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•. VMItUmU IMttaMFMIMier. Wjiiig THE WORLD OVER, >WT OF THK IMPORT AWT OO- OR A WKKK. , . DKILNT* THAT DO HAPPEN--A <M|M* Keeord of Interesting Events th® "World Over -- Shocking Accident*, Startling &;#IIMII. Other Topic*. |y MINERS SLAIH. ' ; • ft J Dntl-D«tlli( Explosion tn a Colliery Near 4 - . Pittsburg, KAIL. A MOST appalling mine Horror occurred ,v«t Front enac, a mining suburb of Pitts- tmrg, Kan., in which 160 men were buiied 200 feet below the surface of the earth. A terrible report, like a discharge of artil­ lery, shook every house in Pittsburg and * shocked the people into an almost par-: alyzed condition. Searchers for the cause started toward the coal mines, and met a mangled, bleeding man, who said that No, 2 eh nft at Fronte- hac, had been destroyed by an explosion and that all the men in the mine except himself and a Dane were undoubt­ edly dead. At the mouth of the mine the tremendous force of the explosion was apparent. Theie were huge seams in the oarth, and the timbers or the hoisting apparatus we:e shivered and lurned, and foul gases were escaping. The men were about to quit work lor the day when the explosion occurred. It is believed that not one survived the shock, as the explosion most have destroyed everything in the pit. Big tires were built near the mouth of the pit, and beside these blaziug piles the •wives and mothers of the entombed miners placed their children, while they them­ selves tried by nil kinds .of entreaties to induce the miners fiom the other shafts to enter the pit and rescue their relatives. Boscuing parties started down the shaft, but were iorced to turn back owing to the foal air. Most of the miners at the^e shafts were originally from the mice^ of Pennsylvania. Pittsburg is in the center of the coal mines of Southeastern Kansas, and is about 100 miles couth of Kansas City, on the Fort Scott and Gulf Kail- road, JTRADE REVIEW. M M i A C o . ' s W e e k l y R e p o r t o f B n i i - new. 1 R. G. DTJN & COMPANY'S review of R favor trade for last w<>ek: The volume of legitimate business was won­ derfully well maintained during tbe laat week as it has been during tbe whole political cam­ paign. And this is the more remarkable be­ cause in the months preceding those of political excitement speculation bad been unusually act- ' ive and extravagant. There has come a more i oonfident tone in many branches of business, and a larger trade with improving prices is visually anticipated as a result of the post­ ponement of many operations and purchases In past months. In tne reports from the in­ terior points generally it is noteworthy that tbe aggregate of transactions was large for only five working days. At all cities reporting money continued in fair or active demand, while scarce­ ly any complaint of stringency was heard and , collections, though somewhat interrupted, -were on the whole satisfactory, with improvement noted in several cases. The large volume of currency in circulation, together -with the tem­ porary inactivity of speculation, explains the matter. Tbe circulation of ail kinds of money reached $1,407,871.068 Nov. 1, being $41,500,(Juo larger than a year ago. In tne last week the 'tteaaury pkid out $1,703,000 more than it took in. Exports fell 6 per cent, below last year's at New York, while imports were about 4 per cent, below last year's. Prices of the chief exportable products still rule so high as to pre­ vent a free movement, and wheat advanced dur­ ing the week about 1 cent, with sales of 31,500,000 bnsbela. Corn advanced 'ifc cents, with sales of &9US.0Q0 bushels. Oats advanced % cents, pork Saeentaper barrel, oil 1& cents, with small cottons 1-16, with sales of '234,000 bags m week. The basin-- s failures num- as compared with 275 the previous 1254 tbe week previous. For the corre- fpoodiag week of last year the total was M6. BM fat the city light, and Lancaster!*, ha consequent* of the disaster, in total darkztoss at nlght. GOVERKOB BIAVIB, of Pennsylvania, has granted a respite to Geoig* dark*, the Green County, Pa., murderer, until FEU 21. He was sentenced to be hanged Nov. 21. His case has been tafren to the Supreme Court. THE plans for the celebration of the centennial of Washington's inaugural, April 30, 1889, in New York, will include services of praise and thanksgiving in the different churches, with special services at St. Paul's Church, which Washington at­ tended 100 years ago; also, prayer by Dr. Storrn, a poem by Whittier. and benedic­ tion by Archbishop Corrigan. PRESIDENT PATTON, of Princeton Col­ lege, announces that he has received $80,- 000 to be used at his discretion, and that five new scholarships will be formed. The Board of Trustees have conferred several honorary degrees. DANIEL J. HERTT, the pedestrian, oov- ered thirty-three and three-^fourths miles in four hours at Newburg, N. Y., beating the American record. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. ¥ • FACTORY HANDS KILLED. A Terrible Catastrophe at Rochester, N. Y. J " THE most disastrous fire ever experi­ enced in Rochester, N. Y., occurred at the ' works of the Steam Gauge and Lantern Company. It was located in a building «f seven stories, with two basements, sit- .nated near the Genesee Falls. About forty people were at work, mostly on the third Boor. The smoke was very dense and the men could not reach the fire escapes and they were forced to jump from the third story. Fourteen jumped on the vest side of the building and were fright­ fully injured, five of them dying within aa hour. Four-others have since died. The names of the dead are: Joseph Dar­ ner, John Giemour, Joseph Webber, Har­ ry Schneider and John Gall. The fatally 'Wounded are: Richard Pasch, Frank Sid- dons, Dan Watkins and John Gerin. Discharged and Held. \ A* Peru, Ind., Frank Eowe, John Car- and John Ryan, charged with the murder of Andrew Morgan, at Xenia, Ohio, while attempting to commit bur­ glary, were released owing to a lack of evidence. On a requisition from the Gov­ ernor they were taken to Zanesville, Ohio, answer to another charge of burglary, «¥ Defeated in a BLC Suit. JCBS. BABNIEF CHOCTAC has been de­ feated in an important litigation involving $1,000,000 worth of real estate in Kansas -City, Mo. Her claims were hatred by the •talute of limitations. THE storage warehouse of Moran & Healey, Chicago porkpackers, at Union Stock Yards, was totally destroyed by fire, entailing a loss on building and contents approximated at $40,000 by the senior member of the firm. WILLIAM MARSHALL, a prominent Cass County, Indiana, farmer, was in­ stantly killed while blasting stumps with dynamite. SOME unknown man knocked at the door of the room occupied by Mrs. James P. Kelly, over her husband's saloon in Cincinnati, Ohio, and when she opened it he bound a handkerchief quickly over her face. The handkerchief was saturated with chloroform. Not waiting to give the drug time to affect her, he seized her and was bearing her toward the rear stairway. On the way she caught a bell-rope run­ ning to the saloon and rang it violently. This frightened the abductor and he dropped hap and fled. Mr. Kelly found HIS wifd UNCONSCIOUS on the floor. A MAX by the name of J. <3. Cole, of Chicago, shoit, dark and well dressed, was arrested at Clinton, Iowa, for passing forged checks of Curtis Brothers A Co., drawn in favor of other prominent men of Clinton, whose indorsement was also forged, as well as their names, to notes which were sent by a boy to some mer­ chant, asking that the check be cashed ole has been identified by a Chicago detective as a "worker," but the evidence against him is weak. One check cashed was for $35, and another $25. IN the famous Fori will case the Wis­ consin Supreme Court has affirmed the action of the Dane Circuit Court in en­ tering judgment in accordance with the prior decision of the Supreme Court. This is a victory for the executors of the will and Hamilton College over the widow and her son. THE down stage was held up near Downieville, Cal., L>y a masked highway­ man. An express box containing bullion and coin amounting to about $2,500 was rifled of its contents. The MAIL bags were not found. EDWABD HALL, a former switchman of the "Q" Road, was shot and killed at Crest on, Iowa, by Charles H. Huston, one of the "QN engineers. The tragedy caused great excitement, and Huston was soon afterward taken to the County Jail at Afton. THE ill-feeling caused by the strike, which had in a large measure abated, has been revived by the tragedy. ABE BROWN has been sentenced at Peru, Ind., to three years in the peniten­ tiary for shooting William Woodford with murderous intent. Death of W. A. Potts. ' W. A. POTTS, President of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Rail-. .. Mad, and in 1880 Republican candidate jor Governor of New Jersey, is dead at Jiew York. Large Assignment , PACLPHILLIPSOS, A New York com- ^FLMIION merchant, has assigned to Hugo .... SL Mil^r, with liabilities between $30,000 * and $40,000, and preferences of $1,925. ^ Heavy ftaow - FalL * • - SHOW fell all day the 9th inst. through- Kansas and at Kansas City, Mo. Th® [fall was the heaviest ever known at tHla •TEWON of the Y»aar. . N - ' 1 EASTERN OCCURRENCES. !'%V, •-- A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Haver­ hill, Mass., on election day. The big ^Central Congregational Church, the hand- jSomeHt in that city, is IN ashes, along with Jtwo adjoining blocks. The City Hall with « valuable records was gutted. The Ifal SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. A BIOT occurred at.the polls at Fur- man, Ala. Deputy Sheriff Harris ar­ rested several persons, and a crowd of negroes jumped on Harris, who had to pull his revolver and shoot his way out. One negro was killed and several were wounded. AN event occurred in Navarro Connty, Texas, that attracted more attention than the election. This was the feat of Mrs. George Hirsh, who gave birth to 6ix children at one fell swoop. The mother and children are all doing well. The children are healthy, per­ fectly formed, but small. There are four boys and two girls. The mother is a large woman, 27 years of age. The father is SI. They have been married five years, and ha4 three children prior to the advent of the recent procession. Hirsh is German and lived ei«ht years in Missouri They live near Cosmal Postoffice, Texas, anil are poojr tillers of the soil. A TRAIN of the Savannah and Western Road, containing 125 passengers bound for the Macon Fair, was wrecked near Ellaville, Ga. The killed are: Charlie Scoville, Dodge Tyson, Henry Martin, George Davis, and John Hanover. A dozen others were injured, among them Conductor W. C. Singleton. A GENUINE sensation was created in Chattanooga, Tenn., when W. W. Thomas went to police headquarters and gave him­ self up as one of the murderer* of Col. W. A. McWilliams, who was killed at Jacksonville, Fla., thirteen months ago. Thomas said that his room-mate, Bangs, fired the fatal shot, but he was with him when the shooting was done. The Coro­ ner's jury exonerated the two men, but they were afterward indicted. Thomas will be sent to Jacksonville for trial. He B" a wife and children living in Virginia. maintain tke jtaM* that tha Pwttalji. wrt, nor did fcatfciaJc that he was afraid of the ̂was discharged. Tn TwwtUji Department has rulejl thai-BanadieUne" is dutiable at $2 per (*%B, and S cents par battle, and not at 80 per cent, ad valorem as a proprietary cordial. , In answar to aa inquiry relative to tha gaaf- w| ana itamping of Imported liquors, tbe Treasury Department has replied that distilled •ptrits must ba gauged at the port of original landing udni antered for immediate transport­ ation without appraisement. It gauged on a eoaaumptloa permit they must be stamped at onoe; if on a warehous* permit they are not to be stamped until withdrawn lor consumption. Ilia gauaw*a return of reimported American whisky entered for transportation mast be transmitted with the entry to the port of desti­ nation, and the capacity, wantage, etc., out on the bong stave. ACTING SECRETARY THOMPSON, of the "Treasury, in a letter tb the Secretary of State, inclosing an inquiry from the United States Consul at Havre, about the return to the United States of Chinese sailors shipped from this country on American vessels bound to foreign ports, expresses the opinion that, inasmuch as the seamen referred to having lauded at ;Havre, and been paid'off, are no longer in any sense within the jurisdiction aud tin­ kler the control of the United States, and 'must be considered as having departed from the United States. THERE has lately been invented E new synchronism, which, it is claimed, will make it cheaper to telegraph messages than to mail them. Dr. J. Harris Rogers, of Washington, is the inventor, and he claims : That the world will be almost revolutionized by Its discovery. 