Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1882 — Page 1

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

AMERICAN ITEMS. Start. The new penal code of New York, so far as it relates to the observance of Sunday, is being enforced in New York city. The wild speculation in oil has led to The bankrupting of hundreds of hitherto prosperous business men in Western Penn- . Sylvania. The cotton unilte of C. S. & J. P. Jones, of Philadelphia, have been levied ujon to sa is y judgments for $389,941, while the firm owes $70,00) more. The buildings and stock are valued at $200,000. Samuel F. Worcester, a brother of the lexicographer, formerly a Judge and member br Congress from Ohio, died at Nashua, N. H., aged 67 years. The in t chine-shops of the Lackawanna load, at Kingsland, N. J., valued at $70,Oto, w< re destroyed by fire. Griv. Cornell has pardoned Joe Coburn. the pugilist, out of Sing Sing prison. VV eat. Two Mexicans stopped a stage in the vicinity of Lordsburg, New Mexico, disarmed the driver and took the mail pouch. Two Chinese passengers were ordered outside, robbed of their money and coolly shot deadFive thousand citizens and 150 policenv n jdfned In an exciting hunt in Chicago for a black desperado who had fatally assaulted a fellow-African and then killed a policeman who was sent to arrest him. After ’hirking about the city several days the murderer’s place of concealment was discovered. He again resisted arrest, shooting and dangerously wouhding another officer, and ag dn made Lis escape.- He was finally hnnted down and found hid n a coal-box. Without summoning h'm to surrender, the police opened fire on the desperado, and riddled his body with bulk ts. Th a raid on tho Chicago gambling d< ns by the police of that city, the other night, five houses were cleaned out, over a hundred gamesters arrested, : nd thousands of dollars’ worth of gamblers’ implements confiscated. Affairs at several Indian agencies around Salt Lake City are reported in very bad condition and needing immediate attention. The widow of Col. Alonzo W. Slayback, of St. Louis, has entered suit against Editor Cockerill, of the St. Louis and J)ir2>uti Ji , for $5,000 for killing her husband. Jewelry to (he amount of over $5,000 was taken from the residence of Col. W. H. Harris, in Cleveland, while the family were at the tea table. The Ohio Editorial Association held its annual meeting at Dayton on the Oth inst., elected T. F. Mack, of Sandusky, President, .were tendered a banquet in the evening, and ■started the following merning by special train ;or Florida. At a Mexican wedding at Saballo, N. M., a man named' N den, while drunk, shot and killed two bi others, and then went home and cut his wile’s ears off.

South. Flames destroyed the international cotton compress at Houston, Tex., with 8,- , Ovt) boles of cotton, and three residences. Tire loss is estimated at $500,000. For insults offered in a court at Key Vest, C. B. Pendleton, an editor, horsewhipped Lieut. Gov. Bethel. At Manleyville, Tenn., a young man named Forest beat out his mother-in-law’s brains and killed his crippled grandfather, who interfered. Col- W. H. H. Tilson, Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives, was shot and. killed at Baldwin, Mi s. The pi ope’.lor Morning Star, plying between New Orleans and Magnolia Plantation, exploded its boiler near New Orleans, killing three persons instantly, blowing into the river and drowning a fireman and seven . roustabouts, end probably fatally scalding six others. Fire swept away fifteen buildings at Covington, Tejm. Loss, $50,000. A’t Arlsadelphia, Ark., Sallie Stokes was acquitted of the murder of Malinda Stephena

WASHINGTON NOTES. The Board of Audit having charge of the claims for professional services rendered to the late President Garfield has reported a set of allowances for the physicians. Under this a' rangcment Dr. Bliss gets £6,500; Drs. Agnew and Hamilton each £5,000; Drs. Rayburn and Boynton each £4,000, and the nurse, Mis. Dr Edson, £3,C00. Rear Admiral Wyman, in command of the North Atlantic squadron, died in Washington of apoplexy. Clayton McMichael, proprietor of the Philadelphia North American, has been commissioned as United States Marshal for the Dis rict of Columbia. Judge Wylie, in charging the Grand Jury of the District of Columbia, referred in cutting terms to the damr.ge accomplished by the publication of malicious and lying statements in news} a ers. If the public, he said, ceased to patronize such journals the prof< ssional libeler would soon find his occupation gone. ’ The Utah Commission recommends the annulment of the Territorial law giving women the .light of suffrage, and urges the enactment by Congress of a marriage law. In the Criminal Court at Washington, Col Ingersoll submitted amotion for the continuance of the case of Brady, Dorsey an others, on the ground of the illness of Dorsey. A long affidavit signed by all the defendants was read, setting out that they cou’.d not safely go to trial at the present term, becauAe. of the acts of the officers of Government in endeavoring to influence opinion aga net them, an 1 to intimidate and coerce witnesses, jurors and officers of the court, reciting the arrest of Dickson, the removal from office of Henry A ngcr et al., for the- avowed reason that they were in sympathy with the defendants, and expressing the belief that in the selection of talesmen inttuenc prejudicial to the defendants was set at v orf4ja£kl that the appointment of Mcidichael, was port of that scheme. The affidav.t also claimed that Ju Iga Wylie was sobered and pr judiced against the defendants that he could not fairly and impartial yAdmini-ter the law, and concluded by requesting a continuance of the c *se to the next term. udge Wylie pronounced the insult to the court, and promptly overr ed the motion. The W’.ys and Means Committee has de idol to proc ed at once to the consi l< rate n t lie ijepdrt o.' thr Tariff Commission, ami to f ame » new schedule of customs Clntiea.

The Democratic sentinel.

JAS, W. McEWEN Editor

VOLUME VI.

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. The schooner Henry Folger, of Cape Vincent, went ashore on Salmon Point reef, Lake Ontario, and Capt J. W. McDonald and a crew of eight men were lost Ex-Delegate Cannon, of Utah, says the Edmunds Polygamy law will be strongly resisted by the Mormons by all legal methods, that eminent lawyers, including J udge Jere Black, pronounce it unconstitutional, and that it will prove a flat failure. Twenty-two ostriches, which had been sojourning In Central Park, New York, were blindfolded with stockings and placed in a car for California, where they will have a. farm of 800 acres to roam over. The transportation cost $2,000. The Western Iron Association held a meeting at Pittsburgh last week. Orders for 200,00<; tons of steel rails have been given since the decrease in price, and there appears to have been no ground for the recent f< ars of a total suspension of business by the iron works. The report of the Tariff Commi sion was discussed, and dissatisfaction at its i ecommendations expressed. A horrible Indian massacre is reported from Chihuahua, Mexico. A band of Apaches, numbering 500, crossed the border, descended upon the little town of Casa Grande, and began a massacre, fully seventyfive persons falling victims. Several girls and women were carried oft by the savages, and a large quantity of stock and other property’ stolen. The houses of the unfortunate Mexicans were burned. The dead bodies were stripped of their clothing and jewelry. The murdered persons were among the wealthiest class, and several of the most prominent families are among the victims.

