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3BBSBSKXSS J, 7 T h- "Kqrvr k& ?&4 IS SI E HOME, FABMAKD GARDEN. Ashes and common salt, wet and" mixed, will stop the cracks in a stove and prevent smoke escaping. Detroit Post.' .Lace curtains nns not fashionable except for bedrooms. They then have a lambrequin of dark green or dark red, which colors harmonize on almost every thing. Chicaqo Herald. It is said that a few drops of car bolic acid that is. ten drops in ono pint of water will, if poured over the earth in flower-pots, kill all living things ex cept the plants. Troy Times. If compelled to use canned fruit that is not put up at home, seek to ren der it palatable thus: Open the can and drain oft' the liquor. Put the fruit in a prcper dish. To the liquor add sufli . cieut sugar to make it like sirup; let it "come to a boil," but do not let it boil: then pour it over the fruit. N. . Post. Spring Roll: Four c ggs.onc cup ol sugar, one cup of flour, lialf teaspoon of soda, one teaspoon of cream of tar tar, add any flavor to suit the taste Stir well and spread thin on bread pans: bake quickly, and when thor oughly baked turn it out on a cloth and spread with jelly and roll it up. Tin Uotisthold. ' Breakfast Dish For a family ol six persons, take three cups of mashed potatoes, one-half cup of flour, and half a teacup of sweet milk, two well beaten eggs, a little salt; mix well to gether, shape them small, and drop into not lard, or roll them into little balls, mid fry them in a w'ro basket in boiling lard. Western Plowman. Cane chairs arc more used than ever. They are paiuted in colors tc harmonize with the remainder of the furniture in the room. The cane arm chairs have the backs and seats cush ioned with plush or velvet, while the rockers are generally ornamented with bows and ends of some bright-colored satin ribbon. The shapes in odd chairs grow more ancient every day. Ex change. The secret in mixing pastry is, first, to have both the flour and mixing fluid as cold as possible; second, to put it to gether as lightly as may be; third, tc do no kneading only enough gentle pressure to hold the mixture tozclher. When made, it should' be rolled out and baked immediately; or, if it has tc frtand, put it in the ice-chest, or some other cold place, until wanted. Albany Journal. Twenty-four years ago, says Join. J. Thomas, we had three or four inchu; of sand carted on part of a garden, the soil of which was to. clayey for the suc cessful or convenient raiding ofgarder vegetables. When this sand was well worked in the whole became an excel lent sandy loam, just the soil for agree able working. The labor of drawing ot t he sand was considerable, but it was done in winter when there was little else for the man and team to do, anc the fine condition of the soil remains :i good as at first, and probably will for century to com?, as the sand does no evaporate, wash away, or become con sumed in the growth of plants, ai with manure. Chicago Times. Table-Linen, Towels, Etc For handsome tablo-linen. the prefer cnee is for French damask of the tines linish, as it is not so heavy as the Iris! cloths. The most expensive cloths an so finely twilled all over that they an as lustrous as satin, and 'the dainasl Sgures f o m a des"gn in the centei which is repeated in the ltrger sizes m a bonier: thus there is a small vim around the center, with cordons or rib bon? woven into the damask, and this is enlarged near the edge: small dots are woven in the spaces near the middle and these increase- in size until, iieai the edge, they are three inches in diam etcr. Kern-leave, shamrocks, sprigs shaded inooiia, blocks, rings interlinked, daisies, and other detached flowers ait strewn about on the cloths, with tin center pattern and border of some de sign to correspond. Snowy-white dam ask without colored borders is now used in these line cloths, which come k gets of square cloths of different size. lor br akfa.st, luncheon, and dinnei tables, and are ::ccompanicdbydoyleys. fringed tra' cloths, and napkinsit which the center design of the cloth is woven. Square cloths are most pop ular; those measuring ten quarters eacfc way are most used, but for large dimfci tables they are live yards square. There are long slender strips of colored dam ask sold separate lrom cloths with t anvas border on each edge that maj be embroidered in colors, and the side. finished with drawn-work and fringe Ches-e are placed down the middle of the table when color is desired, and there ar' also oatmeal cloth .