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X-ive Stock in the United States. A census bulletin gives the statistics of live stock in each of the States and Territories, exclusive of ranche stock and the horses, mules, cows, and swine (in cities or elsewhere), belong ing to persons not owning or occupy ing farms. The totals are: horses, 10,867,981; mules and asses, 1,812,932 ; working oxen, 993,970; milch cows, 12,443,693; other cattle, 22,488,590; sheep, 36,195,656; swine, 47,683,951. The percentage of increase during the ten years from 1870 to 1880 was: horses, 45; mules and asses, 61; working oxen, (decrease), 26; cows, 39; other cattle, 66; sheep, 24; swine, 90. The State having the largest number of horses on farms is Illinois, 1,023,082. New York’s number Is 610,358. If the horses in our cities and employed on the canals were added the showing would be very different. The horses in the other leading States number as follows: Texas, 806 099 ; Iowa, 792,322; Ohio, 736,478; Missouri, 667,776; Indiana, 581 444, Pennsylvania, 533,- 578. Missouri leads in mules and asses, with 192,027; Tennessee has 173,488 ; ‘Texas, 132,581; Georgia, 132,078; Mississippi, 129,778; Illinois, 123,278; Alabama, 121,081; Kentu^y, 116,653; Texas has the largest number of work ing oxen, 90,603 ; the other States hav ing more than fiffy thousand each are: Alabama, 75,534; Mississippi, 61,706; Virginia, 54,769 ; North Caro lina, 60,188; and Georgia, 50,026. "New York leads enormously in milch cows, with 1,437,855; then comes Illinois, 865,913 ; Iowa, 854,187; Pennsylvania, 854,156 ; Ohio, 767,043 ; Missouri, 661,495; Texas, 606,717; no other has half a million, though that number is approached by Indiana, 494,944, and by Wisconsin, 478,374. In “other cattle” Texas leads with 3,387,967, and five other States have over a million each: Iowa, 1,755,843; Illinois, 1,515,063 ; Miesouri, 1,410,607; Ohio, 1,084,917 ; ( and Kansas, 1,015,935. Ohio leads in sheep, with 4,902,486; then come California, 4,152 349; Texas, 2,411,887; Michigan, 1,189,389; New Mexico, 2,088,881: Pennsylvania, 1,776,598; New York, 1,715,180; Mis souri, 1,411,298 ; Wisconsin, 1,336,807 ; and Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Oregon, with over a million each. Iowa leads in swine, with 6,034 316 ; Illinois has 5,170,226 ; Missouri, 4,653, 123 ; Indiana, 3,186,416 ; Ohio, 3 141- 333; Tennessee, 2,158,169; Texas, 1,954,948; Aakansas, 1,565,098; Ala bama, 1,252,462; Georgia, 1,471,003; Mississippi, 1,151,818; Nebraska, 1,241- 914; Pennsylvania, 1,187,968; Wiscon sin, 1,128,82-5. Michigan and Virginia approach the million, but no others do. There was an increase in the number of working oxen in fifteen States, all southern except Michigan. A Remarkable Canary. The power of imitation possessed by birds of thqgiarrot tribe has long\been familiarly known, and it would! not be difficult to fiad numerous examples of even well educated mera'bers of the ^genus in this respect., The vocal powers of canaries >are not usually regarded as being eqvfial to the Deduc tion oi nriiculate wounds resembling those made’ov the (human voice. But there is at present in the possession of Dr. J. McGrigor Croft, says The (British) Medical Press, a little song ster of this description, which, besides giving utterance to delicious warb- lings, is also able to “talk’* with a ■clearness and precision simply mar vellous. Somewhat sceptical of the accounts we had received of this ani mal wonder, we have, says The Press, through the kindness of Dr. Crott, had an opportunity of directly proving the truth of t.e statements made con cerning it. Tae canary doe* veritably speak, and enunciates a number of sentences which are clearly imitative of the voice of the lady who has had care of it since its early youth. The effect, indeed, produced by the clear sweetly uttered sentences pronounced by the bird Is almost weird at first; but the feeling of wonder thus created quickly gives rise to a sensation of ex quisite pleasure, which is deepened as the little creature suddenly at the end of a sentence rushes off into ec- stacy of song. As illustrating the ex quisite pliability of the laryngeal ap paratus of small birds, ana the extent to which training may be carried in such cases, the tiny animal Is deeply interesting to physiologists. As a 0 mere curiosity, however, it is un doubtedly unique. R. H. M. Davidson has been renom inated for Congress from the First Florida distriot by the Democratic Convention. Jocose Scraps. Drowning her kittens hurts the old j cat’s felines. Shocking disaster: An earthquake. Sausages at wholesale price Is dog cheap. A book with a loose leaf should be bound over to keep the piece. What is it we all like to possess, and yet always wish to leave behind us ? A good character,” An Irishman, writing a sketch of his life, says he early ran away from his father because he discovered he was only his uncle. A New York engraver recently made this mistake: “Mr. and Mrs. respectfully request your presents at the marriage of their daughter.” Severe—Frugal landlady of board ing house—"Coming home to dinner, Mr. Brown?” Hearty boarder—“Well, p’raps. If I don’t feel hungry.” The Rochester Express sagely, sug gests that when oue starts on a jour ney ht should always carry two