Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 18, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 February 1876 — Page 2

JASPER PEASES Ml'SlXUS.

HYOA.MKl. OiNXDMY, The applet wert rod in the orchard, the meadow were olTnil br, The wood were aflame with the splendor that slow ed tu the glorified air. Through the valley a tremulous murmur ran tlrowily all the day lone, Where a t,-.h. kissed thepcbblesand passed thu.t 1 sang it perjH'tual on. Leanin over t!i- - of hi parden, the leaves all swim! . i In If ft, Jasper lca.i n. i. -.... like ne who was dreaming a drt iiu. more hitler than sweet. 1 am tiftr yearol Ithi iVtober" be muttered, "and In w do Island? Well, I own a smart hmioe and tw o hundred g 1 a. re of tul'ratde land. 'There i many a man would le happy with half wlut I've )T"t ti my name. Hut I'm uot; and I reckon inot likely there' Mithia' tr oilier to blame. ' 'There' a feelin" that sometimes come on uie.and uiostlv at tLi time o'vear When the birvl ffy away and the diuines pie notice that whiter is near 'There a feclin' that sometime come on me aiul make m half w ih to le dead; And I don't Wnowexavllv what brings it to buzz like a bee in my head. lt inav be the change o" the neaoon. with death and decay all around; Or it ruav le a wili irrowin stronger for suthin' that ain't to be found. 'There i hardly a day but the neighbor are taikin' about my affair. I den't thank. Vui for iuindin' my business. I'm urel don't meddle with their. but they talk and they talk, and the drift of it all it alout my dull life. It I dull, I know that very well; but I'm now pat the time for a wife. ' hens m m touches fifty, like me, he Lad better be .ivln hi prayer Than fret tin himself about women and n.'iiiiin' hi head iuto tnan-s. "There wa Ab-ahmi Brown th t went off and iT"t Riarried at 'mt tiftr-tie. If be hadn't done that, I dnt doubt hut t ine enm-r wouia miii ue nine. 'l'.ut the w.imn he took. ihe J;iot worried hi w iti out in It- 'n a year; Tho'j'h when he went off he was with luanv a crocodile ter. ready ' 'Hot ail w.tiiiu lr Lot tuat il't, k ut l'e are plenty . p.n. a can lie. And if I had married at thirty it inii,'ht hern Lave better for no. "There the houoe, and a jivxl one it i P'it a l etter the country can sdiow ; Jtjt I noiT):ii in without' fet-lin' a dullneo. iisotcaJ of a irlow. 'A hum'1 i:uy 'f ni ever o tdeaant and ever io n':it ando. tine, An 1 iti!l have no comfort within it: and that" what' the matter w ith mine. ThTo i never a voice to five welcome and neTer a irlad smil to treet. And ray heart neer thr to the niuieal patter of inritHettt feet. ' What' the ue of a man alwsv strivin' He 'aino but a little it la-t ; And it tri n'raliy mine, if at all, the time to enjoy it is past. when Now, if I ha.l mirried at thirtv, a I had ! a notion to da. " Whoean tcil but n:r heart voh1 1 he li -ht- ( er, the home a more pleasant one too? j , and ! 'Itut somehow I waited and waited; now I am rifty vear old; There i plenty o' frot in my hair and my lih! hi rrown slu?j:isii and told. I fetl more like reotin than workln. and every year that by Tear to tell me I'd Letter be raref.il, and leaves me a trin less spry. 'Ai.d nutbin come on me in autumn 1 1 don't know exackly what wav That intke in feel sad-like and solemn and ts all my idees astrav. "It mT Ik- the chanse o' the ev,n, with ! dea' h and deuy all around: ! r Unity Ih a wiohin and bmpin fur mithin'that ain't to be found. j A man without some one to care for lnt i what a mm might to he; I And a home without ome one to cheer it ain't pleasant b have or to ee. "Now. if I hail married at thirty p-haw! here I ara drivelin on. With a lot o' tiling still to be seen to and th un, as I lie, a'tnot jrone! "There" a chill inth air about sundown. I re kon I'd better tret round. Or I'll have that old rbfinn it iz shot. tin' all through inea n. I'll ! hound." The lditAlenl. DAlilLK JANE." The young lulies of "Glenn Academy" were all in the larfl .tudy-roora of that institution, assembled for morninr lira vers. ilenn Academy was a private and very select institution, and the preceptress. Miss Salome Shriver,

J ... . . , ... . 1 vecuves, atbi naii-11 vsiericai snrie os. Miss 'mf. bJnv7- untd Miss Sabinte, who endeavored iiongher iup.ls thcd;Vigl.-tV;iint( i(.ify h i "aristocracy cfCalennf , , , , ' ,f ' h

