Bloomington Telephone, Volume 13, Number 43, Bloomington, Monroe County, 10 May 1889 — Page 2

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KBW YORK CELEBRATES IN A FITTING MANNER.

The Greatest Military Display of Modern Times Brilliant Ieeorations and Fitting IHsplay at Oticago Observance Throughout the Northwest. New York, May 1, The town woke up more sleepily Tuesday morning than it did Monday, and with good reason. Its inhabitants, permanent as well as temporary, were tired, the latter even more so than the former. Still, the earliest streaks of dawn fonnd many people in the streets,, and these indeed were fortunate, for in all the range of meteorological chance a more perfectly morning could scarcely have been round. As the morning wore along the crowds in the streets became even greated than they were Monday. The hurry was even greater, for one and all saw" the necessity of reaching points at the earliest practical moment. The crush in the streets in the lower part of the city was so great that it was found necessary to start the parade somewhat earlier than had been intended. This was done in order that the line might be lengt hened oat and got in marching order, thus relieving at once the pressure in the lower wards and placing the head of the column in such a position that, when the President reached the reviewing stand, he need be subject to no delay. At precisely 10:25 Gen. Sehofield gave the order, and the greatest military parade of modern times started. From Fine street, the point from which the start was made, up Broadway as far as the eye couli reach the sidewalks were literally blockaded with people, while the windows, doorways, aud roofs of the buildidgs were simply a mass of humanity. As the gorgeous pageant began to move up Bioadwayall the patriotism in the mass, which had been pent up now for many hours, broke forth. Cheers rent the air, handkerchiefs and banners held in the hands of the people began waving and New York and its muny thousands of visitors were happy. The parade was led by Ma j. -Gen. Schofield, accompanied by his star! and corps of aids. The right of the line was given to the West Point cadets, 400 strong, who were followed by the regulars under Maj.Gen. Howard. The second division consisted of State militia They marched in the order of the admission of the States into the Union, as follows: Delaware, 750 men, Gov. Benjamin T. Briggs commanding; Pennsylvania, 8,000 men, Gov. James A. Beaver commanding; New Jersey, 3,700 men, Gov. Robert S. Green commanding; Georgia, 350 men, Gov. John B. Gordon commanding; Connecticut, 600 men, Gov. Morgan G. Buckley commanding; Massachusetts, 1,675 men, Gov. Oliver Ames commanding; Maryland, 500 men, Gov. E. E. Jackson commanding; South Carolina, 450 men, Gov. John P. Richardion commanding; New Hampshire, 1,000 men, Gov. Charles H. Sawyer commanding; Virginia, 500 men, Gov. Fitzhngh Dee commanding; New York, 12,010 men, Gov. David Bennett HiJl, commander-in-chief : North Carolina, 150 men, Gov. Daniel C fowl commanding; Rhode Island, 450 men, Royal C. Taft commanding; Vermont, 750 men, Gov. William P. Dillingham commanding; Kentucky, 453 men, Gov. Simon B. Buckner commanding; Ohio, 3,500 men, Gov. Joseph B. Forakcr, commanding; Louisiana, 400 men, Gov. Francis T. Nichols commanding; Mississippi, 60O men. Gov. Rotiert Lowry commanding; Michigan, 400 men, Gov. Robert Iwry commanding; Michigan, 400 men, Gov. C. G. Luce commanding; District of Colnrnbia, 800 men, Commissioner CoL E. C. Blaunt commanding; Florida, 200 men, Gov. Francis P. TWiacfr&rqa Virginia, 800 men, Gov. J. B. Jackson commanding. Places were given in this division to Gov. Seay of Alabama, Gov. James P. Engle of Arkansas. Gov. J. N. Cooper of Colorado, Gov. J W. Fifer of Illinois, Gov. Hovey of Indiana, Gov. Larrabee of Iowa, Gov. Burleigh of Maine, Gov. Merriam of Mm-

