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\ Vj i,^,« , r^"»A3R-?T " £st ^w,V" ;'f;" *-../' njjHoia £JilMU hi CtaioH CAMKBoi says Mwler stands alone, "His intellect gigantic. Greater than his eon- , he has been uneqnaled, in i directions in which he "was particu- afMtg£jmd aatur^is nob. likely M»tJhd̂ work agê tiT' , jN F*» a 7 column, marred lay little de­ fects." v* Tax "return relative to deaths in the Brt&h merchant service (or 1882' kJttBS 1,011 deaths ci seamen from dis- i out of a total ef 4,669 deaths on i and abroad; 2,131 were drown- «d by shipwreck, 1,036 otherwise than by wreck, asad 286 were killed by other accidents, making 3,463 accidental Tne figures are regarded' as ap­ proximate only, their value consisting in the proportionate mortality. •» to deaths by disease and accident. t TfiE Mrnn^iiJiiedicalMtnihly s*y« "that the Missouri Supreme Court has ^decided that information obtained by a physician from a patient upst jjot-be -disclosed on the stand, where the information Was necessary to enable the doctor to prescribe a» a physician «r operate as a surgeon. The court Sield that it would not do, while the mouth of a j^-sician is elosedaa to the Actual spoken words of a patient, to »je* it a. £ wugjnfJMgi. this diagnosis. THE Polyclinic states that USED of paper towels in cleansing wounds has been found very satisfactory. Sponges shave always been regarded with suspi­ cion by surgeons, as it is so difficult to kegp them in $, perfectly purified con- -d&on. £nt the paper towels are to be used once only, and as they cost only from $6 to $7.50 per 1,000, are availa­ ble in the sick room. They are from Japan, and the pale colors with which they are decorated are found to be un­ objectionable. ; ' - \ •""T >' " /' '*• ' i' THE Quinoloqist announces that the numerous cinchona gardens, p&mmenoed five or six years ago in Java will soon begin to yield, and bark may be ex­ pected to take a prominent position in the list of exports from that island. In 1884 the number of new trees in the aiurseries was ,736,600, >and in 1882, 1,205,800. The trees in the plantations Slumbered 2,207,380 in 1881, and 2,099,- 400 in 1882. - There ate nine Varieties in all; the ledgerianas have proven suc- •ceaaful, and contain from 9, to per >* -oeni of alkaloid. A KKW order has' been formed in En­ gland on the basis of the old Knights - TflBuplara, whose memberjare called Primrose Knights, in remembrance of the great chieftain, BWonsfield, who loved the flower so well, and each Knight as he is enrolled must make the i following declaration: "I declare on jmy faith and honor that I Will devote joj best ability to the maintenance of I Religion and estate of the Imperial i Academy of Great Britain, and that* -consistently ifrith my allegiance to the I sovereign ef this realm, I will promote with discretion and fidelity the above <***•" \J J / f THE ne* M#sic*rn ^ Cental Rdtlroad "is 1,225 miles long--670 miles less than the totol mileage of the Paoifie Rail­ roads between Omaha and San Fran­ cisco. The Pacific Railroads cost $66j- 228 a mile, while the Mexioan Central «ost $24,000 a mile, and there is some difficult engineering on the latter. The •difference in the cost of the roads (is •due largely, of oourse, to the better business Aauajgement #id tbe advan tage of abundant, and iheap Mexican labor. The Pacific Roads have made -enormous profits, although 90 per cent, -of the country through which the lines Tun had tobe^eveloppd. The Mexican Central run* througb a populous spun- try the greater portion of the distance and through towns and cities centuries •old. Its prospects for business are un- xkmbtedly good. PEOPLE are induced to take policies in life insurance companies because thereby, th^y secure, a provision for flniilfet after the* artf dead. But it seems that while large sums of money are -paid in, very little of it really get to the families of the policy holders> .Sometimes the payments are not made, when due, through negligence, or the company fifcds some flaw *r fraud, , which vitiates the claim of the insured, ileading Nfew York insurance cempa ny has published a f statement for tea years, from 1874 to 1883, from which it appears that while $70,721,257.35 was received fox premiums, only $17,401,- l£B.49 wis ptid out on death claims. To be sure policy-holders received in­ terest on the profit of the buiness; but paying $70,000,000 for insurance and getting $17J)00,000 back in death claims is a better business lot the companies than for the insurers. It is. said, though we cannot vouch for the figures, that jtaking all the insurance companies that 4»ave been started, only 7 per cent of the money paid in has been returned jto the families of those who died. But then newly 40 pe# 6^ti of the life in- 'twraaca <*>mpaii£eft̂ etbffgitarted have failed. have just been finished, and wltfshortly bo armed. Bt the end o? the year Thorn will also be belted with forts and, as a stronghold, will be entitled to rank with Posen, $pnig-berg, Strafts- burg, and Mjptz. To the second life of eastern defences, the principal for­ tresses of which are Glogan and Kues- trin, it is intended to add Danzig, where dock-yards and arsenals for the use o the German iKperial Navy are to be **2rtc!