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I. VAN tlYKE, Ettor HMl PHMMMT lfcHENBY, ' '* * ,'>V- '». i mmm. r NEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. <JMIM UNGKK, who murdered Ed­ ward Bohle, exit up his body, and ehinped it to Baltimore, was found gnilty of man- , slaughter in the first degree, at New York, and sentenced to twenty years' imprison­ ment at hard labor. OFFICES MOINTTBE, who was suspend­ ed in Philadelphia, entered and captured one of the police stations while drank, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he was arrested. He had on his person eight loaded pistols, which he used freely on his brother officers, and it was not until a bullet took him in the arm that any­ thing could be done with him.... Lightning fired the cotton docks at Tomp- kinsville, Staten Istand. Two employes were killed by falling walls, and the esti­ mated loss by the flames is $900,000 One of the Election Board of Scranton, Pa., was sent to jail in default of bail for tampering with (he election returns The Emery Opera House at Titusville, Pa., valued at $30,000, was destroyed by fire. JOHN GRITZEXHAIEK, a New York painter, shot three times at his wife, in­ flicting a scalp wound, and then killed himself by leaping from a fifth-story win­ dow. He charged his wife with infidelity, and she charged hipi with drunkenness and cruelty. The couple had had fifteen chil­ dren, of whom eleven are now living.. Harvey E. Light, of Rochester, proprietor of the Eureka steamboat line, has made an assignment, with liabilities of $60,000.... Church k Phalen, drv-goods dealers at TIOT, X. Y., failed for $250,000. As Altoona (Pa.) dispatch says a terrible accident happened at Bellefonte. A gang of bricklayers employed by the firm of "Wentering & Dixon, of Pittsburgh, were engaged in lining the stacks at Valentine's furnaces, when the scaffolding on which they stood gave way, precipitating twelve men to the bottom of the stack, a distance of- sixty-five feet. Five men were killed and two others fatally injuifed. The scaffolding had been weighted down with some eight thousand bricks. All the men killed were single, and were rendeato of a %_ liUIUUIgU* THE WEST. A JEWISH woman in Milwaukee, the owner of considerable real estate, was some months ago deserted by her husband. She claims to have been comforted by the Christian faith, and she and her five chil­ dren yesterday united with the Methodists. IF the press of Chicago is to be believed, there has been a good deal of crookedness in the management of the county charitable and penal institutions, and there is a prospect of justice overtaking some of the crooks. The Tribune says: State's Attorney Grinnell, in a bunt of confi­ dence yesterday told an intimate friend that he had 115 names on his list, and be expected to •end a good many of them to the penitentiary. The list is composed of Commissioners, ex-Com- missioners, Wardens, county contractors, and numerous small fry city merchants and county employes. He had already secured enough evidence to convict many of the suspects, and squeals and revelations were being made every day. Three different County Commis­ sioners had made overtures to him within the last two days, but he had positively declined making any promises of immunity from punish­ ment in exchange for convicting information. The State's Attorney told his friend that he did not need any squeals from principals, as he could get enough testimony on the outside to convict every one of them. 'He expected to ob­ tain most oi his testimony from merchants, some of whom had acted as go-betweens. Many had already told all they knew, and others had ami word that they were anxious to come in out of the wet and save their own bacon. JUDGE CONRAD decided at Des Moiaes that the manufacture of intoxicating liquors, to be sold in other States, is a vio­ lation of the Iowa prohibitory law. The case will be carried to the highest court. FOURTEEN Sioux children completed their course of study at the manual labor institute near Wabash, Ind., and will next week be sent back to Indian Territory to take charge of schools or farms. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TAYLOB, lecturer and literateur, died at Cleveland, Ohio, THE SOUTH. "THE law and order committee" of Union Citf, Tenn., visited and whipped three ne­ gro men and one woman. They were masked, and no cause was assigned. THE sale has been consummated of Lookout Mountain, celebrated as the scene of the battle among the clouds. THREE murderers in the jail at Clarks- ville, Georgia, believed to be the most des­ perate criminals in that Slate, made their escape, after locking the jailer ih a cell. One of them was shot down and captured after traveling two miles. BZRIIAH MAT MOORE, aged 17, shot and killed Henry Allen, aged 50, at Memphis, Tenn., sending five bullets into his body. Miss Moore's father emptied the contents of a double-barreled shot gun into Allen's body as he lay writhing in death. The young woman, who will soon become a mother, alleges that Moore outraged her June. WinrasTon. TiHE report of the Director of the Mint, containing statistics of the production of the precious metals in the United States for the calendar year 1886, shows that the pro­ duction of gold during 1.886 exceeded that of any previous year since 1880, and almost equalled the production of that year. This amounted to $35,000,000 in 1886, against $31,800,000 in 1885, an increase ot over $3,000,000. The production of silver, as nearly as ' can be ascertained, was $49,895,930. The amount of gold bullion imported into the United States was $17,947,518, and the ex­ ports $27,862,637. The importations were made almost exclusively since August last. There was also imported gold coin of the value of $23,361,(363, and gold coin was exported to the value of $13,3lJ3,863. The total exports of gold bullion and coin was $41,281,276, which corresponds almost ex­ actly with the amount imported into the United States; so that there has been a alight gain by the movement of gold to and from the United States during the cal­ endar year. THE widow of Dr. Pavy, ^member of the late Arctic expedition, appeared before the Senate Military Committee and oppos­ ed the confirmation of Captain Greeley as chief signal officer, asking permission to submit important documents. JOSEPH ABBOTT, formerly employed in ft hotel at Chicago, has applied to the Treasury Department to issue a bond for $1,000 to replace one he ate for fear of being robbed of it. Comptroller Durham thinks he can not authorize the issue of a new bond. e T MB. MONTGOMERY, Commissioner of Patents, has tendered his resignation to the President, giving as a reason that he desires to return to the practioe of his pro- POMTICAL, Is the Lieutenant Governorship case the flepreme Court of Indiana rendered a de eision, on the 23d of February, refusing an injunction against Robertson for want of jniisdiction, and declaring that the Gen­ oa! Assembly has control over the matter. The opinion of the court, in which all the fjudges concur, was written by Chief Justice Elliott, and it holds that the Circuit Court had no jurisdiction over the person of Robertson, and no jurisdiction to issue the order of injunc­ tion. Separate opinions were filed by each of the Judges. Judge Niblack holds that exclusive authority over the contest is vest­ ed in the General Assembly, and that the courts have no jurisdiction. * Chief Justice Elliott fully concurs in this opinion, but pursues a somewhat different line of argument. Judge Mitchell, in a very long opinion, holds that the courts have jurisdiction over the sub­ ject-matter of the controversy, and that there was no vacancy in the office of Lieu­ tenant Governor. 