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earn §laradralcr Ji TAN 8LYKE, EDITOB AHD McHENBY, •as ILLINOIS. fefetia ' l."j;ffl""';S,,lTtil ... ""' " * "" - Wk JUVENILIS. What's a Boy Ute.:v,«? i fci>e a wasp, like a sprite, t le aicoose, liken eel, *V* like a top. like » kite, Jj,lafc_ Like an owl, like awheel|'%:< ^ like a wind, like a snail, | " like a knife, like a crow,""!* Uke a thorn, like a flail, ^ like a hawk, like a doe. ";V. - " like the sea, like a weed, 'A, like a watch, like the *tu^ \ like a clond, like a teed, like a book, like a gnn, like a smile, Uke a tree, like a lamb, like the modM$|v * like a bad, like a bee, like a bans Uke a tone. r ^iikfc a colt, like a whip, |'J *•*' • *• like a manse. like a millj : Uk« a bell, like a ship, like a jay, like a rill, like a shower, like a cat, like a frog, like a joy, like a ball, like a bat, ; Most of ail--Uke a Boy. •0M •life f*~-„ <• m* • % - V m <M £ m f Ingratitude in High Ufa " It's a shame, and I'll go and tell Tabby Grayl" cried Kitty Clover, as she Bcampered across the street and climbed the neighbor's fence. Tabby Gray was asleep otf the win­ dow-sill ; but she roused herself when Kitty Glover appeared on the fence. "How are you?" said Kitty Clover. "How are you?" said Tabby Gray. **If you'll believe it," said Kitty, "they «re going to do it again this summer! Go off in the country and leave me alone, when I've caught mice for them ell winter! Isn't it ungrateful?" "Just like them!" said Tabby Gray. Tin glad my master is so busy he can't get away. How do you know they are jgoing?" uOh! Jane's paoking the trunks and •everything is in a muss. Carpets all up, and the floor so dusty that I can't keep my paws clean a minute. They're go­ ing to take Nugget again, ghat's what it is to be a yellow dog! When he <came home last autumn, he had the im- ^dpudence to ask me if I'd had a good time, when I was nothing but skin and bone and could not have borne it ^ another week." I " T h a t ' s a l l y o u e o u l d e x p e c t o f a y e l - E Jow dog. The villain!" exclaimed Tab- |-- - oy Gray, putting up her back. " What shall I do? " said Kitty. Tve a mind to cuddle down in a trunk and !go, too." *r « Don't do it!" cried Tabby, waving her tail with emphasis. " Don't do it. It has been tried, and it didn't work well. Nobody opened the trunk till she was a skeleton." M What can I do, then?" asked poor Kitty. , * , * Let me see," replied Tabby, musing s f & moment. " I'll tell you. You shall a::%f«' have part of the mice in this yard. I must have some; for my health requires it. However, they give me plenty to ^^eat, and you shall have the mice every W/ other day. But I must say one thing: I am the only oat master likes. He says' a Maltese always looks clean.' He hates a black-and-white oat. Your ...v-ij'strpaws are white, you know; so, when you come, don't come over the fence, where he can see you. Just slip in quietly, and take your stand behind the shed there. It's the best place for .mice." M Qh, thank you! Thank youl" said , Kitty. "You've taken a load off my ^•iwginind. I shall be glad to come; and I'll stop in the alley and wash my * paws before I come in. Good-by." I And she jumped off the fence and start­ ed for home. It was no joke to go home. The street was full of enemies. Just as she was going to .cross, a car­ riage came rattling by and she drew back for a moment. When it was gone, she started again, and a big dog came Imrfoqg down the street; and then came if I it troop of schoolboys. But at last she II I aim across, and mewed at the door until they lei her in. Although it was sad to see them get­ ting ready to go and ?eave her, still she was happier than if she had no plan for the future. 8: jLt last the windows and the blinds W 1 fastened and everything was ready; even the carriage at the door* "Good-by," said Nugget. Kitty took ho notice of him. Jane opened the door and put Kitty into the yard. sorry for you, Kitty Clover," v said ufce; " but I reckon y oull get along. I'd take you with me, if they'd let me. Here's food enough to last you three or four days." Then she lodked the door »apd went away. The next day Kitty's oousin came to see her. Tve come a long way to see you," " mid die. "As well as lean oount, ifs four or five alleys, and I'm tired as any- <.: thing. Do I smell cold meat? They ,, don't give me much at home, and I'm sick of mice. I'll just take a bite." So the cousin took a good many bites, and •hen she said "Good-by." be oujMrf food soo®," thought lit W \ Kitty; "but I won't go to Tabby Gray's until I feel the pangp of hunger." The time came at last when she could wait no longer; so she crossed the street again, and went softly in the gate, not forgetting to polish her paws first, and took her place by a mouse-hole. Tabby Gray was not at home. After a while a little mouse popped his head out, and in again. "I