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The Greatest Obelisk.

The Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland Leader writes: The Washington
monument is the wonder of Washington,
and its beauty the admiration Of both Amer.
leans and foreigners. Already over $50 feet
high. it rises from the banks Of the Potomac
great white marble shaft, piercing the
clouds and backed against the blue of the
sky. Il Is already the grandest obelisk the
world has ever seen, ami In the eons of the
future, should the nations Of the day pass
away, leaving no more records Of their pro-
gress than the mighty ones of the Egyptian
past, 1t will surpsss the Pyramids IN the
wonder Of Its construction. It is already
higher than the Third Pyramid, and within
hundred feet Of the size Of the second. 1t
il taller than St. Peters Cathedral, and
when finished 1t will be the highest structure
In the world. To-Day the Cathedral Of CO.
iogne, 5l2 feet high, is the tailest work In
the world. Next comes the Great Pyramid,
4ss feet high; then the 6trsssburg Catbe-
dral, 47s feet: then the Second Pyramid, 453;
then ST. Peters, $50; st. Stephens at Vien-
M, 44S, and St. Paul's 1t London, Ss4,
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COLONEL DupLEY,s ARITHMETIC.
Significance of His ovsrestimating Pension
Expenses by $50, 900, 900.

A Washington special to the New York
Sun has the following: The extraordinary
differences In Commissioner Dudley's pen
sion estimates confuse the Treasury officers
and upset their plans. Only eighteen
months ago Colonel Dudley prophesied that
he would need Sl5O,0oO. 900 for pensions for
what is now the current fiscal year. This
stalwart estimate shocked even Congress,
but that body prepared to meet the drain. 1t
was promptly argued, however, that In the
face OF such enormous expenditures no cen-
siderable reduction could be made In taxa.
ton. But upon sober second thoushL Col.
Dudley knocked oil $4,000, 900, and told
Congress he believed he could get along with
q round hundred millions. Congress again
took him at his word and gave him what he
asked.
1t now looks, however, as if he had once
more overestimated the pension issuing ca
pacity of his Office. 1t is doubtful If the
bureau can spend this year more than S75,-
0OO,0OO. Last year IL disbursed only SGG,-
100000, and The Commissioner says he tsn,w
well up in work and has 10 wait upon the
mails to find employn ent for hls clerks. In
fact, he says he does not need oil the new
force given him and will ask Congress to cut
down his force by $50 names.
The immense importance of this change of
views on Colonel Dudlsy's part is apparent.
The large disbursements Of the Pension Bu-
reau was the chief argument for retaining
high taxation, but now it Is seen that the
Treasury Is to be called on to pay out $751;
100000 less this year than was originally
calculated, and $25, 100000 less than when
the tariff and internal revenue reforms were
under discussion. Hence 1t is probable that
the surplus revenues will be very large II
other conditions are favorable, and the old
question will recur, what Is to be done with
the surplus?
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The First Electric Telegraph.
En1ineering.


The idea of the practical application of
the electric telegraph to the transmission of
messages was first suggested by an anony-
nous correspondent Of the Scots Mogazins,
In letter dated Renfrew, February /, 1853,
signed c. NJ, and entitled "An Expeditions
Method Of Conveying Intelligence" After
very considerable trouble, Sir David Brew
ster identified the writer as Charles Morri-
son, native of Greenock, who was bred q
surgeon and experimental so largely in SCI
ence that he was regarded IN Renfrew as i
wizard, and eventually found 10 convenient
to leave that town and settle In Virginia,
where he died. Mr.. Morrison sent an &C.
count of his experiments to Sir Hans Sloane,
the president of the Royal Society, In addi-
tion to publishing them anonymously, as
stated above. The letter set forth scheme
by which number OF wires, equal to the
letters Of the alphabet, should be extended
horizontally, parallel to one another, and
about one inch apart, between two places.
At every twenty yards they were to be car
risd OIL glass supports, and at each end they
were to project six inches beyond the last
support, and have sufficient strength and
elasticity to recover their situation after
having been brought into contact with an
electric gun barrel placed at right angles to
their length about an inch below them.
Close by the last supporting glass bali was
to be suspended from each wire, and at about
. sixth or an eighth Of an inch below the
letters Of the alphabet were TO be placed on
bits of paper, or any substance light enough
to rise TO the electrified ball, and 30 connect
ed that each might resume It's proper place
when dropped.
With an apparatus thus constructed the con-
versation was held with the distant end of the
wires by depressing successfully the ends OF
the wires corresponding TO ths letters of tha
words, until they made contact with the
electric gun barrel, when Immediately the
same characters would rise to the electrified
balls at the far station. Another method
consisted In the substitution Of bells In place
of the letters; these were sounded by the
electric spark breaking against them. Ac
cording to another plan the wires could be
kept constantly charged and the signal sent
by discharging them. Mr.. MorrIsons ex-
periments did not extend over circuits longer
than forty yards, but he had every confidence
that the range of action could be greatly
heightened II due care were given TO the In
sulation Of the wires.
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EVE-ANGELICAL.
At last advices there were 1905, 1882 Wild
ows IN 1ermany--a supply greatly In excess
Of the demand.

