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•A' 3%$ ipifljfnrg flamdealtr. J. VAN SliYKE, PUBLISHER. McHENBY, ILLINOIS. ' • • -'Wlv! - AT THE WHITE HOUSE. r» Mu Who Presides Of«r th« Card Bu-fest--A. Btard Hsrr for QiSee SssScers. [From the Philadelphia Times. ° I I went up to the White House to see tow the executive machine is run under jits new management. The old door­ -keepers and ushers employed by Grant are still there. The old proverb, "Like master like man," is exemplified in their peases, for they are now all smiles and ^ ̂ ^politeness, whereas under the old regime they were rather surly and disobliging. In the ante-room, at the top of the stairs, "where Brother-in-law Dent presided over the card basket in Grant's first term, sits B tall, sandy-bearded Western man, with 4a big inkstand and a stack of blank cards jbefore him. Every morning this apartment fills up /With a miscellaneous crowd, so large that . it overflows into the adjoining halls. The -|scene is worthy the pencil of a great ^ •character painter. Nine-tenths of the .jpeople are evidently office seekers. These are easily recognized by their anxious look, restless, nervous manner, and the pallor of their countenances. They re- y^ninded me somewhat of the gamblers at /'^Baden-Baden, who sit around the green tables and silently watch the turning of the cards, but they embraoe a much •wider range of social position. These eager applicants for places are of all ranks, from the ex-Senator in black broadcloth seeking to conceal the humili- . »tion which he evidently feels under the . haughty air with which he used to stalk about the Capitol, down to awkward countrymen, after village postoffices, dowdy widows in rusty black, and weak- faced young men longing for department clerkships--yes, even lower, for in the throng are fellows so shabby and forlorn that they would probably be glad to get a pair of the President's old boots. The tall man with the sandy beard is little better than a snare for the unwary. Few of .the cards which he so politely asks the hopeful callers to write ever reach the eyes of His Excellency. The - truth is, this patient and considerate master of the ante-chamber is a break­ water to keep the crowd away from his chief, while they think he is put there to help them to the wished-for interviews. Across the hall, guarding a door, is a dap­ per little fellow of unmixed Ethiopian des­ cent. In his keeping are entrusted such cards as come from persons who appear to have any business that the President might reasonably be called on to give ear to. He takes them in and delivers them to Mr. Rogers, the private secre­ tary. Mr. Bugers is the seoond breakwater. He told me that his orders were to keep all officeseekers away from the Presi­ dent, and that, if any slipped passed him, it was by strategy. Occupying a desk at Mr. Bugers' el­ bow is usually to be seen Webb Hayes, the President's oldest son, a smooth-faced young man, with a large nose, who wears glasses and looks like a divinity student. A third desk in the room is used by a hard-working clerk, who attends to the correspondence under the private secre­ tary's direction. On one side of this room is a smaller apartment, where other clerks are on duty. On the other side three or four steps lead from an open door down to the President's reception room, a large square room, tritli heavy green rep curtains, hung over laoe, at the two windows, a bright carpet, two desks, numerous bookcases and an abundance of velvet-cushioned chairs. At a large desk in the middle of the room the President receives his visitors. Mr, Hayes has a chair placed facing his, to which he motions each callerby turn, rising to shake hands with him as he ad­ vances, and then resuming his awn seat. Sometimes when the conversation is de­ signed to be especially private he gets up and takes his visitor aside into a win­ dow alcove, and sometimes, but very rarely, he goes out with him into his re­ tiring room, adjoining. The Foundry Church--Origin of th Name. The "Foundry" Church, which the President sometimes attends in Wash­ ington, derives its name from one of its early benefactors, who made his large fortune in a foundry.