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Willi HMi •0 th« lUMgea difaMd l7 per- who suffered in the Brooklyn saqhar, <bf injuries to them- •M mp pwd, a forfceftr* yesr will be entirely swept away, Th® claimed imoont to newly *100,000. lua HO: "H • '•S-ki • £ r :C •9 I i - A r t '?»f: I i- , Tn Bum whobuilt * Jae ttarn to amakethe ruts on* has an imi­ tator by the name of Brackett at Bos- ion, who qnakbd his carpets liberally nitk napththa to rid fhem of moths. Thin he lighted the gas and had an ex­ plosion violent enough to brum off his hair and beard, smash the furniture, lad flre the house. < Two TouHd men of Woodstock, Ga., -were such desperate rivals for the hand <of a lady that a duel became the only i of settling their troubles. Bowie* were aelected as the weapons, Mount Carmel graveyard as the plaoe. Principals and seconds were •on time, bat aoon became involved in a irt-fight and broke up in disorder. THB largest amount of gold held by one owner in the world is that of the United States. The actual metal on hand, the property of Uncle Sam, is $198,000,000. The next largest gold- owner is the Bank of France, whoae latest report show in the vaults $198,- 375,000. So the United States has in exoess of tip Bank of France gold to the amqimt of $4,625,000. "THXBB are many men," said Repre- < aentative Culbertson, of Kentucky, ; ""who can take deliberate aim and make a fine shot with a pistol; but to draw, ' fire at onoe, and hit the mark is an en­ tirely different matter. We practice that a good deal down in Kentucky." •How?" some one asked. "Why," .said the statesman, "we commence ]- whenwe are boys. When I was a boy we used to get out, stand back to the mark, and then tarn and fire instantly; and we became so expert t^at we could hit every time." "How large was the mark?" "Oh, it was a plank oat oat _ -the size of an ordinary man." THX oenaua of Egypt, begun last year by Sir Auckland Colvin and just com­ pleted, shows the population of the •country to be 6,798,280 of plundered wretches. Cairo has a population of 368,108; Alexandria, including its suburbs, 208,775; Port Said, 16,560; Suez, 10,913; Tan tan, 33,725; Man. aourah, 26,784; Zagazig, 19,046; Bos- -etta, 16,671. What the population will l>e when the plague finishes its ravages Heaven only knows; but it makes the heart sick to contemplate it. And yet life in Egypt under the squeezing, tor turing process of .the French and British ~bondhqlders can hardly be worth liv­ ing. ' THK vicissitudes sometimes experi­ enced by a letter in reaching its frontier •destination are described by a tourist in Texas: "I had ordered my mail sent to Fort Sumner," he says. "From there a buffalo hunter, who had been to TIM Yegas with a load of buffalo meat, brought the mail for our camp to another camp some twenty odd miles to the weat of us. Forgetting to leave it there, he'carried it around by a north- «r4 route to a place seventy-five miles southeast of tu. Thence a man coming up past our camp on horseback started with it, but lost it on the way. A juung Englishman of our party started down after it, and found it scattered along the road some seventeen or eigh teen miles from our plaoe." IN 1879 a town was founded at Eure- kaSprings, Ark., and for nearly a year nothing was done to give any prospects for future success, but in 1880 upwards of 4,000 persons settled there and now the number of inhabitants is 10,0m. Outside parties pre-empted certain lands within the city limits and laid out ^building lota. At the same time they gave out a report that the waters there possessed great curative properties, and thereby the claim caused heavy emigra­ tion and caused property to sell rapid­ ly,-and increase in value. The question arose who owned the town, the people who have gone there and made the place what it really is, or those who pre-empted the large portion pf the town sites and now wish to sell them at high figurea? The Commissioner of the Land Offioe decided in favor of the former. • I Two KATHBB remarkable suicides are reported from Pennsylvania. One is that of a young man who went to his room and put a pistol ball through hia head because his father had ordered bim not to leave the house unless he would go to churoh. The other case is that of a dog, whose daily duty for three years and a half had been to work the tread-wheel of a ehurn. The other ^Uty'he refused to work, and allowed rope encircling his neck to strangle ' The owner took the animal out, when he at once revived and frisked about joyfully. He was then replaced UH |he machine, when the same scene was repeated. The third time, in order to discover bow long he would hold out, be was allowed to remain hanging by the rope until he was dead. That the •dog displayed better reasoning powers than the man no one will deny. Had he been required to attend churoh in­ stead of a tread-wheel the sagacious animal would probably be alive to-day. correspondent*. Go into "the and one hears no end of tales ii American securities. The !