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V VOTS AX DASHES. The commissioners which has been making an Investigation regarding the riots at Belfast, Ireland, last rammer recommends that two lawyers be appointed resident magistrates In place of the local justices, and that the com plete control of the DOllce be vested In a town Inspector who shall be responsible to the In spector general alone. The commission urges me rigorous suppression or. party processions. The secretary of the treasury has called $10, IWO.COJ In 3 per cent, bonds for February 1. Holders of these securities can have them re deemed at once, with Interest to the date of presentation. Gladstone celebrated his 77th birthday Sun day. Ho attended church In the morning and u as deluged with congratulations all day. A band of safe-blowers Is causing the great est alarm In eastern Ohio. The fruitless at tempt on the treasury of Medina county was on Monday evening followed by the destruc tion of a ssie at Western Star and the robbery oC the po.'tofllce at that place. There are Ave marked men In the gang, and n reward of f l,."iO) Is offered for tlielr capture. President Eliot, of Harvard college, Is mak ing preparations for an extended tour of Kunp. Cliar'ot the college will devolve iipni IVofesior O'emsut U. Smith. Yh dcsale expulsion of Jews In Poland haj loen ordered because they nre unable to pay for certificates as merchants of the tlrst class. Since thcecnuis of 1833 the southern states h.xve added 555,'MO tons to their annual capacity fn Iron manufacture. Six blast furnaces nre now being built In Alabama and two In Tennessee. Under prcmptory orders by special agents of the g. n:r:tl land office, Illcgil fences were last week removed from 274,0)0 of the public do main in the Denver district. Sir John 1'opo Hennessy, governor of Maur itius has been suspended because he had oc casioned internal dissensions In the Island. A military commission at Sofia is engaged In translating from the Russian language the words of command used in the Bulgarian army. Four professors of Andover college are now on trial In Boston for heresy. Professor Dwlght. of the Columbia law school, held the prosecuting committee up to ridicule. The sultan has sent a special envoy to St. Petersburg with n letter congratulating the czar on the birth of n nephew. About CO per cent, of the stock of the Mexi can Central road Is now held In Europe. Tho wife of Ucv. Benjamin Staunton, of Brooklyn, hns been granted a separation for cruelty and itdultery the i'ittxiiii.ri.ti. nuvcxsswx. A 0 -'"' of Debate Amnn) the I'eopte of WitsUhlUton Jtut at Thin Time. Washington Hpeciul: In the discussion of President Cleveland's illness u good ninny inquiries have been made to-day ns to who should succeed him in the event ot It is dentil, vhich is not likely to occur very noon, but which is a question ot debate niuon ninny people in Washington just at this time. Tho presidential succession bill was approved and went into effect on Jan uary 10 Inst. Under its provisions Secre tary ot State Bayard would succeed to tho presidency mid alter hint other members of the cabinet in this order: Secretary ot the treasury, secretary ot war, attorney, gen eral, postmaster general, secretary ot tho navy and secretary ot the interior. Presi dent Cleveland took considerable exercise in hm room to-day, hobbling around, so as to gain strength for tho ordeal of Satur day, when tho new year's reception at tho while bouso takes place. Mrs. Cleveland told a lady friend this afternoon that she believed tho president would bo able to partici pate and that if ho was not strong euouli to stand up he would occupy a chair and receive his friends Hitting. Slio was very enthusiastic about the coming event and decorations mid preparations for the music a ro going ahead under the im pression that tho president will either bo strong enough to receive or admit of bis wife doing ho. The physicians have warned the president taking so much exercise nt this time, and apprehend serious results if he should take a cold, which is ent- under this damp cold atmosphere. No one is yet udmittod to Mr. Cleveland's room, and ho is denying himself to all kinds ot public or private bun'mcss. Hu will in all probability pull through this attack and there need lie no fear concerning his condition, but bo is in delicate health and will require ex ceeding good care now and in the future, lie is ripe for npoploxy or any of the various rheumatic affections. SOME ivashixctox aossn: Tho reduction in the national debt dur ing December amounted to li.'iS.liOi.', and for tho first six months of the current fiscal year, S47,151,887. Tho net cash balance in the treasury January 1 was $42,100,(532, ngaiiiHt 510,0!).'