^Tif*?YuPiVT>ir EXPRESSIONS of opinion on athletics in colleges has been elicited by the Independent from,some college officials and others. Bishop F. D. Huntington says that nothing can prevent theso matches from being an enormousschool of bad morals in betting and gambling, and that they cause disorder, waste, prodigality, a carnival of animalism or aiiy of the vulgarities of vice. The Rev Dr. Howard Crosby says there is neith­ er dignity nOr sensa in iden ifying a collage faculty with students' games. The moment there are rival clubs in , different colleges to contend for mas­ tery the mind is diverted from intel­ lectual study, the classed thftjfc tnore of their boat race than of their mathemat­ ics, and tho muscular man under train­ ing is the hero of the college* It de- the morals of the collegians. Let the gamer and sports of collegians be confined to the college campus among themselves in simple and impromptu style. The Rev. Dr. John Hall thiuks that no great evil has yet been done, and in many instances the best stu­ dents have been the best men on boats and bars. But the chief end of colleges is not in this direction. The Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth writes that the effect of athletics upon the standards of physical virtue in our colleges should not be underestimated. Bishop Thomas M. Clark says that while young men are not sent to college in order to become athletes, yet it is well, on all accounts, that they should become athletic. Pres­ ident Samuel C. Bartlett sees one un­ desirable outgrowth of the present state of the ea*e in a tendency to substitute for the healthy sports of the many an excessive strain upon the very few. The Rev. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler pro­ tests against the increasing furore for intercollegiate pitched battles, whether with oars, fists, or footballs. ' There is not a good thing iu the . world that the devil will let alone; and just now he is trying to get the 'upper hand' in the important matter Of physical exercise for college students." The Rev. Dr* George H. Hepworth has a Very decided opinion that a college without a gym' nasium oould hardly commend itself to sensible parents. Henry C. Potter. Assistant Bishop, observes that tho present drift in the direction of recrea­ tion and amusement appears to be so strong as to need very little encourage ment on the par of college authorities, and a good deal of wise guidance, if not restraint. To get healthy exercise in the ways that are popular at college has come to be, in many cases, an ex­ pensive luxury, costing a good deal more time, money, and strength than the end seems to him to warrant. Pres­ ident William W. Tattoo holds that within the bounds of moderation as to time and expense there is undoubtedly * field for athletic exerpiaf; but a field with the ba^s c|bwn i» usually a bad things Bishop A . Cleveland Coxe counsels the virtue of moderation. I*. fFwo of the three huge fortified plaees }d* armes destined to constitute the front lines, so to speak, of Germany's eastern frontier defences, are now virtually completed. Posen, like Koenigsberg, Is engirdled by a number of powerful Knttlying forts, connected with one *»• «te and with UM citadel tgr stArterr*- The Chinese Weakness for tiood Victuals. The Chinese, it muci be confessed, are a gormandizing people. Jrt sDite of their Buddhist professions, in spite of thousands of Buddhist tracts enjoining vegetarianism, fasting and mortification of the llesh as the only road to the Western paradise, the hea'hern Chinee will have to take his place amongst that depraved class "whose god is their stom­ ach." The number of fat, oily priests one sees in monasteries convinces the visitor that their diet is regulated by anything but Pythagorean principles. Their very deities are sadly inclined to corpulency, while their pet image of the Buddha in a merry mood is one un­ dulating mass of obesity, as he lounges on his pedestal. There is no object up­ on which a Chinaman's eyes re t with so much pleasure as upon some weil- fed, beefy-faced, barrel-bodied Fallntaff. When a man who is inclined to embon­ point meets an old acquaintance he is greeted with the compliment: "Why, how your blessedness is increasing!" The idea being that -fatness is the out­ ward and visible sign of inward happi­ ness and contentment; while leanness is always associated with worry, care and sorrow. According to Chinese phrenologists the intestines are the seat of the mind and affections, and it is a very common joke on meeting a stout Chinaman of Pickwickian propor­ tions for a fore'gner to remark to his companion: " What a fine intellect that man has got!" In a land where adipose tissue is a mark of beauty it is almost superfluous to say tfaat eatin^is the all important business. If you want to say "How do you do?" to a Chinaman the only yrey is to ask him if he has eaten his rice yet. Follow behind a company of Chinese walking along the street aud listen to their conversation, and you will find that, if it is not about money, it Will be about food and drink. I have never been two minutes in, con versation with a fellow-travel** in a riveW'boat without being asked what ar­ ticle of .diet constitutes a foreigner's chow-chow.--rr Correspondent Hon Frnncixoo Chronicle. ,;ay A Practical Sugfe«tltgk -"I've kept my pict Painter--"I've kept my picture in the shop for three months, but nobody has made an otter for it vet, and now the shop keeper has told me to take it away?* ; , Friend--'I'll tell rou what to da with your picture. Present it to the BUnA Asylum. There can be no reas­ onable objection that I can think of to its staying there."--Texas Sifting a. Tax Almighty is not to be fooled. They who worship Him through fear of fire or for sinister earthly advantage will be hurled into h&des. Thgs# 9.90 help SOB this.