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" • . vCV I FMOItttESraS. : |ULm A aa BAAAAS^MBAJK KM wittQi snmiMi WW Arc Riiuiil: ® , Connection with the Presl- f dnq. • " Alger, Allison, Callcwto, G*Mh- am, Harrison, and. Sher­ man. iPertmlts Hi Brief Sketelm of a Sex* 'Ut ef Prominent RepnMMift • Statesmen. One of Whom Will in All Probability Be the Hext Occupant of the White House. - ALOEKi OF MICHIGAN. Among the Presidential candidates Wkoare receiving public attention of late, General Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, holds an honorable place. Like Senator Allison and so many other candidates, he has the advantage ©f being a Buckeye, having been born at Lafayette, Medina County, Ohio. Peb. 26, 1836. His parents were of New England stock, and his great­ grandfather was a gallant soldier in the War of the Revolution. Young Alger %as left fatherless and moneyless at a •ery early age, and, young as he was, he sturdily attempted not only to earn Jus own living but to help his mother In her sore distress. For eight years he worked for the farmers in that part Of Ohio, finally rising to the dignity of ft school teacher. In 1857 he be •an the study of law at Akron, Ohio, and in the following year went to Grand Rapids, Mich., and pegan practice. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the Second Michigan Cavalry, and was soon after sworn in as Captain of Company C of that regiment. His military record, as fiven in the military history of the tate, is as follows: "Captain Second Cavalry, Sept. 2, 1861; Major, April 2, -1862; wounded and taken prisoner at JBoonesville, Miss., July 1, 1862; es­ caped same day; Lieutenant Colonel Sixth Michigan Cavalry. Oct 16, 1862; -Colonel Fifty-fourth Michigan In­ fantry, Feb. 28, 1863; wounded in action at Boonsboro, Md.. July 8, 1864; Brevet Brig­ adier General U. S. Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious service at Tre- Jillan Station, June 11, 1864; Brevet lajor General U. S. Volunteers, June 11, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war. After the frar General Alger entered the lumber business at Grand Rapids, and in a few years accumulated a large fortune. He has been successful in all his under­ takings, and it is worthy of note that Ho business that he has conducted has Jhad one hour of trouble between "cap­ ital" and "labor.* In 1884 he was the Nominee of the Republican party for the office of Governor of Michigan. , He served for two years, and peremp­ torily deelined a renomination. ALLISON. OF IOWA. William B. Allidbn was born at Per­ ry, Wayne County, O., on the SMI of March. 1829. He was educated at the Western Reserve College, and prac­ ticed law in his native State in 1857. Then he went further west in Iowa, which is now, so far as regards quick­ ness and ease ol communication, nearer |he Atlantic seaboard than Ohio was Jn 1829. or 1857. He began his public ftareer when the war broke out as a member of the staff of the (> overnor, and |»iB first task was to a d in the organiza­ tion of the volunteer regiments that were destined to serve in the war of the rebel­ lion. He was sept to Congress whilo the war was going on, and has been .Representative and Senator from that time to the present, except 1871 and ri873, when he declined au election, so we has participated in all the legisla- tion that has been enacted during and ince the great conflict. Mr. A1 ison Served as a member of the Thirty- eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and iForth-first Congresses, and was e ected -to the Senate to succeed James Harlan; took his seat March 4, 1873, and was te-elected in 1K78 and 1884. His term Of service will expire March 3, lo9u When Mr. Garfield was elected Presi­ dent, Air. Allison might have been Secretary of the Treasury. There has been a general consensus of opinion that, next to Mr. Sherman, he was the best equipped of his party for that office. The relations between the President and h mself were very close. They had served together in the House, /find they had acted together on almost •every question of public policy, with the exception, perhaps, of that involved in the silver bill. Mr. Garfield was desirous that the Iowa Senator should . t>e his Finance Minister, but the latter vjiras unwilling to quit the Senate, and ;£lr. Windom was appointed. Mr. Al­ lison has a sturdy frame and a fine face. ^ jHe comes from strong Scotch-Iri-h iptock. His ancestors settled in Penn- ;; eylvania, where his father was born in 1798. His early days were 'passed on m farm, ftnd when he began his pro- fv; ir,, , JB' • fossfoail and public life he had the vigor which has kept him young, for his sixty years sit as lightly npoa him as many another man's fifty. There are very few men who hare been so long in publie life as Mr. Allison who are ao scrupulously devoted to their work. Men like nkn are oftener found in the Brit­ ish Parliament, where tenure of office is more secure. Practically, Mr. Alli­ son's tenure has been as strong as theirs, and his familiarity with the business of legislation is as accurate ftnd thorough as that of the Under Secretaries of the British