Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 19, Number 34, Jasper, Dubois County, 31 August 1877 — Page 3

WEEKLYCOTJRIER. 0. DOAHE, Publiikw. JASPER, - - - INDIANA,

MOKE JUDICAL UHMJKAl'llY. (ii'H. ItoyatoH Coat rlIiutiK Another Inter itlnKCIiHtur Howdrmil "Oavti Away" tin. JCvlilHi hkhIuhI Hatieock Tin, Kind nf KvhlnHi'H that Hmiui'il If Ik AiiiiHtil. From tliu Cincinnati Calotte ltadlcal.) Kyi: Hkaoii, N. II., Auk- 11. A private lli!tli from Washington brim; tho Information l lint ex-Special AKOiit .Moore lias printed hii alHdavit liHHtmiliiK to Met forth (lie ciieiiniHtaneen of tliu attempt tit blackmail which ho had before churned on your tor-rc-poudciit When a copy of thin bit of Unadulterated perjury cmmih'H to hand It will receive attention, Meanwhile a story of Hit," Habcock whisky trial III .Si. Louis will illustrate the kind of service Moore was accustomed to render hi employers, ami hi capacity for perjury. KVKJIKST, A (MtfCiHIt, who, it wan discovered, had been a witness tit thi; mailing of money by Joyce to Hah cock and A very in WaNtilugton, hail left tho country, and it was expected by the defense that ho would remain absent until after tliu trial. He was nio.,t respectably connected, anil finally, xbort time before the case was called, bo wiu Induced to return and appear an a witness. When he arrived in tliu country Uiohu engaged In preparing the Government ease lor trial met him in Philadelphia uml n-certaincd what bin te.tiinony would lie. Hl.s statement, which he afterward made on the stand, wan to the effect that on a certain occasion ho bad been sent by Joyce to the bank to exehnntro a$l,OO0hll for two of jjftOOracli; that Joyce had then, in his presence, Inclosed one of the-o bills in an envelope addressed to Avery, and tin other In one addressed to Hancock; that while he had actually seen thft uotcinehM!d in the Avery envelope, ho had only" seen Joyce's motions ucloln;; the other in the Hancock envelope, and did not happen to follow h note Into the letter with bin eyes.. According to hi statement both envelope? were then dropped Into a street letter-box wear Joyce's oltfce. This evidence wan deemed Very Important by all engaged In preparing the (lOVorinneutV' cae, and a strong effort wan made by all of them to induce Secretary Hi istow aot to communicate its purport TO Hti:SIIK.VT MIIAST. In spite of all tho false .stories which rained currency during the trial, and which are ..till current in some quarters, to the effect that Secretary llrlstow was conspiring through the aid of these trials to break down tho personal and otllclal family of the Pre.Ident, It Is true that up to the time mentioned he had regularly and promptly informed the President of every item of'evldenee Htlcctlnjc cither his Secretary or hi persona! friends In St. Louis. As regularly ami as promptly all this information had been given by the President to Habcock, and through him of course it at once found t way to the eouncl for the tlcfvuc. So when this Important evidence of Everest's, showing the direct payment of monev to the President's Secretary and to the Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department, came into the pott'iton " tbo Government lawyers and the officials of tho Department, a concerted attempt was made to prevail upon Gen. llrbtow to withhold all Information In regard to Everest from tho President. He met all their