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% AFFAIRS IN iLIINOIS. ITEMS GATHERED FBOM VAIUOI S SOCKCES. --Chicago stoek busi»es ness in any stantly giowi; fl;<. *h: I ' f j 4 t What Our XelglitMVN Are Ookf-Matttrs V; • General »n<! Local Interest -- Mar- » * tlages and Deaths--Accidents and Crimea ---l'eraonal Pointers. ' , --Tbo following meetings -will be held X - 4auder the auspices of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture dur.ug tin current winter; {« Wat. Member. • Place. Bates. f&ti *2* B. Pullwi Centralis Jan. IMS TM: r i°®- Skea*in«ton..Mt. Caruiel....Jan. 16-17 Mr'* if B. E. Cheater Tuscola Jan. 21-22 r !J' Ij» Fa yet t; Fuuk. .Montieello.... .Jon. 23-24 » • ST Ja«iV Deluvan Jan. 28-29 'g- 1W. H. FtilkerKon. .hterling Jan. 30-31 II. E. B. David Bock Island Feb. 4-5 rS, John Virgin Kl Paso Fob. 11-12 Jf. Simon Elliott Princeton Feb. 18-19 17. David Goiv VanilaHti Fob. 26-27 18- D. B. Gillbaui Belleville..Feb. 28-Mch. 1 ---What Patti receives fo^ opening the tlitorinm is an interesting question. e of the Chicago papers says: She gotB $3,SJ0 for each night aha slugs and ten per ceut. of the receipt# for tiia1; night in case they exewd $ >,OJO. Conservative estimates place the ree ijits of tlio opening night at from *10,000 to ,*l'i,Uuo in the house after making al­ liance for all jiusses. If there were no special arrangement •Mine. Patti's " Home, Sweet JEtoiite.' wnii rh(» oncnr»« T1/-1T T' /i h« V'llh the lowest lignreu of the montry iu the house, *1,500. The (j'l.oou above the regular figure sue is said to have devoted r<> charity. The next night there was cartalnly not Iobb than *15,000, anu with her salary and percentage she must have gotten over #3,00u. KKtirriGiiug from arivanco tale, the pre­ miums on boxes, eic., the receipts for the engage­ ment will average over $10,0U) per night, and Patti will veoaive prjtty cloao to $5,030 per night lor every night she sings. --The trade annuals just issued show the following summaries * of Peoria's growth during the year 1889: Total amount expended in new building, $3,- • 017,000, an increase of over $1,000,000; revenue receipts, $21,402,639.37, an in­ crease of $3,565,430.73; bank clearings, $77,295,103, an increase of $7,949,003; real-estate transfers, 2,651, aggregati: $3,095,670, lan increase of over $1,000, Postoffice receipts show an increase of $10,000, or over 10 per cent.; railroads show an increase of 14 per cent, jn freight at& cent* in - passenger basinets. - --W. S. Eden, the proprietor of the Palmer House barber-Bhop, was re­ cently robbed of $4,000 Wjpjrth of dia­ monds. The property was stolen froav his rooms in the hotel. --H. B. Cox, of Bloomington, took (Muris green the other day, and died in an hour. Despondency was the cause.; - ---The Northwestern University <rf Evan- iton has just issued itsscatald: Je for 1889-90. Of its-eleven departmef *, four --law, dentistry, medioine and pii&rmacy --are in Chicago, aggregating 571 stu­ dents. The Evanston departments of the University enroll about 1,000. Adding 213 in Garrett Biblical Institute--virtu­ ally its theologioal department -- gives Evanston at least 1,200 students and the institution 1,800. Of these 253 are in the College of Liberal Arts »nd about 500 in ! »W Preparatory .school. The Second Presbyterian Church at Peoria was dedicated with much cere- mqpy on New Year's day. The structure is built of split granite, the only one of ^ejeind in the West, and cost $50,900. ~ -- Chicago Tribune: "Gov. Fifer has not decided what action he will take on the matter of a pardon for the Anarchist Neebe," said the Governor's private sec­ retary, H. G. Beeves. "Ihie-'jrvrdon business takes about half of the Govdr-» , nor's time. For a while it took pretty nearly all his time, but I improved the system somewhat. Petitioners for par­ dons are now only reoeived fixed days, and the work is grAtly facilitated in consequence. I am up hera for a bout with'ttie railroad companies, and I have oome out of the campaign successfully. The G. A. R. holds its State encampment - in March. The railroads at first refused to make a satisfactory rate. I have been laboring with them, and they have all agped to make a rate of one fare for the ttpnd trip. This is all we ask." --Diphtheria is prevalent in Mendon and contiguous towns in Adas# County. --The Grant locomotive works now lo- ' dated at Patorson, N. J., will be moved to Chicago in one year, and the -ground to be occupied by them has already been purchased. It is section 21, 640 acres, lying ii Cicero, seven miles west of tbe Court Honse. The Wisconsin Central rtjns north of the tract of land, the Chi­ cago, Burlington & Quincy soufj of it, and along its eastern edge r&ry the Belt line. The section was purci^sed at pub lie auction for $602,000. The Grant works now employ 1,500 men and turn out from two to three hundred locomo­ tives a year. They are owned by B. Suydam Grant of the i'ew York banking firm of B. S. Grant & Co., and have been in operation about forty-five years. When the plant is sioved to Chicago two corporations will be organized under the Illinois laws, each with $1,000,000 capital, one owning the land, the other the works. Mr. Grant and other Eastern capitalists will hold 75 per cent, of the stock, the remainder be­ ing already taken by Chic igo gentlemen. ||achinery of the most improved pattern will be put in, and the works will be the best equipped in the country. The re­ moval of the plant from Paterson will involve an outlay of $1,000,000. --Thomas D. Gantt, Secretary of Peo­ ria's improvement association, and one of the foremost Masons of Illinois, died at Peoria laBt week. --Mrs. Elizabeth Price, the mother of Mw. E. H. Fell, of Normal, has just celebrated her 99th birthday. She is in perfect health and active and bright ia every way. She is a native of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and enjoys