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SCIENTIFIG AND INDUSTKIAL. It is stntctl that a Pnris flrm has pat fcntcd nn invcntion for tho instantancous formntion of stcam. Kngincering ig rcsponsiblo for the statc Dient that a vcsscl constructcd of paper has bccn lnunclicd in St. Pctcrsburg. fcho is drivcn by stcam. It has bccn cnlculatcd tlint to mako tho D30,000 tons of papcr annunlly rcquircd for tho supply of tho world, 430 days' mcdiiim flow of wntcr down tho rivcr rhanics would bo nccdcd. Captnin Schufcldt, of thcUnitcd Statcs trmy mcdical cori)s, has fonvardcd to tho Smithsonian iustitution a collcction of somo !!,000 spccimcns of vcrtcbratcs ind invcrtcbratcs collcctod around New Orleans. An ingcnious npparatus caltcd n "firc damp indicator " has bccn invcntcd in Genevn. Every hmtr or half hour tho air of the minc is forced into tho bnrncr oy a bellows aiul tho rcsult is rcgistcred iu the central ollicc. Cclluloid will not bo as popular in tho fiiture as it has bccn, if a new substanco tvhich has becn mndo up in London proves succcssftil. It possesscs nll tho nardncss nnd brilliancy of cclluloid, and bcside, iircproof. Whcn cattlo aro intcndcd to bo ma- lieiously dcstroycd in India thcy aro picrccd with a thorn of tho Arbus preca torius. Death cnsues on the sccoud day. Strangc to say, tho poundcd sccds, taken Intcrnally, havc little action. A writer in tho Journal of Scicnee, in an article on " Cram and Its Amenitics," tlaims that brainwork is not by itsclf physically injurious, but that, whcn tvithin rcasonablo bounds, it is distinctly favorablc to long lifc ; and ho enforccs his arguuicnt with somo happy illustra lions. A new nnd curious usc for tho cuca lyptns tree, alrcady famcd as an antidote to malaria, was discovcrcd by accidcnt latcly in California. Tho lcaves, it has becn found, act as a prcvcntivc of that incrustation of stcam boilcrs which lcads lo thcir gradual corrosion and is said to bc almost tho solc cause of oxplosions. Dricd apricots aro likcly to bo a prorai aent articlo of cxport from California. Herctoforc this fruit has bccn put up al most cntircly in tin cans, but, in consc qucnco of overproduction, the canning factorics reduced tho prico paid to tho farnier to such a figurcthatho was drivcn to expcrimcnting with various proccsses of drying, and discovcrcd a mcthod that leavcs tho fruit in a dclicious statc. Among tho various substances found on tho " coatcd " lnunan tonguo nftcr a microscopical cxnmination are tlic follow ing; Fibcrs of wood, lincn and cotton; jibcrs of spiral vcssels, fibcrs of muscle, iu ono caso cight hours after cating; Btarch grains, chccsc mold, portions of potato skins, scales, moths, ctc. ; hair from legs of bccs and of spidcrs, pollcn of various llowcrs and thcir stamcns; liairs from various lcaves, in ono casc tho wing of a mosquito; fragmcnts of tho lcaves of tobacco vcry frequeutly, and of chamomilc llowcrs, ctc, occur rcpeat vdly. Triumph of Surgery. Modern surgery is ablo to provido a man with a new nose, new lip, now eyc lids, and an artilicial throat. It can "do moro ; it can, by tho process known as fkingrafting, providc him with a new skin. The following description of tho process is report edbyanEnglish surgeon: The patient, a prctty little girl of eight, was admitted into St. Gcorgo's hospital. Two years )reviously her drcss had caught fire, buming both legs from tho hips to the knces soverely. After a year's treatmcnt tho lcft thigh had hcaleii up; but the right had ncvcr got bettcr, and prcsented a terriblo ulcer, cxtending all ilown the outcr side. For four niouths Ehc lay thcro without any signs of im provcmcnt. On Mny .T tho child was brought into tho operating thcatro and jilaced under the inlluencc of chlorofomi. Two small picces of skin werc then snippcd from thebnckwithupairof sharp pointcd scissors, and imbedded plantcd, in fact in tho granulations or " proud Qesh" of tho wound two tiny atoms, tcarccly biggcr than a pin's liead, and fonsisting of little moro than the cuticlo or outcr skin which wo raisc in blistcrs by rowing or cxposuro to the hot sun. Fivc days latcr no ehange was visible, and by-and-byc tho operation was con sidcred to havc failcd, sinco tho picces of skin had disappeared, instead of grow ing, as had bccn expccted. But twelvc days after the" operation two little white cicatrices appcarcd where tho seed had bccn sown; and in my notes I tind that a wcek latcr these werc big enough to bc dignifled as " islands of new tissuc." Tho most wondcrful part of it was that not only did these islands grow and in crease rapidly in circumfcrence, but tlio fact of thcir prcsenee sccmed to stimulate tho ulcer itsclf, which forthwith took ou a healing aetion around its margin. Bov cral moro grafts werc itnplantcd subse iuently, including morscls from Mr. Pol loek's