!,5:iG Decem ber 1, ISSti. Tho gold coin and bullion fund balance in the treasury on January 1 was S 170..0 12.4.1:1, ngninst ?lt;:i,'.):t0,L'20 n mouth ago. Thestoro ot standard silver dollais now aggregates $188,500,2118, about S3, r00, 000 more than December 1, 1880. Customs receipts tor December worn $lC):t:n,87I), or about $2,000,000 more than in December, 188i. Internal revenue receipts wore S0.fi ia,84R, about $50,000 less than in December, 18bu. The total revenuo from nil sources tor tho first hall ot tho current fiscal year ended December ai, 1SSG, was 5180,083,007, or neaily $1-1,000 000 more than during the first half ol the preceding fiscal year. Joseph If. ltoall ot Now York, president ot the American Agricultural nnd Dairy as sociation, who has come to Washington to further certain agricultural measures In congress, and invito tho president to be present nt the association's national con gress, said that thero were three important agricultural measures now before congress the department of ngriculturo bill, the nominal industry bill nnd tho ngricultural experiment station bill. Thatthomost im portant one was tlie first; that It wns ot paramount importance that tho agricul tural interests of tho country liavo a rep resentation in tho cabinet; that it was cer tainly that industry in which over .14.2 per cent ot tho population aro engaged in, and from which 74 per cent ot the taxes are paid, should have direct representation In the government ot the nation. Mr, Rcall, of New York, relerrlng to the oleomargarine bill, Uys it Is growing in popularity with the dairymen and farmers everywhere. This has already proven itself to be tho most useful piece ot legislation ever ennctcd by congress in tho Interests ot ugriculture, nnd a movo In the right direc tion In the protection of consumers from the adulteration ol food products; that good authority warrants the stntomeut that $1,000,000 have already been saved to the dairyiiion ot New York stnte alone, and n similar comparative gain to those of other elates. THE EXUIXEEH WAS DllUXK. Tl,e Terrible Jhalrr at Tlflin Caused by the Use of Uhlky. Cle . e'nnd dispatch: The following nddi- onal det.ids of yesterday's wreck on the Hallimor- t Ohio railrond. near Tiffin, nre urn shed by special dispatch to the Leader: It is openly charged Hint the engineer of the freight train was intoxicntcd. Robert McAiloo, a well known miller, was on tho ill-fated train. Ho said: "My belief is that all, or nearly all, in tho smoker were instantly killed, and no one could hnvo suffered a lingering death, for the reason that life in tho car would have been impossible four minutes after tho co'lision occurred, owing to the iicat ol tho flames, and I nm firmly ot the opinion tliat more lives were lost than have been reported. It is known that but two persons escaped from the smoker. I had occasion to look into the smoker niter leniing Newark, and noticed that it was filed, there being apparently from thirty five to fifty passengers. It is impossible, ot coins", that nil but twelve or fifteen of these left the train at Miimit Wr urn uiul Manslii Id, and that there were n addi tions, but I don't deem it prolinb e Coroner I.epper will not hold the inquest for a day or two yet. No lias arranged with nn undertaker at Republic to keep the bodies ot the unfortunate passengers uiilil Sntuidny. If they are not claimed by that time they will bo buiie.l in one grave Chicago special: Among the survivors of t lie horrible wreck on the Baltimore ,t Ohio, who arrived here early this morning, was Prof. 1'iancis Kendall," ot Crete, Neb. To a correspondent ho said: "I was sit ting in the first coach, iiuiuedin tcly in the rear of the smoker, dozing, when I was awakened by a shock. Tliu smoker, bag gngo car and tlrst roach werein Humes, and the first move was to detacii the sleepers and push them buck. It was then noticed that a number of persons bad been caught in Hie smoker nnd were unable to get out. One of the passengers wont up by the en gine and found tho (iremitu wedged in be tween the tank nnd boiler, and a number worked for nn hour trying to extricate him, but finally, before they hud succeeded, the poor fellow died. He had hardly nt lilteted a word. I think there were about sixtv persons on the train at tho titan ot accident, and thirty or forty came to Chi cago. We owe a great deal to Engineer Enstuinn, and his bravery ought not to g. iinrewutdcd. By far tho saddest scene ot tho iholo wreck was t tic death of II. M. Parks, who is supposed to l;e connected with titc bureau ot labor statistics in Wesltingtoii. Ho was in the smoker, and succeeded in getting the upper half of bis body out of the window, while his legs were pinned by the debris in the interior, and there be was burned to (tenth. Ah the flames crept closer and closer to him ho re alized he was doomed and pitched his