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McHl " I. S--ium.ftor m* p»m*% • EHftff, - ILLfifOIB. \> GBOWI OAKBS CLAKKK, of Boston, bequeathed his estate of $900,000 In feast for h|s f%rnjly'» benefit. and after the decease of ilirelativ®s, the property -reverts to Harvard College. 08VA.K BAILKT, WHO was born oft Edisto Island, S. C., owned a plantation -and slaves there Until the war impwrer- ashediffUE Then he hauled lumber for a time, and at length he became a street oar driver. He sticks to his car, not­ withstanding his wife's nncle, Thomas Whitridge, of Baltimore* died the other day leaving her a large share of $3,000,- 09& rr .* f <T^Hri*»<ia»af killings hi San Juan . •County, Colorado, vary with each town. In Bilverton they pall their guni and shoot until one drops; in Ouray they xshaae the vietim into the hills and hire a man to go and |till him; in Durango tnen are found dead; in the vicinity of Bioo men are shot through their doors at night; at Lake city they drop from a hcidgof in Del Norte WG lynch 'em, ; 6B 8*11*0 gnm II now aitoia princi­ pally of crnde petroleum. This is quite a step in advance. The chewing gum that used to be made of glue factory refuse was hardly the thing for the cul­ tured Viumar " taste. Two hundred pounds of orude petroleum, added to thirty pounds of cheap sugar, and fla­ vored with wintergreen, spruce, or pep­ permint, make a nice batch that can be profitably retailed at a cent a stick. A "spruce" factory in Troy turns out 10,- "000 cent cakes a week. The cent, how­ ever, is nothing to the scent of the pe­ troleum in the first instance. THB concluding sentence of Mr. Darwin's posthumous paper on "In­ stinct," read be fore the Linnscan Society in England, the other day, is: "It may not be logical, but to my mind it is far more satisfactory, to look at the young oackoo ejecting its foster brothers, ants making slaves, the lnrvre of the ichneu- monidaa feeding within the live bodies of their prey, cats playing with mice, otters and cormorants with living fish, not as instincts specially given by the Creator, but as very small parts of one general law leading to the advancement of organic bodies--multiply, vary, let the jstrongest live and the weakest die." BOUOT-HOLDEBin a life insurance 'xkrtttpany made hit policy payable to his wife or her heirs. The wife died leaving a daughter. He married again, but changed the form of his policy, making it payable to his heirs. He thereafter died. The insurance com­ pany hung tbe matter up in court, ask­ ing for specific authority to pay the amount of the policy to somebody, as both the'daughter and the second wife (as administratrix) laid claim to it. At Chicago, the other day, Judge Blodgett decided that the insured had a right to change his mind as io who should get the benefit of the insurance, and that £h* administratrix should receive the iaoMf us a Art of the asseta ef the es- . ' y • ' GEN. SHERMAN still continues to at­ tract much attention in St. Louis. The old sdldiers who call upon him are full of stories of his hearty bonhommie and of the jolly way in which he tenders the hospitality of a five-gallon demi jjohn to visiting comrades. The story started one afternoon that the small­ pox had mode its appearance at the QeneraT's home did not prevent the gathering there that evening of a num­ ber of the veteran^ for the purpose of conferring upon him an additional mili­ tary honor. A new. post of the Grand Army of the Republic was formed es­ pecially with a view to securing the General as its commander, which dig­ nity, was conferred upon him last Wednesday evening at his r^si<|enee on Garrison avenue. GOHQRKSSMAH W. D. WASHBWRW, of Minnesota, is said to be the wealthiest man in the present House. He is an owner in some immense flour mills at Mfttotapolis. The company to which lie belongs owns the immensely valuable , water-power at St. Anthony Falls. Wil­ liam Walter Phelps, is another very rioh member of the House. He is ^oQaparatirely young man, and inherited a portion of his property. Congress- man Hnrd, of Ohio, inherited a large fortune from his father, and makes trtry large income besides from his. law practice. He is a legal authority, hav­ ing written several works on the law. Sir. Cannon, of Illinois, Is largely in teres ted in a bank in his Town of Dan- ;T% andHis friends say he may be covnted as a Congressional millionaire. \ • A MOST eooeniric funeral eeremonv took place recently in Paris. A specu­ lator, M. Pengnjlly, died a few days pre­ viously. He was well known in the journalistic world, having shares in most of the successful Paris papers. He left directions that the hearse contain­ ing his mortal remains should be pre- OjBeded by an Italian playing or rather grinding," on his organ some of the most lively and popular cafe oonoert aim. He also left a list of sixty well- known writers, begging them to par­ take of a banquet at the Hotel Conti­ nental the day of the funeral, and to be as merry as they possibly could Two fhonsand dollars had been sot aside by the testator for the expenses of the least, which duly took place. The -player, however, was not allowed while the funeral procession was soon as it entered thesnborb* the music' began, and the women, ohildren, and gamins formed a dancingeeoort,̂ ̂ * . AN exchange relates the following about Mr. O* Hara. the colored Repre­ sentative from North,Carolina, not long ago in that State. Mr.O'Hara had in­ troduced to him a coople of lately landed Hibernians who also bore the name of O'Hara. Having a vein of humor, and good powers of mimicry, he indulged in some* fun at their ex­ pense. "Phwat did Oi understand that your names moight be, gentlemen ?