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' V jKeBRNRY, "Hi •&$•&*> vx*1 ' • --•s'ri'VjiS--'itfij'-i nrg INamilealet UN 8LYKE, Editor and Publisher. fe'1" '^•'v l"4 i ' r- , J' ' ' . Sw*1*'r •' U:f. IIjLINOIS. WHO WAY J3ERVE WELL. A lion w*« hikefit on sleep, 'Whw o'er his limlm a niouM would creep; Align rod, lie caught it with a sweep, Ami chiding, snid : *118 usoleHi, Mouse, in I'll ttrike you (lend t" * •» Kitooaslv, n^tta tearful eye, ~ " • '/ The mouse then made this sad reply. - "Oh, Master I Do not let me die 1 1 can repay. *l1je life you sparo. even I, The act some day I" Despicably Bmall he thought him; «o, Langhiug. the lion let him go; Saying, "Mouse, I'll spare you, though If with my paw I'd l rike you just a little blow, I'd crush your jaw!" Shortly after, it chanced one day, The lion was pursuing prey, ,, Some hunters wlio had coiue that way tj}eT nets.they brought* " rtm lion, bounding lithe and gay, ' * Was in tliem caught. The l ion . m« t. i-ni up a roar/ ' Hearing, the mouse, rau nimbly o'er, And meshes binding limbs, uow^aore, Began to irnnw; From off the lion quickly tor® With little jaw. Thankful, the lion, now more wiie. Said. "Little things we Oft despise, In after life we highly prtz«; For none can tell. Simply in judging by the iln^ v . * , - W h o m a y s e r v e w e l l l " «>-H«artl! msd Hall. - - • Mm<$ wirii e a cozy, coniforfaWxf bachc- fkjrs'partj^ There was Briggs, from t the drilg stbre: Higgs. who occupied Iv " jiimself with something or other at the State' House: <Diggs, who had flometheng to do with pianos, and \i the married man. . Every member of the party was '?< ' 'staid, business-like apd solid: the sort of mau who could be depended i,;- . upon to smoke no more than • two \ , cigars per diem, and to imbibe no ' ' '• more than one cocktail at 11 o'clock in the morning punctually: every one. that is, except Miggs, the married *up. •fEvery member of the party could f>e safely put down as good for a few t/housand dollars and who enjoyed . the comforts of existence in an emi- ;£^pently respectable manner, and al- ways went to church on Sundav: each ffi&me. that is, except Miggs, the mar- L Tied man. Miggs was an insurance agent. No One knew for certain even where he lived, except .that he was generaly to |)e found somewhere .within the lim­ its of the State of Massachusetts. He Appeared to float around promiscu­ ously in as many different places as tie could possibly think of. and there never was such a man to turn --tip unexpectedly as Miggs. %, He bubbled over with geniality, y J^fconvivaiity and fraternity; he wa-i in- pf Consistent, audacious and irrepressi- jj- t)le--and he was married! ph-. -- But Miggs' whereabouts were not fcli Jmore mysterious and bewildering I? $han the condition of his affairs and the position of his social connection, ^ , jand neither Briggs, nor Higgs, nor t "3&iggs, would have been very much f ^"-surprised if he had married twenty ^. ̂ Ainies. or not at all." .. Yet when Miggs raised his eyes | would :>& ft? Ijf^verentially until they rested upon r t~"t|ie ceiling, and said. '-Ten years ago £• f. tb-day was my wedding-day," Briggs d Snapped out: A? ( - K "Your wedding day? What do you i" mean? < •' n - g "That," said Miggs, still contem- • Iplating the ceiling, "shows how much ! interest a man's acquaintances take ! 1n his career. Not one of you has I ever thought of inquiring if I were j married. I might tell you some out-! blandish yarn about my family--that! any wife was the present Queen of' p^Sheba, in which case, of course, my .eldest son would be Emperor of; China: but, no! I will confine myself j ^ strictly to the unvarnished truth, and " give you the plain history of my courtship and marriage. "It was on a pleasant autumn afternoon that I happened to" be at Winthrop and wandered along as far fee as Grover's Cliff. There was not a • -• soul to be seen, and I was counting the grasshoppers as they jumped to f-V'^get out of my way when I suddenly beheld a woman standing right on the M . edge of the cliff, who was waving her arms about, ;vnd .making quite vio­ lent gesticulations. As 1 strolled along I saw she had no hat, and that about three feet of hair rippled in the breeze: but what astonishod me, when I came near, was to tlnd that she was singing, or rather chanting. "I said to mys?lf, 'Mings, brace up, and investigate this thing!' and went a little closer. When I came within hearing she was delivering herself as follows: • '1 stand on the edge of the giddy steep; Shall X mitko the terrible, awful leap? " Bhfi.Il I pillow my head ou the waters deep? v In the taverns of ocean chilli I sleep?'" "Here, come of?!"' growled Briggs. * "Find another rhyme." "I .raised my Miggs, "and said: *' 'Madam, I implore you not -to • * take such a course for my sake!7 "She turned around with a look of