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■•A K.” Xhoy sleod above the worU hi a world apart. And she dropped her happy eyas. And stilled the throbbing puls. - Of her happy heart. And the meouliglit fell ab.e e hi Her secret to dis.-over. And the moonbeams kissed h> hair. As though no human lover Had laid his kisses there. Look up, brown eyes, he -aid " And answer mine. Lift ii| those'silken fringe- Thai hide a >^n, Almost divine.” The jealous moonlight drifted To the linger half unlifto I. Where shone the opal ring— Where the odors ilaneed au.i -hilt' 1 on the pivtty changeful thing. Just the old. old story Of light and shade. Love, like the opal tender. Like it, may be to vary Maybe to fade. Just the old. tender story. Just a glimpse of morning glory In an earthly paradis >, With sha h.vvy retieetions la despair of sweet brown eye-. Drown eyes a man might will He proud to win! (ipen, to hold hi.- imago. Shut, under siken lashes Only to shr.i him in. Oh, glad eyes look togethei For life's dark stormy weather. tlrows t ' a fairer thing When young eyes look upon i;, Through a -lender wedding ring. '/Void. Ur. THE MILLER'S WILL. lied ford row is ;i spot that every laxly knows, hut no one knows it better than Mr. Manby, the famous solicitors People meeting him only on legal business, consider him a dry, cautions man far more disposed to question than answer or pass an opinion: hut at his own home, where 1 have seen him at times, he is very different. If on a quiet evening there are only a com fortable pair, or, at most, a trio of friends present, Manby unbends, and at once becomes the mo-t genial and frank of hosts. Hecantdl many sto ries of his curious experenees and dif lie.ult eases. "About the neatest and most curious ease of fraud 1 ever handled,” he said, “was in connection with a testy old client of mine, a miller by trade. He had made a deal of money, and didn’t know what to do with it. The man’s name was Stokes —Matthew Stokes. “One day he (allied upon me, and said he wanted to ask my opinion upon some matter, but 1 soon found he had made up his mind what to do, and the asking my opinion was only his way of getting me to carry out his ideas. 1 le went into his story with great energy and bitterness, lie was worth thou sands he said —that 1 knew all invest ed, and his only heir was his daughter, an only child, who had aggravated him by eloping, and marrying one of his clerks, named Morley. "The clerk was one of those good-looking whipper snappers,’ the old man said, with pas sion. ‘Never could see anything in him but impudence and tali.— a kind of cleverness that would have helped to make him a good showman —but she thought him heavenly; and after they got to love each other, as he said, if his impudence didn’t write to me, asking me to give him my daughter in marriage!’ 1 gave him his notice at once, and a fortnight’s wages; but that didn’t cure the silly girl. She took to moping and melancholy. ‘“One day 1 found that she had eloped, and the next, he sent me word that they were married. 1 felt it aw fully, I tell you, and could have killed him if I’d met him that day, and her too, almost. They’re miserably poor, that’s one comfort, though he’s in a place ami does copying at nights, and they’ve some children and lots of troub le; so 1 ought to bo happy if 1 aint. Hut here’s the danger. I’m getting old, and my doctors say I might be tak en oft'suddenly, so I want you to make my will, strong and firm as you can make it, throwing her out of the least chance of getting rny money—cutting her oil'with a shilling, as it is called.’ ‘“Seeing you have no other relations for whom you care, do 1 understand you wish the money left to charities?’ I said, not liking my task over well, for I had no doubt that if the poor daughter had been there, she could have given quite a different look to the love story. “‘To charity? No, hang charity,’ he cried with a snort. ' I want it all giv en to Henry Gunson, a cousin of mine in the city. I don’t care twopence for him, and know little about him. but ho once did me a kindness. It's all the same to me who gets the money, so as they don’t get it. See’? “I did see perfectly, but thought 1 would try am! alter his determination, for if one thing displeases me more than another, it i- to be the means of carrying dissension and hatred beyond the grave. Could he not, instead of trying to crush the young man who bad married liis dangh’.er, try to lift him ii]>? From his own account it appeared that he was a hard-working diligent fellow, toiling hard for Ills wife ami children. What more could a father "wish for his son-in-law? In a word, I tried to j<> .r oil upon the wa ters, lait I might as well have poured it upon fire. The fury of the old man increased, and was even turned upon me when I pointed out Unit in com mercial circles the cousin, Henry Gun son, of whom ho had spoken, was look ed upon with strong suspicion, owing to iin ugly bankrupt ease with which I had to do. He remained unmoved. ‘T tell you it’s all the same to me who gets it.’ he persisted. ‘lt's nothing to me whether the man’s good or bad. disobedience in children must he pun ished, and 1 can't do better than enrich my own cousin.’’ ‘Finding him so firmly resolved. I promised to have a draft of his will prepared, and to send it to him for perusal by my confidential) lerk. which was done the following week. Ihe w it nesses were clerks of my own. \\ hen signed, 1 was about to place it witii the the other papers connected with his business, but fie old man snappishly told me that he meant to keep that himself, and accordingly it was handed to him. '•Two or three years juts.-cvl. during which time 1 made large and frequent investments for him. hut no further mention was made of his will. One morning 1 received a note from hishouse keeper, te’lingof his somewhat sudden death, and shortly after reading the note 1 was called upon hy theoousin. Henry thinson. "1 am a good judge id faces and dis liked the man the moment 1 saw him. Me was not a hypocrite, and made no show of sham grief at the death of Ids relative; i-n the contrary, he smiled, and appeared perfectly jubilant at the stroke of good fortune. ‘•You have heard, he said, 1 believe . f my cousin's death, and 1 came here because he once told me that, three or four years since, you had drawn up a w ill in my favor." All this was natural enough, hut there was something in the man's manner that made me study his face closely. It -coined to me that under an appear ance of simplicity he was playing a deep game. Yet what game could he he play dig 1 was forced to dismiss the thought, and turn my attention to business. 'it is true that Mr. Stokes did instruct me to draw up such a will, hut he did not intrust the keeping of tho docu ment to me." I answered. "1 have the draft of it. and that is all." ••The man looked startled, hut the look was not one of genuine surprise, and only made me suspect him more strongly than ever. "Where in the world can the will he, then?' he said. Terhaps you could go out with me a.ul take charge of things, and see if it can he found." -This was said with a curious look into my face, as if lie had been saying to himself, "I wonder if he suspects me?" and contrary to my usual prac tice. 1 resolved to go in person instead of sending a clerk. "A eah which he had kept in waiting took ns to his house, in which we found the nurse who had attended the old man in his last illness, and an elderly woman who had acted as his house keeper. The nurse was not so stupid as many old-fashioned nurses, and took occasion, during a momentary absence of tinni->m, to draw me aside and say. "1 hope the old man's money won't go to that man. He was here evet so often before Mr. Stokes died, and they quarrwled hot. I can tell you." "What did they quarrel about'. 1 ' 1 asked, with much interest. "1 think that man asked for money for I heard him say ; "I shall he mined if 1 cannot pay." 1 did not hear all that was said, hut it was hitler while it lasted, and the old man had me in with a fear ful ring of tlie hell, and told me to show that villain out." “I saw murder in his eye." he said, "and not a penny of my money shall he ever linger, 1 wish 1 knew where my poor girl lives. She should have it all, poor thing." Then he ordered me tail of the room, and I heard him shuttle across to the lire, and when I came back I could see he had burned something in tile lire| lace- which. 1 belie re, sir, was the will." "No doubt the old man's daysman! been shortened by the excitement from these frequent quarrels. When a man of no moral principles, like ttnnson is given an interest in another’s death, it is not at all unlikely that he will try to hasten the removal ofall that stands between him and a fortune | especially when he thinks it can be done with out danger of discovery. 1 felt, how ever as the man rejoined me, a thorough repugnance to him, and was very near telling him not to trouble to look for the will as I had reason to believe that it had been destroyed, but i conquered the feeling as well as 1 could; and, in deed, I had no evidence to prove that the will had been destroyed. "The housekeeper then showed us a trunk in which old Stokes had kept all his papers. 1 opened it, and at the top I found a little packet of letters from his daughter. 1 glanced at one; it was full of sorrow and tenderness, asking so earnestly if she might -how him their boy. The letter went on: ‘We call him Mathew, fatherand when we were without bread the little fellow said hi* would come to you and ask for some for mother. He was sure he would not say no; but now my dear husband has work, and although it would not l>e to beg we should come yet I do want, dear father to see you once more. Over the next few words the ink had run, or the paper had got so wet that I could not read them. Per haps if file miller had been living he could have told us how it happened. "I folded up the l letter, and turning suddenly to Gunson who had been looking over me, 1 saw a sardonic smile on his face, which did not prove my opinion of him We went over all the papers, but could not find the will. "Just as 1 was about to close the trunk, Gunnison said ‘We have not looked in the pocket inside the lid.' 1 did so, and to my surprise came upon a folded paper, which appeared to he the will, or so near a copy of it that I was not prepared to deny its identity. It was written on a kind of paper that 1 have used for that purpose for half a lifetime, and the writing was unmis takably that of a elerk of mine named Peter Chipps. The signatures, 100, were all right so far as 1 could see, but yet 1 had a doubt. I caught myself taking the valuable paper out of my pocket and scanning it closely when Gunnison was not by, as if half expect ing the senseless paper to reveal some subtle treachery. 