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turn |?lauidcalfr J. VAN SLYKE. MKsrwM »» I s^er H TIENBI, - - ILLINO K U + .-•• "WrLMAM KXIGHT, who died In Lo- Teina, Ala., recently, was 109years old, sand h id served through the war of 1812. He leaves 165 children and ^grandchildren. Beside thsse a graa „4 ^Any agadead, some dying Jratn, old age. - ? r ,::f ?>'?'i-• ' ---s • I.'" • • V ' "THE canal which M. De poses to cut from the Mediterranean *ea to the Great Desert of Sahara will •OOst $30,000,000, but will redeem over 100,000,000 acres of barren land to ag­ riculture. Gen. Fremont has a similar scheme for the redemption of the bar- ten lands of Arizona, by catting a eanal through from the Gulf of Cali­ fornia, or diverting the waters of the , Colorado river upon the plains. It is •aid to be practicable, but, as the land *iill not be needed for years, the enor- anbus expense makes it impracticable. %•! ,;r A ®B*AT engineering work is in con­ templation at Bremen to make that pity in fact what it has heretofore been only in name--a seaport. To do this it will t>e needful to deepen, widen and straighten the river Weser for a dis­ tance of fifty miles, so that sea-going vessels drawing 27 feet of water, with 600 feet of keel, can go through and pass each other with ease. It is esti­ mated that the Work can be completed within six years. Bremen is only second--and a very close second at that »*»to Liverpool in American trade, and It second in rank of continental ports. V! THB growth of telegraph business in JStigland since the State has acquired <C6ntrol of the lines is said to have been enormous. The number of messages per week have grown from 126,000 to €03,000. In 1873 the average number of messages per mile of wire was 147; mow it is 256. In press messages, 5,000 words per diem have grown already to 934,154 per day. The telegraphs in use on railways have grown from 27,000 miles of wire in 1869 to 69,000 in 1882, And the instruments from 4,423 to 15,702. In Japan, last year, 2,223,214 messages were dispatched, of which '98 per cent, were in the native tongue. gdA CORRESPONDENT of the Allegheny ening Mail writes: "A New York mei^hant remarked: 'I have been an •occasional speculator for eighteen years and have kept books to show the net re- •Suit of speculation, which the average speculator does not. About to close my business, I had my speculative ao- oounts balanced, and, deducting com­ missions to brokers, found that I was . ally short, but for $20,000 which I : made lately in a real estate transaction, that represented eighteen years' profits. At times I have made thousands, and but for my books should have supposed myself a considerable gainer. In brief, brokers' commission* have absorbed my profits. '• As A good deal of discussion has •been rife concerning Gen. Grant's pe­ cuniary means, it may be interesting to know the exact truth. The entire prop­ erty of Gen. and Mrs. Grant yields them an annual income of $9,000. Dur­ ing the trip around the world the ex­ penses of the Presidential party were at the rate of $25,000 a year, a serious -encroachment upon the ex-President's •capital. Luckily, however, young Grant, . who lives in New York wad is a director in several mining companies, speculated so prudently and so successfully on his lather's behalf that a welcome addition was made to his income. During the Urst months of this year Grant, Jr., made $16,000 for his father, mostly in %»w«hrysolite.-' •••" "Mi; y-fa-, ' POLITENESS always pays. A young Jiady met a very gentlemanly man on a friend's doorsteps in New York the «jbher evening. He had two overcoats - oti his arms, but he opened the door so politely and bowed her in so courteously that she eould not create a coldness by •sking why he carried such a superflu­ ity of clothing. But when her friend protested her ignorance of the polite young man, and ' took a glance about the premises, it was discovered that he had been too polite to trouble anybody "™ ip come to the door and had entered with the help of a'"jimmy," afterward departing with several souvenirs of his "visit in the shape of about $400 worth of jewelry and clothing. He has not 5' 3>een polite enough since that time, however, ̂ ?!«> forward his present ad- THE murderer Andy Taylor, now /, 4Mmfined in the Nashville (Tenn.) Jail, Itaa had a singular experience in avoid- - ing justice during the last six months. Together with his brother ke tramped -through the country westward toward Kansas, until John fell ill and died. Andy tells a wild, confused story about • Ijis brother's death. The life they led, 4fcad their constant fear of capture has -|pld greatly on his mind. The two Hved for weeks on a little bacon and •eorn which tliey took from the fields Stad parched. At night they usually "traveled, sleeping by day in deserted l|uts or hidden eorners in woods. Andy laetrayed himself finally while working /*blinder'an assumed name near Plymouth, Kan. After a drunken row he tried . -|o kill himself, and believing that he had shot himself he confessed the 'Tennessee murder, and so was turned •Over to the officers of justice of tha Valuta. "; •' ' ; • . .V ' " THE naran of Phoenix, FEY wWM^Me iv^';':%«rld designates the Dublin park, made Sk household word since the mur­ der therein of Lord Frederick Caven­ dish and-Mr. Burke, has no connection, in this case, with the fabled Arabian bird. A great many years ago, before Dublin was the city it is now, and long before Anglo-Saxon became the speech of the peoplti, there was * mineral spring on the ground. It was celebrated far and near for its efficacy in curing various ailments, and, for want of a more classic or more scientific name, the natives called it, in their own aweet Celtic tongue, Fion Uisge--"Beautiful Water." The title clung