pocket book to us on tho outside, and gnvo I he address of his mother. Soon alter the Humes closed around him and we saw him no mote." Professor Kendall, according totlteslory ot other passengers, worked heroically en deavoring to save tho lives of those itn- pi isoued in the enr, and particiilutl.v over the poor fireman. The passengers esti mate there were eighteen persons in the Kiuoker and only four escaped. Jilliitfu.) dispatch: At the scene ol tlie wreck on the Baltimore A: Ohio all that re mains to tell the tale are a few charred tim bers nnd tlie horribly burned t ruiiks of nine bodies, which are disfigured beyond ldetili licution. These have been cared for by the coroner at Republic, and will be kept as long as possible, so thai mentis may iden tify tlieni. Evety piece of burned clothing, keys nnd everything that wnsuotdestroyed have been gathered up to aid in the identi fication ot the bodies. I Itesu will lie held by the coroner who will immediately insti tute a thorough investigation. The re- niu I irti m I i,v mi inu iitiiuuiiii n not, jfiMiiii , :i.:i:t.. f .1. :,t....4 : 1 1 on i no treigiir. cotiiiucior, rioiciicr, wno pulled out of tho siding, four miles west ot Republic, without orders. THE SEXATE AXI HOUSE. What is llelny Done in ISotli Jlrauelifs of tto Xatlonal Conyresi. Siin.vti:, Jan. ". Senator Mitchell (Pa.) from the committee on pensions, reported a bill granting a pension of $2,000 a year to tho widow of John A. Logan, and asked for its immediate consideration, but under the objection of Cuke tho bill went over. Senator Mel'herson offered a resolution calling on the secretary of tho treasiny tor a statement of indebtedness ol the Pacific iiilrond companies to the government on Jim. 1, 1887, with the details ot nit pay ments miulu on account ol too same: also as to tho sums duo or to bee on a) due (prin cipal nnd interest) under the existing law, severally, nnd what difference will result to the treasury if tho ponding setiato fund ing bill should become a law. Tito matter went over. Senator Culiom presented a memorial ot tho Pittsburg chamber of commerce in favor of tho passage of tho intcr-stato commerce lull; also one ot tho procceedings of tho railrond convention on tho same subject. IfoiJHic, Jan. 5,-Consideration was given to the Indian appropriation bill. The bill gave rise to no opposition in any of its features and, tho committee having arisen, it was passed without discussion or divi sion. It appropriates $5,500,000. Tho military academy appropriation bill was taken up nnd passed. Tlie speaker laid beforo (lie house tho following communica tion, dated Washington, December til. 1880: "I hereby respectfully resign my offlco ns roprcsentativo in tho Forty-ninth congress from the ruth congressional district of North Carolina, to tniso effect from tlnte. Respectfully yours, Jami:s W. Ri:i:i," Tho communication wns laid upon tlie table. the hock jsi.axd luntitEits. Chicago special: A morning paper says: It was learned yesterday beyond much doubt that tho I'inkortons have received an important clue in connection with tho Rock ltd mil train robbery of the United States express company, and that they ex pect to capture somo ot the criminals in a few days. Indeed, it is believed that they have ono ol them already. There is n well founded report that Wapponsteiii has gono to a foreign country after the murderer on the strength ot a confession made by ono ot the men now under arrest for the 'Frisco train robbery, and that man, it is hi"ed is Fol lieriughiim. Pinkertop . ,.i'..CAlly nilmitled last evening that be knew from the beginning that Fotheriugliam was In the plot. . MVHDEHEDHT HIS SOX. Annmosa (la.) specinl: Yesterday the eon ot Isaac Illckel, nged about seventeen, residing ten miles west of Annmosa, had an altercation with his father. Tho son nsked for a dollar to spend nt a New Year's party to be held at Waubeck nnd the re quest was denied. The boy urged that he had worked hard nnd thought he wns en titled to a little spending money occasion ally. His father Hew into a passion nnd seired a grub or root, apparently for nn assault. The young man followed the ex ample, and when the father ndvanced he wns struck down by bis sou, remnlning un conscious up to the hour ot death, which occurred nt C this morning. Young Illckel lias been arrested but the report is that the sou acted In sell-uelense. I into h ill u:r the ciiau: A Contest Orer Hie Stat Lately Ocetipfed by Senator Txigait. Washington special: The scat lately oc cupied by General Logan is the second from the main aisle in the front row at the lett ot the desk ot the presiding olllcer ot the senate. It is considered an eligible one. The seat to the left ot it is occupied by Mr. Fryc, ol Maine, tho ono to the right by Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, nnd