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mi H^envg flaindcalrr J. TAN HLYKE, Kcrrom axs PnBuncEB. HcHENBY, ILLINOIS. b f l OVS juveioias, J fumy Untsie JPMl. C heart fta crown folka tftUdng/lastsJclit wfcsa I -1' rt/lay »t>ed, : v- i 8e l shut my eyes sad listened to everything they 'V, »atd; • ? Aa& list they MM flat Polly and 1U vat*<oa- . ... > 5 log tot, • Aaltgood. good soal waa Folly, hat Phil vaiil- !"•4 • way* qoasr; ial they atnt, never, Hw, laan their Una ••••> •' could oae Bow Folly cam® to many him, net how flioy eooM •* agme; . For aha WM just aa bright and sweet ss amy flower in May, fi But he was tight aa a drumhead, and aa black aa a '̂ atohny flay. folks1 •ii And Ida ooae waa always poking into affairs/ lad he waa altogether too ftmd of splitting hairs; And he had so many coAiers you never could come near * WMfcut year hlttiag mbi of jOuut̂ it being in constant fear. ' , Wall, I listened wry hard, and I taeiaberedevery WMi, -i Asm1 thought It waa the queerest thing a body erer ^••0 lieavd: And in the e vening, when I heard the chaise come down the hill, ;>s (almoat cooldnH wait to see ay tonny Uncle Phil. * Bat O! what stories grdlrn folks tell! He wasn't ' *», black at all! And he hadn't any oorners, Imt waa plump and fair and small; ' His noee turned up a little, bat than it was ao wee, • How it could poke ao veryjnaeh X really couldn't *V t aee. ^J And, when he saw me staring, he nodded hard and smiled; / And than he aiktd them softly il l waa Bale's child; And, when grandma said X was, he took me. gently onhisknee, And wound my longest earl about his linger care- ' folly. And he told me "boat my mamma when she wag a «* 'litde girl. And all the time he talked he kept his fingers on that curl; Till at last I couldn't stand it, and I slipped down by his chair, And asked him how he came to be so fond of split­ ting hair. afyt how he stared! and Jimmy laoghed, and , grandma shook her head,-- 4ai'*grandpa had his awful look, and Uncle Sam turned red; And then the clock ticked very load, the kitchen was so still, And I knew 'twas something dreadful I had said to Uncle Phil. Bat X couldn't help it then, ao I told him every word, f And be listened very quietly; he neither spoke nor stirred, TU1 I told him 'bout the corners, and said I didn't know Bow he could have so many when there didnt any ahow; And then he laughed and laoghed, till the kitchen rf. fairly shook; And he gave the frightened grown folka such a bright and funny look, And said. " ma true, my little girl, when Polly f married me i waa full of ugly comers, bat she smoothed them down, yoa see." And then they all shook hands again, and Jimmy gave three cheers, AndUhcleSam said little pitchers had moat mon­ strous ears! And grandma kissed Aunt Polly; bat then die I f ' looked at me, / Aadaeid I'd better "meditate" while ate waa get- mat means that I moat ait and think what naughty things I've done; It mast be 'cause I'm little yet--they seemed to think 'twas fun. dont quite understand it all; well, by and by I * > wfli , v Creep softly np to him, apd aak my fanny Uncle Phil. 'AMtlia Dailey-Alden, in April Wide Awake. In I April Wool* mnd Other JMi> The custom of playing a joke upon one's neighbor upon the 1st of April is of yery ancient origin, dating so far back in the past that we are unable to tell just when or with what nation it hai its birth. Among the Hindoos there is a feast which is still observed, called the"Huli," which, continuing several days, termi­ nates on the 31st of March. One of the distinctive features of this feast is, that everyone endeavors to send his neigh­ bor upon some errand to some imagin- 4ftjf person, or to persons whom he knows are not at home; and then all enjoy a good laugh at the disappoint-' ment of the messenger. The observ­ ance of this custom by this peculiar people seems to indicate that it had a Very early origin among mankind. In fact, it is not impossible that the man­ ner in which the day is observed by us may have been suggested by some pagan custom. But, whatever or whenever its origin may have been, we find it so widely prevalent over the earth, and with so very near a coincidence of day, as to be proof of its great antiquity. In England the custom of April- fooling is practiced very muoh as it is in the United States. "A knowing boy will dispatch a younger brother to see * public statue descend from its pedes' tal at a particular appointed hour. A crew of giggling servant maids •will get hold of some simple swain, and send him to a bookseller's shop for the ' His­ tory of Eve's Grandmother,' or to a chemist's for a pennyworth of 'pigeon's milk,' or to the cobbler's for a little V strap-oil,' in which last case the mes­ senger secures a hearty application of the strap to his shoulders, and is sent home, in a state of bewilderment as to what the affair means. The urchins in the street make a sport of calling to some passing beau to look to his eoat- -fkirtoi whaa he either findsthem ^ a piece of paper pinned to them or not, in either of which eases he is saluted as an'April fool!'