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* ' " J, VAN BLY f •Hi yet there is no way of finding it out Many of th» Mte lure bin swept oat to sea, if fhey are ew found il i» donbtftd an. innf̂ nM on ueir persons would be decipherable. Adolphe de Cassagnac, father of jgi|ul <je Cassagnac,the celebrated Bona- 'WirtiatDepntyand duelist, is dead, .. II,. »' '""-".g.'i--Liut !-- I •"•••• ^SixcEjab. 1,1879, pig won hrsirtiHii!- Ily advanced from $15 and $18 a ton to #35 and $40, and the furnaces are b$ 6>'*«pply the demand m t ' : ' t * COME into the garden, Maul*! Pat on your new spring bit; . • ,] Gome into tlie garden, Maud, I'm here with my bfcee-b&ll but; Oar neighbor's kitten is wafted abroad, With my clab Til land her in the road. • < ^ . SIS King of the Belgians has *on- SferredLthe Leopold cross on Boaa Bon- Sjjeur, lie artist. She is the first lady Hj&fceiving the distinction. The King of iSpain also conferred on thi3 distin­ guished painter an equally high order, never before granted to a lady. ; IPABSsaoEfts can now go from New 'Vferk i€. S&a Francisco by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's line for $75. This "out" is in oonsequence of the ab­ rogation of the pooling contract with -the Pacifie railroads. The steamship •company also offers to give special freight rates and make contracts for a jpear to come. :.v.••...•.•Samuel B. Lacbky,scolored lawyer, •was actaktted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States'at Washing­ ton, he being the fifth colored person irho ha* attained to that privilege. Mr. Laurey is President of a colored acade­ my at Huntsville, Ala. Mrs. Belva A. Lockwcod made the motion which led •***-• ' >• •jfi n if ^.ccoKE^lso to the last directory pn^- ushed, the population of Memphis is -40,927, as against 43,497 this time last year. The Appeal says that, although the population of the city lias slightly decreased daring the past year, its trade .and commerce hare greatly increased-- receipts of cotton being 50,000 bales «,gieater than last year, and 6,000 more sJimiAim. , -v.. • spwv -••• The preparations for a raid on Territory this spring are very formida­ ble. The alleged discovery of silver in the Wichita mountain ? has increased flic desire of the adventurers to seek their fortunes in the forbidden coun* 1 fey, and it now looks as though enough -desperate men mouII be fonnd to make -*he movement a serions affair. Beside hike parties organising in Southern .Kansas, several companies haye been formed in Kansas City. Mb. John Potts, of New York, hav­ ing, by eoonomy and strict attention to business," laid by $500, was tempted to reply to an advertisement promising #20,000 return for sts investment of $1,000. He communicated with " Re­ liable," and found that the business consisted of a new and improved meth­ od of breaking a faro bank. Mr. Potts hesitated at first, bat finally decided to try the experiment. He visited a gambling house with his partner, * Re­ liable," and played a mock game, with counters instead of cash, just to find out how it was done. He won $1,000, but it proved the feasibility of the plan. Next night he brought Ms $500 in cash, bat for some reason " the thing didn't work " as it did on the previous evening, and, in an hoar or two, his money wss gone. He applied for a warrant, but at last accounts had been unable to identify hia 'vBeliahle " friend. " - 'januiiam .ji, mf- mm u The present state o f things in fre land, says the Chicago Tribune, pre­ sents some strange anomalies. One- third of the island is in the javrs of famine, and the people of the United States are publicly and privately con­ tributing not less than $100,000 per Week fo assuage hanger and prevent starvation to death of the landlords' tenant farmers. And, while thk inflow of American charity is going on to al­ leviate distress and avert death, there is an outflow per week of $1,000,000 worth of animal and vegetable food of Irish production to pay landlords' rents on the farms equitably and right­ fully belonging to the ocoupiers. The Irish farmers are actually at this time selling $1,000,000 worth of food per week to pay such rents to merciless English landlords, while the benevolent people of Amerioa are sending over there $100,000 per week to keep these same farmers fun eviction and out of the poor-house or paupers' graves I Such is the land system of Ireland. Stop this outflow of $1,.000,000 a week of Irish agricultural food products to pay absentee landlords for the privilege of living in their own oountry, and the Irish people would want no charity from this or any other oountry. They would have money themselves to toad or douate to the needy. 8AB&ATH RElDlMJ. JKeew*-" [Some yean ago a cUW t Md? «m Couad on the •oath coast o: fcstyiip,4M»»ig been thrown there by to* wavca. ma ptrlafc clerk, on being taked what abenld be pat on it* w>av«, wmw) p exity; ••Ood knows." TUs proved a fitting epi­ taph.] » tor* the taar-f*dvioletblooms, wbarathe aba** of Wbcm Is aoaar anab a tombs. iO.«pthedew|bMieethtto4aiaiM; Whrra the mmcr t'owly - Whea th* DM had aoaciit its oh* • A*_d aaOd tha rtuaaaiiur f-'-., ww tttaaa who <Mvi reat; (Baud* acroaa the crianaoMd akjr ':«v> • •'*&• Homeward R>yljr were cawerh^#"; s Bat in that lone churchyard, I f?"