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WASHINGTON NOTES.

Hon. Horatio G. Burchard, Congress-
man from the Fifth District of Illinois, has
been appointed Director of the United States
MINIS, vice Dr. Linderman, deceased
The President has appointed George
c. Codd Postmaster at Detroit
The Senate Chamber in the Capitol
at Washington is to be lighted by electricity,
the necessary apparatus having been already
provided.
The report of the Senate Committee
on Territories is published 1t states that there
are 20, 600 citizens Of the United States right
fully residing in the Indian Territory whose
property interests and lives are in such danger
that immediate legislation by Congress is neces-
sary for their protection.
According to the official returns made
TO the Bureau of Statistics, the number of i'm
migrants who arrived in the United States dur
ing the calendar years of 1877 and 1878 was as
follows: Year ended Dec. 81, 1877, l30, 3;
year ended Dec 81, 1878, 153,207. This shows
an increase in the number Of those coming to
this country for settlement amounting to g, 104
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Roman Catholic Figures.

"Sadler's Catholic Directory" re
ports for the United States, Cardinal,
IL Archbishops, 81 Bishops, 5, $50 priests,
$3.50 churches, 7S colleges, 577 acade-
mics, nearly 1000 parochial schools, 345
charitable institutions, and Catholic
population of 6,375,000. In 1908 there
were only 50 churches; in 1880 there
were 230; in 1910, 454; in 1850, 1913 /;
in 1860, 1855; in 1870, 1895. The
Tablet says more churches were admit
ted in 1878 than there were in the whole
country i'll 1916, when there were 675.
That paper also remarks of the statis-
tics that they are not always as clear
as might be desired. In some dioceses
chapels are counted with churches; in
others with stations, which seems less
accurate way; in some cases where a
theological seminary and college are
combined, as at Emittsburg, the insti-
tuition will be returned as college, and
not as a seminary also; in some returns
scholasticates and houses of study of re-
hgous orders are included under Femi-
naries, while others do not reckon them
under this head"
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The Tables Turned.

A man who had gone out fishing
caught several splendid bass, which he
promptly threw back into the river.
Being demonstrated with for this APP.
parently foolish act, he replied: 81
take no interest in bass. / came out to
catch catfish, and when I come out for
catfish L want cat-fish."
A hunter, after long following griz-
Fly bear in the direction of his den,
suddenly abandoned his pursuit, and
when questioned as to his motive for
doing 80, said that the trail was getting
too durn fresh"
A Frenchman who had been to India,
being Intercepted rs to the pleasures
of the chase, replied; oh, re tigaire
hunting-zat is sport magnitique
where re Frenchman hunt re tigaire,
but when re tigaire hunt ne French
man-parbleu, Eat is quite anozzer
zing !"-NelC York World.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Monseigneur Desprez, Archbishop of
Cardinal
England is sending reinforcements to
South Africa
A st. Petersburg dispatch reports
that the plague has disappeared from Astra-
khan.
Anarchy reigns in the ancient African
empire Of Morocco, according to recent advices
received in Spain. The Emperor has been
stricken with paralysis, and the Government
appears to be in about the same condition
Emperor William opened the German
Parliament in person on the 18th inst In his
speech from the throne no said he thanked the
members for assisting in the suppression of the
socialist agitation. He declared that the rela-
tons between Germany and all other powers
are satisfactory, and that Germany would con-
tnue its influence in behalf of European peace.
Gen. Grant has arrived in India.
The British Parliament is again in
session.
Henry Goodyear, the India-rubber
manufacturer, has just died in Paris.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
"A military Gordon il ordered along the entire
course of the yolga to prevent the spread OF
the plague. Seventeen more doctors have been
sent to the infected districts Gen. Melikoff
finding the local prisons in shockingly filthy
condition and overcrowded, threatened the Of
fcials with death if the condition of things con-
tinued"
O'Kelly, the last of the Fenian pris'
oners, has been discharged from prison in
Great Britain, on condition of quitting the
country.
There seems to be a probability that
the difference between the German Govern
ment and the Vatican may at length be adjusted
II is reported by cable that cordial letters hav,
been exchanged between the Emperor and the
Pope, and that concessions are made on botl
sides.
London dispatches state that the
British defeat in South, Africa was not alto
gether a surprise The British troops were
unprepared, but the triumph of the Zulus wal
owing to their pluck as we'll as numbers. FIT
teen thousand Zulus, armed wi h swords, at
tackled the British Under a murderous British
fire the Zulus at first fell by hundreds, but the
plucky savages in the rear, comingo on, filed NJ
the gaps and the vast horde still advanced unit
within charging distance, when they rushed il
with desperate courage for death struggle
Encountered with long rifles and being out
numbered ten to one, the British were stricken
down by the Zulus with their Roman blades ii
hand to hand combat The scene was wild
ergie of death-a massacre, yet a battle"
Pleuro pneumonia is spreading among
The cattle in Yorkshire, England.
Pope Leo XIII. has finally decided to
accept Archbishop Purcells resignation, ant
low has the appointment of his successor I'M
der consideration.
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whisky In the fight two moonshiners we're
wounded
At Baltimore, Henry Bowers, judge
of election at the late Congressional election,
for refusing permission to the United States
Supervisor TO inspect the ballot-box before the
voting, was sentenced to twelve mouths inn
pyisenment and fined Six other election Off
GERS, for violation of the Election laws, were
also sentenced to imprisonment and fines
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Some Statistics of Interest To Farmers and
Stock Growers.

