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laindcalcf J. VAN SLYKB, KDZTOB AKI> PDBIJSHKB. HcHENBT, ILLINOIS THE PAST WEEK, m. * r •• • W?' DOMESTIC NMWS* Wm The East. The Rhode Island House of Ilepre- jjfcitiill ii i ii hwt week voted on the question of *<«iQman suffrage--twenty-five ayes to twenty-one noes--not the two-thirds majority necessary for ^submitting an amendment of the constitution fethe people, J. & J. Tyrrell, of Boston, dealers in lilies, have suspended. Liabilities, $160,000. The city of New York "will have to «ome down with its proportion of the money needed to complete the great Brooklyn bridge, fbe State Court of Appeals having so decided. Sfcratton & Storms' tobacco factory, Pearl street, New York, was burned last Week. Loss, $75,000. The losses of other oo- . (ippwnts make the tofij over $100,000. ' Nellie, aged 18, the beautiful and ac- ""«omplisbed daughter of ex-Gov, Hubbard, 6f Connecticut, fell in love with the Governor's eoftcteosti, e young man ' of uncommonly good personal appearance and pleasing manners. An dopemeet and marriage followed, whereat the Jttci&l circles of Hartford are stirred to their depths. Judge Edwards, a prominent lawyer «t Albany, N. Y., and principal of the Albany JAW School, recently committed suicide by dis­ emboweling himself with a large carving- knife. 8e was temporarily insane. Pleuro-pneumonia has t broken out lanongtheNew Jersey cattle. The Wmt. William H. Vanderbilt will begin, 4|fout the last of April, the construction of a tnnnel for the Canada Southern railway under ftfl Detroit river, at Grosse Isle. The tunnel ^gll be 3,700 feet long, and, it is calculated, will 11,500,00a At Fort Scott, Kan., a few days ago, • negro named Bill Howard, having been de­ tected m a horrible crime, was taken from jail and hanged to a lamp-post. After the body had bung some fifteen minutes the infuriated nob took it down and dragged it to the square, to spite of the resistance and objection of the Jaore calm and peaceable portion of the crowd, and literally roasted and burned the remains la a fire of dry-goods boxes and coal-oil, amid demonstrations that rivaled pandemonium. John Schreler, a prominent Western Socialist agitator, was lately arrested at his koine in Evansville, Ind., and adjudged insane, fie had previously attempted suicide, and • eoffin ready for his use was found in Ms par* : Every boat that arrives at St. Louis -j&om the South brings a deck-load of negro inignuiti on their way to ffsasaa , . The South. A large cotton andf woolen mill at timphis, Tenn., was struck by lightning and tirel v consumed by fire a few days ago. Loos estimated at f90,000. The New Orleans banks have resinned ? tte payment of 'currency on demand. ^ ^ There was a donble execution at New Sent Court House, Va., on March 25. The Victims were Patrick Smith and Julius Chris- , tka, both negroes, convicted of the murder of f̂̂ lohn C. Lacy, a'white man, in January last Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky, fi&s been the scene of a diabolical assassina­ tion. Col. Tom Buford, brother of Gen. Abe Buford, who is well known in Kentucky, upon Rearing that a case in the] Court of Appeals, in - '̂ hieh he was interested, had been decided ligainst him, loaded a double-barreled shot­ gun with buckshot, took his position near the front door of the Capitol Hotel, and waited for the Judges of the court to come to dinner. Judge J. M. Elliott was the first to approach. As he reached the door Buford % tpalked up to him and shot him dead. Twelve ; iuckshot entered his body, some of them pass- : frig through his heart. Judge Pryor made his appearance on the Bcene a moment later, when Buford leveled his gun to give him the contents f «f the other barrel, but, before he could get a aatisfactory aim. Judge Pryor run behind corner. A crowd oollected, and the a--win Was taken into custody. A wharf-boat burned at Hickman, 3Ky., last week, and four persons who ware sleeping on the boat were burned to death. FoUtieat. A oancns of the Greenback members «f the House was held at Washington last week, at which the subject of attaching political measures or any foreign legislation to appro­ priation bills was generally discussed. There Was a unanimous expression of opposition to Una way of legislating. The Green backers, however, expressed themselves as being m favor Of ail measures proposed by the Democrats, ex­ cept the repeal of the law relating to Super­ visors of Elections, which they are in favor of ID a