-trips of this kind that ladies embroider at thcit leisure, and use either as buffet covers or as table strips. The cloths with em broidered colored borders are- nio.M liked when their work is done by hand, hence those with machine embroiderv nre not largely imported. The colored luncheon cloths and those used fot breakfast tables may be of pink, buff, pale blue, or cardinal damask, or else l hey are white damask cloths with a border of blue or red damask. The small tables used at afternoon teas and at elaborate luncheons usually have needle-work upon them, done in outline designs in colors. Heavy Irish damasks, with shamrocks, ferns and Greek designs, are liked forgeneral use because of their durability; and the German damasks, with clear blue ami clear scarlet borders, are chosen for the same reason; the latter have both doy leys and napkins to jnatch. Damasks sold by the yard for table-cloths are in pure white with sprig patterns, or else in the cream-white tints, just .as the cloth comes out of the looms, without being bleached. Gray linen damasks are not used now, as the unbleached damasks are quite as inexpensive, and wear better, and if well laundried they gradually become white. Turkey red cloths come in block patterns that have a dgniask figure alternating with plain blocks, and are then bordered and fringed; these arc liked for plaiu break fasttables, as are also the solid-colored red cloths that have red doleys to serve as fruit napkins. The large nap. kins, three-fourths or seven-eighths of a yard in size, are most largely imported, and the onlv smaller ones shown at many stores" are the half-yard square fringed doylcys that are also made use of as napkins. Harper's JJazar Canada Linen. It sometimes lakes a good joke a long fime to leak out, but it is almost sure to find daylight sometime. There is a Gentleman living in Des Moines whose homo at one time was in New York. He used to go over to Canada once in awhile to sec the country, visit friends and probably cat peaches. On one of his trips he saw some very fine shirts tho prico of which tempted him great ly to invest. He thought over his ward robe at home very carefully, and as nearly as he could figure it concluded he needed half a dozen shirts. These were the ones to buy he thought, be cause they were of the best quality and make and the price extremely low. He purchased, and after getting the arti cles on his hand, began to wonder how he would get them home and not have tae sharp eye of the officers sec them. A happy thought struck him. He went to a hotel and" began to put the articles on. Of course he had one on to coni menoe with. He measured the new ones, but found they ditl not go in sizes, so that one fit into the other, but were about equal in the amount.of cloth used in tho make-up. He began like a man getting ready for lightning chants. Number one went on very easily. Tho next was a little closer fit. The third was a closer call. The fourth tried the strength of the cloth and thread, as well as the temper of the fellow getting inside of so much linen. Getting the fifth one on, he tugged, the perspira tion rolled oft" his face, and ran down his back, and he kicked and scrambled and pawed the air like a drowning man catching at straws. When he got in side he looked like the last rose ot sim mer, of the red variety, in full bloom. Five shirts were disposed of. but the sixth lay on the back of the chair, wait ing to b"e claimed. Our friend wished some one would come and claim it. He did not know what to do until a thought struck him again. He concluded to pass mmsell on for an Alderman, and knowing that a well filled vest was necessary he took the sixth shirt, folded it up carefully and laid it away inside of his vest and the upper part of his pantaloons. Fixed up in true Aldermanic style, he started for the United States. "The custom house oflicer eyed him closely on the Canada side, but he got through on his dignified appearance. When he struck the custom house on this side he knew the officer, and was not finite so careful. He walked up and down the office, and begun to think he might be a New York Alderman. The genuine custom officer finally sided uoto him and said: "You had better iro and sit down." "Why." he asked, with some dignity, thinking he knew when to sit down. "Look at the bottom of your pants."' ?aid the officer. He looked, and there dragging on the floor was about hall the sleeve of the sixth shirt hunting daylight. He sat down without wait ing for a reserved seat, and tucked the sleeve inside his boot top. The cigars cost more than twice what the duty would have been. Iowa Stale Ilegisler. Cremation Progress in Germany. ...I, i . The practice of cremation appears to be gradually gaining ground in Ger many, there b"jing a steady increase in the number of bodies brought for this purpose to Gotha. which contains the sole establishment in the empire. It is under the control of the city authorities, and the cremations up to the end ol 1882 were eighty-four viz.: seventeen in 1S7D, sixteen "in 18-30, thirty-three in 1881, and eighteen up to September, 18S2. All parts of Europe contribute to the business of the institution, while several bodies have been brought thither from America, in which countn the cost of a fashionable interment is s"i great that it is but a slightly increased expense to have the remains cremated at Gotha. The principal items of this expense are: the removal of tho corpse from the railway station to the crema tory, "JO shillings, and the cremation it' self. 7 10 shillings. There are several formalities to be observed before per mission is given by the otlicials. A per mit has to bo obtained