--Pittsburgh Dis­ patch. This is a mistake, set afloat by Mrs. Mary Clemmer. The name is derived from " The Foundery," an old building in London in whioh "Methodism" was born, and of which we present an outline sketch: John Wesley's friends had been wor­ shiping with the Moravians in Fetter lane, London, but Wesley (disliking some of their fanatical teachings) deter­ mined to procure some other place of worsliip. Upon a corner, in a suitable locality, stood an old cannon foundry, where, through several English revolu­ tions, cannon had been cast by the En­ glish monarchists. This building Wes­ ley secured and fitted up as a "meeting­ house," thus converting it into a spiritual armory. Here the Methodism took its rise. For thirty-seven years this was the scene of the labors of the Wesleys, and it is no wonder that the name "Foundry Church" is dear to the Methodist heart, and is adopted as a family name, just as Plymouth, Pilgrim and Puritan have been taken bv the Cougregationahsts. It is an humble- looting place of worship by the side of the Metropolitan in Washington. Oberlin (Ohio) News. figures do not include the disbursements on account of interest on the public debt. The reduction made is in the or­ dinary expenditures for the administra­ tion of the Government. The following reeapitnlatiMi will show the gross receipts for the nine months ended March 31 last, as oampared with the same nine months of the preceding fiscal year: 1*7#. 18TI. Customs ..*11,771,098 $ 98,404,379 Internal rsraMBS.-,..... •»0T?,9«3 i,S9S,S6! Miscellaneous 19,259,263 17,884,«72 ..fB7,908,288 *»1,593,366 Pedestriamlsa*--O'Leary Defeats Wes­ ton. O'Leary and Weston, the American pedestrians, have been giving our British cousins some fine exhibitions of pedestrianism during the past winter; but by far the finest bit of walking either of them had shown was displayed in the match between the two Americans, which was concluded on the 7th of April. It was a six davs'contest, for £1,000 a side, and resulted in a brilliant victory for O'Leary, who eclipsed all previous achievements at long-distance walking. The London correspondent of the New York Herald chronicles the closing in­ cidents of the contest: " Twenty thou­ sand persons, comprising many noble­ men and ladies, crowded Agricultural HaU, Islington, all day to witness the completion of the Weston-CLeary walk. The excitement was such as hag never been witnessed at an exhibition of the kind in London. O'Leary completed his 500 miles at 2:40 p. m. Tremendous excitement followed. Weston accom­ plished the same distance at 8:15, ap­ pearing much the fresher of the two at the completion of this distance. At 9 o'clock O'Leary had made 520 miles to Weston's 503. O'Leftry retired unid great excitement and cheering. Weston continued until 11 o'clock, making 510 miles, and then retired. Weston was loudly cheered for his endurance, and, although beaten, left the track fresh and happy. "O'Leary walked from 10 to 11 o'clock on the course for exercise, lean­ ing on a friend's arm. He was evidently determined that his vanquished rival should not alone reoeive the applause of the multitude. He remained in the field although he had had enough. H© was evidently deeply fatigued, but may have found some compensation in the tremen­ dous applause which he received. O'Learys walking has been much ad­ mired, and he has astonished even his backers in thus performing a task which only a few years ago would have been regarded as incredible. The Standard says that "although Weston was defeat­ ed, the British people respect his pluck and sympathize with him in what is probably the bitterest disappointment of his life, namely, being vanquished at the moment when he had surpassed all his previous performances.' The dif­ ference in the style of the two men is much noted. O'Leary walked^ in good, upright form, with his body thrown back, holding in each hand a piece o£ wood. Weston, on the contrary, walked with a riding whip in his hand, jesting with his friends and trying to keep pace with the music." The Pnblic Finances. He identity of the financial sitni " throughout the world appears in th<ow ficits in the balance sheets of- all • What leading nations. The fiscal year to a like just closed in Great Britain with an expected shortage in the receipts^ - the same kind of a gap has arisen im a steam first nine months of the current f)^nnprs j year between the receipts and expet , _ n tures of the United States Governm*1® -- The aggregate receipts of the tB°WPr ma- quarters past have been $15,714,932 |s, ainWthe then for the corresponding period of iigreg$jon- preceding fiscal year. At the (same t||_ the expenditures have decreased fxT * [7 $121,000,000 in the first nine month! !