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Jflpfi' •uyu MM' M M 8̂ 1™™1 'laintlealtt 1. VAMSLYKE. Editor asSPsMWwr. MoHENBY, ILLINOIS. Om bank in Boston has sixteen tons of gold stored in its Taunts. Mrs. Mooeb, wife ol A Tennessee Member of Congress, is saii to carry off the palm for beauty at Washington this înter. A obktcjexam about to leave Tomb­ stone, Arizona, states his intention in a newspaper card, and invites anybody with a grievance to come and see him before he goes. Bbnjaktn Phtmbkbt has just died in St. Louis. He was worth $300,000. His other notable distinctions were that he "i*pi age and pay taxes to the amount of 40 lire. The new law will amplify the voting lists. Italy is far more radical than most other countries in this respect, but she has undoubtedly adopted the correct principle. It is not safe to allow a man to vote who cannot read the ticket he deposits in the ballot-box. It would have been infinitely better for all con­ cerned if the emancipated slaves had been deprived of the ballot until they could read and write. It would have been a great inoentive to them to obtain the rudiments of an education for them­ selves and children, and it would have kept a firebrand out of the politics of the South. * Dr. Wmuix Sbwabd Wsin, Mr. Yanderbilt's new son-in-law, was doubt­ less named after Gov. Seward to honor that statesman for keeping Dr. Webb's father, Gen. James Watson Webb, out had not been out of tfce city in sixty- jof the state Prison for ce ont of three years, and had never ridden in a the State of New York to fight a duel years, steamboat or steam railway ear. A New York young man has present­ ed his is-to-be bride with an utterly utter girdle. It is a snake of pliable gold, eiuuneled in green, and having emerald eyes. Two curled needles in the snake's mouth represent fangs. The needles were put th6re by request, and the young man is suspected of a sinister de­ sign. ' The dogs having learned, perhaps.from the wolves, that sheep are good eating, it has become necessary now to protect the sheep from the dogs. Down in Jer­ sey the farmers use goats for that pur­ pose. Two goats can drive away a dozen dogs. A few doses of their pe­ culiar treatment will cure a dog, and he leaves the premises without any more ifs or butts. The Canadian cause is not altogether hopeless. The young women students of the Presbyterian College in Ottawa, Canada, learned that a poor woman, who obtain a living for herself and children by washing, was laid up by sickness. Pity touched their hearts. The next morning they went to her house, 'did the washing and ironing for her, and sent the clothes home. L. N. MoBiiEY, of California* fell in love with a girl's picture in an album. He wrote to the original, Miss Maggie fiolph, of South Dorchester, Canada, and proposed marriage. Miss Rolph, in answering, intimated that a man who would write such a letter was off his bal­ ance. Morley went to see her, courted her in regulation style, and carried her back to California his wife. The following table shows the total number of deaths, births and marriages reported in New York city since 1870 by years: Year. Death*. Birth*. Marriages. •17,175 with the celebrated Tom Marshall, of Kentucky. (Jen. Webb got shot in the calf of his leg, and after he got home and had his calf repaired he was indict­ ed for dueling, tried, found guilty and sentenced to State prison, as aforesaid; but Gov. Seward interposed his pardon and he didn't go. This was about the year 1841, and some people then living and well posted may have forgotten the circumstances. ,®ut Gen. Webb didn't forget it, and the prominence no w given the name of his son will recall the mat­ ter to many minds. ,"*\ ' The census has been taken all over France, but the result will hardly be known before the middle of March, as the drawing Up of the various statistical tables will entail much labor. Mean­ while, \t is interesting to look back into the past and to see what progress the population of that country has made in way of increase since the beginning of last century. In 1700 it was not quite up to 20,000,000; 1801 it was a little over 27,000,000; in 1866 there were 38,000,- 000 of Frenchmen, lAit the year 1872 showed a diminution of nearly 2,000,000. The war and the losses and misery which it had entailed, coupled with the sur­ render of Alsace-Lorraine, were the cause of this substantial decrease. In 1876, however, matters had already be­ gun to improve, and the census taken in that year raised the figures to exactly 37,000,000. It is hoped that this year's census will show that the population of France has increased even in a greater proportion, and that it may be found to have risen to 38,500,000, the highest number ever yet attained. THE BOURBON OUTRAGE IU MIS­ SISSIPPI. (ftom the Chicago Tritmnn ] The public statement recently made by the Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, tod of the National Greenback Labor Central Com mittee in Mississippi, shows that the shotgun and the various atrocities of the bulldozer are not the only methods by which the Bourbons have kept down the Republican majority in that State. Their statement confirms what has often been alleged, namely: that the most shameless acts of fraud have been com­ mitted under the open sanction of those whose duty it was to uphold the puritv of the election laws. The crowning fraud was j>erpetrated at the last State election. In this contest, Benjamin King was the Gubernatorial candi­ date of the Republicans, Greenback- ers and Independent Democrats, who coalesced and united upon one ticket to defeat the Burbons, whose ticket was headed by Robert Lowry. The fraud commenced by cheating the combmation party out of its commissioners and in­ spectors of election, whose appointment devolves by law upon the Goveraor, Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State. In twenty-nine counties, which are strongly Republican, the commis­ sioners and inspectors appointed were in complete sympathy with the Bour­ bons, or, in some cases, were ignorant, incompetent and timid negroes instead of the competent representatives se­ lected by the Republicans and their allies. Having "packed" the list of commissioners and inspectors as the I (llin-- , of the stuffing" which 1870 187 1 1872 187» 1874 , 1875......... 