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* - - " • *1 (rttrtt %Iaindealrr J. VAN SLTKE, IMM M< nMlihir. McHENRT, ILLINOIS i'H: NOTING the demise of the Greenock Advertiser, a paper started in 1802, the Christian Leader says the most nota­ ble incident in its history, next to the fact that it died twice, was its rejection of one of the finest poems of Campbell, sent by the youthful author of "The Pleasures of Hope" for tho insertion in the poet's corner. The editor put in a notice to the poet that his attempt was not "up to the mark" of the Advertiser. TSAO JO, the Chinese Minister AT Washington. was handed a bit of yel­ low paper the other day. The printed •slip seemed to be an official document, And as the death of imperial persons in Ohina are announced on yellow paper, Mr. Tsao jumped at the eonclusion that Mr. Arthur had died suddenly. There was a good deal of excitement m his •dwelling until the arrival of the inter­ preter disclosed the fact that his yejta low slip was a gas bill. THF. fashion of bridegrooms giving presents to the bridemaids is becoming antiquated, and the fair maids now unite in giving tie happy man some­ thing to remember them by. At a re- •cent fashionable wedding in New York City they presented him with a glori­ fied latch-key made of gold with a gem- set handle. The bride was shown her share of attention by the groomsmen,who -offered her a silver broom, in the handle of which all manner of precious atones aparkled. MF. STILLO'N HCTCHIXS, the editor of the Washington Post, has sustained a sad bereavement in the death of his wife. Qnly a year ago the union took place under the happiest of auspices. It was followed by a trip to Europe and the establishment of a delightful home at Washington. To-day all is desolation. Mrs. H. was a bright, intellectual, com­ panionable woman, and she possessed to an eminent degree the love of her most generous husband. In his sorrow Mr. Hutching will have the sincere and heartfelt sympathy of an array of • friends. . A FEW days ago one of the soldiers quartered in the barracks of Naples, having taken offense at some of his comrades for calling him a tinker, wait­ ed until bedtime, and, immediately af­ ter the signal for extinguishing the lights was given, took down his rifle and commenced firing indiscriminately among them. Before he could be se­ cured he had discharged no fewer than fifty-seven shots, killing three men on the spot and woundiug eight more, one of whom died scon after being taken to the hospital, while five of the other are reported to be in a hopeless state. THE portrait of President Arthtir which Mr. G. P. A. Healy is painting is to be full length, and represent Presi­ dent Arthur in three-quarter view, the head bent slightly down and forward, with a gracious and pleasant expression, as if just greeting one. It is a most truthful portrait, and shows the Presi­ dent Arthur of to-day as a very differ­ ent looking man from the full-faced candidate with mutton-chop whiskers paraded in the campaign of 1880. The flowing whiskers have lieen dipped short, the chin is smooth, and the mus­ tache is dipped short His face wears a more serious air now, and the soft brown eyes remain as the finest features. -'"'A SUBMARINE boat which ought to be able to destroy the navies of the world has been made at Stockholm. It was tried on the Malar Lake, and.'will short­ ly be brought over to France. The boat has the shape of a cigar, is sixty-four feet long, six feet wide, and has an en­ gine of thirty-horse power. It is said that it can be navigated under water, goes at the speed of ten nautical miles an hour, and that four persons can, without amy danger, remain in it for six hours running.^ The funnel-shaped cylinder is the only part of the boat which is risible. A winding stair leads to the boat, which is steered from the top of the cylinder, where a glass roof enables the man at the wheel to see the surface of the water and direct the course of his strange submarine engine. MR. HOWARD Vincent's model detect­ ive, who is on the track of the dynamit­ ers, never carries anything about him but a whisky flask and a pipe. He is a Scotchman, and likes whisky, but shares his flask indiscriminately with his ene­ mies. lie asserts that it renders his work much easier. He speake, Vin­ cent says, several languages with great fluency, and spends #100,000 a year or even more wit liont question, for he is instructed never to allow himself to be stopped by money considerations when he is on the track of big game. His model detective goes around Paris oc­ casionally disguised as a woman, visits numerous well-known resorts of the Irish there, and overhears conversations. He dined one night with the Treasurer of the Irish exiles in that capital, who "is a high liver, and finds nothing at the Irish bir in the Rue Royale too good for his delicate palate." Alter dining he probably spent the night on some bench or other near by watching the Irish who swarm in the Rue Royale quarter, "like a cat watching for mice." per year; engineers of the first class, $720 per year: and daily laborers, $219 per year. The tfaily wages of bakers are 40 to 80 cents; of .b!acksm'ths, 60 to 70 cents; of boot and shoe makers, 40 to 90 cents; of bricklayers, 50 to 7o %ents; of briekmakers, 05 to 75 cents; of coopers, 35 to 55 cents; of carpenters, 50 to 90 eents; of farm laborers, 30 to 55 cents, with board; of