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f(§ltttrg § laiudcalet I. VAN SLYKE. Editor awl FwMisfcer. McHENEY, B1 i. H -- ILLINOIS. AN HISTORIC QM8RE8S. Sceal »> ttw TWrty-lWfi CMiKrew-TlM Blrdudlkt mt ttt ®«P nbllcsa Pwtf. (Tram the National Bopubllosa.] The recording angel over the hall clock of the old Howe of Representatives nev- «r entered an Iter dusty record of Con­ gressional events a more notable or im­ pressive scene than waa witnessed there •on the night and morning of the 4th of March, 1866. The Thirty-third Con­ gress of the United States was drawing rapid 1 j to a close. Great events were •staring the nation in the face. The old Democratic party, that so long wielded absolute sway over the destinies of the republic, was silently melting away be­ fore the grand influences of that mighty •wave of human freedom and na­ tional intelligence. On that night the great Democratic party held its final levee to the world. On that night North and South shook hands and pait- <ed, never more to meet as friends. It is I just a ̂quarter of a century since we I.stood in the ladies' gallery, looking [•down at the sea of heads that moved restlessly to and fro over the carpeted floor, and heard the echoing voices of the speakers, as they pressed successive­ ly each amendment of the Civil and Dip­ lomatic bill, occasionally pausing to (en­ ter into a rambling discussion that was soon checked by the presiding officer. I Let us return to the old House and lance retrospectively as it appeared |on that 4th of March, 1855. The scene lis an imposing one--the brilliantly [lighted hall, the galleries on both sides |crowded to suffocation by an immense ~rmy of femininities, and the noise and infusion on the floor of Congress emwids one of a party caucus rather I than a dignified body of our nation's [legislators. South Carolina, spurred id bonneted for secession, has her fit spresentatives in Preston S. Brooks and iwrence M. Keitt. They are con vers* lg earnestly together, while John 0. ^okinridge, negligently reclining in chair, is apathetically sharpening hi • sket penknife on his beot-heel, Wm, English, with no ambitious dreams )f the Vice Presidency, is writing a let Br, apparently to his constituents, while Thomas A, Hendricks, undisturbed by *ie phantom of a Tilden, is gazing on le scene, the picture of dignified seren­ ity. Calvin M. Ingersoll is laughing at the wit of some brother member, while »xtra Silly Smith is dozing quietly in lis arm-chair. Tom Benton, the snerable ex-Senator, is engaged in exciting colloquy with an Ohio spresentative about poor, plandered, lefamed Fremont, and Hon. Caleb Ly- >n, of Lyondale, the literary represent­ ative of the House, is vindicating the plaim of Brown, the dragoman of Tur- tey, to extra compensation. Here are >res of legislators, who year after year lave taken a seat, that .are gazing for the last time on a session of the United states Congress ; here are men so insig­ nificant as scarcely to deserve a passing lotice, that, as years wing their way, ill be the cynosure of admiring eyes id the theme of newspaper praise and lment. Standing near the hoary [entuckian, Lynns Boyd, is a young n, « few years back a humble opera- in the mills of Waltham, Mass., and |«*w a Representative from his district, rhose name, ore long, will be re-echoed rom mouth to mouth m the first apublican Speaker, .young Nathaniel P. iks. There, too, Is old Joshua Gid- lgs, the lone star of abolition, whose It&lw&rt form and hair, silvered with the peath of time, was always seen in the )nt of political battle as the tried ard uthful friend of constitutional liberty, ftte able and accomplished Richard [Tates, afterward Senator and Governor ff his native State, and Francis B. Out- 5, with • his tall, commanding figure aristocratic address, are both men note, though destined to be pushed ito political oblivion by advancing le. There is the little consequential [Sharles J. Faulkner, of Virginia, with a choleric son-in-law, Bocock, ill of wine and wit, and erratic dge Caskie, of Richmond, the incarna- ton of Southern suavity and deceit, 'rorainent among the representatives of e slave power is a pale, thin, boyish- iking man, on whose thoughtful, anx- UB face is imprinted the plain, legible ' itory of the future. Alexander H. tepliens, who twenty-five years after as to be wheeled into the House of iresentatives the only-remaining sur- vor of the mutations of a quarter- ntury's time. Cool and wary in eoun- , fearless in debate, sarcastic in scorn d bitter in reoriminat*.oiit BO man in blic or private life was to be more ex- rated or more beloved. There is another member, eating an le--a coarse, large-eyebrowed man, tewhat inclined to corpulency, whose jtorv might make a capital rom&noa. »h£ 1). Maky, of Wisconsin, five years lore had visited Washington m a imble lobbyist, and, whilestaring from hind the green curtain that separated from the sacred floor, formed the termination of obtaining a seat in ingress. Emigrating to Wisconsin-- ten almost a wilderness--he ingra­ ted himself with the country people, d by the judicious exercise of those >tent influences familiar only to un- pulous politicians was elected to e coveted position. Defeated for re- . tion by Joseph Billinhurst, he wat iw serving his last term in the Thirty- ird Congress and forever bidding adieu the honors and emoluments ef official tion. Thomas H. Benton, who had n thirty years in the United States mate, and remorselessly deprived of a ,t he had so long and ably filled by a midable faction of his own party, had ured a vacant chair in the House, and a with the coming morrow to retire, e last glimpse of the old scenes van­ ning from his sight. liLet us not forget in (Siis brief record le brilliant, accomplished, but un­ gate Mike Walsh, who, like others, failed to obtain a renomination, and drifting out with the receding tide, !ew years thereafter to be found cold d lifeless, in an obscure alley in one the lowest sections in New York city, fe Bhall never forget the sallies of his igent humor, bis cheerful voice, his [uence, and his