Bloomington Courier, Volume 16, Number 1, Bloomington, Monroe County, 19 October 1889 — Page 2

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THE COURIER.

BY H. J. FELTUa

BLOOMINGTON,

INDIANA

vee largest private library In Washington is that of George Bancroft te historian. It contains 12,000 volumes.

Mme. Dejerine Elumpkb an American wife of a Frenchman, has won the degree of 'doctoresse" from the Paris Faculty of Medicine with ..high honors.

Gex. Lenv Wallace recently received an offer of $4,000 to deliver twenty lectures on the Pacific coast this winter and was compelled to decline on, account of pressing-literary work.

A dispensabt has just been opened in Paris which was built and endowed by Mme. Edouard Andre, who g ye her jewels to the Philanthropic society for the purpose. The sale of the jewels-brought 30,000.

. Samuel J, Telien was something- ol a bookman and a good deal of a dandy. Ho was one of the best patrons of tailors in New York. In the books o fashionable np-town tailors for 1871 Mr. Tilden's name appeared for bills amounting to $3,000. in that one year.

There are now 500 American schools m Turkey, all of which, except one. are open daily. An order was recently made by the Turkish governm ant pro hi biting- any interference with the Schools, which had been impeded "&h interfered with by the local authorities; ,

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Frank Jones, the bur . ale-brewei

of Portsmouth, N. H. and the richest man in the state, is largely interested - in- the suit to annul the Bell telephone patent. He represented his district in congress from 1877 to 1379, and was - mentioned as Cleveland's possible sec

retary of the navy.

The' late Mr. Thaw of Pittsburg, Pai, had $1,000,000 invested in the Inman steamship line, $S,500,00J in a 10,000-acre farm, any $1,000,000 in Pennsylvania railroad stock. , He also had a. large amount of money invested in other securities. It is said o: him that hespent $200,030 a year in charity. - , - -, .. Warrek Humes, the oldest guide and the most experienced hunter in the, Adirondacks, makes an estimate that will be interesting to sportsmen. He claims that there are today no less than 50,000 deer and o.OOD bears in those regions. Mr. Humes has hunted there -for the, last forty-five years, and during that time has killed over 4,00.) deei and more than 200 bears.

POLITICAL NOTES.

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, Mnrat Halstead charged in his paper that James F; Campbell the Democratic

canaiaate tor governor, ttaa secured a monied interest in a ballot-box, on behalf

of'whirh as a member of Congress, he had introduced a bill. He denied the charge

but, Halstead published a facsimUie of

what purported to be Mr. Campbell's signa

ture to a paper subscribing for threetwentieths interest in the scheme. Fri

day Halstead instructed in the following words: "Testimony was placed be

fore me last night that the names, includ

ing that of Mr. Campbell, are, with two ex

ceptions, traced from detached signatures

and are substantially forgeries. The exceptions were . written . without a copy. That there may be m shade of doubt upon my exact meaning, I have to say that Mr. Can: pbelPs signature as it has been used, is fraudulent. The proof of this came tome in conclusive form at a late hour, and it my duty at once to declare the truth. " The Indian as a political factor is a feature of politics which is likely, in the near future, to attrac t public attention. By recent acts of Congress, every Indian over twenty-one years of age . who receives an allotment of land in severalty becomes a voter, clothed with every attribute that attaches to citizenship. The successful ter

mination of the negotiations with the Sioux Indians, by which they surrender--a

large part of their reservation-in Dakota,

will, it is estimated, by next year throw

into the politics of the State the uncertain quantity of 4,937- voters. This vote, thrown solidly, as it probably will be, in both

State and national- elections, is likely to

become an important factor in that State.

Negotiations now in progress with other

Indian tribes will soon make many thou

sand more Indian voters. At the Interior Department it is thought that upward of 20,000 Indians will be entitled to vote in the next presidential election. The South Dakota Legislature convened in first session at Pierre, Tuesday.

BAD APPOINT-

MENT.

Hon. John M. Langston; Virginia col

ored orator, refuses to support Mahone for overnor of Virginia, -

WASHINGTON NOTES. Land Commissioner GofT decides that husband and' wife can not obtain two homesteads by living in separate houses.

Senator Manderson, of Nebraska, has returned to the government the money , paid to him-nnaer a re-rating of pensions. He wrote a long letter stating that the rerating was unsolicited on his part and argues at length in vindication of himself. t . . - . ..- The pneumatic guns of the cruiser Vesu- - vius were officially tested on the Delaware River, Thursday. The projectiles were thrown from one hundred to three hundred and fifty yards beyond the required mile. The contract required that fifteen shots be fired in thirty minutes,' five shots from each gun. Fifteen iron plugs, . weighing 521 pounds each, were fired in seven minutes anda fraction. . The air compressors were not working during the time,although - it would have been allowable, and yet at the end of the firing the reservoi r contained enough air to fire eight more shots at mile range. . A statement prepared at the Treasury Department shows that the total amount of standard silver dollars in the Treasurv.

Indianapolis Sentinel. ... v Mr. John H, Oberly, a Democrat, who, in several official capacities had made an excellent I'ecord, was recently removed by President Harrison from the office of commissioner of Indian affairs, although his retention Was prayed for by the Indian rights' association find by several thousand Republicans and Democrats who were familiar with the good work he had done in the Indian bureau. Mr. James T. Morgan was appointed his successor. The records of the war department show that Morgan, while colonel of the Fourteenth U. S colored infantry, was tried, in 1865, by a courtmartial and found guilty on various charges, as follows: Of having made false charges against a fellow-officer: of having, while custodian of recommendations for advancement for himself and a fellow-officer, retained the the latter and forwarded only those in his own favor, and of having made false musters for companies in his regiment to his pecuniary advantage. On these charges, with specifications, Col. Morgan was found guilty by the unanimous verdict of the court and sentenced to dismissal. When this sentence reached the department headquarters itwasj set asMe in the manner thus' described in the records: In the foregoing cases of Col. Thomas J. Morgan, Fourteenth U. S. colored infantry, the court, having found the accused guilty of the -first charge, the violation of the fifteenth article of war, had not authority to change the sentence prescribed in that article for such offenses, and the failure to conform to the requirement of the above article in sentencing the ac

cused is an error fatal to the proceed

ings and judgment of the court so far

as it relates to the first charge."

