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r*?' 1 f #«F|p'~ / • ;?C",;f-:t,S*'WW *#? f^?r^n **** v••*? vv«-«* ^'VW^K vyi.*®#***?'**.-BgP *T ^ * -"-v. - / % ^ ' ** '&• • • . > >. f% y"\ * :„.» v •,*^' /;• y ' >/*-* t* v «'/ ..>v *„ • - ^jp . .. -v- •/•• ••*' - -t r / - * :•>';*•; - ,, *: ,-.' "ISTi • - i J: I. VAN SLYKE. Editor tad Publish*. "McHENRY, ILLINOIS. %pf^5®' •IS' f|HBViiLT VKISICUI. chilled. Nor should it come just before * meal, for the longings of an impor- j tuned system conduce to anxiety and ir­ ritability, and the shook maj prove hazardous. It would be lietter to 'select j the evening, and invite lur to some en­ tertainment which you know she wants to attend, and then propose to her Just as she is ready to start. This will be greatly to your advantage, for she will easily see that a rejection will upset an evening's entertainment.--Oregon pa­ lter. - * ' <hr CHTT,RJ>A ms. --For the cure of a chil- Iblara once farmed, hundreds of rem­ edies are from time to time recommend­ ed. A mixture of the compound tinct- , ure of iodine and liquor ammonia, equal j *"e Foolish Hen--A Fable, parts, painted over the inflamed parts 1 Mm. Brown Hen wfts known through' twice a day, is probably as good as any. j out her neighborhood as a modest, hard- Glvcerine or lime liniment eases the scratching, patient biddy. She never itching, and some may find relief from ! complained of the cold or found fault bathing the chilblain in a strong solu- i with the heat, and no one ever heard tion of alum; an ounce of the powder • her express an envious wish. Great, was -dissolved in a pint of soft water. j the surprise, therefore, when she ap- CAJUS OF INFANTS.--The first two years ; peared among the barnyard fowls one •ot life is the period of infancy ; and it ! ̂®,n<* began: is also the period of greatest mortality. " .m tired of being a hen. It is The things moat essential to the infant j notl,"1» ""t scratch for worms and lay are pure air, appropriate and seasonable j family. a peacock pass clothing and proper food. Hence, the } bJ fnd,a11 I)raif,e it, but what member •room occupied by the infant should be 1 ?f the fam"y ever had a word of praise well ventilated and kept at an equable ! for ? goulg to **> a peacock." temperature. Its bed should be an ot- j T*M« cannot be," replied a vet- dinary haw mattress, with cotton sheets i e™1? old rooster, as he shook the dust and woolen blankets. It* clothing should °,ff hl8 b*°k° "You lack in size and be carefully adapted to the changing ! 8"®Pe« Nature intended you for a hen, seasons, to protect it from extremes of, j ft , 5? n ^en J0'1 are a success." heat wad cold. It should wear a soft . ' n, Cftn dress^like a peacooky flannel wrapper next the skin, thin in ; 8LS t'ie ^en- " SELLING A DAUGHTER* BODY. A >tpniTcd Wrttvk la CtoHtaad Mak •b Baacktct** Rwlr IN* Ik* MM* MMl Mb it to R». A highly respected physician is au­ thority for the following story of almost unbelievable depravity: An old man in j this city depends for support upon the ; work of his daughter--his only child. He was not worthy of that support, for he was a slave to that most hideous of harsh masters--the whisky bottje. He JOKES FRO* HARFOL upon her knee, before the company ar­ rived, and said to her : " Now look here, my little pet: Mr. A uttme girl reproached with disobe- S will be here this evening, and I dienoe tod breaking the enmTnnr>dmA|>y ̂ want yon to promise me that you will said, " Mamma, those nwnmm^nn>nfa not soy anything h.1 >out his nose--that i break awful easy." you will neither a«k any question norj A TOW days after going to a wake, !U,.y remark. ( Bridget asked her mistress few her The child promised, and then went I, money. "Are you going to leave?" away to help the cook sample the sweet- I " Yes, ma'am ; I'm going to marry the meats. j corpse's husband. He told me I was Evening came, and with it eame Mr. I the life of the wake." S . Naturally enough Miss Tot | * „ t . . _ •uule „„ ffforteto ^ V when she had appai-ently satisfied her­ self, she sought her mother. "Mamvia!"--loud enough for all in for himself, although able of limb and sound of mind, but was an almost con­ stant dweller at whisky shops and loaf- | ing corners. His daughter went out to j sew, and her father compelled her, every' the room to hear- -"hop 'oo tell me not i day, to give him a quarter to buy liquor, j to a^k'oo anything about Mr. 8 -'s | With that money he always went out • n<»se lor ? lie haunt- dot any /" j evenings to blow his coin, his health, and f ^ j his brains into whisky jugs, leaving his i child, tired and tearful, in a frequently A. Might IatfspMltkNU ! cold and dark house. By her toil she getting along. " Oh, he's certainly get­ ting better," was the reply, " for he told me yesterday that he had entirely aban» doned the idea of becoming a preacher." AFTER listening to the various ills to which people were exposed, bronchitis in Florida, yellow fever in New Orleans, lightning in the pine lands--the laziest five rays, and the various other grades of the " Legion of Honor," established by Napoleon in 1802, are the only visi­ ble honors with which France rewards her illustrious sons. Any citizen can •btain them ; none can bequeath them. In the last days of the Second Empire the Legion numbered 60,000. Within a few months of the proclamation of the third Republic the National Assembly imposed restrictions on the creation of new members. By the principal clause i it was enacted that only one member i shonld be created for every two vacan- i cies. Not to Be Coerced. Catting early one hot morning in ike summer of 1859 at the residence of Stephen A. Douglas, in Washington, I found him earnestly engaged in conver­ sation with a Northern Senator, a sup- of jjagga fulfil of buildmg a IHfilf Sifflersi* mtwntpolt MB. AND MRS, DAVID SMSTTUIIDLFIII, of Decatur, celebrated their