Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 16, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 March 1874 — Page 3

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WEEKLY COURIER

C. POA5T, PnbliiUr. INDIANA. iti:ms or ixti:ki:st. l'rnouil anil l.ltrrary. Josh Pilling is going to t 'uliforniu to Irani how lo sw-Il. Stonewall Jackson l ft out daughter, an interesting j'uii lady, who is now in m lliH'l in t liarlolte, X. '. At a nit-nt liii-kcns" party in NewYork, over two hunln-d x-rons ap-an-d in ililleretit eJiaractcrs from the. Ixxiks of iu,.r S nator Sumner make a stand daily l fon- Mr. I lk'", n lo-riiiau arti-t in Washington, for a full-length portmit. which ha Is-cit or len-d ly tin' Hay ti.tn I. ri-lu-tun-l"r it hall. Tin Annii-an riuia donna who. under tli" name of ignorn Paolini. has made :i hit on the operatic stage in Italy, i Mis. Pauline Niningcr, daughter of Joint Niningcr 'f St. Paul. .Ifihti i. Whitticr, in a !ttvr Jamiarr ;!n, say : " Mv hc:i.l an eye will not allow uie t think of literary work. An unfulfilled engagement with the At'.iific M-.nihiy trouble me much." The New York Arm-linn allit'l-- to the marriage f Col. Joint Hay to Mi Moi.e in these lines : Hay 1111 rir Sunir, and nvr tin- ijai-i-tiou'i) mm ti i The f.ior--l mir who'll weir the 'l.ttle lint-olie! ' A a teatiirr of the memorial to Prof. AgMs-iz. it is pn !) that the teacher iin-l pupil of the whole country take part in it, ami that on the anniversary ol hi nirtiiday. May i. they siiaii each coiilii!-nt-something, however mm ill. Til- l!eT. J. S. C. Ahtx.tt. the W( 11know n author, h is n-igii-d the pi-toratc of the ccond 'ongn-gatieaal Church, Fair Haven, Conn., which he ha hchl for many year, on account of the pre-ur of literary labor. It i- aiil that he ha Ix-cu -iir:iir",l by a pro-iiim-nt publisher to write the hi-tory of each of tlie Matt- of the I'nion. Politician an -landing agha-t at the versatility l i-x-'Iimi-t pooli'tle. who ha. lat lv :t'-- ptd th- teuiMrarv jn-i l ny ot the I niw-r-ity of ( 'hieago. for w hidi. it i -aid 'on tl." authority, it i nii'leitHnl. of Prof. Mn Coit Tyh r), that iii -hol-ar-hip and ta-teji -eci.illy tit him. Nunf time Im tore he deliwnil an elaborate di coiir-e oil the NTtpMirr prophecies, fill ti 1 1 il and ii!ifiiltillel, which Iw-trayed a familiarity with -m-li tojiicrart-anionjr ativt-xifpt skilled theologian. j The pev. Mr. Hrownlow. a heapjiear in thw l'l.ite.1 SUtc d ilate, i on of the noticeable obj-ct. of that lxly. lie i u tall, lark-h.irv. in in. pale even t. hi lij. witiiiso i-olor or life in any part of hi lly. f.ivt hi re-tie- i-ye. that ";row hriht at interval, lie never sak, nor nive, nor call a a-. nor MniUv. nor talk to hi iieihlnir. Atteii'lant carry him t' hi w:it at twelve, atfl !ack to hi Military home at five. I here he it lnrinir tin" Jon hour, (.jh-nt an "fhot-like, tw itchimr r tiu!ly w ith a tcrnhle p.J-y. Vimrf nJ lndnn.tr J. Clinton, in Iowa. Iat of having "tu imh out hix thoit-ainl whe-ll;irrow l:it year. Tli ople if MinneMiU ur' trying ti MilVfth'i fiie ijletiotl. A COIUlli-ioll i ,t I"1 apoiii!ii to how lar;ncr how to prvpare an I iim jwat. I'.y the invention .f a m-w v-t tn of hanl. iiln !s 1. it i l iievi that the work ot p'ht in the M. tiothanl tunnel can lx- tiiii-li-'l a year or two in a-lvanco the lt- ti Lite. The new invention wa maile hy Mr. Knecht, the cni;in- r ot tin tunic 1. A new ! tri' whi-tle for liN-ouioive i now iiMinnj into iim In K'ntnc-. It I intcnl.l totake the pla" ofwitch inal; ojwnini the itch iniw a i-ipi'r plate, a fhrt h-Unet- otrin the roa.lwav. to IweoiiHM l.vtriliitl. A im-Ullic hru-h on therinrin trjn-fer the c-;trrtnt to the wiiitle,whictiiiK-neil an J ninain ojh-ii nntiUteam i -hut 'fT hy the ncin- r. If the riiffiue r i nehi-tlii? hi duty the fact i at onee made known hy the nmtinuou ound of the w hittle. The Manufirlurer and Butt-hr KV : "Wire iietiini for pla--teriri2 a a sultitute for lath h.i 1m--ii pmpoM-d. and i now U-iii j; iiitrodiHiil. It take le lalmr to pl.u-e on the wall, i more --011111111011. and will not hum. 