26,976 32,647 29,084 28,727 30,708 187 6 29,iri2 1877 26,203 1878. 27,018 187 9 28,342 1880 ..r........v. 31,866 38,60# \ 1 14,524 20,821 22,068 22,683 25,747 23,813 23,744 25,667 25,729 25,573 37,536 20,130 7,985 8,646 9,008 8,871 8,397 7,565 7,099 7,12» 7,629 8,44® 9,002 10,07^ It not infrequently happens that the right w«rd spoken at the right moment is of more weight than articles a column, or sermons an hour, long. The other day a clergyman, having been annoyed A Deserted City. Situated on a beautiful bay which sets in from the Gulf of Mexico, and in­ dents the western cooat of Florida writes a Florida correspondent, there flour­ ished about 1817 the prosperous city of St. Joseph. It had many attractions. The location was charming and the cli­ mate delightful. At that time it was fast becoming a business centre. The first railroad in the State was built from St. Joseph to a point on the Cliatta- hooche river, the fine harbor for. ship­ ping being the inducement, and large quantities of cotton were sent from northern Florida and Alabama Wvb® shipped to northern and European ports. Receiving and transferring these large amounts of cotton was the chief industry of the place, and made business very active during the winter months. Cap­ ital was invested in warehouses, stores, docks, etc. Just as prosperity and hap­ piness seemed assured, the yellow fever by persons leaving the church before the services were done, announced before he i m£Uje its appearance, sweeping the place began his sermon that, as he intended j lite a scourge. This was the summer of to preach a long sermon, he would be obliged if those who could not stay until he had finished would take the opportu­ nity to retire then. His sarcasm was effective. A quarter of his congregation arose and walked out of church. ballots, as in the application _T various ballot-box- «fl mvt the South, Republicans and wiped out their votes by whole counties. The crushing defeat administered to Bourboniam by the gallant Mahone of Virginia was a blow which has weak­ ened it all over the South. It was the mine which has opened the way for an assault all along the line. The time was never more auspicious, public senti­ ment was never readier, the South itself was never readier than now for Congress to assert itself. If the House has any courage, or any sense of justice, if it would extend a helping hand to the vic­ tims of Southern Bpurbonism, if it would seize the opportunity which now presents itself to put a qui­ etus upon Bourbon bulldozing and ballot-box stuffing, it cannot take a sur­ er step in such direction than to thor­ oughly canvass the methods of election that were practiced in every contested district and bundle out the Bourbons who were not fairly elected and seat the Republicans who were. There can be no doubt that there was open and in­ famous fraud practiced. When such a paper as the Vicksburg Herald, which supported Chalmers, declares that lie obtained his ee< tificate of election by fraud, by bulldozing and ballot-box stuffing, Republicans ought not to hesi­ tate long as to their duty toward Chal­ mers. But he is not the only one who was not elected and who has no right to hss seat. Let the claims of every one of these seat-steal era be ex amined, and then let them be thrown .out without grace or delay, 30 that those who have a rightful claim to the seats first step, the methods of fraud to be can *lke *hem- lt » j*"™ SoQth- practiced Were reinforced by the methods f? Bourbons were taught hat they can- oi violence which for ten jiu-s past have not pracUce,the meth<*Js of the past ten J 1 - years any longer, and that Southern Republicans should feci that they are not entirelv deserted. been in vogue in the Bourbon-ridden and negro-killing State. Meetings were broken up, midnight gangs of ruili.ina threatened violence to colored voters, and even at the polls cavalcades of red- shirted ruffians, heavily armed, rode up and scared away the timid. At the polls every conceivable form of swindling was practiced. Ballot-boxes were openly stuffed. Tally-sheets were reversed, the votes cast for the anti-Bourbons be­ ing counted for the Bourbons. The names of voters were scratched off the registry lists. In numerous cases the ballot-boxes were carried olf and kept several days by the Bourbons, and were returned after their contents had been Future Prospects of the* Republican Party. The same evidence of politioal disintegration are to be seen in all sections of the couutry. The now apparently solid Republican Senate and House will be broken into the fragments of faction before the 1st of March and the strongest Republican States of the North will be con1 vulsed by the coalitions of the beet elements of both parties against the placemen of every faith. Both parties are rotten all round the edges ; in some localities they are both rotten u to the veiy cere, and, an coalition becomes the ilTi a u !l>ollcv of bad men, good men will be forced to used up to suit their candidate. All ; coal'.tion to defeat spoilsmen and plunderers.