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* - 0SYYS r ^»iL*,*,s v .^dbt " * l*"V"-( . •" V * ' * 5 ?.*» ' WK * " ' . * * » ' 4, \., i * «OB VOM7II TKKR ORGANIST. a,,; ' . BY 8, W. P3S3. ' ' 8»t Wg fhwr h w*a c owdel fall wr limd- A-,^ J cloth mi" ov sil-, ' •"»' sat Ins rich as cream that grows on ol* brtn- fUe'smilk; Kilned boot*, biled. shirts. 'US dickeys an* ': stove-' ipe lmt» were >her«, An'doo<lr, 'ith trou-iert ons tx> tight they ooatdn' kneel down in prayer. "The elder in hia poolj>it hijh tail, as he slowly T l x : "Our organist Is leap* to ham laU op 'ithroom- atia. < • •An' as we hc\ no sibittUui, as brother M«n« ain't he e, "Will some ania the congregation be so kind's to volunteer?* An' then a red nosed draken tramp, of lour' toneu, rowdv style. Civ# ai' intnr<itKT,nry hlccnp, an* thon -staggeredn» the aisle. Then thro' thet holy ofcmodithecw then cxwp' a seme er MB, An' thro' thet air of aanc.lty the odor nv ot* gtn. Than Deacon Pnrington be yelled, his teeth all • sot on edge: "This man purfanee the house er Sod! W'y this - is sacrilege!" The trfunjj didn' hear a word he said, bat slouched 'ith ettimhl n' f et, An" sprawled aa' staggered np the steps, an' gained the organ seat. He then wtnt panrrin' tbro' tlie keys, an' soon there rose a strain, Thet seenjed to jear- bulge cut the heart, an' 'toctrify the brain; An' then _ he flapped down on the thing 1th hands on' hoati on' kneea, ' Be slam-da^hcd iiis hull bodv down ki rflop upon • . the key 6. - "Hi® organ roared, tho mnaiaftood went sweepin' highnn'drr, It swe'led into the rafters, an' bulged out into the sky, > The ol' chnreh shook an' staggered, an* seemed to reel an' swsy, ' An" the cider shouted "Glory!" in' I yelled out "Hooray 1* An' then he tried a tender strain that melted in our c-arn, Thet brought up blessed memories and drenched 'em down 'ith tears; An' we dreamed uv ol'-time kitchens, 1th Tabby on the mat, . - 4 • Vvhonie an' Ijivan" baby-days. an" mother, an' ' a 1 that I :[ ••m-,,:: Ah' then he struck a streak nv hope--a song ,i from souls forgiveu-- „ '"Thet burst from prl eon-bars uvafn, an' stormed the gates uv Heaven: • TThe mornm' stars they sung together.--no sonl was left alone,-- : We felt the universe wo* safe, an' God was on his throne 1 ' .An' then n wnil nv deep despair an' darkness i ' come aga:n, .An' a.oug, Liuck crape hung on the doors uv all the homos uv men; • :No In v. no light, no joy, no hope, no songs, of * glad delight, iAn' then--the tramp, he staggered down an' ,,, reeled into the night I "But we knew he'd to! Y _ - spoke a word, , , An' it wuz the saddest story thet our ears had ' * ever heard ; i; * i He bed tol' his own life history, an' no eye was drv thet day, W'en the elder rose an' simply adMi" "My brethren, let ns pray." . --Yankee Bluda. his story, tho' he ngvfr BOYAL'S RESCUE. BY FtORKNCE WELDOS. ,1 Hanover stood by the Window i, playing with the scarlet curtain-tassel, " and Dr. lteynolds sat in an easy- jf ,V( • "ohair beside the lire, covertly looking at , jiier. In varied travels he had seen few ¥ v * Twomen as beautiful. The round supple jform, thereguiarily carved and exquis- 1 * ^ ately tinted face, the perfect grace and air of high-breeding, might have pleased ' "'ia more fastidious man than he. But " something higher and better than ad- ^ ^nirati^n soltened Dr. Reynold's face as W *5ihe turned away with a soft sigh and jrustlel the leaves of his book by the », t 'iire-light. Raval deserted the window «nd came softly toward the fire. f?,\ "A year from to-day, I hope I shall IK- • jnot be here," she said. %' , " Again Dr. Reynolds looked tip at • j, vf, Iher. His gaze was a itivture of tender- i'y'- ' #>ess and, sorrow. I , " D o y o u h o p e t o b e h a p p i e r , R o y a l ? " C\" ' lie said. n-, "Yes, I hope to be," she answered, |. knotting the silken cords of her wrapper, Sp iin turn, with those restless fingers of | f* ,|iers. • . Again Dr. Reynolds sighed. I "t' t, "If you have anything to say to me, -why don't you say it?" she exclaimed, f impatiently. |X "You know my wish," he said, quietly. "j-7 A sudden color flickered in her cheek. :,f- fshe glanced at him shyly, from under & . "Jher lung lashes. ||.£ : »* "I would regret no money that would '*J • jSteep you off the stage, Royal." 4 The color died in her beautiful face. C "You would pay any price to keep me liere iu ennui!" she exclaimed. "Why, : \ * 1 shall eat my own heart in a vear more ^ * ^of this life!" His sorrowful eyes seemed unbearable ^ to her. ff' - "It's so tame and spiritless!" said she; , *'so worse than a thousand care9, with . its inanity! I, a woman, loathe it! How . lyou, a man, can endure it, I cannot see." f'f'. "I am tired," he answered, simply. |7A She paused in her walk. Standing ^ near him, and looking down on his ** Jbowed head, she paw, very plainly, the I* streaks of gray in it. The fire died out f of her face. "I am so young !* she said, more JE , * gently. . . i4' "Yes," he answered. ff.Pl "Only 20." i r I Ji, •' "Only 20." he repeated. She went back to the window and v '«i* ctood there in silence. The landscape was gray and wintry, ff patches of snow on the frozen ground, / 1 land the trees creakincr and rushing in | , "the wind--the great elms and oaks of !•; ;*Woo<Imore. The warm, quiet room was f '. fiuite still. The coals burned without a K. " Crackle, her canary had gone to sleep in ' the dusk, and Dr. Reynolds was mute "«nd motionless in his place. ^ Her impatient thoughts roved away , to the city. She saw, in fancy, lights, «nd glowing colors, and living walls of • people. Music gave voieo to the Spcene. Then her soul seemed to steal %ut of her body, and she stood before •he admiring throng, all the slumber­ ing fire and romance of her nature f Vitalizing and bringing to life some r '.'