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GUITEAU'S TRIAL.
I Washinoton, Dr..-. 12.—The fifth feck of the
i Quito an trial Was entered upon with unabated
interest on the part of Ihe public, if the
throng which pressed for admission to the
court-room may be taken ns an index. Dr.
John Ardronaux, commissioner of lttnacv
New York, and Hon. Horace Maynard, ex
postmaster general, occupied -eats upon the
bench with Judge Cox. With the consent of
counsel for the prosecution Mr. Scoville
died for the defense Dr. Edward Charlee
Spftzka, of New York. Wilms, hud made the
| study of nervous and mental diseases a spe
cialty, and had been called to testify as an ex
| pert about twenty-five limes'. Wittiest i x
j ainuiod the prisoner iv Js.il aliit Was satisfied
that he was itisntlc. He examined tho eve
and the pulse and found both of them normal
and healthy. Did not consider examinations
relevant hut made them simply .-is a matter
lof record. Witness considered the uir.ih fea
tures of the prisoner's ca«<e to be a tendency
] to d the delltßive opinions anil
I morbid projects. r,ud a strong indication of
imbecility of judgment; "and while," said
tin-witness, "1 have no other evidence than
I the expression of hie face, I should have no
doubt that he is a moral imbecile or moral
| monstrosity." Mr. Scoville then read to the
witness a hypothetical question, bared Upon
the prisoner a erratic life ami conduct, and
'hat there was no other adequate motive for
his act in shooting the President than the firm
delusion that it was necessary for the good of
[ 'tip country, and asked if, iv his (witness)
"Pinion, the prisoner was sane or insane on
ihe second of July. Witness declined to
answer any hypothetical questions m cases
where he had made a personal examination.
Witness considered the prison! r insane when
ho examined him. He believed that he must
have been in more or less of a morbid mental
state throughout his life, and that he. was
probably insane on the second of July. Wit
ness, on cross-examination, was asked where
and when ho graduated in medicine, and re
plied from the University of New York in
iS73. Tho cross-examination was quite
pointedly direct to the witness's practice and
standing as an expert, and inquiries wero
made as to witness's position as professor at
a veterinary school.
Mr. Scoville objected to the question as not
pertinent. Mr. Davidge replied.- The attain
ments of this witness have been paraded by
counsel on the other side, and We think it
decidedly pertinent to this case to discover
what opportunities for professional acquire
ments the witness has enjoyed. Mr. Scoiilio
noted au exception. Witness had no reason
to feel ashamed of ids sphere of duty In thai
connection. The branch of inquiry pursued
by him had also engaged tho attention of
Huxley, Oouvier, and other noted scientists.
Mr. Davidge.—Yes, but yonr treatment at that
tune must have been confined mostly to
horse-, and these gentlemen, then, are what
are known as horse-doctors, are they not?
Witness, (reddening and with some excite
ment.)—My treatment has been confined to
asses. When an ass with two legs asks me a
Stupid question, I endeavor to treat him as he
deserves. | A general laugh at the expense
of counsel.] Witness stated that he visited
the jail under the assumed name of Professor
Brown, phrenologist. He desired to take the
prisoner unawares, and so pretended to make
a psychological examination. The witness
then gave an account of his interview with
Gnftoau and summed up, as the result of his
investigation, that ho found the prisoner
possessed of a good memory, with the attain
ments of a third-rate shyster lawyer in a
criminal court, and firmly impressed with the
belief that ho had sacrificed himself for tho
good of the American people. That he par
ried questions, the answering of which might
injure his vanity and egotism, and changed
the conversation frequently to subjects whioh
would give him tho opportunity to laud Ids
position and exploits. The witness was asked
if tie- prisoner was able to distinguish
between right and wrong, and declined to
express an opinion as to his moral respon
sibility, hut from his examination of ihe
prisoner he was of the opinion that since he
(the prisoner) has been a lawyer he has
always known tho ordinary legal consequences
ot criminal nets.