\ l' -.O-TO ftlli KAft /w» j. T**- ««fcr. Laying for Him. It having come to the Mrs of the United States officials at this point that Big English, the boot-black, had a handful of lead nickels in his possession, the boy was yesterday interviewed on the subject. "Tea; I've got nineteen bad nickels in my trousers pocket," was his prompt epty. " And what are you doing with them ?" " Holding right to 'em. You needn't think you've got a case again me, for yon haven t." " How did you get those Dad pieces?" " Rich man, who shall be nameless-- black his boots every morning--hands me out a lead nickel--thinks he's got a soft thing on me, bat I'm layin' for him!" " How?" "Why, he's got a daughter Tx>ut my age. I'll be thinking of marrying in two or three years more, and I'll shoulder a bag of his nickels, walk into the parlor, and gently say, * Mister man, I love thy fair daughter, and I demand her hand in marriage. Behold the proofs of your vile perfidy, and coiae up to the race or go to the jug V You just keep still and let him shower out his bogus coins. I ain't handsome, bat I'm a terror to plan!" Melancholy Episode of the St. Louis Fire. Our readers will remember the par­ ticulars published in all the daily papers of an aristocratic wedding, th© parties being Lord Munster, of England, and the daughter of Dr. Henry C. Lynch, which took place three months ago. The happy couple traveled until within the past two weeks, when they returned to the city, and have been stopping at the Southern, and were occupying rooms there when the alarm of fire*had been given. In the din and confusion of the fire Lord Minister and his wife became separated, the husband escapihg, leaving his wife in the burning building. A report soon after reached his ears that his wife had perished in the flames, and the poor fellow at once lost his rea­ son. He procured a pistol and went up into Mr. Conroy's sleeping-room, which is on the fourth floor of the building on the northeast corner of Fourth and Olive streets, and, placing the muzzle of the pistol against his right temple, fired the shot which sent him into eternity with­ out a struggle.--St. Louis Republican. The Borden of City Indebtedness. A writer in the Cincinnati Commer­ cial figures np more than $540,000,000 line time, Vut we m.ike no in* »ne ses. the fiscal year 1876 to $114,500,000 for the same period of the present fiscal year--a saving of $6,5§0,000. These 8PKLLIXG KKPOKflof Below is given the report Class it) Spelling, for the t n ending April.23d, 1877: 3-225; Nora Morrison. 5-2 Slafte% 5-175; Addie Alexan Eloise Waite, 2-200; <Jha#» 2-200; Eflle Curtis. 2-22.» Gregory,, 1-225; Paul Broi Jennie Searles, 1-175; Car 10-225; Adtlie McOuiber, mg ia- Ail:* DO 58 Ykam. FIRST QCABTHK. Ykam. .Yo. of j.4wiotmf of failur€*,\ liabilities. Averag* liabilities. 187# 1877 1.Mm 43.176.953 a,806l 64^644,156 2,M9j 54,588,074 $ 91,748 33.038 19,040 THH Cherokee and Creek Tnilinna are setting out thousands of apple trees. COMMERCIAL NOTES. SOUTHERN planters who went to Brazil in such numbers just after the civil war are straggling, back hone again. The ruling idea is to edncate their children in their own land. THE panic of 1873 has brought a Ericeless compensation to the people it as afflicted. It has taught economy at home and enormously enlarged the sale of their goods abroad. THB American Steamship Hue from Philadelphia to Liverpool made money during 1876. Its total receipts were $1,065,043. Its ordinary operating ex­ penses were $791,516, and the clear Erofit of the year $144,914. Nothing lue in that picture. THE Sheffield steel trade is receiving another depressing blow. Most of the orders from Australia and other British colonies are now coupled with the re­ quirement that the articles ordered shall be manufactured from American iron. This applies not only to the finer class of cutting tools but to all articles of general hardware. This is a severe blow to the iron interest in that country, and the organs of that interest are bemoan­ ing the fact almost in sackcloth and ashes. CONTRAST to general expectation, the number of failures in the United States for the first three months of the present year show a slight increase over those of the corresponding quarter of 1876, though the amount of liabilities is some­ what less.