Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 26, Number 7, Jasper, Dubois County, 21 December 1883 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER. C. DOANK, PMWWJASPER. INDIAJfA. TOPICS OF THE DAY. Imi Bkssaess ii of n osasSeuVii to. u4 gMardU MOMtt tteau. ia r tor laforauUkM i deatpowor to oths: oolites faff too MBoekboo Hum mn tr. ! bum were lotroauoM: tto tvjservatr loads in To Motoro to ssarket Bin Bo Opto; to prorate for a oMo i Jtoisware oud CvoMHtooko Bays... Houm Mr. MeCoM took tike oath of la too lathe on too Mth the standing wore spoolatea. Too Secretary of too Intorooohiooa ttoetorswulsh nseohessof aHpspera letting to of Um bum mat of too Mow Or i loon A Vtcksbuiw aalhoad to too Now Orleans Psciae Company a knee aaombor of sails wore lnA resolution vm sdopted colling' Sues so takoMoam action te too Patrick ODonnelL now under sou teavce of death to KaUad. Without oomptottagr the eaM too Houm adJojracd. Ox the cth Norrln Green, a M. Fry, A. R. Gmvee, TImomo T. anker, John Vm Homo, Augustus Sekoll, R. H. Boooooter, Dl H. Gates aad Heary Herw were sleeted IMtoetoroof tiM8ootkrmft Aliuejtw Telegraph Coenpany. Faormmo Wxixxr, Fresddent of the faculty of too Texae Uaivsruity, boa ac ta tho Uaivoratty of vtrtwill not "imam m the Texas inotototioM longer thoa la aioiissry to comploto its mow lifaroty. Taut Senators and Bepreeentativoa la too Pacific alopo aro dbv tho Mild rotoroaoo la tho Fswoldeat's miiimi relating to CMnsss ha-sja-ratlon. They aro preparlag wkieh they wfll latrodaoo ia tho Boasts, and which will propooo smktlous opoa iBnmgratiou from China. Thb Committee on Roles of the Usttted States Ssauue will ncomnwd tho i of two sow eoaunittoM, oao tej JPaseaaaaB efaaoaa e Thb Senators and Bepresentatires i the lnaeute alopo held a eemms on tho taeovree to parrae in iea Mil to rim ay noceoss tn tno lawdajratioa law. Ob the 7th, at the annual dinner of kW Brooklyn Revenue Reform Club, Rev. Heavy Ward Bssehsr mode a apoodt adroegafag the abolittoaof the tariff laws. VkPKBStOKXT WmxTt, a Uberai, Frwidoatof Swimsrlaad, of the Intorior Bcbeack, a Tiee-rhrmideas. W. 8. CLUtBBBLAXX, of Clereland, O., fatker of Mhw Jeawe Chamberlain, i attracted mack notice la a itatement tmwpropoat i making to place photographs of hat iangktsr on aakia New York, rsqaests i pnOIOBJ apnei as or abroad has hie porntlosson to eell and aayrmfonad Mtltag twin be OF me fan of me law. A new days since a Mexhma was rsetii at Oaerrate haviBg the psstoi Arary, wkoa a powaensjer train en I i National Rood wee robbed by oar Lajaritn, leoontly. Uni of hemgmg, theoatpett am given the aataorttios the names aad risli of of the robbers. Fktxcs Fkbihuuck Wnxxxx wag nguslad the oveaiagof the Otk at Seville. It Is said that Senator ItignOf will reseat a bill la Coacreos to regnlate the itaoM on the froertter. A PmnTrxBHT featore of the coming atrrisilnasl tiaslaiss will be the txtoai of the bended period oa spirits. TbCtawn Prmce of Gernaanj will aherUy make a visit te the Pope. Ix CoHtwaowsii FlHneTtyg Clueago , of more dynamtto Cos Bag! aad Ox the fstk a called on Prosideat Artbar to aak his ii in bekalf of O'Donaell. Db. Jotrx WatnrwoBTH, American Ceenal at 8a Wile, ItVxlco, died meaigwtof the Ith. He waa tram Hew York C.ty. OtxnB Fbaxcb, of Orange, If. J., kat for Fbebe Paallia'a mardsror. They A TOOHo farnter namiii John Hawav...s aa n. - tola niofrnmnt laaJI MiBaBMdUBeaal latMn imemg antWr MOIWOf IMef OOamnmWVW o AW Huk flftHnrdi bbbP aaaflk jpAabga aaua s anmsmnosssR" BMoajon meenwewe a large ImngyJfl health aad rereree of Ob tho njorxdgf ef the tth J. F. Finega . fklaaadMi ajggnv eaweVMam hai. ffliTJPf m MMnMP IWmntKmmnf WnHM WVUm enthgji -tjj e gayjaAAjHgw aVaai dHaeaeasaA aBooaBaV s enVaagwaaai awoaaaa ana eaaBBBaaBBK eaB nnnnaTJPBPW W gena ae Tn nhnd Anmhe wttl Ctewn Fihtei ot

