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X i * ,:f^!S;5s V? 1 ». { . * ' * ' ' jffcgtrnre flaindcalct 1. VMSIYKC. Editor si Ml PufeCshsr. M SfcHENMT, • - ILLINOia M ^Af '• &••' ' Wn;\ %r- f*-$H - ' j ? $ f E E B L T l E W S R E V I E W . :'>|||" TUB EAST. Br the giving wav of ice at F&li River, Williun Law and son and Samuel Varley i * and son were drowned John J. Berry, f * Saskier of the Bank of Bergen County, at Jfockens&ck, N. J., has been sentenced to five *i wars in the Rtate prison for embezzlement.... Jfew York thieves flung a bar of lead through the window of a jewelry store in Sixth avenue, 'tw i .while the proprietor was sitting inside, and \ ,(|bstrnctod $4,000 worth of diamonds and patches. IT is given out in Wall street that Oonld and Vanderbilt are hereafter to work to- in the development of Southwestern ads and in tbe oaaetnietioB of a lines to lie Mexicau capital. r„ THE weight of snow and the with- 4ravn>.l of rapports caused the south wall of the «ld portion of the Lake Shore depot at Buffalo |p fall, the roof burying a train. Five persons "v7 .t§erv crushed to death and several others seri­ ously injured. There were several cast's < f lairaculous escape, two persona having broken -- fjiadows and leaped into Exchange street. Tne W8S will be $50,000. -I ; GEN. GRANT, Logan C. Murray and i lit. V. Newcomb propose to establish in New , Xork, at an early date, the United States Bank, 'V""'IjiSth a capital of £400,WW. ' A PASSENGEB train on the North Penn- '<! jjplvania railroad collided with a freight train .'..."•lllloek Hill station. Two men were killed, *mr fatally injured, and five badly injured. Bie fl ig station was demolished, and the tele­ graph operator seriously, if not fatally hurt. PROF. FRANKLIN CARTER, of Tale Col- jHjge, has been elected President of Williams • wlege. (THE WEST. Tk» grocery house of the Greeley- Bornham Company, the latest in St. Louis fte adjacent store of 8. B. Sale & Co., the cof­ fee warehouse of Long <fc Hart, and the candy factory of O. H. Peckman & Co. have been turned. Loss estimated at §400,000 In a alorm at Qervase, Ore., a school-house con­ fining 100 pupils and teachers was carried • eighty yards. Several children were tadly hurt, but none were killed Two'brothers, n&med John and Henry Nessel!, living near Kendallville. lud., got into a friend- y tussle. John became angry, and struck Henry with a >-tick of stove-wood, killing him almost inntantly. The fratricide is under ar- Mst John Vinegrow. an insane man. while being taken to jail at Rockford, 111., asked per- , jBitiMou to walk behind the sleigh and get his Beet warm. In a few seconds he was disoov- * Hied to have cut his throat from ear to ear. Miss Amos PIXLEY, the most amns- fig young comedienne on the American stage, is at McVicker's Theater, in Chicago, this week, -with her California play. " M*Li>«," a comedy -which is always welcomed with overflowing houses. Mies Pixley has rounded and added to the character since it was first put in her hand* until now it is worthy of the actress. She is OTpportod by a fine selected company. -Next Week, Baker and Farron appear after a trip - ••found the world. , JOHN H. HAVERLT has arranged with , .K|bicago capitalists to erect, iu that city, one of the finest ti eaters in the United States.... pamage of pearly t50,W0 has been inflicted by at on the town of Wahiut, Iowa The large pork house of J. C. Ferguson & Co., of bdianapolis, has been entirely destroyed bv iire. TRie loss on the block is s?875,(>00 ; insured, $325,- •00 on building, $105,000; uiburt ii, $60,000 Tbe business portion of Omro, Wis., has been destroyed by tire. The loss is estimated at Ab Barnes, a freighter, was asked to drink by James Fowler at Custer City, Dak., and, declining, was shot dead bv Fowler, who < *aa taken away by the vigilauts.'and his body . JfM found the next morning hanging to a tree. -*«. JAT Gocxa> has purchased 100 shares . * "£$ the Vulcan steel works of St. Louis Scout Oulbtrteon and ten Yanktonais Indians were Mcentty sent out from Poplar river, Montana, &Col. Ilges, to ascertain the whereabouts of ing Bull. They have returned with a report thbt tbe hostilcs number forty-three lodges, •nd made seven camps on the march to their «ld stamping-ground at Woody mountain. ; ; , THE propeller City of Ludington got d isprisoned in a field of ioe off the Michigan ,S^ore, and was carried across Lake Michigan when it moved Two men were killed by an Explosion in a linseed-oil mill near St Paul, ljinn. Tbe building then took tire and burned &wn Bertie Clippeuf>er, a messenger in the Ifcchigtn House of Representatives, while jriaying in the Capitol, fell sixty feet through ^ ma well hole, striking on his face on the Harble floor. His death was inrfinUn^, 'THIBTBK* miles from Santa Fe, Mi M., Julian Vigil, Mexican, killed his wife dmI young daughter, chopping them with an •a, and severely wounded his son, leaving him tar dead. The man tbeo bong himself to a atfter in the same room. Cause, --rtr oro- 4aced by liquor. •.is.** THG aovra. on the ground that the roads are subject to Legislative control unless protected by their charters Twentv convicts, at work in a tun­ nel near A*hville, K. C., were buried under a mass of earth which fell into the cut. Ifaar were killed and several injured. : WASHITOTOii IKPORMATION hm< been opnv«yed to tbe President from the secret-sSlrvico agents of the British Government that the Irish sympa­ thizers with the Home-Rule movement in Ire­ land are contemplating an armed movement upon Canada. IN reviewing the aoheroe pf M. de Leaseps, the Honse Committee on Interooeanic Canals argues that an investment of foreign capital under a foreign charter oannot be dis­ connected from an assertion of foreign power, and that the Panama roots offers to our commerce no advantages over that of other nations. The committee expresses the opinion that De LesKeps" scheme would cost $300,000.000, and would not l»e completed in less than twenty years. The Nicaragua route i-» held to be not free from objection, and inferior in advantages to Te- huantepec. The practicability of Eads' ship railway has been proven, and it can be con­ structed at one-fourth the cost of a oansl wkh locks, and completed in five years. MR. HOBERT P. PORTER, chief of the wealth, debt and taxation division of the Census Bureau, has issued a preliminary report upon 300 cities having a population of ovor 7,600 each. The statement is a startling one. The bonded debt of these cities aggregates $664,000,000, and there are 6,000 smaller cities and towns yet to l;e heard from. The per-capita debt of tbe Eastern cities is tt>2, of those in the Middle States tj76, and of those in the South .