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VOL. X. ELM\TTPT’S?rWi ¥ MEN MAtaCH MENACINGLY AND MOVE MYS- TERIOUSLY AROUND. SkVrmtabing* on tho Retreat—Anxiously Awaiting Reinforcements —Full Partic ulars of the Soudan—An Awful Affair News Notes. Suakim, Feb. 25.—The Egyptian gunboat Joor recently shelled the rebel position ii-xir Sheik-Barghout a short distance above’ Sua kim. The steamer Jaffarra will sail hence to attemp a cattle r aid along the coast. The have made an attack upon friendly tribes who have bren supplying Kas sala with grain. The result of the attack is not known. An Abyssinian band under liasaloula stole some cattle at Massowah. An Egyptian detachment of the men, attempting to recapture them, lost its commander and six men. Two hundred and twenty-six of (ten. (Jor don’s black troops, accompanied by their wives and families, who readied Ghibat before Khartoum fell, have arrived at Am bukoL The grow ing heat will shortly compel the removal of the British camp from Korti to some point further north. E.’ior.n, 'is i -mlmts <• hostile Arab; n » iiuuwi.ig ut Tainai, but few ut the eruunj are at prudent noticed along the coast near Suakim. _ General Buller** situation. London, Feb. 25.—The . evs from the fight ing columns of the Nile expedition is of the gloomiest character. While Buller at his baking pla e in the burning Bahida desert struggles for lift l . Lord Wolseley remains a< help'*ss at Korti with his back to the Nile and the long sire'.’ ’ of desert between him and the 2,500 men under Buller at Abu Kira. At Gakdul Wells, be tween Korti and Abu K’ea, is an English force, but it is with many wounded. Buller’s only chance is to be able to reach Gakfeii Well .--two day’s journey over a water desert. How poor that chance is the downeast of the war otllce ofll- , rials tells as plainly as the facta. Latest Advices. London. Feb. 25.—Wnlscly telegraphs the . war office that the dispa -hes received by him from Brackenbury state i hat the latter ex pects to reach Abu Hamed, with his com mand. soon. The ft’T’- al of G -n. B. ackenbury’s column at Abu Han. rd will L welcome event for the British since there will then for a lew weeks at least be possible a line of communication with Korosko above the second cataract. This line 235 miles long, and there is only one point it which water L found, but step? will doubt )cs« bt taken to j forward stores of water to I'l Mural in ad vance, and by forced camel marches the dis tance can be covered in nine days. At I>;s1 j this line will be an iiidi icrent one, but any thing is preferable to the isolation of the past , several days. Suakim, Feb. 25. Gen. Davis, with 200 troops, arrived. Italian Auxiliaries. Rome, Feb. 25. —The Italian forces nt Mas sow ah will lie raised to five thousand effective j troops and eighteen cannon. The Italians arc increasing their earth works about Massowah. and placing torpedoes in the harbor. Strong , sea and land defenses arc being constructed. Au Awful Affair. London, Feb. 25.—One of the most singular Incidents ever connected with an execution, or attempted execution, of a murderer hap- ' penod at Exeter, on the occasion of the carry- I ing out of the death sentence pas.-t.-d upon John Lee, recently condemned to I.m* hanged for the murder of Miss Emma A. W Keyse, at Babbacombe, near Torquay, November 15, last. Three attempts were made to exe cute Lee, but each attempt was fut ile, the dr<>p failing to work successfully, and the ex ecution was consequently postpined. It will lie remembered that Lee. who was an ex-con- ' vict, obtained employment from Miss Keyse ; as valet by means of forged letters of recom mendation. Lee wished to marry Mis-Keyse, i who was an elderly ted v of wealth. Sh«; re j fusel to wed him, whereupon Lee a.ss filed ' her. He then murdered her and set fire n> the house to cover nis ’crime The flames were soon extinguished by a neighbor, and the murderer shortly afterward was captured biding in the vicinity. The futile attempts to hang Lee made the case j the most horrible which ever disgraced the i gibbet in England. At first Izc was j-erfootly ; firm, and went to the scaffold undaunted. When the first attempt to hang him failed the i priV-’/Vr’s spirit remained unbroken. He was j led from under the gallows and walked back to.the a Ann step. When first placed upon the trap tie resigned himself completely but firmly into the hands of the executi -ners. ; He stood motionless during the preliminary proceedings, and when the noose was placed and the spring about to lie touched h • male an apparent effort to adjust his body to the expected drop, so that (loath might be nw quick as possible. Wh?m the click of tlie spring sounded he drew a breath, a- !f he fejt lie wa< taking his last. When the murderer was iip to realize that this gibbet ha I not "done its w. x. and he was not yet hanged, he appe; *d to start as if from a nightmare, bu’ h quickly recovered himself. The machinery then overhauled and the woodwork wa> r ,uti i to lie wet and swollen, so