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THE LATE GEN. GRANT. Text of tho Letter Written by Him to Dr. Douglas. flow tlio Sick ITQiii fftt lG&ticDMg9tBGB Tenting Illn (tern StrciwSi. 37ie System Preparing for Dlssoltttlbn. Tho current number of llio Century Mag nilno. says a New York dispatch, lias, In part? a reproduction o! a letter writton by Gen. Grant to Dr. Douglas whilo on Jit, McGregor, and in llio text of this partially reproduced letter tlio general mado refer enca to a "provious letter" in liko strain Tho prompting causes of that provious let ter and tho lottcr ilsolf aro mado public as follows: Gen. Grant reached Mount Mc Grcgor on Juno lGth, and that night he slept ten hours and well. Tho next after noon tho gcnornl sat upon llio cottngo piazza nlono and in deep thought. Sud denly, as though after mature reflection ho had formed a rcsolvo, tho general sum moned his servant and started down tho Htcps and walked to tho bluff of tho moun tain. Tlicro no sat upon a rusue cnair with Ills eyes brut to tho earth, his features drawn and an intonso expression of intro spection on his face, lloiiad sot himself to do a test of his own strength. Ho wantod a bnsis for a personnl judgment of Ills condition, and ho found himsoli wcnK bo vond ids expectations. Ho wont slowly back to the cottimo and roachml his room discournged nnd dishcarled, and that overl ing, seated on tlio piazza, as tlio sun went down tho general wrote a calm Btatemont of his convictions as to Ills own condition. Tliis ho hnnded to Dr. Douglas and it was tlio "provious loiter" referred to in thogen oral s reproduced lotter inmo Lenuiry, iu hero L'ivcn: It Sinco coming to this beautiful climnto and getting completo lost lor about ton hours 1 have watched my pains and com pared Ilium with tlioso of tho last fow weeks. I can feel plainly that my system is preparing for dissolution in threo ways: Ono by hemorrhage, ono by strangulation and tho third by oxhaustion. Tho llrst and second aro liable to uoino at any mo nient to relievo mo of my earthly suffering Tho timo for tho arrival of tho third can bo computed witli almost malhomalical certainly, ilh an Increased daily food, I havo fallen off in woiuht and strength very rapidly for tlio past two weeks. Thero cannot boa nope oi going fur beyond litis time. All that any phynii-ian or any num ber of them can do tor mo is to mako my burden of pain as light as possible. I do not want nny physician but yourself, but I tell you, ho that if you nro unwilling to hnvo mo no without consultation with other professional men, you enn send for them. 1 dread thorn, however, knowing Mint it means another desperato cllort to save mo and more suffering. 'I hits it wns Dr. Douglas that night sent for Dr. Hands, who ciuno uoxt day, and to gether they consulted with tlio general, and told him there was no danger of strangu lation nor of homori'hiigo, nnd oxliaustiou was a question Unit could not bo (lis ciiBsed. TUB STATUS MUST PAY UP. IIoiiiuiiiIn on tliu National Treasury ( lto Applleil on Account, Tlio annual roport of First Comptrollot Dunham calls attention to tlio fact that in 1808 tho first comptroller Iheu cortilled to balances duo tho United States from sovoral states and territories, respectively, fordl red tnxes duo and unpaid, undor tho direct tax act of Aug. 5, 18(11, and such stales and territories wero accordingly debited on tlio books in tho olllco of tho register oi tho treasury, anil says: "It may bo doubted u bother any corpo rate state was properly so charged, but ail tlio men comptroller had jurisdiction oi tho subject matter, the statements mado by 1j I in or accounts of tlio above named states and territories as to their Indebted Jiess on account of direct taxes aro bind ingon tlio preseutcouiptrollerfor the reason indicated in llio onlnloiis in tlio MIssisHimil direct tax case, ltecontly amounts have been certified to this olllco as duo to somo of said states and territories from tho United ijtntos on account of commissions of net proceeds of sale of public lauds within tho state, and for other causes. The amounts as cortilled, instead of being paid, havo been ordered to bo credited on said indebtedness of the states and terri tories as stated against them by tho former comptroller. Other states, it in reported, will present tho sanui question as tho amounts may become duo them for sales of lauds or nthorwiso.iiml thesaidamouiits will bo credited as above indicated unless congress will direct tho money duo and to become duo to said states shall bo paid to them without reforeuco-lo tlio charges as tttatvd heretoforo mado against thum by tlio ft rmor comptroller. Discussing tho question of tlio old claims against llio gov ernment which aro constantly being pre sented for his action, tho