mid*! trad- ding lately. * A NINETY-ACKK farm |ast south of WT- oming, was sold the other day at per acre. , JAMES A. Wasos, of De WLTT ̂receiit> ly sold 110 head of cattle, realishurfroai them $9,000. ' ̂ THE expenses OF the Chicago PabUe Library for the ensuing year are (dL mated at about $50,000. TUB C. B. .Tames farm of 430'acrwL lying west of Miuonk. was lately sold tale §17,000, or nearly $50 per acre. HORSE-DEALERS are buying sip horms in De Witt county until farmers ha** secured a sewing macliing, and did her ; endyke, as his wife arranged the cool BAuinrr nf linma UIIA in 1 1 ' t. S _ •» . _ of the group, pushing back his hat, re- R?1*?5r ^mini8t™tion of James ̂ hardly enough left to do their work. That's tetter," groined Mr. -Spoop-1 ̂̂ ****** <Jan«eroU8 j c '̂STvote in f&Zr ofa'caSfte ter ! ̂ o. R?asEI7*®« Principal of summer, heavier in winter. H, during infancy, a flannel band is also worn around the middle of the body to pro­ tect the bowels, and woolen stockings long enough to cover the knees, they will secure almost entire exemption from Attacks of colic and diarrhea. CHAPPED HANDS.--As both a precau­ tion and cure for chapped hands we have used the following with benefit. Wash the hands, and the face also if it is inclined to chap, with borax water, and afterward rub with an ointment made by melting mutton tallow (or suet), and then gradually adding an •equal quantity of glycerine, stirring the two together until cool. For the hands, this mixture can be best applied at night, using it freely, and wanning it in by the fire, after which an old pair of gloves can be put on to keep the bed­ clothes from being soiled, and also the skin of the hands softer. An excel­ lent glycerine ointment for chapped hands is made by melting with a gentle heat, two ounces of sweet oil of almonds, half an ounce of spermaceti, and one drachm of white wax. When melted, remove from the stove, and add gradu­ ally one ounce of glycerine, and stir until the mixture is cold. The oint­ ment con be scented with any perfume to suit the fancy. Keep in wide-necked bottles. COLDS.--A cold in the head, says Halt* Journal of Health, can usually "be cured in a few hours, if, as soon as discovered, the jwrson will sniff the fumes of ammonia, or spirits of camphor every few minutes as strong as they can be borne. When a severe cold attacks the throat and lungs, there is no safety in neglecting it for an hour, for there is more or WSB iulhunmaiion of the luags, which interferes with their action, ren­ dering them liable at any momeet to take on serious, and, possibly, mtooh- liieTCuW'- /lisease. Go home and remain per- " I'm sick and tired of these brown colors. I see no reason ! why I shouldn't dress as well as any other fowl." 1 Arguments Mid1 reasons were of no | avail, and Mrs. Brown Hen walked away j to carry out her programme. In an i hour she appeared among the. peacocks | with a red ribbon around her neck, a gay , feather over her ear and a red woolen rag ; tied around her leg. She strutted i about and tried to make herself at j home, but one of the peaoocks' stepped j forward and eaid : "You are simply deceiving yourself. ; We all know you for a hen. While you | were acting the part of a hen we all re- : spected you. Now that you are crowd- j ing in where you don't belong, aud j where neither nature nor education have ' fitted you, ybu deserve only contempt." The hen persisted in trying to be a 1 peacock, and as she strutted around in ; her borrowed finery the cook observed : her and said : "No hen with her means could have ; come by those things honestly. She ; Was the best hen in the coop as long as ; she remained in her place, but now that ; she is out of it she will be gossiped ' about and made miserable, and I will , therefore wring her neck and eat her." sewing at home. She did everything in her power to draw her father out from the folds of the monster that with a thousand arms was dragging him down. The neighlxirs reasoned with him and scolded him, but to no avail. He regu­ larly slept in a gutter or crawled home ; from some saloon in the morning, to bear | to his poor girl the sight of "the old man j drank again." I smell to be a government hospital. I'm One day when all the streets of Cleve- I down sick, I tell ye, and I don't want land were covered with ice, the daugli- ; any fooling about it." ter slipped and fell near the public j -- square. She was picked up badly in-1 , , „ : an important office, whose nomination ; •, , . ~ pillows under his head; " now I can die j WILLIAM R. TRAVERS, a noted Now j wg8 to {>,> sent to the Senate on that day. ' brutally assaulting a student. looking out upon the trees and sky." i stammering wit, was at. his club | At this time Mr. Douglas, by his re- ! A YEARLING colt was sold in Bk " Oh ! you won't die," said Mrs Spoop-1 ?ue ,nif . » w Lawrence .Terome, turn- j fQggj to support the *• Lecompton Con- | ington the other day for $750, the high* endyke, cheerfully. "You're only a| T --L Look êr<\ Travers, stitution" for the Government of the j est price ever paid for high-bred trofc. F. S. BOSSETTCR, Principal of the High School at Toulon, has been arrest- snarled you talk, one would think you had only to be fitted up with little l>eds and a baa 'Well, well," cooed Mrs. Spoopen- ONE night Uncle Harvey, keeper of a poor-house down in Maine, was awak­ ened by the groans of one of the old men. " What is the matter ? " he asked. "I'm dying, Uncle Harvey," said the old. man. " I'm dyiug ; go and get me had incurred the enmity of Mr. Bu­ chanan and his Cabinet advisers. From them he had, according to hia own state- stock in that city. FIRE in the confe mentof Beed A Burton, inQomoy, aged that and adjaoent buildings to tiw amount of $25,000. NornTrasTASBiso the ticket TO, the dyke, " don't excite yourself. Keep: a doughnut; 1 must have puthin' to pass quiet