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-FRIDAY, MARCH 11.18S1.
Tex Tczas House tots passed a bill to
graven; the plea or ora v dtauk befog urg-
<«din exteauaaoa df crime.
Cmcico is taUiag stops to celebrate tho
tenth muive-x. ry ox her big fire next fill
ud txlks or zarpasring nuy display ever
in .'ns co.'.ory.
Twin-z'i uc qnnrto of slrawberries
SMH shipped irorn Jackson ride Inst week,
til sold in New York for $2.0 per quaru
“There's uit'Uoat in it 1”
*PtM ( bow do editors get in free at all
the shows?" “Well, sonny, ns a general
rwle, they £••• lire doll.irs worth of advert
ising for a twenty- five cents ticket.”
Qrtxs V--otobu was so strack tho other
j*y with tho jvpidity and apparent ease
with which a lady was propelling a t icycle
along the Ventuor road, at the Isle of Wight,
Shat oho hr d one of the same kind ordered
io Osborne for die benefit of the Princesses.
Sanasri'-Y Fuesvan will resign at noon
to-day, and ho gives himself a good bead-off
to the Seau e by the annoaucemeat tlipt he
has decren -ed r ,c pnblic debt daring lus
term $20S,, 24,700, and the interest on the
debt $17,577,703. Good boy, John; go np
ahead.
T»s Mentor correspondent of the Now
STork Hern'd says: “Ion may be certain
‘that Bob Lincoln will bo a member of the
Cabinet, parity on sentimental grounds
. and partly io please John Log.ui, bat Inrge-
j to conciliate and clinch Senator Davis
<Of course, yon see that point.”
BxnxzsznA.ro was visited according to the
statistics collected by the Alpine Clnb of
dial/, by M‘J0,bc3 ionrisis in 1879. Of these
909,090 ca mo T om Germany and Austria,
*00,009 from England, 200,003 fromjl’ranco,
and 00,000 from the United States. The
Joreign travel is estimated to pay the swiss
$40,OJU,CJJ aauaally.
Asa AVedn .dat.—This fast day is of very
aacir.nt origin, leaving been established no.
later thnn Gregory tbo Great. It recalls
&e begin j .ig of Lent, and is universally
•beertea t'.ronghont Christendom. It
apposed to have acquired i.s name from
the practice of peuitents on that day to
sprinkle a«’ie i on their forenends in token
ol their psjhe ice. It is regarded as a day
«f obligr.iioj, noon which every Christina
is in dc<y bound to attend divine service.
All me regular appropriation bills, ex
cept the general deficiency bill, have !>een
passed. Too total amonut appropriated
m (101,230,178. The largest amoant hero-
itafore was ^1;'.>,023,703.04 for 1874; the
amallest duri Jg the last twelve years, $14.V
130,7.'tyOG, for <670. This fractifying stream
■'•l public plunder is enriching the land
writh il3 own Mood.
Hv.su Bos «n, ttie veteran Illinois Con-
tad railroad engineer, is (load. When Gen.
fsrant and t xv iy returned f rom their trip
-wound tilt- world Itnsh pnt them through
from Kreepo -t to Galena, a distance of
Afty miles, in forty-eight minutes. As t'ne
nz-Proaidejt ..nipped fro a the coach he
walked to the cab, took Rash by the hand,
and said: “Von gave me the fastest ride
over bad, and I cl ways feel safe when you
hold the throttle.”
lx-tfi now generally believed that Conda-
Aar will be abandoned for good by the
-British this spring. The Afghan war was
made with the ostensible purpose of open-
icg up diplomatic intercourse with Cabal,
and now after the exi>cnditare of some
-millions of money and the sacrifice of some
buudmljof valuable lives, the Government
- acinaJly does not know whether the new
Amstris really deader alive, whether he
-is reigning in peaoe and magnificence or
Aai been hounded oat of the country.
- A coMrucsoar education bill has passed
the Illinois Senate, which requires all chil
dren between the ages of eight and four-
te*n . oars to attend a pnblic school for
iwotvc week ., sis of which shall be consec-
wuvtt, -in each school year. Test books
are to be famished free to the poor, and
th* school Ur sees who do not prosecute
parents and guardians for disobedience of
•An law are mode liable to pay the fine ira-
powu by the law. This responsibility of
tais.ees clause is an improvement onconi-
so -y educational laws now on the sUttuio
'bonks of a few of the .Steles,. and will vory
Slki-ly tilde die Illinois Jaw. a live one.
Sbsa origin of many, of Uioreuriocs Eng
lish tavern signs are explained in All the
Tear Itoand. What was foiinerly Boulogne
ItoBih has bocomo Bull aud MouJi; Ccour
. Jkbia (Golden Heart) is now Queer Door;
-Bacchanals has been turned into Bag o’
Jlaila: l’eg end Wassail (referringto an old
taaiom) into Pig and Whistle; George Can-
tang into George and Cannon; and God
-Xacotnpu-.ieil Us into God and-Compasses.
A gaming house, kept by tk- r.-cnchman/
«* * die sign Pique et Ca.-.cau (Spades
<m J Diamonds), which, ander the next oc-
'itJ'ba an Englishman, who didn’t under
stand L, became Pig and Carrots.
A Staiaumi Mui or Wealth.—In a few
msess, says tlie News and Courier, tbo ship-
jcqo.-i- of frnita and vp^hibloa from Charles
ton’ t0 No.them ports will commence.
Xne.aa.’O unw under - cultivation around
’Cnoiuiton, within convenient distance
juua Uie railroad depots and wharves,
-nfeo-ii j.xJ ncies of strawberries, which-will,
sn«b a favorable season, furnish -for ship-
-ifft- .i u» New York alone about 1,033,000
quamt of berries; about 1,57) acres of pom-
toes, wuli an aggre.vaie probable out-
.jtorn of u03>oO barrels; about 303 Acres of
tens iocs, aud about the same number of
v^rcs in peas and beans. These farms arc
TMglily cuLW.ired, end-are a soarce of great
profit to the owner- when they can get the
ctujm to market early in the season. The
abAWiHj 'y arjp, which is most valuable,
i* veil H’vaticed, and the season promises
Isa : n’ly, and, consequently profitable.
Bio Bnino*.—The mason work on
thu j.ookiy n approaches to tliogreat br-dge
«ver East Ki ver has jastbeen finished and
Abo steel lloor-beams ore now being swnng
onto position. Tbe two roadways will lie on
4fae outer sides of the bridge and tho foot
paths exactly in the cenire, with a siroet
railroad on either aide. Two courses of
timber wi 1 1 bo used for tho flooring. Tbo
lower, which is intended to bo permanent,
■wilt be of yellow pino inches thick, and
tbe material is now being soaked in creo
sote u> toughen it against the action of tho
we*ilwr. The upper flooring, which will
he replaced as fa .t as it wears' away, will
he of white oak 2'-f inches thick. There
ere now cboui 1.7) men employed on the
Bridge, nearly ell of whom have been at
si nk Lance its foundations were laid.
