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THOMAS H. JOHSSON, Sex y.
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OF SALEM. MASS.,
Office, No. 114 Washington Street.
Statement January 1, 1880.
La»U Abstts. $4tf3 3u£31
Reserve lor Reinsurance #ijbe46 75
lithe r Liabilities, including
Lo»aes unpaid.. . 7367 25— 1*4 214 Ou
surplus a* regard* policy
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Capital. f£»C*fc31
al'MMAKY OF ASSETS.
Heal Estate.§40 OOO 00
Bank Nset.§6 7 161
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■ band. 9 j« 4
Balance in Agents' hand*, net. 1 079 71
$483 302 bl
AGENTS.
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ABSTRACT or STATEMENT OF THE
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January 1st, 1880.
CAPITAL STOCK, (all paid in.).... $1 25o0uu0o
A SABI'S,
Cash on hand, in Bank, and Cash
Lems,. $G4* s«f, Vi
Rents and Arrrued Interest,. 31876 72
Real Esla’e l nenrutnbered,. 63u 175 «S0
Loans on Bon 1 and Mortgage ; 1 st hen,) 773 324 40
United Mates, State/Hank. and R. R.
Mocks and Bond.-owned by Com
pany. 1 414 757 25
Total..$3 456 0r0&u
All Outstanding Claims. I.Yj \r.rl 46
GEO. L. CHASE. Pit£81 L»£N T,
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■ — .—
Trouble la The Choir.
i There w av something so unusual in the singing
of the choir
That the Elder looked up mildly from the tenth
of Jeremiah.
j And with re-adjuMted eyeglass looked along the
foremost row.
While a hundred necks were twisted in a stare
I from all below.
As before the rolling thunder comes a distant,
wailing moan.
' There wa* presage of disturbance in the very
organ’s tone,
j Just the [vopping of the pickets, ere the battle’s
awlul din.
Ur the tuning ol the tiddlers ere the orchestra
begins.
An unprejudiced observer might have seen
with half an eye
There was waiting an « xploaion that would
blow them all sky-high.
< >r spontaneous combustion, to accept a modern
name.
That was w aiting just a motion to burst forth
into flame.
The Soprano sat in grundcur, with her book
before her lace.
With her back-comb turned in anger on the
Alto aud the Ba«s ;
While the Tenor stood bc*ide her with an ele
vated nose.
And the Organist pawed madly at thc|>etlaU
with tiis toes.
Mow could anyone but angels sing when they
were feeliug so?
Though the hymn was “Songs of (Madness,**
they would make it **>ound» of Woe.”
When we s>i.ig about devotion, some devotion
we mu«t feel,
Ur our plaintive tones of worship w ill partake
somewhat of squeal.
But the Alto sang her solo, and then 1* ft it to
the Has*.
Who wav gnawing at his mustache, and Was
looking for the place;
While the Organist In answer sung the leading
part alone.
And the Tenor tried to follow, but it ended in a
groan.
As the horror-stricken people heard the dis
cord ri*iug higher.
It was patent to the simplest their was trouble
in the choir.
And the Organist. In fury, closet] the organ
with a crash.
And the Alto soblted iu anguish, and the choir
had gone to smash.
When the Elder went among them with a view
to reconcile.
The Soprano loid her story with a sanguinary
smile;
It appeared the wretched Chorister had intro- i
duced a girl
H itii a bran new style of siugiug aud a most
detracting curl.
But, to tap the bitter • unax, this UsurjtT
Wore a hat.
Ju«t a duck, a gem. a beauty, and it made the
P st look flat;
And tin straw that broke the camel’s back and
made the wrv« k complete -
Sh* cam*- early Sunday morning and usur]»ed
the leading seat.
W hen the Elder asked the T* nor why he left,
he aaid, “Because
The S'prano said hi* chest-tones sounded ju*t
like ti ;ng *>vw- ;
And he overheard tin Alto one night whimper
to the Bass,
That a man with such a mustache was a palpa
ble disgrace.”
And the Ba-s informed the Eider that he taeri
ticed his view*
'hen be • une and joined the Elder’s choir to !
help till up hi* |M'W».
Me wa* an Episcopalian, and if people thought
he’d take
Any nons* use from a Baptist, they had math a
great mistake.
Then the OrganM and the Alto both put on an
injured look.
>vying something in an undertone about a
change of book;
And the Elder overheard them a« he gently
closed the door.
I s* the word*. * A poor old fogy.” and “A
sentimental bore.*’
— Utica Observer.
itftscclhncous.
I From N. Y Tr.bune ’
Things to be Remembered.
