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' TV. . ,V *' f jfc^* '-'"> {.;; *i , tC-i i ..»*•> " 52?!*fW/g£ttJ?.*~'^'J&jtt .Wifj ..*WMJ ' ^ " "r STv di -'N* -< " 4s? A . .« ., > V# '•"-1 ^ -••»-• -*n*~.K ' '** *' ••> " ?'* t ; \ •• <v*V"* «aa *sfea««!* 'M^ietsMnK I laiudealer 1. VAN SLYKE. Editor an* FaMMMr. "McHENBY, ILLINOIS ;,™ £ JFEW YORK man who was trying to ~#otk tiro strings successfully on bis "flow has been found out in a novel way. "When he came home intoxicated the 'Other night, hia wife was seized with an 'Inspiration to examine his pockets, and ^found in them a set of false teeth which ^she recognized as belonging to a woman •he was suspicious of. The false hus- ~band has now gone to the woman of the false teeth, but the Court makes him provide for his wife's support DUIIING the destructive fire at Man- •dalay, India, last April, the great Sa­ bered Temple of Gaudama was com­ pletely ruined. All the gold leaf stuck •<>n the brass image of the Gaudama Buddha by successive generations of "worshippers, and valued at from £80,- 000 to £100,000, has been melted off by '-the heat. This resnlt of the fire ap- ~j>ears to have caused great consterna­ tion, being held by the superstitions to ~be a sure sign of the downfall of the Burmese Empire. HARRY LESLIE, the rope-walkei1, died ^recently at Kingston, Ya., of the results <>f a wound received in 1876. At that "time he was walking a tight rope at Biclimond, and was just about to step into an upper window of a building to "Which the rope was fastened, when he *aw a little girl rolling down the steep roof upon which she and her parents "had been watching him. As she fell from the eaves he caught her safely, but lost his balance and swung head down­ ward with the child in his arms, strik­ ing his head against the window-sill as he fell. But he clung to the rope with his ieet and slowly raised himself Upon it with his burden, while the crowd iilled the air with cheers. The child was unhurt, but Leslie received a deep gash in the head. IT is now apparent that Italian opera has, collapsed in this country, says the •Chicago Tribune, and the question arises whether it is worth while to try to revive it. It will be remembered "that Manager Abbey, by dint of benefits -and donations, succeeded in paying up what ho owed, and has announced his intention «f going out of the business. Dfanager Mapleson has had a still harder time of it. for it is very doubt­ ful whether he will be able to pay up What he owes. His flamboyant an­ nouncement that his California tour netted him $85,000 was an unfortunate none, as the stockholders who' had guar­ anteed him against loss to the extent of $80,000 decided that if he had that -Amount of money in his cash box it was Ids duty to settle with the bank in Which he had overdrawn to that extent, ^Thereupon her Majesty's manager pleaded the baby act and declared that the California profits were inventions •of his, intended to annoy his rival. The bank did not see it in that light, and ^brought suit against him, and the Academy stockholders added to his gpief by refusing to make the customary •donation for his relief. THE Brooklyn Eagle Man About Town says: A few days ago I was in an -office in New street, where a young bro­ ker of rather fast tendencies keeps an •account. He is a heavy gambler both •on the market and at cards. He got out of his cab with some difficulty, and, with the assistance «f the driver, stag­ gered into the office. He had evidently heen drinking very heavily. He drew $300, said he was going Up town to have some fun, and then went out into New street again. Before entering the cab he went over to the Mining Board, where he found some friends matching for $2 apiece. He went in and had "drunken man's luck." Two hours later he returned to the broker's office with a placid smile and a wavering de meanor. He had been drinking more wine, and his eyes were half-closed, but he was thoroughly happy. He put his hand down in one pocket and drew out a fist-full of bills, then into another, and so on, until he had piled money on the table half a foot high. The mem­ bers of the firm and the clerks gathered around and the money was counted It amounted to eleven hundred and odd dollars. He had won more than $800. He banked all but $100 of it, rolled sleepily into his cab and went up town. ; THE feat of walking 610 miles six days, accomplished in New York by Fitzger­ ald, is perhaps the most remarkable in­ stance of human endurance that has ever taken place. If any man or lower animal ever made such a record before the record has been lost Horses have been driven over 100 miles a day, but never for two days in succession. Dromedaries have been known to travel ninety miles a day for four days in succession. It is said that the os­ trich can make the remarkable speed of twenty-five miles an hour, but it is doubted if one could be trained to get over 610 miles in six days. It is more than likely that the pedestrian exhibi­ tion of the future will be a contest be­ tween men a'hd fleet-footed and endur­ ing representatives of the brute crea­ tion. It has long been believed- that the power and endurance of man is far greater than that of any ether animal. Indians have often beeu known to catch deer in fair races continued hour after hour and day after dr.y until their game was completely exh^-oted. The recent contest was between uien of dif­ ferent races and nationalities. Of course a race would be much more in­ teresting if the higher dumb animals should be admitted on equal term* with men. The proposition to pit human beiiigs against beasts in