Witness would not undertake to express a
decided opinion as to the mental condition of j
the prisoner on July second, other than pre
sumably that lie has always been oi a morbid
mind. Witness thought depravity might tinc
ture morbid projects, but did not think the
prisoner's behavior con sisti nt with the theory
that depravity was tin- father of the act in the
lulling oi the in sldent.
Witness was asked if he had not appeared as
an expert in a certain ease, and after taking a
fee on one side, returned it and taken a larger
one from the other side, and replied with con
siderable warmth: ''You have no basis for
such a question, and no man dares to make
aa assertion upon which you could found it."
Witness did not think that mesmerism could
occasion insanity, unlesy there was a predispo
sition to insanity. Witness could probably
mesmerise one out of every thirty in this room,
and but few of them would be'seriously in
jured. Continued or frequently-induced mls
merettc catalepsy would he seriously injurious,
and should be forbidden here as it is in
Europe. Witness noticed the slut) r. of Gui
teau's head was somewhat square at the back—
rhombooephalio—and that there is "a keel"
along its centre. The innervation of the facial
muscles was shown by his smile, which raised
one side moj-e than the other. Mr. Davidge.—
Was this lop-sided smile indicative of in
sanity 1 Witness.—Not alone ; but in connec
tion of other matters it would be indicative.
Witness said lie had nn affection of the heel
and desired leave to sit down. Mr. Davidge.- -
An affection of the heel, you say? I thought
it was higher up. TLoud laughter.] I think
you deserve this for your eonuuet this morn
ing. Witness sat down, and Mr. Davidge
asked a few more questions. Colonel Cork
bill.—l want to see the witness's face. Mar
shal, can't you get a stool ? I want to see the
man's face. An attendant went out and soon
camo back and said: "The marshal has no
stool." Tho witness was allowed to sit on the
rail alongside tho witness-stand. Witness
considered tho deviation of the tongue to the
left as an evidence of insanity. Mr. Davidge.—
If it had been to the right what would it have
shown ? Witness. —Nothing special. Mr.
Davidge.—l did not ask what ought to have
been your experience, but what was the fact.
Witness first said he had known such cases in
insane asylums, and then modified the state
ment by saying he had seen two cases in' his
private practice and one iv Vienna, also ono a
Ward's island. Court adjourned over unti
morning. 0
Washinoton,Dec. l". There was no dimi
nution in tin crowds whioh assembled at the
City Hall this morning to witness ihe contin
uation of the great trial. Tin; only change
noticeable iii the assemblage was the falling
off In the number of ladies in attendance. Dr.
Spitzke was ou the stand, and was found no
mean band at retort. He was under cross
examination, and nothing new elicited. The
prisoner was orderly as usual, and his com
ments on Attorney Corkhill were insulting.
Dr. Barker of New York was called as the
noKt expert in behalf of the prosecution. He
was examined by Mr. Porter. lie stated his
professional experience and that he has care
fully investigated and studied the subject of
insanity. He gave a soicntiflo explanation
of insanity and said insanity was not inbi rited,
although'a tendency to insanity might be.
He was asked: "Is the habit of boasting of
intimacy with persons of high rank when
such is not the case to be taken us an evidence
of an insane delusion?" and replied, "By no
means. It rather indicates a weak vanity and
i-sr—catt egotism." Q,—lc your judgment
as it scientist would a man s assertion that he
was itchosen instrument of God and was in
direct and immediate communication with
' Him as a trusted agent be evidence of an ifi
-1 sane delusion ? A. It would not. for several
reasons. It might he asserted as an excuse
for crinie. Where it exists as one of the
symptoms ef insanity it is susceptible of
> proof. If the act were inconsistent and con
" triiry to the previous habits and normal chnr
' actor ot' the individual it would be a strong
[ presumptive evidence of insanity. Q.—As
suming It to he in proof that a person charged
1 with ctiine and claiming to have a delusion
has in repeated instances controlled himsolf
' and voluntarily refrained from the act on
Which he professes !" have a Ciftutilahd from
: God, would vof. call that evtdofieo of (ffceou
[ troUable iihpnlse. 1 A. It would show that l
j the Individual Ims not lost his puWrr Of will
1 or his self-control under the influence of his
| delusion. Judge Cox requested the witness
to explain to (lie jury what he meant by irre
sistible impulse, and the answer was:'"Per
versions of the emotions to such a degree as
I to produce conduct entirely at variance with
; the individual's former life, and to such a de
gree as to completely control the will power,
would constitute an irresistible Impulse."
