of Khartoum, ami he Intro duced 'i t. timber of bis aorirtarlev Into the oity. These cmlserte mlnx'ed freely with the 'same troops under (leneml (Jenlon am) by biibcs and threats and xvorklng on their religious feel ings Induced them to mutiny and 7 000 of tho garrison dewrted lo the relxilj, leaving (iurilmi onlj 2.500 faith ful soldiers. With this smsll foree he at tempted to hold tho city against Mahdl's great army, but after Mcrn lighting. In which large numbers of rebels were killed, ho was compelled to surrender. When Sir Charles Wilson reached Khartoum bt found the Mahdl's forces occupied butli in town and rllndol. He tried to land and necertaln the fatit of Cordon, but this step ho founl bnpjastble, the eueuiy's guns being turned upon lilm lu full force. He was therefore comilled to turn his back tiimii the fallen city ami return to (lubat without finding out whether Uoidon Is dead or alive. WII-SOS'S IIXPEIIITION. London. lebruary 0. Iinl Wolseley teloi;raphs l.c does not consider the Ilrlt Isti at (itiabHt In any immetllnte danger. The first news of the fall of 1 u;oum re ceived by General Wolseley w rotiglit by a inossengcr who left Hie Islaiwl wlp-re Col onel WIImhi was t'randed and came on foot to Gunbut. Two nieaseiicers were dis )tch to Kortl via Aim Klen and GakdttL They reachM their destination, which laro garded as owing to tho news of Khartoum's tan not being known In the desert. In telligence of the disaster, however, at once spread far and wide. Some, tribes that hitherto prtif-sd friendship for Eng land have de Inred for Kl Mnhdi. The Arabs stilt hold Metemneh. The garrison there iccelved news ot tbo fall ot Khartoum Willi icpstud salxos ot artillery. When Colonel Wilson's tlotllta approached Kliaitoum he was compelled to run the gauntlet of a heavy fire ftoui both banks. The rebel had fourKrupp guns on the river banks nt llallujfcli to bombard the steamer. When thu llrtthdi force reached Omdurman numbers of rebels continued tin fusilade. Things lis iked worse when they dlscoiercd the enemy xxas in poseeetlon ol the Island of Tutll, just outside of the city. The Diglish still pn-.hel ahead but nete dismayed to rind that the carrlMHi com- nicncoit tiring ujion litem. No liigs were flying from Hie public buddings, ami the town appeared In undisputed poNWastou of ! - - - - - .: - --.. . Ilw-euemy-:t4tewlsee i'eemeit-tn-bcgrttrxtrfe'"""' ",r 'lw?tf inil'niniein. ntrrerreu FlndltK it ibipiNieiblo to land In the face of overwhelming nuni bers of rebels the llrttish xvere obhgyil to letitc. Humors concerning the fate of (teneral Cordon are many nnd xaried, but all agreo that hi Mahdl lias captured Khap touui by I readier)'. The most reliable re ports point to ono Farak r.iilu as Hie traitor. It is wld that lie, being left In charge ut tho ramparts, ojiened thn gates Januaty 34 and admitted tlio enemy. Some rumor! stato that Cordon, togollier xvitli a few I-evanUnes, are cootd up In a chtudL Others say that Kl Mahdl was seen iwrtnj lieneral (iordon's unlfortn. The majority agree, hotuver, that (ieueral Cordon wat killed. The I'ull Mull 1 antic ot last even lug, icferrlng to the Khartoum calamity, says: "Nobody can accuse our gal taut trootts ut losing a single mo inent In their fierce race against time In hastening to the rescuo of the garrhon at Khartoum. Tlie resyoflslblllty reels solely with the ministers who refund to itlluw the Nile expedition to start in spite of xvarntngi and entreaties until too late. ThiMoteln lhiillaineiit In fnxor ol an appropriation of S00,o)0 for the relief of tieneral Cordon was defernat until Au gust 5. Kuti then It thn uxteditluti had been sanetlonotl fotUiwliU Hie pieclvits day Would have been gained, bill It was not sanctioned until August 1A when the (lov vnimeut finally leaolved that It must relieve Ceneial Cordon, That (icrlod of hesita tion aacrifleed Khartoum. Islam Is now victorious. The rex oil and fall