machinists, C> to $1.60; of masons, 50 to 70 cents; ot house-painters, 60 eents to $1; of plum­ bers, 60 to 90 cents; of puddlers in foundries, 80 cents to $1.40; of stone­ cutters, 80 cents to $1.20. In factories overseers reeeive $5.50 per week; head pic k-r.v $2.40; mule spinners, $3.0„ plain weavers, $1.70; fancy weavers, $2; plain dyers, $2.40; and fancy dyers $2.iK). The average honrs of lal or are fifteen in summer and twelve in winter A loaf of bread, second quality, weigh­ ing two and one-fiftli pounds, co^ts 10 cents; the same weight of beef costs ii cents; of pork, 33 cents; 6t mutton, 30 cents. Consul Welsh savs: "Fresh meat is but seldom eaten." THE rush to Dakota, Montana, and the ten itories beyond is greater than last year. It is probable that Dakota will receive an accession of 100,000 to her population this year. She has now about 400,000 inhabitants. A year hence it will exceed half a million. A writer, speaking of the lush f-ays: Ob­ servers stand amazed, and can only ask where all the people come from. The bulk of the newcomers are from Nor- way, Sweden, and other Scandinavian countries, but many are from the North" em States of this Republic. The North­ ern Pacific Railroad Company has been compelled to add a third daily passen­ ger train, only two trains per day hav­ ing been run hitherto. Sleeping-cars for the emigrants are now iu use, the passengers furnishing their own bed­ ding, as a rule, but being able to hire suitable supplies on the train. These cars, with a dining-car, at cheap rates for food furnished, aie now run through to Portland, Oregon, so that the emi­ grants may travel in comparative lux­ ury. As the stream of travel sets wholly westward transportation companies ars Embarrassed by the difficulty of getting their rolling-stock back again without some loss of motive power. According to all reports, the business of the pro­ fessional "boomer" in the Northwest, is taken out of his hands. The country booms itself. TJKITKD STATES Consul Welsh, of Florence, Italy, has been investigating the subject of labor and wages in his district. Brakemen on Railroads re- Mire $150 per year; conductors. $£40 ST. JAMES Gazette, London: The death of the Duke of Albany is rightly spoken of as premature; yet there can be little doubt that his life extended considerably beyond the average of that of English princes. The number is in­ deed astonishing of whom, there is no record save that they "died young." Not many persons, probably, ever heard of Prince Octavius, the eighth sou o? George IIL, who lived a little more than four years; or of Priace Alfred, his younger brother, who lived less than two. To go back to the Stuarts, Anne gave birth to seventeen children, of whom the greater number were still­ born ; of the remainder only one sur­ vived infancy, and he was carried off at the age of 11. Anne herself was one of the eight children of James IL by his first, wife, Mary being the only other who survived the period of infancy. By Mary of Modena James had fix more children, all of whom died in infancy except the pretender and Maria Louisa, the latter of whom did not complete her twentieth year. Of Charles I.'s eight children, two died in infancy, and four between the ages of 15 and*30. Charles, though he met with a violent death,, was the longest-lived, save one, of his fath­ er's seven children. The Queen of Bohemia lived to the age of 66; her three sisters all died in early childhood, as did Robert, Duke of Albany, who oafhe between Henry and Charles. The Tudors were scarcely more fortunate- Of the six childfen of Henry VIII., two sons (by Catherine of Aragon) died in infancy; while the second child Anne Boleyn was st ill-bom Henry was him­ self the only one of four brothers who attained to manhood. And a similar examination extended to the Plantage- net princes wonld show that the fates were no kinder to them. Color Deafness. I sometimes think there is a disease of the ear corresponding to what in the eye is termed oolor blindness. Color deafness might be defined as the inabili­ ty to distinguish the nice shades of dif­ ference between related sounds. It is possible that persons afflicted with this infirmity are unable to recognize all the values of the vowels and consonants of spoken language; tiie sounds of cer­ tain letters may not reach their ear, or their ear may report unwarranted sounds. A school teacher (from New England, I believe) was instructing a class in the science of punctnation. On her calling attention to the use of the comma, some of the children laughed "What are you laughing at?" asked the teacher. "You said commar," answered a forward boy. "And what do you say?" Comma" (with sharp precision). "Well, I fay commar, too," was the teacher'-, reply. In much the same way. a South­ ern lady of my acquaintance suffers from color deafness, mistaking broad a for r. On being charged with defraud­ ing the r in^good morning.' she good- lmmoredly attempted to acquit herself: "Listen. I sav, good mawning, too;" but she only dwelt a little longer than on the aw sound.--Atlantic. An Easy Selution. "See here, my friend, that dog of yours killed three sheep <}f mine last night, and I want to know what you propose to do about it*** "Are yom sure it was m? dog?" "Yes." "Well, I hardly knor' what to da. I guess I had better sell him. You don't want to buy a goo/ dog, do you.