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"WELL, I SHOULD SAY SO." "lhes the Vole in the Senate on Woman Suffraye Mean Proyrets." Wuihitmtou special to tho Omnha Dee: "Doei the vote in tlie senn to incnn progress," repented Miss Anthony alteram when I ask ed herthat question. "Docs the vote in the 6enato mean progress? Well, 1 should sny it did. It was the longest leap tho sutlrago movement has ever taken. Wo have been waiting un.l working lor twenty-two years lor this blessed day. We are prouder and hnppicr than we can tell. Wo haven't had such a good time in years as at our meet ing this morning. Just think of it twenty two years work culminated yesterday in the vote in the senate," and Miss Anthony pulled herself together proudly. "This is the firit time," sho continued, "that tho question of woman suffrage 1ms ever been voted upon directly in congress. Progress," she exclaimed, "I should think it was progress. We have been coming to con j;ret.s for twenty-t wo years and in this blessed day of our Lord wo have got a voto at last. While it does not come within a lnng uny of the two-thirds, thcro was as largo a voto in our favor as we expected. Sixteen nenators voted aye, seven more were paired in our favor and that makes tnenty-three. Then there wcro five or six nbsent who would havo voted with us, which shows that from twenty five to thirty senators are in favor ol woman suffrage. Now. isn't that progress? I am astonished at Jones, of Xovuda," continiiiMl Miss Anthony. "I never thought he would do such a thing. Wo havo always counted him for us, and we lind a a gooil right to, because ho has contributed liber ally to carry on our work and wc sup posed, of course, that ho would vote tho mime way ho shot. Hut you can never tell. That voto was a revelation in many other respects. We know now who our friends are. It is all right for the senators and members of congress to say pleasant woids to us and act tho gallant gentlemen, but that is not what wo are after. What wo want is votes, votes, votes. Tho roll call in tho enate yesterday shows us just who our friends are. It was not a test of politeness but a test of principles and wo know now where to go to work and what to do. Hitherto wo have been work ing in the dark to a certain extent, groping along for general results. Xow wohivvegot a basis to go on nnd will organize at once. What nro we doing? Wo are going to at tend a few first-class funerals and wo nro not going as mourners, either. We will furnish the corpses, wo will dig the graves, wo will preach tho sermons and wo will at tend the wakes. Wo start out this morn ing to carry tho war into Africa. Wo shall organize in every state and kill off those who voted against us. Ingnlls has got, to go. He mif' represents tho sentiment of his state. The legislature of Kansas has a large majority in favor of woman suffrage. It now lias a bill under consideration to give women a voto at municipal elections. There is a majority of seven ia favor ol it in t lie senate and an overwhelming major ity in the house. Tho republican platform of Kansas declares in favor of woman suf- fraga nnd Ingnlls misrepresents it. Ho must go and there nro others who must follow I'iiu. Wo know where to strike and wo shall strike hard." peiisoxal axd otheii xotes. I'atti, in her will, gives half her fortune to her husband, Xicolini. Congressman Thomns of Illinois is one of the best story tellers in public life. Charles Dickens, jr., will begin his read ings in this country next October in Now York. I'aul Tilton, son of Theodoro Tilt on, is an artist in Dome, where heis making quite n reputation. K. ,1. Waring, a colored lawyer of Haiti moro, will edit the Star, the new weekly paper of thnt city. John G. Moore, tho builder of the lines of the Mutual Union Telegraph company, is worth $1,500,000. His capital to start in life was :i0. Cornelius Vanderbilt is going into tho dairy business extensively on tho farm in Itltodo Island ho recently bought from Au gust Dolmout. Miss Ilettie Green, tho thirty-millionaire of New York, wears an enormous pair of rubber boots in wet weather to avoid tho expense of hiring a cab. Boston Corbett, the man who shot Wilkes Booth, tho nssnssin of President Lincoln, is now an assistant doorkeeporin the Kan sas legislature. Ho lives in a dug out in Cloud county, and is very poor. .Mrs. Lamar has tlius far remained in such strict seclusion at Washington that tho secretary's friends aro twitting him with having "married a myth." Hut everybody knows sho was a Mrs Mme.Nillsoii's marriage to CountMiranda will take placo atMentono, February 15. It will bean extremely quiet affair, only tho Spanish and Swedish consuls and a few personal friends being invited. President Cleveland lias been invited to attend tho Mnrdi Gras festivities