of Kua lou in wilt per meato the arrli ot tho world, and outfits tlie ministry display boldness and wariness eu,ual to their former dllatorl nes, a entaMroibe wre than that ol Klutrtoum will follow. Kugtaud dare not liy before the Kastern foe. It nouhl in can war nd mutiny from one end of Asia to the other. he luiist reinforce her gnrrt kmm exeonlwre, Including India, even if it ihall N !iccary to call vtduulerrs to do tlie work, tieneral Hnile moat sdv.ipee rajtldly to lteiber. The Suaklm ptrrtin must be reinforced and tlm road to Ih-ibet cleared. Kvery nerve must be sliTtliiMl to trutu Hie Khartoum d Ussier has stiffened the resolution to hold I'Uiglnud's llaij aloft In the face ot every foe. It is oui dutv not to flinch, hut to pretro for cxen titalithss and to relieve Melcuuieh by water. We hate tailed lo aave lionlon. Wo have now to sate Stewart." Colonel Wilton bad three steamers, two nf which xvere wrecked 1.1 Hie Nile exactly half way between Klutrtoum ami Metemneh. The third steamer, boailug Colonel Vurtlej niHl party, tvine on and brought Hie news to tlio i'.d.Mi camp near Meteiuneh. Thu excitement attotKllug tha lecepUon of Uie nowa of (he fall ot Kbaitoum Is liicreaklur. A onnstant stream ot anxious ImpilrloK, lueludlua Sir William Venieti Ilareourt. (ieorge T. Tretelynu and oilier uilulatera. Is iurli into too xvar nf lice, l'eoivlt, llitoiujlioiit tho ptuxlncos aleo xero greatly exclttnl. The osthotttH of New ork nro bo tflniiltig to spook of the "vapor"' of tho ohimuoys, and looomolhv mid stoam on. Lot tint oiticeu of l'ltuburgh or Chlongo shake the soot from his clothes in silent wrat'i. but us for thu coal kmoko above anil arouml tho Indignant victim, lot no dudo allude to it as "vapor." Ko haiiu is hero tnoant to dudes only friend y warning. l?r rNf. Thoro is a law In Bermuda prohibit ing tho removal of bodies of foreigners who havo dlod there till one year nltor death. Tin unweloomo roitriotlon has just been mado familiar to the friondi of u Now York iiieroliant, Theodore T. Wilmitndlug, who died ou that island last Friday. !- Ml I Colonlilntr Is bosomlns a mania with tho nat'ona of Kuroive, but Amort, cans keep their head Urol, don't 'go until they nro nid,, and then quetly ste itboutvl tho lightning express for ( anada- II I ! I . Al'tlearnnrtrafllodtiwayfl 74and. vnaity xvou tt very small turkov i-Iatei i ,..,., . - -. THE CRANT RELICS. Hriinge of the l'rrslilrnt to bongrns In lteganl to Orant'a Hwnrils nnd Other Hellrs. The I'reslilcnt has transmitted to tho House the following message: To the Home of tteprosontntlvosi I talr9 espodnl pleasure In layleg liefore Cbngtessthn generous otfer mndo by Mrs. (Irnnt In give to the (lox'erntnont In per petual trust tho swords ami military land drib testimonials latolr tolarurlng to (Jen errtlCmnt. A copy of the deotl of Irust nnd the iidtor nddresseal to mo by William It. Vnmlerbllt, will explain the nature ami mo tile of this offer. 'Hie appreciation of den ernl Urant's nchlcxements and recognition of his Just fame have In part takm shspo In numerous mementoes nml frills vhtch. while rloartn him. pnoa for the Nn .t.n excep tional Inteictt Thev relics or great historical value have pnset Into the hnnd i ,' another, whose comdderate action restoi td Ihocolleo Hon to Mrs. Oram ns a I fo trust sn condition that a' the death of OoucralUr Slorsooner, it Mr. (Irant s option. II shall become tho property nf the fliivernment as scV fotth In the ac uinpan) luif papeia. In tho oxerelte of the option thus given her. Mm (Irant elects that the truMS fhall rorthmth deter, mine and nks tbnt the (Itvcrument deslg. nale a snltntilo rilano nf denoslt nml rcnnn- flblo eiisKNllan lor fie collection Tlie nature of this gift am) tho value of relief which the ireneroalty of n private cltlren Joined to tho blab sonse of public regatit which animates Mrs Grant have thus placed at the disposal of (Internment demand full