wii. Poor Mike ! only fault was the social glass. He a good fellow and deserved a better But among all the moving, rest- forms of these 160-odd members ire is one whom few know--a silent ,ve, long nosed man, with a cunning i, almost piercing in brightness, a sonage hardly known beyond his n district in New York, but who was |play an important role in the world's tory, to be courted and feared, wield- power absolute as a despot's, and itined ere many years to close his eyes ominiously pyjimn walls, " '»<- wept, unhooored and unsung." Few who pause to converse or shake handa •Mtifessly as they pass up the aisle of »• Houae dream what an unholy, am­ bitious heart is closed in that burly « future boss of New York, the P"de^o* the Democracy--William M. Bat the npwmr of the House recalls us back to the scene on the historic night* The Civil and Diplomatic bill is up, and the amendments are under con­ sideration. Keitt, of South Carolina, is u* the chair. Thomas H. Bavly, of Virginia, has retired from the* noise and confusion of the hall, disgusted and sick. An amendment providing for the continuation of fne work on the Wash­ ington aqueduct passed by a close vote --86 to 74--and the galleries cheer and applaud vigorously. Keitt, who is a short, thick-set man, with small feat­ ures, strokes his long beard, glares sav­ agely at the galleries, and, in his pom­ pons way, announces that " the chair must declare that this thing is disgrace­ ful." A motion is made by a gentle­ man from Ohio to clear the gal­ leries; but sensible Jones, of Ten­ nessee, overrules 5 it on the ground that the galleries axe more orderly than the House. Jones u quite correct. The din and confusion increases with the approach of midnight; a hundred members are on their feet shouting " Mr. Speaker!" and, amid the clamor, C. Lyon, of Lyondale, is seen brandish­ ing high in the air his Senate bill for the relief of a poor old woman of Revolu­ tionary antecedents, and unavailing at­ tempts to catch the Speaker's eye. The iadies are fast disappearing from the galleries as the evening advances, the lobbies of the House are monopolized by an unauthorized crowd of spectators, who crowd into the hall and press into the sacred space of the floor. Davis, of Indiana, calls the attention of the House to the infringement of its rules, and, in * short time, old Glossbrenner makes his appearance, and, with the aid of the Doorkeeper, clears the floor of the ob­ noxious intruders. They are mostlv Southern men, from Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama, and resist and struggle unavailingly in the strong grasp of the Sergeant-at-Arms. Some attempt to avail themselves of the ac­ quaintance of members; others sneak into snug quarters by the Speaker's chair; but one and all are hustled out, and the House begins to wear a calm after the storm. Baldheaded Bernliisel, the Delegate from Utah, is smilingly conversing with a member, who mourn­ fully conveys the information that his nomination is a doubtful thing. Extra Billy has improvised a night-cap out of his pocket-handkerchief, and looks grim and combative even when wrapped in Morpheus' sweet embrace. Bocock is shaking his flst in Skelton's face, who coldly retorts: " Don't you ever speak to me again." McMullen is sternly fol­ lowing a member with malignant fury in his eye, and the aforesaid member, with a heavy cane clinched in his right hand, stands in the aisle, waiting for him to advance. « Lewis D. Campbell is roaring impo- tently "Mr. Speaker," in unison with fifty other loud and boisterous voices, while the Clerk looks wan and very sleepy indeed. The galleries are thin­ ning off, many1 members have slipped out, and the yelps and shouts of "Mr. Speaker" are the only sounds that can be heard. Then there is a long pause. The House is waiting for a quorum. The night has passed, morning is strug­ gling in through the dome and from the windows behind the Speaker's chair-- the morning of the 4th of March, and with it the final decade of the slave pow­ er. On this beautiful Sabbath morn, the loveliest ever seen, the Democracy of the North and South, with friendly grip of hand and affectionate parting words, separated for their various homes, unconscious, as the fingers of the vener­ able clock pointed to the hour of 32, that the scepter of power they had so long wielded was to pass forever from their grasp, and that when they next met they were to b® confronted by a new party--the offspring of liberty, the child of freedom--toe grand Bepublioan party of America. Tke gtar-Roate President and the Ring. The "star-route" ring has been throw­ ing out mysterious hints from Washing­ ton during the past few days that there is in existence a letter written by Presi­ dent Garfield to Brady during the late campaign, which, when made public, would furnish conclusive evidence that Gen. Garfield was aware of the existence of a oorrupt ring of contractors and poetoffice officials, and that he knowing­ ly availed himself of their assistance to promote his election. The Democratic papers have naturally shown unwonted enterprise in their efforts to secure such a letter, and one of them has obtained a copy of the alleged letter--not to Brady --but to Mr. Hubbell, a Michigan mem­ ber of Congress, which is alleged to be the "damning evidence" against Gar­ field. The following is a reproduction of the document as printed : [Private.] MENTOR, OHM\ Aug. 3S, 1883. TBS Hon. I. A. Hubbell, Wag'kiugtoa, D. 0. MY DM HUBBELL: Yours of the 19th inst. received and contents noted. Please say to Brady that I hope be will give ua all the assist­ ance possible. I think he can help effectively. Please tell me how the departments generally are doing. As ever yours, J. A GARFIELD. It will be very evident, upon a fair scrutiny of the conditions, that this let­ ter, whether bogus or genuine, does not furnish the proof of Garfield's connec­ tion with the " star-route " ring which was promised, and that it will not create half as much sensation as the dark and pregnant insinuations which the ring- sters have been industriously circulat­ ing. The