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• » A. , - .. :i~sik! ":J\ * - * ' ' * ~* , - ,- • "• • ^x^mi , . ' * > , , • « *+' ~V:*>$,.+'*,<£>•*> M^v>.r;^-v- *^t». v«f *<•>•* >• .1 ' , „ *7 * t •.» rnvn fjliritulealet I. VAN *&«. U** aai PuSlttw. McHENRY, ^ "•. ,*« - ~\+»r' ILLINOia THE new Czar leads a very simple life, fijie arises early and breakfasts with his . family, and then puts on his boiler-iron jjvercoat and takes a walk in the back ONE of the wealthiest settlers Ifr A«s- tralin is Jem Mace, the notad champion m. the prize ring, who landed in Mel- -Jbourne two years ago with $50. He lias made a fortune by speculating in sioining atocka. THE sons of a Cincinnati landlord scared an undesirable tenant out, of a house by dangling a skeleton in the • doorway at night, and then pulling the bell, thus creating ̂ ie impression that •death desired to call. THK London Standard severely criti- • •ciscs the revised version of the New Tes­ tament. It is claimed that the revisers " have so revised the noblest book in the English language as to deprive it of much of its beauty, and they have de­ stroyed many of its historical associ­ ations." . LAWYE* SNYDEB, of Cincinnati, took the occasion of a trial in court to say that Nannie Murray and Mary McKin- ney were " as bad in character as they were in face," and when he got out- • doors they thrashed him soundly, but •whether for the attack on their character •or their looks is not explained. WASHINGTON society is perturbed by the rumor that Secretary Lincoln has •determined to send down among the alligators and out among the Indians those army officers who have for years "Seen on detached duty in Washington, *nd have ornamented the drawing-rooms of the capital. We are told that this de­ termination is the chief topic at wed­ dings and other gathering*. ON March 4, 1861, J. F. Morris, of Weathersford avenue, Hartford, Ct., set «out in front of his residence a small elm tree which the neighbors christened the Lincoln Elm. It was planted at the day -and hour of Lincoln's inauguration. It ^stands now a tree of fine proportions, •about sixty feet high, in front of the Wetherbee residence, which waa then Mr. Morris' home. UTAH is just now the chosen field for •considerable Christian missionary work. There are forty-four Presbyterian mis­ sionaries in the Territory, maintained at an annual cost of $36,000, the Congre- 3?ationalists are spending $30,000 in new dchool houses and churches, the Metho­ dists have twenty missionaries on the ground, and other denominations are represented. These tremendous on­ slaughts have incited the Mormons to renewed zeal. THE church of Talmage in Brook­ lyn must be by far the largest Presbyterian church in the world. Last Sunday, after presenting the statistics of his late revival, as the result of which 310 persons had been added to the number,. ho gave the total membership of his flock at 2,589. There are few Protestant churches anywhere, and of any of the different varieties of re­ ligious belief, which can show so great a body of members as that. smoke that he oould not see from the deck, and so, taking his speaking tube, he ascended the shrouds, round after round, keeping above the smoke as it rose, so as to tell his gunners where to direct their fire, and these were his ex­ act words about it to me, long afterward: 'I was well nigh up to the maintop when the battle was over, bat certainly I was not lashed there.'" EMTT.I DX GIBABDIH died with perfect unconcern. His physician told him he was about to prepare some medicine for him. " No good," he replied, " it is all over. After all, I might just as well die now as in a year's time." The doctor declared that his patient wonld go through another political campaign. But Girardiu was not deceived. "The end has come," he said. " The hour of repose has arrived, and I prefer dying at the moment my rede finishes." Ten days before his death, after a suddeni at­ tack of illness, the doctor said to him : " You always asked me to let you know when your life might bo considered en­ dangered. After an attack at your age there is always risk. Have yott put your affairs in order?" "Yes," he said, " everything is in order, and I am ready." SUPRBINTKNDKNT JACKSON, of Castle Garden, estimates that the arrivals of emigrants at the port of New York this year may reach 500,000. The arrivals for the first four months of last year and the corresponding period of this year, with the countries from which the im­ migrants came, as shown by returns to the United States Treasury Department, were as follows: -3 3 ?• 3 n <§! ?! £1 XATIOKAU- a 3 unoiiu- TIU. -~ST TfES. + * rff li n H England... 11,221 10,574 Italy 3,390 5,418 Scotland.... 2,687 2,319 Holland.... 1,300 3,3J15 Ireland. .... 17,«39 11,00' Belgium... 270 502 Germany.... 23,113 Mi, 21)3 Russia 723 794 Austria 2,118 •J,765 Poland 691 823 Sweden 9,982 *,•>8 Hungary.. 1,(M4 4,294 Norway 1,970 1,680 :0:her coun- 1,(M4 Denmark.... l,»-97 1,763 triea 841 1,393 Fm nee 1,068 l,09t Switzerland. 2,65.' 