* he asked; "O'Hara, is it? Not O'Hara av Kilmarnock?" "The same," replied they, in amazement; "an' who the Devil are you?" "Oi*ln ver kinsman, be- gorra," said he; "an' be the same token the cloimat av this countrv has been bad for Die complexion, ts yfe may no- tioe--" Tlie two "sons of the sod* have not been seen in North Carolina since. • OK the 8th of October, 1872, says the N«<w Orleans Picayune, John J. Flatly was shot by Peter McDermott, at the corner of Girod and Tchoupitoulas streets. The bullet, thirty-two caliber, entered the left eye, and, passing across the faee, lodged in the inside of the neok on the light side. For a year or two Flatty's mind wandered, and for about six months he was an inmate of the charity hospital. It was found im­ possible to locate the bullet, and its course oould not be traced. Flatly's condition was for years considered to be such that any undue excitement might cause death. On Thursday last Flatly experienced a peculiar sensation and severe pain in his throat. He coughed, and, to his utter surprise and relief, the bullet shot into his head eleven years before, fell out upon the floor. He picked up the littl4 pellet which had caused him so much uneasi­ ness, and is now fully restored to health. Flatly was a soldier in Lee's army, and left the oity in. the Emmet Guards, and was wounded three times during the war. titurrEAti's skeleton, says a Washing­ ton correspondent, has at last been ar­ ticulated and hidden'in a private room of the Army Medical Museum, the scene of the assassination of the late President Lincoln, but it has been deemed best to deny the public admis sion into the room for the present. An improved French method was adopted for placing the bones in position, the vertebra) being held in position by three large brass screws attached to a perpendicular brass rod about an inch in diameter. One of the most skillfal anatomists in the country superintend ed the operation, and great care was taken to see that none of the bones were carried off by relic seekers. When Gniteau's body sua first brought to the museum a daring -employe succeeded in eludipg the watchman and cut off a small piece of flesh, which he has since exhibited in alooliol. Repeated polish­ ing and bleuching have given \he artic ulated skeleton the appearance of an ivory figure, and the few who have been allowed access to the room pronounce it a most creditable piece of work. Upon the oeoasion of Sergt. Mason's re- oent visit to Washington he was invited to call at the museum and inspect the bones of the assassin "vjho had caused him so much trouble. The visitor eyed the skeleton curiously, and could not refrain from shaking his fist and mut­ tering: Tour bones caused a heap of trouble in this land" Other relics of the assassin which are preserved in the museum were shown the Sergeant, and he expressed himself as much gratified at finding his intended victim had been so Safely secured. Julian Hawthorne.- Juliaa Hawthorne, son of the great novelist, is quite a prominent figure in New York now. He resides very far up-town, but he is frequently seen walking up and down Broadway, where he attracts attention, even from people who do not know him, by his dis- tinguised bearing. He is one of the few literary men who are endowed with great physical strength^ He spars well, and was "at one time a very fast runner, but he has won the greatest, distinction in a muscular way by his proficiency with the foil. He learned to fence long twfore he went abroad, and since that time has studied in every city in Europe. Now he is a swordsman of no mean ability. Juliau Hawthorne started out after he graduated from Harvard, with the idea of becoming a civil engineer, and he went to Germany for that pnr- pose, but the instinct to write was too strong within him and he had to give up to it. He met with such success as a magazine writer that he threw up all idea of other professions and went into literature. success so far has been very flattering. There is nothing ro­ mantic abont Mr. Hawthorne. He is a big sturdy man, with a happy wife and a lot of childnen, and he looks upon writing for his bread and butter not in romantic light, but as good, hard, straflj work--Brooklyn Eagle. . Astrology. A writer who has studied the with a view to ascertaining the influ­ ence they have over people, claims that people never agree in marriage whose horoscopes are antagonistic, and among the Hindoos and some other nations, even to this day, the astrologer is con­ sulted to determine whether there is a complete sympathy between the posi­ tions of the sun, moon, Venus and Mars, in the respective nativities, and, if' their relative positions are not found to agree, then the projected match is broken off. Women who have the sun or the Western angle afflicted by Uranus, Saturn or Mars at birth should never enter wedlock. When they do so under these conditions mifortune is oertain to result. Venus should be free from the cross aspects of the malefic. M THE best receipt making buckwheat which tells the peov mm ham__ to th*buckwheat. ~ " , AGRICULTURAL. ' "fi IT is now said that cheese is adulter­ ated factories. CAOT^WUhortionlturists are infer- esting thsmselveti in the fig culture. A NKBRA81U farmer feeds hi* -Itogs finely-cut hay, and oonsitiers it good food for them. KEEPING POTATOKA.