The prisoner.—Where a man docs an appar
ently illegal act from an irresistible pressure,
is thai insanity or sanity, doctor? The wit
ness.—That net shows insanity. The pris
oner.-That is my case, sir. [Laughter.]
Mrs. Scoville here, for the first time, ventured
to take part in the examination of a witness,
against the earnest protest of the prisoner,
who told her to mind her own business, She
said to the witness : "Doctor, can a person be
born insane from malformation of the brain?"
The witness.—That produces idiocy and Im
becility, not insanity,
Mrs. Scoville.—Can it develop Into insanity
The witness.—A person with a maleonstrnctod
brain niny be more liable to insanity. Mrs.
Scoville. -That is what I wanted to know. I
am much obliged. After a recessL. B.Goble,
an insurance agent of Newark, N. J., told how
Guiteau had borrowed money of him. He
never snw anything indicating insanity. The
next witness was William P. Copeland, a
Washington journalist, who picked out the
newspaper scraps that were found on the
prisoner and indicated the various papers
from which they were cut, several of them
being from the Brooklyn Eagle. The next
witness was 11. T. Kotcham, of Brooklyn,
attorney and counselor-at-law, who had been
clerk to Mr. Hawes at the tune that flic pris
oner had a desk in tlio office. In reply to the
question as to whether he had observed any
thing in the prisoner indicating unsoundness
of mind the witness replied, "Nothing at all.
He impressed mo ns a man capable of con
versing on ordinary subjects without ex
pressing any extreme or violent or absurd
views," He did not,however, regard him as
a man having any fair, good sense. The
prisoner (contemptuously.)—l did not con
sider you a suitable man for me to associate
with. He was nothing but a clerk in the office,
while I was supposed to bo a high-toned
lawyer. Mi. Scoville.—What led you to con
clude that tho prisoner was a person of little
sense? The witness. That was tho general
impression I received from hearing him. The
prisoner (angrily to Mr. Scoville.) —If you
were only smart enough you would see that
all this talk has no relevancy to this caso.
You are getting cranked on this business
yourself. They will have you up for trial yet.
Y'oti are getting worse than Corkhill. [Laugh
ter.] Henry Wood, of Philadelphia, had
known the prisoner for some years ; never
saw anything to indicate that he was of un
sound mind. He always appeared to me as a
man of more than ordinary intelligence, but
wholly wanting in principle. Simon D.
Phelps, broker, of New York, had known the
prisoner since 1808 : first knew him in Chicago.
Guiteau became extremely angry at a state
ment made by the witness and rattled off a
perfect tirade of abuse. Several minutes
elapsed before the examination conld proceed.
Witness related conversations with the pris
on< r relative to his Inter-Ocean scheme and
proposed reproduction in Chicago of the
New York Herald. He did not think there was
anything crazy about tho schemes from the
standpoint of a man who knew no more of the
newspaper business than Guiteau did. Witness
said that in the fourteen years he had known
the prisoner he never saw anything to indi
cate that he was of unsound mind. At three
i o'clock the court adjourned.
vy ASHINOTON, Deo, 14.—The Guiteau trial
came to a sudden and unexpected close to
day by the illness of Mr. Gates, one. of the
jurors. Dr. Winthrow, pastor of the Park
Street Church, Boston, said that Guiteau at
tended church meetings and social gatherings
during the winter of 1879 and frequently used
to speak. Dr. Winthrow never saw any indi
cations of an unsound mind about him. Dur
ing the cross-examination Juror dates gave
the fust indication of his illness and was
obliged to retire for a few minutes, and Gui
teau seized the opportunity to make a speech.