1 got back to my of fice as soon as possible, and read the will carefully through; then 1 hunted up the original draft, and found that it agreed perfectly. “For some two or three days the matter ,-Ussl over, for I was called out of town upon urgent business, but the morning of my return I was told that an old woman—the nurse to Matthew Stokes—bad called to see me during my alsience. She would not leave any message, but said she would call when 1 returned to town. That day a- I wa leavine the office, the nurse came, full of apology and hoping J would not think any the worse ot her for w hat she had to tell me. ‘You know, she -aid. I told you that 1 believe Mr. Stokes burnt his will, and my reason for thinking so 1“ this. \\ ben be was asleep 1 picked out two little bit- of paper from the ashe-, and I kept t.'.ern in my pocket ever sine and here they are.' "Hastily taking them from her. 1 could see from these scraps that it must have been the will that Matthew Stoke- destroyed, for it read " My real and personal Henry t unison -die testator in 1 his presenci and i in ’ " 1 compared the scraps of paper with the copy found in the trunk, and it was without doubt the same hand writing. I would have turned to the clerk, whose name >Usvl first as a wit ness, but lie was dead: or to the one! who had written and witnessed the or iginal will, and who. at this moment. 1 . fell sure must know something of this fraud, but he had gone to drink a year or two before, and 1 had been reluct antly obliged to pan with him, 1 ask ed if any one ban his address, and by a strange coincidence a letter had come j from him that very day to one of my | clerks, asking him tf call for he wa ; very ill, The moment I got that I started otV for IVtcr’s lodgings in a cab. 1 found him in bed. evidently in a rap id consumption, and had only to hold up the forged will and say significantly, •how on earth did you come to do this?’ to make the blood leave his face He would not confess, however, until I gave him a pledge that he would not be punished for his share in'lhe for;ery. and that was more than 1 could take upon me to promise, so I left him, and made my way to the miserable home of the Moreleys in Holden lane l'\ miserable I don’t mean unhappy, but poor. When 1 was admitted to the house I found they occupied two rooms on the second lloor. The heir ess of Stuke’s large fortune was bn-y on her knees before the fire, toasting bread for her husband’s tea, and her own rosy cheeks at the same time, and Morcly himself seated in a corner of the room w riting with a swift hand at the law papers he spent his evenings in copying Mrs, Morelev was quite a young t iling, and so good-looking that 1 could scarcely belli 'c her the daughter of my deceased client. "When I told them of the death of old Matthew Stokes any one would have thought they had lost ricir kindest friend. 11l- daughter was overcome with grief. 1 assured her that from what I had heard, her father had for given her, and that if he had known their address he ccrtainlv would have sent to them, both listened breathless ly to my story, and then, when 1 gave my opinion that nothing now could stand in the way of her inheriting her father’s wealth, she simply went up to her husband, clasped him in her arms and kissed him, and then hurst into tears. Hut when 1 spoke of prosecut ing her fathers cousin she, with the true tenderness and tact of a woman said ‘No, my poor father would not have disgraced a relative, even though he deserved it. Perhaps if yon wrote to him telling him what yon have di covered he will trouble ns no more "It was hard to let the raseal slip, hut I wrote to (iniison accordingly, and if my pen had been dipped in and, I could not have written stronger. He needed no second dose. W ithout even having the politeness to reply, he was oil’ to America by the quickest route, fearing every inch of the way, I expect, that the police were in his wake. 1 got the whole details of the plot out of Peter Phipps, from which it appeared that Hunson no sootier discovered that his cousin had really burned the w ill form erly executed in his favor, then he sought out my late clerk as a titling tool to produce a duplicate from the draft. The price given was mere trille some to or ATI; hut Peter had resolved to bleed his employer by menus of the forged document. Pater was dy ing when he made the confession, but Mrs. Morley was at his house next day, and took the poor fellows breath away liy telling hint she would see that his wife and children wen well eared for. The stricken man stared at her some moments in Head silence, and then he feebly snatched at her hand and burst into tears. He couldn't speak, hut the simple gesture -aid more than i thousand words would have conveyed. “Mrs. Morley has not been spoiled by her good fortune. She was the same loving and generous-hearted woman that she was in poverty. She declares to this day that she is not a whit more happy in her grand house Ilian she was in the two pair back in Holden lane. And I be lieve she speaks the truth.’’ -♦ • <► Llfeet of Ten on the Skin. If yon place a few drops of strong tea upon a piece of iron, a knife blade, f r instance, the tannate of iron is formed, which is black. If yon mix tea with iron filings, or pulverized iron, yon can make a fair article of ink. If yon mix it with fresh human blood, it forms with the iron blood the (annate of iron. Take human skin and let it soak for a time in strong tea, and it will become leather. Now. when we remember that the liquids which enter the stomach are rapidly absorbed by the venous absorbents of the stomach, and enter into the circulation and are thrown out of the system by the skin, lungs and kidneys, it is probable that a drink so common as tea, and so abundantly used, will have some effect. Can it he possible that tannin, intro duced with so much liquid-producing respiration, will have no effect upon the skin!' Isiok at the tea-drinkers of Kuc sia, the Chinese, and the old women of America, who have so long continued the habit of drinking strong tea. Are they not dark-colored and leather-skin neo? Hev. rfatimel Irea-us Prime, H. 1).. in recently referring to his editorial connection with the New VoHt Ohvmr, said “1 have written <-n an average more than five columns each week for forty years, or 10.000 columns in all at least 100 volumes o R* 1 pages each, Mr. Parnell, the Irish land reform agi’ator, had a run recently with the Curraghmore hounds, mounted on a very fine hunter lent him for the occa sion, and was highly complimented by Ixrrd Waterford on hi- plucky riding. 4 lit It Congress, Mesi'vx .Hu. K, Srii V\ ,*lUet\ front the ivuuuitUs- on appivprintieii-. rvperte.l, with sundry ;ime(ulmeiit,',(he Indian .v|>pi-'t>Maliai bill. S.-n. I’sndtot. n fivm lb-.* •vit.-u- owmmittiv. is 1 pomsl a bill tusking *n :.t>prx>priMiou for com t iding .vtupUing and publishing the ts’ltints of thrteth >x'ttsns. Son. tianuud l rvss'tllo\t a report of itm o, ugivx- Mottal x tsitors to Wttaf I’oiiit and a.v iipanving Ihe samo is a bill amending tho existing laws ut the nalnstal niitiiarx ae-tdemv at 'Vest I'ottu I',. forrtsi. Sett William- mtrxsltuv.l a bill to .x-l.,h:ih s can .nail son tee in,i making an sppreprtalun thorvlor. A bill pax-svi dinvling the tntrvlt.w bx llte sv rot art of tbr trvasun •■( the Knsstmon s panng and irnsi eommtux, hv.-tle-i on t'onn-vlvama axo nuo. Hill l'as-od for tbo relief of lien. Or.l Mom'xx .'an. IT //,■ Hillsiulrodii .-dand rotVnv.l Mr, Willis Io .wtstilish a sub tiMv-urx it t.onist ills’. Mr. Nenbeirv prxwiiling lor a Mint com mines' by (ho I must Slaltxs and (treat Hritain to investigate llto allege.) false and Hand nU>n I pivots and statistics tisod heloiv tbo 11 ait fax fisherv oommision. u reeile- ih- allege lieu that id-lain doouuu'nlsprxxsonti'd I ■ liio ivnimi"- siou by llio Hritish gevermueiil eonlaintsl I also fl'aulnlont and IV>rge>i -tatemeut- ole., and is ■pux-tstliopisxsidom la inform Itio government o| ■ •rvitt Hritain ot such allogation. and re.me-l that goxonunonl to join with itio t nilod Males in tbo appointment of a oommision, I" Is' ■ mpose.l of llitvo poison-, ono lo bo appointisl by tlio I nitisl Stalo- nolyiiiX'a Itntain and ono by tbo two got ermnems jointly lo tnlly nix ostigslo tho ipiomten of false and fraudulent proof and document of oxorv kind and natmv, an-1 make a report of snob investigation. with piv. l a.) tnv—.it and addinssi and eoiu-liisioti- -lt.>wn (o iboir rvxspeetive got ermnenl-. Mr Korxt a tsxsotution bs'larinii it loin-tin-opm it'll ot lb*’ bouse Iloi: every intoivst ilrmnitils tin* immediate eon—idoritlion ot tbo telegraph lutes by tbo government, and re.jno.-littg theeoiiiiiitttee on pe?t.>txv and railroads to report tlio bill IVr tho ■smsirndion of stioh telegraph lines ns mat l>o neeessart to prxtieet I Its- peopl,- livnt ibe inottopo t. The -|s'akor nih-d that tlit- resolution tta-r.ot in otxier, tirdor llte oali id (lie state-and it wit not admit (oil. At llte eonelnsiott ol Iheealt ot the stales, Mr. l ord |tivd ttis resolution relative to telegraph hue-and it was ivforred. Mr. Springer inlixhlueod a resolution dinvling the eommiltsv on postotliees and po.-l rojitls l,t niipnrr into tln> ov prdiem t id e-laidislnng a telegraph pisdal -yslrm in liu- I luted Stab" and ni-o the eo.-l of rt'piv dining form-tor transmitting (elegiaphie tints sago- lo those on line- mot po—essed liy existing oorporalmn-. and a- (•> the expedience of opeint mg the same, and granting that eoinmtltiv to -end for pet-on- and paper- and aalhori. mg it lo ivp.n at at y lime by bill or other wi-e Mr. Comer-o, rhainn.an ol the eouimillts on prixato lands, under in-lrnolion from tlmt coin inittee. moteii to suspend tlie rule- and pas- the bill iiuieling lilies of solller- on tin* IVs Moittes ru or land.