At last advices there were 1905, ,ss2 wid-
ows in Germany--a supply greatly In excess
Of the demand.
"And 80, Miss Fuller, you think Miss
johnson did wrong to 60 on the stage in
tights'" "1ndeed, l do. Why, her limbs
are as thin as pipe-stems."-Boston Post.
ais that gentleman a friend of yourspn
asked newly introduced lady of another at
a reception. "Oh, 10, he's my husband
was the innocent reply.-Merchdnt Trapeler.
Now that the Princess Louise Is out of the
way, the ladies Of Canada will probably be
permitted TO keep warm during the winter
season. Louise had notion that low neck
dresses we're appropriate to the severe cli-
mate OF Montreal and Quebec.
The ceremony of receiving Sitting Bul.
the great Indian chief, into the Catholic
Church, which It was anticipated would take
place last week at Fort Yates, has been in
definitely postponed because Sitting Bull
cannot make up his mind which of his two
wives he will let 90. The forms of the
Church forbid communicant to have more
than one.
A farmer in Yates county, New York. n
few years since lost the early partner of his
joys and sorrows. He buried her In a private
cemetery and erected marble slab TO her
memory. In q short time be married sec
ond wife. He then ploughed up his first
wife's grave and now uses the tombstone for
stepping block in front of his house.
Mrs. Raymond, the Annie Louise.Cary of
the operate stage, assembled Mt. Washington
the other day in company with her husband.
There was heavy fog hanging over the
mountain, and Mrs. Raymond remarked to
her husband: "If this fog would only lift
l would give fifty dollars to the Maine Gen.
eral Hospital" 1t so happened that the fog
lifted just about that time and the hospital
got the money.
A tiny-very tiny-pig was served up at q
fashionable dinner, recently, In New York,
and when he was placed on the table howl
went up from the assembled rank and FASH
ion surrounding him. The little beast stood
on bis own hoofs In the midst of q bed of
Marechal Mel roses; in his rosy snout was
the customary lemon, and twisted In his
small tail was blue pond lily, How her
chef accomplished this feat tho hostess re-
fused to divulge, and although pork is not
usually admitted, in any form, into good So
ciety, Mr.. Piggy-who was pronounced very
sweet-was duly cut up and tasted, and the
health of the Chinese cook duly drunk in
champagne.
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AN INCOMPLETE REVELATION.
RICHARD A. JACKSON.

While Quaker folks were Quakers still, some
fifty years ago,
When coats were drab, and gowns were
plain, and speech was staid and slow,
Before Dame Fashion dared suggest a single
friz or curl,
There dwelt, mid Penfields peaceful shades,
an old-time Quaker girl.
Ruth Wilson's garb was of her sect. Devoid
of furbelows.
She spoke rebuke to vanity, from bonnet to
her toes;
Sweet red-bird was she, all disguised in
feathers of the dove,
With dainty foot and perfect form and eyes
that dreamt Of love.
Sylvanus Moore, bachelor of forty years or
so,
A quaintly plous, weazened soul, with beard
and hair of tow,
And queer, thin legs, and shuffiing walk,
and drawling nasa! tone,
Was prompted by the spirit to make this
maid his own.
He knew it was the spirit, for he felt it in his
breast,
As oft before in meeting time, and, sure of
his request,
Procured the permit in due form. On Fourth
day of that week
Itb isutH hHON tue ntSsdRt Iuat he WaS
moved to speak.
Ruth, it has been revealed to me that thee
and must We'd
have spoken to the meeting, and the men,
bers all have said
That our union seems righteous one which
they will not gainsay,
So If convenient to thy views, I'll wed thee
next Third-day."
The cool possession of herself by friend Syl-
vanus Moore
Aroused her hot resentment, which by effort
she forbore-
(She knew he was godly man, of simple,
childish mind,)
And checked the word "Impertinence" and
answered him In kind:
"Sylvanus Moore, do thee go home and wait
until see
The fact that must be thy wife revealed un-
TO me-"
And thus she left him there alone, at will TO
ruminate,
Sore puzzled at the mysteries of Love, Free
Will, and Fate.
October Century.
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Veneer Making.

