Decatur Democrat, Volume 26, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1883 — Page 4

11111 l * I GOVERI® MESSAGE.' [< ONCLVI •’.!> FROM FIRST PAGE. I. Bh iMieG, than to provide an emcieut j--:in tor supplying these streams, or to prevent a wanton or thoughtless depopulation of them. M I’he business oi fishing, if our fishes were ■| undisturbed In the spawning season, would soon become a profitable industry, and would give employment to many i Sm sitizenk A most wholesome and nutritious food would soon be made abundant The temperature of our streams and lakes, and M their purity, adapt them to a great variety gB of fishes. ‘The black bass, which multiply so rapidly when their spawning grounds are undisturbed that artificial propagation is HR never necessary, is native to our streams, j ■ The carp can be and inexpen- , sively cultivated. It has been described by I Prof. Baird, the United States Fish Comis- ■ tion er. as being emphatically a fanner’s fish, H on account of requiring little more care than Bb his swine and poultry. If Indiana has i Bg lagged somewhat behind a majority of her 1 ■ sister States in providing for restocking her | Bg nearly numberless streams.and the beautiful Kg lakes which alx>und near her northern border, shall she not make up for time neglected by a prompt adoption of the best method.-'. by the passage of wise protective laws, and by a resolute spirit on the part ot tier Inhabitants to secure their enforcement? THE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS. The Department of Statistics, separated by the last General Assembly from the De- | parrment of Geology, has been conducted with zeal and energy.’ and has collected statistics on a variety of sul jects of general popular interest/ Its monthly crop reports have been received with much favor by farmers and by dealers in produce. It has. i during the past year, organized a corps of efficient weather ‘observers, who have re)>ortcd mon th] v to the head of the depart- I ment their daily observations. These re- I ports, having been transmitted regularly to ! the office of the Signal Service at Washing- | ton. have been commended for their fullness and accuracy, and they are contributing to the stock of knowledge which will gradually enable skillful observers to make longer and ■ more accurate forecasts of the weather. I The corps has been equipped with a small I outfit of instruments by the United States ; Signal Service, but has served without auy I compensation. The report of the Commissioner Is ro replete with information of general value j that it will, no doubt, be examined by you ’ with interest, and aid you in some parts ot 1 the work of legislation. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. The report of the State Geologist has attracted much attention among scientists on account of its bringing to light new organic | remains found among the rocks of the £tate, and on account of surface discoveries of a novel and imporcant character. His tests ot ■ Indiana building stone, showing the superior quality thereof with respect to the important features of endurance and elas- ’ ticity, have opened new markets for the ; stone, and much increased the sale j thereof. Beds of gravel have alsc | been found by him. at places where the existence of such deposits had not before been suspected, which are furnishing material for 1 improved roads. The State geolbgicai cabi- ! net has been increased during the }>ast year by an addition, with trifling expense, of more man Tfi.nuo interesting ana vamaore specimens. New coal deposits have alsc been discovered and public attention direct- : ed to them. STATE BO.ARD OF HE A I.TIL This board was established by an act of the last General Assembly Twenty-six States | had previously established like boards. The work of the board has been prosecuted with real. Its report, and the report of its executive officer, give a full statement of the •w ork done since it entered upon the discharge of its duties. | ATTORNEY GENERAL S REPORT. The laige collections made by the Attorney General of moneys received by various officers, which were payable to the State, but had been withheld, and the result of important suits in which the Suite has been interested, as well as the condition of pending . suits. are shown l»yhis report The litiga ’ tion involving the title t<> the valuable trad of land near Indianapolis, purchased manj . years since as a site for the House of Refuge, i but not used as such, consisting of 10(» acres has been decided in favor of the State, anc the State has quiet possession of the land. PUBLIC PRINTING. By a reference to the report of the Secretary of State it will be peen that a deficiency has existed for several years in the appropriations for public printing. The work is done for a fair price, but the cost of what necessarily must oe done exceeds somewhat the Ruins appropriated. In this connection I beg to call your attention to the fact that the law’ should define with more precision what printing shall be paid for out of the general appropriation. THE STATE MTTJTTA. Attention is called with pleasure to the energetic ana successful eirortfi or me aojutant General to increase the numbers and improve the discipline of our active militia. The encampment held at Indianapolis last summer, at which some of the most prominent militia companies of the country en- , gaged in a competition for prizes with our own companies, and with one another, drew . to it a vast number of interested spectators, gave a renewed impulse to the martial spirit, and has been productive of excellent results. I take this occasion to render acknowledgments to the gentlemen composing my staff for their arduous and disinterested services on that occasion. Since the encampment broke up. many new companies have been formed, and a disposition to elevate the standard of Attainment in all military exercises has been manifest. The recommendations contained In the Adjutant General’s report are commended to your careful consideration. I particularly urge upon you the importance of passing a law, in conformity to his recommendation, to provide for copy ing into record books, to be procured for that purpose, the muster-in and muster-out rolls of the Indiana soldiers. These contain an account of the service of each soldier. When this record shall have been made, a frequent handling of original papers will be unnecessary, and the papers will thus be preserved from injury. It will be a reproach to the State if a performance of this duty shall be longer neglected. There is a necessity, also, that you shall provide, without delay, a fire-proof vault for the purpose of securing these papers against the hazards of fire. Their destruction would do incalculable injustice to persons having the strongest claims to grateful recognition by the State. REVISED STATUTES. In conformity to a requirement contained in the act of 1881, concerning the publication of the Revised Statutes, I appointed the gentlemen composing the Board of Revision, Commissioners to prepare these statutes for publication, and to superintend the publication thereof. The last delivery of the copies required by law to be filed in the Clerks’ offices of the several counties was made in July, 1881 The act of 1881 provided that the Commissioners should hold their positions until the first day of November of tliat year, and that the Commissioners and the Governor should, on the final adjournment of the General Assembly. advertise for bids for the printing and delivery of the statutes. A clause required the Commissioners to annotate me contents of the volume, so as to show, by ! proper reference, the time when all statute’s included in the volume went into force. A literal compliance with the act of 1881. i with respect to the time for completing the work assigned to the Commissioners, and to the time for advertising for bids, was found | to be impossible. The work assigned to the ( Commissioners could not, by the utmost j labor they could bestow, be completed within the time prescribed, and no intelligent bid, 1 or bid at all favorable to the State, could have been expected, had bids been solicited I when the work was in the incomplete condition in which it was at the time of the adjournment of the Legislature. Beside, the volume containing the session acts of was so large, on account of the bills brought before the Legislature by the Board for the Revision of Laws, that the printing could not be completed until a period much later than had been usual in the printing ot section acts. Hence, the annotation of the time when the acts passed at the session of 1881 took effect, could not be made as early as the Legislature had contemplated. When the time fixed for the expiration of the offices of the Commissioners arrived, they, therefore, from public motives, and at ’ much persona] inconvenience, continued in < the performance of their labor, wi‘ hout anv ’ provision for further compensation, until j < the work contemplated by law had been completed and the statutes were readv for delivery. • The act of 1881 prescribed with partlcu- ! larity with v hat kind of type and in what J •tyle the Revised Statutes should lie } iintc<E The contract was ’*t in conform:t vt< the < the act .Had the volume, however. been prepared iu that manner, it w i have been most inconvenient and unsightly. Fortunately, the contractor was willing to ; print the volume in a much better type, and ' io bind it in a much more attractive style, at the Drice which had been named in the contract, and it wa* accordinglv prepared 1 in this manner, with the consent or the ' Comm» tf sioner» and to the gen - " -il «ati"fac- 1 tton of the legal profession It is a volume ‘ which the Commissioners have truly Raid is •a credit to the printers’ art ” The coet of the printing, binding and de- 1 Mvery was being ♦2,7r«>.24 less s *han the appropriation for the purpose. ’ The Commissioners in their contract, •fc the precaution to provide mat. a- mh»u f *e number of volume-' prescribed by law 1 wd printed, the stereotype plato’ emprinting it should, without addi- < be turned over to the State '3ons having been mad ;by law 1 a copyright- i

