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j «* -r f i ' - f ' / \ -~4 • ^ - * J- ' • ' " ^ A' " i f> a. * » » >«•* . . 1 ' "l. ***» *** *MMr ?--*---«-.. ^^cgTUTg^iawiiifaitt ~~" vmmxwm g»w»< Pin»niii. » •• nigBa A fntATii dentist is having a hard time of it in Quebec. The press is de­ nouncing her as pursuing an unwomanly -vocation, and the oieqgy of St. John mud Levis Churches have prohibited «their people from having anything to do •with her. I A CENSUS of the marriageable pri»c«8 t oiJEtjrope appears to have ibeen taken. The age for marriage of a prince is from '24 to 40; for a princess from 18 to 28. There are thirty-eight marriageable princes and only twenty-four marriage­ able princesses. Germany furnishes the •chief supply. There are twenty German princes now in the market, including Xing Ludwig of Bavaria, the moat eli­ gible Irao^elor in Europe. '. } .[ ' W, ' .--i 1 > , """ « •. THB price obtained at a London show 4or the prize bulldog Lord Nelson, who had won every cup for which he ever •competed, waa $50,000. flis aspect is •̂ escribed as that of the " moet nn- fcriqaipled ruffian thatever ran on four legs to help his master in the attack oqt a helpless traveler on a starlight night.' Sis coat is milk white, his eyes blood- •ahot, his chaps fall down each side of ilia jaw, and when heraises his lips and «hows hi6 teeth the spectators draw back in terror. SOIBNTTFIO men in Japja are now dis- •ctuwiDg the possibility of untilizing the .Hlifarnal heat of the earth. At a repent $«$tiiig b! vthe Sjeiamological Society, Mr. Milne read a paper in which he «aid that the fact that there was an un­ limited supply of energy in the interior of the earth had been generally over­ looked, although pdrtigns of it crop ofut in countries like fapin, Iceland and New ZealfndJ id tb f̂oda of hot springs, -solfataraa, volcanoes, etc. He stated that there is an unlimited supply of "water in hot springs within a radius of 100 mil̂ S irouod Tokio; and (hat the iie&t'bf th&e springs could be converted into an electric current and transmitted 4o the town. era and the churches} by far the greatest proportion, however, is passed upon the market people and upon the small street lpercbants/who h|ve not snfficpht Ight to,e*hbie JFBEM to discover the dpseit It is suspected that a thriving business is carried on by professionals in this way, who drill out large quantities of silver from the dollars, fill up the holes with thin tin foH, and pass the former. A practice which haw been detected at the mint, by which much of the mu­ tilated coin is worked off, shows consid­ erable ingenuity. It is simply to fill in the holes with the ordinary tin foil with which tobacco is wrapped, carefully smooth over the surface, and pass it at night or in such dark places as render detection extremely difficult. From the clerical cut of many of the customers at the redemption counter, it is shrewdly suspected that a great deal of silver which cannot conveniently be passed in any other way finds its way to the church contribution-plata, I* # New York paper the following es­ timate is given pf the wealth of certain of our railroad magnates : Wm. H. Vanderbilt, said to be worth $160,000,000 Leland Stanford, said to be worth. Jay Gould ...... Collin P. Huntington.... ............... . Charles Crocker... Mm. Hopkins. .L„ KusseJ! Sage. .... ...'..f.i.i. J.* Estate of ToliV Sl.-f. Cyrus W. FieM. Samuel J. Tildan John W. Garrett ioo,r«o,of>o 80.000,000 50,000,000 4»,"00,001 40^Qft,000 4oSoa.ii« ao/Kwt,ow 151,000, "00 IS.OIO.OOO 10,000,00*! AN English Parliamentary return has been issued, showing the number of ten- •ants who were evicted during the five months ending with March last, for non­ payment 0f rent, anjd who h»ve not since beep admitted as caretakers. The total number given is 1,048, a&d each month shows an increase over ihe previous one. In November 132 tenants were evicted, -and in December this number had in- •creased by apvfen, The first month of the year showed a total, of 188,. Febru­ ary 267, and in March 323 tenants were rendered homeless. The largest num- 'ber of evictions took place in Donegal,, and the smallest in Meath. This steady progression was greater in Ulster than in any other province. Total . $670,000,000 Liberal deductions might be made from these, and their fortunes would still be something worth the careful study of the statistician aad the moral­ ist, says the San Francisco Chronicle. The; are a singular commentary on the anomalies of a republican form of gov­ ernment, and a country in whioh all are, in theory at least, free and equ&l. Nearly all the millionaires mentioned became rich by railroad speculation alone. W, H. Yanderbilt and his sens were largely enriched by inherited real estate. «iay Gould has made nearlyall his money by* railroad speculation. Messrs. Stanford, Huntington and Crocker have grown wealthy from the: land grant 'given thdboi fts a guaranty by the Government, and the earnings of the road which the nation helped them to builfl. A rather high estimate is placed on the property of Mr. Stanford. He is probably worth considerably leas than Charles Crocker, whose estate is reck­ oned at nearly its true value. The ag­ gregate value of the estates of eleven persons is placed at 9670,000,000. MRS. BcRNKitT, the novelist̂ -dreises ijn idle highest style of esthcticism. At !a *efcent entertainmAnt'in Washington she trbre a gcrwn.described 4s " Esmeralda.'* It was of shaded giray silk, with all the (fullness of the drapery gathered both •back and front into a yoke at the should­ ers, and falling thence in one unbroken sweep to the floor. It was not confined in the least at the* waist, and was but­ toned in the back like a child's apron ifrom thej&p| to t|ie lbottpih of the skirt. 