ami signal recognition on bebalf of tho N'at'on at the hands of Its IleprescutaUro. I therefore ask Congress to tnko sultnblo action to accept thn trust and provide for Its secure custody, nl tlio snmo timo recording thn nppreclatlx'e gratitude ot ine pcopioor inei.niieii niaieatoineoonori'. In this connection I may iwrtlnently nd Koploof theU his connt-ctloi xert tc the endiiig legislation In tho Senate and llnite of ltepreitcntatlvps looking totho National recognition of (Iciirml (1 rant's em inent serrlce by prox-ldlng means for iui restorntlon to the nrmr on tho ictlred llt. That Comrres by taking such action wilt glxe explosion to the al"not unanimous de sire of ihe neonle of this Nation Is evident. nml I earnestly urgo tho passacn of an net similar to genato bill SJtu, which, while not Interfering with the constllutlonul prerog- sure ot appointment, win ennoie ine rroai dent In his discretion to nominate detieral (J rant an a General on tho retired list. Signed) CucsTrH A. Amnion. Tho accompanying papers referreil to are tho donl ot trust cxeetited by Vanderbilt, ami ,hat gentleman's letter to tlio President Informing him ot his action. i MUNICIPALJ30JTENNES5. rit- Mnyor of Xnvr (Irlmni Calls Attrn ton to It, ctnt Occurences In That City. Nexv Oiiijcaxh, February 0. Mayor ulllotte submitted a meeeage to the City Council last plght which says: "In the tttal now pending lu the Criminal Court fur the asaasalnatlou of II. Murphy by an em ploye of the' City Government, it has de veloped such liorrtblo faets and details at to call for Immediate and summary action. It will be mid by certain persons Hint ns Hie question of guilt or Inntarence of persons re ferred to Is now at issue beforo the court nt Justice the Council should remain Inactive until thn tcrdlct or finding pt the court. This conclusion is erroneous and unfair. No ono can deny that Judge Thomas J. Ford and accomplices in the murder of Murphy are city ofllcl.iK No one after loading llio evidence already elicited dsrc deny their guilt, direct or In direct. No oue dare say the Jurors now sit ting in Judgment on the case are ait men of IncntrupliDle honesty. Consequently, what connection can be traced between the (hid ing of Ford and others not guilty by the Jury, and conviction, and certainly un the iMtt of City Council and community thelt Indixldual and absolute guilt," Aftei dwelling on the subject at considerable length tho Mayor concludes by ehaiglivj Thomas J. Ford of tlie second Iteeordcr'i Court, and other attaches ot said court, now on trial, with consittracy aud uialicktiM murder, ami advise that Immediate steps ... .-- to the Committee on Public Order. CRANT EXPLAINS. He InUnded No Itrllertlon on General McCoek nr His Illrlnlnn. Jfw Voiik, Fcliruarj' S. 'leneral (Irant, In an Interview, said again that he bad beeo misunderstood In regard to his recent article oit tho battle, of Shlloh. (ieueral (Irani said: "No reflection xx-as Intended on Hit ttersooal courage or leal of tieneral A. Mel). McCook, or the fljilitirg qualities of his ill x-lslou. 'on the contrary, I especially statei el- I.L. .11. I.t.... ....1.ul .n... ..nt.... ...I (.. that Ills dlxiskm marched from twelve mllei east nf Savannah, nud had been up nil night getting from Saxaunah to the battlefield, aud as a matter of fact they bad been In a heavy stonu of rain dining tlienlght marclu McCnok's divUlou dkl us gO'Hl service, pethaps, as any dixidon In the field on MomUy, the "th, and on ouo occasion dur ing mat day the opiortuuity fell to It to dc serx'lee. which received special commenda tion uf the official reports of Central Slier man aud two other general officers of the Army of Hie Tennessee. The only thing that I can see In my article that can be con strued a relleeting upon McCook, although It Is not so intended by me, is the statement that the request pot to be sent in pursuit did not come fiom the officers and men of