Some Statistics Of Interest to Farmers and
stock-Growers.
The Commissioner of Agriculture ut
Washington has issued pamphlet on
the condition of the crops. The follow
ing are extracts
Corn.-The crop OF corn of 1877 was
the largest ever raised In this country
up to that date. having been 1,342 ,OO0,-
900 bushels, valued at $3.50 ,643,OOO-
The crop of 1878 exceeded it in bushels,
but the production brought the
price much lower, and the crop, which
was ,371 900, 600 bushels, is only valued
at $436, 100000. The lowest State aver
ages are in Iowa and Nebraska, both of
which States increased their products
very largely, too great for home con-
sumption, and too remote from leading
markets; the price has fallen to about
one-half what it was in 1876. The States
showing the highest average price are
the Gulf States, from Georgia to Texas,
where the consumption fully equals the
those of last year. The price per bushel.
returned December, 1873, was 31.9; in
1877, 1873 cents.
Whedt.-The average price of wheat
for the year 1876 was Sl04 per bushel;
for the year 1877, stimulated by war in
Europe, the increased crop was worth
$1.0S; but for the year 1878, an increase
of upward of 50000,000 bushels, the
price had fallen to 7S cents per bushel.
on Dec. /, 1873. The crop of 1878,
which amounts to 100000 900 bushels,
is worth only 1898, 100000 while the
crop of 1877, which was 65,000,000
bushels, was worth 394,000,000.
Prices of Wheat Abrodd-In the
case of wheat, the price is greatly in
fuenced 10y the European demand.
was found that we exported 100000
bushels of wheat (hour included), about
20 per cent of our whole crop. From
estimates published by the Board of
Trade and the Mark Lane Express, of
England, it is estimated that the supply
of England will be short 100000
quarters, equal to 107, 100000 bushels.
leaving that amount to import. Last
year the amount imported was 15,000,-
600 quarters, or 123,000,000 bushels.
This supply was mainly drawn from the
United States and will be so this year
From estimates in France, published in
the Bulletin DIES HalIes, the wheat crop
of 1878 is placed at S2,500,000 hectoi-
ters, or 230,000000 bushels, being co.
100000 hectoliters, or 56,000,000 bush
els, less than that of 1877, which was a
poor crop. The amount imported into
France in 1S77-'7S was 220O0,000; the
amount needed this year must approx
mate 100000 bushels. The same
bulletin, estimating the sources of sup
ply abroad, says: 1.-The utmost surplus
from Russia for export will be 10000
600 bushels from Hungary, 1900, 900;
and the only other source of supply of
any Importance is the United States"
Prices of WheQt for Fire Years
The following statement of prices in
some of the prominent wheat-growing
States since 1874 will fairly illustrate
the range of prices il those years:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-21
THE BLAINE INvEsrIaArIoN.