'There n$u| k' purf of cardinal satin on each shokiie ̂ the ilfeves were longjemd tight, ana a small plaiting of the bright -satin finished the bottom of the skirt And neck. Beijjgj A plump'litiie woman, of no particiflaf shape,she must' have looked moi| $io|l than; esthetic. | i THE Minister oi the Interior of Ana- .*ria; prd«m that 4n ev»ry town where *i$h9jj<i Is a tlieateMB local commission is îo be fompased of represent- 4rfves of me inunicipal>k authorities, the police, the medical profession, the fire 'brigade and impartial experts. These ttre to exercise a general supervision. • Ail p«w uies|eri $n$ to be detached from ^rthir' btnldrnfe ,̂ arid" contain no store or painting rooms. Every inflammable tsubstance used in the performances is to be impregnated with fire-resisting fluid; and the most) tniibute 'precautions are to be taken for insuring proper inspection. ,Jt will also be provided that there Bhall be an open gangway after every six arows o(̂ a(̂ , t̂ ai| ajshaft'iorjjhe escape of smoke shall be erected, and that the number of the audience shall be strictly limited tp,, the |es|ip capap ĵ of the theater. > THRRB is hope still for the Garfield monument, t̂ kshington's is actually feeing constructed, and, more wonderful «till, tiiere is a movemeat, which is very promising, for a atatue to Chief Justice Marshall.- rThe fund for the purpose wait started! in 1835 by the Bar Associa­ tion of Pennsylvania and $3,000 was •craised. Then subscriptions ceased and the fond was forgotten until the lawyer <to whom it was intrusted died, when it wasrfound t̂ otrhe had invepted it so ju- l̂ici|u|i5f ̂ isF it had Jincrea^ad to $20,- <000. This is now to be expended in the i purchase of the statue, while the appropri- J ation made by Congress last year of $20,- >000 will be put into the pedestal. If the ̂trustees of the Garfield monument fuild* are as fortunate, 6iere will be se­ rious talk of erecting the monument about 1920. ̂ --^r Scared Puwy. . ,r.w Ghitltier, a French writer, mentions a rare case in which a cat was so taken aback as to lose her presence of mind and self-reliance. The cat was accustomed to live in per- fect intimacy with the writer, sleeping at his feet on his bed; dreaming on {he arm of his easy chair while he was writiag; following him in the garden as he walked up and down the long avenues; keeping him company at his meals, and, as he adds, not unfrequently intercepting the morsel on the road between the plate and his lips. , ^ One fine day, a friend setting out on his travels, left his parrot in his charge during his absence. The poor bird sat disconsolate on the top of his stand, while Che cat stared at the strange flight and tried to gather up all the straya and waifs of natural hiitory which she migb^t have picked up on the roof, or in thp yard or garden. The writer ftrflow^ her thougMd in her great green eyes, and read there clearly the words: "It must be a green chicken!" Thereupon, puss jumped down from his writing table and assumed, in a dark corner, the air of a panther in the jungle, lying in wait for a delicate deer; crouch­ ing flat down, the head low, the back stretched out in full length, the elbows out and the eyes fixed immovably cm the bird. The poor - parrot had followed all her movements with nervous anxiety; he raised his feathers, sharpened his bill, THE WALK DIG H9BSB. : : How impawvw it. 'STS? lent "walking" talk frem an English contemporary. The walk is cme of principal paces of a tow* hack, one of the greatest lux­ uries of a hard-working man, be he law­ yer, doctor, artist, Juage, politician or city financier. A horse may be a very good hunter, yet a bad walker, but then he is only fit for the stable of a rich man. A hunter that can walk safely and fast home is a luxurious treasure. The walk is the pace that may be vastly improved, without the rider hav- ing any of the natural and acquired tal- ents of the professional horse-breaker. Bat he must have patience. "To make • well," says the author of "The Book of the Horse," "there is nothing more stupid than ill temper, the use of whip, and the abuse of spurs." A hack to make a first-class walker must have the courageous temperament that never shies, when once settled down from early morn freshness, and also the natural form and action that make him carry his head in tbe right place, and step out of the ground t Four miles an hour at a stretch, doqo 'in harmonious cadence at the first ask- ing, without stumbling, dropping, shuf­ fling or breaking, is very good work. To do five milss an hour in gcml form, » a very rare performance. We are told that there are some horses t|ai can walk six miles an.hour with a Imfcl load, but &ave never ssen anything like this. We were once riding a nearly-. thoroughbred horse, over sixteen hiyrU high, with the Wild Staghoands, and left off nine miles from the horse's sta­ ble. He did the distance and brought os back in time to dress for dinner, in a® hour and _ twenty minutes. That is about live miles and one-third of a mile in an hour. To improve the walk the first step is to sit down on the horse and ride at a sharp pace until he is settled, without fatiguing him. Then, if he is young, be content with the slowest pace of walk­ ing, as long as he does not break and. jog. At ©very break he must be stopped firmly, collected, and made to begin >&g*itt. This is best practiced in return­ ing home to your hack's stable and corn. Of course, it is of no use to waste time over an aged hack whose habits are fixed, or a horse foaled