-v:i. Headad not thai night wa- nenrlip^ Diacords in my bosom awellin^ IT- . Broke the tuusic of life's Bong. For my H«i was weary dwelling 1 i. •Mid the evar-earthly thxoas. Wf'*" "Vr- far within the stil y shade Of a quiet, sequestered corner* When im wild (lower* bkxnn and Oently nurtured by no mourner* Waa a grave, an intaaVa only. No one knew the name ale bore* Ask the wares which, dark an 11 Vast her lileless on Uie shore. O'er ths grsTe a hnmble r'mh ; • Reared its ictttned h«ad ko lowijr, Like a eentinel slo&e. * Wa ch su 'mid tie silence ho'y. / Hithev came the croakiair raven; From this stone its wirA votsa On its surface ritdeiy gravta Were the simple words: "God kanw*.' As a moonbeam on the sea C'harm«~tke sad wit.<i*4 shrieks to singinc, •a these tender words to me Tornosl my song, sweet solace bringing. ThouKh my thoru-etrewn way was dnary^ H'no'jgh my feet found no repose. Tat my P'Mii. U£e-worn and weary, -.Bested in tae thought: "Oo kisw,» 0 . , because this shape is one jnfttrength and bulk to recAveandb«i^P'*g*'"n,t the pressure of th»«oUar,<dbue,at the sane time, snfBetont room la aectured for the ex- pwuten of thftfeag* caused by alow, regular work. -Mat, if the chest is oir- cuhar, lei it be •! the same time deep, or else the fcw|» iaay be cranked. A hone w^i:jfc-IWN chest is worthless for aayin»dM>' The rule tbim i% for iiia% a eircalar, hut deep Oheat; paw through feh® dif­ ferent degrees oT'speed up to tiio racer #nd trotter, the chest will increase in depth, compared to its roundness, un­ til, for the highest rate of speed, you most take a Che* as deep as a grey- houad, and, at4hers««ne time, not lack­ ing in strength. SbH A TOURO D0UWLA8. fACTS AND FIQUBBS. of' lag weather, the English publishers . igpoed nearly 6,000 volumes last year, $|$@ing 500 more than daring the previ- ^Otisyear. Of these more than 1,000 , ^ere theological works and 1,000 were novels. The intellectual activity of a Kpaople which produces more than three '~%ooks on theology and three works of *ttotion every weok day is past easy com­ prehension, especially when we consider . Itiat a dozen books of other sorts are being turned out the same day. " fo Mr. R. O. Ingeb8oli«'8 complaint *fhatit costs $12,000,000 per annum to *aiaintain the preachers in tne United ' States, the Central Baptist replies that lawyers annually cost the people Kit $70,000,000, and the criminals 10,000,000, and intoxicating liquors $600,000,000. It also reminds the elo­ quent Colonel that it costs somebody about $20,000 a year--more than any minister gets for his services--to pay for lectures on "Skulls," "Mistakes of jloses," "Thomas Paine," and for pitch- fbg into the clergy generally. The cost of the Hoomo tunnel up to date is $19,52^,679. IN 1878 gold and silver product of Colorado amounted to $8,751,344; dur­ ing the year just closed it was $25,- 235,483, Which lis rather a remarkable Thk Nef York Qraphic has a picture representing a mountain range that dhows the proportionate tizo of the wheat markets of the world. The larg­ est mountain is entitled England, and the figures show that in 1879 that counter imported 112,000,000 bushels' of wheat ; Germany comes next with $6,000,000 bushels of wheat; France follows with 28,0(MM>00, and Telgium Inth 9,000,000. From New York were Exported 02,751.903 bushels- Chicago ^oines next with 83,925,534; Biltimoie ;%ith 32,152,012; Milwaukee with 21,- 145,768; Philadelphia with 17,673,512; %t. Louis with 10,362,077, and Toledo With 13,550,002, and Detroit comes next frith 12,185,403 bushela. After this vf^pomes Montreal with over 9,000,000 »ushels; Boston with neaily Si,000,000; Tew Orleans with about 2,500,000. Jlevnlaiid and Portland with over f .•W^,fJ0OJbu»hels each. r'lr is the habit in Sootlanff, as in America, to sell insurance tickets with |$iiroad tickets, when the traveler de- tjres them.. The cost of these insurance ckets, good for one day, is but a pen­ ny, and the company agrees to pay a <3estaiu sum in case of death within the twenty-four hours, or a certain sum weekly in case of injury. It is rather remarkable that there should not be a single insured persen on> that fated Dundee tram, but so the insurance companies assert. This brings np a suggeatipft of improvement in the man« ner of giving tickets for this purpose. There should be some method by which the friends of the deceased could find out whether or not he had been insured. Alma#i.every o$e on the train that went into the Tay might have been insured, Analysis of a piece of modern En­ glish calico: -Cotton, 53 per cent.; China clay, 26; starch, 12; fatty matter, 2 5; chloride of magnesium. 2; chloride of stinc, 1.5; chloride calcium, 0.&; moist­ ure, 2.5--100 percent. THE Czar of Russia keeps soul and body together with $25,000 & day; the Saltan of Turkey, with $18,000; the Emperor of Austria, with $10,000; the Emperor of Germany, with $8,200; the King of Italy, with £6,400; the Kiug of the Belgians, with $1,643, and Queen Victoria, with $5,000. THE public debt of France exceeds 26,000,000,000 of francs, on which 1,265.