3,111' 1 Total*.. sa,«*e 1W),123 The rate of increase this year is nearly 33 per cent. This would give a total immigration of over 600,000, of which about 450,000 would be due at New York. This proportion will be increased during the current year, as the season is backward, and an unusually large immi­ gration is expected from the Scandina­ vian ports. The German nations still contribute by far the largest number of immigrants; the Irish come next, an they are closely followed Uy-4he Swedes, English and Italians Most oTHw'Ttal- ians who leave JNew York, it is said, go to California and engage in wine-raising. An increasing number of Irish immi­ grants yearly go to the country and look to farming for their support. THE FAMILY DOCTOR. "SECRETARY LINCOLN is said to be boyish in his official duties," Bays the Albany Journal. Commenting upou^jjye*or a /ew days on nhifULim /n^r "natlv re- * m y. which the Chicago Inter Ocean patly re marks : " Yes, and they used to charge that his father was not solemn enough, and would tell a funny story even when «rreat statesmen were getting out their handkerchiefs to weep. Critics will find out that the 'boyish' ways do not inter­ fere with a wise discharge of official business. ' Bob' is not much of a spread •eagle, and he oould not be an owl if ho tried." NICHOLAS, the Grand Duke who has been exiled from Russia for his supposed relations with the Nihilists, is a cousin of the Czar and an inveterate scape­ grace. His escapade with the American adventuress, Miss Hattie Blackford, bet­ ter known as Fanny Lear, brought him into unenviable notoriety. He was the black sheep of the Romanoffs, and what with stealing diamonds, playing Don Juan and engaging in Nihilist plots, there was no other resource left but to put him where he can do no further harm to himself or the ruler of the Bus- was. THS official report of the crops of Russia in part explains the unexpected demand for wheat from Europe. The wheat crop of Russia isjfloced at 14,100,- 000 quintals, against 16,300,000 as the average crop, but the main loss was in rye. The yield is estimated at 32.000,- 000 quintals, whereas 58,200,000 is an average crop, There was also a defi­ ciency of 3,000,000quinta'sof barley and 9,000,000 of oats, besidealiout 70,000,000 -quintals of potatoes. The deficiency in r.ye only, for all Germany, is estimated at 112,000,000 bushels. Nor can Russia supply the want, as usual. Hence, a greater demand for American wheat. ENGLISH physicians report the obtain­ ing of pu rgati ve effects from the external application of castor oil over the abdo­ men. IF the skin of the head becomes very tender during confinement to the bed make a narrow pillow, cylinder shaped, and unite the ends. The head can rest on such a pillow and the ear not come in contact with the surface. The eara suffer most when the skin of the head is tender. SPRAINS are always promptly relieved by allowing the coldest water to fall up­ on the part steadily, until no discomfort is experienced. Repeat as often as ne­ cessary; keep the sprained joint elevated if about the hands, and horizontal if about the feet, so as to promote the flow of blood from the parts by gravity; and fruits and coarse DR. GUILILASSK, of the French navy, reports that in the early stage of'the disease coffee is almost a specific against typhoid fever. He gives to adults two or three tablespoonfuls of strong black coffee every two hours, alternating with one or twojtea-spoonfuls of claret or Burgundy wine. The beneficial effect is immediate. A little lemonade or ci­ trate of maguesia should be given daily, and after a while a little quinine. A SUPERIOR remedy for a sore throat is, on retiring to rest, to rub on the out­ side a little volatile liniment, and swal­ low slowly a few drops of paregoric, let­ ting it dissolve in the saliva and spread along down the inflamed parts. The liniment is generally sufficient alone. Volatile liniment is simply a mixture of sweet oil and aqua ammonia (called liquid hartshorn). These are put into a vial and shaken, using such propor­ tion as to form a semi-liquid soap. An ounce or two can be got cheaply at the druggist'8; and, if tightly corked, it will keep for months. Rub it on with the fingers. This is also good for sore­ ness of the chest or joints, or for lame­ ness, stiff neck,, etc. NASAL CATARRH. --Snuff up each nos­ tril about as much iodoform as would lie on a 3-penny piece. I did this about 6 o'clock in the evening, and about 11 o'clock I was immediately relieved, so that the coryza was markedly diminished. In that short time my cold had been transported from the cold stage to the stage of resolution. Next morning I was almost welL I resolved to try this drug on various friends and patients, and ha%© done so with great success. lite coryza and accompanying pain and discomfort disappeared in a few hours or in the course of a night. In cases of mild ca­ tarrh I found it made the symptoms a great deal worse. I generally find one application enough, and give a smaller quantity than I used myself.--British Medical Journal. ON the subject of preparing for fever patients, an exchange says: "Drirks made from fresh or preserved fruits are sometimes useful in "fevers. Rhubarb tea is a very refreshing spring beverage. Slice about two pounds of rhubarb, and boil for a quarter of an THE Rev. Mr. Anthony, a San Fran­ cisco Methodist pastor, said in a lecture , pertinent to the unveiling of the Farra- £our in4 * ^uart water i strain the "A man ^ r>r<Zni\£n' a jug, adding a small quan-was present who tity of lemon peel and some sugar to gut statue: "A positively tied the ropes around the Ad­ miral when he was in the maintop at the battle of Mobile, I would not believe it if a thousand men told it to me, for Farragut told me that he never was lashed to the masts at all. ' Why should I be tied?' said he. 