to stumble all his life. The young one must be firmly and tenderly held, so that he will be com­ pelled to move each leg alternately and evenly. By a judicious, smooth, firm and even grasp of the reins, the curb- reins held very lightly, the horse's head will be drawn into the right place (pro- Tided always that it be properly put on his neck), and thus induce him to bring his hind legs Under him in regular time, in support of his fore legs. While the reins restrain him, the spurs, gently used, urge him, and his corn invites hin> to step out his best. By these means, patiently practiced day after day, a really olever hack will get into the habit of walk­ ing at his best pace as soon ss the rider mounts and indicates by the pressure of his legs that such is his pleasure. Young horses and thoroughbreds drafted from the turf into hade or hun­ ter stables should be often ridden across the deep farrows of {flowed okay fields both at the walk and trot, Biding across turnips set on the ridge will improve the action of 4-year-olds both at the walk and trot, if their fore limbs are so made as to be capable of high, true action. Finally, with time and patience, most young horses' style and pace in walking can be greatly improved. V' ©rttmtal PMkwepky. > BUDDAH. Better thsn'sovewigntyover the earth, better than going to heaven,, better than lordship over all the worlds is the re­ ward of the fiefct step in holiness. He who lives pure in thought, free from malioe, contented, leading a holy life, feeling tenderness for all creatures, speaking wisely and kindly, humbly ana sincere, has the Deity ever in his heart. A wise man must faithfully discharge .all lus moral duties, even though he doetf not constantly perform the ceremonies of religion. He will fall very low if he jjerforms ceremonial acts only, and fails to discharge his moral duties. There are two roads that ootduct to perfect virtue --to be true, and to do no evil to, any creature. ^ the length to the sea, is 4,194 miles long. To the staved river, the Niie% must be given the credit of running through the greatest stretch' of country. The "Amer- ican Eaojclopasiia" of 1875, from which the previously quoted figures are taken, says r 44 It is navigable as far as the district of Fazogle, about 1,500 miles from the Mediterranean. Its approxi­ mate length throughout all its windings from the limit of steam navigation above Goudokora is 3,000 miles. The addi­ tional length to Lake Albert N'yanza j can scarcely be less than 200 miles, and, ! consequently, the river traverses a dis- ! tance of ab«nt 4,700 miles, or 506 more ' than the Missouri and Lower Missis­ sippi." , j. -3 ? j Tie QakkMt Core oa Becort, r The professionals summering at Mount Clemens, Mich., are at times rather there is j pnrfied for something to do to kill time, and the boys have their heads to­ gether the most of the day arranging some scheme to while away the summer vacation. The last season Gtts Williams Charley Young were the ringleaders in most of the devilment, and many are the funny stories told of their pranks, in which they were ably seconded by the rest of the gang. While over in the bath-house one morning Gus learned that a number of • old gentlemen from the South were tc arrive on the afternoon train to examina the baths, and, if satisfied that the waters were as represented, they would take up .quarters ior the summer. Having ob­ tained the above information, Williams concluded to have some fun with the ex­ pected arrivals, and with his chums ar­ ranged a programme thai will be unfold­ ed further on. At 4 o'clock six benevolent-looking gentlemea, suffering from rheumatism, ' gout, etc., arrived at the bath-house, and, calling for the Superintendent, vis­ ited the different baths, and then pro­ ceeded to the reception-room and com­ menced to put the Superintendent through a cross-examination in regard to'their chances of being cured, and the cost, etc. While the disoussion was at its height, » terrible uproar was heard near the entrance of the bath-house, i* whioh groans, shrieks and yells of agony were heard that made the new guests turn pale and start from their seats in alarm. The front door was soon opened, and Qua Williams rushed in, exclaim- ing: "For God's sake, Doctor, get two baths ready at once! Two men have just been taken off the train who, we are afraid, will not live to get to the baths. Can you hear them outside? Here they come now, " said Gus, as other unearthly yells went up that would have made the heart of a Sioux Indian jump for joy,, rod the door opened disclosing the lengthy form of Charley Young and DeWitt Cook holding up the apparently dying forms of Emerson aad Clark, who wen on crutches, their limbs bandaged and their faces the picture of despair. "No use for a bath for those poor men," said one of the kind old gentle» men ; "they will not live an hour." "They are bad," said Williams, we must put them in; it is their last chanceand the boys were led to the rooms, keeping up their groaning so THE CIPHER DISPATCHES. How Ow 8e»»t« fl«t Thnn tm Clsfe Tllden With. . H>wlitli|tnn Letter to Now York TriboiM.