Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 April 1879 — Page 4

THE IKBIAKA STATE SEHTTNEL, TVEDNE8DAT MORNING, APRIL i'2. 1870.

WEDNESDAY. APRIL 2. It has been suggested that the foreign insurance companies doing business in Indiana must be owned by Quakers, they are so much opposed to display.

The Washington Post has a level-headed correspondent who nominates, as Republican candidates for 1830, Henry Ward Beecher for president and Simon Cameron for vice president. These worthies fairly represent Republicanism. Asd now we are told that ex -Governor Hubbard, the aristocratic old Yankee, whose daughter married a coachman, was apprenticed, when a boy, to a farmer, and "did 'chores around the stable." He had better take down his nose. John I. Davenport, the rascally Republican supervisor of elections,' Is to be tried for the numerous outrages he has committed. Two charges have been brought against him, with 6S specifications, and the petty despot has been notified to answer. The fact n w appears, by the testimony of Marshal Kearns, that the bulldozing business was earned on chiefly in the North, and to an extent which makes the repeal of the law authorizing such outrages as Kearns admits were committed imperative.Mb. Evarts, Hayes' secretary of state, purchased at the expense of the Government a royal turn-out $550 horses, $150 nickle harness and $3 driving gloves. The whole thing is a swindle, and still the Republican stalwarts approve of the fraud. Gorham, late Republican secretary of the Republican Sanate, openly aad . flagrsntly Tiolated a law of Congress by levying assessments upon Government employes for a partisan campaign fund, and Hayes aided the rascal in performing the dirty work. A fellow from Ohio a native Buckeye who never saw the South until the war closed, is the "crazy galoot" who' edits the Okolono (iliss.) States. Possibly he was seat down there by Republican conspirators to say foolish things just to fire the Northern heart. The "Minnesota laws do not recognize sui cide as any sufficient reason why an insur ance company should not pay the full amount cf its policies. Notwithstanding they contain printed conditions that in case of suicide the policy is void the supreme court requires the company to pay. A Chicak woman, who was trying to keep her mouth shut for 300 quarter hours, succeeded admirably for 200 of the quarters. when she read an account of the Williams case in the Ir .liana Insane Hospital. Then Bhe surrendered her right to the gate money, and employed the remaining "quarters" in saying pleasant things about the case. "TTdoes not take long," says an asricultnral writer, '-to fork ovtr an acre" which Is Gospel truth. Thousands of acres have been forked over t the mortgagees the past year or two in douoie-quica oru?r. mwtoa irao script. Yes, indeed; and' at the high rite of inter est the mortgagees have b.'-en permitted t take, there will be a continuation of the forking over business for some time to come. The frandnlent nrewldent' is iakl to b caus ing Garfield aad Dawes to announce that lie will veto appropriation bills which bave repeal riders tacked on to them. The trouble with the Republicans and Mr. Hayes is that the Democrats have the whip band on him. The exalOitlon of a resolution in the Senate that Mr. Haye was never e lectea president ot the Uated states will bring nnu to terms any day. Albany Argus. It is well that there is something that can ba held in reserve to teach Hayes good mm net?, and it is quite passible that if he does not deport himself with average propriety he will fnd that the remainder of the presidential road will be mighty bard to travel. - 1 Topcka, Kan., and other tow " n the State complain with increasing emphasis against the influx of the Southern colored population. Look out for public meetings pretty soon, and then the darky will strike out for the South, singing, We's bin to bleelin' Kansas, whar ds corn grows forty feet; whar no sunny zephyr fans as, and whar dara not half, enough to eat. De folks are ru'ojtly Rids, and for geu'ral, as de rule, da are car'ful of dar scads, and de- forty seres and de mule was never to be seen by de darky's naked eye; so we's gwine to de Souf agin; yes, we's g wine home to die. Ike mineral wealth of the United States is simply past fiadinir out beyond estimate or computation. To write known facts ap. pears like fiction ; to speak of approximations is to deal in what appears to be fabulous, and to estimate possibilities is to be charged with Munchausenism. Coal spreads out into vast and almost unknown areas, iron is piled up in mountains, the copper regions grow in square miles annually, but whan it comes to gold and silver,credulity fairly breakesdown with established data, and continued explo rations only add to the marvelous ossi amies. This mineral belt, extending from Mexico to Northern Dacota, formi .". trast ot country iully 1,300 miles long by CitO miles in widtn, which is one vast storo-ouia1 of precious metals. JSo wonder, that the people are flocking to the West. .Explorers are finding profitable workings everywhere. The day Is near at baud when facilities for communication and transportation by rail will awaken a still more intense enthusiasm in digging gold and silver. The world wants it, and -America has enough and to spare. CUPPINGS. .The dairymaid ne'er stops to ask If Ole Bull the donor, .As she sits upon an upturned pall And plays on an old cream-owner. ! . Yonkers Gazette. A low girl Mini-mum. Puck. A good place to get a husband by the ear. Meriden Recorder. Early piety is better than a late porous plaster. Jay Charlton. "How to mind a baby" first get your baby Norristown Herald. ,.. ........ , . The lapse of half a century those of old maids 50 years old. Puck. .. "ALL men were born free and equal,'' except the Indians and Chinamen. Modern Argo. lr Eli Perkins dies, his remains will be condensed, canned and peddled around

among the newspapers as concentrated lye. Toledo Commercial. , VVilhklmj isn't partial to dogs. He says they are liable to get madj .Hartford Journal. Long sentences do- not tire a reader half as much as they do a criminal. Hartford Journal. ! ' What the billiard ball said when it missed a carom ex-cues roe. Philadelphia Transcript.

