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ws - , , L 1 « ' * H» < fCv',V" I. VMtLTKt, (Aw M MMNr. UoHENRY, 1 " WIL L IB ILLINOIS. IwJ' ledfi lpr% JTHE HEWS CONDENSED. " - ' 00N4NUBMI0N AL FR0CEEEtiHfl& A MU. for the establishment of a National Ainu oT Later Statistics, and appropri*t- ^lDt,OM therefor, passed the House April 1*. Tbe Speaker preeeuted a menace from the PreaMent reoom men ding an appropriation of tSk,000 to defray the expenses of tbe special «n- ;-r?, jjaasy from Siam. The Senate waa not in Bosalon. THE bankruptcy bill passed the Senate by a if'" large majority on April 21. The Senate also |nNid a bill anthorUiii the cancellation of any Jfedebtednm against the Southern Illinois Nor- University by reason of the borabu? or Um- States anna. A Mil was Introduced to pro­ hibit Collectors of Internal Revenue from taan- fbf liquor licenses in States where the local laws lorbid tbs traffic. Mr. Jonas introduced a Mil to appropriate fl.eoo.eoo in aid of the World's Cotton Exposition at New Orleans. In the Home. bills wore introduced for the cre- Ittaa of a ailk-oultnre buroan. to promote edu­ cation in tbe States and Territories, to reduce %»10 cents per gallon the revenue tax on fruit brandy,to grant a pension to the widow of Xiieut. De Long, ana to tax the manufacture Mid regulate the exportation of oleomargarine. Vnder suspension of the rules, bills were paaosd to create a bureau of navigation In the Treasury Department^ and to provide that in pension ap­ plications the enlistment and muster shall be -evidence ti.at the soldier was then in good •cattli. By a vote of 9* to 1(6, the House refused ; Sr snspend the rules and pass fciie bill repealing ' jltir r"t- r«-t*ictlpg tbe ton»»« of Presidential ap­ pointee* to four years. : A PBTITIOH from citizens of California, frying for an Increase of the duty on raiatns| waa presented In the Senate April 22. A resolu­ tion was adopted that the Secretary of War ln- Band report the value of all grant* to the of Michigan for the Portage Lake Ship , and on what conditions that work can be Vnrchased by the Government for a free water­ way. Bills were passed aathoriting a bridge «rer the Cumberland River at Nashville, grant­ ing a pension to the widow of Bear Admiral Mc- pongall, and to ratify agreements with the Sioux for right of way for the Dakota Cen­ tral and theChioago.Milwankee 4k St. Panl Roads. In the Honse, Mr. Waller objected to consider at ten of the bill to authorize the Secretary of tte Treasury to Invest lawful money deposited by national banks to retire their circulating notes. An order was made that evening ses­ sions be held for jteneral debate on the tariff till. The pension appropriation bill was passed, the amendment by Mr. Eosecrans to transfer the duties of Pension Agents to the Siy Department of the army being lost. The ouse then went into committee on the tariff bill. Mr. Wellborn said the measure was a step in the direction of adjusting all duties to a revenue Standard. Protection was a monopoly of tbe worst form, and was an Illegitimate and perni­ cious exercise at the rights of taxation. This neat Issue shoald not be evaded, and could not be postponed. The Democracy wonld ultimately triumph. Mr. McKlnley raid it was gratifying ts know the real purposes of the Democracy to destroy the present system of taxation and pro­ tection. He congratulated the party that Wider the leadership of the honest Statesman from Illinois it had announced fts true platform. The real great is­ sue bet ween the parties was whether there should ,be free trade or a reveuue tariff which wonld at the same time care for tbe great industries of this oountry. He would not support the bill un­ der any circumstances, because a deduction «f •JB per cent, wonld destroy some great Indus- tiles. The horizontal bill bore on its very face the highest evidence of absolute incapacity. It was the Invention of idleness. The only persons Who demanded a reduction of the tariff were tbe wealthy members of the free-trade clubs of Brooklyn and New York. He held that the bill wonld reduce the price at labor, and appealed to tbe Democratic party not to take a leap In the by passing the bill. It shoald first disci- its mutineers. Mr. Herbert made an elab- anrern- nt in f&vas: of the MIL A BMOLDTiOK by the Legiiiatuc °t Ohio, •HNNiiineuding the granting of pensions to pris­ oners of the late war, was presented in the Ben- ate, April 2t A message from the President was •acelved. transmitting a report by the Secretary Of State to the effect that the demands of for­ eign countries upon the United States for wheat Should naturally be as great as last year. Bills were passed to provide tor Governmeut con­ trol of the Sault §te Marie Falls Canal in Mich­ igan, and to protect Indian reservations from the •alawful cutting of timber. While tbe pleuro­ pneumonia bill was under discussion, Mr. Coke ssld It the Agricultural Department wonld stop libeling American cattle there would be no more trouble with the business. Mr, Williams de- i *lp>n4 .that, of his own knowledge, _f jMnru-pneronoinla existed in the Ws- Met of Columbia and adjacent States, b tbe Honse of Representatives, a resolution sras adopted in tbe Kansas contested election sase giving a seat to Mr. Peters. While in com- altlw of the whole on the naw appropriation till, Mr. Kasson urged that armaments be*iven Jo vessels now In prpoess of construction, and Mr. Randall argued against accepting the Sen- we amendment to the measure. ' THERE was a lively debate on the pleuro­ pneumonia bill in the Senate April 24, but no < fiction was taken. A petition was presented tfirom the Slate officers of Maine, asking that an Impropriation be made in aid of the World's Ex- Jgosition at New Orleans. A joint resolution jwas passed that the two houses attend Vie ceremony of unveiling a statue •f Chief Justice Marshall on May V>. Bills were passed relating to trespass on In­ dian lands, and to provide for disposing of aban­ doned military r8#ervati.ns. The House of Representative* passed a joint resolution au­ thorizing the lease to the Michigan FisU Com- jferfs«lon?rs of a strip of land adjacent to the vault Ste. Marie Canal. An adverse report Was made on the ' bill to compel resi­ dents of jone State to attend as wit­ nesses in the courts of another State. Favorable action was taken bv committers janbiliefor bUdges across the Mis«issippi at Jtock Island and the Falls of St. Anthony, and Over the Missouri in Douglas County. Nebraska. . TPhe House voted not to concur in the Senate 'amendments to the naval appropriation bill, .except, the ;tem of tsw.ooo to provide an arms- »ent for the new cruisers. Messrs. Reed. E. B. -Taylor. T. M. Prowne, and MoCoid submitted a •linority report from the Commute? on Judipi- tpry in favor of female suffrage. plinei Intel §11?*' , i' ' P%' f$y' w E-ft. ; & 1: XH£ £i«X, THE Massachusetts House rejected a Senate order for biennial sessions of the Legis­ lature, and also voted down a resolution for ff prohibitory amendment to the Constitu­ tion--87 to 74. 1 JOHN COTLX was hanged at Gettys­ burg, Pa., for the murder of Emily Myers. 