Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 16, Number 13, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 May 1874 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER

C. DOAKE, Publisher. - - INDIANA jaspli.. iritis or i.ti;hi;st. I'rraoiinl and l.llrritry. .Mr. Fn-ele-riek Seward is writing abio-graphie-ul iin iiioir of his father. Hayanl Taylor Is in Cc-rinany. eolle-et. ingm ete rial for a joint biography oKJoclhe ami Schiller. (Jene-nd IIimmI i pre paring a reply to such ortien ef (ie-neral Johnson's look a. nfie-ct upon his military career. The r ly will MpH-ar us a srie- of ne-wsapcr artieles in the New Orleans journals, ami afterward it will be put in pamphlet form. Mr. KKin Fern-ts biographer savs that every winter onle-r were left witli tiie . groe-er whli whom Mr. Forrest dealt to re fuse no M-r-'n waiitingcn-dit.aml se-ml the I bills to him for oettlemeiit. ft wa b it to i tlie groe-er to discriminate as to the re-eip-ictit-s of bis iMiuntv. The late He-njamin Tyler IleeM of Ho. I ton, ufter making litierai U-e'ucst to bis ' wife ami family, give- to tin K pi -copal I 1 heoegie-al School at t am!nelge f jon.uiu. ami f l."..M other charities. Mr. Ib-cel several years ago jravf jdOO.ouo towanJ founding the hool which he lias again so geneTeeiisly n-niciuhen-cl. tiovewior Win. H. Washburn, the new .Senator froia Masaihusett.s, is not nlatee to the chbratel Washhuruo family ol which Iov. Israel Washhurne-, (iov.C. C. Washburm ami K. It. Wahbunie are ini'iiilnn. The new Senator conii-s from the western part of Massachusetts, ami is in no way connected with the other. (Jeneral Francis A. Walker. Sucrintemlent of the Census, is doubtless the only otllier in the scrvie-e ol the 1'iiite-d States w bo rrfues to receive any Hilary. At his own n-que-st the won! " emoluments " was entsecj from his commission, and he would only consent to continue in the re-nice on the condition that lie re-ee-ive no pay. Alexander II. Stephens hasleft WashlngbMi for bis home in Georgia. Ib-fore faking bis ele -parture he wase-alle-el njton by a company of friends, and during the conversation "remarked that Uflles bis health should U eome improved by the trip.be never again oxps-cteil to visit Washington, lie js cmtirfu"' I invalid, a- d his ri"t Ixn-n in his wat on the floor of the Ilouseforthe past two tnoiiths. Mary detainer Ames write that "William Walter I'lielps, the new voting memU r from the dex rts of New Jersey, who ha-, the reputation o owning more railroads than she can hike time to count, i a iiK"t IMU i ious gentleman, for, coming to Washington in the Kime drawingroom car with him, she ele-e-ide-el that be talke-d faster ami longer than any ina- nline nnrt:U that she hail ever U In M. and eonelinbil that be Was a wil l Kobe In;. ill int let lH-e Iroin his l.dr. on hi- way to the capital to write tin Iniin " story chronicles of Congress. Instead, be Is cne of the menagerie- himc!f. ami threw oft from that flying tongue- of hi, the other day. a very bright s-e-e h that made every -leoelv laugh -vi 11 when translated to the newspaMTi a stem tet." Nrheel and 4'barrh. It i- taf-d that in New York there are fift-cn preoi her- whose- salarie-s aenige Il.t.mii) jx r annum. Henry Ward He-echor ha de-elineel the six month' vacation voted by bis comrelation. 1I. mvs be doe not ncc-d it now, and when he doc be will take it. According to the piihli-heil statistics the Ki gi-tnir icneral of Knglami, on the 1-t of k-toU-r, 17:. bad on his list no bthan MI different iect. each bavin? at that date plafs n-giterod for divine wor:iip in Fnglaml. The Fn-nehiuan' nmark atiout many n-ligions and few gravies mirht bold guol in some places as wc-11 a. others. The vestry of Trinity Church. New York, have summarily cli-misscd the l.'ev. A 1 vali Wi.wall.Ior ciitc"-!! vearsan assistant elersrynian In the parish. The cau-e asfiinecl "U lack of influence through proceeilinp' for divow pro-cuted by bis w ife, although the minitT Is exonerated !y the vetry from all charges preferred against