comptroller suggests that somo llxed period after tho right of tho acrlalmant accrues should bo subscribed by statuto within width tho claim luav bo brought befoio tho proper accounting olllccra tor tlioir action. TH13 POLITICAL WOltliD. Cnpt. W. P. McCann.ot tho United Stntes navy, has been appointed by tlio presldont n member of tho naval advisory board, to succeed Admiral Simpson. Tho president has appointed Alfred P. Edgcrton of Port Way no, Intl., civil sor lco commissioner In place of Dorman U. llaton, resigned, and William J. Tronholui of Charleston, S. 0,, in place of John M. Gregory, roslgnod. Tho president received a largo numbor of telegrams front prominent domocratlc poli ticians In all parts of tho country, but principally lit Now York, congratulating him on tho result In Now York uh an un uiintuknblo endorsement of his policy. John I. Usher.who was Mr. Lincoln's kocretnry of tho interior and is now a res ident of Lawrence, Kits., has written tlio following to a St. Louis editor: Soon after ids (Lincoln's) return from tho James river tlio cabinet was convoned and ho read to It, for approval, a message which ho had jirenared to bo submitted to congress, in which lio recommended that congress ap propriate $'100,000,000 to bo apportioned among tho xoveral statoi in proportion to lave population, to bo distributed to tho holders of slaves In thoso states upon con. dltlon that they would consent to the abolition of slavery and tho disbanding ot tho Insurgent army, and would acknowl. edge and submit to tho laws of tho United States, The members of the cablnot wore all opposed. Ho seemed snmowhat sur prised at that and asked: "How long will tho war last?" No one answered, bat ho 'oon said: "A hundred days. Well, we nro upending now In carrying on tho war SliOO.OOO a day, which will amount to all this money, besides ull the lives," With a deep High ho added: "Hut you are all opposed to mo, and I will not oud tho incBu?" A Nkw Yokk eugravor recently mado thin miatako : "Mr. mid Mrs, ro- ipoclfully request your prewmU n&rrkgo of their daughter." at U.o sa&rrkg THE CHINESE MUST STAY. A Wnnffiig to Anti-Chinese Auditors In the West. UMiUSfe- JVnlfco to Oo to Tholr IVmc 09 Rl Ifeltavo Tlioinsclvcs. Pffecty ofi the Proclamation Pelt. Tho president has issued tho following proclamation: Wiikhhas, It is represented to mo by tho governor of tho territory of Washington that domestic violonco exists within said territory, and that by reason of unlawful obstructions and combinations and tho assemblage of cvil-dispoBd persons it has become imprncticablo to enforco by ordi nary judicial proceeding! tho laws of tho United States at Seattlo and othor points nnd places within said territory whereby lifo nnd property aro there threatened and endangered; and, Wiii:ki:as, Tliolegislaturoof said territory cannot lio convened, and in tlio judgment of tlio president an emergency lins arisen and a caso is now presented which justifies and requires, under tho constitution of tho United Stales, tlio employment of military to suppress domestic violonco and enforco a faithful execution of tlio laws of tho United States if tlio command of this proclamation lio disobeyed and disregarded; now, there fore, I, G rover Cloveland, president of tho United States of America, do horeby com mand and warn all insurgents and all per sons who havo assembled at any point within said territory of Washington for tho unlawful purposes aforesaid, to desist therefrom and to disperse and retire peace ably to their respect! vo abodes on or lieforo 1'-' o'clock meridian on tho eighth day of November instant, and 1 do admonish all good citizens oi tho United States and all persons within tho limits or jurisdiction '.hereof against aiding or abetting, coun tenancing or taking any part in any such unlawful acts or assemblages. In witness whereof, I havo sot my hand and caused the seal of tlio United States to lio hereunto ufllxcd. Dono at tlio city of Washington, this seventh day of Novem ber, in tho year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and eighty-five and of tlio in dependence of tho United States tho ono hundred and tenth. Citovnn Cm'vixand. Uy tho president: T. I llAYAViin, Secretary of State. Kl'l'lm OI' TIIK 1'ltOChA.MATIO.V. Portland (Ore.) dispatch: Sinco tho president's proclamation tlio feeling in this city is that there will bo an ond to tho iinti ('hincso riots on Paget Sound. There aro still in Tacoma about fifty Chinese Most of them aro employed ns servants. They remain indoors day and night, afraiil to venture in tlio streets becauso of threats of assassination. Nearly all other Chinese havo been driven out and their houses burned. A fcuturo of the expulsion of tho Chinese from Tacoiua was that the mayor took a prominent