3Be bore up well until be beard the carpenters •retting his scaffold, when he passed into an luccited condition, which lasted until the drop ®sll Whiie boating on the Hudson River, •ear Sing Sing, N. Y., five persons were run down by a steamer and drowned. ' ^ J. H. DEANE, a New York lawyer, has * lf®on rendered tankrupt by real-estate opera­ tions. His liabilities are-stated at over 9600,' #00, and he has given preferences to two banks, the Rochester University, and two re- • llgious societies. THE WEST. A TBUCKEK (Cat.) dispatch says: librae hundred feet of snow-sheas fell half :V'-1 mile west of Summit and covered a :#orking-train and a number of Chinese. Six dead Chinamen have been taken out. . Five others are bcriously wounded. THE President of the Effingham (111.) Bank, F. A. Von Gassy, has disappeared, leaving an estimated shortage In his accounts $30,000. • IT is reported from Leadville that tbe recent alleged gold diiooveries near Pike's Peak, Oolo., are part of a gigantic swindling scheme originated by a drug clerk • Iwbo formed a jointrstock company, scattered ^chloride of gold in some places in the gravel *»f the mountain side, and then bad reports "> immense discoveries circulated so as to jboom the 6hares of his joint-stock company. iraud was exposed too soon to deceive Inioneyed men, but thousands of prospectors ^ "Tbad given up work elsewhere to try tbeir luck 1 * ^in the region of tbe alleged discoveries. COMPLAINTS come from Dayton, Ohio, .•;®f tyrannical treatment of disabled veterans ^iby Gen. M. R. Patrick. Governor qf the Na- "tional Soldiers' Home, and the citizens 'are /(clamorous for bin removal... .An Indiana :|<»urt has decided that the establishment of ^arbitrary rates by tbe Underwriters' Associa­ tion of Indianapolis is contrary to the free- ildom of trade and prejudicial to the common FOOA' TBE SOUTH, THB Supreme Lodge of the World of the Kniehts of Pythias, at its thirteenth • annual session, held at New Orleans, elected tbe following officers: Grand Chancellor, v Join Van Valkenburg, Fort Madison, Iowa; Supreme Vice Chauoellor, Howard Douglas] 'Ohio; Supreme Keeper of Records and .Seals, Judge K. K. Co wen. of Missouri; Supreme Mastor-at-Arms, G. B. Shaw, Wisl ^oonsln; Past Supreme Chancellor. John R. Linton, Johnstown, Pa. Near Monroe, Ga., Willis Gunn, a widower, went to the house of > *ds son Jesse to kUlhlm, as Jesse hivdjuct won v.&-, andmsirlei the girl whom both father aad BOB bad bees oourtin*. JeM ws« waned, and flred upon and killed hia father to tbe Latter waa taking aim. SEVERAL thousand Kentackians at­ tended', the unveiling, at Fraakfort, of monument to the memory of tbe late Judge John M. Elliott, who was shot dead by CoL Thomas Buford for making a decision dis­ tasteful to tbe latter. WASHINGTON. SBCKICTARY LINCOLN, with m Ml ap- jxreclation of tbe character required by the Judge Advocate General of the Army, ad dressed a letter to President Arthur, reciting the olrcumstances of the affair between A. R. Bateman and Gen. Swaim, and Qrgtng a court of inquiry for the vindication of the latter offioer. The President coincided, and Gens. Pope, Augur, and Sackett have been appointed to investigate the case. Tbe Greely expedition, consisting of throe vessels, has been ordered to sea by tite Secre­ tary of the Navy, under command of Com­ mander Schley, who goes uninstructed.... Hon. J. W. Foster, United States Minister to Spain, has returned to Washington to confer with the administration in regard to tbe pro­ posed commercial treaty. GXN. D. S. STANLEY hag been assigned to command in the Department of Texas, with headquarters at San Antonio. Gen Stanley was at San Antonio when Gen. Sheridan was in command of the Department of the Quit.... The collections of Internal revenue for the first nine months of the fiscal year were as follows: Spirits, £55,497,388, an increase of S2,M2,440 over the corresponding period of the previous year; tobacco, fl8,8M,5i)5, a de­ crease Of $13,7(5,393; fermented fiquora, $12,656,859, an increase of 9995,773; banks and bankers, $2,892, a decrease of $8,- 741,S34; mUooUnnoouR sources, $440,f04, a decrease of $6,006,589. The aggregate re­ ceipts were $87,454,084, which are $20,505,253 less than the collections of the last lineal VQftr. rouncAL SEVENTY-ONE of the eighty oottntiea of Minnesota, says a St. Paul telejrram, have been carefully canvassed, pains having been taken to reach men of high standing whose views ean be accepted as a good index of the general sentiment of the Republican returns. There are 673 strongly supporting BlaTne. 199 for Edmunds, 182 for Arthur, 80 for Lincoln, 47 for Logan, 54 scattering. For second choice there is almost a unanimous prefer­ ence for Edmunds. With the Democrats, Tilden has so much of a lead that there can hardly be picked any other, although Bayard, Payne, and Hancock are mentioned Col. Morrison unearthed a letter in the tariff discussion at Washington, written by Mr. Til­ den In 1SS5, in whkA he expressed himself as opposed to protective or prohibitory dwtibs. The objeot of introducing it was to add to the writer's record Chicago dispatch: A statement of the delegates to tbe National Republican Convention elected up to date shows a total of 417, of whom 233 are for Arthur, 97 for Blaine, 46 for Logan, 15 for JSdmunds, 6 for Gresham, 5 tor Senator Sher­ man, and 2 for Gen. Sherman. The prefer­ ences of eleven delegates are uflknown. THE Davenport Democrat publishes a canvass of Iowa, on the Presidential ques­ tion, to the extent of several columns. Letters were sent to the Chairman of every Democratic County Committee In the State and to other leading Demo­ crats in a position to be informed -on pub­ lic sentiment. Answers were received from more than three-fourths of the ninety- nine counties, many of them being the result of numerous interviews. The object of the canvass was to obtain a true reflex of Demo­ cratic sentiment in regard to tbe pop­ ular choioe for Presidential candidates rather than the personal views of tbe correspondents. The result shows that the sentiment drifts nearly one way--for Tilden and Hendricks It Is reported that at a conference held at New York last week arrangements were made to nominate Gen. Butler and Congress man Reagan (of Texas) for President and Vice President on tbe Anti-Monopoly ticket, and the understanding was reached that the Greenbackers were to indorse the nomina­ tions at their national convention....Five national bank directors have beeQ nominated for Presidential Electors by the Pennsylvania Republicans. It is feared that they are not eligible, as they may be accounted officers of trust under the National Government. NEW YORK telegram: A party of leading Democrats and friends of Tilden, who Mm Just Visited Greystdhe, say tliat under no circumstances will he be a candi­ date for the Presidency, and under no cir­ cumstances will he accept if nominated. They regard this, his last refusal, as final, and say tbat the field Is now left, so far as Democratic candidates from this State are concerned, to Flower and Cleveland The Republicans of Mississippi met at Jackson and selected fourteen delegates to Chicago, of whom twelve