The requirement of the fifteenth article of war was that an officer found guilty of violating it should be "cashiered," and thereby utterly disabled to have or hold any office or employment in the service of the United States. The New York Times says: 4 'We suppose that it will be conceded that the Indian commissioner ought to be a pure and honest man. That is true, indeed, of any public officer, but it is most important in this case, because dishonest or dishonorable conduct may inflict great injury on the Indians, who are peculiarly helpless, and may greatly compromise the government, which has already suffered deeply from the inefficiency and corruption of its agents."; How the president manages to find so many men with blemished records for important offices is a good deal of a mystery. He has made more improper appointments since he became president than any of his predecessors made in a full term, Grant alone exceeded. LAND FRAUDS. Indianapolis Sentinel. . There-is more 4 'politics? in its baser sense, in this administration than in any of its predecessors. Under B. Harrison every department of the government has been con-verted into a political maehine. and is being managed in the interests of the Republican party, without regard to the interests of the country. It is a Slick Six administration with all that the term implies. The general policy of the President

of many prayers is illustrated by the prositution of the general land office :to the sei'vice of the Republican campaigns in the four new States. A 4Vashington special to the Chicago Times tells the story:

During the seven weeks ending Sept. 14, the entire force of the land office has been at work on patents in the new States of North and South Dakota, Washington and Montana. There are upward of 100,000 other patent cases in twenty States and territories pending before the department. They were "hung np" to work on the new States, save now and then a case in California, Coiorada or New Mexico made "special" by the influence of patent attorneys Since .May 15, when Acting Commissioner Stone took charge of the bureau, about 40,000 patents have been issued, or more than twice as many as were granted during the first year of Commissioner Sparks' management. The number of agricultural patents issued by Commissioner Sparks from March 26, 1885 to Nov. 17, 1887, was 60,844, or an average per week of 508. From Nov. 17, 1888, to May 15, 1889, under Commissioner Stockslager, 90,880 patents were granted, a weekly average of 1,165. Under Mr. Stone from May 15, 1889, to Sept. 14 were granted 29,488, or an average per week of 2, 329. Acting by the advicC and direction of the Republican National Committee, Secy, of the Interior Noble about July 27 instructed Acting Commissioner Stone to put the entire force of the office at work on the patents of the

new States and bring them up to date

against which certificates may be issuetLis

$5,076,171. Of the total coinage of $341,- It was promptly done; all other busi-

199,650 silver dollars there is in the Treas

ury 382,829,333, against which there is in rfiTYitlrttr!roi S&77 733 Ifift nf oovtifloatoa Tho

amount of standard dollars in circulation is ; issued 02, 355 voters in the four new $58,370,317, and tbe amount of silver cer-1 States of Montana, Washington and tiflcates in the 'freasury is $2,582,205. The ! the two Dakotas, as follows: For the

ness was deferred, and has since been accumulating while patents have been

week ending Aug. 3, 149 ; Aug. 10,

gradual decrease of the silver balance is hAinrr Trrrari nrm-n thn adm!niafimtAii a on

' coinage of silver dollars to the maximum iimit of $4,000000 per month. Under the present system the minimum limit of $3,000,000 only is coined.

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The Regents offered ea-Queen Natalia of Servia a large sum of money, provided she would accept their proposed conditions and depart from Servia. The exQueen indignantly refused the offer, saying that she considered the proposal an insult r ' - .

Aug. 31, 1,015; Sept. 7, 1,407; Sept,

14, 1,499. For the week ending Saturday? Sept. 21, now u 5 many clerks are back from their vacation . it is expected that about twenty-five hundred will be granted, and the dockets of the new States cleared up to date. It will take a year to make up the arrearage in-Other States and territories, but in. those States there are no elec

tions this fall. The patents pending for Dakota lands are already up to date, and so are mineral hind patents in Montana-. In Utah 'agricultural land patents are many months behind time, and are likely to be until Utah is made a St ate. In New Mexico, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and other States and territories it la the sahiG Way? tens Of thousands of settlers are unable to sell their holdings or bdrrdw money because they have not their patents, though they have proved their chums months and sometimes years ago. and before some Dakota and Montana claimants had so much as entered their lands. They, however, must wait until the new States are served Many of these patents are very old,

A LAST YEAR'S LEAF.

Amid the springtime ulooui it lies, A leaf sere, brown and do td; Ben cut h ii ltatho fragrant Hewers, jrne birds sing overhead. : The pen ml sun shines warmly down, Soft zephyrs stir the trees, And o'er the Mower lying noar Wander the busy bees. Amid the green and springing life The loaf lies cold aud dead The relic of smother spring, A spring forever Ilea. 'T is thus the heart, whon joy is o'er And love deserts at last, Lies like the leaf, a relic snd C? days once swet, bat past. Agnes L, Pratt, 33oston Transcript.

"And do you actually think wo can live on $1,000 a year, Mabel?" "Why not? One thousand dollars!