POLITICAL POINTS. The South Carolina Legislature has re-elected M. C. Butler United States Senator. Gov. McEnery, of Louisiana, has issued a certificate of election to Senator Kellogg as Congressman from third Louisiana district. FOREIGN NEWS. Sixty thousand applications have been made for relief under the Arrears-of-llcnt act in Ireland. A man named Martin, employed as a compositor in the Government Printing Office at Dublin, has been arrested for connection With the murder of Detective Cox. Arabi Pasha pleaded guilty to the charge of reliellion, and was sentenc-d to death The Khedive commuted the sentence to exile for life, and it is believed that the defeated national leader will be permitted to retire to British territory. Tiie Ik. Rev. Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury, is dead. Socialistic agents are busily sowing the seeds of discord and anarchy among the lower classes of Spain. The threatened danger from the Anarchist conspiracy in France has entirely disappeared for the present. At a home-rule demonstration at Sanford, England, a resolution. passed condemning the Government for its determination to prosecute Davitt and Healy, and congratulating “these true patriots” on their refusal to enter into terms for bail. Kenney, in an address, declared if the Government imprisoned Davitt and Healy, it must face the task of arresting the whole Irish Parliamentary party. A Paris paper sneers at the feebleness of the navy of the United States, declaring that the war vessels of France could demolish every American seaport without serious resistance. ~Arabi Pasha has penned a note of thanks for the interposition of England in his behalf. He expresses a desire to live in Damascus or London, and says his misfortune has secured for his country the liberty and prosperity it deserves. Louis Blanc, the French Radical, died at Cannes, aged 69. Von Flotow, the operatic composer, has become blind from cataract of the eye. Ten persons were drowned by the foundering of a coal-carrier off Berwick-on-Tweed. The British ship Fiona was lost at sea with all on board. The permanent Presidency of the Egyptian Debt Commission, which is to have the management of the revenues, has been hindered to France by England, but will be declined. Three Pashas were arraigned in Cairo for participation in the Egyptian revolt. They pleaded guilty and were sentenced to death, but the Khedive promptly commuted their sent, nces to exile for life. Europeans in Alexandria threatened to lynch the prisoners. Just after the audience had retired, the other night, the Royal Alhambra Theater in London was utterly destroyed by fire. Loss, $759,000. The Hungarian Government, surpri ed at the great tide of emigration to America from the mountain districts, has requestc 1 the Austri .n authorities to stop all pc; sons unprovided with passports. A female Nihilist, lately banished to Siberia, killed the Governor of the Territory-

The Transit of Venus.

The cloudy weather in various parts of the country was a great disappointment to many astronomers who had made laborious and elaborate preparations to observe the unusual and infrequent celestial event—the transit of Venus—which occurred on the 6th of December. They knew it was the only opportunity they would ever have, for another transit would not occur for more than a century to come. The transit was successfully observed at Chicago, where Profs. Hough, Burnham and Garrison took the time of the contacts and secured ten photographs. The French astronomers at the old fort at St. Augustine, Fla. are highly satisfied with their labors. The German party at Aiken, S. C., partially failed in their object. Prof. Waldo and his associates at Yale College report satisfactory results, Profs. Wilson securing 150 full plates. At San Franpisco forty-eight photographs of the transit were obtained. Prof. Hall, after great difficulty, took 201 photographs at San Antonio, and Prof. Honzeau, the Belgian astronomer, took 20 measurements. The appearance of the planet as it crossed the son's disk is described I y the observers as simply that of around black spot with a smooth surface. There were no indications of mountains and volcanoes which the anc ent astronomers claimed to have seen, but which have never api eared to modern observers, toon after the first contact the whole planet could be seen, and it was surrounded by a fringe of light due to its atmosphere, a circumstance which was noticed by the astronomers who viewed the transit in 1871

A lady who had company to tea reproved her little son several times — speaking, however, very gently. At last, out of patience with him, she said, sharply: “Jimmy, if you don’t keep still I’ll send you away from the table.” Looking at her in surprise he asked: “Didn’t you forget to use your company voice then, mother?”— D troll Port. Water from the holy well at Mecca turns out to be ten times worse than the average sewage of London.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15,1882.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS.

The Navy. The report of the Secretary Of the Navy recommends promotion by selection to the grad? of Rear Ad niral, and the construction of two sec-ond-rate steel cruisers, one steel ram and an iron dispatch boat, all to cost not to exceed $3,500,000. The report r-'commends the transfer of the lighthouse servi e, coast survey and revenue marine to the Navy Department, as the first two are not proper y part of the treasury, and are largely operated by navy employes at present, and prcpc! ly come within its scope of operations. As a measure of re nomya union Of naval and ma ine hospitals is suggested. The fepo. t coniments at length upon the decline of American shipping, and shys the present evils must be remedied or American shipping will be ent rely wiped out He recommended the adop‘ion of a protective system, and 1-irge com l ensation for carrying the mails in Ante: lean ships, and the establishment of a mercantile marine in the Navy Department; the report concludes as follows: “If the tia al establishmen is not made effective it should Ire discontinued, and the $15,000,000 annually expended bereso ved to procure, in national emergencies, the assl tance of foreign ships and guns. It Governmental mens're - are ni t soon adopted to promote the carrying trade and arrest the disappearance of American ships from the ocean, We shall -oon cease to be a seafaring people, a d not need to maintain a navy m our own. The Postoffiee, Postmaster General HOWe in his annual report reccommends that a system of postal sav-ings-banks should be inaugurated. After careful study he has arrived at the conclusion that the telegraph and postal systems of the country should be Included under one management and that the only protection for the public against multiplied extortions is for the Government to assume exclusive control of the transmission of domestic messages. He considers the telegraph “too terrible a power to be wielded by any other than the representatives of t'.e whole people.” ior tho first time in tiiL ty-one years the P'-stoffice has not been a burden on ti:e public treasury. After deducting all extra expenses there was a net surplus of receipts over expenses of $330,050, while last year there was a deficiency of $2,4*6,338. The e-timated revenue for the fiscal year 1883-81 is given at $50,6'0,456, and the estimated expenses at $<6,741,111, which will leave a surplus revenue of $3,923,345 The heaviest item of expenditure is for transportation of mails on railways. The next. heaviest is that for the pay of Postmasters. These two items must swell with the volume of business, since the rate of compensation is proportioned to the amount of business done. The expenditure next in rank is for what is known as the star service. That includes all the mail transportation not on railways nor on steamboats. The amount and co t of that service is left almost wholly to the arbitrary control of the department. For the year ended June 31, 1881, the s'ar service covered 79,557,2 6 miles of transportation, at a cost of $6,597,353. F. r the year ended June 3', 1882, the Bane service covered 76,924,867 miles, and cost $51553,819. Congress is invoked by the Postmaster General to make one more effort to engraft upon th? postal service a system of deposits for small sums, and a recommendation is made that postage on second-class matter be abolished. “After the fullest consideration which I have been able to give the subject of postal telegraphy, I am forced to the conclusion that the time has fully come when the telegraph and postal Service should be embraced under one management.”

