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I’AIiAKItAS CARIAOSAS.
by X. B. ALImTCH. *
< 1 I have to ."ay frond-night
To mich a host of peerless thicgH !
flood-night unto that fragile hand
All queenly with its weight of ring*:
(ioou-aijjlif to fond, uplifted eyes,
(lood-uight to chestnut braids of hair,
Good-nfftM unto the r>erfect month,
And all the sweatiiom nestled there—
-1 he snowy hand detains mo, then"
1 li have to say good-night ag*jn !
Lui there will come a time, my love,
"hen, if I read our stars aright, it
1 shall not linger by this porch *
"id* my adieus, fill then, good-night!
Non wiHh the ti>ne were now? And I.
You do not blush to wish it so ?
You would hav blushed yourself t,o death
lo own so much a joar ago
What, both tin ho snowy hands ! ah, then
i II httvo to say good-night again !
KLI.A GOODWIN'S TKIAL.
BY H. ANNIE EJvOH’r.
“ (ioing out again ?”
l llla (ioodwin spoke in a fretful tone,
nncl her pretty face was puckered up
into a most dismal frown.
“ I promised Charley I would step
round for an U*,iur or and Viav* R
game, of domiu^cß.”
“ Anything to get away from home !”
But Will Goodwin was already out of
bearing. Jlis wife, alter a fretful re*
mark addressed to the walls, to the ef
fect that she was a fool for ever getting
married, took a novel from under the
sofa cushion and was soon reading with
an air of absorbed interest. Baby woke
and made the fact shrilly known. An
impatient toss threw tile book down
again, and baby was soothed to sleep
with a gentleness strangely at variance
with the jerk that had put the book
upon the table.
When ho slept once more rathe cradle
Mila yawned and again took up her
book. But before she had opened it
there was a lap at tho door, and an
elderly lady with a sweet, fair face came
in.
“Alone?” she said, as Ella eagerly
welcomed her and took off her wraps/
“lam always alone ! Will gets his
meals hers 1” was tho bitter reply. “He
goes to the store as soon as be swallows
his breakfast, and ho is always out in
the evening. Now he is with his brother
playing dominoes.”
“ Don’t you play dominoes?”
“Yes.”
“ I’d keep him at home to play.”
“He would not care to stay. ' I sup
pose all young married men tire of
home, Aunt Mary ?” >
“Not all ! But yon speak in a bitter
tone that pains me, Ella. It is not like
you.”
“ I feel bitter 1 I have no one to talk
to but you, and I never complained be
fore, but I am tired of being alone all
the time. Baby fills the day, but novels
don't fill the evening.”
“Ella, since you have spoken to me,
advice'* 1 ' 1 TrA frivp v °n a word of
“you know you may/*
“ Look in tho mirror, dear, then look
around the room !”
Ella obeyed. In the mirror she saw
a slender figure robed in a morning
wrapper, without any collar or cufL,
and not precisely cleati; a faefi pretty
and expressive, with a wreath of golden
hair loosely knotted into a comb, and
decidedly untidy. The room a hand
somely-furnished sitting room, was beg
ging for a broom as eloquently as a
dusty carpet could beg. Harry’s cradle
iu one corner balanced a disordered
work-table in another. The center
table was piled with mishellaneous arti
cles, amongst Which a bowl of bread
and milk and a fire shovel Dgured con
spicuously.
* A crimson flush rose on the young
wife’s cheek.
“ What is the use of having things
nice wht n nobody sees them but me, or
dressing, when Will is never at home?”
“ He might be at home more if things
were nice and you were dressed.”
There was a si lei ice for a few moments.
Then Ella spoke :
“ I’ll try it, auntie. I suppose it is
partly my fault. Before Harry was
born he was at borne more, but I have
been careless wince then.”
“You are not strong, T know,” Aunt
Mary said very kiudly, “ and baby is a
care, but I would try to be dressed in
the evening and have.the room cheerful.
Your piano looks as if it was never
opened !”
“It never is!” . *
“ Don’t you havtwtimorto' practice?”
“ l can't plead want of time, auntie.
J;uu) is one ol' the best of and
time hangs upon my hand*. fain glad
you came in. J believe 1 wanted a
moral shaking.”
Tln n they talked of other mat ters, of
Harry's first iootli tnci baby accomplish
ments, of the winter fashions, of femi
nine interests of all kinds. The innate
sweetness of Ella’s temper made her
take her aunt's, gentle reproof in the
spirit of love that dictated it, and when
the parting gar ess was given she whis
pered :
‘‘ i’ll try. auntia, to make home more
attractive for Wm.*’
She was fast asleep with Harry nestled
in her arms when Will eirne home, but
the tonch of his lips upon her cheek
aroused her.
“ Did you have a pleasant evening ?”
she asked. “Aunt Mary was here and
left her love for you.’'
“Charley and I played awhile, and
then Mira Creighton dropped in and
sang for us.” . „
** She seems to drop in pretty often.’’
“ She is so intimate with the girls,”
“ I never thought her singing very
wonderful.”
“You sing far better. Bat when I
can’t get any better I like hers.”
It was not the first time Will had told
the same story, and strong in her new
resolution Ella determined upon a good
hour of practice early in the morning.
Jane was rather amazed at the clean
ing the sittimr-room received at the
hands of herself and her mistress. The
cradle whs banisl#*d into the adjoining
bedroom, where baby could still be heard
if he wakened; the fire-shovel assumed
its legitimate place at the hearth. It
rathei astonished Ella herself to find
how many useless articles were “about,”
and how universally everything was in
the wrong place. But by noon the room
was bright as hands could make it, and
after luncheon a man was sent for to
tune the piano, closed for nearly a year.
