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i 1 s MCHENBY, - H2JH01& Tax Illinois Compulsory Education U* provides no penalties, and is there- > inoperative. •OSIKAMKN landing in New York from countries other than China are hot mo­ lested. Several who arrived from Cuba A few dajB since met with no opposition from Federal officers. The reason is that the anti-China act expressly says it shall apply only to those coarfBg ""from China." THE late census of British India •hows a population of 254,899,515. As the whole of India has only 1,600,000 aqnare miles, this census indicates a much more dense population than that •of China at 400,000,000. Some writers' are of the opinion that India has even a larger population than China, judging , from the census of that portion of it ootkr Wed by the British THEY are talking of bridging the Mississippi at the slaughter-house, New. Orleans, where the river is 2,400 feet wide. An engineer proposes seven •spans of 300 feet each, one to be a •draw. The piers are to be creosoted piles, driven in clusters, and heavily -capped and cased with iron. The •depth of the water will be no obstacle, as the piles can be spliced.. The esti­ mated cost is #13,000,000. - 'a OOYERNOB SHELDON, of New Mexico, makes a wise and practical suggestion when he ^asks Congress to amend the land laws so that the water courses of :the Territory may not be monopolized. As it stancU now a company of men by -securing land along the water courses •can command a vast area of country that is worthless without access to •water. The water courses should be kept free. Springs, rivers and creeks should be held by the goverim»ent|<>r the use of all citizens. DR. FISCHER, a professor of the mectt- «cal faculty of the University of Stras- bourgh, is said to have invented an effl- -cieat remedy for phylloxera. Several ^apparently successful trials of the rem­ edy have been made at Bordeaux, but the results will not be positively known until next spring. The French govern- .ment is so convinced of the efficiency of "the remedy that it has granted a patent to the discoverer. An effictive destroyer •of this enemy of the vine would be worth millions of francs to the wine industry of France. An anecdote isrelated of a poor man in England, who by a lottery ticket be­ came the proprietor of several thousand jK^pnds. He at onto drove out in Ms carriage and began purchasing old things right and left. Among other commodities he packed into the interior a barrel of stout and some flitches of bacon, but to crown all he bought an Alderney cow, and drove home with the animal hitched to the back of the vehicle. His relatives not unnaturally regarded all this with feelings akin to •downright horror, Mid quickly com­ menced proceedings to have this lucky but amusingly eccentric individual judged insane. In this they succeeded. when, the midnigh# prowler he that he had pounoed upon the Premier himself, who was just on tip point of calling for help. The detective has been recalled to Scotland Yard. * THE color line at West Point has been wiped out, and an Ohio man has brought about this result. It is learned at the War Department that the colored •cadet, Alexander, hi* encountered no -difficulty on account of his color. He is treated by the boys in his class as their equal. He joins in their sports and their studies, and is not subject to any of the indignities of which Whit- taker and Flipper complained. This has all come about spontaneously, with­ out interference of the authorities, and it is expected that Alexander will go through his course without annoy­ ance. His instructors speak highly of him. . SOME time ago a body which had been buried for twenty-oni" years was removed from Mount Adnah Cemetery, Fulton, N. Y. On opening the coffin it was discovered that the lower portion of the body was petrified, and the up­ per portion was hard, cold and white, the features being perfectly recogniza­ ble. The hair was long and wavy, and had apparently grown several inches after death. The friends and relatives attempted to keep the matter quiet, but in some way it has leaked out, and a great effort is now being made by the proprietor of a museum in New York to obtain the body for exhibition. The relatives have refused a large sum of money for the body; and it is now feared that an attempt will be made to steal it. __________ A neat little story is going the rounds of the English press about Premier Gladstone's experience, with a wide­ awake detective who was detailed to guard him during his stay at Haward- en Castle. The castle police force had for some reasen been reduced before the Premier arrived there, and the Scotland Yard authorities hearing this sent one of their most experienced detec tives there, where he took up private quarters. Shortly after midnight of the first day of his arrival he heard soft footsteps in front of the castle, and af­ ter listening some time satisfied him­ self that it was an intruder. Having prepared himself for a fierce struggle with a conspirator or a dynamite plot­ ter or something of that sort, the gal­ lant Yidocq rushed out on his unsus­ pecting prey, but was surprised to find that ne resistance at all was offered Jum. He was more surprised,' however, "THAT International Baby the pen of a woman who St. Paul Pioneer-Preto mile from Monterey is • Bella Sista, owned by General Tnrrino. who is also the proprietor -thflriflkr- national baby,' about