Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 15, Number 48, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 January 1874 — Page 3

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WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOANZ, PubUtber. . - INDIANA. JAtf'EI.. iritis or ixti:ki:st. 'rriiiil mid I.llrrrjr. The mother ol liov. Hooth presides at hi 11 1 cpUoH. '1 lie lirt l:ily -vT aplMiintinl C "II- t r of Internal llt-vcnue 1 Mr. S. M. Parker df tin- Fourth Indiana I it ri t. .I.:iiiin Miller wasnivntly ir'iit-l to Harriet llo-iiur in Home, lie looked at lieri -nth-ally and thou said : "Hornier, I like your )-." 'I Ik- ArcwHan define a journalist a a lliail wlio i-'llN tlie bct days of his life in conlcrri up reputations on others and petting none hiuic If. Mi- 1 ."'..- of Indiana mli lias K it ilixnuxi t tlie Hr of tiial city. Her will i -aid to In unaccompanied ly any written eruditions or directions as to the distribution. (oitave Ovcrlx-ck, the snn-indaw ol Mrs. Admiral lahlpnn. ha Im-cii t reated a banui of the (iornian Kmpire. He is now Coii-wl-deiierul at Honp-Koiip, a position o ie-poii-ibility, n-ipiirinp brains ami tact, and whieh," if the incumbent prove uccc-fnl. i sure to M-eun- fr him the hihi'Tewanl-i oi diplomacy. Madame tiverlHk was proverbial in vVa.hiuptoii society l"r intellectual eulture, praoe of manner, and for thoe higher womanly 'jiialitie of poodm-ss and Ia-ih-voIi-ihi- that made her universally cti-tmcd. Charles Kinpdcy, or I.Yv. Canon " lvinpley. 'f Wotininter Abl y, i- to Ihtlie next Kiiropean celebrity uiikhi;' n, mid inav t' xi-ccted within a week or two. lfe will lectlin'. though he collie not mainly for that purpo-c. Although as the authomf "Alton Locke" and " 1 1 ypatia" In- has achieved ditinotioii. he i eijnally lanioiis a a preai her one of the Ix-.-t, indeed, ill Lnpland. and when he preaches in the AM y, attracts larpe aiidiiini , lie i one of the chaplain iii ordinary to the ltiieon. and ha the nputalioii of havinp a very decided will of hi own n jot i eet leia-ti a! and other matter. I.'alpll Keeh r. the late Cuban cor. repoldi lit of the NeV York Tri 'tnfs left Kenvi'ii ( "-ll ut tin end of hi junior year", ill l' l. lie paid U college fees hilt oil icavilip rave ihe President hi liolel.ir the full amount of hi indebtcdm-. whieh was paid in full ten year later on hi return ti -iii Kurope. "The inoni v a with certain other llllld. set aide for the Ih-Iic-lit of pour student, and ilcn miuatt-d the "l.'alph K el" r 1- iind.' lU tore h aving for CllUl Keeh r W rote to a collcpo trielid cxrt -inv' it a hi tloin- that in cac ot hi death all hi- literary pro-H-rty.includinp hi-Copy-rL'lit. -hollh) he devoted to tile illxe.ise ut the fund w hieh lon- his name. Mod men of wealth who art sutlic-I-ntly in:creti-d in educational or charitable 'institutions to endow them with money - in their will, and tx-coine known a philanthropist only alter tiny are dead. There an hotahh' exception, however, alld to thec is now to Ih- added the name ..f Maine l.iek ot San I rain i-eo. w ho i about to ilevoie a million to an enterprise at om-e scientific and romantic. Ileiicntli ilie pure sky of Nevada. njon a lofly promontory ova rlookinp Like Taboo, the'eh vire-t of earthly lake. U-id whieh the vs in i o oino an hut as those of a 4-4 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! I polid. he iUrHies to l-uild an ol- n i!"ry whidi. while it shall In- n-ol lor the tndy and advancement ot a-troiio-ni v. h.i!l a!