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"V V* \<fT Q. J. MMtLVKC. l«irM FsMsfcsr, MCB&NBT, ILLINOIS. IT is not generally known that the <»-educatton of the sexes is a prominent feature in the policy of the University of Texas. About one-fifth of the stu­ dents are young women, who iW» in classes with the yonng men. FORTY-NINE years ago the father of (Harrison Gilbert, of Chili, HL, bought ft 2-year-old pony from the Indians. When the rebellion began the pony was 25 years old, but Mr. Gilbert rode him through the war and neither was hurt. The (Ad fellow lives on corn-bread and bran mash, and is probably the oldest horse in-America, if not fn the world. ON Mr. John T. Allen's plantation, near Crawfordsville, Ga., is a piece of ground which many years ago was licked by deer to the dimensions of about fifty jards long, fifteen feet wide, and about •eight feet deep. Mr. Allen's cows have been known to liok there for many years; a white froth has been frequent­ ly seen to cover almost the whole sur­ face. _____ A FEW days ago a mule belonging to • «J. B. Scott, of Americus, Ga., stretched himself on tho ground and, to all ap pearances, died. A chain was put around the animal's neck 'and he was dragged two miles to the woods and left to the care of the buzzards. Next morning Mr. Scott was astonished to find the dead mule alive and cheerful, standing at the lot gate waiting to tie fed. THE shrewdest tramp of the times %as just turned up near Monmouth,, Hi. A ragged and dirty fello(w visited the stores in succession, and begged a cake of soap. The purpose was so ap­ parent that he was rarely refused. After putting in a day solid at this he held an auction at night and disposed of the day's plunder, which was large. The result was a neat sum, enough to keep him in luxuries for some time. THE Waterbury American thinks 1that theological students should be re­ quired to serve an apprenticeship in a newspaper office. They would there learn what to leave out of their ser­ mons, as well as catch the newspaper spirit, which divines what people can be most effectively talked to about at a particular time--what subject iB least likely to put them to sleep, and how . to treat a sleepy . subject awakeningly. MR. JAY GOULD is said to be afflicted with insomnia, often passing whole nights together without getting a wink of sleep. Mr. Gould is trying to do too much for tho poor. Claiming that wealth brings to its possessor nothing )>ut unhappiness, he is undertaking to Carry $50,000,000 or $60,000,000 alone rather than allow it to afflict anybody else. But this splendid scheme-of phi­ lanthropy imposes a burden upon him that is fact undermining his wealth. THERE is a community of Finlanders In Klikatat County, Washington Terri­ tory, and they are a most industrious folk. When there is a new addition to the community from Finland the set­ tlers gather together, and in a few days build & house and fence a farm for him. There is no season in which they are idle. During the run of salmon they work at the canneries and fish wheels. When winter comes they are in the timber, cutting rails, posts, and fuel. IT is stated that Sarah Bernhardt's recent theatrical tour in this country Has "netted her $300,000, most of which she takes back to Paris." The money was paid mostly by curiosity seekers and fools. Very little came out of the pockets of appreciative admirers of his­ trionic art. Bernhardt is a superior sort of Langtry, minus good looks. American fools and American money •re more easily parted than any other set of fools from any other kind of money. , • MR. PARNELL is a person with respect to whose character there aire at least two diametrically opposed views. Oddly enough a similarly broad diverg­ ence of opinion exists with respect to the pronunciation of his name. He him­ self, in common with his more intimate friends, places the accent upon the first syllable. Throughout England gener­ ally, even in flie House of Commons, where the usage in respect of the pro­ nunciation of proper names is almost in­ variably correct, he is spoken of as _Mr. , PaxneU. GE& DRUM is a stocky, determined- looking man about 60 years of age. He is of medium height and quite soldierly- looking--that is, he looks like a well- trained and disciplined soldier of the ranks or a sturdy non-commissioned of­ ficer. He is not at all distingue in ap­ pearance. He has risen from the ranks. Away back in the fifties he en­ tered the army as a private soldier and has won his way up. In manner and speech he is rugged and brusque, even to the point of discourtesy at times, to persons who have business with the de­ partment. WHILE the Crown Prince Frederick William is seriously affected with 'an Incurable throat disease, and Bismarck 'is tortured with frightful rheumatic pains, old Emperor William is up and about again, and, although over 90 years old, bids fair to outlive both of them. With the example of robust longevity presented by the Emperor and the case of imperviousness to bullets furnished bv the Czar, the king business must be set down as the safest and healthiest of all employments, and the one to be most highly recommended to consumptives and invalids of every kind and description. WE find this in a sacrilegious ex­ change: Galton has pointed out some •ery curious facts concerning the chil­ dren of professional men. He found, frost a etady of the heredity of the members of some of the largest scien­ tific societies of London, that the legal profession presented the most eminent men and the fewest