and you'll get well." | away the time." Much you'd care," muttered Mr.1 TRAVERS was one day bidding at the Spoopendyke, turning on his side and Stock Exchange when Mr. H. G. Steb- restiug his cheek on his hand, an atti-' bins claimed that he was entitled to the tude generally assumed by martyred spirits upon the approach of dissolution. " Will you take your drops again. A Remedy for Diphtheria. The following letter from a physician in Washington contains a prescription which he says he has tried for diph­ theria, and found never to fail. It may prove useful to parents who have no physician within immediate call, and is worth the trial of the medical class: From the reports of the bulletin of the Na­ tional Board of Health, aud from what the daily pap rs say, I should think that your read­ ers needed a knowledge of some preventive against the spread of diphtheria, which I Mend you. I have used it for over four yearn, with uniform euccens, no case where it was used ever contracting the disease, no matter what the ooinmnnieation and contagion may have •aura. ... - been. I believe that it triU prevent the spr-oad J J V'* - J».watm foot I of th» disease, except vttuw there i* sum.) very bath, and at bed time take tnreecu ,MU jilKlsot local poison; on then it wiU modify liver pills. These will stimulate the 1'ten the intomitaof thepoinon. If BUC- liver to healthy action, and promptly i jured, and carrird to one of the hospitals. ; Her fall was too much for her frail sys- I tern, Wakened and run down by unceas­ ing toil, poor food, cheerless days, and ; nights of sorrow. For several days she ; tossed in fever, and, although kindly ! cared for, she finally died. The father missed her daily pittance for his rum, ' and pawned the sewing machine to buy j ^mA |or them. j more liquor. The poor, dead girl was; ..No 1 TWre nasty. I ! bniied quietly, no one going to the; haven't had anything but drops for a j paupers graveyard except the under-; week. From the way you administer I takers and the father. The ladies who j - lived neighbors to the girl made a beauti- i ful wreath to put upon the wffln, and j I gave it to the father to be placed there in ! j the grave. That wreath he sold for j, | liquor. At night, when the rum cravings j i came on strongest, the old man secured 1 j a horse and wagon, drove to the grave j j where his dead daughter was buried, j I dug up the earth, tore the emaciated 1 _ ^ ^ i body from its resting place, and conveyed j citron ?^' | it away to the storage room of a medical i college. He sold it there for a miserable ! , - | pittance--a few dollars--with which he j ; again went to kneel down before the j ^ ««oh t v«« You'd gr,t it I h«vi» ha frightful idol to whom he had offered up ! , ,, •ftn ' t want in n. mil fanna ! St.,, h„P1,i„T, home, hi, „my *41 and his own soul. Humanity so sunk is happily seldom seen. ( With the price of his faithful daugh-1 ter's. body that mau, the physician says, is even now debauching himself. lieve the lung trouble; but it renders j the system sensitive to renewed attacks, and, therefore, the greatest care should t be observed for several days not to take ! Jre^li colds. Ordinarily, no other treat- j ment is necessary; but, should the cough ! continue, have your druggist make the ! following mixture, and take one or two : teaspoonfnls every hour till cured : | Glycorine, four ounces; whisky, four ounces; morphine, one grain. Sore throat con be promptly relieved by ap­ plying a mustard plaster, or " mustard leaves," on the front of the neck, over i the , sore spot. In addition the throat ana mouth may be frequently gargled with the following mixture: A tea- >po gh 'iSk®1 0MS&1, wui J partirnlara: Snb-snlph. of iron 1 di •a chin. Water, 6 ouucfla, or l^ gUls, Sugar, to smt the taste. % ^ Mixed. • The dose varies with the ago and lence of the contagion. For a child from one to five years, one-fourth of a teaKpoonfnl in water, from one to six times oncli day ; from five to fifteen, half teaspoonful from one to six times each day; from fifteen upward, one tcaspoonful from one to six times a da v. | Light on Mooted Questions of the War. I I had long desired to know the exact ! truth from the fountain of Southern ; knowledge on the subject, in regard to • several important events of the war, and ! was agreeably surprised at the freedom I with which Mr. Davis met my inquiries. ; Why Beauregard was ordered to fire 1 upon Anderson in Fort Sulnter after ; liis surrender was inevitable at a speci- ! fied time without assaulting the flag, hatt ! never beet entirely understood. It was the act of madness, as it made division dear asked Mrs. Spoopendyke, "It's Travers, " Itut ev-ever-ry body r-r-rouud knows that I be-be-began first." He got the stock. AN old gentleman who detested smok- i ii,r • ... i i°g saw that Scrubbs, after the train had drops one would think you was the trap- started, had taken out his pine. " You door or» hanging machine. Gimme; tousVt 8moke here>» at on£ Wd the old •!«»* T,11 gentleman. "I know that," replied Wand oi* Scrubbs. He then calmly filled his gowid get you some, said Mrs. Spoop- pipe, .