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<W. 5 , ' ' » ' A lively colloquy ooosmred betwae* Bin Butler and Mr. Biplejr, counsel the Sprafĵ Juits In Bh^N The former objected to a pronoertfag on the purl of the latter. *If GoTenMtt Butler will bat allow me," said Wt.' Bipley. "I am Mr. Butler In court," replied the Gafreffnitnr. "I was not aware your tenihad expired," eon* tinned Mr. Bipley. "It never began in Bhode Island," said, Mr. Butler. "I am very glad of tint," retorted Bipley. w- •IT, 1 ,, 5 « V t •* ' ' .'V . w/ ^ 'P THB city of St. Paul, Minnesota ̂ •earns to be enjoying a healthy growth at present. Thirty-five hundred resi­ dences and 443 business house* were erected in that thriving town during the past year, at a cost, of nearly $12,- 000,000. This is a showing Which, per haps, no city of the same size in the eoontry can exhibit. For several years her lively neighbor, Minneapolis, had the lead in building, but of late St. Pa«l seems to have outstripped all rrrala. St. Paul is one of those suburbs Oiî ago is proud of. v, t THI women's department in the iftoston fair has created surprise among those who think that woman cannot Invent. Some of the contrivances are Ingenious. A California woman has de­ vised a table bedstead. There are a double piano stool, a bridle rein, an improved ehimney, a birch bark life- preserver, a ventilating screen, life-size doll babies, carpet stretchers, floor- elinging dustpans, kidney cures, stove dampers, a photograph album, a pan greaser, a lock against burglars, and an attfottti'leaf catcher lor cisterns, •*>? IIORD OVEBSTONE, who lately died fn England at the age of 87, and who was Immensely wealthy, it is said had con­ stantly a dread of having to spend his last days in the workhouse. To pacify the cravings and heartburnings of the •old gentleman, who in his day was a political economist of celebrity, his •on-in-iaw, Col. Lloyd Lindsay, was -obliged to grant him a little annuity of 17 shillings per week. As Mrs. Lind­ say was left $80,000,000 by her father it is not thought that her husband will be much out of pocket by his generosity. : : r CABOISLE, the new Speaker of Ipb House of Representatives, is most happy in his domestic relations. He de­ fers in eyerything to his genial and dig­ nified wife, and frankly acknowledges his obligations to her for the success of his public career. Their home in Ken­ tucky is proverbial for hospitality and good cheer. Ever since his entrance into public life at the capital Mr. Car­ lisle has had rooms at the Biggs House, fronting to the Treasury Department? but his elevation to the Speakership may lead him to secure a house where lie can be master of the receptions ex­ pected of one holding such an advanced position. ' .. Ht * • ' I TABOB, of Colorado, who was JCpce a temporary Senator of the United states, is to build a mansion in Wash­ ington which will eclipse any other in the city. It is to be very large and very magnificent, and Mr. Tabor's fondest hope is to make it a scene of great social gayety. The Tabors are not admitted into the choioest social circles at home, it is said; but Wash­ ington society is not so fastidious, per- haps, and at any rate his lavish hospi tality and the curiosity regarding his resplendent night-shirts--a room for the display of which will probably be provided--Will doubtless insure prompt sdbial recognition. £ Germans to tfc has been such as The im with such !• huwd in the fUii liift public aohools, and are fully compliant to un- ihrtake say ordinary clerical work, while their habits of industry and fru­ gality enable them to underbid English Again, it has lately been that Over 1,000,000 persons! Mhfotengn birth are now residents of( France, a tolerable large percentage when we remember that its very exis­ tence has until quite recently been un­ suspected. Belgians head the list, fur­ nishing half the total, but the immi­ gration from Italy is on the increase, as also is that from Spain, and even from Germany. 1 f- • Ww &•' f'V > \ ' i i- ; *v V/ "•* •> • • The English journal whieh last jw* announced with reference to a conven­ tion of Dunkards in a western state, that 10,000 drunkards had assembled, and which indulged in various solemn comments thereon, showed on the whole less ignorance than was lately exhibited in the Paris Temr s. That journal translated a brief dispatch describing a .lecent cyclone as follows: "An elec­ tion riot broke out in Springfield, Mo. The rioter.? destroyed two houses, killed five persons and injured thirty." The American Register, lies in its ig­ norance of the fact that the word "cy­ clone" is a French as well as an Eng­ lish word, and has the same meaning IB n§ MS! 4.V* 4 A CONTRIBUTOR to the Boston Meratd nys: A record of the busy and event­ ful life of Gen. Simon Cameron would make, volumes of important history. His political career has spanned nearly three-quarters of a century of the na­ tional life.' To-day he is a great and picturesque character. In March he will be 86 years old; but yet he is as much