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THE New APPoRTIoNNENT.-The following
are the provisions of the bill proposed by Mr..
Paine for the new appOrtionment of Represen-
tatives among the several States:
That from and after March Sd, 1S7 the House
Of Representatives shall be composed Of three
hundred members, to be apportioned among
the several States in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act Prorided, That il, after such
appOrtiOnment shall have been made, any new
State shall be admittedintO the Union, the Rep
resentative or Representatives OF such new
State shall be additional to the number of three
hundred herein limited; and ii the number of
Representatives of any State shall be reduced by
such appOrtionment such reduction shall not
take effect in the FOrty-SecOnd Congress. but
such State shall have the same number of Rep
resentatives i'm the Forty-Second Congress to
which it is by law entitled in the Forty-First
Congress, and any Representative or Represen-
tatives which such State may have in the Forty
Second Congress in excess of the number fixed
10y such appOrtionment shall be additional to
the number of three hundred herein limited:
and if the representation OF any State shall be
increased by such appOrtiOnmcnt, any additional
Representative or Representatives of such State
in the tOrty-SecOnd Congress shall be chosen by
the State at large, unless the Legislature thereof
shall otherwise provide.
That after the next enumeration shall have
been completed, and before the 18th day OF 1 l.
gust, 1870, the Superintendent of the Census
shall prepare and submit to the Secretary OF the
Interior preliminary report of the results OF
such enumeration, showing, first, the whole
number OF persons IN each State, Territory,
Gliding Indians not taxed: second tbe nnnhcr
of male citizens twenty-one wears Of age in eacI
STATE. TerrI-orv county and narish. AMI thiri
tha nnnhnr of ;,ho obita1ts Of aa oh g., r.;
tow county ard narish haina trnnt,.ona 60
81 49, a'5 80, ~ tL LII, vre sed! ;
vi "s' 'u -, 80 VI .,o on,.cu SIates 10
,n; e r " , ~ a. as elc.iV V Ivl tlie
1t VI . t3 iS Isl. anu !ce resi-
Copgres. the eXrcntive ani iu.Iic;ai ot,;ners ~ ~
CVns.esS, lie cAetu,I'e anu Juneau oiicers o.
hr"of' =; aom;.d & o ~; @ VI @ .ie e.
81 NJ ,r n,r.;ni,at;on IN =; ,ns Any mas eS
cri,n, With sncG other statisticS as SaIi % ,,o
c.nar, tn anahio tha Secro+or, % % tr t po nc
-, @ 80 " tapc ti te ie'iS vi me ihleror
dbas ttar r tbo rnI;n; ,,ot
=; - :. ,,"rooo;o ot;'' hopoi PioN ivi
a., ~ sSis s.o.oI, a.i'.h I'.c oeen supih,,
; " o :., vi .he ih.e lior ne snall
o.;' T nv VIII. .e pioNisIohs ol the secohd
81 t1 'ilt;,; ,o Al ~ u.le vi tue anehu
% ure r vi tne ohteu States;
S"t an, s,,n,, I'm rotr o 81 Peiy report anu
49, ar;,tanIo, % M 0 S, a.oiS .. anu VIZ
sarv 70 dp~ana;ma tho 80 nc 81 s .liu ~ Iieces
oh Sta anT Tho ooaroa.ta ,ol;s ~ Vi
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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts te-tlay
from this source were S24i, ,06l.
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laws, Authors manuscripts shall be allowed TO
go through the mails rated the same as book
manuscripts.
13th, They urge new sets Of Post-Office stamps,
and use of better article of gum; also, that
new and better envelope be adopted for regis
tered letters.
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SICIIIAN HAIR RENEwER

III restore j; 70 its nsturaI color and promote its
Z Trwth-
UGr Treatise on. tilI Hair sent free " mail.
Il. p. Hall & CO.
IA 3deojN I'm Nashua. ". H., ProprietOrs.
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The WALL STREET INvEsTIGATIoN.-The
House Committee to inquire into the recent gold
specuiations in New York city, of which Gen.
Garfield is chairman, met at the Capitol this
morning, and heard the testimony of Messrs
Hodgskm q Bonner, bankers Of New York;
MIR. Benedict, late president of the Gold Ex-
change Bank, and Mr.. Stout. late cashier of the
Tenth National Bank of New York. Fisk, Jr..