1 he new system reduces the English alphabet to ten elementary characters. The messages are prepared by means of a machine, resembling a typewriter aud manipu­ lated in the same manner; with the use of ten keys--one for each character--any desirable message can be written. Dr. Rogers for the laat lour years or more has been at work trying to perfect synchronism, which signifies "at the same time." Its application in telegraphy is to make two wheels --one at each end of the line--revolve simul­ taneously. According to Dr. Rogers over 230 words can be transmitted in a minute by his new system. A test of the new apparatus has been had, and a message of seventy-six words sent over in twenty-five seconds and printed on a tape In plain Roman character!. The Inventor savs that he can by this system make one wire do the work that ten do now by the system in ACROSS THE OCEAN. ALD. JAMES WHITEHEAD, the newly elected Lord Maj or of London, is an ad­ vanced Radical in politics, and he has amassed a large fortune as the proprietor of tbe great fancy gooas store in Kensington known as "Barker's," where, according to popular report, it is possible to purchase every imagin­ able article, from a bicycle down to a second-hand coffin. Born fifty-four years ago, the Lord Mayor is an active, ener­ getic-looking man, and was educated at the Appleby Grammar School. He has twice unsuccessfully contested a division of Westmoreland against the Hon. W. Lowther. He was elected Alderman of Cheap Ward in 1882 on the death of Aid. Breffit, and served in the office of Sheriff "•OF London in 1884-'85. The Conservatives were extremely disgusted at the idea of seeing a follower of Mr. Gladstone and supporterjof the Itish home-rule doctrine established at the Mansion House, and great pressure was put to secure the election in his stead of Sir Henry Isaacs, the next Alderman in rotation. The at­ tempt, however, was unsuccessful, and Mr. Whitehead, who is personally popu­ lar, was duly chosen by the Liverymen. The inauguration of Mr. Whitehead took Slace in accordance with traditional usage, fov. 9. A DISPATCH to the London Times from Zanzibar says the Germans have burned all the dhows and boats in Whindi har­ bor. Lieut. Fitzherbert, of the Algerine, in the face of a heavy Arab fire, chased a dhow with 200 slaves off the north coast of Madagascar until the dhow grounded. Sakalavas carried off all the slaves except twenty-seven whom Lieut. Fitzherbfirt captured with the dhow. JAMES WATSON, one of the largest land-owners of Victoria, Australia, hav­ ing over thirty thousand acres under fence, says jack rabbits are so formidable that the Australian Government is build­ ing a fence of wire netting eight thousand miles long to divide New South Wales from Queensland and bar the post§ out. Australia is paying $125,000 a year to keep the rabbits down on what is known as crown lands. The government pays 10 cents a pair for all that are killed, and ex­ pert men make from $30 to $40 a week at it. The government still keops standing its offer of $100,000 to any man who will discover something that will exterminate the pests. FRESH AND NEWSY. ATRIIEBSEB BROS.' roller flour mill, Austin, Texas, was burned at A loss of $40,000, and James Parquette'S sash and door factory, Montreal, Ind., was burned, at a loss of $70,000, both without insur­ ance. A BOBBER entered the house of Mr. Russell, a farmer living near Gananoque, Ont., and grossly maltreated Miss Bus- sell, who was alone in the house. He de­ manded of the young lady the where­ abouts of her father's wealth, and when she refused to tell him he gagged her, and, tying a handkeichief around her neck, dragged her up stairs and down un­ til he found the booty. He then beat her shamefully and locked her in a closet. A few hours later Michael Lappan WAS ar­ rested, and, on being recognized by the girl, was locked' up. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. THE Supreme Court of the United Ststea has heard arguments in two cases of interest to Prohibitionists and steamboatmen, viz: Lewis N. Clarke, plaintiff in error, vs. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Clarke, who was master of the excursion steamer May­ flower, running between Pittsburg and McKee's Hocke, was convicted of violation of tbe law of Pennsylvania prohibiting the sale of liquor without license, and was sentenced to imprisonment. Application lor a writ of habeas corpus was refused by Justices Harlan and Bradley, of the Supreme Court, and the cases were then brought to the full Supreme Court. It is claimed in behalf of the plaintiff in error that the State law was not meant to apply to steamboats engaged in navigation; that tbe effect of the law would be to prohibit the sale of liquor on boats, and not regulate it, as stated by the act; and that unless the law is held to apply to steamboats vessels with bar­ rooms will be prevented from entering tbe State of Pennsylvania. It is further claimed that Congress a'.one has the right to regulate commerce, and that the licenae to engage in the i coaiting trade granted the vessel by the United _ --i " icyvins** wuj States carries with it the right to exchange com- iflte Brooklyn Elevated Road at Mvrtle * medities, including liquor, and that the state #•*... . „ J"" , law is therefore void. HARKET KBPOBTS. 4.10 2.7.; uA> 8.00 over $200,000. The ballot-boxes the First and Secord Wards, which iWere in the City Hall, and in which a large i'ote had been cast, were saved. A TERRIBLE explosion is reported on 1.07 .99 Javenue and Navy street, New York. JSeVeral persons were reported to have 'KEEN killed. "V- A BOIIIER belonging to the Lancaster •;* (Chemical Company, whose plant is situ- TJated just north of Lancaster, Pa., blew •"ilip with terrific force, completely demol- ' • JiMiing the bnilding, and killing one man t|M»d injuring five. The c .sualties are: ffjohn liiddie, fireman, sixty-nine years !