a race might not be considered as in consonance with this fige of civilization. It is more than probable, however, that the stronger opposition to such contests would oome from the societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. THE military barracks, in the city of Naples, Italy* was recently the scene of a most extraordinary tragedy. At an early hour of the evening a knot of Piedmontese and Lombardy soldiers be­ gan to chaff a Calabrese corporal, jeer­ ing at his country, mimicking his pa­ tois, and tantalizing him in everv wav. A sergeant interfered and drove the soldiers to bed. An hour afterward one Salvatore Misdea, a Cnlabrian sol­ dier of> the Nineteenth Infantry, stole quietly from his bed, took his gun and 100 rounds of cartridges, and stationed himself at the door of the barracks. He piled the cartridges on a bench, loaded his musket, and, kneeling down began to fire on every Piedmontese and Lombard soldier in sight. The first shot brought down the Sergeant "who had stopped the warfare of words. He fired as rapidly as possible, every shot either killing or wounding a comrade. The sleeping regiment was aroused. As fast as the soldiers sprang from their beds thev were shot down. The regi­ ment was" panic-stricken. The gradu­ ates who rushed for the doc* and tried to corral •• the human tiger were shot dead. The re­ mainder of the soldiers sought shelter in their rooms. Misdea then entered the rooms, one after another, killing and wounding all but the Calabrese. From the windows of each room he would shoot down the soldiers outside. In one room half a dozen soldiers had crowded under their beds. They caught the infuriated man by the legs as he entered and pulled him to the floor. Although he fought like a tiger, his gun was taken from him and his hands were tied behind him. He bit and scratched all who came near him, and he was finally gagged. Meantime the barrack was filled with terror. Af­ frighted soldiers sprang from the win­ dows, breaking legs and arms, and the place echoed with the cries of the wounded. Smoke filled ever room. The walls were furrowed by bullets and blood was everywhere seen. Six men wore killed outright and five were mor­ tally wounded. They were all natives of Lombardy and Piedmont and of good families. Before joining the regi­ ment Misdea was a brigand. He has ofteu boasted of his deadly exploits to his comrades. He frequendly said that he hated mankind, and that he loved no one--not even his mother. He is 21 years old, red-headed, and has high cheek bones. All Is YeXntton. Sometimes it does seem as though this old world had slipped an eccentric and was only working one side. The wicked man flourishes like a green bay tree, while his honest neighbor gets wliip-sawed at every deal. The doctor prescribes quinine for your chills, and the druggist puts you up something worthless and cheap for $2 an ounce. There are fifty-three authors of "Beauti­ ful Snow," and not one for the "Bread Winners." In Philadelphia one manu­ factory makes nothing but century old "grandfather's clocks," and furnishes pedigrees for the same to the purchaser, until to own a tall, antique clock is proof positive that your family began only with your father. In Chicago they make violins that look 100 years older than the most genuine Stradi- varius, four weeks after they are made so that now an ancient, honest looking decript violin is prima facia evidence of a glaring and outrageous fraud. There is milk in the water of commerce and sugar in the sand the grocer sells. We have rigors where we used to have chills. "Old Subscriber" is really a man who borrows the paper from a neighbor or reads the eoppy pasted up on the bulle­ tin board, "Constant Reader" who never read anything in all his life save the pictures on a circus poster, and "Tax Paper," is the signature of a tramp. A struggling genius writes a poem with a soul of fire that lives forever and a day, and dies in tears, and loneliness, and poverty in a hall bed-room fifth floor back. The Queen writes a book that no living man outside the Guelph Ami- ly and the proof-reader could be hired to read, and has pie three times a day, owns four dogs and has India shawls to give to the flood sufferers. So it is. Man goeth to the skating rink with joy in his heart and mirth on his lips, and he cometh a* ay his back so full of pine slivers that the porcu­ pine sayeth unto him, "Thou art my brother," and the hedge-hog crieth af­ ter him, "Behold my father and mother." When December is here with a select assoitment of chiltblains and frost bites, we cry, "Would to Heaven it were July." And when July has come, straightway we are sunstruck. There are 3,000 known classified and described species of fish. And yet a man can fish in good water all day long and never one solitary specimen of the smallest kind, and bringeth with him only a two week's ration of malarial fever. This also is vanity. In rertook a grirl to church Th» lor(Ec*t way hack lx me to pi in. But wba she le't m • in the lurch. And walked back with another man. Garfield was shot to death in the prime of a good and useful life- Lincoln was taken away just when the country least could spare him. De Long laid down his life" for science ere yet his sun had reached its meridian, while a nun who can write forty-nine chapters of the Bible on one side of a postal card will probably live to the age of 93. This dosent t-eem right.