Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1883 — Page 4

THE. INDIANA. STATE .SJ&T1KEL. WEDNESDAY iiilUtUAltY 28, 1883.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBUARY 23. BATES OF SUBSCIIIPTIOS. lAdUuiApoll Sentinel tor 1833 Dill , 8 .day Md Weekly EdlUoni.

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The probabilities are that Mahone will succeed David Davis as fresident of the Sen ate. It is understood that the President has intimated his preference for Mahone, and the Virginia Senator is in a position to get what he wants or what he aks for. Qciew Victoria Bays my sailors and soldiers, my army, ny Government, my sub jects. In the United States the people say r President, our Government, our Army and Navy, and we the sovereign people. Tekek were numerous rumors afloat at midnight that the Republicans of the Senate, with Senator Spann in the lead, had in contemplation a smashing of everything into universal smithers about high noon to day. The scheme is to resign and go home, and thereby defeat some legislation that does not suit them. The information is too refreshing to be true. Such a summary, sudden and easy way of getting rid of Spann and hia followers relieves everybody of all responsibility except themselves, and the Democrats who -will be left in the Chamber can then go quietly to work, finish up the business of the session, adjourn and go home. They have an abundance of precedent for snch a coarse made by Oliver P. Morton and the ganz that followed him when they ran things to suit themselves, a decade or two go. Spann fc Co. will not, however, resign today. With all the party virus coursing through their veins, and though urged on by the Jacobin junto that rules local republican politics here, they will have sense enough left to comprehend that such an act would be political suicide. If the Democrats have made errors during the session this action on the part of the Republican Senators would cover a multitude of them or bury them so deep that they could never rise in judgment against them. Oh, no! They are too smart to resign. THE CAUCUS SYSTEM IN POLITICS. "We have before us an essay prepared by Frederick W. Whitridge, Esq., of New York, on the caucus system as practiced by political parties in the United States. The writer says: A caucus, in the political vocabulary of the United States, la primarily a private Meeting of Toten heldlog similar views, held prior to an election for the purpose of furthering inch views .at the election. With the development of parties and the rule of majorities, the caucus or some equivalent has become an Indispensable adjunct of party government, and It may low be defined as a meeting of the- majority of the electors belonging to the same party In any political or legislative body, held preliminary to a meeting thereof, for the purpose of selecting candidates to be voted for, or for the purpose of determining the course of the party at the meeting of the whole body. The candidates of each party are universallj selected by caucus, either directly or iadlrectly through delegates to Conventions chosen In caucuses. In legislative bodies the course of each party is often predetermined with certainty in caucus, and open discussion between parties has been, la consequence In some degree superseded. The caucus system is. in short, the basis of a complete electoral system which has grown up within each party, side by side with that which is alone contemplated by the laws. The caucus is by no means a recent invention. We have accounts of it as early as 1724, and we find allusions made to caucuses from time to time in "Good old Colony times." In those early days the caucus had not reached the perfection which distinguishes its operations in these latter days, but it is easy enough to see from the beginnings that the development has been natural and steady. 'The origin of the term caicus," says Mr. "Whitrftge, 'is obscure." It has been held by some that "the word has been derived from the Algonquin word Kaw kaw-wus to consult, to epeak, but the more probable derivation makes it a corruption of caulkers." "In the early politics of Beaton, and particularly during the early di faculties between the townsmen and British troopg, the eea-faring men and those employed about the shipyards, were," says the writer, "prominent among the towns-people, and there were numerous gatherings which may have very easily come to be called by way of reproach a meeting of caulkers after the least influential class who attended them, or from the caulking house or caulk house in which they were held. What was at first a derisive description, came to be an appellation, and the gathering of so-called caulkers became a caucus. John Pickering, in a vocabulary of words and phrases peculiar to the United ßUles (Boston, 1316J, gives this derivation of the word, and says several gentlemen mentioned to him that they tad heard this 3ra the derivation."" But it does not matter much about the origim of -of the word, but what the caucus accomplishes in partisan politic? of the present ij a subject worthy of serious conUeraUon. To . begin withy the caucus ia

destructive of IndiTidml opinion and independent of action. TbecaCLcms ia virtually the "machineibont which so much hai been