$5(>, while in the West the per • capita debt h only about $32. Mr. Porter esti­ mates the entire local indebtedness--State, county and city--of the United StuteK at ovor $1,200,000,000... .The Scu*t<« Committee on IVrritories will report in favor of creating the Temtorv of Pembina from the northern hair of Dakota. POLITKCiX. THE Republican Executive Committee of Virginia adopted, by a vote of 19 to 7, an address calling upon Republicans to stand by the party organization. This action is con­ sidered a victory for thos? who oppose an al­ liance with the ileadjuKtera. ffepfetnbsr. Ha tbooght that Mr. tak«& a Joa^ tiim ^ to reply. SEVERAL. CAPT. GLASS, of the steamer James­ town, has raided the illicit stills in Alaska, de­ stroying over 200 of them At a meeting of ihe Directors of tha Western Union "Telegraph Company, Gen. Eekert was rhosen General Manager. Jay Gould and Bnssell Sage are among the new Directors. THE peach-growers in Delaware are of the belief that the crop this year will be cut off by the effects of the recent cold weather. No LESS than three new trunk lines between New York and Chicago bid fair to be arranged within the present year. Tbe Wa­ bash system, having a traffic contract with the Great Western, of Canada, will run its trains over that road Irom Detroit to Buffalo, whence New York can be reached by the extension of the Delaware, Lacka­ wanna and Western. An alliance between the old Atlantic and Great Western and the New York, Ontario and Western roads will conuect Chicago and Cincinnati wkh New York. The third scheme is backed by sub-captions of $13,500,000, and embraces tbe Lake Erie and Western and the OLio Central toadi^wliing New York by the Central New Jersey. . FOREIGN. V * THE Porte is preparing new taxes, in­ cluding a poll tax and a forced loan from in­ habitants of Constantinople, on the ground o their exemption from military service in other parts of the empire. The land tax will bo in­ creased and paid five years in advance.... Thomas Carlylt-, tbe eminent English historian, died in London on the 5th inst., at the ri)>e age of 86 years. He was bmied in the; church­ yard of his native town in Scotland.... It is said that Biitnsrr-k, approving ot tlie gold standard for Germany, d<>ert not tavor the pro­ posal of France for r.n international conforence on the silver (jui stion The King of Ashan- tee lias declared war against England, and store* and ammunition have been ordered to the Cape coast from Madeira. A DUBLIN dispatch says : Although terrorism has not diminished in the West and 8outh of Ireland, there is in other particulars a decided change for the better in all parts of the country. The Government is tully alive to the plans of the Fenians, and is prepared to de­ feat them. The tenants of several estates here­ tofore refusing to pay rents are now paying.... | A dispatch from Oookhaven, Ireland, reports that the steamer Bohemian, from Boston, was wrecked iu Duuiough bay. Tuirty-two of the crew were drowned and tweuty-one saved.... By an explosion in Whitfield colliery, England, seventeen men were imprisoned," and have probably perished In the British House of Commons, the Home Secretary announced that Davitt will not be subject to ordinary prison labor, but must wear a convict's dress. * PATRICK EG AN, Treasurer of the Irish Land League, telegraphed to the editor of the Irish Worbl from Paris that he is in that city to maintain the connection between Ireland and America. He adds that Ireland is thor­ oughly organized, nndaunted, disciplined, and ready to carry on the tight to the bitter cud.... Brenpan, one of the Irish traversers, is com­ ing to the United States to collect funds for the Land League, and Walsh will visit Australia for the same purposo.... , . , , A dispatch from Belgrade says tbe Bkuptachina WKUKwaDLlMO horror la reported | has unanimously passed a resolution in favor Owensvffle. Ky., George Preiat, bache- | ot cloning all ihe monasteries in Servia •, aged 76 years, and his sister, Mrs. Eliza- ! '^*re ** a diplomatic crisis in Spain. Inconse- Wk Good paster, state years older, lived alone together. The sister has for a long time been paralyzed, and unable to get out 9t bed. Before retiring at night, Ifevait started to throw on a back log and build mp the fire. He lifted the log, and, in throv- it on the fire, fell with it, and, being unable to rise, was burned to death. His skier was toeing on the bed, but was unable ia her cond - tgm of health to get to him or render him any aMstance. At last, by an almost superhuman •Sort, she got out of bed and dragged her brothers body out of the fire, and toanaged to get back in bed, and there was compelled to lie, being completely exhausted abd unable to 1 urn over, with her brother's dead and burned body lying ia full view on the learth. Nothing was known of the affair «ntil the following day, when Mrs. Goodpas- ter s son went to his mother's to help his uncle »ed the stock. As he stepped in the door the •orrible and blood-curdling scene was gpened to his view. There in bed lav Bis mother, with eyes widely distonded and she looking wildly with them, while cii the •earth lav the bodv of his uncle, „tiff and mftfk iu death, budly burned, and with evt<< •lieeks, ears and a portion of his neck eaten by S flats, the whole presenting a ghastlv sight. Lrs. Goodpaster had never clos< d her eve* wing the whole night, and was lying there j,toeing the body of her dead brother, and nn- ajble M move at all or make anv noise what­ ever, an<l was compelled to see the cats eating the flesh from the face of her brother quenre of the King's opposition to their new financial scheme, the members of the Cabinet have resigned. COFIF.b of some highly-interesting doc­ ument-t connected with Bassian intrigues In Afghanistan have been given to the world by a demand made ia the British House of Com*> mons. Among them is & secret treaty, in which llussia agrees to assist the Ameer against foreign enemies, and the Amoer con­ tracts to furnish Gen. Kauffman with informa­ tion ol importance. A plan for inciting re­ bellion among the Mohammedans of India i-» also revealed. These papers bear a date sub­ sequent to the cigning of the treaty of Berlin.... Archbishop McC*l>e, of Dublin, has written a reply to the recent pontifical letter. He ex­ presses the utmost veneration for the Pope, but lusists th(t the land agitation in Ireland has n just object in view, and must be encouraged. He regrecs that outrages have been committed, and promises the iuiluence of the lioman Cath­ olic clergy to prevent further excesses At a meeting of the Ltnd League, in Dublin, Dillon urged the continuance of the organiz­ ation even after the passage of the Coeroioii bill. He advised the tenants to resist the land­ lords in every way short of physical force. A resolution was aaopted requesting l'arnoll to proceed to America at once to neenre the sym­ pathy of Americans... .Tne Britishjtroops oper­ ating against the Boer*, in Kouth Africa, have experienced another severe deloat. THE Greeks fling out a declaration A woman with considerable utoney stopped for tt..