Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 3, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1883 — Page 2

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 1883-

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"WEDNESDAY, FEBUARV 21. Bills to establish two new Judicial Cir cuita, one in Boone and on in Clinton County, passed the Senate yesterday. Jay Gocld sent his check to Cincinnati yesterday for $1,000, and John W. Garrett, President of the B. and 0., sent $2,000. Good enough. Thi rise in the Chio Hirer February 18, 1832, was sixty-four feet above high water mark. December 17, 1847, the flood reached sixty-three feet seven inches, and now it has gone up to sixty-six feet four inches two ieet and nine inches higher than in 1S32, and the highest ever known. The flood of 1882 reached fifty-eight feet seven inches one foot three inches higher than January 11, 1862. when it was fifty-seven feet four Inches above high water mark. Now let the Journal publish the record of that eminent Republican statesman Hon. Lambdin P. Milligan. He is a representative Republican, and enjoys the confidence of the party. How about Longstreet, too? He is another representative Republican, and enjoyed the confidence of the party to the extent of commanding a foreign mission. Time would fail to tell of Overrneyer. Sloseby, and other "representative" Repub licans, all enjoying the same sort of conn deuce as Milligan. Thk honest wine business of France is rapidly declining. It is stated that the "vintaee of 1SS2 was 70,000,000 gallons less than that of 1881 and 300,000,000 gallons less than the average vintage of the last ten years." What is remarkable about it is that French wines are just as abundant as ever. Up to 1S77 the imports of wine into France "averaged only 13,500,000 ' gallons, -while the exports averaged 80,000,000 gallons, the imports for the last few years have actually reached an average of 160,000,000 gallons, while the exports have declined to 58,000,000 gallons. The fact is French wines are now made in the United States without the use of grapes, the only difficulty being to have the bottles and labels all right A .KTLiMA5 just from Manitoba informs the Boston Post that wages in that far-away Northland are about as follows: "Carpenters, $2 50 to $3.50 per day; stonecutters, $3 to $1 per day; machinists, $3 to $4 per day; shoemakers, $2 50 to $3 per day; blacksmiths, $2 to $2.7.5 per day; teamsters, bush, $3-3 per month and board; swampers, bush, $35 per month and board: choppers, bush, $30 to $35 per month and board; tie cutters, by piece, eight to twelve cents per tie; wood choppers, per cord,, eighty-five cents to $1 per co: d; cooks (men), $45 to $75 per month; hewers, $45 to $50 per month and board; board, in camps, $1 to $4.50 per week." He also says that Winnepeg "is growing very fast." Persons who like a cold climate, if they want work at Manitoba prices, may feel inclined to go iorthwest and grow up with the country. TARIFF LEGISLATION. It is manifestly true that in a large measure the elections of 1882 turned upon the question of tariff reform. The people had tought in vain for such reform by appealirg to the Republican party. There was nothing left for them to do but to retire the Republican party from power and reinstate the Democratic party. Smarting under the lash which the people applied with more than usual vigor, the Republican bosses professed contrition and declared they were willing to inaugurate the reforms demanded. As usual, the profession was false. The bosses simply intended to make a show of reform, hoodwink the people, and if possible throw the responsibility of failure upon the Democratic minority in Congress; and the fact that a few Democrats have shown .themselves to be unmindful of their obliga tions to the people is seized upon in justifi cation of the charge that Democrats are re sponsible for the acts of a Republican ma jority. In this connection the New York Sun says: Tbe Republicans are responsible for the legisla tkra of this Congress. They mast be held to ac count both for what is done and for what is left undone The internal revenue system should be reformed so that there shall be no tax on any art! le of domestic production except spirits. The Urin should be reformed so that the revenue it yields will equal the amount required for an honest and economical administration of the Government, There Is no difficulty whatever, even at this late day. In pawing bills which will accomplish this purpose. The Democrats will make no opposition to such bills: and if the Republicans fail to present them and fall to carry them through, the Republican party will have to answer for the failure. The idea that the Democratic minority in Congress is to be held responsible for Repub lican failures to inaugurate tariff reforms, or any other reforms, is too preposterous to be considered. Democrats, with few ex ceptions, have sought by every means in their power to eliminate from Republican tariff bills their objectionable features, and have been voted down in almost every in stance by the Republican majority. This fact stands oat clearly and boldly upon the records. But to make matters aa bad as possible, to place the tariff question in a shape to bring about interminable confusion, has been tbe aim of the Republican managers, and upon this point the New York Herald remarks: We do not exaggerate In the least when we as sert that there are not fifty men In the country, including experts, who can go over either the Home or Senate tirlff bill and say, without the most elaborate study and careful calcula tions, whst Its numerous provisians mean, or in which of them the present rate of taxation Is increased or in which lowered. So cumbrous, so Involved, so cunningly complicate! are iL provl ciana of these tariff bill) that ?t Is a fact that no two of the several Government experts who have been asked to calculate the effect of their provi sions upon the revenue have so far agreed In their results. Only one thing is certain these blUs do not reduce the burden of taxation at all, for they Increase the t&xe la many ways. . Having succeeded in introducing confusion, th9 Republican managers hope ruen they get before the people, to show that their purpose was reform, when in fact, as tue Herald say?, the bilJs introduced "do not red ace tbe burden of taxation at all." The Boston Herald, an independent Republican organ, says: Tte Sepublican policy has been to pat the Democrats "in chancer" tu obstructionists, but tha Rcpub.lrus do not want t make any real retft'ctfcnla Jhj protective UriT, Ihe appoint. J