said and written. When the caucus speaks the faithful must yield, and if they become a party to the caucus they onght to yield a cheerful obedience to its mandates. Mr. Whitriige quotes the views of Mr. Hammond as expressed in the Political history of New York-, who says, -I think that when political friends consent to go into caucus for the nomination of officers. every member of such caucus is bound in honor to support and carry into elTect its determination. If you suspect that deter mination will be to preposterous that you can not in conscience support it, then you ought on no account to become one of its members. To try your chtneein a caucus and then because your wishes are not grati fied, to attempt to defeat the result of the deliberation of your friends, strikes me as a palpable violation of honor and good faith. You caucus for no other possible purpose than under the implied agreement that the opinion and wishes of the minority shall be yielded to the opinions of the ma jority, and thesole object of caucusing i3 to ascertain what is the will of the mai3nty. I repeat that unless you intend to carry into effect the wishes of the majority, however contrary to your own, you have no business at a caucus." Evidently Mr. Hammond strikes the key-note of party rule. The one over-shadowing consideration is fealty to the party, not only as to principles, but to candidates and to methods cf procedure as well. It is ea?y enough to outline the consequences of such blind allegiance to party as the "primary" and the caucus always demand. It would result in holding a man to party obligations forever. There would never be a "bolt" or a "split." Emancipation would be out of the question, if the caucus was always to bo supreme. We are of the opinion that there is a growing distaste to the caucus and to the "primary." Neither could hold the Republican party together in 1382. Independent Republicans "bolted" the. party everywhere. In New York "Folger and forgery" could not be indorsed by thousands of honest Republicans. In Pennsylvania Don Cameron pleaded caucus edicts in vain, and, as a result, the Democratic party gained thousands and tens of thousands of converts. It will be well for all political parties to exercise prudent caution in regird to caucus dictation. It must be remembered that caucuses and primaries are not held for the purpose cf laying down platforms of principles; they were originally designed for bringing forward and nominatins candidates. In this reeard it is well known that they are rapidly degenerating In character, the proof of which is found in the fact of mischieveous nominations by methods whih the rank and file of the party frequently do not approve. The sharp criticierua of caucus methods we regard a? a cheering sign of the times, and as indicative of a higher plane of thought an J purpose occupied by the masses of the people. STAETLING STATISTICS. After all, there is something paradoxical in the facts and figures occasionally presented to the public relating t the use of intoxicating beverages. On the one hand, we are required to contemplate the astounding sum-totals expended for such intoxicants, the poverty, crime and wretchedness entailed, until the average reader is led to exclaim that nothing short of the total abolition of the liquor business will answer the demand. General E. A. Merritt, Consul General of the United States for Great Britain and Ireland, in his late report, tays that the United Kingdom, having a population of 33,000,000, expends anually "the sum of $050,000,000 for alcoholic liquors, which is nearly double the whole land rental of the Kingdom, or, as it is more expressly stated, the annual rent paid for houses i3 about $r50,000.O00, the expenditure for woolen goods $220.000 000 and for cotton goods $G3,0C0, leaving still a balance of $15,000,000 in favor of alcohoL" It is also stated that "whilst there is 6,600,000 houses in the United Kingdom, more than 180,000 of them are houses where intoxicating liquors are sold, being one out of thirty-six throughout the entire country. General Merritt further states that it is found, from carefully prepared statistics relating to the consumption of alcoholic li quors in the United Kingdom, that during the pait fifty years the colossal sum of $21,232,557,420, or a yearly average of f 124,051,145 has been expended for that purpose. Taking into consideration such expenditures for alcoholic liquors the presumption is natural that a country so drained of its cash for what is said to be worse than useless would speedily become bankrupt and utterly powerless. Cut such is not the case. General Merritt states that the United King dom ha3 steadily grown richer, with increased ability to purchase the luxuries of life. He says: It maybe obe.vel that daring the past fifty years there hu been a large Increase in the earning as well as in the spending power of the psopie. With regard to great numbers, this spending power has, to a large extent, taken the di reclion of article of consumption, such as meat and non-intoxicating beverages. The consumption, for instance, of tea has Increased from one and a third pounds per head to four and twothirds pound, and of sugar, from sixteen and three-fearths pounds per head , to sixty an 4 onefourth pounds. The consumption of imported batter has nearly doubled since 1SG1 three and four-fifths pounds to six and one-half ponuns that of Imported cheese has more than doubled. while the consumption of rice has Increased five fold two and a quarter pounds to eleven and twothird pounds. Here, then, we have the seemingly contradictory statements that while 33 0O0.0C0 of people annuaily throw away $124,651,145 on alcoholic liquors, the people have annnally more mony to pay for the necessities and luxuries of life. Nor is this all of tbe strange story. Wealth increases notwithstanding the two items of pauperism, and law and justice annually cost the United Kingdom the sum of $110,000,000. It is held that "75 per cent." of the paupers of the United Kingdom, of whom there are 200,000, "owe their position to intemper ance," ana that "nine-tenths or the crime that is brought to their attention, the Judges, Magistrates and police officers aver. "is the offspring of drink." While the fore going giyes the realer a fair idea of the consumption of alcoholic liquors in the United Kingdom of Great Britain, statistics in regard to the consumption of intoxicants in the- United States are quite as interesting, and la bo far ' bs they

bear upon the questions of National prosperity aTn more paradoxical. The Bareaa of Statistics places the annual consumption