Cabinet. This is especially true of his acquaint­ ance with fiscal matters. CVLLOM, OF ILLINOIS. Shelby Moore Cnllom is a native of Kentucky, having been born in Monti- cello, Wayne County, on the 22d day of November, 1829. His father settled in Tazewell County, Illinois, in 1830, where he became prominent among the Eioneers of the State, a member of the legislature, and a trusted friend of Abraham Lincoln. The son received a classical education, began the study of law in Springfield, 111., in 1853, and as soon as he was admitted to the bar was. elected City Attorney. He practiced^ law in Springfield, was a candidate for ) Presidential Elector on the Fillmore ticket in 1856, elected to the Legisla­ ture in 1856 and 1860, chosen Speaker! in his second term, a member of the war commission that sat at Cairo in 1862, and a member of Congress froml Illinois from Dec. 4, 1865, till March 3,| 1871, representing the Springfield dis­ trict, which before his election was Democratic. During his third term he served as Chairman of the Committee, on Territories, conducted an investiga­ tion into the question of polygamy in Utah, and secured the passage of a bill for the extirpation of polygamy, which failed to come to a vote in the Senate. In 1872 he returned to the Illinois House of Representatives, was elected Speaker in 1873, and in 1874 served another term in the Legislature. After his return from AVashington he became a banker at Springfield. He was a member of the Republican National Convention in 1868, and, as Chairman of the Illinois delegation, placed Gen. Grant in nomination at Philadelphia in 1872 and Gen. Logan in 1884. He was elected Governor of Illinois in 1876, and re-elected in 1880, serving from Jan. 8, 1877, to Feb. 5, 1883, when he resigned, having been chosen U. S. Senator as a Republican, to succeed David Davis, Independent Democrat, for the term expiring on March 3,1889. Mr. Cullom has been prominently con­ nected with the question of railroad regulation. As Speaker of the House of Representatives he appointed the committee that drafted the stringent railroad law of Illinois, which was one of the first States to take action on the subject. During his ser­ vice of six years as Governor it became his duty to appoint the Illinois railroad commissioners, and to see that they se­ cured the enforcement of the law. which was sustained by the courts and practically put in operation during his administration. As Senator he has been zealous and active in endeavoring to secure national legislation upon the same subject, and in 1885, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, conducted an in­ vestigation into the question of the regulation of railroad corporations by national legislation. His report upon this sub ect, submitted to the Senate, Jan. 18, 1886, is an elaborate review of the whole subject, and has attracted attention at home and abroad, result­ ing in the passage by the Senate of the bill that bears his name, which was re­ ferred to a conference committee of the two houses. GKESIIAM, OF INDIANA. Walter (juinton Gresham was born on a farm near Lanesvi le, Harrison County, Indiana, on the 17th of March, 1832. He was educated in country schools, and spent one year in the State University at Bloomington, lnd., but was not graduated. He then studied law in'Corydon, lnd., was admitted to the bar in 18,^3, and- became a success­ ful lawyer. He was elected to the Legislature in 1860, but resigned in August, 1861, to become Lieutenant Colonel of the Thirty Eighth Indiana regiment. He was promoted to Colonel of the Fifty-third Indiana in Decem­ ber, and on Aug 11,1863, after the fall of Vicksburg, was made Brigadier Gen­ eral of Volunteers. He commanded the fourth division of flair's corps in the fighting before Atlanta, and re­ ceived a severe wound that disabled him for a year, and prevented him from seeing further service. On March 1 , l*t>5, he was brevetted Major General of Volunteers for his gallantry at At­ lanta. After the war he resumed prac­ tice at New Albany, lnd. He was an 71 unsuccessful Republican candidate for Congress in 18ut, and in 18«7-'d was financial agent of his State in New York. President Grant, who held him in great esteem, made him U. S. Judge for the District of Indiana in 18ri9, and in 1880 he was an unsuccessful candi­ date for U. S. Senator. He resigned his Judgeship in April, 188.', to accept the place of Postmaster General m President Arthur's Cabinet, and in July, 1884, on the death of Secretary Folger, was transferred to the Treasury portfolio. In October of that year he was appointed U. 8. Judge for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, which office he still holds. Judge Gresham was a strong supporter of Gen. Grant for a third term in the Chicago conven­ tion of 1880, but has not been oonspio- uous in politics. HARRISON, OF INDIANA. Benjamin Harrison was born at North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, Aug. 20, 1833; received a classical ed­ ucation, graduating at Miami Uni­ versity, Oxford, Ohio, in 1852; studied law at Cincinnati, Ohio; removed in March, 1854, to Indianapolis, where he has since