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i I "1 MBS. A. J. KCSIHIT. -KMsr as Prssrielsr A Journal for the People. Devoted to the Interests of Humanity. Iadesendent In Politics and Religion. Alive to all Live Isaacs, and Thwroughly KadteallaOppnstnf and Exposing th Wrongs OFFICE Oo. Faojrr VuHiigros l D ADVANCE : or the Masses. ft OB . 1 75 ... 1 Kkkk Spkwh, Krhb Passu, Ham 1 'hoi-lb. Oomrnnondents riling over amn -tint signa- taies arast make known their names to the AIVBRTEMEXTS luwrtz-d on VOLIDIE VIII. POTtTLAJVI, OltEGON, THUlSDAY, 3IARCII O. llSrO. Editor, or no atlt niion will be glveu tt their communication s. ble V or Three saoatZl ZT FACT, FATE AND FANCY; OK, Man Waft r Urtac I bin use. Br Mas. A. J. DCNIWAY. rllrn Down; m HAPPY oataV'on woajTsspbske," fEnlerad.aeeorSinr to Act afOmiiut. In tor TW MS, by Mh. A. J. Dual wajr, la tbe onVe cf -1 be Ubrartaa oTOoasTeM mt Washington City. CHAPTKB XXIV. Ailnqshws Carp, &q., was a grand epeeiMMa of the genut Angle-Saxon, whose opportaoltiea for getting on in tbe world had been so many and for tunate that he bad long since learned to look with small degree of allowance upon any and every person around whose paths of life the tangled briers of difficulty hail formed a hedge which In either climbing or clearing they found It necessary to invoke tbe Intri cate and uncertain awl stance of tile law. It mattered not to Adolpbus Carp that be owed bis own prosperity to the very adversities of others which he 'held In such supreme contempt. It was enough for him that they needed hi service, that to him there was money In the venture whether it succeeded or not, and that it made no difference to anybody whether he returned value re ceived for the fee exacted, if only his service were accompanied by volumin ous briefs (a paradox which tbe legal fraternity cau readily comprehend) es pecially If mid briefs were backed by sundry long-drawn efforts at argument ative oratory. Adolphus Carp was au orator, and per consequence he never lacked elieots. The knowledge that be was to be re tained on this occasion by a beautiful and accomplished young woman with a thousand acres of land in fee simi le, laud lying bard by a railroad statioo, nod certain to become, at no distant day, tbe site of a considerable inland town, wax knowledge of au altogether agreeable character. Not wily would he have unlonked for opportunity to secure a good business, but the ebanee would not be wanting to make an efleet ive speech before the District Court, a speech which would certainly enhance bis already flattering prospects for a coveted seat in the United States Ren ate. Adolpbus Carp might bare been elected as Representative long ago, but hto ambition was of too lofty a nature to allow bitn to accent a position In the lower House. He preferred iustead what the printers call "fat takes" in bis regular profession. "My dear madam." smilingly ex claimed the urbane disciple of Black atone, while Grace Mt fluttering before bias as a bird might when under the fascination of a professional tamer of its species, "by whst authority did you re ceive tbe title to your lands T" "My fall crVand mother's authority and signature, sir." The barrister rubbed his hands. "So for, good. And to whom besides yourself, or rather with yourself, did you say these lands were conjointly con veyed V "I did not name anybody, sii." "Bat you should understand that if I am to try the case and siai you out of your difficulty, I must first know all about the facts. Yonr counsel might make a blunder that would be fatal U your interests through ueglect upon ynur part t acquaint him with tbe minor details. Would you prefer to counsel with uiealooe?" "No, sir. This lady is my confiden tial Mend." "That's tbe way women are always making fools of themselves," said Adol pbus Carp, totto voce. "I'd prefer talk ing the matter over with her without the interference of outside ad v iter, but it will never do to lell her so, and I must accept the sitaatioss as I Mini It." Then aloud, "Have you a husband, ma'am ?" "I suppose tbe law will say I have, sir." "Ah that complicates matters. You see, there is a wide diflereuce between a woman as a -femme rote and the same wooes as a wife, or in a state of covert ure. It will be necessary for me to see your husband." "Your business is oot with him, but with me, sir." "Pardon me, madam. You ladies are proverbially ignorant concerning every thing pertaining to tbe law. Men, you see, make the laws, and look after your Interests for you, and in so doing they protect you better than you could pro tect yourselves." Tbe orliane Adolphus Carp leaned back In bis chair, placed his fat, while thumbs In toe arm-noies oi ins very plethoric vest, aud