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. SEALSKINS CHEAPER. Owing to the Pulling Off In th Da. mauil. Bah Franoisoo,' Deo. 21 The sleek and costly sealskin seems to be some what oat of fashion. The tula of a fulliuK demand iu the product of Behr ing sea and the Paoiflo hat just been told by the yearly sale at Lainpson's, London. Telegram) have been re ceived in thin city, stating tbat the prioe for the Alaskan fur wan 10 per cent less than that of last year; that of Copper inland (Russia) furs 1 per cent, and that of Coast furs, inoluding California and Japan, SO per oent lower than in 1895. This news oomes as a surpirse to lo cal tradesmen, for the catch of this year wag muob lower than that of 181)5. The entire oat oh of the Canadian seal ers in Japanese waters and Bebring sea amounted to 60,077 seals. In 1895, the oatoh of the Canadians amounted to 74,124, and 1804 to 97, 474 skins. The catuh of the American pelagio sealers entered at this port amounted to only 5,040 sen la, as against 15,000 in 1890. To the former number, 80,007 skins are added as tbe catch of the North Amorloau Com mercial Company on the seal islands. MINING TOWN BURNED. Jamestown. Cat., Had No Means of Fighting Fire. Sonora, Cal., Deo. 21. The little town of Jamestown, located right in tbe heart of the mother lode's richest section, was risited by a oostly fire this morning. Tbe fire originated in a bakery, and tbe whole business section was at the flames' mercy, and the disor ganized bucket brigade fought furious ly but feebly against odds. When it was seen tbat tbe volunteers were un albe to successfully cope with tbe fire, telegrams were sent for assistance to near-by towns, and many persons re sponded. Qiant powder was used to oheok and oonflne the fire when the limited water supply and crude means of getting it on the fire failed. Nine buildings, ell on tbe north side of the street, were consumed with almost the entire contents.- The loss is $40,000, with barely $5,000 insurance. A favor able breeze saved the town from com plete destruction. A HORRIBLE ATROCITY. Backet of Lye Water Thrown In Face ol a Woman and Child. Chillioothe, O., Dec. 21. There is great exoitement at Bethel, a small town three miles south of Kingston, this oonnty, occasioned by a horrible atrocity whioh oocurred this afternoon. Two married women named Moon and Shell got into a quarrel over a trivial matter, whioh resulted in the Shell woman throwing a bucket of strong lye water into the fane of Mrs. Moon and her infant daughter. Both have their eyes burned out and tbeir heads and faces were also horribly burned. Tbe baby died in a short time, and tbe mother is in terrible agony, her death being looked for at any moment. Mrs. Shell made her escape, but is being pursued by several hundred nieu and boys, assisted by dogs, and if cap tured a lynching will follow. The po lice of this city have been summoned to the scene. Herrmann, the Magician, Dead. Rochester, N. Y., Deo. 21. Her mann, tbe magician, died today of heart disease iu bis private car at Great Valley, near Salamanca, on his way to Bradford. His remains will be forwarded to New York. Hermann completed his engagement at the Ly ceum theater in this city last night, and later was entertained at tbe Ueue see Valley Club. (Professor Hermann, whose father was a' sleigbt-of-baud performer, made his debut as a magician when he was but 8 years old. II J has traveled all over Europe and America and has amassed a great fortune. Of late years be has made New York his borne. He spoke seven diffarent languages fluent ly, and had traveled around tbe world three times. He was naturalized in Boston in 1870.) Fardoued by Cleveland. Seattle, Wash., Deo. 21. Today Sheriff Van de Vanter, of this county, received notification from Washington, D. C, tbat Mrs. Margaret Morrison, a yonng woman of Fort Townsend, had been granted a conditional pardon by President Cleveland. She was sen tenced to eight months' imprisonment and fined $50 and costs for smuggling opium from Viotoria. Sbe has now been in jail five months, and her little -daughter has been permitted to share the same cell. President Cleveland grants toe pardon on condition that the fine and costs are paid. They now amount to over $100, but the money will be subscribed by sympathizers. Attempted to Blow Up Houae. Stockton, Cal., Dc 21. An at tempt was made at 3 o'clock this after noon to blow up a house in