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ABROAD.

In consequence of an urgent order,
received at Chatham, Eng, dockyard, from
the admiralty, on the 10th inst. the whole
force. numbering 1900, will begin working
extra hours to complete the vessels in hand.
A DISPATCH from Rome says that it is
stated that the cardinals, by a vote of thirty
to ten, rejected the idea of reconciliation
with Italy.
A GENERAL advance was made against
the enemy at Capetown, Africa, on Jan.
10th, which was completely successful. Ten
thousand cattle and $4,000 sheep were cap
tured. The Katirs lost heavily. Trankei is
completely cleared of the enemy.
In the English House of Commons,
on the Sth inst, the vote of f6,000000 was
passed by 32S to 124, amidst enthusiastic
cheers from the conservatives. Gladstone e
voted with the minority.
A GREAT meeting was held in Gre
merne Gardens, London, on the night OF the
9th inst, endorsing he governments foreign
policy.
A TELEGRAPH line has been opened to
Odessa, and now the quickest communica-
ton with Constantinople is through Russia.
A PARIS dispatch states that at a meet
ing OF the c09lmlttee OF inquiry into the de-
preston of trade, a memorandum was pre-
sented, showing that the progress of indus
try in the United States had compelled
Great Britain to seek larger outlet for her
goods in France.
A PARIS correspondent sends dis
patch announcing the possibility of Mae
MahOn's resignation. 1t is reported there
that he has been greatly dissatisfied ever
since the accession of the republican minis
ters to power, and has resorted to his old
threat OF resignation unless the chamber
proceeds to vote the budget.
NINE millions of people are reported
destitute in Northern China. The foreign
relief committee appeal to England and
America for aid.
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II seems that the Russian note relat-
ing . the conference has not been printed
The delay is only e1plicable on the sup
position, that il is occasioned by the deter
min4ion OF the British government to send
a flea to Constantineple. The step was uD-
expected, and il has produced a rather start.
ling fleet, so that, the pending decision as
to the attitude to assume, Russia may have
deemed it advisable to delay the delivery of
the lote.
A BERLIN dispatch to the Times says:
Russia has declared her resolve to re-annex
Besarbia, despite Roumanis's protest"
IT IS stated that the Russians have
captued $4,000 men, including 20 Pashas
and 1000 cannon, during the war.
IL the event of the rupture of the
armisice the Turks could not reoccupy
Conshntinople. The lines fixed for the
neutrl zone would remain neutral till the
end thres dsya after tbs n0tics Of the re-.
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18th inst, and Capt. Mccarthy and his
steward, of the former, were drowned.
A FIRE at Shreveport, La, on the
10th inst, destroyed four business buildings
loss estimated al $4,000.
A FIRE at Troy, \. Y, on the night Of
the 10th inst, destroyed the Times building
! The total loss on building and TO the occu
pants will not fail short of 100000.
NINE arches Of the railroad bridge
over the Schuylkill river at Philadelphia
fell, in owing to a marshy foundation. The
structure was built of granite and iron, at
cost OF $4,000. The loss by the accident
amounts to 100000.
A CYCLONE visited Augusta, Ga, on
the night of the 7th inst, demolishing the
lower market house, the Columbia railroad
depot and many private residences. Chas
Dives and wife, eelored, were killed.
Tfef body of man supposed to be
Rev. j. NJ. OSgood. of Boston, was found on
the dock at Stonington, Conn, on the Sth
inst.
A FIRE at Lawrence, Mass, on the
9TH inst.,' destroyed part of the Pacific
mills, OF that place, by which 800 operatives
are thrown out of employment; loss, 1925,
600.
IT has been discovered that the Bessie
Taylor, which sunk in the Atchafalaqua
river, on the Sd inst, had on board a col
ored woman and child, and four or five deck
hands, all of whom were drowned.
The Academy of Music, ON Halsted
street. Chicago, which has for some time
been used as a variety theater, was entirely
Quilted by fire on the morning of the 9TH
inst. The building cost $4,000, but was
only worth, at the time of the fire, about
$4,000.
The Dutch reformed church of SYRIA.
cuse burned on the 4th inst. Loss $50, 600
insurance $4,000.
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THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

