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Sgticntg fpmnilealcr J. VAN SM.YKK. E«torar Ml Publiskar. McHENRY, - • ILLINOIS. • fu THE NEWS CONDENSED. FORTY-NINTH CON&BESS. Cancuilnf. Senate Republicans --Upon the meeting ai tin ; Mimbllccii Senatorial caucus on Saturday, Dec. 6, a motion was made that the caucus proceed to ballot for President of the Senate. Upon the ballot Iwing taken Mr. Sherman received all the votes but four, and upon a motion of Mr. Ed mundB the nomination vu made unanimous Mr. Sherman, rising, said: "SENATORS: I return my hearty thanks for the high honor you propose to confer upon me. Your choice, no doubt, has been influenced by the fact that I have long been a member of the Senate. Still my duties hitherto have not given mo the practical experience necessary to make a good presiding officer. I can only say that I will . do all I can fairly and impartially to observe and enforce the rales of the Senate, and shall rely greatly upon your forbearance and cour­ tesy. " The Republican Senators also resolved to pasg at the earliest practicable moment what is known as the Hoar Presidential Succession bill, which was passed by the last Senate, and a bill alao reported in the" last Congress by Mr. Hoar, best known in former Congresses as the Edmunds bill, to regulate the counting of the electoral vote. The Senate Republicans con­ tinued the Caucus Committee which was ap­ pointed during the last executive session to determine ui>on the party policy with respect to Cleveland's nominations. The committee in­ cludes Edmunds, Chairman ; Allison, Hale, and Spooner. Edmunds is said to be the most de­ termined of this committee to make general opposition to Cleveland's appointments. House Bej-mblicans.--The House Republicans made Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, their candi­ date for the honorary nomination for Speaker against Mr, Hiscock. of New York, by a vote of 63 to 47. Ryan, of Kansas, was given 3 rotes. Mr. Hiscock moved to haake Mr. Reed's nomina­ tion unanimous. This was done. The follow­ ing were nominated for the minor offices of the House: For Clerk, Colonel W. O. Crosbv, of Iowa; for Sergeant-at-Arms, ^Captain Albert 0. Marsh, Indiana; for Doorkeeper, Colonel Jo­ seph R. Selden, of Connecticut; for Postmaster, A. W. Adams, of Maryland; for Chaplain, the Rev. Dr. F. T. Britt of Nebraska. Mr. Price, of Wisconsin, offered a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, declaring it to be the Cense of the caucus that immediate action be taken by the forty-ninth Congress for the "" 'assage of the Presidential-Succession bill. Thomas, of Illinois, offered a resolu- ion, which was also adopted, declaring the caucus favorable to the passage of a proper­ ly guarded Mexican Pension Bill, with provision lor pensioning Union soldiers of the late war, their widows and orphans, similar to the bill passed by the Senate during the Forty-eighth i^ongress, and declared itself in favor of" the un­ conditional repeal of all limitations on the Ar- *ears-of-Pensions Act. Senate Democrat*.--All the Democratic Sena­ tors except four met in conference Saturday, _ J>ec. 5. Senator Voorhees was instructed to put ' Jb nomination for President pro tempore Sena- dor Harris of Tennessee. Senator Harris ac­ cepted the nomination, and in a short speech thanked the cqfltaace for the honor conferred Upon him. H39 ttmue XVmoriHUPThe Democratic members •t the Honw of Wpreumtative! met In caucus, •nd nominated Mr Carlisle of Kentucky for Speaker. A committee, consisting of Messrs. •andall of Pennsylvania. Hewitt of New York, and Willis of Kentucky, was appointed to notify Mr. Carlisle of his nomination. When that gen­ tleman appeared on the floor he was greeted with applause, in response to which he delivered a neat little speech thanking his fel- Jpw-members for the honor conferred upon him. The old officers were renominated, with the ex­ ception of the Chaplain. The vacancy in the Poorkeeper s office caused bv the death of Mr. Wintersmith was filled by the election at Gen. .©onelson of Tennessee. "Mr. Milburn, the blind preacher, was nominated for Chaplain. Regular Proceeding*. P ' I: % 1 i of the Forty-ninth Congress met at noon on Monday, the 7th day of December, •nd promptly organized for business. When the Senate was called to order, John Sherman was fleeted President pro tern, by a vote of 34 to 29-- . the latter number being cast for Isharn G. Har- "'s. On being escorted to the chair. Senator German made a short specch of thanks. Messrs. ogan, of Illinois, and Blair, of New Hampshire, fere sworn in. Mr. Voorhees announced the [loath of Vice President Hendricks, and offered Resolutions of respect to his memory, (rhen an adjournment was ordered. fn House of Representatives 320 mem- answered the roll-call. Mr. Murphy, Iowa, was presented with a floral design rep­ resenting a boat on the Hennepin Canal bearing bags of grain. Representative Frank Lawler, Second Dlinois District, was also the re­ cipient of several handsome floral tributes, the largest being a rocking chair made of roses. 5he ballot for Speaker resulted in 177 votes for John G. Carlisle and l:« for Thomas B. Reed. After Mr. Carlisle had voiced his thanks, John B. Clark, of Missouri, was chosen Clerk ; John H. Leedom, of Ohio, Sergeant-at-arms ; Samuel Donelson, of Tennessee, Doorkeeper; and Ly- Curgus Dalton, Postmaster. Before drawing for seats, Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, was allowed his choice. The death of the Vice President having been announced by Mr. Holman, the Bouse adjourned. AFTER the reading of the President's Message, Mr. Hoar introduced a bill in the Senate, on the 4th inst, to provide for the discharge of Presi­ dential duties in case of the removal or inabil­ ity of the President and Vice President; also to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy. Mr. Edmunds presented a measure to fix tLo dav for the meeting of Presidential Electors. Bills fyere also introduced for the admission St Idaho and Washington Territories as tates, to authorize the payment of certain duties i greenbacks, to remove the limitation in the payment of arrears pensions, to allot lands in Severalty to the Indian tribes, for construction the Michigan and Mississippi Canal, for two Ibilitary posts on the southwestern