took out a copvHgnt in their own which they promptly assigned to the btata In compliance with a request from them, 1 recommend the passage of an act formally accepting the assignment The stereotype plates can be used to ad. vantage by the State, and could also be used bv private parties, in printing separately for circulation, particular acts contained in the volume. I recommend that provision be made by law’ tor a temporary use of the plates by private parties, for a proper consideration, at the discretion of the Board of Public Printing. For the laborious work performed by the Commissioners after the end of theii term of office, I have uo doubt it will be the pleasure of the General Assembly to provide a proper compensation. THE NEW STATE HOUSE The progress of the work upon the new State House since the General Assembly last mer has. on the whole, been satisfactory. While in 1881 the work did not proceed quite as actively as had been anticipated, it has during the year just closed been prosecuted as diligently as the most sanguine could well have hoped. Under the careful and vigilant supervision of the Commissioners, it is believed that it has been thoroughly well executed, and will bear the sternest tests. It Is a subject of great regret that the execution of the remainder of the work is liable to be retarded by a dissatisfaction on the part of the ■ contractors, arising from losses said by them to have been necessarily incurred while they have been engaged in a diligent and faithful performance of their contract. The cost of materials and the prices of labor have risen, as they claim, altogether above what they expected, or what might reasonably have been expected, when they entered upon their unaertakiifg. If they should decline to proceed further under existing circumstances. a grave duty Will be devolved upon you in determining what course will be wisest to secure an early and satisfactory execution of the unfinished part of the work. Provision was made in the contract that changes directed by the Commissioners, with the consent of the contractors, during the progress of the work, should not operate to discharge the liability of the sureties upon the contractors’ bond, and in every instance where changes have been made i they have been made with the consent of i the contractors and in conformity to an opinion of the Attorney General, that the change would not release the sureties. THE KANKAKEE MARSH. At the last session of the General Assembly an act was passed empowering the Governor to appoint a civil engineer to make a survey of the wet and swamp lands of the Kankakee region in this State, and to take levels, and make careful estimates, with a view of ascertaining the cheapest and most practicable outlets and routes by which to effect successfully a drainage of that vast body of fertile lands. An appropriation of $ i-0 was made to enable tne engineer to prosecute the work, and the Governor was empowered at his discretion to direct surveys to be made of other wet lands for a like purpose. Ou the sth day of May. 1881, I appointed as the civil engineer for the purpose contemplated in the act. Prof. Jonn L Campbell, of Wabash College, who had been successfully conducting the United States Geodetic Survey in this State. He accepted the appointment, and. having organized a corps of assistants, entered promptly upon his important work. I cannot too highly commend the manner in which he and his able corps of assistants have discharged their duties. His clear and exhaustive report should receive your most attentive consideration. The vast region of the Kankakee is shown to be one of the most fertile regions of the State, and, by the excavation of a nearly straight channel to conduct the water of the river, a sufficient fall can be obtained to effect a thorough drainage. t The ease with which the channel can be constructed Is most gratifying, and the cost of effecting a drainage, however considerable it may appear, bears no sort of pro]wrtion to the additional value which drainage will impart to the lands. These lands, on account of their proximity to Chicago, are covered bv a netw'ork of leading lines of railroads. The estimates of the engineer, who is of a cautious , and conservative temper, may be regarded I as ! ‘eing certainly above, rather than below, what would be the actual cost of the work required to be done. It was hoped that rhe rocky bottom of the 1 bed of the river, which begins in Illinois, tw’o miles w’est of our State lihe, would not at that point oppose any obstacle to a thorough drainage, but the engineer believes that the water, flowing through its new channel, holding particles of earth in suspension, would be likely to deposit a sediment at that point and make a ba* which misrht render lands adjacent to the river 1 liable to overflow. He thinks that for a distance of half the length of the contemplated channel the work of drainage can safely be prosecuted without delay, but that the rest of the work should await an acquisition of the right to remove for a specified distance the rocky obstruction referred to. A belief has been expressed, however, by some hydraulic engineers, tliat, until the i cw channel shall practically cease to make the stream muddy, any tendency to cj oate a bar at the point mentioned might probably he prevented by one of the small vessels heeded at any rate to be maintained I In the river for some time after the completion of the work, being fitted with simple j mechanical appliances, enabling it to stir the sediment and keep it tn suspension until it can pass off in the current which flows freely over the rocky bottom of the river at that ' point. With respect to the manner iu which this important undertaking shall be prosecuted, there will no doubt be found a diversity or opinion. The law of 18(19,. which was intended to proride a practical scheme for the accomplishment of the work, was repealed by the General Assembly soon after its enactment It was found that the effect of the law would be to subject to sale for a non-pax ment of assessments the lands of most of the small proprietors. Such proprietors cannot Dav any considerable assessments until an increase of crops, occasioned by a reclamation of their lands, provides them with the means of payment Some method must be devised, if they are to be protected, by which the work may go on and there may be a reasonable delay in the collection of the assessments. With respect to the portion of these lands included in the grant of swamp lands made to the State by the United States, the State engaged, when it sold them, that the proceeds of the sales should be applied toward draini ing them. It must be confessed that the engagement was imperfectly kept. The more sanguine proprietors have hoped that, in ' consideration of this fact, the State would, at its own exyiense, undertake to drain these lands. It does not, however, seem to be likely that the Legislature would be willing ' to charge the State with the expense of so i considerable an undertaking. But the fact that the State so imperfectly kept its engagement should certainly incline it to a course of liberal legislation. It is believed that it would be competent for the State itself to advance money, retaining a lien on the lands for a return thereof; but, if this should be deemed inexpedient, it might enq>ower the counties to be benefited by the drainage to guarantee bonds to be isstxed in payment for the work, retaining a lien on lands benefited in analogy to the provision respecting aid to gravel road companies. The subject is one of so great importance that it should ergage your early and most earnest attention. FEES AND SALARIES. For many years, complaints have been made in the more populous counties that the fees and salaries of officers were too large for the services performed. It has also been asserted that the means to which arc often strong temptations to resort for obtaining nominations for offices so lucrative .Mid for aecuriug success at the polls, have a corrupting effect upon elections. Before the adoption of the constitutional amendments of 1881, the Legislature was deprived of the power of curing this supposed evil. In that rear an amendment was parsed which has removed the difficulty. This amendment was submitted to the elector® of the State, and prevailed by a majority of more than 90,(00 votes. A session of the Legislature ha® intervened since this amendment was adopted, but no act has been passed regulating the compensation of officers in the manner contem--1 iatv’L Every officer should be adequately paid for lus services, but it is due to the people th at tn greater sum shall be taken from them, in the way of fees and salaries, than is necessary to pay to the officer a fair compensation. Officers frequently, however, relinquish regular occupations to obtain these places, under an expectation that the rate of fees prevailing when they were elected will be substantially maintained. It might be just, therefore, to postpone the operation of the regulating act for a reasonable time after its parage. A bill properly regulating fees and salaries will require much thoughtful consideration. and should engage your attention at a very early period of the session. mNKTTTUTTONAT. AMENDMENTS. The first section of the sixteenth article of the State constitution is in the following language: ‘■Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in either IffauvL of the General Assembly; and, if the ►ame shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendments shall, with the veas and nays thereon, be entered on their tournais and referred to the General Assembl v. to be chosen at the next general election; and if, in the General Assembly so next chosen, such proposed amendment or ainemlments shall be agreed to by a majority nf all tue members elected to each bouse, then ic shall be the dutv of the General A—eiably to submit such amendment or am .idmonts to the electors of the State; ana if a majority of apdd electors shall ratify tiie -amt. such amendment or amendments shaii become a pari of this constitution.”

