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' '""I Weald. SM^i fepine at the good fortuwe his l&f • "r< tih' ;?; • > &•' ft !fe. ¥ • !-• r, ud Sweden. AnwtielemthePffln«! the k : ff- - t ' • '-M. '" r. I; P.' K-V, •' f- ;<?"p •i v ftr. lff. MACK, ihe great French detective "and the terror of the Paris evil-doer, is just about five feet tall, if it be proper to use the term tall as applied to such * statute. He has been thirty yean in -the service. DESPITE the closeness with which ar­ tificial flowers resemble natural bloe- eoms, fashion in England some time ago decreed that ladies shoqld adorn 'their dresses as well as their walla with -natural flowers. Now artificial flowers «re again in -rogue in London, bat those -which fashion favors imitate the fra- ^pranoeas well as the appearance natural flowers. Even the dove-like Ipetrfnme of the carnation has been close­ ly imitated by the chemists. A WHJOKOTOK, Delaware, jnry has •decided a very stubborn ease. A man mmad Dixon having purchased si mule and given his notes in payment, found after taking the animal home that he ihad made up his mind not to work, and no amount of persuasion or beating jtiould induce him to change his mind. Dixon therefore refused to pay the motes. Four lawyers engaged theoonrt for two days with the case and left the ijtidge so oonfused that he took another •day to review the evidence. He then •decided to award the mule to his former •owner and required the foolish pur- . -chaser to pay the costs of the trial. THE people of Tombstone, Arizona, have not only a grim sense of humor, but a profound knowledge of Greek. The name of their town, to say nothing of their local newspaper, the Epitaph, is a ghastly joke, which has raised many a amile before* now. Not long sfoce the tombstone people hanged a man on a "telegraph pole, and the Coroner's jury found that the lamented deceased came to his death by "emphysema, which might have been caused by strangula­ tion, self-inflicted or otherwise." Em­ physema is a swelling caused by air <diffnsed throughout the cellular tissue. The poor wretch who was lynched in Tombstone, according to local author­ ity, died of this peculiar and • hertofore igndescribed disorder. f !.. A vim engine of war is being con­ structed at the Norfolk Iron Works. On the floor of one of the rooms lies an iron cylinder twenty-eight feet in length, and sixteen inches in diameter. In another department an air compres­ sor is being constructed which, when complete, will be attached to the cylin­ der or tube, and what the inventor con- H&eatly asserts to be a most tremend­ ous 4^gine of war will be completed. Ck»^pb«Md air at a pressure of 800 pounds to the square indh, will take the plaoe of powder, and the gun is ex­ pected to throw a ball or three-pound •cartridge a distance of three miles. Should the gun prove successful, others ofa size to threw 100 younds of dyna­ mite ten miles will be constructed. The gun now in the wsorks will be tested at •nearlyday. ' u ' ' life a terse summing up of the weather in Santa Barbara for one year. The ac­ count was kept by Dr. Bradley ef Aurora, Illinois, who was suffering from advanced pulmonary disease. There were 310 pleasant daya in which an in­ valid could be out of doors with com. fort and safety; twenty-nine olottdy days, upon twenty of which an invalid could be out of doors: twelve showery days, upon seven of which he could be out an hour several times each day; ten windy days, confining the invalid wholly to the house, and live rainy days, also prohibitory. The advantages of the resort lie in the fact that invalids may be nearly all the time in the open air, and also in its having an equable tem­ perature. The latter averages 61.35° for the year, the difference between July and January being but 15®. women are certainly a benefit M. friendships more than men.--London Spectator. THE only chivalry that women can afford to receive from meo. la worfc, and EDMCXD YATES, in the London World, says it is a mistake tc suppose that the American ladies who marry Englishmen are all wealthy. A few are well-to-do, and about half a dozen ore rich. He says: "Lady Hareourt (Motley's daughter) has a large income--a joint­ ure; but her sister, Mrs. Sheridan, has no considerable fortune. Mrs. Arthur Paget will probably have some day £10,000 sterling a year. A son of Lord Augustus Loftus is married to the daughter of a very rich Philadelphia lady. Lady Hesketh will, I suppose,have a very large fortune, and Mrs. Edward Balfour probably has £100,000 sterling. Lady Mandeville and Lady Lister Kaye assuredly were not married for money. Indeed, of the numberless American ladies married to Englishmen, I can think of no others now living who had fortunes. The first wife of Sir Chatles Murray'had a fortune, na«r some £8,000 sterling a year probably, which is en­ joyed by her son. eqUM advantages, and equal waga*. woman will ever ask of men other than to treat her always a ; they treat each other.