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J. SI.YKE. EMa tanlPritUaMt. MCHENBY, ILLINOIS. A NUMBER of St.- liotris merchants formally presented Fire Marshal Bex- ton with a handsome driving Mbip, to replace one worn out on a fellow who insulted ladies in the strata. m * pfflUNo 1883 the raijroiid mileage at Massachusetts was increased 21 £ miles, and the total in the State is 2,778 miles. The gross revenues for the year were $60,046,370, and the total amounted to $29,944,167. papers states that | Mme. i liviftg near jReden, (tin#uitfhvd herself at th| afe of T&ytirs •by giving birth to male'twin^. faer husband is 86 years old. They have had before but one child, a son, who is now 51 years old. WHILE some poor, virtuous, intell­ igent women are striving v^T hard io make enough tp bpy bread and meat, "Mrs. Langtry, who is at least very care­ less of her fair fame, got $6,000 for the privilege of a photographic franchise, .and readily found a fool who paid her 1 :$750 just to recommend a toilet soap. • - « - . » ; • " • • - P'itf V stated thatfive of the hnndreds firms "engaged in the seed business in ^the United States annually pay $380,000 for postage on seeds. The rate is 1 _ «cent for each ounce or fraction thereof, while for books, cards, chromos and many other articles much more likely to injure tb» contents of the mail-bags, 'the rate is. 1 cent for each two ounces •or fraction thereof. REEDEB MOORE, of Waterford, Pa., having been rejected by a lady, emptied ' All the barrels of a revolver ihto his •chest. While lying in an undertaker'^ . shop he sent for the girl who had re­ jected his suit and made her promise to marry him should he live. When satis­ fied that he must die, he confessed to Jhaving committed a rape for which •"Charles Stafford is serving a term of twenty years in the penitentiary. A CALIFORNIA capitalist hypothecated a large block of mining stock for a loan; the stock immediately began to rise, and the person to whom it was pledged sold it. When the price fell he bought at back, clearing $295,000 by the trans- ; action. As soon as the real owner « "heard of the speculation he sued for the * ri<entire profit as belonging to him,' and r^C^the Supreme Court has decided in his ifavor, and ordered the sum paid to F "him , THWIMBOIM Burdell WRDMI -HAS .-turned up again. According to the Btory he was tried, convicted and sen- ^tenced to Sing Sing for life for another and subsequent murder. He was killed in prison by a fellow-convict. His name was Jefferds, and, being, frightened ' ^nearly to death, he confessed his crime. Among his offenses was the Burdell murder. Jefferds was intimate with Mrs. Cnnningham, and killed iWdell at her-instigation. j THE Norwioli Bulletin tells of an old ^Cbachelot in. Voiuntown* Conn.,«who. has now lived to the age of nearly three score years and has never known an _ hour's sickness, has never indulged in the use of tea, coffee or liquors of any kind, has never used tobacco in any form, eats no cake, pie, custards or candy, takes but two meals a day, and these of the plainest food, and, to cap the climax, has never walked a rod •with a woman since he has reached even boyhood's age. *«SE :81A i GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, fff Georgiar "comes home from Europe proud of his country. He said to a reporter: "It is enough to make an American proud to ride through the streets of London, with its civilization of 2,000 years, and see American implements, American sewing-machines, American tools and meric&n goods.: displayed on every hand, and know that American watches are being sold in the stores, and Ameri­ can fields are feeding the English peo­ ple and American factories beginning to clothe them." ?'**•, * • WILLIAM WALTON, the infuriated 0 lover who killed Miss Milbtirn at Belle­ ville, HI., because she refused to marry him, left a diary, which contained the following reference to Jiis rejectiou: "It was that lovely evening. X fully hoped that we should become husband - and wife, and had no thought that one so dear would give me the bounce. But bounces do come in many ways and forms; so I pray for those I leave be­ hind, who have not got the bounce--I pray, give them not the bounce. Good- •L ^ forever." His next act was to blow i^Wlthifa brains;with pistol. • At* THE Armstrong cannon recently made for the Italian man-of-war Italia costs $72,000, while the corresponding * gun, to be made by Krupp, will cost $160,000. This enormous difference is partly explained by the different modes of manufacture, and partly by the fact tliat the steel bore of the Krupp can­ non will be all ni oniB piece, while ih the Armstrong cahrioft ft is ih two pieces, a form which has been proved does not in the least weaken the gun. mfi> Italia will be furnished with three pother guns like the one just tried at pays the Astor House, for instance, 5: vjf^r Spezia, but rather more powerfjd^the^ $800 a year for its stale bread. remit recent improvement̂ f Thi whole number of letters mailed In this country during the year 1880 was 1,053,252,876, or an average of twenty-one to each man, woman and flaming headlines a long and detailed account of the burning of the NewhalT House, the night before, with a fright­ ful loss of life. The article was a hoax, and ijclosed with a sentence explaining that the horrible calamity which it graphically portrayed was liable to occur at any time. E. B. Northrop, a well-known newspaper man, now in St. Paul, was the author of the hoax, and always declared that the time would efline when bis article would he re­ garded in thl light of a prediction. THE Warden of the Hlinois peniten­ tiary has collected figures as to the death-rate in penal institutions, and astonishing variations are shown. While at Sing Sing the yearly deaths from 1,000 if mates nlRnber less than seven, at Alburn th£y are twelve and at Clin­ ton 6v«r twenty. The lowest rate is three; ifi "Wisconsin, and the highest is seventy-seven, in Mississippi. He says that the practice of letting convicts work in nines and upon railroads, without proper food or lodgings, causes frightful destruction of life in several Southern States; but he cannot under­ stand why the figure is so high as forty- eight in New Hampshire. ONE of the most remarkable duels son record was recently fought in the sub ­ urbs of East St. Louis,111., and, though it did not result fatally, * was by