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„ f *»•<** V^» ' m -> '••J , -rs** ,'( 1^*-»ri^<-' «' 5 •>,*,* . I ,W"; t. -r»,'w. ^ -sv; v: , * 1 •^»n,T»-^ -rs^- i'Vy^" Tf «-TV?K 'TO ' ', -• V RSI J. TAX ftlKB, Editor *) McHENRY. *1 I ILLINOIS "EPITOME OF THE WEEK. CVBHm FARASRAFIBa . Tho Russians have established their ||feadquarter8 at Adrianople. -^Jj On the 24th, the Austrian* oocupied •ogatlca, in Bosnia, without much opposition. -J? ", A recent earthquake at Montefalco, ̂ of Umbrio, Italj, destroyed 1A8 houses. _____ • A call has been issued for a State Ifrohibition Convention in New Hampshire, ib be hft>d at Nashua, on the 15th of October. Mormons to the number of 599 ar­ rived at New York, on the 26th. They are oaoetJy Danes, and started at once for the - ^ : * Three cases of blasting-powder ex­ ploded at the mouth *of the St. SotharJ Tun- Bel, or the 25th. Ten workmen were killed and several others terribly injured. y Gen. Sheridan has replied to the re­ cent request of Sitting Bull, asking upon what terms he could make peace with the United States, that his only terms were un­ conditional surrender. The Union Dime Savings Bank, of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., has closed, with 11a- * Ittllties reaching $153,000. The usual an- ijpuncement of ability to pay all depositors. The Odd-Fellows' Bank at Sacramento, Cal., has also made an assignment President Hayes returned to Wash­ ington from his Western trip, on the 25th, «jpd was soon thereafter in seperate confer­ ence with members of his Cabinet. He is said to have expressed himself as being much Jjlcased with his reception, both public and * private, at the different points along his recent Journey to and from the Northwest. _ D. N. Skilling, the candidate on the ticket recently promulgated by the Butler Wing of the Massachusetts Democracy for State Treasurer, and J. Boyle O'Reilly, the Candidate on the same ticket for State Andl- ^tor, have delined their nominations, the form­ er because he does not approve of the methods . Sf the party, and the latter because he had father be editor than Auditor. Two hat-manufacturing firms of New . York Qty entered into an agreement, on the §6th, with the Hatters' Association to have Nothing further to do with convict labor, and iihat, in the event of any breach in the agree­ ment on the part of the firms, they would pay the Association $10,000 for each infringement. , The various shops on a strike in New Jersey were notified at once of this compact. The United States Treasury, on the 21st, disbursed 76,000 silver dollars. Since the order of Sec'y Sherman revoking the pre­ vious order for the general issue of silver Coin for greenbacks, the daily issue bad been about $50,000. The Treasury held, on the 21st, $349,613,S50 in United States bonds to secure National Bank circulation; $13,758,- 400 in bonds to secure public deposits, and $5,373,100 to secure subscriptions to 4-per­ cent. loans. During an examination of witnesses, the other night, before Com'r Maynard, at f "Marquette, Mich., in the case of the United %tates vs. Samuel J. Tllden, two men sudden­ ly entered the office, seized the books of the New York Iron Mine which were being used in testimony, and, while one hurried down stairs to a carriage in waiting, the other stood £uard at the door to prevent the egress of pursuers. Up to the 24th, neither books nor thieves had been captured. A Washington special of the 23d says the labor agitators there triumphantly claimed to have brought about an order •which had been issued giving laborers at the Navy Yard a full day's pay for eight hours' work, and a full day and a quarter for ten > hours' work. Similar orders had been issued to apply to workmen on Government build­ ings in that city, and the rate of pay for la­ borers in the Bureau of Engraving and Print­ ing had been raised from a dollar to a dollar . and a quarter a day. Judge Snell decided that the meetings and processions held by Cohen and his followers were riotous and disorderly. Orders had been issued to the police, and were being enforced, to prevent any further meetings or demonstrations «f the kind. AOacow (Poland) telegram of Hie 20th says many arrests had been made at 'Odessa and Kharkow, in consequence of the discovery of a plot to liberate the imprisoned Nihilists. The Louisiana State National Con­ vention met in New Orleans, on the 19th, and nominated Gen. Beauregard for State Treas- •arer. That gentleman declined and Dr. J. 8. 