A Navada sheriff had a judgment for
*24,000against the Central Pacific railroad
.for ieiLC * duo his county. He made the
judgement good by seizing two trains be
longing to tbe railroad company, andload-
< od vl. i Lttvuengera and freight. The law-
ytr<t of ue raiUroad kept np a fusillade of
t. in* from San ^raacisco protesting
Against Cm seizure, and informing him
th t iho rolling stock of the company was
ino/v'Agedaud could not be attnebe; 1 , and
they rtifr. od him to i. ctionsof .he laws of
the bin e; but no i-ep’.iod that, morigr;,e or
•- > tno-v;i'ge, ho was going to seize every-
. thing belonging to the oompeay that cn .no
a. .. . ad iliat lie would put up a notko
■it • ioai ."/a dproperty iht a-I ow-
ing df.j. This brought (he comp ny to
b liu once paid lb: ..halo
smoimt of the ja<l_ .aeut.
El-ifetatism.
The Mosstaby Cositeggjice.
A apec : al Washington irorrespoiu'ent of
Uie New Yo>k Daily Commercial Bullei:n
of tho 1st iostaot, has a letter which pre
sents the following very interesting facts
in respect to the proposed International
Conference Ic romonetlzo silver:
Yonr oo-’ -esaondent found General War-
IIofT the Pirooid eu t -Elect Traveled.
A Gorgeous Triumphal Car.
The LaFayeito (Indiana) Courier de
scribes at length tbe gorgeous accommo
dations furnished by the Cleveland and
Lake Erie railroad to tbe Garfield family
for their Inaugural journey to Washington:
Tno outside of the car is finished in roga-
lnr Pullman style, patent platforms, coup-
and rural communities of the Southern
Stales.
ne--, of Ohio, the author of the silver bill, lisgh wheels and all complete. The intc-
who seems to bo better informed regarding
the proposed ’monetary conference than
anybody else, and talked with him as fol
lows : ,
“Has a monetary congress roal'y neon
determined on?” _ _ ,
“Yes. France asked Uie Untied States to
join their nation and invito other nations
to make up the conference.”
“AVhat nations were ineladed?
“All the nations of the Latin Union, and
tbe oihor nations that participated in tho
couference of 1878, and Spain.”
“Have any returns come?”
“Yes. Germany and Spain have replied
in tho affirmative, and we know i’uo other
tuitions will. There will be no difficulty in
proenring a fall attendance.”
“How far along have yon got with the
matter ?”
“It has been decided that tbe conference
shall be held on April 19lh, in Paris. The
French diplomatic ropresentative_ asked
that the notices be sent oat from this coun
try, and I presume they have gone. Mr.
Evnrta had them drepaved several days
ago.”
“Has any intimation been given by
France as to the rate at which silver shall
be valued ?”
“Yes. There are two main propositions
to go before tho Convention. First, un
limited coinage at the rate of 15X of silver
to 1 of gold. Second, silver coins to be un
limited legal tender.”
“Are the silver coins of the agreeing —
lions to be of uniform weight ?”
“No. Francs would not bo legal tender
in tho United States, nor onr dollars legal
tender in Franco; but anybody conld take
American dollars to tbe French mint and
have them coined free into francs; or any
body conld take francs to an American
mint and have them coined into dollars.
So with the coins of all other agreeing
nations. The nations woald have each the
right to regulate the denomination and size
of their coins, bat when they would be
taken to another nation’s mint they conld
be recoined on demand f-roe of cost at tho
coinage rate of 15)^ to l.”
“What are you doing about it in Con
gress ?"
“Simply appropriating money to pay tbo
expenses of onr commission. That is all
right. The sundry civil appropriation bill
has provided tor that.”
“Who will be onr representatives ?"
“That I do not know. Nobody knows. _
think, however, that Mr. Evarts himself will
bead our commission. He lias bad nil to
do with the mailer so far, unde-^tands it
thoroughly, and I think he would rather like
to superintend the carrying ontof tho ob
ject.”
This information is the strelgbiest and
most satisfactory I have received from tbe
two dozen very prominent men I have seen.
The proposition of Frauve, it will be
seen, adds about 0J cents to tbe melalic
value of our silver dollar; or, iu other
words, seems to be based on tbe assumption
that the rise In tbe value of silver, eqnse
quent on its remonetization by the nations
of the world, and the decline in tbe rela-
ive value of gold which must result from
its diminished consumption in coin, owing
to the general remonetization of silver
rior is elegantly famished, and at each end
there Is a drawing room of comfortable di
mensions, surrounded with plate-glass win
dows. The decorations of these drawing
rooms are done in Eaailoke style, rendered
more odd by many beautiful Jnpaneso de-
3 : gns. Next to the drawing-room, in what
we would mil the front of um oar, is a pri
vate deeping apartment, winch wi‘l beset tbo President a permanent legislative
aside for the use of the President. Adjoin* foico equal to 2-47 Senators and Kepi e-
allogelber migiit make up the otheriuoiely
of silver depreciation—so that the French
proposition may he said to meet the silver
depreciation half way, aud to divide the
difference. This seems lo be very fair and
reasonable. K would demand the recoin
age of our silver merely to add tbe value
ofa picayune in silver to every dollar;
but meanwhile, in general popular circu
lation, so small a difference would hardly
interfere much with tbeir free use- as
currency.. It would not do so at all if
government received them at par on tlie
new basis for recoinage, pocketing the loss,
which it ought to do; and, also, the Trade
dollars, which are above par, should be
recoiued as standard silver dollars on tlie
basis established by conference. A silver
coinage of unifoim value with gold
throughout the world is an important
object which should enlist the best efforts
of the country to secure.
A Snnltnrjr Suggestion,
WEicn Seems hot to Have Occurred
to Anybody Else.
Nothing is more striking in tbe archi
tecture of New York city than its rapid and
general Increase in height. Old Girard used
10 say that there was no ground rent in
tbe shies, and hence he was among the
first in Philadelphia to pile story on story
above the stereotyped two or three. Iu
New York, where lots bear an extraordi
nary value, an eleven story building, two
of which are below the gronnd floor, is
now not very uncommon. There are, In
fact, many in that city, and we are re
minded by the following from tbe Sun, of
the 1st Instant, that progress is still on
ward and upwaid:
Mr. D. O. Mills, ibeCaliforniaeRpua'ist,
has co.ic'cued negotiations for tbeper-
cliasoof alr-ge block of wl estate in
Broad m root, opposite tho Stock Exchange.
Tho lots and former owners are rs follows:
11 Broad siiroei, C. G. Franklyn; 13 and 13
Broad sioeot and 35 tVaU street, the Fur-
niss estate; and 17, 19, ajd 21 Broad street,
and f 1 Exchaugo place, the Charier Oak
Insurance Comwny. The f onUi'ro on
Broad street from ibe Drozd Building >o
Exchange place is 135 feet. The i«nc-'uv-es
were mndo at private sole, and from t-’nst-
wor by sonroes ii 5s learner’ that tlie n- tce
paid for tho entire properi/ was aboa. fci,-
40,CD. It is rer>o- tod Oral th’s sum is di
vided about p.s follows: For the Franklyn
lot, $175£ 3; tbo Foroias properiy, S-Tf 1,-
C. and the Cha-'ter Ork, *700,OCX Eefoio
completing tbe pcrch. se Air. Midis made
a mazements whereby the p eeent tenants
will vacaio the premixes May 1st, when he
expects to bo able to bogm tho work of re-
moilng -ho present bnilcfogs. Jt is his in
tention io erect a single bc-’i'lng upon the
ptope.ij for bank nnd office purposes. It
will be uioe stories Ugh. Architects and
conlrac.o-s mo now atwo -K upon plans
and e.-ilimales. M . Mills has made tho
purchase on his own accor for r.i Invest-
man**
The improvements couiomplated will
drive a large number of brokers and bank
ers to other quartern and in cousoqnenoe
rents advanced considerably in Wall street
yesterday. It- is said that tho rents of the
released offices iu the Drezel Building,
which adjoins ibe p.roperiy. have been dou
bled.
