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' «_ * y ' v** " • -. *', *, • sfiffT iMMgUBMI L WitUm, Mfcr«i MoHSRSt. ILLINOI& THS Marquis ofLorne k about to publish * poem called "Rome"--a com­ position after the style of G raj's " Elegy." And jet it is said the Marquis has wise Mends, j BEBRABD MEYEK, of Omaha, recently had extracted from his left shoulder a needle whioh his mother says he ran into his body when he was an infant, nearly fifty-four years ag:>. Mr. Meyer himself has no recollection of the occur­ rence. ___ HIRAM LUKXXS, a printer, has been employed on the Doylestown (Pa) In­ telligencer since 1832. He set up the Whig election ticket in 1840, and has eetup every other Whig and Repub­ lican election tifikftf. for^T) |or foinlra County since then. ̂ .--'•A*. HIS Majesty, tlie ShaTi of "Persia, in forwarding his felicitations to the Holy Father on the occasion of his sacerdotal jubilee, has sent to his Eminence Car­ dinal Simooni, prefect of the Propa­ ganda, the grand cordon of the Order 1 of the Lion of the Sun. FREDDY GEBHAKD and live of his em­ ployes have brought suits against the New York, Lake Erie & Western Rail­ road for damages aggregating $190,000 for personal injuries and the loss of valuable race-horses by the disaster last summer at Shohola, Pa. LEADING English gunmakers report that they have this season had a re­ markably large number of orders for fine guns from ladies. Shooting during the season is said to be the latest notion of the English woman of quality, al­ though some prefer fishing. Two MEN in Seattle, W. T., evidently do not believe in compromise. They bought adjacent pieces of land. A house . stood on one lot, and $100 worth of the building projected onto the other lot. The $100 man employed carpenters to cut off his end of the house. A REVOLUTION is rumbling in English , landscape gardening. There is a move­ ment to abolish the irregular features of casual lawns, flower beds, and shrub­ beries, and to establish the style of old Italian and Dutch gardening with every­ thing in straight lines, terraces, balus­ trades, and oH. I>. O. FRENCH, the Concord sculptor, is at present engaged on a statue of. Lewis Cass, which was modeled in Paris last year, and is now being cut in marble there. It is the gftt of the State of Michigan to the United Statqs Gov­ ernment, and it will within a few weeks be placed in the old Hall of Represen­ tatives in the Capitol at Washington. A PHU*ANTHBOPIC Mine. Batifol estab­ lished some time ago an annual prize of 10,000 franca to the most deserving and industrious young woman. The prize has been awarded this year by the appointed jury to Mile. Terminaux, who has for yeans kept her father, mother, and half a dozen brothers and sisters by being a "cutter out" in a millinery shop. Two MSN appeared in Franklin, Ky., the other rfoy and hired a horse and buggy, alter asking the way to an old steam mill. They went to the mill and spent the day digging up the earth with picks and shovels. This attracted the attention of a man named Hendricks, , who went to the spot, and after digging some time, unearthed an old j^g. con­ taining $2,700. \ THE King of Wurtemberg, who is creating a sensation in Europe by the honors he has bestowed on his three American favbrities, is a half-demented old gentleman. His favorite amuse­ ment consists in harnessing cockchafers to little paper wagons and then driving them with feverish excitement over a big table, while his secret court coun­ cilors and others keep them from fall­ ing off the edge. .TAMES CHAMBERLAIN MOKPORD, of Baltimore, Md., is now the sole survi­ vor of the Old Defenders' Association, • which was organized in 1842 with 1,259 members. He was born in 1795. His . health is good. The Old Defenders, a society formed of men who fought at the battle of North Point, near Baltimore, during the war of 1812, celebrated their heroic deed« once a year by a parade and banquet. Mr. Morford on the last anniversary was the only ono of the re­ maining veterans able to be out of doors. He has always been strictly temperate, and has never used tobacco in any form. BERLIN engineers have adopted two different By stems for diminishing the noise of fawns on their viaducts. One is, to bolt to the bridge structure long troughs of sheet-iron, about sixteen " inches wide, so arranged that a rail will oome in the center of each. The troughs axe then filled with gravel, in the middle of which is buried the long­ itudinal timber carrying the rail; and the Bpace between the troughs is covered with iron plates, on which is spread a thin layer of gravel. The second method, which is found to be more efficient than the other, consists in placing a continuous series of shallow iron troughs, about five feet square, along the line of tracks. These are filled with gravel, on which the ties and rails are laid. AN Allegheny school-teacher a short time since urged a newsboy to be pres­ ent at a special session of the Sunday- school the next Sabbath morning, but the little fellow made the excuse he conldnt oome on account of selling his papers. The teacher, anxious to have him atUfid, told him that if he would bring his papers to him he would see that be did not lose .anything on theaa. Sunday morning his little hopeful ap­ peared with a bright face, trudging up the steps with his arms full of papers, and deposited between fifty and sixty papers at the