-- this could be easily done, because even Philadelphia Times (bem.). in districts where anti-Bourbon com- | The Times is mistaken. There never inissioners and inspectors were allowed was a time when the .Republican party they were not the intelligent and com- j organization was as formidable as at this petent persons selected by the commit- • hour. It seems to us almost a certainty tees, but negroes picked out by the ! already that the nominee of the n- xt Re- Bourbons, and were too timid to act, or j publican National Convention for Presi- too ignorant to read and write, or too dent will be elected. The Republicans incompetent to know what was going on. j have since tlie death of Garfield carried What the result was, under such mau- j New York, though ex-Senator Conkling ipulation of votes as this, is shown by the following analysis of the figures made by the Chairmen of committees. The returns thus far made show a total of 127,729 votes, of which King (anti- Bourbon) has 51,361 and Lowry 76,365. The voting strength of the whites is about 95,000, and of the colored popu­ lation 130,000. The colored vote is Re­ publican, and to this, if there had been a fair election, would have been added the Greenback vote and that of the dis­ contented Democrats. Only three- filths of the votes were cast. What the political character of the remaining two-filths was it is not difficult to infer. In the twenty- was sick, and have carried Virginia, secur ing a majority in the Senate. The^ have also elected a Speaker of the House with the greatest ease, aud it should not be forgotten that they re-elected Charles Foster Governor of Ohio by a majority vote. The next thing they will admit Dakota Territory as a State, and decide a few contested seats in the House in their own fivor, secur­ ing a working majority in both Houses of Congress. Several Southern States j will follow the example of Virginia. " North Carolina will do so at the earliest opportunity. The Solid South is no more. The Democrats have nothing to win with against, this power. They are four strongest anti-Bourbon counties the 1 in contusion on the tariff and finances. A prominent hotel on Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, sold over its bar, during the past year, 340 barrels of whisky, averaging forty gallons to the barrel and eighty drinks to tiie gallon. It aggregated 1,088,000 drinks! This may, to some extent, account for the brilliant Congressional speeches which electriy our couutry constituents through the columns of the Congres­ sional Record, "Old Rye" stimulates statesmanship,' and makes the most pro­ found old political oracles profuse in their exordiums and perorations. In a recent lecture Congressman (Sun­ set) Cox says that while he was on the Nile, the boatmen, who were devout Mohammedans, would lose their reckon • ing, and, not knowing the points of com­ pass, would not know in \roat direction Mecca lay, toward which they must j tell the story of turn their faces in prayer. Having a 11B*n8 C1^ oompass with him, Mr. Cox good-nat­ uredly corrected their bearings for them, and not infrequently had the honor of running a Movslem prayer meeting. They always passed, of course, a vote of thanks for the able manner in which he oonducted their religious services. If he had wanted it they would probably have made a dervish of him. 1811. Whole families died in the midst of their lonely surroundings. Many fled terrified and never returned, seeking their fortunes anew elsewhere. Busi­ ness firms and families were broken up or wholly destroyed and the city was left a scene of wreck and ruin. Five years later it presented a melancholy spectacle and strikingly picturesque. The skele­ ton warehouses, costly and capacious houses, now doorless and windowless, rose like spectres on every side, many of the houses being almost buried in a tangled mass of vises, flowers and shrubs, cultivated and wild. Now and then parties of hunters from a distance would take possession of tome one of these ruins as headquarters, while seek­ ing deer and other game with which the woods not far off abounded. But after a while even these occasional visitors ceased, as the place became more and more isolated. The last residents were an old man and his daughter, who lived entirely alone, subsiting on the resources of their garden, the fish of the lake and the game of the woods, and de­ pending for other necessaries on the sale of shell-work, made from the exquisitely fine shells found in abundance along the lovely beach to which they made occa­ sional trips to a point twenty-five miles distant. At last the old man and his daughter left, and none now remain to once bright and prom- Bourbons rolled up their heaviest ma­ jorities. How that was accomplished it is not difficult to infer. In the whole State, upon a three-fifth's vote, the Bourbons ostensibly secured 25,000 ma­ jority. If there Wi been a fair election it is easy enough to see that the anti- Bourbon candidate would have received an immense majority, and, even as it is, the Chairmen believe that a majority of 40,000 was actually cast for him, and, of course, counted out, or rather not counted at all, but thrown out, or turned over in a lump to the Bourbon candidate. How much longer is this abominable political iniquity to be tolerated ? Is there no honesty or dcsceney in the State of Mississippi? Apparently the only hope is to wait until the wave of anti- Bourbonism which started in Virginia Miss Helen M. Stevens, a small, black-eyed young lady, teaches school at Rome, N. Y. William Brodock, a burly fellow of 19, is one of her pupils. Recently he refused to obey her, and she boxed his ears. He then indulged in profane and insulting language, and she attempted to punish him with a book, when he knocked it from her )iamis. Thereupon she took a stick of wood and subdued him. She was brought before the court for asssftilt and battery, and Brodock was on hand, ex­ hibiting numerous swellings and bruises; but the Judge, after hearing the evi­ dence, discharged the defendant with the remark that it was her right to use the means necessary to maintain order. Chicago Journal: The Italian Gov­ ernment has passed a law extending the right of suffrage to all who can read and write. Hitherto the qualifications of a voter were that he should be 26 years ol Our Foreign Commerce. The value of the imports of merchandise into the United States during the twelve months ended Nov. 30, 1881, as compared with the values for the corrresponding months of the preceding year, is shown as follows: Month. December.. January February March April. June Jttiy August September October November. 