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THE CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W, S, D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1875.
VOLUME I. NUMBER 32.
MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT GRANT ON
LOUISIANA AFFAIRS.
Con/rress Declared to be Largely
Responsible,
The Adoption ofn llcnnlte Pollry K«rn-
e*ttj' rrmt.
•Tin. 1.1.—The following In Uto
P president's meeesge rn T
KTT*»t majority in the hrsrt, nnd nmne of them
In the bn elc of vhn lusd, In nddltiob to tlio
chsrml remains of (load
i«ad fennd,
borflort m-re discovered ..
Sit (load IxxlieB worn found nndor a warehouse,
all shot in th<* heart but one or two, who v
shotaiu tho breast, Tito onlv white
jnred from tho boginning of theso troubles to
their clone, were Iladnot and Harris. Tlio court
Itonso and ita contemn were entirely conn tuned.
There is no evidence that any one In the on
r Inwfnl warrant for the i
whiten bore _
rent of any Macks. Thero in ito evidence that
cither Na>h or Oozalxd after the affair ever
demanded the office to which they had net u|>
•I have the honor to make the following an
'wrr to a renate resolution of the 8th hint,
inklnir for Information a* *o a‘nv Interfcrenct
«• military nlllcer on the part of the amu
* whit the organization i
rf the United Rtal
jwnoredimra of the gener*] nsseniUv of »!-
Mata of I«wi<i4aiM. or either branch thereof
the oxistenee
rd also io.jntrt
of armed organizations In that *rctinn, ho«(Tle
to the government thereof, ami intent of over
lurnlrg ancli government hv force. To sav
Wsnr-sa. turholeneo ard Monished
have charac'erlr.ed tho political affaire of that
elate eince Ita organisation nndor the roo"n-
etrv.ctinn acte, la only to repeat what ban ho-
come well known a« part of Itn nnhappv his-
‘ e proper here to refer to
hv which ttie r« pnhlican
the election of
rote of the state. through frand and violence,
waa redneed to a few ihonsaod. and tlioMoodv
Tio’Mcf lWfl and 1WW. to ehow that the die-
ordera tin re arc tint due to anv recent cause,
r to anv late action of the federal authorities!
Preparetorv I
i* election of 1
!. a eha
milted In retro ii after many colored cUirenn
had he*'n denied regie!ration, and other* de
terred hv fear front canting their ballot*. when
i for a final comparison i
of the foregoing facte. Wm P.
Lnnleiana
againet Warmoth and otlicre, who hiid ol»-
tained poeaoeeion of the retoro* of the elec-
wholly disregarded and
with contempt hv those to whom It was di
rected, These proceedings hav(« l>een wide-
Ir dennnnced as sn nuwarrantabln Inter
ference hv the foderal Jndidarv with the
clectUn of slate officer*. Hut It is to he
remembered that hv ttie fifteenth amendment
•onstifntlnn rtf tho United States, the
polities! eqnaHty of colored citizens
enie.-l: and under the e»er»|)d section of that
amendment providing I lut congress shall have
power l* 1 enforce its provi-inn* hv mpropfllll
legislation, i
Pith of
nded In 1871. tho oblect
denial or abridg-
Mav. 1870.
ment of anffrage to citizen* on account of
race, color, or previous condition of porvltndn!
end It ha« Wen held by all the federal jndgi
before whom ttie matter has arisen, including
Judge Rtropg. of the anprejno court, that the
protection afforded hv this amendment and
these acth. extend to state as well as other
election*; that It la the fluty of tho foderal
oonrta to enfotro the provisions of the const I
tntlon of the United Htalcs and the lawn paused
In luminance thereof. This Is too clear for
controversy. Hoctlon 15 of said act, after im-
morons provisions therein to punish an inva
sion of the fifteenth amendment, provides
that tho Imisdiotfon of the circuit courts of
the United Htates shall ov'ond to all eases in
r eqnltv arlrtnp nndor tho provisions of
said act ami of the net amondatmv thereof.
Congress seem* to have contemplated equit
able as well as legal proceedings to prevent
tho denial of anffrage to colored citizen*, and
r be safely asserted that if Kellogg's hill
8 named caso done not present a
for the equitable interposition of
oonrt, that no such
i under
act. Thnt the Courts of Uin United Hiatus
have the right to interfere in various ways
to maintain political
i the fifteenth nmendnx nt
of the constitntlou. and the acts that have
Wen passed to enforce that amendment, a«
tho abrogation of state laws upholding slavery
remits to tho thirteenth amendment
conaUtnttnn. While the jurisdiction of the
ase of Kellogg vs. Warmoth and
court in the
others is clear to my mind, it seems that some
of the prdem made hv the Judge In that
In the kfndred ease, of Antoine,
> illegal.
claim. But Register continue I ...
parish judge. These are the facts in tins caso,
as I understand them to be admitted. To
hold the poopio of Lnniniana in general ro-
ablo obstructions wero thrown in tho ........
punishing those murderers, and tho so-called
conservative papers of the
.ot onljr
justified tbo mossacrc, but di-nnnnrod a* feif-
* ral tyranny and despotism the attempt of the
d States officers to bring them to juatieo.
Fierce denunciations ring through kite country
about officers interfering in raid election mat
ters in Louisiana, whilo every ono of the
Colfax miscreants goes unwliipptd of justice,
iy can bo found in this boasted land
of civilization and Christianity, to punish the
perpetrators of this bloody and monstrous
might become the duty of tho stato executive
to interfere, if requested by a majority of the
members elect, to suppress the disturbance
and enable the persons elected to orgnnir.o tli
bouse Anv exercise of this power would !>
Justifiable under most oxtraordinny circum
stances, and it would then bo tho duly of the
governor to call upon tho constabulary,
necessary, the military
But, with reference t^» Louisiana, if
' In mind that auratlomn‘ of tho govern
or to nso the police force of that state
time, would have undoubtedly precipitated
bloody conflict with tho white league, os it did
on tho '4th or Rcptemhcr. Thorn is no doubt
but that tho presence of tho United States
troops on Hint occasion prevented bloodshed
d the loss of lifo. Botli parties appear
conservatorH of tho
have rolled upon them
public peace. The first call .....
democrats to remove persons obnoxious to
made by tho
. In tho logislntnri
Without legal certificates authorising them I
d in sufficient number to change the
majority, Noltody was disturbed hv tho mili
tary who had a legal right at that time t
‘ in the legislature. That tliod'
orntie minority of the house undertook
selfe Its organisation by fraud and malic .
that in this attempt they trampled underfoot
last.
i of <
i August
■ ital
and enterprise had started tho little and
nourishing town Of Uoushatta. Homo of them
wero republicans and office-holders under Kel
logg. They wore, therefore, doomed to death.
Rix of them were seized and carried awav from
heir homes and murdered in cold blood. Not
one has Won puuishivd, and tho coneorvativo
press of tho state dnnouncbd all efforts to
that end, at d boldly Justified the crime.
Many murders of a liko character bavo h
committed in individual cases, which cannot
hero bo detailed. For example,T. H Orsfford,
Judge of the parish, and tho district attorney
of the twelfth judicial district of the state.
their way to court, wero shot from their h<
by moti in ambush on the fltli of October,
187U. and tho wife of tho former. In
nomination to the 'lepartincnt of justice, tells
pitiful talo of tho persecution of her hus-
nar d because he was a union man. and of the
efforts made to selsto those who had committed
which, to use her language, left two
. is net considered a crime In I<ouisiann,
would probably be unjust to a great part of
tho people, but it Is true that a great number
of such murders have been committed, and
has Wen punished therefor, and mani
festlv the spirit of hatred and violence is
stronger than tho law.