things —a pocket full of cash and no bundles. “If Jones undertakes to pull my ears,” said a loud-spoken young man, “he’ll have his hands full.” Those who heard him looked at his ears, and smiled. Too Late. The train departs at balf-past eight; The traveller runs apace, He yet may reach the station gate— It closes In his lace! He sees the train slide down the track; He curses free his fat, And mutters as he wanders back — “He’s lell who comes too late!” At six the dinner's smoking hot; The w ine foams in the glass ; The soup is boiling from the pot, Which deftest waiter pass. The win^> is flat ; tbs soup is cold: The dinner comes at eight— You see the old story’s told— “He’s left who comes too late!” A maiden holds a heart In thrall— He cherishes a glove, And sighs to gain her, that Is all! He does not tell his love. And some flue day, the cruel mall Bears as a dreadful fate, Her wedding-cards,—then let him wall,— “I’m left, who came too late!” Woman—Her Influence. Wholesome Advioe. Bo great is the influence of sweet- minded woman on those around her that it is almost boundless. It is to her that friends come in seasons of sorrow and sickness for help and com fort ; one soothing touch of her hand works wonders in the feverkou Yiiiild ; a few words let fall froiy her lips in the ear of a sorrowing/ sister, does much to raise the load off ^rief that is bowing its victim down to the dust in anguish. The kiusband comes home worn out witto the pressure of busi ness, and Reeling irritable with the world, dn general; but when he enters f Jne cozy sitting-room and sees the blazi of the bright fire, and meets his wife’s smiling free, he succumbs in a momeut to the soothing influences which act as the balm of Gilead to his wounded spirits,that are vearied with combating with the stern realities of life. The rough schoolboy flies in a rage from the taunts of his companions to find solace in his mother's smile; the little oue full of grief with its own large trouble, finds a haven of rest on its mother’s breast; and so one might go on with instance after instance of the influence that a sweet-minded woman has in the social life with which she is connected. Beauty is an insignificant power when compared with hers. Where Pension Money Goes. A Senate resolution calling for infor mation about pensions has brought out some interesting facts. There were close upon 270 000 pensioners on the roll last September, when the annual statistics were made up. But about twelve thousand pensions had lapsed through not being called for during three successive years, aud five thousand were those of sailors whose residences were not known. The actual number paid was 252 851, the amount being $51 224,204. New York State heads the list. To her 82,024 pensioners the annual sum of $3 426 532 was given, but arrears brought the amount up to $6 510,411. Pennsyl vania’s 28 292 pensioners required $5,- 740 802, and Ohio’s 24,603 had $4,941,- 520. More than two million dollars each went to Indian*, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts aud Michigan; more than oue million each to Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri aud New Jersey. The Third Congressional district of Maine surpassed all others in the amount it received. The next auuual statistics reported will show about twice as great an outlay. Gen. Logan’s Daughter. It is written that a few days ago Mrs. Paymaster Tucker nee Logan, was in the senatorial gallery in Wash ington, listening to the debates. Di rectly in front of her sat two ladies, one evidently a Washingtonian and the other a stranger. The native was taking unusual pains to make herself agreeable, and, as Mrs. Tucker was about to sit down, said to her friend : There, you see that large man sitting in the centre of the chamber with the jet black hair and large moustache? ” “Yes.” “Well, that is General Logan of Illi nois. It isn’t generally known, but he is half Indian.” At this point Mrs. Tucker could con tain herself no longer. S > gently tap ping the lady on the shoulder, she said: “Excuse me, madam, but j ou are mistaken when you say that Sen ator Logan is half Indian.” “Well, I guess I ought to know,” warmly responded the stranger, “I have lived in Washington all my life and the fact of his Indian blood has never been questioned before.” “I think I ought to know something about the matter, too,” quietly an swered Mrs Tucker; ‘ ‘I am General Logan’s daughter.” As Dundreary says, “The conversa tion is ended,” and the stranger and her companion flounced out of the gallery. Newspaper Enterprise. The current number of Chambers' Journal applauds the enterprise ex hibited by newspaper proprietors in this country in their thirst for new and trustworthy intelligence, and the audacity of special correspondents who penetrate far into any country to which the eyes of the world may be for the time directed, “bearing with them that keen faculty of observation which gives value to their work.” To the names of note in this department the journal says must now be added that of Mr. O’Donovan, the Merv special correspondent of the London Daily Ntws. Hitherto Merv has been looked upon as an important city, upon which Russia has long cast a covetous eye because its pos session would render easy an advance upon Herat otherwise