Bloomington Courier, Volume 9, Number 18, Bloomington, Monroe County, 3 March 1883 — Page 3

A xew celerical journal --I1 GoiTredo lately start ed in Rome offers to each annual subscriber the right of 600 masses, to be celebrated by any priest who may be chosen. It is suggested that any ordinary sinner may be able by not drawing out his premiums to save up enough masses to get his soul out of purgatory, but this economy will be unnecessary. Any prompt-paying subscriber to a newspaper is pretty sure to go to heaven anyhow.

Advertisements like the following are appearing in the Cincinnati papers: "A I.Y HERAT; reward "Will bfpivwi for any information of awoken broMinc:. 40 h?W feet, containing if new Uncling buggy niid !iarnttw, one oin buggy, tobacco screw. seal, cables, farming utensils, etc., earHh1 off by fiool on niirlit of Ullh imt. "Address IL L. YOUKti, Higginsiiort, O:" Tf any man has the above-described property concealed about his person, he should report at once and claim the reward. The owner would probably allow ihm finder to keep the building if the contents were returned in good order. . A Wooistock, Vt, farmer s barn-yard is bounded on one side by a stone wall ten feet high. Over this wail a few nights ago a panther lightly sprnng, seized a young steer, and leaped back. But his prey happened to be tied by a stout rope to another steer, which, hurried from his legs and hurled against the wall, completely blocked the panther's game. The farmer, aroused by the noise, hurried to his farm-yard, and there the steers were hanging sone dead on either side of the wall, like cats over a clothes line. The pantbar had escapal No chromos.

Mrs. Deewll, of Honesdaie, Pa., has certainly not been doing well since the death t f her husband eight weeks ago, and is described by hoc neighbors as a "widow bewitched." The sainted Dewell was a BaptiVt minister, and the wife was, during u is life, properly attentive to his 'orafoit,aid irreproachable in conduct. Xotwitlrstanding her devotion, the minister was baldly cold before the susceptible widow was won by a handsome stranger, who coaxed her to sell her property and elope ith him. This she did, and left behind her four little children ,v ithnt aceui between them and the almshouse

cwt. per annum, and there are at least fifty or sixty factories in the country the quantity just estimated may be regarded as within the mark. The effect of this competition upon the Britiih dairy farmer is very serious. Last whiter I was informal by a large factor thai if it had not been for the importation of. artificial butter the price of good fresh butter in London would have been at least 2s 6d per pound. Good artificial butter is much more palatable than bad real butter, and is quite as wholesome; find if it were sold for what it is instead of for what it is not neither the farmer nor the consumer could complain."

A SONG OF LONG AGO.

JAMES WHITCOMB KILEY.

LEGISLATIVE NOTES. The constitutional amendments may now be regarded as things of the past. The Senate, Thursday passed Mr. Voyles' bill making it an offense punishable by removal from office for any county officer to charge illegal or constructive fees. Mr. Cabbage has been vindicated at last. The House Thursday passed Mr. Holler's bill authorizing county commissioners to grant bounties for the scalps of woodchucks, owls etc., the provisions of which are almost identical with the famous Cabbage bill of last session. Both of the legislative committees have reported unanimously in favor of allowing 10,000 to Mrs. Sarah May for ser vices rendered by her late husband,Edwin May, as architect of the State House, and in the Senate, Wednesday, the report was concurred in by a vote of 37 to 12. The claim is generally regarded as a just one The special Senate committee appointed to consider the proposed location of the new insano asylums, Wednesday made two reports to the Senate, and the minority, which fixes one institution at Evans ville, with the location of the two others to be determined by the commission, was adopted.

Mr. HefiVen ha introduced in the house

.1 song of lontf no, Sing it lightly---fing it low - Slug it softly -like the Imping of tho lips wo used to know Whmi our bftoy laughter spiUed From tho hearts Fonwor tilled With a music sweet aa robin ever tiiriUod! Lot the fragrant smnmor breszo. And the Iwivi of loeuM-trei, And tho nppl'buds am! blossoms, and the wings of honpy-bpfw, All pal pit at i with idee. Till the happv harmony Brings bark nvh fiuidinh joy to you and mo. Let the flje f fam-y turn When tho tumbled pi pirs burn Like enibew in tho orahanTd lap oi tousled grass

and for i: And It't the wayward wind. Still pinging, plod behind Tho cider-pnws the good-old-fashiouod kind! Wend in the song the moan Of the dove hat grieves alone, j Aud the wild whirr of the lociuu, and the bow--bio's drowsy drone; And tho low of cows that call Through the pasture-bars when all The landscape faints away at ovenfalh Then, far away and dear. Through the dusky atmosphere.

Let the wail ng of tho Kildee lw the only norml you hotir. O ewet auc. sad and low As the memory nifty know la the glad-pathetic sous of Long Ago!

museums, and pot up a bookcase of his own, into which ho put a miscellanoue assortment of volumes; hut when one

day he received a perfumed envelope, inj viting him to lawn-tennis party ot Mr.

