Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1885 — Page 3

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. The House Finally Begins Consideration of the General Appropriation Bill. A Wrangle Over the Item Allowing Pardee University The Proceedings of the Iloose on Saturday. the general appropriation. The Honse, as a Committee of the Whole, Discusses It tor Three Honrs. The House began the consideration of tho general appropriation bill on last Saturday in a session as committee of the whole, and after discussing it for three hours, without making much progress, adjourned until this morning, when it will probably be again taken up. It was called up under the pending order of business, by which each member is allowed to designate one hill to be at once disposed of, which the House' entered upon a week before the end of the regular session. The order was made the excuse for the compact by which a majority forced the special session. The appropriation bill could have been considered as well at that time as now. The session on .Saturday was occupied almost wholly with the discussion of a proposition to omit from tho bill the item allowing Purdue University $24,000, without reaching any conclusive action on the matter. The motion was made by Mr. Gordon, the representative who so 6trongly opposed the special appropriation of $50,000 to the State Unifersity, and by pertinaciously fighting the bill finally succeeded in getting the amount reduced to $30,000. He represents the county in which DePauw University is located, and this has been urged as a significant reason for his hostility to the proposed apg—opnations for other educational institutions. e is supported in his opposition to the Purdue allowance by several of the Democratic representatives, who claim that the institution has been a failure-—an ( pinion in which the majority, however, do not seem to concur. It is hardly likely that the consideration of tho appropriation bill by the commit tee of the whole will be contluded before, at least, some time to-morrow, and if it is then advanced in the usual order without any delay it can not very well reach final enactment before the Past of tho week. Among the other important bills which will then remain to be acted upon is the specific appropriation, which will require considerable time for consideration, and the bill continuing the new Stato-house tax levy of two cents on the SIOO valuation. Legislative Matters. There is some talk about bringing the special session to sn end on April 4, but it comes from a Bcarce minority, and the indications are that the session will continue—sl,soo a day, remember—until the expiration of the constitution al limit of forty days. The Gooding, who has, with possibly one ex ception, been called to order oftener than any uther mem her of the House, was compelled to take his scut by an uproariously unanimous demand of tho members when he was declared out of order during a debate in the House on Saturday. • The action of tho Senate in adjourning on Friday until this afternoon, for the reason, as given by Senator Weir, that it was waiting for the House to do something, has aroused an ill feeling between the two bodies, and the members of the House are losing no opportunity to say unkind things about the Senate. The bill authorizing the new State-house tax levy of 2 cents on the SIOO, for continuing work on the building, includes a provision for the transfer of $450,000 from the general fund to the State-house fund, which, it is said, is necessary + e adjust embarrassing complications in the Site's finance from the unauthorized ,hwA: und to meet demands on the general fuu^. The friends of Harry Watts, of Kniglitstown, will present bis name to the Governor for appointment as trustee of the Asylum and Home at that place. Mr. Watts was a soldier in the Twenty fourth Indiana, and was three times wounded during the war. He is an excellent business man, and stands very high as an honest and capable man for the place. The fact that he would be constantly in the neighborhood of the Home is strongly urged as an additional argument in his favor. SATURDAY’S HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. Consideration of tliq General Appropriation Bill Regun, but Little Progress Made. The House wa3 opened with pniyer by Representative Smith of Warrick, on Saturday morniog. Eighty-two members responded to the roll call. The committee on rights and privileges reported back Mr. Klaas’s bill [H. R. 541] to protect laborers, recommending that it be indefinitely postponed. This report of the committee was tabled and the bill passed to a second reading A majority and minority report were presented on the resolution [S. 28] to allow W. H. Drapier at the rate of two-thirds of a cent a pace for 1.750 copies of the Brevier Legislature Reports—tire majority to adopt the resolution, and