* „ ... , lodging at the house of a ne>tro named John! they wU1 l ccePt nothing less than the " terms of the treaty of Berlin. A decree sum­ moning the National Guard has been at Athens. ®euips, in Charlotte county. She was put iu _ room with Demps' wife, but in a different bed ' ®emps determined to murder the woman, and •nfcered tne room at midnight with an ax and ifitfa two fearful blows, he killed his wife' sup^ ®o*iug h< r to be the visitor. The screams of »»« other woman informed him of his • Ijustake. She fled; and he, after Jurying his wife, was arrested while burning Ihe bed-clothing to conceal his crime 3Vo Federal soldhers having recently been nbot ftead m the street* of Han Angelo. Texas, their made a raid, & few nkrbta ago and 4nd a} out indiscriminately, killing an unoffend- h Museville, Va., a negro, convicted M * trifling offense, became enraged, and, With the assistance of some other negroes, as­ saulted all the whites with a bludgeon. One THE Mersey Steel and Iron Company, of Liverpool, has gone into liquidation. Its liabilities are £358.008. *•••• C0H0BE88I9H AL SUK1A1Y. The United States Senate wss to sssslnn a time on Bsturdsy, Feb. k&4 paaaad m Jelat resolution Inviting the Oorernmrat sad people of Frsnce and the fkmllyef LafkjretU to join la tbe fork town celebration. Mile were pasee6 for tke •rection of e public bnildin# in Qntnejr, m», to sreci a monnmea* »t Wyandotte lIUslou, ia Ohio, Ths House pamed both tbe Senate joint raMinttona wjird to the electoral c<niQt. If fnan was killed and two f "»• electoral couni Some hours were r^ne8;o«i^MtoZ""Km0;?dSta f <• Tnw. Fripndii." whn . ... The United States Senate took up the MItt <4 the Secretary of the Interior In relation to census frauds in South Carolina, on tbe moraine of Mon­ day, Feb. 7. Messrs. Butler, of South Carolina, sad ConkUag, of Mew York, got Into s rather per- Cril oil works, with a I urge amount of "nmterial *on*1 altercetion over the matter. Replying to the jlad product, the loss being *200.000 The At- I 1*n*ua«® contained in a speech by Mr. Conkltng, lantic, Mississippi and Ohio mlroid*was sold * ' ' -- - - True Friends, who resolved not to gve their Comrades up. They paraded all nwht *ith the murderer at their hewl bSit- t*»r a drum. Twelve m.-n, well armed Be- •uretl their arrest and lodged them in jaii ^ fire at Memphis utterly destroyed the South- • Ufc at suction at Richmond, VJ. Clarence H Olark. of Philadelphia, was the purchaser *t ^ #8,606,000. ' 1 r *,.. . i { IN a case brought by a railroad stock- !>; ' • bolder against the llailroad Commission of SF," ^ 4leorgia, Judge Wooda fully sustained thelat- i #py*»»rmi(irilfag Iteight and passenger tariff a, Butte had for the veerings of that Senator 'bis had no concern. Mr. Butler--Tito staggering in»o!ence of the ••aator fresn New York has no concern for me, Mr. Cockling--The Senator is a person with whom I do to b*n<ly words or epithets here or else- It of all Lie.*. The snttfect was then la a (ti*b»t<i on the District bill, Mr. Thurman declared that he would vote for HesusinK the eats of Nquor. Senators Hamlin and Thurman were t^pointsd tellers for the Senate In the electoral count meeting. C< nslderation of tbe Pension Appropriation bill occupied the remainder of tbe seeeion. The House refused to suspsnd the rules and pass a resolution to appoint a commission to re­ port a basis for a reciprocity treaty with tbe Britixb provluces. lh<« ltiv%r and Harbor Mil recei\ed a similar refusal. Billa were introduced: B.v Mr. Wsshbnra, Of Minnesota, providing that railroad companies can oocupy auch public lands as they may need for right of way of any propoeed line by making entry at the Land Office and paying tbe Oovernment price; by Mr. Robeson, "frmpelling railroad companies to provide all psHaenger coaches with axes, flro-extfnguishera, etc., and to punish with lines such companies as vi­ olate tbe law;, by Mr. Ford, for distribution of the public lands; by Mr. Turner, a Joint resolution thst Congress has no power under tbe con­ stitution to impose a tariff exct-pt for the purpose of raising revenue; by Mr. Gillette, a re->ohitio7. of sympathy for the Irish. Tbe Senate bill passed relative to the non-forfeiture of vessels for broach of the Itevenue laws. Messrs. House and Crowley were appointed tellers to make a list of the electoral votes on the part of the House. Mr. Bruce made an adverse report to the Senate on Tuesday, Feb. 8, on the joint resolatioa to provide for the enforcement of the eight-hour law. The Pension bill came up in oommittse of the whoie, and an amendment by Mr. Plumb was agreed to, appropriating 1300,000 for fifty examiners. Mr. Blair introduced a resolution for a constitutional amendment to prohibit, after the year 1900, the manu­ facture, sale or exportation of liquors except for uiedicAl or mechanical purposes. The credentials of I'hiletus Sawyer, of Wisconsin, and Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryj&nd, were presented. Senator Conblintf introduced a serien ot resolutions calling on the Secre'sry of the Trerunry for detailed infor­ mation an to the administration of the New York t House snd the working of the civil-eervice rules there. The resolutions were adopted. The River and Harbor Appropriation bill was re- po'tfdto the House and referred to the committee of the whole. The east gallery was set apart for the uoe of the families and guests of Senators and mem­ bers desirintr to be present at the electoral count. The House went into committee on the Legislative bill, which was conaidered but not disposed of. Ap­ propriate resolutions on tbe death of Congressman Farr, of New Hampshire, wrre adopted. Eulogies were de ivercd by Meixre. Briggs, Hall, Bay, Bland, Bowman, Sherwiu and others. In accordance with the constitution, the electoral votes were opened en Wednc sday, Feb. 9» in the Hall of the House, in tbe manner prescribed by the concurrent reso;ution sdopted s few days ago. Vice President Wheeler and the Senate filed into the Hall of Representatives shortly after 12 o'clock, the former taking a seat beside tbe Speaker, and the latter being given chairs in the front row of desks. The tellers having taken their placet", the Vice President opened tbe packagc< coutalniuR the certificatea of election and handed them to the teller*, who announced the vote. When the Georpia certificate was real, the Vice President said that, a« the vote was cast on a day other than that fix*d by act <M Congreas, tbe result would not I>e recorded until it should sp- pear whether the counting or omitting would affect the general result. All tho certificates having lieen opened and read, Senator Tlinrmnn announced in the lancusge of the resolu­ tion that if the vote of Georria be counted the re*ult won'd Im, Jame« A. Garfield 214 votes, and Winfleld S. Hancock 155 vote*; bnt if the vote of Georgia be not counted the result wonld be, James A. Garfield 214 votes, and Winfleld 8. Hancock 144 vot»s. In either case James A. Gsrfleld had received a majority of all the e'ect/ ral votes. He made a ximilar statement resardinu the vote for Vice President The Vice President then declared Garfle'.d and Arthur elected for the four years beginning on the 4th of March, and the Senate retired to ita chambcr. The House and Senate passed a resolution petting forth that no further declaration of the result of the election was necessary. Tn he Senate, Mr. Wallace submitted a resolution falling on the President for information in regard to the naturalisation by the Unitvd State* of natives of Spain. Mr. Windom int-odueed a bill authorizing the Mexican National Railway Company to construct a bridge to the center of the Rio