Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 19, Number 46, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 November 1877 — Page 7

WEEKLYCOUEIER. C. BOAVI, ,PMUht. tfASPEft. - - - INDIANA.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. Vw-itennl hhiI Literary. ItLnlltf lt,...,.U,. l l !.- !ri 10 1a 30. Georgo MncDonald lias gone ltHiy 10 spcnu mo winter, rim write a novel. Anna Dickinson, who has boon lying ill for some weeks in Nw Jorsoy, is ?onvahccnt. Mrs. Moulton will soon publish a volume of hoi poems uiuler tho title of Swallow Flights."

- Wshop K. M. Marvin, of tho Moth- j uy oum ant. odist Church, is preparing a book about Australia is making extensive preplan Into trip around tho world. arations to supply England with fresh Senator MncOonnld of Indiana, It J"01 s,m,liir molhods m 1,1 uso 14 reported, is about to marry a widow 1 , . , . . . , 4 , who' is a clerk in the Troiwuiy Depart-! nSXX l!mg 7, miini J 1 m condensed milk, making available us 1 , , . , . , . . an article of export that which was

"ei ""a""- "j " ii.uliati Hewthorne, bears tho name of Gwendolen, in honor of Goorgo Eliot's latet heroine. Max Adder (Charles Hebor Clark")

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EES ST- SSS IT'S;,,1"" ,'rT ' SSSZ AJZ1, in - KSJIEMrS poetry w:is 14 Paradise Lost." He often California and resulted in failure, it has pnmnii,t4 nn im,.1bi on,., nrtt ,v,Sonrfelt the want of a more general acquaint-, been the business of trying to breed An- ! 52 anco with literature, mt never pretend- 'gora goats with tho common stock for J ed to knowledge that he didnVpossoss. the production of fine wool. The .pure XZlrilalL 3hS

The iironrietors of a patent untlWHous pill in London recently sent Can-' - . M I tain llurnaby, author of "A Hide to Khiva," $1,500 for tho casual mention in his book of the effect of tho pill upon tho Khan of Hok liar's bowels. Thu Cap tain gave tho money to a local charity. I Mr. Farieon.tho author of Joshua Mane," and other successful novels, who lias come to reside for a time in New .York, was burn in London in 1 KM. If lis father was a Tunisian dew and his mother an Englishwoman. Ho has been a rood dual of r wand.irer on th nHrth. ami once edited a newspaper in Xew Zealand. Ho is described iw fresh almost to brightiicj-s, and extremely sympathetic. Prof. Orton, whoso death in South America was recently recorded, had made a name for hiimelf by explorations on that continent, and especially for his valuable contributions to natural history in connection therewith. He occupied the Chair of Natural History at Vassar Collere. and was tho author of a unmoor oi books pertaining to .. .. cinl department of study, journey, the third he has made America, was undertaken to ex '(Ireat Heni Hiver, which drains JfOltria llltO t lit AIUMVMH. 1IU rllMlth .occurred while crossing Lake Titicaca, . which forms jmrt of tho boundary be , tweeu rum ami lioiivia. ins tiiseaso is upposeu to navo ueen maiarmi lever, t

c i i TV., da- A gentleman from Volusia now -If the SttemandSnhem Pres- j p with a dbnlay of bmslies, ibyterian churches wore united, tho sum I ?! '" a,ld les made from the into! rI of meinburs would be 070,121. In , "c, 1 f' contemplates tho buildll,who they parted, the total mini- !; "t "l 'T' Jhe bef of member in the united body was , w "80' 1 t VVay1 bMr ' J100 Si 1 garded as a worthless fruit, and millions " -Archbishop Purcell of Cincinnati ' V0 -trtted ovety year. An enterprissavs that the nUro children in the South n anku has e,,Sad ,n t;

