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All the works are in fall view at the top ; the dynamite or nitro-lignine material is hidden below in several cylinders. A very simple contrivance has been adopt­ ed to explode the chaige at a given time. A flat disk slowly revolves by the action of the clockwork until a slot in th«* disk oomes opposite a lever or handta in connection with it. The slot releases the lever ; the latter in its turn releases 8 spring, and a small hammer falls upon th<» detona which the deluge." ' THE FAMILY DOCTOR. AMONG the other industries of New Orleftis is a fishing-line factory. It is ran on the principle of an old-time ropewalk, and tarns oat cotton, linen ^and silk lines* A D*AF mate of Raleigh, N. C., haa invented a hat-fan, which turns in the inside of the hat and cools the head. It moves by the force of the wind striking a neat little contrivance on the top of the hat. AN English inspector, in his report on an accident to a train which occurred on the London and Northwestern railway, mentions the fact that the engine had run a total distance of 329,577 miles, of which 39,103 miles were run since it i last repaired. PEOPIJB traveling in oars should re­ member that their safety is in keeping inside. An exchange says a New Hamp­ shire groom, on. his wedding tour with his bride, thoughtlessly allowed his arm to protrude slightly through the win- clow. An open door of a passing freight oar struck his arm, and,in a few hours be was a dead maa. To SHOW what ANFIRTJPNB#F^ filter plays in the telegraphic communication, the New York Sun says : If a message were written in New York destined for India, say Bombay, it would cross the Atlantio to Ireland, thenoe to London, Plymouth, Lisbon, Gibraltar, Alexandria, Suez, Aden, and from Aden be cabled to Bombay, this whole dis­ tance, all but the English transfer, be­ ing by Water. Now, if the message should proceed to Australia it would go to Singapore, from there to the Island of Java, and from Java to Port Darwin. The distance from Port Darwin to Lon­ don is 13,695 miles, and six hours is the average time taken to do it in, beating the sun by six hours. Press dispatches from Australia have, however, appeared in the London Times in four hoars. THERE has been a marked diminution the number and amount of failures in jhreat Britain. There were 13,132 in- lolvencies reported in 1879 and only 0,298 in 1880. The liabilities in the ormer year were $138,000,000, and in he latter $80,500,000; the assets were (50,600,000 and $23,500,000 respective - But, if the grain crop for this year loes not turn out better than is now ex­ pected, there may be an increase in the acord. » THE project of a world's fair seems to s having about the same experience in Joe ton that it went through with in Tew York. The idea was received at .ret with some enthusiasm, particularly* y those who had business reasons for eing interested, and a few wealthy men -tcx ™eo*Ueibato -ho»*iiy ; bat lere has been no such general public emand for a fair as would insure suc- 088, and nothing has of late been done. A RKHABKABiiK story of literary coin- deuce is told of Mr. Hpwells' present tlantic Monthly serial, " Dr. Breen-'s tactice." It seems that a lady of ochester, N. Y., contributed to the agazine, after "Dr. Breen's Practice " as in type, a short story that so much nembled Mr. Howells' that he felt it ecessary to call upon the lady and ex- ain the situation of affairs in order tat no charge of plagiarism might be referred against him. He showed her e proof-sheets of his story, and per- etly satisfied her that the similarity tween her work and his was one of ose strange coincidences which have m time to time oocurred in the lit- world. FBOX an Arkansas paper we copy the following dramatic account of a deadly duel in Indian Territory : J. T. Carpenter, a Choctaw chief, and Col. Prioe, a prominent citizen, became involved in a quarrel at Pine Creek Indian Agency. Par­ ties who were present at a " gathering " say that the first they knew of the quarrel the chief and Col. Price were standing a short dis­ tance from the crowd, when the chicf ex­ claimed : '• Yoar blood can alone pay for this.1' " My blood is yours when you are man enough to take it !' ̂exclaimed the Colonel, stepping back and assuming a threatening attitude. "Not now," said the chief, when the crowd rushed'to the scene. "A. brave man does not shed blood in the face of a mob. Meet me on this spot to-morrow morning." "At what time V" " When the sun shines through tbe top of that tree," pointing to a tall oak, "stand here, and, when the sun reaches the top, when the shade falls at your feet, look around and you will see mo." The two men separated, and the spectators wondered why two of the mont talented men of the Nation had quarreled, but no one dared investigate, lest he be considered an intruder. On the following morning a large crowd gathered to witness the contest which every one knew must terminate fatally. The Colonel arrived, stepped upon the exact spot where he had stood the previous day, and looked at the son. He looked again, and then looked down. Again he looked at the sun, and then surveyed the field. The chief was seen advancing. When within a distance of thirty feet of the Colonel he stopned aud drew his revolver. The Colonel drew his pistol and straightened himself like a man that suddenly experiences a feeling