teacher's feet. The gentle­ man had no alternative but to tak« them, and the newsboy departed to sell more, and is now telling how he "put It on the eye of that teacher," while the .tepcher mourns the wickedness ol the world, and especially newsboys. <- WHAT next? The American girl has for years cultivated her musical talents. She has studied the piano until she knew less . about it than her professor and got more noise from it than would ruin the nerves of the neighbors for blocks around. She has learned to play the violin and has fiddled herself into the programs of musical soirees without number. She has played on the banjo, on the mandolin^ the zither, the jewsharp, the cornet, the 'cello, and the kazoo. But her insatiable craving for the universal art is not yet satisfied. There remained one more accomplish­ ment to be acquired, and now she has mastered that. The first exhibition of tbis branch of musical attainment was given in New York last week, when two ladies of position arose at a musicale and, whistling a popular air, beat a duet on the snare drum! THE heavy ironclads of Italy now form a tremendous array. They include the Duillo and Dandolo, of over 11,000 tons displacement, each carrying four 100 ton guns, and making fifteen knots speed; the Andrea Doria, the Ruggiero de Lauria and the Francesco Morisini, also of about 11,000 tons displacement, carrying each four 106-ton guns and making sixteen knots; the Italia and the Lefanto, of nearly 13,900 tons dis­ placement, carrying four 110-ton guns each, making eighteen knots; the Re Umberto, and two more of the same class, the Sicilia and the Sardegna, yet to be launched, of 14,000 tons displace* ment, also making eighteen knots. It is the combination of heavy battery power, heavy armor and high speed in these battle ships that makes them re­ markable. Their draught would, keep them out of many harbors. In the Re Umberto, Sicilia, and Sardegna the crown of the deck has been raised higher above the water level than in their predecessors, and there are a great many water tight compartments. IN the November American MagCh zine, Mr. L. Mcintosh Ward, in his article on the First* American Embassy to Pekin, thus describes the negotiations about an interview between the Ameri­ can Minister and the Emperor: "The Commissioners, however, would discuss nothing but the proposed audience with the Emperor. One of the Commission­ ers stated that the Emperor himself was desirous of conferring with Mr. Ward, having been favorably impressed with What he had heard of America and Americans, and wishing to see the first representative of that nation who had visited his capital. The stumbling block in the way of the audience was the rite called the Kow-tow, which Mr. Ward refused to perform. The Com­ missioners requested Mr. Ward to kneel to the Emperor, and agreed that the knocking of the head on the ground would be dispensed with. To this Mr. Ward replied that while -he entertained the greatest respect for, the Emperor, and in that only felt what the President himself had expressed in the letter of which he was the bearer, yet he wished to declare that highly as he would re­ gard an audience and important as he deemed it under the circumstances, still he had never asked for an audience, and the treaty said nothing about, and he could not kneel when he came before the throne; he could only salute the Emperor as he did his own ruler; that he knelt only as an act of worship be­ fore God, and would do so to no man." The Prince's Visiting Cards. "Now, Meesha" (Mike), "here's a list of the houses at which you are to call, and you must be sure to leave one of my cards at each of them. You'll find the cards on my study table. Do you hear?" So spoke Prince G , one of the leaders of society in Moscow, to the liveried servant who bowed before hi™ as he stepped into his carriage. It was New Year's Day, a time when, in Russia, as in France, every one visits his friends, and the salutation of " S' novym godom s" novym stchastiem" (With the new year, new happiness) is heard on every side; so the Prince was setting out to call in person upon a few of his chosen friends, while sending his footman to leave cards upon the fifty or sixty less intimate acquaintances whom he possessed in the fashionable quarter of the town. "I hear, your Brightness," said the lackey, bowing again, and his master drove away. Two hours later a dulling young offi­ cer of the Imperial Guard reined up his horse beside Prince G 's carriage as it passed him, and said, in a voice trem­ ulous with laughter: "Oh, Yakov An- dreievitch" (James, son of Andrew), "that was a splendid idea of yours! It'll be all over the town to-morrow, I'm sure. I haven't had such a laugh since I don't know when." And off he went, laughing unrestrainedly. G looked after him in blank be­ wilderment ; but he was still more per­ plexed about half an hour later, when a stout, bald, red-faced man, in the rich uniform of a government official, came and said, sternly: "Yakov Andreievitch, I don't know what I have done that you should in­ sult me in this unwarrantable way. You shall hear from me to-morrow." And he passed on, foaming with rage. "Are you all mad?" muttered the amazed Prince. "What on earth can I have done ?" But the explanation came only too Boon. Just as he reached his own door again, up came the footman whom he had sent round with his visiting cards, and said, with a respectful bow, "I've left all the cards, your Brightness, ex­ cept the ace of spades and the queen of diamonds." Then the poor Prince understood it all. This model servant of his had left playing-cards upon his friends by mis­ take.