npon tuo ruiug prosperity of 1882 and
18&J outstripped tlio increasing expense
of ourgrowlng service, was checked by
tbo reduction In tlic rate of letter post
ngo which took effect with the" beginning
of October in the latter yenr, and dimin
ished during the two past fiscal years
$2,700,000, in the proportion of $2,270,
000 in 1SSI to 8520,000 In 1S33.
Natural growth and development have
meantime increased expenditure, re
sulting In a deliclcncy In the revenue to
the expenses of the department of live
and n quarter millions of dollars for the
year 183-1, and eight and a third millions
In the last fiscal year. The anticipated
and natural revival of tuo revenue has
been oppressed and retarded by the un
favorable business condition of the coun
try, of which the postal service Is a faith
ful Indicator. The gratifying fact Is
shown, however, by the report that our
returning prosperity is marked by a gain
of 6380,000 la the revenue of the latter
half of the last year over the correspond
ing period of the preceding year. The
change in the weight of Hrst-clns3 mat
ter, which may be carried for a single
rato of postage from a half ounce to an
ounce, aild the reduction by one-half of
tho rato of newspaper postage, which,
under recent legislation, begun with tho
current year, will operate to restrain the
augmentation of receipts which other
wise might have been expected to such a
degree that the scale of expenses may
gain upon the revenue and cause an in
creased deliclcncy to bo shown at its
close; yet after no long period of re
awakened prosperity, by proper economy
it is confidently anticipated that even the
present low rates, now as favorable as
any country affords, will bo adequate
toj sustain tho cost of the service.
Tho operation of the postolllcc depart
ment is for the convenience and benellt
of the people, and the method by which
they pay tho charges of this useful arm of
their public service, so that It be just and
impartial, is of less Importance to them
than the economical expenditure of the
means they provido for Its maintenance
and for the due improvement of its agen
cies, that they may enjoy its highest
usefulness. A proper attention has been
directed to tho prevention of waste or ex
travagance, anil good results appear
from the report to have ahcady been ac
complished. J approve of the recommendation of tho
postmaster general to leduco the charges
on doniestlu money-orders of and less
from eight to live cents. Tills change
will materially aid those of our people
who most of all avail themselves of this
Instrumentality, but to whom the ele
ment of cheapness is of the greatest Im
portance. With this reduction thosystem
would still remain self-supporting. Tho
free delivery system has been extended
to nineteen additional cities during the
year, and 178 nowonjoy its conveniences.
Experience lias commended it to those
who enjoy itu benellts, and further en
largement of Its facilities will
bo due to other communities
by which it may bo adop ed.
In tho titles where it has been estab
lished, taken together, the local postage
exceeds its maintenance by neatly one
million three hundred thousand dollars.
The limit to which this system is now
confined by law has been nearly reached,
and the reasons given justify tho exten
sion which is proposed.
It was decided, with my approbation,
after a sulllclent examination, to bu In
expedient for the post-otlleo department
to contract for carrying our foreign mails
under the additional authority given by
the last congress.
Tho amount limited was Inadequate to
pay all within tho purview of tho law the
full rate of llfty cents per mile. It would
tiavo been unjust and unwise to havo
given it to oiiH and denied It to others;
nor could contracts havo been let under
(lie law to all at a rate to have brought
tho aggregate within the appropriation
without such practical pre-arrangement
of terms as would havo violated It. The
rate of sea and Inland postage, which
was proffered under another statute,
clearly appears to be a fair compensation
for the desired service, being three times
tho price necessary to secure transporta
tion by other vessels upon any route, and
much beyond the charges made
lo private- persons for ser
vices not less burdensome.
Somo of tho steamship companies, upon
dm refusal of tho postmaster general to
ittempt, by the means provided, the
distribution of the sum appropiialed
(an extra coinpei:sation") , withdrew the
jervlccs of their vessels, and thereby
occasioned slight inconvenience, though
10 considerable injury. Tho mails have
ueon dispatched by other means. What
sver may bo thought of tho policy of
uibsldi.hur any lluo of publle conveyance
artr.uel,! am satlslled that it should
not bo done under cover of an oxpoudl
ti ro Incident to the admiutstiatlon ot a
department, nor should there he any un
"ertaluty as to.the recipients of tho sub
ldy, or nuv dUcretlon left to an
xecutlvo olllceras tolls distribution.