Ornbbo'fl country seat, lie felt that the dissipations of the wealthy had just begun for him. He accepted, of course and went attired in perfect style, ant! looking very well, indeed. He returned bewildered. Miss Crabbe

sang and danced, and was ' stylish." She

had pet her cap! for biro, find Mr. OrahI - yes, actually Mr. Orabbe had plainly allowed him to see that be would give his ceaseul to the match. "Two months ago be ealled me u stupid idiot. Two months ago he snubbed me whenever he spoke to me," thought Tim Bloom. 'Ves, this is the o'd story; everybody, everybody, even old Mrs. White, fluttering and cringing to my money. 1 wonder whether Hetty is the

daughter, Mehitable White a pink-cheeked, capable dumsel, Hetty for short - -he on'y went so

pretty, on ie I far as

ore married uu must hve with us, iind there shall be no more hard woik and boarders for you in this world, you dear old soul." After which the reader is to understand t. wedding and n happy iifJfor all.- lAtar Kyle Dallas in flew York Ledger. Napoleon Third and 1 Plon Plon." lCdwar.d.lMnp'H Paris hHr. Oris day when Napoleon III , who was ri bit of q wag, wis busily writing in his private room at the Tuileries, Prince Jerome, fa miliar ily known as "Plon-

Plou," was shown in. '"Well, I'rinee, what is it?" said Napoleon, knowing very well, before he asked i

the question, exactly what it would be, "Is it mere money?" VJou-Ploti said that it wp-; that the exigencies of his situation, etc, weighed heavily upon him, and that he found himself compelled to ask for funds. Napoleon indicated that he had given all that he con Id possibly spare, and that there was nothing to be had from hire, at least for a lung time to come. Plon-Plon became enraged. uY.m have no t ncrositv. This is not

THE TARIFF BILL.

lro v isious of tin At-t us Pnsnod ly tlicSont. (iH'iat Ktuflioii f Thirty lt r Cnt, Intimated.

to think of a air of patent leather boots j Nopoleonic. You hae Dothiiijf of your and a diamond cravat-pin. ; uncle about yon." Hetty awakened him to a full lenliza- I u()h, yes, I have!" retorted Napoleon; tion of his changed condition by tayinpf, j have his family

' rather seriously, and looking away from ; him : "Of course grandma's won't suit you any longer, Mr. Bloom, and you'll never ; have to cro back to OrnblK & (o's asrain."

And a nor burden he found that family all through his rein. Thee was Picric, who had to be taken care f as if he were ji hnliv. ;u!n whu wns unvihirw lnh a

prettv fiK.W! be atmyed into H,e polre of hr If a wnt n pound.

The following a fud synopsis of the tariff portion of the revenue bill as it passed tho Senate:

Hchcdulo A. Chemicals were reduced by the Tariff Commission from twentyfive to thirty per cent, ou existing rates The changes made by the Senate have been in the direction of further reduction. Phosphates and fertilizers have been placed ou the free list. Reductions have been made upon nearly all drugs and des. The only exception is the increase made upon the extract of sumac to satisfy the Virginia sumac industry. The exceptional increases in thin schedule are the restoration of lead products, zinc and spelter to the olu rates. The reft of the chemical schedule was reduced. Bichromate of p itash was reduced- fo three cents, Mid anmline dyes to thirty five per cent, ad valorem. This change ih important to dyers ar.d cotton manufacturers. A large number of chemicals now dutiable are placed on tie fire list by tho T?irttVCUtinnushi n.rnd this number was con- j sidensbly hit re:aed by the Senate. There ' was, however, vu increase of the duty on j

from three cents to two and one-half cents for wools below twelve cents in value and from six to live cents above the spwifto duty. Woolen koous and all mc nuf acta res of woolens a re reduced on an average to '-55 per omt. ad valorem. The reduction on carpets is at least 35 per cent, on present rates.

Schedule L. Silks. The rates are reduced to fifty per cent, ad valorem from sixty per cent,, tho existing rates. Schedule M. Books.- Are reduced from twenty-five to fifteen per cent, ad valorem. Books in a foreign language are put on the free list. Blank books and paper are reduced to twenty per cent, ad valorem. Schedule N Sundries. The reduction generally average twenty-five per cent. Coal was put at seventy-five cents per ton, the existing rate. Saifc is reduced twenty per cent, below the present rale?, with a proviso that mli used in packing meats and fish shall be free, and the duty shall be remitted on salt used for cur

ing purposes. This makes salt almost

free except table salt. The rae on bats aud hot nets is reduced about thirty -three and a third per cent. The reductions in the bill, it is estimated h the finance committee, will reach thirty per cent.

HOW IT EFFECTS A MAR.

Tako a liulo wifo, Tho prttsor tho batter; Vat hor cheeks, and when B-'io wants to kim you let her. One of theee old days. You'll feel one inch taller, When you see herding . : A fchoppiiiK HttlosquaUor. dob never slopped over, but he boiled over once. . Tho "fours of habit," said the gambler softly, as he dealt himself ail the aces iu the pack. Worth makes the man. When Worth

I makes the dress lit breaks the man.

A journal has been s tided in Kaw York called the Undertakers Assistant, Why not call ib the Physician afeonceV A woman was offered $1,000 if hhe would i emain silent for two hours. As the end of fifteen mmutos she asked: "Isn't the time nearly up?" frnd thus los. A Pittsburg firm has brought out a new masculine haf, which thc-y have christened the "Jersey Lily' It wouldn't be

j economy to invest in such a hat. It is to i eaeilv 'masbed."

A CHANGE IN FORTUNE.

"By George! I never thought (;f it: so stntely parlors c-f the palace, and there

j'fihauV said Tim lhiom. "No more

counter -jumping for ire; and if Airs. White will let me hire the back parlor I'll take that. Go away? Not TV 'Not yet: its too soon," said Hetty to herself; "but he'll tfo when he quite un-

Mr. Timothy Bloom, salesman in Mr. Crabbe's big vetnil dry goods store, tvas J stealthily luting his lunch in a dusty cor- j uer amongst some empty packing boxes, j It was not a very' good lunch, and warm

as the dav was, he had but one glass of derstands." ice water to drink with it. 1 ,Lo .e 0yllrat ttiait .v Am' Mr"a , j.inflni irt.a-i,w mu, B.oom." said Mr. Crabbe, bowiug as he

fellow was Timothy liloom, with e es Ul.e a pretty girl's and Mr hair parted down the middle: but he was rather doleful at

n

varied fiom the departing clerk as he

did to the carriage customers at the very stoie-dooo. "Ihave always felt, superiority in you over the other youeg men. I said to my daughter, Belinda, tre other day: "If it were not for giving ofl'euee to theru I should msk Mr. Timet by Bloom to our little evenings. Something r f the

