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Too Near His Figure.

On one occasion, when Gen. Butler
was in command at New Orleans, a
Colonel up in the Red river region made
application for furlough, which was
refused him. Soon after, the Colonel
left his command without permission,
and went to New Orleans, where he was
arrested and put in irons as a deserter.
Upon an intimation that he wished to
make an explanation, Gen. b. had him
brought to his headquarters.
Well, sir" said the General, stern
ly, what have you to say in explana-
ton e your conduct?"
well, General, there are two Jews
up yonder who have some cotton they
want to get through my lines. First
they offered me $500, which l refused.
Then they offered 81 900, then $4,000,
then $4,000, and at last they offered
100000; and 1 tell you, General, they
rere getting so near my figure, 1
thought I'd better Leave !"-Editor's
Dra,oer, in Harper's Magazine for
Mdv.
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A Pretty Way to Teach q Child.

Section l. Hardness-Fo Form elastic
ity-The pressure required to alter the
relative positions of contiguous parts of
a body measures its hardness. AS this
pressure is greater with greater surface
of contact, some unit of surface must be
fixed upon. The term hardness
is generally applied loosely to
difficulty of fracture. The following
remarks may show that our speech and
ideas In regard to hardness are deficient
In precision. Glass is said to be harder
than lead, yet glass cup is more easily
broken than leaden one-more easily
broken, though not SO easily bent.
Hard bodies are always elastic; elastic
bodies are not necessarily hard, nor are
they necessarily brittle, nor are soft
bodies necessarily plastic. Toughness
seems to imply resistance to change
of form, which resistance increases
more rapidly than the displacement;
thus, while band of vulcanized caout-
chouc will be extended to degree
proportionate to the weight hung at one
end, leather strap will not be extended
twice as far if the weight on it is
doubled. Toughness is generally as
ISOLATED with texture, and stretching
causes partial filtration in the line of
pull" Here is teacher who, with all
the stories of science to choose from,
selects, as the first lesson to a child, the
necessity of fixing on a unit of surface,
which, however, he makes no attempt
to do, but goes on to harangue him on
the deficiency in the precision of our
ideas and language in regard to hard
ness. The poor child is not respon-
sible for this want of precision; his first
duty is not to reform his language, or
even to criticise it, but to learn it, and,
if there is any part of human knowl-
edge about which our speech and ideas
have become tolerably precise, let us
teach him that first, SO that he may have
some hope that knowledge is attainable
before we let him see, as we must at last,
how confused our own notions are
Nature.
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said, ~ wish had sent your father with
YOU she, in q very saucy way, said, sYou bet.
have got better sense than to 60 with him.
and wouldn't have done i'll"
felt sorry for that mother. The gentleman
said he should think that girl had the upper
hand In that home, and the mother nop could
not help herself! But" he said, II that was my
girl, ! would let her go without shoes until she
could behave better"
Dear girls be lady-like wherever you are
whether II is at school, ut home, or abroad; be
respectful to every one, and more especially to
your parents; @honor thy father and thy
mother, and always strive to speak tenderly
and gently.
Perhaps this young girl has had all the ad-
vantages of fashion has studied all the graces
OF the dancing school, and is very proud OF her
personal appearance yet che has not learned
the first rudiments of manners, and probably
il great source of discomfort at home
Now want to say to some OF the friends who
love to knit that learned a very pretty pattern
for stripe, that can be used for an infants
afghan or for quilt The lady that
gave me the directions was knitting hers
for the border of quilt II is
simple and quickly done You can make it any
width by repeating. But for sample use tidy
cotton, and steel knitting needles. Cast on
twenty-four stitches, knitting the first and last
eight common garter stitch all the way;
but for the middle eight keep right and
wrong side Every sixteenth time across on
the right side take of the first four of the mid
die eight stitches without knitting ION q third
needle); then knit the next four; then knit the
four FROM the extra needle, commencing
with the first of thefour; that will make twist
Proceed as before; garter stitch each side Of
the plain middle, and the twist ON the right
side every sixteenth row-or oftener II You
choose. / hope this is explicit and that you
will have no trouble if you try it
AUNT LUCY.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

Secretary Sherman has issued his
circular offering s150, 600 of 4-per-cent
bonds at 4 of per cent above par. The circular,
which gives the fullest of instructions as to
means Of obtaining these bonds, their time and
place Of payment etc, invites sail banks,
bankers, Postmasters and other public officers,
and all other persons" to become the financial
agents Of the Government in placing the bonds.