^character of olden story that had :|i>hrilled her in childhood and was still famous in the memory of men. How the j&rand words of i)assion and inspiration If [ ^Jrang from her lips!--how complete her access--how enthusiastic the plaudits »f the throng! She started suddenly and waked 1 as ifroni a dream as a servant brought in .. lights and the evening's mail. No Jet- P" )-v*°rs for her; no one ever thought of or f-•reared for her now; but next year | . Dr. Reynolds read his letters in | »»ile»ce and theu took up the evening paper. She glanced around; the quiet, •domestic atmosphere was not congenial, "he turned to leave the xoom. I>r. ieynolds looked up. "Are you going to yourroom, Roval ?" "Yes. Good-night!" I wish to warn you not to go outside e garden to-morrow, or on any day til the danger of going around "is re­ vet!. A tiger has escaped from the veling menagerie now in the village, so far, has been hunted without Jtifocess. He is probably in tho woods far off. Good night," and he ^•Surli led to his paper again. Jjong after Royal was soundly sleep- ^Dar he kept sorrowful vigils. * feoval awoke from troubled dreams : Uriti ti a headache. She lifted heraelf higher on her pillow and saw a sheet of sunshine on the wall. She closed her isyes upon it with a moan of pain. Bat gradually the pain abated, though she rose languidly at 9 o'clock and com­ menced making her toilet. But when the soft crimson wrapper was donned, the glittering buttons in the snowy cuffs, and the dark hair put in a loose shining coil, suddenly off came the cashmere wrapper, and down came the loo*e shining coil of hair--^to be replaced by an out-of-door dress and snugger braids surmounted by a little Polish cap of fur. "I mnst walk mvnelf info a better state of health; I can't stand it to be so stupid," said Royal She alammed the hall-door behind her and went down the avenue. She walked a mile down the "road and then tnrnod into the woods, attracted by some brilliant sprays of bittersweet. She had gathered a handful, and, un­ conscious how their orange and scarlet set off her dark, brilliant face, was turn­ ing away, when a, crackling in the bushes "behind her made her glance back. A large, strange, tawny animal/ was gliding toward her. Her guardian's forgotten warning flashed over her. "My God! the tiger!" she murmured, in freezing horror, below her breath. Seeing himself observed, tlie animal paused. With terrified eyes she saw him preparing for a spring. Ghastly pale, one wild frenzied scream of horror burst from her. At the same moment there came a shook, and she was sense­ less. The next she knew was hearing her name pronounced in tender accents of oompassion and love. She lay upon the ground, her head pillqwed upon her guardian's breast, and the Bmoke of a rifle still hung in the air. She raised herself without speaking, and saw the great gory brute stretched dead at her "Did you kill him?" she asked, be­ wildered. "Yes; just in the act of leaping upon you, Royal," he answered. "The creature was savage with hunger." For the first time since she was a child lie saw her burst into tears. "Don't cry," he said, quietly; "the danger is past now," and he took her home. Somehow the crimson library, with its gloviu. 'rate, was something better tliau it had oeen th'e night before. But the gray streak* in Dr. Reynold's hair showed quite as plainly by day as by twilight, as he seated himself in the chair again, with no word of reproof for the danger she had led them both into. Suddenly he felt two clinging arms about his neck, and a graceful form, with shining hair and dashing tears, sank on its knee) beside him. "I am not going away; I am not going to leave you," cried Royal, sobbing. Trembling, he snatched her to his breast. 1 "Darling," he said, "but I cannot keep you always." - "As long asyou will," she sail. "Roya\, I niust tell you," he said. "I do not love you as a ward only." "Then I Tfrilibe your wife," she whis­ pered. "And keep your beauty only to lile&s an old man, Qoyal?" "I shall be happy," was her answer, playing with the* gray streaked hair. "My heart is not empty any longer. Oh, why could you not see?" she ex- olaimed, hiding her face in his neck. \ And so crowds never saw Royal Han­ over personate Cordelia and Peditia,and footlights never flared upon the perish­ ing of her bloom. As "an old man's darling," she is more beautiful to-d^y than ever before. rs ILLINOIS. 15TEHK8T1SO ITKM8 GATHERED ' FRO* VARIOUS -The been grstttel Original InvaiSi-- George W.Bushbey, Arco Thomas Warren, Glraird; John Thompson, : oria; Michael Schantnear, Jones, Boodhouso: Thomas Kay Picked a Pocket by Accident. A curious story is told of a robbery which occurred on a Broad street car. Dr. A. O. Bobbins of 16 Jefferson street, was relieved of a costly gold watch and chain on the rear platform of a car on Broad street. There were five persons on the platform. Dr. Bobbins, Deputy Chief of Police Brown, the conductor, and two others. The watch was not missed until the Doctor entered a watch­ maker's to have his timepiece set. The police were immediately notified, and a description of the watch left with them. It was of gold, made by Breitling Sniderich at Loch, Switzerland, for Dr. Bobbins, when he was traveling through the country thirty years ago, and cost $360. In answer to a carefully worded advertisement Dr. Bobbins last night succeeded in meeting the young man who had stood opposite the Deputy Chief on the oar platform. The young man had unconsciously taken the watch from the Doctor, and from him the Doctor recovered it. It appears that when the Doctor boarded the car be­ tween the Deputy Chief of Police and the young man his watch chain caught and took a turn around a button on the young man's coat. The watch was dragged from its place in the Doctor's pocket without disturbing its owner, and hung from the button on the young man's coat. The young man discovered it dangling there after the Doctor had left the car, and he wa9 a good deal surprised. After some consideration he decided it would not be wise to ask for a claimant for a valuable watch among an indiscriminate company of people, so he pocketed the timepiece Mid advertised for the qwner.