Newspaper Page Text
VOLUMli II.
DALLAS, PAltfoDING GOBNTY, OA„ THURSDAY.MAY 8. 1884.
CURRENT COMMENTS.
-£S-
Uhdib the operation of the Harper luigli
liceime law Chioago haa issued 3,000 liquor
licenaea thna far with aggregate receipts
atrong tea and coffee drinker* wlwW' ttarron*
system will not aland the atrong stimulant. A
oup of hot water tiptpd with Catfish breakfast
tea and a lit.le auger make*'a baverea* that
* "tlni^ktei, v Boa** time
cheora but dooa not
amounting to *400,000. Tho majority of th^ ■ there will be a regular ayetem of edtatlAo diet
liccnaoa are for four months, and it ia eatima'-..Jar disease,
ted that tho year's receipts will not bo leas than | ' - >Vl
•1,800,000. About 600 aaloons have keen fraa l *
sen out.
aya of tho rcpubllo our great
weoMp
ilon of *6,000 n year Web-
from the senate, for ho
give hi* life to hia cottn-
i) friends of Tom Corwin
least ones and paid hia
was the recipient of a aim-
hll friend*. He spent a
The ltoBton Journal say* that'
sales of oloomargerino In- that oitjAmount to
200,000 or 150,000 pounds, that all IKo regulaV ' afhr wpaktha-
Jobbing a tore* down town koep it« aaie for |'declared bo
just what it last prices rgggpug /migilwelvo-to Ary for *H a
twenty cents per pound. A choice af ole can | eabto tohis
be bought for fifteen cento, and > tf-largely debt*. Hci
uaed in manufactnrlnff oonunnnltretff liar teslime
The ailk culture induatiy-ab hawing in tha ! d^eraHen in eongreae, lived beyond hia
United States. There art gtprelftit twelve as- r" p,n . , > and a,e »“>r‘8age on hlr Ashland place
aociationa, n umorous’stock cotqpkn ic«, a colony ! wou * d b * T0 * jcen foreclosed if it had not been
of Italians in Texas, a Gorman colony in North 1 priva,cly c ‘ ncoU,d by hU whig friends Juat
Carolina, a settlement of Norwegians in Gcor- I * ,ter hia dofoa ‘ ,or tho pvoBidoi.cy. Benton
gla and several colonies of Menuonitcs in Kau- w “ * hlrty y “” in con B reM but ho ,,0Yet **■
sas engaged in feeding chopped mulberry cara0 a rioh man ' “ d nover > whil « •“ “ffloe,
leaves to tho dainty silk worm. availed himself of any opportunity to make
money. , ^
-vn-gr generally impecunious Mr wilted ftvm. , - — r
***" ZSZiSSB Vi't-k produee'exchange
totM.tforhim.AMid if it had not The Mesaaehus tl. OraanWt P
Tint establishment of a cancer hospital in
Now York was a magnifloont idea, and its ano.
eess has been assured by a gift of •200,000
The chief of forestry ef the agricultural de-
partmentdt -Washington,*ss published a pam-
from John Jaoob Astor. Other generous gifts l ’ hlet ad ' d W« Ul ° l ,1 “ ,tl “* °* f°™*‘* in order
havo been received, on* of •25,000, oncof ®20,-1 *° rf!, * ora ** 10 b »i»n c * off the lost forces of na-
000, another of •lS.OOO, besides flvo amounts of | turc ' ° l »» u * b <> Eill-aides and slopes of tho
•5,000 each, and four of *1,000 oach. A vacant I " orth and eaat a "*® f ,h ® raciflo ,tat * , > whera
lot worth $35,000 was presented by a lady.
Work will be began as soon as plans can bo
drawn and the oontraots made.
The French mode of executing criminals by
the guillotine is rapid enough to satisfy any
ono. When the criminal's neck is fairly under
tho knife a lexer is touched, tho blado flashes
downward, the lioad falls into a zinc case
standing in roadincss to rocoivo it, the body is
thrown into a tumbril, and tho remains are
galloped off to the Turnip Field, there to bo
buried with paupers and unclaimed inmates
from tho morgue, Tho spectators at thoso ex
ecutions comprise dandies, loose women, jour*
nalists and the riff raff. Everything goes off
quietly..
In tho middle statos since 1874 farming lands
have decreased in value fully fifty per cent.
Tho depreciation is not due to auy general and
hoavy fall in tho prices of farm products. The
explanation given by a recout writer is that
the taxes levied by tho general government
since tho war arc vastly heavior than tljoy
wore beforo tho war. 'As the burden of all
taxation falls ultimately on productive indue*
try, it follows that land, which is tho found*-
tion of that industry, must fall in valuo as the
tax burdon is ma le heavier, and riso in prioe
whenever this burdon is mado lighter.