1880. ...» 47,375,685 1881. ... 45,284,858 ... 47,759,49* ... 60,709,174 ... 59.17S.614 ... 65,503,724 . . 58,920,809 ... 52,422,679 .... 61,731,293 .... 66,713,809 .. 68,981,306 ... 66,600,615 1879. $ 69,602,961 1880. 85,647,471 70,886,561 74,3fi6,45E 64,876,f>« «0,514,5K 57,804,;'HV 56,265,OK 63,22c,65! 54,0^.1,08: 47,108,89< They are inexpert in taxation, internal and external, and money matters. Mr. Pendleton's little civii-Bervice reform diversion is well enough in its way, but it would not stand the wear and tear of *rQwth,<^M3a^i«i mcrcial. SHALL POX. Dow to Prevent the Spread tt the DUeaoe-Dlrecilom ef the State Board of Health. Office of tub .State Boabd or Health,) - Springfield, III. J Although there is no contagion so certain, experience has taught that the strict observance of the following rules will prevent the spread of small pox: patient should be bathed in a wdit dfe- inlsetant (solution of chloride of t̂o- one part to 300 parts of water), clothed in clean, fresh garments, that have been in no way exposed to the infected air, and the head shampooed. Some time must elapse, ten to fourteen days ac­ cording to the severity of the ease, be­ fore the danger of the disease is past. In the event of death, the clothing in which the body is attired should be sprinkled with strong carbolic acid, and the body placed in an air-tight coffin, 1 and it should remain in the sick-room until taken away for burial. A funeral should not be allowed at the house or church, and no more persons permitted to go to the cemetery than is necessary to inter the corpse. After recovery or death, all articles worn by the patient, the room, and all the contents, should be thoroughly dis infested by the burning of sulphur or the pouring of crude carbolic acid on chloride of lime. To do this, have all windows, flues, key-holes and other openings closed, and place on the hearth or stove, or on bricks on the floor, an iron vessel, con­ taining live coals, .upon which throw three or four pounds of sulphur; or place a number of plates of chloride of lime in different parts of the room, and pour on them crude carbolic acid. The room should be kept closed for twelve hours. It will do no harm to repeat the fumi­ gation. ' After, thiB, the floor and woodwork should bo washed with hot water, and walls and ceilings whitewashed, or, if papered, the paper should be removed. Such articles as can be washed, as bedding, clothing, etc., should be dipped in the following disinfecting fluid: Sulphate rf sine. .30 ounce* Carbolic acid, 3 ounces Water "... 6 gs'lca< Increase the quantity in the same pro­ portion, if necessary. After immersion in this, every article, such as blankets and flannels, should be thoroughly boiled. Straw beds should lie burned. The ticking of beds and pillows, soiled by the discharge from mouth or nostrils, should be dipped in the disinfecting fluid, and afterward in boiling water, and the contents, whether hair or feathers, should be sub­ jected to dry heat, in an oven (or if this cannot be done, destroyed by burning); or if these articles have not been soiled, fumigation with sulphur, fol­ lowed by daily exposure in the open air for one week may answer. All arti­ cles iu the room, and others that have been exposed to infection, which cau not bo washed, nor subjected to dry heat, and are too valuable to be burned, must be spread out on chairs or racks; the mattresses or spring beds set up so as to have both surfaces exposed ; window shades and curtains if they have been allowed to remain up must be laid out at full length. All privies should be thoroughly dis­ infected with carbolio acid, one part to twenty parts of water, or zinc, one part to fifty parts of water, and copperas, one part to ten parts of water. Carpets must be taken up and fumi­ gated (in some cases destroyed). After fumigation they should be beaten and shaken in the open air and afterward exposed to the wind and sunshine for several days. The room or rooms should ^ ^ ch -3 possible. Where houses are more or less isolated, judg­ ment can be used in exposing articles. The entire contents of the house should be subjected to the greatest care, and when there is any question with regard to an article, it should be destroyed. Patients should be kept in the house at least two weeks after the crusts have disappeared. The clothing of nurses should be Jfrgssgghly fumigated before leaving the w. bdJtar atilL b»ttied. £«- cumstanees wul allow. r' If these precautions are faithfully carried out, there is little danger of spreading the disease. TM FAMILY DOCTOR. *Bo Okaoa nn Trans.--A good way to dtMN the teeth fe to dip the brush in water, rub it over genuine white cas- tile soap, then dip in prepared chalk. A lady says: " I have been complimented upon the whiteness of my teeth, which were originally anything but white. I have used the soap constantly for two or three years, and the chalk for the last year. There is no danger of scratching the teeth, as the chalk is prepared, but with a good stiff brush and the soap it is saweffectual as rap and sand en a floor. Hints to Thosr Visiting the Sick.