a pen­ sion as the widow of a soldier of the war of 1812. Her husband died in 1854. --While trying to arrest Thomas Palmer at Spring Hill, Constable George W. Bopp was shot and so badly wounded that he died in a few hours. Palmer es­ caped. --West Holloway, in stepping off a plat­ form at a shooting-match near Carrol It on, accidentally struck the hammer of his gun on the platform, causing its dis­ charge. The contents tore of? both hands at the wrists, and seriously wounded him in the face. It is believed that he will set recover. --Mrs. Jennie O'Brien, aged 20, shot herself in the neck with a revolver in her home at Peoria, and dropped dead into her husband's arms. The couple were married only a year ago. They were alone in the room at the time of the 1S83. #ae,s85 ;SS.063 1,751,829 «jg,241 ®,8G6 78,174 itlnues to lead in the and, instead of the buai- ay decreasing, it is con­ tainer The year shows the largest refcipts from month to month ever recorded pn any previous year. The following are/ the figures, compared with those of 1 S&'f Hat. I im Cattle rec«lv^-^WOOCOCattle received.2.r,11,543 Hogs 4,921,612 ShSsp «hreH: 1.515,014 Calve*:....f-;,-' -- - ».«3 Horaea.... £ • 80.0J0 Horses 65,833 f ! iCars 310,808 Valuation, about $200,000,000. Tbe shipments for the two year* were as fellows 'i '•§ 1889. Cattle... .1,557.411 Calves.', kf'i' J}\219 if;! w.i Horses. $••• **>•*» • r • - 74,367, Cars. --: --The numer6us complaints that began pouring into the State Auditor's office last November from members of the Mod­ ern Woodmen of America in regard to the wrongdoings of the officers of the order in Illinois caused an investigation of the affair of the institution to be made by Stat^ Auditor Pavey. A Springfield dis- pa£s:$ ssys" US investigation was made by experts, rig­ idly performed, and submitted te the Auditor, whoks carefully examined it and submitted tbo matter to Attorney General Hunt and re- hint to bring suit. Tha matter is now out >>t the Auditor's hands, aud this will ex- plai i whore and how the case now stands. It is uudar6tood that (lie investigation developed the fact tliftt in addition to the payment of the fiar- nuii claim, which was fraudulent, there are quioe a number.of irregularities. The order as an older seems to be in a health v and prosper- otn condition. The trouble appears to be in the ui&nagement at tho headquarters of the associ­ ation. Attorney General Hunt will prepare hit, information aa soon as convenient, and suit vill probably be brought in the February term erf the Whiteside Circuit Court. --The following Illinois pensions have been granted: Original Invalid--Cary A. Vaughan, Chica- >; \Vir». G. Johnson. Do Witt; James W. Throifmortou, Wolf Creek; John l>euble, Chica­ go - Amos Conrad, Vaudalia; Charles Otis, Barrington; John D. Thornjisoii, Linn; Joseph K. Caskey, <Girard ; John W. Holton, Colches­ ter; Moses T. Laughlin, Soldiers'Home; Thos. M. Seymour, Prairie Home; Wm. F. Harris, Ramsey; Andrew Kirk, Dan vers; John E. Gowger, Vilest End; Kobert Ijowery, Ells­ worth; Peter Primmer. Moutieello; John Akers, West Point ; John D. Fly, Wolf Creek ; Isaac T. 'Webb, Pitts- fleld; Richard L. Bauersfield, Oak Park; Kamuel Dorr (deceased), Englewood; Francis M. Hockman, Noble; Nelson W. Adams, Strong- hurst ; Wil6on Stroud, Watson ; Cnarles Crosier. Monmouth; Charles W. Leuz, Edwardsville; John G. Wilson, West Hallook-Hiram J. Dur­ ham (deceased), Hazel Dell; Edward Beebe, Yorktown ; George B. Staton, Louistown ; James Purtle, Red Bud; Edwin Whitney, Soldiers' Home; Edgar E. Barnes, Stewardson; John •jt-ars, Serena; Samuel Schlossev. Poutiae. Beissue--Wm. J. Smith, Galesburg; Joht B. Ledterman, Pekin ; Charles Frink, Chicago Reissue and Increase--Levi W. Dell, Chicago ' Asa B. Blankenship. Carterville; John John. son, Malta; Francis McDaniel, Olmstead; Joint Wetzel, Peoria; Wm. Pike, Flora; Wm B. BolapH Sanburn; Abrani L. Canon. Chicago. Restoration and Reissue--G. W. Wrl ht, Mt Pulaski. Increase--W. Moore, Salem ; A. Settle, Monti- oelio; John Breeze, Eldorado ; Nathan G. Car peuter, Austin; Geortje D. Wormlee, Chicago; Christian l iebertz, Chicago; George W. Irvin, Raleiyh; Manaleus a. Koeran, Bloomington; William White, Lindenwood, John H. Petti- grew, Grape Creek; James Ash worth, Chester; Thomas J. Prater, Edinburg; Howard Mann, Paris ; Samuel Jacobs, Adams ; John H. Clark, Sanburn; Jamea P. Smith, Ashton; Gabriel Colien, Birds; Joseph P. lleeder, Tus­ cola; Joseph Carroll. Georgetown; Francis SI. St. John, Cisne; Richard Cha- ney. Clay City; Ephraim Anglemier, Chicago; Ira Merchant, Bioomington; Samuel A. Reel, Oakland; Anderson Kennedy, Peoria; Jacob K. Smith, Canton ; Wm. Wilson. Home; Benj. Groves, San Jose; Jasper Noe, Loraine, Amps Beans, Vermont; H. A. Doty, Blooming- \ ** f/I %' T 1 ihrogt .009; |po- A i ton ; Wm. M. Edwards, Griggsville; J. B. Camp­ bell, Cisne; Wm. Hawkins, Catlin ; Jamea C. Price, Bridgeport; Jauies Ward, Harrisburg; Ira Gilluni, Milford; Albion P. Morris, Metrop­ olis ; George Kirbv, St. Joseph; Fountain R. Reeder, Murphysboro; Hamilton E. Adams, Cerro Gordo ; James A. Stewart, Paris; George Kobb, De Soto; George Henderson, Ellery; John D. Browning, Burnside; John Fridley, Lymeston ; John W. Sandeirs, Creal Springs. Original widows--Adalintf, widow of Samuel H, Brown, Ipava ; Jennie, widow of George W. •Harding, Mattoon; minors of Edward Neisecke, Chicago and Englewood; Sarah, w idow of Jonathan Cisne, Xenia; Mary Ann, widow of Cyrus Muir. Farmor City ; Judith P. Camblin, mother of Thomai J. Maxey. North Henderson; Maggie, widow oi Mahlon Aldridge, Fairmonnt; Samuel, father of Stephen Neavill, Kinmundy; Margaret E., widow of Hiram J. Durham, Hazel Dell; Nancy O., widow of Isaac Green. Nebo ; Mary Howe, former widow of Thomas M. Pritchard, Albion. --The members of the Illinois State Teachers' Association to the number of about 800 assembled at Springfield