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LI* aura. MoHjENKf, TBBhayoopof lHSkcatenated at the value of $813,060,000. This ex- <»ed« the«»hvahieaf the oottan crop fcytW.oofrfcft An inventor has patented a bnrglar- proof grave. The Boston Advertiser .suggests that a llife-proof grave would have more customers. (JOT. AUEXAXD** SWHMIS .spends his income thrice over in lavish Southern hospitality, and, although a l>ad precedent, it is making the invalid 'Georgian popular. Washburne, the iavorite American Minister at Paris, -used to waste $5,000 on a single enter­ tainment at the Legation, and he left Franoa poorer than when 14 Irent ihere. A A ST. LOUIS printer of posters for •circuses and theatrical companies sought •to injure a Chicago rival bv calling him A "Jonah," which is the showman's word for a person who brings bad luck to anything in which he is concerned. In a circular he set forth elaborately that to use printing from the Chicago concern was sure ruin. He has been sued for damages.^ TOM CREAMER, the New York c Senator and millionaire, made both by the thieves of the Tweed regime, made his only recent appearance in a public assembly in that city before the Toombs court a dirty, drunken vagrant, and was sent up as such. The earnestly-asked •question of the " Hon. Mr. Tweed, •"What are you going to do bbout it?" has been tolerably well answered. JEFFERSON DAVIS says that while he was Secretary of War Hiram Powers, in designing the statue of the Goddess of Liberty now on the Capitol at Washing­ ton, placed on .the head a "liberty cap." "To this cap," adds Davis, "I objected, because it was among the Romans the badge of an emancipated slave and as the people of the United States were born freemen it was held to be inappropriate to us. Mr. Powers yielded to the ob­ jection and designed a headdress of feathers for the figure. This was ac­ cepted." THE solar eclipse of next May covers a vast extent of the South Pacific, but includes only two small islands, Caro­ line and Flint. The former is about ten miles in circumference, and is in habited by thirty natives of the Malay race and one white man. The latter is five or six miles in circumference, and uninhabited. Both are out of the beat­ en track of ships. Two French expe­ ditions are being equipped--one to ob­ serve the eclipse at Caroline island and the other at Flint. The a party to Caroline. , ' : Davis. result if flMHRj£bl I® be worth the labor. Oth- for the purpose above mentioned are the box- elder, the oottan wood and the groan mh A consspoinmm ( the North- China Herald maintains that the ex­ port of Indian opium tc QHBS is a great blessing to China, beeaose it has bean "steadily and certainly driving na­ tive opium out of the market, lessening its consumption, pushing the poppy further and further inland, and so has been wresting the land from poppy cul­ tivation, and freeing an ever-increasing acreage for the growth of other crops. Indian opium, coming under the law of ' the survival of the fittest,' will foroe native opium to disappear, and with it the cultivation of the poppy, so that, instead of being an unmitigated curse, Indian opium is doing good work. It is the fierce antidote that kills the deadly poison; and, after having ac­ complished a double mission in India by supporting the introduction of Chris­ tian rule, and in China by freeing the soil from the incubus of a harmful growth, Indian opium will disappear before the moral regeneration of the millions of England and China.* %' • :-- THE mother of a young Baltimore merchant of great wealth, married to a beautiful wife, had her mind much dis­ turbed at the moment of her great ela* tion over the birth of a red-haired, handsome, dimpled grandson by the re­ ceipt of the following letter: "Your son's wife is a nigger. He married a nigger. I am her grandmother, and am what they call a mulatto. You would think she is white like your folks, but she ain't. If you don't believe me come and see me. I send my address." She proceeded to investigate the case, and found the statements true. Confront­ ing the wife with the proofs the wife confessed to her husband that there was a slight drop of African blood in her veins. Her grandmother was a mu­ latto; her grandfather white; so was her father. The grandmother was ad­ dicted to gambling, and had, under threat of exposing her, obtained large sums from the young wife, which were spent in low dives and policy shops. Harassed by the reproaches of her hus­ band for spending so much more money than she could account for, the grand­ daughter refused to furnish the old woman with any more funds. Her re­ venge was the letter written to the hus­ band's mother, who had originally op­ posed the husband's choice, as the girl was employed in a fashionable glove establishment, and was of unknown an­ tecedents. The husband is inclined to stand by his wife, but his mother insists upon his beginning a suit for divorce. The marriage, however, is legal. IT is rumored, in spite of his asser­ tions to the contrary, that Gen. Sher­ man has no desire to go on the retired list. Petitions for his retention in the service are going forward from various sections, and a sefitiment is to be worked up which it is expected will induce Congress to amend the Retirement bill so as to except Sherman from its pro­ visions. Congress might as well have left him out in the first place. It takes a great deal to get any Ohio man out of office, and nothing but Omnipotence can do it if the Ohio man's name hap­ pens to be Sherman. THE "isolated city of the great Northwest" is up the Missouri river 1,200 miles beyond Bismarck, away from any railroad, hemmed|in by mount­ ains, and at this season shut out from all the world. It bears the name of Benton, in honor