--Editor** Drawer, in Harper's Magazine. THB OLD mmm . ---- * fDetroit Frew Press.] •I oannot sing the old " I sang ao long ago.' "It is surprising what a hold the old Mugs have on the affections of the people who sung them five and thirty years ago," remarked a Detroit music dealer. "That is because they are still popu­ lar with everybody, is it not ?" "But they are not. I do not refer to 'Annie Laurie' or 'The Last Rose of Summer'--they are the little clasics of song literature. I me^n such songs as these," and the music man hummed the airs of some old melodies and a young ladv going out with a roll of music under her arm came back and waited to hear them. » "Are those songs published again?" she asked; "my mother often sings them." The words of those old songs were usually merely vagaries of sentiment and the music monotonous, but what a hold they took on the public heart. The music dealer ransacked his memory and found a stanza or two. There was "The Rose that all are Praising." It was a drawin g-room song: Tlie rose that all ate praising Is not the rose for me; Too many eyes are gazing •'.%*. VS»,, Upon that costly tree. •/ v- . ».* Bnt I've a rose in yonder That shuns the gaxe of other men. And that's the rose for me. And that's the rose for m-e-e." Then he recalled the once popular sentimental song, "Molly Darling," that was sung by professionals and at home until it was literally worn out: "Did they tell thee I was false, Molly Darling, That my love for thee had grown cold There was such a rage for a song called "Lily Dale," that half the girl- babies of that period were named after her. In those days a song with moon­ beams and a broken heart was a favorite. There was a breezy madrigal with a re­ frain: "Then wait while I touch my guitar." It was a famous serenade until some scoffer changed it: "Then wait while I light my cigar/® "*; -' . Then it went out of fashion. '" Another much sung and often whistled air was "Midnight Hour," a witching title for a song: • "Ti» midnight hour, the rcoon shines bright, Tra-la-la-la-tra-la-la-lav; Tile twinkling stars with magic light Like* beauty's eyes display.* There was another dear old songs "Oh, don't you remember sweet Alice, Ban Bolt? Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown." In those days there were temperance revival songs that were sung with an enthusiasm that nearly lifted the roof. "Rum, rum, thou has bereft me," was one plaintiff ballad. Another was a melancholy succession of queries. "Where are the friends that to me were too dear? I.onR, long ago, long, long ago. Where are the hopes that my heart used to cheer? Long, long ago, long, long ago." There was a rollicking chorus that Was in the mouths of young and old: "It will never do to give it up go, It will never do to give it up BO, It will never do to give it up so, oh BO, It will never do to give it up so. Then came the negro songs so few of which are ever heard now. One of. the most popular of these ante-bellum lays was "Susannah," the refrain of which ran like this: "Oh, Susannah, don't you cry for mel 1st gwine to Alabama'wid de banjo on my knee." Who would l>elieve that "Nellie Bly" was once a favorite in all circles of society? "Nellie Bly shuts her eye When she goes to (deep, *|V*hen she wakens up again ',•£? Her eyeballs 'gin to vera, lite" * • Ifli, Nellie! ho, Nellie! Don' you cry forme, l'se gwine to Lusiana My true love for to sea." Are all the songs sung? No;but this is not an age of sentiment, and the music of a song is now of more importance than the words. A new song has been published in England and is sung in Detroit by professionals which is called "Love's Seasons." Winter is singing to Hummer, the former personified by an elderly love: "I am forty years and more, She locks twelve months of a score." He concludes his rhapsody with this sensible refrain: "Time which brings thee summer's blocsn May bring to me my winter tomb." Mrs. Bnrnett and the Prince of Wales. Not so many years ago, a pretty little lady went into the office of one of the border jenrnals. By that is not meant a paper published in the wild west, but a weekly sheet devoted to story matter, and with each page printed with a border. This woman carried in the manuscript of a story to the editor, talked with him a little al>out it, and went away. A week afterward Hlie called again, and was de­ lighted to Ife told that her oifering had been accepted. She received $500 for the work. This week a lady tourist was in town. She had been for a con­ siderable time in Europe. She w as ac­ companied by a French maid, an En­ glish private secretary, and her two sons. The party bore various pleasant evidences of prosperity. They stayed several days at a costly hotel before going thence to Washington. The lady in both these incidents was Frances Hodgson Bnrnett, the authoress. She got out of the border papers into maga­ zines and books early in her career as a novelist. Mrs. Burnett met the Prince of Wales in London. A friend haA told the writer about it in this way: "A dramatic version of 'Little Lord Faun- telroy' was being performed. This was not sanctioned by the