In an article on making veneers, the
Northwestern L,nbeTman gives some inter
esting facts. Straight-grained and moder
ately soft woods are sliced of q log by 9
weighted knife with a drawing cut, the log
or burl, being ten feet long, and the veneer.
varying from one-eighth Of an inch to one
fortieth Of an inch In thickness, the width
corresponding, of course, to the diameter o
the log. A knife machine which gives q hall
rotary movement to q semi-cylindrics
turned log, allowing veneer to be cut fol-
lowing the logs diameter, produces wide We
neers from logs of small diameters. But
while the knife has opened up new possibil.
tiles in veneer manufacture, the saw has BY
no means been abandoned; such woods y
ebony and lignum vitp cannot be cut with Z
knife, while finely figured and consequently
close grained mahogany and some rosewood
are difficult to cut. The saw, therefore, ha.
It's place. Such saws must be very thin, and
so finely adjusted that hardly the slightest
variation will occur in the thickness of the
'S~~'o oues oIIauBCu
circular saw will turn out boards varying
the twentieth part Of an inch, which would
be imperceptible, such q lack of uniformity
In thin sheets would prove damaging i'm
perfection. Before being cut the veneer
material must be carefully steamed, the same
as In bending. A tight box twelve feet long
aud four feet deep and wide is used, and ex-
haust steam Is utilized. An ordinary wood
like black walnut, which has an open grain,
will steam sufficiently In six hours, but the
close-grained South American woods require
thirty six hours. Mahogany will steam suf-
ticiently in twenty-four hours. Mahogany,
tulip, and rosewood, being hard tocut, re-
quire more and careful steaming, and knife
in the best condition. The veneen wrinkle
when laid together. but staighten odt readily
when glued properly TO . body. Veneers
will dry In the air In about twelve hours,
but are not kiln-dried, although the latter
method ID used for lumber out Of which
veneen are TO be made.
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IL wasnrIo.dec,.

MODESTO, Cal, September 24.-Frank
Carroll, aged Twelve yeats aud . resident Of
Oakland, was accidentally killed at the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Hale, near Paradise MiIl., two
and half miles west Of Modesto, while
playing with two pistols. One Of The wrsp.
oDs was fully loaded, while the other only
contained one cartridge. An Inquest will be
held In the morning.
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Now for the retributive Providence. Among
the few women left alive after the attack on
the Piegan village was one who lay in tepee
by herself, sick with the smallpox, and from
her 1t was learned that several of the tribe
had died Of the disease that fall and winter.
That was when the hides taken from the
bufialoes on the summer hunt were being
cured and tanned by the women of the tribe,
afterward to find their way 10 Philadelphia
to wrap Quaker beauties from the cold as
they dashed out Broad street to the tune of
merry sleigh bells. But death was in the
robe. Never in the history of the city did
such scourge Of smallpox visit it as came
the winter after the Plegan massacre. 1t
came in the Piegan robes. Tho braves dead
at the Big Bend Of the Marais, 1000 miles
away, were avenged.
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newspaper DECISIONS

!. Any one who takes paper reyularlv fror the
foetomce-whether directed 10 his name or anotber's
or whether he has subscribed or not-s responsible
for the payment.
q IL person orders his paper discontinued. be
must pay all arrearages, or the publisher win con-
tlnue to send II until payment is made and collect the
office or not '" iioH 'ne
D. The courts have decided that refusing to take
Inenewspapers or periodicals from the Postofdce or
rdcte evidence OF intentional fraud, T'
fapers ordered to any address can be changed to
another address at the option of the ssbscriber.
hemittances by draft check, money order or regis
tered letter. may te sent at cur risk All Posmasterr
are required TO register letters on application.
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l have heard q story connected with this
blow at the Piegans, which those who SYM
pathize with the stricken tribe may put down
to the credit Of retributive Providence.
Among the spoils of the camp were dozen
or more bales of we'll cured buffalo robes,
which would soon have been exchanged for
goods and ammunition at the American Fur
Company's trading post. As these could
neither be carried away by the troops on
their return nor destroyed, they were left
where they were found, beside the river.
When the command reached Fort Ellis a
trader there or at Benton, learned of the
whereabouts of the robes-worth probably
three or four thousand dollars-and he soon
had an expedition organized to gather in the
bonanza. He got them; and in the spring
they were shipped to Philadelphia.
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A "REMINISCENCES OF THE FRONTIER
How Piegan Robes Spread SMALLPOX in
Philadelphia.
Don Piatt in Washington Capital.

