Bloomington Progress, Volume 16, Number 9, Bloomington, Monroe County, 14 June 1882 — Page 1

Tintrai bmmi t um Havo you 1, cud the tataof On aloe pfcat, .Aw in ilannj eilmet tamkle irrowtaaf a atrsattai m . ItMteht., ita Mourning Hw. AnAhru a woorlroa. bad at lUerowa Breska Into a tucttwul flowsra; Thb. floral Qen, :a tu blooming some. Is th rle i f Uib tropical bowwra. BnttbriinttattarfluwrriaaaauUk. i SVrlt bicqiaa hjfma,, an la Mas. . Bar jem further hen rd of the alee slant Thutgrowi. in Jta mnr ctnaa Hnwjjsrj caa of ita tbotuanl Sowers, Aa uiey ilrop in tbe blooming Urns, 1 Infsr. t plant tint faitene ita rtwts In tba aiace wbcrt ft f au tnW (rosad; v Ana. a th in .Iron iriua ta itin aaam. Grow l-v!) m: il io y around? Bj dj ing it hvvth a tbuuiuavt fold . proton, tkat 'Irin'lrqiB ia feUYof ha -Bar; yort heard iha.ta! at iht ultaan, - - TSa Aral ttimt : Hihr, '. i - , Skat liws iH the .rrtcan'ao!ttnan( Wbr tjie blr!s that live lonely are? Karc you. heard bow it lores Ma tender voiaseV '- Ami cane and tolls rr tVtr geoat - ;7 V It Tiriaxa them water from fountain afar, And nh the luna for tbetr toUL , b fatuim it tend. tiia-,tat kwcaa devtwt 3 The Mood of tt bvionii-Mid, feeding them, did? " Hare yon bear.1 the tale they lei! of the ewan, ItncbelteetytSwIk oti ihe rfirery wn. It eUentlj altn ia the brake. For it smviti It Mr g till the end of Ufa; And tb.!"i- in f hi Mft Bttli mm " 3 '

auainegoMi!tKBtof UM sutaag: sua, ' . It aingi u it foara Into beavsn t : And the blexaed water talla bacq trqaajttWtaMaa . XaosrVaoos.fo oaring It diT r '

.A. Republican Paper Devoted to the .A.dan.vcemeiit of the Local Interests of Monroe Connty.

Established A. P., 183.

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 18S2.

New Series.--VOL. XVI.-NO. 9.

sobbed the moose,

holly-treea,

and I fell in.

"Then, why don't you get out gainf inquired Wogglae, very natur

ally.

Old Slimy and a chonen band arranged all the nilea for the race, and told off a number of the darkest-colored frog.-, to act as oolicemen to the fflitoles, both

I can't" eried the tsrisoner. Tonnntem from srettinflr into the way.

-r. a. r - -1- 1 a.1 1 -

tmit ytn aee,in4 nuss 01 uie noie ! ana also guarding inem irom wio now,

Toa hare beard theu tales:. ShaB Halcyon A enmtarua bteK flua aBe' -

Bare yoa'heard of Him whom the'haai

neton wnom the hoetaof then fall? How Ha fcfUhe ebira and aiitlmnaaliJia. Eor earth fa. ita waUbaa and woaa.

rAaiaMfotbW3ilof aiafoear 1 .ft

OiFrlO.Vofttie noble I O, uSererDlTlnl What aorrotr and aacriaoa equal to thiaaT Hay heard HralahaoYthamaaThetate oftbe 1161 r amd True f . Hedbnt ail:tf,tnMatlaoaJa, . ' Uvea ou in the world anew. Bta Kfd rreraila, and la nUtnr Ow eartt Aa the atara BU the aky abora Ho UuRhs nii to yieid np the loTSaaVlf -. For the sake ot the liff of lovaL - -

HJa rteaih ie our lite i Dla k.la our gatrn .

atow bear three take, ye weary and waa. Who for others do kIto Tip yovr all: Onr Sartor bath told yon Ilia am il iliat milliMt Into eartt.'a dark boeom mnat fan: W Nut p from the view anddiaa-a: mPW

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jam. ia w44 w XCTUI an

The grain that nccmiloatin

thnaaitbaalaai

Si V

ree and iie ring- i tered roar:

t ; IJJalleaiagahVi

1 J roiThadiJwtoe

j4I ...-n?-5K.

3km no to the too. and itia area t deal

, taiger down bee thart -where yon are 1

I cant do a great many tmngs. Da. loan t olimb a preeioe 'like that, and I am so airraid df th nuurpiea 'findiher 'mo.' Do

help raBi dear .bo, audi shall bo forever graWtl?

" aaw am ah nmp juu r luqtuxea Woggka. ".I don't exactly kaoW' "Oh, I cant think,;-bat be quick," sntrfttted the monue. 4 . Thus "implored, the good-natured tittle frog peered about until he beheld pile of-small stojaea,, -which he enBitTored to push? toward the hole by means Of his hed, as his -webbed feet lid not render him much assistance. Bat fter tumbling a ooupla down," the first if which rteary demolishel tlto little animal he. was trrino: to help, and the seo

if rad -neatly carry ing Worales -with it in

its aescent, lie saw tne pjanoxmajtinga aopgl fial demand. Batdpwn to - that you oouhi map aire to push one

-ttedSM a stick down ? because if the oth-

ar etan rehiea on ine top oi me noie i am "eertafti I could ruu up it."

"To be sure! could 1" cried Wocrgles.

in delight at the plan, and soon the lit-

tte-iapciv curebed up, and .ere long was fai'aafaty bn the tsideEiME prison.

Mow wnat can; iOo Jor- yopirT; she

Aa worthless as a m-omaa'e beurt," And, enecfiryr. Anns it aljnv leetl , , - I,"T.nghrng," ahiorSaSl fckeitltnii ; Pocr nee," I cried, Kyot oaoa were sweet. t?Djhniring'KKKt-u ih, "lAa30Mny asuaatfcsti i 44tlWHotiM ri6Tif My trait'mna eyea would ove-flow. a lnma!!isai; you esukrriM!Ma. S ' ' And then, eh, wel: ! you did not gt And en, 1 think yort tmd,erdtan(L . . i No heir in aBlbw wor itcii be 1 A flower era dear a thle letd nee, Becauee it gave yon back to me. And aSrara now etrmt 't lezveft " A imotle perfume feeiua to c3ing, Swrett r tbac any row exhale Tjt eren June bcrae f nt bilag. ; Mr. K r. lYeoH, ' Inter Oeitm.

HOW WOUGLES WON HIS LAURELS.