whidi enormous fuss was made at the christen­ ing some months ago. General is the child's godfather, and was at the ceremony. He gave the* baby, a valu­ able estate, whose income be laid aside until the boy reaches jui Majority, when it will amount to a fortune. But it Is said that the international weakling will not live to grow up. Mrs. Trevino, the daughter of General Ord of Texas, has not luany months tc live. She is a very white, silent, sub* dued woman--a breathing skeleton, in whom it is difficult to recognize the gay and dashing Bertha Ord of two years ago. The secret of General Diaz's generosity to the Trevino baby lies in the fact that both Generals were at one time rivals for the coming Presidency of Mexico." SIR WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, a well- known English scientific man, in an ad­ dress before one of the learned societies of London recently called attention to the continued growth of the British population* and startled his audience and the whole country by declaring that if the increase was maintained foi many decades to come legislation ty limit it would bo found absolutely neo* essary. England &*d Wales, with itq area not much greater than that of Dlinois, have a population nearly nine times as great--26,000,000. This is an enormous number to crowd into a coun­ try of 58,000 square miles. But the people are not permitted to spread over the whole country. From about 12,000 square mile, more than one-fifth of the whole, they are as completoly shut out as from ParadiseD This one-fifth con­ sists of the "demesnes" and sheep-walks of the feudal owners, royal parks and forests, grouse moors, and game pre- rves. Large stretches of county in the southwestern and northern portions of England, among the Welsh moun­ tains, and in the lake regions are kept in a state of artificial unproductiveness, so to speak, so that the feudal owners may enjoy themselves shooting the game which there find covert, or con­ templating the picturesqueness. Even in the districts under cultivation the tendency is toward consolidation of farms, reducing the number of dwell­ ings, and, of course, the number of in­ habitants. It is easier for landlords to collect rents from a dozen large farms than from 100 small ones. The result is, that the people are driven to the towns and mining districts, where they are crowded, and thousands of them fester and die from the lack of light and air. And Sir William Armstrong and the statistical theorists of the aristocra­ cy cry out that laws must be passed io check the natural increase of the peo­ ple, and pliilanthropiste.and colonists remand assisted emigration to Australia and Canada. The people themselves are beginning to think about these mat­ ters. An Anecdote ef Oaiubetta's Mother* As the "Bazar Genois" was in the market-place, its business lay in a great degree with rustics. Leon got sick of dealing with haggling rustics, and prayed to be removed from behind the counter to the desk. As he was a quick accountant, and wrote in a neat, legible, and flowing hand, this was granted. He did his best to give his mind to the bus­ iness, but failed, and his health sank under the tedium of uncongenial pur­ suits. No device to which the watch­ ful and tender mother resorted could get the better of his splenetic state. He had a fixed ambition which, as it appeared to him a chimerical one, made him restless, discontented, and miserable; it was to study law, and be­ come a teacher of a Legal Faculty in a provincial city. One day his mother called him to her. She said she had been unhappy in witnessing his growing depression, and she handed him a bag of money which she had saved unknown to anybody--enough to defray the cost of his journey to Paris and enable him to study law there for some time. A trunk full of clothing had been pre­ pared, and was at the office of the stage- Coach, where a place was booked for him to the nearest railway. Madame Gambetta instructed him to slip quietly away, in order to avoid a painful scene with his father, who was determined that his son should succeed him in the business. This communication was so unexpected and delightful that for the rest of the day Leon was in a state of bewilderment.' He rose betimes next morning, and stole off as instructed. BeforeMadarae Gambetta had instructed her son to follow his vocation, she had taken steps to keep him out of misery when the hoard placed in his hand should be exhausted. In 1866, the year in which Gambetta left Cahors, M. Ensile Menier went there on a business tour. He had just epened the chocolate factory at Noisiel, and traded in medi­ cated biscuits and sweet-stuffs. Calling at the "Bazar Genois," he was received by Madame Gambetta. In answer to his proposal to sell his goods on com­ mission she, with tears in her eyes, met it with another. It was in the nature of the one enunciated by the unjust steward. "I have a son of great prom­ ise," she said, "whom I want to send to Paris, against his father's will, to study law. He is a good lad and no fool. But my husband, who wants him to continue his business here, will, I know, try to starve him into submission. What-1 am about to propose is that if I buy your chocolate at the rate you offer it, and buy it outright instead of taking it to sell on commission, you will say nothing if I enter it at a higher price, and you will pay the difference to my son?" M. Menier, from whose lips I had this an­ ecdote, agreed, and for some years car­ ried oat the arrangement.