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for ti- rleans, at the Dvement iteolcaes* a large element . an, and If the oURanization join In fp, powerful party can be bat It will be a party Mk. Fanneeswho ad- party in ftfee South are _ " and if in iu til® South it will m^ful for evil." But in >irrw raiigiaat exponent or somhfern Bourbonism advocates tha formation of a third party in tlie North. It says: If the fanners ot the West, who have for yeoriseen themselves oppressed and plun- dercd, wWte they holdup and strengthened the hands of t he plunderer*, because of a rankling hatred of tne Houth, prefer to form a third party rather than join the Demo­ cratic ranks, let them do so. But we warn the farmers and other industrial classes of the Stnrtii to touch not, handle not, this Unclean Ming. The extreme candor of these Southern* «rs can but be respected; it is in noble contrast to the cowardly falsehood of the Democratic leaders of the North. The Daily States doe* not give unquali­ fied approval to a third party, even in the North; It just thinks that if Repub- licanfarmers in tike North cannot be made straight Democrats, they had bet­ ter be used to weaken the Republican cause by voting fer a titiM party. But it calls their party "an uttctean thing," which the "farmers and industrial classes of the South most touch not, handle not." The PPcayunc is equally anxious for a third party in the North, while it wants unadulterated Democracy in the 8outh. "There is really no necessity," it says, •for the farmers to go further than the Democratic party for political aid and assistance, but, nevertheless, we see no radical objection to a farmers' party in the North and West. It would necessa­ rily take possession of much of the fol­ lowing of the old Republican party, and it would practically work the destruction of that party." In other words, it would be better for Southern politicians if the Republican farmers of the North should become plain Democrats, but, as that is impossi­ ble, "we see no radical objection to a farmers' party in the North and West," because "it would take possession of much of the strength of the Republican party, and practically would work the destruction of it" Same old purpose. "Anything to beat Grant." If the farmers of the North can be made to*uri8erstand what the purposes of Southern politicians are they will wait until the times are ripe for the forma­ tion of a third party. They are not yet ripe, as the bold utterances of the South­ ern press prove. The Southern Alliance -n\en in State Legislatures proclaim themselves "Democrats seven days in the week." Tillman, elected Governor of South Carolina by the Farmers' Alli­ ance, now declares that he is no third party man, but a Democratic Governor of a Democratic State. The Southern press curses the idea of a third party in the South as "an unclean thing." A third party in the North would be a de­ spised servant of the Democratic poli ticians of the South, and nothing more the* that. Fr®« Trade Brings Panics. If the Republican party bad elected a majority of the next national House, there would have been no succeeding panic in the United States. The Demo­ crats had been talking oppression, de­ crease in wages, and threatened starva­ tion of laborers during the whole of the year preceding the election. Democratic merchants advanced prices for political effect, notwithstanding the general tend­ ency of values on nearly all shop goods was downward. The Republicans advo­ cated increased prosperity through building up the home market aud gain­ ing a population here that would con­ sume all our surplus. Republican speak­ ers warned the people that Democratic victories have always brought disasters and panics, and that result speedily fol­ lowed the election. There has not been A single instance in the whole history of the nation where the Democratic party gained a victory on a free-trade platform that it did not precipitate a panic, ruin and stagnation upon the business inter­ ests of the country. This is a broad statement, but history fully sustains it. Short crops and higher values of grain are the only things that have prevented the most disastrous panic ever known in the United States as a direct result of the election of the free trade House. If Democracy and free trade should carry in 1892 the loss by the derangement of business and resulting panics will be considerably greater than the entire cost of the war of the Rebellion to both North and South. The partial free trade vic­ tory in 1890 and its direct result In