Has everybody forgotten wlm trust**
put in the majesty ot ttie law. the peiee
loviug disposition of the people, and the
universal loyally to the Government and
affection for the Union up to the very out
break of hostilities III lsGl? We could
not bring ourselves to believe that the
Democratic party would actually under
take to break up the Union because they
bad lost absolute control of the Govern
ment. We thought their threats were
vuporings, and that (ears of any serious
disturbance were idle. There were not a
few w ho thought that to take precautions
against violence, or muse preparations to
repress disorder or resist any possible at
tack upon Government property, was uu
manly and cowardly; they opposed the
adoption of measures such as ordinary
prudence might have dictated, upon the
ground that to exhibit distrust ot any por
tion ot the people would only provoke an
outbreak which It would be wiser to avoid
than attempt to quell. We had not known
till 18G1 how desperate a party this was.
how absolutely bent on having Its own
way, and what a wicked and determined
pur|>ose there was In It either to rule or
ruiu the country. It was some time dawn
ing on us. The contemplated crime was
so inexcusable and so vast that it stag
gered credulity. Nothing but the thunder
of the guns in Charleston Harbor could
awaken us to a comprehension of it
l.et us bear In mind that the lapse ot
twenty years has made no change in
human nature, ami very little in the nature,
the habits and Ibe disposition of the Dem
ocratic party. It is but little wiser for its
experience of reverses, while it is ail the
hungrier for its long and enforced absten
tion from official flesh pots, md the more
eager from its apparent nearness to the
prize. One purpose dominates the coun
cils of the party to-day as it did In 1861:
the purpose either to rule this country or
destroy it. At odds amoDg themselves
upon all other points, upon all the issues
ol current political discussion, they rally
here, and are as one. Through all their
blundering am) their folly, their ignorance
and incapacity, their personal feuds and
quarrels, their jealousies and rivalries and
intrigues, there is the gleam of this con
stant purpose: to get by some means, no
matter what, the offices, the power and
the absolute control. And we have not the
excuse we had in 1801 for being caught
unprepared: that we did not know how
desperately in earnest they were, and
hoped to disarm their hostility by our con
fidence. We know now what manner of
men they are, wiiat spirit actuates the
party, and to what lengths they are ready
to go to carry out their plans.
The Maine conspiracy is not an isolated
undertaking. It is not local in Its scope
uur merely temporary in its character and
its results. It is part of a larger plan; of
a plan that was openly discussed in 1876,
and that failed then only because ol the
feebleness, or, as they themselves call it,
the cowardice of their leader, to take
either by fraud or force—by whatever
means may be necessary—possession of
the Federal Government. This Is the ob
jective point of all the Democratic policy
and tactics of the past three years. All
the political legislation that baa beeu ac
complished or attempted by Congress has
had this sole end in view. The attack on
the Election laws and the attempts to crip
ple the Executive arm in the preservation
of peace and the enforcement of an honest
ballot are marked instances ol tbit. They
hare illustrated It still further in the
shameless partisanship they have shown In
unseating liepublicsns honestly elected
and seating their own men in their places;
while in the States where accidental power
has given them opportunity they hare
made gerrymandering apportionments that
bad no foundation In reaaon, nor any ex
cuse except the partisan necessity to keep
control of Congress. The one thing they
have kept constantly in mind through all
Is the 1’re.sidenlial election ol 1880, and
| flieir determination to carry it, no matter
! what the means.
The liarrelon gang ilid'not do the whole
sale cheating they did just for the offices
of that State for a single year. The l’llls
bury peculators are not keeping np the
sham Legislature and holding the State
seal Just for one year's lease of a few uti
remuneralive offices, to be held, too. only
at the price of personal dishonor. They
are players in a larger game. The stake
is not Maine, but the Federal Government.
A party which. In its desperation at being
defeated, sought to break up the Union In
1861, has little hesitation in tumbling a
State into anarchy in furtherance of its
ambition. With Maine in the hands of the
fraudulent Fuslonist Legislature and State
officers, the Democrat* score several
points in the Presidential game; with the
question left unsettled, so as to leave a
Democratic Congress a pretext for throw
ing out the vote of the State, the Republi
cans are easily cheated ont of the electoral
vote of ttie State. Only for this has the
tight been kept up. The Maine rascality
Is only a part of the National conspiracy.
The public was slow to believe the Trib
unr's first announcement, several weeks
ago. that this audacious fraud was contem
plated. In aome quarters it was ridiculed.
We observe in certain quarters now a dis
position to ridicule the prudence of Gov
ernor Davis in making preparations to de
fend the public buildings at Augusta ami
liangor. We believe the Governor would
he making a most lamentable mistake to
do otherwise. The men behind this bogus
Maine Government seem now to be foiled,
but it is be.t to take no risks. They have
meant business from [in.- start. They
meant business in 1861, but we found it
out too laic. It would be a fatal blunder
if we should permit ourselves to forget
their record or our own ex|M.*ricnce.
The Answers
Tu Ikv lluralioM l*rop«»un«lrd to (far
< uurf.
Baxgoh, aTtn. 27. isso
In rpBponse to the foregoing communica
tion. the undersigned, Justice* of the Su
preme Judicial Court, have the honor to
*»y : that while we cannot admit, even by
implication, that the statemeut and ques
tions now before u« are presented by any
legally organized legislative body bo a* to
require an opinion from us under the Con*
stitul tonal provision, (art. 6, sec. 3.) we
feel Hi.it wre should be omitting an impor
tant service which the people of this be
loved .State and the gentlemen who have
presented these question*, presumably
from an honr*l desire to know their duty
a* citizen* in the premise*, might fairly
expect ol us. If wo failed to give some of
the reasons which compel us to decline to
entertain and respond to the aforesaid
statement and question* based thereupon.