43ontner was substituted. The Montana Territorial Convex *k>n met at Virginia City, on the 19th. Hon. Martin Maginnie was nominated for Coa- jseessiooal Delegate. A Calcutta dispatch of the 22d says the Ameer od. Afghanistan had refused the British JEmbassy to Cabul permission to go through the K.hyber Pass, and that the Em­ bassy had heed forced to return to Pashawaua. The Russian "troops blare entirely evacuated flan Stefano, and the position has been occupied by Turkish troops. A Constantinople dispatch of the 4lst says Ghreek filibusters had crossed into Turkey with m view to incite insurrection in Eplrus and Thessaly. Bombay (India) dispatches of the 23d say that a. force of 12,000 men had been gathered on the Afghanistan frontier, and that Great Britaia would demand an apology from the Ameer or occupy the country. Official telegrams of the 23d report the successful advance of the Austrians against the insurgent positions is the north­ east of Bosnia. They had, two days before, captured an exceptionally strong position near Senkoires, occupied by 7,00© men, and compelled their hasty retreat The battle continued six hours, and the Austrians lost 400 killed and wounded. Bejellaa and Livas bad also been captured. Naples (Italy) dispatches of the 14th say Mount, Vesuvius was in a violently erop- v thre condition. The base of the cone was cov­ ered with Lava, and lava was pouring down t1** mono tain's sides. Bucharest telegrams of the 24th re- I port the formation of insurgent bands in tlie Dohrudscha to resist Roumanian occupation. The Democratic State Convention of Nevada met, on the 23d, and adopted a hard-money platforgt advocating the re­ moval of all restrictions upon silver, and made the following nominations: Governor, L. R. Bradley; Lieutenant-Governor, J. M. Adams; Member of Congress, W. E. F. Deal. The National Executive Committee of the Union League of America held a meet­ ing at Pittsburgh, Pa., on the 24tb, at which a resolution was adopted in favor of a cur­ rency convertible on demand into coin, and pledging the efforts of the committee to pro­ mote the ejection of those candidates only who stand on such a financial platform. Pres­ ident Hayes, who was in the city, was present at the meeting for a short time, and was re­ ceived with great enthusiasm. / The Connecticut Republicans, at their State Convention at Hartford, on the 24th, nominated Charles4B. Andrews for Gov­ ernor, David Gallet for Lieutenant-Governor, David Torrence for Secretary of State, Tall- man Baker for State Treasurer and Chauucey Howard for Comptroller. The platform adopted declares the Government bonds and legal-tender notes to be sacred debts, to be paid to the last dollar in the standard money of the world; demands that all currency Bhall be redeemable in coin at the will of the holder, and that coin and currency shall be kept at par with the gold standard of the world, and expresses faith in the integrity and patriotism of President Hayes. The Massachusetts Democratic State Convention met in Boston, on the 25th, pur­ suant to the adjournment ordered bv the State Executive Committee, at Worcester. J. G. Abbott was nominated for Governor by accla­ mation; W. R. Plunkett, for Lieutenant-Gov­ ernor; H. C. Dewing, for Secretary of State; D. N. Skilling, for State Treasurer and Re­ ceiver; J. | E. Fitzgerald, for Auditor, and Richard Olney, for Attorney-General. After denouncing the Republican party for itB al­ leged disregard of the admitted rights of States and of the people, etc., the resolutions adopted declare that the Democratic party has ever been the truest friend of the laboring classes, and demand the enactment and exe­ cution of such laws as shall protect the tights of labor as well as those of capital; that the total amount of currency authorized should be fixed by law and redeemable at any moment in coin, and should be receivable for public dues at its face value, and that all coin of the same denomination shall be as nearly as possi­ ble of equal value. A Vienna telegram of the 25th says information had been received that the Aus­ trian troops had occupied Zwornik, the Bos­ nian capital, thus visually completing the pacification of that country. The Athens journals announce that 800 Turkish troops recently attacked a body of insurgents at Apidia, and were repulsed with heavy loss. A London dispatch of the 26th says LordLoftus, the British Minister, had left Berlin for St. Petersburg, to demand the withdrawal of the Czar's agent from Afghan­ istan. Prof. Peterman, the