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Not i'm the Scoring BUSINESS.

Senator Cullom, of Illinois, received
from the Secretary of the Senate a
promise that one of the soft berths in
that venerable ship of state would
be placed at his disposal. The Senator
was in high glee, and for hours and
hours would sit and ruminate over the
delicate problem whom to designate for
appointment to the promised place. At
last he hit upon politician of promi-
hence, the editor of an influential news
paper who had served his country in
the high Office of clerk of one OF the
branches of the State Legislature. The
gentleman was sent for. He was re-
ceived by the Senator with great cordi-
atty, and invited to come to the Capitol
AZ soon as he had recovered from the
fatigues of his journey, to assume the
new and important duties that awaited
him. He was man of fine address
and imposing presence, and when ac-
companied by his Senator, he walked
into the Secretary's Office to receive his
commission a stranger not acquainted
with the facts would have been puzzled
to point out which was the Senator and
which the expectant officer The Sec
rotary handed out the appointment
with deprecatory smile, remarking
apologetically that it was the best he
could do. The Senator read the ap-
pointment over and discovered to his
horror that the salary only amounted
to thousand dollars per anmm.
MIR. Secretary" said he, in a torrent
of rage, "this is outrageous. We
couldn't think of accepting so insig-
nificant place. Ny friend here would
scorn to occupy so inferior a position. :"
Hold on, Senator, said the Western
editor; I'm not in the scorning bust
ness this winter. This place is not
what 1 expected, but the weather is
very cold, and 1 don't care to go home
aud give the boys a laugh at my ex-
peHse. A thousand dollars isn't much,
but it will do to start in on. Mr.. Sec
! rotary, am ready to go to work. F"
And to work he went. He occupies
the important position of-but no, he is
an editor. and for the honor of the
craft we will not give him away
Washington Hatchei.
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Unquestionably there is change in
progress in the relation of woman to
society. The old-time theory by which
she was held, treated, and governed as
chattel has been practically aban-
doned, in this country, at least. New
ertheless, there are many relics of this
theory which are still cherished i'll So
ciety, and it will be many years ere
they also are consigned to oblivion. 1t
is still part of the unwrtten law that
woman loses caste by earning her own
living, unless she makes grand sue
cess, and then society condones her of
tense as q freak of genius. Nothing Is
more common than semi-apology for
q woman who works, and If it can be
said, ooh she didn't have to work her
father was wealthy, but she was SO in
dependent" it is universally understood
that the young woman has not lost all
claim to social consideration. 1t is only
those who must work who are regarded
as little "off color" socially. AS long,
therefore, as this idea prevails, and un-
til it shall be as proper, as necessary,
and as much expected that woman
shall have occupation to earn her
living as it is that man shall do so,
there will be some difficulty in meeting
the deterioration theory squarely. For
society, as now constituted, will regard
the steady progress of women toward
equal labor, duty and responsibility
with man as one of the greatest evil
dences of her deterioration, and will
treat woman suffrage as of the agents
bo,. 10,
her softness, dependence, and general
usefulness. But the woman of the
future will be in every respect mans
co-equal worker and friend, and while
she will lose nothing of the sweetness
she now possesses she will gain i'm
mensely in her own capacity for SYM
pathy, labor, and recreation. This is
one prophecy against another, but it is
just as valuable as the other until it is
proven false.--English Paper.
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Women who Work.

