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VOLUME VIII. C1IILL1COTIIK, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, FLT.KUARY 2J, ISai. NUMBER 2H. Cl'IlUKNT TOPICS. In Denmark hotels the rooms havo no locks. iNdKKSDLi. . is going tu Europe to spend threo or four years. ! Four aspirants to the governorship of Massachusetts nro worth $16,()y0, 000. Senatoii Gaiilank seldom goes to the theater, except to see Joe Jollerson in "Kip Van Winkle." Mmk. Hi.vroiti had an odd experi ence) at Athens, (in. The orchestra played "Billy in tho Low Grounds" during tho execution of Iho Karl of Essex, whilo Queen Elizabeth yielded up the ghost to tho tuno of "Dixie." Since the birth of the lirst Princo of Wales In 1284, moro than six centuries ago, ilio titlo has been borno by sev enteen persons, but tho present pos sessor of it Is tho only one who has lived to sco a son attain his majority. ClIIBF Jl'STICE BkasU'.v, of New Jersey, just re-appointcd, lias held his present ollico for twenty-ouo years, and if ho completes the term now be gun ho will have extended that num ber to twenty-eight. He is now about 70 years old, hale and vigorous. One ofGoneral Grant's stall' officers, too modest to give his name, writes to a San Francisco paper to say that ho wns with Grant when it occurred, and that tho General, during tho whole four years of tho war, never used a stronger word than "dog-on-it." Miss Cai.hwki.i., who has given a magnificent donation to found a Hu man Catholic universe in tho United States, is tho first American to rucctro from the popo tho golden rose, which is presented each year to tho individ ual who has rendered the most Bignnl sorvico to thochurch during that year. The following is taken from a loiter dated in 1814: "Feb. 9-Ilev. Edward Everett was ordained pastor of the Urattlo Squaro church. Sermon by President Kirkland." Mr. Everett wns less than '.'1 years of ago at this time, ami henco it became necessary for his mother to sign tho terms of agreement with the parish committee. Geoikie II. Gai.vkiit, a llaltimorcau by birth, and 82 years of age, has been lecturing at Newport on Itiibeni, of whom ho is a lineal descendant. He graduated at Harvard in IS23, and for several years edited Tlif Haiti inure American, lie has been a resident of Nowport since 181.1, and was elected mayor in 18,53. His prose and poetic works aro numerous. It has been computed that before Frinco Henry of Hallenberg began to bask in tho sunshine of British royalty thoro wcro only six men in tho world for whom a husband for Princess Be atrice could have been selected. There would not bo this number of royal ladies for the future king of England to select a wife from. Not improbably a consort will be found for him among tho descendants of tho Emperor William. Aftek Henry Ward Becchcr had submitted to an interview, in which ho expressed admiration for Mr. Cleve land's nttitudo since tho election and predicted that he would do so well that tho people would want him four years more, ho said to tho reporter: "There, you havo got all you want. I guess, I understand how it is. When there isn't anything to do they say, 'Go and see Becchcr.' When I die, report ers, I think, should raise a monument to me. If I wore a politician I should be politic, but as I am a plain cili.en I talk freely, without regard to what other folks think." It is understood that tho laio Henry G. Bohn's collection of art books, though camparntively few in number said to bo less than eight hundred forms a perfectly uniiuo library of roferonco and in many languages. It includes splendidly bound folio edi tions of engravings from I lie gieat masters in almost every known Euro pean gallery. Mr. Holm's general pri vate library a substantial but by no moans extensivo one. considering his colossal dealings with books -is is not likoly to be sold. He lent nearly four teen hundred volumes to tho London Crystal Palaco exhibition some years ago, and lost them all in tho liro thero. An entomological bore had just bo gun afresh oi. tho eye of tho common house-fly, which he declared, consider ing tho sizo of its owner, to havo tho largest organ of vision in tho wholo animal world. "You presnino to deny tho fact 1 stale," gasped out tho aston ished man; " vhy. Billion Cuvier" But before ho could tinish his sentence BydnorSuith was vehemently down on him onco moro with his "Yes, sir, tho woight of tradition, tho iufallibld .instinct of poetry, is agaiust you. For what Is tho void let of poetry on this very issue? Why, 'I, said tho lly, with my littlo I, I saw him dio.' " At ouco the tnblo was In a roar, and tho dis comfited bug fanoior lapsed into si lonso and suffered tho talk to become gonornl. "There's Mr. Jones, of Texas," aid the honso of representatives elo-,vator-boy to a Wellington Star re porter. "Ho will novcr got on if there aro moro than one or two In tho ear. Ho" is a groat big follow, you know, and I suppose Jio's afraid such a .weight might break it down. But there's Perry Bolmonti ho doosn't weigh moro than a hundred and liftoen or .twenty, and he won't rido in tho elevator at all. Ho always takes the stairs. The heaviest load I have ii when I got Dorshelmor, Tom Roed, Frank Hiscoek, and Keifor all on at the same time. Each weigh over two 'hundred pounds and Dorshimer weighs !pver three hundred.". MY lady in tiik south, Jlr lidytlwrlU In sunny lon-ls, Sbo walks !y : runic seas; I know wbcre'lier Mr palace stands Amid tut untune (rets. The fervid-hcartou pnMtou fl'Mvcr Blooltin 111 Iut jiiolen cover; The or.-liH hltizcs liy her Inure r, The Imlm trees wave above tier. The sky that iirerls her upward view In otic Vast Kiln lit ilmue. Is like thutorh's rcruh-nn hue III i su's church at Koine. And lvhen day's glories slowly die, And wild birds slnir no mere, The soultteru ere then l.histcs lilph The i-l.Ttl'ls Magellan saw. ft'ilie-jliiv when hills are crowing daik, And whell 1 hmr for rest, I'll step a'onr.l my I ttle Inrk And stc r herto'.iard the west. And seek my lady In the land Where suuiiie r dies no more. Aril when I leach that tropic strand My wand'rlniis will lie (.'or. And yet I know wheji eoNl, lark was lireuk on a wintry strand; When snoivv tlrlils'iiml Icalleas trers Arc over lill the land; 1 know that w ere she witti me now, However cold and drear The wlnirr's wind blew o'er my brow, She'd make a summer here. living Kitty. A 8WKET APOLOUY. "I wish you would'nt fidget so, Hairy. How do jon expect wo can pet tiio pictures arranged when you joggle tho tablo in that outrageous manner?" "Well, I'm sure, Nell," nnswored the accused, depreentingly, "it's rather rough on a fellow to be com pelled to sit the best part of an oven ing handing the paste pot and sorting