resided, and has been engaged in the practice of law; was elected in October, 1860, by the people, reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the State; was commissioned in July, 1862, as Second Lieutenant of Indiana Volunteers; raised Company A of the Seven­ tieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was commissioned Captain, and on the organization ot the regi­ ment was commissioned Colonel; in August went with the regiment to Kentucky, and sorved until mustered out in June, 1865; was brevetted Brig­ adier Genetal in 1865; in October, 1«64, while in the field, he was re­ elected reporter of the Supreme Court, which office he had lost by accepting his commission in the army; after hav­ ing been mustered out, he entered upon the duties of reporter, and served for four years; in 1876 he was the candi­ date of the Republican party for Gov­ ernor of Indiana, but was defeated; was appointed a member of the Missis­ sippi River Commission in 1879; was elected to the United States Senate to succeed Joseph E. McDonald, and took his seat March 4, 1881. His *e®» ©t office expired March 3, 1887. SHKKMAN, OF OHIO. . John Sherman s paternal ancestors emigrated from Essex County, in old England, to Massachusetts and Con­ necticut, in New England. John, the eighth child of a family of eleven, was. only six years of age when his father died. A cousin of his father's then took charge of the boy, in the soring of 1831, with whom he remained fonr years, attending school. Mr. Sherman was admitted to the bar on the 11th of May, 1844, at Springfield,, Ohio, and he at once entered into part­ nership with his brother (Charles T.) at Mansfield. From that time forward he was constantly, actively, and profit­ ably employed in the practice of his profession, until he was elected a mem­ ber of Congress in 1854. Mr. Sherman took his seat in the United States Sen- ote on the 23d of March, 1861. President Hayes was inaugurated on the 4th of March, 1877, and in select­ ing his cabinet appointed Mr. Sher­ man Secretary of the Treasury. The transfer of Mr. Sherman from the Fi­ nance Committee of the Senate to the Treasury Department was regarded with great satisfaction by all who were in favor of refunding the public debt into bonds bearing a low rate of inter­ est, and by all who desired the success of specie resumption in lb79. His large experience in the Senate Finance Com­ mittee, his thorough fam'liarity with all financial legislation and with the business condition and financial needs of the country at that time, and his extensive knowledge of the monetary systems and policies of other co in- tries, all gave assurance that his ad­ ministration of the Treasury would be successful. It was eminently so. During his two years at the head of the Treas iry Department he refunded nearly eight hundred and fifty mill­ ions of the p blic debt, making a sav­ ing in annual interest of nearly $15,- 000,000 per annum. The multifarious duties of his office were at the same time administered by him with great executive ability, decision, and prompt­ ness. Mr. Sherman is now in the prime of manhood--tall, firmly built, yet grace­ ful in his movements, and capable of great endurance. His features are ex­ pressive, and there is a good-humored twinkle in his bluish-gray eyes, while his forehead and the lower portion of his face indicate positive determination and adherence, his style of oratory is colloquial and convincing, a vein of prncti at common-sense running through its series of arguments until a convincing conclusion is reached. The rapidity with which he takes up the strong points of a case and successfully disposes of them renders him a for­ midable advers iry in debate. Careful not to infringe upon the rights or to wound the feelings of others, be de­ mands in return perfect respect toward himself. JERROLD said to an ardent young gentleman, who burned with a desire to see himself in print: "Be advised by me, young man; don't take down the shutters before there is something in the window."--Prairie Farmer. "FLIP KINS, I am going to raise your rent," said his landlord. "Thank yon; I'm blowed If I can/' said Flipkins. WANT THHIR OWN WAY, Th® International Woman's . -^Council at Washington :SS1 . cfty- The Most Distinguished Gathering of timVfimui Suffragists Ever Held. »• . i i. Entertain lag Addresses by Prominent Leaders of the •ore- * feent* |l" tstumtx HtJMOS. RSPEFLAI, WABFTTKTRT'ON COSSfesFb^DENCE.! Tbe Interactional Council of Women has been in session here during the week. It VU called by the National Woman Suffrage Asso­ ciation of the United States to oelebrate the fortieth anniversary of the first wom­ an's rights convention. The cessions were held in Albaugh's Opera House. There were in attendance about 230 delegates from Na­ tional Woman's liights Associations or kindred societies in this and other countries. About thirty associations of this character were r< resented in the council, which was probably the largest pr.thering of notable women in the history of this country, Susan B. Anthony called the council to order. Elizabeth Cody Stanton delivered the address of welcome, and, after