Don Piatt in Washington Capital
In January, 1870, occurred an Indian cam.
paign which has since been known in the
East as the Piegan massacre. To the settlers
In Montana 1t was a deliverance. To the
Indians 1t was never.to be-forgotten lesson.
The Bloods and other northern tribes call
the Big Bend Of the Marias, where the attack
was made, "The Place Where All the Braves
Died."
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That such renegades deserve death as soon
as caught is not to be denied. They are
ready to act as spies for the savages, and can
make themselves useful in many ways as
advisers and as guides. They sometimes
doff paint and blanket and come into a set
tlement or military post, obtain ammunition
and information, and then return to the
band. Every tribe has one or more of them,
and they are wickeder than the worst savage
Of the plains. And yet have heard the
Major say that he saw that groveling wretch
for many day, in the "mind's eve, begging
for his life, while rarely or never was the
image associated with forms of the scores of
Indians, whose fate the white scoundrel only
shared.
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i
Died."
| The expedition was expressly ordered by
Lieutenant General Sheridan. 1t was to be
surprise to the Piegans, who had for years
escaped all summer expeditions, and this
time 1t was determined to see If they could
be caught and punished in winter. Major
Z. M. Baker, Of the Second Cavalry, COM
manding four companies of his regiment,
undertook the task. The weather was in
tensely cold, the thermometer marking at
Fort Shaw its extreme limit of forty.four
degrees below zero. Three days the troops
marched over the frozen snow, and on the
night of the 22d of January q broad trail
showed that the prey was near.
The tepees of the Piegan village were
caught sight of just at dawn by Major Lewis
Thompson's battalion. A rush was made
and the surprise was complete. In ten min
utes all was over; no one, apparently, was
left except half dozen women and a few
children. The dead Indians were one hun
dred and seventy-three.
In counting the dead in one tepee dozen
bodies were found piled one upon another.
The soldiers began to turn them over when
one of the pile was seen to struggle out. A
sergeant was about to shoot him, when the
supposed Indian called out: "Don't shoot,
sergeant, l am a white man." Although
painted and dressed like an Indian, 1t was
easy, upon scrutiny, to see that in truth he
was white man. The soldiers took him to
where an officer was standing, to whom he
cried out: "Oh, Major, save me! Don't you
know me? l worked in the corral at Ellis
once. You have often seen mew "Take
him away" said the officer. ".He Is Pie
gan, or worse than Piegan. Sergeant. you
know your orders"
The wretched man saw in this a sentence
of death. He fell on his knees, screaming:
81 am white man! Don't kill me, for
Gods sake! 1t will be murder" He was
dragged away and thrown upon the heap of
dead Indians from whence he had crawled. |
dozen pistol shots were heard, and all the |
difference between a white renegade and a
dead Indian was effaced.
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decidedly Mixed Politics.

from the brooklyn Eaele'J
What are your views in regard to the
tariff ," asked an enterprising reporter OF
a gentleman who was standing at the bar
drinking with friend.
"Pm in favor OF the protection Of Amer
lean industries" frankly answered the per-
son addressed.
"Then Of course you are Republican"
added the newspaper man.
mot If l know myself. Pm Demo-
crat."
"And have you any opinion on the sub
iect?" continued the scribe, turning to the
gentleman's friend.
"You may put me down as free
trader" replied the latter.
"Oh, see; you're Democrat"
Nary time. I'm Republican. What
are your"
"Well." responded the astonished re-
porter, II was Democrat when / came in
here, but Pm bowed IL know what am
now"
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oxr HUNDRED WILD TEXAN STEERS ALoosE
IN CHICAGO.

