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^ * v c y Z M " * w: % . i:.* ' m fplmtg ftainlialerj I. VANtLYKS. MteraM PHMMmt. McHENBY, ILLINOIS.' FLORA BAKER, a oolore<? woman ot ?ood character, residing at Newport, Rhode Island, has been left a large es­ tate by her former owoer, "Waiaj W Woolridge, of Richmond.' THE merchants of Dallas, Tex., re­ monstrated with the prosecuting attor­ ney and grand jury against the prose­ cution of the gamblers, on the ground that it would ruin the business of . the •town. A NEWBDRGH (N. Y.) man naa&ed Schofield has constructed, during his leisure time, a "centennial table," on which he has worked 3,600 hours. It is composed of 500 pieces, containing 200 different kinds of wood, and iaval- ktted at $1,000. PROFESSOR HUXLEY said recently at the London Hospital Medical College •that, in the granting of degrees, the tri­ partite qualification of medicine, sur­ gery and midwifery should be insisted upon, and that to allow anyone to prac­ tice without it, at the present age of the •world, was "perfectly monstrous." • IT is a curious coincidence in connec­ tion with the Alfonso matter that it was on September 29, 1833, that Queen Isa­ bella ascended the throne of Spain. On September 29,1868, King Alfonso's mother had to fly and take refuge in France, and it was on September 29th lhat King Alfonso met the recent Insults from the French crowd. BERLIN in 1816 had a population of "195,000, London had one of 958,863, and Paris one of 713,966. Six years later Berlin had 1,250,000, London 4,000,000. -and Paris nearly 2,300,000. Betlin, therefore, increased more than sixfold, London about fourfold, and Paris about threefold. The population of Berlin during the reign of King •William has more than doubled. CURTIS MCGREGOR, of Caddo Peak, had his arm mutilated by a gun. It -was amputated near the shoulder. He , 'was able to sit up and walk about the "room, but complained from the first of . pain in the amputated hand, and de­ clared there were bugs in it. This con­ tinued until the eighth day after ampu­ tation, when frieflds exhumed and ex- • arnined the amputated arm, which had •been buried in a box with a cloth *' wrapped about it. A large bug was found in the hand as stated by Mc­ Gregor/ : i ' ' SEATED upon the hfearae with the driver in a Philadelphia Chinese funeral procession was an official who carried an immense banner, which he now and then waved as a warning to the demons to keep a respectful distance 'lom the coffin. Another man flung abroad strips of paper written over with mys­ tic puzzles, intended to excite the curi­ osity of the demons, and keep them so . busy with picking them up and trying to read them that they would forget what they came for, and let the pale sleeper in the coffin alone. On arriv­ ing at the open grave the bearer of the banner waved it vigorously to keep the demons back while the grave was filled. convict scoundrels, no matter what the testimony may be. The citizens may be divided , pretty generally into two classes, rogties and sympathizers with roguery. THERE is on exhibition at Yirginia City, Nev., a monstrosity of a trout caught in Mariette Lake. The trout is exactly sixteen inches in length, and is perfect in form in all parts except the head. The under jaw projects exactly one inch, by measurement, beyond the upper one, and the tongue about half as far. The upper jaw curves down, like the beak of a parrot. It has teeth on the sides, but none in front. The head, when viewed from the front, mnch re­ sembles the head of a sea-lion. In front are two indentations that seem to be perfect eyes, while ^pn the sides o* the head are the real eyes, though prob­ ably they are sightless, as a sort of film covers them and one is much higher on the head than the other. It is likely that while yonng the fish met with an accident of some kind; a big trout, per­ haps, snapped its upper jaw, though there is now no sign of such mutilation in the skin which covers the beak-like jaw. The trout will be prop- erly preserved as a natural curiosity. A DRUGGIST in Paris, having been convicted of adulterating sulphate of quinine, has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment at hard labor. In addi­ tion he is to pay a fine of a thousand francs, his name and crime are to be published in twelve political and twelve professional papers, and, should he ever re-open his store, to the dbor thereof is to be affixed a sign: "Sentenced for adulterating sulphate of quinine." This is severe punishment; far more severe, probably, than would be regarded as just in this country. But the crime was an infamous one. It was stealing from the sick man his only hope of re­ covery. And the incident is one which druggists, lawmakers, and the public here would do well to take to heart. Complaints are not infrequently heard of various drugs being poor in quality. Physicians are forced to direct that their prescriptions be filled at certain stores, that they may be sure of the strength of the ingredients. Some druggists seem to be running a race to see who can sell quinine pills at the lowest price.per dozen, and they adver­ tise each competing reduction with great flourish of trumpets. But when the price goes down, does the quality remain at proof? Or would universal and rigid examination of drugs of all kinds show that many dealers deserve to share the Frenchman's fate? ILLINOIS KEW8L STATE % t DBEAMS are coming into play as de­ fectives of lost property. An old Irish lady dreamed that a distant kinsman was in possession of an estate in Penn­ sylvania which was rightfully hers, came over, brought suit and recovered "it. So a citizen of Memphis died re­ cently, having two policies of insurance on his life which could not be found among his effects. Finally, a friend of the deceased had a dream in which he MW the lost policies, and on waking went to the place indicated and found them. Perhaps, in time, professional dreamers will be appealed to as suc­ cessfully for the recovery of lost arti­ cles as clairvoyants are now, or as Con­ necticut detectives for the unraveling •of crimes. • SOME idea of the relative importance <of the chief harbors ac.d ports of the United States can be had from this statement of their entries and clear­ ances for the quarter ending June 30> 1888: Entered. Cleared. Yes- tela. Tons. Ves­ sels. Tons. Baltimore. 84 96,119 78 17.877 Boston 251 !102,1V8 224 89,507 New Orleans 59 19,046 M 15,951 JNew York 738 236,051 429 2*25,949 Passamaquoddy... 40 33.180 63 37,320 Philadelphia. 168 82,828 100 67,458 Paget Sound 167 72,190 164 63.273 flan Francisco 102 80.449 94 81.616 AN interesting address was recently delivered at Chicago before the Asso­ ciation for the Advancement of Women, upon "Mourning Garb." Dr. Julia Holmes Smith, of Chicago, was the au­ thor of the paper, which was well re­ ceived and applauded. The expression of grief is common to all peoples, she said; the more primitive and barbarous the people, the more barbarous their customs--agony, fasting, wringing the hands, gashing the body, cutting off the ears, knocking out the teeth, etc. But this is always immediately succeeded by frantic joy and a discarding of the symbols of mourning. The Chinese wear white as a mark of hope, for a short time only; the South Sea Island­ ers, black and white; the Persians, withered leaf color, while blue is an emblem of the sky and consequently of hope, is worn in Syria, Armenta and neighboring countries. The Egyptians wear yellow; Jews and Christians black, "the midnight gloom of sorrow for the loss sustained." In the opinion of the speaker mourning should not be . worn, because if the grief is real the in­ fluence on the mourner is bad; children should not be subjected to its influence; it is often an extravagance; and fre­ quently expresses sham sentiment or is merely a concession to fashion. The wearing of the mourning garb has the effect of keeping the attention fixed upon bereavement, and so delaying the healthy reaction which is essential to life's duties. The ladies present ex­ pressed their agreement with the lec­ turer, pledged themselves not to wear it and to persaude other women to dis­ pense with it. It will greatly depend, however, upon whether they can make it unfashionable. As it is not for the interest of the dressmakers and milli­ ners to make it unfashionable, they will have the fashion-makers opposed to them. From this it appears that New York yanks first, Boston second, San Fran­ cisco third and Philadelphia fourth, ac- oording to the total tonnage, while the position of the last two is reversed if the number of vessels is considered. At present New York gets the lion's share •of the commerce of the Atlantic. THE citizens' movement against the dishonest detectives in Washington has met the same fate as the government attempt to bring the star-route rascals to justice. The first officer tried on the charge of collusion with thieves has been acquitted. There are several cases still before the court, but there does not appear to be much prospect that any of them will end in conviction. The ex-deteotives appear to have so much influence among officials, and especially among those in charge of the drawing of juries, that convictions are thought to be improbable. Washing­ ton is certainly the paradise of rogues, both public and private. It is almost fcnpoaaible to obtain ajwy that ^ Chief Cities of France and England. The population of each of the princi­ pal cities of France and England in 1881 is given in the "Statesman's Year Book" as in the table below: nAHoa. a, 369,0331London. *4.764,31: 376.613 Glasgow..,. . . t647,09! Paris Lyons.. Marseill . Bordeaux. Lillie Toulouse Nantes Bt. Etienoe Rouen.......... Le Havre Rheims. .._.... Roubaix........ Amiens Nancy ..... Toulon Anders N ce..... Brent* Limoges........ Nimes 360,099 221,305 17«,1M lilV-W 134,319 123,813 103,906 10E.867 93,823 91.757 74,170 73,255 70,103 (W.041 Liverpool. Dublin Birmingham.. Manchester... Leeds Sheffield Edinburgh Bristol Bradford Sal ford........ Wolveriiamp- ton Hull M.IHI Oldham #6,279 Newcastle-on- <ifi,110j Tyne. 63,7661 Dundee #3^52.'Briehton 'Portsmouth... 