Now a nine-story building, with cellar
and sub-cellar in roode -n s.yle, giving itu
average of sixteen feet to tlie story, will
ha70 walls 170 feet high, and above
ground 130 fed, not allowing fur ioor,
cornice and balluslrade. They may
well be fire-proof, for it Is well-nigh !m-
po'sible to get water up to them by me
cliunical force.
Another poiut of view which wo have
never seen mentioned, is tlmt they shut
out the sun altogether, except when <1 is
precisely vertical. Those parts ofBioad-
way which are shaded by such lofty
structures, and remembered years ago as
light and airy, are now in tbe gloom of a
perpetual and dense shade—now be
tween tbe post-office and Astor House;
and as tbe pressure for space increases and
buildings ascend, tlie sun will hardly
touch the soil of Now York City'. A
dank, stagnant and unwholesome atmos
phere will pervade the place, adding lo its
bills of mortality. A street sixty fyet
wide, bounded on either side by hoffes
ing this apartment are toilet rooms, dress
ing chambers, wardrobes anil everything
necessary for convenience and comfort.
Next to ihis is a sitting room, supplied with
berths for tbe accommodation of guesto.
Tho culinary department, though it is
crowdod in a smnfl space, represents every
thing necessary for perfection iu that most
useful art. Tho car has beon got out for tho
occasion, end while admiring tlie beanty of
tho finish wo are glad to note that it was
done by home enterprise. Tho car has
been refitted throughout with a now body
Brussels cairoet of Egyptian pattern, with
olive ground work ana old gold mnroon
and black ns the predominating colors,
tlio whole mak-ng a snug and comfortable
fit, done under tbo supervision of Robert
Alexander. The sleeping chamber bus re
ceived special care. Cretonne lamberqpins
with old gold nnd sage trimmings nnd
bronze ball fringe, suspended on ebony
rods with gilt- rings and brackets, adorn
each window. Scattered throngjout_ the
car are Singapore nnd Ka-vcheo rogs of tho
finest quality iu great profusion. Add : lion-
al effect will be produced by a ranging rare
nnd beautiful flowers in proper places in
the car. Tho furniture throughout is ns el
egant as is found in tbe most luxtuions
messing rooms.
The fuanjaiatlon.
The Popplelon Nens will io-moriow
print the following telegram from the In
auguration:
“A heavy, leai’eu sky anil a blustering
no -.beast ga’o welcomed the inaugural
mo n of Mr. Garfield. Tho city was
thronged with sLrongera by tbo hundred
ihonsand. G-eat clouds of dost swept
down Pennsylvania avenue nt the rate of
thirty miles an hou - . The pressu roo’ the
immeuse throng was ve y much feared at
first, but after a Kilo experience was found
extremely beneficial in breaking the force
of tlie wind and restraining the flight of
crinoline. The procession was so long that
it preceded a g- eat deal loo long. The
display of mlliiary was fri nply audacious.
Tbe colored troops from tho rebel Soath
looked fierce as tom-cats. There were 400
brass bends in hue, all brassing at once.
The number of star-spangled banners
which flattered and snapped and frayed
in tbe Arctic breeze, was 3,719)£. The
line of march was three and a half
houre iu passiug a given point, aud never
got by it because .hat point was\ n lager
beer saloon, a id the boys were dry nnd so
doit/. Gurfio’ds Inaugural was tho longest
ever snoke i. Tlie wiud took the beginning
of it near a hand-rod miles before he came
toibe amen. Jt was fall of glory, also col
ored schools. AH Ohio i3 hero except the
niK-ses and sc : >ool-ma ms. T >o State
bonghta through ticket, and mo-tgaged
their salaries to pay it. All nro entitled io
nn office, and say they have the credentials.
More anon.”
SBCOyD DMPAVCg.
Three platfo ms blew down and sp- ained
their aukles and scratched their faces. No
bones broken, but a number of dresses
torn. The wind continues lo bowl. The
dast is prodigious. The last Cabinet rnmor
at Riggs’ is BlaiDe, Coukliug, Sherman,
Brace, Langston, Edmunds, Morrill, Key
and Window. We shall go it strong.
Lemonade with a stick iu ii. There will be
a rowat the ball to-night because of distinc
tion on account of color, race and previous
condition. Tho management offer soap
and perfamery in vam. The case will go to
the West Point Snpremo Military Coait.
Foriy-five men have been hurt more or less
firing salutes. Standing room on the pave
ment of Pennsyl vania avenue is now quoted
ni *5 a square, foot. Ohio is mad about
Saner Krout. Garfield bn3 gone to the
While House and locked himself in. Say's
he wants rest and has liad enough for to
day.
Mr.H»jeV Last Kick. the locale aud extent of abuses, if wo
Hayes’ vetoes, one and all, though not J want to remedy them; aiid the chief seats
unconstitutional, are a simple abuse of; 0 f election frauds lu America are tbe
the veto power. This power is conferred large towns and clilc3—not tho scattered
on the President for self-pi otectfon—lo
prevent any invasion of executive lights
by Um legislative department. Obviously,
it was never intended that on matters of
mere financial or other governmental
policy, involving no constitutional ques
tions or scruples, tbe President should
balance himself against two-thirds of both
houses of Congress by mere official dicta
on the strength of reasons far betterurged
without weight, on tho floors of Congress,
That use of the veto power which makes
sentalives of tho United States can never
have been intended by the constitution.
It would bo a perpetual throttle on the
legal representative rights and power of
tbe American people, and so far as tliat
great power is concerned, it would put
them almost under an absolutism. But/
Hayes has never hesitated about a veto in
such cases, oven when he could assign no
reasons meriting a thought.
In thla case, where the banks and the fi
nancial power of the count ly have active
ly conspired to force a higher rale of inter
est than tho representatives of the people
felt themselves justified in offering, it
is not haul to -iiipett tho controlling mo
tive of tbo veto. Congress says 3 per
cenU interest is enough to pay for borrowed
money. Tho opponents of tho bill insist
on 3|. The difference seems small, but
it amounts in the aggregate to many roil
lions, and tbe effect of this veto will prob
ably cost tho people many millions more
—whether an extra session be caifod, or
tho goveirament goes on paying five and
six per ceat. interest on the maturing and
past due bonds. It is an extraoulinary at
titude for Mr. Hayes loset up his individ
ual official discretion against* the jud
rnent of Congress aud against the nation
al interests, on a mere matter of policy
after many weeks of attentive delibeta-
tion.
All (bat na’tofthe veto based on Mr.
