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J. VANSLYKE* EMwaMII ¥ AXEKIA (Ohio) man stole crape from ltd door of a friend. 'I* Mas. MABOASET J. HCTCWKIJ>, *f Cleveland, is 100 years old. - THE monster 111-ton cannon recently wanufactured ia, Germany carries twenty miles. JOHN G. WHTTMEE, the Quaker poet, lias passed the eighty-first mile-post in ;l|is life journey. R MR. HAMMEB has been elected Presi- ^mt-of Switzerland. Now see the punsters nail him. . ' •OVER $8,000,000 was Invested in roller' «kating rinks during the craze, and most of it proved a total loss. X FOKTY-TH^EK per cent, of the entire population of Alabama who are 10 years old and over cannot read. ,. THERE are 3,000 Roman Ifc parochial -schools in the United States, with an enrollment of 511,000 pupils. ,-vr Tn^s stated that a tidal wave caused an earthquake will move at the rate of forty miles an hour clear across the Atlantic. - v >. • A MICHIGAN man who had lost his wife kept his store closed till after the luneral and then docked the clerks for time. ̂ S, A NEBRASKA paper has an editorial 'f;*)© the tyrannical conduct of the Czar of /Russia which carries thirty-six exclama­ tion points with it. ROBERT . STEVENSON, engineer, of Olasgow, is the last one to claim an in- :.£jitntion which will drive oc^an shj|>s up io forty knots an hour. . : A DOUGHNUT received by t6sM *Tfl- lotson, of Vermont, in his Christmas stocking sixty-four years ag<v is now on redhibition in Bennington. * , - ' 1 '• AN old bachelor died recettfl^ In 4 Borne leaving the Pope 1,000,000* lire. ! To his sister he left a monthly allowance • «oft> lire.' She will contest the will. EVERY French bank has a photograph Of every employe, and in the case of tho . sapre responsible ones they are under the surveillance of private detectives . most of the time. , . ; A GERMAN newspaper published in Jerusalem says that city is growing fast in size and population. The Jews take the lead in building, followed by the . Bussians and Germans. A CINCINNATTI school-teacher was of- """""'ifiared $1-5 in gold to learn the lessons she set for a 12-year-old girl in a given tune, and^she tried it and failed. The wtrnder is that she tried it. ' '"v MB. A. P. WAUGH is celebralfed to the extent of several columns in af'New York newspaper as the champion liar of the world. He probably has charge of the circulation affidavit department. ~ C COUNT YON MOLTKE has deposited his tdll in the Probate Conrt at Berlin.. It Is thus indorsed in a bold hand: "The inclosed ismy last wilL It is my de­ sire that no Beals be put upon my be­ longings. Moltke, Field Marshal." : ' _ PHILADELPHIA has a large training i-; •cihool for colored teachers, and its head ' fttMiss Fanny J. Coffin, one of the most xiotable colored women in the country. She is a graduate of the Bhode Island State Normal School and Oberlin Col­ lege, and has taught sinoe 1865. . THE metropolitan characteristic of the ' ' Aineriean people are noticeable in the following statistics: In 1790 one- thirtieth of our population was found in cities; in 1800, one twenty-fifth; in 1820, one-twentieth; in 1850, one-eighth; . in 1860, one-sixth; in 1880, two-ninths. * THE following are the endowments of acme of the principal educational insti­ tutions of the United States: Girard College, $10,000,000; Columbia, $5,000,- 000; Johns Hopkins, $4,000,000; Har­ vard, $3,000,000; Prinoeton, $3,500,000; Lehigh, $1,800,000; Cornell, $1,400,- 000. . • MAYOR O'BRIEN, of Boston, while dis­ sected . a turkey on Thanksgiving Day, found a note ingjkle from a Vermont girl, who said she was a Republican and wanted a watch. Mayor O'Brien sent her a handsome timepiece, and received return a note saying: "You darling, I am and ever ahall be a devoted Dpmo- Mamie." ?rre OLSEN is the Tascott of Califor- ilia. He is wanted for the murder of a woman, near Napa, in that State, and- has been captured as many times as the assassin of Snell. A day or two ago a dbg brought a skull to a hunter which was supposed to be Olsen's, and on the same day the Sheriff of Napa County received news from Kentucky that the murderer had been taken there. THE most splendid tomb in England 0 undoubtedly that of the Duke of Hamilton in the grounds of the Hamil- . ton Palace. It cost £180,000. It is a model of the Castle of San Angelo at Bome. The gates are a, copy of the Ghiberti gates at Florence, and the coffin of the Duke is enclosed in an Egyptian sarcophagus of black marble, which was brought from Alexandria. IT is said that Justice Fuller's con­ duct on the bench, is characterized by nervousness. He seems to find it hard to sit still, and his hands are kept con­ stantly busy with some trifling occupa­ tion. Often he takes a scrap of paper and folds and refolds it into innumer­ able shapes. Sometimes he toys with his mustache, and frequently turns the pages of * a book without -*q*ding them. JAPANESE has led to t challenge to fight a duel,, the first it twenty years. The editor of the Nip­ pon Jin (man of Japan) criticised I certain coal mine, whereupon the cor­ respondent of a leading paper in Tokic contradicted his statement, and th< editor of the Nippon Jin challenged him. The correspondent declined l duel as "a relic of barbarism,'* and in­ vited further discussion. WORCESTER has a religious society called "Faith Home." Tho members who number a dozen only, unable tc spiritual satisfaction •tar-' Karly K (location, Personal A MM, HOBS Ur«, and Ulwn? Wotk, Among the popular writers of the present day, none have delineated more forcibly and correctly thl peculiar phase of Puritanic New England life, and the quaint characteristics of the past and present generations than Hose Terry Cooke, whose graceful versatile