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1 Banks and Ms wife consulted
.One bright November day,.
Maiming feflplendiddinner
** la a.pTeasant7aiiry'-w-ay."
" WemhaYeig^aa'dTh'ssIilis^vIng,"
Said Banks; " and Polly, dear,
' fou get the guests together,
;And 1*11 provide the cheer."
'.-'•- lien Banks, with' heart o'erflowing,
.-"Said,-" Now'* the time, my dear,
-> a To ask one's Wife's relations,
-""-. (Jo let them sil be here.
'■'■   Xeg, askth'emM, my darling;
"■Ifoiar h-i&tiahd's not the man
*   To stop, half-vsray in making
'*'■■".'  ~A pleasant_i_ly plan."
.So Polly asked-her people—
And they -were not a few—
Papa, mamma and brothers,
And all her sisters too.
These brought their little children
A laughing-, romping crowd—
And, in the after-dinner speech,
Banks really felt quite " proud."
Yet through it all a shadow
Into his bosom stole:
He knew what bills were coming in;
They paralyzed his soul t
He knew that Mother Pippling
Was whispering good advice
■   In Polly's ear. and, somehow,
*TAa& wasn"' very nice.
. He knew the romping children "
Had done him damage dire
For Banks had dainty furniture
.     As any could desire");
But still the guests were merry;
The dinner "-wentoa well,",'
In spite of many vexing things "
"Which one don't care to tell.
And when, at last, 'twas over,
» And every guest gone home.
•* The tumbled house quite still again
And resting-time was come,
Bweetr Mrs. Banks said, cheerily,
"> My dear; how kind of them
To come to us I   Though mother " —
{Banks softly coughed "Ahem I ")
" Yes, mother noticed—-bless her!—
One slight omission, dear;
She said Thanksgiving dinners
-":    Withont one 'thank' were queer.
1 know you don't say grare, dear;
"    But don't It seem to ydu
That to give thanks at such a time
Is what one ought to do ? *"
He fell into a reverie : ,   ,    -.
*"*   " You're right!" he sighed at last;'
-'**■ Thank Heaven the thing is over;
They're gone, and all is past! "*
And soT in simple language,
By that good husband Banks
The grand Thanksgiving dinner
Was crowned by hearty thanks.
thkough: the ivory gate*.
I had a dream last night, ,
Dream of a friend that is dead,
He came with dawn's, first light
And stood beside my bed.
And as he there did stand,
With gesture fine and fair,
He passed a wan white hand
Over my tumbled hair,
Saying:   No friendship tfyeth
With death of any day;
No true friendship lyeth
Cold with lifeless clay.
Though our boyhood's play-time
Be gone with summer's breath,
No friendship fades with May-time,
No friendship dies with death.
Then, answer I had made
Bui that the rapture deep
Did hold me half afraid
To mar that rose of sleep.
So, with closed eyes, I lay,
Lord of she vision fair,
But when 'twas perfect day
Only the day was there.
and could hardly wait for Eobert to come
home to tell Mm. Miss Phebe suspected
it was done for tlie purpose of helping
them, for she had told the gentleman of
their extreme poverty; but she said
nothing of it to Helen,
An hour or two later, Miss Phebe sat
by her window, sewing and singing
softly to herself some old, half-forgotten
Sunday-school hymn. Miss Hannah sat
by her window, propped up in the most
comfortable chair the room afforded, her
fingers busy with some: dainty needlework; for, although an invalid and almost constant sufferer, she was never
idle.
"I feel better to hold my work, if I
don't do anything," she used to say.
Suddenly the door flew open, and
Helen Gillespie rushed in, her cheeks
flushed, her eyes bright with excitement.
" Oh! Miss Phebe—" she began, and
•then burst into tears.
"Why, child! "What is the matter?
Has anything happened to   Bobert?"
''Here is a nice fat one. Just ten and
a quarter.   I'll call it ten pounds."
Miss Phebe liked the looks of it, and
said she would take it. She then inquired the price of some nice-looking
pumpkins, and  the result  was that a
improved every change he had to read
j such books as cairi£f in his way. But
| sueh chances were £#*w, for he was off
j with the doctor most*$f the day or busy
| in the office. His irfjbat desire was to
i learn book-keeping; - '*
But how?     On
pumpkin went into her basket with the ! this he pondered dg|" and night.   The
turkey. *" doctor had it in his p?s*wer to help him;
Helen looked  longingly at a basket   but he never did.   B!jt boys like Bobert
of bright red apples in the further end   are sure to make tkeis? way in the world,
HELM'S 'TH_JM&imG.
of the wagon.   Perhaps the farmer no
tieed it. ,
"Here, little girl, here's an apple for
you, and one for your little brother," he
said,  handing her   two   rosy-cheeked
specimens.
|    "I haven't any little  brother.   He's
; bigger'n I am," said Helen. j
j "Just as well," he replied. "I guess I
' he ain't too big to eat an apple." "While j
! Helen thanked Mm, her cheeks were :
i as rosy as the apples. ■
!     ""Now shall we go home?   Let me *
help carry the basket." j
So, with the basket between them, j
Por immediately visions of broken limbs ; they walked slowly homeward, Helen)
and mangled bodies passed before the j talking very fast all the way. '■
good lady's eyes. - \.   "When they reached home, Miss Phebe
Helen could only shake her head, as '■ took charge of the turkey, so that it \
she mutely held out a little blue china i should not, by any possibility* Ml irito j
tea-pot, wMch till then Miss Phebe had : Robert's hands. There was a'little shelf j
not noticed. | outside of one of her windows, where j
She had heard aboutMrs. Gillespie's ' she put things to keep them fresh and   rrV
seemingly strange talk in regard to a | cooi5 anj there the turkey was deposit-
ed, to rest until the next day.
Helen received the remainder of the
money from Miss Phebe, and there was
now, after  buying  the turkey, $7.67.
I  never!"  ejaculated  Miss I *what a fortune!   It seemed one to the
I little girl.
When she came home from school the |
next day at noon, Miss Phebe called to '
her, md, going to-her cupboard, she i
displayed to the delighted child two j
large "pumpMn pies. They looked de- I
licious, and I don't know which was the j
wish she was here," sobbed \ more pleased—Miss Phebe, in showing, |
j or Helen, in admiring them.
This afternoon Helen was   to   help
Miss Phebe get the turkey ready for
roasting.     She could  hardly wait for ]
school to close, and when, at last, she j
her feet fairly j
BY MBS. MABEL ,C. DOWD.