enizlit. and should ho. trathnred into the . nu.M m.l.'Z.t. n """" unuiiinu Vllllluil, iiu iUVJUIll lnends tho establishment of Ho man Catholic schools for them. tn Ciiii.Kio l .... : of Xew York celebrated tho 111th anui-! vorsarv f thftii !lrt. f.i.nr.h t i this country. The Bible used by Philip ' Embury on tho occasion of tho dedica turn of the hrst church in 1706 was exhibik'd, and created no little attention ait the anniversary exorcises. Donver City rejoices in a religious sensation growing out of the withdraw ail from the Ejiiscopal Church, of tho Kov. William Gill, and his adhosion to tho Reformed Kpiscopal. The corrc---spondonce between him and Bishop Spalding, previous to the withdrawal, i.S of a rather tart character. Tho London branch of the Mormon "Church has 20 branches, with KM el -dors, -14 priests, 20 teachers, :il deacons, .and 891 lav members. The reports from this country touching .affairs in ' uuiu navo grcauy retarticu tne move tuenbj of the Mormon inissionarios in foreign lands. Tho Chinamen in San Francisco have their religious trial that of tho l.ev. Swain- fitmg;, for heresy. He characterized his neighbors' joss as a horse-thief. This excited tho leaders of tho abused congregation, and, atnid loud explosions of lire-crackers and bombs, the Kov. Swang Bung has been suspend I .'. ... lJ cu irom mo ministry Tho Human Cti Catholic hierarchy to io re-established in Scotland by the Pope, will, it is anticipated, consist of an Arclihishop and live Bishops. Tho Archbishop of St. Andrews will have his residence in Edinburgh, the sull'ragan seed will bo Aberdeen, Lismoro, G.aw, and Moray. Tho Catholic tfOfiMatJon of Scotland is about onetcnUt of the whole. Tho General Assembly of the Presbylcrian Church South has squarely condemned all kinds of dancing. One of the resolutions says : uSomo forms of this amusement are more mischievous than others, tlic round ilanco than the Parc, the public ball than the private pat ty, but none of thotn aro good, but all are evil and should be discountenanced, and wo airooUdnatoly urge all our Christian parents not to send their chll dron to danclng.schools, where thoy acquire a fondness and an aptitudo for the oatigorous amusement."