pen, ready wit, and keen insight into human nature have won for her a name and fame among the best writters of the age. Not only has she the rare gift of being a most instructive and entertaining writer, and of m&kiug her characters seem to obtain spiritual satisfaction in thi thf; readf - to>>e l)e™°Ws> actin« ' . _ ,, , „ , , and speaking according to their own in- *i oi l meet every Sunday and stud] dividual characteristics, instead of being the Bible to suit themselves. They be- j automatic machines to be moved by the lieve they can reach perfection and at | writer, like figures on a chess board, equality with Christ, and thus resist death and live an eternity on earth. To do this they believe that the bodj must be regenerated by means of cer tain mental and physical preparations. THE Paris freethinkers are beginning to express their objections to the crosi which surmounts the dome of the Pan­ theon. Eleven municipal councilors pro posed a few weeks ago that it should b« pulled down as soon as possible. On* member objected that that would be toe expensive, and another suggested thai tho two arms should be cut off and th< single staff used for a flagstaff, as wa« done by the Communists in 1871. Thh proposition was adopted. THE Supreme Court Bible is a small, black velvet-covered octavo. It ha* been used in the administering of ever} oath since 1808. Every Chief Justict and every Associate Justice of tht United States has held this little sacrec (tone in taking his oath of office. Manj thousands of lawyers have held it, anc to write the names of the men who have touched the covers would be to nam< the men who have made the bench and bar of the United States illustrious. *j>It wae printed in London in 1799, and it to-day but little the worse of wear. MRS. ELIZABETR ARMSTRONG, who was 400 years old last October, has died at Plain Grovo, Pa. §he had full possession of all her faculties up tc the hour of her death, and prior to hei sickness would often relate with accu­ racy incidents which occurred previous to and during the war of 1812. Her surviving children are Mrs. Evaiine Hanna. of Mercer County, who is ?€ years of agej H. "W. Armstrong, oj Youngstown, aged 73; Mrs. SedaliaMc- Cune, of Grove City, Pa., 70 years, and Samuel Armstrong, 64 years old, whe lived with his mother until her death. HERE is a pleasant paragraph from the O'Kanogan (W. T.) Outlook; "Spring begins in February in O'Kano­ gan County: winter only lasts from the first week fn December to the lattel part of January, and then the cold snaps remain only for a day or two' at a time, when the gracious Chinook wind drives the cold breath of winter fronj our out­ door fronts, and nature's mantle changed in a few hours from silver white to the rusty-brown of the prolific winter grass, knee-deep on the ranges and in the bottom lands, and abundant in all the fertile valleys surrounding us." A REMARKABLE love affair has just come to light at Fort Davis, Tex., in which a conductor on the Santa Fe Bail- road is the hero. Some time ago one o] the Sisters of Charity in the railroad hospital at Las Cruces, N. M., aged 20 years, captivated the heart of H. J. Savage, one of the most competent con­ ductors on the division. He was lying sick in the hospital, and Sister Alice tended him. The romantic affair soon got abroad, and the Mother Superior had Sister Alice removed to La Junta. From there die was sent to Peoria, HI., Keokuk, Iowa, and finally to Davenport.. A. few weeks ago Savage got leave oj absence, -and smarted to find his lady­ love. They met and were married with­ out dfelay. ABOUT four miles from Glade River, W. Va., on Glade Mountain resides a family of coincidences. The father and mother were married on the 14th of October; they have had nine children, all of whom were born on the 14th of October; five of the children are dead, and all five of them ceased* to breathe on the 14th day of October. The name of the head o! the fanlily is Joshua Franklin. He says he was a Confederate soldier, that he was captured twice by the Yankees, and that -he lost two brothers in the war, and that all four of the mishaps or misfortunes of war occurred on the memorable 14th of October. In the neighborhood the Franklin family is re­ garded with superstition, and not a hu­ man being can be prevailed upon to stay in the house or on the premises on the 14th of October. is Tussle with a Catameant. While George Hardy and his son, a lad of 13, were hunting opossum^in the wooded country adjoining Bennett's mills, their dogs treed what was sup­ posed to be one of the animals they were hunting. Hardy lit a torch and stationed the boy some distance off. and ap­ proached the tree to get a shot at the beast, when he was horrified to see the animal springing^ through the air di­ rectly toward his son. It struck the little" fellow and bore him tothe ground, its claws, clutching in the clothing on his shoulder, tearing away a large chunk of flesh. Hr. Hardy rained heavy blows on its back and head with a club. The catamount left the boy and srang at the man. its teeth fastening in the heavy lapel of his overcoat, which was but­ toned closely aBout his neck. It would have seized his throat but for the heavy goods warding off the attack. By this time the dogs had seized the beast and dragged it to the ground, where, after a hard battle, in which the dogs, Hf^y, and the boy all joined, it was dispatched. The boy was terribly scratched about the shoulder and left side of the face. The father escaped with the loss of his overcoat and a few deep cuts on his chin and jaw. The catamount measured nearly five feet, and is one of the heav­ iest animals of its kind ever seen in thia section.