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RELIGIOUS THOUGHTS.
beside the still waters.
Beside the still waters, reflecting the sky,
Tls there that the pathways of righteous
ness lie;
And me for H iß name’s sake He leadetli
therein,
My Soul He restoreth from deserts of sin.
For He Is my Shepherd, and I am His sheep,
And close to my Shepherd 1 ever would
keep.
Near Him in green pastures He makes me
lie down,
Where, mid tender grasses, no want may be
known.
Though I may be called from these pastures
away,
Though valley of death-shade may darken
my day,
In depths of its gloom I no evil will fear.
My Shepherd is with me, Thou ever art near.
Midst enemies Thou dost before me prepare
Thy table, whereof is my portion and share,
My head Thou anointest with oil of Thy
store,
My cup with irich blessings forever runs
o’er.
Through all of the days of my life I shall
see
Thy goodness and mercy around me to be;
And through all eternity, such is Thy word,
My dwelling [shall be in the house of the
Lord.
—Sidney M. Youngs, in United Presbyterian.
THE DAY OF REST.
Man and Beast and Even Machinery Cry
Out for the Lord’s Day.
Men have found out that the fifty-two
days of rest in every year are not a sub
traction, but an addition. It has been
demonstrated in all departments. Lord
Castlereaugh thought he would work
his brain three hundred and sixty-five
days in the year, and he broke down
and committed suicide; and Wilberforce
said in regard to him: “Poor Castle
reauerh! This comes from non-ob
servance of the Sabbath.’’ A promi
nent merchant of New York said: “I
should long ago have been a maniac
but for the observance of the Sabbath.”
The nerves, the brain, the muscles, the
bones, the entire physical, mental and
moral constitution cry out for Sab
bath rest. What is true of man is true
of beast. Travelers have found that
they come sooner to their destination if
they stop one day in the seven. What
is the matter with some of these horses
attached to the street-cars as the poor
creatures go stumbling and staggering
on? They are robbed of the Sabbatic
rest. In the days of old when the cat
tle were driven from the far West to
the sea-coast, it was found out by posi
tive test that those drovers got sooner
to the seaboard who stopped one day in
seven on the way. They came sooner
to the seaboard than those who drove
right on. The fishermen off the banks
of Newfoundland have experimented in
this matter, and they find that they
catch more fish in the year when they ob
serve the Sabbath than in the year when
they do not observe the Sabbath. This is
also true of machines. When I asked
a Rocky mountain locomotive engineer,
as I was riding with him: “Why do you
switch off your locomotive on a side
track and take another ?”—as I saw he
was about to do—“it seems to be a
straight route.” He replied: “Oh, we
have to let the locomotive stop and cool
off, or the machinery would very soon
break down.” The manufacturers of
salt were told that if they allowed their
kettles to cool one day in seven they
would have immense repairs to make;
but the experiment was made and the
contrast came, and it was found that
those manufacturers of salt who allowed
the kettles to cool once a week had less
repairs to make than those who kept
the furnaces in full blast and the ket
tles always hot. What does all this
mean? It means that intellectual man
and dumb beast and dead machinery
cry out for the Lord’s day.—Talmage,in
N. Y. Observer.
GROWTH OF THE CHRISTIAN.
Supply the Proper Food and Conditions
and One Can Not Help Growing in
Grace.
We think we can make ourselves grow.
No mistake is more common, nor more
singular, Does a boy make himself
grow? Does he sit down to the table
and say to himself: “Now 1 want to
grow, 1 must eat.” Do we grow by any
act of our own will? “Canst thou by
taking thought add one cubit to thy
stature?” Do we strive and struggle
and fret to grow? Growth is spontane
ous; growth is no work. It is no strug
gle for the rose to bloom, for the hya
cinth to be sweet. “Consider the lilies,
how they grow; they toil not, neither
do they spin.” It is no work to grow
into manhood. It is natural. It is as
easy for the character to grow as for the
babe of three years to pass into the vig
orous hardihood of the man of twenty.