«ld, killed outright; Alon/.o Hambiight. jengineer, badly injured; C. P. Miller, one the proprietors, George Smith, a man fjBamed ".Mickey," and a boy named Hoak, .jSiightly injured. The boiler was nearly saew, and the reason for the explosion is fhnkno .rn!. Tbe Oh&mical- Company also F ^APPLIED the UNITED^STATTS FILETIUIC Light .V "Company with power to run their dyna- CHICAGO. CATTLE--Prim S Steers $ 5.80 Medium Common.... HOGS--Shipping Grades Bnsr WHEAT--No. 2 Red COHN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 RTB--No. 2 BUTTEK--Choice Creamery..... CHEESE--Full Cream, flat EGOS--Fresh POTATOES--Car-loads, per ba... POHK-- Mess MILWAUKEE. WHSAT--Cash Coau--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White KTE--No. 1 BARLET--No. 2.._ POBK--Mess DETROIT. CATTT.U. Hoos SHEEP..... WHKvr--No. 2 Red CORN--No. 2 White OATS--No. 2 Mixed. TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Red COKM OATS-NO. S White NEW YORK. CATTMI HOGS SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Red.... COHN--No. 2 OATS--White POBJS--New Mess ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Hoas WHEAT--No. 1 CORN--No. 2 OAT.*--No. 2 KYK--No. 2 INDIANAPOLIS. #•.00 <A S.oo ® 1.0J & S.oo <9 4.50 1'3>4 .41 * .84 .64 .24 .10 .19 .as 14.60 •41hi .25 .56 .26 .11?* .20 .35 #15.00 & 1.08 & .40 .30%<9 .30)6 .57)4 .0# <9 -70 14.25 ©14.75 he Court, after hearing argument for the plaintiff, declined to hear argument, on behaif of the Commonwealth. This action, it is believed, indicates that the Court is prepared to decide in favor of the State on the case as presented by counsel tor Clarke. AN Edinburgh special says: In the case of Mr. Parnell against the Time#, Judge Kinneer has announced his decision on the question rais?d by the Times' coun­ sel. The Judge ruled that the court FT ad jurisdiction in the case. A COLORED boy named.William Forest was in the police court at Washington on complaint of Julius Emner, who stated that the bov had threatened to kill the 4 1M President in case of his re-election.. IFIANU-Choice. Prosecuting Attorney Shillington,, paid | - » JF**1"• that the President would have teanue I Hoas -I into court and swear that be was afrtud of | SBBEr..V....i#..,. WHWOJIIAI. OF THE NEW HOFIFFI OF VS MBPBESENTATIVES. CATTT,*.... Boas ..... t^HKEr LAMBS CINCINNATL Hoas WHEAT--Ho. 3 Bed. CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed... 1...> Mess KANSAS CITY. 4.50 3.25 . loi ..S.oo » 4.00 a 1.11 m u.60 & 4.00 & 1.13 31C.S0 ® 5.78 5.75 I.C8%& 1.09U & 6.00 ® 5.75 & 4.00 & 4.60 3.50 5.00 a,co 8.50 •r 4. 50 © 5.75 105i$<j$ l.COU " & .45 & .27 .56 &15.25 &-6.60 0 4.50 ©"3.50 0 4.0) .44 ' .20 .54 14.75 Old anrilv||if|r Member* As Iidieatod by Latest Beiamx--The Rnpnblirann Have Likely tssnrc<l Control of the National Government. [Chicago special.] Returns from the Congressional oontests •how that the Republicans have secured full control ot the National Government, increasing their majority in the Senate, and establishing a majority in the lower house. The Legislatnie of Delaware is Republican by 2 oi joint ballot, which will result In the election of a Republican United States Senator to succeed Sauls- bury and In the retirement of Secretary Bayard to private life, for a time at least. If the Republicans of West Virginia have secured tne Legislature of that State, as claimed, a Republican successor of Kenna will be chosen. ; In the lower house of the present Con­ gress the strength of the parties is: Demo­ crats, 168; Republicans, 153; Indepen­ dents, 4. The returns so far received in­ dicate, granting doubtful districts to the Democrats, that the lower house of the Fifty-first Congress will stand: Repub­ licans, 166; Democrats, 159; a Republican majority of 7. It seems likely that this Republican majority will be increased rather than diminished. • Several Congressional districts are very close and it may iequire an official count to determine who is elected in them. Ir­ regularities in ballots cast for Carlisle in the Sixth Kentucky District are alleged, and it is said that an attempt will be made to have such irregular ballots cast out, but the number of them is not, it is thought, large enough to elect his opponent if they are declared illegal. In several other dis­ tricts, where the election is close, contests are likely to bo made by the defeated members. The net gains of the Republicans are: California, 1; Connecticut, 1; Iowa, 2; Louisiana, 1; Maryland, 1; Michigan, 2; Minnesota, 3; Missouri, 2; Nebraska, 1; New Hampshire, 1; Ohio, 1; Pennsyl­ vania, 1; Tennessee, 1; West Virginia, 1. The net Republican losses are: Indiana, 3; Kentucky, 2; New York, 1; North Caro­ lina, 2; Virginia, 3. Complexion of the House* ALABAMA. 1. R. H. Clark D. 5. James E. Cobb D. 2. H. A.Herbert* D. 6. J.H.Bankhead D. 8. Wm. C. Oates D. 7. W. H. Forney* D. 4. Lewis W.TurpinD.8. Jos. Wheeler* D. ARKANSAS. 1. WM. H. Cate D R.4. John H. Rogers*D 2. John M.Clavton R.5. S. W. Peel« D. 3. Thos-C.McRae* D. CALIFORNIA. 1. I. G. DeHaven R. 4. W.W.Morrow* R 2. Marion Biggs D 5. Thos. J. Clunie D 8. Jos. McJ£enna* R. 6. W.A.Vandever*R COLORADO. Hosea Tovmsend, R. CONNECTICUT. 1. Wm. E. Simonds R.3. C. A. Russell* R. 2. W. F. Wilcox D. 4. W. Seymour D. • DELEWARE. 5i, ^bemnignion* D. FLORIDA. 1. R. HMDavidscn*D 2. F. S. Goodrich R GEORGIA. 1. RufusE. Lester,D C. J. H. Blount,* D. 2. H. G. Turner,:!<D 7. J. C. Clements, D. 8. C. F. Crisp,* D. 8. H. H. Carleton,* D 4. T. W. Grimes,*D. 9. A. D. Candler,* D. 5. J. D. Stewart, *D 10. G. T. Barnes,*D. ILLINOIS. 1. Abner Taylor,*R. 11. Wm. H. Gest,* R 2. F. Lawler,* D. 12. Scott Wiko,+ D. 8. W. E.Mason,*R. 13. W. M. Springer,* D 4. G. E. Adams,* R 14. J. H. Rowell,* R. 5. A. J. Hopkins,*R15. J. G. Cannon,* R. #. It. R. Hitt,* R 16. G. W. Fithian,* D. 7.T.J.Hende'son,*R 17. E. Lane,* D. 8. C. A. Hill,* R. <18. Wm. S. Forman D 9. L. E. Payson,*R.19. R.W. Townsend,*D 10. P. 8. Post,* R 20. Geo. W. Smith,* R INDIANA. 1. W. P. Parrott, D. 8. J. T. Johnston*, R. 2. J. H. O'Neall* D. 9. J. B.Cheadle* R. 8. J. B. Brown, D. 10. W. D. Owen*,R. W. S. Holman*,D. 11. A. N. Martin,D. 5. G. W. Cooper, R. 12. C.A.McClellanD 6. T. H. IJrowne*, R. 18. J. M. Hoyne, R. 7. W. D. Bynum, D. IOWA. J. H. Gear*, R. 7. E. H. Conger, R. 2. W. I. Hayes*, D. 8. J. P. Flick, R. 8. D. B. Henderson*, R.. 9. J. R. Reed, R. 4. J. H. Sweeney, R. 10. J. P. Dolliver,R ~ D. Kerr*, R. 11. I. S. Struble, R. 6. John F. Lacey, R. KANSAS. 1. E. N. Morrill*, R. 5. J.A.Anderson*R 2. E. H. Funston*, R. 6. EVJ. Turner*,R 8. B. W. Perkins*, R. 7* S. R. Peters*, R 4 T. Ryan* R. KENTUCKY. 