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7 RICHMOND DEMOCRAT. all O. AffDtftwON, tatter an SVoprieioe. HKHVONU I 1"! . ni ISSOTTW1 DESPONDENCY. A ' Wiit I tt wr father our sorrows, . And nurse them tifflil we are eatlt FVxTf Hlnir the snotty l mftrmr, The past test m peaceful end flsfl. Wjit mM r the cm1 that hsns o'er tit, The vKir that round na mar ollnfit rVhv tread the Sol (Wort hefor tie, I'nheedlnf the oh' spring f rh. ranr than our years, or our kisar Av, mom than our lenor or care. It 4(1 to tae wetrht of our mea, Ai.d sprinkles the snow on oar nslr. The wen of oar life may be fcrnken. It tenure be darkened, or thto, IV e 'nv kmp for word that unr-pokea, Ot slirink 'nun the path arc In. Itul s It ant wiser and better To aland where the tinhtne can fall. Than to Urn ten the hand or the fetter. Tlut, holds ua while shadows enthrall fore ft r-f A, fa ftorAiMa, I'l.AlRIE HORSEMEN. How the "Broncho Buster" Tamea the Wild Steod. Teatefclnaj tho ttroneho Mot to Ran on a flop --Prop Had ill oa for flora Tawt Torn !omrraaalt and Hack Much has Won written fmm time to lime n. unit the distinctively American My Ic n( hrvitkinjj ami rising horses the nicthml oMoittoft hy tlnw uf the A rue limn who have fullnwcl the Mexi can rather than the English school. But there in uttirette lightness of tm'h am A certain Ynj-'iicncjis of detail aluml must of the tU-scriptinns puMishftl ft h ich lt'Aft one to imagine that the writers have seen the lift- of the crack Western rider from the otitMile. Every larjre horse ranch, anil nmny of the lnrjre cattle outfit. which lmy their "io nic unbroken, employ profcssii hnrs lireakers, or "hroneho bu.-ters," as the Western dialect paraphrases it, These men are sometimes Mexican, but a white man if generally preferred, on the pnmiul that he cut ft horse up lens. Theopeiatirnof reducing-itn absolutely wild horse to Mine sort of (subjection within the space of two or three, hours involve in any rase quite enough nse of the spur, and the excessive jraflling of Mexican riders, much of it done merely an a flourish of dexterity, cer tainly dn!s no good. A jpnod rider will break a bunch of bronchus at the rate of one a day. There arc, of course, soma tough suIj JctJi( but roost of the young stock arr sired by domesticated stallions, and have, therefore, some rudimentary in stinct of docility. A buiu'h of true wild horses, found running vi -ithout any brand on them, and whose .ancestor on both sides have probably lived in a state of nature since the days of the Spanish dominion, afford the rider the best opportunity fr the display of his skill. In soma hittancc the wild stallions have to be slint, not 1km: sum a rider can not handle them for he la a mere 'prentice hand until he can ride any thing but hues use the stallions will kill other hoi ses with which they are herded. The rider's ta-k, like the cook's, lie- pus with catching his game, and hare can scarcely 1k more admit in his twistings and turnings than a clever three-year-old broncho. Concerning the possiltilitiea of the lasso greatly ex aggerate ideas prevail. A jjood roper ran throw out a Itftv-loot nata on calm day with almost hbsolute a -curacy; but when the length of the loop Is considered the range is only about thirty-tivo feet, if he left himself no foil at all, or twenty-tive feet in actual practice. Some men use an eighty-foot rope, but the man who can siring this nt its full length has yet to le found. Armed with this rope the expert sbuid in the center of a corral. As he swings the loop of his roie around his head, or pi ay .4 it to and fro along the ground, according to the style of roping he em ploys, the horse becomes tineu-y and begins to trot around the circle. The roper ruus as if to head him off, and, as the horse swerve, the loop drops over his head. Frantic at this novel inflic tion, the horse runs away from the rojKrr until he is checked by the rope. Naturally, you would suppose that when the shock came the man would lie upset; but, on the contrary, it is the horse which turns a complete somer sault in the air. The uihii, as hood us he threw the rope, grasped it with ImjUi hand at his right hip and wjuatted back on It, so that the only effect of the jerk is to plant his feet a little more firmly in the ground of the corral. When the roj is slack again the man ruus toward the honw, ami when the horse mAm a freh vtart the nin lies back ujHm the rope as before, this operation being refuted until the horse Icarus not to "run on a rujw." In regard to the next step, the writer's method differs from that adopted by most of the best hand. It is their gen eral practice to immediately snare the horse's nigh forefoot with a second foiK), throw him on his baxk, and then, keeping the second rope drawn, jump on his head ami tie a cloth over his eyea. The objection to this is that a liorae, unlike a man, has some sight in darkness, and is, thcicf're, in a state of nature, entirely ignorant of the com plete Iohs of vimutl jM.wer. Any one who can reuicuitjer of having in his achoul-Uiy days blindfolded a cat and observed its pitiahle terror, cau under stand tlut this bhiidfoldiiig of a bore ts a great-r shock to his nervous sys tem than the other and more violent m'-aa'ires which precede and follow It. And if the first time ho feels the human hand he re-cognize it as inflicting utxin him llied -eaJftil visitation of Llindiicbs, his natural fear of the human tom-Ji in greatly inieusitied aud hi education much ivtarded; Hen the breaker must fleet his own method iu aecord- auce with hts object If Is in. -rely tilling a contract to break a bum h of horses at f a heail usage only requires tiiat he ohall ride i boife weary three times, and heehofMei the nuj?ii-Jtmliti.uly proeens, whith will enable him to get the lust nd over with as little delay and trouble a poriiblf. hut a niau whose heart is in his work Hants to educate as Well as to u)iju;rnlc thu hor-, and to modify so Jar as he can the bruulny inherent in any system of abrupt breaking. Kis proper eomite, then,, in to divest hi iirnl touch of its terrors by simtikaiie- ons blindfolding. The lei(cr plan is to approach the horse's head u l.ile he is on his feel and unhampered, save by or(g:ui riuta. Here one euc(nintei even;l difficulties. If Uie horte kcp puiling back on the ropt anund In Heck he will drug you ali oer the ror- fill, and learn tiiU he ia stronger than you, which is the woit jM.iljle eatiai- ty. His intelligent! was not sutKeicnt to eualde him to understand that when you chtv-ke! his run pi up on the nje it was done by a mere tih-k.aud not by superior stj-eitgth. and you iitut not let him diMvjver his emi On the other hand, if you do not b. him biu'k and pull )ou afw-r him, you have got to take a turn on a pot w itli your roe. and if ou do this he will pull uiitil he choke himself down. This choking dowu is just tlie soil of rough trvatiu iH you d aire to avoid. The reinrdy for this dilemma is a roping trick, which rjum- tiuo praitire, aud hit h. ImU-l. s-mia uioerw fKUJiU opv4f Dt vei' alUUii. U'Ult upple r.iwltide riie It Is os-iiblo, -ning ttp on the horse until (here la slack enyngh to almost touch the jfmiind, and throwing two right-hand turn from the wrist upward, to catch a half hitch In the position of a noc-pier. or vfnxt, to hnlter your horse without ap proaching him. This accomplished, as long n yon keep your mpe taflt, the noose will stay on the pony's nose and Jtitt can hold him. After a series of trials, which require the patience of a Iong Island angler, the horse lets yon stand within a b of him. Keep your open right hand extended, with its hack toward him--is wise enough to sec which way Jour grip lira and at last the kum kle of your middle finger touches one of the long, ptiff freler-hair on his nos. that is to one who really loves a horse a supreme moment. It Is nothing to establish friendly relations with a 'broose-worn lieastic" who is at arty niHn's pleasure, but to tame this fright ened, half-mad creature, that stands snorting and quivering, all ryes and ears, that Is a noble sport. If the horse is disposed to le placable, and if you ore yourself fu a sincere, gKi temper for he will recognize any irri tati'm you feel, however you strive to hide It sou may Iw able to go on from this Miiut, and handle his head quite freely. He will not bite, unless, in deed, he is one of the w ild stall juns and if he is