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s+f'% mmxin. till m fuMMwr. iMiptar' ILLINOIS. p assne two winnows, itotfces*Mwalk»e- , (ofw of them Mai r " •Hv wWl HEWS BEOOBD. tf the EventM tok, asBsportaî -:^-. by Telegraph. • ., (Wltlral, Commercial, and Iadu»trial n-u Fires, Accidents, Cria^ *W>'~ <t> 'rf'i (f/f i ! :• - %'-• - fiATEST DISPATCHER Sf*V 8$>' ' \ TOUCHING DEATH-BED SCENE. • jlaw the Last Earthly Honrs of the Illustri­ ous German Emperor-Were Passed. ~*'THE grand old monarch died holding lln Emprese* hand," says a cable dispatch from Berlin. 8e had been in a stupor since 4 e'elook. He *M delirious ior a brief period at 5 o'clock, dating which he is reported to have exclaimed, "I am a nan of peace, bat if Russia forces me to war 1 shall faithfully Bide with my alls, Austria." Other reports state that the Empe­ ror's last words were - "Alexander has prom­ ised me that he will not make war against us." It Is reported that the Kmperor also said: "I am oouvinced that we ougnt not to go to war ViUt Russia, toward whom tue roost friendly attitude ought to be adopted." liuriog the last thirty-six h mra the Emperor " was drowsy, delirious, and conscious alter­ nately, starting at times excitedly to make re­ marks relative to family or political matters, , Otiee he mistook Prince Bismarck for the Crown Prince and, taking his band, pleaded that he would Always be kind to the Czar. He •iterwald recognized Prince Bismarck and expressed in broken sentences his satisfaction i with the Austro-German alliance. About 5 o'clock in the morning he talked so much that the Grand Duchess of Kaden said that he . would tire himself. The Emperor replied: "I have no time to be tired." Prince William Stood at the foot of the bed. During the last moments the Emperor did not sufier. H.s face wore a tranquil, almost smiling, ex­ pression. A few minutes before his death the Kmperorexclnimed "Fritz, dear Fritz!" Toward 0 oMook Friday morning the Emperor became unconscious, and after that time was not able to recognize anybody, 'lhe Empress had been . led away from her husband's bedside before this, and the Grand Duchess of Baden was so overcome that she, too, had to leave the death- - toed. Suppressed sobs were heard throughout the room. Prince William stood during the wnole time at the bedside, and never once took Jbis eyes off his grandfather. All at once the . Emperor moved his arms as if trying to raise himself, his chest heaved, with a deep sigh he fall back on his pillow, and all was over. Em- " peror William left 800,000,^00 marks in cash. Ko one cuuld help being moved at the sim­ plicity of the surroundings of the most popular and powerful monarch of modern times. As he lay on his military bed he presented a picture of moat touching peace, calm, and gentleness. The Emperor's bedroom is most simply fur­ nished. It is scarcely necessary to speak of > the iron camp-bedstead. It accompanied him in aU his journeys, In the field, and whenever he left his own palace. It shows the military Simplicity of the Emperor, but it also shows how difficult it Was for him to separate himself from the things to which he had been accus­ tomed. THOUSANDS DROWNED. '•Ait.. ^QfkUl Be part of the Recent Appalling Dlsas- ^ • ' ter in the Chinese Empire. ADVICES received by the steamer City of Sidney, which arrived at San Francisco on Saturday, from Hong Kong and Yokoha- ~3ha, say the Imperial Commissioner who was especially appointed to investigate the lorn of life by the Yellow Biver inunda- , Hans sands an official report to the Em­ peror of China that the total number of persons drowned is over 100,000, and the ... nninber ascertained to be destitute, 1.800,- . ,900. This is apart from those whom Uga flbods have driven into other districts. - Twelve Persons Drowned. * 1 THE British bark Lanoma, from Launces- D, Australia, for London, with a cargo of wool, was wrecked near Weymouth, Eng. The captain and eleven of the crew were .drowned. FORBIDDEN TO STRIKE. £>ige Dnady Hakes an Unprecedented Bnl- ing In the Burlington Case at Omaha. « Is the United States Court at Omaha, Friday, the Chicago, Borlington and Qaincy Railroad Company, through its at-, torney, C. J. Greene, secured an injunc­ tion from Judge Dundy against the Union Pacific Railway Company, its officers, agenta, and particularly its engineers, re- straining them from refusing to perform their duties under the interstate commerce lav; also against the engineem of the Union Pacific Railway to restrain them from strik­ ing, or from organizing or combining to direct a strike. * , The Drama. • ' DESMAN THOMPSON, is at McVicker's "" Aeater, Chicago, for a two weeks' engage­ ment, with that quaint and honest play, "The Old Homestead," which embraces so many pretty pictures of ideal country home and about which even the eold-f sritics grow idyllic and poetical. Six fell in this way. toned «i« ant MM uMftlv* groaned and turned their heads away as the victims whirled through the air. One of the editors, the proof-reader, the foreman of the composing-room, and three compositors oom- jjrtsejthe killed. Five compositors were badly LOUISA MAT ALCOTT, the famous Smroi OtuoH rsfoasa to expiate an opinion ae to the probable operation of the iatwstats tew upon railroads which rafaae to folfiD their obligations toward the Burlington with regard to the interchange of traffic. AM investigation designed to cover the general subject of combinations and mon­ opolies was begun Thursday by the House authoress aod daughter of A. Bronson AI- Committee on Manufactures. The sneer trust was the fliat to be investigated. John oott, the author and philosopher, died at Boxbuiy, Mass., on the day her father was buried. It was known that the had been in failing health lor some time, though the public was not aware that her illness was of a serious nature. She died of brain fever, which took a fatal turn from a sud­ den cold. If iss Alcott was born in Ger- •santowa* Pa., Nov. 29,1832. •• - ̂- WEST. FLAMES destroyed the five-story candy factory of Feme eke '& Bros., Nos. 351 and 353 East Water street, Milwaukee, and gutted the upper floors of Bernhard Goldsmith & Co. s carpet-house. The losses wilt aggregate $275,000. The heav­ iest loss falls on Goldsmith & Co., who carried a stock estimated at $150,000. WILLIAM B. TASCOTT, the Chicago murderer, has been seen at Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Chicago detectives are on hie trail. A SHOCKING accident, in which five men were instantly killed, occurred in die Cleveland mine at Ishpeming, Micih. The men were engaged in blasting out an old diamond drill hole at the bottom of a shaft. They heated a piece of one and a half inch gas-pipe to straighten it in the blacksmith shop, charged it with dynamite, and in­ serted it in the drill hole. From the heat of the pipe or some other cause the charge prematurely exploded, killing all five- Ms. TOWNE, Pullman conductor on a west-bound Northern Pacific train, was attacked by two masked men in the draw­ ing-room of his car, near