are for Arthur. THE Democratic State Convention of Iowa adopted a resolution declaring for rev­ enue reform, and appointed a unanimous Ttldep delegation to the national body at Chicago. The Republican Convention of Ohio adopted resolutions demanding the. restoration of the wool tariff of 1870, ap­ pointed one Blaine and three Sherman dele- gates-aMarge to the Chicago convention, and nominated J. S. Robinson for Secre­ tary of State and W. Wt Johnson for Supreme Judye The Michigan Repub­ lican State Convention chose delegates who favor Blaine first and Edmunds te .ond, with Lincoln as the unanimous choice for Vioe President,.. .The Maine Greenback Conven­ tion nominated Dr. H. B. Katon for Gover­ nor, and indorsed Gen. Benj. F. Butler for the Presidency The Republican State Con­ vention of Connecticut left its delegates to Chicago unin^trucied, but passed a reso­ lution commending Joseph R. Haw ley as a candidate for President. The New York Republican State Convention was organ­ ized in the interest of Arthur v»d Edmunds, despite the hostility of Thomas C. Piatt and Senator Miller, and tbe delegates-at large to Chicago are Andrew D. White, Edwin Pack­ ard, Theodore Roosevelt, and John J. Gil bert. The Virginia Republican Convention adopted the unit rule, and instructed the delegates to Chicago to vote for Arthur.... The Dakota Republicans elected N. E. Nelson and Col. J. L. Jolly as delegates to Chicago, and instructed thereto vote for Blaine and Lincoln while a probability of nomination re­ mains. THK WEEK'S FIKK RIOOSD. THE fire losses of the week have been as follows: Leon, Iowa., business houses $10,000 •u. * • 20,000 m.oou 15,000 10.000 :JO,OOO 10,000 10,000 20,000 10,000 20.000 10,000 15,000 lfi.000 Senate to him four railways oonneoted with tbe Hi tunnel, toa«th«r with M0 awes on Chicago, private residence Sullivan, 111., hotel and dweUioc.... New Albany, Ind., pork-packing honse.. Belleville, 111., puinp works... hiug nt Alton, 111., clothing store East Saginaw, Micii.. ohurch Hinckley,Minn.,warehouHc and contents. Ada, Minn., grain el<wator -Baldwin, Wis., business houses.......... Whitesboro, Tex., brick block St. Panl, Minn., cleUiing store Alpine, Mich., saw mill Marshall, Mo , nine frame buildings Salem, N. J., glass works and oil cloth fastarv 120,000 Winchester, Ohio, planing mm 15,000 Carlisle, Ind., ice houses I";...40,000 Pittsburgh, Pa., box factory .. 75^000 Newark, N. J., celluloid t>rnsh factory... 20#,o00 Ludlow, Ky., business property 30,000 Carlisle, Ky., business block 70,000 Evan>«ville, Wis., puinp works 25,000 Wadsworth, Nev., stores 85,000 Princeton, 111., flouring mill ao.ooo Lltehlidd, 111., flouring mill 15,000 Montreal, ir^n foundry 4o|ooo I'l-. Peoria plow works .1011,000 Philadelphia, business block 30 000 Yakma Glty, W. T., ftor.-H 35*000 Montttome y, Ala., cotton-gin factory.. . 15,000 Hot Springs, Ark., two hotels and other property Monroe, erty e. La., stores. Boston flats, for all whleh he offers *4,000,- 000, with ths proariseof extending tbe sys­ tem to ChtoafQt to oonneet with the Boftton roads leading to tbe Paotno eedst and the Mexican capital. rOKKICUg. FOUR Paris Irishmen warn inter­ viewed by the London Time* correspondent on the dynamite policy. James Stephens and Jobn O'Lcftry, tree noted Fouiane, oaudemned the policy aa foolish, wicked, and Inexpe­ dient. Dr. Hogan, of the Irish Ecclesiastical College in the French capital, said tbe policy of the dynamiters was "morally a crime, po­ litically a blunder, and socially a disaster." One obeoure Irishman, named Casey, favored dynamite, and said tbat It might be used In blowing up Aaglish ooean vessels... ̂ Rumors are afloat in Paris that the Pope will presently seek an asylum in France. AT a council of the Egyptian CI 7~ over which the Khedive presided, it folved to inform tbe British Gov that the immediate dispatch of Upper Egypt is Imperatively n< Great Britain has sent to all tbe which signed the treaty of Berlin in to a conference on Egyptian affaii vise some means of negotiating a £8,000,000 for the imperiled coun Paris Journals demand for Franc share of influence and authority on of the Nile. THE DOMAFN OF POLITICS. ConvontiaBs for the Selection of Dotefateito the national AaemMiefl. . lew* Democrats Solid for TtttwHtlie Oonteit Between Blaine and Arthur-- . Butler's Booo. TOCKS OF Ip- . p >i\ RATI CONVENTIONS* Iowa Democratic. Every eoaaty bnt one (Pocahontas) was represented In the Iowa Democratic Conven­ tion, at Burlington. It was the largest con­ vention ever rh*ld by the party in the State. Hon. Beni. XI ' "wHnrtoB, was selected Samuel building -ates-at- ro: L. G. of Lee: arris, of 1 Dun- Iker, of W. H. uhani- Odoago osaveoMoa, twoef wheat,!* hi ssid, sn for Arthur. Jndns Andrews and Rapelto, at the State Court of Appeals, wete jvMMaitaated. toe Bwiylliiiott his plan for publican party, and providing for ADDITIONAL NEWS. AN English syndicate, co $25,000,000 capital, has oifered $8, tbe Trinity Church Block in New siring to erect thereon a mammoth for brokers' offices, but the prodoi been rejected. BTTNTING, Wilkinson, ME Kirkland, the parties charged with secure a vote of want of confident Ontario Ministry, have been indie bribery In an official report, Capt. o hoven, of tbe steamer Daniel Steinmann, cently wrecked on the Nova Sootia coast, re­ sulting in the drowning of 124 persons, is charged with being the direct cause of the disaster. SEVERAL unknown persons stoned and partially wrecked tbe resldenoe of L. M. Lynn, editor of the Greenback, Herald, at Shelbyville, 111. Tbe inmates escaped unhurt. Recent attacks of the paper on tbe bad ele­ ments of the place resulted in the outrage. .Amos Backentros, a farmer of Boone County, Indiana, was shot through the heart by burglars who broke into his house. AT the Greenback State Convention of Massachusetts, held at Lynn, the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in reference to the power of Congress to Is* sue legal-tender money was Indorsed; gov­ ernmental regulation of railroads and 00r- porationsof a like character was recommend­ ed, aud the employment of ycaing cbilddren In factories was condemned. Gen. B. K. But­ ler was indorsed for President. The Na­ tional Chairman of tbe Greenback Labor party thinks Gov. Begole, of Michigan, and ex-Congressman Jones, of Texas, will be tbe national ticket, and that Butler cannot get the nomination because of his Democratic affiliations. It is thought in Washington among Republican politicians that Congress­ man Calkins, of the Valparaiso District, will be the Republican nominee for Governor of Indiana The Arizona Republican Con­ vention instructed its delegates to Chicago to support Blaine. JOHN A. WALSH, the noted star route witness, has written to Mr. Springer, Chair­ man of tbe House Committee on Expenditures of the Department of Justice, urging tbat Secretary Chandler be summoned before the committee to give widenoe in reference to a letter which he is alleged to have written to Attorney General Brewster in connec­ tion with tbe star route caso* Senator George, of Mississippi, from the Sen­ ate Committee on Education and Labor, will soon