astonishment and madr an itnjjeri- ous gesture v.hich ap;,cured to be in­ tended to convey the impression that h;*; rshte despised the world in gt-neral and myself iik particular, she was tall i and dark: her eyes gleamed like dia­ monds in the sunlight: her nose was proud and aquiline, her lips were red and full: b e a t a u d i b l y :•< iiiteiH|iiat i'<| that panorama .of "loveliness. Look­ ing over the cliff, I saw her hat lying at the bottom just out of reach ul' the water; and btyng possessed, gentle­ men, of a quick svmfiathy and com­ prehension, I made a sudden resolve; *iarid, having resolved, 1 immediately " ; acted., . " 'Madam,^ I said, 'here are all the elements of a noble romance. You have lost your hat, and 1--how could I do otherwise than lose my heart? I will rescue your hat, and you shall ff,<' * rescue my heart. I impiore you to ' '"JlVe for me, madam, for me! A mill- [ & ,' Ion Cupids are besieging me on every / side, and reinforcements are rapidly \ / arriving. Their arrows are transtix- % v" mg me by companies, anrl ballations. ^8 xuiUv! Oh, ,fen;• ne!' And X knelt on one knee in the grass. "For a minute she regarded me doubtfully, and that minute seemed 3$ age. Then she put hej hand in •Mine* Impressed upon it an ecstatic kiss. Oh, rapture! Oh, de­ lirious happiness! Then 1 went right down the cliff frfter her hat, and ar­ rived at the bottom in the midst of a landslide of overwhelming propor­ tions. What did I wire? She was mine! I fe)l( that the crisis of my life had,arrived, and that I had suc­ cessfully surmounted it. " 1 shouted to her to come otit to theehdof the cliff, and then handed her1 her hat, and felt myself the mosji blessed of mortals. " 'Lucilla, my love!' Insaid, (she Wore ^ier name engraved ou a brooch,) •there Is one v trouble--there is one thing which it is unfortunately neces­ sary to mcutkin. : I am p^ir, have but 8300 in the world.' ' '• 'Money,' said the lovelj' Lucjlla, .'Is dross. Lo^e is all. I want no sordid man for a husband. I want affection--cammunity. of feeling--a kindred spirit. I hope you keepyour money in a safe bank?' 4 " 'To tell the truth,'I replied, 'I do not keep it in a bank," bat in my largest trunk,•because"I always know then where to find it when I want it.' • "She looked onoe, yearningiy, at the ocean, but I ck^tped her in my arms, <1 couldn't help it,) and--yes. I did ttWce--arid we walked slowly away. | f„'l can see you arc getting impa-! tient. You don't want a love story. Toil don't want to hear a description, of, ail the perfections of that beauti­ ful creature as displayed by her dur­ ing the next fornight. Well, bache­ lors have a badly per\"erled taste, but 1 suppose I must bow.to"your desires. Suffice it to say that for fourteen days I lived in Paradise, while making ar­ rangements for a speedy marriage. "The only thing that marred our happiness was that Lucilla appeared to be of a jealous nature. She would insist that I flirted, and aksed me for particulars of all the girls I had seen during the day, and then would weep, and put her face against mine, and petulantly ask the atmosphere why men were not true, which, 1 must confess, was rather annoying to an ardent spirit like mine. "At such tunes she evinced a de­ cided tendency to become poetical, but knowing the strong prejudices of my friend Briggs, I alwaysendeavored to turn her thoughts in some different direction. "Then sometimes she would say quite morn fully,-- •• 'Migcs. I feel that we are not destined to be happy. 1 fear some dread spectre may come between us, even at the altar, and part us for­ ever.' '•Poor darling! She was indeed a jewel! "I engaged apartments at Beach- mont, and. on one tine Tuesday after­ noon we were married. The fatal step was taken, and I was no longer a bachelor. '• Now,' I said, after the ceremony. 'I can breathe freely. 1 am sure of you. You are mine!' - "She replied by such a look of ten­ derness and love, such a radiance of affectionate regard, that 1 blessed a thousands times the chance that led nie on that afternoon to Grover's Cliff. ••Be true, darling, always be true!" she murmured softly: and I declared with emphasis that Cleopatra herself have found me as adamant ute, and then, as Diggs drank a glass of water to relieve his excitement, and Iliggs shook the suffering man sympathetically and sorrowfully by the hand, Briggs heaved a sigh, and said v»ry solemnly: "Miggs, you Are. ji erly Magazine. . 'V1' *• against her charms--that Lucilla should be my sun by day and my star by night. "When we arrived home in the evening, however, Lucilla was very much upset. Her belongings, which should have arrived during the day, had not arrived. She wept a little, and I was unable to pacify her. She became hysterical, and I became alarmed. She asked me to go to her doctor, who lived ten miles awav, and bring her something which he would give me. I objected, she implored. 