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WAsntKorox, Tue.1r, April 3 A rrlu
Won to trantfe r to the hlate le rlir nl fur
the Mf keening of the record nf tli Klcrtnral
Gommlatlon, wMipfM to. BarHIn enMed
ipui rUI oMcr the Mil (n remnre all re
ttrietlont now cilMIng In rrganl to Hi enlist
firctit nf colored rltlxrna In any armr of Ilia
United fltatet Hervlr After llMilon the
,. mil waa in ...:i.in nun mi mii-M"i 1111 - .'?
tor full rlpht to n lit In all arm i.f the fVr
vie. The railroad fumilnjr Mil cam" up a nn
fataned bimneea, mil Morrill aMrfe1 Hit
lenata In support nf Id JinllHarv rommltfe
Mil. Thurman Rave notice tlil he would nffrr
an amendment ntaklnc iho flrttmnrtcatfetxind
af companies one nf the data of bond In
Which the sinking fund proposed ma) helntert
4. After illarnnatmi le Maine, Thutmaa, Kd
MMd ami other without reailll, tlir Hen!
went Into cieeotve clon ami adjourned.
, nocan.
The Joint resolution wm retried titltorle-
tna commiaawn nrini rimrifrmr m an-
monument in apply vsmi nmnif
stability to the foundation. It was
totaketinfarconililcratlnn I lie renort
Wtwerornmlaatnn an civil aervlre reform In re
MM to tM raaaor floorkreper rnlk. iianlnn
tfplalned the report, anil rrml from the (rati
Ssony to ahow that Mr I'olk had executed the
law In hla appointment, ihe Washington
aaoaamtnl hill tsMMed. It appropriate i.'JO,
08 to menace the tUhlllty of the ttionuintnt.
Adjourned.
. SIMaVa.
WAanmaToir. WVdnradav. Anrll M Oiaffpc
HL . J fBatlalT
vlh. atroduoed a hill to ameml the Vu'llle railroad
MHMlaf KWi,an1arUiupptiii-nlarx Itlilan tlM
10 cn wun inn jwiinary running inn.
Ida, from th ceeimltfrn on military af
reported a hill h rrlsil.si In rnllnlment
awn in the araw pUeed on inn calendar.
Hoot bill to amend the iwlel statute,
Ira to luillclaldutrlrti In MUsourl. tmoed
, Aiao ins mil inr ina mini or in. u auhim.
A. - .t i. m . . m aif ' 1
; MM the Mil for I lie rrll.-r nr Tli'imim A. Walk
ar, lata Hector of the Land (Mllce al Ilea
Matnea. ttargnnt, from Hie rommlt're on ap
4 'Mnprtatlnna, iKiorrl I tie naval niniprlllnn
Mil with amomlmenlii, nhleli w.i placcdoiilho
- aaienaar. Alier inn mormnu mmr riuiera
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v,i,w ; Won wai rumei of
(lie railroad fnmlliic Mil,
'-f' and HoMk farnrrd ttio
Mil of I tie JudlrUrr
.-. MaimlllM.
Tnarman pnpi'd
an amend
,j mriiif ut im iiiirrni av uic iniH-r iiiur,
.iV lac that thn honda mirrhard for llm
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prorld
rlnklmr
raimfer'
. &' fund ahall ha an aUmtwd a nut In h t
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aoine t linn,
.Wfcm the Sonata adjonninl.
mm.
Banka, from tan fomnilllro on rulen, rcHirt
ed hark the rcanlutlon ndmltlliiK nun rrprn
aantatlre nf vaoaVMiblla Journal, which cin-
4or a Mnnanont eorrcopondenf, for the re
tina of tha tiroceeilInif f Conirrem. to tlm
ilia and tha naaaan wava around the hall of
the IIoumi adopted, Connldrratlou waa Uirn
naumMl of the twae nf Mr. I'olk, Ilooikoeiier
of thn Home, "After aiinj dUctiMlon, Kdan
Rare notice that he wmild offer a auhmltntii
eeMurlmr the Doorkeeper and rreommllllnif
the whole aulilrrt, and limlruclltiK the com
nlttee on civil arrrlre n fonn to report the
nutntwr and par of emplnrea to tie kept In thn
' uonraeeper'a aepartrncnt, ana wnciner me
ewplnymrnt nf lalwrera ahould net lie eommlt-
, ted to thn charge nf the Rnpcrlntendenl nr Ihe
Janitor. Iteaffan, from thn committee nn h
proprlatlont. reported tharlror and liartinrV
proprlatlnn hilt-ordered printed ami recom
mitted. Adjourned,
v 'aiKAT.
Wahinotow, Thureday, April 4. Morrill
offered a reaoluiteA tor a enlect committee of
aer en to conaMarltaa propriety of taklnx tha
(aath cenaua agreed In. Anthony, from the
eonmtttee cm fitintlng. reported a reanlutMii
to print 90,000 onplea of tha report of the eom-
.mlaelnnernf agrkalture and foreatry acreed
'to. The bill authorising tha Secretary of War
to prepare rnlea and regulation to be obaenred
te preparation, aobralaalnn and approval of
eawtracU under the war departmeav-paaaed.
