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fppetKg flamtlealcr J. VAN 8LYKE. Etits r sM PsMistisr. McHENRT, ILLINOIS. ,N: THE biggest fool in the world, accord­ ing to Sam Jones, is the female, who marries a man whose breath smells of whisky. The revivalist won much ap­ plause by making that assertion in one of bis talks to a Boston audience. ' THE reports of the Senate and House proceedings during the first session of the Forty-ninth Congress occupied 17,009 columns in The Congressional Record. The House was in session 1,049 hours and 10 minutes, the Senate, 917 hours and 4 minutes. IN Florida houses are very different affairs from those in the North. Laths and plaster are not essential to comfort, and few houses have them. For the most part the new houses in Florida villages and in the newly-cleared lands are very small boxes, containing only two or three rooms. • JAMES MADISON VANDEGRIFF, who died recently in New Orleans, was, in 1833, the founder of an association of gentlemen in that city pledged to the mutual assistance of its members in the event of an epidemic. Out of this beginning grew the now world- famed Howard Association. - GEORGE ALFRED TOWXSEKD says that Gen. Grant could stand very little liquor. If he took a single glass of wine it became a cloud upon his other­ wise clear and devoted faculties. "Grant was one of the few men in whom nature . had worked so healthfully that his system could |never contain liquor with­ out mutiny." It is predicted that the "Star of Bethlehem" will appear this year for the, sixth time since the birth of Christ. This star is said to appear directly north of the North star, and to be visi­ ble, in its dazzling light, at noonday. It is a solar orb, many times the magni­ tude of our sun, whose orbit is yet un- . calculated by any astronomer. ROBERT BEAM, brother to Vinnie Beam Hoxie, the sculptress, recently died at Fort Worth, Tex. He was a noted character in the Indian Territory for more than twenty years, being an adopted citizen of the Choctaw tribe. He was a man of nerve and was particularly noted for killing Ben Jones, the worst desperado the Indian Territory ever produced, at McAllistew. He was never punished for it, the gen­ eral verdict being that he had per­ formed a righteous act. OF the 229 "Friends" who died last year in Great Britain and Ireland only 22 were under 5 years of age; between 5 and 10 years there were 5 deaths; be­ tween 10 and 20 vearB, 9; from 20 to 30 years the deaths numbered 18; from 30 to 40, 16; 40 to 50 years, 22; 50 to 60 years, 23; from 60 to 70 years, 51; from 70 to 80 years, 74; from 80 to 90 years, 69, and from 90 to 100 years', 10. The low infantile mortality and the large percentage of deaths at great ages are remarkable, even for the Society of Friends. __ "WHY did you leave Poughkeepsie?" asked Artemus Ward, in a tone of mild reproach, when a tramp struck him for a dime on Broadway. The tramp said he never heard of the place before. But there will soon be no excuse for any person being ignorant about Pough­ keepsie, for there is to be a bridge across the Hudson at that point that will be nearly as immense an affair as the New York and Brooklyn bridge. Railroad trains will cross at an eleva­ tion of 212 feet above the water, and the entire length of the structure with its approaches will be about two miles. Work is advancing rapidly now. THE death has recently occurred of James Nicholson, the last survivor of the storm-beaten passengers of the Forfarshire, who were rescued by Grace Darling. He never forgot that awful.niglifc when he and all in the rig­ ging thought an angel, with long, yel­ low hair floating in the wind, appeared, pulling vigorously to their ship's side through the storm and drift; but he Vjery rarely spoke of it. He, however, had enough of the sea, and for twenty- six years afterward he drove a locohio- tiv'e on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bailroad. He was 71 years old and in the employment of an oil company when he died. attempt has been made in the Maternity Hospital, Glasgow, to raise babies in a queer way. Triplets wore born there prematurely six and a half months old. They were put naked into a wooden box, divided into two com­ partments, upper and lower. They crawled uround, or, rather, lay helpless, in the upper compartment, while hot- water bottles in the lower compartment kept the air as hot as any triplet could wish. A moist sponge prevented too great dryness and a thermometer regu­ lated tho supply of hot bottles. Two triplets have died-so far. The other, it is thought, will live, which the doctors say he could not possibly have done if be had not been brought up by ma­ chinery. * SAYS the Syracuse (N. Y.) Standard: One day some five years ago John , a profane carpenter who oscillates be­ tween Waterville and Sherburne vilr lages, in the Chenago Valley,. in the prosecution of his trade, while very an- gry with one of his men for spoiling some Avork, started to utter an oath, but instantly became speechless. Less swearing was done in the valley on this acctfunt for a long while, and the story ran far and wide. John shortly joined the church, but his voice did not come . back tintil a year ago, when, becoming very angry again and forgetting that lie was speechless, he started to swear "v*»**t>id did, to his own utter amazement and that of all in hearing. He has since used his voioe without difficulty. CAPTAIN PANINTIXE, of the Russian army, jilted a daughter ot General Lazareff and married some one else. This was regarded a^ such an insult by the Lazareff family that one of the young lady's brothers challenged Cap­ tain Panintine and killed him. Tfte matter being referred to the Czar he ordered it to be tried in accordance with the Russian law, which provides that if the person who has provoked his adversary to conflict kills the latter he shall be imprisoned for six -years and eight months; but that if the challenger is killed by the challenged he shall be imprisoned for only two years and six months. The interesting part in this -case was to know which of the two parties should be considered to have provoked the duel; and as it was even­ tually decided in M. Lazareffs favor h6 escaped with the lesser penalty. WHEN the King of Servia was on his recent railroad. journey from Nisch to Belgrade, at one of the stoppages the engine driver. Enrich* Mishkolzi, was overcome by the fumes of gas escaping from the engine furnace, and would probably have succumbed had not the King noticed his condition and promptly carried him with the help of one of his chasseurs; iato his private saloon car­ riage, where restoratives could be ap­ plied. The King himself administered cognac to the man, and also rubbed bis forehead and temples with vinegar, with the result of restoring animation. At the next station the King called for a doctor, who stated hat the danger was over. On the arrival of the train at Belgrade the man was found to be still too weak to resume work. King