reviewing at some length the history of the suffrage move­ ment, she said: "In calling tiiis council anticipated many desirable results. Aside frdm the pleasure from mutual acquaintance in meeting face to face so many of our countrywomen, as well as those from foroicn lands, we hoped to secure thor­ ough national and international organization in all those reforms in which wo nro mutually in­ terested. To come together for a week and part with the same fragmentary societies and clubs would be tbe defeat of half the purpose ot our gathering. * Mrs. Stanton made the etartling announce­ ment that if the rights of women were not to be obtained by just and fair means the result would bo that they would join hands with the Anarchists, and the scenes of the French Rev­ olution would be re-enacted. This dread threat, when first uttered, was received in si- SU8AN B. ANTHONY. lenceonthe part of th» audience, instead of being greeted with applause, as were most of In r climaxes. But to the outside public it would appear that the bomb has not been so quietly received. J. 1). Camnion of Iowa, a prominent member of the Grange, has prepaied an urgent protest against the dissemination of such principles amonc; the woman suffragists. At the conclusion of Mre. Stanton's address, which was often interrupted by applause. Miss Anthony introduced to the audience, in tbe or.ier named, delegates from Norway, Finland, France, India, Ireland, England, and Canada. Each was greeted with hearty applause, to which brief responses wereraide. 4 The first paper of the congress was read by Mary Wright Mtwall. of Indianapolis, on tbe subject of "The Higher Education for Women in the edited States." At the conclusion of Mrs. Sewall's address Miss Anthony introduced Pnndita llammbai Sarasvati, a native Indian woman, who was drossed in native costume. She spoke extempor­ aneously for half an hour upon the subject of "The Women of India," and received the close attention of the audience. She said that in the olden times in her country women we e com­ pletely under the control of their husbands and but few were allowed to be educated, and these of the Brahm. ns or priestly caste. Only a few were allowed any educational advantages. Ac­ cording to the teaching of tbeir priest, an Indian woman could only reach heavey through com plete and perfect obedience vo her husband. Since lft.'H aliout half a dozen native women b id graduated^Wtth honor from the universities. Calcutta had taken the highest ground in tbe education of women. A great change is being wrought. What India needed was women teachers. Mrs. I<ouls»Reed Stow Ml read a paper npon the subject of 'The Typical Woman ot This Century." She naid that the typical woman of this cent­ ury was, in tbe earlier purtiou of it, seated on tbe schoolhouse steps listening to the recita­ tions of the boys. Shs had left the steps, had nearly finished her crusade against coliege d ors, and ivtd not on'y entered the colleges and universities hut had in many instances taken tbe instructor's chair. "Temper" 11 •»" was one of the topics dis­ cussed by the council. Of course Miss Frances E. Willard was the leading speaker on this subject. She had among her audience Senator and Mrs. Palmer, Sen­ ator and Mrs. Sahin, and a goodly number of other Conpressionalpeo- ple, and her talk was warmly received. Miss Willard's happiest sen­ tence was that in which she declared that the granting of woman's rights would in no wise FRAXCES E. wn.t.Aitn imperil the happiness of the borne circle, since woman carried with her wherever she went, under any and all con­ ditions ot life, the essence of home, which was to her a God-given dower which nothing ever could or would eradicate or eliminate. One of the most taking addresses so far made before the council was that of l'rof. Kena A. Michaels, of Kvanston. 111. Her subject waa "Co-education," and in the limited time at her disposal she only sought to discuss the social phase of it. The undcrly ng thought, drawn from experience of college life, was that the girl made b r home wherever she was, even amid books, and that no amount of educational ti aiding or culture would unroot these home instincts. The women of the West were eulo­ gized even Wove n l their sisters of the East, and an ighborly tribute bv Prof. Michaels to the, esteem in whicb Frances E. Willard is held met with a hearty response. Leon a M. Barry read a paper upon "What the Knights of I^aitor Are Doing for Women." She said: "v*eare building arouna our working girl* a wall to defend and protect them from tbe humiliations which heretofore they have been subjected to. There are no better law support­ ers, no more loyal citi/.ens. true to the taw of their country aud their country's flag, than the organi'.ed working men and women of to-day. They do not demand revolution: but they do demand reform. They do not ask it by the power of physical or brute force or strength, they do not ask <t bv the destruction of life < r property, they simply ask it at the hands of tae law" making boJi *s of their nation." H Ha B. Loud also delivered an address, f-hesaid hat she was beginning to question why