'oare netting with one-inch me-h.aii'l in le of trin? winj found to an-wi-r N-t. For ornamental cornii-e work it i f-j- iallv valuable. .1 it an he ! nt ii.to any drirel f nn. S-cun-l to iron studding ii hrick huilding nur .-n .-tlit danr r on ac-inint of tire mil l In- removed." A colony of M'k-worm rultivator i to lin ate in IiudenLde i-oiinty. Mii--ippi. on a thousand :u n' ot wikl land w hi. h th. y h.ve laht for SJ.H. They iiitmSi r fin v (Mi'hajo to rmati. and have put fivt miii in Uie joint entcrprie. The plan i rntindy co-i-rutivi', all tnin-lia of provisions and Ktleg ol proIuct to In made hy a manaffin cnmmitti1'. Pnviion h:ihe'n imufk- for a hrewery. fnnn w hich l.tiT h-er I to he furnifhe-1 at aw. t-nt a rla. and there are to- lie no prohit.itorv liw. The x'tt'ment will le calhil "tHil-niia. and all the plan for It foiimlin? have len (-an-fullr made hy silk worm exnerts. The climate i to he exactlv ri'rht. and the railroad companies w hiciran hkcly to nrotit hv a mav ot the r'riiiient have lieH-l the rntcr-prl-e in varioiM wav.. The ineniln-rhip 1 full, the inoner ; all ail in. and tin mi.lille f March ha lnlt M-liH teU lor an inauiHii al. rhol and hnrrh. 'I1e n-nt of a fadiionahle tew in NewYork i S.'.kxi. It is rather puzzling to read that the Advc iitUt of nctcrlv, K. I., arehuildin a fni!itanti d ine tin hou-e. 'n lert F.liot. of H.mar.1 Colle fia iili-1 f.r KuroiM 011 a three tnonthi.it. for tin- i.uriwiM' of inveti-ntin tin' ttlueational -ytcm of Oxfonj and Camhri.l'e. Atnher-t College has furnidied more ininl-ter-and ii'on- mii-ionarics. in proortioii t; the whole puniher of it irniduat . than any other nd !; in thi country. The Colored Methodi-t F.pi.M-opal ChiiP-h in Ann rii. an or'an iz.it ion which

date from the (1om of the civil war, ha purchaxtl pro rty in I.ouivile f,.r the e-tahli-hiucnt of a collt-o-e mid theological Khool. Another lady preacher ha M-i-ured a pulpit in lto-to'ii. Jhr name i l.ora llaine, and he ha In-cii M-vend years study in for the ministry. Mie i tliirty vear old. and Icin "a plcadnjr, hut not U-autilul lace.' F. I i -opal clcr-ijineit are diou.-injj the propriety of a Church Coiii-rc., at Mjine future dav, with a view to the N-ttcr organization of the ImhIv, and for the pur-M-e of rendering th - Church more homo-V-eiieou in it faith and practli-e. The friend of llainixlen-.ydn-v College in Virginia I Pnhytt-rLui) "propose to make a hrave ctlort and ntie three hundred thoit:uid dollar for that in.-titutiou, and coiniiicinorate it approai'hlu; centennial w ith an endowment to tin amount. The coIle:e i one of the oldet one in the Smtk. and is will ly awake to its future pro.-M rity. In n vidii!' its church manual, the

! South Congregational Society of 1 1 art lord j ha di-cidi-d to di-M-iiM' w ith its old formu- ! laric of iirofeion of faith, and to admit M-r-on-i to church um iuIm rdiip on an aowal f their tx lief in the Aiostles' Cn-cd. To this is added a r--aHinnation of the principle of the Niecne Creed, and of the polity of Con-jrationaliMii u wt forth hv the National Council of lhl. The Pev. P.. K. Carey. I. P.. Pn idin Khlcr in the Colorado Mi-tliolit Conlereiic'. ha a district -mlin in? .V,(nio mile, w hile he travels iinotly in hi ow n carriage, taking with him a IhiI and camp eijuipMe. In Mime parts of the work he i ohli-red I to travel a di-tjimi- of Ml miles w ithout M-eiiiif a human alxxle. lie has "lept at niht under a wairon. and in it. in a jminary. t staMe, and often 011 the irround. and on cahin llors. In hi judgment the MetlKxIi-t are takinjr the lead in evangelizing the 'lcrritory. flap a nil f lnhitp-. An engine fHiiler at Catoclon, Fredcrick county. Md., cxplotle-l a few days ao, killing tim e !n rro and woundinir M-veral other, one mortally. A Mrs. Outlaii. at