- 000,000 are paid annually as interest. Divided among 37,000,000 of French­ men, this debt, the most colossal in his­ tory, gives an average of 700. francs as principal for each inhabitant, and 34 francs interest per annum. THE population of Nebraska is now about 500,000. It produced of grain last year about 20,000,000 bushels, with an increase of live stock over any for­ mer year of over GO per cent. Omaha, its principal city, erected last year, in round numbers, 1,000 new buildings, and its business transactions reached the large sum of $200,000,000. ~ DURING the year 1879 the deaths in New Hampshire of persons who at­ tained the age of 90 j ears or over were 124, divided by sex into 45 men and 79 women. The ratio was 1 in about 2,566 of the population of the State. The average age of the men was 92 years 7 months and 16 days, and that of the women 93 years 5 months and 16 days. In the whole number tbe average age was 93 years 1 mouth and 20 days. THE following tabular statement will present a proximate idea of the growth of Ctristianity through till the ceutu- rics. The number ot believers at the close of each century was as follows: Century. About. Tenth. . 0 ,0* 0,000 Eievrntlt...... 7<U-0J,(M*I T* tit til H'.HHU IO fhir 6-enth.... 76.WXI.0 0 Fourteenth,... 80.000 000 f ift euth..,...110.0 0,0i 0 -ixteetiti 145.ti00.000 8ev« i*t«nth.. .K5.UOO.UO Eighteenth... .200.010 W-C THE Congregational Church was or­ ganized in 1620, and is now of 259 years' standing in America. The Bap­ tist Church was organized in 1632, and is now 240 years old in the United States. The Presbyterian Church was organized in 1706, and is now of 173 years" standing. The Roman Catholic Church was organized in 1633, and is now 246 years old in America. The Universalist Church was organized in 1785, and is now 94 years old. The first Free-will Baptist Church was or- gaW5gd^l780. > '•if. ^ "it" Tfe stood twirling his hat in his hand in the hallway. It was about time for the morning stars to begin their song together. ' W il/ and he moved one step nearer the door. * " Well," she replied, as she stepped to the door also. * Weil, I--I must be going. If--" " That's right, John, if," and she leaned her head on his shoulder. " If --you-- have--any--conundrums--to-- ask--ask--them-- now." He was measured for a new plug hat tnj o lud. fllftiiii on A Strang* It was Ute prayer of a duelist. It wm ultered in the bright sunshine of a love­ ly morning in May, as he had the death bearing weapon in his hand, and stood with his antagonist before him. The place did not appear like one where prayer would b© likely to be made; nor did the duelist, a young man of about 24 years of age, named Crawford, seem like a praying man, though he was dis­ tinguished by his manly air and gentle manners. But" things are not what they seem* Beneath a show of indifference many a man oarries "a wounded spirit;" and in this case the inner battle between pride and onscience was a kind of torture that no earthly physician could relieve. My friend, whom I am now describ­ ing as he appeared at the turning-point of his life coarse, was an only son. He was the heir of a large property in one of the Southern States, and had wit­ nessed, in his 14th year, the death of his mother--an excellent Christian woman. x He had grown np In his native home amid the excitements of fashionable life. It happened one night, after leaving the theater, while taking wine at a hotel, hia glass touched accidentally the glass of a military officer. This trivial act became the occasion of a harsh word, a quarrel and a chal­ lenge to mortal combat. Early on the morning of the set day the combatants, with their attendants, met at the appointed place. Crawford, naturally fearless, had already arranged his worldly affairs in view of the risks he incurred, and, clearly seeing its possi­ bilities, be had said, "lam ready." Just then his quickened memory called baok the last words he had heard from his mother's lips, "Meet me in heaven." 8he seemed at that moment a living presence. Suddenly every act of his dissipated, wasted life was remembered as clearly as the events of the pawing week--and conscience Ngaii its work. It charged him with being intentionally a murderer. Bat did he dare to oonfess the whole truth then and there? No; he was too proud for that. At the critical moment, Btrange to say, he whispered the secret prayer-- "O God, save us both from blood- guiltiness, and help me to change my way and meet my mother in heaven." Without the tremor of a nerve he discharged his pistol in the air, and was but slightly wounded by his an­ tagonist. Immediately the seconds inttrposed, reconciliation was effected, and thus the first part of the prayer was answered at once. In this young man's history "the darkest time of night was just before day," for the second petition was grant­ ed speedily. He had occasion to visit New York, where I first met him, in a gathering of relatives and friends, and there, too, 1 witnessed his public introduction to the church, his baptismal oath of loyalty to his rightful King, taken with an heroio spirit inspired by his new love. He bccame a good soldier, bold in winning recruits, and he would often say, "Despair of none. If my strange prayer was answered, who need fail | KAT10X&L llttKftU) tlW. A Qmnt on tke Objections of tha Bafl- mHMl-teMy lawyers. ' [From the Nebras » Leader.) * The world is waking at length to the foo&atroas iniquity perpetrated by the Railroad corporations upon the people. In Germany the Government is pur­ chasing the roan and equipments bod­ ily, and will operate them. This, of course, is impracticable here under our system. But the enormity of the