1. Wm. J. Stone,* D 7. W. C. Bfeckin- 2. Wm. Ellis, D. ridge. *D 8. J. H. Goodnight D 8. J. McCreary* D 4. A. Montgomery*D 9. T. H. Paynter D 5. A. G. Caruth*,D 10. B. F. Day D 6. J. G. Carlisle*!). 11. F. H. Finley R LOUISIANA. 1. T. G. Wilkinson* D 4. N. Blanchard* D 0. H. D. Coleman R 5. C. J. Boatner+D 8. E. J. Gay* D 6. S. Robertson* D MAINE. 1. T. B. Reed* R . 8. 8. L. Millikin*R 2. N. Dingley* R 4. C. A. Boutelle*R MARYLAND. 1. C. H. Gibson* D 4. H.StockbridgeR & H. Stump D 5. 8. E. Mudd R 8. H. W. Rusk* D 8. L. McComas* R MASSACHUSETTS. 1. Chas.8.Randall,R 7. Wm. Cogswell,* R 2. E. A. Morse, R 8. F.T.Greenhalge, R 8. JohnF. Andrew,D 9. J. W. Candler, + R 4 J. H. O'Neill, D 10. J. H. Walker, R 5. N. P. Banks, + R It. R. Wallace, R 6. H. C. Lodge,* R 12. F. W. Rockwell,* R MICHIGAN 1. J.L.Chipman,*D 7. J. R. Whiting,* D 2. E. P. Allen,* R 8. Aaron T. Bliss, R J. O'Dorcnell,* R 9. B. M.Cutcheon,* R 4. J. C. Burrows,*R 10. F. W. Wheeler ft 5. C. E. Belknap, R 11. 8. M. Stephenson, R 6. M.S.Brewer,* R MINNESOTA. 1. M.H.t)unnell,+ R 4. 8. P. Snider, R 2. John Lind,* R 5. 8. G. Comstock, R 8. D. 8. Hall, R MISSISSIPPI. 1. John M. Allen,*D 5. C. L. Anderson,*D 2. J. B. Morgan,*D. 6. T. R. Stockdale*D 8. T. Catchings, *D. 7. C. E. Hooker, *D. 4. Clarke Lewis, D- MIBSOURI. 1. W. H. Hatch,*D. 8. F.Niedringhaus,R 2. C. H. Mansur,*D; 9^ Nathan Frank, R. 8. A.Dockery,* D 10. W. M. Kinsey, R. 4. J. N. Burnes,*D. ll. Rich. P. Blond,*D 5. J. C. Tarsney,D. 12. W. J. Stone,*D. 6. J. T. Heard,*D. 18. W. H. Wade, *R. 7. R. H. Norton, D. 14. J. P. Walker, *D. NEBRASKA. 1. W. J. Connell, R. 8. a W. Dorsey,*R 2. James Laird,*R. -V--'," NEVADA. Horace F. Bartine, R. NEW HAMPSHIRE. ' 1. Alonzo Nute, R. 2. O. C. Moore, R. R NEW JERSEY. 1. C. A. Bergen R 5. C. D. Beckwith R 2. J. Buchanan* R 6. H. Lehlbach* R 8. J.Gesisenhoim'rD 7. Wm. McAdoo D 4. N.W. Voorhees R NEW YORK. 1. G. Cromwell R J 8. J.Quackenbush R 2. F. Campbell* D 19. C. Tracy* D 8. W. C. Wallace R 20. J. Sanford R 4. J. M. Clancy I> 21. J. H. Moffit* R 5. T. F. Manner D 22. F. Lansing R 6. F. T.Fitzg sraldD 23., J. S. Hherman* R 7. E. J. Duuphy D 24. D, Wilbur* R 8. J.H.McCarthy D 25. J. J. Belden* R 9. S. S. Cox* D 20. M. Delano* R W #; ik%inW?1> 27»ir. ttuttiilg* E 12. R. p/JlMWrD 29. J. lUtM* R 18. A. P. Wtefc* D 80. C. & Baker R 14. W.Stahl'eck'r*D 31. J. Q. 0awy«r R 15. Henry Bacon D 82. 16. J. H. Ketcham*R 88. J, If. Wttey D 17. C. J. Knapp R 34. W*G. Lai<Uaw«R NORTH CAROLINA. 1. E. A. White,R 6. A. Rowland, D 2. H.P.Cheat'm*R 7. J". 6. Henderson*D 8. C.W.McCl'myD 8. W. H. H Cowles,D* 4. B. H. Bunn, D 9. T. P. Johnson D 5. J. M. Brower,R* OHIO. 1. B. Butterw'th,R 12. J. J. Pussier,* R H. J. A. Caldwell,*R 18. J. H. Outhw'te, 1 8.E.8.Williams,*R 14. C. P. Wickham*R 4. 8. S. Yodder,*D 15. C. Gro«veaor,*R 5. G. E. Seney,* D 16. J. M. Owens,*D 6. M.M.Booth'n*R 17. J. D. Taylor,*R 7. H. L. Morey,+R 18. W.McKindleyJr*R 8. R. P. Kennedy*R 19. E. B. Taylor,*R 9. W.C.Cooper,*R 20. M. L. Hmyser.R 10. W. E.Haync8,D 21. Theo. Burton, R 11. A.C.Thom'n,*R . <• OREGON, M , ' Binger Herman, *R. ; „ - PENNSYLVANIA. I. H. W.Bingham+R 15. M. B. Weight, R. 2. Chas.O'NeiU,*R. 16. H. McCormfck, R 8. S. J. "Randall, *D. 17. C.A.Buckalew,+D 4. W. D. Kelley,*R.18. L. E. Atkinson,*R 5. A.C.Harmer,*R. 19. Levi Maish,* D. 6. 8. Darlington,*R.20.* Edward 8«U1,*R. 7. R.M. Yardley *R.gl. 8. A. Craig, R. 8. Wm. Mutchler, D. 22. John DalzeU,* R. 9. D. B. Brunner,D. 28. T. M. Bayne,* R. 10. M. Brosius, R. 24. J. W. Ray, R. 11. J. A. Scranton,+R25. C. C. Townsend,R 12. E. 8. Osborne,*R. 26. W. Culbertson,R. 18. J. B. Reilly, D. 27. L. F. Watson, R. 14. J. W. Rife, R. 28. James Kerr, D. RHODE ISLAND. X. H.Jf.Spooner,*R. 2. W.O.Arnold,*R. SOUTH CAROLINA. 1. 8. Dibble* D 5. J. J. Hemphill* D 2. G. D. Tillman* D 6. G. W. Dargan* D 8. J. 8. Cothran* D 7. Wm. fiUioU* D -, 4. Wm. H. Perry* D ' > S TENNESSEE. 1. A. A. Taylor, R. 6. J. E.1>rasbnftn»15 2. L. C. Houk* R. 7. W.Whitthorne* D. 8. H. C. Evans, R. 8. B. A. Enloe*,D. 4, B. McMillan*, D. 9. R. A. Pierce, D. 5. J.D.Richardson*D 10. J. Phelon*, D. TEXAS. 1. C. Stewart*, D. 7. W. H. Crain, D. 2. W.H. Martin*, D. 8. L. W. Moore*,D.! 8. C. B. Kilgore*, D.. 9. R. Q. Mills*, D. 4. D.B. Culberson*, D.10. J. D. Sayers*, D 5. 8. Hare*, D. 11. S.W. Lanham*D 6. J. H. Abbott,* D. VERMONT. 1. J. W. Stewart*, R. 2. W. W. Orantr»,R, VIRGINIA. 1. T. H.Browne* R. 6. P. C. Edmunds D' 2. G. E.Bowden* R. 7. T.O'Ferrall D 8. G. D. Wise* D. H. Wm.H.F.Lee* D 4. E. C. Venaule D. 9. J.A.Buchanan D 5. Posey G. Lester D. 10. H 8. Tucker D WEST VIRGINIA. 1. G.W.Atkinson R. 8. J.H.McGinnts R 2. W.H.H. Flick R. 4. J. M. Jackson D WISCONSIN. 1. 1. B. Caswell R. 6. C. B, Clark* R 2. Charles Bar wig D 7. O.B. Thomas* R 8. R. M. LaFollette*R 8. NelsP.HauganR 4. I. W. VanSchaick+ R9. M. H.McCord R 5. Geo. H. Brickner D. The Territories. ARIZONA. Marcbs A. Smith,* Tombstone, D. DAKOTA. George A. Mathews, Brooking^, R. IDAHO. Frederick T. Dubois,* Blackfoot, R. MONTANA. Thomas H. Carter, Helena, R. NEW MEXICO. , Antonio Joseph,* Ojo Calient% ]| t UTAH. J. T. Caine,* Salt Lake City (Mormon) D. WASHINGTON. John B. Allen, Seattle, R. ; - WYOMING. Joseph M. Carey,* Cheyenne, pt<r 4 Republicans, 17<). Democrats, 155. XKDVAHA MAN WHX ELECTORAL VOTKS. KATB MS R«nr York Gives Hsrrins > flonUIr •< 11.T62--tVsr Is KlonteA flsWMT mt Il­ linois by Over 7,800--Indiana Bepah Ileaa--California Doubtful. NEW YOBK, NOV. 9,188B. Oan. Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Is Presi­ dent-elect. He bas carried New York State bv a plurality of about 11,762. Indiana hat dropped Into the Republican column. Tbe vote is close in California. Both parties claim that State. The following table tells tbe story of the great' Presidential battle: Cleveland. Alabama 10 Arkansas..... T Connecticut 6 Delaware S Florida 4 Oeorgia.. 19 Louisiana I Kentucky 18 Maryland 8 Mississippi • Missouri. 10 New Jersey 9 North Carolina 11 South Carolina • Tennessee 12 Texas IS Virginia 14 West Virginia e ioi Colorado . . s Illinois . . as Indiana . . 1$ Iowa . . IS Kansas . . 9 Maine . . 6 Massachusetts.... .. 14 Michigan .. 13 Minnesota........ . . 7 Nebraska . . 6 Nevada .. 3 New Hampshire.. .. 4 New York .. 36 Ohio .. 23 Oregon .. 3 Pennsylvania .. 30 Itbode Island . . .A Vermont .. 4 Wisconsin ,. 