'Were they afraid I would run away ?' The truthof it was that during the fight there waa so much taste ; when cold it is fit for use. Apple water may be made in the same manner. The apples should be peeled and cored. Sugar should not be added to either of the above until after the liquor is re­ moved from the fire. In the absence of fresh fruit, a pleasant beverage may be prepared by stirring sufficient raspberry jam or currant jelly into the required quantity of water, straining the liquor before giving it to the patient." FACTS FOB THE CURIOUS. DK. HKBZ, a foreign electrician, has shown that it is possible to telephone 600 miles. THE huge hunting spiders of Sooth America and Ceylon have legs which cover a foot of ground. NEARLY 6,000 different species of. birds have been exhibited anojelassifted, and probably thousands more exist. TAKING that of beef at 100, the total solids or actual nutritive material in different fishes vary from sixty •.two to 163. EXPERIMENT has proved that sound travels faster in water than in air--in water at the rate af 4,078 feet per sec­ ond. THE aoorn-baraaole cements its fore­ head to a rock and remains thus all its life with its head downward and its heels in the air, kicking its food into its mouth. AOASSIZ once had an opportunity to ca.ofully measure a large jelly-fish as it lay at the surface of the sea. Its disk was seven feet in diameter and its ten­ tacles 112 feet long. THE house-spider's web will last for many weeks, while the garden-spider must spin afresh or mend her web every twenty-four hours. The former some­ times lives from six to eight years. | 1* is not generally known that there is such a thing as false eyebrows, yet buch is the case. They are made per­ fectly by the use of "hair iaoe" and would never be suspected as a counter­ feit DR. NORDENSKJOLD, the Arctic travel • or, has discovered that iron is always to be found in snow, from which it may be extracted by a magnet. It is supposed that these particles of iron are Of mete­ oric origin. THE bones of the Archae plery, a rare fossil found in Germany, are very much like those of a lizard, and its hind legs are like those of a bird, and it was when alive clothed with feathers. This was really a most wonderful link between the birds and the reptiles. There can be *no doubt regarding the reptilian affinities of birds. MACHINES in a watch facto, y will out screws with 589 thready to the inch-- the finest used in a watch has 250. These threads are invisible to the naked eye, and it takes 144,000 of the sciaws to make a pound. A pound of them is worth six pounds of pure gold. Lay one upon a piece of white paper and it looks like a tiny steel filing. THE name of the Deity is spelled with four letters in almost every known lan­ guage. It is in Latin, Deus; Greek, Zeus ; Hebrew, Adon ; Syrian, Adad; Arabian, Alia; Persian, Syra; Taita - ian, Idga; Egyptian, Aumn or Zeut; East Indian, Esgi, or Zeni; Japanese, Zain; Turkish, Addi; Scandinavian, Odin; Wallachian.Zene; Croatian, Dega; Dalmatian, Rogt; Tyrrhenian, Eher; Etuurian,Chur; Morgarian,Oese; Swed­ ish, Codd ; Irish, Dich ; German, Gott; French, Dieu; Spanish, Dios; Peru­ vian, Lian. THE speed at which some wings are driven is enormous. It is occasionally so great as to cause the pinions to emit a drumming sound. To this source the buzz of the fiv, the drone of the bee and t lie boom of the beetle are to be referred. When a grouse, partridge or pheasant suddenly springs into the air, tL>e sound produced by the whirring of its wings greatly resembles that produced by the •sntact of steel with the rapidly-ievolv- ilig stone of the knife-grinder. It has been estimated that the common fly moves its wings 330 times per second-- i. e., 19,800 times per minute, and that the butterfly moves its wings nine times per second, or 540 times per minute. THE explorations made of deep-sea bottoms show a novel constituent of such bottoms to be pumice dust, aris­ ing, it is presumed, from submarine volcanic action; so general is it, in fact, that it rarely fails to appear when carefully looked for in any ot the dredg- ings, and it is believed to be the chief origin of the deep-sea clays. An addi­ tional element, which appears to have been detected at great depths, is " cos­ mic dust," or dust formed from aero­ lites. .Another interesting point in thes6 explorations is the finding of man­ ganese peroxide in nodules inclosing or­ ganic remains--sharks' teeth and pieces of bone. Edwin Booth's First Appearance on the Stage. Edwin Booth's first appearance on the regular stage was made Sept. 10, 1849, at the Boston Museum, in the little part of Tressil, in Cibber's version of "Rich­ ard 1IL" Junius Brutus Booth, his father--the rival of Edmund Kean, and one of the greatest tragedians that ever lived--was then keeping an engagement at the Museum, and Edwin was in at­ tendance on him as dresser. Tressil had been cast to the prompter of the theater; but it chanced that this person wished to avoid the duty of acting it, and that he succeeded in persuading Edwin to undertake it. This arrangement was made without the elder Booth's knowl­ edge, and he only became aware of it by reading in the play-bill the announce­ ment of his son's first appearance, duly underlined. " Fool!" was all he said when he read this announcement; and this remark was not understood to sig­ nify encouragement. When the nigh A came, and Edwin had dressed his father for Gloster, and himself for Tressil, the eccentric parent--who, beneath an out­ ward aspect of indifference, loved this son with the fondest affection--took a chair, lit a cigar, and, viewing the youth with a critical eye, made this inquiry, " Do vou know that you are supposed to have teen riding hard and far ?' "Yes, sir." " Where are your spurn ?" "I haven't any." " Take mine"--holding out on* booted leg. The boy took the spurs, and went on for his little scene with King Henry VL When he returned, his father was still sitting negligently in the chair, and smoking the cigar. " Give me my spurs," he said, again holding out his leg; and T.nin was all the comment that EJUWLII Booth's first professional appearance ever elicited from the parent whom he idolized. He learned subsequently, though, that his father had been down at the wing, and had watched the first effort with evident interest and satisfac­ tion, and then hastened back to his non­ chalant pose in the dressing-room. There never, surely, could have been a more singular being than Juuius Brutus Booth. This little trait of character is but one of thousands that marked him as a unique person.