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C H E M I C A L S !Extracts from Elder Trask 's Address to the Young Converts of the

Baptist Chnrch.Elder Trask’s sermon last Sabbath

morning In the Baptist ohurob was preaobed to oonverta, from II. Peter ill. 18—“Grow In grace.”

After defining the word grace, and ebowlng It bad a number of defini­tions, tbe speaker said the true mean­ing of the text was a growth In re­ligious principles and character. Thus Jesus said, "The kingdom of God (or grace) is like leaven in the meal, permeating the whole mass, or like the mustard seed, although very email, grows into a tree for birds, Ac.

All of you, converts, mean to be- come strong men and women in Christ and in tbe churoh. Now you are small, quite. Converts are compared to little ohlldren, I. Cor. 8 and 4, '‘Babes in Christ.” No figure per­haps could better define tbe status of converts.

1. Infants are weak. They need constant care; must have warm, lov­ing hearts. 80 converts are often very weak. The mether church should take good care of all her children.

2. They are not very wise. They have to live and learn. 80 of con­verts. They are not so wise to-day as they will be after they have attended school a few terms.

S. Babes need the simplest diet to grow and do well. 80 of converte. They need "tbe sincere milk of tbe word;” tbe plainest doctrines.

It Is a long time before children be­come men and women in any sense, physioally, morally, or intellectually. #U£t so In grace. Some may mature earlier than others, but 'tls a long time before converte mature Into men and women in Christ. First tbe blade, then tbe ear—lastly the full

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.

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C O N G R ESSIO N A L.A bill was Introduced In the Senate, on the

ITth, by Mr. Hoar, to appropriate 9260,003 for B monument to General Grant at Washing­ton. A bill was passed to floq or Imprison squatters on Indian lands and to forfeit their outfits. Several amendments to the Educa­tional bill were adopted. 8enator Morrill in­troduced a bill providing for the establish- tnent of an eduoatloual fund In aid of the various States....In the House bills were passed to protect homestead settlers within railway limits and to reduce to five cents the charge for small money orders. Bills were reported to give the franking privilege! to Mrs. Julia D. Grant and to aooept tho iniqols A Michigan canal as the basis of tho Missis­sippi waterway. The Fltz John Porter bill was further discussed.

In the Senate on the 18th Mr. Edmunds pre­sented his report from the Judiciary Commit­tee on the controversy with the President rel­ative to the Tatter’s refusal to submit corre­spondence concerning the removal of offi­cials. The Education bill was further dis­cussed. Among the bills Introduced was one by Mr. Bowen, to provide a uow basis for the circulation of National banks. The bill in­troduced to appropriate $350,000 for a monument to General Grant to be erected In Washington was report­ed favorably. A petition was pre­sented praying for the submission by Congress to tho sevornl States of a proposed constitutional amendment abolishing the Presidency__In the House, after a spirited

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Greenback-Democrat. 1: Nays—Republican, 111; Democrat, 1: Greenback-Republican, 1. Republicans voting in tho affirmative: Maker, llavno, Burleigh, Ely, Hahn, Harmer, Hayden, Haynes. James, Laird, O'Hara, Phelps. Rockwell, Wadsworth and Weber. Mr. Millard was the only Democrat voting In the negative.

In the Senate on the 19th the House bill to enable National banging associations to In­crease their capital stock and to change their .names wosreportod favorably. A bill was In­troduced by Mr. Brown, providing for the re- ttrementof all National bank notes and the substitution of United States notes on a basis of silver and gold coin, and United States Bonds, one-thlwl of each. The freo coinage of eilver Is also provided for. Bills were passed to remove the political disabilities of Alexander P. Stew­art. of Mississippi, Thomas L. Bossor, of Virginia, Hnd E. G. W. Butler, of Missouri. The Education bill was further discussed.Adjourned to tho 33d__In the House morethan half tho session was occupied by speeches on the silver question. A bill was5assed tendorlng tho thauks of Congress to

oseph Francis for his life-long service to humanity and his country in the constructing and perfecting of life-saving appliances, and authorizing that a gold medal be presented to Mr. Francis. At the evening session forty- fourjienslon bills wore passed. Adjourned to

DO M ESTIC.E ig h t sheep-herders on the ranch of Sol­

omon Luna, on the Little Colorado river in Arizona, were killed by Apaches on the 18th. Two parties of mounted men w ere in pursu it

E ig h t prisoners escaped from the Car­thage (Mo.) jail on the 18th through a tun­nel which it took months of labor to dig.

J o h n B ell , aged sixty-five years, w as de-.---- ' l coyed into a “bupco” room at Pittsburgh

on tho 18th, knocked insensible and robbed o f two thousand dollars.

R eports reached Little Rock on the 18th th a t a negro recently murdered the James family of six persons in a remote section of Faulkner County, Ark.

D a v id S holty , a wealthy lunatic living on a farm near Bloomington, 111., shot Levi Sholty and his wife and daughter on the 18th, fatally wounding the two first men­tioned, and fired a barn and its contents, valued a t $10,000.

T h r ee masked highwaymen on the 18th entered the office of the station agent at Montvale, Tex., and, a t the point of a pis­tol, compelled the agent to surrender eight ^hundred dollars.: T e l l e r H en d erso n , of the La Crosse ^Wis.) National Bank, on the 18th discov­ered a counterfeit silver dollar tha t was pronounced by bank people absolutely the m ost dangerous ever seen. It is a standard eilver dollar of the coinage of 1881. The outside is silver, and the die in every sub etantial particular as clear as tho original, J)ut it is short in weight.

A t Toledo, O., on the 18th two of the Poles engaged in the church riots last sum­mer were sentenced each to six years’ im­prisonment.

T he Celestials a t Snohomish City, W. T., Were fired upon on the 18th and their buildings damaged by dynamite, but they refused to leave.

A valise containing notes, deeds and bonds valued at $125,000 was stolen at the union tiepot in St. Louis on the 18th from H. D. Armstrong, of Kildare, Tex., repre­senting the Settler and Texas Land Com­pany.

At New Haven, Conn., the insane wife of Prof. Waldo, of Yale College, escaped from her keepers on the 19th and killed herself By jumping from a cliff forty feet high. She was thirty-five years old, and leaves two children.

D avid S iio ltt , who recently attempted the lives of his brother’s family noar Bloomington, 111., was burned to death on the 19th in the barn which he set on fire.

The development of natural gas a t Niish- ▼ille, Tenn., has led to the organization of * company with $100,000 capital to furnish heat and power.

The business failures occurring through­o u t the United States daring the seven days ended on the 19th numbered for the United States 261 and for Canada thirty- five, or a total of 286, against 275 the pre­vious seven days. The total failures from January 1 to date is 2,093. •

S m a l l -p o x was on the 19th declared epi­demic a t Fort Worth, Tex., and the mayor o f Dallas had proclaimed quarantine.

F our men caught in the act of counter­feiting money were placed in jail on the 19th at. Anoka, Minn.

It Is announced that nearly three hun­dred Mormon elders are a t vfork in the

‘Southern States, and on the 19th seventy- five converts from Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina and Bast Ten- Rrtrfoo ten Chattanooga tor Utah.

Thb sixty-five hundred coke-workers on a strike near Pittsburgh, Pa., resolved on the 19th not to compromise. Hie strike has been in progress thirty-three days, the railroads are losing freightage to the ex­tent of three hundred car-loads daily, and the miners are losing daily tea thousand dollars in unearned wages.

Major W illiams, a special agent of the treasury at Washington, reported on the 20th that nearly all imported books were undervalued more than fifty per cent

Henry J ohnson, a -wealthy miser and herm it died a t Norristown, Pa., on the 30th. He would not allow himself the necessary comforts of life.

A ndrew H olman, of Dakota, D. T., treas­urer of Nelsou County, was on the 30th dis­covered to be a defaulter in the sum of $11,400.

Thk gas-well struck at Findlay, O.. on the 30th yields half a million cubic feet per day. The city is illuminated by the flames a t three wells.

Nine buildings were burned on the 20th a t St. Helenshurg, Pa., by the explosion of natural gas, and a young man named Groves perished in the flames.

It was announced on the 21st that boy­cotting would bo resorted to in St. Louis by the Knights of Labor to compel the street­car companies to give better pay and shorter working hours to their employes.

F armers noar Pierre, D. T., were seeding on the 20th, and if the warm weather con­tinued expected to have their small grain in by tho end of the month.

A f ir e on the 2lRt which originated on a cotton steamer a t Wilmington, N. C., swept along W ater street for three blocks, causing losses estimated a t $1,000,000.

T he Indiana Supremo Court has declared the Telephone law to be constitutional. This fixes the rental of an instrument at tbirty-six dollars per annum.

W h il e preaching on the 20th a t Gunn- ville, Tenn., two Mormon elders were taken from the church by a masked crowd of men, tied to trees, stripped to the waist and almost beaten to death.

T he posboffice a t Floresvillo, Tex., w as robbed of $300 in stamps and $1,000 in cash on the 20th.. F our young men were drowned a t Har­risburg, Pa., on the 20th, while attempting to cross the Susquehanna river in a row­boat.

N orthern M ichigan was visited b y a blizzard on the 20th, the thermometer fall­ing to fifteen degrees bolow zero a t East Tawas. .

A call for $10,000,000 in three per cept. bonds was issued by Secretary Manping on the 20th, to bo paid April 1. So far dur­ing February the treasury has disbursed nearly $10,000,000 on pension account.

It was announced on the 21st tha t the Chinese Government had issued an impe­rial proclamation requesting the eighty thousand Chinese in America to return home before May 15th next, because of the persecutions they were subjected to. It was also reported that tho nine thousand Americans residing in China would be no­tified to leave.

U nusual high tidoa on the 20th in the Bay of Fundy flooded a large portion of Digby, Annapolis and Kings counties, car­rying away the dikes and causing much damage.

D avid W ilson killed himself and wife on the 21st in Pittsburgh, Pa., because of pov­erty, leaving six children.

At twenty-six leading clearing-houses in tho United States the exchanges during the week ended on the 20th aggregated $957,391,493, against $987,230,784 tho pre­vious week. As compared with the corre­sponding week of 1885, the increase amounts to 40.3 per cent.

PERSON AL AND PO LITIC A L.T he Coinage Committee of the National

House of Representatives, by a vote of 7 to 6, voted down a proposition on the 17th to report adversely on the suspension of silver coinage.

Tiie Grand Army of the Republic of In­diana met in annual encampment a t In­dianapolis on the 17th. The report of the Adjutant-General showed a total of 393 posts and 18,088 members, a net gain for the year of 1,097. ’

T h e National Woman-Suffrage Associa­tion mot in eighteenth annual convention a t Washington on the 17th, with seventeen States and Territories represented. Susan B. Anthony presided. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was re-elected president.

T he twentieth annual encampment of Illinois Department of the Grand Army of the Republic mot a t Springfield on the 17th.

A t a caucus of twenty Republican Sena­tors a t Washington on the 17th it was re­solved to offer in open session resolutions denouncing as reprehensible the conduct of the Attorney-General in refusing to fur­nish information demanded, and declaring that tho Senate would not confirm appoint­ees in whoso cases there has been a refusal to give reasons for the vacancy.

J ohn B. Gough , for the past forty years the leading orator in the cause of temper­ance, died at 4:40 o’clock on the afternoon of the 18th at Frankfort, near Philadelphia, of paralysis. He was born in England Au­gust 22, 1822.

T h e Supremo Court o f New Jersey on the 18th decided the S£to Railroad-Tax law unconstitutional on the ground that it was special legislation. About one million dol­lars in taxes had already been collected undor it.

A t tho woman’s-snffrage convention in Washington on .the 19th resolutions were adopted calling on Congress to submit to the States a t once the question of the right of women to vote, and protesting against the admission to the Union of any Terri­tory where the eloctive franchise is denied to women. ,

A jury a t Los Angeles, Cal., on the 19th awarded Louise E. Perkins $75,000 damages in her suit for breach of promise against “Lucky” Baldwin.

Tns Legislature of Ohio on the 19th passed a bill to create non-partisan boards of election for Cincinnati, Cleveland, To­ledo and C-olumbns.

O r d e r s were issued on the 19th closing all the executive departments a t Washing­ton on the 22d—Washington’s birthday.

The Grant monument fund in New York had on tha 19th reached the sum of $115,- 090.

The National House Committee on Posh- offloes on the 19th unanimously agreed to report adversely all bills fo r the purchase or construction of telegraph lines by the Government

Bbxator Vest, of Missouri, Senator Cam­eron, of Pennsylvania, Senator Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, and Senator Miller, of Cali­fornia, were all seriously ill a t Washington oif the 21st.

W. S. Mbservet, who died on the 20th a t Salem, Mass., was a member of the first party to cross the plains to California, and subsequently became Governor of New Mexico, where he acquired a large fortune.

A jo in t special committee of the Iowa Legislature on the 20th agreed upon a bill to appropriate $100,000 for a State soldiers' hom e.

Ch ie f - J ubtick Zanb, of Utah, on the 20th made an important ruling, compelling wives to testify against their husbands in unlawful cohabitation cases.

Frank W. Palmer, formerly postmSitter ef Chicago, has purchased the Chronicle, of Knoxville, Tean., the leading Republican paper in the South.

K enw ard P h il p , who was charged with forging the Morey letter in the Garfield campaign, died in Brooklyn on the 21st, aged forty years.

FO R EIG N .A mob of French Canadians and Indians

gathered at Paspebiac, Ont., on the 17th and raided the principal stores, carrying away nearly three hundred barrels of flour.

S arah T aylor (colored) died on the 16th in Louth township, Ont., aged one hundred and twenty years eleven months and eight days. Her mental faculties were unim­paired up to the moment of her death, she was in possession of second sight, had a third set of natural teeth, and her hair was quite dark, having changed from white.. T h e British steamer Oxenholme lost ninety-two head of cattle on a recent voy­age from Baltimore to Liverpool.

F or having robbed a priest and resistod the police, a military tribunal in Russia on the 18th condemned three Jewish brigands to death and sentenced three others to fif­teen years’ imprisonment.

On the reassembling of the British Par­liament on the 18th Mr. Gladstone stated in the House of Commons that the Govern­ment had no intention of renewing coer­cion in Ireland, but would propose a method for its future government.

G r eece is tho o n ly n a t io n t h a t h a s o f­fe red to ta k e part in th e P a r is e x p o s itio n p roposed fo r 1889, a n d th e p ro je c t w ill p ro b a b ly be ab an d o n ed .

T h e Dominion Government on the 19th decided to raise the price of liquor licenses to three hundred dollars in cities and two hundred and fifty dollars in towns.

A dvices o f the 19th say that the steamer Saxon was recently lost near Jamaica, tho captain, two other officers and three o f tho crew being drowned.

M a rtin O. V an F l e e t , who embezzled fifty thousand dollars while treasurer of Huron County, O., was captured on the 19th a t BVantford, Ont., on an extradition warrant.

A ncH Bisnop T ache telegraphed on the 20th from St. Boniface that he had bap­tized Poundwater and twenty-eight of his companions in tho Manitoba penitentiary.

F unds were being raised in Montreal on the 20th for the starving fishermen of the lower St. Lawrence.

CALLED HOME.

LATER NEWS.T iie birthday of George W ashington w as

commemorated a t the national capital on the 22d by an artillery salute, a parade of militia companies and a pilgrimage to Mount Vernon by tho Continental Guards, who placed on W ashington’s tomb a basket of flowers.

T h e destruction b y fire on tho 22d o f Pol­lard’s liquor store at Pittsburgh, Pa., caused a loss of $120,000.

A tr a in rau off the track on the 22d near Mount Morris, N. J., one car being burned. Eighteen persons were more or less injured.

W ork was generally resumed in the Pennsylvania coke regions on the 22d, but the trouble was by no means ended. Two mines were deserted a t noon through fear of the Hungarians, who still threatened vi­olence.

T h e Quartermaster’s stable a t Fort Leavenworth, Kan, with thirty mules, a ( horse and other property were burned onthe 22d.

A dvices of the 23d from San Francisco say that within the last th irty days nearly all the Chinamen of tho northern and middle provinces have availed themselves of the opportunity of free transportation and have returned to China.

J udge W y lie , in the common pleas court a t Columbus, O., decided on the 22d tha t Daniel J. Dalton, clerk of the courts of Hamilton County, must furnish the election returns demanded by the Legisla­tive investigating committee or serve a term in prison.

A mass-m eetin g on tho 23d of Richmond (Va.) business men denounced the system of boycotting introduce^ by Knights of Labor and appointed a committee of twen­ty-five to organize resistance to it.

T h e Bishop of Ottawa, Ont., on the 22d issued a mandament denouncing tho Knights of Labor, the Telegraph Operators’ Union and all secret societies.

D r. P eter A k e r s , a pioneer Methodist minister, died on the 22d a t Jacksonville, 111., aged ninety-six. He was sixty-two years in tho pulpit.

A hob a t Oregon City on the 22<1 herded forty-two Chinamen employed in the wool­en mills, hurried them to tho wharf and paid their fares to Portland with money taken from their pockets.

C aptain S oott, of tho Royal navy, stated a t 8t. John, N. B., on the 22d th a t If the American Congress refused to appoint a commission to protect tho fisheries cruisers would at once be pnt on to drive tho Amer­ican fishermen off Canadian waters.

The Michigan Club, a Republican organ­ization, held its first anniversary on the evening of the 22d a t Detroit in the shape of a banquet, covers being laid for more than one thousand persons. Senator Palmer presided, and Senators Logan, Evarts, Conger, Manderson, Governor Al­ger, Governor Foraker and others were oresent.

A R u m o r T h a t t h e C h in e s e G o v e r n m e n t H a s I s s u e d a P r o c la m a t io n R e q u e s t in g t h e R e t u r n t o t h e F lo w e r y K in g d o m o f A l l t h e C h in e s e Id A m e r le a —A B e l i e f T h a t A m e r ic a n s In C h in n W i l l B e A s k e d t o L e a v e T h a t % C o u n tr y .St. Louis, Feb. 22—The Chineee com­

munity here He excited over the arrival from Hong Kong, via San Francisco, of a copy of an imperial proclamation sta ting th a t on and before the fifteenth day of the fifth moon of the present year (May IB) all thepubjecte of the Tai Tsung Empire(China) who are now residing in the United States of America are requested to return; and th a t upon application to the consuls free transportation will be provided from any p a rt of the United States to any p a rt of the Chinese Empire, except the citizens of the province of Quong Tung, who, on account of their superior numbers, are required to pay half-fare. By the somewhat disguised lan­guage of this proclamation it is strong-. ly intimated th a t an early retaliation js contemplated by the Chinese Government upon the American export trade . American residents in China for th> continued outrages inflicte^ uponher citizens here. This, if suc­cessfully carried out, will shut ofl an annual exportation of some $80,000,000 from the American shores. There are in China a t least 9,000 Americans who would be exposed to Imperial persecution. The Chinese in this country aggregate 80,000. The Impression prevails here th a t the major number of them will take advantage of the proclamation.

