THIS TIME IT IS ILLINOIS.
Odcll Vlllnso, I'ory Mllo South it
Jollct, III., Almost Wlpiil Out.
On tho 12th n terrible cycU.nc struck the
village ol Odcll, III., which demolished one
brick block, wrecked threo warehouses, tin
tooled tho hotel, Masonic hall and some
four store buildings; also the upper story
of the Angell block, in which wns tho Odcll
bank and tho Odd Follows lodge-, was com
pletely destroyed. Scarcely a store room
in the town escaped Injury. Tho loss will
nmour.t to $50,000. Houses, bnrns nnd
tilled g were twisted oil their foundation,
blown down and completely destroyed
Trees a foot in diameter wero twisted en
tiiely off. Tho storm did not Inst over
live minutes. Ten minutes before the storm
the air seemed to get green. Two clouds
spemed to advance, one from tho south nnd
one from the northwest, and met over tho
town, forming a monstrous whirlwind
which swept everything in its track. The
lurse livery barn of Hard brothers was
completely destroyed. Alnrso three-story
mill was Mown off its foundation. Tho
two-story brick hardware store of S. Colo
is a total wicck. Tho hotel is injured from
top to bottom and not a whole window re
unitiiH in the building. A number of resi
liences wcro badly wrecked and as many as
seven bnrns blown to pieces. Streets lilted
with timbers, boards, fences, tin roofs and
prostrated trees. Tho new school houso
is partly unroofed. A one-story school
building is completely destroyed. The
Congiegationnl churcli is twisted into bad
shape. Tho Methodist church has ono
stoeplo blown off. Tlioso fatally injured
arc: Lottie Swift, a 10-ycar-old girl, who
was carried over 200 feet in tho air and fell
on the railroad track, smashing her Bkull;
(ieoico and Charles Hoke, laboring men; S.
S. Cole, hardware mcrchnut, and two chil
dren of John Milloi wero seriously hurt.
The Utter had taken rofugo in a brick
building and wcro buried, nnd with these,
nil of whom wero supposed to be danger
ously injured, but two escaped without a
scratch.
ENHOKSKMKNT OF GLADSTONE.
The Novu Scotl.i Legislature. Com
mend Slouie-ISulo.
Halifax dl'pntoli: Tho Nova Scotia Legis
lature passed unanimously tho following reso
lution: Wheishah, The Ut-IIon. William Ewart
Gladstone, Premier of Great llritaln, has pro
pounded to the l'arllaincntof England a meas
ure having for Its object the settlement nnd
adjustment of the grievances complained of as
incident to tho existing political relations be
tween (Sicnt lirituln anil Ireland, and the es
tablishment of an Independent Parliament
in Ireland charged with the duty of legislating
In the respect of many Important public mat
ters in the Interests of that part of the Empire;
ami
Whekkas, Tlic object of tho said measure
is to concede to the people of Ireland the
privileges of local self-government, as well as
to alleviate theevils consequent on the present
condition of the land tenure in that part of
the country : Ho it therefore
Jletolntl, That this llousr derives to record
Its warm sympathy with the noble effort thus
put fotlh by Mm Premier of Great Hrltaiu in
the direction of tho reform referred to, nnd
would express the sincere hope that his efforts
mav ho crowned with success.
(SEN. AltTHUlt'S END NEAIt.
A l'ornoiinl I'll c nil of tho Ux-I'rcsl-deiit
Tells ol UN Alllnu.
Washington special: "I saw ex-Presidont
Arthur on Tuesday,"snysagentleman who
has been n personal friend of tho ex-prcsi-dent
for many years. "I cannot tell you
how shocked I wns to boo how ho is broken
down. lie used to weigli over 200 pounds.
1 doubt if lie would now pull down tlioscales
nt 1-10. You know how neatly ho dressed
nnd how perfectly his clothes fitted him.
Ho wore a dressing gown and had sunken
away almost to emnciation. His face is of
n pasty white, marking the last stages of
that horrible Uriglit's disease. Ho can
ncaiccly speak beyond a husky whisper. I
remember him in thp white house, courteous
nnd graceful, the typionl American gentle
man, and now ho has come to this."