--Harper's Magazine. Oatmeal. The use of this article of food has in­ creased greatly during the past, few years, and, if all we hear and read in it* favor be true, it should be used to even a greater extent. The Scotch are noted as a robust and healthy people, and they make great use of oatmeal in various ways. We believe it would be better for our farmer friends to have this arti­ cle on their breakfast tables every morn­ ing than to eat so much pork as many do. It must be healthful and nourishing for children as well as adults. Get a good article and have it well cooked, and served with cream and a little sugar, and it is good. Let those who do not think so try it for six mouths or a year, and not do without it ever PITH AJTO POINT. COOPER was a staving good writer. WHEN a cow " kicks the bucket," she usually turns a little pail. AM Indian Chief calls his musket " Book Agent," because it is an old smooth bore. THE gouty mar. is generally looked upon as a nigh liver---too high to be reached by a liver pad. A WESTERN lyceum has come to the conclusion, after exhaustive research, that the mother of vinegar is a widow. "MRS. LOCKE'S purchased hair match­ es well with that which grows on her head," said C. to D. "Yes, so well that I can't tell which is switch," was the candid reply. » WON'T some chem%t invent a face powdei that does not contain lead and tastes good ? Our young men are all dy­ ing of lead poisoning, and kissing is going out of fashion. AN old bachelor accidentally dropped his teeth into a grate of burning coals. " Never mind, uucle," said his nephew, " it isn't the first time I've known you to grate your teeth." " STANDING BEAU," said an old lady, reading about the wrongs of the Poncas, " why, how dieadfull Poor fellow! I suppose those rascally agents have sto­ len all his clothes." A BROTHER arose in a weekiy prayer- meeting in New Jersey and said: " Brethren, when I consider the short­ ness of life, I feel as if I might be taken away suddenly, like a thief in the night." "PADDY,'" said a joker, "why don't vou get your ears cropped ? They are entirely too long for a man." "And yours," replied Pat,, "ought to be lengthened--they an too short for an ass." " GLASS put in," he yelled, as the door opened and an Italian put his head in. "Do you do a pane business, and they keep you putty busy f " I inquired. The door banged and the head disap­ peared.--Boston Times. AN Irish gentleman in the poetic line has turned the Kilkenny cats into Greek. Translated this new version of an old song reads thus: THF.HK won at wms two ah at Kilkenny; Each thought then waa one rat toe many; So thev quarreled and fit, Tney scratched and they bit Till, excepting their naUs - And tips of their tai!i>, Inatead of two cata there warn't any. A WOMAN writer says: " Babies- bless them !--are the sweetest flowers in all the gardens of the world." l'es-- " bless 'em!"--but they are much sweeter when they get old enough to pluck from the parent stem. And they are pretty expensive to cultivate, too-- "bless them !" Yes ! babies are sweet flowers--sometimes--and should be left in their little beds when their parents go to a public entertainment.--Norri*- town Herald. RKM> MBEII, though box In the plural makeaboxea, The plural of ox thouid be oxen, not oxea. And remember, though fleece in the p:ural is lleecee, That the plural of gooaa iant goaaea nor geeeee. And remember though houae in the plural la houses, The plural of mouse be mice, and not Mouse, It is true, in the plueattowloe, Zut tbe plural at hMne rtr wM toe Mbsea,̂ aot • And foot, it Is true, in the pluM is feet, But the plural of root should be roots, and notrsat. A POMPOUS lawyer, who supposed himself to be very sarcastic, said to the keeper of an apple stand: "It seems to me that you should quit this trying business, and go at something which is not so wearing on the brain." " Oh, 'tain't business," said the apple seller. "Itislyin' awake nights try-in* to de­ cide whether to leave my fortun' to a or­ phan 'sylum or to a home for played-out old lawyers as is a-killin* me." A YOUNG lady in Boston had gathered a Sunday-school class from among the newsboys of that city. One Sunday she was trying to impress upon their minds some good advice in regard to the future, when it occurred to her that the word was perhaps a little beyond the compre­ hension of the class. Putting the ques. tion to the boys: " Do you know what the futurG»meau8?" there was a dead si­ lence for a moment, which was broken by a bright little fellow, who quietly suggested it might mean " further par­ ticulars in the next edition." WHEN little Johnnie was first learning to talk, he took special delight in re­ sponding " Amen," after his father had asked a blessing upon the food, as the family wat at taljle. One day, a visitor was with them, and, having performed this service as Joimnie's papa had re­ quested him to do, he closed with say­ ing "Amen." This was something that John nie had not been accustomed to, and it almost broke his little heart. The tears poured down his cheeks very fast, and he turned his grieved little face toward mamma, while his voice was al­ most choked with sobs as he said: " Oh, Tnnnma, he said it hisself I" "•» . : Month Penmanship. Says the St. Louis Republican: The way in which one-half of the human anatomy can be trained to perform the functions of another which has been lost or disabled, has seldom had a better illustration than in the case of Mr. R. L. Lloyd, of Dalton, Mo., who has schooled his mouth to do the legitimate work of his hands in