ment of the TarlS Commission was a trick ; tu re

port was a sham; and the Ways and Means Com mittee made a worse Job of It than the Tariff Com mission. Thi Senate ventured upon soma Im provements, but it is csrtaln that many Republi can Senators will not vote for the Senat bill. The Democrats have been severely denounced as obstruct! inists, but when Mr. Morrison proposed In the House on Tuesday to substitute the schedule of duties on metals adopted by the Senate, and so dispose of that part of the question without delar. he was simply laughed at. Who were obstrucUonlsts then? In new of such facts it will not do to as same that Democrats are responsible; indeed, the people never expected the Democratic party to be responsible for the acts of the Forty-seventh Congress. Individual Democrats, who have played into the hands of Republican protectionists, will be held responsible by their constituents for their shameful derelictions of duty, but no responsibility attaches to the party until it controls legislation. If, when the Forty eighth Congress assembles, the Democratic majority does not inaugurate sweeping tariff reforms and other reforms essential to the welfare of the country, it should be, and will be, held accountable. It was in the power of the Republican party to have done something to relieve the tax burdened people, but the managers of the Party are the tools of monopolists, used by monopolists as mechanics use gimlets and gouges, jack-screws and levers, and are made to do their duty by the power which money cm always exert when venal men are to be dealt with. The Pittsburg Post refers to the action of ihe Senate and House, by which valuable time has been consumed until prudent legislation upon the tariff is out of the question, and says The Tariff Commission report, which was to be the grand Republican panacea, was laid before Cod cress in December. The Republican Finance Committee of the Senate took It up and slaughtered it wholesale and retail. Then the Republican Senate took up its Committee's report and cut it right and left, generally In the line of reduction from the Committee's report, which was In itself a reduction from, the Commissioner's schedule. In the House the Republican Ways and Means Committee took up the Commluion's report and devoted nearly a couple of months to the work of amending it. generally In the line of Increased duties, and now the Republican House is engaged in considering and modifying the report of it Republican Committee, bo that we have in reality before Congress, at this time, emanating from Republican .sources, the Repub lican Commission's Tariff, the Republican Senate Commlttea's Tariff, and the Republican House Committee's Tariff, and to still further complicate matters the Republican Senate is going ahead makicg a tariff of its own. and the Republican House a tariff to sui'. itself. Here is confusion worse confounded, and for which the Republicans are responsible, and solely responsible. A flagrant outrage lias been perpetrated upon the people by the triumph of the mo nopolist lobby, and it is of the first impor tance that the people should kuow, with the Everest exactness, just how matters stand . THE LEGISLATURE. The present session of the Indiana Legis lature expires March 7. It is always difficult to determine what a Legislature is going to do until the time allotted for its existence is fully half gone by, not because the members are inactive or inattentive to business, but rather because itrequirts fully half of the term to prepare busine s. Bills must be in troduced, referred to Committees and considered before they can be reported upon, ba discussed, passed or killed. As a consequence Legislatures are often unjustly criticised when deservirjg approval. The Legislature of Indiana is now pushing forward important legislation with creditable expedition. Unimportant bills are slaughtered with a grace becoming the delicacy of the operation, and with a prudent regard for the survival of the fittest. The Republican members are in the minor ity, an inconvenience which is more than equal to all the philosophy they can muster. With only a few more days left in which to work, the Republican statesmen would like exceedingly to kill time and Democratic measures with their long-winded speeches. and are exceedingly vociferous in their complaints because the majority, in the in terest of the people, cut short their flatu lent harrangues. But it must ba done if the Legislature accomplishes its mission.' Here after the Legislature will elect the officers connected with the Benevolent Institutions, and Governors will be relieved of all re sponsibility in that regard. Indianapolis and Evansville will have metropolitan po lice forces, and we opine will be so pleased with the new departure that other large cities of the State which have witnessed the outrages perpetrated by partisan police forces will be urgent in their demands for the benefits such wise legislation must necessarily confer. Thk Forty-seventh Congress will not in dorse Secretary Folger's recommendation to cease coining the silver dollar, and the banks will have to submit. The Government has on hand only about 29,000,000 standard silver dollars something like fifty cents per capita for the population of the country. The remainder of the coinage is in circulation in actual dollars or in silver certificates. The Cleveland Piaindealer says: Naturally silver certiorates take the place of actual dollars because of their greater convenience. The Government clerks are paid, in very great part in silver certificates. A portion of the money sent to the 8ergeant-at Arms cf the two Houses of Congress with which to pay Congress men is in silver certificates. Twenty millions of silver certificates were paid out last year over the counters of the mints, and $22,000,000 were paid out by the Mint Director in the purchase of silver bullion. There were st leat from I10.000.OUO to SHI.OOO.OOO of silver paid out last year either in actual dollars or silver certificates In the ordinary disbursment of the Government. Let the Government proceed with coinage he can't break with plenty of silver dollars on hand. THIS FLOODS. 8ach a calamity, or combination of calam I ties, as the flood in the Ohio River has brought upon the country bordering on that Btream defies exaggeration. When estimates approximating correctness are made the country will be astonished at the magnitude of the sum total, but no estimates will bö made, nor, indeed, can be made, which will convey to the mind any proper idea of the immediate and far-reaching consequences of the terrible visitation. For 1,000 miles the floods have swept along, spreading desolation and death and suffering in their courte. Such a catattrophe tts at defiance all idea of individual aid as a means of relief. Thousands of people are homeless and houseless, without money find without

