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-,IVESS OF the post offices,
leV %rect ^PosMnnster-OeuoraMiresU. Postage
1 of
un
S'f 783° amSutfdto $45* ^ CJT Dot 08J392.
F M* imrsements credits for the year, m
to the Pacific railroads,
^finding iX $-166,243 previous paid on account years,
£ i des f°r
' to $43,282,944. The receipts
those for the previous year by
or 8.6 per cent,, being a
^’/increase <* cf 1U of 3 per cent, for the less three than
Lverage r ate of increase
ding years. This, the Postmaster
t kfjTif ,.,v , C , |VS may be accounted for in
not wholly, by the fact
VS e }‘ public were induced to limit
fce Jaud ■ mirchases of three-cent postage
stamped envelopes in antici
l t the change of letter postage to
Stl „ n take effect the 1st
eents, fixed to on
I f T 730 hereceifftefor 1885, are the estimated fiscal year at ending $47,
u 1178 31 and the expenditures at $50
’ leaving deficiency to be
W 18960 a
fesidaries Applied out of the general Treasury of
of Presidential Postmas
I Lye been adjusted on the basis of
I HhF eross receipts, approved as required March by the 3d,
I ■ lv> t of Congress done before.
This was receipts never of the 2,193 Presi
I ■ Ltial The gross offices for the fiscal year ending
I Kne R-; 30th, and 1883, the amounted salaries amounted to $33,535,- in
R q-, segregate 11.06
t to $3,707,500, or
cent, of the gross receipts.
■ The present status of the Star service
I ■hoirsfor ■As 1883 a cost of $4,739,478 with
782 miles of annual transporta
I ■w against a cost of $7,321,499 with
I E 070 995 miles of annual transportation
I R’iSSO, being miles an of increase transportation from 1880 and of
I *727.787 582.021 decrease in cost. This
w ser
I I lice is' now all performed proposals under submitted con
I | in rsc ; s ma de to upon advertisements.
I J response rejwrt the relations between
I The says the
■]» Government and companies
I I lining liisettled the subsidized and unsatisfactory. Pacific roads The are
I I fceneral Superintendent of the Railway
flail Service asks for an appropriation
I I lor the next fiscal year of $4,295,289.60,
I fen increase of $318,169.60 over the cur
I tent |o be”reasonable. year, which, the report says, seems
I An increased appro
I jpriation [additional of $50,000 is asked to pay for
postal cars. there
| [ During the past year was a
steady increase of the money-order
The Superintendent of the
system states that the new
Bploved notes are being extensively small em
for remittances of sums.
Of the letters and parcels which were
during the year for the purpose
■of restoring them to the writers 15,301
■contained money, amounting to $32,647.
■21; 18,095 contained drafts, checks,
■ money orders, etc., representing $1,381,
■991.47; 96,808 contained merchandise,
■samples, books contained and miscellaneous arti-
66,137 postage stamps;
contained receipts, paid notes,
drafts, insurance papers, etc.;
35,160 contained photographs. From
for which the department failed
to find owners the sum of $7,782.16 was
rafed and deposited in the United
Treasury.
■ The cost of the ocean transportation
d mails to foreign ports, under the gen
etalkw restricting the compensation to
tin postages on the mails conveyed, was
an increase of $86,358.15
over lhe cost of the same service in 1882.
As to a reduction of the rate on drop
letters to one cent the report says:
“A reduction to one cent on the pres
ent volume of business would leave the
carrier service a heavy charge on the
general revenues of the department at
every office save that of New York.
| “it is is to true be expected, that an increase but that of would busi
ness
require additional carriers, and thus
augment the present expense. At few
offices, if any, is such an increase prob
able as would compensate for the loss
by a reduction of the rate.”
Tiie Postmaster-General says lie is of
opinion that the uuit of weight for
rating first-class matter should b(
changed trom one-half an ouuce to om
ounce. He recommends that the rates
of jxistage on newspapers and periodical
publications sent by others than the
publishers or news agents be made one
cent per three ounces.