frontier at Kansae, for two railway rights of way through Indian Territory, to pension veterans of the pelican war, for the repeal of the timber cul- **re, pre-emption, and desert-land acts, to pre­ vent the acquisition of real estate by aliens, to *frd in the establishment of common schools, for ibe encouragement of American merchant mar­ ine, to retire the trade dollar, for four bridges over the Mississippi and one across the Missouri, for a •avy-yard at Algiers, La., for the erection of thirteen public buildings, and for the cancella­ tion -of 'One and two dollar greenbacks. Mr. Csaaesoo offered a resolution that it is inexpedi- • «nt to puas any legislation for the reduction of tariff duties. The House of Representatives listened to reading of the message, and immedi­ ately adjourned out of resjiect to the memory of the late Reuben Ellwood. of Illinois. Mil. JONES, of Arkansas, introduced a bill in the Senate, on the 9th inst., to secure cheapar eelegwfMc correspondence. It is that known o P®*tal telegraph bill of the last Congress, A. bill was introduced by Senator Van Wyck, providing for the taxation of unpatented land* 4>wned by railroad companies. It reqifires such Companies to pay the cost of surveying and locating land within sixty days after the passage of the act, or that in de­ fault thereof the lands shall be subject to eMtry under the homestead and pre-emption laws aaid liable to taxation. Bills were also in­ troduced to prevent the diffusion of contagious 4i«eases, to cede the abandoned marine hospital grounds at New Orleans to Tulane University. and for the relief of sufferers by the destruction «f salt-works in Kentucky by Gen. Buell. A resolution was adopted, calling upon the Post­ master General for the names of all post­ masters in Maine appointed on the recom­ mendation of S. 8. Brown, Chairman of the Maine Democratic State Committee, who is charged with extorting money from such appointees. Mr. Blair introduced resolutions lor temperance and woman-suffrage amendments to the Constitution. Mr. Brown presented the petition of Alexander R. I.awton, of Georgia, for relief from political disabilities. Resolutions . were adopted calling on the President to furnish de+1'ilfl reirpjijinp intprr-f'njml coinnt'e «ml t:h» rejeetKm «rf Minister Keiley by the Austrian Government. In the House of Representative* Messrs. Morrison and Springer presented two propositions for amending the rules, which, after discussion, were referred to the Committee Rules, composed of the Speaker, RandalL Morrison, Hiscock, and Reed. The House ad­ journ «d till the 12th in onder to give the commit­ tee time to eansider the proposed changes in rules. BILLS were introduced in the Senate on the * 10th inst. for a postal telegraph, to relieve com­ mercial travelers from license taxes, for an in­ ternational tribunal of arbitration, to open to nomesU'ad settlement certain portions of In­ dian l erritory, to transfer the barracks at Baton lU)Ut;e to Louisiana University, to prevent gam- oiin^ in the urmy, aud to repeal the law for the ot claims of officers and tol- aiers tor toss of private property. IT J'™1 resolution was presented from yne legislature -of New Jersey for an inquiry into the fitness of Alaska for a pen£l colony, j he President sent in to the Senate a very large nujxibi r of nominations, including tnose of Ministers Lothrop, Curry, Denby, btallo, Tree, Jacob, Winchester, Winston, Thompson, Zay, Hopkins, and Feam, Postmas- wrs .Juad, of Chicago; iAirkin, of Pittsburgh, , Paul, of Milwaukee: and Speer, of Denver, and | many Consuls. Secretaries of Legation, officials • .K<iuiu<ri ^ i> . 'ol ""Pertinent, officials of the i^avy, l)(ilipv<> and I ostmasti rs v. hose appointments have al­ ready been publish^!. Tiie House sessiop. ident of the Baltimore »nd Ohio Railroad, waR stricken with paralysis of the brain and fell from hW chair" and died almost infitontly. The tio railroad magnates were discussing a matter of business when Mr. Garrett--Kitting on a sofa and facing the millionaire, who leaned forward in his arm­ chair--was suddenly made aware of a slight indistinctness in Mr. Vanderbilt's speech thai grew into an inarticulate sound. As he leaned over kf catch kit words Mr. Van- derbilt pitchfd forward without warning, and Ml henVily to the floor on his faoe. Mr. Garrett sprang to his feet, and, seizing a pillow from the sofa, laid it under his friend's head. Mr. Vanderbilt never spoke nor moved. The deceased was the eldest of the thirteen children of the late Com­ modore Cornelius Vanderbilt, and was 65 years old. His wealth was enormous. He was worth, on a close calculation, $200,- 000.000. He was probably richer than any single member of the Rothschild family. The Duke of Westminster is said to be worth $'200,000,000, but Mr. Van­ derbilt was richer, because the Duke's money only pays him about 2 per cent, being mainly in lands and houses. Mr. Vanderbilt had a much larger income. Last year he held $54,000,000 of 4 per cent, bonds, and later he reduced this amount to $35,000,000 of Government per cents. His Government bonds were worth almost $75,000,000. At one time he owned 240.- 000 shares of Michigan Central, 30.000 shares of Northwestern, and 2OO.OO0 shares of Lake Shore, He is said to have sold considerable Lake Shore lately. In addition he had 30,000 Chicago and Kock Island, '20.000 Delaware and Lackawanna, and about 20,000 shares in other railroads, making in all about 860,000 shares of rail­ way stock, also $22,000,000 worth of rail­ road bonds, $3,200,000 of State and city bonds,and $2,000,000 in various manufac­ turing stocks and mortgages. He valued his house on Fifth avenue, with its art treasures, at $3,000,000. His ordinary household expenses' were $200,- 000 a year. In 1884 he gave a ball that cost $40,000. His income was calcu­ lated as follows. From Government bonds, per year, $2,362,000; $7,394,000 from railroad stocks, $576,695 from mis­ cellaneous securities; total, over $10,000,000 a year, or $28,000 a day, $1,200 an hour, or $19.75 a minute. Mr. Vanderbilt had made a will, but what its provisions are is not known to any one outside of the family, and his confidential counsel and friend. The children Mr. Vanderbilt leaves are in their regular succession from Cornelius,who is about forty years of age, down: Cornelius, William K., Frederick W., and George W., and four daughters, Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, Mrs. W illiam D. Sloane, Mrs. Hamilton McK. Twombly, and Mrs. Dr. Seward Webb. Cornelius and William K. are both actively engaged in the management of the family railroad interests. Cornelius is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New York Central and the Michigan Cen­ tral systems, and William K, holds the same office in the Lake Shore and Nickel Plate systems. Frederick W., who is about 32 years old, is a Director in all the roads. merged the Iathnms Railway The im-. Sorts of general merchandise at New York nring the week were valued at $6,559,034, exehtmve of dry goods. & ̂ THE WEST. - BATTE^T" D, Fifth Artillery--four guns and seventy men--reached Salt Lake City on the 7th inst. and was escorted to Fort Douglas by five companies from that fort, General McCook Riding at the head of the column. Great c^oa ds of Mormons sul­ lenly watched the soldiers march past. THE municipal council of Salt Lake, composed wholly of Mormons, declares false the rumor that the church peoplehave armed themselves and are organizing for an outbreak: as. also, the statement that arms and ammunition are stored in the tithing office.... Seven men were buried by the caving of a sewer at Akron, Ohio, four of them being killed, and the others fatally injured.... The Mich­ igan grange reports 552 lodges in the State, with a membership of 15,000. . . rOKElGIV. A OABUS dispatch says: "The Bulgarians have attacked a Servian division near Knje- vatz. The Emperor of Austria has for­ warded his decision on the peace proposals submitted to him by the combatants. He is said to favor the union of Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia, and to oppose the pay­ ment of war indemnity by Servia. Turkey has recalled her commissioners and coun ̂ termanded her orders for the occupation of the Balkans." A LONDON paper claims to have high au­ thority for the statement that the govern­ ment has abandoned the policy of concili­ ating Parnell. and will endeavor to form a coalition with the Whigs to resist the Na­ tionalists. Unless Mr. Gladstone moves a want of confidence in the Salisbury Govern­ ment the new Parliament will adjourn im­ mediately after convening until February. .... Dispatches from Vienna assert that geace negotiations between Bulgaria and ervia have been commenced on the basis of the union of the Bulgarias and the nom­ ination of Prince Alexander to be Governor of Roumelia for five years. ViCEN OF N0TC. Wiffitn L Trenliolm, Ctrfl4ferriee Commiwioaer. Col. 'William L. Trenholm, of Charles­ ton, S. C., is about 60 years of age, an act­ ive business man, and was recommended for the appointment by leading friends of the Civil-Service Reform movement North and South. He is the son of the late Sec­ retary Trenholm of the Treasury of the Southern Confederacy, and has been brought into prominence lately by his ad­ dress before numerous bankers' conventions on the silver question, and his writings on the same subject, which have attracted wide attention. An argument which- he pre­ sented to the Secretary of the Treasury some weeks ago in behalf of the rice-grow- THE SOUTH. AT ^Satesville, Gates County, N. C., three negroes, John Swanner, Isaiah Rich­ ardson and Edward Saunders, were hanged for the crime of burglary, committed last September, at a country store. They robbed the store of considerable money and goods, and, being heavily armed, overawed the clerk. NELSON STEWART and Anderson Davis, colored, convicted of burglary, were hanged at Charlotte, N. C. As the trap sprung, the noose around Stewart's neck slipped, so that the knot rested back of his hea d, and he died from strangulation. Both men mounted the gallows with a steady step, and exhibited no emotion. They bade those present farewell, and said they were going to heaven... . The indictments against eighteen professional Ramblers at Louis­ ville were indefinitely continued, upon their confession of guilt and promises never to engage in gambling again. Under the agreement fines aggregating $16,000 were assessed against the men. risniNGToiv. ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND urges the building of a national penitentiary and the construction of a jail at each place where Federal courts are lield.... Senator VanWyck, of Nebraska, is continuing his endeavors to regulate the railroads. He has introduced a bill providing for the tax­ ation of unpatented lands owned by railway companies, which provides that unless the cost of surveying and locating is paid for by the nominal owners, within sixty davs after the passage of the act, the land's shall be subject to entiy. A REGULAR mass was offered at Wash­ ington for the repose of the soul of King Alfonso of Spain, the foreign representa­ tives being present in full uniform. Pres­ ident Cleveland and Secretaries Bayard and Endicott also attended, as did many prom­ inent society people and officials. POLITICAL. THE estimated revenues for the coming year are placed at $315,000,000. The Treasury Department has just made an es­ timate of expenses for the same time, plac­ ing them at $330,000,000. This shrinkage in receipts will compel Congress to cut down many of the usual appropriations and throw a damper on contemplated im­ provements in the navy and other depart­ ments. JOHN I. BLAIB paid $370,000 cash fqr the St. Louis,. Hannibal & Keokuk road, at a sale under foreclosure by B. Gratz Brown, Master in Chancery . The directors of the Union railway at Indianapolis have decided to issue $1,000.