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«_v^ J. TIN SLVKCF Editor A PV%1MMT. : I ILLINOIS *ICHENRY, ii St EPITOME OF THE WEEK. Condensed Telegraphic News. j, . -- , ' THE OLD WOKUk iisAir Athens dispatch of the 10th says Great Britain had promised that Greece should be represented at the forthcoming Conference «f the Powers. _ A„. A CONSTANTINOPLE telegram of the Uth says the Saltan had ratified the treaty recently concluded with Russia. The last *yf the treaty is reported to he, in sub­ stance, that neither Russia nor Turkey will rec­ ognize the right of any Power to interfere with Its terms except as regards the question of the rvStraits and the settlement of the boundaries .41$ Montenegro. r A VIENNA telegram of the 10th says the Congress of the Powers will open on the *lst of March. A PEACE demonstration in Hyde Park, London, on the 10th, was broken up by the riotous supporters of the Government policy. GLADSTONE, ex-Premier of Great Britain, has declined to stand again for Par­ liament. A CONSTANTINOPLE special of the morning of the 11th says the steamer Sphinx was recently burned near Cape Ella, and that 700 Circassians on board perished. IT was stated from London, on the 9th, that Lord Lyons woujd succeed Lord Derby as British Minister of Foreign Affairs. A PARIS letter, published in London . OB the 11th, says France and England had agreed upon Joint intervention fa Egyptian affairs. 4 . TRUSTWORTHY advices from India state that the Mohammedans there were great­ ly excited over the defeat of Turkey, and trouble was apprehended unless the Govern­ ment took speedy action against the Russians. It was believed that 200,000Moslem volunteers, to serve against Russia, could be raised with­ out difficulty. A GRAND fete was given to ex-Presi­ dent Grant, at Athens, Greece, on the evening of the 11th. The ruins of the ancient temples and the Parthenon were illuminated. r THE sub-committees of the Hunga­ rian delegation, on the 12th, voted to grant the credit of 60,000,000 florins demanded by the Austrian Government It was stated that Count Andrassy, the Premier, told the dele­ gation that Austria would never consent to the extension of Bulgaria to the ^Sgean Sea, or to the Russian occupation of the Prov­ ince for alonger period than six months. THE Porte has declared itself power­ less to help the 250,000 starving refugees around Shumla. THE Syrians are agitating the ques­ tion of annexation to Egypt. THE Russians have occupied most of the villages around Constantinople. PRIXCE HASSAN of Egypt is said to be Implicated in the conspiracy to dethrone the Sultan, and has been summoned to Con­ stantinople. v A TERRIBLE colliery explosion oc­ curred in Unity Brook Pit, at Kearsley, near Bolton, Eng., on the afternoon of the 12th. About forty men were working in the mine at the time, and it was thought that all had per­ ished. At la6t account^ sixteen dead bodies had been recovered. .THE Khedive of Egypt has formed a Commission, with Col. Gordon at the head, to make thorough examination of Egypt's finan­ cial condition, in order to ascertain what is the extent of her ability to satisfy the claims 61 lier creditors. A VIENNA special of the 13th says ' "Roumania had handed Count Andrassy a memorandum declaring that that Principality refused to be bound by the Russo-Turco peace preliminaries. THE Turkish Armenians have peti­ tioned Great Britain to obtain, from the forth­ coming Congress, autonomy for Armenia un­ der an European guaranty of protection. THE Sultan has bestowed upon Bar- ' oness Burdett-Coutts, of London, the Grand Cordon of the Order of Mejidie, as a recognl tion of her efforts in behalf of Turkish refu­ gees. A CORFU special of the 13th says the Turks had devastated eight Christian villages In the District of Delvino, and niagsucred the male inhabitants. They had also fcliw 100 fugitive women and children. THE Thessalian insurgents claim the recent defeat of the Turks nearPharsalia, kill­ ing and wounding 400. THE store-room being erected at Woolwich, Eng., fell, on the 13th, burying hundreds of workmen in the ruins. Many Were seriously, and some fatally, injured. LONDON dispatches of the 14th say that apprehension prevailed that, after all, the relations of the Powers were not so satisfac­ tory as had been believed. It was reported that the British Government had concluded to • occupy Mitylene, which the Russian Govern­ ment had announced it would consider as belli, and that the latter had moved its • forces nearer Constantinople. The situation was considered embarrassing and full of