that, gentle methods are altogether out of the question, ltut if his jaw s are harmless, every one of his four htMifs i a we;ion. He will rear and strike nt you with his fore feet, or whirl and kick you unless you are as quick as a cat. Your next proceeding is to get the hacksmore over his head. This Is a stout braided halter, the nose-piece of which draws up if the hair rie, or ma carte, I sharply pulled. Then you re move the rials and lead the hire by the mucarte until he h.. acquired smie vague notion of the righlounc of otHilicnee. Saddling i a formidable task. If you do not blindfold him he will whirl around as you raise the sad dle to threw it over his back; and the motion of swinging the cumbrous objeet with its flapping straps, toward him can not but seem like a threatened blow. If yon have an assistant on the off-side of him, to prevent his whirling, and to pass the girth und sr his 1k.1Iv, you find it easier to saddle: but you in crease the horse's alarm and confusion by the introduction of the third pn ence. The ouly alternative is often the blindfold. Sometimes yon can avoid this by resting the left hand on the cheek piece of the ha. k am ire in such a position as to perform the office of a high blii.kcr, and then threw the sad dle on. Even then you are almost sure to le kicked when you reach under the horc for the girth, and in the ordinary way it i a choice In-twcen blindfolding the horse, throwing h,ra down and sad dling him while heisdown.or calling ir assistance. There is one ottier course to ride him without a add!e. Th best of the knights tf the corral can and sometimes do ride a broncho bareback. but no mau can do it habitually with out suffering internal Injuries from the concussions of a bucking bore; and the practice is objectionable even as an oceasinnal feat, leause if the horse rears and threws himself on his back you have not the b tru of the saddle to keen hi weight tiff your leg, which is almost certain to be crushed. Having, with or without the blindfold, saddled the hone, you lnp a few feel of the mtesrte on his neck, like a bridle-rein, and make fast to the hack amor ou the off side. To put a briwle and bit on him is nvre foil v. The bit meaiii nothing to him, and only adds to his alarm and perplexity. Tb rah h the coil nf the macarte under Tour N it, s i that if the horse throw; himrH'lf and you have to leave the sad die. you can lav hld of the end of th niarartc as it lis out fnm under your belt and prevent bis escae, li you are wif-e you lead him out of the cormj be fore you mount, and some little dis tance from it, too. h titat he will not run into a post aud cruili one of your legs. Holding that prt of the macarte w hich splays the part of bridle-rein l'MMcly in your riht band, arid resting this right hand on the horn of the sad dle, you throw yourself quickly into your seat, releasing your hold of the check-piece a You jump, and lcttnig your feet strike fairly in tiie stirrups. A word now ulotit the saddle and your seat in it. The tree Is simply cot ercd with leather, and has no padding, a horn rioes high on the pommel, and with the lofty cautle at your back, forms what ha been often ridiculed as the rocking-chair seat. As a mailer of fact, however, it is the only form of sad He which makes it possible for man to suv with a Lore which rears and falls backward, a feet wliich an Eastern rider would consider inipov sible. Kut tnte disliuction between the American hUn-k saddle and the English pad lies in the position of the stirrup leathers, which, in the American bad- are hung so far back that the riders knees aud feet are directly 1ms- neuth his body, instead of Ijeing for ward on the barrel and out of equilib rium. His altitude is such that he is really U ml in g eruet with about an inch of space between the highest point of the ti-ee-seut und Ins person; aud in stead of the knee-grip, n-lied ujon by the English or Eastern rider, he grasps the saddle between hii thighs, with his feet well out. His spurs are unieh heavier aud much longer in the shaft than the "duJe'1 riders, but are blunt. Imagine Yourself, then, firmly seated. If the home is blinded you reach for ward and reni'tve th. biind. Now the struggle U'gins. Kir a moment he stu'i'i--. in his trxc!;, but vou can feel nuiM-lei growii.g t'jusf as he gath ers himself together. 'nichiiig like a wild-cat alxmt to apriug. he leaps high in the air and twUu und ahakes hiin- If in a m id i ffott Ut throw off the tin- hcciistomid burden. H eome down with his head between his fore U-gsaud his tail between hia hind leg, vtiikiug the ground stiff-legged; aud. us soon as be ha given you the full beuetit of the ahock, crouch- for another h op. Thi la "hu' king" or. as the initiated more cxiiimoiiiy tenu it, "pitching. No two horses pitch alike, and no horse pitches twit-v alike. Sometimes he will atrike on his fore feet and uoae, throw ing his breach so high us to turn a som ersault forward. Sometimes he will make a lateral jump, and at others "change euds,"or turn half round iu the air. Now, a "broncho buster" generally does hia w ork in the preaeuce of a hand ful of HM-ctators; and if he is one of the few men who are ahaolutly certain that uothiug can unseat theui, he leta the horae buck himself weary, w hile he de lights the claque by rolling aud light ing a cig,trettc, or stooping u pick up a handful of dirt and throw it in the horse'a face. Another favorite proof of hia dexterity is to rowel the horse from ear to tail. All thia is mere nonsense, tit ouly for a circus ring, and is demor- ali.ii" to the horse as the timid rider's practice of letting the uitimal pitch at'oiii'd ou a ropo half au hour before he mounts him. A sharp pull at the horse's head jtiat at the light moment, nud the steel thrown into his flank, wdl bleak the rhvthm of his pitching, and a sharp blow on the hind quarters with your whip couqM'ls him to lunge forward. He will thcii run a hundred yards or to aud stop suddenly with his fore legs planted uimly before huu. J hia, of count, uccci titles your ilaivni'' your hotly well ha'k aud and throw hitntWf vhvlcntiy oh his Wack. Now t tha tbne when man ahowi whether ha Is a i ider br A fmd hartly braggart, Obvleuiy Jou can not retain your ieat, A horse In exe enting this manuerer will often thrust the horn of the aaddle fast In the grtMind, and be left kicking turtle-wise. Yon must see how he is going to strike and throw yourself to the one side or the othf r, so that yon hare alwnya one foot in position to cross him with M hd trugjrle to rise, It j perfectly legitir mate for a horw lo threw himself hack Ward i this way three or four times, but when you have conclusively demon strated to him that he accomplishes nothing by It, If he persist in it It must be treated as a willful misconduct. If you can not, by spurring him In the flunk as he rises, and thus bringing his hind parts Into action, prevent hi ovorrraring, you mint strike him a harp blow between the ears with tho hntt of yoitr whip as he rise, aud let him understand that he is overstepping the honnd of fair lighting. After an hour or two he is completely exhrtii-ted, and should he turned loose until the next day. His second lesson ill try your seat and Your patience even more severely, for vou will then have him bitted for the first time, and he has learned better how to handle himself under your weight. Hut on the thiol day. If he Is not a very recal citrant suhjoct, he will begin to learn something, and Is then considered a broke" horse. It mut be remembered that a horse to le used in running cattle rcquiree far more understanding of the work than a road horse, for he has to dodge and twist aUmt like a p do ponv; but with kind and judicious treatment, twng the whip for punishment only nud the spur always as a signal, the broncho learns to love his rider and to enjoy his work with amazing rapidity. tiwiumji 'iircr. a m ii THE HORSE'S LEGS. VThf TWay Hhoa14 b iHrmn tha Vorj Ileal rear la Winter. In those States where mud prevails at times during winter, some horse more than others are liable, through standing in mud ami melting snow, to pt cracked heeh, and from this swelled and feverish leg. The skin cracks, all the parts adjacent take on a low form of inflammation, and this frequently causes such tenderness of the parte as to make the horse gj lame. Farmers who drive in fnm thf country through the mud, and w hile in town let the