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I. Villi SLYKE. KBor m* PIMHIIII. McHENRT, ILLINOIS THE condition of Ireland is telling jnst now seriously on English foreign policy, as it did onoe before at the close of the American war. There are about 30,000 good troops in Ireland who are sorely needed on the Nile, but General Steele, who is in command, says he can­ not spare a man of them. * ANOTHBR attempt to drive in the thin end of the wedge has been made at Ox­ ford, and this time successfully. A proposal has been introduced in con­ gregation to admit women to the first examinatiea for the degree of Bachelor of Music, and has been carried by a majority of two to ona Before long it may be supposed that the wedges will be driven in a stage further, and that women will be able to obtain at least one of the .Oxford degrees. EARLY-ROBE snake stories are already on the market. The supply comes chiefly from the far South, where the serpent soonest recovers from his win­ ter torpidity. So far as can be deter­ mined at this time, the fashion of 1835 seems to be in rattlesnakes. Thrilling adventures with nests of the serpents, found under big stones and in stumps, are already in print, and some of them so creditable in style as to indicate that the long-looked-for American Novelist has been born and is growing. r " IGNORANT people in Georgia ate im­ pressed with a conviction that the world is coming to an end at ah early date. This belief is caused by the large number of meteors recently seen in that State, accounts of which figure prominently in Georgia newspapers. Alarm over the outlcok may be modi­ fied by the knowledge that the meteors seem, in most instances, to have been discovered by people "sitting up with corpses," and that illicit distilling in some parts of Georgia still keeps one of the great staples within reach of the masses. LADY STRADBROKE, the real offender in the Yates libel case, does not escape punishment, for, says Mr. Laboncliere: "I understand, however, that in the spring of 1882, when the Queen, as usu­ al, received the lists for the state balls and concerts, she struck out Lady Stradbrokc's name, adding a sentence of perpetual exile from Buckingham Palace; so it is a mistake to suppose that the real culprit has escaped alto­ gether unpunished, as the herd of so­ ciety simpletons would infinitely pre­ fer a term of penal servitude to a marked manifestation of royal wrath; for, if royalty frowns, all its parasites and sycophants (i. e., society) eagerly follow suit. A BOSTON Advertiser correspondent is tremendously indignant at the Cen­ tury's portrait of Daniel Webster and an article about him in which it is inti- mated that that statesman, en one-occa­ sion, let fall an expression that would not be approved in an orthodox Sunday-school. "Those who knew Mr. Webster," he writes, "well know that no profane word ever fell from his lips. Those who knew him, however slightly, might know that he did not swear in public places before strangers. To ex­ hibit him under that hat is an insult. To put vulgarity or profanity in his mouth is an outrage. Neither in words of Saxon nor of classic origin was Dan­ iel Webster a profane uiau." LEWISTON, (Me.,) Journal: ' That was a pretty sharp fellow in Oxford County who at once stride gulled a whole town and caught a rich widow not long ago. When the assessors of taxes came around he told them that they might tax him for $10,000 in mon­ ey at interest, although he was sup­ posed to be poor and worked in a mill for $1.50 a day. The fame of a man who was sufficiently honest to uncover concealed taxable property of his own accord Bpread through the town, and he was lionized. He made an impres­ sion on a wealthy widow and married her. After the wedding the assessors had to abate the tax on the suppositi­ tious $10,000,and the woman had to sup­ port a worthless husband. He was not worth a dollar. As I WAS walking along the Strand late one "evening, says Labouchere, I saw some better acting than I have seen for a long time at a theater. Two little children were seated on the steps of Exeter Hall. Thd girl, about 10 years old, with her head thrown back, seemed to have dropped asleep from hunger and fatigue, and the boy, who looked about 7, with one arm twined round his sister, had buried his curly head in her lap. Compassion filled the passers-by. Suddenly a little urchin ran up to the sleeping pair and mut­ tered "Ooppets!" Half a minute later some four or five policemen passed along, but the "babes in the wood" had already vanished. In half a minute more I looked again and saw the little pair, and their former attitude was so well resumed that only the evidence of my own sight could persuade me that they had ever quitted it. THE original autograph Io*& Jfetfers of John Keats, which are about to be sold, comprise thirty-five epistles of from one to three pages each. They •re said to present a complete picture, if painful, of the unfortunate poet's mind during the last two years of his life. The comparison between the first of the series, written at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, in the summer of 1819, *nd the last, indited on the eve of his departure from London to Rome, is singularly striking. The former is full of hope, while the other seems to have been written in dispair, its concluding sentence being "The world is too bru­ tal for me. Iam glad there is such a thing as the grave, I am sure I shall have any rest till I get there. I wish I was either in your arms, full of faith, or that a thunderbolt would strike me. God blest you. J. 1L" Six hours of Washington monument dedication ceremonies had no effect on George Bancroft, though younger men were almost worn out with the fatigue and the severity of the weather. When asked if he did not get very tired, the aged historian said: "Oh, no. I was well protected by my fur coat, and I found the ceremonies so very interest­ ing that I did not get tired at alL But I hear that poor old Mr. Corcoran was quite used up by the day, and has not been able to get out since." As the two men are over 80, and as there is not two years difference in their ages, the expression "poor old Mr. Coroo* ran" was a trifle amusing to those who heard it. It reminds me of the greet­ ing Mr. Bancroft gave Senator Morrill last year when the latter was receiving the congratulations of friends upon his 76th birthday. Mr. Bancroft skipped into the room and slapping the Senator on the back, exclaimed patronizingly: "Well, young man, and how do you feel?" GENERAL GRANT, writes a New York correspondent, has for a number of years smoked daily more and stronger cigars than any man of the most ro­ bust health could endure. When he was in the White House he smoked from fifteen to twenty cigars a day. They were not small cigars, either. They were of the old Reina Victoria size, and were the blackest of maduros in color. Very few experienced smok­ ers had strong enough heads to smoke Grant's cigars. More than one caller at the White House has been made sick by attempting to tmoke with President Grant. Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, who had a similar can­ cerous trouble in his mouth two years ago, has been cured, although he was given up by his Philadelphia physi­ cians when he went to Europe for the last operation. The cancer in the Judge's mouth was caused by the ex­ cessive use ol tobacco. He was noki^i smoker, but he chewed tobacco con­ stantly. Up to the time that the can­ cer appeared he was hardly ever with­ out tobacco in his mouth. He went to sleep with a twist of it in his cheek, and it was upon the spot on the tongue touched by the tobacco that the cancer developed. There was this difference between his case and that of Gen­ eral Grant: His was upon the tongue itself, where it could be gotten at by the surgeons. The cancer- in General Grant's/mouth is at the root of the tongue, and in a place where it cannot be successfully treated. This is iden­ tical with the case of Senator Ben Hill. He chewed tobacco immoderately, and while he was seemingly in the prime of health a cancer appeared at the roots of his tongue. He went through the martyrdom of a number of surgical op­ erations, but the result was nothing but a prolongation of a life of pain and endless struggling. The closing days of Ben Hill's life were very pa­ thetic. He slowly starved to death. From the indications it appears that General Grant is about to undergo the terrible fate which overtook Senator Hill. During the very last days of Hill's life he was able to eat only a small saucer of the thinnest oatmeal. To eat even this small .quantity took him fully an hour. Every mouthful caused him the most violent pain. Hill showed great fortitude throughout the closing hours of his life. Although he never had a single moment that was free from pain, his courage was never shaken. He never made a complaint. The Fair of Izmnal in Yicalan. On the 8th of December the festival of Our Lady Izamal is celebrated with great pomp. A large fair is also held in the city during those days in her honor. Even merchants from neigh­ boring States flock there, if not to kneel at the shrine of the Virgin, to worship at the altar of Mercury. De­ votees on those occasions crowd the private apartment of the doll, which is also carried in solemn procession, decked in gorgeous array, and followed by a long train of worshippers. After church service is over, all leave in a hurry and rush to the bull-tight. Many of the Indians, who know abso­ lutely nothing about tauromachy, en­ ter the ring to fight the bull, exposing themselves to be injured for life, or to die a painful death. In this we see an ancient custom yet prevalent. The an­ cients sacrifice their lives to deities for any benefit received. To-day an Indian begs a favor of his patron saint, and as a proof of his deep gratitude promises to figlit a bull, keep drunk a certain number of dajs, or do some other rash thing* " Bullfighting in Yucatan is not like bull-fighting in Spain. The ring is a double palisade sustaining sheds cov­ ered Ivith palm leaves, that are divided into iioxes. Every one provides his own seat. The best and the worst, big and small, all attend the bull-fight. Those who, on foot, merely play with the bull, only have a henequen sack to serve as shield. Others, also on foot, are provided with poles about three feet long, having a sharp iron head, like that of an arrow, called rejon. When the people are tired of seeing the bull played with, they call for the rejoneros. Those with the spears de­ scribed then come forward. Their business is to strike the bull in the nape and kill it, but it is seldom done at once. The beast is chased by one or two men, blow after blow is dealt, the blood gushing afresh each time. The first pain makes the animal furious, but the loss of blood soon weakens it, and it becomes almost harmless. Then the horsemen are called on to lasso it and drag it away. While another bull is be ng fetched rockets are fired, the people applaud, the band plays, a clown meanwhile doing his best to amuse the spectators. If a bull is disinclined to fight they gird his body wiih ropes in every possible way, fastening fire­ crackers about his head and tail. Ag­ gravated and tortured, the poor beast jumps about, and the crackers explode, to the great delight of all present, big and small. This renders it furious for a few minutes; but if it again refuses to tight it is taken away as a coward not worth killing.--Alice D. le Plow geon, in Harper's Magazine. THE cleverest of all devils is oppor­ tunity. Carious Facta That *r* Kx I>l»ine<l by Prot Haxl«jr's L«t«i Discovery. The discovery recently made by Prof. Huxley that size is an attribute to col­ or, or, in other words, that oertain col­ ors are larger than others, is one of the most remarkable discoveries of mod­ ern times. We have long been accus­ tomed to speak of cold and warm, and loud and quiet colors, but these terms have been used* figuratively. That colors are actually large or small is a literal fact, and on reading the account Prof. Huxley's experiments it seems strange that the discovery was not made long ago. The professor's attention was called to the matter quite accidently, through the medium of stockings. He had bought six pairs of stockings of the size known as No. 10. Three of them were red and three blue. On trying them on he found that the blue stock­ ings were too small and the red ones rather too large. As they were