Hayes *•judgment” of the probable effect
or tbe bill on the national banks Is falla
cious, if the judgtneut of Congress is ro be
allowed any force. The banks can take
care of themselves. They need no special
protection. The panic over a half pe
cent, loss on their bond investments, like
that about the silver bill, would soon sub
side, aud a 3 per cent, reilemp
tion fund is far belter than a bill
lion reserve paying no interest at all. Tno
country never yet suffered for the lack ot
people willing to start a bank, and if a
few retire, many more will tome to the
funeral. A Presidential veto iu the inter
est of banks had not appeared before for
several generations, and in these days of
corporate might and supremacy was not
needed. A veto in the interest of the pco
pie might have some reason and republi
canism in it, but a veto in tbe interest of
banks Mil against the people is a fishy
performance. It smells rank. It is an
anti-democ ra-ic affair, stroking of corrup
lion and treacheiy.
Er ro’e.ronco to ibis morning’s telegrams
it will be seen, that President Hayes has, at
the lest moii’snt, relumed the funding bill.
This wrs the 1 osclt planned by the capital
ists, cud ike late flurry in Wall street was
one of tho means used to bring it abont.
In this action, Hayes has discharged the
debt he incurred when, by frand, ho took
his seat. Tbe effect of this veto will bo to
silence tbo lin’ubnb in Wall 6troet; Jiut tho
country pays dearly for the quietus. In
May, $439,(131,030 worth of 5 per cent, bonds
bocomo rcdecmnblo; and in Juno, $20),-
673,700 of C’s. Thoso are tho bonds pro
posed to bo funded with 3 per cents, a
schemo which now falls to the ground,
leaving the country to pay a double rate of
interest for nearly a year upou about $700,-
000,000. Moreover, an extra session of
Congress is now necessitated to make pro
vision for tbe pnyment of maturing 6’s.
Here is Republican finance and Repnb-
lican policy. The reasoning of the
President in his accompanying messago is
labored and irrelevant to tho general ob
ject of ibe bill; its whole force, if force
there be, is to land tho system as ithns
been followed out, and to forco a rate of at
least per cent, bnt above all, to place
in the pockeis of the capitalists abont
twenty million of dollars of interest which
must ncci inulnte before this matter can
be rigirief. It is inadequate to hid9 from
the publfo tho fact that ho has but obeyed
the dfoU’ies of his masters. Reduced to
their l.’si analysis, tho reasons given for
M •. E;\< es’ veto are groundless fears for a
remote nnd undefined contingency. Ho
. easons flint it is bettor to boar an evil we
liavo become accustomed to, than to throw
it off uud take up a lesser one which possi
bly mny not fit onr shoulders. Such is bis
rersoniag, but such arc not his reasons.
One iuiog certaio, his snn has risen for
ti>e last Gme, and perhaps it is natural au
af m‘ ilslration begun by fraud nnd nursed
in corruption, should ond with a bonus to
the powers that sustained him.
How would it do to hold the World’s Fair
ou board the Groat Eastern ? With Grant
iu command the affair conld bo towed
around and exhibited ns an American side
show. There is a bold originality abont
this suggestion which will doubt?es3 charm
the average mind, and moreover tho plan
has its advantages. Tho time has come
when tho mountain of manufactures mast
search for tho Mahomet of trade, and noth
ing would bo so unique as this affair gotten
np in first-class style, and billed ahead for
years. A star engagement for instance
could be played in Japan, for thirty days,
and if business fell off, the show could be
workod round and opened np in London,
and so on. Moreover, it,would keep Grant
out of tho country, and that alone is suffi
cient to commend the suggestion. Tho
press generally havo only to take hold of
it and the tiling is accomplished.
Chailanooga Tradctnan.
There is generally not much good In at
tempting lo reason with laboring men or
mechanics who have determined on a
strike. But we may be able to set our
own work people thinking by propounding
them a few plain questions. Did they
ever know of a strike which really bene
fited tlie strikers ? Did any worksman
or tradesman in this city or out of it, ever
know of an advance of wages forced by
striking, being equal to the loss of wages
resulting from the strike? These are prac
tical propositions, and unless they can,
one or both, be answered in tbe affirma
tive, tbe idea of a strike, as a remedy for
real or fancied grievances, is a failure.
We havo observed some score or more of
strikes, and have calculated the losses
and gains to labor produced by them, and
we never could “figure it” any other way
except that labor had lost In the struggle
more than it gained.
From Sen. J. Hyatt Smil'is Sunday Sermon.
I did not make a pilgrimage to Mentor
recently as has been stated. I went there
upon invitation of General. Garfield. In
my Interview with the President-elect, I
told him I believed he was going to be
the President of tho whole county, not of
a section, nor a party, nor a taction of a
party alone, but of the whole people. His
two large eyes looked into my face like
twin republics as he replied: “While I
am superintendent of this national farm, I
shall allow no man to interfere with me,
aud by tho grace of God it will grow tbe
largest crops of prosperity, peace and hap
piness the country has ever known. But
while I am managing it I shall permit no
man——” I finished the sentence for him,
“to enter npon your field and call It Gar
field.” “That’s just it,” he said. He has
risen above political factions and alliances
and will be tbe President of the whole
nation.
Charlttion Notes and Courier.
If the Congressmen want to indulge
their grief in funeral speeches and to see
themselves in print, they should do it at
their own expense. They go to Washing
ton to attend to the public business, not to
waste time in driveling about men for
whom they cared nothing when alive
Tbs loss of a day m such trifling is an
injury to the public. It delays business
aud keeps Congress in session longer than
Is needful. Au aggravation of the injury
is tlie practice of publishing the funeral
orations of those who come to praise their
dead member, not to bury him. Twelve
thoimand copies of one set of memorial
addresses have just been published at
cost of thousands of dollars, and we
venture to say that not one in a hundred
of tlie handsome volumes will ever be
opened, except preparatory to tearing off
tho covers iu order to sell the insides ad
vantageously at the junk shop.
Wo have no desire to prevent any man
ifestations of sorrow, whether the mourn
ers be sincere or shamming, and tho sub
ject small or great. Tbe public have a
right to expect, however, that this shall
not be done to tho detriment of public
business and at the public expense. It is
a grave abuse, and sorely needs summary
correction. No adjournment on account
of tbe death of a member should be con
sented to as a matter of courtesy alone,
nor should appropriations for memorial
printing pass as a matter of course. If
the sense of Congress be squarely taken,
by a vote, tlio nonsense will soon come to
an end. Who will make tbo experl
ment ?
No Asiatics Admitted.
The United States Circuit Court in
Chicago, Judge Moran, last Monday de
nied the application of a Chinaman, one
Moy Sam, for naturalization as a citizen
Tbe Judge said:
“I nm, therefore, of opinion that a rnl : ve
of Chino, of tho Mongolian race, is not a
white person within tho meaning of »bo
act of Cong»es3.” Judge Choate, of New
York, was cited ns reaching the same opin
ion as JedgB Sawyer in a like npplicaiioD.
Judge Moran said there was a period wlieu
tho Chinese might liave been lawfully
naturalized, between the passage of the re
vision of tbo United Slates statutes and tho
net correcting tho errora nnd omissions in
that revision, February, 1877, tho word
“whiie” having been omitted in the re
vision.