--The Cen- orders to and There raged bei stood our trate loreea neighborhood, days of and avowed iHt -,i. •' "Nearly every man who traveled on the Mississippi river In the old days pan relate an interesting experience," •aid the Bev. Mr. Jackson, a minister whoee reputation aa an impassioned orator has gone beyond the of Arkansas. "There was g ahout a Misapwippi river ex­ tended to aid in vivid re- -- --1#(grand floating drawing- room A, the wealth displayed at every turn, and the studied politeness and oooyentional ceremony of supposed jjgobd breeding which you everywhere meet, all come up at onceinreportrayal of a character which, thus surrounded, you have contemplated. But all of this politeness and exhibition of good breeding, I must say. was but the white foam on muddy water. It was the courte» that could grasp the hand of a new wquaintance or shoot an old friend. "In the spring of 18501 bparded a grind steamer at New Orleans bound for up. the river. I was a very young preacher afr 4faat time, and was under to a small community conducting a revival, "a war being hes, and it d to concen- dency in the were the religious vigor, in religious con­ tests was regarded as being no more out of place or in ill-keeping with the faith than the fierce struggles engaged in by the Whigs and Democrats. I was told at headquarters that another young preacher would be sent to assist me, and that if I needed more help to make my demands known at once. When I boarded the boat I looked around for my companion in arms, whose name I even had not learned. The closest search failed to discover my assistant, and concluding that he had either pro­ ceeded or would come after me, I dis­ missed the matter and settled down to the quiet enjoyment of the occasion. "There were quite a number of gam­ blers--polished gentlemen--on board, and although I was opposed to gambl­ ing, I could not refrain from looking on and contemplating with what serenity of countenance the players alternately parted with thousands of dollars. "'Won't you take a hand?' asked one of the players one evening, addressing a young, pleasant-looking gentleman who stood near " 'I never play,' he remarked. " 'Won't do you any harm.' " 'I know it won't, for I don't intend to play.' " 'The gentleman is a rare joker,' re­ plied a tall man who handled f cards with an ease and lost with a good will that almost challenged respect. " 'Yes,' replied the young gentleman, 'a rare joker, because it is rare that I joke.' " 'Ah, and a punster,' said the tall man, relinquishing $1,000 with a smile. " 'It makes little difference to you what I am, I came here to quietly look on, not intending to engage in the game or the conversation, and, especially, not to be the butt of any joke that might arise from ill luck or success at the table. Regardless of the business you follow, I hope that you are well enough acquainted with the manners of gentle­ men to treat an unobtrusive looker-eft with civility, if not with courtesy.' " 'You speak well,' exclaimed" the tall man. . 'I hope that I am a gentleman of good birth and education, and I hope that I have not insulted you. If I have, I sincerely beg you pardon. Grant it (willingly, and all will be well; reluc­ tantly, and, as a gentleman, which you undoubtedly profess to be, you know you recourse.' " 'But for you last remark, I would have heartily forgiven you of any in­ tention to insult me. As it is I do not grant pardon, realizing that a gentleman is not expected to have dealings with such a man as you. And, furthermore, let me say that I regard yon as a cow­ ardly villain.' "The tall man sprang to hia feet and drew a bowie knife. The quiet man did not even look at him. " 'Take that back, or 111 rub you heart over your face!' "Every one arose, but none felt dis­ posed to prevent bloodshed. " 'I said that I regarded you as a cow­ ardly villain. Keep cool and I tell you why. While we were engaged in in­ sinuating conversation I saw you steal a roll of bills from* that man,' pointing to on€ of the players. 'Until then, and but for the remark you made, trying to compel a cheerful granting of pardon, I was disposed to pay little attention to anything you might say. Now, sir, I have made my statement. I have been led into this, and I may regret the con­ sequences--don't hold him--but I shall make no concessions.' "The tall man's eye actually glared. 'I have killed five men, and all for less than this,' he exclaimed. 'Get out of the way. I'll cut him in two!' " 'Get ofat of the way!' said the quiet man. 'It would greatly please me if he were to sit down and conduct himself less dangerously, but if he is determined upon a wicked action, let him be under no restraint.' " 'You are foolish!' exclaimed one of the gamblers, turning to the quiet man. 'You are not armed, and even if you were Capt. Aide would kill you. I am the man from whom you say he pur­ loined the bills. I saw the action, but did not dare to interpose.' "'So this is Capt. Aide?' said the young gentleman. 