from the munic ipal authorities where the death tool place, anil also from Gotha, that thJ body may be removed from one place to another, for without this latter the railway company would refuse to find conveyance. A corpse is not allowed tc be moved unless incased in metal, and zinc is, therefore, prescribed as readily mcltinr under the action of the heat. This must be inclosed in a wooden cof tin of certain dimensions, so that it may (it the receptacle in the chamber. In case a funeral service should be re quested, a further charge of 1 1C shillings is made. The Gotha estab lishment, which was erected in 1878, is very complete, aud cost for the ma chinery and buildings nearly 0.000. The apparatus is made after the Italian model, ami consists of a largo coal fur nace for the production of the gas, which is conducted by a pipe to the heating chamber in which tho bod' is placed, this chamber being about twenty-one feet in length by thirteen feet in height, and divided into two parts. The gas is first of all let into the nearest section, where it burns until a white heat is produced. At the time of the operation the body is lowered into the second compartment, and the gas admitted from the other one, when the zinc case rapidly melts, the gar ments being then consumed, and the whole process occupying about two hours. As it takes a day and night to properly heat the furnace, sufficient no tice has to be sent to the authorities. London Times. Particular as to Shade. A consumptive man, knowing that his life was rapidly drawing to a close, called his wife to h m and said: "Madeline, you know that I am about to die; shall you ever think of me when I am gone?' "Oh, yes, darling," sobbed his wife. "I never can fo get you.'and I will ever see that your grave is ker t green." "Yes, my dear, 1 know you will; but E have one last request." "What is it, darling?" 'Do not keep it that vulgar, low down common green, like Simpson's grave, which is so distasteful to the eye. Keep it a rich, delicate olive green." Boston Globe- Mark Twain's forthcoming book is announced in England as 'The Ad ventures of HucklebcrrJ-lng," ColoradoVIntcrs. Colonel Bachtell, one of tho owners of the three Warrior Mines near Sco field, Gunnison 'County, Col., who has just returned from the mine, gave a graphic account of winter above "timber-line." Avery careful record has been kept by Judge Bridges, of Scofield, concerning the snow-fall there during the past three years. During the win ter of 1881-82 there were thirty-one storms, and an aggregate snow-fall of twenty-five feet lour inches. The greatest average elepth of snow at any one time was seven feet. During the winter of 18S2-83 there were forty storms, with a total snow-fall of twenty-eight feet three inches. On April 10 the snow was seven feet deep. Dur ing the present winter there have been eighteen storms up to January 8, with a total snow-fall of seventeen feet two inches. The snow is deeper now than at this time in any former year within the knowledge of Judge Bridges. Persons living in lower latitudes may wonder why with such great snow-falls the snow is never greater than seven or eight feet This is due to the lightness of the snow when it first falls. A foot of snow in the mountains will settle to throe or four inches within a few days. The people in- the mining camps man age to enjoy themselves these days in a "very pleasant way snow-shoeing, a sport which is said to be better than either coasting or skating. The snow shoes used are not the Indian or Cana dian snow-shoes, but the Norwegian shoes or "skees." The skee is a long piece of strong, tough wood about four inches wide, smoothly polished on the under side and rubbed with beeswax, furnished with a band for the foot in the middle, pointed at the front end aud bent upward. A long statt" is used to regulate the speed in going down hill. Colonel Bachtell's description of the late snow-slide at the Sylvanite Mine: The buildings consist of "the boarding house, 16x24 feet, and the blacksmith shop and ore-house of the same size;. Tho houses are divided by the track that runs from the tunnel. " Their first intimation of danger was on Friday evening, during the heavy storm. Tho men iiTthe cabin heard a" terrible roar ing coming, anil, knowing it to be a slide, most of them ran into the covered way that separates the buildings and then into the tunnel. The slide rushed upon the strong log buildings shaking them terribly, audit seemed as if they must bo ground from their strong foun dations by the tremendous weight of snow and ice that was grinding aud crunching its way across the log roof. The sides were moved and the roof was sprung down several inches. Then all was dark and still. The gas and smoke from the stove was fast filling the room. aud all attempts to let in fresh air were blocked by the snow. With snow-shoe poles the men began to punch up through the stove-pipe liblo for air. By driving one pole after an other a hole was finally made through the snow, which they found to he about fifteen feet deep and packed nearly as hard as ice. As the storm still raged, every little while the roar of other slide' could be heard, mam of them pa-sing over-head, closing lip the air lules. Whenever a slide ran over them, there was great danger of the great mass of snow on the roof moving. If it did the chances were that it "would either crush or grind the building to pieces. Realizing this, and not being able to re main long in the tunnel on account of lack of air. when they heard an ap proaching slide, like prairie dogs, the whole eleven would rush i:to the tun nel, where they were safe. This was kept up for forty-eight hours, when finally silence told th'.