of pride. Not a word was spoken. The two men raised their weap­ ons. They fired almost simultaneously. The chief reeled. Again they fired. The Colonel Ml dead. - TH®, crowd rushed forward. Tbe chief fell to the ground. The Colonel's bullet had entered his breast. Blood flowed from his mouth. The Colonel was shot through the heart. The chief still lives, but without hope of recovery. WOBKIIIOMXN'S libraries are attracting bme attention in England. At five lanufacturing establishments libraries |e maintained, the shelves containing am 690 to 5,500 volumes, and the ex- io being in the main part defrayed weekly subscriptions of £ penny to penny per week by the workingmen. ie first of these institutions was estab- khed in 1847, and for ten years it was tthout an imitator. The 1,500 books felonging to a Birmingham manufactory jive grown into high favor, the issue in having been about 8,000. There two obvious advantages in this sys- -the workman sees its workings, ltd can reoeive the books which he re- res as he leaves work for the day. I JUSTICE WABD HUNT, of the United (ates Supreme Court, is said to show > sign of improvement. He remains in out the same condition that he was reral months ago, and will never be tie to resume his seat on the bench. )t having been on the bench long Lough to entitle him to be retired, it is It expected by his associates that be j.11 resign until Congress passes a spe- act to meet his case. Justice Hunt appointed from New York, Dec. 11, 172. After a Judge hasheld his oommis- j>n as such for ten years, and attained Ie age of 70, he1 is allowed to resign, |d to receive the °°Tnf salary which by law payable to him at the I his resignation. LOXDOX correspondent, who saw Id handled one of the' now-notorious fernal machines, thus describes the Hy little affair { "Its aspect is not [like that of a square coffee canister or of preserved meat. The case is ot ie preparation' of zinc hammered." itil the lid is removed the devilish ig seems as innocent as any article |>m a grocer's or oilman's shop. Even a closer inspection the mMlimo |ghtbe taken for a roughly-fashioned ok, for these American affairs are I tiling wonderful in the way of work- 1 ip. They have J>een made evi- Annft Susan's Suggestions to a Fretful Wife. "Hester;" exclaimed Aunt Susan, censing her rocking and knitting, and sitting unpright, " Do you know what your husband will do when you are dead?" " What do you mean ?" was the start­ led reply. " He will marry the sweetest-tempered girl he can find. " Oh, auntie 1" Hester began. "Don't interrupt me until I've fin­ ished," said Aunt Susan, leaning back and taking up her knitting. " She may not be as good a housekeeper as you are; in fact, I think not, but she will be good- natured. She may not even love him as ^well as you do, bnt she will be good-na- teured." » "Why, auntie--" " That isn't all," continued Aunt Su­ san. "Every day you live you are mak­ ing your husband more and more in love with that good-natured woman, who may take your place some day. After Mr. and Mrs. Harrison left you the other night, the only remark he made about them was: ' She is a sweet wom­ an.' " "Oh, auntie--" "That isn't all," composedly contin­ ued Aunt Susan. "To-day your hus­ band was half way across the kitchen floor, bringing you the first ripe peach­ es, and all you did was to look on and say : ' There, Will, just see your tracks on my clean floor f I won't have my floor tul tracked up.' Some men would have thrown the peaches out of the win­ dow. To-day you screwed up your face when he kissed you, because his mus­ tache was damp, and said, ' I never want you to kiss me again.' When he empties anything you tell him not to spill it; when he lifts anything you tell him not to break it. Prom morning until night your sharp voice is heard complaining and fault-finding. And last winter, when you were sick, you scolded him about his allowing the pump to freeze, and took no notice when he said. 'I was so anxious about you that I did not think of the pump.'*" " But, auntie--" c* " Hearken, child. The strongest and most intelligent of them all care more for a woman's tenderness than for any­ thing else in the world, and without this the cleverest and most perfect house­ keeper is sure to lose her husband's af­ fection in time. There may be a few more men like Will--as gentle, as lov­ ing, as chivalrous, as forgetful of self, and so satisfied with loving that their Affections will die a long, struggling death ; but in most cases it takes but a few years of fretfulness and fault-finding to turn a husband's tow into irritated indifference." " But, auntie--" "Yes, well! you are not dead yet, and that sweet-natured woman has not been, found: so you have time to be- oome so serene and sweet that your hus­ band can never imagine that there is A better-tempered woman in existence." To mira fishing-lines water-proof, take of boiled oil two parts ana gold size one part; shake together in a bot­ tle, and the mixture is ready for use. Apply to the line, thoroughly dried, with a piece of flannel; expose to the air, and dry. After using the line two or three times it should have another coat, the application being repeated when neces­ sary. RBBDI FOB Faoor-Bm.