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^ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BAffill! ?l BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE. S. C.. WEDNESDAY, DE?SafSEK~?*^I884. NO. 27. VOLUME XXIX. | V THE OLD YEAR'S BLESSING. I am fading from you, * But one draweth near, Called the Anjel-Guardian IOf the coming year. If my gifts and graces Coldly you forget, Let the New Year's angel Bless and crown them yet. If I gave you sickness, . If I brought you care. Let him make one patienc* And the other prayer. If I broke your idols, Showe:i you they vrere dusi f Let him turn the knowledge ^ Into heavenly trust. If I brought temptation, n Let sin i!ie away Into boundless pity For all hearts that stray. May you hold this angel SB Dearer than the last? So I bless his future, While he crowns my past gj^B ?Adelaide Proctor. fr- THE BROTHERS. [v No two human beings could have been ; I more thoroughly unlike in all physical kr and mental characteristics than the twin HW I?_.l 1 -LI?r, [From babyhood to young manhood they i had not even :i taste in common, and the total absencc of sympathy and even tol- ; eration toward eacB other was so marked as to furnish the village where they were , bora and rca:ed with an unending sub- j | ject of conversation. At the age of six-J tten Herbert left the farm, while John stayed on and courted the girl whom ^^Hcrbert afterward married. Everything i Herbert touched turned to money, J MHRile all John's attempts and specula- ; i ^^tions inevitably came to grief. Strange- . ^^?ly enough there was never any open rup-; ] L. ture until Herbert took away John's j W promised wife. Then they walked calm-! J ly down the road together until they | ] I came to an unfrequented spot, and then ' i I John suddenly halted, and drawing back i I his' strong :<^ht arm, prepared to deal j i B his compant?<jA blow. But Herbert was i on the alert, and John's arm was caught : < L by a still stronger one and firmly held. 11 "So you made up your mind to have i Bi sort of Cain and Abel affair, did you?" F Herbert inquired, showing his handsome teeth as he spoke. !' "And you made up your mind to, swindle ijic out of a wife as you have j swindled me out of comfort and every-1 thing else ever since I can remember," John replied. > j "Look here!" and now Herbert threw . off the arm he had held with a gesture which expressed all the disgust he i felt. "Is it possible," he continued, | j "that you arc such a craven-hearted coward as to want to marry a woiuan , | who prefers another manf" i "It's a lie!" said John. "You have'] I dazzled lior with ynur money and your; 1 schemes of ambition. I know you for a ] Jj*r and a thief!" ] A man would have to have more pa- J ^^tience than Herbert Tiafton possessed to j j y hear such words as those without swift j? W retaliation. An instant later and John 11 f lay stunned and unconscious upon the j t frozen ground, for this was Ubnstmas I i P time. So Herbert hud succeeded as | ( j usual in doir.g what his brother had : ] L planned to perform. In this way they I < I parted. Herbert, from a safe distance, | j I watched the prostrate figure, and when ' signs of life began to manifest themselves ] ] Bf he hurried away. & A few months later he married the j ; B girl of his choice. There was no further ( B trouble, for John, completely cowed and , I humiliated by the blow he had received, j ( ^^left his home without a word?the places i ] |^l that were once known to him knew him j; ^Hno more forever. HE Years slipped by, Herbert grew richer J < B and richer, and there seemed no shadow ! i H upon his perfect happiness. His wife H was sensible and loving, his children j ] healthy and generally satisfactory. | ' ^ ^Surely, what could trouble him? Alas : ] Hj3'or tbe inconsistency of human nature, j , Herbcit Trafton carried about with him, ] K a constant sorrow, though no one eus- { pected it. \ When it became evident that his < Wm brother was lost to him forever the love < Kjjtwhich he had nevar before been con- j ] -scious swept over him with an intensity j which distressed and appalled him. ] rThcre came wi'h it, too. a yearning ten-! j ^Hdcrness and anxiety for this man who j j ^Hhad always been so simp'e and so help- j , VTless, that sometimes in the busiest mo- i P| ments brought a moisture to his eyes 1 i I and an uncomfortable bunch to his i throat. It was a strange fancy that in- | i uced this millionaire to build a house j (i a retired spot, many miles from his ] Kalatial city residence, in the style of the i j Kid homestead. j I The original house had been destroyed j Ly fire. This new place, with the an-; lient look, was furnished as near as pos- {' sible like the old one, and here Mr. ;, T'rafton insisted that his family should 3 -II l?U/\f !/^aira TKa rvpoof < , M ^peuu an IUClt. UUIIUKH". .1 j H. 'brick oven was heated and tilled with all j ] H sort9of good things as in the days gone by. ! Mr. Trafton's famous chef remained in : ] E the city. No new fangled dishes were j allowed on the table and no servants tol-; ] erated under the roof. Mrs. Trafton re- ; ] newed her long lo3t acquaintance with ( m t :e kitchen, ami the young ladies were initiated into the mysteries of turkey , I dressing, mince and pumpkin pies, browu ! ] ' bread and Indian pudding. The boys, ] B Herbert and John, twins, strangely V enough, both of them in their father's counting roow, nnd with just ns tittle sympathy between them as B tnere had existed between their father < and uncle, were always present on these 1 holiday festivals. They brought the : Bfl water from the old-fashioned well, split ; the wood and kept the coal-box filled; ' |Kn. service which was by no means con-1, ^ genial to young men whose slightest ^ tvishes had been anticipated from their ; EH^fcibyhood. But their father's will was . ^^^kolutc and ever disputed. I, BH^^k&cek previous to the Christmas of llcrbert Trafton, Esq., and his ! 0iiV- started for their country seat: t/hial. Time was dealing very J I leniently with tne neacx 01 me;, house, though the sadness which had so i long occupied his heart was now some- ! - times visible on his face. Once he had told his wife that he would gladly give I one half his fortune for the privilege of seeing his brother once more, and she replied with a sigh: "He would be welcome to it.11 Christmas cum3 cold and sharp, but j the sun shone bravely, and all nature 1 seemed to smile a welcome. During the ^Xprenoon Herbert and John started off down the road, Herbert straight as a j I youngsapling.John somewhat delicate in : appearance and a trifle bent. Their1 [ father, watching them out of sight, was , reminded of that Christmas morning ' when he and John walked off together. , Something in their manner toward each other suggested the occasion most Vividly. Mr. T afton impulsively started j tfor his hat and coat, but the absurdity 1 notion struck him immediately, ^^Hd he laughed at himself for an old fool. ^BB"The idea," he said. ".John and I j I^^Biarreled about Elizabeth. Those boys no love affair or I should have ^^^Eown it.1' So be occupied himself with ; HKg great logs in the- open fireplace of HHe sitting-room, and oh, haunting' H^BoaghUwhat had become of his brother.' j the meantime the young men had | ^^Btlked off rapidly ana without Bpeaking , a mile or more. Then they halted j fl^^ftddenly and surveyed each other. Her gH^Rrt vras tne first to speak. there any use is asking you to ! your decision?" he said. ^^Hps'ou talk like a fool!" John an- I ^^^Ved, with quivering lip. "I decided j W iocg ago to marry the girl you have been ' tn orpf awav from me for over a ' m -- p.-- v . ^^eari and I never will give her up." ^^H"Can it be possible that you want to , ^^karry a girl who has confessed her love i another manfviicrt^riffqTHr?d, with i She has done no such j ^^^B^HBVreplied. "But, oh, my?if | j^HHOMH^Because you have lied to her, H^H^HHHptible sneak, you dastardly HHb thief!" M^HHHHstcpped back a pace, and 'ith ^Rnffi9|.l" as death, drew two pistols BHHHBH|cket, and handed one to his "We will settle this affair here and ' ] now," he sa:d. "You are as good a shot j as I am, anil these pistols shall determine which is the favored one. If you survive me, win her if you oan, but I tell you | | she will despise you in exact proportion I as she has toved me." With thi3 the ! ^ young man measured off a few paces, ! and then added: "You shall do the counting: I swear to you I will wait for i three. You do the same."' ; ^ They took their places. John's hand ! ^ was tremblinsr and his whole body seemed , j in a cold perspiration. Herbert was as i ^ cool as when adding up a column oi j , figures in his fathers counting room. { ' One?two?three! Just as the fatal ! number was about to drsp from John | j Trafton's lips an old tramp suddenly i ^ appeared upon the scene. With a sharp j ( cry he rushed between the young men, | ( and just in time to receive the bullet j from John's pistol square in the shoulder, j He had meant to lower his weapon, but ( ( in the added excitement of the new > arrival he had lo. the remaining vestigo j . of his self-possession and the poor tramp j J was his victim. Herbert stepped up j coolly to see what damage had been ! done. "Never mind me," said the stranger\ j "I am thankful to God that the bullet j found no worse lodging place;1' and then j looking pityingly at the young man who had wounded him, he said: "Poor John! Just such another unfortunate as your miserable uncle. Boys, your father and I separated ou a Christmas Day, after ; some such an exploit as this, and we have never met since. I am on my way to him, for my heart yearns for mv kindred. I have no doubt your quarrel was about a woman. Let the fellow have the girl whom the girl loves best. That's the way to fix it. Don't be lifelong euemies on account of a woman, boys. Come, take me home." . "Uncle John!" said his namesake, and then the poor fellow burst into tears. "Uncle John!" Herbert repeated, and though his face was a shade paler there was no sign of emotion. But they took dim home and