, GonaMcratkHi,' Waa raawaiMt af - the railroad
lundtag bill. Matthawa wade enrae remark,
aad at (he conclualon aald ha would withdraw
mii or tna ranroea committee, wnteh he
offered aa a euheMtatu, In order that
might he a dlreet rote on the
V commute bill. A Aticuealon
nlaea Between Rlalna. Whtte. Thurman.
aak Eernaa. retarding the right to alter
amend leatalallnn ritfeiilatlna tha Paelfln
Railroad. Thurman held that auch power es
latad In Congraea. HIU claimed that no laale-
Htlra power could compel a railroad to pa; It
debt) court proceeding alone could do Out,
f ibtni.
Butler Introduced a bill to adppiy a conrenh
ant currency with which the minor builncM
Iranaactlon nf the people may be donet re
ferred. Conaldcratlnn waa returned of the
aaae of Doorkeeper Mk, .Men offered a aue
atltute ceniurlnK I'olk fnr'emplnytng perarma
la eirea of tha number author! ted by lw,dl
ractlnff him to rertaa tha aoldter' roll, aad re
mote therefrom all peraona.aot dleabled aol
dlera, and recommlUIng t'a matter to tha com
mittee on clr il eernea reform, with Inatruo
tlona to ute their dltcretlon to what change
maybencccaAaryfMftmoneconoinie admln
fotraUon. After aeraral amendment and a
ehort debate, Bden'a reanratlon waa relected
by a role of M to 1M. Tha queatton recurred
oo the reaolutlon reported by the commttte
aa follow:
JfeMfof, That the potltlon of-Doorkeeper
of the Ilouae of ReprewataUreaybajaad,!
hereby declared Tacant; and, further," ; -
Xtylrtd, Tt'iatLijaappotatmentofa
new poorkeenar, the Out It be aaA.ara harato
derolvadnn tnaleiaaBtl.Ama '
Conger demaadefadlTWon. and aVlwe
wkDu uu vm mm iwmniiinn, wnicn waesajopt-ad-yea
139 1 may, ,80. The next rote waa on
the reaolutlon darelrlag.temnorartly, tha dufee
of the Doorkeaper outteBergeant-at-Arma,
Adopted-yeaa; Wjnay, 115. Adourncd.
' HMATt.
WAaRiNQTpw.MojiitT, Aprtl8Theohalr
.fe4&fJ.K!!Si !?'Mlrt .o Geo.,
.... uuHni, vsusiur irom unto law on we
table. Aleo, a eommMnCatloa from the 8eore
tary of War aaklog an appropriation of IWW0
for prlnUng taWJrecow'aVir.the Confederate
?UteV;?t,MT??- "y introduced a Nil to
amend the rerUed eUtutei In relation to tem
porarily filling racancle in the execuUre de-
RfrlJlnSn.t,f,,w,1-..0n motn of Rumld
the bill to remoTe all natrlctlon exlillng In
regard to enllatment of colored cltlteaa, wu
taken up, andfter dlaemakw. waa laid aalde.
Ane raiiroaa lundlna bill Mm nn nnn.
uaea nuinea,avuwMtroBttaudhUraaaka
j4 IhkIhau . - - . r
Kdmunda obtalnmr th . k .... .. .
llturman. Tha Senate went int.? JinfhS
aaatiou and toed after adjourned.
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i aouai,
The (Irat bualncMww the queaUon of the
S?&SFfcV"' ThereutkofBut.
lK.WM dec,,J d jueUon of privilege.
orer Gen. BhlaMa, by a rote of 198 to 101.
BIM1TB.
Wahiiotow, VrMay, Aprtt aargatcH,
ad up U.e naral approprUtlon bu5Twflch paai
d. ConalderaUoa w rumcd of untafthed
buaine., being the Ptfidln$ railroad bUI? Mr
Bayard advocated tha uelary eomtalttae'a
tudieJ htn""!?? ta Wol" totU
luatClarV Dill. . Altar una onr1 ii.ko. a..
gent yielded to a motion to adjourn which waa
carried by a vote of M to 81.
ovan. ' w
HM. The (letiale rniitiiiiici fur
", -It of thn Klftxtni-ii nZr-&Zi:-ZSIl ""TT
i ins oenaia reanintion nmMin fe . x-
rT IK ,mt hMhulMiHB for the jeZJSaTot
.s-. --" v- nn wvii m vuo aueauon or
' as".-!' "" iwoaea ubui mobo wxt.
. innnrunaH... Ki m a...... ' r
naHouae went lnt eommlttea of the whole
w um private calendar. Cal u reported aarer.
SlifnPSP mcS wre PmmO. House ad-
r"J"' y -
(& taw nlgkUniceiUoiwrt Uillot nad
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r,H. Aelon(Jof iCeuncOl BJurla, got Into a
4fn
awe aooui a Dottle of whltky. Nelaon et
I the matter by drawing a pUtol and lodg
all In MlUar'a bowel, fatally woundlair
mi
snid that Nebraska has moro
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lcarn n Trade.
The nthcr ilnr n.nMiroaMl t!4a city
Mtlrrtle4'fe)r a lrf wl rellr4 with
in lhoninflcrhknfltlcWMfiiBllh
nl, ri( ! limn forty nppllcnlfon for
thn jilnro. At Ihn anrtin tlinn n ttn'chnn
In told im tlmt it WMftltnoilnu Ittlltot-
afblllty to ml a hot ft lrn triwia.