--Inter Ocean. WE leave the poor out of our calcu­ lations until all others have been pro­ vided lor, and the result is too offcen»jBs your case, that they must go empty- handed. Whits aMckerjitb to say, God pity the poor," as I have heard It said, when my spirit burned within nte to retaliate, "God, pity them yourself!" --The Advance. Tan simple truth is that Judge Lynch is not, after all a reformer. He <s not even a revolutionist, any men than he is house-breaker or highway robber. He is a lawless murderer, pure and simple; and he confesses the fact by usually seeking the night season for his crime, and concealing his identity under a disguise.--New York Inde­ pendent A CEBTAIK class of men who engage in business see only the main chances. iThey do not consider it necessary in ' THE electric light if' aofefitfWfce*!' considered an improvement upon the old-fashioned modes of illumination. One of the latest and beat systems was recently introduced into the Court The­ ater at Stuttgart, and it was supposed that the orchestra would find it very satisfactory. Instead of welcoming the however, they have just petitioned the management for a return to the old fashioned oil lamps thst they had been using previously. ThjBV say that electric illuminations hsa proved objectionable," because of its brilliancy, with many, unpleasantly af­ fects the nerves. They also assert that .they now find it more difficult to follow the guidance of the leader. A commit­ tee of experts, composed of oculists and disinterested musicians, has been ap. pointed to examine into the matter. m y JUDGK LOCKE, of the United States District Court of Florida, is threatened writh impeachment because he has tried to add to his income by pawnbroking and usury, by illicit dealing in tobacco, and even by keeping a wrecking schooner 'at work along the Florida coast. His seat on the bench gave him, it seems, peculiar faculties for wreck­ ing, aa he waa able sitting in admiralty to decree himself entitled to' salvage In property which, as owner of the good ship Pelican, he saved from the perils of the deep. Other misdoings of a serious nature are also laid to his charge. Some of the Judge's friends sty that his sins are due to the fact that he could not support himself in a style befitting his position as Judge on the salary ($3,500) paid him. But this is a poor exouse for wrecking in f •uilSlllir ITT IUII ii«Ar . MAKY editors in different parts ef the country, have been stsrtled and are new In a quandary because ot a report, a few days since, that a Rheiis Islaud •dlter had became paralysed while driving ia his carriage. Such ignorance Is Insxewsfcls. Tocno man, It's about time for yen 'italyf Switzerland, and ; .P. , ,'r the United States--do not prohibit the " employment jA mineral colors contain- ing copper, arsenic, lead, zinc, and such I- Hke poisonous metallic preparations in IF Bev. Jo Cook, instead of being a super-civilized and intelligent Christian, were no more than a heathen he couldn't rage worse. Not long ago. he was in a disagreeable controversy with a drummer whom he sought to instruct, ratuer impertinently it must be said, in the style of cooking he should favor. The discussion nearly led to blows. At Eeene, New Hampshire, a few nights since he shook up a local clergyman in a disagreeable fashion because he called a minute or two before the appointed time and awoke the great exponent of what's a what from his slumbers. His own account of the affair, very mildly drawn, is that he yielded tooths impor tunitiea of a local preacher to make an advertisement of him, and agreed to go to his prayer meeting at precisely 7.1&. "I told him distinctly that the time should go by was the hotel clock, which agreed exactly with my watch I hurried through supper and my toilet and lay down, with but fifteen minutes left in which to rest. Before that time' was half over Mr. Price knocked at mv, door. The time was seven minutes be fore that agreed upon,' and I wa« wholly broken of thev rest absolutely necessary to me before my lecture. I opened the door and said: 'Mr. Prioe,* you must oease trying to force open' this door, or I shall report you to the keeper of the hotel.' He did not de­ sist, and so I took him by the collar and pushed him away, saying: 'Ton are the rudest man I have seen in six months. I am a good-natured man, but I know when I am abused.' This ia the strongest language I used.1* Other accounts represent the reverend gentleman as using language not quite so tame. Mr. Cook should curb hiq temper. He who oonquereth his owj^ spirit is greater than he who takes 4 city. >*••• , fie Heavenly Shrew." ~ But if it is a virtue to make war on the rat, it is none to oonfound friend and foe, and offer upon the altar of ignorance and prejudice another little animal which, with palpitating heart and tremulous nose, ventures into the house in these cold, wet nights. I re* fer, of oourse, to the musk-rat * * * It is not a rat at all, neither Mus thiq nor Mus that, but Sarex caerulescens, which means the Heavenly Shrew. And, if not a rat in name, it is still less thai villanous thing in nature. It wautsj none of your provisions^ and wanton destruction is not in all 'its thoughts! its sole purpose in