of whisky in the United States for 1382 at 70,750,534 gallons ; deducting two-fifths, the estimated quantity which goes into manu factures and the arts, and the amount remaining for consumption is 41,131,622 gallons. To this amount must be added 1,216,850 of spirits distilled from fruits, and 1,539,633 gallons of imported spirits, 'giving a grand total of 45,023.110 gallons of proof spirits consumed by the people of the United States during the year 18S2 for drink. It is further shown by the Bureau of Statistics that the consumption of domes tic wines for 1832 amounted to 20,000,000 gal Ions. We imported 5,623.021 gallons, mak ing the wine consumption for 18S2 25,623,021 gallons. Bat it is shown that it is in the consumption of beer that the United States has made extraordinary headway, the total amount of malt liquors consumed in 1882 being 527.051,236 gallons. The annual con sumption of these articles therefore stands as follows: Gallons. Proof spiritsWine Malt llqaors.. . 46WJU10 . 25 C2S,o:i .527,051,Ü6 Total gillons... ......-..5'J9.G07,S: Notwithstanding this vast expenditure for alcoholic beverages the United States has made unexampled advancement in material wealth, and is now the rich eft country on the face of the earth, having outstripped England and France in the race. Political economists find it difficult, as do philac thropists and statesmen, to account for a steady increase of wealth when such vast sums are expended by the people for what some persons hold is not only uuntcesary but productive of widespread demoraliza tion. It is certainly a question which in vites attacks from the most robust intellects of the times. GEXEIJAL XOTE3. Katk CtAXTPH I? ill in New York. It is said tli at the has been working too hard to get money to buy her husband a yacht. At the age of ninety years "Grandfather" Pies cott, of Iowa, sets type every working day in the composing room of the Corning Gazette. Gambetta's father has, it is said, kept every letter that his son ever wrote to him, even in early childhood, and be oatemp'.ates publishing the entire collection. As Mrs. M. T. Hudson, a respected lady resi dent of Oakland. Cal., was walking with a lady friend on Sunday, 4'.h Inst., she suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, my head!" and fell dead. TiiEComtede Chambord is winning popular favor til Paris by havlcg distributed among, the poor free bread tickets, bearing his coat of arms. The plan works better than Plon-Plon's posters. Governor Cleveland, of New York, walks from his house to the Capitol, does not entertain iauch, and is his own valet, which frugality does not meet with the approbation of all his friends. The Princeton College student tt ho net re to an outbuilding "to seo the faculty hump from their beds" doesn't feel as smart as he did. The faculty humped $275 out of bis pocket to rebuild with. Dose's statue of Alexandre Dumas the elder will be exhibited in the coming Paris Salon, as the artist had completely finished the monument, and had even invited his friends to witness the casting. Bi'RDETT, the humorist, was in Cincinnati when the flood was at Its height. lie said to a reporter: "It's almost as bad as a Burlington cyclone. Indeed, it strikes me as being a cj clone reduced to liquid form." A little girl in a Hartford Sunday-school, unused to diplomatic ways, sidled up to her teacher and naively as could be said: "Mother wasted rue to find oat in a roundabout way whether you are Mrs. or Miss ." A Vermont paper aays that Senator Edmunds was President of a Base Ball Club some twenty years ago, and the Boston Herald professes to believe that his chances for securing the Presidency are seriously impared thereby. John Cramer, of Pleasant Ridge, Iowa, was driving with his gun at his side. The front wheel of the carriage struck a stump, and the weapon was thrown oat and discharged, although Mr. G.-amer kept his seat and was killed. An original idea is that of the Missouri apiarist, v ho took a car-load of hived bees to Florida. He expects them to make honey all winter, and hopes to return to his Missouri home in the spring at least Sl.OCO richer than he was. Lord Melbourne on being pressed to do something for a journalist, on the ground that be always supported his lordship when in the right, retorted: "That's just when I don't want his help. Give me a follow who will stick by me when 1 am in the wrong." Ex-Governob Sprague, of Rhode Island, is workins for the Republican Gubernatorial nomination in that State. lie addressed an "equal rights meeting" in Providence on Thursday night, and was well received. The dtato election will be held during the coming spring. A Kentucky woman, seventy years of age. who sued her husband, aged ninety, for divorce last week, was denied by tho Judge, who told her that she wouldn't bare to wait long before she would be divorced by a Court whose Judgments are far more effective than any ho could give. Robert A. Packer, the son of the late Judge Asa Packer, whtse death has just been announced, was twice married. It is said that bis intention was first attracted to the young lady who became his first wife .by the excellent bread which she made, and which he tasted at her father's table when making a casual call. A Washington lady went to a 12 o'clock breakfast, then to a 2 o'clock lunch, next to a "tea" from 4 to 6, then to a dinner at 7:30, and afterward to a reception and finally to agerman. When she got home she four d her hatband rocking the cradle with one hand and trying to darn his Blockings with the other. The story told by a Washington paper may not be true. Aa it runs, Senator Beck, of Kentucky who came a poor boy to this country from Scot! land, worked on the same farm in Livingston County, this SUte, that Secretary Teller worked upon. When they met in the Senate Mr. Beck said: "Well, Ilenry, when we nsed to drive old Brown's oxea we never expected to meet in the United States Senate.? "No, Jim," said Mr. Teller, "we didn't know there was such a place." Co low eu J. Ross Green, one of the wealthiest and most promlacat citizens of Bjstrop, Tex., died a raving maniac in New York a few days ago. It was the end of a terrible tragedy. A few weeks ajo Colonel Green's wile committed suicide by pouring oil over herself and then setting It on fire. Her husband witnessed her horrible death, vainly attempting to extinguish the flames, until he fainted. He was then taken to New York for a change of scene, and there became Insane and died. Tec late Marshall Jewell was sometimes known as the "Porcelain Man." which a correspondent of the Cleveland Leader explains as follows: "He had fcklu es white as china, his hair was silvery white, and his white mustache and h!s milky imperial gave him the aspect of a fine piece of pink and white decorated ware set off with shy gray eyes flashing out under heavy white eyelashes. Ha talked with a ring la his voice, and his tinkling laugh was like the rattle cf a silver teaspoon against a china tea cup.' Ills dress bore out his character. He wore a ruffled shirt, a well -cut cult, and polished boots. His band were locg

and bis nails were as smooth as enamel. Els teeth were Ilka Ivory and a cashnere bouqutt