- n Itio-late ol lowa. Mr. Van \ oor ln*e> demanded I In' reading of Iho renorl of tlio oommilloo, a—erlmg tlmt tins was tlio most in famous hit) ot er pivsonlod to emigre—. The read ing of the in xiority repor! ooenpiod two limn and Itien Van V oorlns - milled tor (lie reading o I Itio minority report. Tins being objected to, tin' speaker derided that its reading was not in order, and Irom this derision Van Voothee- up peahsi. \\ leeh appeal wa- laid oa (liolatdo. \d tonrued. l i r.s| \\, .1 an. I s Sea. \ o-l submit I*•*! a ooinmuinoatioii from tin* socivlary of tin* in lorior, tian-mi(tnn r tho o**m)*lotc*l oensus returns ot isso On nvii i>l Sonaior IVmlloton it was referred to tin* ociimm *lY**. Tho hair aN* snhmiKod a communication from tho secretary 1 (ho interior in nv*|nnso to tbo senate r**s*ln(ion ii|* un allowed trandnloi l o*nsns n-lurns in South t’ar "him. This wa> iccom)*aniod hy a ledor from the it)>orintoiil**nt ••( (ho ffiou* on lli* subjcci. Hon. liollnlay • claim I ill oamo up as the regular *rlcr l ln* nuioiidinonl was abi(**l. The bill a> thus amended was toad a I hint time and pa- cd \\os d.‘i, iiof H*. \Her an inclV*'< (iM‘ *-fl**rt l*\ t , *ko to k*( up a bill (■ provide tor allotment **t lauds in am orally I** Imlintis <*n '*•* **ral ro or\ ati-*ns (hi* iciml** adjoiirm*>l Titspxx .lan, I s //-ms. Mr. Sparks .hair nan ot ih * t’oiumiil-T on military allairs. ivp.ul *d buck udvcr>**ly tho bill tonbioo I . S. t*rnnl on the rehro*l list •*! tin* army. I’b'* house then won! into ooiumittc* 1 uf (ho xvhub*, Mr. r**\ ( in th" chair, upon the funding bill. \V r.nM>n ax, dan. I'd S,-u,it, Sen. t'onkling subinith'd a resolution directing tho j*c**n*tiiry (ho interior to inform the Menate rospet ilie e\ tvnlillof the law for taking (In* h*eetit I'eiiHiia, ns to the number of superintendents, enumerators and siMS'ial ap nls to enumerate (he Indians, experts clerks, unde and female messengers, laborer*, ele. employed f*r taking tin* eelisus. together xxilh (l** rate of compensation allowed eiieh ela-ss, also lor information ns to the rented and Iho amount of rental, the expenses for stationery, printing, etc., mid tin* number of persons now dmxving pay from the census office lor s**rviees, with the AgKregatoof thennmllilyoutlay therefor. Sen Kdinunds called up the senate bill rejior'**d from the committee *n prixute land claim- at tin* last session ol congress, (* provide for ascertain ing and filing private lam) claims of state and territories acquired Irom Mexico, except * '*d<*in*l<*. Alter tin* debate, by IMiimb, Thuruiaii, lllair, and I’Mmiinds, the lull was passed. W miskuiav, .lan. IW //iwf. Tin* ii((eii(i<>n cf tin* house was oeeindcd the entire day. of making provisions for the execution of (In* fund ing lull after completing this tin* house adjourn ed . Tm Hsibtv .lan. 20 Stnnh On motion of Son utor Melhumld, his resolution tli* lust session, for (ho appointment of a standing committee on tin* rights of woini'n citirens. win* taken up. Senator Ihivis, of \S cst Virginia, moved lon* fir tin* sublet f lot hr eoiiiinitfee n|i rules. Agreed (o eyes 2n, Hues 21i. Senator K email presented a resolution. which was adopted without l*l*nt•*. re<pn*sting tin 1 presi dent to forthwith transmit to the senate. it in his (.pinion it is eom pa tilde with (tic public intere*t. copies of any and all correspondence since iHfltt, wrindi may have passed between tin* secretary o| Mat** and any diplomatic or consular agent of tin* I iiilnd St Ml i l ' either in Sw itxerland or any other foreign country, in relation to Ik** sending to the lulled State* hy any foreign slate, cuntoti or municipality , of criminal- paupers or insune per non*. A conference on the hill granting land to Dakota, Montana. Arizona, Idaho and Wyoming, for university purpi*** s. Tin* funding hill wmm revived froi.j the hou.- and rcfcrrrd to the coin milter on finance, Adjourned. TiUmhiiAV, .lan. 20 //o*i*u Tl house went int* committee of the whole Cold* iii th* chair on the naval appropriation hill, Mr Atkins briefly explained l|e previous hill which appropriated *11,101.000, a net in crease of *'‘t,ooo over,file appropriation for the present year. The hill waa read hy sec tions for amendment. Several amendment* were offered with the design of increasing (lie appropriation, but Were rejected* The committee (hen 10-e and reported the hill to the house wicn it Wits passed exactly as reported from lie* committee on appro priatiom, Kkimav. Jan. 2J Snuiu Mr. Ic*gaii r* ported wit h two amendments, lie* reliate hill to place tien. Urant on the rati red lint, and asked for its immediate conaideration. I,aid over. The morning hour liiiv mg expired tie- Jtidiun appro pnution hill war taken up and pMe and. FaiiiAV. dan. 21 //oas The •senate htil for the retirement of‘(sen. Ord with the rank of major general parsed. 