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THE STREET RAILROADS.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Vest submitted q
resolution instructing the committee ON the
Judiciary to inquire whether the chartefed
rights and powers OF the corporation owning
ana operating street railways In the city Of
W ashlngton are such as TO prevent appropriate
Legislation by Congress requiring tnese cor
poratiuns to remove or alter the rails now used
by them and the road beds OF the roads as now
constructed within the city. and requiring the
committee to report in writing to the Senate
OH the first Monday in December next or as
soon the. eaIter as practicable. The resolution
went over.
LIBRARY TRANSFERS.
The Senate to-day adopted resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Seweli authorizing the secretary
OF the Senate 70 transfer to the custody of the
librarian Of Congress such volumes and parts of
Voiumes OF newspapers on the files OF the Sen.
ate as are not needed for current use In his Of
nce, and the librarian OF the Senate In also
authorized to transfer TO the congressional
library the collection OF maps now In that
library.
THE PERMANENT EXPOSITION.
There will be meeting of The joint library
committee of the two houses OF Congress at
Wiliard's hall, Monday evening, to consider the
subject Of the proposed exposition in Washing
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, 1886-07-02

Mr.. Hale, the astronomer, writes that
in observing the splanet Jupiter with a
G-inch reflector, he saw that but three Of
the moons were visible, a fact confirmed
by others who had come to look into the
telescope. They were advised to wait
until the fourth appeared from be-
hind the planet and after an hour the
fourth moon did appear-coming out
clear from Jupiter's disk, 80 clearly as to
leave a place of separation between the
planet and the moon. On looking at it
again, perhaps twenty minutes later,
what was the astronomers surprise to
find that this fourth moon had again dis
appeared He and the others present re-
peatedly looked for it, but it had disap-
peared behind the planet and did not
again emerge for perhaps twenty min
utes to half an hour. This is a surpris-
ing case. One of Jupiter's satellites has
occasionally been seen by other astron-
omers to go back" seemingly, behind
the planet, after once partially emerging,
but has it ever been seen to go back as it
did in this case after emerging entirely
OF course it is IN optical effect which de-
ceives N by atmospheric laws-perhaps
the action of light in Jupiter's own at
mosphere. But Mr.. Hale's observation
seems to have been a curious one
Hartford Times.
, 1886-07-02

The passage and approval oil the blu
Tor the relief OF Gen. Fiiz John Porter
add to the national reputation by melting
out Justice to a much wronged officer and
inailv concludes n long vexed question:,
which has only been kept iron becoming
one OF party politics by the fact That a
large majority OF both paftics-including
the greatest names in,eithcr-hav united
in support Of the measure. Its most per-
sisteut and Incorporating enemy has
been Gen. Logan-a gallant soldier,
whusc %impetuous valor is attested by the
admiration of one army and the respect
of the other, but whose reputation for
judgment and skill as a great commander
has not been so fully recognized. History
is full of such errors as the conviction OF
Porter and 1t also abounds in such re-
versus OF the popular verdict when preju-
dice has given place to reason. 1t is
fortunate for the American people that
the victim has survived the sacrifice, and
that no stain remains upon the nation.
England once shot a gallant admiral Tor
refusing to engage the enemy under cir
cumstances which imposed upo him the
, 1886-07-02

The bulk of diamonds sold nowadays
are off color, the large, fiat, snowy stones
being the easiest to dispose of. They are
MS a matter of fact, occasionally better
looking and have more fire than blue
white gems, particularly at night time.
One OF these fiat stones weighing three
quarters of a carat will have as much
surface as a two-carat brilliant rose-cut.
OF course to a real judge of diamonds
they are no to be for an instant COM
pared TO a gem of the first water, but
everybody is buying them. 1t used to
be that circus people and variety per-
formers were the only folks who Inspired
to such ornaments, but it is not so at
present. | don't know what to attribute
it to. or what the tendency indicates;
only know it is a fact.-Globe-D Democrat
Interview.
, 1886-07-02

Professor Holden states an interesting
fact that is not generally known. In the
difficult calculations of astronomy, the
tendency of n man to make errors of too
great or toe little results is SO regular in
its direction and quantity that it is a
factor in all figuring. A mans percent
age of error is always allowed for in the
abstruse calculations Of the heavenly
bodies.
This would be a very admirable scheme
to put in force with regard to earthly
bodies. A mans parents should be COM
PEELED. when he is to be married, to give
his wife u clear statement of his per-
ccntage of error, and l don't know any
factor in the whole affair that would
be half so important or valuable to
know. 1t might be given rather as a
d%eclination from the perfect upright,
and we could easily fix it by degrees.
James Jones, 10 degrees; John Smith,
age 40, lived in the country all his life,
10 degrees; William Robinson, town
dude, go degrees. willhave to be securely
shored up or he'll fall over That
would be simple. if not agreeable.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
, 1886-07-02