idiots. The medi­ cal profession came nc^t, and lastly the clergymen, who produced the smallest number of eminent men and the largest number of idiots and fee­ ble-minded. The lawyers gave origin to six times as many eminent men as the clergy. The clergy gave origin to six times as many idiots and feeble­ minded as the lawyers. THE following letter, written by the hand of the martyr President to Col. E. D. Taylor, a citizen of Chicago, has but recently appeared in print. It is of historical value as fixing beyond question the identity 41 the man who gave to the nation in its of direful financial distress the idea * whience was born the indispensable greenback: MT DEAB COL. DICK; I have long de­ termined to make public the origin of the greenback and toll tho world it is one of Dick Taylor's creations. You had always been friendly to me, and when troublous times fell on us, and my shoulders, though broad and willing, were weak, and myself surrounded by such circumstances and such people that I knew not whom to trust, then I said in my ex- tremit, fcI will send for CoL Taylor; he will know what to do." I think it was ia January, 1862, on or about the 16th, that I did so. You came and I said to you: "What car» we do?" Said you: "Why issuo treasury notes, bearing no interest, printed on the best banking paper. Issue enough to pay off the army expenses, and declare it legal-tender." Chase thought it a hazardous thing, but we finally accomplished it, and gave to the people of this republic the greatest blessing they ever had--their own paper to pay their own debts. It is'due to you, the father of the present greenback, that the people should know it, and I take great pleasure in making it known. How many times have I laughed at you telling me plainly that 1 was to be anything but a lawyer. Yours truly, A. Lracour, * President WHILE the United States is making just complaint against being converted into a dumping-ground for the most worthless population of Europe, the Dominion of Canada is puzzling itself to account for the phenomenon of in­ creasing population concurrently with a steady decrease in the number of res­ ident aliens. By aliens is meant in Canada all persons not born in Great Britain or colonies of the empire--for naturalization is a rare event across the line. The decrease in the number of resident persons of foreign birth is shown by these figures: 1871. 1881. Prince Edward Island..... 13.75) 9,533 Nova Scotia 80,993 27,983 New BranBWick 88,093 31,208 Quebec 77,958 76,802 Ontario 441,790 429,719 Total 602,580 575,304 In the same decade the population of the Dominion increased 7,689,186, of which 321,827 were emigrants from the* United Kingdom and its colonies. The Toronto Mail seriously questions the latter fignres, for if ° the immigration were 321,827 there would remain only 367,827 as natural increase of popula­ tion, which is absolutely low for a cli­ mate so healthy and a people so robust as the Canadian. But Of the decrease in the number of resident foreigners there is no doubt, nor is there much that they have crossed the line and be­ come residents of the Bepublic. The lesson of the figures is that the Do­ minion is growing more and more dis­ tinctly British, while the United States is growing less and less distinctly Amer­ ican, in population. And this major lesson suggests several minor ones to which attention will have to be given in due season. Pigmies of Africa. Herodotus speaks of pigmies as a race of little men and women living in Africa. Since that day travelers have brought back from that continent re­ ports of such people being seen or heard of in the interior. Of late it has been the fashion to discredit Herodo­ tus, and all writers who repeat or cor­ roborate his stories. As it happens, however, a German explorer, Dr. Wolf, proves that the early writers were cor­ rectly informed. He has found, in the country along a south branch of the Congo, whole vil­ lages of tiny men and women, of a height not more than four feet and seven inches. They are known as Batua. Their villages, consisting of huts, are met with in clearings in the forests, which' cover a greater part of the country. Among tbeir neighbors the Batua are regarded as little, benevolent beings, whose mission it is to provide the tribes among whom they live with game and palm wine. In exchange, maize and bananas are given to the pigmies. These happy relations between the lit­ tle people and their neighbors will re­ mind the reader of the way in which the faries and brownies used te be looked upon by our ancestors. The Batua excel in the art of climb­ ing palm-trees to collect the sap, and in setting traps for game. Their agil­ ity is almost incredible. In hunting, they l»ound through tho high grass like grasshoppers, and face the elephant, antelope, and buffalo with great bold­ ness, shooting their arrows with rare precision, and following up quickly with a stroke of the lance.--Youth's Com­ panion. Chocolate. According to the Confectioners' Journal, chocolate is one of the ar­ ticles of trade most susceptible of adul­ teration, since only a small part of the cacao bean imparts taste and appear­ ance to a tasteless and not always harm­ less mixture. Flour, ground corn, and beans, stale coffee-grounds, veal, and mutton-tallow, the dregs of ground pea­ nuts, and brick-dust, it is alleged, form the basis of much of the cheap choco­ late. Good chocolate is oily, breaks regularly and smoothly, is slightly yel­ lowish in color, and crystaline in ap­ pearance, and when cooked with milk or water becomes only moderately thick. . A Hard-Hearted Mayor. If "love me love my dog" holds good Mayor Hewitt will lose the affection o! every woman who owns a canine pet in the city. In a letter to a citizen who complained about the dog-catchers tlfe Mayor wrote: "I am doing what I can to keep the dog-catchers under proper restraint; but if they should report to me that they had managed to destroy every dog, licensed and unlicensed, in this city, I should feel no personal grief."