the house is a friend* ly one, videlicet, to hunt the loathsomq cockroach and the pestiferous beetles It is charged with diffusing an unpleaai ant order; and there is undoubtedly some truth in th's; it can be very un-. savory at times. But that is not it$ normal state; it is the fruit of vexatioq ,and spirit. V Lastly, one email fault may be over, looked in view of the many admirable virtues that adorn its character. While the rat, after a night of crime, spends the day in a sanguinary fracas with its own brothers in the ceiling, and the mother-aquirrel has to retire into the woods, and bring up her family in se­ cret, lesttheir own papa should eat them, the days of the heavenly shrew are passed in sweet domestio harmony.: As night comes on the pair venture out of their hole and meandewriong togetta er, warbling to one another in gentle undertones. 4 Or, perhaps, the little ones at home are growing up, and their mamma brings them out to see the world. The first-born takes hold of her tail with its teeth, its tail is grasped by* the next, and so on to the little Ben-, jamin at the end, and so the whole family, like a hairy serpent, wrigglea away together--a sight, I admit, tof make one's flesh creep; but, looked afr in a proper spirit, it is a moving speo-j tacle, full of moral beauty. good times to prepare for poorer ones. They make no preparations for bridg­ ing over from one prosperous period to another. The consequence is that they get mired. Instead of laying a good road over which to travel,'they trust to a footing that lets them in.--North' western Lumberman. ANY one in America may have knowl­ edge free. The Publio Schools not only give the elementary instruction, but music, drawing, language, and penmanship are thrown in, as < r M- ments of a good, square mental And to this feast guests are brought m from hedge and byways. The servants of the Commonwealth go out and com­ pel the poor to come into the banquet. There is no exouse for dunces in this country. Nevertheless they are thick. --Commercial Gazette. THE hardeat fight awaiting any. man is, as the Russians call it, to "go back of his jaw," to conquer the legacy of evil tendencies left him by his fathers. Every boy ought to be Lavater enough to read his oWn face as a title-page to these tendencies. Every mother ought to be able to define to her boy this work, which lies before him, and to show him where to begin. The harder the struggle, the more charitable he will be to other boys whose task is heavier.--Youth's Companion. So FAR from being injured by se­ vere labor, carried on under normal conditions, the brain is improved by it. Metal activity, like muscular exercise, keeps the brain in a healthy state. When, therefore, a man says he is suf­ fering from the effects of mental over work, I want to know what his views are. Worry may be one of these; wor ry is exhausting. The worries of life do infinitely more harm than the work of life, how onorous soever it may be --Dr. R. Bartholow, before Philadel­ phia Medi 'al Society. A Popular Author. A Nsw York publisher crawled up five long flights of very narrow stairs, and entered a small cage at the head of them. He was in pursuit of liis author and was prepared to beard him in his den. The author was in. In fact, he was usually in, as his hair, clothes, gaping shoes, and stubble-bearded face, jail combined, did not conserve to ren­ der him entirely presentable on the street. The book publisher greeted him with: "Mornin', Grubberly, how yer come f>n V "Fair," lied Grubberly with a hungry look. "Did you bring those two dollars along?"' "I brought "a dollar for vour last story, 'The Bucking Bronoho of the Brazos 1' Do you think I'm made of pioney? What ate you working at now?" "Fa juat-finishing the last chapter of 'Dan, the Dynamiter; or the Skull of the Skulking Scoundrel.'" "Whatkind of a yarn is it?" "Its a story for boys, something in plot and detail like my 'Hurled to Ha­ des, or Hank, the Headless Helmsman.' (That had a big run, you know, and was quite popular." - "Wnen are you gofaa; to commence on the corkerP '*"• . "Which on#t" "That red-haired, jugular-slashing, bloodv old story of the plains. That gory old Indian yarn." ' ' O, you mean 'Piute'Pete, the ,Tib- bering Jigger from Jim Jam Gulch.' That's all blocked out and will be in faianuscript by Saturday. To-day, you Know, is only Thursday. ' "Have you laid out anything for the g trade?" f«H, yes, I have got four or five now on the hook. Lemme there's 'Skulduggery Skiupins, the TOOriliig Snoozer of the Sierras,' and 'Buffalo Brad, the Bantam Buccaneer,' and 'Creamy Crites, the Cringing Crit- jter df the Creek,' and 'Wellington Wig- <»li, the Wild-Eyed Wizzard of the •Wampun War,' and 'Bigfoot Billy, the jBoy Brigand." These are all suitable for the spring trade, and besides that there are quite a number of children's tales." "What are the titles of 'era ?" . "Well, there's 'Big Nose Mike, the Terror of the Levee;' 'Rattlesnake Sob, the Boy- Detective;' 'Hannibal orton, the Hooter of the Himalayaa;' jsnd "Kickerty Ralph, or The Ghost of the Government Mule.' Let me read you the opening sentences of MUck- erty Ralph.'" "Is it ratty ?" "O, yes. it is right** to the demands of the*times." "Well, go ahead." "As the drop fell with a dull sicken­ ing thud, the blade flag was run up over the prison walls. The hangman's work Was done--well done, and another corpse swung to and fro in the morning fog, another victim had been offered up to the Moloch of English cruelty and rapacious lust, and another martyr had died for Ireland's cause. But hark! a low, sullen roar rises from the hoarse throats of the multitude! What does it mean ? What evil does it portend ? 