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Up Ta Fuse. "Ton most have some rare experiences to tell tm, lira. Bcewell," said persoasiyjD Ideufc ' Bnsael, wbile we waited fsa: the mail ak.ge. "Yoh have Been at tbia frontier post ever since Capl BoeweU was stationed here?" "Yes; we bane been hereeighiyeara," she replied, wi.'h the rare smile that glorified her face. "I have paused jvrongh many trying ordeals here, but swieLiy thiok that 1 had' an adventure J8at. before I married the ,CapSal to anythinc that I have ex- . . you relata it and oblige na?" ted RosseL - . "Jstra.. Bos well," said Dan, the irre"presaiblo youngster of oar parjky, Jim," jerking' his thumb toward the Lieutenant, "is out West hereKon purpose to spill ink for the New York papers. You am, become a heroine of rewianoe It yon will. " 'Thank yon," said our little hostess. 1 don't mind accepting the honor." Three of us were sitting in an inner apartment of the small frontier hostelry The bar-room was packed with . miners, and we had chosen to have our upper served by ourselves, as we had appointed to go on to Ouster City in company. Mrs. BosweJl- was much below the

medinm size, quick of speech, light of

csmyeaaent as a bird, and graoeroi as a &n. "It was in 18," she began; 1 had jna made the acquaintance of Cap, Boowell, he having some business Blasters to arrange with father, had called at our place several tunes. Finally, there came a rare day in autumn, and ke and father were eloseted the greater part of . the. day, overhauling papers, 'memoranda, deeds and receipts. My father at that time was doing a great 4ealof business as an attorney. . "At tea-time father said to me: 'Bess, you' wont" mind an evening alone, se long as Thomas is about, will jour.j . - "I said no, for, although there were aianyrobberieebemgecnmittedin the neighboring cities, private families in the suburbs felt no fear. Our house was a mile from the city proper, and a half mile from neighbots either way. "'We find,' he continued, 'that the Captain has got to hunt up some papers concerning the estate before he ean give Barron a satisfactory title. "We shall goto Judge WMfeomb's office, and our search may be so snccesafnl that 11 o'clock wu! find us home again. Still, we may be detained longer. Shan't I stop and tell your cousin Milly to come deem and spend therright with you?" ' " No yes,' I contradictorily answered. 'Do as you please; I am not timid in the least, with Thomas about,' " 'But Capt Boswellis going to leave $9,000 Hfcro nntd he returns.' "'Does any one know about the moneyf " "Only ourselves.' " Then I am not afraid. Beside, you axe likely to be back before grave Tarda yawn and thieves do walk abroad ; "Thomas brought the horse round, and, while father spoke to him, I touched the Captain's sleeve: r '4vrAere la your money left?" " 'In year fatfrnr. desk in the Kv -wary.' Then be looked with a tender, .inquiring glance into my face (how the ' -kittle . woman's- cheeks flashed at the memory), and said: 'Little girl, if you are in the least afraid, we will not go s-tenirM. atthonarh it is absolutely neo-

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idity in my make-up, peculiar to womankind; and so they rode away. "I sang about my work, as I put firings in shape around the room, and viewed the brilliant sunset, without a fear of care. "Thomas, oar new man-of-all-work, was very busy puttering about the grounds, tying up grape-Tines and mulching evergreens. I knew there was some coarse aftermath upon the .kill, that miner was anxious to have

put on the strawberry beds, and, seeing Thomas go up there with his basket, I

qeq a aeari over my neaa, took anotaer -basket, and went up to help him."Aa I passed up the hill, I saw a man in the highway speaking to him. I heetitated about going on, but the man made only a moment's panse, and then 'Wer4 -dowtktnehiIL and was soon concealed by a turn in the highway. ,."?Wbaa tkTnoninerimquired. " MOh, miss, it was- a man: fnttf e nulls, saying that my brother has had a bailfe3awj d.n.aad 0 beUewfcg fwn.etowan4see hiafc. His legs he nroke entirely.' -sISfcirilyoBder , , "I told tte man I could not come to to see him to-day but if I -went, miss, I would be sure to be back by U o'clock, if not earlier.' ' " You may go, Thomas, if vonr broaeris hurt so bad. Pap will not "'But, my young lady ' "l?eyer mind me in such a ease as this.' I always was very tender-heart

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dock o ine nonae. "He talked a few moments more, was profuse in his thanks for my kindness, and then started down for the city. I took upthe two baskem, and westafrr

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and the dimples played about her pretty mouth, "but little birds were singing n new song in my heart, and

the quiet let nie hear the sweet ecnoes. - "But ? directly X chided myself tobeing rather careless, as the road was a hgroughfara, and - cuaace straggler might surprise ine. I arose, closed my window, and, obeying some strange, impressive power, I walked through the hall into the library, took my father's key from the accustomed place, Unlocked Sis desk, found the Dackase

vlof OOQfnd, placing it in my bosom.