Grande. The Pension Appropriation bill was parsed. On motion of Mr, %'oo>liee«, the Joint resolution granting con­ demned cannon to tbe Morton Monumental Associa­ tion pawed. The House passed the legislative Ap­ propriation biii. A bill wai passed by the United States Sen­ ate on Thursday, Feb. 10, appropriating 1300,000 to purchase ground and erect tbereon a depository of Government records. Messrs. Pendleton, Anthony and Bayard were appointed a committee to make arrangements for the inauguration. Mr. Blair introduced a bill containing most of the pro­ visions of the * 8ixty-8urgeons" bill, which was excluded foom the Pension appropriation bill on a point of order. Some minor matters hav­ ing been disposed Of, the Postal bill was taken up. An attempt was made to amend it by inserting an item of $l,t>00,0l)0 to aid in the establishment of American unea of iron steamers. Mr. Voorhee* presented a concurrent resolution of the Indiana Legislature for an appropriation of $100,0dl» for the improvement ol the Kankakee river, bome private pension bill» passed. In the House. Mr. Itesgan micceeded in living the River and Har­ bor bill taken up, and appea.t d for ita passage with­ out amendment, A long del ate upon the provisions of the tni; took place, .aatiug the »ho t t-ession, which was enlivened by a" flare up" between Messrs. Reagan and Cox. in which some hart! things were said by both. Mr. Cox finally expressed regret at hi* show of temper, and the cimia blew over. Mr. Murch offered a resolution, which was adopted, ordering investigation into the "infiucLoe" irpoiteu to Ua\u beou i,*ed upon members of Con­ gress by the Washington Gaslight Company iu re- Sard to their contract for lighting the cite and pub-cbnildiage. I he Houce bill granting public lands in Da­ kota, Arizona, Montana and Wyoming Territories for nniversity purposes was pasted by tbe Senate on Friday, Feb. 11. Mr. Hoar introduced a resolution directing the Judiciary Committee to take into con­ sideration the danger srising from tbe pretence of large bodies of armed 8tate militia at Presidential inaugurations. In a personal statement Mr. Dawen declared that Secretary Schurz hid stood in tbe way of all redraw to the Poncas. Mr. Conkling submitted a resolution of inquiry sKt> the collection c.f tolls on the Kanawha river. Sena­ tor Wallace urged a return to the district systeiu of Voting for President. A test vote on tbe Post- offiee Appropriation show* that the steam­ ship sulKtidy of $! ,000,000 will pans. The session ot the Honne vim dtrvoted to private bi!la, among them being otic to make Indianapolis a port of delivery. An ineffectual attempt waa incde to put through the Chicago lake-front measure. Tbe Committee on Appropriations reported in favor of the appropriation for tbe Jeannette search expedi­ tion. during the campaign, Mr. Butter apoka of ita ehargea and lualnuatlons as being as malignant in the.i- purp we against the riouth aa the heart that inspired their utterance, and asserted | that, although the evldiace of tbe correctness* or tbs j ceoaux figure* was ctMjciuxtve and overwhelming ot the autht.rV charge, be had not lmd tbe honenty I to make amend, forliid dlxhnnorubie per\er»>oi.n. | Mr. C.mkliug replied to Mr. Butler that he inferred j that the latter li»d deaigised lita remark* axan assau.t *fSM htai for sniatlilng he had said ia a spec eh last I«wl Md Interesting Ifem. The Boston Globe has made a happy deaL In an extraordinary special edi­ tion dated Jan. 1, " 1981," it presentH the news of 100 years from now, in a highly interesting and elating manner. The Phonograph in Divorce Suits-- Sunday-School Excursion in Air Oars-- Terrible Aocidenta in Mid-Air--Inven­ tion of a Burglar Bouncer, are respec­ tively treated from the standpoint of the advanced journalism of that day. News by the Talkogram and Pho- tophone from all parts of the world is fully presented. To show the progress of those times, it is only necessary u> state that " Hiram Grant's bay mare Broad 8. trots a mile iu 1.37J." Every one should secure from his news­ dealer or from Me»srs. A. Vogeler & Co., of Baltimore, Md., by whom this edi­ tion in exclusively controlled and owned, a copy of the Boston Globe for "1981." Moiled on receipt of price--five CENTS. To read it is to nave grace and flexibility imparted to the intellect, and a strong desire to liYe on--as the poet wonld ex­ press it. The Unlnc^jr X» Capt. John N. Boflnger, a steamboat man of Bt. Louis, well known through­ out the South and West, has been de­ voting much time to the history of steamboats. He has found that steam­ ers, and especially W^itern river steam­ ers, whose names begin with " M," are very unlucky. If they have not been sank, burnea^ or destroyed bj boiler ex­ plosions, their owners have met with financial disaster through their means. AN proof of what he avers to be true he eitee innumerable Magnolias, Missouris, Magentas, Maiys, Myrtles, Massachu­ setts, Metropolises, Marigolds, Missis­ sippi*, Mayflowers, Monitors, Montioel- los» and others with initial " M," all of which have come to griet Only Words. Ik ir na unfortunate fact that with many authors words are almost the only care; they make it a study not so much to produce new sentiments as to recom­ mend those already known in fuirer deoontions. Thus the reuder searches for information in vain ; he finds noth­ ing trat worda. iLLOOra LE6ISLATURK* I'laeiT, Peb. 4.--8*nAT*. --The Committee on Appropriations reported in favor of allow­ ing #150,000 for the expenses of the Tbirtjr- sixthi General Afssmhlytaistoad of the#100,000 *or to tbe hill, the trill to appmriato #2,000 to tha Hshtral Histnrv Swictv waa rec­ ommended topas». K«w HUta were (ninsnted as follows s fit regard to the timo of botdltur Circuit Ootats, exciiiHive of Cook coaatv : to aide tor the sale by the County Clerkof all s, lota, village and city property forfeited to the 8tate; to amend the law in relation to the Illinois and Michigan canal, and fjr the im­ provement of tbe Illinois and LitUe Wabash rivers; to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within two miles of the limits of cities; to appropriate #18.250 for the expenses of beating the^ftate Honae, Btale pcmting, bind­ ing. etc.; to enable cities and villages to build, acquire and maintain bridges and ferries out­ side of their corporate limit*, and to control tho same; in regard to injunctions; in rel.tUon to the, liabilities of stockholders of corporations. By invitation, Miss Matilda Fletcher, the edu­ cational reformer, during a recess, addressed •he Senate on her Moral Educational bill. lloijSjt.--A nnmber of bills on. second read­ ing were considered, the Lincoln Park bill, as it is called, calling out a long discussion. The bill appropriating #1,800 to pay the indebted­ ness incurred in holding the Appellate Court in th» Fourth district was parsed, Satbkdat, Fob. 5.--Sbjuts.--Bills were intro­ duced as follows : Appropriating #5,000 ftor the relief of A. A. Moore, who lost an arm by the premature discharge of a State cannon at Lin- •&>.&! • • • - -- ' .