So it seems tlie country has emerged
from tlie lurid glory of “common bniBon-
~iiy” doctrines, and re-established distinc
tions of color and race. The colored
citizenship of the United States must bo
confined to tbe African race, and they to
riie manor bom.
Ox Temperance.— We havo received
copy of an address delivered to the
members of the North Carolina Legisla
ture, by the Rev. Dr. T. H. Skinner, for
merly pastor of tlie Baptist Church of this
city, on tbe subject of temperance. That
body bad before them a bill prohibiting
tlie manufacturing and sale of intoxica
ting liquois. Tbe address is able, sugges
tive and crowded with statistics that roust
have carried conviction to the fair-mind
ed legislator who was fortunate enough
lo hear iu Many of tbe Doctor’s friends
will no doubt be glad to read this excel
lent document.
No Stock In Cbatlanaoja.
Superintendent MncRae sends, on tho
2nd rest., from Atlaula, the following lel-
giam in reference to an alleged freight
him k at Chattanooga:
I see by yesterday’s Teleoiiaph and Mra-
8 3XGEB that we are blocked with freight at
Chattanooga. This is nows to ns. Our
connection* will have to materially increase
their shipments before they block ns at
Chattanooga or elsewhere.
War. MacRae, Snp\.
Tue Southern Farmer’s Monthly"
—The March number of this superb agri
cultural journal is on our table, and filled
lo ibo brim with Ibe roost useful hints
aadinfo.maliontolbe Soul hern former.
The Monthly continues to impiove in all
dcpailmeuis, and, we are glad to learn,
alto In tho number of readers. Address,
J. II. Eslill, Savannah, Ga. Price, *2per
annum.
Atlanta Post-Appeal.—This excel
lent paper has put on a new dress, and Is
os attractive in tbe general make up as a
blushing maiden. It lias gone into new
qnaiieis, aud having its new type and
pro a, will be able todobet-er by its cus-
iomeis tli. u l .i siit*iSuccess to It.
nine stories above ground—say.. 150 feet
high—is HUlc better than a subterranean
passage. Were it p;’0‘lra ; *»d by'an earth-1 i v.i.cer Not in the Cabinet.—Cbas.
quake it would be buried about’eighty .1. IVIger, of New Yoik, ao-otdiog to lb*
feet deep in the debris; and,; standing or , quidnuncs, was not tendered tlie place oi
falling, la anything but tiiat jigiil a;.d S vre;;\,y of the Treasury, ’out that of At-
alry situation, which Is goo : ml or i lo.ney ,General, which lie declined. If
body. j so, the Hernia's cabinet slate is fractured
The luansural.
The inaugural speech ol. Mr. Garfield is
agi&ceful peifoiounce, in the main, but
some of it is very graceless in conception.
Let us illustiaie: The point of the
speech is a plea for unobstructed suffrage
as tbo ne vital requirement and peril of
the country. In dealiug with this sub
ject, Mr. Garfield qu’etly assumes that
free suffrage is assailed in this country
only in the South, aud on'y in respect to
the negroes, in point of fact, tho South
ern Staira consli’uie Hie only part of the
Uuion where tho freedom of the ballot is
not seriously assailed. There is hardly
a town or neighborhood in the whole
Southern country, where tho negro is not
a3 free io vole as the white. We. in
Geo'gia, know (bat the charge of dragoon
ing iho negto, so far as the whites are
concerned, is utterly false, and believe it
to be cqua"y false in regard to tbe other
Sooi tiern Stares. The only restraint on
free suffrage in Georgia is practiced by tbe
negroes themselves, who are ready to fall
upon any or tbei-- own number voting the
Democratic ticket.
But wuile Garfield Id this inaugural
speech distinctly charges the South and
the Democrats with the sole guilt and re
sponsibility of assaults on free suffrage,
lie knows well enough that there is not a
State o ’ a town in the Noith or West
where freedom ofAbe ballot was main
tained at tbe last election. In, all of them
the poor man, was dragooned by threats
of discharge Jbr the free exercise of tbe
ballot. From Maine to California terror
ism and bribery were active in bis bebaif.
Senator Doisey was sent from Now York
well $id0,000tinade up among tlio Repub
licans of New York, to carry Indiana, and
publicly boastod that he bovejM tho Slate
and paid for k. On the lllli ot February
last i lieso same Republicans gave Doisey
a dinner, in Now York city, in acknowl
edgment of hie services, and Arthur, tbo
Vice-President, was prominent among tbe
basis.
la bis speech at tbis banquet, Chester
A. A>Ihu*said:
Indiana was a Democratic State, bnt it
was said that it might bo carried for the
Republicans by means of a great deni of
perseverance and energy—nnd a great deal
of—” [Loud cries of “soap’’ and laoghier.l
“Well, I seo the reporters here, therefore I
w : ’l say that everybody distributed tmefo
nnd political pamphlets [Jnngbter] all
ttirongn the State.
This shows with sufficient clearness
wbat Arthur knew and thought about tbe
Indiana election. Tbe great State of
New York was carried by Uie pecuniary
coercion of Democratic employes. Gar
field owes his election to bull-dozing, not
withstanding his solemn arraignment of
the Sonthern Stales for this offense.
And if anything were wanting to dis
play tbe hollowness and injustice of this
assault, Lliero stood at his right hand,
while he was speaking, tbe man Hayes,
just leaving an office which he liaJ held
four yean In defiance of the suffrages of
the people. Surely the greatest outrago
upon a tree suffrage la America was that
usurpation which placed Hayes in the
Presidential chair, for which he bad been
defeated; and quite os surely the election
ot Garfield resulted from a more universal
abuse and perversion of popular suffrage
than aver before look place In tho country.
Mr. Garfield is right in resisting upon
tbe importance of a free and pure suffrage
and the suppression of whatever interferes
with it. But when he charges tbe abuses
of tlie suffrage exclusively ou tbe South.,
while, at the same time, be is cognizant of
the malpractices which are almost nuiver-
saiiu the North and West,he guilt) of a
waut of candor aud sincerity fatal to bis
pretences as a reformer. ’ A politician
steeped to (1m eyebrows in the arts and
schemes by wbiA elections are carried
against the popular will is not a good
apostle of tree suffrage. We must find out
Notwithstanding tbe admirable exam
ple set by Dooly, other counties continue
to lose their records by fire. In tho mean}
time Dooly rejoices in her possession,
knowing that if tho court house burns tho
Superior Court can meet in the safe and
still leave room for the grand jury and or
dinary. A county with afire-proof Supe
rior Court nnd grand jury is not to be
sniffed nt. And don't yon forgot to pnt that
in yonr pipe and smoke it.
If there ever was a time when Mr. Frye
should have remained quiet, it was during
tho time the man of Mentor was perform
ing tho great cabinet trick. And yet ho has
amused himself by jesting over tho peoples'
liberties, AVo commend to Mr. Frye tho
fate of tbo well-digger who released his
grip long enough to saliva his hands.
The voice of tho man on tho tall tower is
hoard among tho innngnrnl ceremonies:
“It is fortunate for tlio country that tho
Democratic party’s powor for mischief is a
good deal less than its dcsiro to commit the
same.” And a distorted echo returns from
among the people, and whispers, itisunfor
tunate for tho country that the Republican
party’s power for mischief equals its desire
to commit the same. Thoro is room for
reflection here.