no means bloodless. Two Negroes, Bill Molack and Mike Vanderberg, were out rabbit-hunting, and met with poor suc­ cess. They stopped in a saloon in the edge of the town, where they met sev­ eral of their friends, who twitted them about having no game, and got up an argument as to which of the two hunt­ ers was the better marksman. The ar­ gument became a hot and angry one and it was decided that the only way to settle it was to shobt, and each man was to be the other's target. They repaired to a field, and, taking position back to back, started at a given signal from the third negro, the agreement being to walk twenty steps, wheel, and fire. Vanderberg walked faster than Molack, and, turning first, fired just as Molack turned. Molack dropped his gun and staggered. Seeing this, Vanderberg ran, but Molack braced up, seized his gun, and gave chaste, shouting, "I must have my shot." Seeing he was about to be overtaken, Vanderberg turned and as he did so Molack fired, and then sunk exhausted in the snow. Vander­ berg also fell. Both negroes were bleeding profusely, and the field where they fell looked like a slaughter-house. Friends cared for them. Both had their faces and arms filled with shot, and each will lose an eye. Shattered Love. > "Give me the ring." Lurline McCaffery stood in an oriel wiadoir with - the sunlight beaming in warm, golden waves above her slight form, and at; her right, his hand outstretched in eager expectancy, while a half imperious, half pleading look shot from his big brown eyes, was Marmaduke Short. The girl had been standing there nearly thirty seconds without speaking, the light streaming in upon tlfe soft Waves of hair, the fathomless eyes, and the calm sweet mouth. It was not a youthful face; the bloom and flush had faded long ago, but it was so grand imd womanly, there was such an I-know-hqw-to-do-up-iny-hair look upon it, that in comparison mere girlish prettiness lost immeasurably. At this moment Pansy Perkins en­ tered the room. Blie 11ad twisted an azure-liued scarf around her shoulders, and her yellow hair fell about her like a eloud. Throwing a kiss to Lurline, whose silence she did not at all under­ stand, Pansy flitted away to the piano at the other end of the room and began to lower rents in the vicinity. Snatches of the soft, murmurous music filled the air, and made the place seem strangely sad. The twilight was approaching, and as .the dark shadows, fell the music sobbed and surged through the room. Lurline listened intently, and finally she spoke: "You really wish to break our en­ gagement then ?" she asked. Marmaduke spoke no word, but the inclination of his head showed that the girl had not guessed amiss. "And you will marry Pansy?" Again the head was bowed, and the dimpled chin hit his shirt front. "Then I give you the ring with pleasure," said the girl; "I could wish for no sweeter revenge." "What do you mean?" asks the man, his face pallid with an undoubted fear. "I mean," she says, her every word falling upon his tinted ear as fall the earth-clods upon a coffin, "that in ad­ dition to playing the piano she some­ times sings."--Chicago Tribune. The Texas Panhandle. The atrip of land, usually denomin­ ated the "Texas Panhandle," was ceded to the United States by Texas about the time of the annexation. It does not belong, properly speaking, to the In­ dian Territory, although, not being at­ tached to any organized local govern­ ment, it is generally included in maps of this Territory. It is a comparatively sterile country, except along the few water courses; has an average temper­ ature of about 54 deg.; and an annual rainfall of some twenty inches. It pro­ duces bunch grass, and large areas of it constitute good grazing grounds in the spring and fall months. It is almost uninhabited, except by herders, or "cowboys." The government has not surveyed and opened it for settlement, but several cattle ranges have been lo­ cated and are claimed and used'under "squatter law." The northern bound­ ary of the "Texas Panhandle" lies about eighty-six miles south of Dodge City, Kansas. ' ANEVYOR* man has $100,000 in­ vested in the gathering of stale bread from the hotels of that city, grinding it into food for pigs and poultry.. He em­ ploys nine teams in the business. He ABOOT three years ago, says the Mil­ waukee Wiptmimn, a Chicago news- ILLBfOa UWISLATOML Only a few bills wm offered in the Benat* en JUL 1& 11M foUowliiff are the o*ly bills of public interest introduced: By Mr. Whit, tog. to regulate express oampaniee. This is a reproduction of the bill which had the lifa hammered out of its body in the Thirtv- secoad General Assembly. This bill, how­ ever, provides (or a 3 per cent, tax of gross earnings, while the former bill onlv provid­ ed for a tax of 1 per cent By Mr. 'dark, to repeal the law in regard to confesrfctas of jnagment-a By the same, to amend the act in regard to the extension of the jurisdiction of County courts. By Mr. Secrist, to provide for repairs and furnishings for the Kankakee Insane Asylum, and for the ordinary ex­ penses thereof. The amount in the aggregate asked for is Mr. Whiting presented a memorial from the Illinois Tile Makers1 Association, asking for a simplification of the Drainag-e law.it being claimed it is inadequate in meeting the needs of the tiling interests. It was resolu­ tion day in the House, and measures author­ ising the employment of numerous pages and janitors. Instructions to the Illinois dele­ gation in Congress, eta, were sent in by the dozen. Pearson, of Madison, moved that the committee appointed for the purpose of visiting the State institutions have leave of absence and be permitted to sally forth at their own sweet wilL Pearson said the resolution, if adopted, would very much facilitate the business of the session. Her- rington expressed a devout wish that the Legislature would abolish the committees; it was high time they were wiped out of ex­ istence. Iingaer said all the information ever derived from the traveiinir committee was limited to what was furnished bv the institutions to eat and drinfc The resolu­ tion was killed on a viva-voce vote. Her­ rington presented resolutions of respect to the memory of the late John Dement, of Dixon. The resolutions were adopted by a unanimous rising vote The bill crop was unusually large, and a brief mention is made of the ones of any importance. Ewing sent in a bill permitting