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•V" IN riKO.1 BOCVOB. 1. MUSLYKC. U KwaaifMHiar. j|cHEM»r, . - - mumm. P»»www OABFiBTiB's grave on every plnasrnt Sunday is visited by thousands <Jf;' quiet people. The wmtinels stilt paoe-about the vault, the bronse doors <a( which are thrown beck, revealing the r | XM Preaident's yoongeet m* is a ypry clever performer on the banjo, "and it is said that his distinguished father has been known to take 9p the instrn- ment and handle itin a veary knowing -w»y. • A BALTIMORE ntursemaid poshed three down a baby's throat. She oon- tfce act, but would give no reason lor it, and none ean be imagined. She 1MS been sent to a correctional institu­ te, and the child is recovering. *v Or the seventeen men who rode on {he trial trip of Ihe first railroad train west from Albany to Schenectady, Sept. 24, 1832, Thurlow Weed remains ; and, if possible, he will be a guest at tine semi-centennial anniversary to be «> celebrated next fall, ; ? r , • • _ -- _ -- _ ̂ ^4 PICTCBB of Bred Soott, the alave wbo was made famous by his connection with a Supreme Court decision which remanded him *to slavery, was recently presented to the Missouri Historical Society by the widow of Theodore Bar- num, who purchased Soott'a manumis- alon. Two XOUKO ladies of Chester, Pa., lately performed quite a delicate aurgi- m operation. A pot canary hav­ ing broken one of its legs, they set the limb and applied the splints and bandages. The bone shows signs of knitting, and there is every prospect ^0|»t the bird will reoover. THB following is a statement of lite number and amounts of pensions paid K h r h I • % V k inthe States named: Iowa HttnolB Minnesota... . S£Za".::. Annual AV- of Vdmif rmaion*, /VHMMM. .....10,925 tl,l(lC,393 J9,«19 2,099,188 ..... 3,95a iXLtao 9,ias 979,376 ... . T7T 88,198 Aivnual Payment with Arrtars. $2,-279,7M <> 3,988,466 809,979 1,833,235 134,169 fr, f • r- .• r i; r- *" TH*B* is a baby depository in Cleve­ land where women can leave their babies during the day( and have them well taken care of for 6 cents a head. This is regarded as a great advantage to women who work out, but we do not see why it is not an excellent thing for all sorts of women. Five cents a head per day is cheaper than keeping them at home. We do not see why, with such facilities, babies should not beoome very popular with all olassee. MB. QSOBOE BANCBOFT is now 82 years Old, and his firstvolumeof the "History OI the United States "appeared in 1884. Tor a time he gained some on the his­ tory, for he got it down to the close of the Revolution,in his tenth volume, pub­ lished in 1873, or nine years ago. He is about to publish two more volumes, which will bring it down to the adoption of the constitution and the election of the first President. History, therefore, has been gaining in its race with Mr. Bancroft. From 1873 to 1882 is nine years. But from the close of the Revo­ lution to the election of the first Presi. dent is only five years. AoobOBKt> cloodreader in New Jersey blows hie whistle after sundown evcV evening. Ten blasts predict that the morrow will be clear; six, rainy ; four, snowy; three, doubtful. His prophecies are believed by his fellow-citizens, who pronounce him a miracle. Picnics are arranged by him. A New York Sun re­ porter interviewed him the other day: "How are you to-day, Toby I" "I'se tollable, thank yon." "How are yon getting on with the weather?" "Very well, sah. 1 still blows the whistle. I struck it right every time las* week." " Do yon miss it often?" "No, sah; not mor'n once or twice a month. Some­ times the clouds and air Is deceivin', sah." ""What kind of weather shall we have in the spring and summer?" "There'll be mighty little rain in the spring ; it'll be a dry spring. Plenty of rain will fall in the summer." AMONG the United States oensus bul* letins recently issued is one giving "se­ lected nativities " of the native and for­ eign-barn population in certain States, The returns show some things that one would hardly look for. Arkansas, for instance, is almost a " native American" State, only thirteen out of each 1,000 of the population being foreign born. More than one-half of the whole number o* inhabitants are natives of the State also, and nearly all of the other native-born citizens were born in the Southern States. South Carolina is still more markedly exclusive. There are only eight foreigners there to 1,000 of popu­ lation, and 951,000 out of a total of 995,- 000 were born in the State. Here, too, as in Arkansas, the other natives come chiefly from the Southern States. New York adds 1,011 to the population, and all the other Northern and Western States only 2,262. A'l of the Western States and Territories thus far reported have a great preponderance of native in­ habitants; but Connecticut and New Hampshire, the only New England States in the present list, have a large infusion of foreign-born citizens. This is particularly true of Connecticut, where more than one-fourth of the pop­ ulation is foreign born, an eighth, of the whole number of inhabitants earning from Ireland. •In V & ' L . MB. LONOFEIJIOW had a peculiar gift ingratiating himself into the good­ will of children, and always showed a i sick-nurses keen appreciation of their bright speech- - ee. He was one day walking in a garden*' with a little 5-year-old maiden who was; fond of poetry and occasionally " made np some" herself. "I, too,.am fond of poetry," he said to her. " Suppose you give me a little of yours this beautiful morning?" "Think," cried he after­ ward to a friefld, who tells the story in the Boston Courier, throwing up his hands, his eyes sparkling with merri­ ment, "think what her answer was. She Baid, 'O, Mr. Longfellow, it don't always come when you want M.' Ah me, now true, how true !" A omociiAX lately issued gives the