Tar Washington NgteAet viewing a
party question from anindepcndcnt stand
poiut, thinks The Payne nonsense in the
senate might as well be finally dropped.
There i, not the slightest question but
that his election was bought, hut it is
plain that he did not buy it, and it would
make no difference to the senate if he did.
That body would still sustain him. The
LAST report Of the kind it had was that on
ingalls,. 1t may be socu in ,hc printed
documents. 1t had more scandal in it
than Payne's case, but was never taken
np from the table, The fact is the senale
is thoroughly rotten in morals and prac-
tice' and any investigation of bribery it
mish, make would be- an utter fares.
, 1886-07-02

About the lakes is found growing an
abundance OF wild a n resembling the
cane of the brakes in the southern states,
but more slender. OF this cane the In
dams make great use. OF it are formed
the floats used in buoying the trot lines
set for fish far out in the big lake. OF
the small canes they make the shafts of
their arrows, and by pounding the green
stalks between rocks and twisting a
bunch as a skein of yarn or a rope would
be twisted they wiring out a large amount
Of sweet juice. This sap is caught in
their water-tight baskets and reduced,
by the use Of heated stones, to a sort Of
inferior molasses, which, in their lang
uage, is called ~-pehapee," sugar. As
the stalks Of this wild cane begin to dry
or ripen, small nodules or dry white
sugar are formed about the joints. This
natural sugar is gathered by the Indian
women n children. II cultivated, this
native cant might prove valuable
Nevada Cor. New York Sun.
, 1886-07-02

HERR Mosr complains bitterly because
he is treated like the common f,lon that
he is, and says he was never so i'll used in
any European prison, for there the au-
thorities would make a distinction be-
tween ordinary criminals and political
prisoners As Imprisonment for
opinions sake is foreign to the Spirit OF
American institutions, the alien con.
spirators who would subyert all order and
go for enough togdl within the clutches
of the law will find a democratic equality
of treatment for which, under the circum
stances Of their o%ifensc, they should feel
profound gratitude.
, 1886-07-02

NOTWITHSTANDING the strikes and
riots Of the year there is no apparent ne.
cessity for the formation of an extensive
secret organization in the interest of law
and order, like the League, which has lis
headquarters at st. Louis, aud is sail TO
have a membership in a number of states
1.-THE object of such banding together is le.
Ultimate and to be effected by lawful means,
it is supelious; if the case is otherwise.
then is the proposed remedy fac worse
than the evil it would remove. A een-
eral enrolment Of all c%iiizeps willing L,
act as a posse, might not present so large
= list Of names, but would be quite as eff
fective as n system Of mysterious CON
claves and secret oaths. The law il still,
powerful in the land; with the effective
aupl o I Of all who profess to regard il as
supreme, it would be found at all times
suihcient for every purpose. There is M
~ lighting the devil with fire uotil the
holy water gives out.
, 1886-07-02

The support OF Edmunds, who is b,
the consent of all the ablcst constitutions
lawyer now in the senate, is sufficient
guarantee of the consutuuonaliiy of any
measure, and the resting of the power Ia
appoip. to certain offices, in the prosi
dent, os a matter of course. finds direct
sanction in the organic law. The second
paragraph of section ., of article II. pro.
vidcs that Congress may by law vest the
appointment of such inferior officers. n.
they think proper, in the president alone,
in the courts of law or in the heads of de-
partments." Certain specified Office. are
excepted from this power and all other.
OF very great importance might well have
been added to the list.
, 1886-07-02

one Of the most magnificent and i'm.
practicable projects of the day is that to
which ex Governor Curtin unsuccessful
tried to attract the notice of congress. It
would provide for the construction of a
grand trunk backbone railroad from
Southern California 10 Patagonia, with
way stations in Mexico, Central America.
Colombia, Peru and Chill. When the
worlds progress shall admit Of such a
scheme, on any basis of reason. railroads
will have become things of the past.
, 1886-07-02