the minority to indefinitely postpone it. The minority report was concurred in. Mr. Butz offered a resolution providing that 500 copies of the apportionment map should be bought for distribution among the members. Mr. Gordon moved that the resolution be indefinitely postponed, which was agreed to, yeas 47, nays 39. * Mr. Robinson’s bill [H. R. 377] to abolish prosecuting attorney fees in minor criminal cases, where the defendant pleads guilty, having been recalled from tho Senate, the author of the bill moved that it be recommitted, with amendments. During the explanations of votes, Mr. Gooding. Mr. Patten, and Mr. Robinson were repeatedly called to order for speech-making. The enforcement of the rule against Gooding was insisted upon, and he was ordered to take his seat and not proceed without consent of the House. He declared that “the ruling would come home to roost,” and he afterward called upon Patten to take his seat. The motion to recommit the bill was rejected by yeas 3d, nays 51. The regular order—the call of counties for bills on the third reading—was resumed, with Sullivan county first on tho list. The general appropriation bill [H. R. 479] was called up. Tho House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, with Mr. Adams in the chair. An amendment olfereu by Mr. Loyd to increase the item for repairs upon the Knightstowri institution from $2,000 to $3,300, was rejected. Mr. Gordon moved to amend the bill by striking out the item giving $24,000 to Purdue University. He explained that he was In favor of allowing something, but regarded |24,000 as too much. In support of his motion be said that it was evident that certain members bad stood together all along in support of measures in which they were mutually interested, and there had been much log rolling in consequence. Several gentlemen insisted that Mr. Gordon should name the members who had done this, but he declined, for the reason that it was not necessary. Mr. French said it seemed rather strange that •very proposed appropriation for the support of the State educational institutions was bitterly opposed by a gentleman who lived directly in tbe shadow of the DePauw University, who, for reasons which could easily be accounted for, now proposes to cut off all support from the State to Purdne. Mr. Dale made a carefully prepared speech in favor of the proposed appropriation, and Mr. Loyd bitterly opposed it. At noon the coinmit- *** arose, having obtained permission to sit *eam at 2 o’clock, aud the House then took a •weji, AFTERNOON SESSION. a/IISS 11 ®o®’B 0 ®’ 8 solution [H. R. 152] to amend increasing the number of SuJudges from five to nine, was read a "mUSS order* ! engrossed. ,HiloFthlH‘i* n i Peßolved itßelf into committee o the whole, for further considering the

general appropriation bilL Mr, Gooding made a speech in favor of the appropriation for Purdue University, and Patten opposed the bill. At 3 o’clock the committee arose to report progress and ask permission to resume consideration of the bill at 10 o’clock this morning, after which tho House adjourned. ——iißMlSl *■ DEATH OP HON. W. W. BROWNING. The Representative of Brown and Monroe Counties Dies After a Short Illness. “Hon. W. W. Browning, the representative of tho counties of Brown and Monroe in the General Assembly, died last night at 11 o’clock, at his boarding house on Delaware street, from a complication of erysipelas and bronchitis, brought about by a sudden exposure while going to a fire a few nights ago. He was ill but a short time. Representative Browning was a wellknown figure on the floor of tbe House, as a leading Democrat, and his sudden demise will be a surprise both to the members of the Honse and his constituents. He was fifty-five years old, and was a resident of Nashville, where he was a practicing attorney. Mr. Browning was a strong prohibitionist, and made, some years ago, an uncompromising fight in his county on the subject. He entered tbe six months’ service during the war of the rebellion as first lieutenant of Company C, in the Twenty-second Indiana Volunteers. He afterwards recruited a company and entered the two years’ service as captain of Company I, of the Eighty-socond Indiana. He was a member of the Legislature in 1877. representing the counties of Brown and Jackson. The remains will be taken to Nashville to-day, at 3:30 p. m., accompanied by a committee of the House, where they will be buried with Masonic honors, deceased being a member of Columbus Commandery, Knights Templars. He has a married daughter living at Nashville. Supreme Court—March 21. POINTS OF DECISION. No. 11822. George W. Mason vs. Margaret J. Mason. Jay C. C. Affirmed. Niblack, J.