fancy cards. I thought you had out grown that sort of thing when you put away your school books." "Thai allows all vou know," was the contemptuous rejoinder. "As if these albums wen? not all tho rage, and Alice, so good and thoughtful; bringing all the newest anil loveliest cards from Paris. Why, my dear boy (this in a triumphant tone.) my book will lie a Ion" way the most beautiful one in town. "Yes. 1 know," muttered tho young man, with a reprehensible lack of in terest, "lint you promised to let mo row you across Silver Lake this even ing. The moonlight nights are nearly gone ami we haven't settled anything yet, Nellie." "Can't you tall: before Alice? I'm suro wo needn't iniiid her." Here I, being tho Alice referred to, hastily rose and oll'ered to resign my position as "pnsler-in-chicf." "No, no," Nell exclaimed. "I'm going to get some more paste," I answered. "Why don't you use mucilage?" queried Harry, in a conciliatory tone, resigning himself to the inevitable. "Because we haven't any, and they aro out of it tit Iho stationer's, so we thought a little hoine-iuado material would do as well." "Oh, no, it won't." ejaculated Harry, Willi alacrity. "I wouldn't do anymore just now. It would bo far belter to wait and linisli your work with the propel slull'. Come (this very pleadingly), a little row will do you good' ami Miss Alice will perhaps join us," continued our hero, with a suspi cious lack of warmth. Graeefuliv declining tho invitation, 1 watched the young lovers slowly treinlingMillcr's lane. "About an hour had elapsed, anil I was comfortably doing my hair pre paratory to seeking lny downy couch, when Nell rushed in my room with blazing eyes and heightened color, and Hinging herself on a chair, ex claimed, "Harry and 1 havo had such a row," "Indeed," I replied, unmoved by a statement whose recurrence could bo estimated as happening about onco every twenty-four hours. "Yes," said Nell, somewhat crushed by my lack of sympathy, "and, Allie, it was all about a miserable box of liniiliuiis which Fred. Clarke, that clever young lawyer, brought me from the ciiy. Harry said ho wished I would get over my childish lovo of sweets, that it was ruinous to tho di gestion, to say nothing of my lovoly teeth. 1 told mm no only maiio my lilo an excuse, that tho truth of tho matter was ica lousy. Jealousy about poor Freu., and he needn't think be cause he I ad just taken his doctor's diploma that he could commence prac tice wiin me as ins lust paucnt. en you can readily understand, dear, how one wont .'cil to another, Din wncn Harry wound up in his conceited way by declaring medicine to bo a noble profession mid law it despicablo one, I tell you I couldn't stand it. and I in formed His Highness that I would never speak to mm again unless ho made me nn apology, and what do you think? The wretch laughed and walked oil', saving: 'Oil, certainly, Miss Nieolls, I'll make a sweet apol ogy, " and with a burst of tears sweet Nell, who after nil was littlo moro than a child, relapsed into despair on a maeramo tidy, thereby reducing tho red ribbons to irredeemable dampness. I, with my llvo years' seniority, hardly knew what consolation would provo most efficacious in soothing indignant seventeen. It was useless to indicalo that It was a mere bov and girl spat about a stick of candy, or that it was quite proper for an incipient physician to object to nn undue indulgence in sweets, or to hint at tho flattery which is always conveyed hy the demon oi jealousy. All those suggestions were reccivod with scorn, from the indisputable fact that Harry had made himself disa greeable "from tho first," objecting to tho harmless amusement of "making an album," giving vent to sarcasms regarding tho pictures, tho pasto and various other things connected with tho artistic employment. "Noll! Nell!" "yollcil tho musical Tommy, as my cousin's brother was called. "Hero's a package for you." Wo wore most comfortably disposod on an old shawl, with books and work, in tho grovo, just to tho loft of tho old fashioned fnrnihonso. No rcleronco had hoon mado to tho last r'"' ', ... ' my Nell had lost that oiioyai.. . ol spirus wnicn renuereu us all her willing subjects. Full of curi osity wo awaited the coming of tho dreadful boy, who burst upon us breathless but grinning, bearing aloft a heavy parcel about the size of a largo coconnut. Ho dropped it Into her lap and gaspod: "With Harry Blessings'! com pliments. The oolorod man brought it, and ho said there wns no answer. Hurry npi let's see what it is. I'll open it. I'll out the string. Here's a knife," volunteered the volublo and obliging Tommy, The removal of sundry rolls of (ho thick brown paper disclosed to our ga.so a round glass jar, seouroly sealed, tilled with some thick, golden fluid. "What 04n it be we exclaimed sim ultaneously. "What a lovely color," added Nell. "There Is no label on it. I wonder what "she paused and turned the pretty jar slowly round and round. "Why, vou two gooses," politely re marked Tom "why, it's honey strain ed honey. Old man Blessing is craay about bees, and your beau knows how 'gone' you are on sweets, and of course he'd be sure to send you soino of his first crop." "But isn't it a little early in the sea son for honey, Tom?" 1 ventured. "Early! Of course not. Why, I seo'd a whole row of jars just like them in Killer'sgroccry yesterday." This decided all doubt on the mat ter, ami w ith a happy laugh ami brim ming over with iinporlance, Nell dis patched Tom to ask auntie if we might have hot biscuits for tea, "and Tummy, dear." added our heroine insinuating ly, "you'll run over to Willow Farm, won't you, wilh a noto, and I'll tinish your reins before you get hack?" "All right ; see (hat you do," was the patronizing response, as he rush ed oil' to excuto his mission. As soon us ho was well out of sight and sound, Neil exclaimed : "Why, Alice, don't you see? Why. it's as clear as day. Poor Harry? how clever of him." Perceiving that 1 did not compre hend, she continued ; "Don't you re member how provoked 1 was because Harry declared emphatically that of course he would make me an apology 'a sweet apology' and here it is" holding it up against the sunlight, triumphantly. 