in no house was tnere j greater Christmas rejoicing. Herbert, I senior, manifested all the affection that \ bad been so long pent up in his heart, md after the doctor had been sent for and the wound attended to the festivi- ! ties proceeded. Uncle John had knocked around the world too long to be disquieted by a bullet. No. the boys never attempted a duel again, but Herbert got the girl, of course. Interesting Visitors from the Desert of Kulatii. One of the strangest groups of human beings that has ever reached these shores : sat one afternoon recently on the floor in i the Castle Garden office, New York, j These people, says the New York Times, j were representatives of the N'Chubba j tribe, which resides in the Kulahi desert, j in the interior of Africa. The Africans ! wo:e barely anything except blaukets of ' great warmth and remarkable gaudiuess. The leader of the party, which mustered six strong, is Conqui. He was the chief of the N'Chubba tribe 1 1 before he abandoned that constituency i j for the show business. lie is thirty-five j , years of age and has a light mustache and j imperial. His hair, like that of the | j others, grows in buncheB little more i than a quarter of an inch in length, and j suggests small shrubbery which springs j up uneveuly on poor land. Conqui is ; i only four feet six inches in height, but ! he was the tallest mau in his tribe. On ; sach side of his brow a small sea shell is j < fastened to the hair by way of ornament, i * The ex-chief carries a long bow, but lest ! * he should do some harm with this, the ; 1 string lia^ beeu taken away from him. ; < He uses the bow as a staff, and nlso as a i 1 :orrector for the young of his party. j J The N'Chubbas are not nearly as dark j ( is ordinary Africans. Their color, in ! ( fact, is almost as light as that of the j Indian'. They have Bat, small features, with high cheek bones and little dafk syes. Mrs. Conqui, nee Arbecy, is forty- 1 two years of age, and has an ugly, 4 wrinkled face. The pair have a bright- ! ! looking immature boy, named Arby. j 1 This interesting child, like the rest of [ 1 his tribe, has a strong passion for tobac- ! :o. He will abandon his mother for a pi pe or a cigar. But, although the N'Chubbas are all smokers, they are strict teetotalers. Nothing stronger than coffee J 2ver passes their lips. In addition to his ! t swn child, Conqui has three young peo- j pie whom he probably borrowed from ! } former neighbors with the privilege of j j oot returning them. These are Miss Icy, j ( in interesting maiden of twelve; Co, a j j stripling of nineteen, and Finmon, the j Jude of his tribe. Finmon, although j , twentv-four vears old. does not appear ! : to be more than twelve. His tastes are 1 iecidedlv {esthetic. On his brow is a 1 small imitation euuflower, which is kept * in position ov a piece of brown string. Finmon 6hows other evidences of giddi- * oess. Instead of the conventional desert ] smile of his countryman, he giggles and 1 simpers as if he were saying, -'Go way, j \ rou saucy thing." [ i The N'Chubbas, when at home, wan- ' ier about in families Rock9 and trees, ! 1 ire their only shelter. They are not at | < ill particular what they eat. Anything j handy will answer for dinner, no matter t whether it is a quail, a snake, or a few j roots. They are not cannibals, and apparently have not energy enough to be ( m#:derous. The N'Chubbas do not talk j 1 like other Africans. Their language : < jeems to be a series of clicks in the back j j portion of their mouths. The words j , evidently have no formation. The peo- j pic have only mastered two or three Eng- ' iish words. I i 11 ! i Mortality on the Pauama Canal, j < An engineer who had been employed 1 on the Panair a canal said to a New York j 1 Times representative: There are 40,000 ' men employed on the canal, distributed ' < *11 fi-nm C'nlnn nr Acmnwnll tn : < Panama. The distance by rail is not 1 over thirty miles between these two 1 points. I was a machinist and engineer j und made, by working overtime, $250 \ 1 pi.*r mouth, but I could not stand the j climate. The wages for skilled workmen j 1 is $5.50 per day und for laborers $3 to 1 i $4 per da}-. The latter arc recruited i among the natives and runaway sailors, j j who will leave $15 a month and take ; j chances of sickness and death for the $3 j ] or $4 per day. You ask about the mor- i j tality? Well, that is frightful. Hun- j dreds die monthly, and the hospitals are i j constantly lilled with the sick. It is said ( that nine out of ten patients who aro ] sent to these hospitals die there. If the , dead man has money or inlluence, he is ; , put into a nine box and buriud; other- j ] wise his bouy is damped into a pit and , quicklime thrown over him. There is an : old saying that every tic of the Panama j . railroad represents a tombstone for some ' poor unfortunate. Now, it is true that, every foot of excavated ground symbol- ' i/.es a grave. The canal is twelve feet ( deep and from eighty to ninety feet wide. I 1 The rains, which are abundant, not only 1 interfere with the work, but often causes ! j the banks to cave in and till up the c* ial. i Board that one can get in New York foj | $2.50 per week costs there from $10.5C i to $15 per week. A Curious Character. Everett Farnham died at Richfield, Ohio, recently at the age of eighty-four, i He was the largest laud owner in the i county, and was exceedingly eccentric. He called his lands his domains. On his'farm was a large tract of meadow < land which he called "God's Heart," i aud of this he took especial care. He was a great admirer of England and ] JJl imil customs, anu uu a reueuu visit i,u London undertook to defend to the i ] Britishers in the streets the advantages of republicanism, and was arrested and ' lined. , In clearing land he would never burn , his brush, but placed it in piles and allowed it to rot. He was an avowed in- ; ' f del, and had a large library of books J treating on infidelity. Four or five of ( his acres were enclosed as a park, in ! , which he kept deer, elk and buffalo. He [ , pretended that at one time the emperor [ of Germany hud sent an envoy to pur- j chase his elk. Yet Farnham was an I honest, upright man, and was highly re- j spected. -j j The London Times was the first news* 1 paper in tne world to be printed by \ steam power. The date was Novembei! ' 29, 1814, seventy years ago. j j FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD, h 81 Wintering: Young Plffi. si Pigs born later than the first of Octoaer will need good care and skillful man- g lorcment to kftnn theinin a thriftv. ffrow- c ng condition through winter. This is ti particularly the case if you keep them in tl arge number.9, and it is a good plan to ti jell all you can before winter sets in. a People who keep only two or three pigs tl :o eat up the slops from the house can h landle their late pigs to better advan- tl :age than the large farmer or breeder, h Such young pigs need milk, greasy y ivater, or broth and bread, or cooked a potatoes, with corn meal pudding; these n ire more likely to be liberally furnished b from the kitchen when you have oniy two pet pigs than when you have two score or two hundred. Whatever method of feeding is ^ idoptsa, let it be liberal. Let them have 0 ill the good feed they will eat?no more, no less. Let them have good, dry, com- . ?. 1? fortable quarters to sleep in, ana aisiuro | them as little as possible. Pigs are in part hibernating animals. The more , they sleep the better for them and their owner. We do not want to fatten pigs in winter. We simply want to keep ," them in healthy, growing condition, and | S the fatter they are wheu winter sets in, I the easier it will be to carry them through | b the winter. j c Pigs well wintered are in good condi- i :ion to thrive well on grass and clover 81 next summer. They will do far better j g an pasture alone than young spring pigs, j a We are not now advocating having young ! a pigs come in the auturun, but if you nave ! a ;hem and cannot sell them, or do not i ti ;vish to, then take the best of cavc of j tl :hem, and feed liberally. The most 1 b profitable pork we have ever made, was ! from young pigs which had been weil j c lared for through the previous winter, j h md the next summer fatteued on clover | f, pasture.?John Harris, in American Agri- I c xdturut. | fj Feeding Boxes (or Fowls. j sj There are certain kinds of food which j w jught to be offered to the fowls in boxes j o )r troughs, protected in such a way that ! tl :ho fowls cannot get into them, but sim- j ply put their heads through a wire or si wooden paling. Ground bone, oyster b ihells, vegetables, meatand all soft food, j ^ aurrht to be thus presented and protected. t< [t is desirable to do so. both on the 0 score of economy and cleanliness. If c fowls can run over their soft food, b scratch in it, etc., they will refuse it t< subsequently. Beside, it will be tracked 8i ill about, and defile the floor as well as 0 ihe feet of the fowls. With grain it is ti juite different; this they wi 1 run lor if ; scattered on the floor, or on the ground, scratch for if necessary, and neither the ^ fowls nor their quarters will get any harm. ^ 3rain may therefore be scattered broad- u :ast on the floor of the feeding-room in winters, and it is best to do so. We have lad good results by adopting the rule to 'Q feed grain only so long as the fowls tj will run after it. This feeding is best t( lone in the open yard, but when we lave wet weather, or when stiow s on the ground, it must be done on ! " ;he floor, which should be first swept off. j [n close winter weather laying fowls do c lot get exercise enough; hence it is well ' :o make them do a little work to get. J e ;heir grain. If the floor is first swept | P iff, and then covered two or three inches i a 3eep with straw cut about two inches ! 