arm, from my own, and from tho shoulderof a negro; the last producing a white scar-tissuo liko tlie rest. In two months tho wound was hcaled, and thc little patient was discharged cured. Showcrs of rishcs. Tho coast of Mcxico, near Vera Cruz, not long ngo liad a shower of fishcs, causing the utmost consternation. A Minilnr thing happcned at San Luis Potosi. Suncrstitious peoplo tnlkcd nbout thc end of tho world. Tho fishei wero a specics of sardincs not familiar in tho ncighborhood. A shower years ago in Wales was of a small fish known 113 fcticklc-backs, sprinkling the ground over nn arca of several squaro miles. Thcy werc alivo whcn thcy fell ; yet if caught up by a whirlwiud from nuy of tho brackish ponds near tho sea in which this spccies of lisli nbounds they must have been convcycd through the air a distauco of thirty milcs. (ettlng Evcn. Fricnd to Artist "I sco tho art com mitteo rejected that picturo of yours." Artist " Ycs, and it's all bccauso ono of tho mcmbcrs was projudiced ngainst mc. But I'll gct evcn, you bet." Fricnd " l'll tell you how to get your rovcngc l" Artist "How?" Fricnd " Paint his portrait." Zouis ille C'ouricr-Journal. NEWS 0F TIIE WEEK1 rteni nnd MlcUle Stnte. LiGiiTNisu kllleil Jlrs. Wheuler, o Ara hcrst, N. II., nnd tct flro to tho riremlses. Vntcr bolng Ecnrco, hcr husuand oxtin gulshcd tho llames with milk. BEVEnAl. witncsses bcforo tho Unltod Btntcs Senato commlttoo on cducatlon nnd Inbor, Eittlng iu Now York, urgod tho cstnb lishmcnt of iudustrinl pchools nnd moro hcalthy homos for tlio pooror people. Two rosscngcr trnins collidod near Fort tlnin, N. Y., with such torrifio cffect that both ingines, two baspajo cars and a smok inR car woro complctcly wrcckcd. Enginocr Micbncl Lyons nnd Jamra "Whitlock, a pas Ecngcr, wcroinstnntly killcd, anothor passon ger had IiU sltull frncturcd, nnd nbout twenty moro pcrsons woro injurcd in difrcront de grces of tovcrity. The Athlctic baseball club, winncrs of tho Amcricnn nssoeiation championship, upon thoir return to Philndelphia from their Vcstcm tour, wero rcccivod by a iirocession estimntcd to contnln 10,000 porsons nnd re viewcd by the mayor. Tliousnnds of iKjoplo thronged tho streots, flngi woro displnyod in profusion, nnd a bnnquot was given tho vio torious club. Genhpal RoaEn A. Pnvon, of New York, I:as bccn retnlncd ns counscl for O'Uoimel, tlnyer of Cnrey, tho Irith informor, nnd hni f niled for London. New York newsdcnlers to tho nuniber of rovcrnl thousand held a pnrndo nnd mnss niccting to protcst ngainst tha rcdur'tion in prico of sovcrnl Icading nowspapcrs nnd n conscqucnt reduction in thcir proflts. The machincry of a paper mill at Man chester, Mass., wns stopixjd by four lnrgo ccls blooking tlio whool. Ono eel wns threo fect thrco inchcs long, nnd welghed nenrly flvo pounds. NonTHEit.v New IlAJirsiiinc nnd Vermont Lnvo bcen visitcd by iiuito henvy snow stomis. At tho rennFylvnnla 6tnto depnrtment, Ilnrritburg, thc South Peinu.ylvnnia rnilroad company, belongins to tho Vanderbilt kj-s-tem, filed notico of nn increaRO of capital stock from ?l-i,C05,000 to ?i0,000,000, and an issuo of J'JO.OOOiOO of bonds. Extensive frnuds in tlio burcnu of tho New York wnter registcr havo been uu carthed. Tjie centenninl convention of the I'rotest ant Episcoiial church of tho United Statcs met nt I'hiladelphin. A iirocession o sixty bis-hops clotlied in full canonicals entered tho church. Tho opening scnnon was prcacheil by Bishop Clnrk, of Rhodo Island. Tho houso of bifhois and tho houso of deputies both organiml. James McSteek was hanged nt PitUburg, Pcim., for the murderof his wife. At Allogheny City, Ponn., Jolm Iirown en tered tho houso of his pni tner, Ilenry AVenver, nnd without pi-ovocation killed him, and then bcnt his brnins out in tho prc?enco of his wifo and child. Iirown is twenty-two years o'd, nnd AV'eaver wo? two years hi scnior. Tlioy wero engngol in tho bitsines.-! of b.ijing and fcclliug hore?. Iirown com mitted ths murder bjcaif-e a woman of bn 1 reputation, with wlinm ln had liecomo in fntuated, aud whom ho had brouht to AS'oaver's houso, had becn ordero.l by tho lattcr to lcnvo upon discovery of her true character. Axcxpress t:ninnt Pliila'Ielpliia ran into a strcet cnr, knoc'.;in; it into splinters an 1 scattering thothirty-ilvo pnsseners, consist ing of workin people, in nll directions. Four of tho passengcrj wcre killo l and ten injurcd. Ciii.nese ga'iibUiis houso? in New York nro being ra'.dod by tho police. South and West Dunixo a political cmnrro at Liberty, Miss., A. "V. 