following as the wages paid in Manito­ ba : Millwrights (wanted), $3.50 to $4; ship carpenters, $2.75 to $3; engineers, $3 to $5; molders, $3 to $150; fitters, $3.50 to $4.50; blacksmiths, $2.75 to $3; wagon builders, $2.50 to $2.75 ; stone cutters, $3.50 to $4.50; quarrymen, §3„ 50 to $4; builders, $3.50 to $4.50; brick makers, $2.50 to $5; bricklayers (in great demand), $3.50 to $8; carpenters (in great demand), $2.50 to $5; stair builders, $3 to $4; lathers and plasterers (plenty of work), $4.50 to $7; plumbers, $3 to $5; gas fitters, $3 to $5; tinsmiths, $3.50 to $150; painters (in demand), $3.50 to $5; upholsterers, $2.50 to $3.50; cabinet makers, $2 to $3 ; butchers, $52 to , $75 per month, with board; bakers and tailors, $2 to $2.50 per day; shoe­ makers, $2 to $2.75. The following in request: Gardeners, $2 to $3; farm hands, $18 to $25; laborers, $1.75 to $2.50; all with board. And the follow­ ing much wanted: Cooks, $25 to $50; waiters, $18 to $25; dining room girls, $15 to $20; chambermaids, $12 to $20 per month, for hotels, and cooks, $16 to $20; general servants, $12 to $18; nurse girls $6 to $10, for private families; and and' washerwomen, $1 to $1.50 per day. WHKN the tornado that swept over the neighborhood of Cuthbert, Ga., a few days ago, struck the house of Judge Knowles, a hen was on her nest in a barrel in the back yard. that the barrel was picked upfwEHigif it together?1' tonnd and round, blown over the house and dropped right side up in the front yard. After the storm Judge Knowles went out to move the barrel. To his . He Forgot That. ^ After he had explained thai the old woman was 'bound and determined to have a new bed-room carpet, and that being he was in town he thought he would take it home and surprise her, he added that he wanted enough Inham Carpet to cover a room seven by eleven. " You mean ingrain," said the dealer. ." Well, £ s'pose it's all the same. How moeh is that piece?" * . V' Seventy cents a yard." "Awful steep, but kinder party. How long will it last?" "Oh, ten or twelve years." "Can it be turned?" "Yes." "Anything to get out of repair?*' " Nothing I" " Will the colors fade V "They are warranted not to,** -- vj, "Seventy cents a yard, eh? Well, I Persons say/ rather like it. Can the old woman sew "Oh, yea.' "And I can nail it down, I reckon?" "You can." The number of yards required were i out oif, rolled np and paid for, and the surprise the hen was still at her post ' buyer soon departed. Two hours had and it was evident that some of the eggs had hatched in mid-air. When the Judge looked in the hen flew to the rim of the barrel, eyed the departing cloud and announced with a peculiar cluck her contempt for all such borean eccentrici­ ties. - i| MINNESOTA, as well as the States fur­ ther south, is learning the wisdom of diversified crops, and it is reported that ihe lands will not, in time to come, be practically given up to the production of wheat, as heretofore. Indeed, it is predicted that the "wheat empire" is about to pass from Minnesota to Dako­ ta, while dairy and stock farming will to It certain extent take the plaoe of grain n Minnesota. It is said that tha pres­ ent year, when clcsed, will show an Im­ portant cultivation of corn in the lower tiers of counties, of oats and barley further north, and an increase of the amount of land devoted to pasturage and stock farming everywhere through- oat the State. Creameries are being es­ tablished, the local papers say, in the southern part of the State, each being the center of a constantly widening group of dairy farms, and these, it is expected, wiU be a source of profit to those farm passed and his call had been forgotten, when he drove up to the store, leaped to the walk, and rushing in he called oat: "Hang me, if I hadn't got four miles out- of town when I suddenly remem­ bered that I didn't ask jp if the blamed thing wonld wash!" , A Well-Developed Ear. Kosciusko Murphy, who is remarkable for his large, generous ears, has had a falling-out with Miss Esmerelda Long- coffin, towards whom he had been sus­ pected of entertaining matrimonial in­ tentions. Somebody asked him the other day why he and Miss Loi/gcoffin were not out buggy-riding as much as usual, to which Kosciusko replied that he did not propose to pay baggy hire foi any woman who called him a donkey. "X can't believe that Miss Longooflln would call any gentleman a donkey?" was the reply. "Well, she didn't come right out and •ay I was a donkey, but she might just aa well have said so. She hinted that much." „ " What didshe say?" " We were out riding, and it looked very much like rain, and I said it was going to rain on us, as I felt a rain-drop cm my ear, and what do you suppose aha •aid ?" " I have no idea." "Well," she said, " that nun you felt on your ear may be two or three miles they poaaaai a cons titute* them a, "waa induced take nutmeg tea nurse WK drowsy by It and finally put into » pvoC-w*«<* *tupor resembling of opium. Dn. EMMXT recommends the fat of pork, properly prepared, as an excellent substitute for cod-fiver oil. We should ourselves prefer the cod-liver oil, but, when they can be digested, flax seeds carried in the pocket and eaten raw af­ ford a large amount of fatty substance. A. srooKSTioN for hoarseness worthy of trial is the use of common horse-ran- ish prepared in sugar--one part, to nine parts of sugar. A little of this mixture m the mouth, swallowed slowly, gives relief. The rem»Hly(horse-radish) is not a new one, but, to us, the sugar way of using it seems to be a new and good one. CHOKING.