reiocKea ine aoor, ana reiurnea to me sitting-room. I did not light a lamp ; I had ne need ef a fire, as that from the kitchen stove warmed the' sitting-room sufficiently in this mild weather. "The house was old-fashioned, very, with, a fireplace in the fttting-rooui epeiirjig'np'.mtoa-t&unney of capacity sofficient for a foundry stack. We had cheerful open fires later on; but the house, being an ancestral pile, was getting somewhat dilapidated, and .'the partition, separating the flues in the large chimney had fallen in. Men had been set to clear out the rubbish and make repairs, butrthe work, half done, was suspended on account of the arrival of Capt. Bosweli and this important business affair. "I would have enjoyed immensely to kindle a sparkling fire in the huge, wide fireplace, but as affairs were I could not. So I mused in darkness for hours. I really took no heed of time, until my quick ears caught the sound of a foot-fall approaching, close up to the doorstep, I could have taken my oath. It was so light an echo that I sprang to my feet, thinking that my cousin Milly, absent when my father called, returning later had comedown to stay with me. I sprang up with a smile to answer her knock, albeit I was a bit jealous of her pretty face i- but no knock came, and the echoes died out, and altogether I concluded that I had deceived myself in regard to them. Anyhow, I would light the lamp. T did so, and was startled to find it past 10 o'clock. I had gotten sufficiently aroused from my reverie now to want a book from the library shelves. I took up my lamp and went winging into the room. "I obtained the desired volume, stepped down from the stool, and "If ever any one felt themselves dying I did at that momenta My song died on my lips, while a thousand thoughts seemed to flash into my mind in one instant. Involuntarily I gasped, and then with a strong effort of the will power, for which I am famous, I took up the song again and sang it to the close. "Among other things, I remembered that the lock was off the library door for repairs. I remembered the lateness of the hour and the probability that all the people were in bed and asleep. I remembered the footsteps in the dooryard, and there uhm a fresh, pungent smell of tobacco-smoke in the room. A scent of smoke that was not in the room when I was there and placed the package of money in my bosom. "Do you wonder that my brain reeled and my heart stopped beating for an instant? Beside, whoever the robber was, he would soon begin work, not knowing how early my father and the Captain might return. And I should be murdered. Somewhere within a few yards or a few feet of me, the robber assassin w as concealed either in the recess behind the cabinet, or under the long, .draped, paper-strewn table. "A faint sound outside nearly made me drop she lamjrlrom my hand ; still Ihadunconsdonsly left my first song and was singing: jFWkisbrldas soldier won hex, AnS a winnlns tongue had he, "I knew that temporary salvation power and liberty to leave that room even depended upon my appearing ujseonscious of the robber's proximity. "I got out of the library and found myself in the sitting-room. A hasty glance at the door showed the key absent from the lock. - "Treachery! "I wonder that this new revelation did not suffocate me. The man on the highway the injured brother Thomas has betrayed us. He had overheard about the money. A robber was in the house and another was outside. My retreat would be cut off. How thoughts ran ' riot ' through my mind. How would they kill me? Would I suffer long? At that instant I was sure that I heard a faint creak of the library door atthefar end of the long hall. "One swift, despairing glance around

hate-, one wild idea of escape, and I ex-

tmguisned tne iignt upon tne table, and, crouching in the fireplace, I rested one foot upon the andiron, swung out the iron crane, stepped the other foot upon the strong support, and rose up into the flue. Something touched my head. Thank God! it was the rope with which .the, dislodged bricks had been hoisted out. Grasping this carefolly with my hands, I held myself like a wedge in the opening. If Ihad envied large, noble-looking women before, I bow had reason to be thankful for my diminutive form and ninety odd pounds of avoirdupois. "I had little time, however, to consider anything excepting the imminent danger of dislodging a fragment of brick or mortar, and thus discovering mv hiding place, fer the clock began with sonorous peals to strike 11. Under cover of ite echoes there were swift, soft steps in the hall, and the bolt of the outer door was withdrawn. The huge flue must have acted like a telephone, for I heard every sound with fearful distinctness. First, there was a pause by the door of the sittingroom, then breathing in it, then whispering. "I heard Thomas distinctly, when he said: " 'She isn't here; she's gone to bed; but the money is in the library " "Be cautious, advised a strange voice, land we may not have to hurt her.' ' "They carefully retreated, and my heart struck off the seconds against my ribs, in a way that was suffocating, for I knew that their search would soon be over, end what then ? "In lees than five minutes they were whispering in the room again. " 'Curse herl' aspirated Thomas, "she took the money with her.' " Then well have it if' "The pause meant all that words could convey. "The cold sweat was coming out of every pore of my body. The dust of the creosote had penetrated my-mouth and nostrils, and I had to take one hand from the rope in their absence, sad place a finger upon my lips to prevent sneezing. "'Come, hurry' was the angry wstobweed exchanged between them,

and I heard the stairs creaking as they ascended to my chamber.. Thomas

was familiar witn all tne nouse. "Why did I not drop down now anf escape outside? "Phut, then, they hod locked the outer door and withdrawn the key, to prevent a surprise from without. Second, there might by a third confederate outside. Bo', the most important reason of all was, it seemed to me that I never could get out of the aperture that bad allowed me entrance into the chimney. I ran the risk of discovery and death in any case, "Oh, why did not my father and his companions return ? It -might be hours first "They had found me absont from my chamber and the adjoining rooms. They no longer used extremo caution. They hurried from one apartment to the other. I could feel the jar of moving furniture, and closet doors were opened hastily. The upper part of the house was ran-