$> VJ : were presented as follows: To amend an act to establiuh the Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners, providing that snch Commis- •ioners shall bo elected every two yean by a vote of the people t to authorise titles, in­ corporated towns and towns to establish and maintain free public libraries and reading- rooms ; in regard to Justices of the Pcace; Honse Linecar Revenue bill; to appropriate money to pay Edwin W. Bike- well for forty acres of land, now in the posses­ sion of the State. Mr. Merritt's Irish resolu­ tion wss paHHed ; also, the resolution provid­ ing for the adding of Banat^r Mann to the Visiting Committee. HOUSE.--The bill for the incorporation of cities and villages by a yote at the next mnnici pal election was passed. A Joint resolution from the Benate was presented, expressing sympathy with Michael Davitt and the cause of the lritih, and commendin? the spirit and ef­ fort* of the Hon. Chattee ParnelL The resolu­ tion was concurred in by a vote of 95 yeas to 84 nays. A large number of new bills were in­ troduced, carrying the total number thus far in­ troduced up to 385. A large number of these were amendments to existing enactmenth. Among tliem were the following : An act to amend the Drainage law ; providing that Citv Couucils of each incorporated city shall have power to establish and maintain a public li­ brary for public use, and mav levy a tax, not to exceed 1 mill on the dollar annually, and, iu cities of over 100,000 inhabitants, not to exceed mill on the dollar annually, on all taxable property: to enable counties and township* to mutually support poor persons and panpers; to repeal the law authorizing the chang­ ing of the nnmber of directors of in­ corporated companies in certain cases coin; appropriating $3,000 for the relief of I the free delivery of dead bodies of crimi- John A. lisle, who lost both arms by the pre- State ; appropriating $38,000 for the support of the State University at Normal; appropriat­ ing #1,500 for the ensction of a monument over the grave of fthadrack Bond, the first Governor of the State of Illinois ; providing for the ap­ pointment of a commission to codify the laws of the State. , Hors*.--A resolution requesting Illinois Sen­ ators and Congressmen to carefully examine the bills selling the Chicago lake front was adopted. Bills were introduced: To appropriate #138.70 to A. H. Qam- brill; to amend the Road law ; amending the Election law; to provide for the election of the county oflicersalfccted by the recent amend­ ment in November, 1881; to except the city en­ gineer from the requirement of being a qualified elector; to amend the Fee and Salary act; to K've the city treasury, where city courts are held, all fines collected in ra h courts; to make the Treasurer to the Board of School Trustees ineligible to appointment for more thun two consecutive terms; to provide for the establish­ ment of polioe courts ia citics of 50,000 inhabitants and lesc; concerning un­ sold canal lands and the disposition thereof; authorizing the county, city or school district authorities to pur­ chase, by agents at tax sales, property sold for taxes; to_prevent any but licensed attor­ neys practicing law before Justices of tho Peace; appropriating #10,000 for repairs on the State House; to prevent a Justice issuing any proc es in Wank except a stibpueua; to make claims of nurses, house-servant* and la­ borers against estates take precedence over all others; to amend the .Drainage law; to amend . the Quo Warranto set; to forbid the Interment of any deceased per­ sons or removal of the same where there is a Board of Health without obtaining consent; to appropriate #1,000 to pay the expenses of John M. Gregory and O. R. Keith as State rep­ resentatives si the Paris Exposition ; to amend th« Criminal Code ; to appropriate $61,100 for the Pentiac Reform Sotiool; in regard to the distribution of the school fund for Ogle county; on the Road law ; to require officers at the expiration of their terms to pay over moneys in their hands ; on the Road law ; to direct the Secretary of State to purchaso 1,000 eopieB of Hill's Digest ; amending the School law ; relaMaMo tUe payment to a city or villain of the rc&djK: in regard to the eleetion of Justices wffPBie Peace where a vacancy oocars; on tiM Road law ; appropriating $56,300 for the expenses of the Blind Asylum, and #2,215 for repairs; giving $49,5(K> for new buildings at the same institution; to repeal the act which fetttds the sale of property under powers of sal* in trust deeds and mortgage* ; to legalise taxea or assessments levied in cities to defray tbe expense of lighting the same ; on the ROM mi Rridge law ; on the subject of sheep iImk for eompalsorv education. The deatji •Nk-Conjiairsinsn Bay was an­ nounced by resolution. MONDAY, Feb. 7.- SKNAT*.--a resolution for a constitutional amendment in regard to mi­ nority representation was offered. Bills were presented: To appropriate #2,000 per annnm for two years to Industrial University to ex­ periment with aorgbum-sugar cane; in regard to fees and salaries ; to revise the law in rela­ tion to Clerks of courts, directing that they be required 10 turn over all money received by thum in payment of costs or fees belonging to any other office. No quornm was present. Hocsa.--There was but a light attendance, and the time was devoted to tlie introduction of new bills, resolutions, and petitions, includ­ ing a bill to abolish the River and Canal Com­ missioners, and other bills of minor import­ ance. TUMDAT, Feb. 8.--Skhats.--The Grant res­ olution passed the Senate, after a little oppo­ sition. Bills were passed : Paying Senator Ar­ cher for services; to allow Probate Courts in eomttien having 70,000 inhabitants, the present law requiring 100,000 ; iixiug town and village elections at the same time in Hyde Park and Jefferson; providing that, after a street has been paved in a permanent character, the ex­ pense thereafter shall bs borne by general taxation. Bills were introduced : Appropriating §15,000 for the relief of John C. Smith, late State Treasurer; to construct build­ ings and defray expenses incident to the repre­ sentation of tne State of Illinois at the Inter­ national Exhibition, to be held in tbe city of New YotkinlKHS ; making Decoration day, May 80. a legal holidayallowing mileage to wit­ nesses before Justices of the Peace; mak­ ing school-districts of 1,600 inhabitants; making Town Clerks in counties under town- S)up organization ex-ofticio Clerks of the Board 0( Commissioners of Highways; to amen* the act governing the reporting of tbe decisions of the Supreme Court; requiring railroad com­ panies to fence and guard approaches to rail­ road bridges; appropriating #10,600 for the pur­ chase or land for the use of Juliet penitentiary; make nine Directors in township inssrance companies--three to serve one year, three to serve two years, and three to serve three years. The Senate then went into executive session to confirm a number of nominations scut in days since by Oov. Culkiop. Hocsa.