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patriotic designs, went over to Philadelphia, got a twelve pounder Parrot and brought it down on the limited express, and now the veterans will have guard mounting day and night over that precious pieco until the saiute is an accomplished fact. s)ne hundred and three rounds have been prefiared. That is one for each vote that General joenn received on the second ballot. The salute, however, will have to be fired in two parts. The rpmmissionors of the District of Columbia con-' skiered it a great concession to permit the veterans to fire at all. They finally gave a permit, but on condition that the cannon be taken down on the bank of the Potomac below the monn rnent. and that the firing bo done before 8 o'cioek in the evening, and that the salute be limited to twenty three rounds. This was the most the veterans could get The District authorities were inexorable. But let no one imagine that the eighty rounds additional prepared will not be burned. A delegation of the veterans returned to-night- from Virginia. They brought with them permits from Governor Cameron and the authorities of Alexandria county to fire the balance of the salute to Logan on the sacred soil of the Oid Dominion. The Governor's paper gays the veterans have permission to shoot as many times as they wish, providing the cartridges are blank. It is probable that the affair will cotne off on Tuesday night. The veterans will take the twelve-pound-er Parrot out of Captain Cunningham’s woodshed. on Capitol Hill, haul it down to the White lot, and bang away twenty-three times, finishing as near 8 o’clock as may be. Then they will up, and march over the river to Arlington Heights. 'On the most advantageous of the elevations they will plant their piece, and then will leisurely pound through the remaining eighty charges, tull count, not caring particularly how far into the night the celebration takes them. It is plain that they are going to get more than even with the commissioners. That cannon on Arlington Heights will souod about ten times as loud to all Washington as it would down under the river bank, at the foot of the White lot. * NON-PARTISAN REFORM. What President Cleveland Will Proposo When Partisanship Is Weeded Oak W ashington Special. i>ome of the active friends of civil-service reform here c>aim to have obtained within the last few days new lighten the President’s reform policy in some very interesting directions. According to these gentlemen, the President’s advocacy of a non partisan civil service goes much further than even the most radical reformers have supposed. They assort that every act of the administration which has beer, personally sanctioned by the President has been in accordance with these ideas. The President thinks that the protection cf the civil-service law should be eventually extendi to many classes now exempt from its provisions. He does not believe that this should be ordered, while nine teuths of the ?tnploytfS of the government are Republicans, mil a large percentage of them appointed on political grouuds. His attitude is reported to be that chiefs of divisions, deputy chiefs of bureaus, and all other classes of employes except those wher are personally selected by the heads of departments, should be protected by the civilservice law after the personei of these classes has been made thoroughly efficient, competent and non partisan. In accordance with this policy Mr. Cleveland sanctions the removals of chiefs of divisions against whom any complaint of inefficiency, partisanship, ®r neglect of duty is made, and with bis estimate of the inefficiency of existing organizations he does not doubt that many more changes sould be made. In some of the departments he is said to believe that fully onehalf ot the employes should be removed for various reasons, and that the public service will not suffer by the substitution of Democrats in their places. In othevdepartments the proportion would be much smaller. The mo3t advanced civilservice reform principles require, in his opinion, that only the good men now in the service shall be protected, and that the incompetent shall be weeded out, and the service brought to a nonpartisan basis before the provisions of the Civil-service law are extended to other classes. This policy is understood to have beeu impressed upon each piember of the Cabinet, and even in the Treasury Department, where the removals of chiefs of divisions are giving rise to so much discussion, it is asserted that none have been made except on representations that the officials removed were behind in their work, or otherwise incompetent, or politically offensive. It is stated that the President has confidentially discussed this subject with the Civil-service Commissioners and prominent reformers, and frankly asked their aid in carrying out a consistent administrative reform.