Bees are said to be a preventive orsniaupox, being a sort or waxy-nation. lonkers Gazette. The worst aches will heal Confucius. The best heels will ache o ueary. aew or Graphic. Ruth was a good girl, and ane naa as nne a Boas could be found In those days. Mertden Recorder. Isn't the declaration that "Mary bad a little Iamb" a little 'ambiguousT-Cinclnnau Satur day Night. Afi'ROACHikg a crisis Walking- toward a restless girl baby. Fulton Times editor's first experience. Goon, like evil, is infectious; but, as an epi demic It must be considered a failure. Andrews' Bazar. , ' No man finds more fault while riding over bumps on country roads than tbe phrenologist. Herald P. I. Brother journalism, be on your guard i Forged notes on the National bank of Scot land are afloat. Waterloo Observer. The first impulse of a yoang married man, on being presented with his first baby, is to give it a-weigh. Keokuk Constitution. LKGISI.AT1VK GOSSII Monday, March 81. When the immense amount of work accom plished by the Legislature carrying with it, as we believe that work will, a corresponding ratio of absolute good to the people of Indiana is fully known and comprehended, we be lieve that the popular verdict will be that the Legislature which has just been dissolve! has had no equal In the past history of the State. Republican papers are sneering at the Legislature, and have been doing so ever since the beginning olthe session. This would bave been the case in any event, under any circumstances, unless, perhaps, it would have been a Republi can Legislature. We ask them now to com pare the work done both as to quantity and as to quality with the handiwork of any past Legislature. That is the proper way to test It. That work is before the people. Time will test it better than editors in sanctum chairs, Immense strides have been made if our public officials will In the future In the administra tion of their duties be more economical in official expenditures; if our State benevolent institutions are conducted upon a strict but! ness bast", to say noihlng of a more humane polic towards unfortunate inmates; If the investigations that have been Instituted force everyone connected with the State service to t9 more watchful, more econ omical and more attentive to their vari ous duties. If these results are attained, who shall say that they are not the direct out come of the policy and Influence of our recent legislation. Lieutenant Governor Gray's parting words to senators were delivered in that feeling and becoming manner which carried the earnest ness cf the speaker's words and thoughts straight to the hearts and ears of all who were fortunate enough to be present at the closing scenes in the Senate chamber. He has made a most admirable presiding officer, and words of apology from him were necessary for anything he had done, but the innate courteous ess and gentlemanly instincts of his nature prompted him to apprehend that at times he might have seemed harsh or petulant in his ruling, and with befitting words he expressed the thought ttaj nothing of tbe kind was Intended, and the hope that he had in no instance been so unfortunate as to unintentionally given offense. A full report of his closing remarks will be found elsewhere in this morning's Sentinel. Doorkeeper Wilson, of the House, brought np nine more "boss pole1' canes, on Saturday, for various friends in the Legislature.- In addition to Mr. Wilson being the champion cane -giver of the Legislature, we wish -to thank him for the many .. courtesies extended to the Sentinel. The speaker of the Honse has undoubtedly many trials, but they are not lilt; g to the tribulations of the speaker of the third House. Be is bsset from first to last, with oftentimes a very unruly and disorderly set, who use up early in the session nearly all the stock of patience and gentleness in bis nature. About the time he separates the gentlemen from the blackguards, the end of the eessiou is near at hand. He had the advantage of having a first class corps of accommodating assistants. Tne Sentinel wishes to bear witness to their continual courteous and gentlemanly bearing. What we have said of Mr. Wilson and his assistants of the House, we wish also to apply to Mr. Huncheon and his assistants of the Senate. In closing our legislative items of the present session, it will not be out of place to say a few word) about Will E. Knglisb, our only Democratic representative from Marion county. When Will was elected his ability was generally conceded, but being young and inexperienced, some feared he might be found with that class, often seen In legislative bodies, who, to say the least, make themselves more ornamental than useful, but all fears of that kind, in his case, soon faded away, and it Is now universally admitted that he has made a first rate member, hard working, painstaking, practical and useful. " He engineered through successfully measures of the greatest importance to his tax-paying constituents, and labored ably and zealously for others which failed, bnt not because of any fault of his, notably the bill for reappraising real estate, for taxable purposes, which he carried to Its third reading over the unit'.d opposition of the ways and means committee, and lost only by a few votes on the question of its fin passage. He was ever wide awake to the business and material Interests of bis constituents, as men of ail parties freely admit, and whilst faithful to his political convictions, was In no wise offensive to his political opponents. In political measures he was equally zealous and successful. He carried through ' the House over the fiercest opposition the metropolitan police bill, which failed in the Senate because the Marlon county Democracy had no senator there to fight for It as their representative In the House fought for it. Nor is this all. He labored unceasingly until he got his Democratic constituents in a Democratic congressional district, a Democratic Slate senatorial district and representative district, . where they had not been before for many long years, and would not have been for many long years more, If ever, had a Republican been In the House of Representatives In his place. It Is a great thing for the 10,003 Democratic voters of Marion county to feet that hereafter they will be represented by a Democrat in Congress, by a Democrat In the State Senate, and a Democrat In the House, and we are sure that they will all Join In awarding to our talented and deserving young friend, Will E. Eagllsh, that he has made a faithful and efficient -representative, and merits -the good-will and good wishes of the public.' " "'.,''., An attempt wa .reacts fLo pass DciEdwins medical bill in the Senate, but a quorum not voting, it was abandoned. Try again, doctor, two years hence. Give the "Mothers or Israel" a chance.