Department of Justice. Attorney General Brew ter asks legislation to protect civil officers of the Government in tho performance of their duties, as there is no Federal law to punish the murderer of an official. He calls attention to the refusal of the Legislature of Utah to appropriate fun s to execute Territorial 1 .ws, by which it evades a charge of about $.6,000 per annum. The Interior. Secretary Teller commences his report with the discussion of Indian affairs, and i ecommends the disarming of the Indians as a means of removing temptations from them to go upon the warpath. Upon the vexed question of the title to Indian lands, the Secretary says that the savage Indian objects to land in severally .because he has been taught, both as a question of political economy and Indian morals, that it is a crime to divide the land and allow one man to o« n it to the exclusion of ano her. To the end hat the Ind'ans may be secure in their title< and have the assi.ranc that they will not be r.-mo ed except by tlieir tree consent, he recommends the passage of a law to give each tribe a patent for the land the Government has gu r .nteed t ■ it, leaving the Indians to determine the question of allotment for themselves. At le st half of all the Indian children of school age should he put to manual-lab r schools, and more attention should lie paid to teaching the n to labor than to read. With 20, 00 or more Indian children propeily selected in our schools there will be no danger of Indian wars. Some care should be had in the selection of the chi dren to include the children of those indiv duals and tribes most Ilk. ly to make trouble. The Secretary indorses the recommendation of the Commissioner of the Lund Office for the repeal of tho pre-emption law and the modification of th? Homestead law. The Pre-emption law, intended as a me ns of enabling the citizen wishing to make a home to do so cheiplyand speedily, has been used largely to aggregate large quantities of lands for the benefit of the speculator, and not for those wh >se benefit it was intended. It will be useless to repeal the pre-emption laws •if tlie opportunity still exists to commit the same frauds u der the cover of the Homestead law. If it is thought best to retain the pre-emp-tion laws they shou d be sb amended that the filing for pre-emption should precede the entry by at le st a year. The Commissioner of Railroads repo-ts tha', with the exception of a few minor roads, he regards the United States as seen, cin tlie ultimate payment of both principal and interest of the loans adv need.

THE TARIFF COMMISSION.

A Report Which Recommends a Number of Reforms. The report of the Tariff Commission, says a Washington telegram, is a great surprise, both to the revenue-reformers and the protectionists. Such extensive changes as are proposed were not hoped for by the former cr feared by the latter. The range of reduction of 20 to 50 per cent.on all articles which enter into consumption was certainly not anticipated. Neither was it expected that the commission would recommend a reduction of duties on sugar of from 40 to 50 per cent., nor the use of the polariscope, nor the admission of so many articles to the free list As a class the rev-enue-reformers are much better satisfied with the report, so tar as they understand it, than t.e protectionists are. It is believed ata first glance at the suggestions of the commission thru they will form a good basis upon which to provide for a thorough revision, and that after all it may be at least said that the work of the much-ridiculed commission has not been valueless. ’I hey propose to abolish compound duties with a few exceptions. They have revised the custom-house regulations in about a hundred particulars, and recommend the abolition of all Sees, charges and commissions. The free list is extended by including many new articles, sue > as wood-pulp, quinine, all dye extracts, crude chemicals, and all gre n fruit except lemons oranges and grapes, 'lire duty on these fruits is made specific. They abo ish compound duties on iron ores and fix a specific duty of 50 cents a ton They abolish all compound duties o i manuf ctured t bac o and put a dutj- of $3 on cig.irs cigarettes, etc. They prop seto abolish all compound duties on raw woo s, and to make a reduction of about cents a pound on medium fine woo', which includes the class generally sheared by Western growers. On manufactured woolen ar icles of lower grades thev have made large reductions. On cheap woolen blankets the tariff is reduced about 50 per cent. On barrel and sack salt the reducti n is from 12 to 1<) cen s per 100, and on salt in bulk from sto 6 cents. Onlumterand cereals there is n i chan e. On steel the reduction is heavy, but iron and steel are proportionately reduced, exc'pt s eel rails, which drop down from S2B to $lB per ton. Steel blooms are put at cent per pound. Medicinal preparations are reduced from 1(H) per cent, ad valorem to 4' per cent. All compound duties on co tons arc abolished and the reduction is about 30 per cent. Any single book or publication may come in free. Readymade clothing is reduced about one-third, and cari>cts about one-fourth. The duty on books is reduced one-half, and the duty on works of art is doubled. Firc-cracke s and playing-c rds are incrc.-.sed f; om 50 to 100 pe cent, ad valorem. It is proposed to abandon the Dut J i standard on all grades of sugar below No. 13 and to use the polariscope test, and that the Dot h standard sha.l continue to be used for all gtades above No Ji. The cone al effect of this scheme would be a re 1. < tin ' n sugar.

Dickens’ System.