CEATJNOI.Y M. DZPKW, 0RAT0B OF THE DAT. nesota, jov. Francis of Missouri, Gov. Thayer of Nebraska, Gov. Pennoyer of Oregon, and Gov. Hoard of Wisconsin. The third, division consisted of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Loyal Legion. The scenes along the first part of toe line of march beggar description. The city hall and the stands were packed almost to suffocation, and numerous ticket holders were unable to gain access to them. Broadway, as far as the eye could see, was a blaze of bunting and a sea of faces. Housetops, windows, telegraph poles, and lamp posts, private stands without number, and every possible vantage ground vied with the sidewalk crowds in point of numbers Just before 12:C0 o'clock the President aud other honored guests of the day were driven pust the city hall stand in opec carriages. The knowledge that they bad started Vad been telegraphed along the line and the military todies had been drawn U in saluting columns on the ea&t side of Broadway. The Presidential party was at last placed in position and toe review of the parade begap. . It took nine hours for the procession to pass. In trie box with the i resident were Vice-Frevtdent Morton, Chief Justice Fuller, fcecrfctary ot State Blaine, Mayor Grant, Gen. Sherman, Admiral Porter, Hamilton Fish, Flbri .'ge T. Gerry, and ex Presidents Cleveland a d Hayes. Services were held in all the churches, the principal services being held at St. Paul s cliurch, where Washington attended on the morning of his inauguration, and which were attended to-day by President Harrison, Vice-President Morton, ex-Presi-nents Cleveland and Hayes, and many of the moat distinguished people of the country. Bishop Potter, in his address dwelt upon the trust and dependence which induced the first President after he had taken the oath to turn to the church and ask God for help. At the close of the service at St. Paul's the doors leading out upon the west porch were thrown opea and the distinguished congregation which had entered the Broadway entrance passed out under the canopy which had been ttretched to the Veassj

street gate and took the carriages assigned them. As soon as the Presidential party reached the platform a shout of applause arose from the assembled crowd. Archbishop Corrigan. wearing his scarlet robes, was on the platform. He was introduced to tae President and Vice President, Gov. Hill, Mayor Grant, Dr. Storrs end several others. Hamilton Fish, Sr., opened the exercises by introducing Elbridge T. Gerry as chairman. The latter said: "Fellow-Citizens: One hundred years ago, on this spot, George Washiugton, as first President of the United States, took his oath of office upon the Holy Bible. That sacred volu me is here to-day, silently attesting the ba sis upon which our nation was constructed and the dependence of our people upon Aimi ?bty God. In the words, then, of one of the founders of the government: 'With hearts overflowing with gratitude to our Sovereign Benefactor for granting to us existence, for continuing it to the present period, and for accumulating on us blessings spiritual and temporal through life, may we with fervor beseech Him so to continue them as lest to promote His glory and our welfare.' M Mr. Gerry then introduced the Rev. Richard F. Storrs, who delivered the invocation in a very clear voice. Clarence W. Bo wen, secretary of the centennial committee, was next introduced. He read J, G. Waittier's poem, which had been composed for the occasion.

the school children to the numter of five thousand were marshaled for parade, passing over a raised platform o l Capitol avenue, where the people could witness the presentation of medals. The Rev. Father Hickey, Roman catholic vicar-general, gave them an address of welcome, and the Rev. Dr. Post of the Congregational church delivered the speech of tho occasion. Flags floated from public ani private buildings. The city was handsomely decorate 1. At Danville there was a general observance of centennial day. All business was suspended in tho afternoon, and the business houses and privates residences were handsomely decorated with bunting. The large parade of military and civic societies was witnessed by an immense crowd. Speeches were made ac the armory by prominent gentlemen, after which the Oddfellows laid the corner stone to their new temple with appropriate ceremonies. Incthe absence of Grand Master Underwood Past Grand Commander W. R. Jewell of this city olhciated At Montic llo the day was ushered in by a salute of 100 guns. The bells were rung and steam whistles sounded for an hour. At 9 a. in. a grand union service was held at the Methodist Episcopal church. Prayers were offered and addresses delivered by the Rev. J, D. Fry and the Rev. M. Waller and others The city was gayly decorated with the national colors. At Bloomlngton the Hon. Adlai E. Stevebson delivered an address to an immense

came In from tne surrounding country There was a fine display of fireworks in the evening. At Keokuk tbe day was appropriately celebrated at Rand Park with a parade, speeches, music, and salutes of artillery. Special services were held in all the churches. At Mason City the city wns in holiday attire. Owing to the chilly atmosphere the exercises were held in the Grand opera

GEOXtOE WASHINGTON".