THE INSANE ASYLXJU.

lis Management Condemned by the Investigating uommiuee. Another Committee Lets the Management Down Easy. No Action Taken by the General Assembly. XLNOBrTY REPORT. Your committee was appointed to investi gate certain charges of irregularities against Dr. P. H. Jameson, president of the board of benevolent institutions, and Orphans Everts, superintendent of the Hospital for the Insane. After as careful a consideration of the subject as could possibly be given in the limited time allotted for that purpose, we find the evidence adduced on behalf of the parties concerned shows the following state of fasts, clearly and beyond any doubt or question : We find charge first sustained against Patrick H.Jameson in this: that he, tbe said Patrick H. Jameson, permitted and was directly instrumental in allowing money to be nsed unlawfully and without warrant of law, and in violation of act of March 10, 1875, namely: that moneys received for the farm products and the products of the green-bouse were never turned into the treasury as the law directs, but expended in such manner as the management of the Insane Asylum saw tit, in direct contravention of all law on the subject, without giving an itemized statement of bow such moneys were expended. We also find that this same charge against Orpheus Everts has been sustained. CHARGE SECOND. We further find that Patrick H. Jameson received extra salary as treasurer of the provisional board of commissioners for the new building for the Insane Hospital to the amount of muo. which, in tne opinion or your com mitt.ee, was entirely without warrant or law, and we believe the proper steps shonld be taken to cover the same back into tbe treas ury. Such an nthce is unknown to the law. 'ihe law of 1S75 fixed said Patrick H. Jam eson's salary, as president of all the boards, at 83)0. Tbe appropriation bill of IS77 (acts spe cial session, pages.-i, i) nxea it. at wuu lor eacu institution, or S-'XI in all: but we fail to find any law where it authorizes the provisional board, or, In fact, any board, to create the office of treasurer and pay him the sum ot taxi extra per year for his services as treasurer of said board. The plea Is, however, set up that t n is $ 0 was derived from the interest on the frJUO.OW) taken out of the treasury to build the new Hospital lor tne insane, out your com mittee is of the opinion that SSW0 was sufficient for the services of said president, and that, the S1.400 derived from such interest should be covered back into the treasury of the State, where it properly ana legauy oeiongs. CHARGE THIRD. We find that the employment of Miss i-u urcm nan. miss Aiacinure ana Airs. Alary Kverts is not contrary to law, according to the omnion oi tne attorney eenerai. loor com lutitee does not find any law directly prohibiting the employment of relations, yet the practice of employing such is reprehensible, and would advise its discontinuance in the future. CHARGE FOURTH. This charge is. In the opinion of your com mitttee. substantially the same as charge second, and our finding herein is the same as in tnat ciiarge against roe respondent, i-atrick m. Jameson. CHARGE FIFTH. In the employment of useless labor, we find that Orpheus Kverts has had one Miss Harding in his employ as seamstress for several years. wno nas oeen constantly empioyeu in exclus ive work for said Everts and his family, tbe Stale deriving no benefit from said services. although she was palu by the state. CHARGE SIXTH. That Dr. Patrick 11. Jameson received pre sents to Influence him m giving the traueof the institution to certain merchants and irauesiuen. xour committee nna mat, wuite there were several witnesses who swore to such having been the case, yet the evidence was so conflicting we are unable to come to any deli n lie conclusion in the matter. We And, however, that such present were received by Dr. Exerts and his family, and we cau not JUHtuy sucu a practice, no matter in what small amounts the presents may have oeen receiveu. . CHAKGE SEVENTH. In reference o goods bought, we find the nreDondersnce of the evidence will show and does convince your committee, that Dr. Everts bought and paid ut least retail prices for goods bouuiitol wmium i. Kipiey ana m. ti. Le and Geo. 11. Heitkam Co , and allhoukh the eoods were purchased in wholesale Quantities, that if a more ctreful system of purchasing hud been followed, a better class of goods couiu nave neen ooiainea at a mucn less rate thereby saving considerable stuns of money to tbe State. We find that the clothing was bought by order, and left to the merchant selling the goods to select the kind and quality and fix the prices. That such carelessness on the part of Dr. Everts, and neglect in not better protecting me state s interest, suouiu meet irom this Assembly the censure it justly deserves. CHARGE EIGHTH.' ' In relation to Gordon Griffith, the testimony Is of such a vague character and ot such a contradictory nature that we have failed to find either of the officers of the Insane Asyium guilty of anything censarab'e in the case. CBABQE SISTH. In