modified form. They are opposed to the test oath for jurors and favor its repeal They are also opposed to the use of troops at the polls and to the Election laws which authorize Federal interference at the polls, and favor their repeal, but they ask that these repealing clauses be introduced as separate Xneasurea A committee of the caucus has ' been appointed to draft financial measures to present to Congress embodying all greenback deas. Washington dispatches state that *the Republican leaders have become thor­ oughly alarmed over the unqualified assertions of leading Democrats that, as a result of con­ ferences with the President and members of the Cabinet, the President would sign a modi­ fied bill repealing the Election laws." The Ohio Democratic Committee have decided to hold the State Convention at Columbus, June 4. Washington. It is said that the Southern members of Congress will insist on the passage of a bill providing for a national quarantine, some suoh bill as that which passed the Senate last session, and was defeated in the House. Federal appointments: John B. Ham­ ilton, of Illinois, to be Supervising Surgeon of the United States Hospital Marine eervice; J. P. Kidder, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Dakota Territory; John M. Wilson, of Ohio, Consul at Panama. It is reported that ex-Congressman Bainey, the ablest colored man that ever sat in Congress, is likely to be appointed Third Auditor. The ^President has appointed Prof. Andrew D. White, «f Ooraell University, Min­ ister to Berlin, and Dr. Cornelius A. Logan, of Chicago, Minister to Central Amerio*. The demand for 4 per cent, bonds seems to have exhausted Itself, and daily sub­ scriptions of from $5,000,000 to 115,0(^,000, sush as were received two months ago, hate been reduced to from 150,000 to $<500,000. i The administration is agitated by the feports of the movements of Sittkig Bull on the Northwest boundary, and has adopted the idea of holding the Government of Canada re­ sponsible for the conduct of that erratic and uneasy Indian. ' , „ • annwrftm »ma • Ool. Walsh, the commander'of &e Canadian mounted police, reports that Sitting Bull has 2,000 warriors well armed and equipped, and that an ugly and insubordinate disposition is manifest among them. In view of the belligerent attitude pt pitting Bull, the Eighteenth Infantry, CoL Buger, now at Atlanta, G&., will be sont with all possible expedition to Bismarck. George Slosson, of Chicago, has chal­ lenged Maurice Vignaux, of Prance, to play a game of billiards, 1,000 points, for 91,000 a side and the world's championship, the match to be played in Paris, Visible supply of grain in sight in the States and Canada: Wheat, 20,985,000 bushels; oorn, 13,342,000 bushels; oats, 2,153,- 000 bushels; rye, 1,195,000 bushels; barley, 3,099,000 bushela. The widow of the late A. T. Stewart is traveling in the South. A prize-fight for the light-weight championship and $1,000 a side was fought last week on Canada soil, near Buffalo, between two brutes named Arthur Chambers and John Clark, and resulted in a victory for the first named. One hundred and thirty-four rounds were fought, and both of the hriusers were severely punished. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The expenses of the French Interna­ tional Exposition were 55,000,000 francs; the receipts amounted to 90,000,000 franca By a vote of 320 to 131, the French Chamber of Deputies has resolved in favor of an amendment to the constitution providing for the transfer of the seat of Government from Versailles to Paris. Piuto, the Portuguese African ex plorer, has succeeded in making his way across the dark continent. He telegraphed to Lon­ don: "I struggled with hunger, thirst, natives, floods and drought. I have saved all my papers, twenty geographical charts, many topographi­ cal maps, three volumes of notes, meteorologi­ cal studies, drawings, and a diary of complete explorations of the Upper Zambesi, with sev­ enty-two cataracts." The Wigan rolling mills, one of the largest iron manufacturing concerns in Lanca­ shire, England, has suspended payment Tianquillity reigns in Afghanistan, and Yakoob Kahn, nephew of the late.Shere All, has been proclaimed Ameer. A St. Petersburg dispatch says "a fresh case of plague has appeared at Wetli- anka. Gen. Melikoff has returned to Wetli- anka, where it has been decided to burn sixty- seven houses, valued at 45,216 rubles. The Minister of the Interior has ordered the Gov­ ernors of the various provinces