1 used language. She commanded. Ultimately, with a very bad grace, I put on my. hat and went. "In the worst of humors. I boarded a train and settled down for the long ride. And a long ride it was. Every­ thing seemed to get in the w^y of that unfortunate traip, and delay its progress., ^positively foamed at the mouth with lage. "But when 1 reached the street and number mentioned by Lucilla, and couldn't llnd the doctor whose name she had given me, I went nearly mad. No one had ever heard such a per­ son. and his name wasn't in the di­ rectory. However, I was bound to take something back, so I called upon the first physician' I came to. ex­ plained the matter as best I could, i obtained.some.sort of a draught, and j wended my way dejectedly homeward, i arriving at ato^t'10. 1 As I entered the house a feeling of • desolation and misery took possession ; of me. I entered our apartments, j They were in darkness. j " 'Lucilla!' I cried. j "There was no answer. I lit the I SILAS PETERS' WIFE." "I guess I won't go. to church this morning, Silas," said Mrs. Peters, while sitting at the breakfast table one lovely Sunday in June. "Why, Mandy! I thought you wanted to hear th6 sermon. You' know Elder Bishop is going to preach to-day." "I krww all about that, but it's 9 o'clock no\wtffia with all I have to do I can't be ready to start by half-past ten." "Let me help you, Mandy. I can was:i the dishes and sweep." - "Yes, and make al 1 the Beds, get the children ready for Sunday-school, cleanjihe stove, skim the milk, wash the pans, fnire the potatoes, get the tneat cut and in the spider, and lay the lire ready to light when we ftet home," replied Mandy, scornfully. "1 meant all right," said the crest­ fallen Silas. "Can't you leave the cleaning up part for this time, and we can do without potatoes for once? It will be a change." "If you want a change so bad yob had better go and noarxl with Mrs. Rufsell. You'll get a change there, I reckon." "What do you mean?" "Why, when I went over tnere th4 other morning to borrow" a little flour, they had just finished breakfast, and such a breakfast!" "What was it, Mandy?" asked Silas, his curiosity aroused. "What was it? You'd better say what wasn't it. There wasn't a single bit of pie on the table, nor pickles, nor cheese, nor jelly, nor anything-- much." * "Well, they had something to eat, hadn't they?" asked Silas. "Yes, they had bread and butter, mashed potatoes, steak, oatmeal, and cream, cookies, and coffee, but not even one smitchof pie," with a sniff of scorn. "Well, she's a good cook, for I've eaten there. And I don't see but what they had as good a meal as we have." "Humph ! Guess you'd better board there for awhile. Silas," answered Mrs. Peters, as she arose from the table. "Any way, " said Silas to himself, ns he harnessed his horse for church, "I'd rather eat bread and milk for dinner if Mandy would only go with me once in a while. Yes", and for T»reakfast and supper, too," he added heroically. "Ah, 'there goes Tom Russell, with his wife and baby. How happy he looks! His wife goes every­ where with him. I do wish Mandy would go with me. It's so lonesome," he mused, getting into the buggy with his two furbelowed children, and chirping to the old horse. The women of the little hamlet of Ashville had followed strictly in their forefathers' or rather their- fore- mothers' footsteps--tables crowded with everything set on promiscuously; for breakfast, pickles, cheese and pie; pie, cheese and pickles for dinner and cheese, pickles and pie for sup per. And at each "society" or tea party that was held, each lady would try to outdo the one before her. If Mrs. A. had three kinds of cake and two of pie, Mrs. B. would have five kinds of cake and three of pie; while Mrs. C. would by no means diminish the quantity of pie and cake, but would also add dried beef, jelly, cheese, etc. Elder Bishop's sermon that morn­ ing was excellent, so thought every one, with perhaps the exception of Silas Peters. He sat in his pew with his two children, but his eyes kept wandering to the llussells' pew. "She's almost as old as my Mandy," mused he. "Mandy's 30, and Mrs. Russell is jaftt 28. She doesn't loo"k worried--no wrinkles or lines. Poor Mandy! Maybe I haven't helped her as much as I might. Mrs. Russell looks so happy and contented. Wonder if she had as much to do as Mandy this morning?" as a sudden thought struck him. . A fter- service he returned home to find a clean house, beautifully shin­ ing stove anil a deliciously. cooked dinner, but a worried and irritable wife. '•It's been so warm," she said, "it tires me all out cleaning up: I haven't sat down a minute since you left," with the air otA martyr who fancies duty at whatever cost. "Mandy, why don't you let some­ thing go once in a while and rest a little? This dirt fight, will wear you out;" • -- •"Why,.Silas!" And she burst Into a fmssiou of tears on his. shoulder. "Mandy, I know I haven't been ?ery kind to you of late years. I've only thought of getting my work done and making money; and I think, Mandy, maybe it's a good deal of my fault that you don't go more, and are getting worn and tired; but, please God, I will try to do bitter," bold* ing her close to him. if • "Silas, forgive me.'