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It it tattled1 thai eVMtur AbUmmjjt wtll receive the BVpoblUma aoealaatioa for PVoaieeat of tho 8oe)ato Tub bribery omae iaTolTlat; ex-Sena-tor KeUugc caio ub la WoooiMfftoa oa th 10th, and the dotoaoe ptodd tho atatateof Umitatioao. Tub Engtiah poet laureate, Alfred Toaayoea. haa booti eroatod a Boron. Tub Supreme Court of the United 8taoMBaa dooidod ia fawor of JoffMrooa Daria too eeateated will eaao of Mn. Dor or. who left her pmywty to Davia. Roobbs the aaiatiiif Treaaurer of Lawia Coaaty, . Y., ia apfoood to havo goao iaoaao. Be ooald aot halaaea alt

booha, aad thoaght ha wao bohiad with kU eaah, whiroai it turas out tho coaaty nra hfaa17. A dispatch ot the 10th from London aaya Gray, 0DoaoU' eolieitor, boga tho Jary to ooaadoatlally coBiotwatoato with kias, as be daaJroa to addroM thorn apoa a of oztromo argaaier. He aaya all aa ho waa rtfaead a copy of the paael before tho trial aad haa boon uaabU to aeoertaia their idanttty aiaee. OBVaTBB AMU OA4VAI.TIM. On the 6th fire persons were seriousl y tajarodat a taaoaaaat ire ia Mew York. Ix the CoDstaatinople lire on the 6th six haadred boaooo aad lour syaawwet wora Qoctroyod. Ox the 6th, near Anderson, Ind., Colowiaw Hawkina shot Joha K. Johnson and thoa committed tttictd. Ox the 6th the Belgian FnrUanent halldlag at BTMaaaliciietflro. ThohVaato ehambor was destroyed. Ox the 6th the business quarter of WOliaan-towa, Iff. C, was destroyed by aa taeondiary Ira. Br the recent fire in the Belgian public buildhasja the loot saataiaed was liWO,090 fraaoa Brthe barninf; of the packing-house of WadMir dc Co., Cedar Rapids, la., Uuwo hBodnid employe are thrown at of work. 0:Vthe 7th a aleepingear on the t'hioaajo KxarwM, New York Caatral Hoad, oat of 2fw York City, took ore near Pottgkheoheia and the Interior burned out. Two paaoangors were seorrhed. Fub deatroyed the Mount Hickory HoUiaf Mill at Krie, Ph., the morninc of the 0th. On the morning of the 9th the Union HoUiac Mill at CloTtiaad, 0., waa autmgwl fMMOby lira, , A coLORso waiter named Ben Brown haa beta arrested at Waterbury, Conn., for atoelinf &JO0O worth of diamond from tho Stdrldge mansion. It is supposed the Southern Pacific train robbwrs have bent beard front. Five desperadoes robbed the town of Bieboe. Ariaoia, the night o( the 8th, killinf thres men and wounding a woman. Ox the 9th the worsted mills at Millbory, Mass., Imrned; loos !5o,000. Fire in tfas Standard Bagging Cc's works at Bos ton rauMd a loss of $75,000. Two Philadelphia brokers, W. C. Barrett aad E. J. Cattoll, aro held ia fOMOO each to aaawer a eharge of ombwaslia? as car) tie beleenina; to a cuatomer. Ox the 10th fire men drowned through the upsetting of a boat oa Niagara Hirer. Sbybx men went down In the steam barge Enterprise on Lake Huron. Ox the night of the 9th, at East Saginaw, MicB.,M. Ramsay shot ejs brother latairy, miotmking kim for a bnralar. Thb jewelry etore of Bacon' A Co.. Boston, was robbod the night of toe Otk of 10,090 worth of stock by burglar. Ox the 10th. at Baltimore, Md Miases Carrie aad Basle Martin were m rerely injured by jumping from tho second story of a burning- building. p,,-- h i nmtm lm linrvland aav .... . . tery they have ever known. A expostre hasbeestnutdeof a oorrupt rmg of eeettraciors ia eoaaectioa wttk the Hew York Department of Public Works. Thb people of Winnipeg, B. C, are bewnntasr to talk about ewcemina. Thexb is now in the United States Treaoary fWJMJ? caab. Dbokatixo fevers prevail among the French troops la Madagascar. In British Columbia steps are being taken to keep oat Chiaeae immigrant. RecoxwoisAircBf