men­ ace. AT Brest, France, on thg 14th, thirty- six persons attending a fair were drowned by the capsizing of a barge. LONDON dispatches of the 15th say the hostility to Russia was visibly and hourly Increasing, and hopes of peace wyre based wholly on the belief that Russia will recede from her demands when the Congress meets, and grant the demands of England. It was said that Germany and Austria would be found supporting Russia, and that, if England fights, she would have no other ally than Turkey, who would break the late treaty the moment she discovered a disposition for war the part of Great Britain. I ., A BUCHAREST telegram of the 16th H th® °'h08tility against Russia on Hie part of the Roumanians was most In- tense. V-i ? A PERA dispatch of the 15th says - R&ssian transports were landing supplies in . great quantities at Bourgas,on the Black Sea, , and removing the sick and wounded, but no Able-bodied soldiers. The conclusion was ex­ ceeding that tljp war was not yet over. | AN Athens dispatch of the 15th says / v Russia had rejected the proposal to admit :{jreeoe to the Conference. . IT to announced from St. Petejsbusg £ that Pria& Battenburg, the Crarina's nephew, - fias been defnltely proposed for the throne of ftitearia. ACCORDING to a Constantinople tele­ gram of the 15th, Northern Syria had revolted and proclaimed its independence of the Sultan. The Kurds i$ Dfarbekir had also re­ volted. HON. CHARLES L. WILSON, proprie­ tor of the Chicago Evening Journal, died at San Antonio, Tex., on the 9th. He had been an invalid for several years, and was on a visit south for his health when he died. He was fifty-nine years old. AT a Town-Hall meeting at Harri­ son, Ohio, on the evening of the 8th, a new gasoline machine, which was being tested by those interested in its operation, exploded, instantly killing a member of the Council and a little girl. Two other persons were danger­ ously, and several slightly, injured. THE Village of Spartansburg, Pa., was lately destroyed by fire, and a clothier, named Win. Jacobs, and his clerk, N. S. Gold­ man, have been arrested and lodged in Jail, upon the charge of being the incendiaries. A SEVERE snow-storm prevailed along the line of the Union Pacific and other railroads in Nebraska and Wyoming Territory, on the 9th and 10th, blockading trains and causing the total suspension of trade and travel. The storm at Cheyenne was severer than any expe­ rienced during the past winter. THERE died, a few days ago, at Skaneateles, N. Y., a Mrs. Lydia M. Roose­ velt, who was the first woman who descended the Ohio River in a steamboat. The descent Was made with her husband in 1810, in the first steamboat built at the West. THE baggage and mall car of the passenger train from New York, over the Lake Shore «fc Michigan Southern Railroad, due in Chicago on the morning of the 11th, was burned at Edgerton, early on the morning of that day. • A BISMARCK (D. T.) special of the 11th says a leading Sioux Chief from Sitting Bull's camp had met and told a scout named Howard that they wanted to surrender. He said the Indians were literally starving, and if they could only save their ponies, would will­ ingly make their submission to the . United States.. NEW YORK dispatches of the .10th say the list of American exhibitors at Paris showed a total of 577 firms and individ­ uals who would exhibit in the departments of science and industry generally. The range of articles was very broad. The , Commissioner had striven to keep out, as far as practicable, all articles of minor value, or which would not reflect creditably upon American progress. The Western States furnished about 50 ex­ hibitors; New York, 242; Pennsylvania, 108; Connecticut, 88; Massachusetts, 54; Ohio, 16, and Illinois, 15. No goods would be received after March 20. ATLANTA, Ga.t was visited by a vio­ lent tornado on the morning of the 10th. The storm struck the city about eleven a. m., at a time when the churches were filled with Worshipers. The Episcopal Church was among the structures leveled, and here eight- teen persons were more or less hurt. The City Hall was unroofed, and many private buildings injured. THE Prohibitory Liquor bill was de­ feated in the Massachusetts House of Repre­ sentatives, on the 12th, by a vote of, 93 to 118. THE New Hampshire election, on the 12th, resulted in the choice of Prescott (Rep.) for Governor, by Between 1,000 and 2,000 ma­ jority. The Republicans also carried the House, Senate and Council. » THE Acton (Mass.) powder-mill blew np on the 12th, killing two of the workmen. The noise of