-m the storm was over. Digging out was the next thing. By following their track to the dump and running tiie snow back into the tunnel a drift of thirty feet was run and daylight, the first for two days, was seen. The reason the buildings were not swept away was an excavation was made in the side of the mountain so as to bring the roofs below the level of the mountain-side. Cincinnati Commcr-zial-Gazclte. "Old Jim." One day lately I was sitting in the ho tel at Spokane Falls, idly watching the group of talkers as they grew earnest' aver the gold of Coeur d'Alenu or the lands of the Big Bend country. Sudden ly I became aware of a disagreeable presence, and, turning my eyes as much as I could without seeming "to look up, E saw a very dirty man, with a rank growth of reddish beard, battered hat and heelless boots. He was half dazed by the bright light- of the room, coming in from the darkness outside, and was moving back and forth in his endeavor to focus his 03-03 upon some one. Xo one seemed to noto him as a specially uncommon sight, but there was an ap parent unspoken resolve to "givo him the shake." He felt the combination against himself, but was too drunk to back out, and presently fixed his stare apon two well-dressed men, shook his dirty finger at them, and said: "There's lots of it there! Brains! brains! but no education nor money to back them up nothing to back them up!" and he slapped his own empty pocket to em phasize his estimate "of the men he pointed at This would haYc been em barrassing anvwhere but in a Western town. Nobody paid the slightest atten tion to him, and he gradually worked up within himself something like cha grin. "All right! all right!" said he, in an injured tone, "I was once 'the asso siate of gentlemen. I'm a member of the Idaho Legislature, and you needn't be afraid of mo. I'm well "educated graduated at the Detroit High School. Now I'm only -Old Jim' no account down drunk gentlemen won't talk with me." The proprietor of the hotel 2anie up and asked him to be quiet. "So," said he, "vou can't keep a mem ber of the Idaho Legislature quiet; but. good-bye, good-bye. Gentlemen wont dave anything to "do with me any more." And with this half sad, half drunken adieu he went out into the night. Of course it was his own fault. It was no wonder no one would be bored by talking with him. I try to be kind hearted in such matters, and I wouldn't be bored by him; but somehow it struck mo that such treatment is what helps to make robbers and mtfians. It is easy to understand that such a fellow would grind his teeth and resolve himself into in avenging minority. He could not very "well love his fellow-man. Thero is no reason why he should hate him, ex cept that his whole downward courso would turn all his nature into gall. Ono man in the room remarked: tDid you notice that no one in the room laughed at his wit?'' (meaning his al lusion to the difficulty in keeping a member of the Idaho Legislature quiet.) "I didn't laugh," the stranger contin ued, 4 For the reason that once I had an uncle who got drunk and acted just in that way, to the mortification of the whole faniil-, and 1 guess pretty much every one of us has some drunken kin back in the States somewhere." The remark struck me as a curious one not a bad generalization. Every man has enough to think of that is unpleasant, ii he stops to think it all over: and, as was said, most of them had drunken kin enough to knock the fun out of such a scene as this. Cor. Chicago Ttmcs. Bringing in a Verdict. At a little back-woods settlement in Vancouver's Island, an Indian had been stealing potatoes from a farm belong ing to Mr. Sproat, the local justice. One day, in order to frighte.i this In dian, the man in charge, who was a Western back-woodsman, fired his gun vaguely in the direction of the potato field. To his astonishment he found that he had shot the native dead. An inquest had of course to be held. The woodsman did not look upon a slain Indian as a very great afi'air, and sev eral came to Mr. Sproat and said: "You are not going to trouble Henry about this, are you, sir?" Mr. Sproat beiug not only the man's master, but also a magistrate, had to reply that however much he felt for the man's misfortune, he must let the law take its cwirse. But where was a surgeon to be found to make the post-mortem examination? A care-worn looking man stepped oft' a pile of lumber, where he was working, and said he was a surgeon. This state ment being naturally received with some