Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 January 1887 — Page 3

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THE FASHION IN TROUSERS

BLAXELY HAL% 0* 72SAKB FBAILXIBB.

the Kvalatlau ef Ilreef:if2—TTL*t W» Are Coming: To—The Disappearance ®f the Old Fubiooed "floj" Frcm tbo

Streets of Mew York-Evory Knittc fi«v*lap|n{

In'o a Da.1'.

SpeoialOerreepomlocce «f the Krpraee. New York, January 7.—Men of fashion are goiaj draft this year on the •abject of loose c! Mbcs. In the matter of trousrra (Ley arc vaulting beyoiid the limits of the mc*l bs~ itself, end the nearer the fop iLe hour can get to a pair of hallooes ia the shape of 'bis tcoussr legs tbo happier he becomes. Thus ie the death of the fragile, slim and phantom-legged dude made doubly sure and drowed even from memory. No msn is new eo weak and pnerile tt» admit that lie was ever a dad*, knd the men abont whom there ctil) exists some Ofcftdow of suspicion are throne* who H!b to the wildest extremes in troasers A curious thing, fashion. A year ago men could not their trousers tight enough now it's, impontble to have them of sufficient width, and the very man who formerly

•OM r. FASHIONS IN XMOUSKBS.

sat and ft^.ied jiroudly at his fragile legs squeezed into{skin-tigfet black trousers now views with entire complacency trousers that are cf all colors of the raiab^W) and so big that they hang ir a

dred folds like ,a damjj ^'q

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oyer the orooked of an apple tree. In the same ir*y-"does (he contempt of men of fs^h'on bhow itself for the coat, of a 75''. ago. Whereih .was then loose it i» now light, ar-.l vice versa. Hate were fonncrlj^h^ttKqcfvttid eo-w they are smaller jif 'tHe crorn than at the base, and grow more and more like the qulilF little Alpine hats that every qlgiblboy has eeen in the pictures of his geography. It io said at times that ridi eule baa no effect upon fashion, but the revolution in taste displayed by men this year shows in a veiy marked man* ner bow keen.thershafte of derision are, for the fun that, wae made of the dnde has made even the nfifcfe distaitefnt and not the fain test »ve9ttge remains of bias in the habits''or mincers of the town. Where the wild scramble io the other •direction will end it is difficult tossy, but there is little doubt that trousers have reodied-the otftyide limit unless the snen teke to '.Tearing some such arrangelOfat 6s the orlOoliuo, in which case there is practioally.no ead to the, poesibill ties. am amused By the habit people hare at times of taking total strangers into their conlidcne$,without having received a r»artlcle of enwuraeeaent. I was the solitary eccnpant of tue smoking compartment of the cw the other day when a long, lean aHd llervoas man dashed in and sank quickly, into a corner seat op poaite me. rteh&dweak blae eyes, a hopelessly wide uioulh, mnttoncbop whiskers and wore the 9:mi-clertcil attire of a country parson. After he -bad pulled hia whiskers alternately and fidgeted around **bit he felt iu hia pocket, broughtdut a cigar, lighted it ami glancing at one 111 it l/usiuees like way, said: "It makes a ^r/ vt JiiT-rence whose ox ii gorsii, dont it^ nodded pnd' cQntinn*l to saioke. "That's what'J told niy brother-in law lease Newmsn, of filitibaUi township," hewfuton. "T stz '^nc, you ran your «nd of the schooner and your wlfts and I'll end my life...%hd run* ycur'a— no, I mean I'll run itoy end and my wife, but lie only grinned-vat .me. 86 I pot on his tmin, and I'm goiiig to New York to see •fhst can be done."