* It has been said that ̂ wlM^eompoupjl is to simple addition, so is Scotch* to English April-fooling." The people living in Scotland are not content with making a neighbor believe some single piece of absurdity, but practice jokes upon him ad infinitum. Having found some unsuspecting person, the indi­ vidual playing the joke sends him away with a letter to some Mend resid­ ing two or three miles off, for the pro­ fessed purpose of asking for some useful information, or requesting a loan of some article, while in reality the letter contains only the words: Ibis ia the first day of April, - Hunt the gowk another mile. The person to whom the letter is sent at once catches the idea of the person sending it, and informs the carrier with a very grave face that he is unable to grant his friend the favor asked, but if he will take a second note to Mr. So- and-so, he will get what was wanted. The obliging, yet unsuspecting, carrier receives the note, and trudges off to the person designated, only to be treated by him in the same manner; and so he goes from one to another, until some one, taking pity on him, gives him a gentle hint of the trick that has been practiced upon him. A successful af­ fair of this kind will furnish great amusement to an entire neighborhood for a week at a time, during which time the person who has been victimized can hardly show his face. Tfie. Scotch em­ ploy the term "gowk " to express* fool in general, but more especially an April fool; and among them the practice which we have described is called "hunting the gowk." Sometimes the 1st of April has been employed by persons wishing to perpe­ trate an extensive joke upon society. Among those which have come to our knowledge the most remarkable one oc­ curred in the city of London in I860. Toward the close of March a large num­ ber of persons received through the postoffice a card upon which the follow­ ing was printed: TOWER OF LQNDON. ADMIT THB BKJLRZB AMD HBKD to view the annual cs&EMoirr or WASHDTO m WHITE UOMS, on BITNDAY, APBIX. 1ST, 1800L Admitted only at the White Oate. It is particularly requested that BO gratuities be given to the wardens or their assistants. To give the card an official appear­ ance, there was a seal placed at one cor­ ner of it, marked by an inverted six­ pence. There were but few persons receiving the cards who saw through the trick, and hence it was highly success­ ful. As soon as the first streaks of gray were seen in the East, cabs began to rattle about Tower hill, and continued to do so all that Sunday morning, vainly endeavoring to discover the "White Gate," the joke being that there was no suoh gate.--J. F. Packard, in April Wide Awake. CHARITY. The beat charity is not that which giveth alms, whether secretly or with ostentation. The best charity--that whioh "worketh no evil "--is the charity that prompts us to think and speak well of our neighbors. Even if they be only condemned, and that with warrant, it is a noble charity in us not to gall their wounds by multiplying knowledge of their offenses. We are all ashamed to confess that our quickest instincts are to think ill of others, or to magnify the ill of which we hear. There is a uni­ versal shrugging of the shoulders, as muoh as to say--"Well, I expected as much"--"It is just like him"--"Ihad my suspicions of her "--"I could a tale unfold," and thus on through an end­ less chapter, with which every reader will be somewhat familiar, from his or her own experience. Now one who says, "I could stale unfold," yet holds it back, leaviag the hearer to infer any and every evil, stabs character with the meanest, deadliest blow. Yet who is there that carries not thia ever-ready weapon, this poisoned dagger? The charity that gives to help and not humiliate is good, but the charity that