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m A 3VB.Y In Tort Wortli, Texts, given a brakeman who bad his poshed while coppjmg cars* The rodfc: ahaa to the<xalve»toa, Harriatarg & San Antonio. YICTOB NOIB, whose tragic death is well rypHihywij, waaji man of little ATRATET be sent a challenge to Paal de Oaesagnac for having written articles attacking Republicanism in France. Oft reading the letter the imperial duelist laughed heartily. It was full of ignorant blunders, eipdcially bad spelling. He replied as follows: "Sir: Yon have challenged me with­ out any plausible reason. Therefore I lia^e the choice of weapons. I choose orthography. Consider yourself a daad man. PA.ITL CE C&SBAGKAC." SOKE men don't know when they are veil offi, This is particularly true of John T. Iforris, of Loveland, Ohio. He was arrested ah: wrecking a passenger train at that place, but was discharged for want of evidence. This did not eatisfy John, and he wrote to tbe au­ thorities threatening arrest for false imprisonment. The result must have been surprising, for thle officers came forthwith and rearrested him. His let­ ter compared with a' memorandum book picked up at the scene 6f the crime, showed the chirography to be the same. $fr. Norris is not as aggres­ sive as he was. MR. FAVrcfcTT, the late universally re­ gretted Postmaster General of England, though deprived of sight, always had a crowd of short-sighted members around him in t&e House, to whom he would tell the names of those who were speaking, as he knew all the members by their voices, even those who rarely took pe^o^n debate. "When answering a question, too, he would quote from official doenments as freely as though he was reading them. Mr. Shaw Le- fevre, \jho succeeds him in the office, is- a son of Sir John Lefevre, and a nephew of Lord E vera ley, who was for so many years the popular Speaker of the Honse of Commons, and who, at the age of 91, retains his freshness un broken by gout and years of toil. WHEN Gen. Sherman visited the At lanta Cot|on Exposition he passed through, a -small town in' North Georgia \vliieh, w&eii he last saw it, was a small forest of chimneys. The population of the town came to the de­ pot to see the old warrior, who stood on the rear platform of his car shaking hands while the train stood still. One man in the crowd sang out: "Hello, Giner'l; you ain't forgot us, has yon?" "Not quite, my friend; I was here about years ago. But what have you Mritli all you chimneys?" "O, titter* standin' yet. We have just built new homes around 'em.* The General laughed heartily at this. He said af­ terward it was one of the best evidences he had seen of the rebuilding up of the South. was a pi which a b the Gaines exp' the world. t&ttVOgh her intimate friends that the college, whioh she inherited from the departed Jfcstman, has urce of great to her, and lis* ed a man to help her maintain Mr. Gaines appearing to be about such a man as she wanted, she married him. It was a busine-ss transaction; they knew what they were doing, and regard the matter entirely as their own affair. Conjiiered in the light of a business partnership, ar­ ranged by a business woman connected with a business college, no impert nent outsider has a right to criticise. This is an advanced age, and when lovely woman insists upon entering a business it is the custom to grant her the priv­ ilege. Mr. and Mrs. Gaines are excused. * yr. mm MABK TWAIN bad a fijfciiyexfcflrieoce in Albany lately, entirely unpremedi­ tated by the humorist. In making a tour of tho oapitol he with his party, entered the Adjutant General's office to pay respects to that official. The Ad­ jutant General being away for the mom­ ent, the party chatted cheerfully, and Mark Twain, with his usual ease, set down carelessly on one of the Adjutant General's tables. In a few minutes a dozen clerks and deputies of the de­ partments rushed in and vehemently demanded what was wanted. None of the visitors oould understand the in­ trusion, until it was discovered that Mark Twain had planted himself squarely on "a long row of electric but- toms, and thus set ringing as many call-bells... ... , "GEOBGB GouU»," said a gentleman, "is one of the nicest young men in the world. Of course he has not had much chance yet, for he is about 25 and does not look over 20, but his father is push­ ing him ahead, and when the old man is dead the boy will make the name a better one than it is now. He has al­ ready put him into several Boards of Directors, and even now he often sits at the head of the table as Vice-Presi­ dent of the Western Union, and calls to order and presides over a board in which Kussell Sage and Sidney Dillon sit as directors. He is careful of him­ self, avoids bad company,and is perhaps better fitted to take charge of his father's millions tiiab many another son of a father with less than atfenth o{ Gould's wealth to leave.* W; t ^ . ., t f. ̂ " •• * •--,l-' ̂ DECREE, "the armless doorkeeper*' of the house, has in his possession a "handkerchief" of very un­ usual value. Shortly after Jackson's nullification proclamation, some of his admirers, desiring to preserve it in peculiar form, caused it to be printed on large silk handkerchiefs. There were seventeen of these in number. One of these seventeen Mr. Decker has, having received it from" a fnend who, although he prized it very highly, saw fit to indicate his regard {or this arm­ less defender of his country by trans­ ferring it to his possession. It is a very large sized hankerchief, printed i closely in black ink, and, although it is ; more than half a century sinoe it was printed, it is as clear and sharply de­ fined as though it had oome from the press but yesterday. "I don't know," said Mr. Decker in answer to a ques­ tion, "whether any of the other sixteen copies are still in existence, but I do know that I have been offered $50 for this one, and could get much mora If I would sell it" Pao*. JL a&right with^the community. the POTF