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iiaiESiSitiSKSSSKi pnndfitlrt I. VMilLYKi. KMr md PuMMnr. ILLINOIS, CIRCLING THE GLOBE. 'piMlK'S mrORTAWT OCOCKKINOIU CONCISELY SUMMARIZED*' - by Electric Wire from Ewry ^MU+cr of the ClTilltfd World, Km- llMiai Forolyn Affair* and Home Htpj |Whiti«f *a Imp9rt*nt Kriv*. KINO OP THE KNIGHTS. Ibi Powderly Be-eltcted General Vutir Workman at fndfenapolit. AN Indianapolis (Ind.) special says that tfee election of officers of the Knights of Xtabor resulted as follows: BM i. Campbell, of Scranton, Pa., noniin- T. V. Powderly for re-election as General kip'* Workman;'Victor Drnry, of I>istrict AlllBltily 40. nominated Maiiin Hanley, of New JtaMV, aindan ex-delegatenumtd Birch, of Ohio. th« M(« resulted as follows. Powderly, 114; %i; birch,1. For (general Worthy Morris L. Wheat, of Iowa, and Henry A. Beekmejer, of New Jersey, werj nominated. HMTOta stood: Wheat, 88; itockmeyer. 6. As -candidate* for General Secretary-Treasurer three BU^I were presented. George Duncan, or Bdunoodh Va., named 1-rederick Turner of Ptlladnljihln the present Treasurer; Powderly Dominated John W. Hays of New .)< rsey, pre»- «it Secretary-, and W. G. K Price of New York jaresauled the name of Mrs. A. 1'. Stevens of Toledo, Ohio. The vote stood : Hays, 83; Tur- Har, 86; Mrs. Stevens, 8. Powderlv having prac- tfcxtlly requested the election of Itayea the re­ mit is considered a Powderly victory. Mrs. T. 1L Barry was re-elected by acclamation as Di­ rector ana Investigator of Woman s Work. Mr. Powderly'~*was chosen to represent the order at the Paris exposition. After his re-clection Mr. Powderly stated that although hie salary had' been left at £5,0'X> he would accept only 43,000, and at the end of his term the order could do what it pleased with the balance. As candi- for members of tue General Executive Board Mr. Yowderly presented the names of A. W. Wright of Toronto, Ontario, J. J. Molland of Jacksonville, Fla., John Ccs- tel)o of Pittsbui-g, John Devlin of De­ troit, J. A. Wright of Philadelphia,' T. B» McGuire of New York, H. C. Trapphagan Ot Cincinnati, and J. Crowley of Charlestown, Mas*. On the first ballot, A. W. Wright, J. J. Holland, and John Costello were elected. Two more ballots were necessary to elect the fourth member of the board. John Devlin was chosen." Ketfring General Worthy Foreman Richard Griffiths of . Chicago and Delegate Delwarte of Belgium were presented with gold badges. WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE. St' laMa Hat lfade Pair Progress During the Last Week. ' O. DOT & Co.'s review of trade for 'last week says: - Business made fialr progress daring the week tmd the prospect for further improvement Is * considered good. The stock market declned an average-of ©l per share. The exports of bread- afeuffs from Atlantic ports was only 180,37-2 busbels wheat in three weeks, against 1,989,K28 bushel* laat year, and 408,4b7 barrels ot flour, against 675,69b last year, with an increase of 868,0ft> bushels corn. Excepting from Portugal the current price still excludes American wheat. " Con and oats scarcely changed; pork and hogs were* shade lower, with lard stronger. (JoSee advanced % cent, with f-alefi of 463,000 bags. Bnrflneas was satisfactory or improving at all .northwestern points reporting and money was in {Rood supply unless Cleveland, whgre some Stringency appeared, be reckoned an exception. . Collections at all points were fairly sat isfactory. • In silk manufacture it is reported that the year's production equals $45,TX)0,000 in value, about half the entire consumption. The treasury paid' oat on.y §2ut),uoo more than it took in daring the week, and the interior de­ mand for money has slackened. The exports for three weeks* fall 4 per cent, below last year's . 'at Mew York, with imports 3 per cent, below, which points to a considerable excess of exports 1 -elver imports for the month. Tbe business failures of the week were £96. POLITICAL NEWS. Majority la South Carolin*-»-N«w Mexico's Vote. '^-The official return for South Oai^Una SM: Cleveland, 65,825; Harrison, 13,850; Democratic majority, 52,085. The total voie is 11,932 less than four years ago. The Democratic majority is 4,054 greater. Democratic Congressman are elected in the seven districts of the State. THK official returns from New Mexico Aov the election of Joseph (Dem.) to Congress over Otero (Bep.) by 1,730 ma- The Legislature stands as follows: »use--Republicans, 15; Democrats, 9. Council--Republicans, 7; Democrats, 4; • ^J^tependent, 1. «> A FARMER MURDERED. • i * ;nie Widow Expresses No Grief and Is Happy " ' Over the Possession of the Farm. "A DUBLIN telegram Bays that a Kerry farmer named Daly has l>een murdered sear Tralee. He lately came from Ameri­ ca and took a farm from which a tenant bad been evicted. It was at tirst supposed s that the crime was committed by moon­ lighters, but the evidence at the inquest leads to the belief that the murder was the result of a family feud. The boy who . notified Daly's wife of the murder testified that she declared that she was glad, as she would now have the land for herself, , and that the matter had cost her many > - tMrs daring the last year. V A Twenty.five Year Sentenca. V , JAMES E. BEDBLL, the real estate clerk . if a New York law firm who swindled his 7 employers and their clients out of $264,- 000, has been sentenced to twenty-five y«ars and four months in State prison. Philip 8. Goas, a "policy dealer," who got - ^30,000 of tbe stolen funds, vu fined » $1,000. ' Chicago's Postmaster. . *; ObkbbaIi W. C. NEWBBKBY has taken 4 - tho oath of office as postmaster of Chica- • go, and has sent the oath and his Londs to Washington. He has formally notified Postmaster Jndd that he will take pos- , session Dec. 1, and he has appointed Col. ilea his assistant. girity. House mall the stairways and exit*. None of the <rt,tk«m*h was fatally hurt, though soores were badly bruised and hart. The fire- resulted in little damage. SFUBOEON PEBBT, aged 89, at one time possessed of a fortune estimated at $1,000,000, accumulated in the patent- medicine business, has been sent to the Brooklyn (N. Y.) poor-house at hie own raqaest. , - WESTERN HAPPENINGS. ' Miss ANNA BIIAKEI«T, a salesgirl £*"* Lima, Ohio, store, was seriously if not fatally injured in a singular manner. A pair of scissors hanging from her belt by a rubber cord caught on a counter as she was walking by, held until the cord was stretched tightly, and then became unfast­ ened. The cord contracted with such force that the points of the scissors were buried in her back to the depth of an inch, penetrating the spinal column and injuring