The auth r of “David Copperfield” said: “Many men have worked much harder and not succeeded half so well; but 1 never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence; without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time, no matter how quickly its successor should come upon its heels. My meaning simply is that, whatever I have tried to do in my life, I* have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted my-

Firm Adherence to Correct Principles.”

self to I have devoted myself to completely; that in great, aims and In small I have been thoroughly ill. earnest, I have heVet believed- it pbssible that any natural or improved ability can claim immunity from the companionship of the steady, plain, hard-working qualities, and hope to gain its end. (Some happy talent and some fortunate opportunity may form the two sides of the ladd r on which some men may mount; but the rounds of that ladder mtist be made of stuff to stand wear and tear; and there is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent and sincere earnestness. Never to put my hand on anything on which I could not throw my whole self; and never to affect depreciation of my work, whatever it was, I find now to have been my golden rules.”

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

Both houses of Congress Went into sessloti without formality on Monday, Deb. 4. Nb opening of that body ih late years has been attended with leks interest or excitement, the attendance at the Capitol being about what would be found there on any ordinary day in the middle of a session. Piesideht pro tern Davis cal ed the Senate to order, and after the introduction of a few bills o minor importance the annual message of President Arthur was received and read Then Mr. I rown, of Georgia, announced the death ot Senator Hill, and offered a resolution of regret, wh ch was unanimously agreed to, whereupon, as a token of respect to the deceased, the Se ate adjourn- d for the day. Speaker Kelfer called the House to ord r at 11 o’clock. Rollcall d.sclosed the presence of 202 members. The report of the Tariff Com-ml-sion and the Indian Appropriation bill were I resented and referred. Bills were introduced by .Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, prohibiting pol.tical a- sessinentß of Government employes; by Mr. Ka“son, of lowa, for the better regulation of the civil service; by Mr. Anderson, of Kansas, to create an Agricultural Commission; and by Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, abolishing the offices of Assistant Secretary of War arid the Assistant Berre ary Of tfie NaVy. Mr. Cox, of New York, offered a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for information as to the amounts of appropriations under the River and Harbor bills of 18U and DB2, withheld, ami under what provision of law. Mr. Kasson offered a resolution granting the Committee on Civil Service Reform leave to report at any time. Mr. Cox favored the re olution; asked what quickened the conscience of his friends; made some jocular remarks as to his candidacy for Speakership, and yielded to Mr. Springer, who twltte l his friends on the other side upon the failure of the assessment policv. The death of Mr. Lowe, of Alabama, and of Mr. Updegraff, of Ohio, were announced respectively by Messrs. Herbert and Saylor, the President's message was read, and the House adjourned. Mr. Beck offered a long resolution in the Senate on the sth inst., reciting the fact that the National Republican Committee levied assessments for political purposes and. ordering the Committee on Judiciary to Investigate. Mr. Barrow was sworn in as Senator from Georgia, to fill the tlnexpired term ot' Benj. H. Hill, deceased. Mr. Platt introduced a resolution calling for information as to the number df pensioners on the rolls, aiAount of pensions, number of pending applications, etc. After debate, the resolution went over. A long debate took place oh the prop sition to change the hour of mcetihg of the Senate Iron? noon to 11 o'clock A bill to amend section 1,860 of the R vised Statutes, so as not to exclude :e----tired army officers from holding civil offices in the Territories, passed. In the House the Committee on Ways and Means reported favorably on Mr. Kellogg’s bill to abolish into, nal revenue taxes on tobacco, snuff, cigars and ■ igaj cites. The bill provides for the unconditional repeal of all internal taxes on all kinds of manufactured and raw tobacco. Eleven members of the committee were present when the vote was taken tor the reported bill, six voting for and five against favorable action. Mr. Springer offered a resolution to print 2,000 copies < f the rules of the House, remarking that the new members of the next Congress would need them to study up in preparing for the session. Mr. Holman objected and the resolution was lost. The House took up and passed the bill pertaining to tlie discharge of American seamen abroad. It repeals the law which requires the payment of three months’ wages on such discharge and simply requires shipowners to furnish discharged men employment on other vessels or pay their passage home. There was little business transacted in Congress on the 6th Inst., the sessions of both houses being exceedingly brief. lirthe Senate’ petitions were presented from citizens of Ohio and Kansas for an increase of pensions to those who lost an arm or a leg in the war. The Commissioner of Pensions was ins’.ructed to furnish a list of such sufferers. Mr. Anthony introduced a bill to prohibit the use of tlie Capitol for other than its legitimate and Air Chilcott an act for the erection of a' public building at Pueblo, Col. Mr. ngalls explained the provisions of the bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy. In the House, Mr. Willis offered a resolution for an inquiry into the assessment of Government employes for political purp srs. Mr. Caswell offered a resolution, which was adopted, authorizing a clause in the Pe stotl ce bill reducing letter postage to cents. A bid was passed to relund to the State of Georgia $35,000 expended by the State for the common defense in 1777. A bill to authorize the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio road over military lands at Fortress Monroe was referred. Air. Kasson and others made a minor tv report against tlie abolition of the tolxicco tax, on the ground of uncertainty as to the amount of money required for pensions. The President sent to the Senate, in executive session, quite a batch of appointments, including the following: George E. Waring, Jr., of Rhode Island, to lie a member of the National Board of Health; Henry 11. Morgan, qf Louisiana, to be Secretary of the Legaton of the United States to Mexico: Vac Randa, of Nebraska,to be Receiver of Public Aloneys at Niobrara; James P. Luse, of Indiana, to be Register of the Land Office at Deadwood. Indian Arents: William O Connell, of Onio, at Umatilla agency, Oregon; D. M. Riordan, of Arizona, at the Navajo agency, New Alexico; John Clark, of Michigan, at the Colorado River agency, Arizona; A. H. Jackson, of Nebraska, at Pima agency, Arizona; Biig Gen. John Pope, to be Alajor General; Col. R. S. Mac--1: enzie of the Fourth cavalry, to be Brigadier (■ eneral; Maj. William A. Rucker, Paymaster, to be Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Paymaster General; Maj. George H. Elliott, of the corps of engineers, to be Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers; Commodore Earl English to be Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recrut ini’, Department of the Navy; also a large number of army promotions.