hesitation, he produced from an old army chest his commission, his degree, and ample proof of not only having been a staft'-surgeon. He performed the post-morteni, and soon produced a shot from the lung aud proved that the In dian had died from gunshot wounds in the chest. Other evidence was forthcoming; one of the witnesses testi fying that the prisoner had said "Jack. I've shot an Indian." The "Judge" laid down the law to the jury, which were composed of twelve of the most intelli gent of the men, and they were sent in to another room to consider their ver dict. It was nearly half an hour be'ore they lvturncd. Tlie foreman then said: "We find that the Indian was worried bvadog!" "A what?" the Judge ex claimed. "Worried by a dog. sir," said another juryman, thinking that th2 foreman had not spoken plainly. As suming a proper expression of magis terial gravity, his worship pointed out to the jurv the incompatibility of their verdict with the evidence, and again went over the ease, and calling their particular attention to the medical evi dence, and to the production by the doc tor of the shot found in the body of the Indian, he again dismissed them to their room, begging them to come back with a verdict reasonably connected with the facts. TLey remained away longer than before. "When they at last returned, the Judge drew a paper to ward him to record their finding. "Now. men, what do you siy?" Their decisive answer was: "We say that he was killed by falling owra cliff." The Judge snu filed his papers together, and told the jury they might go to their work, and he would return a verdict for them himself. For a full niile in ever' direction from when th d-ad body was found the country w:s :is levt 1 as a table. The jury was not so conscientious as nnoth r in the same part of the world, compos d of tli Iriends of f-om people accused of steal ing pork: "We find the defendants not guilty: but believe thej hooked the pork." Portland Orcqonian. Machine Guns In War. The announcement that an American olliecr has received permission to in spect the British machine guns at Woolwich has called attention to their advantages and disadvantages in war. A writer to the Pall-Mall Uazcttc thus criticises the employment of machine guns on the field of battle: "If the range is correct and the mark remains sternly great execution will be done, but the slightest error will throw every bullet out,"cxccpt at short range. Thus the Frencli foun I that their attempts with the mitrailleuse, even at such short distance as twelve yards, were perfectly futile, "their new weapon had hundred and that not the slightest chance against the field ar tillery of that time. Since then the (Jerman field artillery has more than doubled its efficiency. Against their shrapnel thrown with the present high velocities the mitrailleuse would have less chance than ever. The reply of the German army to the question: What is the place of" the machine gun in the field of battle?' has been, 'It has no place, and whatever additional men and horses can be given should be de voted to increasing the field artil lery.' Accordingly machine guns have not been introduced for the field, but the field artillery litis been largely in creased in proportion to the other arms. Exactly the same course has been pursued by the French and by every other great continental power. None have adopted machine guns for the field; all have increased and devel oped their field artillery. When we remember that France, Germany, Aus tria, Turkey, Russia, have all lately passed through the furnace of war, anil had most of their crotchety dross burned out of them, their unanimous opinion ought surely to outweigh the theoretical ideas of a few partisans who still cling to the notion of finding in the machine gun a weapon worth the. cost of the men and horses required for its use. They admit that it can not face field artillery at artillery ranges: that its projectiles have no power whatever against the walls of lmildings or earthworks, but they believe that, when two hostile bodies of infantry are closing, the machine guns can be brought from cover, where they havo remained till then, and will exercise a great influence over the result of tho combat. No doubt they would in such a case, provided the infantry, fight hap pened to be where they could go.' Temperance Heading. "LOOKA'OT UPON" TEE JYINE." Oli. offer not the cup to mc. TJiouph s-parkl'ijff in Its ruby l&ht: No beauty m its face I seo. Thou-rti. like the sunlij-'iit. glad andbrisht. I see within its limpid depths Hut sorrow, sore disjrr.ice and shame The deuth of all my fondest hopes, A blot upon an honored uuino. That cup to m doth madness brinjr: 'Tis tilled with sorrow and despair. Though lovers or its charms can sinir Its pleaures bousht with deepest care, I t-e", within, a. drunkard's ivifv. His children wan from want of bread. Shut out from every joy of life. A n-teiioi lather, worse than dead. IIow many proud and noble souls. That oueo did lio;it an honored name, Ha e never lived to reach the ronl They soujrht upon the tower of fame! Th:it cup, with nit its maddoninjr power. They bought until it proved too late; And, darkly, ruin brooded o'er Until they met a drunkard's fate. Myra Dowfass, m BMuu's Monthly. LAW AD ORDER LEAGUE. Address of the Prcddent nf tho Nationnl League, Giving a Sketch if the Move ment, and the Plan for ltd Kxieuslop in 1884. To tho Friends of Law and Order: In response to numerous inquiries the fol lowing information i given: Tiie Ciii.ens" Law and Order I.ca?ue of thn United States was organized in Tremont Temple, Boston. Mass., February . 