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Ipflctug f 'laintlfalct J. VAN SLYKE. Edttsr wmi Publisher. HcHENBY, - - ILLINOIS. OBBINABY army signaling, by waving "flftga or torches, can transmit only ten words or so a minute, spelled out by letters; but an adaptation of the Morse telegraphic alphabet, now generally Employed, has more than doubled this '-late of speed. . • : : " X • PETER MCGEOCH, the great stock and grain operator of Milwaukee, is a bnrly, big-boned and / broad-shouldered Scotchman, who did not come over till he was 20 years old. He formerly worked on his father's farm at "Water­ loo, Jowa, and having the besjt head in the family, hanled the wheat to market did the selling. CHARLES H. TWEED, who died lit Pittsburgh, had peculiar views. Among other things in his will he said: "No flowers at the funeral, crape on the door, or mopnment or stone to mark the crave. The first is cheap respect, the second heathenish, and the last I cannot afford. What money there is must be devoted to useful purposes." MR. VA>DERBILT will be much missed at the Metropolitan Opera-House, in which he took much more than the mere interest of a stockholder. At the benefit performance given to Mr. Henry 12. Abbey, at the Metropolitan, Mr. Vandcrbilt sent'a check for $4,000 for the use of his box. He had also, it is said, assisted Mr. Abbey at other times, though to what extent and on what oc­ casions are not made known. I; MR. BUSKIN is certainly frank, what- I ever else he may be. In the fifth in­ stallment of his autobiography--a chapter which he calls "Parnassus and Plynlimmon*--he tells us that he did not like his cousin, Margaret, though -she was clever and wittv, because she had a twisted spine, and adds: "I never liked invalids, and don't to this -day; and Margaret used to wear her hair in ringlets, which I couldn't abide ( the sight of." AT the time of the great railroad strike in 1877 Mr. \7anderbilt made a plain business statement to f the em- yloves on his roads, and then ordered the regular 10 per cent, reduction. Of the 12,000 employes only 500 expressed ^^dissatisfaction. They protected the property, and August 1 the millionaire manager sent a gratuity of $100,000 for pro rata distribution among them, with the announcement. "Your pay will be increased the moment the business of the country will justify it." ^ THE following elevating figures in the report of the Secretary of the Sen- -ate are for the benefit of'the country's taxpayers. It is a leaf from the ex­ pense account: 1 case Ai>olliimri8 water $ 7.50 1 caso Apollinaris wacor. 11.00 233 i T.unds granulated sugar 19.00 1 box lemons 4.9 ) 4 dozen ginger ale 5.40 On the opposite page are the items: i00 tlir"e-graiii quinine pills $ 3.00 1 Ballon bay rum .*!•••• •. 3.50 1 pound of Glauber salts.. 06 *4 gallon caster oil 1.00 1 pound aloes 40 $4 pound sulphur 10 3 barrels soft EOap 13.50 On the next page is another item for three more barrels of soft soap, while the items 200 quinine pills appear fre­ quently through the report. A CASE of petrification is reported from the town of Topsfield, Mass. The sexton has been engaged in removing bodies from an old part of the ceme­ tery to the new, and the body of Israel Gallop was removed in the ordinary way, but it was found impossible to raise the body of his wile, who was buried by his side, and a plank was put down on an inclined plane, and the coffin in this way was drawn to the surface. A haBty examination showed that the body, which had been buried thirty years, had become petrified, the eyes and a portion of the nose only Bhowing signs of decay, the rest, even to the folds of her robe, being changed to stone. THE Shermans live in a very com­ fortable house on K street, Washing­ ton City. The house is furnished throughout plainly and substantially, without any attempt at decorative dis­ play. Upon the walls are a number of pictures painted by Mrs. Sherman. She bos had a fairly good training as an artist. Sha has copied a number of noted pictures. Seme of the best of these copies hang in the Senator's housfe. Mrs. Sherman is tall, precise in her manners, plain in her looks, but thoroughly experienced in Washington social ways. She is very much like her husband in that she is reserved and angular. The two have never had any children. Miss Lizzie Sherman, their k niece, and the daughter of Judge Sher­ man, of Ohio, was nearly adopted by the Senator. After she became a young lady she spent all of her winters with the Senator and his wife. Don Cam­ eron, who subsequently married her, met her at the Sherman house. They have another niece now living with them, it is understood, they have form­ ally adonted. THX survival of Mrs. Hendricks sug- gt sts the fact that nearly all the prom­ inent actors in the late war, whether soldiers or statesmen, have died before their wives. Mr. Hendricks was one of the members of the Senate from IS Go to 1869. His two great Demo- cratic^compeers during the latter part of his term, Messrs. Thurman and Bayard, are both living, and so are their wives. Mr. Lincoln's wife lived twelve or fifteen years after his ~ dra­ matic death in April 18G5, and died at her old home in Springfield, Illinois, the more unfortunate; perhaps, for be­ ing so long a widow. The wife of Mr. Lincoln'^ great Democratic opponent in Illinois and competitor for the Presidency in 1860, Stephen A. Doug­ las, is living with hsr second Luaband. Mr. Douglas died at the opening of the war. The wife of John C. Breckin­ ridge, another candidate for the Presi­ dency in 1860, and still later a leading General in the Confederate army, is still living at the old family home in Lexington, Kentucky. Gon. Breckin­ ridge himself died twelve years ago. Gens. McCtellan and. Grant, the first and last commanders of the Army of the Potomac, have but recently died, both leaving widows. Gen. Lee's wife, though a confirmed invalid dnring the entire war, survived her husband a short time. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson is still living. So is Mrs. Gen. Thomas and Mrs. Gen. Custer. Mrs. Andrew Johnson was confined to her bed dur­ ing most of the time her husband was President, and was for several years after; but she was the last to die. The tragic story of Garfield, who was a leader in the House of Representatives during the war, is still fresh in the minds of everybody. His widow is a comparatively young woman and lives in Ohio. Gens. Sherman and Hancock married before the war, and their wives are still with them. Gen. Sheridan was the last of the war heroes to marry. He looks to be 60 and is not far from that, bnt his wife is both a young and beautiful woman. A DESPERATE battle occurred re­ cently between a Black Hawk stallion and a mountain lion in Wyoming Ter­ ritory. The stallion was owned by Charles H. Ferguson, a well-known hunter, camped on the banks of a trib­ utary of the Wind River. He had se­ lected a small bunch of cottonwoods as his temporary home. These gave him both shelter and firewood. A little distance from the camp, there stood an enormous cottonwood, apart from all other, beneath whioh was picketed the stallion. At night, Ferguson was aroused from a sound sleep by a neigh from the stallion. The sound seemed to be one of rage rather than alarm, apd hastily arising, Ferguson issued from his tent and looked in the direc­ tion of his horse. The animal was standing in the full light of a bright moon and seemed to - be intently re­ garding an object in the branches of the tree. As Ferguson's gaze followed that of his horse, the branches were violently agitated, a wild yell -was heard, a dark object hurled itself through the air, and the horse had an enormous mountain lion for a rider. The horse sprang madly in the air, ut­ tering a scream little inferior to that of the lion in shrillness and savagery. Though he returned to the ground with a tremendous concussion, he failed to shake the liou from his firm position. Dark spots of blood now ap­ peared on the stallion's shoulders and neck. The lion was tearing his way to the jugular. The horse apparently re­ alizing his full danger sprang straight into the thick tangle of boughs. The lion was torn from his bloody seat and cast bsckwark with great violence. The Rtallion passed through and turned to confront his toe in the open space beyond. - The lion speedily re­ covered himself and sprang once more into the branches, and thence made an­ other leap toward the horse ; but he missed his aim. The lion began a series of circles nearer and nearer to the horse, and finally made another leap. With the rapidity of thought the stallion ehanged front, and his hind feet, heavily shod, struck lm assailant full in the breast. The stricken ani­ mal rolled over and over, giving vent to yells of pain and rage. Once more he made an attack. This time the ani­ mal rushed to death. The heels of the powerful steed were planted fairly be­ tween the green eyes, and the moun­ tain lion's skull was crushed. It had been fractured from side to side. A few convulsive struggles, a stiffening of the powerful limbs in death, and the stallion stood victor over the corpse of the lion. Ferguson took the skin of the lion home as a trophy. Caterpillars. . Some of our party, camping out in the woods of Maine last summer, were greatly interested in watching the sin­ gular movements of "h company of cat­ erpillars upon a leafy/bran eh. There were aboutf twenty of them, and they seemed Vo be travelling straight forward, like an Eastern cara­ van, in regular order, under the graiid guidance of a leader, who was easily distinguished from the others by spots peculiar to himself. One of the girls carlessly poked him with a twig, and to our surprise there was an immediate disturbance all along the line. The caterpillars crowded and knotted themselves into a bunch in complete confusion. Soon the leader extricated himself from the writhing heap, and went about among his company, touching each one with his head, as if giving instructions, not omitting one of the number. After apparently speaking to each, he led the way once more, and the others fell into regular line behind him. We tried the experiment of moving and replying-him instantly at the head of the column, lut chaos reigned as be­ fore, and the whole previous perform­ ance was repeated. He counted every one of his followers, recognizing, ca­ ressing and encouraging each, and then started them once more on their travels. We tried the effect of removing one frofli midway of the ranks, and all be­ hind that one were demoralized, and the forward ones soon missed their companions. While the company was in confusion we removed qpe of the private soldiers, to see if he would be missed, and the captain searched perseveringly for him, and would not give the order, "For­ ward, march,1* until we restored his friend. These experiments naturally sug­ gested the query, "Can caterpillars count ?* At any rate, we can but won­ der at the instinct displayed by these little creatures whose lives are so brief. -- Good Cheer. Commiseration. Husband--"I hear that Miss Puff- ball, the well-known novelist, is going to get married." Wife--Yes, she debated a longtime whether she should devote herself to literature or to a husband, and of the two evils she has been silly enough to choose the greater." "* Husband--"Poor follow!" -- New York Tribune, wmnmajjiiLjim JH HENRY CLAY. Some Recollections of the Great Kcntneky < Statesman--His IJuel With Randolph. JDr. Marstella, who has resided in! Washington forty years, gives some' interesting reminiscences of Henry, Clay. He says: j "For years he was the Whig party. ' He moulded it to hi-* will and woaid brook no rival iu its councils. Illua- j trative of this was his humiliation of Webster on one occasion. During Ty­ ler's administration, party spirit was at ! lever heat. Daniel Stevenson, father of John \Y. Stevenson, of .Kentucky, was Speaker of the House of