Seven members presented petitions in the Senate, on the 7th inst., for an increase of pensions to one-armed and one-lec ged soldiers. The Bankruptcy bill was discussed and amended Mr. Beck called up his resolution in reference to political assessments during the late campaign, and Mr. Hale offered a substitute calling lor an investigation into levies upon liquor-dealers by the Democratic Congressional Committee. ’f he House passed a joint resolution to 'print. 20,MH) copies of the Tariff Commission’s report; passed > lie Indian Appropriation bill, which sets aside $5,2 >B,999; killed the bill authorizing the building of a horn? for indigent sailors and soldiers at Erie. Ba., and adjourned. The President nominated to the ‘ cnate, in executive session, Edmund li. Calhoun to be Rear Admiral in the Navy, together with a long list of minor Postmasters. Several petitions were presented in the Senate, at its session on the Bth inst., asking action on the tobacco tax and urging the passage of a bill to increase the pensions of soldiers who have suffered the loss of an arm or a leg. A bill was passed to establish title to the site of the military post at El Paso. There was •'prolonged debate on the resolution as to political assessments and on the Bankruptcy bib. An attempt to strike from the bill all provisio#f >r involuntary bankruptcy was defeated, but Mr. Morgan secured an amendment to Include option trading in st-i< ks, grain, <tc., in acts of bankruptcy. On motion of Mr. Morrill, th? internal revenue bill, with its pending amendments, was recommitted to the Committee on Finance. In the House. Mr. Burrows reported the consu'ar appropri itioi', which se s aside sl/58,255. in com- >: it ee of the whole, the bill for the re’ief of he officers and men of the monitor which fougi.t tee Merrimac was defeated. Mr. Binghanj repor.cd a bill to reduce letter postage to 2 cents.

Josh Billings says: “Humor must be based ou truth. It is because a thing is ludicrous and at the same time true to nature that people laugh at it. Now. Artemus Ward was not a humorist, but he was the drollest man the country has ever produced. Writers who make their effects by hyperbole are not humorists. Genuine humor lasts forever, because it is true. You soon tire of hearing a man tell stupendous lies.” The Boston Globe has this wicked reference to Troy i “When a Troy raan disappears mysteriously, his wife sends around among the neighbors to find out whose wife is unaccounted for. A woman hag a curiosity about such matters.”

THE TREASURY.

Anhrtal Report of Secretary Folger on tho Natidrial Finances; the report rs tfie Secretary dt this tretedry IS a lengthy documen’—nearly, if not quite, twice the bulk of President Arthur’s message—and fairly bristles with tabular showings cf the national finances We present below, in a summarized form, the main points of general interest contained in this, the most important of all the departmental reports. Forthe fiscal year Ending J link 30, 1882, the revenue of the Government ex heeded the total Ot inary eX‘ peases $145,543,810, which, together with $20,737,6JI drawn from the ca- h balance in the treasury, was applied to t e reduction of the national debt. While the net increase of the revenue from all sources was $42,742,958 by the natural growth and thrift of the country, and not by increase of tax levies, the expenditures of the Government decreased $2,731,448. Tlie decre se in the interest on the public debt about balanced the increase in pensions. It is estimated that if the taxes should remain throughout the vear as now the surplus would amount to about $75,000,000. The coinage of silv. r dollars under the present act up to Nov. 1, 1882, had amounted to $123,320,880. There were on the first of last month 2,4)0 tons ot silver coin stored ih the public vaults. The Secretary thinks there should be aha tin the coin.ige, that the department should be authorized to coin only so much as will be necessary to supply the demand. The gold certificates are passed over with a simple statement of the amount ready for issue ($138,520,i o<i) and the amount actually issued up to Nov. 27 $11,290,000). No di mission of the restric ive or Aew York policy is entered into. The total export of coin and bullion forthe year was $40,417,479; the total import, $4!.472 390. The coinage of gold amounted to $89,413,447, about $11,000,000 in excess of any previous vear. The mints did a large st- oke of business in m-inor coins, of which there were no less than 46,865 728 pieces struck, worth $844,757.75. Over 40,000,000 of these pieces were pennies, the rest for the most part, 6-cefit nickels, the demand for which was Very large. The total Stock Of United States coin ahd bullion available for coinage, not counting anything but gold and silver, amounted, Oct. 1, to |773,f81,7.>1. The Secretary recommends the repeal of the special taxes on national banks, which, he says, derives little or no profit on their circulation. He says that nearly one-ii df of tile interestbearing funded debtof the United States i51,400,000,000 f is held by the banks, national, State and jirivate, thus forming’the basis qf our own medium of exchange. It follows, he claims, that the debt could not be reduced more than that amount without endangering the stabiU Ity of our banking system. '1 he evil practice of overcertification of checks by n itional banks is animadverted upon, and those who persist in it are plainly warned that they will be prosecuted under the law. The Secretary save, in regard to public moneys, that, so tar as known, there h.ve been Ho losses to Government from public Officers engaged either In the leccipt, the safe keeping or the disbursement Of the public funds. The cost per cent, of collecting customs dues was never so low as now, and the internal-revenue service seems to be in most excellent condition, from an economic point of view. Tlie total receipts of customs were $222,559,104; ot internal revenue, $146,523,273. The Secretary strongly urges radical chances in the classification of sugar. For the 1 est he discusses tariff reform in conne tion with ths general subject of the reduction of taxation. Air. Folger would abolish all internal taxation except that on spirits, fermented liquors and tobacco, making a reduction of $22,0(M', , 10<>, and still leaving a surplus of $98,009,000. That he would take from customs by a general system of reduc'ion, especially on raw materials in general, and sugar in particular. Ihe report stater that foreign co-i-merce of the country shows a balance in favor of expor s to the amount of >early $ 6,< 00, W. Over -.per cent, of our exports consists of agricultural products. The tonnage of vessels owned in the United States and engaged in the foreign t- ade, is still declining, but the tonnage of those in the domestic trade increased more than three times as tmuch as foreign tonnage decreased. There weffe 1,376 vessels built and documented as vessels es the United States during the year. Of these. 502 were steam vessels. Ot the combined imports and exports of merchandise 16 per cent, only was conveyed in Ame lean vessels. The Secretary makes no suggestion on the subject of encouraging ship-building. M'-. I-olger discusses the pleuro-pneumonia question, reco nizing the fact that it is confined to cattle in certain districts of the Atlantic States, and has no foo hold in the vest. He savs that airangements arc being made which will justify the removal of the present ritish embargo on American live .-to.-k There is a large demand for stock cattle in England, which this co ntry could and would supply, to a great extent, if the Englisa Government was not afraid of contagion.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Business failures for the week ending Dec. 9 numbered 247, being 61 more than for the preced ng week, and an increase of 78 over the corresponding week m 1881. Bu filings at Bradford, Pa., valued at £50,0C0, were destr, yed by fire. A loss of $60,(1C0 was experienced at Co’umbia, S. 0., by the burning of the Wiley Block. The hangings on Friday, Dec. 8, were: Will Porter, at Perry, Ga.; Gustave Paul, at Donaldsonville, La.; Albert Sanders, at Charleston, Mo.; Ed Congers, at Swainsboro, Ga.; and Hong Ah Duck, at San Rafael, Cal. A railway collision occurred near Hinton, W. Va., by which three ersonswere instantly killed and five injured. Among those who escaped were Senator Williams and Robert Bonner. Gen. Sidney Burbank died at Newport, Ky., at the age of 71. Tom Robinson and Bill Cephas were taken from jail at Bastrop, La., and lynched. Previously, a negro named Wesley, who attempted to kill a white man, expiated his crime at the hands of a mob. Eleven convicts at work in the penitentiary at Little Rock disarmed the guard and escaped. Bloodhounds were put on their track, but the fugitives killed three of them. The Government has brought suit at New York against Harrison Johnston, formerly a treasury agent, for th ■ recovery of nearly $2,060,100 arising from the sale of confiscate d cotton, lor which he has failed to account. H. C. Fero’s vegetable soup works, at Rochester, N. Y., were destroyed by fire. The use of cider as an extingu sher saved many adjoining buddings. The Denver Fire Insurance Company, organized fifteen months ago with an alleged capital of £1,000,000, has collapsed. A loss of nearly $170,000 was incurred at Saginaw city, Mich., by the destruction of the works of the Barrel Company and its stock of lumber. A conflagration raged for ten hours in the heart of London, and swept away buildings covering two acres of gronnd, and occupied by three of the largest wholesale firms in the world’s metropolis, namely, Foster, Porter & Co., hosieiy; Silver & Fleming, bronzes, clo;ks and fancy good®, and Rylands; dry goods. The loss is placed at $15,000,00.). Arabi Pasha and his chief followers are to be exiled to Ceylon. The festival of St. George was held in the Winter Palace at St. Petersburg, where the Czar proposed the her th of the E-nper-or of Germany, which was enthusiast cally received. The Captain and ten of tlje crew of the bark Argonaut, bound from Bremen to New York, were drowned by the vessel being wrecked on Terschelling island, off the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands.

