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The Aesophagus.

The gullet (@sophagus) is not a mere
tube, down which food and drink fall
of their own weight. Its sides, when at
rest, are in full contact with each other.
It consists mainly of muscular fibres, rich.
Unfinished with nerves, especially Of the
"rehex" order-the kind that are indie
pendent of the will. The simple contact
with food or fluids excites them to action.
Hence, one who is unconscious can
be made to swallow by merely plac-
ING the substance at its entrance.
! Most of our swallowing is this charac'
ter. Each successive muscular fibre Il
called into action as food reaches 1t,
those before di asing, and those behind
contracting. In the case of the horse in
drinking, the water il thus actually
carried upward against gravitatlon.
The whole digestive tract from the
mouth downwards, through the entire
length of the intestines, is lined with a
membrane, whose Office It is to secrete
a lubricating fluid (mucus). This keeps
the sides Of the gullet moist and soft.
The highly nervous character OF the
pullet renders it extremely sensitive.
especially to stimulants, Independent Of
the will. Sometimes hard substance.
accidentally swallowed, g0tS lougeu III ~.
The muscles at once close so tightly
around it in state of spasm that it il
not easily dislodged even by the physic-
ian.
A child drinks ammonia, or other cor
rosive fluid used in the kitchen, and the
inflamed outlet becomes closed up &C
tightly and constantly by the spasmodit
action of the muscles, as to deceive one
into the belief that the sides have grown
together. Nothing could be worse for II
than surgical operation.
The difficulty can be overcome by
careful and long-continued dilation. be-
ginning with dilators of the smallest
possible diameter and gradually incr cas-.
ing their size. Mothers cannot be toe
careful to put ammonia and all corrosive
mixtures beyond their children's reach.
-Youth's Companion.
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Senator Wilson's Little Romance.
Washington Correspondence New York

The election of Judge Wilson as Sem
ator from Maryland is we'll regarded
here. He was en- inveterate snuff tax
er many years after the practice had
been tabooed in good society, but finally
compromised by giving up his snuff-box
and making an arrangement with de-
serving woman, who kept . shop in
Snow Hill, to get pinch whenever he
called at the store for it. Mrs. Knox,
who had been In better circumstances
before she kept the shop, had pretty
ard refined daughter, who had been ed
ucated, and was lady in manner and
department. The mother died. Think
ing Judge Wilson staid old widower.
and adapted to looking after pretty
and friendless girl, she had left her
property in the judges hands, asking
him to look after it. and to be mindful
of her daughter, an orphan.
The judge settled mp tho estate, &C.
cured her little patrimony to the daugh-
ter, and finally euccumbed to her beauty
and merit, and married her. The match
turned out most happily.
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A steamer is to be built At Buffalo
during the coming spring and summer.
which, it is expected, will do much
toward restoring passenger travel on
the great lakes to the proud position il
held before the day Of railroads. The
new vessel is to be about three hundred
feet in length, built of steel, and
designed TO attain a speed of eighteen
miles an hour, making it possible to
cover the distance between Buffalo and
Duluth in about three days. As the
route between these two cities is az
short by water as by land, such q vessel
will have little to fear from railroad
competition during fine weather. and
will no doubt do much to give the lakei
the popularity among tourists which such
magnificent bodies of water deserve.
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FIFTY INDIAN MAIDENS.
Daughters or the Prairie Go to Phila-
deIphia After m Education.