--Bits of meat or bone-par- tioularly fish--bone--beootiM fixed in the throat, and, according to size, produce either suffocation (choking), or trouble­ some tickling oaogh. Treatment--If the peroon be choking give a smart slap with the open hand between the Moulders. In nine eases out of ten the sudden compression of the air in the chest will shoot the substanoe out of the mouth ; but if not, look into the throat and see if there be {anything you can reach with your finger and thumb or a large blunt^pointed pair of scissors, and pull it out. If you do not succeed in this, take a silver or pewter table­ spoon, bend it a little, and push it down the throat. Keep quite to the back of the throat, ana you will do no harm. H there be a doctor near, send to him. But this is a case which admits no delay, and the life hangs upon your coolness and quickness of action. If it be only a small substance la the throat, and the person can swallow, give plenty of bread or potato and a drink of water after it. If this is not sufficient, give a teaspoonful of mustard and warm water, or any oth­ er emetic yon have at hand ; and, after the person has vomited, you will gener­ ally find it all right. If you do not, suc­ ceed, send for a surgeon. How TO ACT IN A SICK-ROOM.--Noihirg requires more care/ judgment and cir­ cumspection thin the simple act of visit­ ing a sick-room. ̂ A capital book could be written on this subject, warning peo­ ple of the danger of being brusque and stupid. There ought never to be more than one spare chair in a sick-room, says an authority, and a nurse who knows what she is about would do well to place an ice-pitcher on that chair, so that no one could sit in it. The most absurd thing a person oan do who calls on a sick man or woman, is to refer back to something which, in their imagina­ tion, was the cause of thip illness, " the cucumbers oi last week, or the soft crabs of the week before." Religious admonitions, a delicate point, though they may save the soul sometimes, if carelessly administered certainly hurt the bddy. Mr. Brickley, who has writ­ ten a careful book, which he calls " Notes on the care of the sick," says that he "looks with disgust on the per­ son who speaks to the patient as if the illness was a distinct punishment for grievous sin," and follows it np by send­ ing some book, with a note containing these words : " I hope you will prayer­ fully study this little book which I send you." Doctors themselves often act in exact contradiction to their theories. " I must insist on the most perfect quiet in the house ; have the children moved to the rooms below and avoid all noise," says Eseulapius. Then the physician goes down stairs quietly enough, but in the hall he forgets all about the patient, for he closes the front door with a loud bang, and, instead of moving off softly with his horse and wagon, rattles his equipage all he can over the cobble­ stones. Doctors, sometimes, are aa much at fault'as visitors in a sick-room. --New York Times. literal Oil M TronMed Water*. A most striking experiment has been tried at the Scottish port of Peterhead. A feature of speech, for hitherto it has been little else, was turned into a literal fact. Oil was poured on the waves with the result of calming the fair way at the harbor's mouth, so that a small boat could enter in a storm. It has long been known that oil exerted this effect. It does so by simply destroying the friction of the air on the surface of the water. It smooths the way of the wind, and, consequently calms the surface of the sea. Its accidental application has prob­ ably produced the wide-spread knowl­ edge of its effect, which has made the figure of speech universal. We are not aware that any scientific attempt has ever been made to apply oil to the waves. At Peterhead pipes were laid down and & large quantity of oil was forced through them. The oil at once rose to the surface and spread in- a thin film on the water, with the effect of re­ ducing the roughness to a mere swell, Small boats were thus able to enter the harbor which could not have ventured to do so in the rough sea whioh was run­ ning before the oil was spread upon it. So f&i therefore, the experiment was auccessful Whether it opens up the possibility that harbor mouths may be made generally safe in rough weather by the expenditure of a few hundred g&f- Ions of oil oan perhaps only be decided by further trials. The machinery is, however, laid down, and further testa will, therefore, be easily applied. It is evident that the effect as described, is one which would make all the difference between safety and danger in a harbor frequented by fishily boats, and it is in such harbors that it is likely, if any­ where, to be of permanent value.--Lon- don Daily Newt. The Tielkem The main facts of the story are that Roger Tichborne was heir to a baronetgy and estate yielding $100,000 a year. He entered the army, remained three years, and after visiting South America disap­ peared, and is supposed to have been lost at sea. His mother, proud and in­ sane, wa« unwilling that the estate should fall into the hand of the child of a de­ tested daughter- in-law, and accordingly advertised in Austrailia for the missing heir. Arthur Ortorf, a butcher and a low adventurer, immediately went to England, and, backed by speculators and accomplices, claimed the estate. The mother was an easy dupe, and though the claimant was wonderfully unlike Roger Tichbonrr.e, the swindle pro­ gressed famovsly. The trial of the case occupied six years, and Orton was con­ victed of being a perjurer and impostor. The case occupied thirty-one days in opening, forty-seven in summing np, the Chief Justice took eighteen days in de­ livering his charge, and the whole case cost over $1,250,000. It is the most eele- famied lawsuit on record. . ^ ----Jit f y-iT The Ignoble Gad. ̂ ̂̂ He is seen on the street jostling a lady or giving her the muddy side of the walk; at the theater, leaving a lady--if she be worthy of the nirne--sitting mor­ tified in her seat between acts, while he seeks the groggery without: in the 1 i j * ,w' ' V ,« < V iU » ̂ i »- _ in