--New York Commercial Ad­ vertiser. 3EHAT0R SftCRMAN TALKS. President Cleveland and Pensions--The Battle Flags--Ontrayef la­ the South. [New York special.] Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, was seated in a large, cool room at the Fifth Avenue Hotel when he received a Mail and Express reporter. He was attired in a light Scot. li tweed suit and appeared to be in excellent health and spirits. His business in the city was to attend to some private business, and he will depart for home this evening. In August he intends to take a long trip West on the Canadian Pacific Rail­ road. "When the government refuses to care for and forgets the soldiers that saved the Union, then it onght to be wiped out," exclaimed the Senator dur­ ing the course of conversation, in re­ ply to a question about the pensions vetoed last session of Congress. He said this abont President Cleve­ land's order to send the flags bade: "Well, yes, Ohio was rather decided against such a move. Whether it will hurt Mr. Cleveland as a candidate I do not know. The Democrats do not care about the flagB, as they did not care about taking them so much during the war. Mr. Cleveland, I think will be the natural candidate of the Demo­ cratic party, and it seems to be the gefleral impression that he will be nominated again. Governor Hill is not known. He is known as a New York politician, of course, but I mean as a candidate for the Presidency." "Yon have been attacked by the Democrats on account of your speeches at Nashville and Springfield?" "Yes; but there are no inconsistencies in the speeches. I simply took differ­ ent subjects and different lines of thought. In ordor that I ni ght answer my opponents I had both speeches printed. If any inconsistencies can be pointed out I should like to see them. At Nashville I urged the people to vote the Republican ticket, and argued in favor of protection. In Springfield I showed how a large portion of the voters of the South were disfranchised. My idea is to get Congress to regulate Congressional elections South, to have them conduoted under the immediate supervision of Federal inspectors. In­ stead of having polling places twenty miles apart, I would have them six miles only, in order that the voters could get there in time to cast their ballots. How is it done now ? Are the negroes permitted to vote ? Some of them; but what good does it do when these votes are not counted ? Twenty or thirty colored voters stand in line at the polling place. A very long time is consumed in finding a single name, and when it is found the Democratic Com­ missioners let the voter put in a ballot, say for Governor, in a box set apart for the Justice of the Peace. The result is the entire ballot is thrown out. Why, the Democrats South do not deny these things, but concede that it is done. They say that the whites intend to re­ main in the ascendency and therefore they control the elections. I think it shameful that two-thirds of this gov­ ernment should be represented by a country where there is no freedom of the ballot box." "How about Congress?" "The South rules in Congress, and the Northern politicians are perfectly subservient to that two-thirds majority. As to State laws in regard to elections, I think New York has the best of anv. The Democrats do nothing in Congress except to clog the wheels of legislation. Tliev are divided and can never agree upon any plan to reduce the tariff or the surplus. They defeated the Re­ publicans mainly because of their cry that the surplus would be reduced, and now after three years what have they done toward it ? The Democrats will never reduce it, because they can never agree on anything of that nature, hence the country at large must suffer. See the condition of the country to-day. When I was Secretary of the Treasury wheat sold at $1.20 per bushel, and now it is down to 80 cents. Look at the laborers who are not paid for their labor. What have the Democrats done for the laborers ? Nothing. Not ofie single measure have they passed for their relief, and now a great many la­ borers will go to the polls and vote the Democratic ticket. The Democratic party has no principles, no consistency; it only exists as a party to get offices. Without the incentive of office the Democrats could not hold together. I think the Republican party will win in If-88. As to Ohio's State election Gov. Foraker will be renominated and re­ elected Governor this fall." Cleveland's "Apologetic Surrender." Senator Manderson's letter to the President in regard to the Rebel flags contained this plain, sturdy, well-sup­ ported declaration: "Their gift at this time by w4y of apologetic surrender to the States that seceded in 1HG1 and for four years were in armed rebellion against the Government, waging war with every resource and energy pos­ sessed bv them, is beyond your execu­ tive power." Proceeding by citation of authorities to demonstrate the illegality of the President's proposed act, the Nebraska Senator then tnrned to an­ other phase of the matter and ad­ dressed