Tom RIVERS, colored, was shot and
fatally wounded, on the night of the 10th
inst, at South Memphis, Tenn, by police
man, who was attempting to arrest him for
stealing chickens.
AT a sale of land for taxes in Steuben
county, n. y, on the Sth inst, 200 armed
men appeared on the scene, for the purpose
of intmidating buyers, and the sale was
postponed The local authorities have ap.
piled to the Governor for aid.
HENRY NJ. HosMER, aged 10, son of
Col, A. II. Hosmer, patent attorney, COM
mitted suicide, at Washington, on the 9th
inst, by by taking morphine. Failure in
business and refusal OF marriage are the
causes assigned.
CAPT. j. M. MAY was fatally shot by
Capt. James Trousdale, at New Orleans, on
the 9th inst. Both were formerly river
steamboat men.
AT Boonesville, New, two negroes
waylaid a colored school teacher and out
ragged her person. The populace turned
out, captured one of the Williams and sus-
pended him to tree.
A NAN named Mcclure, alias Nc
Carthy, said to be a Molly Mcguire, was ar
rested at Thorold, Canada, on the Sth inst,
for murder committed in Pittsburg
j. II. BATCHELDER, of Mirddlebury
Vermont, has been arrested and held in
bail to answer to the charge eftraising a
note from $4,000 to $4,000, and securing
the money.
OrrIorn DUrLBp, of Cincinnati, in
an attempt to arrest one Ed. Norton, sus
pected of being one of gang of burglars
on the 7th inst, shot and fatally wounded
him.
A NEGRO, named Bob King, shot and
| fatally wounded Laura Bermshell, colored
woman, at Memphis, Tenn, on the 9th inst.
and also inflicted fatal wound on Officer
/ Reshmeyer, who made an attempt to arresr
him. King escaped.
| JUAN MARTINEZ, well known dealer
and commission merchant, of New York
fatally shot himself, on the 9Th inst.
( A NEGRO visitor at the Memphis
Tenn, Jail, on the 9TH inst, abused Jailol
Dawson in violent manner, when Dawson
! drew his revolver and fired at the negro
missing him, but killing a respectable gro
+ Ger named Cornelius Griffing, who was
staining in his door opposite the Jail.
N. H. HUBBLE, a stock-dealer was
waylaid and robbed of 5000 at Washing
ton, Ind, on the 9Th inst.
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WASHINGTON.

The president has written letter to
Attorney General Devens on the subject of
Gen. Andersen's conviction in New Orleans.
1t is reported that, while temperate in tone,
regret is expressed that such proceedings
should have takon Plaoo, os, apart from all
other considerations, they tend to disturb
the conciliation which it was hoped would
be satisfactory to all parties in Louisiana
GEN. 0. MCMILLAN has withdrawn
his claims for the collectorship of the port
of New Orleans in favor of II. L. Shule, who
held high judicial government under the
Kellogg government. 1t is said the presi-
dent is disposed TO yield the pressure in
favor of Packard for the place.
NICE-PREsIDENT WHEELER and Speak
er Randall are strictly enforcing the rule
prohibiting the sale OF liquors, including
lager beer, in the capital.
The president sent the following nomi-
nations TO the Senate, on the Sth inst: Al.
fred Y. Dockery, North Carolina, consul at
Leeds; Darwin 5. Hall, Minnesota, register
land office at Benson, Mimi, Robt. S. Rem
itage, OF Arkansas, receiver of public
money at Harrison, Ark.
THE Hon. Casey Young, of Tennessee,
was taken seriously i'll on the 9TH inst, in
the house of representatives, and is con.
fined TO his room by threatened attack OF
meningitis.
ABRAM G. SMITH, one of the proprie-
tors of the Metropolitan Hotel, Washington
died suddenly on the 9th inst.
THE bill to admit Utah as a state will
be reported on adversely by the house sub
committee on territories.
THE second public reception by Presi.
dent and Mrs. Hayes, on the 9th inst, was q
greater success than the first.
/ On the 9Th inst, the house committee
on judiciary, tooka vote on the proposition
. for sixteenth amendment to the constitu
ton, as presented and advocated by the late
female suffrage convention. The vote stood
/ 5 10 5. Mr.. Harris, OF Virginia, who was ab
sent, is opposed 10 female suffrage.
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A Sweet Poem.