part in tho movement and the Ledger, .vhich is tho leading news paper there, endorsed strongly tho rioters' action nnd counsoled the steps which were subsequently takon. Tho Ledger, it is said, refused to publish protests against tho lawlessness over tho signatures of the writers, anil used all its energy to inliiiii dato tlioso in tlio community who wero not opposed to llio Chinese. It is thought that witnesses against tho persons indicted will bo afraid to testify in open court at tlio risk of having tholr lives taken and prop erty destroyed by a mob. TIIK UOUMKItS AGAIN ACTIVK. I'oiu TIioiiniiiiiI, AVull Armeil and ICqulppeil, on Tln-lr Way to Oklu lionnu Loavenworth (Ka.) dispatch: Qeneral Miles, commanding tho department of tho Missouri, with headquarters at Leaven worth, received official Information thief afternoon that four thousand well-armed men aro on tholr way to Oklahoma terri tory, under tho leadership of Capt. Couch, and announce their intention to stay and light, if necessary, for possession of the laud. Capt. Couch has organized a staff, and the main body of tho boomers aro marching with military precision and de termination. Tliey expect to occupy the lauds and hold them until congress declares them open for settlement. Some ot the In vaders havo already reached Oklahoma and staked out claims and put up signs. "No trespassing allowed on this faiin." Gen. Miles has ordered Major Sumner to proceed to Oklahoma and eject those there mid head off nnd put out any on the ay Major Sumner can utlllzo, if necessary, 1,'JOO regular troops at Forts Keno and Sill. Wellington (Ivs.) dispatch: Tho "boom ers" havo begun operations with even more determination and vigor than wero mani fested a year ago. Yesterday morning, tho day announced for tho beginning of the campaign, which promises so much In the near luture, covered wagons and covered buggies, carriages and "schooners," filled with tho families of tho eager yet itinerant boomers, could bo seen in droves and num bered by tho score. To-day the crowd has boon supplemented by hundreds more, all ulth sails sot for the happy, cherished spot called Oklahoma. Prom the earnest iu-mh of tho boomers and their equipments one would Imagine they are determined to "light it out on this lino it it takes all sum mer." This, in short, is tlio spirit dis played by several who were Interviewed while passing through this city. A GH PITAL N0TA11L1! 1)KAI. Old John Hancock ol'tlie "OKI Curlon II)' Shop" I'll -on Slltlili'lll)' Away. Washington special: John Hancock, keener of ono of tho most noted drinking resorts in Washington, died suddenly this afternoon. His saloon was near tho cor ner ot Thirteenth street and tho avenue. It was known nstho "Old Curlosltx Shop." It Liu Iwwtt! t fn vnrWn ctMiirl. tit lllltlllr Mlim IV nun mill in i wi nu ivuvm v v ...--. since tho days ot Clay and Webster. The room occupied by his bar was a low, dingy ono on me souiti sine oi ino niri-ui, -i uu entire regular furniture insidoof the saloon would not have brought $fi00 at auction. V., I mi In tint .In v nf Hiuiriirlc'ri floilth it has been a great resort for all kinds of puluio men. Benators, Justices oi mo su- ,..,,.,., (.,tt,f. mill fitlirtra iM Miolr U'HV Ii.VIIIU v.'.'.v ,. .... ..... -..- nilno from the capltol, havo uemtirod tlio habit of dropping in at Hancock's. The saloon was Htoekod from end to end with queer articles ordlnnilly not found outside of a museum. A hat of Gen. Jack sou, tho posters hung up In Washington at the time of tho aHSiissiuatlon ot Lincoln, )w.f .KtriltiltM lit iwiliwl nvoolll loilfl. llllto. graph totters, tho knives and pistols ot various tragedies, are a low oi mo curious tel.... ..ltl.tll l-MVillsul Ml., Vtffllltl rkf tlllrtillll. gy room. The fame of tho place was based upon noncocK s bkiii in iiuikiiik kiiu-jt driuV, He hud two colored asalatants who could mix cold whisky punches and make brandy smashes or mint juleps to suit the taste ot thomosUustidlous stated- man. It wan not considered disreputable to he ron going Into Hancock's saloon. His many curiosities afforded an excuso for the most dignified of public men to visit his saloon unit when there nothing was mora ,i . 1 1 1 ! I lit.,,. In It, vmI Iffn liv W il V nff m t . perlinent the old-fiuihloncd Southern wny ui inaftiiif iiiiuy uniiKB. DISASTER ON THE LAKE. Tho Canadian Pacific Vessel Algoina JJlown on tho Itocks. Tlilrty-Mivcn Liven Heportcil Iiost In tho Terrible IManntcr. Partial 1.11 of the T.osU Winnipeg (Manitoba) dispatch: A fear ful disaster occurred, on Lako Superior off Port Arthur early on tho morning of the . .. i 1 .1 ,.L - Oth. Tho lnagniliccnt ironciau Bieuniet Algoma, of tho Canadian Pacific railroad, was wrecked and thirty-soven Uvea lost. , Mr. K. Dudgeon, of Winnipeg, received the , following telegram: "Tho Algoma gone down. Your wife and ...... l .l .Inl- Vlvltv" two cilliuron urourumiiu. Mr. Dudgeon's wife is J years old, anu tho children aro a boy and girl 0 and 4 years respectively. Mr. Dudgeon is from Owen sound, ami his wife and children were on tlio way from Owen sound to join him R lSi"!