(MM) in bonds and erect a commodious union depot.... A fire in Milwaukee quickly followed by an ex­ plosion of mill-dust', destroyed the Daisy und Empire mills, valued at $200,000. Michael Kuntz, foreman of fire company No. 2, received fatal injuries from falling timbers, and Several other firemen were hurt. (>iE^EBAL. THE EAST. ̂ILLIAM H. VANDERBILT, THE railroad king, while conversing at his residence in Sw Yvrk, with Mr. Robert Garrett, Pres« THE French half-breeds of Manitoba have formed an association to receive the remains of Louis Riel and superintend their interment at St. Boniface. Great difficulty has been experienced in the effort to get possession of the body, which is uarded by two superstitious citizens, who v,. . that the spirit of the departed iiut iu | i"k'ktly walks the iKinks of the Red River. ; . . . . President > I^lesias, of Peru, surren- J dered to CaccrcH at Lima. Sanchez has been named Provisional President Montreal reports the small-pox epidemic as ended. A gale on the Pacific near Panama wrecked fourteen sailing vessel* and sab- ADDITIONAL HEWS. THE Republican Senators met in caucus at Washington on the 11th inst., and Mr. Sherman resigned the Chairmanship which he has held so long. Edmunds was chosen to sncceed him. It was voted to give Logan his old committee on military affairs, and place Sewell at the head of the joint com­ mittee on the libran*. All the rest of the iime was spent in discussing the position to be taken toward the President's nomina­ tions. There was much talk, and the extreme critics of the Presi­ dent's appointments found that they could not bind all their col­ leagues to oppose the confirmation of those good in themselves, although made to fill vacancies caused by suspension. Logan, Sherman, Hale, Hoar, and others, are said to have made very vigorous speeches in favor of a determined opposi­ tion to the confirmation of all nominations save those good in themselves, and made to fill vacancies caused by the expiration of terms. Allison, Mandelson, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Dawes, Piatt, and Van Wyck are named as among those who favor­ ed the policy of considering each case on its merits, regardless of the status of the office when it was filled. <-• THE funeral and burial of the late Wil­ liam H. Vanderbilt occurred at New York on the 11th inst. The funeral, which took place in St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, was very simple in character. In the evening the members of the family gathered at Mr. Vanderbilt's house. Judge Charles A. Rapallo, who drew Mr. Vander­ bilt's will, and Mr. Chauncey M. Depew were also present. The will was opened. The will proved to be louger than had been gen­ erally expected. There was much specula­ tion during the evening as to the contents of the document, but no trustworthy de­ tails could be obtained. There were pres­ ent, besides President Depew and Judge Rapallo, the attorneys, Mrs. Vanderbilt, Cornelius and his wife, William K. and his wife, George Vanderbilt, and the sons-in- law of William H., McK. Twombly, Will­ iam Sloan, and Dr. W. S. Ward Webb, • with their wives. It was an hour before the reading was/finished. The date of the execution of the& will does not go back two years. THE Mexican Congress has approved the modified contract with Captain Eads for a ship railway, and the document only lacks the signature of President Diaz There were 221 failures in the United States reported to Bradstreet's during the week, against 247 in the preceding week, and 316, 249, 230, and 169. in the corres­ ponding weeks of 1884, 1883, 1882, and 1881 respectively. About 77 per cent, were those of small traders wte»se capi­ tal was less than $5,000. In the principal trades they were as follows: General stores, 38; grocers^ 29; liquors, 18; dry goods, 13; hardware and implements, 13; millinery, 11; boots and shoes, 9; clothing, 9; drugs and chemicals, 9; grain and mill­ ers, 9; hotels and restaurants, 9; paper, printers, etc., 9; bakers and confectioners; 6; carriages and wagons. 6; produce 6; to­ bacco and cigars, 6; furniture, 5; men's furnishings, 5; lumber and builders' ma­ terials, 4; jewelry, 4; oils and paints, 4; meat, 4; builders and carpenters, 3; hats, 3; harness, 3. FIVE years ago a syndicate in Detroit, comprising Senator Palmer and others, contracted to pay Warner Newberry $2,000 per year until the death of his aunt, Mrs. Walter L. Newberry, who has just died at Paris, in consideration of $100,000 to be re- Said from the estate in Chicago. Milton H. utler paid $30,000 for the claims of Ed­ ward H. and Walter A. Newberry and one other heir, and is to receive therefor about $250,000. Jesse H. Farwell and George Jerome also purchased an interest in the estate, and are certain of from $50,000 to $100,000. Mr. Butler says the estate owns nearly the entire town of Green Bay. THE Adjutant General of Texas has re­ ceived information that twenty-five Mexican soldiers recently crossed the line and drove off a herd of cattle belonging to Americans. The State Government has expressed its inability to protect the frontier, aud it is proposed to invoke the aid of the General Government A negro named John Alex­ ander was executed at New Orleans for wife-murder. THE MARKETS. 50 4.50 5.0(1 4.5t) .HH .42 .00 .04 .23 .10 NEW YORK. BEEVES $4.53 Hoos 4.00 WHEAT--No. 1 White. 97 No. 2 Bed 95 CORN--No. 2 51 OATS--White ^37 PORK--Meas 9.75 CHICAGO. BEEVES --Choice to Prime Steers. Good SHIPPING Common 3 50 HOGS 3.50 II.ouu--Kxtrii Spring Choice Winter WHEAT--No. 2 Spring COBM--No. 2 *7 OATO--No. 2 UYE--No. 2 UARI,KY--No. 2 : ] BUTTER--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, new Skimmed Flats EGGS--Fresh ; POTATOES--Choice, per bu I'OKK--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 RYE--No. 1 PORK--New Megs TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 . ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--Mixed OATS--Mixed PORK--New Mess CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Red. 95 CORN-- No. 3 r".8F (ft, 6.50 (4 4.50 C'i> .99 t'i .96 (fit .53 (g» .42 ($10.23 <g> 6.00 5.2 > ("• 4 25 ("> 4.1,0 ("1 5.5J (<<> 5.00 ("> (i"J ,<Jj (<« («"> .09 .00 (f'i .21 .88 ̂ .13 .30 .62 .66 .20 .IS • lO'.j .07 .22 .60 8.75 <» 9.25 .87 .42 .28 .60 8.75 .95 .39 .30 @ .87 V, & .43 Hit .30 • (4 .02 m 0.2$ .95^ .41 .94'j» .34 . tei; .28 ifti 9.75 .95 .36 .29 ©10.25 OATS--Mixed. PORK--Mess.......1 LIVE HOOS DETROIT. BEEP CATTLE, HOGS. SHEEP WHEAT--No. 1 White...., CORN--No. 2. OATS--No. 2 INDIANAPOLIS- WHEAT--No. 2Red CORN--New OATS--No. 2. EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best * Fair Common. HOGS R........ SHEEP „ BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hard. CORN CATTLE. 