The six o’clock dinner brought Will.
Ella was in the hall as he entered, ami
led the way to the dining room, where a
cheery brightness reigned.
Two Dollars Per Annum,
VOLUME 111.
“Company, Nell?” queried Will,
his eyes resting upon his wife. The
golden hair—carefully curled—was
gathered into a mass with a comb, and
fell in a profusion of natural ringlets
upon Ella’s shoulders, the waving
!>am Is drawn flack from her face. Her
dress, of soft blue merino, was finished
with dainty ruffle* at throat and wrists,
and Will’s last Christmas gift, a set of
cameos, held collar, cuffs, and dropped
from the delicate ears. Not a costly
dress, but carefully adjusted, fitting
exquisitely, and certainly most becom
ing. - , ’
“No company,” said Ella, “ but our
selves, unless you count Harry. I
bavc made you some of the bread
sauce you are so fond of, Will! ”
“ You’re a jewel. Only don’t make
yourself sick in the hot kitchen, Nell !
lou are not very strong, you know.”
Nell blushed at that, for it reminded
her of many a neglected duty, many a
lazy hour, for which the plea had been
offered in excuse.
1 hat did not hurt me,” she oo;j,
*ior I was in the Kitchen making some
lemon-pies ”
Lemon pies ! You make my mouth
water. Nobody else can make them to
taste like yours ! ”
So dinner was a success, Ella was a
good cook, and Will was never sparing
of praise for tbe,dainties ghe provided.
But she. had left the kitolien to Jane so
long that her husband had ceased to
look for the dainty trifles that had
graced his table before Ella’s health
had become feeble.
Dinner over, Will, in great good hu
mor, went to the sitting-room. The
open grate threw a ruddy glow upon
tlxe bright surroundings, and his face
lighted with pleasure. But the large
eyes fairly danced as he cried : “ The
piano open ! I began to think it was
buried forever !”
“Not quite!” said Ella, laughing,
and yet blushing brightly ; “ I thought
from what you said last night you
would like to hear me sing again !”
“You bet I would!” was the em
phatic, if not very elegant, response.
“Let’s play dominoes, then, till I
can sing. It is too soon after dinner
now. Be merciful, for I am out of
practice, remember.”
Here Jane came in with Master
Harry, ready for bed, and after soft
kisses he was taken into the next room
and put into his cradle.
“ You will come up if he cries, Jane,”
Ella said, and took down the domino
bpx. “I, think Harry is eld enough
now to spare me in the evening,” she
added in explanation.
“Little monkey, how lie grows!”
was the reply,, “ Come, what is your
highest ?”
Cunningly Ella kept up the interest
of the game till nearly nine o’clock,
ihen NSIiP mnnU --4
ciuai iua highly culti
vated, and she was surprised to find
how much pleasure she felt herself iu
once more exercising it.
. Eleven o’clock chimed on the little
mantel clock when Will was pleading
for “ just one more” ..song, and Ella
sang the “ Good-night” in answer.
“By Jove ! T ’ cried' Will, “I was to
meet Charley at the club-room at eight.
Where has the evening gone?”
“Never mind! Any other evening
will do as well,” said Ella.
The next day was stormy. Ella ap
peared at breakfast with neatest of col
lars and coll’d, hair in a knot like bur
nished gold, and a face like a sunbeam.
Will, who had eaten in solitary state
for more mornings than his wife cared
to count, was as attentive as a lover.
His parting kiss accompanied the
words :
“ Take a nap, Nell, this morning. We
must keep you well, you know! I
haven’t enjoyed my breakfast so much
for a year.”
“ Don’t forget the new songs, Will.
If you will send them round I will try
them over beforp you come home.”
“ I’ll send them then as I go down
town.” i
Wot and dismally muddy Will came
in from a February storm of ram upon
melting snow. Ella was waiting for
him, and drew him into the bedroom.
Before the fire hung a dressing-gown
of bright cashmere faced with blue silk,
while under the dry, warm socks a pair
of gorgeous slippers were toasting.
‘‘Good gracious! Nell, where did
those come from?” said Will, hastily
drawing off his soaked boots.
“It is your birthday. Have you for
gotten ? 1 1 bought those to-day for
you.”
“Oat in all this rain ?”
“I did not walk much. Try them
on, Will !”
“ Fine as a Turk 1” said Will, twisting
before a mirror to see how the dressing
gown fitted.
“Now come aDd have some hot soup.
I made it.”
“See here, Nell, ain’t you doing too
much?”
“Not a bit. I needed a good toast
ing over the fire after being out and I
took it over soup and pudding in the
kitchen, instead of over a novel here.
That is all the difference. Jane will
ring the tongue out of that bell if we
don’t hurry. That is the third time
she has summoned us. ”
Dinner over, the new songs were
tried, a few games of checkers pre
ceding the music. Then there was
some animated chat about anew busi
ness interest of which Will spoke, and
Ella confessed to having read the
paper. It was one of her old customs
resumed, for Will had dearly liked to
discuss the day’s news with her in the
evening. Bke had a bright intelligence
and could converse well on the inter
ests of the day, but novels had su
perseded newspapers while she “was
not very strong.”
Again eleven o’clock struck before
Will knew the evening was half gone.
“ Caailej will think I have deserted
him,” ho said; “but slippers and
dressing-gown are too comfortable to
bo easily resigned.”
Ella softly stroked the hair of a
head resting upon the back of the
great arm chair as Will spoke. A
strong arm encircled her and she was
drawn te her husband’s knee.