I At the special session of the General Assembly in 1881. several joint resolutions i were introduced, which were passed by a i vote of a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, proposing certain ameudments to the constitution. The i titles of the several resolutions, and their - numbers, were entered on the journals of a the two houses, together with the yeas and J nays on the passage. An enrolled copy of » each resolution, containing the amendment _ set out at full length, was signed bv the f President of the Senate and the Speaker of . the House of Representatives, transmitted » to the Governor, and filed by him, in conp fonnitv to law, in the office of the Secretary » of State In the canv.ass for the election of - Senators and Representatives to the present General Assembly, the point, it is believed, was not raised that proper steps had not been taken to enable the present one J to consider the amendments. Since the b election, however, the point has been raised, through the public press, that the proposed 5 i amendments are not in a condition to be I considered by the pi esent General Assembly. 1 tkecause. it is said, they wei ed at . length in the journals of the two houses of ' the last General Assembly. Neither of ? the points raised has been settled in this ! State by any judicial decision. An execuJ tive construction was given, however ’ to one of them in a message of [ Gov. Baker, in the case of what is known as the Wabash and Erie Canal amendment. , Tliat amendment was not entered at.length ! upon the journal of either of the two Houses. The resolution by which the i amendment was proposed was referred to in the journal of each house by its title merelv, and the enrolled copy thereof was signed by the presiding officer of each ' house, and was duly filed in the office of ‘ the Secretarv of State. Gov. Baker main- ’ tained that this was a sufficient compliance with the terms of the constitution. J The constitution require.®, in the case of * bills, that upon the passage thereof the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered I , upon the journals of the two 'houses. In a * I case where the point was urged that an act I was not in force because no entry of the ' i veas and nays on its passage appeared in the , i journals, the Supreme Court held tliat the signatures of the presiding officers were r conclusive evidence of the passage. J The constitution is silent respecting the r manner in which a proposed amendment 1 shall be referred from the first to the second 1 General Asseml . The main object, no doubt, is to get it before the second Assembly. If the genuine resolution passed comes before the second Assembly, and is acted on, the object of a reference would seem to have s been attained, and the purpose of the framj ers of that instrument to have been carried k out. There was. I believe, no formal referj ence of the amendments adopted in 18si by > the first to the second General Assembly. ; In the canvass last autumn it is said that » some of the Senators and Representatives J who were chosen at the November election , publicly pledged themselves tliat. if they were chosen, they would vote at the present j session to submit the amendments to the electors at a special election. Without say- [ ing anything respecting the merits of the several amendments, I can frankly express ’ a belief that pledges upon which electors were induced to vote for gentlemeb holding seats in either of the two houses of this As- ■ sembly will not be disregarded except for overwhelming reasons. k conclusion. r The importance of the subjects which will engage vour attention during the session, J and the limited time allowed to you by the constitution for their consideration, will require you to enter early and vigorously upon your work. It will give me pleasure to supply you with such facilities for the per--1 formance of your duties as can be furnished 5 by the Executive Department. And I trust r tliat, under the guidance of Divine Provi--5 dence, error may be avoided, and the best * interests of the people subserved. 1 Au ert G Porter. fc I STATE LEGISLATURES. ’ The New York Legislature assembled at r Albany on the 2d of January. Alfred Q - I Chapin. Democrat, was elected Speaker of the House, and Grover Cleveland, the newly- ? inaugurated Governor, delivered his first 1 message. He opposes the expenditure » of large sums in the alterac tion of the canals until the effect of the abolition of tolls is fully apparent: 3 favors frequent visitations and tne most 5 thorough examination of prisons and insane t asylums, and reform in the civil service , de- ’ j Bounces special legislation, which interferes 9 with the administration of local governJ ment, and advocates the strictest economy ~ in the public funds. j The Pennsylvania Legislature convened at r Harrisburg. John E. Reyburn, Cameron Rea publiftn. was elected President pro tem. of the Senate, and Faunce, Democrat, was ” chosen Speaker of the House. Gov. Hoyt x states, in his message, that the finances of Q the State are in a highly satisfactory condia tion. He favors equalization of taxation Upon all classes of property, and is particu- * tarly impressive that corporations should ’’ pay their share of the burden of taxation. 0 The Nebraska Legislature met at Lincoln, t j A. H. Connor, Anti monopolist, was elected J ■ President pro tem of the Senate, and G. M. , Humphrey, Republican, was chosen Sjieaker !_ ' of the House. g i The Legislature of Minnesota assembled at t i Sl Paul Loren Fletcher, Republican, was v ! chosen Speaker of the House. t ' An adjourned session of the Ohio Genera] g | Assembly began at Columbus on the 2d inst i Gov. Foster, in his message, recommend!' i the passage of a uniform liquor-license law, - under which the premises, and not the in e dividual, will be licensed. He confesses the 1 failure of the existing law. which places the i- liquor trade under the ban of prohibition, f l and Ijelieves that the plan suggested will a prove acce] table to all clasM a The Connecticut Legislature met at Hart- ►- ford, and organized by electing Robert Coil, j Republican, as President pro tem. of the s ! Senate, and Charles H. Pine. Republican, a? h Speaker of the Hous€' The black ballots e were declared valid votes, and Gov. Wallei n and the other Democratic officers were inn stalled. Gov. Waller, in his message, makes h a strong plea for civil-service reform. i- The Legislature of Indiana assembled at 0 Indianapolis and organized by electing W R D Bynum. Democrat, as Speaker of ths House and A J. Kelly Secretary of the Sen _ ate. • 2 The North Carolina Legislature was or 1 ganized at Raleigh by the election of Demo ; cratic officers in lioth branches. Gov. Jarvis. 3 in his message, reports that of the unsecured r . debt $8,820,UK) has been compromised foi 5 i 92.U0ui in 4-per cent, bonds, and fc i.buti.UA ; i of the old bonds remain outstanding. t The Florida Legislature convened at t Jacksonville. Charles Dougherty, Demo- ‘ crat. was chosen Speaker of the House. The Governor's message shows a full treasury, J and recommends a reduction of the State f tax to 5 mills. r The Michigan Legislature assembled at » Lansing. Sumner Howard, Republican, 1 was elected Speaker of the House, and * Edwin 8. Hoskins, Republican, was chosen I Secretary of the Senate. Mrs. Josephine ‘ Robinson was elected Postmistress by • acclamation. The Legislature of Massachusetts met at i Boston, organized by selecting George G. ’ Crocker. Republican. President of the Sen- * ate, and Edward A. McLaughlin Democrat » Speaker of the House. ' The Maine Legislature met at Augusta John L. Cutter, Republican, was elected President of the Senate, and Manchestei Haines. Republican, Speaker of the Housa The Tennessee Legislature organized at Nashville by the election of Democratic ! officers in both houses. Each adopted a resolution directing the Comptroller and ! Treasurer not to pay interest on the State debt under the act to fund it at Od-3-4-5-6. About half of the $27."00,(M'0 has been funded : under that statute. It is thought the Legisi lature will not go higher than 50-3, with ’ thirty-year bonds. It is evident that the ' Legislature will pass a law authorizing tha appointment of Railroad Commissioners. The General Assembly of Illinois met at * Springfield, and effected an organization on * ; the second day, by the election of W J. ; Campbell as President pro tem. of the Sen- ' | ate and Lorin C. Collins as Speaker of the House, both Republicans. The Missouri Legislature assembled at Jefferson City, and organized for business by | choosing J. T. 0. Morrison, Democrat, for j I President pro tem. of the Senate, and*J. H. 1 Richardson, for Speaker of the [ lower house Gov. Crittenden, in his message, calls attention to the ; report of the Commissioner of Lal>or ; that street-car employes are com- ' pelled to work from twelve to seventeen i hours per day. and argues that it is against the interest of the State to j ermit such demands to be made upon any class of citizena The fourth Legislature of Colorado assembled at Denver. Stretler, of Boulder county, was elected President pro tem. of the Senate, and Davis, of Lake county, Speaker of the House. To men addicted to delights, business is an interruption; to such as are cold to delights, business is an entertainment. For which reason it was said to * one who commended « dull man for his * ' application : “No thanks to him; if he ’ had no business, he would have nothing i to do.”— Steele,