Jay Gould, and Corbin have been summoned to
appear before the committee on Monday.
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RECEPTIONS LAST EVENING. - Speaker
Blaine's first public reception this season was
held last evening at his residence, on Fifteenth
street. near |, and until a late hour the parlOrs
were thIonged. Mrs. Blaine, who, with her
husband, did the hOnors OF the evening i'm n
most genial and graceful manner, making all
visitors feel entirely at home, was richly and
neatly attired in a dress OF fawn-colored silk,
high in neck; rich lace collar, coral jewelry,
and hair arranged in plain and very becoming
style. Mr.. Blaine was in a neatly fitting suit of
black, and in a good humor with himself and
his numerous guests. Senators, Congressman,
representatives Of the Diplomatic Corps, the
Army, the Navy, the judiciary, and
private citizens were among the callers. Mr..
Blaine has an elegant dwelling, and his selec-
ton OF pictures was much admired, and his
lunch duly relished by the ladies and gentlemen
present.
The fine mansion of Secretary Fish, lately oc-
cupied by Senator Morgan, was blaze of gas
jets last evening, and in the richly furnished
parlors was scongregated distinguished assem-
blage Of wealth and fashion. Contrasting with
the sombre full dress attire OF the gentlemen
were the rich and brilliant costumes Of the fair
sex, irght colors predominating. Mrs. Fish
was attired i'm a heavy white silk, with narrow
black stripes, low neck, short sleeves, and
almost devoid Of trimming except about the
neck; head-dress of black velvet and lace;
heavy jewelry Of unique style, richly set with
diamonds. Both Mr.. Fish and his estimable
lady extended a cordial greeting 10 the callers,
and INDUCED in brief conversations with many
who were classed among their intimate friends.
The legations were largely represented, while
several of the Cabinet officers and many mem
bers OF Congress were present, and also officers
of the military and naval branches, in full dress
uniform. About 10 O'Clock the President was
announced, and, after paying his respects to the
Secretary and wife, and chatting familiarly
with several Of those present, he departed as
quietly as he had entered. During the evening
an elegant collation. was provided, embracing
every delieaey.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
INDISPENSABLE.

There arc simple remedies INDISPENSABLE In
any family. Among these, the experieace Of years
assures Us should be recorded PEkRY DAVIS
VEGETABLE PAIN KILLER. Sor both inter
nal ard external application We have found II q
great value; especially can we recommend II sor
CCIds, Rheumatism, OF fresh wounds and bruises-
CAriyHsIH Era. de q sm
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THE CONVENTION OF PosTMAsTERs-IMPOR-
TANT RRCoNMENDATIONs.-The convention OF
prominent pOstmasters, convened at the request
of Postmaster General Cresswell, concluded
their deliberations yesterday. With other
matters, they decided upon recommending the
following important changes:
1st. That agents shall be established i'm va
rous parts OF large cities, where letters can be
registered and delivered by regular mail car
riers.
Cd That special combination locks be provided
for through mail bags between large cities, ar
ranged SO that they can only be opened at the
points of starting and destination.
Sd. That fees for money orders be reduced to
five cents for any amount below ten dollars.
4th. That there be located in all large post Of
fees an agent Of dead letter offices, authorized
to open and forward to writer's all letters held
for postage, all unsealed circular letters and
periodicals dropped in for delivery i'm limits OF
che post office in which they are dropped, to be
paid at one cent.
5th. That all newspapers when mailed by the
publishers in bulk at office OF mailing, If pre-
paid, shall be taken at large reduction Of rates.
9th. That publishers shall be allowed to trans
NIT specimen copies Of papers and magazines
with posters and prospeetuses enclosed.
9TH. They condemn the patent letter box Of
Strong, and urge the use Of plain iron box, and
do not believe that thefts are possible in street
boxes where police are employed.
Sth. They urge that additional inducements be
held out to secure more general use OF stamped
envelopes with name Of writer upon them on ac
count Of saving trouble when the person ad
dressed is not found.
9Th. That i'm view Of reduction of fees on
gistered letters and reduction on money orders,
the Department take every means to bring them
into general use.