tliis, Dr. Jameson is charged with applying to bis private use Interest on the provisional boaid appropriation. We find that he did turn a smalt amount of such interest to his private account in bank, but subsequently changed it to its proper place in the State s funds. CHARGE TENTH. That the reports of IS78 are incorrect; but In the case of the Blind Asylum, we find that the misrepresentation is due to an improper calculation. We also find that the per capita should not be calculated or the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Asylums for more than 40 weeks in tbe year, instead of 52 weeks, as Is done in their printed reports. CUASGB M.E ENTH. Th's is in regard to donations to officers to inunence tne retention oi certain partles.wllh the knowledge ot Drs. Jameson and Everts; your committe fiud that donations to a large amouut have from time to time been received by Dr. Everts, and that he has failed entirely to show any proper or legal authority by books, memoranda, or other proof how such funds were expended, and your committee have had no means of knowing whether incurable patitnts were maintained in tbe liosSital aud curable ones denied admittance, ucn practices amount to gross neglect of duty and malfeasance, which can not be too strongly condemned by the General Assembly. CHARGE TWELFTH. That the bo.iks were so kept as to mislead the public. We find no correct system of bookkeeping baa been followed. Tbe books at the Asylum have been kopt In a very loose and bungling manner, audare unintelligible to such a degree that it is impossible to find in. what manner the Institution funds, gatneted from tbe various sou. ces, bave been expended. In the opinion of your committee too much censure can not be attached to the officers of an institution that have so conducted their business. CHARGE THIRTEENTH. Tli at Dr. Jamesod had fcoods purchased of W. H. Churchman, superintendent of the Blind Asylum. We find that such goods were furchascd to asm all amount, but very propery stopped by order of Dr. Iiuneson. We find in the general charge In relation to cruelty and neglect to tbe inmates of tbe In. sane Asylum, that as a general charge this has Lot been sustained: but we find that In exceptional cases the charge bos been more than sustained, notably in the case of Mrs. Knapp, who was neglected In her room until he banged herself; also a Mrs. McDowei, who, under the name circumstances, committed a like deed, and In tbe case of Mrs. Ashland, who was lei , on a cold winter day, locked In a room without fire or food, and of Mrs. MaryHarris, who was sick from April to July, and who received no treatment, and who died from this neglect in tfe early part of August; and in the case of Mrs. Williams, than which a greater case of professional ignorance or criminal neglect, to put it in Its mildest form, was never displayed by any professional man than by Dr. w. W. Hester.fl rat assistant pbyslcian,ln bis treatment of this case. We Hud this poor demented woman, au Inmate of tbe In sane Hospital for about eight or lo months, under the care of Dr. Hester, who treated her for suppressed menses, with what is known as Hooper's female pill and a bitter tonic. Getting some better she went home for two weeks. Returning at the end of that time, we find from the evidence of three credible witnesses, that she was again placed under Uie same treatment, and continued taking said pills, until she had taken 100 of Ihe same.' The menses never returned. The woman kept getting larger weekly, according to Dr. Hester's own evidence, and tbe at tendants about, the hospital called the attention of Dr. Hester to her case. Intimating that the woman was

enceinte. He stul ordered the pills, which ex

pert, Dr. Theopblius I'arvid aad T. B. Harvey, aa well as Drs. Walker and Woodbnrn, say would most probably have produced an abortion, and the evidence shows that Dr. neater compelled this poor, demented. Impregnated patient to pull a 80-pound rubber over the floor, despite her continued desire to lie down, and her continued complaint of "bearing down uains." We fnrtber find that vn rtor the hlrth of the child. Dr. HstrMMitlnnMt n nntiarri-nf and no professional practice in carrying off me iu.-i,usnaaiierDirin,togetnerwitninerea-clothlng, to his dispensary, where be let it remain until It was oiscovered by Its otfensive odor. That he then placed tbe icctus in pickle and threw the afterbirth in the water closet. and afterward tried to burn tbe sheet, like a person who bad committed a great crime and was trying to bide his guilt. Your committee have failed to find any cause for such conduct, or of such neglect and cruelty as this unfortu nate creature received, wno was utterly incapable of helping herself. We do not know nor can we conceive of any cause why a medical officer of a public institution shonld stoop to uie more titan reprenensioie practice or burning tbe bedclothinz of a woman who had been delivered ot a chllu. Your committee further find that Dr. Everts after having been notified of the tact, did not Bsnorm nis amy oy immediately aiscnarging