Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1880 — Page 9

THE rNDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1880H3UPPLEMENT.

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"WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11.

THE OLD CROWD. -There is a certain decree of pleasure io looking over the mementoes and remembrances of the past Often too an pleasant and disagreeable memories and suggestions are uppermost. We noticed recently in a newspaper correspondence a brief review of tome of the eld set which eurroundtd Grant an4 hit administration some of the more prominent who were tossed to the surface as the whirl of events rapidly acd disgracefully revolved during a very notorious and corrupt era of American politics. As history, they say, repeats itself and it looks as if Grant may be forced upon the country for an indefinite period of time the Bima old crowd or their counterparts will doubtless be tossed to the surface again. The fUdical party is full ol these eama types, and they usually get on top and in the lead watfen men of the taste and inclinations of Grant are in the White House. The first one that attracts our attention is a large man with a puffy face and very long whiskers. 'Hi eyes are red and swollen, and he holds his bead in a hanging position. He loafs a good deal around the Arlington the lead log hotel of Washington City his name is Balknsp W. W. Bölknap, at one time secretary ot war under Grast His history is familiar to our readers. They say the extravagant habits and entertaininc-nts of nia wife brought him into trouble. Who have we here? Bibcock. Oa, yes! Grant's old private secretary, unpleasantly mixed up with the whisky rings and other inodorous combinations of Grant's time They say he does not come around Washington very much, but he was there the other day when Grant arrived to extend the right hand of fellowship t: his old chief. Babccck is lighthouse inspector, with headquarters at Baltimore. A little incident floats around Washington that when Bibcock was found "net guilty," at 8t. Louis, Grant said to him: "Yon have lost my confidence, and I de3ireyou never again to enter my family." Yet Bibcock was the first to welcome Grant during his last visit Oae point in Bibcock's favor it that the investigation of his affiirs, male by the erjgiueer corps of the army, resulted in finding him guiltless of the charges niade against him at 8. Louis. This much is true, however, that Babcock. whila violating no law, did speculate in land on Shepherd's advice. Then, at convenient places, he built blocks of dwellings on contracts, the mason taking one, the carpenter another, the plurut-er another, and so on, leaving one tx Babcock clear of all incumbrance. This was using official Imforma ion for private gain; bat there is no 1 jw to punish such an offense. Boss Shepherd is another of the eld crowd. His history is familiar. He is played out to a great extent, and there will not probably be any more Boss Shepherd's for a while in the district Hi is wealthy, though, having recovered himself In mining speculations. Robeson coms next in review. He was Grant'i oil secretary of the navy, and came very nearly getting avay with the entire concern. There may have been an old rowboat or two left there doubtless was, and perhaps more. We do not want to be unfair to one who is now one of the most distinguished leaders on the Radical aide of the present Lower House of Congress. He is a bird of gorgeous plumage, though is Robeson. He steps high and lives high, has "a generous abdomen and a purplish complexion." He has a distinguished air, and is said to ba the best 44diner-out" In Washington. These are samples of the old set, and we close our review for to day. They may not reach place and power again; that pendenda upon the amount of cheek and brass they may have left; but one thing is sure, that, if Grant gets back to the presidency, there will cluster around him men of similar characteristics and general features. Grant can no more avoid them thau he can change the color of his eyes. They gravitate to him naturally, and there is la his composition a certain peculiar magnetism which attracts second and third rate characters. His entire career shows it. POLITICS AND THE COURTS. At the request cf the Cincinnati Enquirer bureau. Journal and Jerry Hutchinson, wUo tnlni: that in atother month they can get sufficient testimony Horn discharged employes and Incurable patients to sustain their charges against the management of tbe lusane Hospital, the iuvefctiKiition of that Institution has been postponed till the March term of the grand J u y. JSews. If the courts of this county are to be used to make political capital for the Republican party, our city will suffer tor it Indianapolis suffered greatly on account cf the malignant manner which Democrats were treated during .he dark days of the war, and if the persecution is to be renewal it will be at the expense of our business and material interests. More than one