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THE DONALDSONVILLE CHIEF. OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE PARISH OF ASCENSION AND TOWN OF DONALDSONVILLE. VOLUME XL DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1882. NBE 32. 1 Mi I I1 -W I II' E , Iill FI I II I III I e lr 11 I I rIm y I g I I 1I 1 - Alnicus Ilumani Generis. A Wide-Awake Home Newspaper Published Every Saturday, at Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish,La., -BY LINDEN E. BENTLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF BUBSCRIPTION: One copy, one year,..................$2 00 One copy, six months,................ 1 25 Six copies, one year,...............10 00 welve copies, one year,.............18 00 Payable invariably in advance. A D Vl,RTISING RATES : Ose Inch of space conshitutes a "square." 8tUAREs. 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The editor is notresponsible forthe views of correspondents. Address: CIt011, Donaldsonville.La. 1 Address: ChIEF, Donaldsonville.La. Dr. P. J. Friedrchs, New Orleans. C I 1 Dr. P. J. FriMcGAihs, OFFICE :. 14.Corner Houmas arondl Iberville streets. 142 DJ. . VANDEGISO FF M CO ONED. OFFICE: Opelousas streets, Corner Houmas and Iberville streets, onaldsonvrille. La. C. Kline's store, Donaldsonville, La. AW ANTD NOTARIAL OFFICE. B. . N. Sims, ATTORWNT AT LAW, Donaldsonville, La. Practices in Ascension, Assumption and It. James. St. James. F B. EARHART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office: Opposite the Court-House, Donaldsonville, La. Practices in the" Twenty-Second Judicial District (comprising St. James and Ascen aion parishes), and in the Supreme and United States Courts. R M. M. 1cCULLOH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Donaldsonville, La. Office on Attalkapas street, near corner of Eiailroad Avenue. R. N. Sirss. J. E. PoCHE. &IMS & POCIIE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, St. Jamles, La. Office at F. P. Pochd's. Address: Convent P. O. Mr. Sims will be in St. James every Monday. JOHN H. ILSLE , ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office: Lafourche -treet, near Bayro Ferry, DIonaldsonvillc, La. Practices in the Twenty- Second Judi.ial District (comprising the ,trishes St. James and Ascension), and in the Supreme and .aited Stater Courts. I IR.11M H. CARVEIR, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Donaldsonville. Ia. Will practice in all tlh Courts of t e Stat. CHAS. A. BAQUIE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ilahnville, La. Practices in the %2nd and 26th Judici.al Districts. comprising the iarishes of Jeffer son, St. Charles, St. John, St. James and Ascension. and before the Federal and Supreme Courts in New Orleans. Special attention paid to the collection of eomumereial claims. Address: liahunville P. 0.. St. Charles, La. DONALDSONVILLE BUSINESS DIRECTORY. SEWING MACHINES. T A. KINGSTON, dealer in all kinds of " New and Second Hand Sewing Ma chines, 170 Canal street, New Orleans, La. Needles, Oil, Attachments_ and everything belonging to the sewing machine. Ma chines sold, exchanged or rented on easy monthly payments. Machines given on trial. Repairing a specialty. DRY GOODS. GROCERIES. Etc. R LANDMAN. dealer in Dry Goods, o Groceries, Plantation Supplies,Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, and General Merchandise, corner R. R. Avenue and Taylor Streets, one block from Railroad 1Depot. S NO. F. PARK. dealer in Staple and Fan t cy Groceries, Provisions. Plantation and Steamboat Supplies, Canned Goods, Wines, Liquors, Bottled Beer. Ale, etc., Dry Goods and Notions, corner of Mississippi and Chet imaches streets, opp. River Ferry. A D. VEGA, Agent, dealer in Dry Goods, A Notions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Groceries, Liquors, Furniture, Hard ware, Tobacco, Plaints, Oils, Glass, Lumber, Bricks, Carts and Wagons; Loeb's corner, Railroad Avenue and Mississippi street. BERNARD LEMANN, dealer in Western Produce, fancy and staple Groceries, Liquors, Hardware, Iron, Paints, Oils, Carts, Plows, Saddlery, Stoves and Tinware, Fur niture, Crockery, Wall Paper and House Furuishing Goods, Mississippi street, corner Crescent Place. JOSEPII GONI)RAN, dealer