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: Oi- 1. VAISLYKE. ESItoraM PSMWmt. McHENRY, ILLINOIS THE •Current: The school-book i|UeSLimi IK »« inmrp«una (ilia ill oawm«p j #> #y i •?*£*>*>? .if HSj Missouri, and Ohio. Undoubtedly the books will eventually be printed in the State prisons. An odd thought it ia-- the Striped Man assisting in teaching the young idea how to shoot where the settlement i4 least is less than one-sixteenth of an inch. A SBEB trho will be believed by the •credulous has prophesied that th# Quae* of England will &ie a vkdent death, either during a fire or in conse­ quence of a fire, on the 10th of Septem­ ber, 1889; while the Prince of Wales will Jose his life through some revolu­ tionary movement on the 20th of Jan­ uary, 1891. The Emperor of Germany will survive till the 10th of July, 1890; Prince Bismarck ijrill probably be as­ sassinated May 80,1890. The Czar of ftoasia will not die before the year 1900, a bold prophecy. OHB of the most startling project* of the times is to illume the Atlantic Ocean by means of electric lights--actually to make "a path of silver light" across the water from the banks of Newfound­ land to the shores of Ireland. Ten vessels are to be anchored at a distance of 200 miles from each other in a straight line, each riding at "a mush­ room anchor, which permits the vessel swinging round with the tide without fouling her anchor." These light ships are also to be connected together and to the shore by an electric cable, and be able to send messages to any part of the world. 1 ALHAMA X>E GRANADA, recenty de­ stroyed by an earthquake, possessed the most romantic situation and the most romantic history of any town in Spain. It stood high upon the verge of a gigantic clift in the mountains, the result of volcanic action. From its po­ sition, it was justly regarded by the Moors as the key of their kingdom of Grenada, and when captured, in 1482, by the forces of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Alhambra was felt to be fore­ doomed. It was that event which gave origin to the mournful ballad, "Muy Doloroso," translated by Lord Byron, with the sad refrain at the close of each stanza: "Woe is me, Alhama!" DR. HOLMES'S description of Emer­ son: "His face was thin, his nose somewhat accipitrine, casting a v broad *lu;dow, his mouth rather wide, well- formed, and well-closed, carrying a question and an assertion in its finely- finished cnrves; the lower lip a little prominent, the chin shapely and firm, as becomes the corner-stone of the countenance. His expression was calm, sedate, kindly, with that look of re­ finement centering about the lips which is rarely found in the male New En- glander, unless the family features have been for two or three cultivated generations the battle-field and the play-ground of varied thoughts and complex emotions, as well as the sens­ uous and nutritive port of entry." 1 IJDMUND YATES fares less agreeably than did Leigh Hunt, when the latter was imprisoned in 1812-'14 for calling the Prince of Wales "An Adonis of 50." By his own taste and the attentions of his friends Hunt's prison cell was trans­ formed into an elegant apartment, adorned with book-cases, busts and flowers; luxuries of many kinds were showered upon him, and he was cheered by visits from such men . as Byron, Shelley, Keats, Moore, Lamb, and Hazlitt. Poor Yates, on the other hand, is to be pu| on an allowance of half a pint of wine, or one pint of malt liquor per day; visits from friends must be arranged by the visiting magistrates, and he can receive only one newpaper daily. His letters are to be regulated by the Governor's orders. He is to lake exercise by himself on the first- class misdemeanant's ground to ripe at 6:30, and to retire at 9:15. ; IN his Boston leeture G. A. Sala told of his experiences at the corona­ tion of Alexander III. It was necessary' to wear a uniform to " gain admission. He accordingly wore a plain one that did not gain him any particular attention, but his Secretary hold some civil appointment ai Lon­ don, the chief perquisite of which .was the right to wear a uniform,' "in com­ parison with which Solomon in all his glofy was the smallest of potatoes." To his paper he sent a dispatch of seven and a half columns. How to get it ahead of other correspondents was a quandary. But intrusting it to his Secretary, what was the latter's sur­ prise as he neared the door in his flam­ ing raiment, to see the entire guard present arms, while ' he marched through. His dispatch was sent two hours before any other correspondent got away from the ceremony. COL. CASBT, engineer of the Wash­ ington monument, reports that the weight of the shaft, over 81,000 tons, is mo great that the foundation should not under any circumstances be required to support any more weight. The pressure on the foundations now ei- •coeds nine tons per square foot, and Along the edges about three tons. A hundred memorial stones remain unset, and many of them are unsuitable for •setting. Those that are worth it will be cut down to tablets four or six inches thick and sunk into the interior walls. Some settling having been noticed on -the side toward Babcock's lake, he recommends that as a precautionary measure the lake be filled up. This will take 83,000 yards of earth. The ^settlement caused by the addition of 34,604 tons of stone and earth to the foundations and shaft, since works was resumed June 7, 1880, is only a small fraction over two inches, and the dif­ ference between the corner where the JwtttaneMk is greatest and tbeoorner THE Chicago Current enter* a "sol­ emn protest against the course of Seere- taify McCullocli, who could not do more harm to this country than he is now doing were he at the head of a hostile ( army on the Atlantic shore of America. -- V-fci,UVT! u iittf up in Wailatreet; he has notoriously encouraged it He is undoubtedly re­ sponsible for the strain at Pittsbnrgh, where manufacturers esteemed for their integrity and renowned for their busi­ ness ability, have gone down because money and not property was suddenly out of reach. Money is for use; it is not rare books, nor rare coins. The Secretary of the Treasury is not a col­ lector, ia numismaticiau. The Secre­ tary controlling $140,000,000 who does not watch over the needs of the people practically relinquishes the charge of the nation's finances into the hands of men bent on the destruction of all property-interests save their oVn." * DR. TODD, who bore off the higheat honors of his class at Yale, and who for more than a dozen years occupied a prominent pulpit nndet the "very shadow of his Alma Mater, has created something of a