80, m.xpREp WILD TEXAN STEERS ALoosE
IN CHICAGO.
enecial 10 the Philadelphia Times
dated The 2ist says: One hundred and ten
Wild Texap steers broke from the driving
corral last evening and created the greatest
.,nr,ncdo and excitement known TO the
.,oct.vard region for many years. After
CONCERTED rush for two blocks the herd
hrnte and scattered In all directions. a
10, NJ sixty took possession OF wentworth
avonue and cleared the street OF everything
ilv;no or movable. At this point George
Svecny. a genuine Texan cowboy, IN
charge az the herd, Put in an appearance,
mounted on hcrder mustang ana armed
with Winchester rifle.
Sveenv dashed after the Wentworth-ay-
cnue section and killed nine OF the animals
In ranld succession. He followed another
.ortio, down Tnirtlcth street, killing four
,een. and when he reached Southwark ay-
cnua he mt an end 10 those remaining
there Swecny took another turn, taking
a sort Of stirmish detour, followed by hun
dreds OF men and boys, armed with wea-
mons Of every conceivable sort, rangiL,
from Bridgeport sand-bag and billy to an
old army revolver, and the stag-hunt was
fully and fairly inaugurated.
The neichborhood OF Fourteenth street
and Stewart avenue was wild with excite
ment. Five maddened animals bore down
on Mrs. Mary Mulholland, OF 420 Rebecca
street. and tramplcd her TO death. The
body was removed 10 the home OF mar
ried daughter, on Fourteenth street. An
other dash of the steers carried them TO
Maggie Carney. aged ten years, on her way
home from Stewart-avenue store with
nail OF mix and loaf OF bread In her
hands. The child stopped, transfixed with
terror, and the steers trampled on her. H.
ficting injuries which caused her death
this morning. One OF the animals was
Slain by a streei-car driver, but the others
escapcd. At the corner OF Blue Island and
Centre avenues steer weighing 1,2O0
pounds was killed by laborer with crow
bar.
Scarcely had the beast fallen when re-
markabIe scene cnsued. Twenty or thirty
men and women crowded around and be-
gan 10 fight for the carcass. IL was skinned
in patches. and while the body was yet
qIivcriDg the meat was cut off IN hunks
and the chunks were carried oil amid
triumphant shouts and laughter. In less
than fifteen minutes after the crowbar
struck The animal nothing but the skeleton
and entrails remained. An old woman re-
turned and secured the heart and liver.
The sight was disgusting, and the hungry
people were repulsive in their blood-be-
grimed faces and clothing. OF the one
hundred and ten steers in the herd when
it broke, forty-three were killed or lost and
the remainder secured after night of
hunting by the stock-yard men. One in
genious fellow was determined to catch his
game alive, and actually succeeded in Sc
curing steer with rope and tying it fast
to the dock at Mason street, in the South
Fork
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WHAT TT DID FOR AN OLD LADY.

CosuocToN STATION, y. y, Dec. 90. 1878.
Gentlemen.-A number of people had been using
your Bitters here, and with marked effect \ lady
Of over seventy years had been sich for tie past
ten years; she had not been able 70 he around.
six months ago she was helpless. Her old rene
dies or physicians being Of no avail, sent forty
1--WE miles and got a bottle of Hop Bitters Ii had
such an effect her that she was able TO dress her
self and walk about the house. After taking two
bottles more she was able 10 take care OF her own
room and walk ont 10 her neighbours, and has i'm
proved all the time since. My wife and children
also have derived great benefit from their use.
W. Il. HATHAWAY.
Agent United States Express Company.
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VWO-STORY BRICK DWELLING,
No. S12 FIFTH STREET, BETWEEN
DUNAL AND BAKER STREETS, AT AUG
TlDN.-I will sell at public auction, on
TUESDAY, JUNE &c, 1883.
AZ O'Clock II. NJ, the above DESIRABLE
DWELLING, No. Sl2 north FINN street on the
west line of said street. II Is two stories, aud
has i've rooms, with frame kitchen In yard, and
has all the gas, water, and culyert connections
neat front and rear p0rches.
The lot fronts 20sxl3O feet TO an alley o feet
wide, and has on IL good well, besides the city
water.
Ihe proximity Of this location to the business
markets, aud the moderate prices OF property
mere, Is great indueenent for those desiring neat
ana medium 81 ned dwellings at low rates.
TERMS: One fourth cash: balance at 81 twelve,
ana Eighteen months, interest added, and secured
by trust. deed.
90 J. THOMPSON BROWN & co,
Vsz Auctioneers.