--Dr. Homtr, ' - Jkr> •«*•! twojpajmoot> AB4J|ow tkvVoM •» * VlrslatelOhetitM *--I la *Tlis Two Parses." C«L Geqtfe following acceunt of an election of MT^«Sffi253Sre John WrshaU. who had been Minister to Fran& &d Secretary of,State under Mr, Adams, and John Clapton, an etninent member of the bar--each the exponent of the principles of his party. Their success or defeat involved what each party be­ lieved the well-being and future pros­ perity of the country. It was believed the contest would be rerf cldfee. The parties were drilled to meve together in a body and the leaders and their business committees were never sur­ passed in activity and systematic ar­ rangement for bringing out every vote. Sick men were taken in their bed to the polls; the halt, the lame and the blind were hunted up and every mode of con­ veyance was mustered into service. The election had progressed until a short time after dinner, when the vote exhibited a tie. The committees were continually bringing in their men; and as one man would vote for Marshall an­ other on the opposite side would imme­ diately give a plumper for Cloptoti. Liquor in abundanoe was on the ooort green for the friends of either party--a barrel erf whisky for all, with the hoad knocked in, and the majority took it straight, independent of the political jpxeitement, the liquor added fuel to the ;tlame. Fights became common and '•every now and then there would be a jknock down-and-drag-ont affray, to jquell which required all the power of tne County Justices. In those days 'there were no precinct elections. All ithe voters of the county assembled at the court hon^e, and the crowd was fre­ quently excessive. On this occasion it was almost impossible to obtain ingress or egress to and from the polls. In truth, none could enter but a voter, and he only with the greatest difficulty. The candidates, as was then the cus­ tom, were seated on the Justice's bench, and it was usual, when a vote was cast for a candidate in question, to return thanks--sometimes, "I thank you, sir;" sometimes, "May you live a thousand years," etc. There were several noisy impudent fellows who made comments on the voters as they come up--some­ time* amusing, sometimes insulting-- and then the partisans of each would make the welkin ring with their exhil- erating huzzas and animated retorts.' As the scene waxed hot and furious the committees examined their list to ascer tain who h d not voted. It was soon found that Parsons Blair and Buchanan were among the delinquents. Some of the most influential and leading men immediately took carriages and hurried to bring them to the polls. It so hap­ pened they were together at Parson Blair's. Several gentlemen--their in­ timate friends--had called at different times during the day requesting them to vote, but ineffectually, each insisting t at It was better for ministers of the Gospel not to interfere in such matters, But at laet, when the leading men of the Federal Committee came and urged them as a duty which they owed their country to vote; that tlie salvation of the party depended upon it and the great interests of the coxintry demanded it, after first a peremptory refusal on the part of Parson Buchanan and then, upon contiuued pressure by the com in it tee, a partial yielding on the part of Parson Blair, upou condition that Par son Buchanan would go, both assented and were escorted to the carriage and finally managed to be elbowed and squeezed up to the polls. Mr. Marshall had a few minutes b fore been two votes ahead, then, amid the fiercest ex­ citement; Clopton had made up the gap and scored one ahead of him. There were shouting* and hurrahs perfectly deafening. Men were shaking lists at each other, rolling up their sleeves, cursing and swearing, with angry and furious denunciations. Some became wild with agitation. Then came Mr. Thomas Rutherford and voted for Marshall, and there was again a tie One fellow growled out an impreca­ tion and another replied: "You, sir, ought to have your mouth smashed for your impudence." The crowd rolled to and fro like a surging wave. Parson Blair came forward. A swaggering fellow just above him said: "Here comes two preachers dead-shot for Mar­ shall." Both candidates knew them intimately and rose Ji-om their seats, and the shout was terriffic. "Mr. Blair." sfiid the sheriff, "who do you vote for "John Marshall," said he. Mr. Mar­ shall replied, "Your vote is appreciated, Mr. BJair." Another fellow cried out: "Bring out the Darbytown boys. The Darbys have another shot in the locker. I see you old Thorn; you are the devil to blumb the parson." And old Thom came in pushing and elbowing with a howl; but Parson Buchanan was at the 'sheriff's elbow. The wh-le Federal party and the Democrats, too, thought this vote was certain beyond the possi- b lity of a doubt for Marshall. "Who do you vote lor, Mr. Buchanan ?" "For John Clopton," said the good man. Mr. Cfopton said, "Mr. Buchanan, 1 shall treasure that vote in my memory. It will be regarded as a feather in my cap forever." The shouts were astounding --"Hurrah for Marshall!" "Hurrah for Clopton!" The astonishment ex­ pressed in Mr. Marshall's face, in Par­ son Blair's countenance, by the friends of Mr. Buchanan generally, can only be imagine.!. When our friends entered the car­ riage on their return home Parson liuchnnan said: "Brother Blair, we might as Wf 11 have stayed at home. When I was forced against my will to go. I simply determined to balance your vote and now we shall h> ar no com­ plaints of the clergy interfering iu elec­ tions." When the returns came in from the district it was found that Clopton was elected.