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^1 lll3--llB JHvsaWa T ^'*waMWv®ITOal J.VAK 8LYKE, Kdtter * NMUHr. McHENRT, "1 i R ILLINOIS. *?•% • i \'fi EPITOME OF THE WEEK. 9 Condensed Telegraphic News. TUB OLD WORLB. A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch of the aid say* that, while the Sultan personally fa­ vored peace, lie was oveiruled by cliques of Pashas. There was an ever-present fear of an outbreak among the fanatical element of the population, who loudly demanded that the green ag of the Prophet should be unfurled and the last ditch sought for in the defense of the approaches to Constantinople. THE Czar has returned to St. Peters­ burg. I: EXTREHE cold prevailed IN Bulgaria s o n the 23d, and large numbers of men and > beasts had perished from its effects. 11*.^ . _ THK Porte has issued a proclamation | * dfltypeing Prince Milan of Servia. ^sr THE Russian losses in the war* up to Dec. 30, were officially stated to be 80,412 men. HENRY M. STANLEY, the African ex­ plorer, reached Aden, Arabia, on the 23d. GEN. SKOBELEFF, the Russian Com­ mander, occupied Trajan, near the .Trajan Pass of tiie Balkans, on the 24th. A CORRESPONDENT of the London DaSy Neum, in a letter published on the 25th, •ays Plevna, at the time of tho surrender, was one vast charnel-house. THE Russian bridge across the Danube at Ibrail has been carried away by the sodden drifting of the ice. THE Servians, on the 26th, captured Leskovatz and Kurahumljic. Thirty thousand Servians, with 120 pieces of artillery, were in­ jecting Niesic. THE Italian Cabinet has been recon­ structed, with M. Depretis as President of the Council and Foreign Minister. A BERLIN dispatch of the 27th says that England's intervention in the Turco-Rus- sian war would be followed by the sending of a German fleet to Constantinople, and the stationing of a corps of observation on the banks of the Dardanelles. THE St. Petersburg papers of the 87th state that the Porte's request for media­ tion would be declined because, according to international law, mediation is only possible when solicited by both belligerents; otherwise, mediation becomes intervention. A BUCHAREST dispatch of the 27th announces the destruction of the bridge across the Danube at Nikopolis, by ice, and says that the bridge at Sistova was also in imminent danger of destruction. A BUCHAREST special of the 27th sayB Osman Pasha was to be tried by a mili- twy court for the slaughter of wounded Rus­ sians after the great battle of July 31, and the fight before the Grevitza Redoubt, on the ilth of September. Several hundred Russians are known to have been captured during those en­ gagements, but on the Russian occupation of Plevna not a prisoner could be found. The Turkish troops taken say that all were incon­ tinently massacred. AUSTRIA has protested against fiSrvia's extending hostilities la the direction of either Bosnia or Herzegovina. THE steamer Russland recently cap­ tured in the Bosphorus a Turkish transport steamer with 700 troops on board. THE French Government has invited Don Carlos, the pretender to the Spanish throne, to leave the country. JAPAN has renounced all her com­ mercial treaties, according to the Paris Moni- and resumed her right to revise her cus- dutles at pleasure. HBW THE United States Treasury held, on tike 22d, $346,277,550 to secure the National Bank circulation, and $13,988,000 to secure the public deposits. National Bank circulation outstanding: Currency notes, $320,253,765; gold notes, $1,432,120. , FLORA TEMPLE, the famous trotting mare, died recently, on a farm near Philadel­ phia, in the thirty-third year of her age. ON the 19th, a baby-show was opened at the Tabernacle in Chicago, and on the 25tb the affair was broken up by the disappe&r- a&ee of the managers and the funds for un­ known parts. Much indignation was expressed by the angry mothers who had placed their children on exhibition. IT is stated that there are now 232,- 104 pensioners on the rolls of the United States, with 91,444 pending claims for pen­ sions. THE pastor of the First Congrega­ tional Church, at Middletown, N. Y., the Rev. Matthew Crane, was stricken with apoplexy in ' Iris pulpit, a few mornings ago, and died the same day. THE child to whom was awarded the four-year-old prize, at the recent baby-show in New York City, has since died of scarlet fever. PRESIDENT and Mrs. Hayes returned to Washington, on the evening of the 24th, fcttm New York. IT has been fully confirmed that the moent troubles in El Paso County, Tex., were entirely of a local character, and had no ref­ erence to International matters. All was quiet tfcere on the 26th. It is stated that the Mexi­ can and United