at New Orleans next month. Hex hns conferred upon him tho titlo of "Duko of Washing ton" nnd presented him witli his insignia of rank. At tho annual meeting of tho Woman's Christian Tompernnco union of Virginia in Alexandria the following resolution was ndopted: "That our heartfelt thanks aro hereby tendered to Mrs. Frances F. Clave land for tho position sho hns taken in the chief social circle of the nation ns n total abstainer from all intoxicating drinks, and wo pray God's blessing on her young life and her home, believing Hint history will applaud her nctiou as all sincere minds ruuat even now npprovo her motives EXPLODED EX llOVTE. Fort Scott (Kan.) dispatcii: About 200 enses of gunpowder exploded while in trail sit over the Missouri Pacific railroad half n mile west ol tills city at 1 o'clock this morning. The train consisted of twenty throo freight cars and fifteen of them woro completely demolished mid the mngnzlno car was blow n to atoms. Tho ongine was badly broken up, but not b'own off tho track. Scott Hooker, a brakeman, was in Btnutly killed. A great hole was blown in the road bod and tho rails, ties and ground torn up for several rods distant. Ton thousand dollars worth of glass was broken in buildings throushout tho ceil trnl and wetern part of tho city. Many thought it an oarthquake nnd left their beds and rnn from their houses panic Bir.Kuwu. n. report comos to-day that sev oral window classes were lirnUnn nf. Vvn.la. ntV lillm tyi9v" ,nie8 dlHtt. nnd ato at tivu .uiu. iiuumju were sunken nil over mis cnuniy. Doing afflicted with a bowel oomelalnL Mrs. Henry Winn, of Oak Grove, llliuoli, went forty-meu days without food or drink, dying on Wednesday evenlnc. From a welirhtnf three hundred pounds the declined to a mere uceietoo. the cn.i.oM hill. Ttte President of the Pennsylvania tload 1)1. ciimim Hie Measure. Philadelphia special: In discussing the probable effect of the inter state commerce bill President Huberts, of the Pennsylvania road, said that much depends upon tho in terpretation given tosomoof its provisions by tlie commissioner or courts. "The first effect, however," said Mr. Doberts, "will be to partly see to some extent the general business of tho country, because of tho fact that the public are not prepared for so complete nnd radical a change in the method of transportation as the bill seeks to inaugurate. It would bo dillicult to change radically tho customary methods of doing business over the entire country, oven if such change were for tho better, without for tlie time being suspending ninny of t lie largo transactions of busi ness. I think if tlie bill is stiictly enforced by all the larger and more important tail roads, w liich I sincerely liopo it will tie, nnd which it will be the effort of our com pany certainly to do, w Idle a good many inconveniences and absurdities will be dis covered in it, yet it lias ninny leatures from which much good may be derived in many ways to the public. It will afford the railroad companies an opportunity to show the public that the methods hereto fore adopted by tliem in tliiMiiaiingemetit ol their business have possibly been as honest and straightforward as tlie crude laws gov erning them, together with the cupidity ol the nubile, would permit them to tie. 1 he bill is generally understood by the public to be an act to enforce a more honest, up right and just administration of the alfairs of railways, while I think it will in the mum be found to be a bill more calculated to prevent the public from taking an undue ml vantage of the necessities of the railway companies. Should it become a law our company will make use ol Its uestellorls to faiily carry out what wo may be advised by the best legal counsel we can obtain as to the intent and meaning of the bill. I don't w ish to bo understood by any thing 1 have said hero to be in anywise regarded as an advocate of this class of legislation. Legislation of this character, which effects probably a larger number of the whole population than any oilier act that could havo been passed, should have been approached in a more cautious and intelligent way. I should recommend the formation of a commission, properly constituted, to inquire into tho proper methods of transacting the inter-state com merce of the country, anil after thoroughly examining tho subject and asserting just what dilliculties were in the way, not only of the public receiving just nnd equitable rates, tint ol railroad companies being able to enforce them, and from time to time with such knowledge to submit to congress such bills for that body to enact into laws." In nnswer to nuestions Mr. Roberts said that if that longand short haul clause should bo construed literally tho rates from more distant parts ol the country will bo advanced and this will