attention of Gen. Garfieli having been called to the above letter in ao East- era paper yesterday morning, he said: There was not a lino m the letter that he would liave the slightest objection to giving to the public; that the star-route contractors were neither mentioned uor thought of; that it was simply an expression of a hope that Brady, a citizen of Indiana, who was reported to have made an immense fortune in telephone stock, would respond from his ample means in aid of his party in the life-ind-death Btrmrcle in his own State. If it be admitted that the letter was written in the precise language quoted above, there is nothing in the circum­ stance to convict Gen. Garfield of any knowledge of a "star-route" ring, or of any purpose to avail himself of any fund that had been corruptly obtained from the Government. The letter from Hub- bell to which this was an answer--and it was entirely natural that a candidate should be in constant communication with the Chairman of a National Campaign Committee--may explain the whole mat­ ter. At all events^ the very worst construc­ tion that can be put upon the letter, as it stands, is that Gen. Garfield, as a can­ didate, assented to an ancient prac­ tice, inaugurated originally by the Democrats, and transmitted by them to the Republican party, of goliciting cam­ paign contribution-i from Government officeholders and employes. Any one who supj o-es that the late Campaign or aw campaign since the days of Gen. Jackson^ has been free from the practice which the above letter seems to admit certainly enjoys an ex­ ceptional condition of verdancy. The time haa not yet come when private in­ dividuals, animated solely by motives of patriotism or party loyalty, will put their hands in their pockets and furnish all the money necessary for Presidential campaign purposes, and leave the offi­ cial classes exempt from any such de­ mand upon them. When that time shall oome around, if ever, it will be contem­ poraneous with the political millennium, and no longer so much as a susoicion Bhall attaoh to any officeholder, from the highest to the lowest.--Chieago Trib~ v -i'u PITH AUD POINT. Km® words an baldheaded. They oan never dye. THX popular figure la the German is the female figure. WHY is an innkeeper Hke a multitude of people? Because he's a hart him, sell WHY is a bookbinder like charity ? Because he very often oovers a multi­ tude o£ faults. . - - ~ "FARB but false," as the conductor observed when the paaaenger tendered him a lead nickel NOAH was a pretty muscular sort of a fellow. On one occasion he even went so far as to pitch the ark. MANY a man, says the New York News, is open to conviction, "who ought to be, but. never is, convicted. THE Philadelphia Chronicle says it is a mistaken impression to suppose dyed eggs are laid by sick hens. " 'Tis hard to part from those we love"--and sometimes it ia even more difficult to get away from those we don't love. A NETLI-MABBBD couple were Bit- sing in a palace car, when she said. "Georgie, ain't you glad? We're rela­ tives now." "Bows, ye Romans," quoted the poetical smith, as he sat in the gallery, looking on at the proceedings of the United States Senate. "You don't know how it pains me to punish you," said the teacher. "I guess there's the most pain at- my end of the stick," replied the boy, feelingly. " 'T any rate, I'd be willing to swap." " THERE !" said Mrs. Ragbag, " I've tried four times to give that shirt away, and it's so worthless nobody'll take it. But I'll get rid of it! I'll leave it out on the clothes-line to-night " " OH, dear!" exclaimed Edith, to her doll, "I do wish you would sit still. I never saw such an uneasy thing in all my life. Why don't you act like grown folks, and be still and stupid for a while?" "MAUD " sends us a poem beginning: The moonbeams shiver wpoa tlm river, / The ripples quiver In ecstasy ; The crickets' Rlmitaess usurps (ha stUtnssa, And dewy chilinee» 1« on the tm. If this is so, Mand, you had better quit writing, put on your liver-pad and go to bed.--Graphic. IN F-nglkitd rivers all are males, Fir instance, Father Thaatta. Whoever to Columbia *ai s Ymd them ms'amselles, or damaa. Yes, there the softer sex presides Aquatic, I assure ye, And Mrs. Sip t̂ rol b bar tidaa BespouRive t J Miss Souri 1 AN exchange says that of the 600 young ladies attending Vassar College no two can agree as to what they would do in case they saw a bear. We may be sure of one thing, however -- they wouldn't permit themselves to be hugged unless the bear brought good references. A "WRITER in Appletons' Journal oc­ cupies several pages of that publication in an effort to prove that there is no such thing as womanly intuition. Some night when this gentleman comes home about IS o'clock and tries to sneak into bed without having his breath smell he will discover the fallacy of his theory. TBE music certainly ia nios to hear, But, when cue waltees, not eo wall 'tis board. There's nothing intellectual, 'tis clear, lu dancing. Doesn't it appear absurd T Oh, there's no dignity or common seats '* In doing so. To all of these ansa aits The fun 1B open. Here is its defense: It's bang-up fan t Miss Dora, will you daaoeT AN English lawyer went into a bar­ ber's shop to procure a wig. In taking the dimensions of tliq lawyer's head the barber exclaimed : " Why, how long {'•our head is, sir 1" " Yes," replied the egal gentleman, "we lawyers must have long heads." The barber proceed­ ed with his vocation, but at length ex­ claimed ; "Why, sir, your head is a» thick as it is long!" Blackstone winced. "LOOK here, Mr. Gilhooly, you have been telling me now for a whole year that you would p^y me for those boots. What do you think about it now?" "Well," responded Gilhooly, good- naturedly, "I should say that where there is so much smoke there ought to be some fire." "I am afraid not, Mr. Gilhooly. I think it will end in smeke." " I am glad, for your stake, that I am of a more hopeful disposition than you are," responded Gilhooly, moving the previous question.