in love with life as a man of 30, 'but has a zest for the affairs of his coun- trv that few men of middle age can |<*L He lives in a beautiful house, solid and unpretentious. An old stone house, with a wide porch and gable roof, fronts the bank of the Susque-' hanna. One of the first railroads he ever built passes hard by the old roof tree and crosses the river within a stone's throw. He stands wonderfully erect for a man of his years, and his deeply-marked features--high forehead, sharp black eyes, prominent nose, firm­ ly set Hps and broad, protruding dunn­ age only strengthened by the lines age Ins drawn. CHICAGO Tribune: ODonnell, the killer of Carey, was hanged in Lon­ don at 8 o'clock in the morning. The enterprising New York papers of that morning, without exception, contained long and detailed accounts of the prep­ arations at Newgate for the execution of ODonnell's conduct during the pre­ vious night, of his appetite mini how it was gratified, of his religious ministra­ tions, of the anxiety that was felt about Blnns'drop, of Victor Hugo's letter of intercession, of the correspondence be­ tween Secretary Frelinghuysen, Minis­ ter Lowell, and Lord Granville, of the views of Gen. Prvor, and of every­ thing .else about the event except the event itself. The old slow­ coaches, though they had a mar­ gin of four hours in their favor, actually waited until Tuesday morning before they printed a line about the ex­ ecution, whereas the Chicago papers* both the big blankets and the little nap­ kins, contained all the details of the ex­ ecution Monday morning, so that the readers at their breakfast-tables were furnished with an account of the im­ portant event which had transpired across the water the same morning- The failure of the New York papers to get important news comes from cutting down prices so that they cannot afford to take it, necessitating an economy which gives their readers the same amount of white paper as before, but without the news, and compelling them to wait a day or two after an event has transpired before they can know anything about it. And yet there are about fifty Bohemians in that city who make a living as penny-a-liners by writing letters to the country press, reciting the doings and habits of the editors of those slow-going newspapers, extolling tt|V enterprise in getting news, and pnffing them as prodigies and their papers as marvels of industry and alertness. Such enterprise, how­ ever, as they displayed in hearing of the ODonnell matter and giving it to their readers would be scouted at even in Oshkosh or St. Lonis. How Certain New York Restaurants are Provisioned. "Where do these beggars dispose of the surplus food they collect?" asked the reporter. "They sell it to saloons of the lower class for free lunches. Am lsureofit? Well, I am as sure as any man cae be of a thing which he never actually saw. I have had the admission from beggars' themselves, and in speaking in our society the other night about this practice I was interrupted by a lady who said she knew positively of one case in jrhich it was done. In short, there c#i be no doubt at all that after collecting their baskets full of eatables, the beggars sell enough to enable them to buy whisky and tobacco, and then eat the remainder. One day I had an old woman up in the court with an enormous basket full of food which she had just collected from charitable doors, and I asked her what she was going to do with it all, and she stam­ mered some reply about having a large family, but there was no possible doubt about her habit of selling her collection. She was committed, and took the basket to prison with her. There was enough iit it to make her independent of prison fare for many a dav."--New York Herald. I- Unreasonably Early Rising. I never could see where anything was gained by getting up two or three hours before daylight and moping around in the dark. It is a waste of fuel and light and a miserable waste of time that should be passed in sleep--"na­ ture's sweet restorer." It is cruel to compel the young to violate the laws of nature in this manner, and none but the most healthy and robust can do so with­ out serious injur v. But we are a fast people and this is one of our failings. People would accomplish more in the end to rise as soon as it is light and have breakfast at seven. This giv »M the children time to get an early stf *t for school, and they are fresh from i *"ood night's rest and a warm broal l At to begin the duties of the day. < icing to school is a hungry business, and when the boys and girls come bounding home with glowing cheeks, they are ready for a warm, nourishing supper. We fiud that a kettle of good soup just fills the bill at our house. Bread and butter and some kind of fruit is all,, they need besides the soup. Give the rising gen­ eration plenty of sleep, and wholesome food with less rich paltry, and we shall develop fewer dyspeptics and better educated men and women.