report a bill proposing to prohibit the importation or immigration of foreign labor­ ers under oontract to work In this country. Senator Cullom's bill for the regulation of interstate commerce has been adopted by the Benate Committee on Railroads as the basis for legislation on that subject.... Postmaster General'Oresham, 'With his wtffe, left Washington last week for Jacksonville, Fia The House Committee on Postoificcs bas ordered the preparation of a bill for a oontract system of postal telegraphy. IT has been announced for the hun­ dredth time at least that Mr. John O'Connor Power has withdrawn from the Irish Parnell- ite party. The fact is that, he has been ex­ pelled from that organization. It Is- said that he will not again seek election from an Irish constituency, but that he will be an in­ dependent Liberal candidate in some En­ glish borough. O'Connor Power wa< once a leading Fenian, and, it is said, was commis­ sioned by a loige of Fenian conspirators in Cleveland at one time to kidnap the Prince of Wales. He did not deliver tbe goods. FRANK JAMBS, the bandit, was ac­ quitted by the United States jury at Hunts- ville, Ala., but was immediately arrested uy the Sheriff of Cooper County, Mo., for com­ plicity in tbe Ottervllle train robbery. THE Arizona Republican Convention met at Phoenix and appointed delegates to Ckicago. The convention instructed for Blaine....The Massachusetts Green backers held tbeir convention at Lynn, indorsed Gen. Butler for President, and appointed delegates to the Indianapolis convention. MR. WILSON, of Iowa, made an elaborate speech in the Senate, on the 26th of April, in fa­ vor of the principle of national regulation of in­ terstate commerce. Mr. Jones, of Florida, de­ livered a long speech against the pleuropneu­ monia bill. He took extreme State-rights grounds, and held that the National Legis­ lature had no constitutional power to adopt tbe proposed nieannre. A resolution was passed to deposit in the Smithsonian Institution a (lag made of American silk, presented by Joseph Newman, of California. The Hous? ol Representatives, in committee of the whole, made a favorable recommendation on the bill to give Mrs. Myr* Clark Gaines patents foi 38*457 acres of land claimed by her. or pay $1.36 per acre for so u> ucii thereof aa has been sold. from pies of plat- 76 and hibito- 85,000 40.000 GENK&AI* HON. ISAAC N. ARNOLD, one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Chi­ cago, has passed away in his 69th year. He was the earliest City Clerk of Chicago, and served two terms in the Illinois Legislature and in Congress. He was an intimate friend of Abraham Li neon. Of late years he bas devoted himself closely to literary work. Marie Tagl oni, the famous dancer, died in Marseilles, France. t?he was boin in Rtcck hotm in 1804, and wen renown in fbe larger cities of Europe, retiring with a fortune in 1847. Other deaths: H. C. Atkins, of Mil­ waukee, and Gcorye A. Leete, of Providence, R. I., both prominent rftilroAd men'; Henry J. Hutchinson, of the fa- family of singers: James T. Todd, the oldest Free Mason in Maine; Col. Charles O. Hammond, a wealth? philanthro plstof Chicago; Samuel J. Walker, at one time the most extensive real-estate operator in Chicago; Rev. Dr. Bickersteth, Episcopal Bishop of Rlpoa, Fng.; Oonut Ribbing, a noted Frcnoh dramatic author; Hon. iiwight Foster, ex-Supreme Judge of Massachusetts. JOHN W. AYERS, representing a pow- erfal combination of Boston capital, baa THE MAB.KKT. NEW YORK. BKEVEG.,., $ 8.80 & 9.50 Hoos..;,., 6.60 @6.25 FLOUE--Western 8.00 @ 3.60 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago. 96 <t<i .97^ No. 2Red. 1.03 ©1.05^ CORN--No. 2 ja & .63 Oats--White .43 @ .44 PORK--Mess 10.50 @17.00 16.50 LAKD CHICAGO. BEEVKS -Choice to Prime Steers. Fair to Good Common to Medium... Hoos FLOUB--Fancy White Winter Ex Good to Choice Spring... WHEAT--No. 2 Spring No. 2 Winter CoitN--No. 2 OATK--So. 2 hYE--No. 2 BABLEY--NO. % BUTTER --Choice Creamery... Fine Dairy. POTATOES--feachblows KO«K--F: esh POBK-- Mess LAKD MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 CORN--No. 2..,...; OATti--No. 2 lURIJtT--No. 3 POUK--Mess.... 1( LABI> I ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red ; : COBN--Mixed. OATS--No. 2 RYE. POKE--Mess:... I K*80 C'INCINNATL' WHEAT--No. 3 Bed COBN OATH--Mixed. POBK--Mess l LABD TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 3 Bed COEN--No. 2 jiiw'ii OATS--No. 3 ^...r........ DfTROIT. Fi>oua WHEAT--No. 1 White. COUN--Mixed OATS--No. 2 White POBK--Mess J INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN--Mixed OATS--Mixed.. EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best Fair. Common. Hoos. .oe«@ .t»J4 @ (1.76 <& fi.00 & 5.78 Id C.25 m s.75 « r>.2> . .. ® .8*54 LOO' (« l.ti2 ,611 (!') .52 • 3 V i f f ' & .62 .0H!4<$ -OSH atioiml are in ict un- >wa re- »nven- gradual - -- -- . » . and his r___- platform wu>uuM,nd oaefprho represents more than any other Democrat ti^e principles of the Democracy, and whose name is a guaranty of victory. The allusion to Tilden was the occasion of In­ tense enthusiasm and repeated cheer s. A more emphatic resolution on the prohibition question was offered as a minority report, but was finally disposed of by referring it to the next State Convention. Col. Keatley offered appropriate resolutions open the recent death of Gen. A. C. Dodge, the pioneer statesman of Iowa, which were passed with a rising vote. The district conventions met and elected the following delegates and alternates to the nation­ al convention; First District--Delegates: George R. Smith, Van Buren County; Jchn Walbank, Henry Connty. Alternates: George Jamison, Lon- lsa Connty, and E. A. Howard, Jefferson County. Second-Delegates: W. F. Bran nan, Musca­ tine; L. B. Wadlelgh, Clinton. Alternates; H. G. Locart, Jones County: Dr. N. B. Cotton, Ce­ dar County. Third--Delegates: F. Schroeder, Dubuque; P. C. Dltblefsen, Grundy County. Alternates: E. M. Carr, Delaware; Lowery, Bremer. Fourth--Delegates: F. D. Bayless, Clayton; A. O. Doolittle, Floyd County. Alternates: M. B. Headrick, Allamakee County; S. B. Chase, Mitchell. Fifth--Delegates: George J. Boal, Johnson County: John Ryder, Benton. Alternates; A J. Morrison, Iowa County; J. W. Terry, Linn County. Sixth--Delegates: L. B. Perry, Monroe Connty; E. H. Gibbs, Mahaska. Alternates: W. T. Darl, Jasper County; A C. Evans, Davis County. Seventh--Delegates: L. W. Goode, Polk; J. R. North, Dallas. Alternates: J. O. Mabanna, Polk: J. E. Andrew, Adair County. Eighth--Delegates: J. H. Duggan, Union Connty; William Eardley, Appanoose County. Alternates; N^, Ridenour, Page County; F. 8. Gardner, Decflfar County. Ninth -Delegates; Dan Farrell, Mills County; Dr. J. M. Emmert, Cass County. Alternat s: A B. Keith, Crawford; J. B. Itatkln, Fremont Connty. Tenth--Delegates: N. B. Hyatt, Hamilton County; John Cleggett, Cerro Gordo County. Alternates: Dr. H. (•. McCoy, Kossuth County; J. L. Bnttolph, Hardin Connty. Eleventh--Delegates: R. M, Guthrie, Carroll County; P. O. Cassldy, Palo Alto County. Al­ ternates: E. C. Palmer, Wooabory; F. D. Hlggs, Buena Vista. Ohio Republican. . Hon. William