famous geogra­ pher of Gotha, suffered a severe apoplectic stroke, on the 26th. A Belgrade dispatch of the 26th says 21,000 Bosnians, mostly armed, had entered Servian territory, near Lonnitza. A Ragusa dispatch, received on the 26th, says 18,000 Albanians were approaching the Montenegrin frontier to resist the Cfession of territory to Montenegro promised by the Porte. The New York Republican State Convention met at Saratoga, on the 26th, and organized by the choice of Hon. Roscoe Conk- ling as Permanent President Hon. George F. Danforth was nominated for Judge of the Court of Appeals. The platform adopted de­ mands that the pledge in respect to the pay­ ment of the National debt, etc., shall be sa­ credly observed; favors specie resumption and making greenbacks equal to coin; de­ clares that all parties are bound to abide by the decision of the Electoral Commission; warns the people to be vigilant to oppose Southern claims; Insists upon free and unin- timidated elections In the South; favors ra­ tional Civil-Service reform; arraigns the dom­ inant forces of the Democratic party as con­ stant disturbers of pu&lic tranquillity and peace, etc., etc. ^ The New York State Democratic Convention met in Syracuse, on the 25th, and, after some contention over the question of delegates from New York and Kings County, Committees on Credentials and Resolutions were appointed, and an adjournment was had to the next day. After reassembling, on the 26th, Erastus Brooks was chosen Permanent Chairman. G. B. Bradley was nominated for Judge of the Court of Appeals, on a platform reaffirming the principles set forth in the platforms of 1874 and 1877, that gold and sil­ ver coin, and a paper currency convertible into coin at the will of the holder, should be the only currency of the eountry, and that steady steps bertaken toward specie payments and the honest payment of the public debt; declaring in favor of a tariff for revenue; to Government partnership with political monop­ olies, ete ̂etc. There was little material left at Grenada for the fever to feed upon. * Forty-one deaths occurred in Mem­ phis on the 26th. The weather if as turning cooler. The deaths in New Orleans num­ bered forty-four. The Young Men's Chris­ tian Association of the latter city made a statement that the fever had thrown under the care of the Association 2,400 cases of the. disease and a large, number of destitute, and that the contributions had not equaled the demands for help. It was feared that, as a general impression prevailed that New Or­ leans needed no more rtioney, before the sick­ ness ceased a large number of cases would be left on the hands of the Association without means to carry the patients through to con­ valescence. The Association still solicited aid from its friends in money, clothing, bed­ clothes, delicacies for the sick, etc. Sec'y-of-War McCrary stated, on the 26th, that he was advised that the Howard As­ sociation had on hand, unexpended, a balance probably sufficient for their wants, at New Orleans and Memphis. He thought, the Asso­ ciation perfectly reliable, and had ordered no Investigation. At all ^picted points, save New Orleans and Memphis, suffering and want were great, and, he thought, increasing, and even in those cities more help might be required in the near future. The people could scarcely go amiss in sending further aid. A report telegraphed from Cincin­ nati, on the evening of the 26th, that the yel­ low fever was prevailing to an alarming ex­ tent in certain portions of Louisville, Ky., was indignantly denied by a dispatch from the latter city. The report was said to be entire­ ly uncalled for and utterly without foundation. William Rockwood, President of the Howard Association of Vicksburg, died in that city, on the 26th. His death-bed scene is said to have been very touching. He died on the field of honor and duty, and many of the public buildings and private dwellings were draped in mourning because of his loss, which loss was sadly felt by alL William's Little Game. The idlers at the ferry dock yester­ day were considerably agitated at a little incident in which a "William1' and his girl were the main actors. The pair were excursionists, and the girl had got her " dander" up about some­ thing. " 1 don't know what ails her," ex­ plained William to a policeman as the girl sat on a salt barrel and munched an apple in a hard-hearted sort of way. 44 I had my arm around her all the morning, and we've walked all over town with clasped Luuus, but all of $.j sudden she flew from the track and has had her nose up ever since." 