his his of lkia oewgtMMta and ready to fair faweof My lady Of his aoquamto&Cto; .fontoa&onthed in conver­ sation, KrixnM of cbD6eit, utterly de­ ficient in mauliuess, with the manners of s hog and with as littte appreciation °yjNEroper place. "Aald SoUa 6ray.» Lady Aania Lindsay spent araohof her time in her little room in the high, winding ctaboaaa, "which commanded the aea, the lake, the rode, the birds, the beach," poring cwar old volumes or scribbling verse or proseon the "en­ velopes of old Mtati t)ne day a fancy took her to write new words to a Soottish air whioh Sophy Johnston fthe "child of nature") ueea to sing, the old ones being unedited to the plaintive beauty; and in the course of hor attempt she came to a standstill. Calling toner sister Elisa­ beth, who was at pay hard by, die said: " I have been writing a ballad, my dear. I am oppressing my heroine with many misfortunes, I have eent her Jennie to sea, and broken her fathers arm, and made her mother fall sick, and given her Avid Bobin Gray for a lover; but I wish to load her with a fifth sorrow in the four lines, poor thing! Help me to one, I pray." " Steal the oow, Sister Annie," said little Elisabeth. The cow was lifted and the ballad completed. But although willing to sing it vher*ever asked--and when once sung it passed electrically from heart to heart and Up to lip, until soon there was aoarcely a fireside in Great Britain where it had not been heard--Lady Anne never admitted its authorship, except to her mother, till within two years of her death. She let the preaa and the public--learned socie­ ties and private Mends--puzzle over it in vain, tul, seeing it attributed to her­ self in the Pirate, she wrote to Sir Walter Scott asking him to thank the "author of Waveriey" for his discrimi­ nation. There waa a second part (writ­ ten in response to the Countess' "Annie, I wish you would tell me how that un­ lucky business of Jeanie and Jamie ended,") but, like most sequels, sadly inferior to the original song. The first to detect Lady Anne, out of her own family, was Lady Jane Scott, sister of the Duke of Buccleuch, who shrewdly said to her at Dalkeith; "You sing that song in a way that makes me sure it is your own writing," and extorted a oopy of the words aa the-prioe of silence.-- Tempi* Bar. True Heipti are More Than Ooreaets. Rev. C. L. Cuyler says: "Turning over some old documents lately, I came across the following unique epistle from the wife of a Confederate soldier to her husband whioh I picked, up, lying open, by the roadside near the battle-field of Bull Run. I transcribe a portion of it, with its unoonth orthography, and the genuine womanly heart, and omit all the local references by which its author could ever be identified : " Mr DKAKLY AXD BKl/OY*I> romx--I rite you a few lines to iu form yon 1 well, sod I want to hare'from yon, honey, so bad I oant help rittbg. 1 much rather tee you than have thunder mini this morning, far when I'm awake my mind is on yon, and when saleep I'm adreeming boot my honey. I have not heerd from you amis Joly SStlu, and 1 pray to the lord that theae few line* may find jon on the mercy vide of god, and in a prayiu mind with a puce harts, my beloved honey. We hev had a peraraoted meeting here sena last frkiay, and it haa not brook np yet Pernelope R-- and Sally 8-- come out nen a aatterday and I went to meeting with them aSnnday nite. They bed 8 mornera that nits. Honey, your bog 8 come home last nite, they are nice aa they oan be, and grose fast; bat I dont want you to never forget to live in s waying mind sad huk.fa I was pleaaMMibaatto hare that. that! ever was to lias* nipbiagin my mSTl hope yon alien live on the isarry aide, ao that ef we never aee each other iu thia wnrld we may mete in beren where Honey, you hav hair. I eent yon Iv'g. Plene send me torn of yours, honey; that letter you eent by the preacher I have not got, but maby 1 shall get itjet. I hev got the ten dollars yon left me when you went away; plene do rite to me and let me know all I aak, fer I never did want to here from nobody so bad in my life. I hev wrote you three letters, and git no anawer about that bide. Ii will rnn if it stays out dorea. May god blew you, tis my prayer for ever, and now nothing mors from your dere beloved wife to her deereat be­ loved honey bUsban B.--D. P. " This letter written on a oonrse pieoe of foolscap in & cabin of North Carolina, and whose illiterate spelling almost re­ quires a glossary, is as genuine a speci­ men of womanly yearning as ever came from a wearer of satin and diamonds. In spite of its strange jumble of things sacred and secular, no true man will laugh over it"--Evangelist, iven when parting is no mors, not eent me a piece of your i ion of mine and little Char- LYJfCH'S LOOrC. Confldeace. When the Duke of Cambridge waa about to become the gueatof Lord Strat­ ford for a few days at the embassy, he went in his dressing-gown and slippers, at an early hour in the morning, to see that the rooms prepared for his Royal Highness were in order. Finding the Duke's valet arranging the trunks and portmanteaus which had arrived, the Ambassador began to give him directions how they should be placed. The man left off and stared at Lord Stratford. "I will tell you what it ia," he said, " I know how his Royal Highness likes' to have his things arranged. So yon Just shut up and be of£ old feller." Lord Stratford went m a towering passion, and, calling one of the attaches, ordered Mm to go and tell the man who it was that he had ventured to address such language to. The attache re­ turned. "Well, what did you Bay to him?" asked the Ambassador. "I said to him, my Lord, that the person co whom he had ventured to ad­ dress such language was her Majesty's representative in Turkey." "Ah, quite right. And what was bia answer ? "He sewered, my Lord, that he