“Little woman,” lie said tenderly,
“ 1 cannot tell you how glad I am you
are well again. It was awfully dismal
seeing yon always in the direlul wrap
-1 per. But—” and man-like he hesitated
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“ I suppose I ought to have stayed
at home more ! ”
“ You will now ? ” she said anxioWly.
“Where can I find so pleasant a
place,” he said, with loving fervor, “or
so precious a companion ? ”
It was nearly a month later that Aunt
Mary, spending an evening with Will’s
motner, heard Charley grumblingly
declare:
“ There is no getting Will to go any
where nowadays. He sticks at home
in the evening as if he were glued there.
I went round there Saturday. Jane
was out, Nell lying on the lounge with
a headache and Will reading to her,
while he rocked the cradle with one
foot.
“‘Can’t leave,’he tohl me; ‘Nell
requires all my attention, for I can’t
possibly afford to have her sick again !’ ”
And so Aunt Mary knew that Ella
had “ tried ” to make home pleasant
and succeeded.— Hearth and Home*
Ku 'i)l.Su>uni.u/l -....
Gay-colored flowers may attract the
eye, but it is the sweet-scented kind
which command our most sinoere love
and admiration.
Form and size are also attractive
properties of plants, and wo may ad
mire and enjoy the graceful leaves of
tho delicate fern or those of the lofty
palm of the tropics, somewhat as we
do the lovely cascades or magnificent
landscape; but the fragrance of flowers
is the soul of beauty, a thing to be felt,
known and enjoyed, still remaining
hidden from human eyes.
It is true that there are persons who
either cannot or do not appreciate the
delicious fragrance of flowers; but
they are rare exceptions to the general
rule. Wo have only to glaßce over the
pages of floricultural history to learn
how strong a hold plants with sweet
scented flowers have upon the affections
of mankind.
Fashion may for a time popularize
the gaudy-colored zinnia, the straight
laced and stately hollyhock, or geomet
rical dahlia ; but their superficial mer
its never strike very deep in the affec
tions of the masses, hence the vacilla
tions observed in their culture. Of
course, we would not < xclude gav-col
ored flowers from the garden any more
than we would bright-colored garments
from children, for they attract the eye
and in turn lead to a closer acquaint
ance with both the useful and beauti
ful in nature.
For 270 years the small colorless but
sweet-scented tuberose has held undis
puted sway as one of the queens of the
floral kingdom, its popularity increas
ing with each succeeding generation.
Wonderful discoveries have been made
in the .lily family during the past few
years. New species and varieties of
sides those found Tn OaliidrniH tim
who would exchange that little gem
known as lily of the valley for the best
or most gay-colored of them all.
Keates truthfully said :
No flower amid tho garden fairer grows,
Than the sweet lily of the lowly vale,
The queen of flowers.
It-is neither large nor showy in color,
but its sweetness has ever made it a
universal favorite. The wall flowe?s,
ten weeks stocks, heliotrope and mig
nonette possess none of the showy
kinds of beauty; still few plants can
claim more friends or genuine admira
tion. The camellia is a showy and
beautiful flower, fit to bedeck a queen ;
but the little orange blossom, with its
lovely fragrance, fittingly becomes the
bride. . ~,
Spring will soon come again, and then
I would urge every one who cultivates
flowers to remember the sweet-scented
kinds. In making out lifts of plants do
not overlook the fragrant sorts. We
have gay and showy clematis in abun
dance ; but few are fragrant, the old C.
Flammula being the best of all.
Among the climbing honeysuckles
tho old Belgian monthly and the Chi
nese evergreen are indispensable, on
account of their sweetly-smelling flow
ers. Talk as we will, or even attempt
to despise tho old-fashioned plants, few
can forget the sweet rocket or the
tranche* of grass pinks in “my moth
er’s garden.” If we would have chil
dren carry with them through life pleas
ant thoughts of childhood days, sur
round them with fragrant flowers. Even
tho rose shall “smell as sweet by any
other name.”— Cor. N. Y. Independent
Informal People.
Preserve us from unceremonious peo
ple—those men and women who “never
stand on ceremony ” —who are always
perfectly at home in other people’s
houses! Society lias many pets, but few
so intolerable as they. “Free and easy”
visitors are most tliorougly disagree
able. They will indict themselves upon
you at any time, and expect to be always
cordially welcomed because they are so
free and easy and so loth to put anybody
to trouble. They will come before
breakfast., or j ust ns you are sitting down
to dinner, and draw up their chairs quite
like one of the family. Early in the
morniDg they delight to “ run in,” and
they will come right up to your chamber
to save you the trouble of coming down,
and there they will sit and watch you
make your toilet, and comment on how
gray your hair is getting, and wonder if
you arc not a good deal stouter and red
der in the face than you used to be.
They will hunt over yonr writing-desk
for note-paper ; bathe their faces with
your cologne-water, and scent their
handkerchiefs with the contents of yonr
choicest perfumery bottle. They are
always ready for luncheon—“ You know
I’m too much at home in your house to
go hungry, my dear,” —and any stray
confectionery lying about melts before
them as dew before the sun. They make
no scruple of borrowing your latest
magazines and novels ; even your ward
robe does not escape their encroach
ments; and all this insolence is clwakec;
by some such empty remark as this : “ I
never stand on ceremony, but make my
self at home everywhere, so don’t put
yourself out to entertain me !” Again
we pray, preserve us from unceremoni
ous people !
If you want newspapers to publish
i yonr poetry and to be anxious to secure
it, always start off with, “He faded
‘ away like a summer flower.”
In God }Yc Trust .
THE FORTY - FOURTH CONGRESS.