Ger Reuben e. Davis, defeated
Greenback candidate for Congress at the late
election in Mississippi, testified before the Tel
Ter Committee, at Washington, on the l2tl inst
He said he was at first informed he had been
elected, but was afterward told Muldrow was
successful Senator Garland, OF the committe,
called tho attention of witness to his testimony
before the Boutwell, Committee in 1876 The
witness said he indorsed every word no
then uttered. He had said the Radicals were
bull iozery, and they operated on negroes by su-
perstitiot, threatening toput snakes and lizards
into them. The Democrats now are obnoxious
TO what he then said of the Radicals The white
man could not vote ia the South against the De-
mocracy without being ostracised william
vasser, white Republican politician, testified
to being bulldozed aud ntim;dated in the late
campaign, and thought on q fair vote Missis-
sippi would go Republican
At meeting of the Teller Commit
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tee at Washington, on the 18th inst, J. II
Field and W. w. Humphreys, Of Mississippi,
were examined In reference to the recent cleo
ton in that state Both testified that IL was
conducted fairly and peaceably, though active
ly and energetically that nobody was
prevented from voting, and that there
was no disposition to deprive the colored
man of any of his rights, except, perhaps, on
the part OF few extreme men.-Messrs.
Hoar, Mcmillan, Kirkwood, Garland and Wal
lace were constituted subcommittee to inves-
tgate the election-fund assessments. The COM
mttee then adjourned subject to the call of the
Chairman.
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State Debts.

The latest statistics show that the
debts of the States of the Union amount
in the aggregate to S345, 1877, 900. Mas
sachusetts takes the lead, and is fol-
lowed in descending scale by Ala
bama, Virginia, North Carolina, New
York, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and
Louisiana, each Of which owes more
than s2O,OO0,000. West Virginia, Mis-
souri,, Georgia and Arkansas owe ma
terially less. although the amount liz
over $10,000,O00 each, while all the
other States fall behind the latter fig
ures. Many municipal debts exceed
the State debts.
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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

After strike of nearly two years, the
chimney glass blowers, of Pittsburgh, have
thrown up the sponge, and expressed willing
ness to return to work at the wages they were
seceiving when they went out
The New York Legislature proposes
10 bring William II. Vanderbilt to book for
evading the payment of taxes on his vast rail-
way property. II is a singular fact that this
man, who is supposed TO be worth upward of
siOO,oOO,oOC, does not pay one penny of taxes.
An investigation of the accounts Of
the late County Treasurer, Conklin, of Oswego,
n. Y, shows defalcation Of s133,OO0.
A house owned by John Guyer, in
Allegheny county, Pa, was destroyed by fire
few mornings ago. Guyer and a man named
not awake in time to escape, and were roasted
TO crisp. George Shum, who was also an
inmate. WAS burned so badly that his life is
despaired Of
The Methodist ministers of New York
and neighboring cities, at conference held
last week, discussed the Anti Chinese bill re-
gently passed 10y Congress, and voted unani-
ing him 10 veto it
The commanding officer at Camp
Sheridan telegraphs the particulars of the mas
sacre of Frank Moorehead, James Ashbaugh,
and two others on Cunning Water, by Little
VOLTS Cheyennes, who also took large num-
ber of horses from ranches
A shocking accident is reported from
Ksnsas City, Mo. A railway cut ninety feet
deep, in which forty laborers with four teams
were at work, caved in, burying workmen and
teams out of sight. Six of the men were killed
outright and several wounded
South.
A national conference of colored citi-
zens will be held at Nashville, May 9. The
object of the conference il stated to be IN con-
slider the situation Of the colored people in the
South relative 20 the enjoyment Of life, liberty
and property: aso their educational, moral,
social and political condition, and the question
of emigration"
The Louisville COurier-,JOurndl
claims TO have reliable information from Mis-
sissippi and Tennessee that yellow fever has
broken out in those States, and tbore are a
number of cases in each. Advices have also
been received in ST. Louis to the same effect
Physicians in Mississippi and Tennessee con-
tend that the exhuming and the removal Of
bodies are the cause of the temperance Of the
disease, and that, IL steps are not taken by the
authorities to stop thi-, the fever will occur
again with it, old-time D'ai1Iity
United States Judge Baxter, Of Ten
nessee, has sppointed Receiver 20 take charge
Of the effects OF the late CITY of Memphis, nclud-
ing taxes unpaid, mon'.tif,g 10 nearly s3,0D, =
600, with power to Euc, and collect in auy way,
by garnstment or othCr~i~e
The Revenue Ageut at Raleigh, N. c.,
reports capturing nmt~r of d-r,Eeries and
tills, and large quuti'y Of low-wines and
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he range of prices liz those years I:

POtdtOes.-Frem returns made in De-
cember, 1878, we find the average price
of potatoes to be 5S.S cents per bushel.
With a crop almost identical with that
of 1876, we have price much lower per
bushel, and total value of $10000,000
less than that year. With crop
some 100000 bushels less than
last year, the total value does
not equal that of the excessive yield of
1877. The following is table of prod.
uct, price per bushel, and total value for
the last four years:
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MISCELLANEOUS oLEAN1NGs.

The standard silver dollar is increas-
ing in numbers. One million of them were
coined the first twelve days in February.
Carvings brewery, at London, Ontario,
the largest in America, has been destroyed by
fire. Loss, $4,000.
George Williamson, United States
Minister to Central America, has resigned, and
gone into the mining business in that country.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-21
Remarkable Billiards.

At the recent billiard tournament in
New York, for the championship of the
world, the most extraordinary play ever
exhibited by experts of the cue was
witnessed. The following record of the
performances of the eight contestants will
prove interesting. The game was the
threeball carom, known as French bill
iards 600 pointa
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-21

Jacob Schaefer, of Chicago, carried
off the first prize, and George Slosson
(also of Chicago), William Sexton and
Maurice DAILY captured the second,
third and fourth prizes, respectively.
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RETURNS for the second week in De
cember show that London had 1854
paupers, of whom 1861 were in work
houses, and the remainder in receipt OF
outdoor aid.
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THE San Antonio Express estimates
the number of sheep in Texas at $780,
600
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TIE wheat crop is seriously injured
in Virginia and Alabama.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-19
A POOR MOTHER.

4 wish you JOY" Her lips put on a smile
TO mock the woful shadow in her eyes.
Nay Eve no mind to blame you-tcars and
sighs
Won't make or mend, but only the surprise
So sudden! Let me breathe a little while,
'See, dear-'twas only yesterday thought,
Looking abroad the world seemed green
and glad
thought Gods given mo th's-ihe knoest
The dearest child that ever woman had
And health and hands, cnvcd no one auGht.
MY life was f"''--my heart went beating
With pride, with hope, with a mothers happi-
ness.
Ihcld both hands above it, to rcpress
Great thrills Of JOY. 0 God! could not guess
How brief a time my counted wealth would
last
Il knew you loved her? Child, never knew!
saw YOU walk and talk, and dance and jest;
1t seemed but foolish paStimc at the best
And YOU were both so young. l made no
Nor question OF the future for you two.
But marriage is not death;' you'll love me
still?
\ little-ycs--with such love rs may spread
In overflow beyond your chids bright head,
Your witc's fair eyes. All no-the Past lies
dead
And time goes on, and nature has her will
"Hush-hush; forgive me. mast weep or die
Still, tdear bless you! Through these
binding tears,
| greet you braycly beyond doubts and fears
For all the happiness of coming years.
I greet the man; but oh, myl5oy good-bye!"
-Nary Aings dc We're, in Scribner's .Nonthly.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-19
An Ambulance for Accidents in
New York.