smiled beuiguantly upon the victim of projection who flut tered ou in embarrassed silence. "Now, don't be afraid, my dear madam. Tell me everything. Tberearelhreeclassesof professional geutlemen from whom the married lady has no secrets." "Indeed ?" responded Grace, as her eyes involuntarily sought the eager gaze of her mother-in-law. "Indeed !" echoed the urbane law yer. "And who are they, pray ?" "They ate the lawyer, the phys:ciau ' and tbe mloister." "TtieD, air, I beg to be excused. II never will be an orthodox married lady If such are to be the eendlttous. I never heard of such a thing before." AdoltiiofiCarp,Bq., had fort a meas ure of his power. But lie angled skill fully to recover his hold. "Of course I do not mean In say that you should disclose any tiling concern ing which you might have conscientious scruples, madam. A wife Is never called upon to criminate herself." Grace rose to her feet in sodden anger. The skillful angler had mistaken the bait for once. "I shall not need your services, Mr. Carp. Good day, sir." "You retained me, madam," he said, rising, while tbe urbane smite relaxed a little of its smoothness, ami betook somewhat of the character of a grimace. "I did not, sir! I shall investigate the law for myself. You may go." Tiie urbane grimace changed to a smile of sinister triumph. 'My fee, madam. You haveevidently forgotten," lie said, softly. How much, sir?" and Grace felt her strength failing. "I don't want to be bard on a lady, madam, and as you are evidently a nov ice iu business matters, I will be excep tionally easy with you. I guess ten dollars will he about the thing." This was a costly experiment In her present circumstances, but Grace met It-1 like the heroine she was, I trough It took her last dollar, ami left tier with her watch in pawn, and herself wholly at tbe mercy of her landlord. "What do you intend to do now ?" asketl Mrs. Snowden, a soon as they were alone. She had been dumb in I he presence of the august barrister. I'm sure I don't know. But I don't propose to be Insulted as a simpleton, nor patrooized as a baby, either. I've planted myself upon the dignity of my own womanhood, and there I propo-e to stay. By to-morrow's stage I will send for my father. He'll help meout of my trouble if anybody cau. I'm out of money, but the landlord will trust me. I didn't mean to let my father know what I was doing, but I find I can't get on without hiiu. When my daughters get to be women they shall not reproach me for having brought them up as novices; that's some comfort," and Grace beat au uneasy tattoo upon an antiquated ehair-baek and heave 1 an involuntary sigh. "Won't you return with me to my home, my more than daughter?" "No. It is not best. You are In tbe throes of bankruptcy, ami I would not add a feather's weight to your present burdens." "But I thought you would be willing to do something for me. You said you would." "I must flrst get posscaston of my deeds." "BatAow" "No matter. I have nn idea." "I'm sorry you dismissed lite lawyer. I wanted to know how to manage about settling my husband's business." "Didn't Adolpbus Carp, IS., protec tor of women ami expounder of Black stooe, Inform us that a married woman was in a state of coverture, ami therefore not a femme note V said Grace, laugh ing dryly. "He said something of the kind, but I didn't understand it," was the per plexed reply. "Of course you didn't; for dldo't he tell us that the intricacies of the law were not to be eoiiirttbended by tbe feminine idea V "Child, you mystify me." Grace laughed again, half spitefully. "Tbe world's a mystery, justice blind. land humanity's a knave and a fool," she exclaimed, bitterly. "But I don't know what to do first," said Mrs. Snowden, dropping u tear or two on Iter pudgy bauds aud breathing hard in her twrplexity. "Go home, mother dear, and get a good uight's sleep. I'll dispaleh a horse man for my fattier, and we'll liave him here by nine o'clock to-morrow. If you're afraid to trust yourself with the settlement of the business, the creditors will doubtless make him assignee." "uii, my cm mi : you nave iirteu a burden from my shoulders. How eau I i ever reiy vou ? "I am not working for pay, Mrs, Snowden, but to help myself and others out of a miserably ugly predicament." "Very well. I will trust you. I hope your father will not refuse to assist us. "My father will eome." Once alone, Grace rabg for pen aud taper aud hurriedly addressed a note to Captain Emerson, requesting him to visit her without delay. The landlord was very obliging, es pecially as there was promlseof a goodly fee behind the service, and a liorseman j was .Hatched who passed the stage at the ferryboat, the two fugitive Inmates little dreaming that be