'Judge Howk agrees with Jndge Mitchell. Judge Zollars, in a very elaborate opinion, holds that the courts have no jurisdiction of the action, but does not entirely concur in the reason­ ing of Judges Niblack and Elliott. The news of the decision, says an Indianapolis dispatch, spread rapidly, and caused no little excitement in the city. Speaker Sayre announced to the House ot Representatives the court's rulings. Senator De- motte, in the Senate. quietly informed President Smith that the decision had been rendered, ex­ hibiting to him a certificate from the Clerk of the Supreme Court stating the facts. He noti­ fied Smith that a demand would forthwith be made bv the Republicans for possession of the office. A motion to ad journ the Senate was made and declared carried. Soon after adjourn­ ment had been declared Senator Heuston arose excitedly, exclaiming that Presiding Officer Smith was a usurper, a scoundrel, and a pretender. Demotte, whose seat is in the rear, rushed forward denouncing Smith as "a liar and a coward." Senator Kennedy fol­ lowed the example of the others. Smith laughed at them, and held his temper. The House passed a resolution practically stopping all legislation. In effect it says that "the House will not recognize the Senate any longer unless it acknowledges the validity of Robertson's election and allows him quietly to preside over the Senate. The Democratic Senators met in caucuB. Gov. Gray, United States Senator-elect Turpie. and other prominent Democrats wore in consultation with them. The decision was to hold the fort on the following grounds: That the decision of the Supreme Court to-day left the question just where it was at the beginning of the session; that Justice Niblack, in his de­ cision, gives the opinion that the Constitution does not positively make the "Lieutenant Gov­ ernor the presiding officer of the Senate, and that that body may select any Senator fer that office. The Democrats, therefore, propose to stand by Senator Smith. They also claim that two of the judges have declared that no vacancy existed in the office of Lieutenant Governor, and that the others made no deliverance on that point. Also that the joint convention which declared Robertson Lieutenant Governor was illegal because the Senate, at the time having adjonmed, was not officially present, although the Republican Senators participated. The Republicans at a secret conference resolved to stand by Robert­ son and seat him at all hazards. R. S. ROBERTSON, recently elected Lieu­ tenant Governor of Indiana, made an at­ tempt to take the chair in the senate on Thursday, but was kept back by a door­ keeper. Sanator Green Smith sustained the point of order that none but members could take up the time of the body, and caused the doorkeepers to remove Robert­ son from the chamber. The crowd saw Robertson come out and there was great ex­ citement. He mounted the steps and made a speech, reciting what had transpired in the chamber and cautioned the people to do nothing that would infringe the peace or dignity of the State, or that they would regret in cooler moments. During the ex­ citement about the Senate doors three of the Senators attempted to enter and had difficulty. Senator Johnson, of Wayne, denounced the door-keepers, and during the melee a number of persons from the inside approached the door, among them Senator McDonald, who put up his hands. Johnson interpreted it as an attempt to thrust him back, and Btruck the Senator in the face. Senator Demotte was ordered into his seat, and when the Sergeant-at-arms put him down threw him to the floor. The Republican Senators started to follow Robertson out of the chamber, but were not permitted to leave. The House refused to receive a message from the Senate, and door* keepers were instructed not to admit the Secretary of the Senate until Robertson was installed as presiding officer of that body. The Michigan Prohibition State Convention met at Lansing, with 450 dele­ gates, and made these nominations: For Supreme Court Justices, Lemuel Chute of Ionia and Noah W. Cheever of Washten­ aw; for University Regents, David Pres­ ton of Detroit and Amherst B. Cheney of Kent. The platform calls upon all to rally to support the amendment to the Constitu­ tion prohibiting the liquor traffic The bill changing the name of St. John County to Logan County passed the Kan­ sas Legislature and received the Governor's signature. The county was first named for the Prohibitionist leader... .The Illinois Senate passed a resolution declaring it to be the duty of the General Assembly to see that the terms of the convict-labor amend­ ment be carried out by proper legislation. .... The Wisconsin Senate adopted a resolution to submit a constitutional amendment prohibiting contracts for con­ vict labor. THE female suffrage bill pending in the Maine Legislature has received a serious setback from the action of the women themselves, who object to its passage. Prominent and influential ladies all over the State are sending in their remon­ strances. Their protests set forth that the responsibilities of elections will involve them in the ambitious intrigues of politics, impair the integrity of their devotion to their domestic duties, and deteriorate the character and consideration which give them the influence they now exert in so­ ciety. THE RAILWAYS* THE contract for what is known as the Merrill extension of the Chicago, Milwau­ kee and St. Paul Road has been let. This is taken to mean that the company will build to Ashland, Superior City, or some other point on Lake Superior. A GOOD many railway managers have come to the conclusion that it is practica­ ble to heat passenger coaches with steam from the locomotive. This plan has been introduced on several small.railroads in the East, and is in successful operation on the elevated roads of New York city. The ex­ periment has proved so satisfactory that the New York Central has ordered a train to be fitted with the necessary apparatus, and will probably adopt the system on all its trains. Western railway officials are investigating the subject with a good deal of care, ana appear to be quite confident that a safe and adequate substitute--either 6team heating or something else--can be found for the car stove. If the recent railroad accidents, whose horrors were multiplied ten-fold by this infernal engine of destruc­ tion, shall result in its disappearance the frightful sacrifice of life they involved will not have been in vain. army bill, fifteen Poles, fifteen Alsatians, two Guelphs, one Dane, and six Socialists. Re-elections will be necessary in sixty dis­ tricts. Exactly one-half of the mem­ bers so far elected are distinctly pledged to the support of the septenate, without counting