Mr. Cleveland in this style: UN o! Let not this surrender be made. The men who fought for the Union, in the language of Gen. Grant, 'are not yet ready to apologize for the part they took in the War of the Rebellion.' With everything forgiven and almost forgotten, let us at least try to remem­ ber that those who fought for the Union wire forever right, and those who fought to destroy it were eternally wrong. Again I protest, and urge upon you the reconsideration of this action, which if done can not be un­ done. I do so as a citizen loving his country and jealous of her honor, as a soldier Who took humble part in the days of 18(»l-\j5, as a Senator of the Unised States representing a constitu­ ency which served in the battalions of every loyal State in the Union, and as a member of the Committee on Mili­ tary Affairs, deeply desirous that the War Department may not so grievously blunder," Mr. Cleveland may not relish having a Western Republican Senator "talk to him like a Dutch uncle," but in this in­ stance, at least, it did him good. Man- derson helped to convince Cleveland that the proposed return of rebel flags was "without warrant of law." but he was unable to draw from fie Executive any admission that the act would be wrong in point of propriety or patriotic sentiment. Mr. Cleveland cannot look at it in that way. Although in the full vigor of youthful manhood at the time of the slaveholders' rebellion he re­ fused to give his aid to suppress the conspiracy to disrupt the National Union and establish an oligarchy based on human slavery, and when, a quarter of a century later, he was elentod Pres­ ident by the votoi ofths*ecessin ele­ ment, and the crushing out of equal rights in the South, he naturally ex­ erted himself to have It forgotten that One side was "forever right and the other eternally wrong." It was char­ acteristic of his general administrative policy that, in Ignorance of the law forbidding such an act, he was willing to make the "apologetic surrender" and restore the rebel flags. Two contestants engaging in a struggle as a friendly trial of strength or display of prowess may fitly end the contest by a general handshaking, cheers for the defeated party, or a complimentary exchange of trophies lost and won. This is Mr. Cleveland's view of the results that should have followed the secession rebellion. Men who fought and periled their lives on the Union side will never accede to this doctrine. They want it remem­ bered that they weire right--"forever right"--and that the slaveholders' re­ bellion was "eternally wrong." They want these truths faithfully stated ana repeated for the instruction of future generations. They favor nothing in the nature of an apologetic surrender. They are not willing to give up every­ thing which serves to "recall the war." They will not consent for this or any other purpose pleasing to the ex-Con­ federate mind to take Sown the statues of Union soldiers and sailors, to dis­ band the Grand Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion, the Societies of the Armies of the Potomac, the Tennessee, and the Cumberland--or to surrender rebel flags. They want something to stand which does' "recall the war."-- Chicago Tribune. Mugwump Fancies and Hard Facts. The ability of the New York Times is usually of the serious order, but that able mugwump journal can employ sar­ casm with telling effect when the oc­ casion calls for it. For instance, in discussing the probabilities for the Presidential campaign next year, the Time remarks suggestively: "The blindness of the Democratic leaders, however, who imagine that the failure of President Cleveland to dis­ tribute enough offices among his party will prove a decisive element in the next election is even more curious and conspicuous. We do not think that these leaders will govern the action of their party. They do not, so far as appears, possess a controlling influence in that party. There is no reason to think that they can prevent the re- nomination of Mr, Cleveland." Certainly not. The mere suggestion that the spoils element of the Democ­ racy should oppose Cleveland savors of the proverbial ingratitude of politic* --an ingratitude so base in this in­ stance as to be beyond belief. The re­ movals made by Mr. Cleveland for par­ tisan reasons ate without a parallel in the history of the Government. As a spoils-grabber Jackson is not to be mentioned in the same breath with Cleveland. Ungrateful and hungry as the Democratic party may be, it is in­ credible that any of its well-informed, responsible leaders will a cuse Mr. Cleveland of a failure to deliver the spoils. In view of the facts of the rec­ ord it may well be believed that Demo­ cratic leaders who falsely and ma­ liciously charge Cleveland with infidel­ ity to the Bpoils system are few in number, and, as the Times says, un­ able to "govern the action of the party," and without "a controlling interest in the organization." Such false, un­ founded complaints come only from a few irresponsible grumblers who don't appreciate the fact that Cleveland's situation required him to satisfy mug­ wumps with preaching and false prom­ ises while he was actually establishing a spoils record that discounts anything Jackson ever attempted. To sbaine all such malcontents and support the assertion of the Times as to the false charges made against Cleveland by ungrateful, ignorant Bourbons, the Tribune reprints the following, taken from the department records, and showing the progress of civil-service reform up to the latest reports: Placed Whole filled l>y number Cleveland, of places. Presidential Postmaster* esti­ mated} u. 2,ojo Fourth-class.Postmasters (esti- >•-•to united) 45.0T0 tfclSOO Foreign Ministers 38 n3t Secretaries of Location....:... 