the spinal oord» THE Hon. T. L. McGrath, Stat* Sen­ ator-elect from the Thirty-second Illinois District, died at the home of his mother, in Lincoln, 111., from nervous prostration. A COSTLY wreck occurred on the Union Pacific at Bock Creek Station, Wyo. Ter. A work'train returning to Laramie col­ lided with a freight train pulled by two engines. An engineer and a fireman were fatally injured, and ten or twelve laborers on the work train slightly hurt- The three engines were demolished. The wreck temporarily blocked travel. T. <x. MCGUIRE, aged 60, who ha's been an inmate of the Allen County (Ohio) Poorhouse for three months, has made affidavit charging that the inmates were given poor food and little of it; thnt he had not been given a change of clothing in all that time, and that the rooms in which they were kept were dirty aud filthy. The charges will be investigated. Chief May^ has made a proposition to lfase to the Cherokee Strip Association for grazing purposes for fifteen years the strip at an annual rent.il of $200,000 for the first five years, $2.">0,000 for the second five years, and f300.000 for the third five years. It is possible that a lease will be effected to begin Jan. 1. : A distressing scene was witnessed at the Union Depot, in Denver, Col., in which a weeping woman, a despondent-lcoking husband, and three small children were the principals. Investigation showed that they had just discoveie I that they had been bunkoed out of $10,000. It seems that they sold their fanri in Oregon for that sum in gold in October, and started East on a visit, intending to return to New Mexico and go into business. While visit­ ing in Illinois they became acquainted with William Stough, who accompanied them to New York. By his advice the husband, accompanied by Stough, took the money to a bank and had it changed to currency and placed in a sachel, because it would be so mnch easier to carry. Stough fur­ ther advised that the sachel be shipped to Denver by express, which was also done. When the family reached Denver they got the sachel, and upon opening it found only some brown paper and a few pieces of coal, THE State Bank at Valparaiso, Neb., has failed, and it is reported that the pro- Erietors, F. Scoville and G. A. Crafts, ave fled. The liabilities are not known. SOUTHERNINCIDENTS. ; MAJOR HENRY J. FABNSWORTH, As­ sistant Inspector General, died at Fortress Monroe, aged about 50. Font convicts in the camp near Sunny- side, in the Neighborhood ot Griffin, iGa.. were sent on a detail under Guard Gres- ham. The squad was outside of the camp when one of the convicts, Oscar Carmi- chael, picked up a stone and threw it with unerring aim, sending it into the guard's temple, killing him almost instantly. The prisoners then escaped, and it was an hour or two before the body of the guard was discovered. The Sheriff with a posse and two blood-hounds took the trail, which they followed through the swamps into Henry County. There the pursuers secured in­ formation concerning the fugitive mur­ derer, who had sought the house where his wife lived. A posse surrounded the house, and fire was opened. After several volleys between the posse and the mur­ derer, the latter opened the door and rushed out, brandishing his revolver over his head. He was riddled with shot from the Sheriff's officers. His face was un­ recognizable it was so mutilated. SI A j. A. B. THOMPSON, a cotten factor of New Orleans, Ga., was shot on the train while on his way to Texarkana by Young Morres, a traveling man from St. Louis, who after shooting Thompson 6hot and killed himself. Thompson's wound is not dangerous. AT Livingstone, Ala., Henry James (colored) and his wife went to a church supper, leaving their three children locked up in the house. Upon their re­ turn they found the house in ashes and the children burned to a crisp. FIRE has destroyed the business p%rt of Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Md. The loss is nearly $500,000. No lives were lost. f Labor, 1J8; Malist, l.m; DBMoyafto pfarality, 55,813. Six btadna and'iftxty-tix ballots were defec­ tive oat of jin:«78 caBt. Out of 272,000 east fm> Gorsnior, Hill (Dein.) received An Expert Salesman. , , FOUR Marion, Ind., butchers bought we saline five beeves of Charles Clark, oach paying in cash. Clark is missing and each butcher is claiming the cattle. „ Chairman Quay's CalL :,F : ,; 43HAIBMAN QUAY has called A meeting of the Executive Committe of the Repub- . liean National Committee for Wednesday, ^ Dec. 5, at Washington. V" ' EASTERN OCCURRENCE* ~~ THB Methodist Episcopal Missionary So- tiety, in session in New York City, made the following appropriations: Southern" California Swedish Mission, $700; Indian Territory, $2,700; Chinese Mission of San Francisco, $7,500; Japanese Mission of San Francisco, $4,544; California Con- xerence, $4,500; Columbia River Confer- wce, $5,500; Dakota Conference, $12,- 750; Delaware Conference, $850; Detroit Conference, $6,000; Enst Maine Con­ ference, $1,500; East Tennessee Con­ ference, $2,800; and East Tennessee special, $568. CHARLES T. PARSONS, of Northamp­ ton, Mass., notorious for hiring ignorant ^migrants at Castle Garden and leasing t&oir Services to farmers in that section, Ikas been arrested at Holyoke for having a ' Polaoder, diessed only in overalls, shoes, Kd a thin coat, chained to the seat of his iggy, and snffer i-g intensely irom the «old, which literally froze tlie tears on Ittt purple cheeks. 'J be people of Holyoke were greatly excited over the matter, and Parsons' arrest was all that saved him $Xom being mobbed. He will be tried for ttebault, false imprisonment, and crnelty. FIRE in the Fir-t Ward Publie School alt Long Island City. N. Y., cansed a panic among the 900 children, who rushed poll. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. AN Indianapolis, Ind.,1 special says: "There are two Indianapolis Bepublicans who are aspirants for the position of Pub­ lic Printer. One is Colonel W. B. Hol- loway, a relative of the late O. P. Mor­ ton, who was prominent as one of the In­ diana supporters of Judge Gresham, and the other is L. W. McDaniel, an Indian­ apolis printer who has been a leader in the local labor organizations, and who gave important aid to Gen. Harrison dur­ ing the campaign. There are many Be­ publicans, however, who believe that Capt. William M. Meredith, of Chicago, will be chosen for the position. He was a member of Gen. Harrison's regiment during the late war, and it is well known that the President-elect has a warm feel­ ing for him." THE President has appointed the fol­ lowing postmasters: John B. Wilson, Corning, Iowa; L. Loana Stacy, Tecum- seh, Mich. The present incumbent of the West Superior (Wis.) postoffice, which has been raised to the Presidential class, has been reappointed. > POLITICAL PORRIDGE. E. W. HALFOBD, of the Indianapolis (Ind.) Journal, has been appointed by President-elect Harrison as his private secretary. Mr. Halfocd is 43 years old, and an Englishman by birth. He came .o this country when a e .ild, with his parents. He began newspaper worn tweniy-Lve years ago on Uie Journu as are- poner, lose to the manag.nR-cdilorbhip of the paper, u.en lor a time was liiaua^in^ euhorof ! CATTLE uie Chicago lnlcr Oceuii. He is at present m.n- ' a„ing fcduor of the Juitrnal, lie was for Heveral yearn secie.ary of the lato Scnaior Morton. He is a c.jiiudaut of Uen. Harrison, und was a dele­ gate to the Chicago Convention, aiding materi­ ally in the construction if its platform. Air. j Haiford is marrieo, and has a daukh.er 1< years Old. 168,4Ai, Hiller (Bep.) 99,352, and Jones (Pro.) 1,127; Hill's plurality, 69,102. The total Dhmocratio vote cast in the Mayor alty contest was 186,090, of which Grant (Tammany) had 114,111, Hewitt (County Democracy) 71,97d, and Erhart (Bep.) 73,027. Grant's plurality, 32,132. COMPLETE returns of the election held in Dakota give Mathews (Bep.), for dele­ gate, 30,000 majority. Every member of the lower house but one is a Republican, and there are three Democrats and twenty- one Republicans in the upper house of the Legislature. The total vote of Da­ kota was 114,000, which, multiplied by five, gives a total population of 570,000. The population of North Dakota on this basis is 215,000 souls, South Dakota 255,- 000. The increase in the vote over 1886 is 10,000. OFFICIAXI returns from the late election show a total vote ain Ohio of 841,941. Ryan's plurality for Secretary of State is 21,988. The total Labor vote was 3,452 and the Prohibition vote 19,420. THB official canvass of the vote of Mich­ igan give.) Harrison a plurality of 22,966. The total number of votes cast was 475,- 260, an increase of 12,860 over four years ago, divided as follows: Harrison, 236,370; Clevejlgpd, 213,404; Fisk, 20,942; Streetet, 4,542, THE official canvasB of the vote cast for Presidential electors in Alabama giveB Cleveland 117,310 votes; Harrison, 57,197; and £isk (Pro.), 583; Cleveland'^ nlural- ity, G6,J1:>. INDUSTRIAL ITEM«i : » 1 AT the General Assembly of the Knights of Lator, at Indianapolis, Ind., Mr. Pow- derly was formally asked, on the 20th inst., to continue as the head of the order, the seven Canadian dele­ gates having called upon him for that purpose. Mr. Powderly gave tbeni to understand that he would accept the office again provided he could choose his own advisers. This really settles the question, as everything indicates that Mr. Powderly will have his wish, the only question being regarding the way it shall be done. It is reported that a proposition looking to an entirely new constitution bus been presented to the assembly. As there is a strong feeling in favor of a radi­ cal revision of the present constitution it will undoubtedly have many supporters.. ACROSS THE OCEAN- THB socialists of London held an im­ mense meeting in Victoria Park to com­ memorate tho Trafalgar Square and Chi­ cago riots. Speeches were made from three platforms. Mrs. Parsons, of Chi­ cago, advocated the use of bombs. Mr. Graham, member of Parliament, de­ nounced capitalists and landlords, and said that until workers organized to take land, capital, and machinery for their own benefit they would continue to be slaves, and the Trafalgar Square and Chicago 6cenes would be repeated. 4 y " FRESH AND NEWSY. • : T*HS New York Catholic Neves has re­ ceived from its Boman correspondent the text of the reply sent by Cardinal Simeoni, Prefect of the Propaganda, to his Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. It is as follows: It is my duty to inform your Eminence that the fresh documents relative to the association known as tbe Knights of Labor, forwarded to this Sacred Congregation, were examined by it at the sitting of tho Kith of August of the current year. After having attentively studied the .whole subject, the Sacred Congregation has directed me to reply that so ter as at present appears the Association of tbe Knights ot I.abor can for tbe moment be toler­ ated. The Sacred Congregation merely re­ quires that the necessary modifications should be introduced in the rules of the society to make clear whatever might seem ob­ scure or might be interpreted in a bad sense. These modifications are required particularly in passages of the preface to th3 rults concerning local associations. And then the words savor­ ing of socialism and communism must bo cor­ rected in such a way that they snail only alQrm the right conferred by God on man of acquiring prep jrty, using legitimate means, and respecting the proportionate lights of all others. TnE Cumu'der Etruria, which arrived at her dock in New York, experi­ enced one of the worst passages in her history. A tidal wave swept over the hi? steamer, and one man, a sailor, was killed. Five others were more or. less severely injured and all of the passengers were roughly shaken up. THE Pennsylvania Railroad Company has made arrangements for its supply of steel rails for next year. It has agreed to take 45,000 tons from the Cambria Iron Company at Johnstown, the Pennsylvania Steel Company near Harrisbnrg. and the Carnegie Works at Pittsburg, Pa., each company supplying one-third of the amount, and the price is to bo $28 per ton upon delivery at stated periods during next year. A GANG of little white slave boys have been shipped from 8t, John's Asylum in Brooklyn, New York, to glass factories in Ohio. Their ages ranged from 11 to 14, and there were three or four "big toys," said to be a year or two older than the average of their companions, in bonded servitude. All of them went out under a year's contract. This is the sec­ ond shipment of its kind within the last two months from thiK charitable institu­ tion. Whether the experiment will stop right there appears to be a matter that the State Inspector of Factories in Ohio has set his mind on ascertaining. He has instituted inquiries into the system, and something may be done to br^ak it up. JG&KKET BE TORTS. CHICAGO. CATSLE--Prime Steers Medium Common. HOGS--Shipping Grades SHKKP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Ookn--Noc 8 OATS--No. 2 RYK--No. 2 BonEli--Choice Creamery..,.... CHEKSK--Fall Cream, flat....... KO«H--Fresh POTATOES--Car-loads, per bn.... I'OBX--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash CORN--No. 8 OATS--No. 2 White RYE--No. 1 BABLBT--No. S PORK--Mess. DETBOIT. CATTL* Hoas.., SHEEP WHKAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White TOLEUO. WHEAT--No. 2Bed Co BN OATS-No. 2 White . .. NKW YOttK. CATTIJB HOGS SHKKP WHEAT--No. 2Bed COHN-4-NO. 2 OATS--White PORK--New Mess ST. LOUIS. MANY PLACES TO FI3X. ROMANTIC ESCAPADERS. UNCLE SAM'S FINANCES. #&£0 4.50 P.00 5.00 2.60 es o.oo & 5.50 <3 4.09 & f>. 