--German- town Telegraph. i * Sporting Item. A rather frivolous lady told Iter husband not to go hunting, as, in her opinion, it was a cruel pleasure. "HOF can it be a cruel pleasure?" returned her spouse. "I enjoy it, and my dogs enjoy it. I know you enjoy yourself when I am absent; and even the qnailenioy it, for I can't hit one on the wing to save my lite."--Texas Siftings. _____ THE highest point outward things etui bring unto, is the contentment, of the mind, with which no estate poor; without which all ; battheslor* isatall atont •WW' id. . ... fly--what folks might call tough; he'd had ojptie molars cut, and waa somewhat up to snuff; but yet, he was square and honest, and was never known to lie; and his only serious failing was a greed for pumpkin pie. He did his duty nobly - was always spry and quiek; he nevej tried to shirk his task, by playing lame, or sick; he never grumbled at hash, nor the coffee--which was rye--but he never quite was satisfied with his share of pumpkin pie. The farmer loved him like a son, and worked him very light (his task began at 4 a. m. and ®nded--9 at night). His name was Al­ bert, but, for short, the old man called him Bert, because it didn't take much time, and rhymed quite well with work. One summer morn the old man rose at early candle-light, and bellowed for his Boston boy with all his power and might. When Bert showed up the farmer said: "Go drive the brindle cow to Concord; for Pve sold her to the butcher, Cyrus Dow. He'll pay you $40 cash; be sure you keep it hid; for I have heard there's robbers round, as bold as Captain £idd. So keep your wits about you, lad, and let your weather eye be on the watch for roughs and sharps, for they are awful fly." So Albert ate his morning meal of pork and pumpkin pie, and washed it down with coffee, strong--with coffee made of rye--then he hoofed it down to Concord, with the lean old brindle cow, when he soon caught on the man he sought--the butcher. Cyrus Dow. The butcher paid him for the cow four golden eagles bright, which Albert proceeded to hide from mortal sight, for, on his way to Concord, he had studied up a plan to get the best of the sharps and crooks, or strolling high­ waymen. So he tucked the boodle carefully in the lining of his vest; which brilliant racket eased his mind, and set his fears at rest; but alas! for human foresight there's many a little slip twixt honest people's fingers, and rogaes' dishonest grip. Just as Albert slipped the sugar in the lining of his vest, a crook had stopped outside to take a chew of plug--the last. Through the window his quick eye had seen the vellow eagles shine, and he hugged himself, and whispered: "Oh! that dust will soon be mine But--to turn that adage end for end --it shows there's many a slip 'twixt rogues' dishonest fingers and honest people's'grip. Like the bunko steerers' little game they played on C. F. A., the best-laid plans of highwaymen will of­ ten go astray. Our hero's business ended, he tar­ ried there no more, but started on the homeward route he oft had trod before. The robber, mounted on his mare, jogged slowly on behind, while visions of those golden coins went flashing througlit his mind. , As soon as Bert had reached a point where the town was out * robber overtook him, irpaw» is one of latitude Infitt I shorn supply the ffciatf, flahaet, tad Harder ial Im. THE tide of European emigration has seat iis, paia-Sir PhUip Sidney, might, and. with glad which was difficult to hide, he kindly asked our hero if he wouldn't take a ride. As Bert was rather weary of his long and tedious walk, he didn't waste a moment in idle, useless talk; but he straddled on behind Without anymore ado, and along the country highway the horse and riders flew. Thus they rode until they came to a lonely, dismal wood. "Now," said the bold highway man, "I'm not feeling in the mood to monkey any longer; so, I'll tell you plump and square, th*t you must now dissect that vest or climb the golden stair." Now, I think, I hinted once be­ fore that Bert was very fly, so he tum­ bled to the racket in the twinkling of an eye; but it filled his honest bosom with sorrow, tinged with shame, to see how slick the chap had dropped upon his little game. But he didn't have a decent show to argue or dispute, for the villain plainly hinted that he wasn't loath to shoot; so he ripped the lining from his vest, and snatched the money out, and among the grass and mullen stalks he strewed it well about. Then the highwayman's greediness his cau­ tion overbid; but I guess he thought that Albert was a common country kid; at any rate he instantly scrambled from his horse, not thinking for a moment that 'twould be to his loss; but no sooner had he humped himself to gather up the gold, than he noticed that for crooks at least the day was very cold; for, as I mentioned heretofore, our lad was very fly, and he didn't stop a week or two to bid his nobs good-by. The robber cursed and threatened till his face was black with rage, bnt it didn't do a bit of good, for Albert held the age; but our hero gave him lots of time to settle in his mind what a chump he was to "order up" and. then "go it blind." To all his invitations for Bert to stop and dine, Bert thanked him very kindly, but he "really hadn't time;" and home to his old master, a noble mare he rod,e with plunder hanging, fore and aft, to balance up the load. *Tlie farmer's wife sized up the lad as he came riding home, and, to inform her husband, she rushed into the room; the old man came limp­ ing out, and growling like a bear. "The devil! has my brindle cow been turned into a mare?" "Not much, old cove." the boy replied, "Fve sold your brindle now according to instructions, to the butcher, Cyrus Dow; but a duffer col­ lared all tlie dust, which I didn't think was square, so, to make you even with the guy I rode away his mare." The farmer laughed quite hearty at the story Albert told, and said: "Now, for a city lad, you've been quite sharp and bold; as for that bad highwayman, you've served him very slick, for you've played him for a sucker by a thorough Yankee trick." Then tlie saddle-bags were opened, and the treasure was all told. Theie was just $2,000 in silver coin aud gold, four revolvers an<l a demijohn. » The boy says: "Well, 1 swow! don't you think I've got a good fair price for that old brindle cow ?" Now the farmer owned a heart as big as neighbor Brown's off ox. So, after he hid the swag in a couple of dirty aocks he turned and said to Albert, while a tear stood in his eye: "My lad, I must admit that you have been extremely fly. And as you've sold •ny cow so well I think I can afford to five you for your services a suitable re­ gard. From this day henceforth you s«all have (or 111 know the reason why) at every meal your stomach full of good, fat pumpkin pie." Moral: This story, children, shows you how the man who lives by theft doth often siiss his clever grip--in other words, "get left." It also shows you how a boy, . , ild afid fly, may, get permit it the fainSy fortabl*, social spirit! draught the air of the room is'momen­ tarily changed. The carbonic acid and other excretions of the aatmal body can­ not accumulate; the rooti cannot smell close, even when crowded. Strang the people will not have this delightful sun in their homes at any cost or sacrifice. And pray, now, why not have it ail back ags$Kf If a small part of the money we spend in various foolish fashions were gives to the rein- troduction of this good old-fashioned blessing, how much healthier and hap­ pier we all should be! ̂ Next to open wood-fire, the open coal- grate is the best means of warming and ventilating. And if, with a good draught, the coal used be bituminous, it is a very excellent fire. There has been a fearful increase of consumption, bronchitis, headache, and some other affeotions, since the general introduction of stoves and furnaces. If with the higher degree of heat, the doors and windows are kspt open during the entire season, as may be easily and comfortably done, the evil would not be so great, but, as generally managed, it is the gravest mistake in our physical life. If in the window-shutter of a dark room you open a small aperture, and look in the jet of light as it streams through the room, you will discover that the air is full of floating motes, The air of our houses is always crowded with these. In their ordinary condition they are not mischievous, but after they have been exposed to contact with a heated sur­ face, they do poison us. Millions of these carbonized particles come from the stove or furnace to poison our lungs. If you would have good throat, lungs, and nerves, sit hf an open fire, and keep as far as possible from stoves and furnaces. If you cannot escape those evils, wear more clothing, especially upon the feet and legs, wad keep the doors and windows open. Most people, even many intelligent reformers, have the idea that to sleep in a cold room is good--essential to health. It is an error. It is better to have an open fire in your bed room. The atmosphere is not only by this means constantly changed, but you will keep the window open, which will add greatly to the needed ventilation. But more than this, with the fire you will have fewer bed clothes over you, which is a gain, as a large number of blankets not only interferes somewhat with the circulation andrespirati£R),bnt prevents the escape of those gases which the skin is constantly emitting. Even fur­ nace or stove heat with an open window is better than a close, Cold room. In terchange with the external atmosphere depends upon the difference between the temperature of the air within and that without.