"Tho New York city press, with unusual
courtesy, havo let him alone nnd tho man
aging editors, in spito ol their desiro for
news, havo respected tho ending that can
not bo far away. Theniorbid appetite lias
not been fed with tho talo of an ex-president's
sufferings which ho hns borne in
fiiloncc and with stoical courage. I do not
like to speak of this nt all and would not
except to let tho ex-president's friends
know tho real, sad truth."
People of Washington nro shocked to
hoar this. President Arthur was always a
favorite here. Succeeding to tho high posi
tion ho held under conditions of excep
tional sadness, ho filled tho place with dig
nity and decency.
KILLED BY GXATS.
The Horrible Death ofa Colored man
in Arkansas,
Memphis dispatch: For several days past the
pests of the lower Mississippi valley, the buf
falo gnats, have been doing their work of de
struction among the stock. Kcports of cattle,
horses and mules having been gi.aded to death
by these Insects are received daily. Informa
tion was received that Hill Snelss, n colored
tenant on Presideut Hadden's plantation, In
Crittenden county, Ark., had been stung and
choked to death by these pests. Ho was found
dead on the McDonald place, evidently a vic
tim to the gnats, which swarmed about the
corpse. Gnats were crawling In anJ outof his
ears and nose. His mouth and nostrils were
lllled with gnats. Swarms of gnats had set
tled In his wide-stretched eyes, and were feel
ing en the sightless orbs. His clothing was
filled with gnats, and a halo of gnats hovered
around the dead man. Snelss had been in the
L'Anguille Swamps, and It is supposed had
tried to get away from the gnats. Tho Insects
were eo thick, however, that they drove him
wild, and finally becoming exhaust-'d, he fell
prostrate, then was smothered by the swarm of
gaits. The death of Snolss must have been
horrible, choked Into eternity by a seething,
living myriad of Insects. This Is the sicond
case on record where buffalo gnats havo de
stroyed human life. In 1S4 a man met death
In the same horrible fashion that Snelss did,
near Haunes Station, St. Francis county, Ar
kansas. Favorable Crop llepnrt.
St. Paul dispatch. The crop reports
from the northwest this we, with a fw
exceptions are of tho most favorable char
acter. Frequent rains have liw-u followed
by cool weather, nnd vogeUtion has n
vfeerous start. In Dakota whU is four
to tux inches high, with better stand than
last year. Some complain of too much
rain in Northern Minnesota nnd ol wet In
the southern parts of the state.
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
1-ne sennie committee on commerce has
ordered a favorable report upon Mr. Frye's
bill to limit tho commercial privileges ol
tho vessels of foreign countries in ports of
tho United Stntes to such purposes as aro
nccorded to American vessels in tho ports
ol such foreign countries. 1 ho bill istofoo
reported as an amendment to the shipping
bill.
Senator Van Wyck nindo a strong speech
in the senate on the Kith in support of his
proposed amendment to tho general pea
sion bill. Tho bill proposes to give to all
who served ex months or more in the ser
vice of the union in the late war, who aro
now dependent upon their own labor for
support and who nro disabled from nny
cause whatever, a pension in accordance
with tho disability, but not to exceed l
n month. Tho pension snail bo rated by
examination as now.
A strong protest has been received nt tho
interior department from citizens of est
cm Nebraska against the Coke bill, which
has passed tho senate, establishing nn in
ter state cattle trail from Texas to Mon
tuna, six miles wide. Tho bill leads ono to
believe that tho trail runs through Colo
rndo, but it has been discovered that it
passes through Western enrnsun, on
range 41, and Secretary Lamar says if tlm
bill is deceptive it BliouUl not bo passed.
Confession oT n Terrible Deed.
A special dispatch Irom Neillsville, Wis.,
says that Mrs. Wright, who has been scv
pral days in jail on suspicion of having, a
week ago, poisoned her husband, lias con
fessed to tho murder. Daniel Allen, her
alleged paramour, was immediately ar
rested as an accessory. Tho woman's state
ment was: "She and Allen hnd been inti
mate for nearly two years; that she was to
kill her husband witli poison; alterward
Allen was to murder his wife in tho same
way; then after niting a sullicient time
tho partners in crime were to bo wedded.
Mrs. Wright gavo her husband a doso of
poison, but it was so largo ho threw it up.
Two weeks later Allen fixed a potion for
right that killed him. J he townspeople
nro greatly excited and tlicro aro many
threats of lynching.
CnptrCnnvrbrd'sDeatli.