the panic should be sufficient warning for all time. »t,4 ; Tfcey Anticipated a Bias. . A. New York paper says that It la " known that a number of large importing firms are on the verge of failure on ac­ count of the McKinley law, or rather on account of their own greediness. It seems that many business men wene as foolish as the free trade papers, and be­ lieved that the McKinley law would ac­ tually advance prices. Relying on this hope, these importers bought largely be­ fore the law went into effect and stored their goods to await the anticipated ad­ vance. But the advance in prices failed to materialize, and now these firms have failure and ruin staring them in the face. It is known that large firms owe their failure to this kind of speculation. How many other business failures have re­ sulted from the same cause it is impossi­ ble to learn. The McKinley law is not to blame for these failures, but the fool­ ish and reckless business men have their own greed to blame for it. It is a hard commentary on business men, supposed to bo capable and able to conduct large concerns, th$t they should allow them­ selves to be drawn to the verge of ruin by trusting to free trade screeds and pre­ dictions in Democratic papers.--Dza Motous BegisUr. Uncork that Stocking '̂ U Since the beginning of PresMfeirt Har­ rison's administration the amount of money in circulation has been increased more than Sloo,000»000; yet, according to Secretary Windom, "the effect has ly appreciable." It H the opi BOURBONS. Exhibits I*. Farmers' AI11- at land of to comprehend, s«yi RegUter. One dek«ate . jtwmA' dkl The newspaper £5*awanamSr to chroniolethe strange strantefathfring hi wMel and Deaoocretlo lobbyists toners of the great North and os- omni- thero of this on the y as a ifi .^i|on the the massage of •ittieereeiiiell. dotea'l aeem to .te jro* noticed how the have been goto* down ans are newt,, because of Ull of peaftaa the attorney be&fi prtc^*6f sinee the jatSeeqi neys. |M against the penifaners? Unless to some arnica* ble settlement Cleveland will get one shelU HHl wlttget lh^other, the Repub- licahs wiU rt$p Itfand swallow the oys­ ter, and thp' party will get VMeriM. make fd.v**£& lite Mew Team at work. Uncle Sam--I'm jnata little afeard o' that off critter,--Denver Republican. pecfally the Northwest do not favor the Bourbon idea of depriving any citizen, however humble, of His right to vote and have that vote honestly counted. That is all there is to the election bill. The Ocala convention was plainly man­ ipulated by the Democrats who were, of course, overwhelmingly In the majority. It is hard to determine whether the gfcater blunder el the OcU* convention was condemning the election bill or in­ dorsing what is known as the sub-treas­ ury warehouse scheme. Some safe sys­ tem must be devised that will extend banking benefits to the agricultural classes, but the warehouse scheme can­ not be said to be either safe or practica­ ble. The plan means that in any county where the value of agricultural products exceeds a certain amount the Govern­ ment shall put up large warehouses where farmers can have their grain stored. The Government shall then upon demand loan money on these de­ posits of grain at a rate of interest not to exceed 3 per cent Under certain limitations loans on real estate shall also be made* There are many objections to such a system. But the worst feature of it Is that it amounts to class legislation--leg­ islation that the farmers are almost solidly opposed to. If the Government shall make 3 per cent loans to the firmer, why not to the merchant, why not to the laboring man of the city?. This fact that it is practically class togislajUM^xauses it to be general­ ly oJPwSd 1 by the intelligent farmers of the North. Laws must bfe genera!; Tfiey must not be enacted for any one class. The farmer wants no ftghti that other people do not have, but hf insists that none shall stand be­ fore him and his noble profession. The warehouse scheme, it seems, violates this fundamental principle of legisla­ tion, and for that reason alone it will hardly become popular. The Ocala convention refused to listen to those who opposed the plan--the opposition was very little--and went ahead to bind headway in the South than in the North hereafter. It is a Southern-born organi­ zation and its object has been made so unmistakably- clear that no Republican can join it without surrendering his con­ victions and becoming a tool of De­ mocracy.--Detroit Wmrie. T'A*.