-o form a iiiotiuiiK'iit to himm Sf. He oIimtx atory i to ! fitrnihe with tin ;inet atronoii:ieal instrument, and Mr. I. irk wiil endeavor to eollcet aWoiit it tl.e ino.t eminent and ahle scientific nun. lliirh nil in the -.icrra the atmospin re i ot wonderful purity, and it i Im dieed tint inon iiceurate oliM-rvation-and tt.n r re-ult can U- olttained there than ti.mi any ottsejvatory w hii h now exist. It i- .ihrthaf heiieatli thi inanititviil i:i-titutioii Mr. Lit k dc.i;u that hi own remains shall rvt when hi lite"? worki- h-iie. If so. hi inaiisoh uiu will attain a place in hi-tory similar lo that accorded to the pyramid. School ntol 4 hnrrh. It i aid that a strong dein f'r roliirioii. ;1h rty prevail in l'eri:i. and many people show rpeeial interest ill the ctlldv of the P.ilde. Ma Mullerpiit- the niiniN r of Israelites in the m.iM at :!ji.ihi while Kolh put it at T.ihhi.ihui, and -Mr. rn -el at '.i.mNi.iHin. 1 lie liii niiial n ort of the Iowa Mate Si i i M rint i oh nt of I 'uhlic Instruction. ays that "within the pa-t two year, twelve hundred and hrty-ix chiMddioues have U-cll erei li i. ei nie it the IiIMuIh r hiiilt to 1 1 pi. ice those which had litriiliir unlit lor n-e." U"h' n tin-new S'. Tatrick' 'a!lnlral in New V- ik i-eoinpli teit it will nndouhtedl v ! the nii.t imposing and I'ttrai live puhiie huildiui; in the inetropoli. war si l a miliioii and a half dollar have id ready Ik -en eVHlided on tin1 structure, and it i- em-:ed that the roof will lie rea heiiy lu xt NoVelidxT. Ther i a Lutheran patoral district neur Aileiitow ii. I'a., coiiitin of two ei iiirn :it ion, w Inch ha had lint two pastor in ear. 'i he l!rv. (Vmrad Vi:i!rer scrvc, ihciu in year, and hi son, the K'ev. .lo.liua e:i;'i r, VI years. The latter i 7 J r.;r old. plcai lie twii-eevery Lord's Hay. aid H rtoriil other ;ttoral duties during- the we k. l'.idlop I.ee ot the I'pi-copal Iim-e"' "f Iowa write iilVcctionately to Ih'shop ' '""iiiniii pi itet i 1 1 if earnestly iiirain-t a inoveiin ut ,,r a 'parate oriraiiiali"ii. " It wep-fir U tter." he write, "tor our eMleiii" ri'iiali-tie hn thn u to finally Mceile in the ( hiirch of Home, to which they are t ndinef, than lr yonrelf and ot her of like mil id to leave Mich II hliri h a our. for a m-w ectle-iastical ot-.'aiii.a-tioii.' From the tiem ral Minutes of the M. V.. rhurch. now in rour' of puMicatiwu. it app ar-tli it the nuiiilu r of itinerant mini ej i 1u.r71 an inereae of :tj:iover last year: I'M-.d prra tier. l.2'd inen-ax-, lav inemlier, I.'J.7iU iin reax'. I'-..--"S; eluirel: edit'u-. . 1 1. I'll inen a-, 4'.ni ; v alue of ditto ;.:t:tj..sii increae. :t,!d.i.;i.i : Value of paron;iife. f s.r,f.,.V, ; Sunday i hool scholars. 1,:U.)1 in-erea-e." u.o. liin iur th-reent year the sum of $ I. II t.ooii i, a hei :i lontrihnted for secu

lar institution of hariiiiiL', not including acaih'Uiie. theological cciniiiaric, and like ImmIi.. In ('11111111 tieiit. Trinity l ollirei- icd heliclactious to the uinolliit of ii.".m ; Weslcyan l'n: rity. $7.7.V; and Vble Colleee, J1!h-,,-J. In" Maaehilsetts. Amherst 1'ollcj.e recti Veil 5-Sj,.KI ; ilanard l'niverity. $ I'..tCa ; Mount llolyoke S ininarv. s,."ii( ; Tult 'ollejre, f i;.(Ni; and Williams College, l;t.ii.k. In New York, Cornell L'niver-ity ri-ivtHl rf l.v'i.miil; Ingham l'niverity, fs.m; Madison l'niverity, sn.imu-" m. I.awrelni' rilivi-rity, Jl.i.iH); I nioll College. j:7,."nil ; Va.sar, ?;. nk); and Wells Colvzu for Women, hi 1.(1011. in Ncw.hrM'V, till' 'olleife of NeW Jersey rect i Vud ;1;,(mk, and l.'uters College, 7,'7. hrtrnr- nntl Intlnalry. More lumht-r is nwtl annually in Clinton. Iowa, than in any other town 011 the Miisippi hctwt-cii St. Louis and St. l'aiil. Whet lin?. V. Va.,the largest nail and ;la.s inanutaetiirin eity in the I'nioii, p issc.1 through the latu anic without u .