Tho secretary of state received a pre
liminary report from tho consul at Paso
Del Norte, Mexico, in regard to the killing
of Captain Crawford. United States army,
by Mexican soldiers in January last. He
says that there is no way of obtaining
(lolinito information, owing to ino ausenco
of witnesses to the tragedy, and adds that
it is conceded by both sides that tho attack
was made by tho irregular Mexican troops
employed by tiio stato of Chihuahua,
tlirouL'li an unfortunate accident, and
without mnlice. Ho says, further, that
tiio depredations committed in Mexico by
Indians nurtured by tho United States
government is a griovanro that cannot lie
overlooked, rue circumstances aiieuiiuig
the affair nro being investigated by tho
Mexican authorities.
Oppose Taxing Oleomargarine.
Tho board of directors of tho Chicago
board of trade adopted a resolution pro
testing against the adoption of tho bill
taxing oleomargarino and liko products
nnd praying congress to defeat it, alleging
that tho bill is simply to lurtner tiio dairy
interests, to the completo destruction ol
tho nianufncturo of oleomargarine, etc., nn
industry which hns produced nn article of
food at onco pure, wholesome, nnu econ
omical and nccentable: and by reason ol
tho growing demand for it has added at
least 4 to the value of every bullock,
thereby enhancinc tho farm and stock rais
ing interests, nnd placing within reach ol
all an acceptable, economical, wholesome
articlo of food.
Lucky Knight of Labor.
A young Swede named Sandleaf, aged 10,
who lives in Northboro, Mass., went to his
olllco tho other morning nnd there found
ten money orders calling for 100eacli. It
Rooms that when young Sandleaf was n
baby an uncle in Sweden left him $l.,fl00
which has since been on interest. Tho
amount which tho luck lad received was
the lirst installment of his little fortune,
the whole of which will como into his pos
session when ho attains majority. Sand
leuf was recently employed in A. W. Col
burn's piano factory and was discharged
because ho was a Knight of Labor.
Serious "Work of u Tornndo.
Pn-r.suuitoir, Pa., May i;t. Dispatches from
points along the Coneiuaugh valley report sev
eral persons serlotibly Injured by the tornado
which passed over that boctlon Monday even
ing. Mrs. James llretts, who had given birth to a
cuiui .mailt turec Hours oelorc and was in tied,
was carried out over the fence Into a field and
was picked up more dead than alive. She Is
not expected tollve. ltertio 1'oust, a friend of
Mrs. iireus, was carried some distance. Jolm
Foiifct's houso was blown down and the bed
clothes carried a mile and a half aud lodged
In treetops.
TUB MARKETS.
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WiiKiT-Nn. 2...
1!ahi.i:v No. 2
Kyi: No. 2
Co UN No. 2 mixed.
Oats No. 2
llfTTim Clioico table..
liiiTTi:ii Fair to good.
Koos Fresh
CllirKr.NH Livoper doz
Li;.Mo.vs Clioico
Oiianoi:s Mesina
Iii:.NN Nav.vs
Onions Per libl
Potatoes Per bushel
Wool Kino, tier lb
Ki:i:i)s Timothy 2 20
Si:i:iis llluo Grass 1 110
Hay Haled, por ton 5 50
Hay-Iii bull: 0 00
Hons Mixed packing !t 05
Ui:kvi:s Choice to oxtrn... 4 50
Sm:i:i Heavy grados 4 25
NUV YOKK.
Wiiiut No. 2 red
Whkat Ungraded red.
Cons No. 2
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Fl.ocn Patents ,
Wiii:at Per bushel.
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Oats Pur bushel..
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i, vim r 85
Hons Packing it shipping. 4 10
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Siiuur Natives 2 CO
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Whkat No. 2 red
Cons Per bushel
Oath Per bushel
Hoos Mixed packing..
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KANSAS CITY.
WiiriAT Porbushel CO
Cans Per bushel Ufltf
Oats Per bushel 25
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How a Detective Got Left.
"Did I ever consult n clairvoyant
for information'.'" repeated a detect
no recently, as ho Mushed up and
looked foolish over tho question.
"Come, answer."
"Well, once upon a time I did, nnd 1
don't mind telling you that I made a
fool of myself not by consulting her,
but byrefiising to heedher information.