of "Old Bullion," and is the magazine of the British North­ west. It is a substantial town, because lumber is so costly that itis economy to build with brick. During navigation twenty-two steamboats carry freight to this remote city, and the volume of business there justifies a Chamber of Commerce and mammoth brick blocks. The 3,000 souls in this mountain fast­ ness must enjoy a peace that passeth understanding in the basy life of New York. • INCLUDING new editions, there were published in this country last year 3,472 net books. So says the Publishers' Weekly Of these the works of fiction numbered 767; theology and religion, 376; juveniles, 278; education and lan­ guage, 221; medical science, 188; de­ scription and travels, 185; biography, 184; poetry and the drama, 182; liter­ ary history and miscellany, 155; his­ tory 118; and social and political sci­ ence, 112. It is a noteworthy fact that the largest increase was in fiction, and the greatest falling off was in juvenile books and works on theology and relig- ion. The inference would seem to be that the American people have grown •old enough and good enough to aban­ don juvenile and theological - literature and devote themselves to novels. § Mn. LEONARD HODGES, who supierin- 'tended the tree planting along the St. 'Paul and Manitoba road, and is also to have charge of the same work on the Northern Pacific, advises the planting *of two parallel belts of young timber •on the northern side of the tracks, and •one belt on the southern side. The -white willow he has fecund to be the •cheapest and hardiest tree for the pur- po e. A fence of this willow will grow >on an average height of twelve feet in forty years from the time of planting ) the cuttings. The soil, however, has to be prepared for planting by har­ rowing, ,and sometimes the prairie sou .is so bad that two or three jeara, must Facts Worth Knowing. >alt fish rre quickest be«t freshened by Boaking in sour milk. That c Id rain water and soap will remove machine grease from washable fabrics. That fish may be scaled much easier by first dipping them in sodding water for a m nute. That fresh meat, beg'nning to sour, will sweeten if placed out of doors in the cool air over night, That milk which has changed may be sweetened or rendered fit for use again by stirring in a little soda. That boiling starch is much improved by the addition of sperm,, or salt, or both, or a little gum arabic, dissolved. That a table-spoonful of turpentine, boiled with your white clothes, will greatly aid the whitening process. That kerosene will soften boots and shoes that have been hardened by w ter, and will render them as pliable as new. That clear boiling water will remove tea stains; pour the water through the stain, and thus prevent it spreading over th fabric. That salt will curdle new milk, hence, preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc., the salt should not be added until the dish is prepared. That kerosene will make your tea­ kettle as bright as new. Saturate a woolen rag and rub with it. It will also remove stains from the c ean varnished furniture. That blue ointment and kerosene, mixed in equal proportions and applied to bedsteads, is an unfailing bugjreme- dy, and that a coat of whitewash is ditto for a 1 g house. That beeswax and salt will make your rusty flat-irons as clean and as smooth as glass. Tie a lump of wax in a rag and keep it for that purpose. When the irons are hot, rub them first with the wax rag, then scour them with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt.-- Hall's Journal of Health. Ne Flounces In School* A laboring man in Wanborough, En­ gland, was called before the county court for neglecting to send his daugh­ ter, aged 6 years, to school. The fuct of non-attendance was admitted; but for the defence it was shown that the child was not allowed to atten l the school because she had a flounce on her frock. The Vicar of Wanborough and one of the managers of the school said that one of the rules was that children must come neat, clean and plain in their dresfs. The flounce was deemed MI infringement of the plainness, and the child was consequently refused ad­ mission, the mother declining to re­ move the flounce. The little girl was brought into court wearing the dress objected to, which had a small flounce of fringe at the bottom, the ornamenta­ tion objected to. The neat and cleanly appearance of the child* evoked great admiration from a crowded court. In cross-examination, the reverend gentle­ man said he knew the education de­ partment had been appealed to, and in reply it stated that it could not inter­ fere" with the regulations made by the managers of the School. The Chairman said the rule as to neatness was a very proper one. The dress of the child did not appear out of the way, but it did not suit the taste of the managers. The bench would not inflict a fine, but the defendant must either take off the flounce or send the child to another school. THE semi-annual dividends payable in Boston in February will amount to THERE are 10* boys born to tmrr 100 girls. WHEN so-called silk burns well there's aotton in it. Heal silk smolders into an ash. WoMKf childless in Europe after years of marriage often have families in Australia. TT IS stated the Japanese manufacture scissors with stout steel blades and brass bandies, indicating that they have mas­ tered the secret of uniting the two metals securely. SILK production is said to be in the following proportions: Italy, 87 per' sent.; China, 36; France, 8; East India (Bengal), 7; Japan, 6; Spate, 2; Persia and the Levant, 4. RECENT tests of yarn made from dif­ ferent hemps gave the following rela­ tive average strengths: Manila, 245; Italian, 221; New Zealand, 148; Rus­ sian, 128. Manila is