The Attorney General has affirmed
the decision of the Assistant Attorney General
for the Post Office Department, that regular
publications designed primarily for advertising
purposes can not be sent through the mails at
the rates charged legitimate newspapers
The entire S150,000,00O of per
cents. have been subscribed for by New York
syndicate.
Notice is given by the Secretary of
the Treasury that the Government has no more
T. percent bonds to sell at present, the enor-
nous subscription of the New York syndicate
having absorbed all that remained of that issue
required for the refunding OF redeemable ten
forties. The latter are also all called in Here
after the refunding $40 certificates will be sold
not in larger sums than 800 at one time
The Secretary of War has addressed
letter to Gen. Sherman, directing that, in
case Sitting Bull or any of his followers cross
from the British possessions, they be held MS pris-
oners of war until further orders from the
President. In view of this action, Sitting Bull
and his band have voluntarily subjected them
selves to the authority of Great Britain, and
ceased to be subjects of the United States They
will not now be permitted, even with peaceable
intentions. to recross the frontier.
Secretary Schurz some time ago
ruled that railroad lands mortgaged, but not
sold, within three years after the completion Of
the roads we're not within the meaning Of the
phrase or otherwise disposed Of" and hence
were open to presumption by settlers. The Su-
preme Court has just decided the contrary, de-
creeing that the title to these lands is in the
railroad companies. The decision involves the
title to millions of acres of railroad lands.
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Putty Work.

Now will try to explain how to make pretty
frames and ornament them with putty work"
For two pounds of putty add two teaspoon
fuls of coach varnish, two of demar varnish,
and one of Japan dryer. aud add burnt lumber
to darken to the required shade. Use linseed
oil to soften, as the lumber will make it dry, and
the putty, after it ia ready, should be as soft as
for GLACIERS use. Pound and work until the
lumber is worked evenly through the putty. II
il is to be laid aside for any length Of time be-
fore using it should be kept in water, and it
will not become hard. Now you have the
putty ready, and You must have some molds;
80 get some nice grape leaves, and oil q shallow
dish; lay the leaves wrong side up in the dish;
dissolve plaster of paris with water to about
the consistency Of sweet cream, and pour over the
leaves; let stand few hours and remove from
the dish. Any pretty design can be taken with
putty and cut in shape, and mold taken from
the putty, the same as above Now take your
frame-pine is as good as any-oil II over with
linseed oil, then spread on evenly the prepared
putty with a case-knife, and make perfectly
smooth by rubbing with the hand. Now put
border around the frame; now take piece Of
putty and hatten out as large as your
leaf; lay on the mold and press
carefully to get all the impressions of
the leaf in the putty; then remove; cut out
your leaf-leaving a stem-and lay leaves Oh
the sides and ends of the frame, and put a
bunch of grapes in each corner. To make the
grapes, mold a piece of putty the shape You
wish your bunch Of grapes to be, but much
smaller, and lay across the corner over the
seam where the frame is joined, then mold lit
tie balls of putty in the hand or cover entirely
over as near to initiate bunch OF grapes as
you can. Now take very small piece of putty,
and, by rolling between two cigar-box
covers (what / use), you can make pretty
tendrils to lay between leaves. and in all spaces
left vacant where they will look pretty, aud, if
at any time you have trouble about the leaves
sticking to the putty on the frame. take some
linseed oil and put very little on the dry putty
on frame-I use a feather to put it on with.
When complete, lay away and let dry thorough
", and then varnish with coach varnish-two
coats-and / am sure you will have pretty
frame, and cheap. / have molds from roses
and lilies that / have taken with putty from
carvings on furniture, and / uee them often
on frames and paper holders, etc, but like
grapes full better than anything else. II your
putty sticks to the mods, clean all the putty off
with benzine, and little linseed oil or spirits
Of turpentine will clean your hands. III have
failed in explaining 20 as to be understood, /
will answer any question in regard to it at any
time. HATTIE Il.