He reviews the history of the exclus¬
ion of the business of lotteries from the
mails and recommends, with a view to
render the legislation on this subject
more ding efficacious, the passage of an act,
prov that every newspaper which
contains un advertisement of a lottery.
or agency thereof, shall be excluded
from the mails, and rendering the person
Ww-dej.'*'!}•.itt. k the it f.»r sending by aia existing i ha! ic
' penalties which, under
" , be s: curs for so depositing a letter
or circular concerning lotteries; and
ffir.t, so tar as they are applicable, the
provisions of the Revised otaiutes relat
to the District of Columbia upon the
salij the ct < f lotteries be extended to all
Territories of the United States.
The leport deals with the question of
r ul telegraph, and General Gre ham
says:
“From the b»st cons : deration which 1
have been enabled to Vie tow upon the
Mili.- et, 1 have reached the conclusion
tka; Congress has the constitutional
P r ‘v in providing for the postal service
the country to avail itself of all the
“Hiiti.’s ili-vised by the inventive genius
°f modern times for transmitting mes-
7’' “tffkiirily : '; u l intelligence, to adopt either aud that of the it first ims
fht: plans which I have mentioned. [1st.
acquisition and operation of the ex
ktiug toe ikies by the Government. 2d.
construction by the Government of
JT 71011 8 with ' v -toh existing it will companies. operate in ]’’ eompeti
When the golden rule is employed in
governmental matters instead of diplo
® E, * C trickery, then, and not till then,
future of nations will lie sure.
Noboot can critically observe the
‘jtoteture without oi being American struck social by the or domestic immense
“■
t of energy which js wasted in the
Brian’s hall of'it.
PROHIBITING POLYGAMY.
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elect Gen. from Rosecrans, member of Congress
the San Francisco district,
has prepared the following measure
which he will introduce in the House of
Representatives at the earliest
opportunity after its organization :
A joint resolution proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of the United S, * tes p, °'
hibiting polygamy:
Whereas, In pursuance of onr duty to guard
of that lar S er and more
that hiche/civiiiyafinn StST 17so . ci fty> ail Z <l
passions, by needful constitutional foreve“pro- amend
menta and proyisione, we have
lnbited such things as reason and experience
deveioMt%ndamS and slavery itself; 0 themt&e trade trade
even and
t Whereas, Polygamy, condemned for its con
raven non of reason; its injustice to wm»™
its degrading influence on the character of the
female sex, its brutalizing effect on the male
sex, and its general repugnance to the spirit of
modern freedom and progress, 1 to°be hasalwavs Irnong been
considered so unlikely tolerated
us that no constitutional prohibition of it has
hitherto been deemed necessary to prevent its
growth under the protection of State and
*zss& svcsmc TlL a ateue f 1 csss
a new revelation from heaven, to appeal to the
interests and passions of poor, ignorant people
WS&WSBfa Territories of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico £l
Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, to the great
injury ot the future well-being and liberties of
the inhabitants thereof and to the interests and
of the United Mates of America m Congress
assembled, be it
article Itesoloed, That pursuant to the provisions of
5 of the Constitution of the United
..ilmitnbemSZltTrt'SpS;',;
AMENDMENT XVI.
Section 1. Polygamy, lx\ng incompatible
with our civilization, is forever prohibited in
the United States and all places under its iuris
diction.
Sec. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce
this by appropriate legislation.
Jtesolved, That the Secretary of State shall
promptly forward authenticated copies «f this
joint resolution to the several States.
Saved Saved b- a Sneeze S neeze.
The sneeze was one of the old-fash
loned whoop-ee-oo-whoop, three-times
toZ a, trdt™ t le captain, 8 Z step m fSw^M tor aid wit n
eager s.iryness, and hear lnm shout
with the joyfulness of a man who had
made i.-nruv? a d scoverv e '
“Why how do y you do, , Major _ T . „„ ?”
■ l d shot k each thm by tne bands and
shoulders and finally made me under
stand that they hadn t seen one .another
fer nineteen years The Major had
changed greatly and he .asked, m bewil
derment, how the Captain knew him.
“By your sneeze, was the answer,
“There is no other sneeze like that m
this countrv, you know. And when I
««* »»»« lb.,
time nt Guyandotte, vou know, and I
knew Major Mitchell was before me.”