The hot summer sort wits glaring down upon the surface of a quiet pond one aaltry day, the leaves on the sniroonding trtsep hung limp and drooping from the heat, birds sat with their beaks open, gasping fo breath, and. ihe .eel; creatures that appeared to be enjoying themselves were the frogs, who sat comfortably, with their bodies beneath the rather shallow water, und their flat beads and twinkling eyes bobJing about here and. there like anima ted corks.

xney were m good quarters, and

i tbe work! was a very agreeable

DiaGe oner ail ; uoeea. line oonuasc ox .1 - , ., n- .

weir own oappxaesa won ute amemeaon cf otliers so enlivened them thai, old Slimy, the Governor cf the eokmy, htsily qpetted bit . wide ziouth and gave -vent to the rather abrupt propasal, "Let's do something," though whet he meant to be " doing " he had perhaps hardly considered. "Dd what?" inqnired a chorus of eroaku from all sidea of tlie pond, aa the astonished froggies taised their heads tt jraxe at their chief. "Something to

amuse ourselves," .went o old S&ny.-' . t. it 1 '-a 5i t. r. j e

ifc m rauier mow w an uere au UMJ xaj this leantifrtl weather. The sqmrrda had a leaping match, last, night, and the -rabbits' af nee h I(a w before, and we ace quite in tlte background. Everyone will forget us unless we do arane thing ' smb." f ljtl a-havo a race; tao," eriad Woggles, anioo ugly little frog, who was aitting on the bank near the spot when Slimy was. "What kind?" inquired another, ot tfce name of Boaster, who disliked Wogglea, and always made a point of eon tndietin: ererytiiiog he said; "a hopping race, or an elegant performance on your hind legs! Certainly witta yonr figure yon would make a sensation r -:- "l .thought of swimming one,? replied Woggles, cheerfully. "Thai would suit ns be, and be a good exampte for the tadpoleB, and show them, what will be expeotod of them some day." "I havo av better idea," intenmpted Blimy, very dogmatically. " We shall hawe a rowing match, and as many of yoa as choose caa enter the lists, i shall be judge; and a spteadid race we shall have aaong oazsetres, I can tell you." " How should we manage that V inquired a discontented member. "Swinvt Biing would lie much nioer." "Bowitig is more fashionable,' reptied tfae'06Wnor, withan air of great 9eri?". ViP& y.WJtjme the crowds wh& noOected t) see the races, some time ago, when those mortals dresned in white and blue nearly killed themselves trying to make a sensation ! We need not exert so. ranch.; but let us decide. Toncan each get a small sod of peat that is the lightest thing and use a lily leaf for a paddle.' When I haverrangedaU the detail will let yon know. At present I must go to sles. for mr brain has been overworked and feels Ute a tammM." So saying, the ancient frog majestically dived oat of sihtof his andte&ee. - ' " Old tyrant ! " mntt red Boaster. " If he were hoi 15 years of age, and head of the pond, 1 would make stand against his depottaia. ' Yon are all afraid, and I give yon fair notice thai , as far as winning the race goes, noni of yon would have a chance against ine. I had the privilege of seeing the contest old Slimy inentioned, aad I know exaotly how to set about a," " Ws shall see," shouted Woggles, as he leaped off the bank with a rigorous kick, and turned a somiaaault into the wafer; we shall see." Being sf a very energetic temperament, as soon as our nifly little friend bad imbibed a sufficient quantity of water he left the pond oa the opposite aide, and proceeded in search of a peat whereupon to practice ins rowing powers ; and he was hopping along very Comfortably when he thought he heard ery for help, and, ititening intently, discovered that it prooeeded from the ground at a little distance to the right of the path he was pm suing. Woggles was never known to dMregard aa appeal tor aid ; so he turned aiade, sad, guided by the sounds of distrois, soon reached n hole about eighteen inches deop, down which he was very nearly falling before he jwrooived it; but, checking himself just in time, he peeped cautiously over, and saw a poor little field-mouse sitting weeping at the iiottom in a helpless manner. "What is the matter? What brings you here?" cried our hiro. Oh, dear I those cruel men Oaz the pit because we ate ajj the bark off tbefar

mquired -jfra tetany.1

way to help you.

me Some

answer "tor ttnsonr'hefo iufbtmed

her of his destination, and the mouse in delight- exolaimedt ?' '- i-'' -""- lmew'i wtier-tere ire-- eplendU peais, jpat. whnt yon want. -vCome with rsejBudvkoyour onoiee, and Iwill iutroduce yoa to n great friend of mine, Mr. Water Eat. I-dareuay he might lie abln to give yon some hints." ' No sooner Baid than done. Off the companions went; ana when Woggles had chosen a peat as light as a feather, and they had pushed it into the water, the frog swam behind and propelled it, and the mouse ran beside him on the bank, until they reached the entrance to Mr. 'BatV hole, and the master of the bonse came out t receive them. little Mousey eagerly told him of their plans, and the good-natured rat very kindly agreed to give Woggles the

advantage of his valuable assistance.

" rtrst, young sir, he sum, "pull a My leaf, get on vour raft, or whatovw

you like to- call it, try to paddlo, and I

whJ end -savor to prevent your craft up

setting.

Woggles, with many thanks, obeyed;

but, as may be supposed, s.t his first trial overbalanced His bo.it, and only that the rat held it tightly on tlte si le he would have been upset Then he gave his friend such a black eye (unin tentionally) in hi-t violent efforts to keep

steady that the rat let go, the peat

turned over gracefully, and the frog disappeared, making a splash . which reaohed even as far as the mouse, who was hitting on the bank watching the

'proceedings. However, Woggles was

only refreabed by this mishap, and,

again, feeling muoh cooler.

he soon began to discover the method

of managing; hjU'boat, and the rat took

leave of him, having given him a hint

to conceal his craft, and., an no account to leave' it in the water, or when ho wanted-to nee he would find it quite harbm the- moistare it; would soak up, like a sponge. Woesks tefc out to swim across the

pond and join his companions, bat on Lis way "winds of. strife' aroaeani be saw a newt with a beautiful orange-colored breast waging war against

a smaller reptile of the same species, while around the combatants

were strewed the remains of several tad

poles, npon which the orange-waist-

coated gentleman had been feeding when the other disturbed him in his repast. Woggles stopped, horrified ; his first feeling was rage at the destruction of the harmless tadpoles, bat soon his kiad heart was touched at the sight of the illtreatment the smaller newt was reoeiv-'

ing, particularly as he knew if the larger one conquered him he would certainly eat him ; so with a few vigorous strokes he swam between them, and, making a snap at the big fellow, which took Ihe point off his tail, lie interfered, and the

maimed creature. Hurrying off in disgust, left his little opponent to be consoled by his preserver. "Are.you much hurt? " inauired ihe

frog.

" One of my eyes is gone,' replied the Utile newt sadly; " but never miad. I; havw escaped with my life; that is something, and I shall have a new eye in a year. JIow can I thank yon, sir, for helping me? I -will never eat a tadpole again if that .pleases you ; I will live on worms and insects entirely." "Ah J that is a .good promise," cried Woggles, cheerfully. "Keep to that, and I am your friend. Yoa had better bide, for fear yonr enemy should ct-.toh yon again;" and, bo saying, he swam on, and presently he found himself among his edmwhHoW, who were just settling themselves comfortably for their nightly concert, whereby the nervous inhabitant of the neighboring houses were kept awake, devoutly wishing they could adopt the same plan which the Frond nobles pa timed just before the Revolution, and have the pools beaten with long sticks all night by their dependents to keep the frogs quiet. " Oh, here you are r sneered Boa rter. MI suppose yon have been practicing yonr attitudes in readiness for the day of the race. Yonr snob bom and crooked tegs' are so enchanting." " Hash r commanded old Slimy, who did not want to have any disturb) tnca, " We havo arranged all the preliraina-.

ne; the raco ib to oome off on the day after to-morrow; the prize ia to be a large leaf of the most delicious strawberries, and the competitors are to start

from thn bank and go right acresH the pond and back again.''

