Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 April 1879 — Page 2

THE IKDIAKA STATE SENTINEL; WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1879. .

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2. LEGISLATIVE tiOSSIP.

TUESDAY, XABCH 25. The attorney general business seems to have t been a paying one; The Senate, for some reason not altogether apparent, refuses to consider the bill for the government of the State prisons. The extra session will be a good Investment if any more 575,000 de Belts are discovered. ; The doorkeeper sof the House says that Representative Cunningham will positively not accept their nomination for lieutenant gov ernor. As the next most popular man among them is Dr. Drake, they intend substituting him. i ! Senator Benz has a constitutional objection to outsiders taking naps in the Senate aisles, and noticing a spectator yesterday enjoying himself in this way, he promptly 6ent a page to poke him up. The right to nap in the Benate is a constitutional right reserved by senators for themselves. Benz Is too wide awake to take advantage of it, however, for himself, and he will not let any body else do it. Schweitzer's bill to allow notaries public to marry not themselves, however, but other folks, passed the House yesterday. Ke said they had no preachers down where he lived', and therefore he wanted notaries to "Solomon" marriages, When the bill was introduced to the Senate, It was greeted with a good n-iUired laugh all around the chamber. Tnere will be some music over it if the Senate ever reaches It.

The specific appropriation bill, . which has been the subject of a conference committee of both Houses, passed the Senate yesterday, and afterward the House. The passage of this important measure removes one of the great

objections to an early adjournment. The News: By the way, when the Republicans get to howling about the extra session.

and charging it upon the Democrats, it will be well to remember that if Republican senators had been half so anxious to adjourn as they pretended to be, if they had voted as they

shot, there would have been no extra session.

At all times there were enough Democrats

ready to push business along had the Repub

licans wanted to do so. (As we predicted yesterday, the House refused to pass the Senate "homestead" substi

tute for their "exemption" bill. The drllt of the House debate is in favor of an "exemption," and not a "homestead,", law. As Mr Saint said : " rhe recording clause was an in

sult to the class of people you were trying to

protect. Give, them 31,000, without any re straint whatever." The "workhouse" bill passed the House yesterday. If it goes through the Senate, a long-

felt want In the direction of such needed leg

islation will be filled.

The committee to investigate the matters onnecled wRn the attorney general's oittce during the time filled by Messrs. Denny and

Buskirk made a unanimous report to the House

yesterday. The House has not been so atten

live or so interested In the reading of any

paper as they were dnr.ng the time that Bern

. hamer was reading the report. The clerk

knew that he had something that ' would Interest everybody, and he read it as he would a thrilling ro

mance, and everybody listened as if he was reading something of the kind. There was too much truth for a romance however. As the

big items kept rollilng out, piling up

one en- top of the other until

the total amounts grew rapidly away up into thousands, the' astonishment grew and increased, and the Interest was not

satisfied when the end was reached and the

information was given that "the hali had not

been told," in the words of Mr. Sleeth.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26. Miss Laura Ream, the intelligent correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, in a review of the congressional apportionment bill as lately passed the Legislature, talks like an old political "racenteur," and has this to say regarding the Republican gerrymander which the present bill success: "For instance, in the new gerrymander there is no cruciform district like the old Eleventh. JSor

is there such a pyramiJal stairway of a combination as the old Eighth, the district gerrymandered to beat Mr. Voorhees. And there was another nondescript" Republican district constructed especially to beat Mr. Holman namely, the Sixth, extending 200 miles In length, from the banks of the Mississineway on the north to the waters of the Ohio on the south, and never more than one county In width. - i In connection with the peculiarities of the old gerrymander Representative Saint said his district always reminded htm Of a pair of old saddle-bags. Onr Republican friends can find no snch unshapely dis rlcts In the new bill- The truth is, that the bill can not possibly be called a "gerrymander" in any true sense. In only three of the districts have the Democrats a clear majority. ., n The specific appropriation as agreed upon by the conference committee, and as assented to by both Houses, gives $25,009 to the furnishing of the Insane Asylum ' when