writing. The writ­ ing thus executed is of the best quality, that which in other men would be called the "hand," being free and flowing with each letter formed after the most ap­ proved pattern. Mr. Lloyd is a merchant in Dalton, dealing with a wholesale firm in this city. The following letter written to them, which Deputy Sheriff Thomas Vermillion keeps as a curiosity, was yes­ terday shown by him to a Republican reporter: "DAMON, Mo. -- Gentlemen:--Your bill of goods of the 9th inst., at hand, for which receive thanks. On your bill you make comments upon my crippled condition, and express regret that I am in that condition of helplessness, for which I am thankful. You also say that you think some public mention 4>t it would not be inappropriate. In answer, though not desiring to bring myself into notoriety, I will make this statement as a gratification to my friends: I was a member of Captain Hi. Bledsoe's bat­ tery, under the command of General Sterling Price, and at the battle of Lex­ ington, Mo., which occurred on the 21st day of September. 1861, I lost both my arms while loading red-hot shot. I have since then attempted to perform all my duties in life and bear with patience my "siffliction" with "never give up. the ship" for my motto. It is true that I write with 'mv mouth--waa forced to learn to write thus in order to conduct my business properly. If this letter can be of use to you or any others, you are welcome to do with it as you please. Yours very respectfully. & Ik Lum" WHAT IS XICKEL t Th* Material Out of Which Cent Coin Hade. Since the convenient five-cent ooin, which in common talk is called "a nick­ el," has come inty general circulation, the question above is asked, either men­ tally or orally, hundreds of times every day, and but few get an intelligent an­ swer. In China and India a white cop­ per, called pack tong, has long been known, and has been extensively used, both there and in Europe, for counter­ feiting silver coin. About the year 1700 a peculiar ore was discovered in the cop­ per mines of Saxony, which had the ap- pearauce of being very rich, but in smelting it yielded no copper, and the miners called it kupfer-nickel, or false copper. In 1754 Constait announced the discovery of a new metal in kupfer- nickel, to which he gave the name of nickel. It wes in combination with ar­ senic, from which he oouid relieve it only in parts. The alloy of nickel and arsenic which he obtained was white, brittle and very hard, and had a melting point nearly as high as cast-iron. It was not until 1823, that pure nickel was obtained by analysis of German silver, which had for a number of years been produced at Suhl, in Saxony. Its com­ position was ascertained to be copper 10 parts, ainc 5 and nickel 4. If more niekc 1 be used th'e alloy is as white as silver and susceptible of a very high polish, but becomes too brittle and hartf to be hammered or rolled, and can be worked only by casting. Pure nickel is a white metal which tarnish. s readily in the air. Unlike silver, it is not acted on by the vapor of sulphur, and even the strong mineral acids attract it but slightly. Nickel has the hardness of iron, and, like it, hits strong magnetic properties, but cannot be welded and is soldered with difficulty. Pure nickel has heretofore been used chiefly for plating, for which purpose its hardness and pow­ er to resist atmospheric influences ad­ mirably adapt it. The French have suc­ ceeded in rolling the metal into plates, from which spoons and other table fur­ niture may be pressed. Nickel bronze, which consists of equal parts of copper and nickel, with a little tin, may be cast into very delicate forms, and is suscep­ tible of a high polish. Mines of nickel are worked at Chatham, Ct, and Lan­ caster, Pa., and it is said to be found at Mine Le Motte, Mo., and at several points in Colorado and Jilew Mexico, where but little attention is paid to it. It is extensively mined in Saxony and in Sweden, but the late discovery of a new ore (a silicate of nickel) in New Caledo­ nia will probably suspend the us® of the arsenical ores, and yet bring nickel into oommon use. Switzerland, in the year 1852, made a coin of German silver, which is identical in composition with our nickel coin. The United States made nickel cents in 1856, and eight years later ooined the 5-cent pieces. Belgium adopted nickel coinage in 1860 and Germany in 1873. England has lately coined pennies for Jamaica, but at home she and France adhere to the clumsy copper small change. A Broker's Mistake. The following story is told of Francis Drexel, the father of the well-known Philadelphia bankers. Soon after the close of the war with Mexico many Spanish and Mexican silver dollars found their way into the United States, and were bought up by bankers and money dealers all over the country. The price paid for them varied greatly, according . to the demand and supply and the con­ dition of the pieces themselves. At the close of a rainy day, during which Dr. Drexel--then cioing a very modest busi­ ness on Third street, Philadelphia, as a money and exchange broker--had been a large buyer of Mexican silver, and while he was engaged in recounting his purchases pv>>>aratory to settling his cash acvuiuu, the door of his banking house was suddenly opened by a plainly- dressed man, who exclaimed : " I only have 100 K-lt; uo you want them ?" Mr. Drexel, without raising his head, replied: " A'II give you 50 cents for them ?" "No," said the man, "I've sold all the others at 75 cents, and only have 100 left" Mr. Drexel replied: " I have bought them all day at 60 cents, and if yours have no holes in them I will take them at the same price, and that is the most you can get tor them." " I never saw any with holes in them," said the