all No 10 slockiugs, it M as evident that tlys difference in size between the red and blue pairaiwas due to their repective color. Pursuing his investigation in\mn- nection with stookings, Prof. Huileyv found that white stockings are larger than either red or yellow, that black ones are smaller than blue ones, and that, in short, there is a regular scale of size in colors, reaching from black to white. Having thus established tho fact that colors effect the size of stock­ ings, he extended his investigations to other fields, and confirmed the result of his stocking experiments. Prof. Huxley finds that white is the largest of all colors White letters on a black ground can be seen much far­ ther than black letters on a white ground, thus proving that the former are larger than the latter. A woman in a white dress is larger than she would be in blue, and very much larg­ er than she would be in" black. Wo­ men long ago intuitively grasped the fact that black is the proper color for a fat woman. Dressmakers have been accustomed to say that a black silk dress makes a stout woman look rea­ sonably small, but we kuow now that it actually and literally reduces her size. A series of experiments with a stout woman demonstrated that she weighed forty pounds less when dressed in black thi.n when dressed in white. Prof. Huxley concedes that there might have been some slight error in this experiment since the operation of changing the dress was not personally conducted by him. Still, lie believes that the error, if any, was a small one, and that it did not materially affect the result. Nearly everyone has met in the sum­ mertime a fat German dressed entirely in white; but a thin white-clad German is something entirely unknown. Of course it is the white dress that makes the German fat. Dress the same man in black clothes, and he would be a man of ordinary size. The majestic appearance of the,--that is to say, the size of,--in short, the ballet girl inva­ riably wears white or very light col­ ored tights, because white is the larg­ est of all colors. Brown and pink may ctacasionably be used, but it is the opinion of Prof. Huxley that in nearly all cases the attractiveness of the ballet is due to the imposing size of white. Next to white, yellow is the largest of all colors. The New York Cab com­ pany has been fortunate in painting the lower part of its cabs yellow, since by this means they are' much more roomy than they would be had they been painted black, f-o, too, the gilt and yellow paint used on board our river steamers sensibly increases their tonnage. Most railwaj- cars are paint­ ed red, and Prof. Huxley estimates that a red car which holds sixty passen­ gers would not hold more than titty were it painted blue. The world has long known that the red-coated British soldier is a larger and braver man than the blue-coated Frenchman, but it has never hitherto occurred to any one that this difference in size was due to the difference in colors. The Austrian sol­ dier, when clad in their traditional white coats, weighed, on an average, 160 pounds each, but the substitution of gray coats reduced the weight of the Austrian infantryman to 150 pounds. The young gentlemen who hunt the anise-seed bag on Long Island are, as a rule, slight and graceful in figure when dressed in 1)1 ack, but when they put on their red and white uniforms they pre­ sent a really imposing appearance. Prof. Huxley points out that the com­ mon practice of painting steamships black seriously affects their carrying capacity. He calculates that the ton­ nage of the Britannic, for example, which is now only 5,500 tons, could be increased to 6,1*37 tons by painting her white, and that the momentum of a black iron-clad ram would be in­ creased one-tenth were Blie to be given a coat of white paint. He claims that the superiority in stature of the white over the yellow man, is purely the re­ sult of colors, and asserts that were Englishmen to paint thems lve3 a dead white from head to foot and wear white clothes they would make an average gain of three inches in height and of twelve pounds in weight. It is evident that this new discovery will have the most important conse­ quence. Time and space would fail to allude, even in the most cursory man­ ner, to the various ways in which it will affect the commerce, manufactures, and daily life of nations; but it can hardly be doubted that white and red, owitig to their great superiority in size, will, in the near future,, become of almost universal use, and that black and blue will be used only when the size of the object is soughtto be decreased.--Neiv York Times. The Dumb Made to Speak. * "Nearly every hospital and house of correction in the country has its regu­ lar attendance of malingerers," says a physician at the Episcopalian Hospital, Philadelphia. "Some are most cun­ ning in their schemes to become pa­ tients. The comfortable be.l, the good food, and the kind attention they re­ ceive are the temptations to try these deceptions. "Why, I once saw a case of feigned muteness. A youth of 17 was brought to us. His parents said he had spoken well enough until ho was 11 years old but since that ho had never spoken a word. He had his hearing perfectly. We tried a gcod manv things-- ga van- ism, tonics, and even, because we thought it was stubbornness, we had a clergyman to talk to him, but all was of no avaiL At last we came to the conclusion that tbe young rascal was hoodwinking us, and we determined to try a trick upon him that has been tried with success before. Two of the phy­ sicians stcod at his bedside, as if con­ sulting about his case. One of them said in a loud whisper to the other: " 'Well, III tell you what we'll do. First of all we'll cauterize the whole of the under surface of his tongue, and, if that does not succeed, ire wMl cut out his tongue and examine it under a microscope.' Then, turning to an as­ sistant, he continuod: 'Mr. Wilaon, please get the iron red hot. We Will use it at once upon this boy,' "The fellow didn't say anything, but he tried by signs to beg the doctor not to perform the operation. The iron was brought and tho surgeon began ar­ ranging the patient. The sight of the instrument on its spirit flame, almost at a white heat, brought forth a terri­ ble cry from the boy, the fiist sound in six years. Then one assistant held his legs, another his arms, a third his head, and a wedge was thrust into his mouth. Still not a word. The hot iron was lifted and brought near to his face, so that he could feel the heat. Whether tho operation would have been per­ formed or not I am unablo to say, bat there was no necessity, for the instant he felt the heat lie shunted: , "'Oh, don't doctor dear, please don't; I'm not dufnb. I will speak--I will, indeed.' "And he left the hospital that very afternoon."