'W'hitington, sheriir of Aniito county, wns stabbo 1 twico iu tho back by Eugeno ileElweo and killed. McElweo wns turroundid by a eiowd and ihot to death. IxoBapti t church nt Coir.nnchc, Tesas cfterlho prcaehins was over nnd theeongrc grcgation had gono to n crcek to witness a bnptiMii, Hobett and AVilliam Butchor, brothcrs, who had remained in tho buildiug, becnmo involved in a quarrcl with ono Hnrri?, nnd Itobart Iiutclier wns shot dead with a hotguu by Hurris. Vilh'am Butclier nnd Ilarris then eugaged in n fctrugglo for tho possesion of tho gun, dur ing which Ilnrris wasfatally bcaten. Tiie fn-bt nnnual meeting of tho Luiubcr Jlanufncturers' association of tho Northwct, which ineludes practicully nll tho wcaltliy and Uading ilrnis cngaed in tho tiade, wa? hclil a few days a;o iu Chicago. It was resolvcd to taku stcj s which would cheek tlio wlio'.cnlo debtruction of forests, ns thcy can npt btnml the prcscnt drnin. Jfli, the notorious Indinn cliicf who has given so mueli troub'.o rcceiitly in tho South wcst, nnd iu Jlexico, was drownod a short tinio ngo whiio drunk. Sis negro teetion hnnds qunrre'ed nnd fought over a gumo of card? with ono Ned Bradfleld, ii'nr I'rovldeuco Stntion, Ijo.., nnd tho quarrel fiuaily rosulted in tho Mx uogroes rcn-.ting Bradfleld over a flro so bally that lio dicl. All tix wero niTOitol. A l'UOMlNENT fnrmer nanio.l Iioguhn wai hunting near Jlenoincnce, W'U,, when ho thoughthosnw a bcar, and llred. Iuvoti gntion f.Itoed hc had killed his brother. A JIii.waukee dU;nteh says that S. H. Scanmns, toructnry of tho Nntional Millers' astodntion, tn'.ccs nn cnc'.urnsiiig viewof tho outlook for tho llour niilling in.lu.stry iu tlio crop yaar which is now eommencing. Two youii5 men cous'.ns, nanied Austln Guthrie nnd Franklin Meyers iu:irreleI in tho In lian Territory nliout a girl's uirectlons, Both wero on lior.bick, nnd ilrawin knivcs thoy attaeked each other with sueh ferocity tmt l oth sxin fell from their horses wltli fatal wounds. Jacoh Elmer nud Charlos Hlnsley, two Etngo robbcrs, belonyln;; ton eang that killed Mcssenger CoUins 0:1 August 10, wero over tnkcn by Shcrift l'nul nnd n jxjsho ten miles from Tutsm, Arizona. Elmcr wai killo 1 nnd Hinbky wounded. Tho lattor cscapol into tho mountain?. bjt wa pursucd, found nnd killod. All th-3 Ncrth Carolina Confoloiato dead reposing nt t'10 Arliujton cemctery, iKar Wnshiugton, havo been disinterro 1 anl taken to Italeigh for re-Ir.tenneir. Washington. The paymfnts nudo from tho trcosury by wnrrunts during Sortcmlor wero ns fullowg ; On nccount of civil ncd nilsccllnnoous, f.5,001, D00.8O; war, $i,17T,01S.'.M; ravy, Sl.iKII.TOO.Sa; interior, IndiaiH, $7il),aJ1.0S; intcrior, peu slons, $3,737.77; totil, $ll, t:,47I.b3. Dunt.NO Septcmber tho nationnl dcbt ww dccrensod $14,707,!220.11. On tho 1st inst. tha totoldebt was$l,.Wl,8tl,53.).0S; cash in tho trcasury, JKD.i'iO.flTU.Oy. A report to tlio United Statcs Marino hospital Bcrvico nt 'Washington saya that in Tninchu'a, ttato of Chiapas, a panio relgns 011 occount of tho grcat mortality causod by blnek fmalliwx. Tho town has a population of lO.CKX), and 1,S0J liavo diod of tho dlease, dccompoiitioii sottinj in in many caM!K bcforo death. Gn.NEnAi. OEOnon VT, Gettt, in command of tlio artillery sehool at Fortress Jlonroe, has been plnced on tlio retlred 11st of tho nnny, having rcached tho ngo of sixty-four yinrs. Ho hns bc3ti succcedcd in command of the nrtillery icliool by Colonel John C. Tidball, of Oeneral Sherman's s!a!f. The tecretnry of tho treasury has deoidod tlint green pluins aro freo of duty tinlcr tlio new tnriff act. Quito a larco trndo in this fruit is enrried on over the Caiiadian border, nnd tho qucstion nro?! whotlier it wns dutt ablo under tho provision wliicli impoies a duty of ono cont per pound on "prunes, datos nnd plmne." The total vnlue of tho imiiortsof merchan d'sj during tho ycar cnded August .'it wns $70G,S04,f(h, nnd n decreaso from ln-t ycar of e33,204,:J). Tho total valuo of tho cxports was f8-v,71P,ltlii, nn incroas,o of $;,:JSj,101 over last ycar. Majok T. J. Annorr, a clerk in tho war c'cpartment, Washington, for nnro than twenty years, dicd n few days ago at tho ago of eighty-four. Ho had alwnys lo 1 11 f rugal lifo, nnd under his pillow after his deatli was found 3;!,(KK) in Eovernnicnt bonds. Gekeual Uuni.EV, eommissioaer of jien sions, in his nnnual report, statcs that thcro nro living to-dny ahnost ns many veter nns who have not npplio.l for rtensious ns thcro wero soldiors on tho roll of tho nrmy in Jl.iy, ia. Thero wra l,000,rlt naincs 011 tho roU on tlint datc, nnd thcra nro at tho present tinio 0u'J,O0J veteraus who have neVcT nsked a dollnr of tho govcrn mtnt. Therc are on iilo in Washington 10'), 003 cjrtificntcs of disnbility that hnvo not b?cn actod 011, siniply bjcauso that numbcr of living veternns, who aro clearly n:id in disiiutably entitle.l to jwnsions, hnvo not nslced for nnything nt tho hands of tho government. Poroltrn. Andhew Doyle, convictod nt Hnlifax, N. S., of nssnulting n little girl, as apnrtof his punishment received twenty strokes with a whip, well