— Where a decree in divorce prohibits the plaintiff from remarrying within two years, under section 1030 Revised Statutes, 1881, and, in violation of such decree, she does marry, the marriage is only voidable. If the defendant in tbe divorce proceedings, or the husband, within the two years opens the decree the marriage can be annulled; otherwise public policy will uphold it as valid, and the husband, having had knowledge of the decreo at the marriage, is estopped to deny its validity. No. 11619. John H. Teter vs. James A. Teter. Hamilton C. C. Reversed. Elliott J.—(l.) Where it is held that evideuce does not overcome a legal presumption it is not, therefore, decided that a certain quantity of evidence will do it. (2.) William Clayton ami the mother of appellant intermarried. The appellee was the sole issue of that marriage. After Mrs. Clayton's death it appeared that there was an impediment to the marriage which some time after its solemnization had been removed. The appellant claimed the property as itcarno from his father. The appellee denies the validity of the marriage and claims the property as an illegitimate child, inheriting from his mother. Held: That as the parties believed in the validity of their marriage when it was contracted, and lived with pure motives of the marital relation, and as the same relations were maintained after the impediment was removed, theie is a legal presumption of a valid marriage No. 10916. Louis Merlett et al. vs. Sophia McMahon. Allen C. C. Dismissed. No. 10288. Union School Township vs. First National Bank of Crawfordsville. Petition for a rehearing. No. 12200. Ex rel. Howard vs. Johnston. Montgomery C. C. Reversed. Howk, J. Amusements. To-night the Abbott Opera Company will open its engagement, presenting Verdi’s wellknown opera, “La Traviata.” The cast will be distributed as follows. Abbott as Violetta, and Castle, Tagliapietra, Hindle, Greenwood, Allen, Broderick, Guise and Allen in the other roles. The engagement promises to be a brilliant one, as the company i3 far superior to any that the priraa donna has over had. To-morrow night “Mignon” will he given, and on Wednesday night “Semiramide,” with “Heart and Hand” at the matinee. New costumes and a large ensemble will add to the brilliancy of the productions. At English’s Opera-house the Hollywood Juvenile Operetta Company will present* during the entire week, “Cinderella,” a fairy opera. The performers are said to be bright and the production interesting. The Dime Museum will present this afternoon an extremely strong bill for the week. In the curiosity hall are|the Baby Venus, and other curious and wonderful things; and the famous Byers sisters, surrounded by their own company, will give the stage show. Barlow, Wilson & Co.’s minstrels will occupy the Grand on Thursday night, followed by Mile. Rhea, the society actress, the remaiuder of the week. The social of the Elks, last night, was a most enjoyable affair. An entertaining programme was given, and Mr. John B. Doris was presented a handsome badge by the members. Indiana’s Poet-Geologist. “Excepting Maurice Thompson,” says Dr. Fletcher, “there is no history of a geologist-poet, or poet-geologist, but the poet Percival, who was once the State Geologist of Connecticut. Ho criss crossed the State on foot, like a pointer hunting a field, and made a report which it is believed was never read by but two persons—himself and the proof reader. I think I shall write to Mr. Thompson and relate for his encouragement the experitnee of poet Pereival.” Dr. John Chambers, assisted by tbe staff physicians and nurses of the City Hospital, performed a difficult operation of great interest and importance yesterday morning, extirpating the ovaries and removing an abdominal tumor from a patient. _ The boy orator will deliver a free lecture tonight at the Y. AL C. A. hall. Go and hear him. The lecture will be illustrated. Magazines Received* The Atlantic Monthly. Cassell’s Family Magazine. The Art Journal. Babyhood. Babyland. The Floral Cabinet Good Cheer. Wide Awake. Eclectic. Maurice Thompson’s Qualifications. Richmond Palladium. Governor Gray, having had all his sons provided with office, is now loosing out for other people’s sons. He has appointed Maurice Thompson to be State Geologist, in place of Prof. Collett Mr. Thompson’s qualifications are that he uses flint points to tip his arrows in his archery practice. _ One Little Item. Frankfort Banner. One item of Democratic reform and ecomony in Indiana, is to pile up a State debt of { 40,000 for a special session to do those things which should have been done at the regular session. Mjsm.Eß’B Herb Bittere, as a cure for fever and ague, has established a reputation that has made it widely sought by sufferers of these ailments. Persifor Lewis, of Honeybrook township, Chester county, Pa., writes: “In August Inst I was taken with fever and ague, and I was induced to try your celebrated Herb Bitters, and 1 am happy to inform you that I was cured before using all of the first bottle, and I am now as well as ever.”