? < " ^ : -•v:*#»por whati'd^ild?' * '",v •'Being so cross to you," ' • ("It's all right, dear. Idon't biamo you, being so tired and wpried, it was nutural. But we'll try to do better, won't wo?'/ , v" ~' '• r* And standing there tnat lovely taf- ternoon, her head on his bfeast and his arms around her, they seemed nearer and dearer to each other thai? they had in many long years. Mandy is not tjie only woman who carried th<i dirt fight to an extreme. But, as dear Samantha Allen .'•ays, "Do be mejum." It cannot b6 both, especially with those who have .chil­ dren to care,for. Which shall it be? The medium course, making the home a .true home, the .best and dear­ est place on earth to husband and children--a home which shall always be remembered in <y>nneetfon with mother, love and sympathy; the.dear OHIO'S flEW GOVERNOR. MAJOR M'KINLEY TAKES THE QUf|gRNATORIAL OATH, Ami AnnniM Char** ot Htat« Aflfetrs--Bl« Jftoferenc* to th« World's fair in Bis In­ augural .Sperch--Hla Views on Conjrres- atoMlJlMilstrtottBgk "" home refuge from the world outside^ --or a home remembered in "connec­ tion with spotless floors, ^shinine stoves, dusted, mop and scrubbing brush? ! Elephant i'srailea of Anniunt Days. It was in the processions and pageants that elephants made the finest appearance, fitted with mag­ nificent trappings, and marching' slowly along, as if conscious of their fine looks. One of 4;he most remark­ able shows was that at the wedding of Vizier All, in 1795. Here 1,200 elephants were in line, all richly costumed. Of these 100 had howdahs, or castles, covered with sil­ ver, while in the center sat the nabob upon a very large elephant whose howdah was covered with gold set with jewels. The daily parade of the elephants of the court of Jehanghir was a won­ derful display. The elephants were bedecked with precious stones, chains of gold and silver, gilt banners and flags. The first elephant, called the Lord Elephant, had the plates of his head and breast set with rubies and emeralds, and as he passed the King he turned, dropped upon his knees, and trumpeted loudly--not in loyal frame of mind, exactly, but because the djiYfir nrl"Kffl him wit.hAsh Investment. MAYWOOD (MELROSE STATION ) irectiy west of the Chicago Court isp on the Gtilena Division of thf eago and Norihwrstero Ry., and if annfaeturlng town In every bpdcp be word ; It :a thoroughly establish and not an experiment,. In the hid v of manufacturing townp have you er heard of one which did not show A Great l>ay ror eitto. * A special from Columbus, Ohio, says: William MxKlnley was inaugurated Governor of Ohio, Monday. His name 1» now linked in the annals of this proud old commonwealth as the successor of a long line of illustrious men in the guber­ natorial chair, one of whom became President and another Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Lieutenant Governor A". L. Harris, Attorney General D. K. Watson, State Treasurer W. T. Cope, State Auditor & W. Poe, Commissioner of Public Works C. E. Groce, and Food Commissioner W. J. McKean Were subsequently sworn in to their respectivo offices in the capital. Notwithstanding the severity of the winter weathor, the city was crowded with people from all parts of Ohio and large delegations from neighboring Janta luonam Marshal •in-Chief and 3i»ft ffijirshal of First Division and Staff. First Briaade.* , Band, led by Liberatl of New Yprlfc Lincolin Club of Cincinnati, Poraker Club and Band of Cleveland* .* Star Kepnoilcan Club of SnrinKfleidL Republican Guards of Lima. Republican Club and Band of Toledo. « " Irish-American Club of Columbus. < . Cambro-American Club of Columbus. Shawnee Republican Club of Shawnee. Lincoln Club of Erie, Pa. Tippecanoe Veteran Club of Philadel­ phia, Pa. Ypong Men's Republican Clubo£Bacryu& (All with bands.) Second Brigade. ' "* Band, led by Herman Bellstedi ot Cin- cinnati. Blaine Club of Cincinnati. "s1 Garfield Club of Dayton. McKinley Club of London. ^ Lima Republican Club Lima. Ashville Republican C!uh< Third Ward Republican Club Chilhcotbe. McKinley Republican Club South Saiem. WorthinRton Republican Club. Tippecanoe Republican Club Cleveland. Madison County R%>ublican Club. Rendvilie Republican Club. '*•*" . Sabina Republican Club. States. Not since the National Grand Army Encampment of 1888 has Colum­ bus been the theater of such crowds and "such enthusiastic demonstrations. •' The inaugural ceremonies proper were (held in'!the rbtun'da of the State Capi-toi. The General Assembly met at 10:30 n®and almost immediately proceeded to the rotunda accompanied by the Supreme Judges and State ofllcers-elect, except Maj. McKinley. At 11 o'clock Gov. Campbell and Gov.