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VAN mm. Editor aaffitM-sher. IfoHJENEY, ILLINOIS, ^wJ months on a book thai will place the tyrant man inhere he belong*. ; j JAY COOKS says that 185 miles of rail­ road have been laid 011 the Northern Pa- -cUBc during Die past summer, and that in two years i| will be open io the Pa- •*** - . T - - . THE friends of Benjamin Harris BarewBter, ofFtiifodelphia, will press his name for appomtiaent as Associate Jus­ tice of the IJaitgjd States Supreme Court in ease of th^pSSrsment ofMir. Justioa Strong. '" ' • THE population of Baltimore hr shown by the oensus to be' 312,190; males, 157,861; females, 174,829 ; native, 276,- 176; foreign, 56,014; white, 278,487; ooJkwed, 53,689 ; Chinese, 4; Japanese, l ; 3n&ana, 9. Mr is stated tlwt the Ihiehetis Edin­ burgh feels badly on account of her un­ popularity in England.- She herself is genial, kindly, accomplished and very finely educated,, but the English like neither her devotion to her father's ideas nor her religion. THE Emperor William's constant ac­ tivity and many appearances in public are explained by thft conviction of his medi­ cal advisers that a quiet life would bs detrimental to his health. Busy as he is, however, the o'.d gentleman is far from robust. He looks very feeble, and has to be lifted from his oa^Lageby two. attendants. ' THH Princess Louise, it is again de­ clared, will not return to Canada, and it is added that the Princess, whole frank­ ness itself, makes no secret of the disap­ pointment io which she has been sub­ jected in her endeavor to throw a little refinement into the tone of the Canadian viceregal court. The Princess, who has always been regarded as the artist of the royal family, finds herself completely isolated from all artistic life at Ottawa. Rowisioi's recently published Ameri­ can Neampaeper Directory would lead one to suppose that pretty nearly every uatlc, an well uS SOIu6 uinenBcB, Euuot have an "organ." For instance, there are the Barbers' National Journal, the Tailgrf -Review, the Lakeside Watch, TW IF^ and Fish NEWS^ the Tobacco JS -fJraf, fiie Grain Cleaner, and the Na­ tional Laundry Journal. The most suggestive titles, however, are the Jour­ nal OF Inebriety and the AmericanOan- cer Journal " THB two sons of the Prinoeof Wales--- Prince Getirge and Prince Victor--have made a highly creditable examination, «nd returned to ttape mottarjaden "with prizes. ^f®Sey are immensely popular with the people of Dartmouth, where the Ballania lies. The two boys, on joining, were at once christened " Her­ ring" and "Sprat," and by these sobri­ quets are known to this day. The Princes respond to their curious appel­ lations with jaunty frankness and sailor­ like good humor. Among their special fancies is a craving on the part of Prince Victor for lump sugar, and on that of Prince George for nutmegs. The Kings >«f Eugland have all had such fancies. The passion of .George IU. for apple- dumpling was equaled only by his curi­ osity as to how the apple got into it, THE publication of Mrs. Swisshelm's "Half a Century" brings to the sur­ face her sharp, short, and decisive tilt with George D. Prentice, which those who ever knew anything about it have very likely forgotten. She had just es­ tablished her anti-Blavery Saturday Evening Visitor, in Pittsburgh, when Prentice gave her a left-handed editorial welcome in his Louisville Journal, wherein, among other remarks not com­ plimentary, he called her "a man all but the pantaloons." To this she re­ plied in rhyme: Perhaps yon have been busy Ho rnewhipping 8*1 or Lizzio, Stealing some poor man's baby, Selling its mother, maybei You say--and you »*e witty-- That I--and 'tis a pity-- " " Of manhood lack but dreg*-- Bat you lack manliness, A body clean and new, A froul within it, too. Nature must change her plan 'Ere you can be a man. This retort raised a general shout of "Brother George, beware of Sister Jane," and he did. 000 npoa the in order to secure within two years, than see it anticipated in point of time by, Ae Canadian Pacific. J THK large population of $ng1ftu$, i«t© « wwi*.,. been ior.i » ociiitti j ilie consuming people oi the i world. They formerly drew their sup- ] plies from Russia and Southern Africa. From 1S15 to 1845, during the existence: of the corn laws, the price of wheat in J England was frequently $3 per bushel. ; Since, by the removal of the protective • duty the supply has been marvelously in- i creased, and the prices reduced to $1.12 ! to $1.36. England is still the point to I which the surplus food of the world flows to a final market. Last year the j deficit of Europe was 250,000,000 j bushels, which was supplied by 175,- ] 000,000 bushels from America; the remainder from India, Australia, and Russia. Thus, Europe is the only past of the globe that does not produce enough to eat. The world's consump­ tion of Wheatis estimated at2,000,000,000 busliels, of which America supplies one- fourth. This year the United States production is put at from 450,000,000 to I 500,000 000 bushels, or say, 493,000,000. Deducting 275,000,000 for home con­ sumption and seed, and there remains a } surplus of 218,000,000 bushels. It is j asked : What is to be done with this ? j Last year Europe took 180,000,000 bushels, while the average American ex­ portation during the last ten years has been 86,000,000 bushels per annum. It is supposed by many that the overplus arising from the difference between even our largest export in any one year and j ; the present surplus cannot be warded ofl, and that consequently prices must recede. But people forget that this is an exceptional prosperous time with us, that we are consuming more of every product than we were last year, that Europe, especially Great Britain, is con­ suming more, and consequently that not only will the surplus be consumed, but at higher prioes. It is not natural that wheat should be falling while every other product is rising in price, at.d such, we feel assured, will not be the case. When money is so plenty wheat is always high in price. . " . JlJ 