McKlnley was made Chairman of the Ohio Republican Convention, at Cleve­ land. The various Congressional districts re­ ported the names of their delegates to the Chi­ cago convention, and their committeemen. Twenty-six of the delegates are pronounoed Blaine men; fourt*qn are: tor Sherman, and >two are without qniowti preferences. There was a hot fight between the friends of Blaine and John Sherman over the delegates-at-large, the Sherman cohorts coming off victorious, by securing three of the four delegates. The delegates-at-largeare Marcus A. Hannaof Cleve­ land, Judge West of Bellefontsine, Hon. William McKlnley of Canton, and Judge J. B. Foraker of Cincinnati. Four colored men were chosen as alternates. J. S. Robinson, of H»rdin connty, was nominated for Secretary of State; Chief Jus­ tice W. W. Johnson was renominated for Justice of the Supreme Court; C. A. Flickinger, of Defi­ ance, was nominated for member of the Board of Public Works. The following resolutions were adopted: The Republican party approves the policy of prelection in all economic legislation, and it favors its aoplication without discriniination to American industries, thereby securing employ­ ment at remunerative wages to American labor. Th%t it is in tavor of collecting an adequate revenue to defray the proper and economical ex­ penses of the Government from duties upon foreign imports and proper internal taxation, and that it condemns the Democratic doctrine of tariff for revenue only as destructive to the business interests of the country, and that the do; trine of the Democratic party favoring put­ ting what is improperly called raw material, such as pig iron, wool, etc., on the free list is dangerous, and If carried out will be destructive Of the IK.4 iuteieots of the nation. That tbe reduction of duties on imported wools made by the act of 188a has seriously in­ jured the prosperity of an important agricult­ ural pursuit in which more than a million of our citizens are engaged, and, unless this legislation be amended, the business of wool growing will be paralyzed if it be not transferred to foreign nations; therefore we demand restoration of tbe wool tariff of 1876, which gave the first and only substantial protection ever offered to tbe shsep husbandry in the United States. That the Republican party having aided labor, liberating it when oppressed, giving to it home­ steads in the public domain, and supporting schools at public expense for its children of all classes, recognizes now more fully than ever the great interests of American labor, its claim npon the care of the Government, and its rights to equal consideration with capital That the Republican party stands by its lega­ tion known as the Scott law, and condemns the want of sincerity of the Democratic party in re­ spect thereto. The position of the Republican party touching civil swvice. as repeatedly expressed through its conventions and exemplified by its legislation faithfully administered, is heartily indorsed. The party is in favor of maintaining equal civil rights to all classes of citizens under the guar­ anties of the law and Constitution in all parts of the United States, and it also demands that the elestivetrauchise shall be respected to the end that every voter shall have a free ballot, which shall be honestly counted. That we heartily approve and Indorse the ad­ ministration of President' Arthur, both in his foreign and domestic policy. Michigan Republican. The Michigan Republican State Convention was held at Grand Rapids, Congressman Ros- well G. Horr acting as temporary Chairman. M. C. Bnrch. of Grand Rapids, was made permanent Chairman, while E. T. Bennett, of Bay City, dis­ charged the duties of Secretary. The roll call showed Clo delegates in attendance. There was & vigorous tight on the nominations tor dele- gafces-at-large. Roswell G. Horr went through under suspension of the rules by acclamation, and so did W. M. Swift, of Marquette. Samuel C. Watson, of Detroit, and W. T. At- wood, of Saginaw, both colored, were then placed in nomination by representatives of the two col' red factions of the State. A ballot was demanded, and the Detroit man carried the day. The last tight wat between Julius C. Burrows, of Kalamazoo, and Harry Conant, of Monroe. Joseph Moore, Ezra L. Koon. A. B. Turner, and George W. liobey were elected alternates. It is noteworthy that Watson is the fl st colored man over sent from Michigan as a delegate to a national convention. The political preferences of the delegation ar« between Blaine and Ed­ munds. No instructions were given. The Com­ mittee on resolutions reported thfe following, which wai adu|>ted: 1. The Republicans of Michigan, in conven­ tion vsembfed to elect delegates to the na lona convention to b? held at Chioago tbe third dav of Jnne next, hereby reaOlrm the principles of the party as enumerated in its platfoims through its history of a quarter of a century. It reaffirm* its faith in the ability of the party to secure in the future, as it has in the oast, such modification and reforms aa time ana ex­ perience shall prove to be for the growth of the nation ana the general welfare of its citizens. 2. They have oontidenoe that the wisdom and patriotism of tbe Chicago convention will form­ ulate a platform and nominate a candidate that the people will approve, and that will next No­ vember call out from the State of Michigan its old-time Republican majority. Judge P. T. Vanzile, of Charlotte, was elected Chairman of the State Central Committee by ac­ clamation. New York Republican. A combination of the Arthur-Edmunds men organized the New York Republican Convention st titles, Nathaniel C. Horn ton defeating Ed­ mund L. Pitts, the Miller-Blaine-Cornell candi­ date for Chairman. They also elected Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew D. White, John I. Gilbert, and Edwin Packard dclegates-at-large to the of the Be- reMeaentation * by tbs people i)f coavenfSna! On motion of a colored delegate, it was de­ eded that the colored voters should have • representative upon the electoral ticbet. A resolution was also adopted that the next Ra­ tional Republican Convention shoald be re­ quested te provide that In future national con­ ventions' representatives should be proportion­ ate to the number of Republican voters and.Con districts, respectively. The raeolu- tions Indorse the President's adminbstration, call for the repeal of the silver coinage act, de­ mand protection pf national Industries, and condemn the Democratic party for its proposed revision of the tariff laws. When the reference to President Arthur WAS read there was loud and long-continued applause, and, in response to a call for three cheers, they were given with a will and a tiger. Mississippi Republican. The Mississippi Republican Convention, at Jackson, selected the following delegates-at- large to the Chicago convention: Branch K. Bruce (colored), James Hill, J. M. Bynum, and It. T. Beck, all for Arthur. Fourteen district delegates were chosen, thirteen of whom are for Arthur and one for Logan. Seven of the district delegates are negroes. Ex-Senator ltruoe ad­ dressed the convention, and in a conservative speech advised against instructing tbe delegates to the Chicago convention. The resolu­ tions nrge the Importance of the Mississippi as a highway and the necessity of its Improve­ ment; express a belief in the policy of protec­ tion as calculated to increase tbe manufacturing industries, and enhance the value of products, and la* conducive to the prosperity of {belabor­ ing classes: Indorse Blair's educational Mil; de­ clare that, among the eminent Republicans named for President, the Mississippi Republicans have no first choice, bnt will heartily supportany one cf them that may be nominated; say that the delegates to Chicago should y.old their preference for the genera! good, and. after care­ ful inquiry, to cast their votes for the candidate mora acceptable to tbe people of the Republic*?