Chicago, Feb. 22.—The Chinese residohts of Chicago claimed )ast night th a t no in­formation concerning the proclamation had been received, and the tru th of the re­port was doubted. They could offer no explanation of the m atter and treated it with indifference. But few of the China­men, they say, would return to Chinn, as they claim to enjoy greater liberty in this country, and' can make more, money from their earnings than in their native coun­try.

DRIVING OUT* D R ESSED BEEF.

G o th a m D e a le r s D is c u s s t h e N e w R a t e s a n d -th e P u r p o s e o f T h e m .

N ew Yo r k , Feb. 21.—The Poat publishes the result of a series of interviews as to the results of Friday’s action of the trunk line executive meeting advancing the rates on live stock and dressed meats from the West to the sea­board in a ratio which discriminates against the handlers nnd shippers of dressed meats. I t finds th a t the result to the customer in the city will be an advance in the price of beef of from 2 to 6 cents per pound; on mutton, 3 to 8 cents, and on pork, 2 to 3 cents. One of the larges^ live­stock dealers in this city said:

Wo hope In thiB way to starve out the west­ern (lressed-meat companies. The cattle trade and slaughterers have been nlmost driven out of the business. To-day there are fully five hundred men who were formerly omployed in cattle-ynrd8 or slaughterhouses in this city who have nq work to do. The western peo-glc bring their own clerks and handlors from

hlcago, and give no show whatever to New Yorkers. They are underselling us, but should they get a monopoly of tho business, as they hope fodo. It would not be long before they would advance their prices. The now rates will force them to quit the business.

Many of the wholesale dealers in West W ashington market are now purchasing their supplies from the dressed-meat com­panies. One of these dealers said:

I have boon In the meat business for forty- three years, i get all my supply from these companies. Cattle brought hero tq be kllLed are huddled into cars, are poorly fed and wa­tered, and when they roach hero are often bruised or in a feverish condition on hcoount of the Journoy. The trade In dressed beef Is increasing every month, and 6ooner or later all the cattle will be slaughtered In the West nnd brought to this city in refrigera­tor cars. This is only a bold stroke on the part of the cattlemen to drive dressed beef out of the market, but it will not succeed. The rnllroad men are aiding the movement because their profits from the transportat on of live catllo are much larger than from dressed meat. ___

A LEA GU E O F N A TIO N S.S e n a to r F r y e ’s S c h e m e fo r t h e F o r m a t io n

o f a D e fe n s iv e A l l ia n c e o f A l l t h e G o v ­e r n m e n ts o f t h e A m e r ic a n C o n t in e n t .

W ashington, Feb. 22.—Senator Frye will introduce in the Senate to-morrow a bill directing the President to invite tho Amer­ican nations to send delegates to a peace congress to be held in W ashington October 1, 1886. Each country is to send aq many delegates as it chooses, bu t is to have but one vote. One hundred thousand dollars is appropriated to entertain the delegates.

The objects of the convention are to form a defensive alliance against ’European monarchies and other ’ aggressors, to establish a customs union, steamship communication between American ports, a uniform system of customs regula­tions, classification and valuation and invoices, a ccmmon silver coin to be legal tender in commercial transactions between citizens of all tho contracting nations, and to devise a plan for the arbitration of disputes arising be­tween the nations. The President is authorized to appoint twenty-four dele­gates, equally divided as to politics, three of whom shall be learned in international law, and the remainder men who are actively engaged in agricult­ure, manufacturing, and the expor­tation and im portation of merchandise. These delegates are to serve without com­pensation other than the payment of thoir actual expenses.

Mr. Frye said th a t ho should press this bill upon the attention of the Senate, and believed it of greater importance .to tho agricultural, industrial and mercantile in­terests of this country than any th a t had been proposed foryears.

A B a d G a n g l lr o k o n U p .

Chicago, Feb. 22.—Five men and three women, comprising one of the worst gangs of burglars and safe-blowers th a t ever worked in this city, were arrested Saturday night by city detectivos. Their names are James Donovan, John Donovan, Charles Proctor, Thomas Murray and “Big Jim, the Scout;” the women are Flora Taggett, Murray’s alleged wife, Annie Taggett, her sister, and Della Coogan. The first of the gang and leader, John Elliott, alias Ed­wards, was arrested over a month ago. He pleaded guilty in the Marks burglary case and was sentenced to two years in the ponitentiary

THE SENATE’S RIGHTS.T h e J u d ic ia r y C o m m it t e e S u b m it s » Set

of Resolutions and a Long Report Con­demnatory of the Refusal of the Fzesl-dent to Trnnim it Informatitm B eftrd*I l f Hum pensions from Office.Washington, Feb. 19.-Senator Edmund*

yesterday reported resolution! from the Sen­ate Committee on the Judloiary, accompanied by a long report. The report reoites the fact and elreu instances of the removal of Mr. Dus­tin and the appointment of his successor ah United States Attorney for the Southern Dis­trict of Alabama. It declares that It has been the uniform practice of the Judloiary Com­mittee since the passage of the Tenureof- Offloe act to call upon the heads of depart­ments for all papers and infortaatlon in the possession of the departments touch­ing the conduct and administration of the officer proposed to be removed, and the character and conduct of the person pro­posed to be appointed. This has been done with tho unanimous approval of all tho members, although the composition of tho oommittee has been during the period some­times of one political oharaotor and sometimes of another. In no instance until this time has the oommittee met with any delay or denial In respeot to furnishing such papers and Information, with a single exoeption, and In which exception the delay and suggested denial lasted only for two or three days.

The report thon reviews the subsequent no­tion of the oommittee, and quotes the resolu­tion adopted on January 17, dlreotlng the At­torney-General to trapsmlt to tho Senate tho documents bearing on tho Duskln-Burnett, case and the Attorney-General's re­ply, to the effect “that the publlo interest will not bo promoted by a compliance- with said resolution.” It then continues: “This lettor, although in response to the direction of the Sennte, assumes that the At­torney-General is the servunt of tho Presi­dent, and Is to glvo or withhold coulos of documents in his office according to the will of tiie Kxootitive, and not otherwise. Tho committee is unable to discover any law which makes the Attorney-General in any sense the servant or under the control of the Executive in the performance of his lawful duties.” The report deals exhaustively with precedents, and shows that never before in the history of the Government has either branch of Congress been denied offlolal facts or Information.

In concluding the report asks: “Why should the facts as they may appear from the- papers on file be suppressed? Is it because- that being brought to light it would appear- that malice and misrepresentation and per­jury are somewhat abundant? or merely that faithful and competent and honorable offi­cers have been suspended and are proposed to be removed under tho advice and consent of tho Senate in order that places may be found for party men because thoy are party men, or are the special objects of party favor?

“The high respect and consideration that the Senate must always have for the Execu­tive office would make It reluctant to adopt either theory. But at present the Impene­trable vail remains, and as the committee is unable to suirgost any other solution of the- riddle it must leave it until this vail Is lifted and the opinions of the Government shall again be known.”

Appended to the report Is a statement show­ing the number of suspensions by the Pres­ident as Indicated by the nominations re­ceived by the Senate during the first thirty days of tho present session, being from the- first Monday in December, 1885, to January 6, 1888, as follows: Judiciary, 62: Finance, 71; Commerce. 151; Public lands, 52; Territories, 4; Indian Affairs, 16; Post-offices, 278; Foreign Relations, 3; Pensions, 6.

Tho resolutions are as follows:“Resolved, That the foregoing report of the- Committee on the Judiciary be agreed to and adopted.'•Resolved, That the Senate hereby express­es its condemnation of the refusal of the At­torney-General, under whatever influence, to send to the Senate eoplos of papers called for- by Its resolution of tne 25th o f January, and sot forth In the Committee on Judloiary, as In violation of his official duty and subver­sive of the fundamental principles of the- Govornment and of good administration hereof."Resolved, That It Is, undor theso circum­stances, the duty of tho Senate to refuse its ad vico and consent to proposed removals of officers, tho documents endpapers In refer­ence to the supposed official or personal mis­conduct of whom are withheld by the Execu­tive, or any head of a department, whoa deemed necessary by the Senate and soalled for in considering tho matter."Resolved, That the provision of section, 1,754 of the revised statutes declaring thatfiersons honorably discharged from the mili­ary or naval .service by reason of disability

resulting from wounds or sickness Inourred. In the line of duty, shall be pre­ferred for appointments of olvil offices,

rovided that they are found to possess e business capacity necessary for the prop­

er discharge of the duties of such office, ought to be faithfully and fully put in execu­tion, and that to remove, or to propose to remove any such soldier whoso faithful­ness. competency and character are above reproach, and to give place to another who has not rendered suoh service. Is a violation of the spirit of tho law and of the- practical gratitude tho people and Govern­ment of the United 8tatos owe to the defend- , era of constitutional liberty and tho Integrity of tho Government.

“All of which is respectfully submitted.”The resolutions and report are signed by

Sonators Edmunds, Ingalls. McMillan, Hoar,. Wilson and Evarts, of tbo Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Pugh, from tho minority o r tho same committee, asked that the consid­eration of tho foregoing report and resolu­tions bo postponed until the mtnority had hnd suffioiont time to present their views, next Monday week bolng the limit of the- time asked.

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* —T h e N e g a t iv e V o te .Washington, Feb. 19.—The Fltz John Por­

ter bill was passed by the House yesterday, the vote being: Yeas, 171; nays, 113. Prior- to the voting Messrs. Phelps (N. J.), Curtis- (Pa.) and Warner (O.) spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Bragg (Wls.) moved tho previous- question and closed tbo debate. Mr. Everhart (Pa.) moved to recommit tho bill> with Instructions to striko out tho words “prior to his appointment under this act," so­ns to make the proviso read: “Said Fltz John Porter shall receive no pay, compensation or allowance whatsoever.” Mr. Reed, ing that this gave an opportunity eating Porter from any question Of demanded the yeas and nays. Tbo motion io< recommit was lost on a vote of yoas, 112; nays, 173.

Tho negative vote Is as follows:Messrs. Adams (111.), Allen (Mass.), Ander­

son (Kan.), Atchison, Bingham, Bound, Bou* tollo, Brown (Pa.), Brown (O.), Brumm. Bu­chanan, Buck, Bunnell, Burrows, Butter- worth, Campbell (Pa.), Cannon, Caswell,. Conger, Cooper, Cutobeon. Davenport,. Davis, Dlngloy, Dorsey, Dunham, Evans, Everhart, Farqubar, Fleomer Fuller, Funston, Oalllnger, Gllflllan, Gros-- vouor. Grout Guonther, Hanback, Hen­derson (Tn), Henderson (III.), Hepburn, Her­man, Hlestlnnd, Piers, Hlscock, H itt Holmes, Hopkins, Houk, Jackson, Johnson (N. Y.j,. Johnston (Iiid.L KeJIoy, Ketoham. LaFoltette. Lohlbnck, Lindsley, Little, Lootltt Lyman, Markham. McCouias, McKennan. McKinley, t Millard, Milllken, Moffitt Morrill, MorroW, Negley, Nelson, O Doncll, O'Noll (Pa), Os­born, Owen, Parker, Payne. Payson, Per­kins, Peters, Pierce, Price, Reed (Mo.), Rico, Rowell, Ryan, Sawyer, 8oraoton, Ses­sions, Smalls, Spooner, Steelo, Stephen­son, Stewaft (Vt), Stone (Mass.), S trait St ruble, Byrnes, B. B. Taylor, Ike Taylor (O.V Zaota Taylor (Tenn.), Thomas (111.). Thomas,

i.), Thompson, van Bchatck, Wakeflold,. a rust (Mo.), Weaver (Neb.), West White,

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;’S RIGHTS.IttM Submit* • 8«» t L o n g R e p o r t C o » - * f u * * l o f t b * P w * l - u f o r m n t l f m B n g n r d - n Office.I#.—Senator Edmund* ilutions from the 8en- udlclsry, accompanied report recites the faot te removal "of Mr. Du»- nt of his euooeaeor a* for the Southern Die*

Mlares that It haa been of the Judiciary Com* ige of the Tenure-of- i the heads ofdepart- aud lnfortnatlou In

e departments touch* administration of the to removed, and the jt of the person pro- !. This has been done

approval of all the tie composition of the ring the period some- mracter and sometimes ance until this time haa ith any delay or denial tilnff such papers and a single exception, >tlon the delay and 1 only for two or three

ews the subsequent ao- and quotes the resolu* ry 17. directing the At- smlt to the Senate the >n the Duskin-Burnett ttoraey-General's re­st the publlo interest »d by a compllunce- ■ It then continues: h in response to the 3, assumes that the At-

servant of the Presl- or withhold conics o r

e according to the will id not otherwise. The

to discover any law ttorney-General in any nder the control of the formanoo of his lawful ieals exhaustively with s that never before in 3overnment has either >en denied official facts> renort asks: “Why 3y may appear from the- jressod? Is It because- llght it would appear representation and per- undant? or moroly that ont and honorable offl- ended and are proposed the advice and consent ler that places may be because they are party objects of party favor?

and consideration that iys have for the Execu­te it reluctant to adopt at present the impene- md as the committee is ly other solution of the- until this vail Is lifted the Government shall

port is a statement staow- usponsions by the Pres- by the nominations re- during the first thirty

session, being from the- rnber. 1885, to January 5, dlciary, 63: Finance, 71; ic lands, 52; Territories, Post-offices, 278; Foreign is, 6.as follows:foregoing report of the-

dloiary be agreed to andSenate hereby express-

af the refusal of the At- 3r whatever influence, to ipios of papers called for- he 25th of January, and inlttee on Judloiary, as. atHcial duty and subver- eutal principles of the- >f good administrationis, under these clrcum- tho Senate to refuse its to proposed removals of nts and papers in refer- offlciul'or personal mls- withheld by the Exccu- f a department, when the Senate andeoalled matter.

be provisloh of section* statutes declaring that

llscharged from the mill- e by reason of disability nds or sickness inourred duty, shall be pre-

tmeuts of civil offices, are found to possess necessary for the prop- duties of such office,

r and fully put in exocu- -emove , or to propose to soldier whose falthful-

nd character are above give place to another

dered such service, is irit of the law and of the the people and Goveru- Statos owe to the defend- . liberty and the integrity

spectfully submitted.” ud report are signed by Ingalls, McMillan, Hoar,, or the Committee on , from the minority o r askod that the consld-

going report and resolu- untll the minority had to present their views, boing the limit of the-

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19.—The Fitz John Por- ly tho Houso yesterday, is, 171; nays, 113. Prior j. Phelps (N. J.), Curtis, spoke In favor of the

t.) moved the previous ted the debate. Mr.

od to recommit the bill* to striko out the words nmont under this act,” so* riso read: "Said Fite John

no pay, compensation or~ fpr.” Mr. Heed, suggest- ,n opportunity forvinai-- any question of money, and nays. The motion to- m a vote of yeas, 112; nays,is as follows:11.), Allen (Mass.), Ander- n. Bingham, Bound, Bou-

, Brown (O.), Brumm. Bu- unnell, Burrowd, Butter- -

(Po.), Cannon, Caswell, Cu toheon. Davenport,.

Dorsey. Dunham, Evans, ibar, Fleomer Fuller, nirar Gilflllan, Gros--

anbaek, Hon-____ Her iburn, Her-Hiscock, Hitt, Holmes, on, Johnson jN. Y.),.Kotoham. LaFollette.

ttle, Loutltt, Lyman, ^ iloKennan. McKinley, v Htt, Morrill, Morrow, \ tell, O’Neil (Pa.), Os- Payne. Pay son, Por-

Prlce, Reed (Me.), awyer, Scranton, Bes- ier, Steelo, Btoplion- 3touo (Mass.), Strait, faylor, Ike

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WHY NOT?**Tou tell me that your child Is dead.

And yet you greet me with a smile,And lat the sunshine flood your rooms,

And with a song your griof beguile l’1““And why not smile? If she had gone

To dwell in sunny Italy— «To gaze upon those palaoed elopes .

And wander by that summer sea—•"Would I not Joy,to follow her

In thought beueuth those classic skies.To note with every changing scene

The rapture in her glad young eyes?*Tet with my winging Joy, alas I

Always a brooding foar would mate,Not knowing wljen along the way

Some nameless woe might Lie in wait;"B ut now for her, w%h love ens

No evil thing can work its spell;Safe talismancd from il she treads . The fields where Uviug fountains well."Why then not smile and opon wide

My windows to iho blessed light.Since she forevermore abides

Iu that fair land that knows no night?” —Maiy B. Sleight, in CongregattonaUst.

A B L A C K S H E E P .

Curly Schwartz, tho L ittle Nailer, and H is H appy Marriage.

It was sevon o’clock on a cool Sep­tember evening. The sun had set upon Smoketon, but a dull red glow still lingered in tho heavens, above the heavy bar of smoke that lay upon thehoftzon. Above the cool, gray river, in which the Ted evening glow and the twinkling lights of the city lay clearly reflected, the "clustering spires” of Smoketon Island stood out against tho darkening sky; the long arch of the bridge, with its lights gleaming in red and gold, gave a touch to the picture that was al­most Venetian; the evening star hung low in the west, and from a loftier height the young moon looked calmly upon the peaceful scene.

That the horizon bar of smoke was much less heavy than usual gave no manner of satisfaction to Thisbe Bar­ton as she paced hurriedly back and forth by the riverside, with her masses of tawny hair unprotected from the evening breeze. For absence of smoke in Smoketon meant idle factories, and what that meant Thisbe and many others had had an excellent chance to learn during the four months’ strike, •which as yet showed no sign of drawing to a close.

A step behind her made her turn to meet the gaze of a rather small and narrow-chested individual whoso pale, dark face and stooping shoulders were at once reduced to insignificance by con­trast with tho girl’s vigorous parson- ality.

"Is that you, Curly Schwartz?” she asked rather roughly. "I’ve just heard something of you. and if it’s true, you’ll say good-bye to Thisbe Barton. ’ ’ *

The man heaved a long sigh as he took oft' his hat and ran his finders through the crisp, dark looks that had been the origin of his nick-namo.

"I guess r ll have to do that, anyway, Thisbe,” he answered meekly. The

firl drew herself up haughtily, while er brown eyes gave an angry flash, "What are you talkin’ about?” she

miked wrathfuUy."I’m talkin’ about how I’ve been

goin’ around with you for better’n two vears,” he answered, "not to speak of bavin’ loved you all my life—and you was real good to me when we was chil­dren, Thisbe. Not another girl in Smoketon have I ever looked at, and you know it; yet you won’t say neither je s nor no, prompt and decided; and I can’t stand it no longer.”

"And so,” the girl answered with slow scorn, "as if I had not lowered my­self enough by goin’ around withamero ‘feeder,’ you have gone and turned ‘black sheep,’ to make me ashamed to hold up my hoa<\ before my brothers.”

"And if I have turned ‘black sheep,’ where’s the harmP” ho demanded sul­lenly.

"Where's the harm in bein’ a traitor?” she demanded, yet more enraged by his ignoring her connection with the mat­ter. "Where's the harm in givin' in to lower wages, like a’cowardP”

"I ain’t. I’m goin’ on as a nailer, at better wages than ever I got in my life.”.