aaokedriandthen they .qamdgJflie stairs 'upon the run. Time was precious

to them now. Witn direnu oauis tney rummaged the lower floors, and finally returned to the sitting-room. 'I saw the light hero last,' snid Thomas, moving with his lamp across the room, 'and here is the lamp on the table.' " 'She must have got out' " 'No; I watched for her; and every window is fastened on the inside.' Then he continued: 'Curse herl she's a witch!' and baffled they stood and poured volumes of oaths after me. 'I'd like to catch and knife her myself now.' How he ground it out between his teeth. 'Shall we search more?' " 'If a no use; we've turned over everything under which a mouse could hide.' " 'What, then? Shall we waylay the old man and fix him?' " They haven't the money ; it was left 1 here.' " The cellar, suggested the voice. "Once more they dashed out only to return in hot haste now, for there was the trot and rumble of a horse' and carriage on the bridge between us and the city. " 'Stay,' urged the stranger, 'trump up some kind of a story, and we may secure the money yet.' " 1 would, replied Thomas "but the girl's a witch, and I am just as sure that she is somewhere near us all the tune, and would hand me over to justice' "There was a scamper outside and the sound of feet running toward the river came down the wide mouth at the top of the chimney. Father and Capt. Bosweli drove in the yard and up to the door, just as the clock struck 12. "'Thomas!' called my father, in his ringing tones, 'come and take care of the horse.' ' "Receiving no response from his usually-punctual factotum, he sprang up the steps and uttered an exclamation of horror at finding the door open. " Boswell,' said he, 'we certainly saw a light here when we camo down the hill.' "'Quick, Jason,' said the-Captain, 'there has been foul play here.' " 'Foul play? My Oodl my poor little girl " 'Father,' I strove to call, bnt the first attempts, choked in dust and soot, ended in a hysterical hiccough. " 'Where is that? What is it?' called my distracted father, and both men dashed for the library. "I now strove to descend, but the movement brought down bushels of mortar and broken bricks from all sides, and closed np the flue. I bethought me of the rope, and by sticking my toes in here and there, I went up the chimney hand over hand. "Agile as a cat, when I reached the top of the low chimney I sprang down upon the roof and began calling loudly for father. "You should have heard them run through the house and halloo before they located my voice. At last the Captain came out of doors. 'Will you got me a ladder, please,' said L 'I want to get down from here.' "'A ladder, Jason,' shouted the Captain, 'the little girl is on tho root' " 'For the love of Heaven, girl, how came you there?' said my father, as I landed upon the ground and began shaking the soot from.my clothes. " 1 went up there through tho chimney, papa. But you had better put np the horseyou will hare to groom him yourself to-night and then I will toll you all about it.' "The Captain led mo into the house, for I was trembling violently. "'Now,' said father, being absent only a moment or two without letting me have time to mop the smut from my face and hands, 'now tell us what this means my littlo girl climbing the ridge-pole like a cat at midnight?' "In a few moments matters were explained. " 'Thomas, the viUaiu!' ejaculated my father. '.'11 have him if I have to hunt the two continents for him, aud ho Bhall have his deserts.' "He kept his word. Thomas got a term in the State's prison. "When I gave the Captain his money I should have burst out into hysterical sobbing, only I remembered the soot in time to prevent shading myself in black crayon; and Capt. Bosweli believed that stature and bulk were not always certificates of the best materials, and" "And," finished Dan, our jester, "it may be said, Mrs. Bosweli, tht you actually flue to his arms." She smiled and boweJI, as tho sonorous tones of the driver came in among us: "Stage ready, gentlemen." Egotistic Men. Says a Washington correspondent : "We were talking of the egotism of great men, and an ex-Senator said: 'A lady of my acquaintance once wrote Boscoe Conkling a note when he was in the Senate with me, asking permission to bring her little girl to see him. II -replied in a courteous note, naming tho hour at which he would receive' her. At the honr named the lady and- the child stood before him. "Mary," said the mother to her child, "this' is the

great Senator UonMing." "Ye, little rvs!!,'' said Lord Boscoe, with a Jovian

smuo meant to be onoourajjwg; "but remember," solemnly lifting his forefinger, "that there is a greater than Senator Conkling." We laughed, and then a regular army Colonel said: I remember that on the morning of tmo of the darkest days of the war I met Charles Sumner on the avenno, and, stopping him, said: "Senator, is there any news this morning?" "None, I believe," he gravolv responded, "except that I am a littlo better this morning." I had forgotten that he was unwell. These are said to be 676,250 Presbyterians on the long roll of the General Assembly of Canada.

From lUo Darlington Bawkoye. Capt. Wedb was like a great many other men who go into business on the trust-to-luck principle. Ho get sucked in. Kino Kalakaua doesn't want any. more Chinese immigrants. We don't know just how tho Chines feel about going to tho Sandwich Islands, but wo think if thoy can stand it, the natives most certainly could. In Michigan a citizen is allowed by law to have his will probated during his lifetime. What that State needs is a society for the prevention of cruelty to lawyers. , New Hampshire records ono divorce for every ten marriages, aud in five terms, covering fifteen months, the St. Louis courts granted 1,000 divorces. It looks as though it was only a question of timo when this great land would get itself most successfully married. Last year 910 Iowa mothers gave birth to twins. And yet tho Presidential lightning hasn't struck this State once, although two or three great and good men have been walked about in the storm, with umbrellas, and holding their lightning rods high up in the disturbed atmosphere. CFrora the Oil City Pcrrictl "How to Attain tho Life Beyond" is tho title of a 50-oent book. We don't want to disturb the author's right to a monopoly of the book; but, as he failed to mention the toy pistol and the early apple, we think he did not exhaust his subject. A sias at Titusvillo reads, "Buffalo Meat Markot." Investigation proved that there was no buffalo meat in the shop, neveV hod been and never would be. This is another instance of the failure of signs in wet weather. "My first-born has gone into the fish business," remarked a man who is in tho habit of carrying a 6-months'-old child around the room from dark to daylight. "How so? asked his friend. "He was raising wails all last night," was the reply. The Petrolea Topic sighs for a brass band. The Topic man knows not what he asks. The next thing he will cry for will probably be a visitation of the cholera. The present style of beginning advertising paragraphs with quotations from standard poets is real oute. It quite upset us yesterday to begin to read: "To him who in the love of nature holds communion with her visible forms, she speaks a various language," and to find a recommendation right there to get our cigars at DaubenBpeok's. An iron manufacturer, speaking of the state of the market, says that mere is a better feeling in pig. He neglected to mention it, but there is also a good feeling in sheep. They feel more comfortable this hat weather, since shear-jng-From Carl Pretzel's Weekly. Close quarters Those in the hands of a miser. ; The place of oternal rent The unadvertised store. ' A man in search of a whisky factory is on a still hunt. ! When is a man's head level? When (bis legs have been .knocked out from Under him. The man who is always on time is prompt, but tho drum-major of a ball is prompter. " When a man spells encumber with a q it cannot be said that he has lost his Cue even for a spell. Goons that have remained on hand until the cost mark is obliterated, are remarkable goods. Why is a Chinese gong like some of our big men? Becauso it makes a frightful noise, and that's all there is of it.