* The quarterly circular of R. G. Pun & Co. furnishes the following comparisons : The increase in number for the quar­ ter appears to be only sixty-three, and is only significant because any increase at all was unexpected. The faffing off in the average of liabilities, however, is a good sign, and ought to atone for the small addition to the numbers. THB average prices for domestic fleece wool in the United States from 1824 to 1861 were : For fine, 53 3-10 cents; for medium, 42 4-10 cents, and for coarse 34 5-10 oents per pound. The average for the four years, from 1861 to 1866, during the war, were : For fine, 75 6-10 oents; for medium, 74 cents, and for coarse, 70 7-10 cents. In 1864 and 1865 fine and medium wool sold for $1.15 a pound, and even coarse wool sometimes sold for $1 a pound. The average prices for eleven y&u-s, from 1866 to 1876 in­ clusive, were : For fine, 55 oents; for medium, 53 cents, and for coarse, 48 cents. The prices in October, 1876, vrete : For fine, 45 cents; medium, 40 oents ; coarse, 33 cents a pound, and the average for the year was : For fine, 44£ oents; for medium, 44 cents, and for ooarse 36} cents.--Philadelphia Ledger. THE shipment of American apples to Europe, which was only begun in 1867, is now developed into a large business. From the middle of October almost ev­ ery steamer leaving New York for Liv­ erpool or London has carried shipments varying from 500 to 3,000 barrels. The extent of the business can be judged from the fact that the sales of American apples at Liverpool alone reached 90,000 barrels in the month of December last. The English people have received the large quantities shipped this season very favorably, and from Liverpool the other cities of Manchester, Birmingham, Hull, Bristol, and, in fact, almost every town in England, have been supplied, and "American apples" have become literal­ ly as familiar there as "household words." The greater portion of the ap­ ples shipped from New York were raised in the western counties of that State. The Canadian apple crop of 1876 was also large, and the shipments from Mon­ treal and Quebec last fall, and from Portland, Me., this winter, were quite heavy, and the quality of the fruit good. Boston was the outlet for the heavy crop of nearly all the New England States. MB. L. J. JENNINGS, the London cor­ respondent of the New York World, writes about the great increase in the sale of American cottons in England, and says that the finer cottons we export can­ not be matched on the other side at the same price. The growth of the trade is amazing, and no one yet sees where it may end. Mr. Jennings would not bo surprised to see th© shops of Lancashire towns advocating American goods, and the people there going about clad in the same. The following, taken from the trade and navigation returns of the United Kingdom, tells the story very briefly. Feb. 1878. Feb. 1877. Imports of raw cotton, „ cwt- • •1 lf704,189 1,309,389 Exports of cotton piece gooda, yards 308,511,700 387,694,000 With this statement comes the report of the American Bureau of Statistics, showing our domestic export trade last year compared with 1875. From this it appears that our exports aggregated $637,452,168, as against $567,011,818 for the year before--an increase of $70,440- 350, which is a pretty good showing for a country in our condition, and that a few years ago had the balance of trade against it. A Costly Present to Mr. Washburne. The German Government, through its Ambassador at Paris, has tendered to Minister Washburne the decoration of •ne of the high orders of German knigh&ood as a recognition of his dis­ tinguished services to the suffering Ger­ mans in Pans pending the siege during the Franco-Prussian war. Mr. Wash­ burne has informed the German Minis­ ter there that under the constitution of the United States he cannot accept this decoration, but the Minister retains it for him in case ne should decide to retire from office. The decoration is said to have cost $50,000, and to contain costly diamonds and other precious stones. This information comes to Washington by a letter from a gentleman attached to one of the European legations in Paris. An Unexpected Answer. ••Salt" was tue subject of the speech of a solemn and spare-faced clergyman before a Sunday-school, on ft" anniver­ sary occasion, the text being, " Ye are the salt of the earth." He explained to the youthful hearers the preservative bualities of salt, and especially its power to keep eatables from decaying. Then he told them how Christians, and espe­ cially ministers, were of advantage to the world as a purifying influence against the corruption