educational institution was located elsewhere on account of the way Democrats were persecuted by the party controlling this city, and if our people are wise they will see tbat the persecution of Democrats is not renewed. Paris may be France, but Indianapolis is not Indiana; Ioaianapolia is Republican, but Indiana la Democratic Vast sums of public money are disbursed here, by order of the 8'ate government The power that disburses this money cm withhold it, or can provide for its disbursement elsewhere. The treatment Democ-ats received at their State convention in 1864 lost this city the Normal School and Purdue University. Jadge Hsnna, a senator from Sullivaa county, declared in his plate in the Senate that he was outraged and insulted at that con vet, t ion, and thst he would never vote a dollar of public money to erect a State institution in this city so long as tbe Republican party remained in po mtt here. We call tbe attention of our city readers to this matter, that

they may know tbat persecuting Democrats by the party controlling the city does net pay. . ; No intelligent man In Indiana believes that anything has been d Tie at the Imane Asylum which calls for investigation by the courts The charges of cruelty againU the management have no better foundation than the statement of a paid spy.' This spy has been enga?d by th Republican State Central committee to go over Indiana and interview discharged patient) from the Asylum, in the hope that something can be gathered up which can be used as political capital. A part of tbe programme is to have certain oClcers and attendants of the Asylum indicted and tried in our courts. An unscrupulous partisan sheriff is looked to, to pack a jury which will convict That he can do this tbe Sentinel wall knows, having itself "passed under the red " We aek those Republicans of tbia city who have our businees interests at heart to see that the Republican leaders call off their dogs. The Democracy of this city and county is weak, but tbe Democracy of the State is strong. It will not permit the men whom it has placed in charge of our benevolent Institutions tobe persecuted and hounded to death without cans3. A short time ago the Journal was calling on the grand jury to indict the men who. removed the father-in-law of one of its proprietors from the head of tae.Ddaf and Dumb Asylum. It may bo that this matter, ton, is laid over until the March term, and that the trustees of tbe Deaf and Dumb Asylum will be indicted for doing tbat wbicia has saved the people of the State $1,500 per month. Gentlemen, Rapublicaa managers In iLrion county, go I'.our, we beg you. You have power in Marion county, but ycu haven't !er in the State. If you sow the wind you will reap the whiriwit d. The Republican bull may gore tbe Democratic ox in this county, but the Democrats of the 8te have a bull that caa clean out all the bsrn yards in thi city. Wtea he paws the earth and bellows forth Democratic thunder he is dangerous, and we conjure you to beware of him.

THRIFTY COLOIIKU PLANT Kits. What Industrious Nejrroea Can Do In Ioniiana if They Want To. Carroll l?oner-tlve. Afewweessago we printed a statement of the prosperous condition of Tilman Btnks and Arthur Richardson, two thrifty colored planfers in our parisa that statement was a fixed fact, wll knovn to our people ai far aa it went. Now we propose lo show the details of last year's work as far as Itichardson is concerned. Our objf ct in this is to prove that industrious mgroes can not only earn a good living in this country, but they can niaka money over and above their actual wan's: in other words, with proper economy they can lay something away for a rainy ctay every year. Arthur Richardson, aa w have stated, is the owner of 60 acres of land on what is known as the E Jgewood plantation, about a rjle from Providence. Tae land be owns is of a class with tbe lands generally in this neighborhood. List year he planted 36 acres in cotton and 14 ams in earn la company with himself he bad his wife, who worked occasionally, and two able-bodied men lite Stewart aijd Alex. Sco t With this force, and a good team of mules, the land was thoroughly cultivated and the crop laid by. When cotton-picking time came additional labor was hired to gather the crop, tbe ct f which will be seen in the statement below. On tbe 10th dsy of this month the la3t of the cotton was ginned, baled and Bold, amounting in the aggregate to 42 tied baits, weighing 19 4H3 pounds, or nearly equal to 4??i commercial bales. STATEMENT. Cr. Dr. f .V 76 pounds 10 i net cash iient oi Jana j-js uo ttigitlna; and tltrs f4 J Ginning i:7 60 I'Ald to Ike etewart l'.'l to Paid to Aiex Hcott . 