last week. The presiding officer, T. H. Zeis, delivered an address, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Edwards spoke on "The Present Status of the Educational Movement."' Dr. Edwards stated that the amount paid to teachers in the State in 1857 was a little over $1,000,000, while in 1887 it was more than $6,330,000. In 1857 the expenditures for public educa­ tion in the State was $2,270,000, and ie 1887 it was $10,320,000. The public schools numbered 8,338 aud the pupils 365,407 in 1857; in 1887 there were 12,133 schools and 748,901 pupils. The teachers employed numbered 11,217 in 1857, against 21,097 in 1887. In 1857 only $561 was paid as expenses of teachers' institutes, against $27,856 in 1887. . During this period tbe population of the State in­ creased from 1,500,000 to 3,200,000. Dr. W. T. Harris, Commissioner of Education, delivered an address on "What Froebel Has Done for Us." The main feature of the meeting was the discussion of the compulsory education law and the feasi­ bility of its enforcement. The teachers throughout the State are almost unan­ imous in strong support of the law. The following officers were elected for the enduing year: President, P. B. Walker, of Bockford; Vice Presidents, G. F. Miner of Edwardsville, Charles Bartholf of Chi. cago, and Joseph B. Harker of Jackson­ ville; Secretary, Joel M. Bowlby, oi Litchfield; Assistant Secretary, Homef Bevans, of Chicago; Treasurer, C. O. Seudder, of South Evanston. --Samuel M. McHatton, whojwas sen­ tenced in August, 1889, in Marion County, to one year's imprisonment in the South­ ern Penitentiary for perjury, has been pardoned by Gov. Fifer. --William Chatterton, leading man in the Georgie Hamlin Dramatic Company, was stabbed and probably mortally wounded in front of the Bock Island house, at Book Island, by Clarence Mart, a Moline painter. Chatterton was in the act of defending his manager, Mr. Ham­ lin. and struck Mart twice, when the stabbing occurred. --A. Loeb, proprietor of the Golden Eagle olothing store at Bock Island, has foiled. Liabilities, $13,000; assets, $10,- 000. --Governor Fifer has pardoned Joseph Smith, of Peoria, a 12-year-old boy, con­ fined in the reform ocbool at Pontiac on a five-year sentence for breaking into a storehouse and dwelling in Jackson Coun­ ty. He also pardoned Michael Shourlin, another 12-year-old boy, sentenced a year ago to three years in the reform school for stealing a box of cigars in Chicago. --J. P. Dostal has sold to J. Knell, J. F. Thorworth, and A. Berthold his new brewery property at Peoria for $95,000. He will return to Iowa City, Iowa, to re­ open his brewery there, which has been joloeed fouryeanu Hh First Wntch^ t Did you ever notice the antics of a boy with bis first watch? It may l>n a Water bury, 'perhaps, and it wi il^ take him half a day to wind it YQp; b doesn't mind that. A bdy nevec grudges the time spent in wiuding h! watch. He can well afford to lose his time for the sake of the honor and dignity which the possession of a watch con­ fers. He feels like a man. He is several years older than his father.'; He is as big as anybody, if not bigger. He ex­ hibits bis \ratch to all bis euvious aud a lmiring young companions. He shows the "movement" on every occasion, and talks learnedly about the inside anatomy of the thing, and points out the goctt features about that particular make of watches with a patronizing air, which seems to convey the idea that he owns the most of the whole watch factory, if not all of it. On every possible Mid impossible oc­ casion, out comes that watch. He com­ pares it with the town clocks, with the clocks in the depots, with the steam whistles, and tells his friends that "that train is ten minutes behind time, if his watch is correct, and he has never known it 1x> lose time. No, Bir--not that watch !n Other watches may be incorrect-- probably they are--but not this one. He fondles the chain constantly, and likes to see it dangling as lie walks. He likes to have charms attached to it which jangle, and act as a continual re­ minder to him, and to the general pub­ lic, of the fact that he has got a watch. How he pities the boy who lias not got a watch, but only a promise of one when he is older. From what an in­ finite height of disgust he looks down on the boy Who says he would rather have a dog "than that brass thing." He has no words with which to express his contempt of him, He sleeps with that watch beneath his pillow. He likes to hear it tick. He wftnts to feel sure that no masked and daring burglar cau carry it olT in the night without his knowledge; The world is a good place to live in, now that he has a watch. . He times himself in everything he does. So many minutes walking to school. He knows just l»ow long it takes, for he looks at his watch when he leaves home, and again on his arrival at the school-house. How proud he feels when some stranger on the street asks him the time of day! How he laughs at the idea t>{ buttoning up his coat on a cold day; for if he does that, nobody will know that he has a watch! Let bim be happy while he can. It would be better for us if all the way along the path of life we could be like the boy with his first watch. It would be better if we could be pleased with the goods the gods provide--pleased all through, just as that boy is--and satis­ fied that there could not possibly be anything any nicer than the things we have. Those people are happiest who are contented with what they have. UA contented mind is a continual feast." And the general tendency of the age iu toward dissatisfaction and discontent. We all wish things were diQ'erent. We think if we could have the arranging of events we could manage them better than they are managed. Now it is use­ less for some one to rise up and say, "Oh, no, I never thought any such thing as that!" for you know yon have. Every time you have wished you had this, or that, like Mr. ov Mrs. So-and- so, you have assumed that you could run the world better than it is run. Did you ever think of that? There are a great many inexplicable things in this mysterious state of ours which we call life, and it is lifctle use to trouble about what we cannot help; and if we want to ot>e an example of what perfect content can do toward happi­ ness, we must look at the boy with his first watch..