-"*:,*" : ^SAv'S % V- Tribune. the farmers it claimed to represent to a scheme that had not been fully investi­ gated. If the Ocala delegates had not been nearly all Southern delegates who were like potter's ciay in the hands of Bour­ bon politicians it would have done much better for the farmers and the country. As it was, there is little in the proceed­ ings that the farmers of Iowa or the North can indorse. A narrow sectional- Ism warped the judgment of the Con­ vention. • - *he Truth win Oat. Occasionally a Democratic paper will slip a cog and allow a bit of truth to es­ cape. The Democratic New York Her­ ald says editorially: A census bulletin recently issued shows the remarkable advance the United States has made in the production of gteel*n the Ijist ten years. In 1880 the production amounted to 1,145.711 tons; for the year ended June 30, 1800, it retched 4,466,926 tons. That is an Increase in the yearly yield of 3,321,215, or 290 per cent. In 1?80 there were steel making establishments in fourteen Staters; there are now such works in nineteen States. Within these ton years the Bessemer steel product has increased from less than a 'million to nearly 4,000,000 tons. In 1880 the output of Bessemer Steel rwils was 741,475 tens; in 1K9® it was 2,03(5,- 654. "These figures are full of slgtilScanco. Steel rails are now cheaper than Iron rails, and have taken their place. Nothing could have been* said that would have better advocated protection to American industries. Every man of sense in the land knows that this indus­ try would never have seen its present prosperity without the protection it has had. Political Pointers. ATTBB Grover Cleveland is nominated by the Democracy for President, the Hill organs will corner the market on crows. THK Des Moines Leader thinks that "Republican tendencies are checked." The Leader does not seem to remember "It •h »>' . ipv ' • 4. collars were in a large number of oases responsible for the trouble. He found the patients suffering from a chronic complaint, brought on by a disturb­ ance in the regular and normal flow of blood, which he traced to the wearing of collars that were not sufficiently loose, and parents and teachers were cautioned to guard against continuing their use. The warning may be serv­ iceable in similar cases elsewhere. GLOVES of chicken skin WEN IN vogue in the early part of the seven­ teenth century. These were used at night to give the hands whiteness and delicacy. Thin and delicate gloves were first made at Limerick. They were so thin they could be put in a walnut shell. Gougli says that gloves were not worn by all women before the Reformation. But this is not abso­ lutely correct, for Chaucer speaks in liis translation of the "Romaunt of the Hose" of Idleness: -*nm* : j|nd for to keep her hands fayre, > . 01 gloves white she had a pur. fe, ; _ v : -- BCT few persons who view a passen­ ger train as it goes thundering past have an idea that it represents a cash value of from $75,000 to $120,000, but snoh is the case. The ordinary ex­ press trains represent from $83,000 to $90,000. The engine and tender are valued at $10,500; the baggage car, $1,000; the postal car, $2,01)0; the smoking car, $5,000; two ordinary pas­ senger cars, $10,000each; three palace cars, $15,000 each; total, $8i),000. Many of the trains which pull up to or out of the Grand Central Depot, New York, are worth $150,000. THE coast of Connecticut was first explored by one of the early Dutch 8--' Adrian Block, who in 1614 European to sail through StSSpiililf ii *4 tiffcgw • A CURIOUS fact in statistics of popu­ lation st| the greater number of people whose sifis Is expressed in decimals of ten. For bwt*nee, in the last oensus of Bhode Island there were more than twioe as many people fifty years old as there were people forty-nine years old. So, again, it was shown in the last cen­ sus that there were in a certain county 2,000 colored people sixty-nine years old, 1,200 seventy-one years old and 19,000 seventy years old. The fact is a striking illustration of the general fondness of people for round numbers. A man who is fifty-nine or sixty-one years of age is quite apt to call himself sixty; and in a similar case a woman will call herself forty or fifty. WHILE we in this country, says a mechanical journal, are experimenting with electricity as a motive power, sev­ eral Europeau countries are trying compressed air, apparently with suc­ cess. In Nantes, where this system is in use, the British Consnl reports that the street railways worked bv the sys­ tem referred to give entire satisfaction. "The cars," he says, "are comfortable