bare been made by the French within two miles and a half of Bar Blah. PnoCBKorffos hare begun for diaeolutton of the caarter of the Product- Bank of New York for laapelrment of capital. Thb Board of Aldermen of New York 1 has called for statistic re garding damage to life and property by electric llgkt wires. Ax early adjnstmcnt of relationa be tween Prussia and tb Va Wn iM?xMted. It was recently roted In the intercolonial coafsrrnoe at Hydney aot to moaalm land parehases In Bow Oainen till British domlalan should be established. Thb Wyoming, Yellowstone Park A FaenV Hallway Coaipaay haa boon Incorporated to baud a rood through the coal, troa and petroleum region of Wyoming. It is thought there will bo no reorgnnleallon of Beaut ottoM till after the holidays. FnAwCB antMpates an easy conquest of Boueay. The asfsaeos of Unit city were mMjatsaBauaaauBmaJI thaw VhasauauaaW MaskaatoaLaMO OOilaWevt7anHfj Wf rTWNCm oFllllolVnlWme Thb Isdand of Santa Rosa, off tho oeoet of California, eoenhhu 74.0W acre, owaed by one ansa, who keeps 9,600 sheep. His weel eMp taat Jaae was 41AW0 nemnds. CABtS adrloee report the slaughter of another aatachment of Bgypthw troops near Bashain, and ttht nowtkenght bibs doabtfnl If a hae of oaeanianicamon can be

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At Krie, Pa., aUtrge anaalalaxl Uailding has boon oadod to tae Ueaorai Oorera moat "w the Peaasyhraaia Legislature for a Boldler' aad Bailor' Home. It waa twgun for a Marine Hospital under Btate nu niece. Ig New York a Judge haa refused to enforce the law prohlhiUag the oaleot adul-

The tea had bean mixed with foreign aubatance, bat it waa not poisonous, aad so tho Court held that it could be lawfully sold. Apyicbs of the Wh state that actire negotiatloa have beta opeaed between the Jaitod Btate Oovornnwnt and Bpain for ooaceeeioas beaeftctal to trade Cuba and the ratted Htatos. Ox the 8th Laban Stcphena was convicted at Jackson, O., for partieipation ia the murder of Anderson Lackey. The J ones brothers, previously convicted, kavs been Mntonesd to be hanged December 21. Ox the 10th twenty convicted rebels were reprieved at Belgrade. Thb blame for the re tent Egyptian defeat near Baaheet ia laid to the Baahi Bsuwaka. Tub French commander lm Tontiin has been instructed to delay a little bof ore making aa aasault on Bach Niuh. Nixb persons pleaded guilty on tho 10th mntigo, Ireland, to a charge ot imu spiracy to murder. At Limerick, Ireland, a man natronl Jarrey has been arrested tor ioemuu of unauthorised explosives. Thb clearing house transactions for the week ending the loth luaUe au unexpectedly favorable exhibit. Ix London extra guards hare bcn placed in all Government building on account of the excitement over tbf dath tutoner of O'Donnell. At Fall Hirer, Masa., a ionip'tn ' 1 1 insure consumptive aud brokrn-duwu drunkards and pocket the proi-ecd has been discovered. Ox the 9th a Nationalist meeting aear Loughrea, Ireland, adupud motution condemning the etuigrntiou pulioy of tbe Government. It is reported that the reinforcements oent forward on tbe news of Hick Paeiin's defeat had not reached Huakm when the latest massacre oci-urrrd. Ix a speech on the lUii Prime Mitibtur Ferry said no rupture hatl occurred tetween France and China, but tbe Cabinet never ceased to act a if a rupture possible. In the National House of Ken'enative on tbe luth, eight hundred and twenty-four bills and joint resolutions were introduced and the call only reached Mass' chusetta. By reason of representations made to the Canadian Customs Department by )ntarto millers respecting the Inferior quality of tbe present year's nrop of wheat, miller will be credited with a duty on four t.uhols and forty -n re pounds of wheat for every barrel of Boor produced from imported wheat ground in bond and exported. For merty tbe department held that a barrel of flour could be obtained from four busbels and thirty-five pounds of wheat. 