If such gifts of publle money me to be
made for the purpose of aiding any enterprise-
in the supposed Interest of the
publle, I cannot but think that the
imoilut to be paid and the bcuellclary
might better bo determined bv congress
than by any other way. Tho Inter
national congress of delegates from the
postal-union countries convened In Lis
bon, rortugal. In lfcbruary last, and,
liter u session of some weeks, the dele
gates signed an agreement amendatory
at tho present postal-union convention
it pome particulars designed to advance
Its purposes. This additional act has had
my approval, and will be laid before you
with departmental report.
I improve the recommendation of tho
postmaster general that another nssisi
mtai.t be urovlded for his department.
I Invito your consideration of tho several
other recommendations contained hi his
report,
Tho Attorney Oenortvl.
Tho report of the attorney general con
tains a history of the conduct of the de
partment of justice during the last year
i ml a number of valuable Miggcitlous as
:o needed legislation, and 1 Invite your
;areful attention to the tamo. The con
iltlon ot business in tho courts of the
United States is such that there seems to
so nil imperative necessity for remedial
legislation on the subject. Somo of
these courts are so overburdened with
pending causes that tiie delays on de
termining litigation amount often to
i denial of justice Among tho plans
luggestcd for relief Is one submitted by
the attorney general. Its innlii features
ire the transfers of all the oilgltiul juris
diction of tho circuit courts to the dis
.trlct courts, and an Increase of judges
for the latter, where neccssaryan addi
tion of judges to the circuit
'ourts, and constituting them cx
'Jusvely courts of nppeul, and reas
onably limiting appeals thereto and
further restrictions of right to remove
cause from the state to the federal
courts, permitting appeals to tho su
preme courts from courts of the District of
Columbia, and from the torritorics only
in tliesame casc3 as they aro allowed
from state courts, and guarding against
an unnecessary number of appeals from
the circuit courts. I approve the plat
thus outlined and recommend tho legis
lation neccssery for its application to oui
judicial system.
A Necessary Synopsis.
The present mode of compensation oi
United States marshals and district at
torneys the message declares should bt
changed to fixed salaries. Under the
present method unscrupulous marshal!
are found encouraging frivolous prosecu
tions. The message deals at great length upon
the Indian question, citing facts already
touched upon In the report of the secre
tary of tho Interior. After reviewing
facts concerning the education of the In
dian's and their tribal relations, the
president says: "I recommend the pas
sago of a law authorizing the appoint
ment of six commissioners, three oi
whom shall be detailed from the army,
to be charged wLh the duty of careful
Inspection from time to time of all In
dians 'ipon our reservations or subject 'to
the care and control of the government,
with the view of discovering their exact
condition and needs and determining
what steps shall be taken in behalf of the
government to improve their sisuation in
the direction of their self-support and
complete civilization ; that It be ascer
tained from such Inspection what. If
any, of the reservations may bo reduced
In area, and In such caes what part h
not needed for Indian occupation may
be purchased by tho government from
the Indians and disposed of for their
benellt; what, If any, Indians may, with
their consent, bo removed to other reser
vations, with a view of their con
centration. The message directs that
the powers and functions of
the commission be strictly dcilued.
The message recommends tho repeal
and modillcatlou of certain of the laud
laws, and deprecates the falling of largo
tracts of land into tho hands of syndi
cates for speculation.
The president urges that trans-contl-nental
roads be held to a strict account
ability In the matter of their grants.
The message cites that in July, 1SS5,
there were It 15,125 persons borne upon
the pension rolls an increase during ten
years of 110,000 persons. Ho recom
mends that care be taken to cleanse from
the rolls names of any fraudulent person-
Etrontr Ijnnguniro Against Polycamy.
In tho territory of Utah tho law of the
United .States, passed for tho suppression
of polygamy, has been energetically and
faithfully executed during the past year,
with measurably good results. A num
ber of convictions have been secured for
unlawful cohabitation, and in some cases
picas of guilty have been entered and
slight punishment Imposed upon promise
by accused that he would not again offend
against the law nor advise, counsel, aid
or abet in any way Its violation bv others.