121 SO Rations lor both ltn oo Kxtra cotton pickers . &J 40 Wear and tear of moles, farming utensils etc....... 110 00 Balance profit. Hi3 2tJ I2,04il 76 By the foregoing statement it will be eeen that a liberal allowance for expenses of all kinds has been mtde, and yet on 36 acres cf land a net profit has been realized by Richardson of $903 26 This is an exceptional case, it may be said, because Richardson is favorably tituated at presen, yet he has raieed himself up to his present position by dint of economy and industry, which any other negro may do if he f jllows in his footsteps. Take tbe ordinary field hand as above set forth : he gets his rations, a house to live in, and $121 cash. A portion of that can eat ily be laid aaide asa founda'ion for abetter con dition in time tocome. We have cot said anything about tbe corn, peas, potatoes and vegetables tbat are grown f ir plantation use, all ot which counts in the economy of a woradrgman's life. This statement, which is true in cverv particular, will, we thine, satisfy anyone who examines it, that tbe condition of the colored people In E'st Carroll is incomparably better tban that of thoof ands cf white people in the Etat and the North, and instead of being one of suffering and semibondage, as is too often asserted by tbe enemies of the South, it will compare favorably with the t of the most favored laboring classes In any portion of the world. The United State tbe Great Newapaper Country. Our great progress in journalism is shown bv the tact that in 1775 there were in the Lnited States less than 40 newspapers and periodical, whose ajgregate issue for that year comprised l,200,0u0 copies; now the united press publishes over 500 daily newspapers; more than 4,000 weeklies, and about C00 monthly publications. Of the dailies tbat existed in 1870, about 800,000,000 werestruck off that year; of the weeklies, about 600.000,000; and of the other serial publications about 100.000,000, ämountiog in all to 1,.'00,000,000 copies. And to sum the matter up yet more forcibly, it must be stated that the United States publishes more newspapers, with greater combined circulation than all the other countries of the world can together boast of having. The oldest newspaper of uninterrupted publication in this country is the Hartford Courant which has already attained the hoary age of 116 years. In regard to its last birthday, it plaintively says: "We believe that, with tbe already announced death of a New Hampshire paper, recently, at the age of 116 we aro left in a condition of absolute isolation. The last of our early contemporaries is gone.

THE NEGK0 KX0DU3.

Thsaw Mills, a Republican, IateiTiewid by a Sent! eel Reporter on the j Exodus; His Testimony Before tie Voorhsst luvestsating Committee-He Gives the Leaders Away. I A Seutinel representative yesterday vi&itid Mr. Millls, who recently returned from Washington, where he has been as a witness before the exodus committee, and stated to him that the Fentlnel intended to publlih his testimony as given before that committee, and requested that if he had anything additional to ' say tbat tie Sentinel would be pleased to publish tie same in connection with tbe testimony, whereupon be replied: "They examined roe pretty fairly and closely, and what I tcld them was the truth. I told about things just aa they were, regardless of party. All my friends know that I have been a Republican, and am yet The Journal's statement ef this morning, which reads as fellows: 'We understand that Mr. Mills, tie gifted witness from this city who testified about 'buck niggers' before the exodus cimmittee, was in consultation with Mr. Hendricks before he left here for Wahhicf ton,' Is false in every particular. It is a lie made out of whole cloth, as I have not spoken to Mr. Hendricks but once in six months, and then I merely called at his Office to g-it some pnpers in a law case. 8ine 1 returned I understand Register Jordan dnies what I said in regard to his connection wi'th tbe negro importations. He claims that he had seen the negroes before I introduced them. This may be so, but I wss not aware of the fact I do know the- negroes brought money to my office, which they did not fcave when tbty first came to see me, and which they obtained In a very short while after leaving my offlce. As to tbe negro Perry, he lied outright in his trstiroony betöre the committee where he sajs 'that he aid not talk politics in In diaua,' as he was always talking politics when I met Lim, and I met him often. I Believe I have nothing further to add." TEnTIMO-NY Or THOMAS P. MILL. Thomas r Mills was sworn and examined bv the chairman, and tetiifed as follows: Question Wnere do you reside? Answer Indianapolis Qwimt do you do tbere? A. Mr.Morrla ana I are partners in the real estate and rallrohrilug business, and so forth, and dealing In Western lands. q What do you know about the lrnmigra -tloa of negroesinto Indianapolis and Indiana? A. I don'i know as I know much about it. I know there nave bina good many people go tbere. q. Ho uiiuv? A I conld not foil yoa. Alter they ouc pas tbere I lone sight of them. Have you t-aaen some lnteK-st in tnis matter? A. Yts Mr. (You have been in favor of emigration? A. Yes, fir. I was very much iu favor of it 1 toltl the boys when they tlrst came tbere that we wanteU li'.i oj "buclin," buck niggers, in