in Clothing, L )Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Groceries, Wines, Liquors, Boots, Shoes, Hardware, Paints, Oils, Saddlery, Crockery, Furniture and all kinds of House Furnishing Goods, Blue Store, Mississippi street. M TOBIAS, dealer in Groceries, Dry * Goods, Clothing, Nutions, Boots and Shoes, Hlats, Furniture, Hardware, Crock nrv TeIr",.a . e e rnnr MiEiPiianni ntl Vt. t'atriek streets antd No. 2. ailroad Avenue Everything at lowest figures. C KLINE, corner Crescent Place ant I Honumas street, dealer in Dry Goods Notions, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Pro visions, Corn. Oats and Bran. M ISRAEL & CO., dealers in Dry Goods, " Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Saddlery, Bnggies. etc., corner Mississippi street and Railroad Avenue. M LEVY, dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth * ing, Boots. Shoes, Hats, Groceries, Furniture, Hardware and Plantation Sup plies, at Leniann's old stand, Mississippi street. G. FEITEL, Agent. SNO. SOLOZANO, dealer in' Groceries, (` Wines and Liquors, Crockery, Tinware, Notions, etc. No. 21 Railroad Avenue, be tween Conway and St. Michael streets, Donaldsonville. INSURANCE AGENOIES. S MAURIN. General Fire Insurance V eAgent, Mississippi street, over Feor nandez's barber shop. Represents first-class companies with over $50,000,000 of capital. Policies issued directly from agency with out delay. MOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSES. SORT. E. LEE HOTEL, at Marx Israel's R R old stand, corner Mississippi and Les sa:rd streets. Jos. Lanfargue, proprietor. Bar and billiard roomt attached. First-class en tertainment and accommodations. CTITY HOTEL, P. Lefovre, Proprietor, Railroad Avenuo. cor. Iberville street. Bar supplied withb best Liquors. CONFECTIONERIES. D ONAL)SON-V'LE CONFECTIONERY, Pby A. Grilbe, Mississippi street, near St. Patrick. Bri.uch on Railroad Avenue, near Opelousas street. Cakes, Fruits, Nuts, Soda Water, Ice Cream. Cakes. Ice Cream and Syrups for weddings and parties fur nished on short notice. LIQUOR AND" BILLIARD SALOONS. THE PLACE, Gas. Israel, manager, Corner Lessard and Mississippi streets. Billiards, Lager- Beer, Best Wines and Liquors, Fine Cigars, etc. TIhSMITH. L OUIS J. RACKE, Tinsmith, Mississippi street, at Lemann's old stand. Orders attended to with dispatch and satisfaction insured. t----------- --- -"h BARBER SHOP. L L. FERNANDEZ, Barber Shop, Mis * sissippi Street, near corner Lessard. Shaving. hair-cutting, shampooing, etc., in most artistic style ATTORNEYS AT LAW. FREIDERICK DUFFEL.Attorney at law and Notary Public, office on Cheti maches street. opposite the Court-House. DWARD N. PUGH, Attorney at Law, Attakapas street, opposite Louisiana Square. Visits Navoleonville on Mondays. PAUL LECHE, Attorney at Law and No Stary Public, Donaldsonville. Office: One block below the Court-House, on At takapas street. 3je25 HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING. SINGRY. TltE PAINTER, Crescent Place, G,- opposite the Market-House. IHoust,, Sign and Ornamental Painting in all their branches. Best work at lowest prices. * ---_- BLACKSMITH. F WALTER. Blacksmith and Carriage - Shop, Mississisippi street, near Lessard. Carriage, buggy and wagon making, trim minin; decoratiug and repairing. Horse shoeing and all kinds of blacksmith work] in first-class sta le. LIVERY STABLES & 1'NDERTAKING. CHONBIERG'S Livery, Feed and Sale S Stable and Undertaker's Establishment, Railroad Avenue, between Iberville and At takapas streets. Competition defied. DRUGS AND EIEDICINES. B RYBISKI, Apathecary and Druggist, SMiississippistreet, bet.een St. Patrick and St. Vincnut streets, adjoining Gondran's store. MILLINERIY. IRS. I. BI.UM. Milliner, Mississippi I1_ street, between Lcss;id and St. Pat ick. Latcest istyles of Bonnets. lists. French Flowers. etc.; adso, all kinds of Ladies' Un tl 'rtl- r . SOl)A WATEUI MANUFACTORY. ()OI.