nunilM'red anion ters of aH the City. On the morning atiove noted. Miss Shriver was surprise! by the udlen entrance of a new pupil. She had juot riten from her chair, and was about to enmmcnee reading a chapter from the I'ible, when the dir of the room tlew orKm, without any knock or warning, and in came two strangers. The first wan a very stout, rel-faced woman, with a monstrous red rose on her bonnet, and strings of broad scarlet ribbon tied in a huge lx.w under her chin. A train of marvclotn length, belonging to a costly l!ack silk drens, swept out Itehind her. An India shawl of manifold ami brilliant color enveloped her broad shoulders, ami a profusion of jewelry glittered on her fingers and in her ears. I-d, orratherdraggeil, along by this showy virago, was the second visitor, ahlack-eycd, rather pretty-bxik-ing girl, quite a gaudily riretscd as her mother, but whose reluctance, to enter the Kchitol-rooni In-tray ed itself plainly in her stubborn frowns and spiteful motions. Kvidently tlicrrirl had made her mother some trouble In-fore they reachod the door, which miht partly aecount for her In-in brought in ui'.h uch a disregard for ceremony.

Forcing the girl forward to the platform whore Miss Salome stood, the woman wheezed out the words, " This is my darter Jane." Hy this time the young Is lies were greatly amused, and several of them couKl uot suppress their laughter, but not the faintet smile disturbed the severe propriety of Miss Salome' features. She bowed Jier head, and stood in dignified silence. " I want U put Jane into your skule," continued the fat lady. Mare decided pities came from the--Uudcnl, and fiercer frowns and twitches from the younger visitor. Mis Salome rapped with her pencil

to preserve order, made another stately bow, and said, " I suppose so." Yes," replied the woman, " that's what I've como for. I want my darter made into a lady; and of course she can't be no kind of a lady till she gits book larniu', can she?" Miss Salome replied: "A good education is f priceless value, but book learning alone will not make a lady." "Yes, yes, I know what you mean," piped out the woman. " A body might swollcr a dictionary and 3 it bo a fool. I know that ; but as vou say, a good eddication is a good" thing.' I never had none myself, an I've felt the want on't, so I'm'bound ny darter shall be eddicated, an' I'm rich enough to pay for't. The huy says she won't, an' she don't want to be a lady, but that only makes me tuore sot upon't that she hnll. I'm going to put rer into your skule, an' I want vou to male her larn. If she won't study, I jest want you to take a stick to her." The idea of prim Miss Salome tak ing a switch to a young lady pupil "to make her larn," "was so utterly ridiculous that nearly every student in the room broke into a titter. Miss Salome jerked her bell with a quick ring, and said, sharply Young ladies, I am sorry you so utterly forget yourselves as to violate the rules of courtesy before a stranger. Those w ho have laughed will go to their rooms immediately after reticral excrc'se, a!id remain there until mx o'clock this eTening. p,.o i.. ceate-l, mad tm. In a few minutes I will nuke all necessary arrangements for receiving yourdaughtt r into my school." The Visitor took a chair, bruohed it carefully, an l sat down. "Sit there, Jane," she commanded, pointing out another seat to her frowning daughter. Miss Jane gave her head a defiant little tos, and moving the chair as far from her ni t her as oho could, plumped herself into it. After general exercise, when moot of the pupil had gone to their rooms, Mis Salome aain turned to her visitors, and, ad'Ire-oing the young lady, said, kindly "What do y..ti wih to studv?" "Nothing," snapped Mis .lane. " ,,f fonr-e, y.u don't want ter fttidy nothin'," exclaimed her mother. Ail Vou want to do is to gallop round lhff frec-ts an' spen-l money. I'.ut want ver ter study, f.a'stu.ly vou .oa." , t i t i n.. i won i. saiu oane, o.oeii. "Shut up, you trollop!" cried the woman. "Yu minl nie, or it'll be vvuos for ve. I hain't got no more time ter stay, MUs Shriver, but you jest put my d liter Jane to her books. She can read a little an' write a little, an' li; frer a little. Make her study what you think U t for her to study. "Here's the money for her twition, an a term's board'. In three month from to-day I'H me and ee her, an.l if she's been a goo I girl I'll take her hum to spend vacation, and git her a green silk dress, nt jf she hain't been a good jrirl, I'll carry her off" to the Industrial Skule, as sure's I live. Here, Jane, good-bye, an t-...j H,u- n I tf!l ve. N'nw Lis nie. for "I shan't loit!" screamed Jane, who was in a passion of tears. " I won't stay here, now; I won't! I hate that old maid, there! I hate every body, and I won't stay! You're real mean to make me! You're ' The banging of the door cut her short, for the fat woman, in the flutter