--Take sttgar flour or potato barrels and till one-third f-*! , i, ***** v* aoaa ouu cuvu wmwv, perfectly dry sand or dust and pour over them and shake down until every crevice is filled with sand, repeating the process until the barrel is full and keep protected from rain. I have yet to hear of a failure when nice, sound potatoes are put up in this way, and have found the plan equally good for sweet potatoes in barrels or hills,--J. Sanford, AT. C. 1 TWIN heifers breed regularly, in all ordinary cases. Twin bulls are effective £res. It is, Rays an American journal, only when the twin calves are of differ­ ent sexes there will be difficulty, and this only with the female, commonly called a freemartin. In rare case's these have been known to produce off­ spring. It is possible that therje is a slightly greater probability of defec­ tive organization in case of twin calves than where but one is produced, but in a large majority of cases no difficulty will be found.--Farm and Home. • THE American Journal of Forestry records an instance of handsome pro­ fits received for ten acres purchased ten years ago in Logan valley, in Ne­ braska, and planted with black walnuts, by Col. Van. He gave $1.25 per acre for the land and after it was handsome­ ly covered with a dense growth of thrif­ ty black walnut, ten years old, he sold the ten acres for $3,000. The time will certainly come when all this timber will be wanted at an advanced and hand­ some price, and there is nothing for whieh there will be a more extensive de­ mand than the best large second- growth selected timber. Judging from the way in which our native forests are disappearing, the market will not be glutted. A METHOD FOR KEKPINO SWEKT POTA­ TOES.--The following reoeipe has proven entirely successful for six or eight years: Take large dry-goods boxes and line by pasting three or four- ply paper all over the inside of the boxes to mafce them air-tight, then place them up stairs where the heat will not affect them. As soon as the potatoes are dug wrap each in a piece of paper, twisting the ends of the paper close about each end, then pack the box closely, and when the weather gets very cold cover the box carefully and closely with pieces of carpet, and when the weather is warm remove the coverings. If the potatoes get too warm or have a musty smell take them out of the box till they "cool off," then repack them In. the spring remove all coverings from tie boxes. By this method I keep them every vear.--M. F. IL, Richmond Co., Ky. . ROCK WOBK.--The imitation of na­ tural rooks, attempted by some garden­ ers by piling up a heap of stones in some level portion of the garden, is usually worse than a failure by its arti­ ficial and puny appearance. Rock work should be m a ravine or in a ris­ ing bank of ground, and large pieces of rock should be employed, and not small stone laid like a faced wall Whatever may be the character of the rock work, it should be invariably cov­ ered to some extent by small or running shrubs. Partly hid *by foliage, its na­ tural appearance is greatly improved. Among the plants which may be em­ ployed for this purpose, and which are hardy and will take care of themselves, are the periwinkle, trailing arbutus, ivy, Virginia creeper, the bitter-sweet, prairie roses and periploca, among climbing or running shrubs; and for scattereid ornament in the way of flow­ ers, almost any of the smaller hardy shrubs, and such herbaceous perennials as moss pink, lily of the valley, snow­ drop, Siberian quill, violets, small cam­ panulas, the smaller and hardier irises, etc.--Country Gentleman. CHEAP FENCES.--With a constant de­ crease of timber, and its consequent enhancement in value, a demand for cheap material for fences is constantly increasing. We Baw at Martinsville a few days ago a novelty in the shape of a cheap fence composed entirely of old- fence rails and wire. It is a "stake and rider" fence, and is so constructed that no part of it except the lower ends of the stakes rests upon the ground. The ends of the rails are placed between the stakes and bound together at the ends, one upon another, with strong wires fastened about and around the stakes where they cross each other, holding the rails clear of the ground, the entire weight resting upon the stakes. Then rider% are put on above the cross stakes. In this way a very solid and lasting fence is made. Constructed of old material, it costs only from ten to fifteen cents per rod. A very intelli­ gent farmer and large land owner of Morgan county, is so well pleaded with it that he has bought large rights for its use in Morgan County, and will soon surround all his land with this cheap fence.--Agf-iculiural Press. MAKE BUTTER IN WINTER.--More but­ ter is consumed in winter than in any other season-, as the human system de­ mands more fat in cold weather than in warm. Within a few years the public taste for butter has become very dis­ criminating, and a fresh article is de­ manded for every day in the year. For the best quality of new-made perfect butter, especially in winter, a good price will always be paid. Housewives on the farms are beginning to learn that the butter they make during grass time and keep until winter cannot compete with the butter fresh from the churn of one who knows her business. Form­ erly that was the only good butter in market during the winter months, for grass butter was thought to be preem­ inently the best, and because no one knew how to make good hunter in winter But little milk was obtained, the facili­ ties for keeping it were good, and thus winter butter wae