Binge the departure of Mr. Henry Irving tho
nowspapors are comparing bis receipts with
thoso of 'othor talented dramatic artistes.
Born hard t’s total earningu liore for 20 nooks
woro $330,000. Mrs. Langtry's total wqb$229,-
663. Irving’s receipts wero $405,004. Mr.
Irving’s greatest success was in Boston. There
in ono week ho played beforo 27,000 hearers.
The week’s receipts were $24,087. It must bo
recollected that Mr. Irving began with quali
fied success and ended by eclipsing all com
petitors. ,
the original forest growth has been removed, it
is advisable to restore it. Very steep and high
hillsides should be permanently covered with
trees, and so should lowland tracts that are
stoney, sour, sandy or otherwise wanting in
fertility. The answor to ‘'What to plant,”
must bo determined by climate, soil, bus
iness purposes and other things. Several
states havo established forestry departments,
Journals of forestry aro now published, and the
matter is discussed even in the public schools.
A great troeplanting movement is likely to
sweep all over the country.
The future of wheat raising is attracting
attention. Within a few years American farm
ers will havo to meet strong competition in the
grain markets of the old world. We must now
admit that India oan produce enough wheat to
soriously affect prices in America. Already
with a crop of 85,000,000 bushels short the
price of wheat has gone 18 cents below that ot
the timo when our wheat crop was the largest
ever kuown. In future when Egypt. India and
central Africa pour their wheat into the mar
kets the farmers of this couutry will abandon
all hope of profitable competition. The Amor,
ican farmer must now adopt methods of farm
ing which will mako him comparatively inde
pendent of the world’s wheat market. The
lesson taught by tho East India experiment
with wheat is enough to open our eyes, and now
that England is preparing to open a short road
to tho vast fertile districts in Africa thcro is
no estimating the outcomo,
Utah has now 10,000 small farms averaging
twenty-iivo acres, and the whole must be irri
gated.. There is only ono largo farm in the
territory, and it is Owned by a company. The
Groat Balt Lake, according to Eldor Cannon,
contains enf gh salt to supply America for
conturics. All that is necessary in preparing
it for the market is to drivo to the edge of tho
Jako with a wagon ahd a man with a pair ot
rubber hosts can load it w ith a shovel. The
salt lies on the bottom of tho lake in small
coarse crystals. After loading it is takon to a
grinding machine and being run through it is
fit for tho table.
In six years Henry M. Stanley has succeeded
in establishing a chain of international station g
across the African continent. In 1880 he foun
ded Viva, the first of the sorics of stations in
western Africa. Before the end of tho third
year Leopoldville, a station on Stanley Pool, at
tho head of tho lotrcr cataracts, and the key of
the upper Congo, was founded, and four steam
ers were launched oh the great river. In 1883
the station of Stanley Falls, 1,000 miies up the
river, was foundod. About 2,600 miles of rivor
transit of the Congo and its tributaries are
opened to commerce by this chain of stations.
Tho imports to tho west coast of Africa last
year were over $22,000,000, while the export
were over $27,000,000.
According to MnlhalTs Dictionary of Btatis.
tics murder is a causs of death:
In England. *. .to 237 per 10,000,000
In Belgium .to 240 “
In France to 265 “
In Scandinavia to 266 ‘ ‘
In Germany to 279 “
In Ireland (1879) to 294 “
In Austria to 310 “
In Bussia to 323 “
In Itally to 504 “
In Spain to 533 “
In the United States to 820 “
The exceedingly unfavorable record of the
United States i^thi natural result of alow con
dition of public sentiment on the subject of
murder. _
The American climate is not so much respon
sible for disease as damp homes caused by bad
drainage, the use of tobacco, the drinking of
whiskey at all times and especially between
meals, tlieexcessive use of strong tea and cof
fee, the frying 1 *pan, the soda baking powder,
and patent purgative pills. Overwork is rarely
the disease. The present hot water craze i*
capaljle of doing as much harm as good
While hot water may be used with advantage
in a limited number of cases, it has noi been
without its disadvantages. It has helped the
Grinnkll is tho pioneer temperance city of
Iowa. Thirty years ago a few families settled
pn tho Grinnell tract and went to work to
build up a town. The owuer of tho land incor
porated a provision in ovory deed to the effeot
that any lot on which liquor was sold should
re.rert to tho first owner or liis heirs. There
has npvor been a reversion, and novor a saloon
in the^placo, and no holder of real estato has
been knowii to favor tho salo of spirits. The
town has now between 3,000 and 4,000 people,
threo railways, and manufacturing industries
which employ several hundred mon of various
nationalities and every shado of roligious and
political boliof. There is no desire to change
tho present ordor of things because taxes are
low, real estate is advancing, and a good class
of people come to tho place. There aro fivo
nhurches. Of tho inhabitants from first to
last not ono over went to jail, to prison or to
tho poor house. Tho cyclone of 1882 destroyed
all tho colleges, 100 dwellings and 40 lives, but
there has been a full rocovory from the effects
of ono of tho inost.disaatrous storms on record.