Milan accordingly requested leave of absence for him until his health should be re­ stored, and made him a present of 10 ducats to help him to tide over his ill­ ness. THE expedition which Mr. Stanley is about to lead into Africa, says the New York .Sun, is by far the largest and most expensive that ever set out on a peaceful mission in the dark continent. Traveling in savage countries is always very costly. It has been estimated that the average expense incurred by exploring parties in Africa is over $15 a mile. It cost the English and Alge­ rian societies over $5,000 apiece for every missionary they landed on the shores of Victoria Nyanza. Stanley's trip across the continent is said to have cost about $60,000. Dr. Holub, who is now working his way from South Africa to the great lakes, took with him an outfit that cost $25,000. The money ex­ pended by most important expeditions has varied from $10,000 to $40,000. An explorer's force of porters and other native assistants varies from about 250 souls. Mr. Stanley's present expedi­ tion will include about 1,000 persons, and his traveling outfit and trade goods have cost something over $100,000. It must be remembered that be is not only trying to adequately supply the needs of his large party, but that he is also carrying much clothing, ammuni­ tion, and other supplies to several hundred persons who are numbered in the little retinue of Emin Pasha. . The Interior of a Pompeiiau Houttw A well-known house in Pompeii (No. 39, in the second insula of the eighth region), named after the Emperor Joseph II., who visited it when first laid bare, a century ago, has lately been completely excavated. It is three- storied and of terrace construction, having been built against the steep side of the mountain. The upper story presents the usual plan of a Roman house. A staircase of twenty- eight very well preserved steps of Vesuvian lava, divided into three flights or landings, leads to the lower floor. The topmost landing and the two upper portions of the staircase have wooden balusters; the lower portion, which is also the largest, is vaulted over. Two- very plain rooms, with rough walls, one of them having a hearth, open on to this staircase. At its foot there is a long passage leading to a back stair­ case, which again led to the upper story. Proceeding, however, straight on, the visitor will find himself in a court or kind of peristyle, on each of two sides of which there are two chambers, the third side being occupied by a large room, most probably the triclinium or dinning-rooiu. The fourth side opens on to a great terrace, from which the courtyard and the rooms are lighted, Beneath this terrace is the lowest story, comprising the various oflices, kitchen, bakery, mill bath, etc. The bath con­ sists of a tepidarium, a vaulted room, with a white mosaic floor, the walls painted yellow; a calidarium, also vaulted, the walls adorned with pictures on a red ground, the floor mosaic: the frigidarium, circular, as usual, havipg a cupola formed vaulted room, with an air opening in the middle, furnished with a wide ventilating shaft of terra cotta, which leads upward through the floor of the superimposed terrace into the open air. There are four niches in the wall of the frigidarium furnished with slabs for sitting. The floor is ornamented with mosaic.--Lon- don Times. Jackson's "Ornyniiiil. ' "The trouble with the wimmen these days is that they all want to be ornv- mits. They git more wuthless and non-account ev'rv day of their lives." "That's jist 'bout so, Mr. Hayseed. The wimmen are developin' a speerit of injeependence that ought to be curbed--cut off short, as it were." They were a pair of grangers of the old-fashioned type, horny-handed, hard- visaged and narrowly conservative. "Now, there's Lem Jackson's wife," one of them said; "I do'no how Lem ever does put up with her shif'lessness and uppish ways." "She's one o' them ornymintal kind of wimmin, hey?" "I should say so. All she's got to do is to cook for only eight in fam'Iy. milk nine cows, 'tend to the garden* and Lem's onion patch, and help in the field a little in plantin' and liayin' time. Wimmen ain't no 'count nowadays no­ how. They all want to set 'round and be ornymints like Lem's wife."--Tid Bits. ' ' IT is not always the biggest manlhat makes the most noise. The bass violis four times as big as the violin, but it can only play second to the smaller in­ strument. During the twenty years which Dr. Ackley practiced in Northern Ohio his reputation became very great. Being the first man of the section who prac­ ticed especially surgery, and holding a prominent position in what was one of the most influential medical schools of the West, he became widely known for his professional ability and dexteritv as an operator. His method with'his patients was very brusque, still those knew him say they never saw a nian who could enter a sick-room and be more sympathizing and gentle. He was a man who greatly disliked to be imposed upon, and wished to have the value of his services promptly ^recog­ nized. A story is told that a man came to him one day with a dislocated thumb. Ackley quickly reduced it, and when asked for his bill said $10. To this the fcan objected as exhorbitant. Ackley asked to see the thumb again, and thereupon dislocated it as quickly as he had previously put it in place,* saying to the man if he did not like the charge he could go to some other surgeon. He was a man who was impulsive in his actions, as is shown by the following incident: One day while out Jduck- shooting he was accompanied by a favorite dog. Another hunter was on the opposite side of the stream, and as the duck$ that he shot fell into the water Dr. Ackley's dog would swim out arid get them. The inan 'objected to this, but Ackley told the man he should have all the ducks retrieved by the dog. The man replied that should the dog retrieve another duck he would shoot him. Ackley replied if the man shot the dog he would shoot the man. Another duck was shot and in sprang the dog, and was promptly shot. Ackley reciprocated by filling the man full of shot from his fowling-piece, after which he immediately left the scene and returned rapidly to the city. Some time later a man came into his office complaining that some one had filled him full of bird-shot. Ackley proceeded to pick them out one by one, at the same time condoling with the man, and at the close of the process charged him a good bill. " The boldness of the man is shown by his action on the occasion of the failure of the Canal Bank, of Cleveland. At the time of the construction of the in­ sane asylum he had been appointed a trustee, and as such was custodian of the money from the State, which he de­ posited in the bank. Shortly after this the bank broke. Ackley went immedi­ ately and demanded the money belong­ ing to the State. This was refused him. He at once secured a sledge­ hammer, chisel, and bars, went to the bank, and proceeded to demolish the safe. Succeeding in