Tho Utah commissioners express opinions
bused upon such information as they are
able to obtain, that but few polygamous
marriages have taken place in the terri
tory during tho hist year. T. ey further
report that, while there cannot be
found upon tho registration lists
of voters the mime of a man
actually guilty of polygamy, and while
none of that class are holding ollico, yet
at the last election in the territory, "all
tho olllcers elected except in one county
were men who, though not living in thu
practice of poljgainay, subscribe to the
doctrine of polygamous marriage as a
Dhino revelation and a Jaw unto all,
higher and more binding upon the con
science than any human law, local or
national. Thus is tho strange spectacle
presented of a community protected by a
republican form of government, to which
(hey owe allegiance, sustaining by their
suffrage a principle and a belief which
sets at naught that obligation of absolute
obedience to the law of the land which
lies at tho foundation of republican
Institutions. i Tho strength. tho
petputiiity and tho destiny of the nation
rest upon our homes established by tho
law of (iod, guarded by parental care,
regulated by parental authority and sac
illlceil by parental love. These uro not
the homes of polygamy. The mothers
of our land, who riilu tiie nation, us they
mould the characters nud guide the ac
tions of tluir sons, live according to
God's holy ordinances, each pure and
happy In the exclusive love of tho father
of her children. They shed tho warm
light of true womanhood, unperverted
ami unpolluted, upon all within their
pure ami wholiouio family circle. These
are not the cheerless, crushed and un
womanly mothers of polygamy.
The lathers of our families tiro the
best citizens of the repub
lic. Tho wife and children
are the sources of patriotism and con
jugal and parental affection, ami beget
the highest devotion to country. The
man who, undented by plural marriages,
Is surrounded in ills single home with his
wife and children, has a stake in the
country which Inspires him with respect
for its laws and courage for Its defense.
These are not tho fathers of polygamous
families. There Is no feature ot this
practice or tho system which sanctions It
which Is not opposed to all that Is ot
value lu our Institutions. There should
be no relaxation lu the firm but just exe
cution of the law now In operation, and
I should be glad to approve such further
discreet legislation as will rid this coun
try ot this blot upon Its fame.
Since tho people in our territories uro re
inforced by Immigration from other
lauds, 1 recommend that a law be passed
to prevent the importation of Mormons
tutu this country.
Mlaoollaneoua mui Conclusive.
The iigiicultural interests of our coun
try, the message says, demand just rco
ogultition ami liberal encouragement.
They sustain with certainty ami unfail
ing strength our national prosperity ami
bear their toll share of the burden ot
taxation without complaint. Out of our
total annual exports moro than three
fourths are the products of agriculture,
and ot our total population nearly one
halt are exclusively engaged lu that oc
cupation, 'ine message recommends
that especial attention be paid to this
department.
1U furring to prohibitory laws adopted
by sou'ral countries repardlng the Im
portation of our animals uud ttieir pro
ducts, the nioiiago sugeits the Import
ance of Mich precautions for the protection
of our stock of all kinds against disease
as will disarm suspicion of danger and
cause the removal of such injurious pro
hibition. The president recommends ad -dltlonal
legislation on this subject if
necessary, and recommends to the con
sideration of congress suggestions con
tained in the report of the commissioner
of agriculture.
The closing portion of the message is
devoted to tho civil service question.
The president says: am Inclined to
think that there is no sentiment more
general In the minds of the people of our
country than the conviction of the cor
rectness of the principle upon which the
law enforcing civil service reform is
based." lie reiterates his former ex
pressed views on the subject and says:
"I venture to hope that we never shall
again be remitted to the system which
distributes public positions purely us a
reward for partisan service. Doubts
may well be entertained whether our
government could survive the strain
of a continuance of this system which,
upon every change of administration, in
spires an immense army of claimants tor
olllce to lay selge to the patronage of the
government, engrossing the time of
public olllcers and with their importuni
ties spreading abroad tho contagion of
their disappointment, and tilling the air
with the tumult of their discontent. "
Tho message recommends that the sala
ries of civil service commissioners be in
creased to n sum more nearly com
mensurate to their important " duties.
The message recommends an appro
priation to secure library room for valua
ble books and pamphlets belonging to
the government, and also an appropria
tion for certain District of Columbia in
ternal improvements.
Tho message concludes as follows:
"The present condition of law relating
to the succession to the presidency In the
event of the death, disability or removal
of both the president and vice president
is such as to require immediate amend
ment. Tills subject has been repeatedly
considered by congress, but no result has
been reached. Tho recent lamentable
death of tho vice president, and
the vacancies at the same time In
all other olllces, incumbents ci
which might immediately exercise the
functions of the presidential olllce, have
caused public anxiety and a jut demand
that a recurrence of such a condition of
affairs should not bo permitted. In con
clusion, I commend to the wise care and
thoughtful attention of congress the needs
and wclfiwe of an intelligent nation. To
subordinate these to narrow advantages
of partisanship or to the aecompll-iiiiicnt
of selll'h uIiih is to violate the people's
trust and bet raj the people's Interests.