--Phil­ adelphia Call. A 8KV8CBLE young bride said the handsomest present she knew of was STRIKING INCIDENT* the groom. rhe Btmoral of the Figurehead Croat,the Constitution aud Its Umtnialloii. The destruction of the old Navy De­ partment recalls many interesting scenes which transpired there, none, perhaps, more remarkable than one when Mahlone Diekerson wai Secretary of the navy under John Quincy Adams. While looking over some papers one morning a card was handed him bear­ ing the name of Captain Dewey, and on it, written in penoil: "Mr. Van Buren will thank the Secretary to see this gentleman." He accordingly di- rertedt,the messenger to show him in, and a short, sailor-looking man enter­ ed, carrying a bundle in a b fidana handkerchief. Bowing courteously, he said: "Have I the honor of addressing the Secretary of the Navy?" "You have," replied Mr. Diekerson, "and as I am very busy, I will thank you to be brief." "Mr. Diekerson," said the Captain, "I am the man who removed the figure- Jiend from the Constitution, and I have brought it here to restore it." Secretary Diekerson threw himself back in his chair and looked with aston­ ishment at the man who had cast such an indignity on the administration by sawing off the head of the President from the figurehead of the Constitu­ tion "Well, sir," said he in an angry tone, "yon are the man who had the audacity to disfigure Old Ironsides." "Yes, sir," I took the responsibility.* "Well, sir, I will have you arrested immediately," and the Secretary reached toward his bell to summons his messen­ ger. "Stop, Mr. Secretary," said Captain Dewey; "you, as a lawyer, know that there is no statute againsts defacing a ship-of-war and all yon can do is to sue me for trespass, and that in this country where the offense was committed. If you desire it, I will go back to Middle­ sex County and stand mytrial. Mr. Dickenson reflected a moment and said: "You are right; and now tell me how you took away that head." Dewey went on to say that, thinking it was a desecration to place a figure­ head of President Jackson on Old Ironsides, he had determined to carry it off. Late one night, in a severe thunder storm, Dewev sculled from Boston to the navy-yard with muffled oar, clambered up the bow of the Con­ stitution and commenced sawing. It was no easy task, as there was an iron bolt through the figure. While at work the flashes of lightn:ng occasion­ ally revealed a sentry on the wharf, and another on the forecastle of the Con­ stitution. Having finished, Dewey re­ turned to the boat, carrying the head, and was soon in Boston. He was quite a lion among the Whigs,, and at Wash­ ington received much attention. Sec­ retary Diekerson treated him with great courtesy, and received the head with thanks. For a number of years Dewey visited Washington every win­ ter. I think he received the appoint­ ment of postmaster at one time in Vir­ ginia. He had on his visiting cards a handsaw bearing his name.--Ben: Per- ley Poore, in the Boston Budget. Almost Broke the Saubatli. In a city not a thousand miles from Hartford is a private sportsman's asso­ ciation, and every year, in August or September, they have a grand excursion to a favorite pond, a day's journey off. and some twelve miles'nto the forest, awav from any hibitation, and spend some two oi three weeks. They have a comfortable building within a few rods of the pond, with lodging accomoda­ tions like the berths in a steamboat. On.i of the number, who has been brought up in the good old Pnritanic way to reverence the Sabbath, told the writer how near he came to fishing Sunday. Some of the party SDent Sat­ urday evening fishing, so as to have a supply for Sunday. Sunday morning, my informant says, he arose at break of day. All were in their bunks, sound asleep, and snoring on!y as tired sports­ men can. Pulling on his pants and slippers he went down to the boats to see what success the evening fishermen had. There were eels and bullheads lying in the bottom of the boat in abund­ ance In the stern of the boat was a fishing-pole with the line in the wafer. "Thinking it. very careless to leave it in that way 1 began pulling in the linp, when something struck the bait and ran out with the line at a rapid rate. What was I to do? You know I never fish Sunday; but here was pole and line goir.g overboard unless I pulled them in. I thought it was right to save property, and landed a three-pound pickerel. As the bait was still on the hook I made up my mind to throw it in the water, and leave it as I found it, and say nothing about it. The bait had no sooner struck tho water than there was a splash, and whir went the reel again. Gracious! What next? You know nothing would tempt me to fish Sunday; but I must save property, and in so doing, landed another pickerel about as large as the first. As I al ways like to leave borrowed things where I find them, the line was thrown in again, and I started for the shore, when, to my f-urprise, the whizzing of the reel painfully greeted ray ears. I hastened back, just in time to catch the pole aS it was being drawn overboard. My conscience rebuked me for going near the l>oat, for you know it is strict­ ly against my prirciples to fish Sunday; but I must save, the pole, fish or no fish, and in comes another large pickerel. Tiiis time the bait was taken, and I was right glad of it, for I now could leave the pole and line where I found them without any danger of being lost. I hastened back to camp, and luckily fonnd all asleep and as niu ic.il as when I left. Hastily undre sawing myself, I jumped -into my bunk undiscovered. After a time the cook got up and went to the boat and came back with the pickerel, exclaiming: 'See here, boys, how is it that you catch pickerel in the night ?