States authorities are in full accord in efforts,to put an end to depredations •&om over the border and maintain peace be- (ftween the two Governments. THE house of Thomas Terrill, at Cen- faal City, Col., was burned, on the morning of Hie 26th, and Mrs. Terrill, her two sons and , Jfert Jeffrey Perished in the flames. The *1* ^ pfe is thought to have had Incendiary origin. I, NETTER & Co., bankers, No. 2 Ex- der of the Texas Rangers. Itseems the United Stales troops assisted the State officers to arrest some of the mob. Resistance was made and two were killed. After the arrests two more were killed, as is supposed, by the Rangers. It is said the General Government does not propose to assist in the arrest of citi­ zens of Texas to have them murdered after­ ward in cold blood, and Information has been sent to that State to the effcct that, if any­ more arrests are made, the United States would protect the parties arrested from being lynched or otherwise wrongly dealt with. . TEN men were recently convicted, at Wilkesbarre, Pa., of riot in August last, and sentenced! to pay fines ranging from $10 to $100, and to imprisonment from thirty days to nine months. , ACCORDING to official statements for 1877, 179 savings banks in Massachusetts show aggregate deposits of $244,596,614, against $243,310,642 for the previous year. THE Indiana Republican State Con­ vention has been called to meet on the 5th of June. - MRS. W. H. ROBERTS and daughter and James Brophy were burned to death in a dwelling destroyed by fire at Rondout, N. Y., a few nights ago. THE crop reports received up to a re­ cent dete at the Department of Agriculture, in Washington, indicated that the yield of wheat in the country for 1877 was about 360,- 000,000 bushels, or about 50,000,000 bushels greater than during any previous year. The corn crop was about 1,300,000,000 bushels. The yields of oats and potatoes were corre­ spondingly large. About 110,000,000 bushels #f wheat can be spared for export. A BOILER EXPLOSION. of a Now York Candy ind Several Adjoining Great Lou of Life. change place. New York City, failed on the 96th. Considerable excitement was caused in Wall street when the failure was announced. Th®y were large operators, and speculated laigely in " puts," " ealls,M etc. A CIRCULAR has lately been posted to the Treasury Department, at Washington, Which states that persons honorably dis­ charged from the Military and Naval Service by reason of disability or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred to appoint­ ment for civil office, if found to possess the business capacity necessary tor the proper discharge of the duties of such office. J ACCORDING to Washington specials of <4ie 27th, great excitement existed in El Paso County, Tex., in eonsequence of the killing of lour of the mob who had previously killed others andforced theaurreu- Destructlon Faclorf Bui Mine* NEW YORK, Dec. 20. A few minutes after five o'clock this after­ noon a tremendous explosion took place under the sidewalk in front of Greenfield <te Sons* wholesale confectioneiy, at 63 Barclay street, and almost immediately the entire brownstone front of the five-story building crumbled to pieces, letting down the several floors, so that the beams of each formed a V. An instant afterward a blinding sheet of flame flashed up through the entire edifice and across the street, and then gave way to a dense smoke, quickly followed by another outburst of flaine, which continued to burn with unremitting fury. The tire quieklv extended to adjoining build­ ings, and there is hardly an edifice on the entire block that is not more or less injured. Various causes are assigned for the explo­ sion. It is said that one of the boilers was an old one, but the true cause is not known. Every pane of glass for blocks was shattered. It is a miracle that a great many persons were not killed. All the down-town streets were crowded at the time of the explosion, and but a few minutes elapsed before an immense and excited crowd had gathered at the scene of dis­ aster. Fifty-six wounded and one dead were re­ ported at Chambers-Street Hospital at 6;45 o'clock. A number were also sent to Bellevue and other hospitals. It is estimated that the wounded will reach 125. But few escaped un­ injured. It is probable that these reports are exaggerated, as in the excited state of affairs to-night it is impossible to get at the facts. It is stated that there must be in the neighbor­ hood of fifty bodies buried in the ruin& The greatest sacrifice of life was amonjPvoung girls, many of whom, from eight to fifteen years, were employed in seHiiis: and assorting and packing candies on the first floor. Some of |he girls, who