1 J-- •••"!. , SIB.. •' • ~ A True Chinese Story. < An American merchant who has been engaged in the tea busiuess for seven^ teen years in Hong Kong related lately some incident? winch I1**! fallen nnd«r his own observation in China which throw a pleasant, light upon the char­ acter of thesejittle known people. " " "Americans," he said, "are the best fed and best clothed people in the world. It is sbsolutely impossible for them to realize the excessive poverty which exists among the agricultural population of Northern China. They have no food but rice and water, Mid seldom enough of that. There are hundreds of thou­ sands of them who do not possess twenty oents in currency in the course of a year. "When famine comes--and it needs but a partial failure of the rice crop to produce famine--they are reduced to live sacrificed for the others, -and the victim is brought down into the town and sold for fifty cents as a slave, the parents parting with it with a grief and despai* which are, I believe, genuine. "Female infants are strangled at birth in a 'hard summer,' because, the parents aver, it is simply impossible to f*.- d them, and it is better for them ta die in thijfewav than by slow starvation. ... ,-*1 tell you of these extreme conditions of their life to make you understand my story. I once went with some English officers duck-hunting up into these barren regions. Becoming separated from my companious, I lost my way, and asked the assistance of one ofi the poorest of these Chinese 'rice-planters.' He left his work instantly, and with the smiling, friendly courtesy of which, by the way, one is always sure in the poorest China­ man at home. He remained with me from noon till dark, searching among the winding creeks and flat marshes for my companions. When we had found them I handed him a dollar, a sum larger than he would own probably in two or three years. He refused it, nor could all my persuasions force him to take it. " 'My religion,' he said, 'bids us to be kind to strangers, and the chance to obey the rule comes to me so seldom that I dare not destroy the good deed by taking pay for it.' •'How many Christians might learn a lesson- in humanity and faith from this poor follower of Confucius!" Z- Jllfc SwFTUSMaf clsvaaed the following an antidote for carbolic Tmaus are three unfinished Pacific railways in the United States, and one in Canada. The probable aggregate cost of the three unfinished roads is put down in the maximum at $150,000,090. The Canadian railway will probably cost at least $100,000,000. «large part of the progress of the coun- in wealth and trade during the past ten years was caused by the influence of the one through line. All the additional lines have since become prosperous and profitable. Even in the South a reac­ tion has occurred, and Southern rail­ ways now yield their due proportion of income upon their investment, and also stimulate industry and trade. In some sense the addition to trunk lines only to increase their powers of mo­ nopoly. But it would hardly seem pos­ sible that the construction of additional Hues to the Pacific can increase those monopolistic powers which have enabled the Pacific roads to keep up that dear- Bess of transit which has hitherto so greatly hindered the development of the Pacific States. It is calculated that the oould much bette Use the Bridle. A bridle is very necessary in guiding an unruly horse: and it is very needful in controlling that unruly member, the tongue. "Don't go without the bridle, j boys," was my grandfather's favorite bit of advice. If he heard anv one cursing or given to much vain and foolish talk, he would say: "That man has lost his j bridle." Without a bridle, the tongue, | though a little member, "boasteth great j things." It is an unruly meml>er, "full ! of deadly poison." Put a bridle on it, j and it is one of the best servants body and j soul can have. "I will keep my mouth i with a bridle," said King David. Be ' sure too, to keep a bridle on your appe- j tite. Don't let it be your master. And j don't neglect to have one for your pas- j sions, or they will get unmanageable, j driving you down a headlong course to ] ruin. I mean the bridle of self-govern- j ment. Good parents try to train and re- j strain their children, and yon can gen- i ^oli erallv tell bv the children's behavior There is no doubt! £h®&er^hey'have wise and faithful, pa- j 'rente. But parents cannot doeverythiug. j Boys and girls must have their owa bri- ; dies; they muBt learn to check and gov- ; era themselves. Self-government is the j most difficult and the most important gov- j ernment to teach us; but it becomes i easier every day if you practioe it with j a steady, resolute will, and a firm trust i in him who alone can teach us wisely to rule our own spirits. Sea-Water la A writer in the Bulletin Generate de Therapeutiqxie states that sea-water acts as an alterative in such oases as are bene­ fitted by certain saline mineral waters; and, as it® continued use increases the appetite, facilitates digestion, quickens nutritive changes, and augments the proportion of red corpuscles in the blood, he recommends it in the following cases: First, during convalescence from acute diseases; second, in the apyretic forms of dyspepsia; third, in neurosis associated with impoverishment of tile blood; fourth, in the scrofulous and tuberoukms dia- fifih. in diabetes, Vy/.' table-spooufnl every hour. . '-•?I •» i i xOsi jSAtttKV-™-. half drachm of white wax in one ounce of oil of sweet almonds, then add one-half ounce of pure glycerine and stir until cold. Scent, if you please, with what­ ever perfume liked. This is excellent fdr chapped hands or lips. For the hands apply at night, and draw on a pair of old kids to prevent soiling bed-cloth­ ing. COM* AND EOOS ROB SIOK PKBSOSS. --A sick person, wanting nourishment and having lost appetite, can often be sustained on the following, when noth­ ing else can be taken : Make a strong cup of coffee, adding boiling milk as usual, only sweetening rather more; take an egg, beat the yelk and white