work. The necessity for assistance biooka

no delay. Starring people can mt wait the slow processes of individual contributions. If cities and States do not act promptly relief at all commensurate with the demand will .not be supplied. To make matters indescribably worse than otherwise would be the case, the waters are cold and the weather inclement. The sufferings of women and children within the flooded districts no pen can describe, particularly in localities where houses are few and far between and the people are compelled to camp out on the hill sides. Grouping all these facts, it is in order to give the imagination full play, with full assurance that the picture of suffering it may paint will not exceed the reality. The Legislature did the right thing yesterday by making an appropriation to relieve the suffering the Moods have occasioned along the southern border of the State and in other sections where the rivers have flooded the country to an extent that local aid is insufficient to secure the needed relief. Such exhibitions of benevolence will meet with universal indorsement by the people. An incident of the Cincinnati flood. A special says: Out of a third-story window on the river front to-day floated scorpse. and quickly passing into the current, it was swept irom view. Here is something that will come back in a few months branded "champagne" or chateau something or another. An ex change says : Fairbanks A Dnenweg, of Terre Haute, made a shipment of 400 barrels of spirits on Friday to Marseilles, France. The correspondent of the Courier -Journal says that be was talking to Captain Jobn A Whitsit brother of Representative Whitsit recently, and in answer to a question as to tne next uemocrauc nominee ior uovernor Air. Whitsit said: It tbe signs of the times mean anything It be gins to look as II Speaker Bynum was the comicg man. He is developing every day into a democratic leader, with enough good sou od sense to make him wear for a long time, lie is young, popular, and I doubt not somewhat ambitious, He is tbe choice of the yonng Democracy of this city, and I shall not be surprised if he Is noml nated almost by acclamation when the Conven tion meets. Quite a noted Texas character died at Dallas. Texas, on Tuesday the 12th. A special of that date says: Ex-Judge William Lewis, a noted and eccentric character ct State celebrity as an author, lecturer. and pollliciau, died to-day In the most abject poverty la the City Hospital, to which he was re moved yesterday irom a miaerame novel on ump street. He was a bosom friend and companion of General Sam Houston In the days of the Texas revolution, aud Darucl Dated In the battle of San Jacinto. Of late years he has been a xesloui ad vocate ox greenback and ana-monopoly principles. and a few months ago wrote a life of Sam Hous ton, hoping by the- sales to mate a competency for his declining year But shortly after the fint ediuon was issue a he was taken 6lck, and only realized small returns from the work. Judge Lewis' career was close) v identified with the his tory of Texas. This evening, when It was made known that he was dead, and that the city autorl ties were about to consign his remains to a pan per's grave in Potter's field, several leading Democrats, siokini; political differences, determined that the veteran of San Jacinto and friend of San Houst jn should not be so interred, and accordingly took up subscription papers, and rated nearly 100 with which to give tne deceased a decent burial, which will be done to-morrow. THE STATE U0USK INVESTIGATION'. General Morris, One of tho Comralaeionera, and Contractor Denig Examined Last Nlffht A Communication from the Commissioners. Last night's session of the Investigating Committee on State House Matters was called to order at 7:30, with General Morris on the witness stand. Mr. Morris was de tained but a short length of time. Among other things he was questioned with regard to the State Supervising Architect's bond, which he said amounted to $100,000, and that under this bond the architect was compelled to work to tbe best of his ability in the interest of the State. Af ter answering a few questions which inquired into the appropriations which had been made Dy the Board he was allowed to depart, and Contractor Denig's examination continued. Mr. Denig was asked who had had the general management of the business of the contractors, lie said he had attended to all the business and had been on the ground watching the progress of the work almost every day. He also stated that since the awarding of the contract he and Mr. Howard had built three or four houses outside of the State House work. He was asked if he had ever operated any stone quarries. lie said he had, to a considerable lo-s. In answer to a question regarding tbe cost of the tools and implements used in the construction of the State Ilouse, he said that they were at present worth about $75,000 or $80,000. He stated that he estimated his loss at present on the contract to be about $237,000. lie was then asked what constituted the assets of the firm, to which he answered brick and machinery, and on the former he put a value of about $10,000. He said that he had discovered that he was losirjg money about the first year the contract was awarded. Be said that when Mr. Howard had formed the agreement witn him he was not very well off. He was asked what his claim against the State amounted to. He said it was about $55,000. On being asked whether it was the intention of the firm of Howard fc Denig to complete the State House, he said he did think they would do it. Mr. Denig was then asked a few immaterial questions and Mr. Johnson, the Civil Engineer for Howard fc Denig, was examined. He said that he had been employed ever since the contract had been let. He stated that from his own personal knowledge $280,000 had been lost by the contractors, and that $17,000 