HU rontKt Hra, 6HF'IDJK OES isto MY •as Al t. TH* WAY TO NKW YORK. Baeotly what all this ha to do with the goring of ostn Or with me did not appear. Th?. stranger's cigsr had gone ont during Sis .vehement arraignment of his brother-in-law, but he lightedit again and went on. "Family affairs is family 'fairs, I say, an' no brother-in-law has the right to move Into my-house and run mean ray wife and his wife an' the servants, ai'V'have th' meat underderdone when I want it well cooked, an' make himself so popular that th' hull erawd loveft him an'looks upon me as sn^bntcsst, an alien and a bore. Upon my*- word, sir, it make my blood bile to fine, that I'm referred to in my absence by the Wh6k household as the nooeanos, wiile my brother-in-law has pie for breafeftat, and wears my Sunto the" rink."

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Here he needy1swsllo*i&d his cigar in his agitation, and cougbed so iiard that the porter and •!took turns thumping him on the back.' When be came to he fixed me with ir.glMy glare of his weeping eye, and continued -thickly: "This thing, yon -dnderttsnJ, is of no recent growth, but -has been endured by ms for ywfl. I'm running a Una of ftne sugar cured hams and kindred deUflactas, in B-im-beth, while poiitling my stiaies for the ministry, and I'm a bwyL5»an. Henee famfly sihetiOTrt disturb ms, but whan I rebel as I did theathar night when tbe hull crowd went to the balvatton Army racket, lc ckin' the botfse ^afUr them, so that I had to sit on the oold feaoe till 12

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o'clock, they think it'» a rattlln' «ooa joke it wouldn't have been so ooU on the fence if I'd bed my overcoat. didn't hay* it 'canse my ^i.ner-Ut-law was wearin' V" »aa |6 on. He poared hi* ionfldencea ipl*®y *11 ,*** io New York. «fegh we www wholly unacquainted,

It la a eurioaa phase of ehar aoter. bat not sb oduuI iMt I remediber inatanoe of a »om»what similar nstsrs at the Fifth Avsnuc hotel, about a m®nth •Bo. I was talklof qaletly With the clerk whan a paly «tUe maa of rath** provincial aspect horried ap a#i md exeitedlv: "What d'y' Atnkr' "WW?" aaked the clerk erbanely.

he* yon?"' "Don't remember it." "Why, he tsld'i how he beta aotiyer bill Kin hia lef beat heel that h/d «p aa die within si* mon'c after hie das iter had triplets an' b' gosh he's done it

He wagged hia wad wildly, dai his hand* together and reeked oat botek "Who'a year friend VI asked"Never caw him hsfoia i» toy W»^not an unwoal performance that, however. I've bid It oesar s»»f fcooaand times. There

no place yon mow so

lonely as a gnat city, and when pee

E-ci.E pritchaud's nn' rm, jjr 4 *«?. pie eome here from the esuntry, they are completely unnerved by the unttsaal ex* perienca of having ahsoltttely so eae with whom they can cxebanf* a W&^rd. For days they wander erettnd with the p8nt-up volume of getsin gfltwlng st their vitals, and then, in sheer desperation. they make some saeh break as that by Uncle Pritchard's nephew.

The countryman iteappeartd from the streets of York, One never sees him n9w- *at least to know him by his attire- Slouch hats, hobnailed boots, solEarless shirts, short-sleeved eeats^ sad the various o'.hsr pecnliarltiss of the bucolic visitor of a few years ago, have satirely disappeared. This is doe, I sappeeee, to the prevalence throagh the country of the ubiquitous diusatner who carries the fashions of the bigger oitica into the mest remote and isolated hamlets. Now the backwoodsman wean shoes that eome from the same maaa factory as these which d«ek the feet of the city elerk, and all America struts about in olotbes that are cut by mighty mashiaei sftet one pattern. It makes all aiaakfnd similar, and one sanaot new pkk out the state a uaa eoasss from by glancing at bis clothes, aa was once possible is the streets of New York. It is perhaps a triumph for the drammen, hot it has destroyed the pieturesqaeaam of the crowds that frequent Broadway daring the holidays. I&ACGb? Hall.

A Ipurions BroWBtag Cwlt, Hueton Post. A bright lady of my acquaintance, iti tellectusl without the assertive sort of intellectuality tliit grieves and wearies one, is inclined to be slightly incredulous about the ready comprehension whioh some people profess far everything that Browning has written. She was Milking about the matter with another lady, profound latter day Brownlngite, the other evening. "1 am sore'" said this latter, "that I understand without difficult* everything that Browning wrote."