The latest religious wrinkle in To

ronto is tno holding oi full-dress prayor meetings," Jiioyia take place twice a woo hi uw members of houses of thu walthinr St. James Church. The in full uveuitiL' costume. guests como For about an hour th parlors are vocal with prayer and praise, after which cake and conversation aro introducod. Tho meetings aro said to be exceedingly fw'"' " '"M was last summer conspicuous at tho , Tvng Gospel 'J'ont in thw city, in credit 1 d with being tho originator of this novel sty 10 ot religious son'ice. SoltiHee and Industry, Several girls in Flint, Mich., aro learning tho cooper's trade. Oysters are scarce and of an inferior quality in England this season, whereas I on this side of the water they aro unus torcieriy wasted, Pi Hilars chufai wjth i,ickory and w !is ana iroober peas. hickory and walnuts, dried fruit. tho arrow and cassava root, with tho starch obtained from tho two last nieusavs that if An,,rHt 11 3tnougnt, is proiuaoie tiiero. Canada claims to have produced tho largest chceso on record. From tho In gersoll factor ha been turjied out a cheese weighing 7,000 pounds. It was 0 feet 10 inches in diameter, 8 feet in height, and 21 feet in circumference. It required one milking of 7,000 cows, or tons oi ,nllk to produco it. Tho KrP yl(1 5,1 Ohio has been v,erv SHtiafiustory this year, although t,,.;r0 were nous apprehensions of a fadure in tho spring. From Put-in-Bay ne 20,000 baskets were shipped. .' - W have fetched from 2i cents a pound for Conuord in t omits for nlminn Hrdsi. wares. Catawba have sold for 1 cents and Uw-irds -California farmers aro cultivating fig-trees for the sole purpose of raising and fattening hogs. ''I bis fruit contains largo .luantTtiesof saccharine matter, i liencc is very fattening. The fic-treo. once well started, rcnuiros little attention, bears several crops a year and is , von- irolific. i lui nmniwno u ircloni .j which tho warm air will L distrihutod. Titus ho will ventilate the mines also. .7. AL,m5.. . ono 0f tj,e jnost worthless trees of Plori n,"r ,ru.m. u,u" . fences, sin ps, an u inaimaiaues. He has mot with consid erablo success. ' nnu .niniinjin. tin... .. . I J 1 - .-:'V!ycar oltl f?,rl nanied Clar'? vis fell into an open cistern and was drowned, at Crestline, O. A 5-year old dang 'liter of John Fisher, a farmer living near Kisinjr Sun, Ind,, was fatally burned by her clothes taking fire from a stove. Coal-oil : A daughter of John Fan oueht, of Eaton, (.)., was fatally burned while filling lighted kerosene lamp. Miss Louisa Kennedy, aged 17, of Parkersburg, W. Va was fatally burned while kindling a fire with kerosene. John Knee, of Pittsburg, Pa., caused the explosion of a kerosene lamp by bl'owinto the chimney and ho was 'fatally burned. f-Suicides : Miss Belle Zellcrs, aged i, urowncu ncrseit in tne Aiuskingum Hiver near her homo below McConnells . .!!!.. r t 1.. i villo, O. An unknown man itimned from the suspension bridge at Cincinnati Into the Ohio Hiver, a hundred feet below. Ashley Lampfrecr, of Dexter, Mich., shot himself. John Gorman, a well-to-do farmer, of Manson, Mich., cut his throat from car to ear .John Parsons, aged Cfi and wealthy, drowned himself at Lynn, Mass. Sirs. August Molan, of Newport, II. I., cut her throat, Shot-gun : Jacob Mueser, aged 80, i a farmer residing live lin es north of Defiance, O., left his homo Sunday for a day's hunting. On Wednesday morning his body was found about two miles from homo, his head blown to pieces and brains scattered around, his gun beside him with both barrels discharged At Joiletsonvllle, Ind., two boys, named Warner and MeDeriuott, aged 6 and 13, were scuttling for possession of an old musket, heavily loaded, when tho weapon was discharged, tho contents striking young Warnor in tho left lower jaw, blowing the entire side Of his face and head oil'. Death ensued immediately. Levi Swart, of Mansville, Pa., had climbed Into a grape-vine and was gathering grapes when Mr. Croll came along with his gun. Seeing' something move In tho vino Croll supposed it "to be a wild turkery or a pheasant, and discharged Ids pi see at tho object with fatal precision. Charles Stiff, aged 17, of

hisspc! An ongineer proposes to heat the Vr V - i Vi ' V vw '

His last town of Virginia, Nevada, by means of ' -- in South t the heat generated in the mines under , bor s, h,8h. 83 f l5. ar a h plorotho neath tlfo idaco. Ho savs tbr l dwtonco from .London is i 60 imlcs, but

Eastern ' ono.iirh heat to warm even- house, and , u,e tr:u"? ",n.lt w,t,un ' nuteJ and

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Newark, N. .7., was hunting1 partridges, ami wounded one whksh trjwl to Hutter away. Young Stiff', seizing his gun by the muzzle, struck at the bird, discharging tho niece, the load entering his stomach and killing him instantly. FarelKH Nut. Mr. (Jladstone, hi emulation of Horace Greeley, has been photographed in his shirt-sfeovos, sitting among the' chips of a fallen tree with an ax beside him. Prince Leopold, tho youngest of Quoon Victoria's sons, now '24 years old, is about to make his appearance as an author. Tho subject. is "Tho Polarization of Light." Tho volume will be published at about the opening of tho coming yoar. Tho remains of tho Emperor Louis of Davuria have been discovered in tho exoavatious nowproceeding under tho