10th. That the present uniform pay OF letter
carriers be readjusted aS to make three classes
Of officers; first, where q hundred thousand let
ters are delivered annually, carriers shall re-
ceive eight, nine, and ten hundred dollars; fifty
thousand or less than one hundred thousand.
second class, and carriers shall receive seven,
eight, and nine hundred dollars per annum;
when less than fifty thousand letters are de-
liyered, carriers shall receive six, seven, and
eight hundred dollars per annum. Postmasters
Of second and third class grades.
18th. That there shall be no removal of letter
carriers except for specific charges Of msbeha-
yior, ineOmpetency, or violation Of Post Once
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WASHINGTON, Jan. Is, 1sa0.-Jay Cooke & Co.
furnish the following quotations of Government
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DISEASES OF THE SCALP
PhSSDUCE GRAY HAIR AND BALByESS'
Evening star., 1870-01-15

LEAVES OF FABsENCE-THEWOMAN SUFFRAGE
CONvENTIoN.--Prof. j. II. X. Wilcox called at
the White House to-day, and presented the fo!-
lowing letter:
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UNION LEAGUE HALL,

WASHINGTON, ID. c, Jan. II, 1S10.1
HIS Ercctency The PreSiteat Of the United States:
bear Sir: The second National Woman
Suffrage Convention Will be held at Lincoln
Hall, in this city on the 18th, 10Th and 2Oth
instants. A brilliant array OF speakers will be
present from various parts OF the country, and
the occasion promises tO be one OF much interest.
Many employees i'm the Executive Departments
of the Government are interested in this great
national gathering. That they may have an
opportunity 10 attend its sessions, it Is respect
fully asked that an order may issue (as Gus
tOInary at such times) granting leave of absence,
far as practicable, to those employees who NAV
desire to do so.
Allow me to add that, without seeking to COM
mt you to any course of action, the Convention
would cordially welcome visit from Yourself
Yours, with great respect.
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Cor. Sec. Universal Franchise Association.
General Dent took the letter to the President,
and returning informed Prof. Wilcox that while
no objection was made to employees attending
the Convention outside Of office hours, nor to
obtaining regular leave for that purpose, it had
been determined to discontinue the issue of
general orders Of the kind asked for, (and that
one such request had already been refused,) as
like applications were increasingly frequent.
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3 T, M. when took the sllverware and went up
TO Mr.. Rolrs; / returned home about O'Clock;
the children were up; we all slept in the front
room; in the day time L put one Of the beds in
the back room and sometimes the children
lay on it there most OF the silverware we had
was given us by my father; some was ours
sell the siverware; when returned from down
town in the evening found the house dark; lit a
candle and our oldest child lying dead upon the
floor of the bedroom; our little boy was lying with
his head in the drnking-water bucket; | at once
went into the yard and saw my wife at the WELL ]
went to her; she told me what she had done; |
asked her to come into the house; laid the chill
dren on the bed and asked my wife how she could
do SO; we then rubbed them and tried to bring them
low the children and drown ourselves
in the well i thought we should do So for | could
not think of going to the police court and telling
my wife had drowned our children; we agreed to
kill ourselves, and shook hands and walked to the
well, climbed over the curb and together jumped in.
(The well is 81 inches in diameter, 6 feet in depth,
with 20 inches of water in il, walled up with rock
Surrounding the well is a curb feet square, feet
high; across the centre Is the windass, upon which
was the rope, bucket, and chain.) When we got
down into the well my wife held her head under
the water and died ! tried to put my head under,
but could not get it down deep enough the water
choked me raised up and found my wife dead !;
changed my mind; and concluded to shoot my
self climbed up out of the WELL and went into
the house to shoot myself when saw my two little
children lying there dead, thought | could not do
it, had single-barrelled gun, but was too weak
to get IL down from the door and load it; had
powder, shot, and caps in the house; then thought
/ would go to my friend, Mr.. Rolfs and tell him
what had happened did so, and asked him not to
tell of this bad business until Sunday morning. l
intended to kill myself before morning, and / did
not think MIR. Rolls could stop me: went back to
the house and got my wife out Of the well, and soon
after was taken in custody and brought here Ito
the jaiD"
The coroners jury returned verdict in accord
anCe with this statement, and KHng held to
the charge of being accessory to his wife's
death.