Little Kock. Ark., atti-mjiti-'I to kindle a tin-in her tove Sunday inht. She usifl coal oil. Ilcrihil-dn-n have N-en adopttsl hyan uncle. In New Alhany. Ind., a ci-ycar-old child. H illiam lluzlie. v hile playing w ith matclie ill a luiulT rarn t, M-t lire to the lioijic, nod W M tiurnd toileatll Ix-tore he could In' rcM-ll-sil. A man and wife in IVnoliM-ot. Me., diiil Mi'f leiily al;er eating a dinner of vcrctaMe Ixiileil in a kettle. The pan which covered the kettle had U-ell UMil in mixing meal an I arsei.h lor crow-, and had not lii-cn m thoroughly leatiM-l out hut that a leadlv utiantity ot imu-oii wa uWoMjfiti oy tin -team. .John iN-vine, aisl sixteen year, ot Naple, PI., w as i-tartin;r out uion a hunt the other cvetnnir, and attcmpt-l to put a shot-trim hi a spriny wa'on, the muzzle toward him, when the hammer struck aain-t an iron rod. diM-harv'in the jrun. md th" hw.l of heavy shot entered the left ide, killing him alnut instantly. A farmer' wile in Ananioa. Iowa. U-insr xa,-M ra'itl at the tardiness of thttire in the kitchen -tove alxnit dinnertime, the other day, appliud the jrreat Atm-rican ohituary prouiott r. She immediately retired throu-fh tin- we-t window, while thw whole hou-e wa nlow witu the liht an I rtskdetit with the funu-s of the humin;: oil. Henry Sumner, a younj? man, wa fahtn-. hv Ah-aloni Mi lmliljn. at a K-innjr ciumii at ."u-ar iro.e w-nooi-Iioum-, x-ott county, in., a n-w rvenins a'o. and hi re-overv i con-id'rel douhttul. A 1- ii-iullv the -!im- m sm h anair. then wa a vounir ladv in thetuickrouud. tnd on h-r account the vounjr men were jealous of ca h other.. A man in Warrick county. Ind.. named lenkiti. hid N hind a .-tiinip" a lew evenin? aro to frijhteu hi family w ith a hoodluui gonsr. A the lulvt strain of the instrument M-nctnitetl the family sittinjrrNm. a mhi of the inuician. thinking the noise was from a wildcat, took a sher-jrui. an stum; some thin kii: family any more with a hoodlum jronjr. rorelca ilp. Aix-onlinfT to the I.nnd'n C7io'r. Pum is jrtvins to r.nlaiil a inorouniy inu-'eal pniii-e. II V orh-r of the JaijuieM' dove; ntnctit. a colli-ction of the aiiinntl. tlotal and mineral world ol Kit rope has N-en made for the IIM-of the school ill Je.l.Io. In addi tion there i ul-o a sinail colhrtnm of Kuroi-an coin, mid Ix'twiH ii thn-e and f.uir hundred specimens or the purpo-e of show inin a couipn-henive way the jN-culiaritie of Kuropcan tnanufactur-s. The I u lu'ss of h.dinliur?li 011 arnvInjr in Kn:land w ill le inethy three U ailtiful maiden, w ho will le attached to her housi hold I jid v Francis Bailie, daughter of the Karl of Fjjrin, Utdv F.mma t;loli.hin Ohorne, siter of the Puke of I,eec.i. and I-adv Mary Hutler, niter oftlie Marnuis of Ormonde. The selection would eeni to be a representation of tlie throe kinjrdotn. ..... The I 'arts journals announce in' ueaui of an old wddier nanus! llotcland, w ho was one of the drummers whose Instruments drowned the voice of Iuis XVI. when he nttemptiil to address the crowd present at his execution, during the P.cipi of Terror. The horror which the events of lT'.Uhad inintl him with was no jfrcat that lie could not sj ak of them without a j iivcrins of lio.lv, and this had earned him the nickname of " I.e Tn-mhleur " amonn his neihlxirs. It is rcporti-d that wveral unis liave U-cn found at Kel Hill.neart hrit Church. Knlauil, conUininff the remain of ancient Pouian. They are alut two fit in hci"ht. i inches iii diameter at tin hase. .oidnine inches ill the enter. Some of theui an nifimentiil with moMins:. and hut one has Us 11 removed entire. I'i rlitv A have aln-inlv 1ki-I1 di-u ovenil. and tin- int HL'ent proprietor of the land upon which they were louiiii i- sai-i 10 have ordered that no further di'in? Incarried in until an opportunity ha li-n all'ci.'-.-J for an ha oloej-t to vi-it the locality. Profeor Palinciri, who 1 the directorof the ohM-rvatory hM-ated on the side of Mount Vc.-uiu.isaid to have nnnouneed