-- Philadelphia, Tinii)jp. The Xaughty Sister-bfLaif ̂ Fred Haynes is about twentv-eight years old, of fine physique, good-na­ tured, hasa charming moustache that ^flanks tho corners of his mouth like the silked mosqj of California, and is, with­ al. a masher. About three years ago Fred found his equal in one of the gen­ tler sex, and he laid his heart at her shrine, and it was accepted. The coup­ le were joined in matrimony, and are living happily together at the present writing. About eighteen months ago Fred went on the road for a wholesale grocery house in Helena, Montana, and traveled through the territory of Da­ kota, making his home at Fargo, where he ensconced hia little wife in a neat, cozv home. Last August Fred was on his way home from Bismarck, on a Northern Pacific train, and in the sleeper was a young lady plainly but neatly dressed, with an unsually sweet face and a form that would have stirred the frigid blood in tho veins of a m - sogynist. It cannot be said of Fred that matrimony had robbed him of his flirting propensities entirely, and the twinkling black eyes that peeped over the pages of a book at him, held by as shapely a hand as he had sver pressed; awoke tho coquetry of his nature, and he was soon by the lady's side, talking as familiarly with her as if they had been acquainted for years. She was charming, and Fred came near forget­ ting the sweet little woman who bore his name in the cottage home at FargOj and he paid his new acquaintance all the attention possible. He conducted her to the dining car aud furnished her with all the delicacies the menu af­ forded. Wine was not too good for' her, and he ordered it, thinking all the white the expense account could stand it Ho learned to his pleasure, that the lad y was going to Fargo to visit a friend--a sister. Her husband had lately died in Portland, Oregon, and she was left alone, with tlys Bister as an only relative. She had money left by her deceased husband, and would probably stop at Fargo for some time. Fred was delighted. He spoke to Her of his wife; wanted her to visit hia home, and, undoubtedly, they would find each other's company mutually pleasant and agreeable. The ladv seemed pleased, and begged hini to call on her; she would give him the address of her sister when she arrived. She was to meet* her at the train. The ride was a pleasant one, and Freil could not be blamed for sitting close to his fair companion and allowing his coat sleeve to describe a semi-circle on the back of the seat, while he sweetly smiled on her behind the newspaper, held upside down, that shielded them from the scrutiny of curious passengers. The train was rapidly nearing Fargo. Fred began to express his regrets that they should be obliged to part so soon, but fV.e little charmer assured him that they should soon meet and strengthen the friendship so romantically beprun. The train drew up at the station; yes, there was Fred's little wife, watching with anxious eyes for the form of her dear husband. He bade the lady a warm adieu, with an emphatic squeeze of the hand, and went to the smoking- room for his grip. When ke alighted from the train he came near falling under the cars when he saw the sweet charmer that had so wound him upr on the train in the arms of his wife, and they were hugging, kissing, laughing, and crying all the same time. They were sisters. Fred's wife had written her sister to meet Fred at Bismarck, and from the description given she spotted him at once and concluded to test the traveling man, with what suc­ cess the reader knows. Fred got off with a slight pull off tho ear, but hadn't got over teeling sheepish yet at flirt­ ing with his sister-in-law. "FUul Herald. •----- • • . * i r .a Qneer Things in Paint. ' ' A well dressed man entered a Market street pawn shop and quietly put­ ting his hand in his mouth took out a full 6et of upper teeth, bound together with a plate of pure gold. After he had rubbed them on his handkerchief he handed them shyly to the clerk, and said in a stage whisper: "Five dollars." The clerk handed the man the mon­ ey* and the tioket and he slipped quiet­ ly out the door. "That man's been here three times to-day," said the clerk. "The first time he left his watch and chain. The sec­ ond time he left his diamond stud and ring. I've advanced him money on his false teeth before. He's a poker player. He'll be back for the teeth and the other things Monday or Tuesday. "Do you usually loan money on false teeth?"was asked. "No, not often. Some pawnbrokers do. A conple of medical students used to come here who got hard ut> about once a month. Once they had pawned all their spare clothing and all their jewelry, and books, and instru­ ments. A conple of nights after they came here with a long bundle wrapped in n gossamer coat They told me they wanted £10 very badly. I opened the long bundle and found a human site efon. All the I ones were strung on silver wire. Knowing them well I let them have the money and carried tho skeleton up stairs in the storeroom, where it stood in a corner for a month before they came after it. Several times I have had women try to pawn babies. It's a common thing for men to come in here on bitter ci Id d&ys and take off their oven-oats and pawn them. A handsome young woman walked in here this morning, and, tak­ ing off a sealskin sacque, and pawned it for $10."