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AN EDITOR PLAYS BASE BALL.

The delightful and tender game of base
ball having broken out with fresh virulence
this season, the following sketch is in Or
der
The doctor said we needed exercise. Doc
tor knows. He told us to join base ball.
we Joined. Bought book of instructions,
and for five days studied it wisely if not too
well. Then we bought sugar-scoop cap,
red belt, green shirt, yellow trowsers,
pumpkin-colored shoes, paper collar, and
purple necktie, and, with lot of other dele
gates, moved gently to the ground
There were two mines. These mines were
antagonists. The ball is pretty little drop
of softness, size of goose-egg and five
degrees harder than a rock. The two mines
play against each other. 1t is quiet game,
much like chess, only little more chase than
chess.
There was an umpire. His position was a
hard one. He sits on abox, and yells ''foul." 4"
His duty is severe.
1 took the bat. 1t is murderous play
thing, descended from Pocahontas to the head
of John Smith. The man in front of me was
O pitcher. He was a nice pitcher, but he
sent the balls hot. The man behind me was
a catcher. He caught it, too
Umpire said ''play." 1t is the most radical
play 1 know of, this baseball. Saving cord
wood is moonlight rambles beside baseball
DO the plIcnef SeuJ Dali towards me. 1t
looked pretty coming, so let it come. Then
he sent another. hit it with the club, and
hove it gently upward Then l started to
walk to the first base The ball hit in the
pitchers hands, and somebody said he caught
fly. Alas, poor fly! i walked leisurely
towards the base. Another man took the bat.
turned to see how he was making it, and a
mule kicked me on the cheek The man said
il was the ball. 1t felt like mule and re-
posed on the grass. The ball went on
Pretty soon there were two more flies, and
three of us few out Then the other nine
came in, and us nine went out. This was
better. Just as / was standing on my dignity
in the left field, hot ball, as they call it,
came skyrocketing towards me. My captain
yelled, "take it -
fastened gently forward to where the ball
was aiming to descend. have a good eye
to measure distances, and l saw at glance
where the little arolite was to light. l put
mp my hands. How sweetly the ball de
seended Everybody looked; l felt some
thing warm in my eye. Muffin !" yelled
ninety fellows: ''Mufin be id ns a
cannon ball" For three days I've had two
pounds of raw beef on that eye, and yet it
paineth
Then 1 wanted to 60 home, but my gentle
captain said may" So mayed and stayed.
Pretty soon it was my strike. ''TO bat =
yelled the umpire. l went, but not all serene,
as was my wont. The pitcher sent in one
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hip phigh It struck me in the gullet. "Fo1l,
yelled the umpire. He sent in the ball again.
This time took il square and sent it down
the right field, through parlor window,
kerosene lamp, aud rip up against the head
of an infant who was quietly taking its-nap
in his or its mothers arms. Then I sluug
the bat and meandered forth to the first base.
/ heard high words and looked. When 1
slung the bat, had with it broken the Jaw of
the umpire and was fined ten cents.
The game went on. liked it. IL is so
much fun to run from base to base Just in
time to be put out, or to chase ball three
fourths of a mile down hill, while all the
spectators yell "ATuflin!" Ego it," "home
rum" Ego round again" or Ego round a
dozen times" Base ball is a sweet little
game. When it came my turn to bat again
L noticed everybody move back about ten
rods! The new umpire retreated twelve rods
He was timid The pitcher sent em in hot
Hot balls in time of war are good. But
don't like 'em too hot for fun. After while
got fair clip at it, and you bet it went cut
ting the daisies down the right field. A fat
man and dog sat in the shade of an oak, en-
ioying the game. The ball broke one leg of
the dog, and landed, like runaway engine,
in the corporosity of the fat man. He was
taken home to die.
Then went on double-quicb to the field,
and tried to stop hot ball. 1t came toward
me from the bat at the rate of nine miles a
minute. l put up my hands-the ball went
sweetly singing on its way, with all the skin
from my palms with it.
More raw beef.
That was an eventful chap who first in
vented base ball. It's such fun. I've played
five games and this is the result
Twenty-seven dollars paid out for things.
One buDged eye-badly bunged.
One broken little finger.
One bump on the head.
Nineteen lame backs.
A sore jaw.
One thumb dislocated.