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him. The loafer can shine in society if he will continue to wear his 3-year-old broadcloth clothes. A Big Joke. A broad-shouldered man was walking along Chatham street. He looked as if he was in great pain. "What's the matter?" asked a friend. "Oh, I'm in terrible agony! Got a boil as big as a water-melon on my calf. Can hardly walk. So long!" and thr proprietor of Job's comforter moved off. And as he did so another gentleman came along and shook hands with his friend.. "Pve got tho biggest joke of the season on . There he goes up the street. He was telling me how he was frightened by a dog this morning. Let's have some fun 1" The new arrival was "in for it." "You walk up behind him, grab him by the leg and bark like a dog. His nerves are all unstrung, and we'll have a big joke on him to see him jump. " "I'll do it," said tho other, "and yon walk on the other side and see me scare him to death." The two parted to carry out the programme. The latest arrival proceeded after their mutual friend. Just as he got close up behind him he grabbed him by the boil and playfully barked. "Bow, wow, wow," just as naturally as n dog-show. The broad-shouldered man went up in the air, while his face looked as if he (bad suddenly swallowed a tree full ol persimmons, When ho came down he recited the alphabet backwards and then pointed his toe thirteen distinct times at his playful friend, slammed him up against a telegraph pole, mashed his hat over his eyes and then walked feway looking as if he'd like to put the !eg with the water-melon boil on over lis shoulder and carry it home. After the "dog" had pulled himae out of his hat ho hunted up and down Chatham street for the man who had put the job np on him, but he couldn't find him, for he was looking over the cornice of a neighboring house and was bursting with grins. New York World.

parrot is said to be a great but our barber can discount

A Man Who Despised Money. The accumulation of great wealth by no means necessarily implies the capacity to enjoy it often, indeed, quite 1 ho contrary. A story is told of Lord Onvondish, who, in 1810, was the largest, stockholder in London, and who hated tho very name of money. Upon one occasion his bankers, finding that his account amounted to a deposit of 80,000, called upon him, and asked what he wished to have done with it. "Anything you choose," was the reply, "but don't bother me about it. I won, be plagued. If it's nny trouble I'll tak it out of your hands." This is a trait entirely distinct from avarice or miser, il)MS,

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PATENTS.

Commissioner Marble's Report for the Year Ended June 30,

Still Holdin? His Own in

Various Departments.

i The Business of the Office Recommendations to Congress,

(WashliKt'on Telegram to Chicago Times. There i( a,work pul-Ushcd biennially by the Government of tho United States vh ch contains littlo elso tbmi names, and Micro is ten times more effort made by people to get their names into tills book than there is to get their names into the book ot life. It is tho United -tlUUet Official Uegisttr, commonly called thoblue book." A few years ego one modecate-sto'd volume answered the purposo. lj 18T the work reached the dimensions oftwo thin volumos; the edition of cpngbts of two volumes, each containing -ncsfiem pages The-indexaloue fills ISO pages, tho names being arranged In four columns on a I'Sge. Ons of these two volumes is devoted exclusively, to tho postal service, though the employes of the department in Washington are provided for in the other volume. The register contains the name of every person employed by the Government, his or her birth-plaee, residence, when appointed and salary. There are over 100,000 names in the two volumes but this does not mean, as is commonly and incorrectly said that the civil service contains lK,030oifices. The register contains the names of all mail contractors and of all army and navy officers, and of all mechanic! und laborers employed under the army eaglners, and other persons who cannot be called officers or clerks But it is a mighty army of the servants of a great nation. Tho last register, though dated July 1, ISS1, did not appear until a year and a half ago. It takes time to get up such a catalogue. The next register will be dated July 1, 1$S3. and the appointment clerks in various departments are now making up their lists of officers and employes connected with the service at that date r on July 15. In some of the departments the official census was taken as a matter of covenience on the last day before the Civil-Service law went into effect. In preparation '.or this general United States register, a new register for the Interior Department ha? nst been prepared. It shows 8,031 persons on the Department rolls, not including Indian police, as the unabridged register does, but on the other hand not limited to the employes sere in Washington. Just about one-fifth of the whole number are women (iSL There are Tit men who served In th army or the nuvy, and there are 201 colored persons, for complexion is shewn in this Departmental register, though it was not indicated in the

last general one it is wuo inai ine major

Washington Dispatch. The Commissioner of Patents has submitted his report for the fiscal year, ended June 80, 18S3. It shows the following facta: APPLICATIONS.

For patents For dalgn patents For retsKue I'atent For rcKlitratiou of trade marks... .. For regtstratioB of labels

32,815 1,039 247 8H 748

Total 88,73 J

Total in 1882 ao.ooa Caveats tiled 3,(88 PATEN M AND TKADE-MARKS ISSUED, Patents granted, including reissues and designs 21,185 Trade-marks registered 883 Ibels registered 818

"Total....-. .7 .tojll0..jiMM4.

j'RientH wiuiueta xor poa-iwynKnc ok final fees S,05e Patents expired 7.1 RECEH T-l AND EXPENSES. Keceipte from all sources $1,095,884 Expenditures (not including piiating) . 077,628 Surplus 618.SM Increase in receipts over 1881 305,989 Increase over 182 16,020 Tho number of applications awaiting action on the part of the office July 1 was4,6SK an increase of aw perceut over IMf. The Commissioner Fays the business of the office is steadily and rapidly increasing in each of tho divisions of the office The success of the patent Kystem, the Commissioner says, is due largely to iti liberality to inventors and the security and projection it t.ffords them. It was not intended that revenue to the Government should be obtained by charges made for vesting in the inventor the right and title for a limited time to the exclusive use of his invention. But not only have tho fees received on applications tiled been sufficient to pay ail the ex onsei of the office, but a large surplus nearly $2,OCO,OOIV now stand to the credit of the office In i;he Treasury. UreatOi- liberality might, perhaps, be extended to the inventor by reducing the fee to be paid before a patent can issue, and with beneficial results. Certainly a more equitable rate of fees could be adopted than is now provided by graduating the fee to tho character and nature of ';he invention. The fees now required in Borne coses are excessive and in others exceedingly small In this way, rather than by on iadisorimlnata reduction in the te-s now charged, as is urged by somo, justice would bo secured, and tho office still be self-supporting. Commissioner Marble comments with some severity upon the action of Congress in refusing the additional clerical force required, and in reducing the number of overworked employes. He sys: "I have learned with exeat satisfaction that inven

tors and manufacturers throughout the country will soon take stepu to impress

ity of tho colored people employed in the j upon those who have hitherto treated their

department are watchmen, janitors, mes

sengers, pacxers, laborers, anu ensrwomen.