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. iNi'iANAroi.iM. Jan- —The caucus ot the Dciuocratic members of the House was held ' in their hall in the Court House last night, all the members being present. Hon. Hot ace Hetron, of Washington county, presided, and John >l. Wdson, of Marion, and Charles Jewett, of S.a.tt, acted as Secretaries, lor Speaker of the House, the nominations were: W B U\um of Marion; H. I> McMullen, of Dearborn; George A. D. Gibson, of Clarke, and 11 D Moody, of DeKalb. I’revious to the balloting Mr. McMullen withdrew his name. Mr. Bynum developed unexpected strength and was nominated on the first ballot. receiving Ha votes to Gibson’s y and Moody’s 14 Mr Bvnum returned thanks in a short speech. For clerk of the House, Dr. S. W. Edwins, of Madison eountv. was chosen on the hrst ballot, receiving :h< votes. John I W. Middleton. of Greene. 2 and 11. C. Dai nell, of Putman. 2S. For assistant clerk. Will W. I‘eelle was nominated by aeclama ; tion on motion of Mr. Ferriter. of ; this county. For doorkeeper, the nom inations were as follows: James Carleton, o f Greene county: John H. Hardin, ot Washington; H. Lingenfelter. Hendrn-ks; Henrv II Frv. Grant; Ernest 11. Hint. Han I eoek ; Barker Brown, Hush; William Lang staft. Clinton. H. V. Soners. Knox; John F I Pro, Orange; John M. Seal, Brookville; J A. Needham. Johnson. Mr. Fry, of Grant counI ty, wan nominated on the thirl ballot, re- • I ceiving 36 votes, Hardin 9, Fant 9. Pio-, I scattering 2. all the other candulates having I dropped out in the preceding ballot-. The Democratic Senators met in the eaamI her at 7 JJO o’clock. Senator Brown, of Jackson. presiding. For Secretary the nomina- ; ; tions were A. J. Kelly. Nipo; Frank Prissel. Hamilton; John H. Poole, Newton; W. F. A I Bernhamer, Marion; F. A. Smith. Delaware. I and H H. Francis. Laporte. The fifst ballot resulted: Kellev 13, Bernhamer 4. Trisscl I. Francis 4. Poole 3. The second ballot re ! suited. Kelly 15. Bernhamer 5. Trissei 2. Francis 3. and Peole 2, Mr Kelly being :;e---cordingly nominated. For Assistant S ' ret.i . ry. the candidates are John M Goar, of Henrv ■ County . Max Dembufsky. Goshen: RAS hittlesey" Vanderburg; E. E. Davis, Vermillion: H. C. Huftstetter. Lawrence. Mr Huffstetter was nominated on the second ballot, ro- , ceiving 17 votes, Davis 2. Goar 9. For Doorkeeper. the nominees were Richard Huncheon, of Laporte eountv; Vincent P Kirk, i of Marshall; John Sweeny, of Pern’: James R. Futts, Owen, and O. P. McCullough. Rip- j ley. The fight against Huucheon had been made so bitter that he was easily beaten. I'he first ballot resulted: Huncheon, (i; Sweeny, 4; Kirk, 3; McCullough, 2, and DeMoss, 3. The second ballot was. Hun- . cheon. i: Sweeny, 1; Kirk. 21; De Moss. 1. The Republican members of the House met in caucus in the Federal Court room. Mr. Thompson, of Miami, presiding. The complimentary nomination for Speaker was given to Hon. A. T. Wright, of Grant county, i on the fourth ballot, he receiving eighteen i votes. His opponents were U. Z Wiley, of Benton; Jti Huston, of Fayette, and W. D. Frazier, of Kosciusko. For Ckrk of th< ' House. W. H. Hay. of this city, was nominated; for assistant clerk, W. H. Nichols, of Boone, and doorkeeper. J. D. Roberts, of Jefferson, the last three nominations being by acclamation. The Republican member.' of the Senate met at the Grand Hotel. Sena- : lor Spann, of Rush, presiding. The following nominations were made unanimously: Sec- 1 rotary. R. B. Sears, of Vermillion county; Assistant Secretary, C. F. Robbins, of Manon »:ountv; Doorkeeper. Henry L Jordan, ot F ranklin county. Both houses of the Legislature met and ( organized to-day by the election of the I Democratic caucus nominees bv a strict i party vote. Contrary to general expects- ■ tion,* the delivery of the Governor’s message i was postponed until to-morrow. This was ! owing to a freak of the Senate on a question of courtesy from the House. The House sent its Clerk to notifv the Senate of the fact of : its organiation, but that body declined to | receive the information unless brought by a ; committee of its members. The House be- ; came incensed at such treatment and refused to send another message, whereupon the 1 Senate adjourned. In the afternoon an effort was made in the House to appoint a comm ttee of members to wait on the Senate, but alter some pretty warm expressions the ’ effort was defeated by a vote of 56 to 33, the members not dividing by party lines. The i Rouse then proceeded to pass the legislative bill of 5125.1 W. and as this bill will go to the Senate to-morrow, that body will probably 1 conclude to recognize the co-ordinate branch of the legislature. The new Senators were . sworn in by Chief-Justice Wood, of the Su- ! preme Court. -Jason Brown, of Jackson, intro- { luced the first bill in the Senate, which was i to reorganize the management of the be- 1 aevolent institutions, the object being to ; ake the appointing power from the Gov•rnor. j/owsr—ln his address tot We House, ; Speaker Bynum forcibly urged that the leg- I siation be limited in quantity, and i made of as good quality as jiossible. ; Assistant clerk of the House Roll, has ap- ! pointed J. P. Hawkins, of Laporte: W. H. Whitworth, of Posey; J. T. Fanning, of Maron; E. N. Riley, of Randolph, and David Hahn, of Jennings, to clerkships. It is thought John Hoagland, of Allen, will be readine clerk. Prominent temperance people. headed by Dr. Gerrish, are here to secure iction on the amendments. January 5.— The Senate came down gracefully on the question of courtesy, and consented to recognize the House sufficiently to join it in listening*to the Governor’s message. Outside of this nothing important was done in either House. In the Senate the amendments came up in a preliminary way, by Mr. Smith, of Delaware, offering a resolution requesting the Secretary of State to certify the condition of the record cor.cenng tne amenaments aaoptea in in?i, and in the Wabash and Erie canal, and other amendments. 'l’he Democrats under the lead of Bell and Brown, claimed that the resolution asked for a legal opinion from the Secretary. Mr. Brown also intimated that the amendments had not been properly acted on bv the former Legislature, and were In a condition to be disregarded by the present one. The resolution finally went to the Judiciary committee, to be reported on next Wednesday. The Assistant Secretarv of the Senate has appointed the following persons to clerkships John M. Gaar, of Henry; John S. Lingle. of Orange: Robert Newland, of Law- , rence; John West, of Warrick; Joseph Freed- 1 man, of Dubois and C. A Galbratb. of Barthylomew. The following appointments have also been made by Secretary Kelly, of the nate: John Patterson, of Vigo, H. C. ■hnith, of Madison; E. E. Dagis. of Vermil- : ion; A. J. Thurston, of Jackson; Peter H. j Pernot, of Allen; Mr Bridges, of Clav. and Mr Malpert. By Clerk Edwins, of the House: Emmet Rose, of Marion; James < .rleton. of Vigo; Edward Fitzpatrick, of Clark: T. W W. Summar, of Ripley; M. D. Lee. of Bartholomew. The House adjourned till Monday. January B.— Senate.—Mr. Campbell intro- j duced a bill providing for the apjiointmeiit. I by the Governor, of three Railroad Commis- J doners, whose duties it shall be to regulate reight and passenger traffic in the state. ‘ >ne to be experienced in the law and the i ithers ii* the railroad business. — i Mr. Frazer introduced a bill for an interme- ' iiate Appellate Court. It divides the State nto five districts and gives a judge to 1 •ach. No opinions are to be given iu , iffiimed cases, and appeals to the Supreme ’ourt are only allowed where not less than 1500 or the title to real estate is involved. Speaker Bynum announced the House 1 Landing committees. McMullen, of Dearborn. is chairman of Judiciary committee; Jewett, of the Waysand Means; Moody, ot and Salaries, and Gibson of Temperance. A new phase of the fight for he control of the benevolent was presented to-day bv Mr Wilson, of Marion, introducing in the House a bill which rovides that in case the appointees of the Governor are not confirmed by the Senate, the present incumbents shall lie continued. This is in John Fishhack's interest, who w< uld be ousted it Senator Brown's bill providing for the election of the Trashes by he Legislature should pass. Several Democrats in the House declared to-day that they would go no further than this to compromise the matter. The Republicans claim that the Governor ha® the right to appoint after the Legislature adjourns if his ap I pointees are not confirmed. I'he fight promises to he an interesting one between the two Democratic factions. B Ils were introluced in both Houses to abolish the Stat' i Board of Health January. 