that the trap refused to work. After lie ing oiled and tried until it was thought to tie ajl right the prisoner was again brought forth. The samS scene as be- fore was then enacted and once again wa< the wretched man led away and the trap a second time examined and oiled, and for the second time pronounced all right. For the third time the prisoner took his stand upon the trap, and the third t ime did the gib- . bet refuse to do its work. The strain and sus pense :i-»w overtaxed Lee. He sank down in a swoon, and had to be carried away from the place. No words can give an adequate idea of the painfulness of the scene. A kind of overpowering dismay, like that of super stiUun. .seemed to have got control of th< sheriff's officers. The gallows was de sorted, and no one made any more attempt! to put ic in w rking order. Th man that was to have been hanged was limp, in •tionlesj and in a most pitiable condition, lying in hit prison cell dazed and stupefied and physically exhausted The sheriff decided to ab&ndoc his task. He closed up the execution yarc and went down to the postoffice, telegiaphec Sir William Vernon Harcourt, the home sec retery, the full history of the horrible failure to execute Lee, and asked for instruction! what to do n«' .:L secret Negotiation®. London, Feb. 25.—Secret negotiations ar< being carried on between the government and the Irish party in regard to the terms oe which the Irish members of parliament will support the government in a divsion on tbt question of a vote of censure The govern ment agents, it is asserted, offer as a return for such support a modification of the crimei act, but Parnell insist- upon a pledge thal there shall be no renewal of the act. The prospects for a government majority i faito fi S I Siwe. are brighter. The Marquis of Salisbury’s notice of a motion committing the tories to the policy of a long occupation of the Sou dan has drivei'. the radical, section ba<‘k into the government ranks. Cohesion of the group of peace extremists will secure to the government thirty votes hitherto doubtful. Six IN rish. Berne, Feb. 25.—The ixxirhouse at Wohlen, Canton of Aargua, has burned. Six persons perished. Attempts were made to rescue, but the rapidity of the flames prevented success ful results. Tumult in I‘arliainonU London, Feb. .'5.—A ><-ene of great tumult and excitement o urred in the house of com mons when a motion was made from the gov enimeut benches to suspend the regular order - that a debate on the censure resolution of opposition might be resumed. This was op piM-ed by the Irish members, who succeeded in causing a perfect uproar. William O’Brien, member for Mallow, editor United Ireland, was so bold in defiance of the rulings of the speaker that the latter suspended him. HUMAN SLAUGHTER HOUSE. Disgusting and Revolting Discoveries Made in an Abandoned Medical College. Evansville, Ind., Feb. 25. In an old building situated on court houst square, near the center of the city, and which has for a number of years Immhi used by th<‘ Evansville medical college, a disgusting discovery was made. | Beenmin dangerous the building wasaban doned last week and tht premises left open. In the yard at the rear of the building were found parts of human txxlies scattered around 1 promiscuously while here and there mongrel were engaged in fighting for the posses sion of a bone. In the garret of the building , which was apparent!v hk» L the place, of de- ’ p >sit for subjects alter they had been on the dissecting table, about twenty-five bodies, white and black, of both sexes were scattered about the floor. In the room used for dissect ing purposes were five tables. Four of them i were standing against the wall covered with bl(K>d, liair and other offal that had adhered :io them. The other table was in position and ha 1 apparently recently been us*. 1 1, as parts of a human body were seatlured over the floor an i I<xtkod as though they belonged to a fresh subject. la one corner was a common coffin which ; bad never iHsm under .r-mid but had proba bly been taken there b . some enterp -sing un dertaker. In many the ghouls had pukd to remove t !&• Lockings from the feet ... the bodies. Ev» ; ry room in the building . oiHains some jru iion of a i.m remains, and : are ako ivccptecles >1 010 clothes, hats, bon nets, etc. Theprctu. • were visited by hun i tleads during the day. The officials have :ak n no steps toward cleaning or fumigating the place. MERCHANT SWINDLER. John Smith Carries on a Business That is Anythii. but Honest. New York, Feb 1 man giving the ; name of John Smith rent* d a store in Jersey i City alx ut a month ago and soon began to ' receive quantises of merchandise by freight. : A few days ago the police received inquiries i by mad about one John Smith, who had ob taia d shipmoqte of gocxls on sight drafts ( whi- h ha*l been dishonored. lnv< ligation showed that Smith had at once put the goods he reeeivefl in new pack : u o < - mu! so-J ih.-m at ; *at ly reduced pnro> Ito loud merchants, it is known that his I swindling operations a.r:ount to A»;oug the Ann; y.