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that a severe eruption of that volcano is eminent. The orteiitous ruinblin that have prcecdi-d former eruption arc reported a distinct! v audihle ; and, although no lire is yet viihle, theden-ity of the smoke indicates the proximity of fiery matter. As Profe-.-orPalnu-iri has jriven his whole time and attention to the ohservain e of these volcanic phenomena, hi prediction may well ! received as a w arning hy the villagers, whose lives and home. are ajrain threatened. Should an eruption occur as priilictcd, the suliji ct will re-eive, without doiiht, a most thorough investigation, and much valuable information N-placed 011 record for the use of students. 0ld and F.iid. A yoiinr lady who enh-red a I 'roadway music store and a-ked the youiurmait in attendaiHi', "Have you Happy I 'reams?' vaa.-toitilifd when h-replied, "No ma'am. I'm ino-tly troubled with the nihtinare." He. didn't know why she went out so hurriedly and slammed the store door after her. The oflicial stat4-uient of the dry-rixids iiniMirtatiotis at the port of New ork for January of the pn-M iit year, has just heen puhli-hed. The total valuation of these imports amounted tor.l'i t',71. a tei-n-ae a coniparcd with January. l-7J.of s.'.7,:5i,, and in eoitiiarioii with 172 a dcline of $'',oM,7i. ''he indication point to a li;rht sprinj; tiadeln iuiportcl Hritish and KuriK-an immI. When the dinner lately jriveti to Jmle S-yiuoiir by the Farlicld'coiinty Par was proM-cd, a lahk lawyer from Litchfield county wa Invitiil to' ! present, hut leinurn'd. I don't mv why vou should yive him a dinner." he said.' The rronnd of courtesy, mutual ohl Ration, etc., were rone over" by the inviter. "I know, I know." protesh-d the lank attorney from Litchfield. hut the Idea of rivin;ra praud

diiitn r to : hv, h" exe!amt nn a retun' of contempt, S-ymour don t cat anything out liali fie am t ot ouiy one tooth." Danbury, A iMxiksclK-r wa a short tune back rather astoiiidicd at a miner's wife hrinffinr him a Johnson's dictionary v Inch she hail iiurchased from him a few davs Ix1fore. She said "it was a ior Ixxik. and of no use to her.' She had hxiked for "IMiixiinatics," but could not find it ; -he had alo searched for " Nat" (srnat). hut it wn ale-eiit as well. ( n the lxxik Her pointing.' out the word, she still dcclineil to retain t!i- volutin1, n inarkinsr that "she wanted one where they did imt sk-1I the word iti f I : t outlandish manner." A man w ho had uiiM-d his way fortunately overtook a boy jroin with a pot of tar to mark hi master's sheep. He asked him the road to Panll". but was directed by w manv turning, ri.irht and left, that he ujrrccd to take the Imv behind him on Iii liorM-. Finding the boy x-rt and docile, he irave him some w holesoMie advice, addiii? occasionally : "Mark me well, my 1m iy." " Yes. sir.'l do." He n-jx-atedthe injunction so otu n that the lxy at last criel out : " I cannna mark ye ony mair, as the tar ha reen (Kit." Theirrepn-sii:.ie joker nt the Bank Club the other day, w hile touchimr up his oyster with pepper fnnn the cHtor, ots.'tvih1 to the waiter that the ps-ppi-r was half ix-a. "Oh. no." said the iM.lite wait er, "that is the Ix-t sort d' jsi.per ;." tell Mi. " Well. I tell vou it is half pen Mill-.' That reiitlcman came, and the joker remarked, "Iaiways extort to yet the bet of everything in" thi house, out thi jx pjx-r i half is a." "That can't Isso; wetakc csjx-cial pain to procure it, and have it ground in our own mill." Well, it i so. and I can prove it." " If vou can I should like to have you." '" W ell. John, you ju-t spell jt." And the amiable proprietor rctin-d with a sweet and jr-ntlo smile on hi Ix-ncvolcnt face. Graphic. A recent medical writer says ; "Sleep w hereyer you can any w here w hen you jret a chance;" the want of' the aye Is sleep." Thi is not always safe to follow, as one of our townsmen (says a conU-nixrary) knows to his sorrow." He was recently atlhi teil with a had cold, and to cure him-M-lf of it resorted to the remedy of puttinsr his fsj-t in hot water and driiikiiiir a tumbler full of strong w tiisky imiuy, pre- ... . ... . 