£*. , gtiah businsss man know* the railroad maps of the American continent by heart. Look into the windows of a book store, and the covers of American magazines and American novels are plentiful. Drop into the picture shows, and yon will find American artists rep­ resented by Whistler, of Battfaaa^re, and other 'celebrities. If you find yourself at a reception, an American belle is reigning; if you go to the theater, an American actress is depicting the joys and sorrows of the heroine. One writer tells that he entered an "American no­ tion store" and for ten minutes dreamed that he dwelt in Connecticut. An American restaurant is yet to be had, but oyaters are served "in the American style," and "ices aa in America? are promised on the Strand. WHATKVKB her facilities for carrying on a war may be, China will not lack for men: Her swarming millions ass subject to the imperial dictum, and ean quickly be drawn from to any desirable extent. The organisation of the army has undergone fresh changes during the last ten yeiro. The old Chinese army of eight "banners" has almost entirely disappeared, due principally to the ex* ertions of two provincial Governors, who devised various reforms based on the European plan. Between 1870-80 Li Kung Tchang, Governor of Toliili, organized an army of 70,000 men, whom he equipped with breech-loaders and field guns; and at the same time Tso Toung Fang, Governor of Kansu, simi-i larly armed 40,000. Thb led to a gen­ eral and systematic reorganization of troops throughout the empire. There are now three well-disciplined armies of 60,000men each, one in the vicinity of Pekin, one on the Russo-Manteboo- vian frontier, and the third on the western highlands leading to and from Turkestan. Beside these there is a fourth army of 150,000 men distributed among the principal ports along the sea coast. They have about 200 Krupp siege and naval guns and more than 300 field guns, while in several important places powder mills and shell factories have been ereoted. Altogether China is now able to oppose any hostile inva­ sion between Tienstin and Pekin with an army of 150,000 men, equipped and drilled equal to European troops, so that there is no danger of an overthrow of her forces like to that of im A wxfr grower it is a good plan pasture orchards it to' plowing T© WCWnscT watermelon plants trom the Stamped beetle, put a little air- dacked lunenbout the stem when the plants are smalL PJUHUDXST NEWTON, of the Western New York Farmers' Club, says stock «lB grass almost all kinds of grasses in preference to red clover. No DOUBT the most effectual, and probably the cheapest way, to get rid of the coddling moth is to turn enough (>«> a the orchard to eat the applea aa ast as they drop. IT is said 93,000 acres of Kansas soil have been planted with trees, under an act of Congress authorising additftfti&l ' »re-emption where trees are planted. Dhe ooftonwood tree is mainly planted, because it grows rapidly. Besides these tresa planted in masses, there is more or less tree plartingon all farms for shade, ornament or fruit. PBOF. SHELTOH, of the Kansas Agri­ cultural College, tried the effect of har­ rowing wheat on alternate plots, with the result that the harrowed plots yielded 2.45 bushels of grain and 110 pounds of straw more per acre. The plots were harrowed Feb. 26, and harrowed again and rolled April 13. He considered this large pay for going over Che ground three times.--Chicago Journal. A* Illinois farmer has employed ants for a very useful work, as he reports. He says he is too lazy to pick potato beetlea from the vines, and he doea not like to use Paris green. In this dilem­ ma he bethought himself of the pugna­ cious oharaoter of ants, so he oarried into hia potato field old pieces of wood, in which ants had established their THB Americanization of London is «nder i* Jj§ The Early Bird. A parent was endeavoring to instil into the mind of a late-abed boy the great benefits of early rising. He told the boy all about Ben Franklin, how he used to get up in the morning and light the fires and split the wood and do ever so many chores before his father and mother were out of bed. He recited a number of proverbs to his off­ spring, and among them , the old, old, threadbare axiom about the bird and the worm. The youth listened, scratched hia head, looked up at hia sire and asked: "Ho catches the worm every time, don't he?" "Yes, my son, that is the general be­ lief?" "But s'pose, pa, the worm don't come out?" "Why, then, the bird hunts far an­ other worm." "Yes, but what if that other worm don't come out, thougli ?" "But some worms do come out, my son." "And do the bird catch 'em all--ev'ry one of the worms?" "I guess so." "All over the world?" "Certainly." " *Way up to the North pole?" "Yes. "And 'way down to the South pole?" "Exactly." "The bird that sweeps down and gobbles the worm up every time?" "That's it." "And swallers him before he kin say Jack Robinson?" "So they say." "The bird gets up awful early to do that, pa, don't he?" "Yes, my son. And there you see exemplified the beauties of early rising Were the bird a sluggard and kept late hours in bed, he'd probably go hungry Believe me, my son, 'Early to bed and early to rise Makes people healthy, wealthy and wise.'" Boy plays with the cat's tail a mo­ ment, and then astonishes his parent by saying: "Pa, I blieve that \nrd and worm story's a fraud." *v "A fraud?" "Yes, a blamed old friud." "Why, my son?" "Well, don't the worm have to get up early as well as the bird? S'pose the worm lies still in his little bed till after the bird