1 shall send him a dear littlo note, say tho apology is accepted, anil ask him to tea," and, clipping the sweet treasure in both small hands, sho hastened . to tho house, und lost no time in penning n few words which would pardon and recall the erring one. Aunt Mary gave us carte blanche, and much de light was expressed at the prospect of light biscuits, Iresli nutter anil goiileu honey. Prompt to the moment camo the i repentant swain. Greeted wilh I smiles was he by a lovely little maid- j en, dressed in an cxipiisitely filling pale blue cashmere robe, particularly becoming to my fair cousin. Not a w ord was said in roferonco to tho past. As for Ilarrv, ho looked a picture of puzzled delight at his love's mag nanimity. Wc seated ourselves about Aunt Mary's bountiful board, and after each hail been served with cold chicken, jelly and light snowy biscuits, almost too hot to touch, conversation began. "Nellie, what in the world have you got that thing thero for ?" inquired Sir. Blessing, indicating the jar. "Just waitaud you will fee, nodded our pretty hostess, as with dexterous lingers she quickly loosened the top. At this moment 1' noticed a peculiar smile pass over Mr. Blessing's coun tenance. Expectant Tommy, who could no longer restrain his feelings, demanded liberal ami immediate distribution. "Tom, keep quiet !" cried Nell, "It's my turn first." "Of course, that's only fair," echoed the chorus at the table. " "But hadn't you better wait till" "1 don't see the reason why," stam mered the bewildered llarrv. Thu chorus united in a full erv of "Oh, hush!" "That'll do!" "Give us some'-" etc., etc., until our friend Har ry was rendered quite audible. Nell poured a generous quantity of honey over her deliciously buttered biscuit. 'Ah!'' murmured she, raising it to her lips. "Ah!" echoed tho sympathetic chorus. Tho lovely mouth closed quickly over a goodly bite. "Nell!" shrieked Harry, "what aro you doing!" and grasping her arm ho sprang from his chair, overturning tho jar and ruining the blue cashmere for over. My cousin covered her face with a nankin and lied from the room. I fol lowed her. Mr. Blessing did not wait Tlir Joint and concurrent resolutions mem further developments." Ton, rolled ISlK:;;:'8: pcn."nstool,llcr on tho Door in nn cctiwy ot nwrvi ment, while poor Aunt Mary mm un do .funics won) left folitury iiml stir- prised at ihu tea tablo It is lU'i'CHsarv t( t'll our readers how vainly poor Harry tried to ox- plain that 'in tliehtnnilitvof his xpirit I . . , . . .,' t t hehai) piirehase.l a l:u;e pir of tho very iiiicm iuiih j;iuo ui. eery, and how he eontemplaleil help ing' with heart and hand to eomploto tho album which had occasioned so much disturbance. He had brought a charming collection of peace ollerings, and wan naturally confused to find his mueillago placed upon tho supper ta bloP I am sure you will readily sco that nothing short- of unceasing devotion to fancy picture album, albums largo .....tl ,.r ..It ,m.i, o,..l . " ' . " w " ' 817.0S, character cards from all corrors ol tho civili.ed world, and, in addition, an humble sulmmiissioii to tho inevit able in the form of cream-chocolate bon-bonsthen, and not till then, did our fair Nell accept n "a sweet apol ogy . 1 .S'h Htlay Muxur'f. Ho Succeeded Too Well. "Now," said tho bride, 'IIenry, I want you to understand distinctly that I do not wish to bo taken for a bride. I am going to beltAvo exactly as if I were an old married woman. So, dearest, do not think mo cold and un loving if I treat you very practically when thero is anybody by." "I don't beliovo lean pass for nn old married num. 1 am s fond of you that I am bound to show it; I uui suro togivo tho snap nwuv." "Nn, you mustn't, li s easy onough. And 1 insist that you behave just like ull old married men do. Do you hoar?" Well, darling, I'll try, but know I will not succeed." The tirst evening of their arrival tho bride retired to her clnmibor and the groom fell in with a poker party, with whom ho sat playing cards until 4 o'clock in tho morning. His wifo spont tho weary hours weeping. At last ho turned up and met his griof striekon brido with tho hilarious ques tion: "Well, niu'tl doing the old married man like a daisy?" Sho nev reforred to the subject again and ovorybudy know after that that thoy had just been married. San Franciaco Cltronic'e. A Sitiffiiltir Accident. A report comes from Chioo of a mother who was sowing upon her ma chine, whilo hor son, a lad of 8, was playing with his toys nearby. Sud denly the machine needle t napped and the niothor stopped and ro planed it with anotlior. IVeseutly sho glanced toward the child and saw blood trick ling down his neck. Upon going to him he was found to be dead. It seems the broken part of the needle flew with such to rue as to enter the child's medulla oblongata and he had died without a motion or a sound. Son Francisw Call, HISSOIIU LEIilSLATL'BE. o .lRrrniMN City, Kik is. In tlie senate, bills uitp intri'tlmril us fullows: liy Mr. Wno.1: To provide for tlie rr'm Imminent of count dtl-A atil tovmliis out of tin- st i!c r. vi nui' fuml for iinney hero t of nro paid into I lit- fhitr u,M(Hirv tloimlng to nudi counties ami to aii.irfa:e moucy tliiTtfnr. Ik Mr. 1'roptnr: I'rovlil'mr Hint tipnii tlie prhll"" of ten or iimr" tin pnyinir fit xt-tm if hi:y coil 'iv llir jil'U'r of tin- circuit coint f lin I npi nhit cnii.jii'ieiit )n rfOiis to Invi'stlyiiU" tin- coiuht nn of tin- various rnuiilv nlllern nml cj i-i-ul v to ln("liCi'tc Hi' ftititl linn of I'nuntv M-linul fuml co.iitu nl by llic couuty court -w mil nti cr coiiiiiy I'llk'-rN. fie re port of ni ii itiv. stiL'iiiiiic "commit I p to te inn !c tn uni mil.' uikI (.jm ;nl tn .-ritiiiticut ri'o nnlsof conn y. Ik Mr. olivir: Providing for reprinting volumes ii nd I'.' oi (Ik- Miprrine court re pnr s. Ik Mr. Allen: AitiemlltiK tin law relating to nss'L'niii'-ii's. Hy M'. Vnr: I'rov dlrir for llir appoint ment of olllelid FbiU'Kraplii'rs forllio circuit (-uurts or St. I.ouls. Mr. .Ml. n ulb red n n-MuM"n recalling tlie bill n lilting tti t mis of cutirt in tlie Twmtv fotinh judicial ditrct from Hie hnmN of 1 tic printers, Unit tlie s.imc nuiv be acted oq at OllfC. Mr. Allen prcH'iitcd n remonstrance npiilnst any clmnne- being timde in tbe law rc'aliii tu ut-Vjiirg coal in mines. Mr. A leti prcs'fiteilu remonstrance ngilnst the re pen I ot I be d L' 1 1". Mr. Wooil's rcolul on introduced yesterday, pn.viiling for nMueiiiL' the jt: iichl dUtrlcts of tlie litte from teiity-niiie to twenty, wan t-a'iled u;illid iclxpted. Mr. Sininill rib ri d a resolution to recall nen ate hill 'JMI from li.itnU of printer, that friends of tlie measure may lave cop e printed Ht tticir own expi'ii?c. Tlie Semite took up and passed the bill pro vhiing for tlie teiieliim; in Die .iUic school of the studies of physiology and liVL'iene, anil for , ill" u i v 1 1 1 ir in-uiK'Udii a.i to i.ne eiirrs oi aii'o- ' hoi and n ireotics n the human stMcm. i Tin' senate iniscd the lull granting relief to the counties nf Ncu Madrid, Dunklin. Missis sippi ami I'eiiit-cnt on account .if ureal public cahtin tv cau-cd bv 11 iod, ai:d rel cving tiiein from :-trtle t'iv s for the year lvy Senate bill N.. VM. uhieh re) eals Hie Wine mi I beer lie ne section