ariniinenls with the statement that. While ho was Well aware that the 1'iesidcnt's belief in Ilabeoek's innocence was coiiMimtly "acrlHcltig the case of the Government .igalu-t the whisky thieves, Mill, asa Cabinet oiMcer, his first duty wa to the President, and If the case was hist thromrh its HRTKAYAI.TO THK DRKKNSB, the responsibility would rest with (Jen. Grant. And so the Secretary made known the n w evidence which had been discovered, ami in less than twenty minutes after It had been communicated at'the White House Gen, Habcock appeared at the room of Solicitor Bhiford Wilson to make inquiries In regard to Everest's statement and whereabouts. The appearance of Everest was the cause of great anxiety among the members of the Kt.ig, and when tho nature of the evidence he would give became known to them thev were in great consternation. It seems to have been recognized at once as a case deinr dinjj the SKKVICKS OP M00KK. He vas then on dutv about the Customhouse In Haltimore. He came to Washington without leave, and it was arranged that he should go to St. Louis and meet the testimony of Everest. As the latter could unlv Mvear to actually seeing the five hundred dollars enclosed In the Avcrv cm-clone, and " -iiviwr.H III IUU il VI IIIIVIUIIVI mill l not to actually following tho other the bun-1 dreil wiiii i,iy nv..M ini,. tt.,. i!..i.a,.leinclope, thu defense decided to set up the claim that tho Habcock envelope was onlv a ! blind to deceive Everest, and that as n mat-' tcroffnctnomoneywaspiitintoltbyJovee, leaving the presumption that the latter had i pocketed It. It was arranged, therefore, that I -Moore should swear that the second or third ' dayafter the date fixed by Everest for tho ! mailing of these letters at St. Louis, he, I 3Iooro, happened to be In Gen. Hahcook's . room at the White House when Habcock was openhiif his mall, and that the latter, after opcnlntr a large envelope In his presetiP", ' called his alt ci snt on to the niriniis fnet i nil the envelope In Joyce's handwriting eon- , milieu no wniing, mu simply . I'lKCU OK W.A.NK VAl'RIt bis Moiy was a Very good one m far a Bab-1 cock was concerned, but that It would surey convict A very, since It would establish tllO fact that tllO lllllll I'nnlnlllfllf tlu Ir.Mnru Kverest had described reached Washington, and the presumption would be that Avorv received the letter which Kverest swore hail ; been sent to him with t!io$500 in it. This made It nnccssary to adopt a different line ..t rS !."' " l"ule"er-earrierwasroniulH ii. ' ""'"ii wi-.;niuo iviihwii iiiniUEIl jne IiuHHcretlon of one of llabcoek's counsel , . i. u . . .." "iii niv ivii-Ktni'ii Mo light the report of Kverost's testimony, could not refrain from telling in Newspaper itowhow complete the answer of the do ii nsuu 51011, wno, wnen mo telegraph Tvu wouiu no to his embarrassing cvi-Ii,,1-0; llc." .tho '"-'Iter-carricr Was producea Instead. tlieWMhlnftloii counsel was i.J "'""Plitscd, hut soon ascertained Vr,ilt,W!4S Avery hit emu that rendered .Moore's proposed perjury unavailable f.,.i i"!reJt;tt.,,, lml without leave to attll 1 0 t'lls husluess, and sent In vouchers rr Jim expenses: to St. Louis and return. I heo wero disallowed by Solicitor Wilson as behiK Irregular, Impudent and otitragow .rn.Ati1Su1,S0,'"ei't date, however, thoy eropnid hi pursuance of 0H1JKKS KItOM THK WltlTK HOUflK, and thus the Government was forced to pay