la'd on. Giieat excitemcut prevniled in Jrndn'd over King AlfonMj's insulting receptiou in Pnris. Band? of jieoplo parnded tho strcet? of the Spnnish capital, insulied Frenchnien and oiienly tlneatcned tlie French enibnssy, King AlfouEo's coolness and dignilicd Leariug whilo iu Pnris hns e msidorably increabcd his prebtige nt honie. Tiie nihilists have issued circu'nrs demnud- ing of the Itut-ian government a cessation of tho cruel treatmeut of primcrs. AnviCKS froni Port nu Priuce, Hnyti, stnto tlint n revolt against tho government wns proniptly suppressed, but not b3foie tho inMirroctiouists In 1 sot (iro toapoition of tho town aml dcntroyed n grcnt dcalof prop erty. Tlii! gu llotico l.as ju-t performed its lilocdy work at Vcrriilles, Frnnce, tho vietim being ono Houy, who had ncen fentcnccil to death for murderiiig nn old woiiinn nnd her servant. A dipntch detcribes tho fatal moment ns follows: "Thcro wns n momcnt of brtnthles? hesita tion. Thc n suddcnly M. Deiblcr (tho execu tioner) prcascd s.'multnne usly tho button o tho lunctte nnd tho buttjn of tiienx drop Tho jirisoner's hcnd rdltd int-i tho wooden buekct, half filled with sawdust, niul tho body fell into tho baskct. Tho operation 'ostcd exactly two minutes aud tbirty seeond'.-.-' As a cag- as being hristcl in a ceal pitnt Lei'h, Englan 1, the ni c broke, pi-tipitating tho cngc to the bottoin of the thaft aud kill ing six m'ncrs. Kixa Ai.roxso nnd tho queen of Spain wero checrel liy grtnt erowils in Mnlrid. Tlie anology of Pie-i lent Grevy, of Frnnce, wns n t deemed su'lleieut tati-fneiion by Spaniaivls for the aetion of the French iki ulaco toward the Sjianih kiag. HfxniiKus of inr-.ons havo bcen dying dnilyof jellow fcver in Slnzntlan, Mexleo. Tho inlmbitants aro t'eoing in overy direc tion. AnviCES from Mni'a?acar ftate that 3In kobo, tho commander of tl.o Ilovas hn? of-feredruHnrd-i for the slaugliter of tho eap tain of nny Freneh nian-of-wnr which shall wreck or burn any ressel. Aceordiug to the 'nnio ndvlccs tho Fieuch garrtons nt Tnma tnvo and itajunjn aro virtunllr bloeknd.l. A WHALlxa vessil wlikh Imt just nrrival nt I)undiH, Seotlan 1, from the aretic r.gion, rciorts that tho natives nt Fnunler's Island stnted they tuw ilve uien at Ktah, in f-'mith's Sound, north of I'a lin's Iiay, oarly in the ycar, wln bj'oiol to n larso exjioli tion fiuther to tli3 north. whHi wn beiioved to lw tkal of Liuu'.ciinnt Greely. Tho captnin uf tho whaler l'.i.-ves that the party ai sjnt out by I.ieu.enant Grccly to meet tho stea'.ner I'roroiw, whieh was then ou tl.o way to f-'mith's SiunJ. Susi: & SincTii, lyndon merchants, havo fniled for nbout Sl,'i"'),(l)J. Guor.GE Waudux, Kcref ary of a proniinent liowlnn corporation, has nbseondeJ with JEtO.IXJU of tho coneern's fuiuls. Tiie eutiro ministry o. Norway havo been imijeachel by tho suprcmo tribunil. A letteu lete'veil from Jloiatlan, Mexico, gives terriblo pn.'iicu'ars of tho ravnges of yellow fever. Out of nn opera trmiio of thirty-eight pei-sons only ilvo Wero lcft nt tho end of livo w. eks. The Spnnbli nmlu'salor in Fraixi do mnmbd tho punishmjnt of tho (.iT.'iilers iu the recent insu'.t to Kin; Alfoiwi. Urox President Grevy's request Gcneral Thilnudin, Freneh ministr of war, sent in liis resigmtio'i. General Thibaudin hnd rofu-.ed to nttend tho receptiou given iu Paris to King Alfouso, of Siain. At Surogosha, Sj nln, a crowd asscmb'cd beforo tho French consjlato nnd bcgnu to stouo tho bulidin;, wh?n they wero charged by tho polieinndilispertoJ. Thocausoof tho nttnci wa? King Alfono'stroatnient whilo in l'urfa. A wild pig found in tlio woi.ds r.cnr Lvtlo Sta'ion, Ky., was, nfter considemblo difli culty, eo trnlncd by his ihider thaf l.o wouM tollow his mnsUTttsthe hist'Ticlanibfollowed Jlnry, AVlienever his nntter t-its down to at tho pig will Jio down by his a de, nnd eat auddrinkwliateverhls trair.or ha'.idihim. From "7i to :i' u ca's aro do..troyi-d weekly in l'lulndelnhia by tho ngent of the Woirnu liinuch of ti:o C lty Rcfuse for Lcsl aud Suf leiing Aiiiuir. u LATER NEWS. This ycar tho grnr.o oropof tho groat Hud n rivcr vnlloy fruit ilistrict is immcnse. AjmnosK Daooett, a young man worklng on tho farm of Davld Greely, nt Liberty, Mo., shot Elln, n daughtor of Greely, through the ncck, causing instnnt death. Innnedlatoly after tho shooting IJaggett went into an orchnrd near tho hou.o and shot hiinself through tho head, expiring instantly. Jeal ousy was tho causo of tho murder nnd sulcide. Dnggctt hnd becn iinrtinlly dernnged nt timcs, At Northboro, Mnss., n man named Ta' lor, rosidhig in Brockton, but 011 a vlsit with his wifo at thohomo of Hichard Eylnard, shot his wife, ilangerou'-ly wounding hcr, nnd then blew out his own bralns. A stiieet car nt Alloghany City, Penn., collidod with a freight traiu, nnd nll its pas ssngeri, twcnty-llvo in