to it until civilization established boarding-schools and other educational stepping-stones to progress, and in course of time some college professor or university tutor gave a semi-classic twist to the plain old Irish name, so that since then Dub* in's great breathing plaoe has been known as Phoenix Park, except to the grim old Celtic patriotic scholars, who believe that its original title is not only more ancient but more mellifluous than its heathen substitute. WHEN the noon train from Detroit on the Canada Southern railroad had pro­ ceeded a few miles last Friday, three quiet and well-dressed gentlemen started for the smoking-car. As they were csossing the platforms one of them broke from the grasp of the other two and tried to jump off, but he was seized and a terrible struggle en­ sued. The train was running at forty miles an hour, no assistance appeared, and in a moment the situation became desperate, for it was apparent that the one was more than a match for the other two, and was determined to drag them with himself from the train. Only one means of escape was offered, and, with a common impulse and a su­ preme effort, they threw him from the platform and then pulled the bell-cord. The train stopped and they explained to the conductor that the man was their brother, Van Epps Harvey, and that he was a maniac. They went back, found him uninjured, and, procuring a conveyance, carried him back to De­ troit, when they conveyed him by a later train to their home in Middletown, N. Y. The Detroit Free Press states that Van Epps Harvey was graduated from Amherst College a few years ago, and was also for a year a student at the University of the City of New York. A malarial attack has disabled him for some time and finally unsettled Us mind. An Attack Upon the " Tine." Beware of a weak woman. Beware how you befriend her. Beware how Eou talk to her. Beware of trusting er with the most trivial secret. Such a woman is a walking social explosive when abroad. She can scarcely open her mouth without damaging somebody. She does so unwittingly and without intent, and for this is all the more dan­ gerous. She will "give you away" without herself knowing it. fcj * boomerang. Loose her ands'ie knocks over her best friends. Beware how Sour sympathy is attracted by her help-essness. It is the helpless, pretty, leaning, clinging woman who gets most men into trouble. She is unsafe, be­ cause she lacks entirely the highest sense of honor and personal responsi­ bility. This is not her fault. These qualities are lacking entirely in her composition. Befriend her by taking on yourself any responsibility, and the ne^t hour some insinuating tongue can prove to her that your motive is bad. She hasn't sense enough to realize who, her friends are. Stand her alone and she will go down, down, further--much further than hundreds of her sex, who, though ostracised, have sufficient char­ acter to maintain a relative standing in their own world. Beware of such a boomerang. She hits hardest and goed back on her best friends.--FreuruTg Daily. • •MM KtMWorlfcjr Acta of drn^M Cvmr- •*•• A small flag had been seen at the side of a rock standing near the flanV 0f one of the French trenches before Sebasto- pol. says an English writer, No one knew how the ilag had come there. It was remarked that canucn-balla and shells had fallen into the trench with fatal effect, as if there had been an en­ filading fire. A sudden light broke upon the officer in command. The flag was a point to aim at from the rampart, and the rock sent the shot by ricochet into the trench. He called for a vol­ unteer to take away the flag. There was no reply. In the French armv it is not enough to glvo a word of com­ mand, which has to be explained before it is obeyed. The officer went to a private soldier of the name of Victor Picault, and asked him to go. The man answered that he would if he kuew why. The case was then made clear to him. He sprang out of the trench, and ran to the flag under a shower of rifle bullets. He pulled it down. At the moment when it fell a whole b.tt- tery discharged grapeshot at him. He threw himself on the ground. Both the French and the Russians thought he was killed. He suddenly jumped up, unhurt, and ran to the trench With the flag in his ha ad. He received non­ commissioned rank and the cross of the Legion of Honor. An incident display­ ing the coolest courage was next re­ lated. I am sorry not to have noted down the name of the young Lieutenant alluded to. A small detachment of in­ fantry under his command had been sent out of one of the French trenches to attack a Russian rifle-pit with the bayonet as soon as the fire, directed upon it from the trench, should have ceased. Shot and shell were meanwhile dis­ charged at the detachment from tne ram­ parts. Some of the men remarked to their officer that by staying there they would soon all be hit, while they might reach the cover of the trench m time to return at the cessation of the fil ing from it. The officer answered that they had been ordered to stay, and that being un­ der fire was no reason for their running away. At that moment a shell fell at his feet, and he thanked the Russians, touching his cap to them, for sending him a light for his cigar, which he pulled from his pocket. He bit off the end of it, lighted at the fuse of the shell, and held out his cigar-case to the soldiers, asking if any of them would like to smoke. The shell burst, and, strange to say, neither the brave youth nor any one of the detachment was hurt by it. The soldiers were thus shamed into standing by so self-possessed and gallant an of­ ficer. A gunner was then praised for his courage and strength. During an attack on one of the French batteries he had remained alone to defend it, all his com­ rades having been either killed or wounded. He brandished one of the levers of his cannon like a quarter-staff, striking down five Russians with it. He received two bayonet-thrustsi in his shoulders, but still ha 1 vigor enough to wrest a rifle from one of those who had wounded him. He shot the one with it, and knocked the other over with a blow on the head from its stock. Some Zouaves came to his assistance, and saved him by charging the Kussian line of attack. They carried him in triumph to the commander-in-chief, who was at breakfast. On hearing the re­ port given of the affair the great Gen- rial ulHRfc? illB f£U.