8 long, a few quarts of grain?wheat, buck- ; a wheat, barley or oats may be scattered , 0 iver it?and the hens will work dili- j u jently for it for several hours, and thus i P yet both food and exercise. Exercise, it *' hfeould be borne in mind, while it is con- ; s: Iiipivp tn bpfilth in pw nti.il tr> rontin- ! led egg-laying. The straw thus em- f ployed may be used ag.tiu and again, t Jay after day, if care be taken to throw i v )ut with a rake any which may become i s Jefiled. This is easily done, for every | u lump of dung will be coated all over s with bits of straw, which will adhere, a ind so form masses that can be raked r sut. The straw is an advantageous ad- f lition to the hen manure compost, which i t: s not only a saleable article, but of great i v idvantage in the garden, or on the farm, p ?The Cultivator. t a Farm and Garden \otei. i a Bone meal is said to be an excellent | j. fertilizer for strawberries and other j t imall fruits. ; c The good feeder of stock never gorges ii ;hem, nor does he give more than will ! f( je eaten with a relish. It is not what is 0 ;aten, but what is digested which fur- j lishes the profit. Stones are a nuisance in cultivated I ields, but it is none the less a fact that !. :here are many localities near cities and ; 11 rillages where they will well pay to haul ' 0 )fi to sell for building purposes. 1 Compelling calves and colts to lie in ! j, ilth or on damp floors or bedding is the ; 0 vAAroct bin/1 nf onnnnrnv If rwif nnlir ! r prevents the growth of the animals, but ^ s sure to result in some form of disease f persisted in. b A large lump of clean rock salt should d )e kept constantly in the manger of C svery horse and colt while - stabled. | ii Ybout one pound a month is sufficient j p ;o satisfy the average horses which have | b free access to it. ; ? Under the pasturing and hay system j b )f feeding, four or live acres are needed o ;o keep a cow a year. With ensilage S join fodder and soiling in summer, every d icre may be made to keep its cow, pro- j t irided the soil is made rich enough. a A cow giving milk should never be 1 fat. Either the milk is deficient in je quantity or quality, often both. The , P best cows are never line-looking animals, !: jxcept to the eye of an expert, who can fj see behind the rough and bony frame !' svidences of good milking qualities. The Epitomist tells us of a fiue Jersey a low which greatly disappointed her ! Q jwner by bearing no calves, and, as a i c last resort, the cow was put on very Q plain feed, with no grain. sne ran down r in flesh, but owing to this treatment is c ibout to calve. t Beets or mangel wurzel arc preferable n to turnips for milch cows, as the latter a roots are apt to flavor the milk objection- i d ibly. "We can, however, avoid this dif- j ii Sculty to some extent by feeding the | v roots directly after miiking. Tbe odor n passes off before tho cows are milked s again. j p The Arabs are said to feed horses from t the ground in order to maintain the n curve in the neck. Without doubt Ara- j li bian horses are among the best in the b world, and if feeding on or near the j s ground is one reason of their superiority, a it is an argument for low mangers that : should not be overlooked. , r If land is naturally wet and has not ' j1 been drained, most farmers think it ex- ! ictly right for meadow. It will un- a ioubtedly pay better to mow than to i ? cultivate in ordinary seasons, as the mea- ' " iow requires less labor. But the fact j H romnina thrvt. rrnnil frrftMS will not. liino' i f IVU.M.UW 5""" o o i grow oa soil always saturated with stag- . a nant water I P A warm soil is quite as important as 1 fertility in growing a good com crop, j One of the advantages of stable manure I and greensward plowed under lies in the j fact that their fermentation adds to the ; j. warmth of the soil. The same amount i t of plant food furnished in mineral j manures which do not supply heat will not produce an equal effect. ^ It is very difficult to keep horses in a basement stables without injuring their r eyes. This is in part due to poor ventila- c tion, but also to the position of basement e windows, which throw a light on the f horse's eyes and cause him to be always c peering into comparative darkness. A x fiorse tnus treated will bo very apt to go s blind after two or three years. \ Gas tar will drive away ants, but where c they gather around apple trees, as they t arc apt to do, it is a question whether it t is to the advantage of the orchardist to 1 get rid of them. Ants are very de- 4 Btructive to the apple or plant lice which j on apple trees arc a frequent cause of /? unfruitfulncss by destroying the foliage at a time when it is most needed for Btarting the young fruit. v If cny one desires to use horses unshod I let him choose for the purpose thick ti skinned, thick and strong noofed horses f and he will be able to get on quite sue- ): cessfully; but if he choose very thin i skined horses, with thin shelled hoofs, be will find them lame at once it used to f ?ny extent on hard roads. The southerirp* part of Georgia mad Florida are fall of * orses that have never been shod. The ? )il is sandy, and there is no need of ioeing. One of the strongest points in a really ood cow is that she will continue to 5 ive a good mess of milk during a long ime. Many otherwise good cows fail in i ais respect. They give a large quan- s: ity in the first flow but soon drop of! j c nd are dry half the year. The habit of j tie heifer with her first caif fixes her abit as a cow in this regard. It is B tierefore not advisable to allow a young v eifer to drop a second calf within o C ear of the first. It is better to wait so P s to have the calves fifteen months or lore apart, in which case the heifer can ^ e kept in milk a year or more. a c Household Recipes and Hints. ; e Lemon stains on cloth may be removed F y washing the goods in warm soapsuds, j r in ammonia. a A niffi Hidli fnr hrpftkffist?or for tea? i i made of sweet potatoes boiled. Re- jj love the skins, rub the potatoes through ? coarse colander, make into flat cakes, y ip into flour, and fry in hot butter. A delicious sauce for plain'rich pud- jj ing is made by stewing some apples and ? rapes until perfectly s?ft, then rub them trough a sieve, sweeten, put a lump of 0 utter in, and if too thin stir in a little b ornstarch. a To keep stoves from rushing while 8 tandingaway through the warm weather, j( Tease them well with mutton tallow, j. nd before putting them up in the b utumn put them in the yard and build fire in them, which will burn off the C illow. "Wash them with soapsuds and t! tun polish them. This is troublesome, ? ut effectual. v Excellent pies are made of canned * urrants. Take one cupful of them, ? alf a cupful of sugar, one tablespoonnl of flour, beaten with the yolks of two si gg3. Bake with an under crust, then '< rost the top with the whites of the two ^ ggs and two tablespoonfulsof powdered 1 ugar. Be sure to beat the sifted flour rith the yolks, then there is no danger j f lumps of undissolved flour spoiling j y tie good looks of the pie. li Appetizing sauco to be eaten -with beef teak is made of four tablespoonfub of " utter, one of vinegar or of lemon juice, p alf a teaspoonful of salt, quarter of a v aaspoonful of pepper, and a teaspoonful f parsley, or a tuble3poonful of tomato r atsup. The butter must not be melted, u ut should be beaten to a cream; this is jj 3 be poured over or spread upon the c teak, and a hot plate should be laid o ver it when it is being carried to the lble. I When making a soft pillow of the '{ razy patchwork be careful to put the c Tightest and most Btrikinsr pieces near t tie center. "When the cushion is made J' p the effect is quite different from rhat it is when it is spread out flat, ^ nd it is of more consequence that the ^ enter should be handsome th:m that tie corners-should. This, when reduced v 3 writing, looks like a foregone con- c lusion, but it is not, as an unfortunate illow-maker can testify. If apples are decaying faster than you ? au use them, apple jam may be made, l rhich will keep for several weeks. To " very pound of fruit weighed after it is u ared and sliced, allow three-quarters of pound of sugar, and the juice and s! rated rind of half a lemon. Put the \, pples into a jar, and set this into a pan t! f boiling water. Let the apples stew B ntil quite tender, then put them into a ^ orcelain kettle with the sugar and 81 jraon juice. Stir until soft, and let it e immcr for at least half an hour. The excellence of the following receipt or keeping tomatoes *is vouched for by j wo good women who have proved its J! irtnes for many years: Choose perfectly ound, ripe tomatoes, the skin must be 11 nbroken, and the tomatoes must not be n oft, but should be taken from the vinea t the stage when they have just turned ed; put them into a jar und pour over f hem vinegar and water in the propor- A ion of two quarts of water to one of :( incgar; turn a plate over them, and mt a weight upon it so that the toma- j. oes Will all i;e Kepi wen unaer, iueu no cloth over the jar, put the cover oa nd set it in a cool cellar or closet. Tomaoes preserved in this way have been ^ nown to keep for months; it is essen- \ ial that the tomatoes shall be kept. 2: overed with the vinegar and water, for f one even is not, it will decay and the G erment occasioned by it will spoil all the * thers. u Sicilian Funeral Customs. / In past ages a piece of money was put 11 ito the mouth of the corpse?a survival I f the fare which Charon was bound to b sceive. A virgin has a palm branph ? nd a crown in her collin; a child a gar- ^ md of flower*. It is the worst possible men for a bridal procession to meet a v uneral. It has to be averted by making 0 tie "horns"?or "lefiche" (thrusting the " humb between the first two fingers), or M y putting a promegranate before the oor or in the window. At Piano de' " Jreci certain little loaves or bread-cakes j ti a the form of a cross are given to the j u oor on the day of a death. In Giacosa, j c ehind the funeral procession comes an j 00 InHpn with fnnrl wliirh aff*?r thfi i 8' urial, is distributed either here in the i pen or under cover i:i some house. The ? 