r. Hester for belna zulitv ot such irunrooer conduct, and that Dr. Everts Is Justly censurame ior continuing mm in oince, ana tnus ap proving bis conduct. We further find that the Asylum forthe In sane has been in a state of demoralization for a number of years last past; thn attendants and the officers continually clashing and forming "rl igs," thereby tending to demoralize the Institution and destroy its efficiency. We find that no record of prescriptions is kept, and would recommend that a registry of ail prescriptions be kept in the dispensary of the hospital. That unruly and meddlesome attendants be discharge!. That the present meaicai omcers, proven cuipauie.ee di&cnargea and a careful scrutiny be hereafter maintained by both the board of alrectors and the superintendent over tbe medical officers and other attendants, and see that said attendants treat the poor unfortunate people under their charge wftn that humanity and professional care that should actuate every one worthy the name oi man. ' I.J, Foster, Chalman, Senator from Allen county; W. F. Keiley, Decatur, Jennings and Scott; Stanley- W. Ehwins, of Madison county; A. C. Handy, ot Hancock countv. Your committee recommend the adoption of tne louowina: Resolved. That the evidence taken down in tbe investigation of the charges preferred against Patrick H. Jameson and Dr. Orpheus averts Dy itaniei v. uubuara be oruurea printed in pamphlet form. Resolved, That the board of commissioners or the Indiana Hospital for tbe insane be re quested to thoroughly examine all the books, vouchers and accounts of said hospital, during the term of Orpheus Evens; and lurtber, that they inaugurate a system o accounts, wblcli will clearly show the financial transactions of said Institution. Resolved, That Patrick H. Jameson and Orpheus Everts bs and are hereby censured for malfeasance in their respective offices. Resolved, That the attorney-general ot the State Is hereby requested to institute suit agsinrt Patrick H. Jameson for the recovery of 81,400 wrongfully appropriated by him as salary, and that said attorney-general Is hereby requested to take such steps to recover any sum or suras of money retained or appropriated by either Patrick H. Jameson or Orpheus Everts contrary to law. Edwlss and Handy, The majority report, which is too lengthy for our columns, makes excuses for Drs. Eevrts and Jameson, also for Dr. Hester. No action was taken by the Legislature on the reports. A Itemarkaltle Occurrence. lAfbany Argus.l That persons who are near to death exercise faculties entirely phenomenal, and display powers not possessed by tbose in health, is attested by a large number of remarkable occurrences. One such, marked with peculiar features, and authenticated beyond question, transpired in this city a few days ago. An elderly lady, tbe mother of gentlemen well known In politics and business in this City, herself in a low state of health, who now has her residence in tbe southwestern portion of the city, awoke from a sleep on last Monday afternoon and at once broke out in a tit of violent weeping, which attracted the attention of all in the house. who were at some pains to soothe her and ascertain the occasion of her distress. When quieted she eaid that her husband, long since dead, had appeared to her in -a .dream, and told her that her daughter was dying. This incident we8 related to persons m another Dart of the city, during tbe same day, and before the person who to'd of it had any knowledgs of what is recited hereafter. That the mother, who knew that her daughter had been for sometime sick should become impressed with the idea that the was dying was not singular, as that might easily have resulted from apprehension whx'a ba-j. no doubt, been entertained..- Tbe remarkable fsct is this: On the same day, and, as near as can be ascertained, at the exact time when the mother was manl?es.tipg distress of mind, the daughter rouatd - herself in her bed of sickness in a house on Arbor h;l!, and said lo her attendint:-"Vhy, how my mothtr is crying!" arid, la a moment later, ' Don't you hear her cry?" Tne nurse heard nothing, and was obliged to say so, althoagb the sick woman repeatedly asserted that her mother was crying, and endeavored to convince tbe nurse that she hfard her. The younger lady died on Wetlueidiy and was buried on Saturday. KOWEU'S SKCKKT. Why a Jog Trot Wins A Man Perfect Order. ' New York Tribune. In the coarse ot a lecture on the "Brain and Nervous Systeni," Dr. J. W. Kanney incidentally mentioned as reason of Howell's success and O'Leary's defeat ia the late walking match, that the persons who Btfnt Howell to this country selected their man, and drilled him until all the necessary mtucles were developed, and his respiratory and digestive organs wsre in perfect order. He did not run or walk, bnt jogged along flat footed thus bringing into play the muscles of the thigh, which were best able to endure a long strain. When he walked he rested these muscles, and used those of the lower part of the leg. His steps were short and rapid. Experience shows, the lecturer