We have not usually thought so. We
have usually felt that we have to whip
and curb and spur ourselves to grow. Did
ever you know a horseman to adopt the
whip and curb and spur to convept the
colt into the horse. He wants fodder,
not the lash. Growth is not a matter of
choice any more than the color of one’s
eyes; but given proper conditions, and
growth always takes place. Give the
seed earth and sun and water and it
grows. Therefore, the Christian should
not strive to grow. He can not grow
by act of will. He can grow, he does
grow by putting himself under
the conditions of growth. Putting
ourselves under conditions that fos
ter growth is an act of choice. A man
can starve his body and he can starve
his soul. Spiritual death by an act of
man’s owr. will is as possible as the
death of the body. Life, growth, de
pend upon food. The Christian in order
to grow must have food. The Chris
tian’s food is the grace of God: God’s
grace given him in the truth, in the
Bible, given to him in the sacrament,
given to him in the home, in Christian
worship, given to him in almost num
berless ways. This food of Divine
grace we can either accept or refuse.
Here is our power of choice. Do not be
anxious, therefore, about growing. One
can not help growing under proper con
ditions. One is to be concerned as tc
the use of these conditions, but not di
rectly as to the growth itself. —Chicagc
Advance.
THE SUNSHINING CHRISTIAN.
Value and Blessedness of a Bright. Hap
py Disposition.
A cheerful disposition is one of the
happiest of earthly blessings. Like
mercy, it is not strained, and blessing
that gives, blesses also him that takes,
and is mightiest in the mightiest. The
morose man, the scold and complainer,
the hectoring critic and fault-finder,
has his misery pictured in his counte
nance, and his shadow is cast balefully
wherever he appears. His opposite is
the man of genial spirit, '.who sees the
good side, if there be one, who smiles,
has a word of kindness, and who turns
benevolently towards the world in which,
because it is a pleasure for him to do so,
he desires to cast a little sunshine
and radiate a little Christian warmth.
It so happens sometimes that, because
of the perversions men are addicted to,
and no less in religion than in other
things, the y forget the blessedness of
the bright eye and glowing face, and,
therefore, manifest their piety by groan,
scowl and austere rebuke of all about
them. Very brightly rose the sun this
morning. A radiance full of color and
sparkle adorned the East and spread
itself over a portion of the sky. filling
the earth with laughter, also, and mak
ing it gay with song. David never saw
the Palestinian hills clap their hands
more joyously than did these Amer
ican ones, all drilled and excavat
ed as they are, nor did the corn
laden vales of the sacred Orient
ever send up a sweeter music than
these, so discordant as they sometimes
become when intruded upon by modern
traffic. On the brow of the west sat a
frownj black and reproving, as if to re
mind the horizon of its vanity and
thoughtlessness amidst the serious and
solemn realities of its existence. But
the smile went on; it won its way, also,
and even in the “evening time it was
light,” 10, the clouds had vanished and
the luster of the morning, chastened
into a beauty more Heavenly than be
fore, was reigning supreme at the going
down of the sun. And so it is with the
Christian soul which has in it the light
of God; so is the life lived under the in
fluence of Him who is the light of the
world.—United Presbyterian.
AN INFALLIBLE TEST.
To Form a True Estimate of a Man Visit
Him in His Home.
We can not understand all the quali
fications of a great official in the church,
but we can understand how an aspirant
to high office behaves at home. Home
is a unit we must never omit from our
most intricate and important calcula
tions. Ido not go to the newspapers
for a man’s character, nor to a hired
critic do I appeal for an estimate of a
soul. I ask: What is he at homer
Does he furnish the house when he
comes into'it? Does he turn his house
into a music palace by his very voice'
Do the servants and the children re
joice in the sound of his footfall? Is
the window filled with the fair
est face he ever saw when he
draws near to it? No matter what the
outside world may think or say of him,
he makes a home; he is therefore at
least the outline of a Bishop, he is at
least the shadow of a deacon. He be
gins well; he may have some larger
faculty: having been faithful over a few
things he may be qualifying himself to
become ruler over many things. We
all have a field here. I would not speak
to you, except reprovingly, if I thought
you did not make your house the very
pleasantest little home in the world; I
do not want to be associated with men
who can not behave themselves at home.
I want your name at home to be a name
of love, nobleness, kindness, so that any
body in trouble car., come and lay the
aching head on your strong breast
and cry it all out there and
get healed by that fatherhoed
which is in every man. It is very
noticeable that Paul would not ordain a
man to the bishopric or to the diaconate
who did not rule his own house well. # lf
this rule were established all through
life who could be the fault-finder? Yet
some persons are quite ingenious in
fault-finding; they seem to have a call
and an election in this matter. They
know how every body else should be
have. The Lord never called a cen
sorious critic to any trust. Providence
has always so arranged as to have no
vacancy in the cabinet of the universe
for a censorious critic of other men.—
Dr. J. Parker.