commotion in New En- g and by more than intimating in a public s|Mech that our colleges are a failure, and that men who have had no collegiate training are coming to the front ahead of college-bred men. Dr. Tood often 6ays extremely severe things in order to create an agitation which may result in a desired reform, but his fusilade against the classics, and carri- catures of university professors have a sufficient grain of truth in them to make his words sting. As Charles Francis Adams, Jr., said in his famous harangue at Harvard, our schools and colleges do not train men for the work of life as they ought Edward Everett Hale had the same defect in mind when he proposed that half the time now spent in school by boys each year should be devoted to some business or trade. President Eliot, of Harvard, regrets that the high schools of tlfe country do not fit boys for college, and undoubtedly they should offer better facilities for such training for those who wish it, but what is just now most needed in schools of every class is more practical instruction, so that when youths are turned loose into the world they will not be such ignoramuses as to everything they need to know in or­ der to get on in life. HINTS come from Berlin that Bis­ marck, encouraged by his good under­ standing with Russia, has prepared a "surprise for the statesmen of Europe in a new and colossal scheme for the extension of the German Empire upon an improved plan, fashioned after that which gave Great Britain her universal drum-beat." If this statement be cor­ rect, it is not difficult to imagine what Bismarck's surprise ̂ ill be. Germany has no Asiatic ambitions. In Africa she is taking all she wants, and if she should take a good deal more it would not surprise any qpe. The tap of the German drum will this time greet the sun in the Occident, and their next beats will be heard in Holland, and will be re-echoed in her rich colonies. It is an old dream of Bismarck, and hints of its realization have been more than once thrown out Germany . has no opposition to fear but that of France, but France will be quieted with the gift of Belgium. The acquisition of Holland and its erection into a German State would be the crowning master­ piece of the Chancellor's eventful life. It would give Germany a rich and prosperous country of over 4,000,000 people having the same religion. Her colonies, in the East and West Indies would add over 26,000,000 more. The great islands of Java, Sumatra, Borneo, the Celebes and Molucca Islands, New Guinea and Surinam, in whole or in large part, and a large number of min­ or islands, all of them marvelously rich in tropical productions, would be added to her dominion. It is a prize worth taking, and Bismarck is bold enough to take it when the time comes. The Last Charge at Shileh. This day everything was favorable for the Federal side. We had become the attacking party. The enemy was driven bade all day, as wo had been the day before, until finally he beat a precipitate retreat. The last point held by him was near the road from the landing to Corinth, on the left of Sherman and right of McClernand. About 3 o'clock, being near that point, and seeing that the enemy were giving way everywhere else, I gathered up a couple of regiments, or parts of regi­ ments, from troops near by, formed them in line of battle and marched them forward, going in front myself to prevent premature or long-range firing. At this point there was a clearing be­ tween us and the enemy favorable for charging, although exposed. I knew the enemy were ready to break,and only wanted a little encouragement from us to go quickly and join their friends who had started earlier. After march­ ing to within musket range, I stopped and Jet the troops pass. The com­ mand, Charge, was given, and was exe­ cuted with loud cheors, and with a ran, when the last of the enemy broke.-- Gen. Grant in the Century. DELAWARE claims to have the largest grapevine in the world. It is on the farm of Mrs. Chandler, in Christiana Hundred. The main trunk is about six feet high, averages in circumfer­ ence over sixty inches, and is sixty-sev­ en inches around the largest place. Some half-dozen branches issue from the main trunk, each of which is as thick as a man's arm, and spreads it­ self for many yards ovet* and through the branches of several large trees that seem to have reared themselves especi­ ally for the development of the great vine. Nearly a dozen springs of pure warter rise a few feet away, and are a source of never-failing nourishment to the vine. The vine is of the raccoon variety, and produces between twenty- five and thirty bushels of grapes year­ ly- BROOKLYN belles have taken to bowl­ ing as a pastime; they have demon­ strated that it is possible to bowl with­ out beer, a feat which men have here- 4ef0«e considered impossible. THE WAR IN THE SOLAM. A Coafnlmin Ma* Bmfog *t * . • 6kMi SoMlt 'if flBttiiar • OlMlAftiML • 1,1 £ Another Garrison in Bang*? of Sharfog j 'l I ll .iiii tomb Is, T & of El MahdL *; .•&%, .in "•'if' ih.'iiili:. A. MUTARY SAP. it*-, BihiMtiac the Meene < B«ypt W. print to-day * dear and well-de&ned nap oftheaeat otwartoUw»8oHd»n. It shown the feorttloa of the British forces and the route* and distances between different strateitetic points. The fall of Khartoum not only released the main army of the Mahdi for active operations in other parts of the field, bat save conrut to the Arabs, and which had neutrality to British and t Wolsetoy should hare thus flattered bla foroes peatwt saesmnoMitfaa* heooold hold Khartoum IndeftidWr.and tfeas keep the principal torn of the Xahdi lnlly employed ia that dtreotiea. The failure to do this, through unexpected treachery of a portion of the Egyptian canteen. caused tribes thelrMattered force*.̂ hitGeo. difltonlty. believe, at tfaftdad. Smtetae f»n> cX%Sh&nt eaM T aHmnUI «wS>' msm*& ability. 