Helen and Bobert Gillespie were or-
hans.   They sat looking out of their
ittle upper window one evening in No-.
vember, and talking  in low,   earnest
ones.        .-.*'*"' 7" ■'.-."* '
"What do'you suppose they were talking about? They were laying their little plans for the coming winter—these
two children, left without a mother two
months* before.. They had ..no relatives
£a Hie great, city, and none in the world, *
sTo fir fc*s the-viuefft-, .-    ^ »«*..,.  ''*""   ■
invalid sister, Miss Ha_hah, lived in the
rooms across the hall, had been very
kind to Mrs. Gillespie during her sickness; and she had promised to do what
she could for the children when they
should" be left alone. TMs attention
.was owing partly to- Miss Phebe's kind
heartland "partly to the fact that her
grandfather and ,Mrs. Gillespie's father-
' in-law were Scotchmen. Miss Phebe
was very proud of her Scotch ancestry.
"It waslittle* she could do for the cMl-
dren, for she was poor; and supported
herself and sister by doing fine sewing.
But ^sympathy and. kind words, were-
given* freely^ and they often do more
good than money. Bobert and^ Helen
fully aDpfeciaijed^ -them, and ""counted
Miss Phebe as their best friend in the
world.    -•-:-.
Bobert had secured a situation with a
physician in th'e'city, and received $3 a
week for his.services ;\and, for a boy of
15, 'that^as-*coiisiddred very goodfpay.
One dollar must go to pay the rent of
their two small rooms, and they must
make the-, remaining two do for food,
fuel, clplhmg andall their other needs.
They never had roast beef and plum
pudding for dinner;; but they had managed, thus far to have enough.to eat,if it
were not always-very good.      ■<-■'.'-.,.
If Miss Phebe was baMng gingerbread, a small loaf generally found its
.wayinto Helen's little cupboard; and
she-taught the little, .girl how to make
niceSoups from bones that cost but little
and were good and healthful. Helen
was growmgjto be\a nice Wt&j. lioui'3-
keeper for a girl of 12, and Miss Phebe
advised them to keep the two rooms
through*^the, .winter, as. thesibest thing,
they could do. *v *.' ^   *v "   "'      '-"    *
Helen, at the time of* her mother's
death, was^&en&ing Oheof** the public
schools in the city, and Bobert was unwilling to have her leave and go into some
family to work for her board, as hdfd
been talked of.
"I ought to .earn enough for .us both,
and I will,- too," he told" Miss Phebe,
when the matter was talked oyer.
" Well, child, you may try.it, and I'll
help you all I can," was .Miss Phebe's
The day before Mrs. Gillespie's death
talk
" tea-pot," and in a moment the mystery-
was solved.   The truth flashed  upon
her.   There in the bottom of the pot
lay a little pile of money!
"Well,   " ***     *
Phebe.
"Well, I never!" exclaimed Miss
Hannah, when she was made acquainted
with its contents.
" Don't cry, child," said Miss Phebe,
sootMngly. " To think of your mother's
saving up all that money!"
"Oh! I     " "    '
Helen.   "It brings it all. back,*
The good lady took the child on her j
lap, and soothed her with kind, loving j
words till she grew more quiet.   Then,
to turn her attention, she said: j
"Come.   Let us count it, and see how j was outside the big gate
much there is.   Perhaps there's enough i flew homeward,
to buy a Thanksgiving turkey.   Who
knows?"
" Oh! I wish we could," said Helen,
in spite of circumstances.   His chance
came at last. "?
As soon as Helen n"fade sure that her
brother was really gonijshe went back and
biisiedherseHwithget&ngtherooinready
for the grand event. $he little cot-bed.
on which she slept "vfas folded up and
put in Bobert's room J. She swept and
dusted and made evejphing as clean as
need be. She was7"4usting the last
chair when somebody knocked at the
door.     . «*■*..'.. r   '- ^
It was a grocer's b^ffwith a package,
directed to Miss Helpi Gillespie. She
opened it, and foundjiix large oranges.
Who could have seiifc-them? She at
once consulted with ^iss 'Phebe-.: 3fhe
thought it not unlik^f that they were
Mr. Sanford's contribution to tlie
Thanksgiving dinner^ And so it afterward proved.   , ,,
Bobert had said, the night before, that
he should behometoilinner at the usual
1 o'clock.   The afternoon J^e, "sps^,
to have to himself. - - /*'
It was half-past IT:' Helen had set
j the table with "the befe£ that the united
i cupboards (her own slid -Miss Phebe's)
afforded. The oranges she "had ar-
; ranged in a lai'ge di^\qf Miss Phebe's,
j and they- occupied th** place of honor
: on the table. Miss \dannah had just
| been rolled across the hall in her easy-
I chair, when somebody came running up
| stairs. .. *' °.
1    Bobert opened the,.-,"oor.
}    "Oh! oh!" screamed Helen. *
'    " Wasn't Dr. Smith £*ood to let me off
so early? " he began,, ud then stopped,
amazed. - '.'.."
- "Oh! Bobert, I diVt Want you to
come quite so soon, hnt isn't it splendid?"
sister.
They
care,'-
she said something to Helen about a
eMna teapot; but the. child, could not
understand what she meant. The
motherwas'too sick to7explain; but" it
seemed to trouble: her/.- She failed very
rapidly afterward, and the circumstance
was forgotten till a:-week or" so after,
when Helen spoke of it to Bobert.
"X,wish.i knew what mother meant
about that china teapot. There isn't
any exceptthat little old one that used
to belong to. .her grandmother. You
don^fr suppose she..wanted, some tea
mad*e An it, ;do you?. She may have
thought it would taste better out of
that,- 1 wonder if she did. I wish I
knew."
" Well, you can't help ithow; so don't
let us worry. Poor, dear mother! But
she is" all right. now. I feel happier
when I think of that."
It was Saturday morning—only five
days before Thanksgiving. Helen had
just come from Miss Phebe's room,
where she had been to tell her some
good news. -Mr. Sanford, the young
medical student, who hired the room the
cMlcllen gave.up after.their, mother's.
.death,1 had told the little girl, that morning, he would give-her 10 cents a week if
she would-makehis bed every morning
and kee-fa his room tidy. Small pay it
was, to "be sure. But he was poor himself,, and to .Helen it seemed a large sum.
" She wW^elighted with her good fortune.
brightening up. "You see," she explained, "I thought I'd clean out the
.cupboard, and this was on the top shelf.
When I took it down to dust it off, I
heard something rattle; and I opened it
and saw the money."
" It's well you went to cleaning house,"
remarked Miss Hannah.
" Orie, two, two and a half," counted
IVJuss"'Phebe, four o and a^xiarte'r^five,^
-sii.-'sixaaia. tHrc%^arteri.^Ktiiiid..a
Il&fl-, BHTihrimie exijx^x^Mt^^.KZS£SZ^Z£££&
"eentsT"'
"O-h!   Is .there, really?"
"'Beally and truly, if I haven't made
a mistake, and I don't believe I have. I
used to be pretty good in arithmetic,"
she added, with a little flush of pride.
"Could I—could we—do you think
it would be wrong to get a turkey, as
you said?"      - '    '
Miss Phebe looked at her
What should she tell the child?
needed every cent of the money,
she well knew.