Brprnsoiita 1 ions were made to mo that the
presence of troops in Louisiana was tinnooee-
and that there was no danger of pnhlio
Ooi
withdrawn from the state, with tho
mall garrison nt New Orleans barracks,
stated that a comparative state of quh
had supervened, and that political excitement
ILouisiana affairs seemed to bo dving
out, by* tho November election was approach
ed It was necessary for party purposes
that the (lame should lie relighted,
ingly on th« 14th of BoptemherD. B Penn,
alining that he w*« elected lieutenant gov
ernor in 187'J. issued an inflammatory proela
ation calling upon the militia of the Mate to
assemble, and to drive out the u-nii]*u*.
v ho designated the officers of the Mate. The
White Leagues, armed and ready for the
tl(rt, promptly responded. On the same day
the governor raado a forms! Inquisition upon
sirf presslng domestic vdob nee. On th**T#Xt
da* I issued mV proclamation (vmumuidiiu: (ho
insurgents to nisperso within floe days of the
date thcroof, hill Wforo the iiroclamatlr
, had taken forcible
stale-house and temporarily subverted tho
government, Twenty er morn people were
Killed, Including a number of thn po’iro of
..ie cilv. Tlio rtieets of tlie oltv were stained
will, blood. Ail that was desired in the wav
eitemnut had been accomplished
lakei
revolution
linved not really, abando
fe-leial tisnrpaiinn and (cranny in Louisiana
renewed with redoubled energy. Troops
seemed imminent. They v
i there to vendor the oxeentive such aid
might become necessary to enforce the
ws of thn M'nte, and repress thn nnutimied
Pi ior
x view to thn late election In Lti
throats ■
but while they are so hel I and considered, it b
not to W forgotten that the mandate of his
court had Wen contemptuously defied, and
they were made while wild scenes of anaiehv
e sweeping away sll rentiaint of law and
gather In armod bodio
and at the same rim
thn journals of thn stain, that thn election
sl'onld W carried against the republicans at
naturally, greatly
order. T»onb*le*s. the Judge of this
made g r avn mi-takes, but tlio law allows the
only in ptiuinh'
the law ; that they undertook to mnko persona
a preconcerted plan, and under falso pro-
tenses introduced into the hall moil to sup
port their pretensions by force, if necessary*
ml I *
mndltato.1 plan to have tho house organized in
this way, recognize wlmt lias been railed tho
McEnory sens In. then to doposo Got. Kellogg,
and so revolutionize thn state government.
Whether ft was wrong for the governor at tho
rsquost of tlio majority of momhers rotiirnod
ns elected to thn house, to nso such men ns hh
wero in his power to defeat these lawloss and
revolutionary proceedings, is pe> haps a dobat-
ahlo ouestion, but it is qnBo eerpiiu that there
would have been no trouble if
complain of iliognl iutorforonce bad allowed
tho bonne to bo organized in ii lawful nnd reg
ular manner. When thoso who inaugurated
disorder and annrohv dtsav ,
lugs, it will ho time enough to condemn those
"ho, by anoh fneans as they have, prevent
tho success of their lawless and dmqiornto
schemes,
I.iCul. Gon. Bheridan wn
to go to Louisiana to olme
situation thero, and, if in his opinion necea-
• the disturbance. No
s can nocossarilv bn
him, but honestly oonvinood by
what lie lias seen and heard there, ho has
characterized tho loader-* of the white longues
modes
though they can nr t he’ adopted, would, If
legal, soon put an end to the Iron' les and dis
orders in that s
oeedlngi which would bo tho only proper c
to pursue io time of peace, and ihnuglit n
nld prove a euro riunody. Ho never
i loposou to do an illegal not, nor expressed a
determination to proceed beyond whal tho law
in the future migfit authorize for tho punish
ment of the atrocities which have I .. .. _.
jiiilted, and tlio coumiissii ii of which cannot
It is adnplorahlo fact
be sncoosafuliy denied.
that political crimes and murder have been
committed in Louisiana, which have gi
punished, and which have linen Justified c
apologized for. which must rest an a reproach
upon tho state nnd country, long after tho
pieiinut generation tins passed away,.
T have no desire to have Uu i I od Ktat oh troop
. gold nr-sufficiently high b.
itlako it .uu longer profitable to. buy for export,
theroby onusing a direct less to the community,
at.laygo, and great omhaprassmont to t'-add.
As the present lawonmmandn final rbsnmpfion
on the first of January, 1H70, and nk tho,gold ro-
ceiptqhy tho treasury nro laruer than the gold
payments, nnd tho Ourroney roctfipta thau our-
roncy payments, thereby piaUitigniontlily sn'cs
of gold necessarv to moot current currotujy ox-'
nnmoK. lt occurs to me tlini llicsn tlifUotiltloK-
ilgbt lie letiiqdlod liv* authorizing tlie soore« i
ury of tlio treasury lo redeem Ingul tondcr,
notes whenever proHnntnd-in sums of nqt lesa
lluu) #100 ahd uiulliplcH tbnroof. nt the pre-
iniutn for gold of ten par ounl. loss intoruHt.
at tlie rule of per cent, per annum, front'
tlio 1st or January, 1875, to tho date of put
ting this law into operation, and diminishing
tills pietnium at thn samo rato until final roil
suit ; changing the rato dt premium dnmandoiR
■niiceriiM of Louisiana
or anv other stato. On the Dili of Docemhor
last. Gov. Kellogg telegraphed to inn his np-
1 made the follmving an a wo r, ajneo widen .
cnmnnmlcst ion has been sent to him :
“ Your dispatch of this dale has Ju-t been
received. It is exceedingly iilipalataulu to uho
troops in anticjpittion of dangers. Let the
state authorities be right, and then proceed
with their duties, without apprehension of
danger. If they aro then molested, tho qtios-
If they
will he dete .. ....
Rlales Is able lo mahdaiii law and order within
whether the Unltcc
l have deplored the presence of troo|>H
among them. 1 regret, however, to sav that
this slate of things does not exist, nor doos
its existence soem to be desired in localities,
ami as to those it will ho proper for nip to May,
that to the extent that <v>iigress Ims conferred
power on me to prevent it, neither ktl-klux
klaiis. white leagues nor any other associa
tion using arms and vln'nnne io oxeeiite tJjair
unlawful purposes, can be lierniltted in mat
govern any purl of lids country, nor
with Indifference
publicans ostracized, persecuted and murdered
ou account of their opinions, as they now are
of I.ouisl-
ot bill think that its inaction has produced
a upon the attention of r
hazards, which,
alarmed the colored voters.