wrongs which the people safTer has at length aroused discussion Reagan's <>ill is the entering wedge. H® proposes to regulate inter-State taommerce byfitfig oertain rules and regulations. This is the signal for the corporations to send forward their attorneys. The committee charged with the Reagan bill in the House is now the center of the fire of the corporations. The audacity of the attorneys of the railroads is something to be admired. They boldly defend the system of pooling as the beat that can be devised for the people. They say competition which is catting down rates is bad for the people. Bead the report and see that tibia is true. These skillful "manipulators of phrases" say that the world is too ig­ norant to attempt to legislate upon so delicate a subject. They say a commission should be ap­ pointed to gather statistics for a few years before anything should be at­ tempted in this, direction. Their impudeaee is, indeed, wonder­ ful. The business of the oountry is op­ pressed by their robberies. The agricultural community is re­ duced to penury snd the extremest hard times by the monstrous rates which these gigantic and remorseless robbers have fixed. If members of Congress have not heard these thing?, next election ought to send a new set fo Congress who have heard of them. Farmers, merchants and shippers do not need a commission to inform them of these intolerable grievances. The world gropes to find a eolation of the difficulty that will leave the roads in the hands of the private own--. There is no such solution. Ownership of the pnblio ways of the country is what envelops the question with difficulties. Make the track a free publio high­ way, and all the complexity of the case disappears. t iM dliiiiiiriti jM Ap matter in Con­ gress might De ioosed to for more light, if the people were represented there by some one who would defend their rights before the committee. The corporations are there. They have millions of money to hire counsel and to press with ringing elo­ quence their views upon the hesitating committee. On the other hand, the erode ideas of those who favor the Reagan bill, sup­ ported by the weak arguments of expe­ diency alone, can never be effective. The philosophy of the situation haa not yet diwned upon the advocates of regulating railroads. All such schemes must fail, from the complexity of their design. Laws to be effective must be simple. The more complicated the machinery by which legislation seeks to accom­ plish a given purpose, the less effective it will be. The simple, natarsl way to destroy this monstrous iniquity is to liberate the track. m Throw it open to all men, and no more necessity will exist for regulating tarifis than tnere is for regulating rateB between New York and Liverpool. Century. About. K «t.... .*...' 5<V,WH) Seoonl.. t,'.m!.UIhi Third.... 6,0(X),tM Fo»rth.. is,ecu,(.u. filth.... lSOtHl.OW Sixth.... SO WH' Seventh. 24 (It t),Ut l Eighth.. ..... lO.WKUM ( NiDb.... *».00(l,OOC Mlwjunrd Pwym. A correspondent of the National Baptist, diecussiug the Lord's Prayer, takes occasion to Fay: "Our Father whioii art in heaven "it the commence­ ment of the prayer, which is--I think (rroneously -- u&ually called 41 the Lord's P raj er." in Matthew, vir. 9, utd Lake, xi. 1, we read that the Bavier taught his dis­ ciples at their request to M pray in this manner.*' not always repeating those words, but indicating the proper ob­ jects or subjects of prayer. They tcach how created intelligence may suppli­ cate the Almighty. This may be called the model prayer, showing how man may pray as taught by the Son of Man Himself. The Lord prayed for Himself on va­ rious occasions. The special Lord's Prayer is recorded in John, xvii., and may be read to advantage by all. Portions of it, not all, may be used by us; but it is mainly His own, and Hia alone. It may be well to read the many prayers recorded in both the Old and New Testaments. They will instruct as to the best methods and y coper supplications. They should prevent " vain repetitions" and guide our aspirations.. The true^ Lord's Prayer" is in John, and is not all adapted to our wants. Tbe model prayer, in Matthew and in Luke, is all ours, capable of much en­ largement, adapted to our varied wants and necessities, and is " authorized," not by any human authority, but by the only Mediator and Great Intercessor between God and man for universal humanity. • A 6«ed Horse. " Wind," says an old horseman, "is the grand secret of a good horse." Good lungs will cover a multitude of faults, wh le, on tbe other hand, perfection of shape and form are useless when the wind is out. The cheat, therefore, in ail ca-es, bhould be large and capacious. It may vary somewhat in shape, accord­ ing to the service to which the horse is pat. If he is apt to be kept for alow work and heavy drawing the chest may - Here Enigmas by tbe Way. " I wish," the cross passenger said, there oould be a law passed prohibiting the use of blinding initials and delusive terms by railway corporations. Look at this now; I read my ticket and it puz­ zles me; I ges) out of the window and the inscriptions on the box-cars mystify me. Why do they paint things on their cars to distract the minds of travelers? See that car; *C. T. N. Y. Series A.' What do I know about it? What is the--* " That's the 'Oar Trust Company of New