makes us "think no evil" is better. Let us seek to possess this charity and practice it, for it alone is the "charity that covereth a multitude of . ipm. A MTOMY Or THM MATE*** I think 'twas in September, if I right­ ly now remember, that 1 heard a knock­ ing, knocking at my door; yes, I know 'twas in September, for quite well I now remember lis had been there about fifty ti'mM before--had been there knocking at my door. But I opened not, nor wondered, as upon the door he thun­ dered, for he yelled, "Say, now will you settle this 'ere bill I bring you,"- as he battered on the door; and I answered, calmly answered, "Nevermore." -- OU City Derrick. " Do, FOB gracious sake, waiter, take these nut-crackers over to that man," exclaimed a nervous old lady, sitting opposite a party who was cracking hick­ ory nuts with his teeth. " No, I thank you," he said, politely returning them, "mine are not false teeth," Calendar March winds and April showeca Bring forth May flowers. April, the fourth month of the year, was by the Bomans dedicated to Aphro­ dite Vegans, the goddess of aH budding beauties; but there is some difficulty in tradtaff the origin of the name, tome be­ lieving the root to be Aphrodite-- --Aptailia--AphriUs Aprilis; others that it is derived from the festival Fortuna Yirilis, celebrated April 1. I. All Foote Day.--The Public Ad­ vertiser for April 13, 1789, contains the following paragraphs: "Humorous Jewish Origin of the Custom of Mating Fools on the First of April. This is said to have begun in the mistake of Noah in sending the dove oufcof the ark before the water had abated, on the first day of the month awnng the He­ brews which answers to the 1st of April; and, to perpetuate the memory of this deliverance, it was thought proper, whoever forgot so remarkable a circumstance, to punish them by send­ ing them upon some sleeveless* errand, similar to that ineffectual message upon whioh the bird was sent by the patri­ arch. The custom appears to be of great antiquity, and to have been de­ rived by the Bomans from some of the Eastern nations." 6. Palm Sunday.--So named in memory of the triumphal entry of our Lord into Jerusalem a few days before His passion. Branches of willow are now gathered and placed in churches. 10. Maundy Thursday is the day be­ fore Good Friday. On this Ohrist gashed the feet of His disoiples, and g*9t*#|hein a command to love one an­ other; hence it is oalled Dies Mandati Mandate Maundy Thursday. Formerly ffip church doors used to stand open the whole day, signifying that all who would might come in. The ceremony was first commenced in 1362, and for a long time the English Kings observed the custom of washing the feet of a number of poor men equal to the years of their age, and of giving them shoes, stockings, and money. Money and clothing are still given by deputy, but the feet washing has long been discontinued. I I . Good Friday, ao named from the good and blessed work per­ formed by Jesus Ohrist in sub­ mitting to a shameful, ignomini­ ous and painful death on the cross for the salvation of mankind. Next to the first day of the week and Easter, this was the earliest of the days set apart for the commemoration of the chief events in the life of Ohrist; but when first celebrated we have no reoord. By the Roman Catholios and by the Greeks, as well as by the English church, it ia re­ garded as a strict fast. 13. Easter Sunday has always been regarded as the very queen, or the highest of all the Christian festivals. The mournful season of Lent is past, the Savior has been crucified and buried, and " now is Christ risen in­ deed," " the first fruits of them that slept" The name is derived from Eostre, a goddess to whom the Saxons and other northern nations sacrificed at this season.11 The Paascha or Jewish passover, cele­ brated at this time, lent its name to the Christian Paschal season, but the pre­ cise time for keeping Easter has been the cause of contention between East­ ern and Western Christians. Customs peculiar to this season are dying out in England, but, on the continent, Paschal eggs, with colored shells, and toys in the shape of gigantic eggs, are given among all classes. 