\ WATER MANUFACTORY. I. K Ilethter. proprietor. No. 11 Mississippi street. `etlat. liiueral. Seltzer and all kinds if et:iraited wa:ters manufactured, and sold :at Lo',vi. loirices. MATTRESS A~LKER. )I ETil WAGNER, Spring andti Moss 'iMattress Manufactosy, Mississippi St. Repairin- and cleam'ing furniture a special ty. .A:i orders plroumptly attended to. YOU KNOW YOU DO. When some one's step comes up the walk, Your cheeks take on a rosier hue; And though no others hear his knock, You hear it well-you know you do. And though it may be very wrong, When pa is quite ignored by you, You sing for him your sweetest song, You cunning thing-you know you do. And when he talks of other girls, Of hateful Kate, and Jennie, too, You fling at him your auburn curls, You jealous thing-you know you do. lie blushes deep and looks afraid, To be thus left alone with you; But your eyes tell there ne'er was maid But could be wooed-you know you do. You peep at some one 'neath your curls, Until with love you burn him through, And make him hate all other girls In love for you-you know you do. And when his arm steals 'round your chair, You give a smothered scream or two, As if you didn't want it there, But Oh, you do-you know you do. You let him kiss your blushing cheek, Somehow your lips meet his lips, too; You tempt him, pretty thing, to speak, You wicked flirt-you know you do. And when he timidly doth press His wish to make a wife of you, With happy heart you answer yes, You darling girl-you know you do. --arah Sly. LONG AGO. When I sit at even alone, Thinking on the past and gone, While the clock, with drowsy finger, Marks how long the minutes linger; And the embers dimly burning, Tell of life to dust returning; Then my lonely chair around, With a quiet, mournful sound, With a murmnur soft and low, Come the ghosts of long ago. One by one I count them o'er, Voices that are heard no more; Tears that loving cheeks have wet; Words whose music lingers yet; Holy faces, pale and fair, Shadowy looks of waving hair; Happy sighs and whisperings dear, i Songs torgotten many a year; Lips of dewy fragrance; eyes Brighter, bluer than the skies, Odors breathed from Paradise. And the gentle shadows glide Softly murmuring by umy side, Till the long, unfriendly day, All forgotten fades away. Thus, when I am all alone, c Dreaming oerm the past and gone, a All around me, sad and slow, Come the ghosts of long ago. -San Francisco Sews Letter. L I think ofthee, nmy love, To-Night. Press Coinments on Donaldsonville's La test Song. West Feliciana Sentinel. We are indebted to the author, Mr. A. J. Reynolds, for a copy of his second song, "I think of thee, my love, To Night." The music is written by Mr. Ain6 Bercegeay, and the melody is sweet enough to insure its popularity. The words are tender and pathetic. This song, like the first, will add to the repiu tation of the young composer in the role made glorious by the names of Hays, Cooper and Kennedy. West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter. We are under obligations to our young friend, A. J. Reynolds of the Donaldson ville CIIIEF, for a copy of his latest com positions, beautifully set to music by Aim6 Bercegeay, one of the most talented musicians of the State. Poetry and music are both excellent and should be on every piano in the country. "I think of thee, my love, To-Night," has the ring of the true metal about it. Morgan City Review. With the compliments of Mr. A. J. Reynolds of the Donaldsonville CHIEF, we have received a cony of one of his numerous poetic compositions, " I think of thee, my love, To-Night," set to music by Aim6 Bercegeay. It is dedicated to Miss Georgie Hildenbrand of Gretna, La., and is quite sentimental. Gretna Courier. Our young friend, A. J. Reynolds, Foreman of that most excellent paper, the Donaldsonville CHIlEF, places us un der obligations for a copy of his last song, "I think of thee, my love, To Night," dedicated to Miss Georgie Hil deubraud of Gretna, music by Aim6 Bercegeay. It is one of the author's best efforts in the way of ballads and may be procured at the music house of P. Werleiu, 135 Canal street. Iberville South. We tender our thanks to the authors, Messrs. Reynolds & Bercegeay, for a beautiful piece of music, entitled, "I think of thee, my love, To-Night." The words were written by Mr. A. J. Rey nolds, Foreman of the Donaldsonville CHIEF, and the music was arranged by Mr. Ainm6 Bercegeay of Donaldsouville. Baton Rouge Capitolian-Advocate. " I think of thee, my love, To-Night," is the title