of this amount had been lost by the increase in the cost ot labor and material. He could not state the amounts separately and did not know at what price Kanmacher & Denig had taken the contract. He stated that it would take $1,750,000 to complete the building, at the present prices, unless there wete changes made in the plans and specifications. He said that he had done all the figuring on the building. The witness also thought that there was as just good stone in the Court House as was going in the State House. He was then questioned with regard to the losses which had been sustained by the contractors, after which the Committee decided to defer further examination nntil tc-night Tbe following suggestions from the State House Board were read aloud by the Clerk: Hon. Horace Heffren, Chairman ot the State Housa Investigating Committee: Sir-Enclosed herewith is a bill prepared by the undersigned at your requent, waicJi we think embraces about all the legislation necessary to continue the work ou the new State House building and complete It in the least possible time. We prefer to let the work of completing the building to the present contractors because their preparations for working are all ready aud there would be no delay la the progress of construction. If we Invite bids from other con trsc tors tne work mast be delayed un til new plsns and specifications are prepared, a leiticgs advertised, bids ejainined and contracts made; and to do this wll: couiume so much Urns that the accessfnl con tractors will do little more than to mske preparations for worklDg before the season ends. A gala, we are assured if the present contractors continue the work, that the entire cost of the building will not exceed the limit of 12.000,000. If other bids are resorted to we have no such assurances. on the contrary we think that a new contract would require a considerable increase over the two mllllous. These axe briefly tue principal regions why we

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lucb a contract at we have pre in ted with the pre en t coatrtc ors, 11 they are willing to enter into it. (algcaa,) T. A. Moaais, I. D. O N'ruoK, W. B. Nivard, Board ot CoaimlstioRera, EXPENSIVE 8rBAWBXSBIES. What it Cost to Bring; Twenty-Three Quarts of 8trawbrrli from Florid and What the Con au m era Paid for Them. ZZSU New York World. The first strawberries of the season arrived recently on the steamer Chattanooga of the New York and Savannah Line, consigned to Messrs. E. P. Lcomls & Co. of No. 95 Barclay street. There were twenty-three quarts in the consignment,whicn were grown by A. C. Williams it Co. of Palatka, on the St. John's River, and were shipped from Jacksonville, ria. ine strawoernes are or the variety known as "i ederal Point," and were about the size of a walnut The soil in which they are grown is very sanay. xne plants were set out last falL The berries were packed at a iruitery lu a new patented refrigerator, and were then placed upon the steamship They were packed between trays filled with tomatoes, cucumbers ana other spring veeetables. A member of the firm to whom the berries were consigned said yesterday to a reporter of the World that Mr. E. C. Loomis, his senior partner, who is now in Jacksonville, purchased the fruit at $1 per quart. The freight upon each quart was fifteen cents.and with ten cents added for handling and truckage, the cost of each quart was about $1 25. The twenty-three quarts were sold to a retail fruit dealer for $2 each, thus gtv ing Messrs. E. C. Lomis&Co. a profit of $1.50 on each quart, or $34.00 on the whole con signnient 'Ihe second purchaser of the twenty-three quarts of strawberries wa3 Charles Horton, a fruit dealer. He sold twelve quarts to Thomas Loton, four quarts to George E Charles fc Co., four quarts to William Cook it Co., one quart to William II. Ward Ml for $3.50 each. Two quarts remained unsold at his store. Mr. Horton's profit on each quart was seventy-five cents, or $15.75 on the entire lot Thomas Loton. the fruit!dealer at No. 195 Broadway, said to the reporter that he Bold one quart for $5 to a broker, who sent them to a lady in Brooklyn. Three quarts were sold to Delmonico's for use in adorning fancy drinks; and the ramainder were placed in baskets of assorted fruits,wbich sold from $1 to $4 a basket Mr. Loton calculated that the truit sold at the approximate rate of $4 a quart each, or $13 on the twelve-box pack ago, which gave a proht of fifty cents on each quart George E. Charles it Co. divided each of their four quarts into gilded baskets of about one-third of a quart each. These were sold at $1.50 each, the four quarts making twelve baskets, which brought $18, or a proht of $1 on each quart One of these baskets was sold to Mr. Smith M. Weed, who took them to his home in Plattsburg, N. Y.; another basket was sold to Mr. E. C. McGroves, of Poughkeepsie, and the others were sold to persons whose names were r.ot known. Messrs. William Cook it Co. sold their four quarts in small baskets at the rate of $1.50 each. The profit made by them was $1 on each quirt, which was the usual retail profit A member of the firm of A Urn an it Ca, of Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street, purchase two baskets, and an invalid lady living on West lorty-foarth street took three baskets. Tbe remainder were sold to unknown persons. The lat quart, which was purchased by Wiiliam II. Ward, a fruit dealer on Exchange Plac?, wai divided into four baskets, which sold for $125 each, or at a proht of $1 50 on the single quart f roni tbe time the ben ies were shipped in Florida they were owned by five different people and the combined cost and profit were &91.59. The lowest price for which a single quart was Bold was $1 aud the highest $5. The highest profit made by any dealer was $1.50 a quart Jn tne entire consignment there were about 5.3U0 harries, or 100 to the quart Therefore, when the consumer ate a single berry he was eating fruit which had been sold five times and which cost htm four and a half cents. THE STAK OF fiKTIJLEHEM. Prospects of Its Reappearance In the Near Fnture. Chicago Inter Ocean. There have appeared from time to time within the past few years notices of the expected reappesrance of the "Star of Bethlehem" in the constellation Cassiopeia, with dark surmises as to the ominous results to the world and to humanity which its coming is to foreshadow. As an instance of the kind of speculation in which some minds delight, the