--Dr. Dio Letcis. Males in Sines and Tunnels. Mr. Adolph Sutro, of mining fame, gives in a New Orleans paper his views of the value of mules for underground work. In compar­ ing them with * horses he makes these statements: It hM been said that they have a strong p#UJlV*aity for kick­ ing, but I have never seen them kick when in a tunnel. They become very tame--in fact, they become quite the miners' pets. The men become quite attached to them; and as the shift mules pass along by the men at lunch, they will often receive from one a piece of pie, and from another a cup of coffee, etc. When a signal is given to fire a blast the mules understand the signal, and will try to got out of the way of it just as the men do. Of course under ground it is very dark, and the mules become so accustomed to darkness that even when they go out into the sun­ light they can not see very well, and when they go back from the sunlight into the mine they cannot see at all. So we are in the habit of covering one eye with a piece of cloth whenever they go out, and keep the covering over the eye until they go into the tunned again; we then remoye the cloth, so they liave one good eye to see with. We had to adopt this plan for preserving the sight, because the mule is so stubbon that he will not pull unless he can see his way ahead. - We have found out another thing about mules. We tried horses at first, but we found that whenever any­ thing touched the ears of a horse he would throw up his head and break skull against the overhanging rock; but if you touch a mule's ears he drops his head. For that reason we could not use horses. We employed mules and they have answered very well. A Sudden Thought. An aged African, over whose head so many seasons had passed that scarcely a hair was left upon it, called at the Gratiot Avenue Station, and said to the captain in charge: "Sali! de boys up my wpy won't let me alone!" "What's the matter?" "Why, sah, I can't move out but dey am on de watch to call me olo bald- head." . •.*/«; . «T ftpp " .L Ovv> ~ *' '.V "What can Ido, sah J*'? - ' "I'd buy a wig if I were vo#? " H; "An' kiver up de baldness' • "jV-. T * „ "Yes." ,'4 "I'll do it, sah! Nebber tho lofit of it afore, but now I see dat a bald-head­ ed man wid a wig on am no bald-head, an' de boys will have to surmount deir depraved constellations and transcend somebody else. I'll do it--I'll dp it-- an' I bid you good-day, sah ?'--De'roit Free Press. , JUST because the widow's mite was so highly praised, there are lots of people who pride themselves upon never putting more than a penny into the contribution box. They think that the offering is greater thau the most liberal gifts of the free givers; and so it is, no doubt, if you are to judge by the effort it takes on the part of the giver. THERE is a sweet pleasure in contem­ plation, and when a man hath run through a set of vanities in the declen-1 sion of his age, he knows not what to do with himself if he cannot think.-Ufotmf., •4 -- . THE first Bohemian settler came to Texas in 1854, and there are now 50,00U living in the State. They are good and industrious citizens. EDINBURGH takes its name from its castle, which Edwin of Northumbria built to protect his territory from the Picts and Scots. ANTELOPE are numerous in northern Texas. ' 'ribona. that tiie e-mill" is ation of arge num- ns evince which is they think disappeared events, how- , the pistol, irtant factors sition to thg They 'faces of eve OaitUfcMa (S.<C.) Cor. Chicago Koi|hern Democrats c grist for the Southern "oui a product of the fertile im| Bepnblioan editors. Even bers of Stalwart Bepublj but a languid sentimen based on half inorednlit that all that sort of thin "long, long ago." Bece ever, show that the shot; and tiie lash are still im in the politics of the ult>lid South." Within but a few weeks t ere have been the Danville massacre, be Kentucky tragedy, and the Missi lippi Sheriff- killing. These three af us, however, ate completely put in tb > shtde as to cold-blooded barbarity hr tie raid of Georgia Ku-Klux last Julr. The poor negroes who were dragged oit of their beds and lashed and shqi^al had com­ mitted no offense beyonavoting for the Hon. Emory Speer for/Congress last November. There wa$h> lecomin JC fit­ ness inthe fact that Mi Speer was the Nemesis who avengeC the wrongs of tlie negroes, he having been appointed United States Districfnttorney. These shocking cruelties oc«irred in a State whose proud boast I, that she is the most progressive ana most enlightened of all the Souther^ States. Unlike many political outrages, they were not committed in the heat of passion, but coolly, deliberately] in the year of grace 1883, six or seven i^onths following the election. "Mx. Speer comficted eight of the Ku-Klux. This fict has intensified the hatred of the Bourbons of South Caro­ lina, engendered flry his coming here from Georgia to, assist District Attor­ ney Melton iu the election trials now in progress. As tb South Carolina Ku- Kluxism, its history has never been written, except in sketches. What has been made puhpie of its operations war­ rants the statetient that as thu$s and torturers the Ku-Klux have never been surpassed. When Chief Justice Waite was down there a few years ago he de­ clared that he could not preside at an­ other Ku-Klux trial. The details made him deathly sick. Here is a represent­ ative case: A band of Ku-Klux made a midnight raid on the residence of an old colored woman and her nephew. Despite tho piteous pliadings of the old woman, they dragged the nephew