GEMS OF THOUGHT.
—The greatest truths are the simplest
—so are the greatest men.
—The feeling is often the deeper
truth, the opinion the more superficial
one.—.l. C. Hare.
—The difference between man’s law
and God’s law is that, whereas we may
reach the highest standard set before us
by the former, the more we advance in
striving to fulfill the latter, the higher
it keeps rising above us. —Julius C.
Hare.
OUR YOUNG READERS.
TRYING TO GROW.
“Mamma, tan’t 1 go to see Gwacie?
Oh, 1 wish that my hair did not turll
Why tan’t I eat up all the tandy?
I wish I was gwown a big gurl.”
“Why, you’ll soon be as tall as the rosebush;
Like a weed or a flower you grow.
Now, dearest, run out and pick violets,
For mamma is busy, you know.”
The mother for long did not heed her;
But when the sun neared the far west,
And birds to their shelter were hastening,
She missed her wee one from the nest.
And aftei a search in the garden,
With wonder, her little one found
All covered with mud, and so tired.
Her feet half buried in the ground.
“Oh, baby, your stockings and shoes, dear,
Are dirty—what made you do so?”
'Why, mamma, I’m only just planted—
X’mavi’let; I’m t’ying to gwow.”
—Santa Claus.
TOOT’S BLUNDERS.
Story of a Queer Little Girl Who Said and
Did Funny Things.
I’ve been wanting to go to Sunday
school a long time. Mamma said: “I’m
afraid you would not be a good girl,
Toot.” And Minnie said: “Don’t you
let her go, mamma. She will be sure to
do something ’sgraceful.” Uncle Jack
said: “Toot, you are a kiro, and you
x/iriW go to Sunday-school, if I have to
take you myself.” I said: “Uncle Jack,
what is a kiro?” and he said: “You find
out, Toot, and I will give you a big sil
ver dollar.” So 1 wentto Sunday-school.
All the way Minnie kept saying: “Now,
Toot, you mustn’t do this and you
mustn't do that.” and I said I wouldn’t.
I liked the sup’tendent; he looked like a
long black lead pencil. He said: “How
do you do my dear?” to me. And I said:
“I’m O. K. How are you?” just like
our hired man. And Minnie jerked my
hand and made me sit down. I just
’joyed the singing; I didn’t know the
song, but I sang “Little Sallie Waters”
as loud as 1 could, and once they all got
through before I did, and Minnie
jerked me awful.
The teacher was prettier than Minnie.
She had roses in her hat, and two little
holes in her cheeks when she laughed.
She told a buful story about angels go
ing up and down a ladder. She said they
was white with big wings. And now,
children, “of course, none of you ever
saw an angel.”
“I have,” I said, as loud as I could.
“Why Toot!” she said.
“Yes, I have,” I said. “We’ve got
’em at our house, more’n fifty of ’em.
They're white with big wings; and they
swim on the pond, and say 'quack,
quack.’” Then all the children laughed
and the teacher said:
“No, Toot, those are ducks.”
They passed around a plate with
money in it, and I took two bright
pennies, and said: “Thank you.”
Minnie wanted them herself, and tried
to take them away from me, but I held
on them tight, and she couldn’t get
them.
fct The superintendent said if any one
wanted to ask a question they could,
and I got up and sad: “What is a
kiro? Uncle Jack said he would give
me a silver dollar if I found out. Min
nie, you stop pulling my sash. I’ll tell
mamma of you when I get home.” Then
they all laughed again and wouldn’t
stop, and the superintendent said: “I
guess it is a little girl that meant! right,
but makes mistakes sometimes.” And
I said I guessed it was. Then they all
stood up and said: “Our Father,” and
I said “Amen” as loud as I could.
Going home, I said to Minnie:
“Wasn't it lovely? I’m going every
Sunday.” But Minnie wouldn’t talk,
and made me walk so fast I almost fell
down. When we came to Mr. May’s
Jennie stood by the gate and Min
nie stopped to talk to her. I looked
through the gate and saw some flowers
and I went in. Oh, it was beautiful, so
many flowers! I picked a nice bouquet
of red ra’nums, the kind mamma has in
the house. These grew in the ground.