New Buffalo, D. T., and robbed. Tfae bandits dragged him to the platform of the car and left him for dead. A TERRIFIC explosion of dynamite oc­ curred Tuesday morning on the farm of David Hampton, at Williamsburg, Xnd. The shock was felt fifty miles away. Hampton was loading a wagon with the staff to shoot a well at Hageritown when the crash oame. Six tons of dynamite exploded. Man, wagon, and heme were shattered to pieces. Shreds of Hampton's shirt were . found, and eo was the head of his horse, both far from the place where they were blown up. The farmhouse was wrecked, and a hole fifteen feet deep and twenty-five feet in circumference was found where the dynam­ ite had been kept. SOUTH. IK the Unitod States District Court at Louisville, Judge Barr remanded the West Virginia prisoners, the Hatfields, to1" the charge of the Pike County (Ky.) authori­ ties. This is a victory for the State of Kentucky. An appeal to the United States Circuit Court from District Judge .Ban's opinion was taken by Hon. Eustace Gib­ son, attorney for the State of West Vir­ ginia. AN affray between Mexican army sol­ diers and Sheriff's deputies at Eagle Pass, Texas, resulted in one death and several severe injuries. It is feared serious trouble will grow out of the affair. THE death is announced by telegraph from Charlestown, W. Va., of Gen. D. H. Strother, known to the reading world as "Porte Crayon." Gen. Strother was born in Virginia in 1816, and a quarter of a centra jy ago he originated the illustrated sketohes which are now so common in all tbe leading magazines of the coun­ try. Though he has been but little heard of during the last dozen years, his delightful crayon sketches and still more delightful descriptions of Southern life, which appeared mainly in Harper's Maga­ zine, made his nom de plume a household word wherever that periodical circulated. He served as a staff officer with Generals McClellan, Pope, and Hunter, and accom­ panied Geneial Banks to New Orleans. In June, 1877, President Hayes appointed him Consul General to Mexico, which position he held for seven years. ' D e a t h o f T . J . P o t t e r . ¥T3r' „ THOXAS J. POTTEB, vice president and . ;L' liberal manager of the Union Pacific Tfrfl- > road and formerly general manager of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road at , r . jChicago, died at Welker's Hotel in Waafe- lagton. He had been ill a long time. Burning of a Methodist College.* destroyed the Methodist Univer- f'v ^ building at Mitchell, Dakota, and out of forty inmates ten were badly injured, one having died in two hours, while others are thought to be fatally hurt. Mr-AM1 f "lypji.yi Democratic National Convention, iIT has been decided to hold the Domo- . ctatte National Convention in the north i nave of the Exposition Building at St. ... IjpQis. which will be arranged to «eat 11,000 people. tf". i Thfl War-Claim BIU Passes the Honse. , THE House of Representatives, on the 9th '•ip, :: ,.fast.. passed the omnibus war-claim bill, by a V t .vote of yeas 105, nays 100, after a sharp debate. At the evening session the House made the IQgan and Blair pension bills special orders ,23-.. Thirty-four pension bills were passed, including one increasing the pension of • fO* °t_ Bobert Anderson to $100 a montB. The Senate was not in session. EAST. A BOSTOH dispatch announces the death of A. Bronson Alcott, the founder of the ^ Concord School of Philosophy. He had a °' paralysis several years ago, and * j *f ®een feeble ever since. This, with ' *8®» kftd told especially seriously upon ;•» Strength. He had been at the point of • death for several weeks. ' < A* Bangor, Me., tbe jury brought in a Oerdict of murder in the second degree / " against David Stain and Oliver Cromwell hat ceasing the death of Cashier Barron, found dying in the vaults of the Dexter Vj" ' Bank ten years ago. *-f* . A SICKENING horror attended the burn­ ing of the office of the Evening Union, at eld, Mass., six of the employes a terrible death, most of them ig from the fifth etory and being " into a shapeless mass below. Six rare badly injured. i first discovered in the mailing- >-a»tto» upper floor WASHINGTON. THE new internal-revenue bill was sub­ mitted by the majority of the Ways and Means Committee to the full committee on the 6th inst. The following is a brief out­ line of the measure: It begins by removing the tax from tobaceo on July 1,1868, after which date manufacturers at cigars will pay a special tax of $3 annually eaoh, and dealers in tobaceo shall each pay tl annifally as a soecial tax. Drawbacks and re­ bates to the fall amount of the tax will be al­ lowed on original and unbroken packages held by manufacturers and dealers on July 1. The statute and all the laws imposing restrictions ttpon the sale of leaf tobacco are repealed, wherever minim am punishments are laid down .foe infractions of internal-revenue laws in the statutes they are abolished, and it is left in the discretion of the court to fix the punish­ ment, not exceeding the maximum limit fixed by the statutes. Warrants under the internal- revenue laws, uoon affidavit making charges upon inioruiation and belief, shall only issue when the affidavit is made by & collector or deputy collector; with this exception warrants will only be issued on a sworn complaint set­ ting forth the facts and alleging them to be within the personal knowledge of the affiant Fees to court officers in prosecutions under the internal-revenue laws shall only be paid in cases where a conviction is secured, or wherein the district approves of the prose­ cution, or wherein the prosecution began with information or indictment. Persons ar­ rested upon warrants under the internal revenue laws must be taken before a designat­ ed judicial officer in the county of arrest, or if there be none, in another county nearest the county of arrest, and this judicial officer shall have power to make the preliminary examina­ tion and, discharge, admit to bail, or commit to prison the person arrested. This section does not apply to the Indian Territory. The Com­ missioner of Internal Revenue with the ap­ proval of tbe Secretary of the Treasury may compromise civil or criminal cases and reduce or remit fines,(penalties, or assessments under the internal-revenue laws. When the returns are not made, or are made fraudulently, the Collector may enter the premises of any one having taxable property and prepare a tax re­ turn npon which the tax shall be assessed with a penalty of twenty-five per cent, and interest at ten per cent. All fruit brandieB made from any fruit are brought under the provisions of the actot March 3, 1887. When a distillery is seized the machinery and apparatus must be Sold without being mutilated or destroyed. Distilleries which mash less than twenty-five bushels of grain per day shall be taxed upon their oapaeity, and may be operated without Storekeeper or ganger, bpi-cial warehouses may be established where the product of any designated number of these distilleries may be deposited, which product