By section 8 Of tho act of Feb. 28, 1871, it
Is made the duty of United States marshals
and their deputies, at polls where votes are |
chancellor great latitude, not only in punish- ! , n " 1 for representatives in conimsc •- *
leg tlr s« who eondeiun his orders’and injnno- or, J^ r a*'d prevent violations of tlie uoiniiiaiioii tor mu omoos or governor ami
tlons but to preventing tlie consummation of enforcement act, and other offenses against !’. 1111 , 11 1 * r 11 unices < r governor ami
t V i 1 ' , 1 ‘ | M „t f |, ' n,,i,-v.i .„,i „ lieutenant governor, nt the November eloellon
the wroqg which be has JndWaHy forhiddeiu !"“ M of a, ''l- npon a , . 7 . . . . , Heclsredmitnlueted
| great evil. To suinnioiiizo i In Heplund
d organized body of r
Wbat
matters,
the proc
y f>e said or thought
>s onU mads known t>
r the United Btatei
! tbei
and
nwoon ip»»«•."-i•»»"m.™!...>id«M
nf .nno.l orR»li»U<in i f »l» of iwivuMin., recwiilwd by .11
clnninwtumn-. I ouw.I ibl.nl,- ‘b.oouru to wblcb tin,,im«U6n l,|ulMon
T nr M .“.' 1‘" ; InoiitH of'iroo'n. tol'o l HlI , ii'fii!o,nn"vorlnno* l lo* I nndortook to mil.vert nnd-ovorthrnw
lbo.mv.,’,1 '-Ulb- In 11, o .l.ln loll, 1 him In Ibo porforn.- 1 J 1 '" Kovor'imonl llml bml bon,, r „,-„„„i.o,l
■ ? 1 . mm Of l„. ,M dntloH, ; 2 m ", 1,1 •? ™?*»~ * l11 ' l*”j»™ 1‘rjcodonlH.
I Tl»t IM™ «« ln«.»M.tlon, of r.pnb,in.„ | SZt'l!
■) the judgment of ToUjr » “ l the election, notwithsUnding
Be al P r
considered It my duty to aee tbal such process
icutod according 1
the court. Resultimr from those proceedings, J‘ r(, ci
through varions controversies nod n.)innlica I ‘t'K
ndoomplica-
n"”"- » naan administratian was organized, j
with Wm. I*. Kellogg a« governor, which, in I
the discharge of my duty under section 4. I
article 4 of thecnnstitnlioh. I have recognized
a« the government of the state, It has been j
I ittsrly and persis’entlv alleged that Kellogg !
was not elected. Whether lie was or not is j
not altogether certain, nor is it any morn c#r- j
tsln that Ids competitor (MeEnerv) was ,
Tlio election was a gigantic fraud, j
i killed.
u tho i
undersign
lity of Bhrevoport, in oliedleuce to
it tho Bhrevoport Campaign club, agree
isn every endeavor to get our employee iu i . . ,
o’e the peoolo's ticket at tho ensuing eleo- t?«nppr»H« domestic vie
ton,and in tho event of tholr refusal ao tod r * ,w *' ‘
ir in caso they vole tho radical ticket, to r
fuse to employ them at the expiration of the
term of service."
house, bnforo he
driven to the cuslom-houso, a call
was made in accordance with the 4th section,
•tin article of the constitution of tho United
I Hta'os for thn aid of tho gmicral government
ilence. Under those
lances, and in accordance with my
sworn duty, my proclamation of tho 15th of
Sentembnr. 1874. was issued. Tide served to
1 which thov used the following langu
Warmoth and others
thousand voters, and they’add that
nize the McKncry government would be to
recognize a government based upon frand. In
e coming year, who will giro employ-
equIpmentH a
defiance of the wishes and intention of tb
voters of the state. Assuming tho c rrcct-
i of the statements in this report—and
eenring good and benefit government
tate, do agree and pledge ourselves
Moinimila't.ontY I lo “>*»"»• “T «"PP'io«
•. •. - • . ' l nianter tiis coming year. wh<
lands to laborers
raflical ticket n the coming eieetion."
I have no information of the proceedings of
the returning board for said election, which
may not U, found in ita report which has been I twk” Msnm"od* by th’<Ttroop« is not n pleasant
... published, but it Is a matter of public infer- l oqo . that tlie army is not composed of lawyers,
Louisiana, | mat ion tli^at a groat part of the utiiB taken to capable of judging at a moment’s notic
i have been generally accepted by
position
instate Gov. Kellogg to
Daily, but it cannot ho claimed that rtio
gents have to this day mirrnndorod to tho
stato authorities tlie arms belonging to tho
state, or that they have in any sense disarmed.
On tho contrary, It Is known that the armed
organization that existed on the 14th of He»-
rn merit. Under these circumstance" tlio same
military force lias linen continued in Loui-iatia
as was sent under tho first call, and under tlio
samo general instructions. I repeat that th
they
the countrT-^the great mime ,
alvmt which so much has been done and said, j canvass tlie votes was consumed by tlie argil j |, nw f ar they can go in the maintenance of
is that one is holding tho office of governor j merits of lawyers, several of whom represented j law and order, and that it was Impossible to give
. . _» * * pecific instructions providing for all possible
who was cheated out of 2n.OOO votes, against each party before the board. I have
another whose title to the office is undoubted- I dence that the proceedings of tlil» board were
!y based on fraud and in defianoe of tho wishes not in accordance with the law under which
and intentions of the voters of the stato. they acted. Whether, in excluding from their
Misinformed and misjudging as to the riatnre I count certain returns they wero ri lit or
and extent of this report, the annporters of wrong, is a question that depends upon tlio
McEnerr proceeds'! to displace by force in evidence they had before them, but it is
some parts of the stato the appointees of Gov- * clear that tho law gives thorn tlio rower, if
ornor Kellogg; a r -d on the lltli of April, in j they choose to ex ere so it, of deciding that
nd prim a facie, the persons i
effort of that kind, a butchery of ....
committed at Colfax, which, in blood- j return as elected, are entitled to tho offices
hardly aurpassed j
thirstiness and barbarity,
by any acta of savage warfare
matter beyond oontroversv. I quote
which they wore candidates.
To put the | Respecting the alleged interference by the
■' military with the organization of the logisla-
charge of Judge Woods, of the United States j tore of Louisiana on the 4th inst., I have
circuit court, to the jury in the case of the j knowledge or information which lias not been
United States vs. Cmikehank and others, in ; received by mo since that time and published.
New Orleans, in March, 1874. He said; "In My first information was from the papers of
the caee on trial there are many facta not in j the morning of tho 5th nf .Tfnusrv. I d-d
the controversy. I proceed to state some of J not know that any tmeh thing was anticipated.
suggostior.s
them in the presence and hearing of eounsel and no ordors and
on both sides, and, if I state as a conceded J riven to any military officers in that
fact any matter that is disputed, they ran cor- , that subject prior to the occurrences.
.• military interference by
reel me.” After stating the origin of the dif- ! well aware that
ficnlty, which grew out of an a’tempt of wbi*o | the offl'ersnf the United States with tho
persons to drive the parish Judge and sheriff, j ganizatinn Of a state legislature or any of its
appointees of Kellogg, from office, snd ths-r ‘ proceedings, or with any civil department of
attempted protection by ooiored persons, which , the government, Ih repugnant to our id' as
led to tope fightirg. U> which unite a number i governni
of negroes xrefe Trilled, the judge stales
conceive of no rase not
of those who were killed
nraouer*. Fifteen dr sixteen of the blacks
bad lifted the boards and taken refuge under
the floor of tho court houee. They
captured. About tbirty-eaven men were taken
prisoner* ; the number is not definitely fixed.