The solemn occasion U Indeed here, in tha
unparailed and ominous event* in our public
history which have occured within the last
few month*. But we are bound to declare
that these question* are not presented by
i» legally constituted legislative body, for
the following reason*, hrlrflv stated-*
W liui ihflVreut bodies of men. each claim
ing lo tie ami lo exercise Hie functions of
the legislative department of the State, ap
pear. each asserting their title to be re
garded as the law givers for the people, it
is the obvious duty of the judicial depart
ment who mutt inevitably at no distant
day he called to pass njKin the validity of
the laws that may be enacted by the
n spec.ivr claimants to legislative authoti
tv. to Inquire and ascertain tor themselves,
with or without questions presented tiy the
claimants, which of those bodies lawfully
represent Hie people from whom they de
rive their |Miwer.
t here can he hut one law ful Legislature. !
The Court must know for itself w hose !
enactments it will recngril/e as laws of
binding force; whose levies of taxes It will
rulorce wl.cn brought judicially befote it;
whose choice of a prosecuting olllcer be
fore Hie Court it will respect. In a thousand
w ays It becomes essential that the Court
should forthwith ascertain and take judi
cial cognizance ot Hie questiou : Which Is
the true Legislature?
The exlsieuco of certain facts, raising
questions as to the powers and duties of
the Governor and Council In canvass! ng
the vote* for members of the Senate and
House of Representatives, was necessarily
Implied in the questions propounded by
Governor Garcelou and answered by this
Court under date of January 3. To put
such questions in Hie absence of facts re
quiring their solution would be an ahuseof i
the |iower of the Executive to call for the '
opinion of the Court upon questions of law
on solemn occasions.
Those questions were fully answered,
and by the answers It appeared that Ihv
acts ami doings of the Governor and
Council In issutug certificates of election to
certain men as .Senators and members of
the House of Representatives who did not
appear to be elected, and declining to is
sue certificates and summonses tocertain
men who did appear to be elected, were in
violation of their legal and constitutional
obligations and duties.
We are bound to take judicial Notice of
the doings of the Executive and Legisla
tive Departments of the Government, and i
when called upon hy proper authority, to
pass upon their validity.
We are hound to take judicial nolle* of
historical facts, matters of public notoriety
sul interest transpiring in our midst.
We cannot accept a statement which as
serts as facts, matters that are In conflict
with the record and with the hlalorical
fads that we are not at liberty to disre
gard.
We cannot shut our eyea to the fact (hat
the Governor and Council then in office,
disregarded the opinion of the Court given
iu answer lo the Governor's questions,
omitted to revose the summonses illegally
issued lo tueu who did not appear to be
elected, or to issue summonses to men
w ho did appear to be elected.
n e snow- mat me officers who presided
In the conventions of membcrs-elecl of the
Senate and House on the first Wednesday
In January, recognized as members of both
those bodies men who were unlawfully in
troduced into them by the uncoustitotional
and illegal methods pursued by the Gover
nor and Connell; and refused to recognize
men w ho appeared (o be legally elected,
and refused to permit aoy appeal from
their illegal decisions to the bodies over
which they were temporarily presiding.
The report of the committee ol the Connell
and the action ot the Governor and Council
thereon, of which we mnst take jndicial
Dotice. show that men were thus admitted
and excluded upon grounds which this
Court declared in their answer to Gov
ernor Garcelou's questions to be untenable
and illegal. It cannot be successfully
claimed thtt there was ever a quorum in
the House ol Representatives which under
took to organize on the first Wednesday
of January, without counting men who
could only appear to be elected because
the late Governor and (Council pursued
modes which this Court declared in their
answers to bis questions to be unconstitu
tional. illegal tDd void. These men were
not in tact elected. They did not appear
to be elected by the returns canvassed in
the manner in which the Constitution and
laws, rightfully interpreted, required the
Governor and Couocil to canvass them.
We cannot recognize a House of Repre
sentatives. to mike a quorum in which the
presence ol these ineo was necessary, as a
lawfully constituted body or capable of per
forming any of the functions of a House of
Representatives, when due protest was
made Id behall of those who were Id fact
elected by the people.
Id like manner the presence*io the Sen
ate. of men claiming seats to the exclusion
ol those whom a canvass legally conducted
would show to be elected, and being rec
ognized as members of the convention by
the temporary presiding officer who,
though protest against his illegal action
was made on the spot, refused to permit
an appeal Irom his deeision to the conven
tion of Senators elect, vitiated the organ
ization of that body.
We have only to re affirm the principles
we asserted in our answers of January 16,
1880. upon these subjects, in coming to
the result that the bodies propounding to
us the fort-going questions are not a legal
ly organized Hou-e of Representatives and
Senate under the Constitution of this
State.
It remains to be considered whether
there is a legally organized Legislature in
existence, entitled to enact laws that must
be binding upon the people and the Courts
of the State. The action of those control
ling the proceedings on the llrst Wednes
day of January, 1S80, has not been ac
quiesced in by a quorum of those appear
ing to have been elected to either house.
It is a matter of history that, alter unsuc
cessful resistance to the Illegal action of
the officers attempting to create the legis
lative organization on that day, a majori
ty of persona who appeared to be elected
to the two houses formed an organization
of themselves. They refrained from form
ing an independent organization until the
12th of January, hoping until then to ob
tain their rights in some other way. They
were forced Into such a position by the
illegal action of the majority uf members,
whose action they were not obliged to
submit to and which they could In other
reasonable manner resist. The organiza
tionsmade on January 12th, were made by
a majority of the members appearing to
be elected and having the j>rima facie
right to seats. The point is raised, by
the staterneut and questions submitted,
that no legal organization could be funned
oil January 12th, because no notice of the
intended action was given to the minority
«»r non-attending members so a* to enable
them to participate therein. The minority
were not excluded. 1'he organization was
made In a public manner. The minority
were at the time claiming to be. and are
•till claiming to be. the lawful Legislature.