this, he secured the State's money, which he placed elsewhere for safe-keeping. There are certainly very few men who would have undertaken such a task, and fewer still who would have accomplished it. A peddler from Ashtabula came to the medial building ostensibly to sell his wares, but more from curiosity. Making his way to' the anatomical room, the students locked the door after him, and telling the peddler they would dissect him, so terrified him that he jumped out of the second-story win­ dow, and unfortuuately was somewhat injured. This again raised great in­ dignation among the opponents of the school, and a crowd was gathered to attack and destroy the college build­ ing. Ackley, getting wind of this, loaded to the muzzle a little cannon, and placing it on the top of the steps leading to the anatomical room, an­ nounced in the most emphatic language common to him that if they approached he would sweep the crowd. Independent Journalism. "If you want to see independent journalism, you go into the country, the mining districts especially," said the young man between the odurses. "I was once a great friend of an editor of 'a paper in a rather wild mining camp. I had an idea I'd like to be a reporter, so he kindly gave me a cliauce. 'This journal,' said he, 'is above all, fearless and ludejiendent We don't care a darn for anybody, and so go ahead.' I went ahead. One day, be­ ing down-town, I got in full head on the biggest sensation the town had known for years. A cold-blooded mur­ der with extraordinary peculiarities of atrocity--altogether a very big thing. I was so early in the fray that I took care of the murdered man, shot by a notorious character, until lie died. I wrote the affair up. I spread myself on it. I gave a pen-picture of the mur­ derer and a close and elaborate account of the place--a public house-- where the shooting had taken place. I gave all the names of everybody who was within a mile of the occurrence. It was a splendid story, and, flushed with importance, I marched in to the editor with my 'copy.' He took it and read'it, and he began marking whole sheets out of it. 'You see, my boy, Jim Bullivar /lid the shooting, and if they nab him he has several big re­ volver fellows who will walk in, and the trouble with those fellows is that they don't give you time to argue. You get it, .and there you are; so we'll cut his name out and simply say a well-known citizen. Then you say that he did it deliberately. That'll never do. I'll just put in that it may have been acci­ dental, because, of course, it may have been, you know. I see you give the name of the other men who were there. Do you want to bring the whole gang down on us in a body ? Here, I've made some little changes. You take the copy to the business manager and let him look at it.' "I took it to the business manager. " 'Great Scott!' said he, 'what are you doing? You give the name of the saloon and the address! Don't you see that they'll take their ttd. out and mebbe come up here with shotguns? And you haven't given the name of the doctor. He'll be mad. All those peo­ ple you've connected with this thing will be sure to kick. Young man, you'll ruin this paper.' " 'Well, what am I to do?' " 'Just say there was a shooting scrape in town yesterday, and some- bod}*, supposed to be a notorious, bum­ mer, got killed. He's dead. We can't help him. Let us save the living.' "There were two 'sticks' about the murder in the next day's paper, and I retired."--San Francisco Chronicle. The Horsed Tail. Ornamentation rules so generally in these days, that to overlook an}' point through which this may be reached in the hof-se is to lessen the prospect of attractiveness, and, in this way, lessen the prospective price. In the mere matter of speed, a horse with a rat tail will go as fast as though he carried ft handsome flowing one. All the same, the latter is a very desirable append­ age. • A low-carried tail and a slim tail de­ tract wonderfully from the looks of a horse otherwise of good proportions,, stately and a good ̂ stepper, while a ̂ flowing tail, of good length, well car* ried, makes an otherwise plain horse at» tractive, and there are circumstance*' where it will add materially to his sell­ ing qualities. An expert fitter will greatly improve the mode of carrying the tail by using appliances for elevat­ ing it at the root, and especially may if. be improved when carried partially to one side by severing the tendons on the lower side of the tail, on the side toward which the tail inclines, putting the tail in pulleys, drawing it gently over the other side, until the space be­ tween the cut ends of the tendons fills up with new deposit There is little danger of getting the tail too far over, as the tendency of the healing process is toward contraction, and this requires to be guarded against until the new material to fill the space is firm.--N(t- tional Live Stock Journal. The Seminole Remnant. It has been stated by writers who knew nothing on the subject that the Seminoles were infuriated to madness; that they had already dug up the hatchet with all the ceremonies prac­ ticed in happier days; that they could "bring into the field 1,000 warriors." Never, responds the Palatka (Fla.) Herald did ignorance shoot wider of the mark. They have not even hatchets for daily need, much less to bury or dig up, and all the males, young and old, of all their tribes in all Florida would not numl>er 200. They are not the proud remnant of a power­ ful people, cherishing sweet memories of past glory and power, as some would have us believe, but the weak families of beaten clans, without knowledge of a past, hope for the future, or reasona­ ble care for the present. They are dirty and hungry; they live as does the alligator, and wish for less comfort than the bear provides for himself in a hollow tree or hole in the ground. True, they are descended from the Chickasaws, whom the soldiers of im­ perial Spain recognized as vhe "bravest barbarians of the whole world;" or from the Cherokees, the most enlight­ ened, thoughtful, and provident of all the red men;, or from the Muscogees, wlifc confronted our union of states with a tribal confederacy enuallv free, equally resolute, and equally faithful to each other. Jackson recognized in Weatlierford a foe worthy of his steel on the war-path and worthy of his friendship in peace. But ignorance and isolation in gloomy swamps, and superstitious fear, and bitter poverty have left little of nobility in the child­ ren of the old forest kings, save one trait ingrained in the depths of the red man's heart--they are now too cowardly to resent an injury, but they are still faithful to each other and still grateful to their friends. <. The poor creatures, whose fathers we despoiled of the richest heritage tinder heaven, lurk trembling in their slimy fastnesses. They do not dare resist the attacks of the wliite man on their scanty flocks and herds. They would beg, as the greatest boon possible, the libertv of dying