to-day a heavy veil ot crape is draped about the back of the chnlr. There is somo interest among senntors to know who will occupy the scat when the crape shall be removed. There is an unwritten usage in tho senate which is ns much n cherished tradition as was the custom, recently discontinued, ot furnishing Mnccnboy snuff, that the vener able doorkeeper, Bnssett, who has been fitly years in tho service of tho senate, shall decide who is to have nny seat which may become vacant. In the house the custom is tor the members to draw seats by lot nt the beginning of each congress, and although the older members are ollen very unlucky ul this lottery, tho system lies generally given satisfaction. In tlie senate, however, Doorkeeper Basset t for a third of a century at least bus kept a book in which lie enters tho names ot applicants tor seats which are expected to be vacant. The book, if its true history could be told, would show, among other things, for in stance, that eminent men have not hesi tated to till a caveat for a seat of one of their own colleagues who was expected to die while applications are filed many deep ollci. limes for the seats ot senators whoso re-election is in doubt. There have been two contests for tho seat of General Logan. At tlie lime of his last re-election to the senate, when the Illinois legislature was so close, mine than one senatorial caveat was filled for this eligible seat. Doorkeeper BitHsett finally assigned the seat to Senator Manderson, ot Nebraska, who occupied it during tlie weeks when tho re-election ot General Logan seemed in doubt. It turned out afterward, however, that (icuerul Mander son hud tnken tlie seat in the hope that bis fliend would be re-elected, and with the intention ot preserving it tor him in case he should be. General Logan was re elected and General Mttiiderson nt once tendered to him bis old seat, which he had saved for him a courtesy which General Logan much appreciated. Now Dooi keeper Bnssetl is said to be in doubt whether General Manderson's pre emption at that lime, isacoiitiiiuingclaim, which holds good to the seat now. It ap pears that General Manderson, while ho would be very gltul to take the seat on his own account, as it is vastly preferable to the seat ho now litis on the back row, w islies that General Logan's seat should be occu pied by Senator Culloui. But Sonator Culiom prefers that General Munderson should perpetuate his claim to lite seat and keep it. Meanwhile it i-aid that Sen ntor Hale, of Maine, suggests that on ac count of some notice he gave to Doorkeeper Bnssett long ago be should have the seat. So the ancient doorkeeper is in pcrpleixty. The result will probably be that General Mitiideisou will insist upon his prior right, nnd will also renew t lie courtesy which ho extended to its late occupant, and tender the sent to Senator Culloui. miscei.i. iXEors xi:rs asi xotes. A Washington dispatch says: A private letter leeelved heie from Buenos Ayi i:s, Ar gentine Republic, under tlie date of December 10, stated that cholera In its most malignant form was then racing there and the number of deaths dally was Itlglitful; Unit the dead were removed to the otit-kii ts of the city, piled up like erosstles and burned to ashes. Madrid advices say tite hand of brigands that for years terrorized Andalusia by an or ganized system of crime ami blackmail has been captured by the authorities. Two were KIIICIl. A London cablegram Fays a gang of forgers have been ariebted at Stiuaboul while engiged in forging internal loan fund. The pol ce seized the counterfeiting machinery and false coupons to the amount of $,'W,0t. Paris advices state that tho French academy has resolved to petition the government to re voke tho decree expelling the Due d'Aumule, on the ground that he ptoved his patriotism by his cift to France of the Chantllly estates. A favorable reply is expected. General Alcxauder has been elected presi dent of the Georgia Central Railroad system, with tlie liaeMtnr of tho Richmond and West Point Railroad Terminal company, ami a grand consolidation looms up In the near future. Russia has obtained from the Herseuts, ot Paris, a loan of 7.,0.XJ,0tM, with which to cut a direct watc route from the Don to tlie Black sea. The Berlin postolllco employed two thous and extra men for its New Year d"livery,wlien over tlx million letters were handle 1. Charles C. Wheeler, formerly of Blooming ton, Illinois, wa arrested nt Wlllim intie, Con neetlcut, for grand Nrcenv, oil a requisition from Governor Oglesby. lie was a loan agent for caMern people. The surrogate tit BulTalo decided to adni.t to probate the will ot the late Frank Tiac.v, and virtually maile the contestants b'ar Ihelr own costs. The only child was cut olt with S100, 000, and there l ?1,OjO,OJ0 to light