flies away, he wouldn't get caught, would he ?" "Mebbe not," answered the parent. "When I get to be a man, pa," con tinned the young philosopher, "111 write that worms that rise early are caught--gobbled up by birds every time. The worm's a durn fool to get up so early. And then mebbe a hawk just hops onto the bird because he gets up so early, and swallers him down. That bird and worm story is too thin, pa. It's a fraud, you bet." "James, go out and exercise yourself on the wood pile until breakfast time," suggested the old gentleman. "Yes," muttered the boy, as he moved out of doors, "I'm an early bird and I've caught a big woodpile and a saw- buck. They don't come no bird and worm story over this chicken after this. Pa thinks I'm a sucker, but he don't fool ine out of bed in the mornin's now. I don't keer what old Ben Franklin did. I haint that kind of a tin pan. I'm no Ben Franklin, darn'd if I am, nur I haint going to be nuther." And he rested himself on the sawbuck until called to breakfast.--Chicago Cheek. AFTER the dust has been thoroughly beaten ou$ of carpets and they are tacked down again, they can be bright­ ened very much by scattering corn- meal mixed with coarse salt over them, and then sweeping it all off. Mix the sslt and meal in eiyial proportions. PAPER and plaster are active absorb­ ents, and when they become thoroughly saturated with effluvia nothing but en- MOtHSlf.MH .ff '.I m i l l i > M" homes, and left them to do the work. Last year the ants domiciled in two old fence posts, he says, cleaned all the beetles from a quarter of an acre, al­ though their number was legion.--Chi­ cago Journal. THK following rotation of crops is common in the grain-growing region of New York: First year, corn and corn fodder on inverted sod, after manure spread the previous autumn and winter. Second year, barley, followed bv sowing of winter wheat, the ground top-dressed before harrowing and sowing with ma­ nure made late in winter which was too coarse for spring spreading,but now well rotted. Third year, wheat seeded with clover. Fourth year, clover meadow, the second crop for seed. Fifth year, pasture, top-dressed with manure in autumn or winter, for corn the follow­ ing spring. % THE experience of a Calfornia stage- proprietor in oiling wagons led me to try his plan for prolonging the useful­ ness and strength of wagons. He soaked in oil all the woodwork of his vehicle before it was put together, and discovered that he had little need of re­ pairs. The oil used is crude petroleum. I wash my wagons with it twice, even to the end of the pole. It is quick work with a good brush. An application once in six or eight weeks sufficed to save me from repairs except of a slight character. I ascribe these results to the oil prevents g the wood from tlirinlriwff or swelling. The cost of crude ou is but a trifle, and the ap­ plication of it a very insignifioant item compared with the cost of smith work and the increased durability of the wagon. Petroleum oil is better than other oils, because of its superior pene­ trating powers.--Oor. American Agri­ culturist. DB. STCBTKVAXT, direot&r of State Experimental Station of New York, an honest and painstaking experimenter, reports as follows on ensilage: "Our conclusions in regard to ensilage must be considered both favorable and un favorable to its claims, and we repeat ourselves in summing up its merits and demerits. When it is the sole food it seems a food favorable toward mainten ance, unfavorable to the production of milk, unfavorable toward the total pro­ duction of butter, but favorable for the recovery of the butter represented by the fat of the milk. We may infer from reasoning that the mixture with other foods may tend to obviate, in a oertain degree, the unfavorable indi­ cations. Its effect upon the general appearance and health of the cow, when fed in excess, seems detrimental to a slight degree, but, when fed as an ad­ dition to other foods, the effect, so far as we can reason, would seem to 1m> favorable. IN discussing the question of the age at which cows should be converted into beef the National Live Stock Journal says: The man who keeps an ox or cow till it pines with old age is a double loser by so doing. It invariably costs more in food and care to maintain an old animal than a young one. As the vigor of life fails digestion is less per­ fect, assimilation slower and more diffi­ cult, and the waste is greater. As the decline goes on more and more food is required to produce a given amount of labor or milk or meat. Old animals ean seldom be fattened at a profit, even if their flesh was as valuable as that of younger ones, because it requires so much more time and feed to do it. But their flesh is not equal to that of ani­ mals in their prime, so there is a loss both in the quality and cost of produ­ cing. Old cows, that have been milked till theit life force has been exhausted, make very poor and low-priced, as well as expensive, beef. When a cow has reached 12 to 14 years of age it hardly pays to fatten her if she could be had for nothing. Some cows of extraordi­ nary quality may be profitably kept as iong as they can be, for the sake of stock or milk, but average cows are bet­ ter converted into beef before it would be appropriate to call them old. The Forgotten