-- j<dd used upon hia Arctie expedition _ ointment prepared as follows: Oonoahre sublimate, 1 gram; castor oil, 40 drone; oil turpentine, 60 drops; oollodkn, 40 grams. The leaves of geranium are aa excel­ lent application for cuts, when the string is rubbed off, and other wounds of the same kind. One or two leaves must be bruised and applied on linen to the part, and the wound will beoome cicatrized in a very short time. SUIIPHT KIC ACID BURNS,--M. Alanoro, a Paris pharmacist, relates the details of an accident by which two students in. pharmacy received a quantity of sul­ phuric acid on their faces and clothing. The professor brought them to M, Ala. noreV. pharmacy, and he as quickly as possible covered their faces with a ' soft paste of calcined water about two millimetres thiok--more ben mg supplied as this fell off. In a quar­ ter of an hour, both were free from pain, but the treatment was continued in one case for five hours, in the other for twenty-four. When able to l>ear the air without pain, no mark of the burn re­ mained except a slight redness, which entirely disappeared in a week. COLD FEET ANI> SLEEPLESSNESS. --The association between cold feet and sleep­ lessness is much closer than is common­ ly imagined. Persons with cold feet rarely sleep well, especially women : yet , i - . the number of persons troubled is very accounts. but when I gets down of aa fienin* wid a pan of mellow apples on <n hand, a dish of peanuts o n de odda* ^^id m^r oo'n-cob pipe where I kin mh it, an' de dog asleep under the bed, Ireckon I tackle 'bout all de bappixMMM any one need fish fur in dis weary workj If I h«d six odder ways in reserve I »h«il<l bust wid comfort"--Lime-Kiln (Hip. V? iLLpois mrwr&f A PEORIA man was fined 0for keep­ ing an unruly cow. THE high price of omm has nit yet af­ fected the Peoria glucese works ANDKRSON HILL, a Macot, county pioneer, died in Decatur. HE was 80 years old. , TWELVE persons were pofcoted at a picnic near CentraKa, by pamking of boiled tongue. MBS. CATHARINE DOOHAN, 4 Salis­ bury, Sangamon county, has been jailed for poisoning the well of a neighbor. THERE are 130 saloons in Peerin, and they pay an annual license of 116,000. Thirty saloons in Bloomingon pay $18,000. FIFTY families have already gtce West from Washington county, because ok the severe effects of this summer's drought - THE relief fund collected at Peoria for the sufferers of the Woolne? distil­ lery explosion amounted to $,800 at considerable. This is the plan to adopt with cold feet: They should be dipped in cold water for a brief period. Often just to immerse them and no more is sufficient; and then they should be rubbed with a pair of hair flesh gloves, or a rough Turkish towel, till they glow, immediately after getting into bed. After this a hot-water bottle will be suc­ cessful enough in maintaining the tem- QRCROE DUCKWORTH, an old settler of, and for over forty years a resident in Lisbon, Kendall county, is detd. He was 84 years old. THE Joliet Steel Company is taking good progress with its new bust firnace, which will produce one-half mote prod­ uct than the present one. Miss UNA FARLEY, of Bloomington, euougu m mainraimng tne tem- < TII _.I.„ VF. --I'• ,1^ - ' "'<• S'brth^p this preliminary it is impotent to attempt to do so. Disagreeable as the plan at firat sight may appear, it is efficient ; and those who have once fairly tried it continue it, and find that they have put an end to bad nights and cold feet.. Pills, potions, lozenges, "night caps," and all narcotics fail to enable the sufferer to woo sleep successfully; get rid of the cold feet and then sleep will come of it­ self.--Boston Medical Journal. THE TREATMENT OF INFLUENZA.--It is of great importance to have the room oool and properly ventilated. In a com­ mon cold the patient is best in bed and in a warm room ; but in influenza, if the patient is not too ill, it is better to get him out of bed after the third day 'and place him on a sofa. Draughts and chills must be avoided, on account of the risk of inflammation of the lungs. As there is usually complete loss of appetite, it is difficult to get him to t*ke much nourishment. Solid food may have to be abstained from in bad case* for two or three days. Should beef-tea be given, it should not be very hot, as it is apt to increase the headache and languor. Plenty of milk shoiWd be given, alone or mixed with soda water, as may be most palatable to the patient. Cold drinks, orange and lemon juice, cream- of-tartar water, raspberry vinegar, weak citrate of potash, citric acid aud water flavored with sugar, barley water flavored with lemon juice.infuaion of mallows, and so on, should be given ad libitum, and when there is much fever they should be iced. Weak cold white wine whey often proves grateful. In the way of stimulants, claret or hook9 with seltzer water, is useful; but in the otmm D1 OKI people suffering greatly from de­ bility, it is usually necessary to give port wine or brandy. As soon as the fever begins to subside, the patient should be encouraged to take solid food although at first there may be little or no appetite. The air of the sick-room should be kept moist by means of the steam of a kettle placed on the hob, or by putting boiling water into flat, shal­ low vessels. The inhalation of hot steam several times a day from a suit­ able inhaler may prove useful, and the addition of ten or twenty drops of chloro­ form to the water may subdue the vio­ lence of the couph. A Harrowing Tale. A well-known young society beau, while traveling on an Indiana Kailroad recently, let