to­ gether thoroughly ; boil the coffee, milk and sugar together, and pour it over the beaten egg in the cup you are going to serve it in. This simple recipe is used frequently in hospital practice. PROF. O. 8. FOWMER, the great phren­ ologist, states that bile in the stomach is dissoluble in water just as hot as it can be swallowed. A pint of hot water sipped slowly, say for three-quarters to an hour and a half, after which the pa­ tient is to go to bed and cover up warm, will cure biliousness ; repeat a few times if necessary. The bilious fever and chills are cured in this way, by the ad­ dition of a cloth dipped in hot water and laid on the stomach ; the patient to get into bed, cover up well, and stay there. MARY people suffer from chronic indi­ gestion, from the mere fact that, having first and foremost produced the dyspep­ sia by overloading the stomach, or by other errors in diet, they give it no rest; they keep on worrying it to get well; the very medicines they keep pouring into it keep up the irritation in proba­ bly five cases out of ten. In these cases I am convinced that two or three hours' complete rest to the Btomach every day from botli meat and medicine would soon induce a healthy hunger. Those who have this organ in good working or­ der would do well to remember that the time when every particle of food has left the stomach is not the time to put more in. An hour's rest, at least, is ne eded, and if you give it this before each meal it will be a willing servant, and will never think of suggesting the propriety of a sherry and bitters before you sit down to dinner ; and remember, a will­ ing servant makes a glad master, and a good-tempered one to boot. THK FOOD WE TAKHL--An ordinary mea), says an authority, is generally composed of five ingredients--animal or nitrogenous food, starchy or sweet food, watery vegetables, beverages and condi­ ments. This food, when digested, is taken into the system by the blood ves­ sels. For persons, and especially for workingmen, in this climate, meats are the most easily digested, and at the same time are the most nourishing food. Tripe is the easiest and pork the hard­ est to digest. Among vegetables rice and boiled cabbage are the extremes. Anything that Is fried in fat is extremely indigestible. Milk contains the five in­ gredients referred to above, so is really " all-sufficient." Mothers make a great mistake in trying to induce infants un­ der two years of age to eat starchy food, for there is no alkaline fluid in the stomach of an infant by means of which the .starch can l>e changed to sugar, and open air daily needs fifteen ounces of meat, eighteen of bread, three and a half of bntter or fat, and fifty-one of water. Tea and coffee are nourishing. An excess of starchy food is to be care-' fully avoided. Men who handle lead ought to abstain from alcohol, for, if too much ,is taken, the kidneys, which throw off the poison of the lead, are likely to become diseased. Adventurers of An JEroaaat. The St. Petersburg Herald contains the particulars of the adventure of the Russian aeronaut Rudolph, who ascended in a balloon, and had been several days reported missing. "The day selected for the flight was not a good one, the wind being strong and boisterous. My com­ panion was Professor BaranovBky, of the Meteorological Observatory. On enter­ ing the car, I sang out to the twelve sailors holding it, to 'let go.' As the men dropped the ropes a sudden gust of wind struck the balloon and dashed it against some neighboring trees, the branches of which tore a hole in the silk before it had time to rise. I threw out ballast, but to no purpose. The car drifted along the ground till it ap­ proached a lake, when I lagged the Pro­ fessor to leave it, witli his instruments. The sailors, running up just then seized hold of the ropes and enabled Baranov- sky to get out. They begged me earnest­ ly to do the same, on account of the dangerous condition of the balloon, but I refused. The Professor being clear of the car, I shouted to them to 'let go.' All obeyed the summons except one man, who was carried several feet into the air and dropped amid a general roar of laughter. After this the balloon sailed along tolerably well, and flew for fifty miles through the air, when, the gas l^eing ex­ hausted, it fell near the village of Rootchi. In a very few minutes it was surrounded by men and women, who proceeded to tear it to pieces, and ap­ propriate all the articles in the car, in­ cluding a fifteen guinea binocular glass, forgotten by Professor Baranovsky. In all probability I should also have ex­ perienced rough usage but for the op­ portune arrival of a Colonel of the Im­ perial Guards and two soldiers from a neigh boring chateau. For a few min­ utes the peasants refused to release me, and defied the Colonel, but his deter­ mined attitude and threats to seud for more soldiers, coupled with the presents of a few roubles to buy them a drink, induced them to relinquish me, though not my property. The Colonel very kindly took me homo, and afterward put me in his carriage, with the balloon, and giving me two soldiers to protect me, sent me off to the railroad station." The Flag of the Prophet, The flag of Mohammed is in the ens- tody of the Mohammedan chief priest, Sheik-ul-Islam, and is kept in the mosque of St. Sophia in StambouL It is made of green silk. There is a large crrscent on the top of the staff, from which hangs a horse-hair plume, claimed to have been the tail of Mohammed's fa­ vorite horse. On the folds of the flag are displayed the crescent and certain quotations from the Koran. Mohammed adopted "green" as his emblem, be­ cause nature is green, and it is "ever­ lasting and universal." The following words ar- ontbe fltg : "*AU who draw the sword will be rewarded with tem­ poral advantages; every drop of their blood shed, every peril and hardship endured by them, will be registered on high as more meritorious than either fasting or praying. If they fall in bat­ tle their sins will be at once blotted oot, THE SECRETARY 0F WAR. The annual report of Secretary of War Bant- My gives a general review of the various suboi- sadtbty will betnpwpc^lefto^a: (vlise, there to revel in eternal pMaureK in the of blaok-eyect tawi*. But for he first heaven are tee«£fed those of the faithful who die wtthiuk sight of the green iog of the Prophet. There may • .. . A . no man give or expect mSney." It is j reports, caHa attention to their several diflionlt to predict 'ho • reoonvniendstioiM, swl kwth v. ike gix*o» iiag would have won I wfitilmsiit ihn year Lliii Mysiitmsaeuaiis ; iMawrit. in countries from India to Morocco.