11 285 SOUOTFUlh Jackson the Originator of 0. K. Old stories modified by recent in­ vestigations are coming to the front. Ex-United States Senator Armstrong,. of Missouri, tells the following story' of how the letters O. K. came into use: J Very early in the thirties a talented] newspaper man, Seba Smith by name, | was connected with a weekly newpaper I of large circulation published at Port-J land, Me. A feature of the paper was: a letter purporting to come from Wash-j ington, D. C., but really written by- Smith, which was signed "Jack Down-; ing." This "Downing" was supposed! to be an intimate friend of President) Jackson, whom he always referred to as "the General," and made Old Hick­ ory appear to be an uncouth and illite-. rate man. In one of these letters Jack Downing tells how he noticed a bun­ dle of papers upon Jackson'S desk tied! with a string and conspicuously marked "O. K." "What do these letters mean?" says Jack to "the General."1 "They mean." says "the General," "that I have been through them all, and that they nre all correct--O. K., don't you see?" It is strange how those letters gave to the world an im­ pression that Jackson was an illiterate, man. There never was a greater mis-! take. I have seen a hundred letters j written by him; there are several inj this city now that show his language is ' terse, carefully chosen, and his senten- I ces as grammatically constructed as those of any public man of his day. IT is also true that the symbolic letters were used by the Whigs in October, 1840, to express their satisfaction after Governor Ritner was elected by 60,0001 in Pennsylvania, Tom Corwin in Ohio by 40,000, aud W. H. Seward in New York by 50,000 majority, when they concluded this was O. K., as it satisfied them that "Old Tip" would be elected' in November following. To WASH easily: Soak 3'our clothes in cold water, soap each piece well, put plenty on wristbands and other places that are much soiled (I always rub out rough dirt, with a slight washing, or rather have it done), then when all your clothes for first( boiling are ready, put in the boiler with> cold water and heat it gradually, boil about! twenty minutes or half an hour, then take out; wash out in clean water, and rinse. We have eight in our family, and a very, large washing, but it never takes more than, three hours, and I defy any one to show] nicer looking clothes. The clothes last> longer because they are not rubbed or boiled 60 much. Remember to put each boiling of' clothes in cold water, and heat after being put in. A tablespoonful of spirits of tur- pontine in each boiling will whiten the clothes. To MAKE good soft soap: Put the contents of a box of good lye, three pounds of clear' grease or its equivalent in kitchen scraps,! and a pint of crude turpentine or resin, in' a large pot, with two pailfuls of cold water, let it come gradually to a boil, and keep up the same amount of water until it jellies. When done put in another bucketful of wa­ ter and boil a littlo longer, then pour out while it is hot, I have much better success in this way than by following the directions on the cam STEAM navigation was projected on the Danube by Count Szechenyi, in 1830, and in that year the first steam- boat was launched at Vienna. SHEEP butter and milk are forming one IF the industries of Holland. The butter !• naturally whiter than that made from mni- 4^1.^ *, California. NEW YOJ*, ftev. 9.--Returns frotn aJr tho sixty counties of the State are at hand, with only a few election districts missing. Thete show that outside of New York and Kings Coun­ ties Harrison carries forty-nine Counties and Cleveland eleven, in 18B4 Cleveland carried fourteen counties. The counties that have swung into tbe Republican column this year nra Otsego, with a Harrison plurality of 817, against 636 for Cleveland in 1884. Oneida grandly responds this year with the magnificent plurality of 1,931, against 33 for Cleve­ land in 1884. Niagara changes with 481 plurality from 318 for Cleveland. Suffolk shows the handsome plurality of 08J lor Harri­ son, whereas Cleveland got iu 11-81 553. bullivan, too, comes in with 90 for HarriBon; Clevelnnd in 1884 carried it by 275. Greene and Chemung were the only changes from the Republican column. Outside New Tori and Kings Har­ rison got 91,418 plurality, Cleveland 10,400 plu­ rality. In New York County Cleveland received 57,213 plurality. In Kings County Cleveland received 12,027 plurality. Thesa figures make Harrison's plurality 11,762. INDIANA. INDIANAPOLIS, NOV. 9.--The State is conceded to the Republicans by about'2,0J0. Tbe full re- turns sliow Democratic gains in seventeen and Republican gains in seventy-five counties. lie- turns from eighty counties show a net Re­ publican gain of 7,025 and 3,500 Republican majority on the national and State tickets. The Democrats gain Ccngressmen in the First, Eleventh, and Twelfth Districts, and elect a majority in both branches of the Legislature. Complete return* from 890 precincts in the State give Harrison 140,t>29; Cleveland, 133,468. Tbe same precincts gave Blaine 127,702; Cleveland, 127,020, thus showing a net Republican gain of 6,479. The total pluralities of Harrison are 28,20?, and for Cleveland 25,873, a plurality in the whole State for Harrison of 2,381. No figures have been re­ ceived on the vote for Governor, but Hovey is known to have run behind tbe electoral ticket in some counties, and his plurality will fall be­ low Harrison's. The official count will be re­ quired to determine it. > n<iiiNois. CHICAGO, NOV. 8.--The vote of eighty- four counties in Illinois, including Cook, shows majorities for Harrison or 38,943, and for Cleveland of 16,373. The remain­ ing eighteen counties in 1884 gave Blaine , 5,881 and Cleveland 0,542. Assuming that these eighteen counties, not yet fully reported, give the i same result as in 1884, the State will now give a plurality for Harrison of 18,912. Therefore, | that Harrison's plurality will be about 19,000. • Eighty-six counties of Illinois, including Cook, pluralities for Fifer, 35,218; Palmer, 27,355. remaining sixteen counties in 1£64 gave j pluralities for Blaine, 5,039, and Cleveland, 4,356. Assuming that Fifer will loBe in these sixteen couuties in about the same ratio as j those reported, bis plurality over Palmer in the ! State will be about 7,890. It is not believed his ; plurality can vary 1,00!) votes from this figure. CHICAGO, NOV. 9.