of the )omiiu.' ilnuu-tiop law was ordered pugt'm cd an 1 printed. Tin senate nlu ordered t' c engrossment iiml 1'iiiit itiLr of senate bill Nit. '27, also loneiid- ; li.g tlie liownini! urauisliop law, ti creasing li cense and penalties, and providing hlmIiisI dl-inissiils by jens eating attorneys, by cor I rui t or collusive bargain or agreement. In the house, the following bills were inlro ilneed: liy Mr. SalisLim : Cnating township b.mr.ls ir nii.i!izt1iii!i mid deiinh g tin ir itu Ilea 111 p'L'ard to il-e-:iieir. II 11 1 taVilioil, Hy Mr. Powers of Pii'tnim : ( nanuig tune of hold ii-.' i-lreiiit cuirl it Putii.iiu county. Ik Mr. Ka'clif.Tdo' St. I.ous: To prohibit hiiv person from ul'owing any implovc to work more than twclw c n-'ecutive hours. Tins hill n-latcs to ho;s car employes. Hy Mr. Kiitchfi.pl of St. I.oui-: To cmnnel employer to pay all expenses of cuiploes in jured III blMfl.ess. Ik Mr. Smi'h o' .laikson: Tor prnding streets in eft es and to n crtain m.d pay tlam sl" s icea-iiin ill lit rebv. Ik Mr. Moore of l.aelcle: Makng attempt ed suicide and a dmg or l-t tling Kii.cide a j- nal olf-iue. lly Mr. ( ;:stleiinm : Authorizing emu Is to nppitifit b'lioi;raphers, Hv Mr. Karri it' Hay: Permitting county court to filter into cotitraets w illi ierson.i or coiiipauii s hereatter coiitnieting railro;nN, by which frctglit rat. m;iv 1h reiitated lor any tellii of years. The bill alo contains oilier proy ions regulating r:iiir ;nl tr.ttiie. SiMiate bll! reu'ulatilig the taking up and dls i o-ini:of esirais wa rvnd a third time and pa-Ml I'V 11 Vote of l:U. Seimte hill requiring all i xeeutlons to be re corded before lien iiltiiities. read a tliitd time ! inn) l-ass. d l.ya Vote of llli to .V Senate bill M'gulat tig the drawing of grand : juror;, in St. I.oiii was read a third time und i parsed lv vote of 111' to .V House bill idlowimr iu-dh'e of Ihe peace tn Ustie Httaelimeiit aiiailist the iHidies of presi dent, vice pre.'ddmt and othcroilieers ot cor puratiim rendu third time and passed by a : i.teot in to.'. i House bill living a penalty nn rnlhvav com i panics for refining to furnish double decked : cars to shippers of beep, w itii amendment al- lowim: the coin puny to furnl-h two sfngli'deck 1 curs at same price in (ha mini for n double deck 1 ear, rend a thud time and passed hy a vote of ; 1 Hi to 5. The Iioihc bill to protect fanners from dis honest lightning roil and patent rlnht agents, by tnuking notVs given In each liictanee not . negotiattle. was read a third time, and lost by ! a vote of ii',' to 4S, j The joint nnd concurred resolution to pre vent the public domain fn m iK'coiuing the property of foreign cnpitialiMs was lead a third : lime and parsed. j I lie following resolutions were parsed Joint and concurrent resolutions uinuioriHl- Izlng congress to take measures to protect the , hnuls in the eastern part uf the utatofrom I Timamienneurrent reSolUona InMructing 1 ((t-imlors ami representatives In emigres tn I vote sgalnst the passaue of the Huckuer bill to I i'"' furlhn,r "i I'V'tT' ,un ..ni I he committee appointed to drnlt resnlu- ,)im(t r rcped and sympathy on the death nf Mrs. ivinia Murmaduke. the governor nioihcr. repotted suitable resolutions which wore adopted, .Tekkriison City, b b. lit. Tho ppnate pushed lioutc joint and concurrent resolution No. pi, fliithnri.ing and instructing the com mittee appo nted by the governor in Bcttlewlth tin- state uuditor nnd etule treasurer to cancel vouchers destroying warrants and enter nettle, incut on the honks nf auditor and treasurer. T hp Semite orden d eiuiros-ed and nrtited with mm ailments the bill relating tn ih- revis- Inn nf the ehartersnf cities of the second rjass. I Mr. lueher called up eclialc bill Nn. 131 w hich provides that ow ners of projrty iold uii'lef deed of trust shall have one year in which b redeem Mime hv paying principal, in terest and costs to time of n dt million, A motion to postpone indellnitcly wns de bated and thla bill ordered engruiM'd and printed. - Mr. I'archer'a bill to give a year's redemp tion of land snlj for taxes was also ordered cugroa cd and pr nted. Tim Rcimte also ordered engrossed and pi luted Mr. Downing bill rcliiclng the max imum punishment lor robin-ry from ten to live years. Mr. -bienbs from the selected committee re ported re nlut ons cxnn asive of the avnipathy tn (niidnlence of the senate with tiovenior Murmaduke over tint death of Ida mother, Mrs. l.avnaM. Marmaditke. The resnlutions weie oithred i-pread upon the journal, and alH Hist a c-'pv ff them be furnished tu Gov ernor jiarmaiiuKe. In the house, Ihe hmu-e bill requiring that a pros ciition iiefore a justice of the peine sliall f c on (oinpbilut vcriticd by oath, letting out (he ntfeiisn and name of the tmriy, where known, was read a tirni tune and passed. The sulHtlliile for house bill wj, nslrsining dome-tie animal from running at laruc, was read a th rd time and passed. The hoiuc hill extending the jurisdiction of justices of the peace from flH to $.'50 wns rend a thlnl lime and passed. The licenses Idd abolishing the boanl of lm-ml-rii'ion was called up for third reading. Air. Karris nf Itav, said the members of this boanl had spent l"o,D0Ufornb8olutely noth'ng: that they hail, at the atute's expense, taken eleg int rooms in St. Lou s, had smoked Havana cirat ami drank imnorted Honois. He l- l.'Keil that not a dollar' I ten ell' to the atate had been accomplished by this hoard, though thev had spent iiiucti of ti.n b ird earned moncv of the people. The atate Is open to immigration and die people who come naturally come with Indtislry ami means to Uke their daces as val uable ci'llrena, not a pauper. Niunbera are not necessary to prosperity or happiness. The bill wa i ased hv a vote cif Si to The t.nusc bill 'ncreaslug the penalty for ear ning concealed wcopons was read a ihlrd 'time and pasxed. Thu bou-e bill reriulrlng a Justice of the peace tn wait one mnr after the hour sot for trial, when one of the parties Is not present, wns read a third time and passed. JrrritRaoN Citt, Feb. 80 The reports of committees and re iond realing of bills were the chief baslnest of the morning hours tn the senate. Senator Baltmistall Introduced a pcttttoo from cltlxena of Habne connly aeklcg that no law be puss Ml fnleiferlng with the present sys tem of scrern'ug i nal. After the Introduction of several new hills the senate adjourned lo 3 o'clock Monday. The house took up and tho following Aclc ringing tlmeof holding court In the Nintb imbual UliUO, Mr. Brown's bill for the protection of hoard ing house kei p ra. At the iifb rinMMi session the following bills were pi-sed on th rd rcailng: ly Wtbb; Cnanging the make up of the Trtcnty tlrst and Twcntj -second wnaUirial dls trleK Hubst tu!e for house bill 211 repealing the law incorporating the Imvo of llruiisnick. U Savage: I niinpnrtam bill (Retaining to the utanimeiiient nf railroads. jty Mr. Car-tleitinu: Concerning benevolent, relig mis, scientilie and e lueatlonal corpora Ifous. ami providing that when tin tr records have lxen lot they may establish the fact In cmirt. lly Monls: Appropriating r.,nno for the re lief of Itutlcr county nu au-teiut of Hoods and II n Ii. Davia: Making It a mlsdcineannr for hoard nu house keeper Vt place on their bi bles oli inaruarlne, or Impure butlt-r, without label tlir Ihe same. 1he following hill was Introduced by Mr. WikhI : An a t lo fscllitate Hie giving of bonds to auti orlz'1 corporate suretyship thereon, and to rigulite the eiiforei'intiiit thereof. tlBrfritsus I'm, Feb. lit. In the house, n pelft'on was In'rodueed from cllixens of Franklin eotinly, that the elb cts of alcoholic stimulants on l':e human sjtcm lie taught In our public H.'hools, Tlie following h II wn passed: S'lin'e bill Ut, to amend aitiete .'I, chapter Trd r. vim d statutes of s7b, entlth d of lleiiB, to limit the use of oleomargailnc and all imi tations, etc., w ith the emergency clause Uicretu, as folImvH : 1'e It cimeled by the (Jcni ral AsBembly of the Mate of Missouri, as follows: Section 1. That article a of clmpter 47 of revised tdntutes nf bT'.i, entitled "Of liens." 1 amended hy adding n new section thereto, nutiiU'rcd seet'on HP..ta, in re d as follows: fiction WMi. If any hotel, inn ot loard Ing hoii-c keeper shall net I'efore his guest, at any meal, iinv eouip und rescinhbug hutter lu'a; pearanee, inaiiufacturi d from cattle fat or beef suet, or other article known to th lr:ide as 'I Uroinargo;ine,' unices the sam stia 1 te clearly and indelibly ma ked on the dish or pl.de hold ug muiic, with some name or hr ltd bv tUi'ch it may be clearly and ea.-ily diilluuihi(l fr- in butter, or otherwise made Known t i;iieet of aid hotel, inn or boardiug In. lit - keeper, shall hi tb eiiud guil'V ol a uiia denti aiHT." See -J. 'I lu re being no law adequate It pro bet uu'sts from coiii o ;inls r acmhlhig luit It r In iipiearanee, uiatiiifaeluied from eat lie tat nr beef Mlet I, or other article Uinmn as "oleotinrL'aiiiH','' iiiiIcsh the Siilne shall U inaikc 1 or labeled in hotels inns or boarding I. olives in tills s'nte, creates an emergency w.t'iin the ineaniiiL' nf the lonvitutinu of this s'atc: 'licrefote, th a net aliall lake rtTict and be in force Irotii and nf er i's pasMige. .'KriTitnx Ctrv. I'eb. :t. In the senate, Mr. Young Introduced a bill appropriating (il.ooo for the bene lit of llicwomm' exchange of Si. I'iils, and for the MI-v.nri di-play In New O, leans; also a hill regulating the levy of assessm- til and collection of tu.M'S in cities nf over oii.o: u.nhahi'unt.- and !cs than CU.ihhi; also a b II limiting the appropriation of money in cities of over liU.wi.) and' lcis tbau liii,tH)0 inlnilij'iini-i. Mr. Ker:i-o)Ti red a bill making It eompulso rv upon the ginertior to otter a reward for tho capture ami e "miction of iiorse thieves. A large nnnitH-r nf bills were reported on favorably bv the coinmltti e on railways, ju til 'hiry. iiun'iiclp;il corporal oi and asyluina. 1 he coiiini.ltee on ra -Inmilsi retortc I all the r iiro.d bPN introduce I thus lar, with the reeoniiiiemlatioil they liceoli-lderei.1 In commit- tc of the whole. It w.issn ordered, time for eon deial on I cim: lived at b'a. in. tr-tiiorrow. Sen..!'- h II 110, pnnttlmg that all C'MiIilfesof (iM IHI in 1 1 ibltaiit- b! al,(0ed tn establbh and maintain county a.-.hims. was reported favor ably. In the l;oue, a resolution was offered by .Mr. iiroel; li.at a committee nf three be ap pointed b investigate and report what com. mitt' e clerks could be dieharged w.lhotit lti t.rfcriug with the business of thut ho.ly; adojded. 'I tie speaker appointed Messrs. Ilr.'ck, Dunn and Powers as the committee. The following bills were introduced: lly Mr. Kuesb-r: ti.ving additional power to the olumbht Cciiietery le-soc iitioil. lly Mr. Allison: To prevent ohstruclions In Ihe'.MisMiurl r.vcr so us to retaid the passage of li-h. Hy .Mr. ltkker: llelaling to conveyance ttf n-idotatc. Hy Mr. Donovan: Allowing the faculties of normal schools to issue cerliltcates en titling holders of the same to teach in jubbe schools without further evidence ot nualilieatton. Itv Mr. HaeklilT: Vroviding for a change oi venue In just ec courts from one township to another. Hy Mr. Duvla: Ibipiiring president nf school boards to deposit a specimen of their signature with the county treasurer u a pro tccllon agnltixt forgery. Klkd. Mission of the Konmu Kinpiiv. The greatest work which th Hoiuims performed in tho world wa to nssumu the njrre.ssivo against menacing b:irb:trism, to subdito it, to tame it, and to enlist its brute force nn tlie hide of law and order. This was a murderous work, but it liiul to be done by some one before you could expeet to have greet and peaceful civilizations like our own. Tlie warfare of Home is by no means adeiii:itely explained by tho theory of a deliberate immoral" policy of ag gression "infernal,'1 I believe, is tho wronger adjective which Dr. Draper uses. T he aggressive wars of Komo wore largely dictated by just such con siderations as those which a century ago made it necessary for tho Englisn 1(7 put down tho raids of tho Scotch Highlander!, and which havo siuco made it necessary forKussia toaubduo tlie Caucasus. It is not easy for a turbulent community to live next to an orderly ono without continually stirring "up frontier disturbances which call for stern repression from tho orderly community. Such con siderations go far toward explaining the military history of the Romans, and it is a history with which, on the whole, wo ought to sympathize. In its Kuropcnn relations" that history is the history of tho moving of tho civ ilized frontier northward and eastward against tho disastrous encroachments of barbarous people John Fiskc. in Iinrjicr's Magazine for March. The Medicinal Value ot" Lemons. Tho way to get the better of the bilious svstem with our blue pills or quinine "is to lako tho juice of ono, . . 