-Elect McKinley were , escorted by a joint committee of the } House and Senate Irom the Chittenden i Hotel t6 the!'State Capitol. Rev. Dr. H. W. Bennett of the' Wesley Chapel ^Methodist Episcopal Church, offered : prayer, after which Chief Justice Mar- shall J. Williams of the State Supremo --?Court, administered the oath of office. ItGov. McKinley then delivered his inau- . .igural address. i After reviewing*the progress of Ohio*, jsGov. McKinley spoke as follows regard- ling the World's Fair: The Congress of the United States lipid advance in real^aM#> eiduea (deemed-it fitting that the discovery of • ..j mvrfrvs niaKiinrT*?pBli («>America should be commemorated by an 4bC*"v • ft;-,' "My heart b^gai\ to within mv bosom as I g;is and looked around: no Lucilla. shivered .with apprehension. , ., . , "VAlasVT said. 'I shall find her , continued j at Glover's Cliff. She dash­ ing lk-rself adown the giddy steep. I musvH/to her rescue, and perhaps I may not be too late.' •'1 rushed do^vn the stairs, and then a thought occurred called the landlady, and anxiously if she had seen Lucilla g£ out. "'Gracious sakesl' exclaimed the landlady. 4I thought you were with her!' "'Why--why?' 1 stuttered. " 'Some one was,? she replied, 'and they took awav jour large trunk with thtt-m in a herdic, Mr. Miggs.' " -Sainted mother-in-law!' I cried. 'Let me investigate!' •M.'p-staifs I dashed, with the land- i lady after me. It was too true. The trunk in which 1 kept my money was gone. I would not believe luy eyes. '• 'Here,' said the landlady,* Ms note addressed to you.' "She picked up a piece of paper which lay upon the dressing-table and handed it to me. I unfolded it with feverish haste and perused the fol­ lowing: •H»i meats vwith insects. He wants to And out now how far a bee can be taken and not get lost. He went to town a dozen times during the sum­ mer, and each time brought some bees along in a tin box. He colored their wintrs with violet ink and then let them go in the heart of the city. The first time he did it the bees got home before he did and were attend­ ing to business as usual the. next morning. Once he let five out at G in the morning at the corner of two dis­ tant roads while his sister watched the hives at home One arrived tired almost to death at 2 in the afternoon and four more came in at 5, all ap­ parently much fatigued. His experi­ ments with a nest of large black ants have been equally satisfactory, as some marked ants have found their way home after being released more than a mile distant from the hollow tree in which they lived. How they do. it is a question, but they always do,-and so it is likely the travels 6t both ants and bees are much wider than is supposed. ' Helping Ui« "Mudder," "Please, mem, I'm a poor little boy tryin' to help me mudder. Won'tyer give me yer old noosepapers?" This is the plaintive appeal that many of the residents of Fifty-seventh street, west of Sixth avenue. N. Y., have frequently listened to of late. The little fellow who thus seeks to help Ills "mudder"'-is not over seven years "I^st! Me! With all this work, to dov Leave some? Cleanliness is I which is always clean, and next to godliness, Silas Peters." "Yes, Mandy, next to godliness. The godliness comes first, dear." Mandv looked quickly up with a pink flush u]x»n her face. When had he called her dear before? ZS'ot since to rue. I j their old sweet courting days. Some- asked her I it touched a tender spot in her "'Thanks for your love which I won't return. Thanks tor ?our letters, which I will bum; Thanks for your trunk. The clothes in there Will be just the thing* for my John to wear- Thanks for the dollars, two hundred an<tthree. When in need ol money, oh, think of met' "Gentlemen,said Miggs, "when I read that-note the "neat of my feelings was so intense that it would have boiled^ the whole Arc.tic OceaD. Luciila--my peerless Lucilla--was a married woman all the time. There was silence for about a inio? heart, and alter the dinner work was done up. as Silas sat on the porch, she sa4d softly: "Silas, wouldn't' you like to take me to church td-ijight as "you used to?" He looked up. /'Like to? Why, Mandy, you know I've wanted to ever so long, but you are always so busy or so tired. Will you go?" with an eager light in his eyes. "If you will take me." He looked at her a im ineutand then said abruptly: a , "How pretty you look, Mandy! what makes your cheeks so pink?. You look almost as you used to eight years age." Then, with a sudden daring look in his eyes, "Have - ou heard how Tom* Russell treats his wife?" "Why no, Silas Peters; he's kind to her, I'm