authoress, and eventually she stopped the perform­ ances, putting her own dramatization of the story on a London stage instead. Bnt she went to see the pirated play, and sat in a box. The Prince of Wales and several members of his family were in another. The young princelings were familiar with the narative of 'Little Lord Fauntelroy," and were greatly in­ terested in seeing it represented. When they learned that the writer of their fa. vorite story was present they clamored to see her, and Wales sent an emissary to invite her to his box. The errand was delivered politely, and the whole thing was decorous enough: but Ameri­ can independence asserted itself in Mrs. Burnett, and she couldn't see any ex­ ceptional reason why she should go to see a gentleman because he was a prince, whereas, if he had been untitled, he would present him­ self to her. Therefore, without making it emphatic, or expressing any feeling, she calmly avoided the is­ sue by thanking the Prince through his messenger for the honor, but neglecting to avail herself of the privilege. Two acts later in the performance the chil­ dren were brought to her box, and she had a pleasant chat with them. They begged her to go to see their mamma, anil the authoress, deeming this an agreeable compromise with her dignity, let them take her to the royal box. There she met the Prince and Prin­ cess." "Is that a truthful account?" -was asked of Mrs. Burnett, after repeating to her what has been here written. "131 Is substantially the truth," was the reply. "But pity don't make any­ thing of it. The Prince was exceed­ ingly polite, and even if I had been in­ clined to be uppish there was not the slightest provocation."--New York Sun. Not the Governor. Mr. Sew ard and Thurlow Weed were fast friends and political partners. Com­ mon opinion had it that the second mem­ ber of the firm was the more influential of the two, no matter how high an office the first member might fill. This popu­ lar feeling was well illustrated by a cur­ rent apocryphal anecdote, which, as Mr. Weed's biographer says, ought to have been true, whether it was so or not. Gov. Seward, as he traveled about the State, was fond of accosting all sorts of people. Once, in passing through a western county, on top of a stage, he began to question the driver, asking about the crops, the facilities for transportation, the population of each hamlet, who kept the taverns, who were the leading poli­ ticians, and so forth.' Finally it came the driver's turn, and inflamed with curiosity as to who this inquisitive passenger could be, he be­ gan: "Yoti are a merchant, I suppose?" "No, sir," said the Governor, "I am not a merchant." "A lecturer, then?" <*No, sir, I am not a leotuiM^§^'lti' .y^: • "A minister?" "No, sir." After a few minutes the. driver said*. "You must be a big grain buyer?" "No, sir, I am not." "Then I know what you are; you must be a lawyer, or you wouldn't ask ao many questions." "That is not my business at pres­ ent," "Who are you, then?" -finally et- claimed the driver, unable longer to restrain the direct inquiry. "I am Governor of this State." It was asking a good ileal of the driver to expect him to believe that. He showed his incredulity. "Well," said Mr. Seward, "suppose you wait until the stage gets to the next town. I know the landlord there and he can identify me." "He won't say you're the Governor, ril bet a dollar." Soon afterwards the stage drew up in front of the next tavern, and walking up to the landlord, who stood among a crowd of loungers on the steps, Mr. Seward said: "See here, Mr. Tomp­ kins. you know me, don't yon ?" "Yes, sir, I do." "Well, then, this driver is not willing to believe that I am Governor of New York." "Stick to it, John," said the tavern-? keeper. "I don't believe it, either." "What!" exclaimed Mr. Seward, in astonishment. "Then who is Gov­ ernor?" . . "Thurlow Weed."--jExchange. ' { Lawwatts Against Animals. The law ii "held in greater esteem nowadays than it ever was before, no doubt, and yet it is improbable that any one will ever again, in a civilized country, imagine that it is something so grand and awful that insects and ani­ mals will obey its decrees. And yet this seemed onoe to be quite a general impression. - There are many instances in the history of formal prosecutions against animus. The most common cv these cases are the lawsuits directed against the grasshoppers. One of the most celebrated of these was a case tried in Savoy, in 1545, when a suit was brought, in the name of the people, ogMnst the grasshoppers which were ravaging the country. A lawyer was found to undertake the defence of the insects, and he exhausted his in­ genuity in pleading their cause. •, No doubt he made out a very plaus­ ible case for their right to exist, for it was finally proposed, on the part of the government, officially to give and for­ mally make over to'the grasshoppers a large tract of oountry, on condition that they should leave the rest of the country. The lawyer took the proposition un­ der consideration, and finally came into court and declared that "his clients could not accept his proposal, because the land offered them was an abandoned and sterile tract, producing little or nothing suited to their uses and sus­ tenance." The court, however, decided the case against the grasshoppers, and ordered them to remove forthwith to the dis­ trict set apart for them. They