following may be auoted: "In 1887 the 'Star of Bethlehem will be once more seen in 'Cassiopeia's Chair,' and it will be accompanied by a total eclipse of the sun and moon. This star only makes its appearance every 315 years. It will appear and illumine tbe heavens, and excel in brilliancy even Jupiter when in opposition to the sun, and, to the earth and marvelous brilliancy Bethlehem' in 1SS7 therefore, nearest brightest The of the 'Star of will surpass any of the previous visitations. It will be seen even at noonday, shining with a quick, flashing light the entire year, after which it will gradually decrease in brightness and finally disappear, not to return to our heavens till the year 2202, or 315 years from 1887. This star first attracted the attention of modern astronomers in the year 1572. It was then called a new star. It was no new star, however, for this was the star that shone so brightly 4 B. C, and was the star that illuminated the heavens at the nativity of Christ It bas reappeared every 315 years since, and every educated astrologer is certain that it will appear in August 1887. The appearance of the star, ac companied as it will be by solar and lunar eclipses, together with the baleful influence that Allows the positions that Mars and Saturn will occupy, will cause a universal war and portentious floods and fearful shipwrecks. North America will be involved in fearful strife, and a reign of terror will prevail in the Atlantic States, unless a Napoleon rises to prevent it There will be a war of classes the rich will array themselves against the poor, and vice versa, everywhere." Whoever will cast his eye npward about 6 o'clock on a clear evening will perceive the constellation Cassiopeia, lying in the milky way, nearly overhead, a little in the north of the zenith. It is in this constellation, according to the prophet above quoted, that tne messenger ot dread is to appear, lbere are five bright stars in it forming, with one or two fainter ones, tne figure of an inverted chair. Tbe chair is not difficult to discover, and no doubt those gifted with a powerful imagination can succeed in seeiDg the lady who is supposed to be sitting in it Tbe last appearance of the Star of Bethlehem has been described by Tycho Brahe. the Danish astronomer. On the night of the 11th of November, 1572, Tycho'a atten tion was drawn to a brilliant and unknown star in the constellation Cassiopeia. The following is his own statement in regard to it: "When I quitted Germany to return to the Danish coasts I stopped in the ancient cloister, admirably situated, ot Herritzwald, tbelongmg to my uncle, StenonlBille, and I became accustomed there to remain in my chemical laboratory till tha fall . of night One evening as I was surveying, as usual, the celestial vault the aspect of which is bo familiar to me, I saw with inde scribable astonishment near tbe zenith in Cassiopeia a radiant star of extrordicary size, otruck with surprise, 1 could scarcely believe my eyes. To convince myself that that there was no illusion and to gather the testimony of other persons, I had the workmen come out who were occupied in my laboratory, and I asked them, as well as all the passers by, if they saw, like me, the star which had just sudlenly appeared. I learned later that in Germany some wagoners and others of the common people had apprised the astron omers oi a great apparition in the sky. i

which has furnished occasion to renew the railleries agsinst learned men, as in the case ot cornetr, whose coming had been fore-

This is the great astronomer's account of the apparition. Tycho Brahe considered the advent of this star of importance enough to write a book especially on the subject The star received the name of the pilgrim, but it has also been called the Star of Bethlehem. This star outshone all the stars in the sky, including Jupiter, which was then at its brightest It continued to shine during the rest of the month with a luster so great as to be visible to some persons in the day time. When first seen the star shone with a brilliant white light, which in time assumed a yellowish hue; afterward it displayed a raddv appearance like Mars or Aldebaran, and at last became leaden colored, like Saturn. After November its luster began to diminish, and it grew fainter and fainter, becoming invisible in March 1574. It is not to be supposed that so extraordinary a phenomenon would be let pass unnoticed by those who found their profit in interpreting the appearance of the say to tbe ignorant and credulous. Astrolorera doubtles drove a good trade on the strength of this celestial advertisement of their calling. Some of them declared that this appearance was indentical with that at the birth of Christ and confidently preuiciea mat ine last judgment was near, which must have been a very comforting assurance to. tbe wicked. Nev ertheless, the world has continued to wagon in spite of their prediction, down even to the present year of grace. Predictions. nowever, are easy, and we are not to suppose that those who are gifted to make them, especially as they are not apt to be gifted otherwise, should be deterred from their favorite pursuit by an occasional fail ore now and then. JOLLY UNDERTAKERS. The Cheerfal View They Take of a Loga brloDfl Calling. Sew York Morning Journal. "In my thirty years' experience in the i . a. it . . unaenaxing ousmess, ooservea trie "mor tuary director" in the vicinity of Franklin Square to a Journal reporter, hive come to the conclusion that some of the most ludicrous circumstances are associated with the interment of the dead. When the late Mr. Pat rick Barns, of Baxter street, whose sole worldly possessions did not exceed $6,000, ordered, three months prior to his decewe, a $4,000 funeral in order to spite his relations, his cass was only an illustration of vanity and revenge peculiar to men cf his class. "Paddy was a very ignorant man. His dying ambition was to have a large funeral conducted with all the improvements of mortuary art And he had it His coffin alone cost nearly $2,000. It wa3 of finest rosewood, with gold and silver fittings, and was far more expensive than the casket used at the interment of the late President Garfield. "There were seven icen carriages, which were occupied by mourning hucksters, ped dlers, laborers and others who bad never sat inMde a carriage before. The bill for flowers came to $200 alone. The vault was specially A .1 1 . . . C " - cunsirucisu on ine jaiest Ecienunc