evidently the yarn to be hanged with. PROF. YOUNG, of Princeton College, says: "Take a railroad from the earth to the sun, with a train running forty miles an hour without stops, and it would take about 265 years and a little over to make the journey." He esti­ mates the fare at a cent a mile to be >930,000. » . AN ingenious invention has been patented in Germany for the use of the traveling public especially. It consists of a book whose leaves are of perfumed toilet soap. One leaf is sufficient for one washing of the hands, and after tearing out this leaf the little book oan be returned dry to the pocket. A COMPANY of scientists has been formed in Paris called the Nile Society, which proposes to explore and study the entire Valley of the Nile much more minutely than has ever been done be­ fore, with hopes of adding materially to the world's knowledge of that inter­ esting region, in all branches of science. THE congress of Austrian archaeolo­ gists, in session at Salzburg, was the scene of an interesting discussion of the human jaw-bone, in which the propor­ tions of a giant were found associated with the teeth of a child, which was dug out at Staniberg, in Moravia, from under a formation containing bones of the reindeer, snow-owl, cave-bear and other Arctic animals. DR. CULLIMORE, Physician to the Northwest London Hospital, reports a case of hydrophobia successfully cured by aconite, administered as follows: One minim of tincture of aconite, six grains of bromide of potassium, six minims of tincture of cinchona, to one- half an ounce, given every half hour for twelve doses, then three times per day. The diet consisted of milk thickened with arrowroot and beef.* ANOTHER medicine has been added to the pharmacopoeia medica by Prof. See, of Paris, which resembles digitalis in its beneficial effects, with none of the dangerous tendencies of the latter. It is an alkaloid of the common lily-of-the- valley, and has been named convaller- ine, from the botanical name of the flower, convallaria majalis. It acts upon the heart, decreasing miracu­ lously the number of. beats to the minute. MILK contains all the elements of food necessary for our support. The cream is rich in carbon, both in shape of solid fat (stearine) and liquid fat, while buttermilk contains casein. Skim milk has casein, potash, soda, lime, magnesia, iron, phosphorio acid, sulphuric acid, silicic acid and chlorine. It is really superior to cream for bodily nourishment. The peculiar flavor of butter is imparted by butyrin, and it is also affected by other substances not familiarly known, such as carpin, arachin, etc. RECENT experiments determine the fact that the use of the projectile tor pedo in marine warfare will be all but impossible when the vessel is going at a twelve-knot speed, and that even at eight knots it is very difficult to assure the range of the torpedo. The resist­ ance of the water is such that, despite the first impulsion and the propelling power of the torpedo itself, it is • swept aside very speedily by the pressure of the water. The apparatus at present in use is not of a character to remedy the fault, and there is not a goodly pros­ pect of protection from watercraft with the new means of defense. PERSONS who fancy that wetting'coal increases the heat in the furna e may be interested to know that a series of tests was made at Bochum, Germany, to determine the values of wet and dry bituminous coal in making steam. Washed slack, holding 18 per cent, of water and 9.9 per cent, of ash, evapor­ ated 5.7 pounds of water per pound of fuel, while the same coal, with only 3 per cent, of water, made from 8 to 8.5 pounds of steam. Making due allow­ ance for moisture by reducing to a standard of like quantities of coal free from moisture, there is found to be a direct loss, by using Wet coal, of 14 per cent. SOME interesting experiments made by Prof. Margis have shown that a cer­ tain acid used in trade can be econom­ ically produced from ordinary atmos­ pheric air by subjecting it to a strong pressure. This discovery, by cheapen­ ing production, may lead to very im­ portant results. The modus operandi is as follows: A certain amount of air is forced against a rubber membrane for a certain length of time, which causes a glutinous substance to collect on the other side; of the rubber. Analysis shows this substance to contain 40 per cent, of acid, and each repetition of the process raises the percentage until 95 per cent, acid is obtained at the fourth repetition. The Farmer and the Pox. A farmer having missed a numl>er of iiis fine, fat fowls placed hims If to watch for the depredator, and ere long he had the pleasure of sending a bullet into a fox. "And so it was yoo who gave me this fatal wound ? ' gasped the fox as he fell. "But you were taking my chickens," protested the farmer. "That is true, but I was also nursirg i litter of fixes for yon'to kill. Th< skin of one fox is worth four times tin 'rice of a chicken, aiul 1 was rai ii:g a family of five. See what you Lave lo:,t i.»y slayiug me, and behold what base • nrrati hide has repaid ny efforts' to you Wea'.tli!" LECTCUING in Boston on the mn. Prof. Samuel P. Langley eaid thnt if a • i.umn of ice having a diimeter aV its oase of forty-five mi es and extending o the moon were erected on one of our .Vesfpl-n prairies, a d all the heat of he nun were concentrated suddenly ipon ir, it would melt and become vapor In a single second. A MICHIGAN man got ahead of a na-a- <><r «. oingdown hill, and he savs$10,(KG in gold wouldn't hire him lo do it again. A MEMBER of Club says of olli0rgriss is SUN ing, and uone will feet better. NoU^ ilMits quicker in the sprtag and oaM£i|f|t later in the fall, and none sprihgfjtt^lnore rapidly after grazing. AnoraNfr t&ember exam­ ined a patch during tfc» late intense drought, which was g'fUOU and fresh, while timothy adjoining was dried and dead. THE State Auditor of Ohio gives the following exhibit of the dog tax in that State: Rutber of sheep killed by dogs 31,963 Value of same-- $U9,«77.35 Number of sheep Injured by dogs 30,643 •aloeof 5S.43t.4t Total damage claimed. lTtt.m.79 Amount of per-capita tax on dogs col­ lected. 