552.4 1418.15 400,78 3*1.0 309,1 284,41 ICO,45 161.51 152,51 l»,40l 127,98 "This is what is known as "Policfj London," its broadest definition. Thej London covered by "Mortality Bills'4 contained but 3,831,719 inhabitants? fGlasgow and its suburbs. fDublii' County, most of the population of which is in Dublin and its suburbs. THERE are 200,000 commercial travelers in the United States. They cost their employers, it is estimated, $600,000,000 a year. LONDON annually consumes 105,000 its. Salt is the African delicacy* REMINISCENCES. Detailing the CoonopoUtait Traita ot Lh. coin In Pmbltc and Private Ufc. I was introduced to a gentleman by the name of Milton Hay, who was said to have been Abraham Lincoln's very near friend, and to abound in reminiscences of him. Said I, "You knew Mr. Lincoln very well?" "Yes, before he was* made President of the United States I knew him almost as well as anybody. We were of the same general stock. I liked him and was glad to be in his company." "Can you give me an idea." said I, "of Mr. Lincoln's voice--that voice which none can hear again, and which but few had the privilege of hearing?" "I do not know enough about music," said Mr. Hay, "to describe that voice exactly. I hardly know whether it was a tenor voice or not. It was pitched a little high. It was not ontirely pleas­ ant to hear, particularly after he had* proceeded some time in his speech. It was a reaching voice with pathos in it, but it was high pitched." "What was the color of Mr. Lincoln's eyes; were they brown ?" "Well, now, I shoukl say," said Mr. Hay, "that he had a kind of grayish- blue eye, but do you know I never looked at that matter closely, I was un­ der the influence of his eyes and did not analyze them. ~ I think, however, that he had a light eye." "Was he a man who laughed out loud?" "Yes, he was as hearty a laugher as ever you heard. When he would get off his stories he would laugli when he came to the point, and his laugh was as infectious as the story had been sharp. Now," said Mr. Hay, "it has been de­ nied recently by some distinguished men that Lincoln told stories off color. There is no use of gilding the lily or painting the rose. Lincoln did tell many a story which I have heard that was what might be called smutty. He did not tell them for the sake of the smut or the coarseness, but to illustrate his point, and no stories that ever I heard were so cogent to that end. I recollect," said Mr. Hay, "that after he had been nominated for President, a delegation of Methodist ministers con­ cluded to pay him a visit. He received them in very good style. He got the gauge of them very quickly, and he could not resist the inclination to try the brethren with a good yarn and my recollection of it was that it was a little bit fragrant." "Did he ever invent any of these stories, Mr. Hay?" "No, I don't think he did. He pick­ ed them up among the homely common people with whom he lived so long, in the woods, at the country st6re, on the flat boat, in the Legislature and around the court houses. He also had grati­ tude to the man who could tell him a good story. I recollect on one occasion that some one who had told him a first- rate story went into the rebellion, and Lincoln telling the yarn that the man told him, said to us: "If I ever catch that fellow fighting the Union I think I will let him off a good part of his share of any punishment lie may get on account of that story." He took offense at Horace Greeley when he came to lecture in our town for raying in the lecture that he thought humor was a very small part of ability. Lincoln somewhat admired Greeley, but he concluded, after hearing that state­ ment, that Greolev did not know as much about human nature as he had supposed. He expressed his dissatis­ faction with that particular view of Greeley, after the lecture. "When Lin­ coln told these stories," said Mr. Hay, "he would almost always rise from his seat and give the anecdote or the best part of it standing, and then, when he came to the point, he would perhaps fan his hands and bend with laughter." "When you say he was a cosmopoli­ tan do you mean that he was not a sec tional man?" "Yes, I mean that Lincoln reeognized his fellow citizens in every corner of this country. He had been to New Or­ leans. He had been to New York. He could get along anywhere. He was not a local patriot. He was a general pa triot." "Is it true that he was a man of cer­ tain sadness or melancholy ?" "Yes, I think it is. He had a dis­ position at times to take a forlorn view of himself and of human nature and of man's situation in space. These fits did not annoy his friends, but seemed to be a kind of inward depression." "How was Mr. Lincoln as a lawyer, Mr. Hay?" "He was not a deep lawyer, a jurist. In the trial of a case where he might be retained with men of more grasp or reach in the law, he would perhaps sit down and listen to their speeches and say nothing at all. But he had a genius to see the truth, and an honest way of reasoning a thing out before a jury, and therefore he made a respectable living for his time and place at the bar, and was considered a safe counselor, a true man to retain, and an upright man to fight against without mounting into the high places at the bar. He rather lived in the realm of morals and politics than in that of pure law.--Gath. Music by Two Bands. "Pap, did you ever hear music from a rubber band?" said Johnnie. "No, my son, never. What in the world do you mean ? Is is a lot of rub- lter figures that yon blow up and then do they play music?" "Naw, pap. Come out in the nexL room and 111 let you hear some musie from a rubber band." The old gentleman becoming inter­ ested laid down his paper, wiped bis glasses and followed his son into the next room where Johnnie had a rubber Imnd.fetched folate Behin, £ pea^e H. B.SIiephanl, A I,. Weaver, Warren Smith. ^mmi Do not fail to call at Bister's stoi before baying your Christ mas present MRS. SCHTTmachITR Has just reurned from the City wit a tine stock of Goods, selected espe cially for the Holiday trade, to wliic she invites the attention of the buying public. She lias aiso the finest line o Ladles Neck Wear ever brought to thi town, which she has received diree from New York, which for quality style and price cannot be surpassed Do not fail to call at her stoiv, ex amine goods and learn prices. You cai save money by dosing so. satv.