--Brooklyn EayU'. THE »elations of woman are undoubt­ edly broadening when many are devot­ ing themselves with energy to the higher education and professional tra.n- ing. It is well that this is so, for there are wemen who have no "call" to marry, and are happier alone. Easily troubled people are sometimes perplexed at tbis st ite of things, and wonder what will be done for wives and mothers in the future; but there is really no occasion for a'arm. The old ideal of the hafPv home and purely womanly duties will ulwavs lead all ot er.-, until the very nature of woman has changed.--New York PoxL C'L.IY AM) WEaSTlilt. The Two Great t ommont-n*--Antithfilt ll«- twrri! Tbna As if to emphasize the disaster to the Wh gs, Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster both :ied during the canvass [of 185*2]; Mr. Clay in June, a few days after Scott's nomination, Mr. Webster in October, a few days before his defeat They had both lived long enough to see the work of their political life imperiled if not destroyed. They had held the same re­ lation to the Whigs as the elder Adams and Hamilton had held to the Federal­ ists, that Jefferson and Madison had held to the Republicans. Comparison between them could nit be fairly made, their inherent qualities and personal characteristics differed so widely. Each was superior to the other in certain traits, and in our public aunals thns far each stands unequalled in his sphere. Their points of contrast were salient and numerous. Mr. Clay was born in Virginia. Mr. Webster was boru in New England. Mr. Clay was a devoted fol­ lower of Jefferson. Mr. Webster was bred in the school of Hamilton. Mr. Clay was an earnest advocate of the second war with Great Britain. Mr. Webster was its steady opponent. Mr. Clay supported Madison in 1812 with great energy. Mr. Webster threw all his strength for DeWitt Clinton. Mr. Clay was from the first deeply imbued with the doctrine of protection. Mr. Webster .entered public life a pro­ nounced free-trader. They were not members of the same political organiza­ tion until after the destruction of the old Federal party to which Mr. Web titer belonged, and the hopeless divi­ sions of tke hopeless Republican party to which' Mr. Clay beloaged. They gradually harmonized toward the close of Monroe's second term and became firmly united under the administration John Quincy Adams. Modern political designations had their origin in the Presidential election of 1824. The candidates all belonged to the party of JettersOji, which had bee:i called Democratic-Republic in. In the new division the followers of Jack­ son took the name of Democrats; the supporters of Adams called themselves National Republicans. They had thus divided the old name, each,claiming the inheritance. The unpopularity of Mr Adams' administration had destroyed the prospects of the National Republi­ can party, and the name was soon dis­ placed by the new and more acceptable title of Whig. To the joint efforts of Mr. Clay aud Mr. Webster more than to all others the formation of the Whig party was due. It was not, however, in Mr. Webster's nature to become a par­ tisan chief. Mr. Clay, on the other hand, was naturally and inevitably leader. In all the discussions of the Senate in which constitutional questions were involved, Mr. Clay instinctively deferred to Mr. Webster. In the par­ liamentary debates which concerned the position of parties and the fate of measures, which enchained the Senate and led captive the people, Mr. Clay was facile princeps. ivlr. Webster argued the principle. Mr. Clay em bodied it in a statute. Mr. Webster's speeches are still read with proiit. Mr. Clay's speeches swayed listening Sen­ ates and moved multitudes, but reading them is a disappointment. Between the two tke diflerence is much the same as that between Burke and Charles Jame Fox. Fox was the parliamentary debater of England, the consummate leadef ©f his party. His speeches, al­ ways listened, to and cheered by crowded House of Commons, perished with their delivery. But'ke could never command a body of followers, but his parliamentary orations form brilliant and permanent chapters in the politi­ cal chapter of the two continents. . While Mr. Webster's name is so hon orablv perpetuated by his elaborate and masterly discussion of great prin­ ciples in the Senate, he did not con­ nect himself with a single historic measure. While Mr. Clay's speeches remain unread, his memory is lastingly identified with issues that are still vital and powerful. He advanced the doc­ trine of protection to the stately dignity of the American system. Discarding theories and overthrowing the dogma of strict construction, he committed the General Government irrevocably to in­ ternal improvements. Condemning the worthless system of paper money im­ posed upon the people by irresponsible State Banks, he stood firmly for a National currency, and he foreshadowed if he did not reach the paper money which is based to-day on the credit and strength of the Government Mr. Ciay possessed extraordinary sagacity in public affairs, seeing and foreseeing where others were blind by ignorance or prejudice. He was a statesman by intuitioD, finding a remedy before others could discover the disease. His contemporaries appreciated his rare endowments. The day of his first entrance into the House of Representa­ tives he was chosen Speaker, though but thirty-four years of age. This was all the more remarkable because the House was filled with men of recognized ability, who had long been in the public service. It was rendered still more striking by the fact that Mr. Clay was from the far West, from one of the two States whose frontiers reached the Mississippi In the entire House there were only fifteen members from the western side of the Alleghanies. He was re-elected Speaker in every Con­ gress so long as he served as a Repre­ sentative. He entered the Senate at 30, and died a member of it in his 76th year. He began his career in that body daring the Presidency of Jefferson in 1800, and closed it under the Presidency of Fillmore in 1852. Other Senators have served a longer time than Mr. Clay, but he alone at periods so widely separated. Other men have excelled him in specific powers, but in the rare combination of equalities which consti­ tute at once the matchless leader of party and the statesman of consummate ability and inexhaustible resources, he has never been surpassed by any man speaking the Engli>h tougne.