shall then become subject to the customary laws. All special taxes on manufacturers of stills, retail dealers in li<juors, and retail dealers in malt liquors are repealed. The act provides that it shall go into effect July. 1898. The total reduction in revenue made by the act is about fc'25,000,000, madu up of tWO,0(W,Ooo on tobacco and #3,OJO,OOQ on the special taxes removed. Tbe Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee have resolved to add this bill to tbe Mills tariff bill, making it an integral part of the scheme for reve­ nue reduction. THE President has appointed John C. Vance Surveyor of Customi at New Or- *w: • tS 1 clouds of smoke were pouring out of the fifty souls E. Parsons, a New York lawyer, was the only witness examined, and his testimony did not throw much light on the subject*. POUTICAT" THK protracted election contest between Messrs. Post and Worthington in the Tenth Illinois District has been decided unanimously in favor of Mr. Post, the Be- publioan sitting member, by the H^use Committee on Elections, A PORTLAND (Me.) telegram says that "Gen. Neal Dow, the Prohibition candi­ date for Mayor of Portland, was defeated in the election on Tuesday by Charles J. Chapman, the Republican nominee. Dow was indorsed by the Demo­ crats. The contest was a very hot one, but there was little doubt of the result after the voting began. Chap­ man's majority was 1,500. In two wards alone the Bepublicans gained 800 votes over last year. The Prohibitionists attrib­ ute their defeat to the liberal nse of money by the Bepublicans, charging that $3,000 was contributed to the campaign fund from Boston and Portsmouth alone. The lax manner in which the Republicans have enforced the prohibition law would, it was thought, assist toward a Prohibition victory, and the reverse was not expected by that party. * AT a meeting of the Illinois Republican State Central Committee held in Chicago on the 61h inst., it was decided to hold the Republican State Convention at Spring­ field May 2. V.;- ̂ . LABOR. " - CAOO special of Wednesday .'says the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail­ way officials rejected an offer for arbitra­ tion which was sanctioned by the striking engineers and firemen. The dispatch further says. By to-morrow evening it will be deeided whether there is to be a General tie-up of all the Western railroads to assist the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy strike or not, and if a strike is decided on it will occur Friday morn­ ing at break of day. There were some devel­ opments yesterday that tended to force the question to a point where a decision will nave to be reached one way or the other. Aecocding to the reports at the headquarters at the strik­ ers the Burlington has been foroing the other roads into a position where they must either violate their agreements of neutrality with the engineers and firemen, or else violate the laws regulating the exchange of freight between different railroads. It appears from their re­ ports that most of the roads have been en­ deavoring to tbe best of their ability to pre­ serve their neutrality. Under the interstate commerce law they are not at liberty to refuse to carrv freight delivered to them by another ioad. Yet it is reported that in man# cases this has been done in preference to offending tbe brotherhoods of engineers and firemen. A STRIKE of engineers on the Burling­ ton and Northern Road was inaugurated on Wednesday, and fears are expressed that the KanBaB City; Fort Scott and Gulf system will soon become involved, and that trouble is also brewing for the Mis­ souri Pacific, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, and the Union Pacific. At Den­ ver, Rio Grande engineers have refused to handle Burlington cars, and at Lincoln, Neb., employes of the Elkhora Line have taken a similar stand. The strikers ap­ pear to be confident, while the Borlington system seems to be doing a fair share of business. ' • , GREAT interest was excited yesterday (says a Chicago dispatch of Friday) by the first application of the boycotted "Q" Road to the courts, for relief under the trying circumstances in which they are placed. The application waB made to Judge Gresham, of the United States Circuit Court. The application was made to Judge Gresham for the reason that the boycotting of the Burlington Road by Receiver Mc- Nulta, of the Wabash, an official of the Federal court, which tbsough him is run­ ning the Wabash property, placed the conrt itself in the position of acting in direct contravention of not only the common law as to carriers, but also to the State law, particularly as regards the so-called boy­ cott law, and also of the provisions of the interstate commerce law. FOREIGN. A OiBij dispatch from San Banto says that "Dr. Waldeyer, the great Berlin cancer specialist, has concluded his report, which was forwarded to the Kaiser Sunday. Dr. Waldeyer is convinced the disease is can­ cer of the larynx of the most malignant type, and is incurable! All the doctors, even Mackenzie, now reluctantly agree with him. As to the time likely to elapse before death there is still some difference of opinion, but it is believed n»»t unless some unexpected development of malig­ nant character intervene it is a question of weeks. It will be a miracle if the patient live a year." UB. SNELI.IKO, an v.NGH«»i Home-rale delegate, has been arrested at Limerick for offenses under the crimes act. Mr. Gil- hooly, member of Parliament, has been convicted nt Schull, County Cork, for offenses under the crimes act, and sen­ tenced to two months' imprisonment with­ out hard labor. Wilfrid Blunt, M. P., has been released from Tullamore Jail. T. D. Sullivan, ex-Lord Ma>or of Dublin, Lady Biunt. and a crowd of 300 persons wel­ comed him and presented him with an ad­ dress. MARKET REPORTS. NEW YORK. CATTLa HOGS...., SHEKP WHEAT--No. 2 Soring..... No. 1 Hod COB*--No. 2. OATS--Whit® I'OBK--New Mess CHICAGO. CATTLE--ChoiOE to Prime Htoen Good _ Common to Fair Hoos--Shipping Grades. BHtnp W UKAT--No. 2 Hod. CUBN-- No I OATS-- NO. • .t........ HABLEV--; i. BCJTTEB--tUio co Crearpsry..... Fine Dairy. _L«II at.* t 5.00 a 6.75 . A.8? & 0.09 ' &50 a 7.00 . .001*4 .91$ .M <3 .»5 § :S 015.10 02 .40 14.75 8.25 4.60 3.75 B.0> M windows' "before wen aware of their danger, shot up an old elevator in the roar, " y theWairiray, and mMW got out foiMidjtfeeir way to , by way of the roof in the rear, unfortunate men and women who crowded Me the editorial rooms met a horrible fate. MSB* wese entbfl in tbe composing room The Into the •ditorial rooms •scape in the rear, and * horning snpleyea who rushed into wsmevtotf bmn the esei la* to SECRETARY FAIR CHILD estimates that the Treasury surplus will amount to f 155,- 000,000 by June 30. THE subject of un earned railroad grants was discussed last week by the House Committee on Public Lands. In the case . of railroads never completed the commit­ tee was practically unanimous in the opin- ion that the land grants should be for­ faited. I TH« Attorney Geoefa> hassubmitted an opinion in which he holds that (he State of Kansas, under the act admitting it into the Union, is not entitled to receive 5 per cent. «<tke net proceeds of the sales of lands CHEESE--fcu)l Cream, flat. Koos--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per b*... PORK--Mess TOLEDO. WHEAT--Cosh. CORN- May OATS--May. CLOVEB TIJTBD KANSAS CITY. CATTLE WHEAT--NO.2 .V. COBN--No. 2 OATS--May JDKTBOIT. . CATTX.