Thn avcrajjo Ikijt of tlm pri'otit ilny hn
roticrlvnl thn Idea thnt tlioro la aouio-
thlnff not qttllo "(fi'tilner' In iM-ing n
inrchnnln ami cnrnln onn'a lirt'ml by
tho awint of onn'a brow, m If nntlllty
conalatoil In tho work a mats illd or the
mruintT In which an wna ctnployiMl,
Tlmro nrn In every coitimnnlty In thla
rtotintry hnnilriMla of vourif; incn nml
boy who, having laiirn toanctint n pro-fi-ealonnl
nliicntlon fjr a alnrt lownrd
onn, nrn willing for NonnitliltiL' gi'titol
to turn up. If nil Mich, nml n good
ahnro of thoao who nrn ronli'iiililrilliiir
or who hnvn nlrnndy entrrrd upon
rourau of profolonil Rttmy will tuakd
n ahnrp turn nnd limrn n uon ninchnn-
H!KI trniie, iidmi ini'niaitivi'a nti'i mo
world will bu llm butter olT. Tho need
of thn world now I akltled arllnana nnd
It I vrllllntr to nay nnd uiy wnll for tlm
mtvImw of anrli. Thn clinncci for nd-
vnuiTineiit In llfn nriMwpinlly m 'hhi In
meolmnlual m in tirofuaalonnl or com
mnrclal pnratilt. I'rofeaanr Huxley, In
n renin I nddru, mild thnt "riot morn
thnn one hoy in four thouannd intuitu
dlatlnutlon, nnd thnt not tnoro limn onti
In n million nvnr develop thnt Intensity
of InMlue.tlvf) ntilltudo, thnt bitrulntf
till rut for uxcelleneii. which la culled
amiltn. I ntcr worn wern never po
knn. Thn majority of hoy nnd men
hnvn In nil time, nnd for nil tinm will
continue to move In a very limited
Rphnro. Thuv will acarcely ho liennl of
oulaldn of their own town. Tlm trntn-
In nnd tlm oceupntlnii whloh Ivo tlmtn
tlm bent reatill nnd ennbln thorn to do
tlm mott piod In thnir own llttlu droit),
nrn tlm training nml tho ocoupatioae
which they ought to follow. Where
tlioro la nnn Khnkapenro there nrn mil
lion of mediocre men. Where there It
one Webster tlmro nrn thouannd of
wotild-bVi Inwyern, who have neither tho
nctlvo nbillly or nopiired nklll tiobtniu
diatluutiou. If it boy htw tlm euptielty
to diivitloo into n bhuKMiMinru or u Wub-
alnr. ruat naaured thnt ho wllido It, but
tho folly of tlm. tlmo umoiig Amuriunn
bo la thnt limy think (hut they will
develop Into something like tlm excep
tional Koniuaei whtwo nnmes nttd fame
are upon every body ' IIiih, when thu
ehanoeM nrn thnt they will coutlntlii to
move along in tlm iptiet .uneventful
piano willed la occupied by tlm great
majority of hurnnnity. Tho aoonnr n
boy dlacovora thnt tho ahatice nfti.ha
will never bo nuything moru, than a
very common sort of a man, nnd make
up hi mind lo bn n dllllgenl, iionoat.
onn, tlm greater tlm ohnnco thnt in tlm
day to oomo llm world will hnvu aomti
thing out of the common lino for him
to do. Kven then thn chance nrn about
a million to on'o ngnlnU him. IVonVi
(111.) rratuertpl.
An Klephant m tho Track.
An a railroad trnln waa pasting
UiruUgh tha fnroat, about Ihlrtv-llvo
tuiloa from Hangoon, India, a ahort tlmo
ago, driven by Mr. fltono. locomotlvo
auporintendnnt, aaalatod by Mr. Stewart,
locomotive fireman, a large elephant
wan aeon to break throuirh the fence and
not on thn line. 8team was ahut off.
and Mr. Stone tried to open the waato-
tour, wniun, oeing in ironi ni tno en-
Sno, would, by ejecting hot water some
atanco ahead, induce "tuskM to leave
the track. It could not readily be opened,
and the engine waa aoon ipon the un
fortunate boaat. Tho brute bad turned
and fled on aeolnir the onorlnn. but waa
apcedlly caught. Tho buffer beam of
tne engine, ncing very low, tho boaat'a
hind legs wore taken from tinder him,
and ho waa forced to alt down n It were),
with Ida hlndqunrtorn ngalnat tho
amokhnuao door, which waa, of course,
rod hot. Tho poor beaat managed to
kcop hi fore feet going, though buatled
along faster than ever ho had gone in
his 11 fo before, and In n few mlnutca tho
train onmn to a standstill, nnd ho got
away. Ho moved off tho lino at tho
double, uprooted a clump of bamlmo,
then wreaked dlro vengeance on a tree,
and was ant seen running through the
jungle, tearing and smashing everything
in hta path. Ho waa andlv out and
burned in Ida hindquarterai and will
probably' never be of any use again.
The mahout luckily escaped with his
life, while those on tho engine may safe
ly congratulate themaelvea on their ea
cape. lttingoon (India) Timet,
Illlnela State CvavMtle tf Ute National
Tho Natlounl Party mot In State Con
vention at Springfield, Illinois, March
27, and temporarily organised by select
ing W. II. llarr, of Chicago, Chairman.