of modern society. Then he asked a few questions. To " What are the ministers useful for in this world ?" a lively youngster gave the ready answer, "To keep wittles from spil­ ing. ^ Mam Immigrants IferiML The English press records, with ill- oonoealed satisfaction, the decline of im­ migration to the. United States, whieh the official statistics of the Board of Trade reveal. During 1876 the number of em­ igrants from England to the United States was 54,554, and the number who returned 54,967. The surplus popula­ tion of Ireland has been drained off, and the island is prospering, for since 1865 emigration has steadily decreased Dur­ ing the same period emigration from Scotland has remained stationary. Em­ igration from Great Britain has been in the direction of Australia and New Zealand rather than to the United States. The English papers aocept very ^rfuIly logic of the statistics. There is misery and destitution,'^they say, "in the land of the free." " There are other and more promising parts of the world." " A country where people either starve to death or are burned alive in theaters or railway carriages." "A good field for Chinamen.'" Well, this country doesn't need any more im- migrants at present. It is no easy mat­ ter to find work for all who are now here, and it costs a good deal to educate the children of those who have come cver- _ Let them stay where they are, and live and grow fat on--American beef.--Actp York Tribune. A Vermont Tragedy. Hiram Arbuckle, of East Montpelier, Vf in A 43 " 1 ' ***** aaw yjk ptuxuuu ui mtmmvy, Hiluii George Short, a lad of 16, twice. He then left him, went to the blacksmith shop of his brother-in-law, George Ban­ croft, aged 50 years, and shot him through the arm while he was shoeing a horse. Bancroft started to run, when he was shot again in the back, and, as he was going through the grist-mill door, he was shot in the ear, when he fell dead. Arbuckle then went to his house and waited till the officers came. He then said that he would not be taken alive, and shot himself through the heart, kill­ ing himself instantly. Arbuckle was 30 years old, and unmarried. Short is wtni alive, and may recover. The Cost of War. The wars of this century have been the most bloody and costly sinoe the palmy days of Rome and Greece. For its ten great bloody periods, viz., the Napoleonic, Grecian, Crimean, Italian, Danish, Austrian (1866), Brazilian, American, Abyssinian and Franco-Ger­ man wars--leaving out minor expedi­ tions and skirmishes--the figures foot up $38,667,600,000 expended, and 11,708,- 600 men destroyed from 1800 to 1871. Two-thirds of this aggregate outlay of men and money are to be charged on the ledger to Napoleon L up to hia ftlnw'ng battle fought at Waterloo. Revenue Service Consolidations. In consolidating internal revenue dis­ tricts so as to reduce the number to 126, as required by law, the consolidations will be made in the South, Southwest and West. A careful investigation has shown that consolidation cannot be made in the Eastern States without injury to the public service. The law requiring the reduction does not take effect untu the beginning of the next fiscal year. But the order for it will be promulgated in time to enable the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to prepare for the change in the districts affected. The Modocs. The Modoe Indians, now numbering fifty-four males and sixty-three females, are located on a very fertile tract con- taing 4,000 acres in the north wc st corner of the Shawnee reserve, Indian Terri­ tory. They have engaged energetically in labor during the past year, and as a result have a large and valuable crop on their farm. The Government has ex­ pended $1,882 for their schooling for ten months, which is under the supervision of the Society of Friends. Kicked to Death by a Horse. Charles W. Perry, son of Hon. John D. Perry, late President of the Kansas Pacific railway, was recently kicked to death by a vicious stallion at his fine ranche near Larkspur, Col., on the Den­ ver and Bio Grande railway. He died in intense agony. Mr. Perry, with his father, owned one of the most magnifi­ cent ranches in Colorado, stocked with the finest blooded cattle and horses, and was well known, hospitable and gener­ ous. French Cities. There are now eight towns in France, exclusive of Paris, which have a popula­ tion of more than 100,000. These eight towns have not, however, collectively, a a population equal to that of Paris, which slightly exceeds 2,000,000. The names of these towns and their popula­ tions are : Lyons, 342,800; Marseilles, 318,900; Bordeaux, 214,200; Lille, 162,- 700; Toulouse, 131,600; St. Etienne, 126,000; Nantes, 122,300; and Rouen, 104,900. Indian Rations. Orders have been issued by the Twdmw Bureau to provide rations for the 1,500 hostile Indians recently brought in by Spotted Tail. These Indians come in on the same terms as other hostiles. Their arms and horses will be taken from them, but in other respects they will be treated the same as Indians who have re­ mained at the agency.