sure he. is. You needn't tell me any bad stories about him. I know better. But what have you heard? llorw does he treat her?" Silas rose, and going to where his wife was leaning against the lattice­ work, he slipped his arm around her slender waist, while with his other hand he tipped her face up to his and softly kissed her, saying: "This way, dear." old. lie has a bright, interesting5 his clothes, though well patched, are neat. , He is loath to accept gifts of money, but he solicits old newspapers on the theory, that after they are a .few days old fhey arc useless to their owners-and are bound to find their way into the fire. He sells them to tailors and small shopkeepers for 20 cents per hundred, and he makes from 40 cents to $1 each week that way." He has worked up what he calls a "cumf'table route," and he makes his rounds twice a week with a very cheerful though business-like air. Scott Republican Club. West Liberty Republican Club. Lincoln League, of Columbus. (All with bands.)gk G. SECOXD DIVISION. A. R. Band of Canton of Mesqulte liread. In Southern California the Indians make bread from the pods of a legu­ minous plant called "mesquite." A squaw pounds the pods fine in a wooden mortar. Then she takes from her head herconical hat and sprinkles a little water in it.. Next she sprinkles a little meal in the hat, then a little more water, again a little more meal, and so alternately untii the hat is full. This accomplished, she exposes the hat and its contents to the sun until the mixture is baked into a solid loaf. Bis BeMon. Hicks--There is so little sincerity in this world!. Everybody seems to be acting a part. Come, let us go to .the theater. * Wicks--Well* that's, a good one! You're tired of acting, and yet you want to go to the theater! , "That's just the.reason why I want^ to go there, you know!"--Hostori( Transcript. \ international exhibition of the evidences of the progress made in civilization. It is intended to disclose what has been ac­ complished in industrial art and applied science in every department of human activity. The Government itself will make an exhibit, illustrating in a scien­ tific way the resources of the nation. Fifty-one nations and fifty States and Territories of the Union haye accepted invitations to participate. Ohio was largely instrumental in se­ curing the location of the Exposition at the inland metropolis of the Republic, near the center of its agricultural arid commercial interests. The citizens of Chicago and the State of Illinois have performed their part in providing a most desirable site, embracing 1,000 acres of land, with a floor space double that of any previous expositiqp, and more than 811,000,000. Not only should the Legislature of Ohio see to it that ample provision be made to have a creditable exhibit from this State, but the people and their rep­ resentatives should also urge upon Con­ gress to ta.ie such action as will make this exposition worthy of the great event it celebrates andtworthy also the dignity and honor of the nation. The Governor approves the new bal­ lot law as a step in the right direction, but recommends that it be amended by adding a number of the Ideas of the orig­ inal Australian system, including that making the voter mark the name of each candidate whom ho favors for election. On the subject of Congressional redis- trictiiw the Governor said: , "Yom^ will be required under the new census to redistrict the State for Repre­ sentatives in Congress. This wifl afford you an apportunity to arrange the dis- trfcts with fairness to alT. Make the districts so fair in their relation to the political divisions of our people that they will stand until the new census shall bo taken. Make them so impartial that no future Legislature will dare disturb frhera until a new census and a new Congress­ ional apportionment will make a change imperative. Extreme partisanship in their arrangement should be avoided. There is a sense of fair play among the people which is prompt to condemn a flagrant misuse \»f party advantage at the expense of popular suffrage. Par­ tisanship is not to be discouraged, but encouraged in all things where principle Is at stake; but a partisanship which would take from the people their just renresentation, as in the case of tho Con­ gressional redisricting by the last Legis­ lature is an abuse of power which the people are swift to rebuke. Free suf­ frage is of little service to the citizen if Its force can be defeated by legislative machinations in the form of a 'gerry­ mander.' The districts should bo made so as to give the party majority in the State a majority of representatives and so ar­ ranged that if the party majority shall change the representative majority shall also change." After the address the whole inaugural party repaired to the reviewing stand in the State House yard immediately north of) the Capitol and facing liroad street. A gun fired at the conclusion of the inaugural address was the signal for the parade of military and civic organiza­ tions, which had been forming, to move. Tho parade was probably the most im­ posing ever seen here on such an oc­ casion, and was under command of Gen. H. A. Axline. Tho following was the Order membership of the parade: FIBST DIVISION. Mounted Trumpeters.