of a song by Messrs. Reynolds & Bercegeny of Donaldsonville, the au thors of "Do you ever think of Me," which has attained much popular favor. We thank the authors for the copy kind ly sent us, and wish them the success they deserve. Their songs are for sale at Mrs. C. Boning's. St. Tammany Farmer. We have received, with the compli ments of the author, Mr. A. J. Reynolds of the Donaldsonville CmIEF, a copy of a charming new song, entitled, " I think of thee, my love, To-Night." Thanks. Morgan City Free Press. We would respectfully acknowledge the receipt ofa now song by Reynolds & Bercegeay of Donaldsonville. The song is entitled "I think of thee, my love, To-Night," and is for sale by Philip Wer lein, New Orleans. Mr. Lyman Seeds, of Dunkirk, N. Y., sars: " I want everybody to know that Brown's Iron Bitters has cured me of a complication of disorders that affected my general health to such an extent that I was unable to do any work. My principal troubles were poor digestion, painful urina tion, and weak lungs. I " hve been i stored to perfect health." OUR NEW YORK LETTER. The Great Revival at the Brooklyn Tabernacle-Need of Saving Grace-A Story of Life in the Streets-Vanderbilt's New House-The Meeting of the Money Kings-Large Immigration, Business, Stocks, Etc. NEW YORK, March 18, 1882. EnITOR CHIEF: It is a genuine pleasure, in this wicked city, to be able to record anything like a first-class revival, where hardened sin ners are gathered in like harvest sheaves, giving us the assurance that though the devil may have a pretty heavy mortgage on New York and Brooklyn, he is not going to have it all his own way while Brother Talmage and Major Cole are on top of the ground. I suppose it is no news to any one to tell them that Major Cole is an Evangel ist, who has done good service in the army of the Lord in the West, and who, hearing that the Sodom of Brooklyn and the Gomorrah of New I r k. ..-.:i in need of spiritual gr:ie, concluded to assist Brother Talmage in his assault upon the Evil One, and the result, I believe, has been much more satisfactory to Brother Talmlage and Major Cole than it has been to the - . We certainly stand in need of saving grace if we believe the reports in the papers; though I alm inclined to think that there is a class of sinners that neither player nor saltpetre would save, and for whom brimstone is the only proper preservative, and this brings me to the point that I am awfully sorry the real good, old rashioned Gehenna is getting out of style. r a......" ,...... __. °-.- - - - .- I A uu1 see n00UW we are going to get along without it. A few days ago a woman and six children were picked up in the streets starving and perishing. The father was an honest and industrious man, but he was out of work and sick. One article of furniture after another went to the salesroom or the pawnshop, and, when they had lothing left to sell, their landiord thrust thetn out into the freez ing streets to die. I want a small Geheuna for that man's special use, and I'd give him a private box, all to himself, nearest the fire. Now comes the incredi ble part of the story: The wretched woman says that she was in the streets for three weeks, and that she and her children slept under sheds, and in empty hogsheads, and out-houses, gathering their food from ash-barrels and swill tubs, like dogs. Had she been a thief, or a prostitute, she would have been care fully attended to; she would have been well fed and cra: ;t:d:; lodged; but, unfortunately for her, she was neither. But she was afflicted with a curse infi nitely worse than theft; she was sick and poor, and, for three weeks of mortal agony, not one person in these two great cities of over a million and a halfof inhabitants appears to- have heard her cry of woe. I don't mean to say that we have not a valid excuse; we were busy with the walking l:atch at the time, and few of us had any leisure to spare on so unimportant matter as a perishing wo man and a few starving children. Besides this, we had a number of other things on hand. Aside from the forty-eight thousand dollars we had to pay for the walking match, we had to raise quite a sum for the suffering Jews of Russia, several hundred of whom are now in New