Three sprained ankles.
Five swelled legs.
One dislocated shoulder, from trying to
throw the ball thousand yards.
Two hands raw from tryingto stop hot balls.
A lump the size of hornets nest on left
hip, well back.
A nose sweetly jammed, and five uniforms
spoiled from rolling in the dirt at the bases.
have played two weeks, and don't think
l like the game. I've looked over the scorers
book, and find that I've broken several bats,
made one tally, broken one umpire's jaw,
broken ten windows in adjoining houses,
killed baby, broke the leg Of dog, NOR
tally injured the bread basket of spectator,
knocked five other players out of time by
Singing my bat, and knocked the waterfall
from scho0l-marm who was standing twenty
rods from the field, quiet looker-on
I've used up fifteen bottles of arnica lini-
ment, five bottles of lotions, half a raw beef,
and am so full of pain that it seems as if my
limbs we're but broken bats, and my legs the
limbs of dead horse-chesnut.
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AN UNNATURAL MOTHER.
The Child Murder and Saieide In IOwa-Sln
Anlar SIntemenI of the Hnsbnnd.

The Child Murder and Saicide In IOwa-SIn-
Aniar statement of the Husband.
A few days since the reader was shocked by a
brief report 10y Telegraph that a woman in Dayen-
port, Iowa. had drowned her two little children in
pail of water, and then jumped into well, where
she found, also dead. 1t seems that the
woman's husband, Mr.. Kong, a German, mad in-
formed one OF his neghbors that he saw his wife
drown herself. They had some pecuniary emhar-
rassmenis and We're obliged TO sell some of their
goods. 1t during his absence in town, after
having disposed of some OF their silYeTware that
Mrs Kong murdered the children. Upon being
examined, Kong told the following singular
story -
'.When went down town saturday evening did
not know how much water was in the house; my
wife and our two children were in the front room
when left ! do not know whether my wife was
in bed or not our oldest child was up; IL was about
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WATCHES. JEWELRY. ETC.
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GOVERNMENT SALES.

GOVERNMENT SALES.
TINTED STATES MARSHAL'S SALE.-BY
| virtue OF writ OF sale, No. 81, OF 1870 by the
Hon. JOHN CADWALADER, Judge OF the District
Court OF the United States, in and for the Eastern
District OF Pennsylvania, will be sold at public sale,
on TUESDAY, August 80, 1910, at II O'Clock A. NJ,
on the premises, No 2i24 MARKET Street, Phila-
delphia, the wholesale and retail liquor store OF
James Patton
SO barrels whisky, empty casks,
6 tubs whisky, cask coloring,
3 barrels OF brandy, cask syrup,
! barrel gin, copper pump nose,
] barrel port wine, casks wine,
/ barrel blackberry demlJohns wine,
/ barrel Scotch whisky, "A empy demijohns,
/ barrel ginger, 10 stand casks,
cask port wine, baskets wine,
| cask ginger, baskets claret.
/ cask cherry, 8 stand casks and conte's
! cask lavender Empty b0ttles,
] cask bitters, Desk ana CLOCK.
4. NJ. GREGORY,
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-14

Minute satellites, more widely separated
than In the case of the bright rings, com
pose the dark ring, and between them
we see through to the planet. The
effect is as though the dark rings were
composed Of Grape, vailing but not hid
ing the disc. For this reason the dark
ring is sometimes called the Grape ring.
Thus we have Saturn raised to the dig
nifty Of sun. His eight satellites cor
respond to the number of planets who
constitute the suns family, and the my
riads or minute moons which form his
golden belts are the asteroids which are
governed by his movements. The im-
mense vaporous masses forming the
cloud-belts hanging over the equatorialre re-
gions OF Jupiter and Saturn can be ac-
counted for on no other hypothesis than
that Of internal heat. 1t is not unrea-
sonable to suppose that these giant plan
cts of the system have been longer in
cooling off than their smaller cotempo-
raries, and that in the cold and distant
regions where they extend their broad
circle around the sun, they are them
selves suns to the worlds of satellites
and rings revolving around them. AT
least the theory, while it waits for con-
frmation, adds new element of inte-
rest to these scientific developments
which throw a poetic charm around the
Oldest the most interesting and the
queen of all the sciences.