; cx-ctmrcn 01 tno convent ot tno Auj gustines at Munich. Tho Emperor was j buried after cmbalmmont, and now turns uj as a first-class mummy. ! Tho city authorities of Leipsic, in j Germany, have imposed a fine of not loss man uvo nor more man ten manes upon any woman who may wear trailing drosses in tho streets. The police have orders to arrest thorn, and their names are to bo published each wcelc m the beatification of Joan of Arc, s hci'n for sntnn limn unnlin.H r... m i-. 'i,QB:,t I Vr f I tn t V Strasbourg Cntkcdral is now tin J dergoing a complete reparation. A great deal more lias wen auueu than was knocked "down in the FrancoPrussian war. The statues of tho em- , perors arc given prominent positions without much regard as to the probability of their ever having stood before in tho place now assigned them. i Tho Housekeepers' Union of Berlin organized by Frau Morganstern, now numbers 4,000 members, who do all their buying on the co-operative Plan. The clerks in the grocery are all Sirls and ?,me"; a.nd th, u 8alcs re uado ttt coSt uu "on began with 200 m wjft $2 ''IT' taL ,Iho m 1 f8" P1? besides $1 a ?ear d,T' nd hvo the prinIee 0 bu',na,11 the!r stores at cost, . -r.ho 8ek the when wo leave it. Jirighton is crammed, and tho tiiroo-nnic drive with splendid mansions on the one hand, and tho wavos on tho fhric0 ? w?.ek' .r. ovn da.n"- llnghton " nicti aitocted by tite antuent Hebrew. The town contains 00,000 inhabitants, and is a parliamentary borough. Odd and Ends. Every day Brigham Young's widows go and sit down on his grave. Scon at a distance, it looks like a bec-hivc. There isn't much difference between a grasshopper and a grass widow, after all. Either will jump at tho first chance. Tweed never used tobacco. Tho anti-nicotine people say this abstemiousness is all that kept him from stealing tho entire United States. Photographer ,,Now.sir,if you will look a little less as though you had a bill to moot, a little more as though yo'd been left a legacy, you'll got a picture." The time will como when every man caa receive the election returns by telegraph to his own bed-room. The opportunities of the married men are boing narrowed down every yoar. A1chark Call. Lodger" I dotect a rather disagreeable smell in the house, Mrs. Jones. Aro you sure the drains " Welsh lady O it can't be tho drains, sir, whatever. There aro none, sir!" Dean Swift said that tho reason a certain university was a learned place was that most persons took some learning there, and hut few brought any away with them, and so it accumulated. Landlady (to bonnier who has passed Ids cup six times)"4 You are very fond of coneo, Mr. Smith." Mr. 4Smith "Yes, ma,am; it looks as if I am when I am willing to swallow .so much water for the Sake of getting a little.'" Old Mr. Meridan had been married 13 years when his wife died, last week. Ho didn't appear, to miss her very much until beddimo, when ho sat down and stuck out his foot for somebody to como and pull oil" his boot. And then, when his son-in-law coldly handed him tho boot-jack, tho full weight of tho irreparable los ho had sustained broke upon tho old man, and he gave way to a Hood of tears. As for the boot-jack, it had been so long sinco ho had seen ono, ho didn't know how tp use it. Hawkeye. A story is told of two New England deacons between whom a bitter feud )iad long existed concerning somo contested point. Neither would yield, and tho matter threatened to bo handed down to tho noxt generation, when one day Deacon Smith appeared before his old enemy and solemnly said, "Brother Jones, it is a shame that this quarrel of ours should bring scandal upon tho church. I havo prayed earnestly for guidance in tho matter, and havo come to tho conclusion that you must give In for I can not."

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CONK LINO OX HAYES. Th Nwir Ynrk StiHatwr TMlk AbHt Nkh nHrfThlHK !M0ftlHir MMfeH-Kiwr. C'HtKHt the I'mltlnHt. ' From an Interview in the X, V. Herald. " Mr. OonklltiK, Kre you stiinel that tho AdmlRifttratioii at VhlHKtoH was anxious fervour defeat1" "From the time II;ye esme Into offlee and appointed a Democratic Cabinet," nld Mr. CoiikHmc, 'tlio princliwl labor of little Hvarts and th nwt lian been to withdraw tke HepublleNn mpport from me." " Hat Kvarts made any exprvMloa oh that head" " JIo told a Kciitlemau rame time ao that tho reform movement of the Administration, m far as New York was oflneerned, were to break up chieftainship. I tuiipoe that chleftalnshli) was a declaration of censure upon myself." " Hut has the AdtnlnbtratioH dlreeted anv olticlal act sealant you in this lant election i" "Ye. They made the removals of the principal oUiee-hoIders lu New York, whom 1 umtuh them .to duplicate, much Iw excel, a week before this State election came off. Was that chlvalrlc behavior toward a Hcpubllcan seeking to extricate this State from the Democratic Administration? And," paid Mr. Conkllnjf, with rising fervor, "If we had received the Hayes votes In the State of New York, or even a fair portion of them, the State would have been Republican to-day, restored to its proper place In influence and character." T1IK CIVII.-SK11V1CK OltUKIt. " Doou think that the celebrated order directing olHce-holders to abstain from all political action was also Intended to operate