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iimiS Fffi J. '"ft. iulhaiMliifohldlilj rial as each Slate has In abundance, will not IK A o WOrk,at 0,,, never Mrlko except for liberty and law, 1 ami L ''"'j11. These geiitlcmen. or h.i.t will he both able and willing to mm' some of them, were also of counsel for Av- i nrcfeall who onnosn or si'ck to nvorihrmv eiT. The bitter at ntuw M f n M.,nrrt ii, V.Y"U "l'l100 or M K 10 ONertlirow ,

telailSh J in this sure cure, did t.ot practice it oi, Avery were dropped Into tho street-box-, he, ' soIf, but, for fun, did practice it on , t the rcuticst of Jovco. unlocked tho bov many others, mid effected iinrmnmmt ,

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t he oxiH!iiM! of a wit new called by the defeiiHi to defeat a most Important cet And further and most disgraceful, tho payment was to a witness who deliberately prepared himself wijb perjury, clothing himself with It an a portion of hlHotittlt, and while a Gov eminent oillcer charged especially with tliu detection of fraud seeking to use it to defeat the Government in attempts to uncover ami punish fraud. No severity of language can emphasize such facts, as these. II. V. B. - ' THE VIEWS OF SKNATOlt HECK, ARahiKt tliu ICIeclui-Hl J-'rmid-AKRiuiit a Oi cat Ucicular Army. From his speech at .Maysville, Ky., Auk. 4. The Wrongs, tho frauds, the usurpations of the Radical rulers have, been so often ami so Milccesslully exposed that a largo majority of the States and punplu have condemned anil repudiated them, and to-duva Democratic l'rc-ldcnt would bo presiding over the Kenublie, hut for the most scandalous and unblushing fraud over perpetrated in modern history, which was only rendered possible by thu most shameful cowardice and Imbecility on the part of tho Democratic leaders. We have again verified the adage that "an army of slags led hvit Hon Is braver than an army of lions led by a stag." Hut our principle are not impaired, nor our portions weakened, either by the frauds of ouropponent.s or the cowardice of our leaders. 4f Truth is mighty, and public justice certain;" even those who profited by the wro"-' have been compelled to do homage to tl., ice of our demands, and remove thu iron heel of the Federal soldiers from thu necks of the lat of the prostrate State of tho South. All the leading Hepuhlicau papers are demanding an Increase of tho Federal Army. To all such Ideas the Democratic partvarc absolutely and unalterably oppoed. No evil can be worse than that proposed by the Republican press and party; It is tin end of liberty regulated by law; it Is the boldest and most unblushing demand for a centralized consolidated Government which has vet been advanced. An army, such as Is demanded, under a President like Gen. Grant, would become at ce masters of the situation. When it strikes, as it is far more likely to strike than any other organization, thu death-knell of liberty will have struck; thu rnetorlan Guards will name and maintain the Emperor. 1 know of no Instance under Had leal rule in which Federal soldiers have not been the ready tools of their masters. Gen. Terry destroyed the Legislature of Georgia. Sheridan and De Trobrland crushed out liberty

i In LoulMuna. AH were ready to march on Washington, and eject, if necessary, a Dem ocratic noiise oi uepreseiuaiives last winter, under the lead of thcirmastcrs. AV'e have had enough of Federal bayonets regulating State affairs, and will not lay the liberties of the people, their constitutions and rights at the feet of any dictator. It Is the height of impudence for a party that has striven to break down State, authority, that lias absolutely prohibited in many of the States the arming and equipping of State militia or volunteer military organizations, to pretend that the men of the Mate are not to be trusted with preserving tho peace within their own borders. Do they pretend that tho material of which tho regular army is composed is more patriotic, more intelligent, more devoted to inaintaiuingtbu rights i i a i if in. i .. .... . nuuircM'i viiisi i lie uvea, uoeme, aim iirnperty of the people than the citizens of. the respective Slates who may he organized for mat purpose? i neyreau History strangely if thev arrive at such conclusions. The Democratic parly stands by thu Constitution and all Its provisions, and will provide means to enforce them without tlie danger of a great .standing army. The framcrs of that instrument were wise enough and far-seeing enough to provide for all such contingencies as havo recently arisen. Tho neglect of and contempt for" its provisions, under tho consolidating process of tho Jtadieals, has caused the disgraceful scenes we have Just passed through. Article 2 of the Amendment to the Onhtitutian adopted by the first Congress provides: A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Mr. Jefferson, in his first inaugural address, among other invaluable principles which he laid down for the guidance of the people, said: A well regulated militia is our best reliance in time of peace, and for the first momentof war, till regulars may relieve them. warned iy tin lessone of t iiepat,and recI ognizing tho wisdom of the fathers, the i Democratic party will doall that is necessary to organize and maintain in each Slate a " well I regulated militia," with otlicers in all re gards euuai to tnosu in tne regular army n-"- ' "'7" n (,v-'" aoting as soldiers, and with men far simcrlnr to the ns of the Federal who win iiio-u an uir i vptiiliit rti ill f lwoynize tlmlr ((Mixtion u HH. olillcrya militia that will havy thu respect ;f,ll people, and which will enable tho s'alc tborities to .suppress promptly tirl of lawlessness. We '"k0 ", w?r 0,1 1,10 regular army, as such, . w'"t the uses to which It has been put, ,in(l ,Wu Will abolish It altogctherrathur than repeated. The ballot box must be k,l1t -"rfcu from the bayonets; State and Federal Legislatures and Courts must not be broken up l.v Federal soldiers, no matter who orders these tilings to be done; but we will maintain Mich a standing army as will pnmici our irouucr, cuaru an inoreuerai i'!! Jil'.'iT'i t propuriy, aim uo an mat me individual States can not and ought not to do. That done, a militia organized, ouuinned and A Simple Cm-o for DmnkcHHcss. Urooklvii ni-m wrinu in h , i! ,. ' !f ",U. r,H"" , 1 ,,nink luor0 toxicating liquor irom the your 1857 to tho last day of 187JI than any other person I ever knew or htwd of: and in tho meantime, knowthree swallows, as often as tho thirst or craving may desire. Let him continue this practice. His old chums will laugh; but let him persevere, and it will not bo a week before tho anpetito for any kind of stimulant will disappear altogether, and water may bo taken to quench tho natural thirst. If at any time the victim should feel a craving, let him take tho first opportunity and obtain a swallow of water, and ho can pass and repass all saloons. When ho gooa nomo at night ho will feel satisfied and ho sober and havo money in his pocket. I commenced this practice tho first day of 1871, and never think of taking a drink of stimulant.'