Hie division, but from tho commander. What McCook said xx as correct. Ills men should not litve been miii tiv pursuit, and 1 acted on his advice, and did not send them. The article suoixs this." m SERIOUS CONFLAGRATION. A 1'varful lire tracing in New Vork Lust i:. lilll Itrd nt wt.soo.ooo. New- Yoiik, Febrnary 6. Ono of th largest tires lu New Yoik In a long time broke out at midnight lu tho wlno vaults ol St. Inhardt lima., 113 ami 114 Woostet street. Tho llames spread with frightful rapidity throughout the building, aud owing' to the lutlainiiiable nature of tlio cotiteuts the detriment was tuiablo to cope with the tire, jt had such a headway the entire tire deportment of the lower part of the city was called out Tho six story Iron build ing extending from U7 to 105 U'cenu btreet xxas owned by ltemanl ,t Muller. At i:'M a. in. tho root ot the buUdlng full xvllh a cntsb and shortly nfterwanls tha walls caved, crushing adjoining houses, ''oollguous to tlio burning structure wore a umber ut tenement, nn I Captain Me Uouell, ot tlie Ulglith precinct, cleared tho itimxtus out and now has about tlfty families In the station houe. Opposite tha burning building are a row uf teueuivnts and. tho Intense heat cracked their walls. At two o'clock a. m. the entire block bounded by Spring, Prince, Wooxter and (Ireen street was threatened. Thu loss at tliat time Mas estimated at $1,500,000, XVIII Trrmluate Hi Itlglit. rii!L.V!)KLi'ii!A, February 4. At tho atv nual meellug nf tho stockholders of the Delaware Division Canil Company this afternoon the annual report stated that the Ihlgh Coa.1 A Navlgailon Company, which operates the canal, has gn en notice tint It wilt terminate, on March to, tlio rigid ou ho part ot tlie rtoekhohlers ot the oanal omiiany to exchange their stock for navi gation company's, lu aceornancu with tho agreement of the two companies In Febru ary. ISTli. Tho capital stock of the com pany outstanding Is M.687 shares and juoru than throe-fuurths of the stock has already glien notice of tbo acceptance of thu otrer. i .w. . No llrer Allowed. Cciun ltAnna, Iowa, February 4. An Important case, Involving the tight of a btuwer in another Stato to sell beer by agent lu Iowa, was concluded hero this rvenlii.','. George Wagoner, a Hock Island l.n.1... t.n.t n..,. 1. .....t ....I k..., ,.u. ...... ..m.. . utvt.vt, rtmi uuu umiMivii. unu bwvuiy-vpes ot bottled beer, thirty eight quarter barrels, end soventee" tarels of beer seized here last week, tud after a four days' trial aud won vigqroi defense, tho Jury this even ing condemned the beer lo destructlcn un der the new laws Its xa'uaUou u eight huurttetl dollar. Tha defense was tiul tho tropcrty was dcMluwl fot Albert iea, Minn-, bvA was detatued here by sever connosivE sudlimate. A rityslclsnritislt Will Cure Diphtheria. . . as Writ at Kill Ilttlliiigs. "Is It tnio Mnt you havo been otperl Tiintltl; wttli a new euro for diphthe ria?" Inrpit-ed a reporter of a UrooWyn oliyslornu yotonlay. "Do you tiean tho bed'hug cute?" tsked tho doctor, with a twinklo In his tjo. vo news ot tno w t-uite; euro, nai reaohed tne," was the roply, "but I lienrj that you had been experimenting1 With corrosho siihlimato." "Samo tiling," s.Vd tlio doctor. "It Is no invont'on or discovery of mlno. It has been known lo tho road ng nnd lri tdllgent portion of tho medical frater nity about n yonr. "Hut why do you call It tho bod-butr euro?" "II 'cmise the no of it for diphtheria came nhotlt in this way: A physician in Pennsylvania, n country doctor, had rt pationt, a ohild, very 111 with diph theria. The oase..had a Ivancod very far before ho wns called Ila fount! the disease so far advanced that ho had lit tb hopes of tin child's recovery. Ho gave a prescription nnd told the child's mo'hor not to send for'him unless thcro was somo inaeked change. As ho ma leaving the hoti-o the mother nskod him to loll h -r what to use for bod-bug poi son, tin g.ive lior tho fonn of r solution of oorroslvo subllmato nnd went home. Tho mother cnino to him stil'(tientlv nndtixnld tho child' was dolnj well II ; told her to continue the treatment Ttio next day ho called to sec thu ohild, antl found It much hot ter. IIo xvas a little nstonbhed, but concluded that it xvould bo safo to con tinue the treatment, and said to tho mother: 'Itxill give, you nnolher pre scription. Tlie ruothor rcpliod; .'That in not neeesearv. I have plenty of the othor left.' 