escaped, had the hair burned totally off their heads. The scenes at the Chambers-Street Hospital were heartrending in the extreme. Ambu­ lances were quickly at the fire, and were kept busy in taking the wounded to the hospital. The station-house and Chambers-Street Hospital were besieged with men, women and children, all anxiously inquiring for some missing rel̂ tire. , . . . N EW YORK, Dec. 2 1 . The removal of the debris, which was begun at two o'clock this morning, has proceeded so far that the street is clear to the outside of the sidewalk in front of the ruins. On the opposite sidewalk, lying under a blood­ stained tarpaulin, are the bodies of a man and boy, which were taken from the ruins on the sidewalk this morning. When found the bodies were lying in front of the doorway. Both had been evidently struck with the heavy stone capping which still lay across the boy's face, and which it was neces­ sary to lift before the body could be removed. One body was recognized as that of William H. Bradley, 110 Eckford street, Brooklyn. The other i6 probably that of William Bennett, a newsboy. The mother of the boy keeps a news-stand at the Barclay-street ferry, and sent him yesterday afternoon, as usual, 'for the last editions of the evening papers. He did not return, and was, it is now evident, passing the factory at the time of the explosion. The ruins could not be more complete than they are, for scarcely a fragment of wall is standing, and, indeed, none whatever on tho ground occupied by the main building, a space of about 100 feet square. Early to-day the mothers, fathers, sisters and friends of the wounded and missing be­ sieged the porter's room of the New York Hospital, making inquiries for tho**' whom they sought and pleading for admission. Three of the wounded have been enveloped almost from head to foot in bandages, and two had their hair burned so close to the scalp that, wifh their swollen and blackened feat­ ures, they resemble negroes. Three mothers have been standing at the door since four o'clock this morning, making vain inquiries for missing children. At last, when one of the stricken creatures was leaving in despair, she encountered her daughter at the door. The meeting was touching. After a long embrace they separated, and the young girl was afterward permitted to go up to the male ward, when she imparted the news of the safety of a brother to one of the maimed pa­ tients who had worked with her in the shop. Philip Hertzbach, the engineer in the fac­ tory, has not been seen since the explosion- His wife says that her husband, on his returr. from work Monday night, told her one of the tubes of the boiler, or some pipe connecting with it (she was not sure which), had burst, that he had spoken to Mr. Greenfield, saying the break was dangerous and might cause an explosion if it were not repaired, and Mr. Greenfield told him they must try to get along with it ao it was until Sundav, owing to the pressure of business. Mrs. Hertzbach said her hus­ band was greatly disturbed in mind on ac­ count of this, often referring to it during the week, and saying he was afraid every morning to go to his work. Yesterday morning, when he left home, he told her he never expected to see her again. Hertzbach was thirty-five years old, sad lived in Fifty-second street* --In a Chinese mail robber's room were recently discovered by the San Francisco police a thousand letters, many containing bank remittances and drafts, as high as $6,000 in value, and payable to bearer; but the thief could not read English, and the money had been as so much waste paper in his estimation. --She stepped out of the cars a few minutes, leaving a book on the seat, but on returning, went to the wrong pew, and inquired of a placid old lady: "Are you sitting on,4That Husband of Mine?'" 44Gk»od gracious! #lo!" exclaimed the old maid, jumping up and scanning the seat with rigid scru­ tiny. --What is the use of having a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ? Doesn't the Bible say, 44 Suffer, little qhildre|iP"<r- Worcester Press. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS* THK following Postofficc changes occurred In Illinois during the week ending Dec. 15* 1877: Established--Pinkstaff, Lawrence Coun­ ty, Alonzo Eaton, Postmaster; Shoal Creek, Fulton Countv, Marcellus Hawn, Postmastej; Somerset, Saline County, A. B. Coffee, Post­ master. Postmasters Appointed--Armstrong, Vermillion County, Thomas C. Shaw; Beaver- ville, Iroquois County, Godfrey Cailouette; Casey, Clark County, Edward Hitchcock; Millcrsburgh, Mercer County, J. D. Stratton; North Henderson, Mercer County, Martin V. S>rue. ABOUT midnight, on the 18th, two men went to the residence of F. Harris, a merchant at a small town just south of Quincy, and request­ ed him to go to his 9tore' with them, to get some clothing in which to lay out a man who had just died. Suspecting nothing, he com­ piled with their request, and accompanied them to the store, where they made a few pur­ chases, and handed him a $20 bill to change. This he could not do without opening the safe, and as he handed them out the change he was at once overpowered and rendered insen­ sible, The robbers then turned their atterw tion to the safe, and, after taking 'a package containing $7,000 in money, they made their escape with their booty. DPRINQ the six months ending Oct. 31, 1877, the Illinois Central Railroad earned $2,- 522,953.83. Seven per cent, of this amount is to be paid into the State Treasury In lieu of lpcal and State taxes. . f, REV. S. S. HARRIS, D. D., of Ch'icago, has decided to decline the Bishopric of Quincy, to Which he was recently elected. THE State Militia Convention has been post­ poned until Jan. 15. •, THE National Dairy Convention, recently in session at Chicago, elected the following offi­ cers: President--Hon. Hiram Smith, of She­ boygan, Wis. Vice-Presidents--Hon. George Weedon, Sheboygan Falls, Wis.; W. C. White, Kenosha, Wis.; Hon. Charles Hazen, Ladoga, Wis.; Prof. Frank Hall, Sugar Grove, 111.; George E. 'Gooch, Chicago; Charles Baltz, Chicago; R. R. Stone, Elgin; Jeremiah Davis, Davis Junction; William A.Boies, Marengo; Asa C. Call, Alpena; L. A. Chamberlain, Kirksville; Judge Walter S. Hayes, Clinton, Iowa; A. Still, Danville, Iowa; Col. R. M Littler, Davenport, Iowa; B. Wood, Lake County, Ind.; M. M. McKean, St. Louis, Mo. Secretary--R. P. McGlincy, Elgin, 111. Assist­ ant, Secretary--Pierce Gibbons, Elgin, I1L Treasurer--W. H. Stewart, Woodstock, 111. HETTY ROWDEX, an intelligent young lady, daughter of James S. Rowden, a well-to-do- farmer, residing a few miles west of Jersey- Ville, recently attempted to commit suicide in a small pond on her father's farm, but, failing in the attempt, went to a neighbor's, and en­ deavored to jump in a well, but was discovered in time to prevent It. The family sat, up with her during the night, and used every precau­ tion to prevent her from carrying out her de­ sign ; but the next day, while the family were at breakfast, she slipped her father's revolver out of a bureau-drawer, and, going up stairs, discharged a shot into her head, which caused death in a short time. Deceased was eighteen years old, and engaged to marry. She re­ ceived intelligence, on the 5th, that her in­ tended husband was dead, and she became gloomv, remarking that she had nothing to live for. JAMES MCDONALD was recently arrested at the Hampton Coal Mines, near Rock Island, for a murder committed in Pennsylvania four­ teen years ago. FRED H. GARFIELD, a well-known railroad man, identified in years gone by with the rail­ road interests of Illinois, died at Evansville, Wis., a few days ago. THE publication of the Illinois State Gazette-- 8tate Printer Lusk's anti-Hayes paper--will be resumed on the 3d of January. MICHAEL SCULLY was run over and killed on the Wabash Railroad at Springfield, on the 22d. ON the morning of the 21st, Deputy-Sherifl Thompson attempted to arrest a man named Frank Ferber, a notorious character, near Burton, but when the criminal saw the officer coming and knowing his purpose, he ran into the house and, securing a shot-gun, placed the muzzle in his mouth and blew the whole top of his head off. He preferred death to cap­ ture,. THERE is a Mormon Church with a mem­ bership of forty persons in White County. F. KIKKBUSH was run over by an'engine and caboose, at Danville Junction, on the night of the 24th, and instantly killed. THE Illinois Industrial University will hold an Agricultural Institute at the University, situated between the cities of Champaign agd Urbana, commencing Monday, Jan. 14, and continuing until Friday evening, Jan. 18, 1878. This Institute is held as a part of the work of the College of Agric ulture of the Uni­ versity, being designed especially as a means through which those who cannot attend the regular sessions may avail themsCTves of its facilities. The main feature of the Institute will be a specially prepared course of lectures on Agricultural Science and Practice, by mem­ bers of the Faculty, and several of the lead­ ing agriculturists of the State. Those in at­ tendance will also have access to the libraries, cabinets and museums of the University. THE following were the postal changes in Illinois during the week ending Dec. 22 : Es­ tablished--Casner Station, Macon County, Lewis B. Casner, Postmaster. Discontinued- Mule