rights with some indifference the impor

tance or naruur surucienii lorce in uia

but seventy-one ore clerks and copyists with j bureau at well as other appliances and salaries ramrimr from STM to8l.eU. The i accommodations to fairlv and nromntlv

latter sum is received by two men, one a ' sot upon the applications aud determine Principal Examiner in the Pen ion Office and i their rights to tne inventions claimed by the other a Chief of Division in the Land them. It is believed by most of them that Office, Four are clerks at 1,401, tw enty- j their votes are of quite as much importance two are clerks at S1.20J, twenty-five are ! and iheir Mipi ort to the Government fully clerks at SI, COO, fourteen are copyists at: as necessary us pensioners and settlers upon S!K 0, and fourteen are copyist at tT-0. ! the publio lauds, to whom not too great While a large proportion of the women are , liLcralicy Los been shown." copyists at $ JM, quite a number ore clerks ! Attention is ca'Ied to the fact that a large with salaries running up to 81,-100, and at ; number of Examiners and Assistant Examleast one Illinois lady gete fl,C(K). iners have re.rc.nid during the last year. The following table shows the States from ' Tho Commissioner assigns as the principal which 3,0iil officers and employes of the reascn for thefo resignations the insuffiolEepartment were appointed: I eucy of tho salaries allowed, and says the

office I eels the loss or such expertenceumen moro than any other bureau. He adds: -The rome reason, Kuhstantially, which requires an increase in the force of the offices in order thnt the work may be promptly and efficiently done, exist for urging proper salaries for securing tho most efficient men for doing this class of work." The report recommends that Congress confer upon the Commissioner authority to institute proceed. ngH to determine the question of the publio use or salo of an invention. The attention of Con. .rfBS is again called to the necessity for amending tho statutes relating

to tne issue oi ioreii;n patents, euuer vj

ci anting the patent lor a aennlte toi

tne

Maine e-j;MsssacbusBetts..

Vermont ttnuonuectumc.

iiliode Island. so Now York. 331

Pennsylvania. 348!

aiarylsnd

west Virginia,

0 68

New Jeraey. ....... 70

Delaware. 9 Virainia 133

..luONorthCarolina...,. 35

37;Oeorgi.. tt

South Carolina 29iFlorida. 18 Alabama 21 Louisiana 23 SliSHUsippi 22Tc.-os 18

Arkansas ii nentucicy Tenucssee 62 Ohio 181 I Mi8-ourl (2 Michigan. 110 t Indiana UO Wisconsin 64 Illinois. USilowa. 107 j Minnesota 43 Nebraska 26 ! Kansas 6i Novada T j ii . i i . ,

wiunuu. uuprKuib... , I... ., n.anuu

laiuornia. i nasuington. i "" ....i....

erm, need

Dakota t-1 Idaho

New Mexico 6 Wyoming.

Alontana. z.uian

Arizona 2 Indian Territory..... 2 New Hampshire 35!

Distof Columbia.. 468 Total 3,091

There is not a very serious dlsnronortion

in the distribution ot clerkships and other Slace3 among the States where the liepubcan party is strong. New York and Ohio seem to have a little in excels of their quotas, but the excess is not great Illinois does not get quite its share. Colorado and Indiana have a little more than belongs to them, but the personal equation must be expected, and the head of the department is from one of these States, while the head of tne largest bureau in the department is from the other. What will at once strike the reader as surprising is the number of appointments from Maryland, Virginia and tho District of Columbia, especially the latter There is a natural explanation for this. In the first place, a large number of the employes are janitors, watchmen, scrubbers, packers, laborers, messengers, etc. The jobs are naturally g;.ven to people near by, that is, to residentc of the District and the adjoining part of Maryland and Virginia. People do not come to Washington from remote I.arts of the country to get menial employment The other consideration is, that tho solidly Democratic Southern States do not get their quotas, and the shares that would go to them on an equitable arrangement go to the neighborhood of the capital; as the South bas no political reasons to urge for office, tho places arc disposed of for per. sonal reasons to people wnom Congressmen get acquainted with hero. Beside all this, there is, of course, an advantage in being on or near the ground when vacancies occur. It might be said still further, that nearly everybody in the District came here from some one of the States, so that appointments from the District are scarcely more than appointments at large Of the Mf places that Illinois has in the department fonr pay in fees. They are Land Offices that pay not to exceed 8,X0. Some it not all of the four places pay the maximum amount The other 141 places are salaried as follows: One, 6,000; one, 84,000: one. 88,500; one, 13,000; two, 2.500; one, S2,Si03; four, S3.000; thirteen, Sl.frOO; thirl teen, $1,600; thirty-five, tl,400; ono Sl.SOOj twenty-seven, 81,i0D; seventeen, 1,000; thirteen, yi)0: three. 1840; eight, 740; a total of S105,5S0, besido the four Land Office appointments, which aro worth together not loss than S1O.00J, and probably SU'.OVO, Some ot theee persons have, since getting their appointments, become residents of the district, and one or two have acquired legal residence elsewhere Of those who retain the r Illinois residenoe the number living in each of the Congressional districts is as f ollows: First, fourteen; Second, one; Third, fifteen; Fourth and Tenth seven each; Fifth and Ninth,, eight each; Sixth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth, two each; Seventh, nine: Eighth, four; Eleventh, three; Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth, six each; Fif-

teenui. twelve.

in a foreign country or cour tries without any conditions subsequent, or by granting it for the full term ot seventeen years from

the date of the earliest foreign patens

THE SPEAKERSHIP. Candidates Canvassing Their Respective Chances. Randall Making u Close Cohtuss Cox and Carlisle Confident.