hkaepcie lady aom« fifty as n»ad« it jr. She is A PRETTY and pathetic soene might have been witnessed in a New York court, last week. A lad arrested for stealing a violin was being arraigned for trial when a pretty young lady bounded across the room and clasped him "in her arms, both bursting into tears. They kissed and embraced each other fervently, the tableau bringing tears to the eyes of even the judge. Turning to him, Bhe said: "Judge, I am this young loan's sister. We are two or­ phans. Mother is dead, and for all the good he is to us, father might as well be dead, too. That boy there is my only care in the world, and he is a good bdy, too. If he yielded to temptation it wasn't became he is wicked or weak, but because necessity drove him to it. He's not a thief, and never can become one unless you make it impossible for him to be an honest man by putting the brand of Cain on his life. Release him and you'll have a sister's guaranty that he will repay your leniency by leading an honorable career." The eloquent pleading secured the boy's release* and both went away rejoicing. SAN FRANCISCO Chronicle: The whaling bark Alaska, whieh arrived in this port a few days ago from the Arc­ tic Ocean, brings a strange story of the narrow escape from death of six of her crew. The first officer, George John­ son, stated the circumstances to a Chronicle reporter as follows: "On the 16th of last October, when the ves sel was forty-six miles south of Alaska, an object was seen in the distance whose proportions and shape indicated it to be a monster sea-lion. A boat was immediately lowered and placed in charge of First Officer Johnson and five of the crew, named Andy ; Nelson, William Wilson, Antone Niago, Georgo Marsfield, and Hans Stuten. As the distance was being decreased between the boat and the huge animal, they be­ came convinced that it was tbe famed pea-serpent. When they oame within a few hundred yards the monster made a dash for the boat, striking out its im­ mense tail against the craft. Several of the occupants were precipitated into the water, and were rescued with diffi­ culty. A harpoon and lance were fired into the body of the beast, and it dis­ appeared beneath the surface. Half an hour later it reappeared, floating on the water, dead. It was secured with ropes and towed to the vessel and hoisted on the deck. Tljere the cap­ ture was seen to be a villainous-looking thing. Its head closely resembled that of an alligator, while the body resem­ bled that of a lizard. It measured thirty-three feet in lengthy the tail be­ ing nine feet long." The tail was cut off and stuffed and brought to this city, and is now on exhibition in a water­ front saloon. If the monster had suc­ ceeded in striking the boat with the full length of its tail, Johnson thinks it would have been knocked into atoms and th<| occupants drowned. In Chnpnltepec, Mexico. There are various interesting ways out into the suburbs. But the most beautiful of all is the path along the La Viga Canal. At first the surround­ ings are urban in character, and present a decidedly Venetian aspect, with the canal flowing past ancient houses that might once have been palaces, with doors opening upon the water, and steps leading down into it, while under massive walls narrow water-ways lead back into the courts, were family boats instead of carriages were probably kept. There is one ancient house, dropping into decay, with the air of better days lingering around it, half embowered by the great trees of a neglected garder. Bridges with stone arches sf>an the ca­ nal. The path runs along the left bank, where the somewhat dilapidated ave­ nue, the Paseo de Juarez, once tha fav­ orite pleasure-drive of the capital, runs for some distance. The primitive craft of the native boatmen cover the wall, and on a holiday afternoon the canal present a spectacle as animated as a crowed city street. Little dug-outs, sharp and light, dart over the surface, propelled by paddles. Very rarefy One sees a row-boat. All the large craft are poled along,--a slow and laborious process. Large flatboats, with seats and curtained canopies, carry merry excursion parties; great scows come down loaded with coantry produce and return with goods from the city, and large packet-boats bring in passengers from towns off on the shores of the lakes of which the canal forms the out­ let. The oanal wonld make a fine field for canoing or for the water bioycle. At the city custom house, where all goods brought in from the country have to pay a duty as they pass beneath a handsome monumental bridgo, the path crosses to the right bank, and the scene takes on a ritral character. Rows of thickly set pop!ars border the canal, which more resembles a river than an artificial water-way. and also form a charming shady alley for the pathway, which takes the rider out through quaint Indian villages, past the ehi- nampas, or vegetable gardens, which supply the city markets, and are said to have once bees floating islands, then through scenes of striking beauty, with the changing water-view on one side and then on the other, beyond a fore­ ground of verdant fields, the snowy mountains towering into the heavens. MEN of genius are often dull and in­ ert in society; as the blazing meteor, when ft descends to earth, is only a •Umm.--Longfellow, ' .>"• A Foreign' r-Wherc the Plant and of lion*, latiatdsey.jnfeel- _ With fist-i. The British always hadtbe worst of it in the debate, and that laead scarlet coat was the very liv­ ery of tyranny. But at Yorktown--ha! ha!