him. The ,hainnanof the iKmieMic Missions in Western Texa calls for help to enable the Church to care fur the amain? iiuiiiImt of emigrants that are tloolin? the country from almost every part of the world. Many of them are "Presbyterian from the older States, and settling as thy often do, out of the reac h of the Chun h, w Ul be lo.t to the communion unless followed up. Minister' libraries, in the view of the I.ynn Methodist Conference, ought to belo'ng to the churches, and it therefore advie the co!tTcratioi).s w ithin its limits to furnish their parsonage. with these nec-e. ary pa-toral helps; and it alo nwinmends the " ladies' circ le," cr other agencies, to add a few volumes every year and o Veep tlie minister well cquipinsl In this respect. This plan is a goc one, but some objection might Ie urged against one reason of it, that minister' salaries have to In made larger than they oiberw ie would be If they have to puMiase their libraries. It the Kilaries alone and throw the book in too. The Hishop of Lincoln ha.s stnick hard blow at tlie evil of simony, or of buying and wiling church livings, w hicii c"cm, he My, to le incrca.iiig in the Knglih establishment. Sometime the adverti-e-ments ot living for Kile an set forth with xtrange recommendation., uc h a the allurement of grecii-hnue, garden, coache and utahle. trout stream and watTing-pl;cces, and hint of the lightness of the work, the (mallnos of the congregation, ami the old age of the im-unitx-nt. The Hishop say : We have shut up the slave market at Zan.ilur, but -we have opi ned .lave inarketsof souls in Iondon." WrieaeeMMd Indnalry. A National Association of Manufacturers and I ealcrs in Creamery and Fac-torj-Butter has N-c-n formed. The tirst mee ting i- to tc held at Iminjinpolis in I une. snw-ful exeriments have leen made in the cultivation of jute in North Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana. It can le raiss with more ease and greater profit than cotton, it leing claimed to lie nearly fifty per c rt. sihhtht to the India article.

I lie champion che-e prince Is

claimed ly Sj.ringville. Kile county. N. "I . Mr. S. Smitli is the hononil individual who ha Im-ii sole proprietor of eleven factories, which have received the milk of cows, and mad' cheeses, or I.-In.inmi iunds, which were Mld for $lv..Vi). A new method of tin-paring cofl'i-e Is ".-coming i- pulariii France. After rnating, the c-oilee is ground to a ve ry line flour, which is then slightly moi-teu-l, mixed with twice it. Weight .f powdered sugar, and .iessed into tablets. Cofl.-e pn pan-d in this manner is claimed, muikI for Mund. to In- sus4 ciiible of far more cecnplete utiliAition. Mr. Smith, of the Cleve land ami Pittsburgh Hallway, saya that the bii-iuess ol e nginee rs is not so iiaanious ua Is gene rally Itelieved. He ha been cei;iiectel with the road for years, and of the ninetyseven enginee rs employed on it he could remember but one U-ing killed ami anotle r slightly hurt. The brakeine-n suffer most. In the same time a score of them have lost lite ir live s, and hundred-, of I be-in have leen pine bed between earj. In un addn-ss at Treuteni U fore the fruit growers e.f New Jersey, Mr. luinii giv-n the strawberry crop of" that State at two millions of (putts, w hich, at tifb-e-n e-e-nts jer epiart, would Ie worth $:5H.,(X. Of bla klM-rrie-s, nc-ptx-rrie's, and gr:ies then about as much nion. and he estimate the craniVrry e-rop, li.",UKJ bushels, to l worth about the same. Thus the cultivation of this delicious fruit, which has brought into tis thoiisamls of ucres of e)the-rwie unemployed swainpv laml, gives New .JetM-v the cmlit of raising half the entire cranberry crop of the United State. A simple and e he-ap method of condensing milk, deviseel by fal, of Innsbruck, consists in heating the milk in a feoiier to trom ') to l' dgn--s, and pumping it up through piM-s, at tlie mouth of each of w hicli is a jc-rforate-d rose, like that of a watenng-e-an. The milk thus n-tunis in separate thnads to the boiler, ami in it ja,sage tin watery part Is e-vaporated. Ibis met lux 1 Is said to give con"e-ntrattl milk quite as gexd as that by the ordinary proeeses, and with muc h h- trouble and expense. Mr. H. J. Sen-Te n, of Liberty county, Cia., h:ts sent to the eslitor of the" Albany AVie a package ef black te-u of her ow ii rai-ing ami curing. In her lette r she ele-M-riU-s the mode . f manipulatiwg and drying the l aes. and liow t raie and pres. tee t plants, ami say that the tea plant grows U-autifully a high up the; ceaintry as Athe ns, (ia., and is more sensitive te heat than te cold. She say that a grove of te-a plants. 