Dear Jbhn I think it will be wealth."! to our common interest, and oentor

"But, my dearest, you must re mom-

tor's salary, John, and then wo shall know what pleasure we can afford," One evening:, after they had been married six months and now quarter's salary Iv.d been safely deposited in the b izt thoy were sitting Cosily together, John reading aloud, Mabel engaged in a bit of embroidery, when John suddenly loolced up to see . the effect on bin wi 'o of a startling statement he had just read. "Upon my word, Mabel," cried ho abruptly interrupting himself, "I be lieve you are not listening.''. "Forgive me dear," said shei "I was thinking." "Thinking? Well, dearest, if your thoughts are more interesting than our book Jet mo share them,1' end John's strong hand closed about her white, delic to one as he spoke, "Very well, John, I shall bo glad to hfi.vn von s intra llwm. fnv f.hov hrtlnmr

SPORTS OF STATESMEN.-

How the People's lawmakers Beguile their Leisure Hours.

SUPREME COURT WHIST CLUB.

The Senate Pokar Team Prye Without Eait The Triangle, Kenna, Edmunds and Hampton Garland Make3 a

Back and Palmer.

Oarferidge-

ber that the strictest economy will.

some of them having peen proved as have to be pr oticod to secure the far back as 1881, 1SS2, and IStSS. 'comforts you need, and at best, you Thousands of them, if issued at all, ! cannot have the luxuries to which you ' A , .l 1)

ousrht to have been issued prior to . are .wwiutu.

April S, 1885, when Commissioner

Sparks made his celebrated order sua- j voton

'Yon foolish old dear, what do 1 care

' for that! I shall have your levin de-

What more can I desire? 13e

te resting; than the book you are road-injr-" lToll mo then, love.'' ! am thinking" of a change I mite a .desire to make, and I don't want yoj to oppose mo, dear husband.1' HJpnoso you. 13id I ever oppose you, Mabel?' No dear. But what I have to pro-

i pose will so surprise you that I have

pending final action on all patents in BideSf papa wju furnish our home, and feared you might oppose it. I have

Dakota, Idaho, Utah, Washing-ton y& me clothes onouch to last ever so

Territory, New Mexico, Montana, Wy- long."

oming", Nevada, and that part of Minnesota north of the indemnity limits of

the Northern Pacific railroad. There wero between 33,000 and 31,000 of these patent-claims and Commissioner

j John Bryce and Mabel Vaughan had been engaged for several months. ' Neither of them believed in lon engagements, but John had feared to snatch his cherished darling from the home of oleganca in which she had 1 Kfton nantur) A i lminr lift wmilrl 1m

Sparks side-tracked thorn on the pro. j wretchedlv unhappy if she shoukl fail sumption that -90 per cont of them to thrive in the mode of living, he were fraudulent This immense num- could afford, and he was quite sure he . ; -.- , 1 j i could not keep up a stylo that would berof chums have been disposed of accord ,vith tic handsome outtit which and among them all only fifty-three was all they could expect for the proswere thrown out as fraudulent, al- ent from Papa Vaujrhan, who had sevit a c A eral other children to provide for. though thousands of them were mi- Thig eveningig conversation with doubtedlv "crooked. " Mabel, however, which lasted until a

It is said that the asrffresrate value

of the. property for which

sioner Stone, has thus issued patents of hoiy wedlock.

can not be leV- than $10,000,000. This 1 ale m?V ch;lrmin? bFido nnd , : , 4. looked exquisitely lovely in the costly is the size of the bribe offered for the bridal robes provided for her by her vote of the four new States. It is ex- loving parents. Avery sty Ush evening pected to prove especially effective in ' wedding was gi ven to their daughter by . - Vwiin ann Mniiimji, V;Mionn,ii. uxin .John.

Montana, which is said to be plastered whohad calculated on a quiet morniug

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affreffate value "ui auuu uuuut.nii, uuu t-ic

COmmiS- nnitn AfMltllrk I1TQIn imif-Afl 5rt flirt VlAnfla

j thought or it mvseir until 1 am convineed that it is practical, and I have j hoped to persuade yon. 1 want to diamiss Hannah, and do the work of or r j home myself." I "Dismiss Hannah? Do your cvn ! work. How in the world could this j daintily-built, slender hand bo equal to I so rouyli a task?11 and he squeezed tl.e ; little hand that lay imprisoned in his palm, j "Aye, but this is a willing pair of ; hands, 11 cried Mnbl, froninqf the im

prisoned member, and holding up both lily-white hands. H Aud they wiH bo guided by a willing heart and a iv atoning mind, possess 0:1s that are oftentimes more valuable in producing practical results th : n mere brute force. Let me tell you my plan, John. I intrcrl to put out the washing aud have a womun come in once a week to scrub, wa&h windows, and do such other work nis I do not care to undertake myself. . Ali the rest I can accomniish." 4 1 cannot quite comprehend your object, my love. You are planning to pay out as much money as you do now, and! yet do the biggest sharo of the work yourself."

'If you wee a .housekeeper. John,

all over with mineral land patents ai- coremony, found his purse somewhat you woutu comprehend, want 1 pay

lowed during the last three months. VVleA by the unexpected additions j Hannah, three dollars a week, which 0 he was forced 10 make to his wardrobe, is precisely the sura the washing1 and This is not the time of year when de- Moreover, the wedding trip ho and Ma- j extra help will cost, is bat a small pot-

partment and bureau reports are made pel had planned in view of having it 1 tio i of her expense to us. 1 110 money

out, but Acting Land Commissioner -delightful , though inexpensive, proved 0 to be far m '-e extravagant than he had Stone has put in shape the statistics of deemed possible, for a every hotel the work done by his ofllce. Twenty where they put up, to their utmost thousand copies of this report have - Trtt 1 1 ed into the bridal chamber, of course been distributed by the Republican the most expensive in. the building. National Committee in the new States. .They had tried to appear like an old n . , ,1 , married couple: Mable had even carThis wholesale fraud upon the people & ought to lead to the impeachment of no one need suspect her of being a all the officials, from the President of bride on account of the newness of tt -4 j oi. A t , everything about her, and yet wherever the United States down, who are con- :w c,w-,i,i aiiu,

corned in it.

j oriae and groom. Jims mustoe on ac- : count of the glowing newspaper reports of their brilliant wedding, they

THE FAMILY OAR. Fin FOR Wiiv concluded.

tynen wiey reaciieu

How the Harrisons aud the Administration's Cuusis Are Faring:.