<Did j not ^ ̂ the , , r r . . " { f M J L I J -- i , i i „ ; ° - 8 - k ^ 1 1 . " t h a t y o u o a n ' t s m o k e ,,v , ' . ^ ^ here?" "I know that," gl<N>milv re-You onlv want an excuse to leave rfe to plu,d takin 0,;t hfs fusee' ^ die alone Why h^en t ye got some figs?, He lit a fusee, but now the wrath of th^ Yon might know I d want figs. Got any 0. g. Wt4? dremlful. •« You sha n't smoke here, sir!" he shrieked. " I know ."No, I haven't anycitron.but I won't that," answered S«»rubbs, allowing the ana 111; fusee to exhaust itself, when he lit an­ other and another ; the stench was aw­ ful, the smoke suffocating. The o. g., coughing and spluttering, struggled for words. " You'd better smoke, said he. " I know that," replied Scrubbs, apply­ ing the biasing fra ee to the expectant I»»Pc. Speculations as to the Future Life. Years ago, in the days of Bishop But­ ler, very much stress was laid UJKIU the analogies in nature illustrating, and sup­ porting the idea of a future life, aud the treatises then written were models of in­ tellectual power and patient research. A great impression was produced, not only upon uneducated but educated minds. Since that period science has progressed with giant strides, and at every step has terness of his nature. He listened attentively to the appeal of the Senator, and, waiving a direct response, proceeded to speak of the treat­ ment he had received from Buchanan and his subordinates in oflice. AB he stock, because he had made his bid and ; proceeded he became terribly eloquent, sat down before his friend had finished. ! Thp blood mounted to hirf temples, and Th-th-that may b-b-be so," replied i ^ whole frame quivered with rage, ment, experienced annoyances and per- Illinoi., roftd has paid into the sectitions winch had arousedaU thel>it- | treasmy $202,500.96 for thVsL^m<mt£ ; ending Oct. 31. THE Governor has oflfexed a reward of : $200 for the unknown murderer or BIV derers of Charles Scott, who «M killed m Tazewell county. JOHN BLAKE, Superintendent erf the Logan mills, at Lincoln, took his i with a revolver, as did also Dugal Stilt Wlien Mr. Douglas had ceased speak- ' rat, a coal operator of Cuba. j ing, the disappointed Senator rose to de- j part. On reaching the door which ! opened upon the hall, he exclaimed, ' with a menacing look : | " Sir, if you vote against my candi- I date, I will vote against every friend of ' yours whose appointment is sent to tho i Senate for confirmation!" i 1 Exasperated anew by this remark, Mr. j Douglas literally rushed across the room I with uplifted hand, and, standing be- OHARLKS F. WAXOELIN, defeated ; didate for Circuit Clerk of St. j county, will contest the election of his , eomi>etitor, George Stolberg. THE Illinois coiuity school Superintend i dents held a convention at Springfield ; last week. Among the visitors wasJohnt i Eaton, United States Commissioner cf j Education. HON. THOMAS JASPOK, ex-Mayor of fore the shaker, raphlly snapped his-i °f DKntas House lod gasted orchard. Fetch me some; strawberries/' I "Why, stniwberrifiB are out of season, t There ain't any in market now." j " I supposed you'd say that," moaned! Mr. Spoopendyke. " You've always got | some excuse. If I should die, you'd i have an apology ready. Gimme some-1 thing to take thin taste out of my j mouth.." j " What would you like, dear?" asked j Mrs. Spoopendyke. _ " Soap, dod gast it! Gimme soap if ye can't think of anything else,' de-! inanded Mr. Spoopendyke. " Mebbe j you ain't got any soap. At least you j wouldn't have if I wanted it. Got any cherries?" i fingers within a few inches of his faee, exclaiming at the same time : "Sir, I care not that for you or your threats, and if you thought to intimi­ date me you had better have stayed awav from my house !" of 1868, and one of the pioneers of Qnin- ey, died the other day, ol paralysis* aged 67 years. Di RINT; the past week Adjt. Geo. Hilliard issued the following circular to* the various commands composing At most beautiful women that ever grace* Washington society, entered the r< o r, All traces of anger had vanished fron the face of her husband, who greetec her in tones of gentleness and affectioi which Iwtrayed the deep devotion of his heajrt.-- Youth's Companion. j. Scotchmen Mid Jews. I Jews are to Germany very much what , Scotchmen are to England. They , , ,, , , .. . , , . S come, they sec, they conquer. They so largely added to the list of striking ' }nvmje the country at every point; be- analogies or incidental prtnifs, that tlie ^ie|r (>nrtM,r iu a gnriet and termin- illustrations of early date seem few m : u in a 1>alace> Mauy o{ ^ mmt llie Senator, evidently deeming it {Illinois National Guard : useless, or, perhaps, unsafe, for him to j I hav«- received a commnuioation fn« Out. reply, made no response, but quickly | H. C. Corbin, of \v ashmgton, D. €., Cone- left the house, and Mr. Douglas re| sumed his seat. At this moment the door was throwi open, and Mrs. Douglas, one of tin Hpoudmjj Secretaiv of the Executive Oommit- te-' on Inaugural Ceremonies, March 4, 1H8I,. in which lie ivquests me to forward him a roa- ter of the military organization of the ^tata. with a view of inviting them to attend mi tl enough to aead me ] iu the North impossible, and I have al- ] There are some grapes in the closet. MooMft of iron, A Remarkable Kailvray Accident. AN almost incredible explanation was given of the cause of an accident to the Scotch express, near Leicester, England. w _ It is said that the train was stopped a spoonful of salt, a pinch of red pepper, > little beyond the town of Ivibworth, the and a table-spoonful of vinegar. If engineer thinking something was the ' matter with his engine. Examination showed the loeomotiye to l>e all right, and the engineer again applied steam, but instead of running forward the train found too strong, add a little water. A portion of the gargle may be swallowed, or sipped, little at a time. • Women's Shoes. It has sometimes seemed as if horses w^ti as badly shod as could be, but women are even worse shod at the pree- ent day. Many years ago the school-books used to contain illustrations of the feet and shoes of the Chinese ladies, which furnished an unfailing source of mirth and ridicule to the American youth. Noifr fashionable women in this coun­ try wear a very similar style of shoe, with its elevated heel under the middle of the foot and its pinched toe. Our esteemed contemporary, the New York Times, says that sensible women would be very glad to wear shoes of a was backed, and the engineer did not notice the change of direction until the train had returned to