Then turning to me the Captain said:
“That was our first scouting exoedi
tion early in the war. We landed in the
evening to look up some guerrillas who
had made a dash that dav to the steam
boat landing. The regiment divided,
and the men went seamnerine over the
country in gleeful recklessness. Soon it
Vc lost r their ;-. terv ,)„k Moving »,1 MWHta forward line
way. in
one battalion came suddenly on a body
of troops formed to receive officers them, with
skirmishers out. Neither nor
men were clear as to what the regula
tions called for in such a case, and there
The troops might be our own men, but
they ignored every challenge, and we
knew that they like ourselves, were
readv to fire. There was a minute of
terrible suspense, everybody in doubt, the
Then suddenly there rang out- from
? b
rr llrf bolt, hflttelion. fairly danced »
the roar nfter mar of laughter succeeded
the sneeze. It was a narrow escape
from a mistake too common then, of
r m."—ChiraaoMer-Ocean. ssr
eneezeeaved
Poor Stock on the Farm.
Few farm -rs consider with sufficient
care the losses which accrue from tin
keepiug of poor stock. This applies U.
all the varieties oi domesticated animals,
but especially to cows. A cow is tin
most costly animal to keep of all the
farm stock. It is kept because of the
va.uable product of milk and butter.
But one that produces half a pound ol
but-ier a day "ill cost as much much. as The one
that produces three tunes little as
better cow may cost a in ore origin¬
ally, but its progeny will cost no more
to rear than that of lhe poorer one, and
the feed and cm e will be the same for
both. The difference rnay seem sinali
when the daily quantity is considered,
but the yearly difierenee is very large,
amounting to between one hundred and
three hundred and fifty pounds, for the
better cow will not only yield more that but
will produce it hinge r. A cow of but¬
yields only one hundred pounds
ter, worth twenty dollars in a year, is
kept at a loss of at least ten dollars,
while one that yields two hundred and
fifty pounds pays a profit of twenty dol¬
lars, and one that produces three hun¬
dred pounds pays thirty dollars over and
above the cost oi keeping.
The difference iu a herd of 20 cows
is as an income of $4()0 a year is to one
of $1,200. it is sufficiently large to make
all the difference to the farmer’s family
between poverty and wealth. And yet
there are thousands of farmers who have
been content to remain iu this condition
of poverty because of their unprofitable making
stock, year after year, without
an effort to relieve themselves from it.
The way out of it is not difficult, and if a
start is once made the rest is easy. All
that is then required is time, and to let
the thing run itself along. This is to
-elect the test one has, if no better can
be procured, and to breed the cows to a
lietter bull, choosing one from bred a animal more
productive breed. A pure
of almost any kind will make a good
start in the way of improvement, and
wi eu this is once undertaken progress
i- mode continually.
AMERICAN COMMERCE.
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**!„* «r and Ex P „rt s -Com»„ra.
"? e Statement of the saiii.,« to», w
,he . Un,ted
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Tbe Cilief o£ the Bu reau of Statistics
has , submitted to the Secretary of the
Treasury his annual report of the foreign
commerce of the United States for the
Sscal year ended June 30, 1883.
The total value of the imports and ex
Lonnted ports of merchandise Sl?54Y020 during 3lf the veai las
to and
larger than during any previous year
in the history of the county The ex
cess of the value of the exports ^ of mcr
chaudise ovel ' tbat o£ imports of
merchandise was 8100,658.488, as against
a similar excess during the twH preceding ,5
fisen.1 veer nf Mr> Quo nan merchandise
.JnriifaIm the exports Lf of~ domestic
!l 632 ™ as g against tiie . last $733,239,732 tlscai > ear during $804,223,- ooa the
preceding 900 year-au increase of $70°983,
The viW „f flA!l ti, 0 -rrwvrt*
dnrino the last ™ K
S g «™i,ScetcL"
value of tlie exnorts of bread and hrend a'
stuffs amounted to 040
against Lffiscal ^120 veT^Jnd (155 701 during vfhm the the^x' nreAed
A, \ y j ,’f “ ! the 1 A' of e
P r t ri 'uieco and ll J a, l u£ f '''' ( £m ' es
.