completed, and to complete it JSG.OOO in two yearly installments H0,000 lor 1879 and the same amount for 1830. The $62,000 for the State Fair arounds has gone glimmering, and the

bill provides only for the next two years' In terest. " ' Our Republican country exchanges are com

ingto hand with supplements containing maps

of the new congressional districts, with the Indianapolis Journal editorial remarks attached. Wonder how ' the Journal's old

editorial relating to the late Rapubllcan gerrymander would compare? Haven't time to

look it np, but it would no doubt prove enter talnlng. '

"It is pleasant to see the wicked counties of

Hamilton and Howard brigaded into Demo

cratic congressional districts. Their morals

will henceforth assume a higher tout;. "

Senator Reeve's bill for the codification of the laws passed the House yesterday, ana will now become a law with the signature of the

governor. -

The Edwin's medical bl'l has finally passed

both Houses. The doctor deserves great credit "for his indomitable energv In securing the passage of the bill. Medical legislation has

frequently been tried before in this State, but

has never succeeded In accomplishing much

Indiana, we hope, will not be an asylum for

quacks any longer. THURSDAY, MARCH 27.

The "fee and salary" bill as agreed up

on by a conference committee, was re

ported to both houses yesterday, and

passed them both, with bnt little opposition

The speeches were brief. Judge Uarob, one of

the committee of conference, said that the

matter had proved to be a very difficult taskthat the committee had done the best that

could be done under the circumstances and

that the reductions would range from 15

to SO per cent, below the bill of 1873,

The jndge thought that the saving

on the bill would amount to $100,000. Mr. Al

len, while In favor of a redaction in salaries,

thought that more-time ought to be given for

discussion. He stated also thatfl.eoforajury.

man per day was entirely too smalt;' and his plea in that direction' was sehslblef." Almost every member of the House had at various times spoken on the measure, and

turD the -work of the committee, and therefore, their report was agreed to by the House. In the fcenate there was little talk outside of a few senators, who occupied a few moments in explaining their votes. Senator

Kent, as one of the committee, thought that the bill was a fad r one explained that it was

with great difficulty that a satisfactory agree-"'

ment was arrived at and thought that the' reduction would amount to about 20 per cent. Senator Foster said, in explaining his vote,

that he wanted the people to know that he had not bee l deceived in this matter. That, notwithstanding it was called a fee and sa'ary bill, he was satisfied from what he could hear from the report that it means little or no reduction, and that the best evidence he had of the fact was that county otflcers, "who are thicker here than flies about a dead carcase, and who have been freezing to onr seats the past two or three weeks, are well satisfied

with the report." He said that their faces were wreathed with smiles, but rather than that he should be placed in the attitude of opposing anything that bo e the name of a fee and salary bill that he would vote "aye." Senator Hefron thought that the

bill would save the people of the Slate at least

$160,000. Senator Shirk voted "no," because.

he said, in some instances, the bill increased

salaries. KenatorStrelght voted "aye," because

he thought It was the best bill that he could

zetsolate in the session. Senators Fowler

and Woollen voted "aye," because

they had confidence In the committee,

and so the bill passed by so to u.

Senator Menzies introduced a sensible

amendment to the school law which succeed

ed In getting the Indorsement of the Senate,

It is that new school furniture must not be bought or school houses be furnished oftener

than once In 10 years, and text books in city or con ntv schools be changed oftener than

once in the same time 10 years.

The conference committee on "Homestead

exemption" reported in favor of soou exemp. tionlaw, the debtor to select what he pre

ferred. There was no agreement on the home

stead "Idee," and another conference commit

tee was appointed,

The bureau of statistics has finally accom

modated Itself to both Honses and passed tri-

umphantly through after mnch tribulation.