Daughters or the Prairie Go to PhiIa-
deIphia After an Education.
Philadelphia Record.
The family Of twenty-three Indian
girls who have been living for some
time past at the Lincoln Institution,
Eleventh street, below Spruce, was in.
creased to fifty on Thursday afternoon
by the arrival OF twenty-seven girls from
the Indian Training School at Carlisle,
Pa, from which place they were sent
by order of the Interior Department o,
the United States government. The
fifty who are now in Philadelphia will,
in the course Of a few weeks, be joined
by twenty-five more. which will COM
plete the number to be taken care OF
in this city.
The new arrivals are apparently per.
fectly satisfied with their new quarters.
They ranged IN age from six to twenty
and were all neatly dressed and wore
their jet black hair in piaits. The fifty
scholars are divided into two divisions,
each of which goes through regular
routine Of study and work daily. They
rise at 6 o'clock, and after break fast one
division goes to the school-rooms and
studies from 8 o'clock until noon. the
other girls spending these hours in learn
ing TO sew, cook, and attend to the gen.
eral house work of the institution.
In the afternoon from / o'clock until
4 the second division attends school,
and the first is instructed in the useful
branches just mentioned. Each day the
scholars are taken out for an hours
walk, but as general thing they dqnot
like this, as they are very sensitive
about the attention they attract. On
Sundays they attend divine service at
the church of the Ascension. The hours
when they do not have to be in the
scbool-rooms or ut work are spent IN the
p,ay<rooms Of the institution.
Some of tbs girls are very clever at
making dolls, which they decorate with
beads, bits of metal and strips of bright
flannel. During the day they are
obliged to talk to each other in English.
But in the hour that intervenes between
supper and bedtime8 p. n.y. they are al
lowed to converse together In their
native languages. This, however, Is inn
possible in many cases, as they repre-
sent number of tribes, and do not UNI
derstand one anothers dialects. Prizes
are Rltcu III Tic cuu Va OdCA AAoAtA w
those who have talked English only
during that period, and they make rap
i'd Roadway in learning the language.
They are reported to be bright and
Quick az their studies.
Among the tribes represented by the
fifty now at the institution are the
Pawnees, Sioux, Cheyennes, Conaches
Diggers, Osages, Omahas, and Della
wares.
A large number have Christian names
and civilized surnames. but some are
still known by their Indian surnames
with a Christian names attached, the
effect of which combination is often
rather amusing, as in the following
cases: Bessie Big soldier, Edna Eagle
Father, frankie Bear, Ella Man Chief.
Maud Echo Hawk, Fannie Grow, Eunice
Bear Shield, Sarah High Hipe, Lizzie
Spider, and Olive Battle.
The majority of the girls will remain
in Philadelphia five years.
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A Rascally Poston,oe Inspector.

A Rascally PostofEice Inspector.
Detailed reports are coming into the post
Office department OF frauds practiced upon
postmasters by Postoffice Inspector Lanier,
removed from Office recently. The Office at
Mobile was defrauded to the amount of $270,
the Jacksonville $500. the Pensacols 500
the Houston s125, theAtlanta $150, the New
Orleans $50 and the Selma, Ala, $500.
Other points not yet heard from that Lsnier
is known to have visited are expected TO
swell the figures considerably. He also
holds $170 belonging to money order
funds. Different plans were pursued by
Lan1er to obtain money from postmasters,
but his favorite scheme wAs to appear be-