--Philadelphia Time,g. THE ladies of Marii made the sacrifice t> sleeping «in a sitting back propped up dresses of Marie An freshened up and tu' dyed and her kerc cieaae«L ntoinette's time their beauty of sture, with their ,h pillows. The ette were often her ribbons and gipves IPfrfrHFtL FOOLISHNESS. They were talking of new footwear. "There," said John Huntington, as he held his boot up to view and rested it on the railing of the stove, "there is a pa r of boots that has lasted me near­ ly a year." "The shoemaker was a litt'e liberal with his leather when he built them,*' suggested the palo-faced young man. „ "1 always get my boots large enough," replied John, in a tone that indicated his devotion to the idea of giving his foot plenty of territory. Ihe pallid young gentleman thought, from the spirit of enthusiasm with which Huntington endorsed roomy boots, that he had, perhaps, an expe­ rience worth listening to, and so be opened up the past, as follows: "Do you remember when it was fashionable to wear tight boots, with high heels whose bottoms were about the size of a copper penny?" "Yes, you bet I do; I was there my­ self," replied Huntington, as he hooked the check draft out with a poker. "I remember one time, when I lived down in York state, I had a pair of boots made for a Christmas dance. I was go­ ing to attend a party in the neighbor­ hood where I once lived, about thirty miles away. '1 here was to be a great time. I was preparing to start the day before the holiday. I had told the shoemaker to make 'em as small as pos­ sible, and had quarreled with liim when he bad wound the measuring tape about my foot because he did not, draw it tighter. The shoemaker was to have my boots done the evening be­ fore I made the start. You know how shoemakers keep their prtunises?" "I know that a shoemaker who would keep his promise would be an amateur shoemaker," replied the sallow ycuth, who was becoming wrapped in the toils of Huntington's seductive narrative. "I called around after supper, and found the base deceiver pegging away at the bottoms. I sat down and staid with him till about 11 o'clock. It was a pleasure to see him first hit his awl, and then send home a peg, and I was filled with delight when he put the pol­ ish on the edge of the soles with the end of a bone. Don't you like to see a shoemaker work?" "I love to waich a shoemaker at his bench; especially when he is making a pair of shoes for myself. Next to see a blacksmith pounding the furid iron, and sending th < sparks in a shower about him. I delight in watching the skillful shoe carpenter as he constructs tho cow-hide brogan." "O hush up! About 11 o'clock I started for home, after extracting a solemn oath from the shoemaker that he would never leave his post till the boots were completed. The next morn­ ing I was there, bright and early, and found my man "treeing out" the objects of my concern. He had worked all night. I told him to sn itch tli£m off from the strctcher and I would put them on at my room." "How did they suit you? Was the fellow a mechanic?" asked the fragile youth, who seemed to fairly dote on every detail of the* sad episode as it fell from John's lips. "Yes, the fellow's workmanship was only surpassed by his ability to not get there on time. But the bcots. Oh, my! How small- and shapely they were. 1 never knew how genteel my foot was until I set eyes on those boots, flow narrow they were across the ball; what low insteps they had; and what pretty little heels. I tell you those boots were regular little pets." "You were, no doubt, confident that you would plav srtd havoic with the hearts of the female sex in those new boots?" inquired the young man of the insipid shade of countenanoe. "Oh, I was going to give them no quarter. Well, I took the boots to my room. They were ail damp and slimpsv, as boots are that have not been allowed to season. I tried to pull one on. I could just get my foot in the leg. I had some French chalk in the store where I was clerking. I filled the boot with the stuff. With its aid I managed to get my foot part way down to where it belonged. I then tried ashes, and oil, and everything I could think of that would be liable to assist me in introducing a number nine foot into a number six boot "How could I have been so thought­ less? The idea had not occurred to me to try it with my bare foot. I removed my stockings in a hurry. I oiled and chalked niy foot well, and then slipped it into the leg of the boot. It was the strangest thing in the world that that boot wouldn't pull on over my con­ founded foot. I tugged and pulled, and worked myself all around the room. She was coming I It took the skin off the back of my heel as it slid past the stiff counter. But, by the great horn-spoons, I had the boot on Then I waltzed and tugged about the room till I had my foot in the other. Wasn't I tired, though? Who-o-o! tried to walk about My feet felt as though needles were running in them anl they were pinched so tight couldn't bend them. When I stepped. I flinched, and the boots sounded 'clump,' 'clump* on the floor. But when 1 stood atill, with toes out, and one boot just a little in advance of the other, they looked beautiful." "I suppose you imagined yourself a dude, then ?" said the fair faced youth, with a sparkle in his eye, that indi­ cated that he was enchanted with the picture. "Oh, I was a maVher," replied Hunt ington, with a little laugh. "I wore those boots all that day. When I would step in tbe snow, through the thin leather I could feel the icy cold­ ness against my stockingless feet. I danced in the boots all that night. Oh, great guns, but they were warm, I did not take them ofi' next day, and I rode back home in them. Talk about suffer­ ing at the stake 1 I wouldn't go through that again for all the money in this town. When I pulled the boots off, on arriving home, my feet were red as fire, the skin was off in places, and within half an hour they were swollen up so I couldn't have crowded them into number fourteens. I never put on those boots aga n. I have two game toes, which are preserved as mementoes of the occasion." "Did you make any mashes?" anx­ iously inquired the simple young man. --Aurora Blade. The Alaska Indians. There are only 40,000 of the Alaska Indians. They are indolent and squalid. Their number is constantly decreasing. They live half of their days in canoes made of solid logs, burned out In the miserable huts are blear-eyed old sinners and half-clad women who will sell whatever they happen to possess, even their child daughters, provided they get their