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ITEMS OF INTEREST. l'ersoiiHl hhi! Uterary. F, W. IlHcklntnlMr, tli Gennnn nov clist, is dead. 4 --Mr. Krlerick Tennysdn, a brothor of tliu pool, is KSpiritiiklW, ami ho says SplrittiHlisni la thu only question of tliu day. Thu death Is recordud of Mr. J. LatiL'ton Snnfonl, of whom It is said: Ills knowledge of Kngllsh history was like other inosi's knowledge of their own lives." It is reported that Clara Louise Kellogg will devote the profits of her coming California engagement b fotnulingu musical college for American young ladies in New York City. Mr. Murk M. I'ojneroy, proprietor

oi j'oincroy'fi jJemocrut, has obtained a l'inl flVItu Ilia L'nnntijl i.r.s. X .St.. . xi rotnorov, and has married airain. 'J'his is Mr. Pomwroy's second divorce. His prescnt wito was his proofFannie Davenport has returned from England, where she did not appear professionally, in spite of inducements to do so. It is stated that Miss Davenport will enact the heroine of 44 Liz, or the Lass of Lowric," when it is produced in thia country. Mr. Charles G. Leland ("Huns Brcitnmnn ") has presented to the British Museum a fac-shnile of President Lincoln's Proclamation of Emancipation. This fac-simile bears the genuine signatures of President Lincoln and Secretary Seward, and is one of those issued during tho Sanitary fair period. John G. AVhittier has announced himself as author of the poem 44 Tho Song of the Vermonters," which has frequently been attributed to Ethan Allen and others. Mr. Whittier says the ode was written in 1833 or 'ill, and that it was an attempt at literary mystification hardly excusablo oven in a young writer. The English people seem astonished at tho remarkable irruption into that country of so many female writers from America, who are now regularly employed on the Hritish press. Among them are Kate Field, Louisa Chandler Moulton, and Olive Logan all bright ladies, with ready pens. Their vivacity is now noticeably lighting up the gloom of the heavy English heb'domadals; hut hide-bound Johnny Hull rolls up his eyes in horror at the gay and festive way in which they exptess themselves in regard to men and things generally, D. Ii. Sheahan, the Brooklyn sculptor, has nearly finished a model for an equestrian statue of Gen. Lee to be erected at Richmond, Va. The model represents Gen. Leo seated on a Kentucky thoroughbred horse, and looking toward a distant part of the field, where tho bat tle is supposed to bo raging. The hair

is thrown back from the forehead, the, on was discharged, shooting his playcoat is buttoned nearly to tkc throat, j mate, John Weaver, aged 9.