--Blaine's Ticetity Yearn in Conqrexx. Kelarding Old Age. The most rational treatment with a view to retard old age is, in the first place, to endenvor as far as possible to counteract the excessive action of at­ mospheric oxygen; secondly, to retard the deposit of oisifit matter and as tar as possible to dissolve partially formed t«Ieareous concretions. Distilled water and diluted phosphoric acid are be­ lieved by Mr. de Laov Evans to have the desired effect. When considering their special action we cannot but ful­ ly co-nci ie with him as to their effi­ cacy in retarding old age by their com­ bined chemical action. Now distilled water alone lias a powerful action ow- ng to its solvent properties, thereby iisRoIving and excret ng the excess of ear: My salts which otherwise would .become banked u<> in the system, grad­ ually storing up these blockages which in time oau-e old age The solvent proper tiea of distilied water are «p great per se that on distillation in ves­ sels it actually dissolves small particles of them. Now the generality of wa­ ters coutain more or less carbonate of lime, and are to be avoided, especially those from chalky soils, tending, as they do, to produco calcareous deposit*. The action of distilled water as a beverage is briefly as follows: First, Jits ab­ sorption into the blood is rapid; seeond, it keeps soluble those salts already existing in the blood, thereby prevent­ ing their undue deposit ; third, it fa­ cilitates in a marked degree their means of excretion. After middle life a daily use of distilled water is highly benefi­ cial to those desirous of retarding old age.--Exchange. Virginia in the Forum. The forum was the court justice, and in the homely days of the earlv republic, civil and criminal causes were tried and decided by simple laws, in the open air, or in very plain sheds built in this square. The humble schools for the republican children, for these old Ro­ mans had places of public instruction for even the poor people stood round the forum, and seem to have b'een inter­ mixed with the shops, shambles, stalls, lowly temples and a'tars. It was as she used to cross the forum, day by day, on her way to and from school, that the in­ nocent young Virginia!!a maiden of ple­ beian rank but extraordinary beautv, unhappily attracted the notice of tlie lustful and tyrannical Decemvir Ap- pius Claudius, who sat there on the tri-, bunal, surrounded by lietors to admin­ ister the laws which he himself outraged. It was here, as she was on her way to school, that Appius liad her seized. Livy •ays. "As Virginia came into the forum, for the schools of learning were held there in sheds, a dependant and minis­ ter of tho Decemvir's lust laid his hands on her, and affirming 'that she was a slave, and born of a woman who was his slave,' ordered her to follow him. threat- bning, in case of refusal, to drag her away by force." The fearful tragedy, with a sort of dramatic unity, was ended where it be­ gan. When the honest centurion Vir- ginius, informed of the disgrace hanging over the head of his daughter, quitted the army with which lie was fighting for his country, and came to Rome, he appeared in the forum to plead for his child; and when he and Icilius, a young man to whom Virginia was betrothed, had both pleaded in vain, it was here he slew her. Accord­ ing to Livy-- "Virginius, seeing no prospect of as­ sistance from any quarter, said, 'Appi­ us, I entreat you first to make allow­ ance for a father's relief, if I have made use of too hard expressions to­ wards you; and next allow me here, in the presence of the maiden, to inquire of her nurse the trnth of this affair; that if I have been falsely called her father, I may depart hence with the more resignation.' Permission being granted, he drew the maiden and her nurse aside to the sheds? near the tem­ ple of Cloacina, then called the new sheds, and there, snatching a knife from a butcher, plunged it into his daugh­ ter's breast, with these words: 'In this manner, my sweet child,--the only one in my power--do I secure you lil>erty!' And then, looking back on Appius, 'With this blood, Appius,' said he. 'I devote thee and thine head to perdi­ tion !'" ; This fearful Bccne led to a general rising of the .commons and pfebple of Rome against the nobles. The tyrani- cal officers of the Decemvirs were abol­ ished--the power of the aristocraoy, which had been great out of all propor­ tion, was abridged, and a check put up­ on their cruelty, arrogance, and inso­ lence. In vain did Caius Claudius, a most noble and virtuous Roman, and the uncle of Appius, appear in the fo­ rum, dressed in deep mourning, and surrounded bv his relatives and decend- ants, to supplicate that the Claudiau family, which had rendered many ser­ vices to the state, might not be degrad­ ed by chains and imprisonment, and to implore pardon or protection for every individual citizen he met in behalf of his nephew. The fate of the criminal Appius was sealed by men of unbend­ ing minds, and, to escape a public exe­ cution, he put an end to his own life in prison. His example was followed by Spurious Oppius, the most unpopu­ lar of his colleagues, and the rest of the Decemvirs went into exile, leaving their estates to be confiscated. Marcus Claud­ ius, the vile pander who had claimed the fair Roman as his slave, was ccn- demned to die, but this sentence was mitigated, and he also went into a dis­ honored, wretched exile at Tibur. "And thus the shade of Virginia, whose cause was best supported after death, having roamed through so many families in quest of vengeance, rested in peace, none of the guilty being left unpnished." Aid t* the Iignred. 