<cu tvuauuJ'or as a gitsi grab-bag of happiness, in which there' is good luck for every one who takes a chance, while the sober and pertain fact is that a true marriage between men and women, wedded to high purpose, is one of the most difficult of earthly achievements, and one whose success dignifies life. If all this has been for­ gotten by the average morality of the day and passed over in silence by the church, it is not surprising that divorces increase. Nor will they disappear un­ til a profound change comes. Agitation against divorce laws may prune the branches, but unless the root is pluck­ ed up it will continue to nourish an evil fruit.--Philadelphia Press. A Mother's Lore, Young "man, honor and reverence your mother. Be good to her, be kind to her, be respectful to her, and do all in your power to lessen her burden through life. Maybe you do not, as yet, know it from actnal experience, but you mny rely on yoijr mother stick­ ing to you and befriending you, and loving you w hen all the balance of the world is apni ist yon. No matter how mean and low and degraded you may be, and how unworthy you may be of anybody's regards, the chances are that your mother will love you with as much solicitude as she did when you was a spotless, prattling child. Yes, young man, when all the world con­ victs you of a crime and points the fin­ ger of accusation at you, crying, "He is guilty--he is guilty!" your mother will Ojjen her arms as of yore and cry out to the clamoring crowd--"No! no! he is innocent--he is innocent !" She will, young man, unless she is an exception to the rule. Not long ago a young iftan was con­ victed of murder and sentenced to be hung. He had lived a dissipated life, had wasted all his manhoo^Nm the low­ est debauchery and association with every species of Vice, and this schooling had well prepared him for the final act of his career. He deliberately and brutally struck down and killed a fel­ low-being and a companion who had be­ friended him. The world said he did it, the court said he did it, the jury said he did it, the Governor, by refus­ ing his clemency, said he did it--yet his mother could not and would not be­ lieve her boy guilty of so fiendish a crime. He whom she had fondled on her lap, had tenderly cared for through the perils of infancy and, mayhap, had taught to babble an evening prayer at her knee--he lie guilty of murder? No! no! His father and brothers may have been more or less indifferent in the matter, but not so the mother, who, up to the time when her son died on the gallows, declared his innocence. We saw this aged mother at the jail the day before the execution. She had received word that the Governor would not interfore and all hope was lost. At that time she was denied the privilege of holding further communi cation with the prisoner, and she had given up to hopeless, agonizing grief Sitting in a chair in the jail office she hysterically mourned her worse than dead boy and would not be comforted. Faithful to the last, this aged mother embraced her son in the coffin after he had given up his life in expiation of his crime, and to the end of her life she will not cease to mourn for him. This is but an incident of the many we could give in illustration of our text. We could toll of numberless other proofs of the endurance of a mother's love, but we forbear. Take our word for it, young man, your mother is the best friend you have on the face of the earth.--Fort Wayne Hoosier. Birds . That Think. "Do birds think ? Let me tell you of a little bird I once owned. The little bird was a female mocking bird that had a nest of young ones about a week old. The baby birds were never healthy, inheriting weakness from their father, who had asthma. Early one morning I was awakened by the mother-bird standing on my pillow pouring into my ear the most mournful notes I ever heard. I knew something was wrong and arose at once. The mother flew to her nest, then looked to see if I was following, which I was. As soon as I had reached the nest she took hold ot one of the baby bird's wings, pinched it gently with her beak and watched it eagerly, I think to see if it moved. Then she took hold of one of the little feet and pinched it in the same manner, and finding it did not move, she looked up at me in pleading way, as if she wanted me to try and waken them. I reached my hand out toward the nest. She stood aside and looked on with as' much in terest and feeling apparently as anj young human mother. "I examined the lifeless little bodies, and when I withdrew my hand thf mother hastened to hover over the little ones, seeming to think that if sh« could warm them they would awaken. In a few minutes she hopped off the nest, looked at her babies, held food close to their mouths, and coaxed and called them, but in vain. She flew all around the room, as if in search ol some untried remedy. Several times she perched on my shoulder, and looked so distressed and pitiful I coukl hardly keep from crying. I put her in a cage, and hung her in the sunshine to see if she would become quiet. She took a bath, but still remained* nervous and seemed anxious, and by and bj grew so restless I had to take her out of the cage and let her go to her nest again. "She