tho wind lifts the horse's mane and tail from tho body and raises the General's coat. About $75,000 has been appropriated for tho statue, and nearly two years will be required for the completion of the work. Scic Hm ami Industry. It is stated that 1,500 cigar-makers arc now employed in Key West, Fla. One company in Tillin, Ohio, turns out 5,000 churns and 40,000 washboards annually. The tobacco crop in Connecticut Valley promises to yeild more than last year, although the average is smaller in Connecticut. The United States silk production is falling oil'. In 1800 12,000 pounds of cocoons were raised ; in 1870 only :i,000. Glass slippers have been produced by the coming artificers of Vienna. The slippers are actually woven of line ilexible threads of glass. Large quantities of vanilla arc being shipped from Sanford, Fla., to Savannah. It is mainly used bv tobacconists in the manufacture of Havana cigars. Silk worms hatched by electricity are now beinar reared in Italy. It is suggested to anply the same method to hens' eggs, and to hasten tho germination r t seeds. At Cairo. Ktrvnh thnrn is sin oxtnn. f!,V0 printing establishment, containing (0 presses for books in Arabic and for a daily gazette in Arabic, Italian and Turkish. A saw, 51 feet long and eight inches ! wide, intended for use on big trees in ; California, ban just been turned out at i the Beaver Falls, Pa., steel works. ! According to the Chairman of the Grand Trunk Bailwav. that road has lost $4,7f)0,000 in two and a quarter years fro::: competition, and railways in America have lost $47,000,000 in the same time from the same cause. Tho United States import annually )?o0,000,000 worth of ilax, hemp anil jute. Improved processes are steadily iiiiiiiiiianiii" luu vu&i 01 ii;ir usiuiir, lire laring and manufacturing. Juto may -o grown in the Southern btales: henip in Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana; while llax thrives in States furthnr north. Sehoul ami Church.

1 tT . . . , . ' from his present wife in Missouri. At 1 Uuversity of Georgia 1 Pft Theodore Saistman, l lS,XdGoiV"or's 20 UnM,??1bl,Ht0!,1god 707 R German physician, killed Senators and Congressmen, 41) Judges hTmself with morphine. His home was and several hundred legislators. in BHdgowater, At. Ho left a note, say Miss Jonnv Bancroft, recently irrad iiu hn was th-od of llfo. ibt hl nrtpunt-

uated by Syracuse University, Inis become Dean of tho Woman's College i connected with Northwostosn Unlverity.

At the prfnt moment 4,000,000 Hindoo and 100,000 Molmnnwlan children are attending schools In India, and 00,000 to 1)0,000 of them nre receiving instructions up to the English univerfitte' atandard. Mr. George Midler, in respoime to h hearty invitation from several of tho clergymen of this country, willjwiil from Liverpool tho latter part of thin mouth, for ii preaching tour in North America, commencing at New York. A great deal has been dono in England during tlio past seven yours in tho way of increasing public school aceommo'dations. Statistics recently published show that, while there were in 1870 accommodations for 1,878,851 children, there are now accommodations for 3t-420,7-18. All tho 8G candidates for tho do-