This statement probably astonishes
you, and I will therefore explain. Do
you remember when Preston's bank
was robbed?"
"Yes a good many years ago."
"So it wns, and 1 had been detailed
on the detective service about a fort
night. Naturally I wanted to make a
strike. My wife realized it, aud she
put me up to see a clairvoyant. I
thought it a silly thing to do, and one
night I slipped oil like a criminal and
dodged into tho oilico of a leading fe
male nstroiogist and planked down a
dollar. I hadn't tho faintest hope
of securing any information of value,
and therefore her vcrv lirst words
were a stunner. She said:
" 'You are looking for critninnls.and
I will help you to capture three ol
them this very night!'
" 'If you please,' I modestly replied.
"'At 11 o'clock to night,' she con
tinued, 'men will set out to rob a
bank. They are now consulting in n
room and they have placed blankets
to the windows to hide their light. 11
you go at once and get help you can
capture them.
'"Hut where is it?'
" 'Let me see. The building is rath
or old. It is on a corner. Astairway
leads up from a side street. Street
cars pass the door. It is a mile or
more from this house.'
"I questioned her for ten minutes,
but she could give me no closer mfor
mation. For a time 1 thought there
might bo something in it, but after
getting outdoors I kicked myself for
an idiot. I knew all tho banks in
town, but I could think of only one
which bore tins description, feuppose
1 started out to prove her words true?
1 should be obliged to summon help,
and what would any sano man reply
when I told him that my information
camefrom a clairvoyant? I went down
to headquarters, found everything
quiet, and went home and called my
wife a hoodie-head and crept off. to
bed. Next morning, as I went down
town, the bank was in tho possession
of the police. A hole had been cut
through the lloor of the room over the
vault, the brick of the vault roof re
moved, and the robbers had descended
and made their haul, departing some
time belore davliglit. ion can t nn
agino mv feelings, no matter how hard
you try. J had been swindled at both
ends of tho route.' Detroit Free
Press.
How n Clerk "Won li is "Way.
Tho dry-goods chronicle has a story,
tho lesson of which stands out so clear
y that it cannot escape attention:
One of the wealthiest merchants of
this city graphically relates how ho
commenced business: "J entered a
store and asked if a, clerk was nob
wanted. 'No!' in a rough tone, was
the answer, all being too busy to
bother with me, when J reflected that
if they did not want a clerk they might
want a laborer; but I was dressed too
line for that. I went to my lodgings,
put on a rough garb and next day
went into the samo storo and de
manded if they did not want a porter,
and again 'No, sir,' was the response,
when I exclaimed in despair almost:
'A laborer? Sir, I will work at any
wages. Wages is not my object. I
must havo employment, and I want
to bo useful in business.' These last
remarks attracted their attention,
and in the end I was hired as a laborer
in tho basement and sub-collar at
very low pay, scarcely enough to
keep body and soul togothor. Jn tho
basement and sub-cellar I soon
attracted tho attention of tho count
ing houso and chief clerk. I saved
enough for my employers in little
things usually wasted to pay my
wages ten times over, and they soon
found it out. I did not let anybody
:ommit petty larcenies without re
monstrance and threats of exposure
if remonstrance would not do. I did
not ask for any eight or ten-hour law.
If I was wanted at li o'clock in tho
morning I never growled, but told
;vorybody to go homo and I would seo
everything right. I loaded off at day
break packages for tho morning boats,
or carried them myself. In short, I
soon became, as 1 meant to ba, indis
pensable to my employers, and I rose,
until I became head of this houso with
money enough for any luxury or any
position a mercantile man may desiro
tor himself and family inagrcat city.''
"ire Called 3Ie AVhittnkor."
Hero-worshippers havea better time
of it than tho heroes who havo to sub
mit to their worship. Tho latter (in
cluding all distinguished men) aro
largely atthomeicyof a class of ad
mirers who aro too obtuso to see any
violation of good manners or tnste in
their parsuit of interviews and auto
iraphs. illiam Warren tells a delicious
story about a St. Louis man who
tvent cast last summer and hunted up
tho poet Whittier. Ho found tho quiet
old Quaker poet trying to hide from
civilization in a farinhouso near Na
nnnt. Ho had gone thero to escape
just such Ho res as tho St. Louis man
ivus.
