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h? iSw mr„ W&iM lii ' •<'» tlllpSiH- - . •* t -' s» . I. vantintc. CNkrM hMWitr. McHENBY, - • " t rLLiNora #V-v4 A BtBD'fl eye view from Trinity spire, New York, would disclose, it is said, 16,000 saloons in sight--12,000 in New York, and 4,000 in Jersey City* New- nrkg and Patterson. PAttWHG lovers are Bentimefitfil, bnt alfiaaaachnsetts girl, on bidding good-by to her fiance, capped the climax by at­ tracting his attention to the Great Dipper in the starry firmament. "Yon aee the second star in the handle of the Dipper, don't you?" "Yes." "Andyou see that faint little star close to the second star?" "Yes, my dear." "Well, darling, that's me." TIIE famous shell heaps at Damari soottis, Me., are to be ground up into lien-food and fertilizers by a Boston company. The largest heap is 341 feet long by 126 wide, and is from 4 to 20 feet deep. The origin of these shell- heaps has been a subject of much dis­ cussion among archaeologists. The Pea- body Museum is to have all the relics and curiosities that may be found in the heaps. A HOtrsE on fire is a London toy which would no doubt delight children who 1<Sve excitement. Two firemen stand and work a fire-engine, while a third climbs up a ladder to a top-story win­ dow, into which he plunges head fore­ most, subsequently reappearing through the ground. Another clever idea is a boy's violin, containing a musical box. In pressing the violin to the shoulder a spring is touched, which sets the musical box going, and the boy can then ac­ company the tune on the dumb violin. A BOSTON newspaper man says that Greenough's statue of Franklin in that city is worth studying, because it illus­ trates a theory for which the sculptor had the authority of the great physiog­ nomist, Lavater. It is that each side of the human face represents different phases of human nature, man being a dual animal, with a double set of char­ acteristics. On one side of the bronze face of Franklin Greenough has de­ picted the expression of the man of science who drew the lightning from the clouds. On the other he has rep­ resented the features of the author of the homely philosophy embodied in "Poor Richard's Almarrac." ii-v ISP. Is the year 1799 the Lutine, a Dutch East Indiaman, foundered off tho coast of Holland,near Terschelling, having on board twenty-five millions of guilders, almost entirely in gold, coin, and bars. Only one sailor escaped, and he was afterward able to point out the place of the wreck. Many proposals to raise the treasure have been since broached; •nd one had so far success in the early years of this century that about a fifth of the whole amount wa)k recovered by divers. Later essays showed that either the sands had shifted, or the wreck had sunk deeper. An inhabitant of Tenchelling named Ter Meulen is strongly impressed with the opinion that a continued effort must be success­ ful. He has succeeded in forming an association to undertake the task. TILLAMOOK COUNTY, says the Port­ land Oregonian, is quite noted for rapid growth of vegetables, but the fol­ lowing is a little above the average: It is well known that in the spring the pea vine grows up to a respectable size before the fern has a start, but when the fern sticks its head out of the ground it grows very fast, and the pea vine has • weakness for twining around the •lorementirned fern. A farmer went out one morning and found that the fern had grown so fast in tho night that it had all the pea vines out by the roots. Another account comes to hand that a cow laid down among some fern one night and when the stockmen went to drive it in the next morning found it lodged up in the high branches of the rapidly growing fern tree, fast asleep. In trying to rescue the animal from its perilous position it fell to the ground and broke its neck. *•'% V, t ifc PARIS is trying an experiment which has long ago been found to answer in Italy. On one Of the boulevards a new establishment has been opened for the personal comfort of the Parisans. You can wash your hands, have your clothes brushed, your boots cleaned. You can %nte your letters. Paper, pens, ink, site., are at your disposal. In one room ard all the newspapers, not merely of Paris and the provinces, but of all the great continental capitals. A third room lis devoted to work of reference, «neyc|opediaA, dictionaries, and direc­ tories. There is a telephone and a poetoffioe, and all this is epen to any passer-by who pays half a franc ad mission. The Italian idea did not go quite so far, but in some respects it iras more usefuL It was not a private speculation, but a government concern. In fact, it was a part of the working of the postal system of the countrv. Yon paid a penny entrance fee, and found all the means of writing and all the in­ formation you might need to hand. ; ^0tt buy paper at oost price, and have the use of writing materials gratui­ tously. The French institution is a "peculation. THEY drink beer in a curious manner in Spain. A correspondent to the Han­ over Courier relates how his guide, a Frenchman, by name of Laboisse, pro­ posed to visit a brewery, operated by a firm with a German name. It was nota­ ble for its cool accommodations. The leather was very warm, and a cool spot - as well as a cool fatherland's draught Was not to be despised. As they en­ tered they were confronted by some Andalusian peasants in their picturesque oostume. They had evidently come in to the celebration of some patron saint's festival, and wished to gratify their «uic^ with regard to the new strange drink styled N6erveza»" Two bottles insecurely corked were brought, a large aud a small one, also a aoup dish, into which LabOisse poured the contents of the larger, which had a beer-like color. The contents of the smaller bottle fol­ lowed, the fluid being of a pale, lemonade color. Laboisse stirred up the mixture before him with as mnch solicitude as though concocting a pineapple punch. This was the custom of the country. The beverage, which savored more of flat lemonade than of beer, was then drunk out of small glasses; A NEW YOBK police sergeant tells a good story on himself. " When he was young and green on the force he ar rested a well-dressed man for being drunk and disorderly. Next morning he started for court with him. Tho man was evidently suffering for a drink, and the young policemen, as he then was, after refusing to take a drink, with the man in pity permitted him, on promise that he would come right out, to go into a saloon and get some liquor. The man failed to return. "Walking down toward the court in k desperate mood," said