-- dence Journal. 1 Only a Sad Accident. Western judge--You are charged, sir, with being the leader of a party which hunted down and lynched a horse thief. The days have gone by when citizens of this great commonwealth can thus take the law into their own hand*! hence your arrest. What have you to say ? Prominent citizen--I ain't guilty, jedge. I'll tell you how it was. We caught the feller, and tied his hands and feet. Nothing wrong about that, was there, jedge? "No, that was no doubt necessary." "Wall, jedge, there was a storm oom- in' up and we eouldn't spare him an umbrella very well, so we stoad him under a tree. Th»t was ail right, wasn't it?" . "Certainly." "Wall, the cIond8 kept gatherin'^ati' the wind was purty high, an' we didn't want him blown away, so we tied a rope around his neck and fastened the other end to a limb above--not tight, jedge, jest so as to hold him -and we left him standin' solid en his feet. Sotkiu' wrong about that, was there?" "Nothi?$f-atall." "Then 1 kin be excused, can't IT* "But the man was found suspended from that tree and stone dead the next morning.*" > i "None of us had anything to do with that, jedge. Yon see we left him stand- in' there in good health aud spirits, for we give him all he could drink^when we said 'good-by;' but you see during the night the rain come up an' I s'pose the rope got purty wet and shrunk a couple o' feet. .That's how the sad ae What Our Neighbor* Ar« Doing--jHwttwni of General anil Local btorsit-Msr- riages and Deaths--Accidents mud Crimes --Personal Pointers. --The Illlno s State Grange Was in ses­ sion at Springfield Inst week, with 500 a.fe8a(.. preMnt. Ti. Com. j miltee in its leport showed fifty.two new granges, with 2,500 member?, organized during the last year. Resolutions were adopted in favor of changing the laws so that United States Senators shall be elected by direct vote of the people; in favor of the Australian election law; de­ nouncing Gov. Fifer for the appointment of a lawyer instead of a farmer on the State Board of Bailroad and Warehouse Commissioners; favoring the increase of salaries of fourth-class Postmasters, and asking better service from those officers; favoring the free coinage of silver; ask­ ing the Legislature to repeal the law re­ quiring the Assessor to take the report of agricultural statistics; and in favor of holding the World's Fair at Chicago. --The Illinois State Horticultural So­ ciety held its thirty-fourth annual meet, ing in the City Hall at Hamilton last week, with a large attendance. A num­ ber of interesting and valuable papers were read. P. E. Yanderbar^r ofJersey- vilte made a report on raspberries and blackberries. Joseph Freeze, Jr., of Coatsburg, reported on the condition of stone fraits. Prof. S. A. Forbes, State Entomologist, of Champaign, lectured on entomology for' the nurseryman. Secretary A. C. Hammond report­ ed on horticultural experimental sta­ tions. F. Li. Mann of Gilman made a committee report and A. Dunning of Dun­ ning read a paper on ornamental plant­ ing. James Jones, of Lincoln, gave an interesting history of a remarkable •eedling pear tree. L. B. Bryant, of Princeton, discussed "Vinegar and Its Adulteration," and Prof. W. H. Ragan of Greencastle, Ind., "The Outlook for Western Agriculture." The society adopt ed a resolution requesting the Legisla ture to pass a law forbidding the manu facture and sale of adulterated vinegar An election of officers for the ensuing year resulted: President, Javis Web sfer, of Centralia; Vice President, H. L, Doane, of Jacksonville; Secretary, A. C Hammond, of Warsaw; Treasurer, H. K Vickroy, of Normal. The next mnnaal meeting will be held at Cairo. --Mrs. Anna M. Oeffinger, aged about 60, shot herself dead in her store at Bloomington. Some time ago the City Council decided to pave the street in front of her property and her share of the expense nmoun'ed to severil hun­ dred dollars. She grew melancholy over the imagined heavy burden and resorted to enicide to avoid it. eident happened, jedge."-2Krw York; Weekly seriously injured. --Wallafce W. Crandall, a resident of Peoria for thirty-five years, was suffo­ cated by illuminating gas in his room He left the gas partly turned on after extinguishing his light. --The Fort Wayne Jenney Electric Light Company, of Fort Wayne, Ind., has begun suit in the United States Dis trict Court at Springfield against the city 'of Bloomington for f40,000. The suit arises from a difference between the com­ pany, which furnished an $80,900 electric plant, and the city of Bloomington as to certain "extras," amounting to $17,000, and the city's refusal to pay the second annual installment of lbs price of the plant, amounting to $1S,«00, until the matter is adjusted. - The union coal miners of Central Illi­ nois held a secret convention in Peoria last week. The delegates were veiy reti­ cent about the business transacted, as porting that if they divulged their names they would be discharged upon returning ro the mines. T. W. Davis, of Colum- buu, Ohio, the Vice President of the Miners' National Protective Union, ad­ dressed the meeting on the ends and ob jects of the union and its benefits to the miner. The convention adopted resolu­ tions favoring a national advance in min­ ing prices on May 1, an eight-hour day, abolition of truck stores, the breaking up of all iron-clad contracts between the