the raballots. Although a majority of the districts in which new elections are to be held are cer­ tain to be carried by the opposition candi* dates, the total result will give Prince Bis­ marck a working majority independent of the center members, many of whom will vote for the septenate or abstain from vot­ ing. The total vote of Alsace-Lorraine is: French, 72,480; German, 16,022. Herr Buiach, who was defeated in Alsace, was unopposed until he declared himself in favor of the septenate. The Socialists' failure in Alsace-Lorraine is noteworthy. Their best man, Hoeckel, at Mulhouse, only polled 410 votes. The new German Liberals lost 28 seats, the Centerists 6, the Democrats 9, and the Guelphs 9." Dispatches from Rome assert that negotia­ tions have been satisfactorily concluded for a renewal of the alliance between Italy, Germany, and Austria, which expires next May Richard Keabecker some years ago took out naturalization papers at* Hhelby- ville, 111. On returning to Germany to se­ cure an estate which he inherited he was arrested for having evaded military duty. ....Estimates of the loss of life in Italv by the earthquake shocks place **11 tw ber at 2,000. ™ ADDITIONAL NEWS. THE Ohio Supreme Court has* decided that County Treasurers must, according to law, expend sums collected under the Dow liquor tax law, nnd that the fact of the money being paid under protest is of no avail.... The widow of Gen. Logan has se­ lected Jackson Park, near the southern limits of Chicago, for the final burial-place of her husband's remains Jacob Sehaef- er's challenge to George F. Slosson for games of balk-line and cushion-carom bil­ liards for $5<K) a aide has been accepted, and they will be played in Chicago next month.... Ira D. Sankey informs his friends at Pittsburgh that, on the comple­ tion of the training school for Christian workers, to be erected by wealthy Chicago- ans, Mr. Moody will make a desperate at­ tempt to evangelize the western metropolis. ... .Hon. Jesse W. Fell, of Bloomington, 111., died at his home in that city last week, a-jed 78 years. He was an intimate friend of Abraham Lincoln, and at one time owned 300 acres of land, on which a part of 'Chicago now stands. He became a resi­ dent of Bloomington in 1833. AN unknown three-masted schobner struck on the wreck of the English steam­ ship Brinkburn, on Fenwick's Island shoals, near Philadelphia, rolled over and sdnk. The wreck of this English craft, which has been lying on the shoals for a year, having become detached from its original position, has drifted up and down the island, to the terror of all kinds of shipping. The loss occasioned by the sunken steamer this winter will amount to $300,000 to American vessels alone. THE statement of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company for the year 1886 shows the gross earnings were $8,000,639, an in­ crease of $67,470 over thos9 of the pre­ vious year; operating expenses, $4,G50,'J55, an increase of $40,807; net earnings, $3,409,684, an increase of $26,663. A BED of red hematite iron ore, sixteen feet thick, was recently uncovered near Tuscaloosa, Alabama.... Commodore Wil­ liam T. Truxton, United States Navy, re­ tired, died last week at Norfolk, Va The six-story candy faotory-of Darby &, Co., in Baltimore, was burned, causing a loss of $150,000. THE Royal Iiish Land Commission has reported rather unfavorably to the land­ lords. They estimate that prices of Irish products have fallen 18£ per cent., and at­ tribute the prevalence of illegal practices to a great extent to unfair rents The Ber­ lin National Gazette says the alliance be­ tween Italy, Germany, and Austria for re­ ciprocal defense and to guarantee the pos­ sessions of the parties to the arrangement is assured of completion, although possibly delayed for the time by the Italian Minis­ terial crisis Henry M. Stanley tele­ graphs from Zanzibar that Portugal needs a warning from England and Germany.... A jury at Dublin disagreed as to the guilt of Dillon, O'Brien, and others connected with the plan of campaign. Miss GENENIEVE WARD will be seen as Stephanie in "Forget- Me-Not" at McVick- er's Theater, Chicago, this week. The operatic concerts to be given by Mme. Patti at McVicker's Theater will be three in number. On Monday evening, March 7, the first act of "The Barber of Seville" and the second act of "Semiramide" will be given; on Thursday evening, March 10, the programme will comprise the first act of "La Traviata" and the second act of "Linda di Chamonix;" on Saturday afternoon, March 12, the third act of "Martha" and the second act of "Lucia" will be per­ formed. MB. EDMUNDS' substitute for the pleura-pneu­ monia bill was adopted by the Senate on the 25th nit. It appropriates fl,000,000, to be ex­ pended under the direction of the Presi­ dent, and, in his discretion, through the Commissioner of Agriculture, to aid the proper authorities of the several States in preventing the spread of pleuro-pneu- monia, the appropriation to expire at the ind of two years. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the Edmunds substitute was adopted was pending when the Senate ad­ journed. Senator Ingalls was elected President pro tern, of the Senate. The House passed, un­ der a suspension of the rules, the Senate bill providing for agricultural experiment stations. The general deficiency appropriation bill was reported to the House. It makes a total appro­ priation of £1,573,504, while the estimates ag­ gregated £7,558,914. FOKE1GH. A BERLIN dispatch says: "A reliable Government majority is assured. Returns from 265 districts show the election of 44 Conservatives, 18 Imperialists, 43 Conter- ists, 83 National Liberals, 8 new German Liberals, G Socialists, 15 Alsatians, 4 Poles. In forty-four districts supplementary elec­ tions will be necessary, which will be held March 3. The total Socialist vote shows an increase of 500,000.", . .Bismarck has shown his good feeling toward the Czar by imprisoning for a month the Berlin news­ paper man who reprinted the report that the latter in a drunken frenzy had shot a Gor­ man diplomatic attache named Villaume. PARIS newspapers are happy over the re­ sult of the election in Alsace-Lorraine, which is interpreted to mean that Germany is not able to obtain the hearts of the peo­ ple of the annexed provinces. THE result of the German elections for members of the Reichstag, says a Berlin dispatch, "shows the election of thirteen new German Liberals (including two who favor the septenate), seventy-five Con­ servatives, thirty-one Imperialists, eighty- nine National Liberals, ninety-two Center- , i»ts, including three who will support the THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVES 14.00 @ 5.50 Hoos..... 5i50 @5 ^5 WHEAT--NO. 1 White 91 93 VT No- * Red 69 c<5 >2 CORN--No. 2 43 ^ 47 OATS--White ^ .42 POBK--New Heis 45.00 <a 15,2 5 CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers 4.50 & 5.40 Good Shipping 4.10 & 4.45 ( ommou 3.30 @3.70 Hoos--8hipi>ing Grades 6.45 u* 5 85 FLOUR--Extra Spring.. 4.25 <4 4.G0 WHKAT--NO. 2 Spring 7$ yt 7« COUN-NO. 2 S3 ;35 OATB--No.2..< ,84 @ .25 BCTTEB--Choice Creamery 25 *27 Fine Dairy is @ .