I5ut an individual sense of responsibility
on the part of each of us, and a stern de
termination to pel form our duty well,
must give us peace among those who
have added lu fnelr day and generation
to theglory and prosperity of our beloved
land. " Gi:ovi:it Ui.i-.vKt.Asi."
To fatten ClirMinao Jtlrd.
Nearly a hundred yearn UK" the followim;
unique method of fnttt'iiiii',' turkeys was
advocated: About three week before the
turkeyn uro w uited procure Home wuhliltri.
When feeding the turkeys in the niorniiu
Inkoeneh one intended for killiuj;, and put
a whole walnut down iln throat, which has
been rubbed with ut. Tho sluiln miut not
bo cracked for fear thai tho rotih miht
tear thu throat. The second morniujj uivo
each turkey two walnuts prepared the
sanio way; the third uinmhiH three; I ho
fourth, four; tho llftli, five; tho sixth, six;
tho seventh, seven. If they are not fat
enough, (jive sjvea for two or throe days,
and then reduce the number one each day
until tho number is redueod to one, when
they will bo fat enough to kill. Walnuts
are said to contain a great, quantity of
nutritious oil, and to have tho property (
fattening; turkeys. The llesh will lu white
and ot lluo flavor.
I'riitertlii;; ICuocn In Winter.
In tho northern re;lon-, luvdown the rose
bushes and cover with evergreen boujjhs; in
places where tho common brakocan bo had
it is well to collect it, as it makes an excel
lent protective covering. Old leaves, of
course, can bo used for tho sumo purpose
and there is nothing butter, the dillieulty is
to Ket enough of thoui. First, head down
tho rote shoots and fasten the topi to tho
ground with a pes, thondraw soil up about
the has as high as possible, and afterwards
cover with whatever material is to bo ob
tained, koi'pini; it in place by poled of until
cient weight to prevent displacement by tho
wind wind. Vick's .Magazine for Novem
ber. me Coiiltl unit 5ltl.
"Conduct. di!" sho called in ti languid
voice.
'Yeri'm."
"Can you stop thW rah?"
"Ycs'in."
"Then you may stop it."
"Yort'm," ho said, us he ran;; tho boll.
"Couduetuli!" shu called, as she luoked
out of tho window.
"Yen'm."
"fan you start this rah?"
"Certainly."
"Then you may start it. I behove I will
rido to tho coimuh. When I roach the
eomiuh you may itop 11."
A I'aull of latur.Mloii.
Kdurution need to bo adapted to the
requirements of the Individual; to bo more
poi-ioaal in order to bo mora effective. Wu
generalise too much everywhere; nowhero
so much as in the class room. llecauHo of
this lucaiifj education runs so much to
multiplication of studies rather than to
tlio stimulation ot thought -our educated
classes era inert and indiff.'reut. The
average college graduate llnds that in thu
world about htm there is no place he run
till acceptably to himself, and the fault u
not so much with thu wicked world u with
those who first gavtt direction to hit. educa
tion. I. oifuvillo Courier-.loarnal.Q
No tniloct'imiiit.
"Don't you want to po to tlio better
world, '1 outlay?" asked a Sunday scfauul
toachsr of her new scholar,
"No mum," promptly roplled Ua hank
little follow.
"And why not. Tommy?"
"Oh, when 1 die 1 want to ui wln a fel
ler eu real."
"Well, my boy, you cmh rent thero."
"WVIl, lit thttt mag w sung it Mtkl we'll
shins there."
"CetUiuly; don't you want to shin
tho-itf"
"No, mum; I don't want to shin tlr. I
get enough ul that hen. I'm u Uoothlaok,
mam!" YouUuta Statesman.
A Noted LacIIcn' Seminary.
In no institution of learning in the coun
try is a more complete education given
than in tho celebrated Notro Dame, near
Baltimore, Maryland. Tho sisters in charge
say they find that Ked Star Cout;h Cure
successfully removes nil colds and throat
troubles anions their pupils. It is absolute
ly free from poison, and costs but twenty
live cents.
Queen Victoria is said to have ased con
siderably during tho last ten months.
A New Kins on tlio Tlironct
"Malaria," as a "popular ailment," has
piven placo to a new potentate.
If you havo Rheumatism now, tho medi
cal wiseacres exclaim "Uric Acid"!
If you have frequent headaches, they
saccly remark "Uric Acid"!
It you havo soltonins of tho brain, they
insist that it is "Uric Acid"!