18W. by dclejra'cs representing twenty-live Law and Order Laicues. located in c'Kht of the United States. The attendance wjis large, the inter est deep, and the meeting in all tespectsa success. The origin of the law and order movement was an eilort on the part of a few citizens or Chicago, in the fall of 1S7T. to enforco the laws tortiidding the bide of liquors tt minors. Tne cause of tho movement was the discov ery of the appalling fact that, in vio.at.on of those laws, the saloon keepers of Chicago were eellin; intoxicating Hi mors to many thousands o! Chicago bays. The process of the movement was extreme ly simple. One or two rel.able witnesses made notes of persons and places violating the law, and then commenced proMjcutions agunst the offenders lor such violations, before po lice in-igi-tratc or justic(H of the peace, and upon the trial of the complaints proved the facts, nnd demanded judgments intlicting the penalties of Uue and impr.someut prescribed by the law. The practical succes." of a persistent de mand that the laws be entoreHl and obeyed was smply wonderful. Tiie working force of the Chicago Iawrue did not exceed a half dozen men, with i.'ie encouragement and sui- port of not more than a htm Ired citizen-:. Totxii; creating the movement at tlrst with derision. the saloon-keepers so'n found it too serious and potent to resist, and yielded, with more or less of protest and opposition, an o..dic:2e which they round themselves unatue to with hold. It is estimated that live-sixt'isof the evils of selling liquor to minors have been per manently suppressed in the city of Chicago through the efforts of the titiens" League, with corresponding benefit, to families, tax payers and the community generally. Tlies? statements are made on the basis ot the official re or:s of the Chicago League. Those reports have been freely published in the newspapers of the city, and have been tho subject of frequent comment- in the public press nnd in pub'it- addresses, nnd their cor rectness has never been seriously questioae.1, so iar us I am informed. Actual exp'Tiiurnt proved that equally great anil decisive results weieobiuine-I by a similar course in smaller cities, and iiicouiirry towns. In some cases the results were even more complete an 1 satisfactory. j Theaec-itints published in the newspapers1 stimulated sim.iar organizations in other States. Like results followed wherever the effort was tuitliliihy made, and the movement advanced from city to city, and trom State to State, until it finally ett'mlnated in the or.ran i.ation ol"a .Vatio-ial Law and Order League, us above stufd. talis for information and personal assist ance have been received from many parts of the Union, and inquiries for documents and directions have also ccincj to hand from for eign countries. The inherent merit of tho movement atone has spread its influence and multiplied its organizations. It has no propagandist m the Meld. The officers and ad vi cates of the exist ing Law and Ordor societies have only gone wucro tln-y have 1-een called, and in ino-t cases only where the calls have been ur-'eat und repeated. This has not been lrom any Unwillingness to do the noble work of the movement, but becau-e they are all bu-y men with many responsibilities und cures, who tind it difficult to spare the time to make journeys aud assist in organizing Citizens Leaguis m other localities. To promote the organization of Law "and Ortler Leagues in places where they do not now exist, and to point out the easy way in which Mich organizations may bo effected, is the specific object of this address. The con stitutions and bv-Iuwsof the Citiz. nV Leazues of tlie cif v or (. liicago, the Statvs of Illinois and M ssachiieits and the United States are appended to tho prinp-d proceedings ot the convention by which the latter was organized, and may "be obtained bv wr.tin r to tiie Secretary, Mr. J. C. Shaffer. " Washington street. Chi cago. Illinois. Those pioceediugs and the ap pendix thereto contain ad necessary informa tion for the organization ot" law and onler societies, with ther interesting matter, in cluding hnet rcp-irts of the speeches of Bishop IJ. H. Paduocl:. Iter. Jamos Freeman Clarke, ex-Governor Thomas Tallvott, Hon. KufusS. Fiost.Dr. Daniel borehester.Andrew Puxton, Pte-ide-it F. F. Flinendorf. and others, at the Na'ional (. onvention. The en tire proceedings show that the National League was the result of a spontaneous move ment in favor of a better enfotcciiieatof the laws, and that the oryuniza'Ion entered upon its v.orlc witii aa earnestness prophetic ot success. Mr. Ulmendorf departed thi- life October 11, 1SS3, and at a meeting cf the Cmc :t ve Com mittee, held In i:o:un December 5, the under signed was elected tj succeed h.m as Presi dent of tLc Leairtie. I have on another occa sion pa'd my tribute of es.eem lor his char acter and set v.c.