peaceably in their wretchedness, and of being forgotten before they are dead. Even this may not be; their lands are now in. the mar­ ket, and they must go. Let them at least go formally; let them be removed by authority, and let not Judge Lynch foreclose the bond which is already upon their possessions. What a commentary upon the philan­ thropy which sends flannels to Africa and bibles to the banlsn of the Ganges! Were t hey unable to ^appreciate kind­ ness? Yet the Cherokees made for themselves written characters and liter­ ature ; the Alabamas were as tenacious of their genealogical records and fami­ ly histories as the Jews; the Chicka­ saws were brave and generous; the Muscogees organized a powerful con­ federacy of free states; had a congress and a regular succession of officials with fixed powers and jurisdiction. The de­ scendants of these tribes now hide trembling in the marshes of the Ever­ glades and wage ineffectual war with other denizens of these dismal shades, less happy indeed because they dread the hand of the Christian. Georgia Dialects. In former days Georgia--that is the great crackerdom of Georgia--was settled from little colonies of other States and countries. Thus, each sec­ tion preserved traces of the local dialect spoken in the region whence the settlers, emigrated. In the mountain countries people say "we'uns" and "you'uns," "kin you'uns tell we'uns the way," etc. In wiregi ass Georgia these expressions are not used except in rare instances. In the mountains they call it a "hunk o' bread," meaning a piece. In the wiregrass it Is a "chunk o' bread." So it goes. What is common in one section is strange in another. What is said of the whites is especi­ ally true of the negroes. The negroes of the northern and middle counties speak a dialect that is in many ways different from the outlandish gibberish jabbered by the salt-water darkies, whose gabble is just about as intelli­ gible as the chatter of rice birds that infest their own tidewater plantations. And yet the guileless author will hear a conversation between two city hack- men and retire to his study and evolve a dialect sketch that is a cross between the tarwheel twaddle and the talk of the typical dude minstrel with formid­ able shirt front and burnt cork accom­ paniments.-- Atlan ta Constitution. Still Hopeful. A traveler for a New York grocery house entered the store of a retail gro­ cer in Pennsylvania to find the Sheriff in charge. "Well, this is a bad muss," he said te the grocer who sat whistling beside the stove. "Yes, but I'm still hopeful," was the reply. "Why, your notes have gone to protest, your cred­ itors have attached, and what have you to hope for?" "Why," said the man, as he lowered his voice so that the Sheriff couldn't hear, "I've got three barrels of New Orleans molasses they haven't found yet, and they are enough to start business on again after this is over."-- Wall Street Xeirs. Beards in the Navy; The only law in our free country re­ garding beards concerns our navy. Our gallant tars are not permitted to wear beard nor mustache. The same ordi­ nance applied to the army at one time, but it was repealed many years ago, the only stipulation being that the beard should be closely cut. - A 6utd Reason. Son-in-law--There are fifty people in that house and not one is on speak­ ing terms with the others. Father-in-law--That's very singular. What is the cause ?- Son-in-law--The principal canse is they were all born dumb.--The Judge. WE are not to suppose that all who take holy orders are saints; but we should be still further from believing that til a^e hypocrites. John Virginia, nfederate Tells of the d Its His Tribute to the Republican Party, the Courage of Its Faith and Works. . [Extracts frotrt ffOn. John A. Wise's speech at the Michigan banquet, February, 1887.] Why, my fellow-citizens, the time has come, with its wonderful revolution, when the little boys of the South are taught from the history, and the men of tne South are learning that Abraham Lincoln in his day and generation was the greatest sage and statesman of his cen­ tury. | Applause, j And I will tell vou another thing that is happening every day, North and South. The man who shed his blood for the Union or Confederacy may try to stem the flood without avail. The little boys of the North and South -who road the history of that war--their blood :s thrilling with the glorious deeds of Grant and Logan; and the boy may be the most loyal that ever was educated, but he can­ not help a little pride for Stonewall Jackson too. [Prolonged applause and cheers.] The time -will come, my fellow-citizens, and no shriek of old time animosity can keep it back, when the people of the United States will re­ member nothing of the causes of that strife, nothing of the differences, because the great is­ sues which were involved are fixed forever, and the South to-day, let me tell you. could not be driven out of the Union if you were to try. (Pro­ longed applause. | I say to you that no greater revolution has over been witnessed or ever will be than in the feeling which prevails there, not only in the sentiment of union, but in the grow­ ing feeling that the Republican party is the true hopto of the people of the South. [Ap­ plause. I Would any gentleman ask me why? I will answer boldly, because the Republican party, from the hour of its birth uutil now. knew what it was for, and was not afraid to tell. Because the lvepublic.m principles were such that he who runs may read, ana the wayfaring man, though a fool, can understand. Because the Republican party, born in a great national throe, announced its principles, no matter how obnoxious they might have been at the time to those who were opposed to it; and When those principles were announced never stopped until they were car­ ried to their legitimate conclusion. Be­ cause it for twinty-ftve yearn has been the pioneer in thought, in every movement that has culminated in the great prosperity of this land to-day ; because jit is a party now"of which it can be said it never was afraid of a great idea because it wn new and it never was afraid to take hold of a new idea because it was great. And I say that in the South is the future growth of the Republican party. Why? It sounds liko a paradox to announce it here, and yet it is true. The people of the South never were a negative or an obstructive people. The Democratic party of this country, unless it is stopping somebody or denying something, is nothing at all. [Applause and laughter.] The people of the South have undergone a revolution that you can little understand here. I say to you in all sincerity that the alkali des­ ert of slavery that lay in the Southern land and know only the hot brenth of sectional passion is to-day beginning to bloom with the fruit of in­ dustry and labor. I toll you, my friends and fellow-citizens of Michigan, there is the ground for your missionary work. You little real­ ize that South Carolina, once solely given up to political abstractions