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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. School Exhibits. To tho Editor of tho Indianapolis Journal: Mrs. Emma Carleton, in her New Orleans correspondence in Saturday’s supplement, gives the best account of the Indiana exhibit which has appeared in any of our papers. It is racy and readable from beginning to end. and does not waste a line. Regarding the school exhibit we are told that Indianapolis is tbe only city not represented, our city schools being conspicious by their absence. The fact is that since the Centennial the city schools have made no creditable public exhibit Under State Superintendent Smart and City Superintendent George Brown tbe exhibit made by Indiana schools of all grades was one of the best in the Union. I think it would be well for tho School Board and supervisors to establish a museum at the office of the board, consisting of kindergarten and high-school work and all grades between, so that visitors may get some notion, a? far as may be had without visiting the schools, of the nature of the work done and the methods employed. Such a collection could be on hand for exhibition at the various State and national conventions. B. Indianapolis. _ One Literary Bowman. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: It would have been hard for Governor Gray to have appointed a man to the position of State Geologist who would have been less likely than Mr. Maurice Tompson to fill Prof. Collett’s place. Tho public will be exceedingly slow to believe in the scientific attainments of a man whose chief ambition in life is to be considered a sort of modem Robin Hood. No literary reputation was ever based upon a flimsier foundation. He happened to be an enthusiast upon a subject that would scarcely have interested any boby else, out of roundabouts. The novelty of the subject about which he rhapsodized, together with an easy jingling style of versification opened the leading magazines to his pen. Once admitted to tbe charmed circle of magazine contributors, it seems to be no difficult matter to stay in. Though Mr. Thompson's specialty was long ago worn threadbare, the magazines go on publishing his poems: and his Robin Hood stories naturally find a ready market among the juvenile monthlies. lam inclined to think that it must be Mr. Thompson’s political record that has recommended him to tbe Governor’s favor. He was a representative from Montgomery county in the legislature of 1879. As such, in tho only two speeches of any moment made by him, he alluded to his service in the rebel army with a fervor that roused more sectional irritation than is often exhibited by a legislative body. The writer well remembers the scathing rebuke which George B. Sleeth, then representative from Rush county, administered to this imported fire-eater. 1 should be the last to censure any man for the accident of birth, or for the opinions and predilections incident thereto; but there was ih Mr. Thompson’s manner, even more than his words, an offensive assumption of Southern bravado, on both the occasions mentioned, that roused the resentment Os men not easily moved by opposition. I think few that remember Mr. Thompson’s legislative career will feel particularly gratified at Governor Gray’s selection. Greexsburg. March 22. PROGRESS IN ARKANSAS. Senator Crockett’s Eloquent Appeal in Be* lialf of a Railroad Bill. Little Rock Gazette. “Sir, for whom are we legislating? For ourselves alone? Alas, sir, heaven will never smile upon such selfish legislation. In a little while you, Mr. President, and my venerable friend, the father of this bill, whose snowy locks are even now being tossed by the breezes of another world, and I will have passed away and quietly sleep beneath the sod. The winter snow wiil drape the mounds above ui'. with a winding sheet, but the sting of its bicter cold will be all unheeded by us. The spring birds will sing their sweetest notes in tho swinging branches above our graves, though their music Will not be heard by us. But Arkansas—God bless her! —like a gentle mother, will fold us to her loving breast and drape our beds with sweet flowering vines, sing soft lullabies o’er our dreamless rest with the low, sweet music of murmuring winds. After us will come another generation, who, if they find our State standing shoulder to shoulder with her sister States in the battle for development and material prosperity, through our wise legislation, will rise up and call us blessed. But, on the other band, if they find her dwarfed by unwise and restricted legislation, they will spit upon the graves of those whom they should honor. Let us remember that Arkansas is a growing State, and legislate for her on the plan that my dear old mother, of blessed memory, was wont to cut my clothes in my boyhood days. She alv*iys cut my breeches two years ahead, and I always grew to them, and, alas! sometimes ‘got too big’ for ’em; and, when I did —but that was my mother’s business. Sirs, let us cut Arkansas’ breeches —but I see I must drop the illustration, or change the sex of our State, which I would not do for the world —God bless her! We do not carry this selfishness into our trivate life, if I were to find mv old friend fncle Bob McConnell putting out fruit trees and were to say to him, ‘Unde Bob, why trouble yourself to put out fruit trees? they’ll never benefit you,’ the old man would straighten himself to bis full height and reply: ‘No, Bob, I’m old, and will probably never see these trees blossom or fruit, but I have childreu and grandchildren, who, as they climb these trees and pluck the ripe fruit, long after I’m dead, will say: “Grandfather planted these trees with his own hand," and they’ll bless the old man, as they eat the fruit, for his kindness in planting the trees for their benefit.