01 -e startedw ill last a lifetime, ami alter the rt.s an- wc 11 establi-h-el in the ground, the plants n piin mi more attention than any of our fruit tn-e or garden shrubs. llapee anal Nlhiit. And now Mi-s Ke llc-y, of (ireeii Hay Wis., ha joiticiel the innumerable caravan ef those who take their ele-partun while tilling lighteel ke-n)M-ne lamp. A I.og-an port man while es-erting a lady to e hitrvli a fe-w evenings ago. was s4-e-n ly wounded bv the nji-e ide iital dL-char-"of a re volver 111 his pM ki t. Silly Iavis. a voting Lidy of NewMadrid. Mo., had aii attack of chills, ami he-r mother, in mistake-, gave- her stn cli-nine-for epiinine. fnun tlie- e-rt" e-ts of w hich sheeliiil sMn after. Ile-r mother was epiite eli-trai tes with grie f. I'. R. Hidcoim-.an atta he e.f the Omaha H-p'iblu-fiH, Was ejii hi way home the other eLiv, w be-n a lsy threw a snow ball at him. ami in the attempt to dodge it be elrepcd from bis pocket a revolver, which li c barged it-e lf. the ball taking e ffe-e t near the ankle joint of the le ft foot. A woman in 1-ijH-er, Mich., toek her huslKtud's knife-a few day agotooM-n a fe lon; shortly after her hu-Umd used the knife to extract a sliver from his hand, ami ineH-ulate-d himself with the virus of the fe lon. His band began to swell and in four hours he w as a raving maniac, ami in less than forty-eight hours died. Smith Pharis, of Albia, Iowa, hit hen tofore le-eu an admin-r of the gn-at American finger elisleieator, lia.e-lall. Iit Tliursclar he attended a match game, ami was carried home on a stn te her, hi head having come in contact with a ile ftlywicldeil club. The club wa, to all apjearames, unlnjund, but he carrie- his nead sewel up in a w e-t'towe-l till it grow together again. Mr. F. (I. Jom-s infonn the Oielika (Ala.) itherrtr eif the singular cleat Ii of a little coleip-d girl on bis farm, near Auburn. The girl we nt to some sills that had been 11-e-el for the purjiose of cutting up me-at, and on w hie h then was a large iiumttcr ot rcl ants. While abe p the ants bv the hundn-els made an attac k on tlie child, ami w he-n she awoke she was Iite-rallly cove-n-d w ith the in. and all busy biting and stinging. The y we n o fe-rociou that a woman on the place hail to swe-e p them off w ith a brush broeem. Tin biting ami stinging were se verv se riou that lever enueil, which coupleel with the rxison of the bite, prodm-eel de ath two days afterwanl. A lady named Re-lle Palmer Wheeler, of Fast Mealow, Long Island, met w ith an awtul de-atli the other day. She had just been marrieil, and shortly alter the conclusion of the marriage ceremony, w as iIae-eel in a light carriage by he-r huslianu who wa pn'iaring to follow her, when some pe rson tired off a gun in close proximity to the horse head, a a parting salute to the young couple. The animal took fright, broke Iroin his fastening and ran down the stn-et, overturning the carriage and throwing the young I.uly to the itTonnd. A she had became entangleiiin the line she could net extricate Jierse-If, and wa draggeel over a rough ami utony road for half a mile. When her friend reacheel her they found her Iwael almost torn from her "loeIv, every limb broke-ii in a number of place-, ami the whole ImsIv bruised and lacerated in a manner lniossible to describe. A four-yearold boy namee Kaiah Kay, w he)eian,rits n-ide near Fort Sott, Kansas, wa a lew day sim-e-, in company with an older brot her, standing by a prairie tire which hail Im-ii se t exit to hack-tiro around some fe ncing, w hen smlde nly the w ind vecntl around with a ierfect whirl ami elrove the flame Into hi face, setting hi clothing on tire. At the same time the flame' and suuke so stnngled him that he reeleel ami fe ll elint tly into thv- blazing grass. The older lo, w ith great coolness and presence of mind, draggeel him out of