numljer, wero in jurcd, two or threo with a likellhood of fatal result. AMonMO.vconfcrenco at Salt Ijvxo Cily wns largoly attcndod. Leading Mormons imiressed upon their hcarcrs tho necessity of living up to their rcli'jion, practicing polyg nmy nnd paylng tith'ng. Apotlo Cnnuon lirocnted tho stati,ties of tho church, which thowul n meinbeivhiii in Utah of l'27,'-".li. Tlio church orgnnization cnibraces twelvo nixistlcs, fltty-cightpntriarchs, :i.Ss')5eventies :),15:i nighprie't?, 11,0 W elders, 1,.10!) bMiojn nnd l,(Wi) deacons. Arteonarcpart? nmembor ship of 2,9H. Idaho is not rerortd, but has doablothat of Arizona. Eighty-ono missioinr- r ie3 havo becn appointod to go ou mission? to Luroiio and tho Unitod Stnto?. Efghtccn nf this numbcr wpresetnpart for mission? in tho Southorn Stntts. Tho Southern couverts aro being coloni?e 1 nialnly iu Colorado. Tiie nnnivcrsary of tho settlement of Gerinantown, l'cnn., wascelebrnted at Clove land, Ohio, by n monster uarndo in tho nttcr noon nnd n grand festival at night, nt wliicli addrcsso? wero mndo by tho mnyorand nu nicrous promineut Gernian rcidHiit'i. Dallas, Tcxas, has been visltcd by a rain which destroycd a largo nmount of valuablo propcrty, including nbout fl,00J ba'.cs of cotton. Al.DKItMAN IlESnV PrAUNCKEnPHO.V, of Austin, Tcxas, nnd n mnn named Jetta (juar reled, and tho nldcrninn shot Jett3 twiee. Jettc, in fnlline, seized tho wcnpm from Pfauncker)hon nnd shot him in tho nbdo men. Botli nion wero fntnlly wounded. Manv tliouind ncres of public land nro said by nn investigatiug ngent of tho govcrn ment to hava bjen stolen hi tho Territorics by parties who have seized tho domain with out complyiiig with tuo homestead law-. Niiiili.sT pro 'lamations nro said to havo been Rsued. solemnly scntoifiu; tho czir of Itussia to death becaus3 ho hasfailo l to grant liberty to the people. He.nky Iiivi.vo, tho lcnding English n?tor, nbjiit to visit America, conchUed nn un parnlleled parting tour of the provinces at Llverpool. Tlio receipts wero enurmous and the cnthusinm was such that tlio netor was publicly entertained in every city ho vWtcd. NfJlEliors baudscallctl Hos, similar to tho Black Flagsof China, havjinvaled Siain. The cjar of ltu'ia and Jiol'rincoof Wnlcs have goue to Swedeu on n hunting cxcursiou STEALINGTHE LAND. AsK.ifillu t r imls in (Iu- Tcrrititrivs Sci.lng- thc I'nM c ItiMiiuin. A Snlt Inko City dNpntch iys: Colonel Jnmes Tullis, n special land ngent of the gov ernment, who has been invctignting tho land frauds in the Territorics, is in this eity Ho says thero has bcen sonie tnll swear ing dono by witne-,ses in some of tho land olllces, nnd that largo traets of land havo been patented by per.-ons who had in 110 wiso complied with the Idnd law.s. Tliodes-rt land cntiy not had been violatcd with n recklcj-sno-s that was oi tively astonMiiu; In HLiny ca?cs it wns found tlint nb-oiutely nothing had be?n dono touard reclainiing tho lands. and yet whnt ni c known nnd regnnlcd as so Jd eitizens havo gono lieforo tho landolIlc?rsun inia lesolemu oath that tho land hnd been reelaimed nn 1 nll the coiiditions of tho law complied with, where, in fn t, 110 11 nrk mndo by human hands could 1 found Uou tho cntiro traet. Other traets wero tnken up under tho dert net that nro 110 moro ilocrt than tho valley of tho Ohio river. Other land wns found to hnvo becn taken up under thetinibereulturo a"t upon which thero was crowing nt thetinieof tlieoriginaUlling moro fonst trcos tlmn tho law requiivs when iliial proof is to bo made. Tho 1k m-stea i Inw hn? not Ik'cu fnirly construfd, nnd thoiwinds of aeros havo liecn jKitenteil by jicrsons who hivo not complied witli 0110 idnglo iv quireuient o the law, and who havo Kiven finudment totiinony ntli tho full in tent nud Iurpoe to ilef raud tho gove rnment. 'iensof tliousatids of ncres of public lands nre fenced oif by wenltliy stock raisers, thu? leaving tho actunl scttlers without n rangi tortho fnmily cow. In 0110 instnnco it wn? found that men livi g near a city in Mo:i tnna had fenced up :i,HHi ncres of pub ic lands nnd pennit' od tho town jioople to pas turo their stcek on tho eiicksaro lor $1 per month 1 er head. YIET OLD PEOPLE. Dr. OliverS. Taylor, of Auburn, N. Y., tho only survivin' lnenibcr of tho Dartm.u'.li sollege clnss of 1K1S, is lOtJ years old. Ephraim Hhcrikld, of tlnk lilulV, Ark., wns iu 1ns lOidyenrwhtnhediwl. HNfather and his two brothers all hved moro tlmn ninety years. For sixty j-ears Mrs. Hotn Davis, of JeiTer sonville, Ky., wasu slave. SIio has just dicd nt tho nge, aicordiag to her friends, of l'M ytnrs. AVilliam Pullivnn, of Urlmua, Ohio, who diod reeently at the ago of ninety-four yeni-s, fou.ht iu tluwarof M'i, and nh in tho cvil war. After n married lifo of sixty-scre 11 yeni's, Amelia Sanfonl, of Milleilgeville, tin., died reeently in her ninetieth ycar, Her lmsbnnd is ninety-two. W. J. Bnrlow, of Livo Oak, Fla., is 103 years old. His fathcr lived to tho ngo of lOii, nnd his grandfather, itissaid, wiu lti years old whenhe died. AValter Evnus, who dicil reeently nt Head ing. 1'enn., ngid ninety year . wa.alwchclor, and wcaltliy. lio nover left uis farni, fenring, ho said, to inect a woman. r Judgo Thonins Stewart, of Warren countj', New Jersey, had suvcn sons. Ono of them isstill living nt tho ngo of So. Tho others dieil nt Wi, hn, S1, kU, H nnd t'.'