Then I wis smelling a rose and an ugly
big fly jumped out of it and bit me on
the nose, and it burned like fire. I
screamed and cried, and Minnie came
running into the garden and pulled me
through the gate, and jerked me all
the way home. Minnie’s an awful
jerker, and I screamed and every one
looked at me. And one gentleman said
to Minnie; “Aren’t you ashame to hurt
your sister?” When I got home my
nose was all swelled up and red. Mam
ma put something on it and it stopped
aching. Uncle Jack said: “Toot, you
look like Squire Roberts with that big
red nose.” I said: “Did a fly bite ki»
nose, too?" And Uncle Jack said: “No,
Toot, whisky bit hie nose.”
Minnie made a great fuss and said:
“I didn’t ’have myself at Sunday
school,” but she said the most about
what the gent’man said —I couldn't see
why.
About twenty weeks after I went to
Sunday-school Squire Roberts and his
wife came to see us. The Squire and
papa and Uncle Jack was sitting on the
piazza smoking and talking politics. I
like Squire Roberts —he’s so fat and
shines so. 1 went out on the piazza and
said: “How do you do, Squire; how's
every thing?” That's what papa said
when he saw him. The Squire said:
“Every thing’s all right, my dear; come
and sit on my lap,” and I went. I kept
looking at his nose and thinking how ’
bad it must feel, and at last I said: '
“Does your nose ache much, Squire?”
He said: ‘’Why, what do you mean.
Toot? My nose don’t ache at all. why
should it?” I said: “Ain't it funny, '
Squire; our noses was just alike, and -
the same thing didn’t bite them, did it? |
A fly bit mine, and whisky bit yours,
Uncle Jack says so.”
I guess papa swallowed something the
wrong way just then ’cause he choked
so, and Uncle Jack never laughed at all
as he gen’ly does when I talk. Then
papa said real cross: “Go in the house
this minute, Toot.” and 1 went And
the Squire and his wife went right off
and they've never come since.—Bessie
G. Hart, in Detroit Free Press.
THE PET CHICKEN.
How a Little City Boy Enjoyed His Sum
mer in the Country.
George was spending the summer in
the country, and very fresh and beauti
ful every thing seemed to him after the
long winter confinement in school.
But there were no boys in the little
out-of-the-way village where his Aunt
Charlotte lived, and after the novelty of
the change had worn off a little, and he
had gone over the garden a few times,
explored the orchard and ransacked the
garret, ho began to consider what he
should do.
Now almost every child has a pet of
some kind but there really seemed to
be nothing on the place for him to pet
but some staid old hens, and what boy
could make any thing out of an old hen?
He longed for a kitten, but kittens
will grow into old cats, and cats were
forbidden about the house on account of
his Aunt Charlotte's canary.
However, just before he came, his
aunt had set a dozen fine Brahma eggs,
and when they were hatched one of
the chickens was given to him as his
special charge.
As the chicken grew it became very
tame, and seemed to enjoy being carried
around and petted as much as if it had
been a puppy or a kitten.
There was a lovely swing in the yard
under a spreading tree, and the two
friends had a great deal of fun there
swinging together, the chicken seem
ing to enjoy it fully as much as George,
excepting when he would whirl round
and round and twist the rope; then the
poor little chicky would get so dizzy
that it would tumble over on its side
when it tried to walk, much to this
naughty boy’s delight.
During the fine summer days they
took long walks together and the quan
tities of fat, black crickets that were
caught to satisfy its delicate appetite, I
can not begin to tell.
Now George’s big brother had a guitar,
and George had learned to play a little
on it and sing a few songs.
One day he thought he would try the
effect of a little music upon his chicken,
and so gave a concert for its special
benefit.
After catching it, and bringing it into
the house and standing it on a chair, he
seated himself in front of his pet and
began with the song of “Polly Wolly
Doodle.”
One might naturally think that a
chicken would object to such strange
doings, but, on the contrary, this small
fowl seemed to enjoy it, and stood with
out moving, as though it were charmed,
only cocking its little white head from
side to side with the most knowing air.
Then George sang in pathetic tones
the “Spanish Cavalier,” changing the
chorus to:
Say, Cbicky, say, when I’m far away,
Sometimes you cluck for me, dear—
Bright sunny day will soon fade away, etc.
And so on he had gone through his list
of songs.
The concert proved such a success
that every rainy day it was repeated,
much to the delight of his pet.