'I have heard of him. He has a very unsavory reputa­ tion ir| New Orleans. If well-construct­ ed rt • orts be true, he is not only a thief, tynt a murderer.' " 'Get out of the way!' Lowled the Captain, and, struggling, he threw his companions aside and sprang forward. Like a sudden revolution of a wheel-- like an action whose quickness cannot be contemplated--the young man drew a derringer and sent a ball through the Captain's brain, killing him instantly. " 'Gentlemen,' said the quiet man, be­ ginning to talk ere the smoke lifted, I had more than one reason for commit­ ting this deed; I was insulted, as you saw and was in danger, as you know; but, worst of all, that man murdered, my father. I did not contemplate kill­ ing him, but, as I said, I would • we granted pardon but for his insulting taunts. From U^Jfirst, though, I con­ templated hiMlfrest, which I should have accomplished had he not attempt­ ed io take my life. I am sorry that I have caused such confusion, and I hope that you will all, as I know God will, forgive me." "He walked away, gracefully bowing to some one who hurried to the eftene of the tragedy. The boat was soon landed. The Captain's acquaintance took charge of the body and went ashore. We were soon on our way again, and but for the certain little in- k§! enacted. Our bendof miuic^oommon steamboat feature in those <gjifs, struck up a lively air, and the only sur&eetive remembrance of the Captain s death was the wet carpet where the boy had wiped away the blood. "It was late at night when I reached my landing. Alone I made my way to the neareet honse, where, after my busi­ ness.was known, I was kindly received. Neftf day l attended church and was at once escorted to the pulpit, behind which some half-dozen preachers were seated. A well-known minister arose and said that two preachers from New Orleans had arrived. Brothers Jackson (myself) and Mableson, and that Brother Mableson would first address the congregation. The gentleman arose, and imagine my suprise when I recog­ nized in the preacher the quiet young gentleman who had killed the Captain. He dilivered an eloquent, powerful ser­ mon, and after several services ap< proached me and, extending his hand, said: ' " 'You must excuse me for not making myself known to yon. I kept my identity under a cloak of caution. When I boarded the boat I recognized my father's murderer, and I thgmght that if I revealed my identity my plans migh^ be frustrated. As I said, I only intended to follow and arrest him at the next town, but you see how it resulted.' "Years have passed since then, yean of intimate acquaintance between the quiet young man and me. Some time ago, after a successful life, I closed his eyes in death. He smiled with sublime willingness, and went withont a groan. I never knew a truer or kinder-hearte^ man."--Ai'katisaiv Traveler. Tombstone, Arizonia. At the beginning of the year 1878 there was not so much as a tent at Tombstone. "Ed" Schieffelin and brother started thither prospecting. It was supposed to be an adventure full of dangers. At the Santa Rita silver mines, in the Santa Cruz valley, for in­ stance, by no means so far away, three superintendents had been murdered by Indians in rapid succession. Friends, therefore, said, "Better take your coffin with you, Ed; you will find your tomb-, stone, and nothing else." But Ed Schieffelin--a young man yet, who liaq not discarded a picturesque way of dressing of which he was fond, no* greatly altered his habits otherwise-- found instead the Tough Nut and Con* tention mines, made a great fortune out of them, and was so please# "with thq difference between what had really hap­ pened and the prediction that he con* ferred the name of Tombstone upon the place itself. One of the two well-printed and very creditable daily papers now existing has assumed the correspondingly dismal title of tlw&pittiph. The unreliability of epitaphs--if the remark may be safe­ ly ventured at this distance--is prover­ bial. Nevertheless, they may occasion­ ally tell the truth; and from appear­ ances it would, seem that this was one of those occasions, and alinoBt any laudation of its subject br this par­ ticular Epitaph was justifiable. The small city, two years old at the date ol this journey, had attained to a Illa­ tion of 2,000 and a property valuation* apart from the mines, of $1,000,080. A desirable lot of 30x80 feet, on Allen street, between Fourth and Six.th~rguch was the business-like UQmMHAateM |d- ready used m this settleiaBniei yester­ day--was worth $6,000. A shanty that cost $50 to build, rented for $15 a month A nucleus of many blocks at the centre consisted of substantial, large-sized buildings--hotels, banks, Schieffelin Hall, for meetings and amusements, and sJom. than ~ * older Th< itself. Hotel the hi ore ol by t Moun ing si ings. j todi^ ever ' confif belov totty and li othey mineT" paint, draua regulp profes A PRETTY mat, intended for the top of a table, is made of drab felt. The edge is eat in sharp points; between these points are placed soil little tassels made of high-colaled crewell. The border of the mat ia made by working with gay embroidery siMts any pattern which suits the fancy of tgj| maker. The old-fashioned cross-stitch, or some mod­ ification of the feather-etich, is pretty. A PRETTY chair-ba^k is made of an antique lace stripe put over silk. Have the lace in the center and on the silk stripes of the same width at each side; embroider a pretty vine. This is lo ly, made of the lace and blue silk, w sprays of small pink buds, or of can ^ nal satin with daisies and lnitter-ciifNk> t! embroidered on it. The top is tOtned * down and hemmed, and the botjfck may be finished with lace, or be madte in points with a tassel on each point. A HANDSOME panel for the wall is made of a strip of black satin 15 inches long and 7 inches wide. On this is em­ broidered in silk a bunch of pinks. The top and bottom of the panel are fin­ ished with bands of scarlet plush, about two inches wide. A brass wire is fas­ tened to the top, and a silk cord to hang it by. On the bottom are fine silk balls of various shades of red. The panel should be lined with some material of sufficient body to keep it smooth. An­ other elegant panel is made of ptue blue satin or plush, with a bird and ids Met painted on it in water colors. \ TABLK-COVER.