38a.012.61 Amount paid for sheep killed 88,811.14 Amount paid for aheep injured 38,096.19 Total damage paid i46.yoft.33 Transferred to school fond.... 10i.5ia.63 Balance In treasury of doff tax 137,599.65 PRESIDENT CHADBOCRNE, of the Mas­ sachusetts Agricultural College, says: "It is plain that farming will not take jits true place, nor farmers have that in­ fluence in the Government of our land which they ought to have, until they take their place with other professions, not only as men of power and practical ability, but as men of learning and cult­ ure. Those who claim that the farm­ er's life forbids this result have never yet fully appreciated the farm as a place for study and thought as well as for work." A GOOD way to feed bees in winter is to prepare a sirup of two pounds of water to four pounds of A or O sugar. Heat the water to the boiling point be­ fore adding the sugar. Cool and fill glass tumblers with the thick sirup, tie over the tops, and turn one upside down over each hole in the top of the hives. This for the old-fashioned hive. For the movable frame hive lay some bits of comb in the surplus chamber and pour the sirup over them and the bees Mill look after it at their leisure. Examine glasses and combs frequently, ,nd fill up with sirup as needed. Feed t eak swarms late at evening. THE "farm cow" must l>e good for ilk, butter, cheese and beef. To get :ier we need a grade Short-horn. The liigher the grade the better, and must >e so fed and cared for as to produce a ood growth, without excess of fat, red so as to drop her first calf at about years of age, the calf to be taken (from her and she milked and kept in fnilk as long as possible. Our pastures fdiould be well drained, with abundance pf good grass and pure water. Our ptables should be warm and feed liberal. (Corn meal, bran and oil meal, with kood hay, excellent. It may be profit­ able to feed some grain the year through. It is generally best to sell cream, but the home dairy may produce jkhe best grade of butter.--Mosier. WOLF teeth have nothing to do with ^torses' eyes, nor have their eyes with the teeth. There are two ways, or means, by which horses are injured by quacks in trying to cure ophthalmia. One is by knocking or pulling out wolf teeth, and the other is by cutting the paw out of the eye. They call it "hooks." They gouge at the haw and put it out, never knowing that it is the only means provided the horse with which to clear dust, flies or any foreign body "out of the eye. One eminent writer in England says, "The quack who would treat the dumb brute so cruelly should be compelled to walk against the wind on rough, stony ground j--a m ul i.:-fJH UUfiWJ OUi, *Aa»r behind his back." I say wend him to the penitentiary for a few years, and then brand him upon the oheek with the pioture of an eye. -- Indiana Farmer. BRAN AND OIL CAKE FEED.--Experi­ ence in feeding stock m winter,especially if closely stabled, shows the value of oil-meal and bran as a rich, healthy and nutritious food. A quart of the ground oil-cake, morning and evening, in bran or other ground feed, fed dry or in mush, gives a desirable variety of feed that makes a thrifty growth in all the stock. Th£ oil-meal, ground from rich oil cake, is becoming a popular feed for all kinds of stock--cattle, horses, sheep and hogs. The Euro­ pean stock farmers prize this oil-meal as the richest and best stock feed to be had, and they take all our surplus. On this subject the Stock Jqurnal says: "As a rule, a combination of wheat bran and oil-cake meal will accomplish more in maintaining a lot of closely-stabled breeding and growing cattle stock in a satisfactory condition than any other two articles whatever. Oil-cake meal, while having a laxative tendency if feci somewhat liberally, nevertheless is one of the best combinations with bran, when skillfully handled, as its mucilage and oil allay irritation of the mucous surface, and the constituents of these two articles, combined with good hay, take, perhaps, a wider range than any two articles."--Western Agriculturist. STABLE FLOORS.--With proper care, where there is a plenty of rough straw, oats, sawdust or tanbark for bedding, a plank floor is the best that can be de­ vised for a horse. Earth floors have,, been highly commended, but they con­ stantly get out of o;der--uneven, and even damp and disagreeable--so much so that no care or device can keep them in proper condition. A bare plank floor, however, is not only disagreeable to~the horse, but dangerous. When a horse lies down, it requires considera­ ble effort for him to rise again, and, if the El auk floor is wet, it is almost impossi-le for him to obtain a safe foothold to aid him in rising. In this way horses are frequently strained, and probably injured for life. It is important, there­ fore, fj^at horses have ample bedding, not only for their comfort bnt their safety. If a person has a cutting-l>ox, it pays to run the bedding through the box. In cleaning the stable the bedding can be easier separated, the wet from the dry, and the latter saved for use again. And good farmers are now hauling tbeir manure immediately to their fields, and long straw in the manure is frequently in the way when plowing in the spring. If the bedding is run through the box it obviates this difficulty, and it is easier handled bv the shovel. There should be no doubt about using plank floors, but there should be care in preparing them for the comfort and Bafetv of the horse. If Sou do not, and your horse is lame in a ip, weak in the small of the back, do not call it your misfortune, but yoar carelessness. What a terrible lying "there is in attributing many of the failures and mishaps on tfye farm to luck and misfortune.