for. Judge Gresham has given to the Nodaway Valley bank, la Missouri, judgment for $1S,- 000 against Prest m, Keau ei Co., of Chicago, for not taking proper care of bonds deposited by tho former Institution as collateral. The securities n ere stolen bv Frederic M. Kor. The evidence showed that Mr. Keau had heard of Ker's gambling operations beforo ho licit tho city. Justin A. Jacobs, for the past thirty years city clerk at Cambridge, Mass., committed sui cide rather than to have It known that he was a defaulter for .',8W. The vault In tho bank of Wlck Brothers it Co., YoungstO'.Hi, Ohio, became filled with gas during the double holiday. When a match was struck, there was an explosion which tore out the front anil side of the building and se riously burned tho bookkeeiter. The steamer La Champagne sailed from New York on Christmas nud landed her pas sengers In Havre on New Year's day. The feat Is an unprecedented one. So firm Is the Ice In the St, Lawrence that teams are crossing between Kingston and Cape Vincent, a distance of twelve miles. The assembly of Bogota has passed a bill to give to the hltrhest bidder the exclusive right to sell talt in Panama. HECEl'TWX Al' OAKf'IEW. Washington special: Mrs. Folsom hold her first reception to-day at Onkvlew, as sisted by Mrs. Lainont and Miss Hustings, A number ot the principal people in diplo matic, oflicinl uiul social circles waited upon the hatidsomo mother ot tho presi dent's wife, although tho effort meant n drenrv three-mile drive over a miserable road in the face of n severe snow storm. About noon Mrs. Cleveland arrived. She looked her best and had added the beauty of very rosy cheeks, wrought by the brac ing wind. A long sonlskiu dolman almost covered a dark dress trimmed with passu inentrio. Tho reception lusted from 11 to 1 o'clock. I.. D. Moody will ou Friday evening com mence a revival In Chicago bv sermons at tho First Oongregutlottnl and Chicago Avenue churches. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Fur ni:, to bo in tlio nemo of fiusli Ion, must hnvo the head, tail uiul fi-ut of tho boast on. Colored elieeso cloths produce charm hit; draperies at very small cost. Fin ish the edges of the ctirta n with Hull' tassels. Potato crust, for meat plea h inside, by adding one tenciipftil of cream to six large potatoes that have been boiled and niiisheil line. Add Hour enough to roll, ami a little salt, ami handle as lit tle as possible, Plain Pudding Itread crumb., put into a pie d sh, with alternate layers of stewed apples and n little sugar; when baked, makes an excellent pudding, the juice of tho apples making the bread crumbs quite ino'.st. Drop (linger Cookies Ono cup each of molasses and sour cream, one-half cup of sugar, one egg, one tcaspooiifiil each of soda, ginger and cinnamon, and three heaping cups of llour. Drop in spoonfuls on' the drippng pan. Hake ipiii-k. Potato Halls To each pint of linely mashed or grated potato add nun-halt teacup of butter, whites of two eirs make into small balls, after adding salt to taste. Dip each ball into swcil cream, and then roll in cracker dust. Place in a well buttered baking pan and bake, until balls are a delicate brown. Heef fritters are good for breakfast; chop pieces of steak or cold roast beef very lino. Make a batter of milk, llour ami an egg, and mix the meat with it. Put a lump of butter Into a saucepan, let it melt, then drop the batter into it from a largo spoon. Fry until brown; season with pepper and alt and a little parsley. It ce Pudding with Fruit Swell the rice, with a very little milk, over the lire; then mix fruit of any kind with it currants, gooseberries scalded, pared and quartered apples, raisins or black currants, and, still better, red currant jelly -with one egg to bind the rice; boil it well and servo with powdorcd cinnamon and sugar. Broiled Spanish onions are relished by many pers.nis. Peel the onions carefully, cut them in rather thick slices with a sharp knife and butter them on both sides. Hotter the wire gridiron and broil the slices on both sides. He careful in removing the slices not to disarrange the rings. Serve with a maitre (('hotel sauce. Fried Onions Having peeled the onions, cut them in rings, and throw them into enough very hot fat in tlie fri ing pan to lloat thorn. If (lie fat. is kept in the right heat, the onions will not require much attention while cook ing. As soon as they are golden brown take them out of the pan with a .skim mer, and throw them onto paper to ab sorb the grease. Nut Candy This will be easily made when a supply of hickory nuts has been laid in. 