--Take sixteen bjlocks of cretonne one quarter square. Ar­ range them so there will be a landscape on each of the four corners. Inputting the blocks together lay one edge over the other and sew. Line with Turkey- red cotton. Put black dress braid down each seam and acr^fes, also around the side of border next ic>.>l)locks. Bew firm on each side of braid, feather-stitch braid with shaded yellow, red and green embroidery silk. Finish the lower edge of border with narrow ball fringe. This makes a lovely cover foriaost any thin and can be made smaller if desired. A TOILET set, which is very pretty and tasteful for a birthday gift, is made of blue satin. The set consists of a pin­ cushion and two mats; line the mats with blue silesia, and trim the edge with Valenciennes lace; on one mat work in outline-stick a small horseshoe; work this with olive and pink embroid­ ery silks. Do not put the horseshoe in the center of the mat, but at one side. The words "Good Luck" should be worked in the rim of the horseshoe. The other mat may be prettily orna­ mented by embroidering a fan on it. The cushion should have the monogram of the owner on it, and at each corner put a satin bow, and a frill., at lacs - - - -""iir ' SflnSiWPiSw ,,ere is nawght I'".* frost, •irelclis wlulo with 8SOW, ,t a tinkling enne. the listening I* «»•!•* The % T.,A" ly $ t lifts IOVIHA voico--frtrrfol }*4 And sleeps as "Mariana TU® Sheop, the distant el«P«« ^tIh^L*SS't*d' Ktno that in tho lnwlaml Ai«i Knite; a tcvcl white nn»i»eck<vl, Tha living lamUe;i|>c h;is erased. The blnls, th»t clenvc t^t <>n wtnc* th** *y" ul T..Tir«\e ning | applL. all lil Or twan* their As settle > down the twilii" Where are they? Where? Ane^ who* from cfboumi hill .. . W i * » c i n * w c w > w h i r l Atwl dpreal iu to hW* hw track. I knnw ».1IP Omnl«'f*sen , mill keens inv treasures in it* •'; Ai»<t that at His supreme coinmun-t %l| shall be bright ami warn* ft ml tlir. % Dnt w en they ewvne a*iln, shall I Be here to feel. t««ear. tosee? Ar -hall I ilkc Uio ••• t Beneath the nu>i<l, then part of ms* Wh*t matter? On.1.1 Mv soui ltayoivl tho wi.Hry air,-. inx noath the -IHft semb wW;'c ditionT A Htlifl'tt $3.50, and l>elow ground $4, for a "shift" of eight hours' work; and the work went on night and day, Sundays and *H.-- Harper's Magazine. The True Story ef Enoch Arden. When Enoch Arden came home after that memorable and disastrous voyage, which shipwrecked him and his hopes, he crept up the street to his old home, as Tennyson informs us, and looked in the window. There he saw Philip Bay .and Annie, his wife, all seated around the hearth cracking walnute. The whole bitter truth came Qpoq him with terrible force. Annie, sup­ posing Enoch to be dead, had married Philip, so as to have a home for hersell and child, and a man about the house iq case of tramps. It was a sad comiug ba<5k for Enoch, and he was mad about it. Not so much because Philip hu<! married his wife, for there was plenty more wives to be had; not because his child had learned to call another man "pa," though that was a bitter pill, in­ asmuch as the child looked a little like Philip, anyhow. Neither* of these things seemed tc worrv him half so much as to note that Philip was wearing his (Enoch's) clothes. With a menacing gesture Enoch was just about to dash into the house and annihilate him, when sud­ denly the anger in his countenance was changed into a look of terror, and he slunk away as silently as he,had come. He had caught sight of Annie's mother, who, during Enoeh's absence, had broken up housekeeping and come over to live with her daughter, and had be­ come a fixture there. Enoch told some of the boys afterward that it wan the narrowest escape of his life.--Cincin­ nati "Saturday Night. A CLERGYMAN who, neatly five ye*r» agct, was paid $10,000 a year by a Brooklyn church, is loafing around the seashore resorts of the Connecticut coast, habitually drunk. IT is said that ex-Governor Black­ burn, of Kentucky, intends to fomd an institution in Louisville for thp -cure of inebriates and opium-eaterar/ . 5v | around the edge of the cushfol Horses and CiTHization. A professor at Yale college maintains that the development of the trotting horse is "a special product of the high­ est civilization the world has yet seen." Now, as the trotting horse is an Ameri­ can production, and is hardly known in Great Britain, and was net' a*t all known to the Greeks, it wo^l#follo\v, accord­ ing to Professor Brewer's logic, that the highest civilization has been reach­ ed in the United States. "Moham­ medanism, according to Prof. Brewer, spread wherever the Arabian horse and his armed rider could tread, and no fur- •faer. Moor went into- Spain, but when he was finally expelled he left his barbed horse behind, and from this sprang the famous Spanish breed. 