1. ...... ln...nnn ..a i ..nut 1 tn nmn. in R8 much wntcr ns iurkos it pleasant lo driuk without sugar, before (foinj? to bed. In tlio mornintf, on rising, at least hull an hour before breakfast, tako tho Juice nf ono lemon in a eoblot of water. This will clenr the systom of humor and bilo with elliciency, without anv of the weakening oll'ect ol calomel, l'eople should not irritate tho stomach by eatini? lemons clean Iho poworful acid of tho juico, which is always most corrosive, invariably ..M.t,.n.,a i.itl-imnititinn After A while. but, properly diluted, so that It does not Uurn or nraw me inroni, n uocs its medical work without hnrai, and, when tho stomach is clear of food, has abundant opportunity lo work over the system thoroughly. MaUcal Nana Prehistoric Kenmins. Many teeth and othor bones af ex- ,! ntnlo ami lirflinB hnvn hepn. uuv. nuiiu... n.... ... discovered in cutting a canal tjroup nnvlnr Kurnmn npnr the citv of Sa vannah. They are generally found from eight to twelve feet below the aurface. A few davs ago moro bones weie unearthed that are evidently the skoleton of an nulmalol tremendous size. The vertebra are each about six Inches long, and when Intaot must have been fully a foot aoross from side to side and six inches from the outer portion to tho abdominal cavity. One lurge bone, probably a thigh bone, is about ten or tweh e inches iu diamet er at the point and Uut two fet lot J. Boiton Journal Scab on Potatoes. Tho Vaufo of the injury called "scab" upon the potato lias not been well worked out, and it can not bo as serted as certainly known. I'ropably several diseases aro included under this common nnmo. Hut n negativo yoint which may bo considered thor- puglliy somen, is unit uiseem tuu ii. M tho authors of tho mischief. There is. to be sure, nn appearance of insect work, but nothing whatever has been observed to provo that they havo any thing to do with the malady, whilo many facts disprove it. The disease has been attributed to cailh-wornis, but in this again we have only guess work, and the negative evidence is rpiito strong. One or moro epeies of fungi have been accredited with tho destructive work, yet littlo is renlly known about these agents rather than results. A fungus named lthin:ttiin solmii is found; on potatoes leaving cither singly or in groups, littlo pus tulcs In the skin, making a peculiar roughness, which is nailed scab by many. This, however is certainly dill'e'rent from the corroded spots to which tho name is more appropriately applied. If anv ono will tako tho trouble to . look at "the year-old twigs of most trees and shrubs, lie will readily lind in tho ; bark, littlo light-colored, rough specs. I Thcso aro known to botanists as leu- : tides, and consist of cork-like forma tions, tlie cells of which soon lose the ' power of absorbing water, and of course die. Thoy are, however, nor mal growths, and eamiot bo classed as disease products. They likewise oc cur cm the potato tuber, which it is worth the while to remember is a true branch of Ihe stem, and in this respect is like ordinary aerial branches Hut it is claimed lliat under some cireum- stances these icnlicles are beginning points of rupture and decay in the skin, and that the linal result of this : is the scab, without the intervention of ; any living, external agent. Too much water and too much nitrogenous ma mire are tlie principal causes given for tho cork-like development. Tho disease is certainly worse on rich and wetland. In answer to the ipiestion I will say. that so far as known, the : depressed, rough spots on potato tubers, usually called scab, are the result of normal growths carried to nil excessive and (lestruetivedeyclopinent through surrounding adverso to tho potato, and that there is nothing of a contagious character in the malady. Tho scab on the seed can not, in this view, all'eet tin' next crop. The differ ence in tlie slriieturo of the .skin of different varieties is iuite enough to account for tho facts noted ill the letter of iinpiiry. i'ruii ic Fnrmtr. lilisshi ill I!!-1. The llus"ian Xitroc Ymuyti reviews the year of lss in a series of articles, in which the ail'airs of the empire as a whole are described as being consider ably better than they have been for sonic years past. The maintenance of order," the establishment of better con trol oyer the administration, and the n gained dignity of the organs of "nv eminent havo been especially marked in tho past year. The commission for the reform of local administration has counted among its members not only thofO who advocate the centralization of power, but the delegates of tho self governing party have been invited to all the deliberations. Ono of thegrvat reforms marking lXHI is that of the Russian universities, although it will bo a long tinio before the benclits are fully appreciated. New statutes for ecclesiastical seminaries and acade mies havo been made, and attempts hava been made to increase tlie influ ence of tho clergy in secular school. A special commission has been prepar in" a scheme for the establishment nf a system of technical schools such as aro common in Sweden. Measures regulating the employment of children in factories have also been legalized. Anion.' administrative reforms the es tablishment of tlie government in tho Amur district and the incorporation of Poland in the empiro in matters con cerning the organization of tlie ail'airs of the peasants are the most important, Curiously enough, the linaneial posi tion has considerably improved in spile of the continued commercial and industrial depression. Tlie experi ment of building state railways having proved too expensive, the construction of the lino Novorossisk, Kostoll-Vladi-kavkas will bo conceded lo a privato company. Hocent legal actions against banks havo shown that tho legis lation concerning them is In need of a radical reform. Tho St. Petersburg maritime canal has been completed, tho port of Batoiim is nov in tho course of development, and the canals between tho basins of the Obi and tho Jonissey aro progressing. The Low-Necked Ilrcss. Washington special to lloston Trav eller: It is not likely that low-necked dresses would form such a constant subject of conversation, as they cer tainly do. wherever a few women aro gathered, it the newspapers were not paying so much attention to them. Neither tlie criticisms nor tho undis guised look of disgust which the ap pearance of an immodestly low-necked woman creates all'eet them in the faintest degree. This vulgar display is an embarrassment to hostesses, but hardly a party or reception occurs where such may not bo found in moro than ono instance Thero are a num ber of women they can hardly be called ladies who nro making a big show hero lately whoso antecedents nobodv knows anything about, and whose claim to social connections is just about as ha.y. Thoy havo a su premo lot of assurance, and are famous as tho leai'ors of tho decollete move ment. Decent peoplo have no patience with the easy conscience that allows women of this typo to actually form a social following, to give crowded par lies and balls, which nice peoplo seem to be too prudish to stay away from. Clerks at the White House. The clorical staff of the white house includes, besides the private