- Platoons of Mounted Police. Patrol Wagons. Cleveland Grays. First Regimen * Army of America Springfield. Uniform Rank, Iv. of P., Atron. Miami Division, K. of P., Toledo. Young Ladies' Club of Toledo. Council 65, I. O. A. M. of Coshocton. Reynoldsburg P. O. $. of A. Dennison Lodge I. O. O. F. of Columbus. Other Miscellaneous Organizations Ndt Yet Reported. Mayor, City Council, County Officials£,nd Others, in Carriages. THIRD DIVISION. Ohio National Guard, 2,500 strong, un­ der command of Col. C. It. Huni, of the First Regiment. One of the features of the parade wa9 the Young Ladies' Club of Toledo, 100 Strong, which appeared in a unique cos­ tume. They are excellently drilled, and was chaperoned by Col. J. C. Connors ol the Governor's staff, and K. Cochran of Toledo. After the parade had occurred the Senators and Lieutenant Governor Harris returned to the Senate chamber where the Lieutenant Governor took the oath of office, and the other officers went to their respective offices in the State capital, where they were sworn in bv different members of the Supreme Court. Tme PutlioR. Four long years had Jack the sailor been away, and his ship was reported "lost, with all on board." The news seemed to pile years on his-Jather's bent shoulders; his mothers smile faded out, and wrinkles seamed hei cheeks. One summer day, however, as the two came slowly out of church with their pretty daughters--all three scarcely balancing tne lost of the one dear son--a shabby, bronzed, and handsome fellow rushed up to the group, and took his mother in his arms. "It's my boy! my own boy!" cried she, throwing her arms about him and smothering him with kisses, while the father managed to get pos­ session of one brown, sinewy hand. "Come, mother, give us a chance!" cried the girls in chorus, and by this time the whole congregation had sur­ rounded the wanderer, and claimed his greeting. "But you were drowned, Jack!" ex- TWO OftlAT M|§fiRSe claimed the youngest laughed as -he explained: "No, only partly. Two of us float­ ed for days, reached an island in the Pacific, fell in with friendly savages, and then--waited for a ship. Got my belt full of money, father, but could not wait a minute to buy a rag of de­ cent clothes." Then the minister said solemnly, "Let us pray," and there under the trees, with uncovered heads, he of­ fered thanks for the wanderer's re­ turn. When he had finished every one was softly weeping, and not a soul dreamed that the tragic joy of the oc­ casion could be turned into mirth. Suddenly Jack's mother, wrought up beyond endurance, opened her lips and spoke. "Jack," said she, sharply, "ain't you ashamed to come to meetin' with such a ragged old handkerchief as that?" Jack roared, and so did the neigh­ bors. Tears were wiped away, and laughter reigned. £xp«usiT* Collection, An Augusta, Me., man bought a ma­ chine from a Boston firm, and soon had occasion to send for a small spring to replace one that became broken. The spring came along, followed by a bill--2 cents for the spring, 2 cents for the postage--a total of 4 cents. It cost the firm 2 cents postage to send the bill, the Augusta man paid 2 cents more in sending the money, and then the Boston concern expended another 2.cents in sending a receipted 'bill, so that, all told, it cost 6 cents to collect 2. Xociueiita w ih# MMttnc or fiauM MandalasohB. - Mendelsschn received me admirably. I use this word purposely to charac­ terize the condescension with which a man of his powers welcomed the child who in his eyes Could be but a school-boy. During the four dajrs I spent at Leipsic, I may indeed say that Mendelssohn gave me his whole time. *He questioned me about my studies and my works with the deep­ est and most sincere interest. He expressed a desire to hear on the piano my latest effort, and I received from him precious woi^ffir of approval and encouragement. I shall mention but one, which has made me too proud !^ver to forget it. I had just rendered the "Dies Ira;"of my Vienna requiem, lie placed his hand on a part consist­ ing of five solo voices, without ac­ companiment, saying, "Mon ami, that might be signed Cherubin!" Such words are genuine decorations, coming from such a master, and »are worn with greater pride than ^many i ;ribbon. • .