York, with a further installment of $30,000 promised, shortly after the blue birds fly. Then it cost us nearly $24,000 for the Arion Caruival, and several thousand more to the Anti-Chinese fund ; then there was the expense of the diamond badge to Capt. Williams, the clobber, with numerous expenses, among which I might enumerate, entertaining the select committee of the Board of Aldermen and members of the Legisla ture. So you can plainly see, after all this, there was very little left for any body's children. When the police picked this poor creature up; four of her children lay huddled together like pigs, on the bare sidewalk, and the mother, in the last stage of cold and starva.tan, s., witi; a a little blue-peaked infaut on her breast. upon the doorstep, d ving. On the corner of Fourth Avenue and Fourteenth street is the office of thi Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It is admirably furnished and comfortably endowed. Its officers are men of great heart and untiring energy, ever on the alert to save the poor brute from unnecessary labor or suffering. No human savage can, with impunity, impose on a lame horse or a sick dog where the officers of this society, can see them. Tying a tin-kettle to a cur's tail would scarcely be atoned for by a six months' sojourn in the penitentiary, while the discharge of a bootjack at a vagrant Thomas-cat on the top of the fence would be regarded as ample grounds for an indictment for man slaughter. By a proper consideration of the foregoing reasons, you will see at once that we had our hands too full, between dogs and cats, and Russians, and pedestrians, to attend to any trifling outside matters. However, I am happy to state that solnm one, at last, did find time to pick the poor woman up, and she and her children are now being properly cared for. So, as I remarked at the commuencememnt of this letter, we stand much ill need of saving grace. Major Cole is not a Moody, land even his mioet ardent admirers could never mistake Blrotler Tallllage's voice for Saukey's; but, between them, never theless, there has been a tremendous rattling in the dry bones. While on church matters, it is worth recording that the best reply to Bob Ingersoll's " wooden gods" was given by that level-headed preacher, Dr. Col lier, the blacksmith. His blows fell with the weight of a ten-thousand pound trip-hammer, and yet, in his whole discourse, there was not one word of bitterness or unchristian unkindness. It was a bold, manly defense of the God he believed in-a God broad as the universe, all-wise, all-powerful, and all-good. His closing peroration was magnificent, and deserves to be written in letters of ; 'll, I dont know what our good S dox believers will do with the Reverend Doctor, for he confessed the other night to a profane reporter, that he had visited the Fifth Avenue Theatre and had seen the play of " The Profes or, " and that he had enjoyed it hugely. Shades of Lyman Beechor, Timothy Dwi;hu and jeonard Bacon, what are we coining to, when a clergyman, even if he is not orthodox, consents to be amnnsed by a profane play ? Are we going backward or forward? I don't know whether it will do to trust Brothers Cole and Talmage for anu answer to the question, but, one thing is certain, the world still moves. The fashionable event of the week was the reception at Palais Vanderbilt. Every body who was any body was in vited to the show, and the result was a tremendous squeeze. Hardly an artist or a man of note in town was absent, and the gathering was one of the most notable ever seen in New York. A few envious people used to hint that the receptions of William H. might do very well for the parvenues and shoddyites, but they would never draw in the real old blue blood. If this ever was the sentiment, they have got bravely over it, for, on Tuesday, the oldest and blueist of them, were out in full feathers. In one little group stood three men-Vanderbilt, Jay Gould and Astor-whose united capital is not far from four hundred millions of dollars; close by stood Russell Sage, and Hun tington, of the Pacific railroad, with half a dozen others representing at least a hundred and fifty millions more. Millionaires were as thick as huckle berries, and, I