'Bickerty Ralph is among them,' 'He is distributing circulars.'. i • W h a t d o t h e y r e a d ? ' J , ; * 'Use Coutant's Plastic Salve for Corns. The secret of this wonderful m ajwlleteittftnsj cills to the editor old "Uncle Jnn," of , Conoectic*|, who ought to fcnvaa vhole "Draw«* to himaeU, for nothing short of it could ekpress the easy-going enlargement of his mmd in narratives. Uncle Jim was a retired sea-captain, staler and whaler, univer­ sally beloved abd respected for his love- ly_ disposition and genuine good-beart- not leas th*n for the modera­ tion of his statements aad the trathfui candor of his narrations. Travelers in davs gone .by who used to wait at Ston- « railway ofices for.thaNew York Mat remember him well, and owe him gratitude for making the waiting hours short with his ohild-like expen- His nurn ner was alwaya calm, he never much raised his voice, or used any emphasis or expletives, bttt won the heiurer to belief by his simple, unexag- rated manner of speecfi. It was de- rhtfnl to the habitues to draw Uncle Jim out for the benefititif newoomers. A hundred of his stories are remem­ bered, but the "Drawer" Totalis one at this moment which seems to eommend itself by its entire modmtiM. It hap- that one of the iMa professors, who devoted himself to ethnological studies, was interested in the Batagon- and very mueh desired informa­ tion as to the alleged gigantio statnre of the race. A scientific Mend, who knew the Stonington romance, told the pro­ fessor that he could no > Soubt get valu­ able information from Uncle Jim, a captain who was familiar with all the region about Cape Horn. And the pro­ fessor, without any hintafrta Jim's real ability, eagerly accompanisd his friend to make the visit. Uncle Jink 1MB found in one of his usual haunts, and some­ thing like the following ethnological conversation ensued: Professor--"They tell me, Captain Peenington, that you have been a good deal in Patagonia." Uncle Jim--"Made thirty or forty voyages there, sir." Professor--"And I suppose you know something about the Patsgonians and their habits?" Unole Jim--"Know all about 'em, sir. Know the Patagonians, sir. all of 'em, as well as I know the Stonington folks." Professor.--"I wanted to ask you, Captain, about the size of the Patagon­ ians--whether they acn gianta, as trav­ elers have reported." Uncle Jim.--"No, sir,* shaking his head slowly, and' speaking with the modest, tone of inditferenoe--"no, sir, they are not." [It was quite probable that the Captain never had heard the suggestion before.] "The height of the Patagonians, sir, is just five feet nine inches and a half." Professor.--"How did you ascertain this fact, Captain?" Uncle Jim--"Measured 'em, sir-- measured 'em. One day, when the mate and I were ashore down there, I called up a lot of the Patagonians, and the mate and I measured about five hun­ dred of them, and every one of 'em measured five feet nine inches and a half; no more, no less. Every man, woman, and child measured five feet nine inches and a lioif--that's their ex­ act height." ,-gjp Professor--" That's aKy interesting, But, captain. doh*t ySSTsuppose tliere were giants there long ago, in the form­ er generations? All the travelers say so. Uncle Jim.--"Not a word of truth in it, sir--not a word. I'd heard that story, and I thought I'd settle it satisfied myself there was nothing in it." Professor.--"But how could you know that they used to be giants? What evidence could you get? Mightn't the former race have been giants?" Uncle Jim.--"Impossible, air--im­ possible." Professor.--"How did you satisfy yourself?" Uncle Jim.--"Dug'em up, sir--dug 'em up," speaking with more than usual moderation. "I'd heard that yarn. The next voyage, I took the bo'sen and went ashore, and we dug up two hundred and seventy-five old Patagonians, and .measured 'em. They all measured ex­ actly five feet nine inches and a half; no difference "in 'em--men, women, and all ages just the same. Five feet nine inches and a half is the natural height of a Patagonian. They've always been fust that. Not a word of truth in the stories about giants, Mr."