'a he manner in which be has meitged 10 luevge the usually discordant tribes together denotes great tact. He had probably beea preparing the movement ferseawttaas hart KHARTOUM. ChW flea. Gatiloal Description ef AimlMM City. Khartoum is a otty numbering between 00,000 and & 1.000 people. Several European consuls reaide there. Too American oonsnl was Axar Abd-el-Melek, a Christian Oopt from Eaneh, and one of the principal merchants. The Euro- lie an colony ia email and continually chancing; tor Khartoum ia a perfect graveyard for Euro- and in the rainy season for natives also, SOB mortality averaging than from thirty to forty per day. which implies a,ooo to 4,000 tor the season. Khartoum la the commBrdal ma­ ter of the Soudan trade, amounting alto­ gether to Ws.u00.090 a year, and carried on by about 1,000 Kuopean and 8,000 Egyptian commeroUl bouses. Drafts and bills of exchange apon KhartosMf IN as good aa gold in Cairo and Alexandria, and viae vena From official sonroes I learned that the city con­ tained 3,06u hoaaes,- many of them two-storied. % * V / Shltab JLII US IKeVawl flea.Stewlrt DM.UK % 4thCataract G*r»n&id Catarm0 mVofimrt -- l 43 * tKNrrAMIIBN 1 <_WeU* ^ Blag S.WeUa Omdnritg) KHARTOU Bi Malta Band, He Salty a Co., Eatr'i, Cbioaga, * LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. lost of to BOOM Standing Omemitteee, W XMWFLQCAD % . . . . v _ E a r n e v • , , Following ia ft Jist of the cixIvtCww fcLtt? Hi££M>i3r lilHifift stive#, as arranged and announced by the Speaker: F w'parker Bootall« Mlu«r' Bnydsr. Thomas, Judicial Department and Practice--Kim- C'hairman; Baker, K'ye*, McDonald. Webber, Johnson, Morris, Browning, Orabam £L Ccoley, Chapman. Clay, Headen. Pifre, Ododnow, Oieenlpk , Millar. Corporations--O'Donneli, Chairman; Wins- low, VarnelL PrickeCt, Cronkritc, Johnson, Ma- honey. McNally. Murphev, Morris, Parker, Kogera of Jackson. Soharlsu, Struokman, Bar- ger, F. W. Parker, Cleaveland. Railroada-Crafts, Chairman; Varnell. Sulli­ van, MeClnng, Welch, Johnson, Campbell of Hamilton, McHale, i.angford, O l>onnell. Dor- mnn. Harper, Kennedy, Snyder, Hiatt, Whitte- more, Fuller. Vtrehouses-Welch. Chairman; Kimbrongh, Croukrita, • disconcerted all his plan*, aad a retrograde movnm«nt became inevitable m order to oon- centra^e all Ms ftorces. ; ITIOHTINO IN TBE DESHftT. A Garrison In Peril ol Slmrlng the Fate of Khartoum. A dispatch from Suakln confirms the report of a brilliant victory won by the Mndir of laka and the Shukria tribe of friendly Arabs against the Hadendowah tribe in au attack made by the latter upon some friendly tribes for sappoitintc the (rarrlson at Kasoala with erain. It Is now stated that during the battle no less than »,<>oo of the Hadendowahe were killed and among the slain was Sheik ah Mooea. The Kas8ala garrison is short of food and am­ munition. and, as tbe place Is hard pressed by the enemy despite the recent repulse, surrender must coon result unless the garrison is relieved. The difficulty encompassing the garrison of Kassala is increased by the appearance of the Italians at Maseowah, which interfere* with the authority of CoL Chermside, who was preparing an immense convoy, with provisions, munitions and money, for Kassala, These measures of re­ lief are now suspended. Kassala is the second city in importance in the Soudan. It has 20,000 inhabitants. The garrison numbers 3.000. Kas­ sala is the keystone to th« line of frontier strongholdn ot Senheit. Amdlb, Ghira and Oul- labot, all of which are resisting the Mahdi. Kas­ sala has been besieged for a year. Chermside has offered re-enforcoments, but the command­ ant refused them,as he was unable to feed them. Unless cither Knuiand or Italy now afford speedy relief, Kassala will share the fate of Khartoum. Ckm. Braekeabur't Advaneo Tsward Abo- Hamcd. A dispatch from Kortl says: Gen. Bracken bury, commander ot' the late Gen. Earle's forces, re­ ports from Debbeh, opposite Kanlet Island, that the '21st February this entire force, includ­ ing 78ii animals, guns, and equipment complete, crossed over to the right bank of the Nile, ready to advance at davbreak Sunday to Abu- Haiued, forty miles distant. Brackenbury had visited the scene of Col. Stewart's murder and iound some of Stewart's visitina-cards, papers belonging to Herbin and Powor, and a shirt-sleeve stained with blood. The steamer which conveyed Stewart from Khartoum to the place where murdered is now sixteen feet above the present level of water. She is uutted and filled with i-and. 'l'he houses snd all property belonging to the blind man, Fakri Elruan, one of the piincipal Instigators of Stewart s mnrder, were completely^destroyed. THE MAHDI. Biographical Sketch of the Man Who Is Causing England So Much Troct ;lc. The following accouut of the Mahdi was drawn up by the late Lieut. Col. Stewart, who was killed at Merawi on his way down the Nile from Gen. Gordon at Khartoum: Mahomet Achmet, the Maluli, is a Dongolawi, or native of the Province of Dongola. His grandfather was called Fahil, and lived on the island of Naft Art! (Arti is Dongolawi for "island"). This island lies east of and opposite Ordi, the native name for the capital of Don­ gola. His father was Abdullahi, by trade a car­ penter. In 18.V2 this manileit and went to Shindi, a town on the Nile south of Berber. At that time his family consisted of three sons and one daughter, called reswect- ively Mahomed, Hamid, Mahomet Achmet (the Mahdi), and Nur-el-hham (Light of Syria). Jt Shindi another son was horn called Abdullah. As a boy Mahomet Achmet was apprenticed to 8herif-en-deen. his nncle, a boat- [.'I. re-idini at Shakaboh, an island op­ posite Sennaar. Having one day received s heating from his uncle, he ran away to Khar; onm and joined the free school or "Medressu" of a faki (learned man, head of a sect of dervishes), who resided at Hoghali, a village east of and close to Khartoum, This school is attached to the tomb of Sheik Hoghali. the patron saint of Khartoum and who is greatly revered by the inhabitants ot that town and district. iThe Sheik of this tomb or shrine, although he keeps a free school and feeds the poor, derives a very handsome revenue from tbe sifts of the pious. He claims to be a descendant of the original Hoghali. and through him of Ma­ homet.) llere he remained lor some time studying religion, the tenets of his Sheik, etc., bnt did not make much progress in the more worldly accomplishments of reading snd writ­ ing. Alter a time he left and went to Berber, where he joined another free school kept by a Sheik Ghnbnsh st a village of that name situ­ ated nearly opposite to Mekherref (Berber). This school is also attache 1 to a shrine greatly venerated by the natives. Here Mahomet Ach­ met remained six months, completing his re­ ligions educntion. Thence he went to Aradnp (Tamarind Tree) village, south of Kana. Here in 1870 he became a aist'iple of another faki-- Sheik Nnr-el-Daim (Continuous Light). Nur-el-Dalm subsequently ordsined him a Sheik or fski, and h' then left to take up his home in the Island of Abba, near Kana. on the White Nile. Here he began by making a subterranean excavation (khalira --retreat) into which he made a practice of re­ tiring to repeat for hours one ot the names of the Diety, and this accompanied by fasting, in­ cense-burning, end prayers. His fame and sanctity by degrees spread far and wide, and Mahomet Achmet became wealthy, collected disciples, and married several