hard, nearly white, and every way very inferior. Now, however, farmers' wives know how to make good butter in winter, and the ad­ vantages of manufacturing the main quantity then ins ead of selecting that time for the cows "to rest" are many. Besides the high price, there is the fact that more butter can be made from the same cows in winter than in summer. The matter of time, also, is a very important considerat on. the winter months being less hurried on tin than any other part of the year. HOUSEKEEPERS' HELPSP in the world for cakes is the one THE skin of • boiled egg is the most efficacious remedy that can be applied to a boil. Peel it carefully, wet and apply to the part affected. It will draw off the matter and fa&pf &e soreness ill a few hewn, the 9t- feots'<>f a violent Mld, app*7 a <tonel cloth saturatld with melted tallow nuij turpentine, sav a piece of mutton tal­ low the size of a butternut, and a quar­ ter tcaapoonfal of turpentine, mixed. IF yon are to spend the evening out in company or at' an entertainment, it is good policy to ta)» a nap, or at least a thorough rest, during; the afternoon. Care like this, whioh seems to bo but trifling. |n TirARArve the health, really makes a great difference) in the aggre­ gate of one's life. To make good cologne water, take two drachms of oil' of lemon* two drachms of oil of rosemary, two of oil of bnrgamot, one drachm of oil of lav­ ender, ten drops each of oil of cinna­ mon and of cloves, two drops oil of roe!», tincturo of musk eight drops. Put all the.se into a quart of the best alcohol, cork tightly and shake hard for a few minutes. This improves by age. If it is not strong enough for your pleasure, use less alcohol. THE Poultry Record gives this method of liming eggs for. long keep­ ing : Te one pint of salt and one pint of fresh lime add four gallons of boil­ ing water. When cold, put it in stone jars. Then with a dish let down your fresh eggs into it, tipping the dish, after it fills with the liquid, so they will roll out without cracking the shell, for if the shell is cracked, the egg will spoil. Put the eggs in whenever you have them fresh. Keep them covered in a cool place, and they will keep fresh for a year. IF made with judgment and taste, a sofa pillow made of crazy patchwork is very handsome. Choose a piece of cloth for the foundation, of the sine you wish to have the pillow; then begin at one corner to sew the pieces of silk on. If the silk is stiff it is best to baste the edges down; turn them under and blind-stitch them down; then you can ornament with a variety of fancy stitches with embroidered silk. The greater the number of kinds of stitches used the more effective the work appears. "WHAT is that you're doing?" I asked a young lady at the dinner table at one of the great summer hotels, as I no­ ticed her fixing a mixture of butter, salt and pepper upon a small butter- plate. "That, sir," she answered, is corn-sauce; an excellent article it is, I assure you. It gives you altogether just what you need to flavor your corn with, and avoids the not over-pleasant custom of taking salt, pepper and but­ ter at different times--not over-pleasant even when you use your individual re­ ceptacles for those articles. All you have to do is to slit gently with your knife the meaty kernels of the ear, ap­ ply the sauce, and you have a feast fit for the gods." I tried it. It is as she said, lou fellow suit, and you will never thereafter go back to the Old way. --Progress. Outwitting a Railway Ktag. Jay Gould was never fairly outwitted by a reporter but once, and the excep­ tional incident occurred at the time Gould was in Denver after having jur>t purchased the Kansas Pacific railroad. The financial world was agog for infor­ mation as to Gould's intentions and plans, and the Denver newspaper offices were overwhelmed with telegrams from Eastern dailies asking for special dis­ patches regarding the railroad magnate and his movements. Mr. Fred. Skiff, who is now manager of the Denver Tribune, was at that time city editor of the paper, and he detailed three of his best reporters to get at Gould and in­ terview him by hook or. by crook. About 9 o'clock at night these reporters showed up with the information that Gould could npt be seen; that his sen­ tinels were posted all along the hall leading to his rooms in the Grand Cen­ tral Hotel, and it was impossible to run the gauntlet of these wary creatures. Perhaps with a view to showing his subordinates what genuine enter­ prise could accomplish, Skiff an­ nounced that he would secure access to Gould's apartment, and would literally beard the lion in his den. According­ ly,,he hustled around, borrowed a P«ll- man car conductor's coat and cap, and stalked boldly into the Grand Central. "Lpok ahere," said he to the first senti­ nel he met. "what does Mr. Gould propose to do about that car ? I must know right away, for if he isn't going to use it to-morrow, I've got to take it back to Chicago." The sentry knew nothing about the car, of course, and advised Skiff to see Gould about it himself. So Skiff successfully ran the gauntlet of the half-dozen lackeys, growling all the time about the bother of being compelled to attend to other people's business. Judge Usher, one of Gould's attorneys, was in consulta­ tion with Gould when the bogus sleep­ ing-car conductor was shown in. He immediately recognized Skiff, having known him back in Kansas. "When did you get out of the newspaper busi­ ness ?" inquired the astonished lawyer. "I ain't out of it," replied