fore the postmaster, present credentials and
ask loan from the postal funds to aid
him in an attempt to arrest criminals. II
is said ct the department that the poamas-
tiers must lsse the money, az they are not
authorized to expsnd postal funds In the
manner above described. A deputy from
New Orleans says Lanier has fed to South
America.
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CONDENSED NEW s.


Woo01D&CO0 NEWS NOCeS.
Mr. Hewitt Of New York Mon Introduced /
bill providing that 1t shall be lawful for III,
proprietor ofAny newspaper to register iz
the of1ce Of the librarian of congress the
name or title thereof, on ths payment OF SIC
AID II shall not DO necessary thereafter to
furnish any subsequent copy of the publ
cation FOR the purpose OF preserving the
copyright OF said name or title. Ia case OF
the period of three months, the right to the
said name or title shall cease. It might be
question Tor the courts to decide whether,
under the Last sentence, II the bill became Z
law, hyphenated Newspaper could pre-
vent rival newspaper from being estab-
lished, using one Of the names OF the con-
solidated journal a.ter the three months
had expired.
One Of the most elaborate schemes for re.
dusing the surplus in the treasury. ID in the
danss of the sub committee OF the house
committee Or education. It Is proposed to
assiSt the states and territories in the pro-
motion OF education BY distributing among
doled out at intervals of three years during
the next twelve years, the apportionment
70 be made upon the basis Of illiterate pop
ulaiion between the ages OF ten and twenty
years In the states, and bet ween six to TWEEN.
~ years In territories. Iowa, would get
$2e50SU. and Minnesota $lSS $50. But
there is scarcely possibility of its passage.
Mr.. Washburn of the house presented the
claim of William J. Hazsn for $500. on ac.
count Of depredations alleged to have been
committed by the Chippewa Indians. Mr..
Wakefield has resolution which he will
f$nu sFsA xHaey v>~ L. 81 S~~AA
to Inform the house by what authority
large tracts of land in Mobiles and Book
counties, Minnesota, were certified to the st.
Paul & Sioux City Railroad company to
supply deficiencies In the constrtic. ion Of
their road from st. Paul to Dakota.
Postofices Established-Iowa: Balluff,
Scott county; Oakville. Louisa county. Mon
tana; Drummond. Deer Lodge county. Post
masters Commissioned-Eugen X. Hast
ings, Carroll, lowe; Perry o. Babcock, Mon
ticello. lows Henry Kenpef Pefham, MINI.
Joseph 81. Wagner, Rochester, Mimi; Dav-
Mcqueen, Fort Keogh, Mont: Thomas Bak-
er, Prairie du Sac, Wis.
Hon. Milo White will introduce bill in
the house granting a pension OF 81 per
month to all who served in the srmy dur
ing the late war who were not disabled, and
% per month to all who were disabled by
reason OF wounds received while in the
service.
1t is Iumored that Gen. John Coburn OF
Indiana, vii. be appointed Territorial Judge
of Dakota. He is a good lawyer.
The senate confirmed James A.. Connolly
attorney Of the United States Southern dis.
tr:ct OF Illinois.
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Bancroft's is declared by critics to be
he only history of the United States
worthy the name, and that does not
reach down to the civil war ana the his
DRY of the great rebellion has not been
written and cannot be for hundred
years to come. 1t seems strange to many
hat histories cannot be written when
events are freshest, but such is the fact.
Time is necessary to obliterate passion
and prejudice which have nd place in
what is diSnihed as history.
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FORT1.EIGHTH CONGRESS-.