and deeming work deregotary from her gentility, South Caro­ lina to-day is entering the market^ of the world with cotton products, and battling for the market of Shanghai, sending out millions of her cotton cloth each month. In Alabama a city has sprung up almost with the suddenness of magic under the influence of the development of her iron and her coal. George Washington onoe said, in the darkest days of the revolution, "Give me a little band of my men in the mountains of West Augusta and there I will resist the combined powers of all our enemies." In these same mountains of West Augusta to-day the mountaiu side has been tapped, and coal and iron and minerals of all kinds are poured out to the few men who ha\e gathered in those mountains of West Augusta. The wealth that Old Virginia lost is coining back to her in her newly developed in­ dustries. I tell you that a new South is to-day dawntng. I tell you that a new population is going there. I tell you, my fellow citizens, that the people of these sections have tried the Democratic party and found that it was not what it prom­ ised, and are ready to .leave it and seek a real party instead of a snare and a delusion. [Ap­ plause.] Do you ask 1110 why they return to the Kept)blican party? I will tell you why. If the Republican party had been the power in which they put their trust, they would have known that it had always been an honest party in what it professed, and when it came into power they would have expected, as cer­ tainly as there are one hundred cents in a gold dollar, that tlio Republican party would CARRY OUT ITS PLATFORM, good, bad or indiiferent. If the Republican party, by the aid of-tKe solid South, had won its victory in 1884, don't vou know that when it had told the Soiid South that it would give education through the means of the Blair bill, that it would have given it to the Solid South instead of burying it in a committee? {Applause.] Don t you know, my fellow-citizens, that if the Republican partv had won the victory by the aid of the solid South and had promised the re­ peal of the internal revenue laws, that it would have carried out the promise as soon as it was in power V Vet tho" Democratic party lias taken that law and never been able to make its two wings flap together when tho question was up. [Applause. | Don't you know, mv fellow Citizens, that if tho Republican party had been elevated to power upon a promise to distribute the surplus in the Treasury, that in this lupse Of time that surplus would have been dis­ tributed instead of having Sam Haudall at one end of the bag and Morrison at the other, pull­ ing the thing in two and spilling it all? |Ap- plau6e and laughter. | Don'c you know that if the Republican party, abandoning its past his­ tory, had gained power by an appeal to race prejudice, if it had gone through the South, Baying, "We are the white men's party," that it never would have been guilty of the duplicity of appointing Matthews the first thing that it did. [Applause. | Fellow citizens, this altered Democracy has given us the shibboleth of Jeffersonian sim­ plicity. There was,a secretive, furtive rein in Thomas Jefferson itlrat would have made it quite correct and very much alike in sound to •peak of Jeflersonian duplicity. (Applause and laughter.) In the days of George Washington-- from whom, thank God, the Republican party has taken tho chart of its principles, for the Re­ publican party might to-day jo into its next campaign with 110 other platform, no other sign than tho picture of George Washington and his farewell address, that would be no more, no less, than the great Republican party has to-day. (Applause). In the days of George Washington there was a hatchet. ILaughter.] We have heard of this Jeffersonian simplicity, and I suppose we never will have such an example of it as the message which the Democratic Executive sent assigning reasons for the appointment of Mr. Matthews. Smart in­ deed must ha\e been the Jeffersouian who would give to a Republican Senate such a rea­ son. And quick and hot was tho blow that came back from the hatchet of George Washington when the answer to those reasons was thrust under his nose. [Applause.'] We have other maxims from this party which we will try to match. It soems to me that in "the early stages of the present- administration we had the expression "innocuous desuetude," and the answering echo to that sentiment over in Indiana was "noxious Turpi ie)tudt>. [Laughter. | Now, my fellow-citizens, these great disappointments from a party that has promised everything and performed nothing, the memory of the splendid prosperity which attended the rule of the Republican party of this country, all are having their effect, all are telling their tale. A brightening, deepening sense of patriotism is pervading tnis land from one to another, thank God, and love that no man can put down is becoming universal in this land. There aro great atid salient points of differ­ ence between the Republican and the Demo­ cratic party, points which cannot be forgotten, points touching the election laws which I think best not to discuss. I say to you, frankly, al­ though I have fqught against those outrages and abuses, that the temper and spirit of the South to-day is more catholic, more reasonable, more disposed by a proper effort to realize that the Republican party of this country is its best friend than ever before, end for God's sake let no bittarness stop the tide which is steadily and surely rising. Uirei.t cheers. | Whv should not the land which gave birth to Washington rally under the banner which he handed to this great party? It will. It has. You heard the soaau in the last election. We snatched seven of tho ten Congressmen from the hands of bourbonism and the next time we will try to make it unani­ mous. [Applause.] Pursue a broad and liberal policy toward this people, and this nation's wealth will not have to be poured out to save New York in every national election. ICheers.] Pursue a broad and catholic spirit. Stick to the pledges that are made by the Republican party, aud in the next election West Virginiu, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Indi­ ana will fall into line. [Loud cheers.] I.care not who it is. All that we ask is that a Repub­ lican tried and true be put in charge of tho standard. I cure not whether it be Blaine, of Maine I tremendous cheers] or some other Re­ publican. Kither is good enough for the Re­ publicans of Virginia. Fellow-citizens, I read the other day an ac­ count of the marriage of George Washington, and it reminded me of the present. The writer described a lovely, beautiful wedding, at which the charming bride was led from the chancel to a stately chariot drawn by thoroughbreds, and she and the lovely bevy of ladies were placed in the chariot, while George Washington and tho gallant company of gentlemen rode opposite, escorting them to the home. The spirit of George Washington to-day is riding by the of the States, as