--redcoats learned what it la to op­ press 'free-born Americans! And what noble flowers of liberty were the Bourbon lilies of France whieh bloomed beside the stars and stripes! The Ver­ sailles of the Louises was so fond of freedom, and so dearly loved rebellion and revolution! Then at New Orleans how soundly the British hirelings were drubbed by General Jackson behind his immortal cotton bales! If they had not been British soldiers whom he thrashed, Jackson would not have bren half so famou *. What a resource that school-boy tradition of hostility to En­ gland has been to American politicians! England and the English race have really done something for liberty, if we may trust the chronicles. But listen­ ing to much of our stormy political haranguing, the appalled hearer wonld suppose that Attila and Gengis-Khan, Nero and Timour the Tartar, were in­ carnations of England. No doubt, as it was said that it took Dickens a long time to discover that Thackeray had written a great novel, it is true that English opinion was as re­ luctant as George the Third to acknowl­ edge that there was another great En­ glish nation. No family quarrel which lias been pushed to extremity is evor readily healed, and Sister Bricannia, in ruling the waves, has sometimes stopped and spattered Sister Columbia in a very exasperating and unnecessary manner. It would have been much bet­ ter if Mother England had compre­ hended that when her son was of age he was no longer a child. He could not and he would not go to bed at nine o'clock and conform to the rules of the nursery. To attempt to thrash him into obedience was the sure way to drive him off and to fill his heart with bitte: ness. But although she made the huge mistake, and has not wholly for­ gotten sometimes to repeat it, England is still our nearest relation and our natural ally. It is pleosant to remember that it is literature, not statesmanship, whieh has soothed this bitterness of feeling. The first fully accreditaf&jtlDbassador of good-will was Washington Irving. And what artless and kinoljr diplomacy it was! With tender grace ha painted the portrait of the common ancestor. It was poetic and traditional England that he described, the quiet rural life, the happy old customs, tjje places hal­ lowed by genius and renown, above all, old English Christmas, with its fond and beautiful associations, uutil in the sweet and gentle spell, jealosies and an­ imosities vanished, and as we awoke with him on Christmas morning to the murmur of pattcrirfg little feet in the corridor, and attended him through the happy hours of the holiday, we felt the common, kindred, the long descent, the mysterious instinct of race, and in per­ fect sympathy our accordant hearts beat the refrain; We too are English­ men. And if Englishmen of a Newer Eng­ land, of a Greater Britian, what then? Plymouth Rock is but a stepping-stone in the progress of English civilization. Our language, our traditions of liberty, our forms of securing and enlarging freedom, our litafeAj9l&pe, our prosperity --what are they, Mid up an what foun­ dations buiit ? If influences adverse to those which have fostered and devel­ oped America, are to be successfully opposed, by what traditions, principles, and spirit must they be encountered? If an alliance to secure the peaceful progress of liberty in Christendom were necessary--a true Holy Alliance --must it not be composed of tbe Eng- lish-epeaking races on both sides of the sea ? Whatever draws them more in­ telligently together, whatever soothes little asperities and reconciles petty differences, and cultivates mutual good­ will, is a common benediction.--Oeorge William Curtis, In Harper's Mag a- tine. Origin of Some Feminine Names* Annabella is not Ann-bella or fair Anna, but is the feminine of Hannibal, meaning gift (or grace) of Bel. Arabella is not Arabella, or beautiful altar, but Orabilia, a praying woman. In its An­ glicised form of Orabel it was much more common in the thirteenth century than at present. Maurice has nothing to do with Mauritius, \>r a Moor, but comes from Almaric--himmelreich-- the kingdom of heaven. Ellen is the feminine of Alain, Alan or Allan, and has no possible connec­ tion with Helen, which comes from a different language, and older by at least 1,000 years. Amy is not from amee, but from amie. A vice, or Avis, does not exactly mean advice, aa some seem to think. It comes from Aid vis. and means happy wisdom. Eliza has no connection with Elizabeth. It is the sister to Louisa, and both are the daughters of Heloise, which is Helewis, hidden wisdom. There is, indeed, an­ other form of Louisa, or rather Louise, which is the feminine of Louis, but this was scarcely heard of before the six­ teenth century. The older Heloise form of the name. Aloisa, Aloida or Aloysia, was adopted into menireval English as Alesia--a name which our old genealogists always confused with Alice, Emily, and Amelia are not different forms of one name. Emily is from JEmvlia, the name of an Etruscan gens; Amelia comes from the Gothic amala, heavenly, Reginald is not derived from Begina, and has noth­ ing to do with a queen. It is Rem-alt, exited purity. Alice, Adelaii, Adelaide Aliza, Alii, and Adeline are all forms of one name, the root of which is adel, noble. But Anne was never used as identical with Annis or Agnes (of which last the old Scottish Annas is a variety); nor, as I sturdily maintained, wsa Elizabeth ever synony mous with Isa- beL--OTo/es and Queries. The impoMpWI of truffles to this said Jacob Meyer, who,cnUreciwtly, was engaged in raising theiain Gfeitnany, near Han­ over. " They, are looked upon as a great luxury in Europe, and I have often wondered why th<jy were not mora used here" ?; "What are truffles?" "They are fungus groiMh, similar to the mushroom, and are found generally in soil impregnated with lime, and al­ ways in the neighborhood of oak or beech trees. They are found under the ground, at a distance varying from an inch to a foot, and are supposed to be a parasite, living in their early stage upon the roots of trees. They are ob­ long or spherical, and vary "from the size of an English walnut to that of a large pota'o. Quite frequently I have found one that weighed three and a half pounds. Some are of a dull white color, but the black or brown truifio has the highest flavor, and brings the best price, 'iheir surface is rough and covered with excrescences