1. Bites of all sorts are painful, and if not treated with expedition and skill they sometimos prove very dangerous. The most common kinds are those re­ ceived from dogs, mosquitoes, and bears. The rarest kinds are trilobites and Jacobites. 2. One seldom if era gate a bite when out fishing. 3. If about to be bitten by a dog, while serenading or foraging in a melon patch, immediately take some violent exercise in order to preserve a good cir­ culation. For instance, run a mile or so without stopping. 4. Never stop running because there is a man with a club apparently chasing! the dog--sometimes he is enoouraging him. 5. If this does not accelerate the ac­ tion of the heart, climb the nearest tree. 6. Do not get down for the purpose of rescuing the sample of your trousers. This is one of the dog's perquisites, and he wants it lor his scrap-book. 7. When a mosquito begins to bite do not slap him. Some authorities insist that you should let him finish and then offer h m a tooth-pick and an after-din­ ner cigar. 8. The above rule applies strictly to mosquitoes and must not be extended to include dogs or bears. !>. On suddenly entering a parlor where the mistletoe hangs you may sur­ prise a young man apparently in the act of biting a young lady on the cheek. The symptoms whiclii) ollow thin gener­ ally include blushing and a tendency to talk about the weather. Tlie most popu­ lar remedy is a solitaire ring applied to the third finger of the young lady's left hand.--iNew York Life. Would Pay More Attention Kext Tune. At a marriage celebration the bride was requested to sign her name in the register at the sacristy. Excitement caused her fingers to tremble; she took the pen, signed and made an enormous ink-blot. "Mmt 1 do it over again?" she blnshingly asked her husband. "No, I gne*s that will do, but --" "Oh, don t scold me! I will pay more atten­ tion next time!"--French SAVED OS THE 0ALLOWS. A. flood MlnUter Praying Against Time-- The Itftjd When Theft WM m Capital Crime in Canada. I was a child at the time, and it hap­ pened at Victoria, a Canadian village just across the lake, about fifty years ago. The affair formed the theme for many atrocioas ballads by villainous villago poets, jnst as the execution of the three Thayers in Buffalo did. One day, I remember well, the village was thrown into great cxcitement by the discovery of a crime for which the pen­ alty was death. The whole village- of Victoria was in an uproar. Some one had stolen an ox. A diliv-ent search re­ sulted in the discovery of the hide, and suspicion fell upon Richard Carr, who was known to be poor, and in whose house the odor of cooked meat still hung. The village dogberry and shal­ low dignitaries, that wore next to dei­ ties in my eyes then, succeeded in ex­ torting a confession of guilt from Carr and auother poor fellow named Smith. The culprits were brought to trial, and a jury of twelve fellow men found no difficulty in consigning both to the scaf­ fold, after the learned Judge had expa­ tiated for hours upon the enormity; of the crime against God and man. Sentence of death was passed upon Carr aud Smith, and they would prob­ ably have been execated the next day, but I suppose the Sheriff thought it would be regarded as tingentlemanly and unfriendly if he did not arrange the time so that his distant constituency could get in to witness the sight Travel was slow in those days of no railroads. Among those who were horrified and shocked at the approach­ ing execution where my uncle was spiritual adviser of the poor fellows, and Dr. John Rolf, whose memory still clings to the village. "Dr. Rolf was more excited than any other of Smith and Carr's sympathizers and he determined to ride to Toronto and intercede with the Governor, who, I think, was Sir John Colborn. Before dyparting on his hazardous errand of mercy, Dr. Rolf was closeted with my uncle, Rev. John Ryerson. The latter subsequently told me that he had agreed to delay the hanging all he conld by making the closing prayer as- long as his strength and power of utterance would permit, provided that Rolf had not returned. Good Dr. Rolf calculated on getting back a few hours bofore tho time sot for the execution. He set out on the swiftest horse to be had in the village, but the people had little faith in his ability to mako the jonrney in time and less faith in the Governor's inclination to interfere. Tlie days flew on and the people flocked in from the surrounding country. Uncle John did all he could to comfort the doomed men and lead them to a realization of a greater mercy than man's, but they re­ fused to be comforted. The fatal morn came, but without any tidings of Dr. Rolf. The hour arrived and the men were led out to die. Private hangings had not come into fashion then. It was considered good and wholesome for the common people to witness tho awful and just punishment of the horse, sheep or