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LEAVENWORTH, KAINSA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1878.
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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1878-
TlIEr.-HKXi'EDKD BAWSCC
It is suggested by the Boston II that
the balance of the Geneva award be turned
over to the New York police to stimulate
them in their endeavor to find the reman
of the late A. T. Stewart.
A coodaphoimjiiw.
One of the be appointments recently
made by the general government in thin
Male, was that of Jacob Stotlr-reap-pointed
,.ostmasier at Emporia. He is
one of the most reliable I!epublican. in the
Mate, a cartful and correct business man,
and t'he publisher of one ef the best news
per in the "Went. He has been a faithful
and efficient ofScer, and by his devotion to
the interest of Emporia and Lyon connty,
ban fairly earned his position.
"tax-patehh.
A call has been issued to the members of
the County Board of Commissioners, for a
delegate meeting of tax payers of the coun
ty, to be held at the court houe in thin
city, on Monday the Cth of January. The
present call refer only to the townships of
the county, but arrangement will be made
during the present week for representation
from the city. This is to be one of the
inot important meetinzs ever held in the
county its object being to consider the
subject of our public indebtedness and it
is hoiied that the people of every township
will send a full delegation, composed of
their very best men. Read the call in our
advertising columns this morning.
JIO "MtillKMN" "EED APPLY.
A movement is on foot in the South to
require member" of Congress, in nomina
ting cadet to West Point and Annapolis, to
elect them from the students of special in
stitutions In Virginia the favored institu
tion suggested is, we believe, the Military
Institute at Lexington In Alabama, it is
proposed that they be taken from the Stale
University. As colored person are never
admitted into these Institution', the move
ment is in erpreted to mean a purpose-, by
the South, to bar Out from ibis class of
education, the colored youths of the coun
try, no matter what their merit.
iii;icii:i at xii k ftiAKE.
(overnor Garber, of Nebraska, has of
fered a reward of ten thousand dollars for
the apprehension of the gang of villains
who burntd two men alive, in Custer coun
ty, Nebraska, one day last week. The par
ticulars of the affair, recently received,
Stamp it as the most barbarous ontrace
ever perpetrated by civilized men The
two men Ketchum and Mitchell, alleged
to be cattle thieves were chained to a pole
extended horizontally, with theirfeetbirely
touching the Ground. In this
manner they were slowly burned to death
People in the western part of the State are
fearfully excited, and the country will be
scoured for the apprehersim of the gang.
wii:n i out ok.
To be elected United States Senator and
have a leg cut off on the same day is a
combination of good and evil fortune that
never fell to mortal lot until Wade Hamp
ton experienced it last week About the
time the South Carolina Legislature was
engaged in voting him into the Senate the
doctors were engaged in taking off his leg
He went through both operations success
fully. There were only two votes against
him, and he bore the amputation well, and
will probably recover. The other Senator
from South Carolina has a wooden leg, and
so when Hampton comes in the State of
South Carolina will have but one pair of
.good legs in ihe Senate.
CI.?M-.I IXIIIItV.
Mr. Blaine objected to ihe amendment to
Jus resolution offered by Mr. Bayard, in
structing the investigation committee to
sit with open doors, because he desired to
nave the negroes who are summonad to tes
tify lrom insult and outrage. It will be
it very difficult matter to get the whole truth
out of a timid negro while a crowd of bull
dozers arc glaring at him from outside the
slender railing which, for the time being
shield him from their vengeance. Mr.
Blaii.e has a right to presume that men who
will whip and murder negroes to prevent
them from voting, will not hesitate to use
whatever intimidation and violence may be
necessary to keep them from publishing
their wrongs to the world.
J A SI F.N HUSHF.I.L. LOVKLI,
"We are indebted to Messrs. Houghton Os
good !l Co., for a copy of the "Atlantic
Portrait" of Mr. Lowell. It is a beauti
fully executed, and life-like postrait, of one
of the brightest and most gif led of American
writers. It is uniform with the Atlantic
Portraits of Imgfellow, Bryant, and Whit
tier, issued previous years. It is far the
best portrait ever made of Mr. Lowell, and
as Mr George William Curtis says: "The
expression is most characteristic, and those
who have hitherto known the poetry and
not the poet, will like the poetry all the
more now that they have seen the poet in
so true a likeness.'
This admirable portrait is not offeree! to
the general public, bnt is furnished to sub
scribers of the Atlantic Monthly, for one dol
lar, by the publishers, Houghton, Osgood,
.A Co., Boston.