--Kate Thorn, in New York Weekly. . Oiuens in a Loaf of Bread. Among beliefs curreut withr bailors is the motion that it is unlucky to turn a lf-af upside down after helping one's Velf from it; the idea being that for every loaf so turned a ship will be wrecked. It is also said that if a loaf Earts in the hand while being cut it odes dissension in the family--the separation of husband and wife. Again, it has been a widespread belief that th'e whereabouts of a drowned body may be ascertained by floating a loaf of bread down stream, when it will stop over the spot where the body is. A curious account of a body thus re­ covered near Hull, England, appeared some years ago iu the Gentlemen's Magazine: After diligent search had been made in tbe river for the ohild, to no purpose, a two penny loaf, -with a quantity of quicksilver in it, was s etfloating from the place where the child was supposed to have fallen in, which steered its way down the river upward of half a mile, when the body, happening to lie on the contrary side of the river, the loaf suddenly tacked about and swam across the river, and gradually sank near the child, when both tbe child and the loaf were brought up with the grapplers ready for the purpose. A correspondent of Notes and Queries maintains that it w a scientific fact that a loaf aud quicksilver indicates the position of the body, as the weighted loaf is carriod by the ourrent just as the body is. This practice, too, prevails on the continent, and in Ger­ many the name of a drowned person is inscribed on a piece of bread; while in France, loaves consecrated to St. Nicho las, with lighted wax tapers in them, have generally been employed for that purpose. Three Fortunate Literary Men. Among all the artistic and literary men who enjoy life, surely Messrs. J. R. Osgood, E A. Abbey, and Frank D. Millet stand very high. These three are a host of themselves in London, where they work aud enjoy life together. Messrs. Osgood and Abbey receive large salaries from the Harpers, and Millet can sell to the same publisher all the fiction and travfel articles he is able to write and all the illustrations he is willing to make. He, like his other two companions, spends much time, perhaps half the year, in London, but you always find him in New York during the pic­ ture-buying season, and in a month or two be will be on hand here again. Mr. Abbey spends more time in England than at home, and among his friends has come to be looked upon as quite an Englishman, with his broad accent, eye-glasses and admiration for anything British.' Mr. Osgood fills certainly a most downy couch a3 the English rep­ resentative of the firm whose ousinesa it is to dine and wine authors and to push all literary wares Har>>erward. As to dining . and wining auth'>rs Osgood tauds high. In the days when he ran own publishing balneal in Boston , IF * * < t- . .. I * h t V ,4 - •? -i" " " ' :'v' lie was the most -popular of publishers, liberal perhaps to excess, never oount- ing money when the name of a famous flithor was ncteded for his brilliant list; but his old competitor, Mr. H. O. ilougbton, whose methods were slower and more steady, secured all the great names in a lump which Osgood had brought together with so much skill. The London Osgood cut hardly so broad a swath. It is a big place, and there is more to talk about than in the literary world of Boston.--Philadelphia Times. Satiety. _ The less men have to do, the mot* likely they are to grumble about their dinner. Probably there are few places in the world where this is better exem­ plified than on a man-of-war. So Sur­ geon Hutchinson found it, and in his "Life on the Texan Blockade" he tolls ns how he once got tbe better of the fanlt-finders with whom he had to deal. We spent many of the nights in fish­ ing lor sea-trout, sheepshead, and croakers, the last being little beauties, that would croak like frogs for several minutes after coming on deck. All these made a welcome addition to our ship's fare, and I, as caterer for the mess, was especial] v glad to get thenx. 6 To provide three times a day for twenty-five hungry men, every one of them accustomed to dainty living, is no light task, even when markets are near and good; but to do it at sea, from canned goods, ship's rations, and what could be bought once a month from the supply steamer, this I found a thing all but impossible. It was awful sometimes to hear the men growl: "Oh, confound this ss.lt horse, doctor! Can't yon do better than that?" "Same piece that Old Pill-gar­ lic gave us last week!" Catoh me as­ tonishing my stomach with that stuff!" etc., etc. ' Such were some of the remarks that used to greet me as I took my place at the foot of the table. Regularly once a week I flared up in return, brought the mess-books out, slammed them down on the table, and told them to choose an­ other caterer and be done with it; but, after all. no one else suited them so well, and I remained the housekeeper for the mess for more than a year. On one occasion the boys had been howling for sardine i with a vigor of language not to be repeated on shore, and I made up my mind that when the supply ship came they should be satis­ fied. As she was descried in the dis­ tance, I collected twenty-live dollars from each officer, this being the average mess bill for the month, and went on board the Bermuda, where I bought every sardine she had, and, in the way of tea stores, not much else. Wasn't the ward-room serene for about a