9.—Senate—The Governor sent to the Senate his recent appointments for the benevolent institutions. Senator Bunday introduced a bill for a joint Board of : Prison Directors, to be appointed by the I Governor, to consist of five, two of whom shall l>e physicians, and who shall have the joint* control of both the prisons; Senator Sayer, in introducing a resolution ! looking 1 to a new fee and salary bill, made the statement that the people of the State pay annually 9750,000 too much to the couniv officials in the way of constructive fees. ZZ-/ujf€.—A memorial from Mr. Winter! o-naj.i was presented to the Lenislature to-day. in which he virtually gives up the contest for Mr Calkins’ seat, urging that he is too old to press the matter further. and calling the attention of the Legislature to the alleged intimidation of voters by emnloyprs. and praving for a law to prevent it The matter was quietly referred to the Committee on Elect "ns. Mr. Me’letis' resolution in the House, commending the Civil Service bill, recently P. s- 1 by provoked a ehnrm which the Democrati. led by Mr. Jewett, arrayed themselves e galas .the bill A bill was in to-day autborixlng the cedin- of ground tn Terre Hnute and Tort Wnyne to 1

the United States for sites for government builiiings. A number of bills of a miscellaneous character were also introduced. ( oM.KtSSiOAAI, SI MMAKY. Bills were passed by the House, at its »e«- , Sion ou the .list ult., to extend for one year the time lor tiling claims for horses or enuii>,nents iost by officers or soldiers; to pay the Burlmirton. Cedar Bapids and Northern railro'iJ ‘ P lor carrying mails, and to approbate to reimburse the States of Orecoiiand Cahldrnia far expenses incurred iu suppressing Indian hostilities. The Senate was not in session. Mr. Logan finished his argument in the Fitz Jhhn Porter case on the 3d inst.. and a motion for an indefinite postponement was lost—2B to 20—Mahone aud Cameron, of Pennsylvania, voting with the Democrats. A number of petitions were presented tor a constitutional amendment to prohibit the , manufacture and wile of alcoholic liquora A statement from the Commission- ■ er of Internal Revenue estimated the amount required to refund Aaxee on tobacco and matches at S.o.(sii,,llc In the House, a telegram was presented • from the St Louis Mercantile Exchange, asking the immediate passage of the Bonded Whiskv bill. The Army Appropriation InU ; was taken up in committee of the whom, ami Mr Browne's amendment tor the gradual abolition of the pay corps was adopted A sharp debate took place over the statement bv Mr. Hiscock that the Democrats at the last session left deficiencies in the appropriations amoimung to J-fi,- : 000.«k’. i The West Point Appropriation bill was passed by the Senate on the 4th inst Mr. Morrill reported the House bill to reduce in-ternal-revenue taxation, with an amendment ; tor Jin entire revision of the tarjtT and of the machinery for its collection. The Sherman bill ♦xiending the bonded period for two years on whisky in warei houses was passed bv a vote of veas to 2«' navs. In the House. Mr Kasson, 1 of'lowa, Chairman of the Committee on , Civil Service Reform, reported back the , Senate hill to regulate and improve the civil ' s» i vice of the United States, and spoke in i favor of the measure. Mr. Reagan, of Texas, < I '; < l:e in opposition to the bill, on the ground , : that it was not efficient to remedv the erile • j complained of. Mr. Townshend, of ' Illinois, favored the provision of a ; penalty for the violation of the j [ clan-e forbidding political assessments by , ; public officers. Mr Buckner, of Missouri, favored the bill, as it would tend to break up the iniquitous assessment system. Mr. I Calkins, of Indiana, regarded the bill as a ruining point to perfect civil reform. If the Democrats could stand this bill now he was ' ■ sure the Republicans, with their fellows in office, could He admired his Democratic ; i friends v. ho could take medicine in the shape <’f a Civil Service Reform bill aftei ■ having wandered for twenty-four years in ! the Desert of Sahara. For this reason ; and many others he favored the bill Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, moved to re- ! commit the bill with instructions to the committee to report it back with an amendment 1 I prohibiting the assessment of public em- . i : ployes by private persona Lost—yeas 85, ' navs 114. The bill then passed—yeas 155, navs 47. Os the 155 affirmative votes, IOC were Republicans ami 49 Democrats —44 Demeerats and 7 Republicans voting in the ' negative. The Senate devoted the principal part of ! the day. at its session on the sth inst., to the | discussion of the Presidential Succession ! bilL Senator Garland, of Arkansas, made ' an earnest plea for the passage of the mensure, declaring that u after the 4th of March I i next, the life of President Arthur is the only | i life between order and anarchy.” He ‘ favored a Presidential term of six years. I Messrs Jones, of Florida, and Mor- I ! gan. of Alabama, opposed the bill Mr. Ingalls presented to the Senate a jietition for the admission of Dakota as a State. Mr. Vest submitted a report In relation to Yeli lowstoue Park. President Arthur nominated i I to the Senate Gustavus Goward, of Illinois, , to be Secretarv of the American Legation in . Japan The House took up the District of , Columbia bill, which appropriates 93,443,847, : and passed it I The proceedings of Congress on the fith 1 inst were tame and uninteresting. In the Senate, petitions from Wisconsin were pro- , i seated for a constitutional amendment to • prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors, as also a memorial from Oregon tor the im- ; provement of Columbia river. A House bill , was passed to permit the free exportation | of tobacco and cigars. A bill was reported ■ to grant right of way through public land in Alabama to the Rome and Decatur railroad. i T e House Ub ened to a communication I from th 1 President iecomm-ndiug an api propriarion of SPM'.OOu t i complete the census. Mr. White, of Kentucky, ottered a resolution as to the u cessity for the presence of Commissioner Raum in Illinois, where < enormohs quantities of distil ed spir ts now lit- in b nded warehouse®, and whose owners are petitioning for extension of the bonded ■ period. The Presidential Succession bill was dis- j i cuss d at some len :t’i by the Senate on the ; Sth nd Mr. B*'ek, who has heretofore ! ; < !> -cd the measure, gave it htssupjiorL . ; A l .' was passed to prohibit the use of the ’ ' «' i. i: ; :< r othei tl .legitimate purposes j j M ' Ih ndle on pj sentud a mem ria] * iof Cincinnati merchants against the i ; pr- oii.'- d national bankrnpt law. i In the House.bills were introduced to create ’ ap-< tai lelcaraph, tn reduce Ictei po<t; gv i i to 1 cent, to bridge Su Croix lake and No ‘ agara riv. r, and to limit the coinage <d j , standard >ilver dollars to the re-| lirevi nt , of the people A resolution was adopted f«'r the appointment of a committee to in . ve-1 ga e the - barge that John Lailex. Chid , ! C.erk ■ ! ihe House, is an agent <>f the Wash i ing. -n Ga- company The Shipping bili i Worth, the French Dressmaker. An American lady writes her impressions of disappointment at sight of Worth, the king of fashion, in most , mournful terms: “Worth is not all that fancy pictured to my mind’s eye before I saw him. In fact. I found him nothing more that a shrewd, businesslike looking man, with a head so like the portraits of Oliver Goldsmith that j doubtless the resemblance has often ! been commented upon.” Worth is getting on in years, and the anxieties of 1 his profession are beginning to tell up- . 