smell permeated the atmosphere surrounding him." Geo roe Selwvn waa one day traveling by coach when a persistent stranger kept annoying him by polite questions. "How are you now. sir?" was the Inquiry at brief interval. At length Bel wyn, in order to reply at once for all, said: "Sir, I am very well, and I Intend to remain so all the rest of the Journey." In three of the principal Hospitals cf Parts the Sisters of Chanty, numbering about a hundred, are at once to be replaced by ordinary male and female attendants. This step has b:eu forced upon the administration cf Public Assistance by the Paris Municipal Council, who have made the continuation of their annual enaowment of 17.000,000 cf francs conditional upon its execution Mr. J. P. Braplee, who owns large woolen mills at Billardvale, Mass.. supports at that place a free Public Library, teu-plu alley and temperance pool-room- He also maintains a Fire Engine Company of fifty members, and every 'winter furnishes funds for a course of public lectures ar.d entertainment!. These are held in a hall givea by him to the village, and admistion is alwajs free. Jcstick Joseph P. Bradley was la Paterson, X, J., on Sunday as the guest of his son lu-law, Ilenry V. Butler. A paragraph which has been xtcnslvely circulated to the effect that Justice Bradley was about to resign his seat on the Su preme Bonch in favor of Secretary Frellntshujsea, was shown to tho Justice In the course of a con versatlOH, and he said It was tho first time that he had even neard of the report, and that it was ut terly without f jundatiou. Tue Denver later-Ocean says: "It Is'nt any o our funeral, but tho man Coppinger (Colonel). who married Mr. James G. Blaine's daughter, at Washington, Is not a good man to have in the family unless Miss Blaine feels disposed toward missionary work. Colonel Coprlnger is In the regular army as Inspector General. He U bald and gray, with a penshoDg' for goed whls-ky He has been making love ü all the mother, and has chaperoned all tbe daughters at Fort Leven t orth these many years back." A Committee to plan an industrial school at SprlngGeld, Mass., have decided to teach the rod! ments cf trade, and cot to turn out finished mechanic. The detlre Is to give the boy a knowl edge that wlH enable him to choose a pursuit for which he recognizes his own adaptability, sv that three or four jeers of his life may not be wasted after he leaves school in trying to determine bow he will earn bis living, and finally diiftlng through ignorance and necessity Into work where manual labor, not brains, is needed. YorNG Brvehler, of Cleveland, courted a pret ty fair maid whosa rnnrnlflceucs of d;e.a attract ed tho attention cf persons coguiaat of her lim ited resources. Bruehler was a imall-ialaried clerk iu a dry goods house. Goods, valuable silkswere continually disappearing from tbe stock in thesUtre. A detective connected these facts, aud arrested Bruehler, and lif his room found large quantities cf silks, Eutins, ribbons, laces and silk hose, with which he doubtless would have delighted the heart ot his lady love. A Georgia woman, who is the mother of twenty-one children, one day when a storm wrs com iDg up blew the born for tscra to come in, and stood and counted them as they entered. Somehow she mada the number twenty-twa. This njstified her, and she declared the couldn'y-e-memLer having bat tweuty-one. To satisfy herself she turned them all out in the storm and let them in cne at a tine, aad a visitor keeplog tally as 6he recounted them. There were but twentyone, and the aaxlous dame felt relieved. Advertisement in the Transcontinental Ca. zette, at Nice, Jauuary 13: "Notice T.- whom it may concern: Having vMted the Leaifing Tower at ?ia, Italy, I am fully convinced tha.'. tbe archi tectural grandeur and beauty of this ancient and collo&sal relict cf past skcs can be wonderfully Improved- I hereby offer tocontract to put this immensa structure in a. perpendicular position, aud raisa It to a level of the ground for the sum of JCOO, CC0, the terms of payment aud Urse of completion to be agreed upon, the time cot to exceed niaetr days. Austin Savage, Yankee Engineer. Senator Edmunds is a tall man with a large frame, and a student's itoopluhls broad shoulders. Ho has largo hands, a good-sized foot and b'g head, which, on top, is as destitute of hair as a baby's cheek. A two-Iuch fringe of fixe gray locks surrounds this oasis of baldness, fading away into the full whit3 beard which covers the side and the lower part of his squa.-e, in'ellectual face. His forehead is broad and high, and his bald f pot back ot it terminates la several blunt cones at the crown. Ills eyes are steel gray, and they shoot out at you from under heavy brows of bristling white. His nose is large aad slightly inclined to be Roman. While the carga of the Peninsular and Ori ental Company's steamship Malwa was being dis charged at Calcutta a few weeks ago one of the cases was accidentally broken open. The Custom House officer looked at the contents and promptly condemned them as "indecent," and the case was conAbcated and removed. When the offlcials came lo examine the contents at their leisure they found several percelsJa slabs, each contain ing a representation of a nude female figure, and at tbe bottom of the case, to their amazement, they found a porcelain vase with the Viceroy's photograph on one side of it. The consignment. It turned out, was for Lord Rlpoa. and the pictures were copies of famous masterpieces. They were forthwith dispatched to their destination. The Colored Baptist Church at Bristol, fa., has been stirred by a revival this winter, and many wandering sheep have been gathered Int the fold. The flock is lad by a shepherd who follows the Baptist creed without deviation, and thinks that Immersion is all the more efficacious when the water is cold. Last Sunday three men and two women were plunged into the Delaware scar Bristol in the presence of the congregation and of a noisy crowd of curious spectators. As the pastor stepped into the Icy water be yelled to the faulterers on the shore: "Dls am the sort of selfsacrifice you oughter lam, and don't you forglt it." A few weeks agj several converts were immersed through a holo la the ice, which was thick enough to bear the congregation assembled to witness the ceremony. Tbe President and its branch of Repub licanism seems to be "petering" out A New York paper thus reviews the political situation at Washington: It is noticeable that ther is nn such thing as an Administration party. The Administration Is powerful in nothing. No one thinks of invoking support in its name. No oae ever asks what is the desire of the Administration. Nobody pretends to speak for it. It would be hard to find one who would become its spokesman concerning public aiTaira or its defender at all. The Republicans in Coiigrea. aMide from appropriatioas, have uo common otjecL It is stated, on the authoritv of Republican members of Congrws from New York, that Senator ConkliPR. wbeu in Wavhirgtoa last, said that ArtniiT had utterly ruined his party, whereas had (Jarfleid lived, badly at he tezan, tha party would have been preserved and become united and strong; a ever it had been. A similar opinion was expressed recently by a RepubUcau United 8 täte bcuatorwbo was among Arthur's clobcst friends and warmest supporters when he came Id V ashliigtou alter Garfield's death. . Old Ben Butler has been making another speech, but then he always says something worth readirg. This one was rnada in New York before the Saturday Night Club, and among the guests wer Justice Stanley . Matthews, David Dudley Field, Judge Tonrgee and othen. Mr. iiatlt r said, in concluding his remarks: Suppose we should come ba?R to the "plain Republican simplicity" of our futhera in other rerpwta, what a change there would b?. When Thomas JelTorson appeared at a ball in Fhilsdelphia, as secretary cf bUte to General Washington, he appeared iu a powdered wig, flowing all la white ov.r his shoulders, a blue satin coat, a red velvet vest, ye'.low plush breeches, white slU tocklngs, knee-breeches and ehoe-buckles, aad with a cocked hat under hli ana. How much