A DAMPENING CIRCULAR. Fair Warning to Democrats Who Wish To Ite Postotfice Inspectors. Washington, June 6. —The Postmaster general lias sent the following circular letter to those applicants for positions as postoffice inspectors, who were selected by the committee appointed for that purpose: “Sir—You are notified that your applicatian for the position of an inspector of the Postoffice Department has been received and passed upon, and tb,t you are required to attend for examination at Washington, on Wednesday, the 17th >f June, at 10 o’clock ia the morning, at the Postoffice Department. A failure to attend w ill be considered an abandoning of your application. Among the applicants who are notified to attend for examination, it is not probable that more than one from each State will attend the examination. The examination will have special reference to the probable usefulness of the applicant for the position, and unless the applicant feels very confideut of his qualifications to meet the requirements of the service, he will recognize the risk of loss of time and expense in attending this examination. This is nor. stated specially to you. but to every applicant, siirnly as a caution and a fair notice. Attention is invited to the rule, hitherto sent you, that no recommendation will avail anything tor tha applicant’s advantage.’' MINOR TOPICS. General BrinkerhoffTs Observations as to Treatment of Criminals in the Sooth. Washington, June 7.—General Brinkerhoff, -*f Ohio, who was a delegate to the late commercial convention, is & delegate to the national conference of charities and corrections. He spent the time between convention and conference in making a journey through the States of Ala bama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina, the trip being primarily to see what they are doing there for their dependent and criminal classes General Brinkerhoff found that everywhere, except in Georgia, the vicious system of leasing convicts was rapidly falling into disfavor and disuse. He visited many jails, m and found them no worse than those of the North, which was the best he could conscientiously say. He visited several industrial srhi-ols, both charitable and reformatory, aud found them admirably managed. No Admittance Except by Card. Wanhhtgt' ii Special. Postmaster gene ral Vilas has posted anew ride in his ante-room, which will bring a storm about his ears. He has directed that no person h.-iU be admitted to him except by card. This is an innovation, and is not in the line of "Democratic simplicity. - ’ It has never been the rule umb-r former administrations. Two prominent congressmen yesterday were refused admission, f*lci-s they would send in their cards. They de- ''*■ <5 to do tbi*, nnd both left the department in i huff. 1 hey are men to whose favor the Post- : st.er - n..\ .1 will Ik* obliged to look for hii ap--.items next winter. Private Employment r Government Rands. Washington, June 7.—Secretary Whitney, in hi.- official order relative to the employment of ffie naval band of the- United States steamer New Hamy aire. at a Newport theatre, and :>r •!;< . v annulling their engagement*, findsuo special law on the subject. The custom of permuting such bands to have engagements outside of their enlistment with the government, find* universal favor, and the compensation provided

by the government is based somewhat upon the supposition that enlisted musicians will supplement their government pay from private employment. But in these eases there is the universal rule that the government shall not enter into competition with private individuals unfairly. This has become the subject of a general army order to theeffect that the Secretary of War has discouraged the employment of regimental bands for purposes not connected with their duties in the military service. In the naval service the same rule should apply, at least to the extent of preventing unfair competition between the bands supported by the government and those by private individuals engaged in the same business. How the President Spent Sunday. Washinton, June 7. — President Cleveland attended the meeting of the delegates to the convention of charities at Dr. Sunderland’s church this evening, and was an attentive listener to speeches on prison reform managment by exGovernor Anderson, of Kentucky, and Dr. Byers, of Ohio. The President did not drive out to day, but in the afternoon took a walk down the avenue as far as Ninth street, where he got on ore of the open street cars and returned to the White House. Postmaster Ribbs v s Stealings. Washington, June 7.— The Sunday Capital says that the losses of the government from the dishonest operations of the postmaster at Lewiston, Idaho, will not be very large; that the Postoffice Department has got track of and intercepted fourteen of the thirty letters, each of which contains SOOO of money orders, which were sent by Hibbs, the defaulting postmaster, to banks in the West for collection, and that the Canadian Postoffice Department has stopped the mail, intended for Hibbs, at Victoria. * Coming’ Appointments. Washington, June 7. —The Post says the following appointments will be made to-morrow: Robert Taylor, to be pension agent at Knoxville, Tenn. Receivers of Public Moneys—P. K. Wiser, at Tracey, Minn.; Joseph Hill, at Beatrice, Neb.; Abraham Hall, at Mil burn City, M. TANARUS.; John E. Budd, at Stockton. Cal.; W. It. Edger. at Ironton. Mo.; Hugh Wallace, at Salt Lake City, Utah. George W. Warner, to be register of the land office at Tracey, 31inn. One More KfiL'ork Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, June 7. —Senator Voorhees intended to leave to-night for Tennessee, but, owing to his inability to see the President yesterday, ha has . concluded to stay over another day, and will call at the White House with Bayless W. Hanna to-morrow. It is said that the President has been convinced that Mr. Hanna had nothing to do with patronage brokerage, and Mr. Voorhees is confident that Mr. Hanua will be sent to the Argentine Republic.