said, that muscles used frequently with ease will stand in a strain longer than it the strain is slower, bat attended with more exertion. Thus, a man who runs with ease can always defeat a man who walks, although the latter covers more ground to each stride. This the backers of Kowell knew petfectly well when they sent him over. The Englishman went into the matoh with good digestion, gocd lung powers, good training and good blood circulation. O'Leary, on the other hand, was deficient in all these, and had not recovered the vitality expended in his former matches. Bssldes, it is reported that he used alcoholic stimulants. Now, there is nothing in alcohol (o build up or sustain the system. - Close to a Diamond Wedding. -Hartford Times. Nowhere in this country, so far as we know, has there been a case of a married couple who have lived together 75 years, and there may not occur such a ease but here in Connecticut, in the town of Weston, Fairfield county, we have something that certainly comes very near it. Zalmon Stnrges, a powerful man over six feet high, and who is now nearly 08 years old, is living with his wife, Ann, aged 03. aad they were married in March, 1805. If, therefore, they live another year they will reach the hour for the celebration of their "diamond wedding" tbiog never seen in America, though such a case did occur, three or four years ago, in Bohemia. Hayes as a Manufacturer. . Washington Post. It appears to be the firm purpose and high resolve ot Mr. Hayes that no family in this District shall be without a notary public

AN ADDRESS

To the People of Indiana, by Speaker Cauthorne and Others. What th 4inral Ansnnblr H-s Dun to Further the Intcrtsta of the People. To the People of Indiana: Now that tbe Fifty-first session of the Gen eral Assembly has closed Its labors, we desire to call attention to some of the most important bills that have been passed. Of these tbe most Important arc those which reduce the expenses of all of tbe State Institu tions, and the pay of State and county officers. The bills passed and approved by tbe overnor number In all . Many of these axe of general Interest, but we can only call attention to a few of tbe number. Among the important measures passed are the following: 1. The legislative apportionment bill. 2. The apportionment for congressional purposes. S. The bill red acinic the rate of interest nn judgments from 10 to per cent., and on h pedal coutraots from 10 to 8 per cent. 4. The codification of the school laws (which had become very! much complicated), which reduces tbe rate or levies of taxes for special school purposes from 50 cents to 35 cents, and for general purposes from 25 cents to 20 cents on each 1U) valuation, and on each poll from one dollar to iO cents. In addition to this the bill prohibits the change of text books in schools oftener than once in 10 years. These changes make a great saving to the people, and will not impair the efficiency of the schools. 5. The exemption of property to heads of families from levy and eale on execution to an amount of ItiCW. H. The exemption of wanes of lanorlmr men from attachment and garnishment In certain cases. 7. Requiring foreign corporations doing buslntss in this State to bring suit in State courts in the county where the defendant resides, thereby pteventing such corporations from fuiog in the Federal courts and dragging defendants from home at great expense In time and money. 8. An act for tbe protection of mines and miners, wbich, we hope, will be tbe means of pieveutlng tbose terrible explosions ana consequent loss of life which occasionally startle the country. 9. Two acts abolishing the superior court in Wayne countv. and the fourth sunerior court j in iiarion comity, thereby saving at least f 2o,000 per annum to ttie people of those conntics aud the people of the Slate, as part ol the salaries of the superior Judges are paid from the StHte treasury. 10. An act providing that persons In jail not Indioted may, at any term at which no graud jury Is called, be tried upon affidavit and presentment by the prosecuting attorneys. 'Ibis bill will save counties the expense ol boarding prisoners from term to term, awaiting the action of the grand Jury. 11. An act reorganizing the benevolent institutions, which will bring about reforms that will result beneficially to the people. Up to the passaie of this act no law had been enacted requiring any Inventory to be furnished of the property belonging to the Insnue. Deaf and Dumb, nor Blind Asylum, and no officer connected with said institutions, nor any State officer, knew the amount or va-ue of such properly. This bill requires an Inventory to be furnished to the governor once each year by the officers in charge of said institutions. This act., and the one regarding tbe prisons and reformatory institutions, require the profits arising tbeiefrotn to be covered into the State treasury, and become a part of the general fund. These profits will amount to over I0C,UM) per year. 12 An act to regulate fees and salaries of public officers. This bill has been desired by the people, more, perhaps, than almost any other bill pending before the Assembly. Beginning at the highest olll. e in tbe gift of tbe p-sople. and running down to the lowest, the lees and salaries have been reduced. One important feature of the bill Is that It reduces lees and salaries mainly where the money comes out or the county and State treasury, thus making a saving directly tothe people. After ma It I ns a careful estimate we find there will be a saving, as compared with the expenses of the same offices under the f-eand salary bill of ls7j, at a low estimate, tbe following: to the state treasury. Governor's office f 2.500 Attorney General's office 1,'AJO Auditor's office ll.mo Secretlry's olli ce -.. 