team stand ankle dop in mud or slush, have no reason to expect their horse will not have sore heels unless they re ceive extra care on returning at night The requisite care, however is seldom given, and the horse stands all night with dirty fret and legs, and perhapi eats a hearty feed of corn, which lattei add to the chances of feverish ucss. In the timt place, horses should not W permitted to stand iu slush almvc the hoof. They may travel in the mud without harm, if the after care of the legs U what it should be. but the stand ing at rest in the mud is as damaging to the parts involved as it Is for the horse to stand in a current of cold air when the body has been overheated by exercise. Neither on returning to the stable from a drive under the condition nam si should the horses' legs be washed and then permitted to dry In their own time, but should be thor oughly dried by rubbing, and then if there is any danger to the heels they should be bandaged in flannel. If the heels have already become, hot and show signs of cracking, they should be treated at night, after thorough cleans ing, with ointment of ace Lite of lead, and In the morning with glycerine, ai the latter will protect from cracking during exercise. Thr.t troublesome ailment called grvae follows sore heels, as do also fungous excresccuees, bntb sometimes ditlicult to remove. So tioimi Live fitock Journal. WORDS WELL USED. Soiava of Kufus Choat' flappr and Worn- derfutljr Apt 1'ttara.ucea. Some expressions are so happy that they stick In the memory tike burs. They are epigrams horn like buhblo, and sometimes hardly longer lived than bubbles, but nevertheless as truly formi of art as are those laboriously evolved iu the closet. Some one said of Thereau: "lie ex perienced nature r.s most people experi ence religion. M What could give one a more emphatic expression of man's strange personality? Unfits t'hoate was constantly throw ing off apparently careless utterance which held the germs of genius. In lcukiog of John Quiucy Adam's re leutlessness as a debater, he said, "He had an instinct for the juglar vein and the carotid artery as unerring as that of any carnivorous animal. Of a lawyer who was as contention as he was dull-witted, he declared: "He U a bull -dog with confused ideas." The court once demand that he should find a precedent for a course of action he had proposed. "I will bKk, your Honor," ho returned, with his peculiar courtesy of manner, "and endeavor to fiud a precedent. If you require it, though it soems to be a pity that the court should lo.-w the honor of being the first to establish so just a rule." Of au ugly artist who had painted a portrait of himself he de clared: "It is a Iwirant likeness." His casual criticism were full of mean it g. After looking through a volume 4 Poem of the East," he suid: "The Oriental seem to be amply competent to metaphysics, wonderfully competent to poetry, scarcely competent to virtue. and utterly incompetent to liberty." ltus waa expression treited as a tine art. but those of us who are not go-niit-'S might make it a finer art than we do. l uutk'i t'otnvamon. The other day a New York citizen xxtnb-d a wrong ear, and instead ot L":ii towanl was earned away frorn his deatiittttloii. The eouductor would not give: him a transfer ticket beeauw that partic ular eoiujutny didn't Issur them. The man then proeeeded to th corner, where he boui-ded another eai of the same line, from whith he wa soon jliU'ly refpieatod to stp out, ai hu rffuiwl to iav another fare. He continued to hoard car after ear until he reached his destination. lie dec lared the company chould not bent him if he lost the whole day. S. Y. fieraia. A fKjt!iad near touth Prairie, W. T-, held up a i-t'iKen ttie other eveniiia aiiout ilusk, hut iM'foro he could rille the oekeU of his victim some men came along. They caught the robber, striped him to the wuint, KttV him a sound thiashiuir and advised him to leave, otherwise he would be banged on the spot, lie took the advice. .- a - - - In 130 an Irishman named Burke was psecuUd and convicted on a chui'Ku of having killed several peraoiis for lite purpose of disposing of their bodies to medical studeuu. Kver since that time the horrible crime haa been called burking. Chicago Tiuw. A New York critic distinguished himself one night recently by witness ing a comic opera and then writing up au elaUi (tte criticism on a Waimeriau prodtn-tiou. The tuber had given him the wrong K-ore. N. Y.Trtburtc. a A lontou tailor haa Invented a dross-coat and waistcoat combined, by which means the coat is kept la plat WUc& uvtter luaa wui-u ef araia. STATE FINANCES. Auditor WoJkor'a lloport for tha Poet Two Yoara. OnrtltHn nt tha HUta MaM-Tho Rlnklnf rand Kriaeatlnn. C'harltlra and Crtaao Tatahla Weallh, Criminal Coat Etc., Kto. t.rtrrftntoff ft-nr. M'rv. Jan. 1.1-Anrttb Walker tins het flti1hot bis npnrt of thr liuM fccM of nla nfn for th t.asl twn tlrsl yara, eniltn D.-rfn-r 11. W, The n-ivrt ( quits ihausttvr nnJ will mah" ohont t hunilrM rinlM .atr 'i foHnwio fa a svmt'i of fha tpn. thoiriog uio iKmn ot general lotor Sat ta ts people: Tttr.ASi'RT aAt,.inra. Balaa tn th treasury Jan. I, lH41..ri.tt.sT1 1 rmhurnrm'nts 19 Krot-ipu, (iirhirtlpir halanr In tho Irrasury Jan 1. 1; 57170 41 W"hioU wer npi'i'rd asfollowa: Btat re(.n;ia turd. 81T,7P tl Mil" tPtm-Ht Tmicl,...i.;;;..., Hiato ai'hool fiiml i si tsn.ioa c It. M C,l l.-'T nt env . rutor' anil oilmlniat ,1irt' fnnil MMltla Tumi lnnumr.rf drvartnarnl funil risir seminnrv nirxi mil" Hnad ami canal fund 4.h .T Si ate scmlnanr trior ptb liJuSO1 Swamp land indcninitT fund ... , il siskio rrs-n. Fmm rrrtpls Into th1 Slt Interest htnd tha Interim on lh nnhlte d.-ht h.ts b-jn pmmritt? natd, and t!i rum of tl.ili.MJ1 transbrred U tha Sil alnktns fmit anil md in Uio rudriupUon and iun hM ul biatc bonds. In IHMl and tho anm of ft Wft.TO w Sransferreil t orn thi HUtf intr-n-sl. Pt rvemi and Si'sto tc'ioi f-.itirt aiil pafeil wi th crtllt of the aitkltint ftin.l. Willi this amount an it the pn-roda Ucrlvwt tmm ibf nlc of tl,Mni Vt er n-nt. fon.n wind thn Fund Cen.m ",nni,ra rri.rmd and r-nrr hated Suie beii.la StrgrralinK ki.T-M.imi. Aa authoiijtfd pt an art of flip Ornral As IrmhlT, approved Mor'i at. thr F'eii fVmmiU'tu rs ld B-Vj A1, p r rent . T fund li it Iton.l of II.ojm r,rh f, T um of ?. Iwi.StK or at a premium of t.M v, and on the 17th of AiifiiKt foliuwirff 7a ).md of the same drucrlptlen old for irut.-."ja f. or tor a pre mi um of 1tt,it p. mahtnir lh total prfiunim tfcrlvcd fruai the tale of I.SU bomla, tu, T02.19. TUB STATE nrilT, Wlth'n two years ft pr-eent honia amonnt Inir to tI.vTft,(XO have been pmvbnaM or ro OVmrd with monrr l)e)oiiKinh' to thfl St;t ainhlnc fund. fiirlni; the t.mo tiuio dr'jl wm inrrcaaed KlH.tk)on irnmnl of th Ku of & per frnU crrilflratea uf tudt-htrdnM foi the be nr lit of tie1 Ptaio. a.-L-v. and seminary hi nil. a nmviilfd In the t of M:rch II. 11 The actual redurtlon of the deht wat. ll.or.ToO. so that on January 1, IsC, the total interest bartn debt ainmintfd lo tM.1se.iui. and the bunded dolit of thf State amount lo W.V7. Tha Slte schwl fund amounts to fcU-U t-W sTl and Uig ml nary fund toS'.lj.ttm all of uhlcfc la safely tnvi atcd In Missouri certin atca of In debteJncaa with the aib-vptian of HtV.&u cash la tb treasury. The general school fund of the Stats, aa r bortoit on Juna t. Isj, amounted to ST.OYT,-iut-M. Which, added to the Sta' srhiNd rund, nialtrt an agrrjta lnJ of lil.l?j 'Vt fM, ths Interest up-n which la annually disbursed fur Uts DJBintonanre of puhlic K'ho4la, The balance remaining to the erodft nf tho executor and administrator fund ts II ;,ovt At, and the balance In the Insurance df-portmnl fund tir..t si re ic aiu tag to the credit ot that fund January. AssfcWiia-er or next kstatb. The Pupreme CVurt. ta the oae of ITney va. Cook, decided t hut the anenmcnt hotk must be oopled In off yrart, and the last (Jennral As aeronly appropr atcd JVOt for maktng iucb copy. Tti An II to? recoinmen Js tht the lnw now be cb.inired io a not to require llili oopy, or else to tncnaae tho cvl to .1 rcuu jtor trai-l and have a complete fts-eimeni mn'l. which would include all Improvements for the year and pay 3 revenue ovt-r tho loti of aiKeBsuienV The Auditor also rorommen.la that the law be r hanged to aa to permit the local aKnoi to carry 00 the local ttx-hook the persona) property of railroad, Im-'ead of on a separate book aa now required, luaki'it; two asi-KUicnti Of the tame property, causinr confnomn, etc. The Auditor also recomtuemls that the taw be changed ao aa to allow all corj-orationt ic pay their tuei directly iuu the btatt treaiury. For the sake of uniformity the Auditor ree otnmends tiiat the salaneaof all ofllci oourl reporter be paid aa civil onVen, and those ot marshals and janitors he paid out of the appro priation made tor eoDtini'nt examvoa ot 00 una. DRAM-SHOP LintTtSB. Tn WI the total number of licensed dram ahope lo th- fitste was 8A1, paying a tola revenue of IBW.O W. ft lisn. under tha Downing or Hljrh-T.tpense law, the number of ltcened drau:hi;) f.SI, paying a total Itcenae of l.