week ? "Our caterer i3 all right; he knows what we want." "Poke Pills up now and then, and there's no better fellow going." Such expressions as these took the place of the customary growling. But in ten days, more or less, sardines began to cloy. "Wonder if the doctor bought a'iy spiced salmon ? one would be heard to say. "I'm awfully fond of smoked beef occasionally," another man would remark. But all such hints'were without avail. Till the supply ship came again we bad to stick to the sardines, which were never again mentioned in that mess without disgust. For my own part, it was fifteen years before I tasted an­ other. , ' Idle-Mliulwl? The inordinate curiosity of many idle-minded persons is as surprising as it is amusing to those not accustomed to giviug their attention to the affairs of others. There are persons who will "wonder" for hours about things that ought not to concern them in the least. "I wonder who that man is," a cer­ tain woman would say every time she saw a stringer pass her house. "He aint anyone I ever saw before; wonder what he wants on our street. He's go­ ing into Mr. Smith's house. Well, now, what can he want iu there ? I don't believe he's anybody they know, but he didn't look like a peddler or agent." At another time she would glance out of her window and say:_ "There's Mrs. Gray going by; I won­ der where she's going. She was down town yesterday, and I Shouldn't think she'd l>e going again to-day. I wonder what she's got in that bundle." She was standing at the window one day when she suddenly called out to the other members of her family: "O, Mary, James, come here, quick! Sarah, jou come, too--hurry!" Hastening to the window their atten­ tion was directed to an old white cow just going around a corner. "Now, whose cow do you suppose that is?" was the eager question of this curious-minded woman. "It's one I never saw before, anyhow." Ever Present. Soldiers in Germany are to be met everywhere, at all time* and seasons. They are big, broad-shouldered fellows, straight as American Indians, unob­ trusive in manuer, and apparently al­ ways on the alert for the unexpected. They go marching through the streets or saunter tfhrongh the beer gardens and concert halls, while the women of the family toil in the fields, mend and sew, in fact, do ail tbe work that is done about the house and farm. But these women do it nnoomplainingly. I asked one whom I encountered in one of the vineyards on the Rhine, if she did not think it a mistake that her husband and sons were gayly dressed and wasting their time looking magnificent, while she toiled so hard. She shook her head and replied in German that she was proud that the nation wanted her hus­ band and sons. Patriotism with them is a thiug of deeds, not word-'. I saw numerous evidences of the magnificent training and discipline of *he German army. It makes no difference to the common soldier whether the officer who meets him belongs to his own regiment or not, or what the circumstances, be comes to the full military halt and; salutes his superior promptly and properly, aftd remains in that position until the officer salute3 the soldier and passes on. If there was nothing else worth seeing in Germany, a thousand of these big, broad-shouldered fellows on FATAL FIHE IK A SCHOOL A3 HISTORIC HOSE, r BIRDS CARRY THEIK TOUH& Twrorrt-six TOING VFCTISUL OV%BB FLAHE^ Old Quincy BOOM at Quincy, MM*,, H Tbreatoued witli Destruction. SOMM OT Horr*r ai an ta«t Loadoa In­ attention -- A Destructive Fire In HA~ v«u -- A Palace Burned -- BUmank'i Blind -- Foreign News. A London cable says; Fir* broke out during the night in the large building of the Industrial school, situated in East London. The building was crowded and tbe alarm of fire produced an indescrib­ able scene of confusion and disorder. The fire department promptly sent an efficient force to the scene of disaster, but dospite their heroic efforts twenty-six children were suffocated by the dense smoke which filled the building. It is not yet fully known what the pecuniary lota is, nor has it been certainly ascertained whether or not any more lives were lost or how many pei-sons were injured. The scenes in the death chamber, where relatives and schoolmates of the victims were viewing the bodies, was very pitiful. The school was filled with boys who had been committed to its care because of their incorrigible habits and altogether the inmates were of a character from which little discipline or obedience might be expected in moments when both were im­ peratively riemMndni* A° a however, the boys yielded readily to the directions of their superiors, and to this fact is due the safety of scores who otherwise would have perished. Of the twenty-six who lost tbeir lives only two were burned to death, the others being *u l ocated. Many of tlw latter were aroused, but became stupefied with smoke and crawled back to their cots to die. The hero of the occasion was a boy who acted in the capacity of monitor in the fa­ tal ward, himself a boy whose vicious habits had made him an inmate of the in­ stitution. Trough bis efforts many boys were literally driven from the buildinsr, and he ceased bis work of rescuing his fel­ lows only when he was himself driven out by the flames. He dragged several of his companions, unconscious, out of the win­ dows, while others he carried into the air in his arms. Paris cable: Friends of Mary Ander­ son characterize the story of her engage­ ment to Antonio de Navarro, of New Yorit, which was sent from Nice, as ab­ surd. They state that Miss Anderson has been a member of the De Navarro family for many years, and that the report of her engagement is simply the revival of a rumor prevalent ten years ago. Much amusement lias keen caused in society circles iu New York by the publication of a cable report from Nice, France, intimating that Mary Anderson, the actress, was engaged to Antonio de