Tunnel. Mr. Aurelian Scholl has an amusing note on what he calls the "forgetten tunnel." At Brussels he was struck by the extreme thinness of the earth cov­ ering the Braine le Comte tunnel, and wondered why the common sense of the engineers who made the line did not direct them to continue the cutting, and thus avoid a subterranean passage. The mystery was explained to him by a Mons advocate. When railways were in their veriest infancy the Belgian Gov­ ernment sent a party of engineers over to England to acquire experience in the construction of the new iron high­ ways, and on their return they were instructed to lay out the first railway in that enterprising little kingdom. The work was accordingly put in hand, but on its completion one of the engin­ eers exclaimed: "Good heavens, we have forgotten the tunnel!" The con­ sternation was general, especially when it was remembered that there was not a single line in England but could boast of a tunnel. What was to be done ? but to construct the long opr- : . J*> .t p3o«»top. tfco witty MASHED PO*ATP*S.--Wash and in halves or quaniirt, put into baling water, boil onehilf hour; when dn% pour off all the water, adding salt; mash perfectly smooth, then add cream ii you haveit--if no!, milk--and beat well with fork or spoon. The besting makes them light. HARD Qaronwmh--Two. oupa o! molasses, one cup of soar on* table-spoon of ginger, two tea-spoon* ai saleratus, two teaapoons of sail* one bread-spoonful of lard, rubbed! into the flour. Boll in six sheets., mark with a fork, and bake in a quick oven. It is best kept in the cellar where-it will not become dry. PLAIN FRUIT CAKE.--On* eup>of but­ ter, one of bro^n sugar, one of molasses* one of sweet milk and three «1 sifted flour; one and & half teaspoons of cream of tartar and one of soda; two pounds of raisins stoned and chopped fine; one nutmeg. This will make two loaves, which will keep three or tour weeks if properly covered. APPLE SAUCK>--PARE, halve and quarter a sufficient attmber of nice stewing apples ; put theru into a baking dish and cover tnickfy with sugar--bits of lemon peel may be added if liked. Put a plate over the diah and set it into a pan having a little hot water in the bottom and place in a hot om. Bake until the pieces are clear and tender. TOMATO TOAST.--Run a quart of stewed ripe tomatoes through a colan­ der, plaoe in a porcelain stew pan, season with butter, pepper and salt, and sugar to taste; out alioes of bread thin, brown on both sides, butter and lay on a platter, and just before serving add a pint of good sweet cream to the stewed tomatoes sad pour them over the toast. HUNTING PUDDING.--Two pounds of suet chopped very fine, three-fourths of a pound of flour, one pound of stoned raisins, two pounds of currants, half a pound of sugar, six eggs, six spoonfuls of rich cream, a wine-glassful of bran­ dy, four glassfuls of white wine, a good teaspoonful each of cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon; mix over night and boil six hours. When turned out of the bag sift white sugar over it Use rich sauce. ASPARAGUS SOUP.--Cut the tops from about thirty asparagus, about half an inoh long, and boil the rest; cut off all the tender portions and rub through a sieve, adding a little salt; warm three pints of soup stock, add a small lump of butter and a teaspoonful of flour previously cooked by heating the bat­ ter and slowly stirring in the flour; then add the asparagus pulp. Boil slow a quarter of an hour, stirring in two or three table-spoonsful of prepare^ spinach, made by pounding tl^espmach well, adding a few drops of water, sqtsassing the juice through a cloth and putting it over a good fire. As soon as the liquor looks curdy, take it off and strain the liquor through a sieve. What remains on the sieve is to be usedifor coloring the soup. Just before serving the soup add the asparagus tops which have been separately boiled. Ibk firsan a three-hours The Best Fire to Broil a Steak. Now let us suppose a beefsteak to be cooked by radiant heat, with the least possible co-operation of oonvection. To effect this, our aoupy ef beat must be a good radiator. Glowing solids are better radiators than ordinary flames; therefore coke, or charcoal, or ordinary coal, after its bituminous matter has done its flaming, should be used, and the steak or-chop may be placed in front or above a surface of such glow­ ing carbon. In ordinary domestic practice it is placed on a gridiron above the coal, and therefore I will consider this case first. The object to be at­ tained is to raise the juice of the meat throughout to about the temperature of 180 deg. Fahr., as quiekly as possible, in order that the cookery may be com­ pleted before the water of these juices shall have had time to evaporate to any considerable extent; therefore the meat should be placed as near to the surface of the glowing carbon as possible. But the practical housewife will say that, if placed within two or three inches, some of the fat will be melted snd burn, and then the steak will be smoked. Now, here we require a little more chemistry. There is smoking and smoking--smok­ ing that produces a detestable flavor, and smoking that does no misohief at all beyond appearances. The flame of an ordinary coal-fire is due to the dis­ tillation and combustion of tarry vapors. If such a flame strikes a com­ paratively cold surface like that of meat, it will condense and deposit thereon a film of crude coal-tar and coal naphtha, most nauseous and rather mischievous; but, if the flame be that which is caused by the oombustion of its own fat, the deposit on a mutton- chop will be a little mutton-oil, on a beefsteak a little beef-oil, more or less blackened by mutton-carbon or beef- carbon. But these oils and carbons have no other flavor than that of cooked mutton dkd oooked beef; therefore they are perfectly innocent, in spite of their guilty black appearances.