Grinnell enjoys an enviable reputation for
good ordor, entcrnrko 'and prosperity. The
temperance pcoplo mAjrgqU&o proud of it, and
after thirty years iVeiithardly bo called an ex
periment. It is an accomplished fact.
If our consular reports are to be beliovcd,
Mexico is no placo for men of energy unless
they have abundant capital. Enterprising
Americans of large means can make money iu.
Mexico, but it is no country for p9or men.
Everything in Mexico is now in a transition
state and it is difficult to predict the outcome.
The government is autocratic, the president
possessing greater power than any potentate in
Europe. The governors of the several states
ire responsible to tho central power which ox
ercises a preponderating influence in elections.
Public education is now pushed for all it is
worth. There has been a great advance in tho
condition of the cities. Ileal estate has doub
led and in some instances trebled in Value. The
Capital is now gridironed with-ftnule railways
leading out into the country for miles in every
direction. Agricultural lands do not advance
in proportion. The cost of irrigation in almost
every section is a big item and keeps agricul
ture in the background. One great drawback
to the progress of the country is the condition
of society. There are only two classes in Mex-
-o, the highest and the lowest. There is no
middle class. Tno wealthy, educated non-pro
ducers never mingle in any way with the com
mon people, and it is not at all surprising as
the latter are the lowest and most degraded
specimens of humanity to be found anywhere
in the world. Tho Americans who have
swarmed into the country are in the main a bad
lot, composed of border ruffians, filibusters,
speculators, coarse adventurors and broken
down professional men. The Mexicans fear
and suspect these new-comers and it must be
admitted that until we send a better class of
settlers there we can not expect our flag, our
civilization and our citizens to be respected.
The Mnsaachus tts Greenback Ftate
vmtion it Lynn ele^tdileltigitco nt l irgs to
Uio hid ananolis national convention, and
adopted molutions favoring General Butler
for Froddout^dedaring that ei.hb hours
should constitute a dao s work, demanding a
graduate 1 income tax' and asserting thut tho
struggle for greenback money would be con
tinued.
Major-General Emiuioit Opoxoke diod
at his residence in New York from the eflecta
of a wound r.ceivel Iv th-» accidental dis
charge of a pistd which h* was ci< nning.
Ge? o al Ordy ko wai fifty-five you a old. and
rod l e m a prominent Federal officer nom
Ohio n the Into war.
Ex-Governor Marcus L. Ward, of Njejr
Jcr*ey, died at his homo in Newark, the
other day, aged 71 yoj.rs. He was elected
govern' r of New Jerse. iu 1865, n 1>68 waa
chftirman of thu Be iiblicun mtional com
mittee, and in 18<2 was elected to Congress.
George E. Ewing, a prominent Philic'olF
phia eculptf r, came to New \ or e for (he
purpose of modeling aliorlievo models of
Henry Irving, tho English actor, un t his
principal t-upp >rt Miss r lien Terry. A lew
mcrning-i H; n o, Mr. Ewing w«s iound doad in
bed at his hotel. Ho had turned on tho unlit
cr: and been asphyxint d. Mr. Bw ing came
from Bcitlaud two year*a;o and hod ac
quired con’.idorablereputation inbrt article».
A National Conference of Colored Men
met in Pittsburg, with delegations from all
i>art* of the country in attondano\ The ob
ject of the conference, as stated by u delegate,
was to secure to the colored pcoplo, North
and South, tho recognition under the laws to
which thoy n entitled. Various t apers per
tinent to the occasion wore nai and dis
cussed.
Cii ARI.K8 L. Vonb, a retired New York
hier.hant, and Antonio Moreno, a metropoli
tan cMivnbsion merchant, were impelled a
Jew days ago by physical suffering and in-
soinniA to rhoDt themselves to (loath.
A fire at Glen’s Falls. N. Y.. destroyed
both opera houses, the Presbyterian c h r h,
and Gi dor sleeve ■ Union hall building, en
tailing A total less of about $200,000.
WftflfclBftMb
The Hotiso com-nttten on mllltarr affair
will ONk for tho appointment of a hpcOial com-
in ttoe to investigate tho mnun^emout of the
B. 1 liers’home nt Dayton, Ohio. Genet al
Patrick, governor of tho h me has Io n
charged with being overfcen mg a id inhu
man in his treatment towatil tno irnint s.