At first ho declined to seo the visitor
saying that ho was not feeling strong,
but tho Missouri man was so persist
snt that at last Whittier yielded, and
ho was admitted. Ho pounced upon
tho poet, and nearly shook his arm
Irom the sockot. He declared that he
adored tho poet's works in fact, lie
read nothing else.
He asked Whittier to writohisnamo
i few hundred times on a sheot ofnoto
paper, that he might distribute tho
autographs among his friends, aud it
was all tho poot could do to keop tho
impetuous visitor from cutting the
buttons from his coat to carry away
as mementoes.
"And all the time," said Whittier,
pathetically, as he told his adventure,
"he called me Whittaker."
Fuels About IMnncls.
Venn, so well known to us all as
the loxliest obji-ct in tho heavens the
?vening and the morning star rejoin
oleS closely our earth. Its Mois about
:ho same, its diameter being T.CioO
miles; its day is almost the same
length, and its density is rather less
than livo times that of water. It re
volves round tho sun at a distance of
(10,000,000 miles in tho space of li'J I
Jays. Like Mercury, however, Venus
is moonless. Passing the earth in the
meantime, we come to the well-known
red planet. Mars. This planet is par
ticularly interesting in many points of
view. Next to mercury, it is thesinnll
est of the four interior planets, its di
ameter being only 1. -00 miles, or lit
tle more than half that of the earth or
Venus Its distance from the sun is
141, 00C, 000, and it completes its cir
cuit in US7 days. Tho length of
its days does not dillor materially
from that of our own. Mars has two
moons, and one of them presents a
phenomenon unique in the svstciu.
No other moon behaves liko this one,
for it goes around Mars about three
times everyday; that is to say, it goes
faster round Mars than Mars does on
its own axis. Imagine our moon ris
ing and setting three times every 121
hours. Another interesting feature
in Mars is this: We can seo through
our telescopes what seems to bo tho
configuration of its continents and
oceans, and also accumulations of
snow at its poles.
Wo next turn our attention to the
other group of planets Jupiter,
Saturn, I'ranus and Neptune. These
aro distinguished by their enormous
size, immense distance from the sun,
rapid revolution on their own axis,
and very small density. Tho change
from Mars to Jupiter is indeed ro
markable. The latter planet, familiar
to every observer of t ho heavens, is
indeed a giant amonggiants. in mass
it is ciiual to all tho other
planets put together, its diam
eter being no less than 85,000
miles, and its distance from the sun
OS2,000,OUO miles. It takes 1,.'U112
days to complete its yearly revolution.
Although of such enormous dnnen
sions, it turns on its own axis in less
than ten hours. From the small
densitv 1 .!!S of Jupiter we should
"magine it to bo composed, in great
,iart, at least, of Hum or gaseous mat
tor not vet cooled sulliciently to form
solid land. From certain phenomena
on its surface it is evident it is almost
completely enveloped in clouds, and
it is doubtful if we havo actually seen
tho real solid mucleus of tins planet
Jupiter is attended by four moons,
which revolve around him at various
distances. The studv of these bodies
is of great interest; from watching
their movements we got the first hint
of velocity of light. Next in order in
our outward journey comes bnturn,
at the distance of SS 1,000,000 miles
from the sun, and taking no less than
10, in!) days to complete its revolu
tion round that luminary. This planet,
though less than .Jupiter, is
still of gigantic dimensions, its di
ameter being 1 1 ,000 miles. Saturn is
the lightest of nil the planets, its den
sity being only 0.7.", so that if placed
in a hugo ocean it would float with a
fourth of a bulk above the level of tho
water. The most remarkable thing,
however, about this planet is thosys
tern of the rings by which it is sur
rounded. What these rings aro lias
long been a puzzlo toastronoiners.bu!;
i lie most piausiuie explanation seems
to bo that they are composed ol myr
iad hosts of small meteoric bodies
circulating at some distance round
tho body of tho planet. Saturn has
no less that eight moons under its
control, and if it has any inhabitants
liko ourselves -which is not likely how
ever the heavens must bo a strango
sight to them, with these eight moons
and meteoric swarms
Tho Three .lolly Husbands.