tend to retard tlie development of the west. All pools would lie nbolished and rates will bo chaotic lor a tiiuo until some agreement is reached by tho different roads. Ho was surothata unitoriu basis of rates would como in the long run. MOItKMEX IXDIOXAXT. Xmv Yoitrc. Jim. 21. The Unite 1 lnboi countv convoiitloii at Its third session to-nlghl adopted resolutions declaring that the cm ployuient of special olllccrs by private indl viduals and corporations was a u'larinp: im posture, In v olatlon of American liberty nno fundamental law, nnd thnt the l'iukerton met t-iti. to st:iti loniialttins murders for which none of them were evel brought to trail, calling upon Governor Hil nut tint bloodstained cntia nf niiiiili'i-niis tniiiins who had dared . tiw.lr luimlnimrti'rs In tlu inetroo oils of the American civilization; deniaudlnp of the legislature to lorom oy mw uiu em ..1 ,, n. ou.ntnl ndinpra. nf MlfMl lint cltl 1 IIUJ I ll- 1 1 l.. cjvw... - , ' reus nf this t.tute and who have not lived three years in the comity where they are em ployed, and nil such special olllccrs to be paid (... ,1... .!.,,. forliiilltur miller tii'iinltv of lllll and imprisonment speclnl olllccrs receiving nnv sa'ary or reward from Individuals or cor porations; nnd finally calling upon congresi to Investigate the coal pools and the employ incut of armed forces controlled, by prlvatt detective agencies. AMATTElt OP IMPOllTAXCE. Washington special: Senator Sherman, president pro-tern, to-day laid before tlie senato a letter from tho secretary of state transmitting copies of n memorial signed by representatives of several historical so cietiis and by many eminent men of letters of tho United States, sotting forth tho great vnluo and importance ol a lull and accurato digest and cataloguo of thetVnierous docu ments found in tho public nnd private nrchioves of Kuropo relating to tho history of the United States, nnd especially tho period botween tho treaty of Paris, in 17011, by which Great Uritain acquired from Franco titlo to tho northwestern ter ritories of America, and tho treaty of peace between tho United States and Great Dritain in 1783. UXEAltTHIXO EltAUDS SOUTH. Washington special: Tho ofllcials of tho first comptroller's ollico nro delighted over tho success of two examiners of tho depart nioiit of justice in gottingdown tothofrauds committed by tho United States commis sioners and deputy United States marshals in tho northern district of Alabama. For some time past tho comptroller's ofllco hns been startled by tho enormous bills sent by the commissioners nnd marshals for fees, expenses nnd expenditures from this dis trict in Alabama. Thero aro other dis tricts in tho South nnd Southwest which look suspicious, but tho northern district of Alabama leads them nil. A 1'OOIC PLACE Foil PUGILISTS. Cleveland dispatcii: Poto McCoy nnd "Deddy" Gallagher wero arrested Tuesday for engaging in a mill within pistol shot of tho ollico of tho superintendent of police. To-day theensocamo up in the policecourt. McCoy and his trainer, John Files, pleaded guilty, saying they wanted to pay tlioir lines nnd quit tho city. Gnllaghor and his friend entered plans of not guilty. To tho consternation of tlie Philadelphia pugilist, the judge lined liim $100 and costs nnd sen tenced him to tho work houso for thirty days, while Files got $50 nnd costs and thirty days. A motion for a new trial was filed and McCoy and Files wero released on S500 bail each. Tlie motion will bo nr- gucd and decided to-morrow. HEMAlllCAllLi: rAlTU CU11ES. Annmaso (In.) special: Our city is con siderably excited over a number of laith cures that have been performed here. Mr. Jncob Meek, of Strawberry Hill, a part of AnamoHu, lias cured several aggravated eases of rheumatism bysimply laying on of hands. One man who was bedridden with the disease for several years is now earn ing his living by sawing wood, having bn cured by Mr. Meek, who inakos no preten tions but is very humble nnd unostenta tious. It is a wonderful thing and is claim ing no littlo attention from nil over the country. The accidental discharge of a pistol put a bullet through the foot of Stonewall Ir win, in Gordon, and caused his death. unaixa the vkto poirntt. Kntt)!its of l.ahor IVIsh the President to Hill the Interstate Commerce lllll. Washington special: The legislative com mit teo ol tho Knights of Labor to-night handed the president the following com niuuicntion urging him to veto tlie inter state commerce bill: Washington. D. C, Jan. 21'.. firover Cleveland, Piesident of the United State. Mr. President Tills committee, repre senting tilt largest body of organ xed work ers in the nation, numbering as thev do with their dependents over 5,000.000. or nearly oue-teutli of tho whole population, and in their interest, three fourths of them in the United States, desire to call your at tention to senate bill No. lo.lti, nnd known as a bill to regulate inter-state commerce. First We desire to say that on one ide of the great questions that are involved in this bill aie a largo body oi produceis and consuinets. who aro simple in t heir habits of life and their methods i doing business, nnd pom-in purse; and from t tt.