The uaual oommittooa were appointed,
Upon reassembling in tho afternoon,
the convention permanently organized
by tho election of Hon, J. (iHlospio,
of Madlion, as Prnsldorit. Tho oim
roltteee on credentials reported fifty
nino counties reprosoatod. After sev
eral apeoohts, tha convention proceed
ed to make nominations for State ofll
oors. For Stato Treaiurcr, Gen. E. N.
Bates, , of Chicago, was nominated ou
tho first ballot, over JohnS. Armstrong,
of Latallc; for Suporintendont of Put!
lip Instruction, Prof. Frank, H. nail, of
Kano county, was, nominated on tho
first ballot. The district caucuses re
ported tho following nominations which
woro confirmed by tho convention! Su-
Srome Court .clorks: Northorn' Grand
iTlsIon, R. M. Springer. Chloagvi;
central grnnd division, 1yr. 8, Kldd,
jffon5 southorn grand dlvisjpn,
"V V S0.''0' Jackson; appollato court
clortws First district, Chas. W, Shoates,
of Cook; iSocond district. Chits, M. Kin
tyr. Rook Wnd) Third district. T. CI
?citi.C1hamlMil8u5 Fourth, M. J. Char
lott, Clinton.
The commit too on platforms submit
tod the matoritv and minority reports.
Both Uoluded tho Toledo national plat
form, but tho minority proposed the
substitute of greenback for tho uational
in name of party. Tho latter waa do
foatod and tho majority report 'adopted,
i J'r8t. tu,rtuua resolutions ombody
thololodo platform. Tho fourteenth
resolution is as follows:
Kefolved, That wo demand immodi
ato issue of a full local tender paper
currency by tho government to tho full
limit at least of tho four hundred mill
ions legal tender U. S. treasury notes.
The First Palraf I'aaU.
Hnvn yon arcn thn Iwy with hla flrat
pnlr of pantaf
Then you have, acrn a klntr' an Km
peror1 a royal niitOfjrt,who ha reached
thn plnnacln of earthly felicity and be
ntlliido, nnd who has, it would acern,
nothing more t ask for. ' j
Ho ha been looking forward to this
era In Id 'OiUtpnro Tdr a' long tfrtifl
Mamma ha prernie h4ra. if ho will
only bo a good boy, ami not tiuk pin
In tlm sofas, and twist thn cat's tall, hu
shall bo put into Jiant, Just like papa's,
III tlm spring.
How much anxious thought tho )itte
fellow ha had upon tho subject! How
ho ha wakened an hour earlier morn
ing, and figured up the numlcr of pock
el tho wonderful garment would con
tain, and arranged In hi mind how ho
would make Tommy Jonc stand round,
for Tommy' ma will net put him in
pant for a whole year!
When tlm tuunlful tlmo arrive in
which tlm pants are fluUhed, tho earth
i hnrdly large enough to contain otlr
nmbr)o young man.
How Id nyoa shine, and how hi
cheek glow! and ho strut like a pea
cock with all aail sot, and thrust Id
arm to thn elbows Into the capadou
pocket, which will, In a short tlmo, bo
jilted wltli a tuiiceliancous collection of
twine, lUli hooka, old button, iuii(,
Jack kiilvc, whistles, nngln worms,
spruce gum, bullet, hard shelled bugs,
fragments of stolen cookie, and other
article usually found In a hoy' pock
et. All tlm aunt In Ihn house mutt ad
mire him In hi new toggery. All of
them must kin him, and shake him, and
tell him lie look likn a man.
Ho will tuck the legs of his now pant
into hi stockings by tho tlmo hu hn
had them on an hour, to inako believe
tlm stocking are boot and tho street
are muddy. Ho will sit cross-legged,
likn papa, and tip over backward in thn
vain attempt to put his houla on thn ta
ble, llko Undo .Tank doo when be I
rending and smoking.
If you want to mako him your mortal
enemy for life, iniintiato that It I
too small for pants, and call him tho
babvl
I fow his blood will boil, and how all
tho revengeful element In hi boyish
heart will come to the front, and ho will
tell Tommy Jones that you are a nnsty
old thing! and ho wishr you'd fall lit a
well as Towor dldl
Among hi young companivjii tho
boy with hi first pair of pant is a gen-criiMn-eliicf.
Hu Initios order which
aro obeyed. Tlm mud pie making
busluosa goo agreeably to hi com
mands, lie 'boNSiia' the playing horno
and 'tag' prouucdlng, nnd put down
tho other boy uumuiclfully, with tho
oryi
"Don't mind thorn! Thov'ro only
girls In petticoat and gownal'
'To nil tho callers al hi house, ho
says, at onco:
"Sim my now pants!" nnd then ho
shows the pocket and stretches otit his
dumpy little legs, nnd feels proud nnd
hnppy in n manner thnt will novercomo
to him again.
Ho want to climb treea, and ride
horses, and stand on his bond, like tho
othor boys, nml if the now pant con
tinue Intact for a week, nndor tho strain
Inflicted upon them, then tho cloth waa
genuine, and the tailor waa loval to his
profession.
Never laugh at or ridicule tho boy
with hi first pair of pants.