--Galveston Newt, The Postal Card Plead. "There is a new kind of fiend in •nee," said a post-office detective recent­ ly to your correspondent; "the postal card fiend, who came into existence with that specias of epistolary effusion. Tbe nuisance is a much greater one than yon can imagine. No one who is not con­ nected with the service can imagine the number of scurrilous cards sent out. Ladies come to us--some of them be­ longing to the first families in our city-- who are almost heartbroken over the open missives they have received. They do not want to expose the matter--often it is the result of some family feud--and so all we can do is to stop the cards here, while the villain is allowed to go free." I have heard of a case lately where a yoting wife was assailed in reputation by a former lover--rejected, of course--who kept just within the boundary of the law. Tlje insinuating language was sufficiently veiled to keep the young husband un­ easy, while it ate deep into the young bride's heart. It will kill her, as she is dying slowly of the inward wound. Of course ten years hi prison would be light punishment for such a fiend, but these people always calculate upon an unwill­ ingness to prosecute on account of fears of publicity.--It. Y. Cor. Philadelphia Record. Oplnm Smoking. San Francisco is not of the opinion that the article in the new Chinese treaty prohibiting citizens of either country from importing opium here, and vessels flying the flag of either nation from carrying it, will destroy the trade in this article. Opium smoking, on the Pacific coast, is not confined to the Chinese, for American youths have acquired the habit. Says one of the importers: "The Chinese will get ik ii it ia on the top oi the earth." THE worst education that teaches self denial is better than tbe l>est that teaches everything else and not that. •HU0NAIBI XACKAT. Blp» 1* Bay. fTMMBi tb» Washington OapiW.1 Here," said the speaker, as he stood with a friend near a windlasa by which ore was haifled out of a mine on the Cometock ; " here I used to stand and turn for $3 a day. Seth Cook wan mv partner, and he was paid $8 a day. Seth Cook is now a large owner in the Stand­ ard m:ne and one of the rich men of the Pacific coast." The speaker was John W. Maekay, the bonanza king, one of the richest men in the world. He is a slender, tallish, well-knit man of 47, with a clean, well-marked face, showing decision and frankness. His hair and mustache are brown, tinged with gray. His eye is keen and penetrating, his skin is ruddy, wholesome and vascular, tanned with Nevada sunshine and steamed in the Turkish-bath tempera­ ture of the lower level of the Corns.tock lode. What impresses one about the man is that there is nothing wasted in him ; he is all muscle and nerve, and shows temperate and careful habits. When he walks it is with the sure, agile tread of the leopard or the lynx--like one who might spring at any moment. There is a joyous element in the man, which would b© wiunin^ were its owner only a cab-driver instead of the master of millions. He speaks with a half stammer, which at first impresses one as being the slowness of a man who delib­ erates while bespeaks. This is the bonan- sa king as he stands at your side, look­ ing out over the brown Nevada hills. The miners come up and speak to him and call him John, and there is between them a sense of command, blended with comradeship, which appears odd to metropolitan eyes. Forty-seven years ago, or thereabouts, John W. Maekay was born in Dublin. He came to New York in his youth, and gamboled around the City Hall Park in its pastoral days, and was not unhappy when a blase theater-goer gave him a check for the Park Theater. Among other sights, he used to look with won­ der upon a famous man striding up Nas­ sau street from the old postoffi.ee with a bundle of newspapers under his arm. This was James Gordon Bennett, then a curiosity even to boys„ and the work which he was doing was building up the New York Herald, California came in enticing golden splendor out of the sluices of Swiss Sutter's mill, and young Maekay went with all the world to El­ dorado. About this time there went two others on the same errand. One was an Irishman named O'Brien--" Billy " O'Brien, as all California came to call him. Billy had a partner--a strong- headed, resolute New York lad, who came from the Broderick section of New York, and had in him all that immense capacity of doing and daring which gave Broderick national fame. Billy's part­ ner is now known as James CL Flood, of the "Flood & O'Brien firm," whose phe­ nomenal success was to make all the world wonder. Maekay went his way, as everybody did in those feverish days. He lived in mining camps, he slept on the ground, he picked and scratched and washed the gravel in running streams; he hml his ups and downs; he had oil that was gay, all that was golden in Eldorado life, and then he came with his pick and his blanket to the Nevada mountains. In the meantime Billy O'Brien and his partner had tired of the sage-brush. Giving up mining, they went to San Francisco and into business. Hie young Irishman made their acquaintance. He had found some good prospects and they had some money. A hard-headed, smooth, discreet engineer l>eoame known to them, by name Fair. He waa.a man to be considered, and the remiUfwto that four men--Maekay, Flood, O'Brien and Fair--made that business oompoct known as the Bonanza firm, which is now a ruling power in our Pacific em­ pire. In the firm Maekay owns two- fifths, and, as the head of the Bonanaa firm, is known as the Bonanza king. The Far West mad the Mcoa. Mr. Richard A. Proctor, the astrono- individual life, is a question which, al­ though much abused by humbugs and impostors, might still arrest the atten­ tion. Whether the memory of man has such an extension, and though even for the human race the contrary may be proven, it nevertheless might* be p<Wi- ble that some animals are endowed with a memory which reaches far beyond their so-<wled individual existence. THE FAMILY DOCTOR. OUB* sore throat pour a fewAwps of spirits of camphor on a lump of sugar and allow it to dissolve in tho mouth