LUNATICS AS MUBICIANS. flow Norristown Asylum Patients Are Amused and Pacified. Philadelphia, June 6.—A brass band composed of insane inmates of the Norristown Asylum paraded to day about the grounds, wearing uniforms for tho first time. They were very proud of their regalia, and when they passed in review of the trustees and physician-in chief Chase, the lunatic who played the big bass horn blew harder, and the fat cymbal player, who imagines he owns the State of Pennsylvania, clapped the cymbals together with all his might, while the man who beat the bass drum thumped away as if he were trying to knock the drum-head in. The uniforms are similar to those worn by United States troops. When i he baud stopped playing for want of breath the lunatics all looked at their uniform and smiled proudly. In frcat of the main building, where the review took place, there is a circular carriage drive about fifty yards in circumference. The musicians tramped around this drive for three-quarters of an hour playing “A Boy’s Best Friend Is His Mother” and “Go to Sleep My Baby.” They played continuously. switching off from one tune to the other. When Dr. Chase showed his approval the musicians looked prouder than ever, and when they finally went away to the war of the building they marched with a pompous step, still playing. The music was above the average of that of ordimuy country bands, and the piayers went at it with great zest. It was only when their instruments were taken from them that they became unhappy and irritable. Dr. Chase said that the treatment was very beneficial, and that two of the band who had been violent patients had been restored to a pacific state of mind through the influence of the music they played. The band, which numbers twelve crazy men, was organized last September. They practice two hours each day, and if they were allowed they would blow their horns and beat their drums all day and take them to bed with them at nieht. On the 4th of July the band will head a parade through the streets of Norristown in charge of five keepers from the asylum. It is the only brass band composed of lunatics in Pennsylvania, and, Dr. Chase says, the only orga&izod band of crazy musicians in the country. Huge Meteor Seen In Texas. Sherman, Tex., June 7.—A meteor of remarkable size was seen near midnight, last night, moving in a southwesterly direction. The sky was brilliantly illuminated by it for several seconds. A moment later the meteor had disappeared, and a heavy explcsioa was heard, accompanied by a decidedly perceptible shock. The meteor appeared to be about the size of a flour barrel. It was also observed at McKinna, thirty five miles distant, where a hissing sound was heard, greatly alarming some colored people, who were returning from a prayer-meeting, and causing them to take to Sight, shouting, “The day of judgment has come." ♦ Condition of General Grant. New York, June 7.—After the doctors had visited General Grant this afternoon they said that, as compared with a week before, there was no appreciable increase of the swelling in the throat and no apparent increase of the cancerous trouble in the throat Because of hut having contracted a cold, or from some other cause, the General on Saturday exper ienced greater pain than usual. This was directly the result of increased secretions and the frequent efforts to throw off these secretion from the throat The patient is now relieved, the trouble having been temporary. A Scandal, Followed by Suicide. Syracuse, N. Y., June 7.—John Henderson, a a wealthy farmer of the town of Cicero, suspected his wife of infidelity. On Saturday night he started for Manlins. Returning home the same evening, he found Charles Whiting, a farmer of Cicero, in company with Mrs. Henderson. Henderson assaulted Whiting, but the latter escaped. About midnight Whiting was fouud hanging dead in his barn. ♦ Murder Followed by Speedy Punishment. Tracy City, Teun., June 7.—John Manning was shot and instantly killed to day by a desperado named Frank Taylor, while playing cards. Taylor then fled, but was pursued by the sheriff. He resisted arrest, and was shot dead in a running fight. Obituary* New York. June 7.—A telegram announcing the death, at 4 o’clock this afternoon, ot Mrs. Horace W’hite, at the cottage of her husband, at El heron, N. J., was received in this dty this evening. Idvery .Stables Destroyed. PiTTBftURo, June 7. — Fire to night destroyed the livery stable# of Montgomery & Cos. Thirteen homes were cremated. Loss, *7,900.

the Indianapolis journal, Monday, june s, isss.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Dailj Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. A Woman Caught in the Wheels of a Bnffgy and Killed—Fatal Rnnaway Accident — The Southern Indiana Desperadoes. IND ANA. A Woman Caught In the Wheels of a Buggy and Instantly Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Shklbyvjllk, June 7. —Mrs. Casta, who lives near Waldron, was in that town visiting, and when she started home this afternoon the team she was driving became frightened and ran. The children in the wagon she succeeded in getting out safely, but in trying to get out herself was caught in the wheels and instantly killed. Sudden Death of Peter I’einheimer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Winohbstbb, June 7.—Peter Reinheimer, proprietor of the Franklin House, was fouud dead last night He was at a barber-shop about 9 o’clock, for the purpose of getting shaved, and was in his usual health and spirits. After returning home he proceeded to the bath-room but tailed to make his appearance. After a time search was made for him by his daughter Mary. She proceeded to the bathroom and found him Ijringcn the floor in an insensible condition. She gave the alarm, and Dr. Bruce was hurriedly seut for, but life was extinct before he arrived. Apoplexy is supposed to be the cause of his death. Mr. Reinheimer was born in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1813. He moved to New Paris, Ohio, in 1837, and was married iu 1849. His widow still survives. He came to this town December 9, 18C3. since which time ho has been the proprietor of the Franklin. House. Ho is the father of eleven children, seven of whom are living. He was a prominent member of the orders of F. and A. M. and I. O. O. F. His funeral will take place to morrow, and will be conducted by the orders of which he was an honored member.