-t'.',3rt 3d. a decrease of tJUn oumbor and aa Increaae ta revenue of His, Hi 70. KuncATios. rRARrrint xjen cptira. The total amount expended In Itmnnd lWfnr educational purposes was l.fM,4iJA 75. Uunnf tho same purlod there wa expended for rharltabte Institutions, lunat-c ayluma, ete., Wa.UDeS, and on account nf crime, S&lT.ft.'S 'Ju. of which '"H.ftO was for support of penitentiary and tHU.Ok) for extension of buildings. Taa fyjata in cnm'nal caaea were Sfi.lll (ti. blooa On misrellaieous acoounta, appmbcatiuo ot erlminala. etc. Cf NIRAL AI'MUARr Of TAXES LIVtCD FOR lSSB. Total amount of taxes on real etata?il t'-rsonal tar tilts for isvt, lS.7-W.lW.yL oial amount of taxes on the rail road. Wleirrntdt and briilae books for I 777,7 91 Total amount of the merchant' and manuf&ctureri' tax books .......... 705.173 9 Total tl.i.9ris 55 The total high license tax being tl.HUjSW Sd. exreeB In amount 4) '.'J the toUl tax paid by railroads, telegraphs, bridge oofnaaios, tncr- a an la and manufacturer'. AjTfrreirate amount paid foreduna tiunal purpoaes by SutU) to date lllM.(ivt n Chanties, tame time ... 4 W.TW ?t Criminal oosta. same time T,5ri,W J7 ROM DVD iKuKnTRDMBSS. The totat bonded lndehtednesa of counties and townships is as followa; Tlonded Indebtedness of countfea. .tTVSW.ZtO 11 lionded iuJt Jtcuneia of townships. ,7s7.:Al 00 Total.. .M.Si,7W 34 ithout a bonded debt. Fifty counties are 1 TAX ABU WBAL.TH. The assessed val'jatloo of real estate, per sonal property, brtdg? and U lograph wma ntes. for tb! taxes of Itn, ar!-miii to S7, M1377 t. and Tor the lix-is of IMS to the aiua Of ri6.l.lJ.S7. Total valuation of real property for taxo of 1W0 B1Sjm,ll8 00 Total valuation of personal prop erty for hrtme taxes 11.1131.131 00 Railroad eumpantea. sane taxvt. t ' jt-t 41 llndge compunic. aainc tan S.v:'i.oi "U Telegraph corny anion, aair.u taxes. UH.ifl) SO The n-p'irta give the fallowing estimate of rft eelptt for the vcar Pt-C and IVin. uid of the x awnJiturea of the Hiaio goverument lor U.e same period of tim': KsrtUATKD HB xirra. ft t ate revenue from all sources tri.Vri.noo Btatc interest from all sources u.vn.ju Total to,x,uUj KXPErrnrrenES. The expenditures for all purpoaes are crU snated at M.wi.nii tnr the two years. ltt lod:nf one fourth of the r venue S't affcrt fr U:e pub lic whools, but U"t 1 itlu i'T4 imerett on tt-a Eublle debt, nnd Sjvi.o per y.-ar for the sink' ig fund, nor t-& -.00 trutt funl aiipropriations. raiMia Ali conr. The report sIkj an estimated defletency la enminal coats of I1,1.jO. Ail the counties ol the State except some of the smaller ones hare made their rt porta and tha di LrU iwj to da'4 amounts to IllS -C'I-J. so that the Ao-.litor alwnate wi IUl,uwi wUl rwbaL-iy ma fail aoors LINCOLN AS A LOVEfi. The lep Iteverttne and Heapeet Wbleh He IZntert allied fur IVonica, UiMiu a tempcrtmidit thus p red is- KMed to look ul tilings In their darker aspect, U illicit iiitturally be expected that a love-ulLtir whit h was not per fectly Intppv wouhl Iw productive of great misery. lint Lincoln seemed esin-ei.dlv t hoseu to the keenest suircn iug iu Mich a conjuncture. The pio neer, as a rule, was comparatively free from any trouhh-s of the tm:tiiiaiiou. To quote Mr. Mionni ll: "There waa no mmanci in his (the pioto i r'r) (torn- position. lie hml no tlr-:iminets; m'-di-tutioii Hits no part of hi im ntnl habit a poetical fiiu v wouhl, in him, b.tvi bten an indication of iusanitv. If ho rt clinnl at the foot of a tree, 011 a fcliH summer day, it was to t-h'cp; if hea, out over the waving prairie, it was tu s'im h for the column of stii'ke !ii l told of hia eiu-Utifs' sppl'fHt li; if ht turiM'd Ilia eyes tow.inls the hi 111 hrat fit, it wa to prognosticate to-morrow srain orsuiiHhiue. If he bent liU gaze tow ur! the green earth, it was lo hk Uj 'Indian sign' or buffalo trail. Ilia wife whs only a helpmate; he never thouht of making a divinity of her." Imt Lincdii could never have eluim' J this ; happy immunity from ideal trials. H i publiahed tM-eches show how roil h the KHit In li i 111 was conalnulty kejit in chtrck; antl at this time of his life hia Imagination was suflii-ieuily alert to i ti ll let Uou him the sharpest anrtu-;i. His reverence for women was ao deep and tender that he thought an Injun to one of thi'tu whs a sin too heinous to ht expiated. No Hamlet, dieauiing amid the turrets of K Win ore, 110 bidney, ere ttting a chivalrous Arcadia, waa fuller of mystic and slutdowy fancies of th Worth acd dignity of womnn than tb backwoods politician. Few men ever lived more sensitively and delical'-ly U'lider towunls the aex. Sicoly atui Hay, in L'aitury. r"st-.n's t hief literaiy club is the one called Ht. liodolph. It Was organ iced hi ItSO, with Francis Turkiunn, Uie hi.-U-naii, as president. He served until one year ago, when he resigned, and waa succeeded by (ii iit-ritl r i inicit W alker. The enliaiit e fee is small, but U U qidUi an e&('lujvT losiituiivu. , r MISSOURI &OLORED CHOOtS. rerftnen tnrnrmatlow Trmm the flare Superintendent In H els lion n the Or. ganltntlitn and Maintenance nf MrttuoU rr tolorod t blldrea tn tlte State. There Is very little said In our school taw relative to colored et-hovls. Thla ie as It should bo; for, with oniy a few exofp ttnna, these aehnols mnt be rondnrttid Just the same as are the white srhoels of the distelrl. The entinteralion rf white and rolored ehl'dren mnat be kept y tiara' at hr!tattVnsilMition squires that the white and 'olorcd ehildreh ahail be taught In set urate schools. This sub- )eet will bo presented tinder all roo reivnble haao. a follows: I. Vt henever there arc more Than fifteen eiloretl chil-lren in any schil dislrlet. the board mnat ma nta'.n hools for b,th bile and coloretl ehiHren; said schools murt be taught the same length of Um, I. e , tho same number of days. If the whlto school runs six month, tho colored sch'Kd mut niairitamM f.ir six rttoathsi the coiored school must be mn Jtisf tho iinif as though It were a separate white srhohk Tho teaehrrs of both s'hools muat be r:iJ la the mtm way, I. e , br warrant drawn, "Hy order of the Hoard,' upca tho "Teachera'a Fund' of the district No need of pntting Volored" on a colored teneher'a warrant, Thore is no such thing n a 'Volored Flint." (dt Ma, 4.T. Moanla etn not plead sea ret ty of fends in Juatilictilloa of their giving tho colored children a ahorier term of school than la furnihetl to the while children of the dis trict; and btarda that fnil to comply wilh the provifooiis of eiir law. Iht thenv aclca lir.hle to prosecuMon and fine, un der aoction of T 1I Mnndamas will lie arainat an board refusing to carry out the law, aa art out in aevltcm T At. Ne per capita diviaion of the money ful fils the requirement of th? law, ft Is aini iy a matter of time, I. e., "the terroa and advantage of aa-d achoo'a shall be tqual to other achoola of the same prrado in their reavrtlTfc dtatrietji, cities and villagoa." hen the number of colored cuildroB wilhin the ditrit by aitual emint at the t:mo ahnll I loan than a xleasn, "they shall have the privi'ejw of attending school iu any district in the congrrlenal township where a acbnol la maintained for colored children. a?d the board of directors of the district in which sich children are enumerated ehall tranafer to the credit of th tea--h-ers' fund of the district la which such children may hare attended school, an amount equal to the pro rata espouse of such attendance, the same to he prorated according to the amount paid for teachers' wageaduriog such school terra.' Tins Is a privilege tho white children d not possess; and no teacher or board cao binder such children from attending any school they may select In the township, under the foregoing conditions; nor can tho directors of tho district from which such children come refuse to pay such tui tion, when properly prorated. 