stood quite a while looking at her dead children. Then she went over all the little bodies--pinching them gently and watching them closely to see if they moved. When she saw no signs of life she seemed puzzled. She seemed at last to make up her mind the little ones were dead. And one by one she lifted them ten­ derly in her beak and laid them sid« by side in the middle of the room. She looked at them lovingly a moment, then flew to her empty nest and gazed won- deringlv into that. Finally she perched on my shoulder and looked into my eyes as if to ask: What does all this mean ? What a lesson of love and de­ votion that little bird taught! She always fed the little ones before taking a mouthful herself, and sometimes she would stand coaxing them to take one mo$f> mouthful, and finding they had enough would swallow it herself.--Neic York Journal. AGRICULTURAL. Why He Killed Himself. Every one knows the story of the con* demned man who carefully blew the froth off a glass of beer for which he had asked as he was about to be led ta the gallows, observing that he believed the froth of beer to be unwholesome. The case is not unique. A man com­ mitted suicide in a Parisian restaurant after making a lieartly luncheon,washed down with a bottle of choice Burgundy. On a slip of paper found on the table before him, he had written in pencil: "Oysters are excellent for the stomach and old wine promotes longevity; but politics disgust a man with life, and that is the reason why I am about tc kill myself."--St. James's Gazette. PHILADELPHIA. watchmen. has 1,500 private PBOF. BROWN, of the Ontario model farm, says: "An average cow for dairy purposes should give twenty pounds of milk a day during 200 days every year; eight pounds of cream for every 100 {tounds of milk; forty-five pounds of •utter for every 100 pounds of cream, and full ten pounds of chetse for every 100 pounds of milk." GEEAT care should be taken in seed­ ing with clover to leave no gaps, for snch will inevitably be covered with weeds, a worse than useless waste of ground. It is a good plan to lop the seed a trifle and then sow crosswise, to make sure that all is evenly distributed. A peck per acre, sown four quarts each way, gives a good stand. THE editor of a bee journal keeps 100 hives of bees in New York city. They do well, gathering honey from flowers in the parks and about private residences. When swarming, however, they sometimes alight in inconvenient places, one swarm stopping on a street­ car and another storing a hundred pounds of honey in a time ball on the top of one of the highest business blocks.--Chicago Journal. HARRIS, in his "Talks on Manure," says: "We draw out a ton of fresh manure and spread it on the land in order to furnish the growing crops with 12f pounds of nitrogen, 6| pounds of phosphoric acid, v and 13f pounds of potash--less than 33 pounds in all." He says we should try and make richer barnyard manure, because it costs na more to draw out and spread a ton of manure containing sixty pounds of nitrogen and the other essentials in like proportion. HON. KT-FUS PRINCE, president of the Maine State Agricultural society, writes the Marine Farmer: ' "I am no horse doctor, but I will give you a very sim­ ple but effective cure for scratches, given me by one that had had the care of horses for a long time, and which has never failed fvith me. It is this: 'Wind a woolen rag around the horse's ankle and fasten it on and let it be until it wears off. No matter if you drive your horse in the mud, do not take off the rag, and before you think of it the scratches will be cured.'" THE average weight and number of eggs laid by fowls of different breeds are given by a poultry journal, as fol­ lows : Light Brahmas and Partridge Cochins, eggs 7 to the pound, lay 130 per annum; black, white and buff Cochins, 8 to the pound, lay 115 per annum; Plymouth Rocks, 8 to the pound,- lay i50 per annum, Houdans, 7 to the pound, lay 140 per annum; La Fleche, 7 to the pound, lay 130 per annum; Creve"Coeurs, 8 to the pound, lay 140 per annum; black Spanish, 7 to the pound, lay 150 per annum; Leg­ horns, 8, to the pound, lay 160 per annum; Hamlmrgs, 9 to the pound, lay 150 per aunnm; Dominique*, 9 to the pound, lay 155 per annum: Game. 9 to the pound, lay 130 per annum; Ban­ tams, 16 to the pound, lay 140 per an­ num. PASTURE FOR SWINE.--Pigs allowed to range and feed in the pure air, with cleanly surroundings, will have pure blood, which in the course of nature will build up healthful bodies. They also have the opportunity to resort to remedies and antidotes which their in­ stincts may prescribe for their bodily ailments. These out-ofiloor pigs would not show so well attne fairs, and would probably be passed over by the judges and people, who have been taught to admire only the fat, feverish, helpless things which get the prizes, but are really a caricature on fathers and mothers. Such pigs are best adapted to fill lard-tubs and to make doctors' bills; whereas, the standard of perfection should be a pig which will make the most ham with the least waste of fat, the longest and deepest sides with the most lean meat. It should have l>one enough to stand up and help itself and caTrv with it the evidence of health and natural development in all parts. Pigs which run in a range of pasture have good appetites; the fresh air, exercise and change of diet give them this; hence they will eat a great variety of food, and much coarser tlian when confined in pens. Nothing need go to waste on a farm where pigs are kept for lack of a market.