Representative Stewart, of Texas, hna
been dirjtted by the lb u e Commit
tee on foreign affi ir* to pr pare ft hill
I roviding for tho appointment o three com
inisnL tiers tj visit Mexico and Central and
Bo th America to so uro information ro a-
tivo to inc easing tho c< nunercia 1 inteiwsts
between thoso (ountres end the Unitod
Eta os. Tho bill is to i ontai i an appropria
tion of 0.
The Hru o oommitte' o i appropriations
agnel to repoit Mr. Eli s's bill, with amend
ment* pio /iribig for a Joan of $1,001',000 to
the Few (M1 •nits expo it o i. This sum is to
be retuniid o ‘ho government after the pay
ment of cuno t expon os. and befo e any
div.dond is \ aid t o stockholders.
Mn. Nimmo, cl iff of tho bureau of sla'is-
tes, lopoits that tho to ol values of
tho imporls rf merchaudsi fir tho
tw lvo mouth < ended Map h JH, 1881,
wir .'$ 583,258,042. and for thotw l o mon hs
cnlod March 31, 1883, $742,508,875. The
vuI n s of tho e> p »it* of merchandise for th i
bwelvo mouths ended March 31, 188-4, wore
$501,738,431, and for tlio twelve m mtliscn !oi
March 81, 1888, $808,727,802.
The distil »r and diploma 1 if appropriation
b ll, a*rcporb d n the Hour *, apj ropriit.- s
$0i7,'570, which is $5407,275 lost than fio (s i
mates, and $318,085 hst th in tho appropria
t on lor tho prison'; year.
Jacob Cole, boatswain of the Joanne' t?»
diod the othe • day m Kt. Elizabeth's Hos"
pital for tho lmano, nt \Vavh : n;ton. Ho
ha l liec mo imano from hardships endured
aft r th j wre k of tho Jiannotte.
In t ie (o it istod olccbion case of Wallace
vs. McKinley, of Ohio, a sub-committee of
the House committee of oloefc oas, by a vote
of throe to two, decided to report to the full
ccm nitteo in favor of the Hitting member,
Mr. McKinley.
The wor e oi’ laying stone on tho Washing
ton monument has be n ro-uined at a height
of 11 > foot, t.io |>oiiit reached at tho Mispen-
sion of wor-c last fall. A i oun-o cash day will
be laid during favorable weather. Htono is
prepared to raise the htructure .o a height of
470 foot.
Engineer Melville appeared before tho
House committee of investigation and give
his vers'.on of the lifo on tho Jeannette, ro-
<o nitiug i hr) various little difference:* lietween
the ofHcerg. He said he had never bpen in a
vessel where tho.e was less quarreling.
The President has sent to Congress a com
munication from tho secretary of state ex
plaining tho need of tho co isular and diplo
matic service and advising against any ro-
ductioarof the appropriations.
During tho present Congress 6,858 bills
havo be n introduced in the House of Ttepre-
rewntative . In the last Congress during
id f 1m mi nbnr o" hilli intro-
tlie same period the nu ubor of bills intro
duced wai <>,0 1,
loith and Waal.
J. C. Burrows, of Michigan, who was re
cently nominated and cont rmed as solicitor
of the treasury, has written to the President
formally declining tho office.
Later returns put the vote in Ixniisiana
about as fellows: Democratic State ticket,
8 5,107; Republican State ticket, 42,931. The
legislature will Ftand 112 Democrats to thirty
all others.
Miss Ida Davis, a young lady of high so
cial standing, while out riding on horseback in
Polivar county, Miss., was attacked by John
Henderson, a colore 1 man, dragged from her
hi rse and assaulted with probably fatal re
sult. Henderson was caught by neighbors,
slowly strangled, and when ni arly dead was
riddled with shet and tom limb from limb.
Dudley Francis, of Mossville. Ill., and
two of his cbildre i were drowned by the u 4 >-
ketbing of a rowboat.
Moses Fraley, an ext nsive St. Louis
speculator in grain, haa fai ed for about $1,-
OjO.OOO. By a suddon *** Uy *~^ lr *“ f
If
in wheat ho lost
$250,000 in le* than an hour.
Thomas L. Thompson and Taniel Jones
(white), Ja k Woinankiller (Cherokee', John
Davis (Choctaw) and Fanny Echols (negroes*,
convicted in the United State* Court oimur
der in the mdiun Territ r/, and Mat Music
(negro', convicted of criminal assault in the
Indian Territory, ha* e bee i sente.iced to be
hanged on Friday, July 11.
W. i, BucHanAn Has
Ipivtcntir by the TVtmfi
MHany p:T.*ons Were
* and ai inmu ttse
rty was dor by.
