Bloomington Telephone, Volume 8, Number 37, Bloomington, Monroe County, 15 November 1884 — Page 2

Bloomington Telephone BLOOMINGTON, INDIANAWALTER a BRADFDTE, - - Ptoubheb.

THE NEWS COSDENSEB.

Al Jersey City, the Japanese Hair Mannfactoring Company's works, the Pavonia oteomargarine works, a machine shop, pattern shop, and one dwelling were destroyed by re, causing a loss of about $50,000 The wholesale clothing-house of Theodore Dissel ft Co., in Syracuse, N. Y., valued at $75,000, was burned, and 1,000 workmen ifere thrown out of employment The wijl of Mrs. L. J. Knowles, of Worcester, Mass., gives $50,000 for art education and a hospital in thai city, and $10,000 to Kipon College, in Wisconsin. Thb packing-box factory of Eobert S. Officer in Swanson street, Philadelphia, and the factory of Thomas Tunis were. brined, the loss being $40,000 John M. Mastersoh & Co., bankers, of Mount Vernoi, N. Y., made an assignment, placing their liabilities at $125,657. The depositors are neatly exeited, and charge fraud. . . . Xp. Ira Butler, alias Richmond, wa3 given six years in the Penitentiary at Lockport, N. Y., for causing the death of a young dxl by abortion Michael Hughes, of Penn Yan, N. Y.t laid in wait for his father, and fired seven shots at him, inflicting fatal wounds.

The grand spectacular extravaganza, "ThetteviTa Auction, constitutes the attraction at McVicker's Theater, Chicago, tfeis week. The play has met with gre&t sacoeesin the Eastern cities. Mxhkib K. Johnson, employed as a school-teacher near Hillsdale, Mich., lost hex reason from hard study and hanged herself in her room. Edward B, Escott, a leading druggist of Grand Bapids, Mich., died on the street from heart disease Budger Clawson, charged with polygamy and convicted of the offense in the United States Court at Salt Lake City, has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment by Judge Zane. An appeal was taken. Bail was refused.... Bertie Kain, aged 10, a newsboy, was shot and almost instantly killed by Thomas McCormack, 14 years old, in Cincinnati, by playfully pointing a toy pistol at him when it exploded. McCormack did not know it was loaded. Murray Citt, Ohio, was attacked by miners, the band discharging tris filled with dynamite and giant powder. The Sheriff and railway officials have asked Gov. Hoadly to send militia because of the burning of bridges in Hocking County. .... The river boot Fannie Freeze was burned at Madison, Ind, crew and pasgangers being compelled to jump into the river to save their lives The widow of Jeremiah O'Connor, a switchman killed on the Lake Shore Boad in Chicago, has been awarded damages of $5,000. '....Burglars took from the residence of Samuel Mrgii, in Prospect avenue, Milwaukee, jewelry valued at $5g0 Another person has been convicted or polygamy m the United States Court at Salt Lake City. At Northern Pacific Junction, twenty seven miles west of Duluth, a fire broke out in Pain's lumber-yard and spread rapidly. About 900,000 feet of lumber were destroyed. The loss is about $75,000. . . . The sinking of a rowboat at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, erased the drowning of Prof. J. W. Wolf, superintendent of the city schools; Miss Alice Carpenter, principal of the high school; Miss Edith Baugh, and Miss Etta Teter.-.WoIff Bros. A Co., of No. 154 Market street, Chicago, have failed. The liabilities are placed at $150,000 and the assets at $50,000.