'icilian-Albanians do not sit op chairs i luring the first days of mourning, but on ; j( he dead man's mattress. In some houses ; c 11 is thrown into intentional confusion? j urned upside down to mark the pres- j v nee of death. Others put out the I ^ lattrcss to show that the invalid j v i dead; others again remake the t ^ ed as fcrr marriage, placing on I oi : the crucifix which the sick m m had held j a his hand when dying. Woe to those : n rho let the caudle go out while burning : h t the foot of the bed! On the first day I ' f mourning there is only one of these \ orpse-lights: on the second day two; n the third three. Men and women sit j ound?the meu covered up in their j loaks with a black ribbon around their ) hroats?the women with their, black lantles drawn closely over the head, 11 in deep mourning. For the first nine u [ays, friends, also in strict deep mourn- li; ng, throng the house to pay their formal I ^ isits of condolence. The mourners do *' ot speak nor look up, but sit there like t? tatues, and talk ot the dead in solemn ihrases and with bated breath, but enering into the minute and sometimes ii lost immodest details. The mournmg j| ists one or two years for parents, hus- I r, iand or wife, and brothers and sisters; \ ix months for grandparents and uncles | (1 nd aunts; three months for a cousin. j r] Babies aro buried in white with a red j * ibbon as a.sash, or disposed over the body ?' a the form of a cross. They lie in a " iasket on the table,with wax candles set " round, and their faces are covered with fine veil. They are covered with k lowers, and on the little head is also a ;arland of flowers. No one must weep a or the death of an infant. It would be _ -it tI /.I u uuciisi; u^iuusi \JTUU, wuu iiau. \>vui" >assion on thie little crcature and took it tl o make of it an angel in Paradise before u t had learned to sin. The announce- C aent of it8 death is received with a cry f "Glory and Paradise!" and in some jj ilaces the joy-bells are rung as for a -jesta. When taken to the G'ampo Sano, it is accompanied with music and inging. The soul of the dead is to be seen as a | tutterfly, a dove, an angel. The soul of , murdered man hovers about the cross aised to his memory on the place of his H ourder; the soul of one righteously xecuted by the law remains on earth to f( risjhten the timid; the soul of the suiide goes plump to hell, "casnldiavolo," u inless the poor wretch repents at the 6 upreme moment. Judas is condemned o hover always over the "tamarix Galli:a," on which ho hanged himself, and v vhich still bears his name; children go q o the stars; while certain women be- w ieve that their souls will go up the Stairs of St. Japicu di Galizia," which j v; (lain people call the Milky Way.?Tom- j a: >le Bar. mm ll The laws of Madagascar relating to con- 01 icts state that whoever shall set free s fl. nisoner sentenced to chains shall be tj iued five oxen and l?and be condemned tl or a term equal to the sentence of the >risoner. Another section provides that ii f a convict in chains or a prisoner escape J" tis guard will be undereentence to chains c or a period equal to the term of sentence 4 the escaped prisoner until the ,'latter di ie caught. i p] NEWS SUMMARY 1 Eautern and iUlddlo States. The City bank, of Schenectady, N. Y., has uspended. "I The Edgar Thompson Steel works, at Jraddock, renn., employing 1,000 men, have but down. Lack of orders has caused the losing of this, the largest steel rail mill in he country. Pj> Much damage to property has been done ,t Erie, Ponn., and vicinity, by a violent torm. Fine forests and extensive orchards rere laid waste, and at Erie a Polish Roman Catholic church, just dedicated, was com- ^ iletely demolished A land-slide occurred on the railroad near , lighland, N. Y., and an express train was erailed by running into the mass of stono bla nd earth that covered the track. The train in aught fire, five cars wore burned, and sev- . ral persons injured, one?the fireman?with irobably fatal result. ?cc A heavy earthquake shock was felt in w'' ^aconia, N. R., and adjoining towns. Doors sig nd dishes we're shaken in many houses. ^ A tour of the New York candy factories ^ y the health authorities revealed the fact . hat In thirte n of them candy wus being col- "*6 red by poisonous chemicals. Two tons of ^ lio dangerous stuff were seized. tnn Sullivan and Greenfield, the two pugi- twl 8ts recently indicted for prize fighting at ladLson Square Gardeo, New York, have mc een acquitted by a jury. to New counterfeit five-dollar treasury notes we f the series of 1875, marked letter A, have sen extensively circulated in New York ^ nd will doubtless soon make their appearnce in other parts of the country. P?* Two discharged workmen who were al;ged to be engaged in inciting a riot were wa wed at OukJale, Penn., a railroad station, i y Conductor Hutchinson. ^ The huge building occupied by the Roman ' Jatholic Orphan asylum of Brooklyn, one of ab? lie largest charitable institutions in the city, hoi aught fire and was partly destroyed. The ^ri 80 orphan boys who had in it a home .'ere rescued unharmed, except one who J ? as fatally injured,and two who were slightly we urt; but one of the Sisters of Charity who noj ared for and instructed them lost her life, q 'he other occupants of the building, fifty or ixty in number, escaped. The estimated ri, )ss is $200,000, which is covered by insurance. ? 'he personal effects of the boys and their ^ Bachers were nearly all lost , ^ T - ? sen South and West* mn The business of Richmond, Va., for the ma ear will be about thirty per cent less than for ast year, and will reach about $30,000,000. the At a session of the Presbyterian Ministers' sal' nion, in Chicago, a committee was appointed i <*U( o consult witn otner ministers lor tue purlose of calling a mass-meeting to demand igcrous Mormon legislation. ?* A crowd of twenty armed horsemen sur- 1V* ounded the house of P. J. Slocum, a school uacher at Horse Cave, Ky. Slocum had in- K urred their ill will, and tney wanted him to -tj mve the place. 1 he teacher fired into the rowd, killing one man and wounding anther Mr. Blaine has written to his attorneys in we ndianapolis, instructing them to dismiss his as i ibel suit against the Journal of that city, yaj >rought during the early part of the late gal ampaizn. Mr. Blaine says in his letter an< bat on account of the political feeling it ste i-ould be impossible for him to get justice in grc ndiana. ] Two men, two women and a child were a q urned to death at a fire which destroyed five Dii usiness houses in Newport. Ark. the Two moonshiners had a desperate fight ,-ith United States deputy marshals in Hall BeJ ounty, Ga., and both were killed. At a meeting of representatives of 190,000,00 invested in the Lake Superior iron mines, eld in Cleveland, resolutions were passed rotesting against the ratification by the Jnited States Senate of the reciprocity treaty ?'ith Spain. Similar resolutions were passed t a meeting of the National Sugar Growers' ?0 ssociation in St Louis. Governor Hoadly. of Ohio, refused the heriff's request to send troops to Hocking Pn 'alley, the scen9 of trouble resulting from no loiig-coiimiuea sixmo 01 miners. ioo ovemor stated that the civil authorities liould be able to cope with the difficulty. Th lany shots were exchanged between the ? Lrikers and men guarding the mine prop- j t rty. * I T I Thi Washington. General Haze.v, chief signal officer, ha* j referred charges against First Lieutenant Irnest Garlington, Seventh United States , avalry, for disobedience of orders and gross _ eglectof duty in connection with his com- An' land of the Proteus expedition of for the _ elief of the Greely colony at Lady Franklin ^ ay. ^ Nominations by the President: B. Piatt 'arpenter, of New York, to be governor of lontaxia Territory; William H. Bliss, of MisDuri, to be attorney of the United States for lie eastern district of Missouri; George M. .'arpenter, of Rhode Island, to be a district udge of the district of Rhode Island. Foreign^ ! Ofl The iteamship Carranza, from Rotterdam or Lisbon, has foundered off the Isle of q Vight. Eleven persons wore drowned and ^01 ignteen were saved. pr? A messenger from Khartoum, reports that hit leneral Gordon was well, and that the gen- crc ral recently severely defeated the rebols, ma illing a large number of them and blowing pla p the forts at Omderman. ser Small-pox is raging in the city of Trieste, big Lustria, and the schools have been turned bih lto hospitals. During a heavy gale at St Hyacinth *8? 'rovince of Quebec, the first span of the new j rat ridge in course of erection across the Yam- ?J1C ska river was blown down. One man was . I0JJ istantly killed, another fatally injured and , 1 fteen others seriously hurt. 5 cl The British schooner Turtle was upset by a jjj, iolent squail in Smith's sound, N. F. Four ^ f the crew were saved. The remainder, who ere below, sitting in the cabin at the time, Der rent down with the vessel. 5da During the trial of anarchists at Nieder- ees aid, Germany, one of them confessed that j fiel e was connected with a plot to assassinate ; giv le emperor, and referred in a most vehement I bet lanner to the condition of the working ' ma lasses. I it i Portugal is ceding to Germany posses- | ?"1 ions in Southeast Africa. i P10 In view of the recent explosion at London ! tridge extra guards of soldiers and police J <? ave been placixl around Buckingham palace. | Colonel Newton, an American scientific I the jcturer, while riding a tricycle in London ; vai ollided with a cab and was killed. , ! W< A force of about 3,000 Chinese in Tonquin i gre ?as dispersed by the Franco with heavy loss. 1 net 'he French lost twenty-four in killed and j T-il rounded. ing Lucas Jauner, an official in a prominent ^L 'ienna bank, has misappropriated $1,000,- tl1? 00 of the institution's funds. * The Englisbcourt of npj)eals has granted a ew trial in the case of Mr. Charles Brad- j ye iuch, who was found cuiltv of illegally vot- . ig in the house of commons. " " : ?