Jam from Turnips and Tar.

According to the correspondent of a trade journal, it is a mistake to suppose that fruit is absolutely nece-sary to the manufacture of preserves. He describes a visit to a large jam-producing factory, invwhich he found that the work was being bravely earned on without the aid of fruit at all. Jams of variou t kii Is were being produced before his ey< —currant, plum, strawberry, apricot, raspberry and gooseberry. Yet neither currant, plum, strawberry, rasp-

berrv nor gooseberry was in the building. Turnips served the purposes of the fruit. The flavoring matter was extracted from coal-tar, and the resemblahCe to raspberry and strawberry jam was further produced by mixing the compound with small seeds of sottle cheap innocuous herb. A common form of sugar is used, and this is the only honest ingredient of the mess. These preserves are offered as made from “this season’s fruit.”— London Times.

THE DEATH RECORD.

Anthony Trollojte. Anthony Trollope, the famous English novelist, died at London on the 6th of December, in the 68th year of his age. The cteath of Air. Trollope is the loss of the last link between the old school of fiction and the new. What made his writings great was their lidelity to actual life. He did not possess the melodramatic power of Dickens, nor the keen satire of Thackeray, nor the metaphysical analysis of George Eliot, nor the realistic power of tiescriptton of Charles Kingslev; and he tlid not have the ingenuity in plot-weaving ot Wilkie Collins, nor the power of fascinating and holding the attention of his reader that Charles Reade has; his forte-lay in building a novel, distinct from romance, but being an analysis of real characters and the arrangement of real —t his is possi Die and natural —events and circumstances. In this Anthony Trollope was the leading novelist of his time. He never exceeded the limits of probable matter in his stories, and his works are truer to life than either those of Dickens or Thackeray, l>eing at. the same time remarkable for the command of language which they display. It has been truthfull v said that his novels have no plot in them, but this is just what English life is— l lenty of character, but little incident in it. Samuel T. Worcester. Judge Samuel T. Worcester died at Nashua, N. H., aged 78. He. was a brother of the lexicographer. Worcester was an ex-member of Congress from Ohio and a member of the judiciary of that State. M. Louis Blanc. M. Louis Blanc, the distinguished French journalist and politician, died at Cannes, in France, aged 69. He was born at Madrid, Spain, and was of Corsican extraction. When lilyears old he went to Paris and began hia career of journalism, which he followed nearly bis entire life, at the same time taking a prominent part in the political agitations of his time.

Condensed Wisdom About Oysters.

Half the people that eat raw oysters don’t like them. They only do it because it’s a nice dish to order and smacks of good living. Now, when a man orders half a dozen of the largest oysters it certainly can’t be because he likes the flavor, as a big oyster has riot the choice flavor that epicures pretend to like. Big oysters ought only to be cooked, and small ones reserved for raws; but if you venture to serve a dozen small oyster on the shell, people think you are cheating them. What do I consider the best oyster? Well, the Sorewsbury. They have a different color, and a sweet, delicate taste that seems to me better than that of any other. But there isn’t one man in 500 that can tell the difference between Shrewsburys, Long Island, Mill Ponds, East Rivers, Providence Rivers, etc. They think they can, so its all right. At a good many eating 'houses you can get any kind of an oyster, in season or out, but they all come from some scrub bed. The largest are labled Saddle Rocks, an other size and shape Blue Points, and so on. Blue Points are perhaps the most in demand now; they cost from $4-50 to $6.50 per barrel. East Rivers are estimated the best by a good many, as they are only placed in the market late. They range in price from $4.00 to $9 a thousand, according to the demand and the supply. The consumers don’t feel the rise and fall. It is felt only by the wholesalers. Some of the largest oysters come from Old Point, Fortress Monroe. From there they reach Baltimore, and so travel north. Baltimore is the big oyster depot, and they put up immense quantities in cans. It’s a great sight to see 50 or 100 darkies shucking aysters as fast as the smacks unload them. A smart man ought to open from 4,000 to 5,000 a day. I understand a team of four men have shucked 25,000 oysters in a day. That would give them about $23, Baltimore prices. Oysters are eaten here, of course, all Summer, but Summer is their breeding time, and ought to be let alone. They’re not up to the mark until the water gets cold.— Interview with Restauratneur, in New York Sun.

Ladies’ Diaries, 1782-1882.