--Popular Science Monthly. Capping the Cllsunu "Mr. Plumbottle," said an Austin man, "I hear from numerous parties around town that you are an awful liar, one of those Jumbo prevaricators who stretch the truth from Orient to Occi­ dent without snapping it onoe. How *is it?" "Well, well," meekly replied Mr. Plumbottle, "I dontt know about that, I never made any such extravagant claims as you speak of, and I haven't the least doubt in the world but that even you could lay me out in the shade if I told the first story." "Well, so long as you keep within the shadow of truth, I might keep somewhere in sight of you. Just give us one little lie for a starter." "H'm! yes, well," replied the mild- mannered Mr. Plumbottle, "let me see, I once sucked nineteen raw eggs at one sitting.r "Nineteen!" answered the Austin man, "why that isn't a circumstance to what I did once on a wager when I was a boy. Down back of my father's barn I once sucked twenty-two raw eggs, and did it easy, too." "Sucked twenty-two, eh? I knew I stood no chow if you made me tell the first story. That's pretty good. Sure you suoked 'em?" "Yes, sir, twenty-two hen's eggs." "Oh, hen's eggs, eh, well, I forgot to mention my nineteen were ostrich eggs, holding about three quarts apiece, fifty-seven quarts, about fourteen gal­ lons and a quarter. Figures won't lie} you know.» Good day, I must drift MmMm to?"---fep.• o • •>««.., .' ' 4 - . 4 " was HeUing; suddenly tightened and wine near iM^ting the rod into the VswldUaBms» Charleat put the boat about. Get a teaM»«nd basso*. Julius Ghsar, hew be puUst" It, was no easy task to stop and come round againat the wind and make head­ way backward, a»t» speak, or hold the boat so that tl* game could be properly handled. At least 100 feet of line ran out before the maneuver could be exe­ cuted. In th» meantime the line was palled hither and yon, the monster tagged and jerked, the boat was hard to manage, tW wild increased every moment and the MMr-foigTy waves ro3e and showed their white teeth until it that tk» elements and all the accidents and incidents possible were conspirUM' to prerent th« capture of the "boea- fi£ Of Maxincuckee. But he wan on, well hooked, in fact, aa wan quickly shown, and unless we were capsiaed, or I was pulled over­ board and towed around the lake, it wouldn't do to give up. Charles rowed with all his strength, now on the right oar, now on the left, according to orders, while I, braced in the boat, took advantage of every turn to keep the line taut and hold the quarry to his work. Soon the rain came <bd the wind grew fusions, and the waves leaped into our skiff like pirate*. Still the contest was kept up for twenty minutes, when we got the customer under control, and Charles, dropping his oars, seized the landing-net and deftly thrust it--on to a slender, tenacious branch of a sunken tree! That was all. -- Foreat and Stream. A War Ended at the tiaming-Table. • It is a historical fact though not gen­ erally known except to those intimately acquainted with Spanish histoiy, that the first Carlist war was ended by a bet, or--what amounts to the saase thing--a wager over the gaming-table. The Carlist army had suffered great losses, but could have still held the field for a while longer. On the other hand, the Liberal army, after eeven years' campaigning, felt truly sick of the business. Don Carlos had gone to Francfe for a holiday, and on each side the leaders had a genuine desire of fol­ lowing his example. It was under these circumstances that Marshal Es- partero had a conference with Maroto, the Carlist General, for the purpose of negotiating a truce. They were old chums of the South American war, but since that time they had exchanged only cannon balls, in addition to mqre than one fierce proclamation. When they met in a lonely farm at night, in the it was feared by many or a personal encounter might arise from the occasion. Both entered a lower room in which a table had been arranged, with candles, paper, pens and iok, and then they were left (done. For more than five hours they were closeted. And pray what wer« they doing all this tamo? On seeing Espartero, whom he knew well for the greatest gambler that ever lived, Marotc had taken out of his pocket a pack oi cards and challenged his foe at tresillo. Espartero had always been lucky. He won first all the cash of opponent, then he won his own terms for truce, then (irfitiSe stter KTl&fte, he vrcm the eatiM submission of the Carlist army.. Maroto paid his debt like a gentleman, and thus ended the first Carlist war. Cincinnati Enquirer. « , L greatest secrecy, lest a quarrel Anecdote ef Dr. Cresbjw Dr. Crosby was one day ^lking through