A XORtllElsT PSAE.
A Berlin correspondent of the New York
UeraH summarizes the news from Profes
sor .Xordenskjold's Arctic expedition, and
comet to the conclusion that the possibility
of a northeast passage has been demonstra
ted. In 1875 Professor Nordenskjold, who
is a Swede, established the navigability of
the Sea of Kara, lying north of Russia and
east of Nova Zembla. In 1876 he went np
a little farther, to the mouth of the river
-Jeaesftie , and discovered a bay in longi
tude about SO degrees eaat. Now hr has
gone 50 degrees of latitude east of his for
mer limit, and expects to be able to sail
through Behring'a Strait and thus make a
passage by an Arctic route from European
to Asiatic waters, which would be a realiza
tion of the long-cherished but almost
abandoned dream of explorers and geogra
phers. THE I.OSS.
In addition to the terrible loss of life in
the Southern States by reason of the yellow
fgrtr plague of last summer, it is now com
puted that the loss in money direct and
Indirect was fully S200.000.000 or as
treat aa the loss from the great Chicago
fr. These figures are startling, though
they u, not probably exaggerated. It
would not seem possible that the South,
irfpoTerUhed by the war. conld sacrifice
uch a sum in three months, and not be in
much worse condition than it now is. The
tact, and it seems to be a fact, shows that
be was better off than was generally sup
posed. Every part of the ,,1,1:,; hM
mMBj resources in its soU, productions, and
people, and is so elastic through these, that
o amount of calamity can long discourage
fKdiitrcsait.
' Till-. kStH SCNAIMIINUIP.
Stoator Iogall', of ibi Stale, is recog
nized by the press of the country at large,
as one of the oldest members of the United
States Senate. He is one of the tew 'West
ern Senators known to the people of all
parts of the country, and Republican
everywhere regard the approaching Sena
torial election in this State with consider
able interest, not hesitating to declare that
the defeat of Mr. Ingalls at thin time would
be a calamity to the country.
The Cleveland Ifercld, one of the ablest
and mo'! intluential Republican journals in
Ohio, says, editorially in its issue of the
13th:
Among tlie Senators whose terms expire
on the fourth of March next Is Iton. J. J.
Ingalls, of Kansas. He will probably be el
ected and certainly ought to tie. Mr Ingalls
Is one of the Jew men In Congress who brings
scholarship Into politics. He was educated
at Williams College, where he was a class-mat-
of Uen. Garfield, and In the midst of nn
active po'ltlcal career he has always found
time for the stody of literature and history,
and for building constantly on the founda
tion" of a broad mental cn'ture acquired in
his youth Hlslsonot the most thought
ful and orlcinat minds In the Senate, and
Kansas would make a great mistake If It
should drop him off for any of his competi
tors Au earnest, faithful lit publican and a
gentleman of genius and forcu of chime er.
Senator Ingalls has done cr.dlt to the State
and won a reputation by no means confined
tothebor'ers of Kansas or the walla of the
Senate Chamber.
The Concord Monitor the leading paper
of New Hampshire, says in its issue of the
14th.
The composition of the United States Ken
ate, after the 4th of March next, Is a subject
of very (treat Importance. That that body
will be controlled by the Democracy in the
next Congress U of course setUid beyond te
cail. While, therefore, the Republicans, con
not hope to shape nd control the determi
nations orthebwly.lt will Hill be In their
power to render useful service tothe. country,
and to contribute In no small decree to Ihe
now probable return of their parly to power
In both branches of Ooujress. To this end,
the states con'roilid by Republic ins should
send Iheir ablest and most experienced intn.
There npis-ars to ben warm contit prevail
ing In Kauvis. but our exrhauceo from tli.it
stale indicate that there is little doubt im to
the return of Mnnlur Ingulls Whatever
differ ucesof opinion may exist In hlsState,
there are luuc, so larai wo have observed,
among Republicans elsewhere h
to tl.e desirability of the Sena or-success A
New Knglaud man by birth aid education,
Mr. ingalls lias become thoroughly westtru
ized by hts lone resilience in that section,
and his pronounced Mews, aud the decided,
sigorous manner In winch heexpreses them,
arc characterized by the told lucislvene-ss ot
that rapidly expandeU empire west of the
Mississippi. Mr. Ingalls Is an excellent de
bater, a correct scholarly, and lorclble orator,
and his IleiublicauUnila of the unyielding
sort. He Is peculiarly tilted to render his
parly brilliant service In the minority, and
though tils leuK on currency, and perhaps
other question, do noi cjlnclde with our
own, we do not hesitate, to say that his de
feat wou'd be it calamity to the country.