1 no directors of tho district wherein these children attend school must have a correct record kept of the number of dura attended by sueh clii'dren (also those of tho district avt ion ToTS), and at the end of the term divido tho amount paid fot teaeners- wapes lor such school term by the whole number of days attended by all the children enrolei; this will give the cost per day for each child. Mult ply thii amount by the number of dnvs attended by pupils from any given district in th? township, and you will get the amount for which said directors shall make requisition on the board of directors of the district In which such chil dren were living at tho time; and the di rectors, receiving the notice officially. ah:ill. "By order of the Board," Issue ao order on the county treasurer to transfer said amount from the teachers' fund ol their district to the credit of the district to which they are indebted. By aareement between a board control ing such artioo) and the directors of any district outside the congressional township, children may be admitted. This does not menu that such money must bo reserved from one year to tho next, but it shall not be expended on the white children, provided such colored children attend school that year. r.acb sch'toi year must provido for Itselfi t here fore, if t ho colored c b 1 1-J ren of any dis trict ao uot lake advantage of the pnvilore thus afforded them, th? board can legally use such money to nay for the white school of the district Where children of the same township auond school In another district, they are entitled to nttond for the same length of time tho white school is maintained In the district from which they coma and ia which tho7 reside. 8. When two or more adjacent districts have within their respective litaits. each, leaathan sixteen children, but when joined oaveidtteca or mnro children, it Is the duty of the boards of such districts, tinnn rece.pt of apetiuon sgijiti forth this fact, "aud enclosing a list of the namoa of thl co'.ored youth resident in such territory,' to eiub!isli and c-.aiotatn a school for such colored children, the expenses of which must be pail as set forth In section 7iiA i. e.. in proportion to the assessed val uation of tho several d.stricta thus joined. No special levy is required for this pur pose; but frcm the niouey to the credit of teachers' funds in tho several districts th colored school muit be maintained. Th board can not return an estimate for more than forty tents on the ono hundred dol lars Valuation, unless the same was Voted in accordance with section 7J50. Tho length of such school must be the average timi th dislricts thus joined sustain the white schools the in, i. e., suppS'xl throe districts join to have a colored school by sect .on ;uV: ono district has four months white school, one five months, and one seven months: now, it is videut that tha colored school must be Itipt op-n one hun dred and six duys. For such school Die board can not build a nous?, unless tha people first vote the monoy for that pur pose. Borne districts that have only a four colored ehildicn eudeavor to work ciit of pityiug the'r just portion br claiming that they ouly have to pay iu proportion to tha number of children sent to ;i:h school; but the law says that each district must pay In proportion to the usscied vaiu tion lliereuf. 4' Whero there are only a f.iw children in a township, nit enough to innttitam a school, pro it complaint is souietitnett malj beccuse Vhey are dej.rivd of 'hool prtvi leges; but, before snyin' loo much, it uiny Lai well lo r cinmbsr th it tliero sections uf Houttiern Missouri so sparse'y s -ttled that the uunibcr of white ch I !ru require 1 to organize a sc hool can not ue ao-nr?J witi Iu the proper limits of a set. -I diatriot, therefore the rhiMnn are in the sam j con. dition astbosrt colore! children located in tf.npresaiotial townships having less thnn eixteen olored childrou. But these rhiidreu should b.i alhiwod to at tend armio cdorM ecuo"l, anl the boar J should pay, their tuition, on cost of teachers' salary, aa ot forth 'n suction TXni, or on som arccrnoal with tho board where they alt' n i fclnn l. 5. Whenever utiv distrle. s1: ill n-rr'eet or refuse to peocitl'' a acho-d o.r cofoetj chilirenthero he.n morn t : ; t n liU'eTj such clii!dten of -Lnoi aye in 1 ho die! rict the co'.itiiv court is etupovt'ore I lo pr vide n hi utc fumtsh t!i" siei", i iitploy a te hr a t d;a;v warrant ; o 1 th" apor. prial fu i!s of to .ii -X; e t I ni-t:on MM ) Vou w:il bservt-ti it 1 lea -ciiou icfcr toasinie djs'iic: ; w!-i. h in-re rd ni'ire ii.an !if'- -a 1; it d " not. np- pi to 'tig 1; it -d . !i-..U -..(..It c- ..ri T'-. Mrfny 1 a-u .-i tvr.T- t-, -tl -o, i.- liev.ng ll et iie 8jpo;.i(iiM' lei.t V.i.s p.wi-r lo in'.crcc th- m l.tv; that in nt ihe pruvince of th t i.-fn o, i...r is such p'twer wtth.n the jit.s li 1 - ot tho .st-i.o rtiip -r- b-teiclct. It la ll-fc ill t t Oil Uie law, ju t-tpret to'.; li:u' i.d Mitt Wi'h lnS advic, b.il no ir.!-:c. 'i ll T -'era. to s.ivo liiim in tin W'-Tiii f l-Hfi'S r?i n i v.j ti col ored aclii. .1. linn ci --iil,i.' ih .fi n irii.l. ia , the hope th;.t ihe in t'.tcr d -di in- I hci cio ; wi!i cttver Uie vtir.ou q't "stums that may an:) under ihi pt,ru-j:i or 1 o nv:, . t',. I til.CUA. ItualnMse lllock ltrtyed. Owi.io, N. V., Jan. 11. About fodl o'cloeh this morning tire broko out tn tin fourth story of th Jnca' tilocic, cornur nf W eat 1. ridge and H ater slrect . I ho en tire Mock was destroy d. us waa also I ho adjoining blm k oi-rnpicd by Ouid ft Kiock, rlollo'Ts. The Western L'uion Telcjji-.iph oftlce was locauwl in tho Jones lilin-k. The wires were all destroyed a:d telegiap.no ennjtnuiii'jution bus bcu inlorrupUiUx all jay. Heanliiti Ilros. also oecvpiM a alia in the liium block. Judce Chuichill, of the Hu pre me Court, who wjs a port owner of thi J'-aea block, only saved li 1 ty b(oki, The slock of Outd k Klak, is a total loaa. The loss v.'illai(t,'regii'.eaU-ut ffi.iOO. Hltdiaal Ua.ltt Think Henry Jeirg Made MUtakv. Nnw Yomk, Jan. II.-Mr. allchael l'avllt was psked 'ast evening forhis opinicti on the artirie im eutly publislmd by Henry Oi-orge on l'r. slttilynu. Mr. Javilt said ho con sidered it a very unjust in d foolmu article. Aud he added: "1 sha.ll it'll Mr. (icorgB so on n-y arrival in New York. He. ttoorge has injured his cause and moat oerttiinly has not benenited that ef lr. Mi tilynn. Mr. Geo: re very woll ui.deratands the land quest u a, hut be Is very narrow on in it to r for one posing as a lealer. 1 venture to say that ia duo tim o Mr. Mtv 3 If lu Will obey the summons, go to Home sad return with matter tunkauly tut 1 led ntd tHi- isoiu 4Trtenltwra1 flqeeesa lependeift o the t'ae uf r'erllllaere and Thorough C'a'HIvatlosi; Them Is no sadder Sight In anv farm injr country than h tract o( land from which the oripinnl supply of plant food has ln?en drawn year after year until nothing; la left to fod a Kro,r',,e cixip. Though t havtt seen this picture more fretpiently displayed In morn striking 'lor ht the Southern than In the Northern States, yet we see altogether too tmicH of if heYr: It seems to mo that In a land flooded with arfrb ttifttfal Irooks and palters the farmers onphi w be eilucated up to a point where thr uld steer clear of this visible rock upon which so many go down to fiuan ml runt. There nppenrs to bo soma men who will not learn oven In tha vorot school of rxwrlenee. They iro ut year after yenf rdbln( themwlvea f their palrlmonv, lllelr crops ifradu- rtlly becoHiitijf smaller and amtiUelr their ability bi eom'et their own erfof weaker find weaker, fttitil nl lust the fatal hour arrives ami they nfo tttlncVi. I Have personal knowledrjo of several cases of this kind. The farmsonglnally yielded a autHeient Income to support the families of the owner. They raised considerable grain, pretty fair crops of potatoes, etc., and never kept enough nek b make manure to apply to one- lirtlf the rttltivnted laiith 1 he crops 1k grtii to show tlie effects of starvntlon ami debts liepin to uccumulatei nch year renderetl the situation Worse In stead of better, mortgage' followed moitgnge, and the end can always lc predicted to a certninty. Who would think of