"I   don't  believe    mother'd
Selen went on.  " She thought so much
of Thanksgivings, and  we always had,
turkey  for   dinner.   Mother   said   it
seemed as if she must."
That decided the case. Miss Phebe
could not go against the mother's
opinion. -
"Yes, child, we'll take some of it and
buy a turkey. It won't be wrong,
either/' she added, stoutly, as if somebody had'said to the contrary.
"When can we go? TMs afternoon?" ;
asked Helen, eagerly. s
" Why, cMld, alive! the countrymen •
won't bring in .the turkeyslill k*day*?br j
two before Thanksgiving.   Can't you
wait? Well, I don't wonder," she added, j
;spftly, thinking how few bright spots
there, were: in the chiles life. .      :- |
" Oh! I am so glad we can have it," I
said Helen.   " Now it will  seem like i
Thanksgiving.   I thought it -wouldn't, j
And I kept thmkirig what" a nice time j
we   had * last  year.     And  we'll  have j
Thanksgiving  together.     Won't   we? j
Ain't you glad, Miss Phebe ?   Wouldn't
it. be nice not to tell Bobert anything j
.about  it, and  then to surprise  Mm?
But do you suppose that I can keep
from telling him?"
Miss Phebe rather dotibted her powers
of secrecy; but Helen was sure that, if
she made up her mind not to tell, she
would not.
The little girl waited rather impatiently for the day when Miss Phebe
had promised to go with her, after
school, -and buy the turkey. At half-
past 4 they started, Helen proud and
important, but very much afraid they
should meet Bobert, who would wonder
what their errand might be. No Bobert
appeared, however, and they soon
reached Main street, which was lined,
with farmers' wagons, laden with produce.
Miss- Phebe Stepped up to one man
and asked him the price of turkeys. __
" Twenty-five: cents, ma'am. Haye
tMs one? Ten pounds, ma'am. Won't
find abetter," he went:on glibly. ■! -.i,
"*" Miss' Phebe looked at the turkeys, but
did not take any. She thought she
would go on a httle*further.
So Helen trudged along by her side,
•fully convinced that her escort tinder-;
stood the business perfectly.
" Why didn't you take that?   Wasn't
it a good one?"
buiii didn't like the
Then I'm not going
Twenty-cents abound
od one."
before
Then, of course, thi-ee were explana-
sw nomewara. ,,...,, , . ! tions and exclamation^ and Miss Phebe
"My mother_used to boil the heart   gfcayedso long £ talk^tsheaimost for-
J got the turkey. ^f--'*-
j    To say that Bobertsvas pleased would
but feebly express liis' feelings.   It is
| enough to note that Helen was fully.
i satisfied with Ms demonstrations of joy.
i     At 1 o'clock/ Mr.-i^mford .appeared,.
and seemed_asplease&£to be there^as the
and gizzard and liver, and chop them
in with the dressing. So I've got them
all boiled ready," said Miss Phebe,
when Helen presented herself. " It's
much nicer that way. And, now, 'I
want you to run around the corner,
to the baker's, and get a loaf of
bread. Baker's bread is better for
dressing."' . . o     .    • -*.      *,-.-■
When Helen and tlTe baker's loaf came
! rest were to have ; hi
I 'all--laughing wi£}:*„ J;
in, Mies'Phebe.tdld Jrerto«# iiLffcari ^_S?«
slices and toasfc.it,
muSlf■TO*fii§?',*8is"
can be. You don't want to toast it too
hard. There, that'll do' nicely," as
Helen presented her first slice for approval.
So the turkey was stuffed and sewed
and tied, amid much talk and planning.
" "Miss Phebe," Helen began, " don't
you suppose Mr. Sanford would like to
have us ask Mm to dinner? Because
he's been so good to me, and he said he
He-kept them
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1885 A Democrat.
1883 John T. Morgan.
ABKA*SSA8.
1S8S A Democrat.
1S&3 Aug. II. Garland.
CAMFOBNIA.a "
lW5^i)emompt^} * "?***
188l7NewtonBootli7
COLORADO.
18S5 A Bexmblican.
1*583 Henry M. Teller.
CONNECTICUT.
18"-*5 A Bepubliean.
1881 Wm. WSEulon.
BELAWABK.
1P81 Tito*. F. Bayard.
1883 Ell Sanlabwy.
FtOniDA.
1885 A Jiemorratrry1:',.
1881 iChas'^V. 'Mms    -
GEORGIA.
1885 ^l Democrat.
1883 Benj. S. Bill.
ILMNOIS.
l.c85 A Bepubliean.
1883'D'*v^II3D^Jy^s,<7', ■'*
Indiana.
138*) A Democrat.
1881 Jos. JH. McDonald.
io-wa.
1885 A Bepubliean.
18S3 <faml>r^Kirkwoea^
KANSAS.
1885 A Bepubliean.
1883 Preston B. Plumb.
KENTUCKY.
1885 A Democrat.
18S3-, James- B. JJefifc- ^ c
LOUisiANA-" d'    " '
1885 A Democrat.
1883 Wm. P. Kellogg.
MAINE.
1581 Hannibal Hamlin.
1883 James G. Blaine.   ?■-.
MARXLAND. i       c   *
1885 A Democrat.
1SS1 IF. Pinckney Wlojte.
•JIASSACirqSETTS.
,1881 Henry L. Dawes.
1883,.0w«geJE. Ho-m-.   '.,-
"'•■HioHIGAN.-* --*
1881 Isaac P. Christiancy.
1883 Thos. W. Ferry.
MINNESOTA.
1881 S. J. B. McMillan.
,1833 William Windpniv r.
Senate.
Pollowing is a list of the Senate as it
will exist after the 4th of March, as far
as elected up to date,,"^th^8ixiudication
of the politi^bf Senators hot Js^elect-
ed, as shown by the political complexion of the Legislatures chosen. Bepublicans (inBoman), 31; Democrats (in
italics), 43; Independent (in small
caps), 1; doubtfuVl; totgl, ,.76-^
ALABAMA; ' Ji      *"7* ikl&SlS&PI.
Term exp. Term exp.
1881 Blanche K. Bruce.
1883 Jjiicius Q. G.Lamar.
MISSOURI.
1885 A Democrat.
1881 Fraticis 3f. Cockrell.
-^ NEBRASKA. _      „ e
l'*^'Lllge^QJiS.-'fidd"^cb,;.
1S83 Alvin Saunders.
NEVADA.
1SS5 A Democrat.
1881 William Sharon.
NEW> HAMPSHIRE.
1883 "Edward H. "Rollins.
NEW JERSEY.
1881 Tlieo. F. Randolph.
1883 Ji,\nR. McPherson.
NEW "STORK.
71885 A jaeputJliea**..-**' A
-|l881--^MJ*t^5sfe^Aa}"7 •*
NOETH CAROLINA.
j 1885 A Democrat.