more interesting some gentlemen, plain Demo

crats, would look in that garb! It does no barm to reca: l tntse lblnn. Yet we aro told tbe world has grown better. The world has grown better. True, we hear of a defalcation here, and of tomething else wrong there, and of a Sur Route contpiracy somewhere else. That is because everytbiog that happens la oar country U printed, and upon our breakfast table evtry morning. This was not so in the olden times. But there is also more of that which we hear, because tbere are more of ua. You remember the school boy's conundrum: Why do the white sheep give more wool than th black? The answer to which is. "Becaue there are more of them." Laughter. Depend upon It, gentlemen, tbe world is growing belter every day. Governor Butler Eat down ta a cbonu of applause. The Republican papers have not married Mr. Tilden off to anybody for a few months, and they seem to be backward also in announcing that he is paralyzed or bas a wooden leg or something else. In tbs absence of the usual amount of lying about the old man, a recent New York special says: He runs down to the city now and then to see now me worn on ms eiegau t new residence in Gramercy Paris is getting on. The interior of tne bouse has been given up for some months to the decorators. anits. aud artisans, who are elahorat lug the details of its finixhine and ornament lion It Is nearly completed nw. and Is raid to present one of the most elegant interiors in the city, not excepting the new Vandersllt marsinnn. Mr. Tildeo will move Into town early in Mav to Bper.d a month or two In hi city residence befne the UO(T days arrive. Complete rest from public cares and from buMncfs pursuits has greatly Improved his health. Of course whenever there seem a fiir prospect that he will live a few months longer, irestt reports of his approachlug marriage are circulated. The latest sweetheart he has b&rn provides witn is a voune lady from Albanv whobe name need not be mentioned here, though It has been published. Hocia not send a lady a bouquet without Its excitlnit a much attention as tn celebrated Emma Abbott küs. Mr. Tilden. his friends tay, never was a society man, but he is iona or me acquaintance of a few c3ompllshed ladies, and his attentions to them are as delicate aud courteous as coul i be wished. According to tho bewspapers be has within the past four years boen engaged to ab?ut half a dozen ladies, most of whom were so tender ia years that the venerable Samuel could almo&t be their great grandiamer. The more that tariff matters are discussed and stirred up, the less the Republican party will be left. If the people will simply keep posted, the death kuell of Republicanism ..-Ml .... .2 .1 n mi f . . . in suuuu iu uue time, xno Di. J-iOUiS l.S' publican said recently: The Republican leaders are afraid of their own tarin policy. It Is no lotu;er their friend It has become their enemy. In the tharp and severe discussion of the last six moths they have been overwhelmed. The debate has gone asaint mem. i neyare puniuuy conscious of the weakness of their cause aad of the pitiable thowlug tney mane in defense of it. Their ranks are being thinned by it. Illinois. Nebraska aud Iowa, once unquestioning supporters of the protective policy, are finding out their blunder aad compitdinug imienj 01 tae seia'inness waicn Dieed the agri cultural West for the enrichment of the maun mciuring tasi: many iteouD lean r.anors are warning tbe part7 that the protection policy must give way, and Republican Senators and Repre sentatives lu Jongrcs have found a voire at last in the iiterCii t! their constituents. For everv Democrat on that ude then are three Republi CRua ou the other. The country is erideutiy lud ing tho Kepubiirau party oa'ihis question anr the Rppublicau leaders sro alarmed tt lha out loot. They want to stifla a dirfusiloa that ii urcaaiiig tneir party to pieces. "Tbere are eighteen months of good stealius yet under the old tariff law," wa3 ihe imprudent remark of a high protectiva Re publican the other day. And "Western ReP'loiicscs win noiopeu ineireyes to the ini quities of the system. A Washington special The RPlf-ütvlpd friert of Amrrfcn lnhor hum been making ane and careful canvass amon; the guard every poiu. tefore attemp ice to carry out I...I.LI-U . war m . . . it.eirujga tana programme cy a caange CI ne r;i 1 OK As nrnnocpri hr L'ut.nn Thor want t mV. fcure that a majority will vote to bend the taiitT ui tu a iuiumibies to ui uiMjioreu as me ruanufactnrers' lobby want it, and they do not feel that grail and Farwell, of Iowa, can be depended upon t .11.- . . i a tu iuuuw uieiu iu us euu. An incident of the Hood is thas related by the Lawrencburg Press: Some dear little girl in Shelbyville. when the provision box was packed for us, wrapped up four bucks ot eatiay and wrote, "lor some poor little girl who can't get any caudy la I.awreuceburg." If that child don't go aud become one of God's bletied angels it'll be because she lives too long. KKWS OF TUE WEEK. WASHINGTON AND CONGRESSIONAL. President Arthur and his sister were guests at the banquet of the Loyal Legion in Washington Thursday evening, aua be attend! the usual Thursday evening reception of Secretary Frelinghuvsen. The Republican members of the House of Rep resautatives held a caucus for three nours Thursday eveiiinz, and resolved to give tbe Senate tariff bill to a Conference Committee as the only hope of pertectlnc it. 1 nere seems to be no foundation for the scandalous insinuations whlcn have been Hosting around Washington for some days in regard to President Arthur and a married daughter of a member of his Cabinet. The Senate Wednesday passed the Army and fortification appropriation bills, as also a Joint resolution to give notice of the termination ot the fisheries clause In the Treaty ot Washington. General Hazen and the signal Service received an overhauling Wednesday in b)th Houses of Coupress. Senator Lopau saia he bad been attacked in newspaper articles, written iu the Signal Service Bureau and paid for with Government money. Representative Beltzhoover made charges Bgaiust General liazen sulhelent to siBk him out of sight in tho united btates bcnaie on riuay the Naval appropriation bill was taken up. Tbe provUion relating to wooden ships was altered so that no more cau be eient for repairs than per cent, of what a Lew vessel wuuld cost. Ihe amendment appropriation S IMO.llX) to complete the four doubit-turreted Ironclads was adopted. Tne other Commiitte ameudmeuu were agietd to, and the Senate adjourued, pending decision ot a point of order against a new section offered by Mr. Rollins. In the House me bill creating three uew Land Districts iu Dakota passed, conference rcKru on the Indian and Coiikular appropriation bills were oncuried In. Amendment reducing the item for the geological survey was lost. Au amendment repealing the pre-emption laws was adapted. Iu the United States Senate, Saturday, the legiolative appropriation bill was taken up, and upon tbe provision increasing the salary of the futlic rTluter tv It.tuo a dlMsuMion arose as to the Influence of the Typographical Union. Senator Anthony, in reply to a question, said the Union fixed ratea without consulting employers, and its members would not work If outside prim era weie employed. There was an i-zibtlug law uuuer which the Public Primer was required to pay about 20 cant, mora than was paid for like work. In private oliiees la the city. Messrs. Hale. Beck and Plumb thought the situation a bad one aud wanted to break it up. Messrs. Conger and Yoorhces said tha printers had done nothing but what they had a right to do. The pending amendment was agreed to. AIho amendment giving fcöo.000 to employ extra clerks to dispose of tne accumulated work iu mo Laud Uilice, The ii;l passed, in me House the bill pajaed to prevent Importation of adulteration of tea Majority and minority reports on the Mississippi üirer lmpr ivements were submitted. Ihe sundry civil bill Dactied. A telegram was read announciSK; that 3,475 feet of the Government work at Plum Point bad been carried away. The report on T. T. Major's claim to a nat as contingent member from Dakota, charging htm with, m ure ore e j tation , was adopted. Tue t Id appropriating f or achoola Sltf.OOO.WO annually for hve years was discussed, and the previous question railed for. A bill was introduced repealing all Internal talcs, except on wbisky. Tne exuumittee ou Rules reported a rcsoiutlou that it shall be in order at any time to take tp the internal revenue bill, declare dlaKreement with Senate amendments and atk for a Conference Commute, tbe bill tu remain on tbe table without prejudice la event ol failure of such notion. In the Senate on Monday nothing of great imPO'tAiice was done. Ihe tariff seems to be me matter of great interest now In Washington, politically and convert anonally. TBI STATE LEQISLATCEK. The Legislature Is rapidly bringing matters to a close as tne session nears La end. In me Henate the Special Committee appointed to visit the flooded districts reported advenely to further aid bell:: voted, but Governor Porter sent in a message recommending a further appropriation. Tbe lloutc Committee reported In favor ol tne passaso of the SlGO.WO aid bill. The Biown bill, reorganizing tau benevolent Instltutiocp. passed both Ho ui-es ove-r me Gavernor'a veto. The Henate, by a vote of thirty-tin ee to fourteen, adopted the minority report of the Committee, turning EraPBvll.e aa one of the places fur the location of an Asylum for the Id curable lmane, the ovner two to be located where a Commission of four meu, fippcinted by tte Govc-nor, stall determine. In the Bouse mo Ways and Means Committee reported a apeeißo appropriation bill amounting to