1 I on him. His life has been a hard one. 1 He has gone into the great stronghold ! of the French that of woman’s dress’ —and beaten them. He is an English- ! man. and was for a long time shopman • at Swan & Edgar sin London. But he was ambitious, like Vivian Grey, like j Endymion, and longed to seek his for- | : tune in other climes, so accepted the i offer made by a Paris house aud, first : thing, leuriiij-g to speak French, then ' i got naturalized as a French citizen, and ! j persuaded the I reach ladies that none | but himself could set their figures off to the best advantage. And such is the ( i power of tenacity and will that Worth ! is now acknowledged as the first niantuamaker in the world, and from the remotest parts of the e’arth are orders, . without limitation as to price, addressed to him for his costumes. He has two sons, both Frenchmen to the back-bone; neither of them, however, wish to fol- : low their father * profession, but have chosen a military life, which plainly shows their want of “taste,” according to their father’s idea. Germany’s Capital. No capital has witftin twenty years t carried out greater works than Berlin. . A municipal st itement lately made ' shows that since 1875 nearly $18,000,000 have been spent on drainage, which the extreme flatness of the site rendered exceptionally costly. The municipal bought large estate s for sewage <rms, and has spent on them over $5,000,000. Since 1878 ne .rly $3,000,000 has been expended on bridges, and £1,500,000 is to be expended on the Central Police Office. 1 hree new infirmaries will cost about SBOO,OOO. The enlargement of the water-works will cost £650,000; $2,750,000 has already been spent on the Central Cattle Market, but it w 11 i cost considerably more, and $2,500,000 : is the estimate for the first appropriation for new and extensive market halls. i These facts were adduced when the Burgomaster proposed the issue of a new 4-p<r-cent. municipal loan for $11,250,000. Th popu ation,now 1,200,000, increases about 30,000 a year. In the farminar districts of Denmark, where smoking is universal, the inhab- i it mt? measure dist meet* bv “pipes” < rathe' than by milee, a “pipe” being . thedistince a man can travel while a < pipe of tobacco lasts. Exper.ence i shows diat a “pipe” is about two En- j glish miles, or one-half a Danish mile. t <

GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES. Os Course She Would. “I know what you're going to . And she ®t iod up. looking uncommonly Uli. “Y u re going to speak of the hectic fall. And ®av you're norry the summer a dead And no other summer was like it, you know, And I etn imagine what made it so Now. areu't you, honestly?" “Aes, I said "I know what you’re going to say," she said; “You're going to ask if I forget That dav in J une when the woods were wet. And vou earned me-here she droo.ed her head—- “ Over the creek; vou are going to say, Do I re me i Imjf that horrid day? Now. aren t you, i onestly?" “Yes, I said “I know what you're going to say. she said; ' You are going to >ay that since that time. You have rather tended to run to rhyme. And her clear . lance fell and her cheek grew red— . “And have I noticed your tone was que r? Why, everybody has s 'en it here! Now. aren’t you, hone-tiy?" “Yes, I said. “I know what you’re going to say, 1 aid, “You’re going t> -ay you've been much annoyed; And Ffn short of tact v<m v ill say devoid — An i 1 . clumsy and awkward; and call me Ted; And i l>ear abuse like a dear old lamb: And you H have me anyway, just as I am. Now, aren't you, honestly?" “Ye-es,"she said. Eveiything is Lovely. She deeorate.l her room with bric-a-brac ami pictures, and placed her Imsbands photoon the topmost nail. I hen she sat down to admire her work, and bliss ully remarked, ’’Now everything is lovely and the goose hangs high. Te>~re Haute Mail. A Small Mutual- tdmiratioii Society. Two rival belles at an evening party were seated in the conservatory with their respective cavaliers enjoying their supper. The gas was turned down somewhat, as it should be in a conservatory at an evening partv. “My dear Julia.,” said one of the fascinating creatures, “how beautiful your complexion is—in this dim light!” “Oh, thank you," responded her rival. >ind bow lovely you look in the dark!” — Rochester Post-Express. One Woman WHO Vlrtn t Know It All. A lesson for speculative women who think, to use a common expression, that they "know it all,” is to be found in the experience of the Pittsburgh woman. She knew, or thought she did, more than diol her husband about the oil market, and therefore induced that reluctant husband to promise to invest her all, which was several thousands of dollars, in oil at a certain figure. Instead of doing her bidding, the husband Isiught on the other side of the market When he returned home at night his wife, who had watched the market closely all day and thought that she had lost, burst into tears. When her wiser if not better half explained matters she acknowledged her fault and promised to gamble no more without the advice of some one whose duties led him away from the family fireside. The Struggles of Ambitious Women. So far I have spoken of the life of ordinary women—of the majority. The stru -gle others have made to secure education and position, and the humiliations they have endured, have b en sufficiently trying to undermine the health of the strongest. No one is wholly insensible, how ever regardless of the customs of the world about them, however self-centered, however exalted by enthusiasm. To endure ridicule stings the spirit aud reacts upon the body; to meet opposition wounds the pride and impairs rhe health; to suffer abuse and se -ndal wearies the heait and bows the head; to surmount obstacles exhausts the reserve energies of mind and body. A woman of ambition feels herself alone, and by sheer pride is pricked to endeavors beyo d her strength. If, in her struggles, her health breaks, she is call, d, by those who forget the hindrances they p!a ed in her way, “a victim of higher education.” Not a woman who has found an occupation outside of domestic life ha< escaped injustice, how ever small, done her simply bee ,use of her sex. The indignity may be a social slight, or it may be the closing of some medical society against a Mary Putnam-Jacobi.—E!uaGe//i Cady Stanton. in North American Review. Womanhootl and Proverbs. There is one proverb in “Don Quixote" wherein all the old high bred Spanish courtliness which was quite a different thing from the Teutonic reverence for womanhood) is briefly and characteristically expressed. “The counsel ot a woman is not worth much, but he who does not take it is worth nothing." In Tottenham's “Arte of English Poetry," a curious and interesting work, published aliout the end of the sixteenth century, the author, speaking of the tender-heartedness of the female sex in general, alludes to the common proverb, “A woman will weepe for pitie to see a gosling goe barefoote.” There must have bee-i a touch of real humor about the originator of this ancient proverb, ridiculing, but nevertheless loving, the prodigality of tenderness which caused him such amusement. Among the notes to the third chapter of his “History of England," Lord Macaulay alludes to the vulgar proverb “that t e gray mare is the better horse,” attributing its rise to the preference generally given, in the seventeenth century, to the gray mares of Elanders over the finest coach horses of England. “A fair wife and a frontier castle breed quarrels” reads like the sigh of some baronial Benedict who fruitlessly thirsted after quietness in the weary ages of warfare. “Mills and wives ever want' was no doubt the miserly conclusion of some mediaeval Harpagon; one can almost recognize the snap with with which it was uttered in the laconic brevity of the phrase. “Who lets his wife go to every feast and his horse to drink at every water shall neither have gt.Kxl wife nor good horse” was possibly the s If exculpation of a martinet, who really objee'ed to the extravagance of his help-meet’s festal garments, bnt persuaded himself and his acquaintances that he was a very p it’ern of magnanimity, exercising a judicious rule over the morals of his .‘-übm s-ive spouse. “In choosing a wfe and buying a sword, one ought not to trust another." Here one detects a shad» of bitterness; the proverb w.is probably spoken bv one who had tried lhe same experiment as Mi ton Itn his third marriage ) bnt without Milton’s good fortune; possibly owing to the selection of a less discreet advi-er. “In the husband wisdom, in the wife gentleness.” Here we recognize a bachelor’s ideal: it was evidently composed by a young man w ho w as well assured of his personal sapience, and desirous of discovering in his “betterhalf the high priestess who would as-si-t him in burning perpetual incense before the shrine of that celestial wisdom. “Choose a house made and a wife to make,” said some strong-minded gentle man. who flattered himself that he had molded tji • character of the girl he had married, who, very probably, all the while had gained the entire ascendency over him in the e-sentials by flattering his weak point of molding her in non-essentia's. Hethat tells his wife news is but newly married." This is evidently* sorr< wfnl fragment from the e perieuce ot a pat ent i di idual who had lieenso unfortunate as to mate with a gossip. (>ne detects the smart of unforgotten Si'indal in the word-. “A "■oim i con ceils wha she knows not,” was the axiom of a world! er prudence, which is more suggestive of the proud reserve ol Spanish manhood.