the sergeant, "I saw a darkey standing on the front steps. A bright thought struck me and I acted on it at once, and before that darkey knew what struck him I had him by the collar and yanked him into the court xoom. Luckily the pen was clear and I ran him up before the Jus­ tice. The man was stricken absolutely dumb, and when the Judge spoke to him he answered not a word, but sim­ ply stared in an idiotic sort of a way. I told the Judge that the man was a de­ cent young fellow and this was his first offense, and he discharged the prisoner with a reprimand. I hustled the darkey out of court as quickly as possible, and I dont suppose that he knows to this day what was the matter with me. I got my papex$ all straight, and went back to the station happy. You may talk about your sense, but my word for it nerve takes the biscuit. ** THE bastile is going to be restored. One of the sights of the Paris exhibi­ tion, in celebrating the centenary of the revolution, will be a restoration of the famous prison exactly as it was in 1789. The Port d'Arsenai, the entrance to the bastile, the Institute Favart, and their neighboring streets will ' also be faithfully reproduced. The Protestants' Temple, which figured conspicuously in the affairs of 1789 and was turned into a meeting-house and place of amusement, is to be utilized for an ex­ hibition "de lutheric." This has noth­ ing to do with Luther, but means that all the musical instruments of the present time will be exhibited in the temple; concerts will be given occasion­ ally from the music of the old masters, such as Gretry and MehnL. It is said that the organizers of the exhibition are on the lookout for souvenirs of the revolution. They are after Marat's bath, which was recently sold by a Breton cure for several thousand francs. They will probably ^Iso try to get the original guillotine, if it was not it which the communists burned, cr hunt up the red cap of liberty which Louis wore when he put his head out of the window in the Tuileries. Having once rebuilt the bastile, they must clearly have back the original key which was pre­ sented to Washington by Lafayette, and the anniversary exhibition cannot possibly be complete unless the famous prison » restormed and destroyed again. - FRENCH FIX. Drama a recess of the national legis­ lature: "Well! my dear sir, what brings you in this part of the country?" "AH! doctor, politics are killing me." "Indeed! you surprise me; there are so many making a living off of them." GUYMAN was in the habit of giving his lady-love a nightly serenade. The other evening some one threw a basin of water over him. The next day he wrote thus to the fair one: "I leave to-mor­ row. Adieu 1 all is over between us! I never could stand hydropathy." • AT the barracks: Sergeant--No. 2, you don't seem to understand me. Yes, you! How often have I said that when you're in line, you must be able to feel your neighbor's elbow? Soldier--I can't possibly, Sergeant. I've had a devil of a cold in niv head for three days now. Sergeant--Well! then, extra duty for you to-night. A GENTLEMAN had flown into a violent passion with his valet for some blunder, and had not spared the hard words. When the latter returned to the kitchen, he gave free vent to his indignation. "The brute. To talk in that style to a valet in the present year of our Lord-- in this era of equality--why he couldn't have abused a coachman any worse." JOSEPH PIUTDHOMME is looking over a work on astronomy, and comes across an engraving, showing the principal mountains in the moon, with their names. Very much surprised, ho re­ marks to his off spring: "Onesimus, my son, behold what science can do! Not only have they discovered the moun­ tains in the moon, but they've found out their names as well!** The Electoral Tele In 1888. There is a good deal of speculation about the relation between the electioue this year and the vo:e for Presidential electors in 1888. Many Democratic papers have prepared tables which prove to their own satisfaction that if the States had been meting for President this year, a Democrat would have been elected by a large majority. 1 hi? inferenca by no means follows the showing of the returns. It is safe to say that tho Stales in which Republicans ma do suoti gains on Congress­ man, as to show a wide-spread elinngo of FU ELING on national ISHUOS, would have been carried entire for a ltepublican President, making an aggressive campaign on national issues. It is more satisfactory to study the returns as an indication of what is likely to be the political status of the several States two years hence, judging by the causes that operated in bringing about this year's results. Without attempting to forecast, at this time, the political complexion of every State in 18&8, a number of btates may be safely classed as doubtful, with the others divided between the two parties, with little chance of change, as follows. Kafcly Democratic. Safely Republican. Doubt­ ful Alabama lOjlllinois.. 22 Colorado 8 Arkansas T Iowa 13;Connecticut.. 6 Delaware SjKansav 9 California.... 8 Florida....... 4 Maine... GlNcw Jersey., fl Georgia 19 Michigan ....JSiNew York. ...8fl Kentucky IS Minnesota ... 7|X. Carolina. .11 Louisiana.... 8 Mass ..HiVirginia 12 M my laud .... e Nebraska.... 5 Indiana 15 Mississippi .. 9 Ohio 23 W. Virginia.. 6 Missouri 16 Oregon......:- 3 Nevada 3 S. Carolina... 9 l'onii 30| Tennessee.. ..12 Vermont,4 ^JTexas 13 Wisconsin ...11 ----{New liamp... 4 Total "124;R. Island .... 4 Total 108 Tot*^^ A Courtship by Means of a Bible Text. A young gentleman happening to sit at church in a pew adjoining one in which sat a young lady, for whom he conceived a sudden and violent passion, was desirous of entering into a court­ ship on the spot; but the place not suiting a formal declaration, the exigency of the case suggested the fol­ lowing plan: He politely handed his fair neighbor a Bible (open) with a pin stuck in the following text: Second Epistle of John, verse fifth--"And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee but that which we had from the be­ ginning, that we love one unother." Hlie returned it, pointing to the second chapter of Ituth, verse tenth--"Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, 'Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou sliouldst take knowledge of me, seeing that I am a stranger?" He re­ turned the book, pointing to the thirteenth verse of the Third Epistle of John--"Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink, but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full." From the above interview marriage took