Creek, Cumberland County; Roby, Clark County. Name Changed--Dry Run, Piatt County, to Pierson Station. Postmast­ ers Appointed--Brimfield, Peoria County, Wm. H. Cowles; Cottonwood, Gallatin Coun­ ty, Thomas H. Boyd; Loraine, Adams Coun­ ty. James Coffield; Oak, Pope County, James B. Floyd; Ripley, Brown County, Timothy D. Benton; Ruma, Randolph County, John B. Frank. Two sons of Joseph Rains, aged respective­ ly eleven and five years, living near Mt. Ver­ non, having chased a rabbit, on the 25th, into the hollow of a tree, the eldest procured an ax, and proceeded to cut the game out, the younger brother remaining close by, await ing the result. Unfortunately the aperture was much greater than was expected, causing the tree to speedily yield to the blows of the ax. In falling, a portion of a limb flew up, striking the yopngest of the boys, frighfully lacerating his face and head, and producing almost instant death THE Twelfth Annual Encampment of ihe Grand Army of the Republic will beheld at Springfield, on the lGih of January. Hydrophobia in England. Utile88 our ^ablest medical men and our most skilled veterinary surgeons are altogether at fault, a malady is raging in the midst of us more terrible than Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, or even the much-dreaded plague of the Middle Ages. Within the last few months deaths from hydrophobia have been alarmingly frequent. It would seem, indeed, as if the disease had as­ sumed an epidemic form. That this should be so is no matter of surprise. It is notorious that at certain periods hydrophobia has ravaged entire districts with an almost unaccountable virulence. In the year 1866 the Registrar-General for England reported no fewer than thirty-six deaths from this fatal malady. In 1871 -two packs of hounds--the Quorn and Albrighton--were decimated by the pestilence. There is a mass of evidence to show that, like cholera, or plague, or any other grave disease, hydrophobia recurs at stated intervals, and at this moment, as far as can be, made out, we are passing through a period of its recurrence. For some months past hardly a week has gone by without a death from hydrophobia. The Registrar-General, in Iiis reports, has called attention to the prevalence of the scourge. Inquests have been held in various parts of the country, at which evidence of a most painful and distressing character has been given. Indeed, if the general public is not seriously alarmed, we can only say that it has failed to appreciate the gravity and importance of the situation.--Z/0»- don Daily News. ^ An Agreeable Guest. * THE longest visit that we read OF* 1ft modern days was one which Dr. Isaac Watts made at Lord Abney's, in the Isle of Wight. He went to spend a fortnight, but they made him so happy that he remained a beloved and hon­ ored guest for forty years. Few of us would care to make so long a visit as that, but it might be worth the while for us all to try and learn the secret of making ourselves agreeable and welcome guests. To have 44 a nice time" when visiting is delightful, but to leave behind us a pleasant impres­ sion is worth a great deal more. An agreeable guest is a title which any one may be proud to deserve. A great many people, with the best inten­ tions and the kindest hearts, never re­ ceive it, simply because they have never considered the subject, and real­ ly do not know how to make their stay in another person's home a pleasure instead of an inconvenience. If you are one of these thoughtless ones, you may be sure that, although your friends are glad to see you happy, and may en­ joy your visit on that account, your de­ parture will be followed with a sigh of relief, as the family settle down to their usual occupations, glad that the visit is over. A great many different qualities and habits go to make up the character of one whom people are always glad to see. and these last must be proved while we are young, if we expect to wear them gracefully. A young person whose presence in the house is an in­ convenience and a weariness at fifteen, is seldom a welcome visitor in after­ life. The two most important character­ istics of a guest are tact and observa­ tion, and these will lead you to notice and do just what will give pleasure to your friends in their different opinions and ways of living. Apply in its best sense the maxim--44 When you are in Rome, do as the Romans do. ' Unless you have some good reason for not doing so, let your friends know the day, ana, if possible, the hour when you expect to arrive. Surprises are very well in their way, but there are few households in which it is quite con­ venient to have a friend drop in with­ out warning for a protracted