-ir habits and methods of living they desire to have the laws made simple and plain, so that they may be abl to present tin-it-claims before the courts ol the laud with out having to contend with legal technicalities and discriminations arising out of their inability to pay for the ablest legal talen in tlie land. Ia this respect the ptesent bill, as it has passed the senate nnd house, is tlie aim ol legal subterfuge. There we desire to tall ynur attention to this nnd a few other obj-etioiialilc features of this bill. We regard tho following ob jections as fundamental: 1- irsl 1 he commission clause. Second The arbitiarx power conferred upon the commission. Third Tho eic!u-ive jurisdiction given to the federal rourts to hear anil determine causes arising under tin- net. Fourth Tlie acliiiowlidged uncertainty ns to the meaning of neaily all of the pro visions of tlie bill. In behalf of our constituents e respect fully ask you to veto the bill. We remain youis respectfully, I'Ai.ru Uuvumoxt. John .1. MiC'AitrNUV, I.VMCM ('AMl'IIUl.t., National Legislative Coiniii tteo of K. of L. IXTEltXAL UEVEXUE ItlX'ElPTS. Washington-, I). C, Jan. 2.". The collection of Internal revenue during the first six months of the llscal year .ending Jan. ID, 1SS7, was S."7,.V).),ri;i, being a decrease of $1,0M.:!40 as ion pared with the corresponding period of the previous ll-cal vcar. There was a decrense of f,'l,'J-JJ.S4f .n the collections of spirits an increase of $lW.'i,Ssl on tobacco, of $1,112,401 on fermented liquors, nnd of $T2,l:2 fiom miscellaneous sources. '1 he totnl collections rout olet margi.rlne since November 1 ainount d to S2US.lul'. The aggregate receipts for December were SCGl.SIil, less than llioe for December lSsS; the decrease being mainly In collections on spirits. A IlOY COUXTEHPUITEIl. Boston dispatch: George McK. Fergus, aged IS) years, was arrested at Pond Eddy, N. Y., yesterday by'a United States mar shal and brought to this city on an extra dition warrant. It is alleged that Fergus passed a counterfeit cheek nt Greenock, .Scotland, and absconded witli 6:1,700 be longing to the school unnrd nt that place Fergus had n companion with whom he enmo to tins country. Ills companion tin ally took most of the money, leaving Fer gU3 pcnnilo3s. Secretary Mnnning, in reply to'a senate res olution of inquiry, states thnt at the bcgliiiiln; of this vear several Pacific Kallroad companies owed tlie government ?49,:S02,1S1 for Interest alone, ami at the lnaliuity ot tno tiuttv-yenr bonds the total Indebtedness will be $157,3?.!, 015. The special congressional elections held In the Dighth district of Wisconsin resulted In the success of II. II. Price, republican, for the unexpired term oi ins miner, aim mo pronau'c victory oi .ir. iioiinson, me uemocratic cauui date, for the lout; term. A SAMPLE IIIIS1I POTATO. London. Jan. 23. Mr. John O'Connor, member of parliament, iti a speech yesterday nt llnlllnalce. Longford, after refeirlng to the wietehed condition of tiianv of the Irish peas ants, produced a small potato raised In Gweo dore, which ho promised to show In the house of commons ns a sample product of tVio soil of that district. Dowers Used tho Pass. "The Union Pacific folks were awful glad when a certain man died In Omaha the other Jay," said one of the agents of that line, "His inline was llowers. About n dozen years ago he saved a train from running Into a washout near his farm, nnd tho Un on Pacific folks felt grateful to him. Mr. Clark, who was then Superintendent, but who Is now with the Milwaukee and St. Paul Koad, sent for Bowers and olljred him ?500. Uowcrs modest ly declined the money, but when Mr. Clark proposed to mnko him out a pass good for the rest of Ills 1 fo he said ho didn't ohtccu When Clark va9 engaged mnklng out the pas. llowers said: 'Would you mind making out the pass L'ood for a friend I I might want to iro to Salt Lake Cltv some day and take frlned of mine down to see mv uncle.' "Of course, Mr. Clark felt so grateful ho 'didn't mind' making It our good for a friend; in fact, he was willing to do most anything at that time. The pass was sent up to headquar ters, where It received the signature of th President and General Passeuger Agent and was returned to llowers. llCil, IIU, " i. i w JVk ........ . ... twelve years ho has been riding from Omaha to Halt J.aico uny, iroin nan i.iiko iny 10 wg den. and other points Montr the line, and nev er alone. Healwajs had a 'friend' with hint. The friend was usually soino commercial trav cller. In short. Dorwers had made railroad rid Ing a regular business for the past twelve years. Ho made arrangements with various wholesale and iobbhiL' houses to carry tliclr men, nud booked his engagements a mouth ahead sometimes. When these failed he picked up stray passengers hero and there. After paying his slccplug-car nnd other ex penses he had from $ilto $8 a day clear protlt uut oi mis prone lie managed to amass sung little fortune. Ho tried to use his pass on the limited express, but the company would not have It When ho did uttempi It he wa liable to lo elected between stations, even II the train was going up trrade. In fact, the company wanted to refine to cam him at all but Its lawyer concluded that the trial for damages would bo too expensive. Tho travel Jhig men are sorry Uowcrs has made his exit. " ban v rancucu J'oii. Hftiidolph in Ills Rolio of State. Lord Haiidolpti Churchill appeared In his "robe ol state at me pricKing oi tlie sncruis. This rohe is so gliucu mat it costs about xi, (XKJ. and Is onlt worn twice a year by the cliuu cellor ol the exchequer. It Is the custom for one chancellor to hand the robe over to his succctsor, who pays a few hundred pound for the use of It. w men is recouped io nun wnen lie leaver office by the Incoming chancellor. Mr. DriiTaell, however, icf used to sell hisiobu to Mr. Gladstone. Why, was not known, un lesi he contemplated hi heirs parting with It at abetter price to Mine. Tussalld, or that ho wUlicd (Is-lng a niver.of tliikri) to array him elf In It (Kcasuuially at Iltiglienden for his private delectation. A new roue had therefore io be purchased. H must have boon some- wliit short lii the skirts for Sir V llllam liar court, or somewhat long in the skirts for Lord Ilandolph. J.omioa irwn. Frederick Amerllog, a deceased Austrian artist, bequeathed to the city of Vienna a col lection af art antiquities valued at 1125,000, on condition that u be lorcver leit open tor puu lie view. RHEUMATISM. Many Tlioortos Aro Ad vntieel Con- ecrnlliii tho ltlsonse. Hut Its tnusc Is Unknown. Tho fact that (Jen. Lognu ilic-d the- victim of a lonj; ami painful nttiuk of rheumatism, :uul that President Cleve land nml Mayor llewilt are both sufl'er ing from tho disease, is just at present tho topic of considerable discussion, says The Xew York World. Tho recur rence of the disease with such severo cll'ccts in public men of such note is na turally nttnu tinsr attention among all classes of the people. Rheumatism is a disease with which nearly everybody is acquainted to a greater or less extent. It strikes wit Ii -out respect to station, and not only in capaciates the people from their labors during the severe period of its pres ence in the human bodv, but even when it disappears under that form of treat ment to which it is subjected it does so almost invariably to reappear sooner or later.if not inthusamu place, yet in a locality just as painful and it may bo more dangerous "Kverv public man of anv conse quence lias been at one time or another ivsuilerer front rheumatism. sunt a well-known piivsician. who lias attend ed many of thu prominent men of tlie country, "let rheumatism, lie con tinuodi "is not by any means confined to any particular class. It spates neith er tho statesman nor the mechanic, the merchant prmee nor the common day laborer. It appears in both sexes but most commonly in the male. It strikes tho young as well as the old, and is found in people of all ages ami, in fact, in all races ot mankind. While it is not in itselt a necossa rally fatal diseaso yet rheumatism sometimes results in death. Tlie great est dancer, however, from rheumatism Is in its undoubted tendency to create; complications in the human system which aro in ineinseives tno uiroei cattse of death. Statistics show that in a given onu hundred cases of rheti mat sin only three deaths occur as the direct e fleet of the disease. Yet it is a dangerous disease, nevertheless, lie cause it engenders complications of the heart, tho kidneys, the lungs, ami tno brain, which, without tho greatest pre caution, liinv in many cases end in the sull'erer's death. With (Jon. Logan, an athletic, iron-framed man of prodigi ous strength, tho d souse, after a long and fugitive course, setlled in thu brain, and complications resulted which cost tho gallant soldier his life. 1 be lieve that very many cases of what is called heart disease aro the client of rheumatism. A reporter who called upon several of the leading practitioners of tho city was unable to ret any of them to ex press a well defined opinion as to cither the nature or proper treatment of rheu matism. "You want whole truths, not half truths, in discussing such a suliieet." said