never said you warn't." Lord Stratford's anger wonld be ap­ peased by anything which seemed ludic­ rous, and he enjoyed a hearty laugh with the attache. . . Vaderpisalaf fcy itta Wlaanwalypl •;>» MM-maCtatMaaa Mmmm sfctp sappertetf la a IMIIaff Maua- •er. (Wtshingtoa Tefegna to CMeago Inter-Own.) Par the first time sine© the dose of the Forty-fourth Congress the halls of the House of Representatives echoed to­ day the voice of a oolored man, who, from the floor surrounded by the lead­ ing white men of the nation, addressed them in behalf of his rights to represent the people of the Sixth district of Mis­ sissippi. The speaker, John R. Lynch, a brown-skinned man, in feature very utuoh resembling King KalAm^ oc­ cupied a position in the very center of bin Republican brethren, and was flanked on the right by Mr. Jadwin of Pennsylvania, and on (he right by Reg­ ister Bruee, formeraly a Senator from Mississippi. He spread his manuscript on the desk of Mr. Farwell, of Illinois, Garfield's desk for years when he led the House. He was given the privilege of speaking, in accordance with a plan agreed upon by the leaders of the two parties, and followed by Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, who opened the fire in be­ half of the retention of Chalmers, the sitting member. Mr. Lynch was dressed in a well-fitting black suit, Prince Albert coat buttoned close around him, a white standing collar and black scarf completing his outfit When he arose to address the House, he was greeted with hearty applause from the Republi­ can side, in which thegalleries joined, and it was several seconds ore order was re­ stored sufficiently to al'ow him to pro­ ceed. He was listened to with marked attention by both parties, the majority of the members turning in their seats in order to have an unobstructed view of the statesman from the "Shoe-string district." His oppcAent (Chalmers) re­ garded him very aticfotivelv, although his nervousness was plainly apparent, as he busied himself with tearing up strips of papers while Lynch was talk­ ing. The latter, by his moderate, even- tempered remarks, gained admirers at the close of every period, and his argu­ ment was a clear, lawyer-like exposition of his case. The gentlemen's gallery above him was thronged with representatives of his race, who upon this occasion were kept wide awake with the remarkable scene transpiring on the floor. The speaker's well-modulated voice was aud­ ible in every part of the chamber, and his actions were marked with the grace and ease of the practiced ora­ tor. He did not, as had been expected by the Democrats, rave and rant about the bloody shirts and terrorism, but his discourse throughout was favorably com­ mented upon for its temperate tone. He read from manuscript and frequently paused to note the effect of a point made, and during this time had frequent recourse to his handkerchief for wiping awav the nerspiration from his forehead. The stillness in the Hou?e has rarely if ever been equaled, and the presiding officer was not once called upon to pound with his gavel for order. It was a reve­ lation to the majority of spectators to witness such an orderly assemblage on the floor, and the only interruption was when a telling point seemed to sanction a vigorous clapping of hands. Mr. Lynch endeavored to show that there was not suoh a feeling of antipathy in the South toward the colored race as the Bourbon leaders would have the people believe, except on the question of politics. Not only colored but white men, he said, were persecuted for their devotion to the Republican party and its rinoiplee. for Southern Bourbons would not tolerate hoaeet opinions upon politi­ cal questions opposed to theirs, no mat­ ter what name the opposition assumed or of what elements it was composed. They might be Gfeenbaekers, Indepen­ dents, Readjusters or Republicans, but the fact that they opposed the Bourbon Democracy made them, from a Bourbon standpoint, enemies of the South. This was said without any of the violence char­ acteristic of the bitter partisan, but with the air of a man who felt himself in duty bound to express his honest conviction. As he proceeded the good impression made in the early portion of his address seemed to increase, and, as a leading gentleman stated it, "The man told the truth all through his speech." Even when speaking of the methods used to accomplish his defeat for Congress, Mr. Lynch did it in a courteous manner, and without any attempt to belittle his ad­ versary. It was generally agreed that a better effort had not been made on the floor of the House for many years, and that a clear case had been made out against tissue ballots and ballot-box stuffing. Over an hour was consumed by the ad­ dress, but no one seemed to tire of hear­ ing the eloquent colored Representa­ tive, and when he concluded he was surrounded by a throng of admirers, who warmly congratulated him for the manner in which he had conducted hie side of the case. Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Nitooris, the spouse of Nebuchadnes- zar, is described by M. Buudiiilart as the soul of his works, and to her is attributed the design of the lake named after her, i claim. which served the double purpose of a fortification and a dam against the Eu­ phrates when in flood. The famous hanging gardens are also attributed to a female influence, to the longing of a Median princess, born in a more ele­ vated region, for the coolness and shade of her native mountains. There were five of these gardens, about four En­ glish acres each, on terraces supported by columns and covered with mold thiok enough for the largest trees to take root in it. One of the columns was hollow, and contained a hydraulic machine to raise the required quantity of water, Iu fact, the art of gardening, with all its modern appliances, including irrigation: and the transplanting of grown trees, was practiced In Babylon aa effectively as in the Boia de . Boulogne or Hyde Blaine and Belmont. Belpont, the member of the Foreign Affairs Committee who undertook to annihilate Blaine, is a young man, the son of August Belmont, the noted Democratic politician of New York. His questions to Mr. Blaine were written, and they read better in print than they sounded, no doubt, when propounded to the witness. Mr. Bel­ mont farea badly in his encounter, but perhaps got along as well as any other member would have done had he undertaken the same dif­ ficult job. Of course Belmont's idea was to show that Mr. Blaine sought a war with Chili merely to enforce the claim of Landreau to the guano beds of Peru, and that such a war would have | been unjustifiable. The points he made were that the original claimant was a Frenchman; that he stipulated in his con­ tract with Peru not to enforce his claim through any diplomatic pressure fr^m foreign governments, and that he after­ ward took his brother, who had become an American citizen, into partner­ ship with him for the express purpose of getting this country to champion his This is perhaps true, but Mr. and heart which has deprived flwr par­ ty of popular oonfldenoe for twenty jiH» f They are constantly repeating thia blunder. It roust be the " old Satan" In them which betmya them into audi palpable folly. They are never wOHng ftopaae over an opportunity to condemn the discrimination which the Government has properiy made in favor of those who served in the Union army in all caaea where it can be done without prejudice to the public interests. They were not willing that a bill should pass providing for an increase in the police force of the District of Columbia with­ out offering an amendment to repeal the existing law that the members of this force shall be Union soldiers or sailors who were honorably discharged. Of course this proposition was resisted by the Republican side, and of course the Democrats undertook to justify their conduct during the Rebellion. The effect was, as usual, to bring out manifold evidences of the disloyal spirit which controlled the Democratic pttfty in various Northern States during the struggle for the maintenance of the Gov­ ernment. Even the former " War Gov­ ernor" of Pennsylvania (Curtin) was disconcerted in his effort to apdtogize for his present associates; and -he Democratic side, after reviving its ob­ noxious war record, was compelled to submit to the hateful toleration of Union soldiers as policemen in the Dis­ trict of Columbia at barely living pay. It is a great misfortune for the Demo­ cratic party that there is not some m^ans to gag the Democratic politicians in Congress when the Union soldier is mentioned.--Chicago Tribune. ILLINOIS LFUISLATUU. Kelly, of Adams, offered a naotatfcm In the Senate, April SO, for an immediate ad­ journment aine die. It waa defeated by a atriot party voH the BeonUieans voting no and the Demoerata aye. Mr. Shntt'a Joint resolution deelaring it the duty of the General Government to demand & speedy trial or nnoouditiooal re­ lease of American citizens confined In British prisons waa adopted. The Bernblican canons bill, apportioning the State into Oongrasaioaal districts, waa^read a third time and paaaed by a atriot parly "vote, Th> Republican Senatorial Apportionment bill was then taken np and read a third time. Mr. Merritt (Dem­ ocrat), of Marion, addrawed the Senate in opposition to the meaaora. Mo one alas desir­ ing to make a apeech, the hill was pat to a vote and passed--SO to 14. In the House, Mr. Par­ iah presented the Bepub\tcan oaaona Senatorial Apportionment bill. Thia was withdrawn tem­ porarily to allow Mr. Pea»o« of Madiaon, to adranoe with the Bepablkan Congres­ sional Apportionment Mi, whioh he did. Mr. Murphy, of Ferry, offered as a substitute a bill representing the Demo­ cratic plan of Congressional apportionment. Mr. Mnrphy then moved that the hills--both majority and minority--be made the apeoial order for Thursday, the 97th. The Repub­ licans, led by Dr. Pearson, Chairman of the Congressional Apportionment Committee, in­ sisted that their bfll should be read a first time and ordered to a second reading t and it waa ao ordered, in nite of the protests made by the Demoerata. It was then agreed that the minor­ ity bill should also be read a first tune. The question then arose aa to the time when the special order should be fixed. Next Wednesday, immediately after the reading of the Journal, was agreed upon. Mr. Parish, of Cook, Chairman of the Senatorial Appor­ tionment Committee, presented the Republican eancus biH on Senatorial apportionment, re- Mr. Martin, of commending ita paaaage. Woodford; presented the minority report in fa bilL and moved that both Mils theahape o: be read i Blaine states that, when the agreement was made,it was supposed that the courts of Peru could adjudicate the claim, and that they afterward decided they had no jurisdiction, and, under such circum­ stances, it was proper that a foreign na­ tion should interfere. There is no rea­ son to suppose that Mr. Blaine had any personal or selfish reasons for urging his claim; and, though he may possibly have acted hastily, it is entirely unjust to intimate that he had any but public reasons for wishing the claim settled.