have no doubt that a petition for immediate assistance would have been started for any poor wretch who was only worth a couple of hundred thousand. The whole affair was an immense success. William H. is no more a mere shoddy accident. Ho is now a great patrtn of art; a gentleman of caate and leisure. New York sees it now as she never saw t before. The Herald, the Timumes the Tribune and the World, all see it. By the way, did you ever examine a landscape or a portrait through the bottom of a champagne bottle ? If you never did, try it! You have no idea Low it improves the tone of the picture. I saw a number of reporters examining them in that way, and they assured me, on their hon ors, that it was the only proper way to form a just judgment of the fine arts. Another cargo of sour-krout and cab bages from Germany-another cargo of Jews from Russia-another cargo of po tatoes from England. Yes, we are abso lutely importing potatoes and cabbages, and mighty thankful to get them. A barrel of potatoes costs four dollars and a half, and .a barrel of fine oranges from Florida or the West Indies, will only cost three and a half or four dollars. You can get twenty-five bananas for the price of a very poor cabbage, and every other domestic vegetable is in proportion. The tide of immigration is rolling in upon us. I am neither a prophet, or the son of a prophet, but, vast as was the immigration of last year, it will be far surpassed by the immigration of 1882. Even at the nresent time our Commis sion is sorely taxed. Castle Garden no longer furnishes anything like proper ac commodation. The whole immigration matter should be taken in hand by the United States, and not left as a burthen ou the ttate of New York. Tlhebusiness boom has fairly begun, and all of our great down-town houses are actively engaged in packing goods, away into the wee hours of the night. The stock market is not lively, and the weather has been unsettled. Altogether we have been in a sort of transition state, and rather awaiting results. Whether it be a rise in stocks, a hoist in the Louisiana lottery, the death of a rich uncle, or the life insurance on my Inoth er-in-law, I shall accept the windfall with equal thankfulness, and subscribe myself, Truly yours, BROADBRIMI. Woman's health is dependent upon regu lar monthly uterine action. Interfere with this grand function of female life, and dis ease will be the legitimate result. Nature demands regular action, and her laws can not be violated unless at the expense of health. This function, this monthly aecre tion must coutinee from the age of puberty to the " turn of life," without unnatural obstruction; and inattention to this fact has consigned thousands of females to u'ntisely graves. A remedy for all thes-- troubles has been prepared by the medical profes sion, which will relieve old and oung of these monthly excesses and weaknesss-.s; will restore nature; will strengthen the weak and debilitated; will give rotundity and shape to the lean and haggard, and will impart iron to the inmpoverished blood. Dr. Dromgoole's Enghlish Female Bitters is the remedy and will'do the work to satin faction. SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. It has lately been proven experimen tally that calomel may be decomposed in the human system with the fiormation of corrosive sublimate-a powerful poison. In an experiment by AM. Paul Bert upon a live crocodile, the animal being made to forcibly close its mouth exerted a pulling force of. 308 pounds upon a rope attached to the ends of its upper jaw. The extremity of the jaw being the end of a long lever, the real power exerted by the muscles was much greater, and was computed to be 1540 pounds. This experiment was 'made upon a crocodile already weakened by cold and fatigue. A year or more ago a gate-post which had been painted with so-called zinc white was noticed to appear black all day, gray in the twilight and white during the night, changing to black again very soon after lunriseo. Mr. T. L. Phipson was led to investigate this singular chameleon property of the paint, and after much research has shown the cause to exist in a new metal, which has been named actinum on account of its peculiar actinic effects. It