-lllle llsit ll.ion, 1 Ion. Thomas LainWrt, Coiniiuioner of Internal ilesouret s in Alahaiua, has prepared a rcMrt on the mineral wt-altiiof that Mate, which contains valuahlc Information for alldi-pood toenxa'e in Suthrn enterprises. That workmen ran etiUis!i and manaife iron-works successfully ha lieen deinoiitrateii at Oldham. Knjrlainl. where one conducted on a co-ocrativc lai has already paid well, and i likely to yield still larger profits. The Miiall manufacturer of cutlery in Sheffield. Lnland. are gradually nvin u; liiine-. mainly nwiny to the mmhiueil dearness of fuel and raw material. It i dit'iued prohatde that many of tin 111 will come to this country. Louisiana, which In ton the war was Im hilld some of the other Mate in the production of cotton, now urpacs every other Mate. It crop thi year Will lie L-i -'. hah s of the ;:.'.hiu.ihI h;dt-raittl i:i all the South. To tin this the State ha largely ahamlonetl the cultivation of ,-uar. The-rt at t itieof the United Matt s stand relatively iii tht.' follow in;; order, rer ardiii c xHrt and iinNirt : Lxport New York, jahl.t'on.""'': New Orleans I ?101.mi nun; S;in Kraiicico, ;:.iio.imi ; I'hiiadelphia. ai.onn.Odl ; .Vivaiuiali, S !.'.- (HKI.IHHI; alld Uo-toll. jj7.l"sl.lMI. lllorts New York, .rl-1'."'.'""' ; I!otoii, t'i.MNi.inm ; Sjiii I rant ico, $.:,.i.um.liiMl ; llaltinion. j-Jtt.oooMJ ; and l'hiludelpliia, c-".-(nm.nnii. The mineral renurecs of Virginia and W t Virginia are now evidently in a fair way of development. There are seventeen coal mines open or m arly ready for working in these Mate, w hile seven iron mines are in opt nitioii or alMiut to lie. Twelve iron-furnaces af.o have lieen huilt or orojt t teil within the la-t two months. wdi h willprohahly pnxluif lJU.WM tons cf piiron annually and consuine l.onn.i''! tons of coal. This rapid projrrci- indicate that the irpiirias will ere hmx lie preat ironpriMluciii SUitc. and enjoy all the cnnejiient prerity. Soajstone ha; nt-sntlv found a new application a a raw matt rial for button, ioaiiiiH-, and other similar ohjects. ( 'hips and nliisv pieees f tho mineral are jrrou:nl tt xiwder, mixttl with silicate of soda water y;l.i.s after a repose ot some hours, dry in-; cm a plate, when the mixture i ay tin pulerietl. The owderis then siilseetttl to owcrful preure in iiitild, and nfVrward baked in air-tirht tire-t lay crucibles. The prcsct! t.djeet.s art a second time saturated w it It the air. 'ihe hardness ot the product ilcM-nd in a jrn-at measun' iimiu the liuuilrt rof times the beating i repeatetl. The at Sfaye of tile process of manufacture ctnist in w ahiny in water in : rotary tub. drying and azitaiinir in a suitable Vecl With soapstolie (xiwder, vv hieh impart a poli-h to the surface. IIm mill mlinpi. A voiiny man named Olin, front Faribault. Minn., committed suicide by blowing out his hrains at Ia('roe, a few niyht.s ayo. aue, diapiHiiitiueiit in lov e. A man named Holhrook, of Chatie City. Iowa, stumbled and thrut hi arm through a pane of yl.t, st-veriny an artt. ry. lie tamr near loinr his lite in itneqilcliee. A eoujlt in Cohhrooli, Mas., tied thrir iek child to tin Ns and went to church. They wen- pono four hour, and w In n they returned the nriyhlior, attmctt bv the" pri-oner" erit s. had broken In the door. The parents were arrested. In Launl eoiinty, Kv a few days since, William Llsw ich ami Peter Marcuin (piarrelcil tver a tloy-tiyhf. when Klswieh drevv a pi-tol and shtt Marcuin through the head, killing him intantly. Lbwich wa with yreat tlitlicu'ty re-cued fnm the excited crowd mid lodged in jail. Mr. I i.ivi.1 Cleveland of Pavvh t. Vt rinont. tried to burn camphor over a kerosene lamp, and it will never known whether it was the camphor or the kerosene that til -t exploded. Mrs Cleveland think it was the camphor that burned her let k. and the kerosene that set tire to lit T tires. Mrs. lh illy. a New Haven soinnambu-li-t, concealed' hcrclf me !er a bridge one nipht ns-ently and remained there cl.nl only in her iiipht-drc troni midnight until the follow inr afternoon. Mietlied from the t fircts of the rxi-iirc a few days after. Tin re wa n-ently a inot unfortunate and sad occurrctnv in Liplcy county. Mo., n -lilting in the death of a vouny