EENArE.-Senator Hoar reported to-day,
from the committee on judiciary, an anti
polygamy bill, which embraces the princi.
pal features Of the Eimunds bill introduced
in the present session, and adds other
provisions originating with the commit
tee. He raid that he did not himself favor that
clause OF thu bill which requires the exclu.
sion of women from suffrage In that terri
tory
Housn.-Immediately alter the reading OF
the journal the death Of e. w. Mackey OF
South Cero1ina, who died. recently of pert
onitis, was announced. TIE customafy res
olutions were adopted. and the house, as a
mark OF RESPECT 70 the memory Of the de.
ceased, adjourned after appointing the fol-
lowing committee to take charge OF the fun
eyal arrangements: Eessrs. Pettibone,
O'Hara, Davis (Mc), Hemphill, Bisbee and
Willis.
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WENDELL PHILLIPS DEAD.
The Great Orator and Abolitioniat Breathes
HIS Last, . Victim Of Heart
niaAanA.

BOSTON, Special Telegram, Feb 2.-wendell
Phillips died at els o'clock at his residence,
81 Common street He had been seriously Ill
only since Saturday last On the morning of
that day he was taken very suddenly with an
attack Of heart disease. physician was
promptly summoned and pronounced
the trouble Angina pect6fis, the
malady which brought Charles Sumner to
the grave and caused the death of Mr.. Phil
lips father and three brothers. It had been
and the fact that be had enjoyed remarkable
health fol, years would enable him to rally,
but the disease made rapid progress. He
was confined to his bed on Sunday,
suffering terrible pains, and his physician
was summoned to the house four times The
patient rallied, grew better from day to
day, and hopes were entertained until
Wednesday Of speedy recovery. On
Wednesday came relapse SO serious
that constant medical aid was required
On Thursday his condition became SO criti-
cal that it was hardly thought at midnight
thath could live until morning. Again he
rallied slightly, but the relief was
only temporary. In attempting to lift
himself in bed to-day he overtaxed
his feeble powers A terrible paroxism was
brought on, and in order to quiet the suf-
ferer it was necessary to employ anesthetics
1t was evident that the end was near
Phillips realized this, and except during the
time above referred to, was conscious until
the last, though too feeble to speak. He
had beeh Unable to speak for
two or three days He bad taken
no prominent part in public life for more
than year, feeling that, tho,- III in excellent
health, he had reached an age when quiet
ness and rest were requisite. He received
many dattering invitations to lecture,
but was heard but seldom. He
last spoke in public at the
old South church the day fol-
lowing Christmas, when the statute of
forced removal from his home on Essex
street was often in Mr.. Phillips mind,
for he frequently spoke of the
change with regret, and some
of his friends, thinking that brooding
over this matter may have brought, in some
degree at least, the disease, which proved
fatal When Phillips died there were none
in the death chamber save the wife
whom he had cared for with such con-
slant tenderness these many years. and his
adopted daughter, with other members OF
the family and household His death was
peaceful, and, though the illness had been
painful, the end happily was free from all
suffering. The arrangements for the funeral
are not yet completed, and it probably will
not be held for several days
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The census OF 1880 showed that there
we're 6,632 $40 colored persons in this
country, and 6,67s. 943 persons OF foreign
,irth. of these latter, 1,S54,57l were
born in Ireland; 1896, ZAP in Germany;
sS.66S in Austria; 1885 in Belgium;
1881 in Bohemia; $500 in Holland;
-l,526 in Hungary; As, 557 in Poland, and
IS .62l in Switzerland.
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The London Times says the best proof
that the government Is alive to its respons!-
bllities in Egypt will be given lift advises,
q we believe it will advise, small increase
Of the army. It Ii also decided that parlia-
ment will be asked to grant go, 000, coo for
additional defense Of Clyde, Humber. Mer-
sey and Tyne rivers British Channel to
potts Of Alden, Singapore, Hong Kong.
Point de Gale and Cape Town, and Islands
Of st. Helena and Ascension, all being
vital necessity for our feet which in case OF
war will have to depend npsn the coAling
facilities for their power to defend our pos
sessions. Our army 10 never more than ID
equate for the work It has to do. and the
occupation Of Egypt put severe strain on
importance Of improving our defenses may
be judged from the fact that property 1t
LiverpOol alone, which hostile hest could
destroy. b estimated at $400, 600 600.
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The Pennsylvania railroad has done
considerable and wise thing in forbidding
employees giving their superiors presents.
This rule oaght to prevail everywhere
It is little less than robbery in ma
ority of cases, when rich gifts are made
oy employees. The instigator is often q
ycophantic sneak, and the victims are
hose who dare not refuse to give.
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1t is estimated that the United States
Senate is the wealthiest deliberative body
IA the world, the seventy-six members
If that body representing $50, 900. This
nay be an exaggeratioA, but the fact re.
mains that money, and good deal of it,
Il sometimes required to obtain seat in
.hat BODY. :.
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Montana is holding convention with
view Of applying for admission as q
state, bat it is net believed that Mon.
ana stands any better chance than Da-
sota, for some time to come, and the
prospects of Dakota's admission are not
rood at present
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ksussia has been induced TO prou1IBe
protection to the Jews by the frowning OF
The Rothschilds on Russian loan until
such promise was given. {

London has doubled its population in
sorty-one years. At the beginning OF
the present century out of every nine
Inhabitants of England and Wales. one
,nly lived in London. Now the proper
ion has risen to one out of seven.
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The opinion which Lieutenant Ray, OF
she signal service, gives upon the utility
Of Arctic expeditions is expert evidence
in support of the verdict which the pub
lie passed upon them long ago. Lieu
tenant Ray has commanded such an ex.
petition himself, and out of his expert
ence rays they are the most senseless O
conceivable undertakings; that it is ut.
terly impossible for any ship to reach 81
degrees north, and that there would be
nothing there for it if it did.
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Mrs. E. w. Avery, Of Laconia, N. H.,
has in her possession q half dozen chairs
that were brought to this country by
John Hancock, who signed the Declare
ton Of independence. They were pur.
chased by Mrs. Avery's father in Boston
where they were formerly used by Han.
cock IN his house on Beacon street.
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PECULIAR MINNESOTA WEATHER.