-- Enter and leave the room quietly. Car­ ry a cheerful face and speak cheerful words. If the sickness is serious, do not fall into gav and careless talk in the attempt to be cfieerfui, Don't ask ques­ tions, and thus oblige the invalid to talk. Talk about something outside, and not about the disease of the pa­ tient. Tell the news, but not the list of the sick and dying. If possible, carry something to please the eye and relieve the monotony of the sick-room-- a flower, or even a picture, which you can loan for a few days. Highly per­ fumed flowers, however, should never be carried into the sick-room. Some little simplo delicacy to tempt the appe­ tite may be well bestowed. Stay only a few minutes at the longest, unless can be of some help. Treatment of S k̂ep-Walkino.-- Never wake a sleep-waker if it can possi­ bly be avoided. In a certain family re­ siding in Chicago the children while young were all more or less addicted to sleep-walking. One of the younger branches, a girl of 15, on one occasion rose from her bed, and, walking down­ stairs, entered the drawing-room, where were assembled a few guests. Fortun­ ately, the girl's habit was known to most of the company, who, instead of evincing a horror of the unwonted vis­ itor, treated the matter in a philosophic light, and even maintained their usual conversation as the girl s father took her hand and led her quietly up-stairs to bed. Had the somnambulist been rudely awakened, the consequence might have been serious; and the calm de­ meanor of the spectators and judicious management of the girl's parent on this occasion may, perhaps, act as a hint to others who may be similarly situated. Simple Remedies for Emergencies. --Very few young mothers are able to control their nerves so completely as to keep from being startled when confront­ ed with a cut finger with dripping blood, and the loud cries which announce a you jfabig ihe 1 We will doutrffas soon rag-pickers, greve-robbeia, begpn,! prominent psapen.--ltelia»qpoit» .£»> view. uiiWiT Bummm n iwu (From Um hBm Ac*.] Tbs year 1881 has bean Mpeetaily aatriNb tar the •norma** extent aad rapidity of ttShmf construction in the United States. AitJbemgfc it opened with a wj severe winter, sod and frosts, protracted into the spring the commencement of operations Id a laqps pert of the country, snd aJfeboogii duilug ths summer and fall railway work in the West was retarded by tax excess of rain and mod, atQl Wt are able thna early to present a table ghig^ we believe, a comparatively complete snmnuuy of the number of neparate lioea the milee of track actually laid down In the various States and Teoi- toriea since the 1st of January, 1881. AM the month of December hu been nnnsnally miM im the northern half of the conntT?, considerable i track no doubt ha« been laid within the laatfkw | days, of which we h&ve, m yet, raoeivtd mm ! report, it is nrobabls, also, that in «"">* otbff i cases the iaet reports have not ahown Iht | entire amount of track laid or that will haw • been laid at the end of this mmth WhUau i therefore, the figures which we are now able SO - give are necessarily incomplete, and win haw la i be supplemented in a future article givix^ tte i record of construction in detail, we amy ttj | that it has been midt up with very great can ] from numerous eotircet), railway atanagan^ i State Baiiroad CoEomisMoneis and other Stala i officers contributing their aaaisUiice, and thai j it i« reasonably complete for ao early a pnblia*- " j tion. Our figures ehow that track hae haes j laid on 258 different liuee--although not by j as many different companies--and rtyaiiy | aggregates no less than 8,242 mills I 1Mb is much the largest mileage ewr eonatrncteJ! in any one year, that for 1880 being given by " Poor's Manual" at ] 7.174 miles, which in turn was f t.r greater i the mileage added in any previous year exoept { in 1871, when it reached 7,379 miles. Allowing | for returns yet to be received, we believe it sat* j to estimate that the track laid in the United Btates in 1881 will prove to have been very lit­ tle, if any, lest> than 9.000 mileD. The following ia the table, as far as we at now able to complete it, of new construction is 1881. , »! I 1: iS I Whenever it is known that pny person and is gaining some headway in North ! ig sick with small pox or varioloid, iso- and South Carolina and Georgia reaches ; ja^jon cf the individual should l>e re- Mississippi. Even then, will the down- , , , , no matter how mild the of every class who are honest and law- | e aPl*?r- abidingmen, who believe in vindicating [O'THE ^ckshould betaige^eas dy wn- lot oniicutjiiilivihirirr an<l maintain- ; ^atod. and lar from the living and have the courage to rally ? Every other , , issue should be thrown aside, and voters j r|-vaccinated, »»•' ovonr i^lnaa whn nrfl liotiest and law- ' disease mav hj Total for 19 months ended Nov. 30....$660,448,050 The value of the exports of domestic ant foreign merchandise from the United State* during the twelve months ended Nov. 30, 1881 As compared with the values for the corre sponding months of the preceding year, i; shown as fellows: Month. 1880. December $ 98,WX.,21* 1861i January 1 < bruary. 67,733,807 March 8 ,068,794 April. 1,865,615 May 64,14(1,179 June 63,451,279 July 63,083,615 AUKUBt 67,514,718 September 62,491.:t79 October 68,018,646 November 70,06(i,u54 Total for 13 months ended Nov. ao $855,366,263 Whbn you give to others give cheer- fnlly. There is no blessing from an unwilling nffiwhi| tho law and establishing and maintain ing the purity of the ballot-box, ought to unite, whatever their political princi­ ples may be, in an overwhelming on­ slaught against the frauds aud corrup­ tion of the Bourbons. Hurl them from power first. Re-establish honesty of elections, and settle political issues after­ ward. That is the duty of the people of Mississippi. THE TIME TO SQUELCH BOTJliBONISM. The crushing defeat of Bourbonism in Virginia and the assembling of a Con­ gress which at last has the power in its hands suggests that now is an opportune time to put a quietus on Bourbonism, to re-enfranchise Southern Republicans, and to secure fair elections in the South­ ern States. Congress cannot take