They were kept under guard nntil da*k, when
they were led out two by two and shot. Moat
involvi’-g rebellion or Insurrection, where such
interference by authority of the general 'gov
ernment ought to bo permitted or can bo Justi
fied. But there are circumstances connected
with tLe legislative ’imbroglio in LonM&na
which room to exempt the military from any
intf ntional wrong in that matter.
Tlxe enforcement of the state laws, tho
officers and troops of tlie United Htates may
well have supposed that it was their duty to
act when called upon by the governor for that
1-e dead, were afterwards, during thn night, | purpose. Each branch of the legislative os-
able to make their escape. Among them was ( sembly is the judge of the election and qnali-
the Levi Nelson named in the indictment. ! ficalions of ita own ineinliers, but if a mob or
Tlie dead bodies of tbe negroan kill'd in this I a body of unanthoriz'd pewna seize and
affair were left nnbnri'd ti%Tne«day. April l-rld the legislative hall in a tumnltnous and
buried i« a deputy mar- I riotous manner, and so proven' any organiza-
5. whan
contlngen
miglit arise. The troops
were liound to act npon tho Judgment of com
manding officers upon each sudden contingency
that arose, or wait instructions which could
oidv reach them after the threatened wrongs
had been committed, which they were called
on to prevetit. It must be recollected, too,
that upon my rocqjftri'ion of the Kellogg gov
ernment, I rejio-ted tho faet with tho grounds
of tho recognition to congress, end asked that
body to take action in the matter, otherwise, I
couloHoing i
No action has been taken by that
ad I have maintained tho position
with tho turbulent elements surrounding thorn,
must not rent on them.
ie»lly ask that such action be
giving assurance at the same time tiiat what
ever may be done by that body iu the premises,
will be executed according to the spirit of “
law, without fear or favor.
I herewith transmit copies of documents
containing more specific information as to the
subject matter of the resolution.
HARD MONEY.
Tlio Prosidont Approves tlio Last
Financial Bill,
And Kxiilnlnn Whnt lie lleoms Vmtni]
lo KITept Its rurposps.
>c6mpanying hia approval of tho now finance
To the $ci\<\t(i i\f the United at ate.*.- ;
Bonato bill No. 10-14, to provide for tho yo<
sumprioB.Pf specie paynionts, is boforo me,
-,..i ii.' - - - y Hlgunturoof approval.
ami this day
1 vonturo upon tbia nimsual method of
veving notice of my approval to the limp
which-tho measure originated, because of its
great ItnporUnCQ lo the conn try at' Iwrpn. hi
order to anggent fnrtlh|r legislation, widen
'"oqliial to make this law effeo*.
when spocin resumption ahalj oommtmoe, and
implios an obligation on tbo mart of cungress,
if in its power, to give snob legislation as
this end T
1. Tlie necessity for increased reVonun to
tho obligation of adding to tlio sink-
a per cent. Thn interest
per annum, and I
i tho promises of
dors, nnd without contracting I lie national
currency now iu circulation, ITow to Inoroaso
thn surplus revenue is for congress to dovleo.
But I will venture to suggest, that tho duty on
tea and coffee might ho restored, without poo
manently enhancing the. cost to conaumnrM.
and Hint ton per cent, redaction oY tlio tariff
on articles specified in tho low of Juno, 1872,
ho repealed. Tlio auoplv of tea and ooffco
already on hand in tlio United Htates, would.
Iu nil probability, bo ndvnncod in price by
dopting tills measure, but It is known that
tlio adoption of free entry to tlipsn nrtloloH of
nocossitv did not clmnoen mateiiaUv, or on-
linticn tho profUa of tho country producing
•bom. hr of tuiddleinnn of tboso countrlos wiio
hnvo thn nxnliiHivo trade in them.
2. Tlio first aooMon of tho hill now under
oonaliloration. provides Hint Ibo frnctlohal
currency shall bo redoomod iu silver coin
rapidly ns prnclloablo Thoro is no provision
preventing tbo fluctuation In tho vnluo of
paper currency, or tho gold premium advanc
ing ovor ton poremrt. aNinyo tho fmrronov in
so. It is prolmhlo, almost oortalu, thnt silver
nuld bo bought up for exportation as fast ns
was put out, until clinngn would hqnouiO so
scarce as to mnko tipi Vonjlnm up it oqqnl to
thopreptium — —’•* - *" £ . * 1
lo
l»or cent, ns tlio proniiiim nt the IsiRiiiiiiiigyi
I hollnvo this rnlo would
THE FAIRY WEDDING.
A little brown motlirr-btrd sn\ In her nest,
with fqnr sleepy hirdllnga tucked under 1 er tireaat
And her queridomt clPrrup fell ccMelcen nnd low,
v*J.telajlll, little ncatlinital He Mill while I tell,
Fqr a lullaby stsry, a thing thnt iHifell
Yqur rlntn little uiottier one uildannitncr morn,
A tuenth ago, lilrdlea-before you wore horn.
‘MUl lJeen dozing nud dreaming the long sunn
Tfll ttj.> dawn flushed It* plntf through the waning
.uioonltuht;
Wlieiv- l wish yAu could Hear It oncol— faluUy
Jthero fell
All n^mnd iue UmeUvery afittild of a hell.
'* Thou a choritM of bdlfelj Rf.
‘ the neat
ijBkc
i hint tialf nn e,
1 thofe llinca done by,
Vulifthtanda of a cufiweh wars nwung to nud fro
" 3 - ollttle rofilekli * ‘ * '
Hy thrco little rollfokhig n’liitffeia below.
"Then the sir wna n«tlr iih'with tiummlug-birda'
WtURH 1,
And aciond t-f thotlulest, dalntleat thlui
‘ la
• ui«t evnivnuo dreamed ci^ came „ ...
Aelnator of lriimpet-8»w<*^i swayed t» tho ntr,
'•Msit sal all a-tromhte, my tirjart In my hill,—
rtiax ^yrttyi^P^Jhonght-I, 'hsppon whnt
Re f raw with these efca by thnt trumpet-vlhe
i, • fair,
A whole fairy bridal train polio!lit tht> ntr.
« tliittrrlng where
a bride! Bueh n marvel of grace I
* nhhmunrof rituhow and goeaanler lace;
No wonder llio groom dro\ipcd hte dlrtinond-duat
n elf-uihef just caught with Ida wing,
‘‘Then Into tlie trumpet-flower pitied tlio tralu,
And I Ihouuht (for a dtmucxH erupt
And 1 tucked my head under my wing) 'Dcarv mot
Whnt ii sight for a plain little motlu r like n
BPEOTAOLEB-THEIR USE
ABUSE.
A (Bin|>tep’lor nililillo-AK««l I’cnple
It in gonornllv thoso whoso night, is
ftlroady impnrod who feel ntiy interest
iii its nroHorvfttion ; for in tin's rospeot,
i hero is tlmt sntuo effort to bo wise too
Into which clislingHishoR so ninny of
our proceedings, nnd which popular ob
servation 1ms crystallized into tho
.homely proverb, “Looking the stablo
jiftyr the steed is stolen.!’ Yot surely in
ft'&ion, morn than any thing else that,
pertains to our phystonl woffnro, is
prevention better than cure; beoause
here tho Ions tlmt is not prevented can
Dover bo otirod ; and what tho present,
prodigality wastes, no futnro can ro-
gather.