20. Low Sunday is so oalled beoauae it was the custom to celebrate the Sun­ day next after Easter as a feast of the same kind, but somewhat lower in de­ gree. 25. St. Mark, one of the four evan­ gelists, is supposed to be the same as John Mark, mentioned in Acts xii. 15. He was a disciple of St Peter, and founded a church at Alexandria, where, unable to look on quietly while the heathens were worshiping Serapis, he denounced their idolatry, which so in­ censed them that he was immediately seized, bound with cords, and dragged through the streets till he died, A. D. 68. St Mark is the patron saint of Venice, and is usually depicted with a winged lion by his side. There is a superstition in some parts of the country that if persons sit in the church-porch from 11 o'clock at night on St. Mark's eve, till 1 o'clock in the morning, they will see the ghosts of such of their neighbors as will die dur­ ing the next year. In order to see ghosts it is necessary to watch three yean successively. £,BAiar TO rmnrx. Now, young folks, I dare say you number among your acquaintances some heedless people who are forever floun­ dering, forgetting and making mistakes, who are always very sorry after doing gome silly or thoughtless act but who lay all the blame of it on " I didn't think," and consider that that settles it But that is just where all the trouble lies. If they had not got a thinker--as I know a bright little boy who so defines his mind, and a very good definition it : is, too, as a bright child's meaning of things is apt to be--it would be different But they have machinery specially adapted to this purpose, yet they wont use it because it takes a little trouble, and they want somebody else to do their thinking for them. Don't follow their example; do your own thinking. Throw over " didn't think." He is a bad fel­ low 'to have anything to do with, aad will be sure to make trouble for you be­ fore long. H you want to amount to anything in this world--and Fm sure you do--you must work; and, to work effectively, one must think. See to it, llp^that you begin at onc^ ^ W'-'ti- i 3,V 1 narcotic be used with persons with An illustrated paper, by Mr. C. C. Buel, in Scribner for April, contains an account of Mr. Bergh's unique and in­ teresting work and this sketch of the personnel of the man: " Thirteen years of devoted labor have wrought no very great change in the appearance and manner of Henry Bergh. If the lines of his careworn face have multiplied, they have also responded to the kindly influence of publie sympathy and the release of his genial disposition from austere restraint A visitor who had no claims on Mr. Bergh's indul­ gence once remarked, ' I was alarmed by the dignity of his presence and dis­ armed by his politeness.' Sin^e Hor­ ace Greeley's death, no figure more fa­ miliar to the public has walked the streets of the metropolis. Nature gave him an absolute patent on every feature and manner of his personality. His commanding stature of six feet is mag­ nified by his erect and dignified bear­ ing. A silk hat with straight rim cov­ ers with primness the severity of his presence. A dark brown or dark blue frock overcoat encases his broad shoul­ ders and spare, yet sinewy, figure. A decisive hand grasps a cane, strong enough to lean upon, and competent to be a defense without looking like a standing menace. When this cane, or even his finger, is raised in warning, the cruel driver is quiok to understand and heed the gesture. On the street, he walks with a slow, dightly-swinging pace pe­ culiar to himself. Apparently preoc­ cupied, he is yet observant of every­ thing about him, and mechanically notes the condition from head to hoof of every passing hone. Everybody looks into the long, solemn, finely- chiseled and bronzed face wearing an expression of firmness and benevolenoe. Brown looks fringe abroad and rounded forehead. Eyes between blue and hazel, lighted by intellectual fires, are equally ready to dart authority or show compassion. There is energy of char­ acter in a long nose of the purest Greek type; melancholy in a mouth rendered doubly grave by deep lines, thin lips, and a sparse, drooping mus­ tache, and determination in a square chin of leonine strength. The head, evenly poised, is set on a atout neck rooted to broad shoulders. In plain­ ness, gravity, good taste, individuality and unassuming and self-possessed dig­ nity, his personality is a compromise between a Quaker and a French noble­ man whose life and thoughts no less than long descent are his title to no­ bility. ' BTOtrK PLdjniTG MACHlHTt. A machine for planing granite and other hard stones has been brought out that promises to prove of value in re­ ducing the cost