And upon the first reeding?" asked another. "Certainly," My incredulous Mend took down her Browning, turned gravely to one of .the most mystical of the poems and began to read the wrong end first That is to ssy, she read the last line and then the next to the Irst line, and kept on till she had read the whole, finishing in aa animated delivery with the first line of the im. She lent to the thyme, more or 1 dubious, of the poet, the mnsio, quite undeniable of her voice and the new disciple of Browning drank it all in with eager ears. "There!" the reader sud, when ahe had flashed, "do you mean to say that yoa understand that?" "Perfectly!" said the other "nothing eould be mors luminous than those glorious lines, which march from their introduetr-*y statement to their irresistable eonclusioiUike the gleaming adarmy vance of a spleadio

Railway Travel ta Baflaal Henry Ward Beesbor The railroads themselves, their bridges, their stations, see incomparably better than ours. They seem as if built foe eternity. Bat there it ends. The eew are short, so that thw have hut si* wheels, two here, two there sad two beyond, and one is obviously, of nsessal y, over a grinding wheel. Then they ar*0« late so that they almost always make ear. seasick, and always gtVfl a feeling of nausea. My test consists ia eenvsrsslltai reeding, and I fonnd that in on I

and had t» raise other my eyi was impossible for a with aDy degree of eomfort. do both with perfect ease. My eyes are strong and I am well, but I "could neither talk nor read Id the Bngilsh eats. American cars would be very mnasli better. There area few palace cans over then, but are not popular as vat, and there ia but a faint beginning of bope of comfort for the engineers and stokers. For a long time they have been compelled to do their arduous work, ex* posed to the elements, end even now they have nothing but a glass frame over them, open in front, anordinga most im perfect protection against the moist, cold, chilly climate, eo the? bundle ap like so msny mummies."

The President Defines Bhenoaa* CfSfB. Boston Record. "Dan'l," said the president aa, he nursed hie rheumatic knee, "Dan'l, wouldn't it be well if I coined a phrase to express my abhorrence cf rheumatism?" "By all means, sire It would help the common people bear the trouble better." "Well, Dan'l, as I lay awake last night thought of this Rheumatism is the pernicious climax of a joint and pros trating debate. How will that do "Not quite op to yoor average, die but then your rheumatism is far above average, and this evens things."

Ladies will find relief from headaehe, costlvenees, swimming in the head, eolic, sour stomach, restlessness, indigestion, sick constant or periodical headaehes, weakness in the back or kidneyc, pain in the shoulders and different par tsof the body, a feeling of lassitude and despondcMy by taking Simmons Liver Regulator. It is not nnplcssant, is purely vegetable, and is not injnrtons to the most delicate cosMtitntion.

Writtsr fer

the ZgpG&.l

CnAiit IN PEACE.

BY SaHBRAl. ADAH BABE AX'.

tire at tk« White Home.

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After Grant beealae president, he did not for some weeks occupy the executive autasiea as a residence, bat of course the official Wasinsss was transacted there. His first official r«eeption was oae for the diplomatic corps. It was net very for mal. I had called en the various chiefs of legation at his request, and notified them that the preaideet and Mrs. Qraat would receive the members of the corps aad their families en certain afternoon. It was desirabie that the aew president shcBld make their acquaintance, and this was the 4ea«Sratk substitute fer What is Sarepe weuld have been a "eeirt."

I Went in the president's open carriage, whioh was a conspicuous, light-colored vehicle, and when I visited the Haytien rsprasentative my arrival ercated a comstation. I suspect that preceding administrations had hardly acoordcd the same recognition te the fellows of the freedmen, and the dusky Democrat had perhaps not long been used to considering himself an ambassador. At any late, whea I entered end made knowa my errand the diplomotist rose and dotted my ohair. Sonlocque himself began life as a servant.