--Harrison's plurality, as shown in the returns so far received, is isi,920, and Fifer's 5,274. On the Presidential vote in {these figures all but twelve counties an) in­ cluded, and on tbe vote for Governor all but j sixteen counties. The totals show that Har- jrison baa a plurality in the State of about 19,- 1000, while Fifer's j>luraliiy over Palmer will be \ about 7,800. The Prohibition vote shows • Blight increase all ov. r the State, but no reliable j figures on this can be obtained. MICHIGAN. DETBOIT, Mich., Nov. 9.--Harrison's plurality , in Michigan will reach 22,000, against 3,308 for Blaine in 1884. - Thin large gain is undoubtedly t due to the return of the Greenbackers to tbe old party lines. Four years aeo the fusion vote ol | the State was 189,301, the straight Democratic vote being 149,835 and the Greenback vote bein| I 41,490. The combined Greenback and Union Labot vote of last Tueaday will not exceed 18,000. Coin- jparatively few counties have made returns | on the Prohibition vote, but St. John's vote ol 118,403 has been reduced nearly o ie-half. Luct 1 (Rep.) for Governor will have a plurality ol aboufcJ3,500. He was biit rly opposed by tha [ liqnor men and ran behind in all the large cities. I In Wayne County Cleveland's plurality is 4,494, I While that of Burt (Dem.) for Governor la 9,64% 1 In tbe country, however, Luce more than held ' his own. 1 CONNECTICUT. T HABTFORO, NOV. 9.--Connecticut gives Cleve- i land, for President, a plurality of 429, with two i towns to hear from, which will reduce it tc i about 350. Morris, Democrat, defeats Bulkely, Republican, for Governor 1,5„0, with three towns > to hear from. As Morris has not a clear major- . ity the Legislature, according to the State law, I has tbe choosing of a Governor. The legislature is Republican. The Democrats elected tw« Congressmen. I CALIFORNIA. 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9.-- Not one-halt tbe pre­ cincts in tbe State have been counted, aud tbe result is still in doubt. Republican gains are beavy in the interior, and the Republicans claim ' they will have 15,000 in the State. San Fran­ cisco, however, will give from 6,000 to 10,00ii Democratic majority. For Congress the l)em«- i crats will have Bigus in the Second. Farrall is the Fourth and Clunie in the Fifth. The Repub- . licans are sure of McKenua in the Third, and Vandevere in tbe Sixth, with the chances of De- i haven iu the First. In San Francisco 22,70< votes out of a total of 55,370 give Harrison 10,915, Cleveland 11,789. I NEBRASKA. I OMAHA, NOV. 9.--Tbe count in Omaha was. not completed until 2 o'clock Thura- ' day afternoon. Douglas County, Including the city, gives Harrison 10,245; Cleveland, 10,825. Governor--Thayer (Rep.), 8,611; Mc- Shane (Dem.), 12,488. Congressmen--Connell '(Rep.), 10,519; Morton (Dem.), 10,636. Conuell'8 election by about 3,000 plurality is conceded in the First district, which was carried two years ago by McShano (Dem.) by over 7,000. Complete returns from sixteen counties, including Doug­ las and Lancaster, give: Harrison, 31,013; Cleveland, 26.5J5. Governor--McSlinne (Dem.) leads his ticket by i',230. In 1884 the some counties gave Blaine 22,250; Cleveland, 17,301. , • WF.HT VIRGIN* (A. •WHEELINO. W. Va., Nov. 0.--Dispatches re­ ceived announce that Democratic Stale Treas- ' nrer Thompson concedes the State to the Re­ publicans by from 400 to 709 majority. The Republicun htate Committee cliims the State by a much larger majority. It claims to have a solid delegation of four Congressmen and a ma- . jority in the Legislature. MISSOURI, I ST. FSR. 9 --Complete rotnrns from eighty of tbe 140 counties in tbe State and partial returns and advices from the remainder show , that Cleveland's plurality will be about 25,000, and that ef trancis (Dem.) for Governor about 12,000. St. Louis, complete, gives Cleveland 2FI,641, Harrison 31,918, Francis 23.567, Kimball 83,636. WISCONSIN. MILWAUKEE, Nov. 9.--Complete returns bave been received from all but twenty out of the sixty-seven counties in tbe State. With pro­ portionate gains in the otber counties in com­ parison with those already heard from, Chair­ man Payne now estimates Harrison's plurality in the State at 2.2,000. TLe Congressmen- elect, according to their own estimates, aa received by districts, are as follows : First, Cas­ well (Rep.), 4,780; Second, Barwig (Dem. 1, 2,000; Third, La Follette (liep.i. 3,4C0; Fourth, Van Kchalck (Rep.), 1,500; Fifth, Brickner (Dem.), 4,0Sixth, Clark (Rep.), 4,000; Seventh, Thomas (Rep,), 8,000; Ninth, McCord (Rep.), 3,500. * COLORADO. DENVER, Col., Nov. 9.--Tbe Republicans now claim the State by nearly 14,000 majority. They bave probably elected every member of the lower house aud twenty out of twenty-six mem­ bers of the Senate. The returns from thirty- eight precincts of this city and Aiapanoe County gave Harrison 6,657 ; Cleveland, 5,423. Congress­ men : Townsend (Rep.), 7,005; Macon (Dem.), 5,192; Cooper (Rep.), E,790; Peterson (Dem.), 5,318. DELAWARE WIT.MINGTOY, Del., Nov. 9.--Cleveland's plu­ rality in the State is 3,444. Congressman Pen­ nington (Dem.) is re-elected by over S.'IOJ plu- raJitr. Tne next Legislature will stund: ben- ate, Democrats 7, Republicans 2; House; Demo­ crats 7, Repub icans li. This gives the Repub­ licans a majority of 2 on joint ballot. L»KMO( RVTt<- MAJORITIES. In the States acknowledged to have been car­ ried by the Democrats, Cleveland secured tbe following majorities: Alabama gave ;V*,0W, a gain of nearly 20,003 over his majority in 1S84. Arkansas gave 20,000, which is a Slight loss from his former maiority or 22,>X)3. Connecticut has given a close majority, some­ thing less than that of 18S4. 