-7t now turns out that thosteam or Algoma was coming Into Port Arthur and not going out whin the wreck occurred. She lclt Owen sound lustThtirsduy and was wrecked Saturday night. The first known of tho disaster wub when the steamer Ar tltu baska, of tho samo line, arrived at 1 oil Arthur Into Monday evening with tho crew of tho ill-ruled Algoma, consisting of tbir i ..e i. PtV nnd two passengers, who which left uwen suuim -j "".i t -A go , ,, came upon tho wreck at tho Isle loyal and found tho crow and two passe. -gers in a perishing condition on t .he , a hind. Tho wreck had been dashed by the mad dened waves ..gainst tho rocks and was finally bealei. ..gainst those of tho shiud Tho Arlhabasku cumo along at noon to day and as tho channe is narrow could no? avoid seeing the wreck and tho sUvss of thoso on tho island. A boat was suit ashore and brought tho rescued to he Arthabaska, which set sail for Port Ar hi , where it arrived about 7 o'clock this o oil ing. Thero is intonso excitement in tins city to-night, as many .bad friends on board. .. , . , Tho Algoma was a thorougniy umib am. nplendidly equipped Clyde steel steamer, . ' r, 1 7, detail. Tho furnish. ings wero as luxurious as tlioso . f 11 e II list ocean steamers. The vosse tM and is understood to have been instiled fm S.'tOO.OOO. It is ono of threo steamors-tlio Alberta, Arthabaska aim ii....m-i . , ; i lm ( iiiindmn l'u cnaseu iwo J"" ' r." ",,., ,vhich c no ill roao . o " ,..,..... . unto it mis oec .,.... -' ",,,,,. ,,, Owen Sound and rori " , business Tho steamers gave tho greatest ' satisfaction. . , . r.. Among those saved thus far a ro Ca m '.o in Moore, first .muu ."-i - and Second Mato 'Mellaril Simpson, 1 e. ij Lowis, watchman; John Mc2sab b, vui i l -nuni; Pireman II. McCallger, Dec k-ha . 1 1 . ,., ! r 1,.1I..,, ,itw DlLlllUl Ia Hill!- Diep ions, .i.iiiil-m - .. . , ". ton; waiters. John McLean, OeorgoMcUUl and. olin Mclntyro, aim ai.iy.m i.""i"- sengcrs W. J. Hi" and W. U. McArtnur. SEVERL ON JOHNSON. What an Ohio Kx-Coiircssnian Says ol Andrew Johnson. lie Ht 'lcvot tlio VtwiH Itclated by Ic Vow to bo Substantially Correct. Suppressions In the Impcaclimcnt Trial. A Now York special says: Kx-Congresa-ninn James M. Ashley, of Ohio, mover ol tlio Impeachment against President John son in the Thirty-ninth congress, was asked concerning tlio facts related by Chauncey M. Depow as having been told him by Gen. Grant in a dinner talk of a plot by John son to reinstnto tho robel leaders in nower. j Ho said tlio allegations wero substantially correct, lleing nsked why, if tho fact of tho plot was known to tho managers ot tho im peachment trial, they did not uso itagainst tho presldont, Mr. Ashley said: "Tlio judi ciary committee ot tlio house, to which was referred tho resolution ot impeachment for Investigation, was against impeachment, and had differences among themselves. Speaker Colfax had appointed men on tlio committee who wero weak-kneed in tho matter. 1 told Mr. Colfax ono day that lie was standing so that ho could bo near enough tho front to rush in if wo won and near enough to tho rear to get safely out if wo lost. The people stood in awe ot the president, ami wero afraid to proceed to extreme measures in the faro of his great nower. lio had the whole secret service at his sido. The neHp.tper in AV.ishington which acted as his organ threatened war if the impeachment proceedings wuro contin ued. On tho !!oor of the house I accused Johnson of being the leader ot a negative rebellion, and of attempting to reinstate the lost cause." Was there anything in tho testimony be fore tho judiciary commit too connecting tho president with any plot to put the control of the government into the hands ot the rebel lenders? "I wits not a member of tho judiciary committee, and although I mado myself acquainted with tlio first portions of the testimony given before them, I found my self at odds with the members of tho com mittee, and absented myself from their proceedings. They utterly refused to ex amine many important witnesses against the president brought forward by mo. If Picsidcnt Johnson could have secured the suprorl of tho general of tho army his liliin was to install southern men in the iuills of congress during the night and keep out by force tho northern members who had arrayed themselves against him. I be lieved then, and said so in congress, and believe now, that Johnson had known be forehand of tho intended assassination