73 CH 4.50 LC5'AC<9 1.06 .40 .40% .2 .55 .35 ,36 .S5!si® .51 c<« ai & .10\(t& .22 & .32 « 14.25 <014.73 1.02 & 1.02)6 .40)4® .41)4 .30 & .31 0 .57 <4 .72 @15.00 .56 .71 14.50 8.50 4.50 1,00 @ 5.00 &. 5*95 4.25 T;OE!£<4 1.07J4 '* ® .45)4 & .29 & 1.06 & .44 & .28 & 5.50 <& 0.25 & 5.50 & 1.07 <0 .52 & .11 010.25 .45 .28 1.04 .43 .27 8.50 5.50 8.00 l.'« .50 .35 18.75 THE official vote of New York State has been completed, and shows tbe following figures: Total vote for President, 1,27!)^ 638; tola! vote for Governor, 1,276,837; HOGS, WHEAT--No. 8. COUN--No. 2 ' OATS--No.'A B ABLET-- Iowa. INDIANAPOLIS. CATTXE Hoos SHKEP LAUBS.... CINCINNATI. I Hoos ' WHEAT--No. 2 Bed....j*........ 4.50 ® 5.75 t.0j & 3.50 1.02 d 1.01 .so m .37 .25 <<$ .2.5J4 .02 S .03 8.00 <9 8.60 5.U0 & 5.5) 8 00 & 4.00 <& 4.00 COBN--No. 2. Cleveland's vote, <532,5^23; Har Ison's vo'e, OATS---NO. 2 Mixed 646,716; Hill's vote, 646,772; Miller's vote, - E~^ 630,065. » No. 2 POBK--Mess < KANSAS CITY. CATTLE--Ch< ice Medium.......... COfUJIMIJU *»«**«**ee»e e« 106.825votes; Democratic, 162,738; Prohi- j THE official canvaos of Nov York iCity gives this result on electors: Republican, 8.00 4.50 1.03 .'27 .55 15.25 4.75 8.50 ft. 50 (.00 '8.00 & 5.60 & l.Ot C<$ .44 & .28 <9 .57 #16.75 <9 5.50 i! ASM ASM MATY ROSMOKS THAT WIU. BECOME VACANT. Aaaval Report!of First Assistant Post­ master General SteTwisn -- Growth ol Cko Cowtoy f* WUMM by Mow ofcrs Meetli-- Bews, etc. (Washtajgtoa; (O. O,) speelsL) President-Slept Harrison will have at his disposal during the lour years of his ad­ ministration serorpl important- army apr pointments. The Unit will be that of Adju­ tant General to .sueceed Gen, Drum, who will be retired JCay 28. 1889. Paymaster General Rochester. Quartermaster General Holabird, Commissary General MeFoeley. and Burgeon Genera) Moore will be retired in 1890, and Gen. Benet fn June, 1891. The only; bureau offioers who will hold their places until after'the close of the Harrisou administration urn Chief Signal Officer Greely, Inspector General Jones. Chief En­ gineer Casey and Judge Advocate General Swaim. Tfte latter is now undergoing a sentence of suspension for twelve years. In the line of the army the next President will also have an opportunity to fill several vacancies of importance. Brig­ adier General Gibbon retires April 20, 1891, and Brtgadior General Stanley June 1.1892. This gives two places which it is customary to fill by selection from the colonels of the line. In the ordinary course of events the coming administration will not have the Appointment of a Major Gen­ eral. as no ofneer of that grade will retire within four years from March 4 next. How­ ever, there will be seven Assistant Quarter­ masters to be appointed, as well as eight assistant surgeons and live assistant com­ missaries. The pay corps now numbers eight more than the maximum fixed by law, and therefore no appointments can be made to it with the exception of the paymaster tgeneralship. There will be five retirements rom the corps during Gen. Harrison's term. The navy will also give Gen. Harrison a number of important appointments, as the four years of the eight bureau chiefs, as well as that of the Judge Advocate General, will expire during the "hext administration. The terms of the bureau chiefs will expire on the following dates: Commodore Har­ mony, yards and docks, March 27, I8&9; Capt. John G. Walker, navigation. Oct. 22, 1889; CaDt. Montgomery Bicard, ordnance, July 1, 1889; Capt.'WinfleldS. Schley, equip­ ment and recruiting. Sept. 6,1892; Surgeon General John M. Browne, in the spring of 1892; Paymaster General James Fulton, Dec. 15, 1890; Enffinecr-in-Chief George W. Melville, Aug. 9, 1891; Chief Naval Con­ structor Theodore D. Wilson, Deo. 15,1890, and Judge Advocate General William B. Bemy. June 12,1892. POSTMASTERS APPOINTED. Annual Report of First Assistant Post­ master General Stevenson -- Mow Ap­ pointments Necessary. [Washington (D. C.) special] The annual report of First Assistant Post­ master General Stevenson shows that dur­ ing the last fiscal year fourth-class Post­ masters were appointed as follows: On resignations and commissions expired, 6,- 521; on removals, 1,244; on deaths of Post­ masters, 65; on establishment of new post- offices, 3,869; whole number of appoint­ ments, 12,288. This is a net decrease from last year of 791. During the year 1,645 postofflees were discontinued. The report shows that there were 821 postofflees estab­ lished and 145 more discontinued dur­ ing the year than during the previous year. The increase in the whole number of postofflees is shown to have been 2,219, as against 1,543 for tho year 1887. As illustrat­ ing the comparative growth of the several geographical sections of the country, the Increase or decrease for the year in tho Whole number of postofflees in operation in each Is five. This shows that in the New England States the net increase was five, as against forty-live for tho previous year. In the Middle States the net increase was 183, as against 202 during the previous year. In the Southern States, including the Indian Territory, the net increase was 1,406. as against 785 last year. In the three States and three Territories of the Pacific Slope the net increase was 190. as against 115 last year. In ten States and six Territories of the West and Northwest the net Increase was 412, as aaaiBM 39G during the preceding year. There was an increase in the nUmber Of postofflees in operation in all the States except Maine and New Hampshire, and in all the Territories except Idaho and Utah. The total decrease for the four was twenty-three. There was an increase of 100 or more post- offices in each of the following States: North Carolina, 158; Texas, 138; Virginia, 126; Ken­ tucky. 126; Alabama. 106; California. 