Hunter street, near the heart of tbe city, oc cupied by two Japanese women. A bomb containing two pounds of gun- I powder and a stick of giant powder i was thrown through tbe window. Tbe ' fuse wa trampeled out before the ex- plosion could occur. It is supposed to , have been thrown by a bighbinaer. I Placerville, CaL, Dec. 21. The stage running between Auburn and Georgetown was stopped at 4 o'clock this afternoon between Fenobscott and Greenwood in tbis county, by one man, and relieved of the Wella-Fargo ex press box. Tbe highwayman is de scribed as being about 5 feet 8 inches bigb, and weighs about 160 pounds. He wore a black hat and dark-colored pantalooDS. He was masked with a barley sack and carried a muzzle-loading shotgun. CUBAN INDEPENDENCE. Sanat Coimnlttaa Agraad to Caiuaron Kaolull,n. K.porl Wasbignton, Deo. 21. The meeting of tbe senate oommittee of foreigu re lations was important in two respects. It resulted in au agreement to report the Cameron resolution for the recogni tion of Cuban independence, and it de veloped, through the statement of Sec retary Oluey, the administration's pol ioy in regard to tbe iusurreution iu Cuba. The secretary occupied the greater part of the time of the meeting answering questions and suggestions made by tbe oomuiittee. He and Sen ator Morgan engaged in soveral spirit ed colloquies. Mr. Oluey mude two points against tbe Cameron resolution as follows: First Tbat the Cnban insurgents bave established no government Second That tbe right to recognize a new state rests with tbe president, independent of congressional action He oontended, in elaboration of the first point, that the pretended govern ment of the island was without habita tion. "Suppose yon recognize the in dependence of the island," said he, "what are you going to do with it?" The secretary said tbe story which bad been very industriously oiroulated that Consul-Ueueral Lee bad provided the state department with an elaborate report on the oondiiton of affairs in Cuba, was nntrue. "It is not true," be said. "General Lee has made no general written re' port at all. He has made reports on several special cases, but not on the sitnation as a whole. It so developed daring tbe examina tion that the government bad made no demand in the case of tbe Competitor prisoners,! and in other cases of a simi lar character, beyond requests for in formation. All the members of tbe foreign rela tions oommittee were present today exoept Gray and Daniel. The meeting was lield for the . ex press purpose of continuing the discus sion of the policy on the Cuban ques tion to be recommended by tbe oom mittee. Tbe meeting was strictly pri vate, Olney being tbe only person not a member who was admitted. Tbe oommittee changed the Cameron resolution so as to make it more em phatio. The title was ohanged to read: "A joint resolution aoknowl edging tbe independence of the repub lio of Cuba," the words, "the repub lio" being insorted. Instead of deolar ing tbe United States "should nse its mendiy. omoes, the resolution was made to read that the United States "will" do so. The agreement to report the resolu tion was reached immediately after Olney left, without a division or an ex pressed difference of opinion. One member of the committee said "Of course Spain will fight, but there is no danger of other oountries getting in onr way. No other Euro pean nation wants to fight us, and we would wind up the war with Spain in short order." The opinion was expressed that Clevoland would veto the joint resolu tion. Another member of the commit' tee said he believed that in case the president should veto the resolution, it would pass over the veto, as more than two-thirds of both the senate and house favored it. Senator Cameron's report to aocom pany the resolution deals at length with precedents in the matter of reo g nition of independence and iuterven tion, beginning with the Greek revolu tion and coming down to tbe present lime. Tbe tenatns who heard there port say it goes over the entire ground. The Cameron resolution, as modified and agreed upon by tbe committee, is as follows: "Resolved, By the senate and house of representatives, in congress assem bled, tbat the independence of the re publio of Cuba be and the same is here by acknowledged by the United States of America. 