'1SS3 Malt. W. Ransom^
OHIO.
1S85 GeorgeB. Pendleton.
ISSi'A^teJk.G. .M&htdikli
'-'- OREGON.
18S5 James B. Slater.
18fs3 Lafayette Graver.
PENNSYLVANIA.
1885 A Bepubliean.        » «.
188J wmrai%AQ%ilXace,t
RHODE ISLAND.
1881 A. E. Burnside.
1S83 Henry B. Anthony.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1885 A Democrat. ,.
x883~MQm&i£-mBKtm% f i
' **" " Tennessee .<"-* "    "•
1SS1 James E. Bailey.
1883 Isham <?. BanHs.
TEXAS.
1S81 Samuel B. Maxey.
18^3 &ieJiard'£!okse>, ;~n% <n
1885 Justin S. Morrill.
1881 George *F. Edmunds.
-VIRGINIA.
1881 Robert E. Withers.,
)$8&sJoh,i Wtj0hmlon.il
"***'- ' ""WEST* VIRGINIA. *"" l
1S81 Frank Bereford.
1883 Benry G. Davis.
WISCONSIN.
1885 A Bepubliean.
18&l-Angus",Caineron,«" -
;*-■"'' J*v^--*"*    i.'"""     -    *'-
' MICHIGAN-
John S, Newberry,
». *Edwin*Willetts.
3. *J. H. MeGowan.
4. Julius 0. Burrows
5. John W*. Sto"ne.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Ii .H.B. Binghanu-
2. *Charles O.'Niel.
3. *Samuel J. Ra?idall.
4. *Wm.D."Kelley.   .
5. *Al&ed C Harmer.
6-:*Wi_am Ward.
7. Wm. Godshalk.
8.,*Belster CJyiner.
9. *A. Herr Smith,
10. Beuben K; B'a'chman
11. Robert Blots..    ..<
xZ:-Bemmch B. Wright.
xiji-John W: Ryon.
\4. *John W. KiUinger.
5BHODE ISLAND.
6. *Max*k S. Brewer.  '.
1. *0mar D. Congfe*
8. jtoswell-G^Horr.
9. *JayA.Hubbell,
-15: *E. Overton,- Jr. -
16. *John I. Mitchell.
17. Alex. B. Coffrdth.
18. H. G, Eisher.
1*. F. E. Bettzlioover.
20. Seth H. YoquM.- *  .*
21. Morgan R.. Wise.
2*2. ^Russell Errett;
23.- *Thos. M. Bayne.
24. *W.iS. Shallenberger.
25. *Harry White.    * » .
20. Samuel B.Dick.
27. J.H. Osmer.
'"* ;»__3 'mM^j^S&llVS SJISBBISgiUI-.
*S*Z ELIziisETH CTOHNGS.
" We needayounger mka "tostir- tit's people, -.'- •"
And lead tliem to the fold,"
Thedeaeons"said;  **We'askyoiiriesigaaHea        ■:-.
Because you're growing old,'*'
The pastor bowed hiai3ea6onsi6tit in sileiice,  " :*; ."
And tenderly the gloom
Of hv-iHghtMd*htdi'aM"3Si®'6'^te&[gaisli   ■-
• Within his. lonely *Epom»- - ■■-.•->
Atioy^-the viqlet hills the sunlight's glpj*y     -
-.■•• Hang like a crown, of gold,   -,..-.
And^omthe. great ehiiych spire. Uie bell's B*.\*eet
anthem      ■:•'... :.. ,.       / ■>>,
Adown the stillnessfolled, .   _ ± ■;.'-.
Assembled were the pebple for worship;
.. But in his study chair *" *   ""*'
The pastor sat unheeding, while the south wind •    ;.
>0aiessed hi&suow-whiteliair.
A smile lay on liis lips,   Hjs. was ihe secret
-     Of sorrow's glad'sujcBasej * *
■ppon-Ws forehead shone the.bgnedicfion
Of everlasting peace.
"The ways of'Providence -ire most mysterious,*"-'
'Ihe deacons gravely said, •"■'■■   . : .•'-:
As, wonderingeyedand.scared, &e people crowded
About their-pastor-^Hdead. -»-» r—  -      '- ..:;,-,..
" We loVed *him,% wrote tt$ ■geo'plfe- on thexoflap^
In words of shiniug-gold*; .,.....,_.,-
And 'bove the broken heart they, set "a statue • *'
Of marble", "white and-coXdv: •'*.*-   *, ».  "
. .Nelson V.Aldrich.     j 2.. JLatimer W. Ballou.
south oarolii.'a.
4. *J". B.Evim. ".
5. *J..D, Tillman.
1. *J. S. RixJiardsoii.
3. *M. P. O'Connor.
3.-*i>; WyattAileen."
=    . . WEST VIRGINIA.
1. ^Benjamin WiUon.     i- 3. *John E. Betina.   '
2. *Rei0amin F. Marttn.[  . ,   * -        ,:
■ te-^o^essfe
1. Robt. L. Taylor. ' " •   (•.■*'joht£F. Bouse.
Ii. L. C. Houk., 7. *W. C. Whilthorne.
3. *Geo. G. Dlbrell. 8. *J. D.CAtMns.
A. Benton McMillan.* !). C. B. Simontoh.
5. *John M. Bright. 10. *Casey Young.
TP,XA"S. '■*.■■■■
1." *Jokn B. Reagan.      I 4*. *Roger Q. Mills.
2. *Davtd B. -Culberson, p 5. *j6hn.Bancock.  ; -■
3. Oliu Wellborn.    . 7 . | 6. *Gustap Schleiclier.
■.'"■•■      - '. VJERMo'si.*-    *"     ,      ■"  *'-..      .
l^*Chai'lesH. Joyce.    13. }Bradley Barl,o-sy.
M; Jamei* M. Tyler. '      | " *
VIB<3INIA.
G,
House of Representatives.
Democrats (in italics), 148; Bepiib-
licans (in Boman), 133; "National (greenbackers (in|343*M&^Ps)58.5ae-*el|clea:(:$);
Independent Democrats(f); Iudepend*-
ent Bepublicans^); to be elected. £; total, 293.
1. Thomas Befndoh.
2. ~*Bilary A. Berberl.
3. William J. Sa7tford,
4. *Charles M. Shelley.
Tiiomcff-WilMnis."
6. Burioell B. Lewis.
7. *Wm. B. Forney,
8. \-Wrn. M. Lowe,
rFhot! bad not any home to go to."
xnai;      «"Why, "yes, child, I prei
presume he'd
like it very much." The turkey'U be
good enough fcif anybody to eat, I
guess. You can ask him, if you want
to."
" I don't want to unless you'd like it."
"I should like it weE enough.    I
don't care either way
about it."
" But I wish you would."
" Ask him yourself, child. He'll like
it better from you."
' " Oh! but there won't be cups enough,"
and Helen's-face took on a look of dismay.