of excitement, had sailed out with all her flashy finery, leaving the old maid " to manage her rebellion. offspring the best she could. Not quite daring to follow her mother, the girl for some minutes continued to vent her rage in sob, ami hateful in vective, and half-hvsteneal shrieks, 1 in nted tve any thing to do with such a refractory pupil. Neither coaxing nor threats availed any thing to quiet her, and once the young vixen even struck the preceptress, in the face. Such a scene in that peaceful schoolroom was a novelty indeed, and good Miss Shriver'ss disgust could only be equaled by the fortitude which carried her through it. With a patience and perseverance infinitely to her credit, she succeeded at last in partially taming the turbulent creature, and persuading her to go to her room. When the academy chore-hoy, who tended the fires went up to "darter Jane's" room with a bucket of coal, in the evening, that young lady turned upon him ami said " lok here, bub, hat e you got an old unit of clothes that you don't wear any more? If you have 1 want to buy them to send to a poor boy of about your size.'' "I guess I can find you a suit of mine that I don't wear any more," said the boy. "All right," said Jane : hring them to me to-rnorrow evening, and I'll give you five dollars for them."

The next evening the boy took the clothes up to Jane's room. Pitting the two day of Miss Headstrong's school life she had condescended to be peaceable, preserving a sullen silence at exercises and meals. Fiercely determined to escape, nooner or later, she was ouly preparing to carry out her plan. None of the young ladies of Glenn Academy were ever allowed to leave the ground without permission from Miss Salome. The grounds were inclosed by a high board fence, and the gate was kept locked. Jane had managed to find

out at what time the chore-hoy (who had a key) usually passed through the irate to go hotne.'and ho intended t.t waicu nei oi'jhii iiiiuij , .1. l !.,..! steal out into the yard, and dodge p:it him in the darkness, having first of all, of course, donned the male garments which the unsuspecting youngster had sold her. Half an hour later, that same evening, the reckless trirl. arrayed in her shabby dismise, made her wav down tdairs, ami stood in the shadow of the outer dior, waiting for the boy to appear. Itut her wild scheme, having succeeded thus far, met an unexpected check. The chore-boy had already gone home. She lingered as long as she dared, and then half decided to go back to her room. She would tear up the bedclothes, and tie them inside her win dow, to swing down by. Hut just as she was making up her mind to this, she saw an asn-harrcl in one corner of the vard, and determined to make a trial of the fence. Climbing upon this barrel, and reaching a high string-piece over her head, she struggled to the top, and let herself down on the outside, for a wonder without breaking her Uo s. The next morning, while Miss Shriver and her young ladies were at breakfast, "darter "Jane's" fat mother marched excitedly into the hall, holding by the arm a ragged and rather singular looking boy. The escape of Jane had of course been discovered in the academy, ami her sudden entrance with her mother naturally produced a great sensation. I've fetched her back," shouted the woman. "Here she is. I made her wear the same rig she came home in. I told her I'd show her afore you all, an' see if hesi trot anv shame, fook at her! She got these 'ere dibls from j e . . . . I your chore-boy, Miss Shriver, an' pant him money, an' lied to him. Now I want you to take her back, an' shot her up, aii' feed her on bread an' water." "Madam," said Miss Salome, "I am obliged to say that I must utterly refuse i to receive your daughter again into this School." j "('oodey!" muttered reckless Jane, ; from under her ragged chore-boy cap. I H "oodey, is it?" shri-ked the enraged j j and thwarted inotl.ei .l.Uotling her hope- j i less offspring towards thediMir. " teach ye, then. 1 e wouldn t stay here an' behave, an' he aladv, an' to the Industrial yon shall go. Yuu wait till we J git hum, an' won't I tune ye, though!" And the fat woman pau-ed from sheer j want of breath. As she left the hall, J she turned to the preceptress and called out. "1 11 thank ye to git my darter s things ready, an' I'll come for 'em totnorrer, an' the money for her twition an' board." "Certainly," said Miss Salome, bowing; "they will be ready for you." And the" attendant shut the d'Mr. I believe Miss Jane was never sent to the Industrial School, though she persisted in her refusal to acquire any "book larnin'," and