verdicts by a jury from less than the whole number. It gives" two-thirds of the jury the power to find the verdict except in criminal oases where the penalty on conviction is death. In such cases the death penalty shall only be pronounced on a unanimous vote. Two- thirds of the number may bring in the de­ fendant guilty of a lesser crime. Hester presented an elaborate bill on the school book question. It makes the State Superintendent of Public Instruct! <jp and the principal County Superintendent a board to prescribe uniform text books. Matthews takes a whack at fast-freiprlit lines by declaring them to be common car­ riers and making their effects subject to the same provisions as railroads. Linegar, of Alexander, sent in a measure which gives employes of railroad companies a tin t lien upon the effects of the company in arrears. The claim for unpaid wages shall take pre­ cedence of anv judgment or mortgage. Pearson, of Mcl>onou<rh, sent in a copy of the Neece bill, resrulating stock yards "and prescribing maximum charges for feed, etc. Leyster, of Ogle, believes that bastardy suits should not be settled unless the State's At­ torney consents to the agreement. Murray, of Sangamon, presented a bill requiring- the managers of hotels and principals of semin­ aries and colleges to provide and keep in re­ pair safe fire-escapes Boyer desires to give vendors a lien upon personal property for unpaid purchase-money, while the articles sold are in the vendee's hands The effect of the biil would be to create a lien for pur­ chase-money which would be prior to a judgment lien. Cronkrite, of Stephen­ son, wishes to amend the law govern­ ing township insurance companies. Billings' grain-inspection resolution was discnssed in the House and amended and adopted in the following shape: " H7<<>rr<i.s, Numerous ccfju- Slaints have arisen concerning the inspec-on or grading of corn in the city of Chica­ go by the State inspectors, it being alleged that'corn sent to Chicago by country ship­ pers and commission merchants in other cit­ ies, and which is known to the trade as ' No. 2 corn,' is, upon its arrival in (•hfcago, classed as a much lower grade by the inspectors, thus causing great loss and damage to pro- dufe^rs and shippers; and whrmtx, it is tho ditty of the 1 tail road and Warehouse Com­ mission to correct such abuses if they exist; therefore, resotvfi, that the Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners be instructed' to inquire into the matter and report at once to this House the cause of such alleged Mr. Merritt, of Marion, asked unanimoui consent of the Senate, on Jan. 19, to intro­ duce a resolution upon the life and service* of CoL John Dement Mr. Whiting of Bu­ reau. spoke at length in regard to Col. De- ment's life and character, and was followed by Mr. Archer, who had served with him in the Constitutional Conventions of lS4ii anc 1870. The resolutions were adopted bf s rising vote. Mr. Fifer projKwed the standing coirnrttees, and, on motion, they were elei te I. The list is as follows: Judiciary-- Chairman, Hunt; Torrance, Comlee, Fii'er. Adams, Morris, Campbell, Ma-on, Clark, Sunderland, Whiting, Shaw, Archer, Walker. Rinehart, Merritt, Edwards, Duncan, Lemma Judicial Department-Chairman. Clark; Flfer, Torrance, Mason, Campbell. Condee. Morris, Tanner, Laning, Bell, Vande- veer, Hamilton, Rinehart, Kelly. Walker. Railroads--Chairman, Tanner; Mason, Adams, Fifer, Rogers, Hogan, Evaus. White. Whiting, Walker, Merritt, Lemma, Rinehart, Kelly, Shumway, Cloonan. Warehouses- Chairman, Mason; Ho<:.m, Condee, Fifer, Mamer, Ihorn, Wright, Boll, Se ter, Bridges, McNary. Finance--Chairman, Sunderland: Hogan", Berggren, Tubbs, Ray, Kelly, Seiter, McNary, Hereley. Revenue--Chairman. Needles; Morris, Ainswortli, Rice, Sunder­ land, Whiting. White, dough, Torrance. Lemma, Laning, Merritt, Duncan. Hereley, Bridges. Appropriations--Chair­ man, "Secrest; Sunderland, Fifer, Kirk. Ihorn, White, Campbell, Clough, Needles, Lemma, Rinehart, Hamilton, Bell, Seiter, Hereley. Expenses of General Assembly-- Chairman, Ainswortli; Whiting, Manier. Kelly. Secrest, Edwards, Bridges, Munici­ palities--Chairman, White; Condee, Evans, Mamer, Cloonan, Walker, Adams, Fifer, Secrist, Rogers, Tanner, Laning, Shaw, Hereley, Rinehart. Insurance--Chairman, Evans; Sunderland. Campbell. Mason, Tan­ ner, Needles, Berggren, Laning, Vandeveer, Merritt,Shumway, Hamilton, Edwards Cor­ porations--Chairman, Condee; Mason, Hogan, Mamer, Kirk, Evans, White, Fifer. Ainswortli, Torrance, Kelly, Laning, Bridges. Gillham. Cloonan. Banks and Banking--Chairman, Rice: Rogers. Tubl><=, Wright, Vandever, Sei­ ter, Shaw. State Charitable Ini-titutions-- Chairman, Fii'er; Fletcher, Kirk, Rice, Sund­ erland, Adams, Clough, Tubbs, Torrance. Bell, Gillham, Bridges, Herelev, McNary. Laning. Penal and Reformatory Institution* -Chairman. Berggren; Tanner,Aunt, Secrest. Fletcher, Rogers, Snvder, Needles, ilay. Kelly, Merritt, Walker, Vandeveer. Shumway, Hereley. Public Buildings and Grounds--Chairman, Kirk, Ains- Sorth, Tanner, Torrance, Clough. amilton. Bridges, Archer, Duncan. Educa­ tion--Chairman, Torrance; Tubbs, Whiting, Bice, Wright, Ray, Kirk, Rogers, Lemma, Walker. Edwards, Duncan. Merritt Canal? and Rivers--Chairman, Ray; Rice. Adams, Ainsworth. Clough, Condee, Campbell, Hunt. Bell, Duncan, Shaw, Archer, Seiter, Shum­ way. Agriculture and Drainage--Chairman, Rogers; Snyder. Wright, Sunderland, Hunt, ihorn, Evans, White, Clark, Archer, Kelly, Shaw, Gillham, Cloonan, McNary. Horti­ culture--Chairman, Tubbs; Fletcher. Ihorn, Rogers, Gillham, Vandeveer, Seiter. Mines and Mining--Chairman, Ihorn; Morris, Clark, Ainsworth. Hunt, " Evans, I^em- ma, Duncan, Seiter, Laning, Cloonan. Labor and Manufactures--Chairman, Ruger Rice, Rogers, Whiting, Gillham, Hereley, Mc- Narv. Countv and Township Organization --Chairman, "Norris; Fletcher. Wnirht, Sny- der, Ainsworth. Tanner. Raj", Secrest, Rogers, Ihorn, Gillham, Archer, *>humwav. Edwards, Bridges Fees and Salaries--Chair, man, Hogan; Fletcher, Berggren, Snyder. Tubbs, Hamilton, Rinehart, Laning, Hell- Printing -- Chairman, Campbell; Adams, Wrisrht. Rice, Rogers, Secrest, Merritt, Cloonan, Vandeveer. Military Attains-- Chairman. Clough; Rogers, Condee, Evans, Mason, Needles, Secrest, Tanner, Vande­ veer, Gillham, Lemma, Hereley, Shumway. Roads, Highways and Bridges -- Chairman, Fletcher, Secrest, Kirk, Sunderland, Hogan, Clark, Rav, Whiting, Archer, Bell, Kelly, Bridges. Hamilton, Gillham. Federal Rela­ tions--Chairman, Adams; To/.Tance. Secrest, Kirk, Hunt, Needles, Rinehart, Seiter, Dun­ can. Elections--Chairman, Wright; Needles, Morris, Bergsrren, Ihorn, Mamer, Archer, Shaw, McNary. State Library--Chairman, Snyder; Fletcher, Clark, Hunt, Rav. Morris Hamilton. Vandeveer, Edwards. Engrossed and Enrolled Bills--Chairman, Whiting; Mor­ ris, Mamer, Edwards, Shaw. Geology and Science--chairman, Snyder; Clark, Hunt, Berggren, Kirk, Ruger, Walker. Shumway, Duncan. Miscellany -- Chairman, Mamer; Hogan, Evans, Ruger, Mason, Clark, White, Bice, Bell, Shumway, Ed­ wards, McNary, Cloonan. In the House, a joint resolution was passed that our Congressmen be petitioned tor their in- a HQ having pi euro- was in for its ob)«Cf pneumonia in trod to pass a bill to Mexican war excepting Jeffenon Davte. The following bills w«* Introduced: Bv Mr. Yancey, to < protect guests of hotels* and boarding howefc; by Mr. Sullivan, for an art supplementary to an act con­ cerning tef^vent rtobton; by Mr. Clark, to jjiroYtte for poll-tax; by Mr. Coates, inrejpurd to building railroad depots; by Beste*, to:define the qualifi­ cations of Coroty Bupertnteiileats of Schools (that no person shall be eligible to that office unless he or she-holds a State certificate); by Mr. Johnson, to amend section 101 of chapter :s of the Revised Statutes, entitled "Administration of Estate;" by Mr. Haskin- son, to amend sections 138,169.177, ITS, isi. IS5, '.SI, asi, -239, 241, 343, 247, 253 of the act for the assessment of property and for the levy and collection of taxes; by Mr. Higgins, for the protection of hotel keepers in collecting board bills; by Mr. Henry, to amend an act concerning fees and salaries, eta; by Mr. Carlin, to amend an act to extend the jurisdiction of County Courts; also, to amend an act in re­ lation to County Courts, giving them con­ current jurisdiction with Circuit Courts when the amount involved does not exceed • 1,000, etc.; by Mr. Henry, to repeal an act to indemnify the owners of sheep in cases of damage by dogs; by Mr. Root, to regulate charges on palace and sleeping-can. The Senate was unable to present a quorum at its session Jan. 20. Mr. Hunt pre­ sided, and tor a while business was con­ ducted as if a full Senate was present. The following bills were introduced: Br Mr. Sunderland, to repeal an act to require of­ ficers having in their custody public funds to prepare and publish an annual statement of the receipts and disbursement of such funds. Re&d at large a first time and re­ ferred By Mr. Wright, for an act making appropriation for the Illinois Industrial Uni­ versity. Read a first time and referred. By Mr. Edwards, to amend section 7 of an act in reference to fees and salaries, and to classify counties in reference thereto. Read a first time and referred. By Mr. Hamilton, to amend an act concerning voluntary as­ signments, and conferring jurisdiction there­ in upon County Courts Read a first time and referred Also two bills to amend acts in reference to criminal jurisprudence The House was not in session. There was no quorum in either branch of the Legislature on Jan. 22, and little busi­ ness was transacted. Mr. Merritt presented a petition asking that measures be taken to stay the spread of plagues from the eastern hemisphere. The following bills were intro­ duced : By Mr. Adams, to amend the act in re­ gard to incorporation of cities and villages. By Mr. Merritt, to amend the act to estab­ lish Appellate Courts „By Mr. Secrest, to amend the act to secure toe free passage of fish. By Mr. Clark, to amend the act pro­ viding for the health and safety of persona employed in coal mines. The object of the bill is to extend the time for the putting in of escapement shafts, certain deep mines in Southern Illinois not being able to establish them within the time now required bv law. In the House, Mr. Irwin introduced a bill to indemnify the county of Williamson for the loss of its Court House and jail by fire, to the amount of $25,000. Mr. Irwin also offered a bill to amend an act to establish a Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commis­ sioners and prescribe their duties. lb. Torrance presented a Joint resolution to the Senate, Jan 23, providing for the submit­ ting of a proposition to the people to amend tlie State constitution so as to prohibit Slate officers from being candidates for the United States Senate during the term for which they are elected. Mr. Merritt offered a res­ olution reciting that complaints had been made by hhippers of extortionate charges and unjust discriminations by the St, Louis Bridge Company, and ordering that a committee of five Senators lie appointed to investigate the mattor. The following bills were pre­ sented: By Mr. Laning, in relation to the fees of Clerks of couns of record in coun­ ties of the first class; by Mr. Bell, tO re mire all articles of merchandise, wares, or objects of manufacture of whatsoever kind made by the State of Illinois by prison lab >r, be stamped or branded, that they may be kiiov/n as »ach; by Mr Bice, to pre­ vent imposition upon shippers of hogs; by Mr. White, in regard to the incorporation of citiesand villages; by Kf- Merritt, to reg­ ulate the liabilities of fire insurance compa­ nies; by Mr. Archer, to amend act in regard to judgments and decrees, and the manner of enforcing the same by execution; by Mr. Herelev, in relation to fire-escapes in hotels and lodging-houses; by Mr. Secrest, to amend act for the assessment of proj>erty and for the' levy and collection of taxes; by Mr. Hereley. to amend act to exempt certain personal, property from attachment and sale on execution aud from distress for rent; the bill provides that un­ married men shall nave exemptions. A large number of bills were offered in the House. The onlv ones of importance were as follows: Bv Mr. Bethea, of Lee, giving County Courte the power to appoinr con­ servators of insane persons on the applica­ tion of relatives, creditors, or. if there be neither creditors nor relatives of the insane person, on application of any other person; bv Mr. Pearson, of McDonough, punismng the employes of stock yards who deduct from the weights of cattle or hogs for short­ age. by Mr. Grier, to impose imprisonment in the county jail upon those who willfuUy turn their stock upon the crops