cattle stealer. The gallows was erected out in the open and in the full view of all. It was none of your patent latest style instruments of death. No sand bag or scientiiio tests were made to assure tho quickest death possible. It was a rude structure, upon which the village carpenter may not have expend­ ed more than two hours' labor. Smith and Carr were placed in posi tion, and when the hangman's little preliminaries were over the Sheriff was informed that all was ready for the par­ son's final blessing or prayer. Then Rev. Ryerson got down on his knees and began the longest and most re markable prayer on record. His voice was low purposely, for he wished to husband his vocal strength. He prayed for al>out twenty minutes without cre­ ating remark, for long prayers were not so distasteful then as now. But when he entered upon the second half hour great restlessness was manifested. The sun poured down upon the uncovered heads and many did not hesitate to say aloud that they were getting too much of a good thing. The Sheriff was im­ patient and the hangman looked weary. The proceedings made him tired. Even the poor wretches waiting death showed signs of annoyance, for uncle had not told them of his compact with Dr. Rolf. The murmurs rose, higher and higher, but uncle prayed on with­ out ceasing. An hour passed and he was still on his kn*es. There was now ne relevancy in his appeal. lie merely uttered words and disconnected phrases to consume time. The mus­ cles of , his throat contracted, his tongue was dry and clove to his mouth and his voice was husky, but he prayed on, his words falling without meaning upon his hearers. At the end of an hour and a half there was quite an up­ roar, and the discontent had almost be­ come a riot, when a voice cried: "Here comes Dr. Rolf!" My unole did not hear or heed the new tumnlt that now arose, but prayed on, becoming weaker each minute. Soon the horseman ap­ proached near enough to be recognized, and the doctor dashed to the very foot of the scaffold, scattering people right and left He was too weak to speak or move, but a man in the crowd snatched a document from his hand and mount­ ing on < he back of the horte, shouted: "Reprieve! Reprieve!" It was so, and that is how Carr and Smith were saved. --JJr. M. J. Clark. of Erie, Pa. that McKee Rankin--who stole one oi his plays--is a gentleman. The poet of the Sierras will rise then and deliver hims*lf of a few sentiments that will blow the gas out and make the china dance on the table. -Brooklyn Eagle. The Eternal City. Rome was not built in a day, and the guide books tell the impatient traveler and the flying tourist that it cannot be "done" in a day; but the reader may be given such points regarding the sights aad magnificent ruins of the "Eternal City" as will familiarize him with sev­ eral of the ordinary allusions to it and its historic spots. And, in the first place, let it be understood that Rome has a population of over a quarter of a million of people. The famous seven hills are now almost entirely uninhabj ited, the greater part of modern Rome having been built on what was ancient­ ly the Campus Martins, and adjacent land lying outside the wall of Servious Tullius which inclosed the seven hills. There are several bridges of great age, and but one, near the Santo Spirito, the only entirely modern structure. The Roman Forum and the adjacent, ruins will probably first claim the ^at­ tention of the visitor, for, as a traveler , well remarks, certainly in the few acres which lie between the Capitol and the Colosseum is gathered the most mar­ velous collection of the remains of an­ tiquity to be found in the world. From the Cloaca Maxima and the Mamertine Prison, the work of early kings, built nearly twenty-five centuries ago, down to the Basilica of Con­ stantino, we have an almost com­ plete series of the building of all epochs, j the Forum itself, lying in the valley be­ tween the Palatine Capitoline hills, be-1 ing the nucleus, as if Rome grouped all lier most glorious works around the cradle of her power, the place of po»u- I lar assemblies. In this quarter these may be named as the most important rums: The Temple of Concord, the ; three columns of the Temple of Vespa- ILLIN0IS STATE NEWS. --The residence of Mcntraville Flatt, • mile from Danville, was burned to the grennd. The cause is unknown. Loss a bod $2,500. with no insurance. --Fire, caused by sparks from a passing locomotive, destroyed a grain elevator .%r,d barn at Fithian, Vermillion County. Lots. $5,000: no insurance. --H. D. Coggswell. cfSsu Francisco cf- fers to give lo Garfield Fark. Chicago, fountain of solid granite witii a stains twenty-one feet high if the Commissioners " i will pay.the freight charges. ;• --A boy 11 years old. who W&JI livjcgwith,. his uncle, John Bobzin, in ths town of, Green Garden, Will County, coaitnitred 6uieide by hanging hiicself in the bara. f No cause is known why bt comuiUfsd tbi T act. --Nauvoo has a woman cattle-dealer, wfco does a big business. She ships most of ber stock to St. Louis. It is said iii;\t she-dis- plays a business aptitude th:it startle? iro^t , men having dealings with her, aad carries • herself with an independence that denotes ' / success. • ' « ' --John Duffy, the flagman at a Chicago' ' street crossing of the Pittsburgh. Fort: ^ Wayne and Chicago Railroad, was held to , the Grand Jory by the Coroner for criminal;,. negligence, resulting in an engine colliding „ with a buggy and throwing out therefrom . the two occupants to a distance of ninety aud sixty feet respectively, and killing one of them, named William