It is not to be presumed that they would
have abandoned that organization at that
time had notice been given. We do not
think thHt the want of notice Invalidate!
the organization id January the 12lh.
1 heii* may be Irregularities in the manner
in which such organizations were formed;
but the voice of the people is not on that
account to be stifled, nor the true Govern
ment to fail to be maintained.
No essential defects anywhere exist, but
ot»iy such departures from ordinary forma
a* circumstances compelled. History can
never fail to disclose the vital fact that the
organizations of January the 12th were
formed by full quorums of persons appear
ing by the records and returns as duly
elected members of either House. It can
not be that such a construction must be
given to the Constitution of the State as
will subvert the plain and obvious inten
tion of its framers, or place It In the pow
er of a few men to perpetuate their hold
upon the offices in the gift of the people,
. In defiance of the will of the voters con
stitutionally expressed and ascertained,
i because their own neglect of duty has
made some departure from directory pro
vision* and ordinary forms Inevitable.
A legally organized legislature being in
existence and exercising Its constitutional
functions, it follows that no convention of
iiieinbcrs-elcct of either House can exist
which can be treated a< a nucleus for
another organization. Two governments
are claiming to be in existence as valid
uiid entitled to the obedience of the peo
ple. Both cannot rightfully exist at the
same tun*- But one - government can be
recognized and obeyed. The responsibili
ty and solemn duty are imposed upon uslo
determine which is entitled to the State.
w.- therefore, after due deliberation and
consideration of all matters Involved,
affinn and declare our judgment to be,
that tie M-nate whose presiding officer is
tin* Hon. Joseph A. Locke, and the House
of Representatives w hose presiding officer
Is the Hon. Geo. E. Week*, constitute the
legal and constitutional Legislature of the
Mate.
JOHN APPLETON,
CHARLES W. WALTON,
w ILLIAM G. BARROWS,
CHARLES DAN FORTH,
JOHN A. PETERS.
ARIHMAS LIBBEY.
JOSEPH W. SYM^NDS.
'Io Albert G. Andrews amt H. C.
Cheever. Esquires. Augusta. Maine.
How the Earth will Perish.
(V Y. Tribune’* lfeportof Pro!. Procun'* Lecture.)
The planet Venus has an atmosphere,
and it Is »aiJ tojbe at tbe very least as dense
as that of our own earth. Then we learn
also that oceana are on her surface, be
cause It has been shown by the spectrum, j
It appears also that It closely resembles '
our earth in condition, and that it is the
one planet tit to be tbe abode of living
creature* like those which exist on the
earth. In Mars we begin to recognize the
effects of planetary old age. These green
ish patches we must regard a* seas, and I
we find Ilia: they are much smaller in coin- i
parison to the rest of area than in our
earth- On our own planet 72 O) is cover
ed with water, and on this only about io.
00. The older planet has tbe smaller wa
ter surface, and the idea is suggested ttiat
In the old age of a planet the waters grad- !
ually diminish in extent.
We pass to the moon to answer that I
question, and here we certainly find no I
traces of water. Alaowe trace tio atoms- .
phere of appreciable density, and every
thing lends to show that she had water on
her surface, but that it has disappeared.
Does this seemingly cold and dead world
appear to have passed through the same
stages as our own earth? 1 think we can
not doubt this when we look at tier volcan
ic craters. 1 think, too, there must have
been there such life as oil our own planet.
There were oceans on her surface, which
lormerly occupied these spots, which, tbe
waters being withdrawn, present this
finely granulated appearance from its ac- \
tion. This seems to be a natural explana
tion. As the planet becomes old the
oceans become soaked into tbe planet's
interior, the crust of tbe surface as the
planet cools being formed into large cavi
ties such as exist in porous substances, and
Into these the water is withdrawn. Dr.
Franklin of England has shown ibat four
limes as much water as now finds place on
:be earth's surface could be found room
for in tbe interior of tbe earth, when the
process of cooling has gone sufficiently
iar. Then, in regard to the atmosphere,
there is certainly no trace on the moon,
but we have a picture here showing that
the volcanic action ot the moon was atoue
time no less than In our earth. Tbe moon
probably represents the luture of our own
earth at a distance of time of twenty-five
million of years. When the old age of the
earth will come It will cease as the abode
at life.
I-et us pause to consider gome of tbe
stars in this regard. Many of them are
too old and many too young Co sustain life
an their surface, bnt that they were form
ed for some purpose beyond that ol being
useful to this particular planet there is no
doubt. A study of the heaven: seems to
tell us that all life should occupy all
space and all time, and not be crowded into
one portion of time or one portion of space.
I think we may look at tbe heavens, with
the thousands of stars to be seen with tbe
naked eye, and bold tbis thought. There
you have 8,000 suns, each a borther of our
own sun, though many belong to higber
orders, and we may believe they have
thousands of orbs circling round them
which are the abodes of life. And if each
one hat bat a single world In its system as
tbe abode of life, we have then thousand*
of inhabited world* similar, perhaps, to
our own.