* Hoos. WHEAT--No. i Whits.,!!."!.... , CORN--No. 2 Yellow....'. ..-.i.. OATS-NO. 2 White MILWAUKEE? WHEAT--Cash Co AN --No. 3 ..i.... OATS-No. 2 White. RYE--No. 1. BARLEY--No. S POBK--Mess ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--Mixed OATS--Cash... Kie BARLEY POM--Mess BUFFALO. CATTVB..* HOGS Sheep WHEAT--No. 1 White COBN--No. 2Yellow.....' .. ... BAST LIBKOTC. CATTLB--Prime Fair • 5.75 & 6.00 a 4.50 0 5.76 & 6.00 a .82 <9 .62 .30*1$ .81 ̂ .78 ti .82 .25 a .27 .23 «» .25 .11*3 .12 .15 * M M 0 1»M M 14.00 .66 0 .80 .64 .S2*9 166 & 8.76 4.60 5.25 4.75 & 6.60 .78 .79 .43* <$ .44 1JSI <B 5.25 4.75 <£ 6.76 4.75 0 <5.74 , '.66** ,87* .62 a .35*9 ',76* <» ,48 <9 .33*4 .60 a .75 t» ia.50 £14.00 DMtk0n»ato Xn4 *hft tl* B«ter of & i x-pt*. _ _ . -r-SMst-- • • Tat Glow of a Long and Honorable 0a- iwr--Prince William Installed as BegenL and Biographical fltotefces f Father, Son, ail Grand­ son. Vhe venerable Kmperor William of Germany breathed his last at Berlin at 8 :28 oh the rhorn- ing of Friday, March 9. The event was not un- expected, as be had been sinking for forty-eight hours. In fast he was so near death's door the day previous to the final collapse that his death was prematurely telegraphed from the German capital to all parts of the etviltsed world. A Berlin dispatch dated at midnight of Thurs­ day says: "An immense but silent crowd stood near the gfjj^f.Jhll day, notwithstanding the ||p{^]iat a :ss .rt .40 .*4* .Si .76 cold rain was falling. The palace was guarded by cavalry. Business in the city was virtually suspended, and the theaters were closed. Di­ vine servioe was held in the palace at 5 o'clock. AU the members of the imperial family, the court dignitaries, and the members of the household were present. Hundreds of peo­ ple stood bareheaded in the rain outside the palace and j. .ned in tbe prayers offered by Chaplain Koegel. The Emperor fell into a swoon at 5 o'clock, and remained unconscious until 6 o'clock. He afterward fell into a quiet sleep, which lasted till 7 o'clook. Wine and other liquid nourishment were administered to him occasionally. "Speeial services were held during the after­ noon in the various churches. All the edifices were crowded and the congregations joined fervently in the prayers. Many persons sobbed. "The scene in the Kaiser's sick chamber be­ tween 4 and 6 in the afternoon of Thursday was impressive and affecting. At about 4 o'clock his Majesty was quite given up. When he rallied from this attack some sixty persons were standing around his bed, among them being the Prince and Princess William, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Sweden, the Princess Frederick Charles and her son Frederick Leopold, Prince von Bismarck, Count von Moltko, and several ministers of state. The old monarch was full of fortitude. He felt that his end was near, but he desired to utilize Wie last moments of life. Court Chaplain Koegel offered up prayers, in which the Kaiser joined fervently, and then he took leave of everybody, speaking individually to many of those present. His mind was perfectly clear, and hiB ideas were quite consecutive. For nearly half an hour he spoke with Bcarcely a pause, sitting up in bed. Then he lay down for a while, received some refreshment, and afterward again con­ versed with those around him. When he was besought to husband his remaining strength the Kaiser made the characteristic re­ ply : 'No; I feel I have not much more time to live. I prefer to say all I wish to say.' Ad­ dressing many of his remarks directly to Prince William, the Emperor went on to talk in mi­ nute detail of various civil and military affairs. He referred also to foreign matters and spoke Of the relations of the empire to France. '1 am told that the effect of this marvelous recovery and no less marvelous discourse on his Majesty's hearers was indescribable. The dootors were astonished at the display of strength. Meanwhile the room was full--in­ deed. muchrtoa crowded, and Prince Bismarck demonstratively drew back in order to keep others from pressing too near the Emperor's bedside. His Majesty did not exhibit the slightest fear of death. Hoos Buv..... .81*3 ,46 & *30 ^ M ,«o a M .83 0 .SO 14.00 614.2* 4.75 » 6.50 6.26 <0 6.00 6.50 <* 6.SO .92*49 .92* .57* # .68* 1.00 9 S.50 4.50 49 6.00 • 4.21 0 8.75 1.0 6.60 ';V-^ ' tut PRINCE WILLIAM AT THK HELM. A Bojmt Decree Investing Him with' the Regency, Tbe following imperial decree, which was signed on Nov. 17 and addressed to Prince Wil­ liam, was promulgated on Thursday: "Considering the uncertain state of my health, which compels me to temporarily ab­ stain from the transaction of affairs, and in view of the illness and prolonged absence of my son Frederick William, I charge your royal highness with all oases where I believe repre­ sentation necessary In the current government business, especially signing orders, without a special order being requisite on every separate occasion." THE DEAD EMPEROR. William pf Hohensollern'a Life and Work for the Fatherland. The Emperor William has won a place in his­ tory as one of tbe most illustrious of an exceed­ ingly illustrious fsmlly. Throughout his pub­ lic career, in length and eventfulnesa rarely if ever exceeded, he has displayed all the liner qualities of that remarkable race of rulers which--since its establishment in the Branden­ burg marshes in 1412--has never produced an absolutely incompetent sovereign. The Hohen- 'ollerna early won themselves a name for •hrift, sagacity, and valor. These character­ istics have been obviously transmitted from father to son throughout the whole history of tne honse of Hohenzollern, and they account for the extraordinary propensity of the family itself, for the steadily progressive increment of Ita European influence, and for'the territorial expansion of its realm, which has, within the last two conturies, grown from a barren Mar- gravite into a gigantic empire. WILLIAM'S MILITARY CABEEB. Emperor William begau his military career at air early age. Born March 22, l 'J7. It was or the 1st of January, 1807, when, crushed at Jena, Prussia had almost ceased to exist as an independent nation, that Frederick William III., who, with his family, was living in tbe Crly furnished, half-ruined castle of Koenigs-g, gave his third son, Wilhelm, then 10 yoar.j or age, the commission of a subaltern in the royal grenadiers, with tbe remark : "I give you this to-day in order that you may have a ' new suit of clothes to wear on your next birth­ day." At Christmasjof 1807 he was commissioned as Second Lieutenant and at once began to learn the rudiments of his military duties under the instructions of Mai. Von Pirch. In 18J9, when the royal family returned to Berlin, the Prince entered the city at the head of his company, and from that time he lived the seme life as other officers of the regiment. Delicate health prevented his going into the field with bis fatber and brother in 181:), and in June of that year he was promoted to a First Lieutenancy. Then, in the following November, after the battle of Leipsic, he was commissioned Captain and ordered to the front to join bis regiment. On the 1st of January. 