Threo iolly husbands out in tho
country.by tho names of Tim Watson,
Joo Drown and Mill Walker, sat ono
evening drinking at tho village tavern,
until being pretty well coined, they
agreed that each one, on returning
home, should do tho first thing that
Ins wife told him, m default of which
ho should tho next morning pay the
bill. They then separated for tho
mglit, engaging to meet the next morn
ing and give an honest account of
their proceedings at home, so tarns
they related to tho bill. Tho next
morning Walker and Drown wero
early at their posts, but it was some
time before Watson made his appear
ance. Walker began first:
"You see, when 1 entered my houso
the candle was out, and, tholirogiving
but a glimmering of light, I camo near
walking into a pot of batter that tho
pancakes wero to bo made of in tho
morning. My wile, who wns dreadful
.y out of humor, said to mo sarcastic
ally: "'Mill, do put your foot in that bat
ter.' "'Just as you say, Mugcy,' said I,
nnd without tho least hesitation I
put my foot in tho pot of batter and
went to bed."
Next Joo Drown told his story
"My wife had already retired in our
usual sleeping-room, which adjoins
tho kitchen, and the door of which
was ajar; not being able to navigate
oerfeetly, yuti know, I ninde a dread
iul clattering among tho household
furniture, and my wife, in no very
pleasant tone, bawled out
"'Do break tho porridge pot.'
"No sooner said than done. I seized
hold of the handle of tho pot, and,
striking it against tho chimney jam,
broko it in a thousand pieces. After
this exploit I retired to rest, and got
a curtain lecture till I fell asleep."
It was now Tim Watson's turn to
zivo an account of himself, which ho
Jid with a very long face, as follows:
"My wife gavo mo tho most unlucky
rommand in tho world lor 1 was
blundering up-stairs in the dark when
die cried out
" 'Now, Tim, do break your neck.
" I'll be cussed if I do. Kate,' said I,
gathering myself up in tho best way I
:ould. 'No, I'll t-ooner foot the bill."
"And ho, landlord," continued Tim,
"here's thoenshforyou. Dut by jingo,
this is tho last time I'll ever risk live
dollars on command of my wife."
Seir-I'olsonlng-.
Krom tlic Youth's Companion.
Our readers are familiar with tho
fact that, in Dright's disease, the kid
neys ate unable fully to remove their
allotted portion of the waste matter
of tho system. Hence this accumu
lates in tho blood as a hurtful and oft
en as a fatal poison, the heart, lungs
or brain at length giving way under its
influence.
Still more familiar are they with
that uncomfortable and depressed
condition, popularly known as bil
iousness, duo to a partial failure in
the normal action of the stomach, liv
er and bowels. In both theso cases
the body is, to a greater or less extent,
self-poisoned.
Thirty years ago it was, discovered
that decomposing animal' substance
develonos a violent poison. Twenty
years later tho poisonous principle
was isolated, crystalized, and a name
given it ptomaine. In JS70 Gautier
discovered a somewhat similar poison
in the muscular juice of healthy ani
mals, and also in their urine. Later
it has been extracted from fiecal mat
ter. All of theso aro poisonous in a high
degree. Some resemble the venom of
the most poisonous serpents. That
obtained from healthy muscle, when
injected in minute quantity into tho
veins of a dog, produced stupor,
trembling, universal spasms, slow
respiration, and death in forty-live
minutes.
In ISSL Dr. Gautier found that such
poisons constantly appear in the ex
cretions of living and healthy animals,
and even in the saliva. The term lcu
coinaino was adopted as the name of
such as are developed within the living
body. They are believed to be nor
mal products of bodily waste, as much
so ascarbonic acid, urea, etc. Accord
ing to Gautier, they accumulate in
the blood when for' various reasons
the skin, the kidneys and the digestive
tract fail to eliminate them.
In a stato ol health we resist inces
sant self-poisoning, not only by elim
ination of the poisonous principle, but
especially by its combustion in tho
body. Says tho Moston Medical and
Surgical Journal,
"The greater part of these poisons
aro very oxidizable, and it is by tho
vivifying inlluenco of constantly re
newed supplies of oxygen in the nor
mal state, that they are burned in tho
blood, perhaps, also, in tho tissues,
and disappear. Hut let any cause
whatever diminish tho access of air to
the blood, or let thoqiinntity of lueni
oglobin" (that portion of tho red
blood corpuscle which has such an af
finity for oxygen) "diminish as in
chlorosis" (green sickness) "and nine
mia, and there will soon bo an nccutn
lation of azotisi-d substances of tho
nature of ptomaines and leuco
maines." Hence tho benefit to bo obtained
from whatever can excito tlie functions
of tho skin, tho kidneys and tho in
testines, and especially from whatever
energizes respiration aud the making
of good blood.