is found in zinc ores, and resembles zinc. Attention has been called to some new facts in relation to color-blindness. Careful investigations have shown the Chinese and the Nubians to be practi cally free from the defect. Dr. Rnberts has observed that color-blindness is most 1 common among persons of reddish or red hair, and it is very prevalent among the I Jews, who are the most decidedly red haired of all known races. It is thought probable, therefore, that there may be some correlation of color-blindness with s pigmentation, and indirectly with racial peculiarities. A schnonlm.ln ..r f , 1..... -.. A Schoolmaster of Nice has formed among his pupils a society for the protection of vegetation. The muembers are to destroy injiutious larvae and pro tect harmless birds. Their interest in the work is kept 1t by the election of laureates and th sward of prizes. In four months of 1 1 the children des troyed 4555 belt f moth-eggs, repre senting no fewer 4n 1,363,500 larvae:; 194,3.28 cabbage aee; 1583 grasshop pers; 629 butter rs; 58,911 slugs and snails; 1274 grub. and 35,721 insects ol various kinds. T 4 work is both very valuable and very ,structive. Sounds produce, in certain individuals the impression of*' color. This curious phenomenon, which was first described by Numbsbanrmnr- ) 68373, has recently been made the scl:ject of systematic study ,y IIerren Bleulen and Lehmaun of Zurich. They lied that the colors associated with rliifcrent notes differ with the individuals, btttng as a rule light for high notes and -rk for low notes. Chords either canllsJ the colors which correspond to thei notes to appear to the mind side by se4 or give a mixture of those colors. T : same note in dif feirent keys changin color, and to many persons different c ors appear when the same piece is planyt, by different instru ments. Noises, as well as mlusical notes, are accompanied by colors, varying with the intensity and pitch of the sound. Of 596 individuals examined, one-eighth were "color-hearers." Four persons per ceived sound as a result of sensations of light and color. A broad, quietly-burn ing gas flame led to the perception of a sound formed of to and a light vowel like ei but when the flame flickered the sound became that of 1. These cases can generally be explained by an association of sounds with colors by the individual minds, and the phenomenon is largely hereditary. Astronomers' knowledge of the re markable ring of small planets traveling between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter commenced with the first day of the present century, when Piazzi discovered the first of these objects, which he named Ceres. Other discoveries followed at irregular intervals until, in 1845, the number of these small planets-or as teroids, as they are usually called-was increased to five. Since that year the list has extended very rapipily, and 220 have now been discovered. No estimate can be formed of the total number of the asteroids. They ate very small, and Leverrier has computed that their com bined mass is probably less than one fourth of the earth's mass. From the size of Vesta, which is estimated to be 319 miles in diameter, they dwindle to an unknown minuteness. Herr Horn stein has communicated to the Vienna Academy the result of recent researches, which appear to prove that the number of asteroids with a diameter of over 25 miles is extremely sntail, and that pro bably all such were discovered before 1859. The number with a diameter less than five miles seenms also to be very small, at least in the inner parts of the asteroid zone next Mars: in the outer regions next Jupiter there may be a mrere considerabh lii. nmlbr of t!:h e v.:l'-y "umai bodice. M-ost areit . i;.i see0.mi to have diameters betwcc! i fivc and 1 !'teen miles. The average numbner wit ! a diameter of five to ten miles discovere~ld during the last twenty years is about three i.ac.h year; the yearly nlllnnber of ten to fifteen miles diameter is atl,nt one and three fifths. Herr Hlornstein believes, there fore, that unless much imore ipowerfuli telescopes are used fulture daesroveri:-s of asteroids will be chiefly confined to those measuring live to lifteen miles in diam eter. GENERAL EFIjWS