refused, however, to remove, but remained in the country until they had eaten up every green thing in it. If the courts were powerless to en­ force their decrees against the grass­ hoppers, they made it up in the severity with which they punished creatures which could be seized and appre­ hended. In Meulan, France, in the last century, a pig which had attacked and killed a child was prosecuted for mur­ der. Every step taken in this singular case was precisely as if the accused had been a human being, except that the pig's lawyer spoke for it in every case, instead of the pig replying for itself. The lawyer was permitted to urge every possible argument in his client's favor. But the pig was, nevertheless, convicted, ond sentenced to be strangled in the market-place. Pending the exe­ cution of this sentence, it was sent to prison and confined there. A few yea!rs before the French rev­ olution, a cow was tried and convicted in the same way at Poitou. All the re­ cords in these cases are still preserved. They prove either a more than childish want of common-sense, or else an absurd devotion to form. ftu „ , IS i&a&SA* • ' "J Apple Batter. About a year ago, you asked whether the making of the above was among the "lost arts," and to judge by the recipe for making it which a writer gave you, I don't wonder. I will give you the old Pennsylvania plan, that we used to make by, and which we still follow here fifty years later. If people will follow this, and they then say the art is lost, I will quit giv­ ing instructions. To forty gallons of good sweet cider made from sound, ripe apples, use three bushels 6f select' ap­ ples. The cider should be boiled down to one-third or a little less before put­ ting in the apples, which should be pared clean, all specks, bruises, seeds, and seed cavities removed.- They may be quartered, or cut into eights, if very large. If in a lium% the apples can be boiled in a little water before putting into the cider. Stirring should com­ mence as soon as the fruit gets soft, and be kept up carefully until done. At all times prevent the flames of fire striking the kettle above the line of contents. When boiled down to ten gallons ii. will be done, and it will be an article fit for a King. Put in earthen vessels, and, when cold, dip clean white paper into good whisky or brandy, and lay it over the tops. In four months from making, if kept in a garret (the best place), the jars can be inverted on a floor or shelf without running out. Will keep for years, and if made with the right kind of apples, such as Rambo and Smoke­ house, or Bellflower will become as smooth as cheese. There are establishments, out West here, where they make what thev call appl e-butter. but which the knowing ones call "sass," that sell for 25 cents per gallon. I would not take it be­ stowed, as it invariably ferments, and is a poor article at best. Such as we make would. command at least double as much, but even that won't pay unless.one is fixed to make it on a large scale. But there are many things that can be afforded for one's own family use that cannot be made to sell at the market price.-- Vick'n Maga­ zine. ' The Balk «T Spain. ̂ This allusion to los toros naturally led to my asking the impresario if the breeds had not degenerated. "Los toros degenerated," he ex­ claimed; "Dios mio, son tan bravos como siempre, los angelistos (our bulls, good God, sir, they are as brave as ever, the little angels)! One would think you had never 8<sen a bull fight. We have splendid breeds in Northern Spain, in Castile and in Andalusia. The Na- varrese bulls of Carriquiri are the smal­ lest, but they are powerful and terrible quick and agile. They have a knack of jumping over the barriers into the sort of promenade that runs around the ring between the seats of the public and the ring itself, and have often leaped up, as they did at Yitoria two years ago, right in the midst of the lower seats, los ten- didos, and caused frightful panics thereby. " k Navarre bull costs from $250. to $300, to which sum must be added the cost of carriage and many incidental ex­ penses that increase 20 per cent, the original price. The Castillian bulls are very good and cost from $350 to $450, exclusive of incidental expenses. The most famous breeds in Castile are those of Colmenar, a few leagues from Madrid, id fine pasturo lands, where you can go and pick out the animals while grazing --that is, if you are a good rider, for they are sure to chase any outsider they may espy." -- Madrid Cor. Phildelphia Times.. . THE roaring gas well back of Canons- burg, Pa., is said to have the greatest registered pressure of any in the world. The gas looks like a solid piece of blue steel for some distance ^ifter it comes out of the pipe. Solid masonry, twelve feet thick, surrounds the well to hold the cap on. When in drilling the gas was struck, tools and rope weighing 5,000 pounds were thrown out, as though they were iaathera. V uufUu»*. si . f r . t j . or,,, The Waste of Sevtfcern Pine. It is probable that the greatest of all wastes made in the manufacture of lum­ ber is that of the long-leaf, yellow-pine. While there are large quantities of lumber used in ceiling, the most sub­ stantial use is for flooring, aud a large per cent, of the lumber sent to the Eastern market is not what they want. This may arise in some instances from the hit or miss strips cut from the sid­ ings