. nloimt of Kchool-mistross have inst been rejected at I oix, in I- ranee, for inability ! to solve tho following problem: Iwo cut salaries, together amounting to 4,400f. per annum. Tho first spends two thirds of her salary, and the second three-fourths. The'ir joint savings amount to l,310f. a year. What is the salary of each? A young lady in Buffalo has a sun-day-school class of 75 young men. Thirteen years ago she began with a class of seven wild boys. She gave her class weekly receptions in her parlors, and played the piano and leu the singing for them. Now her class of 75 have a hand of music whose instruments cost S'700, a boat club and a literary society which publishes a small newspaper. She was only 18 years old when she started this work. She says it is all the result of prayer, but it is more probably the result ofprayer and works both. A party of 10 young ladies, with tho Kev. George H. Ferguson, wife and five children, sailed a few days ago in the steamship City of Berlin for Liverpool, on their wav to Wellington, Capo Colony, South Africa. Theywill combine tho.instruction of the natives in English with missionary work, and also act as teachers to the children of English colonists. A sister of Mr, Ferguson is principal of tho Huguenot Seminary at Wellington, and the demand for teachers there and throughout the colony at large is rapidly increasing. Mr. Ferguson and family and eight of the ladiee are from New Haven. Ilttpfi and Mishaps. C. U. Tussey, of Rowan County, Ky., was standing on a stump looking for a squirrel, when ho slipped anil fell, discharging the contents of his ritle in the lower part of his stomach, causing a fatal wound. At Jeflersonville, Ind., John Sutton, aged 10, took a revolver off tho mantel and while handling it iis1 weap A 5-year-old son of Wm. Pcake went to sleep on the rails of the Air Line road, live miles from Concord, Mich., and a passenger train came alonsr i , , i ; souring his ueau, one arm, anu leg j from his body. .lames Hopkins, aged 71, living in Brown County, Ohio, opposite Augusta, Ky., stepped up to a threshing machine just as the machine was finishing: the last sheaf. His shirt-sleeve was caught, drawing in the arm, crushing it above tho elbow. Amputation was necessary. A 4-ycar-old son uf Dr. Epstein, of Cincinnati, was poisoned by a dose of morphine, winch his father gave lntn In mistake for quinine. The blame lies between the dragg'st who put up the prescription and the father, who ordered it verbally. Two children of G. II. Stevens, residing at Hillsdale, Iowa, aged 3 and 6 years, were playing in a barn and se,t it on lire with matches. Before they could bo rescued the building fell in. Their bodies were burned to a crisp. Lightning freaks : At Jamestown, N. Y., during Sunday-school services, the Swedish Lutheran Churck was struck, and a boy named Anderson killed and three other persons prostrated. Near Chillicothe, Ohio, Jacob Ilatuiaclier, a Gorman farmer, while sitting in his doorway, was struck and instantly kih. d. His wife, who was sitting by his side, was unhurt, and there were no other signs of the lightning's presence manifested. NearFolsomvillc, Warwick County, Ind., Mrs. Wesley oicpnons ana i uov named made were clearing away the dishes from under a tree where the family had taken dinner, when both were struck dead instantly, The lightning left no further traces of its destructive work. The bodies turned black immediately. Curiosities of suicide: At Dayton, Ohio, Daniel Bamhart, claiming to be over 100 years old, threw himself in front of a train on the Pan-handle Hailroad. He had told soveral persons just previous that ho wan tired of living and wished to die. Michael Dennis, aged V ' 'i V .......v.. v.. uv voiuii , u., Mioi niiiiscii. 110 was blind and had become tired of living in that unfortunate condition. Lydia Edwards, an unmarried lady aged 13, of West Liberty, Iowa, poisoned herI self on account of being betrayed by a ' man named Wilson Bowlsbvi. At the ary an'airs were in a very sad plight, and altogether the world would bo better oft 11 he were dead. Mis. If. Warner, a widow of Ashley, Luzerne County, Ta.,