} The general congratulation over the recent Oregon election brings to mind some facts in connection with the "elec­ toral count," and the investigations of the two houses of Congress, in which an earlier Oregon . election played a part-- facta not generally known to the public, but which, even at this day, may be Of interest to the public. In those days, however it may be. at this time, all orig­ inal telegrams were, at certain periods, gathered from all the offices throughout the country and sent to the main office in New York for deposit and preserva­ tion. The readers have not forgotten the close and bitterly-contested result in the States of Oregon. Florida, Louisi­ ana and South Carolina in the Hayes and Tilden fight. It seems that an officer Of the Western Union Telegraph Company who could have access to these gathered telegrams, and who was a good Demo­ crat, was kept awake nights with the hopeful idea that among all the tele­ grams sent baok and forth in regard to the canvass in these States by the active Republican leaders, resident and for- eigti, possibly there might be found something to compromise these men and their party, and, if made public, help reconcile the country to the meditated attempt to seat Mr. Tilden, or secure a strong sympathy if he were counted out. So this telegraph official, with a stealth outrunning his dinning, went to work, day and night, with this mam of returned telegrams at the New York office, and picked out every telegram sent during the campaign by any man of political eminence from or to the politicians of either of these four contested States. He hadn't time for sorting, so he gathered all the telegrams, cipher or otherwise, of the men of both parties, and stored them away in a half dozen oapacious and well-locked trunks. It will be remembered that during that Congress the Democratic House had an investigating committee smelling about for whatever might be thought of service to the claims of Mr. Tilden, of wlrch the late Clarkson N. Potter was Chairman--as honorable a gentleman as that piurty has had in Congress for the last quarter of a century--and it was a committee well watched bv the Re­ publican Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, with that most vigilant of Republicans, the late Oliver P. Mor- ton^al ito head. When the Democratic ofiiciaf 'ol the telegraph company had his telegrams, which were to shock the country and blow the Republicans en­ tirely out of water, safely (ranked and locked, he came on to Washington, and at a hurriedly-called meeting of the Democratic members of the Potter Com­ mittee divulged his terrific scheme. Then was the Democratic heart glad. And a subpoena duces tecum under the broad seal of the House and the sign manual of its Speaker was at once placed in the hands of its Sergeant at- Aims, ordering all the offioers, Presi­ dents, Superintendents and Directors of both the Western Union and Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Companies to ap­ pear before the Potter Committee, bringing with them all the telegrams Why sav I will go on a pilgrimage to , tj*e holy city of Benares? Why long for stretched out Ms claws and prepared for i *|16 sacred wells* How shall the true war ' Benares be obtained by a wrong-doer ? The oat lay stiU, but the writer read | we Ut® in4 *he desert, sanctity is again in her eyes, "No Soubt, though not theipv nor is it m the sky, nor on the pitifully that the new arrivals could ̂ ̂ scarcely keep the tears from their eyes, j thaTfo"r°six months had passedT^ck and big beads of perspiration standing out > forth between these politicians, naming on their faces almost as laige aa hen1 - - - --• - old gentleman listened attentively and anxiously. The groans and cries grew Mnter and fainter, and soon oeased entirely. , "The poor fellows are deri," said one d the O. G. "I think net/* said Gui,"wait till the waters take full effect" In a few minutes a coise was heard from the bath-room that sounded like some one humming a lively song and tfcmce air.. : ' " That's a shame," said the O. G., *to be singing so near the presenoe of death." some forty or fifty ot the more active men of the time, and covering all that were m the trunks. So good a thing could not be kept. Just one hint had to be made--to a friend "in confidence"--which soon reached the ear of William E. Chandler, i who was considerably "about" in those ' days, and through him was communi­ cated to the vigilant Chairman of the Senate committee. In five minutes that committee was in session, and voted to do the very thing that had been ordered by the House committee. It was now a contest for possession of the telegrams. The House had taken its action about 9 o'clock in the morning. It was -after 3 » I w v*vv«» m vfiv A V TTHP 'UftVwA U just at this point out rushed Charley j p. m, when the long summons, covering green, the chicken must be good to eat.' Suddenly her baok wag arched, like a bow that was drawn, and with ohe superb bound she was on the perch. The parrot, seeing the great danger, lifted up his sharp, eager voioe and screamed oat, "Have you had breakfast, Jack?"' The voice frightened pussy out of her wits. A trumpet sounded in her ears, a pile of crockery breaking near her. a pistol fired close to her head, could not have frightened her more terribly. All her ideas were overthrown, Her eyes said clearly, "This is not A chicken, it is a gentleman." The cat oast an anxious glance at her master, leaped down in sheer terror and hid under the bed, from whence no threat and no caress could bring her out for the day. earth at the confluence of holy streams. Convert thy body into a temple, and govern thyself. Give up evil thoughts, and see God with thine internal eye. coHFtJcnrs. For ons word a man is often deemed to be -wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We ought to be careful indeed what we say. When the multitude hate a man it is necessary to examine into . the MM. -When the multitude like a man it is neo- :essary to examine into the case. - When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward, and examine ourselves. Things that are done, it is needless to speak about; things that' have