miners and the opexatom, and a pay day every two week*: --Marcus Campbell, seventeen-year old son of J. L. Campbell, at present in the employ of the Japanese Government, was killed by the cars ne ir Summit, Cook County. He was knocked between the cars and the spout of the water tank and terribly mangled. He lived, however, in great agony for nearly an hour. --There was an exciting scene in the Circuit Court at Bloomington, the occa­ sion of an inquiry into the sanity of Sim­ eon Davis, a citizen of that oity. Davis' brother was the complaining witness, and dnring the investigation he became sud­ denly and violently insane, and fonr strong men were required to restrain him and take him to jail. He was fomid in­ sane and sent to Jacksonville. --The first annual exhibition of the Jerseyville Poultry Show was held in that town last week. The receipts for the four days and nights were more than enough to pay the premiums and all cur­ rent expenses. --Harry Franklin, a Western desf erado who one night recently assaulted and attempted to rob Mayor Wilton, of Litoh- field, was, in the Circuit Court at Hills- boro last week, sentenced to twenty-four yean in the penitentiary. At the present term of the Montgomery County Circuit Court five men have been sentenced to Chester, and the aggregate of their terms amounts to 134 years. --Gov. Fifer has reappointed M. C. Quinn of Peoria State Agent for the Pre­ vention of Cruelty to Animals. --Alpheus Edwards, a prominent young man of 8pringfield, member of the Con­ gregational Church and nn active Sun­ day-school worker, has fled the country, after perpetrating a series of swindles on Various people, by which he succeeded in securing several hundred dollars. His plan was to get money on his personal check after banking hours, and to get in­ dorsee on the notes and then convert them into money. --Fred Drake fell a distance of seventy- five feet down an elevator shaft at the State House at Springfield and was not Maacout&h; Joi J Kay, Zit ; Chai H. Land, Tuscola; James H. Dyson, Thompson ; Stephen D. Letheo, Utah; John Leird, Alto Pass; Charles Vimpeny. Joliet; Adam Wal- drop. Palestine ; .IOB«phCrn» le, Astoria; Fred­ erick N. Hannant. Perry; Henry Sharpo, Chi­ cago: George B. Millfl, Jvash\i]5»>; John John­ son, OMong ; Robert Kennedy, Pana; Willlovd Farri*. Belleville ; Green Prgh. l'atoka; HifMn N. Kingnbury. Flora; Will inns N. Bullvr. Bar- dolph; George \V. Fox, Abingdon ; John N. Conway, Barry; Restoration--Mar­ cus Hininnn, 1 ,awn Kiilgo. Increase--Robert Hamilton, Enreka; Jilhn W. Ghelaon, Morris; David A. Hamil, Bushnell; Albert R. Maxwell, Cuba; Angustin Piper, Griggaville; John A. Goooh. Camii; James 3. Johnson. Urbana; John MoGraw, Ca'i Grove; James M. Moore, Bethany ; Beniamin Burt, Ur­ bana ; FranK Zav)'u> Bigg's Station ; John Mull, Garda Point; Daniel H. Winter-, Martinsville; Mathias Kill, Chicago; Abel Lively, Browns­ ville; Alexander H, Merritt, Chicago; John T. O'Neal, Staunton ; Joseph A. Russell, Car mi; Ijevi G. Marshall, Clay City; Wiley Bolding, Sumner; John A. Sinson, Grand View-Charles nagtmann, Chicago; Gilbert Greene. Foment; Abraham Jerome Smith, Bell Air; Charles H. Boslick, Clayton ; Benjamin F. Overt uri, Chris­ topher: Al'red H. Coble*, Chicago; John R. Atchipon. Walnut Hill; Frederick Range. Blair ; Angu*t Seetier, Union Hill; Krnut. Kurxnerow, Chicago; Charles J. Allen, Greentip; Peter Leiphtey. Vermont ; Jacob Bean. Chomvaign ; Jrvin C. Batson, Carbondale ; Patrick Murphy, Boddsville: Thomas A. Spence, Carbondale; Win. Downey, Shelterville; John F. Sheridan, Flora; Abraham Rich, Fountain Bluff; Wm! C. Canadav, Huntersville: John H. Curtis, Ob­ long ; George W. Wooda, Windsor; Wm. Famoff, Frieudsville; John P. Seidel Orangeviili; Erhard Mueller, Chicago; Pat­ rick McKeover, Watseka; Tbos. M. Young Dudley; Joseph Nutt, Taylorvillo ; Lvaauder B* Piper, Sr., Moline : George Gregory, 'feushville; John Wr. Purdv. Mukaiula; John S. Griffin, lies Junction; William H. Tyler, Charleston; Alez. Rowley, Jr. Litchfield; John F. .Johnson. Car- wan; Jas. M. CliRso, Lovingtoii; Horace A. Vanorder, Roshville; George W. Mills, Bellett • George W. Fields, Hoosler Prairie ; Henrv Min- uick. Paris; William C. Howard. Walnut Grove; William C. Lopemar, Henrv; William W. Kiniaon, Naples; Martin Broderfck. Seneca; William C. Walker. Carman; John Hays, Sol­ diers' Home; Olts J. Ornsby, Gurnee. Reissue--Joseph Fahrenbaker. Bogota; Jas. W. Pettyjohn, Rinard; Lucius ('rum, Soldiers' Home, Quincy; Charles Josenhou«, Morris. Reissue and Increase--Jamob S. . Brackett, •Effingham; James Hofflin. Marion; Aden Wylie, Chester. Original Widows--Paris, widow of Caleb W. Griffith, Shnmwav; Marv J., widow of Abra­ ham Jerome Smith, Bell Air ; Etnilv Davidson, former widow of Isaac Wise, Cypress Creek. Minors of Alonzo D. Hineman, Grubb; minors of Thomas B. Pickering, Willow Hill; Christian, father of Henry Hess, Kirkwood; minor of Samuel Neely, East on; Francis R. Gerobacher, former widow of James Brandis, Canni; Sarah It., widow of I<evi Tanquay, Pon- tiacj Mary 1)., widow of William P. Smnteeker, McKean ; minors of Jesse R. Ralston, Sciota. Widows of 1812--Olive 8. Burrows, farmer widow of Jonathan Silsby, ColumtiuSoty; Elisabeth, widow of Philo Gillette. --The residence of Mrs. J. P. Laird, at Alton was entered by burglars the other night and robbed of several hundred dol­ lars' worth of jewelry and silverware. --About three hundred veterans of Ohio regiments now residing iu Illinois met at Bloomington for a reunion last week. Gen. John McNulta and Mr. W. H. Powell of Belvidere delivered addressee. These officers were elected: President, Dr. J. N. Patterson, of Normal; Secre­ tary and Treasurer, H. C. Oldroyd, of Springfield. Springfield was chosen as the next place of