The following extract is from an arti-
Gle entitled "Hospital Work in New
York." published in the opening number
Of the Springfield (Mass.) monthly, Good
Company: Suddenly a loud toned bell,
audible throughout the building, strikes
four, and the gates are opened for a
white ambulance, which moment later
is pulled up before the main entrance.
"Surgical," a voice mutters half uncon-
sciously behind US, and looking around
we see patient. "Four strokes for sur
gical, three for medical, he explains, and
it is by the bell that the ward attendants
are toreWarned OF the nature of ambu-
lance cases.
The ambulance is used in nearly all
cases OF street accidents, some cases of
disease and many cases Of violent inc
briefly. 1t can be summoned by tele-
graph from any police station, or from
any alarm box of the fire department. by
tapping the Morse key twenty times and
sounding the box number. It Is Ia
miliar in all localities and at all hours
a covered wagon with neatly uniformed
surgeon sitting behind. Over sixteen
hundred cases are attended by the am
balances Of Bellevue in a year, and
two surgeons are constantly employed
in the service, responding to calls
day and night. The alarm is received
in the telegraph Office on the first
floor of the hospital, and thence trans
mitted simultaneously to the stables and
the room of the surgeons, where it is ar
inundated by nine resonant strokes on a
small gong. No matter how active the
doctor is, the vehicle is usually at the
door before he is at the bottom of the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-19
Beauty in a Box-Car.
Dallas Herald,

Dallas Herald.
Saturday evening one Of the train men
at the Union depot heard noise proceed.
ing from a box car on the switch, and a
voice calling, "Please open the door,
On unlocking the car, which was nearly
filled with machinery, he found to his
establishment a woman. He had Judged
by her fine voice, that it was boy who
had ride. She said that her name was
Mrs. William Clark, and that she was
from Fulton, Ark. Her husband, VIM.
Clark, came to this state some two
months ago going to Weathertord in
search Of WORK, he being carpenter by
trade. AS soon as he got work and fixed
he was to send for her. He got several
jobs in house building, but he was taken
sick, and it was not long before his mea.
gre earnings were eaten up by doctor S
bills and board. He wrote to her Of his
condition, explaining why he had delay
ed sending for her. She had saved up
ONE money herself. enough to come to
him, but very little more. This she sent
him at once by post-ofice order. Yet
she was not satisfied, for she yearned to be
with him to nurse him, but she did not
have money enough to pay her fare. What
was she to do? Like true woman she
put her wits to work to devise some
means by which she could reach him, but
she could conjure up no plan, and she be-
came almost desperate, but she never
despaired' At last happy thought struck
her, and while she was delighted at the
feasibility of it, she did not fancy it very
much, yet she never once hesitated to
take the step that promised to forward
her to her husband. The idea was to Sc
crete herself in an empty box car, as she
had heard OF tramps doing, and come
through in that way. The idea was hard
ly conceived before 1t was carried out.
Sec1eting herself IN the car she came
through to this city, where the car was
switched off on the side track. After
waiting for some time and finding that
the car was not gong any further, she
called to get out. She was young and
rather good looking woman, and told he1
story in such simple, straightforward
manner that purse was made up at once
to forward her to her husband, and she
left on Saturday nights 1 As west bound
train for Fort Worth. From which place
she will proceed to Weatherford. Such
wife as this is worth having.
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stairs, and he has to spring for his seat
behind as it rolls out Of the hospital yard.
1t is constructed on plan to minimize
pain in carrying sufferer to the hospital
tor permanent treatment, and the surgeon
has with him instruments and appliances
for giving temporary alienation, such as
splinting and binding a fracture, or sew
ing up a wound.
When we reach the yard spring mat
tress moving on wheels has been with
drawn from the bottom of the ambulance,
and placed in aslanting position between
the tail-board and the ground, Under
the patient, who is covered with blankets,
and over the mattress, is canvas stretch
er with tubes along the sides, into which
the attendants insert long poles, and 1.-THE
case" is thus carried to a cot or into a
surgery without any necessary exertion
or moving on his part. The ambulance
surgeon is brisk, business-llke young
man, and having transferred the case to
the house surgeon. who is now RESPONSE
BILE for it, and given a few particulars to
the clerk, he bounds up stairs to wait for
another call.