Indiana this year. il You mean to say that you wauted 20,cOU men? A. Yea, sir. 4, You had. no one for women? A. No, sir. W e had uo special use lor them. il You had no idea of labor connected wnh this nHiur? A. No, sir. I nad no idea of labor. I was loosing lor votes. O, You wanted thtse 0,U00 "bucks" to vote? A. I wauted toem to vote, of course. Q. Are you a Republican? A. Yes, sir. 1 an,. y. And you thouitht if yon could get 20.0W) bucks" you would siayu? A. 1 though we would get away with you everlnHtlnvly. q Have you mixed with them much since they came here? A. The colored tolas. Q. Yea. No, sir; except at the depot. We haveooe office mar tbe depot, and when a nt was coming In I woaM go down there and see them. 4 Have tbey come lu as fast as you desired? A They have not come in as I wanted them to q,. There have beea rather more women ana children than you wanted? A. Yes, sir; they have rather overdone the thing in the women and children. tj. Have you noticed, Mr. Mills, whether any considerable party of them have to be taken care of by charity? A. Well, I coald no, tell you, Mr. Senator. I have not been at their t tao quarters much. Q. Have you been called upon to contribute to meir support? A. Not largely. Q,. Were you rained on a 'arm aa well as your partner? A. Yes, sir. Q.-Ot course you think these 20,000 "bucks" could be scattered around and get employment throughout the State? A. Yes, sir; I thought we could get employment for them If we scattered them pretty ihln. You mean in close counties? A. Yes, sir; in close counties and where there are chap lands. Q Then you mean to scatter them in close counties where there are cheap lands? A. Yes, sir. . Now, when Mr. Blair aska you, aa be will, whether you know of anything political in this movement, what answer will you niiice? a. How do you wint to put that? 4 I want to ask you whether the Republican party, or leading Republicans, have anything to do with this movement? I will put it in a diüerent way whether these views of yours wbicn you have given to the committee very fraukly, are shared In by the intelligent Republicans In your State? A. I think they are as individuals. 4. Y'ou are pretty well read, Mr. Mills, in the newspapers of the State? A. Yes, sir; I read them pretty generally. Q Now. will you tell this committee whether you have ever seen an article lna Republican newspaper opposing or condemning this movement of the niggers? a. I have not. q. Do you read the Democratic papers, too? A Y'es, blr; and they everlastingly go for It. Q. Then I am to understand that the Republican papers approve of it? A I sbould think they did fiom tbelr tone. Q They have had a word or two to say about me for raining this committee tb loves tlgtte the exodus? A. Yes. sir; I have seen your name frequently in print. i It does not agree with the Republican press to have the cauaes of this immigration shown up? A. I think, from thetoDeoftne papers, ihey think It Is a Joke, and thattheie is nothing in it t. You say, to far as you know, you think your views are nnbatantlaJly shared In by the Republicans of your mate? A. I thiak tbey are as individuals. (I Have you reen an article in a Republlcau newspaper stating aa frankly the view of this exodus movement as you yourself stated It to th s committee? A I don't know as I have. I was simply giving my own views about tbe matter. ti Did you ever talk with Mr. Martlndale sb.mt this matter? A. Yes, sit ; several times. Q. His paper is not disapproving of the movement? A. No, sir. ti Rather encouraging it, la he not? A. Yes, sir; I should say he was. Q He has always announced that there was tVutj of room lu Indiana tor negroes? A. Yes, sir. (. That they could get employment? A. Yes, sir. Q. And that there were good llmee there? A. Y es, sir. Q. nd that they ought to get out of Egypt? A. Yes, sir. 4. Do you know Colonel Jordan, register of bankruptcy ? A. Very well, sir; I nave known biru for qulie awhile. Q. You may state whether you heard any couversailon that be had in your office or anywhere eise in regard to tbls matter of the exoduH.as it Is caliea. A I do not tblnk I talked with hlra In ray office. I aw blm in there one day, but I do not think I talked wltb blm there; but I wAsnt his office. Q,. Well, what wes the converautloa you heard ? A. Well, I took a party of these people there, and one of them I would not be certain wblcb but I Introduced them to Mr. Joxdaa in hi own offlo. I .called to htm tbat