Ho said it was evident that Corkhill was try
ing to show that he knew he was doing wrong
when he shot the President. "Now, I don't
care whether I knew I was doing wrong or
not," shouted the prisoner, defiantly. Then,
after a pause, he continued : My free agency
was destroyed and I hadn't any'choice, and I
will take my chance with this court and this
Jury and the Lord on that point. Tho ques
tion is not whether I was insane five years
ago, but whether I was a free agent at the
time I killed the President. That kills your
theory. That is the' question for the court to
pass upon. It is not a question of right or
wrong, but of a free agency. I am not here
to save my neck from the gallows. lam here
for right, for justice, for vindication.
The next witness was Charles A. Bryan, city
clerk of the Equitable Life Insurance Com
pany, of New York. He told how Guiteau
called upon him last February, asked about
commissions, brought in an application and
tried to get a loan in advance. He spoke of
his familiarity with "Jim" Blame. This state
ment aroused the prisoner's anger at onco.
"That is false," lie cried ; "I ahvavs spoke, of
him as Secretary Blame," and when Judge
Cox nied to quiet him he shouted : "When a
man comes here and makes a statement which
J know is wholly false, I say to him, 'that's
false ;' if he persists, I Bay say to him, 'you
are a liar,' and if he still persists, I say to
bun, -you are an infernal whelp.* That is as
far as I go. That is equal to the bar-room
language of consigning a man down below."
I his witness also had sever seen any indica
tions of insanity. He was followed by Henry
M.Collier, who told of a transaction where
Guiteau collected Sl7o and failed to turn it
over. During the examination of this witness
Juror Gates made it Known to the court that
he was unable to go on. Some fault lias been
found with the court officials for not permit
ting or insisting upon proper exercise for the
jury, in accordance with the laws of health.
It appears that they made a request a day or
two ago to bo taken to certain places,
among which was the Corcoran art gallery,
'Ihe court notified the bailiff that they might
bo taken thero if measuros wero provided to
prevent them coming in contact with tho
general publio,
Washinoton, Dee. 10.—The magnetism of
the public is fast waning. The evidence
being given by what is termed experts is |
simply a repetition of what has already been
given in our columns. Guiteau is essentially I
conducting the case his own wav, continually I
abusing iiis own counsel as we'll as that of i
the prosecution. The only evidence given tho j
last two days of any importance was that of I
his divorced wife which we give below:
Sho stated sho was married to the prisoner
on the 3d of July, 1869, in Chicago, and that
Mr. and Mrs. Scoville. were present at the mar
riage ; they lived together in Chicago until the
fail of 1871, her husband being engaged in the
law busiriest: then fhey wi itt in York ;
she could not recollect at how itninv places
thet lived in New York, but probably theY had
lived at fifteen or twenty places. ("Probably
Six or seven," said the prisoner, "and I paid
my board bill, too."] In New York her
husband followed law and politics ;he was
engaged in the Greeley campaign and (xpected
as a reward for his services to be appointed aa
minister to Chili. ["I thought I might get, the
Swiss mission," said the prisoner, "I never
thought of Chili."J Mr. Scoville asked the
witness whether she knew that from what the
prisoner had told her ; and when she replied
in the affirmative he objected to tho admis
sion of tho testimony. Then the prisoner
broke out In a protest against the whole ex
, amib ■t'oltjahd said; "All the question here is
i whr'l."/ my fr"c agincy was, or was not.
dee'royod at the timo 1 fired the shot. All
this collateial evidence about tnv circum
stances and about what 1 did or said or did
not do or say during the last forty yeai'B has
no bearing whatever on the point; and with
all due respect to the court, I do not think
that the court in bane would admit it." Tho
district attorney asked the witness whether,
in her association with tho prisoner, she had
ever noticed any insanity ; and her reply was,
"1 never did." Tlio district attorney said to
Mr. Scoville, "You may take the 'witness."