Skiff, "but I had to put on this disguise in order to get in here to in­ terview Mr. Gould." " Young man," said Mr. Gould, sternly, "if you're a reporter you can take yourself right out of the room, for I am not to be in­ terviewed." Skiff argued the point, and, not being invited to be seated, coolly sat down on the floor. "Unless you put me out," said he, "I shall stay here till you tell me what your Y>lans are." The audacity rather pleased Gould. He looked at Usher, and, see­ ing that party chuckling heartiiy, he broke out into a hearty laugh. "Well, what do you want to know ?" he asked, finally, in the tone of a man who is weary with objecting. Skiff knew he had triumphed. He produced his note­ book, drew up to the table at which Gould sat, and sot industriously at work plying questions and noting the replies. The result was a reliable fore­ cast of the immense railroad enterprise in which Gould subsequently embarked, and of which the public would not have been forewarned but for the audacity and wit of the dauntless Skiff.--Vkicag o Daily Newts. Something Like a Change.' "Why, how are you Gilpin!" ex­ claimed an erratic Austin man, trying to thrust his hand into the unwilling, clammy paw of a supposed acquain­ tance, "how you have changed! Never saw a man change so in my life." "My name is not Gilpin," said the stranger, in a 36-degrees.below-zero- tone. "Heavens!" ejaculated the Austin man, "worse and worse! You have not only changed wonderfully in persona! appearance but have actually changed your name/'--Texas Sittings. AN Albany (A. Y.) tobacco dealer says that during the last six months cigarette smoking by ladies in that city has grown to unusual proportions. Only a small number, however,, ap. pnrrhagefl j thlMB ill pMTSOBL -->-•» tfHOLOGICAl, *•>*» OMI SURVEYS TLWFTF TEPIU* Wlutt They Han Hrf--ipHihml After Work. When the name of a public man be­ comes conspicuous, his acts and charac­ ter are the legitimate objects of either praise or condemnation. It is not gen­ erally supposed that General John A. Logan is a devotee at the shrine of sci­ ence, yet he is a liberal reader and thinker, and a man of great practical wisdom. It is a curious fact that scien­ tists, theorists, philosophers and book­ worms are always preceded in practical discoveries by unlettered students in Beit nee and close observers of Nature's laws. General Logan's home was at Carbondale, in the oenter of the great coal belt of Southern Illinois. As a student of N ature's laws he studied the geological formation of the coal fields and became familiar with this branch of scientific research. He reached in the open fields and plains the same conclusions evolved in books written by British and American scientists like Lyell, Hugh Miller,Tuomey, Hitchcock, Agassiz and others. His investigation, induced him to value properly the learning and studies of philosophers, chemists and geologists. These practi­ cal ideas thus obtained gave paternity in Congress to the scheme of important legislation, which was destined to effect marked progress and disseminate val­ uable information to the whole civilized world, necessitating the organisation of the geological and geodetic surveys of of the United States. As De Lesseps denominated John Condon the truest hydrodvnamic philosopher of the lowlands of the Mississippi, so the practical Logan gave origin to the application of science to the unknown mineralogical resources of this continent. From a small ap­ propriation injected in the sundry civil bill of the House-of Representatives in the Fortieth Congress by (J en. Logan, sprung the United StatesaGeo'ogical Survey, which is fully organized in all of its branches to conduct a geological, topographical, and mineralogical sur­ vey of tho whole United States. The amount appropriated was expended in making the surveys in New Mexico and Colorado under the direction of Prof. Hayden. This was the beginning of the United States geological surveys. These surveys were of such confessed advantage to the mining and agricult­ ural interests that in subsequent years there has been no formidable opposi­ tion in Congress to the concession of all demands made by this earnest, en­ ergetic, and most important bureau for money to continue the great Work it has commenced. Its toils and wonderful discoveries and results are especially valued in Europe. Mr. Edward Hull, d rector of the Geological Survey of Ireland, says in an official paper that the "surveys made under the auspices of the United States Government reflect infinite credit upon the intelligence of American law-givers." Lieut. Gen. Richard Strachey. of the Royal British En­ gineers, London, England, writes: "The work of the surveys iB most | honorable to the United States Government and to the men of science who have been the agents in carrying it out. In truth it is, I believe, the only scientific survev of a great country ever entered upon.1* Prof. L. De Konick, at the University of Liege, Belgium, expresses himself in the following manner: "It is an eternal honor to your country to have been able to keep alive the torch of science in the midst of its political pre­ occupations, and not to have let its flames go -out in the most violent crisis that you have passed. You have un­ derstood that this flame, more than any other, is destined henceforth to illumine the world. It would be a Bliame to let this flame go out at the very moment when it produces its best results." The present geological survey is the result of the consolidation of several surveys which