Kibworth station, where it ran into a freight train, but not ; before the engineer had applied the Westingliouse brake, and so prevented more damage than the smashing of two cars ajid th@ wounding of four or five passengers. The engineer was suspend­ ed; but it appeared from investigation I that none of the train hands knew that i they were going backward instead of for- | ward until it was too late to avert an ac­ cident. It was stated by way of expla- 1 nation that the night of the accident was very dark. different pattern, but they are not to be j ^ a Coronfer s Jury Is Composed of. found at the shoe stores, nor is it easy tev^^'Confederate Burker arose to a (pies- get them pade to order. Tnbu of privilege in the club. He was Perliaptfin timejrt will come to walk- 1 working in the eastern part of the city ing about on stilt®--which the fashiona­ ble heels of the day approach in alti­ tude. There is one thing about it; if girls think small ealves becoming, they are sure to get tlj^m by wearing high- heeled shoes. How little women realize the draught upon their symmetry and beauty,which these high heels make! If they did realize it, no woman in the country would have one on a week froir to-day. --New York iA'dger. Poets Laureate. Concerning the institution of Poet Laureate, Disraeli remarks ("Curiosi­ ties of Literature") that " the custom of crowning poets is as ancient as poetry itself. Frederick the Second crowned the King of Verses at Ancona in 1220. Petrarch received the laurel crown at Rome on Easter day, in 1341. Maxi- witii a man who was fatally injured. He saw the whole transaction ami know all the particulars, and yet when the Coro­ ner's jury was made up he was ignored because of his color. He felt slighted and indignant, and he hoped tlie club would not overlook the insult. "Brudder Burker, you didn't lose n >thin'," replied the President. " It was a compliment to yer intelligence to ignore you. De average Coroner's jury am composed of two loafers, three old bums and a fule, and dey would have insisted dat you war de fule. You haven't got any case, sail, an' de meet- in' will now be declared split up."--New York Mercury. W. H. H. BARTON, of Yarmouth, Mass., has invented a macliino which he calls a pulse meter, as it is operated by the pulse. This machine, which has taken him four, years to make, when win* believed that the real cause of the I orderffropen fire was to unify the South 4u4 ead the threatening movements for reuaiuat on terms. Mr. Davis answered woatrfly ^.UMBliaUcall y that the or­ der was given smJv because faith had been broken by the*I^«mh|86i^i8tm-" tion in attempting to reSfmlto^ Ander­ son, and that the South needed no war to solidify its people. I thiuk he errs in underestimating the probable power of the movement in the South for recon­ struction before the war, but it is evi­ dent that in deciding to issue the fatal order for the assault upon Sumter, he believed the Confederacy invincible, and defiantly resented what he regarded as a violation of the pledge of the Federal Government. That act practically con­ solidated the North, and thenceforth the Confederacy was a fearfully hopeless venture. On another important point he answered with the same freedom. When asked whether the aggressive movement of , Lee that culminated at Gettysburg was adopted as purely mili­ tary strategy or the offspring of political necessity inside the Confederacy, he an­ swered that it was the wisest of both military aud political strategy, but that it was not dictated at all by political considerations. He said that the wis­ dom of the military movement was j proven in the recall of Meade from Vir- i ginia and the transfer of both armies to j Northern soil; lmt, he soberly added, j the battle was a misfortune. The chances were equal, as he regarded it, for mili- J tary success, and that would have de- ! ranged the whole plan of the Govern- | ment and impaired its resources for the | campaign of that year. As a military j movement, Mr. Davis says, the Gettys- ; burg campaign hail the entire approval j of Gen. Lee, and there were no political divisions in the South to dictate any de­ parture from the wisest military laws. I desired, also, to know whether, at the time of the Hampton Roads conference between Lincoln, Seward, Stephens and others, Mr. Davis had received any in- .N°'_ theL -V50* i number and dwarfed iu proportion and ! succeH8fni merchants, lawyers andphy- force. The idea of an unseen immaterial , K:cianH in Lomion are of Scottish extra.-" Don't want any measly grapes. If I can't have what I want, I don't wvnt it. ! W h e r e ' s t , | 9 l | f l | M W h y d o n ' t j give me tcfy--MpoMPl: Going to let me die for walgf atmaM little attention? Wa Goi eleci existence involves, also, the idea of un­ seen activities and correspondence in the ;*iyleS|JP|riM|HFUiUPo^stolid of us can not fail S»i£ytai>resse7lN8^atii£.h<yiuti- wiueh reccHi w»| <vmverso wftlt Ituleen menaE Ton? Vr--a v » », Hi, , . , i taueee ao we not recognize their Mrs. Spooj^nayRe iMleu_ orrt the dose, j familiar voices, in homes sejmrated from half of which went down Mr. Spoopen dyke's gullet and half over the front of ! his nightshirt. ! "That's it," he howled. "Spill 'era. I They're for external application. Put j 'em •anywhere. Put 'em up the chim- j ney," and Mr. Spoopendyke fired the i spoon across the room. ' " Have a piece of orange to take the 1 taste away V" asked Mrs. Spoopendyke j pleasantly. j "No, I won't," objected her spouse. J " Gimme a piece of muskmelon." j " I don't believe they have muskmel- | ons in November," answered Mrs. i Spoopendyke. j " Of course they don't," responded J Mr. Spoopendyke. "They don't have ; anything when I'm sick, It's a wonder 1 they have houses. It's a miracle they | have beds. I'm astounded to think they j have doctors and drug stores. I've got j to