[The following is a list of the senate of the
Forty-fourth Congress, as rendered complete
by the recent election in Minnesota. There
are of straight republicans (in Roman) 40 ; of
independent republicans (in italics) 5; of dem
ocrats (in small caps) 28 ; vacancy 1; total 74.
The year in which each senator’s term expires
is set opposite his name.]
ALABAMA. ARKANSAS.
1877 G. Goldthwaitk. 1877 Powell Clayton.
1879 Geo. E. Spencer. 1879 S. W. Doreey.
CALIFORNIA. CONNECTICUT.
1879 Aaron A. Sargent. ' 1879 Orris S. Ferrv.
1881 Newton Booth. 1881 War. W. Eaton.
DELAWARE. FLORIDA.
1877 Eli Saitlsbury. 1879 S. R. Conover.
1881 Thos F. Bayard. 1881 Chas. W. Jones.
GEORGIA. ILLINOIS.
1877 T. M. Norwood. 1877 John A. Logan.
1879 John B. Gordon. 1879 It. J. Oglesby.
INDIANA. IOWA.
1879 Oliver P. Morton. 1877 G. G. Wright.
1881 J. E. McDonald. 1879 Wm. B. Allison.
KANSAS. KENTUCKY.
1877 J. M. Harvey. 1877 J. W. Stevenson.
1879 John J. Ingalls. 1879 T. C. McCbeery.
LOUISIANA. • MAINE.
1879 Veßt ‘ 1881 Haiufibal Hamlin.,
1879 Gtt/w. Dkl*- .is.\lf'77'Geo S. BoutweU. i
1881 Wm. P. Whyte. 1881 Henry L. Dawes. \
• MICHIGAN. | MINNESOTA.
1877 Thomas W. Ferry. 1877 William Windom.
1381 I. P. Christiancy. 1881 S. J. R. McMillan.
MISSISSIPPI. 1 MISSOURI.
1877 James L. Alcorn.! 1879 Louis V. Bogy.
1881 Branch K. Brace, j 1881 F. M. Cockrell.
NEBRASKA. ) NEVADA.
1877 P. W. Hitchcock. 1 1879 John P. Jones.
1881 A. A’. Paddock. |lBBl William Sharon.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. NEW JERSEY.
1877 Aaron H. Cragin.) 1877 F Fielinghuysen
1881 B. Wadleigh. 11881 T. F. Randolph.
NEW YORK. I NORTH CAROLINA.
1879 Roscoe Conkling. |1877 M. W. Ransom.
1881 F. Kernan. j 1879 A. 8. Merrimon.
OHIO. I OREGON.
1879 John Sherman, j 1877 James J. Kelly.
1881 A. G. Thurman. 1879 John H. Mitchell.
PENNSYLVANIA. j RHODE ISLAND.
1879 Simon Cameron. 1877. H. B. Anthony.
1881 Wm. A. Wallace.llßßl A. E. Burnside.
SOUTH CAROLINA. TENNESSEE.
1877 T. J. Robertson. 1877 Henry Cooper.
1879 J. J. Patterson. 1881 A. Johnson.
TEXAS.' VERMONT.
1877 M. C. Hamilton. 1879 Justin S. Morrill.
1881 Same. B. Maxey. 1881 Geo. E. Edmunds
VIRGINIA. WEST VIRGINIA.
1877 J. W. Johnston. 1877 Henry G. Davis.
1881 R. E. Withers. 1881 A. T. Carpenter.
WISCONSIN.
1877 Timothy O. Howe.
1881 Angus Cameron.
HOUSE.
[Repub icans (in Roman) 102 ; democrats (in
small caps) 167 : independents (in italics) 6.
There are 17 to elect bv states and 3 to till va
cancies caused by death. The asterisk (*) in
dicates members of the present congress, re
elected ; the c stands for colored.]
ALABAMA—B.
1. Jerry Haralson, c. 5. *J. H. Caldwell.
2. J. N. Williams. 6. G. W. Hewitt-.
3. Paul Bradford. At jB. W. Lewis.
4. Hays. L { Wm. H. Forney.
ARKANSAS.
1. Lucian C. Gaijse. 3. Wm. W. Wilshire.
2 Wm. F. Slemons. 4. *T. M. Gunter.
CALIFORNIA —4.
Elects in September.
—4.
James Williams.
FLORIDA— 2.
1. *Wm. J. Purrnan. 2. J. T. Walls, c.
GEORGIA—9.
1. J. Hartridge. 6. Jas. H. Blount.
2. Wm. E. Smith. 7. Wm. H. Felton.
3. *Philip Cook. 8. *A. H. Stephens.
4. Henry R. Harris. 9. [Vacant'by death.]
5. M. A. Candler.
ILLINOIS— I 9.
1. B. G. Caulfield. 11. Scott Wire.
2. C. H. Harrison. 12. W. M. Springer.
3. *Cbas. B. Farwell. 13. A. E. Stevenson.
4. *S. A. Hurlbut. 14. *J. G. Cannon.
5. *H. C. Burchard. 15. *John R. Eden.
6. T. J. Henderson. 16. W A. J. Sparks.
7. Alev,. Campbell., 17. *W. H. Morrison.
8. *Geenbury L. Fort 18. Wm. Hartzell.
9. R. H. Whiting. 19. Wm. B. Anderson.
10. John C. Bagby.
INDIANA— 13.
1. B. S. Fuller. 8. *Mort. C. Hunter.
2. J. D. Williams. 9. *T. J. Cason.
3. M. C. Kerr. 10. W. S. Haymond.
4. Jeptha D. New. 11. J. L. Evans.
5. *Wm. S. Holman. .12; A. H. Hamilton
6. M. S. Robinson. 13. John H. Baker.
7. F. Landers.
IOWA— 9.