Many of the diaries kept by “society” ladies 100 years ago, and printed for the delectation of nineteenth-century readers, may not be very brilliant literary efforts, but they admirably serve to show how simple and unassuming were the lives of “quality folk” in ancient times. The annexed is excerpted from the recently printed diary of Lady Sourapple: “July 16.—John took yarn to the weaver, and brought back flax, spices and sugar. The stage wagon had not arrived when he left Ipswich, and there was no package from London. My lord was to send hangings for the large drawing-room, but it matters not.” This, the reader may say, is very commonplace. And so it is. If it had been written by the obscure Mary Jane Boggins instead of the Lady Sourapple, it would not have been embalmed in print; but the object in quoting it is to compare it with a couple of extracts from the diary of a “society” lady of 1882— which will not be printed for the benefit of readers a century hence, albeit quite as interesting as the Lady Sourapple literature; “December 18.—Painted a lovely stork on ma’s pickle jar. Decided to have my new heliotrope damasse made without a train. Read three chapters of ‘The Midnight Shriek; or, the Fainting Bride.’ Purchased a charming velvet collar with a gold clasp for dear little Fido’s neck. Charles Augustus called this evening. Hs is too sweet for anything. December 21.—Worked a supremely beautiful pen-wiper for a Christmas present to Charles Augustus. I gave him a pair of utterly intense slippers of my own embroidering last year, but they were three sizes too small. A penwiper is never a misfit. Brother Tom asked me to sew on a suspender button. He has no regard for the delicate state of my health. Was at Mrs. De Upkrust’s “German” last night, and danced ■every set. Didn’t get homo until 3 o'clock this morning. I must now dress for the Kodphish reception, which is to Ik* too utterly all but.”— J. H. JViltiaing, in Harper'a Mnaazine.

The British House of Common ; contains one Presbyterian minister. Chore are 105 barristers, 64 merchants, 58 Captains, and other proft ask, ml and moneyed classes are jepnseute ’.ii the same ratio. The working classe biwe four members, find tenant fangeyg members.

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NUMBER 46.

FARM NOTES.

Experienced fence-builders and others who use wood in the rough for posts, ties, etc., unite ia the opinion that timber cut in summer, while the bark will yet peel freely, is more durable than that felled during winter. There is less of soluble sap in the trunk and limbs to absorb moisture, ferment and induce decay. Sour apples are often fed to milch cows to good advantage;. but care should be taken not to feed them out until they are ripe: and when the cows are first fed on them only a small quantity should be given at one time, say onehalf peck per day, then gradually increase to a peck in a week’s time, and two pecks at the end of two weeks.

In California the Chinese are said to be fast becoming the chief manipulators of the fruit crop, and, by reason of the extent and boldness of their transactions, are driving the heavy fruit commission merchants of San Francisco out of the field. Their method of procedure is to visit the fruit districts as soon as a reasonable estimate of the extent of the crops can be made, and then contract for the fruit, paying so much per tree or acre, as the case may be — they taking all chances, and picking and boxing the fruit themselves. In this manner they buy up the products of entire districts. They peddle out all they can throughout the surrounding country, and either ship the remainder to the city markets or dry it. Their action is an advantage to many of the fruit-growers, as they realize as much as, or more, than formerly for their fruit crops, and are not subjected to the annoyance and trouble of picking and shipping.

Late experiments in the use of salt for domestic animals have been found to prevent diseases formerly quite prevalent, especially such as are of a direct blood and parasitic kind. It is said to destroy the minute organisms of those» maladies. By the proper use of salt in their food perhaps the hog cholera, so destructive at times in the West, might be completely rooted out. It certainly could be if aided by suitable food and the swine were not kept in too large herds, and always on pasture in summer, and in well ventilated, clean, dry sties or well-sheltered dry yards in winter. Salt duly administered might also prevent the Texas cattle lever. It would be a great task to feed it to the large herds roanrug there, or in other parts of the grjeat We d, but sacks or barrels of it might be transported on to the ranges, and then scattered over spots of a few acres each at consid' Table distances apart. These the cattle would soon find, and come to them as desired to tick at the salt and crop the grass growing there, which would be in some instances perhaps of a .saltish taste. If lirge rocks of the Liverpool salt could be scattered here and there on the feeding grounds it would be still better. As the elements have very little effect in dissolving this rock salt, it will not waste when thus exposed. I am so particular in the use of salt to my animals that I even give it to the poultry by dissolving it in pure water, ami then add about a gill of this brine to a gallon of the fresh water which is used to mix up tin ir pudding made of wheat, bran and meal of some kind— 1 corn, rye, barley, oats or buckwheat. I think it is in consequence of this, and | otherwise taking proper care of my ani- I mals and fowls that I am not troubled j with diseases of any sort am ng them. I —A. li. Allen. It is so easy to stock a farm with trees—both fruit and shade trees—that it is a wonder that more effort is not made in this direction. A little plat of ] ground should be inclosed, or a corner of the garden appropriated, where the little trees may be Set out and left to grow until they are large enough to be trans lanted into the orchard or the grove where they are to be permanent. A small effort v ill soon collect an extensive grove, and how many farms there are which can be ornamented and made more valuable by the judicious planting of tre s. It is one of the g eatest pleasures of our lives to visit the homestead and see the trees planted by our boy hands. Everybody says that they have added hundreds of dollars to the value of the farm, while observing their growth and development has abundantly com' ensated us. This pleasure is sufficient compensation to any one for planting trees. It is a selfi h idea a great many people have that planting t: ees don’t pay because some one else will have the benefit of them, and not themselves; it is also a mis*««ke. They develop so rapidly ur Aer favorable circumstances that any one may reasonably expect a reward for their labors. — Cor. Ohio Farmer.