was the bearer of a message from Grace to the host whoe hospitality they were seeking. "Confouud the luck!" exclaimed the Captain, as soon as lie had read the I missive, which be did, aloud, for the benefit of his wife, who could not read "'rltln,' " and to whom the three rs, readlu', 'ritin' aud 'rithmetlc, were alike an impenetrable mystery. "You must go this very night, daddy," said Mrs. Emerson, while mingled dread and astonishment dried her eyes, and her love for Grace filled tier soul with heroism "Bat I'm tired out with a hard day'aiflueDco ou bis contemporaries. work, ami I (in n't relish n ride of twenty miles before I can get any sleep," re plied the Captain. "It eeeme that the devil owes Mine men a grudge that he can only settle by paying them oH in sons-in-law." "But Grace is alone at a tavern. Her letter says so. I wouldn't sleep a wink knowlii' It unless you'd go to perfect her." "If women had a llttlecommoii sense, tliey could take care of themselves," said the Captain, dryly; but lie began to hunt his Sunday boots, ami Mrs. Emer son knew that be would answer the summons of his daughter In person in spile of his adverse grumbling. It was dark when the Caplaiu set out ' bim has not taken any tawgibto form for the city on horse-back, and darker j uotil within a very recent )eriod. After yet when he met tbe diligence. So be the last meetlngof thel'resbytery, about did not see the senior ami Junior Snow- i a month ago, some of the clergymen dens on their way to his house, else he J composing the body held -an Informal would without dttubt liuve broken the ! consultation in regard to his recent eon-well-known commandment against j duet. Special stress was laid on the blasphemy more limes In the next ten ' sensational style ot preaching in which minutes than lie would have asked for- j he lias of lute been indulging more giveness for in a lifetime. ! than ever. A general sentiment of dis- "Trouble never begins with young- j approlmlioi was evoked, especially with ones till they get marriage In their i regard to what some of the clergymen head?," lie exclaimed a hundred times I claimed were glaring isolations on the during that lonely ride. "Children are ! just like pigs. Let one get of 'em burn his note iu a feeding trough, ami a dozen more 'II be after trying the experiuieut because of tbe very squeal he makes." Tints ruminating while hurrying along the highway, the Captain made better time than he had reckoned, and he was surprised when he reached the ferry to tiud that he had already ridden half the distauce without thinking of the weariness of which he hud com plained at home, ami over w hieh his good wife had been secretly lamenting from tbe very moment of his departure. Tbe moon had by this time risen well in tbe heavens, and was flooding, with a silver radiance, the cottage on the hill where John und Lillie were sleeping in I I innocent unconsciousness of the Cap tain's approach. "At all events, Li 1 1 hasn't made a fool of herself in choosing a husband." he exclaimed, aloud. "John's a deuced clever fellow if he Isn't a Solomon; and tbe old folks 'II make 'em comfortable, I reckon; but I'd a deal rather they'd go to makin' allvin' for themselves." "Helloa ! Helloa the house!" he cried, in a deep, back-woodsman's voice, which wakened the sleek house-oat and welt kept dog from their similiters in the viue-elad torch, ami roused the happy chickens to a crowing mood iu the com fort aide copse hard by. John Anders came to the door in his shirt sleeves aud rubbing ills eyes slee ily. He was accustomed to these noc turnal interruptions, and often ferried travelers acro-s I he water without re membering anything about It on the following day. But his surprise at meeting Cajttain EmersOH awakened j him thoroughly. He listened lo the Caitain's story with more Interest than he would have confessed. "I hope Grace won't some to any harm, father," hsabl in a husky voice. "But I most own that the ehaueee are against her. Poor girl. She deserved, a better fate." "I know, but It can't be helped. She was bewiiehed with the young scamp, and now she must aeeept the conse quences." Tiie obi 8 amp and the young one have together departed for parts un known, I take it," said John. "I ferried 'em over In the stage about two I tours ago." The deuee you did." Yes. They appeared anxious to avoid conversation. Possibly they're lleelng from justice." "Poor Grace," said Oaptalu Emerson. "Poor Graee," echoed John Antlers, "poor Grace, poor TGraee," ami the words repeated themselves in Ills heart long after Grace's fat Iter had disappeared in the shadows, as he leaned over the railing of the little boat and watched the Ashes at their gambols In the lim pid water. Oraee