SU. IARY. Domestia, Jesse James had $500 coffin. Jumbo has arrived safely at New York. The President has "vetoed the Chinese bill. New York is to have a Cotton Ex change. The anti-Chinese bill has passed the House. Barber shops have to close on Sunday in Ontatjo. -e tw? conference is being held at Seven hundred moulders are on a strike at Troy, N. Y. Chicago was visited by a heavy snow storm on the 22nd. Three murderers were hung in Penn sylvania, last week. Henry W. Longfellow died at Cam bridge, Mass., March 24. Guiteau has raised his rates for auto graphs and photographs. A passenger depot at Salem, Mass., burned. Loss, 60,000. Michigan and Kansas were visited by terrible tornadoes April 7. Dr. Lewis, a Chicagoppponent of vac ciuation, has died of small-pox. Over $2000 have been collected for Mrs. Sergeant Mason and the baby. The Proctor House at Kearsage mount ain, burned March 23; loss $75,000. A Negro woman of Kansas City adver tises to dispose of a baby at auction. A catholic church was burned at Cincinnati, April 7. Loss, $150,000, Cirow-Dog has been convicted at Dead. wood forlthe murder of Spotted Tall. The insurance on Haverhill's great sugar refinery amounted to $2,000,000. Northern papers are sending down correspondeouts to the flooded districts. Four suits for damages have been entered against the owners of the Golden City. Chewing tobacco is to be used for rewards of merit in the Illinois State prison. - The Wisconsin Legislature repealed the . w::makiag; iiasauity a cause for divorce. Two :doted u.nrglars at Dayton, Ohio, 1eapik from a third-story window and escaped. A lunatic jumped from a swift railroad train in Michigan, and was made sanr by the shock. It has been proved that the St. Louis oleomargarine man ufactory uses the fat of horses and dogs. A fire at Hopkinton, Mass., destroyed thirteen dwellinigs, including the church, town hall and hotel. The body of Mrs. V. W. H. Stowe, one of the Golden City victims, has been recovered at Memphis. One of the petitions presented to President Arthur requestiung Mason's release is a mile long. A hady at Lockport, Mich., recently opened a sty with a pin that had beau dipped in vaccine virus, and the result was a splendid vaccination of the eye. A handcuffed thief, on his way to prison; his insane wife, who was being takeu to an asylum; their two children, going to the poorhouse, and dead baby, bound for a graveyard, were all in a wagon which passed through Ottawa, Kansas, recently. Foreign. Patti has returned to South Wales. Bull fighting has been prohibited in Vera Cruz. A strike of over 1000 workmen has occurred at Toronto. The King of Burmah has had an attack of delirium tremens. Another dynamite mine has been dis covered near Moscow. Moody and Sankey are drawing multi tudes again in Glasgow. Gortschakoff has resigned as Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs. A pilgrimage of expiation to Jerusalem has been organized in France. The Mosque of St. Sophia at Constan tinople is in danger of collapsing. Bavaria and Hamburg have decided against the tobacco monopoly bill. Five hundred English colonists for Manitoba arrived at Halifax April 9. Sarah Bernhardt was married at Lou. don, April 4, to M. Danrola, a Greek. There are rumors ofai an iance between Germany and Sweden against Russia. Punishment of witchcraft by death is still practiced at Fort Wrangell, Alaska. It is rumr,red that M. Gambetta's mental condition is anything but satis factory. A Venetian glass manufacturer is making a great succrss of ladies' glass boin mets. A r.umber of young Chinese officers have just arrived in France for a course of stmudy. The etntenary of the death of Metas t:,si,, the Iha.ian poet, was to be cele brated in Rome April 12. A Canadiaa i'aeific train, with ot0 emuigrait.Q, is froz-in :n three miles from i I, earest ,ouire: of sum!ily. Tle Shalh of lPer.i- i:s presnte.d is ei "ss Stepha:tie ,f Anstria n ith the Order of the Stu, st t ia diarrmour s. Paris has a writer v wo does the de scripltive !,art of novels fot novelists whose genit.l do!te not lie: in that line of writing. The Gimi.ltonem mills, at Ashton-n-motler Tyne, containing 1£t!., .( spm1lesi., hu re,., on the 7th inst. The dtamna~e reachsc £0ltt)tM.q