* States and the doubtful States ne> essary to the election; and indorse tbe administration of President Arthur. Judge Green C. Chandler in the First District, and Capt. J. R. Smith in the Fifth district, dep­ uty internal revenue collectors, were nominated (or Congress In their respective districts. The other districts will make Congressional nomina­ tions later. • Virginia Republican. The Republican State Convention of Virginia, which met at Richmond, was called to order by Senator Mahone, and Col. William Lamb was made Chairman. Four delegates-at-large--Ma­ hone being one--and eighteen district delegates were chq«en. Four of them are colored and eighteen white men. A motion that delegates to Chicago be instructed to cast their rotes In tbe national convention for Arthur was received with almost unanimous disapproval Each dis­ trict delegation reported in tavor of Gen. Mahone as Chairman of the delegation to Chioago, and the delegates were instructed to vote as a unit on all questions in the convention. The platform, which was read by Gen. Ma­ hone, declares that the coalitionists of the State shall hereafter be known as the Republican party of Virginia, and tbat in the nation's affairs they shall act with the national Republican party and support its nominees for President < and Vice President. The platform also declares in favor of free education and tibial appropri­ ations of the surplus Government revenue for educational purposes; demands a protective tariff in the Interests of national industries; cordially indorses President Arthur's policy, which la characterized as conspicuously conserv­ ative and entitled to the respect and confidence of the nation, and concludes with an emphatic preference for bis nomination at Chicago. Maine tireenbaek. Col. C. 8. Emerson waa called to preside over the Maine State Greenback Convention, which assembled at Lewlaton. Three hundred and twelve delegates were in attendance. Ex-Gov. Plaisted left for home before the convention was called to order, having failed in his efforts to bring about a fusion with the Democrats. Ex-Congressman Ladd, however, remained with the hope of being nominated for Governor, but in this he was worsted, the Rev. Dr. H. B. Eaton, of Camden, getting the honor. A resolution was introduced early in the session, pronouncing against fusion witu "either of the old parties. Open or secret," and after a lively debate was adopted. The platform points to the Supreme Court's legal tender de­ cision as an unanswerable indorse­ ment of the principles of the Green­ back party, and indorses the national plat­ form of 1800. Resolutions were also passed ad­ vocating the Government control of railroad and telegraph lines; advocating an income tax; con­ demning tbe employment of children in man­ ufactories, and deprec atiag the introduction of the prohibitory amendment question into party politics. A full set of nominations was made for Congress, for Presidential electors, and for national convention delegates, and all the del­ egates and electors were instructed to vote for Benjamin F. Butler. Dakota Republican* la the Dakota Republican Convention, at Huron, which was presided over by W. C. Plnm- mer, of Fargo, a resolution was adopted with three cheers favoring Blaine for President and Lincoln tor Vice President, and the delegates were instructed to vote for them as long as there was a probability of their being nominated. N. E. Nelson, of Pembina, and Col. J. L. Jolly, of Clay, were elected delegates to the Chicago convention. Byron E. Pav, of Brookings, and Robert E. Wallace, of Stutsman, being -chosen as alternates. Resolutions were adopted by a rising vote indorsing Arthur's administration, instructing the delegates for Blaine, favoring the division of Dakota and the admission of the south half. There was a bitter fight between the delegates from the northern and southern sections of the State for the organization and control of the convention, resulting in a victory for the northern section by a bare majority of one. Connecticut Republican. Hon. Samuel Fessenden, who presided over the Republican Convention at Hartford, ex­ pressed no personal preference as to the Presi­ dential aspirants, bnt briefly named those most prominently mentioned. President Arthur received a round of applanse, and there was prolonged cheering when Gen. Hawley was mentioned. The del­ egates-at-large -- John L. Houston, Sam­ uel E. Merwin, Jr., Augustus Brandegee, and Frederick Mills--were instructed for Senator Joseph R. Hawley. Eight district delegates were appokijbed, all of whom are for Hawley. The resolutions eulogize President Arthur and his administration, and pledge the Republicans of Connecticut to support the nominee of the Chi­ cago convention. New Jersey Greenback. Tne National party of New Jersey, called for the purpose of electing delegates-at-largs to the Indianapolis convention, convened at Trenton, and was presided over by E. E. Potter. Beniaman F. McCalllster, of Gloucester, R. W. Terllnde, of Uuion, D. A. Hopkins, of Essex, and George H. Larison, of Hunterdon, were chosen dele­ gates. It was at first determined to get np a platform, but it was finally concluded to adopt the platform of the last national convention. It was adopted without being read. All the delegates are for Ben Butler for President. Tennessee Greenback. The State convention of the Tennessee Green- backer^, at Nashville, was largely attended. N. J. Buchanan, of Faycttevllle, was nominated for Governor on the first ballot. The national platform of 1880 was re-affirmed, aud delegates to the national convention at Indianapolis were chosen, 'i'hey were uninstructed, but are un­ derstood to be favorable to Gen. Butler as the Presidential standard-bearer. MISCELLANEOUS POLITICS. Michigan Democrats. The Hon. O. M. Barnes, Chairman of the Mich­ igan Democratic State Committee, was inter­ viewed at Chicago by a Tribune reporter, and is reported as saying that "Tilden b ;iug apparent­ ly out of the question, the delegatlom from his State would come to Chicago with no pro­ nounced preferences, but prepared to go for the most available man. In regard to fusion this year with the Greenbackers, Mr. Barnes expressed himself unqualifiedly in favor «f it. With Kuoh a unl n of forces thero would be a fair prospect of capturing the electoral vot» of