out of bed. "Gentlemen," he cried, "I've done nothing. I've not 'lectioneered since you whipped me three weeks ago, and I'll never lectioneer anv more!" "Why, you black son of a b-- mockingly replied one of tho Ku-Klux, "we've not come to whip you. Don't be afraid of that. We've only come to kill you--thafs all." Then out into the darkness they dragged him. They made him wade into the middle of the Broad river t»nd kneel down on what they called "the holy stone." The leader chose several of the gang to shoot at him from the bank. After enjoying the fun for some time one of the shooters got impatient and jumped into the river and rushed at th* victim. Tearing his mask from his face the Ku-Klux wonted, "You d--n hWtet dog, I want you to see who killed you;" and then he literally shot the face off the negro. "Now, auntie," softly inquired one of the Judges at the trial--a pin could be heard drop in the court-room--"how did you recognize these men who came to your house and took your nephew out and killed him ?" "Why, Lor', mas'r, I orter know 'em --I missed 'em P And it was God's truth. Those men had suckled at that black breast! Of course she recognized them. It may seem a hard thing to say, but it is a fact: While Ku-Kluxism may not exist now as a regular organization (and then, again, it's quite pi ssible that it does), its spirit is still abroad in South Carolina, stalking through the cotton fields and the pine forests at election times. An address has been issued by the State Executive Committee of the Un­ ion Republican party setting forth to their brethren of the nation how it came to pass that in a State having between 40,000 and 60,000 Bepublican ma ority the Hancock and English electors were awarded 54,241 majority over tiie Garfield and Arthur doct­ ors. That address has never been replied to. What happened at the last Presidential election will probably hap­ pen in the next, unless the Republicans of South Carolina receive substantial support from the North. It should be borne in mind that ever since 187U the election officials have been Democratic exclusively. The United States Super­ visors in many places were driven from tho polls by violence. It would be tiresome to even enu­ merate the methods of fraud. But one Democratic paper iu the State, the Beaufort Crescent, raised its voice to protest. It sa.d: "There is one thing to be said cf the Democracy of Beaufort county that un­ fortunately caimot be said of some iothers, and that is, they have not a? yet learned to make one Democratic vote Icount as five, and five Republican votes |as one. Nor have we yet adopted the system by which ballots are substituted in tho boxes for those which were originally placed there. Upon these little matters we are sadly deficient, which will account for the small show­ ing we are able to make with 30U votes. "For ourselves, we had rather be afflicted with years of Republican mis­ rule, trusting to the justice of our cause finally asserting itself, than to s&4pl an election." With the reigns of government firmly in their hands, nnd with com­ plete control of the elect'on machinery, the Democrats at the last election called in their blocdhouuds; but, as l)efore, resorted to every imaginable form of fraud and intimidation. In South Carolina no Republican has any right of citizenship that a Demo, rat is bound to respect. The Republican majority was wiped out in 1882--tirst, by intimidation and fraud in connection with the registration, and the Registra­ tion law itself is grossly unjust; sec­ ondly, by intiniidati n and fraud at the polls; and thirdly, by "counting out" --an art in which Southern^)emocrats are experts. The Democratic Bloody Shifty It is not the Republican editors who are waving the "bloody garment;" the solid South is waving it, covered with the blood of a score or more colored Republicans shot at Danville W. Va.; mtk the %-Wqod of "P^int" ̂ atthe* s, people of the how loathsome the thing is. or ticket in Bourbon ing it in the Republican, saying, "What are ytfu go- ing to do about it?" and tiie BepubUean editors are only pointing it̂ oat to tiie ie North, that they may see ;he thing is.--Vernaillest Republican. AN AflORESSlYE CAMPAIGN. Important Caucus of Rrpnblleui to Or» ganlse agMgreMional Campaign. [Washington BMkaam to Chicago later Ocean.) A very |̂ H caucus of Republican Senators anPHiepresentatives was held in the House chamber, for the purpose of selecting a Congressional Canlpaign committee. Senator Edmunds pre­ sided. On taking the chair, he made a brief but forcible speech, in which he said the Bepublican paity had not for fifteen years entered upon a cam­ paign under more favorable aus­ pices or with brighter prospects of suc­ cess. He expressed tiie utmost confi­ dence in the result, believing that the party would present an unbroken front, with harmony and good fading all along the line. In offering the resolu­ tions Senator Hoar also made a few Ira- marks of a similar purport. The en- tire committee was not announced, some of the State delegations