-? tha the LATER NEWS , \% she 'j he cold wave which started in the North- I be est caused a rapid fall in the thermometer j j^e hen it struck the Ka>t In Boston the ther- wj, lometer dropped to 0 degrees below zero; at | ( ew York it was zero; Middlesex, Vt., 20 ' ? in agrees below; Springfield, Mas?., 9 degrees j go alow; Hartford, Conn., 8 decrees below; J for yracuse, N. Y., 14 degress below. j dei Tremendously cold weather has prevailed \ i the West and Northwest, the thermometer I exj ropping all the way from zero to forty do- | c'? rees below zero. In Virginia the weather | ^ as the coldest felt in ten years, tho tlier- [ che IOmeter at Petersburg falling to thirteen do- | ot t rees above zero. At Chicago it was ten de. I ^ rees below zero; at Colgary, British Amor- I the a, forty degrees below zero was the point | the ached. , wa Albert Hawkins, who has been coachman j )r all the Presidents since General Grant's bee me,hasbe?n re-engaged for the same service | ma nder President Cleveland. I The report of the joint commission in , 0pe large of the Washington monument shows , rad nit the weight of the monument is SI,120 j rns and that it has cost $1,187,710, of which j ongress appropriated $887,710. j vin Javxeh. the defaul. i.ig and absconding ofcialof the Vienna bank, committed suicide. here was a big run on the bank,and the city itlidrew its deposits. | ter ?; 1 ing wo MJSICAL AND DRAMATIC, * ; lac the Memphis is to have a new hundred thou- ! ^ ind-dollar theatre. . ' j *? ] Two women are painting a drop curtain ha! or a Chicago theatre. | rep Boston is believed to havo more music of sac hers than any other city in the United tates. i eul Despite t lie bad season, the accessions from ' ie amateur stage to the professional ranks is ' . . ery large. ; an( New York critics are disputing upon the the uestion whether Irving or Ristori speaks the of1 orso English. j tioi Mr. AchilleRivarde, a young American ( iolinist, made a very successful first appear : Op ace the other day at a concert in Paris. j >] The Hungarian band,which has performed dn( i Loudon lor about twelve years, will give in 1 ae hundred concerts in America this session, j his Asbestos cloth is now used in Europe for reproof theatrical scenery. It costs three mes more than linen and six times more c?r lan cotton. j ?ta Bernhardt having set the fashion of play- ^ ig the Bleep-wa.king scenes in Macbeth with ^ , are feet, we may expect a general epidemic i that direction. j Mlle. Rhea is rehearsing "Arcadia," an j the iaptation from Sardou, Which she will pro- pos TIE GREAT EXPOSITION. If h ii >ening Ceremonies at New Or- ? leans and Washington. a a P esident Arthur Sets the Maohinery J in Motion by Telegraph. ^ " o rhe World's Industrial and Cotton Cen- " mial exposition was opened at New Or- ^ ns in the presence of an immense assem- f, ge, which manifested its enthusiasm t an exuberant manner. The city ? 1 1 ? ?? ? 1 -- #Al* ftlA 1 W?U y^ixyiy UOUTiaucu xvr* uuu c asion, the principal streets being covered v ;h flags, emblem? nud other decorative d' - " ns, and at an early hour in the day almost t i entire resident pepulation and the many t usands of strangers attracted by the open- * ; of the exposition were out of doors. ^ Yhen the exposition management and their t jsts reached the main building about elve o'clock, the large hall, where the cero- j. nies were to take place, was already filled j overflowing. At this time 25,000 people s re in the building and many more thousands ? re scattered about the extensive grounds. e e streets through which the procession s Bed were well filled with spectators, and o Sh the profuse display of bunting the scene g b exceedingly animated. t it half-past ten Governor S. N. McEnery, v Louisiana, who had been selected in the ^ >ence of President Arthur for the post of r lor, left his hotel, accompanied by the v lliant staff. ? [Tie governor entered a carriage, in which ? re also seated Governor Hamilton, of Ilii* f se; Governor Knott, of Kentucky, and t vernor Holdsworthy, of British Honduras. a her carriages were occupied by the govern- F 3 staff. Escorted by the Suite Guard, the ? e of marc h was taken up. ' ; iVhen the governor and escort reached the amer Blanks, upon which was already as- 5 abled the principal guests of thc^Exposition ] xiagers, including Becretary Teller, .Tost- * ster General Hatton, Mr. John Eaton, the eign consuls and State and city officials, * i steamers lying at the levee c uted the party with their whistles i other vessels displayed their colors. , arly every vessel in the harbor had spread ^ jry bit of available bunting. The long lii.? * the levee was marked with the flags of all rj aons. Goqernor McEnery went on board ^ i steamer arm-in-arm with Governor Ham- ? >n, of Illinois, and Governor Knott, of F ntucky, and the other guests of the Expoon filed rapidly on board, the more proiniit being received with a serenade bythefaus band of the Mexican Sth cavalry. As the amer swung into the river a great shout ( nt up from the multitude on the shore,and ' 3he passed the French corvet Bouvet, the rds of that ship were manned, a national ute was fired, and the Bouvet weighed ;hor and accompanied the exposition 51 amer up the river to the wharf at the " >unds. ["he party reached the exposition grounds at [uarter to one,and was met at the wharf by rector General J3. A. Burke. The party on ? > Blanks were here formed in procession in i following order, with General W. J. R han as grand marshal: ' The Eighth Mexican Cavalry Band. leers of the Louisiana National State ~ Guard. " Lieutenant Colonel Quintos Arroyo. 5 Maior Garcia. ? kjor Iquacio Fernandez and a detachment i of visiting Mexican troops. . Battalion of Washington artillery. ? ntinental Guards and Crescent Rifles, of ti the Louisiana Stats National Guard. Director General E. A. Burke. ssident Edward Richardson and Chief of Installation Samuel Mullen, of the Ex- v position Company. tl Governor S. D. McEnery and Staff, e President's Cabinet, represented by .1 Secretary of the Interior Teller and Post- _ naster General Hatton. a he United States Special Commissioners, a Diplomatic and Consular Corps in Uni- ? form. The Lady Commissioners. L The Foreign Commissioners. The State Commissioners. t] The Commissioners of Colore 1 Exhibita D s Board of Managers of the Exhibition and ? the Finance Committee. a ther Executive Officers of the Expositioa ?ident and Officers of ihe National Cotton j. Planters' Association. The Mayor of New Orleana e Executive Officers and City Council. t. State Olllcers. n Members of the General Assembly, #, 1 11 reuciai vuicc-19, jj Govornors of States and Territories. a Army and Navy Officers. e Officers of Foreign Governments. j. leers of the.United States Army and Navy. Exhibitors1 Committees. r "he Clergy, the Press and Invit ;d Guests. 0 ?he Washington artdlery, of tha State Na- r nal Guard, tired a national salute as the s, >cession formed to march to the main ex- r lition building, where so dense was the 0 iwd time it was with great difficulty the t, jiagers and their guests could reach the j tform, on which COO seats had been re- t ved for them. As they entered the build; the audience rose and cheered heartily, g i as the orchestra struck up tha national jf s, the applause was renewed again and j, dn. The hall bad been handsomely deoo- C ed for the occasion, the stars and stripes C 1 other national colors being lavishly used si the purpose. p ?he Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage at 1 n ock advanced to the front of the sta-*e and n de the opening prayer. He invoked the t] rine blessing on the officers, directors and ? nagers of the exposition. "May this day," said, "mark tho beginning of a new dislsation of prosperity and brotherhood. ,y there come from the influen- . of this exposition, from these ? ds of industry results which shall ? e the people more complete apparel and * ter food, more comfortable shelter and ? re thorough educational advantages. May ? esult in spreading our the golden sails of > r paralyzed shipping, in starting the P w and opening the doors of the storehouses; r1 1 may there come to thus whole land inased prosperity from this gathering together c m day to day aiui month to mouth, of the ? >ples of all States and countries. We pray f it the past feeling of sectional discord may lish from the North, South, East and st, and that they become four parts of one ? (at national harmony. May it bo the uni- i ition of North and South America!" Dr. Ullage then proceeded to invoke tha bless; of God on the manufacturing, industrial, ? icational and reformatory institutions oi P world. S Jirector General Burke, to whose energy i enterprise is largely duo, was enthusios- ^ illy received when he rose next to speak, said that there were not 10J feet of space . ;ho sixty acres of buildings which had not I' n allotted to oxhibitors, and t the failure to occupy it all on ^ day of opening was due t< * ises not within the control of t&9 manage- P nt, and that it would be occupied within a V rt time and the exposition was certain to ^ a success. Mr. Richardson, president of * i exposition, made a speech presenting the * ilding to the government by means of the ? re in the hall. *' Colonel Edmund Richardson, the president * the exposition, tho largest cotton planter the world and tho richest man in the P uth, read a short speech. His address was warded immediately to tho Presi- *" it at Washington, and the response 3 received and read. The Presi- 6 it then by telegraph declared the jj' x>sition open. The electric circuit was sed and the machinery was put in motion. J large portrait of the President was dis- ~ yeu on the platform and it was warmly ,! ered. Governor AlcfcJnery and tne mayor *' ;he city made speeches, and a poem was d when the exercises closed. Tho exposition hestra with tho Mexican band entertained people for an hour or more. At night " city was brilliantly illuminated, the sky " a brilliant with skyrockets and tho air re- J") ndod with explosions of gunpowder. The " versal expre-sion was that tho day had P n a complete success and a credit to the ~ nagement of the great World's exposition. 