2,1' 0 Treasurer s office , , , sou Superintendent public Instruction .. 4uu Total. sAvnta to county treasckv: County Auditors and Treasurers.... county Uominisiouer... U.'iOO 6IOU0 t,ll ill Z7.W0 j urors i , Boarding prisoners.. Assessors Township trustees ... Guunty superintendentsTotal Saving to litigants and the people in reouc'k ii or lees oi ciurasauu menus, it per c.-nt..... -lioo.ouu Allow us to recapitulate : Saving to State treasury .. Saving to county treasury . lit.ooo Saving to Stale treasury in way of proma of benevolent auu other lustiiulno.owi . ioo,uu0 Savlng to litigants, etc....... ........... Total saving .... m,5M While the above are the most Important and money saving bills, yet there are many others or interest to the people which we have not time nor space to mention. We respectfully submit the above statement of facts to the public In full confidence that wbvn these measures shall have been tinted they will fu'-lyuieet the expectations or Ihe people, and will be found to supply a long-felt want In legislation. Hehrv S.CAtmioRjr, Asdhew Hovphrevs, John C. Bmuos, Johs D. Works, Joseph S. Dair.EV, David J. lUvmiX. occidental Hotel, Indianapolis, March SI, 1S7 Pizun and Ki-nine" She wasn't after hair dye, cosmetics, scented soap or any of tbose gimcracks, but When the druggist had finished putting up a prescription to cure a long-faced boy of a hacking cough, she turned from the stove and asked: "Do you keep drugs and menicines and pizuns and so on?" "Oh, yes, we keep all such things." "And ki nine?" "Yes. we have quinine" "Well." I called in to see about gtttin some pizun and some ki-dine, but I dunno. So many folks have been slaughtered by druggists' mistakes that I'm eanemost afraid to ask for camkur gum, tho' I suppose I can smell camfnr gum farther off than any other woman in Michigan. Have you ever killed anybody by puttin' np morphine for bakin' powder?" ."Never." - - - -' "Been is the business long?" "Only 21 years." "Well, yon ought to know gum 'liable from sweet oil by this time, but some men are awful keerlees. I've had a brother pizoned by wrong medicine, and I'm a little shaky. Where Is your ki-nine?" "This is it," he replied as he took down a jar. She wet her ficger, pushed it into tbe jar and then rubbed it on her tongue. "Tastes litre it, but I dunno. Sure that .dn't morphine?" "Yes, very sure." "Sara your clerk washed the jar out clean afore he put the kl nine in?" "Ob, I wastled it myself." "If this shouldn't be ki-nine you'd have tbe law put to you the wont kind. We've got money in tbe bank, and we'd never settle for no $10.0001" "I know It to be quinine." ""Well, then gimme 60 cento worth, and I want down weight, too. If I'm treated well I'm a great hand to trade at one place, but tbe minnlt I see any stinginess or cheatin', a yoke of oxen conjdn't poll me into thst store again." "He weighed ont the drug, labeled it with dare, and then said: - "Now I want 10 cents worth of pizun -to kill rats." "What kind V - "Why the pizun kind of course. Pizun is

pfzua the world over. Don't seem as you were used to handling 'to." "Do you want arsenic?" "Certainly; but you want to be powerful keerful! I'm a woman of 59. and I've nuss'd the sick ever since I was a girl, but I never handle pi zun without a chill creepin' np my back. Where is it?" He handed down the jar. and she smelt of the stopper, shook her head, turned the jar around and whispered: "That looks a powerful sight like cream -a-tarter!" ' Oh. no that's arsenic and no mistake." "Well, I've got to take the chances, I 'arose. I'll take 10 cento worth down weight Any one wno will be stingy sellin' pizun will be stingy in other things, and I do hate a stingy person. My first husband was powerful stingy, and he was struck by lightning." When the poison had been weighed end labelled she carfully took np the package and said: "Now, then, write on this that it is to be kept in the old china tea pot, on the third shelf in the pantry, and that its for rats. Then write on this ki-nine that it is to be kept in tbe old coffee pot in the cupboard, and that its for chills." The druggist followed orders, and the old lady put the "pizun" in her pocket and the "ki-nine" in her reticule, and went out saying: "It may be all right, "but I dunno. If my old man is took off instead of the rata, , I'll begin a lawsuit next day after the funeral!" A TEXAS JKXKINS.