Dayton. Gho.*;
wa e«iUiate d.yl
be British gotft iinwiiiAv toloi>(aff *
U*ff 1 alky in IK* Huudan, mid will iireiti-
r rJ»*ttoiiipt to miaruo ( o.ionU Goiilon
bartoiini until tliuljuitHiiiii.
tasBAL twisona wfrro Mllod slid fwont>
W nil cooid nt through which * r«f-
»«4|ti affi whs thrown Iroin iibridffo in o Iho
riVJ mar c'uid tl i'o 1,
_ Br Ik* u,*» t ng of n y* ht At Midland,
0<tarih, Ihr. o mon wore drowned.
JfiHBln I ondon burned out Williani White
“I. »lufRo doalor in goods of every ilascrln-
tiK. omsing ii loss offl.uou.oou.
Mamy prrauns are dying continually of
yellow fovar on tho Isthmus of Panama.
, Wlu king mi I qiiOoh of Italy o.icnod tho
mkruatlonil oxpoiitiou at Tuiiu.
• A nuu.at Panama destroyed two blcoks
of homes, causing lssrs which a^gregnti
•SO,OTO. Ptiring its pr igross a large mob
of artl d 11 tndoi ere were fired upon by own-
bulldings mid so, o. al JillKd.
ministerial lmrtj- has boon suo Tsiful
In Mb elections in Bpain.
Tjiikty con irto wirj injured by the sud-
den fall of a p r:. of tho new baiTick. in pro-
cesa.of erect Oil at Port.mouth, Kngland.
. A OBKATrn loss of life than was at first re
ported remit hI from tho tumbling of a train
of oan through a bridge n< ar Cuidad-llcal,
H|« n thirty-right corpus having boon takon
from tho wr o t. Fifty •oldiera wor report d
misting.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Rons Lyttoh intends to write a play for
IfIw Mary Anderson.
Mad ami Patti, of Mapleson’a opera troupo,
hassnilel from New York to Europe.
Rknry Ihvikq’h recvlpto during his Amor
Lon engageniont are estimated at over $10),
Baudot; Is nt work on a new play, tho
chief part of which is inten led for ikrn-
hardt
FtiAULiin Maris Sot.dat Is a popii'ar
■lid acco.ui lldiod ptoftulonol vloftn stin
At ,tria.
Cdtosar. Maplmok 1* going to give an op.
erati-t fWival in Chicago, May, 1885, if noth
ing inter rents t> pre ent.
In Ban Kran lsco Gerator recolvrl a floral
ris-o slxte n feet hlzh, and Patti silver
images worth several thousand dollars.
" itiBNTiN Matsyh.’' a new opera by Jao-
o a military hand master, has boon woll
wd at the Theatre l.oyal, Antwerp.
*.iu»U t the grtltii r,pe t*cle of “Bie ia,”
now th- r.tgo n Paris, will bo presented by
the Kintlfys. nttho Ktartheitre, Now York.
TumuEare 11 o ver ionsof an old Ge -ni»n
rpe tao'e called "The Bevrn Kate is," which
nre in coureo of trnn latlon tob; p ayednoxt
season.
Matiiii.ua CoTTitKi.I.Y is to create the
charactorof “Ne l Gwynne" in tliis country
wlten that opera is produced at tho Now York
Casino.
Bextiiovun’r and Bchubort s remains are
to bo disinterred from th > Wnliring church
yard, and trannorred to tho Central comotory,
Vienna.
Gounod Is writing an important work to
dennllsh tVagwr. It will lie divided into
throe parts, “Tito Man, ’ “Tho Arti‘t,' and
“The fcchool.t 1
Lawuenoe BAnnETTwIll return from Eng
land July 1, op'tilng in Iteuvo" exposition
week. He goes tlioiico to Bait imko City and
San Frnm is o.
IttiitKNHTEiN, sin o Ills visit to this country,
Ims lost tho ns-) of ono , yo by a entera -t. Tho
snrgtsjiis fun" hi n|suute nj>n it, us the othor
eye may iw ondangcro I thereby.
Mhk. Schumann, widow of Holwrt Bcliu
Minim, is listy-fivo, nnd slin lias licon lieforo
tho public as ,i planisl.fi.rllfty-slx years. Blio
oates as j I'u it. t iiLlm-iattn as over.
LAwnENCH Baurbtt is pinytrg bofo.erttll
but not ciowdod ho :s s in ino i.ycoum
tlionlra, l oti on All t o p.i|s rs pro si Ills
into 1 g. li t , b it buy ho cunnot nttaiu ttio
higliost ellccts.