did not expect her father to obey tier summons before morning, and the landlord advised the eager Captain not to disturb her from her slumbers. But he did not know, nor did the Captain dream that the excited girl did not close her eyes but once In sleep during the entire night, and then the voice of John Audars sounded In her soul, and his sad eyes thrilled her with a nameless fear. Who cau fathom the mysteries of sleep? To be continued. Queen Victoria likes Dickens' novels a no some little of George Eltot, but her chief favorites are Wilkle Collins ami llllam Blaek. Scott she reads and re reads. She does not partleularly like tin novels of Beaeoiietleld, Thackeray and Lord Lytton. No man has come to true greatness who has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to his raee, aud that what God gives him he gives him for mankind. Mrv. Iftillipt Jlrooks. Benjamin Franklin was not a prophet, but I to prophet ever uttered truer word, when rightly balanced, than these: "God helps tliem that help them selves." OongregationatitL T i .i f V,luin ,a9t year uo fewer than 5.814 books were published, of! which 3.730 were entirely new works, 1 i eel . - . . ' I aim i,aot new euiiions ot nlil ones. UUl no comnmiulln,. n. i,mi,.i. i,. LETTER IBOM HEW YOBK. lo the Editor or the New Xoarnwnrr: The meeting of the Bnoklyn Presby tery, which Is to be held to-day, prom ises to lie very animated and interesting. It It probable that action will le taken looking to the punishment of Uev. T. DeWlttTalniage, pastoriir the Brooklyn tabernacle, foran alleged departure from doctrinal rules and usages, aud for va rious actions whluli have awakened crit icisms of Ills I'resbyleriau brethren. Talmuge seldom nttunds the meeting of the Presbytery, and apparently takes but little Interest In the proceedings. For a long time complaints have been made of his Indifference, but tbe opposition to imhey of the uhureh on tbe part if the tabernacle preaeher. Someof his short comings spoken of Were Ins visits to haunts of vice, and his p'ctun-s of gilded sin so vividly presented to Ills eoiigresa-' tlon. Nothing definite was determined ujioii in consultation, although the breth ren came to the conclusion that it was high time some action should be taken The feeling of opiiositiou to Mr. Tal iiage, which has been teething for some time, has nearly bubbled over since the I'resbylery last met. His sharp thrusts at bix coulempomry pulpiters have aroused a storm of Indignation not only among tbe elergy, but laity as uell, and in some quarters the demand that he be disciplined has been earnestly made. It is understood that the developments in ! tlm trial of thu tialvurilu suit oliit . "T w urn ihu mim the trial ot the taiteniaele suit against uf imljvWlJ.u are mtty responsible Mr. Gelsou are discreditable to bim, and , fr thelr ac. wnell subjected to clrcuin they will probably form a portion of tbe ' slauces that in one cannot, and iu the charges which it Is reported are to be "'' ,l0. force on to murder? In one, .,r.ll ,.l..,l l.lm It l-l-lln.l I that Taliuage litis practically ceased to be a Presbyterian. Ijegend, precedeut arid custom agree to make the typical alderman a symbol of happiness ami well- fed content, and it cannot be denied tbe alderman of Gotham has the rotund complacency hieh agrees with his class. These city fathers cost $100,000 n year, and all they bad to do was to Issue Iice3afs to peanut, stautls ami apple women, took pompous and gather hi any perquisites which suit hearty old men like them. But behold, nn Thursday Dean's bill sounded the tocsin of aldermauic reform, and more pomposity has disappeared In. thirty-six hours than was ever know to evatiorate . i.noii. ..r ti,..u KfrU m,,. .-Im lln.inlli.n Inn mhiII fur ntnul. ous waist-coats, ami heads are set at three degrees less elevation, while the owners no longer look like the posseors of both sides of the street, as was their wout. Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock' Annie Bsrtel, the Westchester milk maid who set out on Monday to beat Madam Anderson's fumous walk, broke down completely and was carried oil tbe track I n a distressingly lnful condition. The task she set herself was to walk 3,- 000 quarter miles In 3,000 consecutive quarter hours. She completed one-sixth, or HI miles. Her walking to-day was all done with diflleiilty. Her limbs were slitfeiilng, ami her feet were blis tered and sore. Her shoes were cut al most to pieces, nn attendant wailed ou her along the track with smelling salts, while another person kept her from fall ing. Shortly nfter noou she presented a shocking appearaiiee. Her fnee was a sickly hue. Decolorations of llesll were noticed behind her ears, dark places showed