known as “the gate of India.” Mr. O’Donovan told the Royal Geographical Siciety the other night that there was no such cilyas Merv at present; Merv was merely a geographical expression. Th*re were some wretched hovels, abeep'kiu clothed people and half- starvea cattle feeding in a bog. This description is certainly very different from our usual ideas of an Eastern city, with itH gilded domes aud fairy-like minar * if sparkling in the haze of a golde i euneet, and Mr. O’Donovan is entitled to the credit of dispelling the popu 1 nidus on. Educational. The report on the “Educational Condition of Seamen and Mariners” which has just been issued in London shows that the English seamen are, fou their social standing, an excep tionally well educated body. It also illustrates the fact that gross ignorance and crime are sure to go hand in hand on the sea as well as on the shore. It appears that of the seamen about 74 per cent, read well and about 3 per cent, not at all, this latter percentage being largely made up of foreigners— Maltese, Chinese, Seedies and Kroe- men—entered abroad for temporary service; while a very high proportion of the 23 per cent, who read only indif ferently are stokers, men who are entered comparatively late in life. But it appears also from the records of the naval prison at Lewes that of the men sent there 10 per cent, cannot read at all, and fully 50 per cent, can not read intelligently. “There is no doubt,” writas the Inspector of Naval Schools, “that as a body it is the more ignorant men in the fleet that incur the punishment of imprisonment.” A New Gas-Lamp Another endeavor to raise the posi tion of gas as a rival of electricity ap pears In an invention by M. Clamond, in which the g*s is burniug with air heated to 1,000° C., the combustion taking place within a oone or basket of magnesium wire, whioh, raised to incaudesceuoe, forms a light-centre of remarkable softness, steadiness and brilliancy. This result is obtained as follows : — A gus or steam pump drives a blower, giving the required air under pressure (whioh air has a pipe system distinct from that of the gas). Before reaching the burner, th* air traverses a tube of refraotory matter kept at a temperature of 800° to 1,000° C , by a number of small gas-flames ab ut it, and thence it passes into a chamber, where the gas joins it. M. Clamond ha* succeeded iu so group ing the heating and the mixing cham bers that the whole burner may be inclosed in a cylinder about 2$ inches in diameter and 4J inches in height. Oue-horse power, it. is stated, suffices for an illumination of 150 to 200 car- cels. One carcel requires with various burners, 27 to 45 litres of eas, The magnesium has to be replaced every 40 to 50 hours. It eeems hardly likely that the system will work anything like a revolution in gas-lighting. ■■ ■ - Going Abroad. The New York Shipping Gazette, discussing the present large passen ger traffic from that city to Europe, says that in the season of 1881 the total number going abroad during the sea son of four months was 22,245. Of tne thirteen lines engaged in the traffic the Cunard carried 3435 of this num ber, the White S'ar 2935, the North German Lloyd 2464, the Anchor 2414, the Inman 2210, the Hamburg 2182, the Guion 1895, the National 1676, and the General Transatlantic 1246. The total number which went abroad In the season of 1880 was 19,496. The record of this year so far surpasses that of last year that the number will probably reich above 30,000 before the end of the season. Not only is this shown from the statements of passen ger agents, but, besides the new lines established, there has been an increase in the number of vessels on the older lines as well as in their accommoda tions, size and speed. Among the new steamers may be mentioned the Alas ka, of the Guion Line ; the Servia, of the Canard Line; the City of Rome, of the Inman Line ; the Elbe, of the North German Lloyd. In spite of all this, urgent applications for berth-room ha\e to be declined at times. It was only a few years ago that a steamship measuring 2000 tons was considered a mammoth, but some of those men tioned are of four times that capacity. In addition, there are approaching completion the Aurania, 8000 tons, and the Cephalonia, 7000 tons, for the Canard Line; the Werra and Fulda, each 6000 tons, North German Lloyd ; and the Normandie, 8000 tons, Gen eral Transatlantic Line. Feminities. It is said that a woman, Miss Alice Hartley, is at the bottom of the Hejze- goviuian rebellion against Austria. The Massachusetts legislature has enacted that women may practice as attorneys at law, subject to the ordi nary rules of admission. Miss Belle Braden has recently been elected, for the second time, treasurer of the Waynescurg and Washington railro-d, Pa. She also acts as pay master, making the regular trips over the road in the pay-car. The school board of London has nine women among its members. The male members do not like them a bit, and charge them with obstructing business with “their ceaseless talk aud endless bickerings.” But we have not heard what the nine women have to say in reply. The mill owners of Patterson, N. J., tried locking their doors last year on circus days, but the girls climbed out of the window*. This year the city authorities, instigated