every hour. The third *"d fourth dose will enable the patient to swallow with ease. This, it is said, has •nired the last stages of the disease. ' IT is recommenced to treat inflamed wounds by smoking them with burning wool or woolen cloth. Twenty minutes in the smoke of wool, it is said, will take the pain out of the worst wound, and, if repeated onoe or twice, wiU alhy the worst case of inflammation arising from a wound. This remedy is certainly very simple, and within the reach of every one. AN exchange saya: "That painful affliction, a felon, can readily be pre­ vented by moistening the finger with the tincture of lobelia in the early stages of the attack. If allowed to progress too far before the remedy is applied it will have no effect. If it cannot be conven­ iently obtained, rock salt pulverized, after being dried in an oven and mixed with an equal part of turpentine and applied frequently, will destroy a felon in twenty-four hours." AN old-fashioned remedy for a cold : A warm "stew," getting into bed with covering weli tucked in, hot bricks to feet, and drinking abundantly of hot teas until there is a dripping perspira­ tion, to be kept up an hour or two or more until the system is relieved, and then to cool off very gradually in the course of another hour, in derisively s ty l ed an "o ld woman ' s r e m e dybu t for all that it will break np ftT1y cold taken within thirty-six hours; it will promptly relieve many of the most pain­ ful forms of sudden disease, with the advantage of being without danger, gives no shock to the system, nor wa8tes its strength.--How to Live Long. NBVEB eat till you have time to digest, for digestion requires leisure; we can- 1 not assimilate our food while the func­ tional energy of our system is engrossed by other occupations. After a hearty feed, animals retire to a quiet hiding- place, and the " after-dinner laziness" the plea of our system for rest, should admonish us to imitate their example. The idea that exercise after dinner pro­ motes digestion is a marvelous fallacy. Jules Virey settled that question by a cruel but conclusive experiment. He selected two curs of the same size, age and general physique, made them keep a fast-day and treated them the next morning to a square meal of potato chips and cubes of fat mutton, but as soon as one of them had eaten his fill he made the other stop, too, to make sure that they had both consumed the same quan­ tity. Dog No. 1 was then confined in a comfortable kennel, while No. 2 had to run after the doctor's coach, not at a breathless rate of speed, but at a fair, brisk trot for two hours and a half. As soon as they got home, the coach-dog and his comrade were slain and dissected: the kennel dog had completely digested his meal, while the chips and cubes in the coach-dog's stomach had not changed their form at all, the process of assimil­ ation had not even begun. Railroad la­ borers, who bolt their dinner daring a short interval of hard work, might as well pass their recess in a hammock; instead of strengthening them, their dinner will only oppress them, till it is digested, together with their supper, in the cool of the evening.--F. L. Otwald, in Popular Science Monthly. A Poet's Study. A correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal, who has been visiting Mr. Longfellow's home, writes: "If the influence of surroundings can be felt in mer, writes: "During mv journeys across ia ,that the Western States (from Kansas Cit^ehfhtf^ JpaJtmeiit;,,th® rooin where --5 most of Mr. Longfellow'i through Denver, Cheyenne, Ogden, and San Francisco, and back to Cheyenne and Omaha through St Joseph and Kansas City) I was much struck by the singular resemblance between the con­ figuration of the North American Conti­ nent and that of the moon's surface as seen with good telescopes. The journey from Missouri to the Rocky Mountains is usually considered monotonous (so much so, indeed, that one station near the western border of Kansas has received the sugcBtive name, Monotony). But 1 found these widespread plains (not strict­ ly level, but slightly undulating) cov­ ered with prairie grass, as impressive, in their way, as the Rocky Mountains them­ selves. (The undulations, let me note, resemble those of a sea crossed by two or more series of wide and gentle undu­ lations.) The rise from Kansas City to Sherman, 8,234 feet above the sea level, is so gradual as to be almost impercepti­ ble, except near Sherman, and the aspect of the country change* much less tbau one would expect The chief change in the character of the more level parts arises from the difference in the charac­ ter of the vegetation, the prarie grass being replaced a higher level by buffalo grass, and that in its turn at a higher level by sage brush. These broad un­ dulating regions, gradually slanting up­ ward to the foot of the Rocky Mountains, strikingly resemble the great so called 'seas' of the moon, bordered by ranges of mountains, beyond which lie the re- S'ons of great volcanic craters. These nar seas, with their prevalent dark tints, are among the most striking features of the moon's surface, and, rightly apprehended, indicate a former condition of things on the moon resem­ bling that now prevailing on the earth. They show that the moon, though now arid, had once seas as our earth lias at present The slow process of change by which the lunar seas were turned to dry land are taking place now, though on a larger scale (but even more slowly), on the earth. The lunar surface much more nearly resembles that of the New World than that of Europe, Asia, Africa, or Australia." Science and. Memory. A scientific writer defines instinct as " nothing else than an obscure remem­ brance of exjwriences which were made by earlier generations." A clear re­ membrance which extends over the boundaries of our individual life has, it is true, not yet been found among men, but this does not prove anything against tho above assertion. Such a remem­ brance we do not possess, even for the complete period of our present life. Our memory does not extend back to the first years of our