'Section 8 -Tbat theUilted Statis will use its friendly offices with tbe government of Spain to bring to a close the war between Spain and Cuba." New Allen Labor Killing. Buffalo, N. Y., Deo. 21. Immigra tion Inspector De Barry has received from Washington notice of a new rul ing by tbe secretary of the treasury on the alien labor law. Tbe ruling is on tbe question that was raised in this oity two years ago as to whether the Canadian trained nurses who come to tbis oountry to work in hospitals do so in violation of the law. When the question wag raised before, it was held tbat they could not be interfered with, as they were semi-professional persons. Now, the secretary of tbe treasury has ruled tbat these nurses can be deported. Mr. De Barry said tbat all of these nurses would be de pot ted. Inspector Estell, of Ogdens burg, is now at Danville, where be went to deport five Canadian nurses who are employed in a sanitarium there. j The Paxlllc Kallroad Bill. Washington, Deo. 21. The Paciflo ' funding railroad bill will be the first I business in the house after the holiday reoess. Tbe committee on rules decid ' ed to give the railroad committee tbe I three days Chairman Powers asked for I to debate tbe bill. Tbe debate will be ! gin January 5 or 6. The 'w Indian Conamlaalon. j Washington, Deo. 21. The house committee on Indian affairs today au thorized a favorable report on a bill to 1 abolish the office of commissioner and assistant commissioner of Indian affairs, and create in their stead a board of Indian commissioners of three members. In Hermanr and Frannn twentr-fira per cent of tbe suicides are women: in JMn th rvrrti i. .m,.; .v,. per cent. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Uowplng, Ilopklua & Co.'f Trad a. Kavlaw of Comparative quietness ruled in wheat last week, the vuluiue of business fall ing off largely on account of the smaller oash demanl and the fact that some mills have closed down. Tbis oiroumatanoe was teiiid upon by the short dealers as an excuse to beat prices down. They did not stop to consider that mills in the Northwest sbnt Dp shop temporarily tbat is tbe mills lo oated at tbe bead of the lakes did for the purpose of making some necessary repairs, and also to get ready for Janu ary business. However, any excuse will do for tbe seller to hammer values down, no matter bow absurd or ridi culous it may appear. As a result of this one piece of news from Duluth and Superior, May wheat in Chioago sold down to 79.I4C, with, however, a qniok recovery. Another thing that helped tbe descent was the continuation of the December deliveries by elevator people. Tbey were very light on tbe first of tbe present month, as is well known by everybody in tbe trade, but since that date bave increased to such an extent as to lead to the impression that ware housemen wanted to take their profits and let the wheat go out Outside holders of December were, of 000 rse, alarmed over these deliveries, and liqui dated post haste, thus the wheat found a final lodging plaoe at point of ori gination. The foreign news is just as mystify ing as ever, cablegrams bring only par tial enoouragemont, quoting prices weak and depressed one day with ltitle. or no change, and tbe next day a turn dearer." Russian shipments were fair last week. The visible supply for the week made a good decrease, showing a reduotion of 2,028,000 bushels. Tbis was a surprise and in nob. larger -than the trade expected. In corn there! is a very interesting market to report. Prices bave not ohanged since the last review. In oats, dullness is the rule. The market is uninteresting. Quotations show a loss of about lo. GENERAL MARKETS. Portland, Or., Dec. 22, 1800. Floub Portland, Salem, Cascadia and Dayton, $4 M); Benton county and White Lily, $4.40: graham, $3.75; su perfine, $2 60 per barrel. Whkat Walla Walla. 7880c; Val ley, fc3(u84c per bushel. Oath Choice white. 43(3 45c per bush el : choice gray, 40(i 42c. Hay Timothy, 13 00 per ton i cheat, $0.50(38; clover, $8.10(4 9.00; oat, $8.00 10; wheat. $10. Babliy Feed barley, $21.00 per ton; brewing, $22. Mii.lstctfs Bran. $15.00; ahorts, $16.50; middlings, J 23. 00; rye, 0c per cental. Bottbb Fancv cream erv is Quoted at 60c; faucy dairy, 35c ; fair to good, J0(22$c. Potatoes. California, 65c; Oregon, W(a (0c per sack ; sweets, 2c per pound. unions boc tier sailc. Poultry "Chickens. ' mixed. $1.50(3 2.00; broilere, $1.50$ 2 00; geese, $5.00: turkeys, live, 10c; ducks, $2.00(33.00 per dozen. Haas Oregon, 30o per dozen. Chkkbk ureaon, 11c; Young Ameri ca, 12c per pound. Tallow Prime, per pound. 