the-tin-a soon as he possibly could, ami toeik him to a ravine only a few yards off. ami e nde-avore-d b extinguish the lire in his clothing by rolling bun in the water. Hut the c lothing was ol cotton and so thoroughly ami e-oiuple tely ubla.e by the time he go"t him there that he did not Mic-ce-esl in doing so until his e ntire appare l w as consume-d and his skin burned to one toinpli-te bliste r. The eor little fellow suffered the inemt intense pain for some twee ht thn-e hours In-fore ie-ath relieved him of hi agony. ForeHifit .ele. The common woee-nettle el Atne riea luu lieen trnnspliuir)el to Fureipe fer the purpose ef being applie-el to te xtile pr-iom-s. Heing I'ereiinlal. it tosssse-s an

advantage over Jje inp aJid ttax,un) is said to necevitatv less lanor ami expense in pn iiring tin lUr. Qiie'e-n Victoria will le formally invited by the (Vrperation of the City of London to articipate in the entertiinme-nt to !e given by tlie l ity to the 1 ar, ami it Is possible that the Oucen will take this opportunity to emerge from her long seclusion. In tin rivers of Northern Australia a curious fish ha be-c-n found, w hich is pe--ularly calle-d the gr:iss-e ating fl.h. It is a little-tnon-tuiii 1 a yard in length, uml of pe-euliar sIuijm. It lives in rivers, but finds Its sustcnanee in the vegetation which gn)w. in shallow plaeea ami is left uncovered by the ebb of the title. 1 1 feeds chiefly during the nijrht, and is wonderful! v voracious. It MiMcsses, of course, air-breatl;-ing apparatus. The brie fiiess of the jiernod in which a city may become buried iu the sand of an African desert is illustrateel in the case of Ismailia, w hl h was built In 1m;!i, at the time of the ojieningof the Seie-z Canal. It then hd 1'VaMHnhHr:t'!?. It I now almost deserted, a miserable remnant of 1.000 jtople onlv Ixing left. Kven the palae-e built by tiie 'ievny te entertain liis royal gue-sts is Is-coiniiig elilapielated, ami the conrt-yard is half mil of drilling sand. Train between Carlo and Ismailia an often sand-bound during a storm. Hisiu:irck 1 using every means he can think of to preve-nt eiaigriixiein from (iertnanv to the L'niteil States. Allanlf. emigration agent In Saxny for the; State of .Michigan, is annoyeil by the jtolice, acting umler orler from I'm-liu, and many olsstat h s are put in hi way. Silly rumors an-aK ciri'ulatcsl among the peasantry ; one feeing to the effts-t that the American crown bail N-e'ti offewil to lYince Frederick dtsirle of Prussia, w ho w ould enforce a military svstem 1m re similar te that of (Sertuany. The lorn; and severe military systeHii is a terror to-theiierinan fieitsantry, ami a gn at ince ntive to t iaigration. If tlte-y i-etulJ In jrsiiade-d that the-y would haveto e ndure It he-re many of them would of course stay s. hoiue. Mis Mary J. Holmes, the observant Lomlon corn-siondiit of the Me'niiihis Apal, in her hist le tter say : There is a tyle of riding he-n' that strike an Anieri-e-an as be ing horrible. Men ride w ith tlie stirrup strapeel up so short that the; leg an quite- bent, and the n ride mostly tmtting. which caioe the rieler t raise in the saddle ami st:iid Ir the stirrups at inch tsuml of the animal. Add to thi an Inclination of tlie IksIv forward, and the flg-un-Is anything b'lt graee lnl. In looking ut them. I en not he lp but contrasting tlie-ia with some of our Southern riders, whose horse ami rider worn one, ami no daylight I i ver seen on the saddle ; no thrusting forward of tlie body or bou in ling motion that gives the apiM-arance of 1111eromfeert; arms chwly he-Id to tlie side', without leeing thrown up by the motion of the horse. This kind of riding would procliice a sensation here." Odd aid End. Ie-isure is swe-e-t to those who have earneel it, tint burdensome to those who get it for nothing. Ry the time a man ha achieved his fifth wife, a conte mporary I unreservedly of the opinion tliat 110 one can aa-use him of not laying up his treasures in heaven. A cockne-y tourist met with a Scotch lassie going barefoot towanl Glasgow. 