--The Railway and Warehouse Com­ missioners sent in the complaints which have been presented to them. After parleying over tbe question as to who they should be referred to, and denying tbe Rtilroad Committee that privilege by a vote of 45 to 79, they let McWill- iams' select committee have it. "ihe day was passed on the order of bills on second reading, a number being eonsidsred and advanoed one stage. TIBKISMT, Feb. 9.--SSJUTK.--The bill to consolidate the Supreme Court divisions was taken up and passed on a suspension of the rules by a vote of 40 to 8. The Warehouse Committee reported in favor of the adoption of tbe resolution introduced by Senator Fuller, asking power for the lbiilroad Committee to investigate ruilroid and war - house ma t>-rs. B lis were intra iuced as fol­ lows: To appropriate #10,090 to provide for tlic exptnse of State House repairs ; providing that states Attorneys shall prosecnte in courts w here complaiuts arc made on oatb ; apportioning school fund one-half on census and one-half on attendance. Senate Bill Hti, in regard to extending the jurisdiction of County Courts, was read a thud time aui p-ased. A resolution ivas offered condemning the arbitrary action of the Biitisn Government in rearresting Michael Davitt and suspending the Irish representatives in Parliament an a flagrant violation of the people's rights, snd a menace to liberty. # HOUSE.--The House consumed the entire forenoon in considering a bill which sought to give witnesses, jurors and court officers fees ia criminal cases, to be paid out of the county nals and paupers to medical colleges or teach­ ers ; to amend the Marriage law so that any person intending to marry Khali obtain a li- oenao fourteen days beforehand; to protect the rights of pupils in free schools; " ),7So for incidental expen- THE I0UJWHI8. A IfswClmsMa Inangsrslml Against •epwbltaStnw la Mm Sou tit. fWaAiagtoa Telegram to the Ctalesgo Xribsae.) The following dispatches have been received in this city by Hon. Horatio Bisbee, Jr.*: Mamsojr, Fla, Feb. 8,1881. To the Hon. H. B!*be», Jr.,- S13 Eighth slmst, V. W., Washington. D. C.i Savage wm attacked in our presence in the room taking testimony. Tbe assailant was killed. Tne Sheriff came, locked tUe room, and returned with a posse of militia. Guns were pointed at Ragan s head with threats to kill him. The Sheriff protected bim, but he is in danger. Many of the witnesses are de­ moralized and have gene home. I I must return sad take evidence in Jacksonville. Answer. H. Jrauss, Jr. jACKsomrnxa, J3a., Feb. 9, 1881. H. Bisbee, Jt.. M• O.: We think Patterson wss killed by Savage at Madison yesterday, upon the hearing in your case. Eagan is hiding, and in danger. Jen­ kins is safe. Two companies are with Gov. Bloxham at Madison. Great excitement. Trouble feared. to appropriate #5, ses relating the 8ta State House and for printing ; to provide for the examination and appoint­ ment of State Surveyors; to authorize any ec­ clesiastical bodv to become a corporate body; tp regulate the construction of dwellings and _. .- to provide for the inspection of the same. The Bisbee employed as his attorney Will advise vou furthef. W. W. HICKS, A A KNIGHT. WnuAK LEDIVTTH, _ . , Committee. The explanation of the above dis­ patches is as follows : Col. Bisbee was a candidate for re-election to Congress last November. His Democratic com­ petitor waa Jesse J. Finley. Finley was declared elected by the Democratic offi­ cials by a majority of about 1,000. Col. Bisbee alleges that this apparent major­ ity is fraudulent, and that he was fairly and legally elected. Within the re­ quired period subsequent to tho election Col. Bisbee notified his opponent that he would contest the seat of the latter the Forty-seventh Congress. Col. bill prohibiting the use and sale of deadly wsanoos was passed on third reading by a handsome majority. Population of Illittols. The following is the population of Illinois, by oountus, as first published in the Official Census Bulletin: COUNTIES. Adams Bond Boone Brown Calhocn..., Carroll. .............. Cm*. Christian Clay Clinton Crawford.. .r. Effingham Fayette. Fuitou Greene Grundy..... JeiMty.... Kane Kendall Logan Macoupin * Marion Marshall Macon Menard Montgomery Morgan (We Pike Putnam : Richland - Hai nt C air Sangamon....... Schuyler. Scott Stephenson Wiirren innebago.... ........ Alexander Burrau Cliaiupaign.. Clark Coies Cumberland DcKaib DeWitt... Douglaa K<lqar Edwards Ford Franklin ti»;!atin Hamilton .*. Hancock............... Hardin Htmdrraou Henry Iroquois Jackson.. Jarper .' JefierKin Jo Daviess Johntou Kankakee Knox. La Halle Lawrence Lee LivlnKRlon McDonough... McIIenry. McLean Macon Madieon MOMSC Mercer Monroe Moultrie Peoria.... Perry Piatt Pope ., Pulaski ltandoli<h Rook Island Kallne Bbe.by Stark ntemi Union Vermillion..... W*bs»b. Washington Wayne White Whltosides WUI Williamson Woodford Cook Da Page Total. 09,148 14,878 11, M7 13,044 8,471 16,«H5 14,494 »,'23T 16,1115 18,718 l«,l»l) 18,924 aa,:u» 41,249 88,014 16,7»8 IS,546 44,90 13,(184 25,041 87,705 23,<>91 I8,03fi 16,24 13,0U8 U8,li8C 31,511) 39,946 83.7 til 6,515 15,51C 61.850 54,90*2 16,a-» 10,745 81,970 39,940 30,518 14.8 9 33,18'.* 40,870 31,900 27,(.r>r> 13,702 36,774 17,014 16,8.) 36,5<>4 «,(>;«; 16,106 M.139 14,8(52 16,7 U •M&4 6,024 10,755 3®, (UO 35,457 32,508 14,615 30,(i86 37,5 >5 13.079 36,050 38,360 70,420 nt,6(ut 37,494 38,453 av,y«5 34,914 60,115 30,672 60,141 10,441) 19,505 13,682 13,705 66,427 16,llt« 16,383 19,366 #,507 26,691 38,315 16,940 30,282 11,209 39,679 18,102 41.601 8,945 21,11V M,2»7: 33.0I-9 30,888 63,431 19,326 31,630 607.468 19,187 31,399 Vt- m mlt. 39,496 7,170 6,641 6,429 3,533 8,239 6,897 13,331 8,010 8,747 7,8;J3 9,120 11,072 19.993 11,053 7,868 7,44)6 22,445 6,'198 11,hOC, It1,173 11,711 7,3H7 7.7.17 6,231 13,571 16,534 14,407 16,454 2,658 7, C38 29,195 25,579 8,010 5,210 15,834 11,145 15,342 6,966 16,089 19,466 10,61h 13,172 fi,A35 12,984 8,IOr 7,580 12,270 4,130 6,974 7,861 6,186 8,193 17,306 2,805 6,12;! 17,703 16,677 10,772 7,000 10,157 13,615 6,403 12,018 18,923 34,25ft 36,606 13,277 18.052 13,73(1 12,116 29,144 14,719 23.994 5,123 9,378 6,427 6,60:! 27,202 7,766 7.303 6,549 4,648 12,327 18,K60 7,847 14,"47i 5.354 14,U:H; 8,944 20,014 4,*47 lo,l*)6 10,506 11,086 15,001 24,984 9,424 10,476 296,195 9.244J 1,506 For­ eign. 10,016 1,097 2,305 70S 1,111 2,092 1,810 2,441 4)5 4,10M 348 2,704 1,523 1,896 1,548 4,388 3,067 11,'.65 2,797 3,154 4,848 5,355 2,426 1,795 1,382 2,648 3,832 4, .14 1,623 853 902 16,980 7,787 657 910 5,896 2.181 6,58K 1,357 6,18t» 4,651 ' 729 1 142 281 6,273 946 648 792 839 3,336 144 j 374 263 3,449 140 1,108 9,661 6,451 1,584 676 621 6,495 118 6,253 6,620 17,838 280 5,147 7,228 1,673 4,847 7,711 2,460 11,623 2,690 843jl,703 2,6411 37 ortd. 1,886 326 48 69 1 v30 6 126 82 353 37 21 39 72 90 124 331 549 75 3)3 434 302 37 26 54 1G6 934 108 301 43 36 2,574 2,574 74 31 23 291 144 Gen. H. Jenkins, a prominent lawyer residing at Jacksonville. Qen. Jenkins served throughout the war with distinction ns aa officer of a Massachusetts regiment, and was mus­ tered out of the service as a Brigadier General by brevet. He has been a citi­ zen of Florida during the last sixteen vears, but, of course, is still a "carpet­ bagger," and, therefore, in the chaste language of Mr. Aiken, of South Caro­ lina, is a "legalized political burglar." Mr. Eagan, also, has