*s*r*y* ilutin tv flllBiV) his meal. When he was withdrawing a cross of the Legion of Honor was pinned on his breast by the General himself. The gunner offered his humble thanks, and asked if he might now go to have his wounds seen to. Intense was the astonishment of the officers present. Among them was a staff sur­ geon, who was ordered to examine the man at once. The two wounds were pronounced by him to be very serious, but not mortal, and the happy gunner was sent to the ambulance. A Russian Legend. The Russians in the Ukraine tell a qneer story about a whistling robber olden times, who evidently was a peri;, --T -- " of gtajntio preportio/a, for }, B j ^ ̂ 3X2^ J* * in the habit of sitting on nine oak trees, A Nervous Woman. ̂ A lady residing in a suburb^# town came into Boston late in the afternoon, to a place of amusement. She was too Eunctual, and, finding a leisure hour on er hands, strolled through the streets until attracted by a poster on a build­ ing announcing that the "Wonderful Baby Alice" was within. Buying a ticket at the office in the vestibule, she was about to enter when her eyes caught sight of a large placard, "Beware of Pickpockets." Involuntarily glancing at her hand at once. One of the nicknames giver\ to hi™ was "Nightingale," on account of his extraordinary whistling powers.;- Should an unwary traveler come across his path, he would whistle so melodi-i ously that his victim would quickly faint away, whereupon he stepped for-j ward and killed him outright. At last,' however, a well-known hero, by name^ Ilja Marometz, determined to subdue the robber, and, having shot him with' an arrow, took him prisoner, carrying him off to the court of the Grand Prince Vladimir. Even there he proved dangerous, for when the Grand Prince, merely from curiosity, commanded him to whistle, the Grand Princess and all the royal children being present, the man commenced whistling in such an overpowering manner that soon Vladi­ mir with his whole family would inevit- and her pocket-book gone. What should she do ? It contained her money, her ticket to the place of amusement, and her excursion ticket on the railroad. Her feelings revealed themselves in her face, for a man at her side said: "Excuse me, madam, but have you lost your pocket-book ?" "It has l>een stolen!" she retorted, curtly, and he was dumb. "Are you sure that you did not leave it at the ticket-office?" suggested an­ other bystander. , i , "Yes, sir, I am." "Good enough for her!" growled a rough man. "No one but an idiot would carry one of them bags." "When did you have it last?" asked a gentleman. "When I bought my ticket." "And you did not leave it there?" Too indigaant to listen longer, she ably have been dead had not one of his ixanf to *° awa?' ,thjnkilf1g. tll&} 8\16 brave courtiers, perceiving the danger, i mus* Pa™ s.orae artlcl° °.f Jewelry to got up and shuttho whistler's month.-- The Gentleman's Magazine. I 4i M Society Innovation. ' L 'J "My daughter is to be married ilSlt week," he Baid, as he sat down and re moved his hat. "And you will present her with a check for $50,0fa>, of course?" replied the broker. "Well, no; that's what I called to see TOO about I believe in innovation." "You'll give her $25,000 in cash, eh V "No, sir. I was thinking that you might take about $500 and buy about $75,000 worth of some sort of bonds." "As an investment for an income ?" pay her fare home, when the man who first addressed her mildly asked: "What is that in your hand, madam ?" It was that "st den" pocket-book, tightly clasped, just as she had held it on turning from the ticket-ofiice. "I would rather have pawned every article I owned," she said, in relating the incident, "than to have made snch a ridiculous appearance. My ears tingle even now when I think of what they must have said after I had left the place." A Herse*8 Fear. * I once had a horse at home, born and bred on the place, so docile that when- short, uttering a nuiprion of loud ter­ rified snorts. Ieoaftfiee nothing but the intense blaoknew pf the night be­ fore me, and tried ie teeourage him to goon. Touching lib on the neck, I found his ha»r wet wifh the sudden pro­ fuse sweat of extreme fear. The whip niatle iiu impression on him. He con­ tinued to back away, his eyes apparently fixed on some object of horror just be­ fore him, while he trembled in snch a degree that I was shaken in the saddle. He attempted several times to wheel round and run away, but I was deter­ mined not to yield to him and con­ tinued tha contest. Suddenly, when I was beginning to despair of getting home by that road, he sprang forward and regularly charged the (to me) in­ visible object before irim, and another moment, wt en he had apparently passed it, tak ng the bit between his teeth, he almost flew over the ground, never pausing till he brought me to my own door. When I dismounted his terror seemed gone, but he hung his head in a dejected manner, like a horse that has been under the saddle all day. I have never witnessed another such incident of almost maddening fe ir. His terror and apprehension were like what we can imagine a man experiencing at sight of a ghost in some dark, solitary place. Yet he did not forcibly carry me away from it, as he might so easily have done; but, finding himself main­ tained by a "nature superior to his own," he preferred to face it. The in­ cident did not impress me very much at the moment, but when I came to reflect that my sight was mere blindness com­ pared with that of my horse, and it was not likely his ima unation clothed any familiar 'natural object with fan­ tastic terrors, it certainly did impress me very deeply.