not,be­ ing ready to report, but all existing va­ cancies will be filled at once. A meal­ ing of the committee for organisation will l>e held this week. It is proponed to take active measures at tiie very ottt- set and make the campaign an aggress­ ive one. The committee, as far as made up, is composed of gentlemen of the highest personal and political standing, and the important interests confided to them will be wisely and safely adminis­ tered. •*_ Two Commenting on the defeat s? iSeitî tor Pendleton because of his position on civil-service reform, the Philadelphia Press says: Judged, therefore, by Ito own acts and the sayings of its own organs, the Democracy stands to-day for free trade and the spoils of office. It made its position upon these two i so plain that he who runs may read. It must go before the people on 1' two planks, the most important which will be incorporated in tho polit­ ical platforms of the year. No party but the purblind Democracy would im agine that this Nation is now really to liayo its industries broken down alfter being laboriously built up, and to see a return to the spoils systems which, for fifty years, disgraced American politics. More reasonable than that these events should happen is it to suppose that the Democracy will find, as the Charleston News says, that, by its own acts, its fate in the Presidential battle has been "set­ tled before the spring-time came." Republican Committee or Arrangements. Senator Sabin, Secretary Martin and Mr. John C. New are the committee of arrangements for the Chicago conven­ tion. They have already decided that the next convention shall not be ham­ pered by such a orowd as filled the im­ mense galleries on the last occasion. Then accommodations were provided for about 15,000 yisi&ora. It has been I deoided i# limit the seats in the galler­ ies to about 3,000. The body ol the hall must give room for 823 delegates and the same number of alternates. It is the. purpose of the committee to por­ tion off a part of the Exposition hall in such a way as to afford room for the platform, the space required in front of it for the press, tiie delegates and alter­ nates, and the gallery room included. This will allow a total attendance of about 5,000. The Yazoo Tragedies. No one believes the Fagsn brothers, at Brookville, or those four Africans, at Yazoo, would ever have been pun­ ished had they been white. It was the hellish hatred of their color that doomed them to death. These atroci­ ties are but fresh illustrations and Eroofs that in the South there is one tw for the white man and another for the black man; or, to put it more cor­ rectly, there is no law at all--it is im­ punity for the whites and assassination for the blacks. And yet, when these in. amies are mentioned and commented on, the Democratic doughfaces of the North join their allies "down on the Yazoo" in raising the old screed and yell about "waving the bloody shirt."-- Fort Wayne Gazette. WHEN the Democratic party gave over the Treasury of the United States to the Republicans the vaults were empty, and money difficult to borrow at 10 and 12 per cent. They groan now over the mistries of the people because the Treasury has its many hundreds of millions and money is easy at 3 per cent, interest. But is that a good reason tq declare/ "the Republican party must ^b?" claim high «*s s*«w before;" the volume take ler karveated. TM* nMldil!5 ei" A ffreetdtealkaa 1 tiles by the ftnun of Illinois, but the if' vestment, as • rule, has paid for itsetf aiaajr tinea over.--Inter Oeean. Govmmoa ILUOLIOK has writ*-- a Mu •er to Hon. George & Atfaaas, ttte- mjBOis delegates to the KTlwtUpjl Bfrar 1 ptovement convcntioe, «e he latt liti on the 5th of Itobraarr: Leaf Copying. Take a piece of thin muslin, and wrap it tightiatjrouud a ball of cotton-wool as big aa fllorange. This forms a dabber, and shtflld have something to hold it by. Then squeeze on to the corner of a half-sheet of foolscap a little color from a tube of oil paint. Take up a very little color on the dabber, and work it about on the center of the paper for some time, till the dabber is evenly covered with a thin coating. A little oil can be used to dilute or moisten the color if necessary. Then put your leaf down on tiie paper and dab some color evenly over both sides. Place it then between the pages of a folded sheet of paper (unglazedisbest), and rub the paper above it well all over with the finger. Open the sheet, remove the leaf, and you will have an impression of each side of the leaf. Any color may be used. Burnt or raw sienna works the most satisfactorily.