Washington Telegram to Chicago Daily News.1 There is a prospect that the canvass for tho various offices in the Ho ase will begin earlier this year than usual. All of the leading candidates intend to le here by Oct, 15. A gentleman who is watching the canvass of the three leading candidates for Speaker regards Randall as the leader. Hfl will havo the twelve votes from his own State, tho New England vote, except that of Collins, from Massachusetts, who is for Cox, nine from New York, four or live from Ohio; all of West Virginia, three from Virginia: the vote of Delaware; the majority ot Illinois; Wisconsin and Michigan; one each from Nevada and Arkansas; three from Missouri; two from Tennssee, three or fonr from Texas, three from Louisiana, all but two of Alabama, four from Georgia, three from South Carolina and f orth Carolina each and three from New Jersey. Carlisle claims the nine from Kentucky, eleven from Mitsourt, live from Arkansas, five from Michigan, twelve from New York, one from Massachusetts, two from irginia, the majority In tho Ohio and Illinois delegations, six from Wisconsin, one from Iowa, all of Louisiana ex cept one. nil of Texas excent two, all of Mississippi, three of Alabama, one of Georgia and a part of North and South Carolina, Cox claims twenty-one from New York, five from Michigsi, six frCnl Ohio, fonr from Indiana, one from Missouri, two from California, one f torn Massachusetts and a

large scattering vote tnrougriouii tne oouin.

The Postoffloe Department has not published a register, but Mr. Hodgos, Appointment Clerk, ha furnished the number of em ployes of tho Department in this city from each State and Territory. The table la as follows;

Arkansas 3'Oonneotiout, . . . Colorado 1 'Florida Delaware 3,1 llinois Georgia 4 Iwa Indiana. 2fi'Kratuoky. Kansas "J Maine Louisiana. 7 Massrchusetts.. Maryland 44 Minnesota , MlchlRsn ' ll'Missouri

Nebraska 3,Now Jersey 19 New Hampshire 8'North Carolina 8 New York m Oregon l Ohio 24; Rhode Inland 1 Pennsylvania........ 43,'i'onuesseo 24 South Carolina 8 Vermont Texan 6 West Virginia io Virginia 29!Arlon I Wisconsin., MIDistriotof Ooluinbla.110 Montana. 1 - California si Total 888

DR. RVLE. Bishon of Uvnrnnn! him

startled English churchmen by preaching

He wore neither clerical gown nor Episcopal

roues, out appeared in orainary walking:

Carlisle claims to have over ninety votes pledged. Cox believes ho has sixty-eight, while liandall is confident of over seventy. As there aro only I'Ji votes, it will bo seen that some of tho candidates are misled, as they all claim large strength in Now York and duplicate each other in enumerating their individual s rcmjth laudall is now making much the closer cam-ass, and, as he has the money interests of his parly back ot him, is di awing to his standard the doubtful voters who are anxious for cue thing, and that is to go with the winning man. Thero aro three candidates for the Clerkship of the Houso. Theso aro John B. C ark of MiRFOuri, John D. C. Atkins of Tennessee, and Edward L. Martin of Delaware. All are ex-members. Sllbon llutchlns Is sometimes mentioned as a candidate, but he U miking no canvass. The contest will bo between Clark and Atkins, with the odds in favor of Clark. Tho latter when in Congress was a bitter opponent of Sam Hand all Ho Is not opposing liandall now. care fully avoiding any complication with the Speakership candidate Thero are three candidate.! for tho office of Soigeaut-at-Arms. Ohio furnishes two, ex-Congiessman Leedotn an.1 John G, Thompson, the old Sergeant -at-Arms. The question between those two men will bo decided by a vote in tho Ohio delegation The third candidate is Gen Celt, of Connecticut, a Kailaut toldier during tho war, who has never held office at Washington. He labors under the disadvantage of being comparatively unknown. Two row named Dennis fit o mid Goorge MRnilinll Amrnrrnfl j,i n smitT n nf. HftH-nW4

j Mass., and Marshall was thrown to the

ground, ayuur almost UistanUy. Tne doctors say that bis death was caused by asphyxia, tho luigs being gorged with blood, while ono ventricle of tho heart was empty. Afteh a severe thunder- Btorm near

Montcmorolos, Mexico, a tdiepherd who had gone to shelter, whilo retaining to bis llock. discovered aud billed in a hold a fifth

dress, and he conducted tho entire service 1 over five feet long, whioh apparently hRtl id tho usual Presbyterian mode fallen from tho clouds, -.' ,

CRUSHED BY ICE.

Come to

Another Arctic Expeditifln Grief:

The Steamer Proteus, Carrying (Jrecly Explorers, Wrecked.

the

(Washington Dispatch. The Acting Secretary .of the Navy received she following dispatch from the commander of,the Yantio, giving particulars of the disaster to the Proteus, and the rescue of her crew by the Yantio: . BT. JOHN, N. F., Sept 13. W. E. Chandler, Secretary of the Navy: The United States steamer Yantio bos arrived here, bringing Capt Ilk.) and the erew of the Proteus, Lieut, Darlington and the Oreely relief party, all wall. The Pretleos was crashed in the lea six miles north of Cope Sabine, on Jnly 23. The crew and the relief party, after doponitlng tho records at Littleton island and Pandora Harbor, retreated southward in six? boats to Vpperuavik, Buffering mneh hardship in Melville bay. The Yantio reached Littleton island on Aug. 3 without much difficulty, found the records, and immediately proceeded southwardly, searching the coast and island thoroughly down-to Sumner lslaao. The Ice then cloaei.aefl ..woconld jnot get under the lea ot Nortaumbertand IsBSM. "Thi the 9th, a southward gale having loosened the pack, we were able to get through, f.nd continned the search. The coast about Cape York is filled with ice packed close, so that we could not get within twenty miles of land. On the 10th, having ice in all directions but southeast, proceeded to Uppcrnavik, and sent fifteen days rations to LesainBack, and a whaleboat to Cape Shakelton. On tho 22d sailed for a coal mine, thence to God Haven. On the 31st Lieut Colwell arrived In a launch, having been thirty-nine days in an open boat He had separated from us under orders at Capo York. Sailed the samo day for Uppcrnavik, and found the relief party had arrived there. On Sept 2 proceeded homeward, and had a rough passage. . Foanx WnLDEB, Commander. The Proteus was a steam sailer, well adapted for Arctic work. She- took Cap. Greely aud his party to Lady Franklin Bay over two years ago. The Greely expedition was to be conducted on a plan conceived by Capt Howgate. A depot was established at Lady Franklin bay, and the party were to move northward, establishing smaller denote for Fervice on the return trip. In this way it was thought many of the dangers and hardships of Arctio exploration would be avoided. The party had supplies to last about two years; by which time it was expected Capt Greely and his men would have returned to the starting point to await a vessol to bring them home Nothing has been heard of Greely's party since the Proteus left them. An effort was made to reach them last season by a vessel sent out under the direction of the War Department, but it was unsuccessful. The