-- j tione, and estimates, the Secretary says: " The expenditures for all affairs under the control of this department for the fiscal year ending Jane 80, 1880, were fS9,924,773. Congress appro­ priated for the wrvioe the current flueal year f41,9U3,630. The wtimates for the service of Manufacturer. ' ILLINOIS NE1TB. • • "v ^ A REVIVAL, »f religion is now in pro­ gress at Majority Point, Cumberland! the fiscal Tear ending June 30. 18S2, axe #43,- oounty, ^whi^ted by three devoted ! 627 fl5r> T,lft '» t- lmiecC THE Cairo Bulletin says: "Not in many years were so many substantial! improvements in progress m this city as now." 627,055. The estimates in detail were original ly submitted to me for #62,429,770, but, on re­ vision of the same, oatuaeions or reductions were made as follows: In the civil es­ tablishment, $18,585; military establish- $•250,00;1; public remediable. It is gia^p«%, but very slowly, c-xkndiug soutt, wing communicated from I farm to farm. Its eradication. he believes, may | be eaoiiy aceoubpUsbed, but it ca$ only bo donu j by kiiiing all di**«ed a^eaals aud all who have t UHJU exposed to the disease. A comparatively i small sum will be BUfHoieot to accomplish tbii now. Among the later remits of the work I of the wtsruwr* MI Bwrni \ the aaspires of tSn ^ j , yet been puuiiautxi. are the following; Dr. IX E. Salmon has made some valuable diseov- ! eries in regard to chicken-aholera. Prof, j James Law has been experimenting to see if a j diluted preparation of the virus of the swine- ; plague will not give the animal a slight i attack of the disease, resulting in the ex- | emption of the animal from the more se- i rious attack. He has met with onlv partial success. Dr. H. J. IHtmern, on the other ! hand, baa been experimenting with prevent- j ivea, and believes he has met with success. , There is no remedy for the disease, but the dis- ' covery of a preventive, if it is efft i-tivc, will save many millions annually. A new disease has also been discovered. ltd presence was not ment, $250,00;1; public works, $18,<614,129; and in the miiwel!aneou« elan*, $25,000, making , j the total of revisory reductions $18,902,714. \ suspected until it was noticed that the English THERE are now 174 lodges of the A. O ' Bam® increase in the amounts of estimates ] Government "scheduled" American cattle and U. W. in Illinois, with a membership of ! 18821117 the 8/V4A AII A.I /j . V i *ted for the Tear 1881 appear* in the civil ea-,000. All the lodges areyeported as j tablishment, the • military establishment, and flourishing. J j the miscellaneous. For the public work I have OHM twenty-two members of the1 tedn' t 1 estimates to accord with what I n./1 x t . » »-..." | understand to be the amount required for the House of the last minds Legislature J absolute necessities of the service. In order to have been re-elected, of whom sixteen are Republicans and six Democrats. PACKING operations in Chiestgo have reached a surprising magnitude. The receipts of live hogs last week were the largest on record, being 800,912, of which 283,000 went into barrels there. prevent a waste of property aud damage to commercial interests beyond such necessities, it is submitted. The wisdom of Congress may perceive that, as valuable improvements sur­ round the realty of the Government, and aa the commerce of the country advances iu growth anvl prosperity, so should appropria­ tions to cover expenses l>e apportioned. •* The Mississippi River Commission, operat- THK, Central Illinois Utliversalist As- I iog iu accordance with an act approved June seciation is a religious organization just formed In the interest of the church, in Champaign, Coles, Piatt* Ford, Edgar, Vermilion, Moultrie," Iroquois, Douglas and Madpn counties. '« THE JJ$Hr.4MURIEL D. Ddfeett died re­ cently at his home, near Elgin, aged 100 years 4 months and 5 days. He was born ui England, but had lived near there forthirty-eeven years. He was the oldest man .n the county. Two MRN who, the other day, visited the farm of Randolph Soot% about three miles south of Washington, Tazewell county, with a view of renting, as the place is vacant, discovered* dead body in the well. The body has been identi­ fied as that of a son of Mr. Scott, who during the past season had trouble with a fellow workman, since which time he has not been seen or heard of. THE Agents of eighteen different States are now in Washington fo- the purpose of pushing the land claims of the States through Congress. Thcy-foot up several millions of dollars. They are from the States of Ohio, Indiana* Illi­ nois, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minneseta, Iowi^ Nebraska, Kansas, Ar­ kansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Missis­ sippi, Florida, Oregon, Nevada, and Colorado. THERE will be several candidates; for Clerk of the Illinois House of Repre­ sentatives next winter, says the Chicago Evening Journal. Among those we hear mentioned in that connection arc W. B. Hawkins of Aurora, W. B. Tay­ lor of Wenoua, and W. H. Pvowell of Decatur. We also learn that Mr. J. T. 28, 1879, submitted a report winch was duly transmitted to Congress last March, aud was published by order of the House of Represent­ atives. The report exhibited for the Jirst time estimates of the appropriation required for works of improvement therein described, amounting to |i5,113,000, and it awaited further consideration when the session closed. The ] commission has communicated to me its desire to renew those estimates, aud