seoretary, an assistant private secretary, who at present is Mr. Pruden, a gentleman of sagacious and courteous charaotor, who was lirst appointed by Gen. Grant. There is also a slenographor officially employed, and four othor persons aa clerks. Each department also details rogularlv or temporarily a clerk famll liar with" Its work to assist. The office of mnd clerk is abolished. His duty. that of signing land patents for the president, is now prnormeu oy mo clerk for privato land olaims, who Is appointed by te president. The ad ministrative stafl of the white house Droner numbers twelve persons out- side of the steward and coachman. Washington Republican. Dio Lewis nyi be had no dlfflcolty In get ting Into barrooms In an; part I Iowa. Of oouree he didn't. It la pretty cold weather when Dio baa to ft thlrrty. StmmlUt Jev A Clmt With the President. When President Arthur paid a visit to tho great National Park several of tlie prominent men of Wyoming, in cluding myself, went up to (ircen river, where tho presidential party would leave the special train and. un der an escort, cross over land to the park. Thero wero half a dozen of us who felt as though tho northeast cor ner of our national fabric rested on our shoulders, and wo felt that so long as the president was to visit for a number of weeks within tho borders of Wyoming we ought, as a matter of common politeness, to go and give him the freedom of the park and I lie Shoshone reservation. In the party wo had a member of Ihe supreme court of the territory, tho United States marshal, the present surveyor general of tlie territory, and myself. When the prrsidcnfs train arrived, bearing, besides tlie president, General Sheridan, Senator Vest, Secretary of War Lincoln, Colonel Sheridan and others, we waited quite awhile for tho president to come out and seo us, but lie remained in his car. Thinking at last that perhaps tho president had not heard that wo were there, we walked around tho train a few times, so that he could seo us and call us in anil converse with r.s. Hut ho made no overtures whatever, and wo finally had to go into his car and introduce ourselves. He may havo been over joyed to see us, and doubtless was, but ho" has remarkablo control over him self that way. When the president took my shapely hand in his and Colonel Sheridan told him who I was, lie looked mo sipiare in the face with a sort of rising inflec tion as though lie might be trying to remember who I was, but could not. At that moment I would have given !?J if I could hac thought of the proper thing to say. Tlie more he looked at nio with those dark, sorrowful eyes of his anil patiently wailed for me to say somctliin. Ihe less 1 seemed lo have my niindwitli him, and I wanted to tell him that in the hurry of starting oil', 1 had left my thinker at home on the piano. At last 1 got desperate and said: ".Mr. President, don't you think we are having rather n backward spring?" That was nearly two years ago and he has never ollieially or otherwise, gralilied my morbid curiosity, lie slill looked at me in dumb wonder and surprise. Perhaps ho felt oppressed with the pomp and glitter of my good clothes. Marshal Seiimilger and Surveyor General Melilnini dropped into an easy conversation with General Slieriiiah and fought llieir battles oyer again. Just ll'cn Judge Blair was presented lo the president and I fell into the hands of Secretary Lincoln. Probably the secretary still wakes up nights ai'il thinks with pleasure of that little chat, we had together at Green river, lie lookeu lit. me in un attentive and interested way lhat flat tered me at I lie time very much, but when 1 saw. him a half horr afterwards looking at a young cinnamon bear in the same way. I was no longer proud. Casually I looked up at .Indue I'.iair ami the president lo see how they were coining on. The president had nailed the judge with that same earnest, ex pectant look, and Iho judge was feel ing of his bead to see if it wns them, and at tlie sanio time was trying to think of a hard word. Just then the president seemed to think of soiiielhing that he had left in the other car. He rose and wilh a linn, dignilied step, walked away, and I have never seen him since, Neilncr lias he seen me since. 'It Is years since t:ist we nu t. All I 'we ill i never mi'i t itpiili; I have Htrinr'.-le.l lit fenii t. Hut I tie slrui:le was ill vain." Soon afterward we all hastily with drew. We thought it would be better for us to withdraw before the rest of. tho party did. It would be moro etiquette "and bonhomie. Take it all around, wo had a very I pleasant call on the party and ovory-i thing passed on .smoothly. Still, 1: made one resolution on that occasion which I have rigidly adhered to. j When I call on another president of the United Slates it will bo when hoj sends a double barrel quo warranto! after me or when 1 have business wilh j him of an important nature. I shall: never call on the president of tho 1'nited States again just to kill time., The desire to rub up against great ness has been fully glutted in me.' The wild yearning to shed a happy! smile on the president, who is a totalj stranger to me, has been thoroughly, satiated. Should one of my family bii chosen to that great ollico and insist', on my coming to Washington to run! tho administration through tho hol idays, I might do so, othonviso I warn' the future presidents of this republic that I will never, never darkcu their! doors. Bill A'ic, in Xcw York Eidcr- prist. lion Utile In Culm. The Spanish masters of Cuba main-j tain an iron rule. Every man, it is. said, who expresses sentiment not strictly loyal to the Spanish authority is arrested nnd imprisoned. Conspir acy is punished by dungeon confine ment or death, and this practieo has gone very far to encourage people not to talk politics. Of frequent notico iu cafes and other public places is a conspicuous placard bearing tliesigni-, Heant legend: "Plenso do not talk politics here;" and whenever you meet him, whether at homo or abroad, tho prudent Cuban, if bo values his life and liberty, or is possessod of con fiscatable property, keeps his political opinions to himself. Tho nowspapors aro all subjected to censorship, tho' telegraph oilices aro under survcil liance of the police, nnd it is even said, that the mails nro often examined for treasonable documents. .Si. Louis Olobe-Democrat. Opium in the United States. In 1840 about 20,000 pounds of opium were consumed in tho United States; in 1880, 6S8,450 pounds. In 18G8 there wero about 90,000 habitual; opium eaters in the country; now they' number over 600,000. More women than men are addicted to the use of the drug. The vice is one so easily contracted, so easily practiced in private, and so