-- Knowledge. Treatment of Bulbs. An ounce of nitrate of soda dissolved in four gallons of water is said to be a good stimulant for bulbs, to be applied twice a week after the pots are filled with roots and the flower spikes are fairly visible. A large handful of soot, or about a pint, tied up in a piece of old canvas and immersed in the same quan­ tity of water for a day or two, will give an excellent stimulant; also good and safe is a quarter of a pound of fresh cow-dung mixed in a large garden pot of water, and used as required. Any of these stimulants will do good, as the whole of them applied alternately will benefit bulbs that need more sustenance Garter 1L' Harrtooa, ChAgftfot PtinoetaNi;* Jteunstf MT. Geneseo; WlWaW H* GeaK MMk hOaad; Maj. W. 8. Braofcelt, ftaria ̂ CM... WiaSim W. Berry and Boa. C&aripf; |l.1|uc, Will Jam P. HalUday, CwwiiBn, Mound City. Alternatas lfep. Julias 3. Starr, Peoria; J W. flfcag&fcm, Qotaey; DanM Hocan, Moond City; BaBt Ottawa; B. W. Dunham, Cbloiso; Marsh, Joliet. WOMAN, lovely woman, IN a desire to (ata her own living, has thrust hemtt evea Into those profeasfcms which, IK ha*-a(i*aye tl*ea he-man atone shoaKmaMu, BerSMMur- anceasadootor.alawjrar.aitdapraaahMao loatereseHM •miaiaii i>a ihn ••win in Imv bfea uasd to aee Ipv foiBwig is ~ fled toewtaae. yiftiWlWHI" and not a Utile atfatots tefflUH that wfll elftBtnally jhiallp,' often atteadatf slOiistii frfctiiuy objection* ttsaf**.; town womaa f̂ om f has ao many < two aaro, a aaa i aeeosted fcjr a man whom tapped him with most approved faahta, aM tftttJattar want through his voekeh with the strifeaatf eeol- ness of an old expert. After ttdspraaawttag they took a hasty departure In oppaAedifM- tions, and the victim, minus a watt^i small sum of money, was left to ctpili'l self together as best he might. HIsV encewlU probably be that of a iarta ! of Chicago olttaeasbofore the alany iS'ofer. ant although thewoawa may lis ainntoijaied by masculine sand^iaggen qatft thttr, tjfeld- itr weaiaolt a^fttle, sod they limgpis w»ui- what aooualnted with the soon expect to n* them „„ ,̂r on their own aoooBat. In Vte# el oouragement they may es]apct from lice, there is no reason why they become as expert with It as the Miiij man sand-bagger in the profnuslgM.-»yh(cMgM lVttmne. * Death'a Detaga at CUmga. .... The annual report of tiie mortality lp Chl> eago shows the mimbes of deaths ̂ to hate been 11,55$, agaiaat IM?* for 1881, and 16,MI Htm was libit. TksdaatftsJ syiaotio dtaea--swroe asfoil|»9Si:i fantom, Wl; ehoieia aa»rtws»l diphtheria, sat; diarrhea, fit; soterooolttte, IM; scarlet fever, 400; typlM|MfevSj^l . lea, 44; erysipelas, 5% aad aihaB .̂̂ The following is an exhibit of tkBpopofatMh and deaths by wards, and also the deaths bjr wards from symotic diseases: Warda • noooiiA*"*"* Thted. * ithf........ Total i deaths M .. 1SS aii i»• 9H ... Set n ... 44T 1ST . .1,10S ..l^SS £ ... T73 9fM ... eta IS# ... «rr S9 ... Stf 108 • • as ... «rit IM ... mt 11* m m ... MS m .. 611 119 ... 310 00 41,5» than the affords. --Flora' If'or/ii. ith The decrease of the deaths over 1883, it will be seen, is quite large, but it must not be lost light of that in that year 8mail-pox was tng, and that there were about 1,700 bom that disease alone, whereas last the city was almost clear of the malady. Morthern llltoola Weal-grower*. The sixth annual meeting of the Northern Illinois Sheep-breeders' association was held at Elgin last week. Prominent amon; the attendants were Daniel Keller, of Wheatoa; Thomas McD. Richards, of Woodstock: Pres­ ident George E. Peck, of Geneva; Secretary . W. C. Vandercook, of Cherry Valley. v A letter was read from Columbus DelaaOt..̂ of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Presidentof the Natteuget Wool-growers' association. Ho desired signa­ tures to a petition, prepared by himself, ask­ ing Congress to restore the tariff on imported wools as it was prior to 186T. In the great struggle, be said, between free trade and protection the voice ot nearly a mlllioa wool- growers must be heeded or their bushteaa wlH be destroyed. Be advocated complete organization and unity of action. Mr. T. McD. Richards presented a paper oa •'Wool-growing and the Merino as a Xtttton Sheep." The tari*«gggtion was disenssed by Eanlet Kelley, CajUHp 8. Wileox and others, aad aU agreed the tariff must be advanced Or else the wool-growing industry will oott tinue to suffer. The following was unanimously passed: "In view of the fact that the recent , duction of the tariff on foreign wools Is a#>V ually destroying the great industry repre­ sented by this association. It is hereby Hegolmi, By the Northern Illinois Meftea* Sheep Breeders' association, aaseaebled la aa» nua! session, that our Senators andmambwre of Congress are hereby earnestly atged to restore the tariff of 1S67 upon foreign woeta. not as a partisan measure, but as aa aet at wise legislation imperatively required to save from utter ruin a highly liapnHMl branch of agricultural industry." The officers elected are: George K. Fee*';- Geneva, President: T. McD. Richards, Woo ̂ stock. First Vice President; Daniel KeUejr, Wheaton, Second Vice President; W. C. dsreook. Cherry Valley, Secretary and Urer. The next annual meeting will be held ft§ Elgin on the seooad Wednesday inJaauacyi 1884. The public sheep-shearing wiUooeer at Richmond, MeHenry ooonty, April i| aad ao. BY the burning of a dairy-barn, aear iKty-five cows perished. t Ui ^ - . i , v , ^ * . ' \ iiSls i -