1. *G. W. McCrary. 6. E. 8. Sampson.
2. John Q. Tufts. 7. ‘"John A. Kasson.
3. L. L. Ainsworth. 8. *J. W. McDill.
4. *Henry O. Pratt. 9. Addison Olivor.
5. * James Wflson.
KANSAS —3.
1. *W. A. Phillips. 3. Wm. R. Brown.
2. J. R. Goodin.
KENTUCKY—IO.
1. A. R. Boone. 6. T. L. Jones.
2. *J. Y. Brown. 7. J. C. Blackburn.
3. *C. \V. Miei.ikin. 8. *M. J. Durham.
4. J. P. Knott. 9. John D. White.
5. E. Y. Parsons. 10. J. B. Clarke.
LOUISIANA— 6.
1. R. L. Gibson. 4. Wm. M. Levy.
2. E. J. Ellis. 5. *Frank Morey.
3. *C. B. Dairall. 6. C. E. Nash. e.
MAINE—S.
1. *J. H. Burleigh. 4. I Vacant by dea th. |
2. *Wm. P. Frye. 3. *Eugene Male.
3. *Jas. G. Blaine.
MARYLAND—6.
1. P. F. Thomas. 4. Thos. Swann.
2. O. B. Roberts. 5. Eli J. Henkle.
3. Wm. J. O Brien. 6. Wm. Walsh.
MASSACH U SETTS—II.
1. *Jas. Buffington. 7. J. K. Tarbox,
2. *B. W. Harris. 8. Wm. W. Warren.
3. *H. L. Pierce. 9. *Geo. F. Hoar.
4. Rufns S. Frost. 10. Julius H. ISemfje.
5. JY. P. Banks. 11. C. W. Chapin,
6. C. P. Thompson.
mi chioan —9.
1. A. 8. Williams. 0. G. fl, Durand.
2. *Henry Waldron. 7. *Omar D. Conger.
3. *George Willaid. 8. *N. B. Bradley.
4. Allen Potter. 9. *Jay A. Hubbell.
5. *Wm. B. Williams.
MINNESOTA —3.
1. *MarkH. Dunuell. 3. William S. King.
2. B. Strait.
MISSISSIPPI —6.
Elects in November,
MISSOURI—I3.
1. E. C. Kehr. 8. B. J. Franklin.
2. *E. Wells, 9. David Rea.
3. *W. H. Stone." 10. R. A, De Bolt.
4. *R. A. Hatcher. fl. *J. B. Clarke. Jr.
5. *R. P. Bland. 12. J. M. Glover.
6. C. H. Morgan, 13. *A. H. Buckner.
7. J, F. Phillips.
nebp.aska—l.
Lorenzo Crounse.
NEVADA—I.
William Woodbury.
NEW HAMPSHIRE — 3.
Elects in March.
NEW JERSEY —7.
1. C. H. Binnickeon. 5. Aug. W. Cutler.
2. ’’"Sam’l A. Dobbins. 6. F, H. Teese.
3. Miles Ross. 7. A. Hardenbergh.
4. *R. Hamilton.
NEW YORK— 33,
1. H. B. Metcalfe. 18. Andrew Wiliiame.
2. *J. G. Schumaeer. 19. *Wm. A. Wheeler.
3. S. B. Chittenden, 20. *H. H. Ha thorn.
4. A. M. Bliss. 21. Samuel F. Miller.
5. E. R. Meade. 22. Geo. A. Bagley.
6. "‘Sam’l 8. Cox. 23. Scott Lord.
7. Smith Ely. Jr. 24, Wm. H. Baker.
8. Elijah Ward. 25. E, Leavenworth.
io , FtRN ’ A 26. *C. D. McDongall.
li’ u^.- AM A b ’v? EWITT - 27 • E - G - Uapliam
!J’ A’ WriilS - 28. *Thos. C. Platt,
if *t w° DELL - 29. C. C. B. Walker.
}?* F W £ IT ?> HOCSE - 30. John M. Daw.
}J‘ ? £ I 1 ’ Beebe - 31 - * Geo - Cr. Hoskins,
ifi Tho n A °^ Y : jr - 32 ‘ "'Lyman K. Bass.
it: u. ftotoS; **• r r " rnnl *
NORTH CAROLINA—B.
1. Jesse J. Veatrs. 5, Alfred M. Scales.
1’ h ;VV Iym “- c - S. Ashe.
3. A. M. W.addell. 7. *Wm. M. Robbins.
4. Joseph J. Davis. 8. *Robt. B. Vance.
OHIO—2O.
J* Kav ™ 11. JOHN L. Vance.
2 *H. B Banning. 12. A. T. Walling.
Z s** % Savage. 13. *m. I. Southard.
4. J. A. McMahon. 14. John P. Cowan.
J" 15. N. 11. Van Vorhes.
l' *wJ’t 1 ' ,EAU 11 • * L - IX Woodworth
8. Wm. Lawrence. 18. Mames Monroe.
in */u F ’ ton. 19. *J. A. Garfleld,
10. ♦Charles I oster. 20. H. B. Tayne
OREGON—I.
G. A. La Dow.
PENNSYLVANIA—27.
J* ... 15 - Joseph Powell.
4. *Wm. D. Kelley. 18. War. S. Stengek.
o. John Robbins. 19. LeviMaish.
6. * Wash. Townsend. 20. Levi A. Mackey.
7. Alan Wood, Jr. 21. Jacob Turnek.
8. *Hiestek Clymer. 22. J. H. Hopkins
9. *A. Herr Smith. 23. A. G. Cochran.