resembling warts, and, judging froitf Che exterior, they .vould not be selected as an article Of lood. Internally, they resemble a dark-colored marble, and are different from other known forms of fungi. But little is known about their pro­ pagation and growth. The reproduc­ tive portion is found in minute sacs, which contain a number of spores, and are thickly scattered through the num­ berless small veins that traverse the mass in tvery direction. In growing they are not attached to any other body, and, lie loosely imbedded in the earth." "In what localities are truffles found ?" "They cti found in the greatest pro­ fusion in southern France, and these are, also, of the best quality. They also grow in some parts of England, Germany, Italy, Australia, and Africa. I have never heard of any being dis­ covered in this country. My experi­ ence here, where I have endeavored to transplant them, as weH as in Ger­ many, where I spent many years in fntile efforts to cultivate them artifi­ cially, has led me to approve the com­ mon opinion of truffle-hunters, that a i truffle is the most contrary thing in the world. When forced or coaxed, not one will appear; and frequently a field will be unexpectedly filled. No one knows where they come from. I have taken a small truifle out of the ground, tilled up tho hole, and tho next day taken a larger one from exactly the same spot. Removing this second one, I have taken a third And still larger one from the same spot on the next da v. Then for five days not a sign of a trniiie could be seen. On the sixth day a small truffle would be found in exactly the same spot, and the others would be found as before. They would all or­ nately appear in this manner for about three months, and then finally disap­ pear altogether. At times they grow so quickly as to awaken aUon^hment, and again will increase in size with tlia tdowness of a century plant. "I have had some suacoss in raising Vuem by taking the walrr in which tlie paring of truffles has bfen stoep«*d and sprinkling it over a trtnlc bed that had been worked out. Iu|somo parts of France acorns sowed upon a calcareous soil have yielded truffles after the sap­ lings had attained three or four years growth, but attempta to raise them iu large quantities will surely fail. Mush­ rooms are cultivated^mth good results, because the oultivati^p portion of the plant is easily obtained for planting. The vegetative portion of truffles has not yet been obtained, and consequent­ ly all experiments with them have been futile. "The odor of the truffle is aromatic, peculiar to itself and speedily pene­ trates every room in a house. It pro­ duces nausea in some people, and in others a sense of lightheadedness." "Is there any particular way of fiad- ing them?" "Yes. In England and Germany dogs are trained to find them, generally poodles or spitz dogs. A truffle is given to one of these dogs to play with, and then is taken into a field and planted in sight of the dog. * When feeding time comes, the dog ia taken to wheie the trutlle i* buried, and he is given to understand that his getting food de­ pends upon finding the truifle. Some dogs are remarkably apt, and will gath­ er the idea in a few trials, while others will never comprehend your meaning. As soon as they are trained they are turned loose in a truffle-bed and will move rapidly around with noses close to the ground until, they scent the peculiar truffle odor. They will then begin to scratch up the soil, and care must be taken to slop them, or they will tear the truffle to pieces. A good dog, however, will stop scratching as soon as the truffle comes to view. Sometimes they are buried so deeply that the dogs cannot reach them. Thev will then lie •» • Speaker Kerr's Death. Tti'e news of the death of Speaker Kerr, at Rockbridge alum springs, in August, 1876, created quite a sensation at Washington. Three Presidents had died, and death had vacated the office of Vice President four times, but never before had a Speaker died. About him the charmed circle of republican gov­ ernment seemed to have drawn its line, so that out of twenty-nine elected Speakers of the House of Representa­ tives, from the . days of Muhlenburg down to Kerr, there had never been a time when, in the event of the death of the President or Vice President of the United State?, the Speaker would not have been, under the aot of March, 1792, the President. Gen. Grant an­ nounced the Speakers death in a well- worded proclamation, and the Masonic iraternity. of whioh he was a member, guarded the coffin.--.Ben; Ftrley Poore. down by the hole and patiently wait for help. In the southern part of France and Italy sows, which are pas­ sionately fond of truffles, take the place of dogs, and search for them as an ar­ ticle of food. Hunters follow the sows around and gather the truffles as soon as the sows begin to root.--New Xork Tribune. , Alaska Glaciers. It was nearly sunset when we began to near the Muir glacier, and the day was nearly ended when the cliff was reach and we had anchored near the frowning precipice. The shades of evening had gathered about the islands passed during the day and half hid from sight the lower ranges and the trackless forests, but the Fairweather peaks were visible still and glowed with a ghostly light in the isolated hight like banks of phosphorus hung above the trees. Around us floated icy frag­ ments, grinding against each other, or floating, solitary and majestic, down the watery way. The scene was grand past all conception, wild and beautiful, and silencing all with admiration. No other wonder of nature equals this gla­ cier of untold age, as it moves silently yet irresistibly down from its birth­ place to the sea, crying as it comes, tbe very embodiment of strength, the de­ stroyer of all life. All the glaciers of Switzerland might be combined and to­ gether t ey would not equal this of iilacier Bay. Set it crawling over the valleys guarded by Mont Blanc, and it would crush the country beneath its weight and leave a wilderness behind. And yet in Alaska, long and broad and wild, it is a mere fissure--a single stream among the many.