.'. Tho sistcr of Mrs. Lydia Mu'ford, who died nt Hauover Neck, N. J., ngul nincty-one eai-s, is living iu Moumouth county, and her ngo, it is ta:d, oxe eeds a ccntury. Indtans in Brnzil uso nnts to dress wounds, cniiMing them to bito tho edges tcgethcr nnd then eutting oif tho hend; tlio inw s will not relax, but hold tho wound togetiiertillhealwl. They wero formerly us. d ns a cruel Instru meiit of torturo by South Afrioiu trilw-i, wlm tied their vietim to a trie, smeaitHl hif ludy with greaso.aud plaeod n aut's uest at lusfe-jt. A LARGE FIRE. . Burning of tho Exposition Buildings at Pitt3burg. Tho Entirc Buildings with All Thcir Contcnts Consunied. From dlsimtches to tho New York papors wo glcan tlio following partlculars of tho de struction by flro of tho exposition buildings nnd contcnts nt Pittsburg, l'cnn. Tlio mngnificent buildings of tlo Pitt?burg exposition, 011 tho north bank of tho Alle- nvcr, navo uecn totauy destroyeu. Inmienso structures, with their Tlio almost endloss varietv of exhihits. i!lustra tivo of every bi-anch of art, scienco and mei hanicnl skill, which wero ycstcrday vis ltcd by thousands of iwople, nnd slneo tho ofening on Keptcmbor 0 hnd been visited by htin lrods of thousanils, is now a mcro mns? of splintcrs nnd iiowderod cmbers, nnd curhd nn 1 tangled iron. Tho flro wns disrovcrcd in tho boiler room nttncheil to Machincry linll, nt tho south end of tho bullding; nnd "beforo tho wntchiimn couM give nn nlarm, tho ilames hnd sjiread to Floral hall, Machinery hall, nnd i,bo mnin buildiug, nnd iu less than ten minutes tho buildings wero on flro from end to end, and when tho liro depnrtment arrivod on tho ground tho flames wcto lieyond control. Nothing was tavcd, nnd the tfremon turned their nttention to savmg ad.'acent propcrty, many rcsidences on South nveuue lwmg in iinnies. Vy hnrd work, howover, they suo ceedcd In saving thes1 with 110 moio dnn ao than tho burning of corniccs at:d fenccs. Hepeatcd nlarms soon nrous;d nimot tho cntiro population of tho two cllies, nnd it is cstimated that not less than from 75,000 to 100,1 0J witnoss?(l tho coiiCa-ratlon. Tho ro llectionof tho ilnmes illuminatcd tho country for miles around. In ono l.our from tho dis-' covery nf the firo n nieronttenuated skeleton of n onco ningnilicent strueturo wns nll tlint wns left. It is known to have stnrted in tho lioiler houso, nnd mnv hnvo bcen caused from a spark from tho f uriinca, or tho ncci dentnl ignition of somo substnnee from tho gns-;'et left burning in tho lioiler house. It will probnbly rench fl.0X),(J(0. Secretnry Pnttcrson p'nces tho valuo of the buildings destroycd nt fl.7),0(KI, tho insuiance lieing ?m(fK. Tho exlnbitors will sustain a los of nbout ?VT(i,000. An inarnblo los?. however, wns occa sioned by tho destruction of the relie depart ment. 'The cash valtiu of the iuticles con tainol therein dld not exceed SIO.IXK), but cnmiot 1m? replacel. Tho Gre.it Westeni band lose a full set of splendid instruinents. In tho snfo wero $0,000, the cash lcceijits from yesterday's admissions, and Lovy's gold cornet. Thc nttendnnco nt tho exposition yester-daj- was tho hrgest of any of tho provious days in its history. The ndmissions in tho day nnd ovcning wero 1!7,(XK), nnd tho crowd lnst night wns so grent that tho builrtlng wns packed to its utniost capacity. Had tho contlagiation oc curred last night nt 0 o'elock, con sidcring tho rnpidity with which tho llnincs spnnd, tho loss of lifo would havo been nppnlling, a? it wouid hao becn nlmost impossiblo for even n part of tlie crowd to havo tscniied. The buildings which werc destroycd wero crected in lb7."i. Tho maiii buildiug wns tfn) feet long aud l.VJ feet wjle. Machinery hall was 1(H) feet long nnd 1.7) feet wide. Tho other buildings wero small. THE SPANIARDS AE0USED. (ii(ciisi K'ecltiitr Crmted hj- Ivlng Al fi:UMi's It ceiitiiiu In I'arls. Madrid disjiatehes givo 1 articulars of tho intcnso feeling arousetl 011 nccount of King Alfonso's insultiug receptiou by n crowd in PnrR Vvm his return to Madrid tho king's receptiou wns mo.-t enthusiastic. An enormous crowd couipUteiy b'.oekeii tho streets between tho railway statiou and tlio roynl palnce. Flag? wero displayed in every pnrt of tho city, nnl many slnjis were clo.scd. Tho queen went t3 tho Es curial to mtet the kin?. whom the cabinet miui-tcrs, civil nud militnry o'.lieer.