Mr J. T. Rothrock, professor of botany in the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, says that it was long ago noticed that wheat from France, when cultivated in Canada, needed to be acclimated .before it would yield a good crop. Climate also has an important influence on the proportion of gluten and starch found in wheat. That grown in a warm climate has more gluten in p oportion to the starch than in a cold climate. The gluten contains a large quantity of nitrogen which serves to build up the muscular portion of the system. Starch contains a large quantity of carbon, which, with oxygen, is a generator of heat, and is e pecially needed by man in a cold climate. If a kernel of wheat is divided by cutting it crosswise the outer coat will be cornposejl of the cellular tissue or brain; the next is the gluten and the central portion the starch, which constitutes a

large portion of the kernel. In grinding a large portion of the important element, gluten, is often lost with the bran. Wheat contains the largest amount of gluten in proportion to the starch when ripe. In an experiment with Narbonne wheat it was found that when but eighteen days before being ripe it contained only 6 per cent, of gluten, but 12 per cent, when fully ripe. Since gluten is not quite so white as starch it will follow that wheat cut a little before it is dead ripe will make a wh ter flour* than when cut at a later period, but it will be less nutritious and less in quantity. If a common cow has the marks of a good milker, it is wisdom to breed from her. Whether or not her ca 1 ! will inherit her good qualities, time alone can tell. It is right hera that the value of improved stock is greatest. Its characteristics are fixed and will be reproduced. It is here, too, where the value of a registered pedigree is apparent. The 1 act that a book contains the brief statement of the ancestors of

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an animal is nothing of itself. But the fact that it tells that the animal has certainly come from a long line of ancestors, which have regularly transmitted their characteristics, is everything, for it not only shows that the animal itself possesses the family characteristics to a greater or less degree,* but that it in turn will be able to transmit them. The common cow may reproduce herself, aud she may not. Tho pureiy-bryd cow will reproduce herself, with possibA' slight variation, under proper breeding. It -is too often the ckse that tho owners of commou cows get an erroneous opinion when their attention has been called to the desirability of improving their herds. They are convinced, perhaps, that it would be to their interest Jo up, or, rather, to improve the character of their herds; blit thinking that tile only way to do this is to purchase outright, they may not feel like going to the expense. Some of the best cows in the country are crosses of our common stock with the improted breeds, and if a man owns a common now that has proved herself a valuable dairy qnimal, he has excellent encouragement to use her for crossing. It is every man’s duty to breed up. It is throwing away money to keep an inferior animal when we can just as well have a better one.— Western Hural.

HOUSEKEEPERS’ HELPS.

Mutton Chops.—Season and dip into a beaten egg and then in cracker crumbs; put in the oven in a pan with a little butter aud water and bake until brown. A Traveling Lunch. Sardines chopped fine, also a little ham; mix With chopped pickles, mustard, pepper and vinegar spread between sliced bread nicely buttered. jfcJp.oED Tripe.—Cut the tripe in square?; put a layer in a s*one jar and then sprinklg with cloves, allspice and pepper; then another layer of tripe, then spice and so on until the jar is filled. Let stand two days before serving.

Veal Cheese.—Take equal quantifies of, sliced boiled veal and sliced boiled tongue; pound each separately, add a little butter now and then ; mix them in a stone jar; press it hard and pour on melted butter; keep it covered in a dry place. When cold cut in thin slices. Cupped Eggs.—Put a cup of highseasoned brown gravy into each cup; set the cups in a saucepan of boiling water, and, when the gravy heats, drop a fresh egg into each cup; take off the saucepan, and cover it close till tho eggs are nicely and tenderly cooked ;• dredge them with nutmeg and salt. Serve them in a hot-water plate covered with a napkin. Baked Cauliflower.—Put cauliflower to soak in salted water for an hour or more; look over carefully; remove the hard stalks and leaves; scald five minutes; cut into pieces and put into a pie-dish; add a little milk, and season with pepper, salt and butter. Cover the whole with dry grated cheese and bake. Fried Cauliflower.—Pick out all the green leaves from a cauliflower and cut off the stalk close. Put it, head downward, into* a saucepan full of boiling, salted water. Do not over boil it. Drain it on a sieve, pick it out into small sprigs, and place them in a deep dish with plenty of vinegar, pepper and salt. When they have laid about an hour in this, drain them, dip them in batter, and fry in slot lard to a golden color. Damson .Telly.—Damson jelly is made easily by putting the damsons in a jar in the oven and letting them heat gradually, and bo 1, extracting th * juice. To every pint of juice add one pound of sugar. Proceed then as for currant jolly. After tho jniefe is extracted for the jolly rub the fruit through a sieve. This, of course, removes the stones. When rubbed through the sieve weigh the fruit and rtdd its weight in sugar; boil it until it stiffens, put it in cup < to harden, and it can be turned into jelly plates, and is delicious with cold meats. * ’ Pickles.—Do not keep pickles in common earthenwaio, as the glazing contains lead, and combines with tho vinegar. Vinegar for pickling should bo sharp, dhongh not tho sharpest kind, as it injn es the pickles. If you use copper, b 11-metal or brass vessels for pickling, never allow tho vinegar to cool in them, as it is then .poisonous. Add a teaspoonful of alum, aud a teacup of salt to each thee gallons of vinegar, and tie- up a bag with pepper, ginger-root,-apices of the different sorts in it, and you have vinegar prepared for any kind of pickling. Keep pickles only in Wood or stoneware. Anything that has held grease will spoil them. Stir them occasionally, and, if they are soft ones, take them out aud scald the vinegar, and pour it hot over the pickles. Keep enough vinegar to cover them well; if it ia weak, take fresh vinegar and pour on hofc Do not boil vinegar or spico above five minutes.

A Cheer for the Turkey.

“GIVc us a fowl!” the hbnuewlves naid, The market stalls a-Ktorming, While the hungry looks of the crowd unfed Showed similar wishes forming. They talked of birds, but not of l>cef, Forgot was weather mttrky; Each housewife had her own belief, But all said “Turkey!” “Turkey!" It may perchance be a stalwart rooster; not unlikely it is a well-condi-tioned' pullet-, possibly it is a fatted duck; but in a score of cases out of twenty it is a proud, pugnacious gobbler or some of his near relations who has Gone to the oven, hut we will not deplore him, * Though oysters and stuffing has cost us some The cook with her big pan has gone in before him, A guide to the stove and an earnest of hash. The Thanksgiving turkey is one of those institutions which are indissolubly linked with the grandest traditions of this young country. Whether there would be any Thanksgiving Day if there were no Thanksgiving turkeys is a problem which the nearest debating society is respectfully urged to undertake the solution of. It is very fitting, however, that the turkeys and the day should come together. Not only is it very fitting, but it is very filling. Speaking in a general way, the turkey is a fowl whit-li the people ought to feel proud of. The average man, if he had his choice between opulence and fame, would select roast turkey with cranberry sauce accompaniment, played slowly.— Toronto Malt. Judges of the Supremo Court n Arkansas prohibit by formal'ord* r* the sale of liquors within ft distaiico of three miles itom ft public or privatq school.