Natural Stone TrouEhs sd fnAina Aills.
What are called the -stsns troughs"
are found in coming up the Trukee river
from the lakes, and are . natural forma-
ton of n sort of limestone. They are often
seen ten feet long, four or five feet widc
and several inches deep, with the sides
two or three inches in thickness, accord
ing to size-the small s thinnest.
They are shaped like the sheet iron pans
used in stoves for baking break, are quite
hard, and ring like q piece Of pottery
when struck. All are found filled with
sand.
Down about the lake in the valley are
found many stone troughs Of q different
kind. These are undoubtedly artificial,
and were made by the Indians to be
used in grinding grass seeds. Some Of
these look as il they had been in use for
hundreds Of years. A few of the smaller
ones are portable, but the majority have
been formed in huge fragments or.solid
lodges of porphyry or granite, just as the
Digger Indians of California make NOR
tars in granite reefs in which to pound
their acorns. Here, however, the seeds
are ground into flour by being rubbed,
not beaten, as are the acorns; therefore,
instead of the cavity in the rock being
a round pot hole, it is a long, shallow,
trough-shaped cavity. Some Of these
grinding troughs are several feet long.
and neal them are found the stones used
in grinding. They are large and heavy,
and appear to have been pushed back
and forth by persons seated at opposite
ends of the troughs, by means of q stout
pole dashed to them in such a way as to
form two handles.
A few portable mills are found. They
arc of two kinds. One has a cavity
which is perfectly round and the muller
used in grinding is as round as a cannon
ball. Those of the other style are oblong
and have a muller or grinding stone of
about tho size and shape of an old-fash-
toned smoothing iron. These mills were
used in former times. Since the Piutes
have made the acquaintance of the white
mans flour they no longer have any
stomach for flour made Of the seeds Of
bunch grass and the wild sunfiower.-
Dan de guile in New York Sun.
, 1886-07-02
WON WITH A
How Matrimonial Luck Came to = Young
French Dipiomatist-Lovs's Token.

How Matrimonial Luck Came to = Young
French DIpiomatIst-Lovs's Token.
These Paris boulevard flower dealers,
have wonderful taste for arranging flow
ers. There is one Of them. Mime. Lion,
whose reputation is European ever since
an incident with which she happened to
be connected got into the papers.
One of the secretaries Of the French
embassy at st. Petersburg fell in love
with one Of the ladies Of honor to the
empress. Unluckily fol-. the young dip
lomatist, she was already engaged to be
married to a very wealthy and titled
Muscovite, but she could moi help show
ing her preference for the noble French
man. T%hereupon the Russian made such
u scene that the lady went to the en-
press for protection. TRY and induce
her majesty to accord your hand to
whichever of us two shall produce the
most beautiful bouquet" said the secre-
tary to her, and she promised she would
do 30. The empress loved her very
much indeed, and readily yielded to an
arrangement which promised to be plea
SAINT in any event. She sent for the
young lady's father, who laughingly
consented to all that was going on.
Then the Russian gentleman was COM
municated with, and when he was in
formed that mademoiselle's hand was
for him who gave her the most magnif-
cent bouquet that day fortnight, the EN-
press herself to be the judge, he believed
he would become her husband and one
other. But the confident in his great
fortune and his own good taste. this
Russian let the days pass, supposing all
the time that his money could buy what
he wanted at the last moment. The day
arrived when the love gauge was to be
decided. That part of the palace in
which the czarina lives was the scene OF
great excitement. Even the aristocratic
czar himself deigned to be interested,
while the Grand Duke Alexis was eager
rs a child about it. The Russian noble
man advanced and presented an enor-
nous bouquet. 1t was indeed beautiful;
it was made up of the rarest flowers that
could be found in all Russia and had cost
something like 5000 roubles. At the
sight of it the young lady nearly tainted.
Surely it was impossible for her dear lit
tie ~diplomatist to ever excel such magni-
ficence. The other ladies OF honor and
all those present showed their apprecia-
ton of their countryman's love token.
With n mocking smile on his lips the
count stepped forward, holding in his
hand two gilded boxes In politest
language he said that one Of the boxes
contained . bouquet for the lady he
, 1886-07-02

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A floating kirk for the islnnd OF Arran
is the latest notion from the north, the
Duke of Hamilton having strictly adj
hered to his resolution not to allow any
United Presbyterians a place of worship
on the island. The modern ark is to be
moored in Lamlash bay, one Of the
snuggcst anchorages on the Scottish
coast, and the members OF the congrega-
tion will be pulled on board from the
shore in small boats, when the ships
bell rings Mt the mast-head.- st James
Anrelin.
, 1886-07-02

one Republican journal has been found
to admit that there is a deal of bad legis
lation dore in the name Of old soldiers,
who arc not at all responsible for it, and
who are too honest to encourage dcma-
gogue methods" Add to this the fact
that vanguard veterans are less inclined
to boast their services than are the reluc
tant rear rank men of Company. @"
, 1886-07-02