if it wns right for her to vote, to spe:ik, and to bold office in the Knights of Laoor it was wrong for her to do so in the state? Woman's recognition was slow on account of man's seltishness and female timidity; and then, besides, office HAB not and never will ha e the attraction for a woman that it has for a man. The Knights of I abor Is the grand educational force among tbe masses which protects capital and monopoly from the results of their folly and crime." An address which met with a warm response irasthatof Miss Clara Barton, fresh from the relief work at Mount Vernon, III. Miaa barton 3 ELIZABETH CADT STANTON. is called the American Florence Nightingale. Her name Is beloved by many a veteran of the war, to whom sbe brought comfort when wound­ ed on the field of battle, or when languishing in prison, and is honored in Europe, where she served during the Franco -Prussian war as an active member of the society of the Bed Cross of Geneva, The paper was interesting as a comprehensive outline of the work accomplish­ ed i>y the Red Cross Society, and at its ciosa Miss Barton was loudly applauded. Mis, Julia Ward Howe's paper oa "ThsPowsr 1 * --jtoMw SSKfSi" , [Boston Globe.1 the present International Ooancil it has been " T?OT HEADY FOB BEDB rumored then was lack of sympathy, Mrs. t m-n^ „,vi .. Howe said that she hoped to see th« two organ- A BwW a little girl, ana ft » isations unite in tbeir efforts, and that much ner bed time, in indication that she is Gsj^2ussjjsag,,«sr:ffiis'c0."u »1 .̂»»wni j.™ or gap, as it is sometimes called. One evening I said: "Gracie, I see yon are yawning, it is time for bed." She spoke up quickly and said: "Mamma, I was not gaping, that was only another kind of sneeza" COULDN'T FOOL HTM. Willie was sent to the store the other clay by his mamma for some fresh eggs. On entering the store he was met by one of the clerks and asked what he wanted. In reply he answered, "A dozen fresh eggs." The clerks told him that those were "farmers' eggs." He said, "My mother doesn't want farmers' eggs, she wants hen's eggs." COULDN'T GO. • A 6-year-old girl, whose parents are devout Episcopalians, was much over­ come by the sudden death of a school­ mate from diphtheria She was heard talking with her mates about the mat­ ter, All were deeply affected. One of the other girls asked her how she would feel and what she would do if she knew God would call her home to Heaven the next day ? "Oh!" said she, "I would have mam­ ma write and send 'regrets' to-night." COOLING A BOOM. Two little' brothers, confined to a room on aocount of sickness, observed that their mother frequently looked at the thermometer by which she regu­ lated the heat of the room. One day she removed the thermometer. "Joe," said the youngest, M'twon't be so warm now." "Why?" " 'Cause mamma took away that hot thing that was on the walL" ' BLACKER. My 4-year-old boy Harold was sitting in a colored girl's lap asking her all kinds of cunning questions. At last, looking at. Bella very soriously, he asked: "Bella, was you as black as you are now when yon was a baby ?* FATAL MISTAKE. Our son, George Graves, aged 7, on being informed that his papa had bought him a baby brother, wanted to! know his name. "Harold!" his father replied. "Harold!" exclaimed George, Har­ old! Oh,* why didn't you call him Globe; that's better than the Herald." TOLD BY A HARVARD MAN. 1 have a little brother, 6 years old, who is quite an adept in French, hav­ ing always had a French nurse. One day before coming to Harvard I was writing my name on boxes, clothes, and minor things, when my little brother approached aud said: Brother, I wouldn't do that." "Why not?" I asked, whereupon the little chap said: "You know, \ 'lies noma de fous 8e trouvent partout.'" Where he had learned this we eould not make out Bald-Headed Senator*. Nearly half the members of the Senate are bald. Senator Cockrell's whitish gray hair lias begun to disappear from over the temples. Senator Eli Saulsbury, of Delaware, is a bald-headed bachelor, thin as a rail and tall as a steeple. Senator Matt Ransom has a brunette bald head--the rosy-red bald Bpots sur­ rounded by a fringe of black hair. Edmunds' skin is as thin as fine tissue Eaper and the big bald patch on his ead always looks sweet and clean. Senator Gorman has a dash of white on the crown and his dark hair begins to look as if sprinkled with powder. Senator Brown is bald from forehead to crown and the top of his head is as 'level as that of a Flatbush Inrlian. Senator Payne's hair consists of a thick growth of white bushes over his ears, though with more hair on the left side. Senator Gray, of Delaware, is a black- haired Adonis, but a white spot as big as the palm of the hand has eaten into his raven locks. Jones, of Nevada, has $10,000 for every hair on the crown of his hea<l He would give hundreds if he could thicken the fnzz at the top. . Senator Stewart, of Nevada, has hair as white as the silver from his Western mines, and it has dwindled to a more fuzz at the top of his head, too. Senator Philetus Sawyer's forehead and crown are unbounded; side-whiskers of silver shine over his ears and a wisp appears