of others ; by Mr. McFie, to increase the per diem of jur­ ors in courts of record to f^.50; also a 1x11 to require fire insurance companies to pay what thev contract to in their policies; by Mr. Thornton, a bill forbidding, under pen­ alty*. anv member of the legislature fioin asking or receiving a pass--the penalty fixed is a fine of not less than Sio nor more than #500: also a bill to prevent purchasers or hoo-s from arbitrarily deducting forty to eighty pounds for "pW^s, after having purchased the hogs; Speaker Collins presented a list of the HOUHC conunittees, AS follows: Judiciary-- Morrison, Chairman; Littler, luller, Cal­ houn of Vermillion, Cowperthwait, Manahan. Bethea, Wortliington, Hoffman, Cooke, Gregg. Yancv, Linegar, Qninn, Kimbrough, Sullivan of Cook, AVilloughby. Judicial De­ partment--Sumner, Chairman; Crews, Boyer. Messick, Johnson, Parnsh. McCart­ ney, Erwin, McFie, Littler, Billings, O Mara, Dav Baker, Grear, Kinman, PurnelL Rail­ roads--Mitchell, Chairman; Manahan, Thompson of Peoria Littler, Hiatt, Crews, Calhoun of Vermillion, Harper, Emerson, Lawrence. Herrington, Cronkrite, Yancy, Welch of Kendall, Carlin. Seaton, Day. Cor­ porations--Purrish, Chairman; Pearson of McDonough, Hawker, Wortliington. Adams, Parker, Curtis, Walker, McFie, Cook, Cronkrite, Billings, Murray of Sangamon, Gregg, liaker, Purnell. Sullivan of Cook. Warehouse--Harper. Chairman; Thompson of Teoria, Rogers, Thomas, Ray, Mitchell, Pearson of Madison, Fuller, Curtis, Jones, Cronkrite, Billings, Sheridan, Carlin. Henry, Gallup. Clinton. Appropriations--Pearson of Madison, Chairman; Black, Funk, Law­ rence, Collier, Coats, Foster, Scarloek, Hiatt, Hawker, Cronkrite, Crandall, Baker, Kim- brough, Kinman, Taylor of Kankakee, Welch of KendalL State Institutions --McFie, Chairman; Hoskinson, Jones, Thomas. Mc­ Cartney, Lawrence, Hiatt, Tryon, Wood of Cook, Walker, Richardson, McNally, Canniff, Updyke, Purnell, Storkel, Herrington. In­ surance--Fuller, Chairman; Cleaveland, Johnson, Lawrence, Parker. Hiatt. Mitchell, Peterson, Kennedy, Nichols, Taylor of Kankakee. Day, Murray of Sangamon, Sexton, Vaughey, Herrington, Kinman. Revenue--Littler,-Chairman; Fuller, Cow­ perthwait, Boyer, Crews, Crocker, Calhoun of Vermillion, Matthews, Parrish, Haines, Herrington, Linegar, Starkel, Day, liJupp; Willoughby, Taylor of Kankakee. Educa­ tional--Erwin, Chairman; Hestee, Stimming. Emerson. Worthington, Jones, Wood of Cook, Caiht-un of Vermillion, Fairbanks, Bethea, Sullivan of St Clair, Willoughby, Elmbrough, Brink, Lodge, Rountree, Can­ niff. Agriculture. Horticulture and -.Cn«d tag--Thornton, Chairman; Tryon, Itoane, Hawker, Anslev, Cowperthwait, Hammond, Boardman, Brown. Funk, Templeman, Uti- ger, Jennings, Wiley, West, Downing, Cleary. Canal and River Improvement -- Adams, Chairman; Fairbanks, Mathews, Wood of De Kalb, Lackie, Owen, Cleaveland, Hoffman. Wood of Cook, Hawker, Duffy, Quinn, Crandall, O'Shea, Gallup, Jennings, Klupp. Drainage--McCartney, Chairman; Worthing- Updyke, -- Hancock, Templeman, Jenninga Finance- Crews, Chairman; Scurlock, Studer Jones, Walker, Pearson Of McDonough, Calhoun of De Witt, Goodspeed, Kennedy, ltioks, Cald­ well, Sexton, Klupp, Pratt, VarnelL Peni- tvn|jary--CoUier, Chairman; Calhoun of **!&&• ' - • . Vermifiton, Hester, Blade, Studer, Wendell, Walker, IMPle, Pearson o< Madison, Henry, Sheridan. Bes, Vamoll, Ricks, Fellows Re- tren»ment-4tenlcin, Chfdrmirf; router, Hammond. Hawka, Thornton, Sumner, Wendell, Wood of De Kalb,, Oood»eed, Dogaiu. Moore, Abrahams, Down- Boada, Highways and Bridges--Qoodjneed, Chairman; Thornton, Funk, BoardmanTHam- mond. Bay, Hester, Brown. Haines, Welsh of Bureau, Feiker. Caldwell, West, Wiley, Crafts. Municipal Affairs--Manahan, Chair­ man; PedersOn, Thompson of Peoria, Wen­ dell, Littler, Book, Sundslius, Harper, Stemming, Gregg, linegar. Crafts, Clinton, Hay, Seyster. State and Municipal uidebted- ness--Cleaveland, Chairman; Rankin, Rogers, Nichols, Wood of DeKalb, Foster, Goodspeed, Struckman, Canniff, Murray of Scott, Sey- ster, Dugan, Stevens of Hancock, Utiger, Hay. Counties and Township Organisation --Brown, Chairman; Rogers, Thornton, Pederson, Ewing, Hawks, Nowera, Haines. Gregg, Welch of Kendall, Brink, Taylor of Cook, Utiger, Thompson of Cass, Rountree. Labor ana Manufactures--Black, Chairman; Wendell, Pederson, R ok, Emerson, Mana­ han, Honey, Hoekiuson, Thomas, O'Mara. Higgins, Sullivan of St Clair, Moore, New­ ton, O'Connell. Elections--Cooke, Chairman; Merle, Calhoun of De Witt, Blaak, Thomp­ son of Peoria, Mooiaon, Bethea, Coats, Haines, Linegar, O'Mara, Grear, Kimbrough, Crafts, QuiniL Public Buildings and Grounds --Thomas, Chairman; Hawks, Owen, Coats, Fairbanks, Harper, Varnell, Rowland, Mette, Clark, Cox, Thompson of Cass Militia--Cal­ houn of Vermiilioii, Chairman; Erwin. Now­ era, Lackie, Nichols, De Bord, Collier, Mitch­ ell, Stimming, O'Mara, Templeman, Roun­ tree, O'Connell, Greathonse, Taylor of Cook. Printing--Kennedy, Chairman; Coats, Fair­ banks Emerson, Hammond, Pederson, Iiackie, Wood of De Kalb, Sundelius, O'Shea, Clark, Clinton, Updyke, O'Connell, Walsh. Fish and Game--Hiatt, Chairm .n; De Bord, Hoffman, Honey, Mathews, Kennedy, Porker, Pearson of Mad»son,Hay,Symonds,Kicks,Cox, Clark, Sullivan of St. Clair, Henry. Com­ merce -Johnson, Chairman; Ewing, Coats, Lackie, Honey, Adams, Curtis, Richardson, Downing, Dugan, Abrahams, Svmonds, Ricks. Banks and Ranking--Funk, Chair­ man; Roane, Crocker, Johnson, Cooke. Pear­ son of McDonough, Fairbanks, Rankin, Vaugh­ ey, Caldwell, Welsh of Bureau, Carlin, Brink. Public Charities--Wood of DeKalb, Chair­ man; Nowers, Foster, Hawker, Rogers, Scurlock, Wendell, Ewing, Yancy, Grear, Rowland. Sevster, Greathonse. Mines and Mining--Messick, Chairman; Emerson, Hos­ kinson, Owen, Hammond, Adams, liay, Gallup, Vaughey. Newton, Wiley, Re*, Hig­ gins. l^es and Salaries--Pearson of McDon­ ough, Chairman; Sumner, Boyer, McCart­ ney, Manahan, Mathews, Collier, Sundelius, Yancy, Welsh of Bureau, Greathonse, Walsh, Cleary. License--Parker, Chairman; Stim­ ming, Boardman, Crocker, Struckman, Mes­ sick, Bez, Mette, Sheridan, Quinn, McNally. Federal Relations--Stimming, Chairman; Boyer, Sumner, Crews, Ewing, Ad­ ams, Svmonds, Thompson of Cass, Cox. Executive Department -- Cowperthwait, Chairman; Studen, Curtis, De Bord, Parrish, Cooke, Stevens of Montgomery, Feiker, Mc­ Nally. Claims--Ewing, Chairman; Crocker, Cleaveland. Ansley.Nowers, Fellows,Higglns, Murray of Sangamon, Crandall. Contingent Expenses--Struckman, Chairman; Thomp­ son of Peoria, Black, Mitchell, Rankin, Cran­ dall of Montgomery, Taylor of Cook. StarkeL Libraries--Wood of Cook, Chairman, Curtis, Ansley, Erwin, De Bord, Lodge, Rowland, Fellows, O'Shea Geology and Science--Cur­ tis, Chairman; Parker, Ansley,Wood of Cook, Ijodge, Duffy, Moore. Rules--The Speaker, Chairman; Morrison, Mitchell, Pearson of Madison, Sexton, Herrington, Conkrite. Enrolled and Engrossed Bills--Sundelius, Chairman; Thomas, Mathews, Rook, Murray of Scott, Mette, Walsh Miscellaneous Sub- jects--Rook, Chairman; Ansley. Brown, Cleaveland, Abrahams, Feiker, Murray of Scott To Visit Educational Institutions-- Calhoun of DeWitt, Chairman; Honey, Lackie, Richardson, Stevens of Montgomery. To Visit Charitable Institutions -- Walker, Chairman; Ray, Roane, Welsh of Bureau, Newton. To Visit Penal and Reformatory Institutions--Nichols, Chairman; Messick, Hawks. Sullivan of Cook. Purnell. The Senate held a short session on Jan. 34, at which the usual number of bills werein- taroduced. Senator Condee offered a bill pro­ viding that warehouses in class "A" may be erected in counties containing :d00,WW inhab­ itants. The real object of the bill is to ena­ ble the people of Cal^Kict siid other places, in Cook county to erect warehouses. Sena­ tor White offered a bill designed to prevent telegraph companies from interfering with each other, and prohibit the granting of an exclusive right of way to any company. Senator Cloonan introduced a bill to classify gas companies, fix their rates, and prevent extortion Mr. Clark introduced a bill giving railway employes a lien on the rolling-stock for'wages; Mr. Walker, one providing for compulsory education; Mr. Needles, one to appropriate #25,000 to re­ place the Court House of Washington county, which burned at Nashville a few days ago, and Mr. Kelly, one to declare ineligible to any ot.tier office, tor the period for which they shall have been elected, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Auditor, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Put-lie In­ struction an Attorney General. In the "House, nineteen proposed new laws were in­ troduced and started on their perilous journeys through the committees. Mr. Littler^ of Sangamon, brought from its hid­ ing-place the famous measure to consolidate the Supreme Court at Springfield This bill has been regularly before the Legislature for years, and has always met the same fate. Mr. "Vaughey came forward with the old bill for the protection of bank depositors in a new form. It jipu niches bankers who loan depositors? money without their consent as embezzlers, and makes the recpipt of deposits thirty days prior to the failure of the bank prima-facie evidence oL embezzlement. Mr. O'Connell offered a bill designed to compel manu­ facturing, railroad and mining companies to pay operatives who are injured in their service, through no fault of the eni- ploves, an indemnity of |10 per week, and, where these injuries prove fatal, the familv of the operative is to l>e paid #2,000. Mr. O'Mara. of Rock Island, made a drive at the Grand Jury,by introducing a bill to abol­ ish the system. Mr. Sullivan, of Cook,offered a bill providing that witnesses in civil cases Rhall not be excused from answering questions that mav criminate thern in mis- aemeanors. but the answers shall not be used as evidence on criminal prosecutions. Mr. Parrish, of Cook, offered a resolution providing for the appointment of a commission on revenue law reform. Mr. Sheridan, of Cook, had read a resolution re­ questing the members of Congress from Illinois to vote for the Sherman bill extend­ ing the time of the whisky in bond. The House first refused to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution, and finally referred it to a special committee Mr. Matthews, of Cass, brought forward a bill to compel owners oi personal property to return the same at its fair cash value, un­ der oath, to the Assessor. Mr. Quinn, of Peoria, presented a series of resolutions suitablv referring to the late Greenbury L Fort. vrhey were unanimously adopted by a rising vote! Mr. Merritt introduced a resolution in the Senate, Jan. 25, asking the Illinois Senators and Representatives in Congress to secure the repeal of the law authorizing- the re­ moving of cases pending in State courts to Federal eourts. The resolution went over under the rides. Among the lulls introduced was one by Senator Aflams, amending the act authorizing the maintenance of free public libraries, so that cities of under 100,- tx*> inhabitants may levy a tax of cue iniii on $100, and cities over piit.ooo may levy a half-mill tax for that puipose. Mr. Mason put in a bill providing for the appointment of a Pro­ bationer in each county whose duty it shall be to investigate into the characters of per­ sons at rested, and ascertain if they cannot be reformed without pursuing the usual method of trial and punishment Other bills were introduced as follows: Mr. I lough, of Cook, a bill to give certain time to dealers in game, beyond the time now permitted by law, to sell game on hand. Mr. Tubbs, of Warren, a bill to permit persons who live outside of, but hold property in a town­ ship insurance district, to become iuem- bers, but not directors of said companies Mr. Evans, of Kane, presented the regular appropriation bill for the Northern Insane Asylum. , It appropriates $130,000 per | annum. Mr. Secrest, of Iroquois, a bill to j fix the law as to the basis of raising road I and bridge taxes. It fixes the assessment of j the preceding year as the me on which the i tax is to be extended. Mr. Bell, a bill to j settle the practice in regard to witnesses in j foreign counties. It provides that the mileage and per diem for one day shall be 1>aid the witness when subpenaed. Mr. linehart offered a resolution for an amend­ ment to the constitution to be submitted to the voters of the State, in favor of IMT1^ 283, to take up the municipal debt The House opened up business by the pass­ age of Sheridan's resolution requesting members of Congrow to vote for Shramirfs bill extending the bond period on whisky •eting in the affirmative. Mr. Vaznill intro- duoodaresoiâ ionto appoint a committee te investigate toe hooks and returns of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, to