'The contested election * are of Hoyntoii vi*. Loring t unc up. Mr. Jloyn ton speaking in his own behalf. Afi**r dohute the majority resolution, in favor of tho sitting mem ber Mr. Loring, wax agreod to without division. sfr. Keefer then up the r -onl***ted election eaae of |sud*y %*. Hull, from the second c<*ngres sioiial district. Florida. tb report of the com miUee on electi**ns being unahiinouslv in fauor of Mr. JJiwhy. th*- contestant. Without a* tom upon thecas* the house lo*k a rcc* • t*- th* evening scfNoon, to he for consideration of senate l*dN on the private calendar. SATVtnAV Jan. 22 S* Th** r**riate was not in Nsauon to day. // of**/. The house immediately went int** a coin mi lies* of the whole with Town **nd of IHi - uois in the chair on the private cal*n*!ar. Thr hr< senate hill vva* for the relief of 1 hcophilu* F, ( handlrf late assistant treanurrr of th** (Tiiuwl Stale* at li *stou. It relieve* him of all liability on amount of public money* loaned hy Julius r. Howell, hi* disbursing clerk, to Miller. W ni 4c fo., such liability amounting t** ft" nun, Messrs, lifiigg and Spark* np|e**ed th* measure Mr. Carlwk faresred it. A vote was finally taken on re|*of(irig the hill fav**rmJ*ly to th** house, and it stood*'* to K a** ‘luorurn. This p*inl being fa's*d hy Mr. th** ■ vinmittec rose and re- ported the tact to tho hxtttso. Alder a good drat ■>t n .w-e and confusion, tho doors wore okv-ed, and the -ergeant at arms was di-patehed after ah-enuas. t he n-nal -cone. incident (v> a night session were enaoled and the hotne did not it-Ijoiim till (1 a. m ant met then after tint attempts logoi a ■ptorutn. h mi.is, NN V>Ul V.VX'N, JjUU IS. V\w follow inj; is i\ full to\t of tho fumlinv: l>ill to in tho oouuuiltoo of tho wholo. ami roporttnl to tho homo; \ KiU t. t'jix iliutv tho potundmet'f thv uahon sl loht ho t ( H ix'tOti h\ tho .HOIVMtO iUlvl ho\ I*o 'I !>'!!>' •'! iho I iuttsl of \morikVi, no*u- Hs’x’H'mhUsi thst nil o\*ting i.Mom* of law mithoriMni; tho ivfuoiiotf **t llio uatiioml >loli >hall to nv hoiul of tho \ mtsi Stalo**, lM'ahu*j a hijjnor oato of mt•>'**( than 4S \H'r oont. r annum, whioh may hoivaffor hooomo [>* vitvmahh'. i'.v\itlf.l, that in lion of tho Ihmhls ant holt iisi to ho i>Mioi hv tho aot of .1 ul v U. ls:o. ontithnl' aot to antliorito tho is't\in(- inK ot nation.il loht. ami aot**. amomlatorv lhorv (.• and ivrfiti, itos authormsl h\ tho aot of Voh. *o I'ntithsi ' \n aot toanthorif.o tlio iwmo olivo titioaU'j* *f dojH**it!* in and f tho i>'tnndm>; of tho mihlio doht tho of tho tivaMiry i* hot\'V\ authorimsl t* iwuo l*nd> in anann>unt not nhuii *hill h -n ulois*>l hi Iho rati* of .|x*r ,vnl. por annum. [>'<loomai'lo at too )>)oii*uiv of tho Tmioxl Stato-* al\oi ti\*' yi'jir*. and p.iyahlo in ton voats <V'm dilo of kmii’ and ho v'oititioatiN* \w tno amnint ofs.'loo, 000,000 in donomination of iO. V*o. and ,*i* d*lhir> oithor vjji*tor*xl *r I'tH'f'nn, hoarinv; mtoiv>t at tho rato of ■'i j*or vnt. |or annum, ivdotnuahlo at tho pioaiuro v*t tho i S!.to> atlor ono \oa fiN'in irtt* I'ho hand* ami octiilloato** sliaU 00 tnall othor iiv*)Hvta of liko oharaotor and i*ni js't (•> tin* sum,*|tro\initm**as th in*mU atithont i** ho in.'nod iv tio aot nf duly 11 ontitlod “An a* it au(nn‘io tho ot tho national ti*ht, and aot* Mtnondatoi v thoiaMo. (hat n>( liii%|? in thu* aot >hall ho ?•* ooustruod, t* authori*o t!o i[t*i> >o f tii* joihlio dohl; and pso i.l**i thrthor, that tho mton"t *\ nor *vnt bonds, hotvhy authonrtsi to ho ivftimhsi. tvaso at tho ovjn ration (*! thirty day .*> ait or inlioo that tho samo ha\o boon bv tbo Se*oivta‘y *f tho hva 'iii \ for iv*loinpti*n Soo. ‘J. Iho jMs rv'tiiry tho (iva.>nrv is h**i\ by anth\ri;o>). in proors.* of ivfnmlmc tlio doht .to * yohatitfo at not h*.v< than j*r, any imndi or vr filit at* ** thoivin authoriiisl for any bonds of tbo 1 nitod Statos and nnoalbs). a rat * of intoivst than I j** r oont. jor annum, and on bond* *>> iivloonnal tho *v rot ary of (hotivasiiry may allow it* hd*)ors tho dirtor ono* botwivntho inior"t *n itnh botnU from da to ot x.’hantfo t> tnno of maturity, and mtoivut for a hko |*orn*d on lond< or oortith'iiton i-su*',!. but noito *t tbo |tro\ iiions ol this aot shall |*i*ly It* (In* rodomj'tion or of any ol tin* nomls K*iii'*i t tho I'aoifto railr**ad Min|*anios, and bonds f*o nvoi\o<l ami m )*in a snat)o > f tho |*ro\isions of (his aot shall bo oam’olo*! ami do slroyod So**, and \nt)mri(v (** l.*mls am) ’ortill* n('s (<• any amount mvossary t** oarrv out tbo |r**\ is i*ns **l (his ml, i' hoivhy and tin* soo is* (urv of tin* treasury is hon'by antboriKod ami *li ix*otod t* mako smtabh* rnlos and ivtfnlations to carry this m l inloftool; piMxidod, that tho ox I‘onsos of posincr ol bond* ami oorhlloalos aniliorir.od (•> !