--London Field. Origin of the Names In the Week. In the Museum at Berlin, in the hall devoted to Northern antiquities, they have the representations from the idols from which the names of the days of our week are derived. From the idol of the Sun comes Sun­ day. This idol is represented with his face like the sun, holding a burning wheel, with both hands on his breast, signifying his course round the world. The idol of the Moon, from which comes Monday, is habited in a short coat, like a man, but holding the moon in his hands. Tuisco, from whioh comes Tuesday, was one of the most ancient and pop­ ular gods of the Germans, and repre­ sented in his garments of skins, accord­ ing to their popular manner of clothing; the third day of the week was dedi­ cated to his worship. Woden, from which comes Wednes­ day, was a valiant Prinoe among the Saxons. His image was prayed to for victory. Thor, from whioh comes Thursday, is seated in a bed, with twelve stars over his head, holding a scepter in his hand. Friya, from whence we have Friday, is represented with a drawn sword in his right hand and a bow in his left. Saeter, from which is Saturday, has the appearance of perfect wretchedness; he is thin-visaged, long-haired, with a long beard. He carries a water-pail in his right hand, wherein are fruits and flowers. The Birth and Pcstt of Wotta. Mr. ProHu** Hia ithurmu tions with a senSi dTviews 6ftbe heavenly bodies, and by their aid showed the various stages of the life of this world. First was the stage of vapor, accompanied by intense heat and intense luster; second, the stage of layer upon layer of cloud, caused by the water being raised in the form of steam; then the cooling of the earth's surface till it was fit for life; then the withdrawal of the seas into the earth's interior and the thinning of the air; and, finally, when the sea was with­ drawn and the air so thin that life was no longer possible, death. The sun was represented by the lecturer as in the state of vapor; Jupiter as in the state of youth, with layer upcn layer of clouds; Saturn probably still younger, and the moon as old age or death. Mr. Proctor entered into an elaborate calculation by which to show the proportional duration of the life of orbs of different sizes, and deduced that the larger the planet th£ longer it would take to go through the different stages from that of vapor, then mid­ life, to that of death. Touching on the subject of a future. lecture, "The Star Depths," Mr. Proctor described each point of light discovered in the stellar space by the telescope as the center of a system similar to the solar system; and while he showed that e&ch orb of our system tended to death, though after a" lifetime of perhaps tens of mill­ ions of years, yet all apace and all time were crowded with life.--London Sta ndard. FISH may be scaled much easier by first dipping them into scalding water for a moment. FRESH meat beginning to sour will sweeten if placed out of doors in ttw cool a r over night. MILK which has changed may h* sweetened or rendered fit for use by stirring in a little soda. FOB those who can afford to nse it in that way, whipped cream, highly flivored with vanilla, rose-water or wine, makes the richest and most agree­ able pudding sauoe. IF one feels an inclination to sneeze in a public place and wishes to prevent it, press the bridge of the nose or the upper lip with the fingers, and the sneeze will be stopped. AN excellent liniment is made by taking equal parts each of sweet oil, ammonia and turpentine, adding double the quantity of alcohol as of any other ingredient used. Put together, and shake well each time before using. j To WASH red linen table-cloth: Put | enough powdered borax into tepid soft! water to make it feel slippery. Use no soap. Put a small quantity of boiled starch into the warm rinse-water. Haug in the shade and iron when al­ most dry. E ARTH worms in pots wiH generally succumb under liberal doses of lime water or tobacco water. A florist also I uses successfully ten drops of carbolic ! acid in a pint of water. Poured upon the earth, the worms are killed and the plants improved. j THE addition of three-fourths of an i ounce of borax t"> a pound of soap, i melted in without boiling, makes a! saving of one-half in the cost of soap, ! aud three-fourths the labor in washing. I It also improves the whiteness of the fabrics. It is also excellent to wntfa the hands soft. I To REMOVE grease from carpets:' Aqua ammonia two ounces, soft water one quart, one teaspoonful of saltpetre, one ounoo shaving soap finely scraped. Pour on enough of the mixture to cover the grease, sponge aud rub well. Apply the second time if necessary. Wash on* with clear, cold water. « To STOP bleeding/ if from a cavity in the jaw after a tooth has been ex­ tracted, shape a cork in the proper form and size to cover the cavity and long enough to be kept firmly in place when the mouth is closed. This, we believe, i« our own invention, and we have never known it to fail. It haa served us in desperate cases. CAREFUL cooking of even the longest used and best known kind of food, whether animal or vegetable, is the im­ portant rule to insure health and strength from the table. No matter what the quality of food to begin with may be. a bad cook will invariably in­ cur heavy doctors' bills and not