“Take heed of a widow thrice mar ried," was the warning bequeathed by some unrecorded Tony Weller to the race. "Take heed of a young wench, a prophetess and a Latin-bred woman, ran another whisper of warning. A La in-bred woman” was, apparent y, the popular svnonym for a learned lady before’the famous blue-stocking fraternity gave its expressive epithet to the language. The same phrase occurs ■iu another expression of warning: A morning sun, a wine-bred child and a Latin-bred woman seldom end wed. Both proverbs are interesting when contrasted with modern ideas upon the subjict of female education as marking the revolution which liberali y of j thought has gradually effected among us. .... “Never was bad woman fur is a beautiful old proverb, which sounds so very like the pure heart of George Herbert himself that one is almost tempted to imagine him its author. A 1 house and a woman suit excellently” and "The wife is the key to the h use are proverbs to which every reader will agree immediate’y as true. “A gentle wife mars the household, on the other hand, strikes us upon first examination as fallacious “Gentle has, however, prolmbly altered i s meaning in modern times. It is possibly used here in the sense of daud tied. A housewife who is too fine a lady to superintend her servants mars the household, in which sense of course it still continues true. Such are a few out of the innumerable multitude of proverbs concerning the life and qualities of women. Oyer . each of them one may think and think until a story of forgotten lives woven of sunbeams, or of lurid thunder-clouds, arises in imagination from the ordinary little words. — Ehrich'a Quarterly. . I Arsenical Beauties. One of the strangest phenomena of the society in Europe is its taste for poisons. Not to speik of the evergrowing demand tor tobacco and alcohol, there is scarcely a noxious drug in 1 the pharmacopoeia that has not been pressed into the service of our artificial i existence. The day has pissed when the chemist's blue bottle inspired awe. ’ A poison now becomes fashionable, like 1 a Louis Quinze boot, a Pompadour glove, or a long-neglected flower. The ' boudoir is rapidly assuming the appearance of a dispensary, and the toilcttableis a medium for instructing in- ‘ quisitive housemaids in the science of toxicology. A few months s nee, the 1 discovery was made in Par s that the practice of taking morphia by hypoder--1 mio injections had risen to such favor with lad es who plunged deeply into the excitement of the capit tl, that the jewelers were selling largely a curious and novel kind of personal ornament, viz.: a little vial to hold morphia, with injecting-needle attac ed. As we have hail startling examples of so-called morphia mania in our country, there is ; reason to believe that those surprising , accounts we have read from time to time of Paris ladies taking a dose of morphia l>efore going down to dinner or entering a ball-room, in order to i shine by the vivac ty of their conversation and manners, were not wholly fan- . tastic. Indulgence in this poison, however, entails such a speedy revenge of : nature that, generally speaking, even ; ! those women who live for society are in no great danger of falling victims to its infatuation.— London World. — i In Switzerland. i You can live at the very best Swis« hotels—and no hotels can lie better—for from tw o dollars and a half to three dollars a day. This gives you a breaki fast of delicious coffee, good bread, the i freshest of butter, and the clear, tempting Swiss honey, a table d’hote luncheon. which is a dinner itself, and a late dinner, alter the sunset splendors have ' I faded from the sky, which would satisfy a gourmand. I The Swiss are certainly a commercial , people. They have sometning to sell I you at every turn; but vou need not buy unless you choose. ! must own t'.:it you usually do ehote-e. and that }on are usually sorry afterwards. { Ihe shops are full of wood carvings, and of ivor-. e.-trvings of lapis lazuli and i aim-thysts and Rhine stones. I'Mialiy , , you buy during the first week you are ; j there a rather large assortment of . cuckoo clocks, and Swiss cottSiges car-, ed in wood, and various other rather , bulky articks; and then you pass the i rest of your time in wishing you had never seen them, and contriving how to , i get them into your over-full trunk. You are completely fascinated with the carvings for the first week; then you con- , front them so constantly, and get so tired of them, that you turn your eyes away from the shop-windows with a , , groan. One thing arnused me greatly in these Swiss shop-keepers. When thev had pressed upon you in vain some Lit of . carving, or some Alpine painting, and you had shown yourself obstinate and : obdurate, they were wont to inform you. as the last persuasion,— "Madame, it is the work of my fami fly ” Really there was something almost , touching in the honsehold sentiment which took it for granted that the wares on sale were in some sort enriched and adorned by this link with domesticity. , There is one carving only in Lucerne j which is not for sale, and which must , endure as long as the town endures. , I refer to the celebrated Lion of Lu- . cerne, modeled in clay by Tborwaldsen, j and sculptured in the living rock of , dark gray sandstone by Lucus A thorn. , Carlysle has written some glowing s words about this Lion of Thorwaldsen's, which one of our own countrymen calls ( “the most moving piece of sculpture in , the whole world.” j An artificial cavern has been hollowy ed in the rock, and within tins cavern { lies, stretched in the agonies M death, j the lion, a broken lance piercing his ( side, while his paw rests on the BonrImn coat-of-arms, in token that even in r death he will not forsake his trust. A pool of clear water sleeps at the base of ( the rock, and over it arch oaks and xna- • pies. The murmur of streams trick- . ling down from the heights above falls , pleasantly on the ear; you can almost [ fancy that the sylvan peace aliont him t is soothing the lion in his immortal r pain. t This noble piece of sculpture is a . monument to the valor of the soldiers , and officers of the Swiss Gnard who . laid down their lives to the numlier of . i aboitt eight hundred at Tuileries, in Paris, in defence of King Louis XVI., in 1792. Above the lion, carved in rock, is the inscription - •7Zr-?wtioru»i ji(Zei . ae rirtuti”— (To the faith and valor of Switzerland, i and beneath arc engraved the names of the slain officers.— Louise , Chandler Moulton. I A Very Profane Blunder. An Irish peer, Lord Ilchester, dinetl with a San Francisco swell. The good lady had ctrefully drillel her darkr butler in regird to giving Ids Lordsh p his title. “You must say, ‘ Will oi have this, my Lord?’ or, ‘ Mr Lord, can I assist you to this?” The serv! ant got it off to perfection: but alas, when the dinner came off, and he parsed behind Lord Ilchester with the decanter he said, with proud impressiveness, “My God, will you have some sherry?” Tins had an excellent effect; it destroyed the formality of the feast, put every one in a good humor and the affair passed along to a most pleasant . conclusion.