**• i-.Miotl, shall not oxooo*l ono fourth of ono j*cr oont Soo. i. Tluil Iho nro rotary "I Iho (roanury h hoivhy allmriyod, to uno not oyooodings*.Ml.ooo.ooo ol Iho Mandat'd gold iiinl *ihor ouin m Iho Iron* ury ir rodoinption of'flu* . mid li por oiUlt. hands of tho I niloil Slaton, authurixod in ho tvfuudod hy iho pray i-iain* af thin not, and hu limy til any limo apply Iho surplus nnuioy in Iho ttvaury, not nlhi'nu’M' ny>|irt*)>iiitM|, or ho nmoh Ihoronl an ho inny o.mnidor propor, to iho puivhano <r rodotnp lion of 1 into.l Sthlon lioihlh or ooiiilloalon, pro \idod, tlml handsninl oorlillonlos no purolnmod or rodoomod shall oonnlitulo no purl of tin* sinking fmnl. hul shall ho oanoolod. Soo. I’min timl aftor Iho llrnl tlwv ol May. Iss| tho nori'onl. hands nnlharitod W tin* Hint nootion ol thin not .shall ho tho truly hand* roooiva hlo a** >oounv for national hank oiroulalion, or an Hoourity lor tho Hafo hooping ami prompt pay inotil of puhlio inonoy dopasilod with nuoh hanks, hul w hon any mioli hands dopasilod for Iho pur pono nfaivsaid. nhall ho donignatod lor pinvhitso or r |ouiplioii hy Iho aooroliiry ol Iho Iroamiry, Iho hmiK ahHooialion dopasiling hiiiiio nhall Ini %* Iho right to Mlhntilulo olhor insuos of homln of (ho Inltod Slalos in liou thorool. pravidod tlmt no hoinl upon w hioh Inloronl has ooasod nhall ho no ocptml or nhall ho omit innod on doponit n nootiri ly lor oiivuhitioii nr fur snfo hooping ol nubile nianoy, and itl oiiso hands no dopasilod nhall not ho withdrawn ns pravidod bylaw, within t lilt (> dayn iiflor intorosl ban eonnod (boroon. llit* hank* ing iinsooinilalis doponlting hiiiiio shall ho suhjeol (o iho liuldlilioH and praoooding* on Iho part of tho ooinpirolh r providod for in section A2!ll o| (ho revised statutes of Iho I'nitod Slaton; and provld od furlhor, that soellan 1 of iho not of Juno 20. IH7I. ontillod, An n t Ikying Iho amount of I'nil od Staton mUon, providing for a redistribution of national hank enrrenov. and for olhor purposes,*' ho. and thonamo in hereby ropoalod. and soothnis .'dull and >looof tho revised statutes of (In 4 I nilod Stales ho and tho namohorohy aro ropoalod. Soo. 0. Thai ihm aot nhall ho known an tho I*'lidding not of I SKI, ami all mis and purls ol io(n ineaiisisleiil with thin not are hereby ropoalod. TiIEOKELISK'S MTOin Am Tiilil li> ( iiin 111 itiidcr (Jiil'l'liiui- Hj fill 1 1* mill I lu> mU 111 r I lII* A Ilf If 111 m llnnif af n' 4 mini mthm Mum- TldfH mill Ihf ilnin iiliiic of I‘liiirnnli S'riv \ oik Tliiifu, •Inn. 11. Lieut, Commander Horringe, who has successfully brought 'lie obelisk from its Ale\iiid)rm ll home to our Central Park, IoM the story of this Egyptian momimenl before the New York Assoeialioii for the Advancement of Seienee unit Art, in (lie Prick Church ut Fifth Avenue unit Thirty-Hcvcnlh street, taut evening. Thirty-live eentn rhu have passed, lie Miii'l , Hinee the ohe was severed from its nutnrul surround ings liy the hand of mini, and wrought into its present form. On the banks of the Nile, hlhiiil 1150 miles from the *Ull, is an iliitneiiae nuiaa of granite, known aa syenite, noted for its free dom from creeks, vein, or oilier for eign substances,mat the heiuitiful pol ish of which it is susceptible. An obe lisk now standing at Heliopolis, live i nles from ( ’aim, taken from this ip tar ry, was creeled more than I,IHKI years ago: and I. ONI years ago a priest ijinir ried from ibis place, and transported • NNi in ilea, a shaft weighing 150 tons, which was so highly polished that the polish still remains. With all the sci ence of our own day, it would lax the moat -k 1 111 ■ 1 1 workmen to reproduce the figures cut Upon that shaft, and then give the surface such a lusting polish. “On the base of the obelisk of Mala hoii," continued the speaker, “it is re corded that only seven months elapsed from the time she gave the order to quarry the stone to the date of its final completion. To me, this record means that the ancient Kgvplians were pos sessed of mechanical appliances super ior to those in use at the present day. liy taking time enough and employing men enough, there i hardly a limit to tiie weight that can he moved, hut in the creation, transjiortalioii and erec tion of an otii lisk, Hie number of men is limited to comparatively a few, and I am quite sure there is not a man liv ing who would undertake in seven months, at the penalty of his life, to quarry, transport (100 miles, erect,carve and polish a granite shaft 120 feet long weighing -''mV) tons, such as that of Queen ifatason at Karnak. 1 dwell on this fact so tbiil you may realize that in spite of the wonderful progress made in the mechanical arts in this country, we are perhaps only on the very threshold of the knowledge possessed by the Ancient Egyptians thirty-five centuries ago. In my opinion an obe lisk is simply the representation of the creative power; it was unquestionably intended to stand before a temple; the proportion hetweeen its height and that of the wall or pylon against which it was seen projected, were invariably such that from every point of view the pyramid ion of the obelisk was seen above the top of the temple. Obelisks were always erected in pairs; unfortu nately we have but one. and it is not teasouable to expect that we can get another one from Egypt; in fact 1 have good ground for assuring you that there is not the least hope of our getting another Egyptian obelisk, un less we cm buy one from the European residents of Egypt. Hull can see no reason for not having another obelisk cm out of the