10. W. Mutchler. 24. John W, Wallace.
11. F. D. Collins. 25. George A. Jenks.
12. W. W. Ketcham. 26. James Sheakley.
13. James B. Reilly. 27. A. G. Egbert.
14. *Joliu B. Packer.
RHODE ISLAND- 2.
!. *Beuj T. Eames. 2. Latimer W. Ballou.
SOUTH CAROLINA—^
h Rainey, c. 4. *Alex. S. Wallace
2. E. W. M. Mackey. 5. Reuben Smalls c
3. Solomon L. Hoge.
TENNESSEE—IO.
1. Wm. McFarland. 6. John F. House.
2. J. M. Thornburgh. 7. *W.C Whitthorne
3. Geo. G. Dibrell. 7. *J. D. C. Atkins
4. Samuel M. Fite. 9. Wm. P. Caldwell
5. *J ohn M. Bright. 10. H. C. Young.
TEXAS -6.
1. John IT. Regan. 4. *Rookr Q. Mills
2. D. p. Culberson. 5. *John Handcock.
3. J. Throckmorton. 6. Gus. Schleicher
VERMONT—3.
1. Charles H. Joyce. 3. *G. W. Hendee.
2. Dudley C. Donison.
VIRGINIA —9.
1. B. B. Douglass. 6. Jorn R. Tucker.
2. *John Gorde, Jr. 7. *John T. Harris.
3. G. C. Walker. 8. *Eppa Hunton.
4. *Wm. H.H.Stowell. 9. William Terry.
5. George C. Cabell.
WEST VIRGINIA —3.
1. Benjamin Wilson. 3. *F. Hereford.
2. C. J. Faulkner.
WISCONSIN —8.
1. *C. G. Williams. 5. S. D. Burchard.
2. Lucien B. Caswell. 6. A. M. Kimball.
3 nenrv S. Magoon. 7. *Jeremiah M.Rusk.
4. Wm. Pitt Lynde. 8. George W. Cate.
territorial delegates
Arizona —Hiram 8. Stevens.
Colorado —Thomas M. Patterson.
Dakota—Thomas P. Kidder.
Idaho—Thomas W. Bennett
Montana—*Martin Maginnis.
New Mexico—Election in September.
TU-oK -jQ
State. Seat. Contested, by
Alabama Haralson..Fred G. Bromberg.
Alabama Williams. James T. Rapier, c.
Alabama Hays James T. Jones.
Florida Purman... J. A. Henderson.
Florida Walls, c... Jesse J. Finley.
Georgia Hartridge John E. Bryant.
Georgia Smith Rich. H. Whiteley
Illinois Farwell.... J. V. LeMoyne.
Illinois Whiting. ..Leonard F. Ross:
Indiana Hunter Harrison J. Rick.
Indiana Bakor Freeman Kelley.
Kentucky White Har. Cockrill.
Louisiana Morey Wm. B. Spencer.
Maryland Walsh. ~.. Lloyd Lowndes.
Massachusetts. Frost Josiah G. Abbott.
Minnesota Strait E. St.Julif.n Cox.
Pennsylvania.. Freeman.. Thos. B. Florence
Pennsylvania Egbert. .. Carlton B. Curtis.
South Carolina.Hoge B. H. McGowan.
South Carolina.Wallace....J. B. Kershaw.
Virginia Goode J. H. Platt, Jr.
To the above number of twenty-one con
tested seats may possibly be added others.
Some of the above, also, may not be brought
before the house at all. The seat for delegate
of Idaho territory is contested by Samuel S
Fenn, democrat.
An Electric Girl.
A writer in the Popular Science
Monthly says : “In the beginning of
1846, a year memorable in the history
of table-turning and spirit-rapping,
Angelique Cottin was a girl of fourteen,
living in the village of Bouvigny, near
La Perriero, Department of Orne,
Prance. She was of low stature, but
of robust frame, and apathetic to an
extraordinary degree both in body and
mind. On January 15 of the year
named, while the girl was with three
others engaged in weaving silk-thread
gloves, the oaken table at which they
worked began to move and change posi
tion. The workmen were alarmed;
work v as for a moment suspended, but
was soon resumed. But when Angeli
que again took her place the table be
gan anew to move with great violence ;
she felt herself attracted to it, but, so
soon as she touched it, it retreated be
fore her, or was even upset. The fol
lowing morning similar phenomena
were observed ; and before long public
opinion was very decided in affirming
that Angelique Cottin was possessed of a
devil, and that she should be brought
before the parish priest. Bat the cure
was a man of too much common sense
to heed their request for an exorcism,
and resolved to see the facts for him
self. The girl was brought to the
cure’s house, and there the phenomena
were repeated, though not with the
same intercity as before ; the table re
treated, but was not overturned, *hile
the chair on which Angelique was seated
moved in a contrary direction, rocking
the while, and giving Angelique great,
difficulty in keeping her seat.”
In the days when rouge-et-noir flour
ished at Baden Baden the Prussian of
ficers were strictly forbidden to play.
On of them, however, dressed as a
civilian, ventured to place 10 Napoleons
on a color. The color came up twice,
and the officer was just about to take
ut) the money when his eye fell upon
the king of Prussia, who was watching
the game with interest. In his fright,
the officer did not dare to remove his
XapoleoLS. The play continued and
the same color came up a third, a
fourth, a fifth time, and 3,200 francs
were added to his pile, but the winner
stood.motionless, erect as if on parade,
expecting the next instant to see all
his winnings wiped out. The king put
an end to his suspense by approaching
and saying in a kindly mood : “I ad
vise you to draw in your winnings and
to be* quick about it, before I notice
you ; your luck cannot continue so
favorable.”