drownKl hr babe in a burrs! of waUr and then cut Iw owa throat. Sh was undoubtedly deranged. A. D. Schaft1sr, Caxhier of the Farmers' and Meehanie' Bank, of Westminster, Mil., cut hi throat with a razor. His body was found in his stable, his rU-ht hand grasping the rossor, and a loaded revolver lying near, but undischarged. No cause aligned. Foreign NetMi. From tho first of May to the Stfth of June the average daily circulation of tho London Telegraph was 842,215 copies, the largest that any daily newspaper has ever had. Worth now declines to fit dresses for a fee of loss than 100 francs, in addition to the cost of making, and will not undertake it at all unloee tho whim suits him. He needs more time for the 44 contemplation of the possibilities." Wagner is reported to be so embarrassed pecuniarily thatunlossho receivoe substantial help he will not bo likely to have much time in tho future for new compositions. The great performance at Beyrouth left a large deficit, and the London concerts wore a disastrous financial failure. The Patti-Caux scandal appears to be settled as far as the courts of France can accomplish it. The Marquis is legally adjudged the injured party, and the fascinating but indiscreet diva has the judicial seal set upon what has hitherto floated about upon tho broath of evil rumor, whose authority can always bo questioned. Tho Queen's Maids of Honor are all granddaughters of peers who are not below tho rank of Earl, that being a nine qua non of eligibility for the position. They receive $2,000 a year, and if they marry tho Queen presonts them with $5,000. Each is on duty about two months in the year. Since the Prince Consort's death they havo had a dreadfully dull time of it. Many of those ladies have remained on until past 50. The eldest daughter of the King of the Belgians, the Princess Louise, lias left her husband, the Prince of Saxe-Co-burg Gotha, for tho second time. Her marriage was a love-match. Prince Philip, tho husband, has gone to Paris, where ho visits all public places in company with an actross. To all rem on-. strancos he coolly replios that he behaves no worse than his father-in-law, and that his wife is silly to be more difficult than her Royal and Imporial mother. Paul de Cassagnac, the French Deputy, journalist, bully, and duellist, received his first instruction in fencing from a woman. She was the daughter of a Polish fugitive, by vocation a foncing master. She came to ask assistance for her sick father, and proved the truth of her story by challenging a doubter to a bout with the foils, and easily disarming him. Under the tuition of this woman Cassagnac became one of tho most expert swordsmen of France. He has fought 19 duols, and never received a wound. In company, Thiers likes to listen to only one person himself. Sardou is in this respect very much like him. He will talk for half an hour brilliantly, and he has no anxiety to receive a reply. The elder Dumas was another conversationalist of the same type. He would talk like a well written book, but

would not listen. The youngor Dumas, on the contrary, is shy and reticent. Victor Hugo speaks strikingly, much as he writes; in antitheses using surprising similes, exaggerated epithets, and impressive illustrations. He was a favorite of Louis Philippe, who was himself an excellent conversationalist. Oilil- and Kail. Some idea of the scarcity and high price of horses in England during the year 1485 may be formed from the fact that In that year Richard III. offered his entire kingdom for one, and the offer was not accepted. Courier-Jour-nal. Of ad sad words of tongue or pen Tho sadOcAt are, 44 It nulit have been." tTMHitr. Tho saddest word wo ever hear Are tho.-e sad, sad words, 44 Xo cash, no beer." St. Limit Jimrmtl. ITarper's Bazar says that you may eat corn off tho cob, but you must hold it with only one hand. If tho cob gets a little the better of you, we sup peso you may hold one end of tho cob down with your foot. Hawkcye. There is nothing like knowing how to select cheerful subjects for dog-day editorials. A religious exchange presents a leading article with the captivating title, 44 Infant Damnation No. J)." Which recalls the memoranda in tho diary of an eminent theologian : 44 Aug. 18th Took a great deal of pleasure to-day in reading Dr. Edwards's ablo sermon on 4 The Justice of God in tho Damnation of Sinners.' " The Alliance. There was a colored man about tho streets Saturday, trying to sell a shirt. Ho wanted tho money to buy new rum with which to bathe his rheumatic wife. He said he had more shirts than ho needed, and the fact ho hadn't one on gave some color, although dusky, to his statement. He finally found a gentleman readj to negotiate with him, Tho shirt was warranted to be all sound and kind, whereupon, unrolling it from its brown wrapper, it was found to bo full of holes, some of thom large enough for a procession of rabbits to pass through with ears erect. When asked to account for the meshes in this human net, Mr. Johnson exclaimed: "My goodness graciousnoss, who'd thought it? them aro moths got into do house this very morning and go for de olo man's miscellaneous shirtP Well, its awful sticky any way. Good morning, sah," and then he took up the shirt carefully, as one would a wreath of moss and walked mournfully away .a rtford Gtebe.