visit. If they know that you are coming, they will have the pleasure of preparing for you and looking forward to your arri­ val, and you wul not feel that you are disturbing any previous arrangements which they have made for the day. Let your friends know, if possible, soon after you arrive, about how long ypu mean to stay with them, as they might not like to ask the question, and would still find it convenient to know whether your visit is to have a duration of three days or three weeks. Take with you some work that you have already begun, or some book that you are reading, that you may be agreeably employed when your hostess is engaged with her own affairs, and not be sitting about idle, as if waiting to be enter­ tained, when her time is necessarily taken up with something else. Make her feel that, for a small part at least of every day, no one needs to have any responsibilitv about amusing you. A lady who is charming as a guest and as a hostess once said to me: 441 never take a nap in the afternoon when I am at home, but I do when I am vis­ iting, because I know what a relief it has sometimes been to me to have com­ pany lie down for a little while, after dinner.1'--Susan A. Brown, in 81. Nicholas for January. All For Five Cents. GIESSEN, Gef., has just been the scene of one of the most remarkable lawsuits on record. It was in relation to a claim of twenty-five pfennig, about five cents, which was made by a hotel- keeper of Giessen against the Govern­ ment Telegraph Company, for over­ charge in the matter of a message that contained the word zweiuhrzug (two o'clock train). The sender of the dis­ patch who was evidently a gentleman of the old school, contendea that the expression constituted only one word, while the telegraph managers, acting in accordance with the rules which gov­ ern the transmission of cable messages from this country to Europe, held that it was composed of two or three words rolled into one, and demanded pay ac­ cordingly. The litigation which fol­ lowed Tasted several months, and not only brought into requisition all the le­ gal ability of Giessen, but also put to the test the learning of a number of celebrated grammarians. In the end, however, after mature deliberation upon the opinions rendered by numer­ ous experts, the Court decided that zweiuhrzug was a single word, and the Telegraph Company was obliged to refund the five cents. We cannot help regarding the precedent as a dangerous one, for, on the same principle, Hal- beinuhrhannoverzchnellzug (naif-past twelve o'clock. Hanover fast train), must, of course, be regarded as a sin­ gle word.--N. Y. Times. --Capt. Kidd, who buried all his money in the ground, may be considered the originator of post-hole savings banks.--Burlington Hawk-Eye. THE United States now use more pos­ tal cards than any other Nation. What to Teach the Beys* The new monthly for boys, fibme Arts, published in Chicago, has the following by Alfred L. Sewcll, the founder and for many years the pub­ lisher of the Little Corporal: A philosopher has said that true edu­ cation for boys is to 44 teach them what they ought to L:now when they become mpn." What is it they ought to know, then? 1st. To be true--to be genuine. No education is worth anything that does not include this. A man had better not know how to read--he-had better never learn a letter in the alphabet, and be true and genuine in intention and in ac­ tion, rather than, being learned in all sciences and in all languages, to be at the same time false in heart and Coun­ terfeit in life. Above all things, teach the boys that TKUTH is more than riches, more than culture, more than any earthly power or position. 2d. To be,pure in thought, language and life--pure in mind and in body. An impure man, young or old, poison­ ing the society where he moves with smutty stories and impure examples, is a moral ulcer, a plague spot, a leper* who ought to be treated as were the lepers of old, who were banished from society and compelled to cry unclean, as a warning to save otheHs from the pestilence. 3d. To be unselfish. To care for. the feelings and comfort of others. To be polite. To be just in all dealings with others. To be generous, noble and manly. This will include a genuine reverence for the aged and things sa­ cred. 4th. To be self-reliant and self-help­ ful, even from early childhood. To be industrious always, and self-supporting at the earliest proper age. Teach them that aM honest work is honorable, and that an idle, useless life of dependence on others is disgraceful. When a boy has learned these four things; when he has made these ideas a part erf his being--however young he may be, however poor or however rich--he has learned some of the most important things he ought to know when he becomes a man. With these four property mastered, it will be easy to find all the rest. Waiting for a Woman to<( Get Beady.'