by the same wily capitalists, charged a license fee of $1,000. The clrcuq came just the same, and 20.00) mill girls attended, and the mill had to close. The circus is a power, aud so are the girls. Teacher: “John, what are your boots made of?” Boy: “Ot leather,” “Where does the leather come from 2” “From the hide of an ox?” “What animal, theiefore, supplies you with boots and gives you meat to eat?” “My fa her.” — ■ . -m 0 » .. ... Telephone and Telegraph. Mr. Van Rysselberghe, a Belgian, claims to have invented an apparatus which will permit the transmission of a telegraphic and telephonic message at the same time. Experiments made recently in the presence of three Cabi net Ministers on a wire between Brussels aud Ostend are said to have been very successful. A practical ap plication of this discovery i* soon to be made by the Belgium Government, which is said to be negotiating with the inventor for the purchase of his instrument. The indications are that the Green- backers and Republicans in the Eigh teenth Illinois distriot (Mr. Morri son s) will unite upon a candidate and carry the district. Yellow Parchments. Some of the Curioeitiee of the Goldbeater*' ' Craft. A pile of yellow parchment docu ments lying ou the salesroom counter of a goldbeater in Baltimore attracted the attention of a News reporter a few days ago. The presence of these parchments in such profusion and in such a place awakened the curiosity of the reporter, and with the permission of the proprietor he proceeded to exam- ine some of them. The first one opened proved to be an apprentice’s indenture, executed la the reign of James II. of England, almost two hundred years ago. An other, dated in the reign of Queen Anne, conveyed a leasehold interest for one hundred years in a cottage and certain lands near Whitlesea, Eng land, from John Dow to Thomas Stone, inconsideration of the sum of 90 pounds sterling and a yearly rent of “one pepper-corne,” to be paid at the feast of St. Thomas, the Apostle. “ What are these for?” aBked the re porter. “We beat gold in them was the re ply. “But why do you go to <the trouble and expense of sending to Eugland for old deeds, when you can get parch ment as well in America ?” “We cannot get it as cheaply. We can import these documents from across the Atlantic, paying the Lon don dealer a fair profit on the ex *enBe of collecting them and packing them for export and still get them cheaper than we could an equal amount of un used parchment iu this country. The law documents in America are writ ten on paper, and there are conse quently no sources in this country upon which we can draw for a sup ply.” Further questions elicited the infor mation that a large proportion of the goldbeaters’ supplies comes from the London dealers,who employ traveling agents to gather up these old deeds from the conveyancers, offices, and other receptacles of such instruments, they are brought to London and thence are sent to every quarter of the world. These onee important docu ments have lost their value in the lapse of years,and the utilitarian spirit of the age has drawn them forth from the places where they have rested in the deepening dust of passing decades to play a new part in the busy world, where everything is turned to gold by the magic finger of trrde. These records of the transactions of dead and gone people, whose very names have been long forgotten by the world, are placed beneath the hammers of the artisans who beat out the filmy leaf that adorns this gilded age with its pretentions splendor. From between the folds of these old deeds and inden tures comes forth the gold that glitters on the spires of the churches, the walls of the palaces, the doors of the money changers and the windows of saloons. The abundance of these deeds in England is explained by the fact that only of late years has the practice of recording deeds been much in vogue there. In earlier times the transfer of estates was often associated with family compacts, the nature of which it was not desirable to have paraded before the public gaze. It was, therefore, customary to have two copies of a document prepared on the same sheet, which was then divided byazlgzig or waving cut. Incases of dispute the two copies are produced, and the edges placed in juxtaposition, and the genuineness tested with which the edges fitted together. An equally interesting substance used in connection with gold-beating is the gold beaters’ skin of whioh the packages are oomposed. The article is manufactured in Paris from the en trails of the ox, and the coatings of the entrails were formerly separated from each other by the process of putrefactive fermentation. This pro cess is about as disgusting a thing to the average human olfactories as U known to the ( conceptiou of man, and was pronounced by M. Parent Ducha- telet to be the most loathsome one in cidental to manufacture. A party of three women and four men were out ou the Portage River, near Houghton, Mich., when the boat overturned, resulting in the drowning of two women and one of the men— Mrs. Joseph Blanchette and George Lacrosse and wife. Some Indians in the vicinity saved the others. The m^on-cloud discovered by John G. Jackson, of Hockessln, Del., on the mare olaus m on the night of May 19, was again observed by him.