2-a(33c: No.-2 and grease, 2i2Jc. Wool Valley. 10c, per pound ; East ern Oregon, 6(fi8c. Hoi's Aew crop, )Wc. Bbbv Urots, lop steers, $2.35: cows, $1.75((2.25 ; dressed beef. 3,5o per pound. Motton (jross, best Bbeep, wetbers. $2.01); ewes, $2.00: dressed mutton. 4c per pound. Vbal Net, small, 5c; large, 4)o per pound. Roqb Gross, choice, heavy, $3.00(3 3.25 : light and feedeie, $2.60; dressed, $3.604.00 per cwt. Skattlk, WaBh., Dec. 22, 1890. Floub (Jobbing) Patent excellent. $5.25; Novelty A, $4.75, California brands $5.b0; Dakota, $5.50; patent. $0.25: buckwheat tiour, $0.60; per cwt, $3.50; graham, $4.00 per bbl; 10-1 b sacks. $2.50 per cwt; rye Hour, $5.00 per bbl ; 10-lo sacks, $2.60 per cwt ; rye meal, $4.50 per bbl; per cwt. $2.40: rolledoats, $6.756 per bbl; hominy, $2.60 per cwt; cracked wheat, $3.25; rolled wheat, $5.25 per bbl ; whole rolled wheat flour, $2.60 per cwt; pearl barley, per 100 lb sacks, $3.00; split peas, 4fcc; table cornmeal, yellow, $1.65 per cwt in 10-lb sacks; 60s, $1.60; white, 10s, $1.76: 60s, $1.05 ; linked homiuv, $2.50 per keg. whkat uiicken teed, $27.00 per ton. Oats Choice, $24(ffii6 per ton. Bablsy Boiled or ground, $20.00 per ton. Cobn Whole. $22 per ton: cracked $23; feed meal, $23. AIillbtdffb Bran. $16.00 per ton: shorts, $10.00. 1 kkd Chopped feed. $19.00 per ton. middlings, $24; oilcake meal, $28. Hay meet sound, per ton. $9(310: Eastern Washington. $13. bDOAB Oolden U in bbl. 4c per lb: extra C in bbl, 4c; dry granulated in bbl, oc; cube, Oc; powdered, bts spot cash. Bcttkb Fancy native creamerv.brick 6c; select, 23c; tubs, 21c; ranch, 18c. Un k ksk. au ve Washington, lOta 1 2c. Poultby Chickens, live, per pound. hers, 7c; dressed, Dig 10c; ducks, $2 1 ,ou; aressea turkeys, lugiza. Eggs Freeh ranch. 34ftLc: Eaetern. 25c per doz. PaovisiONg Hams, larire. 12c: bams. email. 12)'4c; breakfast bacon. 10c: rj salt sides, 6c pr lb. Fkkbii Mkatu Choice dressed beef, steers, 6c; cows, 4 'c; mutton, sheep, 6c per pound; lamb, fic; pork, 6c per pound ; veal, small, 6c. Sax i .UN-Cisco, Dec. 22, 1890. Potatoi Garnet Chile, WaHOc; , saunas tiurbanks, &Ui!75c: fcarlv Koee, CO(a(jOc; P.iver Burbauks, 25a35c; sweets, 75c(a $1.10 per cental. 1 Onions 5m4O0c per sack for yellow, 35c for pickle. I oob litore, 23-a24c; ranch, 30c; ducks, 25c per dozen. i Brnaa ranry creamery. 23c: do ; seconds, 2122c; fancy aairy, 21c; seconds. HfalHc. , Chbbsb rsncy, mild, new, 1112j lair to ood. 10c; onn AmeMca, 11'312V; Eastern. 18? 22; per pound. A RELUCTANT READER. ',' Read fcott'a FuaclnatlnB talcs aa it In a Ureaiii. V It Is a very old proverb thntV-ou inn; loud a horse to water, but yVi can't make him drink. It might bi added thut If you could make Is 1 111 you certainly could not iimku him eujdy the 1 1 true as to'iiallous ns well na Individ draught. A recent writer In Black-1 la- The French, who are of all poo wood's Magazine gives tin aiuusIugVao- I1''. perhapsA the most mercurial or count, which yet bears the linprossof 'tli.dery." are Mso of all races the moat truth, of hla experience with au honest, noni-ty, jolly iti'ltlsli schoolboy, appar ently of good general Intelligence nnd a good student, whose family began to worry about hla u version to hooka. He regarded them na something to be duti fully at ml led when nt'ceaaiiry, but to be avoided like tlio plague out of school hours. At liiat 11 proml.se was extracted from him to rend one of Scott's novels. He gave the promise reluctantly In a hoarse and melancholy whisper, aa he atood dejectedly staring around a pleas ant library, but he kept It with entire fidelity. The volume given him was "I van hoe," which he volunteered gra ciously to call 11 "funny name," nnd this alight observation was regarded hopefully as a forerunner of Interest. For a whole month the lad luid devot ed himself to "Ivanhoe." Such was his conscientiousness that he never skip ped a word, and so great bis sense of the Injury which the Intellectual effort was Inflicting on his leisure that he never took a single word In. "Well, old fellow, how U 'Ivauhoo' getting on?" . "Pretty well, thank you." "How far bnve you got?" "Oh, I've nearly read" and ho con sults the top of the page "cue hun dred aud twenty pages." "And whom do you like best? ' A hasty glance at the page tosee what name came handiest. "Oh, Wainba." (Wamba Is the Jester, or fool.) ' . . , He looked so extremely woebegone over the