--Portsmouth (0.) Cor. Cin­ cinnati Enquirer. but she possesses the gift of poesy as well, many of her poems furnishing un- mistable proof of her acquaintance with the muses. She has a versatile genius, an aesthetic taste, which must be inborn in an individual in order to win distinc­ tion or success in the realm of fancy, whether it be in the department of ro­ mance or of song. ^ She was born ia Wetffersfield, Conn., and she has always made New England her home. She is of the best stock of which that land can boast, her ancestors for many generations having been known for their strict religions principles, cul­ ture, wealth, and high social Standing^ society. As an instance exemplifying the rigid regime Under which her edu­ cation was commenced, Mrs. Cooke states that her mother took charge of her early studies, and that at 3 years of age she could read intelligibly; while before the age of 6 years her daily task in study was to memorize a column in Walker's dictionary, spell and define the words correctly, and write sentences in which each word thus defined was' properly used. On Sundays she was required to repeat a psalm and a hymn to her father. When 10 years of age, her parents re­ moved to Hai*tford, occupying a fine resi­ dence* on Prospect street. She then entered the Hartford Female Seminary under the charge of Mr. John P. Brace, who was a noted teacher of that period, and who had among his pupils, several years previous while in Litchfield, Conn., the one who subsequently be­ came the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Financial reverses overtaking her father, she was obliged to graduate as early as practicable at ttie seminary in order to support herself by teaching. Her father entertained peculiarly strin­ gent ideas with regard to her mangling in the society of young people, hence Rose Terry was taught that the society and attentions of young men were not to be tolerated by her, the restrictions thus put upon her causing her to be­ come diffident in society and almost prudish in appearance, while she sought companionship in books and her own imagination, roaming in the region of fancy, and writing at this period many of her best poems. Her first magazine work.was for Put­ nam's Magazine, before she reached the age of 20.* From this and other publi­ cations she became known to the read­ ers of the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, etc. She has contributed to all the leading journals of the country, besides several books of, short stories, sketches, and poems.--New York letter. "Emergency Cases.*' That is an 'emergency case,'" said a well-known railroad man to a reporter, "and it should find a place on every train that leaves this or any other city. The emergency case is a little box about the size of a physician's prescription case, and contains bandages of different widths, each in a neat roll, some ab­ sorbent cotton, twine, soft rags, and sticking plaster. "A piece of oiled silk is provided for applying to a burn. Th<» air is unable to penetrate the silk, in consequence of which the pain to the sufferer is lessened. There should be added to the case a bottle of linseed oil and lime water mixed about half and half. This mixture applied plentifully to a burn, when covered with oiled sUk, will stop the pain entirely, even if the flesh be badly cooked. A pair of artery forceps are plated in the case, also a pair of lessors, silk for taking up arteries, silken wire for sew­ ing up cuts and curved needles for the same. To these may be added a plain rubber band, some three feet long and one inch,wide. One end of the band is fitted With a small chain and the other end with a hook. * In case of an artery being severed this rubber band, which is simply an improved tourniquet, may be wound tightly around the injured member above the out, and the bleeding promptly stopped. Such an emergency ease may be pur­ chased at a reasonable price from any druggist, and simple lesons should also be given, which should enable one per­ son to patch up another's injuries at least well enough to keep them alive until better attendance could be pro­ cured.--New York Mail and Express. N«t Our Grandfather's Fault. A reoent writer attributes the sudden lapses from virtue, which are sometimes mrfde by previously upright and re­ spectable men, to the malign influence of some remote scapegrace ancestor. A bank cashier is honest up to his fiftieth year, when he absconds with the greater part of the bank's funds. It is the blood in his veins of some old thieving ances­ tor in the tenth generation, that for the first time asserts itself. A man lives a sober, temperate life until thirty, when the taint in his blood from some old bachanalian forefather, perhaps 200 years back, suddenly dominates his whole nature, and he rapidly becomes a drunkard. There is no doubt that the influence of heredity is tremendously strong; but the best physicians say that it can be easily overcome by the power of the human will. No man who has never tasted the first glass need be overcome by an inherited tendency to drink. The obvious conclusion from this, is that as no man has the privilege of choos­ ing his ancestors, he should seize the next best alternative and cultivate his own will. Our dead-and-gone fore­ fathers have long enough had to bear the blame for our vices for which we ourselves are wholly responsible. Strong willed men never have occasion to cast reproach upon Iheir ancestors.