to co-operate vigilantly against the spread of the epidemic during the spring." The British forces in Afghanistan, under Gen. Tytler, defeated 3,000 of the enemy on the 25th of March. The British loss was trifling, while that of the Afghans was 200 men. A submarine cable is to be laid from London to South Africa, connecting with the whole Eastern system of telegraphy, extending to India, China and Australia. Much distress prevails in the manu­ facturing districts of Paris, in oonsequenoe of the reduction of wages, and, in some oases, the oomplete stoppage of work. An unsuccessful attempt was recently made at St Petersburg to assassinate Gen. Ton Drentelen, Chief of tub Gendarmerie. He was driving along the Neuva quay, when a man on horseback fired twice into his carriage window. The General was not hurt The would-be as­ sassin rode a short distance, then leaving his horse escaped. Violent shocks of earthquake ruin­ ously destructive of life and property are re­ ported in Northern Persia. The English at­ tempt to negotiate with the Ameer of Afghan­ istan, Yakoob, has failed. The Ameer is said to be preparing for a vigorous spring campaign in defense of his capital. Gaunt famine stalks through tipper Egypt, and the inhabitants are reported to be dying by the thousands. Amnesty has been granted to 100 more French Communists. It is reported in London that an alli­ ance against England is about to be formed be­ tween China and Bermah. M. Tenaille de Vaulabelle, the French historian, is dead. A letter received in New York from Brazil says that 18,000 people died in Tartalesa in December, or one-fourth of the population; that 27,000 recorded interments were made in two months, while a number of bodies were sunk in the bay. In the villages round about, poor people were dying like sheep. A horrible stench arises from the ceme­ teries, and the black plague is feared. Starv­ ing refugees clamored at the barracks for food. The commandant attempted to arrest the ring­ leaders, but was shot down. Four soldiers and several rioters were killed in the struggle that ensued. Finally the military were driven out of the town and the provision houses sacked. CONGRESS, Neither house of Congress was in session on the 92d, but the committees of the House and Senate Democratic caucus to make recommenda­ tions concerning the order of business for the ex­ tra session held a joint meeting. The first ques­ tion discussed was whether the political legisla­ tion desired by the dominant party in Con­ gress should be effected by the passage of a sep­ arate measure or by the incorporation of the repealing clauses in Appropriation bills. It was determined, after a discussion, that the latter course would be the most expedient. The next question considered was whether tho political por­ tions of the Appropriation bills should uoM be passed in the same terms in which tney were passed at the last session, or whether the repealing clauses In regard to the Federal Election laws should be modified so as to repeal only those sections which authorize tho appointment of Chief Supervisors and Deputy Marshals for elections, to­ gether with the sections conferring police powers on Supervisors, thus contiuuhig the authorization for the appointment ot two Supervisors of different politics to serve in a testimonial capacity at each poll as witnesses of the count of votes. After an exhaustive dlscussloa, it was decided to 'recom­ mend tho adoption of a modified proposition. The joint meeting also considered whether the legislation ot the present session be strictly confined to ths Appropriation bills, including the measures above indicated, or whether general busi­ ness should be transacted by either house when not engaged on an Appropriation bill. A decided majority favored the restriction to the Appropria­ tion bills, and the enactment ei what. Is known as the "Yellow Fever bill." Tho Senate was the scene of a long and warm political debate on the 84th, over the resolution of Mr. Wallace (Democrat) to proceed to the election of officers of the Senate. The Republicans opposed the removal of the old officers, and charged the Democrats, in pursuing such a course, with a vio­ lation of precedent and custom as old as the Senate itself. The Democrats urged the removal of the old officers because they bad made themselves unusually conspicuous • as partisans while the Republican party held sway in the Senate, particular stress being laid upon the case of George C. Gorham, the old Secretary