The "expert In geology and chemistry" is obliged to do bis work for f 1,200 per annum, and the amendment objectionable to the House

was stricken out.

i Senator Kent has proved to be one of the

most industrious and satisfactory of senators

We hope that his constituents will give him a

rousing, generous welcome on his return

home, and send him to Congress or any other responsible position in their gift, where there

Is solid work to be done,

The Legislature having failed to (make an

appropriation for carrying on the work of the state geologist's office, no successor to Profes

sor Cox will be appointed. It is understood

that Professor Collett, of the State House

commission, who was to have had that office,

will be made chief of the bureau of statistics.

The South Bend Tribune, in alluding to the Denny and Buskirk investigation, says that they are both Democrats. It wants to burnish np its political memory. Mr. Denny was the

Republican attorney general elected In 1872.

It Is thought by many that the total amount of labor and good for the general welfare of the people that this Legislature will have

accomplished at its elate will surpass that of

any of Its predecessors.

The following letter was laid before the House

yesterday. It is from Ex-Attorney General

Clarence A. Buskirk, and explains lUelf: PaisCETOif, Ind., March 27, 1879.

Hon. C R. Faulkner, Chairman Special Com

mittee. House of Representatives:

Sin Last night I read the report of your

committee. As you are aware l nave oetn

usable to meet with the committee, on ac

count oi the sickness of my wife and two lltt le

dauzhters. So far as your report snows small

discrepancies to exist In certain counties, I

hone to be able to explain tnem when I can

nersonallv examine the accounts, but vour re

port, so far as it relates to me, seems devoted main) v to certain fees retained by my H-isU

antsand myself. On that subject the law being

loosely ana awarKaiy drawn, 1 tooK tne opinion tu writing of one of our best lawyers in the State then eovernor and I think such

fees were retained in accordance with it. I

desire that the court may decide the Question

If they hold I am liable for what was retained

by assistants ana raysen it wouia prooau amount to more than my bon

My situation for paying Is just this

have ruorteazed all I have to my surety,

hartilv sutlieieut to indemnify. I have nothing

else, bavins come back here poorer by about

$4,000 than when I went to Indianapolis four

years ago. x iiieu ickhikw practice wuiui uw $5,000 a j ear, and so far since my return have

naa an equally gooa Dusiness, prouaoiy oener. If the courts decide I owe anything I am will

ing to devote the balance of my liie to work to pay it off, to show that I did not wish to stal any t ling from the State. It may be proper

lor me lu aaa mat wnne you win see j. coum have done so to large amounts, I actually had to borrow monev to nay in part the 'reiuht on

my nousenoia lurunure to get oacK nere. do not understand me as finding fault with the

committee, onlv I bes respectfully to dissent

rrom its views oi tne law upon me suoject oi

the fees of the assistants and myself. Please

submit this to tne House.

Very respectfully, C. A- Buskirk.

A bill to enlarge the jurisdiction of justices

of the peace, giving tbem power1 to punish

felonies, was killed by the House yesterday,

FRIDAY, MARCH 28. ; . ,

The "Homestead-Exemption" matter, after

various twistings and turning, has finally

taken proper and satisfactory shape. The

second conference committee agreed upon an

exemption of $G00, the debtor to make his own

selection as to the kind . of property

he . desires to retain. The report

was concurred In-, by both Houses.

The following are three of the most import

ant sections of the "Conner Bureau of Statis

tics and Geology Bill:" The chief of the bu

rean will receive $1,200 per annum for his services, and select his own assistants. The

total expenses are limited to $3,700. Annual

reports must be made to the governor. Any person neglecting or refusing to make the re