Washburne, the Secretary of State for a week, had already given up his place to Fish, who bad not lived ia Washington for many years, and waa therefore uaaeqaainted vt itb the foreign representatives. As I kaew them all, I wu selected to introduce tkem to Mr. Fish, who then made the presentatioa to the President. They came, tttany of them, in moroiag and some Uioflght father too ho^wptlTt {a ikeir attire. In iaet Aore than one member of the British Legation affected aa indifference to etiquette ia regard t* the President and his family that was more democratic than even Democrats approved. I remember Lady Theraton say tag tj aie at a party at Mis. Fish's, when Mrs. &rant was present "Mew dilereat all this woald be ia Baglandl There nobody would drsam ef being seated while the qaeen was standing." Yet my lady remained in her chair whea the wife ef the president eatered the room, and a good many Americas8 rose. I doubt, however, ii at that time Lady Thornton had ever been at eeart in London. I was assured ia finglaad that this wife of a diplomatist enee declared she had met only two ladies in all America whereupon a genuine aristocrat exclaimed: "nut Lady Thoratoa is hardly a judge—she has known so few at home." Her ladyship, yeu see, was bora in the middle elaas. ffieneral ftraat, however, as president, desired to be recognized as hsad ef the state he was always served first at his own table, aad of course prtesded everybody. Ho hisMelf determined the precedence at his dinners, for he assumed as gsueh as any foreign sovereign er sny heat at home the right to place hia (tests as be obese. He insisted always on making a distinction for personal reasons if ha plcac&d though he regarded public station and public servtocs,tie yet held that if he preferred to pay any one a compliment be was at liberty to do so. At a bndal dinner 1 have known him to plaee the newly-married man on the right of Mrs. Grant, -lthouah the secretary of state was present, while he himself took in the bride from among a company that included the wives of senators and cabinet ministers. 80, too, be sometimes regulated the precedence of foreign ministers without regard ta the Almanach do Gotba or the congress of Vienna, but according to a certain eede of his own. This, it Is true, was before he had been abroad. Had there been a third term after his European experiences I am inclined to think he wotlld have deferred to the diplomatic idea. Bat be had a feeling that as president it was for him ta determine, and be actedven in etiquette without fear ox anxiety. He thocght that he

made the etiquette, and I don't see why a prsoident has sot the right as well aa smy potentate of another sort. 9p to this tints Presidents had never edited or diaed oat or gone to say private parties, bat Qrant declared at oncc .e did net intend to he caged heoaase he was the chief magistrals. He accepted the invitatfona of his cabinet and ef a few ethet, either especial friends or perasas whom he wished to hoaar. Yet he safnsal te return the visit of the sea ef lite queen ef ffisfland, whea Priaoe Arthar, as he waa called, the duke of Geaaaaght new, was ia Wsshiagten. I waa in America at the time and was anxious that Orsnt sheald make the visit. I proved to him that sovereigns sbroad paid such 00m-

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I remember that afterwards in England this lame young man never callni on General Grant. TIs true he wai not In London, but he was not a day's journey away, and having been so warmly received in America, the absence of the civility seemed significant. Ladv Augusta Stanley, a warm personal friend of the qaeen, corresponded with me while the prince was in America, and knowing that I was on doty at the White Honse, she asked me to do what I could to make the whole visit successful. Atter he left I wrote to her stating that the prince had made a good impression, and Lady Augusta replied expressing her majesty's gratification, so that I fancy the lack of the president's visit gave no umbrage. Still it may be that Jesm Grant's experience at Windsor wu the corollary of the prince's visit nnre turned.