round the eyes, her aims drop ped to her side, her walk was a painful limp, although she was supported on both sides and almost lifted round the track. The doctors looked grave, but still she kept ou dragging liersulleriiig body over the dirty saw-dust. The room towards 3 became densely crowded; tbe atmosphere was su (locating, but the phy sicians ordered all windows closed. The excitement increased, spectators jostling each other to get a sight ol the miserable spectacle. The poor creature, after each quarter-hour walk, was thrown Into the arms of thnte waiting to receive her on the track, ami as she ploddel along she oast her eyes pityingly at the gaping crowd, as if to Implore help. Amid murmurs aud cries of "Shame," oue of the. persons Interested iu the show laid hold of her by the arm ami waist, and forced her speed so that the two last quarters she made were covered iu seven and a half minutes. She was then carried oil". When the buxz of ex citement had sultshled, Dr. Little said "We have decided In take Miss Bartel ofl the track for a short period She Is suf- fering from circumstances over which we have no control." At 5:I5o'olock it was definitely announced that Miss Bar- tel was off tbe track for good, telle was completely broken down autl semi-un- conscious. -- , tawdry suit bung ,e, .i,. tlle n",,at8 . . , f conscious. Her extremities were cow, hands, and her face wore the appearance Windsor Hole,, on Fifth avenue it foriy-ninwi sireei, eoiu at auc- Itlon recently under foreclosures of mortgage, was erected at a oost of $1, 500,0)10. It eontaingfiOO rooms, tbe prin cipal of which are elaborately orna mented with rleb woods, frescoes and oo-tly hangings. It has been a very fashionable resort for visitors, the hotel having given entertainment so far in tbe course of Its brief career, to any number of wealthy Amerieaus and peo de from abroad, ami to hordes of Brit ish and French lords, awl also to Don Pedro, Dou Carlos, of Spain, President Lerdo, of Mexico, Lord Dufferinand the King of the Sandwich Islands. The property was erected In tbe flush times, Hud has been badly embarrassed si nee the return of an era of economical living. Too far up towu for convenient access by business men and visiting poli ticians, it bas not caught a very large part of the enormous tide of merchants and public men of other places constantly flowing into aud out of tbe city, aud the 'property lias not paid. Last wiuter the hotel got into such straits that it led to tbe melancholy event of tbe suicide of Mr. John F. Daly, who kept it. A DOUBT. New York. Feburary S, IbTO. Fint Oaases. We chaueed to And in the A'cur Krat s journal published in Portland, Maine, an article on the death penalty, which so msulfestly deals with first causes of criminal action that we quote a portion of it, asking therefor tbe candid con sideration of oar readers: It is Known that there are many per sons who count not oe roused Ity any circumstances could uot be placed in. or forced into any circumstances tbat would cause them to raise their hand against another's life. In such persons the capacity of murder does not exist. But it is also as uell known that there are many other persous who are not so susceptible to passion, ami In whom passion often become ungovernable. who may, under very ordluary exttlliiig circumstances, strike another dead. V ... . t t- . I . I s a ik . - . . I vapmciiy "., . count nui oe I forced to action. In the other it cannot be forced to action because it does not exist. So thequestion here comes up, Why have some individuals the eamcity lo mnrder, while others have it not? Ask and answer, Why some have hot and vi olent tempers while others have them not, aud the former question is also au- 1 swereil. It is because they were so born I they loberiled them took them from their pareuts. "The lrents have eaten . sour grapes and the ciiiltlri-u's teeth have Iteeu set on edge." But how can mothers, who are themselves incapable of murder, anil who never murder, transmit to their children the capacity to murder, that, under certain circum stance, may lie roused to action? Whv. by t lie very fact and Influence or judicial murder upou tbem while in tbegestallve period. No mother, while lerforiuing j this part f tiie maternal duty, can read the awful story of cool and deliberate takingof a life by the State, or know that it Is to be, or has been done, with out a thrill of horror tervadiog her, and this has its influence on her unborn child. That mothers "mark" tlleirchil dren is a too well established fact to be disputed by even the most Ignorant. If children can be "marked" with au in veterate anil unconquerable desire for drink, they may by inveterate and un governable passions, anil