-- Chicago Inter Ocean. The Old Satan in Them. Will the Democrats in Congress never leam that they cannot precipitate a dis­ cussion over the war of the Bebellian without recalling the great error of head ^ . v . • V* ? li?' * -«»•'. * • ' " • ' - . ' . v . , . l A f ? v the doors and hill, and moved that for the first time, and be made the special order for any time the Repnblioana might indioata. Mr. Parish moved aa an amend­ ment that both billa be read and placed in the or der o# second reading, which motton prevailed. At thia Juncture the House received a mes­ sage from the Senate announcing the passage by that body of the Congressional and Sena­ torial Apportionment bills. They ware at onoe piaoed on the order of bills on first reading, the Congressional bill as reported from tbe Senate was the first reached for. Mr. Durfee, of Macon, Democrat, moved to refer the Dili to the Committee on Congressional Apportion­ ment Then began the oontcat, whioh soon threw the House into dead-lock condition. The ayes and noes were called--the Demoerata m- £a»ed to vote. The vote showed onfy <6 offi­ cially present and the Speaker so declared. The Speaker then announoed that it waa appar­ ent to bis mind that there was a quorum pres­ ent, and thereupon ordered the CJufctoorttha roll on Mr. Durfee'a motion to refer. At this juncture Mr. Harrington, of. Kane, sprang to his feet and raised the point of order that the Speaker had no right to declare a quorum pres­ ent when the vote did not so indicate. The Speaker promptly and with much spirit ruled Harrington out of order. An appeal was tak­ en, and no quorum voted. The Democrats then retired from their seats to the cloak-room. After some confusion the call of the Honse was ordered, and, no quorum responding, a motion^ prevailed ordering the B@rgeant-at- memben. on their ones Demi then went amon ̂ tbe Republican managers, and made a proposition to lei the Senate bill pass to the order of the second reading and to nrnde the special otd«r for Thurs­ day, the 27th. The Republican*, <i«nW»w themselves su a dead-look and powerless to' help theintsolvex, accepted the proposition, and the siege was raised. Mr. Mann, of Yenmllion, then, in behalf of the Honse, presented Hon. X W, Morgan, of Moultrie, the oldest member of tbe Assembly, a gold-headed cane, after which a resolution was passed fixing the per dieas of Rev. Father Hal* ohanb&dt the House, at #5. The Honse than adjourned un­ til the Mtb. 'Th6i<3 was nothing done in the Legislature on April A quorum failed to respond to roU-eal! in either the Senate or Hons* and both houses Mitjoorned almost immediately &f» ter assembling,, The Senate and Hooae mat aa nasal, on April 24, but only brief sessions where bald. No business was transactod M the Senatê but in tbe House the Senate bill making an appro- pr * • ion for the ordinary expenses of the State Kor ual University was ffteaijto a third reading. Only Seven Senators msponded to roll upon the meeting of the Senate, April U, and an immediate adjournment WAS Mr. Perrin, of St. Clair, opened the proeeedinge by making a break to reeonslderthe vote by which the Senate Normal UniverMtj Appropriation bill was sent to third reading in his absence, The Speaker rnled the gentleman out of order, bring in absent Both parties then went into eaucus their respective sides, while a few jovial i nng " We'll Gather at the River." The nocrats resolved to stand firm. Mr. Cronkite VUIAT - WSAMRFIAMR SpmSmmm AOT ing atVm wa«U In the of the portkHKarat Maeon, wanted*TEE* *>• not tOm read a that it* _ laot we%k by cided that the 1'iil at a time. ono bill it Mr. Murphy, mom! to recommit all to their re-»pcetivo party vote. Mr, Kane, aaked if it wooid £e ia Hibatitution of tbe minority j nty reports. The Chair said dir. Herrington then sharply atti chtir and the Republicans, chantiiw bud faith. He said tba ̂wbca the bills WMNfct made lbs special order, it a agreement that the Democrat* none of their right* but AM tcaui |S| been made up to suit the Repabboaai, and the ruHnga oftbe ctairwate alike nnfair. The " to order, and began rapping upon his gavel. General oonfuion -tiriri fcrift puts of the honaa. The chair and MfcmUNi . :A. • " ® rington were both yeDiag at the tons of tMr ' - of wfeat thersaid ooaklhe voices, but little heard. Mr. Hemngton continued to MM 9s floor, notwithstanding ha had been eaM to- order by the chair. He finally stated tfeat whaa the chair stopped hammering bedeahed to feAe an appeal, la the meantime having made the prediction that tha Democrats iraaid elect a UnitedS&tes Senator next winter. He stated that he based his appeal apon the groud thst tha Journal was inoorwet, and thai the ehsjr, in" ruling that one hill could not be substituted for another, violated perBsmeutaiy law. ffca genttamant Mid said fan wanted Ids dNUna to be ****** mmmjW.-: The gentleman from Kane had MM if if would be in arte to move the eelictitnUwi of the minority for tbe majority report. That certainly was not in order when &s biH Jas considered on seoood reading, it be in order to move that the minority substituted for the majority bill or to it Mr. that was a (list motion without a < then demanded the reading of the Idk ' by the minority as a matter of <i%ht..'-„. Mr Durfee moved the mibatitution of the mi-'" noriiy tor the majority bill, and nouuet-d the unfaimera of the Bepobbaa scheme of apportionment. Other aanihw the Dcmosratie lis tbe same tenor followed on side, the Republicans meantime strictly obeys* ing their policy of silenoe. When the spaaed* making was ended Mr. Dnrfee'e motion to sub- stitutethe minority for the majority Mil lost. The baianoe of the day's sowion was consumed in considering the anwndaenils of* fered by the Democrats, all of which warn' voted down as fast as they were offered. Ho business waa transacted by the 8enate onv the 87th nit, the body aimpty mestii* and im|l mediately adloorniag after going thcoagh the ' formality of calling the roU. The Momal Vab>.: .