this communica­ tion will be transmitted to Congress as a matter of special importance, not included, however, in the annual estimates and expenditures for the service of the department " In regard to the South pass of the Mississippi river, the Kecretarv says: " The permanency of this important work seems to be assured from the fact that there has been no failure what­ ever in the maintenance of the maximum channel during the six months ending August last. This improvement has opened through sands aud shoals a broad, deep highway to the ocean, and is one upon the permanent success of which congratulations may be exchanged aftiong people abroad and at home, an t es­ pecially among the communities of the Missis­ sippi vulley, whose commercial exchanges float iu an unobstructed channel safely to aud from the sea." Secretary Ramsey ooaoura in the recommen­ dation of Gen. Sherman that Congress be asked to give 25,000 enlisted men specifically to the troops of the line of the army, and favors the abandonment of many small posts and the con­ centration of larger forces at strategic points. The absence of a large number of officers from their regiments is alluded to, and action is rec­ ommended looking to the relief of the service in this respect. Secretary liamsey indorses the recommenda­ tion of the Adjutant General in relation to placing uniformed State militia upon the same footing in respect to its rules and forms as the regular forces, and calls attentiou to the ne­ cessity of providing by legislation for the or­ ganization, arming and discipline of the mi­ litia. sheep. It is known as aplhous fever, or the foot-and-mouth disease. Sheep, cattle, hogs, horses and poultry are all 'liable to the attacks of this disease, and RS long as it exists animals shipped from American ports are liable to be placed at a disadvantage in the European markets. . Department Estimate*. The book of estimates containing the amount of appropriations required by the public ser­ vice during the fiscal year ending June SO, 1382, has been completed. The total amount estimated for the legislative expenses is $3,038,- 643, The amount appropriated tor the fis­ cal year ending June 80, 1881, was $2,971,897. The estimate for the executive proper is $98,- 068, against $97,484 appropriated last year. The following are the estimates for the several executive departments during the fiscal vear ending June 80, 1882, and the appropriations made therefor for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1881 : * Department*. State Treasury War N»vj Interior. PoHtoffioe Agriculture....... Justice......,,,., 1881. $ 159,940 8,116,240 1,324,860 178.160 1,045,OH* •01,480 144,300 135,180 .4. #99,800 .. I,#57,095 .. 30,J40,"sH.l . I5,0'i2,:«l .. 4,858,865 .. 50,000,000 .. 15,059,586 3,68j,757 The affairs of the LeavesiTOrth ( prison, the Secretary nays, havo been capably _ j administered daring the year. Ho suggests, Wiiuams, of the Tuscola Journal, an ; however, that, iu order to bo entirely suocens- exeellent man, will be a candidate for Jul aud to carry out as far as poisibio the orig Postmaster of the House. THE ladies of the Presby|erian Church of Ottawa are making a Mrs. Hayes me­ morial quilt They purpose procuring the autographs of the prominent men of this State, which are to be attached to the quilt by some device which will pre­ serve the autograph as good as the orig­ inal. When this is done the quilt will be forwarded to Mrs. R. B. Hajes as a token of their regard for the admirable irecedent which she has sslaJsaahed in licd of the me of win* A PARTY of eleven women and their twenty-four children, en route from Sun­ derland, England, to join their husbands in Ottawa, were separated at London, Ontario, the other day, when seven of the women stepped from the train for refreshments and were left behind. They were reunited, however, at Detroit, and formed a merry party. Thewomen were between 20 and 30 years of age, while the four largest children were about 12 years old. The other children ranged from 6 months to 5 years of age, four of them being babes iu arms. THE Illinois State Board of Canvass­ ers has finished its work. The vote by counties does not differ materially from that we have published. The vote for President foots up as follows : Garfield 318,032 Haiici.ck »77,f>a5 Weaver .'. 36,053 Hcutt-riu* 547 Garfield over Hancock, 40,397; Garfield over all, 13,977. The vote for Governor foots up as follows : CuUom 314,565 Tnuebuil 277,582 Streeter 26,6<>3 Cullom over Trumbull, 37,033; Culloin over all, 10,370. PROF. DAWK, a well-known musician of Quincy, left that city on the 18th of October to visit his parents in England. He arrived safely in New York, and sailed on the steamer Egypt on the Ifith. He was last seen on the steamer about 10 o'clock on the night of the 23d. The Egypt arrived at Liverpool on the 30th, and Prof. Dawe's father was on the dock to meet him. He was dumbfounded, however, to hear from the officers of the bout that his son was missing, and that there was no clew whatever as to what had become of him as he had not been seen since the night of the 23d. When Prof. Dawe left Quincy he had two or three large trunks, and the fact that no trace of these could be found on the steamer leads to the belief that he has been foully dealt with. THE following shows the total re­ ceived by each of the Republican and Democratic electors in this State, by the official count: * GARFIELD KI.KCTOBS. Geo. Hchneider.............. £. Callahan Robeit 1'. Lincoln. .. M. Smyth .Tames tV. Ktrk........ ('. M. Bracee K. K. L igan J. H. Elliott James GnodspaecU... Alfred Simple H. D. l'siti rbausih. E. O. Humphrey,,.,,... W. A. tJrini'-iiaw................... 3.C. AlcQu gg... . . . . . . J. II Itowe'l J. M. Siiects .