pursuing this course In any other branch of business? If a farmer puts a thoifMiid dollars In the bank on deport Without interest aud draws out a hundred every year, ht Is able to sec what the result will lie. If a merchant invests his whole capital in a stock ot PmhIs, mid spends fvcrv dollar he re ceives for sales, ho is able to see that the time will arrive when he will have nothing more to sell, but when it comes to the mutter of taking the plant food out of the soil. It Is dilTerent There are some who even stand up and argue that you can milk this sort of cow day after day, week after week and month nfter month, feed her noth ing, and she will grow fat and sleek ami increase In the yield of milk. There Is somo "hoeus-poeiis'some un known mysterious ngency by which the elements of fertility taken out of the soil are restored. Now and then a fanner of more than average ability puts off the time of final settlement beyond tho generally allotted period. They raise considerable clover that reaches way down- nnd brings up the elements of plant food from a depth to which the feeders of grain nnd vege table have never jM-netrnted. They run the cultivator, the roller, the har row and clod-crusher with unflagging real. reducing every little clod and lump, they sow rye, etc., in the fall and set it to gathering up tho fertility and holding for tho next season's crop of potatoes or other vegetables. How frail the foudn tion 11 1 Km wliich they build! Point out to them their error and they art) driven to the corner where nil they can any is ''Heboid! There are twenty bushels of wheat and two hundred burduls of potatoes! Docs that look like the pro duct nf a poverty-stricken soil? Ten years ago the same land yielded smaller crops. It has been going on increasing in its yield year after year, and now here I stand head and shoulders above r.iy neighbors.' Hut, my dear sir, are your smoothing harrow, your Acme pulverizer, your roller nnd all thosi other machines and implements with which you have been grindingthc Utile particles of your soil finer antl liner, Um years old? Did you ten years ago make a practice of using clover, rye, etc., to gather together and leave at tho surface where needed the ftod neces- sa ry to upMrt your pot n toes aud wheat P You have taken out tons and tons of phosphoric acid, nitrogen and mUish. What means have you employed to pay hack this enormous drain upon the natu ral resources of your farmers' bank the soil? Docs tho Held of green rye ab sorb nnd hold any appreciable amount of the free nitrogen of tho atmos phere? Science says not. Do tho phos phoric neid nnd potash that vou are every year carting away to market come to you agniu In the mists aud rain from tho clouds a)ove? No man attempt- to so argue. Can you take something from what yon have und uot reduce the original store? It y oil now make a careful analysis of your soil and then take from it half a dozen crops of wheat ami potatoes, will it still contain tho snmo amount of plant food as before the crops wer grown? What do tho long series of experiments of sowing wheat after wheat, barley nfter barley, etc., during a huig term of years teach? Can you anywhere lu the teachings of John atoii, lsoitssinguult. Lie big, tile or any of tho great masters of ttie science of ngru'iiltiirul chemistry find authority and support for the theory that the soil isnsortof a perpetual motion machine. a well with inexhaustible fount, a ''widow's cruise of oil" that witsteth notP I suppose, you will say, 'I will keep the clover at work pumping up from bvlow." Yes, but what will you do when your soil shall become 'clover-sick'- -when even the dee-rench-lag feeder of clover no longer Hud tneuiM of supjHjrt? Well, you might squeeze the jug as long as there Is a drop of eider in It, milk the cow as long as she yields a spoonful of milk, then buy another faun und begin the em be.limeiit plan of appropriation over aguin. I'erhup:! it might bo more profitable. This is not tho point at issue. The truth for which we are now eagerly ami earnestly searching is if wo subtract, is the remain Icr less than the amount before KuldiHctioii? Years and years ago I was taught to give tin ttrVirmative answer to this tpiestion, but if of late some new school in mathematics bus reversed tho old rule, 1 shall bo glad to see the new methods ilemoiintrated. 1 shall be ready to accept the new dogma when explained lu the light of science, or proven by a systematic, course of ex periments conducted with the same care and M'ientilie precision as thone of Lawes und Gilbert. Trom w hat light I now have, I am free lo admit that I am skeptical. 1 really do not believe It a sou ut I or safe doctrine to disseminata among the common farmers of the country through the medium of the agricultural picHH, lletter, fur better teach them to keep more aud better stock, carefully save and apply all the manure that they can be made to pro duce, supplement this with a Judicious use of commercial fertilizer and then cultivate thoroughly. Unite the two a liberal use of fertilizers and thorough cultivation upon well dial tied land and success is siiro to follw. Cor. Ohio Fanner. -Near Lynhaveii, Vn., Ed Awry allot ad ror, nud was stooping over to cut Its throat when a big buck rushed at him from behind, striking him with grout force, and knocked him head over heels down the hill. Tho buck followed up the attack, and for half an hour man and deer fought with desperation Avery succeeded in breaking the buck's. leg, and shortly uflci- his brother came up with a gun nnd killed tho plticky uuiuml. e A billow caudle or piece of tallow wrapped in liaeiie paper and laid among fin or other gat niuiits will proven, lut GREEK GHOST 8TORIES. lit fn tarsal big HfftHrlbntbm le the Subject f f'efrtotfofrof ft MrS. ros told trs naught trftt stories about H hosts nntf Srolilind bnt these stories, when told bf a woman of so quaint an aspect, and who thoroughly believed In them, were different from any such sforteaV I had ever heard, and moreover they were highly rntorrstlnir as proving the tenacity of custom tiilh myth among the so primitive folk. Bhe to'.d us much about certain demons wbleh the people believe haunt the wofhl fro hi Christmas to Epiphany; these they deli etc to have the form of ht'ge men with goafs4' trr 9W9 feet, the descendants, that is to say, bf th hideous guat-footed satyrs of antiquity. During their visits to earth they sub sist, like the Amnsona of old, solely on snakes and Heard s; they dance at night, and enter houses hy tho chim ney, so that Mrs. Cross, like a good housewife Was always careful to keep embers burning on the hearth during these dangerous (lays, of else the Kal kargarl, as thev cnll them, would come In nnd spoil all hcT food by their dirty tricks. At cock-crow they disappear for the day. and dwell lu mountain caves, but not till Epiphany comes Is the world free from them, and then they flee underground altogether, taking bo fore they go a hack at the tree which supports the world, and which one day they will cut through. A popular idea, akin to putting salt on a bird's tall, Is that if yoti can hit a Kalknrgaroe with a flaming torch he Will become a man. When once opened oil tho subject of dcmonology Mrs. Cross1 Hps were not easily closed. We hcanl in ono even ing enough about modern nereids, dragons nud lamias to last for whole bights of nursory tales at home if prop erly ei tended; but one struck me as particularly illustrative of Greek demon- dread as it exists now. 