A timid girl came in and laid poem
on our desk, which opened as follows:
How dear to my heart is the goat of my childhood,
When fond recollection presents him to nae;
The beautiful beast which wheneer he was riled
would
Make everything fly from the presence of he.
My inischieyous Nan was the frowisst bU tier
That ever did butt stone fence till he fell!
He'd see it a coning-s scream he would utter,
Then brace his fore legs and go al ii pell-mell.
Oh, how he would buck it. An iron bound bucket,
He once tried TO bucket it, and died in the well.
We read it over three times, for it
seemed familiar. Then we asked her
point-blank if she wrote it herself. She
fixed an eye on us while the other went
out of the window (poor girl and she
said in a faltering voice that she did.
So we accepted one verse at so much.
1t is a very pathetic little picture of
rural felicity, but it certainly reminds
US of something we have seen before
somewhere -Gr1Dhic.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK,
DEATH OF THE POPE.

The Pope died at 8 o'clock on the
afternoon of the 7th inst. His legs were so
much better on the 9th that he was able to
walk few steps, and it is believed that this
exertion was fatal. \ change for the worse
occurred at o'clock in the morning, when
the death agony commenced. The Cardi-
mails were assembled in council IN the next
room, but all, together with the dignataries
OF the papal court, were at his bedside at
the moment of his death
The Pope, at S o'clock on the night of the
9th inst, felt a sudden sufocation. He
rallied several times, but said to his physi-
clan, " Death wins this time" He was
alternately lucid and wandering. His last
moments were lucid. He said, " Guard the
church | love SO well and sacredIy." The
immediate cause of death was a closing of
the wound in the leg, which made the
humors mount into the lungs and brain.
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Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, February 11-3:00 P. NJ
Flour-Quiet but steady; choice spring ex-
tras, $5.00M5.5O common extras, $4.4O(G
AIS. Wheat-Active and higher No l cash
at $i.09@109H; No. 1 hard at $l.10@
l.1OH; No. regular at $1O514@1.O6; No
at 991Ic; No. 2 seller March at $l.O52z@
1861, closing at the outside. Corn
Dull but firm; 4012c for No. 2; new 30@
33c. Oats-Firm at 23Ac; white at 26@
26Ec. Rye-Tame at sic. Barley-Quiet
but steady at SIC for No. 2 cash. Pork
Quiet but frmer; $10.25@10.35 cash. seller
March $104212. Lard-Firm at 1850
7.75. Hogs-Quiet, but firm at $3.75@3.90;
dressed S4,25@4.35.
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" What's Wanted 2"

A suburban resident, losing the last
train out the other night, concluded to
save a hotel bill by spending the night
with an old college chum of his, living
in Boylston street. Arriving in front of
the house, he tossed pebble up against
out: "Doc Oh, Doc. Doctor" In
less than a minute thirteen windows few
open, thirteen heads popped out of them,
and thirteen voices exclaimed with one
accord, "Pm the doctor; what's want
d?"-Best5s Aapertiser.
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Assem-
THE MARKETS..
New York,

NEW YORK, February lis 00 P. M
Cotton-Dull at lie for middling uplands.
Flour-Dull; receipts, $4,000 bbls; sales, 10, :
600 bbls. Wheat-Dull and shade lower ;
very limited export inquiry; receipts
900 bus; sales $4,000 bus; at $1.24X
for No. 2 spring seller February. Rye
Quiet and unchanged. Confirm receipts
$4,000 bus; sales 1900 bus; at 46@5916c for
western mixed. Barley-Quiet and un-
changed. Oats-Receipts L, 900 bus; sales
$4,000 bus prices unchanged. Pork-Quiet
at $l1.25 Lard-Less firm; at $7.6212.
Whisky-At $l.0S. Petroleum-Crude UNI
changed; refined at 121%c.
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Chicago.

CHICAGO, February II / 80 p M.-Wheat
Firm and higher; $1.04H bid for cash and
$105 for gilt edge cash. Confirm and
higher; at 40c for cash and seller March at
422sc for seller April. Oats-Firm; at
2315e for cash. 23a4c for seller March;
241sc for seller April. Rye-At sic. Bar
ley-At 46I@4612c. Pork--Firm and high
er; at $1035 for cash; $l0.37K for seller
March; S1O50 bid for seller April. Lard
Firm and shade higher; S7.32H bid for
seller March; $742H@7.45 for seller April.
Whisky-At $l.03. Hogs-Receipts, 1900
head moderately active and a shade better; /;
light at S3.95@400; heavy mixed, asking
$3.70@3.95; heavy shipping a $3.95@400.
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Foreign.