Manaoers in Now Kntnswi k and Nova
Bcolia am 11 king for an in iut o good at
tractions into tli. ir country in tho in I. Tit -y
think the pr. Hiiloutial election in tho Btntes
will drivo them (lit orwartl. Thnproapo.-
tivo least may oud iu famine.
Tomaso Bai.vini itates in u private lo ter
that nil Ids plant for Ids vi it In this con try
next sea-on itavo fallen through, no mnnu er
being nil ing to mako satis nc ory termi for
lorn - performances a week, whl n is nil tlie
great tragedian is ablu to play.
JOE JueyerkON’h next season will consls
of twenty wcoUh i illy, and m ist of tho timo
will bo spent in one night town'. Hn will
bogin in Bcptomlior an I close about February
1, when he n ill return to his Louisiana plan
tation.
He VIm Left,
A Paris thief was trapped in a queer
manner the other day. He got into a
suite of rooms during the absence of the
oocupanta and had gathered everything
valuable, ready to carry off. He then
bethought himself that a new suit of
clothes was very desirable, so he doffed
his garments with a view of replacing
them by others, Bearoely had he re
duced himself to the garb of a primitive
man when he heard a step outside and
promptly hid himself nnder the bed.
Rome one in the same line of business as
himself entered the room, and gathering
up all he could And, including the first
intruder's suit of clothes, departed.
The first thief, therefore, in subsequent
ly emerging from his hiding place,
found himself bereft of his wardrobe.
He was therefore compelled to await the
return of the owner of the property,
who at once handed him over to tno
oolice.
In a speech at a hotel vanning in
Wisconsin, Peck, of the iS'un, said
that in his opinion there was a great
affinity between newspaper and hotel
men. He remembered when be was
acting as olerk in a hotel, many years
ago. His experience there had taught
him s principle invaluable if applied to
the newspaper business—to make peo
ple pay in advance.
1UMMARY OF CONGRESS.
•tennis. . ■
ito agreed to a rfitelittlon pro'ki
th* deposit in the BnRhsntiian Instl-
thc silk flag presented to tint Bcuntn
Jwoph Newman, of California, being
I American fin* made of American
llio llouro bill to eetibllsli anil
maintain a bureau ot Intidr statistics was
repnrto 1 favorably; aim Mr. Blair's
bill to provld i for tho study of pbysio'ogy and
tho effects of intoxicating, iinrcot c nnd i oli-
aiou* substances on lifo. Ii ’nlth nud wotlnro
among tho I eonle of tho Territories and the
1 (strict of Columbia.. Tho Boiuito voted to
itisl t mio i it ■ amendment, to tbeiiavnlap-
propri .linn Id 1... .Mr. WII* in soke un his
joint ixsoltiton relating to lnter-Btnto onn-
Mer o.
Tho greater portion of -no day's session
wnsdovntod to the bill to establish a bureau
of animal industry, nud to oxtirputo eonto-
* lulls cattle illscnaes. On inotiun of
Ir. Coke tho disease known r(
“Texas favor” was exempted from diseases
lntcndod to be Included within the moaning of
the uct, s i far as it concerned transporta
tion to market. An amendment was ndnptod
to strike out alto oilier tho reference to tho
slaughter of nntninls The amount to bn np-
propiistcd by tlio bill was reduced to
*151),noil... .Thubill to cons ilidnto tho bureau
of mlU'ary justice nnd tin corgis of judge adg
voentes of tn. army was iiassml.
Hsus.
Tn his g rayer the chagiltln of the House In
voked dlvli.e protection for the Oreely relief
exg edition, and dlvim aid for n sue lessful
teniiinnt'on of its mission... .The bill for tho
relief of Myr.i C.ark Caines wns, after debate
in cenuniitoe of the wh T‘, 1 il I a ide with a
favora I.) recomniendatinn....The llmise
a re id to the conference regiort on tho little
dell; ioncy liill.... At the nvvning toci .n sov-
cra' pmsinn bil'swcre passisi.
Mr. ltewl t r.dterato.I the tntiment made
by him oil the giroviou, Friday that Becretory
Cliaiidler hod received ♦‘JO l.t 0) for tjio sale of
c indemned rer-e's. and had not yet tume 1
tho money iuto tlie treasury, as required
by law. He said it wns do ositod wiln thn
treasury to the rroilit of tho secretory of
the navy, and ho could draw out the whole of
it at any timo on hi, more check witliou'.
vouchers. Ho imgiutcd no iiitentiou on Iho
part of t lie secretary to do any dishonest thing.
But tlm issue wns whothor a great oflier r of tlie
f government h ut obeyed the command of tlie
aw. He asserted that tha S' crctary had nut.