of President Lincoln. When 1 made that statement on tho tloor of congress Speaker Colfax culled mo to order, but alter the KCfcsiou camo upon tho lloor nnd said lm was sorry ho hyd dono so," WJty were these matters not brought for ward in the impeachment trial? "The evidence did not show that the president had actually committed any net in connection with the plot on which specific charges could be mado. The eleventh article ot impeachment, wns tiro only one voted upon by the somite with a view to what might be shown by the testi mony concerning this matter. Thud Stev ens, who sat behind mo lit congress for many years, propurod tho article and 1 iissiktcd him before the final vote in thu senate. Pons, ot Kansas, had promised to vote for impeachment , but he went back on his word and we lost our caso by one voto." ifig nnd Little Drops. A 'i drop" iaavaluablo qunutity, rtf. thouj'h inanv pcoplo novir think about liis fact, Tho Journal oj Chemistry tftiys thut tho largest drop is formed by birup ot gum-nrnbio. forty-Tour to tho (rnicliui. and tho smallest by chloroform, 220 iu tlio ilraolim. As a gonpml rule tinctures, fluid extracts, essential oil yield a drop loss than ouo-half tho eizo ot water, nnd acids nud solutions givo a drop but slightly smaller than water. THE CONDITION OF ARIZONA. Tuo Governor of tlio Territory Submit an Op I'M on on Hit Domain. Gov. Trittlo, of Arizona, In his annual report, says tho development of the min eral resources of Arizona demonstrates that tho territory affords tlio grandest mineral field in tlio country. Ho esti mates tho output of tho mines tor the year ending Doc. 31, 1884, at about $3,500,000 silver $300,000 gold bullion. $,7C0,000 worth of copper. The yield of the present year will equal that of 1884 Cattlo raising in tho territory is assuming an importnnco second only to mining. Ho tliinks thero aro 500,000 head of cattle in the territory now. He recommends an ap propriation for the sinking ot artesian wells, with a view to tlio reclamation of terilo lands. Tho population of Arizon.i is placed at 80,000, and tho value of as sessed property at $25,000,000. Tho gov ernor, in touching on tlio Indian question, refers to the "meddlesome cranks and east ern sentimentalists, who still beliovo in th- mythical noblo red men of Cooper's nov els." The ncceptedi conclusion now. ho says, is that tho Indians ot the far wcsl aro either diseased, filthy, non-prodiicin.' vagabonds, or cruci, treacherous beasts of prey in human form. Ho recommends the removal of tho trouhlesomo Apaches from tho Snn Carlos reservation to tho Indian territory or somo other suitable placo, or else tlio narrowing of tlio boundaries of their present reservation, disarming thorn nud placing them under military survcil lance. NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES. The president has appointed Dorman B. Katon to bo member of tho civil service commission in placo ot Mr. Thomnn, whoso resignation wns accepted, to lako effect Nov. 1st. Tho, appointment is but a tem porary one, howovor, as it is proposed to appoint a pcrmanontsucccssor to Thomnn in a short time. Katon consented to servo on tho commission for tv few weeks in order to assist the newly appointed commission ers in familiarizing themselves witli their duties nnd also to clnso up certain unfin ished matters in which ho is greatly inter ested. It is not known who will succeed Katon beyond tho fact tlmt tho now tip pointeo will be a republican, in full sympa thy wilh civil service reform. Washington special: Representatives of the Knights of Labor allege that the public press, in nscigniuy tho reasons for tho dem ocratic victory iu New York", has quito overlooked tho importnnco of that secret organization as a factor in tlio result. One of its ollicers, who is also in the govern ment senieonnd spent somo days in Now York and Urooklyn iu the interest of tlio organization, says that its members there voted witli ulinost unanimity for Hill, nnd will claim that his success was duo to their efforts. Hill's answer to certain questions about tho labor questions ple.ibcd them better than Davenport's did. Tho president lins mado tho following ap pointments: James A. Bayard, of .Mary land, to bo secretary of Arizona; Joseph J. Stranghnm, of Indiana, to bo survoyor gen eral of Idaho; James Dawson, of Colorado, to bo surveyor general of Colorado; John Hiso, of Arizona, to bo survoyor general or Arizona. Tho commissioner general of tho land olllco has refused to approvo tlio list of lands selected by tlio Union Pacific railroad company, including about 58,000 acres of land in Washington territory, embraced within tlio forfeited grant of tlio Oregon Central railroad company. Tlio Northern Pacific railroad company's lino from Port land to Tacoma traverses