tbey could tell tbelr own story, and that I was La a berry, and I took my departure. Q,. Dla jouever talk with Colonel Jordan afterward t A. Yes sir; I Old, Q. Did you ever ta k with blm about raising money and buying tickets for these men? A. So, sir; I bad no talk with Colouel Jordan in reierenoe to tbla. Q. What did he ever tell you in regard to his giving them money ana Daying tickets, and that be could raiae more mouey 'or tbe same pur poMi? A. I dou't know aa I conld tell precisely. The day that tbey wanted these tickets they went op to Colonel Jordan's office, becanse 1 stepped out of my place and showed them wnere It was. Tbey were in want of means to come back to Washington, and I showed them where his office was, and they went np there, and whe3 they came back they bad the money themselves, but where they got it I dont know. Qv-What did they say aa to their money w he n they first talked to y c u ? A. They were wanting help. Q. And you pointed out the office of Colonel Jordan to them? A. Yea, sir: they wett to see Colonel Jordan ana Colonel Dudley Tbey wanted to see Colonel Dudley, but I didn't know him very well, and 1 dldnt introduce them to him. Q Dudley Is United States marshal? A. . T-fe. sir. Bat I alnt Introduce them to him. Q. After they went to see Colonel Jot dan tbey came back directly and had the money? A. Yea, sir. Tbey came In time to make the train. Q. Is there any other financial transaction In reference to tbl matter with which you are acquainted? A. Yes. sir. There was money raised to send tbem to Ureencastle. Q,. Do yon know how much? I don't know exactly how many went, but I know it was a grand day in tbe business. Q, It was a pretty good day intbebnalness? A Yea, sir. Q,. Do yon know who raised that money to ta ethem to Greencastle? A. Well, I went down to see In reference to it because, as Mr. Morris has told you. we want ed to get tbe number of tUe tickets, and I heard tbere was quite a number o them down tbere, and I went to see bow many of tbem there were and where tbey were going. 1 went down there and saw about it, and I spoke to Mr. Reynolds about It Q. Wnat occurred between you and Reynolds? A. He reached m the tickets and I took the numbers; and I asked it they were fixed, and be said: "I have sent a man np town to get the money and fix them." Q Do yon remember bow many tickets th-re were? A. There were from tu to 75. Q. Are you personally acquainted with Mr. Re nolds? A Y'e, fir. 4 What position does be bold? A. He is mall agent. il Wnere? A. At the Union Depot at Indianapolis. t. If-you understand it what is bis duty? To see that the mail is transferred from the depot to the office, and lrom the office to the depot? A. Yes, sir. Q It is a very important office, then? A. Y'es, sir; I believe so. Q. Is it an office of appointment by the Government or by the postmaster? A. Yes, sir; I think It is by appointment from the Government.' (i Do you know Mr. Reynolds' politics? A. Yes, sir. ti Is he a Republican? A. Yes, sir. tj. Do you know how he caoie possessed of those 60 or ÖO ticket? A. Well, sir, be bought them. I saw him buy tbem, but I don t kuow where the money c me from. He said to me that be sent up town for the money. 4 And you saw him buy the tickets? A. Y'es, nr. Isaw him inside tbe efflce, and he came out and icave me the tickets and I took tbe numbers 0 iheni. Q Do you remember wbat the fare Is from Indianapolis to Greencastle? A. It is something over a dollar. Q. A dollar and ntyflve cents? A Y'es, sir. A dollar and flfiy-five cent" exactly. (4. And ne had money eioogh Vi purchase flfy or sixty tickets at mat rate? A. Yes, sir. 4. And you don't know where he sentfer the money? A. No, sir; I Raw tbey were getting uneasy and it would not do to keep them there until the 11 o'clock train that night I wanted to hip them off, for people were talRlcg about tbere, and it would not do to keep tbem tbere. Q. When, theiefore, you heard them tilting you wanted to send them off? A. Yes, sir. Q. Do you kuow Mr. John C. New? A. Yes, sir. Q. And a very nice gentleman, too? A. Y'es, sir. Q. Chairman of the Republican State Central committee? A. Yts.sir. Q. Did you ever have any talk with him on tbU subject? A. No, sir; I have never spoken with blm about it. BY MR BLAIR. !. You are a strong Republican ? A. Yea, air. ti Always have been? A. Always have been. Q. Always going to be, I hope? A. Yes, sir, I hope so Q,. And you say If these men come to Indi aua and vote the Repuolican ticket you are lu favor of their coming? A. Yes, sir; I do. Q, And you tblnk that every Republican living in the Btate wants every emigrant to vote the Republican ticset? A. I taluk so. Q,. Do you know whether acy Drmocrat in the State wants emigrants coming there to vote any other tban tbe Democratic ticket? A. Wed, Judging for myself, 1 should say tbat they wanted tbem to vote the Democratic ticket Q. Do you know whether tbe Republican party, as a party. Is engaged in organizing or using any systematic ehort to stir up discontent among the negroes in the South to induce tbem to come to Indiana for political reasons? A. I do not know of any snch organization. Q,. Do you know of any such effort? A. As a prty, no, s r. Q Do you know of any prominent Republican from Indiana who has been to the. South, or any portion of the South, as a political missionary to arouse a desire among tbe nf groes to 3ome to the North, or to Indiana, to vote tbe Republican ticket? A. I don't of any persons who have been down there except our own De La Matyr, who represents our own district at home.