York,'" said the brakeman. "And tLea what is 'A.M. C. T.'on the next oar?" demanded the cross passen­ ger, but the brakeman was gone. "And what is a cor trust company?" asked the passenger with the sandy goatee, adding that he'd like to find some good trust company that would trust him for a new ulster and a seal­ skin cap. " There you go again," the cross pass­ enger replied. " What do 1 know about it? And see there; what is the 'E. & P.' dispatch? And great guns!" he added, with sudden enthusiasm, as we swept past a snow-white car, " look at that white car, white as a snow drift, with 'Great Central Special Blue Line' painted on it? Blue line? And here; let me out; I want to walk; see on that boxcar,' Weight,21,275; Hoist.' Hoist? By George, do you mean to tell me that any corporation has the soulless cheek to ask any man to hoist a car that weighs ten tons? The biggest man in America couldn't lift one end of it. I'd like to hoist the man who paint­ ed that on the ou'--Burdette, in the Hfiwk-JEye. of Om > f.ate Stephen A. dontiaa S|M*afcs. Stephen A. Douglas, Jr., a son of the Little Giant, whom the son greatly re­ sembles, has been lecturing recently in Cental and Southern Illinois, the fol­ lowing being an extract from Ms speech, as made before a large audience in Mattoon, and reported in the Journal of that city: "I am a stalwart Republican. Nat­ urally enough, I could be expected to feel a warm affinity for the Democratic party. Every association of my boy­ hood, and every atom of respect for my father made it so. After the war, I went to North Carolina to settle the eatate of my mother, which did not re­ quire much work, for, between the ravages of the war and the bankrupt courts, little was left. When I went there I was prejudiced in favor of the Democracy, and considered myself a most enthusiastic and loyal Demo­ crat. On the principles of that oil Srty, I believed, rested the true foun-tion of our Government, and in the party that had always advocated them I expected to see them perpetuated. As time wore on and I made the ac­ quaintance of Democracy as interpreted in the South, I wondered how the word came to be so effectually lost. li was the courts© of those who misrepre­ sented themselves as Democrats that converted and made me a Republican. I still olaim to adhere to the three great principles on which my father based his political creed: These are: First, loy­ alty to the country; second, hard money, and, third, the sovereignty o$ the people. The idea cf this ihir# principle is that the majority shallf rule. This is disregarded in the South," and therein is a cardinal principle of my father's Democracy constantly being wt ftsido "At least 40,000 fraudulent votes were counted against us in North Carolina. Before the election, Jim Vance, the Democratic candidate for Governor, ad­ mitted that if Judge Settle, his oppo­ nent, received 98,000 votes in the State, which was the figure claimed for him by his Republican supporters, he (Vance) was defeated. The republican vcte was 110,900, and the Democrats made theirs 123,369. I would be will-1 ing to swear that in my own county 600 | more votes were returned than there were voters in the county. I knew the people of the county thoroughly, and canvassed it several times myself, and knew exactly what the las fill vote ought to be. They turned out the grave­ yards and had them all back again be­ fore the polls olosed. " The people of North Carolina, and in fact most of the Southern States, are purely local in their politics. They will often take mach more interest in the ohoice of a oonstable than Presi­ dent. In that campaign the interest oentered in the oontesi for Governor. Little, core paraiively, ^as said about the President, because the people did sot take so much interest in that branch of the contest. Yet the Democrats contrived to put Tilden's vote several thousand ahead of their candidate for Governor, which every man in the State knows must have been by fraud." Speaking of the candidates for Pres­ ident, Mr^Donglaa said: "Tbe iJipU of the South wsufc Grant. .Theywave confidence in him. Tiiey believe he will furnish the protection that the Republicans need. They do not say just how they expect him to regulate tilings, but they think he can, and will do it Blaine's opposition to the" Force bill" injures him with the Republicans, and, while they admire him for his bold utterances and gallant course, yet they want Grant. Giant is their man. Every Southern mm who has a difficulty with another and gets worsted has a respect for his successful opponent. 