Truly, here was a dilemma. They
had planned to use what remained of
Grandmother Dean's china tea-set.
There-was the little pot, the contents of
which had brought so much happiness,
a sugar bowl and cream-pitcher, and
three cups and saucer-**,
■f^-jjx.j * evening.
And how he hadlhe^_.o*fi^y to buy the
j necessary books.   I &on't think Bobert
! ate much dinner after that.   He was so
• happy he couldn't.
| Mr. Sanford praised Miss Phebe's
i pumpkin pie, and "said that the turkey
1 tasted just as if his jnother had cooked
! it, which was. the best thing he could
I have said.
1 So everything passed off happily, and
i the Thanksgiving day. which had begun
\so sorrowfully for Bobert ended with
j pleasant prospects and bright hopes.
! Years afterward, when Helen had be-
i come a successful teacher and Bobert
j occupied a responsible position in a
| large warehouse, and they, with their
! old friehas, Miss Phebe and Miss Han-
^ - ,        i nah, were living in the little home of
Do as you please * thek QVfn to wMc]l thej j^ solong
looked forward, Grandmother Dean's
china tea-pot occupied a conspicuous
place in their little library. And Helen
often told her friends of the Thanksgiving day, years before, when it played
so prominent a part.
ARKANSAS.
1. Poinde&erDwin.  .„  \3.JtJGrdaii JS. Cra-ve?is.
H.*W.-F.Sle7nons.   ' .; ■££' ttom'u&tflGwtter? *
OAIIFOHNIA.
tectsittApriLV
"6bNNE"CTICUX."
1. JosephR. HaWMyy      18. *JohnT: Walt.   "
2. * James Phelps. |4. Frederick Miles.
DELAWARE.
Edward L. Martin.
FLORIDA.
1. *Robl. B. M. Davidso7i,\2. Horatio Bisbee, Jr.
GEORGIA.
1. John C. Nicholls.
2. *Wm. Smith.
3. *Philip Cook.
4. *Benry R. Barris.
5. iVal J. Bammond.
6. *Jas. B. Blount.'
7. *\Wm. B. Felton.
8. *Alex. B. Steijhens.
9. Joel A. Rillups.
*f7*. Ran. Tucker.
7. *John T. Barris.
8. *Eppa Bunion,
9.'S.--Bi RicTmiohil-.
1. R. L. T. Beale.
2. *Joftii. Gttode, Jr.
8... Josepji, E. Johnston.
4. ^Toseph-Jorgenseif.
5. * George C, Cabell. .
'      ' " '     -WISCONSIN,
1. *caia8. G. Williams.^ USi^EdwardS."Bragg.
?. *LucienB. Caswell.      " '*■*■'- *-•- -
3. *Georga C. HazletoiL,
4. P.-1. Deilsier,
6.'*Gdb7'iel Bouck.
7, *Her. L, Humphrey,*
8. *Thad. C. Pound.
PITH AM)
to "meairyou,
said* a polite
Three Editions 6f a Bream.     : ••
Three editions of the same dream in
the watches, oi a single iiighc, with -a;
sequel early in the forenoon, isapsychi.T
l^al pienbmen'on worth "studying." £.
coiWspdhfleni ofthe Beading Eagle re-'
lates: that Anthony Bomig,"a well-to-do
farmer living1; abputrt-fpur miles.from
Mo*t;ga"htp"'*5rn, 7jvo*ke.up Jiis, wife, and told_
her a dreaip. that made the very strings
of her higlitcap stand pn'end."' He had
dreanied thatsdme thidves had stopped
his-son,'-who had -started-on his way to
|narl^t ,"diQ"ctly after niidnight with-%
wagoq.-load of producej^d Tpbbed liim*
of "hii C$sh and 'sev^ely  beaten hirn^
His-wjle * "replied Mat it' was only a
.dk*etini,-and advised him to goto sleep
as,"soon as he cotild. He did so, but
soon after again gave her .anofcher*poke,
ahd'said that he had "had the same
dream. She begged him io try'and
compose himself and go to sleep; which'
he .did.r A third time*-the, dream was
repeated, on.which he. rose,.and, it being then after.3 o'clock, dressed himself.
;At bre'akf ast* his vision "^"as tlie sole sub-
of cohversatiord "Inffiefprehodn
ra-W«^?i}*d4^^H*'™'1
" Hapbi
butcher.
The first bush, created "* is, pf course."
the elder bush. r
A so*et:Money man—One who lends
on*bad security. ' - j\. ~ .       '
The best electric light is madel>y s,
pretty girFs eyes.    • '       -.:'."
An off-hand matter—Tryiiigrto "Sfg'e?".1
a buzz-saw in motion. - — : •,
A sean "with a good.oil"well can-live .
onthefat'Of the land.  •   »_ -,       -   - - *■
,*Wht , is the late was. like Soah's''-
dove? Because it. brought:"the*"green "*.
back.       ""      *        * ,        r"        ,* _-"
-The auctioneer se'emb to be the only *
:ihan who finds no difficulty in, putting* -;
up a stove...-..._ .
Aman in VermontThas.read 25,000
"Works of fiction.", "Wliat novel views""h*e
must have of life.       ' -        '-*■ •   *
Johnny was whipped at school for a"-"
piece of mischief done by another boy,, -
Verdict, a misplaced 'switch.- -t* ' - .7
:'.A Nebraska .paper on eti-quette:;*lsp -
true gentleman will ask a lady if her
coral jewelry is made of sealing-w'ax.
" TraiMV, my son, what is" longitude?"
"A clothes _ne,.papa." "Prove* "it, niy-
sbn."i  "^^eause..it. streteheafrom pole
;t0 polO-'V.-: * -        , ;    ..: ..•'.-
' %&sb& Mend to a bookseller;   " The
'book trade is^affected, t suppose, by the
ILLINOIS.
ll.-J*.
1. *Wm. Aldrich.
2. George B. Davis.
3. Hiram Barber, Jr.
4. John C. Sherwin.
5. B. M. A. Hawk.
6. *Thos. J. Henderson.
7. *Philip Os Hayes.
8. *Greenhury L. Eort.
9. Thos. A. Boyd.
10. B. E. Marsh.
INDIANA.
IT. Singleton.
12. *!}*". M. Springer.
13. A. E. Stevenson.
14. *Joseph G. Cannon.
15. Albert P. Eorsvth.
16. *W-A. J.-Sparks.
17.- *W. R. Morrison.
IS. J. B. Thomas.
19. *Rich. W. Toionshend.
1. William Hellman..
2. *Thomas B. Cobb.
3. * George A. Bicknell.
4. Jeptha D. ATew.
5. *Thomas M. Browne.
6. *Wm. R. Myers.
7. GilbertDeLaMatye
IOWA-
8. Andrew J. Bostetler,
.9. Godlove S. Orth*.
10. *William H. Calkins.