"In London Society."
Prom Harper's Mngnziuc.
This status can bo attained by any
man whatever who possesses a suit of
evening clothes and a fair amount of
manners. Such a one will havo no
difficulty in getting an invitation to
an ordinary dance in tho less fashion
able circles. Onco thero he must get
introduced to ono or two of tho mat
rons present, who stand higli03t on
tho social ladder, and, if possible,
havo ugly daughters. Ho must dance
or protend to dance assiduously with
tho children, and take the mothers
thomselves to supper. If one of tho
latter gives a dance herself, or is asked
for men's names by a friend, tho as
pirant will not bo forgotten, and will
got his name down on a "list." Ho
has then morel jr to continue this pro
cess as ho rises in tho world, with a
properdoyotion to leaving cards, calls,
etc , and in a couple of years no ball
or drum will bo inaccessible to him.
With women it is dillernnt. Should
they ho neither last, beautiful nor
rich, they will find tho steps of "high
life" hard to climb. Tlioso who come
under this description will havo no
dilliculty. If they aro in tho first cato
gory, which, in spito of certain morbid
writers, is still rare in England, thoy
may get taken up by somo nobleman
or great personage, when thoy will bo
como fashionable in a particular set,
and bo invited to the "frisky matron"
balls. Hut the august mothers of so
ciety will look coldly on them, and
thoy will pino in vain for invitations
to tiio old established houses. Meautv,
if accompanied by sobriety, can gain
admission to any portal. If without
encumbrances in tho shapo of parents
who wish to "go out" too, somo enor
gotic nia'ron with no daughters of a
ball-going ago will run the new "belle."
If thero is any ambitious papa or
mainina, tho process is more uncer
tain. The (air maiden having been
lirst seen at a place of public enter
tainment, some enterprising woman,
observing a chance of making her par
ties talked about, will send theatranger
a card of invitation, mother and all.
If sho should bo a success an event
impossible to predict, for tho canon of
beauty applied by society is varying
inexplicable no entertainment will bo
considered complote without her. ami
rich and great will tumble over each
oiner in ineir civiuiics 10 nor snow
man or Bhow-womnn as tho case may
be.
Tho method by which tho rich climb
tho ladder can easily bo described. In
the first placo they must give a ball
and secure the patronage of some lady
within tho charmed circle of the grand
mode, Sho will probably bo not vorv
far within, perhaps the wife of a baro
net or an JrUh peer. This patroness
sends out the invitations with her own
compliments to all persons on her i
own list, and to many who aro not 1
on, but who sho thinks will come.
She extolH, morning, noon, aud night
tho integrity of her proteges, and the
splendors of the coming entertain
ment, bho lots her female friends,
know that the decoration of the front I
landing will cosl 700, her malo ac
quaintances that 1000 will bo spent
on the supper. The lirst attempt will
very likely be a partial failure Few
"smart'' people will appear; theguesta
will sneer at the host instead of danc
ing with tho daughters. Hut they will
see the front landing, eat the supper,
and talk about both afterward. Con
sequently when, in a short time, a
second bull is announced, there will bo
a rush for invitations; tlm donors will
receive cards from all quarters them
selves, and may be considered hence
forth "in society.' The process is,
however, nn expensive one, nnd has
to bo kept up to some extent annual
ly, lest the aspirants fall from their
high estate.
SMUdf.lJCKS.
JncanloiM Diivlcn') ItnMrtnil to by Uinl'm
r"tnl(iiiiil llrlllliiuts In loot-IIult
(icniH In Itmiut.
Dealers in precious stones, custom
house officials and detectives are all
mysterious beings. They disliko to
talk; but the word smuggle often sets
their tongues a wagging.
"I will relate an experience myself
and three assistants onco had with an
expert diamond smuggler some time
since," said a gray-haired customs
man, "and then you'll seo both how
easy and difficult It is to smuggle."
The story was told in a graphic
manner, as follows: Three large dia
mond dealers in Chicago employed a
young Frenchman, who was consider
ed an expert atsiuuggling toprocurofor
them $412,000 ot the finest water gems.