John's new-found happiness could not

keep him from feeling rather down-

I shall save in her board and in what

she wastes aud destroys will amount to a good many dollars every month, and I want you to let me try my experiment. My whole soul is bent on so arranging our affairs so that we can get ahead a little in the world, and 30gin to run our house on a cash baiiis, as yon once hoped we might. ' "So you remember speaking of this he night we came home here for the first time?" "I often think of it, an:. 1 know now that it is the only right; 1 nl sensible way. As soon as we can ac

complish this most desirable end wo j

shall be rich on our income and can indulge in all the concerts and operas We need and desire. Until then-we must bo content with my music at home." She spoke feelinjrlv, for they had

Special Correspondence. . j Washington'. Work consumes most of the statesman's time and ho Ifas consequently few recreations and no sports

properly so called. Ho is too busy td play. To men who have had to attain and hold their places, life is a dreadfully earnest thing and the hard work which each day entails fills it full. Neither President Harrison nor Secretary Blaine nor Secretary Windom, 1 believe, indulge habitually in any s -ort. The sumo is true of Senators Hiseock, Hawley, Chandler, Hoar, Sherman and In galls, with the exception that Senator IT wiey plays billiards worse than he sings. Whenever Sir. ingails has an hour he can devote to amusements, and it is seldom, he possesses himself of one of the, rare books of the world which he never found time to read and plunges into it. Probably a majority of our 1 awraaksv4 and law-interpreters play cards, but few of them are expert or devoted to any game. The supreme court has a select whist club to which seven members belong and which meets 'around,11 the house oitenest chosen being that of Mr. Jusr tuo Blnirh'ord near. Franklin square. The club knows all about Hoylo and Pole nl the other high muekainucks of pnstobnard and inclines to hold to the rigors of the game,11 like Thackeray V heroine, but it possesses a backset in Mr. Justice Lamar, who being a brilliant raconteur and having had exceptionally interesting personal experience, is often drawn out in conversation by the re it couple in such a way as to carry consternation into the ranks of the enemy. Tho senate poker quartette are understood to bo hard men to tackleDon Cameron, Hale, Butler and. Farwell. They are said to enjoy thempelves imX to make about as much as thoy lose in the course of a winter.

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every summer; Three yeafa ago when" ho1 heard that Cleveland wa? going there he aii: Well, there! Now Til pull up and go to Canada." Piatt has also a passion for botany and studies the secrets of the flowers wherever he wanders. Senator Blackburn is the crack shot of the western statesman, and he has a mild liking for hunting and likes to gd fishing occasionally, but he has been grossly lied about and misrepresented by the newspaper man who set him up as.a terror to the wild game of Kentucky. It is understood tliat the game doss not regard him in that light. Senator Gorman is , known in the senate as the lone fisherman, being given to solitary hunts.

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expected would cover his ward rob 8 and

Since the days of Gen. Grant's ad- trip. He and Mabel had wisely roministration there has been nothing solved to have no secrets from each 1, , A . . other, and so he told her frankly the like the nepotism that at present exists condition of his purse. under Harrison. It may bo news to That need not trouble us, John the country, but I am told it is a fact (fear," she said cheerily. "We shall - v. A r have a book at the butchers and at by a trustworthy man, that two of the thQ ocer's, and settle, our accounts President's Cabinet officers Secretary every quarter. That's the way mamNoble and Attomoy General Miller ma always does. If yoti are short of 1 . i-. ' 3 x 41 a n tj money now, you "will have plenty to are both distantly related to Gen. Har- pay our biUs when tney come inn rison; Mr. Noble on the President's "But 1 had a fancy to begin houseside and Mr. MUler on Mrs. Harrison's keeping on a cash basis," faltered . John. slJe . j "So we can in regard to all small President Harrison has directly or expenses. Please don't worry about through his appointees appointed the bousekeeping details dear. .Ttobei . .. . long to me. We shall come out right following of his connections to office: at tht3 end of tho yea4 j um nofc

His brother, Carter B. Harrison, to afraid."

hearted over the fact that he had ox- I just missed a very superior concert; that !

hausted a largo sharo of the quarter's salary he had drawn on his wedding

day, as well as the reserve fund he had

SEKATOR FIIYE POSING A. LTTMBE'IDIA'N". The senator who kills the most fish

Mabel had secretly longed to atto id, and small game during a year is, I supbut had given up because she Ion red pose, Frye of Maine. He has a cabin stUi more for tho harmony of freedom in the woods on the Rangely Hills of from debt. i Aroostook, and he generally goes there A long earnest talk between h.us- ' every year as soon as he can get away band and wife now followed, and tho from Washington and stays till the result was that Mabel had her way as tocsin sounds again. While he is she always had. The next day warn- there Mrs. Frye is there roughing it ing was given to Hann h, and one and doing the cooking. In speaking week later Mabel reigned supreme in of this outing once, the senator said to kitchen as well as in parlor. The con- , me: 4 'When 1 get up there, where it is sequences wero highly satisfactory, ! cool, with plenty of hunting and plenty and Mabel found herself provided with of finding, too, by the way, with everysorae new f. cts in household economy I thing of the freshest and tho cooking every day of her life. In the begining done to. a dot, it comes about as near John had rebelled somewhat at the . heaven as I ever expect to see." sorry appearance of the poor damaged j Senator Frye tells some good stories little bauds. Mabel's skin was so c'Seii- Vnbout officiating as doctor up there, cute that the slightest contact with heat Jeing distant from a settlement he blistered it, and the novice in the carries drugs with him, and occasionhousehold arts bore many a mute token ally a lumberman will come twenty or of her brave warfare with hitherto un- thirty mles to get "fixed up." familiar elements. She triurupaed, j Frye is distinguished for being the however; she learned to be careful and only man in the United States senate to protect herself from hurra, and when who never takes any bait when he goes