11. Calvin CowgiU.
12. Walpole G. Colerick.
13. *John H. Baker.
6. J. B. Weaver.
7. Edw. H. Gillette.
8. *William E. Sapp.
9. C. C. Carpenter.
Pathetic Incident.
I    An incident; as pathetic as any legend
! of Killarney and the Irish lake country,
i recently occurred at Lough Erne.   A
I member of the royal Irish constabulary,
i unmindful of the rigid regulations of
! the police service, took the colleen o'f
Helen never drank tea, so there would •• ^ heart to the altar without receiving
be just enough, unless they invited Mr. - the permission bf his superiors.   After
Sanford. ' • i "his  marriage  was  reported .at head-
*"I might ask Bobert not to take any; j qliarterS) attempts were made to secure a
but he always likes it so much, when he ; reiaxation of the rules in his case, for he
can get it," ventured Helen. j was a popular and efficient officer.   Not
They had dispensed with tea, as an un- j even at ^e instance of Cupid could the
• "Maybe'twas;
looks o' the man.
to payosp-gmnch^
"ought 'i64mfa& "
She stopped
another   cart,
where a joUy-faCed, ^rayrhaif ed man,
in a long blue farmeiVfrock, was trying
•to suit an ^H'ish woman ^with a goose.
At last'"sliAYenlr6ff withlher goOseain*^
der her arm, and the man turned to
Miss Phebe, who stood waiting.
" "What would you like," ma'am? "
"T want a good turkey.   How much
do you charge for*'them?". 5 J; "7    I-P.
" Twenty cents a.pound.- .How lai'ge
a one do you want?" ■■■■•■     ,   ■ ..
" About ten pounds, I thought."
necessary luxury,since their mother died;
but Miss -Phebe occasionally sent in a
cup to Bobert, when he come home at
night.        ' ■-■■■■-■■■■
"We might put on one of the big cups,
but it would look funny with the little
ones."
"I'll tell you what I'll do," said Miss
Phebe. "If I pour the tea, III take one
of my teacups. They are smaller than
yours, and 111 keep it behind the teapot,
where n0*lj6c{y"il notice it." .   /*
So Mr; Sanford received Ms invitation, and promised to be on hand at the
appointed time.
"What makes you look so smiling?"
asked Bobert the next morning, for his
little sister could hardly keep the secret
to herself any longer.
At Ms words she drew down her face
and frowned; but her eyes were dancing, and Bobert-was not to be deceived.
" You can't fool me. There's something afoot. What is it ? "
. " Don't ask me-rorl shall tell, and I.
mustn't," said Helen, running out of the
room. -.7: j -7 *        7"
!Bobert looked at her in astonishment.
What-had the* child got into her head?
*»Bobert felt very .old.   He felt as if he
never should be a free, light-hearted
boy, as he used to be.   He had looked
forward to tMs Thanksgiving day with a
sad EeartVlt had always been one of "the
happiest days of the year wMle Ms mother
lived, and to-day there woidd be nothing to hiark it: frOm other days.    Their
dinner" must be just what it had been for
week's—-bread   and  soup.   Good   and
wholesome;     but'still    he    wished
he   cotdd    have    bought    something
fto1-make' it  seem  hke   old  times—a
cMcken",' "perhaps.   But. no, he must be
thankful for what they had* and not wish
for impossible tMngs.   So he wondered
how Helen could feel so happy,-, when he
was so   down-hearted.     She   did  not,
come back; and he went off to the office,*
wishingthe could get some place where
he would hay© more time to study.   He
even
rigid laws ofthe police be waived. Poor
Boe—this was the officer's name—must
leave the force; such was the stem
order. He prepared to start for Australia with his young wife, consoled by
her love f or ;any sacrifices he had made.
Happy in their honeymoon, he and his
bride sailed up Lough Erne for Ennis-
killen, to make final preparations for
their departure from Ireland. At the
landing-place Ms wife fell into the water
wMle stepping from the steamer. With
the quickness of thought he plunged in
,to save her. Losing all presence of
mind, she, in her struggle for life, entwined her arms around him, and, be"-
fore any assistance could be rendered,
both sank to rise no more.
1. Moses McCoid.
2. *Hiram Price.
3. Thomas Updegraff.
4. *Nathauiel C. Leering.
5. *Bush Clark.
KANSAS.
1. John A. Anderson.      I 3. *Thomas Byan.
2. *Dudley 0. Haskell.    | At Large. J. B. HaUowell.
KENTUCKY.
1. L. S. Trimble.
2. *Jas. A. McKenzie.
3. *John W. Camoeli;
4. *./*. Proctor Knott.
5. * Albert S. Willis.
6. *John G. Carlisle.
7. *-J. C. S. Blacklipi-n;
. 8.- PhilB. Thompson.
9. *Thomas Turner.
10. E. C. Piaster,
ession.* What kind of books
feel" it 'most?"'   ^Pocket-books/'  was'
the lacopic reply:-       *       . ♦
a<< Eggstbaobdinaby.— Squire—"Now,.
•boys, whatls,thegender of egg? " Sh'arp
lad (whose mother keeps, chickens)—:
:^Please-, ''"sit," you" can't -fell  till  it'-s
;hakihe&.',>±-Ftin.     '      *   -. *      .
■'*   An-"exchange is •discussing "nthe.rod
in school."" 'We have - noticed'- that   if-
you give a boy a rod he will,take a-
mile, and probably.go fisMng before he
gets back. * "
'-*-"      ALL IN HIS EYE,
He jumped on hoard the railway -train.
And cried:   ''Farewell: LucindaJane,
My precibuSs'swe'e'tLucinda*!'*
. Alas! how **oon he changed his- cry;  -. -   - ■.
And, "wlMle the tear stdod in his eye.      ■   *
• Sesfiid:   '-'.ConfoUifd Loose "Cinder :.*> -"    t   ■
—^Yaiocob. ,
"-MA,"'said'a;'iittle 4-year-old, "I saw
soinetMn'g/)fun aci*oss-.the Mtchen floor
tMs'morning without any legs.  "What
LOUISIANA.
1. *RandallL. Gibsojh.
2. *E. John Ellis.
3. V. B. Acklin.
4. *J.B.Elam.   '
5. F. Floyd JCing.
(i. *JS. W.Robertson.
MAINE.
*Thomas B. Beed.
nVilliam P. Erye.
♦Stephen D.-Lindsey
MARYLAND.
*/>. M. Benry.
J. F. C. Talbot.
*Wnl.BimmeJl..
4. George W. Ladd.
3. Thompson H. MiracH
Robert McLane.
5. *Eli J. Benkle.
Q. Miltou G. Urner.
massachubetts.
1. *V7m. W. Crapo.
2. *BenjaminW.Harris.
3. *Walbridf*e-.A.Eiel37
4. ^Leopold Morse.
5. S. Z. Bowman.
6. *George B. Loring.