'Not necessary!' said tho doctor witli surprise. Why, I only left you a doo for a day.' Woll, I have a big lot Ml.' continued tho mothnr. "1et ino sro' it,' said tlie tlootor. Then '.ho mother brought ot.t tho bed-bug jiolson. Tho doctor looked nt tho bot tle tlrst with horror, then with amino inont, nn t finally with inturost. " 'Are you mro you gave tho child that?' lit. akod. " 'I am sure, antl tho child lie-gan to get better lmmodlato!,' persisted tho tnomer. ' 'Woll. go on with tho troatnront, said tlio doctor. The mother did go ou, and llio child got well. "Tlio mother had got llitrried, and had mistaken tho ono solution for the other. Tho doctor was a thoughtful man. IIo remombcrcd tho clrcunntnnco the next t'.mo ho got a diphtheria pa tient, and kept on trying uutll ho con cluded ho had hit upon nn almost cur tain cure. IIo had tbo manlluoM and humanity to give his di'oovcry to tlio world through papor road beforo n Pennsylvania medical society. Then thu medioal Journals took hold of It, and for tho last year many phjg.elnns ill all parts nf thn world hax o been pay ing nttention to it In ('cranny the blood has beon photogr.iphod in overy st lire of the disease, nnd tho Improve- ment under thu bod-hug treatment ao tua'ly shown by a series of pictures." MUiti Ij iHt-efrtivo wubllmate-rr-active poison?" " Vex; so arc arsonic, ntorphino and strychnine, nnd lota ot other metlielnos known to be of inestimable value In medicine nnd wirgery. They nro use ful xvhen they are properly used." ' lloxv do you account for thu succoss of the moslicine?" "It is simply gonnanloldo. or tho killing of tho germs of the disease. Wo Know maun diphtheria tuoro aru count less sunns called bacteria. They per- mente the blood. Tho corrosive subli- ' rtlittc lxar!na fn L'lll IIiima mipnn nf rnrtet mate begins to kill those genus at once. and soon dlspo-es it them altogether. Now you will recollect that tho corro sive subllmato was Intended to kill a x-ory niall Insect. Tho mother's mis take simply gnvo the bacteria tlio doso intended for tho bed-bug. When yOtt cumo to think of It, it is not so very sur prising that a medicine that will kill a bedbug or a man will also kill bac teria." ltltf ! tlinn, tiftl ilinmir llif tlm iho of such a mediolno win poison peo ple t " Yes, tho samo danger that thcro Is In using- any other powerful remedial agent. It must bo used with oaro and Intelligence. It so hnpponcd that the mother who first mod It did not do any harm. Others might not bo so fortu nate" "Htwo any physicians triod tho noxv remedy nnd abandoned It?" " Yea; but I think that has gonerally been tho roeult of timidity. Diphtheria is n terrible disease uud requires a liuro- lu remedy. Tho troatmotit herotoforo has lieoa t ) br.i.'o up tho patient wi li tonhu Various investigations hnvo shown tlmt eighty jier cunt of dvli thunn patients die ot oxhniMtlon. Tho new reiuetiy eniuieuios tue (liseaso speedily." .Y. i Sim. THE LICK TELESCOPE. Somo nf the l'lnc Conxtructlon of Work lnvoltr.l In tha tlie California tnstru- ment. In 18S0 a contniot was mndo with Movers. Alvau Clark & Sons to furnish nn objootivo ot thirty-six inolios clear aporturc ThU was six inches groator thru the glass thoy had just arranged to make for tho Kttsdnti (iorurmnent, and thus the telescope would fulfill tho con dition ot being tho largost and most powerful ever mado. Tho result has proved the old rule, that tho