George is back in the city again, and
by this time the chicken has grown to
staid middle age, but George will not
soon forget his little pet, and I am sure
you will agree with him when he says
that a boy can have some fun even with
a chicken. —Florence Pearl England, in
Youth's Companion.
A Queer Happy Family.
Reading about some queer pets made
me think of a lot of white rats that a
boy I know owns, and that afford him
and the family a good deal of amuse
ment. The dog and cats have been taught
not to harm the rats, and often, when
the dog is l.fing on the floor, the rats
run out of their cage and crawl over
him. Sometimes they ride around on
his back, and when he doesn’t care to
carry them any further, he kicks up his
heels, shakes them off and canters
away. The house cats appear to like
the white creatures, and whenever a
rat gets hurt in any way, the cats lick
it and feel sorry for it. Once the dog
accidentally made one of the rats squeal
while playing with it, and the cats
pitched on him and drove him out of
the house.—Detroit Ffee Press.
—A Pennsylvania court recently made
a ruling that will interest many trav
elers. Some time ago a man boarded a
limited train at Erie, having only an
ordinary ticket. The conductor re
fused to accept the ticket and ejected
him. The man brought suit for dam
ages. The case has just been decided
against him, the court ruling that it
was his business to have found out if
the train in question was the right train
before boarding it.
—A curious calculation is said to have
been made by some of the life insurance
companies as to the effect of the late
“la grippe” and its cost to them. In
the first quarterof the year twenty-nine
companies paid 81,018,4(10 on its ac
count, and the increased death losses
by pneumonia and bronchitis wereS<»~3,-
036, making a total loss of 81,620,496 di
rectly attributable to the prevalence of
the influenza epidemio.
FIFTY-FIRSTCONGKESS.
First Session.
Washington, July 11.—An adverse report
was made on the bill for Government loans on
real estate; also, to abolish metal money. The
House silver bill was reported back with sev
eral amendments. The silver debate was re
Burned, Mr. Eustis and Mr. Turpie speaking for
free coinage. A number of bills on the calen
dar were passed. The bills reported by Sena
tor Vest In regard to beef products and their
export were passed. A conference was asked
on the pension appropriation bill, and, after
passing seventy-five private pension bills, ad
journed.
House.—The Speaker announced the appoint
ment of Mr. Mills, of Texas, as a member of
the Committee on Rules, and Mr. Turner, of
Georgia, as a member of the Committee
on Ways and Means, to fill va
cancies occasioned by ’the resignation of
Mr. Carlisle, of Kentucky. Mr. Morrill (Kas.)
presented the conference report on the Senate
dependent bill. The report was agreed to—
yeas 145, nays 56. Mr. Stewart (Vt.) presented
the conference report on the Senate anti-
Trust bill. It went over without action until
to-morrow and the House adjourned.
Washington. June 1-2. Senate—Mr. Ed
munds offered a resolution, which went over
till to-morrow, appointing Edward K. Valen
tine Sergcnnt-at-arms of the Senate, to take
office on June 30, 1890. Mr. Morrill gave notice
that on Monday next he would call up the Sen
ate bill in relation to the agricultural colleges,
and would address the Senate thereon. Among
the bills reported from committees and placed
on the calendar were two Senate bills to amend
the polygamy laws. Mr. Platt gave notice that
he would call up the bill for the adm'ssion of
Wyoming after the silver bill. The conference
report on the dependent pension bill was pre
sented. The silver bill was taken up, Messrs.
Evarts and Vance speaking. Pending Mr. Mor
gan’s remarks the Senate adjourned.
House—The Speaker laid before the House a
letter from Mr. Mills (Tex.) resigning his mem
bership on the Committee on Rules, to which
he was appointed yesterday. The resignation
was accepted, and Mr. McMillan (Tenn.) ap
pointed to till the vacancy. The conference re
port on the anti-trust bill was rejected, and a
new conference ordered. The conference re
port on the military academy bill was agreed to.
An urgent deficiency bill for pensions and the
census was passed, The agr cultural appro
priation bill was passed, and at 5 p. m. a recess
was taken until 8 p. m., the night session being
devoted to unobjected bills from theCommltteo
on Commerce.
Washington, June 13. Senate The reso
lutlon offered yesterday by Mr. Edmunds, ap
pointing Edward K. Valentine Sergeant-at
arms of the Senate, was taken up and agreed
to, an amendment offered by Mr. Harris, substi
tuting the name of Henry W. Wall, of Tennes
see, having been first voted down. Mr. Pad
dock said he had received several telegrams
from Montana in regard to outrages by the
Cheyenne Indians in that State and asked the
Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs
whether any action was being taken by that
committee in relation to the matter. Mr.