--Des Moines Register. HOUSEKEEPERS* HELPS. YESISOX.--Boil till tender, with suf­ ficient water to keep from burning; when done putan some butter, pepper and salt; let it brown in the kettle; it retains all the flavor of the meat. thicken the with pepper, salt and a little nutmeg, if that is agreeable. BROILEB CHICKEK.--Split down the back; pound lightly; put on the grid­ iron; lay a tin baking-pan over the ehiekon; set on the pan a flat-iron--the weight will hold the bird in place and keep in the juices. Chicken cooked in this way . will be tender and eat well warm or cold. Serve with hot apple sauce. DELtCTOtrs sherbet is made of canned pineapple; to one can of pineapple al­ low one pint of sugar and one heaping table-spoonful , of gelatine; chop the pineapple till it is very fine, add the juice from the can and the sugar, soak the gelatine for an hour or more, until dissolved, in cold water; stir this in with the pineapple. Let it stand until cold. It may be served with cake and ices at the close of supper. A NEW way, to many cooks, to pre­ pare sausages for the table is to bake them. Do not make an objection to this way of cooking them until you have tried it once, and then I predict that you will not think of so doing. Put them in a baking-tin, turning them when necessary, just as if you were fry­ ing them. Brown them well; they are less greasy than if fried, and are alto­ gether more delicate in every way. If possible, apples in some form should always accompany sausage or pork of any kind to the table. BOILED GOOSE.--Dress and singe, put in a deep dish, cover with boiling milk and leave over night. In the morning wash off the milk and put the goose into cold water on the fire; when boiling hot take it off, wash it in warm water dry with a cloth. This process takes cut the oil. Fill the body with a dressing of bread crumbs seasoned with pepper, salt, butter aud two chopped onions, if relished, and a little sage. Put the goose into cold water and boil gent lv. Serve with giblet sauce and with pickles. SWEET potato cake is not only an ap­ petizing dish, but this is an excellent way to use up left-over potatoes: Mash a half a pound of them, after removing the skin; when entirely free from lumps, mix with them about three ounces of flour, salt and pepper to taste, a good lump of butter, and warm milk enough to make a nice dough, about like biscuit dough. Boll this out on the kneading-board, and cut out a cake the size of your baking tin; butter the tin well, and scatter a little flour over it; then lay the cake in; when you think it is nearly done, turn it over. If the bot­ tom of the oven is very hot, put a grate under the baking tin to prevent the cake getting too much browned. The danger of burning is lessened if, in­ stead of one cake, you cut the dough in biscuit-shaped cakes abont two inches thick. If covered while baking, the cakes will be more moist. These cakes can be made of other potata|@% $$ well as of the sweet ones. „ a" Webster at the Bar. Just as Mr. Webster was about to help himself, the bar-tender, happening to look up, started as if he had seen a spirit and cried: "Stop!" with great vehemence. He then took the decanter from Web­ ster's hand, replaced it on the shell from whence it came and disappeared beneath the counter. Rising from those depths, he bore to the surface an old-fashioned black bottle, which he substituted for the decanter. Mr. Quincy goes on to tell us that Webster poured a small (?) quantity into a glass, drank, it off with great relish and threw down half a dollar in payment. The bar-keeper began to fumble in a drawer of silver as if selecting some smaller pieces for change; whereupon Webster waved his hand with portentous dignity and in rich and authoritative tones pro­ nounced these words: "My good friend, let me offer you a piece of advice. Whenever you give that good brandy from under the coun­ ter never take the trouble to make change." As the travelers turned to go out, the dealer in liquor placed one hand upon the bar, threw himself over it, and caught Mr. Quincy by the arm. "Tell me who that man ia!" he cried with genuine emotion. "He is Daniel Webster," was the reply. The man paused as if to find words adequate to convey the impression made upon him, and then exclaimed in a fervent half whisper: "By sir, that man should be President of the United States!" Whether it was the fire-water in which we infer from the use of the plural "glasses" that both travelers in­ dulged, or the deep-chested voice and majestic gesture with which Webster could manage to give weight to plati­ tudes, or the lavish donation of a whole half dollar, Mr. Quinoy was evidently as profoundly impressed as the bar­ keeper. "It illustrates," is his sage comment, "the commanding magnetism of Web­ ster. No man of mark ever jsatisfied the imagination so completely,", When to Eat Meat, % It is well known that the digestion of different kinds of meat is the more easi­ ly effected the longer the time that trans­ pires after the death of the animal. The explanation given is, that by keeping, the muscular fibers become gradually dissociated; they soften, become less compact, and, consequently, are more soluble in the gastric juice. According to physiologists, however, it is not con­ sidered advisable to wait until decompo­ sition sets in, because, in addition to its losing a great part of its nutritive qual­ ities, the meat becomes