'When the Spanish horse was at its best, then Spain was at her height among nations; and as her horses declined her glory waned.' The professor points out yough it took from the year 2200 0 the present century to produce -minute horse, since then the has been lowered in almost a maiical ratio. In 1818 Boston made a mile in 3 minutes; six ater Top Gallant reached 2:40 on ank. The record was lowered it a break every three or four until in 1859 the famous Flora e reached 2:19J, while Dexter fol- in 1867 with 2:17^, Goldsmith ti 1874 with 2:14, and at last Maud tched 2:10* in 1881. While in lere was but one horse in the that had trotted in 2:25, we had 1 some 495 with that record, an in- of 76 over 1881. We have 60 horses 2:19 record, although nineteen ago there was not one in the horse u no doubt the product of ktion--that is, the running and g horse. Prof. Marsh, of Yale ific School, will show any one ehistoric fossil horse with his five more or less; and the modern in many instances, still shows the of rudimentary toes. But while ,J>rse has reached a higher stand­ ard of civilization, it hardly follows that the trotting horse marks the high­ est stage of civilization. This one fact, however, is pretty well established, that he is making greater speed, both as a runner and a trotter, than ever before. The new development of speed is con­ temporary with the introduction of the locomotive. When the latter was so perfected that it could make forty miles an hour, then the horse quickened his pace until now he makes a mile in some oases in 2 .-10*. That is the mark of our civilization, according to horse logic. Civilization in this country has reached the mark of 2:10*. It is true that in statuary and in the line of phy­ sical training we have not yet reached the <»reek standard, yet in horse flesh we ai-:* ahead. Our public galleries of art -M1 our poblic libraries are meagre concerns. But the world will take no­ tice that, if we have not developed the man to perfection, the horse is a little £ f#- WBRN traveling on a railroad MM- said that lying with the head towftSl the engine will often cure a headachef COMPRESSED paper doors are not made, and are said to be superior to iron «wood fcr staying the progress of Arm COTTONWOOD lumber is said to be ad­ mirably adapted for the mannfactnre of cases for packing dry goods. Millions of feet of tljM species of tree are con­ verted {ate 'boxes every year in Ohio. As it flirt fly imbibes moisture, and therefore swells, it is not well suited for honee-bnilding purposes- SogCE paper used for covering small articles of elegance by shop-keepers on "^Jntinent of Europe, and espe- in the West End of London, closely resembles e|Hn. Ordinary paper covered witihjtfjestus powder dyed to any desirabSSTshade and pro- perljgfixed on with weak gum gives the satn^ffect. SHAKES may be got rid of br a simple TOftedy. People rubbed with juniper seeds are perfectly secure from hurt by serpents. They may be driven away by burning hair, the sawdust of cedar, or a few drops of galbanum, green ivy, or juniper. A few drops of carbolic acid placed in the month of a snake in­ stantly destroys it. . AMONG the notable bridges in the world is the One at Langang, China.' It crosses an arm of the China, Sea. This structure is some five mil&s long, and has not less than 300 arches. Over the pillar of each arch reclines a lion made out of a single block of marble and yet 21 feet long. The roadway of this bridge is 70 feet wide THE most valuable Aristlee "lised in A Timber Yara. r Sotfie years ago in the arituitfn a steamer was on its voyage up Lako Huron with a gang of lumbermen on board bound for their winter camp. On board also there happened to be a Methodist exhorter. Many of the rough woodsmen who had served in the civil war beguiled the lazy moments with stories of the field and march under Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. At last the exhorter, seeing what seemed a charce for an evangeli­ cal stroke, stood up ostentatiously and said: "I too have been a soldier." "What part of the country," queried a rough lumberman, "did you serve in, sir? Was yer in Virginia or on the Mississippi ?" "I," replied the exhorter, "have served in no army of bayonets, but in the hosts of the Lord." "Wall," answered the log man, "mister, ain't yer • good way from camp up here?" THE statement is made by a well- informed religious paper that in Lon* j man summoned as a witness or don thirteen times as much money ia will be expected to come provided with spent for tobacco as ia given by all the the volume most binding on his peculiar churches of that city put together fat form of conscience--and no questions foreign missions. 1 isked.--Pall Mall Gazette. brush-making are white, and the breed of hogs that produces them is every year growing scalper. The best bristles come from Kaintechatka, the next in grade from Russia tdtd Germany. They sometimes reach a length of nearly ten inches, and cost as high aa $4.50 a 'pound. Nothing yet in use wholly takes the place of bristles. AN Italian entomologist haB been ex­ perimenting in the way of decapitating Uisects for the purpose of observing long a head and trunk will con­ tinue to give evidence of life after the operation. He found that katydids will jump and their antennte will move a long time after the head and body ! ias been cut apart. The bodies of •utterflies gave evidence of life for eighteen days after the operation, and l»e observed flies that would remain Standing upon their legs, brushing and cleaning themselves with complete in­ difference to the facts that they had no heads.