LIE MARS, Iowa. BOX 242)
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and now numbers ON tho rolls 02s, 900 names Of
men, women and children. Sixty nine thousand
are residents Of Louisiana The cause Of this
emigration is the fact that negroes are charged
a rental Of go an acre for land, $40 per annum
for the hire of mule, 20 cents per pound for
pork, and that these payments are secured by a
lien on the crops. Life in Louisiana under these
circumstances simply means perpetual debt or
starvation, and hence they have concluded to
leave the State and appeal to the country to as
sist them in their exodus"
West.
The Office of the Illinois State Treas
urer at Springfield was robbed, few days ago,
Of package of 5000 by two sneak thieves,
who entered the Office ostensibly for the pur-
pose Of getting a $1,000 bill changed The
money was not missed until the sharpers had
had made good their escape.
There is stored in the grain elevators
of Chicago 6,S76, GA bushels Of wheat, S5s. 965
bushels of corn, $50 1872 bushels of OATS 240, 947
bushels of rye, and SIC, 759 bushels of barley,
making total of 10, S73, AT bushels, against 3,
SO4, 900 bushels at this period last year.
A Kansas City (Mo.) dispatch says :
3The total number of colored immigrants who
have arrived in Wyandotte up to tho present
time is I'm. Out of this number about 300 are
in that city, dependent upon subscriptions for
their subsistence. The sickness is increasing,
and the committees are becoming tired and
manifest less interest"
The jury in the Olive man-burning
case ut Hastings, Neb., returned verdict
of murder in the second degree against
Olive and Fisher, and the Judge sentenced the
prisoners to imprisonment for life at hard
abor.
The law recently passed by the Ohio
Legislature to authorize the appointment Of
women as notaries public has been declared
unconstitutional by the Attorney General o.
the State.
DR.. George st. Louis, under sentence
of death at Fremont, Neb., committed suicide
in his jail, on the eve of his execution, by shoot
ing himself through the head
The steamship Great Republic was
recently wrecked on the Pacific coast while at
tempting to enter the harbor of Astoria, Oregon,
during dark night. Ten of the crew were
drowned in departing from the wrecked vessel
py the capsizing of boat
About half the business portion OF
the town of Kinsley, Kan, has been burned
Loss, STE, COO
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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.


A pedestrian named Lavelle, who
started in walking match at Woonsocket, r.
l., was taken i'll on the track and died in a few
hours
Christian Lester, of Morristown, n. j.,
fatally shot his wife and then killed himself :
The Philadelphia Common Council
has decided to send committee to California
to receive Gen. Grant, and the Assembly OF
New York mas passed resolution to tender
him the Inequalities of the State on his return.
In the East river, at New York, the
other day, tug boat was run down and sunk
by a steamer. OF ten men on the tug, only
five escaped.
The daughter of William r. Town
send, wealthy New York publisher, has Gre
ated a Stir in fashionable circles of the metrop-
oils by marrying her fathers coachman. The
young lady was well educated, and something
Of society belle.
Ex-Congressman Smalls, of South
Carolina, states that the negroes in that State
have caught the emigration fever, and are only
prevented from stampeding to Kansas by q
lack of money.
At delegate convention of colored
men OF Arkansas, held at Little Rock the other
day, resolutions were adopted affirming that
@as the colored citizens of Arkansas in many
localities are not allowed the free enjoyment Of
their constitutional rights, they are DESTROYS Of
emigrating to some other State or Territory
where the elective franchise can be enjoyed
unmoles'ed," and recommending the appoint
ment of two colored Commissioners, under the
National Emigration Aid Society, to select
suitable State or Territory.
Denwood Il. Kinds and Isaac D.
James engaged in a shooting ARRAY in the
streets of Baltimore the other day, which end
ed in the death OF James and the wounding of
Kinds and younger brother who was present
and took part in the ARRAY
A terrific tornado recently swept
through the lower part Of South Carolina. de-
stroying hundreds of houses and killing many
people In the village of WATERFORD more than
100 dwellings and all the churches were swept
away. Three-fourths of the inhabitants are
homeless Fifteen persons were killed and
many wounded. At Oakley, station on the
Northwestern railroad, all the negro houses
were leveled and one negro killed, besides
many hurt Similar casualties are reported
from various points in the track of the
tornado.