so nauseous that no amount of cooking, or the addition of condiments, will much improve it. MM. Pasteur and Lemaire, in an inter­ esting paper submitted by them to the French Academy of Sciences, stated that meat too far advanced, or what is termed "faisandee," is most unwhole­ some, and it is a mistake committed daily by sportsmen to wait until the game gets i to this condition, for it is then simply unfit to be eaten. The above-named biologists have show that tainted meat contains animalcules, which dp -the work of transformation and destruction; and, as it is difficult to ascertain exactl v the extent of putrefac­ tion that the meat has undergone, one is liable to consume it just at the mo­ ment when it should be rejected. M. Pasteur and other micr graphers are of the opinion that these animalcules, of which there are no less than thirty species, are of the same nature as those that are found in living animals suffer­ ing from virulent ma'adies, such aa charbon, etc.--Lancet. "THERE is no refuge from God," sav« a Persian proverb, "except in God." thejpeer of any Sfenatdr oiime Boor TH* Reformers will be tAliged to drop Bon Butler. A man who will ad­ mit in public that the world is growing better, as Ben Butler did ia New York the other day, can do the cause nothing but injury. To be sure it- was after dinner, and no reformer is quite up to the mark after a square meal, but Ben should not have been guilty of the in­ discretion of dining with the bad, unre- formed people who would be sure to give him away. THERE were twenty-two contested seats in the Forty-seventh Congress, and it cost the country $100,000 to set­ tle them. In the next Congress it is expected that there will be many more, Democrats all over the country who were beaten by a few thousand votes having decided upon bringing contests. A great deal of time and money will be •aated in the next Congress in the ef­ fort to seat Democrats whom the peo­ ple repudiated at the polls, but who are encouraged to believe that they can get in because the party is in the ma­ jority in the lower branch of the na­ tional assembly. IT is quite a backset woman suffrage has gained in Massachusetts--where, under the flattering promises of Ben Butler and the Democrats, the cause was this winter to obtain its greatest American victor^. For the Legislature there has rejected the bill granting women the, right to vote at municipal elections by a vote of 127 to 60," a much larger majority against it than all former years. Old Ben promised a great deal better than he provided; indeed, he is a worthy and sparkling candidate for breach of promise suit on the part of the suffrage society. THE Democrats in the Illinois Legis­ lature are standiug by their friends, the saloon-keepers. There is a license bill before the lower house which imposes a high tax upon liquor sellers; but the Democrats refuse to Allow it to be con­ sidered. and have brought about a dead-lock sooner than let the bill pass. The obstructionists are aided by some Republican absentees. While the course of the latter cannot be excused, it does not lessen the offense of the Democrats. The programme for the winter seems to have been arranged so that, while the Democracy in Congress fought for free trade, the representatives of the same party in the State Legislatures should contend for free rum.--Des Moine* Register. IN the maturing and final passage of the new Tariff bill the Republicans have encountered captious opposition from the Democrats at every step, and at no time have they received any aid from the Democratic side, except in the maintenance of certain excessive and ob­ noxious taxes. Hence the Republicans are entitled to the credit of having made the first departure from the old war tariff. At this point the matter is turned over to the Democrats, who will control the next Congress. It will be for them to determine whether the good work thus set in motion shall be followed up by more liberal concessions to the people at the expense of the protected classes. In the new Congress the Dem­ ocrats will have the responsibility of originating, which they will find much more exacting and perplexing than mere antagonism.--Chicago Tribune. CARTER HARRISON proposes to be a caadidate for Mayor of Chicago at the ensuing election and is making prepara­ tions accordingly. In view of Har­ rison's activity in behalf of a position which he has already filled two terms, the Journal thinks it is none too soon for the solid men of Chicago to begin planning for the defeat of the would-be "third-term" Democrat. He "stands in" with the worst elements in the city, who will make a desperate effort to re­ tain him in position; but, with proper effort on the part of the business men of Chicago, it is believed he can be routed, and the "best Mayor," as his friends take delight in terming him, politically laid out as cold as a wedge. Interests of the great city demand it, and the work must be accomplished or the sluggers and bummers will soon get the upper hand cf decency and order. No MAN can tell with much assurance how the new tariff measure will affect the industries of the country, the rev­ enue or imports. The tobacco tax is reduced one-half, the taxes on bank capital, deposits and checks, matches, etc., are abolished, and there is a quite general, though not large, reduction of import duties. Judge Kelley yesterday estimated the total reduction of revenue at $66,000,000 to $70,000,000, of which $35,000,000 to $40,000,000 would come out of the internal taxes. Mr. Carlisle thought that $40,000,000 to $45,000,000 would be taken from the internal rev­ enue, and only $20,000,000 to $25,000,- 000 from customs, of which $11,000,000 would come from sugar. Formed as it has been, it will be strange if anomalies, unfortunate provisions, ambiguities and inconsistencies are not discovered in the operation of the new law. But these may be corrected hereafter.