11 Lmong tho more active exhibitors,who pre- ? ted a complete array of exhibits on the nlngday were the States of Oregon, Colo- 41 lo, California and Nebraska, and the Ter>ryof Dakota. Nebrasku's exhibit attracted ;j versal attention, being magnificent in iception and execution, as woll as con icing in its array of cereals and Jj 01SUCS. ooino 01 iiitf western riiiiiuuua -.'o also made fine displays, and scores of 1 nufacturers from the Eastern and Middle \ ites have given proof of ingenuity and in- f est in the succo-is of the exposition by send; largo supplies from their factories and rkshops. The South shows up with wonderful comteness her mineral, agricultural and nianuturing resources, and is evidently taking i greatest pride in the success of the exrftion and in tho results which it is hoped fl) !l follow it. Mexico and tliep southern If of the western hemisphere are well resented. It seems probable that inside ^ a fortnight (he scope of the exhibits will greatly enlarged, and that even thj pres- 31 ; mammoth buildings will hardly accomidato all the displays. The opening day 3 >ught in not only thousands of sightseers, t numerous car loaJs of goods from near 1 distant States, and reports received by n 1 management indicate that steady streams a visitors and new articles for tlio exposi- j n may be expected from day to day. 0 ! a enlng Ceremonies at Wanblnp(on? ! 'he ceremonies in Washington were con | a :ted by President Arthur in the enst room 1 ei the Executive mansion in the presence of j cabinet, the diplomatic corps, committees j Q m both Houses of Congress, justices s, the supremo court, army and navy offl- 1 s, and commissioners from several ; ite. The President stood during tlia ?: rcises near.a mahogany table, on which 5 tho telegntph instrument, which was to j used to start the machinery in the expo- tl on building. ?A telegram received trorn el n Orleans about announced that: a board of managers had arrived at tho ox- j iti n building. a,n hour afterward t< i'lSv c :it Wra"S^Vork, and in a few i ? ainutes the address of President Richard" on of the exposition to the President was in he hands of Commissioner-General Morecad. It recited the history of the undertakng, spoke of its benefits, and concluded: "I ;ow present to you this exposition ready as ] ur best efforts with the brief period of time t our command have been able to make it, nd for the degree of success attained we apieal to a generous judgment" When Mr. Morehead had read the address f 'resident Arthur read in a clear voice the , olio wing reply: "In the name of the people of the republic congratulate the citizens of the Southwest n their advancing prosperity as manifested i the great International exposition now bout to open. The interest of the nation a that section of our commonwealth has 1 ouhd expression in many wavs, and no- f ably in appropriations for the improve- j aent of tne Mississippi and by the lational loan to promote the pres- c nt exposition. Situated as it is, at the gate- I ray of the trade between the United S fttes t ?,I ?1 a?.,n, A ,nniti.ia if will ah. ui* vjuuwai auu u^uvu aiuouu?| aw hm* ? ? ract tho attention of the people of the neighboring nations of the American system, and hey will learn the importance of availing hemselves of our products as we mil of heirs, and thus not only good feeling but a irofitable intercourse between tho United States, the States of Central and South America will be promoted. ''The people also of our own country, thus irought closer together, will find in this exKisition of competitive industriei motives for trengthening the bonds of brotherhood. Railoads, telegraph lines and submarine cables lave drawn much nearer the nations of the arth, and an assembly like this of the repreentativesof different nations is promotive f good will and peace, while it advances the " naterial welfare of all. Tho United Itates extend to those from foreign counriee who visit us on this occasion a cordial relcome. "And now, at the Executive mansion in Vashington, in the presence of the assembled epresentatives of the friendly nations of the rorld, of the president of the Senate, of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, ? the chief justice and associate justices f the supreme court, of a committee rom each House of Congress, and of he members of my cabinet. I gain, and in their name, congratulate the iromotors of the exposition upon the auspiious inauguration of an enterprise which iromises such far-reaching ramies, wun ly best wishes for tha fulfilment of all its jeat purposes. I now declare that the Vorld's Industrial and Cotton Centennial ixposition is open." The address was immediately telegraphed o New Orleans. Then Senator Logan read n address tendering the congratulations of tongress to the exposition. This address was telegraphed to New Organs, and a few minutbs afterward a reply raa sent from the president and director-genral of the exposition. Then President Arhur touched the button of the instrument, nd a minute or two afterward the answer ame that the machinery in the exposition uilding was in motion and the ceremonies rare over. SUMMARY OF CONGRESS Senate. Mr. Hill called up his resolution declaring ; to be the sense of the Senate that there was o reason for the suspension of the coinage C silver dollars or for the issue of Iver certificates. The bill" was disjssed without action by Messrs. Sherman ad Allison....Mr. Logan and Mr. Sherman resented several protests from tobacco and quor manufacturers and labor organizations ;ainst the ratification of the Spanish treaty, ad Mr. Lagan then submitted petitions gned by 7,600 Union soldiers, asking Con- j ress to purchase for the national capitol [iss Ransom's portrait of General Ueorge H. homas....Mr. Miller reported favorably om the committee on foreign affairs the ill to authorize the President to accept inviitions from foreign governments to interna^ onal expositions ana to appoint commissionrs thereto, and appropriating $25,000 to be fc the disposition of the President to cover ' ecessary disbursements in such cases... .Mr. filler introduced a bill for the protection of ie forests on the public domain. Mr. Beck spoke against the bill to suspend ie coinage of the silver dollar Mr. Moran made a speech against the bill admitting outhern Dakota as a State. Mr. Garland's lbstitute to this bill was voted down, and lien the bill passed the Senate by 34 to 28, a arty voto. From the Senate the bill goes to ; ae House. A large number of remonstrances against ae ratification of the Spanish treaty were resented and referred. A bill was referred y which the President was authorized to jnd to the proposed exhibition of American Lrts and Manufactures, to bo held 1 London, England, 18S0, the governlent exhibits now at the Now Orleans xposition, and appropriating $300,000 to deray the expense.... After some debate the avy bill wus passed substantially as it came rom the committee The inter-state comlerce bill came up, and Mr. Slater submitted proposed amendment to moved by him, mboaying the provisions of the Keagon louse bill. Mr. Vest submitted to the Senate a joint esolution declaring that without the consent r authority of Congress the proposed Nicaagua surveying expedition ordered by the ecretary of the navy was illegal, and diecting the secretary not to enforce the rders for the expedition until Congress had alien final action on this resolution.... ir. Van Wyck introduced a bill to increase he pensions of widows and dependent relaives of deceased soldiers and sailors, and to rant pensions to invalids and dependent soliers who served three month 1 tho war of the rebelliont...Mr* 'ullum cal'ed up the Inter-State lommerce bill, which provides for a commiS' ion of fivo members, to be appointed by tht "resident and Senate, who shall supervise all latters pertaining to the regulation of comlerce among the States and Territories and lie method of operation of transportation s ompanies. I r House. Upon motion of Mr. Wilkins, and by a [. wo-thirds vote, the House agreed to suspend . be rule? and adopt a resolution setting aside 'hursday, January 16. for tho consideration , f the McPhersou and Dingley National Bank 'f ills. The McPherson bill passed -the v ienate last session. It authorizes national anks to issue notes to the par value of the , onds deposited as security, provided the fl otal amount of notes does not exceed the apital actually paid in.... A motion to sus>end the rules and pass a bill to establish a epartment of agriculture was passed by 166 , o 69. ' A resolution for a holiday recess from De- . ember 20 to January 5, 1885. passod the louse The consideration of tne inter-state Commerce bill was resumed. By a vote of j i'2, to 1)8 the House kill the bill for a board of . ommissioners of inter-state commerce, re- s orted by thirteen of the fifteen members of be commerce committee, and substituted , iSrefor what is known as the Reagan bill, eventeen Republicans voted for the subtitute. , The House resumed the consideration of the j". iter-state commerce bill: the pending que*ion being on the motion to table the mo- P ion to reconsider the vote by which the lousoon the previous day adopted the amend- " lent offered by Mr. O'Hara providing against . iscrimination. The motion to reconider wns tabled. Yeas, 149; nays, 120. Ir. Crisp offered an amendment providing 1 hat nothing in this act contained snail be so onstrued as to prevent any railroad company r rom providing separate accommodations for ,-hito and colored persons. Mr. 13reckenridge ffered as a substitute for Mr. Crisp's amend- " lent an amendment providing that nothing j i this act shall be construed to deny to ailroads the right to provide separ- * te accommodations for passen- f1 ers as they may deem best for the public omfort or safety, or to make such regulations a s relate to transportation between points rholly within the limits of one State. Mr. treckenridge's amendment was adopted as a lbstitute lor Mr. Crisp s amendment; yeas JS; nays, 127, and Mr. Crisp's amendment as ) amended was agreed to. Yeas, 137; naya, 31. The consideration of the Inter-Stato Com- ] lerce bill was resumed. The motion to lble Mr. GolTs amendment, to prohibit lilroad companies from making discriminaons on account of race or color in trans- # orting passengers, was carried. Mr. Barks- l( ale's amendment, providing that the iraishing of separate accommodations, with pial facilities anil equal comforts at thesame ' liarges, shall not be considered a discrimina- L on, was adopted; but Mr. Horr's motion, to 1 rid to that amendment the words "provided ? rnt such separation shall not be made on ie basis of race or color," was lost, i ...Mr. Curtin offered a j >int resolution c rhich requests the President to direct that ie government exhibit now on display at the J Jew Orleans exposition be sent to the pro- l. iosea cxniuition ot American arts ana manu- 1 actui\s in lfSSO, aud appropriates SiOO.UJO 1' or that purposo. <? t NEWSY GLEANINGS. i Mexico now has 3,426 miles of railroad In t ctvial operation. J "Chinese"'Gordon, the hero of the Sou- [' an, never carries a weapon. P Of the 32,000 Indians in Dakota Territory !