cross-questioning that the questioner made a feeble attempt at a Joke. "A little fellow-feeling, eh, my boy?" Blank gaze. "You don't know what I menu, I sup pose ?" "No." "Well, you know what Wnniba was?" "Yes," rather dubiously. "Well, what?" "One of the chaps In the book." Now the unwilling reader stood well nt school In history, bo n week later they tried him again on n different tack. "Have you found any old friends In 'Ivanhoe?' " "No." "Well, you know King Richard." "King Richard ?" "Yes, Richard the First. "Oh, yes; he was king 1180 to 1109." "Well, you came across hlui In the tournament." "I didn't know It was the same chap." He was a sincere boy, but he will miss a great deal of pleasure with n mind bo Impervious to the chnrnis of literature. With most young readers the Richard Coeur-de-Llon of the tournament soon usurps the throne of the matter-of-fact Richard of history; nnd it is certainly a rare youth who prefers the Richard of plain history to the splendid being with a battle-axe who rides through "Ivanhoe." Quicker than Lightning. "As quick as lightning" Is a phrase colloquially used to express the maxi mum of rapidity. But nccordlng to a well-known scientist, electricity Itself Is outstripped by that old-fashioned ma chine, the human body, by which It appears powers can, so to speak, bo generated lu the brain,'' transmitted through the nerves, nnd developed in the muscles in an Infinitesimal fraction of a second. ' It Is stated that a pianist. In playing a presto of Mendelssohn, played 5,595 notes In four minutes and three seconds. The striking of each of these, It has been estimated, Involved two move ments of the finger and possibly more. Again, the movements of the wrist, el bows and anus can scarcely be less than one movement for each note. As twenty-four notes were played each second, and each Involves three move ments, we would have seventy-two vol untary movements per second. Again, the place, the force, the time and tbe duration of each of these move ments were controlled. All those mo tor reactions were conditioned upon a knowledge of the position of each finger of each hand before It was moved, while moving it, as well as of the audi tory effect to force and pitch, all of which Involves equally rapid sensory transmissions. If we add to this the work of the memory In placing the notes In their proper position, as well as the fact that i the performer at the same time partlcl-! pates In the emotion the selection de- j scribes and feels the strength and i weakness of the performance, we ar-1 rive at a truly bewildering network of j Impulses, coursing along at Inconcelva- j bly rapid rates. j Such estimates show, too. that we arc i capable of doing many things at once. The mind Is not a unit, but Is compos- j ed of higher and lower centers, the i available fund of attention being dis- : trlbuted anions them. ' 1 ! Vi w Ci n" tn - I. He Marry inc. dear, aud you shall want for nothing. She There! I always heard It said that marriage put an end to a woman's 1 happinessl Yonkers Statesman. A man's appearance is a bridegroom Is his last appearance lor tbe balance of his life la liUiKrwpr that Is not patched. , Ted She fll 1vm ne. Ned-How do roil know? TeI -'.then she return ed my prewniis she p-.jraid tbe express charges. Harlem M VWITH HOOK AND LINE. The EsVltalile Frenchman Con ICxhlblt a Lot of I'otlcnce. It Is one of tlio curiosities of human nature that the most nervous and ex citable pcAjilu are often the moat pa- 1 'lent fishermen with hook and line. This extra, vacantly fevotod to angling; and Paris, their excitable and revolutionary capital, !s a city of fishermen. A recent Parisian -vrlter declares that the ama teur fishermen ure inore numerous now than ever. "They form' a i uble wreath of hu-man.'