fiaoal & P S
year "A., ‘
AH? mo ^ ^ ts J * mlneral • ,
last fiscal y ea ^ a m ° l n l® d
*,£g v.bte'oi.b.L^s^ro^f fir 1 0 Q „ S
he S £S agist leer ,minted *7oo te tu '*
890,001, 890 001 Magamst os $1U3,132,481 182 481 during .bidag
the precoch ig year, and was larger than
ofNhelountrv of tne country, 6 The lhe value value of the the 0,2 exports
cal i-j. Pr Aft vear f, ’ ti’ A All. al Gainst
156,278 887 oo 7 durmg a the precednig r fiscal
nets uct.t ’o^theforlstwcafI'd of the f rest was $9,976,143, 976 as
fifc7yel\ and thelZe oftheTxpo^
of products of the fisheries was $6,276,
£» preceding tiocai S j ear. 9 '’ 752 S
The total value ot tne imports o mer
chaudise into the United States during
the thclast last lisc, fiscal lv ve eaiwas ir was «; 7 o-; ifto Qi t as
against $724,639,574 during he preced
ing fecal year, showing a falling oft of
$l,4o8,660.
The value of the imports of sugar and
molasses was $99,326,395; the value of
he imports ot woo and manufactures
thereot was $o5 224,283; the value of
imports of s,Ik and mu,mtactures thereof
was $50,807,616; the value of the irnpor
tations of chemicals, drugs, dyes and
medicines was $43,126,287; the value of
1U« imports of eoffeu ... 842,050,813,
the value of the imports ot iron and
steel and manufactures thereof was
$40,796,007; and the value of the im
ports of cotton goods was $36,853,689.
These constituted, in the order men
tioned, the leading commodities and
classes of commodities imported.
The total exports of gold and silver
amounted during the last fiscal year to
.$31,820,333, prepeding as against ll.c.l $49,417,479 dur
total ipglhe thereof amounted ,,, I ,h„
imports to
$28,489,391, preceding as against fiscal $42,472,390 dur
mg the year. The ex
ass of the exports of gold and silver
aver the imports thereof amounted to
$3,330,942, as, against a similar excess
eal year.
The value of the foreign commerce of
the United States with Great Britain
and Ireland amounted during the last
fiscal year to $614,046 793, constituting
nearly forty per cent of the total value
iSmT
cud yilb Ibo Br.n.b North du,er,o,i,
piovmces, $91,321,129.
The total numb r of immigrants ar
rived in the United States during the
sawa rjsz&zsx
tivlaud, 194,786 from Germany, 168 276
mm ail oth.-r countries iu Europe, 70,-
241 from the British North Am r.ean
Pi-ovinces, ami 8,031 from Chii a, Th.
immigration from China fell from 39,579
luring the year ended June 30 18*2. t«.
8,031 j^g, during fa the year J ended June 30,
Tiie }
total duties collected upon im
ports amounted, dur ng the last fi-eal
year, to $210,637,293 as agai st $216.-
138,916 during tiie pre-odi- g fiscal year,
showing a falling off of $3 501,628
The sailing tonnaire of the United
St des on the30th of June last, am 1 * i“ *'
to 2,822 293 tons, as against 2.810,108
tons on the 30th of June, 1882, and the
stearn tonnage of the country amounted
to 1,413,194 tons as against 1,355,825
tons on the 30th of June, 1882. The
tonnage of American vessels engaged in
the foreign trade of the United 8 sites
increased from i ,259 492 tous on the 30th
of June, 1882, to 1.269,681 tons on the
30th of June, 1883; and the tonnage
engaged in the eo.i twise trade, the
whale fisheries and the cod and mackerel
fisheries increased from 2.906,441 tons
on the 30th of June, 1882, to $2,965,806
tons on the 30th of June, 1883. The
tonnage built iu the United States
amounted to 265,430 tons during the
year ended June 30, 1883, as against
282,269 tons built duiiug the year ended
June 30, 188ft.
In our commerce with foreign coun¬
tries there is still a very largo prepon¬
derance of foreign vessels employed.
The tonnage ot Ameiiean vessels en¬
tered at seaports of the United States
from foreign c-mntiies amounted to
2,834,681 tons dnr.ng the last fiscal year,
as against 2.968.290 tons during the
previous fiscal year; and the tonnage of
foreign vessels entered at seaports of the
United States amounted to 10,526,176
tons, as against 11,688,209 tons during
the preceding fiscal year.