If there is any such thing In this
world a unalloyed enjoyment, do not
meddle with it. Let no scornful smilo
come ovor your face when you see tho
exultation of tho boy In his first pair
of pant! The man who would wil
lingly mar such a state of folloity would
steal tho cent off tho eyes of a doad
mother-in-law. A'nfe Thorn in S Y
Weekly. ,
Married ay Death.
A most horrible affair took placo re
cently on a branch lino of the radiating
road running from the groat iron artery
of the P. W. nnd H. railroad, up thro'
tho pleasant valley of Chester county,
Pennsylvania.
It was near Chadd's Ford, and at a
beautifully romantiu spot. Thcro is a
turbulont stream running between high
banks, on which stunted willows grow,
while further down, at tho water's edge,
tho weeping variety of the samo troo
dips its greenish tresses In tho musical
water, which has hushed riotous liolso
to almost a requiem since tho doath of
George Rickets nml Moltlo Dolboll 'as
line a young man and as pretty a girl,'
tho farmer say, 'as you will ffnd In all
Cheater county.' This is
HOW TIIKr MKT TIIKIK DKATII.
Molllo was ono of tho pink and white
dairy-maids that you sometimes moot
in tho grazing regions of Pennsylvania.
Her hair was bonny brown, with but
just a glint of black la it, as if it had
boon gently touched by a raven's wing.
She was light hoartod and as morry as
tho lark with which sho arose, the lark
that oarolod above hor head aa she
looped hor neat dross about hor entranc
ing ankles, and skimmed into tho atone
dairy whoro tho palntod pans wore
ranged in rows and tho yellow pota of
butter (locked tho cool water.
HKH LOVRKS.
Tho troublo with Mollio was that she
had two lovers ono George Ricketts,
a stalwart farm hand, and tho othor
Hugh O'Donnell, a sullon rod whisker
ed man, employed on tho small draw
bridgo over tho Fox Run that we havo
spoken of. This draw was soldont used
savo for a lazy schoonor that eamo up
to get torra-cotta plpo from a manufao
torv iiImivo.
Tho two men know that thoy woro rl
vnls, nnd Mollio khew it, too, being sore
troubled in hor white soul as sho stood
Saturday evening before Lont in tho
porch of tho house whoro sho lived, and
promised to take a rido on tho morrow
with George not a rido in a buggy or
a sale in a boat, but a rattling ride on a'
hand car, a practice whloh U f reorient
on theso lonely lilies, whoso rails vibrate
but seldom under tho crunching ad
vnnco of tho engine.
TUB Vtt JOUUNF.Y.
It is unnecessary to describo tho hand
oar, that tits tho rails, Is worked by a
crank, nnd when vtnrtcd goes llko tho
wind. Tho car had boon loaned George
by a band of laborers who were making
repairs about a mile above. Ho had
dusted it neatly, and when tho pretty
l. . 2&.jtMii..l
girl reached him by a ahort path thro' t
tno Wihmh, rm ni arranged tlir vehicle,
o cleverly, with a cushion for Molllo.
I that It did not accm unlike Cleopatra's
hnrtra. .Sim was In tier hiifiilhv iet.
and aim laughed llgbtlv In the Mimhlne
a George swung her into her aeat and ,
then leaped to thn haiidlei,
Thorn are no Sunday trains; thcro
waa no danger,
Molllc croed her tiny feet, fell tho
exhilaration of the movement, as i
George's spelling anus produced the,
irrnoiu ni'iiiinimim, nnn saw rmr nc.ii
skirt blown about by thn rushing wind
beneath tho platform. On, on thoy
went, tho glistening rail ringing, tho
Ixmnv brown hair blown about, and tho
Fox Kim bridgo nenr at hand.
Ht'dii's ttr.vr.tor..
On the bridgo Hugh O'Donnell sal
smoking hi pipe. Tim draw wa open,
although no drifting schooner was in,
alght. Some evil bird had whispered
to Hugh the Sunday trip of hi rival
with Mollle. Hn detnrmlncd on mur
der nt oace. This Is tlm rcaon thu
rusty draw was open, while Hugh sat
in hi sentry box on tlm other side,
smoking his pipe, and watching up tho
converging lines of metal that seemed
like satin rlli'xins tied in a bow by the
perspcctlvu. ,.
nil'. I'M'.Hrir..
Ho did not havo to wall long. First
camn tho rumble the far-away sound
that die away while it increase' and
then, swlngingaudilf uly around a curve,
tho hand-ear, bearing "thotflrl hn joyed
and tho man hn hated, lie drnw an
other whllTof smoke, and looked calm
ly al thu tumbril otdeuth, with it arm
whirling wildly, since George had trust
ed to tho Hteep grade, and tho appall
ing acceleration ho had given thu ma
chine to accomplish tho pasago of thn
bridge, and had sat down alongside of
Mollio, with his arm around Imr wulst.
Just a they uearnd tlm draw, which
wa unvcr legally allowed open on Sun
day, hn turned hi head, and hi face
became white. Mollle felt tho chill cir
cle her waist a his blood froze In hi
arms. Hn sprang to his feet, and tried
to seize tho revolving handle, which
were only a blur and a mist. Ho tho't
of throwing tho girl nfl". but before ho
could think of anything olse. tho car
took tho leap, and as Hugh O'Donnell
sat smoking In hi sentry box, ho saw
tho upturned faces, pallid with agony,
hut pressed close together, go down
with tho hand car to tlm deep, pools and
cruel rock of tlm Fox Hun, nml as he
did so, hn said:
"Curse ou!" and lighted another
plpo.