-y on both sides of the Seine," bo declare--, "reaching from Charentou clear to Malson-Lntltte. For them were created the fortunate Isles of Saint Cloud nnd Crolssy and the verdurous shores of Port-Marly and Chatou. "Isolated there In the midst of tu mult, calm in the very bosom of agita tions, the passers-by smile at their as pect and gibe at their attitude and their Immobility. They never catch a thing, the passing skeptics say. What a mis take! The vulgar laity know naught of what these fishermen catch besides fish; for fish are not alone the things they go far." This men ns that tho contemplation which Is In a manner enforced on those who fish with hook and line, especially where no flsh are to be found, often results In the apprehension of Import ant things which would never have come If the fishermen had remained among the distracting scenes of Paris ian life. A distinguished French academician Is accustomed to declare that bo fished his academical chair out of the Seine with a hook and line; for the poems which really won for him his literary crown came to him while he was court ing the wary gudgeon on the banks of the river. He Is far from being the only author who has worked In this way. There are three hundred and more living dramatists whose works hnve, In some shape, been brought out on the boards of the rarls theaters; and out of these, thirty bnve declared that they should never have had a single success If they had not elaborated their dramatic schemes while angling. One of these dramatists once came back, radiant with glee, from a session of seven steady hours on the banks of the Seine. On bis way home he met a friend. "Well, did you catch anything?" ask ed the friend. "Catch anything! Well, I should think I did! I caught a fifth act lu three tableaux and a denouement tbat will draw all Paris!" But he had not one fish. A somewhat amusing story Is told of a minister of the Interior, Monsieur De Corblere, who was accustomed to get up every morning very early and go out with a hook and line to quiet his nerves on the banks of the Seine., There efime to Paris a man from the provinces who had made application for a certain of fice a sous-prefecture In the country. The ofllce-seeker had no Influence with the minister, but in some way he learn ed where the spot was to which the minister always went to fish. Providing himself with "tackle," he rose still earlier than the minister, and when Monsieur De Corblere went to his favorite place he found a stranger Installed there, paying no attention to tho minister, and apparently quite Ig norant of his identity. The minister went somewhere else, and got up earlier the next morning; but 011 arriving nt the" place he found the same man Installed there. Again and again this happened. It was use less to try to forestall the man. He was nt the spot before the slightest break of dawn. At hiKt the minister approached the mnn and said politely, "You seem to be very fond of fishing, sir?" "I am, sir," answered the other; "and for the present I employ It as a means of passing the time while I am awaiting a response to an application which I have made to the minister of the In terior." "You are looking for an office?" "A small prefecture, sir, In the coun try. I have waited a long time, and may have to wait still longer; but we fishermen, sir, know bow to be pa tient." "Will you kindly give me your name and address, sir? I have a little Influ ence, perhaps, at the department, and I shall be glad to mention your case. Between fishermen, sir " "Ah, I thnnk you! Here Is my card." That evening the ofllce-seeker receiv ed his appointment nnd went no more to the banks of the Seine, and the min ister thereafter fished In peace In bis accustomed spot. Adaptable Stomnchn. It Is well known that North Ameri can Indians can go an extraordinary time without food, and on the other band can cat enormously when the op portunity serves them. The natives of Africa display the same adaptability. Mr. Gregory, speaking of his porters, says: Their recklessness about their food Is a trying characteristic. At the com mencement of a new stage In the Jour ney we had to serve out ten days' ra- tlons, and some of the men would eat so much In the first few days that by the end of the week they had none left. But tbey can go on for great distances on what appears to be tbe most Insuf ficient food. Some of my men carried loads of one hundred and ten pounds from dawn to dusk, with only aa hour's rest In the middle of tbe day, on a pound and a balf of beans or Indian corn, and sometimes less than that Whence tbeir "foot-pounds" of energy wore derived puzzled me, till I noticed that they became thinner and thinners Tbey Illustrate tho law of compensa tion; for the Amount of food they can. eat, when they have it. Is phenomenal. When we reached tho Klkuyu coun try on the return Journey, I owed all tho men arrears of food, amounting with one group of men to seveu days' rations. I offered them beads or wlr Instead of the excess of food, that they might buy for themselves any little delicacies, such