a step this session which will be greeted with more acclamation in the North as com­ mendable and patriotic in every way. The defeat of the Bourbons in Virginia has inspired a hope among the people in other Southern States that at last there is a prospect of their rescue from Bour­ bon tyranny, which has not advanced them politically aud has retarded their material growth by keeping sectional j prejudices alive, so that there is no rea- 5ff,208,4§>• j son to doubt that its removal and the dissolution of the solid South will also be welcomed with acclamat.on in that section. Bourbonism in the South has now en­ joyed ten yearsof unrestrained rule, and, during that time, has maintained itself in power by corruption, fraud and vio­ lence of almost every conceivable de­ scription. In 1870, Republican Adminis­ trations held the power in the South, and Bourbonism commenced its assault by the organization of the Ku-Klux Klan, which intimidated negro voters by de ids of violence which did not stop short of murder. When the national Govern­ ment broke up these gangs of midnight murderers, various leagues took their places in the guise of political associa­ tions, which, by menaces, floggings, expulsions and ostracism, extend­ ing even to the opportunities for obtaining work still further intimidated Republican voters. In this manner the Bourbons gained control of the South, and even aspired, with tho aid of Norta- ern Democrats, to take pos»session of the National Government. They have main­ tained their control of the South by murder and massacre, as in Mississippi and Louisiana; by election frauds of the most glaring kind, as in Georgia and $709,034,45'. 1879. S 80,880.00: 18M>. 6<V»97,17: 59,956,67! 77,35"\54'i 70,560, 65,66,'.47" 73,1:12,34*. 71.015.-6S 67,192,6M 71,'2'25.y9' 88,687,251 83,008,12< $871,673,211 sleeping rooms of other members of the family as it is possible to have it. All ornaments, carpets, drape­ ry and articles not absolutely needed in the room should be removed. A free circulation of air from without should be admitted by day aud night, for there is no better "disinfectant than pure air. Care should be taken to keep the pa­ tient out of draughts. All discharges from the nose and mouth should be re­ ceived on rags and immediately burned, and the same precaution should be taken with the crusts as they fail off. Vessels should l>e partially tilled with a solution of carbolic acid, one part to twenty parts of water, or chloride of zinc, one part to fifty parts of water, to receive the dis­ charges from the kidneys and bowels, \vbi5h should l>e buried at least 100 feet ' from the well or spring. All spoons, dishes, etc., used in the sick-room should bo placed in bo ling water beforo being used by well i«r>ous. Cleanliness in everything is of the utmost importance. But one or two persons should be employed iu the sick­ room, aud their intercourse with other members of the family and the public re tricted as much as possible. In the event/ that it becomes necessary for •Hill attendant to go out of the sick-room, a change of clothing should be made, using siu'h as has not been infected ; the hands, face and hair should be washed in water disinfected by carbolic acid, one part to forty parts of water, or per­ manganate of potassium, one part to four hundred parts of water ; following this free exposure to open air should bo made bef >re approaching any one. Phvsicians and nurses should take off overcoats or cloaks before entering the siek-roooi, aud they should not put on clothing of any kind there, as they may thus carry a vav and distribute the dis­ ease. Safety consists in exposing to the open air every article of. clothing that has been iu any way exposed to con­ tagion. No iu mates of the house, during the continuance of the disease, should venture into any public assem­ blage or cvo««?ed building, such as a church or kMio'»!, nor after its termina­ tion until \>••.r.nission is given by the at­ tending physician. Dogs or cats should not be permitted to enter the ro nn of the p :ti'Mit, or, better still, not allowed in the bouse. Letters should not be lUissii Edncatsn. The twenty-eighth annual session of the Illinois Teachers' Association, held at Springfield, was attended by a large number of representative teachers from all portions of the State. Gov. Cullom addressed the assemblage, and E. A. Ghustman, of Decatur, delivered the an­ nual address of the President. He re­ called some interesting incidents in the early history of the association, review­ ing its inception and early meetings at length, and making copious annotations from the musty minutes of the first ses­ sions. By calling upon tho audience to show hands, it was discovered that there were present four of those who attended the Chicago meeting in 1856, twelve who were at Decatur in 1857 and eleven who were at the Galesburg meeting in 1858. Twelve former Presidents of the association were present. A paper upon the much-mooted ques­ tion of "Tlij Township System; Its Advantages and Disadvantages," was presented by Prof. A. R. Sabin of Lake county. Prof. Sabin's paper was dis­ cussed by Father Roots of Tamaroa, W. H. Bridges of Lockport, D. R. A. Thorp of Ottaway, and F. R. Feitshaus of Springfield. Dr. Newton Bateman, the venerable and well-known educator, read a paper upon the proposition that "Teachers Should Be Students." No one felt competent to discuss Dr. N. Bateman's strong and eloquent argu­ ment, and those assigned to that duty by the programme Clcused themselves. There was a general discussion of the following question : Resolved, That the courses of study in our graded schools below the high school should lie limited to the common English branches. A paper was presented by W. B. Powell, of Aurora, on " How to Unify State and County Supervision." The discussion of the subject was taken up aud carried on by John Hull, of Carbon- dale, and Henry Higgins, of Jackson­ ville. " Promotions " was the subject of a paper presented by Dr. Leslie Lewis, of Hyde Park, which contained much of practical information and suggestion. "The Teacher" formed the subject of a paper then read by George Howland, Superintendent of Public Instruction at Chicago. It was an able and eloquent production. " The Indirect Influence of Teachers and Teaching Upon the Formation of Character " was discussed by Rev. Rich­ ard Edwards, of Princeton. Resolutions pertaining to the death of President Garfield wore presented and adopted. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, N. C. Dougherty, of Peoria; Secretary, Mary A. West, of Galesburg; Treasurer, Mathew Andrews, of Galesburg: Execu­ tive Committee, A, R. Sabin, of Ch ca The evil cannot brook delay. St*to. Al> bants.. Arkunsas. Arizona... California..... Xo. tiim. Mil**. Colorado. IB Dakota 10 Florida 4 Georgia ...... 8 Iowa 14 Illinois 14 Indiana. 11 Kanxas 6 Kentucky 8 Louisiana S Michigan 13 Ma«w» chusetts T Minnesota..... • Missouri. 11 Maine t Montana 3 Mississippi... S viand. 3 So. Stmtt. KM New Hampa'rs i Nevada 3 . North Carolina T 7!>v,|Sew York.... 18 483 Nebraska 8 43'!«. Xew Jersey... 8 14 109 97 163 54'. 4&;>; 3*1 375 169 143 V 336 3RK, 4-' \ 18'J m 32 >.i 156 88 95 TJV 188 148 55* P< *17H New Mexico.. 4 Ohio 10 Oregon 1 Pennsylvania.. 1# Uhoile Island.. 1 S. Carolina.... % Tesas 90 1,411 !enr.e»see.... 8 ST Virginia 8 Vermont 1 W. Virginia.. 1 Wyoming 1 Wash. Ter..... 4 tVisoonain.*... T •A IS X *9* Totals. catastrophe. Sometimes she cannot col­ lect her thoughts sufficiently to recall . any of the good remedies with which she • -tr^n ., . J . P , s-. . ., . . It will be seen tbat tUo work of railway ex- is acquainted. ^ On© way to avoid this is tension has been earned on in forty-two 81 to write out a list of help in trouble, and ' and ! vrritories, the only States in which no tack it upon the door of your room, after the manner of hotel regulations. There is nothing better for a cut than powdered resin. Get a few cents' worth of powdered resin, pound it until it is fine, and put it in an empty, clean pep­ per or spice box with perforated top; then you can easily sift it out on the out; pat a soft cloth around the in­ jured member and wet it with cold water once in a while. It will prevent inflam­ mation and soreness. In doing np a burn, the main point is to keep the air from it. If sweet oil and cotton are not at hand, take a cloth and spread dry flour over it. and wrap the burned part track is reported laid being Connecticut and ' Delaware, snd the only Territories than dls- i tiuguished being Idaho, Indian Territory and - Utah, althongh it is probable that & tew milM ! were laid in the latter. The remote possession or Alaska of course does not ccme into tiiia category. Texas leads the country m respect [ of r*ilvvay building, having added last year, by : our table. 1,411 miles, which final return* will j probably increase to 1,500 or moro. Colorado ' appears to come next with about 300 miles, of ! which no less than 870 sre officially reported to | ns as laid by that enterprising mrrow-gango rail- : way company, the Denver aud Bio Grande. This j oompnny built during the year no less than ten ! different lines or portions of lines. Iowa cornea ; next with. nearly §00 miles, and Dakota and 1 Ohio also bIiow thus far between 400 and 500 I iniitto. luuUuaL XiuuGiS. NcTT MEXICO New V..« L- Jixj OAs I ..4 ifM I OI K ipyUM IU 4 Tho narrow gauge make) no Insignifieant showing in the list of railway mileage < structed in 1881. Of the 253 different li thus far reported to be built dinring the year, no less than forty-three, or over 17 per oent, were of three-foot gauge; and of the 8,940 miles of new track, which we already report^ 1,490 milM, or about 14 per cent* waea ot tfeat, ««*•» DISASTROUS in it. It is always well to have some i simple remedies in the house where you ' can get them without a moment's loss of time; a little bottle of peppermint, in ease of oolic; chlorate of potash for sore throat, pepsin for indigestion, and a bot­ tle of brandy. Have them arranged so that you could go to them in the dark and reach the right remedy, but be sure Jou never do it, even if you know they aye not been disturbed ; always light p or the gas, and make sure you mvm wftni pistols are alwajb loaded. >n may be put in place flr mint Some Memorable Dark Days* During the last hundred years there have been an unusually large number of dark days recorded. As has been sug­ gested by several writers, this may have been the result of the careful scientific observations of modern times, as well*as of the frequency of these phenomena. The dark day in the beginning of this century about which so much has been said and written occurred October 21, 1816. The first day of the same month and vear is also represented as " a close dark day." Mr. Thomas Robie, who took observations at Cambridge, Mass., has this to offer in regard to the phenomenon: "On October 21 the day was so dark that people were forced to light candles to eat their dinners by; which could not be from an eclipse, the solar eclipse being the fourth of that month." The day is referred to by an­ other writer as "a remarkable dark day in New England and New York," and it is noted, quaintly by a third that "in October, 1816, a dark day occurred after a severe winter in New Eugland." November 26, 1816, was a dark day in Eiondon, and is described "in the neigh­ borhood of Walworth and Camberwell so completely dark that some of the coachmen driving stages were obliged to {jet down and lead their horses with a an tern." The famous dark day in America was May 19, 1780. The phenomenon began about 10 o'clock in the "forenoon. The darkness increased rapiclly, and " in many places it was im­ possible to read ordinary