"What are the differences, as you
have observed them, of the opportuni-
ties of women in America and En-
gland 2"
All American women have better
chances in life than English women.
There are openings here for them
which we have not at home. Take the
press alone. There seems hardly a
newspaper in the United States on
which women are not engaged. The
very reverse holds good in England.
In other industries the same may be
said. 1 cannot particularize them IN the
professions. We have, / think, one
lady who has started as a conveyancing
lawyer, while in this country, especially
in the West, there are many women
lawyers. l don't suppose there are a
dozen women doctors in England.
Here there are hundreds, and / GER
tainly think that for the practice of
medicine among their own sex and
children, these women are in their
place"
"One point on which / am keenly
interested is the Advancement women
have made in this country in decorative
art, and / am extremely anxious to
learn all can on this subject. There
has been much done Ill the way OF
china painting. glass painting, the
decoration of door panels and other
house decorations, in which / have
noticed great improvement. The good
which will come of this is that women
will find remunerative and congenial
labor. A mans work is, and should be,
devoted to things of strength and the
creative, while that of woman naturally
| tends toward decorative art and matters
which lead to refining influences in the
matter of taste"
"Have you noticed any striking diff.
ference between the tastes of American
women and their English sisterhood p
"In England the women of the
wealthy class, who, naturally, have
nothing to do, make work for them
selves. They interest themselves in
the condition OF the parish poor, the
night schools, the technical education
of appointees, and in many other kin.
dred ways, which result in great good
to the masses. If have observed cor.
rectly, the aristocracy here is merely @
moneyed aristocracy. They live, mer
and women, to enjoy life, and do not
take cares on themselves such as have
mentioned. OF course, there are many
and increasing exceptions to this rule
but, however much our European arts
tocracies may be laughed at, the aris
tocracy of wealth in America Is III
brothers keeper, and the sooner the
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=" Sair Crackit."

The following anecdote is an amusing
and graphic illustration of the pride
and wit so often found associated in
Scotchmen:
A wealthy merchant of Edinburgh
was known to be large shareholder in
the Western Bank of Scotland. The
bank had CLOSED its DOORS" that is,
failed, and gone into liquidation. As
Scotch law makes each shareholder
personally liable for the debts of bank,
according to the number of shares he
holds, the merchants friends feared
that the failure might ruin him.
He was walking slowly up the street,
two or three days after the banks fail
uro, when an old friend met him. The
merchant was moody, and his friend
seeing it put his arm on his shoulder
and said, in sympathetic tones:
20. David, man, I'm very sorry for
We in this business. They tell me ye're
broken. Is't true?'
INA, ma, Tammas, ye're wrang," an.
swered the merchant, briskly, with q
proud shake of the head. aye can tel
them Pm no broken yet, but I'm gey
sair crackit.'
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A PHILADELPHIA boy had made up
his mind that human being could fly
rs we'll as bird, if he went about it in
the right way, and he thought he knew
the way. He persuaded his young Sis
ter, who had great confidence in him,
to become his assistant. Having laid
his plans before her, and convinced her
that flying was very simple matter,
after all, she consented to make the
first attempt. He took her up to the
second story porch, and, having brought
out big pair of turkey wings, an old
umbrella and some stout cord, he be-
gan to rig up the too-confding victim
for the great trial. He bound one wing
to tho outside of each of her arms, and
fastened the outspread umbrella TO her
body by putting the handle behind her
head and passing the cord around just
below her shoulders. The umbrella
was to act as parachute, about which
he had read just enough to make his
knowledge dangerous, and he quoted
the girls misgivings 10y saying that this
arrangement would "let her down easy"
When the little girl stood completely
arrayed for the trip the boy told her
that all she had to do was to Jump and
flap ker wings. and she would fly like
any bird. Five minutes later the family
doctor was sent for in great haste to
mend broken leg, and the youth,
when upbraided and punished for his
cruel folly, insisted that if the little
goose had tapped her wings as he told
her to, she would have been all right.
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ntries of the world:
Total production. $50. 4s,2o5 ,ss7 U. S. brls