hurry up and die or they won't have any undertakers or coffins or graves. Oimme a piece of orange, will ye? S'pose I'm going to lie here and chaw on the taste of those drops for a month ?" " You'd like those grapes," suggested his wife. " No, I wouldn't, either. What do you want me to eat 'em for? Got any interest in the grape trade? Get any ! commission on those grapes ? Anybody j us by rivers, woods, and mountains? These voices come out of the darkness, guided by a frail wire which science pro­ vides as a pathway. Even when tlie cur­ tain of night is drawn about ns tlie voices are heard, and we have not' tho shallow of a doubt of their integrity and identity. tion. Lord Mayor Me Arthur is an Irish Scot. Dr. Andrew Clarke is a Scott. So is Mr. John Pender, and so nre a score <f other equally eminent aud opulent iduals whom it is unnecessary to .e Scot ihaa an awk­ wardly persisfeflt mannei _ the Briton's sunlight and of being the foremost to seize the prizes and the dif­ ferent good things of life. His nation­ ality is quite as clearly deliued and his iustinct is quite as aggressive and pre­ hensile as in the cose of the veritable .Jlebrew ; he has fewer amiable qualities l>y way of compensation, and he has in- ooeaaion. I have forwarded' him such roster, and aaxured him that I would second any effort that might be made to have the Illinois Na­ tional il uard represented on the above-named ocvasion, I have received a second letter from the stun* source, in which it ia stated that nearly all U» : States will l>e represented by military erganisft- ! tions, and that the eoiauiittee eau xxniw halt- fare rate* for all who way attend. Sabsttsaca ; will have to be provided by the commands themselves, and he suggests that contracts to . made with parties in Washington that will be satisfactory in price to all coneernod, ! Col. Coma will furukh any further infonaa- . tiou as to the details when the programme toe l the occasion has bt.eu fully matured. The ways and means for this trip innst be a I matter to be largely looked aft»-r by those who ! may go as organizations. It is desirable that < Illinois be represented by at least ou*- regiment , of ten companies, and" thay may IKS selected j with reference to rniforms, (•^funent Sit ! general excellent appearand I Col. Coil,in writes that for the occasion, be consoiii tliMii sixty men, as ttwgr wiU to go. organization will lee! a piidelw aid jev't to the extent of his ability. Assuming that no appropriation ean be ob­ tained for this purjiose by our State begislatam --as will be the case in other States--i recom­ mend that each regimental orcauizatK*) select one of its companies to represent it oit^this occasion, *nd then nte all proper efforts WKaid the company selected financially in the un<a*- taking. * Illinois, the third Htate in t'.ie Union, ought \ finitely less sense of humor. Yet En- i 4 i, i farther have we not analocies of I iwlleu. tl!ey *!av0 lK'en j to lie well' represented on that occasion! and I iurtuer, nave we not anaiogies oi <hstanced by the canny aliens i have no donbr that the citizens of onr Stain from beyond tlie Tweed, try to live in •:*•{' be glad to aid its State troops in tneir land- peace aud amity with their rivals, and nave no more not ion of making the home counties too hot to hold them than they have of repealing tlie civil disabilities relief nets. In art. literature and inon- sight which startle us by their signitl cauce? Is it not true that wliei^abrond we are open to the view of unseen ob­ servers long distances from us, aud our every act and movement known? The excellence of optical instruments is such that we have seen the motion of the lips nuiking tht> i^lite can beat the conversation, while sitting , .a. m •* <1|(> o,,ot of jiersons in on a house balcony three miles distant, the observed, of course, wholly uncon­ scious of l>eingseen by any one. If our friends in this life, dead to us (hidden as they are by the shroud of space), can be seen, and we can hear their voices, their shouts of laughter, tlie words of the | hymns they sing, the cries of the little | ones in the mothers' arms, is it very ab- j surd to anticipate a time when those ; dead to us by the dissolution of the | body may, by some now unknown tele- | phone, send us voiees from a realm close j at hand, but hidden from our mortal i eyes. | We have no proofs to offer that this ] able undertaking. | I suggest that on the occasion of the i uration of mir State otticer:", on the 10th day of j January next, a representation of cuminamliag ' officers of each regiment or htfalwn in our • State assemble at Springfield and take action Ifc j the premises. pjiy ye to make me eat 'em? One would | realm of the departed, thi« home of the think you only wanted an iron arbor and j soul, is close at hand, but it is certainly , four small boys climbing over you to be j more reasonable and sensible to adopt ! « 3 m oat-cake a a grape vine/ Where's my pill ?" this hyi»uthesis than the popular one If I ^ 1^° "You took vour nill/dear." reoUed I a material world or ,,1^ sometimes for the smaller Teuton, just as the Scot frequently does j the Briton. Erankfort-on-the-Mnin, the i second commcrcinl city in Fatherland, is j more of a Hebrew capital than Jerasa- ! I em. At Bonn, Berlin, Heidellierg, | Mtnie of the most distinguished profess- j ors are of tlie seed of Abraham.