infancy. It is inter­ rupted by sleep ; it may be strengthened by exercise or weakened by neglect; it may be interrupted by many abnormal states by which life itself is not inter­ rupted. Whether in dreams, or in con­ ditions of amnormal nervous excite­ ment, in hysterics or other sickness memory is increased, so that it really extends over the period of our so-called Longfellow's poems have been written, and where many of his souvenirs are gathered from abroad and distant parts of this country. It is large and square and has several win­ dows in it There are carved book-cases (one of whioh is filled with his own works), portraits of his literary friends i'i their youth, and two of himself--one taken at the age of twenty, the other re­ cently--some venerable cabinets, plenty of easy-chairs, etc. In one corner, be­ tween two windows, each having a wide and varied prospect, is his writing-desk, heaped with papers. I paused there,a moment and looked ont on the hills and the trees, as if to catch some memento of the inspiration that has come to the poet in that particular place. In the center of the room is a large square table, laden with many objects. The inkstand used by Wordsworth (I think), some rare books, notably a copy of the first edition of Bryant's poems, some Vene­ tian vases, filled with newly cut flowers, etc., etc. As Mr. Longfellow talked with me of Hawthorn and Emerson, he pointed to their portraits--and of many other authors and authoresses, English, German, Italian, and American--it was delightful to find that he expressed himself so kindly of all. Of course. I was eager to hear him talk, and sug­ gested topics, if he paused with infinite courtesy for me to express an opinion. In speaking of Dante, he went to a carved oak box and unlocked it, from which lie brought forth a little glass case, in which are some bits of the great Italian's coffin. After a while he showed me the lower part of his house, the drawing-room, with its objects of art, and the stair-case, where a talj[ Dutch clock rests on the landing--not 'The Clock on the Stair-case,' but a more fanciful oqe that has taken the old. clock's place. It is a quaint house, notJ elegant, but more than that, it is charm­ ing, homelike, and telling, as everything in it gives one an idea of its unusual oc­ cupation. One would hardly believe it could be one hundred and fifty years old. Washington lived in it nine mouths. His office was the room used by Mr. Longfellow as his study. Most of the rooms are as Washington left them in shape, although some trifling alterations have been made. On the east side of the house is a broad piazza, where the poet loves to walk. He still writes and works as though he was a young man. He is vigorous, and bids fair for many years to come to enjoy the honors which liis talents and industry have created for himl " A Fnnay Duel. A French lawyer, having had a dis­ pute with a neighbor, went to a fencing- master to learn his art in order to fight a duel. Never having touched a sword in his life, he asked what he had better do. The master told him to hold his sword steadily on a level with his adver­ sary's eye, remain immovable, wait un­ til the other man rushed forward and found himself spitted like a woodcock. If his antagonist came nearer he himself was to retreat; if the other retreated he should stand stilL An hoar later, the neighbor arrived in the same ignorant plight in regard to the art at dueling. To him the feneing-raastergave the same directions. When the two duelists met each assumed the same attitude as they had been directed, and for several min­ utes stood perfectly motionless, each thinking that the other would advance. The bystanders looked on in amazement, the seconds were astonished, and at length brought the farce to an end by declaring honor satisfied. The lawyer lowered liis aching arms, saying: "I had no idea that a duel was such hard work. I would a thousand times rather plead for a dozen hours than fight as we nam been doing for as many minutes." n» Forehead. The apright forehead, with ito various modifications of squareness and partial curving, generally denotes the sound and noble understanding, as opposed to the retreating form, which indicates the precise reverse. A merely high forehead does not, however, imply a good fore- head; for the form, proportion, sloping, height, arching and position of the bone of the forehead, are tests of the mental power and character. Even the color and smoothness of the skin, together with the lineai of the wrinkles, must be taken into account, for they express the passions and state of the mind. A per­ fect forehead should be one-third of the whole face, or equal to the nose in height, the covering skin clearer than the rest of the face, and smooth and free from wrinkles, yet have the power of wrinkling in deep thought, anger or pain. A forehead, to be perfect, should be, when seen in the profile, neither too upright nor too retreating. The higher the forehead, the more comprehen­ sion and less activity. The more com­ pressed, firm and short, if not too short, the more concentrated and firm the character. The more curved the top, the more flexible and gentle the charac­ ter ; while the less curved--that is, the more square the top, the more deter­ mination, perseverance and sternness. If the forehead is perfectly upright from the eyebrows to the roots of the hair, there will be a deficient understanding; while a projecting forehead will denote imbecility, immaturity, weakness or stu­ pidity, according as modified by the other features. On the other hand, the upright forehead, which is gently arched at the top, denotea a calm, cold, deep thjjikas. ILLINOIS IJHHSLATU&K. -- ^ MOTOAT, May X--Both branch** • Mature were ealM to order this afMe|ji004 pursuant to adjournment There m olavos Senators and tweoty-foor Tiiii--initsllna present Nothing was attempted adds MM leading of btUs a irat time. TCKIMX, May S. - SCUT*.