pnnci pies. In fact, the whole affair was got up on the most lavish scale. Paddy s friends gave bim a magnificent wake, far surpsss ing anything of the kind ever h!d in Baxter street. The liquors were of the choicest, end the whisky flowed like water. The 'mummers' or death howlers were sped ally hired for the occasion. But the rela tives were gnashing their teeth with rage and dissppointment, for it became necessary to eell Paddy's property to psy the bill. The relative?, however, brought an injunction to restrain payment of tbe bill on the ground that it wai excessive and unjust to the heirs. J tended by the referee cutting down the undertaker's account to $75. So Paddy got bis funeral, although the undertaker had to psy the greatest part of the cost out of his own pocket TIIE OKDEQ OF THE C D. A. "In connection with the trade is a secret society known as the Order of the C. E. A., which being translated, means the "Coffin Drummer Association." These gentlemen represent the large wholesale houses, and most of them would make first class come dians. The Chaplain of the Order, Mr. Ira Etotts, would make you roar. II? is inimitable. "Many a good story have I heard the boys tell. One is to the following effect: A coffiu drumme'r, who was always unfortunate in finding a customer iu the northern part of the Sfate out when he called, was return ing to the station when he saw his man driving his hearss at the head of a funeral procession. He hailed him, mounted the box and accompanied the cortege to the Cemetery. He took his man's measure at a glance and saw he would have bard work to get an order out of him. A bright idea occurred to him. "Have you heard the news?" "What news?" " 'Why, Parsons tho name of a rival un dertaker living some nine miles distant died last night of delirium tremens. What! Haven t you heard of it? Now, he's got a stock of half a dozen colli ns he hasn't paid for. I can let you have the lot at a low figure,' mentioning the price. 'If you don't hurry up Stone, another rival, will be sure to get them.' The drummer pulled out his pencil, wrote out the order, j um ped down from tne nearse, nurned as fast as be could to the station where bis stock of coffins stood in tbe freight-shed, hired a wagon and had the whole lot placed in the undertaker' J store before he returned from the funeral. This only one of the several stories I might tell you of the coffin drummer's shrewdness. KS EMBALMING MATCH. "Are there many embalming preparations on the market?" "Yes, over two dozen. Each one, of course, is said to be the best It was recent ly mooted to hold an embalming exhibition at the Morgue fcr a prize of $500, in order to see which article was the best. But whether the parties couldn't agree, or whether they hadn't any faith in the stakeholder, can not say. Any way, the idea fizzled out, and I have not heard an? thing of it lately. The great authority on embalming in the trade 13 August Kenouard, of Denver. Col. All embalming preparations are much the same. rCBKRAL BACKS. "By the way, did you ever see a funeral race? ' The reporter admitted that in all his journalistic experience he had yet to see the nrst mnerai race. "Then you should go down almost any day to Koosevelt Ferry and you will see one. It is a common practice among undertakers to try to get ahead of rival processions in their hurry to get on the ferryboat first One procession, for instance, meets another at a street corner. Then they put The corpse, mourners and drivers are pretty well shaken up by the time the beat is reached, and the cursing and general profanity indulged in by the drivers and backmen takes the back out of the grief which is supposed to exist for the death of the deceased. Itdoesn t look well, I know, or it may appear impossible, but it is true for all that" "Do undertakers, as a rule, make many bad debts?' "It all depends upon the man himself. Generally speaking, however, the poor peo ple pay the most punctually, and it is worthy of remark that widows, especially young ones, pay up the most promptly. Most of the trouble undertakers have in this respect is from people of uncertain means. Where a risk mutt be run, but seeing that an undertaker's profits average 220 per cent a bad debt .now aud then don't amount to much." . The New Premier of France A Sketch of Ilia Career. Clement Armand Fallieres, the new French Premier, is scarcely more than forty-one years old. He was born at Mezin, in the department of Lot-et-Garoune, on

November 6, 1841. He studied law and was admitted to the bar at Nerac of which

city he became Mayor, retaining the place up to the 5th of May, 1873. He presented himself as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies on the Republican ticket in February, 18(6, and was elected bv a vote of 8,376 to 0,442 for bis Bonapartist opponent in the arrondissement of Nerac. In tbe Chamber of Deputies be took his seat with the fsction . known' aa the Republican left and soon made his mark aa an orator. He was one ot the 363 Deputies of the united left who voted against the De Broglie Ministry after the reactionary movement ct May, 1877. Attheensuinz eeneral election, in October of that year, he was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies, receiving 8.053 rotes to 6 810 cast for M. 13olfos, who bad been a Deputy under the Empire and had the support cf the Government In the new Chamber of Deputies he cast his lot with tbe same faction of the Kepublicans, and added to his reputation by a frequent display of oratorical ability of a high order, in Aueost last he made his first appearance ia official position, being selected by M. Doclerc to succeed M. Goblet as Minister of the Interior, which post is, all things considered, the most difficult and influential after the Premiership itself. He now reaches the highest place itself at an age almost if not quite nnparalleled in the annals of France. M. Fallieres is an influential man in the neighuurnoou oi nis nome, and tor some years has represented the Canton of Nerac in the Council General of the Department of Los et-oaronne, a part of the old province of vjiaaous01. Be Saw Iceboats for the First Time. fXew York San. Feb. 2. The xry reserve toward one another that bad marked the behavior of those who filled the seats of the northward-bound Wagtier car Vergennes the other day was broken at Hudson by the emark of a stout man with very white hair and very red cheeks: "Who said they saw an iceboat? I can' see