44 Are you engaged?" asked the offi­ cer. "Well, I kinder infer that we are, or was afore she got this mad fit." 44 And what,will you do?" '* I dunno, I was thinkin' a spell ago that I might draw out her feelings, if she has any, by jumpin' into the river, though I kinder hate to wet up this Sunaay suit." The policeman held a whispered con­ sultation with William, and the result was that the young man went back to the girl and said: "Emily, I think you want to give me the cold shake. Heaven knows how I love you, and I can't stand this no long­ er! Emily, take my ring and my pocket- book, for I'm going to jump into the cruel river!" 4 Humph!" replied Emilv, as she re­ ceived his wealth and bit into the solid side of her apple. 44 Good-bye, false one--don't look for my body!" cxclaimed William as he started for t he dock and leaped down into the liarbor-Master's boat out ©f sight. 4 4 Man overboard--save him--where's the lile-preserver!" called out a man with a voice like a thunder stoim. There was shouting and running to and fro, but Emily never even looked around. Throwing away the core of her apple she slowly opened the big flat wallet, turned over the several pieces of old scrip, and walking up to a fruit stand, she said: 44 I'll take ten cents' worth of raw peanuts." She was putting them in her pocket when William looked over the dock, noticed that the crowd was laughing, and he crawled out of the boat with the remark: 44 It's a dead failure and I know it! I'm a shook man, thrown overboard for some fellow who wears a standing collar, and now the only thing left me is revenge'" 44 ftlio fairAa if. THE YBLLOW-rXTER UCOUROK. Seven deaths occurred in Vicksourg, on the 2?d. The fever had decreased so much there that physicians and nurses were leaving for other points. Over $300,000 had been collected in New York City, up to the 23d, for the yellow- fever sufferers. The amount Ih St. Louis was ever $70,000 and in Chicago over $80,000, with corresponding amounts in other cities and towns. Dr. Kibbee, the inventor of the fever cot, who went to New Orleans to introduce sad test his system of cold-water treatment of fever patients, died in that city on the 84th. He submitted to his own remedy, which failed in his case, although it is said to have resulted successfully with other patients. There was not much change in the condition of affairs in the principal fever cit­ ies, on the 24th, the little change being for the better. A Greenville (Mi6s.) telegram of the above date says there bad been so far over 300 eases of fever in that place and 210 deaths, There was no decrease, and the disease was spreading In the country round about. The few people left in Greenville had great trouble in burying the dead, and the Chairman of the Relief Committee reported the situation as being terrible, indeed. The deaths in Memphis, on the 25th, numbered forty; in New Orleans, thirty-six. A special from the former city says: 44The scenes of horror which so shocked our eyes ten days ago in the city have beenJtransferred to the suburbs and country adjacent. In­ stances of whole families being sick, without anyone near to hand them a drink of water, are common." The fever was still raging with fatal effect at Baton Rouge. La., on the 25th, and there was no apparent abatement in the dis­ ease at Canton, Miss., and other points. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS/ ^Morgan Coustt farmers refuse' eighty cents per bushel for their wheat and prefer to hold it A balloon man eame near passing in Ms checks at Florence the other day. When about 800 feet high, the balloon burst and took fire, and came down with great rapidity. The man struck on the side of a freight-car, and fell from there to the ground, spraining his ankle and otherwise bruising himself. At South Chicago, a few days ago, Thomas Brown was run over by a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad locomotive and instantly killed. A lad named Shepherd, aged sixteen, was suffocated In an elevator-bin at Panola, by the eame old process. He was playing in the bin when the hopper was opened and the grain began to move downward, when Shepherd was buried in the grain and suffocated. On the 19th, Daniel Wills, a farmer, living a few miles southwest of Carllnville, while haul' ing a load of wheat to Drummond, was met by a neighbor, who askod him to pay fifty cents that he owed him, when a difficulty