Repre­ sentatives, He was a Virginian, and a life-long friend of the President. He was ari accomplished man of great ex- | perienoe in public affairs. He desired I the English mission, and the Presi- j dent was disposed to give it him, but | it was doubtful if he could be con- i firmed, The Whigs had a majority in ! the Senate, and were exasperated on j account of the bank vetoes. Friends j of the Administration saw Webster, ! who agreed to vote for confirmation and influence others to do so. Clay was not consulted. The Speaker re­ signed his seat in the House, and the President nominated him as Minister to the Court of St. James. When the Senate acted on it in executive session, Clay made a most bitter speech in op­ position. He denounced the President and his policy in unmeasured terms, and declared that of all men of whom the Executive had sought counsel Ste­ venson was the most repulsive to the Whigs. While he was speaking, Web­ ster was slowly pacing the lobby with his head bowed and his face expressive of care and anxiety. His word had been passed, but he had not counted on such a trial. When clos­ ing bis speech, Clay exclaimed, with his long and expressive finger pointing threatinglv at Webster: 'And how I want to see the Whig who will vote to confirm this nomination.' The debate closed, and every Whig, Web­ ster included, voted against confirma­ tion.The great expounder, exquisite as was his intellect and powerful as was his oratory, quailed before the manhood of his rival. There were but two men in. this couutry who would not have succumbed to the dictation of that haughty leader, and they were not Whigs--one was Andrew Jackson, the other was John Randolph, of lloanoke. Stevenson was in despair, for his, heart was set upon tho place, and the Presi­ dent was chagrined and pained be­ cause of his iriend's disappointment. Clay, whose heart wan as full of gen­ erosity as it was of pride, saw that vex­ ation was sapping the health of Ste­ venson and became sorry for him; be­ side?, he only wished to discipline Webster, and that he had done. Within a few weeks he told a frieud of the President to have the name sent in again. It was done. Clay absented himself, and the nomination was con­ firmed. Buchanan and Rufns Choate fared no better in his hands. He crushed them as he crushed Webster. "Clay's duel with Randolph has been tho theme of a thousand pens, not one in a hundred of which has related the facts just preceding it. Randolph was an aristocrat, a genius, a scholar and an orator. He knew more of our political history than any other man of his day, unleBs it was John Quincy Adams, whom he hated in connection with everything connected with the Puritans. He was to American poli­ tics what Swift was to the politics of England in the days of Queen Ana, or Voltaire to the literature of the Eigh­ teenth century. His spirit was as haughty as his body was frail, and his intellect >.s penetrating as his sarcasm was blighting. His tongue 'Out-venorned all the worms of Kite.' "Randolph deliberately insulted Clay by an allnsion in one of his speeches to Fielding's *Tom Jones,' comparing Clay and Adams to Black George and Blijil, and supplementing it with an in­ vective against Clay such as has no parallel in our language. It was as elegant iu the construction of its sen­ tences as it was severe in the charac­ terization 'of its subject. A challenge was the result, and Randolph was as much determined to kill Clay as he was to feed his hounds the following morning. He Wiis the best shot of his day, and could cut a tape string at twenty paces. Old Tom Benton hated Clay almost as cordially as he hated paper money, bnt he knew that if Clay fell in a duel the Democratic party would be held responsible for it. He took it upon himself to save Clay's life, not that he wished him to survive, but that his party might be successful at the next election. He called on Ran­ dolph the evening before the duel and asked him to spare Clay's life. Ran­ dolph tlatly refused, and d--d Benton for a meddler. Old Bullioti persisted aud remained with Randolph till near daylight the morning they were to meet at illaden <hurg, and by his earnestness and persistence exacted a promise that Randolph would draw Clay's fire.and if it proved harmless he would discharge his pistol in the air. Every oile knows what occurred on the ground. When the parties were placed opposite each other, Randolph discharged his pistol prematurely. He did not know the weapon was a'hair trigger.' When the second shot was demanded, Clay fired first and Randolph lircd in the air. "The Whig convention of 1840 was a disappointment to the party. If a pri­ mary election had been held, Clay .would have received ten votes to Har­ rison's one; but there were many small politicians, and large ones, too, whom lie had offended, and they were deter­ mined to take their revenge and formed combinations looking to that end. Before the news of the nomina­ tion arrived at Washington, on the day it did arrive, Clay was at Brown's ho­ tel. He was much- excited, for he was aware of the opposition to him on the part of many of the delegates. His in­ terests were not skilfully managed, and he was irritated because of , the want of tact on the part of his parti­ sans. He was surrounded by his ad­ mirers and the wine circulated briskly. Clay spoke his mind freely for he saw that he was being sacrificed. When the news came that Harrison was nom­ inated he exploded, and closed a speech by saying, 'My friends are not worth the devil's bringing. By G--d, sir, if there were two Henry Clays in this country one of them would make the other President of the United States.' "When the news became known strong men wept and hope and joy went out of many a heart He was a great man, and we shall not look upon his like again." The Pilgrim Fathers. T&e following is a list of the male passengers -- our forefathers -- who landed at Plymouth years ago. The names have not been published