vessel couta not get inrongn un rcJ,

came back without accomplishing anything. At the last session of Congress an appropriation of 830.000 was made to send oat a

search party for Greely. It took shape in the disastrous nuttine forth of the Pro tens.

The news of the loss of the vessel nat

urally created considerable comment in the Navy and War Departments. Lieut Casolare, of the Signal Corps, immediately unon receipt of the information had an

interview with Commodore English, acting Secretary of he Navy, and Commodore Walker, chief of the Bureau ot Navigation. The matter was thoroughly discussed. The feasibility of ordering tho Yaatic to go to the relief of the Greely was talked over. Various expedients to relieve the people at Lady Franklin bay were mentioned. An earnest desire to do something was expressed. One conclusion, and that of a disheartening charaotsr, was reached that it was too late in the season to send any vessel Into the Arctio, as it would be impossible for her to get anywhere near Greely's party on account of the ice. Commodore Walker says: "No vessel in the navy, no venial in the world could reach Greely before next summer, He and his party are in a bad fix. The result of this relief expedition mnst throw a dsmpex on Arctic exploration. No one knows whether Greely and his men are alive or dead, Their supplies must be exhausted by this time" Prompt action is necessary f n the cause of humanity, but old naval officer shake their heads ominously when the matter is discussed. Sold cue officer: "This, in my opinion, will settle the whole question of Arctic expeditions. The loss of iha Jeannette and the burning of the Rogers, that was sent to find her. and tho loss of the

Proteus piles it up too high, even if the fate

or previous expeaii

mind of the pa will be made

Itions was not fresh in the

lublio. Of course, an effort

le to relieve ureeiy ana ms

nsrtv. but that will be the last Arctio ex

pedition for many years for which money will come from the treasury of the United States." The Yantio accompanied the Proteus as convoy, but was not to go further north than Littleton's island, when the latter was to push her way through the ice. When the Navy Department ordered the Yantio to that duty there was an outcry in certain quarters about the recklessness of sending a relief party, and then giving the vessel carrying that party a convoy. It has, however, turned out a fortunate precaution If the Yantio had not been near the Proteus when she was crushed in the ice there certainly would have been some loss of life Indeed, it ia extremely doubtful whether any of the relief party would have escaped.

WHIRLING IN THE AIR.

An Areonaot's Thrilling Adventure sad Wonderful Escape from Death.

(Pittsburgh Telegram. Pro! H. Warner, the aeronaut, who la under engagement to give balloon ascensions at tho Exposition grounds, had a thrilling experience to-day, part ot which was witnessed by at least 10,000 persons. The Exposition win attended by an unusual crowd to-day, and the big grand stand was black with spectator, when the honr for the ascension arrived. Borne dintoulty was experienced in getting the gas-bag inflated. It was the professor's intention to take a passenger with him on his trip, hut it became apparent that only one could go up. and In a few minutes the professor gave the word, and dangling from the trapeze-bar, susnended below the basket attached to tho netting, he swung off into space. The crowd cheered and the band played while the athlete went through a series of evolutions on the trapeze bar as he floated lUgher and higher into the air. Soon a heavy gray cloud suspended over the oity hid him from view as the ah ship entered it and disappeared. The crowd ftlod oil the grounds, but were soon recalled by theories of "He's coming down! Look I Look!11 Up in space, almost over tho heads of the horrified spectators, the balloon was seen careening from eldo to side, swaying and apparently turning over and over. The trapexo bar was empty and the aeronaut could noi be seen. The gas-bag looked like an umbrella covered with netting. It foil wish terrible tepidity until, when, within a few hundred feet of the earth, its descent became less rapid. It landed on a frame dwelling-house on Iiobinson street, and tumbled into the back yard. Prof; Warner dropped out of tho folds of the balloon, and, striking against a fence, was stunned for a moment bnt springinsr to his foot, he called to a man, who hastened to his assistance, to hit him on the baok lie did so, and then the arouaut stumble-l into the houso and fell down. Medical sid was summoned aud an examination made. Nothing but a few bruises were found, but ho had inhaled so much gas that he was insensible for some time The affair caused tho greatest excitement In the two cities. Notwithstanding his terrible experience Prof Warner will make another ascension in a few days it he is able. GENERAL NOTE??.

Thobeau, says a writer in tho fudiytttuttnt, had a contempt for the religious; and he thought the IX D.'s of small ituportanoo besido the objekndoedeos. It is rumored that Charles lleade, the famous English novelist, is engaged in writing a series ot lives ot the patriarchs of scripture. Mas. Constance Fenisioue Wooison's notion is so greatly liked in England that a great future is thero prophesied for her. Loan Ronald Cower in his book say that Disraeli had an Impassive faoo, and Baden Nool says that it was like a mask. Tub Rev M. Newman Hall stUl hopes to visit the United State.