arose, which resulted in the killing of Wills. He was shot through the heart Slid lungs, caus­ ing instant death. A BRIDGE and trestle-work about fifty feet high and 300 yards long, on the Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville Railroad, ten nsile"? of Jacksonville, burned, early on the morning of the 20th, entailing great loss to the road. It is supposed to have been the work of an in­ cendiary. An unknown woman was run over and in­ stantly killed, on- the 'evening of the 20th, while walking on the Michigan Central Rail­ road track, in the City of Chicago. A MAN named Julius Dokter, from Vinton, Iowa, shot himself through the head at the en­ trance of Lincoln Park, in Chicago, on the evening of the 20th. St left a note in one of his pockets stating who he was, and making disposition of his body and effects. Ch'P'kt. an ftight-year-old son of Wm. Muntford, residing near Charleston, while climbing up the hay mow in the barn, the other day, slipped and fell across the manner, sustaining fatal injuries. The Nationals of the Third District have nominated Judge A. B. Cornell for Congress. Thb annexed table shows the total number of acres of land--improved and unimproved-- returned lor taxation, with the total value and the average value per acre, as assessed, and also the equalized value per acre, according to the report, of the Land Committee of the State Board of Equalization presented, on the 2lst< Ooxnmrcs. 1st 2d, and 3d Dis.- TCoor !" She takes It very cool," observed a policeman as William reached his feet. 44 Cool! There she sits, using up my money and chawing peanuts, thinking I'm a corpse; yes, she's got the heart of a tiger, sir, and it I had them sev­ enty cents in that pocket-book I'd lick her father before the excursion left this town! There she goes, chawin' away and chawin' away, and I'm left in a strange town without a cent to get them jude switch for mother."--Detroit Free, Press. --Cows accustomed to a great variety of food are invariably good eaters, ana almost always heavy milkers. Thus, the best cows in the neighborhood are usually those of poor men, whose one cow is made a pet of, and has all sorts of food. Such cows are usually a good bargain at almost any price, though they rarely do as well when taken from their own old homes and turned in with the less varied fare accorded to larger herds. Milkmen have learned that it is important to give cows a vari­ ety of food. Hence their purchases of bran, meal, roots and oil-cake. It may not pay farmers to take so much pains, but they can promote the thrift of their herds and their own profits by chang­ ing the animal's food as often as possi­ ble.--Cor. Country Gentleman. --The character of Autumn, as he made his appearance in 1878, could not be more compendiously or graphically presented than it is in this odd little sentence from the Philadelphia Evening Star: 44 Pensive Autumn, in a linen duster, perspires on the thresh^." >k Da Page (.Lake 4th Dist.-- Boone De Kalb Kane McHenry...... Winnebago.... 6th Dint,-- Carroll Jo Daviess Ogle Stephennon.... Whiteside 6th Dist.-- Bureau Henry Lee Putnam Rock Island. 7th Dist.-- Grundy Kendall-- .... LaSalle... .... Will »i*. •.-••• 8th Dist-- Ford Iroquois Kankakee. Livingston Marshall.. » Woodford.......... 9th DiBt. --, Fulton ..... ....... Knox Peoria Stark l()th Dint.-- Hancock........... Henderson McDouough Mercer 2...*.. Schuyler.. Warren 11th Dist Adams Brown Calhoun Greene Jersey Pike 12th Dist--• Cass Christian Menard Morgan .-... Sangamon Scott 13th Dist.-- DeWitt Logan Mason McLean Tazewell......... 14th Dist-- Champaign .... .. Coles Douglas.. Macon.... ........ Piatt Vermillion 15th Dist-- * Crawford Clark Cumberland Edgar. Kflingham Jasper............ • • Lawrence.... P.... Moutrie Shelby 16th Dist-- Bond Clay Clinton '. Fayette Marion Montgomery WaHhin«t<«n 17th Dixt- , Macoupin Madison Monroe*.... ....... St Clair.... ..;... 18th Dist-- Alexander*. ....... Jackson. Johnson. Masaac Perry .... Pope Pulaski Bandolph... Union.... Williamson lDth Dist-- Edwards. Franklin Gallatin Hamilton Hardin Jefferson llichland Saline -- Wabash Wayne White Grand Aggregate Total Landk. --The Chicago Journal believes that in view of the number of women who are now putting up fruit for winter use, this may appropriately bo called the can-can month. --As Viceroy of India, Lord Lytton receives $185,000 per year salary, and there is no reason why he should be "Owen Meredith,** the poet.--Picayune. !