ports required shall be fined, not exceeding

200. The bill abolishes the office of state ge

ologist. The three 'sections referred to are as

follows: - , -

Sec. 3. The duties of said bureau aha'l be to

collect, systematize, tabulate Jand present in

annual reports as nereinaiter proviueu, statistical Information and details relating to agriculture, manufacturing, mining, commerce, education, labor .social and sanitary condition, vital statistics, marriages and deaths, and to the permanent prosperity of the productive industry of the people of the State. Sec. 4. It shall ba the duty of the several city, incorporated town, county and township assessors, trustees, officers of school boards, and boards of health, in their respective cities, towns, counties and townships, the agents or superintendents ot all manufacturing, mining and mechanical establishments, the managers and superintendents of all corporations, manufacturing, mechanical and transportation companies and associations, and county superintendents of schools, to make reports and answer questions relating to the daties of said bureau, upon such blanks as may be furnished them for snch purpose by said bureau. Sec 5. The chief of said bureau shall be the curator of the geological cabinet, museum, chemical laboratory, apparatus and library, and shall from time to time, as may be practicable, and specimens to the cabinet of minerals, organic remains and oilier objects of natural history peculiar to the State and of.other states and countries. - The bill abolishing coroners' juries passed the Senate yesterday. It had already passed through the House. The House yesterday agreed to the Senate amendment requiring county superintendents to be elected by county commissioners. '

Miss Maggie FiUgtbbon,-our' popular and accomplished state librarian, will begin her

term of service on next Tuesday morning.

April!. Mr. Johtt J. Fay will be her deputy

and assistant.

The bill of Marlon copnty against the Legislates Isr fft ca a "cseu, etc, as pre

sented yesterday, amounts to $1,118. This for I

the special session.

Barbers can not shave on Sundays, une oui :

to allow them to do so passed the House, but

failed in the Senate.

SATURDAY, MARCH 29. -

The great matter of interest in the Legislat

ure of Saturday was the governor's veto of the Edwins medical bill. It was Governor Williams' first veto, and during the day it had been

rumored that the bill would be passed not

withstanding the objections of his excellency. The veto was presented to the House toward the close of the morning session. One pecu

liarity of Its reception was the Republican

blue-eyed Sleeth favoring tne veto of our blueclad governor, while the Democrstlo blueeyed Briggs opposed It. Quite a cerulean trin

ity. The former, altheugh one of the best

talkers on the Republican side, hardly came

np to his fully accredited strength in debate, while the blue-eyed Briggs spoke with unusual force, pouring In the hot Bhot every moment during his brief effort. Dr. Scholl alto made a very creditable defense of

the bill, as also Dr. Drake, who thought that there were too many horse doctors in Indiana allowed to kill people instead of curing horses. The vote was taken, and the bill failed to pass

over the veto for the want of six votes. After dinner, however, another vote was taken, and the required number obtained, with none to spare just 61 votes. The veto then went to the Senate, and, under

the operation of the previous question, all de

bate was cut off, and the vote taken, resulting

in 22 ayes in favor of the bill, and 15 against it.

As it required 26 votes to pass It over the veto,

it failed.

The prison bill has failed to become a law,

much to the regret of many interested. Senator Reeves, la a letter to his home paper, the

Plymouth Democrat, has this to say:

1 told Winterbotham his bill was defective.

and wauted to amend It, but he was so touchy about It, and so determined It should go through as It was, that I stood back and gave

up enort-i to nave it penecieu, temug uuu no would see where It would end.

The "touchy" pirt consis'-ed of the rumpus going on between the old and new boards of

the Prison North.

Senator Hart, one of the most earnest mem

bers of the Senate hed his "heart" set upon a measure which, with all hia efforts, somehow or other, failed to pass. He made an earnest effort to call up Senate bill 450, which is an act to legalize the acts of an association organized

under the name and style of the "Baptist Board of Publication."

He stated that he had a unan

imous report from the proper committee recommending its passage; that the bill did no injustice to any one, and that it was due to some of the bestclilzens of Warrick and Gib

son counties that the bill should become a law. He was defeated in his efforts by only two

votes.