place the ensuing week. EDUCATE the people to the fact that effects follow causea. i jaftiifcihr». This division gives to the Democrats 124 rotes that, under present conditions, they can depend upon, although with a strong protective policy, the Republicans may be able to break the solid South sufficiently to take one or two States that are now clashed as safely Democratic. There is not a State in tho ltepublican column that the Democrats can hope to gain. They made ga:ns in Minnesota this year, be­ cause the Republican party there was thor­ oughly demoralized by its cowardly and insincere position on the tariff. But there is no reason to expect that in a Presiden­ tial year, the Democrats could come within 25,000 votes of carrying it. The Demo­ crats would need to take from the doubtful columu seventy-seven votes in order to have a majority of the electoral college. The Republicans, with 168 votes in all probability secure,will need but thirty-three from the same column to give them a ma­ jority. New York nlona would furnish all that was needed, or Indiana, California, New Jersey, and Colorado would be surli- cient, taking none of the Southern States. But the result of this year's elections thows that the two Virginias and North Carolina are good fighting gronnd for the Republi­ cans, with mauy chances in their l'avor. While the States in the far West, Califor­ nia, Colorado, and Nevada ara classed as doubtful, there is little doubt that a Repub­ lican lik>± Blaine, or any other candidate who is as sound ai he on financial and other questions of interest there, could carry all of those States easily. Bo that the study of the probabilities in 1888, in the light of this year's elections, is full of promiso and encouragement to every Be- publican.--Pen Moinea Register. Nasby on Civil-Sorviee Reform. Ez to the condnck uv the offis, I am run- nin it on the 6triktest possible clusnis to the Civil-Servis Reform rool3. Our exlent President so directed me, and I am ob- servin his wishes, wich 1 do w.th pleasure, e/. they are fully in akkord with my own norhuns. I very much desired to retane the old employees, but I coodent. No man kin be responsible for a public offis onless his subordtnits ore in akkord with him, and the old ones wuzn't. Fr'instance, the man wich took the males from the postoffis to the stashen at Seceshnville wuz a wun- armed Fedrel soljer. I askt him to be a delegate to the Dimicratik Congreshnel convention, and pledge hisself to support the nominee, which he refused to do, re- markin in tho most brootal manner that he'd see me d d fust, and then he wooden't. Uv course I coodent stand any Sich in- subordinashen ez that, and orf went his hed, and I appinted in his place a Confed- rit soljer, wi,;h is in perfeck akkord with me and the administrashen. The former incumbent wuz of no earthly use to Bas- com; he never asked me to take suthin, and wuz payin for a house and lot out uv his salery. In short, he wuz no Ditnikrat, and of course he had to go. The noo man appinted is one uv us, and the mule he Er.sented me with, jist afore I appinted im, wich I sold fur $80, cum in mity handy jist ez the winter wuz comiu on and I wanted sum hevy close. I hev a overcoat now fur the fust time iu 20 veers. My assistant wuz also a disabled Federal soljer and I didn't dare to retane him be- coz uv the differences in opinvun betwixt us, and also becoz Bascom dem indid his hed, and the pultin uv a brother-in-law uv his in the place, wich I.did fur the improve­ ment uv the servis. I wantid intelligence in the posishen. The noo assistant lays on my table all the letters wich he suspex uV containin money. Ther ain't nothin like civil-sen is reform, aud ez it is practised by the present ad­ ministrashen I don't see how any Dimi- crat kin objeck to it.--Toledo Blade. A Painful Display. It is painful to observe that President Cleveland was unable to respect the decen­ cies of the occasion at the Harvard cele­ bration, but seized the opportunity to thrust upon the assembled company his )ersonal feelings abont newspapers which le considered had done him an injustice. There have been few Presidents of the United States--h is there been one beside Andrew Jackson?--small enough to use such an occasion for the parade of private griefs, or for mawkish appeals in behalf of their private ambition. Had President Cleveland been a man of better breeding, not even littleness of mind would have led him to unpack his heart and empty abusive epithets on such a company. The President is too small a man for the place he attempts to till. He talks of "silly, mean and cowardly lies;" is he not large enough to know that lies of that sort never huit anybody ? What has galled him is the public criticisms of his ofli' ial acts; the exposure of Pan-Electric jobs, the contrast of his reform professions with the appoint­ ment of his relatives, of disgraceful parti­ sans, and of notorious jail-birds. He has been criticised sharply, and it is not unnat­ ural that he thinks unjustly, for his viola­ tion of pledges in regard to the Civil Ser­ vice. But there has not been a President in the long list, from Washington to Arthur, inclusive, who has not been more unjustly criticised, and few have b en little enough toreseutthe mistakes of judgment or in­ formation which they kuew were prompted by honest regard for the public good. Mill fewer have thought it tit to unlo id their griefs on a college anniversary.--Xew York Tribune. A Campaign Story with a Point. In one of his speeches recently delivered in Pennsylvania, Mr. Blaine pointed a moral as to the advantages the Democrats have in the "solid South," with this little parable: A Southerner said to a Northern man, "Let us play a game of billiards for the next Presideuti d election two years hence --401 points," jtint the number of electors that is. |Laughter.) So they went down to the Fifth Avenue Hotel to settle the election two years in advance. The Southerner took up a cue--I go on the pre­ sumption that yoa all know the g;ime-r-and said, "Well, 1 will count off 15 f points in this game; those are mine without playing them." tXJreat merriment.) He add d, "I will have to get only 4K, while you have lo get 201." [Renewed laughter and ap­ plause.] "I confess, gentlemen," added Mr. Blaine, "that 1 nm utterly at a loss to de­ nounce the fraud and the wrong which is so wsll illustrated by thai story." -- POSTAL SERVICE. from the Annual Beport |of Postmaster General I Vilas. J How the Special Delivery System Worts 'he Foreign Mails--LeUAP* . sheet Envelope*. ^ The report of Postmaster General Vilas for the fiscal year