- un, I are Phillips & | Co., 28 to 27 ' I inion street, Chicago, for bams $275; Geo. E. Pfau, No. 270Mam street, j Cincinnati, whisky 5445; various canning i ooinpanit's in Maine and New York state from $l5O to i-nch. A clerk of Smith s was arrerttMi but Smith has thus far evaded the Sent h Bullet *nt<» His Brain. Ki Feb. —ikxj. Iz-tte, a no- torious character of this city, committed so.<-:de byway of the revolver route. His • wife filed a petition in the circuit court seek ing a divorce. She asked for the of the three children and all the real and per , sonal property. The prospect of los- ■ ing the property lx>re on Lette’s ■ mind harder than the sepa-ftfion. ile plca hsd v. ifrli hi wife to . ithdraw pe tition, and was refill’d, ilft-i an hour later he went to an up-stairs room, laid down on a bed, placed a 32-caliber Champion revolver to i the roof of his mouth and sent a ball crashing ! into his brain. He died two hours later. A ; note found in a vest pocket spoke kindly of his wife and children. For years he has kept ' a disreputable res rt, and was abusive to his , wife, who expresses no sorrow at his death. A Light Sentence. Philadelphia, Feb. 25.—Glenmore M. Todd, charged with embezzlement of $115,- 892.53 belonging to the Provident Life Trust company, was arraigned Ix-fore Judge Wilson ano plead guil y. Judge Wilson said the de fe'idant Ind held a poßitioiV>f trust, and in aLusing it he had coihmitted a great crime. PYmi what he knew of the defendant he had no doubt but what he felt, ke -nly th«- position he was in, and hoped that after judgment of law had been carried out the defendant would do his be t to regain th*■ position in society formerly wupied. He was then sentenced to •two years and eight months in the eastern penitentiary. Mixed Riot. Leavenworth, Kas., Feb. 25 —According 1 to agreement, the strikin'; miners went to the | al shaft » induce the colored miners to quit i work. Mistaking their motive, the striker- i were fired upon by the negroes, but without injury. The negroes tied temporarily, but | gathering a crowd ma. -hed in a Ixxly to the shaft. One Polish min* r was hit over the . Lead with a revolver, another with a pick and * i third with a hatchet. The striker ’ did not ’ resist, and the negroes finally • arnc to their ■ senses. Aii work i> topped at the shaft. The itrikerw vill prosecute the leaders of the riot. •Mor® Oklahoma Boomers. Des Moines, la., Feb. 25.—A society of Oklahoma Lo*>rners has been organized m this city fort; purpose of forming a colony in that territm . A committee was appointed to visit Ukiah, ma anl report on the advisa bility of emigrating there at once A similar srjciety ha“ t>een organized in Washington, la., and the prospect is that there will bt large nmabers from various parts of the state to join in tut next raid that may be made. Cuban A Hairs. Key West, F.a, Feb 25. —Gen. Maximo Gomez with Private Secretary Gonzales has arrived by steamer from New Orleans. A few Cuban leaders expected him and waited his coming on the wharf and escorted him to a private residence As a notice of a rnass mecting to be held during the week is an noun< ed it is evident that the Cuban causa is to receive a fresh impetus. Killed by Coal Carn. Pittsburg, Feb. 25.—0n1y one man, Fritz Belter, an employe, was killed in the coal jxune accident. The heavy fog at the bottom prevented his seeing the cars until too late. I COLUMBUS, GEORGIA FRIDAY MORFIN 4 FEBRUARY POLITICS AND CABINET. THE POLITICAL FIELD TRAVERSED BY POLITICIANS. Mr. Vilas Not in the Cabinet, but will Go to the Inauguration—Getting Down to Business in Congress Betore Adjournment—Notos. Madiron, Wis.. Feb. 25.—C01. W. F. Vi las, who besides attending to an extensive law practice and assisting actively as a mem- i l>er of the Wisconsin state legislature, is also i professor in the state university law dei>art ment, announced to his classes that while he would be unable to meet them next week he would give his regular le d ure on the week follow ing. This is interpreted by his students as an indication that he will attend the inaug uration. but not become one of Cleveland’s cabinet advisei’s. Senate. Washington, Feb. 25.—Mr. Hoar, from the committee on privileges and elections, made a report on the Dual credentials of Sen ator Allison, of Iowa: one from the provision ally organized legislature, and as in either cast* there was no doubt of Allison’s election, he suggested that the choice of credendials bo left to the Forty-ninth congress. So ordered. Mr. Cullom presented a memorial from the legislato”e of Illinois for the settleruent of the Oklaho; a difficulty. This sa gested the taking up < io bill offered by Mr. Davis authorizing the president to negotiate with , the Creek, Seminole and Cherokee; Indians for ■the sale of their unused lands. The bill was taken up and read three times, and passed in less than five minutes. | The naval appropriation bill was laid before ! the senate and referred to the committee on appropriations. Mr. Allison move to apply tjie five minute rule t<> the appropriation bills and that it should be in order to take them up at any Limo, but on an objection being made the res olution was laid over until to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Mitchell it was agreed to ! take up th< 1 jiension bills on the calendar uu lor the five minute nd . One p:. io\ 1-1 v, • .