of preparing building stones. It consists of an oblong frame of iron, supported at the corners, and carrying a movable platten, somewhat alter the manner of iron-planing ma­ chines. On this is placed a strong head pieoe or tool folder, and, by means of a system of long pulleys and correspond­ ing belts, power may be brought to the tool, whatever its position during the work. The block of granite to be planed is placed on a hand-truck and rolled under the machine and raised by means of jack-screws to the proper level for the work. The revolution of the cutting tool planes down the stone about the pace of the iron planers, and performs the work in a manner fully equal to hand labor. The tool is fed to the work by hand, one man being suf­ ficient for all the4 work*--Scribner far April. • cowrmarxD MMATS. There will not be many contested- election cases this year, the total num­ ber reported up to the present writing being but eleven. In the last Congress there were twenty-three contests. The following are the districts and the names of the contestants: sutimi Member. Conleetmnt. 1Z. Florida. Hill, Bern. Bisbee. Rep. "III. Louisiana. Acklen. D. Herbert, B| XV. niioolB.. Forsythe, B. Deoius, D. IX. Indiana. Orth, B. MoCabe. D. V Maryland Henkel, D. Crane, B. Vl',, Massachusetts.Lorlng, B. Boynton, H. '111. Minnesota Washburn,B. Donnelly, NJ XXV. New York Hlsoock. B. Weitlng,N.U>. I. North Carolina.Martin. K. Teates, D. II. North Carolina.Kitchen, D. 0*Hara, R. XX. Pennsylvania.. Yocnm, N. Oortln, D. Total, 11. Contestants. Republicans, 4; demo­ crats, 4; National Greenbackers, 3. In the Senate an attempt will be made to oust Kellogg, and would surprise no one if it was successful* Objection is raised to the seating of Bell, the Sen­ ator appointed from New Hampshire, on the ground that his appoin was illegal.--Washington Car, Ocean. - if ^V. JFOPULAM SCHBNCML A HAND-LOOM for amateurs' use, to do in weaving what small lathes, fret-saws and printing presses mow do is <**>rr fields, is called for. NUTMEGS and mace properties, and should caution, especially by apoplectic tendencies. A VLKxfmuc carbon, for electric light#, is a new and important invention, just patented in England. It can be rolled up and stowed away in small space. A NEW street-railway track has been successfully tried in England. The rail is a fiat plate regularly pierced with holes which fit protuberances on the wheels. ENGINEERS of steamships have found that the best lubricants are glycerine for the cylinders and castor oil for the bearings. When castor oil is used the main bearings seldom become heated. Only the best glycerine can be em­ ployed with advantage, but when it is of a high grade the results leave but little to be desired. MILESTONES made of glass are a Ger­ man novelty. Eight pieces of glass of equal size are used as nuclei; a counter piece of granite is bound to the outer form with cement. The advantages claimed are that they run easily, grind cool, and produce finer, lighter flour than French burrs. But a few are in actual operation. "SYMPATHETIC pipes" are a recent novelty. The bowl of a meerschaum may be oolored in five minutes, by first tinting it with a solution pf nitrate of silver in ether and alcohol, to which es­ sence of roses and camphor are added. Figures of any pattern are produced by the heat of the tobaooo, and when pro­ duced are permanent IN the Northwest has been discovered a curious bug that lies ooncealed in flowers and seizes bees and wasps,whioh it holds at arms' length, and from which it sucks the life. It also destroys plant, lice, beetles, butterflies, caterpillars, etc. The species has been known to infliot a painful puncture or sting on the human hand. It is generally of a yel low color, sometimes greenish, speckled with brown, and is characterized by im­ mensely swollen front thighs, and by the last joint of the antennce also being swollen. Ita bee-destroying tendencies are the most alarming to naturalists. ______ Among the inmates of a charitable soup house in St Louis ie « graduate of Harvard,, who is well connected:, .in the East. He has been unfortunate in his efforts to suppcrt himself, and is too proud to write to his friends and let them know how wretched a failure he | has made sinoe he graduated. He goes I out every day in search of work, and gets an odd job occasionally. His hab­ its are good; he is intelligent; he is careful of his pennies, and is striving