Though thoro nrA numerous exoop-
‘tlmm, yet. with the largo majority tlio
eve begins, somewhere between 80 nnd
85 years of ago, to loso a part of its
riionding power. The ba’l and oryntal-t
lino !on« got flatter, nnd the rays of
flight, instead of being gathered to
gether, nnd drawn inward with snlR-
fttent foroe upon tho mtnn, are soat-
Rred and tho light ooBfu’od. If tho
eye is oloso to thq object, it qstohen tin*
divergent’ rays nt, their source, and
t . holdiug tlio newspaper or words at
\ distanoe in order to gtit rid of
the tin-
ranringoablo part of tho light. Thja is
tho flrat* symptom .of decoying night,
and ohould Dover bo noglooted.
, wl.,,. ii L,l,rfflf,fSr ■“ ‘h® htgWB authority—nftyB when,
aval par with gold nt thn (lata flxodby Mid ,°v«r it ie nepnnsary to hold a lino type
fertile final resumption, f fltigttost ttur eight itidboR from the oyos in order to
ud it thevprmlent person will nt
rntantlmi or .llror I.. Ihn .•„„„lry r„r , ''7'’" 11,0 ,w " i " U,,0 °
T|||, i,r,.vl..lmm „r ll.n tlilral Bootlnu of tlio tf ' <,, i lnw '' , ' powor; which, l.mv-
will prevent coinhlualionn boii'U
lnmet thn treasury of coin. With such a law,
it is presumable Dial no un'd .would be palled
for not riimiiroil for legltlninto bmtiuo-rt
purposes, when largo amounts of oolii
witbilmwn from cironlatli...,
snftlclont Htringoiioy In currency lo sto|
outflow of coin, and iho iMlvautu
vpuM
of flxtxi known
W
due. would also bo
iy opinion, by tlm enactment of
such a law, ImsinosH and tbo industiins WonliL
revive, and tbo bngiiiiiiiiK of prosperity,
diUM uanslug jwork j nud the organ too weak for tho
ehtlro task oan, however, bnmpleto what,
oiiinr
limn tliosS
devised, aiul
thf
In flip', to carry out tin
lion of the net Another mint bo-* from natural decay of vision, the die-
. nocesHity, With tho present fyeililioa *** • • •• •
for odihagn, it would take k period hoyond'
llikt fixed by law for final sitocio resumidlofl
lo coin silver nocossarv to Crai|Hiot tlio husl-
f tlio country, Thoro nro now HiiioMln^
furnaces for extrActlng silver nnd gold froif J klrrtor’ for older Spuotnplon, bub if tho
brought from thn mountain tarrllWHoir*’‘— M u,i ‘ A -
into Chicago. Ht. Louis nnd Omaha, throe In
tlie former city, and as much of tlm change
required will ho wanted iu the Mississippi
Valley Htates, and us metals to ho coluuji
con io from wool of thoso Htatos, and iw J ,
understood tho charges for IrnnsporUlloh
nt bullion from either of tlio cities named
tho mint st Pliiladrdidilaj or New York
(ity, amount to four dollars for os eh one-
th’-usund dollars' worth, with
for trBnspitrta'ion back, it would soe
fair argument In favor of adopting one ,
ore of these eitios ss a place or places fi
the esliildishmont of new poinage facilities.
hnvo vooturoll upon this subjeot tvl'h
is uuusu.l to approve a
* <i.» i.iiin, if no- further leglsUtioh
is nttainalilo at this time and to annotinno tlie
fact by message. But f do so bpcauso 1 feel
tlial it is a Hiihject of such vital importance to
tlio n Itolo country, thnt it should roc< ivo thn
atlentiou of, and lie di-cussed by, congress
nnd tlm people, tbroiigli tlio press nnd in
ting of a trip to town from asnbnrlmrt
place, given tlio following glimpse into
tho poBsibilitirs of fnminiuo emulation:
“ One (lay on tho trip up, when n tiding
a rungnzino, rny attention was attracted
by tho glitter of a gold bracelet, which,.
look where I would, flanhod before my
eyefl, and further sornliny revealed tho
fact that the young lady who wore it
wiih particularly anxio.uH that I should
bo attracted by it, und, to further her 1
deaigri, began cutting tho leaves of her
magazine with a silver fruit-knife. For
the purpose of showing her that I wan
not particularly dazzled, in fact that,
thero was another Hitch in the world, I
took a gold pencil from my pocket and
markedga passage in my book, for my
bracelet was equal to hers. Observing
that foot sho drew off her loft glove anu
carefully arranged her veil, that I might
not fail to see the heavily chased ring
which encircled her finger. ‘I could 1
go her 01:0 hotter’ or ho ; faking off rny
glwve, I drew down the blind, fioHhing
a rare topaz and u solitaire diamond be
fore her appreciative eyes. Him saw*
and, quiekly pulling off nor other glove,
displayed a splendid duster diamond i
d a gigantic amethyst,, I #nh slightly
plused, but, as slie wore no earrings,
11 r
ovor must Im worn when occupied ...
oloso study or work, and in whose seloo-
lion tho advice of a good ooulist is
always worth the fee.
The curved glass interposed between
the oyo and tho light does a part of its
i got
the glauH begins. Bftfc as the
flatter with age, glasses more and
convex will bo needed ; for, the preser
vation dr the siftht domatidH that thoy
should bo oenotuntly .guarded from
unnatural efforts,
When once spectacles aro required
to (10 years of age, if not earlier; and
tho power of sight, bo lost either from
the separation ot tlio rotipn from tho
choroid, from effnstou of blood, or from
atrophy or tho yollow spot,
Short sight in sometimes hereditary,
but it is a well-aHCertained fiiot that
far the greater majority of anolv oasoR
aro found in the cultivated classes, aud
ohieily among tho studonta and literary
poopio. Amoug 10,0Q0 recruits for the
English foot-sorvioe, not. a dozen wore
rejected for this imperfeotiou, whilo iu
one oollego at Oxford thirty-two short
sighted men wero found out of 127.
fQonders on the Eye j London, 1884).
This enormous difference points to the
ono groat oauuo—tension of tho oyos
for near objpoto. Short-sighted people
—that is, all who cannot s(o objects
distinctly beyond ton indies—should at
onoo proouro glasses enabling thorn to
see at sixteon or eighteen inches. They
should look off nt intervals toward tho
distance, nnd never work in a stooping
posture.
But “a tool may he com 0 a weapon"
iu a cardens dr improper hand, and
ancotndeH worn before thoy are needed,
either threngh affectation or foppery,
will seriously injure even n vigorous
Home people imagine they impart
to them n wiso and learned look. Opti
cians in snob canes would do well to
follow tho oxumplo of tho oslobratert
Ilnmsden, who invariably sntmued this
olaas of his customers with common
glass, assuring them in tho blandest
nooonts that they wore “ peculiarly
fitted for their easeand ho usually
found them received with porfeot satis-
fad ion or dolight.
Thoro are also very frequent epidem
ics of affected weak flight, when no
bollo or fop considers the toilet com
plete without n-i oye glftHS, Certainly,
if not required, it Is a vriry sultnblo iii-
signia of folly, for they get nothing for
it hut present sdf-oonoeit and future
unavailing regrets.