--Richmond Dispatch. Varfield Writing with Both Hands. A gentleman who knew Garfield well tells this story: "We were sitting," said this gentleman, "in the otiice of the Secretary ol the Navy, Mr. Thomp- so i, • f Indiana, waiting to be heard on fome matter of routine businoss. when Garfield took his seat at a vacant desk n« ar by, and commenced writing with both hands upon si-ratch-pads on either side of him. He seemed to write with one hand as freely as with the other. Both hands, in fact, appeared to move automatically. The only difference was that the linos on the tablet written with t'iie left ha. d were rev» r-ed fr m the usual order. Tiie consequence was that the writing on the left hand tablet could not be read exc ept by an expert or by holding it up to a light or before a mirror, ijookeu at the one writte • with the le t on its upper si 'e, and. while the lines seem remarkably uni­ form, thev conveyed no meaning; but folding the this paper tip to the light saw Lot only that the words written --.i «§#3 rswttwi. with . the formation of a JHMar which was formed on the right- tend tablet was exactly r«predu< JM lf̂ kfcand. The IcAlfvcnrnt wis a it befpm, alt|ioujHk $ lujVe^ciaMNl k thatoaiafcy p^piXiu.tt| Qatiflhiid that he often wrote in tHat way when­ ever he wished to preserve an exact copy of what be was writing without h iving a copy made by letter-press, and that in this manner he saved a great deal of time without any more appre­ ciable fatigue. 1 asked him how Jie got into that habit. He said that whiLe teaching school once he had occasion to use his right hand to point out coa> thing, and that unconsciously he kept on writing on the blackboard with his left. Upon turning to the blackboard to see what he had written, he observed thst the writing was reversed, but that he bad full use of his left hand for writing, and from that time he made use of both hands. He was, in fact, completely ambidextrous."-- Cor. Boston Journal. *•«•"•>> "tsss, by a parasite --'-The residence of L. T. Dickason, Mff- Or of Danville, has been. burglarized, '"fl $210 in money and a gold watch and chiun, A Lien's Bite. The familiar remark, "When doctors disagree, who shall decide ?" intimates that men equally learned and conscien­ tious do contradict each other. The fact should excite no surprise, for it may be explained by that fertile source of error, imperfect generalization. One man is hasty in his conclusions. As soon as he sees one or two facts, he infers a third. Another man is cau­ tious in forming an opinion. He waits until he has gathered a number of facts before drawing an inferenoe. He is more likely to be right than the man who jumps at conclusions frorit the spring-board of a single fact. An incident in the life of the great African explorer and missionary, Dr. Livingstone, throws light upon the top­ ic. Once upon a time, a lion sprang upon the doctor, knocked him down and bit his shoulder and arm so severe­ ly as to cripple them for life. The dootor felt no sensation of pain while in the lion's jaws. This was a fact, which his own consciousness at­ tested. But the good man, instead of waiting until ho had found several men who liad been ia lion's jaws, and felt no pain, jumped from this fact to a con­ clusion. He inferred that by a merci­ ful provision of Providence, the lion's blow so stuns its victim that they feel no pain. The good missionary's opinion, how­ ever, was not accepted by naturalists and hunters. One English sportsman, while hunting in South Africa, met with old Petrus Jacobs, who had shot more lions than any man in that coun­ try. He flatly contradicted the mis­ sionary. The old nimrod was on his back, having been terribly mauled by a lion a few days before. He was sitting in the shade of his wagon, while on a hunting expedition, when his daughter- in-law callt-d out, "Look! there comes a pig down to the water!" "That's no pig, child," said Peter, jumping up and seizing his rifle. "Its a lion stalking, the horses." Followed by thirfee spleidid dogs, he started after the lion, which had fled on seeing him. Old Peter fired, but missed. The dogs rushed after the -retreating lion and brought him to bay on a hill, where tho hunter found him crouched on the top of a rock. Seeittg^he man, the lion sprang from the rock and charged straight at the new adversary. Peter fired, missed, and the next mo­ ment the lion seized him by the thigh, threw him to the ground and, as he expressed it, "chewed" thi^h, arm, and hand. The dogs attacked the beast -so furiously that he was forced to leave Peter and attend to them. Fearfully mangled, he struggled to his feet and regained his wagon, saying, "The lion has done for me." When the Englishman saw him, he was lying in bed, with a dressing of fresh milk and castor oil on his wounds. Remembering Dr. Livingstone's state­ ment and inference, the young hunter asked the old Nimrod if he felt any pain while the lion was "chewing" him. "I think I did," ho answered. "Every time he bite,I had de vorse pain I ever had." Afterwards, the Engl ishman met with several Kaffirs, who had been bitten by lions. Each affirmed that he suf­ fered acute anguish while in the beast's jaws. From theso facts the young hunter ooncluded that Dr. Livingstone was mistaken as to his inference, and that the "merciful provision" wa9 limited to hiin personally.