at the back of his neck. Senator H&wley has a bald spot on hi3 crown as big as the bottom of atwo- qnart bucket and the hair above his forehead is growing thin and fuzzy. * Senator Keagan has brown hair that is thinning fast. At the crown is a bald spot the size of a silver dollar and from it to the forehead the rosy flesh shines through. Senator Butler, of South Carolina, verges on baldness. His forehead has already crowded well back, a little round patch has appeared on his crown and a V over each ear. Senator Coke, of Texas, hasn't a wisp of hair to show where his forehead enils. His head is white as a baby's cheek and shioe^ like the head of a boy'a new dram. When he is ansry it beoomes red and if he is enraged it turns almost purple. Isliam G. Harris has one of the funniest bald heads in tbe Senate. He looks like a Chinese mandarin except that he lacks a queue. There is not a bit of fuzz on top of the head, but a little fringe of white sticks out over each ear and his fierce white mustache is waxed so stiffly that it Btands straight out from his nose. -- Detroit Free Pre»8. Got the Girl He Wanted. A story is told in Brooklyn society of the sudden appearance of a former resident with % laruo diamond and an ambition, equally glittering, to marry a former sweetheart if he could. He had been to Australia, made a pile, and waa coming bsrk to stay long enough to get a wife, giv^ her the diamond, marry her, and take her back there. Unfortunately, the girl of his choice was engaged and about to marry. The Australian went sadly away without having shown his diamond, and in a day or two he gave it to another old acquaintance. Then he called upon the lady of his choice to bid her good- ( by, and she told him that she had beon Matilda Josfyu Gage, Mrs. Lucy stoue, Mrs! thinking the matter over and had found Mary A. Livermore. and many others. ghe loyed bim better than she : loved the man to whom she was en* SIDNEY WOOLLETT, the elocutionist, gaged. Back went the young man to can repeat more than 300,001) verses ol the girl to whom Le had made a present oetry; that is, he says so, and no one of his diamond and persuaded her to as yet been foolhardy enough to ask give it to him aud take its worth in him to prove it by repeating them.--f money or another jewel. He then took Exchange. j the diamond to th© girl for whom it : was intended, and -she became his wife SITTING BULL says his race is pas- thev have saile I for Australia. sionately fond of showy ornaments. He " -- TTT , , . , himself has had the war-whoop ring Mks need not live high *o „c l°Owi& in his ears quite often. . up to. v,-* Llixnt DEVEHEATTX BLAKH. that the watchword would then be to make home the college, court, church, and sanitari­ um of all true women. Mar j F Eastman, President of the Associa­ tion for the Advancement of Women, began her able address by quoting from Oliver Wen­ dell Holmes, "Blessed are those who say good things for us.* Key. Amanda Deyo, of the Universal Peace Union, told of the movement which ha l given rise to that organization. The society had, she said, twenty-five branch circles in the United States. Mrs. M.Louise Thomas gave an account ot the famous Sorosis Club, its organization, ob­ ject, and growth during the twenty years of its existence. MrB. D. G. Croly (Jennie .Ttine) fo'lowed Mrs. Thomas, and gave a passing allusion to the Soroiia. of which she was one of the original incorporators. Mrs. Oroly said that her first appearance as a speaker was thirty years ago, when by invitation she attended a convention for thepurposeef .tiscussingsomecontemplated change in the matter of dress -a woman's hoopskirt at that time measuring four yards In circumference. Her own dress to-day was a braided skirt of elay-coloreil broa iclotli, with draperies of seal brown ottoman silk. One of Mrs. Croly's p> t organizations is the Working Woman's Guild of Philadelphia, which has now a membership of ?0 \ composed of women engaged in mnnual labor Frances E. Willard spoke of the suffrage work. She illustrated her idea of orgnnization at once in an object lesson. "Do you see that she said, holding up her open hand with the fingers spread wide apart. "And do you see that?" and she closed her fingers and put her clenched fist up in an attitude worthy of .Tohn L. Sullivan, tihe went on to spoak of the power of taking hold of bauds, the accumu­ lating power of organisation. It took a great many years, she said, for women to come out in perspective far enough to have an Interna­ tional Council. Miss Autlionv introduced Mrs. Marella M. Bill, of Dover. 