he saw the I ride and the bride's maids a hundred years ago. And how, turning from the sublime to the tidiculous. the running gear of that chariot reminded me of the past of this country. In the front, with the king-pin. the national union, springing from the axle, with the pole that gives direction to it, being in the front, is the great Republican party. Behind it, beoring the burdens of the States, and making a great ado in passing over ruts that the forewlieels have already passed, is the Democratic party, always content- to go rum­ bling and noisy in a track already made, and never making a track of its own unless the thing is going backwards [Laughter and applause.] A word more and I have done. George Wash1 ington, the father of every principle we cher­ ish, was a household word with me. Mv fath­ er's mother's father, at 19 years of age, left his bride of but six weeks and" followed the for­ tunes of George Washington. He fought with a red bandana handkerchief tied to a ramrod at Brandywine. He1 staid with him and never re­ turned to his home until my grandmother was eighteen months old. His name appears oftener as officer of the day during that bleak and dreary winter at Valley Forge than any other officer upon the Revolutionary roster. He went away a Lieutenant and came back a Colo­ nel, and when the French war was threatened, was chosen commander of the Virginia militia by George Washington himself. To the day of his death, in every company, he bad but one toast, and that was "God bless George Washing­ ton." 1 Applause. |_ George Washington, in the household where 1 was reared, was type and synonym of all that was noble in my mind. I was taught that he was greater than Alex- ander, because no tear of thirst for con­ quest ever coursed down his cheek. I was taught that he was greater than Cwsar,' because he curbed his ambition. I was taught that lie was greater than Marlbor­ ough, because no sordid act ever soiled his great life. I was taught that he was greater than Napoleon, because he was content to tight for his country and never against another. I was told that he was greater than all because he combinod statesman, soldier, and citizen as no niHii before him did or since he uied has done. (Applause. I Speak of that flag! Why should I not loVe it--the flag that George W ashington liandod down,to us ? There never was a dav, so lieip me God. that I ever felt that it belonged to anybody else but me. ITremendons cheers. 1 That day has gone and passed forever. The vision of another empire 011 this soil has passed away as a baseless dream. The man that brings it up had bettor busy himself with the present and the future, because he is proposing a tiling that is dead, that no one can revive, ft will be remembered. Yes, it will. Among the many monuments reared to the memory of George Washington is one splendid shaft at the nation­ al capital. It springs in simple symmetry until it melts in the blue ether above, taller than any of its fellows. It tell the simple, grand story of the life of George Washington, and bears upon its face an allegory mere complete than is contained in all the hieroglyphics upon Cleo­ patra's Needle in New York. \\ hat is it? From the ground upward to a certain point it bears a discolored surface. The stones are varied. Thence onward it springs unblemished to its completion. For a century to come that monu­ ment will bear that mark--aye, until it crum­ bles back to earth, perhaps'it will tell the story. What was it? Was it begun on the universal concession that George Washington and his principles should survive? No. It was begun with woman's love. One Btone at a time, rising slowly that monument to Washing­ ton rose, rose, rose, until at last when the great struggle came which was to decide whether those principles should be made perpetual, it stopped. There it stood while the great struggle went on* Then it paused. Around its top were clouds and darkness. About it was a mist that luing concealing its incompleteness. R stood like an interro at on mark, as if to say; Shall the principles of George Washington oro- vail in llie land which he made free? At last, with a new impulse, it began again. Homoge­ neous, bright, unspotted, thenco it sprang on­ ward and upward until it was built, and the completed monument there to-day bears on its face the legeud telling when it paused, how it toiled aud then how it sprana until it was done. The future generations shall ask who completed tho monument to George Washington; who made tho story of his lifo complete ? Who plac­ ed it there, tho evidence that those principles for which he struggled shall be the guiding faith of tho people of this land? Be the Repub­ lican party dead or alive, be it banished forever from ) tower or yet to come back stronger than ever, until tho monument shall crumble, until it shall fall back to the earth from which it springs, it stands as a perpetual memorial that the principles of George Washington were per­ petuated by the Republican party of this coun­ try. [Applause.] Quotations from Samuel Smiles. The courage that displays itself in silent effort and endeavor--that dares to endture all and suffer all for truth and duty--is more truly heroic than the achievements of physical valor, which are rewarded by honors and titles, or by laurels sometimes steeped in blood. There is scarcely a great truth or a doc­ trine but has had to fight its way to public recognition in the face of detraction, cal­ umny, and persecution. * Self-control is only courage under an­ other form. Self-control is at the root of all the virtues. Let a man give the reinB to his impulses and passion, and from that moment he yields up his moral freedom. We may train ourselves in a habit of pa­ tience and contentment on the one hand, or of grumbling and discontentment on the other. Forbearance and self-control smooth the road of life, and open many ways which wonld otherwise remain closed. A strong temper is not neoessarily a bind temper. It is not men's faults that ruin them, so much as the manner in which they conduct themselves after the faults have been com­ mitted. There are words that strike even harder tban blows; and men may "speak daggers," though they use none. The wise and forbearant man will re­ strain his desire to say a smart or severe thing at the expense of another's feelings, while the fool blurts out what he thinks, and will sacrifice his friend rather than his joke. When one is tempted to write a clever but harsh thing, though it may be difficult to restrain it, it is always better to leave it in the inkstand. It is said that, in the long run, the world comes round to and supports the wise man who knows when and how to be silent. We have heard men of great experience pay that they have often regretted having spoken, but never once regretted holding tneir tongue. A man of true feeling fires up naturally at baseness or meanness of any sort, even in cases where he may be under no obliga­ tion to speak out. The pursuit