wives, all of whom he was careful to select from among the daugh­ ters of the most Influential Baggara Sheiks (Bsggara--tribes owning cattle and horses) and other notables. To keep within the legalised number (four) he was in the habit of divorcing the surplus snd taking them on again according to his fancy. About the end < of May, 1*81, he be­ gan to write to his brother fakls (religions chiefs), and to teach that he was the Mahdi foretold by Mahomet, and that he had a divine mission to reform Islam, to establish a universal equality, a universal law, a universal religion, and a community of goods Cbeyt-nl-mal'): also that all who did not believe in h'm should be destroyed, be they Christian, Mohammedan, or pagan. Among others he wrote to Mahomet Saleh. a very learned and influential faki of Dongola, directing him to collect his dervishes each having from ten to 150 occupants. Stone and line are found in ahnnriamvv and the bntld Ings are, a'ter a fashion, substantial, tho houses belonging to rich merchants being very siwicious and comfortable. There are large bazaars, in which is found a much greater variety of European and Astatic goods than would be e*i>e: td in sneh distant retrions. In the spacious market-pile3 a brisk trade is carried on in cattle, borass, osmels. asses, and sheep, as well as grain, fruit, and other agricul­ tural prodnoa Many years ago an Austrian Koman Catholic mission was established and li)>eraUy supported by the Emperor of Austria and by contributions from the entire Csthollc world. It occupies a large parallelogram sur­ rounded by a solid wall. Within this lnciosure, in beautiful gardens of palm, fig, pomegranate, orange, and banana, stand a massive cathedral, an hospital, and other substantial buildings. Before the people of Egypt and the Soudan had been irritated by foreign interference, such was their perfect toleration and good temper that the priests and nuns, in their distinctive costumes, w%e always safe from molestation, not only at Khartoum, but even at El Olteid and the neighborhood, where the majority are Mussulmans and the rest heathens. It was stated some months ago that Gordon had abandoned the Governor's palace and transformed t!ic Catholic mission into a fortress, its surrounding wall and massive buildings rendering it capable of strong resist­ ance. A WATKKJLKS8 LAND. Gen. Colston's Experiences in the Sovtdan. Gen. R. E. Colston, formerly s Bey In Egypt, contributes a highly interesting paper to the March number of the ' 'eutury, from which we quote the following description of a portion of the piesent seat of war: "He who has never traveled through the desert cannot form a just idea of that strange and marvelous region, in wh'cii all the ordinary conditions of life are completely changed. It is essentially a waterless land, without rivers, creeks, rivulets, or springs. Once away from the Nile, the only supply ot water is derived from deep wells--few, scanty, and far apart. Long droughts are frequent. When I ex- Slored the great Arabian Desert between the lie and the Ked Sea, it had not rained for three years; and when I traveled over tho Suakim route and through Kordofan. no rain had fallen for two years. Between the twenty- ninth and the nineteenth degree of latitude it never rains at all. Water becomes precious to a degree beyond the conception of those who have never known its scarcity. Members of the Catholic mission 11 El Obeid, where water is much more plentiful than in the deserts, as­ sured me that, the summer before, water had been *old as high rjs halt a dollar a gallon by the proprietors of the few wells that had not dried uo. When long droughts occur, the always scanty crop of doura fails away from the Nile, and the greater parts of the flocks and h rds perish, as well as a considerable part of the population. It follows naturally that when undertaking a Journey through the desert, the paramount question isr water. A supply must be carried suttteient to last to the next well, l>e it one or live days distant. It is usually carried in goat and ox skins sus­ pended from the camels' 1 a*k-saddles. These are the water-bottle-? of Scripture, which ljccome leaky from wear, and always lose a considerable 'portion of their contents by evaporation. The first thing alter reach­ ing a well is to ascertain tliu quantity and quality of its water. As to the former, it may have been' exhausted by a preceding caravan, and hours may be required for a new su| ply to 0 )?.e in again. As to this quality, desert water is generally bad, the exception b.:- ing when it Is worse, though long custom ena­ bles the Bedou:ns to drink water so brackish as to be intolerable to all except themselves and their flocks. Well do I remember how at each well the first skinful was tasted all around as epicures sip rare wines. Or eat was the joy if it was pronounced 'uiova helwa,' sweet water; but if the Hedouins s iid 'meosh tayib,' not good, we might be sure it was a solution of Epsom salts. '1 he best wjter is found in natural rocky reser­ voirs in deep, narrow gorges where the sun never shines. As to 'live springs.' I never saw mors than half a dozen in O.OO J miles' travel." KOKTI. ThaPwwt British Base of Operations la Egypt. Korti, the headquarters of Lord Wolseley, on which point all the different branches of the ex­ pedition are ordered to concentrate, is at the sharp »>end of the Nile where its course for a short distance is toward the west. About fifty miles below Kor i is Debbeh, where it is proba­ ble that the whole force will be established after it has been brought together at Korti. At Deb­ beh the Nile takes rather a sharp turn and re­ sumes its northern course. This place is just on the border of the territory ruled by the Mudir of Dongola, a Sheik who has remained steadfast in his friendship for and co-op ration with the British. In peace­ ful times Debbeh is a place ot some importance, because there the great caravan rout'; to El Ob id and the Dart our region leaves the Nile and strikes oil to the smith west across the Bayuda Desert. Korosko, the other point men­ tioned as the locat on of a portion of the British force, is some 00 miles further down the Ni e, and from here starts the caravan route across the Nubian Desert to Abu-Hamed, at the sharp bend in the course of the river, 180 miles above Korti. Korosko is not far above the First Cat­ aract, and below that point the navigation of the Nile is unobstructed. When Lord Wolse­ ley's whole force is mustered at Korti, it will# probably be about 8,.