How He Memn-lbes the Bride and Bridesmaid at a Wedding. San Antonio Express. At the hour of 8 a hush told that the bridal party were approaching, and, in a moment, leaning on the arm of J. D. Q., Esq., like a pale, soft shadow from dreamland, with hair flowing down in dazzling oonfn, ston, like the faintest rays of a summer sunset, eyes like the violets, lips like the coraland brow like tbe lilies, camd Miss M. L She ware blue and white, and looked the Hyacintbe Pale as she toak her position on the leit of the entrance. Then came, with Captain W. M. R., Miss McK., beautiful like Miss I., and if she were thought leu fair yon would forget ic in watching tbe calm and white brow, the gentle and loving eyes, as with womanly dignity and grace she moved toward her place, on tbe right, opposite Miss L, dressed also in blue and white, to represent a woodviolet. Next came, with W. K. N.; Esq.. lus A. G.. with sparkling eyes and cheek- aglow with a freshness of health and perfect beauty sct-.h as few earth-born people poseess, and that Diana herself might have envied, as she took op her position on the left, dretsed in wbite trimmed with pink, and represented (what she was) a dark-eyed beauty of tbe South. Xow came, with Dr. J. McK-, M'si K. B., floating in like Tltania, queen of the fairies, such a piece of dimnnitive loveliness as hauns the sleep of "wild, dreaming boys," and she moved to her place on tbe right, and as our eye caught a glimpse of her dainty foot that for a moment peeped from her trailing garments, we whispered, "This is the veritable Cinderella.' She was clothed upon with white trimmed with pink, and was a bumming bird of the Andes. Next came, with J. O. D , Eq.. Miss B. H. J., the sister of tbe bride, with her great, dreamy eyes half hidden beneath the long, soit, drooping lathes, moving timidly. like a bashful girl, to her place on the left, dressed in green and white, to represent her punty and the jealousy of all the other young ladies, and leaving the beholder in wonder a: to where the boundary was betwixt perfect artlessness and perfect art. s Next came, with Mr. F. J., Miss L, who, as she moved to her place on the right, made one think that it was of her Byron wrote: She walks In beauty like the night. Of cloudless cllmea and starry akles. And all that's best of dark and bright Meet In her aspect and bcr eves', Thca mellowed to that tender light That Heaven to gaudy day denies. Dressed in white, trimmed in green, a Lotus of the Kile. Narrow Kura-iet. Cham bers Journal Most singular wa tbe escape of a young Shropshire iadv from an ignominious death. Staying in Paris daring the reign of terror, she was dragged, with olbcr unfortunate "aristocrats," before one of the tribunals. She pleaded that sbe was an Englishwoman; but was on the point of being hurried out to the waiting tumbril when one of tbe judges asked bcr what province in Kigland sue was a native oL In her fripbt she exclaimed, "Salop!" a reply gretted by a general shout and clapping of bands, followed by an order to let her go: and, eir.id tbe cries of "Salope! Salope!" tbe dazed girl was hustled into the street to run home, wondering that her brad was still oa her shoulders, little thinking that by uttering the word "Sa!ope" she had-" etl'ectnaily rebutted the notion of her being one of the hated aristocrats, thanks to "Salope" being a w jrd then used to designate one of tbe most depraved ct her sex. Another remarkable escape of that terrible time wss that of M. De Cbateaubrun, for he was not only condemned, but waited his tcru at the guillotine, standing sixteenth in a line of -0. The titteenth bead bad fallen, when the machine got out of order, aud tbe five bad to wait until it was repaired. The crowd pressed forward to see what was going on; aud as it began to grow dark M. De Ohaieaubrun found himself gradually thrust into the rear of tbe spectators; co he wis' ly slipped away, and meeting men simple enough or charitable enough to take his word tbat a wag bad tied his bands and run off with his bat, had his bands f et free, and managed to reach a safe hiding-place- A few days later he put himself beyond the reach of the executioner. A Safe Pa"ge. IClnclunati Commercial. It was not generally supposed thst the bole in the Independent party was large enough to permit David Davis to creep through into the Democratio fold, but it was. And tho trip through does not seem to have lacerated tbe ponderous senator's conscience perceptibly, however much it may have abraded his cuticle. "0Hir.1V! -'a IITST'SRE EDY lb iret Htdney Medletae, cures Pains in tbe Back. Side or Loins, ana all Disease of tbe Kidneys, Bladder BACttr I ana urinary organs, Dropsy, OraveL Dia betes. BrUzht's Dis ease of the KfdnevK. Retention or Incontinence of Urine, Nerv ous IMfeaaeM, Female Weakness, and Excesses; HTM I'M HKM1DY Is prepared -XPKEOfe 1Y lor these diseases. Providknce, U. I., June 18. 1878. Wm E. Cf.AKKk Dear Sir A member of my family bad been troubled for neveral years with Kldnnv Disease, and had tried nnmerons remedies .without relief: she nsed HUNT'S REMEDY and was completely cored. Respectfully yours, S. A. Alpi, S Kxchange st. M IWXKAPdl.ts, Mtnn . April 7. IKTK. Wm. E. Clafke Dear Sir I aaw HUNT'S REMEDY used In a ease of Dropsy wrh perfect success. I did not treat the patient, but fnnr triillncr nhVHlri.n, tiari even nn thA case as hopeless. HUNT'S REMEDY was then used with perfect success, and tbe patient la well. I shad give HUNT'S REM EDY In Dropalcal and Kidney Diseases. Rspec.iraLy yours, C. H. Bkct-K-M. if. D. HCHT'S REHEBT pnrely Vegetable, and Is nsed by the advice of Physician. It ha stood tne teal of time fori) years and tbe utmost reliance may be placed In It. ON B TRIAL. WILL. COU. VIKfL'VniT Send Jo rtntphlet" ? " e,.- nnnn iQEUEBV tv in v un iuv ei Providence, it. SOLD DY AIX DRUGGISTS.