for many years, and will be new to this generation: Isaac Allerton, John Al- den. John Allerton, William Bradford, William Brewster, John Billington, Peter Brown, Richard Britterage, John Carver, Francis Cook, James Chilton, John Crackstoo; Richard ?l:\rke, Edward Totr, Franffs Eaton, homas English, Samuel Fuller, Ed­ ward Fuller, Moses Gletcher, John Goodman, Richard Gardiner, Jo tin Howland, Stephen Hopkins, Edward Leister, Christopher Martin, William Mullins Edmund Marcesoft, Depony Triest, Tiiomr.s liogeva, John Rigdale. Capt. Miles Stamiish, George Soule, Edward Tilly, John Tilly, John Tur­ ner, Edward Winslow, William White, Richard Warren,. Thomas Williams, Gilbert Winslow, and fifteen servants. Peon aad the (^na'cers. Pass we now southwards to Del­ aware Bay, where another body of fu- gitives from the Stuart oppression were busily at work ou the Delaware and the Schuylkill, founding another city and State, it was estrange circle of events that placed at the head of that enterprise an Englishman of aris­ tocrat*} connection, a personal friend of James ll., a man for whom a splen­ did career seemed to like open at home. First of all. it was a remarkable thing that Penn became a Quaker. It is never a strange thing that the Spirit of God should lay hold of a man, how­ ever far he may seem from tho king­ dom, and compel him to ask, "What mustl do to be saved?" Hence it was no uncommon thing in those days for men of the world to turn. Puritans. The Quakers in those days had all tho intensity of conviction of the Puritans, but they added the doctrine of the in­ ner light, which has a great and over­ powering fascination for men who are in dead earnest, and who desire a more definite rule of life from God thai} the Scriptures supply. To the infinite disgust of his father Penn became a Quaker of the most rigid type--nay, more, he became a Quaker minister, and he labored in season and out of season, at home and abroad, for tho conversion of souls. Circumstances that we might call acci­ dental brought him into connection with a colonial undertaking situated in New Jersey, in which, for his high repu­ tation for wisdom and honesty, he waS appointed an arbitrator. From arbi­ trator he became manager, and part of the land being sold to the Quakers, he came to have a special interest in i% and drew out for it its constitution. By-aml-bv an arrangement was by which in lieu of a large sum of money due by tlw Government foEng­ land to his father*- he became proprie­ tor of a great tract of land, afterward called Pennsylvania, of the capabilities of which ho had come to form a hich opinion, and where he desired to make a home for the persecuted Quakers of England, and to try an experiment of the importance of which there could be no doubt. That experiment was to establish a community that should be governed not by the maxims of the world, but by tho principles of the word of God. In one respect, especi­ ally, he longed for a change from the ordinary policy--namely,in the mode of treating natives. The ordinary way was to drive them by force out of the way, or rob them of their possessions, make treaties that are not regarded, or delude them with promises that are not kept. But there was another great principle in the constitution of Penn's settlement. Though the land had been acquired for the sake of the Quakers, who were ground down in England by a double severe oppression, it was to be open to men of other creeds, if they believed in God and did not insult the religion of their neighbors. In this appeared the greatness of William Penn. A man of smaller cal­ ibre would have confined the settle ment to Quakers. Penn threw it open, and in course of time the Quakers were nearly lo-it in the multitude of other denominations. But, so far as their in fluence extended, the Quakers did their best to put tho mold of Penn on the new coinmun?ty, and while they were able to exercise control, the principles of Penn were observed strictly toward the natives. One of the sublimest scenes of any history was Penn's enter­ ing into treaty with the Indians. Un­ der the fine old elm, one day in 1682, be appeared in his ordinary dress, without crown, or sword, or mace, his only distinction being a sky-blue sash round his waist. He held in his hand a parchment roll containing the confir­ mation of his treaty with the Indians. One by one its conditions were read and explained. The purchase money was paid, tiie parchment delivered to tho principle chief. Tho responses on thu part of the Indians was solemn and cordial. "It was tho only treaty," as has been remarked, "between those people and.tho Christians that was not ratified by an oath, and it was never broken." It had been proposed to call the new settlement New Wales, bnt that was rejected. From its wooded aspect Penn wished to call it Sylvan ia. At the King's command, though against Penn's wishes, his name was prefixed, and ever after it was "Penn­ sylvania." 1'rof. Blaikie in the Quiver. • The Religious Confucius. While reverencing an unseen divine power, Confucius yet never spoke of it as personal. He believed in spirits conformed of ceremonies, and did not check special prayers. Once, when sick, his friends asked that prayers Should be made for his recovery. "Is that," Baid he, "the proper thing to do?" "It is so set down," they an­ swered, in the sacred book, 'Address your prayers,' " etc. He then uttered this memorable sentence: "Tho prayer of Confucius is constant." Men ob­ served that he sacrificed to the dead as if they were present; yet he evaded all questions concerning them. "Shall we serve the spirits of the dead?" they asked; his answer was: "If you can not serve men, how will you serve spirits?" MI venture to ask about death," Said a disciple. "You know- nothing about life, how can you know anything about death?" "Have the dead knowledge?" still urged the eager student. "You need not know whether they have or not," said the master; "there is no hu rry, hereafter you shall know." "He taught," we read elsewhere, "letters, morals, devotion of soul, and sincerity of heart, but all mysterious occur­ rences--feats of dexterity, abnormal states, and the existence of spiritual beings, he shrunk from discussing." Yet the instant the sphere of practice was touched the trumpet gave no un­ certain sound: "Without obeying the ordinances of heavens (i. e., the moral law) it is impossible to be a superior man." "He who sins against heaven, to whom can he pray?" "No man knows me. I do not complain; heaven alone knows me." This is the nearest approach I ftpd to the recognition cf a personal God, and it does not amount even by monotheism as taught by Moses.