11. Mrs. Hill is a little wom­ an, Ki years oldv She is bright, and her hair is still black. Miss Anthony said that Mrs. Hill was one of the first women to engage in organ- ir.ed efforts 11 elevate youn^ women. "Mrs, Hill represented the Free-will Kaptists. She spoke for Some minutes, telling of her denominational organi at ons, and especially those that helped young women. The legal conditions of woman were discuss­ ed at length l>v the couucil, th9 ablest speaker being Mrs. Alice Scatclierd. whose address was on "The Legal Conditions of Women in the Three Kingdoms." Mrs. Scatcherd is a delegate from Leeds, England. She divided her dig- course under three heads--"The Industrial I'rojierty liights," "liights in the Family." and "Personal Kiglits"- -and gave a tine address, which was listened to with interest by tlia audience, who were nevertheless put to ths blush by her plain speaking, for Mrs. Soatuh. erd was much in earnest, and believed in calling a spade a spade. Ill enumerating tha different clauses of the English law relating to women, Mrs. Scatchrr 1 Bftid that previous to 188.!, when the Married Women's Property act was passed, no married women could open or keep a bank account without tho consent of her husband. The address of Mrs. Lily Devereux Blake, of New York, on "The Legal Disabilities of Women" was an able one, treating of those things in America of which her successor spoke in regard to the English laws. One point advocated was that when written transgroised the laws aud were up bet ore the tribunal to have justice meted out, they should be tried by a Judge and jury composed of their p.'ers-- women. Miss Alice Fletcher, who is Speolal Indian Agent under the Severa'ty 1111, rend a paper on the "Legal Condition* of Indian Women," which went to prove that the generally accepted ido.k regarding the Indian woman as a slave to be bought and sold without rights or position in tbe tribe waa a wron'j one. Miss Anthony introduced a native woman, the Princess Viroqua, a Mohawk by birth, whose portly person was gorgeously appareled, and who rightly ganged tier audience whpn broupJit forward by saying that she knew they would rather look than hear her speak. Over a petticoit of black velvet, heavily incrusted with crystal beading, was worn a short polonaise of scarlet satin glittering with a border of spangles aud dangling orvstal fringe. Around her ne. k were ropes of crystal beads, whilo a giddy little yelLw bow con in«d tba lace of her corsage within its prescribed limits. Her head WRS innocent of ornament and with its short, bristling, block hair locked like tha broadsides of aglob ilar doormat. "What Shall Be Done with the Neglected Rich?" was the subject of au address by Fran'es E. W. Harper, who was proud to an* nouuee horsulf or Atricau parentage. In a plain worsted gown, without an a'tompt at fur­ below or ornamentation of anv kind, th < mulatto woman stood up before the cr >wded house und delivered her discourse with snob telling effect that after the opening lines perfect silenes reigned.- A clever view of her subject was stated when sbe 'aid that the class of persons to whom her disc urse had reference were those of "plethnri purse but attenuated souls " Another interesting discourse was that on "Police Matrons," delivered by Mrs. Susan K Bacitey, National Supermteudant priwa, PHCEBE W. COUZINS. police, and almshouse work of tha Woman's Christian Temper BC urgent plea for ' ranee Union. The gist waa the appointment of a woman at evi'rv st ition-honse in order to inspect and minister to such unfortunates of their own sex as'should be from time to time brought in. Esther L. Warner made an address on "Women as Farmers." Prof. Rena A. Michaels spoke on "Women as Educators," Laura C. Holloway dealt with "Women in Journalism," | and Sarah Hackett Stevenson read a paper on "Women in Medicine " "Women in Law" was the subject treated by Mrs. Ada Bitten* berger, who is her husband's partner tn law. The Be v. Ada Bowles spoke of "Women In tne Ministry," and sa:d that women should be allowed to share tbe pulpit e<^nal y with men. Other addresses were made by Mrs. Mariha 8. Fields iCathar ne Cole) Of the New Orleans Picmjune, representing the Woman's International Press Association; Mrs Amelia Hadley Mobl of Washineton, D. C., representing the Nation 1 Press Association, and .Matilda It. Carse, who spoke of what a few women have accomplished in the financial world; Iiena A. Mi. haels, Ph. D.t dean of the Woman s College of the Northwestern University, who spoke on "Co-education Cora A. Bennson, A M., LL. B.. Michigau Un{. versitv, and fellow in history Bryu Mawr Col­ lege. who chcse for her suoject "College Fel- lowshiu for Women Martha McLellan Brown. Vice President Weslevan College, Cincinnati; Phu bo Couzins, of Missouri, the first woman United States Marshal ever appoint td ; and by trr --James W. Panrisb, a piaster of EdflMt County, is dead. • *i-G«6rflp printer in Paris, aft*' cidentally shot and killed himself SatOC* day. --The citizen* of Homer ax* jabilaat over the discovery of a five-foot T«i& af coal at that place. --Chief Justice Sheldon, of the * preme Court, announces that he wfll vol be a candidate for re-election. --The Senate has passed the bill author­ izing the construction of a bridge screw the Mississippi at Oquawka. --A well-known cttisen of Moline, B, H. AnderBop, aged 45, was found dead in bed. The coroner's jury ascribed bis death It "excessive drink." --Hon. Hugh Crea has withdrawn name from the candidacy for the Republi­ can nomicat'on for Supreme Judge at the convention at Decatur April 12. --A faith-cure healer in Champaign trie#' to restore a lady friend who has measles, by laying on of hands, and now the doctor