Small Change in the West Kansas Correspondence Boston Transcript) In truth, a person who waits for change in the shap-s of two, three or four cents, is looked npen with something like scorn in tbe West fs your bill 78 cents? You pay 80." or thi obliging shopkeeper says, "Call it 75. I recalled an incident which one of the merchants cf Salina related when speaking of his recent trip to New York for goods. After making his preparations for returning be went to tettle bis bill, which proved to be $40.03. He paid $40. and was turning away when he wss recalled by a tap on the Shoulder, and tbe three cents were pointed out In scornful amazement he threw down 10 cents, and again started away. "Here is your change, sir," said a voice, in no wire overwhelmed by his contempt The merchant waved his hand and bowed. "Keep it, sir. I am a Western man. We don't gra?p three or four cents there so closely." Valcks aek Increasing Every relic of the long continued depression the teven lean years now happily gone by, is passing away. Prices are advancing, and every purchased thicg ousts considerably more than a year ago. The farmer who values his land and stock may jastly put up tbe figures from 25 to 50 per cent. His income must be made to increase in proportion, and this must be done to a great extent bv increasing in every possible way tbe productive value of his property. It is narrated tbat a would-be joker in a mixed company remarked: "Now, my friends, I think Japan Is tbe best place to live in the world; I understand that there are neither Jews nor pigs tbere." Adimin utive specimen, but with an unmistakable Hebrew cast of countenance, replied: "Well, mine friend. I tell you vat it is. Let's you and me go there and exhibit ourselves. We could make our fortune. I could represent tbe Jews, and you will be tbe pig." "Kind words can never die." How bitterly does a man realize that terrible truth when he sees all the kindest words be ever saw in his life glaring at him from bis published letters in a breach of promise suit 8unon Cameron.

A LOST SORROW.

XT LA -WHEELXR. VThen ont of onr 11 ret a car I taka That bu darkened its cbambcr wltb glcoia Uk W sometime fel like a (oal forakca, Aa. Minded, we walk la tbe Klare of light. Our feet bT ben lor, tad oar brains hare baea A we watched with a laCerer racked with woe; Yet the earth seemed blank, and life seemed dreary. When be turned from our watching to death's repoaa. 80 now. with my heart that 1 freed from sorrow So now with my eyes that are dried of tears; I am lonely to-day, and I dread to-morrow. Mixing the grief that wan mine fur yeara. For wbat wat a burden became a treasure What wai bitter grew honey-swet; And my old-time chums, glad Joy and Pleanura, Mow morm strängen to ma wbea wa meet. I hugged my sorrow, and Buried It onlyIt wu friend, and food, and drink. In one; And, cow it is gone, I am strangely lonely I ni the shadows, and tiro of tho sun, I tire of the crown, and I miss th burden; I miss the trouble that saddnd life; And tb calm repoea that it borrow' gnardon Is harder to bear than its pain and strife. DRAMATIC AND MÜRICAlJOE JEFFERSON. Joe Jeflerson, my Joe-Joe! When first we w-re acqualot Yoor locks were thick and bouDy brows. Your bonny brow was brent. Bat now your brow is bald Joe, Yoor locks are like the snow; This com from sleeping ont 0' night, Joe Jeflerson, my J 00. Joe Jeflerson, my Joe-Joe! Whenjurt knocked off your beer Tbat sou should take a nap. Joe, Wa net so montrons queer. But folks that overslept themselves By 20 years or so Don't wk to find their wives in black, Joe Jeflerson, my Joel Barney Macauley had unusual success in the South. ''Bumps," i the name of a new pl&y written for John Dillon. Edwin Booth goes to England at the clce of his New York engagement. Adelaide Neilson is the last to resort to the "proppoctive marriage, advertising dodge. Carlotta Patti never knew how strong the liquor of Missouri was until she heard the evidence. Frank Mayo has been a long time before the public, but he has just became a parent Boston Post Fannie Davenport has added "Leah" to her repertoire, and the New Orleans papers speak of it as an excellent performance. Clara Morris opened her 10 weeks' season at Baldwin's, fcan Francisco, to a parked house, and AVilhelmj, at the California, ha ben playing to enormous business. The fine collestion of theatrical portraits at the Garrick club, 'Lendon, has recently received a valuable addition in the watercolor drawings representing the late Charles Mathews in 11G diö'erent characters. Thee pictures which line the lobby leading to the strangers' room, were purchae at the Mathews Pal and presented to the Garrick club by Mr. Robert Walters. Planquette, the composer of ''Lw Cloches de Cornevill," which has been so popular in this country both