| ! i8 281.737 •11,617,230 4.141,037 8,789,926 177,438 890.363 822,848 384,265 321,983 8,869,413 7,458,417 6.798.931 6,085,153 4,916,529 287/137 875,710 476.428 365.285 482,348 4.269,255 3,309,431 8,269,776 7.886,177 6,185,842 547,323 615.379 45fi,869 105,748 366,206 7.813,202 9,453,318 7,632.835 1,543,360 3,629,849 368,661 202.360 703,798 506,960 3973.893 3,678,326 16.833321 9.271,860 905,113 705.518 420,658 655.040 247,377 337,108 2,497,493 7,711660 4.161,295 8,174,529 4,123,899 3,314,068 649,973 447,029 886,927 180,484 8,295,022 9,038,631 8.027,722 4,382,752 493.644 238.791 863.902 347.803 376.303 935,990 7 502,418 2.64! >,789 6,076,337 4,117,580 2,718,364 5,562.878 628.005 18'J.4>3 164.359 843,197 233,233 610,764 9,205,718 1,831,956 861,824 4,572,545 3,508.055 6,300,124 239,122 445 193 192,097 363,350 644,607 166,794 2,964,699 6,188,895 3,086,220 6,817,911 10,830,862 2,229,968 2E0.096 391X83 861,328 744,235 408,748 3,688,333 7,772,241 2,750.145 12,377,846 7,656,872 621,625 818,354 263.0G6 866.266 273,219 663,088 7.655 492 3,582,3641 3,227.171 7,166,448 3,820 896 7,166,014 275,601 804,695 212,9h9 898,600 276.610 809.406 225.935 216,074 470,665 1.3S9.027 1 769,283 782,196 4,389.655 1,659,266 1,260,952 1,219,000 2,666,078 5,301,146 234,575 280.590 304.748 412.431 8! 10.307 437,812 836,066 2,028,745 1,901,781 2,499 061 2,263,498 2,417>64 4,819.359 3,106,166 643.217 418.614 231.653 415,441 3,354,847 9,023,560 1,508,090 16,790,000 109,381 319.350 200.061 146,8** 341.2XH 232,441 Ul,97r 857,1 >87 218 02H 254,849 541,884 1,118.733 371.149 i 509,961 1,419.791 132,448 1 558,451 8,339,999 1.021.4T4 837,351 140.598 216.627 iM.565 873 8'J1 "109.40g 332.2K 227.27-1 240,6 >> 137.15f 44*» lilt 813.3S1 1,071.033 752,575 U10.2G6 83)1,819 428.991 1,146.962 1,34.598 668.800 1.115.067 1.401,877 1.045.842 31.395.721 $417,942,329 *0 K Is- 25 00 16 00 18 00 15 00 19 00 14 50 15 00 10 84 7 89 14 29 14 29 12 81 16 24 15 00 14 00 16 00 12 00 16 00 16 60 18 00 16 SO 10 72 11 0Q 11 00 12 50 15 00 16 75 16 43 17 43 17 48 16 48 14 78 10 84 16 26 15 80 10 84 16 916 18 72 9 86 8 45 12 81 16 76 12 11 12 81 14 78 16 76 18 72 19 70 12 81 16 50 18 60 9 60 17 95 17 00 15 00 15 50 16 00 1610 16 00 15 61 5 79 7 00 5 79 13 00 5 79 5 50 5 79 13 00 11 5J 8 88 6 90 8 38 6-90 8 38 11 84 8 87 14 (0 20 00 8 12 25 00 2 96 4 44 2 9t> 5 45 5 91 2 96 2 96 7 39 4 44 8 45 8 87 3 45 3 45 3 45 2 96 3 94 5 91 3 45 7 88 S 94 4 93 A Hunter's Tarn* Ohb day, a long tame ago, about the time when Jackson ran for President the first time, perhaps, I was one day hunting upon the ridge between Mead­ ow Run and Cucumber Run, which tumbles off the rocks just across there. I had known for some time by the signs that there was a nest of cub bears somewhere in the neighborhood, so on that day I concluded that 1 would put in my time finding them, as a party up in Uniontown wanted a pair to send over to Baltimore to a friend who was fond of outlandish pets. You see that it was along about the first of September, and pretty warm at that, and, aftei* walking up'and down the ravines, I began to get pretty tired. I was not so heavy then as I am now, and did not weigh more than a couple of hundred pounds. As I said, I was a little tired, and so on the top of the ridge I sat down by the side of a smooth chestnut stump about twelve or fourteen feet high. I hadn't sat there more than a minute until I heard something inside the stump, and soon made out that it was a couple of cub bears playing with one another. I looked on all sides of the stump to find an opening, but none was to be seen. Then I happened to notice the marks of claws up the side of the stump, and I understood it. The hole went in at the top. I set my gun against a bush, up-ended the branch of a tree, and was soon at the top of the stump, looking in at the two cubB, which were about the .sise of full- grown rat-dogs. I was so excited that I jumped down into the stump and grabbed the cubs. They at first began to squeal, and then turned on me for fight. But they were small enough to handle, and in a min­ ute or two I had" their mouths tWI «o they could not bite, and their feet fast­ ened so they could not scratch. I knew that the old bear would he along pretty soon and make it hot for me if she found me in the nest, 30 I swung the youngsters into my buckskin belt preparatory to getting out. Get outP Did I get out? Land of love! it makes me sniver to think of it yet. I could no more get out of that stump than I could fly. The hollow was bell-shaped, larger at the bottom