any. I'd give $20 to see one." .inere s one now," Baid a passenger, pointing toward a sail cn the frozen river, "Gee, whittaker! So it is," said the whitehaired man, getting upon the chair on his knees and leaning over the cushioned back, witn bis head against the window-pane. "Just look at that little devil flv Crarkey! There's another! Two more three! Look will you look at those things fly? They don't toub the ice at all, do they? uony, l would i are to 6tay here a month." "I'm from Alabama, gentlemen," he said, as he resumed his seat, "and all I know about iceboats I read in E:ghty Around tbe World.' D they go miles an hour?" "Thev do so frpnnenf lir Days sixty "And can yoc stop and take a drink when you wisu: "You can." "Then I would like to stop here a month. N ow j U5t look at that little son of a gun go, will you?" The Massachusetts Penitentiaries need re constructing quite as much as the New York Prisons. The following is the outline a re cent lecture delivered in New York City: 'In my twenty -two yesrs' residence in Virginia. a slave tute, I never saw anytbirg mcrectuel or devilish than what I saw in the Prisons of 11 asSicnusetts," said Burnnam Wardell lvt evenine in the rooms of the Labor Lyeeum, at 3 Bowery. Continuing, he said that sixteen men had been driven incurably insane in one vear bv torture. Fi isoner had been strapped in their cells for four teen aays at a stretcn, witn insufficient food. Much of the inhumanity practiced was attrihuta bie to the contract system of in bor. Only hut week a man bad been taken out ol a Peniteutiary who had cut on a band with an axe to escape work that was too bard for htm. "The year lat passed," continued Mr. Wardell, "has been the happiest of my life, because I have visited more Prisons, renltentiaries. Insane Akylums and Almshouses than I have In any five years. So cell can be dug so deep as to separate a man or woman from the love of God." Mr. Wardell thought that the meanest thing in new tng:ca was a roor House cotnn, that re quired two men to carry it in order to hold it to cether. Three things were, the Fpeaker thought, necetsary to make a man of a couvict washlag, feeding and praying. It was Impossible to make a nungry man gooa. The question of the preservation of the forests will be suggested in connection with the unprecedented floods of 1883. The Com mercial Gazette in relation to the matter says The truth is, the destruction of the woods means water courses to run extraordinarily low and hish. according to the season. Disastrous as the Hood is to day unprecedented as it is Intelligent people must be aware that slight changes i.i the atmospheric pkenomena of the last fortnleht would have given us a still more formidable river. The rise that is so won derful comes from three ratn storms extending over a week and the sudden frost after the second rain prevented the advance of the waters from being much more rapid than it has been. Europe is suffering more from floods than in former generation?. They are the clearly traced result of the desiracuon of forests, and made more disastrous bv a system of levees that are equally false and futile. The experience of Hungary and Northern Italy is especially instructive. Of course we do not expect to restore all the wood lands, but the preservation of mountain from destruction thai ig, from becoming utterly barren a desolation of rocks Is a duty that public safety demands. Preference. Drake's Travelling Magazine. "Are you traveling alone?" asked a tail. agricultural-looking gentleman, approaching a lady who occupied two eeata in a crowded car. "No. sir." she replied. "May I ask you who's with you?" asked the man, looking around vainly for some other place to store himself. "My husband." snapped tbe lady, with flashing eyes. "My husband is traveling with me." "Oh, ah! excuse me," and the tall man straightened up and prepared to take a standing ride. "Is this seat engaged?' asked a dashing, well-dreesed young fellow of the lady five minutes later. '.No, sir," she replied, and down he plump ed. "I say, ma'am !" protested the tall man. "is that your husband?" "No, he isn't, and you need not ask any more question?," re torted the woman. "But you said you were traveling with bim," persisted the tall man. "So I am." snorted the lady. ."Where is he?" insisted the tall man. "He's in a baggsge-car in a coffin," replied the lady. Don Cameron's Dog. Washington letter to The New York World: Ion Cameron has a dog. It is the biggest, fierc est, ugliest dog In town. It can bark louder and of tener and more continuously than any canine since old Grimes' dcg. lon keeps It chained in front of his house on öoott circle, and when it begins its nightly howl It can be heard from Gforeetown to the Capitol. There is also a post-oflice-box oa the lamp in front of Don Cameron's house. The doc thinks be is kept there to frighten intruders away from the letter-box, and that the people who put letters hi the box tre trying to steal the lamp-post. To go near it after dark Is like entering a wild bonsls den. Tbe dog howls aud yowls and rattles his chain and grinds his teeth and utters the most f.ightful yelps, and keeps Senator Pendleton next door awake, and effects Senator Wlndom's nerves. across the way. and ruts Mr. Robeson, at the other end of the Dlock,ia a perfect fury and still the dog keeps it np. Perhaps Mr. Cameron is afraid that some of his neighbors will steal his portecochere. hlcu be regards witn aoecuocate pride. At all events, I wish that dn was in dog heaven. Some Extraordinary Thought Beading, St. James' Gazette. Some thousands of persons assembled in the neighborhood of the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, on Saturday, to witness Mr. Irving Bishop, well known in connection with thought-reading entertainments, to take up a challenge by a prominent local gentleman to discover a pin secreted by the latter with in a radius cf ouu varus from tae notei. The pin was hidden while Mr. Bishop remained in the hotel in tbe custody of a local clergyman. At 1 o'clock Mr. Bishop emerged from the hotel blindfolded and drew his challenger with him, the connecting link between them being a piece of piano wire. Having traversed three or four streets, Mr. Bishop entered the xteptune Hotel and discovered the pin inserted in one cf the window sashes on an upper balrony. v . A writer in Harper's commences a poem i& tbe lice, "Some day I ehall bs dead." It is indeed a beautiful tLought- Lowell Citizen.