At the conclusion of the reading tbe Assembly gave Mr. Whittier three cheers and a tiger. The Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, the orator of the day, was next introduced. He received a hearty goeetmg, and when this had subsided delivered his speech. CHICAGO CELKBKATES. Thousands of Patriots Jn Line The Display and Decorations Superb. Chicaoo, May 1. 2?ever before In the history of the city was Cnicago more profusely decorated with the National colors and bunting than that displayed Tuesday in commemoration of the centennial inauguration of George Washington. Every business house and a larger portion of the residences displayed decorations of some sort. Down town the Jdecorauons, were elaborate, the business men seeming to vie with each other in making the most pretentious display. The streets were a marching host of flagbearers. The holiday allowed by the business houses turned thousands of young patriots loose. Business was entirely suspended. The whole population was busily burning the patriotic flame. Pictures of Washington were hung in windows, fastened to flags, and wreathed in tKNational colors. He appeared in a thousand attitudes and wore a greater variety of suits than the knight of modern society. He wore his hair pompadour, combed flat, or appeared bald headed. If humor has a place in the hearafter Washington must have been amused to see himself in yellow trousers and blue boots, with knee breeches and red stockings, and all the vanity aud pomp of civic and military trappings. The older folk marched behind blaing horn and sullen drum. Several societies joined the festivities in brilliant uniform and added the pomps of military parade. Banners of all nations spread their folas under the starry l ag. Katives of other countries joined the throng of patriot Americans. A cataclysm of oratory spread over the city. At Central Musie hall Robert T. Lincoln, the Rev. S. J. McPherson, and the Hon. John M. Thurston of Nebraska, temporary chairman of the last Republican convention, spoke. Far well hall listened to Judge Tuthill, tbe Hon. L. D. Thoman, ex-Civil Service commissioner, and Rabbi Hirsch. At the Exposition building were the Rev. C. C. Altertson and e x-Senator Dooiittlo. The Board of Trade building rang with the voices of Robert Melntyre and the Rev. Dr. Gunsaulus. In Buttery D was heard the oration of the Hon. John M. Langston, the colored delegate from Virginia who espoused tho cai sa of Senator Sherman at the national convention, and the Hon. Peter Hendrickson of Wisconsin. Judge Harlan and the Rev. Dr. Barrows spoke at the Second regiment armory. On th. lake front Mayor Cregier and Judge Prend?rgast held the audience at tent A, while Congressman ivason and Mr. A. G. Lane did a si nilar service at tent B. In many of the chur -hes servic s in honor of the day were held. Catholic, Protestant, Hebrew, and unorthodox all jo.ued in a national thanksgiving observance. In tbe eveniug fireworks were displayed at tbe parns, and the town turned out to sat them. The stivets were glutted with sightseers, and the lake front was a solid jam. A banquet at the Union League club swelled the tide of oratory that rolled to the feet of Colombia's, tlrt ruler. At Springfield the centennial celebration was highly creditable. A delightful day permitted a turn-out of all the military and secret societies in tbe city, who marched Ihrough the principal streets to the Capitol grounds. There thousands of people assembled to listen to an eloquent oration by i ishop KeyniouT and the exercises of prayer and song. In the af temoos.