man iiametl Henry (i; It seem that sonic trivial difficulty had arien Intween him and a man naimil Samuel II. l'oe, when upon Pojie kicked Livens in the ide. rcu!tiny in mortal injuries (iisirpe Kcbmanu. the kit jnt o a Cincinnati I a pi r-liet-r s;iim.h and boa n I'm vlioiie. siapx-d a revolver t w iiv at Nicholas Klope, fine tf hi boarder, a be say, in sMrt. The cond time t be jijstol w a. discharged the ball i nten d the head of Moc. from which wound he died. Kchmaun then ran to the livt r and ti'nd to drown hiiiiMil. .1. F. Melton, f.f allovvavrounty. Ky warinil (teorire Vi-emaii ')iat In- would kill him (Wiseman) on siht. One day recently, Melton approached Wi-cmaii while the latter wa at work in a field, and hot him in the bnast with a shot-pun loaded with sixteen bullets. Melton immediately pave him-t If up. and wa placed in jail. One nipht, recently, a yonny man In

Marion county, low a, rpiarri led with hi family, and determined to commit suicide, lie stYippcd to his kin, went out and lay down in a snow drift, intt-mlinp to tret e hilllM ll to death. It w a too cold, however, and a none of the family intt rh reil he dres-ed hiinef, eame in the house and foiipht for the wannest comer. Near Antwerp, Ohio, recently a friphtful ai-cideiit happened, w hii h re-ulted in the ihath. by scahlinp. of the mhi of John I'rcidentern, apt il about six years. It apears that the little fellow wa-s che to a stove on which was a larpe hilcr tilled w ith boiling water, and in some of his liiovemelits he tipiel the boiler over, the scahlinp content drenchiup him tu the skin, lie livetl a short time in the preatest apony, which nothinp ttmld relieve. At Myers, Howard county. Mo., a short time since, a little child fell into a well of Water fith-eil feet deep. No one saw the child, but a pirl only eipht years old heard the spla-hinp of water, and lookinp into tin; well, which was marl v full of water, saw the little one

rise to the top. With the preatest presence of mind she at once caupht up a roe w hieh wa ly hip near at hand and dropptl it dow 11 into the well. The child caupht the rope and was draw n out safe by the link pirl. On the rveninp of Jan. 11, a small farm house near (ialeshurp. III., wa totally destroyed by fire, caused by the exphn simi id' a kerosene lamp. Mr. Van ilrau1 r, apeil about ."id. who with her husband occupied one-half the huildinp, wa seen to come 011 of h door at the n-ar end of the hoiie. t xclaiminp: "We are all on lire," but immediately returned in fpn-st of a watch. The next seen of the unfiirtutia'e wonian, she was lyinp jut inside of the front diHir, her clothiiip in a ina of flames. Attempts were made to rescue h. r. but wire ti::avui!i:!. r.r:d the wtn:i'i eriluil in the tlaiiu s. About one hour later the ImmIv- vva n ciied. No cause for the explosion can 1h plven, a the tlecejLed vva the only witne. ForrlKii olrs. A sonf'f Charles I'ieken ha n-cently lut n admitted to the bar. M. Man- I'ietrie, formerly Napoleon". chief policeman and lately private secreta ry to the hlllpres l-.upeiue, Iia jll-t oleil ot consumption. Tln-re are live Knplih families at pro em w ith rival claims to baronetcies the Codrinptous the Frederick, the Paynes, ihe aiies and till! Tl llboriie. The ripht of trial by jury ha leen -tahlishetl in the Mate t 'I'ainaulii'a. In Mexico, in criminal eases, the law ha- Inp Is 1 ti iiph -laimeil w ith proat solemnity bv tlicivil and loih'arv uutliontu In till idaza iurv trial have heretofore Ixt'Il uiiknow 11 to the law of Mexico. Mr. Thomas Iiannp's principal lieir is Lord NorthbriHik, (iovernoMeiund of India, w ho conic at once into a fortune of over js.i.nno.dnn. The deceased banker ha lett altopether alx.ut $Hi.um.