ended June 30,1886, says in immensity and extent of means, of expenditures, of performances and re­ sults, the postal machinery of the United States exeeeds--in some points far exceeds -- that of any other nation on the globe. The entire length of all railways employed by tho United States nearly equals the combined extent of those of all other countries of the world, while the other post routes more than quadruple tho total of any single people besides; and the mile­ age last year of or.r mail transportation exceeded by more than 125,000,000 miles the service rendered to any other govern­ ment. Of postofflces no other nation has one-third our number. It is estimated that 100,000,000 more letters were mailed in the United States last year than in Great Britain, and nearly that number more than were mailed in Germany, France, and Aus­ tria combined. The proportion to each in­ habitant is estimated in the United ^States at Gil, Great Britain 57, Germany 10. At the close of the fiscal year the total number of j ostofiices was 5;J,G14, besides 407 branch offices. Of these 2,244 were Presidential offices, divided as follows: First class, 75; second clafB, 400; third class, l,.7(j'J. In the fourth eia?s there were 51,370. Among all tue offices 7,205 were money-order offices, besides 92 money- order stations. Concerning appointments the report says: "The appointments of Postmasters dur­ ing the last fiscal year numbered altogether 22,747, of which 0,112 were made to till vacancies occasioned by resignations or ex- Eired commissions, 587 to vacancies caused y death, 3,482 on the establishment of new offices, and 9,566 upon removals. Of the total number of appointments, 1,039 were made by yourself, the vacancies hav­ ing occurred tromthe following causes, re­ spectively--viz: By expiration of com­ mission, 408; by resignations, 253; by deaths, 24; by removal* or suspensions, 247; and to offices which had been assigned from the fourth to the third class, 47." During the year the free-delivery service was extended to Aurora, 111.; Dululh, Minn.; and Newport, Ky. The total num­ ber of carriers was 4,840, an increase of 483. The total cost of this branch o'c the service was §4,312,306, au increase of $326,354 over the previous year. The work performed by the carriers is summarized as follows: "The number of pieces of mail matter, counting collections and deliveries, handled by the carrieis during the year was 1.949,- 520,599, an increase over the previous year of 204,983,180, or 11.75 percent., while the carriers increased but 11.08 per cent, in number." The money-order system has been ex­ tended to 311 additional offices during the year, while 10 were dropped from the list. "During the year there were issued 7,940,302 domestic orders, amounting to nearly $114,000,000 ; 5,999,428 postal notes, amounting to $11,718,000; and 493,423 in­ ternational orders, aggregating $7,178,- 786.21; besides the pavmant of foreign or­ ders reaching a total of almost $4,000,000. The entire amount of fees received was $1,214,506.38, less by $2,869.60 than the previous year." The act establishing the special-delivery system limited its privileges to 555 post- offices. During the full year of its use-^ to Sept. 30, 1886--1,118,820 letters were re­ ceived for special delivery at these offices. Taking th«,|^l year, the total amount of fees reeeivefRiom this source was $84,782, leaving a gross profit to the Government of $27,097. From the enlarged system, ex­ tending the privileges of the act to all postoffices and all mailable matter, the Postmaster General expects great results. The total revenues of the department for the year were $43,948,422, and the excess of cost over revenue $8,254,157. Of the total appropriations for the year, amount­ ing to $54,183,642.14, the entire outlay actually made and estimated to be made is but #50,839,'{40.46, leaving a balance to be eventually covered into the Treasury of $3,344,301.68. Letter-sheet envelopes, the report says, have been long authorized, but no real at­ tempt was mode to introduce them until laRt October, when a contract was made with the owner of a patent, by which the department receives them without cost, and pays for only what it sells. So far the en­ velope appears to find popular favor, but the Postmaster General think* longer ex­ periment desirable before recommending the purchase of the patent and the manu­ facture by the Government. The dead-letter office during the year handled 5,023,745 pieces of mail matter, of which number 186,448 were delivered un­ opened to the proper parties, and 366,379 foreign pieces were returned to the country of origin. Of those opened about one-half were destroyed as uudeliverable or value­ less. Letters to |Jie number of 12,138, containiK money aggregating $21,7:52, besides T8,105 letters containing drafts, checks, or other instruments for the pay­ ment of money of the total face value of $1,121,154.74, were delivered to the owners. The revenue derived from dead letters which could not be restored to owners, and *rdm auction. sala of unclaimed parcels, amounted to $^,879.29. Postoffices were reported robbed to the number of 487, and 269 were burned; 76 postal cars were burned or wrecked, 27 mail stages and 7 mail messengers were robbed, 79 pouches were lost, i»nd 127 re­ ported stolen or injured. The records of the inspectors show the following facts: "For violation of postal laws 660 persons were arrested, of whom 243 were in the service and 417 were not; 110 were post­ masters, assistants, or clerks, 14 railway postal clerks. 24 letter-carriers, 27 mail- carriers, and 11 of various employment. Seventy-nine burglars and 31 former post­ masters are included among the arrests outside of the service. The State courts took jurisdiction of 54 cases and the Federal courts of 606. Of the la'ter con­ victions followed in 214, acquittals in 26, trial waits in 295, and tho residue were dis­ missed or failed of indictment." Society's Chatter. A SOCIETY lady, who was describing a grand ball to a friend a few nights ago, was asked by a friend how she was dressed. "Low--and behold," was the response. A LADY who lost a pet canary bird by death was inconsolable until somebody suggested that she have it stuffed and put on her bonnet. She is now as happy as ever. DONKEYS are coming into fashion among young ladies, and strictly way-up girls might as well be out of the world as out of a donkey. This is the evolution of the dude. THEY were married.