Delaware County Stock-Breeders. Srecliil to the Indianapolis Journal. Muncie, June 6.—The Delaware County Stock-breeders' Association met in this city today, and was attended by a large number of the leading farmers and stock raisers of the count}". The object of this association is to encourage and promote the raising of thoroughbred stock of all kinds, and as such it is doing much good and will continue to do so. Excellent papers were read to day by Lewis Moore, on “The. Breeding and Care of Short-horns;” bv W. E. Floyed on “Poulty Raising, Best Breeds, etc;” by S. J. Williams, “The Most Profitable Breed of SheeD for the Farmer.” These papers were followed by very spirited discussions, in which Samuel Davis. Judge J. S. Buckles, W. T. Bartlett, Hon. J. H. Koontz. and other gentlemen participated. The organization will do good in a social point of view, tor to-day arrangements were partially made to hold a picnic at the Buckles farm, near this city, on the Fourth of July. This will bring the farmers and their families together, and will no doubt prove a very pleasant affair. The association is now composed of about seventy members and is ia good working order, and as its membership grows in numbers it grows in interest and can but promote the object aimed at by its organization. , Desperadoes Killed and Not Killed. Jasper, June 6. — A report came to Jasper last night that Waiters, a desperado, who a week ago murdered Sterrett and Bledsoe, near Newton Stewart, Orange county, was shot last Thursday and instantly killed by Robert Teagarden, at a point known as Patoka Bend, in Orange county. It is said Teagarden shot Walters with a Henry rifle at a distance of 400 yards. It is also re ported that the Reoveses, who murdered John Gardner, the detective, last Monday, were yesterday seen quietly planting corn on their farm, one standing guard with a rifle, defying arrest by officers. ox, the deputy sheriff who was shot by the Reeveses, is yet alive, but there is scarcely a possibility that he can recover. He is totally paralyzed below the arms from the effect of a ball through the spine.

Minor Notes. At Winchester a man about twenty-five years of age, known as Dock M lis, brutally assaulted an eight vear-old daughter of Robert Mclntyre, endangering her life. The fiend fled, but a telephone message has been received bv tlio sheriff announcing that he has been arrested. At an old-fashioned barn raising on the farm of Henry Blessing, five miles from Fort Wayne, the timbers, after being raised ten feet, fell and crushed three men. John Henline, singie, and Peter Heavier, married, were both fatally injured. Henry Blessing, jr., single, received a compound fracture of the leg. The school board of Winchester, at their meeting on Saturday evening, elected the fol lowing teachers for the ensuing year: E. H. Butler, who has had charge of the schools for eight years, was re-elected superintendent; Cald well, principal of high school; Lee Canada, assistant; Mrs. Jennie Will. Mrs. Lizzie Moon. Miss May Wiseman, Miss Rosa Frankinstine, Miss Emma Williamson, Miss Alice Henderson. Miss Emma Engle. Miss Chine Lesley, Miss May Chenoweth and Mrs. M. S Swain. Miss Annie Tibbott was elected teacher of music. Terre Haute Express: Capt. Chauncey Twaddle. the Vandaiia bridge watchman and “river oracle," has been a resident of Terre Ilaute over fifty years. From his little home, just east of the Vandaiia bridge, he has followed his wife and nine children to the grave. He has been in the Wabash river trade since 1834. For more than forty times has he floated to New Orleagp from Terre Haute on a simple flat-boat with cargoes of pork. From 18J4 to 1870 Mr. Twaddle was bridge watchman on the I. & St. L. bridge. From 1870 to the present time he has guarded the Vandaiia bridge. He expects to die at bis present post ILLINOIS. Callings from Correspondence and Gleanings from Exchanges. Arthur Gaines, of Kinderhook, was drowned in Hadley creek, on Saturday evening. The residence of Charles Brink, located six miles from Nashville, was burneff on Saturday. Loss, $2,000; no insurance. The body of Mrs. A. L. Lowe, of Clyde, Kan., was found in the river, near Buffalo, on Satur day. The deceased arrived iu Rock Island about April 20, and shortly afterward disappeared. At Assumption, Peter Solomon, night watch man, and Sherman Dodge, ex city marshal, burglarized Dr. R. W. Johnson’s drug store. They were discovered by a drug clerk and two or three frieuds, who fired at them, narrowly missing Dodge. A chase resulted in the capture of both the burglars. They were bound over in bonds of S3OO each, after waiving a preliminary examination. Miss Sarah Reris, daughter of Wm. Revis. a farmer living near Bingham, attempted suicide by taking arsenic. She is twenty-one years old, ay-id had been punished by her father. Mortified in gpirit, she went to her brother’s house, where she took the poison. She was taken home, repeated the dose, and is now re ported to be in a critical condition, with the chances of recovery against her. Lewis C. Corwins, of Lincoln, committed sni cide, on Saturday night, by shootiug himself through the head with a revolver. He went into Dehner’a hard ware store, purchased some cart ridges, loaded a revolver, and asked the way ton closet in the rear of the store. Soon after a shot was heard, when he was found wounded that he only lived a few minutes. No cause can be assigned for the aot. He was an artist of rare