In some way the heavy purchase be
en mo known to a detect! vein Paris who
cabled to the olliccrs here to watch
for tho smugglers. Tho purchase con
sisted of 107 lino stones, and tho de
tective in Paris had a "straight tip"
from a shoemaker that tho French
man's high heels contained the gems.
Ho arrived and was politely conduct
ed to a private examination room.
Oil came tho boots and tho French
man grew pale as a pearl. Tho hceh
were sounded, and in a moment later
ono thickness of leather was taken oil.
Out rolled a pieco of tissue paper and
fifty eight lino white stones. Tho
Frenchman appeared crazy. Ha
fumed, swore and almost wept. In
tho other heel tho remaining gems,
forty-nine in number, werofound. Tho
Frenchman put on his boots, and
seemingly dazed, walked away.
lIewasa"cuto un." Tho "gems"
wero tho finest "Parisian," worth $10
a peck, and tho real articlo was snugly
encased in his big box toes. Ho paid!
his shoemaker a handsomer price than
the sharp detective. Those gems are
in Chicago now, and tho bogus ones
adorn a hundred shirt fronts in the
custom lnuiso.
Women! Yes, they nro tho best
smugglers of all; any custom house of
ficer will confirm this fact. They havo
more ingenuity than men and morn in
nocence wherewith to look the exam
iner calmly in tho eye. How many
ladies who go regularly abroad and
pny their expenses by smuggling is not
aud never will bo known. They ara
many nevertheless.
SOMH Of TIIK CUTIS DODOISS l'LAYJ-SD.
Ono of tho cutest dodges overplayed
on tho tariif enforcers is related of a
young and pretty lady who lived, and
probal y still lives in Hoston. She had
gone to Merlin on a visit dining her
trip abroad, and while thero saw four
beautiful diamonds. Her means
would just allow her to purchnsothem
and pay her way home. In herdilein
ma she conceived a plan. Four largo
cavities wero bored into her four
largest teeth, tho gems covered over
and sho departed. Tho duties would
have cost her $970, but sho smiled on
tho ollicor who made tho examina
tion and passed innocently from the
wharf.
Large quantities of diamonds, pearls
and rubies are frequently baked in
bread, sold with an understanding to
the steward, who sees that they are
ho dry and hard at tho end of tho
voyngo that ho must give it to a'long
shoreman who has a largo and hungry
family. As 'longshoremen don't feed
their'families on precious stones, tho
bread is broken and its contents
placed in a little chamois skin bag
and carried to tho honest dealer in
gems.
When tho gems aro hidden in trunks
false bottoms aro nover resorted to.
Tho dodgo is too old and transparent,
A regular lino of small augur-cells is
made in tho sides and bottom. Theso
aro filled with tho gems and a now
paper inside cover pasted neatly over.
Woo to tho smuggler who happens to
have ono of those cells cracked open.
Tho euglo eyo of tho law is always look
ioe;. "Only ono professional smuggler in
a hundred is over caught. Thoymako
it a study, science and business. They
pass right under our noses and in front
of our oyes with hidden fortunes. Ac
cident or information from the other
sido is our only means of hauling 'cm
in." So said an officer who considers
himself one of the sharpest in tho eer
vico. Lady examiners in tho employ
of tho custom houso nro equally as
cuto as tho smugglers sometimes, and
nre frequently tho captors of
big government hauls. Sho knows
whoie in a woman's apparel is tho
most lilcoly placo to find smuggled
?oods. They "aro sometimes mistaken
however, as well as tho men. Not
very long ago a German woman was
reported to arrivo on a certain Bteam
er with a fortuno in jewels on her per
son. Sho came and wns duly exam
ined. Tho scrutiny sho underwent
was so sovero that tho lady custom
houso officials apologized over and
over again.
Tho foreigner smiled and said that
sho did not blamo them fordoingthoir
duty, and supposed some malicious
ficrson hnd sent the dispatch to annoy
tor. Sho entered a cab and tho hat
sho woro wns decked with a fortune in
goins. Thoy wero covered with wax
and represented a, bunch of crapes,
Theso tho official ladies admired wlien
thoy examined tho hat lining and
cover.
Tho ways and dovices for smuggling
are almost us numerous as tho stars,
and tho jewels brought to America
without paying tribute to Undo Sum
are frequently as bright.