(Nin, lM ides many tine pictures and works of art. The lepacv duty n I .on I Ntirfhhrook's share i a little over jii.x. For eipht day after the recent death of the I lowi per iutt n KliAilN-th of Prusi 1, the widow of Frederick William IV., all tin ater and plait-s of nubile ainiistineiit in Prussia were closed by order of the iovt rnnieiit. liciivral iiiourninp i to Iw observed for ix XVeeks 'r ;in the tlcatll. The hiifch lielban' to Ih- , dltsl daily from twelve to one and black sealinp-wax is to U- lled ill the (ioverniilent otlli-es. The mw jMt r of (in at P.ritain an the late postmxsti No neral. the Hon. W illiam Mmist II M. P.. under the title of Lord Kmly. of Tt rvoe in the county of I. inn rick:the present Lord Jlltiie Clerk of N-otland. Sir Jaine W IIwikmI Moncreill. of KilldutV. Kinross-shin-, under the title of Lonl Moncreill", of Tullicbole in the same county; Admiral Howard, under Untitle of I .op I l.aiiierton of Lnuitrtou. in thtitiuntv of CiiinlH rland ; and Chief Jutiir Coh rfilpe, of theCtuninon Phu. as Ilanm Colt ridpe. of Ottcry St. Mary in Hevon-shin-. "Sme one has blundered " to the tune of Xa.nniUKXl sterlinp in the matter ol the purchae of the railway telepraph lines in preat Ilritain hy the iovermneiit. The (otvernmctit seem to have fancied that it acipiind a fnthohl and abtiute title to the-e lines; but it now turn.s fut that it only pot leasehold rii'lit. and that now Ihe" companies an akinp ."i.(n.UHI for the freehold. The claims have lccii refi-r-111 1 to arbitration, but there seem to lie no doubt that the coiupanies will pi t the money. In addition to tin- siipin"ion of the iiioiia-tet i in Koine the Italian Joveniiiieut an- alwuit to omiti-catc the proerty ol thethn-e pnat badlica of that city. M. Peter's. St. John Later.m's, and St. Mary Mappiorc's Thi proeny i spread over many part ot Italy, and is the accumulation of donation testamentary and other-wist-That have been made to tie- ha-ilio for centuries. It is of ilium ne value, and atlord the mean of keepinp the basilicas in repair, etc.. Ieides slll-portilip the cation attached to them. This confiscation is suppoid to lie incn-ly pn-liinin.nry to a raid upon the 11111011111 and pallt-rie of the Vatican. 011 the pronnd that tbe-e do not hclciip to tin- ( hurch or the Pos-. hut to the jK-ople of Italy. Olid nntl I'.ntlsi. A smart Hatiburv woman dos the work for a family l nine, milks two cow, and kit ps tiai k of thirtetn continued stories Fourteen Ouim v father ha .esipned an apnt iiient not to n-rmit their dauphter to take lllil-u' lesson until the ,s.iid (laliellt rs know how to bake bread. What cxeliiinatioti of thn-e word coin. 1 a cocKiiiy niiLKf on Mini:' a nowhich woul'l pive the lialue of three eniiticnt author ? I'ieken lbw-it Hum. A wcll-tlrc.ctl. uhle-lMMlied man a-ton-i-hed people ill State stni t. lto-toii. n New Year's day. by walkinp up and dow 11 with a larpe placard on hi hat, In irinp the ini ription. " I want work." At a spiritual 1 in le. tl tin r evcidiip. a pelith lliail reiUcrted the medium to a-k what ainti-t iiient wa ino-t popular in tin-t-iri;ual world. Tln-nplywa: "Ibudinp our ow 11 ohiiuarv notices." A bripht little tive-yt ar-old wa lookinp through a picture-lunik the other nipht. when sin- suddenly pautl. p:i;d eapi rly into her mother" face. and. while here hon in In r 1 ye the lipht of a wi ilom N-yond lu-r year, said blamed it we haven't forpotteii what she said.)

The Prostrate Stale. It would In- hard to find in the lii-tnry of modern nations a more sa-ldeuinp or di-piistful jiicture of the wreck and th olat i u of society than i presented ut this luouieiit in South Carolina ; and the condition of Smth Carolina, we mppoo, while h rhaps more pictun sipiely miserable, i but a tyM Of tfiestn ial wn'tclietllies.4 and the political shame w hich attach to the other Statt S of the lar .South. Thee are fact w hieh concern not alone tlie States immediately iinincred in thi civic chaos.