-.o :<;ken up and passed. On next ! : i, the motion to consider was lost, and the senate then became involved in an ill-tonipared wraugie over the order of precedence of the house bills or senate bills, which whs finally adjusted by an agreement bo take them up in their order all pension I ills chat were favorably reported, whether house nr senate bills. House. Washington, Feb. 25—Regular order was demanded, and the house |>assed the bill {lending for an allotment of land in severalty to the Indians of the. Umatilbi reservation in Oregon. The senate bill authorizing an in crease of the capital stock of the Commercial National bank of Chicago was passed. Mr. Brents (W. T.) secured the passage of the bill for a public highway at Port Town ■und, Wy. T., with an.i nendendment increas ing the sum from $51,000 to $70,000. Mr. Lowry (Ind.) secured the passage of the bill iii< rea.->.ag the sum for a public building at Fort Wayne, Ind., from SIOO,OOO to 1175,000. The hour having expired the regular order of the moniing was dispenw?d with. Mr. Randall (Pa.) moved to go into a com mittee of the whole on the deficiency appro priation bill, which was antagonized by W’Uis (Ky.), who desired to call up the river and aarlx>r bill. The house refused to go into committee of the whole on the deficiency bill, but went into ximmittee of the whole on the river and har bor bill. Mr. Hendci-jon (Ill.) addressed the house on his appeal from the decision of the chair, niling out the Hennepin canal clause on a point of order. Washington Notes. Washington, Feb. 25.—The house commit tee on foreign affairs discussed at length the Congo question. It came up on Mr. Belmont’s asking the secretary of state for the instruc tions given to the American representatives of the Congo conference. The matter will re reive further attention from the committee on Thursday next, no conclusion being reachfvl. Coi.uuissioner of Pensions Clark, before I he committee on pensions, bounty and back pay, produced a statement showing that the major ity of leaves of absence granted during the months of September, October and Novem ber, were granted on account of sickness. Os 1,8(10 employes given leaves, but thirty-nine were absent over thirty days allowed by law First Auditor Reynolds exhibited the books showing the time for which employes were paid during the three months in question. MURDEROUS PLOT. Orth Stein, an Alleged Newspaper Man, at the Head of a Mob. Independence, Mo., b. 25 A plot was discovered in the county >ll at this place by which the whole numbei *>f prisoners would have escaped had it been carried out. It wa« revealed by a negro prisoner. Orth Stein, a former newspaper man, and the slayer of Ge<»rge Fredericks, proprietor of the Theater Conii»jue in Kansas City, and who was re cent! v brought here Chicago, was the ! leader of the proposed insurrection Tn his I cell was found a piece of east iron with which I the turnkey was to have been knocked sdnre- I less, after which the prisoners were to have j been let into the hallway, and at breakfast time were to rush for their fre< <lom. I Sudden Change. Houston, Tex F••b. 25 -Benjamin G. Clark and Charles Dillingham, joint receivers appointed by the United .States circuit court i of the Eastern district of Texas, in a suit of | chancery dock* t styled the Southern Devel opement Company vs. the Houston and Texas Central railroad, have been placed in posses sion of all property, real and personal, etc., and all employes are required to report to them until further notice. The organizatiem as it (-xisis will remain unchanged, and the pre ent officers and employes will remain as ■ employes of the receivers. It cannot be said i this i mportant change is in the nature of a sur- I pn e, though it was not expected so soon. Fprger Caught. Key West. Fla, Feb. 25.—Eberle, who committed forgeries in the eastern portion of ! the s; ate, was arrested in a house in the out skirts where he had taken refuge from a : storm. He is now lodged in jail and will lie taken to Jacksonville. He is reticent, refus* ing either to disclose his recent movements oi his connection with documents for lands in New Mexico and elsewhere taken from hiir by the city marshal, insisting, however, that they are executed in his name. His real name is believed to be Hine, and it is said he is well known in New York. To Be Hung. Grayson, Feb. 25.