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A SBBgr train on the Virginia Midland. Boad collided with & passenger train at Accotink Bridge. A brakeman was killed and five other persons were injured. As Louisville Henry Wolf, a whisky wholesaler, filed an assignment, with $150, 000 liabilities, and assets sufficient to cover. A dispatch from Thibodeaux, La., says a fire broke out in Ihipaty's Hotel which resulted in the destruction of the entire business port of the village of Napoleonville, including the Masonic Hall, Odd Fellows' Hall, and many stores and residences. The only important buildings saved were the court house, parish jail, Catholic church, arid Episcopal church. Capt J. B. Whittington, a prominent lawyer, perished in the fames. Total lose, $300,000; insurance, $50,000 Joseph Katzenberger, of Baltimore, killed Emetine Miller, to whom he was engaged, because lie found her conversing in the street with a young man of whom he was jealous. . . A fire at Palatka, Ha., destroyed fifty buildings, including four hotels and several large business blocks. The loss is estimated at $1.000,000 Maud S. made a trial mileat Lexington, Ky., with new shoes, in 2:10. WASmTOTONt Pkescoxnx Abxhub has issued the following Thanksgiving proclamation: 'The season is nigh when it is the yearly wont of this people to observe a day appointed for this purpose by the President as the especial occasion for thanksgiving unto GocL Now, therefore, in recognition of this hallowed custom, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, do hereby designate as such day of general thanksgiving, Thursday, the 27th of this present November; and I do recommend that through the land the people, ceasing from their accustomed occupations, do then keep holiday at their several homes and their several places of worship, and with heart and voice pay reverent acknowledgment to the Giver of all good for the countless blessings f here with He has visited this nation." Thb annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Bevenue for the year ending June 30, 1884, has been submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury. From this it appeals that the total receipts for the year were $121,590,039, as compared with $144,. 553,344 for the previous year. It is estimated that the receipts for the current fiscal year wffl be $115,000,000. The fall-

2ftg en roe uommissioner ascnoes xo tne diminished quantity of bourbon and rye Whiskies on which the tax will be due this year. The receipts from the tobacco tax last year were $16,041,850 less than for the previous year.

nessed in that city. At one time it was feared the office of the Western Union Telegraph building would be invaded by a mob. A New York dispatch says a rionons demonstration was made by 2,000 men at the Western Union building. The crowd gathered so quickly it was difficult to imagiiie where they came bom. Some boys on the outskirts of the crowd cut a rope which kept a Blaine and Logan banner down Broadway in position and tried to pull it down. The crowd in front of the Western Union Building was now growing larger every moment, and swayed back and forth in a threatening manner and yelled: "Hang Jay Gould!" "Lamp-post Jay Gould!" This was varied at last by some' asking a question and a thousand answering in a wild chorus. The conundrums and the answer ran thus: "Who wrecked the Wabash?" "Jay Gould." "Who made Black Friday?" "Jay Gould." Who puts Judges in the Supreme Court?" "Jay Gould." "Who breaks the will of the people?" M Jay Gould.'9 "Whoisripefor thegallows?" "Jay Gould." "If ho tris to steal New York he will dance at the end of a rope!" shouted a brawny man with a determined face. "I'll stone his hearse," said another. Then some one asked who was the most infamous man alive. 'There was one unanimous answer, no one appearing to have other than one choice. Police arrived,, and afterward more police. Twenty of them were placed inside the building, out of sight, for an emergency. Others patrolled the sidewalk. Inspector Byrnes telegraphed to all the precinct stations to hold police in reserve, as (rouble was feared! An analysis of the returns of the election in New York City shows that Cleveland was traded off by one, if not both, of the Democratic organizations of the metropolis. In all tie lower wards of the city, which are the chief seats of Democratic strength, Cleveland's vote is considerably less than that of Hancock four years ago, while Blaine's shows a substantial increase over Garfield's. In the uptown wards, on the contrary, where the Republicans are strongest, there are large gains for Cleveland ever Hsaicock's vote, and a corresponding decrease in that of Blaine. According to the New York Herald the next lower house of Congress will stand 185 Democrats, 138 Republicans, and 2 People's party. The official returns from fifty-nine of the sixty-seven counties of Pennsylvania and an estimate of the remaining eight counties give Blaine a plurality in the State of 78,493. The counties from which the official vote has not yet been received are Allegheny, Butler, Carbon, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Sullivan, and Tioga. Philadelphia City gave Blaine 29,452 majority. Four years ago it gave Garfield 20,889. Allegheny County, contouring Pittsburg, gave Blaine 18,034, to 13,443 for Garfield; and Lancaster County gave Blaine 9,895, against 8,700 for Garfield. The complete vote of Massachusetts for President is: Blaine, 143,43.6: Cleveland, 119,241; Butler, 23,866; St, John, 10,200. For Governor the vote stands: Robinson, 155,097; Endicott, 108,260; McCafferty, 23,552; Seelye, 8,241. Bobinson's plurality is 46,837. A San Francisco dispatch says: With three counties to hear from, California (lives Blaine 89,665, Cleveland 77,503, Butler 946, St John 897. Blaine's plurality is 10,319. The Bepublicans elected a full Congressional delegation of six. The nest Legislature will stand: Senate, 21 Bepublicans and 19 Democrats. House, 57 Bepublicans and 23 Democrats a Republican majority of 36 on joint ballot In the previous Legislature the Democrats had a majority on joint ballot of 64 Blaine's majority in Nevada is about 1,500 Blaine's majority in Oregon will exceed 2,000 Cleveland's majority in North Carolina is 25,000 There were no Republican candidates in the field in Georgia Don Cameron evidently has the new Legislature in Pennsylvania, and will be re-elected to the Senate. . , . Blaine gained 1,716 votes over Garfield in Monroe County, N. Y. (Rochester), the home of Bill Purcell .... Blaine carries Erie County, of which Cleveland was once Sheriff, by 1,487. Garfield carried the county by 3,351. . . . .Sunset Cox is re-elected to Congress with the snug majority of 15,000 The present election is the closest seen in New York for at least fifty-six years. In 1828 New York gave a plurality for Jackson of 5,350; in 1844, 5,106 for Polk, the lowest of which we have a record there. The pluralities for twenty years are as follows: In 1864 Lincoln carried it by 6,767; Seymour had just 10,000 in 1868, and Grant 53,455 in 1872; in 1876 Tilden carried it by 32,738, and Garfield had a plurality in 1880 of 21,033.