* > varsity Deficiency bill was taken up 'in tha * * 1 House and advanoed to the entar of .ttferS reading, bat not until Mr, Pemtket 8t̂ cEr. ,, had made a speech sgainst it, in the eoosTof ; V4~ mal system of Illinois as a fraadL The Senate Mil for the cession <rf thf Iilinoia and Michigan canal to the '• - Statea waa paasedby a vote of 10? yeas to 43 ' ££t ^ third rsadin " * 1 * * fered by the down by the began on tbe and it it waanetflmatiad whan thi ANAJJ far the day. than thi FACTS worn TUB CUBITUS. A musical inrtniuMat -.ia aajjfarf < the angelic©. It is formed of fifty pieoaa of crystal, and haa a key-board aa long as a piano. Half-tooee oan lib ptafoa.' V:- <•; It is played with two little h*sain*»; the bass-hammer haa two pronga, which • v, take an octave; the trebla-htiinMr «e \ single, and plays the melody. The tones ? H-. of this instrument resemble the human - ' voice. . • Onrait7&on> is being used in Paris for V-A; making atereotypaa. The moid is taken > f:;;y with a special cement, whioh -teo«iv«a^^v; ;̂ : the impression and rapidly haidam.̂ n" The celluloid aheet is then wad to ob- ^ * tain the impresaioo to be employed- in , : ' printing. Celluloid has also been- used ^ - for giving typographical reoresehtatlona of lace, the imprewoona being taken 1 -1 • from the lace itself. • ' DB. Emm Hoiiim claims far the Bush­ men a further advance in art than he haa found among any other people in South. Africa. Tmy show much drill in tba m&nipulatjn of stone and the maam< facture of veaaels oal oi wood, bona and ; , ostrich egga, and have eatecoted wittfc ~v tools ot flint drawinga, or angra«»ga» - » * and carvinga of oonmderable mrak m , ̂ the caves and on the walla of theviiuta.1 Few people are aware that the proud '• boast of the Englishmen that the ana never sets on the British emnu* ia /""-v sit V _ - .. , 1» <Kpn olev became he wasn't present, and wasn't in posi- | of i 100 feet it boils at ilfdegreea, and tion to make the motion to reconsider. Mr. nt n. Ki¥i equally applicable to the United Statea. » „•- Instead of being the woatern limit ol that n Union, Ban Franoiaeo ia only about mid­ way between the furtheat Aleutian iatoyVv ̂ acquired by our purohase of Alaska, and ' Eaatport, Me. Oar ferritc :̂«WlWd^S:#? through 197 degrees of longitude ̂ or seventeen degreee more tkaa halfway round the globe. The Booty Mom*-, tain JPreebyterian, in oommentuig on r; thia fact, aaya: *' When the saî a giv* •%$; iugitagood-nighthiaatooorweatonimoat •• J, isle, on the,oonfinea'o( Behring'B aea, iî 'î p is already flooding the fleUa and Innate ' 'f of Maine with ita morning light, and ift . A the eaatern part of the State is more than "!f| an hour high. At the very xnoment whem - ̂ f the Aleutian fisherman, warned by tha:/ approaching shadea of night, ia pulling "k hia canoe toward the ahore ̂ the wood* ' ' f chopper of Maine ia beginning to make . the forest echo with the stirring musio • f of hia a*,M AT a level of the aea, at where the , mercury stands in a barometer tube thirty inches high, water boda in an open ?*< dish at a temperature $1,213 degrees t vV For every 550 feel we asmad it holla at Thus, «H^n elevation one degree less. Perrin appealed from the decision of the chair, and tbe deciaion waa sustained. Mr. Blackaby, ot Fulton, who • ; when the bill was or-ras present dered to a third reading, and was therefore in or­ der, moved to reconsider tbe actionof the House, Mr. Baldwin, of Bureau, opposed the reconrfd- xratiou HB deigned to unnecessarily use up the time of the Home in discussing a bill which wax ultimately sure to pass. This brought Mr. Yanuty, of Maooapin, to his feet, with the state­ ment tnat he had previously favored tne bill, 1'Ut the evidence of indeoent haste in putting it forward stamped it as a fraud. After consider­ able further talk the motion to recon­ ciler prevailed, and tbe bili was re­ called and left on tbe order of second reading, ihe Canal bill was taken UD, when Mr. Duffy again endeavored to gain a" postpoi>ement on account ot the illness of Mr. Shavr. After a good deal of discussion the motion was de­ feated by an overwhelming: vote. After con­ siderable discu&iion, the House decided not to delay the consideration of the bill longer, whereupon the enemies of the measure opened the flood-gates of amendments and let them loose on the House. A long discussion was had upon oaob proposition, ana during tne discussion Mr. Linegaj of Cairo, declared that the railroads would do all in their power to de­ feat the adoption of tbe taw at the polls. Each amendment was voted down in its turn, and the bill was finally^ sent to a thmt reading without amendment Mr. of Sangamon, called up Senator Shutt's resolution in behalf of the American suspects imprisoned in Ireland, and got the rules suspended to put it on its passage. Mr. Chaffee raised the point of order that tbe reso­ lutions were not germane to Uie call of the Governor, and the Speaker sustained the point Mr, Smith appealed, and a discnsaion arose as o whether the fact that the Senate had paaaed the resolution did not remove the objection it was gemmrt'v Mr. Xaueey snggcated that at an elevation of 5,500 feet at SW3 de- .% grees. At the City of Mexico water boila, -bM at 200 degrees; at Quito at 18*; and cat ,•.*' the summit of one of the Himalaya mountains at 180. Darwin waa not able t ̂ to cook potatoes by boiling on one of the ̂ uiounfuius be aaoeudeti lit and Humboldt oonid not mot bed! by ^ ^ the same method on the top of one of the Alps. In mines below w IM ot ths sea a greater temperature degrees is required to boil. If water boils at a very perature, the he^t i» not meit fat in meat, to <wag|Jate in eggs, or to decompose articles of food. Cooking fore be ptrformed by other': that of bciling. The einaMtairin water boils at a certain show that it oontaina cook food in a reasonable tima.' fla less the pressure of the air, tlW lower the temperature required toboil Hquida. . 1-- ' THB anoient tirtoa of Beading apfea* ent oi fine cloth to eartain of State and gentleman o< har household haa ~ committee oi the London. The originated in a daaire petition in the ̂ Jarr DAVIS haa the sale of hia book. .< t 'f ,rt