*0> men strong, as Wolse­ ley kept about H.OOO men with him at Korti, Gen. Brackenbury has about 2,200, Gen. Buller about 1,000, snd there are about 1,400 at Gakdul Wells. e A MARBLE bust of Col. Fred Burnaby, paid for by popular subscriptions, is to-be plaeed as a memorial in the new Birming­ ham Art Gallery. THERE is a great difference between a dude and a man, but at a distance they Jook very mncji ajik#. ' Commeroe--Fuller,Chairman; Vafnell.O'Shea, Consbiine, Sullivan, Brachtondorf. Winslow, Moore of Brown. Harry, Hiatt, Mesrdek, F. W. Parker, Rogets of Jackson, Kennedy, Whitte- more. Chairman; Prickett. Gray, ConStdine, McXally, Wil-y, whari> of Wabash, Hummel, Moore of Brown, Whittemore, Cleave­ land. Kennedy. Bogardus. Pike, H. A. Parker. Mines aad Mining--Be*. Chairman; Graham of Maoop, McAUney, Hoffman, Downs, Paddle- ford, Weir, Morgan of Washington, Royden. Hanna, Castle. Allen of Johnson, Pike. and Salaries•--Sohiesinger, Chairman; ^/Shea, AfcHale, (juinn, Cleary, Cherry, Mar­ shall. Sundeiius, cuttings. Fowler, Trexter. Barger, Clay. Appropriations--•Cmakrite, Chairman: Henry welch, lIcDonald Davis. Moore of Clinton, Qaley. Hummel, Webber. McGee, Sittlg. Struck- man, lost, Bogers of Jaokson, Allen of Johnson, Good speed, Hiatt. T.r%nit?nt*arle"' ~Darnell, Chairman; Morgan of Will, Ji-mes, B ckelh upt, O Shea, O'Donneli, Brachteadorf, Dorman, Logan, Prunty, Mc- Cord. Gpodnow, Stassen, Calhoun, Boudinot. Municipal Corporations--Johnson, Chairman; Grafts, McNally, Hummel, McHale, Murphev, Helm. Downs, Taylor of Adams, Sundeiius, H. A. I'arker, Powell. Boutell, V. W. Parker, Pike. Education--Moore of Brown. Chairman; Ktm- brough, Winslow, Mileham, Downs, Grsv, Dill, Browning, Graham of Macon. Mctiee, HacMil- lan, Shemeld, Fowler, Thomas, Hanna, Tonts, Graham of Henderson. State Institutions--Mileham, Chairman; Biok- elhaupt, Barry, Marshall, Hoffman. Watercott, Langford, Sullivan, O'Donneli, Mahoney, Bo- g^^jRnby, trackenridge, Collins, Stewart, Puliic Charities--McDonald, Chairman; Mo- NftUf* Tettpjemin, Patrick, McErers, Hummel, MnJhearo, Qr*h*m ot Henderson* MaoMilltn. Thomas, Bovden, Hanna. Bodgers ot Warren. Public Buildinjrtt and Grounds -Olatrr. Chmir- Keyes, Qulnu, McLean, McHale* Webber, Sharp of Bond, Sh?plor, ScharUu, Kerr, Cooley, Orendorff, Yost, Brown of Edwards. Revenue -- Linegar, Chairman; Mileham, Sohlestager, Campbell of Hamilton, McGee. Brachtendorf, Baker, Henry, Dstakmann. Bo­ gardus, Pollock, Taylor of Cook, Bassett, Calhoun, Oldenburg, Allen of Vermilion, Ken­ nedy. Banks and Banking--Prickett, Chairman; Caldwell, Kimbrough, Baker, Sharp of Bond, Highsmith, Paddelford, Hunter, Nowers, Orendorff, Boyden, Buchanan, Cam pbeil of Kankakee. County and Township Organisation--Baker, Chairman; West. O'Donneli, Pearoc, Hummel, Cherry, Massey, Schlesiager, Hunter, Greenlesf, Nowers. Brown of Ogle, Morgan of Washing­ ton, Hamilton, Bodgers of Warren. Agriculture. Horticulture, and Dairying-- West, Chairman; Cleary. Templeman, Hoffman, Shenlor, Massey, Sharp of Bond, Pesrce. High- r.ruUii, iwuey, itiiuicr. Brown ot Ogie, Stewart, Tonts, Yoet, Logsdon, Kinscy. Laoor and Industrial Altai is--Morgan of Will, Bohle-ingcr, Massey. Sullivan, Taylor of Adams, MgAliney, McLean, (juinn, James, I'runtv, Oren­ dorff, Oldenburg, Kerr, Scharlau, Pollock. Manufactures--Cherry, Chairman; Watereott, Bez, Heim,<^uinn, Bickeihaupt, Dormant, High- smith. Sullivan, Inland, Thomas, Tontz, Struok­ man, Humphrey. Collins. Canal and Kivcr Improvement--Hoffman, Chairman; Shaw, Morgan of Will, Sharp of Wabash, O'Shea, Barry, Wateroott, Hummel, Deickmann. McLean, Bassett, Klnsey, Unlami, Logsdon, Long, Fowler, Campbell ot Kankan kee. Elections--Stevens, Chairman; Linegar, Ba­ ker, Dill, Crafts, Downs, McDonald, Considlne, Cherry, Taylor of Cook, MacMillan, Hood, Mil­ ler, Goodnow, Chapman. Sanitary All airs--McGee, Chairman; Weir, Gray, James, Murphey, Mulhearn. Wiley, Mo* Ever*, Davis, Cleary, Allea of Vermilion, Baird, Boudinot, Brackenridfe, Bassett. State and Municipal Indebtedness--Considlne, Chairman; Davis, Prickett, Dorman, Taylor of Adams. Mahsner, Bchlesinger, Patrick. Baley, Collins, Long, Brown of Edwards, Buchanan, Campbell of Kankakee, Clay. Insurance--Csmpbell of Bsmilton, Chairman; McKvers, Henry, Langford, McGee, Prickett, McNally, O'Dooiieli, Shup, Dill, Cleaveland, Stassen, Humphrey. Allen of Vermilion, Aden of Johnson, llarger, Fuller. Federal Relations--Morris, Chairman; Sharp of Wabash. Snaw, Marshall, Shup, Sheffield, Lawrence, Trexler, Castle. Claims-- Sittig, Chairman: Winslow, Temple- man, Sharp of Wabash. MeClnng, Davis, Keyes, Sullivan, Fuller. Hiatt, Rodgers of Warren, Kennedy, Boudinot, Cleaveland, Prunty. Militia--Clioisser, Chairman: Morgan of Will, Be/., Morris, Sharp of Bond, O'Shea. Langford, Mulhearn, Brachtendorf, Prunty, Taylor of Cook,. lirackearidge, Ingalls, Graham of Hen­ derson, Lawrence. lletrenchment--Templeman, Chairman: Mas­ sey, Wi^y, Shsrp of Bond, Weir, Moore of Clin­ ton, Mahoney, Keyes, James. Castle, Brown of Edwards, Buchanan, Campbell of Kankakee, Hood. Uanna Geology and Science--Browning, Chairman; Graham of Macon, Gray, Raley, H. A. Parker, Sheffield, Snyder. Printing--MoClung, Chairman; Taylor of Adams, Shup, Considlne. Caldwell, Browning, Choisser, Dorman, Marshall, Sundeiius, Green- lea4', Sheffield, Rogers of Jackson, Humphrey, Kennedy. Roads sad Bridges--Wiley, Chairman; Barry, Paddelford, West. Sheplor. Marshall, Pearce, Templeman, McCord, brown of Ogle, Gittlngs, Baraer, Stassen, Good speed, Ruby. Kxeeutlve Derartment--Winslow, Chairman; Cronkritet Baker, Linegar. Welch, Morris, Chois­ ser, Davis, Stewart, Tontz, Yost, Boutell, Bo­ gardus, Cooley, Headen. Drainage--Webber. Chairman; Caldwell, West, Hoffman. Paddelford, Moore of Clinton, Gray. Weir, Blckelhanpt, Sheplor. Gittiugs, Lawrence, Buhy, Brackenrfdge, Calhoun, Ingalls, Long. Contingent Expenses of the House--O'Shea, Chairman; Davis, Highsmith, Morgan of Will, Moore of Clinton, Hamilton, Long, Logsdon, Lo­ gan. Rules--The Speaker, Chairman: Crafts.Cronk- rite. Linegar, Fuller, Calhonn. Brown of Ogle. Miscellaneous Subjects--Sharp of Wabash, Chairman; Keyes, Ilaley, Patrick, Crafts, Mc- Aliney, Moore of Clinton, Stevens, Oldenburg, Harper, Miller. Fowler, Chapman. Kinsey.Logan. Libraries--McEvers, Chairman ; Browning. Cronkrite, Caldwell, McHale, McAliney, Mc- Clung, Taylor of Cook, Cooley, Powell, Hesden, Whlttemore, F. W. Parker. Enrolled and Engrossed Bills--McNally, Chairman ; Moore of Brown. Graham of Macon, Browning, Lawrence, Nowers, Logsdon. Fish and Game--Langford. Chairman ; Mar­ shall, Taylor of Adams. McEvers, Mileham. Patrick, Pearce, Sharp, Kerr, Morgan ot Wash­ ington, Baird, Trexler, Hamilton. Collins, Ingalls. License--Keyes, Chairman: McHale, Hum­ mel, McEvers, Mnrphy, Helm, Sittlg,. Trexler, Harper, Messick, Scharlau. To Visit Penal and Reformatory Institutions --James. Chairman ; McClung, Moore of Clin­ ton, Logan, Goodspeed. To Visit Edncational Institutions--Henry, Chairman ; Cherry, Wear, Oldenburg, Headen. To Visit State Charitable Institutions-- Downs. Chairman ; Henry, Highsmith, Struok­ man, Rowers. u . • - • • • ILL1N0 J-;.