of the Senate. A circular signed by hfhi dnrins> the cam­ paign of 1878 was produced by the Democrats. This circular stated that " it is almost certain that the next Senate will be Democratic," and asserts that, " foremost among the schemes of that party is the intention to attempt the revolu­ tionary expulsion from his office of the President." The Democrats, during the debate, pronounced the circular false in every particular, and held that any man guilty of signing his name to it was unfit to be Secretary of the Senate. The Republi­ cans defended Gorham, and claimed that the then existant facts justified the issuing of the cir­ cular, After a five hours'debate, participated in by Messrs. Anthony. Hamlin. Wallace, Conkling, Bayard, Beck, Voorhees, Blaine, and Eaton, the Wallace resolution was adopted by a strict party vote, and all of the Democratic caucus nominations for officers of the Senate were elected. The House was not in session. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answar to Mr. Wallace's resolution calling for Information in regard to fees paid Depnty Marshals in elections in October and No­ vember, was laid before the Senate on March 25. Mr. Hoar called up his resolution declaring the failure of one honse to pass the appropriation bills, except upon condition of repeal of the existing laws, is revolutionary, and took tho floor for a speech. Mr. Hoar took the ground that there is no historical precedent for the refusal of the House to grant supplies except upon the conditions it has fixed. The notion that English history furnishes warrants for this action was a mistake. He went back into English history and made numerous citations. At the close of Mr. Hoar's speech the Senate adjourned. In the House, Messrs. Harris and Cox asked leave to intro­ duce resolutions, but Mr. Conger stated he would object to the introduction of anything unless it had reference to the appropriation bills, whereupon the HOUBB adjourned. The joint committee of the Senate and House Democratic caucus held another meeting, at which the report of the joint sub-committee was received and considered. The result ef the proceedings was an agreement to attach precisely the same amendments to the legis­ lative bill as passed the House at the last session, without the modifications suggested and favorably considered at the last meeting of the committee. They, however, agreed to provide for two Super­ visors of Elections, after stripping thorn of every function except that of witnesses. Neither house of Congress did anything on the 86th, everything being postponed to await the decision of the Democratic caucus. This met in the afternoon, and their final determination was that they would incorporate in the Appropriation bills legislation like that nf the last session, with some modifications. The law authorizing the pres­ ence of troops at elections is to be repealed, as is also the jurors' test-oath law. The sections of the Revised Statutes which bear upon electionsare not all to be repealed outright, but are to be greatly mod­ ified. Two Supervisors are to be allowed in each election precinct, and they are to be of different political parties, and all distinctions between Su­ pervisors in suburban and iu rural districts are to be abolished. The Supervisors are to be thorn of their power to make arrests in advance of voting. Numerous bills were introduced in the Senate an the 87th; none of them, however, were of any considerable Importance. Mr. Hoar's resolution declaring the course of the majority revolutionary, etc., was taken up. In a running debate, Mr. Hoar charged that the majority had usurped the functions of legislation by maturing measures in caucus,- thus anticipating constitutional forms. Messrs. Beck, Bayard and Voorhees replied, saying that the Democrats were acting with caution and circumspection, which win; more than the Re publicans had done when in the majority. Wi" out disposing of the subject, the Senate adjou: Until the 30th.