106; WestYirginia, 106; Arkansas, 10*; Pennsyl­ vania, 100. Their Terms Will Expire. The commissions of postmasters of sev­ enty-five Presidential postofflees will expire prior to March 4,1889. Among them are these: During December--Ukiah, Cal.; Madison. Dak.; Flora, 111.; Union City,Ind.; Cresco. Iowa; Brookhaven, Miss.; Aurora, Neb.; Niles, Oberlin, and Fomeroy. Ohio; Salem, Ore.: Elmton, Pa.; Abeline. Texas; Lancaster, Stoughton, and Waupaca, Wis.; Anniston and Troy, Ala.; Parker. Dak.; Grand Crossing and Petersburg, 111.; Benton Harbor, Mich.; Alliance and Orrville, Ohio; Beaver Falls and Selin's Grove, Pa.; Lam­ pasas. Texas; Alameda and Aspen, CaL; Tipton, Iowa; Negaunee, Mich.; Athens, Ohio; Berwick, Altoona, Myersdale. War­ ren, and Watsontown, Pa,; and Vancouver, Wash. Ter. . ELECTION BETURN& Tho Most Authentic Official Figures Ob­ tainable. TENNESSEE. A Nashville special says: The returns from all the counties in Tennessee show these figures: Cleveland, 159,079; Harrison, 139,815; Fisk, 5,669; Streeter. 48. Cleveland's plurality. 19,284; majority, 13,517. For Gov­ ernor: Taylor (Dem.). 156,836; Hawkins (Hop.), 139,014; Johnson (Pro.), 6,843. Tay­ lor's plurality, 17,822; majority, 10,979. ARKANSAS. Official returns received at Little Book from all the counties in the 8tate show that the total vote was 154,941, divided as fol­ lows: Cleveland. 85,962; Harrison. 58,752; Streeter, 10,613; Fisk, 614. Cleveland has a plurality of 27,210. and a majority of 15,983. IOWA. Official returns from every county in the State give Harrison 211,592; Cleveland, 179,- 899. Harrison's plurality is 31,693. WEST VIRGINIA. T. S. Biley. Chairman of the Demoeratio State Committee of West Virginia, has sent the following dispatch from Wheeling: The official returns from this State are suffi­ ciently ascertained to warrant tho Nnnounee- jnent of the election of Judge A. B. Fleming, the Democratic candidate for Governor, by a small but sure majority. The rest of the State ticket 1b elected by larger majorities. The Leg­ islature will stand on joint ballot, 46 Demo­ crats, 44 Republicans, and 1 Labor-Union JUK s dependent. NATIONAL PROHIBITION TOTE. It Is Placed at 265,OOO by tho Editor of tho Party Newspaper, tho "Voloe." [New York telegram.] The editor of the New York Voice, the official organ of the National Prohibition party, from returns and careful estimates, places the vote on Fisk and Brooks. Pro^ hibition candidates for President and Yico President, us follows: X,00Q]Miss<mrl 0,000 I,000 Nebraska...... .. 10,000 6,0»iNeva<i&. 200 8,000 New HampBhin: 1,570 4,801 New Jersey 8,000 873. New York 80,000 3001North Carolina,.. 4.000 1,860 Ohio 26,000 28,000, Oregon 1,200 0,500, Pennsylvania.... 28,000 8,000 Rhode luland 1,900 7,000 Sou' h Carolina... 300 II,000 Tennessee. 5,000 830 Texas 7,OCO H700 Vermont 1,201 4,832jVirgtnia 1,000 9,000 W« b6 Virginia.... 2,000 2S,000,Wisconsin 15,000 16,0-0 6001 Total 268,075 MORSE THIEVES IN KANSAS --ELECTION NEWS. Tho Gruesome LUb «f Two Toang Women--Late Election Returns-- ' A Schetue to Divert tho Missouri's Course and Reclaim Valuable Tands Two female hone-thieves, Ida Weston and Emma Mentry, incarcerated in jail at Hutchinson, Kansas, have made their es­ cape. Tho Sheriff of Hamilton County was in Newton, Kansas, on other business at the time, and had left the keys to the jail in the Opera Hotel. Some one who must have been perfectly familiar with the hotel got the keys, let the female thieves out, and then returned the keys to the drawer in which they had been locked np. It is several weeks since these daring queens of the road earned extended notori­ ety by their bold attempt to steal a vehicle and team of horses. They had been stealing horses for a year, having ran off thirteen horses, including two splen­ did animals from Hutchinson. Large Rewards had been offered, but until this attempt to steal a carriage with the horses thev had successfully eluded the officers. The girls are of a dashing type, both blondes and handsome. Ida is the daughter of a Philadelphia minister, and Emma claims to be the daughter of a wholesale clothing dealer in Boston. They stood confinement im the jail with an as­ sumption of "don't care" which would have done honor to the most hardened frontier horse-thief. HOW THEY VOTED. Official Returns from Connecticut ind Other Slates. The official canvass of the vote of Con­ necticut gives Cleveland (Dem.V 74,920; Harrison (Itep.), 74,584; Fisk (Pro.), 4,234; Streeter (Labor), 240; Cleveland's plurali­ ty, 336. The vote for Governor: Morris (Dem.), 75,074; Bulkeley (Rep.). 73,659; Camp (Pro.) 4,631; Andrews (Labor) 263; scattering, 21; Morris' plurality, 1,415. No one has a majority of tne total vote, as re­ quired by law, and the Legislature will elect Bulkeley and the other candidates on the Republican State ticket. The Con- f-essional delegation: Siinmonds (Rep.), ussel and Miles (Rep.), Wilcox (Dem.). Miles' plurality is 26. The entire retnrns from all the counties in Pennsylvania give almost 1,000,000 votes as follows: Harrison, 526,091; Cleveland, 446,200; Fisk, 20,748; Streeter (Labor), 3,865. Total (including scatter­ ing votes), 997,224. Harrison's plurality is 79,571; Harrison's majority over all is 54,958. The official count makes the vote of Kansas for President: Harrison, 182,502; Cleveland, 102,541; Streeter, 36,236; Fisk, 6,452; plurality for Harrison, 79,961. For Governor Humphrey received 179,968 votes; Martin, 106,959; Humphrey's plur­ ality, 73,009. Following are the official returns of the vote of Virginia: Cleveland, 151,977; Harrison, 150,442; Cleveland's majority, 1'633* BERENICE CHOUTEAU DEAD. The First White Woman of Kansas City Passes Away. Mrs. Berenice Chouteau died at the residence of her daughter-in-law in Kan­ sas City, Mo. She was 87 ye&rs of age and the first white woman that ever lived in Kansas City. Her death was the re­ sult of the infirmities of old age. Mrs. Chouteau was, perhaps, the most noted historical character of Kansas City. She was the link connecting the past with the present. Mrs. ChouCeau was the daughter of Col. Peter Menard, first Territorial Governor of Illinois. Her father was unusually wealthy, and gave her every advantage that could be had in their heme at Kaskaskia. In 1819, at the early age of 18, she was married to Francis C. Chouteau. Their bridal trip consisted of a journey up the Missouri liiver to the Black Snake Hills, where St. Joseph was after­ ward founded. Two years later Mr. Chouteau again > scended the river in company with his wife, this time to establish a tn ding post of the American Fur Company. Tbe post was es­ tablished at Kandolpb, on tbe south Wink of the river. In the ilood of 1826 the log houses were washed away, and new stores were afterward built at the foot of Troost avenue and two miles above Argentine, on the bank of the Kaw. Mr. i houteau made a Government entry of 1,'JO') acres of land in the East Bottoms, where he built thA only steamboat landing at that point. Tliis was washed away in 1841. As the years passed, Mr. Chouteau prove! himself a successful man of business and amassed a fortune. He died about two years