--Editor's Zhrawer, in Harper's Ma amine. . Mary's Lhnib in a Se.v Light* "Darling," said he, tenderly en­ circling her slender waist with his lar­ board arm, "can yon tell me in what re­ spect you resemble Mary, of the little lamb fame?" "No, I cannot, de^r Henry, she answered, blushing one of those western sunset blusbes that be­ token colder weather. "Because," said he, as he tenderly stroked her golden hair, "because you have a pet that loves you so," "And now, dear Henry, can you tell me why you are like Mary's lamb?" "No, dear, why am I?" "Be­ cause," said she, glancing nervously at the door, "because you are sure to go. I heard papa coming down the stairs and yon know." "Why am I like Mary's teacher?" thundered the old man, pok­ ing his head in the door and fondling a seven pound Indian club. ' Because," answering himself, "after 11 o'clock is against the rule and I am going to turn you out." As the young man limped painfully away he was heard to mutter to himself, "Well, I differ from the lamb in one respect, for I never follow Mary any more."--Peck's Sufi. A Man, of Ability. "You want a situation as conductpr, do you?" said the president of the road* "Yes, sir," the applicant replied. "Have you the necessary qualifica­ tions for such a responsible position?" **I am sure I ha\e, sir." "Well, suppose your train should meet with a serious disaster in which a number of passengers would be killed and a large amount of property destroyed, what action would you take in snch a case?" "I would telegraph the newspapers that the accident was of little import­ ance and then send word to the presi­ dent of the road to sell the stock snort." "H'm," replied the president, "I am afraid those are not the proper qualifi­ cations for a good conductor, but you are a ratin of ability, I see. We want a first-class superintendent You can consider yourself engaged as sw^erin- 1 tendent of the road at a salary of $UL> 000 a je»r"-Philade?phia Calk "m 5%* selves, and under the caucus lash and no bras derirabhl legislation. The Monlson bill, the only fmftense yet made serious legislation on the great̂ . of tar.ff, has been aad still is the apple of discord at the Democt afac frnt It satisfies neither one side nor the' other of the Democratic party. It i« inain itMrfanilD would war proved Bearing if fidid sol Strata that the Government of this oonntry was a real National Govern­ ment that could do anything that was demanded by the gensral welfare. It is not an aggregation of little political patches in each of which there ia a cere, inconsiderate, and impraotieal. I minute central poetule of sovereignty ' " * - * ̂- • ' There is but one center of sovereignty in this Union, sad that is at "Washing ton, and its sovereignty is ampin for all ,the needs of toe people. There To save the trouble of considering the merits of the question, the author of it measflfred everything With a sword and proposed to itteontiaently cut off a sword's length from every dutiable ar­ ticle, regardless of oonasqawnoes The bill does noiobmiftand the oonfidenee of even its "Mends." But they hope that it will be "a good enough Morgan" until after the November elections; and then, if the patty by a atroke of unde­ served and unexpected good luck, should find itself a power, some new expedient may be devised to tide it still further along. The cry is for something that will auoeeed. Good people and dear rabble ia the cry, ask what you will, you may have it; only give as the spoils. Needed legislation goes begging, while specious tricks for transient popularity receive the most considerate attention. The old device of cutting down apropriationa has again been resorted to, though with little hope of deceiving the public. It was tried in Indiana, and the people of this State have not forgotten how the low taxes of one year Wtore supplemented the next, and the next, with deficiency bills and money borrowed at interest. It has been tried with the same end in view and with exactly the same result in national legislation. The dodge is too transparent to deceive anybody of intelligence, but it will be tried once tnore, along with other schemes equally dishonest The Morrison bill, in some modified form, may be passed, pro) »- ably wi;l be, over the protests of the better elements of the ̂ Democratic party, the hope being that the good of present reduction in the rate of taxation will blind the people to the inevitable outcome of the un-American policy of free trade. Meanwhilo the weeks and months are rapidly passing away, and no good is being done at Washington. Even this Morrison bill is still in an unfin­ ished condition, and its supporters are at their wits' end to devise some way to smuggle, rush, or bulldoze it through the H ouse. The Democrats realize that they will have a big light among themselves, and in anticipation the leaders have arranged to have the usual appropriation bills ready, to throw ofte in from time to time, to divert atten­ tion and give the combatants oppor­ tunity to temporarily haul off for re­ pairs and pour ointment on their many wounds. The Democratic party docs not need a leader so much as it needs coherency and principle. It is united and consistent only in the desire to get at the public offices. waa' enough gunpowder consumrd dur­ ing the war to have burned thisjtruth into any ordinary cuticle.