Nay rro. Mr. De Navarro, who is the son of a wealthy real estate owner and ele­ vated railroa.l capitalist,, lias been a de­ voted admirer of Miss Andersou for years, and their engagement has been frequently reported in consequence, but it is under­ stood by friends of both young peoplo that they will never be more than friends. Mr. De Navarro's brother, who is here, says he has not been apprised of any such engage­ ment, and places no faith in the story. A Havana cable, via Tampa, says: The loss to the Spanish-American Light and Power company by the recent fire at their wharves here is much greater than was supposed. Nine thousand barrels of petroleum were burned. The company also lost one of their new wharves, several large barges loaded with petro­ leum and several large buildingfy one of which contained a great deal of valua­ ble machinery. Four big petroleum tanks exploded, and to save the gasometers, which were located at soma distance from the oil tanks, it was necessary to cut all communicating pipes. It is now believed that the loss will reach $210,0'K). There was no insurance. Tbe origin of the fire is believed to be due to spontaneous oom- bustion of burred petroleum. A Bruseels cable reports that the Laeken palace caught fire, anid Princess Clemen­ tine, second daughter of King Leopold, had a narrow escape. In the elfort to rescue the princess her governess was burued to death. The splendid art gallery with its collection of paintings, was entirely de­ stroyed. The palace is a mass of ruins. Nothing but the Gobelin tapestry and the plate was saved. Princess Clementine, her governess and a lady attendant were tho only persons In tbe castle at the time of the discovery of the fire. King Leopold and Queen Clementine witnessed the burning. It is reported*that the tire was of incendiary origin. The German military attaches at Taris •and St. Petersburg are at present in Ber­ lin. They were present at an extended conference with the Emperor and Prince Bismarck. They submitted such evidence of the martial activity of Russia and France as warrants Bismarck in asking an in­ creased appropriation for the German army. FATHER IMMKN DEAD. The Well-Known .Trault Priest Passes .%way at Omaha. Father Damen, of the Society of Jesuits^ who was stricken with paralysis several months ago at Cheyenae, has died at Omaha. He was brought from Cheyenne View * WaoUcBck Parmt lim.d. The announcement that the ancient One of the most interesting traits Qnmcy house, located in the city oi about the woodcock is the * ict of its oc- (jumcy, is likely to be soon torn down, t casionally coDveving its young through in order to make way tor a modern j the air, which ia" d.ne by only on > or dwelling at or near its site, will arouse ; two other bird*. This is no recent dis- ln many New Englanders something more than regret. It seems like a piece of vandalism which the a#*3s of the Pur­ itan forefathers show' .* not consider for a moment. . The Quincy house was built in 1635, with extensive improve­ ments, that made it in structure what it is to-day, added in 1685. The testi­ mony of this statement is found in Judge Sewall's diary, and it is corroborated by President Quincy and by his sou, the late Edmund Quincv, of Dedham. Another homestead equally old is the ancient Fairbanks farm house in Ded­ ham. There are many other old homes scattered along the North and South shores, which have an interestitfg his­ tory and are earefully preserved in their original1 style. These earliest New England homes have a character that is distinctive and unique. Most of them are built in the style of the English farmhouse of the time of Mi'.ion, with a lean-to roof; but occasionally a house of this kind is built after the original manor houses of England of two and a half centuries ago. One of these the celebrated Knox mansion, located at Thomasfcon, Me., and probably the fiuesfc old house of the kind in New England in its day, Was ruthlessly torn down by the inhabitants of that town because it interfered with the lumber room of a shipyard! It looks as if in Quincy a similar outrage might be en­ acted in allowing the most interesting and historical structure in that city, with t he exception the Adams house, to be de­ stroyed, for no other reason than that the property can be made to realize more mono if it is cut up into house lots. Now that the Quincys and Adamses have practically ceased to give a distinctive character to the town o! Qiuney, anything within its limits, not excepting even the dead cedar tree that stands on Merrymount and looks now as it did when the first part of the Quincy house was built, that carrys us back to the olden time, is of priceless valne; and it is for this reason that this ancient home of a New England gen­ tleman should be faithfully and care-, fully preserved. It has only had five occupants as families since it was erected. The orig­ inal estate on the death of Mr. Quincy, was divided, and the elder branch took the house and occupied it till after the Revolution. It was then sold to Mr. Alleyne, of Barbadoes, who transferred it to Mr. Black, an Irish gentleman. The next owner was Mr. Daniel Green- leaf. the owner of the old feather store in Dock Square. Then Mr. Peter But­ ler leased the property, and has just given it up after a rental of thirtv-five years. To-day, like the Old South Meeting House in this city.it has passed beyond the. time when it would be chosen, instead of a modern house, as a place of residence. It belongs to the city of Quincy to save it from demoli­ tion and to preserve it religiously as one of the famous homes of the forefathers. It is a genuine object lesson in Puritan history. Its low-studded rooms, its exposed cross-beams, its ancient staircases, its secret chamber, its quaint hiding places, give it a character more uique than that of the Pepperell mansion at Kittery or the Wentworth mansion at