his gallantry get the better part of his judgment, and got himself into a nice little scrape. When he en­ tered the car at New Albany, he found it nearly full, and he instantly made for a seat nearly in the middle of the car, which was vacant. The seat in front of him was occupied by a lady and a little girl, while just behind sat a young lady, who seemed to be alone. The lady and little girl got off at a small station about half way to Indianapolis. Just as the train was starting from the station, the young man noticed a bundle of female clothing lying on the seat at his side. The idea instantly occurred to him that the lady who had just gotten out had forgotten the bundle. He thrust his head out of the window and called to her, but she was just entering the sta­ tion and did not hear him. The train had just started, and the young man thought that the bundle would be lost if he did not act quickly, so he picked it up and threw it out of the window on the platform. He then sank .back on his seat with an easy conscience, flatter­ ing himself that he had acted with won­ derful presence of mind. Things went along very smoothly until within a few miles of Indianapolis, when the young lady on the seat behind him began to show signs of restlessness. She looked under the seat she was occupying, on the seat behind her, and then on the seat on which the young man was sitting. This search did not seem to satisfy her, and in a few moments she began to make inquiries of him--if he had seen a small bundle on any one of the seats. The young man's hair began gradually to stand on the end, and for a few moments he wis speechless as he began to realize what had beoome of the bundle. He did not dare to tell her what he had dene, so he replied that he had seen nothing of it. This increased the young lady's uneasiness, and she made inquiries of the conductor, but he had not seen it A lady in a seat just behind her finally asked if it was a very valuable bundle. " No," replied the young lady in an au­ dible whisper, "but "it contained my only night-gown." The young man at­ tempted to make some amends when they reached the city, by agreeing to hire a carrriage for the young lady, and was very attentive to see that none of her bundles were lost, and that she want to the right hotel. In Offer Declined. A letter from the Hon. Crabtree Lynch, of Buffalo, who styles himself: "The mastodon orator of the nineteenth centuary," contained an offer to appear before the club and deliver his lecture on: "Seven Ways of Being Happy," provided his expenses were paid and a $20 bill handed him as he left town. " We can't accept de offer," said the President in reply. " The price am not only too high, but we doan't want no- bodŷ to tell us how to be happy. I doan' know what his seben ways am, promise of marriage, has compromised on $6,000. A YOUNG man named Rector obtained a verdict, at Lewiston, $14,000 against the Wabash road, for having beep forci­ bly ejected from a train. SOME fatal disease is creating havoc among hogs in the vicinity of Wilming­ ton. The long-continued dry weather is thought to be partially the cause. THE maple and other shade trees in and around Kenney, De Witt county, are being denuded of their verdure by a worm which strips the trees of their leaves. THE parade of the Illinois firemen at the opening of the tournament in Quincy was one mile in length. The association elected B. B. • BuUwinkle, of Chicago, President. NEARLY 2,000 persons attended the festival at Piano, Kendall county, given by settlers who came from Washington county, New York. Ex-Gov. Bevendge presided. THE Tazewell county old settlers have decided to admit to membership in their society all whose residence dates from 1845 or earlier. The 1840 standard was becoming worn oat. A NEW street-car company for Chica­ go has been incorporated at Springfield, with a capital of $300,000. It is to make through connection with the three divisions of the city. ABOUT twenty-five hundred people at­ tended the old settlers'meeting at Green­ ville, Bond county. Among thek»v -nber were over one hundred pioneers, whose residence in the county extent!B Mer a jp6Hod«l hntj y* ANDREW SCOOOIN, a lad 14 years eld, with some other boys, got into a horse race near Wapella, De Witt county, when his saddle girth broke, throwing him over his horse s head. The animal fell upon him, causing his death soon afterward. WILLIAM WOERNERS was killed by Frank Lodeke at Trenton, Clinton county, in a singular manner. Lodeke, in a playful manner, struck Woerners a blow on the side of the head with his open hand, which broke his neck, and he died instantly. BEKJAMIN PITZKB, one ol the oldest residents of Macon county, while at­ tempting to beat out a fire in his field near Oakley, in that county* was so over­ come by the heat or smoke that he fell face downwards on the ground and was so completely suffocated that he died a few hours after he was found. His age was past 70. Ex-Gov. JOHN M. PALMER, in review­ ing the question whether an election shall be held in Illinois this fall for cer­ tain county officers, reaches the conclusion that the adoption ol the constitutional amendment and the pas­ sage of the election law had the effect to postpone until next year the election of the successors of tnose now holding office. GOV.CULLOM has issued orders through Adjutant-General Elliott, allowing mil­ itia and