meeting. --The Philadelphia Inquirer pays Chi­ cago tho following handsome compli­ ment: "The great Auditorium building in Chicago is more than a mere laud- mark--it is an event. It marks the progress of the age and the development of wealth, intellect and culture in the newer section of the country. Philadel­ phia, New York, Boston, Baltimore and Washington were all oid when Chicago was begun, yet Chicago has outstripped them all in the eost of a building devot­ ed to the liberal arts, and, if expecta­ tions shall be realized, jhas produoed a structure, worthy to rank - with any in the cultivated cities of Europe. There will be the usual Western self-laudation over the achievement, no doubt, but thet-e need be no jealousy of it in the East, Bather should we rejoica that our com' mon country has grown so great and rich as to afford so fine a building, so signifi cant a testimonial to intellectal attain ments, a thousand miles from the sea­ board." Quincy has started a project to hold an exposition. The idea iB to erect build­ ings in Highland Park and hold the ex position by private enterprise, and thus ascertain whether or not the business men of the city desire to make ita psrmanent institution. FITTING CELEBRATION. - v . ^ I;-v- • ' i tihir 1^«tfonal Representative* Meet and Idaten to nn Eloquent Oration by CMel Justice Fuller on • Contnry of Ov On- erement. Washington dispatch: The ceremonies ot Congress n commemoration of cae cen­ tennial of the inauguration ot George Washington were held Wednesday in the hall of the House of Representatives The hall . had been especially arranged for the occasion, its usual seating capacity A TWO-CENT SWINDLE* iMfcad mt thraling Uncle Oal mf Ponlal Dam. "A man who.wonld beat the Govern­ ment out ot postage is prettj small. But tho fact that it is comparatively easy to avoid the payment of such a nominal postage tax by takingfndvan- tage of a department regulation lias led to such swindling where you would hardly expect it," said Frank-T. Smith, a well-known down-town clerk, who used to be in the postal service, to nse yesterday. "Each year,* he continued, "the num­ ber of letters dropped into the pockets '»• V"D w-otsiou, ivs usuai seating capacity x, . -- * * , - t being trebled by the introduction of addi- f fostoffice without the necessary tional chairs. The galleries were filled 8taniP affixed is surprisingly large, and .l. ---~ . - every succeeding postmaster has en­ deavored to devise some way of pre­ venting such accumulations. Much de­ lay has been caused by this seeming negl|gence or carelessness, and the services of several clerks have been em­ ployed in ascertaining the names of the , senders of this mail. The department prominence. Members of the Senate and ni'e is return all such mail for post- with the families 'of Congressmen, and Cabinet orticers, and government officials, and presented a briiliant spectacle. Seats had been provided in front of the Speaker's desk for the President and Cabinet, Vice-President, Speaker of the House, Justices of the Supreme Court, the Hon. George Bancroft, cele­ brated historian, and others of official House occupied seats in the chamber, where places where also provided for the age, and where business addresses are not printed on the envelopes the seal jias to be broken to get such names. P?he fact that such is the rule has de­ veloped a picayune style of swindling. Two down-town brokers, it is said, have tarried on a correspondence for several inonths without investing n cent in postage. Their method of mulcting the government is unique. For instauce, Mr. John Smith wishes to communicate Ivith Mr. James Jones. The address on the envelope will read: t • • • • , » • « ; : If not delivered in • j„7>. ' ."ten days return to " - . I : James* Jones. r' ^ '*?• ; j- --James street, & * New York Citfi CBISr JUSTICE FULLER. diplomatic representatives, officers of the army and navy, and members of the Pan- American and maritime congresses. The address of the occasion was deliver^ fd by Chief Justice Fuller and occupied nearly two hours in delivery. The dis­ tinguished speaker began by reference to the great celebration in New York city in April last. He then touchod upon the chief historic events immediately preced­ ing and following the inauguration of Washington, discussing them with refer­ ence to their-bearing upon the welfare of th& natii.n which was thus being de­ veloped. The*Mai lability of Washington at the crisis nt w^ich he exchanged the sword for the duties of the chief magistrate was one of those providential blessings so often bestowed ou this nation. The promotion of human happiness was the keynote of the century in which Washington lived. In discussing his aaministration Mr Fuller spoke especially of the wisdom displayed in his choice of a cabinet and his selection of members of the Supreme court. After discussing at length the character and of­ ficial work of Washington Justice Fuller traced briely the history of the nation throngh the century, especially dealing with the period of civil war from which it emerged still one nation. The speaker closed with reference to the great responsibilities of the nation and im­ portant issues presented for its decision. The new century, he said, may be entered upon in a spirit of optimism bold in fear­ lessness of the faith whose very conscious­ ness of limitations of the present asserts the attainability of the untraveled world of a still crander future --The controversy between Henry Wat­ son, the contractor, and the St. Louis Alton and Springfield Bailroad, respect­ ing the right of way through Watson's quarry, culminated at Alton in the arrest of Watson by a United States Marshal on a charge of obstructing the mails. Watson, his foreman, and a train-load of witnesses, including