Seven hundred Tennessee moon
sinners appeared before the United States Cir
cult Court at Nashville, last week, and accept
ed the amnesty offered by Atty. Gen. Devens.
They agree 10 go and sin no more
A convention of colored people has
just been held in New Orleans A report was
adopted stating that IAN emigration society was
organized in the parish Of Caddo in August,
1874, which rapidly spread through the State,
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NEWS OF THE week.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Many striking miners are emigrating
from England to the United States.
Garibaldi has written a strong appeal
in favor of granting universal suffrage to the
Italians.
A dispatch from Capetown, South
Africa, says that Cetywayo has sent messengers
70 Lord Chelmsford with overtures for peace.
It is thought, however, this is merely ruse to
obtain information of the movements Of the
British troops. There has been some severe
fighting between the British and Zulus, and the
invaders have lost heavily. All the native
troops have deserted the British standard
A st. Petersburg dispatch says that
the heads of the secret police are about to
resign, having discovered that three-fourths Of
he force are in league with the Nihilists. Let
tiers from Keiff state that between the Sth and
18th inst five attempts ut murder were made
against the officials there.
The Nihilists abducted the Governor
of Charkoff, Russia, as hostage for leniency to
prisoners.
The American horse Parole won the
Newmarket handicap, at London, beating
Isonomy, Lima and three others Isonomy
was the favorite, and Parole the last in the
betting.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says the
name of the would-be assassin of the Gar is
Alexander Solovieff. He ia a schoolmaster of
Targphez, in the Government Of Plaskov. he
will be tried by the highest criminal tribunals.
The belief that the prisoner took poison is or
roneous. He was severely injured by the pop
ulace, who would have killed him but for the
police
The British have begun an advance
movement in Afghanistan.
A letter from the United States Con-
sui at Tangiers gives q terrible account Of the
famine, cholera and typhus fever that have
been raging In Morocco. In the city Of Moroc-
90 the daily deaths from typhus ranged from
200 to $50 So great was the starvation and
suffering that parents ate their children, and in
other places the dead were devoured by the
living.
The cable reports further destructive
floods in Hungary.
In Russia, ukase has been published
for six of the most populous districts in Russia
with perfectly despotic powers, exceed
ing those of General in time o. war
The President of the French repub-
lie has pardoned 800 more Communists.
Gen. Gourko, the newly-appointed
Governor General of St Petersburg, has or
dered all gunmakers to send lists Of their stool
to the city commandant, and sell only to per.
sons presenting special authorization, under
the penalty Of the confscation of the stool
and prohibition Of trade. Private persons pos
sessing arms can only retain them by specia
permission. Porters must be kept at the
doors of all houses day and night to prevent
the posting of placards and scattering of ex
plosives in the streets. simultaneously will
Solovieff's attempt on the Cars life, three po
hcemen we're shot in Kazan- Among the assas
sins were an educated girl, aged IL, and
nobleman.
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POLITICAL POINTS.

The Republican State Central Com.
mittee Of Iowa has issued call for State
Convention at Des Moines on Wednesday, June
IL, to nominate candidates for Governor, Lieu.
tenant Governor, Superintendent of Public In.
struction, and Judge Of the Supreme Court
The basis Of representation is one delegate fol-
each county, and, in addition thereto, one dele.
gate for each 200 votes OF fraction over 100 ca
for Secretary Of State last year. This will
make a total of 772 delegates.
The official returns of the recent
State election in Michigan, though not com
plete, are sufficiently 30 as to make certain a
Republican majority Of about 1000. The TO-
tai vote 30 far received: Campbell, Republi-
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Dear little children Of the " Home"
Come ell and Ratber round my chair:
Climb on it, arms, and on my knees,
And kiss my cheeks, and pull my hair,
And hug me tight around my neck
Thus chain the lion in his lair.
Now, half of You this pocket search,
And pass the nuts and candy round;
The rest. that pocket on the left
Ali darlinRs, now what have you foundf
A lot Of pretty picture books
With giided leaves. in colors boundi
There's one for every one Of you
For Mauds, and safes, and Cora Bells;
Tor Toms, and Wills, and Charley boys,
And petit Toots, and brunette Bwells,
Who kindly speak, and smile serene
With whom no envy ever dwells.
My little dssrs. your Uncle Lutte,
Who dearly loves you one and all.