and run smoothly, with very little noise. Ihwdo not interfere with the general traffic in the streets, and their immunity from accidents is remarkable. The average speed is about eight miles an hour, but it can easily be increased or moderated." A CAREFUL observation of some 800 cases of short-sightedness in children, conducted by Prof. Foster, director of the university opthalmic clinic of Bres- lau, led him to conclude that too tight OMMiataie- wai& so is <•* *<> the public w l i o ' U s e than a* i* die postage s t a m p. Almoat 3,- 000000 are vsadintkis ooantry an­ nually, and for Over 15 y e a n t h e A m e r i c a n Hank State Cotnpany has hed the contract for their manufac­ ture for this country. The firtt stage in the manufacture of the stamps is the making of the die. The design settled upon by the govern­ ment is then made. The engraver then makes an engraving in deep iutagliu upon prootas-eeftened steel. After the device and border is cut, the steel is hardened and the intaglio is ready for use. Then the upper die or punch is made. A cube of pressed steel is pressed by a hydraulic ram upon the intaglio engraving, *nd after it has been forced into all the depressions it is slightly touched by the engraver's graver and burnisher. A cameo count­ erpart of the intaglio is thus formed, and from the^e the plate is made up by pressing the hardened steel upon the softer mets^. The plates which print 200 stamps each impression belong to the govern- ernmnut, and each night are taken from the presses and locked up in massive safes by the Uuited States Postage Stamp Collector. The paper upon which the stamps are printed is supplied by tne Government daily upon the requisition of the manu­ facturer, a careful reeord being kept of the amount of the issue, and the com­ pany must return the full number of sheets whether in good or "spoilt" work. The presses used by the Amer­ ican are of the improved Robertson in­ vention, ana each carry five plates of 200 stamps each. They are tremen­ dous affairs, and only ten of them are used, each necessitating the employ­ ment of one man to manage them aud two girls, one to lav the fcheete on and the other to take off. The rolling of the ink into the plate, the filling in of the lines aud the final polishing of the plate, is all done now by the press. Formerly it was all done by the printer, whose art roally consisted in the filling in and polishing, the latter beiug done with whiting and the palm of the hand. Then the plate was putin the small press. The sneet was laid on by the girl, aud the man helper pulled the press, the plate pass- iug through under the forced weight. It was only three years ago that this form was gone through with the band presses. The sheets, after being oarefullv counted, are then taken to the gum­ ming room. The gumming too, until quite recently, was done by hand with a broad brush, bntncvr a more effective and rapid method has been devised of passing a roller over the backs of the sheets by machinery, applying the gum evenly over the entire# surface. The gum is imported in a farinaceous state, and resembles undiluted gelatine. | The gummed sheets are then removed to the drying room, where they are placed on racks and passed over a series of steam pipes. They are counted in each department in order that the re­ sponsibility may be placed if any are lost or mislaid. The American com­ pany in its fifteen years of f ervice for the government, however, never had to account for the loss of one sheet. The gummed and dried sheets are then piled up fifty thick, and placed unddr a heavy piece of machinery provided with many uuuuteu puueues, so ar­ ranged as to pierce the space between the stamps. The sheets are run through length­ wise and afterwards changed in posi­ tion and the cross perforations made. They are then ready for use, and are held awaiting the requisition of the Postmaster-General.