a less inconsiderable "little amount" st tha druggist's. DURABLE and pretty covers for a bureau are made of drab aida canvas, with the edge finished with deep scal­ lops crocheted of macreme cord, or m .ke the cover so large that the edge will fall over the edge of the bureau. After the canvas is fringed to the depth of an inch, overcast the canvas so that it will not ravel. A narrow border ol worsted above the fringe is a pretty ad- I* the Senate, on May 19* Mr. Aieher pr»- sentefl a petition from the cltlccns in the vicini­ ty of "8nv Cartv" for the immediate nonage of the bill proposing to legalize all the drainage (il.xt'.fc s found over there, and cnahtathem to ao on with their work. The following bills wen; ; Tojiiv.viuc r.'i iuv MIC aatiiaiiMeti basrgaRe or property in private warehouse* and inns; to amend the Drainage act. add­ ing "lw-e.s" in some sections; to regulate taking judgment by confessions; to require all manufacturers who u*?e glucose toadveiirf.se on th»> article what proportion of it ha* been nse l in the manufacture: to require, in case# where township and city elections occur on the same day, the use of one ticket and one ballot-box; to authorize free public libraries to charge $3 per year for the use of books; also the bill requiring County Surveyors to keep their records in the County Kecorder's office, where they may be open to the public. In the House tho following bills were parsed: To require cor­ porations controlling bridges to build and keep in good repair pier-booms over navigable i>or- tions of tha Illinois river; to require railroad corporations to construct and keep to repair depots at every station where United States mail is delivered. No QUORUM was present in the House on the 19th, and members bnsied themselves in pushing bills Into the order of third reading. The first one was a Senate bill permitting the payment of special rasessments in instalments. Quinn called un the Seuate bill permitting Quincy and Peoria to levy an additional tax for water and gas yurpos s. It was amended in uuimiH>rtant particulars and sent to third read­ ing. Speaker Collins said ir was apparent by actua) count thi,t no quorum wis present, and the House adjourned. TBSBE was no quorum in the House on the 2lst, and no business of importance was transacted. After reading; three or four bills a first time, the House was adjourned until next rtay. There were but thirty-five members in their seats. THE attendence of members was rather small in the Senate on the 23d, and most of the day was spent in consideration of bills on third reading, and the discussion of Mr. Whiting's Drainage bill. The following bills were passed: To increase the penalties of j>erson8 convicted of ft lonies a second and third time, by a unan­ imous vote of Senators present; to authorize two or more cities or villages Jointly to establish and main­ tain cemeteries, with the emergency clause; providing for the appointment of an Instructor of Mining at the Illinois Industrial University at a saJary of per annum; amending the Criminal Code by increasing the j>enalty for burglary to imprisonment to from one to twenty years, but if committed In the night time In any inhabited house or room, such punishment may be for life; i lo add to the games prohibited by section 1-27 of , the Criminal Code those known by the names of j bra e faro, bunko, three-card monte,confidence, I r>r similar games of a fraudulent character. The • House spent the day in distussing the Senate | Road bill, which is still under consideration. J THE first hours of the Senate on the 28d , Inst, were taken up with the discussion of the nine special orders which were set down on the calendar for that morning. Mr. Evans introduced j a bill to authorize the formation of cyclone in- ; suranoe companies, and Mr. Fifer a bill to ap- i propriate $40,000 for the erection of an incurable j Insane asylum at Chester. The following ! bills were passed: Imposing heavy penalties for repeated drunkenness; . to legalize drainage districts and t'le assessment , and sale of lands therein. Mr. Whiting moved 1 to suspend the rules aud take up his Express bill. The motion created considerable discus­ sion, pending which the Senate adjourned. Tne House spent most of the day in discussing the Road bill, which waa finally ordered to a third reading. IMMEDIATELY after opening, on the 24th, the Senate took a recess of fifteen minutes to enable the Cook county Senators to agree on a report as to the Chicago Justices of the Peace. A message from the House announced that that tody haa concurred wi' h the Senate in the pass­ age of the Archer resolution to submis to the peo»le for adoption an amendment tothe consti­ tution authorizing the Governor to veto any it?m In an appropriation bill without vetoing the whols. The following bills were passed; Mr. Clark's bill, to amend section 3 of the act providing for the health and safety of coal miners; the bill extending the jurisdiction of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission over the 8:, Louis brldee, as far as it lies within the jurisdiction of the State, and placing the Bridge Company un­ der the tfirne restrictions as to extortion and unjust discrimination as railroad companies; to appropriate flT.oxt per annum for ordinary expanses of the Charitable Eye and Ear Infirm­ ary. After much discussion all the Chicago Justices of the Peace, except Prtndiville, Walsh, Le Bouet and Kerstens, were confirmed. In the House the day was *pent in discussing the Appropriation bill. ' JttrnJOR HOT IN THE RACE - .4 -4 A WasHngten Correspondent Denies tiM" Report that the President Is Hehrm- big ip Sew York te Sttwi ^ ... >r V* • niainrJil " v ,.