—Sheriff Holcomb and an armed posse leave for Mt. Sterling on Wednesday to bring here for execution on Friday William Neal, the last of the alleged murderers of the Ashland tragedy. Neal wil be executed about 1 o’clock. He still main tern* his Luuoceuce. i I OLD NEWSPAPERS. THE VARIOUS USES TO WHICH THEY MAY BE PUT. The Many Excellent Purposes Which the Daily Taper May Be Made to Serve in Household Erononiics Health Hints. [Harper's Bazar. I Ohl newspapers are of more use than would appear at a first glance. We sub I scribe to the daily new paper because we must be informed on all the alTairs of the day. Then many think the next thing is to relegate them to the kitchen in order to provide kindling for the household fires, and it must be confessed that Bridget makes very free use of them in that way. But they serve so main' excellent pur poses besides thal it seems a pity to let Bridget have full sway, though she may try to convince you that it is impossible to get the breaklast without even using those ol the very latest date It has been several tunes suggested by economists thal newspaperscan be made to take the place of blankets in guarding from cold, and it is a fact well worthy of notice that they have been proved very satisfactory in making light, convenient, and warm bed coverings when others can not be had. Travelers would do well to bear this in mind when far from the re gion ol hotels, and not throw' their paper out of the car window, or leave it on their seat in changing cars, for there is no tell- j ing how useful it may prove in some emergency to ward oil cold. As a pre- i ventive oi that fatal disease, pneumonia, ] a folded newspaper laid beneath the outer I clothing across the chest is said to be in fallible? This Ims been confirmed Io tin 1 writer by tne testimony of an individual whoso avocations kept, him constantly exposed to all weathers, night and day. lie was a resident oi a country village, a perfect type of a hearty, strong, vigorous man, and he accounted for his robust health, notwithstanding his exposures, by saying thal, although inheriting consumptive tendencies, he had been able to resist them through the simple precaution ol a! ways wearing u newspaper over bis chest under ids coat. As a preventive of cold feet, a piece of newspaper folded in the sole is ipiile equal, if not so elegant or expensi.ens cork or lambskin soles, being light, soil, ami easily renewed. If you wish to left the power of a newspaper in excluding cold, try lacking one, doubly folded, be tween your window and your stand of plants, and see how nicely they will be protected, and how frosty the window wil consequently be. Newspapers will in the autumn, before severe black Irosls come on, effectually protect green houie plants, before you take them up, Iroln cold and w ind. The writer remembers once driving nti about desk to a country place :in<t bring startled at seeing what looked like a pin toon of ghosts drawn up in white nrriiy before the house, which lunicd out to b , on closer inspection, rows of tender plants all tied up in newspapers to protect them from the sudden frosts incident to t ■■ season, that in one night might cut them all down. VV e have known tomato plants protected in the same way, and made to ripen in the open garden much longer by this inexpensive, easy precaution within everyone s reach. Old newspapers are admirable as floor coverings under carpets, or even spread under ivensington squares, retaining all the dust, winch neither remains in the earpet nor sifts through to the boor the then the., an be So easily removed thal i» is a great saving to use them in this way, especially as. the dust Well shaken out, the papers are equally serviceable for kindling purposes afterward, so can do double 'hit besides the legitimate one of heralding the news of the day. Weather strips are now almost uni versal, us well as double windows, for se curing warm rooms, but where, as is the case in some old-fashioned country house they are not procurable, newspapers can supply the deficiency very well by lieing cut in long strips, neetly folded over, ami stuped in the interstice ami so most e: feclualiy exclude the cold winter air. (tld newspai ers are excell nt to clean windows with. Slightly damped, then rubbed till clear, they serve the purpose much better than even liueu cloth, fur their is no lint to rub on. Newspapers wrapped around the feet under the stock ings are an effectual protection against niusquitocs, as, with all their virulence, they can not bite through paper. (ild newspapers are faithful mirrors of the pa-t. As they increase in age the very advertisements become curious. There fore, those who have no use for Hie mod ern newspaper in all the various ways wo have pointed out must find intellectual profit iu storing them away till the lime when some circumstnnc'- may drag them forth frini their long lo.gotteii hiding places to claim an interest in human eyes which perhaps they never hud to such an extent before. Illustrated papers are very useful in adorning the walls of moms, covering up unsightly wall-paper or obnoxious holes, the delight of children as wuii as their in structor-:. itfording gleams of cheerfulness and a ire in else gloomy apartments. They are of such infinite variety, too, with