* This arousw} the sleepy fisher men, and they declared here were no pickerel in the lx at when they left. They accused the cook of catching them Sunday. He firmlv protested his inuo- ?ence and sa d: 'If I had just taken they would now have been ulive.' All this time I was apparently sleeping soundly. When I got up they were shown to me as the three largest pick­ erel taken during the whole wtok; but (tow they came to be in the boat was a mystery. The final conclusion was that the greedy fish must have ;nmped into the boat to get something to eat, and forgot to jump back again. This to m>' mind, was a very satisfactory ex­ planation They were cooked for our breakfast, but I had no appetite for the repast. All Sunday my conscience was ill at ease, and 1 read my Bible bv the hour, and I don't be'ieve I could tell Whether I was reading in Genesis or ^Revelations -- the latter, I think, be­ cause viajons ot' pickerel were before 'me all of thf tims. Not a chapter could I read without hearing the whizzing of the reel, or seeing those- yellow bellies turn up. Now. I tell you, that is the nearest I ever came to fishing Snndav, and I don't believe anything wouid tempt me to get into a boat again Sun­ day exoept to save- some one from drowning."--Hartford Times. Self-ue.knce. The habit of depending on others is nn evidence of weakness With many it is natural. From early childhood there are tho e who appear to need a stronger person to lean on. Like vites that must cling to trees for support, some persons are ever feeling after a stronger influence to bear them up. Whether this can be overcome where it is inher­ ent is a question. It has been argued that it caunot. And yet there are cj^ses where under stress of circumstances natures that were before weak and yielding have become strong and vigor­ ous. It has often been remarked that women on shipboard have shown in time of distress fortitude and eourago greater than that of strong men. It thus seems clear that this qualitv may be summoned when occasion demands it. Can it be cultivated for the ordi­ nary uses of life? Self-reliance is dependence on self in emergencies aud amid all the duties and struggles of life. Some idea of what we are--the habit of self-depend­ ence--is a preparation for this. And in order to do this we believe the more responsibility children are made to as­ sume at home, the better for them. For example, a round of duties may be assigned, for the regular and correct periartuance of which they are held re­ sponsible. This supposes tiiat they he not reminded of those duties from day to day, but expected to think of and at­ tend to them. It may be the care of a room, the setting apart of certain hour* for study, the looking after certain chores. No matter what, responsibili­ ty is attached, and the child then left. If careless, it is evident that the child is weak in a very important particular. And education, along this line, niav bo regular and constant. It is, however, only the beginning. In a more advanced stage this ele­ ment assumes the exercise of judgment. For a child to merely perform routine service does not bring into play facui* ties which tend to self-reliance. As a rule self-reliant persons are those who have decided opinions, and confidence in them. They must act. And judg' ment must be exercised in order to strengthen and grow. As a rule, the best way to promote this is to encour­ aging criticism. Fault-finding cirticism is not as a rule good. It teiids to em­ barrass and discouage. But by point­ ing out errors with judicious praise where deserved, and encouraging assur­ ances, this quality may be strengthened. We remember a boy who for years could not be taught to olwerve. The dormant faculties were aroused in the boy, and his power of observation rapidly grew. So with judgment. It is a faculty that can be cultivated and encouraged. But all mental and even moral quali­ ties need to be encouraged, not driven. A lout may be driven to manual labor, but the intelligent must be encouraged. So with moral qualities. And self-re­ liance is a moral quality, based on a certain appreciation of our intellectual faculties. This quality may be so prf* moted that the possessor shall be in­ flexibly tenacious in any pursuit of life. And itjs this self-reliant tenacity that reaches ultimate success. In manv cases the difference in success or fail­ ure is that or self-reliance and tenacity in the promoter of an enterprise. And where possessed, it will override diffi­ culties that appear insurmountable to tho weak. It is a quality that may well be cultivated.