--Chicago Tribune. are fought with the utmost desecration, and no scheme is too hostile to our free institutions to be adopted and pushed, if it promises even the slenderest hope of success. The Democratic House is little betfer than aft organized, expen­ sive farce, manifestly afraid to do any­ thing, yet hoping to make a little po­ litical capital through appeals to preju­ dice and ignorance. With no defined purpose beyond that of getting control, t>y fair means or by foul, it blunders and stumbles^ to the disgust and alarm ef all not blindod by partisan prejudice. The country will feel easier when ad­ journment at last comes and the worst is known.--Indianapolis Journal. State Sovereignty Bun Mad. One of the signs of orthodox De­ mocracy that might have been referred to by the experts who were recently called upon in Iowa to give the tests of real Democracy is the doctrine of State hovereigntv. This is, to be sure, not A Jacksonian doctrine, aa Calhoun and liis nullifying crowd found out to their .heart's content from the hero of New Orleans, but it has in these dogenerate days become one of the fetiche s of that party. When the terrible visitation of yellow fever fell upon the South a few years ago the people of the North, ani­ mated by the paternal desire to use all the means in their power for the sup­ pression of the pestilence, unanimously sustained the intervention of the Gen- er.il Government with the expenditure of money, the issue of rations, the dis­ tribution of shelter-tents, the assign­ ment of army physicians to assist in the care of the sick, in slort the fullest exercise of the resources of the central power. But even in that dread emer­ gency, with yellow fever swooping down upon scores of communities, the devotees of this fetich of State sovereignty could not run so fast from the Angel of Death but that tli«y had time to give a kick t<> tbe hand that brought them aid. The Representatives of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi yelped, snarled, and snapped at the haiid that was bringing them the best it could command of relief and pro­ tection. They took all that was offered, but graciously l eminded the giver that his benevolence proceeded on an ea- lirely incorrect theory of the true func­ tions of Federal Government. Pre­ cisely he same blind devotion to the nullifying theory that .lackson stood ready to take out of Calhouu by the application of a hemp poultice ani­ mates the opposition of the Pourbon Senators to the appropriation for the extermination of the cattle-plague, which, whether it be genuine foot-and- "mouth disease or not, is contagious and extremely dangerous to the welfare of the people of the whole couutry. While the germs of disease are spreading from one State to another, threatening to Infect all the herds oa the ranges in the Territories on their dispersal in the nprii g, receiving re-enforceinent at the Jxirts on the seacoast where European cattle ore being imported, portending ithe loss if unchecked of millions alike to the owners of cattle and the con­ sumers of meat, all that the State- eovereignty ghosts in the Senate can find to say is, that the intervention of Exit Sehurx. The Mends of Carl Sehurx have undertaken to raise for him n purae of $100,000. The gentleman has, in his political antics, exhibited every phase in the career of rocket. He came to this oonntry end began his career as a journalist, then he became a politician, then a lawyer, then a stump-speaker, then United States Minister to Spain, then a Major General in the army, then a member of the United States Senate from Missouri, then a member of Hayes' Cabinet as Secretary of the Interior, then a journalist again, and now his friends are trying to "help him out" of the failure of his effort to run the New York Evening Post. He has come down rather quicker than he went up, but there is no doubt as to his present location. Whether those interested in the Post can put it again in the position it occupied before he took hold of it remains to be setn. Mr. Schurz, while a pan of great abilities in some directions, has alwaya represented the peevish in American politics. Nothing conld satisfy him in the land of his birth, and he left it to save his neck, and not a thing Has been to his liking here. Honored as few for­ eigners have heen in this country, he has been a chronic fault-finder from the day he set foot on our shores. The Re­ publican party has never been quite good enough for him, and he Greeley- ized in 1872. With the flattening out of that lamenta' le failure to found a party on "crow" he nominally returned to the party he forsook, but has ever since been astride of the fence by the polit­ ical roadway, finding fault with all that was done, and inventing Utopian schemes for its future guidance. Vis­ ionary, Foured, willful, selfish, and a political bigot, he has closed a career that might have been a brilliant one could he have found any good or purity in any man or set of men, ssve himself. He has reached the lowest round in the ladder in New York, where he set out to climb it. It will be useless for him to try again the ascent. The failure he has made in politics is never overcome, Its"^mp~aigns nor dp such opportunities come a sec- * V TIMA