by the horrors of a hanging scene that fixes Iu tliem tbe rapacity to take a life. Those wbo have studied most into the philosophy of this iwwerof the mother over the child are fully convinced tbat almost all the murders that are committed may be traced directly to some Incident in tbe life of the mother while in the ges tative period, ot which the murderer is the result. Character is not acquired. It is in herited or stamped on children prior to their births. It is true that education may develop what is inherited; tbat the evil teudeucies may lie restrained aud tbe good encouraged; but It is also true that the good which is wanting at birth cannot be engrafted into tbe character, nor the bail that is possessed be wholly eradicated by any process of deveh meiit. These subtle laws are not gener ally understood; but they exist never theless. Tiie principle on which they act is, however, well known and under stood iu other thing?, and being so, should set the seal of doom' upon tbe gallows. Every mother, at least, should raise her voice against the continuation of this curse ou motherhood; should de mand, If not for the sake of the already condemned and those who have the ca tMOity iu them to murder, then for tin sake of unborn generations, that Hu rdle of barbarism be uot re-enacted iu thl State, or uo longer blacken the f.ur lace of American civilisation iu other Slates. Mrs. Smith, of this eity, found a fish - hook among Her husband's papers anil delermliietli to destroy it. So she re solved to burn tbe fishhook up, ami for this purpose cast it Into the stove. The next morning Mr. Smith in digging out tbe "eliiiklings" found the fishhook in the ball of bis thumb. After the sur uiOTii hail removed it. h nut it lulu IiIm vest pocket, with an idea of showing it to Ins acquaintances: He sauntered dowu street, when au unexpedltious co'.- ored woiiihii swept bv bim aud was suddenly brought to with "a round turn." The book bad worked its way partly out of Ins pocket, aud its point caught iu the bodice of her drew. The . Hitimtlmi rrw mniiilitarllv InlaMAtin ' j to bad boys who infest the thorouichfare. ami thty hailed Smith's etforls to litter - I e himself from the Llberiau custody ,7" 'T l"'. with hoots of delight. Fiually dllskv female fcnill.fr ..lour dashing down tbe street A policeman I attempted her arrest, but was arrested . loosely HWtberiVV., were chafing her done with It. Any persou desiring a permanent Mttiatioti to take care of a ZTfST ii-snvn(k rui'MiM lllaftp tfllUitriimit H' - i Chloride of soda is common salt. OUB WASHIGT0ir LETTEB. To thk Editor op tux New Nuuruwt-t Seuator McCreery's speech in favor of tbe transfer of tbe Indian Bureau to the War Department ivas the great event of the week. Senator McCreery has not made many speeches in Congress, but be is knowu as one of the ablest debaters in either House, and the announcement that he was to discuss tbe Indian ques tion brought out the largest audience of the session. The galleries were packed, and every available spaee of the floor be low occupied by members of tbe Houset and others who enjoy tbe privileges of the Senate chamber. The speech was a pointed and exhaustive presentation of the transfer side of tbe controversy. One of the hardest bits iu trtt speech was its refer.-nce lo the cloak of the church so wickedly used to cover out rages anil rascalities. The various agen cies are supposed to be assigned to, and iu a measure under the control of diller ent denominations, and tbe agents ap pointed are understood to represent the church to which tbe particular agency belongs. Church Influence is required to secure an appointment, and tbe whole business is managed in tbe name ol Christianity. Yet what a burlesque and what a disgrace it all is. While there is so much talk about Presidential candidates, aud so in act) doubt as to wbo Is the "coming man," ou both sides, it is interesting to gather up the various straws which indicate how the wind blows. The stands in the corridors of the Capitol, where pictures of prominent men are kept on sale, are good places to gather straws. Tbe peo ple who boy these pictures are uot resi dents of Washington, but visitors to the capital from all parts of the country, so tbat tbe aggregate sales are a tolerably fair indication of the popularity of the different favorites. Tbe keeper of one of these stands on the Senate side re cently said to a friend of mine who in quired about tbe sales of eugravlngs of the prominent men of to-day: "I sell the most of Tburman, Conkling, Ben Butler, Jim Blaine and John Sherman. You would be surprised," he says, "to know how great a demand there is for Butler's pictures. Of the five I have just mentioned, I think tbe honors would be divided between Thurmsn and Butler, next In the order would be Blaine, then Conkling, and then Sherman. I also have a great many orders for Chief Jus tice Waile. As for Hayes, I don't thluk I sell one of his to ten of Speaker Kan- dalj, and yet I a.mn the Senate side, , .