4-a-LITE NEWS ITEMS Ix (be Senate on the 11th Mr. Shef. man iutroduoed a bill for closer relation with Mexico and Booth American State. Postmater-0ueral Qreabam appoint meat waa confirmed... ....In the House Mr. Robinson offered resolutions inquiring whether a United States Minister in England had accepted any title of nobility, Burn as "lord rector;'' whether the United States Navy assisted, the British at Ah xandria; whether a British defective hsd been allowed to tamper with tbe mails in the New York Pom-offlce; also for informsbmb to enable tbe passage of a lw to prevent foreign noblemen from farming land nmttopoiie fat America. Tbe call of (Mate was resumed aad a large number of bilks and resolution introduced, making in all 1,031 under the ealL A message wss neelved from the President in relation to waats of tie Indian bureau. Housi adjourned until tbe 14th. Ex-Skxatok Keixooui bribery caa goes over to next term. Thb Cabinet, on the II th had under consideration the O'Uunnell can-. Thb Court-house at Butler, I n., burned on the morning of the 1 It i. Thb British Parliament will be further prorogued till Februsry. Thb French are reported, to have begun act ve operat.ons in Tonquin. Thb Egyptian commander nt .Suakem has been uppianted by a Criiut-an vetwiau, and tbe Feie Prophet is reported t fiave retirel from El fJbeid to the m untsins. Thb bill to legalize tmtrria;e, of Jewand Christian was rejvci . the Hnngarian Diet on tbe 1 1th. At Siigo, Ireland, four doixlnnu who plewoeii gu Ivy of ciiti.ii ac u mm dor were given ten year eacb. All trains were sUippt'd on tli M anil o Division of tbu .nu linn P.jiiu on the 11th in coneuem-e ot a strike Bill Kikmbt was acquitted of murder at West Union, W. Va., on the 10ih and a mob hanged him the night follow-ng-Mns. Jotrx Rckkrt wa cremated in her henee at Braddeck, Pa., on the litta. It ia snppoaod aha was murdered aad the Is a hikkwoodt smeoott on tho Cum bwland Mtverea Ibm?, W. A. Fioius, pitmrlofrnr of the puma, shot roar men fatally becaam they misodadistttrbsace and would not leave. Late estimates of Uto1epnrtment of Agrfcultttt v putce lav total wasmtyvabt at 0n,ic00 ssAnwwi Onto, Ooyti00 bwa tela i rye aad barley a little smortof Ut evefief Iriu tmnkwhaat abeatt one-third abort; earn, a ttttte inert of prevkrn ett

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atatma Lsglstalloa la tke later WAsttisaroa, D. C, Dee. to. The Repablicaa oauens of tae Moaate tkis naoraing simply fixed up tke committees, aad adjourned to Thursday to consider the sejbjset of electing osacers. Anson B. hie CViok, of New York, aad Mr. McPbersoa, Clerk of lbs last House, are eaadidates for BocreMury, the former wnsetally having quits a number of warm advocate. Canady, ot North Carolina, Is gaining ground oa Colonel Qeo. W. Hooker, under the kmd ership of Bhsrmau, Logan aad Conger. la the costructiou of the committees, Miller, of California, takes Wiadom' place aa Chairman of Foreign Affairs, duplacing gdmands, who was next In order for the position, bat he preferred to retain the Judiciary. The only now Seuator oa this ooaunittoeis Wilsoa, of Iowa. The only cbaage ia the Committee on Finance was te add Miller, of New York, Mr. Morrill re malning Chairmaa. The Committee on Appropriation remains the same, Mr. Aliieon at Ha hoad, with the addition of Call, of Florida, ta piaoe of Davia, of West Virginia, Several of the new Senators bare pbiess oa the Committee on Manufacture, Kiddleberger, of Virginia, being