The nation is a partnerhip in diseases ami dispraces as well a in lient-til; with the Milterinp of one ineinl r all the members sulli-r, and whatever i a blot upon Texas or (ieorpia mains throiiph to Maine. The time ha-s fully arrived w hen all citizens w ho do not believe that "our political system can stand any thinp and defy any -thinp" should coniec nd lo cast some seriou phuices upon the hapless circumstances of our friends ami bn-thn 11 of the Southern State. ( f this we inav le sure : that the present npathv of Nortiiern tn-o-ple upon this subject is larpt-ly comntionetf on their ipnoramv ot the real State of the case; am Ithe ditlleiilty with us has lieen that we could not all po to the .South to si-o for ourclvos and that we could not thorouphly eontide in the testimony of thoe who did po. 1 1 i pnatly to Ik- di-sin-d that some Northern men of real ability, and of umpiestionable n-pule amonp us, could as throiiph the Siiitheni lands and study the actual situation, and n-ort to us in terms which wu could ultopclher trut. From thi point r.f view, we deem it an event to be particularly inentiomsl that one Mich .itien. Mr. James S. Pike, an old abolitionist, a joiini.di-t of hiph standinp, and, by appointment ot President Lincoln, late Miintt rof the 1'nited Mate at the llapue. took the trouble to po to South I 'arolina durinp the la-t ses-ion n! its a pilature. and to spend tw o months at it capital in the study of men and thinp. He has now made hi n port.and hafiiiliodic! it in a little book, just isued by tin- Applcton. and Itcarinp tb- ploomy title that stand at the bead of thi article. The IxMik i so small that it can ne n an in an eveinnp. nui 11 1 larpe enouph to pive tocverv Aineri -an anxious n -flection for many a day. Mr. Pike finds ' iety'in Smth Carolina bottom side Up." The people of character and culture, who, in a normal ami riphtcous state of ailairs. would pive direction and tone to public proetlinps an tramp 1 under foot bv a host cf vut-np barbarian "11101110-1 ipnorant democra cy that mankind every saw "tiiciin-p of the imputation habilitate in tin rotn s of their intelhpent pn-dti or. and asertinp over th-111 the rule of ipnoranee ami corruption throiiph tlie inexorable machinery of a majority of iiiiintcr. CariM t-b::r rule is at an end in Smth Car olina, for the caris-t-bappers wen-, oil the out-ide at least, w hite lin n. F.Vctl lu proes taiuteil witli white blood, and so unfortunate as to have the noble blackness of the nni-estral complexion debilitated Into some shade of yellow, are l pinnmp to feel the contemptuous antaponiiu of iheunmixetl African, who mean to have thinps all hi own way then-. I'.y sheer fone of sii rior iiiiinlM-r the Ipnonmt and unprincipled clae have taken Complete pe-ioll of the poveimneiit of the State. And what s-ort of a povernnient have they formed Accordiiip to the testimony" of Mr. Pike, the rule of smth "arolina slioiild not le dipnilietl with the name of a povi rninent. It i the installation of a luipe sy-tetn of bripamlape. The men who have had it in control, and the men w ho now have it in contnl,an- the picked villain!- of tlie community. They are the liiphw aymt n of the Mate. They an- p.ofcional Iepi!ative robls-rs. Tht-y an-lin n vv ho have studictl and pra tiiitl Hie art of lepalized thelt. They are in no sme ditfereiit from, or lN-tier" than, the men w ho till the pri-ons ami s nitentiaries of tinworld. Tin y are, in fact, of pn ciely that i las, only more darinp and ainlacioiis. The sole. na4 fihject is to porpe the individual with public plunder. Havinpdone it. they turn around and buy immunity l"r tin ir acts by sharinp their pains with the ipnorant. paiiM'riziil. leottttl crowd who have chosen theni to the stations tln-v fill, and w hieh enable them thus to rob ami plunder." If it In- nkcd how the cfirrnption of the Smth i arolina Government ditli r frtun the cxii plional Teiiality of certain N'orthi rn bpi-lature, this i Mr. Pike's answer: Tin- latter, while less in 1 tlroutery and ih-pn-e than the fonncr, and spriuinp from diflen nt cau-es, can al-o "In- promptly remedied by exKiure and bv an apjH-al to the intt Ilipi nce and virtue of tlie eontituener; in the other ease, t hen- i lu sin h tribunal to .'ipn al to. It i a unmd mora, in which then- i neither stan-Iinp nor holdinp pronnd." "Si tainted i the atliio-phi n- with corrupt ioii.o universally iuiplic itcd i e very bi!y about th- tiovernnieiit. of sucli n character an- tin- ornaineiit of society at the capital that then- i no such thinp a- nil influential local opinion to le brought airain-t the cani. Tiny plunder, and plory in it. How did vmi pet y our money r ' vv a aked t-t i prominent lepi-lator and lobby i-t. I toe it.' vva the prompt reply." (V.