sprung from the popular impetus given to such enterprises by the Logan amendment to the Sundry Civil bill in the Fortieth Congress; the discoveries of valuable minerals, sur­ veys of rivers, lakes, mountains, plains, and the great canons df the WeBt, have been of priceless value to the people of this and other countries. This survey is destined to become the most import­ ant organization in its scientific attain­ ments and researches in the world. Gen. Logan, without ever anticipating or imagining the magnitude of the great work he inaugurated through his wise judgment, discovered his most fitting and choicest monument in the memory and hearts of the American people and the scientific world in the formation of the burt au which he founded. What was but yesterday a helpless babe,, is to-day a Briarean giant, stretching forth its arms and extending its beneficent operations over, the country from the Atlantic to the, Pacific, and frooMthe British possessions to the gulf andigp>ng the Mexican border. The Bureau of Ethnology is an inci­ dent of that which sprung from Gen. Logan's keen interest in practical geo­ logical studie^. A knowledge of the history and peculiarities of different races which at different periods in the world's history 'Lave occupied this con­ tinent has been acquired through the intervention of this bureau as results of its task.--Exchange. Preparations for tho fcext Campaign. The next Democratic candidate, who­ ever he is, will be a friend of Mr. Til- den, if not the cipher king himself, which, in the light of present events, seems the most probable. His bureau is already well organized on sound financial principles. Mr. Hendricks, the tail of the old kite, is in Europe soli'.-iting alms at the table of the free trade bonanzas, who have amassed fort­ unes by the depression of the laboring men and the spoliation of Ireland, India, Turkey, Egypt, and other unfortunate countries which have fallen into her remorseless grasp. Mr. Hendricks will not plead in vain, but will come back loaded with blood money with which to defeat the t- n-bucket b igade of the North by the purchase of "mules" and cattle, while the chivalry of the South will undertake to suppress the riotous ne­ gro and carry the polls by the shotgun and six-shooter.--Lafayette Courier. The Party That Learns Nothing. The ineradicable sectionalism of the Democratic party never fails to mani­ fest itself the foment it has a chance. It cannot learn that in this country there is a new politicul heaven and a new earth--that all the States are free as well i.s equal--that the day when subserviency was necessary to its exist­ ence is passed, and that the day lias t ime when the issues that divide politi- lal forces cannot be determined by geographical lines. Speaker Carlisle, the Democrat k supreme paattiati at the present time ana recog&tail more than any other one man as the leader and shaper of its poliegr, has shewn in the apoeintment of his committee* how abaolutefar the control ofTegiwlatinm im tn 1M. by the mihwnce that wrecked his party in the rebellion, and whioh la 1875, and again in 1879, destroyed all possi­ bility of oontinued Democratic sneoess. He has in a geographical way dis­ tributed the forty-four chairmanships of bwuiliuk uumiiUiiwea ua luiiuwa : jdiiig uumiiuUwa us follows : OLD NAM STATES. | OLD HLAVK KCTATKS. and Means... ,IH. Klcfcm o*. ApvimprUtionii P*. Judiciary Vlr. Foreign Affaire 1'a. Br.nkint* svnd Coirencv MiliUrr... ._.C*L|. Mo. NavftL. N. Y. Public Landi bid. Manufactures N.Y. Militia N. Y. War Claims Ohio. Coinage Mo. Commerce Tex. Rivers a.d Harbor*. Ky. Auncnlture Miss. l'ont .flicea .... Mlsx. Public Imildlnira... Ind. Railways and Canals Expenditures, Navy j Fia. Massjlndian Affair* Tex. Expenditures, Justice j'lesntories .... 8.C. 111.,Mines' and Mining Public Eniltilnfts. .N. Y.; .TTenn. Invalid Penitioux.. .Ind,, Mississippi River...Ala. hibMf BaUb N. Y. laims. Tenn Vcntilitioa...... Enioiled Bills... .N. Y. I1L &"4S Seen lievi-icn ot Laws.. .Ala. Pacific Railroads... .Ma Expenditures, War Department* Ky. Expenditures, Navv Departmcnt Mo. Expenditure , Jnterioi Deparmtent Tenn. Expenditures, State Departments Ga. Expenditures, Treasury _ Department N. C. Patent* .....Mo. Education.... 8. C. Pensions........ Ala. Labor .Mo. District ot Columbia 4-. v ..Vir. Private Lan^U Miss. that the old slave States have twenty-seven Chairman­ ships, and the old free States but sev­ enteen. The great State of New York, with thirty-four Representstives, has six Chairmanships, and live of them are those of the navy, which Mr. Cox does not consider important enough to aocept, and of tho highly ornamental oommittees on tho militia, public build­ ings, public health and ventilation, which last is supposed to have especial charge of the blowing-machine in the basement of the Capitol. Missouri, with fourteen Kepresentatives, also has six Chairmanships, and it is a suggest­ ive fact that the State in which ideas on finance are notoriously vague and wild should have charge of the banking and currency in the person of Mr. Buokner, and of the coinage in tho person of Mr. Bland, the chief apostle of unlimited coinage of silver. It is in accord with the Democratic idea of fitness that South Carolina, where more than 55 per cent, of the population 10 years of age and upward are unable to write, should have the Chairmanship of the Committee on Ed­ ucation; that Texas should represent the commerce of the country; that Mississippi, where the value of letter- carrying is as