'mat is too long a course," arawtea Boaster, trvinar to scratch his nose with

bis hind foot in a graoefal manner, whereby he nearly fell over.

noto your tongue, sir l croaeea old Slimy. "1 have arranged it, and if none of yonr companions object to the distance, why should yon f Because I choose,1' mattered Boaster ; bat as a charming yonng-lady frog just then whispered that the chiefs words were inspired by the meanest jeal easy, and that he (Boaster) was tbe handsomest ereatcre she had ever beheld, he allowed himself to be consoled, and to refrain from "his verbal attacks on old Slimy." Next day the colony was in a great state of bwstle. Some frogs set off to collect the strawberries for the prize; these were the strongest and boldest, as it reqnh-ed great presence of mind, and was a work of considerable danger to

rob a garden.

who might be reasonably expected to

make a raid when they found tuo out frogs minds distracted by ihe amusements going on. Meantime the competitors chose their boats and ' settled upon thoir dress, which Boaster at all events thought the most important part of the affair. Woggles alone privately prsotioed his rowing, and went to see how his maimed protege, the newt, was getting on. The eventful morning dawned at last, and soon crowds began to assemble, for little Mousey had a chattering tongue of her own, and had spoken of the expected race fo all her friends and acquaintances 1 so there were several cousins of hers present; Mr. Iiongtail, three liarvest mice, and many others. The kingfishers were disturbed by the commotion, and sat solemnly on a tree above the race-oourse, hoping the onwonted stir might send some minnows in their way, and the number of stagbeetles, lizards, and even hedgehogs collected was really astonishing (every one said), considering the short notice which had been given of tha contest Punctually at the appointed time the competitors made their appearance, each escorted by a circle of admiring friends; the weather was warmer than ever, and only six frog?, among whom were pur friend and Boaster, had been courageous enough to put in 'an appearance at the startingpost, and Boaster had only been constrained to do so because he could not draw;, bock from the promises he had made when the plan was first proposed. He had got himself npiu a. killing manner, a? he thought Brown and old gold being tbe fashionable colors, be placed a helmet, consisting of the large half of a grouse's egg, upou his head, and a splendid spotted tunic which was in iWitlity the discarded skin of "a viper, and which was confined around his 'monstrous waist by a tight, very tight, belt adorned his person. None of the other frogs could make any attempt at outshining him, though they had done thoir best ; all but Woggles, who, calculating that the less conspicuous he made his ugly form the better, had contented himself with tying a cool green leaf over his head, for he dreaded the sou, one of the most stringent rules being that none of the frogs were to leave their rafts for one moment from the time they started until they reached home, on penalty of forfeiting the prize if they disobeyed. Woggles cautiously drew his boat from its place of ooncealment and mounted it His opponents went to look for theirs ; bu,t as they had not taken the precaution of leaving thern to dry, they found them heavy with water and hard to move. There was no time to get others, however, and at the sound of a bugle made oat of a dandelion stem the racers started, amid a great splashing of lily leaves, squeaks from the mice, hoarse snouts of the police, who wildly struggled to keep the ooarse clear, and flapping of tadpoles, who tried to break through the ranks. They had hardly given three strokes when five oat of the six competitors were struggling together in tbe water. Like Woggles at his first trial, thoy all lost their balance, and came to grief amid the rapturous cheers of the assem-

! bled multitude, and of course lost some

time m righting their boats again. Then Boaster, determined not to be beaten, and disgraced before the eyes ot his admirers, worked so hard thnt his belt broke and his tunic split open (tits helmet had been lost at the beginning, when he was first submerged in the water). The four other frogs came sploshing and panting in the rear ; but tha nice was plainly between Booster and Wog(jle, who kept steadily on his course, intnut only on reaching the goal. But the race was really a very long one; before the frogs reached the distant shore of the pond they had begun to ot thirsty, and when they turned to oome home, Woggles felt he would never be able to reach the starting point , Already his plump body was beer riling shriveled and wrinkled from want of moisture, his long tongue was glued to the back of his throat, and his limbs trembled. Still, however, he worked on bravely and determinedly. Boaster had by this time nearly overtaken his little rival ; and he, also fueling the tmngs of thirst, coolly overturned his own boat in order to obtain the bath he required without openly breaking the rules : for how could anyone say whether the upset was an aocident or whether it was not? He lost some time, at course, by this maneuver, but trusted to his exility for overtaking Woggles, who was still patiently laboring along, but with feeble, unsteady strokes. His friend, the rat, popped his head np beside Vim, and inquired, should ha give him a posh ; bat the honorable little fellow gasped : - "No, no; it would not be fair." A few strokes more, and then he passed under a plant of water-weed, und suddenly a shower of cool, refreshing water descended on his parched and burning frame. Ho glanced np, and on a stem of the plant above him sat his one-eyed friend, the newt, holding in his fore-legs an empty snail -Bhal, the contents ot which he had just that moment poured upon his patron's head. ; Go on I Cheer np J" he whiserd ; "there are three of my sisterti waiting for yoa farther ou, each ready with another bucket of water. I am buto you will win ; fair play always does. Now then, don't look behind."

f Encouraged by the advice, and utili

more oy the reviving liquid, Woggles plucked up courage and worked on. Gradually Boaster was left farther and farther behind, and, when our ugly little friend at last reached the goal in triumph, none of his opponents were within several yards of him. The frogs who had been ocountoinetl

to jeer and laugh at him for

size and shape crowded round him with their congratulations, and many jests were launched at the dilapidated Boaster by his fair friends when he drew np his heavy boat, and, after giving it a vicious kick, declared that he would never enter a race again as long a he lived. Bat little Mousey conveyed the warmest congratulations of all, for, pressing close to her preserver, she murmured in fir, fullness of her gratitude to him, " 1 am proud of yon for yourself and 3-our true, good hoart, not for anything you have won."

MACKEY VS. DIBBLE,

Full History of the Konth Carolina Contested-Election Case,

An

Interesting- Socnment from BepubUoan Congressional Committee.

the

HftAlHJUAltTKBS OV IKK lU.ri.'BMCANl CiMllttSflONAl. COMMll'.XK, WahhiXoton, . C, May -it. j The following statement has benn prepared by Mr, Miller, of Pcinwylvania, anil has beon indomod by eleven out of fifteen meralienof the Elpctioa Committee of the Homo, relative to tho contested-election oaso which the Soj-.ib-lioan majority of the House are now attempting to-considor, and wbichlthe Democrats sro determined shall not even be discussed ou tho floor of the House, JaT A, Hurobia, Chairroa o. D. B. Bksdhisok, SeOfotaiy. nuoxsr vs. ois o. This case il-ises out of a contest from iha Second Ooniiressional diaL-lct of South Carolina, and wati referred to the second Hub-oom-mittee of tha Committee on Elections, composed of Judge Waite, of Coiuioolieut ; Jndge Ritchie, of Ohio ; Mr. Miller, of PemwylTania, : Mr. Motilton, of Illinois -, find Mr. Davis, of Missouri. The parties, as they stand on tbe record, are E. W, Msokoy, contestant, and M. F. O'Connor, contestoe. At the gonurail election hold the 3d day of November, 1830, those two parties were voted for, and the State Board of Canvassers of the Stateof South Carolina, acting upon t elnrns made to them by the eonnty cauvxsAers, declared Mr. O'Connor elected, and tbe eoitifieate of election was accordingly tamed to him. Mr. Macltoy at once commenced this content and the parties in due time proceeded to take the testimony, which U contained in the printed record. Alter the testimony ic chief on cither Bide bad been completed Mr. .'-. 1 0 1Q91 AiA .n.l

fkrath Carolina, assuming that a vacancy was I ' , '''""'"L. Tl 5m,m"r ml

caused in the reoresentation of tmtState bvHr.