--Yankee Blade. Urates as Dairy Farmers. Ttfo young ladies, Miss Jeannie Wolfe and her sister, have gone into the dairy business in New Orleans. They have large stables, milk many cows, and have every prospect of success. There are several ladies in various parts of the city aad suburbs who are engaged in dairy farming. It pays well, and is a womanly and healthful employment, and is not so uncertain as the poultry Another new Orleans woman THE DEMOCRATIC SCHE THAT FAMOUS DOCUMKST COST MEKISTBB WKS* TSOCBLK. JirlS^^oftf^'S^iSECKETOFAGltEAtPLOT, THE MORCHISON LETTER in tot jt*d of her tiny home give suffi- i J eient mant for her pets. The cost of; keeping them has beeJTtnerely nominal, and die expects during Christmas week to sell $50 worth of young pigs. There are so many home industries opt® to women that pay well and are possible for wqmen who are engaged in,w other works.--Areto Orleans PkaxjunM, Tfie Editor's Lite. " A young man writes from one of "the rural villages of Tennessee tothe Louis­ ville Courier-Journal: "I have been teaching school ever since I quit school about a vear ago, but I do not like it. It is time I had chosen a profession, and I think I would rather be an editor than anything else, for I like ease and com­ fort and plenty of money, and do not like to work. To be an editor, to sit in an elegant sanctum, with nothing to do but write when I feel like it, to have plenty of money and to go where and when I please, free of cost, and lead the editor's quiet life of ease, without care or trouble of any sort, is the height of my ambition. My friends think I ought to study law or medicine, or keep on teaching; but to be a lawyer or droetor requires too much study, and too much brans to start with, and teaching is too muchwoftk. Under these circumstances, would you not advise me to become an editor?" We certainly would; your ideas of the life of an editor aad of his surroundings and freedom from oare and' toil are sin­ gularly accurate. An editor is the hap­ piest being on earth. He has little or nothing to do and his pay is all that heart could wish. His sanctum, with its Persian rugs and Turkey carpets, its costly rosewTKid furniture, its magnifi­ cent mirrors, its beautiful pictures, its complete library of splendidly bound books, its buffet stocked with the finest wines, liquors, and cigars which cost but a puft or two, its silver bells to summon an attendant whenever a juicy- or cock­ tail is wanted, and, in short, with every­ thing that human ingenuity can devise for its comfort and pleasure, is a perfect little paradise, where he sits or lounges and reigns a young lord--with the world of fashion and pleasure at his feet. And then anybody can be an editor-- no study, no brains, no preparation, nothing but a little money to start with and once started the . money pours in upon you in a steady stream and the chief, effort of your life is to spend it? As for tltfe labor of editing a newspaper, that is mere moonshine. A mere glance at the columns of a newspaper is enough to oonvince you that it requires no labor to edit it and less brains. It is certainly a glorions life, that of an editor, a life of luxurious ease and ele­ gant leisure--a life for the gods, filled like that of the young lovef iu his first sweet dream of requited love, with flutes and rose leaves and moonbeams. While not a wave of trouble rSlls Across hi»peacefr. breast; and that all men are not editors is one of the strangest things beneath the stars. ' Administration of Adds, Alkalies, Etc. Alkalies should be given before food. Iodine and iodides should be given on an empty stomach, , when they rapidly diffuse into the blood. If given during digestion, the acids and starch alter and weaken their action. Acids, as a rule, should be given between the digestive acts, because the mucous membrane of the stomach is in « favorable condition for the diffusion of the acid into the blood. Acids may be given before food when prescribed to check the ex­ cessive formation of the acids of the gas­ tric juiee. By giving it before meal, you check the osmosis stomachward of the acid-forming material. Irritating and dangerous drugs should be given di­ rectly after food, such as the salts of ar­ senic, copper, zinc, and iron, except where local conditions require their ad­ ministration in small doses before food. Oxide and nitrate of silver should be given after the process of digestion has ended. If given with food, chemical reactions destroy or impair their special attributes, and defeat the object for which they were prescribed. Metallic salts, especially corrosive sublimate, also tannin and pure alcohol, impair the digestive power of the active principle of the gastric juice, so should be taken into the stomach during its period of inactivity^ ,Malt extracts, cod liver oil, phosphates/ etc., should be given with or directlA'jifter food, so that they may enter the l>lood with the products of di­ gestion.--HalPs Journal of Health. A Good Use. "Aw," said an English tourist, speak­ ing* to a conductor on a Missouri rail­ way, "will you please tell me why the train has stopped here?" "Still-house,", thia,.y:.(^l4l!|0t0g an­ swered. • "A still-'ouiel" y %T-V-- "Yes." "May I oak w*y you atop at • still- 'ouse V "To get whisky to ran the train with." ' What! ran a train with whisky?" "Yes, use it instead of water. Fill ap the tender with it. Makes better steam than water does. Lasts longer-- pulls harder." "You don't say?" h*t- "Yes, I think I "Well, isn't that viry, viry queer, you know?" "No, can't say that it is." "I must make a note of that." The following shortly afterward ap­ peared in a London publication: "The Americans now run their railway en­ gines with whisky. This is the result of the recent Republican victory. Numerous distilleries belonging to the Democrats were confiscated after the campaign and as the, liquor is too strong for the Republicans to drink, they use it in hauling their trains."