----lu the HouM. Sir, RparSe ii duced the Army Appropriation bill. He stated that it was substantially the bill which passed tho last House, with the reorganization features stricken out. It retains the clause prohibiting the use of troops at the polls. A caucus of the Republican members of the House was held for the purpose of discussing the situation in regard to the political clauses which the majority has determined to in­ corporate in the appropriation bills. The subject was very generally d'scussed, and it was finally agreed that every endeavor should be made by the minority to prevent tho passage of the appropria­ tion bills unless they shall be relieved of the pro­ visions iu question. Tho sense of the caucus was that if the Demounts should Insist upon carrying out the plan already adopted by them, tho effect would ke tho stoppage of the wheels of the Government, and the minority would be responsi­ ble for the result. The following resolution was adopted without opposition: "/itsolved, That it is the sense of this caucus that hereafter, and un­ til tho appropriation bills are disposed of, no pairs by Republicans shall, n^-der any consideration, be made." This resolution appears to indicate a de­ termination on the part ot the Republicans to re­ sort to filibustering rstliT than recede in aujr man­ ner from the position they have taken. The Senate was not in session on the 28th ult. In the House, Mr. Springer presented the memorial of J. J. Wilson, claiming to be elected from the Ninth Congressional district of Iowa on the 6th of November, and offered a resolution to refer the memorial to the Committee on Elections when appointed. All the sitting members from Iowa were elected on the day claimed on the other side, but not on the day legally fixed for the election. The resolution was adopted. The Army bill was taken up. Ths consideration of the bill having been concluded, with the exception of section 6, repealing the statutes allowing the mili­ tary to preserve the peace at the polls, that section was read. A long debate ensued, but no vote was reached. About thirty members of the House, including Reagan, Jones (Texas), Springer, Stevenson, Ewing, Murch, Ladd, Kelley. De la Matyr, Weaver, Warner, Wright and Wise, met in the evening to consider the subject of the presentation of financial measures at the present session. After a general interchange of views, the following resolution was adopted: "Resolved, That we will ask the co-operation of our fellow- members of all parties in endeavoring to pass at this session bills for the following purposes: First, to increase the coinage of silver to the capacity of our mints, and to issue certifi­ cates receivable for all public dues, and the pur­ chase of silver bullion at market rates. Second, to reissue the greenbacks now held for the redemption of fractional currency or hereafter retired for the payment of arrears of pension and in extinguish­ ment of the bonded debt. Third, providing for the substitution of legal-tender notes for national-bank notes. Fourth, to stop all further increase of the national debt. Fifth, to provide for a tax on in­ comes of over $2,(J00." THE ELECTION INQUIRY. PKOOBE88 OF THE WALLACE 8BNATB COMMIT­ TEE'S INVESTIGATION. , The Senate committee inquiring into the alleged frauds in the late election, of which Senator Wallace is Chairman, and heretofore known as the Teller Committee, resumed the taking of testimony at Washington last week. Oeorge C. Gorham, late Secretary of the Senate, and also Secretary of tho Re­ publican Congressional Campaign Committee, was the first witness examined. He said that during tho Congressional campaign of 1878 about $100,000 was raised for Republican cam­ paign purposes; $'):>,000 from Federal officers and employes by voluntary contribution, and the remainder from friends of tho party not holding office. Perhaps $7,000 or #8,000 came from Congressmen. No contributions were asked from national banks, as such. A canvass among wealthy friends of the cause in New York city resulted in obtaining about $13,00J. There may have been some bankers contribut­ ing. Some lady employes of the Government insisted on contributing. Of <106,000, about $25,000 was expended for documents, about $ 12,000 was paid employes of the committee, and $8,000 for furniture and general expenses. This left $5">,500, of which $54,000 was sent to' different States, and $1,500 was paid to speak­ ers for expenses. Of the balance, #5,700 was lost by the failure of the German-American Rational Bank, and 9300 remains on hand. Ex-8eeretary of tit* Smate Gorham was be­ fore the committee again on the Mooad day of the sitting, and produced the book* of siib- soriptious in the departments, and the list of moneys sent to different States. The National Committee aided nineteen Southern Congress­ ional districts with an avenge of 9663, and fifty-eight Northern dlstriets with an average $ft?lA No aid was given to 812 districts. The polio j was to devote the money to dose