--Lon- j don World. Take Care of Your Health. The Rev. Itobert Collyer was brought up by a mother who had such a "faculty"' that she managed to raise a family of four children and provide for herself and husband on four dollars and a half a week, wluch was all the father earned. Tlie bill of fare and its effect are thus stated: Oatmeal and milk and oat-cake Nwaunp Land*. " • Isaac R. Hitt, tlie State swamp-land agent for the adjustment of the indem­ nity claims of (he State against the United States, presents to the Governor his report. llie report states that, March 19, 1880, the Commissioner of tlie General Land Office rejected the claim of the State for indemnity for cer­ tain swamp lands within the limits of tlie Illinois Central railroad grant, ofc the ground that the claim of the {Mate You took your pill, dear," replied his patient wife. j " Oh, of course 1 A pill is out of sea- j son now. Can't even have a pill when I' feel like it," and Mr. Spoopendyke; ookoZdu timation from any credible source that j groaned in spirit and l- Mr. Lincoln would consent to the pay ment of 0400,000,000 as compensation for slaves if the South would accept emancipation and return to the Union. He answered that he had no such in­ timation from any source, but that if such proposition had been made he could not have entertained it as the Ex­ ecutive of the Confederacy. He said that he was the sworn Executive of a government founded on the rights of the States; that slavery was distinctly de- a material world or plaee, afiir off in tlie depths of space. view seems possible, the other absurd. --Hoston Journal of Chemistry. dismal. olared to be a State institution, and that [• method of preparing J>ecf tea: such an issue could have been decided | The meat is cut into small pieces and King's versifier existed as early as 1251. Gulielmus IVregrinus and Robert Bao- ton acted as royal poets to Richard the First and Edward the Second respective­ ly. Chaucer assumed the title of Poet Laureate about 1369. The title of gree over a dial, thus recording the num­ ber of beats. Another hand sweeps over a graduated scale, which shows the force or intensity of the pulse. More remark­ able still, a hammer is made to strike a bell and give forth a clear and distinct only by the independent assent of each State. Some of them, he added, would have accepted such terms at that time, but others would have declined it, and peace was, therefore, impossible on that basis.--Vol. Alex. K. MeClitre. A Baseless Precaution. A Laplander's Home. In a large, but rather low room, with walls and roof of rougli-liewn planks, and with beams stretching from wall to wall in every direction, were assembled at least twenty-five persons of all ages and ltoth sexes. Most of them had taken off their skin blouses and hung them on the rafters near the huge wo(xl tire, lit to roast an ox a^ The lialf-stewed garments aud the steam from the dirty persons of those in front of the fire caused a most London, advises the following improved j unsavory odor, which prompted us to make our stay as short as possible. All around the apartment, exef^pt near the door. Mere ranged the sleeping-shelves, the major part of which were already oc­ cupied--men, women and children all in- , diseriminately mingled together, not dis­ placed in other water, and! tingnishabletothe unpractised eye the one sveral hours. Tlie meat of from the other, and appearing like noth- Now sit down and don't aofflfc I want to sleep. Don't yo« sake a bit ol noise if you want me to live." And Mrs. Spoopendyke held her breath sad never rustled a feather while her husitand lay and glared out of the window for an hour and a half. Beef Tea. Mr. Wilkinson of St. Mary's Hospital. One ' fry> a "P °* on Sundays, 'stick- | jaw pudding that tires our chin, with j the marmalade spread over so thin,' potatoes and salt, and then more oat­ meal, and the result is that to this day not one of us knows what yon mean by a 'system,' or a 'digestion,' or a 'con- i had been finally settled by the : of Hon. R. McClelland, Secretary of the | Interior, dated Nov. 20, 1855. The | lauds in question are in Cook counnr, ' and were selected by title agent of toe ! State, March 8, 1880. The agent ap> pealed from this decision to the tf«a, Carl Schurz, Secretary of the Interior, on the ground that it was not float and conclusive as to the right of the State to indemnity under the provision* of the Revised Statutes. The agent was advised by Schurz, last April, thai he was of the opinion that the decision referred to was binding, but would refer placed in the evening, in an earthenware vessel with sufficient cold water to cover the meat; in this it is allowed to remaiu all night. In the morning the meat is taken out, boiled for sev *^8 8 L&ureate tirst oi'ciirs in the j soun^ tims making the human pulse reign ot Edward the Fourth when John , audible ^ well M Key held the office. The first patent J was granted in 1630. The ode per­ formed at the court on New Year's day xrm discontinue in 1790. Since the appointment of Q, Daniel, in 1599, the office has, except in the case of Dryden, , . . ... \yeen held tot It is passing |traiige to find the nameg of Dryden and Naliun* Tate occurring jn the same list. Mr. Tennyson was appointed Poet Laureate ift 1850 on the death of Wordsworth. How Oregon Youths Are Advised. Young men contemplating marriage have so frequency called upon us to ad­ vise them in the manner of popping the all-important question, that we have concluded to give otij opinion once for all. Never propose to a young lady ajtaar a hearty meal. The blood is needed aid digestion, and her imagination is The Mission of the Press. A tramp stopped in front of a house and asked a little boy who lived inside, and was told that it was the residence of Tlie would-be mendicant was touched. He reveren­ tially took off his hat, murmuring: "We ought to help one another out," ahoved a car-ticket under the door, and passed on.