O'Connor's death, ordered I spacing ejection to fin the same. At that special election Mr. Dibble, the silting member, was votqd for ao.d returned elected, receiving but 7,311 votes in a district that on Nov. 1880, Mr. O'Connor ehumod gave him 17,569 votes. Tbe Republicans of the district, claiming tbatldr. Mitckey and not Mr. O'Connor had been elected Nov. 2, 1880, and the death of O'Connor hnd created no vacancy, refrained from voting v. said special election. On Jan. 24, 1882, the printed record was received from the printer. On the same day Sfr. Dibble hied a protest with the Committee on Elections denying the said oommittoe had any jurisdiction to inquire into the right by which he held his seat cn.the floor of the House, and alleging that the death of O'Connor, the contestee, bad abated tho contest of Mnckey-O'Conuor. and that there was no contest ponding to his (Dibblo's) right to tho neat This protest was argued before thn tab-committee by eminent counsel on behalf of Mr. Dibble. On Jan. S7 and 28 snd 6n Jan. Jll the sub-committee submitted a report to tbe fnll committee overruling tbe protest and the motion of Mr. Dibble to dismiss tbe contest When Mr. Dibble wan madu swam of the action of the Mib-coramitleo be made a request that bis protest snd manorial lo argued before tho full oommittoe, whioh rf cjuetit was granted, snd on Feb. 3 the samo wns reargued by counsel of Mr. Dibble, and after due consideration the action of the subcommittee was sustained by the full coatni'Vtee by a vote of 12 to 3. On the same day Feb. 3 the clerk of the .committee, in accordance with the rule relating thereto, issued an order to Mr, Dibble to file his brief within twenty days, tbe tune fixed for all con

test eog wit hin wmcn uncis were to be a lea.

by Mr. Mackoy originally, all of whom deposed that they had carofullv road their depositions aa oontainod in tha n-nljul i.A. 1 1

.uw f.lllivu .VJIU, lltlfc 1-UOT ; well remembered tho testimony thov had given. 1 ti,t t i 1 1. i . - . i.

w v ww ueu uwu uu KaxuiiiiK oi, alterations in, or additions to the above, and that thoy again mado oath to tho truthfulness of the Mid depositions in every particular. Tliofltta of March was a greed upon bv tlio snb-committoe for the hearing of argument on said memorial. On said datej in pursuance to said notice, tho sub-committee met tho parties, and Mr. Jtibblo proposed to tbo committee to file one additional affidavit corroborating thona n.i attA t-... t.iM T. it. ,i i , i ?

i wn-iuM wj unit, ju uu iireYiuuaiy oeeu suuI raitlod, so he said, to Mr, Haekey, ud the lat-

mh- steicu w uio committee, in me prosonoo of Mr. Dibble, that ho was wtll acquainted with the party whose name purr or ted to be signed to said affidavit, and fuat he iiersoually knew that tho party could neither read writing nor write his name, althonjju the affidavit appeared to be signed bv tlio perron making the s'me, and that if the same baa filed he du.ind time to file others, Mr. Dibble did not deny tlie assertions of Jr. Maokoy, but simply stated that he know nothing abcut tho affidavit except lihat he had received it by mail, Tha aub-commlttea took the affidavit, oxamined it, found that it was only cumulative, that Mr. Dibble t ad had it hi his own possession for four days, but had given no notice to tho committee of tin. samo, that it throw no additional light on tho sflldarits already filed except that it was cuinulttivo, and that they would adhere to thoi'.' former ruling limiting the time of tiling ei-purto i fiidavits to Mr.rch :). The case was then argued at length by counl of Mr. Dibblo aud Mr. Miickcy reliuve to the allogod alterations and perversions of tho record, and an nilloir iun -ut lad unt-i March 13. In tho committee the nujority members of tbe snh-ooinmittee with preat care examined not only tho cx-prto aff.uavits submitted by Mi. Dibble and Mr. Msckoj, but also tho testimony in tbe printed record which was alleged to be forged aud altered. In the light of the argument of counsel on either side, printed and oral, on March 13, after frill argument by the several members of tho mibcommitteo at a meeting oslled expressly for the purpose, they decided to overrule the :notion of Mr. Dibblo to strike from the record all the depositions heretofore taken by Mr. Mackey, aud ho w is

further ordered to forthwith iilo hit brief iu t lie

for ou

the 'J'Hlt ot March, andd ir.ug that day and

tuo 'ay following nearu aoie sua exnau-itive crvuinenls on thopart ot Ur. Dibble by ti p. H. E. Paine, one of the allost liwyere iu election cases that has appealed before the committee during the present session, and who for many years was a metiber of Congress and Clia rian of the Election! Committee, and by Judge Wilson on behalf ol Mr. Mackey. Tho brier submlttcil by Gen. Paine is in print, aifd contains twenty-seven printed pages. From fut to last it discusses Che dispute 1 ( ipstiou of the forced and changed testimony, and is one of the closest arguments that van be made upon that Bide ot tub ea.tt. J h1j;o Wilson's argument on betialf ot Ur. Mackey was equally cxlu.usUve, but oral, and is not in urint Tlio facts of the case touching the election of Mr. Mickey or Mr. O'Connor were not controvcrtvd ur srpued bv either Mr. Paine or Mr. K.srle. -aho appeared 1 ef re the committee lor Mr. Di.iMe, nor by Mr. I): bblo himself. N ) assertion tvas ever" mado to tho oomni'Uco by Uiem, or any ono of tlieni, that, in accordan-io with the ovidonco in tbo ee, Mr. Mackey .. not clea-iy elesied. After argument, the nilj vity of members o the sub-commitiee, af ur consultation ait a careful review of the evidence t-nbinittcd to' thuu and a full and rarofnl consideration of ihe arguments of lien. Paine and Ji.dgo WiUon, con

cluded that the charges if forgery and alter

After notice on the 17th of February, Mr. Dib-

electors came to the polls nuh a JUpubh-.an

ticket, rowed :nem up tu tbe presence of the Dcmocrntio managers of the polk that they might sea that they voted but one ti'iket, and that these C93 Republican tiokcts wars put in tho box that day. This would leave but 625 Democratic tickets which Bhould have Jeon cast that day. In accordance with tbe law of South Carolini, when an evoess of ballots is found in tho box, it is tje duty of one of the managers to draw out said excess. One of then was accordingly blindfolded, and iu drawing out this excess of 1,071 ballots he dretf out every. Republican ballot but ilve, and when placed on tho stand by Mr. O'Connor he admitted o i cross-examination that the reason he did no) draw out tne romiininj- &v ballots wan becar so he could not find them. At the close of the poll the vote was returned by the Dcmoora'iic precinct managers at 1,200 for O'Connor and five for Mackey, It was so counted by the Democratic County Canvassers of Charleston county, again countci in the samo manpei by the Democratic Slate managers, nnd also counted in the same naunei by tho Committee on . Elections, It wan by such frauds as these at every poll in the district excepting nine that the Itepublican nisjority of 8,278 was reduced to a Democratic m inority, as found by the Democratic managers, of 879. but the comm'ttei accepted this count of the Democratic managers, as thero was no dispute regarding tho correctness of Us return to the County Canv lasers. It is to coDiummato a f rand of this magnitude that the leaders of Ihe Northern Democracy, at tha lidding of the .Southern Democrats