If Sciatica or Neuralgia mako life miser
able, it is "Uric Acid"!
II vour skin breaks out in Boils and
Pimples, it is "Uric Acid"!
If you havo Abscesses and piles, "Uric
Acid" lias set your blood on tiro.
If you have dull, languid feelings, back
ache, kidney or bladder troubles, gout,
gravel, poor blood; aro ill at case, threat
ened with paralysis or apoplexy, vertigo;
are bilious, dropsical constipated or dys
peptic "Uric Acid" is tho key to tlio situ
tion, tho canso of all your dilliculticsl
Vc do not know as madam Malaria will
take kindly to tho Masculiuo Usurper, but
ho lias evidently come to otay.
"Uric Acid," this Monster, is tho pro
duct of tho decomposition death con
stantly taking placo within us, and unless
ho is every day routed from tho system,
though the kidneys, by means of some great
blood specific like YVarncr'ssafe cure, which
Senator 15. K. Itruco says snatched him
from its grasp, there is not the least doubt
but that it will utterly ruin tlio strongest
human constitution!
It is not a young fellow by any means. It
hns a long and well-known lino of ancestors.
It is undoubtedly tho father of a very great
family of diseases, and though it may be
tho fashion to nscribo progeny to it that
uro not directly its own, there can bo little
doubt that if it once gets thoroughly seated
in tho human system, it really does intro
duce into it most of tlio ailments now, per
force of fashion, attributed to its baleful
influence.
Billiards must bo an easy game, for it's
mostly done on cushions.
STJtUCK IT AGAIN !
After illnny.llontlih at !'er.lntriit Trials
anil I'lttlcnt Waiting, s. II. lluttys
uud J. .11. iT:vovell "l'l licit
the 1'l'-.1iiiiiioii."
Tlioy Hold Onc-IMI'tli ofTlulcct No. 4G,
71) AVIili li Drawn tliu Capital
l'rlzo ol $7.',000 In Novem
ber Drawing.
ItobrrtKon County "J.Nill Under tlio
Mrlng to the 'I'lino of Over $31,
UUO In Nineteen IlloiitliM.
AI t. Olivet (Ky.) Tribune, Nov. 19th,
If any doubt existed in this section as to
the genuiuo fairness of Tho Louisiana Stato
Lottery in making its monthly and semi
annual distribution of prizes, that doubt
wns dispelled Saturday night. A letter re
reived from a Cincinnati merchant, in
which tho following postscript was added.
"I see your town has again drawn capital
prize in Louisiana Lottery," was sullicient
to set our "city on tho hills" In a blaze of
excitement. An indescribable hunt for
ticket-holders ensued. Pocket-hooks, day
books, desks, safes, trunks, valises, satch
els, everything was rummaged and tickets
brought forth. For a time suspense pro
vailed, and then tho discovery was niudo
that only one list had been received at tho
postollico, addressed to S. 11. llettys. Mr.
Pcttys and ,1. M. McDowell formed a part
nership somo timo ago in tho purchase of
tickets, agreeing to divide prollts, if any
accrued. Mounting a horse bright and
early Sunday morning. McDowell went out
three miles m tho country to seo IVttys,
and returnintr to town, llettys' ticket and
tlio nuuibur'on tlio list (.10,71)1)) corres
ponded, doing homo in tho western
suburbs of Olivet, they were soon called ou
by tho Tribune man, who wished to learn
tlio particulars. Examining tlio ticket and
list, we assured tho parties that they wero
each $7,fiUO richer than they wero previous
totlieirlast investment in Tho Louisiana
State Lottery.
Tho parties went to Maysvillo Monday
morning, and deposited their tickot for col
lection with l'earce, Wullingford it Co. of
tlio Stato National Hank, tho leading bank
ers of Northern Kentucky and Southern
Ohio, nnd in a few days will receive a check
for their money.
Mr. llettys informed us that ho had been
holding a ticket regularly in Tho Louisiana
Stato Lottery for four or live years, with
tho exception of a few monthly drawings,
and ho would have invested in them if ho
had had tho money to spate. "I missed
last September drawing with much reluc
tance," said he, "but 1 had very urgent
need ot tho dollar. I always recognized
that tho chance of drawing tho capital
pri.o was meagre, but felt my chances wero
as good as nnvbody else's. My faith is re
warded after long years of deprivations by
receiving a sullicieacy of money which, ii
judiciously invested, will keo;. me hi com
fortable circumstances tho remainder of my
days." Ho has been a teacher in the pub
lioVchools ot ltobertson sinco tho organiza
tion ot tho rounty, at a balary ranging
from 20 to 5 10 per month. Many aro the
congratulations ho is receiving on his streak
of good fortune.