a portion of tho forfeited grant and that company claimed tho track on tho ground that it had not been withdrawn for tlio benefit of tlio Ore gon Central railroad company. The com missioner, iu his decision, holds that it is immaterial whether tho lands wero with drawn from tho Oregon Central, for as tho tract had been granted in tlio first placo to tho Oregon Central they could not have been included in tlio grant to the Northern Pacific, oven if any grants of land had been extended by the joint resolution of May 31, 1K70, upon which tho Northern Pacific basis its claim. THE MARKETS. OMAHA. U'llKAT No. 2 iuui.kv No.: ltVK .Vn L 70 r.t di 7054 66 4H 27 IBM 2J 13 15 20 2 25 id lit 27 Coun No. s'l'alxeii! OATS No. 2 Hun Kit riiney creamery.... Hl'TTim Clioico iliury IlfiTtui Host country linos Fresh - Ciiickkns Per doz I.ii.mons Choice llA.NANAS t'holoo 18 CD 2.'. 12 12 19 1 75 S 01 2 75 8 tl) 1 25 4 10 :to 2 75 i at 1 73 5 IVJ tl 01 2 tr 2 50 a a & & & & (TO Ci (14 & C6 CS & C 50 D GO OltAKOKS Jleslmi Hkans Nnvys Onions Per bbl l'OTATOKS l'or I.IIRhlll 50 1 50 4 75 40 3 25 2 40 2 00 000 7 0J 3 0.) Ourx.v Aiim: Per bbl t-Ki:i)S I linnllii- Skkds Illuo Units ll.iv llaleil. per ton 11 AV lu bulk Hons Mi.vod pnelilmr Hkkkvks lliiteliors' stock. .. NliW YOltlC U'lll'.AT No. 2 toil 07 Ct U3 44 fkl'ifj III $i 0 51 ft 6 2J O 4 75 ffTJ U 70 CS 87 4S 2tHis& 8 25 & 5 w-'jjsa :ico (5 2 oo a 2 75 PS 1 0:1 65 X aa 10 0) U 24 600 t 00 87X 4114 27 8 SO 5 1)5 3 05 3 75 3 00 05 88 245f 3 M 360 74 H 22 6 20 8 45 8 25 WltlUT I'nirrmlod ro.l Chun No. h 0.n MIalhI western - roitK UMll) CIIICAUO. ri.ouu Choice Whiter Fl.oun ynrliiur extra Wiikat Per liusliol CtlllN l'er hUKliol OATh I'orbuslicl I'oiik l Aim Hons racking' Hud shipping. LATTl.i: Stookors Biikki Medium to kooiI ST. LOU13. Wiikat No, 2 red Coiin Per bushel Oais Per bushel Catti.k Stookors mid fcodotn Sutu Western 117 61 24 14O 2 25 id 2 00 ki KANSAS CITY. Wiikat Per bushel 74 HQ 28 21 ii 60) (id 8 35 4.4 1 78 tS Coun Per bushel Oats Per busliol Catti.k l-.'.xporta. Hums Assorted., bnuu Common to uooj lerxnii's Mtuictziiw for Dooombor i3 received, surpassing in beauty even what wo had oxneetcd It contains two costly stcol-enpnivings; 11 mam moth colored steel lasmon-pitue; n su perb, colored pattern, such ns wouhlsell iii vnttiil fur tlfiv pouts: ami more thau half a hunilroil wood-cuts of fashions, embroidery, etc. Unly tlio luuucnso uireulsitlon of "Peterson" can explain 1. .,11 tl.ij rnti lm itlVonlnil. Tlia'lt- crarv contonts nro even hotter Uian usual. Mrs. Ann S. Stephens llnishes her powerful novelet, that has awakened so much Interest duriustho year. Pro fessor Uoutollo contributes a story so intensely exciting that It might havo boon written by tlio lato Hugh Conway himself. Besides thoso, thero nro nu merous other llrst-class tales and othor nrtlcles, somo of them charmingly illus trated. This number ends tho volume Great improvomonta forl88G. Address CllAltLKS J, l'ETEUSON, 80C Chestnut street, Philadelphia, To. INHUMAN CItUELTf. Tho Widow ofn Vetcrnn of 1812, a Prisoner, and Stnrvlng. Nkw Haven, (Conn.) dispatch: A caso .t inhuman treatment was unearthed hero by IV. Adatifs, ngont of the Connecticut ininano socioty. who broko into tho house d George Peck, jr., tho family being absent at Cheshire, Conn., and released Mrs . aroline Prooks, 81 years old, a widow v ho had liven confined in the room thoro over two years. Sho wns locked in a littlo room, which was filthy in the extreme, arid filled witli tho most dreadful stench. Tho u.itniui wim rnvnrcd with niCS and tllO ' lb. or strewn with bones from which sho i.ad picked what meat was given her. un a plate wiih her single daily meal. It con sisted of cold salt mackernl and cold pota toes. She was removed to tho poorhouso. The woman is the widow of Aaron Drooka, a s'lhiier of the war of 181L'. She hail a littlo property in Soutington township, in trust, to take enro of her our-tii- her life in order to escape falling into the hands of Peck, who is a distant rela tive. Alter making the transfer she was nirprisi'd to find tho township had con ti;n t- d with Peck to tnko euro of her. lio did iu the manner indicated. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Tho Turkish wnr ofllco continues active war preparations, indicating that the porte is not fully satisfied thnt tho powers ...ill TM.nr-nfnll'V lint tin till, T?f 1 11 III pli II 11 OlleS- tion ut tlio conference about to ns&emblc in Constantinople. Turkey bus not named her delegates to tho conference of the nowcrs on tho Iloumc- Man question, becauso the ambassadors ol tho nowers disncreo on tho subject of re storing tho status ipio nntc nnd tho mens- lire to oo uilopteu xo restore it. j-iio jiui l.. wishes tlio conference to open under tho nustiices of the union of Hie nowcrs on tho abovo matters. Said Pashn. tho new Turkish minister, has induced M. He ftoli doff, IUissiau ambassador, to bo less deter mined to deposo Princo Alexander ot llul garia. Tlio porto is urging Sir William. White, who continues to act as Uritish am bassador, to ask England for fresh instruc tions respecting its lino of action at the proposed Pnikan conference, so as lo ren der n compromised! iuei)uiaaro-ivuuiiii.