"Thank you. Mr. Corkhill," said the prisoner
(ironically), "that is the decentest thing you
have done on this trial. 1 suppose that Porter
ins'Sted on it, as he is supposed to be a decent
man, anil so is Mr. Davidge." Then turning
to Mr. Scoville. he said: "Cut your cross-ex
amination short, Scoville, and let us get to
something else." Mr. Scoville asked the wit
ness whether she had stated since the 2d of
July last that she had considered the prisoner
of unsound mind when she lived with him.
her reply was, "No, 1 never said so."
Then the prisoner opened his floodgates of
abuse on Mr.'Scovillo, saying to him, "What
is the use of going into that, scoville? Y T ou
are a consummate jacliass. I would rather
have a ten-year-old boy to try this case than
yon. You havo got no brain-, no conception.
You cannot see a foot ahead of you. Get off
the case, and I will do tho business myself. I
could havo 101 three or four first-class lawyers
to defend the case if yon had not elbowed
them out with your consummate egotism and
vanity. You aro taking altogether too much
responsibility on yourself. 1 havo got the
heavy work myself to do before the court and
the jury." As the prisoner finished this tirade,
ho bent his head on the tablo and indulged
for some time in a quiet laugh. After Mr.
Scovillo had resumed the cross-examination ho
made sonio mistake in putting a question to
the witness, aud said promptly, "Excuse me,
I was thinking of something else." "I should
suppose you were," said the prisoner, with a
self-satisfied laugh. "You had better go
homo and go to bed. You havo never got
straight since the failure of your lecture the
other night." Mr. Scoville (to the witness).
Did you state that you regretted having pro
cured a divorce, as you should have remained
with your husband and have taken care of
him on account of the condition of his mind ?
The witness—No, sir ; I never said anything
of tbe kind. The prisoner (with an expres
sion of disgust) —You had better sit down,
Scoville. Scoville then proceeded to in
terrogate the witness in regard to her state
ments to newspaper reporters and others in
Colorado on her way to Washington. Again
the prisoner interrupted, aud said, "What is
the use of your going into this business. You
are the biggest fool I ever met. (To the
Court). I object to Scoville examining the
witness any further. I object to it as a matter
of law and as a matter of decency. He has
got a lot of letters and other rubbish here,
and expects to "spread himself" in the cross
examination. Mr. Scoville (to witness', —Did
you say tv a reporter, in answer to a question,
what you thought would be done with tho
prisoner—that ho ought, to be hung '! The
witness—l did not say anything of the kind.
Tho prisoner broke iv again with abusive re
marks directed to Mr. Scoville ou account of
the importance which he attached to letters
written by crunks and Idiots all over the
oountly, and said that Mr. Beatty, of New
Jersey." who was supposed to have written one
of those letters as a "Garfield avenger," had
denied it and was offering a reward ot $500 for
the discovery of its author. After some fur
ther unimportant testimony Mr. S< oville said :
"I will not ask this witness any more ques
tions." The prisoner expressed bis approval
of this, and said : "I know nothing about this
lady's Christian character except, that I knew
her"to be a high-toned Christian lady. 1 know
her well, aud have much repect for her."
What Made the Clock Strike,
Apropos of the mysterious striking,
recently, of tho old clock which once
belonged to Washington, in the relic
rooms at Mount Vernon, the Rev. A. P.