I am forced to say that she never became a lady, or anything else that was worthy of respect. Youth's Companion. w Fuels. In the manufacture of bricquetts, or brick of coal-dut, for fuel, a slight modification of the usual Ilclgium process is announced. Instead of using water in making the coal-diiot into a paote, a boiling mixture of tar and pitch is employed. To this is added sulphate of lime to remove the ammonia of tar. The mixture is composed of parts of pitch, 1 J.C of tar, and 1 .So of sulphate of lime, to one ton of coal-dust. The i-xperiment-S going on in thia department of fuel economy in this country have reached a practical stage in Pennsylvania, ani fuel manufactured from coal-slack is already being extensively employed. So far, .the reports are favorable to the quality of these American bricquetts, ami they are being freely introduced on locomotive engines. A French company is now extensively manufacturing kindling I material for ilomcstic tires by utilizing corn-cobs. Two processes) arc employed. Uy one, the corn-cobs are first stoeped'in hot water containing 2 per cent, of saltpeter, and then saturated with resinous matter. Hy the other process, the cobs are soaked in a hot mixture of f parts resin and 40 parts tar. They are then dried, and afterward baked on a plate heated to 212 deg. Fahr. Assorted and secured in bundles, they well at the rate of four for an Knglish halfpenny, or, at wholesale, for $2 or $.1 a thousand. A process for utilizing corn-cobs by saturating them with resin has been patented in this country, and their manufacture has been attempted. The inventor already reports an active demand for them as domestic lire-lighters. February Scnbrur. After four years of marriage the Marquis of Iluto has an heiress, whose recent ami late birth was made the occasion of great rejoicing in and about the town of Kothcsay. T he Marquis is a Catholic, ami had he remained childless his vast estates would on his death have gone to his cousin, (Toloncl Stuart, a l'rotestant. Vast interests center in the cradle and around the slender life of the little heiress.

FKOM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

rolillral and I'rnonal Xrwi ami 4.oal. (( liicHK'" Trilmiie, Jan. is, AN F.M-KNSIVK lUlM-Klt. A portion of the Committee on the Fxpenditure of the Treasury Pepai tment, Including Kli, It Chairman, visited the lep.irtiiient yesterday and made u short call oi Sir. McCartee, chief of the Printing lliireau. The book and the manner of keeping accounts were particularly looked Into, and they were found to he very carefully and uemutely kept. One thine. however, astonished the Committee, andlhat w a the stateuient that there would be a deficiency in t hut lliireau of ucr .'J ","'. W hen u'ked for an ei. iii.itioii. thW ( 'oiiunittee were told ; that the lat roit-re-s eomM-lled the inull carmiiio J ')i tV, i"";:,1 "J' ""I . . r ... " f" " . ir lileee in circulation to be xtaiiieil lv li.ind inteail of by a in u b i lie owned l the (Jou rnmeiit, wh it'll did the work better than it it d.xie by hand, and that only ?JO.im or .J5,(ino waari.riatcd for that purpose, wherea'. iteit nearly a iptarter of a million of dollar!.. Tiva-urer New ay. that every ,, S". r otio r note ioiei tv t tie ( oerinneiit j coot the Iiepartinent 10 ctiiN, ami that every in rractionai eurrem-v eot .1 cent. At the oanie rate, the bill now in circulation would coot their fae-aliie to make them ready for n K-uc, if all the work were required to be tlotie by hand. The t'oiiimiTtce will eoiitiinie their iixMiirie in the Printing bureau. st. I.ouia tI!ole leniiH'rat, Jan. P.. lloliDK.K TliOl HI.KS TWO KKlit MIS I S OK C VI KV WAN I H. The .pe ial C'onimittee of the Ibnioe on the outrage on the Mexican bonier have sent to Texas for oonm witneooen, and to the Various Pepartmento for dH'Ulilelito, ilieludinr the report of the tecial t 'onimio.idiis on the Texas bordcro, and have already come to the conclusion that, preliminary to any tinal report a to what remedy i'tiiircos oiiirht to intervene, the ( io criililciit should I Increase the military force on the Kin l.rali'le irolit. lot hat cml I lie v called 1 1 , the secretary of r thi forenoon, ainl h.itl ipiite a Ion:: interview, the upohot of w hicli was that he was asked if he eoiihl furnish two full regiment of ca airy f . ir duty ahmic that border. The Secretary suit that he would take the reipicot uinler euiisi.leratioti. and comply wiihit if poooible. S-me lili illbi To f the coiniliittee replied that if the io ernuieut had lot the eaalry, they shoiihl favor reeouiinentliiu lctilatioii f T reeruitiiu; two full regiment f or duty in that iuarter. The eommittee info! inetl t he eeretary tlat the Mate of Texas- intended to co-operate W ith the ( io erillllelit ill pllllishinir these deslx'ratloeo, an, had nlreadv "(Ted bire r"Nnr;!t I r the llcnt The eoiiiiiiinr :r c one iptv.re. . and i:i e I an cxei earnest in their work. M. I.oai, lU'puhlican, Jan. !:. . SlKlNt.K CLVIM TIIK t ASH OK SK.N ATOI! fV H V s I I X . 