--Philadelphia Call Babylon's Palaces and Hanging Gardens. From Rollins' history of the Assy­ rians the following description is taken of the palaces and the Hanging Gar­ dens : At the two ends of the bridge (which united Babylon in the oenter) were two palaces, which had a com­ munication with each other by a vault built under the channel of the river at the time of its being dry. The new palace which stood on the west side of the river, opposite to the old palace, was sixty furlongs or seven and one- half miles in compass. It wa* sur­ rounded with throe walls, one within another, with considerable space be­ tween them. These wall, as also those of the other palaces, were embellished with an infinite variety of sculptures, representing all kinds of animals to the life. Among the rest was a curious hunting piece, in which Queen Semira- mis on horseback was throwing her javelin at a leopard, and her husband, Ninus, piercing a lion. In this last or new palace were the Hanging Gardens, so celebrated among the Greeks. They contained a square of fo.ir plethra, that is, 400 feet on every side, and were car­ ried up aloft into the a r in the manner of several large terraces, one above an­ other, till the height equaled that of the walls of the city (:>50 feet, accord­ ing to Rollins). The ascent was i>om terrace to terrace bv stairs ten taet wide. The whole pile was sustained by vast arches, raided upon other arches one above another, and strengthened by a wall surrounding it on ever/ side, of twenty-two feet thickness. On the top of the arches were first laid large fiat stones, sixteen feet long and four bioai; over these was a layer of reeds, m'xed with a quantity of bitumen, upon which were two rows of bricks, closely ce­ mented together with plaster. The whole was covered with thick sheets of lead, upon whioh lay the mold of the garden. And all this floorage was con­ trived to keep the moisture of the mold from running away through the arches. The mold, on earth, laid thereon, was so d4ep that the greatest trees might take root in it; and with such the ter­ races were covered, as well as with all other plants and flowers that were proper for a garden of pb asure. In the upper terrace there was an engine, or kind of pump, by which water was drawn up out of the river, and from thence the whole garden was watered. In the spaces between the several arches, upon which this whole structure rested, were large and magnificent apartments, that were very light, and the advantage of a beautiful prospect. --Inter Ocean. The Researches of a Pennsylvania Editor. It is believed by us that there are but four words in the Euftisli language end­ ing with dous. and these are printed here for the first time this evening, so fur as we know. The words are: Tremendous, Stupendous, Hazardous, Amphibodous. The three first mentioned we have seen given in the London Daily News, but the fourth has heretofore escaped notice. The four named, we believe, complete the list.--From the Chj hervburg Valley Spi "The Old Ticket* Tha drift of the Democratic party seems to be mora and more toward the nomination of "tho old ticket." No­ body is talked of seriously exoept Til- den, and Hendricks goes along as the tail goes with the hide. The theory is advanced that Tilden and his barl can carry New York against anybody the Republicans may nominate, and that is cited as the principal reason for "forc­ ing" the nomination upon him. It would be more honest if the Demo­ cratic managers would admit that the available Presidential material in their party is so scarce, and the factional dissensions over living issues are so se­ rious, that they are compelled to fall back on a reminiscence. The project is to ride into power upon Tilden's old- time reputation for vigor and "reform," and then use Hendricks' pliable nature 'JO secure a partisan distribution of the spoils. Tilden's ghost is to be pa­ raded through the campaign, and, in case of success, a big funeral will be given him when he drops from decrepi­ tude. and Hendricks will be installe I jn the President's chair so fill out the term. jr"--." Is this a shrewd programme? Is it likely to win? In trying to discover the answer to these questions it must first be ascer­ tained what Tilden's candidature would represent. It cannot be assumed that American people will elect a mere dum­ my as President. And yet Tilden as a candidate for President, if he shall live till next November, will represent noth­ ing. When he ran eight years ago it was as* a professional reformer. The reform issue appealed to the people at that time. Many abuses and corrup­ tions had crept into Grant's second administration, and there was a wide­ spread impression through the coun­ try that defoat was necessary to chasten the Republican leaders. Tilden had some claim to the reform pretenses he put forward in the prosecution of the Tweed r.ng, which the New York Times had exposed and ruined. He had vast experience as a politician and election manipulator, and would undoubtedly kuow how to proceed if he were in good health. His administration as Governor of New York had attracted the attention of the country by its pre­ tenses of quasi-independence. He had taken an active part in prosecuting the old Tweed ring for the purpose of im­ proving the reputation of the New York Democracy. It was insisted by his henchmen that he was the very man to clean out the abuses in Government circles, and he developed considerable strength in his State. But since that time all the conditions have changed. During the eight years which have intervened the Republican administration of national affairs has been always clean and generally satis­ factory. The cry of "reform" has lost its force, and does not now affect the people as it did then,/as there are no great evils to reform.' Even if this were not so--even if there were the same necessity for ad­ ministrative reform that was impressed upon the people eight years ago--Til­ den