districts. About nine districts in Ohio were thus helped. The witness thought the subscription in the Treasury Department might amount to #18,000 or *18,000, instead of *7.0)0 or #8,000, aa stated the day before. About #2,000 was subscribed in the Postofflce Department Very little was got from the Interior Department Jamea IL Kerns, United States Marshal for the. Eastern district of Pennsylvania, testified' that he thought, as far as United States Supervisor* and Marshals are oonoerned, Philadelphia could do without them very well. The expenses of United State* Supervisor* in 1878 amounted to #27,440. (Special attention was paid to Randall's district, because it was in a bad part of the oity, where slots frequently occur. THE PHILADELPHIA BBAXOH. A sub-oommittee of the Wallaoe-Teller In­ vestigating Committee, consisting of Senator* Wallace (Pa), Garland (Ark.), McDonald (Ind.), Hoar (Maes.) and Cameron (Wis.) have been grMwinfag witnesses at Philadelphia. B. O. Howell, of the Eighteenth ward, testified that Deputy Marshal Charles Olipbant was drunk on election day, and insulted every Democrat that came to the polls to vote. His testi­ mony was corroborated by other wit­ nesses, who also testified that OHphant used * every means to drive away Democratic voters. Joan Warner, of the Twenty-ninth wa^d, tes­ tified that Thomas Herr, the United States Mar­ shal in this ward, had a bad reputation. He arrested a man for trying to vote, notwithstand­ ing that parties were ready to vonclx for him. Arthur Vance, of the Fifteenth ward? a United States Marshal, was also charged with Jiituai- dating voters. IMPORTANT TO FARMER*. '• In these days, when a business man, be he merchant, farmer, or aught else, sits down and deliberately counts the cost Of running his business or farm, in­ surance is a very important item in his calculation, and naturally he asks him­ self, Where will I find a company offer­ ing the best inducements, combined with perfect security? Amongst the many annual reports made to insurance departments, in compliance with law, by the various in­ surance companies of our country, we would notice the twentieth annual state­ ment of the American Insurance Com­ pany of Chicago, which shows a degree of solvency and volume of business most highly gratifying and satisfactory. In the States of Illinois, Missouri and Indiana, its cash receipts for premiums during the year 1878 are in excess of any other company doing business in said States. Of the twelve companies reporting to the Illinois department whose premium receipts exceed $75,000 for 1878, the following is the list in order of receipts: American, of Chicago, reo'd #201,88£.65 Home, " New York, " 184,472.9(1 AStua, " Hartford, 44 183,820.41 Hartford, 44 Hartford, 44 H»2,Wi0.87 Rock ford, " Koekford, 44 132,855.00 Phoenix, 44 New York, 44 125.S24.22 Traders1, 44 Chicago, 44 117,301.00 Phoenix, 44 Hartford, 44 W,9515.16 • Continental. 44 New York, 44 5M.4!I2.58 Fire Association, 44 Philft.. 44 tH,476.5)9 Agricultural, 44 Water town, 44 Springfield, 44 Mass., * 44 75,400.58 "When it is understood that the Amer- confineB its business to the insure, ance of dwelling-houses, private barns, their contents, farm property, churches and school-houses--writes no policies in any of the large cities, and insures but $5,000 in any one risk--the immense number of patrons of this old "farmer's company " is easily comprehended. It has nearly 150,000 policies in force; has cash assets amounting to $912,768.62; cash surplus, as regards policy-holders, $502,386.13; has done business twenty years, and we say, therefore, to our readers, most emphatically, the Ameri­ can is a safe company in which to insure your homes. ; GETTING EVEN WITS A TURKISH BIGOT. When Lord Stratford was Ambassa­ dor at Constantinople, one of the Sec­ retaries had an audience with the Sheikh ul Islam, who, at the moment of his visitor's entrance, was engaged in the performance of his devotions. The Secretary sat down while the devotee finished his prayers, which were ended by an invocation to Allah to forgive a suppliant true believer the sin of hold­ ing direct intercourse with a giaour. Bin conscience thus relieved, the old mufti rose from his knees and smilingly welcomed his guest. But this guest, who was a great original, in his turn begged permission te perform his devo­ tions. He gravely went through an Arabic formula, and ended by begging Allah to forgive a good Christian the crime of visiting a " faithless dog of an infidel." The astonished old mufti was nettled, but with true Oriental imper­ turbability he bore the insult.