1185 wo. a large number ot unimportant bills are indefinitely postponed by the House. Both House of tbe Legislature Thursday pasted the bill for the re: let of tbe sufferers by me Ohio fl'Wd to the amount of toO.CCO, ia addition to the ftO.OCO previously sppropriated. In the Senate Mr Loekridce' bill mukiLK tt a felony tor public olli cera Dot to turn over to tbeir succetors all tbe nioneyson hand, was patted, as aa also the Vojles bill making It a caue for removal lor Xunty rtlicers to charge Illegal or constructive fee. Thursday al teinoou wai devoted to tbe dlse us.-ion of Governor Porter's veto of the bill reorganizing the Houso of Refuge, and itwai finally passed by a tarty vote over the veto. In me Uonae Mr. Antrim's bill com pelüng Railroad Companies to pay the employes at least onco in thirty dajs was passed, with a proilou that iu ca-e the Companies should be able to show to the Court a reason why the mocey KhouM cot be paid in the time specified, an extension r.f sixty days should bwgrauteo. Afr. Jewett's bill placing promissory tiotea oa the same basis as bills of exenauge was a!o passed. The iX'mocrat'c caucus Thursday Dominated Trustees tor vacancies in me Board of tbe valious Bcuevolent lusUiutiocs, as follows: President of the Boards, Dr. Thomas Harrison, of Bwce Couaty: Trustee Insane Asvlum. Phil Utptn, IudiauaDolm: tef aud Dumb Asylum, S. Urmstou, Fraukliu County; liiiud Asylum, Howard li.igg-t. Greeiic.tstle. This action ousts John Ftsbbeck and his sukistarjts, egaiust whom such a bitter fight has been made. The sensaiiua of last week in legislative circles was the summary removal of tbe Secretary of the enate. A. F. Kelly, of Terre Haute, and tne Doorkeeper. Captain W. M. Edmunds, and their employe, which waa done by the Kepublicau minority aided by Seuatora Hill. Marvin, Howard and Dividsun. and Cyrus T. Nixon, cf this city, atjd Vincent T. Kirk, of Marshall county, werw elected to fill the vacancies, the former being a Reputl cir. The cause of the revolution goes bbck February 1, wheu Kirk wa dejcfed as Doorkeeper by Messrs Duuctu. M?Iunh and BeiiX, wtio voted with the Republicans to that end. on the ground that Kirk had appointed too many doorkeepers. Kirk, however, was succeeded by Edmund, a one-armed tx soldier aud a Democrat. Kirk's Irinds have b en wanting to get even ever since, and propped to have reveuga before the peM"u was over, onlv seven days of which remained. Thev wanted" to Eee him relrsuted iu crJer that he uish; be exonerated. They found they could do UiU by forming a coalition with tbe Republicans, who greed to vote for Kirk if Howard aud hU three allies would vote to dep.se Kelly aud put In Nixon. Thi agreement was cairi; l out to the letter, and Ke'.ly wan sacrificed. The arl'ilr cheated the gre.test excitement la both brn criesof the Legislature. Iu the afternoon Mr. Kelly ws reinstated and th Republican btKirtury ousted. Kirkremalas as Dtkeepcr. The Senate and House have both pawed the House of Refuge bill over tae Goverutr's veto. The Governor's objections were that the bill 1 gisldted out ol office Dr. Freeman, the Trustee and an ex-soldier, aud that it interfered'wiih the Governor's pardoning power. Tbe feature of tha debate was the speech of niUiaa, Democrat, who responded to toe charge that tbe Democrats were rebel syrapaihiz-rrs, saowing that there were mor ex-soidlers cn the Ikrnocratic side thb,u on the Republican side of me Chamber. A log letter waa read from President White in the Senate, announcing his resignation from the management of r-ur'Jue University. In the course of lue letter Profetsor White denounce.l Greek Societies vigorously, alligirjg that täuir tendetciea aud t-Cect are Immorrl and mbvcrslve ol good diiclr iiLe. A the r-enate's "rHer" to the appropriation bill will affect his authniiiy among the student, he renounces tli dciermlaatlcn to surrender the position.