T vender whether Hetty is the And in the s lusion of his own

apartment poor, young Tim Illoom actually cried; though Mr. Orabbe called that evening and took him to a charming stag party, where tho guests were principally in the dry goods line, and in every direction one's ears caught tho remark, "sold

who was not to be suited by mortal sales-

The latest immigration report issued by tie Treasury Department shows a large falling off m the immigration for the mou'i; of January, as compared with the same month last jear. .In January. t88o, the arrivals were 12,&&, write m 4nsxuuy9 they were 1S,4K. There arriveti from England and Wales 1,93d, ft eland &H, Scotland 2(U1, Austria 339, rigiuna (?", Bohemia 50. Denmark 1 France 179, Gennany a.526, Italy 3,143, Norway 32, Sweden 1C5, Dominion of Canada 2JM; all other eountriee. 250. Of this number, S.464 disembaxkeil at New Xork,

Tae President has sent to the Senate his nominations for three GtviH Service Conmiissioners whose duty it will be to formulate a jlm for carrying out of the law pf-ssed in the early part of this se ssion of Congress. Mr. Dorman B. Eaton, of New York, who stands first on the list, has devoted much time and thought to the subject of civil-service reform, and to liis elTorte possibly more than to th.se of any other individual the passage of the bill is due. Dr. John M. Gregory, cf Champaign, 111., has been many years connected with educational institutions, and is a member of .the Illinois State Board of Health. Judge Lero J. Thoman, of Youngstown, C, the Democratic member of the commission,"5 is iu his 32d year, and has been twelve years a member of the bar. He has served two trms as Judge of Probate, and was an unsuccessfal candidate for Confess in 188a -

man, to get off without buying anything. He had likewise informed him that he

had been five seconds late that morning fnoey, and would in consequence "be deducted j same?1,

7 . . " eighth'' on Saturday evening. That was not pleasant, and Mr. Crabbe's manner was not pleasant, and the dusty corner and the stale sandwich were not plea? ant. And who can wonder

that poor Timothy Bloom, looking up at

i iL - - L 1.. ..-.i.v It... I Itltf

a bill drawn by Judge Stotsenberg, of 1Ui v Ia"w mMr a ii,n.v u. iwrfi, w ! been abusing him for permitting a lady,

ers who will plant the common yellow willow along the banks of the Ohio river i as a protection against tloods. The wil- j low is named at the suggestion of Professor Collet t The amount of the bounty is left co be fixed by the committee. j The opponents to the proposed loca- j

tion of an insane asylum at Logansport have been circulating the report that the Smithson building, which it is proposed to buy, is encumbered. Mr. Q. A. Myers, a prominent attorney of Logansport, who is administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Pollard, from whom the property came, iu a card to the Pharos of that city, says the title is perfectly clear to she building. In the House, Thursday, considerable time was spent in the consideration of the bill which compels railroads and other corporations to pay their men at least once in every thirty days. A proviso was agreed to that such companies should be allowed to go into court and show cause why they could not comply with the provision named, and if in the judgment of the court the reason is valid, then the company .shell be allowed sixty days for the payment of their men.

The House committee on prisons re- j a forlorn widow's assistant bread winner,

ported the result of their observations. Concerning the Southern Prison, they recommended various reforms, particularly that provisions should be bought by wholesale; and the deputy warden's residence should be changed into a boarding house for the guards and other employes, to be operated for the benefit of the State and that the beds and bedding should be kept in a better condition, as they were now dirty and badly attended to. They found that the ventilation of the old cell-

house was very bad, but that the food

r of decorated corset boxes above his I bill of . goods to a man' and where ev

eryone scorned to drink anything less costly than champagne. "You rascal," said tbe excellent father on the way home, "I see you are afraid to speak, but I know yon couldn't keep vour eyes otf my Belinda last Wednes-

' day." ; "Could 1 hope for your cousent.if she j "My dear boy- ha! ha! ha' Why, ask ; her and see!" cried Mr, Crabbe. It has always been the wish of my haart, even when you were a poor clerk, and she 1 (don't nay J- told you i always admired you -always!" ; At nine o'clock, one night,Mrs. White's ; door bell rang, and a messenger boy ; handed in a letter -a big letter, with a ! big seal and- "immediate" on it. What I could it be? ' Something about the propS erty, of eourf e. Mrs. White carried it J herself to Mr; Bloom's room, and as she handed it in, aaw him seated beside a ta-

of

a row

head, and taking his idea from the winged infant picture upon them remarkeel, under his breath: "I wish I was a cherub." At this moment, even as the wish fluttered up to the corset boxes, a little boy, about three feet high, bearing on his bosom a badge with the enormous number 1180, came around tho corner, and fixed his pathetic eyes on Mr. Bloom's glass of water. "I say, Mr. Bloom," he whispered, pathetically, "won't you give me jes a mouthful of that water? Mr. Crabbe says us cashes an't to have no Irinks, and I'm chokinY Mr. Bloom smiled pitifully at the child,

t .1 1 11. M t

was iou-i'ion, ootn oi wiium were sources of vori'able annoyance to the "electro plate" Kruperor. Napoleon III .bad a keen sense of the riduculou4, and ae knew the danger incurred by any ic who becomes the subject of ridicule in ''ranee: so he w is always iu diead of the maneuvers of Pierre aud ''Plon-Plou." As for Pierre, by his brutal assassination of Victor Noir, he certainly contributed is much as Ga nbetta and Jules Favre did to promote 1 he ruin of the second empire. The p'stol shot which Pierre fired brought &H,t)00 artisans into the street to protest against the murder vt a "child of the people," and from that moment the empire, which was i,f"j?e 1 to rest upon the popular suffrage, was doomed. The German war merely accelerated its fall.