T0 Paimd MxUehu A&eritoatuiat Admitttd U thmt Cohmmu.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. Terke Haute spooks are said to manufacture electrio light at the seances, and to regulate it to suit the ceaditions. . v Tan first reunion of the Forty-aevjn4 Indiana volunteers will be held in Hayter' grove, North Manchester, Sept jpb andjju. Loins O. Shotcr, the detective wlis captured the famous counterfeiter, Pete Ho. Cartney, died recently at bis Home in Jttchniond, of an abscess." An Indianapolis capitalist has boogM the bonds ot the town of Andrews, Hunttrafton county, the new division point on theV-' bash, at 97 centa. , ' Tub Farmers' Bank, ot Bichmono;Va opened It door again and is payfc It depositors in full It will be oUsconttauawl as soon as its business can be settled.

Tan story ot the finding of a giant

don near Shelby vllle, which hai been going the rounds of the press, ha been Investigated by Dr. Adams, who pronounce it a "giant fraud." A utile boy, near Angola, was so bedly frightened at sight ot a large snake that he was thrown into St Vitus1 dance, and foar as to hii ever recovering from the disease aro entertained. , CrnzENs of Lafayette, having donated land and guaranteed to pay f2S,00 in ca'h, the Louisyil'o, New Albany and Chicago Railroad Company decided to locate their repair and machine shop at that point 11 ' Charred human bones were found in the ruins of Eli Wolfe's barn, burned a few days ago. In Knox county, and the supposittoa is that two tramps were the victims, being burned up while asleep, having set fire to the hay accidentally. The Comm'sstonerj of Wabash county have ordered a special election to Chester township, to bo held on the 1st of October, to determine the question ot voting $08,r 250 in aid of the Fort Wayne, Peoria and Galesburg railway. A scan named Miller, employed by the Government' engineers on the Wabash survey, was attacked by a robber in the covered pact of the toll-bridge at Viacennei, and shot through the head above the left eye, after which he wandered about until daybreak. ' Frank Feaoas, driver at the Sulphur Springs coal-bank, near Washington, was kicked in the left eye by a mule, and seriously injured. Strangely, just one month ago a mule kicked Frank in the right eye whi.'e at work and laid him np for a while. Ddiuk-o the trial of William William', of Indianapolis, on a charge of bastardy, preferred by Bettie Duncan, the fact was da. vcioped that both Bettie and her mother became mothers at the age of I& Betia gave birth to twins, who have a great grandmother who is oaly 89 years old. A keavt damage suit has been instituted against tiic Carthago Gravel-ro4 Company, at Greenfield, by Joseph O. Andrew, ef Carthage, who alleges that, while dr.yiqB over a bridge on the said road he wai' precipitated below the bridge many feet' on account of improper arrangement of the bridge Joe Gaston, a negro employed on a farm east of Evansviilo, blasting stumps, was fai. tally iniurcd by an explosion of powder. He was sitting on a log, eating dinner, when a f ellow-iaborer came up smoking, audi spark falling into thepowdor can fitting betide him, it exploded, tearing his right arm away and mutilating hi head and face terriHy. John MAffiEwa, S3 years old, was killed by a freight train on the Indianapolis and Var.d .ilia road, two miles north of Brooklyn. Ho was walking on the track as the txag approached, and ia supposed to have been bewildered, He w&i one of the first settler of Morgan county. He and his father, Goorge Mathews, came from Ohio in IbloV and located where Centerton now stands, BrjoiNO the recent storm, a tobacco warehouse at Eames, a station a f )w mile east of Boonville, was struck by lightning and burned. The contents, upward of twenty hogsheads of tobacco, were also destroyed. The warehouse was leased by a LoutsvUla firm, and wai under the management of Phillip Condit. Loss about 1,600, with ne insurance. A dwelling-house near the warehouse was also burned, Jons Mabtdj, a blacksmith at Nobleavlllo, has raised a brown 'stallion, with an -saw known pedigree, which tost week trotted a mile, over a half-nrle track, in 2:31, to the surprise ot his owner and all tueajus. The horse accomplished the feat without any previous preparation or training. Hot 4 years old, and was foaled by an old aM taken by Martin for debt Martin has been offered 910,000 for his prize, and admirers of the i-ta'llon offer to baok him for 95,0)0 against Hare's Xambrinoj, with a record of 2:ia Gsokoe Lawbenob, Esq., ot North Manchester, Wabash county, was taken to a pri

vate insane asylum at Chicago for.

meat Tho unfortunate gentleman

the principal banker and merchant of the place, and wai the owner ot several, of the best farms in the Eel river valley. Hi wealth is estimated at 75, COO. He came to North Manchester when a boy, barefooted and friendless. His life has been spent la too close attention to busbies, which first ruined a constitution never robust, and ha now overthrown his reason: A few day ago he quarreled with his partners at Oe bank and charged them with detraudtnf h'ra. An examination of the books proved the incorrectness of his wild assertions. Keisev Graves, one of the leading infidel writers ot the Un tsd States, and anther of Sixteen Crucified Saviors," Th Bible of Bibles" and "The History of tin DevU," d ed at his home north of Biohmond, dinging jt the belief he advocated. Mr. Grave was descendant of the noble family of Stuarts, ef England, and was born to Brownsville, Pa., Nov. SI, 1SI At an early ago he maul, tested a love for history and BoiauUfla studios. When he was 19 years of age he aegan teaching ' school ia Richmond and followed that occupation for twenty year. He spent a number of year in traveling, and was an active Worker Tut language reform; he also lectured on phrenology aud kindred things. He had repujiiance ti politics, and would seldom allow bis namo to be used In that connection. He avos an early and earnest advocate ef the abolition of shivery, and frequently ecouutered the arguments adranoed bar the opposition, eggs, stones, and' brickbats. In early lite he was much interested in religion, and his friend hoped he would enter the ministry; but his researches to oriental religious history convinced him Qiatthe popular theology embraced tome error, and he -began using his pen for the purpose ot convincing the public of the correctness of his theory, his first book was "The Biography of Satan,' which was followed by "lh World' Sixteen Crucified Savtora" Tbeo works were successful both In Amerioe and Europe. Ills third book was "The Bible ot Bible?," embracing a description ot twentyseven Bibles, written In various age and countries. Mr. Graves' private life wo one ef exceptional purity, and the verdict at those who knew him heattl loathe was . good ai pure man,