* So let it be with ias. Let us frame laws that will build up our glorious State instead of dwarfing her by hostile legislation against railroads, the grandest of agencies of modern civilization for developing the resources of a new State. Let us not say to capitalists abroad, ‘Come and look upon our broad prairies, our fertile valleys, our roagnificant forests, our mines and quarries, which are sleeping untouched for want of transportation. Come, help us develop these grand resources.’ And when in response to our urgent pleading they do eom, let us not turn upon them and throttle them with destructive legislation. It is true, sir, that while we do not stand upon our borders and welcome capitalists ‘with bloody bands to hospitable graves,’ we do stand upon those borders and welcome them with such obstructive legisla tion to disastrous bankruptcy. I stand not here to-day as the special defender of the railroads, as railroads alone, but I do uphold and would protect, foster and encourage them as the means of building up our beloved State. It is for Arkansas and her brave sons and fair daughters who shall come after us for whom I plead. Sir, in the core of my heart I believe that this bill and all others of kindred character are wroug in conception, and if adopted would be ruinous to the railroads, and as an inevitable consequence the ruin of Arkansas. I cannot support the bill, and earnestly hope that it will not pass.” Battle Between a Man and a Mastiff. Loaisvill* Courier-Journal. Gottleib Hartman, who lives on the Seventhstreet road, recently imported a fine, Wooded dog from Germany. The dog was a mastiff, and a ferocious brute. It was ponderous in strength and as savage as a Southern bloodhound. Last Thursday Mr. Hartman was called to the city on business that detained him until a late hour in the night. His wife has been ill f<*r some days, and, to more securely guard the premises and protect the family, he unchaimed the mastiff before leaving home. About 12 o’clock in the night he returned, and, forgeting that h' had turned his dog loose, carelessly entered the yard. He had neglected to take his night-key with him. and, not wishing to arouse the family, he went to a rear window that lie knew was easily opened. Just as he raised the window, the dog sprang upon him and seized him by the arm. Mr. Hartman tore loose from the brute’s firet hold only to be gathered iu a firmer grip. A ter rible struggle ensued, the man fighting for his life, while the dog was as tenacious and ferocious as a tigress. The sight of blood seemed to in crease the anger of the mastiff, which fought

him with indescribable ferocity. It vm evident that it was a battle to the death, and Mr. Hartman drew a large dirk-knife from his pocket and plunged it into the brute’s throat He plied the weapon several times before the dog would let go his hold. But growing weak by the loss of blood, the brute finally fell to the ground and expired in a few minutes. Mr. Hartman was terribly punished. His arms, right thigh and both shoulders were bitten and torn in a frightful manner. Dr. Payton was called and is attending the'patient, who is suffering intense misery. It is feared that amputetion of his left ami will be necessary. The dcffTwas a valuable one, and Mr. Hartman had refused S2OO for it only a few days previous. WARLIK ESA LV ATIONISTS. A Formal "Comieil of War” Held In New York—An Awful Travesty on Religion. New York World. There was a “council of war” of the chiof officers of the American division of Gen. Booth's Salvation Army at the Academy of Music yesterday afternoon and evening. It*was 3:30 o’clock when the distinguished military body arrived, and it was snowing very hard at the time. The procession, which had been formed at tho Army’s barracks in West Eighteenth street, was headed by a brass band consisting of seven trombones, eight comets, and three bass drums. Following the band was the Western division, comprising male and female officers from Ohio and Pennsylvania, after which, mounted on a splendid animal, was Major Frank Smith, cotfmiissioner of all the American forces, and the members of his staff, also mounted. Officers of the New York and New Jersey divisions of the army brought up the rear. Half an hour later the stage of the Academy was crowded to its utmost capacity by distinguished officers of the Salvation Army, while the body of the house contained a few handfuls of jealous privates and a sprinkling of interested spectators. Major Smith, who has a long, pinched nose, looking as though it had been canerht in the jam of a door, hair that stands straight on end, and who wore a loose-fitting Prince Albert coat over a scarlet vest, explained that never before were so many gallant captains and lieutenants of the Salvation Army gathered together in one place. The devil, he said, was quaking in his cloven boots. “Amen!” yelled a bail-headed lieutenant, jumping upon a chair and waving a crimson flag in the air, while Capt. Sherley, of Chicago, fell : prone upon the floor, rooting his nose into the carpet and kicking his feet up in the air. “Yes,” continued the Major, “the devil’s scared, and now we will have a song from Capt. Walsh. At this invitation there arose a gentleman not less than seven feet tall and not weighing over 125 pounds. Ho had a banjo in his hands, and after a few preliminary twangs, during which his eyes were rolled ecstatically heavenward, he sang, to the tune of “Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines,” a hymn of which tbe following are sample < verses: I’m a soldier in