of ignoble pleasure is the degradation of true happiness. A right-minded man will shrink from seeming to be what he is not. Duty embraces man's whole existence. The examples set by the great and good do not die: they continue to live aud speak to all the generations that succeed them. It is idleness that is the curse of man-- not labor. Sloth never climbed a hill nor overcame a difficulty that it could avoid. , * Even leisure can not be enjoyed unless it is won by effort. If it has not been earned by work, the price has not been paid for it. Idleness eats the heart out of men, as of nations, and consumes them as rust does iron. Power belongs only to the workers; the idle are always powerless. It is the laborious, painstaking man who are the rulers of the world. chariot at tbo i tint* hs MM ths faoss They Were Born That Way. "You look pale, Aurcbie. What is the matter?" Aurchie, who has been at one party during the Beason: "Oh, Charley, this gayety is killing me." "WHAT is Jigaen in mawning for, do you know?" "It's eithaw faw his bwothaw aw his tiawg. One of 'em died lawst week, but I weally fawget which it was." SNOB--"I have come to allow you to Eaint my portrait." Disgusted artist--"You ave made a mistake. The animal painter has his studio the next flight above.' Fogg--"Dreadfully close here. I think I'll open the tr.insom." Smoothbore-- "Ah! that makes me think of a story." Binks--"Whatdoes?" Smoothbore--"Why, Fogg opening the transom." Binks-- "Fogg, shut that transom." A YOUNG sprig of the English nobility went out to Dakota to learn farming. He had great difficulty in mastering the terms in the management of cattle. One day he was driving his oxen, when a neighbor who was passing heard him say: "Haw, there, ha?r! Beg pardon, I meant gee!" AT a Paris menagerie--some spectators chatting with the wife of the lion tamer: "Is it true, madame, that a lion costs 5,000 francs?" "That depends; there are lions and lions." "But your lions; for instance, Brutus?" "Brutus I would not sell for 10.000 francs. He devoured my first hus­ band." ILLINOIS LEUISLATfTML SKKATOB XjExax introduced a bill in U» Baa- ate on the 4th inst. appropriating $60,000 to imbnrse the trilkmen of Chicago who loss during the pleuro-pnenmonia oatbrsak la that city. The pleuro pneumonia bill of flniiBfcn Funk on second reading was advanoed on 'ht calendar, after the adoption of tlM •mi nitliwiile recommended by the committee taaM ;*i» amendment offered by Senator Johnson UM£ not mors than two members of the commiMian shall be of one political party. In tlw House of Representatives, after a proknMd debate, the amendment offered tithe Mate Air bill prohibiting the gale i f intoxicating lfrgnwrs on the grounds was defeated by a vote of HS to 45. The bill was ordered to third readiag. Bill* were introduced in tbe House aa follows: By Mr. Wilson, of Ogle, regulating the charges of companies operating sleeping-cars; by Mr. Col­ lins. allowing the use of the interlocking twftoll and signal system at railroad efowiags. under the authority of the Board of Bailroad and Warehouse Commissioners; by Mr. I>»y, of Union, prohibiting the forma­ tion of underwriters' assurance associations w ho may combine to make extortionate rates <4 insurance : by Mr. Galloway, prohibiting tfcs sale or giving away of intoxicating liqoor W'tth* in two miles of an agricultural fair; bJ Mr. Me- Laughlin, making appropiiationa for the JoUst penitentiary; by Mr. lieiley, all insurance companies having in cities or towns maintaining departments to pay into the treasury of municipalities an annual tax of 93 on each of premiums received: by Mr. Stewart, polling owners of elevators of class A to 1 all grain in store on or befjirp Oct. 1 of year; by Mr. Wells, for the promotion of mu­ tual benefit loan and homestead associations. Both houses adiourned to the 7th. IS Only fifteen members answered to roll-eaB ! >1 ><< when the Senate convened on the 7th lest., v - after prayer and the reading of the journal an J adjournment was voted. In the House of Rep- , | resentativea, Mr. Littler obtained unanimous i| consent to recall the bill locating the State Fair at Springfield, and he added thereto an amend- ; 'i ment providing for the holding of the fair at ' 'lney for tho nezt two years, as located by the ie State Board of Agriculture. The bill was j» then returned to its place on the cai- ' | endar. Bills were introduced as follows: i>:1 By Mr. Dwyer, of the Fifth, appropriating ;'i| S'2,400 to reimburse the State House Commia- • sioners for loss sustained by tire ; by Mr. Cooley, - reducing the jurors in insane cases from twelvs *4 to Bix; by Mr. Cooley, requiring tht> jury finding - a person insane to also select his conservator; i by Mr. Messick, appropriating SV~H),000 to pay tha S scrip issued by the l'olice Commissioners of ® East St. Louis in 1867. 1868, and 1870; by Mr. ,J Kohrback, making all election davs legal S holidays; by Mr. Dwyer, of the Fifth," making % railroad companies responsible for all damagSS V:! | sustained by employes by reason of negligcnc* of such companies. Several Senate bills wen •%, read a lirst time. The question of using convict labor in makU^ ? free school books was brought up in the Senate ^ on the 8th inst.. and after considerable debate the whole matter was referred, without reccai- J' mendation, to tho Appropriations Committes. ' i Senator Hill introduced* a bill prohibiting tlw \ Governor from appointing any mora than a bate "S; majority from any one party upon A any of the State boards or com- * missions. It was sent ta the Commit* 4' tee on the Judicial Department. Senator Burks offered a bill making eight hours a day's wort; ;i*i for all State employes, senator Cochrau intro* £ ' duced one nrohibiting telephone, electric lights Jft and telegraph companies from placing wires on trees mid buildings without the written consent of tho owner. Senator Sumner introduced a reao- - J lution calling for the submission of an amend- ment prohibiting tho manufacture and sale at liquors to a vo e of the reople. This went over ^ under the rules, and tiie Senate adjourned. sS In the House of Representatives Mr. Merritfs V|; resolution to shut otf the introduction of new bills was discussed and advanced. The bill in- | tr.xlucod by Mr. Miller of Stark increasing tlw ago of consent of females fr< m 10 to U years ":i a,nd making the punishment for the crime Of 3 assault from one year tJ life was the subject of considerable debate. Mr. Hunt offered an 4 amendment increasing the age of con- f sent to 10 years, and also providing that V"j miles shall be 10 years of age befoss % 1 riminally liable for assau t. Mr. Archer 3 opposed tho amendment and so did Mr. Browns %j ot La Salle, who took occasion to criticise the -.ri women who had gone before committees to ad- %, vocate the passage of tho bill. Mr. Lament defended- them and spoke in favor of ths amendment. The amendment was laid on ths / table by a vote of (58 veas to 51 nays. Mr. Crafts ' 3 then