-ii.i" tpicstiou possible. ThoLondon press association nnnouncea on the highest nutliority that Servian troops will not ndvanco on Pulgaria pend ing tho decision of tho DalUan conference. Tho Itussian hnrvest of 1885 is abovo the average for winter wheat but below for spring wheat. Tho deficiency in spring wheat is duo to drought. Ityo is slightly abovo tho average. The oat crop is bad. Other cereals aro below tho average. Hay nnd fruit iw inferior. Tho total wheat product is fu,000,0U0 quarters, which is '20 per coat under an average. Tho Irish question has for a moment given way to tho religious question in Uritish politici. Pnrnell is permitted to go on arranging his campaign and nominating liis candidates in Ireland pretty much as ho pleases, while tho voters in England and Scotland aro set by tho ears over tho ques tion of disestablishing tho church. The controversy lins become exceedingly bitter. It has been described as "tlio combat of tho established church fighting for lifo against tlio dissenters struggling to destroy tho stato monopoly of religion." Every body in Great Pritain lias becomo dooply interested in tlio contest and it is now thought that tho result of tho elections will hingo entirely on tho church question alono. Insufficient Air. No matter how perfect nro all other hyfjienio conditions, good health can not bo maintained if tho air supply is iusuflicient. Tho purest air will becoino vitiated, resulting in disease, especially in consumption, unless there is a oon btaut means of supply. "When tho mortality from all causes among tho metropolitan police of Lon don was only 90 in 1,000, thnt of the Poot Guards was 111 from consumption alone. The barracks furnished tho lat ter only about ono-fourth as much air per man as is allowed in prison colls. Tho armies of Europo generally are, from a similar cause, characterized by a largo mortality. During the Crimean war, the rnto m tho English army was 2:3,2 per cent, of tho total strength ; that of tho French 30 ; while iu our civil war, with its open-air life, it was less than G. Camij-fover mny bo almost banished by cleanliness nnd fresh air. In 1700 Dr. lirocklesby, having built a largo shed as a hospital for wounded soldiers, and tho mortality proving won derfully slight, though tho treatment was otherwise the samo as olsowhero, said, " I candidly ascribe their fortunate escape more to tho benefit of a puro, hi i n air, which they breathed therein every moment, than to ull tho mediciuo tln-y took." Thus, over a century ngo, In- stumbled on a law of hygieuo now universally accepted by experts. No expense wns spared in tho erection of n new house for monkeys in tho Lon don Zoological Garden, to make it ns much as possiblo liko an English gentle man's drawing-room. Theso animals had been wintered in England soveral years, and wore healthy on entering their new house. But in ono month llfty of tho sixty wero dead, and tho rest were dying, of consumption. Tho whole trouble was that tho room was not prop erly ventilated. lieforo 183G tho loss of horses in Franco by death was from 188 to 197 per 1,000. Enlarged stables reduced tho loss to G8 nearly two-thirds. Iu England tho loss is reduced lo 20 ; iu Germany to 15, Let it not bo forgotten that, where tho lack is not such as to produce fatal re sults, it may variously impair the health. youth's Companion. Early Itlslugr. Tho early riser has always an hour or two in hand, which.tho lato Her loses nnd can never find, search as diligontly as ho may. Things which begin well, for tho most part, go ou well ; nn3 tho punctuality nnd order, tho method nnd exactness, of a houso whero tho day bo pins betimes, and tho morning does not inaugurato a scramble, mako half tho pleasantness of domestic life. Anotiier comoser has produced a "waltz (for ono finger)," which, to say tho least, must bo a very Bick sort of waltzing. Eicn perspiratory duct is ono-fourth of an inch in length, which will make tho aggregate length of tho whole about nine miles, Anorrr two-thirds of a pint of air ia inhalod at each breath in ordinary respiration. nousRTTn:,n nrNT& tuimMi. Soak your lish after p:oking it to fragments; if it is very dry and hard Joak it over night, nud then pour off tho lirst ainl pour over a fresh warm water; tako it out into a colander and drain; whilo draining tako a pint