in the original and in an English version ("The Chimes of Normandy"), has written another work, entitled "JLe Jiegiment qui Passe," which is to brought out at the Folies-Dramatiques in Paris. Such numbers from it a have been heard in private are said to be as charming any anvthing in "Les Clocheä." Gilmore's $1,000 diamond pin was stolen recently while he was scuffling with a hackman, who first wanted to charge him one dollar for 75 cents' worth of ride, and then wanted to 'whale'' him for declining to be swindled. No trace has yet been found of the jeweL which was at first supposed to have bn loft Gilmore has since remembered, however, that during the "muss" a crowd of roughs gathered pretty clopely about him, and in all probability one of them is now sporting a big diamond. The following are the names and ages of some of the distinguished actors of our day: James R. Anderson, 61; S. B. Bancroft, 39; Miss Kate Bateman 37; John Billington, 50; Dion Boucicault, 69; John Brougham, 71; A. J. Byron, 46; William Chippendale, 79; John S. Clarke, 46; John Clayton, 35; William Creswick, 67: Charles Dillon, 60; Helen Faucit, 63; Miss Glyn,57; Henry Howe, 68; Henry Irving, 42; Josedh Jefferson, oO; Mrs. Charles Rean j Ellen Tree), 75; Fanny Kemble, 71; Miss Neilson, 30; John Rvder, 66; Edward A. Sothern, 49; Barry Sullivan, 56; Lydia Thompson, 42; J. L. Toole, 48; Ulman Vezin, 50; Benjamin Webster, 82; Edwin Booth, 46; J. L. Wallack, 61; William Warren. 68. The experiment of presenting "The Merchant of Venice" in its entirety, and not in the abridged form, which makes Shylock conspicuous, was tried kit season at the Philadelphia Chestnut Street theater. The result was a great success, though Shylock became comparatively subordinate, and was played by a stock actor. Somewhat the same plan has just been tried there with "Hamlet." Great care was bestowed on the scenery and costumes, and all the parts were given to good performers, except that "Hamlet" was acted by the manager of the theater, who is an amateur on the stage. The Philadelphia newspapers agree that the attempt U a failure, "The Merchant of Venice" proved, without a dominant Shylock, to be an interesting and entertaining play; but "Hamlet" without a strong Hamlet, is exceedingly unsatisfactory. It may be considered a rood thing to be a member of the Theater Francais. Recent statistics show that the share of M. Got in in the profits of last year amounted to 70,000 francs; that of M. Conquelin, to 69,000 francs; that of of M. Delaunay, to 68,000 francs, while MM. Febvre, Thiron, Worms, and Maubant drew 60,000 fanes each Mile Sarah Bernhardt heads the ladies with 62,000 francs; Mme, Madeleine Brohan, Mme, Favart, and Mile, Jouassin cone next with 60.000 francs, and Mile. Croizette with 65,000 fraocs. All this is quite independenent of ."what is gained during noliday time and by private representations. By way of comparison it may be mentioned that Rachel, when Bhe was first engaged at the Theater Francais received 4,000 francs a year, and when in 1 830 shs sent in an ultimatum demanding 27,000 francs fixed, a benefit, and two months' leave, these terms, though accepted, were considered exorbitant In the racy and overflowing vocabulary of political anecdotes, which do such good service about election time, there is one which Is especially applicable to the present condition of the drama. A yacht was capsized off

the coast of New Jersey, and all on board were tumbled into the ea. Their cries for help gathered a crowd on the shore, and boats were put out to their assistance. In &e midst of the excitemenVone man standing high on the bluff, kept shouting lustily: "Save, oh I save the man with the red head." At first, the life-eavers were a little disconcerts!, but as tbe man on the bluff continued his prayerful appeal, and as it was echoed on the water, they began turning their attention to a man whose red head was seen bobbine up and down on the surface of th sea. The fiend on the beach kept shrieking : "That is bet Save him! Sava, save, oh I save the man with the red head I'' He was finally rescued, with much difficulty, and brought safely to shore, though many of the others were neglected. The noisy man skipped like an antelope from the bluff, and. with his voice choked with emotion, ex-