Tho liovion iu tho spc.dnaloH must not
moot that a glass suitable for rending
ill also enable him to boo oloarly at a
distance. For this purpose they’must
bo removed, or else, if it be uocosaary
to raise the oyos froqnontly, foronsic
spootaoles may bo used, Thoso speotn
o1gh~ho called hecuuso invented for
tho benefit, of lawyers iu oonrt Who’
must look from their, notes to the jury
and judge—are also excellent, for stu
dents. Thoy hnvo tho upper circle
pared to u straight lipe; the eye oan,
therefore, in pauses of thought, look
over tho glasses. It thus gots oool» d
and refreshed, without, interrupting tho
mental operation by removing thorn.
Spectacles have added greatly to tho
pleasure nnd iudopendenee of human
life. They have lengthened many a
useful career by prolonging ita useful
ness ; t)ioro is, indeed, no computing
the benefit nnd plonsurcH thoy have con
ferred^ Dr. Johnson was amnz d that
their inventor was ro^urded. with so
mnoh indifforonoc, aud lmd Jonad no
biographer. But wo are nofTovon oors
tain to whom tbc .merit rightly belongs.
Friar Baonn, nboiit the middle of tlio
thirteenth century, in Ida Opus Mojwt,
desoriben a plano-convex glass or seg
ment of a sphere, and says “ It is useful
to old men and to those who have weak
eyes, for thoy may seo the smallest let
ters magnified.” However, Alexander
di Bpinn, a Florentine monk, seems to
have first reduced Bacon’s- theory to
praotioc, about tho yenr A. D. 1818; mo
thnt if Bpinn was indobto 1 to Bacon for
the hint, tho world is indebted to Spina
for tho speotnoloH. Aud truly it is a
wonderful and happy invention that
keepii the curt,uin from falling till the
gront drama of lifo is ovor.
, likeagp, is friournble ; all glasses
is to “linger nn<] lingt
A oohinsion' of tlio letters in
reading or siting is an irapprativo
One Better ” In Jewels, __ r a
A writ* r in the Boston Globe, ciiota eyes, and if the letters are not distorted
—Among the problems of geograph
ical science still remaining unsolved is
that regarding the sources uf Irrawaddy,
the greet river of Burmah ; and it wan
announced at. tho recent meeting of the
French scientific association that the
emperor of the country had recently
fitted out an expedition for the purpose
of settling the question,
I felt that, after all, I was even witb-
hor. At that ins taut she drew an ele
gant little watch from hqr bolt, which
she studied attentively two whole miu-
utes, holding it up in full view, then
turned to me as if to say, ‘Well, go
ou. ’ I had done my best, and could not
answer her challenge, but thought
monnrfully of ray poor little locket in a
drawer at home, with one Side jammed
in. When, at last, the aggravating
creature took a jewel-oase from her
satchel, and held up a lovrly coral set,
turning it this way and that to exhibit
all its beauties, furtively glancing at
me to be sure that I observed, 1 was
utterly vanquished, completely routed,
and so greatly absorbed in my book
that I did not see a thing,"
dyes nrnSiiiofl economiAnlly, Ahd pi
tooted from sudden and strong lights,
tho HiiiRo'.footis will often servo for sev
eral yours*
Jnchoonipga pair of Hpcotaolos, hpo
first that both oyes hnvo the same focus.
The loft oyo has a habit of lagging bo-
hind and leaving tho right oyo to per
form the largest share of the work, io
which ottso the glass suitable for the
right eye miglit bo injurious to I he left,
since tho sight has worn unevenly, .
The correct focus found, it is very
important that tho center of the glass
and the Confer of the pnjMl bn directly
opposite onoh other, In this respect tho
solootion of glasses is difficult, for the
space bctwnpn the eyes differs in ulmnst
every individual, yet very little atten
tion is paid io this fact in tho munufuc-
ttiro of tho frames.
To bo suro that the glasses are with
out spook or flaw hold them before the
flame of a candle, and to prove their
uniformity ol substance and exactness
of shape, it is only nocessnry to raise
J^iom from tlio book slowly toward the
they are correct.
On no account buy glaHSoa that do
not fit the eyes, or at onoo relievo the
sight, because tho Roller insists the
eyes “will get used to thorn.” The
eyas, indeed, may he forced into har
mony with new refractions, but it en
croaches fearfully on tlie resources of
other years, nnd thoy aro urged a long
step onward to darkness and decay.
M. Jo nr (lain was not tho last to wear
tight boots bnoauno his shoemaker as
sured him tho pain was nil imaginary.
Lenses made of the best optical glass,
and onreftilly ground by the best mak
ers, are now nearly universally used in
place of pebbles. Pebble—except tbnt
they are harder to break—liavo no real
advantage over glass, and thoy are very
much ricaror. Where comfort and
effectiveness aro regarded moro than ap
pearance. the rims should bo neither of
gold nor of tortoise shell, but of light
metal. Those made in Wolverhamp
ton, England, are now so perfect and of
such dainty and orqnisite workmanship
tlmt, with xheir lenses and all complete,
thoy weigh under a quarter of an ounoe.
It is a very foolish idea that tlio years
snatched from the nso of glasses are so
much added to sight. The reverse is
the caso if tho sight is strained, yet it
is every pptician’s experience that many
delay until their first pair of glasses is
the last on the list. Consequently,
when the power of those is exhausted,
nothing remains for tho unhappy victim
of vanity or ignoranco lmt “ darkness
visible” for the rest of life.
There is a popular fallacy, often very
fatal to vision in its results, that short-
ghtod people do not need glasses, and
A Ghinouo “Yarn.”
Writing of tho Chinese nnd their
ingenuity, tho New Orleans Fioayune
says : “ Oho-Fmig is a picture of the
moro wrotohod Ohinoae, Ho is fright-
fnl, disgusting in appearance. Tall for
a Ohinnman, being over six feet in
height, ho in a thin nud emaciated, a
skeleton scareorqw. His faoo is cov
ered with wrinkles, like a school-boy’8
atlas; his nose must bo tnkon for
gruuted, it is a mere suspicion; bis
month is a porfeot gillf in itself j his
eyes altogether out of tbo right posi
tion ; nnd the fletth of his face hangs
down liko tlio hide of a ihinooeros.
dried, boiled und smoked, then buried
for a month or so. nnd dug up to ho
exhibited. Yet Obe-Fnng is a good
talker in Pigeon English, and iu a con
fidential manner disclosod bis whole
history in that language of which,
whilo making out about ono word in
wo got a goneral idnn.
I war. a circus man In China— 1 Tsion-
Sing, os wo call it. Wo aro great ou
gymnastic nnd legerdemain ; but par
ticularly in natural nlienomenn, human
curiosities, etc. Thero is a human
monstrosity manufactory at Tsaoping,
whore, for a consideration, any of tho
human doformi ties you Americans regard
as lup*l nalurrn onn bo made to order.
Thero nro many parents who thus snori-
floo thoir children to bo made monsters
of, and who live on tho gaining by tho
exhibition of those monstrosities.
I cannot explain how nil of these
trioks aro done, but that they are done
any Chinaman oin testify. A dwarf is
of easy manufacture ; a regular morn
ing (logo of whisky and ten to a child
will stunt it—keep it down to its orig
inal size. A monstrooity, a hunchback,
’ , of course, easy; while hmnau beings
m be made of any shape, from a cook
> nn elephant, by being moulded in a
jar liko jolly—stuck jnto a jar of the
desired shape when young, and left
thero to develop itself.