ago. hix children have preceded her to the grave, and 110 survivor of her family remains. After the death of her husband Mrs. Chouteau, at the earnest EO icitation of friends, instituted numerous lawsuits to recover a dower right in valuable real estato in tho West Bottoms of Kansas City. A few waeks sines it was discovered by Judge Phillips that the widow bad forfeited her righat because of the statute of limitations. M'COOK'S GIGANTIC PLAN. A Scheme to Divert the Missouri's Course and Reclaim Valuable Lands. General McCook, of Fort Leavenworth, Kan., is engineering a gigantic scheme for the improvement of the Missouri River at the fort, and the consequent salvage of thousands of acres of bottom land lying opposite Leavenworth. Just above the fort the river makes a straight east­ ern bend of over a mile and a quar­ ter, and, turning south and west again, makes a gigantic turn like a capital U. The Missouri side of this bend has been badly cut for years, an'd the Rock Island Railway has moved its road a mile inland to avoid the witer. Acre after acre of valuable land has fallen into tbe river. Gen. McCook will soon ask permission of the Secretary of War to use the prison labor to cut a canal at the base of the bend. He estimates that with the UBO of tbe military convicts he can, in two months, open up this canal to a depth of feet the entire length of its base, and will, with the aid of the spring floods, straighten out the course of the river. The work will be of incalculable benefit to Leavenworth. ANNTTAI. REPORT OF V. g. TREASUKftR JAMES W. HYATT. Alabama Arkansas Califo nia Colorado Connecticut Dataware Florida. Georgia Illinois Indiana.; Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine. Maryland Massachusetts... Michigan M nnesota Mississippi The total Prohibition vote of tho nation will not vary much from 265.000. It may bo 10,000 larger, but it will not likely fill more than 5,000 below that figure. t MINISTER IO MADRID. President Appoints the New York * "Congressman Mlntstfef to Spain. ' [New York dispatch.] Congressman Perry Belmont, of New York, has bc<;n appointed United States Minister to Spnin, and has accepted the po­ sition. Tho pluco has been vacant for soipe time. Ho will sail for Spain early In Decem­ ber. Mr. Belmont has been Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee dor- teg tho last two Congresses, and is there- - fore equipped for the position. Ho was not ft candidate for re-eleetion to Qongres* and would have retired from tho House the ith Great Political Exeltemeat In West Vir­ ginia--Both Parties Aeeused of Fraud-- The Get man Emperor Opens tho Reieh- stag--Other Items. [Wellington (D. C.) special ] United States Tseaaurer James W. Hyatt, in his annual report saya: The net revenues ot the Government for the fiscal year ended June 80. 1888. were $379,266,074, and the net expenditures $267,- 024,801; the surplus receipts available for the reduction of tho public debt being $111,- 841,273, an Increase of $7,870,176 over the year before. As compared with 1887 the revenues wero $7,862,797 greater. Mid the expenditures $7,378 less. The Treasury balance increased during the year from $69,224,379 to $129,804,242. and total assets, including certificates of deposit, from $622.- 904,284 to $764,729,535. The not change of $60,579,863 in the balance was produced by an Increase of $37,526,468 in assets and a de­ crease of $23,053,394 in liabilities. The sil­ ver balance fell off more than $27,000,000. The principal increase of assets was in United States notes and deposits in national banks, and the principal decrease of liabili­ ties in the public debt and the funds for the redemption of national bank notes. There was a net decrease of $74,788,020 in the principal of the interest-bearing debt. The total purchases of bonds for the sicking fund and out of surplus revenues wero $51,- 464,800, the net premium paid, exclusive of accrued interest, being $8,270,842. Under the circular of Aug. 3,1887, interest amount­ ing to $2,136,839 on 4 and 4% percent, bonds was prepaid with a rebate at tbe rate of 2 per cent, per annum. The amount of tho rebate was $9,259. The gold and silver coin and bullion in tho country and all kinds of notes and certifi­ cates outstanding on June 30,1887, amount­ ed to $1,925,259,882. and on Juno 30,1888, to $2.093.662,072. The stock of gold and silver increased from $1,007,513,901 to $1,092,891,- 090. mostly in gold. The increase in the volume of the paper circulation was $83,424,- 400, resulting from an increase of $110,319.- 955 in the amount of certificates and a falling off of $26,895,554 in the total of notes and fractional currency. The redemption of United States notes at the Treasury amounted to $63,652,000, and those at New York in gold to $692,596. Since the resumption of specio payments only $26,736,454 has been redeemed in gold. Cer­ tificates of deposit amounting to $24,110,000 were issued for United States notes, leaving $14,665,000 outstanding. Tho volume of gold certificates outstanding increased $20,536.- 383, reaching $142,023,150, the highest point yet noted at the end of any fiscal year. Taking into account tho decrease of the amount in tho Treasury, the total increase of the circulation was $29,901,143. There were issued $105,896,000 of silver certificates, and $'21,947,378 wero redeemed. The amount outstanding increased from $145,543,150 to $229,491,772. The increase in the actual cir­ culation was $58,431,707. At the close of the year the Treasurer held $178,312,650 of United States bonds to secure national bank circulation, and $56,- 128,000 to secure public moneys held in de­ pository banks. There was a decrease dur- mg the year of $13,654,050 in tho amount of the former, and an increase of $29,642,500 in the amount of tho latter. Thero was $58,- 712,511 of public money held by the banks, an Increase of $35,395,633. The semi-annual duty collected from national banks amount­ ed to $1,616,127, • making an aggroeate of $ 1 3 6 , 2 3 3 , 8 0 3 s i n c e 1 8 6 3 . - • » « » . . The net proceeds of the national bank notes redeemed durins the year were $98,- 246,723. Tho redemptions wore $11,000,000 greater than those of the preceding year, in the face of a reduction of $56,500,000 in the two years in the amount outstanding, and greater in proportion to the circulation than those of every year save two since 1H79. The redemptions from 5 per cent, funds were $43,379,185, and those from the funds for the retirement of circulatfon $50,163,957, The latter fund excited much concer: early in the year. On July 8. 