"Yes; betrayin’ your class, and takin’ the place of a better man than your­self.^’

"I’m doin’ nothin’ of the kind. My class is the feeder nailers, and I’m bene- fittin’ one of them- givin’ him a rise in life. O, Thisbe,” faltering suddenly in his defiant sullenness ana looking into her face with appealing pathos. "O, "Thisbe, don’t be so bard on a fellow! I ain’t a coward, nor a traitor, neither. If ’twas ohly me, I could starve or beg, as well 33 any one; but there's my poor -old molfliR—what is she to do while I’m waitin’ for the nailers to get the wages that suits ’em? I’ve done everything a. man could do since this strike began. I ’ve even swop’ the streets and Been' .glad enough to get the job; but there’s plenty more as had off as mo, and jobs

* is hard to get. More than that, Thisbe, I ’ve been drove half mad by you, blowin' hot one minute and cola the next; one day smilin’ on me, and the next on that Geoff. Walton, the big fool. He’s one of the nailers I’m to bo fcep’ starvin’ to please, ain't heP Not I want work, hard work, to keep me from thinkin’, Thisbe. I ’ve the ohanoe

of a hotter place an’ higher wage# thanI ever had, an’ I’m a-goin* to take ’em; you'll never sneer at me for bein’ ‘onlya feeder’ again, any way. ”•

"Have you finished?” at white with passion, "because

looking after him in ut- hands clenched at her

asked Thisbe, l don’t

wish to interrupt you; bnt if you are quite Bure you are entirely through I have something to tell yon. Geoff. Wal­ton asked mo again last night to marry him, and I promised to give him an answer this evenin’. He told me you

,-was goin’ on at tho mill, or I’d aT said yes right off. So I came out here to

Hhink it over, and I’ve made up my mind. He's a true man. Geoff, is; you won’t catch him goin back on the work­ingman and trucklin’ to the oppressor; so I think I shall say yes.” .

"Then I wish you may get what.you deserve,” said Curly, turning abruptly on his heel and walking off, without the ceremony of a farewell

Thisbe stoodter silence, her hands clenched at sides, her nostrils dilated, her whole figure tense with anger. Anger, too, with which surprise was largely mingled, for Curly Schwartz had been her humble slave for so long that she could scarcely realize that he nad at last declared his independence. Perhaps she would like him all the better for it after a while. Even in the midst of her rage there was a strange new ache at her heart which she proudly denied even to her own soul.

"As if I cared for him ," she muttered as she tied on her hat and turned her face homeward.

Curly had walked rapidly in the direc­tion of Brown’s mill. He was not a coward, as he had truly said; but if his intention to turn "black sheep” had got­ten wind tho less he was seon alone after dark the better. Smoketon police were not distinguished for their efficient vigi­lance, and many a striker would have asked no better fun than to knock the "traitor” quietly over the head.

Brown’s mill stood at the end of Brown street, with the hill behind it. Not immediately behind, however. There was quite a stretch of compara­tively level ground, even before one came to the railroad, which ran along a sort of ledge or terrace, just before the really steep ascent began. But, unless one turned and went back some distance along Brown street, and then "fetched a compass” by means of alleys and other circuitous byways, the only mode of getting from front to rear, or vice versa, of Brown’s mill was through the mill-yard. All of which Curly knew without noting, as wo all know perfectly unimportant matters which m$y never­theless come to influence our future. The gates were closed, but they opened at his knock and he passed within the wide inclosure.

The great strike at Smoketon was caused oy something only too familiar to our day and generation—haste to get rich. A secondary ca"use was over­production. There were several other causes not entirely creditable to our hu­man nature,, and finally there came a reduction of the scale of wages. Brown’s mill, after standing idle for four months, had secured the services of a number of feeder-nailers and was now prepared to go to work. A part of the mill had been fitted up as a dor­mitory,. ample provisions had been laid in, and there were signals, pass-words, efip., already in vogue among the hands, mbst of whom came from a neighboring city. In short, it was evident Uio own­ers did not expect to carry out their plans without opposition.

Nor did the strikers intend they should. Thisbe Barton knew that per­fectly well, but had not used it as an ar­gument in speaking to her lover, partly from a latent fear that he might be in­fluenced thereby, for in her neart she liked the "black sheep” too well to wish to see him prove a coward. Theirs had been a strange alliance. Thishy, the youngest of eight children and the one daughter, had during her twenty years of life been petted, spoiled and indulged by father, brothers and a weak and some­what silly mother, who thought no one in the world so beautiful or clever as her young daughter. And indeed the girl must bo allowed the credit of being a magnificent animal. Her auburn hair when unbound, fell to her knees in a mass of shining ripples; her eyes had the brightness, not only of perfect health, hut of fearless spirit; her com­plexion all the brilliance possible to Smoketon, while her form was that of a beautiful Amazon. Curly, on the other hand, small, slight, and appar­ently predestined to nailers’ consump­tion, was the only son of a widowfld mother; and while the Bartons were comparatively well off in this world’s

f oods, the Schwartzes had not a penny eyond what Curly could earn by his

work in the mill. Thisby Barton had stood by him womanfully ever Bince, in his eighth yoar he had been left father­less and well-nigh friendless. She was in age a year younger, in appearance several years older; than the puity, siokly boy whom she loved better than any of her. seven brothers, and pro­tected with the fierceness of a tigres£*in defense of her young. The taunts of her brothers abhut ner "little sweet­heart, who could not even read a circus poster,” had merely the eflhct of induc­ing her to impart her own soanty stock of Information to him after work hours, which amateur pedagogism, reacting upon herself, gave her « much more thorough knowledge of what she had learned than has been usual among "sweet girl graduates” since the youth­ful days of our grandmothers.

When they grew up this state*of things underwent some little ehadge, and Curly, who had always looked upon Thisbe as his personal and pe­culiar property, was overwhelmed with consternation to find himself snubbed and neglected, while tl»e young beauty

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laughed, flirted and accepted o&ndy and buggy ridea—favorite offsprings of Smoketon’s brave to Smoketon’s fair— from those more favored by fortune than himself. True, it was only her head that was turned; her heart was still in the right plaoe—that is to say, in the possession of Curly himself; but how was he to be sure of that?

It was a matter upon which Thisbe grew to have little doubt in the long nays that followed his turning "blaok- sheep.” Perhaps the bitter abuse showered upon him helped to enlist her sympathies in his behalf; butshe kept her own counsel, and was credited by her brothers with having at last “got over her nonsense about that fellow.” But Thisbe had her reasons for being silent. The attack on Brown’s mill had not been abandoned but only delayed b the absence of ono of the loaders, was very little tho girl could learn in relation to it, her brothers and their fliends being by no means given to im­parting their intentions to women; hut by close observation and diligent atten­tion to every word lot fall in her pres­ence she at last became acquainted with the time and manner in which the "oppressor” was to be "enjoined.”

The time was the night of the very day upon which her information was gained. Perhaps the weather had exorcised a determining influence upon the situation, for it was just the day for a conspiracy, with a fog almost equal to a "London partic’lar.” Thisbe re­tired to her own room as soon as possi­ble after tho supper, of which her brothers and their guest, Geoffrey Wal­ton had partaken with the appetite per­taining to an approving conscience. With a woman’s skill sheTiad managed to keep Geoff, at arm’s length,telling him she had determined not to engage her­self to any ono till tho striko should be over; but as his presence made her thereafter slightly uncomfortable she feigned a headache as an excuse for re­tiring. Her mother, in some alarm suggested remedy after remedy, whereat Thisbe showed such temper as insured uninvaded seclusion for the rest of the evoning.

It was late when she heard her mother’s heavy step mount the stairs and pause for a moment at her dopr; but the gas was out. and Thisbe gave no sign; so Mrs. Barton went on to bed. Then Thisbe heard the noisy exit of the male portion of her family, and then, after an interval during which all was quiet, a muffled figure stole noislessly down the staircase and out into the fog­gy street. There was little need for dis­guise she discovered; the fog was so heavy a mother would scarcely have known her own child half a yard away. No stranger could possibly have found his way about SmoKeton that night; but Thisbe had carried too many dinner- pails to Brown’s mill since her earliest recollection to be at fault for a moment. She took the shortest way, which led along the hillside and across the rail­road, and approached the mill from the rear. Here was also a gate, at which she knocked lightly, but the voice which asked "Who’s there?” made her heart beat faster.

"A friend,” she replied in a hoarse whisper. "Speak lower, Curly Schwartz. There’s to be an attack on you to-night, and I don’t know how near they may be. 1 could not warn you any sooner. They swear they’ll burn the mill over your heads.”

"Is Geoff. Walton in it?” asked Curly in a whisper. The gate was still closed between them, but the boards of the ancient fence had, unfortunately, only too many crevices through which a whisper might pass.

"What’s that to you,Curly Schwartz?”"Much if you are This— ’"Hush. I’m a dead woman if you

betray me. There!” as a sudden flash showed the presence of a dark lantern

‘you’ve no time topr

upon the hillside,lose.” ,

"But what will become of you?”"Sh! rouse the mill; I’m safe enough.

Good-bye!” and the girl was gone.But wh'ereP Already the strikors

were too near to allow her to returp as she had come, and escape in any other direction was prevented by the mill itself. Ndthing better occurred to her than to crouch Dehind a pile of stones and rubbish, a little way up the hill, until the rioters should arrive, when, favored by the darkness, she hoped to make her way through the crowd as one of themselves. If they should suspect and molest her—the girl’s beautiful lips parted in a not very pretty smile as she caught up a tolerably-sized stone from the heap and held it firmly in her strong right hand.

Yet for allher courage the scene which followed returned upon her many times in after years as a dream of horror—the breaking open of the gate, tho shouts of defiance from within, the masked fig­ures piling flaming brands against the door, undeterred by a scattering pistol- fire from the defenders. The mill was well provided with arms and ammuni­tion, but perhaps the nerve of tho be­sieged was shaken by the suddenness of the attack, or perhaps they were n6t well accustomed to tho use of their weapons. Whatever tho cause, tho vol­ley aid little harm beyond stinging tho rioters into increased fury.

And now the door bogan to smolder and craeklc, when suddenly it was flung wide and a party of tho besieged rushed through the fire, scattering and stamp­ing it out as they dashed upon the rioters, while another party flung pails of water upon tho smoldering door and the still-burning brands. For a moment tho rioters gave Book; but as the be­sieged, their object accomplished, made an equally sudden rush for the mill, thoir opponents rallied and folfbwcd close at their heels with yells of de­fiance.

Curly Schwartz had been one of the

foremost in this Bally. * This be, who, unable to make her way home, had been swept forward instead by the orowd, saw his form clearly defined against the dull, red glow of tho fur­nace fires within the low, wide doorway. Nor was she the only one who recog­nized him. There was a shout, a curse upon him by name, and a heavy olub raised by a powerful arm. Then a stone, which certainly came from Thisbe’s direction, struck Geoffrey Wal­ton’s wrist; tho arm fell by his side, and Curly’s pistol touched his temple. Only for an instant, for beneath the blaclc orape upon which the furnace tires

learned all so red, Curly seemed to see e innocent eyes of the boy with whom

he had played in childhood. His arm dropped and he turned with the rest to regain the shelter of tho mill. At the same moment a crushing blow fell upon him from behind; he dropped like a log and the trampling of many feet passed over his body.

That ho was drawn by strong and ten­der arms into a sheltered corner, Curly never knew for many a long day after­ward; but when tho rioters withdrew at the approach of day, leaving Brown’s mill in no very good condition for work, ho was found with his head resting upon the lap of a beautiful girl, who looked up with eyes of mingled hope and dread as she cried: "He isn’t dead, I’m sure of i t O, help me take him home!”

From that time Thisbe never left him. He was carriqd to his own house, whero slowly but hajipily he regained some measure of his former strength. Ho was never more able for hard work, and it is difficult to imagine what would have become of him and his old mother but for the wife who had married him when he lay upon his sick bed, unable to move hand or foot. Thisbe, however, was equal to anything—even to bearing the reproaches of her family. They wore very bitter at first, but even her brothers used their influence to protect both herself and her husband, whom in­deed the nailers were not inclined to molest, from a perhaps well-founded conviction that his "punishment” (what­ever they meant by that) had been meted out by Providence. But after a few years the Bartons so far relented as to assist their erring sister to open a small* shop, in serving which Curly found employment not too hard for his feeble strength.

Long before this the trouble between the. workingmen and "bosses” of Smoketon had been submitted to arbi­tration and settled. Then came a European war and a consequent boom in iron. Some of the mill men (who perhaps had a finger or two in other speculations) grew suddenly rich, among whom was Geoffrey Walton, now married and the head of a family. His wife became a leader in Smoketon so­ciety, and her handsome carriage often passed the little, one-windowed shop where Thisbe officiated with unfailingg ood temper and the brightest of smiles.

ut no sign of recognition ever came from carriage to shop, even when upon bright summer days Curly’s chair was set upon the patement and his pale figure luxuriated in the sunshine. Then he would grumble bitterly against what he called his fortune, and his wife would answer, as she tossed her bright-haired baby until he crowed again, while dark­eyed Lina clung timidly to her dress.

"You keep still, Curly Schwartz. I’m the one to complain, for I might’abcdn ridin’ in that carriage now if I’d a chose.”

"Bnt you ain’t sorry, Thisbe?” Curly would ask, with an anxious glance into her face.

"Not much!” would be the vigorous response. "I never could abide the sight of that Geoff. Walton, anyhow,” (O Thisbe, Thisbe, what a memory you have!) "and besides, a woman can’t be more than perfectly happy, seems to me. More than that, whatever would you do without mo. Curly?”

"Die,” Curly would answer quietly. Then a momentary glance of tender­

ness would soften the bright brown eyes, to be imniediately dismissed with a toss ot the tawny head as Thisbe would lift up her voice in some gay song, to which the baby boy would crow an answer, while her husband listened with a smile of happiness.— Chicago Tribune.

STO C K -B R EED IN G .A Financially Dangerous .Business I f Not

Properly Managed.The young man who is ambitious to

become a breeder of blooded stock should look the ground carefully over before risking his fortune in the busi­ness. If he makes a study of it he will find that very few men have ever been successful to tho degree of making money raising thoroughbreds, while tho list of failures is ditsressingly long.

Breeding fancy stock has a great at­traction for wealthy gentlemen with rural tastes. A craze takes possession of them and they buy too much, and the next year finds them unloading upon a market already too full. These men are numerous enough to keep tho sell­ing rates a little below profitable prices, becauso they do not care what the enterprise costs them, as their ob­ject is more to obtain pleasure than profit. The man of modern means can not stand up against this opposition un­less he is remarkably brightrwitted and admirably adapted to the business. Look well before you leap, and begin in a modest way if you nope to pull through with profit and glory.—Ameri­can Dairyman.

—The Pennsylvania Railroad recently burned up fifteen hundrod usoloss coal- cars to got the old iron in them.

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RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATK

—Of the forty-three thousand new members of the Presbyterian Church last year about twenty-one thousand came from the 8unday-sc.hoola.—Chris­tian Union.

—Tho late 8enor l)ona Susan* Beintez Vindade Parelo left $300,000 to found a boys’ school in Madrid, and $160,000 in medical charities.

_ —Tho State of Pennsylvania has eighteen schools for soldiers’ orphans, on which $8,000,000 has been expended during the past twenty years.—Philudcl* phia Press.

—In the 1,215 colleges and the other institutions o f learning in the country, attended.by 155,000 young men, there are now 210 Y. M. C. Ass*N. T. Examiner.

—The Norwegians of Brooklyn have founded a hospital for the benefit of their fellow countr/men. A deaconess from the old country has entered upon tho work as nurse.— Brooklyn Union.

—A Waterbury paper mentions a citi­zen who removed his daughter from a great female college in consequence of the "prevalence there of the baneful and disgustiugjhnbitjof chewing gum.’ Hartford Courant.

— The London correspondent ok Science announces that theoldpublio schools in England are relaxing theii

■strict adherence to the classics. "Rug­by, ho says, "is about to institute a modern side, and changes in the same direction are gradually introduced al Eton, hei’ great rival, Harrow having long had something of the kind.”

—That was a good bit of advice given by an old and reverend minister to some young theologues who were seeking hints as to sermon writing. “Choose

*5*our text,” he said, "then try to live it for a week, and at the end of that time you will be in a condition to write.” If this method of preparation were in more frequent use, audiences might have less reason to complain of "dry” dis­courses.—Congregationalist. ,

—In a Chicago school, recently, the class that was reciting the "language lesson” were requested to give a sen­tence with the word "capillary. A lit­tle girl wrote, "I sailed across the ocean iu a capillary.” When asked what she meant by that, she turned to Webster’s unabridged and triumphantly pointed out this definition—"Capillary: a fine vessel.” Further investigations showed that nearly all the class had made the same blunder.— The Advance.

—A curious company went over from New York to Brooklyn a few Sundayj nights ago. It consisted, among oth-i ers, of the Rev. Mr. Haweis, Courtland Palmer, Andrew Carnegie and two daughters of Bob Ingersoll. Mr. Beecheij .knew they were there and he arose to the situation and preached one of the very best sermons that ever came from the Plymouth pulpit. ^After the sermonl he was introduced to the little partyj One of Colonel Ingersoll’s daughters told him that that was the first time she had ever been in a church in her life, i whereat Mr. Beecher said that she was the prettiest pagan he ever saw, and the priests and the agnostics laughed heartily at the pleasantry.—N. Y. 2Yi* bunt-.

W IT AND W ISDOM .

—The first in conversation is truth, the next, good sense, the third, good humor, and the fourth, wit.—Sw ift. *

—When Fogg heard the landlady b©4 low stairs pounding the beefsteak he remarked that Mrs. Brown was tender­ing a banquet to her boarders.— Boston Transcript.

—Beware of prejudices; they are rate,! and men’s minds are like traps, Pre-1 judices creep in easily, but it is doubtful! if they ever get out.— Christian Advocate.

—The mind of childhood Is the ten- derest, holiest thing on earth. Let

fiarents stand as watchers at the temple, est any unclean thing should enter.—*

N. Y. Examiner."What is the first thing you would doj

Jones, if you were stung by a hornetP , asked Smith, who had been reading an article on the treatmenS of stings.' "Howl,” replied Jones, solemnly. And the conversation abruptly ended.—i N. Y. Independent.

—A disciple of Blaekstone at Albany^ Ga., was met carrying home a ’possum.'* He was asked: "Hello, J., what is that?” " ’Possum!” "What are you going to do with him?” “I’m going to nave a big ’possum supper.” "How many will be there?” "Two; me and) tho ’possum!”—Atlanta Constitution.

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"whon you see the hands of our clock always right you may be sure that there isn’t much wrong with the inside works.’* — Chicago Mail.

—The latest anecdote about the olc| lady who thinks she "knows every-j thing” is about how she went to 4 church sociable, and as she entered the churoh the young ladies said: "Goo^ evening, auntie, we are glad yon came we are going to have tableaux evening. ” "Yes, I know, I know,, was the reply. *T smelt ’em when I first came in.”—Western Rural.

—‘ ‘Aw, ’ ’drawled a city swell to a try boy, whom he met in the road freezing morning, "the superlative liditv of the oiroumambient atmosphi renders extraforaneous peregrination^* much less delectable than suotegulane-l oufl pursuits, don’t you know.” ‘.‘Gosh-, amity,” rfhid the boy, "doit though? ] thought it was too dang cold for that,’*' MtrckatU Traveler.