Sinco Montgomery drew? l.r,000 in April,
188-1, and even since llettys nnd McDowell
drew a similar amount in this month's
drawing, wo havo received numerous let tors
from persons in several States and Territo
ries inquiring if tho drawing wero genuine.
In every instance wo havo taken pains to
answer these tpiestious in tho atlirmative.
nnd wo again repeat through tho columns
of tho Tribune that these prizes were actu
ally drawn by tlio parties mentioned,
Montgomery purchased a farm near Mt.
Olivet for the use ot bis brothers, paying
$:,00() therefor, and bought himself a farm
within one mile oi Mt. Sterling, for which ho
paid SO.oOO. Minor prizes, amounting in
tlio aggregate to 51,000 or over, have been
also drawn here, the largest ot these prizos
being drawn by M. D. Kills and Nimrod
Cumber, tho formers drawing 5150 and the
latUr 870. Tho Louisiana Stato Lottery
is a square institution, regardless of any
doubts which may exist to tlio contrary.
An l'm-riiliillo IMItor.
A yellow-wicked pirate named Jim Cum
mings, who works for Sam Harducro, near
Mtllville, came in town last Saturday and
while drunk at Cresswell's grocery made
some ramarks about our.-elves as we wer
passing ui, the street with our youngest
daughter. He whs so' red because wc
turned him over two weeks ago and his
crowd that took the lynclimus out ot old
mnn Parson's buggy at the lino Creek
meeting. When lie spoke his insultiti(t froth
Hnnberry Davis took it up ami in a row
which followed lie struck the gorilla a sur
bbuler ou the jaw- which knocked him out
lMWieatb his wool suspenders and loosened
six ot bis teeth. He hud Davis arretted by
Marshal Hillings, and the mayor levied a
lluo of 8U, which we paid fur him as soon
us we learned theiucU. Wo intend to show
up th whisky yahoos from the Goost
Crtwk neighborhood who try to run thit
town on Saturdays, and by tho way Han
Davis is a candidate fur town marshal, lit
Is the man for the job. Wicomico (Md.)
CoubtitutionulUt.
Speed of Cnnvn-sbacle nnd Other
Duclcs.
"I've held my wntch on nbout every
kind of wild duck there is," said an
old time hunter, "nnd I can tell just
about to tlio sixty-third part of a
foot how much space any of them can
get over in an hour. Tliero is no rail
road train on the continent that can
hold a candle to tho side of the slowest
duck that flies.
"The canvasback can distance the
whole duck family, if it lays out to do
it. When the canvasback is out tak
ing thincs easy, enjoying a little run
around the block as it were, it jogs
through the air at the rate of SO miles
an hour. If it has business somewhere
and lias to get there, it puts two miles
behind it every minute it keeps its
wines flappuig and does it as easy
as you or I could step into Fritz's
and call for beer. If you don't
believe it, just fire square at
tlio leader in a string of canvas
backs that arc out on a business
cruiso some timo when you get a
chanco. Duckshot travels pretty
quick, but if your charges bring down
any of these ducks at all, I'll blow you
oil to a pair of the best in the market,
with trimmings and nil, if it isn't the
fifth or sixth ono back from the lead
er that drops. If you have the faint
est idea that you will bring tho leader
down, you must aim at space not less
than 10 feet ahead of him. Then ho
will run plump against your shot.
When ho drops, you will find him a
quarter df a mile or so on.
"Tho mallard duck is a slow coach.
It's all he wants to do to go a mile a
minute, but he can do it when neces
sary. His ordinary, every day stylo
of getting along over the country gets
him from place to place at tho rate of
10 miles an hour. Tlio black duck is
about an even match for tho mallard,
and tho pin tail, widgeon, and
wood duck can't do much bet
ter. Tlio redhead can sail along
with ease and cover his 00 miles
an hour as long as lie feels inclined
to. Tho blue-winged teal and its
handsome cousin," the green-winged
teal, could fly side by side for a hun
dred miles and make tlio distance
neck and neck, for one can fly just as
fast as tho other, and to go 100 miles
an hour no hard task "for either of
them. The gadwale you don't know
what a gadwale is, I'll bet! I thought
not. Well, its a duck that doesn't
get East very often, but is well known
in the West. It is something liko a
mallard only harder to shoot, because
it is not so unsuspecting as the mal
lard. The gadwale is something of a
daisj' on tho ily, too, and will win
money for you every time if you bet it
can make its 00 miles an hour.