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NUMBER 7.
George Washington’s Family.
Some Interesting Facts-Probable Origin
ot the American Flag.
The Washington’s were North of Eng
land people, who some time lived in
Durham, then in Lancashire, and finally
in
back to the reigns of the seventh and
eighth Harrys for a founder, and we
find aim in Sir Thomas Kitson, one of
the great merchants who developed the
wool trade. The first of the family to
fettle in the rich pasturage of the mid
land county of Northampton was Law
rence Washington, whose mother was a
Litton. Lawrence was a barrister, but
gave up his profession of the law for
the good and ancient reason, perhaps,
that though he was bred to the law, the
law was not bread for him, and so he
retired to the country to look after his
uncle Kitson’s flocks of merinos. Law
rence must have been a man of some
significance, for he was made mayor of
and when Bluff Hal
identified Lawrence being
came in for a share ot wha£ in vulgar
parlance might be called “ swag,” in
other words, the king made a grant to
him of the monastic lands of Sulgrave.
Noar this was Althorp, the family seat
of the Spencers, and the Lady Spencer
of that day was the daughter of Sir
lliomas Kitson, and consequently the
first cousin of Lawrence Washington.
The rector of the parish was Dr. Lay
ton, who was Lord Cromwell’s prime
commissioner for the dissolution of
monasteries, by which we reach another
cause, in addition to his blood relation
ship to the Spencers, of why the lands
of Sulgrave should have been given to
Lawrence Washington.
For three generations the Washing
tons held Sulgrave, taking rank among
the nobility and landed gentry of the
country, but after that their fortunes
waned. Sulgrave was sold, wnd the
family retired to the parish of Brington,
under the care and patronage as it were
of poor relationship of the Spencers.
Prosperity however came to them here
quickly, and it came in a way to prove
the respectability of yieir lineage. The
eldest son of the family married the
half-sister of George Villiers, duke of
Buckingham, and thus we see the
Washingtons intermarrying with two of
the best families in all England. The
Washington who emigrated to America
in 1657 was the grandfather of the hero
who sleeps on the banks of the Poto
mac. In 1662 he was knighted by
James L, and it is known that he was
on the most friendly terms with the
Spencers down to the very eve of the
civil war. In that struggle the Wash
ingtons drew their swords for the king.
Sir Henry Washington led the storming
party at Bristol, and defended Worces
ter. Sir Henry held the rank of col
onel, and was a man so noted for his
In Brington cnurcn are iwa sepul
chral stones, one bearing the date of
1616 over the grave of the father of
Washington, the emigrant, in which
his arms appear impaled with those of
his wife. The other stone covers the
remains of his uncle, and presents on a
bass the simple family shield with the
crescent appropriate to a younger
brother. We have before us a tran
script of this shield, and from it we are
constrained to believe that the United
States flag as seen now very certainly
took its origin. In this shield are five
horizontal stripes, of alternate gules
and white, as are those of the national
flag, while the three stars in the upper
stripe have the parallel! peculiarity of
being five-pointed. All this may not
be of interest to those who care very
little whether George Washington had a
grandfather or not, but then again there
may be others who will not think any
the less of the father of the great repub
lic because his ancestors fought against
Cromwell and his Ironsides to keep
Charles’ head upon his shoulders.— tit.
Louis Republican.
Curious Trees.
Just beyond the Darbonne of Calca
sieu river, in the parish of Caleasieu, is
a white oak tree, about two and a half
feet in diameter. There are no branches
for twenty-five or thirty feet up. About
twelve or fifteen feet up, a pino limb or
part of a pine tree, six or eight inches
in diameter, and twelve or sixteen feet
ioDg, runs at right angles through the
center of the tree, sticking out about
the same distance on either side. It
tapers a little to one end, where are
two or three knots, giving it the appear
ance of a tree top. The oak, where it
passes through, is grown closely around
it. The pine is rich in turpentine, and
will not decay. There is no fork or
hollow in the oak; but it has the ap
pearance as if a hole had been made
and the pine stuck through, after
which the oak closed on it by growth.
The question is, how did the pine get
through the oak, or the oak round the
pine? In Mallet woods there is another
white oak, of considerable size, that
divides into two prongs about one and
a half feet from the ground, which, after
running up like a pair of Lowlegs, about
fifteen feet, unite in one round compact
stem. The prongs are about one and a
half feet in diameter ; and where they
unite above, the tree is larger than
either of them, but smaller than both
together. A man can walk between the
two prongs, and the tree stands on a
land boundary line. Forked trees are
very common ; but the question here is,
how did the two proDgs unite so per
fectly into one stem above.
Dressing Wounds. —Dr. Alphonse
Guerin, an eminent surgeon of the Hotel
Dieu, m Paris, has presented to the
French Academy of Sciences a memoir,
of quite an interesting and important
character, on the influence of atmos
pheric germs on surgical maladies, and
in which he strongly advocates the use
of tow dressing for wounds. He states,
as the result of much observation in
this line, that, when this material is
packed upon the injured part, the pus
is completely preserved f-om putrid
fermentation. He used the tow, in
brief, as a filter for the air, which cir
culates freely through it, and, in fact,
produces an arrangement which is de
scribed as highly analogous to the cotton
wool respirator mentioned by Professor
Tyndall in his paper on haze and dust^
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SAYINGS AND..IH)I3^k*
At last accounts the Philadelphia
detectives were stftl hard at work in the
bar-room of the “Continenta Hotel
hunting for Charlie Boss.