'IjLie," said he', "I should like to know if all the people in this part go barefoot f "Part of em do, ami the rest of them mind the-lr own business," wa the reply. One of the habitue of the Dul Jin Theater, talking of f male author.salI that thongh they have tact, gTace ami fitness, the-y have 110 creative genius, ami seldom produce anv pirtirt work. "Itise-a.)' to see," gjiid Mrs. L., the actn-s 4 that it was a woman who gave you birth." While a youthful couple were be-ing joined in wedlock in a Justice' court in 'New York, n-ccntly, the damse-l rather astonl. hid a manlier of spectator by sud-de-nly bn-aking out with "I want to' know whether we are to ke-e p heue or lseard, N fore going into this thing?' The Judge rule-el the question out of order, and the cen-iiiemy prcK-eeele-d. 'Yeung gentlemen, elo not ge t Into the habit of Utting," said a professor to his c las. "No kind of lct is excusable in fart, ever' U-t is a sin a we ll a a mark of vulgarity. Have nothing to eJo, young ge-ntlcini'iu with a let of any kind. "That. I supjs-ese, pubi a finisher upon our de-ar old friend the alpha-M," exclainie-d one of the students. The professor smiled blamlly uhh the young man, and gave him titty extra lines of tireck. Fcho Answers. Of what ha Heaven given u an oepual share!1 Air. What eloe a rumor often do when It flie-s? Lie. Which i the loveliest flower that grows, Hose. Whose children are we apt to think the swee-test flowers: Ours. What In manner is sun to please Fuse. What will fn-que-ntlv overcome the most austere? Tear. AVhat lose it flavor when we iw.trow It? Wit. What 1 it that we-alth seldom extinguishes? Wihes. What traits are difficult to exterminate? Innate. What did Cleopatra to her bosom ehiM)? Asp. A trial took phii-e before a (ilasgow Iwiilie who excelled more a a c itizen than as a scholar. A w itness had occasion to te ferto the testimony of a man who had die-d recently. anl he spoke of hlin fre. que ntly a the defunct. Amazeil at the constant repetition of a won I he elid not umlersfand, the; bailie petulantly said, " What's the use o' yer talkin' saemne kle aboot this man Ie funct? Can na ye bring hltn here and let him sH-ak for biinse-rir, "The de funct's dead, your worship," n plietl the w itness. "Oh, puir man, that alter the case," said the sapient administrator of the law.

A Hank nipt Party. BY CiKOItlJK S, MKkkUM. That In the- State- e le-e tlon of last fall the Ui-lublicaii niiijorities every when- fell off or became mhieiritie-s ; that iu Masa:hn-se-tts Hie party's camliilat fer (ioveruor bst lilty thousand votes It. iouiparisou w ith tlw year be hre ; that New llieinn-

shlre aiwl Connecticut have- tlis year Iss-n carrleil by the OpM)sition these fact Indicate, in that language which the ordinary JM-Iitkian best understand, that the party si ae-emlam-y in the nation is seriously threuteiie-d. Hut back of the se facts lie others. i n-ality of di-iH-r s'tguitle-ani-, and pointing to a broude-r conclusion that the UcnuMiuin party is fast aproachiiir its llnal e nd. Its external delen-L ure but the fruit ami tokens of a radical Internal trouble- the loss ef all that constitute-he-althr larty vitality. It Is like a man eleiing btisine on cr'eelit, ainl w heIly w itbout eajiit ii ; the-n- Is non-serve In iu which to n-c-uperate. and disaster are tin? signal cf utter dow nfall. The Ile-pciblican party has lde-ntilied Itse lf w ith but one gre at political ide a. That id:a has Ne-n tirgccl vie-toriou.