been a reputable citizen of Florida during the last six­ teen years, but he, too, labors under the disability incurred by a previous resi­ dence in New York, and is, therefore, in the same words of the calm, non-partisan Col. Hooker, an "alien and a stranger to the soil and institutions of Florida." Both Gen. Jenkins and Mr. Eagan are represented to be brave and discreet men. Madison, at which place Gen. Jenkins' telegram is dated, is the county seat of Madison comity, Fla. Xn a fair election the county returns a Republican majority of 450 to 500. The Democratic Elec­ tions Committee of the present House of Representatives allowed Mr. Bisbee a majority in this county in 1878 of 272, beside i82 votes which were not count­ ed. After the election, lost November, the returns were "doctored" so as to show a Democratic majority of about 50 in Madison oounty. Gen. Jenkins, in his capacity of attorney, ar­ rived at Madison to take testimony in 4,i56 support of Col. Bisbee's election con- 469 1 ' " * " •••• •" 51 276 2 04 113 110 182 83 110 24 676 43 168 164 12 132 248 1,529 48 96 63 133 77 978 89 318 04 300 146 51 683 857 3,18 436 10,900 2,023 866 3M) 361 3,805 10,401 181 1,753 1,199 5,005 674 2,996 474 4,265 318 703 4,840 16,175 313 4,108 242,408 6,346 4,972 66 16 528 778 33 604 32<i 1,298 641 684 77 4 92 269 201 67 212 14 533 78 704 253 £3 7,119 M 78 America* Art at Home. An English traveler in this country, who carefully observed the progress of American art, was surprised that Ameri­ cana appeared to have no standard of merit of their own. He observed that the American aitist, neither socially nor financially, came near his brother in London, and that he must leave his own country and make a name in London, Paris or Rome before his own people will believe in him. The truth of this is known to all men. Our collectors go abroad, expend great sums on foreign artists, on works that undoubtedly are worth the money given, but native art­ ists are left to ianguiuh. The advance made in wood engraving in this country, to the encouragement of several pro­ gressive publishing houses, shows what American art is capable of. This is the only tield in which our artists have been given any chance. On the other hand, when force<l to go abroad, the American artist suffers under many disadvantages. He is poor, and in the struggle for posi­ tion his trials are many. When, after years of hard work, he wins a place, even then the American patron of art is rather coy.--N*w York Commercial Advertiser. Absinthe. About, a century ago, absinthe, which is an extract of wormwood, was pro­ claimed by its discoverer as a heal-all, in much the same manner as the patent- medicine man of our day vaunts the cura­ tive properties of his nostrums. It was first made in the Canton of Neufchatel, in Switzerland, by a Dr. Ordinaire. His patients took to tins medicine so kindly that the doctor made a small fortune. At his death he gave the recipe to his house­ keeper, and she disposed of it to a third treasury when not collected from the defend- Mi • } , , y. . •V.'r ant. It waa laid on the table. Aeoupleof • P^tjr, who incn*s®d its sale by distribut- biits were introduced. One appropriates ** * """"" * * "* - $8,000 for the Chicago LRW Li! racy, and the other #9,001) for (he Appellate Court. Th« nest bill occupied the attention of the Hoti-e till the hour of adjournment. It waa a hill intrctdueed by the Committee ott Judiciary for an act to amend the law in relation to feoc«- mg ,tnd operating railroads. It tiually puee4 to tlm-d reading somewhat amended. TMUBSDAT, Feb. 10.--SMUTS.--^William H. Robinson waa confirmed by the Senate, in ex­ ecutive kCfeiou, as Railroad and Warehouse CommicsioMr, in place at Mr. Oberly. Bills ing it through the neighboring country. The recipe, however, again changed hands, and, although tlio demand for the liquor was not largo at first, it gradually increased until "Extract d* Absinthe" came into almost universal use in France. Dr. Ordinaire's opinion of the proper­ ties of his medicine was either a singu- lurly fallacious one. or the art of making absinthe has been lost, as it is now con­ sidered to be the most dangerous stimu­ lant a person can habitually use. test He was accompanied by Mr. Eagan, who is a notary public. The reception which awaited these gentlemen is out­ lined in the dispatch first quoted. A few further far>ts about the political con­ dition of Madison county have been ob­ tained from a perfectly trustworthy source. So open and flagrant were the violations of the Election laws last No­ vember that proceedings were begun against la number of offenders. Twenty or thirty persons were in­ dicted. A colored citizen named Cros­ by, who answered .a subpoena of the United States District Court, and testi­ fied in some of the cases, returned to his home, where he now lies suffering from a gun-shot wound in the shoulder, in­ flicted by Democratic would-be assassins, who, in this case, only wounded when they meant to kill. A United States Marshal who recently went with a posse of thirteen men to ar­ rest some of the persons indicted, on his return reported that his journey waa like a military expedition through an enemv's country. His men were com­ pelled to carry and cook their own ra­ tions, and to camp in the woods every night. Not a night passed that the party was not fired upon by "bush­ whackers " from some safe place of con­ cealment. The Marshal succeeded in arresting four of the indicted Demo­ crats. The remainder of them loudly swear that they will never submit to ar­ rest Kepresentative Bisbee called upon the Attorney General to see what could be done. Gen. Devens, upon hearing the facts, immediately sent a dispatch to United States District Judge Settle requesting him to go to Madison and take the testimony desired by Col. Bis- t>ee. Judge Settle was informed that the United States Marshal will also be sent to tbe same platband be empowered to use such force as may be necessary to protect the Judge in taking tbe testi­ mony and the witnesses in giving it' Col. Bisbee fears that, unless immediate measures are taken to reassure his wit­ nesses and convince them that they will be protected, they cannot be prevailed upon to testify in iiis case. Col. .Bisbee is inclined to believe that in sev­ eral other districts in fhe South­ ern States, where Republicans have served notices of contest, the same tactics nt intimidation and violenoe toward witnesses will be resorted to that have lt>een put in force with such effect in his own district. He expresses the fear that no promise of protection offered, except it be by a committee of the House of Representatives, will so far reassure Republican witnesses in many localities that they will feel safe in giv­ ing their testimony, which it is abso­ lutely necessary Republican contestants shall have in order to secure the ends of justice. or, as it is popularly designated, a shhr* ering is felt, when we would naturally suppose that the animal temperature is- below par, it is at that very moment: higher than the normal; thus showing thai onset of fever.