*. ,.j,. James W. Petor«~B T.Norton Gi>. W. Smith «... Wm. H. Jiihason HAXCOCK UKTOM. Wm. J. Allen James S. Ewitig................. inal design of making tho institution s«lf-sus- toiuing, one iin[>ortant measure of legisia lion is necessary, which is the authority of Congress to apply tho earnings of tho pri*oii to its uiaiu- tenauce. The (Secretary says: "From personal in­ spection of many of tlie fortifications referred to by the Cliiof of Engine* rs, I am able to emphasize his recommendations aud beg to state tbat their incompetent and defenseless condition is discreditable to the coiuitry. Judg­ ing from tho history of all other nations and the experience of our own, the United States will, uot<vithstauding our traditional pacific policy, find itself sooner »v later at war with * WWMMfi.. Jftton war cornea it wfii come sMUenly. There will l»e no time after its declaration to couBtruct defenses, either fixed or floating. Other, nations have been for some years and arc now constructing fast war steamers of enormous size, incased m iron armor up to two foet in thickness, and armed with rifled giuis weighing up to 100 tons, carry­ ing shot of a tons weight, fired with little short of a quarter of a ton of powder. It is feared that the country does not appreciate the ] fact that after a declaration of war a few days or even hours might bring these great engines of destruction to our coast. It may bo to New York, or Boston, or Portland, or Baltimore, or New Orleans, or San Francisco, or any poiut the enemy may select No one ouu estimate the damage which may follow." The works of river asid harbor improvements, and examinations, and surveys provided for by the net of March 3,1879, and previous acts, were carried on during the fiscal year with satisfac­ tory progress. The amount available therefor July 1, 1879, was $ 10.772,176. Toe amount ex­ pended to June 30,1880, wus $6,174,221. leaving a balance of #4,597,955 to lie expended during the present fiscal ye«r, to which is to be added appropriations by the Biver and Harbor act of June 14,1880, amounting to $<8,951,500. The aet of June 14, 18-50, makes provision for 343 work* of improvement, in sums varying from ?500 to $30,000. Kiid for surveys and examinations with a view to the improvement of 144 localities. In relation to the Whittaker case, th<? Secre­ tary says: I have refrained from commenting upon the unfortunate agitation which llowed froui4in alleged assault upon a colonxi cadet at the West Point Academy in April last, for the reason that, in some of its legal aspects, the subject is still under consideration." . 1WW. ,...| 163,440 .,-it£!l,237,930 165,429 ..iii' 2.32S,204 .-»««£• 697,791 ...'M? 384,729 137,420 The total amount estimated for the executive departments aggregate $14.536,404.23 for 1882. The appropriations made for the same time in 1881 were 118,408,608 80. * "7- - MtKCXLIJUIMMm, Total judicial Foreign Intercourse Ml.itary estelitlahment. Naval Indian affairs Tendons. Puhiie work Postal service Estimated cmount required for tho pontal service for 1881 42,475,982 The estimated amount which wiU lie provided by tho Department from its own revenue ac­ cruing from postages and other sources is $38,- 845,174, leaving deficiency to be provided fw out of the general treasury 83,630,767. OXHEB ITEMS* Public prltiUng paper, blading and litho­ graphing $ Payment of Judges of the Court of Claims Ijfe-saving station*. Kevenue-eutter service Engraving and printing Lighthouse establishment* Coast and geoineetic survey............. Maintenance of fish-hatching vesiiols, construction of standard weights ana measures, suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes, aud uu other miMoaU laneous object* under Treasury De­ partment Signal service Miscellaneous objects under the War De­ partment Mlfcellanenutt objects under the Interior Department MjsteltanenuK objects under the Depart­ ment ot Justice tsrsiiJ i WUI» Aowm sfliossn Vsr, amvaO, XWMMMI 400,000 619,900 1,11)0,000 425,000 a,os*»,ooo | 956,900 1,493,280 490,000 Grand total. 9,432,233 2,217,175 3,965,000 ......$296,202,722 -t-jg HUMOBS OF fllC WHHH yon "whale"' A boy be 1 ~ WHY not call a hanging ft tion ?" WHBK trellis ara tdmooped tta prtfir ; passengers see stun* . ' - . Wax u a door like m coksed woMMgfcf Because it is an egrwsa. "COME and seam aie; I needle little of your aid," remarked the piece of cloth to the maiden fair. f CONSIDERING that kind words ml nothing, what a, poor stock <D them is In the domestic markets. THK yonng woman who witnessed h«r Soung mancarriedaway bj a balloon saw er beau of promise in the sly. A KANSAS paper ends a nmiiin.ii notice: "The couple left for the Bast 0B the night train where they will raiia "LOVE," Bays a writer, "KghtotMt FB» heart." And it has been known to precisely the same effect on the pockst» book. v IT is said that what makes a hen look like a penny when she is sitting on ft fence is because she lias a head on CM side and a tail on the other. DAKBtTR t̂ells of a man who refused to buy a cyclopaedia. "I know/' he said, "I could never learn to ride on 006 w the pesky things." "NEVER borrow trouble,*1 fhid ft toft band to his wife. "Oh, let Iter borrow il if she can," exclaimed the next-door neighbor; "she never returns anything, you know." GEORGIE (four years old) at the te*» table--"Mamma, may I have some sar­ dines?" . Mamma--"Wait till I'm ready, Georgia." Georgia (surprised)--"Why, ma, its me 'at wants 'em!" YES, Philip. If the young lady b« good tempered while suffering from what her father calls the epizootic, it is safe to say that she will endure all the small ilia of life in a graceful way. --Boston Courier. LIQUORS are not among the things al­ lowed to be entered at agricultural,lairs. The r.iiiieiy of alt ili« diranon in m judges of that department, and ft fight to settle it were found to be disasteroiHi when tried. A NEBRASKA Indian contrived to wd low a lot of dynamite, and now hft oftn stand around the corners and call ft white » n • j * ' W The appropriations for 1881 were in the ag­ gregate #298,060,097. J ........319,020 318,031 , v . . . . 3 1 8 , 0 3 7 ......ii.... 318,033 318,026 .. <f.. •, ,. .318,018 . . . . . ... .318,033 , . . . . . . . . 3 1 8 , 0 3 1 ^...318,033 ......7.....318,027 .*^...318,031 .... 