Buel, of Cleveland, Ohio, gives the
following account of an incident which
took place in 1846, while he was at Yale
College : "At that time I was taking my
meals in the part of the city called
'over the dyke,' not far from the present
site of the New York and New Haven
Railway depot. The houso was a low
one-story wooden building, the large
brick chimney standing in the center
and'going straight up through the roof.
On the first floor there was a large
room on either side of the chimney. In
the east room a wife and mother had
died two weeks before the incident
which lam about to relate occurred.
The house was so near the flats that
one could hear the wash of the waves as
the tide ebbed and flowed. Snow had
fallen to a depth of eight inches, and
this bad been followed by a heavy rain.
Everything, therefore, was moist to the
touch. Coming to tho house one night
I found the ladies greatly alarmed.
The clock in the unused room, where
tbe death had occurred, had been
heard to strike in the afternoon. They
asked me to examine the clock and the
room, as they dared not. I fonnd an
old-fashioned twenty-four hour clock,
with a thin pine back, standing on tho
mantle-piece, and close up to the chim
ney. As the chimney was large, open
and low, snow had fallen and melted on
the inside. OE course the bricks back
of the clock had absorbed much mois
ture. The linen cord of the striking
weight had contracted just enough to I
lift the weight and cause the striking, j
It was only the unseen lingers of com- ,
mon moisture, and not tho unseen tin- ;
gers of lightheeled ghosts that started
the sonorous brass and filled the ladies !
with fear." I
FORTY.SBVBNTH (OXOBUXM,
SENATI..
Dae, 14. Mr. Garland, from the committee
on territories, reported favorably, with n
written report, a bill to legalize thi election
of the territorial legislature of New .Mexico
held in IW>.
f)n motion of Mr. Sherman, the committee
on the Garfield memorial services was In
creased by two members.
By Mr. Camden, for a further appropriation
to continue the improvement of the Ohio
river in West Virginia : also for tbe construc
tion of two ice-breakers iv the Ohio river,
near Parkorsburg, W. Va.
By Mr. Davis (\V. Va.) for a four 'house and
prstoffiee building at Parkorsburg, W. v*a,
By Mr. Plumb, amending section "254 Be*
j vised statutes, providing fivr the issuance of
gold certificate-. It substitutes the word
"directed" for "authorized," so as to make it
mandatory on the secretary to issue rertiti-
I catee upon deposits of gold coin and bullion.
I Resolutions were submitted as follows :
fly Mr. Jones i Fin.) requesting the secre
tary of War to communicate Information or
evidence on file in the war office relating to
the construction of a ship canal across the
peninsula of Florida.
By Mr. Butler, directing the secretary of
the treasury to forward to the senate a state
ment showing the number of farms or planta
tions, with the number of acres in each, sold
in the state of South Carolina under the act
for the collection of direct taxes m insurrec
tionary districts, etc.. approved June 7, 1802,
to whom said farms or plantations belonged
at the time of the tax sales, etc. Adopted.
Mr. Hoar's resolution for a selec; committee
on the rights of women was taken mv
Mr. Vest said he could see no nsi tistty for a
committee on the subject, and regar led the
resolution as a step toward the recognition of
woman suffrage, to which he was opposed on
principle.
Mr. Hoar replied, hut had not concluded
when the floor was claimed by Mr. Beck, to
whom it had been awarded upon the unfin
ished business. Action on the resolution was
therefore deferred.
The subject of the presidential succession
in the event of the removal, death, resigna
tion or inability of both the president and
vice-president was considered, the resolutions
introduced by Messrs. Beck and Maxey and
the bill of Mr. Garland being before the senate
for discussion. Mr. Beck spoke at length,
forcibly illustrating the urgen -y for legislative
action.
Mr. Garland then obtained the floor, when
the senate, at ;i:ls P. SI., went into executive
session, and after referring the nominations
received to-day, at 3:35 P. M. adjourned.
Dec. 18.—On motion of Mr. Anthony, an
adjournment over until Monday was provided
for—thirty to nineteen.