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W a s h in g t o n . Feb. 19tb, 1886.All aorta of people with ell aorta of

tempera are encountered in (be corridor* of the Capitol. Many of them are Iran* iient aigbt-aeera, but moat of them are the Congressmen's cullers. Tbe Mary* land Senators and Representatives are most Id demand because tbeir constituen­cies are near at baud, and the Coogres

eional delegations from tbe Pacific* coast are freest from this kind of persecution But even they, in common with all other Congressmen, think they have a bard time in this respect.

The eastern door of the House of Rep­resentatives is one of the busiest places in the Capitol. It keeps two uieu running 'Constantly to carry in cards to Members from tbe anxious people ouislde. It is interesting to stand iu tbe corridor and bear tbe demands of importunate visitors, and watch tbe faces of the people standing around there

A young man from the way-back district comes in. He wants to see his member about a clerkship, but he is modest and stands back fingering his card, and hesitating whether to push into the crowd or not. Then a veterau office­-seeker steps up to the door keeper in a business like way and says, ‘ Smith, "Rhode Island.”

Tbe ladies waiting room is always crowded. There is a woman from the South with her little claim against tbe Government for cotton destroyed. Another wants to have her little 'son appointed a page iu the House, and she is waitiug to see the Sergeant-at-arms. There are young women and old women who are trying to get places.in the De parlments and female lobyiats who are to get so many hundred dollars for pushing such and such a bill through Then, just outside in the corridor again are scores of men who want office. Some of • hem came here last March expecting to get a consulship, who would now be thankful for a nine hundred dollar clerk- chip.

Be thankful dear reader, that you are not dependent on the Government for support. There has just been a competi live examination here for postofflce Inspectorships. There were only twenty- five vacancies to be filled, and eigh hundred candidates, yearning for the places! presented themselves. Several hundred who passed had no possible chance of getting appointments, so really those who passed were not much better off than those who failed in tbe examina­tion.

All the week, so far, the Senate has been upholding und crhicising again the Educational bill that passed that body last session, and the House of Represen­tatives has been defending and denounc­ing Fitz John Porter as it has done biennially in every Congress for twenty years. Tbe same old evidence and arguments are being repeated in both Houses over euch measure. Nothing seems to have occurred in the interim to change the views of the friends of either question or to modify the objections of opponents. As to the Educational bill, it cannot be said that the Southern Sen­ators are disposed to give their section the benefit of the doubt on the question. Tbe strongest opposition to the measure comes from that section notably, from Senator Morgan, of Ala., although the 8outh would receive the bulk of the proposed appropriation of 177,000.000.

The woman suffragists are here again bolding tbeir convention. Tbe represen­tation Is fully as large as at any former gathering. In their speeches they tell the same old story. They rant of their wrongs, demand their rights, and declare they will get them yet. They dwell with elation on wbat they call their victories of tire past year, and one of their ablest champions, Mrs Merriweath- er, proposes to make an address in reply to Senator Vest’s letter stating that he is an uncompromising opponent. The women say this fair * orkfor is going to annihilate this Senator from Missouri.

Apropos of this convention which is being held in Ail Soul’s church, the pastor preached a sermon on woman suffrage. He said the question lmd nar­rowed down to a single issue, the right to ballot. He was still in doubt, but it was hard not to favor it when the appeal came from women. He had drawn near the fence, and was looking over, but this fence was one that thoughtful people could not dear at a bound. It was at least a six rail fence. Speaking of women io Congress, be said tbe morals of Con­gressmen were much better when they brought their wives to Washington with them than when they left them at home “ If good women should be elected to Congress,” he added, “it i* to he hoped they will bring tbeir husbands with

fcVhfthem. I should be lorry to aee them leave their husbands at home to keep house during a two or tix year* term.”

Purify Your Blood.Among spring preparations, do not

neglect that which is most important of all—yoijr own body. During the winter the blood absorbe many im­purities, which, if not expelled, are liable to break out in scrofula or other disease. The best spring m edi­cine is H ood’s Sarsaparilla. I t expels every Impurity from tbe blood, aud gives strength to every function of the body. Sold by all druggistB.

The C hu rches.LUTHERAN.

On S u n d a y , F eb 14, R e v . H o lla p rea ch ed fro m t h e t e x t fo u n d tn If . P e te r 1 .16—21.

S u n d a y a fte r S u n d a y , a n d o n a ll o th e r d a y s m a d e m e m o r a b le b y s o m e g r e a t p a st e v e n t to tb e C h ristia n a rea , tb e w o r d s of t h e s c r ip tu r e a re e x p la in e d a n d ta u g h t to u s. I u th e c o m m a n d m e n ts urul te a c h in g o f th e b tb le vre a re p la in ly sh o w n a s C h r istia n s w h a t w e a r e to d o —w h a t w e a r e to a v o id d o in g . A fter w e h e a r th o s e th a t a re se e n r e g u la r ly In th e c h u r c h e s s a y , "O ur G od a sk s to o m u c h o f us; w e c a n n o t k e e p a l l th a t Is a sk e d o f u s In tb e b lb le ." B u t w e m u s t re ­m e m b e r h e d o e s n u t a sk a ll th is fo r h is s a k e , b u t for o u r o w n h a p p in e s s In th is w o rld a n d th e s e c u r ity o f th e n e x t th a t a ll so d e s ir e to e n te r . S u c h a l l l e a s th e b lb le te a c h e s us to lead w o u ld In d e ed I e a h a p p y o n e . In d o in g g o o d d o w e n o t a lw a y s feel h a p p y ? T h ro u g h h is h o ly s p ir i t lie g iv e s us th e s tr e n g th to fu lf i ll h i s w i l l , a n d th is sp ir it w il l be g iv e n us 11 w e e a r n e s t ly a sk for It T h is s p ir i t w ill o p e n o u r d e a le n e d c o n sc ie n c e a n d s te a l w ith in o u r h e a r ts . T h is s p ir i t w il l h e lp u s to u n d e r s ta n d a n d b e l ie v e th a t th e b lb le Is th e r e a l, tr u e w o rd o f G od.

T h e m e , "T h e b lb le Is th e r ea l, tr u e w ord of G o d .”

I. G od h a s h im s e l f p ro v ed It fro m h e a v e n .II . T h e h o ly sp ir it p r o v e s a n d c o n f ir m s it

In o u r h ea r ts .III. T h e p r o p h e c y th a t h a s c o m e to p a ss

p r o v e s It.I. 16lh a n d IStli v e r s e s . T h e r e lig io n o f

th e h e a th e n s 1s a fa b le r e l ig io n . T h e a n c ie n t E u r o p e a n tr ib e s w o r sh ip ed a n u m b e r o f d if fe r e n t god s T h e G r e e k ls b , lto m ls h S la v ish , a n d G erm a n fa b le s o f th e fa lse g o d ’s te a e h iu g s h e ld for m a u y y e a r s a sp e l l o f d rea d a n d fear o v e r th e tr ib e s . T b e a n c ie n t G er m a n s d r e a m ed o f W a lh a l la T hey w o r sh ip e d th e god W o d a n , T h o r , a n d tb e g o d d e ss l le r th a .

2 T lie a p o s t le s d id n o t f o l lo w th e s e o ld fa b le s . T h e y p r e a ch ed o f J e s u s —h is c o m in g —Ills d ea th for u s—h is r e s u r r e c t io n . The re ­lig io n o f th e B on o f G od i s p r o o f o f th e F a th e r o f Ills real, tr u e w o rd s . T h e a p o s t le s w e r e w ith J e s u s on th e h o ly m o u n t . M oses, w h o l iv e d 1 500 y e a r s a g o , a n d E l ia s 900, b o th a p p ea red o n th a t m o u n t a n d p r o p h e c le d th e c o in in g C h rist. B u t th e p r o p h e c y o f th e F a th e r w a s s t i l l m o r e g ra n d , s a y in g , " T h is Is m y so n , In w h o m I a m w e ll p lea sed ."

II. 19th a u d 2oth v e r se s . T h e d a r k p la c e . T he world an o r g a n . T h e h e a r ts o f m e n a re d a r k d e n s —d a r k e n e d th r o u g h s in . T h e p r o p h et s a y s d a r k n e ss c o v e r s th e e a r th a n d a ll th e n a l Ion s Hm s in , th r o u g h th e w o rd o f G od, w ill he b r o u g h t to l ig h t . T he H o ly G h o st w i l l p u n ish th e w o r ld for Its s in s T h ere are m a n y k in d s o f s in n e r s . T he w ord o f God a u d th e h o ly g o sp e l sh o w u s t h a t w e a r e a l l w e ig h e d In t h e b a la n c e a n d fo u n d w a n t in g . T he h o ly sp ir it c o n f ir m s m e th a t 1 am a bad , u n w o r th y s e r v a n t . S o s h in e s th e w ord o f G od In th is d a r k w o r ld a n d iu y o u r d a r k e n e d h e a r ts . T he a p o s t le s sa y , " Y e d o w e ll th a t y e ta k e h e e d .” L e t th is lea d n s to r e p e n ta n c e . T h en w i l l th e m o r n in g s ta r a r is e In u s—th ro u g h t lie ta l th o f J o su s It w i l l b e c o m e lig h t w it h in u s . T h e n th e f ir m , n e v e r -c h a n g in g w o r d s a re a d d r e ss e d to u s , “ Y o u r s in s a re fo r g iv e n .”

III. 21st v erse . T h e p r o p h e c y o f th e d o in g s o f C h r is t a n d t l i e fu l f i l lm e n t o f th e m T h e p r o p h ec y o f J e r u sa le m T h e se r m o n o f o u r S a v io r u n d e r th e h e a v e n s . T he c h u r c h b u ild s o n th e firm fo u n d a t io n o f C hrist. The su ffe r in g o f e h r ls ta ln s . T h e d e s tr u c t io n

a n d se p a r a t io n o f t h e c h u rch b y th e u n b e ­l ie v in g . T h e d is c o v e r y o f m a n —t h is a ll e lio w in g and c o n fir m in g t h a t t h e b lb le Is th e r ea l, tr u e w ord o f G od.

W hat, m o r e o f c o m fo r t a n d s tr e n g th ca n w e a sk th a n th a t g iv e n In P s a lm s x lv l . 5 a n d 8.

CATHOLIC.Ttev. H a g en to o k tits t e x t fro m M atth ew

x l lf . 25—“ W h tle m e n w e re a s le e p t h e e n e m y c a m e a n d o v e r s o w e d c o c k le a m o n g th e w e e d s .”

I. D o y o u see , fa th e r s a n d m o th e r s d o y o u s e e w h at h a p p e n s w h ile y o u a re a s le ep , t h a t Is , If y o n d o not. ta k e c a re o f y o u r o w n , e 6 p e c ‘ I l y t h o s e o f y o u r o w n h o u se h o ld , If y o u d o n o t w a tc h th e ir d o tu g s b o th by d a y a n d by n ig h t , th e ir c o m p a n y a n d c o n v e r sa ­t io n w h e n th e y g o from h o m e , a n d w h en t h e y r e tu r n ? ’"'' T h e e n e m y c o m e s a n d o v e r s o w s c o c k le a m o n g t h e w h e a t . In o n e h o u r h e d o e s m o r e h a r m th a n y o u ca n r e ­p a ir tn a y e a r , p e r h a p s In m a n y y e a r s . W li1 1st y o u lie In bed a n d s le e p h o w m u ch e v il is d o n e in a n d o u t s id e o f th e h o u se You w o u ld n o t le a v e a t h in g o f v a lu e o u t­s id e d u r in g th e n ig h t for fea r o f rob b ers Can y o u im a g in e a n y t h in g m o r e v a lu a b le th a n th e p r e c io u s b lood o f J e s u s C h r is t­in e p r ice p a id for y o u r s a n d y o u r c h ild re n 's so u ls?

It. C o ck le a m o n g th e w h e a t . T h a t Is th e w a y o f th e w o r ld . E v e r y w h e r e u p o n t h is e a r th go o d Is m ix e d w ith e v i l . I f w e w o u ld tr y to e sc a p e a ll e v i l w e w o u ld h a v e to g o o u t o f t h is w o rld . W h a t th e n Is to be d o n e? "B u ffer b o th to grow u n t il th e h a r v e s t ,” sa y s th e Lord; le s t p e r h a p s g a th e r in g u p th e c o c k le y o u ro o t u p a ls o th e w h e a t to g e th e r W ith It, O, h e a v e n ly p a t ie n c e ! O, e v e r la s t in g lo n g a n im ity o f G od! B o w lo n g a lr e a d y h a s G od su ffered m e a m o n g th e w h ea t? M ust I th e n n o t be p a t ie n t a n d fo r e b e a r ln g to w a r d s m y e r r in g fe llo w m a n ? U n r e a so n a b le ’ m a n , y o n e x p e c t G od to fo r g iv e y o n , a n d y o u w i l l n o t fo r g iv e y o u r b r o th e r .

HI. U n t i l t h e h a r v e s t t im e . E v e r y th in g w ill b e c o m e r ip e , v ir t u e a n d v lo e — th e J n st fo r T ew ard , tb e w ic k e d for p u n is h m e n t . Han Is r ip e w h e n h e d ie s ; b e m a y d ie so o n e r o r la te r . H o w , If t h is w e r e t h e d a y o f y o u r r ip e n e s s fo r e te r n ity ? A n d n o w m y b r e th r en , I s p e a k to y o n a lo n e th a t a r e h e r e a s s e m ­b led ; I c o n s id e r y o u a s I f y o n w e r e a lo n e o n e a r t h , a n d t h i s i s th e th o u g h t th a t o o c n p le s a n d terro r izes m e . I su p p o se th e n th a t y o n r la s t h o n r h a s c o m e , a n d th e e n d o f t h e nnlverae; that t h e h e a v e n s o p e n o v e r y o n r bead*; that Jesus C h r is t a p p e a r s In h i*

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glory to th e m id st o f yon, and that yon are here assem bled to watt, lik e trem bling crim inals, to Whom w ilt be pronounced a senten ce o f grace or o f eternal death, for y o a flatter yourselves tn vd ln —yon w ilt d ie as yon are to-d sy . A ll th e desires of ohange w b te h occupy y o n now w il l oooupy y o n on y o n r ’d e a ib -b e d . T h is Is the experience of a l l t im e s . W h a te v e r n e w you w ill And th e n Iu y o n w i l l t>e p* rhape a greater ao- c o u n t th a n t h a t w h ic h y o n w o u ld have to ren d e r n o w , a n d fro m w h a t 'y o n w o u ld be to -d a y , If y o n w e r e to b e J u d g e d , y o n m a y n e a r ly c e r ta in d e o ld e w h a t y o u w ill b e a t th e eu d o f y o u r U fa . N o w I a sk y o u , a n d 1 a sk y o u w ith fe a r a n d tr e m b lin g , n o t s e p ­a r a t in g In t h i s p o in t n>y fa te fro m y o u r s; I a sk y o n th e n If J e s n s Christ a p p ea r e d la th is ch u r c h , In th e m id s t o f t h i s c o n g r e g a ­t io n , to j u d g e y o n , to m a k e tb e te r r ib le d is c r im in a t io n o f th e g o a t s a n d tb e sh e e p , d o y o u b e l ie v e t h a t th e g r e a t e s t n u m b e r o f u s th a t a r e h e r e w o u ld b e p la c ed a t tb e righ t? D o y o u b e l ie v e t h a t th in g s a t le a s t w o u ld be e v e n ? Do y o n b e l ie v e th a t th e r e w o u ld b e fo u n d ten J u st, w h o m fo r m e r ly t h e l>ord Could n o t And in f iv e w h o le c it ie s ? I a sk y o u —y o n d o n o t k n o w It, n e ith e r d o ( . T h o u a lo n e . O, G od! k n o w e s t w h o b e lo n g to th e e . H ut i f w e d o n o t k n o w w h o b e lo n g to h im , w e k n o w a t le a s t t h a t t h e s in n e r s d o n o t b e lo n g to h im . N ow , w h o a re th e f a i t h ­fu l h e r e a sse m b le d ? T it le s a n d h o n o r s , c h a t te ls a n d s e c t io n s c o u n t for n o th in g Y on w il l b e d e p r iv e d ot th e m b efo re tb e j u d g ­m e n t s e a t o f J e s u s C hrlB t. W h o a r e th e fa ith fu l? M any s in n e r s , w h o w il l n o t c o n v e r t . S t i l l m o r e w h o w o u ld p e r h a p s , b u t w h o d e fe r th e ir c o n v e r s io n . M any o th e r s , w h o r e p e n t to r e fa ll In th e s a m e m o r ta l s in s . F in a lly s o m e , w h o t h in k th e y n e e d n o c o n v e r s io n ; a l l th o s e a r e th e rep ro b a te . 8 e p a r a te t h o s e fou r k in d s o f s in n e r s from th is h o ly a s s e m b ly , b e c a u se th e y w il l be se p a r a te d fro m It o n th e g r e a t d a y o f J u d g m e n t . A p p e a r n o w y o u J n st— w h e r e a r e y o u ? B e st o f I s r a e l pasB to th e r ig h t . W h e a t o f J e s u s C h rist s e p a r a te y o u r s e lv e s from tb e c o c k le d e s t in e d to th e fire O, God! w h e r e a re y o u r e le c t , a n d w b a t r e m a in s for y o u r In h e r ita n c e ?

P U R E IS THKA B S O L U T E

N E C E S S I T YOF HEALTH. BLOOD

THE marvellous results of H ood’s Sar­sa pa r il l a upon all humors and low

conditions of the blood (as / /p ro v ­en by the cures effected) / / proveIt the best BLOOD M E D -/ A / / ICINE. Such has been the s u e - / /c e s s of this article at home / / that near­ly every family i n / / w h o l e n e i g h borhoods have been / e y / taking It at the same time. / A p / It eradicates scrofula, v ita l-/ / iz e s and enrich­es the blood, / 'g ’ / thereby restoring Snd renovat-/ / in g the whole sys­tem. Hood’s/ A / Sa r sa pa rilla puri­fies the / / blood. Hood’s Sarsa­parilla / fS ) /cures dyspepsia. Hood’s oarsa- / / p a r il l a cures billous-le-s. / Q p / A peculiar point in Hood’s Bar- / x / s a p a r il l a Is that it builds up and strengthens the system, while it eradicates disease, and as nature’s great assistant proves itself invaluable as a pro­tection from diseases that originate in changes of the seasons, of climate and oi file .

S C R O F U L A .135 H ow ard St r e e t , 1

II. 17. (Lo w ell , Mass., Jan.ME89R8. C. I. H ood & Co.: Gentlemen —

I have used H ood s Sa r s a p a r i l l a in my family for scrofulous humor with wonderful success, and am happy to tell you that it is the best medicine we ever used. I do sin­cerely advise any one who is troubled with scrofula to give this valuable remedy a trial, and assure them they will not he disappoint­ed. Very truly yours,(Coburn Shuttle Co.) C. C. PICKERING.