In 1856 the tonnage of American ves¬
sels entered at our seaports from foreign
countries amounted to 3,194,275 tous,
a-u consutuieu 71J per cent, oi the total
tonnage entered, and in 1868, three
years after the termination of the war.
the tonnage of American vessels entered
amounted to 2,465,695 tons and consti
ilt seaports of the United States from
foreign countries during the last fiscal
year 79 per cent, consisted of foreign
tonnage and only 21 per cent, of Ameri
can tonnage.
During the ten months ended October
31, 1883, the average rates per bushel
lor tlle transportation of wheat irom
Chicago to New York were:-By lake,
9-18 cents; by lake and canal, 12 cents;
and by “all rail,” 16.1 cents; as against
the following yiL average 1882? rates during Ink! the
calendar viz. :-By and
canal, 8.7 cents; by lake and rail, 10.9
cents; and by “all rail,” 14.6 cents.
The increase in the average rates is
due to the fact that the grain movement
during the year 1883 has been much
greater than during the year 1882.
.
A STUDY OF HUSBANDS.
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a Woman for Women, but Men JIaj
n wi »* p ~**
-
We hear much about the art of win
ding » husband. Let us take a step
furteer and make a study of keeping a
‘•-n*.»* ^ keeping. This •*** wicked world,
wor is ft
and man is dreadfully mortal. Let us
ttoe «.t
uesses, count them on your lingers, and
leam them b v heart The thlgerH of
- Then
both hands will not be too many.
J e t her study lery up these weaknesses, with
mesh for one, and the secret is
| lers , I s he fond ot a good dinner ?
Let her tighten the mesh around him
w ith fragrant coffee, light bread and
good things generally, and reach his
beof thTough Li. .to»mlL Ish» loml
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Alii ber t:llk about »”'• bis D “‘ nlb >“ 't lik Intel- « *»
heflr " ' u
| (( , t ? Let her pour over the enclyelo
to gj ve variety to the depth of her
admiration. Flattery is a good thing to
gtudT np at fllI bazar( ] S) j„ a il its delicate
sliades ’ but lt must be skblfully don will ®;
The harpy ‘ who may coax lum away
ngt do it abs1irdlv> i s be fond of
Here’s the rub—let her tie
v )r j„bt and tidy; that is half the victory.
Next, S Td le * Ihe^S? 0 A
b otht a who sees his wife look like
people is not gomg to consider her
“broken down.” Though it is a com-
11 tba t a woman has .admitted
that her , sex consider more, m marrying,
t ^ h e tastes of her friends than her own,
t must be considered ludicrous
looka ftt h is wife with the
same a “ e e ^ yes as other Jitters? people do. Is he
™ d literarv Listen to
* when he talks
” wide
f* ' A man doesn’t so much care
J r al a j ite rar * wife if only Liate she will be lit
( h to inc&ons app him. If
have ' ; literary J keep them
. *i
10 eist ,' *
„„a „~ oa i t n tbeir
lesR ht ° L
*° asen wble ,’ ®® lb ^ 1 ^ nt w m7m m ’ s nn ne
E^^^iave , treime- curious? X
R h > tbtai y ( ’ u fj® .f a can
always keep y • i ee^l «
kee ^ .
Then, woman, this is for vou- “
torturing that fret e
J Sg« ou J 7! Gte.^ Cnitv ir, S temnerXd «“li. faub'
‘ »»
olTs i,„
f,lI? Plt JA turn for hi- weakness- J^nlivsical treat
“TJf f A 7,’A ^ 1 ^’Xr Z*s n lo work-it fa a
a ‘ It is not well to be too tame,
, . t tbeir powder and shot
,
1 .1 Xd^Tr j and AfXieat deer A mi ni is _ a
^3 , „ r onse
1 a and tnm
™ 1 lanncions „ wav about and iusi
1 ‘. Never let yourself
2«r wffii»p . d t i,„ e o£u.c“."o ; ust a un .
1 j e > , „ . Ul „i , • 1 * mrj ^ick rncrfal him
m 'J ‘ ?Lm,n J ieonardv- Zh^lore^^ its pleasant rim?