--Good Words-. PRIDE that dines on vanity sups on contempt.--Benjamin Franklin. NEVER amen. judge a fellow-man by his FELI1Y SHOP-GIRLS. REW Vork Beauties WI\N Tie Cp 1'HTO«U for a Living. 'It is a mistake to suppose that all the beauty in Now York is to be iound on Murray Hill"or Filth Avenue. If von want to «?o the be.uities of New York you wiil find them serving at the counsel's of the j.;rea: dry goods estab­ lish ii iei.ts and iancv stores ot the citv. "Heads thst would be an artist's ideal; forms tha would be a sculptors dream; refinement of bearing thr.t would grace a royal drawing room, may all be Iound among the salesladies of New York." The>speaker was a lady kftown in the sociaty circles of Gothum. ^ "l'suppose,""she added, "that some sort of eliminaiing process must be gone through for prettier and prettier faces areseen at the counters every day." "Then the ladies admife them?" "Oil, Yes, indeed; I have heard half a dozen ladies discussing tho good looks of certain pretty shop-girls when not a gentleman was present. Many a time I have known a party of ladies to goto a certain store to see some beauty over whom some other lady had been en- thnsias'ic." "Do thfe girls know of this?" "No; they scarcely can. They ate very sweet and unconscious in dealing with us. I suppose some sillv fellows may go in and stare at them and fluster them somewhat, but they are good girls and, I am sure, dislike the 'dude' as heartily as other sensible women." "Can you point out some of the pret­ tiest salesladies?' "They are legion. I could not begin to tell you of all I know. Now, there is Stern Brothers', in Twenty-third street,between Filth and Sixth avenues, There are three in that store whose beauty is really exquisite." "What are their names?" "Well, 1 do not care to give their names, indeed, I am certain of the name of but one and perhaps she would not relish her name in print" "You can describe them ?" "Well, one who is a saleslady in the cloak department, is a* petite blonde, with full blue eyes and pure Greek 'profile, a golden tint in her beautiful hair, small, delicate ears and a rosebud mouth. Her manners are vivacious, but extremely refined. Her figure, though small, is perfect in form aud she dresses prettily and-becomingly." "There is one who stands with many others behind the lace counter; she is very interesting young lady with won­ derful dark gray eyes, clear, pale com­ plexion, a lovely oval face, beautifully arched eyebrows and a wealth of dark .hair worn high and loose above the forehead. She is of slight build, very amiable and ladylike in manner and a Seeming favorite with all." "The third is a stately blonde, very refined in manners and bearing. She has blue-gray eyes, a small mouth and straight profile. Her gold-brown hair is worn high and frizzed fully above a fair white forehead. She has a line full figure and is indsed the most beautiful ornament in the bric-a-brac depart­ ment which she graces with her pres­ ence.""* The reporter questioned several of ;the salesladies, and they seemed fairly Contented with their lot One com­ plained of the way they were crowded together in their dressing und cloak rooms. "As to being bothered by gentlemen admirers, that is not much trouble," she said; "We can tell them at a glance. They want to talk about anything but the goods, and they always make petty purchases." "Are yon ever annoyed after leaving the store by these cross-counter ad­ mirers?" "It is a girl's own fault if she is an noyed when policemen are so handy,' said the girl, with decision.--New York Morning Journal. Beaver Farms. So far as we know, there is «ot a creature of any kind that flies in the air, or walks on tho earth, that is not kept in subjection by man for the sake of companionship, pleasure, or protit, which was not so kept by our savage or semi-savage fore-fathers before his­ tory had begun to be inscribed on Egyptian temples, or Babylonian bricks, or had even impressed itself upon the language of races whose speech has descended to ns. But Mr. E. B. Barron, stipendiary magistrate for the district of Aipis- sing, suggests that there are new ani­ mals to conquer. He thinks the bea­ ver is one. Mr. Barron thinks the beaver would be quite as useful, and much more val­ uable economically, than even the ox. "The flesh of the beaver," says that gentleman, "is wholesome, moderately nutritious, and much liked by those who have been in the habit of using it" An old Indian, whb had large experi­ ence of both, preferred it to rabbit. A full-grown beaver will furnish thirty to forty pounds of meat, and by careful selection, no doubt, his size can be in­ creased. The price of a full-sized bea­ ver .skin is about SJ3.50. The animal gets his full growth in Strom two and one-half to three years, so that the beaver raiser would from each animal ,get at least ten pounds of meat and a dollar's worth of furs annually. The owner of 1,000 head would have an as­ sured income of say $2,OUO annually, and the natural increase of the herd. By the way, would a lot of beavers be a herd, or a drove, or a flock, or a shoal, or a school? Perhaps colony would be the best word. And what would be the cost? Noth­ ing. Absolutely nothing. The beaver farmer has only to turn his beavers into