--Ohio farmer. SHALL HE REMAIN ON THE FARM?-- The Hew York Farmer gives this ad­ vice to one who asks the above ques­ tion : "If our young friend, as a boy, has found himself so absorbed iu whit­ tling that he has forgotten to put up the pasture bars or to shut the cow- yard gate, and has let the cows run wild over the garden and corn field, we should say that he had better study whittling as a business. He will never make a good farmer, nor a mechanic either, except as a tool for somebody else. If there were no farms nearly paid for, waiting to be worked by in­ telligent and skillful lal>or; if there were no special inducements held up for drawing the young man toward the family homestead, we should certainly feel like advising a course of study and practice in a school of technology or an apprenticeship under a good master. Any man with a good trade will find himself in demand in this busy world. There will always bo plenty of room and plenty of work for the best me­ chanics, those who can plan and lay out as well as execute. In choosing an oc­ cupation a good deal depends u}>on how mnch ambition one may have, and the nature of that ambition. If a young man is exceedingly anxious to l>ecome an inventor and acquire a name besides that of a Howe,a Morse or a Fulton,and is willing to take the chances, which are probably one in several millions, then he had better keep whittling as long as his stick holds out. If his mind is set upon great wealth, he must get into some of those channels in which great fortunes are possible, even though mil­ lions of other men, equally worthy, are run over in the struggle. If his avarice and physical endurance are equal to the task he will succeed. On the other hand, if one feels that he can be satis­ fied cr reasonably contented with his lair share of this world's goods; if a good home, a productive farm, a fairly lucrative business, an honorable posi­ tion in society, with always a few njore dollars in pocket than are needed for meeting debts due; if all this is worthy of a moderate effort to obtain, and all beyond is going to cost more than it is worth, then the good farm, certainly, under the circumstances named, does most surely hold out sufficient induce­ ment for the undertaking by any young man who may be disposed to make the trial. Nor need he try to smother his inventive or whittling propensities en­ tirely while on the farm. What the farmers need more than most else at the present time is the ability to pre­ pare their products in such0a way that they shall bring more mo'uey in market than they now brings The surplus milk that ia being spiUied in the streets to 'bull' the market; the apples tluft He rotting under the trees every softond year, are waiting for farm whittle** smart enough to make a better use of their products. A good mechanical en­ gineer is needed to-day in almost every school district to build and repair the highways so that a horse can draw a load equal to his own weight at a rate of five miles an hour, which has been animpossibility on many roads for some t. HOUSEKEEPERS* HELPST ~ * CHICKEN PIE.--Stew nntil tender two chickens, jointed small, season and chickcn gravy with flour. Line a dish with biscuit crust, fill with the chicken and gravy, place on a top crust and l>ake. RYE TEA CAKES.--One pint sweet milk, two eggs well-beaten, one tea- spoonful of brown sugar, half a tea- spoonful of salt; stir into this sufficient rye flour to make it as stiff a& common griddle-cake batter. Bake in gem pans half an hour. Seave hot. TRIPE CURRY.--Cat in small strips two pounds of tripe. Slice and fry brown three onions, mix a tablespoonful of curry powder with a tablespoonful ol butter and put with the onions while frying. Add one pint of milk and the tripe, and stew one hour. GREEN PEAS.--Use only enough wa­ ter to boil them tender. When dry, add rich milk and plenty of butter, set them on the back of the stove to simmer ten or fifteen minutes, which brings this dressing to a creamy consistency. Sea' eon with salt and pepper. GOOD SPICE CAKE.--One cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, yelks of four eggs, one-half cup of molasses, one- half cup sour milk, two and a half cups of flour, one teaspoonful of soda and a teaspoonful each of ground cloves, cin­ namon, allspice and nutmeg. S BOILED CABBAGE.--Strip off the out­ side leaves; cut in quarters and lav for an hour in cold water; cover with boil­ ing water and cook fifteen minutes; turn off the water and cover, with fresh boiling water; cook until tender, per­ haps an hour; drain well; chop and stir in a teaspoonful of butter, pepper and salt. Serve hot. Turn FRUTTI.--One quart of rich cream, one and one-half ounces of sweet almonds, chopped fine; one-half pound of sugar; freeze, and, when sufficiently congealed, add one-half pound of pre­ served fruits, with a few rasins chopped and finely-sliced citron. Cut the fruit small, and mix well with the cream. Freeze like ice cream; keep on ice until required. POTATO ROLLS.--Season cold mashed potatoes with salt and pepper, beat to a cream, with a tablespoonful of melted butter to every cup of potato; mince with two or three beaten eggs, and add some minced parsley; roll into oval balls, dip into a beaten eg£, then in bread-crumbs, and fry in hot lard or drippings; pile in a pyramid on a flat dish and serve. VEGETABLE SOUP.