one. "and 1 am not in a position to give you positive and indis putable niiorinauon aiiout ruouiuu tism." Said another physician: "All argun"ut about this or that theory of rheumat sin must bo essentially post hoc that is. synthetical rather than analytical. While I msolf find but little dillieiilty in curing rheumatism, yet it can not he said that there is any one theory well proven as yet." All of tho physicians questioned talked in in a similar vein. They said that thero was no theory of rheumatism that, had irrevocably been proven to bo tho cor rect one. "The profess on. they all ad mitted, was at loggerheads about rheu matism. NINETEENTH CENTURY FABLES. THK A S3 AND THE IMAGE. An Ass onco carried through tho streets of tho city a famous wooden limine, to bo placed in one of its Tem ples. Tho crowd as ho passed along made lowly prostration before tho Im ,i.n. 'I'lni Am. thinkm" that thov bow ed their heads in token of respect for Il.insoll, bristled up Willi jiraio mm gnu hlmsolf airs, and refused to move an other step. The driver seeing h.m thus stop, laid his whip lustily about his shoulders, and sa;d. "0 you per verse dull-head! it is not yet come to this, that men pay worship to an Ass. Tlioy are not viso who take to tlicm solves the credit duo to othors. run rox ASM THE LEOPARD. Tho Fox and tho Leopard disputed which was the more beautiful of tho i,,, MM.,. 1 nnii'iril ovlilbitod nno bv bit.. . IIU MUUltlt.t .......... - j ono of tho various spots which decorat ed his hkin. The Fox, interrupting him, said, "And how niucli moro beau tiful than you am I. who am decorated. not in uouy, one in luum. TIIK SEA-GUI.f. AND THE KITE. A Sea-jrull having bolted down too iirim a fish, burst its deep trullot-bag, and lay down on tho shoro to die. A Kito, sooing him.exelaimed: You rich ly desorvo your fate; for a bird of the nil I...U nn business to souk its food from the son." Every man should bo content mind his own business. Pitch tlio Laud Overboard. A blurt" old sea captain of our port loves to tell of an cxporionco of his at sea with an oflleor whoso wits woro fog gy. Ono night ho loft tho deck with ordors to call him in caso thoro was a chango in wind or weather. Hardly had ho dropped to sleep boforo ho was arousod by a sailor who called ouU "Tho inato says thoro island just ahead on tho starboard bow!" 'Land on tho starboard how," roar od tho captain. "Toll him to tako a marlinspiko nnd pitch It overboard!" Tho captain was loft to havo his nap out after that. noston Jlccord. Tlioy Aro Too Fleet. Como to think about it, tills has boen n good year for defaulters tako thorn as 'they run. Uut tho trouble is tlioy make tho run so quickly that tho de tectives fail to tako llicw.A'orrittowH Uerald. The Jtiitipiiig-0(r riace. A traveler who has just returned from Kuropo relates the following: "Just before tho tram left L verpool for London, nnd just as 1 had settled down in tho belief that 1 was to he tho solo occupant of a compartment, a comical-looking old fellow, dressed in that unmistakable garb of backwoods Amer icabrown jeans entered and said that he would ride with me. 'Iv'o just got here," ho said, "(lot often the steamboat just now. I live in Saline count v Arkansaw, on tho old nderson place. Don't know tho plauu do miu? ' " 'Xo 1 havo never been In Arkan saw.' " 'Well, she's a b id I tell von. Yes, I hotijjht the old Anderson place, an' 1 Mow to irivo it to Dick that's mv son when I die. I must saw though, that Dick ain't much account. Tell you what that ho'll do: He'll walk right ilong when t lie cattle ate in the corn !tn' never oiler to driye em out. I have sometimes lowed that this must be no nius in tho feller. Thev tell me that great men never not co little thing like that. This train am t slow; ;s she? Huns like a skeered wolf. Heats time on the road that them l ankee fellers built from Cypress Dodge out to the saw-mill in 1' no l'lat. Never rid over that road did you? Wall, she's purtv good in drv weather, ain't no great shakes alter a rain.' " You nro quite a distance from homo'. I remarked. ' 'Yas, a r ght smart step. I ell you how I got hero You see 1 wont down to Now Orleans, mo an' a pussol uv us. to sell our cotton, an' wo got into a l.t- tle rame. 1 won about a thousand dol lars, an1 thinks I, 'Zob.lones, it's about t me you was goin' oll'ona little jaunt;1 so 1 gels on a biir steamboat and come over here. Like tho country putty wall, what 1 havo seed uv it, but 1 don't be- 1 eve it s much for cotton. Het 1 can r:iio more cotton on the old Thompson place than they can on ten in lessqtiar' 11V LUIS 1.1I1U. I'Ull l uvui IU ii. I .1.1. i i ....... ... l... country for saw-mills, nut her. i ten vou whut's a fact: A country thnt ain't rot no saw mills is putty fur behind tho times. "Ho talked incessantly, never exhib itincr Mirnriso at auvthini; ho saw, but sucirestiiisr manv needed improvements. As wo wero runninir into London ho asked: 'Whut station is this?' 