print." There was widespread fear. Many thought that the Day of Judgment was at hand. At that time the Legislature of Con­ necticut waa in session at Hartford. The House of Representatives, being unable to transact their business, ad­ journed. A proposal to adjourn the council was under consideration. When the opinion of Oolonel Davenport was asked, he answered: " I am against an adjournment. The day of judgment is approaching or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for adjournment; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish, therefore, that candles may be brought." In Whittier's "Tent on the Beach " is given a beautiful poetical ver­ sion of this anecdote. It is suggested by several authorities that the cause of the dark day in 1780shou'd be attributed simply to the presence of ordinary clouds j 18S0. It is a striking evidence of the growth of verv unusual volume and density. "r n These instances are, of course, grouped with phenomena of which not a great deal is known, and can in no way be classed with those occurrences occasioned by the smoke from extensive forest fires, volcanic eruptions, or fogs. "Leading" Men. "Leading'" is one of the most-abused and misplaced words in the journalist's vocabulary. Every man who isn't posi­ tively obscure and disrespectable tigares iu newspapers as "leading." The army of leaders is so large that one ltegins to wonder where they get their followers. Ho class of men s.ive "loading citizens" sent, directly from the patient, and all go, Joseph Carter, of Peru, 8. B. Hodd, mail matt"r sent from the house should of Sparta. A Vice President from each be subjected tb a heat ol at least 250 Congressional district was named, dcg. Fahrenheit. Alter recovery has taken place, the the frontal | Knblehenhoelter, at Oalen ' in Peoris, 111., & frightful panic teenmi the rash for the street some forty ] injured, six, all ladies, seriously. She church is one of the largest in the city, ant was filled with the friends of the deceased. Al the seats were filled, and the standing-room to the aisles and about the doors was occupied. Soon after the services commenced the panic occurred. It is said that a beat In the gallerv broke down. The people ia the vicinity thought the gallery was giving away, snd the ru^h commenced. Men, women and children poured out of the doors fading from the main floor and the gallery into tb* hall leading to the street", Alt efforts to stop them were fruitless. The people were frantic and would listen to nothing. In less than two minutes the doorway was blocked up, and tba scene that followed was indescribable. The women who were caught su the crowd wen thrown down and trampled upon. Their shrieks and the shouting of the men, who seemed to be frightened out of their senses, were fearfaL IV* fully ten minutes the doorway was blocked aft and", during the greater portion of this timet half a dozen women lay on the steps under the feet of the frightened crowd. A few men who had lost their scare weut to work heroically to rescue the women, and succeeded in getting them out after they had been walked over by a large number of men. Am fast as taken «• the victims were taken to adjoining houses and oared for. Forty persons were injured, f oar or more fatally, others being maimed for Ma. An Artificial Eartbqaaks. In an open space about half a mile north d the public square in Oskaloosa, Iowa, stoodths powder magazine of E L Spencer & 00* Three bovs, one of them the son of the Mayor of Oiskaloosa, went out to do a little target shooting with a magazine breech-loaduig nil* which the Mayor had drawn in a raffle, and had turned over to his son. The youngsters blazed away at the powder-magazine, using It as a target, and one of the explosives pierced the wall and ignited the powder itt- side the building. In the explosion of tho five tons of powder the three boys were instantly killed, their bodies being horribly mangled. The bodies of the unfortunate boys were carried from fifty to 200 ysrds from tns magazine, and mutilated almost beyond recog­ nition. The explosion caused great damage to windows, nearly ail the phte-glass fronts in ths business quarter of the city being wrecked, while many houts&j in the north part of ths citv Buffered severely, the damage aggregating not less than 5-20.000. Many persons v jured by falling glass and debris. Bask Clearings la 1881* The year just cioaed has been one of am* ampled prosperity throughout the business and industrial circles of the country. Thin is f floated sharply in the clearings at the elesuiag-' bouses in the large cities, all bat «ae sho» an increase in the year's business ovtr that of onr country that the total gross earnings of the large entities have increased in one tw.rhvnionth from $50,<W8,934,oS*8 to #64,40%- or 27.1 per ccnu Last year the increase jr. r 1879 was 81.6 per cent. Tested by these records, the business of 1881 appears to kaVe surpassed that of any previous year by letwoen 1-5 and 1-6 in volume. The most re- tnarlwble iueieaso of uie year was that of Louisville, with S3 per cent, pain, followed by Kansas City, 33.9; Chicago, 8Q.5; Pittsburgh; 8<>.6; New i'ork, 2S.6; Boston, 27.2; Cincinnati; i3.7; San Francisco, 23; Indianapolis. . Cievelmd, 21.8; Spnn^atld, 17.9; St. Loais. ITj I New Haven. 16.8; Worcester. 16.5; Ftuladtl; 1 phia, 15.S; Lowell. 14.9; Milwaukee, ISA £>yracuie, lO.'l; l*rov donee, 8,8: Baltimore, 7.C, New Orleans, 7.2; and Memphis, with a grease of 6.L I 0 w The New York Commercial Adver* es that "many are ever present at nny important meet- j titer honestly believ in it. None Vint leadiug meu die. • No pass through life without having other kiml of mortals ever pt;»n or carry out anything. And now comes a news­ paper "correspondent who has been en- the peaceful serenity, the of comfort, the calm enjoyment of din­ ing in a claw-hammer coat.