other military bodies of other States to pass through Illinois arm­ ed and equipped to attend the York- town celebration; also allowing the same privilege to military organizations from abroad who desire to participate in the soldiers' reunion in this State. THE drinking water of Peoria cranes chiefly from an immense sulphur spring, located on the high ground in the west­ ern part of the city. The supply is quite ample for the use to which it is put. To a person unaccustomed to drinking it the taste of sulphur is some­ what too pronounced ; but, after it has been used for a month or more, it is preferred to ordinary well or spring water. MRS. AKANDA MAILLIARP, wh* re­ cently died at Avon, Fulton county, was born in France, of a family in the serv­ ice of the Bonapartes, and was in the house of Joseph Bonaparte as King of iSpain, and as exile at Bordentown, N. J. With her husband and little chil­ dren, she settled in Fulton county in 1841, and for the past thirty-six years received a pension of 2,000 francs per annum from the Bonaparte funds. She was the mother of ten children; seven of whom survive her and live in the vicini­ ty of Avon. NIL WOOD, Macoupin county, was re­ cently the scene of a terrible tragedy. David Liles participated in a general row, and was arrested after a hard strug­ gle and jailed. The next morning, after being released, he armed himself, and, coming down the street, he met Albert Gates, a peaceable citizen who had aided the officers in effecting Liles' arrest, and threatened to kill him on sight. Gates tried to avoid him, but Liles persisted in following him with a large club in his hand. At last Liles struck at Gates, when he drew his pistol and shot him twice, once through the brain and then through the lungs. The wounds proved fatal, and lie fell back and expired in a few minutes without sneaking a word. Gates surrendered himself to the offi- THB editor of the Omaha Herald has 80,000 catalpa trees growing on a farm near Omaha, and he saysthey are thrifty and hardy. Tllden and Hendricks. The Democrats have two perennial candidates for President. They are Tilden and Hendricks. They were onoe persuaded to pool their issues and run on the same ticket, but sinoe then each man has been for himself, against the other and against everybody else. At this very day, three years removed from the next Presidential campaign, and at a time when the people, both Democrats and Republicans, are chiefly concerned about the life of an actual President who has won the respect and confidence of parties, these two politicians are said to be engaged in working up remote chances ior a Democratic nomination in 1884, which, if obtained by either one of them, will place the successful one as far from the coveted office as the one who shall fail to get the nomination. There lias never been a more striking exhibition of impotent greed for office than that which Tilden and Hendricks are now making. The hand of the wily old politician of New York State is clearly visible in the preparations for the local campaign this coming fall. John Kelly is on deck, of course, but such opposition only serves to wiiet the old man's ambition to take the wheel and run affairs to suit himself. There may be a pretty lightr but Tilden knows he will be no worse off than he is now if he goes down, while he argues that victory over Kelly, supplemented by a victory over the common enemy-- the Republicans --will gain for him some such political glory as that which led to his nomination in 1876. Indeed, it is hinted that Tilden is actually willing to run for Governor, in propria persona, in order to monopolize all the triumph of a possible success. It may be, too, that he counts upon some assistance from the disaffected Conkling faction, either indirectly, if the machine shall gain control of the Republican Conven­ tion, or directly in case the machine shall be put down in that convention. In the meantime Mr. Hendricks is said to have gone to Saratoga in order to fight Mr. Tilden on his own ground. He points to the successive defeats of Sey­ mour, McClellan, Greeley, Tilden and Hancock as clinching arguments against the nomination of a New York candidate in 1884. He is said to have been m close communication with John Kelly, and to have made a strong alliance with Tammany. He does not hesitate to criticse and antagonize Tilden, openly. In a recent interview with a reporter he is credited with the following state­ ment: " Did Gov. Tilden ever converse with you on some joint course of aotion after you were both deprived of your offices by the inauguration of Hayes and Wheeler?" "He did not; and there I think he was at fault Perhaps his mind was too much occupied with a great variety of suggestions from men nearer to him, But I waited, expecting he would con­ fer with me, but he never did so. I think Gov. Tilden, on that day when Chandler Bent his detiant message that Tilden and Hendricks had not been elected, ought to have expressed him­ self distinctly that he regarded himself as elected, and meant to maintain the authority of the majority. Had I been the candidate at the head of the ticket I should have done just that, and there would have been no contention either, because the orderly portion of the Re­ publican party believed we were elected, wid would not have resisted our taking We offices, with Uongress m our lavor. To those who are familiar with Mr. Hendricks' vacillating and trimming methods it must be very amusing to read of that gentleman's condemning Tilden's course after the election of 1876, and telling of the bold things that he would have done if he had been in Til- den's place. At the same t ime it has been, and still is, the Democratic incli­ nation to blame Tilden for his conduct then, and Hendricks may make some capital out of i*. Both men are likely to create a good deal of popular disgust, however, by their machinations at this time, and each may possibly prove of some service to the country by helping to kill off each other.