man. "Didn't you?" said Mr. Drexel. " Half of what we get are full of holes, where they have beon used as buttons." The man scratched his head a moment, and theu said : " Very well; 111 bring them in right away." Five minutes afterward he appeared with a small tin kettle, and, walking up to the counter, said: " Where shall I put them ?" " Pour them ont here," - said Mr. Drexel, indicating a particular spot on the countar. " I can't," said the seller, " they wiil all slip off on the floor." Mr. Drexel, without withdrawing his attention from the counting of his purch­ ases of the day, called to his son Frank to " bring a tray." When the tray was brought it was found to have a large orack across it, to which the man stren­ uously objected, saying : " They will all fall through." This nettled old Mr. Drexel, who, in rather sharp words, told nim : " That tray has held thousands and thousands of them every day," and furthermore, in peremptory terms, bade him "pour them out quick." Accordingly, the kettle was raised to the level of the counter, and 100 fat, raw oysters were poured into the cracked tray, much to the chagrin and disgust of the banker and his sou, the former of whom exclaimed : "Why, these are oysters !" " Well," said the ov&term au (who knew nothing of Mexican silver), " what the d-- did you think they were?" Solvation by Prayer. In Copiah county, Miss., I was shown the place where a man was not hanged, who, nevertheless, seems to have come very near experiencing that fate. He was a noted horse thief, and was at last captured by acompany of indignant farm­ ers who had found some of their own horses tied up in the woods, and had remained in ambush near by until the thief came back to di*t>oae of his booty. The whole countryside was soon in­ formed of the arrest, and the men as- semhied with rifles and shotguns to see the prisoner, and decide or learn what was to be done with him. It was deter­ mined, after due deliberation, that he should be hanged then and there. A rope was accordingly procured, one end was fastened to a convenient limb, and the other mad" into a noose, which was adjusted around the prisoner's neck. He was mounted npon a mule, and a man was selected who was to act as execu­ tioner by leadingitlie animal away from the tree^ thus leaving the culprit dang­ ling in the \air. Apparently his last moment had come, and he had too much good sense to ask for his li!e. But his captors were nearly all re­ ligious men, members of the Christian churches of the neie:hlx,rh<>od, and at tlii* juncture one of the leaders suggest- ed that, as it was a very solemn thing to send a human soul into eternity, espe­ cially if in *0 unprepared condition, as was most likely the case in tliis instance, he thought they ought to engage in prayer before hanging the man. To this all assented, and the man Who had pro­ posed devotional exercise" was appoint­ ed to lead in prayer. He did so, and made a most feeling and fervent plea for divine mercy for the sinner who was just about to appear in the presience of the Most High with all his crimes upon hid head. The company was deejfly im­ pressed ; many were even moved to tears. But the prayer came to an end, the tear-bedewed eyes were dried, and the "exercises of the occasion" were about to be completed according to the programme, when the man who had held the mule by the bridle declared that he did not feel williag to discharge the duty which had been assigned to him. " Somebody else do it; I don't want to have nothing to do with hangin' him," said he, and his feeliug was found to be the unanimous sentiment of the assembly. The result was that the prisoner was delivered to the Sheriff, and was soon afterward sentenced to a long term in the penitentiary. I think hie must have been ever afterward an earnest believer in the efiicacy of prayer.--Chicago Tribune. Irish Balls. There are some good old Irish bulls which are too good to die of neglect Of this order was the exclamation of the Irish gentleman, who, on getting a £10 prize in the lottery, and, finding that the prize was less than the money which he had paid for it, cried out: "What luck it was I did not get the £20,000! I must have been entirely ru­ ined I" Dnring the time when Ireland had a Parliament of her own, a member of the Irish House of Commons was de­ scribing the inordinate love of praise which characterized his opponent. "The honorable member," said he, "is so fond of* being praised that I really believe that he would be content to give up the ghost if it were but to look up and read the stonecutter's puff on his grave." " Contempt of money," waa the ex<t presBion of another. "The honorable member professes to play the philoso­ pher. I can assure you, Mr. Speaker, that, if there is any one office that glit- ters in the eyes of the honorable mem­ ber, it is that of purse-bearer; a pen­ sion to him is a compendium of all the cardinal virtues. All his statesmanship is comprehended in the art of taxing; and for good, better and best, in the scale of human nature, he invariably reads pence, shillings and pounds. I verily believe," exclaimed the orator, rising to the height of his conception, "that, if the honorable gentleman were an undertaker, it would be the delight of his heart to see all mankind seized with a common mortality, that he might have the benefit of the general burial, and provide scarfs and hatbands for the survivors." " Is there any ford there ?" asked an Cnglish tourist, who came suddenly to a full stop before one of the little mount­ ain torrents in the West of Ireland. " Oh, to be sure, your honor, there was a ford," said a peasant standing at the brink, and making a hundred grimaces of oivility. " When was it ?" said the tour­ ist. " Before the bridge was