Yr. Calk ns, of Ind atts, defon lnl secretary
C a 1 filer. He said tho 1 tw ro ulrcd only tint
the neb i ro cods be cot era I into the treas
ury 'I h > not pro ooda r f thn s ilo could not
bn obtained until all ert oiulltures hail boo r
si t,tlul for. a id this hnl not yet been d itto.
...At the e.tnlng aersi n sgnwclioa were
made by Mo sr . Wolford o' Kentucky, nud
nn link n. of Misslssi igii. in favor of the
Mor i on tnrifT I ill, a id by Moss a. Hto m
n il I nwrctuo if i’emisvlrania, in o igios tion
t . it
PROMINENT PEOPLE,
Patti, (ho singer, plays billiards alraoit os
woll ns sho warbles.
The Into duko of Bucelouoh ownod the
groabT i art of thn e Scotch counties.
United Htatkh Benator Looan’h fatlioi
was an Irish doctor, nnd camo to America in
1828.
General Gordon is said to bo the only
Christian who is prayed for in tho mosques at
Mecca.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the
novelist, is a tenant in Washington of Gener
al Grant.
Edward Koglehton’s daughter, Allegro,
Is clnimod to bo tho host woman wood carver
in America.
The emoiois of Austria sets typo with the
grace and skill which innracterizo an intelli
gent (oinposior.
Don Pedro, having as.ended the thron*
of I4rn/. 1 at the a ,e of six, lias now roigued
longer th »n any otiior living so .e cign.
President Jewett, of the Erie road, is a
coils ant sufferer from ihiuuatim, and hi*
affliction i* said I e telling on ills otherwise
rugged constitution.
The Earl of Aylcsford, who h is paid $75,*
000 for a ranch in Texas, and has nought a
hotel at Big Bprin s, in th it Htnto, is heir to
nn estate of $18,000,000.
Verdi, tho composer, is an immtwelve*
look ng old man, w*th s mw white hair mid
n i;s ache. Hi* spiritt an I iicalth have been
failing over hinco the deuth of Wagner.
Neither of tho two living daiichterv* of
Gen ral Robert E. Lea marriol. Tli iy both
live with th ir brotnor, who sue .’ceded his
father oh prouidentof Washington university.
Ex-Senator David Davih wears his mar
riage w 41, an 1 is raid by his friends to b*2
jovial, social rn l oven sprightly - more like
a boy of twei.ty than a man of 375 or there*
al o ts.
Congressman O’Hara, tho colored mem
ber lion North Car >lina, i* a graduate of
Harvard and a lawyer by pr.ifo* ion. Ho
lives in go m! stylo and has n wiiite tutor for
his four children.
President Arthur favors bu Ming anew
mansion on Lufayotte s iuarc, opposite the
>Vhite Hous), for the strictly pn vate home
of the chief magistrate, and .otiiiniug the old
White IIous • for tho executive offl es and for
ho ding o.iicial and pubti s receptions, din
ners, cto.
The i 0)t Whittier has attempted little lit
erary work of late. At long intervals he
stays for a day or two in Boston, but soon Is
most of hi* time quio'ly ia Danvers. He has
long been far from s rong, and unless ho
gains new strength during the summer ho
will cease writing albogoth r.
King John, of Abyssinia, is cruel. On re
turning from an interview with him General
Gordon saw forty H ulan soldier i mutilated
together nud sent to liog s, w th a mes a^o
th it if his high io s wanted eu-iuchs ho cou d
hay.! them Two thousand Egyptians, tiken
E riso ors, were « rd re 1 to march. Be n ;
mgr/ on l faint, hey re U33d. The Abys-
hinians shot at them a> at targets
Society is the atmosphere of souls;
and we necessarily imbibe from it some
thing which is either infectious or heal‘h-
fol.
After a Battle.—The London Daily
News correspondent writes of the battle
of Teb in Epypt on Feb. 29: “Our line
of march coincided with the path of re
treat of the 4th of February. Beginning
near the fort, skeletons half oovered
with flesh dotted either side of the line
of advance for miles. On the scene of
the massacre of Baker's square it was
strewn literally with hundreds, numbers
of them in the most extraordinary atti
tudes, and with fleshlcss fingers clutch
ing into the sand. 1 noticed most of
them lay on their faces, and showed
one or more spear thrusts iu the back,
head and neck. It was a hideous pio-
ture—those grinning, half-decomposed
skeletons, in their position so significant
of abject despair, and it would have hor
rified tho most hardened against such
sights,"
NUMBER 22.
THE JOKSS BUDGET.
— \
AN OLD LADT S INJUNCTIONS.