LONDON, February 1l-12:30 P. M.-Con.
soils % 9-16.
LONDON. February 11-2:30 P. M.--Con-
sols 952S. Liverpool wheat market opens
quiet but steady; floating cargoes rather
easier; on passage, very little inquiry.
Mark Lane, not much demand.
Good cargoes of No. 2 spring wheat
off coast, at 49@49s I'd. Arrivals off coast
for orders, wheat moderate. English country
markets generally dearer. French, turn
eaiser. Farmers deliveries of wheat dur
ing the week, 35,000@40,000 qrs.
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c. S. RAN D,
HENRY BERGER.
Combat Between Parrot and Spider.

Combat Between a Parrot and a Spider.
The correspondent of French paper
relates remarkable contest which he
witnessed in the Isle of Java between a
parrot and gigantic spider. The spi-
der, whose body was as large as small
birds, dropped down upon young par
rot whose mamma was from home, and
spreading its huge claws over the nest
began sucking its blood. When the
mother returned she naturally event
for" the enemy, and seized hold of one
of his legs, but whether it be that legs
are not a sensitive portion of spiders
organization, or that this particular in
sect had an overpowering penchant for
the blood of young parrots, be wouldn't
let go, until his pain becoming too in
tense for endurance he turned on the
mother and, twining all his legs firmly
around her neck, was just arranging for a
good long suck in that quarter when she
gave him an awful dig in the belly with
her beak, whereupon he fell over, drag
ging her to the ground with him. The
naturalist then shot him and released the
parrot.
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CASUALTIES.

BRIG Carrie Winslow, from Monte
den, esIlidsd IN New York barber, CO n.
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which was carried.
House.
THURSDAY, February linn
Senate.
FRIDAY, February 8.-White moved

that when the senate adjourn it be to meet again
Monday next. Allison, in charge OF the silver
BILL opposed the motion and called for the ayes and
nays The motion was agreed to-ayes, Is; nays,
24..-The committee territories reported favora-
bly, On the house bill making appropriations for the
purchase OF law libraries for the territories Of Wyo-
ming and Dakota Islanders called up his supple
mental joint resolution providing for the appoint
meDt OF sixteen additional commissioners to the
Paris exposition. and il was discussed until the
rTatiea q. ths morning hour, vhsu IL Wa referred
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FRANCE offers $4,000 in premiums
e. her expositi9n nsxt year.
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House.
WEDNESDAY, February 5.-On mo-

THURSDAY, February I.-Davls, OF
Illinois, called up the senate bill to remit the tax
on insolvent savings banks, the pending question
being ON the amendment providing that no savings
bank having no capital stock shall, on account of
mercantile or business deposits on which no inter-
est has been allowed be denied the exemptions al
lowed to savings banks having capital stock, and
1t was agreed to-yeas, 2S; nays, %. The bill was
then read third time and passed . Con- deration
OF the silver bill then resumed Blaine speaking
against the measure. He was followed by Johnston
and HILL the latter yielding for motion to adjourn
which was carried.
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THURSDAY, February Petitions
introduced: For an amendment of assess
ment laws for the reduction of the legal
rate Of interest fer constitutional amend.
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ITElLS FOR FIELD AND HOUSE.