1 sense ot enjoyment sioie over mui a. o-sipjx-d the vxhilarat'mg liquid, and he fell :i.li-cn. His wife had gone to bed, and on V . ... ... 1 ! 1... nwakeninir. alntut 'I o'chw k in th' morning. womlentl why she wa alone, (ioing il.iw n Bt:iirs she wa horritied to find her licgv lord asleep in hi chair, the tire out. hi- feet still immersed iii the water, over which a cake of Uv wa forming;.-ami an empty tumbler on the chair Ik-shIi- hizn Hi-cold i-n'tabit licttcr. A lady 1. 11 h-r little child playing near a hot stove uii which wa a kettle ol ixnii ing water, yesterday tnorning. wmicsm ran aero the street to a ticignoor s. PrcM-ntlv she h'ard the agonizing scream of that child, and on the wings of terror she flew to its relief. Phi horror: there on the Ihxirlav ln-r larling balx'. the pure outjrrowth of a holv love, the Idol ami light ami life of her heart, struggling i' the erasn of a tremendous cockroach. For fl moment the fond mother stoxl transfixed, chilled to the marrow in her bones, then, iratheriiiir nil her ftrenirth for action, she seized a flatiron, sprang, a springs the lioness uixm the; murderer of her cub sprang upon the monster, wrenched awav Its rrastt. hurled it iuxn It. back, and with acryot triumph, brought down the iron and mashMl the hlmxlthirsty nng. men clasnlmf her hatM to her !xsoni and niur v urine Saved ! saved!" she swooned awav. We immediately had a reliable ar tist iioon tlie siMt. and in a few wts-k will ! able to offer chromos of the thrilling m-etie, as a premium to stibscrilicrs to thi naixT. ftrunwtrkrr. Miss Pho-lx:' 'ozzen I a pretty. goo lawyer. Anylxuly may know the first to lx true by hioking at "her, and those who are b eel w ith all aciuaintanv over lit hist. Mis Ph.clx- lectured iii New York the other night, and revealed to the a-ton Uh.il ninl'ii-niv the fact that then" Wi re no ie-sthan llvefetnale law yers mentioned in the Iiix.k of NunilM-r. Miriam, pelxirah and 1 1 l.t. wen- lawyer", and tin uocii ot Sbelia anil .lii.hth inlL'ht Im- lallll-! 11 bright inemls r ol tin- profession. Mi Cozen dcscrilxil the wall of dignity that had heretofore surrounded the legal profession, and the ftcrn rebuffs given by the lesfal cate-keeis r to the women Who Iia I v utured to take a peep Ix hind the .cinvs

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After the array of ancient precedent which the fair Uirristcr pn-M-nU, we suls111 i t that the fraternity ought to ox-n the irate freely and receive the candidate, not

vi el unnin, but with om-h arm. rtncit iricitiin.liit'r-Gt-fan. I'tru ! I An acquaintance of our thought he'd quit smoking. At any rate he'd made preparations to do so. So he bought a box of one hunJred cigars for two dollar-Tln-n he Ix-g'an snioking1 them, lie didn't get sick, hut evurvbodv in his hou.-o did. mid hi wife told fiim he'd Ix-ttcr return to his jtimkI cigar. She didn't want all the children oionsl. As he had about ninety of those ciyars on hand, he didn't like to throw them away, so he tilled hi XM-kets with them, and every acquaintance he met he gave him a cigar. Next day he noticed that when he met a friend he had seen thw day before the friend cros-cd the street. He at length captured one of them and aked him what was the matter. Look here," was the rejoinder, you're a missionary for an anti-smoking; six iety. ain't you 'f'' " Not that I'm aware of." ""Well, y ou ought to lx-, for no one that didn't want t discouragv smoking in fact make jx-ople sick ol it w ould carry about such cigar with him. I'd advise you to take a lew of thoe cigars to Washington and give them to inemlx-rs of ongre.