«HSS | l boteteboldcate. than would ,„d a
ng . f ,„i„„
8Dliimg wllt ' n he but lfc
8 «'necessary. To be born a wo
mau 18 *° l ' e b ” r n a martyr, says a hus
'"and who for 10 A years has watched in
amazement his wife trea. mg the wine
P/es® of her existence. Itisapmul
8l g bt SM ? e m ® D - ® n V tl 'L J
dot s not make a study of these t things
' h ' ; b f'’V will, to steal away the honor
Ins stiver hairs when he is iu 1 of
years and the father of sons and dangh
»ers. At the same time, guile wile, keep
<*om tr y»'S nn v <lf these things on nior
- These rules
tal man but your own. are
only evolved m Older to keep a hus
band.” The poor weak creature would
rather be good than bad and it is wo
man s duly to hold him by every means
ui her power. I he A gonaui..
Not Superstitions, But Afraid.
I stood at the cornpr of LaSalle and
Washington streets the other day, says
a Chic.igo correspondent, talki ig wiiha
Board of Trade man about the uceideut
which laid up Mr. Vanderbilt lor a few
days. reminds of Mr. Blank,” he
“It me
said, naming one millionaire. oi Chicago s “Do heaviest
speculators—a why he will trust himself yon
know never
behind a earn of horses, except on a
street car ?”
“N. ver knew he had that peculiarity,”
I replied. he
“Yes,” he continued, “aud is pas¬
sionately fond of horsi s, too. He nsed
to own some of the finest stock in Chi¬
cago, and drove a team that would beat
Charlie Schwartz’s. He was East for a
rest a couple of years ago. and knocking
around the country with a party of
friends came across a pyp.-y camp. Just
for a lark they all ha-1 their fortunes
told, and :<f—r the gypsy had scanned
the lines m hi- hand, she told him that
he was destined to die by accident—by a
ri’.n.i v. v team. He would be rtgry if
you < ’• d him superstitious,- but he
nevertheless sold his horses as soon as
lie came home, aud hasn’t been in a car¬
riage since.”
“GO INTO POLITICS.” <
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riiiloMoplier.
Senator Cnllorn, of Illinois, warns
b . 1 uu
noli ties wo bo
,7 e ‘
° ld ,, . 1 .... 1
- blto
J “o ’tAvo’u t i-o.Jm ,
pohtics, you go. There s no leasou fot for
believing these old fe lows will live for
ever, and if they should should, there is no ien
son why they continue to run the
country all the time while you stand
around and send in tn-weekly assess
meats and vote once eveiy two years,
U you are politically inclined my
boy, you go into politics, louli fine it
eled, the dirtiest but how^resplendent tori a ^tTv y dols^t does a clenl clean
man shme out in it lou can go into
politics, my soil, and lit just as pure,
as honest, just as clean handed, just
as Christian, ’A,,,, just as noble, and just as
manly, as ns y iu n ie i aw or croc erv
business or you cau be J U s t XZ’ as mean
just deceitful, just treaenuous, . 1 , p
as as
just as thievish, just as corrupt, just as
tricky and just as wicked as you could
be iu the pifipit Politics doesn’t make
1S -» pure enough, *>.«*»• it s the men ? who *rrr? get into
politics who defile it, and make it cor
lion bf colci,i»aJg anybodj', if jou™.
going to scheme, and lay wires, and sac
rifice nnything for success, if you are
K oing to join in the general scramble,
a)1 d make yourself popular We with the
with strikers then
stay out, or make up your mind to lie as
grimy as the direst heeler that is waliow
ing in the caucus with you.
But if you have principle, if you better are
soi „ g in became ™ «eo tb.t
S “» B z ssuxtr b! s&sur
il you » going to m.olv ond
i Kines t liu ,i stroigbUorward, why then,
VO u are the man the country is waiting
f or Yon are the very man to go into
.
politics, Millions and we wish there were several
more of you. You will get
knocked dowu 8everal tdmeH - tbe rabble
wl U trample on you and your lines may
b e cast in very hard places for a while.
But don’t let that distress you. The
mud that a mob throws at a politician and
^er sticks to It falls off
S^ It didn't
Ss cieter,It Washington, did it didn’t stain Lin
not leave blot or
mar S on Garfield s name. But the mud
a politician P lies down in and wal
lows m—ah, . Y. all „ .... tlio waters of the ocean
"it, cann0 t wash it oft, whitewash wont
° and explanation can’t gild it.
Don’t be afraid that you will stand
a i 0 ne if yon are honest and pure. This
aay bo anretty hard old country, my
but in a square issue between de¬
cmicy and mud, I have faith to believe
that decency will win every time,
GENERAL JACKSON’S NOSE.