the explosion was heard at Lowell, fifteen miles distant. A SERIOUS case of hazing occurred at Dartmouth College a few nights ago. In re­ taliation for being imposed upon by the Soph­ omores, some Freshmen broke into a room oc­ cupied by a Sophomore and his brother--a Senior--and unmercifully beat them with bottles. Two arrests were made. AT Harrisburg, Pa., on the evening Of the 11th, two children named Wood were fatally, and two others seriously, burned by the explosion of coal oil, with which the eld­ est, aged eleven years, was lighting the fire. THE first three silver dollars of the new coinage were received in Washington, on the 13th. One of them was delivered to the President, another to the Secretary of the Treasury and the third to the Director of the Mint. About 10,000 of the new dollars Would be forwarded on the 14th. ON the night of the 13th, at Washing- ton, a recently-discharged employe of the Interior Department, named Dr. B. S. Sehorn, committed suicide, by shooting. THE exchange of new silver dollars for gold was begun at the Philadelphia Mint, on the ISth. The rate of coinage would be about $40,000 a day. SINCE Jan. 16th, the date of the Treasury circular advertising the bonds, there bas been subscribed to the 4-per-cent. loan, np to the 14th. a total of $8,500,000. THE Secretary of the Interior ha* de­ cided that pre-emption filing Is not absolutely required In making a homestead entry, and that it may be entirely dispensed with in mak­ ing final proof thereon. This ruling will, it Is said, save settlers inconvenience and expense. ROBERT HAMILTON, ex-Member of Congress from N®>w Jersey, died on the 14th, of paralysis. JOSEPH LAPAIGE, alias Joseph Par­ ish, was hanged at Concord, N. H., on the 15th, for the murder, In October, 1875, of Josle Langmaid. He confessed to the crime for which lie was banged and also to the mur­ der of Miss Ball, a school teacher, at fit. Al­ bans. Vt, in 1874. Gus JOHNSON, a white man, was hanged at Rome, Ga., on the 15th, for the murder, in 1876, of a colored man named Al­ fred McCown. Johnson confessed on the scaffold to four murders, and was defiant to the last • m • J . • OORCBBSnONAL, SENATE.--Not in session on the 9th. HOUSE.--A bill was reported and re­ ferred to the Committee of the Whole, pro­ viding for an appropriation of $1,533,445 for deficiencies for the services of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878 The Consular ana Diplomatic Appropriation bill ($1,036,985, a reduction of $102,4:39 from the appropriation of last year, and of $177,462 from the estimates ot tmiState Department) was considered in Committee of the Whole. SENATE.--A reso lut ion was agreed to, on the 11th, appointing Gen. Wm. T. Sherman a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute in place of Geo. Bancroft, resigned The bill providing for appointment of a Commission on the the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, with an amendment that one member be engaged in the traffic. was passed--to 19. HOUSE--Among the bills introduced were the following: To issue certificates on the deposit of tsilver bullion or bars; to abol­ ish the Court of Claims; to reduce the tax on distilled spirits and tobacco; a joint reso­ lution proposing a Constitntioul amendment providing that Congress shall take measures for the issuing of non-lnterest-bearing legal- ! tender notes to constitute a permanent and stable paper currency The Nival Appro­ priation bill ($14,048,684) was reported and referred to Committee of the Whole. SENATE.--On the 12th, the bill in aid of the James G. Bennett Polar Expedition was passed unanimously....A petition was presented, signed by R. G. Ingersoll, of Illi­ nois, and others, declaring1 that the statutes passed ostensibly for the suppression of ob­ scene literature arc plain violations of the let­ ter and spirit of the fundamental principles of our Government, and that thev are capable of, and are in fact, bei ig used for the purposes of moral and religious jwrsecution, and the pe­ titioners pray that sueh statutes may be re sealed or materially modified, so that they cannot be used, as alleged, to abridge freedom of the press or of conscience....The House bill for the relief of William A. Hammond, late Surgeon-General, was passed--55 to 1. HOUSE.--The Consular and Diplo­ matic Appropriation bill was debated at con­ siderable length in Committee of the Whole. SENATE.