The bill against the legislature, amounting

to $1,118 for coal, gas, etc., was cut down by the House to $800. Couldn't the gentleman who chargedSll lor washing six towels be persuas ed into taking at least 5 per cent, off for cash? Set the good dog "Economy" on him. He'll

fetch him.

The "expert" in statistics and geology wants

his pay monthly. A concurrent resolution says he can have It yeas OS, nays 19. Consent.

The members of the Legislature have re

ceived an invitation to attend the soml-cen tennial commencement of the State University, at Bloomington, June 9 next.

An important bill passed the House on Sat

urday, which had already received the sanction of the Senate. It Is an act relating to the inspection of petroleum oil, fixing the standard at 120. Mr. Hubbard said It the bill, not the oil could injure no one, and would prove a great blessing to the people at large.

Mr. Saint made one more effort to sepaiate

all kinds of atnnsements from drinking saloons, but failed. Too many folks like beer

and mns'c, whisky and billiards.

The dentistry bill pas?ed the Senate on Sat

urday. It had already received tne sanction of, the House, and if our good governor thinks that it leaves the "Mother of Israel" and all the good Samaritans high and dry, the bill will become a law, and Indiana, as '.veil as her neighboring sister States, will have flrst-

elass dentists.

The "contempt of court" bill passed the So -

ate on Saturday, and will b9 a law with the governor's signature, fso more $10,0j0 fines,

Mr. Judge Burns, In Indiana.

The bill punishing embezzlers of railroad

tickets haspassed both Houses.

The congressional apportionment bill con

tinues the subject most talked of by our State contemporaries. We make a few selections as

follows:

The districts are all In good shape, but the

ratio of voters is lesi uniform than In the

Democratic bill, ana it nuraiy insures tue Democratic party Its own. However, it is infinitely better than none at all, and no other bid was wholly approved by Davis, whose vote was necessary to repeal the Republican gerrymander. The Legislature has done good

work in tne apportionment ui,iiuibMu been as liberal to the undeserving Radicals as It could be without doing the malority positive injustice. The Democrats of Indiana bave been given their freedom at last. They must take care to keep it hereafter. New Har

mony Register. The Indianapolis Journal sends out a map oi the State according to the new apportionment. Really the map looks well, and any Republican would be ashamed to place It side by side with a map of the Suite nnder the late apportionment. Geogiaphically, at least, the new apportionment is a success, as the districts, although not perfect, aro muoh better sii aped than ever before. Fort Wayne Sentl nel. The Democratic party once more has a square deal in this state. The bill dividing the Stat- into congressional districts has passed both Honses ot the Legislature, been signed by the governor, and Is now a law. Of course the Republicans dont like it, but we submit It to every candid and fair minded man It It is not a great Improvement over the Republican "job" that preceded it. Elkhart Senator Grubbs, who originated a libel bill with a view to preven t the unearthing and exposure of rascality of Radicalism, has declared that if "the Democrats and Nationals would unite, onlv one district would go Republican," and his followers all over the State have set up a howl, and refuse to be comforted. Now let him explain the probable result In case the

Democrats ana J auontus anouiu uui umw,ui in timvnt of a coalition between the Radi

cals and Nationals, and ease up the harrowed

fears of his menus. nensseiaer oeniinei.

The bill for defraying the expenses of the In

sane Asylum Inquiry was presented to the Senate on Saturday. It .amounted to $151 80. Senator Reeve succeeded in having stricken out all payment of witnesses or employes who

were in tne Service of the State. The shorthand reporter item amounts to $231, which was the largest part of the amount. The balance is divided among the witnesses, door

keepers, bookkeeper, etc

THE STORY OF YJLSHTL

New Reading of an Old Subject.

Mrs. Bellndy Jones Has Her Say About Jewish History King Ahasuerns a Bad Man with a Bad Eye, and Vaxhti an Injured Woman.

tv rnhh hill has been approved by the

governor, and now the newspapers of the State at thn morcv of everv dead-beat and scoun

drel who feels that he has been Injured or ridlhvKtiwininir his meanness to the public.