THE Queen of Tahiti, who passed so
secretly across this country some weeks
ago, tells the people of Paris that she
was struck with the perpetual hurry of
Americans. Her Majesty kept herself
in such seclusion while she travelled
that her knowledge of Americans must
have been wholly confined to the
people she saw at the railway stations
and that being the case she would be
struck by their hurry. But it would be
a mistake to suppose that everybody in
this country is overworked. The inn
preston has largely grown of happy
faculty we have of making ourselves
and others think we are chock full of
business. Her Majesty should give
herself no anxiety about us. We
answer her that beyond weakness for
catching the first train this country is
not OVERRIDING itself.
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An analysis Of the tn BILE shows that the SIX
states yielding the largest revenue are New
York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Mich gan, and Connections. In Ohio, state
with population greater than Illinois at the
last census, the receipts we're only 81, 600, OBS,
against So s34, 396 in Illinois-a difference OF
nearly 81, 900, 900 In favor OF the latter. The
expenditures in the two States were 50, 800, 1913,
against 81, 9S2, or. The result Is that the
postal service in Ohio failed to support itself
by a deficit OF S430,l6o, whereas Illinois
yielded a profit to the Government OF $751;
49,
II is not surprising that New York, with
it's overhowlny population and iJs diversified
industrial pursuits, should add handsome
increase to the revenue of the Postotfice De-
partment; but who would expect Alaska, in
stinctively associated In our minds with all
that is bleak, barren, uninhabitable, TO fur.
nish a surplus OF receipts over expenditures?
This she did to the amount of S230-an in
crease relatively us great as that OF the EN-
pire State.
The postal service in the Southern States
has been dead loss from the creation
of the Government. Not Il dollar or
revenue has ever been received from
a State south of Mason and Dixon's
line, though the following table, covering
period of five years, shows a gradual LESSEN
ing of this deficit that leads the poStofiice Of
ficiaIs to predict that, few years hence.
when the country shall become more thickly
settled, II will, as a section, be self-support-
ing:
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Going I'm for the Latest Thing.

"Pa, DEAR" said Mrs. Fitzjoy, as she
looked lovingly and entreatingly to the
elder Fitzjoy, Il am going to buy some
sheet brass and set OF tools"
"Oh, going to do something useful at
last"
"Oh, no, you dear old soul. L am
going for repousse work, the very latest
aesthetic idea in household art"
"Then you are going to hammer and
pound and make small tinshop of the
house, are you And what shall we
have to show for it -
Beautiful alto relieve work, you
know"
well, just as you say. You have
painted pond lilies on every door panel
in the house, stood stork on one leg
on all the curtains and wedged down
the mantels with macrame lace, and
you might as well put little ornamen-
tation on the brass kettles. You've
never troubled them much otherwise. >
Hartford Post.
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For the week ending April 5, 1884, the reports
indicate that Inflammation of the bowels, bron-
chitis. and diar-hea increased, that pneumonia
considerably decreased, and that scarlet fever,
inflammation of the brain, and measles decreased
in OF prevalence.
At the State capital the prevailing winds dur
ING the week ending April were northwest:
and compared with the preceding week, the
temperature was lower, the absolute and the
relative humidity. and the day and the night
ozone loss
Compared with the average for the month Of
March in the preceding six years, cerebro-
spinal meningitis was more prevalent, and pneu-
monia. rheumatism. and remittent fever lesa
prevalent in March, 1884.
For the month OF March, 1884, compared with
the average for the corresponding months for
the six years ls79-1SSi the temperature was
slightly less. the relative and the absolute hui
nudity slightly more, and the day and the night
ozone less.
Including reports by regular observers and
others, diphtheria was reported present during
the week ending April 5, and since, at 10 places,
namely, Ann Arbor. Armada, Algonac. Detroit,
East Saginaw, Kalamazoo, Nottawa, Fort Huron,
Texas and Wyandotte; scarlet fever at IL
places Algonac, Battle Creek. Detroit, East
Saginaw, Pennington Grand Rapids. Manistee,
Mason, Mt Pleasant, Mendon, North Muskegon,
Niles, Port Huron, Pine Grove, st. John, Sand
Beach, Saginaw; measles at places. Detroit,
Grand Rapids. Linden, Mendon, Mason, North
Adams, Sa pinaw, and Taylor.
HENRY Il. BAKER, Secretary.
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" Blue Monday"

The most gigantic horror of domestic
life is washing day; the day on which
maladors take possession of the house
and picked-up dinners and general dis
comfort prevail; the day when Bridget
is queen, and Milford betakes himself to
the neighboring restaurant or to his
club to dine. Altogether, "blue Mon
day" is day to be abhorred. But
signs are not lacking that the dawn of
better things is near. when the time and
labor of the soap-andwater festival will
be greatly lessened. In the great laun-
dries of France electricity is made to
wiring ont the linen, place it on lines
and take it down again. In these days
of scientific invention there would seem
to be no good reason why the same
agent that makes laundrying in large
way mere sport may not be also made
to bring back to the household lost
delight which it has not known since
Eve quit wearing fig-leaves.-PhiladeI-
phid Record.
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ASKING FOR LOWER POSTAGE.
Two Chicago Editors Make Arguments In
Favor of Reduced Newspaper Rates.
Washington Dispatch