* Mendelssohn tvas the director ,^ ; the Gewandhaus. The orchestra did not meet at that time, the concert season having expired. He had the thoughtfulness to call it together for me, and allowed me to bear his beau­ tiful Scotch symphony in A minor. He made me a present of the score, with tt*Triendly word of dedication written with his own hand. Alais! the untimely death of that noble genius was soon to transform the. souvenir he had left me into a pre­ cious relic. His dea^h was followed, six months later, by that of the charming sister to whom I owed the honor of this acquaintance. Mendelssohn did not limit his polite attentions to that convocation of the Gewandhaus orchestra. He was an organist of the first order, and wished to make me acquainted with several of the admirable compositions written by the great Sebastian Bach for the instrument over which he reigned supreme. To this end he had ex­ amined and put in order the old St. Thomas organ," on which Bach him­ self had played, and for more than two hours he revealed marvels of which I had never dreamed, then, to crown all, he presented me with a collections of motets by Bach, for whom he felt a religious veneration, in whose school he had been educated from childhood, and whose grand or­ atorio of "The Passion according to St. Matthew" he had directed and accompanied, from memory, at the age of 14! Such was the extraordinary kind­ ness I received from this delightful man, this great artist, this astonish­ ing musician, taken away in the flower of his life--at 38--from the center of admiration which he had won, and from the masterpieces which he would have written haa his life been pro­ longed. But strange; destiny of gen­ ius--even the most attractive! These exquisite works, now the delight of those who attend the Conservatory, require^ the death of the composer f to give them favor in the ears of those who once rejected them. After my visit to Mendelssohn, I had but one thought, and that was to get back to Paris as soon as possible. -Heft Leipsic the 18th of May, 184^. I changed carriages seventeen times on the way, and out of six nights I spent four traveling, and finally, on May 25th, I reached Pari^ where a new life was about to open to me. My brother met me on the arrival of the diligence, and we both beat our footsteps at once in the direction of that dear house where I was ,to\ find again, and to which I was. to bring back, so much joy.--Charles Francois Gounod, in Century. The Reporter Honored, Chicago has just erected a jnent to a newspaper reporter "Wio lost his life in the discharge of duly. In Minneapolis, a few days agojat the memorial services of tBe ' ol®st reporter in the Northwest, the gr«at hall wes packed and eulogistic Ad­ dresses were made by the Governor and other prominent citizens. It is gratifying to observe that, as a rule, the members of this profession are ad- dancing in public appreciation and esteem. The reportorial business on our great dailies has developed into both a science and a fine art. It must be done bv men and women of educa­ tion, ability, judgment, and discre­ tion. It demands persons not only of talent, but of character. In addition to work of the most laborious nature, there is a considerable amount of re­ sponsibility. First-class reporting deserves to rank among the learned professions, and the industrious, faithful, and conscientious reporter is entitled to the recognition and re­ spect of the community. He con­ tributes largely to the success of every public undertaking; he gives the peo- fornied upon local events; he de­ scribes many a good deed done in the interests of humanity, and he proves a wholesome terror to those of evil inclinations. It is a satisfaction to note that his memory is honored; it is a still greater pleasure to note that there is a growing appreciation of theinestimable value of his daily services.--Indianapolis (News. Genoa to Have an Anniversary Fair. Genoa, Italy^s going to celebrate next year the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus. The Genoese have caught the fever and do not intend to allow Americans to outdo, altogether, the country of the great discoverer. United States Consul Fletcher, stationed at Genoa, writes that the King of Italy has been made honorary President of a commission to get up the Genoese World's Fair. It will not be so large as the one in Chicago, since it is to cover only sixty acres of ground. Among other curious exhibits, how­ ever, will be a reproduction of tho home of Columbus. It was purchased by the father of the discoverer in 1457, and is known as No. 37 Yico Dritto di Ponticello, near the Porto San Andrea, Genoa. In this reproduced structure will be a Columbian Mus­ eum stored with relics of Columbus. There will be produced also a new opera. "Columbus," composed by Baron Franchetti, for which he #111 receive 200,000 livres. .i. In Central and South America, when a man hasGautamala letter, he puts a Paraguay stamps on it, before his friends can Perus It. . ; v.'„