at.oiisof tho record mado by Mr. Dibble were i or tne uousc nayo ror eignt days ana witnoua

utteriy and wholly tmfoanded, and that the precedent mr ce tno organization ot. tne uov

re utatlou or said cnnrge-i ty tne anidavite suomitted by Mr. Macltoy utterly disitellcd any doubt or shadow of dou'rt that had been at- i

county which had giyan an aggregate vo :e, as counted by the Democratic preciuot manngers, of 1,448 tor Mackey to 239 Tor O'Connor. The ri-nnlt, us above stated, at these twelve precincts, waa not disputed by a tingle witness or tho cont esteo, neither was it disputed I y the ai;tornovB of tho eontostee, or by tho attorneys of Mr. Dibble, the sitting member, at any stage in tha considerat ion of this case. The only allegation for the throwing out of said presincta as founded upon tho charge that tho colored Republican voters had intimidated pernor s who desired to vote the Domocratic ticket, hot an eiamimition of the eontestee's evidence, which it is not alleged has Veen changed h- Mr. Mackey, ntterly fails to establish any mi.jh in ti -nidation. This position was evidently abandoned by the ooutestee and by Mr. DibMe as wclL The sub-committee further found that, gong back of the returns of the Dcmoratto precinct managers and counting tbe volo aa It was actually cast by tbe electors of tha district, Mr. Mackea real majority was 9,273. To overcome this majority the ovidemo discloses tho moat outrageous frauds over perpetrated in any election contest. A sine to poll will illustrate the character of these frauds i At Hope Engine-House poll, in the :ily of Charleston, the poll-lists kept by the Democratic managers, by the United States Democratic supervisors, and the Republican United Btates supervisors all three agree, and tthow that but 1,218 persons had voted. No jierson had had access to or control of 1 10 ballot-box during the day except the Democratia managers. At the close of the polls and when the ballots wero counted, it was round there were 2,239 ballots in tbo box 1,071 mare ballots than thoro were votes. It was also found Unit there were 1,633 Democratic ballot i in tho box 1G5 more Domocratic ballots than there were votss all told, Republican and Democratic It is in evi lence in 'his ease, and iras nut

in proof by tr. Dibble himself, cctii as at- ' :ornoy for Mr. O'Cumur iu the coi:.tr of : Orangobnrg, "hat tf- Its publican brdlots, .11.1111 fl .111. ......iiUa .... A... .A .....

31 tno ticket, whi- i resembled play- ""--" ""k. ing card, could bo r-esii ?M acr.,s-i the 1 Htockmar came ovor nearly every yoar street The Republican unpervisor sti.tes thai, : to visit tho Queen and the Prince, and be was in plaio view of the . .dnnia t'o j mut entirely took tb- managt.mcut of entire day at llopo Engine-House poll, tu;u , ' , i;, i ,i rr .i. i,,,n.,7S i.iii., ... .tin w 1 ui,n'ae into his hands Ho

physically, excepn the deformity of the tips of thoir tailn, whioh had grown shaped to neatly entwine each other, but the rotti wefo in the very best condition concl asivo evidence that astonishingly good care h id been bestowed upon them by their tnoro fortunate brethren. 'Queen Victoria at Home. fine of the greatest charms' of Uet Mnj'-stv has always been her voice. To the initiated the voice is always the clearest and most unfailing index of character. Iu contemporary literature we have repeated notes of admiration for tliisi pure and peerless voice, " Lady (1 Diif luuvillo wan in the House of Peers wild 1 ho Queen firac appeared. It wis a most iuiiosing sight Her -roice wa full, !U-nr nnd swoet, snd roost distinctly hcard. " Paffiagci of his kind might ba muUiplied. Miss Fox gives some very pleaing incident's- of the early days. " Uncle Chni'les ilin&l with us. He was delighted and dazzled by the display on the Q-.ie.!ii's day, and mentioned n right merry quibble, perpetrated by my Iiord Albemarle, who, on Her Majesty saying, ' I wonder if my good people of London are no glad to 'see me as I am to see thorn?' pointed cut as their immediate cockuoy answer to the quibble V. B. " She relates the tonohing incident that when the Queen drove ono day to Hie Park, just after a daitordly attempt, in f ar of assnssiuation she " forbade her hulirs to attend her and expose ll)cinb -ives to danger frvn whioh she would

INDIANA ITKaTS.

icmnted lo bo cast nnon it bv Mr. Dibble, and.

further, that tlie evidence of Mr. Mackoy's election in acoordanoewuh the returns mado by I the prei-i.Kt managers on tho night of the elea- ! lion of Nov. 2. 1880. was incontrovertible. '

ble filed a second protest with the Committee and that the returns clearly showed that his on Elections, recit'ng the fact that ho b d been , majority waa 879, counting 'it as it had been , notified by the clerk to file bis br f within ' counted by the said Democratic precinct man- j twenty days from the receipt of said notice, ngers. The ma.'ioritv of tho imb-committee re- i again reasserting that the ommitli bad no I quested Mr. Miller, "or I'eunsylvania, to block I 1 : 1 ' . : .A i : .1 : . 1. .. 1 1. : ..l , . . . - ' , r. . . .1 in. ; .

eminent, obstructed publio business and re

fused oven 1. consideration or tins caso or a ditciuHiion ot the name upon tbe floor of the llouec by resort to revolutionary aud unconstitutionU imithods, and demand that theciso lie recounoitttd to tbe Committeo on Eleetioiw without deba te, hoping thereby to keep iu his sent Mr. Db le, tbe beneficiary of the tissueballot fraud, of the Second Sxm h Can lisa district 1'. the country judge.

jurisdiction to inquire into the righ by which be held his seat, that tho contest of Ifackey vs. O'Connor had abated by the death of O'Connor, that he was a member of the House regularly an jiii, against whose right to the scat there was not at tho time of his being so sworn in a singlo paper or any description in tbe possession of the House or of the Clerk of tbe House questioning bie ri lit to a seat and that he would not consent to any assault npon his right as such member, and that be was compelled, far reasons Bet forth in said memorial, to protest against being served with a notice to file briefs in the said ease of Mackey vs. O'Connor.

Tax country uses over 300,000,000 postal cards a year. This is a million a day, or several tons every twsoty-four hours.