GENERAL,

A hob prevented the ex-priest, Father Chiniquy, from lecturing at Montreal. They broke the windows of the hall and demolished the lamps and furniture. Aided by the police, Chiniquy and a few friends

escaped in carnages. A sxobm destroyed eighteen houses at St. Anne desMonte and Notre du Portage, Quebec, demolished fishing-boats, and leveled miles of fencing. Several families lost their winter provisions, which had been stored in cellars There were 166 failures in the United States reported to Brad&treet's during the week, against 205 in the preceding week, and 219, 149, and 149 in the corresponding weeks of 1883, 1882, and 1881, respectively. About 84 per cent were those of small traders, whose capital was less than $5,000. President Salomon, of Hayti, on the fifth anniversary of his taking the chair, has granted full amnesty to all political offenders in the country, ati well as to all the exiles.

PMLITIGA.

Tbb political excitement in New York, during the reception of the election returns, txoeeded anything of the kind ever wit-

The corporation of Dublin has aroused the indignation of citizens by deciding to change the name of gackville street to O'Connell street Dubing October British imports decreased as compared wth October last year 4,737,000, and exports decreased, compared with October 'last year 725,000. ....The reappearance of the cholera in Paris causes a scare, and many Americans are leaving the city. . . .Barfuss,an Austrian architect, who posted incendiary placards, has been sentenced to six years at hud labor. Thb Chinese attacked the French works at Tamsni, and were repulsed after a fight of three hours.,.. A break-down in the transport service on the Nile threatens to retard the advance of the expedition until the end of January.... The Abyssinians have broken their treaty with the English, and are raiding the southern portion of the Soudan. .The Austrian Minister of Finance is preparing a measure for the resumption of specie payments, and effecting a loan of $250,000,000. .Mme. Patti has been granted an absolute divorce from the Marquis de Caux,...The English Cabinet ,has under consideration a plan f c s the redistribution of

Parliamentary eeats. The basis of agreement proposed is a division of the city constituencies into single member districts, one member to represent every 50,000 of kpdlation. Three-cornered constituencies are to be abolished; burghs containing under 10,000 inhabitants to be merged into counties, and burghs containing 50,000 inhabitants to be allowed one member.... The forty-third birthday of the Prince of Wales was celebrated with illuminations, and banquet by the trades people who supply the loyal family with goods., ..The commercial treaty between the United States and Spain will come before the Cortes for ratification in December,

AIIITIONA1j NEWS.