talent. Ms specialty being sketching blooded stock from life, and ho was well known by all the fine stock dealers throughout the West and Booth. DAILY WEATIIKR BULLETIN. Indications. War Department. x Ovtick or the Cmßr Signal Oromnt, > Washington, June 8, 1885. ) For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Local rains and thunder storms, followed by colder weather, with a cool wave, westerly, shifting to northerly winds, rising, preceded in the southern portion by falling barometer. For the Lower Lake Region—Local thunderstorms, followed by clearing weather, with a change in the temperature of from ten to fifteen degree g. For the Upper Lake Region—Local rains, followed by warmer weather, winds generally variable, tailing temperature in eastern and southern portions, with frosts in Wisconsin; rising barometer. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—clearing, cooler weather, and winds generally shifting to northerly; rising barometer. For the Missouri Valley—Fair • weather, in northern portion: clearing weather in the southern portion, northerly winds and cooler weather, followed in the northern portion by slight rise in temperature: rising barometer.

Local UuHcrratKtnit. Time. Bar. Thar. Hum. Wind. Weather;Rain. 6a. m.. 29.84* 73.0 83 S Fair 10A. M.. 29.82' 84.3 70 SW Clear 2 p.m.. 29 70 88.1 45 SW Fair 6P.M.. 29.71 85.8 55 SW Fair 10p.m.. 29.76 78.0 75 SW Clear Maximum temperature. 90.1. Minimum temperature, G 9.3 General Obaervationa. War Dkpartmknt, ) Washington, June 7. 10 p: m. 5 Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. g> 3 g! ij % S ®s- g b 3 ? r? STATIONS. | § * § ~ 3 <3> • • • cf • • •2• • 9 • • . ' I {• I r . • • r+ • New Orleans. La 129.92) 81 SE Clear. Vicksburg, Miss j 29.891 78 SE Clear. F'*rt Smith, Ark. ... 29.78 77 S Clear. Galveston, Tex 29.891 83 S Clear. Little Rock, Ark...j29.79 8 S Clear. Shreveport, La ... ,29 87 82 S— .Clear. Cincinnati. O .29.77 79 SW O.ear. Indianapolis. Ind... 29.77 78 SW Clear. Louisville Kv 29.79 85 S Clear. Memphis. Tenn 29.83 81 SE Hear. Nashville, Tenn.... 29.84 79 SE .10 Lt. rain. Pi tsburg. Pa. 29.70 77 S iClesr. Chicago, 111 29.74 65 E .10 Thr’tn’g Cairo. 11l 29.79 82 S Clear. Davenport. la 29.68 70 NW .30 Cloudy. Des Moines, la 29.75 68 N .01 Fair. Keokuk, la 29.77 70 W .54 Lt. rain. LaCrosse, Wis 29.80 62 N Cloudy. Moorehead. Minn... 30.10 42 NE .... Clear. St. Louis. Mo 29.77 82 SW Clear. St. Paul, Minn 29.98 45 N ..‘...Clear. Springfield. 111. 29.75 74 NE Oloudv. Leavenworth, Kan.. 29.76 72 Calm .20 Tit. Rain Omaha, Neb 29.84 55 NW Clear. , Yankton, Dak 29.93 58 N (deer. Bismarck, Dale 30.17 43 N Clear. Fort Buford, Dak.. 30.23 46 NE ...t. Clear. Ft. Assiniboine.M.T Deadwood, Dak Fort Custer, Mont • Denver. Col 29.81 54 N Lt. rain. Dodge City, Kan 29.72 66 NE Clear. Fort Elliott, Tom. North Platte, Neb.. 29.84 60 N Cloudy. Las Animas, C 01.... 29.66 68 E .20 Clear. Fort Sill. Lid Ter Fort Stockton, Tex. 29.75 77 S Clear. El Paso. I’ex 29.69 76 W .... Clear. Lamar, Mo 29.79 74 S ... Clear. Brownsville. Tex ... Salt Lake City, U.T. 29.83 45 Calm Clear. Duluth. Minn 30.10 37 NW Cloudy. Escanaba Mich. 29.90 41 N .04 Threat’g Marquette. Mich.... 29.95 37 N .07 Clear. Milwaukee, Wis.... 29.80 43 N 1.10 Oloudv. Toledo. 0 29.74 71 W Lt. raiu. Oswego. N. Y 29.59 72 S Threat’s New York City 29.77 67 SW Threat* Washington, I>. C.. 29.83 76 S Clear. Steamship News. New York, June 7. —Arrived: Servia, from Liverpool. Moville, Juno 7.—The Parisian, from Montreal, May 26, has arrived out. Liverpool. June 7.—The steamer Anrania, which arrived to-day from Non York, passed five icebergs. Queenstown. June 7 —The steamer Indiana, from Philadelphia, has arrived out. The steamer Britannic, from New York, for this port and Liverpool, was signaled off Barrowhead to-day. Ranch Levied Upon for Debt. San Angelo. Tex., June 7 —The Knickerbocker ranch, near here, owned by Greenall, Tweedy & Reynolds, was levied upon yesterday, by K. A. Morgan, of New York, to satisfy a claim of $65,000. The mortgage under which possession was taken embraced 22,000 acres of land and 28,000 sheep.