Chainnan, Babtt, Doipa and Colquitt being among ki eirfloaguea. Miller, of New York, supplant Mabotv aa Chairman of the Commutes on Agricalture. The only change ia the Committee eat Military Affairs, of which Logan ta Chairman, ia to add Camden in place ol Mrover, Cameron, of Pennsylvania, was toft at tbe bead of tbe Committee on Naval Affairs, with Anthony secoud. Mr. Hale, the third on the Committee, will bo de facto Chairman. Bill, ot Colorado, takes tho head of the Post-office and Post Roads Committee, Henator Perry's old place. To this committee Palmer and Wilton, the new Senator from Michigan and Iowa, are added. Plumb coutinues at the bead of tbe Committee on Public Lauds, Mandervoa, of Nebraska, is placed on tbe Committee on Private Land Claims, Territories and Transportation Routes to tbe Mea board. Dawe keep Indian Affairs, and Mitchell get Pension, on which are Unllmu and nabin. McUillau i on Revolutionary Claims, aad is Chairman of the Committer on Commorce, Cameron, of Wisi-onsin. i Chairman of the Committee on t 'laniiK.an.l Ingslls is Chairman of the CotuiuilW-e on the District of Columbia, with Paliuvr and Kiddleberger among his colleague. Plat: has ratcnts and Harrison Territories. Saw yer is Chairman of the Committee on Kailroad, on which are Culloui and Sabiu. Wilson is Cuslruiau of the Couitnitu-e mi Mine and Mining, and Conner on tli Ko vision of the Laws. Blair k- p Kduration and Labor, and Hawlev Civil Irvi-e and Uetreucbmcnt. Van Wyck is Chainnan ot tbe Committee on tbe improvement of tbe Miimissippi River, and Aidticu suc-ceed Harrison at the head of Transfortttirri Routes to the Healxiard. Culloru is Cnairman of toe committee to examine severn! i'rancbeit of tbe civil service. The Democrat are given tbe Chairmanship of thCommittees on Private Land Claim, Revolutionary Claim. Kngrosed Ilillt, Epidemic Diseases, Claim Against NU-araifua Potonuu- Plats and Library, MaiK.ne ua tbe Chairmanship of Public BuildiiiK'" and tlroands, a very Important tda-e. Of the tiew Republican Kenstors. KaMn, Palmer. Manderon, Howen aud Pike were not given cbainnanship. ; The iK-mocratic caucus made tbe; follow ing assignments: Privst- Litul Clsims, Bayard; Engrossed Bill, HauUbury; Epidemic Diseases, Harris; Revolutionary Claims, Jones of Florida;, Nu-arsgui Claims, Maxey; Library, Voorbee. Jonaw reidaivii Barrow on Elec ionx. Vance and Brcwn Mucceed Johnston anl Call on F( -Klu Affair. Call repl-e Davis of West VirviniM on finance. The t ill of Mr. Wahburne, of Minnesota, to tie introduced in the House to-morrow, is important to would-be settler on ubiic land, and will no doubt receive a great deal of attention in Congress, the text of it is a follows; BCCTIOX 1. That the pre-emption Jaws, together with all laws authorising the Minx of declaratory statements for entering pullie Isnds by agent or attorney, be, and the same are hereby, repealed ; provided, however, that this n-pesl shall not affect tb. disposal f the land under treaty stipuU tion with Indian tribes, nor lis deemed to impair any legal right boieto ore acquirt d under law hereby repealed) but all existing settlement, entrie or filings may )m IMrfi-c tit upon proper proof of lawful aud ions fide character of said claims, and of due compliance with the provision and requirements of the laws under which u-b settle ntent or filings were made; provided, further, that any person who has not ben--, to I ore had the bonet of tbe pt exemption laws, and who failed from any cause to perfect ti le to a tract of land betetofor entered by him under the homestead law, may make a second homestead entry in lieu of pre-emption privilege hereby repealed. rite. 2. That no person who has made or hereafter shall make a homestead entry