--"How do you tie a love-knot?" asked Laura, toying with a bit of bine ribbon. "Oh, any way," growled Tom, behind his ttewspapc*. "just so that it will pull out easy." "So THE rnKsus i* to be married, eh?" said the gardener to the cook. "Yis, and in illi<;ant stoyle, too. She's goin' for 10 have a dhress thray yarruds long, aud four pall-beareis to kerry it," ACCOIUHNG to a fashion item, the arti­ cle of feminine wear known as a bonnet is now called a "dream." That may be; but when the bill comes in it ia no dream. It may bo a nightmare, however. "BY the way, are you dining with the Montmorency Browns to-night?" "Ob, heavens! Now I remember, tney did ask me to dine there to-night." "What--and you forgot to answer!" "Oh, I answered fast enough, but I've clean forgotten whether I accepted or dselinedt" THE SENIOR ADAMS BEAD, Eminent 8cholar and Stateouui Panes Quietly Away at His Boston Homd? Ills Final Illness the Resnlt of a Seven Cold--Sketch of Ilia P«b* . . l i e C a r e e r . i • * . The Hon. Chaxleo Francis Adams, 8r», died at his residence iii Boston on Sunday, Nov. 21. Mr. Adams' mental and physical powers had been declining for nearly a decade. Until the very last, however, he was a qniet, dignified gentleman, who aim- ply took no interest in what was going on about him. His intellectual collapse was so complete that for fully two years he had been nnable to identify any of his family, except, perhaps, his wife. Nothing roused him except an occasional outburst of mer­ riment in his presence, when he would join sympathetically in the general laughter. There were no offensive features of his in­ firmity whatever, the outward effect being simply complete reticence. No apprehension of his immediate death was felt until the day preceding his de­ mise, when Mr. Adams showed slight symptoms of fever. A physician, who was called at once, said his wasted strength Would not be able to resist the attack, mild as it was. Mr. Adams lingered some six­ teen hours, when his life left him as quuty as a breath of air extinguishes a candle flame. The end, when it came, was simply the flickering out of the last spark of vital fire, which had been fading away so gradually that the change from day to-day was not perceptible. Skfftcti of Ht» t!fe. ' , Charles Francis Adams, grandson of John Adams, second President, and son of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, was born at Boston, Au­ gust 18, 1887. His father holding diplo­ matic positions in Europe, he spent most of his first ten years abroad, returning tb America in 1817, when he entered Harvard College, graduating in 1825. He was ad­ mitted to the bar in 1838, but never engag­ ed in practice, having previously married the daughter of Peter C. Brooks, a wealthy Boston mercuant. Previous to 1848 he had served as a member of the Massachu­ setts Legislature for five years. In 1848 he was nominated by the newly organized "free-soil" party for the Vice Presidency of the United States. This party, com­ posed mainly of Democrats who were op­ posed to the extension of slavery, cast but few votes, but its members, finally coales­ cing with most of the Northern members of the Whig party, formed the Republican party, whicu came into power in 1860. Meanwhile, in 1858, Mr. Adams was elect­ ed a member of Congress. In 1861 Mr. Adams was appointed by President Lincoln Minister to Great Brit­ ain, a post which he retained until 1868, when he was recalled at his own request. In 1871-2 he acted as arbitrator for the United States in the commission to settle the respec tive claims of Great Britain and the United States growing out of the civil war. He was one of the originators of the "Liberal Republican" movement in 1872, bnt was defeated by Mr. Greeley in secur­ ing the Presidential nomination. He sub­ sequently joined tho Democratic party, by which he was nominated for Governor of Massachusetts in 1876. Mr. Adams has furnished man)' contri­ butions to the North American Review and to tho Christian Examiner, and in 1870 delivered before the New York Historical Society an able discourse on "American Neutrality." He has published "The Life and Works of John Adams," tea volumes, and "The Life and Works of John Quincy Adams," thirteen volumes. John Quincy Adams, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1871. and Charles Francis Adams, Jr., who has long been identified with railroad development, are sons of Mr. Adams. The home of the Adams family is the old town of Quincy, Mass., a suburb of Boston. The houses where the second and sixth Presidents of the United States lived are both in excellent preservation. They stand on each side of the road and people are living in them. Under the old church, built of Quincy granite, are buried the two Presidents, Charles Francis Adams' father and grandfather. CONCERNING OUR NAVT. Abstract of the Yearly Meport of the Bu­ reau of Construction and Repair. The Chief of the Naval Bureau of Con­ struction and Repair, in his annual report, to the Secretary of the Navy, says that the Lackawauna, Tennessea, and Shenandoah are beyond repair, thus reducing the num­ ber of serviceable vessels in the navy to two first-rate, ten second-rate, twenty third-rate, and seven fourth-rate vessels, the latter class including two torpedo rams. Tho Frankl n, Wabash, Minnesota, and New York, all first-rate vessels, are set down as requiring extensive repairs, and thirteen ironclads require more or less re­ pairs. In addition the naval list comprises thirteen iron and twelve wooden sailing vessels used for receiving and transport ships. The new vessels completed, building, or authorized to be built are summed up as follows: One (tho Dolphin), complete; two (the Boston and Atlanta), armament incomplete; five tthe Chicago and the monitors), incomplete; five (the Baltimoro, Charleston, and Newark, and two gun­ boat s, under advisement; and four (an armored cruiser, a battle ship, a pneumatic dynamite boat, and a torpedo boat), not yet designed. To this list cat# be added the Alert and the Ranger, four guns each; the Monocacy, paddle-wheel gunboat, six guns; Michigan, paddle-wheel gunboat, four guns; Aiarm, one gun; Intrepid (yet to be completed1, gunboat, two -thirteen- inch guns. The iem:iimler of the iron- built vessels now in the service consist of thirtean river and harbor monitors with single screws rated as fourth-rates, which could not be got read}' lor service without an expenditure of $200,000 under this bu­ reau alone. Of the second-rates the Trenton, Omaha, and Vandalia can probably be continued in service ten years longer, the Lancaster and Brooklyn six years, and the/ Hartford, Richmond and Pensacola five years. Of the third-rates the Michigan can be continued in the service for ten years, the Aidams, Alliance. Essex, Enterprise, Talla­ poosa, Yuntic, and Nipsic for six years, and the Juniata, Ossipee, Quinnebaug. Swatara, Galena, Marion, Kearsarge, and Iroquois five years longer. The Prohibition Tote at Large. From apparently reliable sources the information is gathered that the prohibi­ tion vote at the last election will aggregate over 300.000, as against 150,000 in 1884. The vote by States is given as follows: Alabama. California Colorado Coimectioat, Del aw am Florida 684'Nevada 4,5uO'New Hampshire, 2,50o!New Jersey 4,800! New York 8,730 North Carolina. l,00d!