The political paragraphoi of tho Tribune
very seriously informs us that Gen. Gar
field looks largo when ho appears in the
pnblic oye. From tbis vto are led to be
lieve that the public has but one oye, bnt it
is a matter of smalt moment. A mote in
tlio eye sometimes appears as largo as a
coart-house, nnd is generally abont as un
welcome.
Can any thing bettor illustrate tho saying
that some men livo to long, than the an
nouncement that AVashiugbon’a chair was
used by Garfield nt the inauguration? If
Mr. Garfield had died last year what a val
uable historical relict tho inaugural chair
ho never sat in, would have bocomo ?
Secbbxaby Roqecs retains his grip on
Washington and will not bo rubbed off by
shifting events. Ho has gone to practicing
law. This announcement will sevor Mr.
Rogers’connection with the Republican
party. No Republican, can afford to prac
tice law.
A iattle match-making girl solved tbo
great domostio problem of her nursery by
marrying off her tallest doll to an elephant
from Noah’s ark, and despite tho Bartlett-
Oontfo marriage, there are people who do
not believe that men and womenaro grown
up childreu.
A coBBEsromiKT writes to inquire how
ho can observe Lout nnd at the samo timo
keep fat. Get thee to a hennery I To a
hennery go 1 Or if it pleases theo better,
dear friend, get thee to a fishery.
♦ — ■ ■■■-
lx has been often remorLod that there’s
many a slip between tho cap and tlio Up,
bat as a matter of fact wo more frequently
fiud ihole's many a Up botwoon tho cup
and the slip.
Marietta (Ga ) Journal.
Wc thought that what farming was fol
lowed for, wa3 to make plenty of farm
supplies and a surplus to sell. It seems a
farce to farm a whole year and then buy
provisions for the next. Such improvi
dence and wnnt ol system in culture, pay
ing enormous interest for farm supplies,
will keep a man’s nose to the grindstone
as long as that way of doing business is
persisted in. A man can not pay high
rates of interest from year to year, and
hope to succeed and come out ahead.
There must bo less credit and more
economy, more supplies and less cotton
made, and then tbo farmer may hope to
be independent, and not at the end of the
year “beg” for farm supplies on a credit,
to run bim to make Ibe next crop.
Louisville Courier Journal
There is a nominal Christianity, and
there is a practical and actual Christian
ity. To the one, Lent is but arrest from
the exactious of tho fashionable world.
The penitential season is but the season
of physical recuperat ion. To the other,
Lent is a period of self-sacrifice, self-de
nial, humility, devotion, a growth in the
spiritual nature which shall blossom iuto
be joys of tbe Easter morning that is
coining. Thera is a utility in Lent, be
sides tho religious considerations we have
mentioned. Expensive eating, amount
ing almost to gluttony, is a growing evil
amon" people of all classes. There is a
vast physical advantage in a reasonable
system of fasting for a definite period.
Heavy feeding is injurious to the material
and spiritual natures alike. It is an abuse
of tlie body against which the body pro
tests in vam. Tbe Lenten fast might
profitably be adopted by everybody as a
sanitary agency. It is unquestionably a
physical benefit. This is the less impor
tant view to take of it, to be sure, but it
is a correct view. Tlio healthiest people
of tbe springtime are those who observe a
reasonable fast.
New York Herald.
AVhlle Mr. Hayes retires with the gen
eral good will aud respect of tho people,
to be remembered as among tbe respect
able, common-place presidents, liko Polk
and Pierce, Gen. Garfield comes in with
general good will and with everyprospeet
of a brilliant administration. Avliatever
people may think of bis political opinions,
tho country will see with pleasure that
upon ail large national questions lie is
right. His mind is free from heresies.
He has no bees in bis bonnet. He is
sound on tbo finances, aud has always
been sound. Ho wonld accept, if not ad
vocate, a generous measure of civil service
reform. He will hardly, under present
political conditions, advance toward free
trade, but if free trade come3 ho will give
it welcome. An augury of this is found
in tbe renewal of bis correspondence with
the secretary of tlie Cobden Club, which
wo observed the other day in an English
enacting statutes; but the Court denies to
a legislative body tbe power of imprison
ing witnesses who refuse to give testimony
upon any inquiry which does not exclu
sively fall within legislative jurisdiction.
This opinion of the Supreme Court im
pliedly convieta many past Congresses of
falsely impiisoniug recusant witnesses.
Savannah Netve.
As the end of Hayes’ period of useful
ness in the Republican party approaches
very nearly, he is beginning to understand
tbe average feeling toward him- It is
safe to say that no man ever left the
White House towards whom so general
and deep, a feeling of dislike and con
tempt was manifested as Mr. Hayes Is
now the object of. It is not that in the
early part of his term he antagonized the
stalwarts, nor that he has since done
aught to alienate his party from him.
The actual cause of this feeling is un
doubtedly the well known fraudulent
character of his Presidential title. He
lias been tolerated while he served the
party’s purpose, but when he leaves tho
White House, even the semblance of re
spect will be dropped and he will sink
into the place of a discarded tool, the un-
fragrant character of which moves the
late user to wish to forget that it ever ex
isted.
Sp inyfield Republican.
An effort to bring up the education bill
In bebaif of tbo illiterate South failed in
the House the other day, and the measure
will now go over to a new Congress and
tbe incoming administration. It ought to
bo revived in better shape than to merely
devote the interest of a fund for educa
tional purposes, for tho need of tlio South
13 urgent and demands immediato relief.
Garfield’s iuaugurai might profitably em
phasize tlie importance of relieving tho
South’s illiteracy at once, as far as na
tional help can go, and tho North could
take no surer means of proving* that it, has
not only burled the “bloody shirt,” but Is
also desirous to lend a hand in tho safest
development of the South.
Cincinnati Gazette
The Louisville and Nashville railroad
company feared the Cincinnati Southern
would run away with its business. Now
the Louisville and Nashville and the
Southern combined canuot handle the
business that is offered. Why not push
forward tho extension of the Kentucky
Central to Knoxville? The South is
growing, but there does not seem to bo
enterprise in Cincinnati to take advantage
of tbe situation. Our people growl about
taxes, but the way to roll off the tax bur
den is to place the Southern road in a po
sition to earn the Interest on its cost To
this poiut attention should bo directed
The passage of tbe bill now before tbe
Legislature, requiring tho locking up of
J3,000,000 in 3 per eent. bonds as securi
ty, will accomplish one or two things,
viz: Prevent tbe leasing of the road or
secure its lease upon such terms that the
incomo will not pay the interest on the
$18,000,000 of bonds.
Augusta Chronicle.
The New York Tribune of Tuesday lias
a long leader on the future of the Demo
cratic parly. It need not trouble itself.
The Democratic party has a glorious fu
ture before it and it will yet prove to its
enemies that It is the liveliest corpse they
have ever tackled.
Jacksonville (Oregon) Journal.
A wedding took placo here last week,
which is said, on the part of the females,
to have been only a sham, and intended
by the boys as a joke on tbe other parly.