-,* Etectkm Maj. Ben: Perley Poore Is the orfgiria- tor of the humorous style of election beta. It is many years since he made a bet under which lie became obliged to wheel a barrel of apples from a long distance in the country into Boston, a feat he faithfully accomplished under circumstances of considerable eclat. There was lots of fun in this as a novel­ ty, but the numerous imitators who have appeared since have made the thing rather stale. I suppose the par­ ties and their friends enjoy it, bat for the public it has lost ita novelty.-- Cor. Hartford Courant. Handkerchief Perfumtw Europe and British India consume about 150,000 gallons of handkerchief perfumes yearly. There is one great perfume distillery at Cannes, in France, which uses yearly 100,000 pounds of acacia flowers, 140,000 pounds of rare flower leaves, 32,000 pounds of jas­ mine blossoms, 20,000 of tuberose blossoms, and an immense quantity of other material. SENATpn TCBBS presenteJ a bill In tbe Fen- ate, on Feb. 21, amending tl e corporation law by providing that, after organizing, the stock­ holders shall actually pay to the treasuNT of the company 40 l er cent, of the st««k subscribed before the Secretary of Stats can issue^ a certificate of incorporation. A »"1 lstrvMii«u uj,Scii»iui ( Mnnneii to of record and appeals h-ouT JuWtioo!'"of"^he Peace. Senator C rawiord presented a special relief bill of minor importance and Senator hogan followed with a bill providing that each Jndg*' of the Circuit Court of this Stste and each Judge of the-Superior Court of Cook County shad receive an annual salary or $4,000, in lieu of all other compensation, per­ quisite or benefits in any form whatever. A resolution restoring to E. W. Bakewell forty actea of land, years ago do ate a to the State Normal In-titute, for which that institution has no farther use, was passed, after nearlv an hour's discussion. In the House, nothing what­ ever was done in t ie way of legislation. Just before the joint Senatorial session con­ vened, nearly ail of the Democratic mem­ bers ot the House left the hall and re­ tired to the ante-rooms and galleries. Most ot the Democratic Senators Joined their brothers of the House, leaving Senators Dun­ can, Mfrritt, and Streeter to look out for party interests. The rolls of the House and Senate w ie called, and 102 Republicans answered to their names, while th ̂ Democrats failed to re- si on<\. At this Mr. Fuller jnmped to his feet, s.iying: "I notice, Mr. Speaker, that the Speaktr is not present. I suggest that the President of the Senate take charge of the Joint assembly, or that we elect a Speaker pro ten. Mr. Haines Oh, the Speaker is present, hat he does not intend to vote to-day. There is no rule in this joint assembly compelling any per­ son to vote, but on the 01 ntrary the act of Con­ gress contemplates that he may be present and uo: vote. Mr. Fullet--Then this rwl-eall only determines who is present? Mr. Haines--The act of Congte?s does not compel a roll-call at all. Mr. Fuller--If the Speaker is absent, as determined by the toll-call, then we can eleot an ther. Mr. Haines--It is sup­ posed that the record is made up as we go along, but as a matter of fact the record is inade up afterward. I.'ow there is a contest going on here, and we must be careful not to elect the wrong man. The gentleman's question mijiht properly be raised atter this vote is taken, if there Is any dissatisfaction then. Secretary Watson called the roll.of members, snd twenty-six votes were recorded for John A. Logan. Mr. Willbanks, the Clerk of the House, then 01 lied the roster ot the House. Mr. Mac­ Millan refused to vote, and Mr. Sittig cast his vote for Mr. Washburne, and aeveuty-iive other Re­ publicans cast their vot's for John A. Logan. The result was announced by Speaker Haines as follows: "One hundred and one votes cast, no (jnorum voting. John A. Logan has received ion votes, li. B. Washburne 1. There is no election." VEIIY little business was transacted in tha Senate at its session of Feb. 23. A bill was in­ troduced by Senator Whiting, jrovlding for an act to tax mortgage* or other liens on real es­ tate and to relieve incumbered property irom double taxation. Sena or Lcman presented a bill increasing the penalty for illegal voting from a fine and jail imprisonment to a term of not less than one year nor more than live years in the penitentiary. A bill amending the township insurance law was introduced bv Senator Cochran, after which the Senate passed to the consideration of the resolution providing for the daily printing of the House and Senate journals. An hour's dis­ cussion was had on this subject, and the whole matter was finally referred to the Committee on Printing. Numerous bills were brought up and successively refeired to a third reading. Abso­ lutely nothing was done in the House bevond discussing matters of trivial moment. ' The joint Senatorial session convened at high noon. Forty-three Senators and I'ta members of the House answered roll-call, and both sides were afraid to vote, aud Speaker Haines recorded h mself for William 11. Morrison, after which the session dissolved. A BILL increasing the punishment of judges and clerks of election for making false returns was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Leman on Feb, 24. Mr. Whiting offered a measure relative to taxing telegraph and express companies. The Senate adopted the resolution for an inves­ tigation of unfair taxation, particularly as ap- nlipil to (Virmrstinnfl finv Hn.milf.nn'a nnmln- at ons for State House Conttnissioiiers were re­ jected. Among nominations confirmed were Frank Drake, Gram Insj>ector at Chicago; Kan- dad H. White. Just «?