'Chat is the case with the feeling for Grant. He never does or says anything that any­ body can make a han ile of, and seems always to do just the right thing with­ out any parade or ostentation. Just take that Dennis Kearney. Everybody stood back in amazement at the bold­ ness of the demagogue and Communist, and actually felt apprehensive that he would lead the laboring people of the country to do some dreadful thing. But, when Grant reached San Francisco and Kearney sent up his card, Grant quietly sent it back with instructions to fay, ' that if Kearney represented a political party he did not wish to see him. If he was simply one of the people he could attend the pub­ lic reception.' That settled Kearney. He has been steadily gliding into ob­ scurity ever since that time. Grant never flops. The South believes he can be trusted, and will stick to him." fssr of molestation, moral or physical, on ac­ count of^hia political faith, nationality, or the Hoossty fo election* Hw paople having ne aad patziottam to ftofrsm OwisMlYea, liue of ft. virtue ana punoasm io friTBin immimii in. our Goremineot mbs: depend for ite aUbilitj upon honest elections Until a sua is consid­ ered infamoos who oast* an illegal vole our Government will not be aeft, snd whoever de­ prives a citizen of bis rigbt to vote, or of tbe legal effect of his rote, iaa traitor to oar Gov­ ernment 7. An honest csnnt of all the rotes legally oaet, and an boneet return of whoever is elected, free from all attempts to defraud the people of their choice through technicalities or bv any arbitrary t ejection of their votes. Sixth--We extend to tne Hopublicans of Maine our congratulations over the peaceful and auccessfnl reei-tance to an effort to de­ fraud tbe people of that State of their right to choose their own representatives, and to at­ tempt to steal the Government of that State. Our repuW can form of government will be a signal failure whan any political party cau succeed in defying the public will as shown by the people at the ballot-box. Seventh --We deeply regret the groaiog tend­ ency to throw elections aeide on mere techni- calitias and infoima i'ieit. The right of the people to eh.>086 thur pnb'.ij servants is too sacred to be rabrerted tipon "any pretext that the returna of the ©lection are deficient la some trivial mattern of form. Eighth--We tbank our Senators and Repre­ sentative < at Washington in the hwt Cjngreea and in this for their Arm adhesion to the Repub­ lican principles and policy, and for their oppo­ sition to tbe Democratic scheme* to renew the obsolete doctrine of State rights, ard to cripple the Government by withholding the r eeded ap- proptiarfons in order to coerce legislation re- pea ing ail national law* that protect the pu­ rity orfibe ballot-box. ZltmofvtvL That the Chairman of the Republi­ can State Committee is hereby instructed and required to carefully examine whether anv per­ son to-day pissed on the electoral ticket is le- g&liy disqualified from any cause fr ore. sarviug m an elector, nn<lk in cam any such 1«£*1 dis­ ability be found, t£»e State Committee shall sub­ stitute another cams from the same Cofigree- siona! district Resolutions indorsing the aduintefaraHou of Gov. Hoyi and providing for tbe selsottoa of a State Central Committee were also contained in the Platform and adopted with t. After appointing a Shito Committee, thssob- rentirn adionrned sine di& WoS* «V the Barry sriBriau we» tr prog*e«fap».; % la to have a soldi*®* Rest. II is work, work, work with v% nntil verily it is a wonder that th© dullness whioh was predicted for the figurative "Jack," if he labored ceaselessly and never played, has not swamped the na­ tion in imbecility. A. certain eminent physician maintains that rest and activ­ ity might be aptly compared to two sentine ls, having between them the duty to perform of guarding a oamp or fort­ ress. They must take their charge in turns--when tha one goes off the other comes on. Were activity to re­ main too long on duty the heart would flutter and fail, the brain would reel, and the sentinel drop dead of fatigue; on the other hand, rest might remain long enough on guard to fall asleep. Thus, even rest may be over-done, and oonduce to sloth, ennui, and atony of the brain. And yet how many of the hundreds of thousands in this great city who possess such vital camps or fortresses think it necessary to look out for the welfare of their sentinels ? For­ eigners regard us with awe and wonder; they say that the rush and bustle of this new world sets them wild. A European rests when it is necessary; an A merican works when it is unneces­ sary. There may have been some ex­ cuse for this tension of exertion while the country was yet au .unreclaimed wilderness, and the inroads of nature and savages had to be considered; but now that the nation is upon ite feet and, to use a vulgarism, almost • runs itself," this stress of effort is as absurd at it is disastrous. We do not for a mo­ ment doubt that Young America will ooincide with us upon the question of prejudice ® and persoin of remote nativity with * whom we have to battle. Customs which are destined to affect communi­ ties and influence established usages must be introduced by the elders. Yet a man who has worked all his life and retires to the discussion of rest and an enjoyment such as an ancient horse may experience when, halt and blind, he is turned into a blasted pasture, will say that what his generation lived through will not prove too sever© for succeeding generations. Possibly he may admit, if he be of a liberal turn of mind, that years ago, before he lost'his strength and spirit, he might have re­ cruited himself; but it is now too late. It is never too late to rest judiciously; vitality is a crescent force unto tha y^ra end.