would not command the same con­ fidence in his fitness for the work which he gained at that time. He is a mere wreck of his former self. He is a chronic and hopele-s invalid requiring the constant and most assiduous care of his attendants. He is almost bed-rid­ den. His paralytic stroke has disabled one-halt' of his body. It is doubtful whether he could survive the journey to Washington. His mutterings and whis­ perings are inarticulate, and intelligent consultation with him is nearly out of the question. It is absurd to expect from such decrepitude a vigorous direc­ tion of the nation's affairs.' If the situ- tion required any real vigor and per­ sonal effort his helplessness would be pitiful. If his reappearance as a Presidential candidate would fail to revive the con­ ditions of 1876 it would likewise fail to arouse public sentiment on the "fraud" issue. The Democrats have forfeited whatever capital they might have hoped at one time to make out of that ques­ tion. The time to try that before the people was four years ago. Tilden was then still in a condition to stand as a candidate. If he was entitled to any vindication or indemnification on ac­ count of personal grievances the Presidential election of 1880 offered the opportunity. But the Democrats were not then anxious to pit Tilden against Garfield. They refused to nominate him. It is now too late to make his personal grievances, if he have any, the burning issue of a Presi­ dential campaign. What the Dem­ ocrats might have been willing to do for Tilden in 1880, when he was still in tolerable po.ssession of his faculties, cannot now be determined, but there is certainly no reason to think they will be ready to induct the Democratic party into power next fall under the shadow of Tilden's former greatness, when he was repudiated by his own pavty at the time he had a lively claim for recognition. The "fraud" issue is as fe rtile and attenuated as Tilden him­ self. Is ii !:kely Tilden, under those con- dit ions, an secure the Republican votes which enabled him to carry New York in 1876 ? There is a difference of 55,000 votes between the majority Tilden secured in 1876 in the State of New York and t/>at of Garfield in 1880, It is a wide breach for him to cover. The Indep indent Republicans in New York and 'hroughout the country will understand 'hat, in voting for "the old ticket," they will be voting for Hendricks for F re&ident in preference to the Republican candidate. Is there anything about lendricks to enoour- age them to do that? It will not be a trial of Tilden's former strength in New York, but of Hendricks' present strength in that State, if the Demo­ crats shall nominate "the old ticket." Notice will be clearly served upon the country of the Democratic purpose to obtain possession of the Government and to use their most pliable politi­ cian to secure a redi 4ribntion of the spoils. That will b« the issue of the campaign, and Tilden's shadow will not obscure it. Tilden is a forlorn hope, but it is the only opening fori Democratic assault; and the Dem- i ocrat situation seems to be more des- | perate than ever before. -- Chicago Tribune. THF, Democratic party had its cradle rocked by Andrew Jackson, and Thomas Jefferson was not only not its father but he"li«ver belonged to it. Think of comparing- the men who founded this great republic and managed it up to j Jackson's time With the crowd of old! copperheads, secessionists, State-rights j Bourbons and ex-Confederates t iat | have the management of the Democratic i p rty to-day! Think of the author of [ the Declaration of Independence "going j tut with his State" and joining in an i armed revolt to destroy the Union! Mr. ] Tilden's history of the origin of the Democatic party is merely a tradition that has no more foundation in fact than an old woman's fable.--Chicago Jour­ nal. _____ The Copiah County Farce Ended, The trial of Wheeler, at Hazlehurst, Miss., for the murder of Matthews has ended with the acquittal of the mur­ derer. It will be remembered that Matthews was a prominent Republican of Copiah County, who was obnoxious to the Bourbons of his neighborhood. Upon the approach of the November election the Bourbons of Hazlehurst held a public meeting at which Matthews was notified that he must not appear at the polls election-day, and the man Wheeler was selected to "re­ move" him if he did appear, as a warn­ ing to other Republicans that they must not attempt to interfere with alleged Bourbon majorities. Matthews, l>eing a courageous man, paid no heed to tho warning, went to the polls, and as ho was about to vote was shot from behind by Wheeler and killed. The murderer had no personal quarrel with his victim --indeed, only an evening or two before the murder he had dined with the Matthews family and enjoyed their hospitality. He did the infamous work to which he had been as-igned by his Bourbon associates. No inquest was held upon the body of Matthews, the Coroner having been notified by the Sheriff that it was unnecessary." No complaint was lodged against the murderer. The only cognizance of the awful deed was at a public meeting of Bourbons, who passed resolutions just­ ifying and applauding the act and notifying other members of the family that they would be treated in a sim la"r manner if they took any part in pol­ itics. At a subsequent local election the murderer was rewarded by being made City IVTarshal of Hazlehurst. The