--Youth's Companion, In the Upper Air. Two Frenchmen claim to ItaVe solved the problem ef aerial navigation. They have spent many long years in perfect­ ing their machine. It has been dem­ onstrated that birds and insects can travel through the air by aid of one of twelve different means of locomotion. These Frenchmen have taken for the base of their invention a hint from the insect world. We all know that a thin sheet of paper, if it could be kept straight, or if bent downward at the corners and edges, would float for a long period in mid-air. It is this prin­ ciple of an extended surface, very flexi­ ble but under control, which is to be the guiding power ef this very ingeni­ ous flying machine. It operates by set­ ting in motion a set of rotatory wings something like those which are used to raise the little imitation butterflies commonly sold at bazaars and fancy fairs, or as children's toys. The prin­ ciple of their action is that of scatter­ ing the nir, and creating a vacuum, into which the air behind rushes, carrying with it any solid body which may be floating with it. The apparatus is described-as consisting of a long shnped spheroidal balloeni measuring about twelve feet from end to end and three feet in diameter. At each end is ar­ ranged a projecting axis, having arms like a windmill, with small cards fixed to-them aft sails. When one of them is set in motion, the whole machine moves forward in tlfe direction of the -axis so working, and coiitinu«s to do so as long as the sails revolve By stopping these sails, and starting those at the other end a contrary movement is imparted, and so also with another similar appa­ ratus aflh ed to tho lower side of the balloon and intended to make it descend toward the ground. There is also an arrangement of screens on each side of the s ;veral sets of sails, by which the course can be made to deviate to the right or the left. There is no reason to doubt but that the air will be navigated successfully before the close of this ceutury, and man will eventually dis­ cover there is not only one but many ways of sailing securely through J the open air.--Demorest's Monthly, . A VIRGINIA, girl married a tramp who tujbed out to be a I>t*e. We've no pity for her. She should have known what ha was before she married hQi. Rnra-woiv is and in kuown by its feiititilar form appears in patohes, uan%jUy on the head ^ttd neck. In mild eases, pencilling with tincture of iodine or acetic acid night and morning will be quite suffi­ cient. An ointment made of chrysa- phanic acid, 5 to 10 grains; vaseline, 1 ounce; mix and apply night and morn­ ing. This ointaMrttt cured three cases for me itad may be found naeful in the treatment of others. Pencilling with sulphurous acid wad water in equal parts wiil cure some cases. WATEB FOB INFAHTS.--Some two years ago f)r. N. S. Davis, of Chicago, called attention to tho condition of the blood of infants in summer, which we might term exaqueous, duo to the ex­ cessive amount of liquid lost by per­ spiration, and which he deemed predis­ posed the system to the Summer dis­ eases of children; and now Dr. Charles Kemsen calls a tention to this point, which has received altogether too little attention. We all know how seldom an infant is given any more water than that contained in its food, and yet we all see how eagerly they will often drink when it is offered to them. A slightly depressed condition of the ,an­ terior fontanelle is one of the earliest symptoms showing the amonnt of wa­ ter iu the system to be below the stand ard. Fretfulness, moderate rise oi pulse and temperature, a hot, dry skin, and frequent desire to nurso, are other signs. If not relieved, collapse is apt to set in. The treatment adopted for these emergencies consists in wrapping the patient in a wet sheet* applying cold to the head, and plying as much water the mouth as the child will swallbw. The results of this simple method have been extremely satisfacto­ ry. the child becoming quiet, and even ^oing to sleep, while all the threaten­ ing ftymtoms subsided With great rapidity.--Health and, Home. DOCTORINO n* THE DARK--In many diseases several organs are more or le-*s implicated, and whatsecms a primary ailment may be one only remote. For instance, a severe headache may have its origin in a disordered stomach. On tli« other hand, sickness at the stomach n«sy be caused by a blow on the head. Boils and other eruptions on, the sur­ face ofteu result from the ..imperfect action of the livetin eliminating effete matter from the system. So, offensive excretions of tho »Kin, are caused by this latter organ's throwing off what the kidneys or bowels have failed to do. A severe pain in the lower part of the spine may be due to an irritation of a nerve near the base of the brain. A pressure on one side of the brain by an effusion of blood or water (serum) into one of its cavities, may oause a par­ alysis of the opposite side of the body. The seat of typhoid fever is in the up per part of the bowels: but some of its worst symptoms are aften in the brain. Uterine diseases arc very often depend ent on diseases of the liver, and atten tioa to this latter organ, as well as to the stomach, brain, spleen, etc., is far more important than ordinary lo'a1. treatment. These facts with many others that might be given, help to show why most persons are incompe­ tent to "doctor." themselves, and wny patent medicines fcre quite likely to harm rather than good. In sickness and even in ailments that may seem almost trivial, the most judicious course is to seek the council of a skillful phy­ sician. The years th*t such men hav& given to the stndv of d sease and to the practice of medicine, make his opinion of value, and worthy of confidence, and there is always a risk when a person seeks to "doctor" him-telf.