-t-tiitn I'nfn. - How Hip Porrnpiiie res its )nill. A eorn-oondent of F'-rrt nri' Strtntn I New York) write : To meet the constantly recurrinp quc-tion. " I low doe the reilpilie throw it iplitl" I send Jon all ais-outit of an occiirn nil- in the 1 t-ntral Pi rk zoolopical collit ti--n. Tin- tlinetor. Mr. onklin. who has kindly iiriiih-d me th t u ts, had occasion to i nter tinlarpe nv i iry, w here, a a matter of pn etit convenience. In- had pheed some ss t illleii of the W hite-hailcd s.rciipim- (m ' h 1 - .11 .,;. j'-od. Here lie aln placet I a J ollpp hare. The latter immediately oup lit eov 1 r in tin- corner if aiiot.cn box. Mr. "onklin .Hid hi faithhll " Mike " lui-lllie .-t olice solii itoii. a a pnrcupine lay cutled within the allie I lieoure. It i Well kliow il tll.l' tin- latter animal i a timid a a ban-. i..i-l in thi inLance.tiue to its natun-, tin creature hupired the floor, pre-t ntinp In back ami tail, but cciiii ly comt alinp hi head and fis t. I'.oth atuiiial in a box of hthan three fi i t h npth wm- en-coni- il closely each in it ow 11 1u.1unrr.at op-oitc corners .Mike, who swear In- 'hadn't Li. eves oil "em." savs that "Porky shot off a complete shower of uuill at the ban-; for," sav he, " we picked out over a hnndnd from him." " True." say Mr.( onklin ; " but the iim-t sjnpnlar circumtanee i that the hare was literally invcnd by

the ipiills ; that i, they were plunptsl into the iioe. ears, fii-t, Juslv. and. too, on liotli si-It s alike." Nothinp will convince Mike that the ijliill were not shot oil like many barlstl javelins hy Minn- inherent projs llinp itwer. 'I he Mrciipiiie. whose spines are not very conpit'Uou.ordinarily( when arou-etl for tlefcne, throws up the mask which comi-uls his battery, and lo. the lonp hairs of hi- Ixk k have Iwi-ii littetl from a shield-like patch, W hir is clocly U-srt w ith short rpiills. The short tail alo N-ar a larpe share of the weaMiii. These piill an- very tlm-lv Hiintet and barlsl ; they an- alst t so lotelv in the skin that

the sliphtr.f pluiipe into the enemy sufflies to fix them, w In n tln-v remain not only to teae the victim, but to en-ate a danperous irritation. Tie habit of the nature when amused will show Imw he ilicharpes t he ijuills. 1 le crouches clocly to conceal tin vulnerable parts, and then, present inp the fpiilN towanl the enemy, uumakel. strikes tht-m in by tjui- k ly repa ted si.lt blows from the tail. S mpidly does lo- tliru-t and ns-ovt r hi weajMn. the Mctlt i u liot ri;ulily lioticel ; the etl'ect.S are, however, most -;tlpable. I think that naturalists have usually n pur led thi as the true explanation of the habit. We may add this as a lreh intance whi i may mtst the eve of Hiine one who is inclined toak: "lo-s the iMrcupine slnots il.i ipiillsr" The Case of the Attorney-Oiif ral. There i a Matidinp committee in the House of l!t pn-i ntatives on the exi-ciidi-tuns f every one of the public department except that of Jutiii Thi omission vva made Nraue w hen the rule wa adopted the exjs li-es of the Federal court iii the States and Territories wen- limited and contilietl to a few secilic objects, which brought them dini tly within the view of tin Committee of Appropriations. Aii liiat has- now eiianptsi, ami (he cost of the judiciary under the manipulation-! of Williams has swollen to nearly four millions of dollar a year. Theree-nt rascalities in Arkansas diow how this fund has lieen pntitutisl to n-vvanl an orpanI11I pallp of thieve colnjM.