--New York Ketct. Bedrooms at the Orient. The bedrooms of the Orient are far different from those of Christendom. Fully half the women of the world sleep upon the floor or the ground, and even the richest of the ladies of Asia have never known the luxury of hair mattresses and spring beds. Most of these Mongolian beauties, says a writer, bed ifathigUr Oneiajr ica, betenta a b adt naaa flifiTfar' Thi shop to-tnonew me 4»ie Ball. 4Ne BuU was in Amer- his eooeert to himself a good Watched 6le Bull then said: eome down to the 8*1 shaved and ^how I feel powerful bad." The next m>ft accordingly, found Ola. Bnil at th« baiter's ahop, showing how he managed the wonderful playing. Another expeiience which he had in America was not quite so pleasant; but it is worth telling, because, it shows that a man need not be less manly and teave because he is devoted | to some partjenlar study, any more than a hoy need be iesa plucky because he dees h|s lessons weU; The Duke of Devonshire had given Ole Bull a beautiful diamond, which the latter had bad set in his bow. One evening, after a concert, a man came and said he should like to have that dia­ mond. Ole Bull naturally objected; he said the stone was a present, and he could neither sell nor give it away. "Well, I mean to have it,* said the man. puliing a great bowie knife out of htH pocket with a threatening attitude. Without one word of warning Ole Bull knocked him down. You had better not try that sort of thing with me again," lie said, standine with his foot on the mffian's chest. *1 will let yon off this time." The thief was so pleased with the artist's pluck and skill that he begged him to accept his knife before he took his departure, glad to be let off so easily. Baitahetorlljr KxylalMi, A clergyman was lamenting the fact that his congregation appeared to be restless during his sermon and declared that many of the members of his flock woold get up at a time when he tended himself most impressive and would leave the house. "That's bad," answered a young preaoher, "but I must say that I do not experience any such annnoyanca Not % single member of my congrega­ tion gets up and goes out during serv­ ices." "You don't say so?" the first speaker exclaimed. "Bow do you manage it?" "I don't manage it at all--seems to manage itself." "Don't they complain when you preach a long sermon?" "No, I've never heard a word of com­ plaint." "That is indeed singular. Your peo­ ple must have been exceptionally well brought up." "No, I think not* "Then you must be one of tike foost eloquent of men. What is the style of your preaching?" "Oh, rather dry, I am compelled to admit. I do not possess the faculty of drawing an interesting illustration or of tlirowiug out a bright idea." "Well, well, 1 have never heard of anything so wonderful. And you tell me that no one ever gets up and goes out?" "Yes, that's what I tell you." "Well, 1 don't understand it at all." "Oh, It is easy enough to explain. I am ehaplain at the penitentiary." If A ' - ?' r <„ „ .-->; and there is in the museum a Jap­ anese pillow consisting of a lump of wood about the size of a loaf of bread with a piece of soft paper tied on the top of it, and so made that it will just fit into Yum Yum's neck and prop her head off the floor. The Japanese girl never needs to shake up her pillow and it is her neck rather than her head that lies upon it. The same kind of pillows are used in China and Siam, and as to the average Indian woman of Hindostan she does not know what a pillow means. You could buy her whole wardrobe for a dollar and a half, and she sleeps on the floor while her husband cuddles him­ self up in spoon fashion on the bed. The Korean pillow is about eight inches square and c foot long. I have seen some that were two feet long. They are as hard as though they were flatirons wrapped in cloth, and there is nothing comfortable about them. The Egyptians use large pillows, and the beauties of the harems sleep on large divans and these are often covered with Turkish rags. The richest woman in China, whose husband died worth fifty millions, has a bed fully six feet square. It is made of teak wood and it is covered with ropes instead of a mattress. The old lady lies on a canvas sheet stretched tightly over this, and she does not know what springs are. The Japanese sleep on the floor. They have thick comfor­ tables. which they spread on the floor at night, and which they pack away in cupboards in the daytime, and these constitute the bed. The Burmese also sleep on the floor, but they usually spread down mats instead of comfor­ tables, and their pillows are of bam­ boo. The same discomfort of sleeping arrangements prevails all over the East, and there is not a washstand in any Asiatic liedroom. A New Parlor Cam*. A game direct from Paris may be called "the eminent men game." Irson writes down the name of languished man on a piece of lasses H to his neighbor. One some Tttm Large** Farm Known. In the extreme southwest oorner of Louisiana lies the largest producing farm in the world. Measuring 100 miles north and south, and 25 miles east and west, it is owned and operated by a syndicate of Northern capitalists. The 1,600,000 acres of the tract were purchased