ngairiHi inuiviuuai puuuu men?" "Undoubtedly that celebrated reforniaory order ;was factions In Its Intent, made In the Interest of envious and presuming little men. Sherman iroes out to Ohlft and makes hpceches In defiance of It; McCrary (joes to Iowa and manages a convention dcMdb. tli ordnr. and ilnallv DuvetM -who Is a pretty eood sort of fellow .', or fiat I) (.'(It) In the past writes to Massachusetts fl think Senator Conklini' said to Collector Simmons and says that the order meant iL-elf to be disobeyed, and that the way to obey it was to violate it." THK MASSACHUSETTS VlCTOllY. " What Is your opinion of tho Ma.achuectts election, which the Hayes men aro claiming as a victory for the policy?" "That election shows only how well real party men behave. The men who di-like the policy and could ece no honesty in the President's position on the Southern question, nevertheless walked to the polls and cast their ballots for the Kepuhllcan candidates. The Hayes men also voted In Massachusetts, Hut In this State of New York 1 charge that the Hayes element was not only indifferent to the election, but voted the Democratic tieket by hosts. The State of New York is Democratic to-day by thcactof the supporters of the President." flAYKS'S SOl'TllKltX 1'OI.tCV. "Senator, criticism on President Hayes seems to be defective, beeaue It does not substitute any kind of action in place of the action mat lie lias iiinuglit ill to taKc." " There Is no considerable element in the Hcpubllcan party," said Senator ConklInr. "which objects to the removal of troops from the southern Males. I have made no objection on that score. Hut all that was required of blai was to take out the troops and nothing el.-c. He had no rijrbt to make a bareain or compromise with the Legislature of the State in the Interest of the Presidency. His iutcrfcrencs with a Statu by compromise or bargain was as much a violation of the law as if he had interfered with troops and uy arms." XT........ everthelew. Senator, a large, element of opposition to Mr. Hayes comes radical Northern element." from Lilt1 "Very probably," said Mr. Conkling. "All through the North arc substantial people who are like Miles Standish In their dc- ' nt ion to tho original intents and sympathies of the itcpni.Ui'jin partv as a free Northern party. These people do not object so much to withdrawing physical force irom the soul n astneyuo to the conspicuous contrast of Mr. Hayes in the Presidency by the vote of Louisiana and Mr. Packard turn...1 n..t Kv.n. man L-n,v- ihni nn il,n f-w,. of these returns Packard was more elected than Hayes by three or four thousand votes. You can not present those returns (n any form that will not dve more legality to Packard as Governor of Louisiana than to Haves as President. People sav this man assumes all tho virtues of reform in an otHce which ho has ealnod by the simple repudiation of the ladder that lifted him. It is the general record of usurpers that though sustained, they do their favors to the' other side. The President has a Democratic cabinet." A IKM0CRATIC C.UUNKT. " How do you make that out?" " Devcns always ran for office In Massachusetts on the Democratic ticket. He never was a Hcpubllcan. Schurz took himself out of the Hepublican party years ajfo. Key Is a Democrat. I am sure," added Mr. Conklini, "that nobody counts Kvarts a Hcpubllcan. The Democrats were so certain of the contrary that they had proposed to nominate him forthcolliceof tho Governor in this State. I have no faith In a President whose only distinct act is ingratitude to the men who vnlcd for him and the jwrty which pave him Its fealty. In the domain and forum of honor that sense of lr.Haye's infidelity stands forward and challenges him. It Is felt by honest men all over this country. He smiles and showers on the opposition the proofs of a disturbed mind." " He has been a treat traveler, Senator." " Yes, 1 am told that there has not been a fortnight Mince he was inaugniated that there had been a quorum of the Cabinet nriuntit In ttia anttul I'llV." lWSTO T,1 Ai'l'Iinm-ift m I think obi Harry hoc ought to have heard that speech where he compared the soldiers of the Confederate and 1" cderai armies to Greeks. Wc beat you,' he said, Mr. Conkllnir Mid notldnif on this directh ..... .. . . " ' ly. " was it consistent," ne saui in a moment, "ror the rrestucni or tne i;nucu States to send hi aKdits Into Louisiana to Imrgahi with that man Nlcholls,who by all the evidence and by the status of the case was a red-handed traitor to bis state Government? This dealing with usurpers to regain tho f tumult of power Is a novel practice in apS Im feel" "e ed wmfthave ' . . our country. An honorable In. liLnalr ,it lint', tt.itt Uim-CW I" WWII mmm iv refrained from any such Intrigue with pre-' tenders m states that were reauy 10 rcvou. Ho would have taken his office msnruiiy, graciously, and Inspired respect without bargaining for It. All he had In honor to do was to Withdraw the troops, and to thi no one would have objected. So long as Mr. Ifaycs Is in the Presidential chair those old anil substantial Heptlblicans in the North will never look on hint with respect while Gov. Packard, discrowned, silent and removed, appears of the victim, but looks on." , TII.PKN'. "Mr. Conkllng," said the Interlocutor, "dbl you not have some respect for Mr. Tilden?"