--Chicago Tribune. tirisby's Speech. There was a Confederate reunion at Dallas, Texas, not long ago. The principal address was delivered by the Rev. Gen. L. M. Lewis, and it was a ranting, roaring affair, alike desti­ tute of patriotism or scholarship. The speech of the occasion, says the St. Joseph Herald, was that of one Gris- by, which they printed without com­ ment : Capt. W. H. Grisby, a soldier and a Missourian, as the Chairman said, opened his remarks by saying that he was with Quantrell during the war, and was with Bill Anderson when he was shot off his horse. [Much applause.] He was not there to ask President Garfield to speak. [Applause.] He indorsed Gov. Roberts when he would not affiliate with the Governor of Ohio in calling upon the people of Texas to say that they sympathized with him in his misfortune. [Applause.] He (the speaker) did not sympathize with Garfield in his misfortune. [Applause. ] He paid his respects of appreciation to the people of Texas, and then said: "In reference to sympathizing with peo­ ple that I care nothing about, I am not tiiat kind of a man. " [Here one sug­ gested to the speaker to tone down and temper his remarks. ] "They ask me not to be bitter, not to mingle confusion with my talk, but I am not dying on the wings of policy. How can I say other­ wise after being with Bill Anderson when he fell, with Tucker, Hill, and all those boys, loving them ? How can I sympa­ thize with Gen. Garfield? [Cheers, •Bully,' 'Don't it?'] Gentlemen, ever since I could lisp the word constitution, ever since I knew anything about con­ stitutional law, ever since I knew of the Confederate Government and of State- rights, I have always been a secession­ ist. [Cries of 'Bully I' and 'Stick to it, my boy!'] I am ready for war at a moment [Applause. 1 They tell me to temper down, but how can I, how can I ? how can I temper the truth ? [Cries of 'No, sir !'] If you will teach me by some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above, to tem­ per the truth, it might possiblv be done. [ Voices : ' Cut it short' ] And now they tell me to cut it short Gentlemen, I am not afraid of the ladies. They fought and stood by us when no others would. They are ready at the first sound of war, if fired to-day. There is no one on earth so glad to meet you as L My heart upheaves with such power and force that I am not able to express myself. I know not how to express my­ self. I feel my soul growing with the grandeur of my theme---a theme so ma­ jestic, and so able to cement hearts among women and bonds among men. I hope we shall meet often and early, and should ever war again commence let ns be found in the front rank >»**•? against Garfield and all the crew." [Ap­ plause.] Esqaiauax Hospitality. ' ' At midnight we arrived at a rSta^' which proved to be much larger we thought, consisting of twenty-six huts and about 300 inhabitants. Mng conducted to the chief, he received as very kindly and allowed UB to pitch our tent, which we did in short order, the natives helping us to do so and to un­ pack our sledges. The chief had Rus­ sian tea prepared for us in his dwelling. Qn the table, consisting of a box with a really clean cover, was a tea ser­ vice of four pretty cups and saucers. It took about two hours to get through with the drinking, which was followed by a feast of deer meat We contrib­ uted to the feast by furnishing some btard bread and coffee. The women ap­ pear to be the domestics, and are not al­ lowed around when the men are drink­ ing tea, except to wait on them, which they do with the right arm and breast uncovered. We found the oil stove we brought along of the greatest utility, but it did not compensate for the very great inconvenience caused by the ab­ sence of sugar, cups, plates and spoons, which m the hurry and confusion inci­ dent to departure were forgotten. Hav­ ing decided to remain the night with the chief, it was 4 o'clock in the morning before we were able to turn in. Then we were obliged to make the$iatives leave by signs that we wanted to go to sleep, so great was their curiosity in looking at the only white people they had ever seen. Gesler and myself spread oar skins and prepared to take it easy. Our drivers found quarters in some' of the huts. It was 9 o'clock when we got up after a sleepless night The weather continued the same--a thick snow­ storm. Gesler went out for the pur­ pose of shooting a duck, but was unable to find one. Being warned that it was unsafe to travel till the subsidence of the storm, we concluded to stop until the following morning. In the after­ noon, the highest point of the island be­ ing ascended, in was found to be 1,200 fe6t by the barometer. The thermome­ ter stood at 87 deg.; open water could be seen from the top, apparently twenty miles away, and for