be United States Marshal in Tennessee. I , Jobn Mt wry nrood o the house- the traces of toil and conflict Jjeouma ; fisblti I. do not, of nm mean

, . wueiy aignity nisiuaoeiutspiayea. one j less apparent ioiiu.coasau w wucr uw umi ne carnos nu umt iur uj usu, utm His brother-in-law, J. D Scott, to insnirad him with confidence in her nrotnst against Ms wife's undertaking, 'onlvthathe consumes none himself.

But they lived comfortably and well, To see him sit motionless by tho hour, not one of tho necessaries of life were with no bottle to raise to his parched cut off, and John appreciated the wis- ; lips has often caused amazement and dom M i bel displayed in the wholesome, j anxious solicitude to his companions, nourishing, sensible food she provided j Senators Kenna, Edmunds and Wade for their table. Hampton. 4iDo you suppose he is stiil As the days went by both husband alive?' they inquire of each other as and wife, rejoiced more and more over j the hot sun declines... its beneficent effects. Without re-1 By the way. these last three form a trenching in tho slightest degre e in noted piscatorial triangle. At least once

be Superintendent of Construction of skill as a manager, and he took groat the Public Buildings at Port Town- pride. in placing his check-book at her 0 disposal. The next day he , resumed

se : bis duties at his place of business, and Russell Harrison's father-in-law, j Mabel's life as a housekeeper began in Alvin Saunders, to bo Utah Coramis-, hGpt but on?i givi' & although her house was not large, she sioner. j found much with which to busy herself. Cousin-in-law D. W. McClunff to be She took infinite pains to have her ta-

Colleetor of Internal Revenue in Ohio, j bl choice and dainty as possible in

Baby McKee's uncle Frank to beiWh:ch flasred at times when

Deoutv Collector of Customs. Wash- .working pretty hard, and

rpA -4.Ani 1 failed to meet John with a loving smile mgton Territory. and word when he returned ,from his Mrs. Russell Harrison's cousin, J day's csM, She had a pretty, wellWilliam Haynds, to be law clerk in trained voice, and bad received an ext 1 m t , j. I cell on t musical education. Her new the Postoffice Department. j tuties did not preyent her -from devotr. President Harrison's appointees log some time each day to practice,nml have imitated his example by appoint- she was always ready to play and sing . ; , . for John when they were at homo tomg or securing the appointment of , getlier. Occasionally they attended a their connections to Federal offices, as good concert, opera, or dramatic perfoilows: I formaneo; sometimes thoy passed an , , t I hour with Mabel's parents, or returned Secretary Blaine's son is the law of- Mendlv call; but the greater p i t

ihAif zti?tA nt rwcr thftv found them- niiTMiK. ftvorv session of conress tnev

he was ! selves at the end of the year with -'200 creepoff up to Point of Rocks to fish

she never in bank and fullv established on a cash and shoot ducks. 4 'IS 0 talking" is the

ficer of the State Department; one of their evening hours were spent at ! who pay cash know exactly what tney nephew is the Assistant Postmaster at homo with delightful music, reading ; are doing, and I wonder more families nnrl fnrAifinhnn. It remicrl .inn 11 s In nnt.t,pv thA fisnai'iment"

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basis. The next year they did still rule which governs these occasions, better, as they began from the first Sometimes Frye goes along, and somewithout a debt in the world. Mabel times Senator Gorman of Maryland,

had become a superb manager, and. she ; who claims the privilages of a host

found a vast difference in her, exr.endi tn fa now that she mid cash for every

j purchace and had complete charge 0

her own supplies. "One curious fact I have discovered, John," said she one day, ,4is that none of the people we trade with like to have us pay cash." 'Of course they don't," laughed John. 'I can well understand that People

Augusta, Me.; anotner nepnew is a r t t find that Mabel grave not the

Special Agent of the Census; the slightest evidence of feeling pinched brother of his son's fiancee is Secretary , on their slender income. . : r . A change spread over the spirit of Of Legation in London. their dream, however, when the first Assistant Postmaster General Clark- quarter's bills fell due.. John came son's son is in the Postoffice Depart-j ine one day and found Mabai t.t har t desk with her check-book and a confument. j cinn aF nnnPfs :ihnnfc her. Tho face he

One year later when their home was

blessed with "the sweetest babe that ever breathed," as both young parents declared, John and Mabel could well afford all the extra help and expense that are exquisite. Moreover, by this time they had engaged the services of a competent successor to Hannah, a woman caoablo of carrying ou'i the

Assistant Land Commissioner Stone : loved so well woro a troubled 'look, and directions Mabel's practical ex per ionce

has a son in the General Land Office. Ex-Commissioner Tanner had two daughtersin the Pension service lately and has one now. First Auditor Fisher has a daughter in his office. Private Secretary Halford's brother-in-law is Postmaster in Champaign.

j he detected tr ices of tears in his dar

ling wife's eyes.