* ARE you a man? If so, you have probably had the pleasure of waiting for a woman to 44 get ready" to go somewhere. Getting ready is a mighty operation for a woman to perform. It always has been so; but ih these days of compli­ cated costumes, and innumerable ap­ pendages of the toilet, it is a stupen­ dous undertaking. You are infatuated with Miss B. You invite her to ride behind your span of grays. You are wise enough to know that all women, or the most of them, admire a fine turnout, and would much sooner be made love to by a man who o JVUS a nice team than by one who takes his airings in horse-cars and omnibuses. You set the time at 3:30 p. m. She sweetly asks you if you could not just as well come at four. Of course she would like to go earlier, but she doubts if she can get ready; and, of course, as you are not married to her, you are only too happy to' do just as she wants you to. After marriage, asT the French say, 44 we change all that," and madame must be ready when mon­ sieur bids her, or she is left behind. At precisely four, the next day, you drive up to Mis§ B.'s gate with a grand flourish. It looks old fogyish to be walking your horses up to a hitching- place, and you have been showing the animals your whip a few blocks back They are stirred up by it, and toss their heads, and paw up Papa B.'s con­ crete, and snap at his young shrubbery in a vicious way, and assure you equine- ly that they had just as soon not wait for a woman to get ready. You think first you won't hitch them, for surely she must be ready, buf re­ membering. former experiences with those of her sex, you chansre your mind and give a small boy ten cents to have an eye on them. You ring the door­ bell and are admitted, and the small boy engages in marble-playine with another small boy, and trusts tlie~horses to Providence. 44 Is Miss B. ready?*1 you blandly ask the maid-servant. Sho doesn't know, she'll go inquire. You stand first on one foot and then on the other, and stare at the hat-tree, and pull up your new-style collar, which ought to stand up, but which has de­ veloped an obstinate tendency to lop down; and you wonder where on earth that servant has to go to 44 inquire," and you run out to see to your horses, and administer some*sharp words to your small delinquent groom, and he thumbs fiis nose at you the moment your back is turned. By the time you get into the house again Mrs. B. is coming down the stairs in a toilet made in evident haste. She is cordial, and invites you into the parlor, and says Marie will be down in a moment, and she is so sorry to have kept you waiting. From above stairs you can hear the sound of the notes of preparation. Much treading back and forth, open­ ing of closet doors, shutting of drawers, scoldings of the maid, in suppressed toi.es, and liveliness generally. If you could look into Marie's cham­ ber you would be in despair. Her 44 crimps" are not taken clown, her boots are unbuttofied, her pull-back's elastic cords are out of gear, and the maid is fixing them; she can't find her bracelets, one cuff-pin is missing, she has put arnica on her handkerchief by mistake, thinking it jockey club; there is a button off her basque from hurried buttoning, and, oh dear! dear! where are her parasol, and her lemon kids, and her lace scarf, and that coral neck- chain, and a shawl, and her white lace vail, and a dozen other necessary arti­ cles? She has hurried so that her face is all in a blaze, and she feels sure she looks like a washerwoman, and she seizes the powder-puff and dabs a little chalk on her forehead, and leaves some in her eye-brows, and hopes it won't be seen, as she is going to ride out with a man, and not with a woman. Women always see all such things, and speak about them to other women, and i>ut on an air of righteousness and innocence, and wonder how Christian ladies can powder their faces. But the corner'apothecaiy could, if he choSe unfold a tale of small toys or girls com­ ing in after sunset to get a box of lily- white 44 for a woman as sent for it." ; 44 Oh, consistency!" ; s All unconscious of the trials whieh beset your charming Marie, you are striving to do the agreeable to Mrs. B., with the sound of your horses pawing up. that sidewalk in your ears, ana you know the old man is particular about his grounds; and directly vou hear something snap, and rush out to find that one of your spirited nags has broken off a fence-picket, and is trying his best on another DV way of dessert* Will she ever get