Newcastle. Close beside it is to be the future park of Quincy, and consistent with the use of such a park is the reservation af this Puritan home for a mansion , of New England antiquities, or for any other purpose that will secure its preserva­ tion. It is believed that it is not too late to save this house from the vandal­ ism that awaits it. What would we not give if the house where Governor Bradford lived at Ply­ mouth had been preserved as he left it? Who would not be glad if the home of Governor Winthrop had been pre­ served? How many historical points are to be found through New England where the preservation of a famous or characteristic building would be prized beyond measure to-day if it had been protected from decay? Onr citizens rose to the situation when the destruc­ tion of the Old South Meeting House was threatened, and the people saved it. It rests with the people of Quincy whether they shall appropriate a few thousand dollars for the preservation of their most valuable and interesting historical home, or shall allow to be lost through negligence what their chil­ dren will perpetually blame them for not having preserved. It is more than a local question. All New England has an interest in the preservation of suoh a unique and rep­ resentative home. People from the ^AVest and South yearly make pilgrim­ ages to the Atlantic coast to see what relic-s are left that belong to the earli­ est settlement of the country, and it is by such fine specimens of the ancient dwelling house as the Quincy mansion affords that the national traditions are verified with the seeing eye. We can­ not afford to lose these relies of an early day. Boston would be reproached by the whole country if it should con­ sent to the destruction of old Christ Church and the Old South Meeting House, and Quinoy will be charged with vandalism if it permits the old Quincy mansion to be destroyed.-- Boston Herald. covery. The fact was known as early- W as the middle of last century, though Gilbert W hile rightly enrmfced that those observew, were mistaken who ' fancied the yen«g were conveyed either by or i I the bill. It ia just as errone~ ous, however, to substitute the claws, as some have done. ; Sf The truth is that, when the parent,/ biid wishes to convey her young one>... from a place of danger to one of safety, ', *y the tiny thing is gently pressed between. " the feet and against the breast, the aid f of the bill being resorted to only when,- the burden has been hastily taken up. -f/f In this way the whole of the brood iaf " % . sometimes removed from one part of n " 4, wood to another when • the birds have been much disturbed. On this subject r'"%, <-1? there is an interesting note in "Lays of . v® the Deer Forest," by the brothers Stuart r "One morning, sitting on a gray st^ne, , * I saw a dark eye which was fixed Hticrt » «• miue frgui the bed of leaves before me. •• ? when suddenly the little brown head of < J a youug woodcock, peeped out from th«| JeS feathers of the old one's breast, utter- j aJ ing that plaintive cry for which l»n-, :q guage has no sign. There were two to relieve •'. ^ more young woodcoeks, and 1 the anxiety of the madre, I left her. Near the place where I found her ther<| ^ ^ was a soft greeu stripe, such as wood- cocks love. I have no doubt that th«; family would be there next day; and at I passed near I turned aside to see what, |f| they were doing. Upon the dTy banlt half way down the brae, I -almost . ' Tf stumbled over a bird, which rose at my •" i feet; and as it darted through the tree«-r','J * i I saw that it bad something in its claws, •' / £ $ and at the same time I heard the plain- ^ tive cry of young woodcocks just under my feet. I looked dowu--there were two; and I thought a hawk had carried C4 off the third, and perhaps killed th$ , " V . ^ mother. This, however, I found, 0% * following the bird, *was the old wood­ cock, which, being flushed again endnVs^pfX* denly, after a low flight of only a few yards, dropped what it was carrying--^, her own young woodcock." This trait *v* may lie confirmed by any one who will look out the bird in its haunts, and i$<. all the more interesting as it«eems to Ixi quite an acquired one. The bird is ia ' no wuy adapted to transport its young •» , y, t h r o u g h t h e a i x . - ~ G e n t l e m a n ' s M a g a - , ' f > ( zine. tf j I Grand Duke's Escapade. A writer in the Paris Figaro giriwife:M "t: ' numerous details regarding the private | life of several princes, among whiel^, 1] the following story of Grand Duk#. Alexis, of Russia, <is particularly J piquant: 4 Tho Grand Duke, who is an Admiral ^ in the Russian navy and has a great in*. fiuence over his baother. the Czar, at one tiiue created as great consternation- f ^ ^ in the imperial house of Russia as that' of which the Archduke John has re*'.; Vs- cently been the cause of iu tbe Austrian; ' Court, but by another method--an af­ f a i r o f t h e h e a r t . \ ' r U The young Empress Marie, his. ' ^ m o t h e r , h a d w i t h h e r a s a m a i d o f . * > ; - honor, the daughter of the poet, Jon-* kowski, in whom t>he took an especial interest. One evening when the young girl was alone with her sovereign, fell in tears at her feet and confi that she was loved by the Grand Alexis, that she shared his passion begged her to consent to their union. Imagine the Empress' surprise. The imperial answer was the immediate ^ escort of the maid of honor to the other! " , s i d e o f t h e f r o n t i e r t o t h e h o m e o f h o e > f 1 relatives in a foreign country and an or«,*. £ der to the Grand Duke to rejoin titer 7'"' *' Russian fleet in the Baltic. 