18 ' * 21 Consu's .188 SID Collectors of Customs 190 , in Snr\overs of Customs 33 - 33 Naval officers of custom*...... 4$. • sir t 91 8 OS 64 88 9 16 1# 199 3C 13 » 85 11 70 70 90 9 18 1J 224 10 •e9 Appraisers, nil grades.. Miperintfiuleiiti of Mints and Awsayerj Assistant 1 reasurors and Sub- Treasurers Collectors of Internal Revenue Insnectors of Steaui Vessels... District Attorneys...... Marshals Territorial Judges.... A....... Territorial Governors Tension Agents Surveyors General I AH' al 1 -md officers Indian Inspectors and Special Agents Indian Agents hpecial Agents General Land- OLT.CA 19 The above list is not complete. It does not include chiefs of divisions in the classified service, United States . udges, special commissions, etc. It displays, however, a spoils record such as no other President ever made or at­ tempted to make. The very table seems to reek with the blood drawn by the phenomenal official butcher. The undisputed facts of the record show that as a successful spoils-grabber Mr. Cleveland is without p. rival or a peer. Why, then, should the Democratic {>arty even think of selecting another eader? As for the mugwumps, they have invested Cleveland with imagin­ ary qualities, and having sworn so long that he is a civil-service reformer actually believe the assertion them­ selves, and are wholly blind to the facts. Such stupidity is hardly to be credited to the Times, which, in speaking of Cleveland and the spoils principle, says: "It was precisely because he was op­ posed* to that principle that he was able to be elected; it is because he has in practice so far resisted the applica­ tion of that principle that his party is stronger to-day than it was in 1884." Of course, in using such language as this in face of the facts tabulated above, the Tinus wants to be under­ stood as expressing what Artemus Ward called "intense suckasm." Had to Hustle. Yonng Wife--"Before we were married you never thought of business matters in the evening; there was not a night tM you didn't call to see me " Young Husband--"I remember, dear." Young Wife--aOh! you do? Well, please explain why it is that you now rush off to your office the moment you have your sup- per and don't get back till midnight?" Young Husband--"I have two to support OUT in Wisconsin A horse kicked and killed a book agent, whereupon the citi- zens mpde a donation party for the horse, and bepaw has oats enough to last him a full horse life-time. . ' * "GOOD-BY, sweet tart, good-by!* bang' the baker's apprentice when Ms master discharged him. Aping English Customs. Nearly every tine American who daily perambulates the streets of our large cities is at times puzzled to know whether or not he has been suddenly transported to some English city. The conglomerated mass of humanity that surrounds him is confusing. Here, there, and everywhere can be seen all colors and classes of nationalities. At the corner he meets the Italian, the fruit monopolizer; in every avocation of life can be seen the Irishman; within the red-fronted store reigns the reticent Chinamen; on all sides his ears are be­ sieged with mongrel Dutch, the more classic German, the hearty Southern intonation of the negro, and the insinu­ ating oily phrases of the Frenchman. After partially recovering from his bewilderment, the true American looks around him for a few of his kind. He finds three classes of Americans; the triio American, clad in neat business suit, demonstrating that the wearer is more anxious to cultivate his brain than cater to public opinion as to what he should eat, drink, or wear. Coming down the street can be seen American No. 2. He is a picture- and such a picture! Shoes, sharp at the toes as a toothpick (heels very apt to be run over), but highly polished-- thanks to some friend's blacking and brush -- skin-tight pantaloons, kid gloves, eye glass, a three-button cuta­ way, somebody's second-hand fall over­ coat, cut down to the present wearer's size, a Central Park sycamore tree for a cane, a polished brass watch- chain running from either of the lower vest pockets to the end of which are keys; an often-brushed* and time- %honored plug hat, held together by the application of mucilage upon the in­ side. The back part of the head of the American No. 2 is closely cropped, a la Sivg Sing style; on the top front is a slightly ^ tufted dais, and a few strands of hair are brushed over either ear. No matter how cold the day, his cut-down fall overcoat is conspicuous-- not by its absence, but by its presence. When importuned by his moro sensible friends as to why he does not put on a warmer top-coat, he exclaims: "Cawn't do it, yer know; my flannels are so heavy, my deah fellah, that a heavy coat would be uncomfortable." At that very moment the summer flannel shirt is pitifully sighing for an envelop­ ment beneath a warmer outside gar­ ment ; the very bones sympathize one with the other in their chilled sockets; the watery blood is running at low tide, and the interrogated is shivering so perceptibly at the time he says "Cawn't do it, yer know," that the very words seem to be broken particles of ice. Who can wear a heavy coat if he hasn't got one, or can't beg, borrow, or steal one? This picture is the American dude. He dresses this way -because "It's English, you khow." Here comes the third American-En- glisman or English-American, just as you will have it. Always in a great hurry. He, too, carries a cane, or rather a small tree. Look at his shoes. Size No. 13, five inches wide, and soles at least an inch thick. These shoes are called "Waukenphasts" -- an English term. Every time a shoe strikes the pavement, the bricks groan and the un­ lucky insect that is in the path of the coming destroyer at once commence to pray, for he knows that the day for winding up earthly accounts has ar­ rived. The ulster of America, No. 3/ would cover twelve dudes of average size and weight, and the majority of dudes are of feather weight and nom­ inal size. But the prominent feature of No. 3 is the pantaloons. They are very apt to consist of large white and black blocks that look like a series of checkerboards sewed together.