I remained at the Whiie House during the first three months of Grant's administration, then I wae four months in Englsnd, and afterward on duty again at the executive mansion from October until Msy. After that I was only there aa a visitor on a few occasioas ia 187B so that my recollection of the life at the White House are mostly those of the first and second yean of Grant's presidency. I saw the first cabinet in power and their families In position. Some of those, people of nndoubted ability and oharaeter, yet long unfamiliar with the life of the great world, never acquired that ease of manner which is so exquisite, whether the gift of nature or the result ef art but others were

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persons early used to elexant as cociationsand fitted to adorn the positions they enjoyed.' But Mis. drant was like the general, a good deal of an autoorat iu a certain way. If she liked the Ingestions made by sneh Women as

Fish or Mrs. Robeson she aocepted them, but she felt that the heneU was responsible for the result, and entitled to decide the meaas and they of course defe^sd to her deoisione. WhatftTAr iheetiqnette or the custom, it either had the sanction of the president or Mrs. Grant, or it was not introduced at all. I fancy, indeed, that most of the usages were those that had long prevailed, or ele the suggestion of one of the heads oi the establishment th* maelvfs.

Tbtsa usages must have been generally acceptable, for the greater pait of the people who had lived longest in Washington, s&d beon familiir with society there under many administrations, found themselves |very much at home at the White houre during General Grant's official terms. A few with bitter memories staid away and criticised but that charming element—the old Washington families, made up for the most part of the survivors and relatives or army and aavy and other effloial parties of the past -all gathered around Mrs. Grant and liked the geniality and simplicity of the general. Boras of the political opponents, and I believe not a few atrangeis who came for a while to Washington and found no immediate access to the intimate circle aad life at the White House, carped or censored what tiny heard of but did not see but the mod company of Washington, which is by far the best company in America, made the White House its center while Grant was president and Mrs. Grant its mutress.

The old army people found themselves with a comrade tbe soldiers of the war and their families were always welcome cud when the children of the president ctsw up there were young people and their visitors to make the house gay. There was a brilliant wedding for "Nellie Grant," and the eldest child of Colonel Grant Was born in the executive mansion.

For the home life went ou under all the pressure of public business and all the demands of public cerenton^. passed a few deye at Long ifranch in 187o, and saw muoh of mv old chief in his family life, I found it nearly the ante SB before he was president. The step indeed was not as frsat for him as for others from the position of general-in-chief, at that time the most important but one in country, he merely pacsed to the president's ehair. I think, too, that as he became used to his station some of the formality which at first I thought I observed wore away.

I recollect dining with him more than once in Washington about that time (iS7&). His table was always laid so that half a doteu unexpected guests might be entertained, and one Sunday we lunched informally iu the library, no one but he-and I. He had just finished writing the letter in which he declined a nomination for a third term. The paper had not been read as yet to any of his cabinet, and Mrs. Grant did not know cf his decision. He ask?d my opinion of the letter, and I Mid it Was a fccod one if he had determined to withdraw from the contest, but I had supposed he would not so determine. The letter was sent that day to the press without Mrs. Grant's knowledge, for the general was sure it would be disagreeable to her and wished his decision to be irrevocable before she learned it. Years afterward when I told her I had heard that letter before it was sent, she reproached me, more than half in earnest, for not striving harder to prevent its issue.

It was a simple domestic life that went in the upper part of that historic se during those eight years. The business half of the mansion is connected closely with the family rooms. The cabinet chamber is next the library, which in Grant's day was not used for official purposes, but more as a family parlor. Many informal discussions of important affairs have occurred in that library, and man/ scenes that would interest the world and

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ouscs but he did net think the Democratic head of the state ahould reeogoize a royal boy of nineteen in this way. The Britiah minister was especially eager fer the ceremony to be performed, hut Qrant persisted in his refusal. He went, however, to the ball given in the prince's honor, and he in vited the youth to dinner, on oach occason giving him Mrs. Grant for a partner, but he maintained that democratic dignity would not allow him to make the formal call. He seemed to think this would be a recognition of the royal principle which it was imperative to him to deny.

vexed points

tor if the survivors would tell what they know. The few bed-chambers were always occupied now and then a guest could be invited to sleep, but the demands of tbe family prevented as much hospitality of this sort as either the general or Mrs. Grant would hav9 desired.