<> sxaSsfef t ^Washington Teiegram.1 The Boston Adrertiter oi th e MonBn published a a eoial to th's effect: "An foU pcrtand move ia beiig engineered in New York p litics which is just beg nain? to b* under tmd It was panned by President Arthur and ia beiag ma raged by his lieuten^ ants, led by George BLs', Tha plan f» % very simple one, and the whole tM thi admiui^tr*:ion la be ng used to have •u ce.>iL The sp.c.al then g.ve < vfca por.s to be deta Is of th s plan, whlcH 6ig"n d to unite tie fac i a t tk# *1 lican party in the Empire Scate. a. vitle the Democracy, It then Cwiuuiuw kW. ha united Republican aid divided' 3- mocriicy, President Aruiux'a frieua* wilt claim that he, and he only* ccn carry Sew Y-rk in lS>i 4 Boiid delegation from th.t will preseat his name to the Nao ona^ Ce$r vention. Everything is 1 e'ng done t v*64Bilf6 that state of tninsrs, and it in I JMx to nijuM ab iut." A 1 that 1< out of the special, K'sumes tLai tbe P.esident is ccheaufljr w secure a nomination from the National Coat, veniion of 1854, is the veriest I/O;h. I knepf wlieieof I s-peak, i>nd so does every j^er- aonal friend of the Pre ident. It isnaieesMA whatever that the President'shealthiapo*K that he chafes tinder th : wear and tWCr of his office, and that he looks forward with. Intense lor.gmg to the day of hia lrom its irksome Te^noiv-ibilitiea few days sine a he said to a very near _ eonal fiiecd, not an offl caholdM; own ambitii n is to see the country prosperous at the clo.-e of ray adntiilUt than it has ever been in the past, and to that prosperity retained by another Repuhli^ can administration. He haa repeatedly gives under no his friends to know that.' . stances, would he again be President. These - Washington specia.s are doubtless inspired by some one ". ho sees that the popular eait teem for the President is daily strengthens, ing, and. feaiing that It- may I ad to a peo* pes demand for his renomination, thinKB ifc wise to forestall it by attributing to the President a scheming anibiti >n, tor whiclt there is not the leas t shadow ot a foundation* ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. A GOOD deal of attention is now paid to lamp shades and their covers. Not only are the shades themselves of every conceivable color and design, one we have seen having the globe itself repre­ sented upon it, every country distinctly marked with the degrees of latitude and longitude, but many decorated with a hanging of lace, and others have covers most elaborately constructed of tissue- paper or silk lace, with embroideries and ribbon flowers. * THIN curtains are now made of a material known a9 Russian grenadine, with insertions and edgings of Clunv lace. Others of Saxony lace have aU the appearance of applique. A novelty in curtains is in Turkoman, a narrow design running down the sides, and the bordering at the bottom in Moorish or antique designs, being three-quar­ ters of a yard deep. Pretty and simple curtains can be made of unbleached cotton linen, with a border of blue linen worked with a conventional design in large, herring-bone stitch. Tharlow Weed's Modesty. Gov. Morgan made some allusion to the unassuming and simple deportment of Mr. Weed--"a man of such extra­ ordinary power and influence." Some years before, while a resident of Al­ bany, Mr. Weed had been asked to be the candidate for the office t>f Mayor of ihe city at a time when there could be Do doubt of his election. But lie de­ clined the honir. The committee then called and urged his acceptance, bat he would not hear of it. It seemed to be an important crisis, perhaps, to his party, and a third earnest application was made to overcome his scruples. "No, gentlemen," he replied, " I can­ not consent. Indeed, if you could only know what a very poor Mayor I should prove to be, I am sure yon would not urge me." And this, said the Governor, from a man who had the power to make Judges, Governors and Presidents.-- Albany Press. wjjo for a show. Get $1,000 bonds, I where the horses were at pasture, and if possible Get some that are printed though they all galloped off at my ap- in red and blue ink if you can. If they proach, he would calmly wait to be bejrin ' In tiie name of God, amen,' caught. Springing on his back I would thev wiU look the more important. See go after the other horses, or gallop that the paper is good, the printing home with only my hand on his neck to - a bold, heroic guide him. I did not often ridi him, pape clear, the signatures in hand, and send your bill to me. ^ J).ie time has gone by when the public can be fooled by a check."--Wall Street News. leeentssle In tion getting the fruit, of which he was graphs of the persons named brought » the following prices: Mary Queen of Scots, 333 marks; Marie Antoinette, Teach Inf a Five-Tear-Old. Every child should be taught to write w ^ a letter--to be able to frame a little ever I required him I could go to him note of thanks, _ acceptance or invita- ~ tion, as soon as it can print. There is a deplorable lack of intelligence, as well as education, in a person who Moos not know what to say" when occasion requires a letter to be written. A 5- year-old darling received an invitation to anotli >r darling's birthday party, and the wise mamma made the little thing print her own acceptance, and very quaint and pretty it was, too. Such scrawly, misspelt words as they were, but anybody would have under­ stood their purport, and the child could not have had a better lesson in her kin­ dergarten.