-- 1 outh'a Companion. ^ Nations not Parties to Soltl̂ It is a principle of law among all eivilized nations that no government can be tried by or in its own courts. The eleventh amendment to the con­ stitution is as follows: "The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any su.t in law or equity, commenced or prose cuted against one of the United States by citizens of another State or by citi zens or subjects of any foreign State." On the same principle States cannot l>e sued. Persons who believe they have or hold certain claims against the United States may have their cases heard by the Court of Claims, to which are referred all claims founded upon any law of Congress, or upon any regu­ lation of an executive department, or upon aay contract, expressed or implied, with the Government of the United States, and all claims which may be referred to it by either House of Con­ g r e s s . -- I n t e r O c e a f i . , , , | M#w ta Handle Bftes. " I. ̂ A scientific paper announce# wmt in itjts next issue will appear an elaborate article entitled "How to Handle Bees." Now, a bee is not a difficult thing to handle. He is as easily picked un as a strawberry, and is reasonably light and compressible. To handle him is, there­ fore, a mere song. Any man can do it. In fact, the more ignorant of bees a man is the more easily he can handle one. The main difficulty seems to be in quieting a man down after he has handled a small but frolicsome bee. There Jiave been mea known to race around a ten-acre lot. and eventually lose their salvation, after handling one liee for the tenth part of a second. The scientific journal means well, no doubt; but what the oountry really ne*<ls is an article on how to avoid handling bees, -j-i i/e. i The Time Required. ' Drug store boy to prescription cler , --Here's a prescription, and the man says ho wants to know how long it will take to put it up. Pros* ription clerk, meditatingly, let me see--it is about dinner time. l?ive- ipinutes to get over todinner, eighteen- minutes to eat dinner, five minutes tot ge't back, and two minutes to put up the prescription. Tell the man it will take al>out half an hour'to put it Vp.--1 Lowell Citizen. ._ . \ The employment? open to women arc wideuincr every year, but even- with their present opportunities, a few women make the most of them. They look upon their occupation as tempor­ ary and are content with a superficial knowledge of its details, without caring to attain any mastery of its principles. •^-Philadelphia Prew. '• LAMP chimneys will last a great'deal longer," if, when new, they are put in a kettle of cold water with a handful of salt, I toil a couple of hours, then take off and let the chimney stand in it un­ til cold. process, ; I ̂ can say from experience, toughens tnem very muoh. ' ' THE snow on the sumnrtt of the Cas- eade range, near Eugene City, Oregon, Is ten feet deep. Ax oat is Uodhtm, better tban a wink to • Unit ' tawatfcsBoat E*«y man who remembers political event* must know that Mr. Blaine waa, one ol the foremost advocates of specie resumption and honesty in of. fairs. As long ago as 1868, when Mr. Pendleton proposed to pay the Govern­ ment bonds by issues of greenbacks, Mr. Blaine, as Chairman of the **'•>* Republican Committee, caused a spe­ cial circular to be cast broadcast over that State, and was criticised for so do­ ing. When the resumption act was passed it waa not dismissed in the House, so that all the expression of opinion on the subject is to be found in the roll-call. It was strictly a party measure, reported on and passed first by the Senate by a striot party vote, such men as Bayard voting against it. In the House its passage was re­ sisted by Democratic leaders, and the roll-call shows that several Massa­ chusetts members voted against it be­ cause it was not sufficiently strenuous to meet their approval, and Gen. But­ ler voted the same way because be did not believe in specie resumption at all. Mr. Blaine did not vete because the Speaker of the House rarely votes. He was known by his friends to be heartily in favor of the measure. The next Congress was Democratic, and it was given out that the Democrats would undertake to repeal the resumption aot. Hearing of this, Mr. Blaine, before the new Congress met in Deoember, 1875, prepared an elaborate speech in favor of resumption and against inflation, to be delivered on the first occasion that offered. Before that speech was de­ livered an enemy stole a copy of it; and it w»> published in advance of its - de­ livery in one or two papers. Jan. 10, 1876, in committee of the whole, Mr. Blaine delivered his speech. It fills over three close columns of the Jour­ nal. It is unnecessary to quote mtich of it, but the tollowing sentences will show where Mr. Blaine stood at the very outset of the fight for the resump­ tion of specie payments: The honor of thy Nati nal Government and the prosperity of tho Ainer cam people are alli»e menaced by those who demand tne per­ petuation of an irredeemable paper c;:rtency. tor more than two yeats the country has been su erinic froin the .protration or busi­ ness; confidence returns but slowly; trade revives only partially; and to-day, with Capi­ ta 1 unproductive aud labor unetnploye l, we fir d ourselves in the midst of anScitatlon re­ specting the medium with which • business tranga. t ons shall be carried on. Until that question is definitely adjusted,it fs idle to ox pect the full measure of pro pority to which tho energies of our people auu. the resources of the land entitle us. . . i Uncertainty as to the value of the curroncgr from day to iay Is injurious to every honest industry And, while that which is known as the debtor class should be fairly and (tenerously con­ sidered in the shaping oi measures tor specie resumption, there is no justice in asking for inflation on its beiialf. Katker, there is the gravest injustice; foryou must remember that there is a large class of deserving people who would be continually and remorselessly robbed by sitt h a policy. 