"Maybe you wouldn't think that a
gonse could almost double discount
tho fastest tram that runs on our
railroads, but it can overy time. It
has a big, heavy body to carry,
but it manages to glide from one
feeding ground to another with a
suddenness that is a caution to
wing-shots. To seo a crowd of hon
kers moving along, so high that they
seem to besiTnpingtheirbacksagainst
tho sky, you would never believe they
wero traveling between HO and 100
miles an hour) but they are. Tlio wild
goose never has any time to fool away,
and his gait is always a business one.
"The broadbill duck is tho only wild
fowl that can push the canvasback on
t lie wing. Let a broadbill and a can
vasback each do his best for an hour,
and the broadbill would only come out
about ten miles behind. A hundred
and ten miles can bo done by tho
broadbill, and lie.consequently, makes
a mark for a shotgun that a green
horn wouldn't hit oneo in lio years."
New York Mail.
The Thieves of Paris.
Tlio lowest in the scale is thel'egriot,
the apprentice thief who seeks to earn
promotion by successful operations
in tho lower walks of his "profession."
High above him towers tho Haute
Pegre, the French slang phrase for
"high art," tho ne plus ultra of tlio
business, the fashionable thief, attired
in patent leather boots and white
neck t ie. 1 le is generally yonng.and pos
sesses the airs and nu.nners of a per
fect gentleman. His sphere of ope
rations is to be found in tlio stalls or
front seats of the balcony at tho the
ater, ami ho never dines at any but
tho best restaurantson the Houlevard.
The masters of tho Haute Pegre would
deem it an insult to be mentioned in
the same breath with the Poivriers,
whoso sole occupation it is to rob
drunken persons or with the
lvouliers or ltoulotiers, who plunder
tho lurries or railway trucks. Tlio
Charrietirs chielly prnctico their devic
es on unsuspecting country people, fre
quently resort to the confidence trick,
the tlireo card trick, etc. Tho pick
pockets aro subdivided into Fourlin
etirs and Tirailleurs. Tho latterare for
tho most pait poorly clad, and find
their victims among tlio groups of peo
ple stationed round tlio rope dancers,
ballad singers or other strolling per
formers. The Fourlineur is always
respectably dressed, and frequents
fashionable thoroughfares and prom
enades. Ho is armed with a faneheuv
or strong, Hat pair of shears for cut
ting oil gold watch guards. Among
tho ordinary featsof thisclasswo mav
instance the vol a la recontre, which
consists in suddenly running up against
a gentleman in the street as if by ac
cident, and, with incredible rapidity,
relieving him of his wntch and chain,
which aro at once handed over to an
accomplice, who makes oft' with tho
booty, whilo tho thief is profuse in
ipologie for his carelessness. If the
robbery is discovered he indignantly
deinands to bo oenrched on tlio spot,
and, as of course, tne stolen property
is not found on him, the scene usually
ends with the victim asking the thief's
pardon. The cleverest of these pick
pockots, the'lCiiujofthoFourlineurs,"
Minu Provil, a Parisian by birth, not
'ong since ended his days in the Bagno
it llrost. Chronik dor Zoit.
Portland, Ore., capitalists are talk
ng of starting a SUOiQOO woolen mill
U'ero.
"WOXDERF UJj ANTIQUITIES'
Snmo of tlio Into Dlscovnrlrx Important
Ancient KcrortlsUnciirtlieil Now l'rulta
of Arclut'olox. ,
Now York Sun.
Mr. Wood, tho archaeologist, whilo
speaking recently of tho sculpture and
architecture of tho temple of Ephesus,
said his discoveries enabled him to
provo that Pliny described that fa
mous structure in an imidequato and
slovenly manner. This striking re
mark is oneamongmany illustrations
of the fact that archteology is throw
ing a light upon the history, society,
and arts of tho ancients that is not
nflorded by tho fragments of their lit
erature that havo reached us.
Nearly every month the explorers of
ancient remains are making discoveries
that contribute facts of wonderful in
terest to tho history of tho past.
When Professor Mommsen examined,
a few months ago, somo fragments of
recently discovered papyri bearing up
on Itoman history, lie expressed his
deep regret that they were "not dis
covered thirty years ago, that he
might have had tho benefit of their
revelations in writing his history."