Sheep Still Profitable. The National stockman. The (Treat project of the age in stock-raising: is cheapening the cost of production, whether it be the live animal, meat, or some of their contributions to the volume of trade, as butter, wool, etc. To sheepmen this applies only to the production of mutton and wool, and the cheapening of the cost of these two products is of paramount importance to them in the present state of trade. A few years back the sheep business was prop table in almost any way in which it could be con ducted, on account of the high price of wool and the high price of the sheep consequent thereon. Now, the extremely low price of wool has changed all of this, and mutton is also low as a natural sequence. The object now to be at tained is the cheapening of the cost of the grow ing of the wool and mutton, and the most avail able way to do this is to increase the weight and quality of each. The sheep is yet susceptible of improvement, and it only remains for the flock owners to enter upon what is plainly their dutv to bring about the great ultimatum—a profitable sheep. Sheepmen are in a position where they must either do this or meet greater pecuniary re verses than have yet befallen them. The*man who, in place of being discouraged, sets steadily to vrork to make his flock profitable, will badopting the one policy by which he may sue ceed. and he guarded against these periodical depressions which may visit us at intervals in the future. There is no doubt that the best flocks of the country are still profitable, although not so much so as a year or two back, whether they be mutton or Merino sheep; and it remains for the great mass of sheepmen to bring their flocks up to the high average of a few flocks which may be found in every neighborhood. There is no use of saying that this cannot he done. It can b** done, and when it is, the flocks ought to be as uniformly profitable as the herds of swine and cattle. A Brave Woman Soldier. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The only lady, perhaps, who was ever made orderly sergeant in a regiment during the war wa Mis*Theresa Kelley, formerly Cincinnati, but now a resident of Cleveland. That she wa a born commander is proved by the fact that she now has under her direction a score or more employee in a large lood bindery. She was one of the he roic ladies who went to the front during the re iteliion. She could not shoulder a musket, but she nursed wounded and sick soldiers, caught the iast feeble messages gasped ou by dying men to those at home, and withal made herself so sub stantinl an angel of mercy that the Fifth Ohio Regiment gave her a certificate as orderly ser grant Her work was not finished at the* close of the war. When those of the Seventh Regi •nent, who had survived rebel bullets and disease, arrived at Cincinnati, on their way home to Cleveland, alt ragged and iegTimed. they were met by a committee headed by Miss Kelley. Every battered musket was 'Sized by fair white hands and a rich bouquet thru*: in the muzzle. Having loaded the muskets with such strange ammunition, the ladie* fairly smothered the nen with wreaths and floral souvenirs and feasted and feted them until they wers almost ready to burst. The men have

never forgotten that Cincinnati reception, and Miss Kelley will probably be elected an honorary member of the Seventh Regiment A WHITE HOUSE ROMANCE* MUs Easton and Her Rejected Lover—Jackson’s Indiguation. Washington Letter. I heard this romance to-day in eonnection with a young lady who was an occupant of the White House during Jackson's time, and who was married in the great East Room: Mary Easton was the daughter of a sister of General Jackson’s wife. She went to live with her aunt for a time in the executive mansion. At her hump, in Tennessee, she had played when a child with a boy companion named Pone. The two became warmly attached to each other, and as they grew tho attachment became strong affection. While it was apparent to both that they loved each other, young Pope did not ask his companion to become his wife. Miss Easton came to Washington. Her position and her intelligence and accomplishments made her doubly attractive in society. Young officers in the army and in the navy were beside her at every opportunity. Captain Pinch took the iead. He pressed bis suit, proposed, and was accepted. He was possessed of considerable means, and gave her handsome presents. The wedding-day approached. Invitations were sent to the friends of the young people, asking them to come to the White House to witness the ceremony The prospective bridegroom went to New York to get his prospective bride her weddiug present. Os the invitations sent to Tennessee, one fell into the hands of young Pope. It fanned the smothering love within his bosom into a flama He wrote to Miss Easton, told her of his love since childhood for her. He said that time and again he had been at the point of asking her to be his wife, but on each occasion his modesty had prevented him. Now he repeated his love and begged her to become his bride. Miss Easton read the letter aud ini mediately replied, acceptin'?his offer. Captain Finch