*20 CHKEBZ--Full Cream, Cheddar, .IS <<5 .14 Full Cream, new 13 & .14 EQO8--Fresh 15 .i6 POTATOES--Choice, per bu 40 <a .48 POUK--Hess J5 25 <ftl550 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Ceah .73 & .74 COKN--No. 3 .35 <A».36 OATS-NO. 2 .29 .33 liYK--No, 1 .55 & .se I'oiiK--Meg* 15.25 @15.50 TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 SQ A .83 CORN--Cash. M & .39 OATS -NO. 2 29 M SO DETROIT. BEEF CATTLE 4.50 » 5.00 Hoos-. 4.50 & 5.75 SHEEP. 5.00 @5.50 W HEAT--No. 1 White 81 0 .82 COBJJ--No. 2 80 M .40 OATS -White 80 & .81 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2. 77 & .7$ COICN--Mixed 38 & .34 OATS--Mixed 27 @ .27« PORK--Mess 15.00 <£15.25 CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed .82 0 .88 CORN--No. 2 89 & .40 OATS--No. 2 SO ;<* .81 PORK--MeM. 14.75 @15.00 LIVE Hoos 4.50 & 5.85 „ BUKFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 87FC<9 .88 CORN--No. 2 Yellow 43 3 .44 CATTLE 4.50 6.50 INDIANAPOLIS. BEEPCATTL* 3.00 & 5.00 Hoos.... 4.50 @5.70 SPEEP 2.50 @ 4.65 WHEAT--No. 2B«d.. 80 & .81 CORN--Nat 86 & .37 OATS .98 <» .28 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best 5.00 @ S.35 Fair 4.65 « 4.80 Common 4.00 & 4.50 Hoes 4.T5 *6.10 Bajcnr 8.03 a 5.25 THE "COMMONERS." That .v 4 / • ' Is the Name Decided Upe* til* National Labor Tcntlon. fer What They Want to Accomplish--Difl- eatufaotion at the Existing of Affiuri. FIRST DAT. The Industrial Labor Conference was called to order at Cincinnati on Tuesday, Feb. 22, by B. S. Heath, of* Chicago, Chairman of the Executive Committee, with all the States represented except six. Ten women were delegates, among them Miss Marion Todd of Battle Creek, Mich., Mrs. Heath of Chicago, and Mrs. Dr. Sev­ erance of Milwaukee. The conference was opened with prayer by the Jlev. Mr. Lockwood, Baptist. Mr. Bichard Trevellick was chosen temporary Chairman. The Uev. Mr. Lockwood made hn address of welcome, in w hich he said he favored labor organization. The riot at Pittsburgh was the result of labor unor­ ganized--the peaceful strike in New York was the result of labor orgnnized. [Ap­ plause.] The convention by a rising vote gave thanks lb the "minister who had the courage to s|gak as this minister had done." At the evening- session a letter was read from Gen. "Weaver, of Iowa, regret­ ting his inability to be present. He sug­ gested that Iffe platform should chiefly re­ late to landfe money, and transportation. He favored t« election of Senators of the U.nited Statesby direct vote of the people of the State* He begged the convention to not put arP new and startling principles in the platfclm. In conclusion he said: "Go ahead; elrike hard. ' Thy people shall be my peop% and thy God shall be my God.' " Mr.lB. E. Haaf lirged the confer­ ence to declare for prohibition. If that was done thelparty would have the prayers of every wonutn in the whole country, and of every mawand child who has felt the sting of the oirse of the open saloon. His address was frequently and heartily ap­ plauded. E. F. Smith, in reply, said if this party should-kill the Prohibition party it would drive 300,000 votes back into the Re­ publican party. These permanent officers were chosen: President, A. J. Streeter, of Illinois; Vice Presidents, Bichard F. Trevellick of Michi­ gan, M. J. Kane of Iowa, B. S. Heath of Illinois, J. H. Allen of Indiana, and others; Secretary, M. I). Shaw of Missouri; As­ sistant Secretary, W. D. P. Bliss of Mas­ sachusetts; Beading Clerk, George H. Lennon of New York. Mr. C. A. Power of Indiana asked the conference to favor the repeal of the present pension laws and the equitable adjustment of the soldiers' claims, by which soldiers should be paid the difference between the paper they re­ ceived and the value of gold, every soldieis' discharge to be his pension certificate. A resolution favoring eight hours as a day's work in all Government, State, and municipal employment was referred. Miss Marion Todd of Michigan made a speech in which she said that the laboring man had been disfranchised by the machin­ ations of grinding monopolists and by the gross evils of the wages system of this country. Plunder was not obtained through special legislation, through officials, through the militia, through the Pinkertons--"what shall I call themV" she asked. TCries of "Assassins," "Murderers," "Murdering thieves."] "I leave the saying of the bad words to the gentlemen," said the speaker. She thought Henry George did not go far enough; that he did not see the evil of the money system. She was heard with in­ tense gratification and given a rousing vote of thanks. SECOND DAT. The business not being pressing, a dele­ gate moved t^^a gavel be procured for the use of th^^hairman, and the vote was formally taken and carried. The Committee on Besolutions not being ready to report, Mr. G. L. Jones, of "Wis­ consin, got the floor by consent, and said the main question before the country was to get rid of the public and corporate in- debtness of this country. He supported his proposition by citing facts to snow the great burden on the people caused by the interest-bearing debt. The remedy he pro­ posed was by law to reduce and to remove that debt. This included a graduated in­ come tax, the lending of money by the Government to the States; the States to lend to the counties, and the counties to the smaller municipalities; the Government to lend at 1 per cent, the States at 2 per cent., and the counties at 3 per cent. On motion of Mrs. Severance, of Wiscon­ sin, the rules were suspended and Mr. Crocker, of Kansas, was permitted to ex­ plain the Oklahoma movement, and to pre­ sent a preamble and resolution in regard to that matter. Mr. Crocker proceeded to read a preamble reciting the action of Congress with reference to the acquiring of (hat ground, its grant to the railroad company, and its subsequent forfeiture, and declaring that this land is now in the possession of a vast cattle syndicate by undue influence of the United States courts, the army and oth­ er officers, and closed by a resolution se­ verely censuring the action of the present administration, and demanding the passage of the now pending Oklahoma bill, and if this Congress does not pass this bill, then requesting the President to convene the next Congress in extra session to pass the bill. Mr. Crocker then, in an impassioned manner, went on to speak of the wrongs of the Oklahoma colonists. His point was that the railroad corporation and the cattle syndicate were holding possession of that country by the power of a military mob. He would not call it an army; it was a mili­ tary mob. He pictured the peaceful pur­ poses of the settlers, anxious to get homes, and the gross outrages inflicted on them-- arrested, subjected to indignities; in one case resulting in death to the wife of one of these men seeking a home. He closed with the hope that his resolutions, when presented for action, would be adopted without a dissenting vote. Under| the rules the resolution went to the committee, but Mr. Bidgely, of Kansas, moved to suspend the rules and adopt the resolutons, but upon vigorous protests he withdrew the motion. Mrs. Severance, of Milwaukee, by re­ quest, addressed the convention. In her view, the condition in this country had produced two classes--the moneyed class and' the wage slaves. She