as chickens or rlp bananas; but they refused my offer. "You owe us seven days' food," they replied; "seven days' food we will have, or nothing." Of course It was given them; but la the evculng one of them came aa a delegate from the rest to ask for medi cine. He complained of severe Internal pains, and seemed very uncomfortable. I asked him Avhnt he had been doing, and what he bad eaten. He calmly replied that he had don nothlug, and had only eaten tho food that had been given him. Each of the men, having received hist seven days' rations, had borrowed a big cooking-pot, made a great fire, and had cooked and eaten the whole of tbe ten and a half pounds of beans. I was somewhat annoyed and de clined to give medicine, telling the emis sary that tbe only expedient I could think of to prevent fatal consequence was a band of hoop Iron. This we had not got, so he must tie himself together with my cllmblng-rope. Herbert Spencer's new work, th third volume of "The Principles of So ciology," Is nearly through tbe press. F. C. Selous, the mighty hunter oC big African game, has written a his tory of recent events in Malnbeleland, both before and after tbe insurrec tion. Ernest E. Russell, editor of Publls Opinion, Is about to publish a radical purpose novel with the enigmatical ti tle. "The Renson Why; A Story of Fact and Fiction." The Kindergarten Magazine give thirty pages to an Illustrated article on the Chicago Normal School, erstwhile the Normal School belonging to Cook County and Col. F. W. Parker. Mrs. William Morris writes from Keluiscott House In the suburbs of Lon don asking for tbe loan of all letters; written by her husband, to be used fa the compilation of a life of the artist author, j The Critic states that Ferdinand BrU nctlere, the French critic nnd editor of the Revue des Deux-Mondes, Is to de liver a course of lectures on Frenck poetry at the Johns Hopkins Univer sity next March. The MncMlllan company announces "Guesses nt the Riddle of Existence," by Prof. Goldwln Smith, the tnlented Canndlan'cssaylst and publicist. Tho questions treated In the volume ar ethical and religious. The Ladles' Home Journal gives Its readers some more heart-to-heart talks) not on pillow shams, but on mar riage. Mis. A. D. T. Whitney and Dr. Pnrkhurst treat tho subject from their respective standpoints. Over thirty colored men nnd one col ored woman bave been regulnrly ad mitted to the Illinois bar and are now practicing law In Chicago. Judge Jas. B. Bradwell prints an Interesting bio graphical article on the subject In the Chicago Legal News. Exit Aubrey Beardsley from his sec ond magazine venture. The Savoy la) to be discontinued after the Issue of the eighth number, In December. The Aubrey Beardsley art Is not the fad It ouco was, In the brief days when the Yellow Book flared Into consplculty. William T. Adams, known as Oliver Optic to boyish romance lovers, and to others ns the father-in-law of Sol Smith Russell, has written more books for boys than any other mnn living, but at the age of 80 he has Just returned to his Boston home from a trip around the world, laden with fresh literary mater ials. The prominence of Gen. Lew Wallace In the St. Louis convention adds Inter-' est to the rumor that he has begun a new piece of literary work on the lines of his "Ben Hur" nnd his "Prince of India." But as Gen. Wallace Is a slow and painstaking worker, and very close-mouthed regarding his unfinished writings, It will probably be some time before the public knows even the field in which he has laid his new plot. In tbe Harvard Graduates Magazine Edward Everett Hale writes entertain ingly of a group of five Harvard presi dents who were photographed togeth er at the same table In 1801. They were Joslah Qulncy, Edward Ever ett, Jared Sparks, James Walker and C. C. Felton. "The old Harvard stat utes were such that no man In his senses could remain president of Har vard College for many successive years. These statutes were changed vhon President Eliot was elected." Too Amlttloan. "Oh, that young man is all right," -said Gobang. "lie Is Just sowing hi wild oats." "Tbe trouble with blm," said Grymes, "Is tbat he is trying to raise two crop on the same land." Truth. In fiRle. Sbe--I thought you said you were go ing to stop swearing? He So I am as soon as I get this um brella down. Truth. How soon after marriage a woman gets reconciled to having her husband see her In her old clothes!