the Mayor of Alton, were escorted to Springfield by the officer. Where Watson went into court, gave bail, and waived examination. The involuntary excursionists returned home at night. --The committee representing the Mod­ ern Woodmen camps of Bock Island County addressed a circular in reply to dn anonymous communication recently sent out with the purpose of discour­ aging the calling of the head camp, This circular intimates that the commu­ nication emanates from Head Counsel Boot or his friends, and sets forth the urgent necessity of a head camp meeting. The circular also contains sensational matter not yet published, and which is to the effect that the committee had learned that camps advertised in the official organ of the order, as 717, Forest City, Neb.; 746, Maquon, Neb.; and 894, Westerfield, 111., are fictitious; that no such postoffices exist in the States named, and that the members of the order have been contrib­ uting to the maintenance of these fraud­ ulent camps for some time. --Governor Fifer has issued a requisi­ tion on the Governor of Indiana for the extradition of W. H. Kendrick, wanted at Olney for working a confidence game. --Will Sheppard, charged with attempt­ ing to rob an Ohio & Mississippi ex­ press; Scott Marble, a horse-thief, and another prisoner, charged with horse­ stealing, pried apart the bars of the jail window at Bridgeport, Lawrence County, and escaped. They were aided by friends outside the jail, which was a tumble­ down building and was unguarded. --The Illinois Humane Society dur ng the month of November investigated 167 complaints, rescued and remedied the condition of 40 children, surrendered to institutions by court on petitions 28 chil­ dren, placed 10 children temporarily in institutions, prosecuted 9 persons for cruelty to animals, prosecuted 2 persons for cruelty to children, laid up: 18 horses as unfit for service, removed 6 disabled horses by umbulanee. reprimanded 80 persona and > teamsters, killed 26 dis­ abled and abandoned animals, imposed $215 in fines, and received $330 from its contributors. , LAID AT REST_BY FUIENDS. Imposing Obsequies Over the I: ematna of Jefferson Davis. v A New Orleans (La.) dispatch says; The funeral of Jefferson Davis, which took place in the Mot aire cemetery where his body is temporarily place.l in the tomb of the Army of Northern Virginia, was one of the most imposing and the most memor­ able in many respects that has ever been witnessed in the South. It recalled to the minds of many of the older people who were present the grand outpouring of the Southern people and the universal sorrow and affection displayed on that other nota­ ble occasion, more than thirty-five years ago, when all that was mortal of another greatly beloved Southern leader, John C. Calhoun, was consigned to the grave. Leaving aside all criticism ot .Jetrerson Davis, either personal or political, his burial marks, in the history of this country, the final close in a historical point of view the last chapter of that tumultuous revo­ lution with which Davis' name is insepar­ ably connected, and in consequence of which the historian of the future will pass- judgment upon and assign a place to the man whose memory received such uni­ versal and spontaneous tributes of affec­ tion from the entire Sou them people. Trains leadiuir in o the city as well as the steamboats plying between here and points on the river for hundreds of miles, poured out into the depots and river land­ ings a constant stream of men, women and children, military and civil organizations, and members of Confederate veterans' as­ sociations from everv State in the South. 1 he cotton exc.iange, t*ae Tjanws, and all the city buildings were closed and all were heavily draped with emblems of mourning. The preliminary fnneral ser­ vices were held on the large portico of the city hall, which overlooked Lafayet square, and were conducted by Bisho*. Gailaher of the Epig opal diocese of New Orleans, who was assisted by Bishop Thompson of Mississippi, Dr. Markham of the Presbyterian church, Father Hubert of the Catholic; church, and Drs. Bakewell aud Martin. After the reading of the servioe for the dead by Bishop Gailaher and some short eulogistic reparks from other divines, a surpliced choir selected especially for the occasion sung Sullivan's anthem, "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death" Every available inch of spaee in the square and about the buildings was densely packed, and the streets centering at this hall were impassable, though the police arrrfhgements for the preservation of order were se complete that confusion was avoided. The city halt itself was covered with a profusion of flags at half mast; gracefully drape 1 with b ack, while over the doors of the main entrance were sus­ pended immense billows of crane. The procession, composed as followsr began to move about noon: First division --A detail of city police, military escort of all uniformed organizations, the clergy I in carriages, followed by the body of 'Mr. > Davis, which was placed on a caisson drawn by six horses, richly caparisoned. Second division--Veterans' associations. Third Division--Officials of the State of Louisiana and officials of this and other cities. Fourth division--Masonic order, Knights of Pythias, and other civil onrau- --Broadway, Oiy. izations. Sixth division--Fire depart- j. ... ~ ment. Seventh division--Other organiza- ^distance away at the camp, tions. Eighth division--Colored associa­ tions - A notable feature was to be seen in that portion of the procession in which marched the detachment of veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, a touching tribute which was cordially appreciated by all who were present. Gen. John B. Gordon was grand marshal of the day, and was