This memorial was also argued ou said Feb. 7 before the full commit!, his protest overruled-, and, by a voto or the committee, the clerk was directed to notify him to file his brief within the time prescribed by the rules. This gave him until Feb. 28 in which to Slo his brief. On the 21st of February, seven days lieforo tbe xpiration of tlie time in which be wis directed to tile his brief, Mr. Dibble filed a third memorial with the sub-committee, setting forth that, without waiving any of tlie object ij as heretofore raised by his protest, he alleged and charged, first, that Mr. Mackey had willfully, surreptitiously, fraudulently and comiptiy altered and perverted the testimory of tha witnesses who were examined in the said ease of Mackey vs. O'Connor; second, that the testimony filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives iu tbe said case was not the testimony ot the witnesses as given upon their examination in the said case. He closed his memorial by requesting the committee to make an investigat on of these matters, and to ask leave of tha House of llepresentativos to summon the witnesses! whose disposition accompanied his coninninieatioii, together with such other witnesses as might bo named by Mr. Mackey and himscJl touohin the truth of tho charges therein co-itained iu the case, if contestant denied tbe said charges, or to take such other means as may he fair and lawful to ascertain the same, and thnt the testimony on file In the case of Macketr vj. O'Connor be striken out and declared to ix- notitious, unreliable- and void. This memorial, it will be observed, contained Ihreo distinct prayers. At the time said memorial was filed it was supplemented oy the affida, its of E. H. Hogarth, the notary and stenographer who look th- greater pint of tbo tes iinony for both parties ; of C. fin.it li, wlio bad been a olork to Mr. Mackey : or AV. A. Z-ru merman, a witness in tbe ease; of Robert Chisolm, James Wualev, and Malcohx J. Browning, all of South Carolina, and who 'vera attorneys for Mr. O'Connor; of Wilaam E. Earle, attorney for Mr. Dibble, and Charles E. O'Connor ; of M. P. 0 Connor, who also acted as ono of tbe attorneys in the case. On tho 1st of March, right days after this memorial and thoso affidavits had been filed wit, tbe committee, tbe tub-committee iu ohai-ge of the case met in pnrsucneo of notice to Ur. Dibble. He was asked whether or not he required any additional time to file any further ex-parts affidavits corroborating bis charge of alteration of the record, and without object on ou his part the close of that day was given him for such purpose. At the same lime the Commissioner gave Mr. Mackey until the evening of March 3 to file suoh counter aflbUvits as ho might desire to file, and expressly slated to tho parties that, unless objection was made then and there, no further time or delay would ba given to either of them to Ble further affidavits. Within the time specified Mr. Mackey filed with the clerk of the oommittoe bis on affidavit but Mr. Hogarth, the notary aforesaid, deposed that lie bad examined the depositions of fourteen witnesses as contained in tho printed volume of tho testimony: that ho had compared them with Ihe orieinal

hi t rtenograpido notes of the said depositions in

jus possession, ana mac tne aepoiitions corresponded in every particular with ihe original stenographic notes of said depositions ; also, the deposition of O, M. Magrath, who deposed that ba waa employed to assist !n writing out much of the testimony of Mr, Mickey in the ease, and that tha depositions of such witnesses were correct copies of the originals as read to htm and transcribed by Mr. Hogarth : also, the deposition of T. A iluguenin, who waa one of tlie Democratic Board of County Canvassers in Charleston county, nnd a very material witness for Mr. Mackey, who deposed that be had read his deposition in the printed record, and that he was aura them had been no garbling of, or alterations in, cjr additions to the said deposition ; and he further swore that tbe samo was (rue in everv particular ; also, (he affidavit of tbo said 0. 8inii.li, tho samo witness relied npon by Mr. Dibble, aud the only one that charged alterations of the record, that he had read tbe printed record of hbt testimony, and that to the best of hia recollect: on it waa a oorreot copy of the same; also, the affidavits ot eighty-four of the njaety-four witnesses called

out a rftoort and submit it to them. This

was done, and the same was put hi print, sacn member of the mAjotity -tak-.jig a nriuted copy thereof. Another meeting of the majority of the sub-committee ifas held, this printed report was carefidly supervised by tbe throe gentlemen Romposing tha majority, adopted by the three, and then reported to thn aub-coamittee, and it was adopted. On April S ihU report was submitted to the fall committeo and discussed at length by the members of the sub-committee. Tbe same allegations of forgery and alterations of the record which bad been originally raised by Mr. Dibblo wera again gone over, and Messrs. Moulton and Davis, members of the sub-committee, both argued at great length to tho full committee that the ropoit of the sub-commiitee should not be adopted. Not only the members or the sub-committee, tut others of the foil committee, who had in the meantime examined the same question, took -oart in said discussion, and, after an exhaustive argument and investigation on tbo part of the full committee, the report of tho majority of the subcommittee waa adopted by a vote of 11 to 3, again affirming tbe declaration that the testimony in this ease had not been forged or altered. Mr. Mdler was Ordered to report the case to tbo House, which he did on the 10th of April, and on tbe 12th of April Mr. Moulton, on behalf of the minority of the fnll committeo, submitted a minority report recommending that tbo contest of Mackey against O'Connor bti dismissed. In that minority report of tirenty-flvo printed pages, sixtoeo ot those pages are taken up in the discuuekm Of tbe oaair in tin effort to ddmonstrate that the testimony had been forced and changed, establishing beyond doubt that this question had not only been examined fully by the sub-committee, but alio by the full committee, and passed on by them. From April 5 to

. May 15, a period of one month and leu days,

no step noa neon laaen oy mr. j-nooio. uut, a being publicly understoid that the case was to bo called up in tbe Honse early in the week, cMnmuncins; Hay IS, Mr. Dibble on May 15 Sled in lie House a memorial recharging thii forgery and alteration of tho printed record, and asking that the case of Mackey vs. O'Connor lie recommitted to tbe Oonim-Uee on Election), with instructions to investigate at to the i;ennineness and authenticity of the said testimony and charges made by him conoetuing tho alteration and per version of tho game by Mr. Mackey. This memorial was referred to the Committee on Elections, and on May 18 waa discussed by the members of tlie commit tee for over three hours. The wholo cose was again gone over, the several memorials which Mr. Dibble had already filed were again inquired into. Tho same question which had been twice discussed before the mib-oommittee and once before by tho full committee, and which had been argued at great length, not only by counsel for Mr. Dibble, but ley members of the sub-cemmittes, was thoroughly sifted. Tho printed testimony was examineetthe evidence of every witness npon whioh the majority report of the conurittee was founded, was carefully compaied with the altldavit of Mr. Hogarth, heretofore referred tc, and also their non-ex-parte affidaviis filed as iforesaid by Mr. Mackey, and it appearing to the committee that the tcutunonvof al! these witnesses had never been changed in any particular whatever, that their genuineness and authenticity waa clearly and irrefutably oitablished, this memorial of Mr, Dibble was corruled by a voto of 11 to 3, but a single meir.bi r of the full committee being absent It will bo seen, therefore, ni recapitulation, that the question of the alteration or tbe reword raised by the' Democratic members of the House, end which thoy charge has uevor been invest gated t y the Committee en Elections, in utterly unfounded; aud it has been argued at great length by counsel on either side before tho sub-committee, twice nansed upon by tho sub-committee, twice by tno full committee, and exhaustively reviewed by iho minority of tlie Elections Committee in its report filed in the Honso Apnt 12. In arriving lit the conolusion that Mr, Btuckoy was elected by a majority of 879, that co-nni ttoo accepted tbo letuiiui ) recisely as ei.imnul by the precitot managers or the thrco counties ooinnosing til district, everyone of whom iu every preem it in ihe district was r. DtnuorrM. It is a noticeable fact tbat at no precinct in the district was singlo Republican connected with the election board. In order to overcome this majority of 879 the County Commissioners of Charleston, all ot whom were Democrats, threw out veven precincta which gn-e an aggregate vote of 3,677 for Mackey and 205 for O (lomtor, and ohangod tbe vote at Haul Oap, which was counted by tbo Democratic precinct managers as 1,037 for Maokoy and 16 for O'Connor, to 19 for Mackey ana 1,032 forO'Counor. The Board of Canvassers or Orangeburg oouut r, all of whom were Democrats, also threw out four prooinot in that