always know when they are com­ ing by their breath; they eat so much cheese^said Kitty. By and by the mouse ventured' out a little further, and die caught him. He was delicious, but small. Hardly a mouthful. And he seemed to be the only one. She stayed as long as she dared, but caught no more, and went home not muoh better off than when she came. "S There was one comfort. She could shelter herself in Nugget's kennel, now he was away. The next day she found a bone in the alley; and the day after ahe went to Tabby Gray's again. But she caught no mice this time, and Tabby had to give her a small part of her own dinner. "I see how it is," said Tabby. "This will never do. I catch the mice one day. You come the next day, and they won't stir out because they haven't got over their fright. Then the next day (my day) they've forgotten all about it and come out boldly, and so I get them all." "No matter," .said Kitty. "Tve made up my mind to run away. I shall give up my place, and they can get a new cat, if they choose. It's too much They're so ungrateful and unkind." "Perhaps that's the best thing you can do," said Tabby. "And I'll tell you where to go. Bun along through this alley, and another, and another, and you will come to a house with a canary bird at the window. Perhaps you oan catch him some time. And, if you do, it will more than pay you for changing your place. But don't eat him on the premises, or they'll find you out by his feathers." "Good-by, then," said Kitty, mourn­ fully, and ran along through one alley, and another, till she came to an open gate. There was no bird in the window; but there was a little girl, Polly, busy digging up her beans, to see why they did not oome up. She was a kind little girl, and never too busy to help a cat in distress. "I'm hungry," said Kitty Clover. This would have sounded like "mew" to you or me; but Polly understood the cat language, so she said: "Pussy dear, have they all gone into the country and left you to starve?" "Yes," said Kitty. "Then walk right in,"said Polly,"and I'll give you something to eat." So Kitty walked in, and Polly brought her a nice bowl of milk and plenty of food. When she had finished her dinner, Polly took her into the house in her arms. "Oh,mamma," said she, "here's a little angel of a cat. Will you please let me keep her? Do, mamma." Now, instead of an angel, mamma saw only a miserable, half-starved oat; but she couldn't say "no" to Polly, of course. So Nancy washed Kitty Clover nice and clean with soap; and then Kitty washed herself over again, because she hated soap. And there she lived in peace and happiness all the rest of her days; for Polly loved her dearly, and never went away and left her to shift for herself. A BTHAKOK TRADITION. Among the Seminole Indians there is a Strange tradition regarding the white man's origin and superiority. They saythat when the Great Spirit made the earth he also made three men, all of whom were fair complexioned, and that after making them he led them to the margin of a small lake and bade them leap in and wash. One obeyed and came out purer and fairer than before; the second hesitated a moment, daring which time the water, agitated by the first had become muddled, and, when he bathed, he came up copper-oolored; and the third did not leap in untii the water became black with mud, and he came out a dark color. Then the Great Spirit laid before them three packages, and out of pity for his misfortune in color, gave the black man first choice. He took hold of each of the packages, and, having felt the weight, chose the heaviest; the copper-colored man chose the next heaviest, leaving the white man the lightest. When the packages were opened, the first was found to contain spades, hoes, and all the implements of labor; the second unwrapped hunting, fishing, and warlike apparatus; the third gave the white man pens, ink, paper, the engine of the mind, the means of mutual mental improvement, the foundation of the white man's su­ periority. IN Rome a few weeks ago, while some workmen were excavating for the foun­ dation of a buildiDg near the new Via Nazionale, they found an antique statue which is described as magnificent. The head was missing, but the drapery indi­ cated it to be a representation of a Greek philosopher or orator. Old coins warn found m the same place. FAMILIAR POEMS. Stmt lAnnif*Umm Wvat* ftflsr Favorite*, i Longfellow's poems are as familiar to all instructors as the language of the school-room. Every school-hoy reads and declaims them; every teacher, like evory preacher, quotes them. We once passed an evening with Prof. Long­ fellow, during which he gave us an ac­ count of the origin of his most popular poems. We will give the history of those which are common to the "Head­ ers " and "Speakers." The "Psalm of Life" Is probably the best known of these numerous school poems. It was written on a summer