*      MINNESOTA. :    .
*Mar£ H. Dunnell.     | 3. *W. D. Washburn.
William A. Eussell.
8. *WiUiam,Clam"n.
'■% •WiUiam'Vy.'Bice."^
10. *AniasaNorcross.
11. *George D. Bobinson.
MISSISSIPPI.
1.
2. Benry Poehler.
j. *-Benrv &?. Mukir'ow.
U.^VanB'Manntng.
•i. *Eemando D. Money.
4. *Otho:Rl Singleton.
5. *Charles E. Booker.
0. *James,R. Chalmers.
MISSOURI.
8. jTohn T. Crisp. . .
' 9. ^Nicholas Eord.
10. Gideon J. Rottocell.
11. *John B. Clark. Jr.
12. Wm. B. Batch.
13. *Aylett B. Buckner.
"Nutmegs.
Nutmegs grow on trees wMch look,
like pear trees, and are generally over
twenty feet Mgh. - The flowers are very
much like the lily of the valley.   They
are pale yellow, and very fragrant.  The
nutmeg is the seed of the fruit, and
mace is theiMn covering over tMs seed.
The fruit is about as large as a peach.
-When ripe, it breaks open and shows
the little nut inside.   The trees grow on
the islands of Asia,   and  in  tropical
America.   They bear fruit for seventy
or eighty years, having ripe fruit upon
them at all seasons. •  A fine tree in Jamaica has over  4,000 nutmegs on it
"yearly.   The Dutch used to have all the
nutmeg trade, as they owned the Ban da
islands, and   conquered aU the. other
traders, and destroyed the  trees.   To
keep the price up, they ohcie burned
:three piles of nutmegs, each of which
w,as as large as a church.   Nature did
not sympathize.: with * such t meanness.
The nutmeg pigeon, found in" all the
Indian islands, did for the world what
the Dutch- had determined should not
bie done-^-carried these uuts, wMch are
^aieir food, intp   all the  surrounding
countries, and trees grew again* anel the
vrorld has the benefit^
*fc Maftln Jj.Clardy.,
-2. Erasitts Wells. J
8. R. Graham Frost.
4. Lowndes B. Davis.
5. *RUiliardP..-Bland,
fl. Janies R. WOddill., •
7. Alfred M. Lay.
NEBRASKA.
Ed    K.   Valentine   (fulllThts. J,Majors (yacancy)^
term).   '*-•  "==- ; — ** JThos'.'J.MnjdrsCconting't):
NEVADA.
B. M. Daggett.
,      NEW HAMPSHIRE..        .    _5
1. Joshua G. Hall.o •   ' I 3. Evarts W: Parr^   r
2. *James E. Briggs.       [
NEW .1J5RSEY.
1  Geo. M. Bobeson.      -| .5. phas. H. Voorh-jes
road, robbed of his money and severely
injured. Mr. Bomig described minutely,
the* appearance and dress of the two
men who in the dream had attacked his
son. When he was taken to the spot he
pointed out the very place where he had
seen the wagon stopped and Ms son assaulted by the robbers.
A Piece of Eleplianthie Surgery.
During the*blow on Wednesday
morning a large" lantern on: top of the
elephant house in the Zoological Garden
was demolished, and pieces of the heavy
glass fell into the cage occupied by the
elephants. The female elephant, in
walking around the inclosure, trod on
one.of the fragments, and, being in her
bare feet, received a painful wound.*
She set up a howl that made the roar of
the storm seem the sighing of a zephyr
by contrast. Her companion "was'f ound
to be* comforting her as well as he could
by trying to roar louder than she *did,.
and by letting a half-pint tear of sympathy., now and then roll down his.
trunk, which was wound tenderly about
the wounded-leg of the prostrate beast.
Dr. Henry G. Chapman, surgeon to the
Zoological Society, was summoned.
-,She was secured by ropes and tMown
on her side on a bed of straw—treat-
j ment wMch evoked from her some ex-
I tra efforts in the -roaring hue.. When
; Dr. Chapman, began' to j)robe softly
around the wound with a lancet, however, she showed an elephant's instincts
ive respect for a friend by ceasing her
bellowing and holding the injured foot
perfectly still...pr- Chapman success-
"fully removed the fragment of glass,
stopped the "flow of blood from the
wound, and, in a few minutes, the huge
beast was again on her feet, looking as-
"amiable as a lamb.—PUiIadelphia Inquirer.   *■•*
Yictims of the Yellow FeVer.
The following is an approximate list
pf deaths from yellow fever (including
imported and supposed cases),.since its
first appearance this year:     :
3,917 Ocean Springs, Miss      31
3,10S
litonp, and. tnen gave "™ trpT^TEei
little fellow said: "Why, ma,
ss.
*J. Howard "Pugh
*Miles Ross.
*AlvahA. Clark.
NORTH CAROLINA
.6. "John L.Blake.
7. L. A. Brigham.
*JjesseJ. Yeai.es.
James O'Hara.
 Bussell.
*Jfisep7i J. Davis.
a. *Alf.M.:Scale9.'-
6. * Walter L. Steele.
7. *R. F. Armfield.
8. *Robt. B. Vance.-.
... ;;<<a2*E\v-YORK
1. *James W. Covert.
2. \Daniel O-'Reilly.
3. *SimeonB.Chittenden.
4. *ArchibaldM?Blt8S. •
5. *ATichoias Mttlier:
6. *S. S. Cox.
7. Edwin Einstein.
8. ♦Ant'on.CK'iMc'Cook.:,
9. *Ferkdndi> Wood. ***
10. \James O'Brien.
11. L, P. Morton.
12. AleXiB^Smith.--
13. *Joinr*H. Ketchairi.
14. *John W. Eerdon.
15. *W. Lounsberry.
16. JohixM. Bailey, r. ?».
17. Wsdter A: Wood.'
John Hammond.
*Am*aziah H. James.
*John H. Starin.
21. David-Wilber.-       p
22. Warren Miller.    -  *
23. Cyrus D. Prescott.
24. Josepli Mason.
25.-"•Erank-Hiscock"*
2()7*Jolm'H. Camp.'    '
27. *ElbridgeG.Lapliani.
28. 'Jeremiah W.Dwght.
29. <H. P. Bichifdson.    -r:
"JO. 'John Yah-Vborhis. * "•
31. Bichard Crowley.
32. Bay V. Pierce.
33.^01. Van AermanV   . t
New Orleans.
-Memphis	
Yickshurg   and  vicinity.	
Grenada and vicinity
Holly Si>rings..	
Port Hudson, La. .-
Gretna. La.."..	
fiArrolton, La	
N'r   Fattersonville,
La	
Thibodeaux, La....
Tangipahoa, La....
Morgan City, La...,
Dry Grove, La	
Delhi, La	
Delta, La	
Baton Kouge.	
Plaquemine. La	
Doualdsonvine, La.