The Missing Link. Mr. Farini i now exhibiting

Schedule B. Earthenware aud Glassware. The rares remaui raotieally as reported by the finance committee with the except ion that comim n window glass was reduced u cent a ound. The rates of iho eoiiiinittee were about 5 per cent, less than the rates reported by the Tariff Commission, and were intended to be equivalent to the present rates. The Tariff Commission increased them on aceo.mt of the abolition of the duties on packages and inland transportation. The Tariff Commission's increase is 15 per cent, advalorem. The Senate reduced this to 10 per cent, and abolished charges and inland transportation, which the committee claim will make the rate of duty about five per cent, less than the existing law, the reduction being entirely the effect of the abolition of the duty on packages and inland transportation.

Schedule C. Metals The rates adopt-

at the ; f.jie eriafe are jn some important

Royal Aquarium in London, a strange j parioularH considerably lower than the hairy little creature named Krao. Krao j mtm reportei by the tariff commission, is described as a very bright-looking j Iron oro romam3 at the same rate, fifty intelligent girl of about seven years ot , coats a ton a9 fiS8d bv the tariff conimisage. She was caught according to the j 8ioj3j whic3l js abontthe present rate. Pig account given cf her by Mr. Farini, in the j u.ou wroVLfftt and scrap iron are reduced forest near Laos in Southeastern Asia, j tmm 8 to m ton; steel raii8 from and brought to England by Mr. Carl m to $lbm ml. tou Bar iron is YCLiwed B(K-k, a Xouvegian. Hearing in various ; on an aveiage about i cents per pound, qusrters of the existence of a race of . Ria sbwt iron reduced from4Jcenta hairyailed men similai iu appearance j to 2 CGntg per poun(j. Sheet iron is reto a family kept at the Court of Manila- dncea au averase Qf y ceufc per poundV

lay, he oliered a reward for the capture ot j a Hpecimen. A man was caught, and j with him the eliild now exhibited, and a , woman of similar appearance then ah i

lowed herself to be taken. When the lit- ! u,Hh;mged.

tie one attempted to wander her parent? !

Alaska. At last Alaska comes to the front as an

j important an wealthy possession of the

United States. Deposits of gold of great extent and surpassing richness have been discovered, are being worked, and it is claimed, await only fcho investment of capital and the enlistment of enterprise to develope into the most valuable lodes of the minerals iu the world. They are found at the base of the mountains, and can be traced up the sides. In illustration of tho importance of the discovery, Mr. Morns, Collector of Customs at Sitka, says that Pacific Coast capitalists have already brought into prominence lines of mines as large as the whole Cornstock lode. To show how lucrative the miner s occupation must soon become in Alaska, he asserts that during laet season presumably last fall a small force of men, with picks and shovels, made by surface digging over 3250,000, The inducements to capitalists to invest money he says, are of the most extraordinary character, while individuals seeking speedy acquisition of wealth will lose an opportunity which may never again be

Tin plates are reduced from 1 1 -10 to 1 cent per pound. Cotton ties remain nuchaiiged, and wire rods, iron and steel; the basis of barbed wire is substantially

I Wife Caivi you take me to tho Blank restaurant some evenim, my dear? Hueband No, darling, it is disreputable.

Wife- The s dear, why do you bring home its marked napkins in your pockets, "Should regular physicians consul with homeopathists?" is a conundrum occupying no little attention. By all means, that while the.' are consulting their patients may bo restored to health, A young lady wrote to the Philadelphia News, inquiring: How can I avoid being addressed if I walk out at night without a protector T The experienced, editor of. tihat paper tartly replied: "Wear an o:d shawl and carry a clothes basket." A little boy went into the parlor where his sister was being courted, and said: "Brother Tom told me to ask you what was the date of your last bustle, for he can't find to-day's paper, high or low, and he left it in your room just before eupper, "Phew, times are hard! Now I have 30,000 francs a year, and it is all I can do to make both ends meet!" "Thirty thousand francs a year and hard up! : Why I have barely a third of the sum and yet" "Oh, I know, but then yon have a wife and family, and so you can get along." A book, lately published in Paris, is en

titled "The New Guide of the Conversa-

presented if they fail to try their fortunes

at once in this golden region. Aside from . tmn in Portuguese and English, ' by Pe

dro Cosoli; a. Iu the preface the author

the fact of its mineral wealth if it i3 in

deed true that it has great mineral wealth - it really has natural advantages of a very superior character. Its fisheries are among the most valuable in the world. Its forests are vast in extent, and may be a source of great wealth, since they afford valuable lumber for expos t'lriou and the best of timber for ship building pur poses. Its coast has numerous inden taxations, and therefore provides excellent harbor accommodations. The climate,

says: "We expect, then, who the little book (for the case what we wrote him, and for her typographical correction)that may be worth the acception of the studious persons, and especially of the youth, at which we dedicate him particularly," : .... '. Miss Wreckless to Old Scruples, who is looking at a plaque of her painting: "Now, that's mamma; such a bother as she was; we have no oven, and had to

have her fired out of the house." And

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WiiitHi uer uauii uu t uuhuuvowi. . , ... , , -

4 j avsr;j ;3 o: "ij Ui u cent- poi pviuuu.

iiiu Lilt; .ui "us liii li .uuui i ...... i - t i

, fr t ; ration au steel oeiow oc per pounu w as her name. L he father cued at Laos of j .g aUQ cmt ftd valorcm cholera, and tue King refused to let the : . nils1M nF in on

it is true is cold, but this no serious draw-

Wire, steel and iron is reduced on an j back when we consider that Iceland, Scruples, who is not versed iu the ieeb-

of Russia are inhabited by thrifty and j doubt whether it is worse to be unfilial

and said mildly, as he held out the glass; "Here, Johnny , take half. Fd let you have it all if we were not limited to one

glass ourselves.