-s. and sorrow lor tie loss sustained i It s neieas. and therefore for Dcar to dwell ui on them here. I hoied and expected that hi-. sucee-sfr would be an emi nent citizen of Huston, but I have not felt at liberty to decline tlie respons.bilities imposed by tlie choice of my associate-. In the impor tant work of lawentorcement. The proceeding to organize a Law and Or der League is nut diiliciilt. Any good citizen can effect such an organization in his locality. He need at liist only obtain forms or organi zation lrom the Secretary, and invite a few of his tellow citizens to meet him and consider the matter. If they agree, the can at once select oaicers ana rorm a league. The work ing force required is a Prosecuting Agent. The money needed is the amount required to pay the ugcnx and defray the incidental ex penses. Public meetings o "itieas" Leagues are generally held in churches, and on Sun day evening, the enforcement of the laws be ing recognized as prouiotii e of all tho best In terests of society, it is particularly requested that a full nnd Erompt icport ot all organizations that have eretofore been, or shall hereafter be, organ ized be transmitted to the Secretary or tho United States League. It is important that this be done, that the central othec mnv have the ncce-sary information of the extent and success of theraotcment, and that documents may be sent to tho proper officers of tho dif ferent State and lecal organizations. The annual meeting of the United States League for 1SS will probably bo hold in August. Uue notice will be given or the time nnd place of tho meeting, that the State Leagues may send delegates. The member ship of the National Convention will consistof delegates chosen by State Associutitns that agree with the object of the United States League, which is to secure by all proper means the enforcement of such laws and ordinances is may from time to time exist in the United States, and the several States of the Union, relating to the liquor traffic. It is therefore important that all local Leagues shall become members of a State organization, in onler that the delegates to be appointed may proDerly represent the different Leagues within tho ievcrul States. While the present work of the luwand order movement is concentrated on the single point af enforcing tho laws lor the regulation and restraint of tho liquor traffic, and especially the preservation of the youth of the country from the evils it engenders, tho vital principle of the movement is as brojd as the domain of zovernment, and is essential to the endurance of constitutional liberty. Tho vital principle is the supremacy of the laws. Liberty must be obedient to tne laws that self-government enacts, or liberty Itself will degenerate into anarchy and perish. It is generally admitted that the laws lor the restriction of the liquor traffic are the most difficult of enforcement. If they can be enforced, any others which public opinion approves can be carried into effect. The law and order movement 13 man ifestly entitled to the support of all good clt- Izens. unless it can be shown that thoe en gaged in the liquor traflic are entitled to a spe cial indulgence to disobey the laws. All other classes are required to yield obedience to the requirements of the law-making power. and tho last persons who should ask to be kMic an exception to that rule are the saloon keepers and liquor dealers. The Law and Order Leagues deal with the laws us thoy are. ami seek their enforcement whether they provide for license, local option or prohibition. If any there be who regard the laws us too severe, or as not strenuous enou-'h. they may apply to the law-making power for any change they may de-Jm. It is not tho province of the 1jw and Ordex Leagues to discu-s tjie propriety or impro priety of the laws, except s fur as such dis cussion may bear on the question of their en forcement. For further information in regard to any phase of the subject, application may tie made to the Secretary, who-e address Uabove given. Persons who desire to contribute to the pecuniary support of the National Law and Order League may remit to ex-Governor Samuel Merrill, the Treasurer, at DesMoines, la. or Mr. .1. C. Shaffer, the Secretary, at Chicago, er Hon. Unfits S. Frost, at linston. The -Mprrwuc; ' the Lines is a plattormon which all good citizens can stand together; and the enforcement of the laws enacted to prevent internix-rance, pauperism and crime, and promote industry, prosperity and good citizenship, is a work in which nil who are in terested in preserving the youth of the coun try from habits of di-sipition and vice can heartily unite. Cn.uti.Bsr. Hovnkv. President of the Citizens" Law aud Order League of the United States. Cmcvco, January. 