'Cake a plate, well buttered, and spread on it about half a pint of hickory nut kernels; then take, a pint of maple molasses; boil it until it becomes thick, anil try it by dropp ng in some cold water. When it hardens in the water; pour it over the kernals and stir it) quick. Fruit .Jumbles One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups and a half of Hour, half cup of milk, three cirgs, half a nutmeg grated, three teaspoon- fills of baking powder, one cup of Eng lish currants. Wash the fruit in at leat three waters before adding them to the dough. Hake the jumbles in a broad, shallow tin. and mark oil' the squares with a fork before baking. Veal Suet Pudding (Haked or Iloiled) Chop one-half pound of veal suet. put it into a quart of rich milk, set it upon tlie lire, and, when pretty hot, pour it upon eight ounces of bread crumbs; and sugar to your taste; add one-half pound of currants, washed and dried, and three well beaten eggs; put it into a Homed cloth or buttered dish, and either boil or bake it m an hour. Hoilcd Onions Peel the onions stand ing over the lire, or throw them into boiling water, us this will prevent their hurt ng tho eves. Put them into plen ty of well-salto I boiling water, and let them boil gently for tin hour and a half or two hours, or until so tender that they would easily niasii up. Drain tlieni nut servo either plain, in gravy, or tossed in a little butler in a stuwpan over tho lire. Fried Chicken Cut tho chicken up carefully, sover ng each joint; salt and pepper anil roll in llour; have three or four tablespoonfuls of hot butter or lard in tho frying pan, put in the chicken, cover t "ghtly and fry slowly for ono hour or longer, boing careful to turn it when tho under side becomes a rich brown; livo minutes beforo taking from tho stovo add ono-fourth pint hot witter, cover tightly and let steam, take upon a hot platter, and niako gravy as for oth er meat. Hoston Plum Pudding Ono loaf of baker's broad, cut In thin slices and but tered; butter the pnn well; put a layer of bread and of raisins, a little cinna mon, nutmeg and sugar; then a layer of buttered bread, and continue until tho pan Is full; put milk enough around it to soak it one night; cover it with a plato to keep it down; before putting it into the oven, boat into it irom tnreu to seven eggs, according to tho slzo of the pudding, and add milk enough to have it moist, but not to havo it run over in tho oven; add also a little wine or brandy. Servo with brandy saitou. He Knew Ills HiihIiichh, Husiness Man You vagabond! You send in word that you would see mo on bus ncss. and when I ask you what your bus ncss is you beg! Vagabond Hut you forget, sir; bog- ging Is my business. A Ktiro Opportunity. Anybody wishing to buy a second hand husband chuap should coiiiiiiiini cato with that Iowa girl who carried on a courtship through a matrimonial bu reau with a "wealthy stock raiser" ol Nebraska, who, after tdio had been marred lo him, turned out to hu a ho tel porter with one glass ovo. She will dlspo'u of bur iulurojt 'it him mi gheaj it would mako your head swim. 67u ooijo Stmt. CKLTIC NAMES. Mncs, O's, Mur liy nnd sulMvniis Itcs dlit" In our four l'rlnel pol ( It to. Tho relative numbers of Celtic in habitants in the four principal cities of the Union tnu-t be a matter of interest lo every Ir sh nationalist. To Hud out 8ueh a matter with absolute certainty would be well u gh impossible; but by means of the director es of the cities, about the Celtic population of wh:oh we desire to speak, a very close ap prox motion can be made n to the Irish element they contain. We had recently nn opportunity of o.vimining :ho directories of the four principal American c ties New York, Philu tlelpli a, Chicago, and Ho-don -and took the trouble to count the number of columns of eaeli d. rectory that contain ed tlie most common and numerous lr h iiaiues, and the results are very interesting. It will invariably be found that whenever there are the mo-t O's and Macs, and the most Murphs and Sull.vans. there is the largest Irish population; for the names Murphy ami Sullivan, and names which beg n with O end Mae. are the most numerous among the Celt e race. The prefix () should. b r glit, be re t lined before the names Sullivan and Murphy, but in most cases it has been discarded. The number of names In tlie columns of the directories of the four cities mentioned Is very nearly the same and will average alsnft eight v. Tlie following tables gives the num ber of O's and Maes fuilllvan and Mttrptiy h In the four cities mentioned. XKW MlllK. 6Vlnmi.i. Name beginning t Ith O l Names beginning with Mae UtS Sullivan and Murphys combined 'J I Ei. Total columns LMt I'llll.MICI.I'lII . Names beginning llli () i8 Names beginning with Mae l.t; Snllivaus and Murplits combined 15 Total columns 211) ClllCltlO. Names beginning with () lit Names beginning with Mho 71 Sullivan and Murphys combined US Total columns 'X 1IOSTO.V. Names beginning () !) Names beginning with Mae id Sullivan and Murphys combined ;si Total columns -tX From tlie foregoing it will bo seen. contrary to the general belief, that Philadelphia is absolutel v and that Hos ton is relatively tlie most Celtic of American cities. The population of New York is. in round numbers. 