- -Arkansaw Traveler. r - Immigrants to America.; The gentleman having charge* it Im­ migrants coming into Portland on the Dominion line steamers says that while the average Irishman prefers to make his home in some city in the United States, the Englishman goes to Canada and takes up a farm. The Germans go to Western cities and the Swedes to Western farm lands, there to change with curious abruptness into Americans in habit and thought. The Hebrew-- and of late there have been many of them--have shown a disposition to drift to Canada, to Montreal in particular. They seem to be very poor, but Mr. Dawson has found appearances very deceptive sometimes. The Swedes and Germans as a rule are well supplied with money, the English fairly so-so, while the Irishman, like the Yankee who wanted to marry the rich man's daughter, is simply "chock full o' days' works."--Lewistovm Journal. SOME of the brick houses erected In England 200 years ago are so cemented together that the walls have to be blown down with gunpowder when the site is wanted for something modern. •1a • A-Xi 1 [OC1HTXC SCHEM^ PP** THUS HEX* HOBS* ~ _ j dropping Oat that Sbow (k« ' B«8tn«s» of the Bourbon l«td«n ia Their Determination to Chain Control by Fraud. [Washington special.] Some of tho secrets of the Democratic plot to steal the next House are already coming out. They show how earnest the Bourbon leaders were in their purpose to keep control of the popular branch of Congress by fraudulent means. The pres­ ent exposure relates to the Thivd Tennes­ see District, where Evans, Bepmbican, was elected aud his election- oonceded by niB Democratic opponent natU the arrange­ ment was made for throwing out enough Republicans in the Southern States to reverse the majority in the House. Then the local eleetioa officers who were Demo­ crats undertook to throw out enough votes lor Evans to give Bates, the Democratic candidate, a prima facie right to his seat. The Governor and Secretary of Slate signed a certificate for Bates, but the fraud was so strong that Gov. Taylor directed his signature to be erased and the certificate destroyed. At least, this, has been the understanding in Washing­ ton. It is said that as soon as the first doc- tored return reached Gov. Taylor the Secretary of State of Tennessee made out a certificate of election for Bates, Demo­ crat, signed it, and affixed the seal of the State to it. The same day the Secretary of State presented it to Gov. E. L. Tay­ lor thus signed and sealed, who also signed it. The next morning Taylor con­ cluded that Evans, Republican, was en­ titled to the certificate, and called on the Secretary of State to cancel the certi­ ficate made out in favor of Bates. The Secretary of State either declined to sur­ render or said it was mislaid, and at once communicated with Bates, who called and took the certificate, and, fearing legal proceedings for its surrender, sent it out of the State. It is said at the Capital that Bates forwarded the certificate in a sealed package to Washington--soma say to the care of the Clerk of the House, the pack­ age not to be opened until further direc­ tion. Some time ago these statements were forwarded to Gov. Taylor, with a request to deny or affirm them for publication, bnt the Governor has failed to reply so far. The Democratic managers having thus arranged, as they supposed, to get Bates in, then turned their utteniion to other directions. What the plot was in the Course of Gov. Wilson, of West Virginia, in withholding certificates from the two *Bepublican8, while he gave them to the two Democrats who had prima facie titles, shows. But it was found that even were this scheme tried the Demo­ crats would still lack a nominal majority and the death of a Republican member- elect would only leave a tie. This after­ noon they have been again forced to ad- mit. their Dlcttiuu ana that with every detail of the con­ spiracy carried out the Republicans would have a majority of three. In their des­ peration the Democrats took no account of public sentiment, but since the facts are coming out some conservative Re­ publicans, who thought Senator Quay was too out-snoken in saying the Republicans would hold their majority in the House with a mailed hand, are begin­ ning to see that the Chairman of the National Committee knew the kind of people the Republican party has to do wiih. As to the Tennes^ea dis­ trict, it is understood that Gov. Taylor has issued a certificate to Evans, the fairly elected Rep <blici& Congressman, and accompanied it with a statement of circumstances under which- the Bates certificate was given. The Clerk of the House, who makes up the roll, is a Dem­ ocrat, and his party expected him to do whatever was necessary in order to save them the organisation. But if he ignore Evans and attempt to put Bates on the roll so that the fraud may be carried out, there will be the liveliest time that has been seen at the opening of Congress for many years. The Republican majority will be on band and there will be no fears that its rights will not be upheld. But in doing this the situation may not be made pleasant for the Bourbons who have been m the conspiracy to steal tjie organization. The knowledge that theire has been a far-reaching conspiracy is giving much force to the demand for an extra session soon after Gen. Harrison's inauguration. Origin of the Democratic Party. A local Democratic paper, while un­ willing to indorse the claim of the New York World that the Democratic party had its beginning with the patriots who fought for and won our independence, yet asserts that instead of beginning iu 1828 it can go back of that a quarter of a century, since "the principles held by the Democratic party of to-day can be traced back to Thomas