V/\ TTTAN'A 1 .AT HIS ond time to any man's door. Let his friends raise the proposed fudd, and retire him from public notice and con­ tempt--Chicago News. THE Democratic party has followed the Republican party to Chicago. It has utterly failed to agree upon any scheme of tax reduction. If it cannot agree upon any legislative reform in Congref-s, it cannot in convention. It has flung aside the Ohio Senator w*io made an effort to collect the millions whioh the Pacific railroads owe. It has crushed another Ohio Senator who dared to advocate civil-service reform. Now it is proposed that its nomination shall be tossed about from one million­ aire to another till one is found willing to lead it in a mere oflic-seeking raid, with nothing inscribed on its banner except "Turn the rascals out." Asa party, it has survived some terrible te-tts of its vitality, and it may not die of the doses with which its nurses ere now cramming its nauseated stomach.-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Devi.) THE same weapon which Kelly holds over the Democracy of the State he holds over the Democracy of the nation. No general account or plan of action can be made up without Kelly. And this is the party which depends mainly on the cry of purification iu high places for its campaign material. There is a law of compensation in politics as well as in other things, and this apparently unavoidable bargain with Tammany, though it may. bring into the Dem­ ocracy a large number of votes in New York City, will probably enlarge the Republican tnajority in other parts of the State sufficient to offset it. And Tammany is cert .inly an element which is expensive to the Democracy in the country at large.--St. Louis Olobe- Democrat. ALL the facts of history are against the "old fraud" of Grsmercy Park, and yet he has the mendscity to claim that he suffered wrong in i876, a wrong which it is now all too late to rectify. This stuff and fustian cannot be im­ posed upon the American people. The courts were open to Tilden at any time after Mr. Hayes had been declared tbe lawfully elected President of the United States, but the Democratic preHnder did not dare to submit the validity of his title to the scrutiny of an incorruptible judiciary His own party discarded tbe idea ot his having snffered wrong in 1876 by refusing to nominate him in 1880, and the Democrats dare not plaoe themselves in position to try conclu­ sions on this matter next fall.--Cleve­ land. Leader. GEN. CITALHXBB, of Mississippi, has addressed an able and eloquent letter to the Chairman of the Executive Com­ mittee of the Independent party in his State, in which he advises his political adherents to co-operate with the Re­ publicans in favor of free elections, free schools, and the protection of American industries. He vigorously denounces the methods of the Demo­ cratic party in his State, and charges them with resorting to fraud and force to prevent l he honest expression of the people of Mississippi. They have, he that ^ays, violated the national and State the only adequate power--that of the ! ' natio -- would be inconsistent with their theory of the Constitution. Senator Bayard, who does not find iinythii.g out of- the way in the use of th© sovereign powers of taxation of the F< deral Government for the enrich­ ment of the Wilmington Match Com­ pany, can enly shriek State rights when hosting Mi Ax * Mabon cultural it sat in tbe week ef B>|ilst»ii H premiums to faiL MOORSV, the oonvtot wlo •ati la prison at Joltet, was: murder in the first dtpte, ul awat Axed at death. A roucnui of Chicago,! help at No. UBB Wataah avettoe.i house and burst open a door floor. Two children layer; naked woman on tits floor waa by two brothers named Petsr--n, sisters urged them on. The ladjr saiMtfilty assaulted waa a dressmaker name* KtSillM whose only offense was bein*Jft ffjiei* rent. The Petersen family wars taken tfrifcs station by the patrol wagon aaS hsM flar slot, assault, and disorderly conduct. MT*. ¥<aa- fleld will bring suit for 910,000 damages. omcsB R. E. Toiino, of tho WBAhiogHaa Driving Park police, ia Chicago, Aid a H»v« and generous act wttei dwatves hwa--bte mention. Tbe little 4»jr*a*«MI daogAtiMr ot Mr. B. C. PettingUl was eraasla* the bridge at the corner of Sixty-first atreetand Sooth Park avenue, when • sudden gnat of wind blew her over into the water Mow. There is a long stretch of water at that point, and Che current was strong at tbe awnest, carryfitg (be child some 800 yards. Young-saw her tatf over, and jumped into the stream, having to swim a considerable distance 1 the drowning child. She times, and another moment woold kisve ended her straggles, when the officer oeught her and brought her safe to land. HON. CHARMS D. BODOBS died at his rest* denoe in Carrollton, after an illness of some days, of meningitis. Judge Hodges was born in Queen Anne,' St. George County, m, Feb. 4,1810. He was.a graduate of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., pursued his law with Alex. Bandatt, of Annapolis, qnd to Oarroittaa aad JooaSed la 188S, staoe whioh time he had resided