tin lovely illustrations of poems, of natural history, ai-d c. mic sketches, as well as portraits of beauties and notabili ties. that they emtinually educate the public taste and give the impccuuious a glimpse of real art they cannot else af ford. Glyc< ; ine fr<»m I-ist Ilery Dregß. Sfientifif Ixchange., “We are getting an excellent article of glycerine out of distillery dregs now,” said a manufacturing chemist, “and as soon as the t act gets to be generally known the refuse of the worm of the still will be worth more than it ever was before. Glycerine is a constant product of Hie ; alcoholic fermentation of saccharine mat-1 | ter, and all fermented drinks contain ; quantities of it. I “In the distillation of liquids contain , ing al< 'hoi the glycerine does not free it ! self from the 'mother ' or dre s, not be-1 I ing volatile, like the alcohol. The glycer i ine is taken from the mother liquor by I the ordinary cheln'cal methods, and su-: perheated steam is then brought to act in 1 the residuum, wideii lemoves the impuri ties and leaves a choice quality of glycer-i ine. These dregs are used very exten-' sively in the manufacture of glycerine in France, but they have not come into much use in this country as yet. ” A Patent Associate Editor. [Chicago Herald.) A Kansas City editor has just patented a pair of triple shears. It is an instru ment with three sets of blades, two ol which when properly manipulated will adapt themselves to tlie columns of any newspaper and cut both sides, while tht the third set will chop the clippings out at the proper place. FUNERAL CUSTOMS. The ApoHtlv o’ 1 ’heticism Etnitn Rome Spp •»!<• Suggestions. . •udon News.| At a meeting on funeral reform held lately at . i i--. ster, a lei ter from Mr. Oscar \V dde vv,u read, apologizing for ab seuce owing to a severe cold caught by leciuriug in a Lincolnshire snowstorm. Mr. Wilde added " i’he present style of burying and sorrowing for the dead seems to me to make grief grotesque and to turn mourning to a mockery. Any reform you can bring about in those customs would be i f val e quite inestimable. The present lenta'ion and extrava gance of -c: i rite ■ -eem to me to liar moni/.c but .11 with the real feeling of those nt whose doors the angel of death lias knocked. Tile ceremony by which we part from those, whom we have loved should not nterbiy be noble in its mean ing, but. simple in its sincerity. 'The funeral o' v.phelia does not seem to me 'a maimed ri.e, when one thinks of the Howers strewn in her grave “1 regret exceed • :giv that lean not hear the actual suggest oils on the matter ' which will be made at your meeting. I have always been of the opinion thal the co im should lie privately conveyed at night time to the eiiureh, ard chapel, and that there the mourners should next day , meet. By these means the public procession through the 1 streets would be avoided, and ; the publicity of funerals is 1 surely the real cause of their expense. As regards dress 1 consider that white and violet should be recognized ns mourning, ■ and not. I lack merely, particularly in the ' case of children. The habit of bringing iiuwers to the grave is now almost uni-, j versal, and is a custom beautiful in its l sy inbolisni: but 1 caunot help thinkiag ; that the elaborate and expensive designs made by the florist are often far less I lovely than a few th wers held loose iu the ' hand. “'t here are many other points on which : 1 should Have ilked to listen, and one ; point, on whl '. 1 had hoped to have the ' privilege of spe: kin ;-1 mean the expres J siott of sorrow i i art. The urns, pyramids ■ and sarcophagi (ugly legacies to us) are I meaningless a long ns we do not burn or embalm our dead. If we are to have funeral memorials at all, far better u cdels are to 1-e found in the beautiful i rosses of Ireland- -sm li as the cross at iMon: -.mi'l nice —or in the delicate lias reliefs in Hie Greek, tombs. ■' .ibove all. such ari. if we are to havft it, should concern itself more with tbo living than the dead should be rather a noble symbol lor the guiding of life than an idle panegyric m, those wh ■ are gone If a num i.er Isan e aborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his ouutry, it is clear (hat his living at all wus an act of .supei iiuity. Keats' grave is n hillock of gieen grass with a plain headstone, and it is to me the holiest place in Home. There is m Westminster abbey a peiiwigged admiral in anight g wn, hurried oil to heaven by two howl ing cheiub-. wliicli is one of the best ex uuqjies I know of ostentatious obscurity. ” 'li*. AMoi hi ii Tctiiporance Reformer. i \’fv Yor i . cliicit ”o Tribune.) By the way, Mr:.. Vstor has become a temperance reformer Tne groggmess < 1 some of the young fellows in society has been disgraceful this season. Scarcely a private i ail I has lacked a group of thor oughly inloxicmed guests in the men's dressing-room, where custom has marie vine and < igars common, i n several oc ■ns.ons tin- recumbent forms of oblivious swells JiuVe