--Brentano's Monthly. . Over the Virginia Hattle-FhsWs. We sped, all too rapidly for me, through a deeply interesting country. We were traveling a hundred miles of moet mo­ mentous history. Ftorn Washington we crossed the Long bridge into the State of Virginia, and ran down seven miles in a parallel ooursa with the Potomac to the city of Alexandria. Thence to Quan- tico, where the train took the track of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po­ tomac railroad, and entered a broken and desolate-looking region, famous to all time a9 "The Wilderness," whioh was the scene of some of the most ter- lible battles fought in 1863 and 1864. Eveii tmdesmaids will soon be among the things that were. Every lady in every land will be interested to know that a striking innovation in the wed­ ding ceremonial has been introduced in Paris, which will probably in this, as in other things, set the fashion to the po- litl world. Boys, beautiful as Raphael's cherubs, are tubsci toted for brides­ maids. As they are dressed in red or blue velvet and satin, with silk stock­ ings and gold shoe-buckles, they add to the dramatic effect of the """ Pennsylvania Republican Platform. The following resolutions were adopt­ ed by the Republicans of Pennsylvania, at their recent State Convention: Itexotonl, First--That, rejoic'ng over the (toady growth of national prospeiity which be­ gan in 1*70 with the change of the balance in our lavor, and our successful resumption and main'enanco of specie pavimnt*, we may reasonably claim the linaucial soundness and prosperity of the country i s the natural result of the financial policy we, as a party, hive sus­ tained. Second--The resumption of specie payments having been accomplished at t> e time appoint­ ed by law, j nd the flnancejof the country being in a thoroughly healthy condition, we regard it eg unwise to engage in any alt-nip's at financial legislation. Tbe conntry is prosperous under cur financial system as it is, and we know of no good reason why that tyatem should now be diftnrhed. Ttii'd--The pe rsis eat efforts of the free-trad­ ers to dostroy our tariff i-iecemeal by legisla­ tion to repeal the duties on speoial articles ad­ monishes us of the necestity of adhering more strongly than ever to the tariff policy of the raat twenty years, which has Luilt up our grand svstem" of manufactures, fostered tbe revenues of the Government and promote i our national prosperity. The business of the country will not bea'r this tinker ng on the tariff, and, if any revision of that tariff is to ba made at all, it should ba done through a commission of capable men after a patifnt and thorough hearing of all parties to the interes's involved. Fourth--We object most deculet'ly to all at­ tempts to enact a new t< riff through the agency of commercial treaties. A treaty framed, ne­ gotiated, discussed and ratified in secret is not a proper method of regula'ing the revenues of th* Government Fifth--In view of recent events in Cjngrees and in the Southern State?, and latterly in the State or Maine, we deem tUH a fitting oppor­ tunity to reaffirm our adherence to tha follow­ ing prinsiplet". viz : . 1. The Union of the States with equal r ghts, indestiuc ible by any unconstitutional means. 2. Prote ;iion to the person, liberty ana prop^ erty of citizens of the United State a in eacsi and evet v portion of our common country, wherever he may chooss to move, demanding of him only obedience to the Jaws and proper respect lor the rights of other*. ... 3. Btiiet in'egrity in fulfilling all our obliga­ tes, State and national. 4. The perfect security of free thought, free speech and free prew, and of equal rights and privileges to sll men everywhere, irrespective of nationality, color or religion. 5. A frea and pure ballot* thoroughly pro- tanftitl ao that every man entitled to cast a vote maydoso justocc9 at eaah elMtkn without Twenty-one miles beyond Quantico we halted at the quaint-looking old town of Fredericksburg, on the south bank of the Rappahannock, and near whioh was fought a bloody engagement, in which the Federal General, Buruside, was de­ feated by the Confederate commander, Robert Lee. The graveyard of the gallant dead who fell in that strife is ful ly visible from the cars. Eleven miles west of Fredericksburg the battle of Chancellorsville was fought. There " Stonewall" Jackson was mortally wounded. He died at a little hamlet called " Guiney's," and his last words were: " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." Leaving Fredericksburg we came to Hanover Junction, where, in May, 1864, another doughty battle was fought be­ tween Gen. Grant and Gen. Lee. A very cock-pit, tMs country--a tilt-yard of heroes. The trees are very young and slim, and grass grows very richly hereabouts; but the land, they tell me, the desolate " Wilderness " always ex­ cepted, is beginning to smiie again, and tiii« last harvest time was teeming with grain and tobacco. May it teem throrgb unnumbered harvests I The old State of Virginia has surely seen enough of tbe dreadful realities of tlie war, and to spare.