Wliat would not Niebuhr have given
could he have known as much about
tho topography of Ca'sar's Homo tis
any tourist is now able to seo at a
glance? Almost day by day the re
construction of tho skeleton of the
world's ancient metropolis is advanc
ing. Only a few months ago tho rich
ly" sculptured marble collin of tho
lleir of tlio Emperor Galba was un
earthed. Ueside tho whitened ashes of
this murdered Ca-sar lay tho remains
of tho members oi his family, in whoso
veins ilowed the blood of Ponipey the
Great. Investigators hail with es
pecial delight the discovery of objects
that aro celebrated in the pages of the
ancient writers. Thucydides wrote
twenty-three centuries ago that Peis
istratos set up in Athens a marble
dedicated to the Athenian Apollo in
elegant verse, which tlio historian
quoted. This very marble was dug
up a while ago and the cutting of tlio
letters was still perfectly fresh.
Embalmed for many centuries in the
dry sands of Egypt lay the archives
of El Fayouni, whose rich historic
treasures, now being deciphered in Vi
enna bid fair to prove one of the most
wonderful discoveries of tho age. Jt is
only within the past four months that
we have known that these ancient rec
ords give us a consecutive history of
Egypt for nearly one thousand years.
Among these thirty thousa nd frag
ments, preserved unharmed for nine
centuries under many feet of sand,
written in eleven dilTorent languages on
papyrus, parchment, and linen paper,
the learned men who aro now bringing
them within our reach find great stories
of materials illustrating Hgypt's social
and political life from tho first to tho
tenth century of our era. Professor
Karabacck says that several doubt
ful facts and dates that havo been
(-tumbling blocks to historians of tho
Koman empire are settled by these
papyri. Here are found graphic and
detailed descriptions of tho decay of
paganism, of the rise and spread of
Christianity, of the inroads of Islam
and its ultimate triumph. Here lias
been discovered a fragment of Thucy
dides of the third century, seven hun
dred 'years older than our earliest
manuscript of this author. Among
these records are quite a number,
written in tlio Moronic-Eithiopian
characters, the key to which has not
ye: been discovered.
Of exceptional interest, also, aro the
discoveries that Mr. Petrio of the
Egypt exploration fund has made
this year in the Nile delta. Midway
between Alexandria and Cairo, near
tho line of railroad, he lias found the
site of the once busy and wealthy city
ofNaukratis. It was the chief coni
mercialcity of the delta, tho home of
many thousands of Greeks, whoso
potters made it famous tor their glaz
ed and painted wares. HeroMr. Petrio
has dug down to the first foundations
of the city, exposing layer after layer
of pottery fragments each forming a
separate cliapter in the history of tlio
Greek art, and the whole showing the
evolution of Ciretk pottery from its
beginning in archaic Egyptain forms
to tiie perfect work of later ages.
Many specimens of these potteries and
of t lie in.-cript ions Mr. Pet rio lias found
are now on exhibition in London, nnd
they attest the historical, artistic,
ami literary importance of his dis
coveries. Tho vast number of inspections
nnd documents brought to light at
Ephesus by Mr. Wood aro said to il
lumine what Neibuhr remarked was
tho most obscuro period in (J rook his
tory. So also our own important ex
cavations at Assos, tlio labors of
French savants, at Delos, the fruitful
researches of Dr. SchlieniHnn, tlm
treasures found in the buried temples'
of Assyria and Babylonia, aro reviving
more clearly in the minds of mon tho
knowledge of many literatures, varie
ties of art, and national histories that
was long buried in tho earth. What
wonderful inspiration is afforded to
tho students of the Biblical literature .
by thoacha'ological work now in pro
gross inPalesline and far advanced in
tlio Euphrates valley. Now firo and
force nnd meaning aro addod to tho
gfowing words of Isaiah and to.tho
cutting sarcasms of Jeremiah, now
that we have before us in tlio truthful
records which the earth has shielded
from destruction, tho very kings and
empires whom they eo bitterly de
nounced.
An Old Joke.
Somo yonrs ago Senator Butler, of
South CHrolina, wns one of a party of
gentlemen at Fargo, Dakota. A coun
try doctor eameup to him and asked:
"Are von General Butler, of South
Carolina? My name is Dr. Shaw."
"I am," responded the Senator.
The doctor looked him over deliber
ately and caretully and then remark
ed: "Woll.you don't look like a man
who'd kill nigtfors." "No.I don't sup
pose Pvokilled as many as you have,"
replied General Butlor. It wns some
time bforo tho doctor saw what tho
crowd was laughing at.