--San Fran­ cisco Chronicle. IN 1836 Charles Dickens once ap­ peared in public dress in a swallow­ tail coat with gilt buttons, crimson vel­ vet waistcoast and under ditto, black satin stock, two breastpins conjoined by a little gold chain, large gold chain meandering over waistcoat, black ker­ seymere pantaloons, silk atookings, and jpuapa. Kid yellow loci fflovaa. ^ - Register at the Distinguished Dead During the Pa4t An Extended Ltot Embracing the Names of People of World- Wide Celebrity. •Hi iMseat in Statesmanship, Literature, and taeaee Help to Swell the Ball. JANUARY. Dr. B. A. Dubois, leading physMaa of New Haven, Ooan. Gen. Sfedejew, ftotsian Di­ rector of Beads and Canals. Hon. David 8ankey, of New Castle, Del., father of the famous evangelist, Hon. Philip FhilHps, ex- member of Congress from Alabama. Samuel Williamson, a leading citizen of Cleveland, Ohio. Abram FNocli, lor forty-flve years a crockery importer of Boston. Charles Dcl- m on I eo, famous New York restaurateur. Ex-Congressman S. Bridges, of Alientown, Fa. Mrs. Valeria Stone, of Maiden, Mass., who had distributed $1,500,000 in educational endowments. George Swarbrlck, an em­ inent New Orleans merchant. John Mar­ tin, of Alton, 11L, aired 102 years. Ralph Sellew, a leading citizen of St. Louis, Mo. Amos D. Lockwood, a leading cotton manufacturer of Providence, H. I. Wm. G. Weed, a prominent lawyer and politician of Albany, N. Y. In London, Earl Grosvenor, aged 31. In Lexington. Va.. ex-Gov. Jehu Letcher, aged 71. In Washington, D. C., Hon. E. W. M. Mackey, Representative from South Carolina, affed 8S. In Albany, N. Y., Dr. Elisha Harris, Secretary of the Stats Board Of Health, sjred 60. In New York, Dr. Ed­ ward Lasker, member of the German Parlia­ ment, In his 55th year. • ' FKBKCAHT. - Mrs. Mary Lynch, of Brewer County, Iowa, affed 105 years. Gen. J. L. Gilbert, a promi­ nent citizen of Bloomlngton, 111. Rev. John S. lnsklp, of Ooean Giove, M. J. Thomas Chenerjr, for seven years editor or the Ix>n- don Times. Kx-Gov. Samuel Price, of West Virginia. J. A. Warneok, of Dixon, 111., who fought at Waterloo under Napoleon. Col. L. A. Hardeo, of Jacksonville, Fla., pro­ prietor of the largest orange grove and nursery in tho world. Judg« A. M. Chadwick, a leading citizen of Omaha, Neb. Col. George Bowers, of Nashua, N. H., an officer in 1he last two ware. George A. Ingalls, a prominent lawyer and pioneer Citizen of Chicago. Gen. W. T. Spieely. of Kow Albany, Ind., a veteran of the Mexican war. Col. Henry S. Pratt, of Detroit, a vet­ eran of three wars. Pierre Michel La Pico do Bergondy, of New Orleans, a soldier of the war of 1812, and an immensely wealthy cot­ ton and sugar planter. I)r. Richard G. Rad- way, of New York, the well-known patent medicine manufacturer and advertiser. Prof. 8. W. Williams, of Yale Colleira, a famous Ori­ ental scholar. Samuel Donaghy, once a prom­ inent politician In Pennsylvania. In Boston, Wendell Phillips, the famous agitator and orator, aged 73. In Paris, Eugene Rouher, in his 70th year. In London, England, Sir Edward Mortimer Archibald. In Paris, France, General Emmanuel Felix ds Wlmpf- fen, aged 73, and General Jean Paul Adam Schramm, aged 95. In St. Petersburg, Rus­ sia, W. H. Hunt,.United States Minister, aged SO. At Hartford, Conn., ex-Governor R. D. Hubbard, in his 66th year. HAKCH. John M. Scully, of New York, a leading lr sli NaHoniilfst. Joseph Longworth, a prominent olti/.en of Cincinnati. George W. Lane, President of tho New York Chamber of ( 'ommcrcc. Joseph D. Murphy, a we'.l- known theatrical manager of Philadelphia. Rev. Francis Hawtcy, tbe aired father of Pollster 1 law ley, of Connecticut, Helen Kltttf 8|>an*ler, of Coshocton, Ohio, an au- iiioretirt Ol' somo cclebrlty. Wendell Boll- tniut, a fttmous bridge builder of llalttmore, Md. Dr. L. P. Yan- ib-ll, of Loulftville, Ky., who had a national reputation as a physician and medleal wrlti r. utis P. Lord, ex-Judge of the Ma»i>achu*ctts Supreme Court. George llall, a inibli»-»pirlte1 banker, of Galveston, Tex. Henry A. Tilden, brother of Hon. Samuel J. Tilden. Baroness Lionel de Roths­ child, at London, England. Ex-Congressman John Taffe, North Platte, Neb. Richard H. Home, English poet and essayist. Henry Brown, of Niagara Falls, formerly a slave in Virginia, aged 121. Mr& Annie Key Turner, of California, daughter of the author of tbe **8tar Spangled Banner." In Omaha, Neb., Right Rev. R- H. Clarkson, Bishop of Nebraska, aged 58. Amos. P. Morrill, Judge of the Eastern District of Texas. Edward D. Payne, of Dayton, Ohio, a brother of the Senator-elect. Capt. John Areher, a retired shipmaster, of Salem, Mass., who was a prisoner at Dart­ moor. Abraham Breath, of Alton, 111., one of the sixty men who enrolled themselves to defend Owen Lovejoy in the riots of 1837. Gen. James K. Moorhead, of Pittsburgh, ex- member of Congress Irom Pennsylvania. Cardinal Pietro, of Rome, Italy. Rev. Dor us Clark, eminent Congregational divine, of Boston. George Cragin, of rtica, N. Y., one of tbe founders of the Oneida Commun­ ity, la 1648. APRIL. John J. Cisco, a woll-knawn Now York banker, formerly Assistant Treasurer of tbe United States. Henry B. Hurlburt, of Cleveland, a prominent railroad man. Hon. Henry C. Land, a leading citizen of Cincin­ nati. Francois Mignet, French historian. James Hamilton, of Bath County, Kentucky, the largest sbort-born cattle-dealer in the world. Editor Danielson, of the Providence (R. 1.) Journal. Absalom Watkins, of Chat­ tanooga, Tenn., one of the oldest and best' known editors in the South. Mrs. Kate N. Doggett, of Chicago, a prominent advocate of female suffrage, and President of tbe Woman's Congress for several terms. Au­ gustus Schell, a veteran banker and Demo­ cratic politician of New York. Matt H. Finch, a prominent lawyer of Milwaukee. Mrs. Stratton, of