and her patient are both in bed with the eruptive disorder. --A. E. Smith, who had been conducting a bad debt collecting agency at Decatnr for several months, left suddenly after borrow­ ing money and contracting deotn for BOOM other,agency to collect. --The city of Blooiningtoa has voted on the question of reorganization under the general law. The proposition was de­ feated by a large majority, aa was also the proposition to adopt minority representa­ tion in the City Council. --John Stanley, alias "the Scotchman," one of the shrewdest hotel-thieves aad room-workers in this country, died at the Joliet prison recently. He was sent down for three years in 1886 for a number (f robberies in Chicago, previous to whgefc ie had done time in New York. ' | --Miss Almeda Taft, of Sadorns, has a canary bird that snores in its sleep. The owner of the bird regards it as a very musi­ cal canary, and the neighbors all declare they never heard the like of its snores, which become more pronounced with each sncoeeding day. --The general store of E. L. Ihralap, at Savoy, three miles south of Champaign, was robbed of a quantity of goods recently. Fifteen times thiB store has been robbed in the past seven years. Several of the culprits have served terms in tbe peniten­ tiary and one was shot and killed in ttt act --Fifty citizens of Aurora, in a petition to the Board of Bailroad Commissioners, Friday, stated their belief that engineeta unfit and incompetent to perform their duties were running trains through that place, thereby endangering the lives and property of patrons, and asked an investi­ gation. --Dr. Andrew Archer was arrested in Homer recently and lodged in the Coanty Jail in Urbana to await the arrival of offi­ cers from Clinton, where he is wanted fee horse-stealing last September- Dr. Archer dropped down like a meteor into the village of l'hilo a few days before his arrest and began the practice of his profession. --The 8upreme Court of Illinois ffah- dered a decision sustaining the petii Hon. D. T. Littler for an injunoti restrain the State House Cotnmii from executing their oontract to statnes of eight prominent men o1 corbels in the State House. Under tha ruling the suit for damages by the Com- mis&ioifers against Mr. Littler falls to the ground. --United States Marshal Z. T. Hill, ft... Colorado, arrived at Springfield from Deli­ ver the other d<ty, having in charge Kobett Krueger, who is under indictment far making false and fraudulent reports to the department at Washington for the purpose of increasing his compensation as Poet- master at Long Lake, Madison County. The offense is two years or more old, and in tbe meantime Krueger bad removed le Colorado, where he was found as a hosae- steader. He was committed to jail. --While delivering the annual address at the meeting of the Eastern Illinois Dental Society at Champaign, Presiding Officer H. J. Ball was stricken with apoplexy. A may recover. Drs. J. W. Heed, of Paxton. and G. H. Damron, of Areola, were elected members of the society. Papers were read by Dr. L. M. Whiteside, and Dr. E. W. Sheriff, of Danville. Add e-ses were mads by Dr. J. D. Moody, of Mendota; Dr. (X R. Dwight, of Danville; Dr. Sitherwood, ol Bloomin.^ton; Dr. Campbell, of Mat toon, and Dr. Adams, of Charleston. --Arthur Brooks, alias "Dobbs^has been arrested at Joliet by Sheriff Burke, of Madison County, on several charges ol horse-stealing committed in 1884 at Alton. "Dobbs" has the reputation of being a hard rider and to have belonged to tbe Bill Krepps gang, which operated iu the southern part of this State some years ago. He bad just completed a three-year term. Bill Kreppa' Rang was broken up at Mascontah by Sheriff Ciulick in 1881, who recovered six­ teen fine 1 orses from the ihieves and landed live of the gang in prison. --The formers in Southern Illinois base formed themselves into an organization known as the Farmers' Mutual Protective Association. Over fifteen lodge* have been started near Centralis in less than a month. Its object is to secure better prices, and the organization has already called upon the merchants of Centralia to sell goods at a profit of only 10 per cent. The idea is taking hold rapidly, aud a committee of all the lodges havo called a meeting in Cen- tralia to settle upon thtir tntding point* The result of this action has aioused the liveliest feeling in the breasts of the Cen­ tralia merchants. They do not kaov the new "trust" may lead to. --Mrs. Emm Boring, a widow, of Sa­ lem, whose husband was thrown from a Lorse while intoxicated a few mouths ago, is making several citizens of that burg somewhat uncomfortable at the present time. A few weeks ago she entered suit in the Cireuit Court leainst J. W. Teel for $5,000 on tho charge of having sold het < husband liquor. Tphis claim was no soonek compromised than Mrs. Boring commenced suit against James Watson, E. H. Ray, Jaa. Farthing, George W'ooley, F. A. Taylor, Samuel P. Hill, and Daniel Quinn, eaeh for $3,0p0 damages. Two of the partisan James Watson, of Salem, and * Daaial Quinn, of Iuka, are saloen-krepsn, fcgt the others are farmers aad hasinese wit M " Ji v'j 4 - &£ 4 •