had their oomm, it is needless to remonstrate about; things that are past, it is naed- _ less to blame. Crazy Office Beggars. " It is according to rules of propriety, " In a letter to the Philadelphia Times, I tbeys ay. Are gems and silk all that is Joe Howard maintains that persistent j meant by propriety? "It is music," office-seeking unbalances active brains, t they say. Are bells and drums all that "Ican shoto you,"he writes,*fifty old | is meant by music? ^ cranks who have done nothing iu ten or 1 _ The man who is fond of daring, and twenty years but beg and hunt and j is dissatisfied with poverty, will proceed work for office. This is especially true ! to insubordination. So will the man PHH.ADEWP|ti4 Since the United St&tes Mintin this city has been authorized to redeem mutilated silver -ooin, about 4;000 ounoes of it have been ' jiresented M • paid for. I%e officers who have this matter under their super­ vision have observed that the largest amount presented for tedemption oomes Irdm the liqvo -̂saioona, the beer-brew- .,i ...v - "--V S&-.1 of men who have had just a little taste of the pomp and circumstance, the profit and pap of office. That settles it. Never again can they do aught but work for office. They spend all they have saved, thuy borrow more, they mortgage tbeir brains and would their souls if the devil would he^p th^m ge£ what they wan*." • -• WHEN a man takes ^REAT pains to con­ vince you that he is telling the truth and that a man of his moral make-up is incapable of telling a lie, it is safe to conclude that his moral make-up has no influence on his present conversation. If one "hardly ever" tells a lie you can trust most of his statements, but if he never, no, never, tells a lie, don't believe a word he says about any subject He is too awftdly good to practice any of the ordinary virtues. This item may, or may not, convey a hint as strong as a hunk of Lamburger oheeee to some one. --Boomerang. , * Ttts costliest coffins in this coatftry are dheap affairs when contrasted with some to be found abroad. In tie tomb in the Cathedral at Milan the body of Cardinal Borromeo is inclosed in a -crys­ tal casket, magnificent with gold and silver trimmings, set with precious stones, at a cost of $800,000. who is not virtuous, when you carry your dislike of him to an extreme. What is the good of being ready with the tongue? They who meet men with smartness of speech for the moet part procure themselves hatred. I know not whether he be truly virtuous, but why should he show readiness of the tongue? Do not be desirous to have things done quicklv; do not look at small ad­ vantages. foeBire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thor­ oughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accom­ plished. I would not have him to act with me who will unarmed attack a tiger, or cross a river without a boat, dying without any regret. My associate must be the man who proceeds to action full of solicitude, who is fond of adjusting his plans, anH then carries then into exeeu» ...ttreat Riven, -i The Amazon is the greatest volume of water flowing through any country of the world, but it is but 3.0 )0 miles long. The Mississippi, from Lake Itaska to its junction with the Missouri, is 2,286 miles long ; from that point to the gulf is 1,286 miles, a total or 3,902 miles. The Missouri runs 2,908miles to join the Mississippi, and, having had given to it Young, saying: " Gus, they're better; do yon hear them singing ?" ' ? " You don't mean to say," said all the 0.- G. at ouoo, " not the men you took in there, who appeared to be dying ?" "The same," said Charley, and just aa he said this a crutch came flying out of the bathroom, soon followed by three more, and then Emerson and Clark themselves in their bathing dress, who proceeded to danoe a double clog, to the astonishment of the O. G.,.who would scarcely believe their eyes, v " How--how--how--many baths have these men had?" said one of the O. G. in a trembling voice. " This is their first," said Williams. , ".We will stay here for the summer," said the leader of the O. G., "and we want a bath now."--Cincinnati En­ quirer. • Tfcelnhabltaats of Oshima. Oshima, one of the largest of tbe islands between the soutl^coast of Japan and the east coast of Formosa, has lately been visited and partially described by Dr. L. Doderlein. It is subject to pro­ longed and violent typhoons. Beside what appears to be the aborigines, it is inhabited by the more robust and better proportioned Japanese. The former I have a narrow face and pointed chin. Their eyes are large, their lips thin, and the bridge of the nose convex. All the body is protected with thick hair, like that which distinguishes the Ainos. The language is a sor^ of Japanese dialect. Except some veneration paid to a de­ parted relative, the author could not find that they had any religion. 'Although the population is fifty thousand, there is not a priest or a temple on the island. The customs differ greatly from those of the Ainoe and the Japanese. A married woman in Japan blackens her teetb, for example; the Oshima women do not. A. woman among the Ainos has her lips tatooed; an Oshima girl as soon as she is thirteen years old has her hands tatooed froib the wrists to the r*>ots of the nails by experts, but the lips receive no tatoo- ing. The plague of the island is a snake called "habu." It is amphibious, pur- sueing t3l8 in the streams and climbing trees to strike its prev on land with equal facility. Death is inevitable from its stroke unless the part affected be in­ stantly cut out, or the limb itself ampu­ tated. Villages have been abandoned, where the habu prevails. The fauna of the island is Loochoo iu character gen­ erally. No other traveler from the west has hitherto described Oshima A NKW YORK importer of ivory of much experience says that he has never seen two tusks from one elephant. The reason for this, he says, is that the native African who hunts the ponderous mammal has a habit of presenting to his chief one tusk from each elephant he captures. The chief stores his stock until a favorable selling time arrives, by which time the hunter has disposed of his share. Ivory costs three dollars per pound. DISOBKTIOK is mofo neoessary to women than eloquence^ because they have less trouble to speak weM than to speak little.