audience at the Second Presbyterian church. Other speakers of the day were the Rev. W. H. Wilder and Dr. James B. Taylor. The bells were rung and cannon fired. At Elgin special services were held in all of the schools and in the evening an address was delivered by Bishop Fellow? of Chicago. At Waukegan all business was practically suspended and tho citizens celebrated. Charles Whitney delivered a patriotic address and tho schools took up the oc;asion with joyful memorial exercises. At Kankakee the centennial of Washington's inauguration was appropriately observed by the rincing of bells, church services, a monster parade, and patriotic speeches Fully ten thousand people were in the city. Throughout Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wis. , May 1 . Great crowds attended tho numerous centennial celebrations in this city. From 1) to 9:Jif o'clock all the fire bells ani church bells rang in chorus, and whistles tooted in accompaniment. Union tier vices were held in the three divisions of the city, and at 11 o'clcck a monster meeting was held at the Acc.demy of Music under the auspices of the Merchants' association and the chamber of commerce. The speakers were Mayor Thomas Brown, John Johnston, exCongressman G, W. Hamilton, and Gen. E. C. Winkler. In the afternoon the Fourth regiment, light horse squadron, and Fiist light battery and the six turner societies, a thousand strong, marched to the Washington statue on the west side, where cn immense concourse of people listened to addresses by local orators. A big demonstration was held on the south side. t L;t Cro3se the day was favorable and business: was suspended. Religious services in several churches were well attended. There was. a procession, in which more than twenty-five societies united together, with citizens n foot and in carriages, forming; one of the most imposing parades ever witnessed in that city. Col. Bryant address 3d the people in English, the Hon. F. A. Pusher ot' Minneapolis in Norwe g'ian, and Dr. 01 lie in German. At Waukesha the demonstration assumed large proportions. People came from alJ parts oi' tho country and with all Waukesha turned out to show their patriotism At 9 o'clock all the hells of the village were rung, and then services were held in the different churches. The procession was the largest ever seen in Waukesha. Tho exercises at Amusem nt hall consisted of prayer, mush, reading of Washington's first inaugural by T. K Ryan, and an oration by John T. Kelly of Milwaukee. At Racine lusiness was s spended for the day and everybody united in celebrating the lot'th anniversary o:' the inauguration of Washington. At Oshkosh the day was fittingly observed. Judge Cleveland made a short speech and read Washington's Inaugural. He wan followed by Judge Burneii, Richarc. Guenther, Charles W. Fclker, the Rev. C. B. Wilcox, aud others, in short speeches. At Madison thre were no public exercises. Cannons were tired on the university campus at noon, but Mad is oil did not wake up. '! li 1" v In I own. Des Moines, Iowa, May 1. Des Moines was in holiday attire Tuesday in honor of the inauguration centennial. All of the j.rincipU business streets were handsomely dec. rat h1. An imposing parade of the principal societies and organizations was held in the afternoon, after which Foster's opera house was crowded to overflowing ly pers ms who desired to listen to addresses by the Hon. A. B. Cummins ani F. W. Lehmann. Thousands of visitors

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house, which was filled to overflowing. Tho principal speeches of the day were made iy J. J. Clark, William Wilcox, J. MtConloguo, J. R. Jones, and E. J. Blythe. CttlAhnttloti in Indiana. Indianaholis, Ind., May 1. The day was very generally observed in this city. Business was suspended in many lines of trade and the public schools wen dismissed In the forenoon services were held in a number of churches while in others addresses were delivered by wellknown men. Senator Turple spoke at St. Paul's cathedral and the Hon. John M. Butler at Plymouth church. In the afternoon a street parade, consisting of military and civic organizations, accompanied by numerous bands of music, was witnessed by large crowds of people. The celebration closed at night with a meeting at Tomlinson's hall, where addresses were delivered by Judge Byron K. Elliott, Mayor Denny, and others. At Feru, Ind., the centennial was fitly celebrated by general suspension of business, services in all the churches, and a large parade and demonstration by the Catholic church in the evening? The decorations wero profuse. At Wabash the Washington centennial was celebrated by services held at the Christian church in the morning and at the court house in the evening. The principal speaker was the Hon. Meredith H. Kidd. HK SAW WASHINGTON'S FACE. William H. Huts; ess Tell About Open inqr the Offiti of the ld Pi4ltnt Washington, May 1. William Burgess, who is now laying the foundation of the Confederate monument that is to be erected at Alexandria, it one of the few men now living who has looked upon the face of Gen. George Washington. "It was in 1836," he says, "when I was an apprentice employed in building the new tomb now at Mount Vernon which so many visitors now come to see. I was a lad then, and I remember this was about my iirst piece of work. When tho vault was completed I assisted In removing the bodies from their old tomb to their present resting place. It was decided to open Washington's coffin, and when it had been conveyed to tho new tomb the lid was raised. A number of eople were present and stood in breathless silence while the workmen extracted the rusty screws. When the top of the coffin had Leen lifted I looked in. The body was apparently perfectly preserved, the features of the face were complete, and there was nothing to indicate the length of time which he had been dead. The exposure to the air, however, had its immediate effect. In a minute or two tho body suddenly collapsed, and shrank into an almost unrecognizable form. Other than this my recollections are very indistinct. I do not remember how the body was dressed or anything further about it. The features, us I recollect them, were like the pictures I have seen." Mr. Burgess is 70 years old and has lived in Alexandria many year.. Those who know him well havo heard him relate the story often.