ascer­ tain if the proper amount of taxes have been paid on the earnings of that company. Mr. Yanoey offered areaotattosi foe a constitutional amendment, to the ef­ fect that the General Assemhlv provide for laming bonds for the State of Illinois in the sum of $51,723,aW, bearing interest at 5 per cent, and payable within twenty vears, to be exchanged for bonds of the various coun­ ties, cities, towns, villages and school dis­ tricts for indebtedness incurred under the statutes of 184*. and contrary to the princi­ ples of the State constitution, and in direct violation of the expressed views of the peo­ ple and tax-payers. Referred to the Com­ mittee on State and Municipal Indebtedness. Nowere offered or considered tj^e ij4j Thomas Paine* ,a. Thomas Paine, the author ef the "Age of Reason," "Kightsof Man," and other works of apolitical or anti-Christ­ ian character, was born at Thetford, England, J an. 29,1737. His father was an obscure Quaker, who was united in marriage to a lady of the Church of England. The religious discussions of his parents did not tend to develop Paine's religious nature. All of his schooling he received before he was 13, at which age he was set at stay-making. For three years he continued at his trade at home, and then he went to London. After remaining there a few weeks lie went to Dover. He yielded to a roving disposition, and soon gave Up his trade for the adventurous life, of a privateer. In 1758 he married Marv Lambert and settled at Sandwich. A few years later he obtained a situation in an internal-revenue office; but was several times discharged for bad con­ duct. In the meantime his wife had died, and he had married Miss Olive. In 1774 he came to Philadelphia, sep­ arating from his wife the same year, j The cause of this separation has never been known. Neither, afterward, would allow the other's name to be mentioned with reproach in his or her presence. His wife was a Christian lady, and per­ haps the separation was due to their difference of opinion on religious sub­ jects. When in Philadelphia, Paine contributed to various magazines, advo­ cating national independence, indi­ vidual liberty and infidelity. In 1781, lie was sent to France with Col. Lau­ rens to obtain money to replenish the empty American treasury. He was suc­ cessful in the undertaking, but was so pleased with France that in 1787 he re­ moved his residence to that country. He was received with great favor, both on account of his advocacy of larger po? litical liberty, and because of his infidel doctrines, France having become per­ meated with Voltaireism. He became a citizen of France, and was after a time elected to a seat in the French As­ sembly. During the terrible revolution which so convulsed the French nation in the last decade of the eighteenth century Paine M as imprisoned as an En­ glish-born foreigner. In vain he ap­ pealed for relief to Washington as an American citizen, lie having disclaimed his allegiance to the United States. Finally, in 1802, he was released and returned to thiA country, where he con­ tinued to reside until his death, in 1809. Carbonic Add as an Antiseptic* Some instructive results regarding th? preservative action of carbonic acid on meat have been* obtained by Prof. Kolbe, of Leipsie. He hung pieces of beef, including fat and bone, in cylin­ drical tinned iron vessels, which were kept in a warm room of the laboratory, where the temperature at midday rose to 32 ° C. Each piece 'was hung from a cross bar; a plate for dropping liquid stood below; just over this was a tubu­ lar passage for entrance of carbonic acid; the cylindrical lid of the vessel entered an annular trough holding glycerine, and had a tubulure in the middle. When nearly all the air was supposed to lie driven out through the latter tubulure by the entering gas, the elastic tubes connected to both tubu- lures were pinched with screws. After eight days in the vessel the beef was not distinguishable from fresh beef in aspect or taste after cooking, and the gravy was like that from fresh beef. After a fortnight the beef had become somewhat gray externally, aud only a fine palate would distinguish the gravy from that of fresh meat. Sometimes beef and gravy had a weakly acid taste, which was easily remedied with a little carbonate of potash. After three weeks the beef was still of the saine good quality, only softer than fresh beef and requiring less time to cook. It was quite free from bad smell even after from four to five weeks, but the cooked gravy then no longer tasted so good as fresh gravy. The experiment ceased at that point, and it is believed to prove that carbonic acid is an excellent means of keeping beef from putrefaction and maintaining its good taste for several weeks. It is noteworthy that mutton under like treatment began to smell badly after eight days; veal, too, could not be kept so long as beef. Fowls and game were not tried. Fish, lobsters, oysters.and fruit could be kept only a short time. Athletics at Harvard. It is agreed on all hands that the in­ creased attention given to physical ex­ ercise and athletic sports within the past twenty-five years has been, on the whole, of great advantage to the uni­ versity ; that the average physique of the mass of students has l»een sensibly improved, the discipline of the college made easier and more effective, the work of many zealous students been done with greater safety, and the weak and sickly youth into one well-formed, robust and'healthy. It is also agreed that athletic competitions, though nec­ essary to the maintenance of a proper interest in the general subject, may easily run into excess, and on that ac­ count need to be kept within dis­ creet limits; and that the whole spirit of college sports and contests should be that of amateurs who are amusing them­ selves, and not that of professional players, who are earning a living and seeking a reputation for its pecuniary value.--President Eliot. A Canadian Joke. At the Assize Court Mr. Osier, Q. C., was cross-examining a witness--a cler­ gyman--in a case where a horse had stepped into a hole in a road and thrown its rider. The witness said he could not see a well or hole in the ground* when twenty feet away from it. This led Mr. Osier to remark: "You are looking too much away from the earth to make a good witness in this case." "It is better to look that way," re­ plied the clergyman. > ' "Not when you are walking on a holy road," said Mr. Osier, with a amile.