--St. Louis G-lobe-Democrat. THE Philadelphia Timet (Independ­ ent), commenting on the Tariff bill, says: "It is fortunate for both political parties, as well as fortunate for the gen­ eral business interests of the country, that the tariff issue is settled for years to come, and that it will practically dis­ appear from our national contests until most of our present Presidential aspir­ ants shall have passed away. There will be free-traders and clamorous Erohibition protectionists to be heard ereafter as heretofore, but these will be only the "end men" of the political Bhows, and unfelt in the control of par­ ties or administration, our vast and var­ ied industrial interests will ad­ just themselves to the new tariff policy and they will pre­ vent a cnange. Tariff tinkering will be in disfavor with all par­ ties, and the inexorable laws of supply and demand will be accepted by all. The Republicans escape a fearful re­ sponsibility by the passage of the new tariff. Had it failed the inevitable un­ rest and paralysis of business would have held the majority party as answer­ able and the Democrats would have been compelled to accept a most un­ equal battle in 1884 in the tariff States of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Indiana, with the danger of a tariff epidemic in the Vir­ ginias, North Carolina, Alabt nia, Louis­ iana and Texas. Both parties have been lucky--tliq majority Republicans in giving the country a tariff, and the minoritv Democrats in getting a tariff in nmuontiNi iMi wn . a motion to taddbitWv is adopted by a vote M • otton to raoonaMar that A Bomber et TGAJSGSSR pggqfrfcagtekragb IIBHWIM tojm$ mgl a tax of per oent., and Mr. w nmamim leqniitof raunMHimasaatai to daMMf4 Canada turtles alone tMrNaea BotfebooM adjourned ontll Monday, the Stb. Ma. 8PAHK made an Ineffectual effort te the Seo*te, oa tbeM teat.,** s»a a reaetalta Instraottag tt* State HMae CommMfoanrs to make another arransrmawt with tfairantt contractors. Mum HI . Howard A Denlfv W com­ plete the btdldlnr within the Hodl»- tion provided by law. but this waa defeated by a Tote of ts to 19. The ftoaate veftned WtOmr John Martin hia olalm of $**«> for' on the Insane Asylum, tt Wi Democrat* that GOT. Porter 1 veto of the Indlawaimlfa Mk pectation wae dtaappointed. the DemncnUa nfnd ta and peas the Oesesal bilL TheStateHonseMilw*fa Houae, and a i meaanre waai nays. A motion < lay that motion, on the . 4* to 45. This effectually In regard to the State Hoi won. The claim of Mia. for terrieea rendered by her late aa architect of the new State Haass, through the Home by a vote of M to Oov. Porter Motto the Senate tip 1 appointments: Judge Yigo County CUNM Harvey D. Soott, Terre Ha ate: J«9»t « third Judicial Circuit Court, Joseph GL Frankfort; Traeteee Female ttuftamaterv. Thos. A. Hendricks and Mn, Charles M. Wi Indianapolis: Member* State Board of Hi John W. Compton. Viwtdwtoetgh eoecaty; M. Vinned£(>tLs.Tarett«:: J.M. Partridge*St. J conn ty; vvilJiain I cmax. Grantoonfity. THKBK was no quorum in ei the Legislature on the Sth but., little busJnesn was disposed of. In tbe]locu*3» the bill appropriating $10,000 for the relief of the Braidwood sufferers and &.000 to the fSuaiHae of f those who lost their Uvea at CoaHanrSteiM ̂ read a second time. Mr. Pearson, of IT wanted to tack on an amendment ntltiag the families of six or eitcht men who were 1 the Tuylorville boiler explosion. Mr. EmnrarMB, of Fulton, opposed the amendment, aatl lost on a tin voce-vote. The Mil went to third V#S reading. Mr. Gregg introduced a Mil caleulfiked 4 to remodel the present law goveratoetlM . , pointment of receivers. It provides,that no re­ ceivers shall be appointed except m oaaea of > actual insolvency, and then npuu the application ; K of a bona-flde creditor, provides a Rya- •• > tem governing the actions of roortvew, and teitt- ̂• tended to place some limit on the tens of Ulm * -' Of receivers and compel them to settle up In- i jy ; solvent estates more quickly than, at present. Mr. Linegar's Levee bill wa.« read a second time and the House adjonrned. .ff-'J THE bill amending the act for the assess- ̂ 1 meat and collection of taxes was discussed and . * Ordered to a third reading in the Senate on the isth inat. Mr. Wliitinpr'* bill taxing tUMH < ' companies a per cent.; Mr. Bell's bill to aamd f| the law in relation to permitting animals to ran i- at large; Mr. Shumway's bill extending* terms at: "l' Supervisors to two yean; Mr. Adam* tolll te condemn property for ttaebeneHtof elevated rail- - ft way companies; and Mr. Morris' bill to appBoprt- - . • ate $6,000 (or the sufferers of Roeeclare oocaqfonod • : by recent floods, were also sent to third mifilug, Mr. Morris presented a bill provkUr propria tion of $50,000 for the relief of citicens of Shawneetown *--J Jooeph ivMtawtotaa as» lefofthe destitute toned by tht re­ cent floods, which was referred to the Commit­ tee on Appropriations. A similar bill waa Intro-' duoed in the House by Mr. Gregg a»<t ntoifd , to the Judiciary Committee. The sub-commit- , * tee appointed to visit Wan ueetown aatd teras r, tigate its condition made a report to the How, recommending aa appropriation gf $Mjatttar # the relief of the citizens at Shawneetown and Rosedare. Gov. Hamilton seat fa in regard to the distress at Sha' recommending that an appropriation bo nwd» ̂ for the relief of the victims. The tractef tfca.-ii!' Bev. F. H. Wines, Secretary of the State Board ̂ ̂ of Charities, who was deputed by'the CkvenMC . to make a thorough examinatioBof thesfawttoa. 