The real objeit ot the law Is Intended to pro

hibit the press irom exposing jouutry uu corruption in the public offices of the country, i. HAnhi Icoa intended to cover UD Repub

lican rascality In Morgan county, the home of

the author OI tne diu. rijmuuui uciuuciu.

J Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist Mb Editor That was a beautiful piece of poetry in. your paper 'tother day about "Queen Esther," and a pretty little drama performed at Masonic Hall a few nights after; and there's been bo much said and done about that good lady of late that It baa revived and renewed my interest in her history, for it has always been one of the most interestin ones in the Bible to me. As a child I can remember how the character of that noble, brave and beautiful queen Bhone in conspicuous contrast to what I then considered "that awful mean and dreadful" Queen Vashtl. But, Mr. Editor, aense I've grown older, read.it oftener, and got married, my views has kinder changed quite a good deal; for, while I still give all honor to the

glorious "Queen Esther," yet I can not help feeling sorry for, and wishin to say a

few words in behalf of poor,

little down-trodden "Queen Vashtl." There

ain't much said about the poor creetur; the

first chapter containin' about all there

and ef you'll read it, Mr. Editor, may be

you'll git to thinkin' jest as I do. But may

be you wont neether, be in' as you are a

man, and like all men, takln' up for one an

other (when argufyln' with wimmin), be you

right or be you wrong. But I want you to

refresh your memory by reading it, Mr. Ed

itor; then tell me et you don't think King Ahasuerus was to blame for dom' the way

he done? Do you think you'd a' been send-

in' your chamberlains for your queen to come and be displayin' of her beauty before all your drunken nobles and princes and

servants after a seven days' feast? No, Mr.

Editor, I don't beleeve you would; and

King Ashasuerua ort to a' been ashamed ot hisself, too, that he ort! And don't you think Queen Yasliti was right, not to be

comin' and facia' all tbem awimmln' in

flamed and disgustin' eyes all sot on her at onct? Oooooooooo eeghy! ! I don't see how

any woman could a' stood it; that I don't!

Who'd a' been wantin' to be comin' up, standin' up thar any how? and ssyiu' of her

self: "Here I am. Ain't I a Beauty?" Do you know, Mr. Editor, that I've often stopped and tried to think what I'd a' done,

ef King Billie had a' sent for me under

them circumstances! And though I'd a'

hated awfully to a disobeyed and mortified him so publicly before his friends I believe I'd a backed jest as square out as Queen Vashtt did. Who knows but what some of 'em might be rude enuff to a' told her "she warn't such a beauty after all!" King Ahasueras didn't treat her with a proper kind of respect no how. Why didn't he go for her hisself, instead of sandin his chamberlains? Maybe he warn't able to? But ef he'd a' gone, he'd a' got hU refusal in private then, and wouldn't a' been so mortified; could a' gone back to hia frienda with some good excuse, and all would a' been different. Them evil companioas of his'n was what done the most mischief any how. They was the ones that come in and parted 'em. How Queen Vashtl must a' hated 'em! Wives don't generally like the ctrousm' companions of their husbands. No they don't! For "tuey's the ona to blame for their hnsband'a misdemeanors." "Hcsband's would let whisky &lone ef it warn't for somebody's puttin' 'em up to drinking it." That's what every loving wife thinks; and that's the reason the poor kreetura is so overlookin and forgivin. Poor, poor, wiinuien folks! Aiu' t it a blessed thing that we'se giited with setch trastin, lovin nnd faithful hearts? Yu kin see for yourself,

Mr. Editor, how all them men folks took to stirrin up and aggin on King Ahasuerus till they got him into such a desperate state of mind. Jest see what llutteration among em all, because a poor, little, modest womau choosed to staud upon her dignity! Havin

very guilty conscience, they all dreaded to go to thoir home, ferin their wives would

take to "despisin their husbands and havin"

"too much contempt and wrath" for em. It may be wicked, Mr. Editor, bnt I have to stop and langh every time I read about what a tussin and hubbubbin they made over it; gettin bo wrought up and skeared over it, till

ther eot King Ahasuerus to issue an "unal

terable" decree "written in all languages"

and "sent all over his kingdoms "compel!

in all wives to give to their husbands honor"

(?) "both to great and small," and that "every man should bear rule in bis own

house."