returned from New York, bringing with him a costly diamond ornament. He called at the White House to see the young lady occupant. She was in her room with a companion who was to be her bridesmaid when his card reached her. “Tell him I cannot see him,” she said to her companion. The latter went to a private parlor where Captain Finch was seated, and, after some hesitancy. said that Miss Easton was indisposed. The Captain was alarmed, begged for more intormatian of the indisposition, and asked that the present he had brought be taken to tho invalid. The young ladv carried the diamond ornament to her companion. When Miss Easton received it she turned to her companion ami said: •‘Go take it back to him, and tell him ail. Tell him I am engaged to another.” The young lady did as requested. When she had finished her errand Captain Finch arose, and, without uttering a word, left the parlor. General Jackson was angry when be heard of his wife’s rdation’s action toward his friend Finch. He had favored the match. In speaking to Miss Easton he said: “This action of yours, Mary, has caused me to lose faith in woman.” He insisted that Captain Finch should be invitod to her marriage with Pope. The wedding came off. The rejected lover was present. He stood directly in front of the bride during the ceremony, and never took his eyes off her until, with her husband, sne left the room. Shortly afterward he went to Europe. When he returned he bore the name of an uncle—a wealthy Englishman. Mrs. Pope moved to Tennessee. She is said to be living there now, happy, with her children.

Farm Notes. A writer in the Rural Workman says a teaspoonful of coal oil poured into the wound made by peach-borers in the body or limbs of trees is sure death to the borer. For the improvement of heavy soils lime should be used for the first dressing, and the crop for tpe first season should be potatoes, the second season oats, then corn next wheat and then clover, commencing again with potatoes. The usual practice is to shear sueep in Juno, after the weather becomes warm, but the custom is growing to shear about April 1. in order to give as much time as possible for the fleece to grow before the fairs. Unless such flocks are provided with warm, dry quarters the early shearing is risky, as diseases are often the result. It is said that Paris green applied to rose bushes and grape vines infested with rose bugs will kill tne insects as surely as it does the potato bug whep used on potato plants The application can be dry, mixed with flour or land piaster, or in liquid form, mixed with water and sprinkled on m the same manner as for the potato bug. Barn owls are inveterate mousers, and in summer time feed on night-flying moths and beetles. Ow>s are valuable in destroying mature insects, thus preventing the laying of the eggs. Hawks eat mice, froes grasshoppers, snakes, lizards, beetles, smafl birds and various vermin, accord ing to their species. The crow is an omnivorous feeder but eats less corn than any other fcod The proportion of hawks that kill chickens is small. A Pennsylvania farmer last year sold over $6,000 worth of potatoes from twelve acres. He fertilized with a compost of hard-wood ashes and oyster shell lime, plowed deep, planted medium-sized, well-formed, uncut potatoes, three feet apart, gave level cultivation and cultivate often. From one hill he took thirty one fine large tubers. Here is a hint for farmers. Last fall a man at Clyde, N. Y., had a number of stumps which he wished to remove. He bored holes in them, inserted saltpetre, filled up with water, and then ulugged the holes. About a month ago he took out the plugs, poured in kerosene oil, and set fire. The stumps have smoldered away without, blazing, and now there is nothing left of them but ashes. Black pepper is the cabbage protector, says the Farming World, and the way to apply it is to reduce it to a very fine powder dnd dust it over the plants. Go early in the morning, while the dew is on the plants, and dust over each a small quantity and the vermin will leave. Pro fessor Reily. however, suggests as a remedy against the cabbage worm the use of ice water sprinkled over the cabbage. A writer in the Prairie Farmer says; I have kept hogs for over fortj' years, with never a sick one, though the so called hog cholera has often been prevalent all around me. I attribute this exemption to the regular soap suds which I have always given them. Every washing day, except in extremely cold weather, all the suds are emptied into the swill-harrel. aDd the hogs drink it greedily. Ido not think the suds any better for the contact with dirty clothes, but where only a few hogs are kept the weekly suds seem about the amount needed. Those who make the suds specially for the purpose, should mix about three pints or two quarts of goon soft soap with a barrel of water, stir to a foam and give it to the pigs, one to three times a week, and they will be all right