1:__ it stood at $107,827,754, the highest poir„ it has ever reached. Prom that time ft de­ clined to $91,952,843 by the end of the fiscal year. The net deposits during tho year wero $44,123,883, of which $766,585 was for the retirement of tho circulation of bankft in liquidation or in the hands of receivers? $24,543,501 for the reduction of tbe circula­ tion of banks in active existence, and $18.- 813,797 for the retirement of old notes, to be replaced by new issues of the samd amount. It is expected that the balance ia this fund will continuo to decrease. TI10 expense of bank-note redemption was$141.-' 141. and the rate of cost $1.52 297-1,000 pet $1,000 redeemed. . EQUAL SUFFRAGISTS. ' ltftttKfcS Women Denounce the Disfran­ chisement of Their Sex. The Kansas Equal Suffrage Associa­ tion, at its annual convention in Topeka, adopted resolutions asking the Legisla­ ture to so amend the law creating a State Board of Trustees of Charitable Institu­ tions as to require that at least two of its members shall be women. The following resolutions wero also adopted: Resolved, That .the women of Kansas tender their deepost sympathy to their sisters of Wash­ ing'on Territory in thy matter of the decision of their Supreme Court, depriving them of the ex- trcise of their vested right rf of suTrage. Iiewlved, That we most emphatically de­ nounce as unjust aud unconstitutional this un­ precedented action of denylug the power of a Territorial Legislature to prescribe the qualifi­ cation of electors. Resolvml, That we regret the action of the Methodist Episcopal General Conference of 1888 excluding the woman lay delega es from parties pa ting in the deliberations of that body. , 4r|}ikltUI<I$NT WEST Great Excitement Over the Keeent Elec­ tion--Both Parties Crying Fraud. [Wheeling dispatch.] There is much excitement in West Vir­ ginia caused by the closeness of the elec­ tion. Both Democratic and Republican papers cry fraud. Tho Intelligencer, the Republican organ of tho State, claims that most outrageous frauds were committed in the recount ot the First Congressional Dis- gressional District, where Atkinson's (Bep.) apparent majority of nearly 100 has been cut down to 9. The Itegister (Dem.) de­ fends the commissioners in their actions and charges the most barefaced frauds in the back counties. All sides acknowledge that Goff (Rep.) is electcd Governor on the face of the returns, but tho Democrats in­ sist that they will contest every inch of the ground and will investigate tho charges made against the Bepublicans in the back counties. One thing is sure. The vote in the State from one end to the other has increased in the past year much more rapidly than the population. In Wheeling thero. was an in­ crease in the vote of over 1,000. whilo tlie school census taken a few months since shows a very small increase in population. In 1884 the Republican vote in McDowell County was 193 and this fall it is returned at 522. In Mercer County the face of the returns shows an Increase of over 900 since 1884. Very few people believe this in­ crease legitimate. It is claimed that the Democratic managers in that part of the State have the names of seventy-six negroes who are registered voters at Pocahontas. Va., who voted at Elkhorn, in McDowell County, and subsequently at Bramwell, in Mercer County. It is also claimed that hundreds of negroes who were brought into the State from Old Virginia within the last four months to work on the Norfolk and Western Railroad were taken to tbe polls and voted. The campaign excitement has not died out here in the slightest degree, and people hurrah for their favorites day and night. On tho street cars, the ferryboats, and at the theaters tho chief subject of conversa­ tion is the state of affairs in West Virginia. Tho excitement extends even into Ohio Mid Pennsylvania. Important H >l'road DecUIon. The Indi ina Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the Porter County Cirouit Court in a case appealed by the Chicago and Atlantic Railroal. Judge Elliot rul.d: Where a rai'road company obtains a right ol way through a farm, and in consideration of the grant agrees to erect and ma 11 tain a secure fence, it is bound to pay for eni als killed l>y its trains in cases where the nnirnals enter upon 'the track through the fault of the company In (ailing to fcnce the crossing in accordance with the terms of tbe contract. It is not necessary to a recovery that the plaintiff shall prove that gate at tne crossing was not left opan by him ot by a wronsj-doer. This is a ma.tsr qf defense. The plaintiff need only prove the coctract, the breach, and ihe resulting loss. . •- Mills Shat Down. ,l|4nnf8ota saw-mills have shut ^own, or are' preparing to do so soon. The sea­ son's cut is estimated at 334,000,000 feot, •bout 20,000,000 feet above the record. THE EMPEROR CHEERED. The German Emperor Opens the Reich­ stag snd Makes a Favorably Received Speech. [Berlin telegram.] The German Bcichstag has reassembled, and Emperor William opened the session in person. In relation to East African affairs. be said: "The settlements in Africa are a matter of interest to Germany, In the task of winning Africa to Christian moralit y friendlyEnglana and its Parliament had recognized a century ago that they must begin by repressing the trade in negroes and slave-hunting. I there­ fore first arrived ut an entente with En­ gland and began negotiations with other friendly powers. Measures in the Keiohstag will follow." With reference to foreign relations he said: "Our relations with all foreign pow­ ers are peaceful. My efforts have been un­ ceasing to strengthen this peaco. The alliance with Austria and Italy has no other object. To bring, without necessity, the miseries even of a victorious war upon Germnny would be incompatible with my Christian faith and my duties toward tho German peonle. Acting thus I Considered it my duty shortly after my ac­ cession to tho throno to personally greet not only my allies but also, and in the first place, the friendly neighboring monarchs in order to seek an understanding with a view to the fuliniment of the task that God has set before mo in securing to our people the blessings of peace and prosperity as far as H 'S in our power. The eonfldence ex­ tended to me and my policy at all the courts which I have visited justifies the hope that I and my allies and friends, with God's help, will be able to preserve the peaoe of Europe." The Emperor was frequently interrupted by warm applause while he was reading his Speech, 'i no passages referring to the peaceful situation, the improvement in trade, and social legislation were especially ap­ plauded MSOOVijlT OP PAWH Delightful SensolioM That Wffll Novel to Meet DweUera la tho