-. The result will Im- the passage of a lawjiiakiny it a felony for any man to smoke' within the territory of 'the I'nited State-." lie has buried the remainder of that box ol cirars. The (irant Party and the (irangcrs. Washington. Feb. It i evident that the 'Administration party is thoroughly alarmed at the iro-icct ahead. Some ot the most (lillieult legislative problem that ever engaged the attention ol legislator are staring them in the lace, and they see no wrv to solve them without alienating the capitalists of the Ka-t, or the ("rangers oftlie West. The only way to avoid giving offene to one or lMth is to hurry up the appropriation hills, and adjourn without taking any definite action on the traiisjMirtation or "currency questions. With thi object in view their party leaders haw been constantly making buncombe s'M-cchcs to fool the t'irangers into the lxlief that they are heartily with tlietn.w hile they wink to tin- railroad managers and av quietly : "You know that all tlie-e resolutions mean nothing." There has Ix en a constant cflort o'l the art ol dartu-ld. Pawes. Male, ami oilier lcatUirs of that side of the 1 lou-e to hmry p the appropriation hills and get them through hv the middle of May and then adjourn. For tli!. purpose Dawes t onlay lb-red a resolution tixmg the 1.1th ot .Mav the il iv for tmal ai hournineiit. I hi wa hot only premature but it was very in'cent. It wa a notii-e to the country that the Administration party meant to hirk the grave responsibilities U-fore it ii id go into the contest this year w lilt a reconl that wount ix-ar any lmerirctation they cho-e to give it. ut Mr. Pawe s more tJinwcd their hand, and when t was voted down they made hate to put through a resolution declaring that it wa the M-ne of the IIou-c that it should not al)ouru until the tran-portation and currency question had Ihi n settled and c more iH-oitoinical adininstratioii of the (ioveriinient M-cured. Of otirsc cvervlxxlv votiil for thi and the tlrangers will lx- extx-ctcd to swallow it a a nice .-ugar- 'at-l pill intended to cure ill the ill they complain of. In the same manlier the preamble and resolution offered hv J. Smith of Ohio was put through declaring: it to tx-the sctie 01 the iioue mat 11 iiauiue cou-u-tutional ix)wcr to legi-Iateonall questions of commerce lx-twts-n Mates as though then-were no State line. Thi was simlv a trick to make it apix-ar that Ix-eause I M-nnx-rat would not vote for a resolution declaring that the National Coverninetit was supreme in all ca-e, therefore they were opxed to each and even measure looking to the resrulation of rail road tariff bv Congress. 1 nder the su-ix-n-ion of the rule the preamble and res olution could not lx seiaratsl, and tlelinK w as not 111 order. Hence I H inocrats were. obliged to vote against the resolution ix-causc uie pn-ai:-oie unuien a ""winlion of d,x trines th. y could not subscribe .. . 1 . . . . I I . . I T . .... I a hie invoiveu a u-ciara to iii. In the end tin resolution and all others ike it will return to plague those w ho in vented them. The Administration Irty hx-siiot mean to make any attempt to settle the tratistxirt.it ion uu(-tions at tin session. Thev are afraid of them and in tend to dodge. Th' px-ople w ill hold them Thev h ive the ... .1 n-stxmsibl' iievi-rtheu-ss. nower to pas any law th on"i, mi.. hv these verv resolution tln-v have not itie.1 the country that thev an- fully nware of flu- iinix.i tam-c ol the ouestion ci.nni ing their attention and that they w ill fail in their duty it thev do not take ucmnu action lltxui them. After lliis let th III shirk it thev dare. ' or. J . .V01. .... , A Slory of the ranic. The pn-ttv little htory of the "Family Trvst." hv Christopher North, wa re-ix-atsl hi thi city (luring the late iwirnc "Wife and children, then" Is no need, suni 1 . .. ... ii. . t .. I. f ...111 t..u ..,, iv, 10 ix-at aooui in-oiisii. 