prophesed shortly the further slavery of the denial of free speech, unless the power of the great king monopoly is curtailed. Our Govern­ ment now, she declared, was one of money --by money, for money. In conclusion, she outlined the platform which should be adopted. Calls were made for Jesse Harper, of Illinois, and he appeared and made a ring­ ing and characteristic speech, the chief burden being the wrong caused by the wat­ ered stock of the railroad and telegraph monopolies. He declared that the coming child of promise would swear by all the gods that there shall be no freight or passenger rates on watered stock. Mr. Waters of Illinois offered a motion that the chair shall apnoint a committee of five on permanent organization, to take charge of the organization of the new party throughout the country. The chair de­ clared the motion out of order. Mr. Eaton of Illinois, by unanimous consent, offered a scheme for the organiza­ tion of the new party, outlining a plan for local club organization, and accompanied it with explanations. Mrs. Elizabeth Culbertson of Michigan, and Mrs. E. V. Emery, also of Michigan, made addresses. Chairman Bobert Schilling, of the Com­ mittee on Resolutions, presented the report of that committee. He explained the long delay in preparing it by saying that the many interests involved and the suggestions made, amounting to more than two hund­ red in all, necessitated much time in agree­ ing upon a platform. The reading was vo­ ciferously applauded. Following is the platform: The preamble: 1. The delegates of various in­ dustrial and reform poUtioal organisations bave assembled from thirty-one States and Terri­ tories on this anniversary of the birth of "The Father of hia Country" to view the situation of publto attain and advise proper action. A general discontent prevails on the part of the. wealth-producers; farmer* ate soffering from a poverty whioh has forced most orthem to mortgage their estates and prices of products are so low as to offer no relief except through bankruptcy. Laborers are sinking into greater and greater dependence; strikes are resorted to without bringing relief, because of the inability of the employers in many cases to pay living wages, while more and more are driven into the streets. Business-men find collections almost impossible ; meantime hundreds of millions of idle public money, which is needed for relief, is locked up in the United States Treasury in grim mockery of the distress; land monopoly nourishes as never before, and more and more owners of the soil are daily becoming tenants. Great transportation corporations still tfuccee d in extorting their profits upon watered stock through uniust charges. The United States Senate has become an open scandal, its seats, being purchased by the rich in open defiance of the popular will. A trifling fisheries dispute is seized upon as an excuse for squandering public money upon unnecessary military prep­ arations, which are designed to breed a spirit of war, to ape European despotism, and to empty the Treasury without paying the public debt. Under these and other alarming, conditions we appeal to the people of this whole country to come out of old party organizations, whose in­ difference to the jmblic welfare in responsible for this distress, and help us to organize a new political party, not sectional butnatienal, whose members shall be called Commoners, whose ob­ ject shall be to repeal all class laws in favor of the rich, and to relieve the distress of our indus­ tries by establishing the following principles: 1. Land--Every human being possesses a nat­ ural inalienable right to have sufficient land for self-support, and we desire to secure to every industrious citizen a home, as the highest result of free institutions. To this end we demand a graduated land tax on all large estates, especial­ ly those held for speculative or tenant DUI- poses; the reclamation of all unearned land grants; the immediate opening of Oklahoma to homestead settlement; the purchase of ajl unoccupied Indian landB, and the settlement of the various tribes upon lands in severalty; also laws preventing corporations from acquir­ ing real estate beyond the requirements of their business and alien ownership of land. The sys­ tems of irrigation in the States and Territories where necessary Bhall be under such public control as shiiil sccure the free and equitable use of the waters and franchise t > the people. 2. Transportation--The means of communica­ tion and transportation should be owned or controlled by the people, as is the United States postal system, and equitable rates everywhere established. 3. Money--The establishment of a National monetary system in the interest of the producer instead of the speculator and usurer, by which a circulating medium in necessary quantity and full legal tender shall be issued directly to the people,without the intervention of banks,or loan­ ed to citizens upon ample security at a low rate of interest, to relieve them from the extortions of usury and enable them to control the money supply. Postal-savings banks should be estab­ lished While we have free coinage of gold we should have free coinage of silver. We demand the prompt payment of the national debt, and condemn the further issue of interest-bearing bonds either by the national Government or by States, Territories, counties, or municipalities. 4. Labor -Arbitration should take the place of strikes and other injurious methods of set­ tling labor disputes; the letting of convict labor to contractors be prohibited; the contract system be abolished in public works; the hours of labor in industrial establishments be re­ duced commensurate with the increase of production in labor-saving machinery; em­ ployes be protected from bodily injury; equal pay being given for equal work for both sexes, and labor, agricultural and co-operative associ­ ations be fostered and incorporated by law. The foundation of a republic is the intelligence of its citizens, and children who are driven ' into workshops, mines, and facto­ ries are deprived of education, which should be secured to all by proper legislation. We desire to see labor organizations extend throughout all civilized countries until it shall be impossible for despots io array the workingmen of one country in war against their brothers of another country. 5. Soldiers and sailors--In appreciation of the services of United States soldiers and sailors, we demand tor them justice before charity. The purposely depreciated money paid them during the war should be made equal in value to the gold paid the bondholders. The soldier was promised coin pr its equivalent, and was paid in depreciated paper. The bondholder loaned the Government depreciated paper and contracted to take it back, but was paid in gold. 0. Income tax--A graduated income tax is the most equitable system of taxation, placing the burden of Government on those who can beBt afford to pay, instead of laying it on the farmers and producers, and exempting millionaire bond­ holders and corporations. 7. United States Senate--The capture of the United States Senate by millionaires and tools of corporations who have no sympathy with free institutions threatens the very existence of the liopublic. We demand a constitutional amendment making United States Senators elective by a direct vote of the people. 