-, nnd mnnv othenlepaties nud senntors welcnmed nt tlio stntion. On the nrnval of tho trnin loud cheere were rni-od, lnsting several m.nutos. Tluir niajesties i)roceedeil to tho palaco in n carriao unoscorted. They wero surrcunded nnd foL'onod by u grent ninss of iie ple. Tho plaudits i on tinueil nlong tho whole route. The enthusi-a-m w ns greatest in tho squaro bcforo tho alaee, where thoutands had nssembled, nl mot stoppmg tho progress of tho roynl cavriag Tho king nppcarcd on the baVony of tho I a'aeo several times, and nf terward held a populnr re'eption. At night n scronado was given beforo tlio palaco by tho hands of tho garrison. Many 1kiucs throughout tho city w. ro ilhtiuinated. It is estimatel that W.HM persons attcnded tho recep tiou. Tlio king orderod that 110 0110 should lw refusod ndiinttan' o to tho 1 alaee. Tho saloons could senrcely contain tho iniiueiiM crowl of nristocra's, ollieei-s, privato sol diers, students nnd woikmen. At ono of tlio tlua'iv? in tho cvening the nudience cimi elkd an aetre.ss to sul.sti'.uto tho nntional air f r somo Freneh ojuplets firniing a iwrtion of tho plny which wns being performed. The )K) ulnrity of tho royul fnmily l.ns vn'.t'y incrcnscd s:r.C3 thd events in I'nris. MARVELOUS AND MONSTKOUS. An eight-legged calf is tho producV of Bourbon county, Ky. A CATwns boi n nenr Auinrin, Ga.. reeent ly, with two head-. It is lively nud hcalthy, aud cnn yowl with ono month uiul maul with tho other. Tim larr'rst logowr brought into nny .of tho sawmills in Pnragould, Mo., was tho nualhft of four lrom the samo tree, nnd nunsured fortv-two iuclies nt th. snmli end, mnking l,t5i) feet of one-inch boirds. A Missoi'iii mnn hn? two pnmpkins in his gaideii, th" otio iiivauriug flvo ftet and ten inehes in circiuiifereuco nn J tliree feet throj iuclies in length, nnd tho other five feet four inelies in circanifereuce, nnd thno feet four inehes in length. A KAHMEit brought a spiash to Kirkville, Mo., lnst wcek, that weighul swenty-ono pounds. Ho clniins tohnvu two other similnr secinien? ut honie, growiug 011 tho tamo viue, which nro much iargir t'.ian tho ono lio brought to mnrket. Amiiiew county, Mo., hns nn npplo treo mcnsuring six feet f. ur mches iueucumfer enco nt eighteen inelns from tlio ground. The lurgest limb meusuroafour ftet niul two Inche? in circmnfereufe. Tho bmr.cho? iu tho widest placo ineasuro forty-nine inehes. DISEASES IN ANIMALS. ,V Nntloiuil Ctiuvciiliiut Cnllt'tl lor tlic Iliseiihsluii of 'I'liU Mibjccl. A circulnr has lioen issued by the United Etates tlfi arlinent of agriculturo stating that n c nvention of roprcsjutntives of nll claifes intcr.sted iu tho auuiml iudus tlustnoof tho Lnited Statcs will lm held In Chioago Thui-s. ay nud Fnday, Novoaibr l." nnd K, lhNJ, for coufeieuea ejue.'rning con-tiigiousdista-o aiuoiig iloiiu'stie uiiiinn's. In mlditiou to ndtlre&es nnd ivioi'ts tho follow iiig topies nro proioted for ilis'iisfion: 1. Tlio extcnt to which oningiousdhen'os exist nmons comostiennima's m this eoun- i. Tho motles by which they aro Introtlucod or disscuiiratcd. 3. Methods by wh!c!i they may lo eradi cate.1 or infectetl dWr.cts to kolitod. 4. Tho ctlleiency of oxKtins lejislation relative tosuch diicases. HOERIBLE TBAGEDY, niexlcnn Tlnilicr Klllv Hcr I'lro Cliildieii nntl llcNtrn)'H IDcriclf. A Laretlo (Tcxas) dispatch saysi A gentlo man just from Ivmipasas, Mcxico, glvcs full partlculars of a most horriblo tragedy that occurrcd on AVednesday near that placo. Mrs. Vnldez killed hcr flvo childrcn nnd then hcrsclf during a flt of Insanlty. In ono of tlio largo rnnches, nbout twenty miles to tho southwnrd of Lnmpasas, thcro Kvcd for four yenrs jiast a quict. woll-to-tlo Mexlean named Antonio Vnldez, whoso famlly consisted of wifo and fivo childrcn, tho ago of tho eldest of tho childrcn being ten years, nnd of tho youngest two yenrs. Tho wife. who was about thirty years of ago, had been subject to epileptic flt? nnd spclls of me.'nncholy of long uuratlon. lluring tho jia-t few months sho bas cxhibited many eviijences of insanlty, mid when in such montnl alierration invaria bly sought'to do violeneo to her litlla ones. On 'Wednosclay tho alllicted woman wasi nttncked withn fltof unusual soveritj-. When sho had reoovcml from tho spnsiu lier hus band went to woik to herd a flock of sheep belonglng to tho rnnch. Ho lnd ljcen gi no but a short time when 1ns wifo roso from her CDtlch, nnd with n hugo butclier knife, which had ben carolessly left wlthin hcr rench, coninieneed her terriblo work of distruction. Her oldost child, nswcetgirlof ten, wns flrst to fnll n vlctim to her mnniao1 niother's cruel blows, her hend lieing ahnost. tevircd from her body. A ith that mathotb poculinr to insnno imi-sons sho in quick succession slew tho other chdlreu, hark