At the Papal consistory in Borne nine new Cardinals were created. Seven are Italians. The Pope in an official speech expressed it as Ms opinion that the church is passing through a painful crisis. He rejoiced at the progress of the Catholic faith in the United States, referred to the Plenary Council in session at Baltimore, and alluded to the appointment of new Bishops in Australia, India and Africa. He failed to allude to his failure to appoint Cardinals for the United States. England, Ireland, or Australia.... By a close vote, the British House of Commons rejected an amendment to the franchise bill staying its operation until the scheme of redistribution should be settled. The bill was theu passed Stewart Bros. & Co.'s oil-works, at Stroud, England, were destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $1,250,000 A universal exhibition will be opened at Paris, May 5, 1889. Gen. Sheridan in his annual report says that the service of the military in the West cannot be safely dispensed with for several years to come. High scores have been attained in rifle shooting, to which muoh attention has been paid recently. Gen. Sheridan thinks that Congress should designate the number of militiamen each State should

have, and in some cases provide arms and

ammunition for such troops. He invites attention to the defenseless condition of our seaboard cities, and recommends a general system of seacoast fortifications Bev. C. S. Smith, the eloquent colored clergyman of Bloomington, III., has telegraphed to President Arthur a suggestion that Federal office-holders in the South be instructed to use caution in giving advice to the negroes, as slavery i6 dead forever. .... Gov. Schuyler Crosby, of Montana, has been appointed by the President First Assistant Postmaster General, to succeed Frank Hattori. Indianapolis dispatch: " The Secretary of State has received the official returns from seventy-eight of the ninety-two counties in Indiana. They give Gray, the Democratic candidate for Governor, 214,263. votes; Calkins, Bepublican, 210,041; Leonard, Greenbacker, 7,794; Dwiggins, Prohibitionist, 3,568. Gray's plurality is 4,222. The unofficial returns from the remaining counties give Gray 26,083 votes, which would increase his plurality to 6,905." Official returns from all counties in Florida but two (and these estimated) give Cleveland 4,144 majority The vote of seventy-eight counties in Missouri is as follows; Cleveland, 166,123; Butler and Blaine, fusion, 143,608; St. John, 1,141. Cleveland's plurality, 22,515. State and municipal elections were held Sunday in Nueva Leon and Coahuila, Mexico, being attended by riots, in which several persons were killed and a number wounded. The most sanguinary encounters were at Saltillo, Bustamente, and Sabinos Hidalgo. To attempts by Government troops to coerce the people is attributed the bloodshed. .. .At Montreal the Laval University officials expelled all the law students but six for refusing to comply with the regulations. The Contest Over New York The excitement in New York over the close political contest in that State has not had a parallel since the close of the war. And this excitement spread, to a more or less extent, all over the country. The situation at this vrriting (Tuesday morning) may be summed up lis follows: While the returns by counties from the whole State give Cleveland a plurality of from 1,200 to 1,400, the New York Tribune and the Republican National Committee data that they have returns which justify them in claiming the State for Blairoe. They also charge that Democratic frauds have been committed which will vitiate the returns from several countiea An Albany dispatch says: "The Clerks of every county in the State have sent in their returns, and the total shows Cleveland's plurality to be 1,234." The National Itepublfcan Committee issued an address stating that every effort was being made to ascertain if there were any errors in New York returns and saying that if there is not the election of Mr. Cleveland will be heartily concurred in. The New York Democratic Executive Committee issued an address charging that the Bepublican managers were engaged in a conspiracy to steal the State from the Democrats. William H. Vanderbilt sent a dispatch to Cleveland congratulating him upon his election. The Democrats of the entire country, at the suggestion of Chairman Barnum, held meetings to ratify and rejoice over the election of Cleveland on Saturday night. In every city and town of any size noisy jubilations were the order. Cannon boomed, fireworks were let off, and there was general rejoicing by the "unterrined.' THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVE3 $6.50 7.00 Hogs 4.75 5.50 Floub Extra. 6.50 6.00 Wheat No. 2 Spring. 81 .83 No. 2 Bed 84 .86 Corn -No. 2.... .54 .56 Oats White .32 .37 Pork New Mess 16.25 310.75 CHICAGO. Beeves Choice to Prime Steers. 6.25 7.00 Good Shipping 5.75 6.25 Common to Fair 4.00 5.00 Hogs 4.50 s.oo Fioua Fancy White Winter Ex, 4.25 4.75 Good to Choice Spring. . 4.00 & 4.50 Wheat No. 2 Spring 73 .74 No. 2 Red Winter. 74 .75 Corn No. 2 41 .42 Oats No. 2 25 g .26 JU'Et-N0. 2 . .50 .61 Barley No. 2 57 t& .59 Butter Choice Creamery 25 .27 Fine Dairy 20 .23 Cheese Full Cream 12 .13 Slammed Flat 03 & .09 Egos Fresh 20 . .21 Potatoes New, per bu. 32 .37 Pork Mesa 13.00 (415;00 Lard..... 07 .0734 TOLEDO. Wheat No. 2 Red 66 .68 Corx No. 2 41 Oats No. 2 25 $ .21 MILWAUKEE. Wheat No. 2 71 .73 Corn No. 2 43 & .44 Oats No. 2 27 g .23 Barley No. 2. 54 .55 Pork Mess . 13.00 n.oo Lard 6.50 7.G0 ST. LOUIS. Wheat No. 2 75 .76)$ Corn Mixed 36 .37 ats Mixed 26 .2? Rye 45 .4 Pork Mesa 13.60 CINCINNATI Wheat No. 2 Red 77 S .70 Corn 43 .45 Oats Mixed 27 .28 PJbk Mesa 13.60 3U4,00 Lard .. .07 .07H DETROIT. FLOtTB .00 & 5.50 Wheat No. 1 White. 79 .81 Corn Mixed 38 & .40 Oats No. 2 Mixed. 27 .29 Pork New Mess 16.00 17.00 INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat No. 2 Re6 New. 74 .76 Coen Mixed 40 g .4a OATS Mixed 25 & .26 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle Best 6.00 & 6.50 Fair 5.60 6.00 Common 4.00 9 4.60 HOGS 5-00 6.50 BHEEP 4.50