of a timber order. It is sent to market, and when piled up on the dock or in the yard the uniformity is shock­ ing to the eye of a Western man. The different lengths are nearly countless. But this is only tke least of the troubles. The most of it is plain sawed when it should be rift sawed. Unless it is, it is really of little more value than Norway, and no better than Carolina pine. Cargoes for this stock are shipped from the mills, and by the market re­ port it is seen that it sells as low as $18 per thousand. Were it rift sawed it would be worth considerable more than it is, and the mills should look well to the matter, and have at least one-half the lumber designed for flooring and ceiling rift sawed. It will, of oourse, cost a trifle more to do this, but it will be found to pay, and less of the valuable product go to waste. It comes simply to using good judgment in manufacturing and ship­ ping, and this must come from a full and comprehensive knowledge of the business from tlie stnmp to th$ market. --Southern Lumberman. if Boarding-House Burn* A popular boarder tale--I will se«tle next week.--Binghamton Jtepublican. "Will the coming man use both arms ?" asks a scientist. He will if he carves a boarding-house duck.--Dan­ ville Breeze. A boarding-house mistress cannot be too careful of her me^ts, for there her reputation is often at steak.--Yonker"* Statesman. In some boarding-houses there is always a friendly rivalry for the best cut of roast beef, while in others the struggle for supremecy is always upper­ most.--American Artisan. The poor boarder who is fast wearing out his store teeth on tough fowl has the satisfaction of knowing that his host will be obliged to give an account of all the tough deeds done in the flesh.-- Yonker's Statesman.* * IN a recent lecture to the Sanitary Institution of Great Britian, Dr. B. W. Richardson considered the power of the human body has been proven to possess of storing up life to a prolonged period. He stated tha conditions favor­ ing such storage in the following order: Hereditary qualifications, the virtue of continence, maintenance of balance of bodily functions, perfect temperance, and purity from implanted or acquired diseases. Temperament has its influ­ ence, the bilious aud sanguine tempera­ ments being best for long life, and the nervous lymphatic the worst. What he termed all-round temperance is the avoidance of everything that stimulates the heart beyond its natural activity, such stimulation being an un­ natural tax that reduces the storage of life. A Free Blow* ' f Tommy--My father is a church mem­ ber. Johnny--So's mine. Tommy--But my father says your papa ain't, 'cos he don't never come to church, nor put nothin' in the collection box. Johnny (bravely)--Well, my papa is an honorary member, and honorary members don't chip in.--Lowell Citir «». A Mere Acquaintance. ̂ Philadelphia Girl--I hear that Mr. Goodfellow is quite attentive to you. Chicago Girl--Oh, not at all. He only comes five nights a week.--Phila­ delphia Record. AT an international horse show to be held at Paris next year $43,000 will be distributed in premiums. Thorough­ breds, Aralw, Anglo-Arabs, half-breeds, cart horses, mules, and donkeys are the classes agreed upon. THE qUESTIONOFCANIWE RKASOK. Q»w* faeta TB*t Are St Varlaaw With Traditional Theories. [Pittsburgh Dispatch.) The distinction between reason Had instinct is not clearly perceived by many persons; in fact, there are but few per­ sons of ordinary intelligence able to state the difference. The. Duke of Argyll in his "Reign of Law" clearly states the distinction, making instinct to be die result or effect of reason, not in the animal but in the Creator. Thus the instinctive and truly in genius ac­ tions of a wild bird to preserve its young could only be the result of well defined reasoning power; but as the bird is manifestly devoid of reason in other re­ spects it is fair to infer that the power which reasoned out its ingenious actions must be outside of the bird--that is, in the Creator. Man, standing at the head of the animal creation, founds his ac­ tions qn his own reasoning powers, and is, therefore, generally regarded as the only reasoning animal. But there are many actions among the lower order of animals that cannot be accounted for on the theory that, they are guided wholly by instinot, and the study of these ac­ tions compels a belief that some of the lower animals are endowed with a cer­ tain but limited power to reason, and to act in accordance with the result of such reasoning. A gentleman of undoubted veracity once told me of the wonderful actions of a dog that occurred in the town in which he' lived. There was a large cigar fac­ tory in the town, in which the pro­ prietor was in the habit of shutting up at night a large Newfoundland dog. One night--as investigation afterwards proved--a co^l of fire fell from the stove and set fire to the floor. The dog, see­ ing the danger, jumped up on one of the cigar tables, and from there pro­ cured a bucket of water which he car­ ried to the burning floor and poured over the fire. This not being sufficient to drown out the flame, the faithful watch-dog pawed out the remaining fire, and when the proprietor came in the next morning he found the poor dog lying by the hurt hole in the floor un­ able to walk a step because of his burnt fore feet. It was several weeks before the dog recovered, but