ing nnd stabbing them iu nsiekeiiiiiginnniier.i Tho frnntic woman, nfter tho fivo bliodingi little eorpscs Iny nt her teet, viewed them, with grim satisfaction, illllng tho nir with wild nnd wcird exclnmations. Sudden ly, taking n parting look nt the Hend Moro her, sho plunged tho knife Into her own brtast, rce!el to a corner iu tho room, nnd fell dead. During nU tho timo this fenrful traoly wns. lieing cnacted tho terving woman, a peon, was j owerless to provcnt it from abject fear. Thehusbanu was soon njiprised of what hn l happened, and his lamentatloM, were pitinblo in tho extremo and ho could not' lw console 1. In due tinio tho neighboi's camo and sjiecdy nnnngements wero mndo to biuy tho dead. Six grnves wero dug and tho next moniing tho fuuoral rites wero performed. 1VISE WOKUS. Lovc, like charity, covcrs a multitude of faults. A man's ntling passion is thc key to his charactcr. Wcll bcgun is half cndcd, says tho provcrb, and a good bcginning is half he battlc. Thc greatcr a man's wcalth thebroadcr may bc, if hc but will it, thc spherc of his uscfulness. If you count thc sunny and cloudy days of thc wholo ycar you will iind that tho sunny ones prcdominate. The gravc is a vcry small hillock, but wc can sec farthcr from it than from tho highest mouutain in thc world. Whcn you fret and ftimo at thc petty ills of lifc, remcmbcr that the wliccls which go round without crcaking last longest. "Wo havc a vast mnnbcr of giugcrbrcad young gentry thrown ujion thc world who rcmind onc of tlic abandoncd hulli Eometimcs picked up at sea with only a tnonkcy on board. Timcs of gcneral calamity nnd con fusion havc cvcr bccn productive of the grcatcst minda. The jiurcst orc is pro duced from tho hottcst furnacc, and the brightcst thundcrbolt is clicitcd from the darkcst storni. Tlic world is tho grcat tcmptcr, but at thc samo timc it is thc grcat monitor. It stimulatcs our pride by its pomp and show, its ilccting honors and pri.cs; it goads men to the race, and inspires them with covctousness and rapacity; but, on thc other hand, it is thc gnat memento and cvidenco of its own vanity and of the cmptincss of cverything it offcrs to u. It is tiie great saddcner, thc grcat warncr, the great prophct. By cxample, a thouand timcs moro quickly than by prccept, childrcn can bo tatight to spcak kindly to each other, to acknowlcdge favors, to be gcntlc and unsclfish, to bo thoughtful and considcr nte of the comforts of thc fnmily. Tlio boys, with inward prido at thcir fathcr' courtcsy and demcanor, will bc chival rous nnd hclpful to thcir youngcr sistcrs; thc girls, imitating the mothcr, will bo gcntlc and patient, cvcn when big brothcrs aro noisy and hcedless. Engli.xh Skjiai'ks iu Aincrlcn. Of late ycnrs, says tlie HulTalo Couricr, many attcmpts havc been made iu various sections of this country to nccliiuate the skylark. In most cacs tlie bird failcd to tbrivc, and its admirers came to tho con clusion that furthcr eilorts toward its ncclhnatization would bo usclcss. In Xew Jersey the cxpcriment has becn moro succcssful. Two years ago Mr. Kngland, publisher of thc Xcw York Sun, imported cighty-four skylarks and libcrated them on his lawn nt Hidge wood, ns was notcd at tho time in these columus. For sonic timc they kcpt ia onc llock, and then some dispcrscd, leaving a llock of about lifty. Subsc (piently thcso jiaircd and scattcrcd through tlie adjoining countrv, many staying not far from where tlicy had becn libcrated. Thcy werc to bo sccn every day, soaring higli and pouring forth tho soiig that only a lark can sing. Whcn wintcr set iuthc'larksdisaiijH'arcd, nnd many doubts wcre cxpressed that they would cvcr return. spring came, and somo wcre sccn, proving that tho bird could witlistaud thc rig"rs of a northcrn wintcr. During thc summcr some wcre agaiu hcard in several parts of licrgcn and Passaic counties. Tlu third summcr of their liberty sh.iws yet stronger proofs of thcir naturali.atiou and ability to brcctl in this country, thcy being sccn nnd hcard in niore places. Onc man iu lloboken found a ncst with four young ones and another ncst whicli had bccn vacated. This was w itliin thrco milcs of the jilaco where tlie origiual llock was libcrated two years ngo. These signs of incrcaso nre notcd with much satisfaction by the people of New Jersey. It is tlio Itulk't Mhicli 'IVlls. It is tho bullct which tclls in war. H sccks its targct on thc pickct-posr, onths skirmish linc, on the r.iid. alongtlic ritle pits nu'd brcastworks. The musket is ncvcr silent. It is a slow cancer cating away nt tho lifo of an cncmy. It sccki hini out in the mvine, it discovcrs him iu tho thickct, it gives him no rest on tha plain. Artillery roars and flaihcs, nnd its missiles scrcam and terrify, Imt the jiondcrous shot falls wide of its targct in digs its own gravc in thc soil. II. (JnaJ.