built," said the peasant; "but when man and horse went over the bridge the ford got out of the ^abit" " Weil, now that the bridge is' broken down, I suppose the ford may have got into the habit again. Is it safe?" "To be sure, your honor, all but in the middle, but that is nothing; and, if you can swim, there is not a better lord m the country. " But I cannot swim." "Then, you honor, the only safe way that I know of is, as soon as you get beyond your depth, to walk back again." Blood Letting la England Fitly Yeari Ago. The Pharmacopoeia of fifty yean ago contained the names of 444 drugs and their preparations, whilst that of to-day contains no fewer than 802. The former did not contain the names of quinine, morphia, or iodine, three of the most commonly used drugs of the present day. In fact, so frequently are they prescribed in one form or other, that one wonders how the doctors managed with­ out the two latter. Quinine was in use to a certain'extent, though not officially sanctioned; but where one grain was then used I believe a hundred are now. The system of treating many diseases has indeed been completely revolution­ ized. Speaking generally, the practice used to be to pull down the system; now it is to build it up by a freer use of qui nine and other tonics. But in nothing is the ohange more striking than in regard to the common habit of blood letting, as it was called. .1 suppose that in the last century it was even more common than it was at the time we speak of, so that if a person fell down in the streets from exhaus­ tion he was sure to be bled. Though the practice was becoming more re­ stricted, yet it was veiy prevalent fifty years ago. I well remember my brother suffering from rheumatic fever, and seeing Mr. Gardom, one of the best surgeons in Salford, draw a basin full of blood from his arm--a thing which no sane medical man would do at the present day. Not only was the lancet used in this way, but cupping aud the application of leeches was continually resorted to in cases of inflammation, which it was supposed otherwise im­ possible to subdue. It was no wonder if the doctors prescribed such treat­ ment that -the public believed in its utility. It was mo uncommon thing to be told by pem»s iiiat they found it conducive to their health to be bled periodically, and„that such treatment was necessary for them. I remember a delicate gentleman who would always attribute his not feeling well to having neglected his periodical blood letting. No wonder he died iu the prime of life.. --Reminiscences of Manchester. IS ILLINOIS LEGISLATOR*. Mi, * J -> 1 May 18.--toATX.--The 8<imt»Aj| nothing to-day but meet this afternoon st 0- o'clock and immediately adjoora mi til t# morrow morning. ^ j < HOUR*.--A few straggling member* of th* House met together this ftfteraoon pnnaant tp adjournment. As there were not over forty eg them, however, it «u clearly apparent tii# ^ nothing of say importance could i>« traaE r Tora>«, May 17. --SewATE.--The Senate bi| ^ appropriating 9250,000 for the ordinary «- . ~ - penseaof the Joliet and Chester penitenturtat was read a third time and passed, as was the 60-cent Dog Tax law. Ote bill* were carriei through: Providing for the releege at judgment levies on real estate in corners' offices; compelling State's ATF torneys to make reports to Jndges of tl|| Circuit Court of recognizances and fees COP lected ; permitting changes of venue from onfcr Judge to another in the same DISTRICT; to PRE® ; ' • vent fire-msurance companies from loading UFE • with fictitious ASSETS ; amendatory of tbe iW> ter of the Firemen's Benevolent Associatioa df Chicago; giving courts the power to compel p v defendant in criminal cases to teit* tify against any other defendant,/ " - ; Senator Neece'A bill exempting parsonagcf WDJT to exceed the vatue of $1,000 from tasatio||; was read a third tunc, and failed to pass. Tb# Committee on Elections introduced a bill t# " eitend the time of registering voters to withila ..../V :: two weeks of election day. The bill aigo pro» fcibifcs the use of affidavits, and restricts votetjif 0- at elections to those whose names acta&Kj ; . ' fear on the list. * ... Bocsx.--Bills on second reading took tt|t r whole time of the Hoase, a large number ing advanced to third reading, among tho| • several appropriation bills, whieh were fought over on each item, but generally carried. WXDMKSDAY, May 18. --SENATK.--The CONFER ence Committee on the Mann canal REFWLNTIC*- reported with an amendment. Tbe amendment was concurred in and tho resolution adopted. Bills were passed: Condensing advertise . nienta of descriptions of property specially assessed, in order to facilitate the search for property by property-otrner% authorizing the condemnation of toll roadtc the Springfield Water-Works bill. The tieii • Dial Tax-Levy bill WSH introduced BY the Com­ mittee on Finance. It makes the revenue fundi F 2,500.000 for 1881. $1,500,000 for 1882, ant the ftcliool fund fl,0TI0.iKX) annually in lien ot the 2-mill tax. Senator Calion arose to a ques­ tion of privilege, and. after paying a handsoma S tribute to James H. Paddock, Secretary of tlaa : Senate, AS a capable and worthy official and genial gentleman, presented him, on behalf of the Senators, with a beautiful silver SERVIAN Senator Neece moved to resurrect his bill ex­ empting from taxation church parsonages to the value of $1,000. The bill waa &et on LIP pins again, and this time it had better lock and was passed. " . HOUSE.--1The entire day was passed by T|J^| House in advancing a few appropriation H»% ; to third reading. ^ f THUSSDAT, May 19.--BKXATK.