assisted by a staff composed of some of the distinguished friends and associates of Mr. Davis. Upon its arrival at the cemetery the full services of the Episcopal church were read, and several eloquent tributes were paid by the officiating clergy, after which the choir chanted ' 4Rock of Ages." At the close of the ceremonies the coffin, upon which was placed the sword present­ ed to Mr. Davis for meritorious service in the Black Hawk war, was placed in the tomb, a salute was fired by a detachment of the Washington artillery, and the door pt the tomb dosed forever upon the body of a man into whoas life had been woven. the black woof of tragedy. "Jfo stamp is affixed, and when the clerks, in sorting the mail, discover this letter they toss it to one side, after first stamping it in red ink, "lieturned for postage." Naturally tlie postal clerks believe that Mr. Jones is the sender, and the letter reaches him. The ad­ dress John Doe, is of course fictitious. Iu this way they have kept up a corre­ spondence for months, and Uncle Sam's gray coats have been performing mes­ senger service gratis.--iVeic For A; Star. Happy. There are time 3 when the mqst am­ bitious and worldly-minded of men must believe with the moralist that the best elements of human happiness are the simplest and most frugal. An old couple, living on a small farm in the beautiful valley of the Connecticut, aptly illustrate this truth. When I saw them they were sitting under the apple-trees in* the dooryard before their little box of a house, obn- i on tment written on every lin$ of theit laqtoi. '^||vas born and raised right here on this spot, and aint never lived nowhere else " the old man Baid. "Aint nevet wanted to live nowhere else. I've had all I've ever keered for, right here, an' I wouldn't trade places to-day with the President himself." " You haven't carcMTto become tfoh?" "I've been rich alfthe time," he re­ plied. "I've had good health, and so'« »iy wife, an' we aint never knowed what it i-» to want food or clothing, while we've been spared the worriment .an ~ vanity that riches brings to most folk , We've raised eight sons an' daughtei an' sent 'em out int^ the world, good? honest mien an' womqn, an' that's some­ thing done for our country an' for the Lord, aint it ?" "But don't yon ieel that yon would like to see something of the world ?'* "No, I don't Three years ago we took a trip, an' visited our sons an daughters, an' we seen enough of the world then to make us satisfied to spend the rest of our lives sight here. Wouldn't you like to go out an' look at my rozberry vines?" I looked at the neatly kept "rozberry vines; the weedless "track patch," the little garden of marigolds, morning- glories and old-fashioned pinks, and all the evidences of thrift and contentment, and rode away feeliug that I had left s pair of real philosophers behind na A Strategic Move. V During one of the wars between Tur key and Greece two French officers, who wore serving in the Grecian army, were captured and fell into the handt of Ali Pasha. This Turkish general treated his French prisoners verj kindly, and finally suggested that thej join his army. The proposition was re­ jected, as they wished to return tc France as soon as possible. One day Ali Pasha invited the Frenchmen to take a ride with him. They accepted, and as they rode through the market place they wit­ nessed a fearful scene, viz: the execu­ tion, by flaying alive, of two men. "What have these men done to de­ serve such dreadful punishment?" asked one of the horrified ^Frenchmen. "Nothing at all," replied Ali Pasha, stroking his beard, "except that they are prisoners of war who refused to join my army." v During the rest of the ride Ali Pasha was even more polite than usual, and finally in the most courteous manner he asked the French oflieers if they still adhered to their determination not to enter into the Turkish service. The French officers had changed their minds, and replied that tbey would with great pleasure accept the offer of positions in bis army. One ol them was placed in charge of the ar­ tillery, while another was pnt in oom- mand of an im]>ortant fortification. They remained in the service of the Pasha several years.--Texan Siftings. Haw in Indian Uses a Wheelbarrow. The Grows are the red Yankees ol the northwest. Thew have the com­ mercial instinct well developed. Thev bring hay and wood to Billings and they carry back all manner of truck to the reservation. The other day a party of them bought a cooKstove and its ac­ companiments. There wagon was some If there is anything which developes awkwardness it is trying to lift and carry something heavy. The merchant told the stove purchasers to put if on the wheelbar­ row that was near by, and get it down to the wagon in that way. One of the squaws cai^ied the washboiler. That portion of the problem was easily com­ prehended. After five or ten minutes' tugging and grunting the stove was loaded on the barrow. Then Indian intelligence straggled with the idea of locomotion. A white man could never guess how those Indians wheeled that barrow. Two of the bucks took posi­ tions with their backs to the handle. A third bent over the wheel behind and pushed. In that order the prooessiou moved. p "A GRAND sacred dog fight* was an­ nounced to be given on a' recent Sunday evening in a Coloradb town. A Dash For XilR. During Sherman's march to-the sea, a member of the Thirty-third chusetts Begiment, by the na Peck, obtained permission to join the foraging expeditions whi course, had to be sent out eont while the army was cat off from its of supplies and living upon the e countrv. He.is described as a " nun* lefthanded. tough and gimpy fel^y^™ and before he "got back he certifa»" needed all the "tough and gin»jgr^| qualities of which any soldier