Jefferson, who, although not the first to formulate them, first successfully drew around him a party intent on pro­ moting that theory which widens the suffrage, is jeatals of the lights of the States, and insists on the rigorous en­ forcement of every constitutional limit of the Federal power." This is true in part only. There is no record of any political organization called "the Democratic par­ ty earlier than 1828. The present organization of that title took its name just sixty years ago and no more. Calhoun was its master spirit and infused his principles into its blood. The great central principle of the Democracy always has been State sov­ ereignty and the right of secession, rather than national sovereignty and indissoluble unity. That and hostility to internal rev­ enue taxes, especially on whisky, they undoubtedly owe to Mr. Jefferson. As for widening the suffrage, it was no hobby with Mr. Jefferson, who did not bestir himself to make voters out of non-land- Holding Virginians. Nor h is it been with the Democracy, which fought the Repub­ licans when they made the colored man a voter, and in the cotton States has thus far succeeded iu nullifying the constitu­ tional amendment aad lawn which make the loyal black man the political peer of the white rebel. The Democratic plan of widening the suffrage, as seen in opera­ tion in New York, Cincinnati, and Chioa- S. has been to have the broadest possible Id for the work of repeaters and men holding forged naturalization papers. On State sovereignty and hostility to colored men alone has the Democracy been consistent. On all other issues it has been on all sides of the fence. Once it was against internal improvements; now it favors them Oace it fought and de­ stroyed a United States bank; now it ao- Juiesces in the national bank system, ince it fought the creation and issue of greenbacks, but when they became badly depreciated at the end of the war it de­ manded a large enough issue to "pay off" the national debt, and opposed all meas­ ures for their redemption in coin or the resumption of specie payments. Now it : prfesses to be pieced with both. Now it says it is for free trade and the internal" revenue tax^>n liquor, but those whom it calls its "leaders" were not always hostile to protection. Jackson was for a high tariff b 11. and Calhoun favored protection while he thought it benefited the South, and no protective tariff was evermore rad­ ical than the embargo of Jefferson and the war which fpllowed it, which transformed New England from a commercial into a manufacturing community. But with ail its mutations there is one thing for which the Democratic party has been steadfast aad persistent--its love of offioe ari partisan spoils--Chicago Tribune • Ifoxions Animals. Xiast August there were killed in Hew South Wales the following "nox­ ious" animals: 5,956 kangaroos, 52,346 wallabies, 1,014 hawks, 14 emua, audi 333 native doga. It Was Conceived and Olilllill by a Bl|fc of California, and MaMfir West dumped at (he Bait and AMtXlsftepl? at Oaee. [Indianapolis (IxA) iptelaL CoL Clarkson, of the National Republican Committee, when recently here, told Gen. Harrison the true story of the Miircbison letter, and it has just become public. Ac­ cording to Mr. Clarkson. the man who should get the loaves and fishes for the Mu-. < hiaon stroke is Lieut. Gov. ShelJon, of Los Angeles. Cat. When Mr. Cleveland's fisheries message was made public the thought occurred to Sheldon that the docu­ ment; s effect couli bo neutralized by some sort of coup d'etat. The scheme that first suggested itself to Sheldon was to wring from President Cleveland a confession that the message was absolute buncombe. "I believe I can demonstrate that the President has deliberately planned to speculate on the affairs of the peo­ ple, in a matter, too. where the gravest of apprehensions lie." said Sheldon to a friend after be had given the subject some thought. Sheldon had so much contldenee in tho gullibility of an Englishman that he believed Minister West would walk into al­ most any sort of trap. There are about LAS Angeles a number of Englishmen who be­ long to the Society of St. George, a Britan­ nic order which is supposed to preserve the spark of loyalty to the Queen wherever the subject may be. "Are you acquainted with Minister West?" inquired Sheldon of a fellow of St. George one day. "1 have such an acquaintance as a citizen of a nation generally has with their states­ men. Why?" the man replied. "I would like to obtain his candid views and some honest information about a mat­ ter," Sheldon responded. "1 can write him a letter that will get an answer." said the Englishman. Sheldon then dictated the subject matter of the letter, leaving to the fellow of St. George to form the sentences. The draft of a letter without signature was presently given to Sheldon, who signed to it the name "Murchison" and directed how the answer should be mailed to him. The answer came surprisingly quick from Minister West. It must have been answered by the return mail. Sheldon held tho letter for a day or two until he could fully realize his success, and then he sent copies of the letter to the Republican National Committee. The char­ acter of tho letter was such that the Na­ tional Committee could hardly believe Its eyos. Telegrams were sent to Los Angeles to obtain each verification of the copies as would establish the good faith of isheldon, and inquiries at Washington satisfied the committee that the matter was not a "fake." While the investigations were going on, Gen, Harrison was advised "to expect something good" In a day or two. This talismanic message was understood when the Murchison letter appeared. As soon as the letters were