a ii:mlmal arch. Philadelphia's Method of Decorat ins in Honor of ttiH Citt n n f h1. Philadelphia, Pa., May 1. A centennial arch has been place J ever the

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Ilroworks Burn h Number of Popple Wurkmon and Children Ar Hurr. Chicauo, May 1. During the display of fireworks in the Lake Front part Tuesday night horses at the corner of Michigan avenue aud Harrison street became unmanageable and iduugod right and left into the spectator. Men and women were knocked down and trampled upon, and a gi.4t many were seriously hurr. Whi o the victims of the crush ware being carried oil tho field a package of pyrotechnics cxploied and seriously hurled a number of b ys who were hovering around tho operators in charge of the display. There were many women hurt, who, during'tho excitement attending tho early tenes of tho trpublea. escaped b'-Hdrt? their names could bo learned. In iact H is iha general impression along Michigan nwn.io that a dozen others w re hot ! burned and injured and were curried oif to their homes in distant parti of tho city. One woman i reported to have had tho clothing nearly burnt from her body by au exploding rocket. London is to havo an oxhibition of "antique uiid historical sho;1."

entrance to Independence hall, whore Congress mot duriilg the last ten years or' the iast century. The arch has thirteen golden tars. Over each of them is painted the name of one of the original States, Pennsylvania forming the center of tho arch. A memorial tablet has been placed on the

tide of the building bearing the following I inscription: Th9 Capitol o'c the United j

States, :790 to 1800. Here was constructed the arch of the union of which Pennsylvania becomos tho keystone; an arch must fall if any single State withdraws. Philadelphia greets the centennial President of the United States beneath a triumphal arch, the symbol of perfect union. " Another tablet, placed on tho building reals as follows:

"Let President Harrison, himself the lineal J

uescendant of another Benjamin Harrison who reported iinally tha Declaration of Independence July t, I? 7i, pass heivim er ; and stand for a moment on the very spot where 1 oth Washington and Adams swore to sustain the constitution of tho United

States." MANY PKOPIE BURNED.