-- Toronto Mail. t . w c*Jttiou» AMP gcmume ABKB Movem, of Leg lievea that the ancient culxfi^ Ascertained to be the ten milli r of the polar axis of the earth, is prefer­ able to the meter as a standard of mrafi urement. CONTINUOUS baths, as carried «ut in Vienna, are reported unofficially by ML.' Lenoir as very efficacious in the treat- ment of skin diseases, and he wsndy recommends their introduction into tttt hospitals of Parr*. A PLAN is suggested for mechanically removing scars left from small-pox ulcerations. It is by daily robbing the part with fine sand. A small sponge filled with soap lather and dipped in marble dust offers a cotfmiient way of doing this. , : - : lfl f DR. EIXTS, of the Canadian Associa* tion, has made analysis of the milk fit- cows fed with different kinds of food^ He finds there is a greater amount of fatty matter in the milk of cows fed OA distillery refuse, but he saw no evidfe&lbtr' that the milk was impaired by such feeding. : IT is stated that several kinds of . - woods, says the Engineer, althbngii of ' ' great durability in themselves, aet upta«r, \' each other to their mutual destaruetum. Experiments with cyprus and walnut " " t and Cyprus and cedar prove that they will rot each other when joined togeth- ""i er, but on separation the rot will eeas» , \ and the timber remain perfectly strand ^ for a long period. * < y A GLUE which will resist the action of I water is made by boiling one pound of glue in a sufficiency of skimmed milk. To make a strong glue for inlaying and veneering, take the best light brown glue, free from clouds or streaks, dis­ solve it in water, and to every pint add one half-gill of the best vinegar and on* half-ounce of isinglass. THE longest line of fence in the weed# will be the wire fence extending from the Indian Territory west across the Texas Pan-handle and thirty-five miles into New Mexico. We are informed that eighty-five miles of this fence i# } already under contract. Its course will « be in the line of the Canadian River, and its purpose is to stop the drift of the Northern cattle. It is a bold and I splendid Enterprise, and will pay a l&rge ; percentage on the investment:'Thfc fence will be over 200 miles long. IN mining coal in England cartridge^ of powdered quick-lime, strongly esat- 3 pressed, have been used with good w&r 1 suits in blasting. These cartridges are about three inches in diameter, and each has running through it a perfor- ^ " ated iron tube, through which Water e*it t be forced. Tlie swelling of the linae ; - rdnds the solid mass of coal quietly but effectively, without danger and without smoke. This mode of blasting may lie found useful in operations on the farm, where powder or other dangerotiPex- plosive materials cannot be used. '* - ^ BICE constitutes nearly one-half of J the food of the people of Japan, But * as to food and drink, climatic conditions and industrial demands do not as vet ' exercise their due influence on the '!• ters of works on hygiene when forming v their conclusions. One race may live Osa and move and have a tolerable useful T3 existence in a certain region upon a sort s-l of sustenance altogether inadequate to another diffently environed. Suppose, for instance, and to put this, important question sharply and strongly, the diet of an Esquimaux and an inhabitant of ine tropics wie iutefcriaSgcu, 5u ilic strength of local sanitary statistics, would not the chauces of each speedily reaching the grave be about equal,and the lease of life of both be considerably Bhorteiu-Hl? ; " ^Baconian Philosophy. ' J$sir£iion in speech is more tKdffetp- quence. ^ That is half granted which is denied graciously. >••!!?»#*;? A. Without good-nature su^ i», a better kind of vermin. , ,,, (<l New things, like stranger*, jure more admired and less favored. He that studietli revenge keep6th kis own wounds green. • ^ Great riches have sold more menthsn ever they have bought out. ,, The best part of beauty is that wliiph a picture cannot express. They that reverence too xtfuclk old times are but a scorn to the new/' He who builds a fair house upoau ill seat, commits himself to prison. Base natures, if they find themselyea once suspected, will never be true. You had better take for business a'lifan somewhat absurd, than over formril'. E sensations, cessions, modesty itself well governed, are but marks of osten­ tation. i , The master of superstition is the peo­ ple. And in all superstition, wise i^en follow fools. Fame is like a riter, that beareth "up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. „ If a man look sharp and attentively he shall see fortune; for, though she is blind, she is not invisible. He that defers his charity till he is dead is, if a man weighs it rightly, rather liberal of another man's than of his own. To desire in discourse to hold all ar­ guments is ridiculous, wanting ipia judgment; for in all things no man can be exquisite. The best governments are alwavs subject to be like the fairest crystals, when every icicle or grain is seen, which in a fouler stone is never per­ ceived. As in nature things move more vio­ lently to their place and calmly in their place, so virtue in ambition is vkdsut; in authority, settled and calm. I k - ' . .4 a - ' / ̂ ' Art and Mammon. One day Alexander T. Stewart gave a commission to a celebrated artist in Paris to paint a little Parisieune,,and offered to pay treble the ordinary price if the painter wonld put a heap of bead- work in the little lady*s costume. -That is a strange fancy," said the painter. "It is not a fancy at all," replied Mr. Stewart, "That picture will be exhib­ ited at New York. All the elegant women will look at it, and if they see that the Parisiennes wear bead orna­ ments they will buy beads. Now, my house--A. T. Stewart & Co.--has a big stock of these articles, and by that means you understand and , the artist knew enough to refuse the com­ mission. ** THE first letter written by Queen Victoria after her accession was one of coudolence to her anut, Queen Ade­ laide. She addressed it to "Her Maj­ esty the Queen." It was submitted to her that "Dowager" should be added "I will not be the first to remind ln|r of her altered position," was the reply. , THE descendants of one species of animalcule amount to 70,000,000,090 Ufc four davs. - , -i '4, -..a. ^ .. ' . - ' " .