-- Washington Telegram. Homesteads and Grasshoppers. A law was passed by Congress last winter, allowing pre-emption settlers on public land on Indian reservations to be absent from their farms until October, 1878, should the grasshoppers reappear in 1877; and should they reappear in 1878 the settlers may leave their lands till October, 1879, without impairing any of their pre-emption rights. A FACKTiors physician, an old bache-. or, said the other day to a single lady: "How can you with a clear conscience answer St. Peter when you shall reach heaven's gate, for your heartlessness in refusing so many marriage offers ?" The lady archly replied, "I H^LII tell the Apostle that Dr. . did not ask me." POPULAR SCIENCE. JTJTTINO DEAD MEN TO SOKE URB. The,paint-makers are grinding np Egyptian mummies for the fine brown color which they make when powdered. The oolor is due to the asphaltum with which the cloths wrapped around the mummies was impregnated. HAT AS FUEL. . proprietors of a laige steam flour- ing-mill in Minnesota are using hay as a cheap fuel. In that region hay can be put in the stack at each man's door at a cost of $2 per ton, and ten tons, it is said, will furnish fuel for one stove dur­ ing a winter season. Hay-burning stoves and machines for twisting the hay into knots or sticks have already been patent­ ed. In sections where hay ranges from $15 to $30 per ton the new fuel will not i»6 iGulld SO CuCwp C*S lu. MtOTBCTINa BRICK WASSUk For the protection of soft-briok walls against moisture, it is recommended to make a paint by dissolving about 250 grams (f lb.) of mottled soap in 4 liters (1 gallon) of boiling water, and to apply the solution while hot with a soft, flat brush. When this coat is dry, it may be covered in the same maimer with, ft solu­ tion made by dissolving 100 grams (i lb.) of alum in 8 liters of water The alum and soap are designed to decompoee each other, and thus to form an msolyjble varnish that will resist rain. /.; ̂ CONDITIONS or iNSAirorl M. Meyer, of Hamburg, asserts that all mental diseases fall in two great classes. In one of these, the mental ac­ tion exhibits a state of the intellect be­ low the normal intelligence, and here there is evident weakness or confusion of mind: this diseased condition is idio­ pathic--comes from the brain--and if, in case of any patient of this class, there appears a state of excitement, this excite­ ment indicates at once fever. In patients of the seoond class, Dr. Meyer says the mental strength is not below the normal standard, but the intellectual activity is wrong in direction ; the insanity in a oase of this class is sympathetic or re­ flected, that is, it does not arise from a diseased brain, but the cause is to be sought in some other organ and part of the body--the organs of generation, the digestive organs, etc. WEIGHT AND HEALTH. The weight of the body, as 'is veil known, has often been assumed as an in­ fallible proof of the maintenance of the Condition of the body, or of a deposi­ tion of tissue, and the food which keeps up a man's weight has been regarded on that account as satisfactorily nutritious. Remarking upon this, in his recent ad­ dress, at Munich, Prof. Voit says that the weight of the bodv is really no crite­ rion of the value of the food taken, be­ cause, While the Weight r«>mn.ir»ato|t^afaT>f or even increases, water may iri<S§ase in the tissues and albumen and fat dimin­ ish ; or there may be an increase of weight and deposition of fat, while there is also at the same time a diminution of the albumen of the body--the fact being that badly-nourished people are usually not lighter than others, but their bodies contain more water and less albumen feeling of satisfaction is equally decep tive; that the Irish peasant who con­ sumes ten pounds of potatoes in the day feelB quite satisfied, and yet is badly nourished, in point of fact, though not oonsoioos of i*. THE KUTEBIKD. Ice ia thawed and snow is mm . And rmcjtmcetnem floods the trrrjt* j And on the hlra-porch sinmntbebeS-- ^{tln?vdown ^ fir"t ^rm wind TlwtthTUtatJ»e<*rli6«tda?