'There Is a wood In the mountains,' began Mrs. Cross, "far above the mon astery, and near where the hermit father Parthcnlos haa his cell, where demons abound In countless numbers, and none dare approach it at night. One day a bold wood-cutter from Kar dya determined to go with his ass and pass the night there, having cut down all the wood he wanted. When evening enmo on he made on the ground a circle, In this he drew with his axe a lot of crosses, aud within the crosses a row of mystic letters, and again another row of crosses inside these; in the midst of this charmed circle the Wood-cutter lay down to sleep, and at midnight the demons came and tried to get at him, but in vain. At cock-crow they all fled, and ho set off home with his wood, all of a tremble from the awful sights he had seen. Genuine belief In the supernatural Is so raro nowadays that it was a real treat to hoar our landlady's earnest discourse on the subject, and no mure advantageous surroundings could be wished for than those which we had The room was dingy and dim with smoke from the embers and from our tobacco. Mrs. Cross sat on a low stool with one child between her knees and others crouching round, with open, terrified eyes. Her husband sat by In silence, and crossed himself when his wife related any thing which struck him as particularly dreadful. The room, moreover, was only lighted in the feeblest manner by a wick dipped nto a loot-shaped, receptacle for oil, which was hung to a stick which could be moved from one spot to another at will. Vornhill Magazine Paper and Steel Pent. In a communication to ono of the scientific Journals on the subject of pa per and the industries connected with it, M. Dc Boutarol presents some valu able data showing the great increase in the quantity of pens, paper, pencils, etc., manufactured In Europe and the United States alone. According to tli is authority, the production of paper, which at tho beginning of Uie century was practically nothing In the United States, sometime since amounted to 500,000 tons per annum, and this quan tity is just doubled in Europe the value of the straw, rags and other ma terials used in tho manufacture of the paper being about $100,000,000. The value of all this paper, when manufac tured. Is estimated: at f 200,000,000, The value of the steel pens annually produced, M. Boutarel finds, to be not less than 4 ,000,000. JV 1. tfun. Very Delicately Done 'Ah, madam he said, as be ex tended a hand to help her up. "I never saw a more graceful fall. Tou threw up your arms like a born actress, your little feet indulged in a shuffle, and down you settled with a swan-like movement which was superb." 'Keally, slr?'v '-HonestInjun, madam." And he picked up a No. 7 rubber which had been flung from her left foot, turned her back to a dent in the snow which looked as if a cottage had been upset there, and, raising his hat and making a profound bow he took his leave; while she got aboard a street ear nnd continued to blush and smile for sixteen blocks. Detroit Free Pre. David Boott, champion Australian crick eter, aaya BL Jacobsuu acts Hare magio. Hospitals and curative Institutions suc cessfully use lied (star Cough Cure. No opiates. Costs twenty-five ounte a bottle. Taa oall to arms ''John, take the baby. fSSOO Reward. The former proprietor of Dr. flage's 0s tarrn nemeoy, lor years uisua at vnuiii, ntibl:o offer In all American newspapers of ffidu reward for a case ot catarrh that he could not cure. The present proprietors bave renewed this otter. All the druggist soil tills ltemtMlr. togother with the Doache," aud all other appltsooea advised to be used In oounsciion with It. No ca tarrh patient Is longer able to say "I can not be eurod," You gut foJU In case of IsUaru. THE GENERAL MARKETS. KANHAH CITY, Jan IS. CATTLIC-fililpuIng steers....! 7T fc. 4 SO Native cows IU) IS) Hulchttrs atoers ... S 00 (-ft 17ft HOOR-fJtMMl to choice heavy, t SO ft 65 SVUlCAT-No. t rv I 71 7 No- soft 7S 77 COKN-No. t . )Si ' OATH No. S7 V? KYIS-No. 4S 4 KUU'Il Kaucy. per sack .... I Su U I Aft IJAV-New S mi U IU BL'TTf.K lioloe eruamery . .. SI ft SB CHKniiK-rull cream 11 i-J lV-i KilGft-Clioleo Stf ((ft tt UAUON Ham 10 tt lo Kuouldcrs ft v a't btrftts s ft I.ARIl ft at fckj l-OTATOES eti 45 ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Shipping steers 8 1 ft 4 ) II u truer ateers ... S nt Ci 4 in ROOB Packing 4 l ft 4 S HHKKI Fair to choice S U) 4 ft 40 KLOrit t.hiiiee tfi ISO WH HAT No. red '," ' COHN-Sw. t irt 8M OATrt Nu. 1 8H ( KVK-No. t U Kb a lH' ITF.lt-iTcamery U n i'OKK II SB O II S7H CHICAOO. CATTI.K Hhlpplug steers. ... 4 40 Q ft 00 H MiH Packing and shipping. . 4 fci (ft 4 90 KllKHl Fair to rhnloe I WO (fc ft (O FlH.'ll Winter wLeat S 4 SO WIIKAT-No. IraJ J'i m M lit M t m .1 LltllN-No. OATH-No. t HYK-No. II illvrTKIt-l.'mvijerr 1'olltt Nr.W YOItK. rATTI.H Tomoiou to prluui.. HOdrt-tiood: tni-.ioio. I-'I.( ItTH ImkI Ujcuuio. WIIKAT-Nj. DivJ OilKN -No OATH.-Wo.torn tnlivil Hr-ri'KK-CraiMiMy fUKK..., 11 IU ( U IB 4 tn a in lu , ft j I M t ;j c a r HO a law tin nrownS I JfflU 4tNb Why. Brown, how short tetf fmi fs, said Jones one day to his friend 'wn ho wittily replied I "Yes; mil l will um kmg enough before I jrot another." Boms flea spend so much for mndlctnea that Aefthef Jteul nor help thorn, that new flothea- is WiLO wteta use aiigeis -visiut L onrl fr hnfwiit. Internal fevers. wealtn,ess of the lungs, StWtaew nf breath and lingering; coughs, aooB) sietd to the magic influence of f hwt rnval remedy, IrV A. V. Pioroe's "UeTaftmi Medical Discoverf," "AVafL of the stage carpenters-all eHr and ao (rty. 7ai Sifting. It SaffrreVe front onrwrfrtforV fsfTofula, Hronchl lis and General ftrtlif will t-rr Beott's Kmuiston ot Voi l.iver "t With flypophosphltcs, thny will And im moil into relief and permanent benefit The Medical Profession universally declare It a remedy off the f rentest value and very pala table Head I I have ncd Brett's Emul sion itf several eases of (scrofula and Mo bility In Children. Kcgtitts most grati ty ing. My little patients take It with plea. tar-W. A. HuLasaf, M. iSailabury.'U. TUn.noAi)bralrnien should emigrate to Bwitcberland. St. rant Herald, Am Ktvotuire Delay, Is falling to provide the proper means to expel from the system those dlsnaao germs wmcn cause ecroiuia, inuigsuua,aeuiiity, rheumatism, and sick headache. The only reliable bmhus Is Dr. Harter's Iron Tonkb Trs trouble with a buu-saw U that It nevor has false teeth. TrtS CoWntosyiow at lfossnteTS ed In making Haows's ftnoncniAt, TaiM-nes la such as to give the boss possible ellees wiili safety. They are the bwet remedy in use for Ooogl.s, Colds, and Throat Dta- Bold ouly la boxes, rrus ote. Thi taome-stre tea Trying to make both ends meet. and all around him. white dyspepsia and its attending evils bolus away. Complaints of this nature can be spued H V cured bytak Ing Prickly Ash ntttnre regularly. Thou sands once thus afflicted now bear cheerful tosuinony as to iu merits Kevin speak to yourself when any vne Is Dear. J A Jdyt. FrTwcTiOTf At derangement of the female System Is quickly cured by She use of Dr. I it. v. I'leroo s "ravonie rroscnpwnn." i . removes oam and re stoma bealta and strength. y all druggista. Navaa attempt to handle a without giovca. Oas of the best friends to the Poultrv yard ts tbe very ofTeotive Bone Mill adver tised by Wilson Hroe., Kaeton, pa. The one 'we have gives entire satis faction, ttrind up the cffais of boue and tul tbe egj Wskei. It wUl pat" lMrasssios of America rootprinta ta the snow. Vrt Jlanen Arte. Hale's Itnney of norchound and Tar re lieves whooping cnugh. Pike's Toothache Vn ps Cure In one minute. It ts the engaging girl that ts the soonest engaged. If a couch disturbs vour sleen take Piso's Cure lor Consamption and rest well. TJrsma down Feather bed. Jf. T. Xn& pendent. A QUESTION ABOUT Irowris Iron Bitters ANSWERED. The go t too has praMitr baoa aakd OViasands wn n mcno Drown s irtm Hilt thins f WIL it dont But it dna m Int which a raptititiU phiWAD would p PhraiciaiM iwtvifniij- Ittm aa tha bo a Drown irun HiUr car rvrj. enra anr aimn ild prMcriU liol arnt known to Uisb( tvmi -n. and niqatrf of an Ukdlna; cbmulral tins will M;tMa.ntattb aaarrtmai that lhf-r an ra urvparal ifmi of tr-fi thu of mnf vthf aoltttani- n-d Id ndi.in Tbta atoa no ClDttTalj tiiat Iron a-kn.wll(d to b Ua m ot umic it nri ery f IlltOW N IKON UlTTLKMooparfart- b astNfacWirT troo ei n ate r un Sooad. domUcIm, or pmdaro euntlpatoo all ether Ire tetedlrlne do. llltUWN'r IKON DITTLKji coraelBdlcealloM, lllllouaecee.U rakneee laoeoolau Malaria, i sHlta ne4 Fevero, Ttred FeellOB.Jrl nllliv.PaJa tn iba Hldo, Dark w l.ltnba. li eadarse ard NraraU -rw aii IJmob ailsMiDU Iron tm praombod Uilr. sslnnt. I.tka afl nOjor thoata ndlrioas. ttaots alxwU. WtMn UhN bj Mm lS Cnt artDptncB 4 banafit la ranwwad aoorry Tb moarlaa than beaae SnBor, tba lif aauuo uaprorm. tt bow4a ara af tivw. In onntlMiCNl iaoanall) tnbrarajd and iaafkd. Tba ih txicip at mio K brihti. tb, akiu iImi P bralthj oliff ouaaea to tha abaaka Drroaane diaappwara: funOonal dmapOMcitUeoo rrs kf, nd if a d a rang toolbar, atmadkct auatasacee If aap(tllad for tbe ehijii. RaBTabOT Brwa'a ln Bittara 10 it ONLY ami isi: u tbol la aot t&janooa, rhgtU oad taftiiH raftaxavl U, The OeenfaM Tsat Tra4a kttrk and rtroaod rod Baas TAHI NU OTIIKK. PINKHAM'S COMPOUND, IsarsslUreCars Par AU. of tM Painful Da Seal ComaU-nta aed Compiicatad vewbtaa and Waahnaaaa so ooownee arnong u Wrvae, stotnaraj ana Uauftitart. it awtt awrw rmtl trmtbim,hftmmm turn, FmlUmt ood aarttaUrl dild la (Aa S Ttie Woman's lure Frle. 2 aAoofo atf a tTllUAUMllJlllT'JOfllW 'ltaU Wi "waa, rLATTLnoT, au. okiati hi aTurcLAvra, ax anjoras vuikaM or raa imiaoi Cvats Lss o. uaxt. Msmutt maoo rmn wiOma rant. tSToiat hj Draaolate. lTlc boutsw I'OfCAPCiNEJOT HIGHEST AWARDS OF MEDALS If AHF.UICA ARB ECBtOPBV Tha neateat, qnl-kat. ofaat a.nd aaoat powerfwl ra adr knuwofur Ri-iumiUiia, I'.auru, rul l-i a tJuaaJ-aa, n itiniii. wcu in ! cue, mmt id LAlna. EthWrtad by 1W f byalHana and I'rug- ?; Lata nf Iba biahaat rwuota. j rrllaia index wlirt 1'lAatai rm atker plaatara arid grpajy bli and Lftteoa. ara aWulutalT Srwaro of li'iltatluu amW fltallax nnut-JIn saint auh ara n:tary wvrttl tAvDI -1 pwcia. niaitirw, um A LIMITED OFFER. GREAT CHANCE! 