A WILD NIGHT BIDE.

One of the Swiftest Military Movements on Record. "The best artillery march that was ever made, in this or any other country," said the major, as he settled in a cool corner, MI took part in in Jnne, 1863. When the Army of the Potomac was at Fairfax court house and vicinity, in that year, two of my batteries, with one from another division, were sent to Washington to replace Buch guns, limbers, caissons, harness, and horses as were disabled for field work. "This was at the time Lee was racing for the Susquehanna, and 'Jeb Stuart, with his hard riders, made a dash down through Baltimore. The commanding officer was sent for in haste about noon June 25 by Gen. Barry, chief of artillery of the army, to report in person at once at his office. The office was over the grocery at the corner of Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, and the commander reported before 2 p. ni. Gen. Barry informed him briefly that Stuart, who was the be'st cavalryman of the Confederacy, was rushing down for Baltimore, which was undefended, except by a few militia, and that he had already passed Frederick. How long would it take to load his three batteries on the cars and go to the relief of Gen. Schenck, at Baltimore? "Estimates were rapidly made as to time in bringing the command back to the depot, loading the guns, limbers, caissons, and wagons dismounted, on platform cars and the horses and men in box cars and run them over. It would take thirty hours, even if the requisite number of cars could be obtained at once. 'Good God said Gen. Barry, with a half groan, 'that will bo too late The maior thought rapidly a moment, making another estimate, and suggested to Barry that the command, could march over in less than twentyfour hours; in twenty at most. The general objected that there was no force to send along for support, not even a regiment that could be spared. "The suggestion was made in answer to this that the road to Baltimore from here was like a paved street for the whole distance; that night would fall before the command could get far beyond Laurel station. There would be no moon, and while passing along the section wherfe there might be danger, the noise made by so large a force of artillery would naturally lead to the belief in the mind of a neighboring enemy that there was at the very least a full division of infantry in support; and, further, that even if Stuart or one of his lieutenants should ifisk making one of his characteristic dashes the caissons and limbers could be run off into the ditch, the guns put in action to right or left on the road, as the case demanded, and the fire of eighteen guns handled by veterans from the Sixth corps would break the attack all up. "The general sat looking the major right in the face for a moment, thinking, and then said, Will you try it?' 'Give me orders, and 111 go was answered. Barry's face brightened as he rose and shook hands, saying, 'Go on; get your command pulled out, and I'll send your orders.' I rushed down stairs, swung into the saddle, and telling the bugler to follow, struck right through H street at a gallop straight away for Camp Barry, and thence out the pike to camp. 'Boots and saddles9 was sounded, and then officers' call, and all hands were at once busy in doing a quicker job of breaking camp than I have ever seen before or since. In much less than an "hour the command had pulled out along the road, making as long a line as a full brigade of infantry, and almost at the same time Gen. Barry's chief of staff rode up with the orders. "Forward!" was sounded, and the column at once moved off. The horses and men were in the very best condition after the week of rest and extra good feeding, and moved along at a rattling good pace, so that the eastern branch at Bladensburg was soon reached, and forded, and by 7 o'clock the brigade was parked at the right and left of the road on the south bank of Laurel creek. "Here we rested exactly one hour to the minute before the leading gun of Snow's battery pulled out again on the road, the time being occupied in watering and feeding the horses, and allowing the men to get coffee and such food as was possible in the time. By the time we were well clear of Laurel station, a mile or more beyond, it was dark, and in another hour it was so intensely dark that nothing could be seen but the white glare of the turnpike that guided the column on the road. "The column was kept steadily moving, not a man being allowed to mount the limber chest until it was evident that the rapid pace had played him out, and but four halts were made until after daylight, when the line was halted just at the edge of