--BUTA paeeed: Giving the Elgin laiaae' AaytaB $200,000 for ordinary expeoeee, *nd *64.666 for repaint and new boiler* ; appropnatiagOTLSM) for new buildings at Cbeatar Penitentiary; ap­ propriating #165,000 for erdinary exiieaaee. *207,800 lor new boUdings, ftuuitw and m- pairs at Kankakee; appropriating an agro- gate of *75,840 tor Pontiae; pw tbe Anna Insane Aaylaaa ; for the relief of Jacksonville Inaana Asy­ lum to the tune of $310,000; giving tne Feeble-Minded institution at Linootn tUMkOfiO; appropriating f37,600 for the Normal Uaivaratr at Normal; appropriating *3,000 per aanwt aa premiums for the State Fair, and tlOOtaeMh county for the same purpose, and tl3^66 aal- ara and expenses of the State Boaid: nxo- priating f̂ OOO for the expenses of tfas and standing nnmmittwaa: oedbw ttaBUi andI Michigan canal, with ninety feet of hai oa each stdet to the United States OownaM*. Hocaa.--Parish's bill to allow fontgn marina inanranoe companiss to do tmsinass ia Xltinote without depositing 900,000 in addition to #150,000 now required to be deposited ia Hew York, was slaughtered. A motion to leoowUer the vote by which the bill for the pBbfaetfcm of Hill's Digest was killed, was tabled. The most interesting event of thessssfani was the introduction by lattle, of VWjetta, of a bill to make the Senatorial apportionment, which wan sent to the Apportionment Ooounittee- Mr. Harrington gent np a joint rawktioc at the opening of the afternoon aenioo providhv for » sine-die adjournment Mav 16, forte discharge of the committee darts and Jssitaii May 17. It wag killed. WKDNKSDAY, May 4.--SDT&TB.--Senator Mer* ritt moved to reconsider tho vote by which his Gained Policy Insurance bill was defeated the other day. The motion prevailed, and the bffl was made the special order for next Wednaa* day. Senator Fuller presented a joint resolu­ tion for an adjournment sine die May 81. It was laid over under the rulesi as waa a mutton to adjourn sine di© May 14. BJls were passed: Appropriating for the support Of, "w| repairs to. the Jacksonville Asylum for tbe Deaf and Dumb; donating #8,000 to tho Deaf and Dumb School in Chioago; giving the anthoribsa at Joliet penitentiary police power over grounde contiguous to the institution. '"•"V If , ~ ̂J! * * :v o- " * vi. * * V' n' • A' ' & Reekleas Extravagance. At a recent dancing-party, one of the events of the season, one of our lovely Cmg debutantes was noticed standing ide a costly upright piano, chatting with her escort. Supper was in pro­ gress, and at the lady's elbow, on the top of the piano, was a plate of terrapin. Presently, another gentleman appeared, carrying an ice; in the service he had somewhat soiled his dainty hands; aud in her anxiety to repair the damage, the fair Biibject of his devotions bade him hold his hands over the terrapin plate, w}iile she deluged them with the con­ tents of a champagne glass that stood by. Naturally, the liquid carried with it the greasy contents of the small dish, and down went the whole mixture into the delicate machinery of the piano. Did my lady care? Not'a whit; she was only a debutante, but she was a true convert, aud she laughed merrily, and showed her pretty teeth, as if heartily amused at the devastation. She seemed even to resent the interference of an elder lady, who, disgusted at the destruc­ tion, and, perhaps, moved to pity by the injury being done to the piano, almost "a thing of life," came to the rescue, and stopped the stieky stream that was pour­ ing relentlessly over the keya §nd fragile • wires. --Progress. Baft Explmtfn. - , Pat ia a hard nut for even a veteran cross-examiner to crack. The estute Daniel O'CoiweH was not 'infrequently worsted in encounters with some trouble­ some witness. How an officer fared in an encounter with an Irish soldier is told aa follows : While on the Peninsula, during the war, an offioer one day came across a private soldier belonging to one of the most predatory companies of the Irish Brigade. • The fellow had the lifeless bodies of a gooee and a hen tied together by the heels, dangling from his musket. " Where did you steal these, you ras­ cal ?" the officer demanded. " Steal, is it ? Faith, I was marching along with Color Sergeant Magtrire, and the goose--bad cess to it--came out and hissed at the American flag, and, bedad, I aliot him on the spot I" "But the hen, air--how about the hen ?" " It's the hen, is it f Bad luek to the hin ! I caught her laying eggs for the rebel army, and, as a Federal soldier, I oouldn't stand that, anyhow, and 1 gave her a lick that stopped that act of trea­ son !" Beareatlon. In a lecture by Dr. Romanea, of Loa­ der before the National Health Society, the physiology of recreation was briefly described as consisting merely in a re­ building up, reforming or recreation of organs and tissues that have become partly disintegrated by the exhausting effects of work. It thus appears that the one essential principle of all recrea­ tion must be variety--that is, the sub­ stitution of one set of activities for an- other, and, consequently, the successive affording of rest to bodily structures as they beceme successively exhausted; and so the undergraduate finds recrea­ tion in rowing, because it givee his brain time to recover its exhausted energies, while the historian and the man of sci­ ence find mutual relief to their respect­ ive faculties in each other's labon. i ' HOUSE. -- Mr. Black introduced a bill appropriate $250 for the repairs of an belonging to the Cairo Fire Department, the machine having been injured and put out of join* at tho late fire at the Southern Insane Asylmn. Mr. Strattan introduced a joint reeolutioB pro­ viding for a sine-die adjournment May H, and hwi it referred to the Committee on Bales. Billfi were passed: Appropriating #13,006 for temporary barracks at the Southern Insane Asylum; requiring Clerks of courts of record to pay over to County Treasurers all fees in £ •,' '* r'v:. . tlieIT hands at the expiration of their i the Treasurers to retain same for a cer­ tain number of years, and tarn it over to the county if not called for; to suppress and prevent the spread of pleuro­ pneumonia, and to appoint a State Veterinary Surgeon at a salary of 68 per day; to authorise «juo-w<»jTanto proceedings where a penon a privilege, exemption or license whieh *•" been improperly or unlawfully issued by any public officer, board. Commissioner or ooprt; giving the Penitentiary " Commissioners police powers over penitentiary grounds; - making Washington'* birthday and Decoration day legal holiday*, and providing for the pay­ ment of notes and other obligations the day previous; providing a penal remedy in addition to the present civil remedy for trespassing upon another man's coal lands ; allowing City Coen- cih in of not over 3,000 inhabitant̂ oa petition of a majority of the legal votary consolidate the wards'iuto one, after which tttt Aldermen shall be elected at large. TmmsDiY, May 6.