Hood’s Sarsaparilla is sold by all Drug­gists. Price 61 per bottle; six for $5. Pre­pared by C. I. HOOD -v CO.. Lowell, Mass

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' “ Independence, Texas, Sept. 28, ItSf OmUmurn

The tiree* Cotwti

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A yer’s H a ir V ig o rHas been used In my household for thrss naaous t —

w i n e s ,

1st. To prevent falling out of the hair.2d. To prevent too rapid ohange of color. 2d. AS g. dressing.I t has * given entire satisfaction is every

Instance. Yours respectfully,Wit. Cabby Crass.”

T H E B E ST

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AYER’8 HAIR VIGOR Is entirely free from unoleanly, dangerous, or injurious sub­stances. It prevents the hair from turning gray, restores gray hair to its original color, prevents baldness, preserves tbe hair and promotes Its growth, cores dandruff and all diseases of the hair and scalp, and Is, at the samo time, a very superior aud desirable dressing.

PREPARED BT

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Sold by a ll Druggists.

I keep constantly on hand the b e s t b k a n d s of BEER. Also a f u l l l in e of WINES and LIQ­UORS, which I will supply to farmers and families at the lowest rates.

CW“I have a side room where farmers and their families can be served with a good lunch at any and all tim es.

lUTCal land you will find me ready to serve you.

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1 am prepared to make esti­mates on all kinds of work, and h a v e a good assort­ment of designs drawn by an experienced ar­chitect, which are fieo to my patroos.

AGENT FOR M. HICKMAN,

DEALER IN THEA complete

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best endeavors to please all parties intrust­ing me with tbeir work, and execute all con­tracts with<dis- patcb, and in a g o o d , work­manlike man­ner.

fy T h a n k ln g my friends for their l ib e r a l patronage here­tofore. I trust, by pursuing an upright, fair and honorable course, so com­mand their pat­ronage in ihe future.

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all parties entrusting me with their work, and execute all contracts with neatness and dispatch

Thanking my friends for their past patronage, by a strict attention to business hope for a continuance of their patronage.

J. W ORR.

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“ Boys, it Un’t ble on tbe g l obape,” remarks- smoking oar; “ oi in a little town and tbe bpur-rooi full of tbe gav worked several • drinks that woul ■ingle sucker I begun.to think I awhile I heard disputing abot asked them wbs •* 'Jim, here,’ sa kin go out and j mile an’ oome actual measurenand kin never <

jB g ‘ just bet him $5■■ bold tbe stakes*

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staked w ith I w ent out to see ed around and pole, and Jim s o f tbe street in aBked me w hlc I told him I dl bad marked th pacing very muob caution, w ith tbe pole, Pretty soon l and waited for that was bis < a few m inutes to him , and w distance was? tw enty feet quarter of a clear as a wbii tb e most worn witnessed. B how ever, I dii was done. Ji quarter of a m h e had careful the same pc

arked the ti only to blmse had measured front of the h and wag thus Ills victim m w ho bet the t in , and I was bad made a s I ’ll have reve have to Btart a drug store t

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depressed s general det weak constit disease of a m eans proeu Bitters. Yoi tbe rapid follow; you \ life; strength pain and henceforth praise o f I fifty oeuts a

Clarence . Saturday e murdered h a bandsaw Jury, Mffnd differences 1 eays his vie been for yei

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W . W . cheater, Inc tomers, Mr Randolph < ferer w ith c up to die heard of D for oousum it of me. J walked to i m iles, and she has qul ow es her li ties at H . 1

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talre, by I issued by Cleveland, Piano plea attractive, the lfltei ‘‘Military

Copies i . by the pui

Co., 909 St <m receipt

- -1 of, '■/-*1*2*? &£/

ESIDENT The t in e a Country Takes the Dram* IP ■ ' » e r In .

* ‘Boys, It Isn 't always safe to gam ­ble on the greenness of oountry obapa," remarked a drum m er in the sm oking oart "o n ly last week I was In a little town down In Missouri,

I and the b*r*room of the hotel was full of the gawks of the town. I worked several sm art little snaps -tor drinks tha t would not have oaught a single suoker In a olty, end had begunAo th ink myself in luok. After aw hile I heard a couple of fellows disputing about something and I asked them w hat the row was about. " 'Jim , here,' says one, ‘declares he k in go out and pace off a quarter of a m ile an ' oome in two feet of the actual measurement. H e's a braggln’, and kin never do it, stranger. I 'v e ju s t bet him $6 he ean 't; will you hold the stakes?’

", 'I'd a gdod deal rather put up 125 against him, says I; there’s no man living can pace off so oorreetly as that.'

“ 'I go you the $25,’ says the fellow they oalled Jim, promptly pulling out his money, and of course I couldn’t back out. Bo the $50 was staked with the landlord and we

■; . Bneklia’s Arnica Halve.Tu b Bast Sa lvb in Ute world for Cuts,

Braises, Sores, Uloers^Sslt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter. Ohspped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and .posi­tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Prioe 85 cents per box. FOR SALE BT H. M BANOS.

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i of the hair, hauge of color. “ Gentle Billows."

The above is the name for the grand new piano piyee by the popular oompoaer, A. T. Cramer: It la the beet and prettiest pleoe ever published, and will become as popular as the famous Maiden’s Prayer. Copy off the name at once and send for a copy to your music dealer, or send us 26o. aud it will be1 ecut at once.

J. C. U k o k n e A Co., 42 Arcade Cin­cinnati.

f o r I n f a n t s a n d C h i l d r e n Offloe F irst Door North o f

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“ C a a to r lA lia o w ell adapted t o ch ild ren th a t | O a it o r la cures Colic, Constipation,I recommend it as superior to anr Dreecrintioa I Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, JLrucuuion, known to me-” I “ ‘■ " f t" - * “ d *

1U Bo. Oxford 8t, Brooklyn, N. T. | Without injurious medication.T n Obntaub Company, 183 Fulton Street, N. V.

tt la entirely free or iujurloua »ui> air from turning Its original color, a* the hair and es dandruff and ad acalp, and la, <ry auporior aud

Office over E. A. Dangs* Drug Store.CHATSWODTH, - ILLINOIS,At Corunna, Mioh., Monday Charles Gage, bis son-in-law, Henry Shafer, and the tatters wife were arrested for putting poison in a well used by a neighbor named Berry, whose family were taken ill after drinking the water.

SAM UEL T. FO SDICK(gieeeaacrteFesdiek A Wallace.)

C h a t s w o r th , I l l in o isCho ice F low er SEEDS.^The Joseph Harris 8eed Co , Rochester, N. Y , have just imported a choice lot of the newest and best kinds and varieties of Flower seeds from Eu­rope. They are undoubtedly what they purport to be—the Very Beat. A full description, with Illustrations, is given in their new Catalogue for 1886. Free to all. Send for it. Address as above.

W ill p ractice Id L ivingston mod ad jo in ing co u n tie ■ All legal buslnees Iu trusted to my care w ill re ce iv e p ro m p t a tte n tio n .vV\W AvVVV\vt other Ingredients w hose cur- tested Tonoaline in several cases ot Neu-

ative properties have been thoroughly tested . nJ*“ - u h o O stL S tdeb1 m ‘ nt

It c o n ta in s n o O p iu m o r M o rp h in e j . n p a o e M D V andercook.m .FOB SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 'PR ICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE

A . A. M E L L IE R , Sole Proprietor, 7 0 0 and 7 1 1 WASHINGTON AVENUE. ST. LOUIS.

Th.osu S. Curran,

P o l ic e M a g is t r a t eI shall usemy best endeavors to please all parties intrust­ing me with their work, and execute all con­tracts with-dis­patch, and in a g o o d , work­manlike man­ner.

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muob caution. We followed him up with the pole, measuring after him Pretty soon he stopped, stood still and waited for us, calling out that that was his quarter-mile limit. In a few minutes we had measured up to him, aud what do you suppose the distance was? Thirteen hundred and twenty feet to an inch—exactly a quarter of a mile. I had loet as clear as a whistle, and I thought it the most wonderful feat I had ever witnessed. Before leaving town, however, I discovered how the thing was done. Jim was able to pace that quarter of a mile to an iuob because he had carefully measured it off with the same pole we had used, and marked the two ends in a way known only to himself. More than that, be had measured from a certain spot in front of the hotel in three directions, and waft thus prepared to go any way his victim might select. The fellow who bet the $5 with him was a roper- in, and I wasn’t the first man they bad made a sucker of, by a long shot. I ’ll have revenge on that town if I have to start up a skin faro layout or a drug store there, you see if I don’t.”

C O L L E C T I N G A G E N TSpecial a tte n tio n paid to co llec tin g note* and

accoun ts .There were 40,712 persons employ­ed in the oyster interest in Maryland last season, and 9 000,000 bushels were taken from the waters, the aggregate value of which was $2,250,-

IL L IN O ISC H A TSW O RTH

D e a le r In B. I. PUMPELLY,L E I T T I S T

Er*Th«Dking my friends for Ibeir l i b e r a l patronage here­tofore, I trust, by pursuing an upright, fair and honorable course, to com­mand their pat­ronage in the future.

It is a good rule to accept only such medicine as, after long trial, have proved worthy of confidence. This ia a case where other people’s expe­rience may be of service, and it has been the experience of thousands that Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral is the best cough medicine ever used.

O ffice o v e r E . A. B a n g s ' s t o r e . V i s i t s

A l l W ork W a r r a ti le d

E. A. BANG S,B A N K E B ,

C H A T S W O R T H , IL L .

Collections Made at Lowest R a tes

John B. Gilbert, of Van Horn, Iowa, until recently a conductor on ibe Ht. Paul road, has become violent­ly insane because he was discharged without an investigation.

i Gtitral Baikiif! Bniieii TraiuetrdAyer's Sarsaparilla is the best med­icine for every one in the spring. Emigrants aud travelers will find it an effectual cure for the eruptions boils, pimples, eczemas, etc , that break out on the skin— the effects of disorders iu the blood, caused by sea diet and life on board ship. CHATSWORTH. ILL

Never Give Up.If you are suffering with low and

depressed spirits, loss of. appetite, general debility, disordered blood, weak constitution, headache, or any disease of a bilious nature, by all means procure a bottle of Electric Bitters. You will be surprised to see the rapid improvement that will follow; you will be inspired with new life;strength and activity will return; pain and misery will cease, and henceforth you will rejoice in the praise of Eleotric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by H, M. Bangs.

The vitality of widows astonishes the pension bureau. There are now on - the rolls the names of 17,212 women, widows of soldiers of the war of 1812.

I am ageDt for the HOME, of N. Y ., HARTFORD of Conu., CONTINENTAL, of N. Y. AM ERICAN CENTRAL, of 8 t. Louie, Mo., aud th e W A SH IN G ­TON LIK E, of N. V*. C all on me aud I w ill * - i ta you op a policy a t the low est possible ra te s . I am also agen t for th e old re liab le iE tn a In su ra n c e Com - pany.1XTY.

deavors to please te with their work, i with neatness and

“Lay thy sweet hands in mine, and trust in me.” he said, but she only remarked that she had neural­gia and must hold her head. Then he bought her a bottle of Salvation Oil for twenty-five cents. Now he holds her sweet hands by the hour.

0 . G U H T H E RIs for their past .teniion to business of their patroDa£to.

J. W ORR. Dealer In and Manufacturer of

A mathematician who had a little spare time recently weighed the earth, and found it tipped the scales at exactly 5,855,000,000,000,000 tons.

ARNESS, S A D D L E SClarence J. Sears, aged 84, who Saturday evening, at Homer, III., murdered his wife, 75 years old, with a bandsaw, was held for the Grand Jury, Monday, at Ottawa. Relfeious differences led to the tragedy. Sears says his victim was a witch, who had been for years trying to kill him.

MEN’S, YO UTHS’, AND BOYS’ W EAR“What Is the whole duty of a mar­

ried man?” asks the new conjugal catechism: To be agreeable to his wife and keep Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup in the house for the children when they get a cold, of course. Ask us something hard.

now on hand, and can suit any one who will give me a call and see the

goods. I can make you prices that will satisfy you.

Call and examine my stock of Clothing, and I am sure I can dell you

y what you need.

Miraculous Escape.W. W. Reed, druggist, of Win*

Chester, Ind, writes: “Oue of my cus­tomers, Mrs. Louisa Pike, Bartonla, Randolph Co., Ind., was a long suf­ferer with consumption, and was given up to die by her physicians. She heard of Dr. K ing’s New discovery for consumption, and began buying it of me. In six months’ time she walked to this city, a distance of six miles, and is now so much Improved she has quit using it. She feels she owes her life to it.” Free Trial Bot­tles at H. M. Bangs’ Drug Store.

• . . - ' New Mufclc- A“The Kirmess” Hchottlsche Mill

taire, by Louis Grayle, has Jukt been Issued by H. M. Bralnard A Co., Cleveland, Q. It is a delightful little Piano pleoe, well arranged and very attractive, and especially adapted to the latest fashionable danee, the “Military Sohottische.”

Coplea will be mailed, post-paid, . by the publishers, H. M. Bralnard A

Co., 209 Superior street, Cleveland, O., on receipt of 88 ceu ts.

A L L W O R K W A R R A N T E D TO BF. OF TBS V E R Y B E S T M A T E R IA L O R N O CHARGEOne of the latest “ fads” for pre­

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ILLINOIS STATE NEWS.,T h e Boya in B lu o .

twentieth annual encampment of i Grand Army of the Republic of the;

urtment of Illinois convened a t Spring- a few days ago with about twelve

hundred delegates and a large nuin-i M r of others in attendance. Sixty sew posts were added to the nuunbondiip <of the order during the year, making the! to tal number of posts in the State 464, •with a membership in good standing of 23,506. The cash receipts of the year amounted to 18,357.73, and the disburse' anents were $6,017.63. The sum of $4,304

i expended during the year for charityb y the posts acting individually. The fol­lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: Department Commander, Philip S. 'Post, of Galesburg; senior vice-com­mander,' Thomas C. Fullerton, of Ottawa ju n io r vice-commander, Enos Bond, of Chicago; chaplain, E. D. Wilkin, of Dan­ville ; surgeon, A. T. Barnes, of Blooming­ton. Delegates to the National Encamp­ment, Richard J. Oglosby, a t large; T. W. Cole, J. G, Everest, F. A. MacDonald, W. H. Watson, J. Frith, James J. Heaiy, Charles K. Herrick, L. W. Shepherd, L. 8. JLombert, C. Quallman, J. R. Zeigler, W. W . Bean, E. D. Stein, Benson Wood, Har­vey M. Hall, William L. Distin, E. A. Lane, O. F. Avery, W. R. Bradley, B. F. Funk, Edward M. Pike and Richard Rowott. The next meeting will be held a t Rock Island.'

I llin o is I te m s .J. Brown Fitch, clothing dealer a t Rock­

ford, has failed for about $8,000.Mrs. Frederick Lippert was murdered the

o ther night a t Millstadt, St. Clair County, by some unknown person. Her husband found her unconscious on the floor of their home, and an examination of the body showed that she had been struck on the -templo with a rock and her skull fractured.

Formal organization was effected at 8pringfleld the other day by the Richard Y ates Monument Association. The follow­ing officers were elected: President, Gov­ernor Oglesby; secretary, Judge Kirby; treasurer, J. A. Ayers; vice-presidents, Isaac L. Morrison, O. M. Hatch and JohnC . Black.

The Kaskaskia river, swelled by the melt­ing snows, overflowed its banks a t Shelby - ville a few days ago and inundated the site o f the now water-works. The engine-house and machinery stood half submerged, and forty men were thrown out of employment. Much damage was done to fences and bot­tom-land wheaUfields.

Robert McChesney, one of the earliest •members of the Chicago Board of Trade, formerly an extensive grain-shipper, died the other morning, aged seventy-six years.

Rev. Dr. J. M. Sturtevant, a loading •clergyman and educator of the Congrega­tional denomination, died a t his home at Jacksonville the other morning, aged «ighty-one ye^rs. Dr. Sturtevant was the founder of Illinois College a t Jacksonville, with which he was identified, as professor a n d president, for fifty five years.

Two confidence men relieved George Bradner, an old citizen and retired mer­chant of Bloomington, of five thousand dol­lars by the lottery swindle the other after­noon and made good their escape.

Michael J. Cahill, publisher of the Chi­cago Pilot, has made a complete retraction o f the charges he recently put forth against Vicar-General Conway.

About eleven o’clock a few nights ago two strange men were seen prowling about Bridgeport, Lawrence County, and shortly afte r a terrible explosion occurred. The frightened people soon discovered tha t a •whole block was in flames, and in a short tim e $35,000 worth of property was de­stroyed. The tramps were ceased out of town, but disappeared in the darkness. They got about $3,100 fromSchmalhauqen’s

*I t is estimated that there are one hundred thousand smokers in Chicago, and that $60,000 is paid out daily for tobacco and

! cigars, or about $18,350,000 yearly, which is ( -over thirty dollars for every man, woman

an d child .within the corporate limits.T b e jury in the case of the people against

John Thomas for shooting Harvey Down- ‘■K at Decatnr, a few days ago, with in­fa n t to kill, returned a verdict of guilty, .-and fixed the penalty a t nine years in the •penitentiary. The shooting was done over •two years ago, and was unprovoked. 'Downing refused Thomas a drink of whisky, whereupon he shot him through the jaw and neckr He narrowly escaped with his

rlife. ' JThe j Woman’s Relief Corps of the

Department of Illinois elected the follow­in g officers: President, Clara W. Harral, of Aurora; senior viittPpresident, Mary Holzman, of Pontiac; 'junior vice-presi­dent, Flora C. Slohl, of Bloomington; treasurer, Sue Sanders, of Delavan; chap­

la in , Miss J. P. Cleveland, of Springfield. The president appointed Miss Lizzie Hub- :bard, of Aurora, secretary.

Jerry Leehan, an ex-tax collector of East •IQalona, has been indicted for swindling tax­payers while in office during tho past six {years. The amounts illegally collected will aggregate several thousand dollars.

The house of Albert Atwood M. Burette, a t Rockford, was totally consumed by fire the other morning. The family wore awakened early by the roof burning, and

■ only succeeded In escaping with their lives.' Two children were barely saved from the flames by cutting through tho side of the houso. Loss about $3,000; insurance,

; $1,000.James Ross, aged twenty-six years, was

.mrrestod a few days ago at Rock Island for • committing an outrage on his mother.