--Bills were introduced and referred, on the 13th--to provide for and reg­ ulate the counting of votes for President and Vice-President, and the decision of questions arising thereon; to promote the deposits of covjnfrc oni| fho Tcfundinu of t.lic National debt -.. .Bills were passed--West Point Appro­ priation bill, with amendments; House bill to make persons charged with crimes and of­ fenses competent witnesses in United States and Territorial Courts. HOUSE.--The Consular and Diplomat­ ic Appropriation bill was further considered In Committee of the Whole; several amendments were agreed to and the bill and amendments were reported to the House and passed The Senate bill to aid the Bennett Polar Expedition was also passed. SENATE.--A number of Pension bills were passed, on the 14th.v..Bills were intro­ duced--providing for the payment of all cus­ toms dues, and all other debts due to the United States, in legal-tender notes at par, except in cases where It is otherwise expressly stipulated on the face of the obligation or contract; to regulate passenger fares and freight traffic on the Denver Pacific and Kan­ sas Pacific Railways; to authorize the con­ struction of a narrow-gauge railroad from Bismarck to the Black Hills Adjourned to the 18th. HOUSE.--A bill was introduced in the House, regulating the reserve fund of Na­ tional Banks.... The bill extending to three years the time for the withdrawing of distilled liquors from bond was debated and amended in Committee of the Whole, reported to the House and passed--118 to 116. SENATE.--Not in session on the 15th HOUSE.--A substitute was reported nnd referred to the Committee of the Whole for the bip to promote the deposit of savings in the Treasury and the refunding of the Na­ tional debt--The contested-election case of Dean vs. Field, from the Third Massachusetts District, was considered, the majority report favoring the claims of the former, and the minority report those of the latter--the sitting member. After some discussion, the Speaker had read a telegram announcing the death, in Havana, of yellow fever, of the Hon. John E. Leonard, Congressman from the Fifth Louis­ iana District, and on motion, out of respect to the memory of the deceased, the House adjourned, the session on the 16th to be for private business. * How to Awaken a King. WISYMOUTH was long King George III.'s favorite resort for repose and fresh air. He was accustomed to stroll unattended about the streets and ter­ races of the little watering-place, and he liberally patronized its theater--in­ deed, the good-natured Monarch pat­ ronized plays and players wherever he found them. In the course of one of his afternoon walks he had been over­ taken by a shower of rain, when, the door of the theater standing open, he entered, and, finding no one in attend­ ance. he quietly made his way to the Royal box and seated himself in his ac­ customed chair. The performances ot the evening, it may be stated, were an­ nounced to be for the benefit of Mr. Elliston, and His Majesty had promised to attend and support by his presence the efforts of the actor he greatly ad­ mired. He was a triiie fatigued, per­ haps, and the dim light of the empty theater and the easy-chair induced drowsiness. In a few moments the King was fast asleep. Meantime, Lord Townshend sought his Royal master in various directions, but in vain. He had dined at three o'clock, and quitted the palace shortly after dinner; he had not been seen since, and the Queen and the Princesses were somewhat uneasy about him, for it was now five o'clock. His Lordship even made inquiry of Elliston, who was quietly proceeding to the thea­ ter to make arrangements for the. per­ formances of the night; but Elliston eould give no information--he had seen nothing of the King. Arrived at the theater, however, the actor was not long before he discovered the figure of a man asleep in the King's chair. He had, indeed, entered the box to assure himself that all was prepared for the occupation of his Royal patron. For a moment lie did hot recognize the sleeper, and he was about to disturb his slumbers abruptly enough. For­ tunately he discovered in time that he stood in the presence of the King. What was he to doP He dared not wake His Majesty by touching him; he feared even to speak to him. It was clear, however, that something must be done; it was nearly time for lighting the laiqps--and then the anxiety of the Queen and the Princesses had to be considered. Elliston hit upon this ex­ pedient. He took up a violin from the orchestra, and, placing himself imme­ diately under the Royal box, he struck up, 44 God Save the King!" The King stirred, and, presently springing up, exclaimed: "What! what! Oh, yes, 1 see, Elliston. Ha! ha! rain came'on--. took a seat--took a nap. What's o'clock?1' "Nearly six, Your Majesty." "Six! Six o'clock!" cried the King. "Send to Her Majesty--say I'm here. Stay, stay, this wig won't do, eh--eh? Don't keep the people waiting. Light up--light up. Let 'em in--let 'em in. Ha! ha! .fast asleep. Play well to­ night, Elliston--great favorite with the Queen. Let 'em- in--let 'em in." At the close of the performance, Elliston attended the Royal visitors to their car­ riage, when the King, still occupied, with his adventure of the afternoon, nodded and smiled as he whispered to the actor, " Fast asleep, eh, Elliston? Fast asleep?"