Michigan. Without it. Michigan was surely Re­ publican. He thought tliat the majority of both the Democratic and National parties were in favor of such a union. In such an event the electoral ticket would probably be divided as was the cass in Maine in lsso. He believed the Fusionisis would be able to hold the Congres­ sional districts carried by them in 1882." The New York Republican Convention. New York World: " The convention at Utlca made Mr. Edmunds a prominent candidate for President. He may now be regarded as Mr. Arthur's heir. The fight henceforth is between Blaine and Edmunds. Not onlv w re tke Presi­ dent's friends compelled to submit to the elec­ tion of four EdmnndH delegates; thev had to bear the humiliation of voting for four delegates who besides favoring Edmunds were pro­ nounced first. last and all the time against Arthur-Theodore Rog^velt, Andrew D. White, John J. Gilbert, and Edwin Packard, the anti- Arthur Rei ublicans." ?J?w.Yo'Z.Timei ,"The Utica convention has settled nothing. It has not settled Mr. Blaine Much less has It settled Mr. Arthur. But it has named as delegates-at-large to the Chicago con­ vention four Republicans of intelligence, inde- p6Qd?no6| Ukd rcprowntstivg chArMt€f who can be relied upon to spe^c at the great council Of the party in the name df the thousands of In­ dependent voters in this State, whose support cannot be had for a candidate thrust unon the party by machine effort or for a candidate of nnclean record." A GOOD-LOOK lira, well-dressed man was caugbt on Broadway, New York, squirting oil on people's clothes from a small con­ cealed in bis hand. HUMMUS. WlHM and by Whas the Nnmetals ««• Invented fcinsikable Piupttllti MT RAM Numbers. (Troy Times.] Brahmins are said to have in­ vented the numerals--1 to 10--some­ time before the Christian era, and the Arabians to have introduced them into Spain, whence they spread all over En- rope. They did not come into general use in England until the beginning of the seventeenth century. In olden times there was a belief in the occult power of numbers, which were thought to express the harmonic.) of nature. Divination of numbers came from this belief. In a well-known song, Rery O'More declared "there's lock in odd numbers--bad luck for some. In the numeral Hebrew cabala two was said to be the most imperfect. Cornelius Agrippa wrote that, therefore, on the second day of the creation, the Al­ mighty did not pronounce the very work of his hands to be good, and Rab­ bi Akkiva asserted that hell was made on the evening of the second day. In modern times a great many princes, second of their name, have bees unfer- tunate. For example, in English his­ tory, William II., commonly called Ru- fus, from his red hair, whe was acci- dently killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tynel while hunting in the New forest; Henry II., who was humili­ ated as never was monarch before, on account of the murder of Thomas Becket, and was* peculiarly unfortunate in his family; Edward IL, brutally murdered in Berkeley Castle; Richard II., dethroned, imprisoned, and mur­ dered in Pontefract Castlo; James IL, dethroned and exiled, and a number of foreigners. It is also noticeable that princes who have been the second of their name, even when fortunate in worldly matters, have almost all been immoral and irre­ ligious. Take, for example, Henry IL, Charles II., and George IL, of Eng­ land, not to mention, before the con­ quest, Edward the Martyr, Ethelred the Unready, and Edmund Ironsides. To these may be added Peter II., of Russia; Charles II., of Navarre, and Isabella If., of Spain. The number 3: When the world was created we find land, water and sky, sun. moon and stars; Noah had but three sons. Jonah was three days in the whale's belly. Christ was three days in the tomb," Peter denied Christ thrice. There were three patriarchs. Abraham entertained three angels. Samuel was called three time3. Daniel was thrown into a den with three lions for praying three times a day. Shad- racli, Meshecli, and Abednego were res­ cued from the flames of the oven. The ten commandments were delivered on the third day. Job had three friends. St. Paul speaks on faith, hope and char­ ity, these three. Those famous dreams of the baker and butler were to come to pass in three days; and Elijah prostra­ ted himself three times on the body of the dead child. Samson deceived De- lila three times before she discovered the source of his strength. The sacred letters on the cross are I. H. S.; so also the Roman motto was eomposed of three words, "In hoc signo." There are three conditions for man, the earth, heaven, and hell; there is also the Holy Trinity. In mythology there are three graces; Cerberus with his three heads; Neptune holding his three-toothed staff; the Oracle of Delphi cherished with veneration the tripod, and the nine muses sprang from three. In nature we have male, female, and offspring; morning, noon, and night. Trees group their leaves in threes; their is the three- leaved clover. We have fish, flesh, and fowl. What could be done in the mathematics without the aid of the tri­ angle? Witness the power of the wedge; and in logic three premises are indispensible. It is a common phase that "three is a lucky number." The number 9 possesses some re­ markable proprieties. If the nine dig- ; its, 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, be added to­ gether the sum will be 45, which is equal to 5 times 9, and the snm of the digits of their ram, 4and 5, ip 9. If any number is subtracted from another having the same digits in a different or­ der, the remainder will be divisible by 9, and the sum of the digits of the re­ mainder will also bo divisible by 9. Subtracting 2,907,024 from 7,364,429 there remains 4.416,795, which is equal to 9 times 490,955. The sum of the dig­ its, 4, 4, 1, 6, 7, 9,5, is 36, which is divis­ ible by 9. If any number be multiplied by 9, the sum of the digits or figures of the product will be divisible by 9. Nine times 43,780,135 is 394,021,215 ; the sum of the digits of the product is 27, a multiple of 9. If a number \>e subtracted from another having the same digits in a' different order, and one of tbe digits of the remainder eras­ ed, it can be fpund in the following manner: Add together the figures of the remainder that are left, divide the sum by 9, subtract the figure that re­ mains after tho dividing by 9, from 9, and the last remainder will be the digit of figure sought. If there is no remain­ der, 0 or 9 was erased. - Ask someone to write down a number and subtract from it another composed of the same digits in a different order, without letting you see either of them. Tell him you want all the figures of the remainder but one. By the above rule you can soon find the figur&you have not seen. The feat will appear quite mysterious to the uninitiated. Here is an example: Subtracting 156,324 from 231,456, the remainder is 75,132. The sum of the figures 7,5, 1, 3, is 16. Divide 16 by 9, we have a remainder of 7. Seven from 9 leaves 2, the other fignro. What conception can we form of a billion? We may sav that a billion is .1 million of trillions, and easily repre­ sent it thus: >,000,000,000,0Q0. But how entirely the mind is incapable of( conceiving such numbers. If a person were able to count at the rate of two hundred a minute, and to work without intermission twelve hours a day, he would take to count a billion 6,944,444 days, or, 19.325 years 319 days. A billion of billions--a quadrillion--can easi v be represented thus: 1,000,000,- 000.