a street in which s collector of swiU nsd left her little cart, with her shaggy dog harnessed in for its motive Eower, in charge of her little child. A ack-driver, waiting in the street for his "fare" who had gone to make a call at a mansion near by, thought it would be fine to see if he could bring his ve­ hicle round with a sweep that would take the shaky wheels right off the lit­ tle cart. His plan was evident, and Dr. Crosby walked Blowly with his "eye out." Bound swept the carriage with its neatest turn, and the snap of the little wheels, the barking of the big dog, the cry of the child, and the laugh of the driver as he rode off and picked up his fare again, were almost simulta­ neous. Dr. Crosby had noted the num­ ber of the hack, and when the poor woman came out he told her to take the cart to a certain shop, and have it re­ paired in the very best style, and ssnd the bill to him. He then called at the stable where the hack belonged, told the story to the owners, and added that he held them responsible for, the pay­ ment of the bill. They tried to deny that they could be so held, and said they would have nothing to do with the matter. In the course of time a bill ol items which must have made a complete "one-hoss shay" out of the rickety little vehicle, and which footed up $14, was presented to the doctor. He paid it promptly, and as promptly sent it, re­ ceipted, to the hack office, with a note saving that if the money was not in his hands by 6 o'clock, legal proceedings would be begun. At 5 o'clock a mes­ senger appeared with the amount. John Fhffnix at Yuma, CaL Poor Lieut. Derby, who whiled away the weary hours there, as well as at all other posts where he was stationed on the Pacific coast, in concocting the raw drolleries he gave to the world undet the nom de plume of John Phoenix, completely ruined Yuma's reputation as a summer resort by the famous joke about the soldier stationed there who died and brought up in the infernal re­ gions, which he found so chilly by con­ trast that he found it necessary to send back for his blankets. Since that pe­ riod it is said that "sin-hardened inval­ ids repair to Yuma to die, with a view to becoming inured to the great trials of the hereafter." It was also Lieut. Derby who, being left in clxarge of one of the San Diego papers at one time for a few dayB dur­ ing the temporary absence of the edit­ or, changed the politics of the paper, to the horror and chagrin of that trusting victim of misplaced confidence. It was also he who, on being presented to Gen. Augur and family for the first time,_ ex­ pressed his pleasure in the meeting, and then, looking down earnestly upon the children, said, "And these, I sup­ pose, are the little gimlets," for which untimely exhibtion of humor, it is said, the General never forgave him.--Let­ ter in Cleveland Herald. IF grained and varnished wood-work is scratched and marred, it can be re­ stored to its former good looks by ap­ plying turpentine and linseed-oil, equal parts of each, well mixed together, and rubbed in with a silk or woolen cloth, CWaaMagton Oik CMnsV&Hitd.] Before leaving Waslingfcm correspondent had • tppl with Mr. John C. New in regard ts»tho campaign in Indiana. "I have no desire te» speak upon this subject" said Mr. New. "The cam­ paign of 1880 ia over and the- victory won. It is of a great deil morn im­ portance to the party that we should devise ways and meanu of carrying the election of 1884 than to> discuss the campaign of 1880. The- statement ef Dorsey, ao far as he speaks of the cam­ paign in 1880, is fairly correet I have no objection to it Dorsey did very efficient work in the SAat»in 1880L He came there at the Bequest of the State Central Committee and. myself as Chair­ man of the oommittae. The-idea, pr - vailed that Indiana, was & sinkhole for money for political parpoBes, and I had a desire that somebody representing the National Committee beside myself should be on the ground to> see where the money went Dorsey, who was Secretary ol the committee,, a good organizer, ancL a. man of ability* came there. But the credit, of carrying Indiana belongs, to* no one man, nor ten men, nor any hundred men. It was the work of the Republicans of the State. The State Central Committee^, every county committee, every township com­ mittee, evary prominent Bepubliean, and tha-fiepublican voters, of the State were all sdire to the im$>crtance of carrying Indiana, and they worked with unflagging zeal and energy." "How about the vast espsnditnre of monejr by the Republicans.?