New Haven, Conn., mother of the late Tom Thumb. Judge Granger, of Washington, D. C., a brother-in-law of the late Stephen A. Douglas. John Parrott, tbe pioneer banker of Calilornin. Prince Leo­ pold, known as the Duke of Albany, young­ est son of Queen Victoria. The wife of Hon. George W. Julian, of Indiana (she was a daughter of the late Joshua R. Giddlngs). In Paris, Franco, Maria Taglioni, the famous dancer, aged 80. In New York, Dr. VVilluid Parker, in his eighty-fourth year. In New York, Gen. Emerson Opdycke, aged 51. In New Jersey, ex-Gov. Marcus L. Ward, aged 71. At Irvington, N. J., Dr. Sandford 15. Hunt, editor of the Newark AdrertUer. aged 58. At Brighton, England. Sir Michael Costa, ased 71. At London, Charles Reade, tbe popular English novelist, a<_ed 70. M. Jean Uaptiste Dumas, a French litterateur and states­ man. Dr. James G. Ramsey, physi­ cian and author, of Nashville, 'i'enn. Ex-Congressman Charles D. Hodges, of Oar- rollton. 111. Harrison Gray Otis, a distin­ guished citizen of Boston. Ex-Lieut. Gov. Jabez Fitch, of Ohio. Emanuel Geibel, Ger­ man poet. Jem Ward, the old-time English pugilist. Rev. Thomas A. Cheek, a noted Iowa colored minister. Henry Hitchcock, of Galesburg, 111., a prominent railroad mail. Gustavo Ricliter, famous German painter. William Procter, the well-known soap manu­ facturer, and Alf Burnett, a noted humorist, both of Cincinnati. Ex-State Treasurer John M. Mil'iken, of Ohio. Hon. Isaac N. Arnold, one of tbe oldest and most prominent citizens of Chicago, aged 69. Henry J. Hutchinson, one of the famous family of singers. Jos. T. Todd, the oldest Freemason in Maine. CoL Charles G. Ham­ mond, a wealthy philanthropist of Chicago. Samuel J. Walker, at one time the most ex­ tensive real-estate operator in Chicago. Rev. Dr. Blckersteth, Episcopal Bishop of Kipon, England. Count Ribbing, a noted French dramatio author. Hon. Dwignt Foster, ex- Supreme Judge of Massachusetts. MAY. Count de Hau9onville, one of the "immor­ tals" of the French Academy, and a leading politician. At Boston, Mass., George Mount- tort, son of one of the oelebrated "tea party" which was a prime cause of the revolution­ ary war, age« 87. At London, Sir Henry Bartle Frere, Governor of tho Cape of Good Hops. At Brighton, England, Henry (Chev­ alier) Wikoff, aged 74. At Prague, Bohemia, ex-Empress Anna, in her fist year. In Con­ stantinople, Midi:at Pasha, aged 63. At Nan­ tucket, Mass., Charles O'Conor, aged 80. In Chicago, Cyrus H. McCormick, aged 75. At Pegll, Italy, Sam Ward, aged 71. In New York City, ex-Judge Joseph S. Bosworth, aged 77. At Evona, N. J.. ex-Judge W. R. Beebe, aged68. In New York, Bishop Benja­ min Bosworth cmit.b, of Kentucky, aged 00. Thomae Golf, a millionaire distiller of Cin­ cinnati and Aurora, Ind. Dr. Willard I'ar- ker, an eminent surgeon of New York. Prof. O. M. Connover, Reporter of the Wis­ consin Supreme Court. Ex-Gov. Honry M. Matthews, of West Virginia. Oeorge Cad- wallader. a prominent San Francisco lawyer. Sir Michael Arthur Bass. M. P., bead of the famous Eng ish brewing firm. Gen. William Poynter, of Philadelphia. Baron Raglan, of #f$oaaoa, mm «C the fameasOrtaaeaa Oeoerai. aod Korthsra 4# of Bishop Qfifcart of OMBaettonfcwae served in Gmgreaa from MB to 1847, and ta tho Seaate from ISM to 1884. Prof, nsnmsl D. Gross, an eminent surgeon of Philadelphia. Ool. Thomas H. Hunt, treasurer of the World's Exposition organisation at New Orleans. Wnu F. Clogg. a oelebratcl natural* 1st, of Boston. Judah p. Benjamin, formerly ITnited 8tatee Senator from Louisiana and Confederate Secretary of War, at Puis. France. John T. Slater, of Norwich, **»•«-. who gave $1,000,000 to the cause of education in tbe Southern States. Lemuel Shaw, Presi­ dent of the Great Boott Mills, in Massachu­ setts. Giovanni Pratt, Italian poet and statesman. Paris C. Dunning, of Blooming- ton, Ind., who was Governor of iiwn^ns in 1848. Charles Adolph Wartz, French chemist. mm-h •,W>4 drams. Samuel & Shoemaker, ex-Vioe President of the Adams Express Company.and a prominent citizen ol° Baltimore, aged 63. Judge Henry H. Coolidge, at Niles, Mich. John D. Gibson, one of the proprietors of tbe Gibson House, Cincinnati. At Fort Wayne, Ind., the Hon. James L. Worden, who had been Judge of tbe Indiana Supreme Court for nineteen years. in Mosquito Inlet, off the Florida coast, by drowning, Gen. O. E. Babcock and Col. Levi P. Lnekey. At New York. Gen. James Watson Webb, a veteran journalist, who made a national rep­ utation as editor of the New York Courier and Enquirer. At Hartford, Conn., Henry C. Work, the popular songwriter. Henry G. Vennor, the Canadian weather prophet, at Montreal, in his +4th year. In New York City, Hon. Noah Wayne Swayne, ex-Justice of the United States Supra me Court, aged 80 years. Gen. Abu Buford, the famous Ken­ tucky turfman and soldier, suicided at Dan­ ville, Ind., caused by humiliation and despon* dency consequent upon the decline in repu- tat on of the Buford family and loss of for­ tune. At Boston, Samuel B. Gregory, a commander in the navy, aged 71. William A. Beach, an eminent New York lawyer. Col. Jobn A. Stevenson, a prominent Lodlsiana politician. John Gustavus Droysen, the eminent Pro­ fessor of History at the University of Berlin. Alexander, Prince of Orange, heir-apparent to the throne of the Netherlands. At Chicago, from wounds received In tbe battle of Chicka- mauta, >"aj. Lucius H. Drury, formerly of the First Wisconsin Artillery. At Leaven­ worth, Kan., of consumption. Col. Charles R. J onnison, who during the late war com­ manded tbe Seventh Kansas Cavalry. At Washington, D. C-, Gen. Ward B. Burnett, a veteran of five wars, who graduated at West Point in 1?32. At Uresden, Saxony. Adrian Lewis Kichter, the artist, aged 81. At Madison, Wisconsin, Mrs. Robert C. Cole, wife of Chief Justice Cole, of the State Su­ preme t'ourt. At Philadelphia, Gen. Win. Me Candles*, a leading Democrat. At Leav­ enworth, Kansas, Col. Edward R. Piatt, As­ sistant Adjutant General, U. 8. A. At Read­ ing. Pa., ex-Congressman Hiester Clymer, of. paralysis, aged 57. At San Francisco, Cal­ houn itouham, a prominent lawyer, who, in the famous duel between Judge David Terry and Senator Broderick, 1850, acted as Terry's second. At Harrisburg, Pa., Charles Fenno Hoffman, poet and novelist, aged 78. In New York City, Gen. Mansfield Loveli, aged 62, At Philadelphia, Bishop Matthew Simpson, aged 74. JULY. At Chicago, 111., Allan Pinkerton, head of the detective agency, aged 64. Gen. Franots Edward Todlebcn, the Russian engineer, aged 66. At Swissdalc, Pa., Jane Grey Swisshelm, aged 08. in Syracuse, N. Y., ex-Attornoy General Daniel Pratt, aged 78. In Princeton, N. J., Rear Admiral George Emmons, aged 75. In Boonton, N. J., ex-Congrrssman John Hill, aged 63. At Concord, N. H., ex-Gov. Walter Harriman, aged 6T. In New York, Royal Phi lps, merchant, aged 75. In London, England, George Brltting- ham Sowerby, artist and naturalist, aged 72. At Morristown, N. J., Thomas Dickson, President Dclawaro and Hudson Canal Com­ pany, aged 60. At Now Orleans, Paul Morphy, tho famous chess-player. At Water- ford, Me., Mrs. Caroline E. Brown, mother of the humoris-t, "Artemus Ward" (Charles F. Brown), aged 78. In the Poor-house at Lock- port, N. Y., Louis Spenoer (colored), aged 115. At Cincinnati, of old age, Peter Gibson, a wealthy pioneer. Edward J. Holmes, seo- ond son of Oliver Wendell Holmes. At Vienna, Heiat4flh Lauba, Geratan poet, aged 70. * AUGUST. In Washington, D. C., John Pool, of North Carolina, ex-United States Senator, aged 58. In Cairo, Sultan Pasha, President of the Egyptian Legislative Council. In Washing­ ton, D. C., Mary Clemmer Hudson, the well- known newspaper correspondent. In land, Henry George Bohn, publisher, aged In Marion, Mass., Rear-Admiral A. A. Har- wood, U. S. N., aged 88. In Ellsateth, N. J., Levi B. Chattteld, ex-Attorney-General of New York, aged 76. At Brighton, England, Arthur Richard Wellesley, second Duke of Wellington, aged 77. At Alton. 111., Anderson Riley, a former slave, aged 11L At Now Or­ leans, Robert B. Elliott (colored), formerly a member of Congress from South Carolina. Sir Erasmus Wilson, a well-known English writer, in Scotland, Lord Lauderdale, from a stroke of lightning, aged 68. Rev. Dr. Jobn Brown, who delivered an address of welcome to Lafayette at Newburgh. N. Y.. In 1824. Dr. J. J. Woodward, one of the physicians who attended President Garfield in bis last illness. At Huntsville, Ala., Gen. LeroyPope Walker, the first Secretary of War in Jefferson Davis' Confederate Cabinet, and who gave the order for firing on Fort Sumter. Dr. T. Stanley Beckwith, a brother of the Bishop of Georgia. At London, Lord Odo William Leopold Russell, the famous diplomat. At Philadelphia, ex-Congressman Henry X. Phillips. 8KPTKMBKB. Commodore Thomas S. FUlebrown, com­ mander of the Brooklyn navy yard. F. T. Nichols, editor of tbe Memphis Avalanche. John Lord Taylor, an eminent Congrega­ tional clergyman, of Andover, Mass. John W. Garrett, the veteran railway manager, aged 65. Robert Hoe, known throughout the world for bis development of the printing press, aged 75. United States Senator Henry II. Anthony, of Rhode Island, aged 73 Methodist Bishop Geo. F. Pierce, of Georgia, aged 73. Hon. Cbas. J. Foiger, Secretary of the Treasury, aged 66. Chief Justice E. H. English, of the Arkansas Supreme Court. At Fortress Monroe, Mrs. Harlan, widow of the late Senator Harlan, and mother-in-law of Secretary of War Lincoln. , OCTOBER. Col. J. G. O'Neill, the noted Fenian. Wilbur F. Storey, editor and proprietor of tbe Chi­ cago Times, aged 68. Slgnor Bngnoll, the famous tenor. Gen. Lynch, tho commander of tho Chilian navy. Congressman John H. Evins, of South Carolina. James Wormley, the famous hotel proprietor of Washington. Alexander M. Sullivan, one of the founders of the home-rule movement in Ireland. Ben­ jamin Alvord, a retired Brigadier General. Francis B. Hayes, a Boston millionaire. Frank B. Chanfrau, the well-known actor, aged 65. Judge Robert McFarland, of the Teunossee Supreme Court. NOVEMHKB. Richard Harrington, a Delaware politician of note. Henry Fawcott, the British Post­ master General. Hear Admiral Murray, of the United States Navy. Kllis Ames, a ven­ erable lawyer of Massachusetts, aged 76. Bishop J. W. Wiley, of the Methodist Episco­ pal Church. Edmund M. Perkins, of Quincy, III., a pensioner of the war of 1812. Alexan­ der K. Davis, Lieutenant Governor of Mis­ sissippi under Adelbert Ames. Sir George St. Patrick Lawrence, K. C. S. 1., C. B., a fa­ mous English oilicet. Isaac Henderson, of New York, who was a partner of William Cullen Bryant in the Evening Butt, in his 71st year. Hon. George W- Jones, a distinguished citizen of Tennessee, a>aed 77. William A. Duncan, Congressman-elect from tbe Nineteenth Pennsylvania District. Ormsby Ph.Hips of tbe Pittsburg Dispatch. Jonathan K. Cooper, the oldest member of the bar at Peoria, ill. John Fisbback, formerly owner of the Indianapolis sentinel. William A. Wood, the wrll-known reaper Inventor, aged 71 years. Charles J. Faulkner, West Virglna, ex-Minister to France. DEt'EUBER. r At Wellington, Kan., Capt. David L. Payne, widely known as "Oklahoma" Payne. At Arkansaw, Wis., John Jondro, aged 181. At New York, Gershom B. Mott, a Major Gen­ eral In the late war. At Baltimore, Dr. Harvey L. Byrd, a physician of wide repu­ tation. At Vienna, Austria, Fanny Ellsler, the once famous dancer. At Blnghamtoo, N. Y., Rev. Luke Davis, a Baptist clergyman of wide fame, aged 77. At New York, Fran­ cis D. Moulton, famous for his connection with the Beecher-Tiltoa affa'r, aged 48. At Cincinnati, O., Reuben B. Springer, a well- known philanthropist. At Paris, Rmile Fe­ lix Floury, a distinguished French general. At Cin irinati, O., James L. Ruffin, for many years local Chief of Polioe. At Paris, Pierre Clement Eugene Felletier, a distinguished W t̂eratenranA stas®si®ea, ̂ . * Cleveland ...T ; What He Tafcertfte e The following correspondence, whieh! just hem made public at New York, 1 plains itself: ^ NATIONAL Cira Sxxvicn Bmax LuSBa) Hon. Grover Chmtaatt: SIR--We hsve the kasar to behalf of the National CM _ League, an association osmyoMfd < all pantos, wfcosa sole parpss* 1*1 its name, and which takes no *att 1 and the sreat mlsehJefaaad from general ptoMrigriSeat which for half a lowed the ehangft- of the national ad mil duced so profound an imp lie mind that the first effective! form were taken with the eon parties in the passage of the ] 16, last. The abuses which correct, however, are so st In the traditions and wanes 1 there is naturally a wtda the party change fn the effected by the late election to be insuperable; bat do, that the reformed system to be passed calling public expressions favorable to your official acts as chief exe of New York, we confident cause to your patriotic caie in the SXL. the great power with which theAmsrfcaa have intrusted you. Respectfully: GKOBOE WILLIAM CCKTIS, WTTXIAM Pons, Secretary. John /ay. Moreheld Stony, J. HaQ «• VW tWOTHiTO a/awiH Wt an securely established until It 1MS-I 1 the ordeal of such partr changes** i with satisfaction and eenjaSS W. W. Montgomery. Everett P. W eric Cromwell, Hi Hchurz, Kilao W. (orrlll 1111am W. Aiken. ALBANT, Dea 35, Burt, A. William Carey Sanger, W cutive Committee. Hon. George William Cartis, President, DBAB SIB: Yonr oomanBlBtttka, d 20, addressed to me on behalf ot the Civil Service Reform League, hss been That practical reform In the civU serf* manded Is abundantly < that the atatute referred tlon to secure such Congress with the a ties, and by the further is generally prevalent ai calling for a fair and of the law which has been gard myself pledged to tl . oeptton of the Une demeerattc dnty requires that this and all should be in good faith, and < enforoed, and because In the mads prior to my election a proved by the party to which U which I have ao disposition te 4ft in effect, promised tbe fliHIethi be done. I am not unjHSadfal ef the fact which yon refer, that milay Of wr SftlscMSie that the recent party change in thelMi#nal Executive may demonstrate that ths abases which have grown are ineradicable. I ly rooted, and that tile been supposed to be intim , cess in the maintenance of party and 1 am not sure that those who friends of that reform will stand its advocates when they find ItotM way to patronage and place; but, elating the trust committed to my such consideration shall cause a 1 my p rt of an earnest effort this law. There is a class meat positions which are not letter of the civil-service statnt are so disconnected with the an administration that removal tL present Incumbents, In my opinion, 1 b e m a d e d u r i n g t h e t e r m s for wl ' appointed, solely on partisan gn the purpose of putting in their plaoes are in political aooord with tbe power; but m<tny naw hold forfeited all Inst claim to they have used their plaoes tbr in disregard ot thsir dqtyto ths cause, instead of being decent pubU they have proved thamsMVsa partisans and local party mai past should be t well as their an efficiency, fitness, » are conditions of their plaoes, and that a quiet else s< IndivMnal reasonable atessun It I mm sddmssia I should deem it «u. them that, tboagh the cam Is to be Demoemti&atae jtt pie's interest doea not permit! te be alwaya rewarded by am and to say to them that. 1 expect all proper cm ©OJO© will be baaed uponauf instituted by tho rather than upon 1 self-solicited 1 dldates for 1 ' ̂ CLEVER SWIUDLEML Chips from tit* Washlngtsn Mfrniswal, [Washington specleU A gang of sharpers have organised here for the purpose of imposing upon the public chips from the Washington monu­ ment with miniature represetttatinsw of the monument, Moont Vernon, a*d (lilH painted on one aide. Thsae have sent to the qturriee $a where the monument stone ea and bought a car-losd af slabs from the identical vein that the- SMNHBaM terial was taken from. These aat , into fragments and painted, and sold as chips from the monument." tectives are at work on a ease suppose will reveal an extensivo ' operation. An advertisement ha in several Northern newspapers y tains the names of three citizens 4 the Die* trict. and states that they have received an appropriation which will enable them to distribute 50,000 mementoe of the Wash­ ington monument, which they will de upon receipt of 57 cents for postage. The pteoo of marble to be famished as a Mtm^alo la to have a painting upon it and to be Mt in a haadsome plush frame X*% HULL TIMES IS ST. LOUIS. Upward of Twenty Thousand Woridag* men Walking th« Streets ia Idleness, v fSt. Louis telegnunj ' The Poat~i)ispa.ich publishes a '-can* vass of the manufacturing portions of the city with reference to unemployed labor. In the territory mentioned 648 inm etffco- tories in December, 1883, employed a total of 30,500 men, 2,190 women, MP hog a grand total of 35,203 psrseats. Ia JDO- cember of the present year they ar»e»-' ploying 25,323 men, 1,621 wopppt, aad; 2,900 boys. This shows a deoeaae ot 5,177 men, 569 women, 423 boys, or a to­ tal decrease at 6,160 p*|sons trite .acO'ai present out of wock. Inthelagti 1883 from 4,000 to 6,00) thrown oak of work in St ing relegated to idleness by the one concern, the Yulcsn IroaaY" Po»t-Diapatck estimates that, consideration this feet snd the city not canvassed, nearly 1S.0M are out of employment, needy all si „ . are Bkilled persons. The censna .of ! credits St. Louis with 17,000 day - and over half of these, it is 1 Mia. WASHINGTON XONUMEST. ftspsrtng Car the Dedicatory [Washington dispatohj Arrangements for the dedication ef Washington monument an rapidly. The commission Congress to arrange suitable < tended a general invitation ton|U$tM7>. sonic, and civic organization* _ not to carry 1 actor) to partic pa!»._ quests all organisations part in the procession to ̂ earliest possible moment, in proper places in the eeiaan I ed them.