'Guess water is gettin' dear," s aid W" which stood wiae and a tray anny, eagerly swallowing the share ! heacies. Mr. Crabbe was at suV

Job

allowed of the cooling draught, but scrupulously careful not to exceed the permission. "Tha-xk 'ee. You're a brick. Mr. Bumps hit me a lick when I asked him. Here have the paper? A customer left it on the desk. Save it for me to take homo to

mother go; but Mr. Bock succeeded hi

gelling the child to Bangkok, and obtained permission from the King of Siam to take hor to England. The eyes of tbe child are large, dark and lustrous; the

supper I Bost flattened, the nostrils scarcely show

cheeks are fat and pouch-like

was sufficient, of a "good quality, and well- mar when I go home to-night. She likes

Cuba seems to have entered uron a new era of prosperity. Within the last year the system of portioning out large estates among a number of farmers has been very generally adopted, and is reported to secure a much higher degree of cultivation. This; however, is a trivial matter as compared with the success which has attended the dreaded change, from slave to free labor. Emancipation in the planter's mind meant ruin. The fear cf its effects not only prevented the employment of foreign capital irr the island but caused wealthy Cubans to send their money to Europe and to this "country for investment. Now, however, fertile lands t:a appreciating in value, and the figures show that more machinery has been imported this season than in any previous three years. These are unmistakable signaof a return of confidence. KiLAKt A, knov a in this democratic country, when His; Majesty was here, aa "Caheo Bave," was crowned King of the Handwich Islands on Tuesday, Feb. 20 with all the glitter and pomp and parade of Ids little ten-cent kingdom. A special giving an aeconnt A the ceremonies says King Kalakua was dressed in the uniform of generalissimo of the Hawaiian forces, a white tunic and light bine troujera. TheOaeen wore ft magnificent robe of ruby velvet with a splendid train borne by i wo attendant ladies. The King ws-: presented1 with a splendid cloak made entirely of precious yellow feathers which grew under the wings of a little monnt&itt bird. This is an heirloom of Hawaiian kings and presented as an ensign of knowledge and wisdom. At the conclusion of ail the speech making, Kalakua, with the noble example of the first Napoleon before him, took th

crown into his own hand and crowned himself. Throughout the entire proceedings we fail to, discover anything of HpreekJes. Spreckles is this rty who thought something of buying Mr. Calico's little kingdom and presenting it to he United States. ...... XoxEct8ziafkenf of the quantity of artificial butter imported into England, and it appears that a close sr-aiysis is necessary to distinguish the real article from the false. "This." said Secretary Jenkins, of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, "is unfortunate, as I feel convinced that if the amount could he ascertained it vould startle every one by its magnitude. In 1879 the importations of foreign butter amounted to about 00Opp0 cwt., of which 650,000 came from tho Netherlands. Probably one-half of this was artirical butter, and if we estimate the quantity that is imported under its rihi name at about 200,0Q0owt., we get a total of 500,OtXl cwt. No doubt this is pure guse work; but if it be considered that there are manufactarere of artificial butter who send to England from sixty to eighty tons per week iu fact, the three largest in Holland.send between them about 200,000

cooked. They also recommended an increase in the warden's salary, and a better system of accounting for supplies. Concerning the Northern Prison, the report was far more iavorable, for everything there, so far as outside appearances go was in first class condition. The committee recommended the following appropriations: Five hundred dollars for the library at the Northern Prison, 5,000 for heating apparatus and $15,000 for new bath house, etc.; 15,000 for furnishing the hospital at the Southern Prison S5iG00 for new cell-house and 5,000 ;or hospital there for insane prisoners from both penitentiaries. The repoitwas referred to the committee on ways and means. The Indianapolis Journal thus describes an "incident f One of the most disgraceful scenes that ever occurred in the Indiana Legislature took place in the

to read the murders and them things "

"Cash 1189!" shrieked a female voice. Cash! Cash!" "It's Miss Priugle. I must go," whispered Johnny, and sped nwav in terror. There were ten cash boys in the store, and they had been numbered high to sound well. Mr. Bloom peeped around the boxes at the clock, saw he had ten minutes more to himself, aud opened the paper. The first rhing his eye lighted on was an advertisement of a fine country seat for sale, and he read it through the description of the stables, barns, bath tubs, conservatory, veranda, lawn and kitchen garden; the well, octagon parlors and cupola; the tiled halls and frescoed ceilings,as though he intended to buy it for himself that afternoon. Then, h e cist his eye upon an account of how Mr. Mullen had beaten Mrs. Mul-

witlt hw IwinnW. ! lUg: tUC

"Excuse ine' said Timothy. j the lower lip only rather thicker than is j "Oh! certainly," said Mr. Orabbe, ; usual in Europeans; but tbe chief pecxt ' Timothy opened the letter, read it, ut- Harity is the strong and abundant haiv. : tered a deeu sirrh. and naased it to Mr. i On n homl it is hiac.k. fhifk and !

Crabbe. Mr. Crabbe read it and turned j straight, and grows over the forehead j M thafc his mt e simply as nnrnlP. i .Inwn in th Pvfl.h-ntv. vd con- steel not otherwise provided for, at 30 per

semer blooms, and on ail the lower grades of steel, which under the present lav are admitted as "steel not otherwise provided for." This statement of the increase, however requires explanation. The Treasury Department has assessed 45 per cent, on this class of steel as "manufactures of steel not otherwise provided for," Tho United State3 circuit court in New York has de-

prosperous peoples.