morning in 1838. He was a young man then, full of aspiration and hope, and the poem was merely an expression of his own feelings. He regarded it as a personal matter--like an entry in one's journal--and for a long time refrained from publishing it. Mr. Longfellow re­ lated that, on returning from his visit to the Queen, an English laborer stepped up to the carriage and asked to shake hands with the writer of the "Psalm of Life." "It was one of the best compli­ ments I ever received," said the demo­ cratic poet. Longfellow's study is a repository of the beautiful things of the past; souve­ nirs, busts of noble friends, momentoes of departed poets--Tom Moore's waste- paper basket, Coleridge's inkstand, a piece of Dante's coffin. In this study stood an old clock, with the colorings of age, rising from floor to oeiling. It numbered the hours in which his best poems were written. Is was the "Old Clock on the Stairs." The " Wreck of the Hesperus" was written in 1839, at midnight. A violent storm had occurred the night before; the distress and disasters at sea had been great, especially along the capes of the New England coast. The papers of the day were full of the news of dis­ aster. The poet was sitting alone in his study late at night, when the vision of the wrecked Hesperus came drifting on the disturbed tides of thought into his mind. He went to bed, but could not sleep. He arose and wrote the poem, which came into his mind by whole stanzas, finishing them just as the clock -the old dock on the stairs-- was striking 3. Longfellow says that he was, as he thinks, led to write the " Wreck of the Hesperus" because the words "Norman's Woe," which were associated with the disasters at sea, seemed to him so inde­ scribably sad. Sir Walter Scott says that he was lad to write the romance of " Kenilworth" because the first stanza of Miekle's famous ballad of " Oumnor Hall" haunt­ ed him : The dews of summer night did fall. The me n sweet regent of the sky, Silvered the towers of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. "Excelsior" was written after receiv­ ing a letter from Charles Sumner full of lofty sentiments. "Hiawatha" owes muoh of its story and the embellishment of musical In­ dian names to the researches of School­ craft Abraham Le Fort, an Onondaga chief, who was a supposed graduate of Geneva College, furnished Schoolcraft with the Indian tradition of Hiawatha. You may find it in " Schoolcraft," part III., page 314, and in the same volume you may find the Indian vocabularies from which the poet enriched his verse. The poet has added muoh to the origi­ nal tradition. see one of their simple conversations taken in short-hand and put in print, with Coarse oaths bristling all along the line of the remarks. Profanity and vulgarity do not always go together, but they are apt to. The swearer is in danger of becoming vulgar, and th» vulgar man is almost invariably a swear­ er. When both habits meet in the same individual they make him intense­ ly offensive to the pure-minded people. It is imagined by some that an occa­ sional oath or a little vulgarity gives spice and flavor to conversation; but, if it does, it is a very offensive flavor. There is nothing more charming than chaste and simple language, and it is worth any man's while to cultivate the habit of testing it. An oath would not be considered a flavor to the conversa­ tion of a modest and beautiful maiden, neither oan it justly hold to add to the piquancy of female conversation. DISCO URA QIC IK It is so easy to say, "Never give up the ship," It is so easy to hold your head up and step firmly, to laugh cheerily and have a pleasant word for everybody, when safely hedged in from sorrow and poverty by the love of friendB and a bottomless purse. When sickness passes by to knock at some other door, when home is the one "sweet, safe corner," in all the world, when there are those who would suffer that you might go free--ah! then it is easy to feel as if nothing could ever make you quite discouraged. This is a beau­ tiful world, and there are lots of good things in it. Yes, many a son and daughter, a few wives and mothers, and about the same proportion of husbands and fathers, do live more in the shine than in the shadow of life. But there are many more who have to buckle on the armor, and spend their best heart's blood in the daily life. Such bitter trials as men and women do live through! Who can doubt that Heaven sends them their fortitude? It oannot be of earth. Such strains of heart and brain as hearts and brains do still bear up under! Is it any wonder that weary hands sometimes fall des- pondingly, and weary heads bow dis­ couraged? Oh, ye! whose paths are in the pleasant places! whose faith was never tried by Heaven's seeming disre­ gard of your prayers and tears; who never knew the lack of tender home- love and protection, exult in your hap­ piness, and thank Providence. ; But while you drink from your cup of life suoh honey-sweet draughts, give a thought now and then to those whose daily portions savor so strpngly of worm­ wood, and remember that a kindly word and a helping hand, which cost so little, may make lighter the burdens of some one now almost discouraged. rf.i i . ...... .i. .... * •• . ; $Litfi'j <" BWRARIX&. Of all habits, it would be difficult to name one that has less reason by provo­ cation in it than of using profane or vulgar language. When coolly viewed, the act of one human being calling violently upon his Maker to deliver over his fellow-man to condemnation is wick­ ed in the extreme; it is a vain and ir­ reverent use of his Maker's name, and it is the expression of a harsh and in­ fernal wish. But, leaving the wicked­ ness of the habit out of the account, it is useless and irrational; it brings no pleasure, nor comfort, nor relief. No swearer is ever the wiser, richer, hap­ pier for his curses. He may curse his enemy for a lifetime, without turning one hair of his head white or black by the process. Our language furnishes all the words and terms needed to give strength and vigor to expression with­ out resorting to oaths and curses. All the words needed to express indigna­ tion and wrath even are found in it An oath does not give strength and emphasis to the truthful man's yea; and all the oaths and maledictions that can be imagined cannot give an atom of strength to the liar's nay. Swearing is ehiefly a habit; the oath which the well- bred mau utters in a moment of passion or vexation may be palliated, for it is perhaps like accident, but for the foul volley of oaths and curses that the habitual swearer pours out in ordinary conversation, or on slight provocation, there is no shadow of excuse, but a shame to himself, and a disgust to his acquaintances. Seme men are suoh slaves to this vieious habit that the' swear without knowing it; they con­ verse in a dialect of oaths. They would bedM6a4#tiW#lves could '• 'v ' MACAULAT OK " AMERICAN JfOTttS. It is impossible for me to review it; nor do I thick that you would wish me to do so. I oannot praise it and I will not cut it up. I cannot praise it, though it contains a few lively dialogues and 'descriptions; for it seems to me to be as a whole a failure. It is written like the worst parts of "Humphrey'sClock." What is meant to be easy and sprightly is vulgar and flippant, as in the first two pages. What is meant to be fine is a great deal too fine for me, as the de­ scription of the Falls of Niagara. A reader who wants an amusing aocount of the United States had better go to Mrs. Trollope, coarse and malignant as she is. A reader who wants informa­ tion about American politics, manners and literature, had better go even to so poor a creature as Buckingham. In short, I pronounce the book, in spite of some gleams of genius, at once frivo­ lous and dull. Therefore, I will not praise it; neither will I attack it--first, because I have eaten salt with Diokens; second, because he is a good man and a man of real talent; third, because he hates slavery as heartily as I do, and, fourth, because I wish to see him en­ rolled in our blue and yellow corps, where he may do excellent work as a skirmisher and sharpshooter.--From, a letter to Macvey Napier. AVKRAQK WRIGHT. A Prussian of an inquiring mind has been trying to average the weight of people. The average shows that a citi­ zen of the world on the first day of his appearance in public weighs about six pounds and a half--a boy-baby a little more, a girl-baby a little less. Some very modest babies hardly turn the scale with two pounds and a half, while other pretentious youngsters boast of ten and eleven pounds. He grouped his thousands of people according to ages, and found that the young men of 20 av­ eraged 143 pounds each, while the young women of 20 have an average of 120 pounds. His men reached their heaviest bulk at about 35, when their average weight was 152 pounds; but the women slowly grew on until 50, when their average weight was 129 pounds. Men and women together, the weight at full growth averaged almost exactly 140 pounds. HENRY PAGE set oat to preach Mor- monism in Georgia. He had made about 100 converts, and taken six wives, when he was A VERY QUEER PEOPJLE. Hmbit* «tnd ChmmeteritHn of the Jhtrmew Taken altogether, the Burmese are a fine robust race, among whom physical deformity and mental weakness are un­ usually rare. The men are almost in­ variably tattooed from the waist to the knees with figures of birds and animals, on a groundwork of delicate tracery and waving lines. The operation is per­ formed with needles, is exceedingly painful, and is executed with a black or blue coloring matter. It is often com­ menced at as early an age as 6 years. The arms are frequently tattooed in ver­ milion with cabalistic characters, sup­ posed to bo charms against disease and evil spirits. The hair is tied in a knot on the top of the head, and intertwined with a pieoe of gay muslin or silk, a jacket of stuff or cotton hangs from the shoulders, while a bright-colored cloth wound round the waist, extending to the ankles, and with one end thrown jauntily over the breast like a High­ lander's scarf, completes the costume. The women are frequently nice-looking, and adepts in enhancing their personal appearance by rich and graceful dress. Their black hair is carefully dressed and perfumed, gathered together behind the head, and usually adorned with fresh flowers. They wear a vest or bodice of the material known as Turkey red; a petticoat of native silk, partially open in front, so that in walking it displays whichever leg is thrown forward, and a train of a different pattern, the grace­ ful management of which is one of the accomplishments of the Burmese belle. An open jacket, a shawl draped across the shoulders, and a pair of red sandals are also worn. Their jewelry is massive and handsome, consisting of pure gold and precious stones. Both sexes have the lobe of the ear bored, and the aper­ ture enlarged by inserting gradually an increasing number of slips of bamboo. In these slits they wear tubes or cylin­ ders of gold about an inch and a half long, and three-quarters of an inch in diameter. Men, women, and children are inveterate smokers, and the ear- tubes are not inconvenient reoeptacles for half-smoked cigars. Women hold a very different position in Burmah to the one to which they are condemned by the Mohammedans and Hindoos. They wear - no veils, have their own legal rights, oan hold real property independently of their hus­ bands, and are universally respected and considered by the other sex. Their manners are pleasantly frank, although always well-bred, and they are allowed freedom of choice in matrimony. It is quite as oommon and natural to see a betrothed couple enjoying an evening walk in Burmah as it is in England. The greatest reverence is shown by ohildren to their parents, and by all to the aged. Good temper is a prevailing characteristic; and, though none seem to be very rich, there is no poverty. If a family should happen to be in want, the neighbors help them, and strangers are always hospitably wel­ comed and fed. Marriage is a purely civil rite. When young people " understand each other," the mother or eldest female relative of the man sounds the girl's mother, and if she offer no objection some of the suit­ or's elderly kinsfolk propose the mar­ riage formally to the parents of the bride-elect, and arrange whatever settle­ ment can be made. Their consent be­ ing given, the bridegroom provides the trousseau according to the capacity of his purse. A feast is prepared; the affianced pair eat out of the same dish in the presence of the assembled guests: and then the husband presents his wife with some hla-pet, or pickled tea, she does the same by him, and the cere­ mony is completed. This preserved or piokled tea is made up with some glutinous substance into small balls or cakes, and is chiefly imported from the countries bordering on China. It is much used on ceremonial occasions by the Burmese, who dress it with sesamum oil, garlic, and asafoetida, and look upon it as a great delicacy. Bice, as in most other Asiatic count­ ries, forms the staple food, and is usu­ ally accompanied by stewed fish, meat, and vegetables. Cucumber salad is a very popular dish, and chutneys of dif­ ferent flavor abound, the most indis­ pensable one to a Burmese repast being a very strong compound of prawns and the roes of various fish, seasoned with chillies, garlic, and other spicy condi­ ments. Bird's-nest soup is as highly prized as it is in China. The meals are served up in circular red trays of graduated sizes, fitting one after another into a conical apparatus called an "ok." The largest tray holds the rice, and is placed at the bottom; and the others contain cups, and plates of meat, fish, etc. The assembled com­ pany sit around the rioe, and help them­ selves by handfuls, which they season with the contents of the smaller dishes, piuming them around from one to an­ other. They are all water drinkers, as becomes devout Buddhists. ^ Their religion forbids them to kill any animal, but they have no scrapie in eating what has been killed by other Their appetites are remarka­ bly robust, and they do not hesitate tp> *7 eat creatures that have died a natural '̂ death, and are not at all inclined to do- spise the flesh of rats, snakes, and li*» ards, while some of the tribes highly appreciate roast, and even raw, monkqf* ILLINOIS NEWS. *1 m TH* Colorado State Board of Agrf? culture has elected Dr. E. E. Edward^ of MoKendree College, President of t&t-* Agricultural College of that State. ' STATE FISH COMMISSIONERS, provided for under the new law: J. S. Briggs, of Kankakee, one year; L. P. Bartlett, of Adams, two years; N. K. Fair bank, <# Cook, three years. ILLINOIS has more money-order posf* offices than any other State. She fnaiti the list with 443. Next comes Nefr* York with 351, Ohio 828, Pennsylvania 254, Iowa 312, Missouri has 185, anl Kansas 155. --A UNDER the law which took effect JUFYR 1, the Irvington College farm is to ha sold, and the Governor has appointed John Cunningham, Isaac M. Kelley, and S. M. Ellwood Cemouaaioners to ap­ praise the property. v ^ PHOBIA, is to have a cattle-shed largt enough to accommodate am? mala ' at once. The contract has been madia for a building for this purpose, whidk is to be 504 feet long by 350 feet wid% and will cost $26,300. It will be tl» largest cattle-shed in the oottutgy. THS new laws of this State, passed at the late session of the Legislature,, wen* into effect July 1. Among the mora im­ portant of them are those having refer­ ence to the assessment and collection of taxes, the State militia, drainage, roadhfc public schools, interest rates, insaraae% game, and the criminal code. THS following new post&l money-ordflr offices have been established in luinoiit Bear Mound, Brown Mill, Chebansa^ Clement, Coultersville, Danforth St*» tion, Edinburgh, Eiliott, Ellswortfi, Lawn Bidge, New Mark, New Holland, Unuda, Bobinson, Sidney, Sadottra, Sharn, Tentapolis, MaynesviUe, Wel­ lington, Wright's Grove, Yates City. , v THE report of the Joliet penitentiaef for the month of June shows the fal­ lowing figures: Convicts in prison Jane 1-- r f . Melee » . • Females Received during the month- Males Females.. .............i.iW..... Total.,... 1,818 Dlschur^'l during tl>e month......;.'...' 9& Reinaibing in prison June JiO. 1, MUCH tile is being laid under Tllinoin farms. i A FiRKsow's totiHament, to to in Elgin next fall, is talked of. A FINE amusement and Masonic is to be erected at Petersburgh. WORK has begun on the railroad «*» tension from Strawn to Chicago. THE recent school census shows tha population of Sandwich to be 2,287. , THE old settlers of Pike county witt have a reunion at Pleasant Hill, Aug. 12. IT is reported that Ben Butler will address the Winnebago County Fair next September. Two MEM, Willis Jones and Hiram Rogers, were killed by lightning at Eu­ reka, the other day. MOUNT CARMEL is tohaveanewoottxi house, to ocoupy the place of the oni> destroyed by a tornado a few months ago. LABORERS on the street in Green­ ville, last week, in cutting down a hill, unearthed several graves, the spot being part of an old graveyard. Two SPRINGFIELD boys, Ed. Bieroa and Charles E. Cannon, yesterday killed a blue racer snake, south of that city, which measured five feet lour inches m length. MARTIN CARFIELD, an Inmate of the Elgin Insane Asylum, aged 40, died a few days ago, of asphyxia. Deceased was formerly United States Marshal in Massachusetts. MRS. JOSEPA MABTOT died at Jaok* senville, last week, aged 98. She waa born on the Madeira islands, and waa among the first to leave them on ao­ count of religious persecutions. HENRY WIER, near Lacon, Marshall county, has a farm containing seventy acres all set to fruit. Last year Mr. Wier sold over 4,000 barrels of appla* and made 4,000 barrels of cider. COL. R. G. INGERBOLL is expected to deliver an oration at the reunion of tha soldiers of the Northwest, which is to take place at Aurora, Aug. 20, 21 and 22. Over a hundred regiments will ba represented on the occasion, and ex­ tensive preparations are being made. AN old man 94 years old was divoroad from his third wife, at Fairbury, last week. He married the woman in 1850, when he was 65 and she 16. Their youngest child is but 6 years old. Ha was charged with desertion and failure to provide for his family. The court gave the divorced woman 400 acres of land of her husband's estate, in fee simple. He is said to be worth $75.000L AN old resident of Illinois has passed from the active scenes of life in the death of Col. James Dunlap,atthe Dun- lap House, in Jacksonville, last week. He came to the State in 1880, was one of the contractors of the firat railroal built in Illinois, a member of the Consti­ tutional Convention of 1817, Chiaf Quartermaster of the Thirteenth Arnur Corps from 1861 to 1864, and during at* life an intimate Mend of Lincoln, Doug­ las, Baker, Yates, Logan aud other prominent Hlinoisana. At the time of his death he had nearly reached hii 77th year. , THE aon of a German farmer took from his father's pocket a bank note, the result of the sale of a cow, and tore it. The father, enraged, seized an ax and chopped off the boy's head* Then, horror-stricken, he rushed to tell his wife what he had done. She was aft the moment giving her babj^ bath, and fainted with horror. The baby drowned. ' V \ F sfW* *"• V"1 • <3 'ifs1,- k- i, _ w Y? " >r$ Mgjff • . 'V'! 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