(k)0.000,000,000,000; but to count a quadrillion at the rate of two hundred in the minute would require all the in­ habitants of the globe, supposing them to be a thousand millions, to count in­ cessantly for 19,025,875 years, or more than three thousand times the period during which the human race has been supposed to be in existence.--Troy Times? ^ "That's all right," said the other; "I drank the mm last night, and now 1 mix if--Hartford TitLe. Taking a Temperance Teddy. Two men of rubicund visage met on the outskirts of the city one morning. They were both dry. One of them said: "I'm going over to yonder well and have some toddy." The other smacked his lips, saving: "I'll go 'long with you." The first speaker drank freely of tho water, much to the disgust of the latter, who said: "I thought you were going to have some toddy ? But you have had nothing but clear water." (na This world is filled with woe every­ where as you go. Sorrow is piled no in the fence corners on every road. Una­ vailing regret and red-nosed remorse- inhabit the cot of the tie-chopper aa well w the cut of th& mil­ lionaire. The woods are full of disap­ pointment. The earth is convulsed with the universal sob, and the roads are muddy with tears. But I do not. call to mind a more touching picture of unavailing misery and ruin and chaos than the plug hat that has endeavored to keep sober and maintain its self-re­ spect while its owner is drunk. A plug hat can stand prosperity, and shine forth joyously while nature smiles. That's the place where it seems to- thrive. A silk hat looks well on a. thrifty man with a clean oollar, but it cannot stand dissipation. I once knew a ping hat that had beep, respected by every one and had won its> way up by steady endeavor. No one knew aught against it till one evening* in an evil hour, it consented to attend a banquet, and all at once-its joyous ca­ reer ended. It met nothing but dis­ trust and cool neglect everywhere after that. Drink seemed to make the man tem­ porarily, unnaturally exhilarated. Dur­ ing the temporary exhilaration he de­ sires to attract attention by eating lobster salad out of his own hat and sit­ ting down on his neighbors. The demon rum is bad enough on the' coatings of the stomach, but it is even more disastrous to the tall hat. A wmn may mix up in a crowd and carry off ah overdose of valley tan in a soft"hat or cap, but the silk hat will proclaim it. upon the housetops and advertise it to the gaping, wondering world. It has a way of getting back on the rear eleva­ tion of the head, or even the bridge of the nose, or of hanging coquettisbly on one ear that says to the eagle-eyed pub­ lic, "I am chock full." I can not call to mind a more power­ ful lecture on temperance than the si­ lent pantomime of a man trying to> hang his plug hat on an invisible peg in his own hall after he had been watch­ ing the returns three years ago. I saw that he was excited and nervously un­ strung when he came in, but I did not fully recognize it until he began to hang his hat on the smooth wall. At first he laughed in a good natured way at his own awkwardness and hung it up again carefully; but at last he be­ came irritated about it, and almost for­ got himself enough to swear, but con­ trolled himself. Finding, however, that. it refused to hang up he put it in the corner of the hall with the crown up, pinned it to the floor with his umbrel­ la, and heaved a sigh of relief Then he took off his overcoat, and, through clerical error, pulled off his dress coat, also. I showed him his mistake and offered to assist him back into his ap­ parel, but he said he hadn't got so old and feeble yet that he couldn't dresa himself. Later on he came into the parlor wearing a linen ulster, with the belt droeping behind him like tlie broken harness hanging to a shipwrecked and stranded mule. His wife looked at him in a way that froze his blood. This startled him so that he stepped back a. pace or two, tangled his feet in his cir- cingle, clutched wildly at the empty gas light, but missed it, and sat down in a tall majolica cuspidor1 , There were-three games of whist g6- ing on when he fell, and there was a.' good deal of excitement over the play­ ing ; but after he had been pulled out of the American tearjug and led away, every one of the twelve whist-playera had forgotten what the trump was. They say that he has abandoned poli­ tics since then, and that now he doesn't care whether we have any more No­ vember elections or not. I asked him once if he would be active during the 1884 campaign, as usual, and he said he thought not. He paid a man couldn't afford to be too active in a political campaign. His constitution wouldn't stand it. - At that time he didn't care mueh whether the American people had a President or not. If every public-spir­ ited citizen had got to work himself up into a state of nervous excitability and prostration where reason totterd on its throne, he thought that we needed a re­ form. Those who wished to furnish reasons to totter on their thrones for the Na­ tional Central Committee at so muohi per tot could do so; he, for one, didn't propose to farm out his immortal soul and plug hat to the party if 60,009,000 people had to stand four years under the administration of a setting hen.--- Biti Niie. Shortening a Sentence. Eminent statesman.--"Yes, but I am out of politics forever." Workman--"Bill says you can easily get a portion of the delegates." "Yes, but I am out of politics." "Jim 6ays that he will turn in hia votes for you." "Yes, but I am out of " "Mike estimates that you can get half." "Yes, but I am out-- "More than that." "Yes, but I am • "Oyer half.*' "Yes, but I " "Jake offers his votes." "Yes. but " "And I will give you mine. That makes your nomination sure. Will yoi* accept?" "Yes."--Philadelphia Call. k Change of Treatment. "If you will permit me to say so, doc­ tor," remarked the patient, "science has in you one of its most persevering dis­ ciples." The doctors face expressed the gratification* the compliment gave him. and the patient continued: "But I have one favor to ask of you."" "Name it," said the pleased and smil­ ing Galen. "You have treated me scientifically for six weeks." "Yes." "Well, give me something now to get well on."--Brooklyn Eagle. The Wi»e Father. A worldly father* after the style of Lord Chesterfield, js giving good ad­ vice to his son, who is about to enter society. "And above all, avoid flirtations. But if you must flirt or fall in love, sir* be sure that it is with a pretty woman. It is always safer." * "Why?" "Because some other fellow wilt be sure to be attracted and cut you out tit* fore any harm has been done."--Xoit- don Society. A CHILD needs smiles as mueh as t|p": flowers need sunbeams. teai'rii. ••feu-jfe