"What is it, Mabel," he akcea tenderly. "These bills bother me, John," she rep ied. I have been very careful, and I thought I kept a strict account of what I was doing; but the grocer's bill and tho butcher's bill are both larger than I had calculated on. Resided, here are all those small matters

Comptroller Matthows's nephew is we had not thought of when we started. . . v , t""v j e o 4 See11 and she held up a plumber's Assistant District Attorney for South- g Kla-ieP,8 biI1, a w'ater rent stateern Illinois. ! men t and several of tho&e small Qs$Commissioner Morgan's wife is in counts . which come to every house-

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JKnasian Folk Iioro. The folk lore of Southern Russia can bo partially imagined from a case which came before a Judge of Odessa. A man applied for a writ to compel his daughter to leave the house, bo-

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she did not how to thorn. He said that ho would withdraw the application if she would ask pardon and make the regular obeisance. The girl agreed. She asked pardon: but when she bowed the father cried: "Lower. Down with your head! Down below the girdle!"

Have we money enough in bank to

settle them?" asked John, slightly dismayed. yes, John, the deposit you made last week will enable us to meet the m all and have a little left, but very little, so small a sum that we shall be oblig

ed to give up all public amusements

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good mistress makes a good maid, it is said, and Mabel had become a:a admirable mistress. John is now quite a wealthy laian, a partner iu the house he once served as clerk, he and Mabel have a large family of children, a handsomer home than Papa or Mamma .Vaughan and plenty of servants, but nothing in the world would induce them to live on any other than a cash basis, ft would bo well if more heads of families could come to a similar conclusion, Aubortine Woodward Moore, in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Smokeless Powclor. Tho trial of smokeless powder by

JOHNS. KENNA, TOE BOSS FISHERMAN OF THE SENATE. I asked Gen. Hampton last winter about his fishing comrades. I suppose the best all-round fisherman in the senate is Mr. Kenna of West Virginia," he said. "There is no nonsense about him. He is not a dude. He goes in to catch fish. Dresse:l in rough jean trousers, a flannel shirt, a slouch hat and high boots, well greased, he rows his own boat aud attends to his own bait. With his tall,

robust fisrire and youusr handsome

wnrt Avnrv cjish out av we cull ma.na.re

to do without until you draw your next ground was perfectly clear. 3S ot oven

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the field artillery ol tho lwellth baxon f d ho looks tnG rust0 Apollo. And

corps recently in its maneuvers before Kenua is probably tho best ride shot in the king of Saxony at Zeithaiu-Itodorau the senate. Hois a great man after was perhaps tho most conclusive yet deer and bear, and for ye rs has kept attempted After several hours of a pack of beagles with which Jie noannonadin' tho air over the battle nuatiy scours the U inks of the AUegba-

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M. A. Tappau, our chief sporting.

tackle merchant, tells me: 'Gaiand is an artistic sportsman. He knows just what he wants. I have to load ail his cartridges for him according to model. Each must contain twelve buckshot JSc. 3 with ono single B shot in the center of each layer to m ike.it solid. He goes on a deer drive as often as he can get away. . Edmunds has a line billiard table in the basement with the closet adjoining, for balls, cues, etc. He is thought to resemble St. Jerome. Evarts has fun farming, owing 800 acres among tho Green mountains and

300 on the Potomac just below Washington. r . ,'. ... Gorm -n has a passion for base bail, and once played second on the Nationals here. Mills has the same frenzy. Don Cameron and Sheridan scoured the battle-fields of Virginia on horseback, aud Spooner enjoys, the same recreation, generally accompanied by Mrs. Spooner and his second son. Palmer is fond of fishing, story telling, singing, entertaining and rustic roughing it;, and he is passionately fond of bonfires and generally manages to have one Of Parnassus every night when he has his friends around him in his favorite log cabin. Mandersons chief recreation is dining out ... He likes folks better than he does anything else in the world, and he is tremendously social and genial.' One meets him everywhere in 'the season." : . . .... Beck likes every thing that yields a new and agreeable sensation, and; he generally manages to get it. ..... Sherman's chief .rams is backgammon, in which he is an export. He also enjoys playing "Muggings" with his daughter, who, it is understood, is now nearly twenty games ahead. - Quay is a great off-shore fisherman and is therefore the pride and envy of the senate. He has caught not only strugeon and cod, but shark and swordfish the captains of the sea. The best base ball player in either house is Ben Butter worth Of Ohio, who cun pick the leathern sphere out of the air with great dexterity. He is often in the game at fe Droit park, where he lives. About twenty members of congress are always found on the stand when a league game is played hereW. A. Croffut.

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The wheat crop in England is; ahoe av-. erage. . . : Xondon imports 1-000,000 eggs annually from Russia. 'r.... ' "'. Ct'hreo women were .recently lost on Mount Hood, Oregon, and passed ' the?, night, on barren rock. . - i'-v--.. .... -V " The great strike in London has thrown 70,000 men out of wori and others threateta to join them. ' f w ' The wheat crop of Franco ls:e3timatodrat . about 800,000,000 bushels. ThiswiU; leavear considerable surplus for exporfei,

The lace trade gives occupation ts almost 70,000 women ia ls'ormar4y, aa. nearly 203,003 persons ia France. ' Owing to the high price of cotton several! English cotton mills .will woric only half: time,- and others will close dptvn, aljoe)er. n - . ... .... r";-- ."''-

Within the last few weeks more than. ; c 0,0000 acres have been bought in the Batta- ' Jis: bias by American and British capitalista , r'.' to be devoted to raising sisal licmp. ; . $ ... : The war in Hay li has come to a close by?. . ; f.hn nbdirwitim. f Lftsritlme. who, took refusre' ".'r i

on board a French gunboat? - Hyppolite entered Port Au Prince the same day. . A professor in. the California State tJni.varsity is said to have discovered a i-othod of tannine? leather that makes itimnerviou

to water, and so pliable as to be almost iJ&S-vl-.. destructible. -, , vfVy $ : The average annual death rate" in thfa ;.

country fro m cholera, yellow fever, 'small- ? ' pos:, typhoid fever, diphtheria -and scarlet fever, all combined, . does not reach the ' -V enormous toted of deaths from consumption.. ' Mormon elders are being driven put cfeSl

Marion county, Ala, whore they have made

many converts. Two of the ; elders were flogged by Whiter GapSs recentlyi and weragjtfe jjggj

una oraerca to leave nnaer penalty ok

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. 'In makinsr bread - boxes," it is said.