*of »pnn- The bluebird aeelre oar maple groTaC^1^ And charms them into teaseling. ^ Hestto among the delicate sprays, - * While mJata of aplendor round him aawn* "^ And through the sprixig'a propb?tteT%# ,-m „ snmmsr'a rfci fulSSsscsi dfsim - «*• He ringa, and hi» to natare% roim .u • _ A of melody sincere From that great foimt of harmony . ! That thaws and runs when apring^ljflw^;^ Slwrt i his aong, but strangely •went «4, i «rl"V to ears aweary of the low, * • *ft 1 of winter's enllen feet, I IWf NfcfW fl»!^ £ m ice *nd muffled to anoifc .,. ^ Short m his tong, but through it rxuW * < V\rt A hint of dithyrambs yet to be-- ,j > « •. SJT "J'ggestiTenees that has * ™ Th® influence of a prophecy. Fran childhood I hare nursed a faife ' w'f *1 Thrre comes a time of blossoming" *: And after snow and cutting sleet The cold, stem mood of nature YiaMa S «• - " « . - rtr-;. more and fat than those who are well nourished, uic unujr; owy, mamma, sayi xnat Prof. Voit also adds that the subjective squawling 'ittle baby seems to sink 'ee's feelincr of in Annollv era nnlv wmm- Mikl 1.^ mi-* To tender W _nnth, When bare pink feet fjl1 Of children press her greening field*. • Blur strong and clear, O bluebird dear I, ll!k •wnile all the land with splendor tin? ' 1 "'W*." While maples gladden in the vales, ^ And plum trees blossom on the hilly. " - FMM Uown the wind on nhinin* win**! •"11? Afkll do thr will a- i " ' tmr- . . . i > r t * SS«"RETAHV OF THE NAVJ THOBO'SOB ̂ toaoBg his "reforms," intends that United States vessels shall not lie too m u c h . - ' • > * . • JOHN P. CHAMBBBXIADT, the well-known turfite, goes into bankruptcy and pays c&g oent on the dollar. This is turf enough •n creditors. „ THE Richmond Enquirer talks aboai 'an immense quadroon ball.'1 P^obab^ a ball given by a quadroon weighing four hundred pounds. DjgN'Tgo to the Black TTH1* to rich. It. is far easier to organize a fifd surance company and pay yourself."'ft salary of $30,000 per year. A MAN being asked, as he lay sunning himself on the grass, what was the height of his ambition, replied, "To manar»ft rich widow with a bad oough." ". , • ( EIGHT HFKDRED lightning rods .have been ordered for the Vatican, and the agent who took the order says, "I will do Vatican to give satisfaction," ' J- THE Turks have a superstition th&tttfe husband who beats his wife on Prictoy will have good luck. It's very handy to help maintain good domestic govern­ ment. • ) DR. HOM»AND sayB thA* man with a good heart can be satisfied to live on crusts. The Doctor gets a salary of $20,000 tier year, and probably refers to upper crusts. DR. MARY WAMBR was seen lookfa%- at a revolver in a Washington gun store the other day. She seemed to be hepi- tating whether to buy that or invest in a pitchfork. .' - THEY are preparing for high water in New England. Pig-pens are beil% braced up, the women are drawing th4ir feet in, and the hand-organ meti iwe coming West. . j u FOUR-YEAR old to his mother holding the baby: "Say, mamnnat say! That BTTRIKD CITIES IK ASIA. _ An expedition to explore the buried cities of Central Asia is talked of in Bombay and elsewhere in India. That treasures like those at Mycente may be found in the sands of Mongolia is at least possible. If tradition be of any value--a tradition, too, which has per­ sistently clung to one locality through the lapse of centuries--the tomb of Ghengiz Khan is yet, with its fabulously rich treasures, to be found (as Cot Prejevalsky was told by the Mongols) to the south of Lake Tabasuu-Nor. Your readers may remember the quaint legend about the last resting-place of the great Khan. Within the tomb lies a man who seems asleep. Every evening a sheep or a horse is tied near to the spot, and lo I in the morning the animals have been eaten. In 300 years, says the Mongols, the sleeper wilfawake and lend countlcss hosts of his children to victory and dominion. The old story is said to be circulating more and more widely every year. Then the Mongols say that constantly the drifting sands disclose, here and there, gold and silver treasures which they have a superstitious dread of touching. The buried cities under the sands of the Gobi are affirmed to be mines of incalculable wealth, guarded by gnomes and fearful spells, while all the deserts