of public lands shall be entitled to avail himself of the pro visions of section tJUl of the Revival Statutes of tbe United States until be shall bavs resided upon, cultivated and made actual improvement on the land embraced In such entry for tbe fall period of thirty months, and it shall be tbe duty of tbe General Land Office to require evidence of actual compliance with tho rcqniremeutx of tbe law ia respect to settlement, residence, improvement and cultivation in all case In which title now is or may hereafter be claimed under homestead or other settlement or improvement laws of the rjalted States. Bee. 3. That any person applying for she benefits of timber-culture laws shall make bis entry In person at the proper local land ofnes, and shall make affidavit that lie is an actual leaidentof the Btate or Territory in which the land la situated, aad that he baa entered into no contract or agreement ta relinquish the entry he may make, and that he has no present or prospective purpone to make such relinquishment; and the offering for sale an a matter of traffic, speculation or relinquishment of public land entrie shall to deemed prima fa-ie evidence that such entries wsre made for speculative purpose and not In good faith, as required by law, and such entries snail thereupon be repealed and - cancelled by the Coesmisaiouer of the General Land OMce, and the land covered thereby shall be doom id subject to entry by the first legal applicant. The first section of the act of May W, MOO, authorising lands covered by reHasmkmed omtms to be held as open to senjsmont or entry without further action ofjto Commissioner of the General Land Owe, and all other acta and parts of acta lacoaletaat herewith, are hereby repealed ; provided also that whan the UmWoHre entry shall have ones been made on a tract of public land subject to suck entry and the same skall be canceled or tvtinemshed, tlm land eovered thereby shall thereat tor pliod with.

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Christ ami Its tilfta,

It is a delicate waiter to spoak on the fUfotion of Chriaimaa-glftt matte w ith tnooev belonging to oTIh'in. and there may 'he mtnte who would eiclnim against any stricture being made is the matter at all. 1 he cttston of bestowing gilt. UikcBO of hive ami rcntembranoe. on this moit hallo wed f al nnnlvfrsaries. i a very pwtty one, and it is not tin urpoae hen to argue it dia-ixmtiuuan-e. But, while tin wftt is beautiful and eommomfa' le, it has corn to b gri'tttly nbiued and penertud. Th aimpUcity nt early days ha long since liecti irreatly lost ight of. and th sweet, simple sirn5ncance that aIibcImhI to rernt is no longer there. Starting aa a children's holiday, to bo kept in remeiiiurnnce of the birth at Hetiilebretii, il wa.t eminently pro Hr tha th liltle ona should reccivii some mi'tucnto flint would serve plesisanUv to rcall it In alti-r days', and always with some thought of the Christ child and Mia marvelous lite and love The day. aa a day wpecinll) set apart for juvenile enjovment, was Brat observed ia tli Southern (ieraian Stafca and ul-'iig tiie Khim, when? it yet jitvrnii. But even thftv the Christ Kiinllein (cormptcd now into Kris KringU) h givvn way to Santa Klaus nnd St. Kicnola. nnd the original siniri auce of th t-clebray tion Ulargrly lost. It U easy to ace how, fi'O'ii giving simple present., to theyotmc.- nu-mlsnfR of the family, the cutoin proud to thooldtar. and over whom the dolu oions of childhoo I no longer ht-ld fWg,y. Th intent of the holiday lot, the neir iiowe of Christ mas gift- went with St. inxtcivi of serving a inrai atocs of thb day, they wen intended to recall the do'oor, and. as a natural i-onequensle, extravagant notions u iievaited Time was when a kerchif for a lady's nct-k or a Ikw wax enough, ami U behind it the r.