| 3.0J0 .speak the Dakota language. The sheriff's fees for hanging a man in New ?; rork county are fixed at $;i00 in the future, jj At Cardiff, in Wales, has been manufac- li ired a wire rope 2,300 fathoms, or two miles t nd 108 yards, long. f< There are so many seals in the river at ^ irogon City, Ore., that salmon catching with " seine has been suspended. 1 The not debt of Brooklyn is $38,000,000, j' nd the assessed valuation of the real prop- i, ,'ty of i he city is $.iou,000,ui)0. [ The Mississippi department of the New v irleans exposition offers $10 for the largest J rveet potato sent there from that State. I It is estimated that the annual production f canned goods in the United States equals " )j,0U0,0;;0 packagos, or ten for every person. L In a population of <321,000 in Conne.-ticut, f; iere are ti,000 persons who are more than ghty years of age. Of this number twenty fv re centenarians. I The Australian colony of Victoria offers a J j award of $1,2.">0 for a reaping machine .. dapted to the uses of its farmer*, and ." : . Lmerican competition. 1 i BUD TO DEM ffany Children's Lives Lost in the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum. rheir Charred Remains Discovered in the Bums. First reports stated that only two or three ives were lost at the partial destruction by Ire of St. John's Catholic Ornhan asvlum in Brooklyn. In the horrj, and frightmd excitement of getting the ablexxlied children out of the burning asylum he bedridden little ones in Sister Mary Joseihine's quarantine ward, on the top floor of he infirmary were forgotten. The woman vhose special duty it was to care for them had )een nearly kiHed by a fall from the roof in ittempting to escape, and was on her way to he hospital She died soon afterward with>ut letting any oue know definitely whether tny children were in the ward when she eft it. In the ashes underneath their room, Jones representing nine little bodies were ound on the following day, with other re. 0 nains representing certainly one and possi)ly two women. Of the children in the 1 3ome, estimated at 785, though those in j :harge can give no certain number, all jut forty - eight were accounted for on the S ollowing night. Only a preliminary super- . icial examination of the ruins was made, and c t was thought more than probable that other jodies would be found in a thorough search. Che list of victims numbered eleven, and it \ vas believed that it would reach twenty when j he investigation was ended. . J Sister Anthony, who had another ward on he floor below that-in charge of Sister Jo- ? lophine, managed, with assistance, to get all ler children out in safety. They had been rained in tne scnooi room to m&rcn out wun>ut confusion in case of fire at a signal from he teacher. When she learned of the fire ihe said: 1 " Now, children, remember what you have 1 3een taught, and you will get out saiely." t Those who were able to do so tramped r lown the stairs as deliberately as though they c -vere going out to recess. Others, who were xx> ill to nse. were soon carried out by strong inns, and put in places of safety before the Iremen arrived. When the high wiu l had iwept the flames across a narrow passageway o the roof of the main building the efforts )f the firemen were turned princi- , jally in that direction. No ono j lreamed of anybody being left in the inflrmiry. The roof had fallen in and the fire roar ng inside the walls like a great furnace. y \bout midnight, after everything was under c control and people began to talk matters >ver, somebody inquired for the half-blind g :hildren on the upper floor, who were in no e :ondition to get out by themselves, and whom li AIOA caatyiaH tn IiflVfl fnrcnttpn A. few firemen poked around in the redlot ruiDs, but they soon fouud it impossible c x> do anything in tbat direction until daylight. 7 rbe most definite information attainable was 11 hat eleven children suffering from ophUialnic inflammation, common in institutions of t .hat kind, were confined in the isolated ward "V md had not been accounted for. But nobody f mew for a cer' ainty. No one had been alowed to go near them but the sister whose g roice was stilled in deatb. ? As soon as daylight made an examination fa xssible Foreman McGroarty, of Engine Company No. 14, jumped into the steaming nass of ruins with a shovel and began to look ^ iround. Early as it was people stood around * md watched him anxiously. Amid a mass >f iron beams, bent and twisted by the heat, le saw'a child's body, burned and charred I ieyond ail possibility of recognition?the 4 imbs separaMd from the trunk and the c ikull nothirg but a blackened bone. Lt was lying about where the staircase ended fc ?rhich ran from the engine room to the ii ittic. Evidently the little fellow had run I lown stairs and hod been unable to find his vay out of the Die of fire and smoke. The e ron beams had fallen in tfuch away as to pre- g rent the roof from falling on him. He had y ioubtless been smothered to death. Calling J i few men to help him. Mr. Mctiroarty began o turn over the debris for bodies wbich he d 'elt only too sure of finding buried in it ? The firemen did not have to look long, or to 1 jo for beneath the surface. The remains >f four more little ones were found in a p leap close to the blackened wall, as though a ;bey had huddled together in a corner, c ind staid there until the floor gave v.-ay li md dropped them into the pit of fire jeueath. In less than an hour the fragments i jf cctsinly nine bodies?eight children and ? >ne adult?had been picked out from the o imolderiag heap They were tied up in soaked fr jlanketa and carried in' o the sewing room, 7 ibout the only room in the asylum fit for use. h Soon after 9 o'clock the firemen went home 'or needed rest,leavi:.g three men to "drown" ;he ruins and a squad or i>olicemen to keep he crowd within reasonable bounds. During the early morning hours there were nany affecting scenes in and about the Epis:opal hospital, whence a large number of the ;hildren had been removed during the night C Mothers, fathers and relatives of the little foliates of the burned institution, who had ipent the whole of the night going from house x> house in the immediate vicinity if the burning building searching P 'or their children, gave full expres- fj lion to their agony as they passed from place a o place without finding them. These expreglions of crief, however, every now aud then * rave place to shouta and tears of joy, as one ^ ifter another the little ones were recognized. Cl Some of the incidents and expressions wore w ouching in the extreme, as some of the poor n vomon, who had well-nigh succumbed to the j, nental strain and anguish attending their c carch, would clasp their children to their ft )reasts amid sobs and wild and endearing exiressions., * T ^ 'Oh, me darling boy," exclaimed an old c rish woman, whose uncovered hair was dis- T levelled and her eyes red with weeping. "I p hought you was burned to death an' I'd y lever see yer dear little face any more, tl immy," and she huggj.l aui kj^ed her little j laxen-hniiei child, whose eya were filled vith tears. s] "I've seen many affecting scenes in my n ife," said the superintendent, "but never ^ .nything compared to this?never so much eal joy "?and as he spoke a shriek startled 11 in the adjoining ward. There a i>oor womau amed Hartigan, of East New York, had N alien in a swoon. She liad arrived at the intitution but half an hour before in search of er child. She teemed beside hrrself with ex itement, and as she scanned thti little faces it eemed as if the poor woman's heart would reak. Her eyes were dry, but they betrayed uppressed emotion. As she entered a ward n the west side her eyes rested for a moment al n a seven-year-old little curly-headed and inipled- cheeked fellow who was the center , t' a group of a dozen boys at play. c* "Oh. Willie. My God, he's safe!1 she [irieked, and rushed to his side with the ? ectness of a deer. The next moment the oor mother had fallen insjnsiblo at her darlig's feet, her loft hand touching his little $ l:oe. The thilil was momentarily frightened by be sudden appearance and fall of his mother, b< nd the other httie fellows ran out of the Doni, crying "Lady dead! lady dead!" When a couple of tho nurses arrived hur- ni iedly on the scene little Wiliie was on his nees beside his mother, caressing her and nooihing back her hair. ''Wat's matter . lummaf Mamma sick/ Dot up mamma n' tiss mc." lisped tho little fellow, great .'ars falling from his eyes. The woman was aj ion resuscitated with the aid of restorative.; nd tho endearing expressions as she caught er boy up in her arms, kissing him again and gain, was something to be remembered. p! m ? *?, ? OA, CONGRESSMEN INJURED. a Dl ai rwo Car-Loads of Home Member Upvet by a llunaway Car. A a accident which resulted in injuria to ^ uveral Congressmen is described in the fol- jE jwing dispatch from Washington: It began