In SEVERAL of the older states the old
militia system of fuss and feathers, has
given way to an organization for practical
use, with regular instruction in the nee
essary details of drill instead Of the super.
fuous tactics of mere parade. The state
that arms and trains its citizens has 4 right
to expect them to prove efficient in case
of need; to move together and obey orders,
TO .Nlly and fire low.
, 1886-07-02

VERIFY, the ethics of political Journal
ism must depend upon principles past
finding out, when a newspaper of high
character, like the Chicago Journal, can
assert the right of Republicans to criticize
and dcnouncc a Democratic governor, I'm
cases where he deserved it," and deny
the same privilege to the Mugwumps, 10
whose action it attributes the governors
election. According to this rue. : Jour
nalist must necessarily ~be<voarred from
criticizing the acts fet Of his own
honest, AMI 10 the pro-
-rMTh OF every party.
, 1886-07-02

~E"xSfs~lciv and religious war in
Ireland come n5H.he home rule PEG
pie, but are freely dhkd5 NIln lrnl-
side. The Northern bNIg, a Belfast
newspaper Of Orange proclivities, boasts
that 100, 900 volunteers have already en-
rolled for service in case of the passage OF
Gladstonc's bill. In that event, however,
the British army will be apt to take n
leading part in keeping the peace and
enforcing the law.
, 1886-07-02

BEEcHEn had better keep on the Brit.
ish hastings and restrict his oratory to
the lecture platform; not that his clD.
quence might not delight and cheer the
followers OF Gladstone, but because it
would %exasperate the other side aud b,
taken as convincing evidence Of that
American sympathy which already strikes
the perverse chord in John Balls heart
Let American money do all the American
talking in the home rule contest.
, 1886-07-02

Now hat right of way through the
military reservations has been granted to
the Cheyenne & Northern, thus remov
ing the only obstacle to the early compile
ton of that road, so essential to the
growth and welfare of Wyoming and
Chey cnne, the good work may be expected
70 90 sneedilv on.
, 1886-07-02

The editor of the Chicago 7JiJuae seems
to think that Blame mihht win thousands
of votes for home rule, an opinion which
the Philadelphia Nems is half inclined to
endorse, Should the Maine statesman
enlist for such a campaign he might find
use for Steve Elkins, bat DR.. Burchard
should be left at home.
, 1886-07-02

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, 1886-07-02

Col. LoNG-who won reputation in the
Egyptian SERVICES spoken Of for the
Persian mission. Being versed inEastorn
ways and oriental languages, he would be
an eminentlv proper person for the place,
even in the absence of all political influ-
anca
, 1886-07-02

1t is the fashion to say hat in these
day the barriers of rank are broken down,
that literary reputation is a social pass
port, and genius opens all doors; that the
~aristocracy itself has entered the lists,
and recognized the equality of poets and
philosophers with its highest members.
But nothing can be more ~fallacious than
this opinion. The lords open their doors
to men and women Of parts, it is true,
but the purpose is to amuae themselves,
not to do honor Z 1faAZNN In old
timas ssey- hads .hen JeA tAeir
bards to while away the time 49,
icle their deeds. Froissars and Ben H.
son were little mole In thsir eyes. .
~ qsssn still keeps a pot lannMs~6
csasbrate The hxths and mfSin0D q ~
progenyyfnd duchesses have apthe11@i
actnrs 1t thsir parties to entertain their
gdests. - they have music and ice
cream.
The geniuses would like to believe, be-
aus they are sometimes invited to din
ner, or even to a country house. that the
feeling of the aristocracy is changed; but
let N of them ask to marry the daughter
of a duke, and he will discover how
wide is the gulf that separates them.
Let him presume in any way too far
upon the notice that he thinks is a friend
ship, and he will be dropped with as lit
tie ceremony as If his lordship were dis
missing a footman. The people Of let
ters are admitted or invited to-day and
forgotten or ignored tomorrow. They
may be in society for while. they are
of it; and if they no longer wait in
the ante-room, as johnson did at Ches-
terrified house, they must make them
selves either serviceable Oh agreeable If
they expect to stay upstairs. They know
this very well, though they don't always
tell it, and the more dignified keep aloof
from the great world.-Adam Badeaw's
Letter.
, 1886-07-02

The dcfaulting treasurer of the Chesa-
peake & Delaware Canal company has alb.
seconded, and is supposed to have joined
the innumcrable caravan that moves TO
Canada.
, 1886-07-02

A DECREASE of nine millions in the
public debt makes a fair showing for the
month of June.
, 1886-07-02
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, 1886-07-02

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