in Nashville and Atlanta, because we hail 0I, t,e ,)Rl1, uf g)n,e wealthy philanthromoro Greeks.'" Mr. tonkllng shm)K his ; 1 5ist tn rt,u.llIira thiiiii)iiitof plsiMticfd head and looked amnsementand contempt. . CoSSTitS Tin: i.ouisianm nAiiTiu:. ptetiiot a wide circulation for the books, The liOiilslanaliaTpln and sale you upokc, Senator, seems likely to be rcvlv- ' " 1 , ,' ,..,15tttat ttL vnlum ed hv InvMtliratlon or otherwise." - lortllliato rckiplCht Of the t OlHBW,

" Ih a Kesse I did," said th &Muttr. iMfl he repeatwl "In a mnw." WhH Mr. Ttldea prooeMied ualMHt the TMrnmnay

aau me canal KiRfft wane uovrar, I miwrved that the KeiHtldksaR paperx, wrt kH -larly la Nw York City, exalt wl him to the itkies, and I remarked, Th-y will Mt thhi nan up no high after a while that whoa thy set to work to drag him down tbev wh do It.' As Governor, Mr. Tilden exedd my expeetatloHH. He made as ereditable an auminUtratien, certainly, ax Uix. I 4 not, believe In pertwnal abum during our eampalgns. I refused to get up hi that campaign and throw mud at Mr. Tlldea. I made some speeches averting our M4 t the queMtioH as well as I could, hut I dUl net go Into vituperation. When Mr. Ttklett deleated Governor I)ixrthe latter, like little HohertH, had no one to throw It upon but myself. He has ttecn exeeeHngly oHieietts In writing letter directed agaiatt me. When the electoral committee wa, made up in Washington, and Senator Logan wa obliged to decline a place on it and I was appelated, Governor Pi x wrote letters to Washington City protecting again my being given a place there. lie Intimated thnt 1 was already dead and buried la New York and that this was an attempt to give me another chance. During the Presidential campaign of Mr. Tilden I excited the enmity of thoewho would have had him pulled down by the newspaper "Warwlek who made him. I objected from the beginning to the Republican conduct of the campaign. It began with viturperation, lampooning and all mannerof ribaldry, aad because I refused to Join In that sytie of warfare war was declared on me at the uitet. Now, wuat was the consequence? Tildea carried the btate of ew lork by a very IfttW.rck mtMltt nttrl nit (hat 11 II m u'atit , -.i.t,. i . .w..tn tni-iT., - creditable Governor. ... ,r , oon trim. Mr.Conklfnff wemed to be In fair health, blo to measure ldmself with Ms equal iH any resectable (deputation. Iln was at ho I ,l,m: lauiiitu k .nnirenenpne. ue Jtac inv aiipoaraucu u a man who nau inaue up mm mind as to his course, and meant te pursue it, and was rather relieved that hie mind was made up and his portion settled. It may be added that he left no doubt on the observer's mind that he meant to challenge the Administration. Mr. Conkling' remarks alwut the President were never personally direpeetf til; he talked around the person to reach the fact. i He wa-on!y Msvere on the reMUltiiof a crooked oour-e the reaehlmr out to fulfill ehHga- , tlons too willingly contract ed; whwe effeets were unskillful ingratitude, unnmwHiry dotighfaceh-m. In hi whole talk Scantor Conkling was areM-Ive, poitlve, ca-y, chU'py. A Kcntleman from 31lwouri who , heard a irt of hh remarks, r-aid: lnConkIIh'b talk there Is absolutely no profesIo. I never heard Carl Schurz talk without preieisingometnnig." Hiimsrs ef the Hettse. At Judge Kelley's suggestion, the House went into committee of the whole ' for general debate upon the President's message, in tins any member who gets tlm ilnnr n talk- tmnn inr ihivt h 1 likes M ii,inte. of Yndianii. had , planted himself with a mass of manu script in one hand and a pair of eyeglasses in tne other. 