ihe senate pe:n one entire ercmoon sesnon in disciisf iug b.lls provlJii g for ihe uooiiaou ol the contract syMeni of letti'ig out convict labor, but no vote was reached. In the House on Fri day tho peeifie appropriation bill was undr cjusiiieratiou In its preliminary stsge. The claim of Mrs. Edwin May, widow of the architect of the stare House, tor compensation to the extent of SlO.OtO for Iofs sustained by the death ot ner hus band previous to the completion f tue werk on which Le was eugaed, was discussed in the seuste during the morning seioa of Friday A Ounraittee. cf which Senator McRte w.8 Lneirman, naa reported lavoiaole to the payment of toe claim, and Senator McCu'lough cnarged tfcnt this rcfult hud been broiiRnt" about by the lallu- ncc t.f a lnbby. He alsj Insinuated that senators tad btei builurzed to vote for the claim by threat- that. If they did not, certtiu personal um in .ut:n ine? were i?eretea would be ae fcated. Siiiator Mawe dcieiideU the iXumuitiet fron this iraputanju upon their iatt-qritv, aad said the Senator from Gibson (Mr. McOullouch naaaispij eaauarol beirg ravished by Jobb lsts nhich was mct sut t-ribi' K. Senator ilcCul in'.igh noved to reduce the alio wauce to JJ.itO, which, alter further debate, was defeated r as. 17: ray, 2s I he jftint lesolution was then or dered engrossed. As we so to press the Republicans are blut?r ing and threateni:i' to reMiTL and g- home. The amrdftv morning Ki ts'on ri the Senate waa fit-voted to the Uiscuiou of the convict labor bll s. The Senate refused to tneross Senator Ji hnson's bill, which entirely f.boüxhes the coctrnct sj s'eni. senator i&mpboU e bill, which reenlutcs the present system of contracts and reforms present abuses, was ordered, engrossed. In lh afternoon tne Democrats calied up the Metropontau Polle e Bill. Senator 9u orhis, Republican from JJailou County, mad. a long arzumeut against the bill. Senator Fletcher. Democrat, from Marion, stated that ho was in favor ot tne till, but th'i principal reason was the report of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate. At the close of his remarks he moved tbe previous question on the adoption of the minority report of the Judiciary Committee. Actlcg nnaer the previous question, by a strict party vote to report of the Judiciary Commiitee that the bill do pass waa aiopted. Tue House, immediate! v on bei up called to or der Saturday, weut into the Committee of the v hole and took up the claim of John Martin for Jlfi.CoO for brick-work done on the new Insane Afjlum building, a bitter fight was made, but tae real issye wrs staved off until the Committee arose, without taking auy action. l he constitutional amendments were 'aken up Saturday, aud the House, by a vote of 56 to 41, concurred in the action of the last General As sembly la adopt! eg the amendments. Mr. jewett onered a resoiuuon instructing the Judiciary Committee to prepare a till for s ubmitting the amendments to a vote of the peor'le. Mr. be hi ota made a motion to table tho resoation, which was carried. The House Monday passed .tne hill consolidat ing the offices of City Assessor and City Treasurer. also a bill allowing pUintiffs to sebet a newspa per ot general circulation to do their legal advertising In. The f I0.C0C claim of Mrs. Mr failed in the Sen ate for waut of a Constitutional majority. A minister in Lowell. Mass., has been obliged to give up preaching on account of trouble in his throat. It this reverend gen tleman had taken Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup he would have still been a useful member of bis profession. Suppressing Widow Burning in India. St. James's Gazette. The Governor General's Agent in Rjputana reports that a case of sutte or widow burning, recently occurred at Utarna, in Jeypore. Tbe victim was the widow of rib am Singh, cnild of the village. The Jejpore authorities have acted promptly in the matter. The principle offender?, who were sons and brothers of the deceased chief, have been sentenced to Imprisonment for eeven years, while minor accomplices received sentences of three years' imprisonment. Young, middle-aged or old men, suffering from nervous debility or kindred affections. thould address, with two etamps, for large treatise, or,d a Dispensary AI-hkcsI Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Mensman's Peptonized Baef Tonic, the only preparation of beef containing Its entire nutritious properties. It contains blood-making, force-gen erating and life susiainlng properties; invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, rervous prostration, and all forms of general debility: also, ia all enfeebled coudiiion, whether the result of exhaus tion, nervous brostratioD. overwork or acuie dis ease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co., prop:letors. New York. Sold by druggists. fjTHE GREAT GERMAN 0 I'rt jttrnrr FOR PAIN. Relieves and cures RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, BACKACHE. HEADACUE, TOOTHACHE, SCRE THROAT, QTJTJfST, SWFT.T.rXGS, SPRAIXS, Soreness, Cuts, Braises, FROSTBITES, TJritXSt, SCALPS, And all other bodily aches and palca. FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE. Sold by all Druggists and Doalers. Directions in 11 langruufies. The Charles A. Vcjcler Co. (Mmm w a. vooti a co i Baltimore, 31 L, V. S. A, ,!t JlWTTWtWTI"W1'rfia, til' i; ;l 1 ,V "!' ":-:;-ii:üi:-;:'-i! ill Vi'1 i

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dencevR. L, for many years tha faithful and vigilant night watchman of the Barstow Stove Company'! very extensive establishment, hating been confined to his home several weeks by a very distressing illness, oa resuming Lis duiie egaia avails himself at this early opportunity for stating briefly a few j-laln facta. Mr. Waterman sayi "A few mouths ago I was taken down with a severe alcknesa. which confined me to the house quite a long time, aud much of tho Urne I was ao very lame as to be unable to walk, and my left leg, from the hip to the toes, became monstrously swollen, and I suffered extremely from the constant intense pains rroauced by to great Inflammation; I was trying thevar.ous ao called cures all the time, aad was under the treatment of a phyMcian 6even weeks, but gntihg no suUiantial relict. At this Urne au eld time friend, a police oGleer, called upon me, and during our conversation Informed ma of the great benefit which he had obtained by the use of Hunt's Remedy, and urged me to try it, as he considered It a wonderful meJlcine. I commenced taking Hunt's Remedy, having very little faith that it oulJ do much in such a stubborn case as mine, but my doubt was soon dispelled, for before I had taken one bottle I began to get better, the severe rain disappeared, the swollen leg gradually decreased in size, and I was encouraged to continue the usa of the Remedy; and the improvement to my health continues, my appetlto is good. I have regained . my strength, and I am now perf iriaing again my duties as watchman at the foundry. Every night . I go up and dawn stairs more than one hunlred times, and am in good condition, and feel that my recovery Is due to Hunt's hemedy alone. My