Baltimore, half an hour after daylight, on the morning of June 26. The halts were each brief, only long enough to breathe the horses. All the night, officers had alternated in walking and riding, so that the saddle horses should be spared as much as possible. "During the whole night hardly a man had been seen ; the few villages we passed were locked in sleep. The command moved on the road, from near Fort Abraham Lincoln, just at 4:35 p. m. of June 25, 1863, and I reported in person to Gen. Schenck at his headquarters in the Johnson House, in Monument square, at 4:50 a. m., the morning of June 26. The distance of very nearly forty miles had been made in twelve hours and fifteen minutes and in eleven hours actual marching time. "It was, I believe, the best march ever yet made, and Baltimore was saved from capture, for Stuart, who was then at Governor Bradford's burned mansion just north of the city, heard of our arrival almost as soon as Gen. Schenck did, and gave up at once the idea of an attack. "Gen. Barry was notified of our arrival hours before he hoped to hear of it, and the command was rewarded by a glowing general order complimenting officers and men alike for keeping the rebs out of Baltimore, the city of their love. Washington Republican, A Holiday Haunt Excepting in southern Italy, there is no country which can compare with

Greece in beauty and interest to the In telligent traveler. It is not a land for creature comforts, though the climate is splendid, and though the hotels in Athens are as good as those in any European town. It is not a land for society, though society at Athens is excellent, and far easier of access than that of most European capitals. But if a man is fond of the large effects of natural scenery, he will find in the southern Alps and fiords of Greece a variety and richness of color which no other part of Europe affords. If he is fond of the details of natural scenery, flowers, shrubs, and trees, he will find the wild flowers and flowering trees of Greece more splendid than anything he has yet seen. If he desires to study national character, and peculiar manners and customs, he will find in the hardy mountaineers of Greece one of the most unreformed societies, hardly yet affected by the great tide of sameness which is invading all Europe, in dress, fabrics, and usages. And yet, in spite of the folly still talked in England about brigands, he will find that without troops, or police, or patrols, or any of those melancholy safeguards which are now so obtrusive in England and Ireland, life and property are as safe as they ever were in our most civilized homes. Let him not know a word of history, or of art, and he will yet be rewarded by all this natural enjoyment; perhaps also, if he be a politician, he may study the results of a constitution made to order, and planted in a nation of no political training, but of high intelligence. The English II luslrated Magazine. Limits of Vision, A scientific writer in the New York Sun has some curious observations on distinctness of perception, in eyesight, and on the limits of it, comparing other senses with the sense of vision, and human eyesight with the eyesight of insects. The drift of his inquiry is simply to find how near together we can place two objects and still see them distinctly as two. Placed very near together they appear to become as one. They "run together," as we say. Prof. Rogers of Cambridge, says, that he can with the unaided eye distinguish lines ruled in glass which are only one fifty-thousandth of an inch apart; but Prof. LeConte limits the power of the eye to distinguish lines at one one-thousandth of an inch. To show how immensely superior is the sense of sight in defin ing single things, one can try the sense of feeling in comparison with it. The two points of a pair of compasses placed three inches apart, on the least sensitive parts of the body, will be felt as only one "prick." Try them on the arm or hand, and only one impression will be felt if the points touch the skin more than about one-half or three-fourths of an inch apart, or on the tip of the tongue about one-twentieth of an inch. With the aid of the most powerful microscopes the human eye can discern single objects whose diameter is only about one one-hundred-and-eighteen-thousandth of an inch. It has been said that the eye of a fly can discern an object the one fivemillionth of an inch in diameter, but this is of course mere conjecture. The writer in the Sun says : The eyes of many insects are indeed extraordinary organs, and what we gen; eraliy designate as the eye of the fly is really a compound eye, made up of hundreds and even thousands of seperate