there, p|wS»lm his profession as aa^ ddvoeate- aad^ JUttag many positions of publio trust, away wftAsk were a term in Confess, two torau aa County Judge, one term ss State Senator, and one term as Circuit Judge. He waa married in January, 1839, to Miss Hawlay, of Jersey Oounty, wjio, with at family of seven children, survives him. Be Democrat in politics, aad. a and warm supporter of the Episcopal Churofl. MR. HCNRV C. CUKXKNT, of Clement, Bane & Co., of Chicago, representing a wealthy syndicate, has purchased a large property near Kill jay, Ga., for the purpaae of develop­ ing the marbla quarries of that seelloa. Mr. Clement is a large stockholder Of the BaHaad (Vt.) mines. Of their preseat purchase fa Georgia, be says: "After I became perfectly satisfied of the extent and quality of the marble, I bought leases and land outright until 1 secured all we wanted. We have taken all the stock ourselves; there ia none for sale, and will be none. Wo have applied for a charter, and will organize and hegia operations at once. I have been |haiiUar with the Rutland Company ever since It was about like quarries we have just beM tOok* tag at. Since then millions upon aMHteas ef dollars hsve been taken out of it, men are at work in the mines orer fOf ftoat below the earth. I thlna the North Georgia just as fiae as it ever' Vermont." A 8TRAMM eoene was enaeted one recently in Chicago, at tbe house of a mian family named Blskacek, on Bunker street, near Jefferson. There are two daugh­ ters in the family, Julie and Arna, agfd fit and 18 years, respectively. Tbe latter waa taken terluusly ill almost on the eve of her sister's nuptials. Very of ten poor Anne waa heard to say, "I must be present at year weddlav, Julie. Oh, how bapgy I shall hat Walt till I reoover." Bat alael she grew worse day by day, until one day her last moments came. Realising that her Md was approaching, she exclaimed: "Jfctaothsij me before Julio is married, imaet he present at her wedding even as a corpse." She died! The next day, although the household was In mourning, Julie donned her wedding robes, and standing beside the coffin oontaia* Ing all that was mortal of her dearly beloved sister, and surrounded by her mourning kindred and friends, was married to the man of her choice. Immediately after the. cere­ mony the gay robes gave place to a funeral* black costume, and the funeral wae jWVSSeded with. The remains of her dead <riSter wore deposited in the National Bohemian Cemetery. %. - ( L Illinois Fairs--Time and Plaoe or Tfcoae •» Be Held Tbto Year. The State Department of Agriculture haa received notice of the time and place of hold ing county fairs the present year, as foliowat^ Counties. Location. Date of fair. {' Adams .....Quincy AUK. 18-31. Camp Point.....Sept. 1-5. - L T j f- * • * •IS m law to prevent tho majority of the voters from pronouncing upon ques­ tions of public policy.--Chicago Trib~ une. THK Bepublican tariff idea boiled down is: American patronage the mechanic who eats America** hraad pays American taxes. Si Adams Itoone. ?*e,videre Sept. 2-5. B r o w s . . . . M t . S t e r l i n g . S S - M . u k i Bureau Princeton Sept. 16-19. • t'K -Cass .Virginia Asg-lfr-tt. t # Champaign Cbunuaiim Auir.as-aft. , Crawford Robinson Sept. SS-Oct f* Cumberland Toledo. ....Sept. IT-S0L . De 10 kit) Svcamore Sept. 18-W. • >£ De Witt. Clinton Aug. 19-21. •*' De W»t .Farmer Citr Sept. 3-5. Edgar Paris Sept. J-&. Ettthgham Etlighnam Sept. SJ-OcWfc!"-^ Ford PiperCitr Oct. 1-3L • Franklin Benton Oct. 14-17. s .- v, Fulton, Avon Sjpt. 3^8. " \ J Gallatin fchawneetown...Aug. 26-39. ab-<> •» ' Greene ^....Carrollton. ~ ~ Hamilton Hardin Henry (roquoia ..... ]Jaekson Jackson Jefferson Jersey 'Jo Daviess... .Kankakee. . Kendall .Knox La Salle JLivinaston... Logan Macoupin.... Marion Marshall I...Aug. 26-39. ...Sept :«*-Qct. 4 ..MoLeansboro...Sept. H-3fc „ . ,Kllzabethtown..8ept. 34-31. ; < " ..Cambridge Sept. 1-5. , ,4 . .Watseka Sept. #-12. ;? r. ..Murphy*bon>...8apt 3a-OcV% . ' .Carboadale Oeh lMt. A1 Mt. Vernon.... 14-1T. .Jerseyvtlle .0^14-17. *"r f, * . «' !0| %•' •vr"4 4 ; 1-4. 15-1T. 33-37. ! ; ^ .Sept. l-s. An*, is-tt. iC-m Sept. 33-28. Sept. 16-19. , .. ^ ..Sept. 14-lSL • Jf-fM .Aa«. SMk Ana. 3S-2U. 83-ST. WiW&irm .Galena .8e|t SO-OckV .Kanitakse .Sept. 3-4. ..Yorkvilla Htpt' , Knoxville Etpt. 3-5. , .Mendota........ dept. 1-4 ..Fair bury .Sept. 1S-19. ,, . Atlanta. .in*. " ' .Carlinvllle. ... ^tpit. sO-OetH .Centralia.. HcDonongh Bushneli.......fiipft. 1»-Oet McLean Bloom nrton...8ept. S-UL Montgomery.... Hlllsboro... Ogle Rochelle... BtpkMS,.' r Ode Oregon ..Sept. lt-U *, Ferry PinckacyviUe..Oet. Ht * Piatt Monticollo..... .Ana. 1HL rike 1 ittstleld Pope Golconda Randolph Sparta........ Saline Eldorado..... Bangamon..... .Springfield... Schuyler Rnstnrille Shelby ShelbyrlBe... Stark Toulon St. Clair. Belleville. Tazewell Delavaa Vnion Anna Vermilion Catltn _ Vermilion Hoopestown Au«. 25-39. Warren. Monmouth Sept. 2-5. Whiteside Sterling A tsar. S6-39. 'Williamson......Marion Sep:. 9-H Winnebago Rockfonl Sopt 1-*. "Woodford. El Va*o THB Decatur jail coutaius •risonw* ,