--Cor. London graph. Mixed. Artemus Ward was in Louisville just at the close of the war, and one day at the Louisville Hot3l was introduced to a loud tal ing Confederate Colonel. "Let's see, Colonel," said Ward, as they shook hands, "what Michigan regiment did you command?' "Michigan! cried the Colonel, fairly dancing with rage; " I was on the other side!" "Beg par­ don," said Ward, looking annoyed him­ self; "but I have got thm war all up, somehow." .. at Daft! park. <**• Mas. Ab. Sal ye, of Pekin, has given birth to twins. The father of the babe* is 66 5 taw oM Puxi Ittfre bmM adopted for a nafrr couaty hMue at Juliet. The ctfst Will be aboftti&tfXMk Thk-Joliet hosiery factory principally on oottoa yam J .m Bouth Carolina. Thus* children of am family died in one night recently of diphtheria, at- Lisbon, Kendall ooonty. A Taxkwxu. oounty paper publish** the name* of «igh<gr-nrar "gentlemen* who would b*)iMr to look with fawir upon leap-year "projpoaals." WESTKUCAJTis getting ready to atep* T his Pekin diatellery again. It is a Boston capitalist furnishes the and Westerman furnishes the enee. Says the Watskegan Gasett*; "Bis- fore another twelve months we of Waa- kegan will be able to boaat thai we live in a State as well as in adty aadeoaa^r entirely out off dftbt." Tokica, Ti&SaUe mranty, olaimsto he the healthiest tova ha the oonaftfy. Within a radius of five miieR thse«ase eaid to be fiffcy-ftva over 70 yean of «f% ten of them being over 80. ^ George Gbossm4F, who lives a few miles south of Belleville, while digging, a well, came upon the trunk of a tree in a perfect state of preservation aeveaftj feet below the surface, Tnu have been five deaths, attMfe October last^ in one family living near Auburn, Sanpamon county < the mother end four children--and only tha father and two children remain. j - The Illinois Ancient Qfder of United Workmen h$ye elected the following officers: Morris,G. M.' V.; E. McDowell* Ik ¥. ; J. O. Bdfeio, Over- seer; C. BtfWilson, a. G.; I. M. Me* Carteney, Q. Reoet*er; H. H.' Pafisr, G. Reocadai. . Ths w«|pm of ihe Southern Peniten­ tiary, at Qigster, reports to &ae CSyfp* ernoras wows. i Convicts oa hSaS Jit, Received duftns the moot*...{-a* * Total ..t.. .v.. r:5? Dischtrffd daring th« ponth ,...., IS On hand Feb. 1..^.. SSI Tbe Governor has reoeived lie resign nation of Judge John Mi WttBon aa a Justice of the Peeee of the ton ef North Chicago, to take effect when his successor is appointed and qualified. The Governor wul appoint Ids succes­ sor on the recomme ndatioc of the Chi­ cago Judges. State Sehatob Geoboe Htntr, of Paris, Edgar eoonty, entered the marriage relation with Jones, danghter of ihc Hoe. J. A. Clerk of the United States Circuit Court, at Springfield, the other day. Bishop Sejm-rar officiated, and many notable guests were present. Mm. Peter Myebs, one of fheoldtet business men of Raatool, hes lust passed from earth. He •wet iwiyilled to abandon his bnsinees (grsie dseling) Lart ̂ trom general decline He Myete' paign jjounfy, and twee an honorable record. The yield and valne of the potato crop in this State during the pal year, as given by the State Board of Agri- | culture, are as follows; Atiieage, 90,- i 351; average yield per aore,7$ bushels; total crop, 7,125,933 bushels; yalue. $3,606,788. In 1875 the yield amount­ ed to 15,200,000 bushels; ii 1876, 450,000; in 1877, 6,790,849; in 1878, 6,696,000. From the crop report of the AgiiotU* I ural Board we learn that the numb r of hogs assessed for taxation in 1679i wag 2,799,051, and that \ cent, of these were gent to market. ;'f number of hogs marketed west,93 4,194 i grogs weight marketed, 50^165^16; value of product marketed, #16,640.- > 061. The totals of the crop for the two preceding years are as follows : Jfumitr rear 'ifi mar&etmt. : Fblm. 1878.... »*...••!. Dr. F. Daum, a German. physician, was fatally injured mie evening1 last week, at Alton, while oat drivings by his horse taking fright and running: away. His head struck the cofhstone with great violence, causing a fracture of the skull. He lingered* few hours " and then died. Dr. Datim was bora in Darmstadt, Germany, Ang. 4,1880, hia father being a Colonel in the regohur army. Deceased attended the univer­ sity at Baden Baden, and graduated as a physician at Leipsic. He was a s*r- geon ia tbe Austrian army in 1859, and was wounded at the battle of Solferino. He came to this country in 1864, having first served in the hospitals at Paris. He loeated in Alton in 187T. ^ The Stupid Bey. yJiV......^ Never set a boy down for a stupid because he does not make a figure at school. Many of the most celebrated men who have ever lived have been set down by some conventional pedagogue as donkeys. On© of the greetest a»~ tronomera of the age was restored to hi* father by the village schoolmaster with th<89 encouraging words: " There'* no use paying good money for hia educa­ tion, All he wants to do is to lie on the grass on his b*ck and stare at the skj* I'm afraid his mind is wrong.** Scientific men have often been flogged for falling into brown studies over thetr books, and many an artist of th* future has come to present for drawing all over his copybook' snrreptitionsly painting tike psotelC* off" his geography. Your genius, nnl-- musical, seldom proves himnlf <*»tjj his childhood, and your i _ sufficient piece of precocity, who all the medals, and is the ahowi' k 'M Mi Philadelphia is the largest manufacturing city in the world. The bulk of its manufacturing oonsists of oarpetft. ^ a,, ... ^ ,i!§ ne editot of of his school, often ends bar *fe talent for anything beyonin; Sir Walter Boot*' child, and it wi his credit thai h* WtfcJpMjjl' trash" as UUada, and mm le**B I by heart at any thn% Thai really worries yon wr being ao mi unlike las bright WotMi*, asm fie very one who soil make yon mobh! < happy acme year*- heeee. Take 4 for your oomfort. o( fteetlaniL wmait iwt eoni n Monopoly as th*