Kicking Wife, No gent!Hn&n will kick his 'wife when she is down. It shows a vindictive disposition and jtends to destroy that foe-ling of confideuce and respoct which .ihould always exist between two persons thus situated. Of course, there are times when, a husband fn a moment of passion, will knock his wife down before he can restrain himself, but any gentleman would stop nnd think before kicking h-?r. Much of tho clistriu.t and sonsitiveno.f s, that at times is fouid to exist between husband and wife, is oaus-'d by this repre liens: 1 do habit of kicking a wife afti'r iho has been knocked down! and we are free to lay the blame iu such ensea on tt e husband. To bs sure, in isolntcd oises the wife may bo to blame, as, for instance, when she aparaids hci husband as she lays upon the floor, ot throws a tea kettle of boiling water at him, bat happily such inett.nces are rare. We I now it is hard to i jfraiu from knocking tho whole head off a husband who raises his hand to hurt e. wife, a id that the iiynrpathies of evory human being won.vl bo with her if tho should take au ax aud split him open from the top of his head to where hia legs are fastened on, and"we would like to lie on a jury to acquit a woman of tho charge of manslaughter who did i t, on the ground tbat she slaughterel a dog instead of a man, but it has lie come tbo custom for women who are knocked down to b submissive, and we suppose they ftlwajs will be. They will get ap aud go about their work as though they thought tliey were abased, but all the time they iave a lurking love for tho bt ute that hit them, as any man can find out ii! he iaterfeves in such a row and attempts to chastise the beast. Tho chances are she would turn ou the humunitariar. and knock the daylight out of him. II women would show a little of the spirit ;hat they do in defending their brutid hvsbands, in defending themselves iron his assaults, the ro would be feweir knocked down and kicked wives, and more husbands with murks of skillet legs on their heads. Tlwra ought to be a boxii g school for womim, atd when a women is struck by her husband tho first time she should go and take lessons in boxing unbeknown to liim, and become prof tricot and then lay for him. The next time he assaulted her hIio should ac; scared until he i ad hit her a 'couple of times, and then she should walk into the coward and rxaul him all over the Loose until he would get on his knees an 1 pray her to spore his life. After thai; suoh a household would ba happy. We are going to organise a society to pay the tuition of women who are whipred, at a good boxing schoolPeoA's Him.

tlCMiira oi .lie management of

the royal household on a sort c!'..-hilso-bopliii'al bfcsis. He passed at will from the hrcodest generalizations on the British Constitution to the smallest details of the nursery. The organization and Miperintendenee of the children's department occupied a considerable portion of Stockmar's time. In one of hia letteni he writes: "The nursery gives me more trouble than the government of a kingdom woidd do." We may mention that the little Princess (the Orowa Princess of Prussia), now ft woman blooming with health and life, was for many years a sickly child, whose rearing long seemed a matter' of doubt. He found that an odious system of redtapeimn pervaded the management of the royal household. It was in the hands of three great State officers the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain and the Master of the Horse. Those are al ways noblemen of high rank and great po'itical posit'ion, who, of course, delegate all the practical duties into the hands of subordinates. The result was that ell the tricks of the Circamlocntion Office were to lie found in Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. There was a great deal of the how-nob-do-it element. The outside of the palace belonged to the department of Woods and Forests; the inside cleaning of the windows belonged to the Lord ChamberIain's department Tlie Lord Stewart lays the fire and the Lord Chamberlain lights it The Lord Chamberlain provides the lamp, and the Lord Steward must clean, trim and light them. If a window-pane wea broken or a cupboard door want wrong, there was a whole series of formalitien to be gone through before either could be mended. Stack-, mar complains that there was no one to receive visitors, and show them their rooms; and that they wandered about the corridors alone and unassisted. M. Ouizot relates that this was a circumstance whioh once actually happened to himself. It was through this state of things that the boy Jones was enabled at one o'clock in-the morning actually to hide himself under the sofa of tho room next tho Queen's bed-room, just after tho 'birth of the Princess Eoyal. Once when the Queen was taken ill there -was nobody whose business it was to attend to such a matter, until at last a domestic had the presence of mind to hail a cab to come to the door of Buckingham Palace and to drive off and fetch a doctor. We have reason to believe all the anomalies which Stockmar pointed oat iu his memorandum have been rectified. The royafrhouaeliold is now a model to every household in the kingdom. Its guests are made na comfortable as in the most homelike home in tlie land. Indaed, in the pleasantness and freedom .of the arrangement, Windsor Castle seems almost Litxirty Hall to its visitors, London Society,

A Hat-King. A eiugr lor example of tho care of the helpless it given us in, tho case of what is culled . " rat-king ; " that is, where by mi nocideiit after birth u whole litter of young wttR (yet perhaps only a part) become omnocted together by thoir tails in suoh a manner that it is impossible for them to extricate themselves. This singular condition seems to originate by the mother lying ujxm tho toils of the vounet rals. and tossing them about with

her head . their tails, usual ly being long, i

become sj entwined that, with a little clay aecu iu uln ling around the connecting parts, it becomes iinponsil'.le to separate tho in. When this ia discovered, they arc not left to perish by thoir M-low-rats, whioh, considering the ltulpleBsnesH of these mifort mates, take better oaie of them than ii nsivd for a more fortunate one to experience. A " rut-kin? " was discovered and killed near Leipzig, Germany, ait. whioh t here worn eevMi meqiliersin pejfect condition

Canada and the Queen. 1 remember a curious incident that happeried iu Canada in connection with the British national anthem. In one of my liictures. I describe tlie pathetio abandonment of state ceremony at Sandrraghain, white the Prince of Wales lay sick there of what threatened so formidably to be a fatal illness. The atulicnoo listened spellbound. I uttered the sentence " The Queen strolled np and down in front of the house, unattended, in the brief interval she allowed herself froai the sick-room." Suddenly came an interruption. A tall, gaunt fig-are in the crowd uprose, and pointing at me a long finger on tlie end of a long am, uttered tho word "titop!" Then, faaiug the audience, he exclaimed : "Ijadies and gentlemen ! This loyal audience, will now sing 'God save the Queen ! ' " Tho audience promptly stood up and obeyed with genuine fervor, I meanwhile patiently waiting the finale of the interlude, .When it had finished I prooeeded with my narrative, and aa a contrast to the itiffering of Sandringham, dopicted the happy pageant iu St Paul's Cathedral on the thanksgiving day for the Prince's recovery. It is the custom in Canada to propose a vote of thanks to thii lecturer, and the chairman arose and uttered the usual formula. Again the tall, gaunt figure was on its legs. "Ladies and gentlemen," said he, "I rise to proposo an amendment to the motion. I move that the lecturer be reqnested'to repeat that portion of the lecture referring to our gracious sovereign." Aud repeat it I did, ArthilMld Forbei in ihe Century. A Bit of Pathos. The New York correspondent of the Syracuse Journal tails a pretty little story: "A ptetty and pathetio incident has been related to me of a little fellow from