--Senator WhiMf.. presented a resolution, which provide! for f̂c. submission to a vote of the people of an amend­ ment to the constitution allowing the city Chicago to issne $5,000,000 of water bonds far the extension of IT* water-works. The bill t% reimburse Gen. Smith, late State Treasurer, $15,000 stolen from the treasury, was lost. Tlaa bill permitting fire-insurance companies to iar SURE against te>oiMlor», which was defeated OB third reading a DAY or twt» since, was sat oa its pins again, and passed. The Congressional and Senatorial Apportionment bills wSr* amend4(1" and sent to thud reading, HOUSE. Bills were passeflh Mr." ToUoclfr Anti-Oleomargarine bill; providing that th# offices of public functionaries who have bMt declared insane shall thereby become vacautt to render valid leases, bailments and conctt- ti.mal sales of railway rolling stocks to appropriate $94,000 for the rebuilding or the Southern Insane Hospital at Anna; to tax bridges over navigable rivers on tb*-<v^^ * borders of the State to the boundary line thereof, instead of to the middle of flartiP'-! nel; appropriating §38,912 for Ilia Eya sad &*• Infirmary at Chicago ; legalizing the appoint* ; ' if MEUT by Coroners of Deputies who an tb giva - v bonds for faithful performanioeof duty and whose :: com; ensation shall be fixed by County Boards ; < " c'jg GIVING the Commission of Claims excluahr# ̂ ' jurisdiction in all eases of claims against the ̂ state for the taking or damaging ot private * "IVFIF property by the State for public purposes. The ~i Sanato amendments to the Farm-Drainage fcfcl S: ̂ were unanimously concurred in. The retnafe* *" ' * der of the day was passed upon appropriation I ,- ;" bills on Becond reading. T . FRIDAY, May 20. --SENATE. --The Senate bfll *' : reducing the rate of penalties imposed on property sold fbr delinquent taxes was read a W | third tims and failed to pass. The Congrtaa- • sional Apportionment bill was read a thirl . / ; time; the previous question was ordered, aad the bill was passed by a strict party vote of * «\ yeas 32, nays 14. The Senatorial Aa portionment bill passed by tpted. DAME vote. The Senate Tax-Levy bill was ratfe at fMpb a third time and passed. A Senate bill perv milling foreign life-insurance companies to TIJL J'- L>USJNEB8 in this State on depositing •LOO^OW^Y. was read a third time and pas«ed. „ HOCSK.--The whole day was spent on apprr •*- **** priation bills on second reading. The tionment Committee tried to bring up thsir portionment bills, but were prevented. =J PMMI • • JF- The Morals of Art. yfi S****1*' POSITIVELY TO STUDIO). Martin's Jlsw |ty-fo«ir »ach, at A BirrAli BMt. A freight train broke awav from the control of the brakes while rustling down at a mad rate a heavy grade on a New Mexican mountain railroad. At the rate of sixty miles an hour the engineer jumped off and was/landed seventy feet away. The conductor in the caboose at the rear, with Pawnee Charlie and his squaw, cut the way-car loose and held it with his brakes. But the brakes­ men in the other cars had to lie flat on top, and, for six miles, hang oh for dear life. While the engine was plnnging down the flight at a giddy speed, the fireman crawled out on the foot-board and poked sand through the sand-box, thinking that it might give the wheels a grip upon the rails. As the train sped around a curve the velocity was so great that the locomotive ran on one rail, and caine within an ace of losiug its equilib­ rium. Bat it escaped all perils aud cm a long three-mile level it was at last brought to a stand-still. It mode Paw­ nee Charley act like ahako-kne« Chariogr. The artists who supplied the illustrated London journals purported t J be faithful repreeei of the interior of Blade's school have greatly fluttered the in; Mat/fair and Belgravia. With accuracv of detail, the "studies nude" have been delineated, am contiguity of the students, male and male, is only too apparent. "To toee stytMl pure all things are pure." I grant 9 If platitude, and to the true urt-stud4stfnce, *• real talent (coupled with ambition) " only for the ideal in what to an ou may appear crudely material. Bat among the earnest disciples of art mejr be found numbers of dilettante dabblera, who, at the age when parental solicitude is most necessary, on the plea that they can wield a pencil, are permitted, at the age of 15 or 16, to mix with youths and men of uncertain rank, and discuss (iflt us presume artistically) the anatomical proportions of a nude statue or a scautihr draped model. It doubtless sound*. highly classical to talk of the "antique," but to pure men and women the idea of chits of children studying from undraped • statues is simply repellent. It is a foot that about a year ago a proposal was set on foot by certain female students thafc nude models (female) should be supplied to the art classes. An animated discue- sion on the subject ensued, and amy ladles left Certain forts espriit, how­ ever, emigrated to Paris, whew thear study from the nude to their heart"® desire. In the meanwhile. Parliament which is so solicitous for the welfare and morality of the rising generation, ahooli enact a" law regulating the admisaion ef aspirants into schools of art, totally " allowing tho "mixed" T World. A Time-Honored lteMiy. "Uncle Pomp," said Cot M. to #.. former slave, " I hear that some of | darkies down on the lower place are al» w j flicted with the itch." ^ i "Bein' aa it's you, boss," replied oldil* ' Pompey, hesitatingly, "I una ooBlMj.- • dat de Lawd has seed fit to affiick us dikl way, fer a fac*." ' " Ah 1 Doing anything for itfP ?• ; :M " Yea, sah; oh yee, sah I* • "Whatr * "Why, we--er--we am scratchm !* 5 it" * 1 THK ptudwetion of butter and tiiiW in this country is said to be four timej greater in value than the total yield «p „ our GOLD AND silver BIIIMWI • -- • _ - DISKNGAQXD lovers may be OMMKSMA aa expraae companî , 4 » * --v J , \'*v£ • >9