1, ;()(, OtiO. Philadelphia 1100. 000, Chicago 700. 000. and Hoston 100,0 it). Philadelphia, aitout one third less in population than New York, has fifteen mure columns of Celtic names; but Hoston, in proportion to its population, is the most Celtic of all. If New York was ns Celtic as Boston its direi torv would have about fi.)0 columns of O's. Macs, Sullivans and Murphys, instead of 'JO I; ami if it were as proportionately Collie as Phil adelphia its d rectorv would contain about 1100 instead of 'JO I eoliinis of the Celtic names nienl'.oiieil. Chicago is relatively and absolutely tho least Col tie of tlie four cities. It is isbout as populous and a half as Iioslon, but its directory contains only 11J columns of the prominent Celtic name, aga nst lo'J in the Hoston d rectory. Wo use tho term Collin instead of Irish, because a considerable tn nority of tho names beginning with Maes are Scotch rather than Irish. Hoston, then, is in propor tion to its population tlie most Celtic and tho most Irish cltv in America. The ease of Philadelphia is curious. It is said to contain n smaller foreign- born population than any of the great cities of America, and this is probably, so; yet, Willi tiie exception ot Boston, it is relatively the most Collie of tlie four cities. This is explained by the fact that long ago -as far back as the time when what are now known as Hie United States were Hrilish colonies there was a vast tide of immigration from Iroland to this country, and tho greater part of it wns d reeled to Pennsylvania. Tho il H'ereucu between the Irish element in Hoston and Pnilndclphin is that in tlie former citv is it new and in the latter it is old. When one remembers that the pro lixes O and Mae have boon droppod in verv neaily half the names that orig inally had 'thorn, and also that about fifty per cent, of Irish names have boon either translated or so changed that it takes some ono even more trained than a savant to recognize them in their mu tilated American forms, hu is astonish ed at the immensity of the Irish element In America, and marvels how It came to pass that the inillou and a quarter of people that Ireland contained only two hundred years ago have grown to an in conceivable multitude that have spread absolutely over half tho earth. Chicago Citizen. A Uoad of (Hass. Hy and by wo reached the obsidinn clIHs-a bluir from IfiO to i50 feot in height and 1,000 feet In length. As It was necessary to build a carriago-way under tho cliiV, and indeed, I may say, across It, Col. Norris accomplished It by building huge tires upon tho larger masses and then dashing cold water up on tho heated surface, which, boing suddenly cooled, wcro shattered into fragments that wcro easily moved, and thus the road-bed is composed of brok en obsidian or volcanic glass; but ono would never hung no that ho was driv ing over a glass highway unless ho chanced to get a littlo beneath tho sur face and discovered a hit of obsidian that resembles the bottom of a bottlo, bs I did. The glass oozes from tho rockd like gum from a tree. It is al most black, quite opaque, and the edges of it, when chipped oil' at a proper angle, are as sharp as razors. Of it the Indiuns fashioned arrow heads, weap ons and tools. Tho supply seonn inox haustahle, for it is found in many parts of the National park, and these dill's tilone, as a mine, or fountain, shall I nay, of glass, are probably unuquiillud in tho world. ) cllowttona Cor. Han Francisco Chronicle. SCIENCE OF SLEEP. Tho Sense Tltnt IMrnt Looses Coiiscl" ousncss In !-lumber. Each success. vc gradation in sloop Is mnikcd hy the inclusion of a nervous svstem which is for tho t mo 'being shut off. so to speak, from, participating in the general life function of the in diwcltial until, when the maximum in tetis.ty is attained, nothing is left but the purely animal one might almost say the vegetable life. Sleep of this degree of intensity, although n perfect normal process, is not, in health, of longdural on. Aftera Inp-e of a variable space, of time thu systems one by oiie re sume their funct ons, until linalfy tho sum of their perceptions brings "about the eondit on of awakening. '1 be brain shares in the need, which is every where apparent, of per oils of rest. The products of cerebral activity aeeu niiiliite more rapidly than they are elim.nateil, and a per. oil therefore ar rives when the tinios are no longer able to ih lite r work. The resu't is an invincible feeling to indisposition" to exertion, physical or mental. The temporary and involuntary cessation of activity is at once followed by a diinin uatioii of the blood supph ; the aiuutnlsi' so Induced being, theieforo, a conse--quence, and not a cause, of the state of repose. 