A lteuiii»iM***nov.f r.i !he Kxritnblc Navnl
Ollicvr U ho rolled It.
Of the many of" incide ,ts occurring dur¬
ing the life “Old Hickory” was one
which eminently brought out some of
the main points of his character. When
filling, we believe, his second term ns
President, his Secretary of tne Navy,
in the completion of one of our war
frigates, planned an excursion down the
Potomac and to some of the Atlantic
cities. To this excursion the S Cretan
invited the President and his Cabinet.
It proved a pleasant one. While lying
at anchor, we believe, at Philadelphia,
the people were permitted to board the
vessel and examine its various points.
Among other visitors was one Lieutenant
Robert A. Randolph, who had been an
officer of the United States Navy, but
hud violated some important order and
had been dismissed from his office. Gen¬
eral Jackson, as President, had signed naval
and approved of the report of the
court in the case of Randolph. He
(Randolph) being of a determined, tear¬
less nature, vowed revenge on the Presi¬
dent when opportunity offered. Making
Ins way into the room win re the Presi¬
dent was receiving calls, he impudently
improved his opportunity by violently
pulling the nose of the aged President.
True to his combative nature Old Hick
07y showed fight by using liis cane or
his umbrella on the audacious assailant.
Before, however, Randolph could lie se¬
cured he escaped to the shore and disap
peaavd. At the time of its occurrence,
tlie bold nature of the act of cour. e
made quite a stir in the public remembered mind,
and without doubt it is yet
by many of the present generation.
Randolph nev. r regained his position
in the navy. It set ms he had, during
Ids navy career, been induced to invest
h me oi his means in the then “Western”
country, now our own great State of
Oiiio. Persuaded by his brother (an
o.her irascible old bachelor), he had
bought s’ me four hundred acres of land
near what is now Washington Court
House, Fayette county, Ohio. His
brother also bought quite a tr miles ct of laud
ne ir Jamestown, not many from
Washington Court-House. In the pur¬
chase of these tracts of land the papers
••rowing out of their acquisition became
so joined as to tempt his brother to treat
both tracts as his own. When dis¬
missed from the navy the attention of
the sailor brother was d rpeted to his
landed purchase, and on attempting to
possess himself of it his brother resisted
and would not give up the papers. Of
course a direct feud en-ued. This line
of events was kept up between the two
brothers for some years, one striving to
regain his rights and the other resisting.
Occasionally the brother living near
Jamestown would visit Washington
Courthouse, but he always failed to
make restitution to his sailor brother. It
seems if certain papers in possession of
the opposing brother could lie secured,
the right of the sailor brother to the
land could easily be maintained. Hear¬
ing that his brother would be absent
from home at a certain time, the lieu¬
tenant visited Jamestown, sought out
his brother’s room, and though he found
it strongly guarded, knocked down the
guard, burst the door open and secured
the papers he wanted. This brought
the matter to a head, and the lieutenant
almost immediately thereafter sold his
laud to citizens of Wiishington Court¬
house, who are now enjoying some of
the finest farming lauds in that quarter,
1IA1) THEIR POCKETS PICKED.
<Io.v ihe Discovery wns Deceived try *•
Number ot People.
[Prom the Detroit Pree Press.]
There is something grimly humor on*
about a man having his pocket picked or
his watch lilted, and, although hundred it may
leave him among strangers a
miles from home and not a shilling to
turn with, he meets with the same treat¬
ment received by the man who comes
down “kerchunk” on an icy corner.
During the present State Fair week vic¬
tims have been numerous and comprise
ill classes, though the innocent old far¬
mer has suffered most, When a country
merchant has his wallet lifted he ftrat
gives himself away by calling out as soon
as the discovery is made:
“Egad, I’ve been robbed! Yes, sir;
I’ve had my pocket picked of $60 ! Yoe
—egad—yes, sir; they’ve gone through
me !’
About the time people that begin to “joke" crowd
around him he realizes the
will reach his town and be thrown sit
him all winter. He also remembers that
there are merchants in the city who will
lend him money to get home on, and he
ail at once grows mum and pretends his te>
remember that he left his money at
hotel.