--Philadelphia Item. x ' as he was slow and lazy, but ^ith timid women and children he was a favorite; he was also frequently used for farm work, in or out of harness, and I could shoot from Ids back. In the peach season he would roam about the planta- 461 marks; Peter the Great, 111 marks; Wallenstein, 198 marks; George Wash­ ington, 115 marks; Thorwaldsen, 90 marks: Fluck, 200 marks; Mozart, 830 marks; Haydn, 81 marks; Each, 75 and Beethoven, 835 m&skA. very fond, by tugging at the lower branches of the trees and shaking it down in showers. One intensely dark night I was riding home on this horse. [ came through a road with a wire fence an each side, two miles in length, and when I had got nearly to the end of ; this road my horse suddenly stopped The Imprint ef a Lynched Man's Hand. Four miles from Denton, Md., is a tree which still bears the imprint of the hand of a negro, which was nailed there by one of the mob which hanged, quar­ tered, mutilated and burned him nearly twenty years ago. This singular freak of nature, or sign manual of divine dis­ pleasure, as many residents of the coun­ ty esteem it, is generally treated with such contemptuous disbelief by strang­ ers visiting Caroline county that it is difficult now to find one who has seen it willing to talk about it, but an official of the county, who did his full duty in an endeavor to stay the fury of the mob, consented to show me the remarkable tree. It is a giant swamp poplar, quite three feet in diameter, standing close by the road which opens up Tuckalioe Neck, the garden spot of the country. About twelve feot from the ground, on the road face of the tree, is a seeming scar, which might attract a casual glaive on account of its marked differ­ ence in color from the other bark. Prob- iably a stranger would not notice the sin­ gula* tracing of which it is the frame, but to one looking for it the outline of a human hand, somewhat elongated by the growth of the tree, grows as one looks until it takes almost the very sim­ ilitude of the withering hand which was nailed there two decades ago. Even the nail is still visible, although the bark has grown beyond so that it is half an inch below the surface. The tracing of the hand appears in a much smoother as well as lighter-col­ ored bark--the palm through which the. nail was driven being clearest in shape, with the thumb and spread index and little finger scarcely less perceptible. My guide said that the appearance grows more noticeable with each year, and it would be difficult to persuade him that it is due to other than providential de­ sign.--Cor. Phi'adelphia Prese. ififeij MISFORTUNE sprinkles ashes on %he head of man, but falls like dew upon the head of the \ loman, and brings for4h germs of strength of which she herself had no conscious possession.--Anna Cora MowatL • - *> THE men at the head of the house can mar the pleasure of thp household, but he cannot make if. That must rest with the woman, and it is "her great privilege. --Arth ur Helps. CHANCELLOR SIMS says that the aver­ age annual expenses of the students aft Syracuse University are $300. He adds that some students manage to live on $100 a year. A MAN breathes about eighteen times a minute, and uses about <^000 cubio feet, or about 375 hogsheads, of air per hour. During the winters o: and 1876-7 the sufferings of the poor in New York from privation, cold and want of employment were unprece­ dented in the history of the metropolis. Every day daring these long winters, from 3 o'clock in the afternoon until 6:20, Mr. Peter Cooper sat in his office or library on Lexington avenue, and no one, however shabby in dress, was re- fused admission. On the table before him were piled hundreds ftf newly- coined half-dollars and piles of one-dol­ lar greenbacks, and these piles were re­ plenished every hour by the servant in attendance. His rule was to give every applicant half a dollar in any event, and if the case seemed to be a specially urgent one, the douceur Mas doubled, with a request either to write a history of the case, have it authenticated by some clergyman or other authority, and send it in for further consideration. As early as 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon crowds of poverty-stricken people-- men and women of every nationality and position in life--might be seen gathered in front of the Lexington avenue residence, and the amount ex­ pended often amounted to $200 in a single day, irrespective of the special cases that were more carefully inquired into, and in which special aid was given. Most of the applicants were strangers, and many, of course, were downright frauds. But the old man proceeded upon the principle that it is bettei to be deceived by many than to deny one deserving sufferer. He could afford, he used to say, to give half a dollar to anybody who asked for it, ir­ respective of the merits of the appli­ cant, and time did not permit him to inquire too minutely into the circum­ stances. His heaviest week during any season aggregated $1,500; it was con­ siderable money to spend on mendi­ cants ; but, as the old man said, the ministers would take care of those who belonged to their denominations, and some one must take care of those who were neither Episcopalians nor Meth­ odists, Presbyterians nor Catholics. It was those who had no religious affilia­ tions who were most liable to suffer without any resources or remedy; and it was for this class that he kept up his distribution of half dollars.--New York Times. "Are You There, Moriarity !" The winds were whispering low, and the sentinel stars had set their watches, if they have any to set, up in the skies, as Mrs. Tomly leaned from her cham­ ber window, and asked in a low and trembling voice: "Is that you, Henry?" Now it is a peculiarity of Mr. Tomly I that when under the influence he has great difficulty in finding his home. He has once been arrested as a burglar, and several times kicked out, so when he heard the female voice say, "Is that you, Henry ?" he said: *• 'Fore I ansher that quest:on Td like tor know f that's you, Sharah," hold ng on to the f ont gate and leering up at Sarah's chamber window. "Why certainly, Henry, it is me." "Is this the corner of Austin avenue r.nd B. street." "Why, of course it is, Henry." "Then,*' said Henry indignantly, aahe swayed up against the fence, "of coursh it's me. What\ er ask fool questions for? Don't you know your own hus­ band?"