A story is told by the Nantucket Inquirer of a young married man in town, which will bear repeating. The young man during his "courting” days was verv bashfnt < tne day he was invited to uttend a tea-v-uty at the house of a pions undo of J-’fe sweetheart, and when asked to the tabls the good hostess requested him to ask U blessing, which so "broke up” the alrerfdy bewildered voting man that he uncoi*i*'ou s ly stammered out: “I don’t care for a”T> thank yo-’* _ THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. Beeves t 5.1') '.20 Ho’.s ( OTTON. *9 *** Flour— Sup«‘rtine 3-"5 Wheat —No 1 White. 1 U < !< 1-13 No. 2 Bed. L‘U 1.11 Corn-No. J" poajx—Aless. 14.2.1 rtlS.no Laud •*** CHICAGO. Beeves— flood to Faiww Steers.. SJV’ rt AW Cow. and Heifer. S-2S rt <.,> Medium to Fair rtset 4.M rt ATO Fioeii-- -F.*nc\ White Winter Ev. S.*o rt.s 2Oood to Choice Spr gEx. t ,5 rt sj»i Wheat— No 2 Snr inc Art rt ,S 4 No. 2 Bed Winter »i m .ns ConN—No. 2 U*! “ Oats-No. ’ < rt RTE— Ko. ” ’ -■ Barley No. Butter- Choice Creamery 38 -40 Egos— Freah •?’ ::::':::: FORT WAYNE. Flour—No. 1 Red I t oo Family 6» Wheat— No. Red. new 88 «« w Oats 30 33 Corn— ln ear 3» ao Rye 75 & ho Barley 55 co Butter— Frenb 18 m Egos 28 » Potatoes 50 @ A5 Lard - 12* a -laXUINN ATI. WIiEVT No - R<-1 95 '* Corn 48 49 ga is.. . j; * Pens-Mes.. »’.to rill , Lard 10 TOLEDO. Wheat— No. 2 Red 97 rt .98 Corn “• <* “ Oats —No. 2 - XT rt .W DETROIT. FI.OVS Wheat-No. 1 White *• rt 9S CORN—'O. 2 -J® ** •« Oats— Mixed rt..'— J'okk— Mesa -.ia 1100 tfi lll * INDIANAPOLIS Wheat— No. 2 Red rt .I** Cony—No «<£-«• Oats— Mixed .44 rtw EAST LIBERTY. PA. Cattle— Best ATS rt Aso Fair t- 80 AW Common. 300 Hoc,. *- 25 2 i Sheet 40 ® ! W I ■ ■ .1- . ■ ■■■■■■ II II I' "

ifvl Jj M tOm BRBWI PRINCIPAL. ■» LINE: And * T ~n* to 8t - Jo f ;r.'9 In 1 ' f vhison, Top-. ka, Deni* X nuk« \| «ottri> acs. X w Akx.-.t, Ana.-na. tana tn 1 Texas. O TI X C A. O O ‘‘** l* oU * c bM no ****■'*< '■*• Mtanrap* a and ab k’« tnlrenw: NMlun.lly •• .. d I ' lx lb * Grttt I. ■ Oest ejuifipfd 1.4 I !n the World fur tk ••■hwu/tnn:. KANSAS CITY x '\ Z"x X. X l " :it ‘ ' ♦ made a X\vx Thrrnph Z 'X7X. Try Ir. Tick u' I. X<T Xjj'x .nd 1 "HI t- rbr.:c<l Line rXs> Z XX S jX' L’ 1 IWZIS, . I otfiri-• si:..- r s JX CV/X. ~r .4C»uad». zCCX// A " CO “ ,jr " r I POTTER • PERCEVAL LOWELL. »d Vice Vre* : 4 Gen'l Manager, Gen. Chicago, 11l Chicago. HL GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILWAY. In EflW-t Octobvr 10, 183*. COLUMBUS TIME. bdINU NOR FH.~ 2J2* l - * y £ 1 No. S. •&> <7 Uim.' .11. a Dlv * 15am 7 4 pm Rleiiii; nd hr so* pm 11 10 10 20 Wui. luster 4tv l. l»pmii2B , KidgrviDe 4X4 12 38 11 49 P. . l and 5 <*t i Ot, « 15 am Decatur '*>l3 2 10 1 25 Frit Wayne ar' 7 10 i 12 2 20 Fort WayneJv 335 13 10 S 30am Kt-ndalhdJt 4 46 i 4 TO 942 st.inri- 60« I 5 42 'll 03 V;. ksburg 7Ji ,4 41 jI2I«WXI K lara.i7 <> ...ar .. ’7 56 1 7 20 ’l2 50 Kalaniaz.K)h 805 740 i 2 25 * Alb-_ an 9SO i 3 50 Grand Rapid-ar 10 10 9 50 4 25 Grand RapjctalV. 743 am 110 TO 515 D. AM. Crossing . 7 V MSt »«5 H ward City j 17 12 05pm 4 y ‘ Pl_'Rapid* ~ 10 11 101 IS! !:• '»! City 10 50 '......, 200 8 •*> I CBdil’ic ar itcspm 315 jW 10 < a llllt. lv 830 41® Traverse Qty. ... ar,s 55 | KaJkaaka.. ’ '5 27 ; 1 llanr Man. .d«7>na , 6 ot 1 58 Boyne Falls I 7 11 822 I'- t'-k-' I .17 50 |4 15 HarU .r Spring* . ..I 8 25 M..ckfcaw _ ..17® ~~ \" ’ i7f~ J~~ \ N . ’ x .-. x - MMi aw.... • Jv L......’.-..J.... ... i *55P m fierbor Springs ' * f 4n»ni 71» T- to kev 17 20 jl V. •.. na 967 .3 10 ’9 41 9 50 Trav.-rw; City.. , 1 825 1... < adizacar '........ 11 42 '5 45 C*lin* lv 4wpmil2 05pm •i? Kind Cityl 513 113 I 74» I'-Xg Rapid*.. ■5 50 I1 50 81? Howard <ltv 647 173 917 I'. .M M. Crossing 805 I 4 14 10 37 Hr-xsdlUiida ar 820 H 35 Grand Rapidslv 7 •vain 500 1 1 "’’P® Alit-Eaii 500 i1 10 Kalamazooar 900 ’7 ® 12* Kalamazoolv 905 i 715 25< x • kslmtv*9 35 1 747 3Si StuFEiH 10 32 848 1440 Fort Waynear 1 OOpni . 11 20 I7 15 Fort Waj-uelv Ijo (6 15am 12 Dx atur 2 TO .01 1 25 Fortland .3 10 808 I 2 34 Ridgeville 387 834 I 3 01 WiiM-hester'3 55 8 54 3 23 Ri« hmond 5 00 y 55 4 .15 UnonnaMj 740 I 110 pm 785 - No. 5 leaves Cincinnati and No. a leases Mack* inaw City daily, except Saturday. All other trains d ily except Sunday. Wjoodruff sleeping cars on Noe. 5 >nd * I*' tween < incinnati and Grand Rajdds. and sleeping and chair cars on same trains between Grand Rapids and Petoskey: also Woodruff sleeping cars on Nos 7 and 8 between Grand Rapids and Mackinaw City. A. B LEET. Gen'L Pass. .Agent. TOLEDO. CINCINNATI & ST. LOUIS R. R. Time Table—ln Kflfirct Sept. 4, 18S2. _Going W ent. ; Western | Going _ t>iyision. ‘6 I 1 _l2A. M P. M. A. M. Lv. Ar. P. M. P. M P M. 12 40 5 35 n#lph<w R 40 1 35 1 39 6 3u . .Enterprise...t 7 39 12 36 3*3 H 31 . ... Bluffton....! 5 50 10 42 .... 41« 9 Ur. ..Warren’ 5 <>4 1° Ob'• ; - 5 45 ■ 04 10 10 Marion 4 10 9 07 o 00 7 -I* 6 33Kokomo. I 745 4 - . Ai Ly» .... <»' a.: S ■ »ing North-,. '9• [ 1 Division. • 2 / 1° I — .. amp. M. Lv. ~ ' Ar. P. M. PM. 1 50 Delphosl2 15 10 15 ■•• ... 4 2 A) ..S; ‘ncervillee 11 47 9 47 r. <r> a Xi Celina 10 40 8 41 . ... 6 -54 4 ■•'■> k . O*g<>od.... 943 7 48, .... - in' |«■ - - .... F 256 10 Milton 810 6 H .... &416 31 ..Inion 755 6 00! • s *,5 635 Harrisburg. . 7&•5 56 *J U) 5 56.5ti1l water June. 7 26 533 - ... 9 25 1 15Davtcn 7 07 5 15 i . Ar.Lv. A M. • Going W eat. Franklurt and i Going ByE. 17 11 ~7 s>ate Line Div 8 1 12 _Ji. A M A M r M Lv Ar. A M. P M p * 745 633 .... KokulUO .... 7453 25 .... R JJ. 7<fl . Russiaville.. 719 2 M •• J -r’ 1221 ' Frankfort, lv 630 1 T A PHILLIPS. T H. B. BEALE. G*r Manager. Gen. Pas? W. s. MAIIHUb. Aw v Gea-TiW'