than at the top--so large, in fact, that I could not put my back against one side and mv ieet and hands against the other and crawl up, as rabbits and oth­ er animals climb up inside of hollow trees. In no way could I get up a foot. There w6re no sticks inside to help me up, and I made up my mind I had to die certain. About the time I came to this conclusion I heard the old bear climbing up the outside of the stump. With only my hunting-knife as a means of defense, and in such close quarters, you may possibly imagine the state of my feelings. The oid bear was not more than half a minute, at the outside, climbing up the stump, but it seemed like a month, at least. I thought of all my sins a dozen times, at least. At last she reached the top, but she didn't seem to suspect my presence at all, as she de­ liberately turned round and began slow­ ly descending, tail foremost. I felt as though my last hour had come, and began seriously to think about lying down and let the bear kill me, so as to get out of my misery as quickly as possible. Suddenly an idea struck me, and despair gave way to hope. I drew out my nunting-knife and stood on tip toe. When the bear was about seven feet from the bottom C£ the hollow I fastened on her tail with my left hand with a vise-like grip, and with my right drove my hunting-knife to the hilt into her haunch, and at the same time yelling like a whole tribe of Indians. 44What did she do?" chorused the whole crowd, who had been holding their breath. What did she doP Well, you should have seen the performance. She didn't stop to reflect a moment, but shot out at the top of the stump like a bullet ou- of a gun. A hair'3 breadth to the mint ute. I held On until we struck the ground, some thirty feet from the stump. Then the ola bear went like lightning into the brush, and was out of sight in half a second. 1 was a little braised by the fall, but that was all. I took the cubs to Uniontown the next day, and on account of the adventure I got five dollars apiece for them, and in those times five dollars was as good as fifty dollars now.--Pittsburgh Tele­ graph. _ Effect of Electricity On Yegetatlon. PROBABLY everyone who has entered a wood or a forest has noticed the stunted or scraggy growth of the un­ derwood, and the cause of that pecu­ liar condition has always been attri­ buted to the fact that the shrubs or smaller trees were overshadowed by the foliage of the larger ones and de­ prived of the light and air necessary to their full development. M. Gran- deau, Professor of the Ecole Fores- tiere, states that his researches on the subject led him to the conclusion that, although a certain effect was to be attributed to that cause, it was not sufficient to account for the great de- {>reciation in the vegetation. After ong reflection he came to the conclu­ sion that the large trees acted as con­ ductors of electricity, and thus de­ prived the undergrowth of an element necessary to their full development. In order to test his views he tried a Series of experiments on various plants, but We need only refer to one, which, although not the most striking, will fully elucidate the principle he ad­ vances, the means ne employed and the results obtained. In April, 1877, he took two tobacco plants, each weighing three and a half grammes, and having four leaves. TEey were both planted in boxes containing mould of identical quality, and placed side by side in a position favorable to their growth. But one of them had placed over it a cage, consisting of lour iron rods one meter fifty centi­ meters high, joined at the top and covered with wire gauze, which per­ mitted the free circulation of air, light and water, but completely protected the plant from the action ot atmos- {>heric electricity. They were left un-nterfered with until the middle of Au­ gust, when the results obtained were as follows: The plant in the open air had attained a height of three feet five inches, while the other was only two feet four inches; the former weighed 273 grammes and the^ latter 140 grammes; when dried, their respective weights were thirty grammes and fif­ teen and a half grammes. Similar ex . Bismarck. .. . wife o^fSo* Bisa^jf*.