THE coming industry, the production
of beet sugar.
FRESH clover is good for little chicks
that are confined.
In Bergen County, N. J., the Leghorn
fowl is considered the best layer. But it
will fly like pigeon and can never be
trusted to sit for the allotted time.
GLADIoLI may be planted for success
sion as late as the first of July. A lit
tie less than three months may be al
lowed from planting the corms until
bloom.
Two pounds of -four, two ounces of
butter, one cup of milk, one or two eggs,
half a cup of sugar, one cup of yeast;
set at night, bake in the morning. Then
you have good tea biscuits.
REALLY" said Brown, as he woke
in the morning of splendid night, "I
didn't think there's anything to equal a
feather bed!" "Ain't there ?" replied
the still small voice of Jones, who was
already up, and thinking about break
fast; how about bed of oysterv?"
BAKED hash: Take any kind of cold
meat and chop it very fine; add to it a
small onion and half can of tomatoes; !;
season with pepper and salt and two
beaten eggs; put i'll a yellow nappy !;
cover with plate and bake an hour.
Remove the plate and let it brown hand
somely; then turn it out on platter.
Mr.. CHARLES DOWNING says in the
Weekly Tribune that, as rule, no va
riety of apples can bear large crops an
nually, except on rich, deep soils,
or where made so by enriching materials
annually, and even then, he thinks, at
the expense of the life or age of the tree
that is, trees bearing large crops aRnu-
ally will not live as long as trees bearing
moderate crops annually, or full crops
alternate years.
A RECEIPT for planked shad is as fol-
lows: Split the shad through the back,
dress, wash, wipe dry, salt and tack skin
down to a clean oak board with small
nails. The board should be about two
inches thick and heated uery hot before
tacking on the fish. Place near an open
fire with the head down; as the juices
run down, turn head up. 1t is impor-
tant to turn frequently SO as to retain
the juices. When done, butter and
serve on the board.
AT certain times, from some peculiar
| CduoC, uuCu uluICul1y 10 CnCouuVCICu Ill
churning the cream into butter. There
are instances of persons having churned
the whole day to no purpose, which is
certainly very trying to the good house.
wife. As a last resort, try tablespoon
full of soda or pearl-ash, dissolved in 8
pint of warm water; pour it into the
churn while it is in motion, and if but
ter don't form after this application, the
operation may be abandoned as hopeless
Boil chickens in water, enough tt
barely cover them, ferty minutes, take
them up and carve them in the usua
way, put part of the water in which
they were boiled into stewpan; for two
chickens rub piece of butter, size o
an egg, and spoonful of flour together
} and stir into the water as it boils up
Add some salt, and gill of cream O
J milk, lay in the pieces of chicken, cove
, the pan close, and stew them gentl.
twenty minutes. Parsley cut fine is
J decided improvement. This makes al
excellent fricassee.
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oLEANINGs FROM THE MUSE.
NY THE FIRE
By MARY 4. BRADLEY.

When daylight darkens in the skies.
when evening shadows fall,
Alone, I watch with dreaming eyes
The freight on the well;
Alone, listen 10 the feet,
That in continuous stream
Pursue each other on the street,
And minsle with my dream.
None Of them stop, with swift desire,
To enter at my door;
trim my lamp and stir my FIRE
For homeward feet no more.
Yet, with trick Of listening,
Caught long and long ago,
I seem 10 hear the welcome ring
OF some I used 10 know.
Where are they wandering tonight
What breadth Of land and sea
Lies dim and empty Of delight
Betvixt my love and me7
Perchance, with green earth overspread,
lie sleeps a dreamless sleep,
Or tossing waves above his head
Their ceaseless murmur keep.
Never an echo from his heart
Has found it's way TO mine;
Yet, as the red Goals drop apart,
With shifting gloom and shine,
His face looks through the dancing fire,
Wild dreams dance through my brain,
He comes with all the old desire
And clasps me close againl
Oh vision sweet, that day dispelsl
II Il could truly be,
No creature on the round earth dwells
That might not envy me.
Sometimes think-but why recall
A thought too vain TO last7
The freight fickers on the wall,
The footsteps have gone past.
-BdLdUin's Monthly.
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On Forcing Children.

Above all things, says Huxley, let my
imaginary pupil have preserved fresh
ness and vigor of youth in his mind as
we'll as his body. The educational
abomination of desolation of the pres
ent day is the stimulation of young peo-
pie to work at high pressure by inces-
sent competitive examinations. Some
wise man (who probably was not an
early riser) has said of early risers in
general that they are conceited all the
forenoon and stupid all the afternoon.
Now whether this is true of early risers
in the common acceptation of the word
or not, will not pretend to say: but
it is too often true of the unhappy
children who are forced to rise too
early in their classes. They are con-
ceited all the forenoon of their life, and
stupid all its afternoon. The vigor and
freshness, which should have been
stored up for the purposes of the hard
struggle for existence in practical life,
have been washed out of them by pre-
cocious mental debauchery-by book
faculties are worn out by the strain upon
their callOw brains, and they are de-
moralized by worthless childish triumphs
before the real work of life begins. I have
no compassion for the sloth, but youth
has more need for intellectual rest than
age; and the cheerfulness, the tenacity
of purpose, the power of work which
make many successful man what he is
must often be placed to the credit, not
of his hours of industry, but to that Of
his hours of idleness in boyhood. Ever
the hardest worker of us all, if he ha,
to deal with anything above mere details
will do well, now and again, to let hi
brain lie fallow for space. The mex
crop of thought will certainly be all tn
fuller in the ear, and the weeds fewer.