--All the Year Round. ABOUT one couple in sixteen married in Vermont are divorced. --England talks of making Stanleys Baronet. ILLINOIS STATE HEWS. THK wife of A Mr. Bain, of Chicago, wish­ ing to prepare some dye-stuff, recently, sent her young daughter to a neighboring drug­ store for some Indigo in solution and oil of vitriol. Mrs. Bain, not knowing how to use It, poured the Indigo into the vitrol, which, generating an explosive gas, the bottle was burst, and the contents scattered over Mrs. Bain and her two children, aged respectively ten and two years. The three were dreadful­ ly burnt, the noxious compound eating the clothing away where it fell. The two little ones received a quantity on their faces, and will be disfigured for life. THE Illinois & Michigan Canal Is now open for navigation from Chicago to Jollet, and in good condition for boats drawing four feet eight Inches of water. It Is understood that the whole line will probably be open betweefi the 15th and 80th. THE Attorney-General has formally notified the Governor that the signers of the bond to. furnish land for the new State-House had not furnished the same, as required, and called on him, according to law, to appoint commission­ ers to condemn. A MOVEMENT is on foot to hold a centennial celebration in Springfield on the 4th of July, in commemoration of the capture of Kaskas- kia, by Gen. George Rogers Clark, 100 years ago. It Is intended to make it a State demon­ stration, perhaps the greatest ever held in the State, and to include an encampment and re­ view of the State Militia, with representations of the various industrial Interests of the State. Committees will be organized in the Senatorial Districts, to take charge of the delegations therefrom. The details are not yet fully ar­ ranged. R. OVERAUD, a boot and shoe dealer at Tay- lor6ville, has failed lately. Liabilities, $5,000; assets, $3,000. JUDGE J. R. RACE, a Decatur merchant, has begun a suit for slander against Victor Thompson, of Sullivan, in which he seeks to recover $20,000, because the latter said Race had committed perjury in a case tried some time before. ON the 10th, two young ladles, cousins, Lavina and Alsina Larence, were walking a foot-log In crossing Brush Creek, two miles north of Neoga, when one became dizzy and grasped the other, both falling Into the stream. John Smith, a neighbor, ran to the rescue and saved Lavina, who was almost dead. Miss Alsina sunk, and was seen no more until the body was found next morning half a mile further down. AT Mattoon, on the evening of the 10th, Miss Stuckover, a young lady, was playfully flourishing a seven-shooter--empty, of course --first at a turkey and then at Frank Hack, a boy of nine. It missed the turkey and hit the boy, the bill passing through hl6 left cheek up­ ward, inflicting, a dangerous and probably fa­ tal wound. THE Governor has appointed the following Commissioners to condemn the ground re­ quired for State-House purposes, in addition to that donated by the people of Springfield: Hon. Charles W. Hitchcock, of Chicago; Hon. Joseph G. English, of Vermillion, and Hon. 0. H. Miner, of Sangamon. ; RECENTLY, James A. Brown, a stock breeder, of Pike County, was robbed by two men, and one of them wa6 arrested, Identified by Brown and lodged in Jail at Pittsfield. On the morn­ ing of the 11th, Brown was called out of his house by some person, presumably the com­ rade of the jailed robber, shot and Instantly killed. A FATAL accident recently befell Miss Zettle Holt, sixteen years old, and residing near Mount Vernon. In company with a little brother, she had started to a singing-school at a church near by, and when a short distance from home a large dead tree standing by the roadside fell as she was passing, striking her on the head and shoulders, and knocking her from her horse senseless. A farmer living near by, who was attracted by the cries of her brother, came to her assistance, and