<)liio Illinois 2 ,<H)a Oregon Indiana...... Iowa M a i n e . . . . . Maryland'....:... M&sbiichuaetts... Michigan Minnesota, . Nebraska 3,500 2,000 19,500 39,0)0 3,030 28,6.50 2,750 9,030 Pennsylvania.... 33,000 •l,10>'!<hode Island.... 2,900 S^ilTexas 30,003 7,215!Vrrni6nt 1,(503 8,hX)'Wobt Virginia ... 3/ 00 3>,0!0.Wisconsin 20,000 12,000 9,0001 Total 812,082 Pastime. "I SI* Napoleon crossed the Alpa in t800." , «And I say in 1802." ki,. V J • • , "You depend on memory." ' r "No, I don't. I depend on pastime. "Pastime!" 'Certainly. Ain't history a mere matter of "" -.v-v ENTERED INTO BEST. Ex-President Arthur Passes Away Rather Suddenly in His York Home An Attack of Paralysis Closes His Career, Death's Awful Toueh /JMng Painlessi J •*' fNew York special.] Cneater Alan Arthur, ex-President of the United Btates, died suddenly at his residence, 123 Lexington avenue, at 5 a. m. Thursday, Nov. 18. The immediate cause ot his death was a stroke of cerebral apoplexy which came in his sleep between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the result of the bursting of a blood vessel. His death was painless. It was like the slow going-out of a burned-down candle, and for hoars before the end came the dying man was unconscious. His eon and daughter, his sisters, and Bherman W. Knevals, his former IS'W partner and intimate friend, were at his side wht-n the summons of dfath came, cor many months Gen. Arthur had been a 'i®" ®8®i s®d although immediately prior to the fatal shook he was apparently brighter M m and man cheerful than usual, bis death was not unexpected bv his more intimate "friends. For two years he had been Buttering from a compli­ cation of Blight's disease of the kidneys and an enfeebled and enlarged heart. It was this latter disorder that weakened his robust constitution and prepared tho way for the rapture of the blood-vessel in his brain which caused his death. The beginning of Gen. Arthur's illness dates back to the latter part of his administration at Washington. On leaving the national capital ho at once placed himself in the care of Dr. George A. Peters, his old family physician, and every effort within the reach of medical skill was employed to rebuild his disordered system. The treatment did him no apparent good, and it was thought last spring that he had only a few days to live. With the warm summer weather, however, the patient seemed to rally. Early in June he was removed to a cottage at New London, Conn., and there his health and spirits gained perceptibly. On Oct. 1, Gen Arthur returned to this city much benefited by his stay at New London, but it was not long before Dr. Peters saw that his patient was failing, and soon the President found himself too weak to leave his house. He had his bed moved into the frcnt room on the second story, and so arranged, with the foot- board toward tne windows, that he could look out and watch the clouds when he did not feel strong enough to move about the house. Tues­ day Gon. Arthur had an encouraging day. His mind was clear and his spirits hopeful. He sat up chatting with friends, nnd in tho evening wrote a number of letters and signed some legal papers. At midnit/ht the nurse looked into his room and found him sleeping quietly. Wednesday morning when the attendant en­ tered the sick man's rcom he was breathing heavily and was unconscious. Dr. Peters and Dr. Valentine were at once called, and a hasty examination satisfied them that Genertil Arthur was near his end. He had suffered a stroke of apoplexy which ruptured a blood­ vessel in the brain, causing paralysis, and this in turn produced unconsciousness. Restora­ tives were applied, and after some hours the dying man regained his mind. He was unable to speak, but when the doctor called his name he pressed his hand fa ntly, and later he put out his tongue when asked to do so by his physician. The family was then told that the sick man could not live more than a few days at the most, and the same message was sent to General Arthur's friends. Mrs. McElroy and Mrs. Caw, the ex-President's sisters, and his son, Chester Alan Arthur, Jr., with the daughter Nellie, were constant in their attend, ance. At 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon it became evident that death was very noar. As Dr. Dr. Peters and Mr. Knevals at this hour entered the apartment of the dying man be seomcd to recognize his old friends. He followed them with his eyes and took the doctor's hand, but his speecn failed him. Most of the family gathered in the dying man's room and sadly watched through tne loir,' hours of the night. At midnight Dr. Peters observed that tne pa­ tient was no longer conscious, and listening for a moment at the sick man's breast he detected the unmistakable signs of the approaching end. This ho made known to the watchers, and feeling that bis friend was beyond tho roach of his skill he lettthe liouao aud went to his home. trom miduight on the dying man lay quiet upon his bed, breathing slowly, but apparently in little pain. Toward early dawn tho curtains in the room wore-lifted, but tlio patient gave few signs of life save tho severe and now some­ what painful breathing. Kurrogato liollins called the daughter Kcllie, and tho son, who bears Gen. Arthur's own name, ana his two sis­ ters, Mrs. McKiroy and Mrs. Caw, with his ^nephew, Mr. Matten,to tt.e bedside of the dying man, and then left .tho apartment overcome with grief. TLe ex-Presidoi.t continued to sink rapidly, and at 5 o'clock Thursday morning he died. The young daughter of the dead man was overwhelmed with grief. When she was led to the doutb couch of her father she wept bitterly, and was led away inconsolable. The son, who had been a companion to the father, broke into teurs. Choster Alan Arthur, the son of an Irishman named William Arthur, was born in Fairfield, Vt., on the Otli of October, !8:S0. After the cus­ tomary New England schooling ho entered Union College in Schenectady in 1856, and was graduated high up en tho list four years