-lv through siiiii-ssivt phiiscs, ha. become' Inwrought w ith the-organic lite- of the nation, ami w ith Its disappearinco frenn the lie-Id of dispute passe-el away the real rair d'etre of the party. It began in opjioeitiou to the extension of slavery in the territories; win ning on ttiis issue In tin- e lection e J 1V0, the South re-voltod, and the party liecauie the especial chauiplou of nationid unity ; the war led to emancipation, which wa e arrie-el to e-onipli tion by the Ih publb-aiis; with the end of the war came n-certritc-tion, whi" h was wrought by the IN publi cans umler tlie guiding purpose of scurIng the freeelmen in their rights. Under the'se; four phases opposition to slavery In the te-rrit erie-s, the war for the I 'nion, e itioiit IpAtkvli, I'esolisti eie lioli clie li-Miis. lican party miccessfully maintained the principle of Hae-e-Kejuality. While tlicse struggle's lasted it had ahva's a great end l-lbre it. a great pruiciple fer which It sUkxI. Its olie-y was some-times faulty, soinetiine j unpopular ; but it wis intelligible, it tende-d always to ele-tinit- ami broael n-s ilts. In those' da' lb-publican-Isni tae-aiit fn-edom. Since fn-edom was securee, what has it meant? What prine l-ple-, w hat sentiment, w hat ide-a. lit l!epublicanwii rc-prc-se-nted since the- ree-on-st ruction contest was over? Absolutely none. It has Itecii held toge the r by the forw of habit, by linge ring nppre beiislon alstut tb old iiestiens, himI by a strong organlfatiein. Hut since the ratifle-iuion ol the last amendment the Hepublie:ui. party has U-en absolute ly w itliout de-flnite? principleor tolicv upon live subject.. The most tmisirtant. qiie-(.tions which suc'e-eedeiel those of the war and re-c-oustruc-tion werv connecte-d w ith linamt and the material Interests of the nation. Thelbputilieau party has ne ver bad n f.naiu ial jxilicy. 'I he-"S-cn tary cf the T:-easury, w hoe-vcr he might le, has bad ne-Uons of bis ow n, more or le-ss cnale-, which be ha tried to put into effect. Hut the pany in Congress has not be-on unite-d even upon tbe'iuo.-t elementary principles of finame. When the worst and mot disgraceful ot tinaneial evils, reiuliation, tbre aU ne-il the countrv. It wa favon-el by sue'i ron)inent Ib-publie-ans as Morton in the-West ami Huti r in the Fast. Now that inflation Is ImiH'nding, although the iute-Uigvnt sentiment of Uie press and thecomim n ial public is almost solid r.gainst it. yet it is carried through a lb-publican Congn-s and re-evive-s more than halt the Hvpuhlie-an 1 ote. Nor has the lb-imblican party had any consjsteat principle of actiem towanl the suft'e-ri'ig Sou 1 1 torn State-. Tlie Prcsidctifi has interfe-nil. ainl w itbout rebuke, to up lield a faction iu Louisiana; while toward South Carolina, w hose troubles were due to Ignorant ami corrupt Republicans, tSe President ami Congn-s have remained passive. I'iKin the whole', the Admiiist ration and Its jwirty have now drifteil iuto ale-t alone" attituele towanl the SoUhiru communities. Yet thi ha not Us-n due to anv lnt-llige-nt purpescof n-st mining the Feele-ral ieve-rnuient wlthia it proieer sphere ; for enormous and retkJes strides have lee-en made; toward centralization w hen any immediate object Mi-iaed to call for It ; a, for example, in the. recent passage by the Houe c4 a bill to subject all railway iero to the elirect control of a jfovernmental loard. In a word, while uiwh many individual me-asim-H the; Administration and the portv in Congn-ss have ac ted wisely and weH there ha bern nothing In the nature of a principle, a se t of iele-as, a political treed, with whic h the party has ide-tititiesi itself. As to politieaI priis iples, it Is a bunkrui. A arty In power luiiy lee Judged by another standard than that of abstract iele-as namely by it administration of affairs, (irante-il that " He pulilicaiiisin" ha iio longer a definite nie-anmg: it may still In aki-d. Are the Ue publii-an managing the national business well ? It Is not tie-evs-sary to examine minutely the n-conl ol the last live- year, balancing the; gone! eh-esl of the Administration against it had one-. One gn-at subject of the highest prai-tical interest now pn-ses absorbingly upon