--The Earth. . Gen. Bonlanger's Prisoner. An anecdote which illustratos the courage and coolness of the now famous French Minister of War, Boulanger, come to us from Philadelphia. He was one of tho delligates from France to the Yorktown celebration in 1881. A reception was given to the delegates in Philadelphia, at which Gen. Boulangcr wore several jewelled orders. On re­ tiring that night, he left them with his watch on his dressing-table. He was awakened by the fall of the watch on the marble slab, and saw a large man standing between lnm and the door. M. lioulanger is a small but wiry man. He made one leap nt the thief, and BO fierce was the assault that he jammed the rogue closely in a corner, and wrested his pistol from his hand. Seizing the sword which he had worn the night before, he pointed it at the fellow's throat, nnd held him there until Count <• Lichtenstein, who was aronsed by the noise of the struggle, arrived, with a special officer of the hotel. The officer, however, wore no uniform. "Non! non! Un gendarme {"demanded the General, who had no faith in civilians. "I zall hold him here. Ven he zall advance, I zall pin him to ze wall! Un gendarme!" The thief, with the sword-point at his neck, took care not to "advance." A policeman in proper uniform was found, and the fiery little General at last de­ livered up his prisoner. The man was recognized as a profes­ sional thief, was brought before the grand jury before noon, and was tried, convicted, and sentenced that very day to three years' imprisonment. M. lioulanger professed himself an admirer of many American institutions, but of none more than their "speedy and inexorable justice." Ge is said to have detailed the "combat of the robe de chambre" on his return home with much more zest nnd eagerness than if it had been a tattle in the field.-- Youth's Companion. Language of Noses> The Koman nose denotes a propensity for adventure. A wide nose with open nostrils is ft mark of great sensuality. A cleft nose shows benevolence--it was the nose of St. Vincent de Paul. A straight nose denotes a just,serious, fine, judicious, and energetic mind. Nazograpliy is the science of divid­ ing the character, habits, and inclina­ tions of people by a simple inspection of their noses. The curved, fleshy nose is a mark of domination and cruelty. Catherine de Medici and Elizabeth of JEngland had noses of thi? kind. The curved, thin nose is a mark of a brilliant mind, bnt vain, and disposed to be ironical. It is the nose of a dreamer, a pcet, or a critic. It is desirable that the nose should be as long us possible, this being a sign of merit, power, and genius. For in­ stance, Napoleon and Csesar had long noses. If the line of the nose be re-entrant --that is, if the nose is tnrned up--it denotes that its owner has a weak mind, sometimes coarse, and generally playfnl, pleasant, or frolicsome. To HAVE what we want is riches, but to be able to do. without it is power. frOPULAR SCIENCE. ITALIAK astronomers place the age of the world at £0,000,000 years, and are agreed that it has been peopled for about 50,000,000. ACCORDING to the United States census of 1870, of the total steam and water power employed 48.18 per cent, was water. In 1880 the percentage of water power had decreased to 35.39 per cents. From this it will be seen that water power is fast falling behind in the race. CARBONIC acid, produced by the action of vinegar on marble, is sup­ posed to have been used as an anaesthetic by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks. M. Ch. Ozanam reports to tb* Paris Biological Society that ancostvtsia in­ duced by carbonic acid is very complete, may last a long time, and the gas, of course, being mixed with air, is without danger. THE French project of fertilizing the African deserts by means of artesian wells is reported to be working ad­ mirably. On a tract of 25,000 acres of worthless land granted by the Bey of Tunis, an area of 375 acres is already under successful cultivation through the aid of the first well, and two other wells are in progress, which are ex­ pected to irrigate 7,500 acres. IN a recent lecture. Prof. William' Turner of Edinburgh University gave the speed of the Greenland whale as nine or ten miles an hour, and that of the great tinner whale as probably twelve miles. One of the latter ani­ mals was stranded on a British coast some years ago, and was found to have a length of eighty feet, a weight of seventy-four tons, and a width ox tail of eighteen to twenty f9et. With these data, the builder of the Anchor Line steamships calculated that, in order to attain a speed of twelve miles an hour, this whale must have exercised a pro­ pelling force of 145-horse power. • THK absolute