30 10.00 3.50 4.50 ::.25 2.50 v •9'2 $.38 .33 .90 .84 .29 m .97 .35 .32 ti^lO.SO & 4.25 (S) 5,50 (<<i 3.75 «% 3.50 <rs .93 10 .40 & .35 <3 .92 & .35 .31 .31 5.23, & 5.75 4.50 <3 5.00 (4 4.50 M 4.25 & 3.60 @ 1.02 @ .43 3 6.00 ers of South Carolina was a model of logi­ cal statement. It was while he was in Washington to present the views of the rice-growers on the rice-duty question that the President sent for him and had a chat with him, one afternoon, when no one could interrupt them. The President was favor­ ably impressed by his visitor, and subse­ quently offered him the Civil-Service Gom- missionership, which was accepted. C°l* Trenholm, like Mr. Edgerton, is a pro­ nounced civil-service ,reformer--a civil- service reformer on principle--and there is nq. doubt that he will do all in his power to carry oat (he views of the President on that question. THE LAW IN THE CASE. The Question of Succession, in Case President Cleveland Should Die. '8.50 3.75 2.50 5.00 A few quotations from legal lore will be of interest on this subject at this time. The Constitution of the United States, Article II. Section 1, says : "In case of (he removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation or inability to discharge the powers and duties of said dffice, the same shall ^devolve upon the Vice President, and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation or inability, both as to the President and Vice President, declaring what officer shall act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disa­ bility be removed or a President shall be elected." Sections 146 to 150, inclusive, of the Re­ vised Statutes say: r Sec. 146. In case of the removal) death, resignation or inability of both the Presi­ dent and Vice President of the United States, the President of the Senate, or, if there is none, then the Speaker of I the House of Representatives, for the time be­ ing shall act as President until the disabil­ ity is removed or a President elected. Sec. 147. Whenever the office of Presi­ dent and Vice President both become vacant, the Secretary of State shall forth­ with cause a notification thereof to be made to the executive of every State, and shall also cause the same to be published in at least one of the newspapers printed in each State. Sec. 148. The notification shall specify that electors of a President and Vice Presi­ dent of the United States shall be appoint-1 ed or chosen in the several States, as fol­ lows: First. If there shall be the space of two months yet to ensue between the date of such notificarion and the first Wednesday in December then next ensuing, 6uch noti­ fication shall specify that the electors shall be appointed or chosen within thirty-foui days preceding such first Wednesday in December. Second. If there shall not be the space of two months between the date of such no­ tification and such first Wednesday in De­ cember, and if the term for which the Pres­ ident and Vice President last in office were elected will not expire on the third day of March next ensuing, the notification shall specify that the electors shall be appointed or chosen within thirty-four days preceding the first Wednesday in December in the next year ensuing. But if there shall not be the space of two months between the date of such notification and the first Wednes­ day in December then next ensuing, and if the term for which the President and. Vice President last in office were elected will expire on the third day of March next en­ suing, the notification shall not specify that electors are to be appointed or chosen. Sec. 149. Electors appointed or chosen upon the notification prescribed by the pre­ ceding sections shall meet and give tneir votes upon the first Wednesday in Decem­ ber specified in the notification. Sec. 150. The provisions of this title relating to the quadrennial election of President and Vice President shall apply with respect to any election to fill vacancies in the offices of President and Vice Presi­ dent held upon a notification given when both offices become vacant. The electors for President and Vice Pres­ ident to fill vacancy shall be appointed or chosen as in regular elections as the Legis­ latures of the States may direct. Article I. sec. 3, of the Constitution pro­ vides that the Vice President of the -United States shall be President of the Senate and shall act as President of the United States in case of the death or removal df the in­ cumbent. A President pro tern, shall be elected by the Senate to act as presiding officer of that body in case of the absence or promotion of the Vice President. ALL SORTS. KING THEEBAW fellow of 2(5. is a handsome young LAST year there were 120,000,000 gallons of wine sold in Paris. THE use of petroleum as a fuel on Rus­ sian railroad lines is almost general. AufiiDEAcoN FAKKAR believes in high license as a corrective of the liquor traffic. ARRANGEMENTS are making to establish in California a colony of 240 families from Alsace. JriELCfiANDLER HARRTS is credited with $7,500 an tlu- annual product of his humor- *t)us pen. " (II-.X. MAHONE, it is said, will bi conie general manager of the Chesapeake & Ohio liuihoad. THE Sacramento Bee cays the Chinese take $15,000,000 a year out of California aud send it honife. LI'I-R G.VRFIEI,6, who shates at a lonngstown rink, is advertised bv the pro­ prietor as a neice of the late President. Jeannette; the search expeditions of the Tigress, the Juniata, and those sent to Tescue Lieut. Greely; further, all tbe expeditions fitted out under the aus­ pices of the polar expedition--in which the Greely expedition was included ins a sum total of some sixty exploring journeys in these twenty-seven years. A House on Legs. A number of years ago a party of HOW COAL^MINEBS LITE. The Exaction* and T.'