1 moan the lator of the country that is compelled to ltve iroin and by its daily earnings. . . . Thera is not a cotton plantation in the 8outh, not a grain or grazing tarm in the West, not acoal pit or iron furnace in Pennsylvania and Ohio, not a manufacturer in New England, not a shipyard on the Atlantic coast, not a lumber camp troui Penobscot to the OOlumbia, no a . mile ot railway betweeu the two oceans that would not feel the quickening, gainful in.iu- ,ence ot a ilnal and general acquiescence In measures looking to specie resumption. . . . I am told, Mr. Chtiraiian, in tones of most solemn warning, tha&tkis couptjr is not able to maintain its paper money at par wltti coin. Kir, 1 reject the suggestion with scorn 1 ana it seems to me if 1 oould be persuaded of its truth 1 should be ashamed to rise in the American Congress and pro­ claim it. . . . It would be an unpardon­ able moral weakne.-s in our people--always heroic when heroism is demanded--to doubt their own capacity to maintain speeie pay­ ments. . . . 'jo-day wearesuBeringfrom timidity of capital, and so long as the era of doubt and uncertainty prevails, that timidity will continue to increase. Stepetoward infla­ tion w>ll make It chronic. ... In any event, Mr. Chairman, whatever we may do or whatever we may leave undone on this whole financial question, let us not deludeourseives that we can escape a specie Standard. No nation has ever succeeded la establishing any other standard ol' value. No nation has ever made the experiment except at great cost and sorrow, and the advocates of Irre­ deemable money to-day are but asking us to travel tho worn and weary road traveled so many t ines before--a road that has always ended in disaster, andoitcn in disgrace. This speech was Widely commented on. Indeed, the Nation, which was edited by one of the prese t editors of the New York JEveniiig Post, the pa­ per which told all inquirers that it could not find that Mr. Blaine had any re­ sumption record, and repeated the statement after the Journal had called attention to it in the issue of Feb. 17, 1876, quotes Mr. Blaine as declaring that "the policy of the Republican par­ ty is to get back to specie payments by a firm and consistent course." The only occasion in the House when Mr. Blaine had an opportunity to vote against the repeal of the resumption act was Jan 17,1876, when Mr. Holman presented a resolution declaring for its repeal. Mr. Blaine, with all of the Re­ publicans except four, voted against the resolution. Columns of extracts might be given from Mr. Blaine's speeches during the period that specie resumption was threatened to show that he was one of the ablest and stanchest champions of that measure. The course of the papers which have raised this issue fitly illustrates the methods which his foes have, adopted to defeat Mr. Blaine. Either of tli papers named could easily have ascer tained Mr. Blaine's record on specie re­ sumption. Indeed, it is difficult to be­ lieve that the intelligent men who write and supervise the editorial work of those journals can be so ignorant of current political history as to declare that they do not know that Mr. Blaine was in favor of the resumption act. Their course in this respect is in keep­ ing with that which his foes are pursu­ ing. They will stop at nothing which unscr pulous malignity can suggest. It is "anything to beat Blaine." In this case malignity has put, on the dunce's cap. ' • MB. BLAIXK cannot be beaten by Pharisaic pretenses of superior ,virtue. The pi ople are altogether as honest and upright as the Pharisees When the votes are counted we' shall see that it is easier to find a majority for Mr. Blaine in Massachusetts than it has been to carry the State for any other Republican far removed from popular sympathy. New York City will have to give a heavier Democratic majority than it lias ever given yet if it is to overcome the votes of the rural counties this year. The secret is that everybody ia wiser than anybody. The millions made this ticket, and the millions will elect it.-- New York Tribune. ' ' Xr the best man God ever made ran for the Presidency, he would hare to wade chin-deep through obloquy. Def­ amation elected Garfield, Lincoln, and Jackson. As soon as a man achieves anything by brilliancy, eloquence, or ststnnff|»"«h»p, all the hounds of hell are turned ajpwjft fyyaju;r-ii«?.. Z>r. Tal- mage. ' -,~T^ : . together with, a Knight Templar cbA ve*e taken.' 