At Windsor, Shelby County, lato the otta- < or night Miss Georgio Aldridgo wns seized \\$j unknown porsons and banged up to -die, her feet being weighted with bricks. | !Her brother almost immediately dlscov- I tend her and saved hor life. A note was found on tbe scene stating that tho crime w a s committed ro get even with her father, who is a prominent physician. The City Oonnoil offered a reward of $309, and the Ctovomor one of $300 for the arrest of the |<5riminn|^rjj

r DASHED TO DEATH.T he In sa n e W ife o f I’r o t W aldo, o f Talc

C o lle g e , E scapes from H er K aspers— A fter a L on g Search She Is Found Stand­in g n t th e T op o f n H igh Bluer—Fright* en ed a t P ursu it, She L eaps from th e Cllfl en d Is D ash ed to P ieces on th e B a s i l B e lo w .New H aven , Conn., Feb. 20.—The wilt

of Prof. Leonurd Waldo, of the Yale Ob- eervatory, while laboring nnder a lit o! temporary insanity yesterday morning es­caped from her nurse aud leit her home on Prospect street. For a long time Mrs. Waldo had suffered in­tensely from various troubles, and Thursday night she passed without sleep until four o ’clock in the morning. She was first missed about seven o'clock. A hasty search revealed the fact th a t the lady had scantily attired herself in a wrapper and with nothing but slippers on her feet had left the house. Prof. Waldo was informed, aud with his servants searched tho observatory grounds. By three o’clock in tho afternoon nearly eight hundred students and a t least two hundred citizens were searching in all directions for tho lady. About four o’clock one of the searching parties got a clue to Mrs. Waldo’s whereabouts and finally found her a t Pino Rock, a lew miles from tho Waldo residence. As the party ap­proached Mrs. \yaldo wus trying to ascend the face of the rock, which is nearly per­pendicular, and they called to hei to hold until they could come to her assistance. At th a t moment she wui seen to slip on the rock and fall headlong down tho precipice, striking among the rocks a t the feet of her friends. She lived but a few minutes after being picked up. Mrs. Waldo was thirty-five years of age, and leaves two young chil­dren. She wus a native of Philadelphia and a niece of Judge Fullerton, of New York.

Mrs. Waldo’s sister died last summer un­der circumstances nearly as distressing a« the tragedy of yesterday. Mrs. Waldo and her sister drove to Double Beach on th< Brantford shore for a day’s outing. Nu sooner had they reached Lindsey’s Hotel, situated near a high bluff, when Mrs. Waldo’s sister jumped oui of the carriage, rushed up to the top of tin bluff, hurled her parasol and h a t on th< grass, and then threw herself over the cliff into the water, striking her head on the rocks in her descent. A boatm an succeeded in rescuing her, and she was brought to this city, but died from the effects of the shock. I t is believed th a t this led to Mrs. W aldo’s nervous troubles.

Prof. Waldo is heart-broken over his great sorrow. He is a man of tender sen­sibilities, and it is feared th a t the blow will prostrate him. The deceased lady was about thirty-five years of age and a beau­tiful woman. She was very high in society She leaves two children to whom she was tenderly devoted.

A GREAT STRIKE.M a g n itu d e o f t h e T r o u b le in t h e Cok<

R e g io n s o f P e n n s y lv a n ia —W h a t B o thC a p it a l a n d L a b o r A re L o s in g D a l ly .P ittsburgh , Pa., Feb. 20.—The action ol

the coke-workers a t their convention a! Scottdale Thursday, in resolving to accept no compromise, has had a tendency to increase the bitterness of the strug­gle, and a settlement 6eems further awaj than ever. More men are idle now than a t any time since the beginning of the strike. Only two small works wers in operation yesterday, and these were nol running full. Notices will be posted up by many operators on their tenement houses in a few days making a final demand upon their tenants to vacate their property on March 1, and after th a t time evictions wili likely become general.

The magnitude of the strike is greater than many people imagine. The amount of capital invested in the coke business from Pleasant Unity to Fairchance is about $18,000,000. This great sum does not include speculative investments in coal land, but is the aggregate of the cost price of the different plants of the region. Not only is no interest being made on this great total, but on the other hand more capital is being expended in keeping the property intact from external danger from strikers and internal danger from flooding. The monthly interest is almost $100,000, while it is impossible to com­pute tho expense account without access to the books. The railroads are losing freightage to the extent of 300 car-loads daily, while 2,000 cars on the side-tracks are bringing in no revenue whatever. On the other side about six thousand five hundred laborers, engaged in operating the works, are losing $9,000 daily in unearned wages, making for the thirty-three working days they have been idle a gross loss ol $297,000. The consequential damages to outside employment affected by the strike will be very heavy. I t will take years for both capital and labor to recover the ground lost during this unfortunate disa­greement.

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W ashington , Feb. 20.—At yesterday’a session of the W oman’s Suffrage conven­tion resolutions were adopted reaffirming confidence in the national method of secur­ing the ballot to women through an amend ­ment to tho Federal constitution; calling- on Congress to submit to the States a t once the question of the right of women to vote; protesting against the admission to the Union of any Territory where the elect­ive franchise is denied to women; declaring tho National Woman’s Suffrage Associa­tion to be non-partisan in politics, and protesting against the passage in its pres: ent shape of the bill now pending in Con­gress to suppress polygamy as discrim­inating unjustly against gontilo and non- polygamous women for crimes never com­mitted by them.

— ^ d» —— —A Miser’s Missing Hoard.

B oston , Feb. 20.—James Henry Paine, a grandson of Robert Treat Paine, one of tho signers of tbe Declaration of Independence, died in New York recently in a s ta te of ab­ject misery. He was a miser aud was a t one time believed to be worth $1,500,000. His history has not been remarkable for the strictest integrity in financial matters. Though he was begging on tho streets a t the time of his death, $300 was after­ward found socrotod in his rags. A brother of the dpad miser believes fie was worth from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. I t is cer­tainly known th a t he ownod a large am ount of property, bu t boyond the $300 mentioned above as having boen found o.n his body, there in no knowledge of the whereabouts of his wealth.

A TELEPHONE.. - • . * L’;V , •: y* « i . j-** ■N o T or, B u t a Good, S erviceab le lu stra -

m e a t—H ow to M ake It.The telephone which I am about to de­

scribe has been a souses of great pleasure to me, and as I think it too good to keep, I will give my readers the plans for its 9 0 0 * struct ion: *

Tho materials you will require are two pine boards ten by thirteen inches, and half an inch thick, two fresh beef bladders, one box of four-ounce tacks, two large g u t­ta p e r c h a o v e r­c o a t b u t to n s ,Homo strips of thin leather one-quar­ter of an inch wide, and lastly, some flexible wire.The best wire forthe purpose is _____th a t used in book- binding machines, but if tha t, can fio 1.not be obtained, any soft flexible wire will Jo.

Prepare the, bladders first by blow- ing them up tightly, and leaving them (or a day or two until they are thor­oughly stretched, bu t do no t let them become dry and hard. While tho bladders are stretching you can obtain the other materials. To begin, take one of the boards, and having brought it to the re­quired dimensions, draw a circle in its cen­ter eight inches in diameter, which saw out, taking care to keep on tho line, for if the opening is not round and even, the instru­ment will not work satisfactorily.

Next take one of the bladders, and, after cut­ting the neck off, cut away about one-third of it from end to end; then aoak it in warm water, but not too hot, until it becomes whito and soft; after which stretch it loosely but evenly over the open­ing, letting the inside of the bladder be on top, and tack temporarily all around one inch from tho etlfee of the

Q opening.f ig . 2. Now test it by push­

ing the center with your finger; if it stretches smoothly and without wrinkles, it will do; but if it does not, you must change its position until it docs so. Next take a strip of the leather and tack com­pletely around the edge of the opening, putting the tacks closely together, and taking care to keep the bladder stretched evenly while doing so. When you have it tacked properly, take your knife and cut away tha t p a rt of the bladder ou the out­side strip. (Fig. 1.)

This done, break off three feet of the wire, and after attaching it to one of tho buttons (fig. 2), pass the free end through the center of the bladder until the button rests on its surface. Then fasten a weight of eight pounds to the end of the wire, and set in the sun two hours or more until thoroughly dry. (Fig. 3.)

P r oceed with the oth­er materials in a like manner, and when y o u have b o t h drums well dried, place one a t each

’ end of the line,and con­nect the bu t­ton w i r e s w i t h t h e main wirebv loops, a n d stretch it as tightly a a p o s s ib le .The course of the main w *• should be as stra igh t as possible, and with few sharp angles.

Wherever a support is needed, make a loop.

To call up, strike the button with a lead- pencil, and the one called will respond in a like manner.

This is no toy, but a good serviceable telephone, and will work from five yards to five miles.—R. B. Williams, in Harper's Young People.

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A COLD DAY.T h e W o n d e r fu l E x p e r ie n c e o f t h e C h a m ­

p io n R a i lr o a d A n a n ia s .

"Talking about sudden changes in tem­perature,’’ said a St. Paul brakeman, let me.tell you of a little experience I had one day a tew weeks ago. I t was a nice, warm day, and I was out on my run, and was just congratulating myself th a t we’d get through on time this trip. We'd had tough times witli snow and cold, and I was particularly pleased with tho fine outlook on this occasion ’cause I wanted to get home in time to lead the praver-nieetin’ bein’ as it was my turn. I'm a religious man, you see, so you can place the utm ost confidence in what I tell you. Well, as I was a-sayin’, it was a nice, warm, thawing day, and we were making good time. P re t­ty soon, though, the train stopped, miles from any stntion, and I stepped out to see what the m atter was. I noticed th a t it seemed slightly colder, and I shivered a bit as I stood in the slush and water looking ahead where the engineer was fixing some-, thing about his machine. By the time the engineer had concluded his fixing’, probably three or four minutes, l was chilled through, and w asn't sorry to see him jump into his cab and hearthebell ring for s ta r t­ing. I made a move to get on the train, bu t it wasn't much of a move. In fact, I was stuck. I could no more move my feet than if the court house had been sitting on one of them and the city hall on the other. You see, while I was standing.in th a t water tho temperature had suddenly fallen so th a t the water had turned to firm iee, and my feet were frozen fast. Tho train moved ott without me, despite my cries, and I stayed there three hours and missed my prayer meeting. T hat beat all the sudden changes in temperature I everheard of, and you can bet it was a cold day when-I .got left."— Chicago Herald.

AN UNRELIABLE WATCH.H ow It Caused th e Separation o f n L oving

Y oung Couple.

“ Ever see anything funqy In the oouree of my buslnessP Certainly I do,” aaid a jeweler to a reporter. “See lota of fun sometimes, and, by the way, your question reminds me of tbe fellow who vVas in here half an hour ago. He has a watch—there it hangs now—that is more troublo to him than all his brains, though I donH moan to say that bo is a fool. . Tho most polish thing that I know of him is that ho will per­sist in carrying that watch. Wollj as I was about to say, that solf-same ticker of his comes to me not less than once a month regularly.

“ I remember very well the lirst time he brought it. It was one Tuesday moruing, and as he had known mo for some time before that, he stopped to tell of his troubles. The watch, he said, hung on a nail in his room on Sunday evening, ticking away for dear life. Ho was very muon interested in a book which he was reading, so much ab­sorbed, in fact, that though jhe looked at the watch every two minutes to see if it was time to go to see his best girl yet, ho did not notice that the hands had stopped moving. At last he heard the clock striking and, mechanically count­ing the strokes, found that it was nine o’clock. The watch only said half­past seven, and as it was a case of eight o’clock or not at all, he tried hard to devote the remainder of the evening to his book, which had suddenly grown uninteresting.

“The next day he shook the time piece up, got it to going in fine style, called on his lady love in the morning, ex-

lained the cause of his failure to keep is appointment, and soothed her sensi­

bilities by arranging to take her to the opera at night. When evening came he made sure that the watch-hands Were walking around the watch-faco at the usual rate, and again took up his book. Half-past six, seven and half-past seven —it was time to go now. He put the ticker in his pocket, his coat on his back, and left the hotel. When he reached

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Walnut street he tho bell, ■ with thewalked in, asked for Miss -

greatest assurance.“ Gone out! It was impossible.“ But, he was told, she did go ateight-

thirtv with M r .------. Half-past eight!Ho was thunder-struck again, but a glance at the clock on the parlor mantel assured him that it was then nearly nine, o ’clock, and he left in a maze of disap­pointment. The watch had stopped some time during the day and started again according to its own sweet will, and was an hour or so behind time.

“ Since that time he has married another girl, and^is not yet on speaking terms with tho one that his watch got him left with. Nearly every time he comes he tells of how he missed an ap­pointment or a train or something of the kind the day before. I have fre­quently told him that the watch was a cheap affair in the first place, and it is not wortn repairs now, as it can not be made to keep time by tho best jeweler in the land, but he always says it will have to do a little longer. Just for the curi­osity of the thing I looked over my boons the last time he was here to see bow much ho had paid me for putting it in order, and it was just thirty-two dol­lars. 1 sell a very fair watch for thirty dollars nowadays. ” — H a r r is b u r g ( P a .) P a tr io t.

A WANT SUPPLIED.

The reason girls lovo the manly base-ball Mayer 1r because there is always a t least ono grout catch on the nine.—Lowell Citizen.

How a Heavy Load was Lifted from an Honest Farmer’s Mind.

A farmer from the romantic region of the Chenango Valley was being shaved in a bafber-sbop on Chatham street tbe other day, when some one spoke to one of the barbers and called him “Count.”

“ What! what’s thatP” exclaimed the farmer as he sat up on end, with tho lather over his face. Have you a Count here?”

“ Yes, sir.”“ Is ho alive?”“ O, yes.”“ French or Italian?”“ Italian.”“ By George! but I want him! Here,

you Count—are you marriedP”“No, sir.”“ Good agin! W ant to be spliced?” “ May be I like to .”‘O f course you do! I ’ve got a gal

nineteen years old who is crazy to marry a t Italian Count She’s handsome, healthy, good-natured, and I ’ll give her ten thousand dollars as a dowry. What d’ye sayP”

“ I’ll see about it .”“ Good! Go on with vour shaving,

and artcr I’m Bcraped I’ll have a talk with you. Woosh! Aunt Jerusha, but I ’m in luck! Saves mo trottin’ that gal clear over to Italy, and we get a hus­band for her who is both a Count and a barber. Scrape me off quick!”—N . T. Star. ffi —

Forcing B usiness.

“Didn’t you sell any peanuts?” in­quired the experienced train boy of the now recruit

“N o ,” was the reply.“Go through tho car an’ give each

passenger a p ean u t”The new recruit did so.“Now try ’em agin ,” said the train

boy of experience.Presently the new recruit came after

more peanuts.“ You want to keep your oyos open in

this business, young feller,” admonished the expert, refilling the basket “Any­body’ll eat a peanut what don’t cost him nothin’, an’ when he once gits tho flavor he’s gone. You’ve got.to otudy human nature.”—N. Y. Sun,

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—The woman who oarea for her poul­try has plenty of good reading matter. A few hens will pay for all she wants for hqr own ana family use.— N. E. Farmer.

—A man's farm if a volume, every aorc of whioh is a page bearing the marks of hia character, indicating the degree of mental and moral culture to which he has attained.—Toledo Blade.

—Custard Cake: Two small cups of flour, one cup of sugar, three eggs, two spoonfuls of water, and butter the aise of an egg. Beat the whites„ f f g g .and yolks separately and bake the

a nyolks s<

oake In layers.'— The Caterer.—To Bake a Ham: When the ham is

thoroughly boiled, remove the skin, and brush the top over thickly with broad crumta seasoned with pepper and salt and moistened with the essence. Baste with wine and sugar.—Exchange.

— A f a i l i n g a p p e t i t e i s g e n e r a l l y t h e f i r s t in d ic a t io n o f d o m e s t i c a n i m a l s b e ­i n g o u t o f c o n d i t i o n , a n d t h e s t o c k m a n s h o u l d g i v e p r o m p t a t t e n t i o n t o t h e f ir s t i n d ic a t io n o f t h i s a n d s e e k b y e v e r y m e a n s in h i s p o w e r t o r e m e d y i t . — Christian at Work. *

— A n e n t g r a y h o r s e s t h e Live Stock Journal, L o n d o n , s a y s g r a y i s a c o lo r w h ic h i s p r o m i s i n g t o b e c o m e f a s h io n ­a b l e a m o n g d r a f t - h o r s e b r e e d e r s ; t h a t t h e g r a y h o r s e i s t h e f a v o r i t e h o r s e o f a r t , a l s o o f t h o g e n e r a l p u b l ic ; a n d t h e Journal w o u l d l i k e t o s e e i t b e t t e r e s - t e e m e d i n t h e s h o w r in g .

— A n E n g l i s h e x c h a n g e s a y s : N o a n i m a l c a n l i g h t a n d e a t a t t h e s a m e t i m e . T r u e t h e w o r l d o v e r . A l l c r o w d ­i n g a t f e e d t i m e s h o u l d b e a v o id e d . T h e d e s i r e t o s t e a l f o o d i s a b o u t t h e o n l y t h i n g t h a t w i l l m a k e o r d in a r y c o w s f i g h t . K e e p t h e m o u t o f t e m p t a t io n b y g i v i n g p l e n t y o f y a r d r o o m a n d p l e n t y o f m a n g e r r o o m .

— A l l t h o p a r i n g s a n d f r u i t w a s t e s f r o m t h o k i t c h e n s h o u l d b o f e d o u t , i f f o r n o t h i n g e l s e , t o d e s t r o y t h e i n s e c t l i f e t h e y m a y c o n t a i n . A l m o s t a n y c o w w i l l e a t f iv o o r s i x q u a r t s o f g o o d a p ­p l e s t w i c e a d a y , i f s h e c a n g e t t h e m , a n d i f s t o r o p i g s a r e g i v e n o n e m e a l a d a y i n p l a c e o f g r a i n , t h e y w i l l d o a l l t h e b e t t e r f o r t h e e x c h a n g e . F r u i t is g o o d f o r h u m a n f o o d , a n d i t i s e q u a l l y v a l u a b l e a s f o o d f o r m o s t d o m e s t i c a n ­i m a l s .—Prairie Farmer.

— A n e x c e l l e n t r e c ip e f o r s q u a s h p ie : P a r e w i n t e r s q u a s h ; b o i l i t s o f t a n d d r y i t d o w n in t h e k e t t l e . F o r a c o m m o n r o u n d p i e - t in u s e a n o r d i n a r y - s i z e d c o t - f e e - c u p f u l o f s q u a s h , t h r e e t a b l e s p o o n ­f u l o f P o r t o R i c o m o l a s s e s , t h e y e l k o f o n e e g g , o n e h e a p i n g t e a s p o o n f u l o f c o r n s t a r c h , a l i t t l e s a l t a n d g i n g e r t o t a s t e , a l i t t l e a l l s p i c e o r s o m e c in n a m o n i f p r e f e r r e d ; a d d t o t h e s e o n e a n d a h a l f c o f le e - c u p s o f m i lk ; b e a t a l l a l t o ­g e t h e r t i l l s m o o t h . L in o a t i n w i t h p l a i n g o o d p i e - c r u s t a n d b a k e w e l l a n d n o t t o o f a s t .—Boston Olobc.

A WORD T O M OTH ERS.

W liy T h e y S h o u ld U n d e r N o C ir cu m ­s t a n c e s F r ig h t e n T h e ir C h ild r e n .