̂ rannle* to Which Cor­ porations Nui\H»ct Tliera. .The anthracite coal regions are in the possession of great corporations. Tbe Phiindelphia and Reading Itailroad j an<| B number^of minor voyages,""mak- alone will mine more than 38 per cent. ••-- - ~ • - B . . of this year's output, and the Lehigh Valley Railroad will mine about 20 per cent. During the Molly Maguire troubles these great corporations de­ termined that they should never again be troubled by strikes, and, therefore, to-day the whole region is so crowded with laborers that, notwithstanding the enormous output, not more than a third of the miners are employed at a time. Most of them have work, for the companies see to it that there shall not be great enough dissatisfaction to drive men out of the State in pursuit of other employment; but the work amounts to very little for each man, and from ten to fifteen days a month is about what the men have. Therefore, however good the rates of wages may be, the income of the laborers is very small. A miner who receives nom­ inally $2 a day makes really not more than $1, and an inside laborer, who is paid at the rate of $1.50, makes 75 English naturalists, with several native attendants, penetrated a previously unexplored portion of India for the purpose of establishing stations, and eventually opening up a country very rich in natural advantages. Upon reaching a suitable spot, the workmen commenced their task of erecting a substantial building. It was necessary to have a large cellar and a deep ex­ cavation was made. The earth was dry and sandy, and was worked with ease. The. absence of large stones was . noticed; indeed, there was found no hard substance that would have interested a geologist. But late in the afternoon of the first day's work, one of the natives struck his pick against a resisting substance. Another cents a The oompanies filled JhplJiil^Blh^tow^ace^The'eai^h^beinlc region with labor by importation 8craDed awav.a lar™ T™ *7,? bv opening colleries which are now elo-ed. The laborers in the shops and mills, as well as in the "mines, are en­ tirely in the power of the employers, and while they and their families are receiving barely enough to eat, they cannot accomplish anything by a strike. There are too many men worse oft than themselves who are eager to take their places. It is unnecessary to search long or deeply for ' the cause oF the discontent of laborers. In the coal and iron regions a man's wages range from $14 to $35 a month. The best-paid iron miners are making about $14, and the best-paid coal miners about $35. Tbe prevailing rate of wages in the iron mines is 75 cents a day. The amount of monoy which each individual has for food, clothing, medicine, and all necessaries, counting three adults to a family, a man, his wife, and two children, ranges from 10 cents to 34 cents a day. ..A miner has work from ten to twenty days in the iron and anthracite regions, and it is the half or two-thirds time which makes the rate of wages meaningless. Rents are high. A man whose monthly income is $10 pays $4 for rent, and in some places rent runs up to $15 and $30. Five dollars is the amount charged generally by the companies for the tenements which they own. What 10 cents a day means is' shown all over the mountains of Pennsylva­ nia. The houses in which the miners live are usually no better shanties than are to be found in the outskirts of any one of our great cities. They have two or three rooms each. The front one is literally the living-room. There are done the cooking, washing, and eating, and often the father and mother occupy it for a sleeping-room. A rag carpet is rarely seen. The houses are almost never painted, but are left to blacken with the accumulating coal dust of years. These people, living thus indwell­ ings without a single attractive feature, eat scanty and unwholesome food. Ten cents a day will not command much in the way of meat, and the men do not have much besides the cheapest kind of vegatables. The ordinary din­ ner in a miner's hut consists of^'pota­ toes and cabbage. A thrifty man will keep a pig, and, if he can get a piece of ground, will raise potatoes and cab­ bages. He is sure then, through the winter, of a barrel of pork and another of. saerkrout. lint the great majority of miners have to buy their food, and it is very expensive, especially where the company store is maintained. This institution has recently been made il­ legal by the Legislature of Pennsvlva- nia, but the corporations find means to evaae the statute. Four or five of the leading stockholders, for instance, will own the store and put in an agent to manage it. A commission is paid to the agent, or the store building, owned by the company or operator, is leased for from $12,000 to $20,000 a year. The property is worth actually $300 to $400 rental. This large sum represents prospective profits, less a fair sum for the agent's services. These stores charge from 15 to 30 per cent, more than is charged by the regular village storekeepers, and the agents do their best to tempt the men and their fami­ lies to extravagant expenditure. A good many tricks are resorted to by the stores for the purpose of in­ creasing the bilL If a miner wants a load of hay it is the practice to haul it for him in installments, the store charg­ ing for each hauling. Miners have been ordered to "lay off" a few days because they were a few dollars ahead of the store, and have been compelled to remain idle until their indebtedness at the *>tore equalled the sum due them from the company. Other exac­ tions are charged against the opera­ tives. < It is said that they are unfair in weighing the coal. In the anthracite regions mining is paid for by the day, so many carloads being required for a day's work. The miner is fined for a certain percentage of slate in a car, and discharged when the amount of slate is in excess of the coal. His helper or slave suffers with him. In the bituminous regions the coal is paid for by the bushel, and seventy-six pounds constitute a bushel. The weighing boss determines for the com­ pany and the check-weigher for the men. The law requires that the men shall have this check weigher, and they pay him from their earnings. Rut at many mines this law is evaded, and the men charge that they are cheated by the weighing boss, and that for them a ton sometimes mean 3,000 pounds. The men are paid only for the coal that does not pass through the screen, although the company sells all that is sent to the surface. Three weeks' pay is kept back as a guarantee that a man will keep his contract, so that a new hand works seven weeks before receiv­ ing a cent of pay. This is a good thing for the company store. A miner who complains is dropped, and ho discovers that his name is known at neighboring mines, and that he cannot get employ­ ment in the vicinity. The men say that the operators keep a black list of the men who are dissatisfied.