1814, seven years after his entry into the service and at the age of 17, be rode alongside at Marshal Blucber when the Prussian army crossed the Khine to invade fair France, At the battle of Bar-sur-Aube. where he came under fire for the first time, he was in­ trusted with the reconnaissance of the battle­ field, and he did this with so much coolness that his father gave him the Iron Cross (this decoration is only bestowed for military serv­ ice), while the CCar of Russia bestowed on him the Cross of St. George, an order of which he has been for a number of years the oldest member. HIS ENTRANCE INTO PABIS. Soon after this be was transferred from tbe grenadiers to the guards, and entered with the allies into Paris, an enterprise that he has since twice repeated. The second time was in 1815, after the Belgian campaign, in wnich he took active part, winning a Major's commission at Waterloo. He did not remain long in Paris, as his regiment was ordered to Berlin to par­ ticipate in the solemn festivals of victory cele­ brated in honor of the successes of the Prus­ sian army. Tbe revolutionary storm of 1848, bursting over the whole continent, compelled Prince William--who implored the King to make a de­ termined stand eka|nst tbe BaAigsls--to seek refuge la England, making his flight in the dean of night. Tbe future Emperor, whose pal- aoe in Berlin was only saved from destruction on the part of the Infuriated mob by the ln- s^pMon ̂ 'natloniU^^roperty." fled from his Alter public excitement bad partly subsided the Prince returned hoine and assumed his duties la the Prussian Parliament, to which, in tbe meantime, he had been elected by a small oonstitueuoy. Tbe Deputy for Mersitz soon quitted Parliament, assumed command of the $Mqss charged with sappresslng the Insurrection in-Baden, and gave the first proof of his emi- ' etioal abilities tn the fight against ^arr fereew under Heckert and Sated. In 186a Prince William's nomination as regent; an office he filled three years, dntil his final accession to the throne, Jan. 2,1861. His •Utter eoafiict with Parliament respecting are- isssnlsstlnn of (he army--which was deemed The three years dariaewhlafctbe tafeMtBs* pern wis B«gent wspeWs fcuhing #oMHn the military history of Gi day when he beoame , called to his nie a epff dt sktUful atAftteiS to aid him la creating the most perfect military the Danish army, was/ffieoed at the head of tbe general staff. He/stlll occupies his posi- tUm, and is the sole sforvinar of the three great men who were then/WUhefan's prlucipal col­ laborators. The difference of opinion between the King and his ministers led nim, in September, 1802, to dismiss them and to intrust Us government to Count von Bismarck. The new President of the Council had also formerly belonged to the feudal or conservative party. While at Frank­ fort he had learned to dislike Austria, and while at Paris be had seen through the alms and ambition* of Louis Napoleon. THK BUILDINtf O* GERMANY It is unnecessary to detail here the events of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1. By reason of superior strength, discipline, and general, ship the German army achieved a succession of victories, which left Franse, for the time being, completely at its mercy. For the third time Wilhelm entered Paris ss a conqueror; and when he re-entered Berlin at the head of the army on the Kith of June, 1871, it was no longer as King of Prussia but as Emperor of united Germany. Since thefh he has devoted himself to the perfsction of the military force of bis empire. Tbe most trifling detail of its arma­ ment, or of a uniform, was as interesting to bim as wore the general maneuvers in autumn or tbe mobilisation of an army .corps. Twice have attempts t$ assassinate the Em­ peror been made, otnee by Emit Hoedel, who, May 11,1878, fired at him in the Avenue Unter den Linden, and again June 2, 1878, by Dr. Charles E. Nobiling, who fired a load of buck­ shot at the Emperor, severely wounding him. A year ago the aged monarch's 90th birthday received fitting recognition throughout Ger­ many and toe civilized world. THE EMPEKOB IN HISTOBT. Emperor William's reputation is pre*em!> nently that of a great military hero, and as Buoh he will live in history. His claims to states, manship rest chiefly on his remarkable sagacity in the choice of counselors and ministers' loyal to himself and to tne interests of the country, and his unswerving fidelity in sustaining them in their policy so long as it accorded with his own most intelligent ideae of the needs of the nation. Throughout his long career he has been a hard and tireless, as well us intelligent and successful, worker lor the building up of a great nation. Ho has set an example of all the strictly military virtues to the German army which has been productive of almost inestima­ ble results. Similarly be has shown t> the world, in his spotless family life, a model of conduct and demeanor eminently befitting a great ruler of men. Emperor William was married June 11,1829, to the Duchess Marie Lulse Augusta Katharine of Saxe-Weimar, daughter of tho Grand iJuke Charles Frederick. His two children are the Crown Prince Friedrich With el in Nicholas Karl, born Oct. 18, 1831, and the Princess Luise Marie Elizabeth, born Deo. K, 1838, and married Sept. 20,1856, to the Grand Duke Frederick of Baden. 1HE HEIR TO THE EMPIRE. 1 A Dying: Prince Who Succeeds to the Throne of Germany. Frederick William, familiarly known as "Un- ser Fritz," whom the death of" Kaiser Wilhelm" raises to be Emperor of Germany, was l orn on the 18th of October, 1831, in the now palace at Potsdam, and he is, therefore, in his 67th year. As a boy he was sickly and his li.o was often despaired of; but he grew up to be' strong and manly. He certainly has, up to tbe present, had any­ thing but a pleasant time in Berlin. He has never been able to agree with Prince Bismarck and his policy, and is not in sympathy with the military party at the ccurt, which 'knows that with his coming to power he would devote more attention to the commercial, intellectual, and artistic development of tiie empire, and endeavor to relieve the country as much as possible frcm the present burden of militarism. Not that he wouM weaken the strength of the empire, but he would certainly strive to bring Germany more into harinouy with tho pro­ gressive spirit of the nineteenth century. Hith­ erto. with the exception of the brief time in which he was made regent, after Kobiling's