Indian Dancing; Girls. In a recently-published work by Mrs. Leon Owens occurs the following: with regard to the famous dancing girls of India: After a few moments Said ah Bebeecame up to vreet the Lady Kesineh. She salaamed most deferentially to us. and took her place on the door. At my special request we were shown into the exercising room and almost over the entire establishment. There were over 100 girls of ail ages and shades of complexion, from dark brown to pale, delicate olive, going through their exercises at ttie time The hall was composed of bamboo trellis work, and was light, spacious and airy enough. From the roof hung all sorts of gym nas tie apparatus, rude but curioas—ropes to which the girls clung as they whirled around on tiptoe; wheels on which they were made to walk in order to b arn a peculiar circular dance, called ' chakranee’’ (from *‘chk,” a wheels slipknot.* into which they fastened cne arm or one leg, thus holding it motionless while they exercised the other, cups, revolving balls, which they sprang up to catch; ami heaps of fragile cords, with which they spin round and round, and it any one of these snap under too great a press ure. they are punished, though never very severely. Altogether It was a strange sieht. Most of the gir.s from ten to fourteen had nothing on hut a short. tight pair of drawers; the older ‘>nes had tight, ehort sleeved bodices in addition to the drawers, and those under ten were naked. They were all good looking, a few her© and there were beautiluL The delicate and refined out

line of their features, the soft tint of tttoir jieti complexions, the dreamy expression of their large, dark, quiet eyes, added to great symmetry of form, made them strangely fascinating. Why Beecher Doesn’t Drill Hie Army• Report of Fridav Night's Prayer-meeting. Mr. Beecher looked more ruddy and robust than usual this evening as he ascended the platform in the lecture room in Plymouth Church to conduct the regular Friday night meeting. Thero was an unusual lack of spirit in the discussion until Mr." Raymond started to his feet and rather excitedly charged Mr. Beecher with having systematically and persistently, for long, long years, taught his congregation that they ought to do only what they felt like doing; if they did not want to come to church or prayer meeting, why, stay away; if a person felt like being a Roman tjatholic or a Uuiversalist, why. be whichever he or she liked; that Mr. Beecher had never drilled his soldiers, and had neglected his flock through his fear to duplease somebody by a strict discipline. “It is not right,” said he, “for yon to teach the children that they are to do only what pleases them. Yon should teach them self denial.” Mr. Beecher plainly showed his surprise when he was being arraigned, but when the indictment was ended he was as serene as a summer day. “Well,” said he, “there may be a good deal of truth in what yon say. I have taught the largest individual freedom. Your conduct to-night shows that my seed has taken root and sprung up, for if it had not you would never dare address me as you have now. In no other church in the world could this thing happen. lam not mad or chagrined at your remarks. Another point: You say I don’t drill this army. No, sir, I dc not. lam the general, and the general always ha* his subordinate officer# do that sort of work. I want every man to do right, because it gives him pleasure—-not when it is self denial” The Indians at Carlisle. Elaine Goodale, in New York Independent. We ask innumerable questions, and get many stories by the way. Captain Pratt makes a point of preserving the Indian names, we are told, or rather the English of them, which is not always euphonious. Miss had a boy in her class by the name of Big White Thunder, usually called Thunder, for short. Anew arrival turned out to be Ugly Legs, and sho could no* but protest The Captain could see no sufficient reason for breaking over a rule. “But,” said Miss , who is full of fun, “what you think of me. Captain Pratt—l put it to you—if you were to come into my class some day and hear me remark, ‘Ugly Legs, stand op by Thunder’ V It is said that the Captain yielded. Just What It Is. Boonville Standard. “Offensive parsanship” just now consists id holding an office that another fellow wants. A Russian illustrated newspaper represents a number of young women seated at a table, each <'xamining meat for trichinae. It is stated that women make efficient microscopist*. Last year they thus examined 30,670 carcasses. Tho diseased meat is at once destroyed. —— ■— " 111 - The highest price paid for female trapeze performers is S2OO per week. This may look too large, but it really is not when the perils to be encountered are considered. The lowest price paid is SSO per week, and one has to be very export even to get that.

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