a few minutes the mainland could be seen to the westward about eight miles off. The natives almost pull our tents to pieces trying to crowd in, and they leave us alone only when we tell them we want to sleep. Our sledges have been repaired and our dogs have been fed for the first time. Late in the evening the weather cleared a lit­ tle, when the main land oould be seen from our tent It was nearly midnight before we turned in. We turned out early the next morning, wad prepared breakfast of potatoes, ba­ con, coffee and the large eggs which had been brought us by the young na­ tives. It is the first real m^al we have had since leaving the ship. The day was warm and pleasant, making the snow too warm to travel. However, we struck our tent and packed everything on the sledges ready for an early start in the evening. It took some time to collect the dogs, as some of them had gone sealing with their natives. We left two letters with the chief, and his wife invited us to eat some fish at their house. They might have been very good if properly cooked and served. As ft waft they were served in a large tray not over clean, into which the bones, along with saliva were ejected from the mouths of the native guests, who assist- Aa Arkansas Negro With a Wall Street Education. "Mr. Armfleld," said Simon,, "will yer please ter pay me dem $10 what yer's been owin me fur five munts. A man is about ter get a mortgage on my sto, and I wants de ready money bad." " Bruder Simon," said Mr. Armfleld, reflectively marking on the sidewalk witn his stick, " I'se been la big finan­ cial benefit ter you." " Doan see now when yer owes me *10." "If Tl show yer, will yer let me off wid de $10." "Yes, an' be powerful glad ob de ehance." "Some time ago," continued Mr. Armfleld, "I came ter yer sto an* bought $5 wuth ob goods on credic. Ain't dat a fack ?" " Yas, keep ur comin'." " Three days afterwards I cum roun' an' paid yer. Ain't dat,a fack t" " Yas, cut agin." " Seberal days after dis my credie wuz so strengthened dat loam roan' an' got $7 wuth on a credio* Ain't dat a lack?" " Yas. come agin." " Two days afterwards I cum roun' an' paid yer de $7. Den on de naxed day I cum roun' an' got $10 wuth on a credic." ' " Yas, I know, an' yer owes me yet Now how'ae yer gwine ter show dat yer's been a financial benefit ter mq ? " , ̂s, " Case I saved money fur yer." "How, sah?" • r "In dis fack--my credit was so strengthened dat I could hab got in debt fur $20; but I conquered my feelin's and let yer off wid $10. Now, ain't dat a fack ? " " Hit d&'rok dat way, Mister Arm- field." " An' now dat our little 'sturbance is settled, I'll come roun' Sunday and eat dimmr wid yer."--Little Rock Chxzette. Modern English. The following conversation, between a couple of newsboys in Park row, will give an idea of the American form ot the English language as improved up to date: " I told ' that rooster' to ' hump him­ self.'" " Did he ' acknowledge the corn ?'" " ' You bet' If he hadn't I'd just 'putfa mansard over his eye.'" "' Hold your horses,' ' he's on his muscle,' and 'could lay you out'" "'Not much.' He's only a 'toddv blossom,' and 'hangs up his landlord. ' " That's ' small potatoes,' and ii I was his landlord I'd ' sit down on him.'" "That would be the 'correct thing.' Yon see he's a ' bad egg,' and I'll 'make it warm for him,' ' don't you forget it'" " Ail right; * let's take a nip.'" "Have you got 'the necessary?' " . '* Yes, I met an old chap who was 'dead gone' on piety, and I played 'in­ nocent,' and he come down with the * rhino/ "--New York Star. Why He Mourned. The late George Borrow, of England, was a man of powerful frame ana was six feet two in height without his shoes. Having been born at a period when pu­ gilism was in vogue--it was one of his father's accomplishments--he was not slow to exercise his physical capacities if the occasion required it Lamenting, when he was verging toward 60, that he was childless, he said very mournfully, " I shall soon not be able to knock a man down, and I shall hare no aon to do it lor me." KTH ASB P0WT. Bow TO raise beets--Take ot tops and pulL QUAERE--Can a man eating daAealp said to consume tim* ? WHY is a sword like beer? ifs no us© till if a dhulo. WHY is a thunder-storm Iftenotet Because it's peal on peal IM some hats the cabbage leaf must feel perfectly at home. --Modem Arg*. THE Earl of Fife has no match in all .England. That is, there is no Earl of Dram.. f MA* K the picture, has elothea tfc* frame. The frame is often worth mqn, than the picture. WHY is a Zulu beHa like s prophet at old? Because she haa not much onTat' in her own country. Ws asked one at oar German fefiow- citizena if he knew how many tailors & took to make a man, and he answered "Nein!" Now is the time when even the poor newspaper man geribi a^haiaoe to hnnitla a cool million--a cool waftnr millirtn -i» Texa* Offting*. ( San fwii flaeat diamafe aad kwa£ And is worth half • million, tbey MR B»r act aoaUffiatt* «BAMOM VT7 •Ehataahioa and wealth of the dan Bar tmon la a noM et teants>-- - «• Hw pniacp are rang o'er and o'er; Bnt whai are her wealth acd ber ho«^r, Wbeu a foghorn can't ecjnal her kmn9 "ASY port in a storm," said IS when he partook of some wine second-class saloon where he had takei refuge from the elements. A SATIRICAII young lady perpetrates this "con:" " When does a youngmatt feel most down in the month? Whan he is trying to cultivate a moustache." AN Arkansas man rode 400 miles to shoot the chap who cheated his father in a horse trade. Filial affection can never die in this country.