given out Gen. Harrison obtained the history of their writing, which has since been supplemented by a state­ ment sent; direct to the President-elect from Gov. Sheldon. In addition to the precau­ tion as to secrecy which West had taken in the form of his letter, he had written over the top ot the first page the word "private." Neither West nor anv oth»r member or tue Society of St. George dared make his defense public, because to charge that the West letter was written to a member of the order would expose the Minister to the impeachment of being a liar--an exposure Sheldon could have clinched by coming before the public as tho author of the first and tho recipient of the second letter. Thus while the Democrats had a good defense and Minister West an exhonoration, neither was available. Shel­ don had innocently, perhaps, fenced in their last avenue of escape by placing himself be­ tween West, ana the man who molded the form of Murchison's letter. It is pretty well understood that Sheldon maintained a dis­ creet silence for partisan purposes and that the fellow-member of St. George's, for ob­ vious reasons, kept his mouth shut. The conduct of President Cleveland in the episode--his hesitation at first, then his re­ lentless rigor toward West--has been im­ properly ascribed to misconception on his part of the injury in the letter, which mis­ conception. it has been claimed, was re­ moved by telegrams to him from New York. Mr. Cleveland's conduct was entirely of his own architecture. When the letter was nmde public West explained to him in con­ fidence that tho letters were communica­ tions which the fellowship of a secret order licensed. Cleveland, perceiving that the British Minister's mail might have been robbed or that he might have otherwise been outrageously imposed upon, felt as sorry for the Minister as he did for himself. The President thought that it was only fair that West should be given time to work out his defense. Both waited for the story of the letter to come out, but it did not come. After West had failed to produce' evidence in his vindication the President had but one conclusion--that the Minister was a liar as well as a dunce, and that his acoount of how he had written the letter was simply a knavish effort to impose upon the administration. When that conclusion was reached Minister West became "Mr." West with a vengeance. When Cleveland had concluded that West was a liar Lord Salisbury, to whom the Minister had made his defense, retained faith in the protesta­ tions offered. The Premieg, as well as West, is a member of the Society of St. George, and of course could see the force at the defense, which was not open to Cleve­ land. DESTROYING THE. DIES OF 1888. A Dalqo* Formality at the United States Mint In Philadelphia* [Philadelphia (Pa.) talomm.] All the dies, numbering between 800 and 900, used during the year 1888 in the United States Mint here have been destroyed under the direction of Superintendent Fox in the presence of the Chief Coiner and Assayer. The dies were taken to the blacksmith- shop. where they were put to a white heat, the temper being taken out of the steel. Then each die was placed upon an anvil. anfi two stal­ wart blacksmiths with sledge-hammers dealt powerful blows upon the face, thus completely destroying and obliterating the inscription. The operation required about two hours. When over, a certificate was prepared setting forth that all the dies in use during the year 1888 had been destroyed in accordance with the regulations of the department at Washington, and that the work had been witnessed by the officials whose presence was required. It was not always that the dieb were thus destroyed, for it. was not until fifteen years ago that such a regulation was insisted upon by the authorities. After th» destruction they be­ come worthless except as old iron, and Will be sold as such. fi*- ?nrnr THOUBANT> demanded an increased base their claim on tht are getting better. IT is estimated that the ]_ industry ranks fourteenth m try in the matter of] .capital invested. .. # : ACCORDING to the Canadian Mini® faeturer, a new scheme of ut aa^dvst of the Ottawa Bittpr ;fg£j£»' pnqpoae of fuel is ptopnaed. claimed that by a system of _ _ the refuge into a uniform fineness, (Air­ ing it with the refuge gas tar frogn fte gas honse said compressing the anb-' stance into cakes, a fuel oan be made in every way superior to soft coal for open fire. AM English electrician has Invented a material which' he calls atMa for the prevention ol eWTOBWi iii bwien'fc interior is quOteS of electricity a»e' paaaeA" .! boiler aud ton' time to The formation of aertte l(t a layer of hydrogen (pa* posited upon the inner boiler. The reversed cm the hydrogen into purer _ layer of pure water being' thna kept i around the boiler. THE number of full-grow® of employment in Georgia Eleven stalwart citizens of recently seen loafing alymt whittling, whistling, and spending time, while inside a ing factory their children, all were working from twelve tr>i four hours a day.; <When asi their fathers did t&ward earni ing those children answered: brings our dinner to us. actually all their able-bodied. had to do. A SAW-MIU. near Bangor, Me., haa become noted as the scene of a wonder­ ful feat of mechanical engineering. The proprietor of the mill recently took into his employ a "smart Aleck" mechanic, who was to take general charge of % machinery. While the proprietor wail absent the main shaft of tnemill worked loose, wobbling oddly. Instead of flit­ ting in a new Babbit box the enterpris­ ing millman, thinking to save asoney and win his employers praises, pat in * wood bearing made of two-inch ptin& and was standing by fondly contem­ plating his device when the friction £et the wood afire. Nothing daunted ha promptly engaged a man to keep 4aih- ing water into the place to keep down a conflagration. This perfornsaitee bad been going on for six days at a cost of $1 per day and board for the FreaMlit- man who ncterl fire department. wt»«n the proprietor returned, and ihe owiart mechanic was actually surprised wh«n told his services were no longer A DOUBLE-HEARTED NEGRO. MMUm RarprlMii by ant ExsnilaathNi «f a Xl«w Jeraey Colored Mu. RILWATON (N, J.) dispatch.] The Mercer County Medical Society has devoted much time to the examination of William King, a colored man who is said to have two hearts. He is about 4ft years of age. The examination proved that he has a divided heart, sueli as is found In the lower animal kingdom. The heart beats perceptibly on both fides. King claims to be able to drop his ribs like a sst of double-action window blinds, but this was done, it was detected, by his control,of certain muscles. He claimed that he could change the locality of his double heart, but this was pronounced a piece of jugglery, the result of long practice. He caused his hearts, pulse, and temples to cease beating for a period of sixty seconds, and the phy­ sicians pronounced it a successful effort. A Bali Boom Tragedy. The story we are about to relate hap­ pened in this city not many weeks ago. It was kept out of print at the time oat of consideration for the young lady, who has since left the city, ' It was at a ball. Among the peS&a* present was a young iadv whohada great horror of snakes, and imagined-- no matter what the reason--if she ex­ perienced any unusual alarm, a snake iu unpleasant proximity. After daneing a while she was greatly distarbed by feeling a sensation as though fc at had fixed itself beneath the folds; dress. Grasping the head el the tightly, she screamed aloud ance. A hasty consultation gamest of the ladies was held, was decided that a young disciple of Esculapins who was present should be called to their assistance. He - was quickly on the spot, and being a y<mng man of unoommon courage, was sot many moments within the efroljB of feialf fainting females before lie diad caught the tail of the snake and wound it firmly .. around his hand, teljUng Miss 1L that she must let go the moment he Jerked, and to make the act as instantaneous an possible. * ^ He told her he would ptoanumuft words one, two, three, and that it the last word she must let go her hold, and that he doubted not that he eonld with* draw the snake before it eould hate time to strike. All stood in breathless horror await­ ing "the act of life or death, and the mo­ ment the words were pronooaoed the young fellow jerked out the largest and most diabolical looking wire bassle that was ever seen. The whole affair was aoon explained. The fastening of the machine had be­ come loose during the daneing, audit had shifted its position about in such a manner that it dangled about and in­ duced the wearer to believe that it waa a snake with an enormous head. The fellow swooned in his tracks, and oouldnt be induced to attempt the capture of another snake under any circumstances. The young lady left the greatly mortifiect--Palatka (Fta*> aid. * sueh , M00REH0US£S MESSAG '̂ XKIaaoaH's BeUriii( Governor AddrvftaM* t|i» Legislature--the latter Choom Oa- cars. [Jefferson City (Mo.) telegram.] The message ot retiring Governor Moore- house. of Missouri, has been sent to the Legislature. It was a long document, and treats State matters only. It notes a large increase of taxable wealth, a rapid ex­ tinguishment of the public debt, sound con­ dition of the public school system and State institutions, and says in no period of the State's history has prosperity taken a wider range or been more lavish in her gifts. The Governor recommends that the Australian system of voting be adopted. * w. o jssysr,jit gue County. Texas. Is short $4,000 ia his » btguuung. My wtivKtil accounts. JB ! above Its foundation. I TH* stah|MH^B|Mvfng and health de- : E»e it MOUNTING «®d partmwi^^^fcw burned.^aaBljj w The thirst for the infiaifle j Victor Hugo's ReUgte*. We have so often heard the Frenchman's name coupled with epithets as free thinker, skeptic, that we are gldd to publish a few of his later sayings wiuoh show the true faith d tlw man. There ia no skepticism aboot this. I feel in myself the future life. 1 am like a forest which has been more than once cut down. The new shoots are stronger and livelier than ever. I aaa rising, I know, toward the sky. .The sunshine is over my head. The earth gives me its generous sap, bnt Heaven lights me with the reflection of unknown worlds. You say the soul is nothing but the resultant of bodily powers; why then la my soul the more luminous when my bodily powers begin to fail? Winter » on my head and eternal spring is in my heart. Then I breathe, at this hour, the fragrance of the lilies, the vialpts, a^dl the roses as at twenty years. The nearer 1 approach the Mid, the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the worlds which unite me. It is marvelous, yet simple. , It is a fairy tale, and it is history. For halt a century I have been writing nay thoughts in prose, verse, history, phi­ losophy, drama, romance, traditio*, satire, ode, song--I have tried all. Bat I feel that I have not said the thou­ sandth part of what is in me. When I go down to the grave I can say, like so many others, ttI have finished my d. I work;" but I cannot say, "I finished my life.* My day's work begin again the next morning. toipb ia not a blind alley, it is i onghlare. It closes in the [ open with the dawn. f I improve every hour bocenae • hav* I |rwi«B were |K <#er. infinity. iu »».. ? & I ...