ottered an amendment increasing the sgs - of otTense in males to fifteen years, saying that < unless the'age in boys was advanced the peni- f tontiaries would be filled with them. After J j some discussion an amendment offered by Mb McKinlay, making the age of offense in malss ,"v sixtoen years, was adopted. THE biil of Senator Bacon, of Edgar, providing different penalties for illegal voting from thflSS now existing, and dis[ranch;siug the illegal rot- ;*• ers, was amended in several minor paruculars J and advanced to third reading in the Senate on ? tho'.'th inst. t-enator Thompson s bill appropri- ,4' ating Jfll,500 for the expenses of the State Lab- i oratory of Natural History was read a thirdtims sj: and passed, us was also tho bill at floristey Kckhart to enable commissioners of publS parks to issue and sell bonds to refund their indebtedness The fol» r '§• lowing bills were introduced: By Senator Bell. ' providing for the incorporation of life-inanranos W companies in the State; by Senator Barks, •" making election days legal holidays ; by ffnna tor Crawford, permitting park cominaw*k>n«is to grant {tortious of parks to botanical and as- J tronomical societies for their use; . by te Senator Berggren, requiring a two-thirds vote of all members elected to either house to • : •* make additions to the force of employes in OX- "u cess of the number required by statute; by fey Senator Hadlev, making the Moderator, Supsfw . :ii' visor and Assessor the judges of township eles- tions; by Senator Kckhart. granting to ths United States the necessary jurisdiction ovsr i| the laud to bo usod for a military post at High- ^ wood ; by Senator Johns, increasing the pay of ;! lioad Supervisors to SI.50 per day; by the ssms, K compiling Highway Commissioners to I strengthen all bridges so that they ..." will bear a weight equal to ten thon> W; sand pounds. The House of Representatives ri> passed a bill providing for the appointment of a j»? committee to confer with the executors of tlw <| Lincoln estate in regard to the purchase by tbs Hate of the Lincoln homestead at Springfield. A A bill was reported from committee to tlw «;• House, with a recommendation for its passage* making au average reduction of one-third in tlw prices for public printing and binding |i' A favorable report was also made of a measure i? authorizing towns and villages to establish and ^ maintain kindergarten schools. The age-ol- ^ consent bill was ordered to a third reading* with the age of toe male fixed at Iti and that of . the female at 14. A bill was favorably reported to refund to Lake County fc8,000 ex- vended in the trials of the convist pi Moonev, who murdered his cellmate at Joli«t fc Bills were introduced as follows: By Mr. McKl- ligutt. providing that iu all cases when a houss • shall bu leased at a rental of more than SiJ par ft month the lease shall be held to provide by im- '/j! plication that the premises are iu every way vl suitable for the purposes for which they wers leased; by Mr. Green, of Wabash, compeiliag ?! railroad companies operating roads not mors than twenty-five miles in length to run daily one passenger train each way; by Mr. Faxon, rs- % quiring milkers or compounders of oleomargarine to stamp the packages containing the product; ; ^ ..by Mr. Allen, of Vermilion, punishing those wbo V*! abandon and desert children under the age of ! -i one year. The offense is made a felony ; by Mr. Karlowski, requiring county educational boards to employ teachers of the" Polish language in I districts where l'oles predominate. Mr. Littler f;i said some of the members of the Committee on Appropriations hail not attend: d committss % meetings Bills aggregating between £1',I0\uQB '5 and 111,000,000 were before the organization, and -ii the treasury was liable to be plundered unless committeemen were attentive t :> their duties. He gave notice that he should report to tlw House the nameo of all absentees from futuf* committee meetings, and ask that their places , pe tilled. £ 1 SKNATOR CCBTISS introduced a resolution in •• the Senate, on the loth inst., empowering tin t - ' C-~i Committee on Appropriations to appoint a sut^>' - committee of five to investigate the Statv> pr.nt- - iug contracts and have iKtwer to call for per> ,^5 sons and pajwrs. The rules were suspended* i and the resolution was adopted. Bills were is- - traduced as follows: By Senator Ordendorff, to ^ repeal the act providing for the organization of 3 special school districts; by Senator Bacon, of 3 Will, two bills appropriating W-i'.'.iLKi for tlw -S penitentiary at Joliet. One of the bills givss 1 "fp "to the commissioners $150,000, and leaves it to their discretion as to how the convicts ,S. shall be employed. The following measures passed the senate: The bill of Seuatoc t'rabtree providing for the opening of depos|« ' % S tions by the court and the entering ot record an order to thut effect; the bill of Senator Bell ^ providing for the incorporation of cooperative | S associations for pecuniary piotit, so that iw :- pero-on shall be permitted to own or control more or less than one share *of stock. Senator • >•»•! Johns' bill amending the voluntary assignment ' 'J§ law so that no sale of real estate or stock :.i'£s Of merchandise in bulk shall be made out* ^ on notices published as in cases of sales of real estate 011 execution unless the county slntll oiy >, J" der otherwise; the bill of Senator Ciirtiss, pnt S s ^ viding that in cases where changes of venu* are taken the necessary expenses of the tr;«4 shall be paid by the county iu which the m«iieV ment is found; the House bill changing ths time of holding terms of county court in Piatfe County to November, April, and July ; ^-mitqp ^ Beru'greu's bill. Kiviug.police power to superii?'* „ tendents of publij parks in cases ot VK*. ' * - latious of law committed in their pres-jnee; - , the bill of Senator Cochran, to extend the tim£ ' *V,?i of mortgages, trust-deeds, e:c., upon tr.e fil^iy of an affidavit to that effect by the mortgagee; " ^ Senator Stephensou's bill, making provisu n fof, ^ , y the carrying into effect of the law" in relation tS ,,'1 animals running tit large by providiug a •"•.f", penalty for the failure of the pound-ma^* 4 > "J ter to do his duty was read a third t.iuej }• In the House of Representatives, Mr Lit*. • tier moved a suspension of the rules for thtk > 'i' urpose of considering on third reading tiM| * ' ̂ louse bill penutuu'tiUy locating the State Faif » *t Springfield. The motion prevailed on a TITS "«..*• voce vote, and the bill was res;d. No debate ' A ;: was had. and the bill passl^i by a rote of ysaS 1 - 10-2 to nays 9. Mr. Meioer s lull requiring sl| ,, » ,7; street railway companies, before obtaining . *\i right of way over stress by ordinances, to pro. '• cure the signaiures tiy a petition of the ownsts Of •* a majority of the fioctugn along each mil* 1 the thoroughfare of which the track is to bS laid, was, after a lively debate, ordered to (" ' reading. sag*.-,