MAIL
Tlmy found him there, but mad not
raving mad, but in that lymphatic stato
of mania which is hoyond roach. Qn
tho shore below, hold by tho gnarled
root of n willow, worn discovered the
bodies of Guorgo and Mollle. In tho
moment of death sho had thrown hor
arm about him, and a tho sunlight
tiltored through tho surging branches
and fell upon thn upturned face, they
seemed llko brido and groom in the
sleep of happiness. So thoy were, hut
Death had been tho minister.
HUMOROUS.
I
Kansas teacher: " Whoro does all our
f train produce go toP" Hoy: "It goos
nlo tho hoppor." Teacher: "HopperP
what hopper?" Hoy (triumphantly):
"Grasshopper."
A lady returning from church, declar
ed that when she saw thn shawls of thoso
Smiths, and then thought of tho things
her own'girls had to wcar.lf it wasn't for
tho consolation of religion, sho did not
know what she should do.
A threo-yoar-old youngster saw a
drunken man "tacking" along through
tho street. "Mother' said ho, "did
God makothatmanP" "Yes, my child."
Tho little boy reflected a moment, nnd
thon exclaimed: "1 wouldn't havo
done It."
" Will you always trust mo, doarost?"
ho askod, looking down into her dark
bluo eyes with inexpressible affection.
Sho wa a saleswoman, and of a prac
tical turn of mind, and sho nnsworcd:
" Dear Charles, business is business, and
you'll havo to pay cash down at our
store, every time."
"A Hath schoolboy has written a com
position on "Kindness to Aiiimuls." Ho
begins: Tho first thing that ought to bo
stopped is whipping a, horso for noth
ing. Tho other day 1 wa noar tho rail
road wharf and I saw a man driving
oxen forward and backward, and I seo
ho did it cruel to one and the othor ho
wouldn't do anything, but thla ono he
would when they went hack hit him
acrossed tlm head & legs, if that is not
cruel what is?
An Anecdote of Pope Leo,
An excellent story wa related to mo
today. I have tho best reasons for be
lieving it to bo truo. When Leo XIII.
was first mado Bishop, ho learned that
priest in ono of tho parishes ef his di
ocese was in tno habit of going off
hunting evory Sunday, This priest was
very attontlvo to his duties all tho six
days of tho woek, but Sunday ho took
aa a veritable holiday. So ono Sunday
Bishop Pocci went to tho priest's rosf
donee. Of course ho did not find tho
priest at homo. Ho asked If ho might
bo allowed to celebrate mass in the
church, and was told ho could do so
most certainly; indoed. thoy said thoy
would be vory glad if he would, as tho
people always carao on Sunday for tho
mass and wont away disappointed. No
one knew it was tho Bishop. After mass
the priest's servants asked him to loavo
his namo for thoir master. To tho grant
surprise of overy ono tlm canl tho un
known visitor left bad on it the name
of the Bishop of tho Diooese. Tho priest
instantly went to Bishop Peed full of
penltcnoo, expecting a good sound rep
rimand foe hla neglTgeuco. i , ) S
"Hunting is no sin," said tho Bishop
calmly. "Only when you want to go
hunting on a Sunday, bo sure to let mo
know, and I will come and say mass
for you."
Tho priest nover went hunting on a
Sunday again after that effectual repri
mand. Jvcw York World.
Faith Is generally represented as a be
draggled lomalo clinging to a sea-washed
rock, but for simple, trusting, undo
tllod faith, point us to an editor paying
postage on tho paper of a dolinnuout
bubscriber.
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FARM. O A HUES AD MOCSKHOLD.
Tta.icri In r a a Fkktimzkil A
correspondent writing from Lord' Val
ley, Pennatlvaiila, to tho Atw York
World, make an Inquiry regarding to
bacco, whether good for mintire, and
what Its value Is, compared with limn
and plaster. Thn mittr wa p-furred
to the Farmer' Club, nud eliul'-nd the
following discussion.
A nietnb'T replied that tobacco, when
growing, Is exhausting to the soil, and
If returned to it In the form of a fertil
izer, will restore llm ideiuunt taken
awn). Hn would mix the tobtcco dint
with thn comport pile
HoIhtI J Dodge said that any ani
mal or vegptahlernatUjr l good for tho
soil, but some growth are too powerful
to supply In concentrated form. Ho
thought thnt care is required In the ap
plication of tobacco as a manure lie
nail ued tobacco water on plant for
years, but tender growths require a
a weak solution.
A gentleman present considered to
bacco dust worth tho cost of transpor
tation provided thn distance. 1 not too
great, ann believed It compared favora
bly with limn as a manure.