difficult of detection, that it presents peculiar temptation,, and la very insidious. To bronk oft', from the habit the opium-eater must, reduce the quantity of his daily dose,; using at the same time other stimu-' lants, and gradually eliminate opium from his bill of faro. .St. Louit Olobt-' Democrat. "Earl; chicks," aajra a bncol'e writer, "should be hatched thla month, a the smaller! elses are mually In demmd when tbey tlrtt reach the aalea.' We warn the credulous, reader not to Infer from thle that Ihcj will reach the boarding homo table earlier Uian FACT AND FANCY. Toronto has a water famine. Pour Kaston, Pa., people ato 802 pics In 1KM. Tbey still live. There are not less than 2.r0 tele graph offices in New York city. Tlie losses of cattle in Indian Terri tory this winter are placed as high as b'8 "per cent. Harvard students complain that the faculty give them more liberty in tticir studies than in their sports. It is said a pinch of powdered alum dropped into a pitcher of muddy water will clear it almost iuslantly. Of the 023 newspapers nnd periodic als published in foreign languages iu this country 483 nro iu German. On tho 1st of February the sum of $UG,3 13.53 remained as a balance in the general treasury of Mexico. From tho various signs of Candle mas day it was inferred lhat there will be six moro weeks of winter weather. Oysters aro becoming so scarco in Maryland wators that several vessels havo givon up tho business as a bad job. Piano-tuning has been added to the courso of instructions for women in tho New Kngland Conservatory of Music. It is expected that tho subscription opened in tho City of Mexico for Spanish earthquake sufferers will roach SoO.000. A New York letter says: "Tho feel ing against O'lJonovnn liossa sinco ho was shot by Mrs. Dudley has been vory marked here." The February moon fulls on tho 28th at 11 o'clock in" tho evening, so that wo come within un hour of having no full moon in February. Fall Hiver roughs took Iho Salva tion army at its word, with n volley- of stones, disabling several woineu, and fatally injuring one. Seth Green is probably tho first lisli- dentist iu the world, lie recently ex tracted a live trout's teeth without in juring tho "speckled beauty. Legislation against the sale or gilt of cigarettes to boys under In years of ago has already got iiirongu one branch of tho North Carolina legisla ture. Tho Chineso government intends making the e-xpul-sjon of Chinese from Kureka, Cal., an international matter, und will claim indemnity from tho United Slates. A Maine judge recently gave a pris oner a light sentence, saying he was entitled to soino consideration for not taking Iho stand and adding perjury to his other crime. A tile and knife throwing artist nailed a eoiiliiling Winnipeg yoiiUi to to tlie back of tlie stage while illustrat ing how near he could come to hitting him without actually doing so. Good, cultured lloston is shivering on tlie brink of a big social sensation that promises one or two ditorce suits nnd an interesting chapter in ihe ca reer of at least oiie local literary idol. A correspondent asks a Western ed itor why it is moro natural for women to sheil tears than it is for men, and he replies that it is because women as a class drink more water than men do. It is more I ban suspected that very many of tho snake bites causing death in India are caused by parents desiring lo put au end lo superfluous ollspring in a manner which delies discovery of guilt. A person sleeping on his right side, according to a celebrated French phys iologist, will havo incoherent and ab surd dreams, but when .sleeping on tho left side the dreams nill bo of au inlel iigent nature. , Many southern railway companies have liiis year placed their old cross lies at the disposal of the mayors of towns along the lines of their road$ to bo distributed In deserving poor peo ple for lire-wood. In n dry -goods light at Chambers burgh, Pa", one linu put tno price of calico dow n to olio quarter of a cent per yard, whereupon the rival concern oll'ered calico at one-eighth of a cent, or eight yards for a cent. Piiif. llauerof San Francisco slates, as a result of careful research, that a sure remedy for phylloxera is to mix lia'f au ounce of quicksilver wilh its weight of clay and introduce it into th. hole in which tho vino is planted. "What makes you so Into coming to school this morning?" asked a teacher in ono of tho New York public schools of a tardy pupil. "They arrested a burglar on lifty-cighth street, and ma sent mu to the station-house to seo if It was pa," was tho reply. A steamship captain who was marri ed in Hosluti recently was denied the the pleasure of his wife's company on his return trip to Fiiropo, ns it Is against tho rules of tho company by which ho is employed for a captain to have his wife with hiiu on his trips to and fro across tho ocean. An extraordinary amount nf sufl'er ing among tho widows and children of tho lost Gloucester fishermen is re ported by The Cape Ann Advertiser. The fund subscribed for tho benclit of tlicso peoplo is nearly exhausted, and tho stores of provisions and clothing collected for them aro rapidly dimin ishing under the steady drain that is made upon them. llookmaking live hundred years ago, was a costly business. The bill for de figning and writing in manuscript In 1102 has just come to light. The parchment, tho writing.iho miniatures, tho silver nails, gold-plated and enam eled, ink figures, seventy smaller gold plated silver nails, a gold-plated silver clasp, sky-blue satin, ami, binding to gether cost, according to present value, ?18t. Iho miniatures nlono cost. " ing 880. Tlie missal is now no longer extant, but is oalled pulclicrrimum et ekgantifninium in tlie hill. The Hovista do Monterey makes known a discovery that calls to mind the prediction of Nostradamus that tho world would come to an end in 1886. There wnsrouently found in the church at Obervol, In tho diocese of Trevera, Mexico, a stone upon which is an inscription to tlie effect that the destruction of tho world will take place in tho year when tho Pi.ssovcr ocours on SI. Mark's day, Pentecost on St. Anthony's day, and Corpus Christi on St. John's day. All this will bap pen in the year i.SHfl. Why s Stjir Firm FHilud. "Another big failure," said Smith as ho opened his morning paper. "A big failure?" queried his spouse. "Yes. 'A firm in Holland, who were engaged In the wholesale sugar trade have failed for $1,000,000. " - "Is it possible!" exclaimed Mrs Smith. "The recent reduction In the price of sugar causnd thulr failure, didn't It?" "I don't know," said Smith. 1 guess the reason of their failure was because the weather was too cold for anybody tQ dlgeand." A'-siomnn Imqimuait,