--Ph ila- deljtlfia letter. Expeditions to the North Pole. There have been 134 voyages and land journeys undertaken between 141)6 and 1H57 by governments and ex­ plorers to the Arctic regions. Of these, sixty-three went to the north- <west, twenty-nine via Behrings Strait, and the rest to the north-east, or due north. Since 1857 there have been the notable expeditions of Dr. Hayes, of Capt. Hall, those of Nordenskjold, sent by the Sweedisli government, and oth­ ers sent by Germany, Russia, and Den­ mark; the voyages made by James La- mont, of the Royal Geographical Soci­ ety, England, at his own expense; the expeditions of piir George Nares, of Leigh Smith, and that of the ill-fated scraped away, a large smooth object was exposed, of so strange an appear­ ance that the attention of the com­ manding officer was called to it. He at once pronounced it a bone. The fact that they had come upon the grave of a strange animal created great excitement, and all hands went to work clearing away the sand. As they progressed, their wonder and amazement increased also; their dis­ covery began to assume the shape of a dome, and appeared to be rounded off. Finally, when four feet or more of sand, had been cleared away, they saw a hut- shaped object, that seemed, through the hole made by the pick, to be partly hollow. The natives one and all there* upon declared it a hut, or house, built by some of their ancestors, that had in course of time been covered by the earth. Others thought it one of the dwelling-places of a strange people who lived under the earth; but to the En­ glish naturalists there was a more sim­ ple explanation, for the curious house was the shell of a gigantic turtle be­ longing to an age long past. The work progressed rapidly; and though when exposed to the sun some parts broke in pieces, the entire shell was success­ fully uncovered and a complete restor­ ation of it was made. The shell was that of a land-tortoise. Hundreds of thousands of years ago it had lived and diedaud the dust, sand, and vegetation had gradually covered it up and preserved it as a monument of the animal wonders of that ancient time. So enormous was the ahell that when the sand and dirt v/ere removed, sev­ eral of the men crawled into it; in fact it might have been nsed as a house, and on a subsequent occasion was so used by a party which took refuge in it during a sudden shower.--Charles Frederick Holder, in St. Nicholas. Immorality in Not Sleeping. Profanity and lying are regarded by all as immoral, bnt did any one ever think it immoral not to sleep enoagh? The ethics of good sleep should-form a part of household morality. It is hardly an extravagant assertion that comparatively few people, after child­ hood has passed, know by experience what perfect sleep is, und satisfy them­ selves with a poor apology for this best of all refreshments. Rising tired and weary from a disturbed, imperfect sleep, they proceed to summon up lost energies by taking strong tea or coffee or alcohol, which, in their turn, again interfere with perfect rest, and this, more than any mental or physical labors, wears women out and makes them prematurely old.- "I have been reading myself to sleep after retiring," said a Boston woman the other day, "and when I have done this for two or three nights I can see that I look five years older." It is an experience that any woman can verify; and, conversely, she can see that sleeping in a perfectly dark and well-ventilated room helps to maintain the contour and the rose of early youth. The most perfect sleep is obtained by carefully closing the blinds, raising and lowering the windows to admit plenty of pure air, and drawing down the heavy shades, thus making the room perfectly dark. Then, on going to bed, go there to sleep, not to write or read, or to think or plan, but for the most valuable of all things, the found­ ation of all activity and energy for the coming day. "Nature's sweet restorer" is of all things the most invigorating. A friend who is laboring in a noble cause--that of public morality--writes: "Yes, I have plenty of worry an-i not much fun in my crusade against frauds, and 1 am rarely able to obtain sleep without a mild opiate." We commend to this friend the thought that the cause of morality will suffer if he does not preserve his health and manage his work so to sleep sounder without a "mild opiate."--Herald of Health. Hints for the Family. # A wife can generally hide any small object from her husband by putting it in his Bible. When twin babies are so very much alike that they cannot be readily dis­ tinguished apart, the difficulty can be overcome by slitting the ears of one with a pair of scissors. Another plan is to tattoo a lizzard in the forehead of one baby and an elephant in the fore­ head of the other. A wife may often be cure of a lack of animation and general tedium vitce with a few poker-chips and a photo­ graph of a pretty actress carelessly worn in the husband's vest pocket. A husband, in sewing a button on his trousers, will find that a small tack- hammer and a pair of tweezers, worked in scientific co-operation with his teeth, will serve as a practical substitute for an orninary thimble. A good way to name a new baby is to write a good many names on slips of paper, shake them up in a hat, and take the top paper. If the name thus obtained doesn't suit, keep shaking the hat till you get a suitably one on top. If the baby is a boy let the wife manage the hat; but if it is a girl let the hus­ band manage it. This precaution should be taken to prevent "stuffing" the hat or any unfair manipulation of the returns. The best way to prevent the ohildren from playing with the cat is to swap the cat off for a goat. A FRIGATE bird may move through the air on motionless "soaring" wings at the rate of 100 miles an hour, or he may loiter at only two miles. The velocity seems to depend on will rather than limitations of powers. So says a recent student of the phenomena of flight. FLATTEBY nsed to be called "soft soap," now it is called "taffy." The style was changed because the lye waa so plainly visible in the former. French WerkbpCIassei. French industrial classes a*** ^ Europe in the elementa of application, thrift, and contentment The French possess the happy fac­ ulty of making a little go a good ways. Though the earnings Of the workings people are meager, they oontrive to live oomfortably, dress neatly, and save & little money. In their economy noth­ ing is wasted. Saving is a national characteristic,as much so aa love of coun­ try. Who can forget how the little hoardings of the masses, small almost to m significance when viewed individally, came forth from their hiding-places when the milliards of indemnity to Germany ha4 to be met? A French- man s loya of county and patriotism are very great, almost amounting to sub­ limity. In his eyes no sacrifice is too* great for him to make for his country,, and while there is a chance for him to gain a living on his native soil, there is- little likelihood of his emigration to a foreign soil. The number of emigrants^ is small in comparison with other Eu­ ropean nations. In a hasty survey of labor and wages in France, observations are made from a few of the important centers. In the department ol Gironde^of which Bordeaux is the principal city,, ther® has been a perceptible improve- ment in the condition of the working-- fcl*»aei since 1878. Wages have in­ creases about 17 per cent., and parents, are ttttbled to provide better homes- for tn6if families. Children, through the ad fan t>g>. of free schools, receive ' educatia*t|jpd are no longer compelled, to earn thW living at the age of 10> vears. The working-man, when single, is improvident, but married men lead a. generally steady life. The wife also- ifrorks, and when there are no children, the couple succeed, with frugality and care, in establishing a little home and oftentimes a credit in some bank of- mutual aid association. The steady married man having a family of three or four children can, with the help of his wife, earn enough for their wants and save a few francs from the month's earnings. They live in a small house or apartments of two rooms and a kitchen, for. which they pay from $5 to $6 per month. Their food consists of bread, wine, vegetables or vegetable soup, and at rare intervals meat of the- cheapest quality, and clothing is of the- cheapest quality, a suit being obtaina­ ble for $3 or $4. Some better their condition by forming socioties and pay­ ing in a few francs each month; they thus manage to save something for oldL>, age or sickness. ^ As a rule they are healthy, have lit*- • tie ambition, are oontented. and expect as a matter of course to work until they die. The farm laborers are eco­ nomical, careful, and live frugally on small means, and it is not unusual to find that many out of their scant earn*- ings have in a few years Baved enough to buy a small house and a few acres of land, which is the satisfaction of their highest ambition. Manufacturing and railroad companies are compelled by­ law to compensate employes who ar» injured in their service, and to pension •' families of such who die. In the de­ partment of the Gironde there are- about 13,000 women employed in man- f ufacturing and mechanical industries^ j and 21,00u in agricultural. | The maximum female wages per- * month is $19.30, the minimum $9.65. 3 Women employed in factories and on farms are entirely uneducated; those in stores know how to read and write a ! little. Now that free schools are estab- re­ lished the people are making great j sacrifices fo enable their children to ge$: : education. The average wage? per^ ; week in Bordeaux in certain avocations are as follows: Bricklayers, $4.(52;, masons, $4.93; carpenters, $5.10; black­ smiths, $5.66; jewelers, $5.16; potters, | $4.18; printers, $6.05; weavers, outside of mills, $4.42; machinists, $7.43; tool- ' makers, $6.41. The wages of glass blowers range from $3.96 to $12, the latter for colored-bottle blowers. Iik j the mines men get from $3.56 to $3.72 per week. Agricultural wages are, for | women, $75 a year with board and lodging; for men, $79.10 with board I and $164.10 without. These rates are measurably representative of all the departments. Social Customs Among Irish Gentry. The distances are so great in Ireland between country houses that social en­ tertainments have to be planned with direct view to this fact. "Morning par­ ties" are given all summer and until late in the autumn. . Invitations for these are issued perhaps two weeks in advance, and we have known them to extend over thirty miles of country. Guests are invited for 10:30 or 11, and arrive between these hours and mid­ day. The grounds are in order with tennis, croquet, marqneeB, etc., just as for any garden party, rugs laid down, and easy lawn chairs disposed about, and the company amuse themselves variously until 1 or 2 o'clock, when a sumptuous luncheon is served; again the company stroll outdoors, spending the afternoon socially and with the 5, o'clock tea on the lawn, the twilight in­ doors or out, and finally at 9 o'clock a supper closes the day's festivities, after which come the sounds of the many carriages from the stables, where John, and James, and Stephen, and Peter have been most hospitably entertained, and the company roll away, many hav­ ing a drive of fifteen or twenty miles before them. Dinners seem to belong to winter time in Ireland, also "dances," and once hunting oommences there are fine times for one and all. The magis­ trates' dinners bring together pleasant parties for both ladies and gentlemen at the house of the magistrate who is nearest the court, and these are both social and instructive, since the talk is of the day. Opinions are freely vented, and as church differences are no longer so cruelly marked, each man may "de­ clare his own" without fear of being hunted down. One thing to be noted with pleasure and profit in an Irish house is the rela­ tion between master and man, mistress and maid. Nowhere have we seen bet­ ter-bred, better-trained servants than in such a country house as we have de­ scribed. There is no undue familiarity, no possible disrespect, and yet a ge­ niality prevails among the servants, a quiet sert of humor, a readiness to lapgh and say a bright word now and again, which shows how entirely they consider the place their home. The de­ votion of an old Irish family servant js proverbial, and after seeing them in their own country one cannot wonder' at it,--Harper's Bazar. True. Policeman--"Come down onto" that, young feller." Reporter--But I'm a reporter, and I want to get a description of the fire." Policcman--"To thd divil wid jjpu. You can't stav there. You kiu foind out all about the ioire from the papers/ in the morning."-^ Chicago Rambler. THE eye is the meroury in the heart'* thermometer-