-.;-;;,- It n LLmuch walth, nor learning, nor clothing. There Is but little demand for Garfield, r ,.,,.,, 'uor RmrTroVtmemrssr but some for sam Cox and rernando Wood and Gen. Banks, but the princi. pal sales are confined to those I have just mentioned. Of those wbo are dead , tbe greatest demand is for Andrew Jack son, Abraham Lincoln, and Chief Justice Chase, though there is a fair market for George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster, Secretary Seward, Sec retary Stanton and General Thomas. You would be surprised to know, also, the number of engraviogs I sell of Jelt. Davis and General Lee. Tbe sales of these two are not as extensive as those I have heretofore mentioned, but tbey are considerable. Grant for some reason don't sell well. It maybe because ev ery one bas a likeness of him, but I sell three of Sherman to one of Grant; yes, Geueral Iee outsells Grant." From in quiries st other stanils, I learn that more pictures are sold of Senator Tbur man than any other public man. Tbe large sales of Butler's physiognomy may be accounted for from the geueral curi osity touching this most peculiar man, and the notoriety he enjoys from bis ec centric public career. Mr. SpoiTard, the librarian, has just made an important addition to the Con gressional library. It is a complete tile of journals iHiblisbed in Philadelphia from 1773 to 1877, in all, 107 volumes, aud comprising tbe Claypoole Atleerfier, l'oulDOri Advtrtiser and tbe Xortk American, all well preserved and bound iu calf. The bound volumes of newspa pers in the library of Congress now uum berover 6,000, and in this collection is a set of the London Gazette from ltttVj to 1ST!). There is hut oue other set in exist ence this belonging to the British government. Thequestion of pro-, i ling additional room for the immense and magnificent collection of books now un der Mr. Spollitrd's charge is still anitst- , ine the Congressional miud, hut ho I ftir lt s B tak. The building of h ..di so much bas been said Is still visible m tbe mind's eye only. 1 As the end of the session approaches, l all tbe sharks aud lobbyists, who have little schemes in which they are inter- ested, huddle together and prepare for a I grand final rush. But tbe indications oow are that the large raids upon tbe . , ... .,.. f.n . , i P"b"c Ir"a,ury hfo smmio,, of ' eveu a respectful hearing. No lime has as yet been wasted upon any of them, I ..j ,k i. litti. h.t..nr th.i, ........... ft show now, though there is usually " great danger iu the Sual rush. Both Hepublicans and Democrats, however, are very intent upon various moves upon ti,e Political chess-boa-d, and neither side feels that it cau afford to champion i subsidies of any sort. The Democrats organizing for a united ami deter-1 1 mined effort to repeal the test oath for , jurors, and some obnoxious features of , though aiZef depuar! abals and supervisors of elections hv the 'federal government would have to dispensed with hereafter. There never was any constitutional warrant for these things. The Western Union Telegraph Company is making desperate efforts to defeat the measure to enable railroad eompauies t- have telegraph lines and transmit messages lor the public. If tbe measure paes, it wifl take a large amount of hu-mess from this monopoly, whicn lias bought up every competing line heretofore established. 'i.l.lx. Washington, D. C, February 1&, 1879. Making Happy Homes. It hss been said tbat great men speak of thing", little men of persons. Cer tainly gossiping slander aud setodal are more likely to occur where persons are under discussion than ou lie other plan. There is a process of education con stantly going on iu every dwelling. which care and thought cau make an unspeakable advantage, and, at the same time, contribute to make a happy borne. To keep objects of pureauu high interest before the children's minds, in a natural and suitable way to l ave them upplied with such books as will occupy aud interest to talk not so much lo them as with them about objects to take note of and encourage any advance tney make, and to direct tbe now not of a part of but of tbe whole of their life, physical, mental, and moral, with out apparent interference or violence: this nappy act, to be sought for, labored for, goes lar to make a happy home. Neither wealth uor high education is needed to do this. The tastes of cbil dreu are naturally simple. Your child's wooden guu, cut with your