--Chambers' Journal. Tcndwmess «nd Liberality. What is charity? This question wa» put to a little girl, and her reply was, " Giving to the poor what we do not want for oureelves." Her answer was, undoubtedly, given from observation j; for children are observing creatures, more so than we always give them credit, for. Often we hear and say, if not in words, bv our actions, V It is only a lit­ tle child, it will not notice or remem­ ber," »nd yet all the while they are re­ ceiving impressions from which they" draw their otu inferences And definition* of what grown people dp#pd say. Is it not too oftflntbe cms that we give them good cause to deflne tlfe word char­ ity as the little girl did? When we at­ tempt to give the poor anything are we-, not apt to select those things that we- oonsider worn out, or perhaps fit so badly that we want them out of the way? ft we have tilings we do not want it is all right to let those lvavH them who need and will use them. But if our charity extends no further than this, how mncik ' of the genuine article do we possess? Many years ago a merchant was pass­ ing along one of the streets of a large- city. It was a cold, dark, t^intry night, but what cared he for tho cold, even> though the snow was falling thick and. fast around him? His costly overcoat- was buttoned close, and his hands were» encased in gloves that defied the bitter- winds. Fromrthe cold, marble steps of a build­ ing he was passing a little, girl clothed (if you can call it clothed) in a few scanty rags, extended a thin cold hand, and im faint, piteous tones, begged for "only- one penny." ; The merchant passed on, nor heeded the piteous pleading of the homeless one. He was on his way to a meeting called to devise wayB and means to relieve the* sufferings of the poor. As he passed on he said to himself, " Yes, it will be as. good an investment as I can make. It- will be a good advertisement for my business, and will pay a big profit; for,, if to-night I give $500 to the oommittee for the poor, it will come out in the- morning papers with a big puff, my name* will stand high, and many new customers' will be sure to patronize the merchant who was so generous to the poor." He reached the pi aw of meeting and gave his hundreds of dollars for the poorp but was there any real charity about it?" No. It was simply a selfish transaction to gain more money and a big name for himself. The morning papers came out- with a glowing account of the large- hearted charity of the merchant Following the lengthy report of the? meeting for the benefit of the poor an item stating that a little girl found dead under the snow at the foot of the steps leading to the bank building on street Many seem to think that charity i» simply the giving of our goods to the poor and needy, but Webster defines the- word with three others, "tenderness, good will, and liberality." TendernessP I am glad that word is put in as one defi­ nition to the word charity, that we may show true charity by throwing a cloak, over the fault of others, and trying tor. bring to light their virtues. In an old book I read that "Charity snffereth long, and is kind; charity en- vieth not--is not puffed Up. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. Andi above all things have charity among: yourselves. '* - Correapondtttf in hold. "Is Patriotism Dying Outf This query was propounded to Brother - Gardner in a letter from New York city, and, after taking due time to scratch the whole top of, his head, he- observed : "Patriotism, as I nnderstan' it, am love of an' dewotion to our kentry. In de late war we didn't hear of one single patriot frow m* de ken try's greenbacks over his shoulder. Arter de war we all went in fur pensions an' back pay. I expect we were all patriots, an' I expect, it war ruff on de kentry at de same time. I can't say dat patriotism am. dyin' out Dar's jist as much hollerin' on do glorious Fourth a* dor was fifty, y'ars ago. In case of anoder war $16*1 a month would fill de ranks jiyt as quick. T&ke it all in all, an' I kinder 'spect dat patriotism am runnin' purty lebel. I] ar' fur myself fust an' kentry next, an' I 'spects dat's about what ails de hull of j us."--Free Prem. ' "Please." *4Human nature," says a writer for I young women, "resents the imperative} mood." Do think of this, girls. If you i ask a child to wait on you, say "Please." Be polite to servants and inferiors. Be j courteous even to the cat Why pusb j her rougldy aside, or invite her claws 5 [ If kind good-nature and gentleness rulec i in every home, what sunlight woulc s home enjoy 1 A great deal dependi upon the girls--the sisters, the daugh j ters. THJE MARKETS. MEW YOKE. Bektics Hoos ... COTTON Flour--8nperflne 1. Wsiut-No. 2Spring.. No. 2 motor CORK--Ungraded OATS- Mixed Western POBK--M«as _ , ltTK-- SOL 3 There h we been symptoms of i Barley--No. a. difficulty in Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina similar to those which now prevail in Florida, and there are some reasons to fear that the Democrats are determined to preserve, by the in­ timidation of witnesses, the fruits of the victories they won by fraud and the in­ timidation of voters. « What Is a Cold t In the first place, we must be para­ doxical, and affirm that it is not a cold at alL It is rather a heat, if I might so express myself--that is, it is a form of fever, but. of course, of a very mild type, when it is uncomplicated by other diseases. It is certainly, in the ma­ jority of instances, due to the effects of cold playing upon some ]>ortion of the body, and reacting upon the mucous membrane through the intervention of the nervous apparatus. What is called a cold, then, is in reality a fever; and though, in the majority of instances, it is of such a trivial nature as to nec^si- tate few precautions Wing token during its attack, yet in some cases it runs a most acute course, and may be followed by great prostration. Even wlion the premonitory nymptoms of a cold are de­ veloping themselves--when, for exam- pie, what a medical man calls a rigor, 1 14 1 17 66 48 14 38 10 CHICAGO. --Choice Graded Steers..*.. I 40 Cows end Hotfers 3 M Medium to Fsir 4 40 Hoes 4 28 FLOCK--Fancy White Winter Ex.... 6 75 Oood to Choice Spring Es. S 00 WH*at--NO. a Spring..... Vt No. 3 Spring 89 CORN--No. 1 ^*... * OATS--No. a 2 ST SI . 98 .14 75 |8 75 fl|ll 75 0 70 <3 7 76 lltf@ 12 S 75 * 10 @ 1 15 9 «« <3 40 «14 50 9 10 i I -No. 1 S7 0 t JIY--No. a.It A t E-Xsse 14 SB @14 1 » ! BUTTER--Choice Creemery Pons--Mess LA*D "TOWAUKR&' WHEAT--NOL 1 No. 9 - (loss--No. 9 OATS--No. 3. BYE--No. 1..... JBAELIV- " Pone- "" Lard. ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--Hot 1 Bei COEJI--Wxed OATS--Now 9 KTE P"*«--MSSSL 1^*® i _ CnfCTNMATL. WHKAT Conn., OATS.. RYE. h>u- Lao. „ TOLEDO. WHEAT--NO. 1 WW*. No. 9 Bet?. Con*--No. 9 " OATS-NO. * DETBorr. FLOI?B--Cboies WHKAT--No. 1 White. CoBK-Na 1 OATH--Mixed ^ Uahmcy (per cental) we « 4 0t 1 @ 4 DC §601 <» 6 Ot i 6 £ * I t i » 1 0 ® 8! (A Si q I « 1 o « S i' - t 1 00 S7 IM : SI ' .14 76 #18 a •xe i 5 1 00 1 so 41 M (90 1 SO IS 07 1 40 « 1 0 1 0 % II 1 (A <411 e PORK- MEM. ...L» Sun--Ctoer 4 EAST LIBERTY, PA. OASn»--Bett 6 95 <a Adr 4 60 (« Common 3 75 A • oo I s so d Hm ijfenwii