The parties seem to havo been ignorant,
witless kind of people, easy to be made
tbo victims ofa practical joke; but it is no
joke after all, and they aro as firmly mar
ried as law and liceuse can join them.
Their legal separation will now cost them
the trouble of a divorce, and those who In
fun urged the matter on, probably never
thought of tbis. Marriage is regarded by
a large portion of the community as a
sacred ordinance as well as a civil contract
and it should never be made tbe means of
playing a practicaijest. It was at first ar
ranged that a young man without any
pretence to authority wa3 to perform tbe
ceremony, but fortunately for him he
backed out from tbe commission of an
unlawful act that would certainly have
been presented by the grand jury.
Not far beyond this is tho band
where every feast day, and even’ fill”'
they send forth tho
string nnd brass instruments. Thi*
drive of Mexico. So you see we h-ivo mi
benerifeof all tho turnouts of the chv°>/ a ^
day is tho principal day for this sort ofa?*
si nation. 1 “ta
in order that you may ham
<h ° “teganee, ’ gay tSf
splendid horses and equipage, and mTri. ;
all, the sinful desecration of SoS» 135$5
let mo give you a scene I looked nnTi « y *
Sundays ago. About 5 “eiock ^L^?
called us to see the usual sight ft
wmdow on Sunday afternoon rff° ra ter
three thousand private T
City of Mexico; and there Ua^fox of 1 *?
upon each vehicle per month. So yon JE?
form some inception of the weahli of fo?
city. Standing in tho tiny balconies
ing upon the "‘Pasco,” wo watched tmfl
dark the passing carriages filled with thn
Mexican, beauties of paint nnd powde7
Tbo carriages are made with glai doow
on nil sides, and nre very costly. And then
such splendid horses, dark shining black?
beautiful iron grays, handsome bay« nn™
white, nnd somo so varigatod that we A?
cided that they were painted ; all having
such round limbs, nnd such aristorri^
heads and manes. Tho drivers were «n
dressed in livery, with a footman corres
pondingly dressod by his side. Severel
were attired in the English style, with lam
fop boots of various colors covering tL
pants to tho knee. Inside sat the ladies
nnd gentlemen. Somo were dressed neaUv
and becomingly, but the greater part of
them wore light sky-blue and pink silks.
Somo wore Iow-nccked and somo not so
barely arranged. Bine,pink, bnff and other
pay colors were tho principal shades worn
Fully 2,000 carriages passed wlul. S
looked, and they must all have just left the
theatre, judging from their appearance.
But the beanty and enchantment of the
whole was rendered painful by the wicked
ness attending it. But this is Sunday in
the gay Mexican capital. As I looked upon
the sun just sinking in its golden bed, and
tho shadows cast upon the bine mountains
and the red and golden sky exhibiting in
transcendent splendor tho glories of Him
who made them, I longed for these people
to know how and from whom they were so
singularly blessed. They aro the mo3t
highly favored people of which I have any
knowledge, nnd know less of tho author of
these gifts. This class, that is those ot
them who havo renounced Catholicism,
liavobecomo infidels, while those who re.
tain it are woree than pagans. Our work
is among tho poor altogether, and the
whole people, it is said, aro doc Jitful, and
there is no such thing as virtue among
them.
Alt these people rode down to the Co
lumbus statue, and listened to tho music.
They have a rcmarkablo talent for music
nnd the bands furnish the sweetest I ever
heard. AVhat is strange, however, they sing
very little, and when they do, it is sharp
and shrill beyond measure. Some of their
customs are remarkably quor to me and
amuse me very much. Among the more
remarkable are the plans pursued by and
with tho young people. Among the higher
doss the yonng gentlemen are never al
lowed to call upon the young ladies until
after thoy become engaged. The only place
where they are allowed to notice them, is
from the balcony. Tbe courting nnd ac
quaintance are carried on by signs, tlie girl
in tbe balcony, and the man on the street—
usually on tho opposite sidewalk. If a
young man sees a girl he takes n fancy to,
no starts after her and follows her home
and then begins a flirtation. The girls are
never allowed to leave the house without
an escort of some kind; and it is a good
thing, judging from their peculiar customs.
The lower classes pursue the opposite plan.
Every night when wo go to church, we pass
through the “Alemada," and on every seat
LETTER S ’UO.n MEXICO.
Tbe Land or Xonteanmas—Tho Ji*.
gaut Park!—Tho Splendid EqnipKe
—Sunday In the Gay City.
AVe have been privileged to publish ex
tracts from another letter from Mrs. . Mac-
Donell. It is dated Ofty ot Mexico, Feb
ruary 22,1881:
I have been kept real busy with looking
after my room, stud) Ing Spanish and
sight-sooing. Tho latter I do not, however,
feel any particular haste to enjoy, for 1
foel, ns my lifo is to bo spent in this city, I
will have a life-time in which to visit its
various points of attraction.
Our household is enlivened and enlarged
by the presence of Bishop Keener and Dr.
A. AA\ AVilson, the socrotnry of the Board of
Missions of the Church South. Dr. Patter
son, however, insists in taking them, over
the various works and charges in oqr mis
sion work hero, that wo seo bnt little of
them. The Bisnop is charmed with our
situation hero and want* to buy tho bouee.
I hope be can and wifi, for it is the most
pleasant situation in tho city, and I would
like to feel secure in its possession. No
doubt you wifi think me selfish, but let me
toll you how beautifully we aro surrounded
and then you will not blamo me.
Tlio house is two stories-in height: /Hie
lower story can accommodate two families.
Dr. Patterson has one side for his office
and printing material—tlie other is occu
pied by another gentleman. The rooms
nre nil convenient—opening ono into the
other. At tho front windows are small bal
conies, which nre used for airing or beau
tifying oneself or apartment. ■ The house
is very neat, rather stylish looking, facing
the “Alemada,” tho most beautiful park in
Mexico. There nre broad dirt walks, in
tersecting at given intervals, cutting the
park into beautiful beds of green grass. In
tho center is a large fountain of beantifn
“Mermaids,” throwing spraying water into
a large basin of granite. From this foun
tain diverge eight broad walks, and about
half way down each there are smaller foun
tains with only one jet, and around their
basins are lovely flowers. Somo have for
get-me-nots growing in _ great profusion,
some have beautiful species- of cactus, oth
ers havo different varieties of geraniums,
sit a couple “talking lover-like and sweet.”
I suppose this is the strain of conversation,
judging from the intimacy existing; for
tho man has both nrmsnronnd the girl,
aud we frequently see them when they aio
trying the “essence of two-lips.”
There is a law which recognizes no mar
riage as legal when the ceremony is not
B erformed by some officer of justice. Tho
cense or permit cost $20, and as the potr
are hardly ever able to afford it, they live
together without marriage. No religions
ceremony is regarded ns binding, so ther]
are frequently two ceremonies among the
better classes.
AA'e have enjoyed the visit of Bishop
Keener and Dr. AVilson very much, and
sincerely regret the necessity that requires
their departure. Their leaving is rather
unexpected, and as this letter goes by the
same steamer, I must close before I am
hnlf done. I will but add that we had a re
ception for our guests aud invited all the
missionaries and native preachers; but of
this I must write at some other time. AVe
also attended a reception at Rev. Mr
Dreos’. tho superintendent of missions
of the Northern Methodistchurcb, the first
night after onr arrival. But all tbis and
more, too, in my next
The (North Carolina) Slate says: Ten
nyson can take a worthless sheet of paper,
and, by writing a poem on it, make it
worth $5,009. ^That’s genius. Mr. Van
derbilt can write fewer words on a simi
lar sheet-, and make it worth #50,000,030.