later. Mr. Arthur supported himself while iu college, and served his apprenticeship in the humble in- clom ro of a schoolhouse. After two years in a law school, and a brief service as pr>nclpul of the North Pownal Academy, in Vermont, Mr. Arthur came to New" York and en­ tered the law Ann of Culver, l'aisten i&Aitfaur, aft r which, and until lfcMWi, he was associated with Mr. Henry D. Gardner. Tho law career of Mr. Arthur includes HO:::C notable cases. On© of his first, CHBOS was the celebrated Lemuion suit. In 1 fti'-i Jonathan and Juliet Lenimon, Virginia slaveholders, intending to emigrate to 'l'oxas, cau.e to New Kt rk to await the sailing of a a oamer, bringing eight slaves w ith Un-m. A writ'Oi nabeas corpus was ob- ta.noil fi-oiu Judge Paino to test the questiop whether tho provisions of the fugitive-slave law were in forco in tliii State. Judge Paine ren­ dered u decision holding that they wore not, and i.rdcred that tue Lemuion slaves be liber­ ated. Henry L. Clinton wus one of the counsel for the slaveholders. A howl of rags went up Irom tho South, nnd the Virginia Legislature authorized the Attorney General of that State to assist iu taking an appeal. William •M. Kvarts and Chester A. Arthur were employ­ ed to represent the people, and they won iheir ense, which ;heu wei\t to the Supremo Court of the United States. Cbarlos O'Conor hero os- poiibed the cause of the slaveholders, but he, too, was beaten by Messrs. Evarts and Arthur, and along step was taken toward the emancipation Of the black ruce. At tho outbreak of the war Gov. Morgan ap­ pointed Mr. Arthur Engineer-in-Chief, then In­ spector General, and iu 18C2 Quaitermastor General. No higher encomium can be passed upon him than the mention of the fact that, al­ though the war account of the State of New York was at least ten times larger than that of any other State, yet it was the first audited and al­ lowed in Washington, and witlio .t the deduc­ tion of a singlodollar, while the Quurtermnsters' accounts from other Stuts wero reduced from Sfl.OJO.OOO to >lO.OO'.liOJ. During hiw incumbency e^ery present sent to him was immediately returned. When he becum-j Quartern]: ster he was poor; when his term expired he wiCs poorer still. Mr. Arthur's political life began at the age of fourteen as a cnampiou of the Whig party. He shared, too. in the turbulence of politicnl life at that period, r.nd it is related of him during the Polk-Clay ennvuss that while he una his com­ panions were raising an ash pole in honor of Henry Clav, somo Democratic bovs attacked the party <f Whigs, and young Arthur, who was the recognized leader of the party, ordered a charge, and taking the front rank himself drove tho yo ;ng Democrats from the field with broken hea-is and subdued spirits. He was a delegate to the haratoga convocation that founded the Uepublicau party in New York State. Ho nominated and by his efforts elected Mr. Thomas Murphy n State Senator. When the latter resigned the Collectorship of the Port in November, 1871, Gen. Arthur was nominated by President Grant to the vacan- y. Upon the ex­ piration of his four years' ter.u he had so ac­ ceptably filled tho post that he was reappointed, and unanimously confirmed by the Senate with­ out the usual reference to a committee--a com­ pliment usually reserved far ex-Senators. He was removed by President Hayes on July 12, 1878. APPEARANCES are deceiving in this world. The nicest man yoa ever met was a banco- State* .'Attorney Beates, * ̂ KMlwuriy Mutated bp tin f Letter Explains What He Keasa bp * "Offensive Partisanship"--Letter from Benton. lite President has reinstated H. E. Ben. ton as Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. Following is the correspond­ ence in.the case: BEXTO* TO GAB&AKD. •. NEOSHO, MO„ Nov. 10. Hon. A. H. Garland, Attorney General, Wash-' ington : BKAB SIB--Your letter of tho 1st inst., with in­ cisures, apprising me of the basis of my sua- pension from the office of Attorney of the United states for the Western District of Missouri, ial? received. I desire to make a plain statement of i- facts in relation to the list of ui>(:o;ntments to make campaign speeches. The "United States Distr.ct Court for the Eastern Division of the ' district convened cm the Cth day of September. I had been there with my assistant several days prior to that date preparing cases for; trial. District business, except a few, pleas of guilty, was finished on the 24th of September, and on the following day coart adjourned. Cn tho night of the 25th I spoke at Jefferson City. I then wont lo Kansas City, and Hush (my assistant/ and I prepared ourselves for the October term of court for ih v Western Division. Meanwhile I had, at the earnest solicitation of Messrs. F. Dockery, Cravens, and others, candidates for Congress, , and tho Democratic State Central Committee, and with the knowledge of benators Coekreir and Vest, agreed to make some campaign speeches. After so arranging them as to titae' as not to interfere with my official business, I gave a list to D. H. Shields, Chairman, and this list was published, the dates beginning Sept ' 89 at 7 p. m. at Aurora, Mo. The appointment* were made on each side of my district, so I'; could and did, reach Kansas City once each week to look after the routine business of th© office. My assistant (W. M. Kusht was in the offica all the time I was away. Two of my ap­ pointments were mode (Webb City and Sarcoxie) conveniently to Joplin, where I appeared in two important cases on the 14th day of October be­ fore Clark Crafort, United States Commissioner I filled my engagement to Saturday, October 16," at Seneca. Monday, October 18, the District Coart lor tho Western Division began its term. Every indictment and information was prepar­ ed. In consequence of this the grand jury was dismfssfd at noon of the third day. I had thought I would get through with the business of this short tsrm in one week. I had two en­ gagements ta speak during that week--one at St. Joseph, which I did not fill; the other at Kansas City I did fill at night after the adjourn­ ment of court. I found on Saturdav, the 23d of October, I had six important cases which I be­ lieved should be tried. On that night I came here and got my partner, Hon. Joseph Cravens, Hon. John T. Teel, of Mount Vernon, and Dr. James Evans, of Nich­ ols, Greene County, to agree to fill my appointments, beginning with Southwest City, on the 2;th of October, and immediately re­ turned to Kansus City and announced that I was ready for trial the hour the i istrict Court docket was called. I remained in court attending to cases until I