Id tbe one eingle polar map here shown
there are 324.000 start, all to be seen with
a small telescope, and by one of Hersbel't
telescopes 20,000,000 stars would have been
brought into view In the same section ol
the firmament. But after all there still re
maius the thought that each planet ii tend
ing towards death, and though the periods
ol time are so vast that they seem like
eternity, the dying out of the larger of
these suns appears to us like tbe death of
tbe universe itself. Bat take such an orb
m Sirius, which la a thousand times larger
Ilian the sun, and after his death all the
smaller orbs will have tiled; but can we
escape the thought that there will still re
main others to take their places’ It seems
to tne we caunot. If we remember bow
thoroughly we have been deceived In the
past. We thought the earth the center of
the universe; then the solar system was
everything; then that system became but
one in a galaxy of stars, and in turn the
galaxy of stars is lost in the infinitude of
stars.
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Mrs. McMillan’s Bracelet
I New York Times.)
Men are not. as a rule, logical. There
is Mr. McMillan, of Toledo, for example.
Last week be proclaimed to all his frienda
that lie felt It to be vastly more blessed to
give than to receive. He aaid (hat he In
tended to make his wife a beautiful Christ
mas present, and that the Idea gave him
more pleasure than the reception of a gift
of three dozen Scriptural mottoes for the
walls of his parlor could give him. He has
now radically changed tils opinion, and uses
language In regard to Christmas presents
which is well adapted to niaan the blood
run cold. The reason lor this sudden
change of opinion is to the last degree il
logical and irrelevant, and how Mr. Mc
Millan can regard himself aa a reasonable
being it is hard to imagine.
On Thursday, lust having worn out all
the jewelers in Toledo by a prolonged ex
amination of their stock, Mr. McMillan fi
nally bought a beautiful bracelet for 9JS,
with the provision that he might return it
liie next dav, It. on further consideration
1 he should decide that he did not want it.
1 The bracelet was put up In a nice little box.
| which wu wrapped in white paper, and
Mr. McMillan wrote on tbe paper the touch
ing legend: "Kor my own precious dar
ling." Tutting the box In his overcoat
pocket, he went home to tea, in a smiling
and happy frame of mind, and meeting
Mrs. McMillan, kissed her with ao much
emphasis that she immediately suspected
that something was wrong.
While sluing at the tea-table. Mr. Mc
Millan led the conyersatlon to the subject
of Christinas presents, and incidentally re
marked with a twinkle of the eye that show
ed that lie was joking, that he rather
thought he should not give his wife anr
thing- lie said 11 he really loved a woman,
. he should like to give her a splendid brace
1 let. but of course he did not care enough
for anybody to give them anything. Mrs.
McMillan might perhaps have taken ex
ception to her husband's remark as a speci
men of graceful English, but the was so
[ well persuaded that he was joking that
she almost felt the coming bracelet encirc
ling ber wrist. For the rest of the meal
she was exceedingly affectionate, and did
not once indulge in her usual criticism of
the mental and moral habits of her hus
band.
In the course of the evening Mrs McMil
. Ian surreptitiously searched Mr. McMillan's
' pockets and discovered the bracelet. She
was tilled with gratitude and joy. The af
fectionate words written ou the case affect
ed her almost to tears, and she mentally
resolved that during the coiulog year she
would abstain from the use of coercive
measures of a violent nature except iu ex
treme circumstances and when her temper
might be unusually excited.
The next morning Mr. McMiliau began
to think that perhaps tils wife might not be
particularly pleased with a bracelet, lie
Mdes. 9£~> really did amount to a large
sum. Might it uot he better to return the
bracelet to the jewelers and to give Mrs. Mc
Millan $Ib or $1.j iu money to spend as
she might think proper! He debated the
question all day. and toward evening decid
ed oii the whole, to take back the
bracelet and give his wife a $10 bill. That
night at the tea-table, he was even happier
i and more gay, than be had been on the
l previous evening. This time he had tlnal
' ly settled the question of what to give his
1 wife, and he practiced a judicious economy
; by resolving to »{>eud $10 instead of $25.
| A happier and more atlectionate household
I than that of the McMiliau family on the
, night of the 24th of December could not
' bsv«- been found In ail Toledo.
The next morning when the early bells
ushered in the happy Christmas season.
Mrs. McMillan arose and dressed herself.
Her husband woke up while this ceremony
w as iu progress, and after wishing his wife
a merry Christmas, told her to bring him
bis trousers and he would give her a pres
ent. The happy w ile obeyed, and waited
with beati' g heart for the bracelet. Toiler
inexpressible disappointment, Mr. McMil
lan look out his purse, gave her a 910 bill
and said : “There, my dear; buy what ever
you want most. I give you the money in
stead ot jewelry, or anything else, because
I w ant you to have a present that will be
some satisfaction to you.”
Mrs. McMiliau maintained a painful si
lence. She put the money In her pocket,
hut never expressed (he slightest gratitude
for it. As she walked toward a closet and
took from it a stout rope, Mr. McMillan
began to grow alarmed, and his alarm be
came very lively wheu bis wife, with amaz
ing swiftness and vigor, bound him to the
bedstead, and then went down stairs for
the broom-stick.
On her reappearance, she asked him in a
cold, sarcastic wav if his “precious darl
ing” liked her expensive bracelet. “You j
couldn't give the wife of your bosom but j
ten dollars could you?” remarked Mrs. i
McMillan, italicizing her words with the
broomstick; “but you could lavish thirty- ;
dollar bracelets oii a wicked, good-for- |
nothing hussy! Oh! l'il let you know!''!