'London', 1 replied. " 'Putty good sizo town?' " 'Larifcst in tho world.' " 'Then 1 recon we'll stop hare lonj: .illnmrli to rit !1 sllnok to out. If WO .stop Here long enough I'd like for you to introduce mo to tno mayor. " ! am not acquainted w th him.' " 'Then on was never here bufore? I reckon the sherlll' will ho down to thu train to see if they air I ringin' in any prisoners for the penitentiary. Air you L'oin on anv furtheri1 " 'Tho train does not go any further.' "'Must bo at the juinpin-oil place, then. Lf a man had or told mo a lew weeks ago that I would bu so nearouten the world by this t me 1 wouldor called h in a liar. Don't reckon it'll bo hard to iintl a tavern here, (io to some place that is kept bv a w ddor woman. L ke to holt) w.dders along. Wush now had brought my W.fe. She don't got to town moio'n once a year. 'Low to take her to Jlenton next spring. Say. reckon caliker is putty cheap lion Wonder of this is a prolilbitiont own. Ef it ain't, I'll meet soino good Democrat an' havo a time with him. 1 (lulu t ex poet to see ho many folks 'way oil' hero, llelloa, we've run into tho ground. Avail. I can stand it ef anybody ken Wall. L'oln' to irit oft' hero. Look mo up tutor while an' run with me." Ar kanaaw Traveler. Tho People of Mars. Thoso who formerly thought that tho moon might bo an inhabited world found the foundations of their bol.ef nut. awav from under thoin when it became evident that tho moon is dost! Into of air and water. IJnt this pow erful argument atrainst habitabloness cannot bo applied in tho caso of Mars, That planet surely possesses an almos nlmre and water. It is true tho dis tribution of tho land and seas on Mars in verv ditVarent from that on the earth nml Vlnrs bus as niucli dry land as it lias wator. Its atmosphorc, also, pro l.nhlv diners vcrv much from ours Ynt. it. dons nossuss both water and air and, so, although the conditions of lifo thero would vary wiueiy irom uioso prevailing upon tho earth, it is, upon tho whole, more reasonable to conclude that lifo in soino form exists upon Mars than that it is a dead and deserted world like tho Moon. For this reason discoveries concerning tho physical con dition of Mars possess a peculiar inter est. As science does not forbid tho belief that Mars may bo inhabited by intelligent beings wo aro not obliged to look upon the various features of its surface that powerful tolescopcs reveal as merely so many details of a tlosort and tenantloss landscape, but rather wo may consider thorn as tho environments of sensible beings, who, inasmuch as thoy belong to our solar system, and, lileo ourselves, are journoying onward with tho sun, must bo regarded as our follow-voMigors through spaco. Like the crow and passungors of a lone ship, long tossed upon a boundless ocean, wo strain our eyes nftor this distant consort of tho earth and wish for toluseopcs of almost lulinlto powor, that wo might catch n gllmpso of friendly faces looking out fromthnt far away soil. NiwYork Sun. To JIavo a Itcceivcr. Fair duughtcr "Pa, dear, why nro you so gloomy? Come, cheer up, and talk to your littlo Dot." Papa, dear "Well, dear, if you must know, I think there'll havo to bo a rt'ouivor appointed for mv bank soon." F. D.'WIiy, that is just too lovely I A receiver! Ami why can't you bo a dear, good fatlior, and appoint met Then I would havo to receive nnd I could havo a lovely now reception dress. You're just tho dearest papa in thu world, but you do lovo to look gloomy about nothlug." lWaburgh JJullctin. CHINA'S BANK AMONG NATIONS. -tilden Itlsp of tlio Oriental Country to n 1'laen A in o on the Powers, The siulilon rie of China to a placo Huong tiie "wor.tl powers is by far t'ie greatest change winch -this genera tion has witnessed in Asiatic politics. It is scarcely yet six years since tho great t-iii I re stood as mucii outside tno politics of the world, and especially the pol tics of Europe, as if she had bc- longrd to a separate and d st nci, plan et. A few observers it is truo who had not ced recent events tlio explanation of the l'iinthays, tlio erasure of tho kingdom of Kashgar, and the deter mined att tude assumed by Pckin when demanding the retrocess on of Kuldja bv the Uuvsians had begun to doubt whether tlio vitality of China had boen undcriated, but tlie statesmen of Eu rope paid her very littlo attention. Tho dispatch of nn ambassador to Europe was cons dered rather an absurdity; it was nece-.ary to protect his suite from insult in London by some rather sharp sentences; and tlie lTeneh gov ernment when it began its experiments n ludo-t. li na. openly pronounced the Chinese empire to be uuc qmi iti'c heg- iHictwlc. o