MSS-MM* Cities. " ' y | [Atlantic Monthly.) . I have made the discovery of newtfof heavens and a new earth. Who has not felt the need of them? Who has not. said to himself, "I have seen this whole . I thing ovfcr and over again. This world, C ' which is 'round like an orange,' has,; like an orange, now been effectually *^ squeezed. Give me new world, not ' conquer, but to live in." When tho impulse to turn over a new leaf, to break : with the past, to begin life all overall again, is strong upon us, we look aroun<3yf|| in vain for "fresh woods and pastora* * new" in which to begin it. . ^ • * * * • * ,-yKi It is the world of the dawn. "Oh, ' ; that!" cries my young friend soornfnlly. • and is about to turn away. But let me Si| ask you, in confidence, when have you seen the dawn, the whole of it, froru . * silvery beginning to golden end? . Ifc ff was not long ago that an ingenuous - ; maid asked me, looking up from her favorite poet. "Is the sunrise so much, J ,1 anyway!' No, I might have said; not i if you burst in on it rudely, jumpu^" out of bed, or sleepily fumbling aside curtain. Yon only get, in that ease, tho%J Hash of an angry glare. But go quietly at very day break, steal to some rock t'r hill and lie in wait for its delicate iiivti-' v footsteps in the eastern sky. Yott must^-'f' stalk your sunrise. • • "' ^ The dawn is protected from the throng of sacrilegious sight-seers by a ^ great barrier. The barrier is the difli- 'v; culty of going to bed. Our civilization ~' ' has become a gaslight civilization. Wo try to turn night into day, and only sue- - ceed in turning night wrong aide out; getting the harsh and wiry side thatf ^ rasps the jaded nerves, in place of the#i gentle touches of "the welcome, th« - thrice prayed for* mantle of peaceful dreams. - It is diverting, to say tlie least, to take now and then a point of view out-, ' side of all our most cherished customs.? ^ . even those that seem to us most"natural," because our patient natures have been. Vj so completely twisted into them, as tho" jar to the jar-bred Chinese dwarf. Casting such a glance from outside at our gaslight habits, we suddenly seo 1 something absurd in them. Standing* in a crowded and brilliantly glaring "; room, half deafened by the horrid dih-* T cord of a hundred jabbering tongues, ! we find it a relic of barbarism. We seof.fi the dancing rings of savages, yelling and beating tom-toms around a blaziugf ; | fire. For my part, I should be glad ii < I could go back and cut away from my\ *•'" life all that ever occurred in it beyonll < early bedtime as the cook goes around a pie plate and shears off the outlaying doughs. Mere ragged and formless shreds of existence those gaslight hour* • have been, containing, on the whole, ^ far more evil than good; far more., yawns, and the dreadfiu pangs of yawns- suppressed, than refreshing eyebeam and voices. ! v * AT EARLY MOM. -Wflk who will at deep ot nopn, Oir stroll fantastic in the moon; , .~v I would take the morning earth, -»• v -V 'V , h New us at creation's birth, . Air unbreathed and grass untrod ; ~ * Where 1 crora the dawn-lit sod, •&< v< < " ' • Making green paths in the gray r . Of the dew that's brushed away.y;^-^ :V Would gome depth of holy nighty- I . •, Sacred with its starry light. Over all my breast might rail, Bringing dawn unto my soul, < . . That its consecrated dew Might refresh und make me new %•* Then that thou and I might • Rome far planet,poised in space, ' Fresh as children innocent, In each other's love content I ' Thero our feet should reeommenott . ' lightened of experience, Morning ways on dewy slppe, »w - s •' •, Winged with wonder and with hope; All tbe things we'd thought or dune, Or felt before, forgot--save one I 3 Porcine Natation. One bright summer morning as I wag . strolling toward the beach on the island •; of Mackinaw I saw, a short distance fdicad of me, two little pigs, one per- j: fectly white and the other perfectly*; 71 black, both the sanle size, trudging. along side by side in the same direction'1;; as myself. ^ ^ They seemed so. out of place and I was so curious to know, whither they • were bound that I followed them unob^ served. They did not walk aimlessly, but as if they had some special object in view and some definite destination. I wondered what they would do when ' . they reached the water. I was not long ' in being answered. Without a mof!| ment's hesitation they plunged, into the graves jside by side and swam , out and|||i away toward another island, six miles ,,v* distane. I stood and watched them^f! until two little heads looked like balls ?? bobbing up and down, side by side allv|| the time. When I related the incident to tho - landlord a little later he looked as ton- , | ished and annoyed. r'. "Those pigs," he said, "were to have been served for dinner to-day. They' ':j were brought here this morning in & boat from that island, six miles away, ^ and we thought we might allow tliem • their freedom, never thinking of their A# making an attempt to go home. "And did you notice," he continued, "they choose the point of land nearest the island where they came from to en- * ? ter the water? Singular that the little animals should have been so bright! And, furthermore, they weren't landed there; that makes it more strange." v I, too, left the island that day, aud I have never heard whether those brave 1 little pigs ever reached their destination j or uOtsTrffarper's Young People. -M Excusable. Country school-teacher in Georgia (ton boy)--Where is your spelling-book? Boy--Ain't got none. " ^ Teacher--Yon had onrf yesterday. ' What did yon do with it? Boy--Tore it up. ; | Teacher--What! You good-for-noth­ ing young rascal, I shall take a switch. ; and wear you out. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Your father is. doing everything he can to give you education and here you are tearing up your books. Oh, I'm going to whip you; lj for it and your turning up to cry won't j help it any. What did you tear book up for? ^ Boy--To build a fire with. . v Teacher--To build a fire with! Yon;#f| young rascal! Why did you want to- >. build a fire, say ? _ . W;; Boy--Wanted to smoked a ndjbit|j outen a holler tree. ! Teacher--Did you get him? Boy--Yes, sir. Teacher--Good; but why didn't y<m. ff| let me know it? The next-time yon ; tree a rabbit 1 want to know it. Boy--Air you going to whnp me? Teacher--What, for smoking out a^ rabbit? My dear young friend, I hopeS you do not take me for a fool,^^r/.-a?i-^ saw Traveler. ' ; 100 JOHN G. WHIXTIEB'S .he:? JNf ,*m V politician. • 'if II i* - « • «#<&><*'"A?> .»a»1 <JK» .<••<•.«< L ..! - J£L&,stk«v J,1 iH ,*>A AXi'... s£i'_ Lm„ . & v-< 11 \ ?