price, and every family have a dog or two as ugly and dirty as their o* ners. No MATTER how the space men occu- The Democratic Party's Fntwcw The Democratic party, coming into power after an involuntary retirement of neqyriy & quarter of a century, finds the most auspi­ cious conditions for a successful adminis­ tration of the Government. The country Is at peace. The Treasury is full. The publiocredit stands higher than ever before. •There is an abundance of currency which JB recognized as money all over the world. The United States holds a high place as a nation among the powers of the earth. The capacity of the American people for self- government has been demonstrated, not only by the failure of the most formidable rebellion ever organized, but also by a peaceful revolution which has brought back to power the party which was chiefly re­ sponsible for the civil war. All the post- bellum legislation has been formed and con­ strued with reference to a National destiny. The resources of the country, the enter­ prise of the people, and the public confi­ dence in the endurance of our institutions are all favorable to the prosperity of the party which to-day assumes the responsi­ bility of government. O11 the other hand, the Democratic party is unquestionably embarrassed by tradition­ al heresies and present dissensions. Its center of gravity lies in the South, which j has always dominated its purposes and ac- j tions. The Southern Bourbon manifests a disposition to take hft place in Washington with whip in hand, as he did in the days of slavery. He is still able to marshal a ma- j jority in the Democratic caucus. He has imaoffi LEgiMATPBg. SKXATOB SUTRAS RWEIAD A when tbe Senate met oa th» W*,; that in order to expedite 1 Senate Met* • o'clock iastead of atfe ator Whit® had two revolution*, < that ao bfflto be introduced ~ 2SST rut adjourn stne . die April *^alt these Istotttttctas 1 paosed onthirdreadlng 1 * Bwwtn!* amendment to 1 , making itobHgatory -- IntaHtoMniat indictment the amount of ball whexvaa Senator law, mating an indictnx offense is bailable. place the amount OD tbe copies, and the on arresting a prisoner can take teiauinair hatf till the case is brought before the court. 8#S- tor Morris' Ml for placing bowte-knivee. Via- tola, and other firearms in the Hat af tax­ able property. Senator Masons pan ML [This measure has vcecial •futliaflnn Chicago. It allows the Park Bosnia » levy an additional tax en adjoiutnx atom erty, where the voters of the park district have voted for levying the tax J Senator toathwwtk'l measure snpplying the omission ta the poN ent law of judgments, so that stock can he levied on by attachment ax weil as by' The Judiciary Committee's Mil prot the payment era small Commfsmtnar'a Sea» be taxed as costs, in the exemption eC ' steads from forced sale. Also th* m nUttee'a bill providing a fee eC $t dav, for appraisers in exeentmw and •_ pelling execution creditors to advance the praiaws' fee before, they are I The following Mils were introduced: Te re| late the salaries of State's Attorneys in «< of the third dasa. This biU particularly Cook County, and is to compel the State.'! ney of that district to account for all 1 oeivedbyhlm; toorovide for the same domineering and intolerant spirit, land and money for the cons] which ruled the Democrats of the North up ' ' to the day of the Charleston convention, and destroyed them when they would no longer submit to Southern dictation. But the Democrats of the North are not so meek now as they were before the war. They will not be so content to play the part of "doughfaces.™ They have become very largely imbued with the spirit of national­ ism. They will resent the lash. That it will be applied is sufficiently evident from Judge Regan's outbreak against President Cleveland because the latter dared to ex­ press views on the silver question which do not accord with the prevailing sentiment in the Democratic church South. But the Northern Democrats, or at least a large pro­ portion of them, have been educated in a sounder school of finance, taxation, and business,and they will not submit the affairs of their constituents to the impracticable methods in vogue or held in theory at the South. Here is a seed of discord which will grow and spread rankness unless the leopard of the South has changed his spots. There are other elements of dissension in ihe Democratic party which will plague those who are trusted with the management of its affairs. The party is hopelessly di­ vided on the tariff question. The free-trade wins is in the majority, but the protection faction has already proved its ability to defeat any movement in the direction of revenue reform. The agitation of the project for the repeal of the whisky and tobacco taxes will also army faction against faction. On the money qnes.ion the Dem­ ocratic i>aity has for mauy years been the refuge for all the cranks and extremists, until it now includes iu large numbers the goldites, the silver-monometallists, and the greenbackers. The greed for office will entail wide-spread dissatisfaction and bitter resentments. And the disappointment ol those sanguine people who expected sudden access of good fortune from the "change" which was promised them from the stump will be a stumbling-block in the progress oi the party. The success or failure of Cleveland's administration will depend more upon his paly than upon himself. If he were a man Of large experience aud distinguished abil­ ity he might exert an important influence over the party's course; as it is, there will be little for him to do but drift along with the current which the ruling element in the party shall set in motion. The prospect is that the rocks will be numerous and the squalls ugly, and that before the four years cruise is ended the American people will b« eager to return to their old ship--the Re­ publican party--renewed iu strength by rest and repairs.