little appreciated as in any portion of the Union, should have the Postoffioe Chairmanship; that Florida, with less than 1,000 miles of ra^-oad, should have the Chairman­ ship of Railroads and Canals; that Ten­ nessee, whose coal and ores are allowed for the most part to slumber peacefully in the bowels of her mountains, should take the lead on tho Committee of Mines and Mining; and that Alabama, where native Federal pensioners must be exceedingly scarce, should have the Chairmanship of the Committee on Pen­ sions. The geographical location of nearly two-thirds of the Chairmanships of the standing committees does not come by accident. Nearly half the Democrats in the House hail from the old free States--ninety-two out of the total 191. There is no such overwhelming intel­ lectual superiority of the Southern over the Northern Democrats as to warrant any such discrimination as has been made in favor of the Representa­ tives from the soil of the late Con­ federacy. The majority of ten Chair­ manships given to them over their Northern brethren is simply a rec­ ognition on the part oC the Speaker, who is the Democratic mouthpiece for the time being, of the fact that the gentlemen from the South are to be accorded their ancient position of leadership in the House. There are no indicatidns that this con­ summation is at ail distasteful to the great'body of the unterrified Democracy of the North. They have forgotten nothing, and learned nothing, and so proved themselves onoe more the em­ bodiment of genuine Bourbonism. Twice before since the war they have had a chance to commend themselves to the country by wise and considerate behavior in Congress, and both times they have hastened to throw themselves into the arms of the Southern malcon­ tents. It seemB that Democratic history must repeat itself like other history, and that the venerable traditions of the party are moving it on Once more to the fate of those who have not sense enough to make good use of their opportunities or the intuitions that might lead them into the position of successful and per­ manent rivalry with the party that undertakes to banish sectionalism from its creed and to keep its hold upon the people by making Republicanism National in its purpose and methods, at all times and under all circuinstanoes. --Detroit Post and Tribune. Political Notes. j-,* ^ admitting the crime, as lamentable as it is true, both in the South and North, we add that there is not BO much significance in that as in the f*ct that political murder in the South is sustained and indorsed by the people--a thing unknown in the North.-- Versailles (Ind. ) Republican. IF the Democracy of the enlightened and closely contested State of Ohio can not be trusted the party can not be trusted anywhere. A glance at this spectacle w sufficient answer to the question whether it would be good pol­ icy to place that party in supreme con­ trol.--Columbus Republican. <o, PRECISELY the same do-nothing poli­ cy which marked the previous Bourbon session is revived in the conduct of the present House. Nothing has been done, and in ail probability nothing will be done until the people put back the Re­ publican party. Randall was all talk before Christmas. Now he has noth­ ing to say. . THE Senate has again passed the Electoral bill prepared by Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts, as it did in the last Congress, and the measure will go over to the House of Representatives so early in the session that the Democratic ma­ jority of that body will not be able to evade the responsibility of a cepting or rejecting it. In the event that the House shall refuse to concur in the Roar biil it will be incumbent upon the Democrats to bring forward a bill cov­ ering th same ground; otherwise they will be directly to blame for leaving the count of the electoral vote in it* present confused condition, and for any excited contest, like that between Hayes and Tildeu, which shall . C&cagQ Tribune ife wsi tout, «f nearly killed Us little daughter IHHH dNt, was ill . r THX patents at Gen. John A. Lsgaa w-- Irish. He was bora la Illinois, aad Is M j«et» of age. KBAB Peotooe George Gaae, while oigtltaa*- in*, rested his tun, I f I • i i > i l iiiilMil a fence, with the muszle upward. "TUSRwaf h!? *•*« «®!ne jamBrf tsprsa fits#?* breast, one of his feet touching the trigger, discharging the weapon, master dead. PROF. CTROSJT. Bona, off Prof. Worthen, the completed the srticulatioa of the Itohlott «f the mastodon found some time ago at Ches­ ter. Under the exposure to the atmosphere the remains became very brittle, aad it Is feared that it will fall to pieces. Tm city of Quincy is agitating the qaes tion of building a wagon bridge across Ike Mississippi, strong enough and large eaeMfh to aocommodate railroads also. ern Illinois Bridge company, eleven years ago, propose to do It, the people will subscribe fnr the stock. ; THE annual report of Adjutant Oensitsl "pi- Elliott, to the Adjutant General of the United : 1 States army, shows the present strength iff the Illinois National Guard to be (Jit owa aad officers. There are 300 coonttMlMMld officers, 888 non-commissioned oHotn, 114 v/ ; musicians, and 3,578 privates. JUSTICE WHITE and Justice Kersten. «tt , Chicago, evince a praiseworthy disposition ' punish wife and child beaters. Had Quion'S ' wife-beating- punishment bill been made a law by the last Legislature the two Justices " . would probably avail themselves of Its pro- • £<j visions. For lack of such a law they have to ,, c o n t e n t t h e m s e l v e s w i t h i n f l i c t i n g t h e h e a v i e s t . 