"Bo I niHterrtand it?" said Timothy, tinnes in ivhisker-iike lucks Aown the slt- a ' ewero. per

hiding his face. . cheeks. The jest of the face is covered ! , - ' 7 T, !- r -Your lawver savs the uronertv is no i wih finn .lrlr. ,Wnv h,dr. nnrl f ! Action of o per cent, ou the practice of

longer yours-that your grandfather was j shoulders aud arms have a covering of j not the right Timothy Bloom, and that hdrs from an inch to an inch and a half j

the real heir will demand a restoration of all that you have spent already." "Yes, I was right said 2klr. Bloom. "But, Mr. Crabbe, after all I shall do very well. I cau go Lack to your store, and Miss Belinda haa quite a sufficient little fortune of her own. We can still bo happy," Mr. Orabbe leaped to his feet.

long. There is, it is said, a slight lengthening of the Ijwer vertebrae, suggestive of a caudal protuberance, and there are points in the muscular conformation and otherwise which will provoke attention. Erao has already picked up a few ords of English. She is said to be of a

the treasury, but an iucresse of 5 per cent.

over what the United States court says the law is. There is no doubt that the decision of the circuit court will be affirmed by tbe United States supreme court so that really this if; a practical increase over existing law; the pro eut rate being gg cents per pound (in all enumerated steel valued at less than 7 cents per

pound. The rates on steel above 5 cents

trulv' feminine delight in her clothes, j per pound, and not above 7, are as under

"Sir' sir1" he said "this is i great piece I JpwR'rv :3ncl rionona. Mr. eanuiexnious tue present law. jn sieei vaiuui ut vo impertinence, sir' You haven't1 spoken I hr ibe "gjgigg link 9 cents per pound there is a reduction of

j ' Recollections of Wagner, cent a pound on the present law; above Ivimm TSin.u C'ticago Tribuws i 9 cents per pound in value, a rbduction of

Senate Wednesday, Senator Jason B. ! len, and been arrestetl for so doing; and Brova being the chief offender. At the j then ho found himself reading a parabeginning of the afternoon session Mr. j 'graph to the effect that the heirs of TimNulljintroduced the Mock apportionment othy Bloom, of Lancaster, England, if bill ty consent of the Senate, and Senator living, might hear of something to their Brown savagely moved that the bill be re- advantage by applying to Jones & Johnjeetea In the discussion which ensued j son, street. . Mr Jiell spoke earnestly in opposition to "My name,", thought Mr. Bloom, X

the proposed aisposition of the bill, but j first. Then, with a start, he remembered

was j interrupted by Mr. Brown with sneering-. and insulting remarks. Finally Mr. Bell turned to him and quietly said: "Brown, don't interrupt me farther. You are drunk, and 1 am talking to gentlemen' Mr. Brown jumped up and excitedly exclaimed, in a tone that could be hearUall over the chamber: "You are a G - j& lying , a brainless coward, and a hound." The remark created the greatest excitement in the Senate, jis there were at least fifteen ladies in the eh amber, who could not help hearing the offensive and disgraceful remark.

Senator Bell, who is under all circumstances a gentleman, very properly did not present the-remark as both the time and place would not permit of it, but kep nis temper, and thus the matter rested fpr the time, tho Senate taking no action; upon it. :. j . Farmers aud Their Fences. CoIjnibuR Republican. 1 men have to stop in the midst of the

that he had heard that his grandfather was named Timothy. Certainly, he came from Lancaster, England. His her,fat David Bloom, had been an only son. He was an only son himself. Well, then, he was Timothy Bloom's heir, if it should prove that the Timothy Bloom inquired for was really hift father's father. "Bnt,.rh psha!" said Mr. Bloom, "this sort of thing couldn't happen to me. It's some other Timothy, not poor old grandfather' And he copied the address of Jones & Johnson into bis pocketbook,and went back to his counter quite cal u iy, though he wrote to Jones k Johnson that night. Howeyer, .wonders will never cease, When Tim Bloom, the meekest of all young salesmen, went home that Satur

of impertinence,

to Belinda." "But yon assured me

thy. igT didn't" shrieked Mr. Orabbe. "A least, I was mistakes) I came here with tbe intention of telling you, upon my word and honor, that she can't endure yon; and as for the store,you were a most incompetent salesman. There is no situation open. Sorry for you, but Good night, good-night." "Good night," said Timothy. Then, as the door closed, he took up his letter and carried it to old Mrs. White, who, with Hetty as assistant, was seeding raisins for next day's pudding, sitting one on either side of the drop-light in the dining-room. "I shall have to gi ve up my back parlor," said poor Timothy. "And as for my half hall bedroom, I don't know how to" pay for that; for Mr. Crabbe won't take me back." "Time-serving old wretch!" said Mrs. White. "No matter, Mr. Bloom. I'll trust, you. Intentions being right, I never will be hard on my boarders, and you can keep the parlor until it is hired, because it's more comfortable." "And try to keep up your spirits," said Hetty; "for, after all, money isn't everything." "It seemed too sudden to last," said Mrs. White. 'l never trust these lawyers'

So the good souls comforted him, and

asked Hettr to

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tincer,who is now singing in opera bou tie at Haverly's Theater, iu her apartments at the Palmer House after the performance last evening, and questioned her ro-

i cent per pound. Steel in forms not. specially provided for remain at 30 per eent. ad valorem, the present rate. The non-enumerated classes of manufacture of iron and steel are fixed at 35 per cent. On

garding her knowledge of Herr Wagner, j all various enumerated forms of nianu-

Mme. Geistmger said she had no person

al acquaintance with the famous composer, but had seen him frequently, the last time in Leipsic. She witnessed the first per for oiunee of "Parsifal," and recalled the fact that when, after the first act, there was no applause, Herr Wagner nervously strode to the front of his bos and said, in rather a loud voice: "Jnst wait: that is all I want." And they did wait, and were treated to the grandest music to which they had ever listened.

f aetures of iron aud steel the rates adopted by the Senate are substantially those of the tariff commission, which are an average reduction of 20 per cent, below the present rates. Schedule E. Sugar The reduction of sugar below No. 13 Dutch standard in color is about 18 per cent, or 45-100 cents per pound. This would be a reduction of the revenue from 6iigar of $$,443,000 The reduction of sugar above No. V-t Dutch standard is about 2S per cent, ol!