Mr. Sherman, from the committee on
finance, reported favorably, with amend
ments, a bill to provide for the issue of three
per cent, bonds.
Pulls were introduced as followH :
By Mr. Hoar, four bills making apportion
ment of representatives in Congress among
the several states under the tenth census.
By Mr. Coke, to regulate interstate com
merce and to prohibit unjust discrimination
by common carriers.
By Mr. Miller, to incorporate the Maritime
Canal Company of Nicaragua.
By Mr. Plumb, to authorize the issue of
silver certificates and standard silver dollars
on the deposit of silver bullion.
Resolutions were submitted as follows :
By Mr. Morrill, instructing the District
commissioners to inquire into the expediency
of reporting some provisions of law by which
the sale and advertising of lottery tickets in
the District of Columbia shall be made unlaw
ful and subject to proper penalties. Ho spoke
of the evil as a growing one, affecting the em
ployes of the departments, male and female.
Adopted.
By Mr. Ingalls, instructing the committee
on pensions to inquire, and report what in
crease of pension, if any. should be allowed
the widow of Abraham Lincoln. Adopted.
The discussion of the presidential succession
in the contingencies provided for was re
sumed, and Mr. Garland addressed the Sen
ate. He said the President pro tern of the
Senate and Speaker of the House had been
held to be "officers" in the sense in which
the word is used in the clause of the constitu
tion, inasmuch they were officers of their
houses respectively. But enough of doubt
had been thrown upon it to require the mat
ter to be placed beyond further cavil. As to
when die presidential inability arises, or as
to who is to determine that inability, he said
Congress is unable to determine, and the only
means for a determination of that question
would be a constitutional amendment. The
clause of constitution simply gives to Con
gress the right to say what officer shall act,
and neither in that or anywhere else is it em
powered to pass upon the inability.
Mr. Coke urged the duty of Congress to
provide promptly lor averting the complica
tion with which the country was threatened
under the law of 17H2 in the event of the
death of the acting President of the United
States. Ho maintained that pending a presi
dential disability tho Vice-President dis
charges the powers and duties of the execu
tive office not as President, hut as Vice-Presi
dent, and returns to his normal position and
functions when the inability ceases to exist or
the President's health is restored.
Mr. Jones (Fla.) argued that tho constitu
tion never intended, remotely or otherwise,
to touch the question of temporary inability,
and that according to the letter of the Instru
ment and tho spirit of its trainers, the presi
dential office does devolve absolutely upou
the Vice-President pending the disability of
the President, as in the other contingencies.
At this point Mr. Jones temporarily yielded
the tloor for an executive session.
Dec. 17 Both bouses of Congress were, in
session yesterday. In the Senate Mr. Hoar'B
resolution for a special committee of seven on
the rights of women was taken up. Mr. Vest
wished it referred to the committee fin revo
lutionary claims, whilst Mr. Bayard wanted
it to go to the judiciary committee, hut tho
morning hour expired and the resolution
went over. Sir, Voorhees spoke on silver
coinage, etc. In the House there was another
avalanche of bills, covering almost every sub
ject of legislation. The House adopted a res
olution for a holiday recess from December
21 to January o.
As Usual.
The commercial traveie* „ a Phila
delphia house while in Tennessee ap
proached a stranger as the train was
about to start, snd said :
"Are you going on this train?"
" I am."
"Havo yon auy baggage?"
"No."
" Well, my friend, you can do me a
favor, and it won't cost you anything.
You see, I've two rousing big trunks,
and they always make me pay extra for
one of them. You can get ono checked
on vonr ticket, and we'll euchre them.
See ?"
"Yes.l see; but I haven't any ticket,"
" But I thought you said you were
going on this train ?"
"So f am. I'm the conductor."
"Oh!"
Ho paid extra, aa usual.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The double-headed eagle is tho ira
perial standard of Austria.