--Detroit Frte Pre»9. THE London Times says that tbe orig­ inal of Dickens' N'Fat Boy" was a matt jrho lives at Budden, JSngland. This relieves the Hon. Alexander H. Stephena of considerable anxiety.--A'ansas City Times. Guoooss oontains aalphuri* acid. Sulphuric acid is hot enough when ear cited to burn the insides out of a marble statue. Glucose is largely used in AA manufacture of lager beer. Acid deuced sweet reflection to come stealing Hk# * summer dream over a man as he quaffs his foaming beverage, isn't itf--JVwe Press. ̂ "WiMjiAM, mf dear, will yon Joodhr explain to your poor, ignorant little wda what difference there is, if any, between 'deport' and 'transport?'" "withplea*, ure, my love! Ahem, let me see. Oh!' If your mother, for instance, were to commit a felony and be convicted aha would be deported Mid I should be transported--see?" DIAIXKHTBI between the doctor and his patient: "Well, doctor, now that jot nave thoroughly diagnosed my caae, what do you think about it, candidly? Does there seem to be any danger to you?" "N-no, not the slightest,'but"-- "But? I don't understand yon.* "There is not the slightest danger to me, personally, from your illness; I wkk I could say as much for you!" EMINK GIBARDIN, the- great jouurnalist, used to rise at 4 o'clock ev­ ery morning. And now he is dead. It ia a sad, ead lesson, but let us not forgot its warning. Let us lay our hands on ottr S * *'- K - *1 •Sto#**#*:, : Srf* f r.M hur "? " V .v * in a • t j f ! 'A •»%«•••'} ? U > * »r i Ws. 4^ $ * 4 * fc . jm i-i-'it i*.. * " » 1 H '• J -M*!' t," •jL *<•>**•• •>* ly too.--Burlington Hawkeye. < v ̂ "PBAY (ell rtir. pretty rural Why youROcarij forth liave utrayedT'^ " iff * V Why gaze jou down the western sky With grateful pwe an.! eager eye? v * Art thinking of the wondrous space- r.V1 4#'® s You reckon dearest 'neath the sun? jrt, i >» * Tell mo what great attraction lies , ' Within the range of those bright eyes?*f4i *, * it The maiden grinned a beauteous grins J A . ' „ > Her teeth picked xvltli a crooked pin, t'l'1 HpiWf, And said: "It aiu't no sleli a tiling Aatbatnlr song jou've tried toiring; . I liain t got any t<c>au, nohow-- I'mlnokiu' fur ourbrintUe cow!" «. -If. Quad. ' 1 A CAN of baked beans exploded in Paterson, N. Y., demolishing a range and frescoing the walls. When the representative of Boston culture acta ̂ 4 way it is time to propound the new oon- undrum, "Whither are we drifting??' The Fenians should be watched, or t£ey will conceal a number of these infeMU machines in out-going English vessels.*^ Norriatowa IferaMt, * »• * ' 5*Ms xUwmm: "WHAT beautiful biscuit these aafe!'!> S'T" . Somo of your own making, I'll be bound. Miss Fit^joy," said young Egremont at the table. " T-e-e-b. It was almost my first attempt," was the reply. "Oh--h --h!" spoke up the little tot at the lower end of the table. "Your bistit allbamed up an' mamma sent me to the torn for these." Of oourae, Miss Eitsjoy knew nothing about thia,--JSTfity J»MH Beoum ' " . ' .t.TTT" r--; i r-r < Npotyd Tat). Spotted Tail possessed uncommon ability, but his mind did not reach fipf beyond the narrow circle of traditional Indian ideas. He kept good watch over the interests of his tribe, as he under­ stood them. But a question concern- • i' ing the boundaries of the Sioux reserve < tion appeared to him more important than the question how his people could be best put to work. He was a brave man and a strong tighter in his day. But ever since 1868 he could be de­ pended upon as an advocate of peace and good understanding with the white men. He was at times pretentiously dignified in his bearing and jealous of the outward signs of authority. When years ago a Government commission visiting the Sioux nation sent for him to meet them at a certain point, he replied: "If I had anything to say to you I would go to you. Bnt if you have *ome» thing to say to me you must come where I am." _ In the autumn of 1877 a Itvrge « delegation of Sioux visited Washington * and had a council with the President ia the famous East room of tlio Whitf / , House. Spotted Tail, when asked to lei . the President know what he had tocorii*1 • ' municate, said that he would not speak J until all the other chiefs had spoken. ' - So they made their speeches one after*. , another, standing up. before the Preai-, - dent with great solemnity. When thqy, had spoken, Spotted Tail rose and asked one of the attendants by gesture to P«* his chair immediately in front of the President This done, Spotted Tail gravely sat down aud talked to tha President, not in the usual oratonqpl style, but in a more familiar way, avf oo«- veraing with an equal.--New York ing Post. IN THB course of a oonversatton al Concord School, Plot Harris said that by means of his morning paper, each clay adjusted anew his relation' to the universe." "By(this wonderful pxia- eiple," he added, "of the co-operation of man with his raoe, bv which e«in partakea of the wisdom of ail, we have, for three oents, our daily knowled^' from Japan, Arabia, and the entire earth. The most potent element g|̂ modem civilisation is the newspaper." hraa*fcft , . ;t 1 . v * • -y* Wv >, ' ».•* lf| *,i i - • • i r \ t" ' * ,.$<•**"** %1 < * ' fiC"] Xy ! - ** * *X«%g ' •c* H ,J v t Us