TAKE CAKE OF YOUR KYES. A Woi:aan Physician on tho Cuusei and Cure of liUndiu-K.4, A practical lecture on the eje and its worlc was given recently before the Woman's Physiological Institute rereetmtly by Dr. Fannie Dickinson, who supplied some excellent directions in regard to the care of thia ail-important organ. She allirmed that blindness was increasing at an alarming rate with other physical disabilities, atuting that during the interval in which tho population :ad doubled tho numbers of inhane. Mind, or otherwise afflicted people had increased five fold. In 1830 Lherv wore 9,000 blind persons in this country and in 1880 thov numbered 48,00. To improve this condition Er. Dickinson thought we should tirst study to ;now its causes, then inquire if they jan Le removed and seek to cure disease. The four chief causes were classified as: 1. These known to be congenital. 2. Diseases of the eye proper. 3. Accidents of various Hod). 4. Results of secondary causes, such as fevers or other diseases. Congenital causes are myriage between relatives, fright or anxiety on the mothers part, or unhealthy parentage. Most of these sources of blindness an: clearly preventable. Inflammation can usually be cured, so that blindness from this cause is generally a result of neglect. Moro care should be taken to avoid accidents and tho injury iucurred in so n.-! kinds of work. The German government, according to the lecturer, prov.des suitable protection for the eyes of st one-breakers, who are especially liable i:o injury. In the last class are those cases due to measle or fevers, which can generally be cured. Directions given to school children are : "Sit upright, sit square. "Keep your eyes at least twelve inches from your work. "Write on a slope, not on a flat talle. "Eeo.d with your book placed well up, do not lay it down flat, "Do not read very small print. "Do not work in a bad light;. "If you cannot see your work proporly tell you teacher." To teachers the lecturer niade these suggestions'! ' Healthy eyes, if used projerly, will do much work without injuiry, but if used improperly may be stiained and even permanently injured. "The child should be taught from the beginning to maintain a healthy attitude while it work, and this is not difficult if the following conditions are observed: "He should be placed so that there is a good light upon his work and that he is not dazzled by light from in front; the chief light should come from tho left side. "When he writes his copy-book or paper should be placed in froot of him upon a slope and Wanting a little toward the right, and he should be taught to sit square aad upwright, not stooping or twisting to one side. "When he reads his book should be held well up in front of him, no that he may not stoop forward over it, "Tilings which are difficult to see, Bitch m small type and fino stiches, should not be looked ab for maav minutes at a time. "If a child is unable to see his work easily at the right distance his parents should be informed of the fact in order that he may be properly examined. w Immense, Sir, Immense. Jacksonville and St. Augustine boast a score of hotels, each capable of accommodating from six hundred to a thousand guests. These hotels are full from the beginning of January to the end of March. I have almost always accented with reserve the American superlatives, followed by the traditional "in the world;" but it may safely be said that the Ponce de Dean hotel, at St. Augustine, is not onlv the largest and handsomest hotel in America, but in the. whole world. Standing in the prettiest part of the picturesque little town, this Moorish palace, with its walls of onyx, its vast, artistically furnished saloons, its orange walks, fountains, cloisters, atid towers, is a revelation, a scene from the "Arabian Nights. Here the Americans congregate in search of a "good time," as thsy call it. The charges range from ten to twentyfive dollars a day for each person, exclusive of wines and extras. Tiie American who goes to the Ponee de Leon with his wile and daughters, therefo re, spends from one to two hundred dollars a day. For this sum, he and his family are fed, played to by a very ordinary I and, and supplied with an immense choice of rocking chairs. On his return to New York, he declares to his friends that he has had a "lovelv time." The American never admits that he has been bored, in America specially. The smallest incidents of the trip are events and adventures, and he never fails to have his "gocd time." He is as easily pleased as a child :: everything American calls out his admiration, or ut least his interest. Kemark to him, for instance, that to go bv train to Florida from the iiorth one

has to travel through raore tha l six hundred miles of pine forest which makes the Journey very uninteresting and he will throw"you a pitying glance, which seems to say : "Immense, sir, immense ; like everything that is American." "Jona than and His Continent Max O'ltell A Kuecr or the Seas. Has the reader ever stood in the engine room of an ocean steamer wrhen she was plunging through an Atlantic gale at the rate of seventeen or more knot 4 an hoirr? Even if heha' dono so, andbeon awed by the experience, it is not likely that he has been able to fully realize the immensity of the power exerted. He needs some standard of comparison, and for that purpose we may offer him an ancient galley, and repeat o passage from the address made by Sir Frederick Bramwell at the meeting of the British Aasooiaticn last September: "Compare a galley, u vessel propelled by oars, with the mororn Atlantic liner. Take her If agth as nome OIK) feet, and assume that plaee be faund for as many as 400 oars on each side, each oar worked by three men, or 2,-LOOmen; and allow that six men under these conditions could develop work equl to one