And accordingly she did “let Mr. McMil
lan know,” with a strength that he never
before Imagined that she possessed. Iu
vain did the unhapDy man protest that he
had “never given no bracelet to nobody."
Tiie angry matron was deaf to his moles
tations. All day he remained bound to his
bed. He neither bad breakfast nor dinner,
but at frequent Intervals Mrs. McMillan
went up stairs with the broomstick, and to
use her language, “took a fresh back at
him.”
It was after Mr. McMillan was released
and his bruises bad healed sufficiently to
enable him to walk without excessive pain,
that he proclaimed bis detestation of
Christmas and of Christmas gifts. It must
be admitted that in this he wa- grossly il
logical. Undoubtedly, his wife was In er
ror, and perhaps expressed her feelings
with too much emphasis, and in a way that
was open to criticism. Still, there was no
reason why Mr. McMillan should denounce
Christmas Iu a broad indiecrimlnating way.
and it is only too evident that he is not a
man who can be called an exact and care
ful reasoner.
Hr. and Hme. De Lesseps.
[From the Parisian.j
The whole of Europe passes through the
dining room and saloon of Mr. and Mine,
de I.esseps, in Paris. It Is a hospitable
bouse if ever there was one, cosmopolitan,
and always seeming to be full of joy. You
amuse yourself there as you do nowhere
else, and at the same time you And there
a family note in the shape of a joyous
baud of seven children, who at a given
moment make a noisy and bouuding entry
in the midst of the receptions. Mr. de
lesseps loves to be surrounded by this lit
tle world, and bis young wife la an adora
ble mother. Every day about four o'clock
an Immense landeau carries off the brood
to the Bois de Boulogne. Who has not
remarked those laughing laces, those
rosy cheeks, and eyci sparkling with a
youth that is blossoming forth In the full
tide of happiness? Between the father and
mother and tbelr children there Is a har
mony of tenderness which is perhaps the
most natural sentiment in the world, but
which nowadays is not common enough.
Mme. de Lessepi is ol Creole origin;
her beauty has the type of that race, the
magnificent black eyes—eyes of black vel
vet which prevent you from seeing with
Impartiality any other feature of her face.
Still, let ut see. The uoae, perhaps, is a
little wanting in line! Yes. assuredly, but
you hardly think of (t in presence of that
^uscnlj took which qt>gfrniyi<ls aJJ your
admiration. And then aim lias a anpreine
iy elegant figure. Tight-tilting dresses
were iuvented for her sake, and she It
faithful to them. Doubtless this fashion
would be eternal if ail women had as good
a right to conform to It as she lias. She it
the daughter of Mr. de Bragars, who was
Judge In the Mauritius. The following
anecdote relative to her marriage with Mr.
de Lesaepi is known to their friends alone.
It is charming. On his return from 1'ales
tlue Hr. de Bragars had brought back
with him some rosea of Jericho for some
ladies of his acquaintance. Mr. de Lesseps,
who was one of ths friends ol the bouse,
was present when the legend about then*
tlowera was related. Any one who has
some of these roses dried may put them
in water and express a wish; if Ilia de
sire it to be rulflilcd, the next day the
faded flower will be lound to bave bloom
ed again.
• And you. Mademoiselle,” said Mr. de
Lesseps. taming toward the young daugh
ter ol Mr. ile Bragars, -are you, too,
going to try the experiment?”
■'It Is useless. Monsieur,” the young girl
replied with melancholy aud emoiluii.
” 1 hose roses would not bloom again '”
••Why?"
'‘Because the wlshj that I form cannot
be realized.”
There wts so much confusion and evi
dent emotion in this reply that Mr. de
Lesseps was struck and set thinking.
•'Try at least. Mademoiselle," he said,
taklug her hand, which she did uot with
draw loo hastily. It appears that the
young girl pat the legend of the roses to
the test. The following day they had re
auiued their colors, aud shortly afterward
Mile, de Bragars became Mme. de lesseps.
Mr. lie Lesseps lives in the line Saiut
k lorentiu. One ol the most interesting
pieces of furniture in the salon Is a what
not containing the huudreds of decorations
that have been given to Mr. de Lesseps.
In all ilia rooms oriental stuffs and rare
aud costly bibelots abound. In tbe ante
chamber are two enormous elephants'
luska and a collection at umbrellas of ail
nations. Throughout the boose, there
reigns comfort and elegance without oaten
lalion of luxury. The manners of the mas
ter and ol llie mistress of the bouse are
simple and affable. A small rmyloye or au
unknown journalist is received as gracious
ly as au ambasaudor. Their receptions are
very animated. On Madame de Izsirp'i
days you cannot hear anything ; everybody
is talking, moving about and amusing him
self. As lor hospitality, It is practiced here
hi the old-fashioned style. They have al
ways at the house some relation who baa
not been favored by fortune, or who has
need of recommendations, and these visi
tors stay aix months or a year. Mr. de
Lesseps is about seventy-seven yesrs ol
sge; bis wife was tweuly-oue years old
When he married her, In ISoO. Ills activity
Is prodigious; he works, attuiidi to the
duties of his high situation, goes into so
ciety. takes his wile to bails, passes the
night there, anil resumes his busy life at
day-dawu. When he is at lsmallia he re
freshes himself by a sea-bath, aud then he
can very well Uispeuse with going to bed.