Below, tbe state apartments were often used: the east 100m of course ou grand ocoasions, and the red parlor waa open of an evening to many personal visitors. All the state dinners that custom requires were given, and sometimes the state din ing room was opeaed for a family party at Christmas or an entertainment to per-

sonal friends, while the ordinary dining room was hardly ever without a guest 0: importance. For Grant liked to talk over with a senator or cabinet minister or even a polltiaal opponent the affairs which he was peculiarly interested. Cigars alwavs followed dinner, and sometimes billiards or cards with a few intimates, Grant spent more than his income during his first administration and saved very little in the last four years, when the salary was doubled.

Mrs. Grant introduced at the receptions the custom that still prevails on thecc occasions of inviting ladies of distinction to assist the mistress of the White House senators' wives, and tbe wives and daughters of cabinet offioers or personal friends. Before her time the president's wife reeeived without this

racelnl surrounding. Indeed the House had hardly been so popu lar in a long while as in the days when I knew it under the Grant regime. During the war Mrs. Lincoln saw few but the political adherents of the administration, and for various reasons "society," as it is called, was

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reatly interrupted. Under Mr. also the acerbities and acrimonies of politics prevented many from visiting the White House: there was besides at that time no absolute mistress to preside Mrs, Johnson was never visiable and her daughters were cot women with a taste for the duties of their pesitioa. When Mrs. Grant came to her place the dissension of the war period were abating people of great military and naval and civic eminence with their families crowded around the new administration, whioh became the nucleus of the most distinguished and delightful society that has been seen at the capital in at least a quarter of a century.

The attractions of such a society have since induced many people of wealth to make Washington their home, some of whom bave only wealth to offer as a claim to admission there. In the days I tell of nobody cared who was rich or who was poor. Power w?s so much more important than money great fame, great deeds,

much mora distinguished

than fine houses or fine clothes, that society was "good" in the best sense of the word. What did a mere millionaire amount to in a company that included 8herman or Farragut or Saward or Sum ner, a chief justice, a general of the army, a secretary of state or treasury. Some of the greatest people had the humblest houses even diplomatists lived over cooks' shops and gave dinners to the cabinet on china that they saw every night in the week at each other's tables, Women with names that will cover die wore the plainest gownr, and breeding and wit and elegance went abont on foot to parties that were finer, in all the elements of real society, than can be seen to-day in Washington or New York. The life at the White House under Grant had something to do with this.

It may save your life, for it cures your cold and cough. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Price 25 ccnta.

TWO CHILDREN WEDDED.

Prcbabty

T*s«feit Xltrltl Couple

ia the ililttd States la Atlanta. Atlanta

Cooatitatioa.

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"DO yon «ra that bey and girl walking alang there?" asked one getitigmac cf anothsij JIJLC2C?1« pssltd the corner of TvsiUhall ind Alabama streets recently. "Well, what about ihea?" iratf the rtspoMt* "They are,' continued the fimi rf£6lker, "probably the youngest married couple ia the state. The husband is only seven teea ycata old, aad his wife is two years younger. They came to Atlanta a few days since from Baa Francisoo, and are staying with friends in tbe city."

A reporter of the Constitution chanced to be standing near at the time, and he at once decided to investigate the matter and ascertain something aboui the youthful pair. Aa early opportunity presented itself. Tne young-wife separated from her hgsbsnd, she going into a dry goods store and he entering Freyer's music establishment. The reporter was soon in conversation with the boy, who proved to be as entertaining as he was loquacious. Ho freely unbosomed himself and gave a very elear and entertainina narrative of his history.