was«wgt^ .possessed. . " I The squad to which Peck was assigned took a house furthest from the line of march, and soor found themselves in clover. Turkeys and chickens abounded- All hands were pretty well loaded, when Peck spied a particularly fat turkey, and started to run it down. The perverse creature ran under UM house, and Peck followed. He had seized the game and was backing out when he felt the sharp thrust of a bayo­ net, and heard somebody say, "COEM out o' that, you Yankee!" Peck was a ^ prisoner in the hands of a dozen gueril­ las. Tbey ran him off for three miles, ami halted in a swamp. ;Here they took a - vote whether to hang their prisoner at on<^, or wait till they had captured "enough to make a mess." .It was an anxious moment, but the vote stood six to five in favor of delay. } One man was left to guard the prisoner, i and the others started out after others. A "NoVr look yer!" said the guard. "If vou-uns tries ter git, I'll shoot, 'n' yer'd i better not try none o' yer Yaukee tricks onter me." "Of course not," said Peck; "but you must allow I oughter have a drink o* water after running as far as I have." The "Reb's" horse and the Yankee's mule were hitched to a tree beside the brook, about three rods from them. The Rob gave Peck permission to go s down to the brook, with "None o* yer monkey shines now!" and the assurance of being shot dead if, he walked in any other than the straight and narrow path. Peck started for the brook, deter- • < mined to do or die. He went round the tree by the horse, and stopped as if to drink, but reached up, pulled out the , halter, gave the stallion a fearful kick, and, as he sprang, swung himself into ; the saddle, with the Confederate bulleta whistling around him. y Peck kept to the swamp, feariny to „ strike into the road on account of the other guerillas; but he knew where tike > road lay, and after a while ventured v into it. There, not ten rods behind him, was the whole gang cantering* 1st* surely along after their "other prison­ ers." Peck put his horse to his best, and en ; eame his pursuers, yelling and fhribif. 1 Peck lay first on one side of the he*ae's neck, then on the otber, just as the * bullets came fastest here or there, and, as luck would have it, not a bullet - touched either him or his horse. S Now, then, it was a race, a* tlie gnssr- rillas had. emptied their carbines, and would lose no time in reloading. A» Peck dashed along, he remembered tfaat when he came over that road in tfcn morning he noticed about twenty Kil- patrick's cavalry hidden behind the hushes at a place where a belt et tim- the road. If they had ns$ had a chance. ere gaining on him when it of the timber. On, rsuers vote sight of the cava but loudly wl past, " Let me they come in P* And the triumphant, unsuspecting Ilebs were taken in and Peck had the pleasure of escorting them into the Federal camp. 1 ouths' Compatu A Pretty Sharp Tit far Tat , She was an old lady from the cormttyv with an eye like an eagle and a nose very much like the beak of that glori­ ous bird of liberty. She had been brought into, court as a witness and a sharp little lawyer had her in hand, aod wastrying his level best to upset the old lady iu a legal way, and at the same time air his knowledge before the erowd of spectators in the room. But the old lady from the start seemed to have the best of it. She was much his snperior in Yankee wit and repartee. This at last nettled tho little disciple of Blaek- stone and he exclaimed angrily: "Madam, you have brass enough in your face to make a large shred kettle" Quite likely," said the old lady, while her wonderful eyes fairly blazed with wrath, "and it comforts me somewhat to know that you have sap nntvugh ja • your head to fill it." ,< j \ A Curioas Pknfe. A sort of a picnic popular in some Southern towns rejoices in the name of "soups." It is held in the open air. Every person invited brings a dressed chicken. The host provides the veg­ etables. The chickens and vegetables are put into huge kettles, holding ten to twenty gallons, and cooked over open fires for several hours, until; the combination is reduced almost fib a jelly. Pepper and other seasoning are introduced. The young folks stir the soup with longhandled spoons, walking around the kettle as they stir. When a girl's spoon clicks against the spoon of a young man lie is bound to catch and kiss her. Consequently there are many lively scrimmages around the kettle. When cooked the soup is ladled out and eaten. It is said to be delicious. Practical Hemonstratien. I understand," said a haadjciie v young woman, entering the printing office, "that you employ only girls and that you are in need of a forewoman?" Yes," replied the printer,- "Can you make up a form?" . . § "Just look at me and see," she..»»- ^ swered, turning herself around. "1 She was engaged. :v His Affliction. Ji "We all of us have some abaction or || other," said the landlady. "Come, tell j us, Mr. Slimau, what is vours V ' If "My affliction," said Mr. Sliman, aa | he gave a wistful glance at the meager , contents of the bread plate, "my afflie- tion is a good appetite." The conversation was droppggi, #•, . k Modern Enoch Ardeiv - }jj\ jpf Old Neighbor--My goodness, Mr. Arden, you back, after ait these years? Don't you know your wife has marriect again? Mr. Arden--Yes, I heard of it afore & started. Gness I kin live here in ptee% how.---Veic Fort Weekly. f -• <g i ' 'ssiy THE latest "fad" in jewelry is a smaU» open-faced wateU set in the handle of a cane, three or four inches hrom tha top, It is wound and regalrtit.'.ii^H'ifij fashion ot stem-wiuders by tvnaing tfct knob or head of the cane. Mm-• t r'yet -»> • Y : \ • * . , . u. i 3. •f 7 L-. . I '» m « , » ' t •4 5-- r •«, i3s . . . . l l f L J V V - v , , ! ! , . 1 . .iisS. iw »