Dawes had begun to respond to the question,
but. on the suggestion of Mr. Plumb that there
were only a few hours left for the discussion of
the silver bill, the matter was allowed to go
over till to-morrow. The balance of the day
was spent on the silver bill, finally substituting
the bill of the House for its own, and postpon
ing the close of the debate until next week.
House.—After the reading of the journal, the
House went into committee of the whole on the
sundry civil appropriation bill. Mr. Goodnight,
of Kentucky, moved to strike out the clause
making appropriation for the irrigation survey.
After debate Mr. Goodnight's motion was re
> jected—4s to 67. Without completing the
consideration ot the bill the committee rose
and the House took a recess, the evening ses
sion to be for consideration of private pension
bills.
Washington, June 14.—Senate.—Bills pass
ed: S H's. To amend the laws relating to
custom revenue bonds, making the signature of
one member of a firm binding on all the mem
bers; to provide for the examination of certain
officers of the army, and to regulate promotions
therein; to carry out the finding ot the court of
claims, in the case of James H.Dennis ($25,638.)
for work on the Tennessee river; to credit
Major Wham, Army Paymaster, with 888,345
Government funds, of which he was robbed in
Arizona, in May. 1889. After the passage of
thirty-five private pension bills, the Senate
went into executive session, and soon ad
journed.
House—Conferees were appointed on the
anti-trust bill. The sundry civil service bill
was considered until 1 p. m., when eulogies
were delivered in memory of the late Samuel J.
Randall until adjournment. Addresses were
made by Messrs. Butterworth (O.), Williams
(O.). Mntchler (Pa.), McComas (Md ), Dunnell
(Minn.), Mills (Tex.), Osborne (Pa.), McCreary
(Ky.). O Ferrall (Vn.), Buchanan (N. Y.). For
ney (Ala.), Mansur (Mo.), Caswell (Wis.),
Blount <GiJ, Dalzell (Pa.), Covert (N. Y.) and
Kerr (Pa.).
Washington, June 16—Senate.—Anothet
conference on the anti-trust bill was granted.
A bill was introduced to retire General Bank)
as Major General. Mr. Daniel addressed tha
Senate on silver. Mr. Allison followed. A
general discussion occurred, participated in by
Messrs Vest, Eustis, Teller and Edmunds. Nd
agreement was reached about a vote, Aftei
an executive session'the Senate at fl p. m. ad
journed.
House—Two conference reports on publit
building bills were presented. The sundry civil
appropriation bill was considered in Committed
of the Whole. Messrs. E N. Morrill, of Kan
sas, and A. L. Pearson, of Pennsylvania, weri
appointed members of the Board of Mnnagen
of Hie Sold ers’ Homes. On motion of Wil
liams, of Ohio, an amendment was offered and
agreed to to make a specific appropriation fol
back pay. A clause relating to bounty was re
jected. I’ending action the House adjourned
ut 5:20 p. m.
Washington. June 17.—Senate,—Amend
ments to the Silver Bill was voted on. The
first was to strike out the provision that the
Treasury notes issued for the purchase of sil
ver “shall be n legal tender in payment, of all
debts, public and private.” Rejected. The
next vote was on the amendment to strike out
the bullion redemption clause. It was agreed
to—yeas 57, nays 7. The next vote was on the
amendment to strike out the sixth section for
the free coinage of silver when the price was $1
for 871*4 grains of pure silver, it was
rejected yeas, 16; nays. 46. Mr.
I’lunib offered the following amend
ment in lieu of the first section of the House
bill: That from and after the date of the pass
age of this aet the unit of value in the United
States shall be the dollar, and the same may be
coined of 412*4 grains of standard silver or ol
25 8-10 gains of standard gold; and the said coins
shall be legal tender for all debts, public and
private. Agreed to. The bill as amended was
then passed.
House.—The sundry civil bill was passed and
the Indian appropriation bill was debated until
adjournment at 5 p. m.
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Wm. Reed, who is at the head of a
British syndicate, is negotiating for the
purchase of Chicago packing houses.
The President has approved the cus
toms administrative bill.
The English House of Lords has de
cided that women can not be members
of county councils, and that all such
elections arc invalid.