been left in corners and on solns, to be cared lor by the servants after lhe departure of the decent guesla These thiu.es have been an increasing s. andal. Mrs. Astor has stepped forward to re form. Rlie gave a ball this week. There were no re resbments, solid, liquid, or smoke, lob ad in 'lie dressing room. 1. the din . --b.1.1 .v re as o any tiny Japanese labl- sas there were ladies, 'l he tops barely held a plate and a wine glass. Mo servants were on duty except at the bufl'et, where lhe viands were dished ami the cbampa ne. opened. The men were expected to fetch ami carry for their part ners. This device employed them, com pelled them to do their drinking und r the rest raints of l uninine presence, and kept them all mea urably sober. lhe IlucliexM of Edinburgh. [Chicago Tribune.) A suggestive little story concerning the duchess ol Edinburg has found its way into print through a Leeds journal. The duke took occasion not long ago to reason with her upon Hie peculiarities of manner and general carriage which prevent her from being popular like her sister-in law, the princess of W a.es. A royal row ensued, but wound up with the announced resolve of tlie daughter ol th late czar to model her comportment in future after that of the Danish princess. “It happened not long after, ” says lhe chronicler, “that the princess of Wales attended a charity lair given in aid of an old woman’s home. The amiable Alex andra. out of the goodness of her heart, went round the room speaking a kind word to each of Hie unfortunate women. Now, the princess of VV aies is slightly lame; and the duchess of Edinburg, who was present and determined to carry out the suggestions of lier lord to the letter, went round the room be!; nd the princess I and mimicked her, lamen- -s and all! As may he supposed, matte: s were not at all men ded. ” A Critical Journalist. [Texan SifJiigß.| A menial bearing a large package en- i lered the office of a great I fouston daily. , " W hat s that?” asked the editor. “Mrs. Smith has written a five act play | and she wants you to look over il, ami give >rit criticism. SI., ’.vill call for il | next week; good morum. " and lifting | the package down from his shoulder, tin : menial placed it on the talile, and started I for the door. “tome trick here. ust you wait live I , minutes, and teen you ..a take it along , with you, ” exclaimed the editor. Origin of Balloons. (Chicago he. aid.J The story published respecting tht 1 origin of balloons thal Mme. Alontgolfiei I hail washed her petticoat to wear to a great festival on the nex lay and hung it ' over a dialing-dish to dr;. The hot a;r, swei.ing nt the f Ids 1' the garment, : lifted il up and floated it lhe ladywat ' astonished and called i.e- . asband s atten tion to the sight. It did nit take Alont-1 goltier long to grasp lhe idea of the hot-' air balloon. In the menagerie. 'ijrnnilius.; 1 Wife—What wouldst thou say if suddenly the bars should break and the lions shoult me devour* Husband —Good appetite. Napoleon: Use dispatch. Remember the world only took six days to create Ask me for whatever you please excep time; that is the only thing which is be youd my power. 27 U 85. How Ltncom Keooivod the News. fArmy Officer in Pioneer Press.} Those were indeed exciting days. The Iron-clads were thundering away at the fortifications al Drury's bluff, while Grant was pounding at i ctersburg and tighten ing his coils so as to prevent Lee from i escaping. 1 remember the president talk ling over Gen. Grant's plans, aud pointing : out on the map bow lhe plans were to he j executed, lie was rre.cly excited and | could hardly keep quiet; lie wanted to get near the front where the fight was going on. On Saturday, pril 1, one of the three flags which Sheridan had captured Hie previous day at Dinwiddle Court House was received by the president. The day had been one ol suspense, and Mr. Lincoln had been considerably worried because of the Fifth corps losing ground at Dinwiddle, so that when t 01. Bowers, of the staff, came in near midnight with dispatches, J hesitated about arousing the president. Learning their purport, how ever, from Col. Bowers ithey announced tlie victory of Five Forks). I knocked at Mr. Lim oln s door and, with an apology, gave him the dispatches I can see him now. as he stood there in his night shirt that reached barely to his knees and left exposed his long, thin legs that were thickly covered with black hair, lie held a caudle in one hand, and, while I was reading tlie dispatches, with the other kept reaching down and scratch ing his legs. He was mightily pleased l with the victory, a d putting his hand on my shoulder he said, " Captain, I should never ha e forgiven you if you hadn’t waked me up to hear such good news. ” i Sunday, the 2d of Aprb, was an es pecially exciting day. Late in the morn ing we rode out from City Point to the entreuehments at. the point nearest the battle then going on in front of lhe Ninth ' corps, and witnessed the struggle there, when the >ixth, Ninth ami Twenty- I fourth