I w r i t e t o y o u , p a r e n t s , c o n c e r n i n g t h e w e l f a r e o f y o u r c h i ld r e n . B u t e s p e ­c i a l l y d o I w r i t e t o y o u , m o t h e r s , a s h a v i n g t h o g r e a t e s t r e s p o n s ib i l i t y in th o b r i n g i n g u p o f t h e l i t t l e o n e s a n d in t h o m o l d i n g o f t h e i r c h a r a c t e r s . T h e m e s ­s a g e I w o u ld b r i n g h o m e t o y o u , o n e a n d a l l , i s t h is : N e v e r f r i g h t e n t h e m . D o n o t , I b e s e e c h o f y o u , r u n t h e r is k o f m a k i n g id io t s o f t h e m b y f i l l i n g t h e ir y o u n g m i n d s w i t h h o r r o r s . D o n o t a t ­t e m p t t o f r ig h t e n t h e m i n t o g o o d b e ­h a v i o r b y s o l e m n w a r n i n g s o f i m a g in a r y t e r r o r s . A l a r g e p r o p o r t io n o f m o t h e r s u s e t h e s e m e a n s t o c o e r c e t h e i r c h i ld r e n i n t o o b e d i e n c e . T h e y f i l l t h e i r i n f a n t m i n d s w i t h d ir e s t o r i e s o f g o b l i n s , o g r e s , “ b o g lo r a e n . r a w - h e a d a n d b lo o d y - b o n e s , ” a n d h o s t s o f o t h e r f i c t i t io u s a n d t e r r ib l e c h a r a c t e r s . T h e l i t t l e o n e s g o a b o u t e x p e c t i n g t o f in d a l u r k i n g f ie n d in e v e r y c o r n e r . T h e p r a c t ic e i s n o t o n l y d e v o i d o f c o m m o n s e n s e , b u t i s a b ­s o l u t e l y in j u r io u s a n d d a n g e r o u s . M a n y a c h i ld h a s b e e n d r i v e n i n s a n e t h r o u g h i n t e n s e f e a r . S o d e e p l y i n s t i l l e d a r e t h e s e t h i n g s in t h e i r m i n d s — f o r m a m m a w o u l d n o t t e l l a l i e , y o u k n o w — t h a t i t t a k e s y e a r s a n d y e a r s o f a f t e r - l i f e t o t h o r o u g h l y e r a d ic a t e t h e m .

T h e w r i t e r h a d a k in d . g o o d , s e l f - s n p r i l i c i n g m o t h e r — G o d b le s s h e r ! —b u t s h e c o m m i t t e d t h i s o n e e r r o r in b r in g -

in m y c r ib w i t h c o v e r e d h e a d a n d s u f e r e d t h e m o s t i n t e n s e

i n g u p h e r c h i ld r e n . M a n y a t i m o I l a ys u f -

a g o n y o f f e a r ; m a n y a t i m e I n e a r ly w e n t i n t o s p a s m s r n io n b e i n g c a u g h t in t h e d a r k , w h ic h I i m a g i n e d p e o p l e d w i t h s t r a n g e a n d f e a r f u l b e i n g s , a n d f r a u g h t w i t h u n s e e n d a n g e r s f o r n a u g h t y b o y s l i k e u n t o m e . A n d , s t r a n g e t o s a y , t h e s e f e e l i n g s f o l l o w e d m p n e a r ly t o m a n h o o d , a n d I b e l i e v e t h e y s t i l l lu r k s o m e w h e r e i n m y , i n n e r m o s t n a t u r e .

N o w . m o t h e r s , f o r t h e v e r y l o v e y o u b e a r y o u r c h i ld r e n , a v o id t h i s g r e a t e r ­r o r .- ' B r i n g t h e m u p a s n e a r a s y o u c a n w i t h o u t t h e k n o w l e d g e o f t e a r . * I f f e a r b o s h o w n b y t h e m a t a n y t i m e t r y t o r e a s o n , i t a w a y , a n d s h o w t h e m t h a t t h o r e i s n o c a u s e f o r i t , i f t h e r e b e n o n e . T e l l t h e m n o t a l e s o f g h o s t s , o g r e s , g o b l i n s , o r o t h e r i m a g i n a r y c h a r a c t e r s , n e i t h e r t e l l t h e m o f h o r r ib le r e a l i t i e s , s u c h a s I n d i a n a t r o c i t i e s a n d t h e l ik e . B u e b n a r r a t iv e s t a k e a d e e p e r h o ld o n t h e i r y o u n g m i n d s t h a n u p o n m a t u r e r i n t e l l e c t s , a n d m a n y a l i t t l e o n e a w a k e s a t m i d n i g h t w i t h t h e c o ld s w e a t o f t e r ­r o r o n h is b r o w , f r o m t h e e f f e c t s o f s o m e b l o o d - c u r d l i n g t a l e h e h a d h o a r d o r r o a d

' b e f o r e g o i n g t o b e d .Make the little folks live as happily as

possible, and so bring them up that in after-life they shall havo no cause to entertain hard feelings toward* their parents.—Good Housekeeping,

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s a l m a g u n d i .

CholM Moraala for Lover* of the Queer, Quaint and Qulaaleal.

A Wbstxmn man plays billiards with his hose. Is his olfactory organ made of whacks!

August Nkapolhlyozkoxszizauka, a Pole, took out a marriage lioense a t Wilkes- barre the other day. '

Tub highest price ever paid for a pointer (dog) was $1,250 for Faust, bought in En­gland in 1880 and now in 8 t Louis.

A Chicago paper urges that a system of collecting and distributing mails by means of the street-car lines be established in that city.

Petrified ears of corn have been discov­ered at Forsyth, Ga. The summer hotels will be glad to hear of this new source of supply.

“Lean beefsteak and hot water for seventeen weeks” is the latest diet that such of the world’s fat people who wish to got thin are trying.

A citizen of Ouray (Col.) recently killed a seven-foot mountain lioness with a forty - five-calliber revolver. She was the largest ever killed in tha t vicinity, and was treed by a dog.

F actory-girls a t Burnley, England, are incensed a t a notice posted in the mills that all young girls must cease to wear their hair fringed at the front, and must part it in the middle.

A* conglomerate rock from Austin Bluffs is exhibited a t Colorado Springs which bears the impress of a palm leaf originally over two feet long, but now broken off below the tip.

The latest twins in Chicopee are Grover Cleveland and David Hill Bascom, and Mr. and Mrs. Bascom have received photo­graphs and autographs from the two dis­tinguished gentlemen thus honored.

The clergymen residing on the New Jersey bank of the Delaware are getting so rich from marriage fees, all on account of the Pannsylvani marriage laws, that the frugal congregations are talking about reducing their salaries.

Among the table ornaments at a late yacht club dinner in Toronto were two boats chiseled from blocks of ice, one filled with champagne and the other with claret cup. An ice dolphin with a bottle of cham­pagne in his mouth was another decora­tion.

Not the least of Dakota phenomena is the female mail carrier, who, having secured the contract from the Government, suc­ceeded her husband two years ago in carry­ing the mail from Vermiilion to Hurley. Clad in an overcoat and other protections, she defies the severity of the coldest winter days, and through blizzards, rain, hail and mud, rides undaunted twenty-two miles every day.

Queer Effect of a Snake Bite.[Jasper (Ga.) Special.]

Tho condition of Mr. Sylvester Sams, a well-known citizen of this county, excites considerable interest. Two years ago Mr. Sams, while walking over his farm, was bitten by a rattlesnake. Ho immediately resorted to the native remedy in such cases, whisky, of which he partook copiously. Nothing more was thought of the matter until six months ago, when Sams betrayed symptoms of St. Vitus’ dance. He is never still, not even in bis sleep, twitching his muscles and moving incessantly. Later he has developed violent symptoms, so much so that he beats his wife and family and whoever comes within reach. He now acts like a man with a well-defined case of rabies, only, instead of barking, he makes a rattling sound. He has been taken to Can­ton jail, where a strong guard can be kept over him until the result of his case can be reached.

The Wickedest Bird on Wings.[Riverside (Cal.) Letter.]

That most rascally of birds, the butcher bird, thrives here with the rest, and is as vicious as with us a t home. In all the orange orchards yon come too often upon evidences of his murderous habits. Many small birds, frogs und even large insects, were impaled upon the thorns of the trees, while the culprit himself you may observe perched upon a tree-top near by wiping hia bloody beak.

T H E M ARKETS.New York, Feb. 23.

LIVE STOCK—Cattle............ $2 60 @600Sheep................................. 4 60 © 6 00Hogs.................................. 4 20 © 4 60

FLOUR—Good to Cholco....... 8 30 40 5 40Patents.............................. 4 75 @ 5 00

WHEAT—No. 2 Red....No. 2 Spring..........

CORN...........................OATS—Mixed WesternRYE............................POItK-Mess........................... 10 50LAUD—Steam......................... 6 32*@ 6 37*CHEESE.................................. 7WOOL—Domestic ................ 27

CHICAGO.BEEVES-Extra..................... 15 00

Choice:............................... 6 10Good.................................. 4 35Medium ............................ 3 85Butchers' Stock................ 3 00Inferior Cattlo.................. 1 50

HOGS—Live—Good to Choice.. 8 85 SHEEP

91^@ 9 2 *91 * @ 9554 @ 6 4 *37 @ 3965 @ 66

10 50 @12 00

BUTTER—Creamery..........G ood to C h oice D a ir y .. . .

EGOS—Fresh.....................FLOUR—Winter..................... 4 50

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8 p r in g .......................................... 8 50P a t e n t s ......................................... 4 50

GRAIN-Wheat, No. 2............ 80Corn...................................... 38Oats.................................... 30*Rye, No. 2............................. 59Bariev, No. 2........................ 65

BROOM CORN-Self-Worklng..................... 9C a rp et an d H u r l....................... 69Crooked.......................... 8

POTATOES (bu)........................ 40C—Mess........................... 11 00

© 5 85 © 5 20§ 4 65

4 30 © 4 00 © 2 50 (i£ 4 60

5 00 30

© 20 © 23© 4 85 © 4 25 @ 5

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68 ©11 05

@86 00 © 13 00 @20 50 @13 10 ‘ 8 00

2 60

PORK—MessLARD—Steam......................... 6 07*© 6 10LUMBER—

Common Drossod Siding... 22 00Flooring............................ 83 00Common Boards........... 19 60Fenciug............................. 13 00Lath.................................. 1 25Shingles............................ 1 96

EAST LIBERTY.CATTLE—Best........................ $6 00

Fair to Good..................... 4 60HOGS-Yorkers...................... 4 26

Philadelphia*.................. 4 60SHEBP-Best......................... 6 00

Common............................ 2 60BALTIMOIIE.

CATTLE-Best......................... $4 B7*@ 6 00Medium............................. 3 80 @ 4 00

HOGS....................................... 6 86 @600SHEEP—Poor to Choice......... 8 60 & 6 60

D r . S a n d h i , K . Co** Washington, after a careful analyst^ pronounced Red Star Cough Cure purely vegetable and most ex­cellent for throat troubles. Price, 25 cent* a bottle.

Hon. Tho*. L. James, ex-Postmaster-Gen- erai, indorses St. Jaoobs Oil as a pain-cure.

T h e r e is one thing to be said in favor of coasters. They don't want the earth.—B ur­lington Free Press.

D r . P i b b c b ’s “Favorite Prescription" la ndt extolled aa a “ cure-all,” but admirably fulfills a singleness of purpose, being a most potent specific in those chronic weaknesses peculiar to women. Particulars in Dr. Pierce's large treatise on Diseases Peculiar to Women, 100 pages, sent for 10 cents In stamps. Address W o r l d ’s D i s p e n s a r y M e d ic a l A s s o c ia t io n , 683 Main Btreet, Buffalo, N. Y.

It seems a little strange that when w,e are tired we can best rest by retiring.— Chicago ledger.

children. I cents and $1.W hy is a n ice-cream fiend like a cre­

matory! Because he is a cream-ater.P ik e ’s Tooth ache Drops curetnlminute, 25o Glenn's Sulphur Snap heals and beautides. 25c. German Corn R emo ver kil Is Corns A Bunions.

T oo th i n —Getting acquainted with cross dog.—Hot Springs News.

P h t s ic ia n s p r e s c r ib e A y e r ’s C h e r r y P e c t­o ra l , o n a c c o u n t o f i t s g r e a t c u r a t iv e po w ers .

Born to blush unseen- Lynn Item.

No Opium in Piso’s Cure Tor Consump­tion. Cures where other remedies fail. 26c.

TART R A D E > kd/ M A R K .

COUGH CUREFree from Opiates, Emetics and Poison.SAFE.SURE.PROMPT.At Dinooura Aim Deaiau.THE CHARLES A. VOOELFR CO.. BALTIMORE, ED.

GERManreMEOYP _ f t _ ! __Cure# Rheumatism, Nouralgla,L ( I I* U A I I I Hacka«ke, Headache, Toothache,| III I q III P H ? c l^ A rpT w 'o¥.N T 8.■ WB ■ M i l l at DRUGGISTS AND DF.AI.KEa THE CHARLES A. TOUELER CO.. BALTIEOKE. ED.

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EWORLD RENOWNED5ALVAT0R.IR INVALIDS AND THE AGED. AN

INCOMPARABLE ALIMENT FOR THE GROWTH AND PROTECTION OF IN­FANTS AND CHILDREN. A SUPERK# NUTRITIVE IN CONTINUED FEVERS AND A RELIABLE REMEDIAL, ft AGENT IN ALL DISEASES OF THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES,'■Co l o B y ' i i A r n S i r f

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$ w Is the finesttoned and most durable ___In the world. Warrantod to stand In any climate. Ask your nearest dealer for them. Illustrated catalogues mailed free by the manufacturers,L Y O N a H C A L Y .1 6 2 State 8 t. Chicago, I I I

“ I do not like thee. Dr. Fad.The reason why, I can not (ell.**

It has often been wondered at, the bad odor this oft-quoted doctor waa in. ’Twos probably because be, being one of the old- school doctors, made up pills os large as bullets, which nothing but an oetrioh could bolt without nausea. Hence the dislike. Dr. R. V. Pierce’s “ Pleasant Purgative Pel­lets” are sugar-coated and no larger than bird-abot, and are quick to do their work. For all derangements of the liver, bowels and stomach they are specific.

E very bride is beautiful, and i t is a m ys­tery where all the plain m arried women some from.

A s k in g O n e’s A g e .

fistulas Fei (except (0 cents in »rld’s Dis- 663 Main

• * * * Rupture, pile tut and all diseases of the lower b cancer), radically cured. Bend! stamps for book. Address, pensary Medical Association,Btreet, Buffalo, N. Y.

Ir you will only practice long enough at setting a steel trap, you will be sure to get your band in.Burlington Free Press.

A lady boarding in my hotel, who suf­fered so much pain with facial neuralgia that she could not sit up, after taking two doses of Athlophoros was well. W. P. Hammond, Clerk of West End Hotel, 503 and 505 West Madison St., Chicago, 111.

W h e n a r u n o n c e s t a r t s on a b a n k th e m o re c h e c k y o u g iv e i t th e w o rse i t is fo r th e b a n k .—Oil City Derrick.

“ Better Into than never," bu t better never late when troubled with a cough or cold. Take Dr. Bigelow’s Positive Cure at once, which cures all throat and lung trou­bles speedily and thoroughly. Pleasant for

Iren. «)<

A lady aaked«a gentleman his age. He ro-Elied: “ W hat you do in every thing”— X

i. Bo does Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein excel all other medicines for coughs, croup and consump­tion. W alter A. Taylor, Atlauta, Ga.

T he righ t hand is the most sensible mem­ber of the body. I t never gets left.

W h e n you need a friend, select a true oilte. Dr. Jones’ Red Clover Tonic is the best friend mankind has for all diseases of the stomach, liver and kidneys. Tho best blood nurifler and tonic known. 60 cents.

It ’s the little things that tell—especially the little brothers and sisters.

T iik most desirable hair dressing ever offered to the public is Hall’s Hair Renewer.

A CORNER ear.—Pittsburgh

in pork—the tip of the pig’sgh Chronicle-Telegraph.

-Colored ladies.—

If afflicted with Bore Eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson’sEye Water. Druggists sell it. 25a

Poisoned by ScrofulaThe taint of scrofula In the blood should be got rid

of or serious consequences may result. Consumption Is undoubtedly scrofula of the lungs, and In Its early stages may be cured by purifying the blood and build­ing up tbe system. For this Hood's Sarsaparilla la unequaled. It also cures scrofula when It appears In the form of running sores, bolls, bunches In the neck, catarrh, or In any other manner. While It purifies. Hood's Sarsaparilla also vitalizes and enriches the blood.

“ I have been taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla for about three mouths. Before that time my blood was In a terrible condition. After nstrg It for about one month my appetite was better and my general health greatly Improved. For ajnedlc!nc as good as Hood’BSa sa- parlUa too much can not be said." L, L. Linbes-, Bugbee nouse, Putnam, Ct.

“ I have been troubled with scrofula for three years, having running sores on my leg. After taking one bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla I am getting well rupld- ly." Asa Elbel, South Bend, Ind.

Hood’s SarsaparillaSold by all druggists. #t; six for *5. Made only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Moss.

IOO D o s e s O n e DollarDon’t Give Up.

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We recommend Ely’s Cream Balm where a cure for catarrh Is called for. It Is lu most cases a perfect cure.— Pick Bros..Druggists, Grand Kaplds, Mich.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 86, 1886.

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—Ex-Seaaior Foedick and wife vieiied Piper Oity Thursday.

—More 5c. Oiughama to arrive at Jn o .W iliT U 1!.

—Mra. A . W . Stewart visited the city of Bloomington this week.

—Mrs. E M Robinson visited with Mra. Frank Cote this week.

—D r.W . 0 . Byington spent Monday and Tuesday in Springfield.

—Messrs. E. M. Palmer and Max Traub Sundayed in Pontiac

— Miss Belle Peercy went to her home near Piper City Wednesday.

—Bluebirds were seen this week. Sure­ly this is a harbinger of spring.

—Elegant N ew Single and Double R ucliing just iu at Beach Bros.

— Progressive euchre was indulged in at A . B. Bearing’s Tuesday night

— Mrs C R. Riggle and son, of Cul- lom, were shopping here Tuesday,

— Handsome New Spring G ingham s received this week by Beach Bros.

— F. G Baker, of Beach Bros, Fairbury. smole upon us here Monday and Tuesday.

—Mrs. P. J. Cook and little eon, of Cullom, spent TOesday with relatives here.

— Mr. S. Pearson enjoyed a visit from his niece, Miss Starkey, of El Paso, this week.

—Mr. H omer Guy is once more at his place behind the counter of Beach Bros.

— Mr. Chas. Yates grabbed his grip and left on Saturday on a prospecting tour in the far west

— Dr F H. Bostock spent a part of last week in Ottawa, combining business and pleasure.

—Handsome Kid Gloves, new tan shades, worked back, received by' Beach Bros.

—Capt. Wallrichs, of Piper City, was the guest of Mr. Wm. A. Wallrichs on Monday last.

—Remember, I keep groceries and sell as cheap as the cheapest

Jno . Walter .— Mr. Timothy Coughliu, who is now

8ecion boss at Chenoa, spent Sunday with his family here.

—See our handsome styles in Madras and Serirn Curtains just in.

B ea ch B ros

—Uncle Webster was seen down town Wednesday, making the trip in his new seif-propelling invalid’s chair.

— Overcoats, Caps, Gloves and Under-wenr at Cost to make room for spring stock. McCabe & Traub .

—H. M Bangs boarded the east-bourd train on the T. P. & W. Ry. Tuesday, bound for the city of Chicago.

—A Splendid Heavy Unbleached Muslin for 5c. a yd. by the bolt Come and get one. B each Bros.