of rich sweet croam ami boil, stirring it ill tho time for live or ton minutes; then drop iu tho fish and let it como to a hod and tako oft"; much bo ling hardens codfish. If croam is not to bo had use milk, putting in piceo of but tor tho sizo of a half egg and a table spoonful of Hour or cornstarch dis lolvotl in cold milk nnd stirred into tho hot milk; boil as with cream, stir ring coutantly; then drop in the shred anil soaked lish anil just como ' a boil; dish up at once; in th's dish and in croam for dried beef llio stirring whilo boiling is essential. CODKISIl HAM,S. Shroil and soak tho lish; have it soaked as boforo and then strainod; (lion havo very nice mashed potato, made rich with butter ttiot salted), anil whilo warm mix in tho codfish and roll in a ball, binding tho mixture with tho white of an ogg; drop in boil ing lardju.se as you would iu dough nutsand fry brown. If preferred, they can bo made into Hat cakes a tittle Hour put on tho outside and fried in the groaso in which nice pork has boon fried still better if fried in but ter. CODFISH FOR SUrPUH. ! Shred your lish and prepare it with a small quantity of croam as by lirst recipo; place it in a shallow oarthern pudding dish which has been rubbed with butter, then put a thick layer of lino mashed potatoes all over tho cod fish; rub tho top of tho potato with butter and put it into tlio oven to brown. Somo persons put a littlo ooaten yolk of egg over it as woll as butter; brown nicely and sot tho dis-h on a pinto on tho table. If cod fish is in a nice, white, squaro pieco 3oak over night in warm water; wipo oil" dry and broil nicoly, putting but cr on it to send lo lablo. Codfish in ho whole lish is always hotter than in the cut up state, as that is almost always hard halibut; exporieuco taught me this fact. riCKLr.D Al'1'I.KS. Choose groon, hard lruit; if perfect ly dry windfalls answer very well. Pool, ooro and quarter; if largo divide again. Have ready some vino-gar in which sringer, allspice and a blade of mace havo boon woll boiled. Lay your app!o3 a few at a timo into your jar ami pour ou vinegar siillieiunt to well cover, then more layers anil vinegar, dividing your looso spice and scattering it amongst tlio apples. When your vessel is full cover down close, and in threo months you will havo a splondid pickle. Somo put the vinegar on cold and do not pool tho fruit, but I prefer boiling vinegar and tho rinds removed. Tho fruit must bo perfectly dry and also kept in a dry place after pickling. CAULIFLOWKIt. Chooso lino, white, close hoads, pull each branch apart, sprinkle well with common salt ami stand ihem in a hair sieve or colander to drain for twenty four hours; if you don't possus3 oither put them on a dish and tilt it up for tho brine to run oil". When that is dono havo ready sullioient boiling vin egar whuroin spice has been cookotl according to taste; somo prefer it much stronger than others. Pour tho whole over tho llower, after arranging it and scattering spico botwoon eaeh half-dozen layers, as for apples. Somo persons allow tho pioklo to stand un til cold, then mix with it mustard and cover tho whole, which must bo kept perfectly air-tight and in a dry place. YEUV STKONG VINKOAIt. Tako two gallons of good eitler and thoroughly mix with it two pounds of new honey, pour into your cask or bottle ami lot it stand from four to si months, when you will havo vinegar so strong that it cannot bo used ut t iblo without diluting with water. It is the best lover pro jured for pickling purposes. ANOTIIKK "WAY. Tako four gallons of wator ami four pounds of coarso or foot sugar, lot it boil from ten to fifteen minulos, then pom it into a tub or pan, and whon milk warm work it with yeast (by thickly sproadiug some on toast) troui twenty-four to thirty-six hours, sot your tub in the sun or noar n tiro; whon fermentation censes put it into stouo jars and cork closely. A Man with a Cut's Eye. A fow days ago wo saw a man who had ono gray and ono brown eye. This recalled to mind a man whom wo knew boforo tho war in another State. One of his eyes was black as coal, and tho othor was a cat's oyo. Tho pupil would contract ami expand, just as a feline's. Wo nsked him why they ditlerod iu color, and ho said: When 1 was a ch.1.1 1 stuck tho point of a pair of seizors in that eye. Tho matter in It rm out of tho wound. An old-country physioinn was called, and said tho oyo could probably bo saved by putting a cat's oyo in tho placo. A cat was caught, treated with oloroform, and whilo undor tho in tluonco tho oyo was transferred to me. In four or livo months I was abln to go out of tho darkroom in which 1 had been kept, and could see hotter Ihau ovor out of that eye. Why, I can see in the night as good as 'any man in tho daylight. Ameriaus (Go). tit writer.