--Dr. Foote'x Health Monthly. Ax Indiana carp-raiser writes: Aa several persons have had the misfor­ tune to lole their fish hy smothering under the ice for want of an air-hole, I will here give a plan by which all that danger can be avoided, and coat#But little: Dig a small trench under the bottom, or below the freezing line, ex­ tending out in the bank; lay in tile or pipe of some kind; then sink a hole or slvaft down to the end of this pipe, and box or wall it up, kind put a screen of aome kind over the top to keep vermin or trash out. By this simple means you can always hove air for your fish, as it will never freeze in the bottom of the shaft, unless you raise the water too near the top, which of course must be avoided. . Our carp give us great satisfaction and not a little amusement. AT a recent meeting of the French Association for the Advancement of Science, M. Bouquet de la Grye ex­ plained his project for making Paris a seaport, the proposal being to construct a sea canal, with a width at the bottom of forty-five meters, as far as Poissy, forty kilometers from Paris, and from there to convey vessels by a series of locks to Denevilliers, where a vast port would be established. M. Simonin criticised M. Bouquet de la Grye's pro­ ject as visionary in the extreme. His provisional estimate of 3,000,000,000 of francs would certainly be exceeded. The necessary works would require a juiilliard, and the pretended eoonomy to be derived from the absence of transhipment of cargoes would be far more than counterbalanced by the ex­ tra time occupied in transit between Rouen and Paris. A Mexican Bandit. One of the latest exploits of the ban­ dit Beraclio Bernal, the terror of Sina- |oa, was the capturing and killing of an old man, the owner of the Laguna ranch. Bernal sent four armed men to the old man's house one night, who ef­ fected his capture and carred him off to the mountains. Bernal was sent for, and he placed a large ransom upon the old man, telling him that if the sum was not paid at a certain time he would cut off his right foot. The old gentleman being too poor to raise the money, the bandit carried his terrible threat into execution, and his foot cape off. Ber­ nal again told the old man that if a certain sum was not raised by such a day the other foot would be cut off. The money was not paid, and the other foot was amputated. After the last operation had been performed the old man said: "If God spares my life I will chastise you, for I know you alL" After this Bernal ordered his men to kill him, which they deliberately did by stabbing him to death. It is to he hoped that this ruthless murderer with his band of bloodthirsty villains will be hunted down,as their trail has been for the last five or six months marked with the most terrible crimes that have ever been perpetrated in the fair State of Sinaloa.--Two Republic*, City of Mexico. • "Kissing the Book." Everyone who knows the awe-inspir­ ing character of that ceremony of "kiss­ ing the book," which is essential to the validity of an oath in our courts, will tremble to think of the miscarriage of justice which was only just escaped at an inquest lately held before the cor­ oner for West Kent. Unwonted piety, or perhaps mere passing curiosity, hav­ ing induced the coroner to open the book, which the landlord of the inn where the inquest was held had pro­ vided for the swearing of jurors, it was discovered to be a copy of "Tristram Shandy." What would have happened if the jurors and witnesses had sworn upon it? Would the home secretary have ordered a new inquiry? The whole question of the form of oath- taking, indeed, bids fair to continue a thorny one. Witnesses have lately shown an inclination to be fastidious in the patter of bibles. It is only a day or j ago that a girl declined to be j sworn on anything but a Donai bible, and the course of public justice was threatened with a standstill in conse­ quence It will come to this, that every a juror nXEWM STATB NKW81 ittavAHA Is connected with Lewiatoa ephoae. Itoranm of Sycaarare have ooaumoeta • rail on soft maple trees, aad are fellin f tlwat by dozens. OVEU £>0,800 of back taxes was derives P from* the recent sale of forfeited lands te W Mason county. AT Jollet three German laborers attempted | to eross the canal in a leaky boat. George Simond and William Olllaskl were drowned. MRS. HURT DIU.HR, a confessed bigamist, - was arrested at Decatur. She took the pue cf Mrs. Charles Brown oa her second mar- ' , rlage. THE rulas of the First Presbyterian church ̂ at Jacksonville, which was latelr destroyed fife, are now being torn down to make wsy for a new edifice. THE Hoopestoa canning factory is wor'iiag night and dajr with twe sets of hands, and puts up from 75,000 to 90,000 cans of fruits and vegetables ia twenty-four hours. Rav. DKOOS, of Plainfieid, is the only preacher alive who was a member of the first Illinois conference. He has been a dis­ tributor of the gospel for ever sftxtv y«a». THE story goes that a wealthy lady of Syca­ more, who has supported herasftf for many years by keeping a tittle store, has recently received a legacy fretn a deceased relative. A STBIKB ameog the hrfttgemcn of East St. I.ouis has caused a fref^ht blockade there, and has compelled the Wabash road t) hold sixty cars freight at Decatur, where there is plenty of Jide-track room. A w^a ̂containing a family of ten pe(f sons nixl drawn by two yearling calves passed through Decatur, and drew out quite a crtinrd Wfuriow gasers, who could derive *tion from the eccentrie iamily ef abouts or the eaueeof the r tiav- »•!