1 v in ivii ) tlie worst in a word I am ruined. All mv pnx-rty Is lost ami gone, ami we miist irive ui our home. We must leave we thi stn-et." A slight convuNlve motion went round the e n -, anil a female voice soblK-d."Iieaveo irhouier" Hut the gxxl wife said eamlv. "Wo have ss-n many happv days, but sun ly we must w k and i tin 1 1-, um imui nv uini ....... contentm. iit elcwh. ri. I will not tmd contentment e cw lose a night's n-st. If vou can lx-ar it I can." .Mr. a. was a nan -working, in a m I f I . dustrious man, who in an evil hour had lecomc surety for an acquaintance through whom he was utterly and Irretrievably ruined, lie felt the magnanimity of hi wife, and beggi-d the forgiven- of unas sembled family. I pon this hi eldest son stoxl tin. and lrt lxklng vvun tnc most resiK-cttul tenderness on his lather. and then with a cheerful smile on all around, said : Father, never inuv utter these w ord ! never moii llululLT' th-' thoughts: vou have fed n. clothed u. tauht u what 1 our duty to tiod and man. It n-ts with u to practice it. We nil love vou. father. We are nil grateful ; U need wo would all lay down our lives to save vou. Put then' i no need ol it WTiat has happened? Nothing. Wean' nil well and strong. We can all work At this all can' and despondency fled. A J. Sun. Motut.r., Alabiima, has policcincn. live one-arnnd

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There was a jxilitical jx-rlod ending about fifteen months aro in which the people and th' press, i-ou-ciou that th public M-rvicc was hom-ycomlM-d witheor rujit'ou, that th' Treasury was plunderel, that laziness, dihoin-ty, and inoonijx teiicy were inst.dhsl in almost all the olllckd iMisltions under (iovciument, that ini inlier ot Congress were cnga-d in cirrupt rx-cuIation ba.Ms uih.ii the pro-tituu ut of their trusts, and that there was a very low standard ofxilitical morals and oflicial integrity everywhere grumbled and complained in very p-neral terms but with gn at constancy. Thw press commented freely upon the evil tci.dclicif of the times, and dealt out its denunciation of the prevailing corruption and vice vigorously and unsparingly. Everybody knew.'for the pax-rs were full of it, that we were in the midst of dishonesty and greed, and that the sources of the turbid tide that was sweeping over the land wen in the bad examples of official delinquency and fraud in high place. No one called n nnes. but in general terms the party in jxiwcr wa held in a gn at im a-ure re-sisin-iMe lor the demoralization The diinandfor reform In the Civil S-rvh-e grew out of it and ix-eame so clamorous that tho Administration parly was driven to di something to aplx-a-e it in . the shajs1 of the clever piece of trickery known as the Civil Ntvicc Commission, which, after amuing its inventor for two year, has Ixt-n turned over to the tender mercies ol Mr. Kelhigg'n Committee for punishment atU-r death. It i hardly necessary ton-mind anyone who has keiit track of "the H.litical discussions in and out of Congivs for the pat two or three year how this method ol attacking stii'iendou abu.se in a general way, without sjx-cificatioiis or jH-rsonal exemplification, was n-ii-ivisl by' the supporter and organ of the parly in xnvcr. "This is only the mischievous gabble of a sensational M-andabbruiting' press," they said. "There is of course more or les"s of dishonesty and corruption in all parties, and among all classes ; hut no more now than at any previous time. The party in power i not rcsjxini-ible for it. Its r-t'tvs-ntativi's an- the purest ami best men 111 the land; it legislation the wisest and most salutary ; its principles and idea those t the tnor-t rigid morality, and ii administration a pure and irretroaclhh as is po ible under human limitations." And then tiny said, "If tin re Is so much ollh ial wrong-doing ami i-u. h a prevailing corruption in high places', why do not thoM- putistsnf the press name the'offeiiders. that Investigation may be had and the guilty 01n s punished. Give us the six-citications." v ell. w e have had now lor anoui imeen months