5 * - • * --The sale of poBtags-gtamps in Chicago last month amounted to $153,768. There was issued .i>> postal-notes orders, $96 ,781; foreign jnoaey-ord;rs» $33,311. The Postmaster's d* p >sits were $G68,589. The amount paid on postal- notes w,i$ $67/493; motiejr-orders, ;, foreign money-orders, $10,629; rem tt d to New York, $177,000.. Xha total postage on local mattjr delivered through the boxes^ and general delivery was $35,730. Thefa* were 4,450,12*2 letters, 1,511,651 postal- cards, and 1,231,850 newspapers collected. •--The little town of New Liberty, located near the mouth of the Cumberland Biver, has been so cfien submerged by the yearly floods, occasioning such great destruction pf property, that the citizens have deter­ mined to abandon the present location and emigrate to higher grounds. The town of Hamlitt-iburg, situated a few miles further UP the river, has been selected as the haven , of rest, and the population en masse axe gathering their effects and moving to %ha new town. Houses that are of value have been fcdeen down and carted to the new lo­ cation, while many old ones have been abandoned and will be used to she'tir stock. The new village promises to became of im­ portance. --The repott of the Oofl ectoc«H£a«toAs at Chicago for June shows the number of cars tiansferred 203, containing 21,606 pack­ ages; merchandise weighed, 9,495,051 pounds; gallons ot spirits gauged, 26,855; Oases of wine. 219,112; total number ot packages handled, 260,681. The collectiona were $215,603. ' ThefiftcaTy&m-tUrtho port- of Chicago ended June 30; The col- ^ lections for the year wete $3*800,220. Last year the collections were a little over $4,000,000. By the reduction of the tariff under the bill passed iu March, 1883, the port of Chicago would naturally fall off 15 per cent., bnt it has lost but per cent., , which makes the gain this year really 7J per cent, over last. ^ J --Mrs. Annie Fanning was plaintiff ta a- snit against the Bt. Rev. Patrick Terry, Of* ' St. Patrick's Church, Chicato, in whioh she claims that she is neics of Michael Lanna- bin, deceased. The latter died ia Marnlw 18C4, leaving an estate worth $40,000, which consisted chiefly of real estate, which waa . divided among his natural heirs. Quite recently she was - surprised to learn from Father Terry thit Lannahan left a will in . i his (Terry's) hands in which a pait of the propeity was bequeathed to her., She im-. mediately asked to see the will, but ^e priest refused to surrender it, fnd she, brought snit against him to recover $4,800, the amount at whioh she estimates the. value of her portion of her uncle's estate. --Considerable excitement has been occa­ sioned at Springfield by the discovery of human bones by men engaged in clearing ° the surface of a stone quarry. One day re­ cently the skeleton of a man was found, and the next day two skeletons complete and a large portion of a third were, unearthed. All of these remains were found tn holes but a few feet deep and not over three feet in length, so that the bodies must have been cut in pieces or packed down in un­ natural positions. The skulls of three are pronounced those of intelligent white men from 35 to 60 years of age, and another is ' probably that of a negro, its form being much different from the others. Years ago a notorious resort for rough* and bad char­ acters generally stood near this quarry, and the theory advanced is that these remains are those of people mnrdcred on the prem­ ises for rohbety or other motives. Not a vestige of clothing of any kind Was fbtmd with the skeletons. '• " --Albert Smith, alias "Indian Smith," and George Wiley, two" Chicago boys, had made all preparation for a campaign fcg&nitft the Indians, and provided themselves with a huge revolver ench. Before starting for the plains they decided to experiment with their wcapdns oh the peacefnl cizens of the South Side. The night of May 10 they took up their station oh Thirty-fifth street, near Vincenhes avenue, just as Mr. George Hirsch, a grocer, was coming along accom­ panied by his daughter. As they passed Wiley shouted to Mr. Hirseh tP throw up his hands, but he thinking it was sotne - drunken fellow paid no attention to the command. The shout was repeated, and fol­ lowed by a shot. The bullet entered the fleshy part of Mr. Hirsoh's thigh, passed Up­ ward and out, and vrmt clear through Miss Hirsch'B dress, inflicting a flesh wound in her thigh. Judge Williamson said that he must keep the young fighting spirits from their mission among the redskins and sen­ tenced each to-one year's imprisonment-- Smith to the House of Cff«ec«ioa <^Hj| Wiley to the Penitentiary. ^ , '--'M i?-S- "PS 111 f . - - ̂ fir- - f t •J?'1.* j.1 k • i . : .j?: i Readjustment of l'OAtmastcrs* Salaries. The regular annual revision of Post- misters' salaries, which has just been made, makes the following changes in Bltnoih ' offices: One Hundred Dollars Increase--Carrot ton, Collinsville, Elgin. Evanston, Franklin Grove, Highland, Kewanee, Normal, Piano, Pullman, Bockford, South Evanston, Streator. Two Hundred Dollars Increase--Mount Morris, National Stock-Yards, Wright's Grdva. One Hundred Doll *rs Decrease--Abing­ don, Aledp, Alton, Amboy, Anna, Atlanta, Belleville, Belvidera, Bement. Braid wood, Cairo, Cambridge, Carlumlle. Carlyls. Carmi, Carthage, Champaign, Charleston, Chenoa, Clinton, Delavan, Eirlville, Elm- wood, Farmer. City, Galena, Geneseo, Oil­ man, Girard, Griggsville. Harvard, Hills­ borough, Hoopeston, Jacksonville, Knox- ville, Lake Forest, La Salle, Lena, Lewiston, Metropolis City, Minonk, Moline, Monmouth, Monticel!o, Morrison. Monnt Sterling, Murphysboro. Nvshville, OdeD, Onarga, Pana, Paris, Paxton, Pecatonicaa' Pekin, Fontiac, Sandwich, Shawneetown, ' Shelbyville, Sheldon, Sparta, Springfield, Sullivin, Sycamore*' Yirden. Warsaw, Washington, Waverly, Wilmington, Win­ chester, Woodstock. '* Two Hundred Bdllars Decrease--Lteeblu, Maywood, WarrPn, Wheaton. ' - Reduced to Fourth Class--Chats worth, Farmingfon, Forrestou, Grayville, Prince*1 ville, St. Charles. ; -- • .; . s . vi.'; if- --The joung ladies of Hinckley hauttta, ^ paixed an ar&taj dah.: H '"" f38$- >- d • '>->> fA '•V. •"T-:\ • . ' ' -J iifiJt!