in 1883 from the State of Louisiana and from the United States government. At that time it was a vast grazing land for the cattle of the few dealers of the neighborhood, over 30,000 head of half-wild horses and cattle being there­ on. Now this immea?e tract is divided into convenient pasture stations,, or ranches, existing every six miles. The fencing alone codt $50,000. The land is best adapted for rice, sugar, c^rn and cotton. All cultivating, ditching, eta, is done by steam power. A tract, say, half a mile wide is taken and an engine is plaoed on each side. The engines are portable, and operate a cable attached to four plows, and under this arrange­ ment 30 acres a day are gone over with only the labor of three men. Harrow­ ing, planting and other cultivation ̂done in a like manner. There is not a single draught horse on the entire place. Of course, horses are used for the herders of cattle, of which there are 16,- 000, head. The Southern Pacific Railway runs for 36 mileB through the farm. The company have three steam­ boats operating on the waters of their estates, of which there are 300 miles navigable. They have also an ice house, a bank, a shipyard and a rice mill. Greasing m Trolley Wire. A somewhat singular outcome of the necessities of certain conditions of elec­ tric traction has just made its appear­ ance. In frosty weather the firm con­ tact between the trolley wheel and the wire of an electric railroad is interfered with seriously by the formation of a coat of ice on the wire, and the weight of the wire is thus so increased as to militate against the safety of the over­ head work. To overcome this an appa­ ratus has been designed for greasing the wire, thus preventing the adhesion of any considerable amount of moist­ ure. A Irame is made to support a pan. Inside the receptacle is a wheel or roller for taking up the grease and spreading it on the conductor. This grooved wheel is made of wood or hard rubber, aud is covered with thick felt so as to be perfectly adapted to carry up and smear on the wire the contents of the pan. Where a semi-liquid sub­ stance is nsed for coating the conductor an endless belt or chain may be passed over the wheel for the purpose of car­ rying the grease. Why she Wanted Bun to Chew. "Mrs. Jones --You should make your husband quit chewing tobacco. If you ask him to do it I reckon he will do it Mrs Brown--I dare say, but I'm not going to ask him to quit ohewing to­ bacco. f "When your husband kisses you don't the taste of tobacco make yon sick?" "Yes, but I want him to keep on chewing tobacco all the same. He kisse* three or four more women, and the tobaooo makes them sicker than it does me, for they haven't got used to it yet like I have." WHEN a pretty girl marries r£ph ehe has seached the swset "buy and b«ar." 1 ITEMS who a Cisco. aasB,jir,t, ehez thaGoatemalan was a very detevminsii< fellow. On one to a reception at _ _ dent of the'Repnfctie, two quarreled, e*»4 one killed Sauchea hehrdtb* aofab afetf vestigate. The homioid«told happened and endeavored to d< conduct. Sanchez said: 'W« you men are better out of {he and join the other,' and he revolver and ahot the man he continued on to the PiwideWW house, and told the President in an o#- hand Way that two of his men M* row. and he had shot one of theCB, and t down to dinner. The above is from the President's w g the Guatemala-Salvadofr several young American integrMi) operators in Guatemala were engaged in endeavoring to keep up a communi­ cation on the wire with the army. One of these told me that one day when he and some of his colleague* were riding with Sanchez they passed a field in which some peon* were working. San­ chez looked at them and said in a earless way, 'I wonder how my nerves are to­ day !' He then unslung his Winchester from his saddle, took aim, and bowled over one oi the peons. The others ran for their lives. Sanchez again drew a bead and knocked over another man. Then, apparently satisfied that his nerve was all right, he^put back his rifle and rode along. it is also said of him that during the war a drummer bey of about 16, who had become homesick and wanted to re­ turn home, broke down and began cry­ ing. He blubbered around San shea's tent and asked his chief for peraaission to go home. 