>, p lb a manner. ,,,, *' z R. Bi.rxT, of Mount Zion, has a , cd wilil goose, which foretells the " / ̂ j weather with almost unerring precision. The feathery weather prophet's "prognostica­ tions" arc indicated by various peculiar cack- Ungs and motions. * MILL CHEEK was visited by a band of Gypsy fortune-tellers, who squeezed a few dollars from the young ladies of that place wha~de- sircd to know the "name, height, coraplexron and the financial standing" of their future husbands. IKTSIXIOBKCB has been iggrtVed at Dan­ ville that the ft-year-old diffitor of John Lewis was run over and crushed to death by loaded coal cars at Grape creek coal mines. six miles from here. Twoof her companions, playing with her on the track, narrowly es­ caped the same fate. A WIUHCKOWH gentleman of Jacksonville says that when living in Cass county some years ago he gathered a bouquet of flowers In his garden on Christmas day, and thinks there was a rose among them. We doubt if the "oldest resident" can beat this story and feel sure there wasn't aay Ice put up that winter. Cot. CHART.K8 F. MILLS, the President of the Illinois Swine-Dreeders' association, haa appointed the following breeders of Jersey Red Swine as delegates to attend the meeting of the National Swine-Breeders' association at Chicago, Nov. 14: George W. Stoner, of La Place, and B. J. Kailsboek, of Hopedale. DR. MICHABL PKKRIN, while stopping at a hotel in Duquoin, was suspected, by another guest, of being cioritw, becauseuf ittllotee* singular movements. Investigation by of­ ficers revealed iu his room a full outllt of tools for manufacturing spurious coin. He was arrested, examined, tried and found guilty. Sentence was suspended. TUB Auditor certified to County Clerics the rates of State tax for extension •gililtthe equalized assessment ol property as follows: For State purposes, 2 mills on each dollar; for State school purposes, 1 2-10 mills on each dollar; aggregating 3 2-10 mills on each dollar, or 38 cents on each H00 valuation of taxable property. This la 4 cents leas on each fHW than the rate of last year. SKVKKAL drunken roughs visited Maroa the other Sunday and went to the church with the intention of raising a racket, in which they were very successful. The congregation stampeded, and the ladies ran out into the streets crying murder. The cow-boys' fun was of short duration, as the city's efficient police soon bad them under arrest, and the next day they were heavily fined. A LADY living not far from the Second Baptist church in Elgin, recently lost a pet canary by death. She felt about as bad as though it had been a human friend, and on the Sunday following its death a regular fu­ neral was held. She had written a discourse, which was read at the service, divine comfort was Invoked, and various forms of a genuine funeral observed. A DASTARDLY robbery was perpetrated upon an aged couple named McLaughlin, living near New Lennox, a small village four miles east of Joliet. The old man had, by years of toil, economy and sacrifice, accumu­ lated |600 in gold, and kept it secreted in the garret of his little home. By some means H> became known that he had hoarded up a large amount of money. The other evening two young men drove up to the house and Inquired for Mr. McLaughlin. On being told he was away from home, the men drove off. About 11 o'clock the next night the same men--so the old lady states--returned, broke into the house, and, flashing a dark lantern upon the sleeping man and wife, aroused them and demanded the money they had hidden away. They refused. One of the burglars then caught the old man by the throat and struck him a terrible blow on the head, which caused him to yield and reveal the place where his treasure was kept. The robbers took the money and left. No clew to their whereabouts has been discovered, though the Sheriff has offered $100 reward tor their apprehension. JOHN TKOMNER, a Germaa farmer who lives about three miles south of Lyons, came to Chicago to visit his daughter, Mrs. Schrae- der, and to draw a sum of money from the bank to pay his farm hands. He was ready to go back and started to take the Chicago and Alton train at the Blue Island avenue viaduct. Learning that his train would not stop there, he was directed to take a street car and come down to the Union depot. Be­ fore he started he visited several saloons la the vicinity, and showed his money while pay­ ing for several rounds of drinks. He then came on down town, but just as he passed the first alley west of Canal street, on*Adams, he was held up by four men, and his silver watch und all the money he had about him-- something like $60--taken away from him. 'When be recovered from his antazouicnt and surprise hercix>rted the matter at the police station. JK$ras too much loaded down with liquor to give any very definite account of the matter and was told to go home to hia daughter's house and return to the station ia the morning. Tromner thinks he saw one or tv.-o of the men ia the saioon on Blue Island avenue where he bought the drinks, aad they undoubtedly followed hlta down town for the purpose of securing that JflO- ^ TBIBK are sixteen chetee faefeactafid I* Kalb ciinty. •' f ' f , yr v- " W& j. vi >! 4 ' -t . V-