salvation’s band, Against the devil 1 take my stand, And 1 carry Satan’s scalp in hand, For I’m captain in the army, I served the devil till twenty-one. Played pool for drinks and thought it fun; > Bat now my work for hell is done, For I’m captain in the army. His brother officers, male and female, joined enthusiastically in the chorus, waving their red and white handkerchiefs in the air, while the i members of the brass band, though hopelessly at sea as to the tune, blew for all they wero worth. Even this demonstration did not quite satisfy the Major, who, jumping upon a chair, shouted out “All of yon who are not frozen will rise and sing.” At this invitation there was a general upsetting of chairs. The female lieutenants caught onre another around the waist and waltzed amid the wreck of the fallen furniture, while several of the captains threw themselves upon the floor and groaned as if in the most intense agony. When the excitement had in a measure subsided. Miss Capt. Keizer, who was recently released from a jail at McKeesport. Pa., into which she and her lieutenant had been thrown for ten days, in lieu of $lO fine, for creating a breach of the peace by playing their tambourines in the streets of that town, was introduced and gave a piteous account of her sufferings in prison. Her voice gave one the impression that she was talking into a tin wash-boiler. “I love Jesus,” said she. **by jingo I do, and no prison bars can take away religion. It’s a good ■eniztd for rae. It makes me feel happy all ovqr,” “Bless the Lord,” shouted one of the bass-drum players, “you’re all right,” and as he spoke ho hit his instrument a blow which sounded like an explosion of dynamite, and brought all the other members of the army to tneir feet. Then followed a sort of a war-dance in which men and women wore heard to declare that their hearts were full of little hallelujahs. A call having been made for “Ash-barrel Tommy” there stepped to the front of the stage a decrepit-looking persoD who, in a eraeked voice, sang to tho tune of “The Pirate King,” from Sullivan’s “Pirates ot Penzauce,” a song descriptive of hie confidence in the fact that ae was destined to a kingly inheritance. The chorus was as follows: For I am the child of a King, (en semble) You are; hurrah for the Child of a King. And it is, it is a glorious thing To be the child of a King. . A song entitled “Under the Blood and Fire Flag” was then sung by one of the female captains to that popular air “After the Opera is Over.” The night session was a repetition of the proceedings of the afternoon. The McKeesport heroines were introduced in prison garb, and among other interesting features was an accordion solo by a darky named George Washing ton. but who is known in the ranks as “The Dark Star of the East” “Ash-barrel Tommy'' made an address in the course of which, referring to bis past sinful career and experience with tho police, he men tioned the name of Gapt. Williams, whereupon the entire army arose and, amid waving banners and a noisy beating of the drums, gave three cheers and a hallelujah lor the gallant captain of the Twenty-ninth. The “council” closed with the singing of a war song to the air of “Marching through Georgia.” LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. The President Will Not Marry—He Is a Good Liver and Likes Eating. Special to New York World. Considerable amusement has been created at the White House, and especially among the ladies of the President’s family, by the persistency with which it is declared that the President is about to be married shortly to this, that and the other lady. To put a stop to all such stories, the World correspondent is permitted to state, upou tho best authority, that matri mony is not included among the President’s intentions. He finds other business more pressing, and is still fond of his bachelorhood. His sister will do tho honors at the White House during his administration, and all her arrangements have been made with that end in view. She expects to have other lady friends to visit hor at intervals, and the White House will be made an agreeable home for her brother. The strain upon the President has been greatly lessened the past week, and he has now put his household in form and has set regular hours for his meals. His early hours have been remarked, but lie does not breakfast as early as has been reported. For the information of the readers of the World it is stated upon the best authority that breakfast is served in the President’s house at 9 o’clock in the morning. Unless there are other guests, the President and his sisters, Miss Cleveland and Mrs. Hoyt, occupy the private dining-room, which is in the northwest angle of the building, near the entrance to the conservatory. At 1:30 in the afternoon lunch is served, after which the. President attends to his official dnties and his sister receives callers by card in tbe Red Parlor. About 6 o’clock the family go out for a ride, and return in time for dinner at 7 o’clock. The President is a good liver, although he does not express to his steward any desires, but leaves the preparation of rueais at the White House to that official/ At dinner he takes a small quantity of good wine and the bill of fare is changed daily. The markets here afford all that is necessary for the table, but on the occasion ol large dinners it sometimes becomes necessary to send to New York forcertain dishes. Has Already Become So. South Bend Tribune. The Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives says that body is “in danger of becoming ridiculous before the people of tbe State.” Not at all, for it lias ill ready become so in the eyee of the State and of the country at large.