--Twenty Years in Turkey. THE HOTTEST SPOT ON EARTH. One of the hottest regions on earth is along the Persian gulf, where little or no rain falls. At Bahrin the arid shore has no fresh water, yet a compar­ atively-numerous population contrive to live there, thanks to the copious springs which break forth from the bottom of the sea. The fresh water is got by diving. The diver, sitting in his boat, winds a great goat-skin bag around his left arm, the hand grasping its mouth; he then takes in his right hand a heavy stone, to which is attached a strong line, and thus equipped he plunges in and quickly reaches tho bottom. Instantly opening the bag over the strong jet of fresh water, he springs up the ascending current, at the same time closing the bag, and is helped aboard. The stone is then hauled up, and the diver, after taking a breath, plunges again. The source of the copious submarine springs is thought to be in the green hills of Osman, some 500,or 600 miles distant FRESH TOPICS, OF^the eccentric traits of Mr. Sothern, the actor, this story is told. He objects to his dog forming new acquaintances, so he fastens two very sharp needles to the dog's nose, leaving the ends pro­ jecting about an inch. When a strange dog rushes up to w shake noses " with him, he gets R thrnRt. which pprjrlft ftfm away howling. . ; " ^ A NEWFOUNDLAND young man, who suffered much from pain in the back, bandaged himself with flannel moistened with turpentine. Afterward, desiring to loosen the bandage, and having noth­ ing at hand to cut the thread with which if was stitched, he lighted a match to burn it, and was burned so severely that he died in a few hours. ing to toil for food and lodging is said to be more efficient in suppressing vaga­ bondage than the severe penal enact­ ments of New Hampshire and Connecti­ cut. ' %. IF Rowell retains Sir John Astley^t belt he will have no end of tramping to do. Ennis has put in a verbal chal­ lenge, and Weston a formal one. O'Leary has kept silence, but his friends think that he may get himself into walking condition again. He is arrang­ ing for a six-days' contest between American pedestrians for a champion­ ship belt. ROBERT BUBDETTE, of the Burlington Hawk-Eye, is an advocate of the barbed wire principle. He says the reason why the people in the prairie counties of Iowa do more work than any other-peo­ ple in the West is that there is nothing abotft the top rail of a barbed-wire fence thai invites men to sit on it and talk politics while the grasshoppers get in the crops. AT a recent meeting of the French Academy of Sciences, M. de Lesseps declared, from his experience of plague in Egypt id 1834, that it is not conta­ gions. The patients may be waited on without danger.. All the prcautions he then took were to burn the clothing and insure a,tonic diet, for thp pest ap­ peared only where distress and famine THREE-QTTAETERS of a century ago a movement was started in Savannah, Ga., to erect a monument in honor of President George Washington, then lately deceased. The effort, it appears, was from some cause unsuccessful, and was abandoned. Twenty-four years af­ terward the corner-stone of the Greene monument was laid on the site selected for that to Washington, and now a sub­ scription has been started to complete the latter. MANY Americano who have an inter est in pathology have visited La Sal- petriere, the famous hospital in Paris for old and insane women. It is a vast establishment, never sheltering less than 3,000 unfortunates^ entirely un known to the world, mere zeroes in life. Death is continually busy there; on an average, one person expires every two hours; but this is too small a mortality for the public convenience, as there are ten applicants for each \ ac mcy. At 9 o'clock every morning six hearses stand at the chapel door, and at 9:15 they are driven away, each hearse carrying two corpses. For some time Dr. Charcot, an eminent professor, has been lectur­ ing there on nervous diseases, of which he has made a special study. He traces hypnotism,, animal magnetism, epilepsy and somnambulism all to nervous dis­ order, and demonstrates it by experi­ ment. THE mails from South America bring news of wars and revolutions and famine. Bolivia and Chili are involved in a contest at arms, and Peru is getting ready to take an active part in the quarrel. In Venezuela the supporters of Guzman Blanco are engaged in a fierce