lenses called occolites. Of these the common house-fly has four thousand in the two. eyes. T.'ae structure of those occelites is well-known, the optical part of each consisting of two lenses, which combined form a double convex lens. That each occeiite acts as a separate eye can be easily proved by detaching the whole of the front of the compound eye, and by manipulation with a microscope it is not difficult to examine a photograph or other object through it. When this is done, a distinct image is seen in each occeiite. Dr. Carpenter has shown that each occeiite reflects but a small portion of the image looked ak and that requires the combined action of the four thousand lenses of the fly to produce the same effect as that seen by the human eye. The human eye is therefore, a far more perfect optical instrument than the eye of the fly. The writer of this article, who is himself well acquainted with the anatomy of insects, consulted J. D. Hyatt, of Morrisania, who is great authoity on such questions, and who says : "I have given considerable attention to the investigation of compound eyes but have made no discovery that would lead to the conclusion that their power of vision w.ith respect to small objects exceeds that of the simple eyes of the inferior animals. The images of objects formed in the seperate lenses composing the compound eye are proportionally &mall, and the question whether insects can see smaller objects than animals furnished with single eyes is not a question of optics, but of the sensitiveness of the optic nerve, and consequently, in the present condition of

our knowledge, a matter of mere conjecture. n A Deaf Hearer. In the village of there is a Presbyterian church, several of whose members are Scotch-Irish. Their views and their practices on tha subject of temperance are not in accord with the notions of their pastor. Some years ago he preached them a sermon in which he "came down pretty heavy," as the younger brethren described it, upon the habits of that portion of his flock which came from the province of Ulster. One in particular, Mc A a good old man, with btit one failing, who occupied a .pew at the side of the pulpit, was so clearly hinted at that ail eyes were upon him. Even the minister expected that Mao's "Irish blood would be up." The offending brother was slightly deaf, but the preacher was so much in earnest that even the deaf could hear. But McA knew how to turn his infirmity to account. The benediction was scarcely ended when he had the pastor by the hand. "Brother W ," he exclaimed, "an it is daunoing ye are gieing it to the young folk about?" Brother W waited some time be

fore he ventured another temperance sermon. Editor's Drawer, in Har per's Magazine.

Tiio Farmer and Editor "Seems to me you don't have nothin' tor do," said a farmer, walking into the

"Well I have worked on a farm a good deal of my life, and I regard editing a so-called humorous paper as harder work than plowing corn," the editor replied. "O, shucks !" exclaimed the farmer. "If I didn't have nothing to do but sit around and write a little, an' shear a good deal, I tell ye Fd be bavin' a mighty easy time.,, "I'll tell yon what Til do," said the editor. "Fll plow corn a day for you if you'll write two columns to-day for me." "Done," cried the farmer. "And I'll bet you $10 you can't write two columns to-day. " v "Done again. And 111 bet you $10 more yer can't plow as much as yer orter." "I take you," the editor replied. "What am I to write about?" "Oht anything, so it's funny. Hemember, now, Mr. Farmer, you are to do the writing yourself. The matter must be strictly original. "Never mind me, Mr. Editor. But look yer. You have got ter do a good job o corn-plowin. Do it jest lik I would." "All right" The editor went to the farm and set a good hand whom he had hired on the way, at work plowing corn. The farmer worte a head-line which read: "illinf tatar-bugs," before the editor was out of hearing. In the eveninar the editor came into