--Chicago Tribune. Blaine's Protestantism. It may not be amiss to state here the re­ ligions history of the youth of the Hon. James G. Blaine, as it was repeatedly given to us by his mother and his sister. His mother. Mrs. Blaine, has been always a de­ voted Ca holic, as were all the members of the Gillespie family. But she married a Protestant, and for many years after the marri ige her husband remained a Protest­ ant. He even Jield the maxim that while his wife might teach the daughters as she wished, the sons for his sake should be left nntmnmieled to chose their own faith. The eldest, James G.,was at an early age sent to a Protestant college, where ho spent several years, nnd where his religious opinions were formed. Mrs. Blaine never ceased to regret the course her son was being made to hike, but her protests were unavailing, as her hnsband persisted in his own determi­ nation. Yoftng James had been baptized in his infancy, but he never made his first communion, or received any other sacra­ ment, and, in view of his college influ­ ences, he cannot be said to have ever been willfully recreant to the faith of his bap­ tism. His brothers never left home to re­ ceive their education, and they were al­ ways, as they are to-day. Catholics. The father at a later day became a convert, and lived afterword an exemplary Catholic. We recall these facts simply that we may give a correct and autheutic statemeut in the case, as it lias been so often presented in differ­ ent and untruthful colorings. James G. Blaine was always a most faithful son and brother; his mother and sister were devot­ edly attached to him, and were constantly receiving from him marks of truest affec­ tion. They never blamed him for not be­ ing a Catholic, as they understood too well the circumstances amid which he had been placed, and which were such as to preclude him from all Catholic influences.--St. Paul Advocate (Bishop Ireland's Organ). iet a 8Mfi Cleveland's Lack of Democracy. Cleveland is going around with the wrong trade mark on his back. He has always been in favor of honest money and opposed to fiat money. He was in favor of every movement looking to the prosecution of the war. He hasn't breuthed a Democratic breath since he was born. Some one has branded him a Democrat, and he thinks he is a Democrat. I think he wiil be a disap­ pointment to every unpatriotic Democrat. He is thoroughly honest, and so far as he can control his party his adminisiration will not seriously interfere with the business in­ terests of the country; but he can't control the party. He will lose caste with his own party, not because the Democrats are un­ patriotic. but because they are in a hurry to get the offices. I think he will be in trouble in about a year, and only the Republicans will be in favor of him and his adminisira­ tion.--Emery A. Stoirs. PEFOBE Daniel Manning unbuckles to the great work of cleansing the "corrup­ tions" of the Treasury Department he ousht to have a copy of William M. Tweed's testimony to the effect that Manning's share iu the plunder of the Tweed ling was up­ ward of $700,000 lithographed, framed, and hung up in the Treasury office. With this as a background the country could ob­ serve him-- Smilin? down the steep world very purely, and thank its stars that the breed of very remarkable men has not yet run out--Inter Ocean. reformatory Institution tor sir Is; to amend tie law in regard to the cultivation of fiahtatUk State of Illinois; to amend the law recatattaMf » public warehouses and the inspection of grata; a special act for the relief of Thomas Little for damages sustained &irotnrh a failure of the State to fntnll a contract entered into with him; * ie amend the law concerning appropriations; te" legalize certain elections: to amend the law tp relation to the incorporation of cities and vfiP lages; to provide that ail g< oda manufactured,... at the penal institutions of this or oth~r ntstm shall be oistinctlv stamped a» goods manu­ factured by such institution*. A failure to com­ ply with this act incur* a heavy penalty; am stall­ ing the liquor law so as to provide ;or a oniform license of $250 for the sale of malt and liquors, such license to be paid annually In ad­ vance; to create a Superior Conrt of County to take the place of the dQr courts of Elgin and Aurora: making ap­ propriation for refurnishing the Kxeoutire mai ̂ sion and improving the pounds of the as met In the House the oath of omoe was administered to Dwipbt S. Spafford, who wa» elected by the Republicans of the Nineteenth District to sne- ceed the late Robert E. Logan. The" bMl mak- mir the pay of Jurors $2 a day instead of tl.se, and also the one appropriating $100 per yaar for the State Dairymen's Association, were ordered to thin 1 reading. The bill reducing the amonat of wagon exempt from garnishment under executions from $50 to $3S was killed. Fpity- three Senators and 104 members of the Hooae to ssfiss te tfeff Jc4si& session. Most of the absentees were Demoorats. bat it was noticeable that the ranks et the* Re­ publicans were by no means folL No one vetsft nntil the camo of Senator Cantwell waa caUed, when that gentleman responded: "W. H. Morri­ son." Jnst as the result was about to- he an­ nounced, Senator Streeter, asking for and obtaining permission to vote, arose to his fefk, and declared himself for John C. Black, {fa- one except Streeter and Caldwell voted, and the joint session adjourned. « SENATOR BELL presented a petition in the Se»» . ate, on the 25th, signed by the officers of the Illinois Woman's Silk Culture Association,.pray ; ing for legislation and appropriation in the Ufc> i terest of silk culture. Senator Mason, Chair­ man of the Judiciary Committee, presented a report unfavorably recommending Senater Ray's bill making jurors judges of lacts only. After diseassion the whole matter was post­ poned until Wednesday, April 1. The rat of the day's session was spent in a fruitless at­ tempt by Senator Mason to present the repotts of the Judiciary Committee on various bills which lay on his desk; but when the Senate adjourned only two of Senator Mason's rejort* had been received. The House passed and seat to the Senate for concurrence a bill amending the law providing fees for jurymen by Increas­ ing the amount to be rakl for saeh set»lees to $2 per diem and 10 cents per mile fer necessacy travel. Jurors in insane cases shall receive 6 e <ch per diem. The House next Consideredia bill drawn by Julius S. Oilnnell, Prose­ cuting Attorney of Cook County, provid­ ing for the semi-annual report by the Public Prosecutor of