A Rhode Island qow tore a woman's
mouth clear around to her ear. and her
husband at ©nee ran away. He said it
was useless to think of contending with
a woman who was-all mouth.
. A spelling-school mdte’ment, which
is “ destiny to sweep the country,” has
begun in Ohio. The struggles of thro
average Ohioan with the word “baker*’
are said to be almost terrific.
The imperfections of the diamond,
and in fact of all gems, are made visible
by putting them into oil of cassia, when
the slightest flaw will be seen.
It is pleasant to note the progress of
refining influences, and the broadening
of social culture. Over the * toilet ap :
pliances in a north end wash-room, in
Boston, is a sign bearing the words,
“ Don’t wipe your nose on the towel. 1 ’
pupil in one of our schools of his teaeiD
er, to a companion. “ Yes,” said the
other, who was better versed .in. gea
graphy than history, “ I noticed shy
had an awful big mouth.”
Don't listen to t&los of hie bounty,
Don t hear what they say of his birth,
Don’t look atihis seat in the county, •*
Don't calculate what is worth;
But give him a theme to write verse on,
And see if ke turns out liis toe;
If lie's only an excellent person,
My own Araminta, say “No!”
.Speaking of-the awful chilliness of
Venetian bouses, . Charles Warren Stod
ard says that at the day of judgment
he has not a doubt in his own mind but
that these Italial domestic refrigerators
will be the last thing on earth to get
warmed through, and it will be the first
time they were ever comfortably heated.
A good story is being told of George
William Curtis. He prides himself, it
is said,* on his English accent, eschew
ing the Yaykee “ drawl. ” Therefore,
when he was over there and went to a
tailor’s he was-not a little mortified at
the master’s exclaiming Arry, shoto
the Hamericftn gentleman the weskets.”
“ I’ve known many a lass,
Who would thoughtlessly pass
Whole hours parading the streets ;
While the mother would scrub,
And rub at the tub,
Never minding the oold non the heat.-
It is so ? It is so ?
You may Bmile as ipu like
But it’s so.” . ..** 1,
The Lord’s . Prayer was recently,,
called to the attention of the Han
Francisoo school board, and after some
discussion the chair decided “that the
Lord’s Prayer is partisan and sectarian,
and that the use of it in our sohoolsHft
contrary to the spirit of the school law.**
Its chanting and reading were accord
ingly ruled out of‘the schools.
.fete.
opera-house would go to hell, without
any hope of rescue. Carpeaux’s group
of sculptured Bacchus and* . Bacchantes
on the facade near; the front door at
tracted the reverend gentleman’s eyes
as he went in night-gown nelige—
without the night gown. . ; . *
A Buffalo paper prints the following
letter from one of its old and prompt
paving patrons : Please discontinue
my paper from the time I have paid hd
to. Ido not stop the paper because I f
do not want it, but to get rid of an‘in
tolerable old bore that intrudes Mmself
in my house, regardless of time or;cir- #
cumstances, to sit for an hour or
three or four times a wCek, torcagSftiy
papers, and who is a thousand tinn sa
more able.to take a, dozen papers for
himself than I ana to take one. L tin;
nuisanoe is stopped, I shall' k ***nd for *
the paper ggain.” -• * - *
The Matrimonial News, a journal de
voted to the promotion Of marriage and
conjugal felicity, has a tfide-circulation
all over Great Britain. There are-more . m
than three hundred advertisements in ,
its last issue for husbands and wirves.
Clergymen, army officers, members of-■
parliament, manufacturers, merchants,
physicians, chemists, farmers, univer
sity men, an earl’s son, a reporter, gen
tlemen with expectations, and gentle
men without any; bachelors and wid
owers, Itoman Catholic and Protestant,
all urge their suits through tthis oorv
venient journal, whiclj contains full '.
announcement of characteristics, physi
cal and spiritual; age,* condition, prop
erty and family connections. .
In general we may observe that cour
age, of all nAional qualities, is the
most precarious; because it is exerted
only at intervals, and by a fewlti
nation; whereas industry, knowledge,
civility, may be of cofifctfcnt an<> umvei
sal use, and, for several. f*ge3. may be
come habitual to the whole people. If
courage be preserved, it must be- by
discipline, example and opinion I .'“•‘The 4
tenth legion of Ciesar, and.fche reguj^i*b 4
of Picardy, in France, were formed
promiscuously from among the citizens ;
but having once entertained a notion *
that they were the best tr-oqps in the
service, this very opinion really made
them such. — Hume. *
The Cities of the Worlds vfl v
Statistical tables show that there are
in the whole world about one hundred -
and sixty-four cities with 1(H), 000 ■in
habitants; nine with over 1,0Q0,000 ;
twelve with from 1,000,000
500,000; twenty with from f 300,00Q to
400,000; thirty-three with from 100,-
000 to 200,000. The aggregate of the ■
population of these cities., comprise ,
50,000,000 of, inhabitants—that is.to;
sav, the twenty-eighth part of the pop
ulation of the glebe. The average
population of a town is reckoned to be
for England, 47,770 inhabitants; for
France, 32,251 ; for Prussia, 19,685 :
for Sweden, 5,849. The density of ,
population in reference to area is for
Paris, 329 inhabitants per ? hectare 3
(about two acres and a half); for -Lon-'
don, 103; for Berlin, 59. Thessaly ,
varies considerably from one district to
another ; it is generally the highest in
the poor or mapaiactoriDg districts.
Next to these come those which
represent the average density in regard
to dwelling places. It is in St. Peters
burg 52 inhabitants for each house ; in
Vienna, 49.4; in Paris, 32 ; in Berlin,
32 ;in London 8.