LabadieVille,La....
libuisianascatteriiig
Greenville. Mis***..,
Pt. Gibson aiuT county, Miss,,;.:......
Canton, Miss.	
Bbvina, Miss	
Bay St. Louis,Miss.
Hernando. Miss	
Water Valley, Miss.
Pass Christian, Miss
Jackson, Miss...'.,;.
Terry. Miss.*,	
'Osyka,' Missv,   and
vicinity...........
Winona* Miss..;....
Mississippi'City... .'
.BUoxvMiss' ....*';.".
Port Eads........ :i
Lake, Miss.,	
Bolton, Miss.,.."..".
Ocean Springs, Miss
Goodrich  Landing,
Miss	
Rock Springs,.Miss.
Meridian, Miss	
Mississippi, scat'ng
Chattanooga.	
Nashville, Tenn....
Paris, Tenn -..:;'
M*ason,"Tenn...
G'ei-mantown, Tenn.
G'd Jttn*;tion,Tenn.
Brownsville, Tenn.
Collierville:: Tenn...
Lagrange, Teuu..
Martin, Tenn	
Sdnierville, Tenn..
Moscow, Tenn.....
Williston, Tenn....
Bartlett.Tenn..	
Tennessee,'scat'ing.
Hopefteld, .Ark.	
Arkansas scattering
Horence, Ala:...*..
aiobile, Ala... .*	
17l|Decatur, Ala.,	
7|Tuscaloosa, Ala*....
- 74iTusoumT5ia^ Ala:...
69.Key.. West-. .'..„,.,..
51'Hickman, Ky	
1,118
*327
314
9
53
5
88
43
!)6
88
30
27
195
120
35
80
225
.287
225
1. Benj.Butterworth.
2. Thomas L. Young.
3. *John A. McMahon.
4. *J. Warren Keifer.
5. Benjamin Lefevre.
6. William. D Bill. „ x
%,,FrankB^rtk^j,j\l
ly-Jibeneser B. Finley.
9. "George L. Converse.
10. *ThomasEwlng.
OHIO.
11
*Benry L. Dickey.
12. *Henry S. Neal.     ;.
13. Andreio J. Warners
14. Gibson Atherlon.
15. George W. Geddes.
16. *Wflliam McKii*ley,Jt.
17; ,f James Monroe.\, H
"ft. *Jolih T"r*Dpd*egrafE7 *
19. *James A. Garfield.
20. *AmpsTown§end:»- V
OREGON.
John Whltakei'.
20
.67
'20.
40
3
*19
3'
10
45
31
Louisville.
Bowling Green, Ky.
*Eentacky,seatter*g.
New York.........".
Qallipolis and vie.:
Ciiicinuati...,..,.,-,.
Pitfebjirg. .*.,.' —.'.
Chicago...-:.' h.. -. I.
Cairo...; .-......,,.
42
38
71
217
143
11
23
25
20
78
139
44
M
40
14
34
13
9
46
12
13
44
58
44
2
2
37
141
-34
23,
5
30
82
Xfi
.1
71
:   32
Total..
...12.617
'A Texas raih-oadhas-been exMbiting
specimens of .the products of.the country tMough which, its line passes, the
collection including 100 varieties of
peaches, some weighing from ten to
fourteen Ounces; seventy-five varieties
of dapples, ripening all the way.from the
middle* of May'to Chnstinas tifiie;, clusters of grapes fourteen inches -long, and
over 100 kinds of valuable wood.
en tne
it  was
water!"
An honest ignoramus, who had^ escaped a great peril by an act of heroism*
was much complimented for his bravery, .
One lady said: "I wish I could' have
seen your feat," whereupon he blushed"
and stammered, and finally,* pointing to
his pedal extremities, said; " Well,there
they be, mum."
A Scotch witness, somewhat given to
prevarication was severely handled by a
cross-examining counsel. '"How far is
it between the two farms?" said the
counsel. "By the road it's twa mile."
"Yes, but, on your oath, how far is:it as .
the crow-;flies?" "I dinna - ken;; I.-
never was a crow."    **     . -
Man withbrokenhose—"I want a man
arrested in the saloon around the corner
for pounding me.""   Police Sergeant—
"What kind-of a looking manwaslie?"   "
Man-W. B. N--^"*A- feller with a base-.,
ball mustache."    P.  S.—"A base-ball, ;
mustache! What do you mean by that ? "
Man W. B. N.—" Nine on a side.".
A skeptic who "was badgering a simple-minded old man-about a miracle and
Balaam's ass,- finally-said, "How is it
■possible for an .ass to.talk. like a man? '•
" Well," rephed an honest old believer,
with meaning emphasis: "I don't, see .
why it ain't as "easy for an -ass to talk
like a man as it is for a man to talk like
an assi"7     .■•-•"'■■ -    -**   ' '■■   ■'•-***
A man can always tell exactly how tall■"'
he is by walking tMough a -low door in
the dark. Next morning he can meas-
iu*e tlie height of the 'door, andv|hen.
measure from where it struck to the "top
of Ms- head. 'Add the two together, subtract the swearing and multiply by what
o'clock it was-when -he -got- -home, and
the result will be his net height.
- Father Against Sou.     . .   7
The ;contest.for a seat in Congress
between two brothers, named Wood in
the Troy (N.'%.) district brings to mind
a very notable political "campaign that *
took place in Montgomery county, Pa.:,
iii 1865 or 1866.. -The county was very
close, and. a.-few votes changed either
way* was 'liable   to change the result.
Tlie Bender family was numerous and
influential, and the Democrats thought* :
to capture it by nominating- for Judge
the head of.the law firm of .Bender &
Son.   The *B%ii.blicans.'however, nbm-
iuated as his opponent "the son, and the
contest opened with the' Bender family
divided,"  The* son was elected; by two
or tMee votes, after a very .spirited eon- ■
test,, especially among the female members'"of the  fai^y.—^Tpw; f^MoJ
Argus.   *** ^_.
Newspapers in Great Bi-itaijn
It,-appears that in. Great Britain are
•published 1,885 newspapers and 818 pe-
ribdicais, winch," with 56 organs of
learned and other societies, make a total
of 2,75*9*-publications^ 486 -newspapers
and*598 periodicals being reontribnted.
by London alone. Of the newspapers
542 are "Liberal, 331, Conservative, or
Conservative Liberal^ and7941 nentral.
Tliree hundred and ninety-eight of the
periodicals " deal exclusively ! with religious questions;   There
-TilWiTBriHOTiii^i
are 287 illustrated papers, of which 33 have colored
illustrations. Questions relating to labor are treated of in'14 newspapers,
while* there are -104 prints re;presenting
trades and-trade societies.—Land and
Wdter:. .-.•..■    ■. -
*'.*- Every ten tinkles of the Moffet bell-
punch iii Virginia buy *a; Sunday-school
book, says a Biohmond paper.