Cook, of all fines and forfeitures coltocted, etc. under the existing law, all prosecutors, with the exception of the official hereinbefore referred to, axe required tot report, and this bill simply makes the httl at ply to alt such officers throughout the ibtate. This measure Was also sent to the Senate for concurrence. A11 amendment te the law governing public parka, et<x, wig, read a third time, fcranois W. Parker, its author, said it was desired to give city councils the power to turn over te the ram- missioners aforesaid Jefferson and UL _ in the city of chicago. The bill was with an ewrrgencjr plaaset met sent, to the- Sonate. After a s mable over the order of busi­ ness to be pursued, the House Ordered tha oletir to proceed to the reading of House bills a seo- on i tune. The first measure which came up for ' ttiscut<sion was one offered by Thomas, at Cook, giving men of color e<;ual rights in ^restaurant*, theaters, etc. The bill weak to third reailintr. Noth nit further of note occurred during the session of the Housfe lu the joint convention, all the Republican Sen­ ators an<i all the Republican Representatives, except Fowler, of Marion County, answered te the r.ill-call. Two 1 allots were taken, and whtft Mr. Sittiif's name was cal ed he read a paper- stating in substance that he would havevotea for Gen. Loaan whenever he could have been, elected, and that he carefully refrained frosfc making a quorum on the oiher side. To prom his sincerity, he would for a limited time-oast* his vote alternately for Washburne and liOgan On the flrst ballot he voted for Washburne andt on the second for Logan*-his first for that tleinrm since the haliotmi; began, ifin ~ Eubllcan present exoept McMillan osrau, who received an even hundred. Democrats were silent. ^ v ^ AN hour and a half was consumed attheopen* ' • insr of the Senate, on the ttth, tnthe diacussioft' of Senator Whitney's bill for an act to tsir ' mortgagee and other liens upon real estate, aa& - to relieve incumbered property from double taxation. Senator Cochran opposed the milk features of the bilU and pointed oat what he deemed the injustice of the effect ef the prov isions. Senator Bell strongly favored the bill, and spoke twenty minutes in it* adveoaey- . An amendment offered by Senator Dtmean wiil - * defeated, and on a call of the roll the- bill waa finally killed by a refusal of tbe Senate to order it to a sesond reading. Senator Hamilton pro- sen cd a bill to appropriate $-260,o36 for the pu|K -. j; • pese of repairing: and restoring the StateHOUM to the condition it was iu at the cessation St« labor eight years ago One or two bills were in­ troduced, aiid after the joint assembly the 8«l- nte immediately adjourned, lu the House, Me. Scharlau presented a joint resolution for the creation of a special committee whose duty it shall be to secure for the use m the Judges of the Appellate Court cf the Firifc' District suitable rooms for court-rooms, library^, etc. The r> solution was sent to th* Senate fug foncurr nee. Mr. O'Donnell offered a resolution empowering the comnii te_> on cor. orations to Investigate the affairs, business, etc., of the Pullman IVace Car Company, and to Send for such persons and papers aa might be deemed necessary. 'Ihe res®* X lution was referred to the committee on corporations by a vote of yeaa 6S to niys • and a motion entered to recon ider tbe vote. c The order of House bills on third reading wail then taken up. The first bill sent to the 1" •mm a^FVrkj* ~ ~ Th* r was one presented by Mr. Pike, requiring county surveyors to keep records of their sap* vevs and acts, which shall be thrown open to public insi>ection Next came an important' amendment to section 32 ol the in relation to circuit courts, etc., making; the section in question read as iolknnv The several Judges of said courts shall hav* power, in vacation, to hear and determine mo­ tions to dissolve injunctions, stay or quash executions, to appoint receivers, to make all necessary orders to carry into efftef any decree previously entered, including the issuance of necessary writs theref• r, t5 order the issuance of writs of certi •Mart. Uk-) permit amendments in any process, pleading* or proc cding in law or equity. Any oilier afe- made shall be signed by the Judge making i£ ard tiled and entered of record by the Clerlg of the court in which the proceedtac Ik had and from the date of such filing Shall have like force and effect as if made at a reguiaK* t;tm of such court. Ihe tending tena of a court in another county than that in which the suit is pending, or about, to be commenced by the same Ju tu'e, shall not prevent the granting of snch order. The bUI was d scuss-'d at length, and finally passed by a vote of <7 yeas to it nays Mr. Linegar ul once entered a motion to reconsider. The: House also j (assert a bill appropriating $1,900 fog the relief of the he rs of one Willi m AUen. whose lands are alleged to have been damage^ by the construction of a dam across the Illfno S River, at Henry, in ISTy. Four billots were taken for United States Senator. The Demo-, crats did not vote. Ou the first ballot L' gan re*! -• , ceived itxi votes, on the second 101, on the thirtl . lllll n n /I AM • 9 /\t« K till V * ICO, and on the fourth 101. A RIFLE ball shot up in the air w? tically will have the same velocity wheat f it strikes tho earth on its return when it left the rifle, minus the resist- l< MR. GEORGE WILLIAM Crirris Is re­ ported as speaking very cautiously about Mr. Manning's npj ointment as Secretary of - the Treasury. He savs: "It is well to wait ance of the air, which is very great anil ^ and see. I have not liked Mr. Manning's political methods." It will be as well to "w »it and see" what the mugwumps will do. A great many people who have not liked Mr. Manning's political methods will be- 00111 * reconciled to them within the next four years--or he will know the reason why. continuous both ways. IDEAS are buds that ma;r blossom and bear fru^t ©a tree of knowledge.; You may have youth, beauty, healths/; , spirits, everything that can glaadent v,| the soul and charm the senses, and je|;~ feel like an ordinary human b^iag wheoi you find a hair in the butter. ; BE charitable and indulgent to «VWrr 4 ^ l^ebuijot