ourselves delayed carry ing out the treaty of Tientsin wth'n cortuin indifl'erent indolence, and in central Etirpoo China was considered an interesting geographical expres sion. With n sis years this ind fl'civneo has completely disappeared, and China is recoirn zed by all diplomat sts as a state ot first importance, which can cx eeeiso a direct and serious influence on almost every great power, Sho stands, in tact, in direct con tact with them. It Is not too much to sav that tlie statement of Pekin could overthrow anv French ministry by merely increasing their pressure on Tonquin and encouraging the Anamcso to attampt an insurrection, l bat is to say. they could compel tho French gov ernment to ask for nioii and money with which to defend tlie r Iudo Chi nese possessions on a scale which tho peasantry would assuredly not bear, and which, uvon if voted, would alien ate tho chamber. Tho Chinese aro quite a ware of this fact, and aro even now striking blows at France, which exasperates thoforc'gn ollico in Paris to the last degree. Pekin lias decreed that the old'nrrungonient, continued by a treaty in 18.VJ, by which Franco is tlie recognized protector of Catholic Chinese 'converts, shall be abrogated, and, though M. do Freycinot rages and threatens both the China and tlio pa pacy, the change under which the pope will plant a nuncio in Pekin has al ready been arranged, and Franco will have no remedy except in impractica ble war. The Cliiueso could in Purniah make everything difliuilt for I he llrit isli government, which, again has eve ry reason to desiro their friendship, not only because tlio opium revenue depends upon it, but because, in any grand struggle witli Russia, the alliance with Ch na might enable us to efl'eet a seri ous diversion, perhaps to embarrass tho government of St. Petersburg moro than by any direct attack in tho Mack sea. "'J ho Indian government, acting in unison with that of Ch na would control nearly half the human race, and could exert a force in Asia w th which even tho massos of soldiery at tho dis posal of tlio c.ar would bu unable to contend. To Russia, indeed, China is ono of the most formidable of states, because bv an invasion of Mauchooria, or of tlio territory west of Kuldja, tho Cliiueso emperor can, at discretion, compel St. Petersburg either to submit to a defeat which would bo followed by insurrections throughout Asiatic Russia, or to forward an army over o,000 inilos of an inhospitable country at an expense which would bo ruinous to any treasury in tlio world. One can hardly imag.no a worse position than that of a Russian emperor with a European war on hand yet compelled to defend h h ascendency in Tr.tary agauist a general liko'i'so. in Pans. London, anil St. Petersburg, therefore, the Marquis Tseng is one of tlio most honored and influential of diplomatos and even in Purlin he is re ceived with marked respect, for Prlnco Risniarek never forgets that Slav and (Senium may some day ho compolled. to try issue of war, and, ho has ideas about ships, colonies, and comnienoa, which Pekin can materially aid or thwart. Indeed tho inlluonco ot China stretches even beyond Asia and Kuropo, for Washington is nnxlotis about Chinese trade; has most dellcato questions to settle about Chlneso im migrants, and only hist weok voted a considerable hidoninlty to Pekin. In cons. deration of outrages sullered by Chinamen at tho hands of roughs up on tho Pacific slope. No other Asiatic stateenjo)8 nnythlng approaching to tho samo influence or is In tho least likely to bo recognized or thought of as ono of tho oflloient great powers of tho world. London Spectator. Homo and Life Hints. Thero would bo more peace and unity in families if masculine bills for Ha vana cigars and feminine ditto for raro laco woro turned into tho genoral fund until such times as they could bo In curred without "risk, and if homo troub les wero novor told to noighbors. When velvet gets plushod from pres sure, hold the parts over a basin of hot wator, with the lining of tho dross next tho wator. The pile will soon rlso and resume its formur beauty. Cort'eo made with distillod wator is said to have a groat improved aroma. It seems that tho mineral carbonates in 20111111011 wator render tho tannin of thu cofleo berry soluble, hut tho drug will not dissolve in distilled wator. Remoinbor that tho woman throws in her homo surroundings tho sunshine, ur the shadow, that exists in her own soul. Moderation is tho silkon string run ning through the pearl chain of nil virtues, Httjsan oxcliango. A small barrel is a capital rocoptaolo for soiled linen instead, of a hamper. Have it well cleaned and llnod with chintz; tho outside should bo either painted or covered with Turkey red. l'lio lid must bo covered or painted to. correspond.;?. Louis Magazine.