a swamp and let them, shift for themselves. Mr, Barron tells us that "the raising of beavers may prove one of the most pleasant and profitable oc­ cupations in which tho future inhabit­ ants of our northern and western Ter­ ritories can possibly engage." It was not without reason that the beaver was chosen &s the totem of Canadians. That Was His Impression. An anecdote is told of one of the most learned of Maine scholars. He can read twenty-seven languages, and is a cyclopedia of literary intelligence. His knowledge of books and their con­ tents is equaled by that of few men in the world. Professors of the leading universites and colleges continually consuit him. He has a retiring dispo­ sition, and, like all scholars, is yery cautious in his statements. When asked a question in regard to a matter about which he may be perfectly in­ formed, he never gives a positive an­ swer, but invariably says: "My im­ pression is that it is so and so." Withal, he is somewhat absent-minded, as close students are apt to be. Some friends laid a wager one day, as a result of whioh one of them abruptly and so­ berly said: "Professor, what is the first letter of the English alphabet ?" "My impression is that it is A," he seriously replied.--Letoiston Journal. A Southkiin negro won't eat a black sheep under any circumstances. BRITISH POLITICS. *""V' Ireland to Be Accorded the Same Governmental Privileges *1 Scotland Enjoys. The Qncea Report?:] to Hnvo Premised |o Advocate the Needed Reform* fr' t ' in Her Speech. ^ Cable dispatch from London. Xt is known pretty certainly in quasi-official circles that the Cabinet council of Saturday unanimously agreed to greet the new Parlia­ ment with proposals for legislation which Will giw nothing to Ireland that would not be con­ ceded on in incipljs already adopted by all par­ ties iti England. Lord Randolph Churchill submitted to the Cabinet a proposition for tho reform of the ad­ ministration of Government in Ireland. Tho scheme is supported by the Karl of Carnarvon, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and bv Baron Ash­ bourne, the Lord Chancollor. The project in­ volves the abolition of the vieeroyaltj- and tho castle executive, and the p!a.*ing of Ireland on the same fixiting as Scotland, having a Secretary in tho Cabinet. The positive announcement cabled last night that at yesterday's Cabinet council the para­ graph in tho Queen's speech promising Irish legislation was, after opposition, eventuaUy adopted, is absolutely confirmed to-night, and all-doubt on the subject arising from conflicting and conjectural reports ia set at rest. The Queen sanctions tho introduction of a bill on the linos proposed by the Cabinet, and the speech from the tnrone will pledge the Ministry to bring in a complete scheme of Irish local government. The lenders of the Irish Parliamentary party hnvo decided that tho police force now em­ ployed in Ireland is three times as large as is necessary for all proper purposes. One of the first aots of the Dublin Parliament (when creat­ ed) will be to reduce the number of constables by at least one-half. The increased quietude and security that the Parnellites say will surely follow will afford a striking proof of their good faith throughout the agitation. It is also virtu­ ally decided to demand a loan from tha Im­ perial Exchequer to purchase arable land in Ireland and distribute it among the present or other tenants ui>on easy terms of payment, tho Irish Government to be charged with the duty of enforcing payments and forward­ ing the receipts to Ix>ndon. The trade newspapers continue to deplore the foreign competition, which they say is crippling all branches of British trade and industry. Tho latest instance of this disastrous influence is furnished by the milling business. There has lately boon a large and unprecedented migra­ tion of English millers to Germany. They have sold their former plants at a loss and have started new mills in Germany, availing them­ selves of certain local and other advantages which they find in that country. Many cargoes of whole wheat, purchased in America, to ar­ rive in the Liverpool and London markets, are found unavailable here because the millers are unable to tako it. The captains and supercar­ goes are therefore instructed to unload in Ger­ many, where the wheat is ground into flour and returned to England. The strong Toryism of the Times appears to be a serious matter for the Liberals. The pro­ prietor has kept himself free from party en­ tanglements and the paper seems to show lately that its proprietor thinks ho goes with the tide of public opinion. Eor example: We cannot satisfy Mr. I'ornell by any meas­ ure which even Mr. Labouchere would accept. If wo attempt to satisfy him wo shall put weapons( into his hands which, as he frankly warned us, he will fortwith turn against our­ selves. If we are to stop short of separation, as every Englishman, Kadical or Tory, agrees that w© are, we must strive to do what is iust and right without listening to the demands of Mr. Parnell and his eighty-five followers. The United Kiiig.iom must not be dismem­ bered. Our national interests are not really at variance, but the n ttional sentiment of Ireland is turned against England by what Gold win Smith rightly calts tho pressure of a terrorist organization w;elded l>v a dictator and aided by foreign money. It is this pressure which would be perpetuated and iustalleJ in the seat of power and authority by the establishment of a Parliament in Ireland, anJ Mi'. Parnell has told us plainly to what use it would be turned. It is for the people of England to ponder over these things while Jthere is yet time. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. dealer* ̂ 1 * * rnv THE PRESIDENT INTERVIEWED, The Silver and Tariff Questions--Ap­ pointments--Newspaper Misrep­ resentations. [New York telegram. 