9 A w a s m a d e t o t h e H o u s e . I t s h o w a t h a t t h e a a f r * ? scrlpttons already received are adequate to meet the necessities of the case. Lituer's bill, providing for the oo--sMdattew the three grand divisions of the Snpreme Chart, at Springfield, and the mi "M abolishing the City Courts of KM> and Aurora were read a second ttfio " A bill prepared by the J ndiciaty r̂rii»pitte«> If providing that in the absence oftteWwî t sua p nls deputies from the county, or (habltfeR - | fusal to act, any Justice of the Peace of tbeooaa- ̂ ty knowing or being Informed of the finding l | the demd body of any person shall havatteMkw powers and discharge the same duties as am im- yssids!! ih« Coroner, and shall be saMttadt* the same fees as the Coroner tor urn went to third readiag. Mr. Bhertdaa's" folicemen and watohmen the tate warrants was, after a lei ordered to third reading. SENATOR WHITINO'B bill to tax «xpnea panies 1 per oent. of their gross feated in the Senate on the 7th teat. number of petitions favoring a two artnmaatt saloon-licence were received. Senator Hwutk presented a bill for the appointment by tt»eC ernor of « commission Or thrtel the statutes and to a system of pleadings shall abrogate all distinctions betwfeajav and equity jurisdiction and fattiMa mSf; relating to voluntary assignments aodfholtli tation of time within which salt can be T on bonds aad written contracts w and sent to the Honso. The ooasb the vote on Mr. Morris* bill to ap to the flood sufferers at Koeeelam,Hardln wauM>V'; " was taken un, and the bill was pmtdvjttM-. emergency clause--yeas38, nays, 1. ThiiTntlii ilai bills were introduced: By lit. Afaywrth. Srohlbit immoral and indecent exhibitions; Iff [r. Mason, to appoiat a comndBrtonto r«i»te« the criminal laws; by Mr. Berggren. to Ax Hw < maximum and mlnlmnm salary of Coasty ga. perintendents of Schools at from Hot to gl.OOS in ooonties of the second class, aad fna $I,MO to $2,500 1a counties of the flnt class--this la addition to oomatlsatons; by Mr. Kirk, to make the penalties of criminals more severe in cases of repeated eouvtettoaa; by Mr. Thara, to require all tax receipts to show ttao rate per oeat of the different levipi by Mr- Lemma, to divide tteitatowMi judicial districts. lathe House, town Relief bill was advanced a staae aad the Rosoclare Belief aad Mound Otty Levee hills were road a third time. Ftttjr new bills were Introduced in the House, ttay embraoed all manner of topics, deg vm. sbeea, dram shops, hedge fence, roads, highways aad nridges, Qaa- ada thistles, sohool hooka, high and few UoeaM,' valued policy insurance measures, aumerom dins at railroads and other ooqmttMw. Mr. Qulna preseated aa ameodaMBt te thall--p - Mhop art, by providing a Uoeme fee of from tin) to t&oo per annum. It prohib­ its distillers *aad brewers from acting aau sureties on the bonds of salOoa-keepenu and provides that no minors shall he permitted to loiter around saloons unless they be the sons of the proprietors of the particular dram-ahop In question. The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds reported favorably oa a bill author­ ising the submission to a vote of the people at the next general election of the question of re- - moving toe capital to Peoria, Bloomington, Chi­ cago, Ceatralia or Decatur. Ma WHITING'S Express bill was reconsid­ ered aad recommitted to the Judiciary Com­ mittee on the morning of the 8th inat. A bill to provide for filling vacancies te County Treasur­ ers' offices when occasioned by deat b or accident, was passed with »n emergency clause. The day was passed in the Senate upon the General Ap­ propriation hill, upon the order of second read­ ing, and the long bill was about half considered. Bills were introduced: fijr Mr. Needles, to re­ quire the taxing of capital stock of all corpora­ tions doing business la this State, aad to ragalate the business of life insurance compaaies. The Senate went into executive session te waiMg the Governor's recent appointmaata John W. Rumsey was continued as South Chisago Park Commissioner by a muanlmoaa vote. She newlv-appolnted Railroad aad Ware ho we Commissioners were all confirmed: W, I, Brainard--yeas 38, nays L fi. C. l*wis waeoaa- tiniied by a unanimous vote. Charlea T. Staii- tan met with som? opMoattiBB, the veteteiagft Yeas 33, nays 6. J. E. Epey was confirmed by a unanimous vote as member of the Plats Board at Pharmacy. In the House, Mr. Berrtagtea pgo- sented a memorial and bill appropriating abate* thing like tooo.ooo for the pajsmul of a lot «C <rid claim* against the Ktaie^growin^oe^ef te, the construction of the canal. The Senate bill, the inhabitants of Roe went to third reading. Beaatsr Hapaa's MR* appropriating *50,000 for rabaiMtag She lwoaa at Mount City, was referred to the CoHuaittso «« Municipalities. The Shaaaaateaa BoMs< bill, appropriating $50^00 to the sullfcf* era by flood ia Gaaatta coaaty, wae read a seooad time, aad ordered to a third. The Houae hill appropriating tN,M) te tha relief of the sufferers by the naiae dtmatepaah Braidwood aad Coulterville was read a IfeMI time aad passed, after oonsiderahia ehaagfNp and explaining of votes, by 1M to S. BBh tepl- introduced providing for taeexaaiaatiaa hy the 8tat« Auditor of the accounts et mteeT egt benevolent life insurance compaatee aad far the Inspection of vinegar and pnatshing >w» terators. A COLLKOK student, irbote makes him render an itemized eeoenat of bis expeuses, received an ardor iMMB „pite of tbeir regulation stupidity. Con-1 him to "explain how the hlft MB INT sidering the grave peril tbat threatened 1 ' incidentals1' waa spent, ' tbe business stability of the nation, we j judge whether you an h*nBg beartilv welcome the enactment of the I fun for your money, tor I harabeltt tariff of 1883. I there, you young scamp.' v : ^ : .. c* < j a - *l_ > ... „