Favor of Reduced Newspaper Rates.
Washington Dispatchl
Joseph Medill, of the Chicago Tribune,
argued before the Senate Postoflice Com.
mittee in favor of reducing the present
postage rates on newspapers. He claimed
that the law laid an oppressive tax on pub
fishers, and those who were not making
money were compelled 10 borrow money to
pay the postage in advance. At the present
rate che postage per year on one copy of q
paper the size OF the New York Herald or
Chicago Tribune was from 81 to 81 go ncr
year. In many cases such postage Iates rep
resented the entire profit of the paper. The
press, Mr.. Medill said. did not think IL fair
that they should be compelled 70 bear the
burden OF the present rate. At present cx-
press companies were doing the best of tho
business, but IL the rate was reduced TO 81
per 100 pounds nearly all newspapers would
be carried IN the mails. He was satisfied
that anything that increased the circu-
lation OF papers multiplied the letter postage.
He thought newspaper publishers, having
borne a heavy burden for ten years, were
entitled to some relief. The result Of the re-
duction would be such an increase in the
number of papers sent rs would give tho
Postotice Department larger revenue than
ever. MIR. Hcsing, OF the Chicago Stats
Zehung, declared that he had found IL to be a
fact that the people who did not read the
papers made but little use of the mails. III
the price of postage should be reduced IL
would materially hop small papers now
barely able to struggle along.
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A Point of Etiquette.

II am going to give you a good
thrashing," said q young married man
to another.
"What for?"
Because you smiled at my wife as
she passed along here to-day"
We'll, your wife smiled at me first.
"Did she? Oh! that alters the case.
OF course it was etiquette on your part
to return the smile, and you being O
much larger man than l thought you
were, 1 am glad you have acquainted
me with all the facts in the case. I'm
a great admirer of etiquette. Come and
take something's"
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AN Omaha preacher is the last pulpit
FOUNDER to try and put a stop to Sun
day night counting. That preacher
would meet with greater success by
fighting cyclone with snow shovel.
This Sunday night counting business is
as sure to come as death and the tax
collector. 1t is an old established in
dustry, which has been going on since
the beginning of time, and it is sure to
continue to the end. 1t is about the
only industry that don't ask for pro-
tective tariff, as the more foreign COM
petition it has the better it thrives.
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II the North american ReuielC,
Judge J. A. Jameson, of Chicago, has
paper captioned SHALL Our Civiliza-
ton BE Preserved?" The Judge is
clearly of the opinion that our civil
ization is in great peril. 1t is environed
with enemies, and is still more in dan
ger on account of the enemies who are
operating within. The Judge is of the
opinion that after the lapse of a few
thousand years the world will expert
ence the recurrence of an age of ice,
which, unless great efforts ore made to
preserve the records, will sweep away
every trace of our civilization. In view
of such calamity the writer suggests
that it would be well to do some en-
craving on stones, after the fashion of
the early Egyptians, or that it might be
better TO select the bald head of some
mountain for records, so that when the
ice had melted, If any poor mortal sue
oeeded in living through the ice ago he
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P0sT0FFIcE FIGURES.
Some Curious Features Of the Postal
Service.

The report OF the Sixth Auditor for tho
Postoffce Department for tho fiscal year 1883
shows that but fifteen states and two Terri
tories supported their postal service and
furnished revenue for the Government The
states are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Connecticut
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Della
ware. Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa,
and Minnesota. One OF the Territories, SIN
guhrly enough, Ia Alaska. The other Is
Dakota
Tho following table gives the receipts. OK
penditures, and excess of receipts over ex-
penditures In the States and Territories
above named
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SAMUEL w. BAKER, the African ex-
plorer. is quoted rs saying that camels
will cross desert with loai of 400
pounds at the rate of thirty miles a
day, In tho burning heat of summer,
and require water only every third or
fouyth day. In the cooler months the
animal will work seven or eight days
without water, and, if grazing on green
foliage, without labor, will only drink
once u fortnight.
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THERE is place in the Blue Ridge
Mountains in West Virginia where snow
melts us fast as it falls, and where the
temperature of the ground never reach
es the freezing point. Vegetation is
always month ahead of the surround
ing sections There is. about one acre
of this warm area. The State Geolo-
gist is of the opinion that there may be
a volcano slumbering few hundred
feet below the surface.
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on A WELL.FOUGHT FIELD.
Anniversary Observances of Grand Army
Veterans of the Battle of Shiloh.