1SS1. Converted to Prohibition. A few weeks ago Mr. Locke, of the Toledo Wade, came here expressly to see for himself the actual state of the liquor trallie. He was strongly preju diced against prohibition, and "fully ex pected to find an open liquor tratlic here. His explorations were etcnive and minute, and he made inquiries of all sorts of people. He found liquor dens here, hidden away in dark places, down cellars and in attics; arrange ments prepared to smash the bottles (two or three of them in all) if tho "seizers"' should rush in upon them. If the officers could seize even a spoon ful or a half spoonful it would be one hundred dollars and costs and six months in Jail at hard labor: but if the last drop were spilled, no fine, no jail! 1 "accompanied Mr. Locke to two lar;e manutacturing villages with about four thousand p"opIe each. One of them had great mills of cotton, woolen, silk. Hour, iron, saw-mills and many other industries. We called upon the manager of the larret cotton estab nionC "ho sa'd: "There is no liquor tratlic here -at least I think so. I hear nothinr of it. and si e no in Mention of it. If there wen liquor sold here, f should certainly hear of it and sec indi cations of it.'.' Mr. Locke said: "Iu Ohio, such a town as th's would haw fortv licensed saloons, besides an unknown number not licensed." Tlie other village was devoted to paper making tbe largest establishment of its kind in the world. There was no liquor-scllinir there, nor suspicion of it. Mr. Locke said: "In Ohio, such a place as this would have at least forty licensed saloons. 1 am converte I to prohibition " General A"cr Boa: Helping t.'ic Drunkard. Sam Tippler is a confirmed inebriate by heredity and habit; he is a good mechanic, and can earn good wage? when he is in a condition fo work; but his habits arc such that he is idle most of the time; he i. a burden to his family who are very poor and needy. If Sam was only out of the way the familv, could take" care of them selves. Witli him on their hands to provide with beer and the necessaries of life, thev are in great want aud destitu tion. Tho degradation of the familv is telling fearfully against the future of an otherwise promising family of children. The thing to do in such a case is to send that man to an inebriate asylum, a workhouse or a jail. Several young men representing different benevolent Temperance organizat ons have made repeat-id efforts to reform him without success, and he only goes on from bad to worse, a curse to himself and his family. Something ought to bo done in this case; his family can not be ex pected to make a complaint against him; the civil authorities are not likclv ! to make it unless he is iruiltv of some overt act. If there is any relief to be had it must be by some judicious man who acts oliicialryii: behalf of a benev olent association organi ed for just such work. When .the man has served out bis sentence he should be rece.ved. kindly provided with work, and made to understand that on the first ollense he will be committed again, and con tinue to be committed as often as he drinks. Christian Union. Temperance Hems Monn than thirty of the mining com panies of Colorado make total ab stinence a condition of employment. "IIow did you first begin?" was asked of a young man who had lost his situation tlirouirh drink. "Mv mother gave me a bottle of brandy atnl water to keep me warm on mv iourncv to London," was the reply. "1 lied the feeling it produced, and soon found my way to the public-house." Asi.vgle case of hydrophobia will stir the authorities up to kill every unmuz zled dog found on the streets." But de lirium tremens may kill scores of men in brown-stone "fronts and in huts of poverty, and tiie same authori ties will hold inquests and sigh over "the mysterious ways of Providence." Chicago Inter Ocean. At the N. W. C. T. U. Convention two gentlemen were talking together one evening be'fore the meeting had be gun. One said: 'Ofo political party can afford to lose the influence of such women as compose this Convention " "Then," said a lady near, "political parties must have" principles, tho motherhood of the aire demands it for her sons." "She will not demand in vain," replied the other, "there is no withstanding the power of woman with God and Truth on her side." Lord Wolseley recently delivered a lecture on "Success in Life." He rec ommended total abstinence on the ground of expediency. If, he said, two lads started out together in life, all things being equal with the exception of one drinking and the other bemir a teetotaler, it was long odds on the hit ter. He added that on his Red River campaign, one of the hardest he was ever on, there was no strong liquor, and there was likewise no sickness and no need for prison discipline. If drunken ness could be eliminated crime in the English army, he contended, would be practically at an end. 1 I I (.-'- i Jt,': K V-W" V'-.'v'-: W -' v1-t-.-V -.;? ;"&f, f-J t- . -"Wi- - 5 iV-Vi - - J- gey 'm jfiiiwi' I ""'"'-,"V '-'' j.''. ' "' ' ' J- vt-'S.'al rwj. " ' .TVii. ,.TTi. i fj'y 'x? ' -- - ( , r ' " ! ." - . - '' . . , - . T miiXmmmmmmmmfmnKttgm" BftShtfHtkAMM