't rankest claim pe;o! One of the 11: before Coiii:reo is that presenti I iii tb pi tition tiled in the v nate by the children of the late Senator Win. K. Si'lmti:in. wlci :n reI leeted to hi seat f r-ill the Mate of Arkansas for t he term beiniiiiu M irt h 4, 1.V., l.'it wa preented from holding it by a resolution of expulsion paoet at the special sis. jut) of t'tinres which was called ill duly, immediately after the breaking lit of the war. A resolution wa passed July 1!, which recited that whereas certain Senators, aiiioiu' whom oc!'.i-tiati wa named, bad failed to appear in tlo ir scat, ami it In mil' apparent t hat thev were oilmzciI in the coli-iuiat v 1 to it-', si Toy the I'lliotl. they Were declared expelled. The petitioners acr that Selia-tian wa then a I nion man, :md remained such until hi death in May, lsk"i, and they aked the revocation of the resolution of expulsion and the declaration that bio l.-iral rii'lito, that i the salary for t he term to w li i-h he wa elet ted, inure to hi In ir. With the petition are a n umber of ailid.o it from v ariou parties, testify inj to the loy alty of Mr. ebatian. '.hirait Inter (Venn, Jan. 10. MoUMoN Mill'KICS. Affidavit hive been received in Washington, numerously turned by women in I'tah, settinir forth that they have signed no petition for the admission of I'tah a a state and t lie repeal of the anti-polv uu v law, although their name appear anion:; the signature to sin h a petition presented to the lbuie by Pele'ate (.'annoii, of I'tah. The Ilia lit state that they Uid siirn a petition to O'llirres to allow the people of I'tah free admission to the Centennial Imposition and for b tri-lalion for a reduction of the railroad fare between I "tali and Philadelphia, which they suj. posed w a to be pre-entctl to Conpress. The.e attidav it create quite a sensation nniiin,' tin atUoeate of free institution, in I'tah, ami Mr. Cannon will have to explain how a petition to license polygamy v'ot attached to it the name of petit inner for free admission to the I 'enteniiial. Senator Christ ianey ha a bill which be will introduce providing for female sottrae in I'tah. 1I think thi will pie the Mormon slave an opportunity and a weapon with which to protect th ui-elve. Senator Christ ianey introduced a bill to. day prohibiting Mormon fmni silting m )urie, and reipiirin- an aiildavit from ex cry juror impaneled in I'tah to the etb-ct that litis not the husband of More t ban one w ife. -it. Lou in I. ''publican, Jn. 21. I II K TKXVS I'VIIKIC Kill. i; Vli. The interview between the cotiiiuittee of the National Kaitroa I Convent ion and President irant to-day ha excited much interest here, ami i Variously discussed. The President poke verv carefully ami deliberately, tv hleiitlv vvefi:hin each word, but yet very frankly indicated that lie desired to see the Texas Pat itie ll.iilload cotllpleteil, Hiid con-iib-r it d Vt rv L'n at importance, n afturdin a cmnpetiii line w it h the Northern line now iu operation. The President very naturally was indisposed to expre nn opinion on the pending proposition, a it i now entirely in the hand of Coturre, but be said enouirh. ,o show that he uiid'Tstand the Importance of the enterprise and that be regard with disfavor the exi-tintf .Northern monopoly. For so reticent a man a lien, tirant. In reply wa highly satisfactory to the friend of the srrcat project a,,,l wil received vvitti proporthmate diut by the Central Pacific people, who are inovinir heaven ami earth to misrepresent and d'eat the pending bill, t in Tuesday eveniinr next, members of the Committee and ot her gentlemen Will lileet the Senate Committee on IUilroad and will participate in the diClls.ion if the subject. TIIK ni l H. iocs tti i siiov. The resolution by Mr. O'ltrieii, of P.altlmore, proposing an amendineiit to the Constitution to cover the school and religion question, is attracting so mm h attention from the fact that lie I h Cutholic, that a copy of it exact text will be of interest to your reader. It proposes to submit to the people the following new article, as Article A VI. of theCo..titution: srciiojil. No state shall make anylnir respt i'tiiin an establishment of religion, or pruldsi.