L claimed, "Thank heaven I from which all blessings flow, you have saved the man with the red head!" Thv sympathy of the bystander wa aroused. "Is he your father?" was asked. "No." "Son?" "No." Brother ?" "No.' "Uncle?" "No." "Cousinr "No." "Part ner. perhaps T1 "No." "Frind?" "No." "Thon, why, in the name of all that's wonderful, have you been trying so hard to save him?" "He owes me fifty oents," said the man from the bluff. I think this is the position of a good many people who care very little for Miss Mary Anderson, or for her performances, but who care a great deal for the honor and credit of the stage. My Mother. That was a thrilling scene in the old cbiv alric time the wine circling round the board, and the banquet-hall ringing with sentiment and song when tl lady vf each knightly heart having been pledged by name. St. Leon arose in his turn, and, lifting the sparkling cup on high, said: "I drink to one Who image ntver may depart, Deop irraTen on this grateful heart. Till memory is dal; To one whos love for me shall laut When lighter passions long hare passed, 80 holy 'tie, and true; To one whoee love hath longer dwelt. More deeply fixed, more keenly f-lt. Than asy pledge to yon." Each goeet npetarted at the word. And laid his hand npen bis sword, With fury .flashing eye; And Stanley said; "'We crave the aam, Prond knight, of this most peerless dame, Wboee Iots you count so high." St. Leon paused, as if be would Kot breathe her name in carlss wood Thus lightly to another Then bent his noble head, aa though To giro that word the reverence doe, Aiid gpotly said, "My mother." The IMphtherii. Detroit Free Press.j Many portions of this State are afflicted with this disease; in some it has grown into an epidemic. It has become so violent in East Saginaw that k-t week the local board of health closed the school. This course was recommended by the State board of health, on the ground that it was mor readily communicated in crowded rooms, a well as by drinking from the same cup, putting other children's slate pencils in the mouth, and thumbing the same book which has been turned by the thumb of an affected child. The New York City board of health, in 1873, say that " it may be communicated in the act of kissing, coughing, spitting, sneezing, or by the infected articles used, a towels, napkins, handkerchiefs, etc Th poison clings with great tenacity to certain places, rooms and houses, where it may occasion casee after a lapse of many months." A diagram of the course of the disease in Lynn, Mass., shows that it increased from 10 cases in January to 55 in June and July, when the vacation occurred. Then the disease dropped to 20 cases, but on the opening of the schools in September, the number of cases at once increased, rising to 140 in Octo-. ber, but dropping again to 60 in December, though whether this was a consequence et closing the schools does not appear. In one or two cases in this State the disease has subsided on the closing of the schools and it is certainly worth trying as an experiment wherever it becomes or threatens to become an epidemic It is now violent in the Lake Superior region, and the closing of the schools is in contemplation there. The Michigan State board of health haissued a circular giving some advice in regard to the desease. It is.it says,a blood-poisoning disease, and comes on from one or two weeks after exposure. The disease is less dangerous and fatal when it attacks the upper part of the throat than when it is in the air passages. Immediate isolation of the patient and disinfection of the room and vessels, the burning of the cloths receiving the discharges from the mouth and nose, or the kidneys and bowels are imperative. The whole house, especially its sleeping rooms, should be well ventilated, the house, drains and the drmking water attended to. In case of death the bodr shoulsl, as soon as possible, be put with disinfectants into a tightly closed coffin, and exposed to view only through a glass, and fewpeople, no children should attend the funeral. After recovery the clothing, bedding, carpet. mats exposed to the contagion should bburned, exposed to superheated steam or bewell boiled. All persons recovering should be considered dangerous, and not attend church, school or any public assembly until the physician per. mits him to do to. All crowded assemblies in badly ventilated S laces should be avoided during the epiemic The Beautiful Children. Christisn Adrocate. A child three years old was dying of scarlet fever. She lingered lon, and the last day of her life she was unconscious for hours. Many times her mother tried to rouse her, but in vain. She seemed to be sinking away in death without a token of recognition. Suddenly she opened her eyes wide, lifted her head, and looked around she room a though filled with wonder and delight. She clapped her hands, and cried eagerly to her mother. "O mamma, Bee the beautiful children! Her mother said, "where!" (0, all around 1" she replied: and she turned her head as though she saw them in every direction. No written words can describe the rapture of her look and voice. "They are coming! they are coming! they are close to met" she said in a transport of Joy. Sbe put up both bands, laughing out with that gleeful ringing sound peculiar to little children and then she died.