trial was a farce from beginning to end. It is nearly six months since the killing, all of which time the mur­ derer has been at large and exercisiug the duties of a public office, no action having been taken by the authorities xintil about a week ago, and that action would not have been taken had it not been for the investigation of the crime by the special committee appointed by the Senate. That committee, of which Senator Hoar was Chairman, made a patient and thorough examination oi all the circumstances connected with the crime, and reported, in accordance with the testimony, that it was a polit­ ical murder, deliberately planned and carried out for a political purpose. To offset the effect of that report, at this late date--six months after the commission of the murder--Wheeler has been arraigned and tried for the crime, with the result as above stated, though there was no question a%to the leading issues in the case. No one ex­ pected, there or elsewhere, that Wheel­ er would be convicted. No jury could have been impaneled in Copiah County that would have convicted him, for no juryman's life would have been safe after such a verdict. So the farce is ended, but it has not altered the situa­ tion. The Senate Committee's report remains unchallenged, Whesler remains a rewarded murderer, and the charge remains that murder is a recognized feature of electioneering in Mississippi, and that Bourbon majorities, other methods failing, will be maintained by the shotgun.--Exchange. The Republican Party's Role. For the past quarter of a century the country, in the opinion of Democrats who sleep with the Constitution of " the United States for a night-shirt, has been going to the devil. It is doing that now; it has been doing it from tue day Abraham Lincoln was elected Pres­ ident. fti •- And yet in that twenty-five years the population of the United States has in­ creased more than twenty-five million; manufacturing products have grown from $1,8^5,000,000 to $5,369,000,001) in 1880. Farm acreage has expanded from 407,000,000 to 536,0i)0,000 acres. The value of farms has increased from over six billion to over ten billion of dollars, and from 30,635 miles of rail­ roads we have built 120,000. The Constitution-loving Democracy of the South undertook to arrest us on the way to darkuess, destruction, and the devil, in 1861, but after four years of struggle thought better of it, and concluded they might be happy yet with the old flag and an appropriation; and they are enjoying the benefits of their failure to-day. But it is not only in material wealth that we have advanced. Education and skill in industrial and fine arts have kept progress with wealth until we are revealed to the world as foremost among the nations of the earth. Speech was never freer, except in the old Constitu­ tion-worshiping States of the South, and men were never left more unre­ stricted to think and act according to the dictates of their own consciences. Is not all this true ? And yet these marvels have been accomplished under the destructively centralizing policy of the Republican party, with its piratical tariff, its banking and other monopolies and such like monstrosities, whose ex­ istence, except in the way of benefits conferred, would be scarcely thought about were it not for Constitution- worshiping Democrats hulking out of their cross-roads groceries, with hands deep in their breeches pockets, to squirt tobacco juioe at the hitching-posts, and swear that our liberties are in danger, and the country going to the devil.-- Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette.) TILDEN himself is in such a condi­ tion ot physical and mental decrep­ itude that he lives only in the past, and his feeble mind naturally reverts to the old order of things in the days of Pierce and Buchanan. He ignores the work of the war, which created a na­ tion out of disjointed parts. He revels in the original Bourbon theory of our Government in utter disregard of the effect which a revival of that theory would have on the prospects of his party. He would arouse a new politi­ cal antagonism to the spirit of national­ ism. It is easy to understand how his infirmity of body and mind should be­ tray him into the advocacy of an obso­ lete policy, but it is strange that live and active men, whose ch:ef interest in the election of this year is for the suc­ cess of their party, should be willing to adopt his senile and unpatriotic ut­ terances as a guide for their political campaign.--Chicago Tribune. A DEVOTED Democratic worshiper of the Tilden fetich writes to the Sun that "a su.t of Mr. Tilden's clothes would make a better Pres.dent than many a one of the aspirants." If the party wants to run Mr. Tilden's clothes for President, it has a perfect right to do so, but it has no business to set them up under false pretense that there is a live and capable man insid» of tlMua. --> Kansas City Joiunal ILLINOIS STATE HEW& --The Logan County Jail has more li»» states at present than It has had for many a day. --A premature explosion in a Dixon coal quarry fatally injured James Dornan and Heniy Smith. --The Mayor of Sterling receives an MK* nusl salary of $100, cach Alderman $3S, and the City Marshal $720. --A team of horses at Sterling was quick- ly stung to death by bees, and the drives if '• in the hands of a physician. --Philip Jacob Wiepert, one of the old­ est and best-known citizens of Litchfield, is