Beginning to Squeeze. Wall Street Daily News. Two or three years ago a Jersey City pension lawyer took the case of a widow who wanted about $2,000 back pay, and the papers went to Washington to be hidden away among the cobwebs until some clerk had nothing else to do but examine them. After three months had passed, a young farmer called to ask about the case, and regularly every ninety days since that time he had dropped in with his: "Well, any good news for the Widder Jenning?" At his last visit the other day, the lawyer replied after the same stereotype fashion and added: "Do you live neir the widow?" "Only one farm between us." . "And she has told you to watch for the money?" . "Well, not exactly that, but I've kinder taken it upon myself to do so. If the Widder jenning gets that $2,000 before the first of April my heart is going, to yearn to marry her. If she don't git it, I'm going to marry an old maid with twenty-one acres of land and a yoke of oxen. I wouldn't have come in to day but the widder she's a winking and the old maid is looking purty as a bed of onions, aid things is beginning to squeeze on me'

Among the people of Bayreuth, where ! the present rates. Ibis is a larger reduc-

tion on ttiose aoove man tnose oeiow i 18 Dutch standard. Schedule F. Tobacco. - The uotable

Herr Wagner was a veritable king, his compositions were always spoken of as the music of the future. Judging from his great nervousness the Madame was of the opinion '.that Herr Wngner died of heart disease, tor although he had never been rack be always spoke of his fear that he would not survive the production of "Parsifal1 which he regarded

as the greatest of all his production?, j

The Madame said that Mme. Materna whom many Citicagoaus will remember,

day e vening with a "deducted' salary and

1.1! n 1T- -r t t .

a Boottung, ne rouna iur. jouuson mmseir after a while, when he

in hn boarding-house parlor, and an -sx-

animation of the family Bible iu his pussession, and of p. certain bundle of veliow

clmngo in the tobacco schedule is the in0! ease -n. tobacco used exclusively for wrapping, known as tho Sumatra tobacco, from seventy-live cents to 31 per pound. Schedule O. Provisions, Most of the

artsoies m tue soneuiue remain au- j

change. k Barley and malt are reduced live cents per bushel. Kye is raised a quarter of a cent per pound. There is a light sEHfPKfc on oranges, and lemons

wum T-Fr-rr Wmiftrs mi oil and favorite

aiicff, hnvinrr n eh li1 hi rin-Mn:1 aud banana are out on the free list.

oavt in "Famfa!"

P ou.u - uw, iette::s thar, Mr. Bloom had more than

will be delayed, and it win be impossible I imoo Mu1A fa hnm w in,

to get through with it in time. The commissioners should order that 'no stock shall run out until such a time as the farmers can have their fences repaired whjich will not be tor several months The interests of the farming community demand it, and if it is not done thousands of dollars wilt be lost by the ravages of stock and loss of tame in repairing fences that should be used in getting in he crdps.

taken little walk with htm, sue consented.

. There was a little park on the fiber I returned from an inquest held on the side of the street, and though tho gates body of Thomas Jenkins, a buy fourteen

were locked they walked around its railings. Their talk was long aud earnest, and at last Timothy said: "Well, Hetty, poor as I am, will you promise to marry rue some day ?" And she had answered, "i'es, Tim," very simple and so it was settled; and

years of age, is a warning to persons who are in the habit of teasing puppies. Tbe evidence showed that the deceased pointed at a retriever ot three months old now dogs nt all kinds hate to be pointed at- which i hereupon snapped at hiu:lfauti caught his ringer, the skin of which was

Miss Anna K'ng, living eight miles

from Anderson, has been cured by prayDi Inf an ininrv f r ev sinlrlA to1ii1- nA

, , . . . . Orabbe really had a heart this must be

. .. -j . i . . known one ui pr vate.

ourable.

Ploughing has commenced for spring pltir - naris of Louisiana,

once decided to bum, but had, forriuu ?o-

ly, f pared, sott ed the matter. HaK a million of monev had come to him in the regular course of nature, aud he was richer not only than Mr. Crabbe.but than any of his most fashionable customera. jfc was a wonderful surprise to little Tim Bloom, and be scarcely grasped the idea at first. XSyen after he had told his

conndent, his landlady's nrefctv era nd-! together. But it was only when Mrs. i Mary's Hospital on Saturday lati. It

was stated in evidence that tafew from puppies were won-e aud more danrous than njtes from old dogs - a fact, if it be a i d, by i ,o means as generally kaowu

"I can't keep to myself any longer, j as it should be. II puppies' bites and grandma. 1 wrote that letter myself. Vm scratches are more dangerous they are as rich as I over was, and I've tested mv ! certainly far more common, especially if a friends. Old Crabbe has proven fitlae ! graze of the skin can be called a bito,nud

for a young man, recently reduced from j grazed. Thafc was in Septemb r last, and affluence to poverty, Mr. Bloom oeriai sly j on the lot! inst. the bey showed sympT.I . tl '. nil 1 1 1 1 . I:

looKcii very nappy as tney went nemo j corns or nyuropuoina, aim uieu ii

Mr. Bloom lemembered the placard : White had given her loving censent to over the water-cooler; "Cashes not ab ! his marrying Hetty when they had enough lowed drinks' ,fcA cash who drinks de- ! for bread and butter, that he made conducted one-half," and though that if Mr. j fession:

Tho boarders were not 'sociable;' he treated them to ico cream several times, and took Betty White to a concert or two He improved his mind in libraries and

and you have proven true. T felt sure about Hetty ail tbe while: and when wo

i June $ a large reauetiou iu iirieu iruus,

Pupmes Bites. j lifV'; ra 'tam m wmhmente. Out meat is , (isif-ouv. 1 j rci ii:oed one-half cent a pound. OhoeoTha verthot of death from hydrophobia j late and chicory are reduced.