Ah for myself, I was brought up a
‘fat 1
However a very close observer could
uot detect the imposture, and -I was
exhibited for many years, earning a ro-
speotablo livelihood for my parents, who
hud brought mo up to tho profession of
fat ram.
“ ' Tho profenslnn was not an ngrcnblo
one. The air made mo over feel sloppy
nnd si ok. It did not, however, mnko mo
lazy; it did not impedo mo na fat would
have done. Thoso who saw my agility
and graoefulnoss on tho street wondered
how so fat a man could bp so lively,
Uttlo HUHpooting that his anpareut fat
ness was an assistance, and Imlf carried
iue along the Btreet. There wero fow
young men in* Chiua that could, bent
tho mounter of COO pounds in ii foot
race,
“ 1 1 oamc ovor here nud exhibited in
A morion in San Franoioo for Homo time.
Ono dny during a Hitting an American
child, with tho usual ingenuity nnd in
vestigating disposition of Ajnerinnu
children, orewt“up behind, nnd, proba
bly impressed with the dosiro of discov
ering whether a fat mun could fool or
not, rnu a pin or knife or something
sharp into mo whilo no ono was observ
ing him. The result was somewhat of
nn explosiou; the captive air rushed out
nnd left mo a thin-looking individual
ns I am now. Thoro was not ono to
blow mo up scientifically ; and I there
fore gave ui) the profession of fat mun
for that of washerwoman, I seldom
fool any ovil oonuequensos from my
previous condition, save that, my oii-
tiolo, or outer skin, is almost. Hojmrntod
from myself, and. liko an ill-ilttiug suit
of nlothep, almost drops off, or bunches
itnolf up iu n disagreeable manner. I
sometimes got cold inside of it which
is not. nt all comfortable. Skill tho
position of washerwoman is much pref
erable to that, of a fat man, and I in
tend to stick to it.” ’
FACTS AND FANCIES.
—Vagrants are not permitted to warm
up in the Boston libraries. Boston
" brains ” arc easily disooncerted by the
smell of old clothes.
—A Baltimore Beggar has retired on
n fortuna of 820,000, nnd when an alms-
nnkcr rings his door-boll the retired
beggar goes out nnd makes the fellow
jump three foot high nt the first kick.
—Tho Beecher jury is composed of
two Episcopalians, one Methodist, one
Baptist, one Lutheran, two Roman
CatholioB, three Presbyterians, and two
persons who nro not'members of any
ohuroli. ..i
—A little four-yenr old created a rip-
pie by remarking to the teacher of her
Hmiday-pehool olasH : “Our dog’s dead.
I bet tho angels wero soared Vnen they
saw him oominguptho way. He’s cros
to strangers.”. , .
The library of the British Museum
purchased no less thau 8,415 manu
scripts Inst your. Among theni was a
curious treatise in Freuoh on tho holy
HHornment, composed in Ring Edward
IV. of England, iii 1548, ahd written in
hio own hand.
FLOOR OIL CLOTH.
llo«v It Is SlHile mill Whtrn II Comes
Kiom.
This common article of tho house
hold is niami'aotnrod in this country in
largo quantitioR, by men who profess to
keep the public iu ignorauoo of thoir
operations. Any inoroaso iu tho num
ber of factories totals to deoronRe thoir
immouso annual income. It is not,
therefore* strange that nothing scarcely
is known how tlio crude materials nro
manufactured into floor coverings for
tho rioh and tho poor.
Tlio following nro some of tho most
important operations :
•Into is shipped to Dundee, Scotland,,
where it is spun ami woven into bur
laps of vnrjons widths, which are
brought hore nnd stretched on wooden
frames about ono hundred feet long
nnd twenty-fi vo foot hroud, Those
frames nro stretched from tho npper
part of tho building, about two fbet
from cnoh othor ; and between thorn ate
erected platforms for tho* workmen
to stand upon, about twelve inches wide,
und placed ovor quo anpthor six feet
apart.. They now ascend tbo platforms,
one or more each from thp bottoja. to.
tho top. A brown, thick paint ii Iur«
nishsd them, sU t iii ok that tools like
thoso used by masons aro necessary for
tho work, and dextronMly dashed against
tbo tightly stretched fabric and evenly,
spread over tho entire surface with long
elastic trowels. 'Day aftor day 'the
operation is repeat,ml as fast ns it dries,
until it has reooived Hoyen coats of paint
—throo on one side and four on the
other, It is nowDaflod oil-cloth body,
and taken from .-ilia frames to another,
part of the bqildiug, apd. oiled upon a
wooden rollor, under a lotag tablb fcborit
two fdet wido. : Behind this table 'is
another ono Jong and Harrow, covered
with thin oil-cloth and, paddi d with
cotton, enlled. the cushion. 1 Near at
hand nro what are aallod the “print-
blocks,” made of wood, eighteen inches
square, ono inoli thick, and studded
hern and thero ou tho fata side with
little square types of wood, in suoh a
manner that onoh block has a different
nrrangomont of typ'eft; so that one
block represents one part nf the
figure to he paiuted* on.^the oik
cloth, arid tho oMioiv.blpofjr roptoi
sent ono of tho figures to be pointed.oh
tho uil-olotb, and the other) blocks rep-
regent other parts, The blocks .are
prepared for some pftrtiortlay design."
Suppose the figure nboiit to'be pre*
duood on tho doth- is
Tbo other night, when* a twenty ‘
thirty persons were assembled at ji
residence on Lafayette avcniie.it waa
proposed, lo teat the theory-or mind
reading, * There was a pale* isdemu-
looking young man present, having
nooompanied his widowed mother from
the Fifth ward, and he wa* aallfcted as ,
a buoobbs. St submitted to be 1
folded, and it was deterraim d to are if
he ooultl tell what any. pm
about,,* ^ * *
Juto'di i
other ha
head, and after a moment ii
preparation there waa a gelt
'Pita wj.lnwaii nl nan! hit flVwi.
The widower dosed his eyas,
young man lowered his bead and looted
it from side to side. , . v , .j
“ What’s he thinking’of ? whiapered
several persons. * ™
“Of hourhekioked hia wife out of
bod and caused her death,!” was the
Answer. ...
Tlio widower tried to laugh with the
rest, but he made poor work pf it, and
explhinotl that ho was thinking of the
dtv hull. He slid baok : and ssti 'down,
and a single lady, nboiit OU years Pf age,
took his place. After a moment the
mihd-roa^et was ijrild to»speak her
thmifhlfl; and he announced: ' ' "
thouehts/ and be announced:
“ She’d give all her old shops tocatoh
a husband. ’ , „ . '
The lady tried to laugb, ana eat down
..j a oorner, while a ba.di headed mar
ried man, who wna a firm believer in
mind-reading, took her 'niece aa a vie-
tim. He fixes his thoughts on a ohromo
hanging on the wall* aud- held tJiem bo
firmly there that the perspiration started
diit bp his nook. After two long- min
utes- of silence the mind-reader ^whis-
, ,, on the cloth js a bouquet of
Altogether Che-Fung is a disgusting flowers. Bnvcral print blocks are re
sist, looku us if ho had been hung aud - ’ ’ ■""*
skin propc
to double
that their sight will improve with age.