* "It ia. quite true that a large sum of numay was spent in the campaign in Indiana. There have been no elections in. that State for years in which large soma of money were not expended on both sides. In 1876. the Democrats went $10 where the Bepublicans spent $L I proaame in 1880 the Republicans had a little more money, and it was used judiciously in the thorough organ ization of the party. The Republicans did not need to be bought because, as I have said, every Republican in the State was in earnest actively at work, and heartily in accord with the candi dates and the platform. The Dem­ ocrats will hardly claim that good, honest Democratic voters could be bought for $2 a head. To the best of my knowledge and belief, there were no importations to the State on the part of the Republicans, nor do I know of a single dollar having been corruptly used. Money was distributed to vari­ ous county oommittees and Township organisations to defray the legitimate necessary expenses of the campaign, such aa providing speakers and in aid­ ing and assisting in bringing out a full vote." "Then," said the Herald correspond­ ent, "there was no shower of $2 bills?" "No, sir; that story is a myth. As I have stated, the credit of carrying Indiana belongs to the Republicans of the State as well as to those who were only voters. As to those who occupied for the time being positions upon com­ mittees, where all did so well it would- be invidious to claim oredit or make distinctions." "Do yon know anything of the part Gen. Brady took in the campaign?" "Gen. Brady came to Indiana a few days before the October election. He made a contribution of, I believe, $500 to the State Central Committee. If he gave anything beyond that sum it was at his own home, in Delaware county. I have no knowledge, however, of his doing anything beyond that. Gen. Brady was formerly phairman of the State Central Committee, and an effici­ ent worker, before he went to Wash­ ington," ; „ • A f . / } . . * • Republicanism IR Courage. Not a few old stagers among iticians who have been at the front in the Republican party during the last two deoades are disposed to put the fin­ ger alongside the nose and look sarcas­ tically wise when any proposition is made looking to the commitment of the party organization to anj measure of public policy which squints in the di­ rection of public morality. - These men forget that the Republican party was born of a moral idea, that its original mission was the promotion of a moral reform, that its whole successful career has been mainly in connection with questions of right and wrong more than of mere governmental expediency. They forget that a party of this sort, which has gathered into its ranks nine- tenths of the character, the virtue and the intelligence of the country, cannot safely pursue a course which would be entirely expedient for its opponent with a wholly different constituency, in a word, the Republican party must keep in the lead, as it has done from the day of its inception, or it will die the death. The party itself has accustomed the the country to look to it for a fsr higher class of political motives than are expected in its antagonist, and for this reason, if for no other, it would be suicide purely as a matter of policy, for Republicanism to cheapen itself and attempt to solicit votes by the same device proposed by the Democrats. In 1856 the Whig party, in the presence of a magnificent opportunity, turned its back upon des­ tiny and died from its own cowardice-- died because it was too timid, conserva­ tive and time serving to assume a great and inspiring responsibility and declare itself the champion of Free Soil. The E' pital failure of the Whig party ren­ ted the Republican party possible, :d grandly has it met the demands laid upon it Near the third decade of its existence the Republican party is called upon to face the question, whether it will distinctly maintain its position as the party of moral ideas and of advanced ethical principles--in a word, as the party of reform, or whether, in the presence of a new and crucial test, it will play the poltroon (ike its predecessor in 1856, and follow that predecessor to the tomb of the Capulets. At such a crisis the cynical ina cowardly adviser is the worst of enemies. If the Republican party of -o-day shall take counsel of its fears, ind not of its courage, it is as good as lead already. It is not impossible that whatever course the party shall pursue luring the next three years, a tempo- *ary defeat may await it, but this has lothing to do with the broader question, whether the party really desires to be a permanent force in the greut republic PoanA Blck, atHsnplTla, tweaily-Sve andeonai ItesBev. their cabecriptioxL JOHN T. TIS Hoax w •he water-works, afcDanvffla, tar tks ef an arch firms wfctahhp all a feDow- workman wars iwuilaf flM îentar. His antolantwaaiHghUfr iajafel Itas dining-room gMsef * Lincoln hotel strode reeentlj on a^cemst of a eoloswd bof tetag employed tn tksrodm tO sMat 'tteaa. They were paid off and.f waf fly dMSfcsrged, snd colored urchins new IB thstr flsasa Tba Secretary of ttH State 1 Icenaas to incorporate to the The Dime Express Compaap, of capital, |2,M>e; incorporate ̂OHn K HaO. lUfcaore Wei*i«y and MoWBa ft B^asjdtng THB Governor has RASHIULNM OJIARTSI H. Deera of Mottne, A. W. Ktagslanfl cago, Thomss Lloyd of BanMikr, C Snow of Chicago, and Oesrga F. of Springfl̂ d, Commissioners of the] of labor Statistic*. Is the case of John B. TOlaon, of Canst heretofore convicted of withholding penslsa money from m Qovernmeai penrttwr, tta motion for a new trial has hel owrnled, and defendant was asntettMii to the pen­ itentiary for one year ATSAMP, giving his name ssiAIbeitflHlth, of Dubuque, Iowa, while board a moving freight t ratal < Central railroad at Mattooai faB nniler the wheels and had his leg Bohedljraneshed thafc It had to be amputated. AN officer recently arcesUdt two msfc at Danville who were charged with Ugh way robbery, one of whom is saawd Utenst They "held up* a man namnd