Now, you see, Mr. Editor, that King Ahas

uerus was a good deal like wicked namaan was aboat "Mordeaci at the gate." For he

wasn't satisfied with rulin over hia great

empire of two kingdoms and 127 provinces, bnt must needs grudge poor little Vashti the

rule of bnr own bouse. And what did he

do, Mr. Editor, in the heat of hia passion,

bnt set the poor thing adrift?

But tcu'11 notice, Mr. Editor, that when

he had time to think solemnly about the matter, and "his wrath was appeased," aud

"he rememberad " Vashti," and "what was

decreed against her." Yes, King Ahasue

rus. von was sorry then! and, if you'd

been let alone, your "bonnie" wife might bave been taken back to your heart and

home. But in comes them evil companions asin to turn vour heart astray. But they

found it hard work to fill Queen Vashti's

place, and you warn't naturally so. bad-

hearted and tyramcal after all. King Ahasu

erus! It was only when they put you to "drinkin " that they could persuade you to do a cruel thing! Most of your troubles beean over vour wine cups! And you ain't

the only one they's got into trouble neether. And ef it don't begin at them "banquets," it's mighty apt to begin after you git to your homes, for thair ain't no law in this country compellin' women to hold their tongues and

fconor their husoanas alter

content And didn't the wreak vengents upon her enemies! That she did and upon ber husband's wicked companions, too. And as Mordecai said, she seemed to have come to the kingdom for jest "such a time as this," and that's the only thing that's reconciles me to the way that poor Queen Vashti was treated. Now, Mr. Editor, that poor, forsaken queen has been dr ad many and many a long year a' gone, and may not care a bit about the

whole thine now, bnt I feel more and more sorry for her every time I read ber sad story

and l want other people to feel sorry, too. And I've been thinkin so much of her lately

since bearin so mucfi of "Queen Esther"-

till she kinder haunted me, and I felt like I had to speak out in her behalf. And now,

poor vashti, that l ve done so. I hope you

can "requine cat in pace;" beleiviu me

always your sympatnyzin friend.

JiELlSDY JOSZE. P. 8. Billie don't know l'sa writin this.

Don't know what he'll say. Don't know what he thinks about Queen Vashtl, but f s

he'll hand this to you can speak for his self. Kes'py,B.J.

P. a 8. Billie baa read it: ssya he don't

see that Vashti did any thing so awful bad.

nut that he knows what i d a done ef he d a'

sont for me nnder them circumstances.

B. J.

I'KDKSTUIAN'I SM EXTRAORDINARY.

The Wonderful Exhibitions of a Norwegian

K ii liner Mounted Couriers Beaten A Trip

Across Asia. New York Tlmes.J

The present interest in pedestrianism

manifested by the gathering ot throna of

people to witness walking and running

matches, was equally great in the early part

ot the century, out was then excited by

the wontterlul ana almost mcreaiDie performances of one man. This was Mensen

Ernst, born in Bergen, Norway, on October li, 1799. He was the son of a st-a enptain, and when still a boy entered the

bnglish navy. Although his powers as a

runner were displayed even in bis boyhood,

he had made three voyages to the East In

dies, and had completed a three years

cruise on the frigate Caledonian, before he made a public exhibition of them, which he first did by running a race in London when

19 years old. Taougb. up to this time he

had no training, and bad even lacked a pedestrian's ordinary opportunities

for muscular development, be was famed

throughout the navy asa runner, and won

derful stories of his extraordinary powers

were calculated in all branches jol the service. At last a heavy sum of money was wagered by the officers of his ship that Mensen would run from London to