— Mr. C. V. L . Lewis, whose home is near Cuilom, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jno. J . Brickley and family this week.

—Our new invoice of Teas is unsurpassed in quality, and tlie price below the lowest. E. A. B a n o s .

—Wm. Williams sold his property in Chats worth near the mill Wednesday to John Ridgeway, of Piper, for $400 cash.

■JFIarry Cramer returned to Ashkum Saturday. Frankie Fowler going with him to make hie home with his grandma.

—John Walter is headquarters for Laces and Embroideries. You can find no Larger Stock elsewhere. Ladies and Misses, call and see them.

— Mr. Zimm^lman, w/ was struck with paralysis last week, yl- are glad to learn is able to be up and around the house.

—The large dry goods and clothing bouse of Jno Walter has been all tore up—no bust up. They are invoicing.

— Mr.L. C. Speicher has secured the services of A. J . Palmflade, of Chenoa, who comes recommended as a first class wagon maker.

—Jno. Walter never “takes a back seat” for anybody when it comes to sell­ing Goods Cheap* You can find Bargains In all kinds of goods at his store.

— T hursday ’8 blizzard was about as disagreeable as any of the year. T o­day m akes am ends for it, and Is m ost beautiful.

-Mrs. H. M. Bangs entertained a parly of ladies at tea last, Saturday evening in honor of Mrs Bangs Sr. and J f n . Whitmore.

—1,200 pairs of Ladies' Hose, and ■till more coming. ,Price form 8c. per pair to §1.00 per pair. Call and see I t i n J n o . W a l t e r .

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—Dr. Hunt writes os that ba la not working for a drug firm in Dixon aa rep­resented, but ia practicing bla profession as uantl in Chicago.

—A n oyster festival and eooial w ill be held at the residence o f Mr. aud Mrs, Geo. W Cline th is (Friday) eveulng. for the beuefit o f R ev. G. W, Abbott.

—March 1st is m oving day for farm tenants, aud already wagons contain­ing m achinery, household goods, seed corn, e to ., are seen upou our streets daily.

Betrothed ,—Mr. Thos. H. Murray will be united in marriage to Miss Mary J Scheibel at St. Patrick’s church next Wednesday, March 8d.

— March 1st we will have on baod a fine line of Men's Boots and Shoes at prices below competition.

McCabe & T raub.— Mr. J. H Carpenter, superintendent

of the C. A Wilson farm, was in town a few days this week shaking hauds with old friends and attending to some business.

—The C C. C. had an enjoyable time at Presbyterian hall Monday evening, about fifty being present. Next meeting Monday uigbt, March 1st. All wishing to join in the singing are cordially invited to attend.

— Large purchases made tills week make my slock of watches aud jew ­elry all that could he desired to select from. The prices I am m ak­ing are the very lowest.

C. G u m b e l .— Mr. J .C . Beckman and wife, who

have been spending the winter in this Vicinity and have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Beckman for the past few days, left Thursday noon for their home in Nebraska.

MARHiED-At St Patrick’s church Monday morning last Rev. Hagen united in marriage Mr. Jas. McNamara, of Kempton, and Miss Maggie Downs, of Saunemin. The pair start out in life with the best wishes of their friends.

—Miss Aggie True was surprised Sat­urday evening by the unexpected arrival at her home of a number of school­mates. The evening was very pleasantly spent. The program was interspersed with various games, music, refreshments, etc., which all enjoyed.

—The most com plete line of Hosiery in this c ity , and the largest stock ever p aced on sale in Cliats- worth, at prices never before heard of, ]s at Jno. W alter’s.

— Od Wednesday evening the borne of Mr. and Mrs Jos Watson was invaded by a large number of bright, smiling faces, the school mates of Miss Grace, and after a hearty welcome they proceeded to enjoy the evening in a most pleasant and satisfactory manuer.

—The jew el of tlie household, next to tlie babies is one of those reversible feed sew ing m achines which stands without a peer. E . A. Bangs is tiie agt., and E lm er is tlie expert, and will be pleased to show their supe­rior m erits to the ladies.

— D aily arrivals of Fresh Groceries purchased for spot cash, enables me to furnish customers w ith tlie best article at the least price.

E A. B a n o s .—A ll indications are that tlie em i­

gration from th is section w ill be' larger this spring than ever before. Cars are being chartered for a large number w ho propose leaving this im m ediate v icin ity . Nearly all are destined for points iu Nebraska.

—On Tuesday afternoon a train load of Piper City emigrants passed through here over the T . P. & W. Ry. bound for the west. Most of the party were for points in Nebraska and a few were going to Kansas. They were chartered to go over the C B .& Q. from Burlington.

— Mr. Edward Cook, editor and pro­prietor of the J P la ttd u tsch e Z e i tu n g , Chicago, spent Saturday night la9t with his invalid sister, Mrs. Stevens, nnd Sunday with the families of Mr. Theo­dore Weinand and Mr. Jno. Mcnke. Mrs. Weinand and Mrs. Meoke are also sisters of Mr. Cook.

—My stock of Wall Paper, Boon to arrive, w ill be the finest llhe of Wall Decorations ever exhibited in Chnts- wortli. It w ill embrace the very latest designs in decorations for ceilings and side w alls, and w ill be sold as low as the lowest.

E . A. B a n g s .—From Information obtained this

week we learn the students o f tlie convent are preparing a program of rare m erit to be given on 8 t Patrick’s even ing and the even ing following T he program will be varied to su it the tastes of all, and will afford the public an opportunity of seelug the progress made by tbe students.

—Rev P. P . Owens, of Fairbury, wbo baa just returned from his annua) visit with relatives In New York City, and wbo took in tbe sights of Washington

City on bis return trip, spent a short time here Mondsy aa the guest of Revs. Hagen sod Donavsn. Father Owens reports having had a splendid lime, both in New York and Washington.

—Mr. M. H . McCarty was m issed from behind the oounter at bis restaurant, aud upon inquiry we found he had taken the general agen ­cy for a sew ing m achine attachm ent which enables the operator to m an ­ufacture foot rugs o f beautiful design and finish. M. H. was establishing local agents at various points.

—Mr. Chas. Gnmbel, Cbatsworth’s deservedly popular jeweler, exhibited at his rooms on Tuesday and Wednesday by far ibe finest line of jewelry ever seen in Cbaiswortb. It was a liue from a New York wholesale house, aud among tlie jewels wem some choice gems. Mr. G. reports having done a very satisfactory business Tuesday and Wednesday and some quite costly property was purchased by bis customers.

—The dunce given under the auspices of the A. O. H. at the hall W ednesday evening was well a ttend­ed, notw ithstanding the unfavorable weather, and under the efficient m anagem ent of the members o f the society every feature of the even iug was in perfect good order and taste Supper was served at Hopjiert’s res taurunt There were about fifly present, am ong whom were parties from Chenoa, Fairbury, Piper C ity , and Forrest. A ll wended their way homeward, fully satisfied w ith the even in g’s enjoym ent.

—The M. E . church lyceum met at the church last Friday night and the following program was rendered: Select readings—“ The Rocky Mountain Lyce­um," H. Royal; “ The World We Live In,” Ella Speicher; “ Tlie Bald-Headed Man," Mrs. Wm. Irwin. Essay — • ’Home," Ina Huffman. Recitations — “Over the River,” P. Edwards; “ Smok­ing," Dora Brickley. The above, inter­spersed with musical selections proved highly pleasing and interesting to ail present The next meeting will be held at the same place on Tuesday evening, March 9

— The praise meeting held on Wed­nesday afternoon by the ladies of the Presbyterian church for the benefit of foreign missions was largely attended and a deep interest manifested by those present, besides being kindly remembered by many unable to attend. Among other good things, Mrs McV«y read a very interesting ie'ter from a former clag&qinte who is now a missionary in

/Persia, and MisB B tlrn a beautiful poem entitled “ Patchwork ” But the most interesting feature of the occasion was the opening of envelopes containing thank-offerings, and the reading o f the many beautiful nnd appropriate senti­ments accompanying them. Thank- offerings amounted to $14.36.

—Jerome Howe nnd collector Riess liad a rumpus and Mr. Riess had Howe arrested on a state’s warrant. It appears that Howe had Riess make out a receipt to him for some taxes amounting to about $30 00. After the receipt was completed, and lay on Mr. Riess’ table, Howe claimed Riess owed him an ac­count or about $12.00, and instead of paying the full amount of the taxes in money paid the difference between tbe account nnd tbe taxes and gobbled the receipt. Charley gu bhed Howe by the throat and was about to forco him to surrender Ibe receipt when they were separated by bystanders and Howe went oil" with the rt ceipt. Riess swore out a warrant against Howe for stealing. Constable Sanford took Howe into custody. Howe paid tbe full amount of the taxes in money and was released. Charley wants to know why Howe was released.

—A select company m et last even­ing at the residence of Mr. 8 . B ays- ton. The object of tlie gathering was made clear, w hen at 8 o ’clock the cerem ony uniting . the lives and destinies of Miss Em m a Bayston and Mr. David T. Clark was performed by Rev. D R . MacGregor. The young couple being introduced to their friends in their new relation­sh ip , and having received the con­gratulations and good w ishes of all present, the com pany set their faces dlning-room w ard, where an abun­dance of good things awaited them , to w hich they did am ple justice. This part of the program being fiu ished, a sociable tim e was enjoyed till a late hour, interspersed w ith instrum ental and vocal m usic, Mr. and Mra. Clark started to-day for Eureka, where they w ill spend som e days In v isiting friends. Oh their return they w ill liv e in their hom e iu Charlotte township.

Pnbllc Hale.Dr. Bostock w ill sell a lot o f house*

hold goods at h is residence on Mon> day a t 2 p. ui.

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Met at tbe reeldenee of Mr. Foediok last week on Friday evening. Mem­bers present; Misses Phelps, W asson, FosdioK, aud Mr. F. L. Calkins. T he usual am ount of work was done, Iu Pedagogy tbe habits, m anners, dress, etc , o f the teachers aud their influence upou the pupils were discussed, together w ith some thoughts on recitation. T he part of history discussed is that, that ouce read, w ill never be w holly forgotten, viz: Grecian civilization. A ll are, as is very proper, in tensely interested iu th is, and the only regret is that we have too little tim e to g ive to it. A m ong other m otions it was carried that Miss H elen McVay be adm itted as a m em ber of the circle.

A M e m b e r .

Important to Farmers and Hog* Raisers.

T he undersigned, from recent experience in a number of cases of tlie so-called hog cholera, is led to believe that he has discovered a method of cure for that fatal malady, and is desirous of testing its merits on a more extended scale, and in pursuance th ereo f makes the follow­ing offer viz: will treat as m any in a herd affected with the disease in any stuge aH may be desired. For every one cured, a charge of one dollar, cash, w ill be made, and for every case not cured, no charge whalever. W ill drive five m iles if assured ten cases; ten m iles, tw enty-five cases; fifteen m iles, forty cases, iu au im m e­diate neighborhood. W ill meet parties at various stations on railroads if transportation from aud back to station can be had. N o m edicine for sale at present. A n y one having the disease in their herds, and wish to save them on the above conditions,can address D r . B -------- ,

Chatsworth, L ivingston Co.

Lock box 25, Illinois.

A Card.W e shall feel forever grateful for

the m any acts of k indness bestowed upon our father, m other, and selves during our long continued trouble and shall hold in grateful remembrance all of tlie m any friends who have so cheerfully bestowed them . That their pathway m ay be one of less trouble and affliction than ours, is tlie heartfelt wish of

L o u i s a , C a r r i e , a n d M a r y S t e v e n s .

Unanimously Adopted.At a meeting of old soldiers held at tbe

Town House In Dwight on Saturday even­ing, Feb. 20lb, tbe following resolutions were adopted:

WHEREAS, Livingston county furnished more than fifteen hundred of her loyal sons as soldiers to assist In the suppression of the late war of tlie Rebellion and In maintain­ing the dignity and honor of the good old flog, and

WHEREAS, During the fouryearsof terri­ble war and shedding of blood several hundred ot the noble boys of this county laid down their lives as a sacrifice tn de­fense of our firesides and to m aintain the anion of the States and

WHEREAS, The remains of our fallen comrades were buried, some In the trenches on the battle field, some In the rude nnd shallow graves made on the march by the wayside, while others by tbe necessities of a cruel war were left where they fell to waste away aud their bones to bleach In the sun. Borne of ibe fallen a little more fortunate than others have been removed to some ot < nr National cemeteries but many of them to grnves marked unknown, and

WHEREAS, For obvious reasons It Is Im­possible to erect suitable tablets and monu­ments at the actual resting places of our comrades, therefore

RESOLVED, That we old soldiers now assembled do hereby ratify and endorse the proposition of levying a tax of one mill on the dollar for tbe purpose of erecting a soldiers’ monument at tbe county seat of this county as an emblem of onr love and affections and to perpetuate tbe memory of our fallen heroes.

RESOLVED, That we hereby beseech and Invoke, and believe we have every reason to expect the hearty support and co-operation of the loyal and appreciative people of this county for so worthy and patriotic an object regardless of party, nationality, or creed.

Official Proceedings o the Board of Trnstees of the V illage of Chatsworth

A t a m e e t in g h e ld T u e sd a y e v e n in g , F eb . 23, A . D. 1886.

M em b ers a ll p r e s e n t . T h e m in u t e s o f th e la s t m e e t in g w e r e read a n d a p p r o v e d .

On m o t io n o f H. I*. T u rn er th e p e t i t io n o f M essrs . J n o . W a lte r a n d E. A. H a n g s a s k in g p e r m is s io n to la y a t i le d r a in th r o u g h th e a l le y In b lo o k 22, fo r t h e p u r p o se o f d r a in in g tb e oellagp o f th e ir s to r e b u ild in g s , w a s g r a n te d .

T h e f o l lo w in g b i l ls w e r e p r e s e n te d , a n d o n m o t io n a llo w e d :E. A. B a n g s , for o i l a n d w ic k s; a c o 't

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g in e ; s e c t fire a n d w a t e r ...........i................. l coF . It. B e c k m a n , for p n l le y for b e ll rope;

aoo 't fire a n d w a t e r ............................ ............ 5 0

G . B . M ehrer, for 5 d a y s ’ labor; a o o ’ts tr e e t s a n d a l l e y s .................................................... 6 25

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t h e B oard a d jo u r n e d , E . E. B A N G S ,Village Clerk.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

8TRAWN.Jas. Hupp m ade a fly in g trip to Fairbury

Thursday.Miss Lucy Ouryea returned Thursday from

her Forrest v is it.A. Harmon and A rchie M eM allen returned

from O ttaw a Tuesday.C. B. DeLong w ent to Foosland on a b usi­

ness trip Thursday a . m.E. O Mogul and wife, teachers of our pub­

lic school, visited Fairbury Saturday.Zimrl Hodgson went to Btonlngton, 111.,

Tuesday with one of his Norman norftes.Mrs. P. Hannlgan, of Ottawa, arrived here

Saturday to attend her sisters wedding.Mr. Winslow, of Avoca, paid a short visit

Tuesday to his daughter, Mrs. V.T. Aaron.Johnny Poole went to Chicago with stock

Tuesday and returned Thursday morning.Mr. John Colfer started Thursday morning

for Streator. lie has been offered the position of section foreman on tbe C-, B, A Q. Ry.

Thus. 111)1 started all of bis emigrant outfit Tuesday night with his son for Golden City, Mo. Himself and the rest of his family wilt start the last of the week.

Sylvester Faulk left Wednesday a. m. with a car of emigrant outfit for his new home, Kearney, Neb. Wm. Cation accom­panied him, taking along one of his fine Stallions

The spring moving has commenced al­ready. Wm. Singer has moved Into the Gleason property snd T P. Ricketts has moved Into the Goembel property that Mr. Singer and Jay Cox occupied. Mr. Jay Cox will start for Kansas next week.

A very painful accident happened Tuesday to Mr Arthur Klmberk while at work on the new town hall He walked too far out on the scaffolds and they gave way, aud he fell to the ground, breaking his arm aud badly disfiguring bis face. The wouuds were dressed by Dr. Salisbury and Wednes­day he went to his home, Kansas.

&Ir. Jacob Hubbard and Miss Xnnle Brooker were untied In marriage at the home of tbe bride Sunday night. Mr Hub­bard had 'Squire Steers send to Pontiac for the license. It failed to come at the expected time, so he sent a telegram and received a reply stating It had been sent; bnt as It failed to reach here by Saturday's mall he took a borse and went after It, 29 mlleB.

On Wednesday a. m. at 10 o'clock a large crowd assembled at the Catholic church to witness the marriage of Mr. George Eddy to MIsb Phena Aaron. Miss Agnes Ritchie, of Fairbury, acted as brldesmuld and Mr. Frank Hammers ns best man. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. I*. P, Owens, after wblcb mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Lyons, of-jCampus, III. Miss Aaron was leader of ,Abe church choir here and will be greatly missed by tier many friends. In a few days the newly wedded couple will take their deparlure for southwestern Kansas. We Join with their many friends in wishing them prosperity.

PIPER CITY.H. J. Roberts was In townMonday.N. W, Cale visited Litchfield last-week.M. Herr was In Chatsworth last Saturday.Sheriff Ramsay was upon our streets

Wednesday.A. Powell, of Gilman, paid the city a short

call Monday.Henry Blair, of Chenoa, was In the “burg”

last Thursdsy.John R. Lewis was away on swamp busi­

ness last week.Pat Shelly, our hotel man, was in Chats­

worth Tuesday.J. O. Sullivan, of Mona township, was In

town last week.T. A. Beach, of Fairbury, ''made" the town

Monday afternoon.8. K. Marston, of Onarga, strayed np onr

way on Blonday last.F. H. Cole, of Chatsworth, took dinner a t

the City Hotel Monday.Tims. Doran and John McLean paid Chats­

worth a visit Saturday.Dr. O. H. Brigham, of Chatsworth, was with

us this week for a short time.John B. Tucker, of Sandwich. III., was In

our town on baseness Monday.W. R. Wiley, of Peoria, was very busily en­

gaged with a few of onr merchants Monday.Lycnrgus Burns Jr. gnzed upon the noble

village of Chatsworth Wednesday after­noon.

Bro. Churchill, t he grain bnyer, of Peoria, arrived here Wednesday evening on the local east.

Tuesday Inst a special train took quite a number of Piper's farmers west. In all there were ten cars.

C W. Boardman, of the C., B. A Q,. R. R., was looking after the Interests of emigrants leaving Piper City Tuesday.

Rev. G. W. Abbott, assisted by the “boy slnget," Jesse Underwood. Is holdings very pleasant revival In tfle M. E. church of this place.

MELVIN.The pnbllo school will take the slate work

for premiums this year.Miss Matte Foster has qnlt school, and ex­

pects to commence teaohlng soon.Business lively this week. Farmers haul­

ing corn. This Is tax time you know.Mr. Porter does not make butter for the

firm of Schafer A Co. Mr. Henry Bttnmoa has taken bis place.

Mr. Wm. Thompson, the blacksmith, baa recovered from several weeks’ slokness, and Is again working In his shop.

Mr. Cyras MoClaln Is making preparations to start (or tbe west next Tuesday. He baa his sale Saturday next, tbe 27th.

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