own hand, perhaps, and made a liuk of connection betweeu your little boy and you, may be more to bim, more influential over his character, more potent in biuding his heart to you while living, bis mem ory to you when you are dead, than a costly gift, that bad uothiugtosay of you, but that you ordered it at the store. Ami when you, livinga loving, natural life before your children, md with tbem, bend the knee iu their midst aud speak of God to them, and of yourself, and the friends they know to be in joy or sorrow, there is a most blessed education going ou there is a powerful restraint being put on natural evil, there is a pleasant type of Heaven where the whole family that is named alter Jesus shall be gath ered together. We would not willingly eonvey the impression that all tbe good feeling is to be on the side of the father, for much might be said to wives and others on the influence of temper aud toue in making home happy. Meantime, my fancy roams through dwellings into which I have peeped; into quiet "parlors" where the carpet isclean aud not old ami the fur niture ptlished ami bright; into "rooms" where the chairs are deal, and tbe floor earpetless; into "kitchens" where the family live, aud tbe meals are cooked and eaten, and tbe boys and girls are as blithe as the sparrows in the thatch overhead, and l see that It is not so town, uor country, nor rank, nor station as toue and temper that make life joy ous or mi-erable, that rentier homes happy or wretched. And I see, too, that in towu or country, in Ulster or Leluster, in Europe or America, (Jod's grace aud giM.il sense make life what no teachers, or accomplishments, or means, or soci ety, cau make n, theopeuingstave of an everlasting p-:ilm, the fair beginning of eutlless existence, the gnouiy, modest, well-proportioned vestibu'e to a templeof God's building, tbat shall never decay, wax old, or vanish away. Home Work. The folio whig sketch is by Rev. T. K. Beecher: "I declare that tbe woman who is able to systematize aud carry on smoothly tbe work of an ordinary fimily illus trates higher sagacity tbau is called for by seven-eights of tbe tasks done by man. Men lake oue trade, aud work at it; mothers' and house-keepers' work requires a touch from alt trades. A man bas Ins work hours, and his defi nite tasks; a woman has work at all hours, and incessant confusion of tasks. Lei any man do a woman's work for a single tlay wash and dress the children having provided their clothes the night before; see that breakfast is under way, to sun a fault-tiudiug husband; the wash-boiler put on with water for the washinu; the dish-water heating, aud the luncheon brought out for the school-goer.-; a nice dinner in the good man's dinner pail; the beds made, after proper airiui;; the father's convenience exactly bit tor family prayers; tbe sys tematic sweeping ot the bouse once a week, and of living rooms once to three times a day according to the number of men to bring iu the mud the actual washing and out-washing of clothes; the drying, sprinkling and folding, and to morrow the ironing of the same; the sorting aud mending of tbem, autl pro viding for the new ere the old gives out; the making of bread three times a week, with cakes and pies intercalated judi ciously: I'itkies, preserves, aud cellar stores to be laid in, and not forgotten in ' their "uS'n; children's maimers to be ! at ended to; comjiauy to be entertained; . bt-rown ersoii to he tidied up, to please Ant eye; lite tired Uim tube welcomed j -od waited ou by tbe no less tired her, .1.1 iti.t 1 1 f. m u nmilii phoarfiil' lila Ihmu. pr (, (,H pBlcned after ilegTO.; to .so I heau put them on in tbe morning;' the j children ! be helped about their lessons, aud reminded not to forget their Suudav- Huhool le-sou; the shopping and market ing to be done for tbe household; house repairs lo he attended to. and matters iu geueral lobe keptstraigbtaround home. .Meantime, 'fa pa must not be hindered about his work,' because his work brings iu the money. Yes, man's work brings in the money. But man's work does uot so tax tbe bead, autl heart, and baud, as woman's work does." Vl8lxM.-We do not become wise through books alone. No; not through books, not through travel, not through clever people, not throujrh the whole world, if we do not carry in ourselves the slumbering power which calls forth out of all the individual parts tbe har monious shape; or, to speak more sim ply, when w do uot understand how to J ' .1... ......il. a lfAA.1 uuite the enn who Tt is when or bud. In. u" i.,i.fd bexoi.d tf-nvtry by hopes are ome rough .1 rt,-il .ir- l'i- OJ -t d-sp.ised to nicture to ourselves what llowers they might have borne if they bad flour- i ..,irht be isbed. Dickens,