Every year he embarks for Egypt with his
whole family just as be would go to As
nleres, and yet, heaven knows the number
of trunks surh a numerous family must re
quire. Mr.de lesseps has had a country
house built at Maudon. on the model of an
Egyptian house, with an laterior court on
to which all the rooms open. There the
legendary hospitality Is practiced on a still
larger scale.
Everybody at T'aris has seeu ths magnifi
cent portrait that Hounat painted of Mr.
de Lesseps; the work Is a little tumultuous
and Jerky, perhaps, but It depicts well the
energy of the man. The fotluwiug is a re
markable trait of his sangfroid . On the
eve ol the opening ol the Suez Canal, by
the ex-Kinpress and all the sovereign
princes of the world, an engineer came in
terror to tell Mr. de Lesseps that there
was a rock jutting out. In au unseemly
fashion, In the middle of the canal, and
that there might, perhaps, be danger lor
the princely guests. Imagine the ex-Kin
press wrecked In the middle of the canal!
Mr. de I.easeps replied, simply, ”1 bave
said that we should pass, and we shall
pass.” The next day the passage was
effected without accident. His activity aud
his will had got the better of (he rock.
Letter from Boston.
Mud, muddler, muddiest!
Streets fathomless, crossings long slate
| invisible, and aids walk s slippery, slimy,
1 beyond the experience uf even the oldest
I inhabitant. ibis U uncomfortable, but
| the capricious alternations nl the weather
j cause far more than discomfort. If to them
[ Is to be ascribed the unusual amount of
sickness. Diphtheria Is especially preva
lent, and seems particularly lalsl lu the
most wholesome distticls of (he Buck-bay,
While ss yet there is no alarm, nor real
reason for any there is much uneasiness lu
regard to It. Ill some instances drams
have been found impi-rlect, and It is under
stood the malignant form of diphtheria
from which Mayor 1’iince’s daughter died,
arose from sewer poisoning. The board
of health have to-day issued a circular for
the better Information of the public con
cerning this justly to hr dreaded disease.
Pronouncing it coutsgious and Infec
tious, directly and kndirrctly, they advise
Isolation nl ibe patient, a special disinfec
tant, ventilation of drains, removal uf the
body Immediately after death, and fbao
lutelv private luuerals. The decision with
which they conclude, that until these di
rections are obeyed, the disease will In
crease, is undoubtedly true.
But neiiber bad weather, sickness or
death, cause any diuiiuution uf the crowd
in the streets and public places. Theatres,
operas, concerts and lecture rooms are
filled beyond comfort, while private enter
lainmeure follow each other with breath
less rapidity. A few nights ago, an Inter
esting jruttiering was held at the bouse of
Joseph Cook to hear Mr. Bronson Alcott
talk of Immortality. Vaguenessof thought
and diOusrnrss of speech usually charac
terize Mr Alcott, but that evening owing
to the recent death of his daughter May
Alcott Nierlker. there was a very touching
and real power In his words. Bis remarks
were called there, an argument for the
soul's pre-existence and eternal duration,
but nothing Mr. Alcott ever says deserves
the name of argument, and they areratber
the rhapsodies of e poet on a theme of uni
versal and absorbing Interest.
A vivacious discussion followed where
all grades of opinion were developed, from
the most evangelical to those of simply
personal experience. It Is no wonder Mr,
Alcott feels deeply the loss of this daughter
for as a family (he Alcotta have been very
fond ami proud of her. As Is well kuowo,
she I* the'Amy of “Little Women” and
tliu' tn all eves, excepting those of her ad
miring sister, the authoress of tbs book,
lacking lu the beauty there glvea her, she
was always s most origiual, attractive per
eon, with au artistic gift she was deter
mined to develop. | was In Loudon with
her at one time when she was studying at
the South Kensington Museum, and It
teemed a* II she literally worked every
minute ot daylight Living a long way off
she hardly minded in her eagerness.wheth
er she ate or tlapt. In n dingy shop kept
by au old woman on Bedford, she used to
mtke her simple hreaAfaM at a roll and
cup of milk, but as the old woman said
“was always as bright at the day.” Her
talk waa quaint and lively, with tb* pecu
liar Alcott individuality; and whenever I
hear any one crltlclte “Little Women,” as
too pronounced In its conversation*. I think
“Yon do not know the family and above
all do not know May." She had a hearty
delight in her sister Louisa's success, and
one of her best stories, was of travelling up
from Liverpool to London on onn of her
numerous solitary journeys. The other
occupant of the carriage was a young Ku
gliah girl. The two fell Into conversa
tion. The English iady soon found out she
had an American for her companion, and
mentioned the only person in that country
whom she really cared to see was the au
thor of “Little Women.” Fancy the de
light of the two! May Alcott Nleriker,
said she told that girl, more about the real
life of [he four girls In that book, than she
ever told, before or after to anyone else.
Indeed, so abounding was her vitality, that
even at this distance of time and space I
cannot think of her as dead.
We bear she has left her seven weeks
old daughter to her sister’s care. Well
will It be with the baby if it Is so.
One of the most unique meetings I ever
sttended, was held In the chapel of Mt.