If it does, the possessor of it will need
no one to inform him of tho fact. But
if it does not do so perceptibly—-if, on
the contrary, the infirmity continues to
’progress or even to remain in abont tho
same condition—Bonders says tronblo-
some symptoms will set in at from 50
A fat man I’ wo exolnimed invol
untarily, looking at Oho-Fnng’s spare
form. ‘ Do you manufacture fat people
in Chinn ?’ “ ‘ It is only a trick of the
trade. 1 was naturally a thin ooy, but
old Fee Loo soon brought me out. You
have seen sheep slaughtered hern, soon
them skinned. A hole is made iu the
outer skin, the epidermis ; n bellows is
inserted and worked, Tlio air fin ’s its
way between tho ouUolo an< cutis, or
•r, und swells out the nriimul
its size, at the same time that
it. almost s» narates these two skins, so
that tho hide of the animal comes off
easily. This is the manner in whiob I
was treated. Every morning I was
treated to nn air bath and u gallon or so
of air injected into my system, and soon
I began to swell like a balloon."
“* Iu a month or so I waa rotnrned to
my parents a fat boy, and a fine speci
men of a fat boy, measuring, although
only fifteen, 88 inches around the ohest
and 40 round tho I high. T was advertised
as weighing 000 pounds ; tbo truth was
I weighed only about 180, the 80 being
thn weight of 200 gallons of air by
which I wus puffed out.
'“I don’t believe 1 that I altogether
presented a very pretty aspect, being
quired. all different nnd oarttying differ
ent oolors. Theso variods oolora are
spread with a paint brush on tho long
cushion in pqtmros hh largo- as the
blocks, and One end of tho oil-cloth
body is drawn from the rollor aud laid
on tho table, nnd hold in place by a
fltraight-edgo of wood, having points
along its length eightcon inches apart,
as guides for tho blocks.
Print-block No. ono, having the
types to represent all tho green loaves
of tho picture, is now pressed into the
square patch of green paint ou tho
cushion, and then lifttki and firmly
pressed upon ono side of the oil-cloth,
and deposits upon its surface the paint. Bomi
taken up by itn small printd, arranged'
in tho form of leaves. Priiit-bluok No.
two, representing all the white blos
soms of tho bonqnet, is next used
to take up whtto paint, and stamped
noon the doth ; then block No. three,
representing the'yellow flowers, is used,
and thus block after blook 1h used in
liko manner, until the whole square (or
half a yard) is covered with the various
colors arranged according to the
original design, and the figure is com
pleted.
This gives ouly half a yard in width
and for the next lift!f a yard the same
blocks and colors arc used in the same
manner ; and thus square after square
is printed for as many yards as tho ‘oil
cloth is broud. Tho cloth is now
drawn further ovor the table, and an
other series of squares is printed, join
ing the first and just like thorn ; and
then another and another, until the
fabrio is covered ovor its entire length
and breadth. It is now removed to a
heated room, whore ejght days are Ac
quired for drying ; and after trimming
and varnishing, it is ready for market.
puffed ont and lumpy in appearance,
and looking bloated rather than fat.
—In Ht. I’aul they tell the story of
Maggio Flynn. Bhe loved and was
loved by a worthy young nlan, who
hoped soon to make her his bride, but
slander’s envenomed tongue poisoned
her reputation and caused her lover to
cancel thoir engagement. She, suffering
unjustly from the cruel blow, lost her
reason, and would have been carried an
incurable patient to the 'insane asylum
bad not the employers of her quondam
lover investigated the stories affecting
her character and ascertained their utter
groundlessness. He was traveling, but
they ordered him home, told him the
good news, and sent him to claim Mag
gio boforo she should be sent to the
mad-houee. Sho wus with tho sheriff,
who was about to convey her to
lierdestinaH n, when the young man
came into her presence. At sight of *~...^
him, the clouds that lowered on her in- nounoed that thoy must begoinj
‘ ' children had hard oolda.
telle ot broke away, and—bridal-veils—
—Mr. Mitchell, of Sterling, Illinois,
while under tho infltienoc at intoxicating
liquors, attempted a burglary and was
fatally shot. Mrs. Mitchell has sinoe
compelled each of the three snlo*n-
keepurs, who sold him the liquors, to
pay her 8500 damages,
—Thoro 1ms been started at Mevogis-
soy, Cornwall, a manufactory of “Corn
ish sardines,’’ tho sardines being pil
chards preserved in oil, immense qnan-
of whioh hnvo hitherto beeu used
rotnrned to tho sea as of
titles
mnunre,
no use.
A second expedition to the interior
of Africa is announced aa having been v
undertaken by the Berlin Afrioan Ex
ploration society.. . Her Von Hotteyer,
a well-known ornithologist, is to be the ‘
leader, und will start from Ht. Paul de
Lonnda. -
— In tho German postal servfqe an
order has junt been issued dirafting
Mint certain words derived from the
French, suoli aa pntte rostarite, shall no
longer be officially used, and defining
whnt Germnu words shall be the equiva- *
louta of these.
Some More Mind-Readigjfo
“ You are thinking' of 0 littTb tlue-
eyed widow woman in the Sixth W4rd—
wondering if she got your Jutktr the
other day.” _ ,
“No, sir—no, sir 1” exclaimed* the
man,- “ I wos thinking of that obropao !”
“Can't help it,”, replied the-miud-
reador, “I saw her aud her house so
plainly bofote me that I’ll bet teu doll
ars I can take you right to the’door I”
Tho bald-headed man pretended to be
tinkled almost to deAtb, but sat down
looking very red iu the faoh t and very
unxiously toward his wife
The Voting man doolared his readiness
to‘read tho thoughts of others, but no
one else came forward. Finally, to./spin
out the exhibition, a man stepped up,
something hidden in a particular pocket,
and Vsked tho mind-reader to toll what
it was. Hands were clapped, there waa
a pause, and then the mind •reader said:
“It’s a bill from a jewtleir’s for a
sixty dollar lady’s chain I The bill Bays
that the account is two yeara' old, and
will bo stiod after this week !”
“ Bee how ho is mistaken I” replied
tho young man, pulling a nickel from
his pocket, bnt he couldn’t langh to
save biB li e, although he tried very
hard.
The ydung man had become greatly
interested by this time, but the orowd
held back strangely seeming to be
afraid of him, while nearly*evert one
declared thut they thought mina-vead-.
ing a great humbug.. The young man
moved his arms about, commanded
silence, and, after a moment, cried out:
“I can see as plainly as any of you
whoso eyes Are npt bandaged 1”,
“ What do yqa see ?” inquired one of
the men. * • V
“ There arc three ladiM ,pre*fut who
have holes in the heels of their stock
ings V’ replied the mind-teader.
There waa at small laugh, and several
hints wore thrown ont that tj)4h*udi-
onoo would take up some other awuaa-
ment. ' \ “ . .
“ There are two men here 1 whtr. owe
for their boots!” oofctinued tbe npnd-
reader. » . ”
“ I guess we will remove the bandage
now,” said one of the men? rising up.
“And there’s a lady here who di give
a hundred dollars, tp hay® ft*®*}**
removed from bpr nose,' exclaimed the
yo s%?E*, ol
the man as he worired at the knot in
the handkerchief, “is as—” ' "* " ,
“And there are rix women hero»who
have oold feet,” interrupted the mind-
reader. ..
They lifted the bandage, run the
Press,
not straight jackets, are in order®
mind reader off to a chair in the 1
window, and although the hour
early a great share of the comp