8. Chinese--State and National laws should be passed that shall effectually exclude from America the Mongolian slave and Asiatic com­ petition. 9. Armed men--The employment of bodies of armed men by private corporations should be prohibited. 10. Equality--The right to vote is inherent in citizenship, irrespective of sex. 11. Temperance--Excessive wealth, resulting in luxury and idleness on the one hand and ex­ cessive toil and poverty on the other, lead to in­ temperance and vice. The measures of reform here demanded will prove to be the scientific solution of the temperance question. THIRD DAY. The election of a National Executive Committee was the principle, and about the only work accomplished by the Conven­ tion on the third and last day of its session. The Committe is constituted as follows: Alabama-r-J. J. Woodall. California--B. E. Davis. Dakota--J. O. Dean. Illinois--J. B. Clark. Indiana--Thomas Grnelle. Iowa--W. H. Babb. Indian Territory--M. N. Lovin. Kansas--W. D. Vincent. Kentucky--L. A. Wood. Maryland--Charles A. Mettie. Massachusetts--M. Johnston. Missouri--J. Nolan. Nebraska--E. Hull. New Hampshire--George Carpenter. New Jersey--W. D. Dubois. New York--J. I. Hovt. North Carolina--J. K. Winston. Ohio--Charles Jenkins. Oregon--E. W. Pike. Pennsylvania--Jobn P. Zane. Bhode Island--Holmes W. Merton. , Tennessee--J. B. Mills. Texas--Capt. Sam Evans. West Virginia--J. K. Thompson. Washington Territory--George N. Smith. When the committee was being selected, Col. Winston, of North Carolina, said his delegation and that of Mississippi and Arkansas could not name members unless the convention would relegate to the States the adoption or rejection of certain parts of th§ platform. His desire was to make the sections of the platform relating to land, transpor­ tation, money, labor, income tax, and Chinese labor the national platform, and all of the different States to adppt or reject the other sections as they chose. His plan was adopted by the convention, thus re­ lieving the Southern States from being committed to woman suffrage, which they had fought unsuccessfully hitherto. The convention elected Thomas M. Gruelle, of Indiana, Chairman of the Na­ tional Committee; I. F. McDonald, of Springfield, Ohio, Secretary; aud Presi­ dent Streator, of Illinois, Treasurer. The convention adjourned sine die. The Delegates Highly Elated at the Oat- come ot Their Labors. [Cincinnati special to Chicago Times. 1 A mass ratification meeting was held at night in Music Hall, and was addressed by a number of the delegates. Less than two handred delegates remained to-day, but they were, with very few exceptions, quite jubilant over their labors, and expressed themselves as most hopeful of the future. Mrs. Culbertson, of Michigan, declared that the platform was the best ever adopted by a political party, and predicted that it would surely carry in Michigan next fall. A Kansas delegate was certain it would have a majority there inside of two years. An lllinoisan and an Indianian felt sure the platform would take like wild­ fire in their section^ In fact, all the West­ ern delegates were wildly enthusiastic. The Greenbackers are happy. Chairman E. H. Gillette, of the Greenback National Committee, said: "Wo will favor the uniting with the Union Labor party, but our National Committee will not disband. We will hold our organization, but I favor uniting heart and soul with the new party." A Western delegate said: "The bringing of the farmers into the Knights of Labor is looked upon with a great deal of favor by the leaders of that organization. Now, every district in the Knights of Labor is entitled to one representative in the gen eral conference. It takes bnt ten members to make an assembly, and but five assem­ blies to form a district. Powderly and the conservatives have organizers forming the farmers into small assemblies and these into districts, so that when the next general conference is held it will be found that a large part of the farming portion of the country is formed into districts and represented In ti e conference by a laige majority of the delegates. This is Powderly's scheme to outgedenl the socialists who are in the cities and in large assemblies, but repre­ sented in the general conference by only one delegate each. In this way the an­ archists will be robbed of power for harm." The Executive Committee of the Greenback party held a conference and re­ solved to continue their organization, but will send an address to their party advising co-operation with the Union Labor party. THOUSANDS KILLED. OTW Fifteen Hundred Earthquake Victims Crushed in a Single District of Italy, j Villages Dislodged From Thelf Founda­ tions and Hurled Down the Mountain Sides. The effeots of the earthqaalii la Italy and France prove to have been tar more serious than at first was thought, says a cable dispatch from Bome. The loss of life and destruction of property is learned to have been terrible. The number of deaths reported to the present time is about two thousand. The most Btartling news comes from the Genoese iviera. Over fifteen hundred people were killed in that district. At the village of Bajardo, situated at the top of a hill, a number of the inhabitants took refuge in a church when the shocks were first felt. A subsequent and greater shock demolished the church, and ;SOO of the people who were in it were killed. The shocks were felt at Parma, Turin, and Cosenza. Undulations of the earth were noticed at Catania in Sicily at the foot of Mount JEtna. The earthquake was strongly felt at sea. Off Genoa it woke sailors from their sleep. At Turin a portion of the ceiling of Santa Teresa Church fell upon the worshipers, but none were killed. In many streets the traffic was stopped, as houses were ren­ dered liable to fall. At Castellaro a church collapsed, killing many persons. The transport Boma has left Genoa to take on board five hundred prisoners confined in the Oneglia prison, which is expected to collapse. Parties of soldiers have been sent to the villages visited by the earth­ quake to assist in burying the dead. It is reported that at Bussana, a village of 800 inhabitants, successive shocks lev­ eled nearly every house. One-third of the people are said to be btiried in the ruins, and there is no hope of rescuing them. Not one of the 106 communes in the popu­ lous province of Porto Maurizio escaped injury. The villages built on terraces on the sides of hills are almost all destroyed. The distress is great everywhere. At Nice sixty houses are tottering and ready to fall from the shocks indicted. Many others are much damaged, and in most residences more or less of the furnishings are dam­ aged. The total number of people injured at Nice is twenty-three. Forty were in­ jured and one killed at Mentone. Two hundred and fifty houses there were ren­ dered uninhabitable. . Several fires occur­ red, but were speedily extinguished. Military guards are' on duty to prevent pillaging of the wrecked houses. A bread famine is expected owing to the destruction of the ovens of the bak­ ers. Some wells around Nice are dried up, while others