"tlirce workers can do the work of thirteen boxmakers by old methods." Tis well? but

isiCt there danger . of flooding the market! f The ten workers thrown . out of work cwa ' hardly have much use for-bread boxes.'; 1?tK"t::?:' . A jaw bone has been unearthed recently? at the,Wauchula, Fla., phosphate beds. Hi measures IS inches in length and -nbou$ . seven in width. It is supposed that it be Ion g id to one of the prof 1 istoric politicians ' : "

which it is fair to presume once iuhahitod : this country ..1; ' The postoffice department ds considering;

the question of increasing the standing reward of $200 for each capture of high"vvay men who rob mails. Thai umtordekafflv"'fT utterly inadequate to induce men to unvier- ?.

must hear all incidental expenses.

A combination of e&atnrn ran.talistt hn Vi-W-'.- -

peen tor men to. purcnase all the coal propT. erty along the MonongahelatRiver and con- . troi the .river coal business. It has been: , decided that it will require $13,033,000 tdWt settle the, deal; including tne . aggregate p:v utock the sellers are willing.to taka : & ' f According to the. Shea Pao, the- grateful rains which have at last fallen at. Peking . were the result of the bringing thither of afc famous iron tablet. Certain- high ministers of state were appointed to offer incense and prayers, to it, night and day, and 'after.,' -while the long hoped for ram began. . There is now in forbiiden circulation on the continent a book containing the letters ; of the Crown Prince Rudolph and. Marlo Vetscra, the cause and companion .of Mi. death. Prom these it is seen that Rudolph wsis so much in love.wita the girl that he offered .to. renounce -all his titles and rdignlr tics for the sake of marrying iier.' : : "m

Saratoga now has a beautiful FNompeliaa

house, an exact renrcduotibn of tbcresi-

j dence of a wealthy Pompeiian at the epochV-

of the eruDtion of Vesuvius in. the year T9i . Paris also has one in the Avenue Montaigne; built by the Prince Napoleon, where he anct . his friends used to gather in Pompeiianr dress,, and where, translations of ancient

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An Apartment House. ... .... Down by the pond that fed the mill, Where lily-pad?. grew thick, There stoo 1 a house all by itself, FJ?

Not made of stone or brick, It towered upward to the skies,

Some forty feet or more ; And only one small family Kept house upon each floor. It was an old and withered tree, Vvituuot a leaf in sight, And summer's sun and winter's storm.Had bleached its surface white. And there it stood, when all around. In beauty seemed to thrive, Quite dead to all appearances, Yet very much alive. For many, many little birds -The tenement possessed :--

And oh ! with what axmvdng skill Each ono had bailt its nest; A house some lifty stories high

Oh, what a sight was tnat! - -. I aon't believe, that anywhere You'd find so tall a flat. - V And as the birdsflew in and out, " Like bees around a hive, No ether, tree iu all tho p'aco Seemed quite so much alivf; And thus od trave it recompense Per loss of leaf and stem; The birds remainel while in its heart It made a home for them. --Josephine Pollard, in the Independent.

Words of Wisdom, It is always a sign of poverty of mind where men are ever aiming to appear great;., for they who are really great never seem to know it. Cecil. The polite of every country seem to have but one character. A gentleman of Sweden differs but little, except in trifles, from one of any otHer country. It is among the vulgar we are to find those distinctions which characterize a country. Goldsmith. There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. Like imprisoned steam, the more it is pressed the .more it rises to resist pressure. The more wo are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish. T. Edwards. It is better to sacrifice one's love of sarcasm than to indulge it at ; the expense of a friend. Chillon. We often console ourselves for being unhappy by a certain pleasure that we find in appearing so. De Barthelemy. A beautiful woman pleases the eye, a good woman pleases the heart; one is. a jewel, the other a treasure. -Napoleon I. ,.. v. Laziness grows on people; it begins in cob-webs and ends in iron chains, The more business a man has to do the more ho is able, to accomplish, for he learns to economize his timeJ Sidney Smith. It is very pleasant to follow one's inclinations, but, unfortunately, we cannot fol low them oil ; they are like the

teeth sown by Cadmus, they spring up.

pi ays were often produced by actors in taa antique costumes. ,v '"' V A few. days ago two Arabs were foundatv Castle garden, ono of tbem named Bon Josef and the other Mohammed Abdel Hirmir,r ' who had come here to Beekr employment a , camel-drivers. The penniless Arabs were' " in despair when told that there .was 110 such Industry, as camel-driving in New Yor - and that they were un welcomed guests in c the land of the star-spangled banner. The -collector gave orders lhat.ithey shoalil be, sent back. ' , J.. '.f. .:- ", Ji The commissioners appointed by the go'vf' ernor to investigate the mining troubles in iiortbern Illinois . reuort that they find, that V it is impossible for the miners ta. subsist . upon the wages offered by the operators- ; but decline to state any conviction that the present market and controlling conditions will justify the operators in offering a high-. . ' er rate of wages, " They state that the faoil; ' ity with which coal can be worked ia 7. southern Illinois places., the .norchera nil- , nois mines under a decided disadvantage in the matter of output and wages. -";; -'V "'- . . .. The report that a. 4tWo-ton man-eating; shark" had been caught at Santa Cruz, CalT j leads an old fisherman , to write to a San Francisco newspaper that the shak was not a man-eater, but a basking, or. groundf v' shark; -; The man-eater seldom weighs oyer 3,500 pounds; but the ground shark of ten,' weighs as much as fifteen tons, so the old...