Janie3. --United states Marshal Tanner at Springfield, sent to the grand and petit jurors and witnesses who have been recog­ nized or subpoenaed to atteud at the- Jnne term of the United States Court there that the appropriation for the expenses of tha court is exhausted, and that therefore they sian. the colonnade of tlie Temple of will not bo required to attend until further Jonqnin Miller's Eccentricities. The newspapers aft; making a great ado about the log cabin of Joaquin Miller. The fact that the "Child of the Sierras" prefers to live in a cabin made of logs, with common clay pasted in tlie cracks, rather than in a sev^n-story Hat, has interested several million peo­ ple. The poet is a deceptive man. One who reads his writing* aud hear* the gossip about liim would expect to meet a primeval child of the forest, wander­ ing around the c^tv, clad in bear-skins and reth-eiice. They would find Mr. Miller a civilized man. When he came to New York ® f«w years ago it is true that he appeared in a bluo shirt, with long yellow l air flowing around his shoulders and a straggling beard drop­ ping to liis -waist. He was somewhat erratic then. I remember onco, in a sudden treat, he engaged a negro valet who bore a striking resemblance to the pugilist known as the Black Diamond. This fellow followed Mr. Miller around like the ghost of a blackened past. It was said that Miller employed the powerful negro to hold his victims while he read his poetry to them. This rumor was never substantiated, however. Mr. Miller now wears li:s liair" of reasonable length. He has a poetic east of features, and wears the mustache and imj er alof a Prussian grenadier-- if there are any I russian grenadiers. He is good natured and clever, and never talks poetry unless he has been dining late. To hear him converse at his best, one should casually remark notic --Thomas Alkire, a business tuna ef Sweetwater, ten miles east cf Petersburg, had 6ome difficulty wiih his servact-cirl, Jennetta Enstcn. and with his pock^i-knifd / stabbed her umler the left arm, in the re­ gion of the heart. A second stroke inflict­ ed an nglv w<yjud in the arm. and a third penetrated the hand. A warrant for hia arreit was issued. V! --The subjoined statement gives, by firms, the number of cattle slaughtered in Chicago for the past two yeara, ending an-^^^^!" nually March 1: Ar.:'o-Ar.ierloaa Packing Go... Avmojir.V Co... Eastland Purtdleston........ Fairb.tnk Canning Co Hamm.iD'l cV Co He** Bros*. Lees, Hen.tricks" <V Co Libby. McNeil .V Libby........ Mtl'rr .v Armour..... O'Matlev. John. Shoenensan .V Co. Swift Bros. A- Co Smith, J. 8.. .fc Co........ ". Wolf, Ptaelzer »V Co...... Other bouses.v..-. Total .?..... ISSJ-t. M,lK» SS7.221 II,100 l;u,ou 1 $0,908 1882-8. ' V203. 15<>,8lKi l»,40tt , 109,525 10S,'i0O: 20,7:i0 Norep't ""18,780 310,217 l(>j,.H7 IS,200 No ieu't '.v.ooo No 'ep't 2.->.30tf 28, «l . 34'i.StN* liKOOO 21.'M7 No rep't S; No rep't . K«.0 0 31,800 Saturn, the* Arch of Septimius Seve- rus, the Column of Phocas, the Colos­ seum, the Palace of the Ca?sars, and a host of othor remains. In the Mu­ seum of the Capitol is a magnificent collection of marbles and bronzes, with the celebrated Faun of Praxitcies, and the statue of Marcus Aurelius, standing in tho square of the Capitol, probably tho finest antique exuestrian statue re­ maining to us. Then the Tarpeian Rock is to be seen, the precipice from which criminals were thrown, now mucn diminished in height by the ac­ cumulation of rubbish, but still lofty enough to insure the death of any person thrown from it There are the remains of several other forums, of which the Forum Trajanum is the finest, containing the Column of Trajan, on which are sculptured the actions of his Dacian campaign. Of the temples re­ maining the Pantheon and the Temple of Neptune are the most interesting, the former being in a good state of preservation, and containing the bones of Raphael. There are several theaters, only meager ruins of which exist. The baths are the most impressive ruins excepting the Colosseum, jind are chiefly thos9 of Diocletim and of Titus. The tombs of ancient Rome form a most® striking fea­ ture, and of the piazzas of Rome, the finest is the Piazza Navona, the great market place, occupying the site of the Circus Agonalis, where St Agnes was beheaded, and where now the splendid church of St. Agnes stands. St. Peter's church is built on or near tho place where the vales, or augurs, mado their auguries irom the victims sacri­ ficed, and from which is derived the name borne by the papal palace of the Vatican. Then there is the Lateran Basilica, where the Popes were always crowned, and which has taken rank as the mother of Christian churches; one of the first forms observed on the elec­ tion of a new Pope is the ceremony of taking possession of the Lateran Ba­ silica. The most gorgeous and costly of the basilicas is that of St. Paul-with- out-the-walls. The galleries are tho delight of all lovers of art, and include those of the Vatican, with its priceless gems by the greatest masters, the mu­ seum and library also with their inval­ uable contents; the Lateran Museum and the i^uirinal Palace; with private places, of which there Palazzo liorghese. Besides these wonders, which space forbids describing, and countless villas and places of interest in all parts of the city and in its suburbs which really tell the history ol Rome for centuries.