Charles How­ ard about a week ago near talphnr Sprtaga They have confessed the Clime, and are pretty sure of the penitentiary. OSOBOS H AJISHAM, of BUw ̂8tation, re­ ceived a check p&ya&e ta bearer for #187. Frits Meyers, a young man, picked the check from the o!d maaftt pocket and caiaa to Havana, where he passed the eheek for clothing and bought a ticket tor Kansas City. On his arrival at WanwasOtyhe met a telegram and an officer, who took Ms*, ia. JOSEPH CABTBB, oar inspector at the C A X. I railway shops, in Danville, while ta the discharge of his dutiei, reosived injuries from which he died in aboat sa hear. Can were placed upon the awttoh and driven with great force agaiaat a car whWh Carter was inspecting, and he was caught and fa. tally injured. He leaves a wife and four ohildien. THX Governor has discovered that ttaae Is no vaoanoy in the State Board of equalisa­ tion. Senator Atnswotth resigned aa a saexn-- berof the Board upon hia slsHpn 'totha Senate, and Gov. Gallom appointed William Kerna, of Mottne, aa hia sndoeasor. misin­ formation was sent to the Xneenttve Depart­ ment in time ta prevent the oomnriasinatng of another offioer. : .r Macs Jeans end Bloherd Uniser at- empted to drive a man aaaaed WCaaa ent of the colored vlllace of ttraeklya, nesr East 84. Louis. Marshal Oreens, inpseteot- ing Wilson, had a quarrel with Jonc ̂ In which threats of shoott% were treaty in­ dulged. Marshal Greene and Joaaa again met, each beiagenaed with shot guns and revolver*. Four shots Were fired, one enter­ ing Marshal Qreene'sgroia, prodneiag death. Jones received two woqnda in tfceasn, one In the head and a ballet through the left breast, whioh is prooQcaoedfataL 4 A issanu accident eouuued in the south part of Msttecn, at the arplag of tte wagon road amd the Peoria, Bvanvvflie an<r Dpcatur railway. Itr. SdWardBoott, aecosn- panied by his mother-in-law, M(a A H. Berry, and bcr little daughter Oaf%sgpd 1% were approaching the firosring, hn%Hd not notice an advancing train until wttMnafew feet of the traok. Mr. Scott aaw that the train would catohhim before he oould get across, and wheele i around suddenly, throw­ ing r1! out of the wagon. Tha'lHMS-girfa neck was broken in the fall, and Ken Beny received injuries which it ia feared will terminate fatally. Mr. Scott escaped with alight bruises - * MB. JAMBS McWnmw, Pradflant Q»igga- ville National Bank, died at CMjggSfQIa ife MoWilliama settled in Pike oonnty in 1834. He was s member of the Ststelagialstara of 1838 and 1839, the last session held in Yan- dalia and the first in Springfield BEewas very widely known in Chicago ss sn< live lumber-dealer, having 1 alneel8i& He was a mesnber of the Con­ gregational Church for nearly fifty years and has been alwars a liberal contributor of his means to charity. Few men ware 1 known or more beloved in than James MoWilliama He and retiring, but honest and faithful to the many important trusts which during along and aaeful hfe have fromtime to Umm been confided to him. He loavoaa valuable estate, whioh he divided aneong his four snrvMsg children--two daughters and two soaa, David and John MefWhams, of Livingston county. On of the most cowardly and brutal mur­ ders on record was oommitted at the little village of Mont Glare, in Jefferson township, about nine miles northwest of Chicago Mr Lovett, a highly esteemed citiasn of vill lege, wss murdered on his own premises ia the presence of his wife sad children by a gang of low roughs from Chlcaga They had spent the day at Turner Park, a place of vile reputation, near by, where fast and loose ohsraetera spend theft- Ssndays hi dis­ sipation About 6 o'clock a wagon opnta n- ing eleven of these roughs sad drawn by one horse was passing the house on the re­ turn to the city. Noticing soap* nice fruit In Mr. Lovett's dooryard, four Of tin party left the wagon, and entering thevard, began to gather the fruit Mx. Lovett ordered them away. The men in the wagon hearing the order jumped down irom the, wagon and began to throw chunks of diiedclay at Mr. Lovett, trying to make him retreat Into the house W. Spies, a hoodlum of 19 yeam, hit Mr. Lovett on the leg with a briefc. N Rltsmsn threw apiece of clay, which streak Mr. Lovett on the neck, dislocating the ver­ tebrae. Mr. Lovett fell to the ground and died instantly. His wife was standing In the doorway, and saw her husband falL £k was a sad and sudden calamity to the family who were waiting for Mr. Lovett to cecae In to tea. The news of the wicked outrage spread rapidly throughout the neighbor­ hood. An esteemed citisen had been cruelly ?r whether it is willing to be r legated , mulderedat hu owsl quiet home by a vile i> the list of petty political factions, Content with jabbering about its his­ toric past, while voluntarily surrender­ ing a superb future. -- Minnesota Tribune. gang of debauches. This was more than the good citizens could bear, and they in hot pursuit of the murderer* The gang, frightened at the thooght of lynohing, broke up at a turn ia the road near JEFFDAVIS joins the New York Sun the house and sc&ttered. Mt Lntett was in the cry that the Republican party about •>> years of age and lasva3 a wtfe aaA mnst ge. That do settle it. I two children r- •r.rp'. T • ., n •rifc*." if ii' u*' £L'^-,A * •. i.vW ;,.f, i."'. • J-A.t... «