fisherman says, and sometimes its liver

weighs two tons. They are the slowest fish ?

tbat swim the seas. !No one," writes the -fisherman, "need have any fear of them or f anything else that carries a liver that weighs one-sixth of its body, .; ; . A man at Covington, Pa,v who is fattenfag a twenty-pound snapping turUo, was aroused early a few mornings ago by aV Bcuffle in his yard. Repairing - there, hefound the turtle hanging td ; the nose of a 00-pound bear. Bruin was! near the fenceendeavoring to get over, but , his . efforts ' vere interfered with by the turtle. . Event-; ually the bear reached the next yard, bat the man followed and shot him deady :Ttio " turtle all the time retained his hold, and refused to . let go until the dead beast's .nose was cut oft Then it crawled aay, carrjrT ing the piece of flesh in its. roOuth.v .,,

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U ojin stand it. my love, sava donn, but I fear it will, be hard on you." "It would be much harder to find ourselves hopelessly in debt, dear," and. leaving her desk, tho brave-hearted, little woman moved to the pi no, whore she was soon engaged in binishing care from her husband's mind and her own with their favorite sons.

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Bor liner YoUc.z ituttj, by ta way, says that the new powder requires bronze cinnon aud that ail the steel guns will have to go.

She replied: '! won't bend as low as e many evidences of his wife's exceed-

nios. . . -Kenna fishes to get fish. His fa vorite aliurement is the pli ntom minnow. Every time he goes out home he comes hero and buys. ten or a dozen for tho boys." Last suiumei I tind, he Ihnnirht several hundred, and I have

A si!ht siteialce. " 1 often wonderejl whether they hnd any . . 'a t nvin influence on eiiecti ux tho wise aecisiou A fresh young bride from OHo hay. m tho legi$laxu,e at 1st arriving heard that camphor fumes would e(J banish flies, put on her kitchen rano Senator Bock is fond of hunting and a lot of supposed lumps o! camphor, bugs a good deal of game m tho course

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that, not if I luu-o to loavo tl.c houSo ,iff c rau ex- , y wa "FI is fond of tut and The Judge thereupon ordered her to ive or a visit op-ra. theater, 'ing to them. Tho .despairing bride salmon fashiusr and pursues the sport leave, but she ga in finally and cocffrt or lecture. Mabel would V , ZZ XtolXZJnto bowed her head to the girdle. Putt enjoy seed de,l oi .

Kochotor Buttons. Before you lay the button on tfee cloth, put tho thread through so that the knot ..will be on the right sideTint leaves it under the button, and prevents it from being worn or iron ed away, and thus b eginningp the loosening process. Theu, before you begin sewing", 1 y a large pin across the button so that all your threads will go over the pin. After you have, finished, filling tho holes with thread draw out the pin and wind your thread round and round beneath the button. That makes a compact stem, to sustain the possible pulling, and wear of the buttonhole. It is no exaggeration to say that, my bnttons never come off and I'm suiflf yours won' t if you use my method of se winff. Youth's Companion,

partly imagined from a case which came before a Judge of OdessaF A mail applied for a writ to compel his daughter to leave

the house because when she saluted her, ai'Qs parents she did not be w to them: He would r fJrWW withdraw his application if she would.asV I - pardon and make the regular obeisance ' . The girl agreed. She astted, pardon, but " -when she bowed the father cried: ,"Ioweri;- i IVown with your head; down below the ' " girdle P She replied: "I won't bead as ' - 1

low us that, not if I have to leave the bouse.'? f .

!llie judge thereupon oidered hor to' leave, tut she gave in iiua and bowed her bead;, to the girdle. " -, r.?' . Professor B. T. Galloway, chief of Uie , section of vegetable pataology, Depart mont of Agriculture, has recently sueijeedv ed, as the i"esult of practical experimentv -A In producing a remedy, for the disease cal fed pear leaf blight and apple miidewWhich annually causes great destruction to , ,. those trees. As a result ; of practical ex Js toriments ho feels justified in rewmmendr A;. jag it. to the formers and fruit Rrowers as ' both onlcacious and eeonpmical. "The Remedy consists of the application of a . fungicide, wita an apiUanceby which 50tl 0 plants were sprayed in a day and a half : H a cost, not includiusc Inbor, of $1. 15 for -. -hack application, fivja beiree,uired tsjjpft".; fcure good results. ' r f ; v ... , 'One of the! laziest men in the country Is ... John Curtis, who is serving a three years Uimtenco : in the stivte prisoa at Sal em,;" Oregon. Curtis worked' la. tlie foundry " ' and about three months aj?0 took o3f his boots, on the plea that they hurt him. amt lihen burned his foot So severely that hei" was laid up. hen the burn vas healing iao put vinegar on it and aggravated it ttt:. prevent its getting well The prison phy1 ician threatened hhn, and maua red to carv ?he wound, Curtis was sot at work acain.. He worked four days, and fen with if Ihatchet cut off his left hand It took two? 'blows. One out through the fleshy part of t the hand, the other clean through the wrist joint. Ho confessed that ho did it to uvof f

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