“Now, Jennie,” aaid the old lady, m
she kissed her granddaughter good-by*
in, an Eastern bound Pullman, “be auro
an’ take oare of yourself; you'll sleep at
a'hotel to-night; air well your sheets aa*
underclothes; look the door an' look uic
der tho bod; don't blow tho gas ont, but
screw it down; hang your back hair
where you oan find it easy, there’a a
roll of flannel in the portmanty for your
pore feet, which is always so dreadful
cold; it won’t matter muoh your having
bo tooth brush; but for the Lord's lake
don’t put your front teeth in a glass of
water; when poor Miranda Oreen went
to New York sue did, an' next mornifig
they wero froze into a solid blook; sun’s
yonr life, Jennie, I—”
But just at this moment the eonduo*
tor oried “all aboard,” and theold lady,
to the voung one's intonso gratification,
boat a hasty retreat.—Evan tv i lie Argm.
Tn* Lioirr keeper's dauobth*.
Air: “ Tho Pretty Little list Catcher's
Daughter.”
In ths Bay of Iternrgat netted * Jolly, Jolly tar
And ha watched like * cat o'sr the water,
Till ho spied front tho main-top-gallant.forward-
mi seen epsr
Tlie pretty little light koepor'a (laughter.
Then ho landod on th. land did this Jolly, Jolly
tor,
And lie chased o'er tho sand till he caught
her.
Bays lie: “My pretty miss, Pve got to havo a
klse
From the pretty light koeper's daughter.
But she ^squealed a little squeal at the jolly,
And she said sho didn’t feel as it she'd
ought to i
Then alto scooted up tho bar and hollowed for
Iter ms,
Oh, the pretty little light keeper') daughter.
“Sure my namo’aBarnoy Flynn,” aaid the jolly,
Jolly Ur,
" ind at drinking Holland gin I'm a snorter.”
Then a tnb of waahing bltto—eoap suddenly
she threw—
Did the mothor of tho light keeper's
daughter.
'Now, Barney, git,” aheapat, at tbs Jolly, Jolly
Ur,
And yon bet that Barney gat for tho water.
Titus tho placo from near and far waa named
by the ma
Of the pretty little light keeper's daughter.
Adam Clabk.
LAST IN BED BLOWS OUT TRM LIGHT.
Old Undo Plowgit and his wife were
holding a sort of love-feast the othor
night, recounting old times. Aa Ilia
worthy eouplo slowly prepared to retire
they went over tho days gone by in a
highly onterteining manner.
“Do you know, 'Hinb, I feel jnat as
young as I ever did?” said Unolo
Plowgit, exuberantly.
“So do I, Enoch,” sprily responded
Aunt 'Blah.
Then a thought suddenly ooourred to
Unole Plowgit, and wheoling on his bee'
ho cried out:
“Last iu bod blows out tho light I"
and made a pluugo for the side of Iho
couoli. His wile, though taken by snr
prise, wus nothing liehind him in
sprightliness, and their aged heads met
aliout tha middle of thn bed with a
startling thump. Aunt 'Itiah doubled
up on tno floor, nnd old Unele Plowgit,
rubbing the top of bis head, mattered,
“What two durued old fools wa be, any
how I"—IHlttburg Chronicle-Telegraph
TUI GLORIOUS WEST
Western Man—“Oh, yes; the West ia
n great couutry. You should get out
there while you’re youtig."
Eastern Youth—“What capital will I
need?"
Western Man—“Well, you ought to
have enough to llvo on for n year or two;
hut don’t forget to take a shovel and
pick with you. You may need them the
firet night.”
Eastern Youth—“Why, what for ?”
Western Man—“It is not safe to go to
sleep until your cyolone cellar is fin
ished.”— Philo. Call.
LISBON FROM TH* SANCTUM.
Dairyman—“Here is a reply to some
strictures of vours on milkmen, and I
wish you would print it”
Editor (after glancing it over)—“Why
this is nearly two columns in length."
Dairyman—“Well, you have plenty of
room, I guess.”
Editor—“But it don't say anything in
particular. All yon have here oonld be
condensed into a quarter of a column.”
Dairyman—“Then yon won’t use
it?"
Editor—"Certainly not. Before rush
ing into print you should learn not to
water yonr thoughts.”
TH* DIFF BBXNC*.
Lorn* (innocently to her dear Ed
mund)—“Edmund, oan yon tell me
what is the difference between George
Washington and a snake ?"
“No, dear, I cannot.”
“Well, Eddy, a snake lies about trees
and Oeorge Washington didn’t. That’s
all”
FOLLOWING HU INSTRUCTIONS.
“1 can’t pay that bill just now; yon
trill have to wait a little for the money.”
“All right, sir,” ohecrfolly responded
.he boy, as he seated himself and un
folded a copy of the Police Gazette.
“Them’s the orders of the boss.”
“What are the orders of the heasr
demanded the gentleman, sternly.
“I’m to wait for the money.”