dead. He was aged 58 years. --A committee of the Lincoln Council will recommend that all awnings be re­ moved from the business houses of ihtit city. --Since March 1 Chicago packers have slaughtered and g&tted 452,000 hogs, against 440.000 for the corresponding period last year. • ,i- --The Municipal government of Stottng ̂ hi this State, has decided to issue saloon licenses at $1,000 each. Seven have already been granted. --Near Paris, George Maynard slashed his brother-in-law, John Still, with a msor, inflicting fatal wonnds. . Maynard iium« dered to the officers. ' * ̂ --It is proposed to have the fair grounds at Decatur illuminated by means of fits electric light during the temperance camp- meeting to commence July 1 and contiaias six days. --John Pervist, a harness dealer at Chi­ cago, leaped into the lake at the foot of Adams street, in that city, but was rescued by a special officer of the Michigan Cemtnd Road. --James Armstrong, of Logan County, recently shipped a car-load of sheep to Chicago; average weight 145 pounds, for which he received $6.12| per 100. They were raised and fed by him. --Recently Billy Williams, of Corwin, Logan County, buried an old dun hone who was 43 years old. He served several masters in his time, but the last few years of his life were 6pent in rest --Two old seals and a young one, born on the way from California, have been pre­ sented to Lincoln Park, Chicago, with tho compliments of the Central Pacific Rail­ road Company. --There are to be no more civic detectives in Chicago. Those who have been hitherto so designated are for the future to be sim­ ply patrolmen in citizen dress. They will get the same salary that they have been get­ ting. --Mis. Colson, residing at No. 3304 Stale street, Chicago, very nearly succeeded in committing suicide by means of gas be­ cause her dog had been condemned to death for biting a neighbor's child. She left a note requesting to be buried with Jip. --William Raab, a "lifer," and James , Moan, a ten-year man, imprisoned at Joliet, have had their sentences commuted for helping the Deputy Warden at the time of the Frank Rande assault. Raab's sentence was changed to ten years, and Moan will be released next October. * > --The National Association of Lumber- Dealers held their annual session in Chi­ cago. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, C. E. Mc- Cammon, Cincinnati; Vice President, Noah H. Pike, Chenoa, 111.; ~ Directors, James £. Williams, Des Moines, and W. J. Flem­ ing, Whitney, Kas. --A dispatch from Capron says: "Light­ ning- rod swindlers, pretending also to be agents for railroad lands in the Northwest, have lately taken in a number of farmers in this section for considerable sums. Some of the victims submitted to the cheat rather than be at the cost of contesting, but a few will resist in the courts." i' " --Over on West Madison street, Chicagc^ ^ the other night, a neatly dressed little girl, with a bundle of papers under her arm, was crying bitterly because her father was lead­ ing her home and declaring that she should not go on the street to sell papers. When the stern parent grabbed her several ladies and gentlemen were making purchases of the child, and as she was led away she screamed out .that she could not now earn enough to buy her a tricycle. "It's too bad," said some one in the crowd. "Here, little girl, take this," and the speaker handed her a quarter. Several others "chipped in," and the child's tears were soon dried. Fif­ teen minutes later, when the crowd had dis­ persed, the father appeared on the street again, looking for a new location for his performance. "I work this right along,*. , said he to an inquirer. , r V Ui:, --Daniel Hughes, bom Dee. 16, A. 1779, at Blarney Castle Parish. Town of Longfield. Monaghan County, Ireland. Emigrated to Sherbonrne, Chenango Coun­ ty, N. Y., in 1848; to Watertown, Wis., in 1802; thence to Chatsworth, Livingston County, 111., in 1864; two years later <1866) » to Buckley, Iroquois Connty, 111., where ho resided until late in 1883, and improved a large farm. A weaver by profession; a farmer by choice since in America, and has been constantly employed in manual labor all his life until 1884, when, at the age of 104 years, he quit active work and came to Danville to reside with his daughter, Mrs. T. C. Tatro. At the present time he is en­ joying good health, and enjoying the use of \ ; all his mental and physical qualities. - \ { --George Palmer, proprietor of a cigar * store at Waukegan, met with a serious ac­ cident. He had been in Kenosha, and, re­ turning by the train which passes Waukesha at 5:53 p. m.. fell asleep, as he says, and was carried by the city. After the train left the station, the conductor roused him and asked him why he had not gotten off. Palmer then started np and deliberately walked off the platform. The train was running at a high rate of speed, and ho rolled down an embankment, cutting his head terribly. Two boys chanced to sea him. and went to his assistance. He was able to walk to the road with their aid, and a passing buggy conveyed him, to town. He had a terrible wound in the forehead, a gash by the left eye, an ugly cut on his lips, and his tongue was nearly severed. The skull was not fractured. His recovery is probable, but it is certain that ho will ba badly disfigured. \ * ̂ --The Illinois State Medical 8« eifty baM - their v™*1 meeting in ducago recently, ̂ 31