He said his name was Sandy Lockmore and that his wife before she was married was named Jenafe Rayster. They have eo married three years. When the nuptials were solemnized ia the Shetland Islands in May, IMS, be was only fourteen and sbe twelve. They had been engaged two years before the knot was fastened legally. When asked what induced them to take so serious a step at 00 early an age, the youag benedict responded Well, we* were left orphans without any relatives or friends, for our p&tenm were shipwrecked and ws fottnd oUntiVes on the Shetland Islands unknown andL alone. Forfonaiely I had been intrusted With the keeping of a package by jar father, and I managed to hold oh to it through tiid (ttornii ana *ben we were rescued I had the package safe and sound in my possession. It contained abont fl8,000 in United States currency.. Of course being so well supplied with eash, I did not lack friends. Fortunately, Jennie and I fell into the hands of an excellent old English couple who provided for us and treated ns like their own children. We were placed at school under a minister of the Gospel from New York state who spared no puns to train us. After two years we resolved to get married. At first the idea was hooted sthy every member cf the family in which we were staying, but finally we got the eonseat of all of them and were duly married. Shortly afterward we started for England. There wc remained until about six months ago when wc came to the United States to look after soma property in Connecticut which was said fo belong to my wife. Sun eaongb, we found that in Hartford there wu a property valued at some $80,000,which my wife bad inherited and which would fall into lier sole possession the year she reaohed her majority. In the meantime the interest on the property goes to her. While in Washington City we met some old friends of my father's, who live in this city, and they insisted that we Shonld pay them a visit. Wc arc here for this purpose."

About this time the young wife rejoined her husband aad the young couple walked away as happy as cooing doves.

A GOOD LISTENER.

A Bright-eyed Pleasant Vaced CleiiUeaaas Wh« Bvjayed the Soverner's Stories. Boston Bndget.

The Xentuekians tell a good story of ex-Governor Magoffin of that state, who is a good talker and likes to do most of the talking himself. One day in making the journey from Cincinnati to Lexington he shared his seat in the car with a biigbt-eyed, pleasant-faced gentleman. The governor, after a few commonplace remarks, to which his companion smiled and nodded assent, branched into a description of the scenes that lie had wit neasisd in the different parts ot the country, grew eloquent over tne war, described with glowing speech the horse-races he had witnessed, talked learnedly of breeding, and told thrilling stories of his battles with the Indians in the Northwest. The hours slipped rapidly away, and when the train was neansg Lexington the two exchanged cards and parted with a cordial shake of the hands. The governor drove to an inn, and to a numtwr of friends he remarked that the time had never seemed so short before. 'Then you must have had pleasant company aboard." "You are right. I meta gentleman of unusual intelligence. We conversed all the way over. I never was brought in contact with a mooe agreeable man." "Indeed! Who was he?" asked his friend. "Wait minute I have his card," and the governor felt in his pocket, and produced a bit of pasteboard. "His name is King." "Not Bob King?" shouted a doeen in one breath. "Yes, gentlemen Robert King—tbal is the wav the Way the card reads," was the proud reply.

A roar of langhter followed. "Why, governor Bob King is as deaf as a post. He was born deaf and dumb!"

Removal of the Human Tongue. Dr. B. S. Skirving of Australia, in diseussirg the treatment of malignant disease of the tongue, says that, without doubt, the entire member can be removed down to the epiglottis by a strictly intra-bueeal ooeration, and that if the disease be really limited to that organ experience would seem to show that danger of hemorrhage at the operation is in the majority of cases too much dreaded, and that subsequent troubles, such as secondary hemorrhage and septicema, are infrequent after the Wnitehead cutting operation. In view of the possibility of blood passing down and forming a coagulum in the glottis, it is a wise precaution to have a tracheotomy tube ready in ease a sudden laryngotomy should become necessary during the performance of tbe operation Again, if there be a special dread of bleeding during the removal of the tongue, and if assistance is not of a satisfactory character, then, if the apparatus necessary can be relied upon, a slow removal by the simple or galvano-caus-tions, is a wisa and satisfactory proced ure.

German Population Figures. Paris American Bagiater. Concerning the large and constant increase in the population of Germany in general, and that of Prasia In particular, the Boyal Prussian Statistical bureau gives the following figures for 1885: The total population December 1, 1885, was 28,318,453. The births during the year numbered 1,064,401, the marriages 280j707, and the deaths 716,859. The natural increase, therefore, was 347,542, and the average number of births per 1,000 of population 37.6, of marriages 164, and of deaths 25.3. These figures, high as they are as compared with those for England and Wales, show a surplus for the last named country, whoee population waa 27,499,041, with 894,270 births, 197, 745 marriages, and 522,750 deaths, making the aetnal increase per 1,000 in En

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