in the meantime he became the talk and admiration of the town. The actions of this dog clearly showed better reasoning powers and more presence of mind than is mani­ fested by one-half of the human family under like circumstances, and no theory of instinct can be made to account for his actions. I was sitting one evening, in company with a number of ladies and gentlemen, in a large room which opened into a kitchen that opened into the garden. The outer kitchen door was secured With an ordinary thumb latch, with tlie handle on the outside. When the door •was unlatched it swung of its own ac­ cord open into the kitchen. While we were in the midst of an animated con versation suddenly we heard the outer kitchen door open, and upon going out to investigate the cause nothing could be found but the open door. No one was in or about the kitchen. After closing the kitohen door we returned to the sitting-room, and while engaged in discussing the mystery of how the kitchen door was opened the man of the house came in, and in a few ' wordf cleared the matter up. The house eat was in the habit, when shnt out, o! jumping up and thrusting one foreleg through the handle of thie kitchen dooi latch while with the other paw it raised, or rather pressed down, the thumb latch, and when the door swung open he dropped to the floor. Here is an other instance of intelligent action quite bevond the range of instinct. Many dogs show plainly by their ac­ tions that they understand language, at least to a limited extent. A gentleman of this town told me that when a cow was in the far end of a large lot at the rear of his house he, 'with his back to­ ward the cow, spoke in ordinary low tone of voice to his dog, and said: "I think there is a cow in the lot." The dog understood him at once, and ran off to find and drive out the cow. Any ob­ serving person can readily call to mind like instances of intelligence shown by dogs, cats, horses, etc. Dogs often show in a marked degree joy, affection, jealousy, shame, a sense of guilt, esteem, contempt, indifference, etp., so that one is puzzled sometimes to draw the line of distinction between the mind of an ignorant man and that of an intelligent dog. Dr. Moffat, the African traveler and missionary, said that a bitch that he had with him conld count her pups better than men of some African tribes could count sticks of to­ bacco or sheep. In the light of these and many other facts of a like kind what conclusions are we to draw concerning the traditional mind of man and the instinct of lower animals ? I confess that I don't know. The whole thing is a jumble; our theo­ ries are at variance with the facts of every-day life, and our thinkers and writers have not paid that attention to this subject which it merits and de­ mands. Perhaps at some future day a meta­ physical Moses may lead Us to see the lower animals as they see us, and may be able to give us a theory concerning the mind of the whole animal creation that Mill be in harmony with the facts now in our possession. Until that day comes we must be content to grope in darkness and theorize like our ances­ tors. : , ! f t The Happiest WMUU. Somebody asked me the oth&P says Bab in the New York Star, who were the happiest women, and Pvebeen thinking it out ever since. The con­ clusion I have come to is that she is the happiest woman who is not too hand­ some. I don't mean that she shall be disagreeable looking, and she muBt have a certain charm of manner, but by her lack of beauty she can keep the loveliest of woman friends and no jeal­ ousy arises, while she is always a pleasant companion. The woman who is not a great beauty does not need to anticipate growing old with that horror that must come to her who knows that it means the loss of her greatest attrac­ tion. I have always made a thanks­ giving every night that Providence ar­ ranged that I should be born south of Mason and Dixon's line, but I now odd to my thanks the fact that nature did not make me beautiful. One can only feel this wav after one has become-- how old? The woman without beauty is going to try to be something else, for in the heart of every woman figure without Roman lines and a calliope voice there is a desire to be considered the nicest in the world by somebody. And if the woman is worth a penny, she prefers that somebody to be a man. THK college hat, or mortar board, is becoming fashionable for street wear by London women.. Leather belts of neat sine and coarseness with steel buckles are also showing up. fttU'J* Aim xxcZDKinrs rmukX wuam- X^kTKLT OcdCRKKX>. - - • ILLINOIS WEWs B Aa HlpHjf*"* thnmwamrr mt tlw lU--Im- pvHaat iMagf of On- dB*|t iuril Dwftfcs'-- Crimea* •ad General Xsw* Xetea. WTU.!etrS TtfAlfK*. * \ --Governor Oglesby has issued the fol­ lowing proclamation: "Thankful to Al­ mighty God for the gracious aad mweifal favors extended to the people of the State throughout the year, I, SiekndJ. Pgles- by, Governor of the State of n6aeie# d» hereby designate Thursday, Nov. 29, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and ear- ; nestly request that all the people of the State will, with humility and thankfal- ness, appropriately observe the oeeasion in a spirit of love aad charity." ̂ ̂ *' - •/> t A • •• TOTEB'8 PJjTTBAMW. ' --Official returns have been received from ninety-six counties and aie filed la the office of the Secretary of State. These give the total