-ed of the I ti teil Mates Mar-hal and other friends ! the Adinini-tnttion." In North Carolina the 1'nited States M.ir'n d w as allow ctl to draw a fpiarter of a million dollars to carry that Mate lor ; rant in 172, under the pretext of suppn-inpimapiiiary Ku-Khix, win n the exjH-nt s had i.cvcr"ljef.rv tx-fus-dcd tell thousand. This corrupt sv-!em wa viponm-lv aip!ii"l to th eoiitmpent fuoil of tlett ilcjnrtinent f'-r the Im-ih tit of W illiam's household. The voucher for the pun ha-e of a carnape ami lmre. lor lurniture. itn-l tor servants in hi family have Iws n publidicd far ami wide. Then i no doiilit in n-panl to the fact, and thi w a one of many nnsou w hy a partisan Senate, more than 1 1 i I m - 1 to olt-V the or'a-rs of the Pn-i-dent, w a afraii to confront the Jhi.ii1.it indipnatioii by approvinp him. It was as Attoriiey-liencral that William iiiiappnpriat-d the public inont-y to his own -t roiial 11 e. Thr eharpe and the priHif sutlicel to liTcVciit hi coiit'.rinartioti a 'hifl-Juticc ; and tht-y -land to brand him w ith infamy in the lii;h oti'nv which he now 1 sutl-ml t disprace l y the Pn i-lent favor and .-iipjMirt. It i natural to a-k. in i-w of sin h ntouildinp tlevelopuielit. w bi-ther the lit piiblii-an fif the lloue of I!epret ntatives, with a round majority of one hundn-1. intend to condone these crimes Ly their silence. They an pn ti inlinp to make reduction, ami an- ipi'a-k to prate almut economy. Hut hen- i palpuMc eorriijstioil l-efon then-ye, the Msi.e's liloneV stolen to buy carriapi s. hore. and tunil-tun-, and to bin-s rvat:t. and not one ot thce clf-stj led n lonil' T pr"-o-eS ati in ve-tipatiou. Then-i a standing Connnitti-e ou Pulilie Kxjn nditun . an-1 aiiotln r on Ib fonn in the Civil Sen iii-. .ii pnp iatt-lv hutdtsl by (he ti;iek-pay prabU-r from ( ounce tictit. yr. Ki llopp. either of which could fitly deal xv ith thi matter wi: limit an,onl--r from tin- lloii-e. Hut there i no such diNitioii. l n the contrary, the dein- i tt whitewah William and to anpiit him by lion-action. The lb-publican majority cannot e. aje the n-inibility which a n-fusal to meet this ipn-tioii i.ivolve. The Attonieylo ticnil has Imi-Ii arraipiml by the pn of all parties ujM.a proof takeii from the tile of the Tnn'iiry. He i puilty or he i innoeelit. If th-eharpe an- lllitrue then he lir-t of all i inten-te-l in i xM..inp tin- inisfice. If they lil- true thi ll ln t llllworthj" to sit hi tin- Cabinet and docidethe pnive-i ipii-tion. An lnvestipatioii tin n fore I demand's 1 in an J" view of the case. A nd if (he Hi publicans w ill not do tin irduty bom-(ly, some 1 cinoerat of staiidinp and w eipht onpht to put hem to the tct by a n-olntioii callmp for a it ial committe-. with Mwerto send for M ron and pat-r and scepeetioiiph to cover every eharpe made aininst thi Velia! olliii-r. A. 1". Sn. Supi-ot- a man and a pirl wi n- married, and. xv hit h . of courc. imp. iblc. that at the same time of the hviiit-iieal contract tin-man wa : year old and the pirl .". w hieh makes tin- man seven time a-old a tin- pirl. '1 hey lived topi tin r till the pirl wa M; thi make him AO Jer old. and four timet as 1, Id a the pirl. And tin y live until he I 1... the Miall Uilip Pi; thi III ike Hie mall time tilin s as old. They still live; t,e i year oi l ; thi make tin- man 'i". only twice a old. An-1 now, a we haven't time to work if out. js-rhap sollii ltody w ill le pood elioiieh to tell lis how blip tin V would have to live to make the pil I a old a the Inau. 1 Mr. lb rN rt s- le r havinp in n l ire I arti'-le a.TU-t-d Mr. i.la-Ntone i-t h"Hmp j the anti eit-iitilic view coin ruin p i vobi- ' lion. Mr. il:.d-toM- ha- poMi-lm! a h tti r 'in which he -a: ' I have no P iii'iialHi' to aov coiielu-ioiis whatever le-; it iiuati Iv" ! ari-inp uoii wi -a-ccrtaiiicil l.a I orwelltestitl n-a-oiiiiip : and my complaint i ' that the tilin lion- of the Almighty as n a- ! tor and povirnorof tin- world ure tluiicd 'Upon proillel vvlii--h. whatever N" the IXten'ioi pivi Ii to the phr.i-es have 'pmttil. apH-.tr to 11, to Ih-uttt ily an-1 nianili tly hisutli--i'-nt to w arrant sin h ileidal." i ()k of Ihe .s-akcr:it the Ho-toli C 11- ' tenui d Tea-part v mad.-a piMsl j-oitit w In n ; he t;,id that "Pa made with salt-watt r i a . rare exs rinn nt. but oin-o. at hat. it wa sticees-ful. and prinhiit d inore w io.-soinf I I ff-ct th in tin- whole crop of the Celestial I Kuipiie f;oiu that day to this."