larger tho glass tho moro dllUcult It is to mako It. In this conuoctton tlforo is n curious coiitnibt between our present experience aid that ot the optlo ans initio curly t art of tho century. At that timo the making of tho crown-glass for tho double lous ofi'ored comparativoly litUo dltlloultyt It was tho tfint ghtsi with which the trouble was found Tho lat ter contained load, it subatnnco of greai siveoillo gravity, which porslstod in set tling toward the bottom of tbo pot In which tha glass xvas melted, and thus producing it duToronco botwoeu tho two sldos of tlie glass, xvjulolt was fatal tq Its pcrforwanoe. But th's diillculty has teen so completely overcame tint all the trouble now arl o. with Ihocrown hn.r,r'",V'Nr"'rr7nNmay bo ono of t.o ihiW'oc".. lonir buppos1?' tho hands of a Swiss untried Gtiitiaud and his family; but It U now Ulioved that tho supposed seorot Involved uothlng mora ...... .,.. -v.-. Hf-fw - - -. tnnn tno very simpio ttovico ot continue ctuly nnd vigorously etlrnng tho molten glass until it became too cold and stilt tu permit (hi heavier material to settle. However: this might bo, Foil, of I'arlsci who has been wait stujccssful In iuak lug large discs, supplied HaUsfaotory tlmt in a reoaabfu time- But buniiteti demy was met xwltlt m casting flta ittar. ip nM nor ym Ten u of his failure: is ono so simple tlvit ono can not but wonder that it should offer any trouble after being oneo detected. Wo call td mind that when tho founder ha snece.oded In casting Ids lump tl glass, weighing several hundred pounds, tho clay pot m which it Is contained Is broken away. Tho outside portions of tho glass itself, being impregnated with tho clay and other frni-n Hies, havo lo bo cut away. Tfikt is --. nost todloti procoss. If any ordinary cutting tool wcro used tho glass xvould bo opt to liy to plecoi. It dia,s to bo srtwed bv n wlro'xvorking In aaoil nnd wnto. Tho prt6oss of'cutting aw.ty tho otitaldo l one, thorcforc. Involving x'vecks, if not inlrrlfhs, of" labor. When It Is dono tho mass must bo pressed Into tho shnpo ot n disk, into ft very turn grindstone. nnd In order to do tills tlio lump must first bo Iicatcd nearly to tho melting point, go ns to becom-- plastic But whon Fell began to heat Ills largo mas it Hew lo pieces. In aticcosslvo at tempts lio took mora nnd more tlmo for tho inviting, but broko n dozen ot raoro pieces licforo ho at last succeeded. In Kebniary, 188 1, ho reported that n, glass was hetually molded without hav ing boon broken, and would soon bJ ready for' shipment, All this rotors only to tho great ob-Joct-glas of tho telescope which, thougfi" tlio' on? vital organ of tho In strument, Is really a very small portion of mo wnoiA J no construction oi tno dcUcato yot jioxvcrfttl machinery by which tho tube slty feet long Is to Ikj pointed toxvard any region of tho heavens, and kept In motion by clock work, has not yut been commenced. lu fdet, tbo question who 1mi11 construct this "mounting," as it is enll.-d, is a dinicult ono to decide. In size nnd xveight it is a piece of very heavy ma chinery, nnd would naturally ba mado In some groat shop dovotod to tho con struction of stonm and'other ongln-s. of the largest size. But tho great masse of metal which form tlio axe and sup ports of tin Instrument lmvo to bo moved by a system of moclmnlsm omo parts of xvhieh are as delicate at t'.ioso of a xvatcli. llio mlcrometeriilono will, lf-mado in tho most npproved way, ho a piece of mechanism far moro intricate than an ordinary astronomical Instru ment. In nil this nn astronomical In strument maker h required- Finally, what is xnoro important, a multitudo of provisions must bo mndo for tho handling und pointing ot tlio Instru ment, for lllu nlnating tho different portions, and for enabling thu ob eorvcr to read oft tho lino linoi by which ho kuoiv at each inomytit ex actly at what star his instrument may bo po'.ntcd. The diillculty of