received the President's letter sus­ pending me. As to my record as a public officer, I am willing for the department reports of my success in trials, the court officers of the Circuit and District Courts, and those who had business with tho office to say. I relied on the following clause of the President's letter of July 19 in making engagements to speak : "Individual interest and activity in political affairs are by no means condemned. Office-' holders are neither disfranchised nor forbidden; to exercise political privileges, but their privi­ lege is not enlarged nor is their duty to party increased to pernicious activitv by officehold- ing." If making political speeches is the cause Of my suspension, I can make no defense, but if it' is inferred that I neglected mv official duties by so doing, I am not guilty, and" ask full scrutiny into the facts. I respectfully ask that this com­ munication be referro l to the President, with such recommendation as you deem just. 1 have but to add that I had no idea that the making of political speeches would be taken as a violation of the President's letttr of July 19, 166a. Very respectfully, M. E. BEKTON. CLEVELAND TO BENTON. EXECUTIVE MANSION, NOV. 16. Hon. M. E. Benton: DKJLR SIB--Your letter of the 10th inst,, ad­ dressed to the Attorney General, has been sub­ mitted to me and carefully considered. Its frank tone, and all I know of your character, convince me of the truth therein related touch­ ing matters which led to your suspension from office. When I issued the warning to office­ holders to which you refer as an "order," I ex­ pected to be much harassed by all manner of loose and frivolous tales, originating in malice or disappointment and deliberate design on the port of political enemies to annoy an*l em­ barrass, concerning indulgence by appointees under the present administration in the "pernicious activity" in politics against which my warning was directed. I hoped, however, that by careful consideration of the spirit as well as the language of such warning those in good faith intending to respect it might not be in doubt as to its moaning, and would themselves apply it to conditions and circumstances which it was impossible for me to specify. I did not intend to condemn the making of a political speech by a Federal of­ ficial to his neighbors and friends, nor at any. time and place where it was merely incidental, if the speech itself was decent and fair, but I do not think Buch official can enter as a busi­ ness a political campaign, and, consenting to a long list of engagements to address political meotinga, widely separated aud of daily occur­ rence, and fill such engagements without neg­ lecting bis duty, if he holds an office worth having, ncr without taking with him in tho canvass his official power and influence. There­ fore this course is condemned. The number,of speeches that can be properly ma le can not be specified, nor tho time when, nor the place where, nor tho circumstances in which they are proper, nor can their character be prescribed. But a correct line of conduct can bo determin­ ed on without difficulty. I believe in the right of a desire to heed the spirit c.f the admonition given by divorcing the conduct of a citizen, from the uso of official influence in a political campaign, illustrating at all times tne truth that official duty is paramount to partisan service, maintaining the dignity of omce-hold- ing. avoiding any pretense of control over tne political action of others by reason of official place, and teaching the lesson to the people that public positions are not bestowed or held under a pledge of active partisan service. A prfnt 'd list taken from a newspaper and sub­ mitted to me ccntains engagements to speak, made by your consent, daily for quite a long period, and not infrequently twice a day, in diflertnt parts of tho State of Missouri; and I was led to believe that on many of the days specified tho court at which you had duties to perform was in session. Ibis seemed to me to present a case of flagrant and defiant neglect of official duty and propriety, and even with the explanation given, your course appears to be thoughtless, and at leaBt subject to criticism. But the statement in your letter showing that you did not permit cam­ paign engagements to interfere with the per­ formance of official duty, your satisfactory dis­ charge of such duty during your term, and a belief in the truth of your allegation that you honestly supposed you might properly do all that was actually done, have induced ine tj re­ scind the order suspending you fiom oilier, and to reinstate you to the same. Yours very truly, GROVER CLEVKU4ND. CLEVELAND TO GARLAND. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, NOV. 17. Hon. A. H. Garland, Attorney General: Sin--Having fully examined and considered the statements contained in the letter of Mwcenan K Renton which vou submitted to me at the time of our consultation concerning the matter therein referred to, I have determined to rescind the order suspending Benton from the office of Attorney of the United States for the Western District of Missouri, and direct that he be notified of his reinstatement to that office. Very respectfully yours, GUOVBB CLBVS&AXN. Dairy Drippings. WHT wouldn't the kick of a cow an appropriate stamp for the new oleomar­ garine labels. WE are never astonished to hear of the decampment of a milkman; he is accus­ tomed to walk his chalks. "NEVER milk while the cow is eating,* ia the advice of a hucolic contemporary. Judging from the character of the milk that comes to market, it would be more to the point never to milk while the oow is drinking. YOONO mother--The doctor aaja we must get milk from one cow for the baby. Milkman--Yessum. I've plenty of such orders. "The baby isn't looking well, and her skin i3 getting real dark, and the doctor 6ays it's mixed milk." "Yessum." "Well, be sure to bring milk from a white cow, yon know." THE following dialogue has been given us as a fact. We won'jt.vouch for its truth, though: "Give me half a gallon of milk at four cents a quart as quick as you can," said a casual customer to a dairyman. "Ain't got any ready at less ti an six, inarm; bnt I won't be half a minute making yon some," replied the obliging milk-vender. OLD WIGOLESWOBTH, who is somewhat irascible, called for a glass of milk and a bottle of soda water at lunch. "Look here, waiter!" he said, angrily; "here's a cow's hair floating in this milk." "Well, sir," the waiter answered, rubbing his hands softly together, "you would not expect to And a horse hair in milk, would yon, airF