GOSSIP AT THIS EXPOSITION, The Chatter of the Well-DrosaeA and Qfateel . Scale Girls. Blakely Hall, in Louisville Commercial. The gossips of the main bnilding are tha acala Kiris. There are hnndredsof them, and it seeraa to be generally admitted that their occupation is a little more genteel than that of any of the other women employed in the exposition. Tho scale girls usually wear their gloves and bonnets and are extremely proper. Tne manufacturers of the various scales employ them. They are paid very small salaries and allowed to charge 5 cents for weighing people. They chatter and talk interminably and know everyone’s affairs, from one end of the building to the other. If you get one of them to weigh you she considers that she knows you well and will always bow and smile at you thereafter. One with whom I have been acquainted on this basis ever since my arrival, stopped me as 1 was passing her scales this morning and exclaimed, in great excitement. “Have vou seen the female masher, yet?” “Which one?” “Why, the one, tho. only one of any real importance—but you evidently haven’t or you’d be more excited.” 1 did not catch tho full and conapre&enßvre force of this reasoning, but lot it pass and asked her who the female '‘masher” was. “Oh, she’s too ridiculous,” gushed the scale girl; “such a moustrously plain girl, and yet so conceited. She’s been walking up and down this aisle all morning. When she arrived there were very few men about, and wandering about a bit she came up to me and said pertly:” ‘Tm out on the mash to day.” “Oh, are your I said. “Yes,” she tittered, ‘Tm coin’ to have fnn with the big, foolish men to-day if I nevor did before.” “Well,” continued the scale girl, “I nevtr was so surprised in my life. She told me than that her name was Miss Minnie Smith, but when she came back later she said her real name was —but perhaps I’d better not tell her real name. Ever since that she has been walking tip and down here, making such an awful show of herself. And then you should just see her! Wait, and she’ll be along before long.” Sure enough, she did come along, and I identified her from afar. She smirked and ogled the meu as she came along, and they, for the most part, stared at her in utter amaxement. She was evidently a country girl, for her gown had a provincial cut, though it was costly and handsome. Her feet were huge aud her eyes were so small and deeply set that it was impossible to tell their color. Her face was about as mobile, handsome and expressive as the botton of a pie. The nose was flat and the powder lay on it in streaks, while a blonde “frontpiece,” slightly awry, came down over her forehead. She wore rings, lockets and chains galore and she simpered and smiled on every man she passed. I hazarded the remark that she was simple. “Oli, no. she isn’t,” said the scale girl decisively; “she’s just as sharp as you or me, but this is the first time in her lifo that she has had a chance to do exactly as she pleased.” “Very fortunate.” “She has come to New Orleans to visit her aunt, and it is her first trip away from home. Os course she is ridiculous, but she isn’t simple.” Having settled this much finally and forever, the scale girl went into the manners of the women who visit the exposition. It may be well to remark that this particular scale girl has been a school teacher, a book canvasser, has been a widow seven years, and is altogether rather a bright observer of the things that go on around her. “It isn’t because I’m a native of New Orleans,” she said, “that I pronounce oar own girls to be tho best mannered, but because it is actually so. I don’t mean that they are elegant or polished, or anything of that sort; but I do insist that they are by long odds the most proper and ladylike in their manners of any of the visitors. They don’t flirt nor gad about with the men, and they are never boisterous nor rude. The* same is true, indeed, of nearly all the Southern girls—they may be awkward, but they are not loud.” “Where do the objectionable ones come from V “The very worst are from Cincinnati and Chicago.* They talk loudly, patronize everybody and make fun of everything they see. Well, you know we are willing to admit that London, Paris or New York may be ahead of us in some things, but we will never agree to play second best to Chicago or Cincinnati.” I give the opinions of the-ecule girl for what they are worth. “I’ve got it at last,” said the person who had been coughing for months, and who found the cough subdued by a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Twentv-five cents. FUNERAL NOTICE. LANDERS—The funeral of John JB. 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