at­ tempt upon the life of the Kaiser, be has been kept as much as possible in the dark as to the policy of the Government. In 1818 (Jan. 21) tho Prince left Berlin for England, where he was to wed Princess Via* : toria. He was accompanied by the Prime and Princess rf Prussia, Princes Frederick Carl, Al- brecht, and Adalbert, the King of the Belgians, and the Duke ^ Coburg. The marriage took place on Jan. 25, and proBy Baron Stockin&r was made happy in seeing his plan of the houses of Prussia and England joined in morf intimates relationship. Prince Albert wrote: "The young people seem to be heartily in love with each othor, and the innocence and unset- fishuess of the young man is very touching. Tears flowed freely." The Princess never became very popular with tbe Prussian aristocracy. Herfintluence on the Vrinee/however, has been remarkable. To her must belong the credit of making him what be has long been, a model husband and- father, which WHB not always the case with the Hohenzollerns Hoon after the marriage it will be remembered that the Princess ran away from Berlin on discovering some rich present she had seen in her husband's secretaire, and which she bad imagined was intended for her­ self as a birthday gift, worn by one of tho fair ladies of the court. She got as far as Cologne, en route to England, before her flight was dis­ covered, and there a telegram from the King ordered her to return at once to Berlin. 8he had reluctantly fcr> obey the royal command. When she returned she was kindly received by the Empress, who is said to have made the re­ mark: "My dear, you should not have married a Hohenzollern' if you had expected otherwise.* THE OLTLOIN OF HIS MALADY. The Crown Prince's malady is evidently of a hereditary nature, his grandmother, the beau­ tiful Queen Louise of Prussia, having died of a cancerous tumor in tbe neighborhood of the heart. This fact ought to dispose of the rumors which seek to attribute his disease to a disgraceful source. Never has a more un­ founded charge been male, an 1 fe w men have ever ledjpurer and more wholesome lives than Unser Fritz." The doctors disagree as to how long the illus­ trious snfferar may live. Dr. Mackenzie be­ lieves he may live from eighteen month % to two years, whiln Drs. Kebroeter and Howell think he may last for four or five years. The latest report* indicate that his death is more likely to be a question of months or weeks. All agree that tbe disease is inourable. The Crown Prince received his death-warrant calmly. "I thank you, sir. for being so frank with me," be said to Mackenzie when he heard the sentenoe. PRINCE WILHELM. Life Characteristics of tho Eventual Emperor of Germany. Prlnee Wilhelm, the eldest son of "Unser Fritz," will in all probability soon become Em­ peror of Germany. According to reports, seemingly reliable, his father's malady is fatal in its nature and has reached such an advanced stage that his death is expected to occur within a short time. The rule of Frederick William over Germany, being regarded as almost cer­ tainly of very transitory duration, is not regard­ ed with as deep concern as is the soon-expected acoession of bis son. Frederick will probably not outlive Bismarck and Von Moltke. The ex­ isting balance of forces, the serious disturb­ ance of whioh is sure to precipitate a great European war, will doubtless be maintained during his brief reign. But after Bismarck and Von Moltke have gone, and tbe affairs of the great German nation are in the hands of the young Prince William, the case will become much more problematic. Naturally, not only throughout Germany, but all Europe, he has suddenly become an object of the greatest in­ terest and solicitude. THK PBIDB OF THK MILITARY PABTT. Prince Wilhelm is only in his 28th year, and i only ished pride of the military party, was a favorite of the late Emperor, and is the hope of Prince Bismarck, who, as is well known, has no great friendship for Frederick, as the latter has no special liking for him. Frederick has little of the Hohenzollern spirit ef aggressiveness in him. Be believes the time has oome for Germettyto cultivate mot* the arts of peace than at war. He is particularly acceptable as,a ruler to the non-Prussian states of Germany. He is not a believer In immense standing armies like his father or Prince Bismarck; he does not dream of | the eventful destruction of France, but weald fssfer to sea his empire contesting tn ga hM heenjho^bgjtlsi jt X^perot l ' " power «f Germany, ms ewestd, oan ohly fee - aMMi • " ~ Mit IM ID Prince's aon ina the sptrfl aa ̂i duehtgey<2ag nMVtofaaHmqrthbsCt Is nof German, end who will be s source'of to the peace of Europe sboald become CONGRESSIONAL, and tho anon the throne Kveij Gwman who discusses the questlon as to whsi win be the nwalt when he Is Emperor says, "There will be war." HI HATES Hn COUXTBT'S BIVALS. 1ft Is only a few years ego that at a banauet given by htm to the officers of his regime***? refused to drink champagne, saying: "Idrink nothing but German wine.* His hatred of Hussla is no less bitter than that for France, it Is said, and for England he is known to have no great love. His boon companions have been the Crown Prince of Austria and Count Bismarck, both of whom are young, high-rolling broods. HIS EDUCATION. Prince William has bfen well educated and carefully trained He received private hutrae. mm •*. M tions in classic languages, mathematics, phts* ics, religion, and gymnastics. He was then sent to the gymnasium at Cassel, where he passed his examination for the university with credit. He was then sent to Bonn, where he studied diligently and was very popular with the students, joining with them in their entertainments in the Kneipen. A biographer of the Prince chronicles the fact that he not only loved military history but ate black bread for his breakfast, and was in the habit of exchanging his whito loaves for it on every opportunity. Like most German boys, he was load of botani; i ng. Ho loved mountain-climbing and every kind of s^-ort. Ho was recognized as a capital swimmer and very skillful on skates. He is also said to have oeeu a great admirer of Hector, and liked to imagino the snow-hall contests in which he engaged as Homeric batt'es. It is re­ corded of him that ha had a youthful passion for writing dramas and had them played by his fellow-students One of these productions was on the subject of Charlamagne in "Aix-la-Cha- pelle." He also translated some of tho odes of Horace. Finally he took his degree, and thf ii leaving Bonn returned to Potsdam, where, in 1877. ho was immediatelv placed in the military service aB Premier Lieutenant in the First Reg­ iment of the Guards. HIS M1L1TABY BANK. The Prince's military rank at present is Col­ onel Commander of the hussars of the guard. " ' J 5'* •; ^ pmscx WILLIAM, JUKIOB. He is very popular with tha army, and doubt­ less has the capacity of a great General. From all reports be is very anxious to have an oppor­ tunity of proving himself a second Frederick the Great. At