to aave enough to take him to another town. v The moral right of a man who has friends that are willing to help him, to fall back upon public charity may well be questioned. The incident, however, illustrates a condition of human sooiety whioh has not been known until within a few years. Education is not aa valu­ able capital as it was twenty or fifty years ago. It was easier then for a col­ lege graduate to win immediate success than it is now. He had only to go from college to a village in a Western State, and the natural growth of the to wo would set him on his feet and enable him to make rapid progress in profes­ sional or business life. Collegians who aoquire literary taste and culture at their university, but who are above fol­ lowing their father's calling on farm or in shop, now have to struggle terribly hard in American cities, East and West to keep the wolf from the door of pro­ fessionalise. , inq uiairrristrxsa. The man who wants to know about things. We have all seen him. Have all "been there," as they say in the beautiful West A dear son of New England having plied a new-oomer in the mining region of Nevada With every conceivable question as to why he visited the gold region, his hopes, means, prospects, etc., finally asked him if he had a family. "Yes, air," was the reply, "I have a wife and six children, and I never saw one of them." Then there was a brief silenoe, after which the bore commenced: "Was you ever blind, air?" "No, sir." "Did you many a widow?" ' "No, sir." Another pause. "Did I understand you to say that you had a wife and six children living in New York, and had never seat one of them?" "Fact" " How can that be?" "Why," was the reply, "one of them was born after I left! "-Harper'sMag­ azine for April PBOY. VIBCHOW, in a recent address on the Oriental plague to the Berlin Medical Society, drew the attention of his heacen to a method of advocated by Bulard, who assists ***** if infected articles are plunged into add water during some hours the cdl^joag genua will invariably be destroy ed. • „ • nXWOg IJMMBttATiaB. SATOBDAT, March 2ft.--SKNATK.--No quorttt being prarant tha Senate met and adjournad. HOUSE.--New bflla ware intfodaood: Sara* aet to provide for^the^ oopataroetioa, aed protection < lands of others for raining purposes, aad to provide i BWB of drainage districts; TO apprapSata ... .Mr. Hopkins offered aresolutfoa requesting c<*ft™ss not to repeal the navigation laws the to® l»kes and seaboard... .Mr. Trueadell moved to take from the table the bill abolishing Nonaal Mxwih and haveit made a special order for Friday next Agw»d to,.. All House andSenate biUasn first reading were read and advanced tS Seoood reading. p WKDKISBAV, April 8sH«m--The MB amending the Qxain inspection law, the speolil order, waa amended and paaaed till to-morrow. ... .The bill authorizing Park Oonuxtissioners to take property waakUJed... .Aftar̂ mlM? tag as fallows: The bill to the Po- lioe and Fireman's Fond aot, ao as to allow members of these departments who have bean In arrears In the pay­ ment of their assessments to such food to be restored to the privileges of mob fnnd by th» board having charge o? the same; the Drill in regard to the funding of otty and ccnmty debto, with numuoua amendments; providing for an inspection of banking oorporations HOUSE.--Mr. Crooker presented a reeoln&ioa, which wme adopted, redting that, as a number of judicial circuits of the Stafte were crowded with business, the JtuUdarr Committae inquire whether fourjadges ooaldlegally be elected in each circuits,,. .The Mil taxing capital stock of railroads was engrossed and ordsred to a third reading.». .The committee appointed to investi­ gate the ehanea of corruption against certain members of the General Assembly asked and obtained tan days' further tims to report.... A debate took pleoe upon the Qame law A communication was received frosa the Gover­ nor asking sa appropriation to repair theJaok- eonville Insane Asvlum. damaged a few daya before by fire. Belerred BfUa iatrodoced: Repealing partof the law of foroible entry sod detainer; relating to limited partaMrshipa. Thubsdax, April 31--8xiTATn.