this last problem Is ono tjtat Is very slightly np prcclatod by those not accustomed to tho tno of the tu'oicopO''. When using a power of ono thousand, tho whola field of view of tho telescope is only a little spot of tho heavens not ono-lmn-drvdthof tho apparent surface of tho sun or moon. Within thU little spot Is con tained all that tho observer sees xvhen ho looks Into tho telescope. Yet by bdng raairnlfiod a tliou-i.ind times ft foetus to till a fourth of tho sky. SIneo the obiervor can not see anything out sido of this little spot, ho has no knowl edge which way to turn his telescope by mere sight of tlio hoavcru. Ho must therefore have a delicate arrangement of circles oy wliloli lie" finds ouTwE'iro he is looking, not by what ho sees, but by looking iuto microscopes attaoliod to various parts of tlie Instrument itself. All this requires the combined skill of the astronomer, tho astronomical mech anician and tlio euginjor. After n decision is rencued, It xvill probably require tx-o yenis to complete the In-tniment Tlu trostuos aro ap parently delaying tho decision In order to bo freo to chooso tlio bot counu when tha completion of tho object-glass Is assured. Meanwhile tho erection of tho building nud the construction of tlu other instruments aru being pushed fnr.vard. Simon KeiecOm fn Harper's ilajnzint. PUT UP A JOB ON HIM. The experience of a 1'ennsTlvanla Farmer Who IIa,d Foresworn the Tramps of Literature ami Mecltuntam. Augustus Athirton Is a plain and thrifty farmer of Abington, Fa., Ho is of nn amtablo disposition and a confid ing heart. Tho only great trouble of his llfo camo through crazy' in von tors, book-peddlcrs, sowing-mnohluo agents, llghtiilng-rod, Insuranco und patent mcdlcluo men. A few years ago ho was deceived in a xvorthluss machine, and then ho rosolvod to havo nothing moro to do with tho tramps of lltor.t luro, mechanism and mediolno. IIo kopt his word until roenntly when a gentoel-Iooklng 'ii.iu who stiUl his name xx as Atherton came to look up the Ath orton family tree. Thh-vlsltor s'-omod all rtgut antl it cost nothing to look up tho treo. Sir. Atherton extended to him the hospitalities of thu house wliilo ho etavoil and examined family rucords nnd documents. Ttio atrnnger pr-i- tended to prove his relntions'iip to Farmur Atherton and ho fared sumptlu ously at the Athertin farm-house oery day. An Atherton girl was abo'it to bo married nnd the uowly-fouud tiiorton young man xvas Invited to stay until after tho wedding, xvhlcb. he readily consont.vl to do. But ho didn't stay. Tho day beforo .Jho woddlug ho cx- flalned that iio bad a sudden call away, lo was vor, sorry, really, but lie couldn't help it. Du-dnusx buforb pleas ure, and all tlmt sort of proverbial philosophy. IIo wont, and Lis portly proportions as ho gaily atrodo away xvere supposed to bo duo to tho fat nl tho land fio lately lived on. IIo passed out of sight, but not out of tho Adicrtnn uvnd, for It was soon discovered thai many valuables had disappeared fi'otu tno nouso. Among oincr ttungs tvrre tho most costly portions of tbo bridal trousseau. Tho parting guest wai pretty well loaded with Atherton plun der. Tho wedding went on, howovcr, tho brldo still having something to. wear, and all xvui happy, as suuli an oco.islo.i should be: but Farmet' Athcr ton declares ho will nevor again open his hospitablo doom nnd nrnn to my stranger, whoever or whatever, ltd thinks thu forbid Jon book orients, and lightning-rod man put up tha job ou hUn, but fojls froo to assert positively - 1 S.oThat hi, now S.oiu-law .H ., ,- nl,,ll ftrtf and ho ought not toWtoo positive. -St. IohU Mtiiubticwt It is related that many yi Mr. Monrau. xvho renresiiMt tpeath lu the House of C'umwosts. woco ofi his. (Irst cattvas MlM, M Jtttfm Mormoy'; H laUtHWU4,T Wpt, Wt ftikrd him ior Ids vote WW Utjrn piled '3ir. I'd rmtbec gvf it "w ' devil. 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