present, however, he is only a reckless, hot-blooded soldier, continually get­ ting into scrapes. He married Feb. 27, 1881, Princess Augusta Victoria ot Schleswig-Holstein. His oldest son, Prince Wilhelm, was born May 6, 1682. This child has now the prospect of soon being titled crown prince. There was a curious prediction made years ago, in which the Emperor Is said to have implicit faith. It was to the effect that he would die at the age of and tbat his son would not succeed him. This is said to ex­ plain tbe devotion he has always shown to prince Wilhelm. ) TAINTED BLOOD. The Hohenzollerns Afflicted with Scrofu­ la--The Taint Came from Russia. ILondon special.! It is recalled now that Bismarck, who was already the chief man in Prusxia in >858, stren­ uously opposed the marriage of the Crown Prince with the English Princess, saying tbat ho was against any "blood alliance with those Scrofu-Guelphs." The existing situation is a strange retributive comment on that utterance. Scrofula, or that worse allied dis­ ease with which so many royal strains of blood are contaminated, layd a h -avy hand on the Hohenzollerns at St. Bemo and Berlin alike, but the taint has not come from England. A fact which has been privately known here for some months may now be properly mentioned. The present aged Empress of Germany, mother of the Crown Prince, has been a victim of her­ editary scrofula, or a cognate malady, for many years. She got it from her mother, who was a daughter or the crazy Czar Paul, one of the most thoroughly diseased men of his genera-* tion. All of Paul's daughters transmit-: ted the taint to their descendants.' One of them x was tbe mother of tbe present King of Holland, and the recent death of both his sons and the extinction of his male line arc attributed to this. In the male Romanoff line tbe same malady oaused the death of the Czarowitz, who was the elder brother of the present Czar, and renders it very doubtful if the present youthful Czarowitz will reach manhood, in the Hohenzol­ lern case not onlv is the Crown Prince suffering from this hereditary taint, but his son William, who in a few weeks or months will be Emperor, ia hereditarily deaf, and was born with a mere shapeless ball of flesh where the right hand ought to be. Tbe Crown Prince's only sister is Grand Duchess of Baden, and of her two sons one died last month, and the other Is ill at Cannes and not expected to recover, both from scrofulous developments. The malady can in truth be traced all through the Almanach de Gotba among descendants of the Czar Paul. Tbe disease only showed itself in the Empress Augusta when sne advanced in life, since when she has worn high dresses, and frequently was not visible to the public for months at a time. -C ' ii A DARK OUTLOOK. Possible Effect of the Emperor's Death en the Future of Germany. [From the Chicago News.) The outlook of the German Empire is not a bright one. Its Emperor is dead. The Crown Prince, if all reports are to be believed, is rapidly nearing his end, and can live but a few months more. Prince William, the next in line, is a hot-beaded young man, who, though probably well-mean­ ing enough, is far from being of peaceful tendencies, and may plunge Europe into a general war within a month after bis suc­ cession to the throne. Even the Iron Chancellor is growing old and feeble, and his guiding pres­ ence must soon be withdrawn from tho coun­ cils of the German Cabinet. And, unless Prince William has more tact and energy than the world gives him credit for, his career without tbe Chancellor will be much like the ooorse of a ship without a rudder. It is Bis­ marck who has shaped tho powerful policy of tbe German Empire in the past--no one but a Bismarck can guide the destinies of that natiqn with an equal success In the future. "WHAT'S the matter with the baby, -John?" MJunno, Maria; bat I think it must be tha yeller fever."--Washirngton <***; ,• Hi n) WITH extraordinary unanimity the House ol . \v, Representatives, on the Sd inst, voted to at- ' " task the Western Union Telegraph Company at its most vulnerable point. Oat of a total vote of sin on the Pacific Railroad Telegraph bill there were 197 yeas and 4 nays. The effect ot this bill is to nullify the existing eon- - tracts between the Union end Central Paeifia railroads and the Western Union whereby the latter onjbys -a monopoly of tbe wires aloof F the line of this Pacific roads. It is claimedthS vv- '•», theee contracts are in violation of the law of • Congress authorising and extending Govern- . ment aid In the construction of the Pacific 1 f railroads, and are therefore void. The Paeifie . Av roads are obligated to construct a telegraph ? line as well as to lay railroad tracks, and had no power to either sell or lease the telegraph * » part of tbe plant. A BILL to incorporate the Atlantic and Paeifia , Ship Canal Company was reported to the Senate ̂ °u the 5th inst. A re solution was agreed to in- • ̂ structing the select committee on Indian traders to inquire into the methods or allotting lands in M severalty to Indians on reservations in Wiscon- sin and MinQwot*, awl as to tho sale of timber 1 ' OI1.ttiose lands, j&r. Cullom's bill to confirm certain Mississippi Hlver bottom lands to Ban* dolpa County, Illinois, on paymunt of U.̂ 5 • per acre, was favorably reported. Mr. presented thirty-two petitions for ths uassase of tha per diem service pension bill. Mr. Bea- can reported adversely from the Postoflloe and PostUoads Committee tne Eumunde and Cul> • - lom postal telegraph bills, and, reported favor- : ably an original bill to regulate Interstate com- merce, carried on by telegraph, and to subject M telegraph companies to the supervision of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Mr. Cul-1- lom insisted that this bill should be referred ^ ? to the Int.rstate Committee. A sharp ' conflict between the two committees followed, and the matter finally went over ' without action. The President transmitted to the Senate the remaining documents and pro­ tocols relating to the fisheries troaty, together with a letter from Secretary Bayard. The Alabama contested election case of McDnffie against Davidson was discussed in the House without action. Mr. White, of Indiana, offered a resolution providing for a special com­ mittee of five to investigate the Bur-' lington strike. Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, in­ troduced a joint resolutiou for promotion of oominercial union with Canada, which was re­ ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Bills were introduced as follows : By Mr.,Kerr, of Iowa, for a public building at Cedar liapids, Iowa; by Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, to de­ clare trusts unlawful; by Mr. Thomas, of Wis- " consiu, to define trusts and to prohibit trusts from carrying on interstate commerce; by Mr. " Nutting, of New York, for tbe construction of a ship canal around Niagara Falls in New York; by Mr. Farauhar, of New York, for the better protection of the northern and northwestern frontier; by-Mr.Breckinridge, of Arkansas, to anticipate the payment of in­ terest on the bonded debt and to provide for the special deposit of public money; by Mr. Weaver, of Iowa, for the erection of public buildings at Ottumwa and Oskaloosa, Iowa. THE Grand Army pension bill gave rise to another heated partisan debate in the Senate on the 6th inst., in the course of which Mr. Ingalls, of Kansas, made a bitter attack upon the President in particular and the Democratic party in general. The Senate agreed to a rule that a treaty may be made public or considered In open session Whenever a majority vote so decides. The following was offered by Mr. Beck as an amendment to the Bond bill, re­ ported from the Finance Committee: "That all laws and parts of laws requiring main­ tenance of a sinking fund and the purchase of bonds of the United States for said sinking fund as heretofore authorized, are hereby repealed." Mr. Sawyer reported back ad* versely the bill for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi ltiver at Mem­ phis. A minority report was presented. The House resumed consideration of the Alabama contested election case of McDutfie against Davidson, and after a long partisan debate it was de-.ided in favor of Davidson by 144 yeas to 122 nays. THE House Committee on Pacific Railroads, cm the 7th inBt., unanimously reported the Outhwaito bill extending the time for the pay­ ment of the Government debt by the sub­ sidized roads comprised in the Union Pacific system. Tbe bill is amended by striking out all roads except tbe Union Pacific and its aided divisions. The bill is also modified by restrictions which make it more positive in dealing with the cor­ poration. As an instance, it directs the At­ torney General to bring Buit at once to re­ cover misappropriated tunds of the road in­ stead ol leaving it within his jurisdiction. The extension of the indebtedness is for fifty years. It is understood that separate bills lor each of the Paciflo ltoads will be eventual­ ly reported to the House, it having been de­ termined that the roads shall be dealt with in­ dividually instead of collectively. Mr. Hatch of Missouri, from the Committee on Agriculture, reported a bill to create a Department of Agri­ culture and Labor. The Senate resumed consid­ eration of the urgency deficiency bill, the ques­ tion beina on striking out the provision inserted by the House requiring tbe Public Printer to enforce rigidly the eight-hour law. The item was struck out--yeas, 32 : nays, 20. In response to Senator Cullom's resolution of inquiry the President sent to the Senate a letter from the Secretary of State giving a history of the pro­ hibition by France of the importation of Amer­ ican pork. The Secretary savs tbat the de- Sartment knows of no ground to expect that the ecree of the French Government will be re- , voked at an early day. Bx a vote of 44 yeas to 16 nays the Senate, on the 6th inst., passed the bill grantiug pensions to ex soldiers and sailors who are unable to perform manual labor and to the dependent relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors. Amendments Including those incapacitated by the infirmities of age, soldiers who served in the war with Mexico, or for thirty days ia any of the Indian wars, and limiting tbe benefits of the oill to those totally incapaci- . tated, were voted down. Those Senators ' voting against the bill, on itB final passage, were: Bate, Beck, Berry, Blacaburn, Lojkrell, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Enatis, Gibson, Harris, Pasco, Keagan, Saulsbury, Vance, Wilson (Md.) --10. The President sent to the Senate a mes­ sage stating that negotiation with the Em­ peror of China for a treaty that shall exclude the importation of Chinese laborers into America was begun several months ago, and he hopes a satisfactory t.eaiy will soon be concluded. Bills were repartee! to the Sen­ ate for the establishment of an Indian indus­ trial school in Michigan and giving right of way to the Dulutb, Kainy Lake ltiver and Southwestern Uaiiway Company through In­ dian lands in Minnesota. Mr. Cockrell sub- mitted the report of the special committee ; - which has been investigating the busi- ; ; ness methods of the executive depart- , meats. The committee finds fault with the V; prevailing methods of doing business in the various departments, and reported twb bills ^ intended to rectify the delects. The House of t'* Representatives passed the bill for the allot- S ment of lands in severalty on the White Earth i '3 and Red Lake reservations to the Chippewa 1 .1̂ Indians in Minnesota and for tho opening up •£'"! to settlement of the other reservations of those Indians in that State. A bill to enable the people to select their post­ masters was reported adversely. Mr. Itayner, of Maryland, from the Committee on Com­ merce, reported the bill to establish a postal telegraph. The Postmaster General sent to the House a communication in which he says that careful inquiry and close examination of the complaints as to the railway mail service in Kansas and generally In tbe region west of tho Mississippi fails to disclose any tenable ground to the complaint quoted in the resolution. Hints on Health. It is a mistake to labor when you are not -.5 in a fit condition to do so. To think the more a person eats the healthier and - J stronger he will become. To RO to bed late at night and rise at daybreak, and im­ agine that every honr taken from sleep is an hour gained. To imagine tbat if little ' work or exercise is good, violent or pro- lonared exercise is better. To conclude that tbe smallest room in the house is ^ large enough to sleep in. To eat as if yon ; > ' '» had only a minute to finish the meal in, or vj to eat without an appetite, or continne af- ter it has been satisfied, merely to satisfy r,,-; the taste. To believe that children ean j do as much work as grown people, and that the mote hours they study the more they • learn. To imagine that whatever remedy causes one to feel immediately better (as alcoholic stimulants) is good for the sys­ tem without regard to the after effects. To take off proper clothing out of season, because you have become heated. To sleep exposed to a direct draft in any sea­ son. To think any nostrum or patent med­ icine is a specific for all the diseases the flash is heir to. FOB an ulcerating-tooth, taka a pieoeof old, thin muslin, about one au<l one-half \ inches wide and as long as desired, wet * some ground flax seed in cold water, place in the cloth and fold and baste it together. Place this upon the outside of the gum; Si it will soothe the pain in a short time and 'vP draw the nicer to that spot, where it be easily lanced. •SODA CAKX.--One pound of flow,"ONE- j half pound of currants, one-fourth pound 5-; of raisins, one-fourth pound of butter, six * J ounoea sugar, two ounces orange peel, two ;;: ounces almonds, one teaspoonful carbonate ̂ of soda, flavor with essence of lemon; add '! milk enough to make cake rather stiff, and :; - jpwfc ia one-half a natnug,