5 penalty, which they usually do. A CHICAGO doctor comes out unequivocally in favor of humanity breathing as it pleases --that is, naturally. He regards as unwise the injunction to breathe solely through the --1,; nose, and is of the opinion that the old way Is / ^ the best. By breathing through both month " and nose the warming surfhoe Is greatly t$- , • . creased, as is the mucus-covered surface 'far the arrest of dust particles. ; j JAN. 19, slxcy-slx years ago, Illinois was admitted to the Union. Illinois Is an Indian word, and means "the men." Marquette, Joliet and La Salle, and other French exploit­ ers visited the Territory during the seven- teenth century, and La Salle returned in IMS and founded Kaskasia and other towns. 3; Kaskasia, Yandalia and Springfield have HMM- cessively been its capitals. Wa publish the divorces mainly for oar Eastern readers, many of whom want to know bow their cases are progressing. The way mattsrs have been progressing for the past few years our Eastern friendi' will feel very much at home and have Iocs of com­ pany in making their applications at their home oourts. Massachusetts and New Hamp- ahire and those staid old communities now lead Illinois In the divorce business.--filter Ocean. THB recent disclosures In this vletnity that bodies are being exhumed and sto.en from cemeteries for "the benefit of science" shows that doctors sometimes are as bad as certain pawnbrokers and second-hand dealers, in be Ing the receivers of stolen goods. We tel speotf ully suggest that, if "science" prosper without enlisting thieves and pires in its service, it is about time fOr It to ,i olose up shop.--Chicago JawruU. ., ̂ AT a meeting of the Washington Press chjfci attended by leading correspondents, Kepre­ ventative Flnerty made a speech. In which he •aid that going to Congress was a mere inci- \ dentin his careet, that his ambition lay in the \- iournallst's path, and that he considered It a irroater honor to be a newspaper man than a ' / Congressman. Mr. Flnerty was heartily ap­ plauded. ; THB many friends of the late Tsmns !• Camp, of Dixon, are exceedingly gratiled > ' that the President, on th9 i nnninmrsirtsllni of Congressman Thomas J. Henderson, has ap­ pointed bis widow to fill the vacancy of Post- ; ^ master, caused by his death. Mre> Camp Is a very estimable lady, and weL qualified to fill the position. Her appoint. ment bas been oonflrmed by the Annate Mas. HATCOCK, of Joilet, the woman when her lover attempted to kill by cutting her v ' throat some weeks ago, has got well, aad has been visiting him in jail. They eonoltided to * get married, so she procured a license and set the time for the ceremony, but the matter was indefinitely postponed when the hour oame, because they could get no one to per­ form the ceremony. It Is generally believed she has no divorce from her former husband, who Is living in that city. She was at the jail on time, and seemed disappointed at the tarn of afTairs. She says they will be married yet. A DISPATCH from New York says: At the meeting of the Kapid Transit Commissioners a communication was received from 0. B. Holmes, Superintendent of the Chicago Cable- . road company, who made a comparison of the ' ' accidents on steam railways and the cable F roads in Chicago for the years 1883 and 1888. On eighteen steam* roads within the ettjr limits 153 people were killed in 1882; on the cable road fourteen people were killed In 138S and three in 1883. The decrease in the number of accidents on the cable road in 1888 was due to the fact that the Jacobs safety. guard, a San Francisco invention, was placed on all cars last January. A new days ago Col. J. 8. Lord, of the State Board of Labor Statistics, 1 the Attorney General this question in regard to the time allowed for construction of es> capement shafts for mines in the act which went into effect after Jan. 1,1S80: "Ms t h e t i m e b e r e c k o n e d f r o m t h e d a t e a t ' the mines went into op?ration, or from toe time the law went into operation?" lite At­ torney General replied: "The intention of the law Is that In all mines going into operatlen after Jan. 1, 1880, the owners, etc., should commenoe making escapement shafts, aad should prosecute the work by constructing at, least 300 feet of such shaft each year." AT the meeting of the State Board et Health, in Springfield, last week, the terly and annual reports of the oSeers considered. The Secretary's report that ninety-five certificates entitling toe holders to practice mcd.cine in the State were issued during the year 18S3, Increasing the number of practitioners to SS3. Eleven certificates previously issued were revoked, and 163 applications for certificates were re. fused. Eleven midwivee were adntlttod to practice, making the total number tftr-OM. The applications of twenty-one Midwivee were adversely decided upon. All Up sM officer* of the board were re-elected. IK a barn in Hobey street, Chicago, have for some time been stored two huge ACHeaa lions ia a cage and a Shetland pasgr. She tamer lately went in among his pete pat them through their leaping exeretNC^fpii a friend who accompanied him foi^eSMjMftaSS the door of the cage. One of the 111 out on the floor of the barn and I buried his teeth in the neck ot the Af­ ter gorging himself with : wild beast waa mado senseless formed sponge# and put baofc WSj THE Clty OQuueU of Paan haS-jUMSi afttaaq^ jjwMWung thssalt ^ ^ *j • '• <ig >. .ew s Must rhlen : y.r- J: V-rtV-