1 here was something so grotesque in the posture of Air. Hunter, who stood ready with his manuscript so threatening a mass of dull- , nose that tne garrulous chatters waot u-lipn nn nnd. nan talk fnr wiaL) withiollt!in idn or natiso. bpn to huM-h. I O ' and before Mr. Hunter had said a word 'tno general giggle broke out into a .hoarse roar. Vhen Hunter solemnly j began, "Mr. Chairman, the condition ' of the country at tho present time" ' such a solemn sentence, so jonderous in its possibilities, kept the house yellinr kv t.fr iiunpr bsoltitelv refusinsto b , "f , r,J i, i vt I . i ? Ut (loWIl. He beijaM tins fieilteilCC at wiui laugnier. i nc iun was Kepi up 1 least a dosen times with tl same result ' of being laugeed down. Mr. Coager . thon made a point of order against this i 9n0fu,u savimr that it n.forivd lo tha . "-.'V YMg mat it rtierreu to tne f condition of the country, a subject not t mentioned in the President's mesae. Mr. Hunter's first sentences were very unfortunate, as a phrase. "We are sufforitiii " ajrain created an uproar. Ho was finally forced to make an ex tempore introduction, and only in this way succeeded in getting the Hottee to let mm proceed. A Licky Fiad. A gentleman of Eureka ordered, some three weeks ago, several books from Harper Bros., New York, and among others received an Knglish translation of ' Cicero's Orations;" While turning over the leaves yesterday, he was somewhat surprised to find between the leaves a twenty dollar note, issued by the National Hank at Rutland, Vermont. Astonished atthcvalueof tho book mark, ho instituted a through search through its pages and he was rewarded by the further discovery of a five ami two dollar note, making an aggregate Of $27. Uur mend Is puzzled to account for tke - iir - .f t tirnusnm.n nf thn iMiinilatincr milium It ! 1 wl"nie of classics, especially as the j . . . . i . (n'nlmA book was brand new, and forwarded diiwtfromthepublishingfirm mentioned j above. ;-cheme to nroVO that tliere was notions: mean t aiKMlt mm, tuicuom-aa order for $M worth of the firm's publications, and 1 sent the identical money found in pay ment forthesame. If his next tmrcaase pans out as well as the last, he will reneat the order, and thinks that by' i -Oil-Wing P tB tm.(he wiU theowner of a fine library.-JSurtlm 1 If... 1 CJ . A 1 j . . . (Ncv. tstmintl. A few kernels of browned or a spoonful of ground coffee smoldered on coals in a sick room or musty room will purify St in a few moments and fpr a long time. The Koston tftek' calls Prof. Peters, of Hamilton College, " thai Indefatigable old sportsman Of the .skies." Mrs. Stanton is lecturing West, and Mrs. Livermore at the hast.

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