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iiio sanctum u 11 we ana caeenui. iu farmer sat at the desk, vexed and worried into anger. "How do you feel ?" asked the editor. "Used up. Hardest day's work . I ever done, and two lines to show fer it" Sure enough he was but one line beyond the head line. That line read : "Killin' tater-bugs is funny." "Then I won tho wager." "Yes. But I reckon L've won t'other nn. "No, sir! I have won both. I have plowed several acres of corn, and done it well, and I've written my two columns, besides." "Creation! How'd ye do it?" "Just like you would. I hired a man to do the plowing, and I sat in the shade; but I wrote while I sat there, and did not sleep as you do. Fork over the twenty." The farmer paid $20 for his information, but the lesson was well learned, and as ho went out he said : "Stranger, I wouldn't be an editor if I could. It looks mighty easy, but by Jerusalem, it aint near so easy as sittin5 in the shade, an' watchis' ther hands plow in' corn. I'm a blasted fool, an9 yer kin say so in yer next paper, if yer want to," and that is why we write it Through Mail Remorse.

An American writer lately endeavored to trace the after-history of noted men, who, in accordance with the code of honor of our grandfathers, had met' and "killed their man" in a dueL Fifty years ago, no gentleman was expected to find life endurable after he had re ceived an insult until he had tried to kill the man who had offended him. Some of the anecdotes recently collected show how powerful was the social pressure which drove men to the field, and how terrible, in some cases ak least, was the remorse that followed S. S. Prentiss wrote to a friend that hia

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were so much opposed to dueling tha$ before going out to meet his antagonist he "did nothing but read the Bible and pray." Yet so strong was the force of public opinion that he fought several duels. "The horror," he said, "haunt me so that I cannot sleep, and I totter around in the daytime like an old man." O'Connell, it is stated, never recovered from the shock of the death of D'Esterre, whom he killed. He never went to church afterwards without wrapping up the "murderous hand" declaring that he "could not approach his Saviour with the stain in sight" Paull, who killed Sir Francis Burdette, suffered so much that he became insane and finally committed suicide. Mr. Graves, who killed Cilley in the famous duel, was an altered man ever after, and with his dying breath protested against the folly and crime of the murderous practice. Now that the dueling has fallen into disuse, and is condemned by society, its folly and crime are very apparent to us, and we are apt to be severe in our condemnation of it Young men wonder at the incredible weakness and wickedness of their grandfathers, that they could be driven to commit deliberate murder meiely from the fear of the censure of the fashionable world. Yet how much stronger than they is the lad who goes to the gaming-table or the bar, and slowly murders soul and body because he is afraid to offend the prejudices of society? Or he who, to keep its favor by maintaining a false show of wealth, degrades his conscience and murders his good name, by gentlemanly theft ? Youth's CimManion. The Mule and tfae Boy. A boy, apparently very much agltAt ed, rushed into a house recently and said to the lady: "I don't want ter alarm yer, but IVe got news. The man sent me from the livery stable to tell yer." "Good heavens, what is it?" "Why, you know yer little boy, Aleck, what the man can't keep outen the livery stable 'round the corner?" "Yes, well?" "I told Aleck just now not to go inter the stable among the horses, bat he wouldn't mind me "O dear! What has happened?" "He said he wanted to see what a mule would do, when he tickeled its heels with a straw.'9 "O. heavens!" gasped the lady, and clung to the mantel for support "Well, sir, yer boy Aleck got a straw and snuck up behind a sorrel mule, tickled him on the heels, an " The lady started for the door. "An' the blamed critter never lifted a hoof," called the boy. "Never as much as switched his tail. It's a mighty good thing for the boy that he did'nt, too; an' I thought I'd come up and tell yer of it." And he dodged out at the aide entrano&