The farmer is stunned by the discovery
that his money is gone. He would rather
believe he lost it, but ho remembers a
jam in which he was pushed around, and
he concludes that a pickpocket solemnly got his
cash. Then he slowly and
says: ‘“By
thunder! Well, that’s queer,
How on airth did he do it? I swan to
gracious if I ain’t left here without *
blamed cent! There’s $27 gone as slick
us grease, and mother said it would turn
out that way if I came alone. My stars !
but what am I to do ?”
A country justice was one of the vie*
tims, and as soon as he discovered his
loss he went to a policeman on tfan
grounds and said:
“Say; I’ve been robbed of $22.”
“Well, you should have been mow
careful. ”
“But I’m a Justice of the Peace.”
“Well, that didn’t save you.” thirteen
“But. I’ve been a justice
‘ years.” all right, but you’ve lost you®
“That’s
money.” must have it back right
“Yes, but I
off. I represent the law. The fellow
probably didn’t know it, or he wouldn’t
have dared to feel in my hind pockets !”
Another victim was a village phih au
pher. He stood and talked with an of¬
ficer fully ten minutes disappointed.’* before observing;
“Well, I’m not
“In the show ?”
“No; in losing my money. Hail t»y
pocket picked of $17.”
“Did. eh?”
"This is the seventh State Fair tor
me, and this the seventh time I’ve boe*
robbed. I knew they’d get me if I
stayed long enough, and here l am. wAth,
only four cents to get home oh.”
“Why didn’t you look out 9'*
“Oli, I did. A stranger whispered to
me in a crowd that a chap on the other
side was after my wallet. I looked out.
While I was looking out the man whe
whispered to me got my cash. It s alt
right, though—shows that they took sifa
for a millionaire. I’ll tell the story over
hundred times this winter in Grigg'«
grocery, and that’ll be worth the money
lost. Say, is there a pawnbroker on the
gronnds ?”
“Why, no.”
“That’s a great oversight. Ought to
have been one right here where we could
have pawned onr bull’s-oye watches f*w
enough to get back home od. Gnw*
j’Jl look around and see if I can’t sell tea
barrels o’ cider and git $4 in advance.”
How Salmon Eggs arc Obtained.
About the 25th of October the work
of stripping is begun and continued till
the whole numlier of fish has been at¬
tended to. The fish when wanted are
taken from the water in a dip net, anct
their condition readily ascertained by
gently pressing the abdomen just back
of the pectoral fin. If the ova are ripe
they will be felt like so many peas be¬
neath the skin, and a slight pressuro will
cause them to be deposited in a pan
placed for that purpose. If the ova are
not rip*, or t)>o fish is not disposed to
yield them, she is returned to the water
for a few days longer. After the or*
have been deposited the milt is obtained anil
from the mole in the same manner,
immediately after falling upon the ova
it diffuses itRelf among them, canning
them to at once individualize and grow
harder, till within two hours they will
be as hard as unripe peas and perfectly
globular in form. At once after this
fertilizing process the ova are washed
several times in cold water and then net
away in cold water for aeoupleof hours,
that all impurities may be removed. Tito
number of eggs obtained from each fiak
varies from two thousand to twenty
thousand, the latter number having beca
obtained this season from a forfy-fimr
inch salmon estimated to bo a dozen or
more years mid, and about as old as any
are ever obtained for spawning purposes*
as the age of such fish are estimated to
be from fonr to fourteen years. At the
expiration of the two hours mentioned
above the ova are prepared for the hatch¬
ing troughs by being placed upon wire
screens with mealies about an eighth of
an inch square. These screens are en¬
closed in frames a foot square, and thick
enough to allow a half inch of waterto
flow beneath each one, to assist winch
an eighth of an inch is removed from
the bottom of each of the fonr sides far
throe-fourths of their length. Ten ol
these hatching frames aTe then placed
above each other in a skeleton frame to
form a “nest,” and the whole then de¬
posited in the batching troughs ot a
depth and width just sufficient toeontsia
a row of these nests, after which £ he
water is turned on and a steady flow
maintained through the trough till 4ba
latter part of January, when the ova -will
have developed as much as it is safe to
allow before distribution among the e*w
eral States, under whose care they m».
finally hatched and disposed of as desired,
—Bouton Journal.
Do at.t. the good you can, to all tire
people you can, as long an ever you
in every place you can.