Mil.ru Cows -Too many cow, as
proved by good witnesses from tlm rank
of dairymen, nro kupl that do not pay
the cost of keeping. This is poor econ
omy. F.vcry cow should bo tested by a
carefully kept record of her produce In
order to determine whether she I worth
keeping for her milk production. More
attention nnd cam should bo paid to
breeding Breed only from the best,
and to bull selected from good milking
families. No dairyman should under
rate tho Importance of good and abund
ant feed for hi cow ; good shelter
should liv all means bn provided. An
Illinois dairyman say n milk producer
can atlord to cull uiilk for eight and n
half cent a gallon. A man with a farm
of 100 actes can keep fifty cows that
will average three gallon a day for
nine month, that I to sav, ninoty gal
lons a mouth, or 810 gallon for iiinn
months; thus realizing from each cow
$(8,Ho, nnd from tho iff ty cows 1.1,412,
.M). Call the land worth W0 por acre,
nud the cow worth fifty dollar per
head, tho aggregate capital Invested
would bo $10, 6(X). After a deduction
of ten per cent on tho capital for inter
est and taxes, then) would bo left f:,-:i9-',.'0
for labor. Thu wo can figure
up a living income to tho farmer froin
tho milk product of fifty good cows.
The butter and tlm cheese product
would probably be as largo, under fa
vorable circumstances, a near a mar
ket. -Spirit of Kitiwui.
Viki.u ok Wool Pkii Aciik. Ordi
narily, fifty or sixty cords of wood per
acre Is a largo yield. In many of tho
States thn boat wood land iolda much
lest quantity, and rarely is found an
ncro of virgin fore.sl yielding ono hun
dred cords of marketable wood. In
Oregon, however, according to esti
mates given to the statistician of tho
Department of Agriculture, at Wash
ington, among thn evergreens and oaks,
tho yield 1 simply enormous. In ono
county thero nro thousand of acres,
which would yield from three hundred
to six hundred cords per acre. Oak
timbercd lands yield nn an average ono
hundred cord per acre. Says the an
nual, report of thn land ofllco, in rela
tion to this land, " it will produce from
25,000 to HO, 000 loot per acre," and
" there nrn vast tract that would cover
the no tiro surface with cord wood ten
foot In height." The report speaks of
forests of pine trees, " froirfono to fif
teen feet in diameter, and from two to
throe hundred feet high," and rod and
yellow plnos of gigantic growth, often
attaining a height of throo hundred foot,
and from nine to twelve feet in diame
ter. Itural World.
Lamknkss in .Siihki". The principal
part of tho body is supported by tho hoel
or back part of tho foot. Tho front part
is, from its pointed natnro, well adapted
to prciscrvo tho foothold and prevent
slipping, particularly in ascondiag
rocky declivities, and in such situations,
nnd particularly if tho animal has to
travel, tho wear of tlm horn at tho toe
is equal to it growth. But in wet
pastures or on a soft soil, tho growth of
tho too is much greater than tho wear,
nnd consequently this prrt often grows
extremoly long and Irregular, so that It
separates from tho quick and dirt in
sinuates nnd lameness and troublesome
wounds aro tho consequences, some
time loading to foot-rot. This might
bo prevented by cutting off tho surpor
flous horn with a knife.
Tho foot of thn sheep often becomes
soro from traveling, particularly on
snndy road. In this caso it is tho heels,
and tho skin betweon them that sudor;
but timoly rest will sot tho matter right,
and n llttlo oil of tar may be applied to
tho wound.
Sometimes tho biflox canal (an in
flection of tho skin between tho digits
above tho clefts of tho hoof) becomes
thn seat of disease and the cause of
lameness; sand may penetrate, or the
parts may be chafed by much walking
in the dirt, and inflammation and ulcer
ation aro tho consequence. This part
may bo cleaned ana dressed with tine
tnro of myrrh and tincture of aloes,
equal part mixed. If proud flesh forms
it should bo kept down by a few appli
cations (with" a foather) of muriate of
ammonia.
Those: various injuries often prove
very troublesome, from tho circumstan
ces of tho sheep b Hng exposed (partic
ularly in tho fall of the year) to dirt
and moisture and the vicissitudes of tha
weather, and sometimes prove the, fore
runner of a still more troublesome mal
if the foot-rot, iVmrie Farmer.
Sf.kdino to Blue Guam. A corres
pondent writes to tho Prairie Fanner,
from Castoria, Iowa, as follows:
"I wish to ask somo questions, which
mauv settlers, in the new portions, of
the West, aro interested In. I havo
broken up s'omo rough bluffs nnd raised
a crop of oat upon it." There is quite
a thick stubble nnd tho ground is loose.
Can I got a rood, catch of bluo grass by
seeding on this ground in February or
Maroh? It is too hard n Job to plough
again. I did not think of burning thu
stubble when thick enough. But, will
it not Imj bettor to leave it for u mulch,
especially as our springs iu Western
Iowa nro apt to dry? Will ono bushel
of seed per acre mako a good tod? Tho
converting of our bluffs into blue grass
pasturu is going to bo an important
matter, but I think that Into burning
sntl ehtM ffHitimr will auhdwa the
rle grass and tin bine gr' will catch
ov sowinc In Mirinir."
I I he reply wa this I If the aenaon l
, favorable you may get a good catch by
Mining as you have described, tawin
February if tMusibb, when the fnst 1
out. about two Inches deep, first har-
I rowing the oll until you hsio brought
j thn whole Into a kind of floating' ma.
I Then vow one and one-halt bushel ptr
' aen and harrow once only. We hare
but littln faith in sowing on stubole and
trotting to a chance catch As a nurse
plant we should prefer red cluor, ay
six pounds per acre. In a few year
thu blue grass will destroy thecpnor
Or, to get a stand of white Hover nnd
blue t'rass, sow one bushel -fo.irteen
pounds of blue grass and four or Ivn
pound of white clover. If the seeding
to grae i dulaved until spring, the aetl
should not Iw disturbed until the fro
la out ami the land dry.