1 But the august masters of Russia dfc| . i n o t r e a l i z e w i t h w h o m t h e y w e r e d e a l * ] ing. Tho Grand Duke%scaped iron* his vessel, joined the maid of honor ii*- 4 her exile, took lier away without ceref v mony, and, carving her to America*^ . . -7 » ^ there married her secretly. I pass ovee* ' * the disgraces, the vicissitudes, the|* phases of all sorts that followed this ex+ '• ^ J ploit. Royal loves are like fires of J 1 ^ straw--the are as quickly extinguished^/ *" *; a» kindled. The day came, when theK 1 ' Grand Duke, under the influence of hisniv V ' A mother, completely submitted to Em-* 'jy- ^ j peror Alexander II., and re-entered the* -f fold. * . ^ The secrecy of this union and thef1^ , conditions under which ft had been oon-; traded made it null iu law. Tim el, - dried the tears of the heroine, and married a Saxon gentleman, Bai Cpohrman, and lived in retirement ink r r ~ Germany. Their only ohild enjoys at V large income, and bears the title of Marquis de Segiana, conferred uponf him by an obliging chancellor. * " m about - A". , FATHER ARNOLD to Omaha, and has been at Creighton col­ lege ever since. He was unconscious all day, and did not recover consciousness until tbe hour of his death. Special dispatches were sent out several months ago saying that Father Damen bad died. These reports were baaed on a rumor, afterward proved to be false, but no correction was made by tbe correspond­ ents who sent out the original dispatches. Father Damen was removed from Cheyenne immediately after being stricken with paralysis and had been at Omaha ever since in tbe cere of tbe muagewa^lf Creigbton college. WASHINGTON SOCIETY. the Wham Mew Year's Bentption Hnixr. Washington dispatch: Tbe drizsliag rain which ushered iu the new year did not affect the attendance at the White Honse parade would repay the time and money reception. Ail the members of the cabi- spent in the journev across the Atlantic, net were present except Mr. Blaine. The Brand to Be PoeticaL Belinda--I think that Mr. Jenks, yonr fiance, is too lovely for anything. What soulful eye3 he has! Mabel--Yes; but, my dear, you don't really know Alfred until you hear him read poetry. "How delightfully romantic! What bpsine-s is he in ?" "He is in a wholesale hides and pelts establish men t."--Jvietj THE good workman shears.--He shuts up i r , SiMv air of President was assisted by Mrs. Mc- ; Kee, Mrs. Morton, . end the ladies of the cabinet except Mrs. Blaine and Mrs. Proctor. The following order was observed: The Vice-President and members : of tbe Cabinet, the Supreme court, mem­ bers of Congress, army and navy, civil­ ians. The presence of me nbers of tbe i pan-American congress and marine con­ ference in court costumes added brilliancy to the scene At noon \ ice-President and Mrs. Morton withdrew and were driven to their residence, where a reception was hell. KAISEK WILLIAM has sent a sword to Vice-Admiral Commereil of England, as a souvenir of the lata visit to PertNnovtl^ Crowded Parlors. Too great a profusion of furniture and bric-a-brac robs the drawing-room of any pretentions to comfort. It trips you up 011 the floor, drops down at you from the chandelier and cornices, makes it dangerous to stretch your legs or move your elbows when you sit, and renders it impossible to find a bit of un­ occupied wail big enough to lean against. It is a great pleasure, of course, to have lots of pretty things, but they need not all be on exhibition at once. One fashionable woman, who Can afford to buy almost anything that Strikes her fancy, has a store-room in lier house filled with choice bric-a-brio and furniture. Every week a dozen or so of these precious treasures are brought out and arranged about the rooms, and as many others that have been on duty for a time are packed away again. Thus her parlor has always a certain expression about it, ao to speak, widely dilTereftt from the look of a bazar, highly fashionable, but exceed­ ingly unrestful, that a too-weU-titted room has. $ Wedding Anniversaries. The wedding anniversaries are named as follows: First year, cotton wedding; second, paper; third, leather; fifth, wooden; seventh, woolen; tenth, tin; twelfth, silk and fine linen; fifteenth, crystal; twenty-filth, silver; thirtieth, pearl; fortieth, ruby; fiftieth, golden; .• ^ v.. „ ,t „ . . . . . .A* .It- _ .,A. . . ktk t A: 'h , j No Candles for Them. When some one was talkitfg Irish wit, said he: "I knew a couple of ' Irishmen once who went 011 a long tour for pleasure. They carried small knap- lacks containing changes of clothing, ind they footed the whole route thejr^^.'j^ bad decided on taking. Wherever nighty found them or inclination ruled they "VfS fl j topped. They would put up in an inn ' ^ >r tavern, tiave a carouse and pass the light. This was in the old country, gentlemen, and about the time that gas ^ iras introduced. In those days when a ^ /'•, nan retired to his room he was handed i * J 1 candle iu a candlestick which also * u $ fteld an extinguisher and some matches. J ^ One night they struck a hotel where " there was gas. They had never seen rnch an illumination before, : " 'Dedad, Pat,'says Mike, that's • larling light!' • " 'Faith an' it is,' says Pat, pair stood looking at it like a •' • ^ noon-gazers. .. | *3 "In the morning a great it.| . - V j. . Pat He wrenched off the gasre , & irom the wall of tbe bedroom ant ^ ^ inder his coat That night they ^ ' mother hotel. When the time foi iring came, each was handed a canc- itick with the usual equipments. 1' looked at the hotel proprietor and a, ihe candlesticks and then hauling oat >i his pocket the gas fixture he had UB- jcrewed, he flourished it before the aa» ;onished Boniface and said: "'To blazes with yonr aadka Dont you see we have the gas?** A Girl's tineas. Sha wns a girl with lag, randUas »yes and yellow curls. She stood be­ fore her grizzled sea captain of an ancle with a deep, thoughtful air that charmed him. "what are yon thinking about* ajf Hear?" he inquired. "It just occurred to me that you moat ise a great many ciphers in yonr wwk,* the said. ? > " Why ?" he inquired. "They would be a» saaghticai XMtEMttag.*1 i