'The var ous parts of tho nervous system are not all involved simultane ously or to the same extent. Tho centers govern ng voluntary move ment are the Hist to be all'ecteil. as seen in the holding of the head and closure of tho eyelids, and the both, if not pre vented, tends to assume the position of repoe determined by thu laws of gravity. The .special senses soon follow, but here again they are not abrogated en masse. S ght is the first to go. the stimulus no longer reaching that portion of the cerebrum where it can give rise to a definite .sensation, even whore the closure of tho lids ha.t not shut otl'cxl Tiial si niiili altogether. Hearing ami smell are reniarkablv per sistent, and. except ill the deepest sleep, may be said to be only dulled, and not extinguished. Everyone is fanul ar with the case with which sleep is put an end to bv unaccustomed noise, even of slight intentity. or. better sti.l. by the cessation of any monotonous .sound, as for instance tlic aw.tkening of travel ers by rail or steamboat on any stop page of the train or machinery. In stances are on record, too, where tho inhabitants of a house have been rous ed simply by the smell of tobacco, in dulged in by inexperienced or incau t ous burglars. The persistent sensibility of these senses may, to some extent, be account ed for by the fact that they are not shut oil' from communication with the out side woihl as are, for exam pic, the eyes. To allow sleep, or at any rate qu et sleep, a certain harmony must exist in tlie condition of all the organs, which must, so to speak, bo tuned to the sleep lone. If one organ Iks in a state of activity, or, on the other hand, Us condition be abnormal in some other way, the seiisorium refuses to nbdicn to ils control. '1'h is is familiar to us in the case of cerebral activity or cold feet at bed tune, both beftig inimical to sleep. Inasmuch, therefore, as insomnia may result from either set of causes, we can either employ drugs, such as opium, which act directly on the nerve centers and so bring about sleep, we may ro sort to medicines like hypnotic, which is said to favor sleep rather than induce it, by allaying the irr table or hypor icsthetie conditions of certain organs or part. llritish Medical Journal. A Drug Clerk's Awful Agony. "I had astrango experience tho other night," said the clerk in a Randolph street drug store yesterday. "I was sitting by thu stovo in a sort of dozo when the night bell jingled violently. Tho instant I opened tin) door a boy, not yet in his teens, stumbled Into thu store witli a prescription in his hand. It liatl been written by a prominent physician living ou Washington boule vard. More asleop than awake, I set about preparing the medicine a- task which consumed fully half an hour. After the boy had departed I returned to my seat anil was just falling into n deep slumber when the thought that I had made a mistake in tho preparation of thu medicine Hashed through my mind. 1 leaped to my feet as seared a man as overlived. Seizing the prescription I road it over and over again, each time becoming more con vinced that I had made a most egreg ious and perhaps fatal error. No acon ite had boon prescribed, yet my thoughts and tho moist plug tn tho bot tle containing tho drug told mo that tho poison was in tho inullclnc. 1 dartod out of tho store in search of tho boy, whoso namo I did not know, but ho was nowhoro to bo seen. Returning to tho store I paced tho lloor llko a Mad man. Unpleasant visions Hashed boforo my eyes, and I wns about to drop upon tho lounge In despair whon tho ball oo gnu to tluglo again. 1 thought my fato had surely come whon 1 started toward tho door. Imagino my surprise to llnd tho very snuio boy crying as though his heart would break, and holding a pieco of tho broken vial in his hand. I I foil and broke tho hot' tho lad whimpered. "'Spilled the inodiolno I gavo you?" I gasped, not waiting for tho boy to. fin ish U h sentence. " 'Y-o-e-s, sir !' Hooray,' 1 yelled, choking tho loy off and hugging him to my oroast I may havo actcif like a baby just then, for I kissed him again and again, and squeezed him as though ho had been a long-lost child. When tho astonished lad left tho store this time ho clutched tho puro, straight stuff, but I wouldn't pass through another hour of such tor ment for all tho drug stores In tho city." Chicago Herald. Just Full of It. 'Tho car Is full of alumni," whisper ed Miss Heckonstroet to hor friend from tho West, as thoy both journoyod Cam bndgoward In tho horse-car. Yes," said the Chicago girl; "ami how It ohokos one up, don't It? I won der they don't open the ventilators." llostan Commercial Unlletin