lShiloh (Tenn.) telegram
The steamers John Gilbert and w. F. Mes
bit left this point on the 9th inst. for Pitts
burg Landing, having about 400 excursion
lists on board, mostly members of the Grand
Army of the Republic from Illinois, Indiana,
and Iowa. When the excursionists landed q
column was formed, and the party marched
TO the national cemetery, where the band
played a dead march. The men stood
with uncovered heads, many with tears
running down their cheeks as they
looked around and saw the melancholy
array of marble slabs which marked the
graves OF dead comrades. The column then
marched TO the platform erected for the
speakers at the western end OF the cemetery
Prominent among those present were Gems.
NJ. X. NJ. Wallace, ID. G. Smith, Il. l.. Dickey,
Coils j. l.. Godfrey, w. Il. Shays, Maj. Is.
Bingham. Capts. S. s. Garrett, II. r. Hinkle,
Il. ID. Patterson, +. NJ. Kyle, ;. l.. Ensengo,
George G. Jenteries, I. j. Bryant, H.. 3.
Clock, David Jones, Judson Mccoy, Fred A.
Smith, Charles VanGorden, A. III. Vershey.
ID. c. Address. w. Il. Russell, and G. p. Searle.
All the above-named took part IN the battle
OF Shiloh as Federal officers. The Rev.
Thomas Cotton, local preacher, explained
that the small assemblage was due
to the fact that many people had
of smallpox scare, and Capt. II.
X. Hinkle, of Savannah, Tenn, member OF
the Grand Army of the Republic, heartily
deplored that there were no representative
Tennesseans from the Confederate army TO
welcome the visitors. The Hon. Il. d. Smith,
of Illinois, was the orator of the day, and de-
livered q stirring speech eulogistic OF the
dead of both armies. Gen. Il. Lyle Dickey,
Judge of the Supreme Court of Illinois, fol-
lowed in an eloquent address, giving some
interesting personal experiences OF the battIc
of Shiloh. The audience had by this time
been considerably Increased by country
people, and all joined in the singing Of several
hymns. The entire day was spent in visiting
points of interest on the field, and at o'clock
the boats left on their return trip.
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GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.


HR.
NV darling In truth.
IL was In my youth
When TO be my wife beBought youi
And by my devices,
FruitE, candies, and ices.
And picnics and buggy rides caught YOU.
My purse played part
In getting your heart,
SO l can't help thinking bought You
Though in our married life
We have seen little strife,
You'll admit never have fought you
Excepting now and then.
And at other times when
Some lessons In finance taught you.
So here.
NV dear,
You'll permit me TO say.
Perchance turn mp what may,
You ougntn't 20 back on me, .o~yht your
Oh, yes,
i guess
When you strained yourself to beseech me
To become your wifi,
And TO share your life,
You exerled yourself % reach me.
And at this late day
You have cheek 10 say
That lessons in finance you'd teach Inc.
Now, boss,
Old boss,
I'm President here,
so never You fear
That you have power TO impeach me.
Fort Wayne HCosier.
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fact is acknowledged the better FOR
oil concerned. Do not think, by any
means, that / believe England is fulfill
ing her duty on this point. Were it so
we should not have in London alone
such terrible state of things rs has
recently called forth that remarkable
pamphlet. The cry of the outcast poor
of London. '"-InteruieU tcih Emily
Faithful.
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might find somewhere some pointers to
aid him in reproducing our civilization
for the benefit of those who may people
the earth after the ice age had spent its
force, thawed and disappeared. The
writer thinks ~rich and powerful ma
tons of the earth" might preserve the
best part OF the treasures of their civil
ization