--Scrape two car­ rots, an onion, quarter of a cabbage and two turnips. Cut them in pieces a little larger than dice. Put the pieces in a large saucepan with a little butter and water; let it cook half an hour; then cut your potatoes in the same way. Take your meat out of the soup kettle, skim of the grease and put all into your broth, and let cook another half hour. PIE-PLANT DUMPLINGS. -- Make a crust as for baking-powder biscuits,with the addition of a tablespoonful of sugar, then divide the dough into as many pieces as the number of dutnp- liugs wanted, rolling each one out and filling with pie-plant mixed very thin, sprinkle a little sugar over, in ordet that the fruit will cook tender, then pinch up together and bake from twenty to thirty minutes. To be eaten with liquid sauce. CODFISH BALLS.--Take a nice codfish about two pounds; put into a kettle with sufficient cold water to cover the fish, and let it boil till perfectly tender; then remove to a pan of cold water; the fish can then be easily separated from bones, skin, etc. Place in an earthen pan and smash fine, with about double the quantity of nicely steamed potatoes, and three or four slices of light bread crumbed, or previously soaked in milk; add two eggs and a teacup of butter, with black pepper to suit taste. Masb and mix thoroughly, and make as moist as is wished with sweet milk. Make in­ to cakes and fry brown. Plant Trees oil the Roadsides. Mr. Orange Judd advocates tre« planting along the highways, in the America AyriculturiHt. He says: Trees may Jl>e planted at any time be fore the ground freezes solid, or as soon as it fully opens in spring. Earl; spring would be preferable on some accounts; but if left until then, the hurry of work, often delayed by cold and wet weather, is likely to interfere, It is better, therefore, to get every liard}r tree possible into its permanent growing place now. And every year it is delayed is no trifling loss. A hun­ dred trees can be set at a cost of ten tc twenty dollars, or for almost no cost, if one has spare time and the saplings are easily available. These may in ten tc fifteen years grow to be worth three to ten dollars apiece for needed timbei and fuel, or for the fruit or nuts pro­ duced. ^ It would be greatly to the advantage of the country, its climate and its beauty, if the sides of our public high­ ways generally were planted with trees that furnish shade and ornament while growing, and supply at no distant period wood for various purposes. Some years before they mature suf­ ficiently £o be cut down for use, new plantings alternating with the oldei trees can be coming forward to take their places, or slow and quick-growing varieties may be set, so that when the latter arc removed the former will be large enough to soon fill the gaps. It is desirable, however, to have togethei those that somewhat resemble each other in form at the top. We have in mind a broad street, ninety feet wide, where twenty-five to thirty years age various oaks were set, thirty to fort; feet apart, ten feet from the outside, and between these, in a line with them, quick-growing maples were planted. Recently the maples were all removed, furnishing a cord of wood apiece, with considerable useful timber, and the oaks now stand in two beautiful rows. As to loss of land from spreading roots and from shade, if planted a few feet from the fence, the r»ots can be kept from the crops by a deep furrow along the inside of the fence every year or two, and the shade will not be a serious detiiment--none at all from trees on the south side of roads run­ ning easterly and westerly. Those on the northerly side of the road furnish a very desirable shade to animals in the adjoining pastures. EVESI fifth Mormon is a polygamist THERE is talk of starting a su-am factory at QttJoey. Tmt members at Preabytciiaw V ' •* churches in Jacksonville ate dticnwlny tb» \ J'&j1 poller of uniting them. ' ^ .. ̂ A SOUTH ELOIN man, Chester Starr, olslogi ' to have kilted nine mallard ducks at <m» with a slnglWa-re! shot-gun. Tax premium cat te said to live in Havana.* Said cat killed, by aotaal ooont, 125 rats mice insiffe of an hour and a hatf* THE East 8t. Louis City Council has been enjoined from passing? an appropriation bill until outstanding Judgments are paid. DIOOINO for coal at Pana haa progressed to a depth of 400 feet, leav n r 315 feet yet to be" accomplished before the vein is reached. EMMA BOND, tfte victim of the alleged rage at Taylorville some months aero, it 41 snl<l, will soon wed a Bloomington gentleman. THAMP at Nokorcli attempted to stoo: IX .. I Tbi-ey, depot master, because the latter used to let y» torineir sleep ' txe* de 'i: S fused to let tK« fOrmer sleep m tJie depot building. ^ ; A GEXiaXi a&i&s of ' *r ' ond'ict.Hl in Macon county to deterra ne ^ 1 whether the corn product of this yew can be f depended upon for seed. AT.HKHT KKKP and others have tied at Free- port articlei of incorporation for a railway from that city to Galena, the capital stock of he company being S3,(M0,000. ; > ' 4 Mas. JACOB HEXRY, of Cedarville, kVow citizen of Stephenson connty. aad mother ef John W. Henry, a well-knoxvn Freeport manu- $ facturcr, died at her home, aged 74 years, . ^ ' THOMAS ROBINSON, of Springfield, left for • L r'i England recently, having received notice Of . the death of lis'athcr. It is said tl at Mr. Robinson, by his father"* death, inherits a fortune Of $250,000. TOBIAS KINDER, for F'overal years a freight conductor on the Wabash road, was arrested in Chicago and taken to Decatur on charge Of being the leader of a gang of car-iobbcrs. THERK is a lively little li-juor war going on in Dement, a temperance town, against per­ sons who are supposed to be slyly furnishing the wherewith to supply tha cup which checra and inebriates. * . • (i AT Island No. 10, William \Ntese faMeta* '*•" ^ fatal Injuries with an ax on Rose Oldman, in *» * a quarrel over cards. Nest day Niese waa ^ shot dead by John Oldman, a nephew of the / deceased and a fisherman. £•' DIPHTHERIA, typhoid fever, csnsucpptipn ^ and pneumonia w«rc the principal causes of * ^ death in Chicago last week. The total mor- - • , tality was 18#, an increase of eight over the ^ *; record of the previous week. J. F. YOAKUM, a Baptist minister at Grand ̂ ̂' Chain, has been placed in jail at Mound Citjr jt • for concocting a ectaeme to swindle insurance n-,y , V J companies by representing that his accom- pllce was drowned in the Ohio river. ™ -o ON an inspection of the county jail at Quin- cy the look of a door Isading into the main ball was found to be t awed nearly off. A no­ torious prisoner named Gadbois, who escaped once before, is believed to have done the job. ^ t ) PnoF. CAHMICHAKL, principal of the public schools at Greenville, was hung in effigy by ? the members of a literary Bociety connected V i with the high school, for refusing to allow '/ « the school building to be opened for holding their meetings. Bx-Rav. H. O. HOFFMAN, who has bent |f f editor of the Bloomington Jndepcralsat, h*» jy retlred to take the pastorate of an inde- t~,A pendent church organized at that plac?. 4 whioh will temporarily hold services in the M'Vi opera hou?e. ^ JACK BROWK, a brakeman on a Chicago „ and Alton freight train, was knocked under J s the wheels by four tramps whom he at- '*•!» tempted to put off at Brighton. Cook county* & H His leg was amputated at the County Hoa- pital, but he died at midnight. „ KOBKRT MOOHE, who lives three MILES Berth W '•[ of Niantic, is having a streak of bad luek. He was the owner of 200 head of hogs, but ^ , the cholera is wiping them out at the rate of , - three and ten a night. He has lost quite a , V ^ number lately. * , &* ; THE skull of the convict Anderson, mur- ^ dered in Joliet prison by Mooney, has mys- teriously disappeared from the basement of \ • ( the Warden's office. As it boro marks of * '*• certain wound, sufficient to convict the ac- ;|" cused, who has been granted a new trial, it yg , is thought Mooney will escape t]^gallows. ^ IN Piano, the other day, a Geiroan named * ...' • Gutberg, who has been in this country but g| V< a short time, was overcome by a strange and terrible affliction in the sudden and com- * plete loss of his mind. He is otherwise ic -* * perfect health, and the case isalike lne*p!l- , cable to his family and bis phytricians, who ^ fear he cannot be restored. • THE case of Rhoda Parker against the oity W I ...> of Atlanta has been compromised for $M0» The plaintiff brought suit for damages she alleged to have received, caused by falling on ^ " " If a defective sidewalk. The case was submitted to three arbitrators, who assessed damages at $150, which, with interest from that date- amounted to about $4T5. AM, that was mortal of Marie Litta, the prima donna, has been removed from the vault at Bloomington, and laid to rest ia Evergreen cemetery. The interment was witnessed by a group of friends of the di­ seased singer, and was a very affecting scene. The erection of a costly and beauti­ ful monument over her grave has been dis­ missed, but t is now more probable that a memorial building will be erected. O. H. OI.DROVD, of 8pringfleld, a special admirer of the name and character of Abra­ ham Lincoln, has leased the old Lincoln homestead for a term of years. While pre­ paring it for personal occupancy, he has been fitting it up with a view to preserving it, as nearly as possible, just as Lincoln left It when he went to Washington to assume the Presidency. A room has been set apart for the storage and display of Mr. Oldroyd'a private collection of Lincoln mementos, fathered during a period of nearly twenty years. FRANK BOWKRS, an employe of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway company, waa probably the most astonished man, tfce other evening, in Chicago. He was walking along the tracks of the road, near the Western ave­ nue crossing, when he was struck from be* hind hy a hand car loaded with men. He wast knocked fiat, but fortunately fell lengthwise of the truck. The car and another which foV> lowed close behind it passed over him with­ out rioing any injury. He aroee and hurried to his home, badly frightened, but unhurt save by the blow which had knocked hftt down- UNDKB the Habitual Criminal* act of ike Legislature passed laat June WilUaa|8ttllK van, a professional burglar, upon a third con­ viction of heinous crime at Chicago, waa sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. Tan years ago he shot a policeman and served a term in prison for the crime. Iu 187V he »-as captured after a burglary and got three years. Now, upon capturiug him once more and convicting him as a housebreaker, soci. ety gets a grip on bim which cannot talk aa an example, to rid Illinois of all the unoawgha thieves who hare served two terms la our penitentiaries. IK Danville ooalla deUrerad for tL4far | .1