1 The New York World's Washington corre­ spondent has an interesting interview with President Cleveland upon topics now uppermost in the public mind. When asked if ho had in­ terviews with Republican Senators for the pur­ pose of talking over with them what will be done with his appointments, the President said "No; there is not a word of truth in It." "Have you talked with Senators of either party ou the Bubject?" "1 have mentioned this subject casually to some of my callers, but only as a casual topic of conversation. Of course, it is natural that I take an interest in the confirmation or rejection of the men I have selected during the vacation, but I feel no undue anxiety on the subject. I believe this is an executive office, and I deem it important that the country should be reminded of it. I have certain executive duties to per­ form, and when that is done my responsibili­ ties end. The office is one of the co-ordinate branches of the Government. The Senators and members have their duties and their respon­ sibilities. They put their hands upon the Bible and take the same oath of obligation upon assuming ortice as does the l'resident." The l'resident then continuing said that when ho had made his recommendations to Congress or had sent apixtmtments to tho Senate, the re­ sponsibilities then were shifted to the other end oi tho avenue. The President regards tho finan­ cial question as the most important beforo Con­ gress, although he does not by any means un­ derrate the importance of the tariff question. As he touched upon theso two topics he stood up and moved about, leaning upon chairs about his desk as he outlined his personal ideas relating to these subjects. He said : "I believe tho busi­ ness of tho country is now to a large extent in a condition of uncertainty, owing to the doubt as to what will be done with silver. I wrote upon that subject to the best of my ability in my message. I don't see how even the extreme advocates of the use of silver cah ask to have the coinage continued while so much remains idle, and there seems to be no scarcity of cur­ rency." "Do you believe that Congress will cary ont your recommendations about silver? Do you think eomo compromise will bo the actual re­ sult accomplished V" To this the President said he had no means of knowing what would be done. It was u sub­ ject which had now passed b«yond his control of direction. He had not the slightest wish or desire to influence Congress bevoud the meth­ ods employed by him in directing their atten­ tion to the subject through his official message. The President was asked how he regarded Senator Beck's speech on the tariff. He re­ plied: "My own personal idea about that is that the only practical way to pass a bill would bo to have tho House Committee charged with this work take lip the subject in a business fashion, and modify tho present law in such a way as to help poor people who labor and take away needless protection of the few who have grown rich at the expense of the many. There are many incongruities in th« tariff which could be remedied by looking at the whole system from a business standpoint." Returning to the subject of the Senate and the consideration by that body of his ap­ pointments, the l'resident said: "I have made no hasty selection of officers, bat on the contrary have given very much time and investigation to the subject, appreciating that very much depends on the personnel of the Gov­ ernment. Possibly I may have erred in some instances, but I am sure they are few, and I have every evidence that the country is satisfied with the now officials. I have no knowledge as to what course the Senate will pursue, but I have no idea that it will assume tx^lnterfere with the prerogatives of tho President. I have my duties; it has its. One thing I don't believe, and that is that the United Stutes Senate will spend its time in listening to the petty criticisms of ap­ pointees which come from the disappointed ap­ plicants for office." Death in the Bail-Room. [New Orleans telegram.] Miss Eugenia Galletes, u charming young woman, and highly esteemed in the ereole circles of New Orleans society, fell dead while dancing at a party at the resi­ dence of Mrs. Hauppy, No. 46 St. Clande street, iu the Third District, at midnight last night. Miss Galletes was only 16 years of age, and was on a visit to her uncle. Mr. Theodul Galletes, who escorted her to the boll. The young woman enjoyed the best of health, and was in the highest spirits. She was in the midst of a waltz, when her feet ceased gliding and she fell in her partner's arms, and before he could remove her to a Beat her heart had ceased to be^.t. A Celestial joins the Church. A special from St. Louis, Mo., says: " Jne Jui>, a Chinese lauiuTryman, pro­ fessed Christianity to-day, and was Jaken into the Pilgrim Congregation;*! Chorch. Five other Chii' un^n witness" ! tho ruony from the gallery, and seeait-U greatly interested in Jun's conversion. Jun wore his Chinese clothes and still wears his pig­ tail, but had it wound around his head, while his fellow Celestials let theirs hang down their Lacks." •jfo + --S. V. Pluintner Co., uotion in Danville, hive assigned. --The police force' at East St. latitats for two months received no pay. f --Samuel Jones fatally stabbed an eiffc- j pl°ye named Lane, r.t Haifihall. and gal& i-iiii ielx up to the a.ithoritius. , C t --There was worth!of tisptekii imported by Chicago the past year; whHH; the diamonds amounted to only $132,958. > ' --The Secretary of the Treasury has vs.' eeived $32 from a Belleville man, who sayi that he was overpaid that amount while is the army. --At the Gartside coal mine, near BeBbS ville, William Massey was shot through tigs head by an assassin, believed to bar' * woman. , ^ v --A large eWfc company has decided to I locate its works at Rock Island, hnd will * occupy the building erected by the Milan , Watch Company. " ^ --The resignation of Jion. E< E. Bondi- "" not, of Danville, Vermillion County, as * " ^ member of the Illinois General Assembly ! has been accepted by