-cipieut saw. or thoaght she xftw, a sentiment that tin; donor darvdnot put into wonN, t i., trinket waa treaattml with j a!(H- -are ami lioth were a haom- a t!'o;t!i a d"adem of Mnr!n hmi pasted etv-eti tbent. But tbe kcreh'ef and bit of rihbott will no loiurcr fsulHce., My lady w ould so-.trn such ifippery, while my ionl would dhldaln to tender them, though" both oi them know well enough that his limited means will hooetlv guarantee nottiintr extravagant. The tender mut be at gold and preeioii otones now; a nee -kite, or watch, a line ring or bravceleto. a jewel case liberally tilled, or other offerin; equally evponsire. Aping the rich, and even surpass inx the (sensible rich, t!ie salaried man and the young man of fahiou. whose ingenuity Is taxed to find tneaag toft clothe himself, ii eoiup !lii to go far U-yond his ability to pay, It in altogether safe to any that dun-Jntln and thousands of pt-eWnt will 1 made this season that will never 1 paid tor, or raid for with money right rulh belong lug to other. Numberlc Indies and gentlemen, too proud, to admit thai thoy are not rich, will male rich gifu. The day with all its ballots I associations will not sanction xuch gift, and h were far better that the knot of ribbon and the pretty scarf, paid for, lie Mibstituteti for the jewel and lare dishonorably acquired. No man who owns another, with little nronect of ia iuir. : haa any right to make exj eium e pre i ents on Chrtstniao or at am other tHtte. No ftelf-reapeeting person ca rcele such a gift, and no one t-imM-ii-ntioBtoty honest will make it. A debt paid OH Christina is atbottsand'fold lcUer than oms contracted on tl at day. apoiis Journal. nVrntnn Barem aa Hutdxtuds. The American Consul at Cre eld 1s n original genius. Ho has hi; upon a new subjeet for invest gat ion. The next Coiiular report will have ii-pafMS of loiig-draun-out nothings about the dairy liu iicm in Portugal. t..e pnalejCO of iMirey: in Xew Zealnml. tlie winter fodder ng in Denmark and the incn ase of gtcit in Knvaria, eiilivene! by the report of Consul Potter on 0 sub'eet of the marriages of Araer.can jr'rls with (iernian nobles. lie has given the attb ject ehattstio study, it sterna, and aa. tle Consular rexirt is always made mt on a ientitic I axis, ho pn 'tit a talm1U d statement of )ii inv, --tigatiotts. But he "begs to tranm:t', a Very different rejiort from that which the n-ftvo-sentatire of the Anieri an eagle uutljr end. Our enthusiast e (otianlnv usually draw the conclusion front their fnveattgaHons and tahle that they have found the very enien'rtse into which their eoaotrrinen should ruth at i onoe. But Consul Potter tUinki that thu derm an noble btwlne i not a pny ing one. He cilen thirty-three such marriages, and among them all thtwehna not been a singte one tit at has not been per-il ly followed ly divorce or ab&mlonmenu Not a very genui showing. It looks ae if the American g ii would better And somet hing cite to do with herself, and let the Gemma bnron And the r wioei at home among Indict who will contider it evidekce of affection to be nllowed to clean their liege krds htots. Why, don't Prince Ri-marck, while ho ft prohibit ng Americatt pork, prohibit Aioerien wives, too ? It wonhi really be a gjoai kindtnvs to the amrriagitmbhi gttds whom heems are oaafly tntmod by i title ami a hereditary estate, msfs a fitoof. Mm. Cornwallhi Went haa a rich ooeV pie x km. a fine snlt of rippling brown hair, Irish eyes, small atatttre s4 admirable figure. 8hs dreosns rtaTt)!nBy, rides dathlngiy, talkie ntertalnliisand' kryge a priwticaJ joke. (loohl--Jf. T. A niteoolphig atrofiHMK 1mm b. l0Blstaruisx innaMtwat tho tow