---Terns Siftings. A LOGANSYILLE (Pa.) doctor foond a man whose opium-dose roae to a pound of the tincture per day, hia doses beginning with an ounce. * The Fifteenth Annual Resales at Ctecftil nati in October Next. . iV t *n»flfteenth annual reunion of the Artajf of the Cumberland will be held in Cincitt* nati on the 24th and 25th of October, JSJSS. . | : This society was organized under the aa.' tpices of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas ia" 1m;$. and is composed of "ot&ceia and sol­ diers WHO ha .e at any time served witH honor in that army." The Army of the Cumberland was rn3 oc the largest of the grand a miej that ba.t.e# so nobly and weii to pre eive the Union,, Ol:! > ga/e to this army sixty regiments of in? fantry, four reg.me nsof o ivalry and twelve' batteries of aruiiery; I liuo.s forty-threfc regiments of infantry and sevea batteries oC art llery; Indiana thi.t -eight regimenm oi infantry, four regiments of cavalry aid twelve tmt.eiies of aitillsry; Michigan e^giit reigiments of infantry, two regrtaants of " cavalry, one regiment of meshjunos and en~ p neers, and live batteries of artii erjr; ana l the aggregate from thirteen otner States watt • si ay-eight regiments of intautry, twenty four regiments of cavalry acd ten batter.ee of artilierv. making a (jia id total, at opening of tke Aoianta campaign, of men. Every survivin? member of t&ms regiments who recei.ed.an honorable dto> charge is eatitled to membership in tha SO*- c.ety. The Society of tha Army of (hit Cumberland has always held high raalT with kindred aocletie-. and its ananal no por.s, now numbering eighteen handaoxae oc;avo volume J, bo and in cloth, contain • large amount of biographical and historical information of g.eat interest and value. It is deemed desirable to ooll the atttatta of .those who were membera of th» gCTjjd oMl c!ety. The Henry M. C.st, or Cincinnati, wul blank app.ications and g.ve any desired iv form .tion t j the sa who may wish to become members of the society. Lieut. Jltf *. Sheridan is its President , ' .1 i :m FINEOTYS FULMINATKML' How He Thinks the Becent Papal Circular to the Olergy Should Be Besested by ̂ Irishmen Everywhere. •'lil't.f" ______ ' i " * of Chicago, pnbUahed hy'fcltit F. Finerty, member of Congress, recentljr piinted an editorial headed "Boycott the Pope." Itsaj3: *-Of all the productions at? papal interference ?n the affairs.of Ireland^ that have marked the policy of the Vatican from the days of Adrian IY. to John XXIL, and; from the reign of that pontiff to the prescai time,the last circu aradd.es ed by Leo XIII1 to the Irish bishops and cleigy with^regard to the Parnell lund is the mok intoHrabhr impertinent If the Iiis.i people SohoaA craveniy to this latest Ita ion ias >, tha w ̂< Leing furnished by the Pope's worthy ally, Victoria, they will forleit the Iespeof the world at large." Tue urtiole says: "Let the Ir shpeop'e hold public mettin^s in every; diocese and pass reso utioas sternly de­ nouncing any more of his Holiness* nnholy* interven.ir n in Irish politics, and tell him PUC > and for all time, firmly and respectttu- ly, to mind his own business at the head of ; the Catholic church Tbev m ght MHIMK, ment this action by resolving not I) oofl̂ ' tribute a single cent of Peters t«ue«WK Leo occupies the papal chair, or at least Qlk- til he quits his pa<pab'e and litical alliance wiJi t io arch-en .-my of Irish nation and r.xe In a word, we advise t our countrymen to bo.vcots the Pope and teach him a lesson that may be serviceable at least to his lucee-snr. Cut ol some of the monetary supplies of Leo and teach him without, being mis a nder tood that the Irish -~ race cannot be build >zed into slavery by tha bayonets of England or by the thunders of Borne. We ho; e the high" Bit-hops and ' gy have backbone enough to resent this Ro­ man outrage on their ( atriot am. Ireland will stand by them ag "ins'. Pope Leo and every other foreign b..s_. bpdy. be he Saxon | or Italian " NATIONAL BANKS. Decision of the Attorney General $3,000,000. (Washington Telegraskl There can be no question, of the decision of the Attorney-General in thfp|̂ matter of the construction of the Tax law^ to the e.Tect that National banks are not ra ̂f/. qu red to pay taxes after Jan. 1 lass, ia '" correct At all events, it will be the struction which the tax-ooilectla£ powef will adopt The deeisTon furnishes anochi $ illustration of the crude nature of irnpoiW ' ' ant legislation. There probably ere very 4 men in the two houses wh > thought, a : thft, " time they were vot n_r on the internal re ve­ nue section 01 the bill, that the banks wore? to bo mad? a favored cU.ss. aud heparin .. to escape the payment 01 $ 00u,WJ in tax a- • f, tion But there oan, of tour o, be no <(ue.*» ' tion t ia: there were no ta\es due and j ay«, able on the id of Maxell, when the rt-pcal took effect. FBOM Maine come> the s!o y of a woman only 30 years eld who ha; bee t struck by Ughtnirg twice, hr.s be n on tao train wheat it was attacked by robbers ouce. has be«s apparently drowned twice, abducted tw M, . ana met with numerous accident! with horses, and still she is hale and hearty TEE loungers ar-und the de-ot ct E! Pase^ Texas, were sarpiised to see aliveccw 1 i i# complacently en the pdot of the Joe© a- tive wbi h brought the expre»- iu. Th * animal h d been c ught up u n mile* l a k, and, is- S e; d of b< i g u rown <>tt, * he was on the p ot Ietwe.n the stay , wh re ihe stay el When he.ped uif she showed s gnsof injury, bat started out in starch ef pa&Cure.