--Father Du BOSG. two or three sheets • erf foolscap paper^ reached the office ot the Sergeant-at- Arms of the Senate. John R. French was then tilling that position. Taking in thesituatiou, he soon had half a dozen of the readiest writers of the Senate force making copies of the subpoenas, a couple of trustworthy deputies a waiting orders, and a quick telegraph operator with a wire for New York--and enjoined upon all dispatch and absolute silence. Before the lamps were lighted that night the long summons had been telegraphed to every one of the more than twenty telegraph officials, and before the sua set the next day, to make all sure, per- adventure any legal oavil, personal ser­ vice had been made in every instance at the homes or places Of business of these men, wherever they lived, in the State of New York or in New England; and the morning thereafter, on the ar­ rival of the train from the North, came these men with their trucks of telegrams, and reported to the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate that they waited the further orders of that body at Willard's Hotel. That morning about 9 o'clock, as he was wont, the rotund Sergeant-at-Arms of the House, perhaps thinking- over the many fields he had won and lost in the Buekeve State, all the splendors of which were to be eclipsed by the trap which he was now about to spring, was leisurely taking his comfortable break­ fast at that same Willard's flotel, when a fellow-boarder across tbe table asked: "Why are all the telegraph men in town ?" adding that he had just left dozen of them in one of the parlors up­ stairs. "Glad to hear it," replied the Democratic official, "for the presence of these men iu Washington saves me the trip of a deputy to New York," and he weut on with his morning meal. Later he hunted up the telegraph men in their parlor, and after a general introduction and a quiet discussion of the topics of the day he unrolled his ponderous sum­ mons and proceeded to read the same to tbe body collectively. Upon his con- olusion Dr. Green," President of the Western Union Company, remarked that they were law-abiding men and would assuredly respond to the summons erf the House as soon as they and the papers called for were released by the Senate; that they were in Washington with their trunks of telegrams in obedience to a writ from that body, and when it was through with them they would immediately report to the House. The Senate was not through with those telegrams until about five minutes before the final adjournment of both houses--though during the meantime somebody went through them and brought to light the cipher dispatches, an exposure which laid the foundation for a great deal of wholesale political action on the part of the American people since. Several "lessons" may­ be gathered from these facts by the thoughtful politician; and it may be well to put them on record as a part of the history of an interesting time. The outcome must have reminded the mous­ ing Democratic telegraphic official of what has become proverbial about cer­ tain "schemes of mice and men." OF. Hall on Conversation. Eleep clear of personalities in genera conversation. Talk of things, objects thoughts. The smallest minds occupy themselves with persona. Do not need­ lessly report ill of others. There are times when we are oompelled to say, "I do not think Bouncer a true and honest man." But, when there is no need to express mn opinion, let poor Bouacar swagger away. Others will take his measure, no doubt, and save you the trouble of analyzing him and instruct­ ing them. And, as far as possible, dwell on the good side of human beings. There are family boards where a con­ stant process of depreciating, assigning motives and cutting up of character goes forward. They are not pleasant places. One who is healthy does 'not wish to dine at a dissecting'table. There is evil enough in men, God knows.* But it is not the mission of every young man and woman to detail and report it all. Keep the atmosphere as pure as possi­ ble, and fragrant with gentleness $^d charity. F!ne^« and Stratagem. The Charleston (S. C.) Newt and Courier comes openly to the defense of the frauds by whioh the Democrats' have carried that State. " It says they have but a choice of evils," and that, "un­ less they resort to finesse and stratagem in converting a minority into a majori­ ty," the negroes will rule. TCiis is all that has been charged against them. Is is this very thing - this strategy by which they defeat the popular will; by which they "converta minority into a majority," for whioh thsy have been held np for pablio con­ demnation. O'Connor converted a minority into a majority. Tillman converted a mi­ nority into a majority. The News de­ fended both acts. And the Demo­ crats filibustered, delayed public busi­ ness and solidly sustained the frauds by which it was done. They claimed tlie Democrats were lawfully elected. They will make the same claim before the people