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