increased in volume. A jet of hot water burst from the bed of the Paillon Biver, throwing up a mass of shin­ gle. A dispatch from Nice says: "Fugitives are fleeing in every direction. The people are afraid to re-enter their houses and hotels, and last evening the heights back of the city were crowded with refugees. Two thousand English, American, and Bussian visitors were camped out dur­ ing the night on the elevated ground. Six thousand persons have left the city and started for Paris. The son of Mr. Albert N. Hatheway, the American Consul at Nice, was seriously injured. There have been no further disturbances at Monte Carlo. The place is filled with thousands of refugees from Cannes, Nice, Mentone, and San Bemo. It is difficult to find shelter for the great number of people, and many of them have been compelled to camp out." Oscillations of the earth from north to south were felt throughout Switzerland, quite severely in the central and southern portions. No loss of life is reported, but much damage was done to property. LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AT WAR. The Knights and the Amalgamated Asso­ ciation Begin Hostilities! (Pittsburgh telegram.] The strike at the Mingo Junction Iron Works has resulted in a declaration of war between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and the Knights of Labor. The trouble arose over a conflict of authority. Becently the workmen who are members of both orders asked for extra pay for time lost by broken machinery. The firm refused to grant the demand, and un­ der the rules of the Amalgamated associa­ tion the men quit work. Later, W. H. Bailey, of the executive board of the Knights of Labor, ordered the men to re­ sume. This was refused, and Bailey threatened to fill the mill with Knights of Labor from other places. Several conferences were held between Bailey, and Weihe, and Martin, President and Secretary of the Amalgamated Asso­ ciation, but they were unable to arrive at an agreement. President Weihe offer­ ed to start the mill provided his as­ sociation was represented on the mill com­ mittee. Mr. Bailey said he would agree to this if the Amalgamated Association would consent to serve, but not to be known as members of the committee. The Amal­ gamated people refused to entertain such a proposition, and the con­ fer nee broke up. Bailey says he will furnish men enough to resume work at once, and. the Amalgamate! officials claim that he will not be able to do so. They have removed tbeir headquarters to the seat of war, and assert that ti ey will re- {nain on the grounds to persuade the men t) stay away from the mill, if it takes a year. Ilailey issued a proclamation to all Knights of Labor who are steel workers de­ claring the works open to all Knights who are tonnage workers. The Self-Made Man. Who is the stout El-der-ly gen-tle- man, do yon ask, Children ? I did not rec-og-nize him At first. Let lis take a Walk around the block and escape him. We are in Luck; he Did not see If we had given him a Chance he would have but-ton-hol-ed us and told us a story About two hours In length. It would have Been about his Early struggles. He Would have told us how He used to get up at Four in the morn­ ing when he Was a boy, and how he ln-va-ri-ably had to crack four inches of ice in the pail Before he could Get water to wash with. It froze hard in Those days. He would have also In­ form-ed us that his Youth was spent in hoe-ing po-ta-toes and sawing wood, and That he has Had only six months' schooling In his life; He would have fur-nish-ed in-dis-pu-ta-ble proof of the Latter statement. He calls himself a Self-made man. Has he ever done An­ y-thin g of any account? Nothing; but lie Has made a C> ood deal of money, and that is what Ails him. If I had taken as Much trouble to make myself as he Says he has, and had not Panned Out better, I should be Deeply dia-ap- point-ed.--Tid-Biis. NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS. WlMt Mm Being Dme by ill® it*' tlMMl At th» session ot the Senate on Batn**ay, Senator Beck announced that he had a memorial to present on American shipping, on which be wished to be heard before the Com­ mittee on Commerce. He had for years been presenting petitions for the repeal of the navi­ gation laws, in the hope that Americans might be able to own steamship lines on the o^ean. Senator Van Wyck, after moving the <300 000 appropriation for improvements on points'on the Missouri Biver, accepted an amendment by bis colleague, Mr. Manderson, appropriating •liJO.OOO for points north of the Missouri RiYerT The Chaplain of the House of Representative* failed to appear, and for the first time in six. years business was commenced without prayer. The Senate amendment appropriating $25,000' for the education of children in Alaska waa concurred in by the Bouse, notwithstanding tha recommendation of the Committee on Appro­ priations to the contrary. The Senate amend­ ment appropriating 82,000 for the erection of fences around the cemeteries in which Confed­ erate dead are buried near Columbus and JoOn- son's Island, Ohio, was non-concurred in by the House for the purpose of enab­ ling the Committee of Conference to prepare a measure in accordance with the views oi both sides of the House. Both 8enate and House agreed to the conference report on the retire­ ment of the trade dollar. The House Commit­ tee on Invalid Pensions submitted a unanimous report recommending the passage over the President's veto of the invalid pensions bill. The President vetoed the pension bills of Richard O'Neal, late Colonel of the Twenty- sixth Indiana Volunteers, and John Reed, whose son, John Reed, died in the service. A RESOLUTION authorizing the Ordnance Committee to sit in Washington during the re­ cess, and to associate with It three naval offi­ cers. was adopted by the Senate February 21. The Senate passed the river and harbor appro- I'riation aud the bill to incorporate tho J!ari- time Canal Company of Nicaragua, A bill was introduced to locate at Columbus, Tenn., an arsenal for the manufacture of ordnance and ordnance stores. The President Bent to tho Senate messages Vetoing bills granting pensions to John D. Fin- cher and Rachael Ann Pierpont. As to the first-named case, the President maintains that the disability for which tho pension is asked was not incurred in the service, and as to the latter case the President says that since tho bill waB introduced a pension has been granted to the claimant by the Pension Office at the same rate authorized in the bill. The President sent to tlie Senate the nomination of Amos M. Thayer, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the East­ ern District of Missouri. In the House of .Rep­ resentatives Mr. Henderson of North Carolina, from the Committee on Elections, submitted a report on the Indiana contested-election case of Kidd against Steele. The report, which is unanimous, confirms the right of the contests* (Steele) to the seat. A bill to regulate the pay of officers of the army and navy who refuse or negleot to provide for the support of their families was favorably re­ ported to the Senate on Feb. 22. The military academy appropriation bill was passed. An adverse report was made on the act t > authorize the sale