Meteorological Review of January, 1884,
Shows 1t to Have Been the Most Remark
able Month on Record.
The meteoric conditions at st Paul during
last month were the most remarkable onrec-
ord The lowest temperature, 81. 5 deg. be-
low zero, is s. deg. lower than the lowest
January minimum for the last ten years, and
the highest, As deg, Is above every maxi
mum of the month for the period named
above except 1879 and 1880 Occurrences
still more remarkable took place on the 18th
and 29th for rain fell on both occasions
But one other instance of rain in January is
on record, and that fell in 1880 The
monthly mean temperature, z. 8 deg, Is con-
siderably below the average ga deg.) Of
the last thirteen Januaries The month was
decidedly warmer than January, 1875 much
warmer than that Of last year, and slightly
so when compared with the initial month of
1873 1t shows no margin at all over the
same month of 1881, and falls considerably
behind the Januarys from 1872 to 1883.
The total rainfall, including melted snow,
was O.4S Of an inch The average Of the last
fourteen yanuarys is 1. 81 inches, adefciency
last month of O. SO. The monthly mean bar
ometer, 80. 1875 inches, corrected to ssea
level" is decidedly above the average, and,
with the exception of that for January, 1875,
is the highest on record This instrument
was free from extreme changes or rapid huc-
tuations, consequently the wind movement
was very moderate, and the month in ques-
ton passed by without single gale or a near
approach to o blizzard The highest wind
was had on the 9th, the direction being
southeast with a velocity of twenty -four
miles an hour OF ninety three observations
of the wind, taken tri-daily at 5:56 q m and
:56 and 0:50 p. m, it was observed blow
ing from the north 3 times; southeast, II;
south, q; southwest, IL; west, %; north
west, Is; and calm, IL times
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Information IL received that the dead
body Of William Bradshaw,a wealthy farm
er living eleven miles from Albany, Gentry
county, No., was found near his home Hat-
urday, the %, with his head crushed with :
club, and face hands and fest burned to .
Grip. Indications shout the premises are
that the old man was asuassiuated by rob
bers, who tortured him with FIRE to make
him reveal the hiding plaee Of his money
and afterward beat him 70 death with Z
bludgeon.
Harry Lee Of Cincinnati, travelling under
the name Of Andrews, was arrested at To-
r0nto BY Detective Haxm Of ClnClnnati.
Leo was olerk Of Wo0drcugh 4 lcPArsin.
commission merchants Of OInciuna&i, and
forged the name Of the nrm 1p9 &C. Ooo.
When arrested he W. III the company e. !
woman, Known in Cincinnati = Bessie. Lee
Will nght extrsdition through the various
courts.
= Whitesboeo, Texas. special says both
stagss betWesn Whitnboro md Gainesville
was rUbbsd rseently ~ fhsss rod aGsnis.
EIvs hundred dolla11 W9e socured. ~.
Noon, On III cooch ftom 0GfnesvilIe, nv
the cthe. coach stoppso. ~ 1eYe!Isd : ~
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a.
SENATE Mr. Blair presented volumine
Gus petition from about 4,0e0 citizens
Of the District OF Columbia praying for the
passage of bill TO prevent the manufac-
lure or sale, Of alcoholic liquors with
ia the District Of Columbia and the terri
tories. He expressed regret that no action
had beea taken upon former petitions ofthis
kind, and though the subject must eventu-
ally compel tbs attention of statesmen.
The petition was referred to the committee
ON the District of Colum bia, where it will
'slumber with its predecessors.
No business was transacted on account OF
the funeral OF Mr.. Mackey Of the house.
The president sent the follo wing nomina-
lions t. the senate to day:
Charles Roberts, register of the land OF
Zee at Humboldt, Cal !; Richard 8. Tuthill
Chicago, United States attorney for the
northern district of Illinoi James A. Con-
nelly, Illinois, United States attorney for
the southern district of Illinois.
Observation-Disclosures B. Budd, Houma, La
Mel Sinclair, Morgan City, La; Carnot Bel
finger, Luling, Tex; James II. Ashcraft;
Paducah, KY; Harry w. Grantley,, Apple
ton City, Mo-; Lindell s. Cantwell, Rich,
mond, Mo; Adrian G. Case, Albany, Mo-
M. hereafter, Jessup, DardHelle. Ark; John
Watts, Ames, lowe; George 3. Ebernart.
CecdT FallS, LOWE, EIlnu FLO VduAeSn"s
Wiz; James Gray, Rol 60, Mich. q. KIM
ball, Crystal Falls, Mich; Ehelbert J. Brew
ster, Midland, Mich; James g. Balm, Mar
tinevilles. Ind; Jabtz n. Casson, Kasson,
MIMI; Royal NJ. Hubbard. Longmont.
Colo; Mrs. Jennie Goodwin, Seh Buena-
vintura, Colo; A. Pedler, Woodland, CAL;
Richard Melrose, Ansheim, Cal BENJAMIN
McElroy, Frankfort, Kans.; N. A. Yeager,
Augusta. Kans.; George Huger, Ellsworth,
Kans,; Ralph NJ. Grimes, Kearney, Neb.;
Joseph G. Keppler, Glendale. Mont.
HousE.-After the presentation and refer
ence of several reports of committees, fun
eral services of the late Representative
Mackey, of South Carolina, were observed
and the bouse adjourned.