That’s capital. And the United States
can take an ounce of gold and stamp
uiNMi *t an “eagle-bird” and “twenty dol
lars.” That's money. The mechan
ic can take the mate
rial worth fifty dollars and make a watch
worth $190. That’s skill. The merchant
can take an article worth twenty-live
cents ai’d sell it to you for $1. That’s
business. A lady can purchase a comfor
table bonnet for ten dollars, but prefer*
to pay $100 for one, because it is more
stylish. That’s foolishness. The ditch-
digger works ten hours a day, and shovels
out three or lour tons of earth for one dol
lar. That’s labor
AVe should not suiter trout a rough
when a few do-es of Ayer’s Cherry Pecto,
ral will cure. Time, money, comfort-
health, all are saved by It, ml-lw
taper. . The fact that tho new President t and the ono which I love dearly is surrouml-
Mn. Vexnob lias amused himself by
prophesying a meteorological hash lor
March. AVe nro pleased to noto that tho din
ner boll will not be rung south of tho Poto-
mao.
Out ndvicos ftom Pern nro very meagre;
still wo aro enabled to gather from what
wo havo received, that tho atmosphere in
Hint cotmtey is at present somowhat Chili.
Tnz great marble player of Mentor has
gouoto“taw,” nnd it will be but a short
timo before bo begins to tip out tho boys
who have beon getting “7at.”
Geoecia geis tn additional member of
Congress. Mr. Felton will do well lo have
his comity put in tho now district.
Repo lira from along tho wnko of the
“Dizzy Blondes” strengthen onr belief that
they art a iteiCilc-.s set.
It is a t, : j.i ihnt our polilteiaas have
been on *>ie vr-tng aids when the bal reno
vator is l,e-iii’j.''.f.
Mb. R. B. Ha- «—in'the Inuvmgo of (he
vovrali'e Lowlow, “J.vnrn y, Feb run -’j
March E
>ifi, GABt-euD ha t gone i.i like
Doubiiost be will lie led om like a 1
a lion.
cceps in cordial relations with tbe secre
tary of tbis great free trade body is an
assuraucc that during hl3 administration
there will be an end of some ot those
hide-hound, grinding Pennsylvania Ideas
which fetter our commerce aud retard
our prosperity.
n. r. irorid.
Tho country during tbo last week lias
learned that a little clique of bank officers
In New York can in forty-ciglit bouts nm
up tbe rate of Interest to’ono per cent, a
day, and prcclpitato a fall in tbo valuo of
shares to tbe extent of ten per centum,
and yet keep within the law. The coun
try lias also learned that within twenty-
four hours the Secretary of tbe Treasury
by manipulating Government currency
can as suddenly increase tbe price of thoso
same shares! Is such a condition of things
decent or safe? Is it not a public scandal
•rporil? How much money might not
those bank officers and that Secretary ot
the Treasury have put into their own
pockets during the last week ?
Gath in Cincinnati Enquirer.
If Garfield had made up his cabinet sit-
sittlDg in his garret at Mentor, without a
soul to disturb him, he could have made
one to please tho country. Suppose he
he lmd put in John Sherman for secretary
of tho treasury; Tom James, of New York,
postmaster general; AA'liarton Baker, fcY
secretary of the navy; James Longstrect,
secretary of wai; General Crook, of the
my, secretary of the interior; Mr. Blaine,
secretary of state; aud George Hoar, for
attorney geueral—would there have been
from any part of the people, except indi
vidual politicians,tho least protest?
Nets York JForld.
The Supreme Com t of the United Stales
read on the 2S’.h tilt., an opinion of the
highest Importance lo legislative bodies,
ill which the Court fixes for the first time
u the judicial history of this country the
boundaries between Ibe powers of a legis
lative inquifition and tlie rights oT private
witnesses. Tlie Couit adinifs an abso
lute power of Imprisonment in a legislative
body for contempt of Us authority by its
members or by witnesses refusing lo give
evlden in an inquiry as to which the
lcgl’daiive body has thorough conircl in
ed by violets. Hero this flower grows much
larger, and the bloom in always making
bluo.its green banks. They nre hardly as
delicate as ours at home,bnt they nro so pro
fuse nnd fragrant. There nro largo curved |
and handsomely carved granite benches
nronnd them, nnd here is always to bo
seen “thelover,” and from appearances
they aro leovr-Uke indeed.
•On the green beds aro grown tho rarest
exotics, nnd, oh, the immense sizo they
reach! Tho beds are protected by little
rustic fences. Over all this largo trees cast
their shadows, giving n rural, careless look
rarely seen in such pleasure gardens. Too
people love this place, and aro to fouud
here at all hours. Thewholo covers about
a linlf square mile, and it is so beautiful
and fresh. The walks nro watered iu tbe
day and swept at ni^ht; so there is no dn-;
to annoy. On two sides of this “Alemada"
nro broad drives, and ontheoutsidoof these
are wide promenades shaded by wax-like
evergreens. Along these are to be found
benches for lazy, loitering people, and there
is not a few of this class in Mexico.
I trust you have been able to form somo
idea of our favorite resort and front view,
and are ready to turn with mo to the east.
Just under tbo window on tho east sido of
our house is a broad, granite wnlkanddrive
which lead to the “Fusco," another great
resort. Looking wost ; wo seo large, blue
mountains rearing their blue peaks into th s
light, fleecy clouds which sometimes settle
around them, making a scene of entraucin ■
splendor. Aliout a block below us is tbe
statue of “Carlos le Cuarto" (Charles tlio
IV), made in bronze. He is on horseback,
and the figure mounted on a large stone
base. Here, too, is a bed of flowers. The
monument is grand and imposing and th.
flowers lovely. The walk and drive extend
about half a mile, shaded by trees, and c.i
either side green grass and wild (lowers
grow.
This drive is terminated by a huge i.-uu!-
ument of “Christopher Columbus.” lie.
standing high in the air, with the war'd in
his hand uncovering one side, re
mounted upoi a large ped’stel, -
amend this sit four monks, of br ;
airing their creeses and bead:-,
were monks worshiped by the .M ■ ;
and considered useful in the days of
Spanish eidranee into tbe land of "Mo t:
zumas.” All this rests on a largo ba.-e ...
Pueblo m u'me, which is a beautiful .
tinted, aud almost transparent marble. <
twosid - f tho base ary two elegant pi.
urea in . .otize, thus nutting art r...
nature in -h. beuutifiL
THEBEST
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LINIMENTS
FOB MAN AND BEAST.
For more than a third ofa centurv the
Mexican Mustang I.lnlmcnt has been
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tho only safe reliance for the relief ol
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Sprains, Swlnny, Stiff J* 1 ""
Founder, Ifarness Sores, Hoofl”
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Hollow Horn, Scratches, *J*“
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the Sight and every other
to which the occnpanls osMr*
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