R. R. RADWAY'S READY BELM The Chestpimt ad Beat Medicine for FaJ Uy U Id tne World, CURES AND PREVENTS Dysentery. Piarrhcea, Cholera Morbus, Bheum&tiam, Fever and Agne( Neuralgia, Diphtheria, Sore Throat, Influenza, Difficult Breathing. BOWEL COMPJLuAJJVTS Iiooaeneae, Diarrhcsa, Cholera Morbus or Palnfcl Discharges from the Bowels are stopped In U or 20 minutes by taking Had way's Beady Belief. No congestion or inflammation, no weakness or lassitude, will follow tbe une of tbe R. R. Relief. It was the first and is the ONLY PAIN RKMXDY that instantly steps the most excruciating paloa, allavs Inflammations, and cures Congeedona, whether of the Lungs, 8 torn ach. Bowels, or other glands or organs, by one application. In from ONE to TWEN1 Y MLSCTES, no matte how violent or excruciating the pain, the Eiieumatic. Bed-ridden, Infirm. Crippled, Nervoua, Neuralgic, or prostrated with disease, msy suffer. RADWAY'S KKXDY REi.ivy will afford Instant e&M, INFLAMMATION OF THE KTDJTEY8, INFLAMMATION OK THK BLADDEB. INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS, CONGESTION OF TILE LUNGÖ PALPITATION OF THE HEART, HYSTERICS, CROUP, CATARRH, HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE, COLD CHILLS, AGUE CHILLS, NERVOUSNE33 AND SLEEPLE&iXESS. The application of the Beady Relief to the part or parts where the pain or difaculty exists will afford ease and com! rt Thirty or sixty drops in half a tumbler of water will in a few minuted cure Cramps, Sprains, Sour Stomach. Heartburn, Eick Headache, Dlarrhoea, DyscryColic, Wind In the Bowel, and all Travelers should always carry a bottle of BadV way's Beady Belief with them. A few drops In water will prevent sickness or pains front ehanre of water. It is better than French Brandy er Bitters aa a stimulant. Malaria in its Various FormsFEVEll A.QTJE. Fever and Ague cured for 60 eta. There is aot a remedial agent In this world that will cure Fever and Ague, and other Malarious, Billons. 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Increased streneth exhibited in the secreting glands, and functional harmoay restored to the several ontans. 5. Yellow tinge on the white of the eres. and. the swarthy, saffron appearance of the skia changed to a clear, lively and healthy color. s. l nose sucenng irom weak or ulcerated lungs or tubercles will really great benefit in ex pec to rating freely the tough phlegm or mncaa from the lungs, atr cells, bronchi or windpipe, throat or head; diminishing the frequency el' cough ; general Increase of streneth throughout the system; stoppage of night sweats and pains and feelings of weakness around the ankles, legs, shoulders, etc ; cessation of cold and chills, sense of suffocation, hard breathing and paroxysm of cough on lying down or arising in tbe morning Ail tnese aistressing symptoms graaaauy flMni pear. 7. as ay alter aay tae oAKoAr akiuli Art taken new signs of returning health will appear as the blood Improves In purity and strength, die ease will diminish, and ail foreign and Impure deposits, Bodss, tumors, cancers, hard lumps, etc, be resolved away, and the unsound made ound and healthv n leers, fever aoros, chsoutc I kin diseases, gradually disappear. 8. in cases wnere me lysiem nas been iaiiva;ea and Mercury. Quicksilver, Corrosive Sublimatehave accumulated and become deposited la the bones, joints, etc, causing caries of the bones, rickets, spinal curvatures, contortions, white Wellings, varicose veins, etc, the 8AKSAPAJUL LIAN will resolve away tbese deposits and extei mlnate the virus of the disease from the system 9. II those who are taking those medicines to the cure of Chronic Scrofulous or Syphilitic dli eases, however slow may be tbe cure, "feel bet ter and find tbelr general health improving their flesh and weight increasing or even aeeplnt its own, It is a sure siffn that the cure la progress ing. lu these diseases the patient either gets bet ter or worse the virus of the disease is not inactive; if net arrested and driven from the blood it will spread and continue to undermine the constitution. As soon as the 8AR3APAR1LLIAN makes the patient "feel better," every hour yon will grow better and Increase In health, streazth and flesh. The great power of this remedy is in disease that threaten death, as In CONSUMPTION of tie Lungs and Tuberculosis Phthisis, Scrofula, dypailntd Diseases. Wastine. Defeneration, and Ulcer ation of the Kidneys. Diabetis, Stoppage of Water (instantaneous reiiel anoraea weere catheter have been used, thus doing away with the painful operation of using these Instruments), dis solving stone in the Bladder, and in all cases ef INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER AND KIDNEYS, In chronio cases of Leu con hoe and Uterine Discharges. One bottle coutains more oi tne acure prtnci?les of medicines than any ether preparation, aken In Teaspoonf ul dosea, while others require nve or aix times aa muco. ONE DOLLAR FEB BOTTLE, Radway's Regulating Pills! Perfect, PurjatlT, Soothing;, Aprlnti Acta without rain, Always tteuaoie aai Natural tn Operation. A Vegetable gat stltute for Calomel, Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with awe Jt gum, purge, regulate, purify, cleanse and strengthen. 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