beautiful red granite of t'onuecticul. and erected on a neigh boring knoll, on which there could be cut a brief historical record." He had been requested, the speaker said, to write a detailed history of the obelisk for publication in a school book, but bad declined. He then gave an extended account of the heirogivphies, which have before been fully describ ed, and gave some facts about Thoth mes 111 Humeses, Thebes, Memphis, and 1 items Vents. Tothmes was en abled to conquer Vsia and exact trib ute from the most powerful \siatie Kingdoms lie built new temples and restored others that had been destroy ed by tlie Vsiuticconquerors. Among the latter was the Temple of On at Heliopolis, before that temple he creeled n pair of obelisks, of which ours is one. 1 have ann del oflhat temple, which is as interesting as the obelisk itself It is tlii# oldest model or plan in existence. It was found at Heliopolis by an eminent Herman arch.eulogist, who sold it to a t’alifornian who sold his collection at auction in this city, where it was purchased for ftlO, during my absence in Egypt. 1 knew of the existence oftliis exceptionally interest mg object, and on my return home promptly purchased it." Humeses built a ship canal from the Medilerran can to the Red Sea thirty two ecu (uricsheforeM.de l.esseps was horn. This canal lasted for more than a thousand years, soil must he consider ed a success. Traces ofil are still to be seen. "There nri' good reasons for behoving that Iho exodus look nlaee in lln> latter purl of tho reign of Haineses 11., anti Unit his won' tho hosts Unit woro swal low oil up in tln< Koil Son while in nur snil of the fugitive Isruolilos, The llili lion) rooonl iliu>s not stnto Unit the I’ha nioh wns drownod, ninl Innl ho hoon (hownod it certainly would Inivo hoon si it tod, K ini's in those dii vs. ns in (hi'so, did not lend Iho vnn of their iirillios. From mi I'.gypliau standpoint thi'ro wus nothing more remarkable in tin' flight of Iho Isruolilos (Inin Ihoro would ho to tiny in Iho sudden ih'piirtnri' from one ol our imlin n agencies of n disooii lonlod Iriho, led hv sonio iiinhitious ohiof; il would ho n iimltor of ooiisidor nhlo importance to Iho Indiiuis, hut of roinulo uitorosl In Iho inhaMlants of iho souhoitrd Thoro is nothing startling iu the fuel Mini Iho Isruolilos crossed dry shod while Iho Kgvptians wore drowned. A oonihiniilion of low sjiring lidos, with winds from certain diroclions, causes Iho wiilors of ninny oslmirios, and no tably Ihoso of Iho Hod Son, to llow out so us to leave dry passages across thorn: this oonihiniilion is gonenillv followed hy a sudden and groat rise of Iho lido, from which Ihoro is no escape, "Cleoiiatra hud nothing to do with onr obelisk, She died eight years be fore il. was removed hy the Homans from Heliopolis to Alexandria, for, as you are donhtloss aware, Iho l.alinaud tlrook inscription on Iho claw of the copper crab, found holwoon il and its pedestal, slates tlint il was rooroolod at Alexandria in Iho eighth year of Au gustus, whioh corresponds to the (won ly-lhird year before Christ." Al the conclusion of ihc lecluro Dr. Holton llxcd llu< dale uf tho comple tion of the obelisk as |S.‘)I 11. (1,, and argued that il was begun hy Tliothmes HI., the IMiuraoh of the Israelites who was swallowed up hy the Hod Soil. A Fiirtriii-** ( nrccr. \ Mohloii let (•>' In tho Cincinnati Ml quirrr *ay*: Advice* jn*t received hero ({n to *huw that Un> ('unitiv Uiiv, K/ni l. Winaluw, forger, who run away from Ili>hlihi with over $500,000, |h now editoruf tin* Huono* Ayre* Herald, in Hmitli America. Tho evidence *how* that after the Kngli*h government ro fiiM'il (,o aurrender him he wimt to South Ann rica, where ho auumoil tho name of 1/iwo anil became a great church mcniliiT anil agent of the National Hunk Note cotnjiany, of New York. Ily credit ho sol control of the Itncnou Ayre* llernhl ami not a fat liillot uh a mediator hutwoon Urn Ar gentine Confederation ami Cluli, out of which he reaped a good harvenl with certain bmiker*. A Hhnrttime tdnee he puhli*hed a luiiK obituary of hi* wife, at priwenl living in thin city, and went into mourning, hut hooii after married a *ixteeii-year old girl, the daughter of a wealthy family in llnenor Ayre*. haul month the fuel of the exi*tence of the lir*t wife reached Ituonoe Ayrea, and there wa* trouble in hia now family, lie ainoolhed matter* hy claiming that wife No. 1 had been ill* vorceil, when the contrary i* the fact, and he *till continue* to " roll in clov er." in ventilation here goe* to *how that a few week* Milieu ho wrote to oar lie* hero ollering to place $15,000 in the hand* of wife No. I if *he would got a divorce from him, Hhe i* al 1110*1 broken hearted, ami a phyaical wreck, but yet i* diapoHod to continue her burden without complaint, al though her friend* and relative* have advined her to gel a divorce from her notoriou* hu*band. > • It i* expected that JuKticuHwayne, of Ohio will n ail'll hi* place on tho I Initial State* anpretao bunch on the "Bth in- Htant. Vermont women can now hold tho office of town clerk, if they can aecu vole* enough to elect ’em.