Hohedcde if. 1 liquors The notable change is an increase on the duty on champagne of one dollar per dozen quarts, and corresponding increase in pints. Schedule .T. Cottons. There is an average of about 35 per cent, advalovem reduction on the present rates. There is 'a general reduction upon all articles excepting the hosiery cotton laces, embroideries, lace window curtains, insertions aud cotton velvet. These articles are all increased from 80 to 40 per cent, ad valorem. Hemp, jute and tins, - ftaw hemp is increased from &15 to $20 a ton, and jute butts put on the free list. Schedule K. Woolens, Tbe clothing and combing wools are reduced about ton cents on wool below thirty cents in value, and twelve cents on wools above thirty cents. Carpet wools are reduced one-sixth of the amount of the duties;

it appears from this inquest that il Usuf jieient to induce hydrophobia.

Home Songs. The chief lyric in this connection is, of course, "Home, Sweet Home.' Payne wrote it to help till up an opera he was preparing, aud at first it had four stanzas. The author never received anything for it, but, though the opera was a failure when played in the Coyent Garden Theater, the song took, and over 100,000 copies were sold the first year. In two years the publishers cleared over 10,600 by the publication, and the variations, transcriptions and imitations have been innumerable The melody is believed to be a Sicilian air, aud Donizetti has a variation of it in his opera "Anna Bolena." Payne was afterward appointed. American Consul at 'Tunis, where he died, and whence his remains were sent the other day to America. Some of his miseries may be guessed from his own words; "How often have I been in the heart of the cities of Paris, Berliu, Loudon, or some other city, and have heard persons singing or hand organs playing 'Home. Sweet Home', without having a shilling to buy myself the uext meal or a place to lay my head! Tbe world has literally sung my song till every heart is familiar with its melody; yet I have been a wanderer from my boyhood, and in my old age have to submit to humiliation for ray bread." A Quick Witted Woman. London CorroBpondwio Detroit Post, There is one woman in Londou who has her wits about her, and when you come to think about1 it the fact is highly eredib-

bie to London. On the Strand a thief suddenly snatched her purse from her and instantly disappeared in the crow d. In the puree was some small change and a cheek for 10, The lady spent no time iu a fruitless attempt to catch the thief or find a. policeman. She. went to the nearest postoffice, took a telegraph blank and sent a dispatch to the bank saying: "When any one presents a check signed by for 10,arrest him anddetaiu him till I coma." She then got luto a cab and drove to the bank. When site got there she found a

or to talk slang. - "Have you ever tried the faith cure?" -asked a long-haired, sallow-faced stranger addressing a gentleman w;ho sat behind him in a Brookryn street-car. "I have," was the answer. "Do you believe in it?" "I do." "May I ask, then, of what you were cured?" "Certainly. I -was cured of my faith.' Cold Weather in Nevada. Fife Lake Comet. "This weather doesn't quite come up to two years ago, Bob, when the snow was seven feet deep, and trains were snowed in for four days. That was a hard winter. "Hard winter! Wy, that was nothin at all. Eight years ago the trains didn't get through here for three months,, and Uucle John Crayton had to pack all his provisions over from Traverse on snowshoes." "Yes, that was pretty tough, but it wasn't a marker to the winter Burt Howe stole Doc Morgan's turkeys, and had theni all dressed before Doc quit raffling. Don't you mind how the wind blew, too, and how it drifted? Nick Theirs logged two eighties that winter on section 13, and in the spring Will Bailey happened down that way looking for land, and got into them stumps. 'Great bull-frog, The shortest stump in that lot was forty feet high. Will bought the stump land at fifty cents an acre, and made $8,000 logging it over, again next year." ... "Oh, I know all about that. Such stories as that might do to tell in Florida', or in a warm part of Texas. But you don't want to talk to me a minute about Fife Lake Winters. Wy, boy, I was here 'fore you was born. You never heerd of the winter of '49?" "No; let 'er drive," "Well, that was a windy year, and it was a little cold. Winter set in the 12th of November with the daradest whirl wind you ever smelt of. What ,. do yon s'poso I saw when I went down t' the lake next morning to take a swim?" "What was it?" "Well, the lake had froze thirty-four

! feet deep durin the night, unV right put

in the middle that durned cyclone had raise a chunk of water sixty feet high un' it had frozen there stiff as a green Norway in February. The .blamed thing was 'bout a hundred feet 'cross the top, and tapered down to 'bout an inch at the bottom. The wind was blowin' like an old settler, too." "Did she blow over, Bob ?" "Nary a blow. Before the wind could heave 'er over one way it would whew round and right 'er up again. And she kept goin that way until the 4th of next June."

Why Razors Are in Demand. A Sheffield firm were recently puzzled to make out to what use the Americans could put a certain class ol! razor which they exported in considerable quantities. Razors are usually bought for shaving, but this article Could no more shave a man's beard than could a brick. After inquiring, they ascertained that the article was used for "razor fights" among the New York negroes. When a debate waxes warm they whip out the razor, swi tig back the blade against the haft, and go to work to slice a man's face into chips. Such, is tho story. In South America razors are used for cutting sugar canes. The juice destroys the weapon

after a dav's work, and tho cuttor throws

policcmau explaining to a very astonished hfc myny, ' beginning with a fresh razor young man that he would liavo to wain a j T GXt morning. Hence the enormous con little as they expected a lady visitor. The J simiption. young man will have three years to get I - r - . over his astonishment I A u optical illusion A glass eye,

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