Lone of our charitable institutions, who Y . ; a 1 . . vr-... T

was ue.ing uutea to si new jersey lann by an agent, the owner of the farm having had tho boy ' bound ' to him for a number of years. The agent noticed that the boy kept placing his right hand inside of his jacket on tho left side, tuul occasionally would furtively peon within with n tender look. At last he said, 4 What have you got in there, my little friend ' Oh nothing, sir,' he replied, ' only a bit of my mother's dress, whioh I've sewed in my coat ; it was the dress she had on when the died, and now it kind 9' comforts me to touch it,"

J. H. S.vtbbb lost his let.t arm by ft railroad accident at Ohostertown. . Harbisox county retnms 8,886 children of school age in 1883, . decrease of 138 from 1881. &EFHTHA Tubheb, the first white male child born in Wayne county, is still alive and active. - MANtrFAOTUBKBS of Ijritik st Frankfort have suffered great loss on account of the heavy rains. Oneysnl lost 10,000 in one day, WrzriilAX CaiiD'ffSbh, of Waterloo township, Fayetse comity, aged 22, died from the clirect effects of a rat bite received several months ngo. Thk report of the Richmond City Treasurer shows a cash 'ralanoe of $70,20452, a sum almost sufficient to pay off the bonded iildebtodiioiis of the city, Mb. Hnnas, 81 years old. residing with his daughter at Clrc veland, Putnam county, cut his throat with pocketknife, inflicting fatal wounds. He was

tired of life. Electricity is now eraployed in fixing tlie charge, in blasting stone in the q'narries at Huntington, and it is estimated that a saving of 60 per cent is effected over the eld plan. Jokn Bbtamx, aged 111 years, at New Albany, fell from the stair banisters at the Spring street pnbiic school building, aud received what vill prove fatal injuries in the temple awl head. Edward Conkst, of Huntington, has. entered suit against Chnrles T. Brandt, asking damages cf $2,S)C0 for the loss of a thumb, stistannod while being placed in Jail by Brandt , who was then MarWbtms glorifying over the completion of the Indianapolis and Chicago Air-Lhw railroad to that point, Dr. Davenport, of Sheridan, had a iiart of his hand blown away by a preiiatura discharge of cannon. Through the offbrtH of Congressman Peolle the Stato Department at Washington has consented to forward through the Government mail ISO copies of the Indiana statistical -report to Ministers and Consols abroad. The c'lief of the Indiana State Bureau, of Statistic has received from the United Hta" Signal Service 8,000 1ccnt posta.'-e' i.l mips ith which to earrv on tha large e,orre ipoadonce between the two departmnnbi. The Evi nsville Cornell has order-id mit t-- be iiiitercd ntraiiist CongresBm ia Willuitn Jbt Heilman toeoovor 824.0U0, the HiuottHft which. :itr cs charged Hilman nnd others hnvu swindled the city out of in local trodu railway (dock, A DoriUiE-inuADi i male infant to born to Mrs. Jaco'i V'ood, living aoar Fort Wayne, Both necks of tlie monstrosity were distinct, and each vui capped with a perfectly-fonned head, It died a short time after its birth. Two boys, sons of a widow lianicd Scott, aged resjiectively 12 and 15 yean, are in jail at Groencnstle for robbing Frank Hay's store, where the mother is employed, of a quantity of jewelry, which was found ia their vxwaeaaion. A move is being made by the City Council looking to tho erection of water works in Wabash. It is proposed to obtain the supply of water from a well one mile north of the city, and which is 100 feet above the business portion of town. The work of digging the well has been begun. . Teds 2-year-old daughter of Abe Haas, living in South Wabash, fell into a tab of hot water, which had been left standing on the floor, and was so bdly scalded that it di'sd & short time afterward. Nearly the whole body of the infant was- cookod before it could be taken from the tab. Tm: apportionment ot the cdmBrooschool revenue fin- tuition, made oat by tho Superintendent of Public Instruction, shows thai. Marion county pays in $74,461.19, and receives back 156,664 .28, being tl'c larcref.fc payment to ny county in tlie State. The smallest amount will be paiii to Stark, which pays in $1,762.87, anil receives $2,767.58. A OToixnnt visited Monroe, Jackson and Maumee towiifiiips, in Allen county, and demolished tho Widow High's honse, carrying away tho furniture, cook-titove and 6(i wing-machine, so that they have not since been found. So one was in the house at the time. Two miles further away tho storm again strnckthe earth end tore down two houses and one bam, injuring three or four persons, nono -totally. Much injury was done to trees and fences. Fort Watxb Oazelta: It is very amusing to notice the manner in whioh some of the olergy fill in the retains of a marriage license. One well-known

minister of this city never fails to

opposite the "occupation of thebfid

"otays at home," while anosner one a day or two ago certified that tlte groom was a membar of the "human race." A third one, a short distance in tho country, pots tbe bride's occupation as ft "country girt HrrimifoiiDBO Avfftu t "Afary from the backwoods wont into Baxter's store, the other lay, and aol31ginsmg foe $1. 2C per pound, She purchased twelve yards of oidico, two pounds of sogsr, two poundH of coffee, two ponnls of soda, and 10 cents' worth of pepper with one pound of ginseng. Siie asked the clerk for a stone pipe, which he politely handed to her. She was heard to remark to her better half as thoy left the store: 4 Now, Henry, what atd t say? Times are tot near as hard aa yoa said they were. Look what X got Sar ono pound of ginseng. Let's be going. Gosh ! look at tliew ears. Oh I lxk at that nigger.' " Uchisg the delivery of s sermon, last Sunday week, Bev. H. A. Bacbtol.oi the Sixth Street Methodist Church, Lefavetto, suddenly ceased speaking end fell to the floor. It was at first presumed that, he h id a stroke of aropteiry, and quite an excitement followed. Those near the altar wtint at once to his help, mid in a few moments he was phased in it chair. In explanation it was stated that years ago he had dislocated ft kneejoint, and had bad more or less trouble since. During bis remarks he chanced to throw too ranch . weight npon the weak leg, and the result was -it slipped out again, letting him down. Tlie joint was properly adjusted while he was being cared for, and after short delay he finished hia dififoarse. Samurii Smith, ft barber of Denver, Miami county, procured ft license so t.horizing the marriage of himself aud Miss Lizs te - Biggins. Mr. Smith, nocompanicxt by his sister, then called at the home of Mus Higgina for the pairpose of m iking her his wife." tine was taken by surprise, as she had no. aoquaintano ) whatever with the young man. He bad never courted her or visited her, or &nkod ber to marry him at any time. Indeed, she hardly knew him by sight, and to c modest young lady his impudence was quite exasperating. She scorned hia proposition, and would not hearken to the voice of his entreaty. Sam was finally discouraged, . and retired. The young man is bought to be a little unsound in mind. Or the wheat crop in the Bfti Indies one peculiar feature is that it is never ft. failure, Nine-tenths of the rainfall k during four months of the yi enaiac about Oot 20, and the wheat is sown ut the close of this period. In some districts where the soil is ft sandy loam thai oroo will mature aud yield at least ft moderate harvest without a drop of tain after it ia sown. Since 1821 11,000,000 foreign ars have arrived in th4a oouutry,