and sanguinary struggle with his opponents, and desperate fighting has occurred, the mortality being unusually large for South American warfare. It is difficult to determine which party has the advantage. The United States of Colombia are also disturbed by revolu­ tion, and several battles have been fought, though it does not appear that much blood has been shed. Even the state of Panama is agitated by revolu­ tionary mutterings. Hundreds of per­ sons are starving in Cochabamba, the most productive section of Bolivia, and many have already perished by famine. DAVID PETEBS, a negro who is about to be pardoned out of the Rhode Island State prison, after having served eleven years of a fifteen years' sentence is said to have become an accomplished linguist by study during his leisure hours. This fact is creditable not only to Peters, but to the officials who have given the once- ignorant colored man facilities to im­ prove his mind. Rhode Island seems to be as far ahead of some other States in the humane treatment of criminals as she was over two centuries and a half ago in advocating the grand principle of liberty of conscience. Rhode Island abolished the gallows many years ago, and seems to get along very well with­ out capital punishment, and the plan pursued in Rhode Island's chief city of giving work to all tramps who are will­ WOR BETTER OR WORSE. The old man Beadigo keeps • pre# sharp eye on his daughter Mary, and many a would-be lover has taken a walk after a few minutes' conversation with the hard-hearted parient. The old chap is stuck this time, however, and cards are out for a wedding. After the lucky young man had been sparking Mary for six months the old gentleman stepped in, as usual, requested a private confab, and led off with: * "You seem like a nice young man, and perhaps you are in love with Mary?" "Yes, I am," was the honest reply. "Haven't said anything to her Jit- have you V" - "Well, no; but I think she recipro­ cates my affection." 5 "Does, eh? Well, let me tell y«n something. Her mother died a lunatic, and there's no doubt that Mary ban in­ herited her insanity." Tm willing to take the chances " *©- plied the lover. "Yes; but you see Mary has a terrible temper. She has twioe drawn a knife on me with intent to commit murder.4 "I'm used to that--got a sister just like her," was the answer. "And you should know that 1 hafro . sworn a solemn oath not to give Mary a cent of my property," continued the father. " Well, Fd rather start in p?or and build up. There's more romance in it." The old man had one more shot in his carbine, and he said: "Perhaps I ought to tell you that Mary's mother ran away from my home with a butcher, and that all her relatives died in the poor-house. These things might be thrown up in after years, and I now warn you." "Mr. Bendigo," replied the lover, "Fve heard all this before, and also that you were on trial for forgery, had to jump Chicago for bigamy, and served a year in State prison for oattle-stealiiig. I'm going to marry into your family to give you a decent reputation. There- no thanks--good-by!" Mr. Bendigo looked after the young man with his mouth wide open, and when he could get his jaws together he said: "Some infernal hyena has went and given me away on my dodge!"--Detroit Free Press. THE GIRL WE Alth WANT. The true girl has to be sought for. She'does not parade herself as. show goods. She is not fashionable. Gen­ erally she is not rich, but oh, what a heart she has when you find her t so huge and pure and womanly. When you see it you worder if those showy things outside were women. If you gain her love your two thousand are millions. She will not ask you for a carriage or a first-class house. She'll wear simple dresses, and turn them if necessary. Shell entertain true friends on a dollar, and astonish you with the new thought how little happi­ ness depends on money. She'll make you love home (if you don't you are a brute), and teach you how to pity, while you scorn, a poor, fashionable society that thinks itself rich, and vainly tries to think itself happy. Now, do not, I pray you, say any more, "I can't afford to marry." Go, find the true woman; and you can. Throw away that cigar, burn up that switch cane, be sensible yourself, and keep your wife in a sensi­ ble way. THE MARKETS. BKEYIB HOGS COTTON FLOUR--Superfine.. WHEAT--No. 2. NEW YORK. I COBN--Western Mixed 44 OATS--Mixed 81 RYK--Western 68 POBK--Men 9 25 LAKD 6 CHICAGO. 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