this fall. But the News and Courier admits in effect that they were elected only by the " finesse and strata­ gem which converted & minority into a majority." For " finesse " read " perjury," for "stratagem" rend "theft," Mid the finesse and stratagem by whioh the thing was done are perfectly defined. And the Democrats of the North, after they have Worn and sworn again that the thing was all fair, honest and above board, are put in a very bad posi­ tion by having one of the parties to the perjury and theft admit the crime and olaim it as a virtue, because it is neces­ sary to save them from negro rule. Nothing can justify the wrongs they defend. The majority is the ma­ jority. Its right of numbers is pan»- mount. And any finesse or stratagem which defeats it is a crime against free government. No necessity is a defense for it. And no picture of necessity can gloss it over. It is a crime--a high crime. The Republican party has done something toward defeating it purg­ ing Congress of some of the people whose claims rested on this finesse. But its work will never be complete until this finesse and stratagem are made impossible.--Detroit Post The Sooth Carolina Gerrymander. In another paragraph we have shown the shameless acts of the Bourbon De­ mocracy of South Carolina in redistrict- ing the State. A map of the Congres­ sional districts makes a fearful and won­ derful picture. But its true iniquity cannot be fully understood without a brief analysis of the strength of the Re­ publican and Democratic parties in that State. The census returns for 1880 show 86,900 white and 118,889 colored voters, giving the latter 31,989 majority. In a free election and a fair count the Re­ publican majority would reach more than 40,000. The assertion that large numbers of blacks vote the Democratic ticket cannot stand for a moment before the actual facts. The policy of the De­ mocracy in redisricting the State was to group the greater part of the colored vote in the Seventh district, which now contains a Republican majority of mot e than 20,000. But in spite of this four of the other districts contain from 900 to 5,000 Republican majority. The Democracy, even as they have things now fixed, can carry but two out of the seven districts on an honest vote, yet they openly boast that they will carry six out of the seven, and that they will control the Legislature and elect the State officers. This can only be brought about by the commission of the most outrageous crimes upon free suf- ( frage and the rights of citizens. The New York Tribune, in commenting on these facts, says : " It is a matter of great concern to the people of the whole coun­ try to know whether a minority is not merely to govern the State of South Carolina, but is to exarcise a largely disproportionate influence in the two houses of Congress, and possibly change1 the result of a Presidential election and the political character ot the adminis­ tration of the Government. And above all it concerns the whole people to know whether South Carolina or any other State is to be exempted from the prin­ ciple of majority iuie. This is no more a ' local issue* than the tariff. The funda­ mental principle of republican govern­ ment is involved in it, and every voter in the country is interested in its settle­ ment."--Laming Republican. of |0MB county is watermelon A HISTOBT prepared, OXE Beardstown contains 120 acres. THXBB are twenty-aix coming in and going out erf Springfield Hoo cholera is decimating the drofai comity16™ fo'roship, THE preliminary arrangements: State Fair of 1882, at Peoria, m about completed. PEOKIA> new opera house is rufflr ' approaching completion. The coat will -e amount to fully 8100,000. - ' V THOMAS MAT, a Chicago printer, grew " ̂ despondent and threw himself overboard from a steamer off Waukegan. IK the Chicago Bridewell a cripple named William J. Clark was poinded to ; death with his own wooden leg by John Prindell, who is believed to be PLANS for the establishment of a watch factory at Bloomington are being ma­ tured. It is proposed to ofganizs a company with a capital stoek of $150,- A cmzssr of Danvers, McLean coon- ty, who will be 80 years old th* 10th of December next, has not eaten an ounce of any kind of meat few mora than eight­ een years. THERR are in LaSalle county seventy- one coal mines being worked, and em­ ploying 3,557 men, and getting out an­ nually 1,166,030 tons, with a capital of $1,019,000. A BIRTHDAY party at Kiamtmdciy, was attended by thirty gentlemen and fifteen ladies, each of whom was over 70 years of age. The gathering waaaUU - fully photographed. w THERE are in Peoria a large nnmber of people who have formerly resided in Bloomington, sometimes known as the Evergreen City, and they are preparations to hold a, reunion or basket picnic. THE city «f Peoria has lefvi^t an as­ sessment of $213,000 for the current vear ; $60,000 of this is for interest on bonds, $140,000 for general corporate purposes, $7,000, for sewers and $6,O0O for the support of a public library.' Wc tps "-'-iv • J i Pk;l " - •: i *•; s^xilto English and American Society; Perhaps the greatest contrast in Eu- glish society as compared with American is that in the former a woman's import­ ance grows with years, whereas in the latter it declines. At a large English country house some difficulty arose as to making room for all the guests expected to dinner. " Why, let those girls (indi­ cating two pretty young ladies) take their dinner at luncheon time," said an old peeress, " and come down to the drawing-room in the evening. We don't want young girls at dinner; we want good talkers." This old lady was a famous London