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minx mat uis a most valuable medicine mat will so speedily relieve and cure such a tevere case as mine. I therefore mos; cheerfu'ly recommend Hunt's Remedy to all atHicted with Kidney Dlseases, as I know it to bo a sale and reliable t remedy." "Providence, December 5. 1SS2." Kvery Corast is warranted satisfactory to its wearer in ever way, cr the money will be refunded by the person from whom it was bought. Th nlT Corset pronounord by otrr lri;t- r-rty!Haa not Injurious t tin- wearer, anions 'rl by ladiea a ihe " most cvmf oruhle aad pt-rfoct Cttuig Corket ever made." PRICES, ?y Mall. PwUct Paid I Ilealta PmerrUf, $1.60. Reir-Adjavtlas, ft. AfcBilnal (extra heavy) $2.00. KawOas, fl. Health Preserving (Oae entll) 12.00. Paragaai eklrt-ffaprtlna-. $1.60. For aale y leading Retail Dealer TerywVera CUICAGO COliSUT CO., Chicago, Hi. HOT .YORK. HULD flGSTIIG 1VIT11 QUICK KEStLTS. Last fall a party left New York City la high . spirits for a pleasure tour through some of tho Western States. They had thrown aside thfi care and responsibilities cf business for a few weeks, aud were determined to enjoy themselves and have a good time generally. "Begone doll care" was their motto, and they Intended to act np to it. Everything went as pleasant as could be wished for a time, until ne day, while camping out in Wisconsin, a spark from the camp fire set tbe tent in a blaze, and the conflagration waa so sudden and unexpected that the whole party came pretty near being cremated a la mode, but after great exertion the fire was finally put out with tbe loss ot a considerable portion ut their property. After all was over one of tb party who was perhaps the most active in'his exertions, discovered that his hands and rista were severe ly burned, which he bad not before discovered in the excitement of the moment. The pain was Intense and be so flared everely. One of the company bad been troubled for some time with rheumatism, and by the recntatneudatnn of a friend had purchased a bottle before coming Wft, some of the cwitent of which were still' left. It was speedily fouud aud applied to the 1 burned wristi and hands and the relief was laBtantaiipous. f ir In a few minutes it soothM the pain effectually. That battle contained Dr. Thomas Kclectric Oil, and now it Is their standby as a household remedy. It has tno equal for alleviating pain. Knciose a tnrr-oprit pofitatrs aiamp t i- owier, MiJbum t Co., Du Halo. N . . V., for a et ol their fancy lithograph picture cards. "VTOTICE Is hereby given that, by virtue of an .LN ord-rof the Marion Circuit Court of Marlon County. Indiana, tbo undersigned, a tmlnisTator of the eslatorf EUzibeth J. Springer, decend. will offer for saw at public snction.on the Preml-es, on Thursday, the I5th day of March, 1SS3. tho fol io wieg defcriiied rest estate, to wit; ixu os. three 3, four 41. five 5J, fourteen U. fifif 15 and Part of lots Kos. tM'u 21 and sixteen HC iu, the town f Lawrence, formerly Lautvlils, aa shown by Plat B.xik 1. page 21. It tbe fiioe of the Recorder of Marlon Couuty, Indiana, the portion of lota two 2 and slxtf en 1 161 being all that part I said lots lyi?Keastof aline which commences ' at the 60uheat corner ol saia lot sixtren lie), and runs thence to tbe northwest corner cf said lot No. two . Terms Out-third Cish on day of sale, the resi due in equal payments in nine and elgn'een month", with notes at interest, waiving benefit ot . valnation and aprmvement Uws, and pecurcd bj good freehold t ecurilies. S- to beln at 1 p. m. G -OBGK 8 DUNN. Administrator of the Lstate of Elizabeth 3. Springer, deceased. , 14 4 Mice cf AMinMoii to Atssutee. Notice is hereby given to Jane Eosley. an ab sentee, that an spplicatioa ffr letters of administration on the State of said alPnte will l made to the Judge r.f the Circuit Court of Da Klt County Indiana, at the tebtuary Terra of aaid Court, which btins February 6. 1SS3 And said absentee Is fnrther notiSed that her pvnonal roperty is suffering wste for proper care, and that lb lamtiy of tald absentee are la need of the prcctcasof such property for their uppor. tAiri.r.LlA l'0&. MISCELLANEOUS. THOSX going to Hot Springe for the treatment cf ayriMll.--, gleet, scrofuia and all cntaneoua or blood dtac&fcös can be rnrea tor oue-uuil ua cost of snch a trip at the oil reliable stand. I iave been located here for V3 years, and with the adran tere of long and suocms&Jd: experience oaf warrant a cure In all casca. H n-inn r ton h ea an4 lm potency, In all their stage, powtUrcly cnr4 oinoe hours, a a. in. m y p. xn., u Virginia ava. Lailianarjolia. VK. HDMI1T, PnooewFor to D. B. TLwlhg. dARDS Chrotö YittlinQ i'nriim fint quality Zoevrr nrrtv amd lowttt J.r,v. Clf chromo unik name. 10c. " I rnntt truh tilth eraer.Lu l acs.t.o.,c.i:u.ini..:.coua.j GOTfC A MONTH AGENTS WANTLD i fijZJ I fJ Dt selling arucies in tne wonai sample tree. Address jai kuu.nm, it ifcU01t, JUt

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