--SKKATX.--The Senate to tax express companies 2 per cent, cn their gross receipts was taken up on third reading* debated and lost by 13 to 19. A motion to re* consider was entered and made a special order for Tuesday next Senator Fuller introduced a joint resolution providing foran&djoarniaent of the senate from Friday of this week until Tuesday of next, for the reason that the Senate was well advanced in its work and ahead of ttw House. An appropriation bill waa passed giv­ ing the Industrial University at UrWna fiTttni for repairs and current expenses. Hoosa.--A resolution requesting the Attor­ ney General to furnish the Hoosa with Us 1 opinion as to whether the capital stock of mining companies, not incorporated by the laws of Illinois ̂held and owned by tftlma residents of Illinois, is subject to taxation, ! whether any additional legislation ia necessary in order to ranch the property for purposes or ifc'--' assessment, wag adopted. Mr. Krall offered n resolution providing for a com'nusioo of eXf perta, to be appointed by the Governor, to ex­ amine all the State institutions and asctr- tain how well or how poorly they as* provided with exits and entrances and the means of extinguishing fires. Mr. Weber in­ troduced a bill whioh, if passed, will allow the .. . •• ^SS$i ip h vote by whioh his Anti-Railway Pooling bill i lost some days ago. The motion to reconsider was made a special order for Imi Ttaursday, but was crowded out of time by the deadlock. The motion to r. consider was carried after m long debate by 74 to 41, and then the call of the roll upon the pass or the bill showed a total of 7S to 44--only vote short of enough to carry it Mr. Lnding- ton, of De Witt, addressing the Speaker in re- speetful language, said he was one of fifteen who demanded that the absentees be * i kV- ; v' ' ' Ua Ffcyslognemy. Enthusiastic young /lady--"What a sweet, pretty little bay of yours, Mrs. Finnigan. What beautiful black eyes he haa! I'm sure he will be both excitable and impulsive--black-eyed people al­ ways are, you know." Mrs. Finnigan--"Sure, Miss, an* per­ haps you're right. His father's excitable and impulsive enough, bedad! So, loikly, it's why he's never widout a Maek-ejre, sorra a bit!"--Judy. in. The Speaker could not be made to neor- nise the member, and decided that rale Monly applied when there was no qnornnu Onat ax- oitsmentensued. amid whichamoiioatoadioana was oarried. Intbeevemngameeting was held of thoss in favor of the bill, at whieh re protesting against the action of the were adopted, and will be Hoosa. The moat excited seene of oooured while the Clerk was footfeag «j> the vote, and atroog language waa asai toward Ipeakar Thomas. FKIDIT, Hay SavaTB.--The Senate Ml consolidating the two Penitentiary Boards ef the State was reported adversely by UMOHB» mittee on Penal Institutions, and tabled Iflr a vote of yeas 20 to nays 19. The Cominittae at Judiciary introduced a bill to extend the coin i'ark driveway, ia the Ofty of Otinra the Witter Works. Bills passed: Apfe [mating #10,900 for the purchase of additional land for the Joliet penitentiary; authorizing a levy for road purposes of SO osaas on each 9100 of taxable property, and reqnir- ing two days' work on the roads b.v e>ch mala ' votfif under 60 years of age, iaa cennties not under township organisation, A of bills were advanoea to third reading, when the Senate adjourned to Monday. HotmE.--A long and acrimoniomi debate en spreading the protest of the members whe - signed last evening's paper reflecting on the Speaker for hu action on the Anti-Pooling bffl. upon the records took up the entire forenoon and after recess it was sent to the Judiciary Committee by 57 to 53. Mr. Huldeat Chairman of the Insurance Committer introduced a bill prohibiting tne agaail of foreign life-inau ing risks in Illinois unless u made the required deposit of State Treasurer. The rest of the was spent in leading House bills a n sending uoe to third others. "FOKLOW my advice, but not my ex­ ample," is a maxim that we sometimes hear. " Don't do as I do, but do as I tell you." But that is fatuous counsel It is your example that men follow rather than your words. By what you are rather than by w^at you 'say you are shaping their lives. It is much better to make your life a safe one to copy so that you can boldly say what Paul said : " Be ye followers of mo." Tour preach­ ing wul not have the effect it ought to have until you are able to say that You may praise a man to the skies and you can not make all the people like him; so you may exhaust tbe whole list of opprobrious epithets in abusing him and von oan not make all the peo- ploliate him. • Denver A Denver correspondent of ford Timm says: To discriminate m speaking of society here is to prepare t» receive the censnre of some aud the IV proval of others; but your c can safely assert that it is mixture. Culture is not a qualification. It would seem is taken for an equivalent for and refinement. Recent discoveries fat the mines have made "bonanza kiuga,** and paved the way to social as well aa official position. But this city ia not alone iu this respect. During the t^jr the city is thronged with people rushing to aud fro, all full of business or cares «f some kind. Let it be great or small business, a man goes about it just th» same as if his success depended day's work. This is a noted is tic of the average Deuverite.