the public tftind. It is not a question et abstraction or of jeolicies. It I the simple matter of hone-sty In public oftle-ers. Corruption in government lias l-coine an evil a c h'arly marked, ami we erliaps may say a fermitlable, a slavery once wa. It is the fruitful parent of all other mischiefs of ImhI legislation ami private immorality. Not only national projerity and national honor, hut the Imppine's and the virtue of the whole beelv of the people, are close ly coiicirneil. Now, w hat Is the actual position in, this matter of the men w bo by Kriiiiblicaii votes have been given the control of our (iovernmeiit? To face that qui'stiou i a sad ami humiliating thing. The shame ami scandal of which the last years have Im-oii so prolilie have most of them been within the He-publican party. Philadelphia lias ha', a Re publican King that rivaleei Tweeee s exploits iu sliainele-ssness If not In magnitude-. If the iN-niooraMe party w a he ld n-sponsible for Twee-el's offe nses, noh-ss must the llepublican party N-ar the shame of the plumlering of Soiitli Carolina. The Cnelit Mohllier, the "salary grab." the Sanborn frauds, all the w n tclienl sacritlev of public virtue, w hose n-eorel makes the cheek of Amerie aiis burn, have be-e-n shareej in by h-ading Heoublie-an. Party conventions have asseel resolution of virtuous severity, but nmst of the offender have n-talne-d tbe-ir full party standing. The man who today liest n prescnt. the crafty, unscrupulous, shame less element In polities sits in Congn-ss as a Kepublican nie-inler from Massachusetts, and dictates Kxecutlvc np-

Miiitmeiits. The' Pre-side-nt still n tains, among fair-inlinle-d men, hi reputation for jH-rsonal integrity. Hut with that merit goes a elelect th;it almet neutndiz'e-s it prae-tlcal advantages. General ii rant has re iM iite illy shown himself lncomM-tent b select capable or eve-n honest advisers. The convie tiou li;esl(ireeel its-f upon those who long he-Id to the ir belie f in him, that his natural atllnjty is rather for me-ii of a low order. The fMedltie which give me n Intliie-iieew itli him areivot those that make gooel or sale (outieeUers. We U-lieve that the Pn-sident siiice-rely eloires hi government to lie; pun. Beit the important matter for the country Is, that be; Joe-s not know how to make M pern-. His biography or will rig'itlv e-all him an honest man;

0111 me Historian nMe reetni, mat 111 tlie struggle U-twe-eti heae-sty ami corruption in the government, hi weight was not given on the side- of heene-sty. The orgnniutieitt of the Ilepublie-an party Is controlled by men who are not in syuiiatliy with the reform spirit. There is no prospect that it will jea-s info lietter control It is chie fly nuuuigeel and led by ine-ti wlio-e motive is a low sc-lrishne-js. Most of those; wine ;iro net elishetuest an- too anxioiie for the support of rogues t. hear vrry bard on rogtkrry. The party ha outltve-el the- Issue that gave it birth : it ha whc-lly laile-d to nie-e-t tlie ne w issue-s ;. it has 1s t rayed the country on a financial epiestioo f unparalleled importance ; its organization has become a im-iv machine lor kes jiiug a p(Mr set of iiie-n in power. Wbv should the penile continue annaiutaui the party? Without tryliiff to foroejusS the futun-, some thing seem clear a fc present duty. The Hepublie-an organization hew no rightful c laim on the men w ho waiU to see this country well governed. It luw earned the senteiicpnnouiii-sl against the hun h iu HOTuU: "X keiow lh Ws-Tius, llml tlioil hast a name thai thou live-st. ami art dead I" The soul of the party lias fled, w ith tlie) ide-as that once- insyin-cl it. The; life less 'jetely cumburs the ground. Whenever an ollierr Is Se lie e-leeted. w hether Senator, alder ma 11. or village seUctlllall,', le t men w ho an- l.'ke-mimled come toge-th-or lrrosjiectlve of olel av-ocint ions, and solact those who will cary out their eomnion ieie as. Thi is the "oulv way to practically reach thei matter. It Is not only that the edd organizations ares usele-ss; they