Portsmouth, a distance of 73 miles, in less than 10 hours. The feat was attempted and accomplished, the disiance being covered by the young sailor in exactly nine hours. Shortly afterward he ran from London to Liverpool, a distance of 250 miles, in 32 hours. Alhough thus successful as a runner, Mensen did not quit the sea until after having distinguished himself by bravery in the haul ? of Ndvarioo, fought October 20, 1827. Soon after that date be became a professional runner, and, after winning a number of lesser matches, was induced to undertake the great feat of running from Paris to Moecow. He started from the

Place Yendome at 4 o'clock in the afternoon

of June 11, 1831, and entered the Kremlin at 10 o'clock a. m. of June 25, having accomplished the distance of 1,700 miles in 13 days and 18 hours.

This feat created a decided sensation

throughout Europe, and the employment of Mensen as a courier extraordinary by kings

and princes became a popular amusement in

European courts. Me ran trom country to

country and from court to court, bearing

messages of congratulation, condolence, or dispatches of greater importance, and

whenever matched against the regular mounted couriers easily succeed

ed in beating them. He always carried

with him a map, a ompus, and as many biscuit and ounces of raspberry syrup, as

there were to be days occupied on the journey. In winter he took with him a pair of

long, slender Norwegian snow shoes, and in

traveling he always chose the most direct

line, turning out neither for mountains cor

river?, but climbing the one and swimming

the other. He never walked, but invariably ran, keeping up a long, swinging lope for hours at a time without rest. His only refreshment was one biscuit and an ounce of raspberry syrup per day, and two short rests of 10 or 15 minutes each in 21 hours. These rests he took while standing and leaning against a tree or other object of support. At buch times he covered hut face with a handkerchief and slept, and after such a nap he would pursue his way apparently as refreshed &s though he bad slept for

hours. Me was very -unessy wnen conipeu

ed to be quiet, and could not sit still for

half an hour without feeling a sense of suffocation. He was a very amiable man, a favorite with all who knew him, and was

made much of by bis royal patrons.

lu 1833 be started Irom Munich at 1 p. m..

June G, with dispatches from the King of Ba

varia to his son Otto, King ot Greece, i bese dispatohes were delivered at Naupliaat9a.

m. on July 1, or seven days sooner than if they had been sent by the regular post. In

183(1, while in the employ of tne lintish Jbast India company, Mensen was charged with the conveying of dispatches from. Calcutta to

Constantinople through Central Asia. The

distance is 5,015 miles, - which the messenger accomplished in 59 days, or in ODe-

third of the time made by the swiftest cara

van. On this wonderful journey be made his way across terrible deserts, awful salt

swamps, where lor nunoreus oi nines ne

saw no living being, ana tarougn countries

whose inhabitants were savage robbers, and who lived in a state of continual warfare.

The man seemed invested with supernatural

powers, and his fame spread far and wide. One of the most interesting problems ot the

age being the discovery of the sources of the Nile, it was suggested that

tb- wonderful man be employed to follow the 'jourse of the river to its sources, and

thus determine them. Prince Puckler

Muskan. who had himself traveled exten

sively in Egypt and had made several unsuccessful attempts t ' penetrate to the head

waters of the Nile, offered to defray all ex

penses and reward Mensen handsomely if he

would undertake tne trip, xne maeiauga-

ble runner consented to make the at

tempt and on Mav 11. 1812. set out from

Muskan. in Silesia, whence be ran to Jerusa

lem, where be had some businesi to attend to. Thence he continued his way to Cairo

and np the western bank of the Nile, through I mr Mirlriln and into UDoer Eevot.

Here, just outside the village of Syane, be

was seen on tne morning ot jin

narv 22. 1843. to stop and rest.

leaning against a palm tree, with hia face covered bv a handkerchief. He rested so

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