dinner-giver, and loved "a feast of reason and a flow of souL" Lord Salisbury, who stands at the head of the great society leaders in London to-day, is 57 ; Lady Derby is about the same age, and many others, conspicuous as agreeable euteitaineis at the same period of life, could l>e cited. But here, even now, ladies of such an age seem to deem themselves shelved. It is a great pity. A woman oi' 50 has knowledge and experience'which, if she be naturully intelligent, can scarcely fail to make her society agreeable to men of sense, whether they are young or old. It is often remarked by clever yonng fellows that their pleasantest hours at London balls are spent rather in talking to agreeable mothers than talEnTg with their daughters. Nothing could im­ prove society %ere more than a deteim- ination on the part of ladies of mature age to keep well to the front and assert themselves.--New Yoth Timet. THE Mayor of Kansas (Sty --its to oarry «« permit $2 eac weapons at i T AN Illinois Central freight tram of sixty cars broke apart near Centralia and those remaining on the track were torn • to pieces by the New Orleans express. ^ Engineer Van Patten and Fireman Wei- - i don sprang off and were badly injured. * * THERE are now on the roll at the Peo- f'-'p < ria workhouse fifty-seven convicts, seven | '. * i of whom are females. The males are % kept busy at work in the brick yard, and ' are turning out about 16,000 brick per « H day during the present good weather.- , ^ SAMTEIJ GLENN, who died a few foya since, was an Associate Justice* of De t - Witt county under the old orgaliiaation. There are now only two of the fotdect- '* tiers living who were resident?, therein > previous to the organization of J&e couuty in the year 1889.. . MICHABI, WRNDUKO, SB.', an oldfeai- .J : dent of Shelby county, died a lew "V a&o. The doctors pronounced his disease , ^ a well-defined case of Asiatic cholem, I ^ not a single symptom of that disease wit' / being absent. Mr. Wendliag waa the uncle of Hon. George B. Wendling, of Bloomington. 4-i /' Jomr SANDERS, of Leroy, McLean county, endeavored to pick a qaanfcl with his brother-in-law, John Wheeler, with whom lie lived, and drew n knife on him several times with threats that he would kill him. Wheeler finally picked up a spade, anil struck Sanders on the forehead. Sanders went to bed that night suffering bnt little, butt waa found dead in bed tbe next morning; THB Virginia (Cass county) Coal;ted Water Company, after meeting with many obstacles in trying to secure eo&l- fields to prospect in, have recently Pur­ chased eighty-three acres of surface" land with 360 acres of coal-field adjoining the yards of the two railroads in t-H&fiorth part of the city. Of, this traot six ysres have been reserved for a maBucaeiuring oompany which propose yfe*M>'iiirUjyg thereon a tile factory. , , AH Foo, a Chinese iaeb»»te of Peorta, who can get drunk as readily as any Melican man, was lodged in the cala­ boose recently in a beastly state of in­ toxication. This Chinamau is educated and was formerly a lecturer, but his lote for strong drink has proved his rain. lie waS confined in the Male's deport­ ment, where William Talbord, a thieving negro, was iu durance vile. The China­ man fell into a deep sleep and the coloured youth cut off his queue. il 1 A FEW days ago the people of Chicago were startled by the noise of a terrific explosion. It occurred at a stone-quarry in the western part of the city, where a .workman preparing a charge was open­ ing a twenty-five pound can of powder with a steel chisel and wooden mallqt. Aapark fired the magazine, which con- tabled two wagon loads of. powder. John Sobel, Jolrn Anderson and Mike Britton were badly injured. Honaea were shat­ tered and windows broken by cop- onasion f̂or a distance of a mile from the explosion. (" ACCORDING to the Chicago 1Inuu, there is iu that city a woman who promptly obeys all orders of the police. " There goes Liz Brown again," said one of the patrolmen of the Cidcago avenue station to the reporter. The woman was reeling. Her skirt was be- drabbled, and on her attenuated figure looked like a weather- beaten rag. •' She is only 20 years old. at that/' coiitiiotid the officer. "She is going to the station to be locked up," he said, as he still looked after her. "But she is aloQe," suggested the listeuer. n " Of course she is,"answered the officer. "That's the thing to admire in her. She's lea* trouble thau any offender I ever saw--I mean to the police. No matter where an officer comes across tier, if she is drank, all he has to say to her is : "Lis, you git to the station,' aud she gits all alone. One day, up to Lincoln park* there was a cowd, and Liz kind of edged herself in, and the officer says to her, ' You go to tlie station,' and she walked right to the look-up. A man who knew Ler stopped her on the street and s^ys: 'Liz, where are you going?' 'Don't bother me,' she sav» to him, 'I'm busy ; I've got to go to the loefc-up.* No mat­ ter where she is. if she is ordered to,go to the staiiou, she^goes. One day I saw her looking at a circus procession, and I said to her, just to we how she would act, says I to her : 4 Liz, you mosey to the lock-up.' 'Can't I see fte show first ?' eayB s-he to me, ' No,' says I to her, 4 you move along.' and she just sac­ rificed the pleasure of seeing that show parade to obey orders, and started oft But I called ber back and told her she could stay, and the thanked me and said slue would go after she got through looking at the parade, if 1 wanted her to. She's better at minding what ie said to her than lota of first-claaa afcildMk But she drinka awful hard." • ^>1 'M