Vernon Church, ou Forefather# Day,when
the first Chinese sermon ever heard in Bos
ton wss presetted. The text was the con
version of the jsiler at Phillippl, the ser
mon an hour long. auJ the preacher Jee
Gam ; himself a Chinaman. The tout en
semble was Oriental. Those brown men
with their narrow eyea. [heir sleek hair
hanging in pig tails, or lightly masted on
their long heads, and dressed mostly In
sleeved blouses and fell shoes made you
(eel, as If you were In a dream. As Jee
Gim pronounced their tongue It had a
pleasant sound.
At their .Sabbath School, usually held In
the same place on Monday afternoons the
exercises are conducted In English as well
as Chinese They are learning the tormer
language very rapidly; considering they
sre laboring men and hare no time during
the week. Jee Gam their best educated,
and most prominent man, it likewise a
temperance worker of great real and Influ
ence. At Chicago Hie other day he made
the most telling speech of the convention.
A noticeable eveut of tills week is lha
dinner given by the Massachusetts Hnh rn
I j Hon. James O. Blaine.
I Received with loud and long applause
' the speech he made after dinner was served
i Is a mode! not only of earnestness and elo
quence which we always expect Irom Mr.
Blaine, but of good sense. Justice, and for
bearance. A gentleman who was present
assures me he never saw Mr. Blaine look
ing so well, and that his voice was at its
best. Many prominent gentlemen followed
Mr. Blaine all speaking with more or less
praise of his course, and that of the Re
publican party in Maine. Hon. Harvey
Jewell dwelt In terms of the utmost eulogy
on the course of the Supremo Court and
Senator Blaine rose again to say that lie
agreed fully with him. There was not 111
Ihe leugth ami bread:h of the country be
j tween the two oceans, a bench uiore pure,
more learned, more fearless, than the
bench that pronounced the two great de
ciaioua which had been so eulogized.
[Loud applause.]
Hon. Stillman B. Allen made the only
direct allusion fo the approaching Presi
dential contest wheu he said: “Four year*
ago this distinguished senator had a great
many friends iu Massachusetts. He has
mure to-day, and if that little caucus which
is going to meet in the early part of June
somewhere out In one of the large cities
of Jlliuoia should give us an opportunity,
Massachusetts will staud square up and
give a vote w hich will do honor to him and
do honor to Maine and do honor to her
•elt." [Applause.] The meeting broke up
shortly before six o’clock.
There is no doubt that Mr. Blaine's
action during what he calls “that unhap
py period of nearly seventy full days of
trial and tribulation." has raised him'lo an
exalted height, not only In Jiew England
but throughout the whole country, as
everywhere the struggle in Maine has
been watched with feverish anxiety But
just as always when the crisis comes, the
men competent to take the helm are found
on deck, tt lien the wind is dead ahead
they are too wise to steer in the teeth of
it ; they know Just at what point of the
tack the salt wilt till and so they bring the
ship sate to her haven. A. 8. D.
Letter from Leesburg, La.
To the Ellsworth American :
J he incident I am about to relate may
*e*lu lo those not familiar with (he char
cteristic habits of the while Inhabitants
ol the gulf Stales, to be au exceptional
case, but experience has taaght me that
such is not the truth.
The parish ot Calcasieu, I.a., extends
from the easteru boundary of Texas to tbe
Calcasieu rieer on the coast, and some 80
miles Inland. It is composed of prairie
elevated from one to three feet above the
level of the sea, through which the above
named river with its numerous lakes and
bayous winds its way slowly to tbe sea.
I he soil '9 fertile and furnishes excellent
pastures for thousands of cattle and horses
which thrive the year round and are a
valuable source of wealth to'he land own
ers. A farm uanaily contains frem three
to five hundred acres with dwelling and
out buildings, and is commonly surrounded
with an orange grove of more or less ex
tent. Some of these groves are very valu
able. the fruit selling on the trees for sev
eral thousand dollars. To offset this bene
ficence or nature the country Is subject to
slmost yearly overflow from storms In the
gulf of Mexico, damaging and destroying
crops, leaving malaria and fever from
which many die. At the time of tbe prea
ent writing it Is just recovering from tbe
effector such a storm; since which 20 per
cent, of tbe number of Inhabitants of the
town of Leesburg have died, moatly wo
men and children. There are now stand
ing pools of stagnant water In thair yards
and at their very doors, although three
months have passed since the overflow,
and which a few boors of labor would
suffice to drain off into tbe river. There
are an abundance of able-bodied (men)
with absolutely nothing to do
The Incident I am about to relate. Ten
days ago having occasion to pass a farm
house or above the average pretentions,
situated about one hundred yards from tbe
bank of the river, I saw that a bullock
bad fallen half way between tbe bouas and
river, and from tbe gathering of some
buzzards around tbe body, evidently to
rise uo more. The thermometer ranged
at about 80s sod the prevailing wiud blew
directly upon the bouse. Several men
were employed about tbe farm with bones
and oxen: around tha house wars woman
children: even with wbat 1 know of their
habitual indolence I looked te see team
drag tha carcass Into tee river when the
current would taka K out to see. Vhe bide
was worth asveral dollars. I did not as
pect to see them try to save that. I was
disappointed however; no notice was
taken of It. As many bustards as could
gel around It were at work and fast re
ducing It. The smell from it dis
gusting, and tee ladlea of tbe household
were obliged to abet tbe front of tee knnss
and communicate tbroagh tee back door
for 8 or ten days, at which Urns tbe beaae
were well picked and tbe air wad sweat
agate. 8. !>. I*
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