318,030 .............318,033 ......318,024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 8 , U 3 3 .318,030 ; ....318,028 i 318,033 318,033 . . . . . . 3 1 7 , 8 7 ' J Report of the Comnissioner of Agri­ culture. Commissioner Le Due, ia his annual report, strongly recommends that » new building for tho Department of Agriculture be crecteJ. Tbe plans of tho proposed structure hare already been finished. In appearance tho building, as shown in the plan, reminds one of the pictures of tho Sydenham Crystal Palaoe. The offices and work-rooms of the department are ar­ ranged upou the four sides of a hollow parallel­ ogram 1,000 feet in length py 600 feet in depth, tho inclosed spaoo to be made a conser­ vatory for the preservation of specimens of plants and trees valuable for economic or orna­ mental purposes wbi^h can be grown in any portion of the country. It is proposed to place these in the spaoo allotod to the Htaten where they oan be the motit easily and profitably grown. An exhibition of agricultural imple­ ments to be furnished by the manufacturers is also provided for. ComnuHHioaw Le Due will nse his influence in opposition to the scheme of the stock-raisers and cattle-dealers to get an appropriation from Congrcm for the investigation of diaoisei of animals. ThiB work the Comniistuowr says has beon progressing under tho auspices of his department for the last two or three year.-', and h.is boen performed by the most renowned The Silrer Dollar.M ' Mr. Burchard, Superintendent of the Mint, says a Washington telegram, is very enthusi­ astic over the success of the silver dollar with tbe people. He thinks that we can go on with the ooiuage at the present rate without dis­ turbing the money market or the relations be­ tween the two precious metals, for fifteen years, or till we have as many dollars in circu­ lation, or in the treasury, as France has 5- franc pieces, which is about 366,000,000. He thinks that it would be possible to run the busi­ ness of the Government without trouble with a gold balance in the treasury as low an $25,000,- 000. All that is needed, in his opinion, is to have enough so that the Government can con­ tinue to pay out either gold or sUverindiscrimi- nately when called for, and as long as this can be done then silver will not depreciate. Ex­ perience has shown during the last few months that the people are really more loth to take gold for ordinary purposes than silver. This Mr. Burchard explains by tlie fact that for small amounts, in the way of change merely, silver dollars are found t» be more convenient, and for larger sums the bills are preferable, so that for actual circulation gold finds no place. Should any attempt be made by Congrew to in­ terfere with the coinage of the silver dollar, Mr. Burchard will oppose it strenuously. He shows that only about #25,900,000 of the silver in the treasury is there as a part of the reserve, the rest beiug in circulation in the form or silver certificates, the coin being merely held as a deposit, according to law, for tho redemp­ tion of this paper whenever called for. The silver dollar is rapidly increasing in favor in the West, being called for with greater free­ dom the better it is known. It is sent to ap­ plicants to the nearest rab-troasary free of ex­ press charges. man anything he chooses, without bout ~ _ »h73 jarring him even. kicked for his insolenoe. They're shy < MAMMA--"Wiiys my dear Willie, what in the world is the matter with little On* >^§car's head?" Willie--"Well, we're play- in' 'William Tell,' and somehow my ar­ row won't hit the apple, but keeps pfog- giu' his eyes and nose." > THK word LOW. in.one Of dmteets is chemiemSSbt .This accounts for the facMhat never have but one sweetheart at a time. You couldn't expect a man to attend te two chemlendamoughkanagogager tJhm- at once.--Boston Post. AN Irish porter, closing ft shop aaji rainy evening, took off his coat while putting up the shutters. When asked why he went out in his shirt-sleeves in the rain, "sure," said he, "don't I want • dry ooat to go home in ?" - "I UNDERSTAND," said the Galveston Recorder, "that you are a confirmed drunkard." "Dat's whar you is too soon, Jedge. I ain't been confirmed in no church yit, but de Blue Light I'-aptiae* is gibbing Satan a heap ob worry abont me." A LADY wants to know why the rail­ road companies do not provide special cars for tobacco chewers as well as for smokers. Bless your innocent heart! Tobacco chewers are not so particular ae thai An ordinary passenger oar is good enough for them. A MEMPHIS man wanted to kill ft mos­ quito on the back of a Mend's neCk, and ?•"• <«*' 7>LKI '• " The New Chinese Treaty. It is announced from Washington that the Btate Department has received enough of the Chinese treaty by telegraph to indicate the na­ ture of the treaty., The text of the treaty it­ self cannot reach this city under four or five weeks. The text of it then will be transmitted by the State Department under the teal of se­ crecy to the Senate for ratification. It ii un­ derstood that thin document dt<* » not change the status of American citueiu in China, nor does it enter into the commercial features cov­ ered by the lleed treaty of 1858. It is ia ac­ cordance with Secretary Evarits* policy of re­ straining further immigration of Cliinese to thi* country, while at the same time uot going to the extreme of Bending those bade who are already here. No master of any vessel owned in wholo or in part by a citizen of the United States, or by any foreign country, shall take on board from any port fin the Chines# empire or other foreign ports any number <nt Chinese pa«#enger3, male or female, m exoessM the number of fifteen," to bring them withiii\the jurisdiction of the United States. Any master of a vessel who vi­ olates this clause of treat£jhallbe considered guilty of a misdemeanor. No Consul or Consular Agent ofNtbe United States can grant a certificate to any vessel leav­ ing China for this country if Vht on board more than fifteen Chinese paseeisgej*. Tho limitations do not apply to per«wns offi­ cially oonneoted with the Chinese Government, •r to persons rescned from shipwreck. The master of any vessel arriving ia the and skillful veterinary surgeons in the laud. , ™ ^ ^ The original work is iu fact nearly finished, j States shall fie required to furnish a ftod till thai tho proposed conmii^ioii could ! lint of rhimum on boiurd do would be to go over the same ground ; big sg&in. As a result of the work pej fomwd by ! Wm. C. Seipp Win. J. Hvnes j... K. A. Il'iffinau, Jr....... ........ T. B. Con UT Frederick Htabl.................. J. 8. E ke« Patrick C. .......... L. T. Fe'litzKch James W. Utlt'tT.......... ....-i... Wm. O. Ewing. - L. F. Uauniton........... A. M. Miller Wm. *1. Bmdy............. li. L. MeKinlay...,......j,*.'.... John W. WeMtcotU..,. .. .„ .. •lallieii M. Dill............. IM...... 51 C.Crawford. G)' rge 8. Fuhr E. J>. Youngblood ....277,314 277,307 the agents of the dep'rtment a till is now pending before the Senate (VHamittoe on Ag­ riculture embodying the remeJial suggestions of tho gentlemen who have conducted the investigation. This bill was introduced last April by Senator Johnston, who nays he will endeavor to secure its passage at the approach­ ing session of Congress. By its proiisions it is made an olfense punishable by tine and im­ prisonment for any person to deliver for trans­ portation, or for any railroad official to receive for transportation, live cattle affected with any infectious disease, and especially with con­ tagious plenro-pnenmonia. Section 4 provides for a oommi-wioii to be composed of the Com- ! missioner of Agriculture, the Second Assi.-<t- j ant S-jcretarv of State and the Second Assist- ; ant Secretary of the Treasury, whose duty > , it shall be to take measures for the suppression ' ^ W?'*ii ' 01 infectious and eoatagious diseases of domes- j • tic animals. Appropri tions to be made by ; "277,31'l; Congress are to bt« awarded to tho several j States nhich shall signify ttftir acceptince of ! the ru'es and rogulntions forti,i-d bv the bo*rd ; in sums sufficifnt to purchase r.ll diseased aui- i malM ct two-thirds th* value of sound nnimal<, j which diseased animals are to be slaughtered, j Commissioner Le Dno says the inrest-g - t tions of tho agents of the department have resulted in the discovery of the present ter- 277,321 277,311 277,312 ...........277,313 277,312 277,311 277,311 i 277,313 .........277,814 I .........277,313 : .,.,.....277,312) . .1477,311 .........277,3i:s '277.310 ....277,225 "WHT did Henry newer smile ?" asked the school-teacher. "Maybe," suggested the boy &T the (ll : - foot of the rlfinff^ "beoapse he joined] ntori&l limits of the pleurogmeumagta^aM I ouly^witl^ prevent agportk>Dxaeiit betnf ; ̂ Congre«slenftl BepresentettM. Washington dispatches state that Cton, Walker, Superintendent of the Census, sees no reason why Congress should not make the ap­ portionment under the recent census during the coming session. He thinks they will do so, as he expects to hava the comj lete official re* turns before them in about one week after mating To make the apportionment is a very simple thing, if the vote can be agreed upon. This is the difficulty. Tbe New En­ gland and Middle States will fall behind, and the loss of votes in Congress and the Electoral College will be so distasteful that Representatives from these sections will argue against much enlargement of the basis of rep­ resentation. If it is enlarged, no matter how little, States like Vermont and Xw Hampshire will each lose a member of Congress. In case the tasis is not changed at all, but a member allowed to every 131,WK) inhabitants, as now, Congress (the lower house) will be swelled to 863 members. On this basis the New England States will lose four members, ami the Mid- dlo State* six. Seven will be gained in the West, and three in the South. The question will give rise to volumes of debate, and this without stopping to mention his design, hit the insect a belt, and when his friend got up and brushed the sand out of his mouth and eyes four men had to hold him wltile the matter was expluiued. .TONY had a sty on his eye, and be­ coming annoyed at the frequent inquiries of his friends regarding it, he wrote on ft card which he pinned conspicuously on the lapel of his coat the following: "Sty; had it about two weeks; hurts likft blazes!" This effectually shortened *B conversation on an unpleasant subject "CAN yon keep a secret?" said Mr. ^ Middlerib, impressively, looking at his wife- "Indeed I can," she exclaimed eagerly, running across the room that she might cling to die lapels of las coat while she listened. "Well," said tibft brutal man, "you can do a great deal more than I oan, then. I never eonll M remember one long enough to tell it." •% Two friends from the interior put up ^ at a Galveston hotel and were given on* room. The man in the next room over» « heard the following conversation, about daybreak next morning: "I say, Bill, ere you awake ?" "Ive been wide awnkft lor the last two hours." "Lend tm;fivedM> lars?" "I'vedozed off again." "I kne*r you were lying when you said yon wide ftWftke.H ""KV1-* -- ~ - .1 , I 4Wb v* mm v^| Attvnai u«uto ui the Bed-Bibbon ' hive practioaDy j*oved that Ancient Methods.:. How unreasonable! some girls sire ! Felicia asked her brother to buy the Science Monthly for h<?r, because it had lin article on " Ancient Metlunls c.f Flir­ tation then, when he broiur'tt if said he was horrid and mean turned out to beon "Ancient Methods of Filtration." v < THB latest thing for ladies* *sa* is ft large oord with tassels is worn around tbe waist. It! but any young man who is 1 tive to a girl this winter till haye to protect his right wdst iritht some kind of pad, and even then mnok of timromance attendant upon dninwg th« wuist ol ft lovely creature will aiaappeftr wh«S] arm oojaes in «wit»ot with t** that ME-mm too huge foraej. and not ktfge enough forasiay"* bswwt I* is wonderful how ^jJ|«4-}md Is Parliamentary in w|W, when the prominence it gives iHHBiiieml Thirty y«ar» a^fo'Ctel. ifil* thorpe and JowjA Mm familiar in the united 1 _ atone or Disraeli. To-day art in a hnndrad kaows who they