corps succeeded in breaking 1 through the enemy’s Imes. In the even ; ing there was a dispatch from Grant that , Lee had beeu driven to his last lines about ; Petersburg, and teliing .Mr. Lincoln to come out. If there was ever a happy i man I think it was the pr sident that night lie felt that the end was at hand, and that, after four years of bloody war, peace was now to liless the land. “Gath’s" itelplul Library, [('incinnati “Gath” is really a marvelously prolific writer, and when it is remembered thal he daily turns out columns and columns of newspaper letters, one wonders when ho finds lime to do such odd literary work as write novels and articles for magazines. But iu spite of the fact that Gath con tributes so much to the newspapers, those Coinpleie chronicles of the doings of the day, much of his writing is in the nature oi ancient history. Bead one of his letters, and from a reference to a local or current event, you find that he has insidiously led you into the past, sometimes you find yourself lost in lhe mazes of encyclopedia inlormation or reading history as put in the mouth of some interviewee. 1 believe that is a legitimate word The real seerm of (lath's great produc tiveness lies in Hie fact that h;s powers of adaptations are strongly developed. 1 wont say that he erfiis from books, though he often quotes from them by the yard, kill, he adapts their matter to his purpi e 11 has one oi lhe most extensive libraries on this continent, and his great hobby is America. . everything which relates to this country and its history is eagerly se cured, and he has been gathering books for years Whenever he comes to Cin cinnati lie visits two or three of the book stores and goes roaming among the dust covered shelves and purchases without let or limit. lam told he has thousands of volumes relating to the pioneers of this country. It is by n ason of this library that die fountains of Gath’s pen never run dry, and he certainly manages to weave hi.s book-knowledge into his letters with the most delightful and consummate art. I don; blame him for doing it. Few other men. e, en had they the opportuni ties and facilities, would do as well. In fact, I sometimes think that the public are more edified by the lessons of the past than by the records of the unfinished present Mortality and Fire-Arms. Chicago HeraldJ A Texas newspaper jiublishes statistics of the homicides in that state during lvß4 to show that of the 156 men who were killed l-lli had fire arms in their bauds when they fell. Placing the adult u.ale population of Texas al 100,OtlO, it esti mates thal '■ 00.000 of them do not carry arms and that 50,000 do, and it then shows by a very simple process of arithmetic, that one in every 360 who car ried pistols was killed, whereas of those who went unarmed only one in 22,000 was killed. These facts are of interest to life in surance companies if to nobody else. They show clearly enough that the mor tality among Hie warriors is very great, whereas the men of peace enjoy reason able Immunity. If it can be shown that the same conditions exist elsewhere it may lie necessary to raise tlie rates on men who are so careful of their lives as to go armed habitually. Georg© Fliot on America. [Mr. Cross’ “Life of Georg • Eliot.) 1 hope you are interested in the slavery | question, and iu America generally—tnat cradle of the future 1 used resolutely to I urn away from American politics, and deciare that the I ni'.ed Mates was the last egion of the world 1 should care to visit, l.ven now I almost loathe the common American type of character. < lut I am converted to a profound interest in lhe [ history, the laws, the social and religious i phases of North America, and long for I some knowledge of them. | .:s it not cheering- to think of the youth- fulness of this little planet, an ; the im I monsely greater youthfulness of our race ; upon It? to think that the higher moral , tendencies of human nature are yet only jin their germ. 1 feel this .sore thor- I oughly when I think of that great western I continent, with its infant cities its huge. , uncleared forests, and its unamalgamated j races. Matthew Arnold’s Opinions. | Chi'ago Tribune.) In his last word about America, in The Nineteenth Gentury, Matthew Arnold ridicules ir Lepel ;>ri.mx s account of us; says lie never before saw a people so thoroughly suited o their institutions. He belte.es that English society can only lie reformed by abolishing the aristocracy, and describes njmself, in conclusion, as I bound to America by the memory of i great, untiring ana most attaching kind ness. Fo the smartest man in England has a good word for the people he ex pects to lecture to next year. A Quiet Affair. [New York Sun.) Lady Friend —I was surprised to learn l of your marriage. I saw no mention of it in the newspapers. Blushing Bride —It was a very quiet affair—half a dozen kegs of lager and a few sky rockets from the roof. -Mamma's health, you know, is far from robust. 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