'Yes, you may go home,' said Sanchez, and without more ado he drew bis revolver and shot the boy dead. On one accasion, when his artillery was surrounded in battle, the only eaoape Waa up an almost impossible hillside. Sannhez ordered his men to scale it with their guns. He Htayed behind and as eoon us a man began to struggle San- chess shot hint dead. He escaped with his guns. Sanchez was onlr 2T vears old. - " StrumrUng Dor Bargains. • rival store advertised that it might be well to "look out for fun"' in a cer­ tain dry goods center that afternoon, whereupon the shop which had just got through an oxj>erience of fainting wo­ men at once did np woolen chatties in pieces of thirty-five yards each and directed that the^e bundles should he sold across the counter at one cent each. One of the floor walkers, in speaking of the soene after the bargains had been exhausted, said: "The store looked like a battlefield after a preliminary skirmish. In my vioinitv there wen twenty women, all of whom had fainted from their struggle to secure a part of the allotment of challies. They were laid out carefully upon the rugs Which had been taken from stock for their accommodation, each one with a olerk bending over ber administering smil­ ing salts or bathing her head with co­ logne, working like beavers in order to get their patients around in time for closing the store. "I suppose that the saorifiee of dtess goods cost < he store upward of $&000, but it gained this: For months the women who succeeded in getting what they sought, as well as the unfortunate ones, will not fail to visit the shop regularly every day to take advantage, of any other bargains which may be give unannouueed. They will, eaoh time they come in, buy something, even if it be only a half dozen buttons, and the profits from these women, who would not, under any other circum­ stances, enter the place, will return the outlay of the firm mauy hundred per cent" The Ku'o or Contraries, The world is to a laige ffcptK lated by "rolling stones." Sometimes a stone that is quite willing to roll is stuck by the force of circumstanoes on some rocky ledge which prevents its further travels, but the inclination to roll is just a*3 good an cxamp's of the prevalence of the rule of contraries ao the action itself. I believe fully one- . half of the civilized persons who have lived in the world have gone down to their graves under the impression that they have utterly and entirely mistaken their vocation*. Just as tho man who after selecting a seat in a car with forethought and de­ liberation finds that, after all, he has made a mistake and that the seat op­ posite is the one he should have chosen, so men discover that their talents run in any other groove rather than the one that they have selected, or into which the force of circumstances has driven them. The soldier feels that his name would have been a household word if only he had been an actor; the actor feels that if he had followed the procession oi arms he would have been a Wellington, a Napoleon or a Grant; the lawyer feels that if only he had escaped the petty drudgery of the legal profession he would have aehieved a grand success whether as an actor or a soldier. The man wo feels that he is occupying the exact niche that nature created for him is a rarity, a veritable black swan. Misapplied Urease. An Englishman once presented a party of savages with some cakes of soap. They ate part of them, and strung the rest around their necks. A Southern correspondent of a New York paper describes another queer example of a good thing in the wrong place. I had been looking over the tattle- fields around Marietta, Ga., and was five miles from the town, when a cracker came along with an ox and a cart and offered me a lift. After riding some distance I realized that both Wheels were sadly in need of grease, and asked him why he didn't lubricate. "What fur?" he asked. "To make the curt draw more easily." "Shol This yere ox doan* mind. He-un doan* know." "Bat it would stop the squeaking." "Yes, I reckon, but the squeak in' doan' hurt." "It would save your wheels," I finally said. "Shot this eld eawt aint wuth sav­ ing." ̂ "Did you ever grease it?" I persisted. "Once. A Yankee rode to town with me fttfd bought me a box of stuff" How did it work?" Mighty dick, bat we dun spread it aII -HII 2 ̂A .1! y 4 * J \ ̂ * i ' f. A < '• ' "i'V '"K jt P A v' 7 y Local -AeaNeniei -llisSMwt .Maters. T**Slte for t) at tie World's Pair ltco®sW»of abeit« wrath tins of the' JacksonPark, east of north Of the channel Midway Piaisance, and sol artificial lakes. It will oi Jeennds adjacent to the to be located fat ~ an observatory at the a vlew of all naval ope rat The tract is nearly pi tfcehurger end toward from the Js a. A del authority to by Gov. week a ter the iou of t jeneral aj Illinois ttitti bee hostess m Arriving Hfc-- . rough meafeliiliBlgpifermBade and'.'] Virgin (IfOte ^•H^MpK-Jthe < tion: "This is t^BM|MMit'||ie." « olonel Biivis said: *Thi)l»tory ><> ni<*. * All present hoai^|^^^MH|ed lit the de­ cision. Oovern||^BHklBBiil^d that • by the action of1 *" ers' Mutual Bett^pHf Grange the State Bo: had been requested question and to ree appropriation to Governor was not he would recoaMW..