65 Cents, rrtptloa ti the Aorr Uural Ui lAct-wtMir, W. and Jan-iary. 17-" thy Ch. apei and B.t Weekly la Oiu W.riT " paea. v ioMm! p tuna. years uld. r r vrwa imnar yiu l.-iih ch 'lra frcm nver lWHSeriit lj-Lh-Itnund Itollar TolHMa. au tn W0 im . and paper ena yr, it paid. ptatt, lVi. Krira, M10H txmka glrori away. Ant'tig tlmin are: 1 j w Wlihmit lwytira: ramlly t'rl'ipedia. I arm ryolepwdia. Karnuara' id StiH-btiredra' l.uidn: Common tfnao In Poultry Turd. W. trld im1 IS ' hot.k i: linnolatH.'a JModimh Omnaeler; Uora' L'aefgl l'Ktlniea; Viva Before Wit-Ul, Pooiilea' lllolry if t'nlted itatea; ruivemal lllury of all NailiHisi Popular HiLrry rivll V. art.lh rfdaal. Any i ma bouk and pLwr. year.atl poat pold.for Tll.lft itnly. Paier alone eAe., If suliarribed fur by anuary f). lT. HatofMtinii uarnitd on books aud Weekly, ur diodi-t rcfmnied. )terereno: 11 oil. CTIL 1'A li" May IT It"' lif t-r. Samplr iapra,ia. V Ml BAl! HOVE CO., (.loHtod). WlUtoot Prclooa. X a year! Hucbuaier. R.T. COCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, THB ORB AT ENQLISH B-MfiOt Far Uaor, BUa. Uflffaettoa. ats. Free raaa saaaa anly Para Labia lamdiaaW. atatXSJl BUuS. 0UH Sr. Uats, a a. T g!HWWl,IWiO.Wlll1 Ir. Vfm. IUUi UmlMmm tr (k. 1-.. MTM OTUlU, Midi. PMUnolll., UtlUM. Whoupll) mogb u4 .11 of tli. Thn.1, cwa u4 immma ImmHh. to Cmm.Uw. PrhM, Ibt MM. udlixa llliunluofd bouta rvrtiWi frM. Jon F. HmT A Oo. Mnr Ton. 1 TMI NIW D,PATOHt DRUM, . aim aoubl. ftciluii paI. in. ruulin. k.M r.t. Llfthl, .ul(aDtlu uid li.n0MMii. U U,M In tli. brat Haul, .o JOrobMlriM. I'DiqUMil ii tmM. aurpM, .11 Mli.r I. nl.b .D4 appMrtir, If .rMI M.alr dralw dM LlDot te.p than, writ. 10 ul for HlualraM c.Wo.u. LVON HIALV, OKUMf o- III. 1 Why did the Women of this country use over thirteen million cakes of Procter & Gamble's Lenox Soap in 1886? Buy a cake of Lenox and you will Boon understand why. PflirKB PppilY5n 51 1 I I ... . . ll.. Tu VMM KfiSB? ItPsriSMOia BrrThRs Striri.fn- futio. nvnmcc cuRrs uinutAscsorm! LIVER I KIDNEYS STOMACH AND lOUICOHr-LAllTf.' It ll pirly Utlittrnt lu Mihsrllt rnnr BOWELS. Um (orbidi lu o l tantin. lttapltM- Utt, li.lMI. u M till; uk if UM r.i idiilu. I flliUHUbbCil MICKIT ASH IITTIM CO THIS HEW YEAR riiMls fortr or more new j VtZ2$X f .i.-tt-) Mill in ihe Sel.t an t mt tftie frrnU vl U4 ssaalc onblubing bUBluaas, We offer su.st , Choice Music Bcos JFicmawtHrtisreMtbefoenil the frin1f. tra 'sihtn, auaaiears and others will au well to e ainlutfi Song C(ailc. ail nlkera. ftWm 11 OP, A aptendld erlleel of plan 10 f-t-aj niur. nn" ph-t ienle stae. besuUfully frlntel Snd bound, end e.nWiinir.a tt'nt U ejirefallT at-)ectt (tfma. aultalile p.r all imla ef .lce- Many of the 'ra are faromeaon Ue .r.raua of tbe keaa euaparu. The atuale av avx diffiLiilL Tounj PiopiVt Illustrated History of Music. ry J. C. Maey. Prlt 41 n r-sttn1e atww ncrwtom fainota mul'lDi. and ar.nclenea m.i li,iFMtlnc hlatorrof muatc ttvnt the tartl- (.r rM. wilt sojuy the book, foriralia anuorr eat itar f tlie prennt time. All vttl'i ywma; toe aaaicm. Young Piopti'l Claufet vVr-T; br e.olecuoaoi tbe arrans- Plana Clattict !? PSTfi r Tha Royal Singer. 51.. 8. hnol .ml fhniw D-K. LYON a HEALY, CHICAGO- (H.JTKB DUMI CO., IBS ONLY 1101 RON nT(mi the HEALTH aadVIO.. t of TOUTU Praprla.Wnj f Appllo. lmllrtlon J-sek ol- Btrwta and 1 trad FMllas ab- ' forco. tnllwiaUi-irtne and awBDllaa Brln Fnwtr. fmm i j Mn Baring In A rt frtl eoeoUar SatA; Snflartna from coanplalnts larSL I S-9 UDK. UAUTEBS I?01f. TOIf IC ft aafa and apoaV ttar eomplatioo. Yriinmt, Intfonlradd tothapopuia, at Lean rt a at conntart!- at Uta or i I nl. if aoaaaparti OiaOBHItAt.AKD BFAT, t.Leeia. Me. JONES fOoea CooUtattnJar Complaint ll.ad.oha. Ba-iplo Da and p "j mat lad oa racaipt of two oaota ta t seaaeT- 9 THE DR. HART CR MCDiCINC C0'PAMVt PAYSth.FREICHT 9 Ton WnaoD Hrales ; , Iran LaTra, hurl Starlaa. SiauS i Taaaaaaaaan rVaai n a g Brarratta .-ai ruftwr11"' lOHfl Of IISOHAMTIS. f BlMiUAMTO.N. N. T. L iw-nijHirvxs Fore rwStlt-.Mlooe, with Mtpa .. aaiNSPsnrA- ..u-a 11 n ft liiTV U1a ' k 4 iiitiia. u AuMitTilX aii DKEVVl. to f ra oaraa sot Iodo d Low PHo Kallrood I-u.' J o Iferro rariaa fa- try. THI Vf5.1 (CULTURAL. CRAZING d TJSS- 1I.F.D I'lTtTL Addreaa, , ... ' "25Years.to.Pou!tryYam" K14 KdltiM. 10M p.r... Hnw I. ,rT, UtMl IHUl.Tkf CHOLtKA. UAH ..4 KOl'PK. I .roUlt . llt.n.f rtOIP'tlf.! Him ft., rm i.mi ...pio, rkjjw.Un u nmrr, Tor til dl.tiuM. FV i" I" "F". A if I 1 "TH. Co.. Ul. roultrr I.rtf," e.ll. llln C.I.I.,.. Prlf. Llit .IH fri.tl tHHt. A. M. LANC, Box 840, Cincinnati, o. Marvellous Memory DISCOVERY. Wholly aallke Artinckal Syalenia Cureof Mind Wn derlau Anf towk Iwarned In one readmit. Urovy re ducUona Uur pmiai eltaaea. rrwe.liis, Willi oih knsif Mr. PaToa. the ABtn.a.mr. Hon. W. Wr Ar a. Jtdas P. Ulxjamu. pra. MntuC Wood aud. oUwrs,aeat vt mra. br ruus. via in-, BST Flfita Avaaaue, Hew ' Torat, Should meet; the eyeeS any lady autreiiog wtta On TrRtu hlb Baoil acifsssjid Kxcni cii ino priuI)h il Pains, br any of itmow WBAK'KrWES w-iiiien are.ao much af flicted wiili, iba can learn now to fiiia heraulf of theai, olille gaining ftreutl and a hfalinr onlor at aaiue Oiu. IT BlNPl.verT USD Oft thts ajreruseiiient nine it no a ahoel of paper, aud loolueiut- It wiLAMtir WoU'4!REA,rBt?rT AaeoriATio"srF. Mo. lea Pearl tlueeL Bur M. If DO.m'... ASTHMAI rcl'UAUf AHTflVA Ml'LtlFlc fUtm prompt Bad unalilr nltatia Bttrf r,J CI'KHH all I t liBI.K Vf AI rHiLAPSt.rtrtA, fa. PEJS!QU CLAIMS IVA protwpoutnd wH"it MILO B. STEVENS Be CO. tVA-IUNIITiiM. O. C. CI.t;VF.I.ANU, DIIIIA.-. cuiCAuu. ilL. iiirruuir, micu. GRIND lwr 0WB BoM'' 0SAIIAU Vlaur ood tk,, in Ui S9 MA NDMIIiU '. sTiiuns Patrul). I on(. mura made IB hi-euliiu l rowcu m 1. 1. a and rAHU .l.B rir "itar an I Tcallinnnlala at-m atU., ICiaaiOK, S-M. TTTMoaa and tjuix I knife ur luaa of Wei d. 1 Vaatlv auiierinr to all ulrtvla of fla cured. !' Knitlit paiutitolrl sent fran. Adilreas I'll St. 14. LlUliAaL 11M Poauliiree blraet, Atlanta. O. We want youi txxzmsz prnfltobte a plnynaoi to raprtieaiit ua In o ry oo re 01 s7aj humtT RsUxv B7h i.r m.inlli an. I wj ith and aaprnara, a. larwo n runilxll ill nn ulra If lirf lYrrivl Out airi? im buj & Out lit ami uurtlmilara Pree, AJIUaj BlXaTUVVV SB flUOlUSi Th'tae who ean not nal atiuii'lanrtj ean bHre- only. Suud siAUip iur circular. JW flroodwaj, H. i liancn anil u rat Ivn aniit for f IB) HOME? STUDY. Book-keeping-. Business band. tlioftuitlily lauaht Vty nialj ttrrulare ma, I'tfnmanahl. Arlitimetle, Short- tree, jsubiaj m.mm juA.A.s.caic. MoBiaUhSl. II A Ifk Wltra, Bsnaaand WavoasrntC. 6 I) any H Kill wiine. roleiHlfBiiil r.-iull prlt-o lllf rd IIMIItll. U bUslilojCw iu WobaalcaTLbJcaa-a. t.iI,' r.nir KXTRACTOII ror nnrjllO llCNKiNH. I'n.iraiAiiavll It, or by mall LUKNX 3d. uf W. H PKTlt.li. bt. jvMph, lit. WUhM WGPiX' OR ALL SSOa wen k and rapenre ni nn aa ana ponn-uiarv VIckM.Y. Auana.aU!ue. $5 T A SAT. Satnpleawmttiril.a HlKK. I. Iueai.nl unilrtlii- luiraa'afnet. Write saasstsa sakti aia auLwAauk.aaUf.aiaa. A A E!Tt yrta will And Jtiat what yno want by sd draaaws lualaliuuul UaaiwraBupplf Co., fcrle. f'a, DATCUTC Uuu) air ik by a a. fdssiwsTUKa, IS I Ufl d Altaraar. Si- Loala. hUH Adiaa Sao AN. K.d Hfl if WI1KN UKITING TO A D V R HTIS Kni7 please say yuo saw the Adverilaeioeut l tills pupofa Moi aa fry. Also jTCED Mil. ea eupUuatloB kJ SestOuuKb -yiP' Taatoa sjoimL Ose Kf ii II i f .V : v