^ hanna von Putkaminer, of anald and noble Pomeranian family, wM^jborn in 1824. He alade her aeqw^nlbice at the marriage of one of MsiKriends, where she Mted asbrid«un4U^ndtwo years later--in 1847--he asked her to become his wife. Her family was not at first disposed to accept his proposals. At that time Herr von Bismarck en­ joyed a rather curious reputation. He was surnamed '• der tolle Bismarck" (mad Bismarck), and had eambed/this title by his numerous duels, his daring feats of horsemanship, and* some wide­ ly-spread anecdotes concerning his at­ titude generally toward proflfesors, burgomasters and other respectable members of what Grerman students call " Philistine society." But more especially he owed his surname1 to r |Jie very noisy revels he used to hold with a number of exceedingly loud young men, at Kniephof and at Schoenhausen. To quiet, respectable, religious people, like the Putkammers, he did not ap­ pear a very eligible suitor for an only and beloved child. Bismarck, howev­ er, settled the question at once. He walked lip to Mias Johanna, and. hav­ ing ascertained by a look that she sided with him, he folded her in his arms and said, turning to her astonished relatives, 44 What God has united, no man shall put asunder." Princess Bis­ marck has preserved all the simplicity of her youtn. She is a perfect speci­ men, in the b^st sense of the word, of the German hausfrau (housewife). She is very quiet, bears her honors as the most natural thing in the world, holds fast by the old friends of humbler days, and has but one great object in life--to make her husband and children happv. She cares for them in a peaceful, moth­ erly way, and her serenity and patience, which have always secured for Bis­ marck a quiet home, have certain- contributed to his success through life. 44 She it is," he once said to a 'friend1, 44 who has made me what I ani."-- Blackwootf s Magazine. How a Railroad King Travels. ) AT half-past nine o'clock this morn­ ing (Monday) a special train from Sar­ atoga arrived at the Union Depot, Troy, consisting of three special horse- cars containing the horses and equi­ pages of William H. Vander >ilt and the private drawing-room tar ot that gentleman. This superb coach is called the Yanderbilt. made with every possible improvement, and is probably the finest establishment of the kind in existence. The trucks are mounted on spoked paper wheels, with exceptiop- al ly - f ine journals . The outs ide * i s - painted a light orange color. On the sides are four scenes, paneled in oil colors, one representing the Grrod Central Depot, another depicting tie falls at Niagara, another, the great Fourth Avenue Tunnel, and the othdfr the massive river bridge betwp^n Greenbush and Albpny. The car is sumptuously fitted up inside with lounges, easy-cnairs, desk and sleep­ ing-berths. The upholstery and furni­ ture are regal in style, and made of the most costly material. In the rear is a covered platform, with large windows on either side, on which some ladies were seated, viewing the scenery along the route. The occupants of the ear were William H. Vanderbilt and fam­ ily and five friends. The run from Saratoga to Troy--thirty-two miles-- was made in fifty-two minutes, and the time from this city to New York--160 miles--was to have been three hours and twenty-five minutes, or at the rate of fifty miles an hour, including a stop­ page at Poughkeepsie to examine and oil the wheels. As soon as the train reached this city one of the most trusty conductors of the Hudson River Rail­ road approached to the rear platform, , where Mr. Vanderbit had stepped out, touched his hat, received a bow of rec- / ognition, and asked the question, 44 All / ready ?" The railroad magnate replied^/ 44 Yes," the signal to the engineer was given, and the train moved on.--Trxm (N. Y.) Times. J --The Rev. George F. Herrick writes from London to the President of the University of Vermont declining th© degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred at the last Commencement. He con­ siders that the degree properly repre­ sents some special work done outside of the ordinary work of a minister, and thinks that it would be inappropriate as applied to himself. g*--One small school boy sometinler. constitutes a bored of education.--Still­ water Lumberman. 16.00 *.50 ^jg^TLB--Best periments made"with maize and wheaf^(WB_¥ul5|£,um: *- gave precisely anolagous results, so ' that M. Grandeau has come to the conclusion that the electricity of the atmosphere is equally necessary to vegetation as sunlight, air and water. --QalignanfsMessenger. THE MARKETS. NEW XOBK. Sept. UVS 8TQOK--Cattle •»J6 Sheep...... .... 8XK) Bogs 3.75 FLOUR--^Good to Choioe. ..... 4.30 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago (New). L041. 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