--Considera­ tion of the bill to amend the law relating to the appointment and bonds of the Ghief Grain In­ spectors was resumed, and the billwasadvanosd to third reading....Ine Drainage bill was oon- aidered and made the special order for Thurs- .The bill to amend the law in regard to inspection of grain in olaas B elevators, and the bill to regulate the praotioe <& dentistry, were ordered to a third reading.... A bill was reported for paaaage to make the exaction o* mora than leal intereet,- under the name of "liquidated damages," usurious... .A long wrangle ensued on the motion to postpone consideration of the Mil to fix the maximum rates of stook-yards ohargea. and it was lost. The bill was then amended by fixing the rate for yarding and watering cattle, horaee and males at at) osnts: hogs, 6 oents; sheep, S oenta; and ordered to a third reading. HOUSE.--Petitions were preaented upon the subject of tramps, and in favor of the present few ini regard to insurance companiea... .Bills rwem advanced to a third reading: To amend the law relating to the State Board of Agriculture; to amend the law regulating township organ­ isation; to secure the free paaaage of fish in all nanoni we RENT TO al expenaes to #4,000. I reading....A tongdS- lkakee insane Asylum waters; to amend the ~aot regulating fencing and operations of railroads: reg­ ulating the compounding and selling of drugs and medicines... .The bill to give a aebtor the right to assert equities against the assignee of negotiable paper was laid on the table....The Road and Bridge bill was read at length a third time and paaaed with an emergency clause. FEIDAX, April 4. --S*HATB. --Appropriation bills being the special order, tha following were advanced to a third reading: To appropriate •2,000 per annum for the State Horticultural Society; §1,635 for the transportation of oon- viota fromJoliettoChester; to ray the past ex­ penses incurred in maintaining the Cook Oonnty Appellate Court, and for the current exponsas or the Pontiao Beform Sohool.... The bill to make an appropriation for the fu­ ture expenaes of the Cook County Appetlate Court was amended by reducing the rent to •3,000 and the incidental ' It was ordered to a third re bats was had aa the Kankakee' bills, and they went over to Tuesday next* Hovss.--The bill providing that convista from McLean county shall be sent to the Joliet penitentiary was called up, and passed with the emergency clause--A brief wrangle oocurred over the bill to repeal the Boalpers' act... .The bill abolishing the Normal Universities waa killed. „. .Three Mis to amend the Revenue law, prepared by the joint sub-oommittee, with the Dill t@ amend the law relating to the assess ment of the capital stock of railroads, waa made the special order for Thuraday.... The special order waa consideration ox tha blackmailing committee's business, Mr. Nev- ins, the Chicago Tribune reporter, being sum­ moned to appear at the bar to answer questions proposed by tbe oommittee. Mr. Morrison in­ troduced a resolution to discharge the commit­ tee aatl exouse Nevins from attendance, which wan lost The Speaker then called the witness to the bar and demanded whether he would anawer the ooaunittee. The witness declined, and a long debate ensued on the resolution introduced by Mr. Wright, to oommit him to the oonnty fail until he answers, and the substitute offered by Mr. Johnson, to deprive him of the right to appear in theBouae. After debate, the substitute was withdiawn, and the resolution was adopted. The Speaker thereupon issued his warrant, and sent Nevins tptheepontyjail. CURRENT s < A CODFISH hasbeenoanghtinIpswi«I& bay weighing ninety-one pounds. THB Cincinnati Times says that the next great pedestrian contest will take place the coming summer in the West, between Indians and United States troops. A raw alto flute, the pitch of which is an octave below that of the ordinary instrument, has lately been invented by F. Wallner, of Vienna. ThaJftjja^ aaid to be very rich and fttDL ^ •ras raw MOON. - ,,•& ; What gold-hoed shallop in the Western aUsa 1 8inks to the distant hills when day haa fledT . , It is the new moon; and to paradise It b«an, with bellying soils, ttMsSast aaath, dial! --J. B. Saxtony in April Scrihnet> '̂ Tax favorite name of Princes ia France is Louis, that of Prussia is Fred­ erick, that of Austria is Joseph, that of England--notwithstanding the imported George--is Edward, with Ferdinand low Spain. A SMALL boy in Belfast, Me., whose deportment at sohool had always ranked 100 per cent., came home one day re­ cently with his standing reduced to 96. "What have you been doing, my son?* asked the mother. " Been doing," as- plied the young hopeful, just as I have all V 1 If l!HS