horse-power; we should have 400 horse power. Double tho number of meu, and we should have 800 liorse-power, wit h 4,800 men ut work, and at least tin same number in reserve, if the journey is to be carried o;i continuously. Contrast the puny result thus obtained with the 19,500 horse-power given forth by a large prime-mover of the present day, and such a power requiring on the above mode of calculation 117,000 men at work and 117,000 men in reserve; and these to be carried in a vessel less than 600 feet in leugth. Even if it was possible to carry thisnt:mher of men in such a vessel, by no conceivable means could their power be utilized so as to impart to it the speed of twenty knots an hour. William if. Rideing, in tier i bner's. Origin of Elephants. Tho origin of the great proboscidian race in general and of the mammoth and elephant group in particular, like the early history of Jearaesde laPluche, n "wrop in obscurity, n All we can say about them with any confidence is that they form a comparatively late order of mammals, whose earliest recognizable representative in geological time is the monstrous dinotherium, an aquatic animal with a long trunk and with two immense curved tusks, projecting downward paradoxically from his lower instead of his upper jaw. The dinotherium makes his first appearance upon this or any other stage in the Miocene period, but as he couldn't, of course, have appeared there (like Aphrodite and Topsy) without parents, and a.s he was then already a fairly specialized and highly developed animal, we must take it for granted that his earlier ancestry though ancient ard respectable in its own time, had long passed away, leaving not a wreck behind, so far as yet shown, in the matter of tangible geological vouchers. These unknown ancestors in all probability, gave birth during their earlier and more plastic stage for species, like individuals, are most readily molded it?, their green youth to three main family branches. The senior branch produced the dinotherium, a vast brute, who finding the world too full to hold him about the close of the Tertiary period, demised suddenly without issue, leaving the honors of the family in subsequent ages to the junior members. The second branch produced the mastodons, huge creatures of elephantine outline and majestic tread, rnost of them with tusks' both in the upper aud lower jaws, though the under ones were always the smallest. The third branch produced the true elephants, including our modern Indian and African species, as well as the mammoth himself and many other extinct congeners. AH the elephants proper have but one solitary pair of tusks and that pair is quite correctly located in the upper jaw instead of the under one. Thus is evolution justified of all her children. The true elephants made their first appearance oh far as known in the Pliocene period, that is, the eooch preceding the great ice age. They blossomed out at once into &n alarming number of species. Cornhill Magazine. " Remember This List. It is a peculiar faculty of human m emory to misquote proverbs and poetry, and almost invariably to place the credit where it does not lelong. Nine men out of ten think that "The Lord tempers the wind to the shorn lamb" is from the Bible, whereas Lawrence Sterne is the author. "Pouring oil upon the troubled waters" is also ascribed to the sacred volume, whereas it is not there ; in facts, no one knows its origin. Again, we hear people say, "The proof of the pudding is ia chewing the string." This is arrant nonsense, and the proverb says: 'The proof of the

pudding is in eating thereof, and not in chewing the striug." Nothing is more common than to hear, UA man convinced Against his will Is of his own opinion stIU. This is an impossible condition of mind, for no one caa be convinced of one opinion, and at the same time hold to an opposite one. What Butler wrote was eminently sensible: "Ha that complies atfiiinst his wfS j Is or his own opinion still. A famous passage of Scripture is often misquoted thus: "He that is without sin among you let him cast the first stone." It should be: Let him first cast a stone." Sometimes we are told "Behold how great a fire a little matter kindleth;" whereas St. James said; "Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth," which is quite a different tiling. We also hear that wa miss is as good as a mile," which is not as sensible or forcible as the true proverb, ua miss of an inch is as good as a mile," "Look before you leap," should ' be "And look before you ere you leap." Pope is generally credited with having written : rmmodedt words admit of no defease, For want of decency is want of sentie," though it would puzzle anyone tj find the verses in his writings. They were written by the Earl of Boseoinmoit. who died before Pope was born. Franklin said, "ELmesty is the best policy," but the maxim is of Spanish origin, and may be found in "Don Quixote. " " "Evart'ft Private Distillery," It was Mr. Evarts who preserv-iKl the reputation of the Hayes regime, when Mrs. Hayes and the Ladies' Elxmeaei Temperance Association of Washington were'doing all they could to destroy it. Mr. Evarts had a colored man named "Pete," whose service were invaluable on tho occasion of White House dinners. He had charg-. of what the boys vised to call" Evarts' private distillery," ami when members of the diplomatic corjw and other patrons emerged from it on their

way to join M::s. Hayes and tho ladies, Pete used to dispatola them with the warning: " De gemmen will pletise get froo wipen off dar mowts befo sittm' down to table." Eminent statesmen and diplomats, who recall those days alwavs smack their lips when they think of Pete aud the "private distillery." Brooklyn Eagle. Early rising was ooce an indication of thrift, now i indicates that a man is thirsty.