• of the Peace; David W. Crooke, C. C. Koliisa.it, and H. S. Bnrkliardt, I'aik Commissioners, Chicago. The nom­ ination of J. McGregor Adams for Park Commissioner was rejected. Gov. Oglcsby sent- in the .oliowing appoint- in nts: Newton Ba'cman, his own successor as member of the State 10 rd of Health; Benson Wood, of Ettingham County, Trustee of the Asylum for Ftoble-Minded Children,-fat the term of six yearn; and K. D. Bllnn, of Logan County, to complete the term tor which ha was appointed by Gov. Hamilton; Ezekiel J. Inger- SOll. "I .1 »ckson Cotrttv, and S. P. Wheeler, of, Alexander County, as Trust sea of the Southern 1 Illinois Normal University. The House, by th" aid of the Speaker and Cam\itvell. ot I Hamilton, elected Bailey Dawson (Republican) assistant clerk. The Speaker announced his committ es, ami when the joint session for the election of Senator convened the Democrats left the hall, and none but Republicans voted, Logan receiving 101 votes, the entire Republican strength save Mr. Sittig. A BILT. authorizing format* oniof com pastes for the detection and apprehension of horse- thieves and other felons was presented in the Senate on Feb. 25 by Sen tor Streoter, followed by another, from the same author, to amend the law In relation to county tire insurance compa­ nies. Senator Gore introduced two bills, the first appropriating $4\7<hi lor the reuular ex­ penses of the State Blind! Institute, and tho second appropriating Sl.i.oo.) tor providing extra tire precautions for the .taeksonville lu- sani l<ospital. Senator Rogers introduced two bills making appropriations for the Feebla-Minded institute at Lincoln. A petition, signed by the citizens of White County, was presented by Senator Organ, which praved for a law prohibiting altogether the seining for tish in lakes and rivers. Senator Morris introduced the following resolution, which was adopted after some discussion: That the Judiciary Committee of the Senate be re­ quested to prepare and report a hill for an act to> tix the qualification of State Attorneys and County Judges in the State ot Illinois by re­ quiring and providing that no person shall be eligible to either of said otttces unless such per­ son be of the age of '2ii years and upward, and at the timo of his election l>e the holder of a license to practice the profession of attoiney and counselor-at-law. The Senate confirmed the appointments of Gov. Otflesby, and1 reconsidered its vote rejecting the appointment of .1, McGregor Adams as l'ark Commissioner at Chicago. Mr. Adams' nomlnar tion was then confirmed, there being noi votes in the negative. In the House Mr. Taylor presented a resolution requesting Illi­ nois represent .tives in Congress to support an amendment to the National Constitn; ion making the Presidential term six years and the Congressional 1 erio I three years. Bills lor a State Civil-Servico Commission; to make the use of " pasters" on ballots illegal; to regu­ late the sale and manufacture of explosives; and to deprive the State Canvassing Uoa.d ot all judicial powers, were introduced. In the joint session the Republicans refused to vote, on account of the absence of one of their num­ ber. Ti e Democrats, on two ballots, ca-.t 08 votes for Morrison, •! for Ward, 1 for Palmer, and l for Haines. Wmr.E asconding the-stairs leading to tlie IIodBe chamber Thursday, the 2f>tli Republican Representative from Whiteside County, was taken su denly ill. He was at once removed to a comini; teo-room, but expired' in a few minutes. Appropriate action was taken by the House, committees to convey the remains to his home and to draw up fitting resolut pus being ap. ointed. The Senate did absolutely nothing, "owing to the sudden death ot Mr. Logan. Just before noon-time the body concurred in the loint resolution passed by the HOUSJ relative to the anointment of a committee to. attend the renaains of Mr. Logan to his late home in Whiteside County. Lieut. Gov. Smith appointed Messrs. Snyder and Bell to represent the Senate on said com­ mittee. Senator Ainsworth presented a joint resolution that when the Legislature adjourn it be until March 4. This resolution was bitterly opposed bv Senators Duncan snd Merriit. who claimed it to he in vielatioa of an agreement whicu wis afterward explained and ratified at the oint session, senator Ainsworth then withdrew the resolution, and shortly after the Senate adjourned for tbe day. The joint convention was purely formal, the onlv vou- recorded being that of Speaker Haines for Col. Morrison. When the roll of the Senate had been called Senator Duncan asked permis­ sion to make a statement. This was in effect that the Democratic view of the duty of the Legis­ lature made it imperative for the two houses to meet daily at noon and ballot for a United States Senator. He Iniwed in obedience to that law, vet iu deference to a higher opinion, re- si eet for the dea l, they I ad agreed among themselves on a course which they thought would meet with approval. Although they deemed it not only advisable, but absolutely II ce^s iy to keep np the record by complying with the terms of the law. thev proposed to retrain froi.ii voting for Senator till next Tues­ day, March 3, i this a ran.em -nt was sa'^fac­ tory to the Republicans. Senator White replied th 't. it was, and the same arrangement was mad > in the House, the Chair declaring that the understanding of the joint convention should be faithfully kept. no# going «k ao •vena of M (kt 1. . aa% drasa aad kocm-sldctewt the war. The Ronth«n» *.*»<••» Konatfl got the oM imvtor up to an of krfitny bnt two wedes ago, ' clnhMd inade him an great aj in tha+oaaiij. Theatbe T sent South, aadold " xiXpontnn. wcr SUNVIIBO rnFffffwi • •• has - been. lavishly at v«d to show ttv'Mi > only is he aa great a man. and aalntfiieHr- izen, as the mttfOn afford*, «ttt Ota!Wtaffi* greatest patriot .of aU, and ttt. the. «ods defend ap--also ftiM jMptaal Union man" of all, and indeed we American statesman who is really true ft* the Union. » - It is not merely the tar-beded preaa «r cheap papers of ftsfianft %taiatfWW«M ing Davis into a hero. The IMMBI^ more conservative papers of the Boa doing it, too. The St Lonia Wai»tj crat, the moat moderate giwl tal--iil tit Southern papers, in its issue of hwt I comes np to make the astonndi Davis Ib not oritf a pafirtot bnt I chiefest of good Umoa men. growing very indignant over a 1 Which the St. Louis (llobt-Dei ebfed the action of the Southern ! -In the United States Senate, in Jeff Davis aa being a loyal man one dav,< ,<> J -iM and enlogiting a silk American flag the X ' i VI next, the Times-Democrat says: s ' " ;• "We are not quite sore in what tha VMk difficulty of onr conte mporary consiata-- , * '.