to snow here before noon, and , his afternoon by 4 o'clock, when members Ql egan to leave the House, the Pennsylvania af venue cor tracks ruiming down fro 1 th Japitol Hill upon the south side of the apitol had become very slippery. TLn rade here is very steep and is nearly ?u 01 ighth of a mile in length. The tram- at vtiy company was unprepared for the storm nil, as all of their horses were smooth-shod ney gave orders to have the horses un'ooked rom the cars, so as to let the cars slide dowr, in ocked by a single brake upon the front of b< ach car. It was a very safe proceeding foi i. he horses, but, as it proved, the risk was ransferred to the passengers. Just before 4 o'clock a single car, contain- th ii' a number of members, slid down safely. w tnad to wait at the foot of the hill, how ver, as there was a double car stuck upon s lie turn just beyond Down followed a ouble car packed with members. It slid b, own at quite a rapid rate, but the brake / eld it very well, notwithstanding the :y tracks and the heavy load. when ev 5 was about three-quarters of the way down , third car, a double one, and crowded, left he top of the hill. The brake slipped before ^ t had gone but a few feet, and it came down U1 ike a flash of light and crashed right upon of he second c ar and drove it with tremendous la oree upon the single ear. Two of the ars were upset aiid badly smashed. Mr. IcAdoo, of New Jersey, had his head driven nt hrough a car window, and had his face cut si pen by glass. Ono of his fingers was broken. ci ie was badly shaken up beside and bad to . 0 carried home. Mr. Hemple.of South Caro ,11a, was knocked senseless. Although no bonea 81 1 ere broken he sustained a nervous shock. Ir. Leedom, the sergeant-at-arnis of th louse, hud one finger cut off, an artery pened and his knee badly braised. iut.^Cobb, *1 f Indiana, received a very severe shock, 111 iut had recovered this evening, al- fe hough he was still quite fa ime. Mr. Eaton, of Connecticut, ?as very badly bruised and shaken up, al- , hough he had no b ne3 broken. He moved vitn ditiicu'.ty and bnd to be helped heme. 01 ['hesoni tf ilio momi'ers who were the n 0-- ci yeicn- i,, ,,,P' Kully a score of others re vj biira,i! .i- % The only wonder i- . ha: tin ; o wn- iioL an actual loss of life. Ul CALENDAR FOR 1885. o b S "S ^ >?l W *!? & 5 "5 ? . *"' ' '? a*113?$loo-3lf3g*fe: J*n. - i33 July I ? 3 4 I " ; 45678910 3678910?j *:3 XI 13 13 14 IS 16 17J 13 12 14 15 16 17 18 18193031333334' 19303133330435 V 35 26 37 38 39 ? 311 e 37138 39 30 31... Feb. 1334567) '3345678 8 9 10 11 13 13 14 9 xo 11 is 13 14 xj 151617 18 19 30 at ic 1718 19 so ax 33 33 33 34 25 36j27 ?| 3324036373835) Mar. 1334567 8?pt 5 'a "3 4 5 I S ?fnrr ulti ta A *MI n w ti mi! . ?' Ij 16:17 18 19 30;21 13 14.15 xC 17 x8 ia 33 33 It, 35 36 37 23 30 21 22 33 G 35 20 ? 29 O 31 ? I 27 28 29 30 ?. Apr. 133 4 Oct 133) 567891011 4 5 6 7 8 9101 : 12 13 14 15 x6 17 18 it 13 13 14 15 16 17 10302122233435 18 1930 51 23 z 24 ^ 363738030 j 35 2C37 28 29 30 3ij ' J* May 1 a, . 3456780 Nov. 1234567^ 10 1112 13 14 15 16 8 910 ix ia 13 14! 17 18 19 30 31 23 33 151617181930211 34 25 36 37 ? 39 30; c 25 s6 37 ?a 31 -I ?9 3? -J June... 133450 Dec 1334s 7 8 9101113x3 6 7 8 gioiiia - r-; 14 1516 17 18 19 20, 13 1415 i6 17 18 igj 31 33 33 34 35 36 ? 30 Q 23 33 34 35 3& |a8 39 301-1?1-1-1 I37I383Q 3Q13II-I-1 Eclipses for the Year 1883. There will be lour eclipses this year?two tiff.j f the sun and two of the mcon. , L Annular eclipse of the sun, March 16, visble in the UniteS States as a partial eclipse. ;,?3| 1L A partial eclipse of the moon, March 30. r >52 nvisible in America. aSj IIL A total eclipse of tho sun, Soptember ./ , Invisible in the United States. IV. A partial eclipse of tli9 moon, Septem?r 24. Visible in tne United States. BXorBlnpr Stars* Evening Stan. renus, imtil May 4. Venus, after May 4. lars,until November 1 Mars.afterNovember 1 ' r^jtg upiter, after Septem- Jupiter, until Septem- 3s ber 8. ber8. ' '5? latum, after June 18 Saturn, until Jane 16 . - ? until SeptemberlT. after Sjptembar Yly . . 'V PliiviAfia Rr'irht#?l* . v.^n Mercury, January iO. May !&>, September 8, rising then iust before the sun. Also, Lpril 7, May 5, Novembar 30, then just aftei m \"'.j he sun. Venus, not this year. Jupiter Febuary 19, Mars, not this year. Saturn, D? embor 25. PROMINENT PEOPLE. :g|j Governor Cleveland is expected to visit Chicago soon after his inangoration as Presi- ' - ~ 'mt Coloitkl Oyama, Japanese minister of rax, now on a visit to this country, was re- ^ entiy presented to the President. Ma Manning Hodgdon, a Dartmouth Taduate, who is to be principal of the Limriclc, Me., academy, is a native of Green- - -i ind. f, Geo vie Cleveland, in 1885, fill lay the -2 apstone of the Washington monument of vM /hich James K. Polk laid the corner stone' a 1844. -r: Lhutenant Greely and his wife will be . ' he guests of General and Mrs. Haggles in ftg Vashington until their own hoose is ready or them. Mas. E. D. E. N. SOuthworth la Id her ? Ltty-fifth year, and engaged upon her sixtyifth novel She writes with a gold pen in a eavy hand. " . , Thx czar of Russia is said to be growing* nite gray, and to bear on his race' the 'si Crinkles of premature old age; induced by rorry and anxiety. . Miss Ida. Lswrs, the heroine o'f Lime ? . *lock, was on a recent Sunday received into be communion of the Metbodist Episcopal r'burch at Newport, R. L General Cuvier Grover, now colonel of i be First United States cavalry, and stationed a Montana with his regiment, is a nephew of "resident-elect Cleveland. . ;!s Sir He.nby Bessemer now holds 114 patnts on his inventions. It is said that his teel-process patents brought him 1(500,000 a - ^ ear for twenty-one years. The New York Herald asserts that Presi" ent Arthur will continue to make appoint* _ .v' aente to office up to the 4th of March, an icipating vacancies whenever practicable. Ababi Pasha is of lofty stature and imoeing bearing; he has thin lips, good brow \v; nd a long black beard; he converses like a * $ ultivated gentleman, and lives in Ceylon in ixurious captivity. Thi old German, Ferdinand Schumacher y name, the inventor of oatmeal on the unencah breakfast table, is now the owner I j,j t great wealth, including half a dozen mills, fvo grain elevators and eeveral'waroboases, '. rf ath upward of a thousand people employed ' x his business. A LOST SOfiOONEB. ^<|| ieneral Bnllcr'i Venture to Recover a Wrecked U haier'i Spoils. In 18S1 th? wh iling vessel John Easmond, f South Boston, haavily laden with sea elehant oil, and sealskins, homeward bound rom the Arctic ocean, encountered a'hurri ine. and was driven into the breaker! ^ t Desolation Island, and a portion f her crew was washed overboard and * rowned. Only Captain Easmoud and th? alore-i steward, P. M. Olsen, of Baltimore. ? 'ere rescue*!, and they only after several lontlis' terri ble experience ou'a desolate island. Lfter heari ug their story Capt. R. Tarr of Gloo- . - -'f ester and General Butler decided to make n attempt to recover the spoils. On August 2 much excitement was created in Halifax y the report that these gentlemen had pur- > ,-^Ji based the schooner Conquest, which, vessel vf'< ras, as alleged, to be used for i ratical urposes. It now appears thithis essel was purchased for the proposed Anirctic voyage. The schooner sailed from [alifax on August 15, 188:2, but since that im? nnt.hinc tm? liw>n heard from her. and C le is now given up for Jost. Captain Easnnd commanded her. She had a crew of ju men. , EWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. Sealskin is all the rage in Paris. Beaver is tho ruling fur for young Long wraps with high shoulders are 1 the ra<?e. Astrakhan cloth is much used for lildren's garments. Velvet grows more and more irf favor the wiQter advances. A Newburgh (N. Y.) woman received t,000 for a brdken rib. . More and more hideous grow hats and >nnets as the season advances. Old oak is the latest craze for the furture and wood finishing of the house. Very young ladies fasten their bonnet rings oo the left side by a hook and ^ op without tying them at all. Tho buttons worn on waistroati are most invariably very small, but whether iund or flat,they are always very costly. Flat fur trimming have an especially etty effect on overskirts made with 1 1 - -* xl.Knnlp nn/^ any aecp pomis hl iuc uui. ?uu des. Very fine gold braid is laid between te strips of ribhed velvet, forming inds which are used to trim both coats Skid skirts. Ribbon embroidery executed on bands f cloth is now used for trimming cosimes. It is mingled with gold braid l very small quantities. Mrs. A.. T. Stewart has* contracted a ibit of being weighed every Saturday ternoon, giving the man who operates le scales a five-dollar note. The women of Turkey wear trowsers 1 ordinary occasions, but when they tend balls they wear dresses fashioned i the latest Parisian styles. The latest freak for female head-gear i .New York is called the pen-wiper jnnet. It has a huge rosette, stimu- ? ting a pen-wiper, on the top. Feather fur, as the feather band9 of lis season are called, trims many dressy raps and costumes, and is worn as oles and collars around the neck. Uncut velvet is the prettiest of all rib>ns for making bows, producing soft facts beside which plain velvet and ren plush seem heavy and sombre. The Princess of Wales and the Prints Christian have adopted the new boas ; dark fur, which settles the question tncir oecoimng lasuiuuiiuju iu tugad. Children's plush garments are cut and ;ted like a frock in the bark, gathered ightly in front and fastened with a asp or with tongues. Tue lining usuly forms a strong contrast with the outde. Hat and bonnet trimmings arc clusrcd in front, in a singularly defiant, jgrcssive style, which, with the terrierke bangs worn by most women, gives a recious expression even to the mildest ice. Black is the ground color in nearly all j ie newest sto:kiug8. It may be dotted r Btripcd, or p aided with white or jlor, but it is therein all, except some ; ry tine stockings In sjlt colorw)^j|^^fl^^H|j