a tx-riod of sie itnrations. Mleinler have Is-en named, otlcnses specifie I, and invctigiitioii dcmaiidisl. In mom cases than some of the unsophisticated had any idea of. investigation brought out conclusive evidence ot the truth of all that had ix-cn charged. Memtx r of Congress who were above su-pieion were found to have lxVn more or less deeply interested in speculative enterprise ot a cliaractcr a little worse than doubtful, whose success. depended UJHI11 their Votes as legl-lators. .senator were discover !! to nave accept ci money from great corporat ions, which to the unregenerate mind si-eunil in.trvelously like retainers, while their sutM-qucnt action in the Senate bad so much the char acter of servh-e n-iidcnil that no suit lor the recovery of the money 011 the ground of no consideration could have t-toisl a moment in any court; other Senators were proven to "have paid for their election in oix-n market, and whenver the prolx- of Investigation pn-nvd, venality, brilx-rv. fraud. and all form ot ollkiaf dishonesty were cxjOM-d. It wa the era of specific offenses. The trentleiiien w ho a Tear or two ago dnounccd a uieiidaciou pms for its sweeping accusations of fraud ami corruption, and demanded either specilic allegation or silence, have had a very Mitllcing belly ful. Their answer we in-sl hardly quote. It is the bv-word of txilitics. 1 hroughout the country there ha lx-cn such a lifting; iinwartl ot white hands ami ndling heavcnwanl of w hite eves a could not lx stir- , , i i n .t i .... i:.. nf w,,,. ',,ou,l,,. ali VT, " t , " , VJ i isees. from bun ol the leiiiple down, re1 . . . . peat w ith one accord their thanks that they are not as other men. " I character to go for nothing Y" thev ask indignantly. Art w to investigate the conduct of our purest and Ix-st men at tin- bidding of lilx-lcrand slanderer? If this thing 1 to continue, nolxxlv is safe." Snator Patterson ot New Hampshire left the Senate la-t March utterly distrusted at this state of things. - - - , ,- . .vir. 1 otnerov 01 rvatisa i o n inin n .u the Rime way of thinking. Attorney-Gen eral Williams is in profound sympathy with them. Mr. Starkweather of Connec ticut I inon d-cply unimscii than ever with the recklessness and nn-ndacity of the iiideiH-nd nt press, and ex-Senator Harlan. through hi newspa'x-r lifts up a daily wall over the wanton malice of these grossly oticn-ive attacks upon pmaie character These arc the two thimb es of the gen tlemen who live Uxn politic and stand hv the Constitution and party, lo all tri-nend chartr- of corruption, they offer 1 r.- , . . ' ,,1 general denials and demand sixyilic 1- . . . V . . -i . i.I. -11.. nl (lemanu specmcaiKgntion. lien sjxH-me aii-f:aiitii gat on. W hen KIx'Clti allegation an' S- ,1 ..... t 1 . I . made, they niv. "m, tins niauer i jettinir ix-rsonal. Iltese attacks uixm in dividual are simply brutal." The eople have tril lioth thimblen. It s a game inai mini of a reasonable dcimf of sense don't ret fooled on but twice, and the thinible- : . . . . . riggers had U tter get n-iulv to ( hange the iramo or move away. .V. J". Trihtmr. 4 The wator-suppiv of Paris is to be increas4'd hy the eons'ruriioii ci me ."isourls Ih-servoir. which Is to nsi ive tlie w ater of the Valine. It 1 to occupy an area of thirte n and a half ncn-s. and will contain sixty-six million gallon water. I'.v means ol this reservoir the daily waicrstipplv ix-r head to Pari will lx-imn asl Irom 'twciitv-lour to Ihirtydour gallon. t .1 mint tire, the owner of the ing eonluseirbv the sudden awakening I.P..IU.I-M- M 111111 t II II H n IH IM II I - 1.... I...r iM.iocr md Clic of the ixipulace. sinwciihl l?" backward. anl presented to the asioiu-m-n and awe-st ruck 11. ighbors the -jsviacie 01 a man going In "'pl-o-i'c lir ti ns at once. . V 1 a late confi-relH-e scs-ioll a clrgyman -iive a reason why the baptist bur h I like a beaver' hut: "Then- i only out I entrance to it, aim tnai 1 uuuci