--Inter-Ocean. A Modern Maple Sugar Grove. One of the finest maple sugar camps in the West is situated right here in Detroit The camp, which, when first started, occupied one room in a base­ ment, has now extended over the en­ tire underground floor of a large build­ ing. A reporter, on visiting this ma­ ple grove, found the horny-handed farmers hard at work sugaring off. Great barrels of the poorest sort of Cuba sugar, dark, daipp and clammy, stood in the cellar, like executed Cu­ bans, with their lieads off. Shallow copper tanks simmered over coal fires. "Yes," said the bronzed agricultur­ ist, "now is our busy season. We use up several barrels of Muscovuda sugar a day. We dump the sugar into the pans and stir it up with hot water. Then we add the sand and ground leaf and twigs " "I don't twig," said the reporter. "What ground leaf do you use, and why ?" "Oh, we get maple leaves and break 'em up. Nothing pleases a man so much as to find a bit of maple leaf or a snapped-off twig in his lump of maple sur.ar." "And the sand." "Oh. well, sand is cheap enough and helps big in weighing out the chunks. People are sort of educated up to ex­ pecting sand in their maple sugar." "You use real maple sugar to give the flavor, I suppose?" ' Bless you. no: that's the old-fash­ ioned way and it's expensive. No, we have flavoring extracts in theiu carboys and wo can turn out any brand of ma­ ple that's called for." Tho boy was ladling out the dark- looking fluid into molds that hold about a pound each: some molds held five pounds. Another poured the more liquid stuff into cans labeled: "PI:KE YEUMONT MAI>LE SYKUP; Beware of imitations." "I suppose you sell most of it in the ! city here V j "No, very little. The greater part ! him into a confession. "Thai s all 1 waul goes to farmers in the country, who ' to know," said Willi nns; "pat ;;p joar bring it in again in farm wagons and gun, Evans, I II (etui t> him now." So sell it on the streets at houses where the j iu„ be }eveJotl bis uu aud lipou people will onlv have the pure article ! , 4l * v;„; _ i „ > . , I Tuvker at loss than tau pacei. ;»iii.ncr mat and w ho won t buv from the regular I . . , ; . stores." " j instantly. M iliums bis been urtested and This is the real modern maple sugar ! held without bail. But little suapathy is camp. None other are geuuine.--De-! wasted njwn Tucker. His w«f» ie»ide* ia troit Free Press. Kentucky, and is well to do. ^ - --Two contesting Ald^riuV-i ill dafta settled things by dmwuig - 4 " . i < 1 -t.ti 1 * »; ...7.............1,182,905 774,57* --A dispatch from Carrollton says: Dan Delany, an ex-Deputv Sheriff of Macoupin County, utrived at Whitehall, and, securing: the sen-ices of Constable Holmes Liming, ? proceeded to the town of Walkerville, some twelve miles northwest of this city, to ar­ rest one Stalling, wbo had recently swindled'1 : some of the citizens of Girard. in Macoupin X County, out of sums aggregating $(>00. Ar­ riving at the town, the officers heard that their man was at a farm-house one mile west, and taking Constable Otev they soou r found Stilling, to whom Otey read the war- • rant. Stalling drew his revolver, seeing which Otey drew his weapon and told him to hold up his hands, when Stalling fired, at Liming, and the tiring then became gen­ eral. Six shots were fired, which resulted in the death of Stalling and the fatal wound­ ing of Liming. --A fatal accident, horrible in its details, occurred at Wm. H, Seoville's soap factory, in Chicago, resulting in the death of the »'• proprietor. A part of the soap-making ap­ paratus cousists of two large vats, each twenty feet in diameter and seven feet deep. - These vata are used to boil the grease from which soap is mad.?. At the tiuijaQ the catastrophe happened Mr. Scoviile and his 6on, Wm. A. Scoviile, were standing near the vats engaged in conversation. Both of the immense receptacles were nearly full of boiling hot fat. One of tliein boiled over, its contents dying up to the ceiling and run­ ning over the door. Mr. Scoviile ran away to escape the hot grease and vapor, with which the room was tilled. It is thought he was blinded by the flying particles--at all events, in his baste to get away he ran straight toward the other vat aud tumbled into its seething cobtents. He sank to tlie bottom instantly, and uo doubt was dead before he reached it. .The grease, with which the vat was filled, was drawn off as quickly as possible, but the process occu- ' pied over an hour, and when the body ws# found it was parboiled, but not greatly dis­ figured. --An Effingham special contains the fol­ lowing: The particulars of a sensational murder committed on Eagle Creek, near Shiwueetown, have just reached here. The scene of the tmgedy was a shingle mill owned by William W. Williams, thirteen miles from Shawueetowu. Gallatin County. About six months ago AVillianis. the pro­ prietor of the mill, took into his employ a man named Socrates Tucker, who had been living on the opposite *ide of the Ohio Kiver, thirty or forty miles inland. With­ out any previous knowledge of the straggler, Williams took hint to hi* bouse to board. • Tucker, who seemed to be a single man* took very kindly .to Mrs. Witli uiw, A youth of 17. named Evaix, rlatuw to hnv , covered them iu comprotuixing (•latio. - . and repovied the fact to Mr. William* a they were cut huntin<». At Wi?Huu>" i<<. quest, Evnu-s we::t with him to the »hinglj mill, where they fouud Tnekt-r nt >u»ik, and "Williams charged biui with having led his wife astray. Tucker denied it, aud begged to have tho woui.iu consulted. Williams said the youth was a sufficient witness. Evans, who had icaiocd his gnu on his return from the hunting expedition, drew a bead \i)X>n Tucker and trighteue»l HOPK the best, get ready for the worst and take what comes cheerfuilv.