conveyed her to his home, but before medical attend­ ance could be procured she was dead. On examination the skull was found to be crushed In. THE following postal changes were made in Illinois during the week ending March 9, 1878: Discontinued--Melville, Hamilton Coun­ ty; Taylor, Ogle County. Name Changed-- North Branch, Cook County, to Oak Glen. Postmasters Appointed--Farlow, Moultrie County, Henry Farlow; Gllbirdsport, Brown County, Luke Perry; Honey Bend, Montgom­ ery County, Joseph E. Hickman; Houston, Randolph County, Wm. C. McKee; Howards- ville, Stephenson County, Mrs. Esther C. Dur- kee; Jefferson Corners, Whiteside County, Mrs. Hester Leech; Lost Creek, Clinton Coun­ ty, E. W. McClelland; Louisville, Clay Coun­ ty, Mrs. Lottie Hunter; Monica, Peoria Coun­ ty, Lewis L. Campbell; North Alton, Madison County, George F. Long; Oliver, Edgar Coun­ ty, Charles W. Shafey; Richfield, Adams Countv, Edward D. Roe; Woodslde, Sanga­ mon County, John W. Rehn. THE residence of Hiram Kirkland, near Mount Vernon, was burned on the morning of the 13th, involving a loss of $2,000. THE bank of Evans Pace & Co., at Marion, was swindled out of $2,000 in the following manner a few days since: Some two weeks ago a genteel-appearing fellow, styling him­ self James Watson, entered the Village of Cartervllle, representing himself as being about to engage in business at that point. During his stay he ingratiated himself into the confidence of a gentleman named McNeil, who was well known as an honest, trustworthy citizen. On the 8th, McNeil and Watson left Cartervllle for Marion, and upon their arrival entered the bank, where Watson stated to the Cashier that he desired to place eastern ex­ change for a certificate of deposit for $2,000. The Cashier, not being acquainted with either Watson or McNeil, the latter stepped out and procured the Circuit Clerk, who stated to the Cashier that McNeil was thoroughly reliable. McNeil then identified Watson, and the Cash­ ier gave the latter a demand certificate of de­ posit for the $2,000. After obtaining the money Watson immediately boarded a train and went to Carbondale, where he bargained with a man named Goldman for property in Centervllle at $800, and tendered the certificate of deposit. Goldman went to the bank of Rickard & Campbell, who cashed the check, giving Goldman credit for $800 and handing $1,200 to Watson, who shortly boarded a north-bound train and has not been heard from since. The eastern exchange was forced. Advice to Young Skaters. NEVER trv to skate in two directions at once. This always ends in sorrow. Eat a few apples for refreshment's sake while skating, and be sure to throw the cores on the ice for fast skaters to break their necks over. Sit down occasionally, no matter where. There is no law to prevent new beginners from sitting down whenever they have an inclination to do so. Skate over all the small boys at once. Knock 'em down. It makes great fun, and they like it. If you skate into a hole in the-ice take it coolly. Think how you would feel if the water was boiling hot. If your skates are too slippery buy a new pair. Keep buying new pairs un­ til you find a pair that iff not slippery. In sitting down do it gradually. Don't be too sudden, you may break the ice. When you fall headlong, examine the straps of your skates very carefully be­ fore you get up. That will make every­ body think you fell because your skate was loose. Wear a heavy overcoat or cloak until you get thoroughly warmed up, then throw it off and let the wind cool you, This will insure you a fine cold. After you get so you can skate toler­ ably well, skate three or four hours-- skate frantically; skate till you can't stand--itoston Time,. , - Lore's Young jffreain. IT is an old adage, almost too trite for repetition, that the course of true love never did run smooth; and there might be another equally true, though less trite, that the roughness of the running makes true love only truer The accuracy of both these is illus­ trated by a romantic incident which but recently occurred in this city. The parties most intimately con­ cerned are three. The first is a young lady, living in the neighborhood of Thirty-fL i street and Vernon avenue, an astonishingly handsome girl, about twenty years of age, a brunette, with large, flashing black eyes, a full and beautiful form, a cultivated mind, and most bewitching manners. Her name is well-known in the best society of the city, but delicacy requires that it, as well as the names of the others con­ nected with th% story, be untold, at least for the