A Boston man describes his iea*9 -
tions while going through a plato-glasa
door. He folt embarrassed.
The three lea ling articles of jewelry
at the present timo are bracelets, laoe
pins and finger-rings.
Tho St. Louis girl who reported her
self engaged to Tiiden several year?,
ago, has had to take up with v. short-iin.',
narrow guage railroad husband, or go
without sny.
Goorge 1., of England, died from
! drunkenness, George 11. of a rupture
of the heart, Georgo 111. died a mad
man, and George IV. of gluttony and
drunkenness.
The topaz in heraldry represents gold
or the planet Sol. Its signification k
fidelity and friendship. The bloodstone
denotes oourage, wisdom and firmness
in affection.
Before the civil war the exports of
pencen nuts from Indianola, Texat',
were reported at 9100,000; now it is
estimated that tho amount annually
gathered exceeds .?2,000,0(IO in value.
No earn, however, has been taken in the
trees ; in fact, in many localities, free-,
fifty to one hundred years old have
been cut down to secure the nuts.
With proper care of the trees and
systematic gathering of the crop it is
believed that $10,000,000 could be
annually realize.!.
How Shoe Pegs arc Mode.
It was tho privilege of the writer to
visit the picturesque little town of Ar
lington, Vt., which at the time boasted
a population of 2,5(10. three churches,
five stores, two hotels, an extensive car
works, sash and blind and chair factory,
also a peg faotory,which., by the courtesy
of the foreman, Mr. L. E. While,
(who had been employed there twt nty ■
nine years) he was shown through, and
received valuable information. Tho
timber used is black and yellow biroh,
which is cut into pieces four feet in
length, varying in diameter tiom eight
to fourteen inches. These logs aro
placed in a building iv winter aud Ihe
frost extracted by steam. Thoy are
then run in on a tram railway to the
circular Saw department, and cut into
slices or blanks of the thickness de
sired for the length of the pegs. These
aro ported and the knots cut out, aud
are then passed on to a long bench
whioh contains six machines composed
of fluted rollers. The blanks aro then
run between these rollers, which
creases on both sidej. They are then
run through again to crose, orease, or
rnaik out the exact sines of the pegs.
Tliey then go to the. splitting machines,
which tire set with double knives, arid
cut the blanks into pegs, A3 they pass
the last machine they are sorte-j, and
all knots and discolored ones removed
as they aro brushed eft' into large ban
kots. The machines am under the cafe
of young women, who appeared much
moie happy and useful thau do many of
those who, thumping ut tho piano,
would consider such employment
menial. The next process is bleaching.
which is accomplished by tho fumes of
brimstone, which is unhealthy—(those
who labor hero thorten their lives.)
They aro then placed in large cylinders,
which hold cloven barrels, aud have six
hundred steam pipes running through
them, and revolvo one and one-half
times to tho minute, drying two charges
per day to each cylinder. Thoy are
then passed into lavge woodon casks,
or cylinders, which, revolving rapidly,
polish them by the friction, tho refuse
falling through wire sieves on screen
openings, after which they are again
passed into a sifter, which separates all
the single pegs and drops them into
tubs or boxes, leaving thee which have
not been separated in tho machine.
They aro then put in barrels ready for
market Tho factory running on full
time turns out one hundred and fifty
bushels, or fifty barrels per day. Tho
sizes go from eight up to sixteen to an
inch. The lengths go by eights two
and one-half to twelve. Twenty-six
hands are employed, half of thombeing *
women. The products of this mill aro
mostly shipped to Germany and France,
and ent largely into the manufacture
of toys and fancy goods as well as into
the shoe manufactory. Thus the "genii
of mechanism" converts, as by magic,
the trees from the Vermont mountains
into articles of use, which floating off
through the channels of commerce to
far away countries, anon return to
sparkle the ,pyes of happy children in
toys, in which these toys have become
important factors.
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