1 £Tda k** g'Vfea 2.000. a loss of more than Georgia cut down her previous maiority of 46,000 to about 22,OOJ. Kentucky swelled her old majority of 31,003 to about 4if,ooo. Louisiana gives 18,000, an increase of 2,0lJ0. Maryland roduced bar former saaieritv tram 1P00 to about 10.030. i»v«. M A KAY In a minute. A WECBXACE of human luMudctaJbones was the gift received by a ariariouaxy from a partial chief. THE stuffed akin of m black pony ;}] -which belonged to the Qoepa of Spain f makes a novel hobby harm for the little J king. In the portxait of hk majesty the t tiding horse is a prominent ftttare. NF.RVOUH people are afraid to attend J the services in the Bristol Cathedral. % England, as the building literally f swarms with rats. The creaturee are J to be seen running about In the nave • while service is proceeding in the choir. A STEWARD who had been intrusted with the task of tilling up his masters ^ library sent the following order to a London bookseller: "In the first place I want six feet of theology, the same J quantity of metaphysics, and near a "f" yard of old civil law in folio." THE largest Christian place of wor­ ship in the world is the clinrck of St. ; a Peter's in Rome, which has a capacity , ? for a congregation of 54,000 persons, f The three next in ordet of size are: Vj Milan Cathedral, which holds 32.000, ; ! St. Paul's, Borne, which will contain ; 32,000, and St. Paul's, London, with a ^ I capacity of 2<>,000. The space covered | by the buildings of St. Peter's is said to ^ be 240,000 square feet, or about five and a half English acres. ' W. A. LVMAN, of Milford, Cfc., is mat- - t ing the smallest possible specimen of an « engine. It will fie made from a silver ^ half dollar. Thfe boiler is to hold about eight drops of water, but with four H drops the engine can be worked several minutes. When finished it is to be placed under a glass cass three-quarters * 1 of an inch in diameter, and one and one- -• half inches in height. Some of the . | parts will be so fine and delicate that J they cannot be made without the use of | a magnifying glass. | HUNTING for turtle's eggs on the is- f- lands of the coast is a summer pastime , J of Georgians. It is said that one of the curiosities of. a turtle's nest is that no one having taken the eggs from a tur- J? tie's nest oan get them all back in again. | Several have tried the experiment to find it a blank failure. After filling the cavity in the sand there are always enough eggs left to fill a 'couple more nests just as large. Old Mrs. Turtle, when she deposits an egg, paddles it in tight with her feet, egg by egg, the elasticity of the egg shell permiting it, but man cannot compress the eggs as does the turtle. DR. T. V. GREENE, writing to an En­ glish journal from Montevido, says that fresh meat forms the staple article of diet in a part of the province of Buenos Ayres, where he lived for four years. Vegetables and fruit were unknown ex­ cept for one month in the Autumn, bread could not be had, and biscuits and farina, a meal made from mandicca, were too expensive for the poor. The population live entirely on meat, and drink nothing but the mate de verba, a bitter kind of herb, containing the same active principle as tea and coffee. It is not uncommon for a man to eat four or live pounds of meat at a meal; but Dr. Greene thinks it contains less fibrine "I and albumen, and more salt and water, than English meat. He never knew a case of scurvy, or anything like it, dur­ ing the four years he practised amongst the inhabitants. ,^ A $lean Face and Kbfifeg. ̂9 A clean face may be vulgar, it may tie within the reach of every woman in the world; but nevertheless, the clean face is to be commended. What man would ever want to kiss a made-up lady, and risk being poisoned by the cosmetics in use? In the old days, when powder and rouge were indispensable, a gallant gen­ tleman kissed the hand of his fair lady. And her hand was kept immaculate, that this kiss might mean much to him. Nowadays men don't stoop to kiss your ^ hand; it would get their tro.users out of 5l shape. So a clean 'face becomes a necessity to a woman who has any lik­ ing for that expression of affection which is generally approved of and sel­ dom well done. The only kiss worth having is that of a nice baby, and if the baby doesn't give it it only submits to it, and keeps its sweet, dainty,' perfumy little mouth, shaped like an O, as it waits for you to discover just how delightful it is. Men's kisses are like Scotch whisky--they're apt to be smokey. Children's kisses are inclined to cover'one's entire face; but a baby simply exists and lets you take a mouthful of the breath of Arahia. Men have an idea that their kisses are appre­ ciated--they are most immensely mis­ taken. The average man gives a kiss just as he throws a base ball--with too much force. It ought to be as'delicate as a roseleaf. Almost a memory in a second. It need not suggest a postage stamp, nor porous plaster. Dolly, I think I could write a book on kissing; but mankind is so determined I don't think he'd take any advice on the sub­ ject, and yet, as it is the women who receive the kisses, they certainly ought to know more about them than the great, big, stupid creatures who give them.--New York Star Chinese Art and Landscape tiardeninff. There are said to be something like 50,000 characters in the written lan­ guage of the Chinese. I am sure it would take them all to fully describe the queer sights and strange cus­ toms we witnessed in Peking during the few days we rested there, at the cheer­ ful United States Legation, before mak­ ing our final start for the Great Wall. I had never known before that the twisted trees, contorted objects and queer architecture painted on Chinese punch-bowls and platters are not droll caricatures, but the Chinese representa­ tions of Chinese art-ideas in the actual everyday scenes of Chinese life. The grotesque figures whi6h they paint on fans, or screens, are alL,(well known his­ torical characters; hefoes of fiction, or deified saints and philosophers, and ea^i one carries to the Chinese mind its pe­ culiar tradition or romantic association. There is very little picturesque scenery in China, and the few hills, streams, and valleys which lovers of natural beauty have discovered, have done duty in decoration for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. But these outlines, made familiar by repetition, have a different meaning when the fact is explained that the skillful Chinese landscape gardeners have made in- ' numerable miniature copies of these few ;if bits of scenery in the court yards which . j| are enclosed by the inner walls of the *| houses of the better sort. These courts, a few feet in extent, oblong or square, are laid out in little mountain ranges, i showing caverns and lakes/' trails and ' < ravines on every side.-- Wide Awake. ^ WHAT act of oblivion will cover them S from the wakeful memory, from the* #| notices-and issues of the grand remem- God within r, ^ ̂ • • - . • ' . ' / * • • * * - ' v' j..«*11,2*.V i»i ^ Y * * I r: / klw, ^ ' r. * *_i ^ 'wy j , J *L. .J