dimensions of a globular star cluster have been studied by Mr. J. E. Gore, of the Liverpool Astro­ nomical Society. These clusters con­ sist of thousands of minute stars, pos­ sibly moving about a common centre of gravity. One of the most remarkable of these objects is thirteen Messier, which Proctor thinks is about equal to a first magnitude star. Yet Herschell estimated that it is made up of 14,000 stars. Assuming the total mass as equal to twice the sun's, the average diameter of each of these components must-be 45,218 miles, and each star in this wonderful group may be separated from the next by a distance of .9,000,- 000,000 miles. NKAR the sea the shifting of sand by the winds is a familiar sight, and the drifts are often known to encroach on cultivated fields, forests and villages. Striking examples are found on Lake Michigan, where the withered tops of a forest are visible above a sand-drift, and in Norfolk, England, where farms and houses have been covered. The same phenomenon ocours in deserts, the great sandhills being not only carried about by the wind, but even forced beyond the proj>er limits of the sandy wastes. The extensive Registan Desert in central Afghanistan is re­ ported as being steadily pushed north­ eastwardly, and calculations have shown that its present rate of progress will cause it to overwhelm some of the most fertile and prosperous districts of the country in a few thousand years. Petroleum in Ancient Times. Many ancient authors mention petro­ leum either in the form of crude oil for burning or as bitumen. The most in­ teresting reference, however, to petro­ leum in the form of oil is in Plutarch's "Life of Alexander the Great," where it is stated that in the district of Ecba- taua (probably the modern Hamadan in Persia), "Alexander was particularly struck with a gulf of fire, which streamed continually as from an inex­ haustible source. He admired also a flood of naphtha not far from the gulf, which flowed in such abundance that it formed a lake. This naphtha in many respects resembles bitumen, but it is mfich more inflammable. Before any fire torches it, it catches light from a flame at seme distance and often kindles all the intermediate air; the barbarians, to show the King its .force and subtlety of its nature, scattered some drops of it in the street which led to his lodgings; and, standing at one end, they applied their torches, for it., was dark, to some of the nearest drops; the flame communicated itself swifter than thought, and the street was in- staneously all on fire." We also find recorded in Plutarch the very sad consequence of a practical joke played with petroleum for Alex­ ander's amusement. "There was an Athenian who, among others, waited on Alexander when lie bathed, and anointed him with oil; this man had the greatest success in his attempts to di­ vert him. One day a stupid-looking boy, named Stephen, happening to at­ tend at the bath, the Athenian said to the King, 'Shall we make an experiment of the naphtha upon Stephen? if it takes fire even upon him, and does not presently die out, we must indeed allow its force to be extraordinary!' The boy consented to undergo the trial; but as BOOU as he was anointed, his whole body broke out into a flame, and Alex­ ander was extremely concerned at his danger. Nothing could have prevented his being entirely consumed by it if there had not been people at hand with many vessels of water for the service of the bath. As it was, they found it difficult to extinguish the fire, and the poor boy felt the effects of it as long as he lived." We must in this case sup­ pose that a light was applied to the boy, after being anointed with oil, or else that he was in the immediate vicinity of a large, fire used for heating the bath. --Murray's Magazine. Flying Fish. The best opinion now is that the "flying-fish" do not fly. The average weight of the muscles doing this work in birds is one-sixth that of the whole body, and that of bats one-thirteenth, while that of flying-fishes is Only one- thirty-second. The impulse to the pro­ pulsion of flying-fish is probably deliv­ ered while they are still in the water by the powerful masses of muscles on both sides of their body, which are of much greater breadth than in the case of the herring or any other fish of their own size. The visible flickering of the fins, is, therefore, only a vibration akin to the flapping of a sail. No Boom for Sympathy. •• The bank that goes to smash through speculation in the necessaries of life by its officers deserves neither support nor sympathy from other banks or from the public. The weeding out of such institutions merely makes room for legitimate enterprises. -- Phila­ delphia Press. : ViCTowAJHfc an Indian, San Jacinto, CaL, once ft chief of the Seranos, is thought to be at least 125 years old. |LL1X0I8 STATE K1W8L f ---A school canvass of Clinton shows ft population of 3,059. --The State tax paid by DeWitt this yesrl»?