around the hidden ruins are peopled by myriads of howling ghosts. Dr. Bellew established the fact some time since that we shall probably have several of these buried cities revealed shortly, in a similarly natural manner to that in which they were primarily con­ cealed from the sight of man. The sands of the deserts of Central Asia reg­ ularly move and drift from east to west, and even now the eastern borders of the deserts are being denuded widely of all soil that can be torn away and borne westward by the violent winds that rage with incredible fury many months of the year in those regions. Will Russia be the first to avail herself practically of the knowledge of this ?--London Athe~ neum. The Speakership. Gen. Banks appears to be gaining some strength as a compromise candidate for the Speakership. Gen. Williams, of Detroit, who is here, who is friendly to Banks, has intimated that if the troops are withdrawn from Louisiana, as they have been from South Carolina, and the same policy is to be consistently pursued by the administration, lie (Williams) and a good many other Northern Democrats may, in certain contingencies, vote for Banks. Gen. Garfield, too, is under­ stood to have several Southern Demo­ cratic votes pledged to him.-- Washing­ ton Telegram. A weMAK at Mystic, Conn., who cut her throat a few days ago, had her wind­ pipe drawn together and still lives. Her only inconvenience is a Blight leakage where the wound was drawn up, which makes a sound like a steam valve when she takes a heavy breath. ze only chile yon got V Td give Kim back agin!" « - j THERE IB a New Jersey butcher who tries to give away yellow pups to his customers. He gave away twenty-seven before his customers found that he Waa (jelling more meat than formerly. A PARIS doctor who tried to cure* &n actress of her obesity sent her to the grave, but he explained t6 the pubKo that he had to sacrifice one person^ in order to get the hang of his treatment THE omnibus driver believeth in spe­ cie payment. Every trip he droppeth a few dozen of the passengers' coins into the straw, and at night he raketh them out and crieth, "Behold! a bonanzAf A POWERFUL breath--" Does he drink ?" asked one of the News comjK»- itors ot another the other morning, re­ ferring to a fellow-craftsman. "Dri^jkf he's got a breath that would pi a form." NAPOIIBON the First was perfectly sat­ isfied if he had raw onions and crusts to eat, but a Second Lieutenant in the United States army in these days wants four kind* of soup and perpettfsl pcade. " IT was pitched without," said clergyman, and an old Msc-bsll player, • who had been calmly slumbering, awoke with a start and yelled "fool!" The first bass came down from the ohoir put him out. BUCKWHEAT cakes have been discon­ tinued at Vassar for the season, and Hie slim, spirituelle student already passes through a recitation with lass unrnninpn and manifest disposition to have soip^ other girl scratch her back. " WHAT is the best remedy," ^sked a preacher of a shrewd observer, "for an inattentive audience?" "Give th4m something to attend to," was the signifi­ cant reply. " Hungry sheep will look up to the rack if there is hay ia it," , THERE never was a time when the in­ surance business was so We as it is now. All that a man wants to do after he gets insured is to die right quick, before the company does. But he doesn't want toibe fooling around, living and having a gdod time. IT is difficult to explain the workings of the youthful mind. A boy whowfll listen indifferently to the sublhnest truths of theology will be roused to the acutfcst interest by the progress of a caterpillar over the oollar of the bald-headed"nsun in the pew in fron of him. $ Substantial Belie. ' A gentleman visiting the widow dl a poet was exceedingly anxious to obtii* some relic of the bard, to be kept as a memorial of the deceased. The ladv ap­ plied to all his entreaties that she had al­ ready given away everything that was re­ markable, or that she could thinly of parting with, so that she had no relio left. Still the visitor insisted, and stall the lady declared her inability to satisfy him, till at last a happy thought struck her, and she exclaimed, " Unless you. take myself, I really can think of other relic [relict] of him that it is ia ajgr power to give or vours to receive." AT the meeting of the Chamber ot Commerce in Pittsburgh a gentlt>nia& urged the chamber to "throw off timidity and try the virtue of cheek an* brass." 'Jtff