| whether it is found in reconciling thft .'i< '-1 "honor and patriotism" of JeffersonDavIa '* 4 ^ with the cnttnre of silk, or with the Ameri- " ̂ ̂ can flag, at with woman's work, or vith thd • in the Capltol at^pringfielti on 2f>tli ult.,. Mr, Robert E. Logan, THE ability of the average American school-marm to take care of herself is reneweillv illustrated in the case of Miss Mattie Worley, a teacher in green­ wood County, Kansas. She has earned enough money by teaching tp buy 100 acres of land! although she is not twenty years old and has been receiving only ^40 per month. SiLr-JUDi men are not "horn to com- | The value of a ton ol Pnr* go ̂ ia laand," b«^uaettmyareim"madataowlsr " $604,799.21. . making of a present to Congress. ( Tha honor and patriotism of Mr. Davis are not in antagonism with any of time things that we are aware of. Certainly not into 4 ' the American flag, if the luster shed npaf ' i its folds and tha blood shed in its defense * . at Monterey and Bnena Yista connt for aught, or if a life-long advocacy of priuciples which it ife anpp6sed to mnhoU i: ise means anything. In the sens? ,<af de-» termined and unwavering opposition tojpee-, tionalism, Mr. Davis prtJbably chrtW more sennine American ft>flli>g niwwt true unionism--in his w«a»dad hi ̂tkM ̂ his defamers carry in thair hearts. No nobler sectional Rpirit has i that to whieh he gave ntteranoa in CVlnBMsa? -y almost forty years ago. * • • Hi* CNWy;, has been so grossly and persistentlySa|̂ K' represented that there are, no dom^'nMM^m" '- who will acareefy beheve ttat <«•-. lwr«p%' really been siting the xeawd of idbawailfiX . Davis, or that he was in heart, in mtdi, and in eonduct to the very last, I aad genaine devotee of the AMriett Jlip and American Union, in the «*ly-sease me which a State Bights Dtanaoiat «mdd ba;:; snch--and that a far higher a*d trae%r sense than his calumniators ean eom^* prehend. That is what puzzles tha (Hob**' - - \ Democrat. Happily, the time has ..eosa*;'.-.:'1" when it hus ceased, or will soon cease, ,, "*' g » pnzzle right-thinking and patriotic people ' r "k* of a n y s e c t i o n o r p a r t y . " ' ( w ; ̂ , 1 In other words, the Times-Democrat , yS thinks the time has already come when! | everybody accepts Jeff Davis as being ff* Kmuesi opptmeiiti o£ seecknuuisint" and art* •*' hawing "more true UnwniMa" tlauk ; si ether man now lmag. ,v >• ' What may not be judged aa to the feel- *' tl} tor, expression, and intention* of. tho-*' ̂ rabble and the rabid elements of the Seatfe^i^ when such a moderate pa]»er as the ZYtnee- .•> Democrat thus exalts the arch baiter.~ whose henes should now be rotting under'< the gallows-tree, as the greatest of pnirinla? " : and the truest of Union men now D p s M o i n e s R e g i s t e r . ' , ' ' i s i f : Keeping (Tp Party Organization side fti-hasl « -*xA The Republican party has no President. • ~ ̂• ' - jf ̂ It has only one bianeh of _ no directing and organizing lead unless the National Committee uudertake to da- (a; - That is what it should da R Ufet? the-directing executive h: ad ef the- party /'1' for the next four years. It should mfijjn r.'; :i'* tain an office in New York or Washington ,s. , > charge of some such efficient man a» ex- r'-' • < 4 Commissioner Dudley,of Indiana. It*Vs!(l.; work the whole field and maintain Beptd>tt- ̂ can clubs and organisation everywhere, there are many of the Bepublicanclnbaeif ih*'! : 11 in existence andanxiona 4 a late campaign still _ to remain so. Bnt they will soob *>11 away for lack of direction and co-opcatetiMk* ^ and. headship. All this the National Gaur>?f r mittee can supply. It can put itself ins#L,s * correspondence with all clubs and county* committeemen. It can thus organize club* \' « •where they do not exist. It can supply -, u clubs and persons with documents. Thernu > » will be no Republicans in office by 1888®v ' ' If and this club organization and a small; t, .^2 the members would be willing to pa? wonldSip . * furnish the campaign fund for 1888. Tb*^ National Committee by that time will have^ ' ^ ready at the very outset of the next Pieai-- ', dentail campaign the party organised in^v- - every locality in the country. The list the members or numbers of the organised, clubs will be on file in the office of the ,̂u National Committee, and it will thus begin^ ^ the campaign with a perfect orgwiaawn^j and quite a full canvass of the whole ilald! * ? at the very outset We urge the National* Committee to take hold of the work we|i# have here outlined.--Keokuk Gate City. ^ One of the "Pleasant Remin iscenees^**5 The other day I saw, in the possession Ge n . J . S . R o b i n s o n , a p h o t o g r a p h o f a n f . > v J t ' ex-Federal soldier who has been vainly' 4 . .T^ " & trying tO'get a pension. The picture repre-" ^ » seated him in a nude condition. * He was a ^ ™ man of stalwart frame, and the picture was ^ taken after his liberation from the pen att; i Andersonvilie. When he was put in there fj- ' s he wiis a hearty, robust young man, weigh-"a , J iug 171) pounds. When rescued he weighed' * * ninety pounds. The picture ia tho fh«8t«. *> ^ i !| liest thing upon which my ej es ever rested, 4} ' _ ". J The face is the face of a death's head, with4 j'1 , hollow eyes, hairless scalp, with tight- v drawu skia and s»iuning teeth. Oneloak^ /•* - J at that awful sight, aaid you turn away 1 , hoiTor. This is oue of the "pleasaut remi-" . '* - J* nisceuces" of the war mentioned so cheer- ^ fully by Mr. Carl Schurz in his speech ChaileHtott, S>. C.--i). M.'» Currant f Notes. Liberalism Yersna Law. Rigid Sunday laws must be enacted enforced. The Republican party Cavata^ this; the Democratic party opposes it. Republican party believes in the enactkm>^c i, of r i g i d l a w s a s t o s a l o o n s , a n d t h e v i g o r o u s , 1 % . M enforcement of them; the Democratio J'^ '<•*' . v| p a s t j r o(>pos^it . T h e Republ ican party ia- ' J j vors the vigi^ious enforoement of the lava against gambling-houses and all dens of in- | * * i<juity in the cities; the Democratio parfy "a ' * favors a liberal policy. If a liberal policy \s to rale this country, and liberalism is prevail in tho enforcement of hvi, tlbs' ST; proud barriers that exist between civiKza- tion and barbarism will be broken down. Do we want the liberal policy, of the Demo- : cratic party, or the honest enforcement of ^j ' the law by the Republican party? Down ** with liberalism, up with an honest enforce- > ment of the law.--Kokomo liazette+Wrifa ; une. M.- m. •- - r- j i! tw, ..'A 1^' . •; :4? • v Pemocratic Besp^nsiMllty. The Democrats will he xe^M^nsible far the defeat of-- \t The baakrnptcy bill. The electoral-count I The educational bill. The anti-polygamy bffl, ^ J The naval bill, and all other important measures introduced *2 in this Congress. It will also be responsible for an extra session, if there be one. Tkil ^ kind of statesmanship must bj tolerated for «» two years more, when a Congress Rt$>ub- liciinin both branches will take eharjp of ̂ ̂ legislation.--National licpubiicam. & t 0 IT is proj>osed that ladles wtiliM f tho fashionable smelling bottles not in ̂ ( < use for smelling aa pickle jar* or celery W'-"'