In northern Illinois, and we think tho
amn will apply with you, we have had y
good success with Knglish blue gnmA-H"
meadow fescue. It make a flush and
admirable pasture, I stronger In every
rosK'i:t than Keutucky blue grn. i
one of thn earliett grasses knowu, makva
miftil hir. Hint Ilm rimtjt imniitrAUi tha
ground deeply, thus lusurlug it agaiusl
drouth. It is a grass comparatively
llttlo knowu, but this mty be said of
many othor valuable grasses.
Talklng-Michlne.
Mr. Thomas A. Kdlson has recently.
Invented an Instrument which I un
doubtedly thu acotistiu marvel of thu
century. It U called tho "Speaking
Phonograph," or adopting tho Indian
Idiom, ono may aptly call il "TA Hound
H'ri'frr M'Ao fViNb." Much curiosity ha
Im'oii expressed aw to thu working of
this Instrument, so I propose giving an
account of it.
All talking-machine may bo reduced
to two typo. That of Prof. Faber, of
Vienna, is the most perfect example, of
ono typo; that of Mr. Kdison is tho only
cxampiM of thn other.
Fabnr worked at tho sourco of artic
ulate sounds, and built up an artificial
organ of speech, whoso parts, n nearly
a possible, perform tho samo functions
as corresponding organs in our vocal
apparatus. A vibrating ivory rood, of
variable pitch, forms Its vocal chords.
Thero Is an oral cavity, whoso size and
shapo can bo rapidly changed by do-
pressing tho key on a koy-noard. A
rubber tongue and lips make tho oon.so-'
mint; a llttlo windmill, turning in it
throat, rolls tho letter It. nnd a tubo a
attached to it noo when it spoaks
French. This is tlm anatomy of this
really wonderful piece of mechanism.
Faber attacked tho problem on It
physiological side. Quito differently
works Mr. Kdison: he attacks tho prob
lem, not at the sourco of origin of
tho vibration which mako articulate
speech, but, considering thoso vibra
tions as already made, it matters not
how, ho makes these vibrations Imp rose
themselves on a shoot of metaliu foil,
and then reproduces ftom thuso im
pressions tho sonorous vibration which
made them.
Faber solved tho problem by repro
ducing the mechanical ciu.ics of tho vi
brations making voioe nnd speech; Kdi
son solved It byobtaining the mechanical
effects of theso vibrations. Faber re
produced the movement of our vocal
organs; Kdison reproduced the aaotioan
which tho drum-skin of the ear haa
when this organ ia acted on by the vi
brations caused by tho movement of
tho vocal organs. lpular Science
Monthly for April.
Capital Paalahaient In Great Britain.,
The capital punishment question 1
being earnestly discussed in thn British
House of Commons. There it no im
mediate probability of tho abolition of
tho death penalty, for it is now nearly,
if not quite, restricted to murderers;
but its moral a woll as political bear
ings aro brought into proraincnoe and
may lead to a moro thorough discrimi
nation between tho different degree of
homicide. It Is interesting to seo the
attention given to American facta and
statistics. Tho opponents of abolition
having charged that lynching is often
employed in our country to mako op
for the failure of the law, the othor side
retorts by showing that the States whore
lynching Is most common aro not those
which hare done away with tho scaf
fold. Whatever may be the result of
tho debates, thev bring into proml-"
nenoe the wonderful change In British
sontiment aa well a law whloh aaa, ia-,
ken place within' the half century. .,
Within tho memory of aaen now livT
ing, and these not septuagenarians, for
gers, sheep stealers, and other. minora
offenders wero ruthlessly hanged, and),
forty-eight hours was tho uaual ruaxi- ,
mum of time between sentence and xi
ecution. There is as yet little of the
morbid sympathy for blood thirsty ,vil
lains that is now prevalent In 'some
parts of our laad, had we hope there
nover may bo, yet a thorough over
hauling of the objects and degree's of
Sunishaacnt will do no harm in a king-
om never too much inclined to uerui-,
ful dealing. Cincinnati Qaictle.
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r Mctaurbm ExtrMrilaary.,
The; Indianapolis Jorunal prints the
following story, in its' correspondence
from the town of Rensselaer, -.Indiana: '
"An itinerant lecturer on Maanwriaaa
waa here last week. . He gave laatrua
tion in the art A clerk mesmerised the
servant girl of his employer last, Sun
day evening. Tho family, and even tho
new-fledred'prafoaaer,tBeeftBie fright-'
enod at the .conditio of the girl; aad
sent for another professor, who could
not remove the "mesmeric influence" f
the operator:1" They then sent for a
physician, wh ,U 3 twn-prescribed a)
stimulant aad left. The clerk could not ,
reraqvo tho influence, and the girl lay in
a trance for oxiotly twenty-four 'hours,
when she awoke and "related all that
had transpired the evening before. Tha
clerk will not hoar tho last of it for
somo lime to come"
"Mother. I havo heard such a smart
minister. Ho stamped, nnd pounded,
and mado such a noise, and by-and-by
he got so mad ho eamo out of tho pul
pit and bhook his fist at tho folks, and
thero wasn't any ono dared to go up and
fight him."
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