Governor Oglesby. --Eight thonsand names appear in the new Elite Directory of Chicago. How t cheap and common this must make dfe " ' other 592,000 people of the city feelt-- Evening Journal. --Miss Ida Moore and two Other pretty ' young ladies of Chicago, who received call­ ers, presented to each young man who talked about the weather, a handsome little silk bag tilled with chestnuts. . --John McConnell, an insane man, who was in charge of the Sheriff, escaped from a railway car at Free port, and in his mad rush for liberty, plunged into the Pecaton- ica River and was drowned. " ^ --Congressman Ward, of Chicago, is,ti» be placed on the Committee on Affairs, and it is an excellent selection. Mr. Ward has lived all his life among the Indians--the wooden Indians--of the West Side, and tho thorough knowledge of th« habits, customs, and needs of the Indians thus acqnired excellently fits him for ser­ vice on this important committee.--Daily 2'imea. --In their annual report to the Governor for the year ending July 1, 1885, the llail- road and Warehouse Commissioners of Illinois show that the roads reporting to the Board represent an increase in their capital stock of $16,530,668, making the amount of stock per mile $28,295. The aggregate of stocks and bonded and float­ ing debt is $1,454,784,746. The aggregate gross income amounts to $194,483,080. This amount, in comparison with the gross income for 1884, shows a decrease of $15.744,9.S8; it is principally due to a loss of income from the freight department. An increase of $513,825 is observed in the amount of-gross earnings from Illinois business. The number of roads reporting is the same as a year ago, and the increase of mileage reported is slight, few exten­ sions having been madj. The number of tons of freight carried during the year was 34,571,087, which was but 215,492 tons in excess of last year's showing. The rate ia cents per ton per mile for freight carried by fifteen of the principal roads was 9.6 cent. The report show s * that there am employed in Illinois 53,091 employes, to whom are paid the sum of $29,^36,1641.67. The mortuary and accident features close the report. The total number of employea killed by accident in Illinois was 369; the number injured was 1,094. Some of the Contrasts AlFordwl by the War in the Start ami Finish. ( From a series of war memories published in the Chicago Times by Franc B. Wilkie (Poliuto) the following extract is taken: Coming down to Cairo after the battle of Fort Donelsoa I. heard that there was a wounded officer in the after-cabin, where­ upon, with true devotion to my journalistic duties, I went back to git some facts. An orderly entered the cabin at the same time, and I followed him as he went up to a cot which was spread in the center of the con­ fined space. A human form was outlined under the bed-clothing, which Mas being twisted as if the form beneath were writhing in a vigorous man­ ner. At the same time, from the further end of the bed, where the head of the form might be supposed to be, thdte were issuing loug-drawn ejaculations which seemed to be the outcome in part of pain and in part of impatience. The orderly walked up tcfcAlm head of the bed, and so did I; a swan',"pallid face, a shock of long hair of a raven hue, a heavy, coal-black mustache, and a pair of fierce, blazing eyes suddenly came into view. Tne eyes took me in for a moment with an expression of auger, and then a harsh voice growled; "Jim, d you, don't yon make a specta­ cle of me!" This was my first glimpse pf; Gen. John A. Logan. Later, when moving behind Vicksburg, I halted to watch a battery w hich the can­ noneers were trying to extricate from a mud-hole in which it had become stuck. Swearing, hammering the horses, all seemed to be useless. Infantry were burning by, there was heavy firing just in front, aud the services of the bat­ tery evidently were needed. During the confusion a mounted officer, followed by bis staff, came down the road at a smart trot, and halted by the side of the battery. The leader looked over the situation for a moment, and then, glancing good-natured­ ly and encouragingly at the blaspheming artillerymen, said, in a pleasant, familiar way: "By golly, boys, yon must get that * gun out or you will miss all the fua."? There was something in the cheery man­ ner of the officer that seemed to inspire the men: they tried it again with a will, the mired wheels came slowly ont on firm ground, aud Logan, with a cheerful smile and a nod of approbation to the artillery­ men, galloped on to the front. He HeUl Fa«t to a Good Thins. "Yes," said a conductor on the Illinois Central, I'm married at last, boys, and am mighty glad of it. But the strangest part of the story is how I came to meet my wife. It was about a year ago. One day we stop­ ped at one of the stations down the line w here the track is doubled, when there was a freight train approaching ou the track west of the station. The freight slowed up so that passengers would have time to cross, aud then put on steam and came along after I had given the siguul to my engineer to start. But I stood on the ground looking out for passengers who might jump off and get huit. as I always do under similar circumstances. On this cccasion i was well that I did, because a young woman came running out of one of the coaches of n;y train and excitedly made a jump to get off. She landed ri '̂ht in my arms, and if I hadn't been there she'd have fallen before the freight eitgiue and been crushed to d ath. W,,ll. boys, I jn-t held onto her until those two trains had passed, and :hev weren't very short trains either. She v a* so <-xe d i iiidn't dare put her down, aud 1 felt quite comfortable the way I was invhov. with her heart beating against .aiue. Well, in that minute and a half I lost my heart, and we were married a week before" Christmas. She says she al ad like a man who had seuse enough 1» '•t ld fast to a good tiling when he had % chauoe." . • ' - •• V ¥