--Galveston New*. the previous day is theu passed through a mincing machine, and put into the , , cold liquor in which the meat was steeped Know that the woman was extremely ; previous night, and upon this the sensitive, of a liiglil j-nervous ternjiera- j failing liquor from the day's beef tea ment, and pamfiuly anxious in the mat- js poured, and the whole well stirred and I thev did not ter of pleas nig and accommodating her it theu forms the complete beef tea. The j but, judging from their solemn aud lu- guests. Know this, and then imagine | characteristics of good beef tea are that1 gubrious countenances, their gloominess all the nutritious elements of the beef' - - . ing else than mere animated bundles of fur. From tho group congregated around the fire no cheerful laugh, no buzz of conversation, no noisy merriment eman­ ated--all were silent and still; perhaps wish to disturb the sleepers; stitution,' so strong and sure are the j the matter to the Attorney General far foundations of our life." j his opinion upon the question at issue. By this training Mr. Collyer was able j Since the last report cash indemnity to. tell a class of students what they I has been adjusted, and the money sent should do: ! to the Governor of the State, and by J "If you want to do well, keep well, if j him to the counties of Edgar, DeKalb ] you possibly can. Do not let even your i and Cook. Cash indemnity is now b»- I education rob you of your health. It is j ing adjusted in the general laiul-ollic* j about the worst thing you can do under 1 t'°r the benefit of the following counties: | the whip and spur of a noble purpose, j Kankakee, Will, Ford, Irequois, Vor- | and it is what vast numbers do, to their j million, Champaign and Lawrence. Con> I life-long regret." j gress at its hist session made an appro. ! When a line painter took the butcher i priation of $6,000 iu the Deficiency bill to dee one of liis pictures, he said: "Aye, j te pay the expenses of the United State* Maister Haydon, it's a grand picture, j special agent in visiting and examining but I doubt whether you could have I each forty-acre tract upon which the done it if you had not eaten my beef." j State is claiming indemnity; $14,00(1 And I think there was a grain of truth in j was also included in the General Appro- the remark. priation bill for the same purpo e. Thj^ | it is estimated, will pay all expenses in- Bobby and the Plaster. J curred by the special agents up to Jun* Bobbv Blinkers was a Nevada boy, j 30, 1881. The special agent will, b#» and didn't want to go to school. He did | that date, have examined the landft not put in his appearance at breakfast, 1 in the counties of ; JBichland, Cole^ and about 9 o'clock his mother went up i Crawf»rd, Alexander, Pulaski. PB- to see what was the matter. Bob was i oria, Mason, Fulton and Tazeweli. Fast Thinking1. One man thinks faster than another man for reasons as purely physical as those which give to one man a faster gait than that of another. Those who move quickly are apt to think quickly, the whole nervona system performing its prooeaa with rapidity. her feelings on the occasion which trans pired as follows : She had arranged for an evening party, and among the guests whom she had invited was a middle-aged gentle­ man, of high social standing and wealthy, who had the misfortune to have a nose so strangely malformed as to be scarcely perceptible ; a simple pro­ tuberance in place of the nasal organ-- and that was all. Now our good lady friend chanced to have a little 8-year-old daughter, who was utterly irrepressible in her eager pursuit of knowledge; and, fearing that the little one might make some remark upon, t»r ask some question about, that gentleman's facial defect, rite took her should lie made available; and by the process carried out as above this is effect­ ually done, the albumen, fibrine, and gelantine being all retained and taken bv the patient. Moreover, by the above method a much smaller quantity of meat is required than under the ordinary mode, and it would, consequently, not become a jelly if allowed to stand: but by adding a larger quantity of beef this residt could of course be obtained. (This forms with us what is called beef jelly.) It Bhould, however, be remarked that in very hot weather the beef tea cannot be made in this manner, as it would beoome sour from the length ot time requiried for its preparation. seemed but too natural and very far from assumed or constrained. Well, in tlie joyless and monotonous life these poor people lead, it is not surprising that all innate merriment about them is soon stifled. The French Peerage. France has no peerage officially recog­ nized, or baronetapre, while the confer­ ring of knighthood is a ceremony unin­ telligible to even educated Frenchmen. Several other fashions in which the British sovereign delights to honor her lieges by making them " Privy Coun -il- lors," or of her "counsel learned in the law," are wholly unknown to her neigh­ bors. The "croes," which is a star ot writhing about the bed from au impro­ vised stomach-ache. "All right," said the oldlady. "I'll apply a mustard plas­ ter," and in a few minutes a hot mustard plaster containing two square feet ol motive power wfts spread upon the boy's abdomen. "Mother, how long must this thing stay on?" "I guess I'll be able to take it off about 4 this afternoon, and then if I can get an emetic to work, it'll be all right Lie still, my boy, I'll bring vou through." Then Bob nwe up immediately and Mtarted for school, and the plaster was the cause of liis being an hour late. RAXDOLPH TCOKKB, ci the handsomest man In the Representative*. - The legal and equitable claims of the | State arising under the swamp land in­ demnity laws of Congress, remaining un­ adjusted, will reach $750,000, and until these claims are adjusted and paid titles to over 400,000 acres of land in the Stat* are unsettled. The following is the statement of th* excuses of the agency fcemJdtyl, 1875, to Oct. 1, 1880: Ktt w Jaly 1,1875, to Jan. 1,1ST7....... t TM Troiu Jan. 1, 18Tf, to IVc. 1, .... From Dec. 1, 1ST8, ti> Oot 1, 1SSU, ctart hire, Chicago aud Waahte#too,a»doi- flee relit Three trfrw to Wa»lia>K>«u yi uioutlis UK-tV1 Pai.4 attorneys : TravtCin# ttoraagfe SMI*. }&)??•