present. It is sufficient to sav that she is admired and honored by all who know her. The second is a gifted young lawyer, who doesn't live in Chicago, but who wooed and won the rich love of the girl some years ago, was engaged to her three years since, and has been and is now as de­ voted as was ever lover to his idol. It is hardly necessary to say that the girl returns his love with all the ardor that young love only can know, and that the affection of the two is of the character which obstacles only strengthen, which opposition only deepens, and which ef­ forts to quench only cause to burn more fiercely. The third dramatis persona is an elderly gentleman, a pompous self-important individual, whose name is well-known in the city, and whose office is not a thousand miles from the corner of Clark and Washington streets. He is the hard-hearted individual who has made a world of woe for these young people. However, he does not figure in the story till later. As had been said, the two had been engaged, and everything went happily. The world seemed fair to them, and they were to have been wedded about a year ago, but one day the young man went on his brother's bond. Fatal day! For later, his brother failed him, and he had to pay the bond, and he was impoverished. It was with a heavy heart that he told- his betrothed of his misfortune and of the necessity for a postponement of the happy day which both had been anticipating with so much patience; but with a heart full of joy that he received her assurances of her unaltered affection, and her will­ ingness to wait till any time that he might set to call her by the dear name, wife, and so the marriage day was put off indefinitely. The girl's mother looked upon the changed state of affairs, however, with a different eye; the more, sincc the third party, who, though advanced in years, was supposed to be rich, had manifested a fancy for the daughter; and the mother probably thought that a "good match," financially, was the fnost desirable thing, and that love could be trusted to come after mar­ riage. Accordingly, she took every opportunity to favor the new candi­ date's suit, and tried to induce her daughter to break the old attachment. But this was not easy work. At first, the young lady • mildly objected;then she tried to reason with her parent, though in vain; and, finally, finding thatner latest admirer was pressing his case, and that something decisive must be done, she came out natly, and refused to break her vows and, be a traitress to him who trusted her. It may naturally be supposed that a storm ensued, the result of which was that the despairing girl was forbidden to communicate with her betrothed, and was required to see his rival when the latter called. Protestations, entreaties, prayers and tears were of no avail. The fiat was stern and inflexibly enforced. Yet an occasional exchange of faithful words took place between the young lovers, and served to brighten the flame which the mother sought to stifle. The pair could not, would not give each other up; they vowed it; and a coup d'etat was decided upon. They man­ aged to meet one night at the house of a friend, who lives on Vernon avenue, near the University, and there agreed that a secret marriage should take place in that house. The day was fixed and was one but recently passed. Wit­ nesses were provided," consisting of two of the prospective bride's cousins, and a favored few of sympathizing friends. They separated, each feeling that future bliss was insured. But a few days before the union was to have taken place the young lady found it necessary to send some word to her be­ trothed. She wrote a letter, and gave it to a little girl next door, asking her to put it in the mail-box. The child, all unsuspicious, showed it to her mother, and that person gave it to the young lady's mother! What followed can better be imagined than described. It was a storm of domestic anger, ac­ companied by parental thunder and the rain of filial tears. But the game was checkmated. And now the disconsolate young girl is the object of close sur­ veillance, going out only with an es­ cort, and holding no communication with anyone who might aid her in an elopement. What the result will be no person can tell/ If the unwelcome suitor becomes ashamed of unjing his suit on a young lady who does not want it, all may jet be right. But if not--well, if those lovers ever get their arms around each others' necks, noth­ ing will be able again to separate them.