ilirK th frcti rterclHC thereof; and no nilnl.Ur or I'traclicr el II u K""x l or of any rcliirioua creed or leiioni i uhLIoii uliall hold any uttW of Iriml or emolument ninlcr Hie I nilcd Maiea or under any Mate: nor ahull any religion U't l rrijulrnl a a iutiincntioii for uiiy omce or pulilio trust in any suilo or under the 1 ;ulet stiitcn. s-n .i. No money r'civett hr taxation in any Stauifor the aupiiort of public. hooU, or tlsrivriltrom any p lilie fuiol thtrclor, uor liny pulilic IhikIii ilt VoUtl thereto, lmll erer I mulcr ttie eoiilrol ol any reliKlou aeel; tier aliall any money o raiM-d nor html ao levoUl Im itivhled between reIiKi"ii mi lt or ilenoininatiwnii; nor htiall any nuiiihU'r or preacher of the K'l'cl, or of any reliicitiuit creeit ir ileiioiiiinailun, Imht nny olilc.i in it'iiiiection v ilh Hut public iu IkmiU in any Male, nor Im cIik'iIpIo i.i any noiioii of triiHi or emolument In eoiiiicctinii ith any liiolitiition, piililiciir privuU-, in any MnU or umlcr ttie I iiiUmI strticit, Mlncli fliall Im inipiorU.t in wtmlcor in part from any public lund.

st. I.ouin Kepulilican, i III.) rKoiuniTios i ik hi'K.cm. i oii. i k I-IIOIO-.IH is lilt' I I O.N I. A M K N I - via r. The proiooitin presented by Mr. Springer of Illinolt for it constitutional niiicndincnt, prohihitili any special I. ui-1 1 1 1. ill hy t 'olljrress, which was referred to the Judiciary Committee .ixattractimru trreat deal of attention ami i erv favorably received. Social i member of the committee are said to be oiitopokeii iiui tvoeacy of the jvii ral priniile. nit lioilt.'li there i seine dioa'reeiiient In reference to practicability of sin h a prohibition. Si much interest I shown in the aubiect, hoH.vcr, that the text of the itiucndiiif nt deserve publication in full. It Is as tollow n: Conirrcn: slmll ntt pa any local or kimh IhI law In any of Him folluw injr rnuiiicruted case, that i ta oay, fur t.rantuiK h'iihuii, bountiea, lninln or prizemoney to any ron or peinoun; or for correctI nit the recoritu of any department of the Government in reference thereto; tiraiuintr relief to any teron or Tsoim; or atithtiruuritr the paymeiit ol anv claim against tlto t lilted sLiU-s nr nny oitlcer thereof, except apTopri.ilioiirt, In general law , to pav the Im!nieiitB of court or comiiiioMoiia autliorue-1 by law ; Kemitunif line, ixrnilieii or forfeiturra, ereatiiik', lnercaiiif ir ibxTensinx feea pen i ntni", or alltiwanceii of putilie ofUerri 'luring the term lur which K.ii'1 rllic. rn ure elio U"! , tiranlini; to nny etiritratini, iisstH'iation or individual the rik'lit to lay ilnwn railroal trarkt.or anumdinjr esiptinrf rliarter lr ir-h purpone, by coiifcrrm; anv i-k-'I)I or exclusive privilege iimi'ii such roriMiratit 11 or linstN iatinn m Inch it docs not alrcalv have; .raiiiinif ti any corMiration, a-s-s iaii n or Indiv I'hml nnv f cimI or exelusirr privilege, ub-si-ty, iiiiiiiunilv or IranchiM- whatever; KcKulntinir Hip pr.icUcc ot court, or ronferrmu: iNs-ial )nri"liction in a particular caw on any of the court ( the l'nlu-1 stab, or emunussinii f nt tiie auditing of cliiima n:aliii't the a me I n all otloT fBe , w liere a general la w can 1m n:.i It- up ) 1 1 -j, I .le , mi (t'iti.o law rw t emu t. l ; i.! .1. a. .is , tl.c out 1 i.iav !t U n..ii.e u tu liter hut w-, i.tl Uw could have been embraced 15 a trcnernl enactment. The la-t t-lallse i framed, it will be noticed, so a to rvprco.lv authorize ni re- ' 'I" i It' t he Hirt to determine W hen S.'.IH Tal law s w in answer the imrpose. aim tbi 1 intended to overcome the t J i ; ! i . 