Whenever his spirit melts In PRAYER.
To Him who hears the faintest call,
Doth ask that you from rights crowned height
May never, never, never fall.
Now sing song; let each young voice
Loud I'LL the room. ring through the halls;
Such sounds bring music to my soul
Tbs whispers, thunder. waterfalls.
And blithesome birds, and gurgling rills,
And rustling leaves when cuckoo calls.
Ali thanks. my dears! A story nowY
Well, list: Frank Good was always kind,
Affectionate, and strove to please
His parents; sought the truth to find
Through all his life, and now he stands
A man, rs manhoods truth defined.
John Bad was vain, and envious, too,
Was hardly kind unto himself;
Through petty sins was led at last
man to murder for his pelf;
Tomorrow, by the hangman's moose,
He will be laid upon the shelf,
Now, little boys and girls, good. by;
Your Uncle Lutte would feel so sad
Should you bad words or thoughts indulge.
But oh! he'll feel so glad, 30 glad,
To know you'll strive to do your best
God, too. will grieve If you are bad.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. UNCLE Lutte.
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can, for Justice of the Supreme Court, lS2, 600;
Shipman, coalition, 12S.000.
The full official returns of the late
election in Wisconsin show that Judge Cole, the
Republican candidate for Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court, received a majority of
IS, 1873 votes
Senator Conkling is said to have
written letter formally abandoning his Presi-
Dental aspirations and favoring Gen. Grant
80. "A straight Democrat has been elected over
Greenbacker, in the Texas district formerly
represented by the late Mr.. Schleicher.
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CHICAGO. L
Cheap and Pretty Lamp-Mats.

Get two or three sheets of tissue-paper-any
color you like, or you can use two colors together
out in strips one and quarter inches wide,
take knitting needle double the paper in the
center over the needle; now commence by
pinching the paper together between the thumb
and forefinger, that will crimp the paper: let
pass between the hand and needle rs it is
crimped; now have piece Of paste board,
square or round leaving it a few inches larger
than the lamp; on this sew the strips of paper
by the two ends; that leaves them double; sew
them one upon the other until you have them
as thick as you wish; paste some paper over the
center so to cover the stitches The strips of
paper should be about fifteen inches long, when
crimped NETTIE b.
EssLEY, Newaygo county Mich.
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A CALIFORNIA paper reports that a
gentleman in the vicinity of Sacra-
mento, having stocked pond on his
ranch with perch and catfish, has found
what seems to be cross between the
two species among the young fish. The
shape, mouth and color of the perch are
combined with the stiff and threatening
fins and the scaleless exterior of the cat
fish
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PROF. ANDREW d. WHITE, our new
Minister to Germany, was the second
recipient of the DeForest medal at Yale
College for combined excellence in
writing and elocution. His subject
The Diplomatic History of Modern
Times" has suggestive meaning in
connection with the position now held
nv him
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IT is said that young Napoleon per-
mitted himself to fall in love with the
pretty Princess Beatrice, and went
to South Africa to fight the Hulus
in order to win not only the girls admit
ration but her hand.
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CDE.FENTyDV.Q

At GREEN BAY with Chicago & North
western and Wisconsin Central Railways for
Milwaukee and Chicago. aud Tor i'll points
North. hast au.d South
~ NEW LONDON, with the Milwaukee,
Lake Shore & Wes,crn E'y for saawa1o and
NaGi3cwoc
ht AMHERST in. md PL0VER with
Wisconsin Central Il. j. Tor Ashland, Ste
yeIls Pc Mt Portage and Madison.
At aEBRILLAN in with Chlcaeo, s..
PaNi & minneapolis Line for Black River
Pals, Eau Claire. So. Paul and Minneapolis.
At #IHONA with Chicago, Milwaukee &
81. Paul Railway, for St Paul and Minneap-
olis, with Winona & 81. PeterRaiiroad, a..
u +. W for R0,hester, Marshall Siou&
CITY, 4aUhtoH, and points Wet.
81 LA CROSSE with Southern! Minnesota
x. Il. AND with Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque
al.Q Minnesota Railroad.
TIM9TET CASE, Receiver,
$780, 49, and J-aI Manager.
E-c2-z'T :. EATEEE, Asst Cen. r--s-r. =.
&. cen Bay. Wis