Iiave become hurtful;, the lU-publi-can party, with Its orgiiuizaUin, its discipline, its fumls ainl its siibiervie-fice to low iolithiaus, I a positive liarrier to reform, let it fro I Ainl until a be-tter tarty arise-, let us take thotniuble to ile al with e-ae h elect "n aa it comes, by combining as the oocui-ieui may require te erboo-c the man who We tit for tli place. (ftru'via I 'num. MagruilerV Hoy. MAgnnllr's olde-st bay came staggering thr(4igh the elor of tlie kitchen the other day with his lace as white- as the reputation of one ot the early martyrs. When his mother iu great alarm. akVd him w hat wi' the matter, ho said he thought he must have caught col 1 some-hecr. Hut a he; proceedeil to the window the; ne-xt mo liie-nt and tie gan to 'vnnit his hrc-aktast to teeine to light, the explanatiem was not reganled as erte-cTly sati factory, and the old lady institute-d tin invc-siigatioti upon bcr own aci-mint. In the Hrst jhs ket that she explored she el'x-oven-d a plug of tobacco Iron w hi h u meiutliful had been removed ; and then tiiej c-uiue of Henry's illm-ss wa. eviile'tit she prucecded to hunt up He-nry's father for the peirosc of gwtting him to n-ino.'istrate with the culprit. When Magrmle r arrived he went to the c lose t aul seb-cteej a favorite bed-slat, ami appnae hing Heury, he -sternly askeei ; "What ep you tm-an by chaw in' terluie ker ? Haven't I tohl yci often enough to le-t that ornary stuff alone? I've half a mind to bang taunehr wut o' you. What d'you mean, say?" " I was "n. trj-ing scare off the cannibat," bluL,reel lit-nry. "I don't want to cie-W teibae-vo. I (lv wante-el to keep 'em from eatia me. I'll cross my heart to It," "Cannibal ! CaauibalsJ" exclaim Magrudor, "wliat ivc you talkin' atxut? Common to me tWs minute! Harriot, the loy's enzy ; tlat d-rbaeker's Mhatteml liis Itit'ele-elL Tetl me what you mean, quick, or I'll shake the aawdust out o you," "I saw it tji the paper," said Henry, "ami 1 thought luaybe they'd ketch tuo some; time ami I'd Iretterge-t nedy for 'em. I wa. try in' to cleew so's I'd ge-t soaked with te4oo. If you don't U-lieve mo n-ad that," ami he fund-led in hi pcs ke Lsuntil Ice jtroelue-esl the following extract from a health journal : " It is saiel of the eaunibalsfhat tU y will not eat the flesh of a totiacco e hewer Ucaiisc it Is so highly charged w ith tine taste and olor of tolwcco." When Magruile r tlnisbe-el the paragraph he said : "Well, I'll let you go this time, but. mind mo. do-n't vou e be-w that stuff again. Norannibal Is going to rat you any way, ami If any of 'em come foolin' aro.ind here, you call tm ami I'll smash 'em with thi yer U-el-sIat." Then Henry rose from hi couch ami went out to hunt fer the plug of tohare-o which his mother hail tossed through the window. It see-nisto me that those he-alth journal are demoralizing things. Mas Adttrr. What Came of Carflfsnes. Pi'ople w ho have anytli!nr should never risk It nmlh'ssly. Iiishouesty as wellimisunderstanding b.u oflcn made money out of a rich man's carelessne-ss Ii: le-ttlng his name "lie rounel loose." A p-ntleman of wealth, one il.iv, while piai ticing tvenmunship, wrote his name upon a blank slip of pnjer ami allowed it tei lie-iiMin his de sk. It attracte-d the attention of a iie'ighlor. w ho, for a joke, filled the space above the signal un- in the form of a promissory note, ami in a fi'W tlays afterwanl presented the pater, w 'ith an cfler to allow considerable discount it the apparent drawer w ould cash it at that time-. Thegentleuvm recognize d the ioke; ami th holder of the document, placing it In hi leex-ket, ile-parted ami nothing morewas siu I about it. Subse-epicntly the bolder was stricken with parahsls and die-el ; ami bis executors, finding the- iiote.aml having no know ledge et the Joke attached to it, brought suit and n-cove n-d the sum live humfreel dollar. for w hie h It was elraw n ; thus Illustrating the danger of persons earcle-sly writing their names on blank scrap eif paper, and the mischief of thoughtless practical Jokes.