ready? * You go back to tell Mrs. B. that your horses are so restive yon mfst stand by them, and you retire to the sidewalk, painfully conscious that across the strcftit, in that big tenement- house, half a dozen children and youUg people, and as many more idle loafers, are watching you, and laughing at your predicament, and telling each oth­ er that44 that is the chap what is a try­ ing to court Marie B., arid she's had nine fellers already, and every one of 'em went back on her." You consult your watch, five o'clock! You feel inclined to swear a little: bilt early piety forbids, and you try to pos­ sess your soul in patience. The door opens. She comes, radiant and Smiling, in the loveliest of no# costumes, pinned back so tight that she creeps toward you like a snail, and you mentally wonuer how she is ever going to step high enough to get into the carriage; and her hat is so becom- ing, and her black lace scarf increases the whiteness of her neck so much, and she tells you so sweetly that she is sor­ ry she kept you waiting, that you feel infinitely obliged to her for doing, it, and feel for the moment as if the high* est and most supreme delight of exist­ ence could be found only in waiting for her to 44 get ready."--Kate Thorn, tn». Y. Weekly. SICKENING HORROR& < The Ctiamel-lf©ns»e of PleWi; and Wounded Soldier* Devoured fey Dogs and Vultures--Inlauman TreaS» anent by the Turks of Wounded Ku> •lans -A Retribution. A London telegram of the 26th to the Chicago Inter-Ocean says: Mr. Mac^ahan, the correspondent of the London Dauy Xewx at Plevna, sends a terrible story of the state of things prevailing in and around the captured town. Before the recent great storm Plevna was simply a charnel- house. Modern warfare has no parallel for it, and its horrors can only be compared to those which followed in the wake of Glienghis Khan or Timour, as their savage Tartar hordes swept over and desolated Asia. The furnished dogs, of which there are al­ ways large numbers in every Turkish town, were feeding on the corpses of the dead and the bodies of the still living wounded. The savage howls of the greedy brutes as they tore the putrid flesh of the dead and crunclied'the bones between their teeth, the cries and groans of the wounded as they vainly struggled with the dogs, might l>e heard for miles around, and made the soul sick. Birds were picking at the skulls, hopping from body to body, with beaks and plumage besmean d with human blood, and screaming with tiendish delight. Dogs fought among theiftsclves, and-bird struggled with bird for the possession of a morsel of human flesh, and the most inde­ scribable horror prevailed. in one house alone thirty-seven dead and fifty-three wounded Turks "were found, some of the former tn a half-decomposed and putrid state, and the wounded in a condition that can be more easily imagined than described. Some of the wounded were able to crawl about,, and clutched at odd morsels of food that were found in the hands of the dead, devouring it with feverish avidity; but thou­ sands or them were utterly helpless, and awaited death or succor with a list less fatalism. One thousand prisoners were huddled to­ gether on the bank of the Vid, and the hoiv rors of their position equal**! those of the great plague whieh ravaged Europe in the fourteenth century. Living and dead were piled together promiscuously in heaps like wood, and carted away. There were only three carts available for the work, and the confusion was indescribable. Osman's bravery is stained and blackened by his treatment of, the Russian wounded that foil into his hunds.4 The Bucharest corre­ spondent of the IkruUi says that a fearful ret­ ribution has overtaken a part of Osman's Army, which was caught on the march by that dreadful snowstorm. Fate seems to be wreaking vengeance for the slaughter of the Russian wounded, whose corpses lie unbuiied on the bills around Plevpa. --The god-like feature of our nature, the lofty, far-reaching ambition that leads man on to attempt the impossible and defy the insurmountable is seen in man's tendencv, when he carries in an armful of wood, to pile up on his arms a load that will weigh forty pounds when he is in the wood-house, but frows to 100 when he reaches the itchen door, weighs 200 when he passes through the hall, an even ton when he starts up-stairs, and finallv falls all over the house with a crash like a railroad collision when he gets half-way up-stairs. --Burlington Hawk* Eye. --Russia, it seems, has raised a splendid harvest, as well as raising Cain among the Turks; not sugar cane, either.--Detroit Free Press. % . THE MAEEETS. rtEW"TORE. 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