§17,§02.96. > ^ ^Chotpft is causing thedeath'of a gaeaft -many hogs in the vicinity of Lake Fork. --It is proposed to erect a building at Beards town for the storage of sweet pota­ toes. --The wheat eiop in Macon County WiB average twenty-five bushels to the sera this year, it is believed. • 1 1 * ' - * --The twenty-second annua! reunion of the surviving members of the One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment Illinois Volunteers will be held at Cambridge,'Beury on Wednesday, Aug. 21. --Several weeks ago little Blanche Lat­ imer, of Clinton, 6 years of age, was pat off a passenger train on the Illinois Cen­ tral Railway, abont one mile from Wapella, by Conductor Fin h, because through an error of her parents she had not 7 cents to pay her fare to Clinton. Mr. Latimer began suit against the company for $5,000 -damages, --These Chicago criminals were released from Joliet prison recently: Bill Walters, a "third-termer"; Harry Roberts, hotel thief and "second-termer"; Duffy Ander­ son, Jaok Barber, Harry Cunningham, Ed Jones, Dick Neeley, Knnte Oleson, John Polly, and Charles Wilson, bnrglars. The notorious Dave Arado, alias "Rats," a little Itiilian sneak-thief well known to the po­ lice, was also released. --Upward of one hundred stallions and mares offected with a venereal ailment have been quarantined in De Witt County during the past two weeks. The disease has had an alarming fatality among honea there, and those that have died have been of high grade. The work ban been done by Assistant State Veterinarian Williams. The disease is communicable by In selling, and it is only by prompt and effective qaar- antining that it o&n be eradicated. --A convict named W. W. Jtussell was pardoned out of Joliet prison by Govern­ or Moonlight of Wyoming. Russell was formerly a prominent attorney at Chey­ enne, bnt was convicted of obtaining prop­ erty by false pretenses, and sentenced for two years. One of the conditions of Bus- 'sell's pardon was that he should forever abstain from the nse of intoxicating liquor, and he was compelled to make affidavit to tha£>ffiect before tho pardon wns granted. --W>steam threshing machine exploded on the farm of John Baith, near Mas- coqtah, killing two men and wounding four. The dead ara John Plab nnd James Dowend. The injured are: William Plab, both legs broken; Herman Sinkmeyer, ana blown off and ribs fractured; Edward Schntt r, leg broken; Peter Dumond, in­ ternal injuries. The explosion was caused by the neglect of the engineer, John Plab,. to look after the water in the boiler. The machine was blown to fragments, and the victims were blown from seventy-five to two hundred feet from the scene. Three horses standing near the engine wsM- killed). --Apparently reliable information re­ ceived at Springfield states that McKen- dree College at Lebanon, St. Clair County, will not again resume its sessions. The report says the institution has suffered losses in its sources of support to such aa extent that the trustees do not feel justified in attempting to continue. The institution was established os a seminary in 1828, and was chartered by the State as a college in 1835. Among its alumni were the late Jesse S. Moore, Jehu Baker, Col. W. B. Morrison, Jndge C. S. Zane of the Su­ preme Court of Utah, Judge G. W. Wall, of the Illinois Appellate Court, Gen. Wes­ ley Merritt, ex-Gov. Thomas C. Fletcher of Missouri, State Senator Seiter, and Frank Hereford, the first United States Senator for WeBt Virginia. --A Joliet Chinese '--inirjrwa Tina Wing Hing, has become crazy over ia pretty white girl, his Sunday-school teacher. He has l een attending church for a year with four, other Celestials, and has fallen in love with several yonng women and tried to pay them attentions. He gave one a diamond ring, which the minister has made the young woman return. One Sunday Lea proposed to his Sunday-school tescher. Pleased with the novelty, she told him sfaa would let him know the following Sunday. The day came and Lee's love went back on him. He began eating opium, and while under its influence charging about the streets with a big dirk knife was arrested and locked up. He has been taken to Chicago for treatment by Hop Sing, a wealthy relative. When leaving he ex­ claimed: "Melica gal no likee Lee go crazy; oh, dlams, too bad." --It is stated on very good authority that Carl Haerting has been chosen to sucoeed Capt. Frank C. Greene as Deputy Collec­ tor in charge of the Marine Division of the Custom House. Haerting is a well-known German Democrat who has been a pnblic servant in one capacity or another for sev­ eral years, principally as an employe of the city government. When F. H. Maish became United States Marshal for this dis­ trict Mr. Haerting was given one of the depntyships, but the emoluments of that office did not fulfill his expectations and he soon left it for something better. Since the adoption of the new election law ha has been serving his country as a Cleric of the Board of Election Commissioners. He has had frequent opportunities of demonstrating his fitness for positions requiring ability and devotion to duty, and his indorsements are of the strongest kind. The resignation of Capt. Greene has been in the hands of Collector Seeberger for two weeks, and is to take ef­ fect July 1-3. His departure from the Cus­ tom House will cause more sincere regret, perhaps, than that of any of the old- timers whose heads have fallen under the administration ax. He has been twenty years in the service, and is known not only as a faithful and efficient officer, but a man whom it is pleasant to know. He is uni­ versally esteemed by the vesselmen, who regard with disfavor the Collector's action in giving his place to another man. {Some of the more enthusiastic of his friends proposed to get up a protest signed by the whole fraternity of vessel-owners and pre^ sent it to Mr. Seeberger, but Cat t. Greene would not permit them to do it The Cap­ tain is now easting abont tor a business opening, and thinks he will soon strife* smooth sailing again. The salary attached to the place which he leaves is * •• -- » * r, a*i