of the barracks at Newport, Kv., and the purchase of another sito. John Sherman ten­ dered his resignation as President protein of the Senate. John F. Norrish was confirmed Sur­ veyor General for Minnesota, and Thomas C. Manning as Minister to Mexico. The President approved the act for the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi River near Dubuque, Iowa. The House of Representatives, notwithstanding a personal appeal from Mr. Bland, of Missouri, refused to pass over the President's veto a bill increasing the pension of Jobn W. Farris. THB bill to create a Department of Agriculture passed the Senate Feb. 23. The bill creates an executive department to be known as the De­ partment of Agriculture and Labor, with a Sec­ retary and Assistant Secretary to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Secretary is to re­ ceive the same salary as tha heads of tho other executive departments, and the assistant the same salary as the Assistant Secretary of the Interior Department. The Bureau of Iiabor and tha Weather Service Bureau are to be transferred to the Department of Agriculture. The Senate passed the pension bill of Thomas 8. Hopkins over the President's veto. The President transmitted to the Senate the correspondence with Mexico in tho Cutting case. The House of Representatives passed a. substitute for tha Senate bill authorizing the Senate to retaliate upon the Canadians for shut­ ting out American fishing vessels. One section of the new measure makes liable to forfeit are any foreign ship found taking fiBh within three marine miles of our coasts or harbors. BILLS authorizing railroad bridges over the Mississippi at Grand Tower, 111., and Sioux City, and granting a railroad right of way through the Crow reservation in Montana, passed the Sen­ ate on the 24th in St. A House bill was reported favorably for a right of way through mdian. Territory for the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Road. Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, was nomin­ ated by the Republican Senatorial caucus to be President pro tempore of the Senate, vice Sen­ ator Sherman, resigned. The House of Repre­ sentatives refused, by a vote of 159 to 1HJ. to concur in the Senate amendment to the po3t- otliee appropriation bill setting aside ¥3UJ,UOO for Central and bouth American maild. Mr. Mat- son called up the dependent-pension bill, with the veto message of the President thereon. Mr. Conger thought that the report of the Committee on Invalid Pensions waa a complete answer to the President's hy­ perbolic criticisms on the measure. He commented upon the action of the President in vetoing tho pending measure, yet signing the Mexican pension bill. The only protests avaiUBt the bill had come from the Southern cities aud tho money centers. Mr. O'Hara favored the bill, and criticised the ruling of the Pension Office di nying aid to colored women who had lost their sons in tha war. When the Fifty-fourtn aud Fifcy-lifth Massachusetts Regiments, com­ posed exclusively of colored men went out, and the Paymaster offered to pay them less than other regiments because they were black, they spurned the money, and uaid: "No; we are in the cause of liberty, and if you cannot pay us what you pay other soldiers we will tight for our flag and country without compensation." Mr. Bragg, of Wisconsin, said it was time for the memuers of the House to look after the in­ terests of the real soldier and the business in­ terests of the country. They had driited along, impelled by a species of sympathetic inlluenoe. regaivileBS of reason or judgment, until the period was reached which culminated - in the presentation and passage of one of the most scandalous bills which had ever been sent to a President for his sig­ nature. The people of the country, without re­ gard to party, had every reason to oe thankful that this bill had been presented t J an execu­ tive who had backbone enough to meet the sit­ uation. In a few years the soldiers of tho coun­ try--not the bummers--would have arrived at an uge when he could come to Congress aud de­ mand as as aright--not ask as a chorit.- that provision be made far them. Lei. not CongreBS bankrupt the treasury before that time arrived by yielding to the demands of de­ serters, coffee-coolers, and bounty-jumpers. The men who advocated this bill were not the friends of the true soldier. They advocated this bill, many of them, simply because the men could vote whom they expected to buy by this bill. Mr. Bragg said tne press opposed the bill aud sustained the President. Inat gallant soldier, the Governor of Maine, Chauiberlin, stood by the President. The creat soldier. Palmer of Illinois, stood by" the Presi­ dent. Gov. Cox of Ohio stood by"the President. Old Dan Sickles of the Third Army Corps said that the veto was a most glorious deed. Brave men of all parties stood by the President, It was only the liitle minds that went buzzing about like insects that opposed him. It is only the class of gentlemen who haug around the- Grand Army posts, who crowd themselves in to get $0 a week and to live upon their comrades, who are making this grand hue aud crv." Mr. McKinley did not believe with the gentle­ man from Wisconsin that the benefi­ ciaries were either shirks or vagabonds or good-for-nothing scoundrels. He be­ lieved that there were thousanda scat­ tered over the country who fought as bravely as the gentleman from Wisconsin, though they' were not here to tell of their deeds of courage and glory. These men generally did their fight­ ing on foot. Mr. Hepburn said: "The state-, ment of the gentleman from Wisconsin IBraggl that the Grand Army has repudiated this bill is as untrue in word and essence as the greater portion of all of its diatribe of abuse against his own comrades. It is not an uncommon thing for a skilled huntsman to use decoys. So it is that the Solid South that opposes this bill, and that stimulated this veto, puts forward all ot these Northern gentlemen to represent it. Not one of them, for political reasons, has had the courage of his convictions and has dared to speak here as he will vote. Wby? Because it would challenge attention to this conspiracy be­ tween those that once were opposed to us and who are now 'our friends,' ana the wealth of tbis country und the metropolitan press of this country." The question was then put • "Will the house, upon reconsideration, pass the bill, the President's objection to the contrary, not­ withstanding?" And it was decided in the neg­ ative--yeasi 175; nays, l-i5--not the Constitu­ tional two-thirds in the affirmative. THACKERAY, if seldom brilliant in conversation, was always self-possessed and readyvlt is doubtful whether those who knew him best and longest could make out a list of his bon-mots which would bear repeating; but he could al­ ways say a thing sufficiently good for the occasion, and in a manner which set it off to advantage. Being chal­ lenged by a lady for a rhyme to lini­ ment, he replied immediately, with ft. reference to the customary physician'a fee in England: "When the doctor writes for liniment, There's nothing but a guinea meant." THE mind looks through the eyes* and the brow should smile in uniaoii with the lip, to show the joy sincere.