^,..^ the General As?emlslj|| that it wou'd be in j™§| suggestions of the Boa|f|i non-political in its cow; no doubt that the would be reasonably citizen of the State is tntfe ing a creditable display of resources and advantages of Illinois. CHICAGO Tribune: A. H. R; place of business is at No. street, Chicago, and who li1 Is not doine much of the death of four years agoa with the noted chiu at Its head kiiiod and aealpe* Mr. Ramey's companions ~ kilUnghim. The event towas the massacre at Fort ny,™n Montana. Mr. Ramey time was a young man herding the fort for the Uovernraeaijk; day mentioned the redskins the fort prepared for war. dies at once sallied out to and with them went Mr. Rajiw: fore they reached the Indiana plain a party In ambush fired at Five bullets Were j;ut into Mr. and one companion was badly woi They were taken back to the fei the rest went on to their death. Every ̂ pan was kiked. Tn following stery comes fresaJ boro: Since last August Miss Denkam of Riilsboro has bei to a dark room moat of tins \ tog from a complication < troubles, being unable to waAg ut.i all. A few days ago she .waa H; H-U'V a number of the Pen tacest 8isteta.: «il i prayed for her for sor they left the house from her bed and walked"* able to see. She has since 1 stored to health. HKHUT a brother mntf ̂ the buslness partner of the Chicago dr) city last week, aged 40 y« leaves a fortune estimated A CHICAGO jury gave years in the penitentiary fori by means of vitriol, the Bertha Koeier. AT a meeting of the American Public^ Health Association, held at Charleston^! '& C., Dr. J. H. Rauch, Secretary Illinois State Board of Health, wa»| chairman of a committee to confejfei the World's Fair directory In providing a separate department i sanitary exhibit at the Colt position in 1893. ¥% b falling wall at the Stock Yards Iast£|$ week. Two killed and two daaferwisijj| Nones of con test has keen served i the Hon. Edward L. Merrltt, one* Democratic members-elect to t||r lature, by L. W. Coe of I says that Mr. Merritt is fneltgtble?] the Constitution, bec&ttlfc he liuy fivft years been a re«id4nf Of'the:! Illinois. It is asserted that a few ago Merritt left Illinois a ad resident of Nebraska, Mr, nics it and his Democratic: that there is nothing to the cc never removed from Syiiiigf tained his residence thefcsji time he was employed In hlflPftiP#8 Omaha; that his family hev^^wt^to;. 'A-: city, and he ^retained his business in­ terests there. Tire caboose of an extra on the Peoria ̂ IX'catur" and; Railroad, which was teJcing miles south of Olney, was... two masked men, who at the occupants, money. The persons in . due tor J. Hampton and Hall, who quickly money and watches, W7 and a gold . gave up 815 and a silver watch. They -ms:- did not molest any others ef the tral»«4lf men, but at once ran Into the woods. THK paint and repair shops of Illinois Central Bead at Twent street and Safety ffcrk avenue, Chi .. were dassaged by fire to the extent 8100,000. THE Illinois Firemen's Association will meet In EdwardsvHle, Jan. 13,14, r and 15. THE official countof prisoners hi Joltet £' on the 25th of December was Christinas Eve a present wa».- fiftoen short-termers in the release fromthe institution, i lowing morning nine otherfc free. A good variety perfi artists from Chicago theaters lUd Christmas morning in the ehepaH entertained the prisoners foi^i one-half hours. The perfotajM^^AlW#! attended l>y nearly every prisoner. THE twenty-lifth annual «jpphnmentl of the Grand Army of the Rep^hOc, De* partmcnt of Illinois, will be held in Df- j catur, April 7, 8. and 9. 1S9I. / i AMONG a number of others who at- | tended a funeral in Peoria the othtf^ was Patrick Lyons, 65 ye*»T'* " After the funeral several of the ants stopped at a saloon, and, ting around a table drinking the best method of killing James Hannon, aared '„*»> yeaft^l practical illustration by twii neck, producing instant deaths- quest showed that his i broken. CHICAGO has another with $1,000,000 capital. ' tioaal Bank opened 11* c This makes fte thirtgsntl cago with a capital ! " "SUPS.', - x ' i£js over their ; m r c brakeraan. thai^ ti »'< I i 'Vag-k*' ^ -".i- - to'*' !,,,•> #•