1 1 1 1 v found mob r si m ilar provision in the Illinois und other state Constitutions. .f the court hi'ltbn; I bat the l.e'io!.it ure i the Jud;re of w ti.it cascss call only be reached by special laws. fo. I.oum ;:nl.e lom. rat, 2'Ui.; ItIK MKXK VN lihriil IUIImNS. eera! vv jtnussp m e bet n examined berethe special Jmis Committee ,,u the fe I epredat ions ell the Mexican Uorib r, and fully coii ti nil the prcloit statement-in of. lici.il report and the riewsi,.ip , ,,f n,,. 1 irciicral s tein of in.iraildiut: w loch i kept i up Hlon the Klo lirall.le. V ieleallei lllion t-i furnish a remedy for thi in the abi seiu-e (if .1 sllllli it nt number i f I'llitetl ':tte ' troops. tb w itnessc uniformly propos,. that j the I'llitetl St.itesi (.he the State of Texas, ami tlirourn tin-in tin- cttien resi.nntr mi the Western hortb-r the authority to suppress the incursion of the Mexican raider, the committee have already th-cub d to ak the Secretary to station an ad litional military force on the border, but In- -:iy he ha not cavalry enough at hand to comply. A UWOl'U.CIIsMiK IV Till. TlltlfK. It i tinderntivMl the Ways and MeansCoinmittee are ireparinsa irreat surprise for the country, and that within the present mouth there will be si run upon the IIoiie a tarirt" bill radical ill it ballses. Tin-free li-t i to he increased, the lax otl tea and coffee rr stored, t ll custom re ctlllc tube collected from article en bit h a p,-cu duty can be imposed, and tin- complicated working of the tariff' sj,t(rii abolished. With these clump- it i said the r-v ep'ie force of official can be lar.'ely rid net i. the opM.rtuiiilie for smiii'linir mid t vadini; ilutii very Hint h diniiiii. lied, ami the co-t of collecting the revenue eut down in everv dirt-etiou. The Wetcm petilocrut favor tiie revival of the income tax to off-i t the tax on tea and i coflee. t.ut it l !lt believed Mich H reeollltlli'lul.itioii will be adopted. Hon to Ham; rktnres. No picture ought to be hung higher than the average human eye when tinowner of tiie eye is standing. It is the almost universal rule in our hoties to hang pictures much above this level, and ihey cannot be enjoyed there. If t In- picture is a portrait, or if it have human faces in it, its eyes should look a nearly into ours as poible; e.ud if tin-re be no stu b simple guide, perhaps a z 1 rule will be to have the line that divides the picture horizontally into equal parts level with the eye. If one starts in hanging pictures with the determination to place them so that they can he easily seen and enjoy ed without stretching liiij neck the leat. or stooping the body, he w ill be pretty sure to do well. In remote farm-hom-os and fountry taverns we often see portraits, s!;ycd as high as if their owners had been Academy Hangers, and the painters young rivals of new schools. 1 suppose the reason is that the simple-hearted think a picture such a precious thing, it can't be hung too securely out of the reach of meddling hands. They are often not clear in their minds as to w hat a picture is meant for, and not finding in it any practical relation to human life and society, they treat it with reverence ami put it where it will disturb them as little as possible. Hut, as people come to enjoy pictures and get some intellectual, spiritual nourishment out of them, they want them, as they want their books, where they can see them and ne tnein. i'larcnre Ch1, in Scrib tier's for February. A Wisconsin man cultivates a frog atch of thirty acres. He does a jump ing business and docs not croak about the hard tine's.