vote for Pifer, 272,135; for Palmer, 257,312; making a plurality for Fifer of 14,821. The remaining six conn- ties ate Clinton, Coles, Cook, Henry, Pulaski and Washington. Thwe give estimated pluralities for Fifer: Coles, 92; Henry, 2,028; Pulaski, C80; Washington, 203; for Palmer: Clinton, 799. This it exclusive of Cook, and makes a net in- crease in Fifer's plurality of 2,204* raising it to 17,025. Taking off Palmer's *•&- mated plurality of 4,215 in^Cpok, Mr. Fifer's plurality is 12,710* ̂ / 'iiy •m --Edward Wiggins. s6n b! gins, of Decatur, went to his room Hti shot himself through the headwithaUMil rifle. His mother found him doadwi&tha gun tightly clasped in his hands. H* ha& trouble with his sweetheart. She "ga*e him the mitten" and he became diseonab-, late. He was 23 years old. --The Trustees of the Institution far the Education of the Blind at Jacksonville report to the Governor that for the ntoa months ended June 30 last the average at­ tendance in that institution was 116. off whom eighty-two were males and sixty- four females. The educstional operations of the institution were quite successful and the facilities sufficient, except in the department of piano-tuning, oneef tha most advantageous arts which can he taught to the blind. The Trustees express the hope that appropriations may be granted for a gymnastic building in con­ nection with the institution, and submits reasons for their belief that it ought to he supplied. Several items of repairs are mentioned as necessary, and especially they ask for the erection of a cottage #*' girls on account of the crowded condition of the dormitories. The appropriations they ask may be thus summarised: Ordinary expenses, SSS.000 a yaw -• 78,< Repairs and Improvements. M.OJO a yoar Gymnasium, drill nail, library, st» Repairs to comic® Piano-toning sad repair department Cottago for itris Covered walk tor girls.... Total .............t»1M-- --About fifty delegates from local branches of the Catholic Knights of Amer­ ica in this State held their annual eon- veatton in -Mtluta end ill sled the fel- ; lowing officers: Spiritual Bfiestor, Bishop James Ryan, of Alton; President, Peter - ̂ Wall rath, of Germantown; Vice Piesi- ̂ dent, R. S. Baker, of Xewtoq; State fiee- '*1 retary, Henry A. Percher, of Chhngn* . vffl Treasurer, Thomas Brassie, of Olney; Trustees, M. J. Tissier, of East St. Lbajs* and Peter Milter, of Chicago; Supmate ̂ Delegates, Father J. Crowe, of Mottoon» ̂ and M. J. Stalbers, of Chicago. --Dressed just as he was a third of a century ago when he started West from the- Qreen Mountains, John Lochhesd of>, ' ' :"1 Lake County stood before Justice Mnrphy " ̂ in Chicago and promised to love, cherish, - and protect Mary Butt of Ela Township* in the same county. Mr. Loohhead is Si years old, and enters the bonds of matri­ mony for the first time. As be stood be­ fore the Justice, his long hair well hrashed' back under his Louis Kossuth hat, hia> whiskers trimmed in the style of CKaa. , ( Win field Scott, and his well -preserve ̂ , % black silk stock encircling in ita ample ̂ ̂ folds an immaculate bnt somewhat Hap{ •' linen collar that looked like the njjntalf -• Jv j progenitor, five or six generations ha«lfe*reft ^ iSfe the modern "purgatory co.lar, he wan s| ̂$• veritable antique. About thirty-one ysanj , ago, he said, with his father and mothed - and three sisters he left Vermont and eate# to Lake County. Here his sisters died and * - V his father and mother. Through thefa ̂ ̂ last illness as each came to die they hadh 'W- been nursed and cared for by the MttM. Mary Butt, who since her tenth year had-' • never swerved in her devotion to the faaa- ily. And now he has made her his wiftfc smd when he came to die he doobted aat'* that Mary would as lovingly elose his sysa ̂̂ for his last deep as she had his father'* " ^ - i and mother's, and surviving him would own as fine a farm as there wss in Lakq County, and some of the best stock that ;? ever trod on hoofs. --The Bev. John Gilmoce, fer the fifteen years pastor of a large Presbvteria* ̂ ehurch at Hsnover, Jo Daviess Cowriyi; and one of the oldest clergymen of that , . ̂ € < denomination in the State, has resigned V his charge in order to accept a call is j Meriden, Neb. - ' < •* ^ t®*: --Mrs. George Bridenbeeker, who was { shot by her husband, Geo. Bridenbeeker, -> . Nov. 10, near Carlyle, is dead. The mur- 5LS der was a dastardly one. Mir. Briden- ' 'jjjj •' becker went home in a diunken state and* , after beginning a quarrel with his wife; drew a revolver and began a fusillade at ., ^ the family. His babe, wfeo was sitting in :i;|| ; a nurse's lap, was instantly killed and his " wife was fatally wounded. Bridenbeeker was srrested and is now in jail- ^-The Rev. W. T. Grommissch, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran St. Mark's Church of Chicago, assisted by the Rev. ' F. L. Wiegman of Chicago, dedicated the new German Lutheran Church at Monticello. --A sensational elopement occurred at; Bedmon, near Paris. Miss Minnie Gor- don, daughter of a wealthy merchant in| that place was to have been married to a young farmer named Crider, but &noihe® , suitor, T. L. Sampson, planned an dojll ; ment and Mr. 8ampson and Miss GeedMa departed on the Midland evening train, j They have not been located as yet, but «h* auppoeitioa M that they hare besa.SM*^ rted. rp iiV •: « -s i liSP •"vV 3, * rats*? tr.i.:.-