--Chicago Times. The Defenses of London. WITH the addition some huge thirty-eight-ton guns, the, heaviest artillery at present in the service, to the defenses of the Thames, the forts which now protect London on the side of the sea may be considered in a satisfactory condition We rarely regard London as a fortified city, and yet against the attack of a hostile squadron it is well, assured as any other port in the world.. It is only within the past few years that any really serious steps have been made for the proper defense of the qenter of the Nation s greatness. At any time, no doubt, we could organize in a few days a system of torpedo defetseWkich would, if successful, effectiaHi* bar progress up the river; buttordeflwi^re at best a treacherous kind of weapon,, and are apt at times, to be as danger- Jus to friend as to fofe. Coining i£.to the Nore, the first opposition that an enemy would be likely to meet with are the Sheerness 1? orts and the Isle of Grain guns, together with any long-raWe cannon which might happen to be in position on the Essex shore at Shoe- buryness. In the event of the hostile' squadron passing these, it would next have to cope with a very powerful battery at Coal-House Point, and an­ other on the opposite shore, called the new Shornmeade Fort. These works mount guns of very heavy camber, and are so constructed that they may oper­ ate in unison, and deliver a sweeping crossfire. Moreover, the reach of the river is of such a nature that the can­ non of ^ the forts could command any ship coming up the river a couple of miles before the latter came abreast of the batteries. H we suppose, however, the enemy to be suc­ cessful in evading these works also, then his progress would be «hefcfcfcd again by Tilbury Fort and its compan­ ion work opposite New Tavern Fort. These forts are also fitted with guns ,of heavy caliber and long range, thosi On the Kent shore commanding the whole of the long reach in the river just be­ low Gravesend. It would only be in the event of an enemy running the fauntlet of those big guns that it w ould ave any chance whatever of reaching the Government factories at Woolwich, or those docks whose overflowing ri^es the world has heard vaunted so much and so often.--London News. v# * ; - .'1 . THE MARKETS. 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THE possibility of a war between England Russia naturally directs public attention to the Army in India, and the very important question arises as to whether, in the event of such a war, India would be in a positionjto supply a military contingent. The most prevalent opinion seems to be that it would be highly dangerous,apd impolitic to withdraw from India even temporarily any part of the English troops; but this argument does not ap­ ply to the native troops, seeing that one of the. principal uses of English forces in India is to act as a milit^fy check upon the native army. The send­ ing of a part of the latter from India would serve, therefore, as a safeguard rather than as a source of dange££o British power*. The native troops are well equipped, well drilled and handle the rifle with considerable skill. There is at present, however, a most fatal defect in the or­ ganization of native regiments, which would have to be remedied before they could be employed against Eu­ ropean troops--namely, the serious de­ ficiency of English regimental Of­ ficers. The full complement of En­ glish officers in all ordinary regi­ ments is seven, and of these on an average not more than four wquld be available at the commence­ ment of any sudden campaign. A regiment might, accordingly, find it­ self after a short period of active serv­ ice without a single English officer. It is a military canon that no regiment otight to go into action with less than two officers per company, and it will be readily understood that native regi­ ments would require a larger rather than a smaller proportion of English officers if required to fight with Euro­ pean troops. i V) Should this deficiency, however, be supplied, there is no reason why natite soldiers should not prove a very v^lti- able auxiliary to an English Army en­ gaged in a European war. India, ̂ a recruiting ground for such forces, is al­ most inexhaustible, and for the pur­ pose of a campaign against Russia the limit to Mussulman levies would be solely dependent upon financial consid­ erations.-- Calcutta Cor. London I'imes. --Mark Twain has a new dog. which he has named " Joe Cook," and thus explains the reason why: 441 call him Joe Cook because I can't quite under­ stand him. There are depths in that dog's nature that I haven't fathomed." ST1'- if- /