That Mr. Ingalls has won for hiniselt a
fl tlring reputation during the six years
he has been in the Senate cannot be de
nied, and it is equally true that to supplant
him by any of the gentlemen who are now
aspirants for his place, would lie a public
misfortune. Would it be good political
sense, or good common sense, to set aside a
man who is recognized throughout the na
tion as one of the leading minds in the
Senate, and who is known to have more in
fluence in that body than any new man
could hojie to have, and to send in his
place a man who is untried and unknown,
who would go to the Senate without reputa
tion and without influence and all to
gratify the personal ambition of the aspi
rant? Such a course would certainly not
tend to enhance the reputation of Kansas
in the eyes of the world.
HOTS' ItlCIITN.
The Albany Late Jourml, publishes the
decision in a case involving the right of a
parent to direct the studies to be pursueel
by his child in the public schools. It is
held that the trustees of a school district
may pre-cribe what studies shall be pur
sued, and may regulate the classification
of the pupil', but thit the parent may
select from the branches pnr-ued thrse
which the child shall study, so long a the
exercises of such selection does not interfere
with the system prescribed for the school;
and that the child cannot be excluded from
one study simply because he is deficient in
another. In the cae referred to, the pupil
was denied admission to a public high
school because of his deficiency in a hnowl
celge of grammar, which his father had for
bidden him to s'udy. He had aked to he
permitted to pursue only those studies in
which he was sufficiently proficient to en
title him to admission to the high school.
The court held that a rule requiring his
exclusion was unreasonable and could not
be tn forced.
DiftCRUi'i.iATi.'Vf; aa :st nil.
VKII.
The St. Louis JlepuUlcan of Thursday
morning has an excellent editorial upon
the course pursued by Secretary Sherman
in discriminating against silver. It is
plain and pointed, and states the case in
Tery few words. We copy as follows :
Secretary Sherman has been compelled to
given reluctant answer to tbe senate reso
utlon asking for Information about the re
Or I pi and dUbuneiueiit of sliver and he
makes a verj poor showing In '- The coin
paid out in Interest during the current fiscal
year, since June 30, last. Is J 9,3r).Z-'t all
gold; not a dollar In silver has. been paid out
for interest except In making the small
change. Not that the Secretary was scarce of
allver, for he bad more than he knew what
to do with. He lias some 13.000 OjO in sll er
dollars, legal tender for all debts, public and
private stowed aw ay In the Treasury vaults
at I his da. Hut the public creditors do not
want to take them ; they prefer gold which
Is more salnaole, and the accommodating
Secretsry, who appears to be more
an agent ot tbe public creditors than
of tbe debtor government gives
them the privilege of choosing which
coin they will be paid in contrary to the un
iversal rule which gives the option to tbe
payer. Daring the curreut year there has
been received to 17J 315 In silver, of which
11,500.000 was tor customs so that while ll.e
a crelary allows the public creditors to de
mand and receive gold be allows tbe public
debtors to pay In slls er. The manifest result
of this singular policy Is to heap up silver In
the vaults of tbe treasury, and defeat tbe sil
ver law passed at the Me session of Congress
for the express purpose of supplying the
country with silver money.
The Senate ought to pass another resolution
asking the secretary what be supposes tbe
silver law was passed for It he possesses
the discretionary power to disregard nd
nullify statutes which he does not approve.
It might sav e trouble lorConaress to consult
with the secretary before It passe any laws
at all.
Hcusttey sjlt'ervsvaoe.
(London Tlmcs.1
Tbe Glasgow Established Presbytery yes
terday passed a resolution, by twenty-eight
to nineteen votes, adopting a report declar
ing that in the altered condition of modern
soci;ty it is expedient, for works of necessi
ty and mercy, or for persons coming from
the suburbs into town for divine worship,
that tram cars within assignable limits
should be run. It is pointed out that there
should not be one law for the rich and
another for the poor, so that the former
shonld ue private carriage and cabs while
the latter are debarred from cheaper con
veyances. Two Hot Hasuera irsira to Desufc.
ISjnvcuse (N. Y.) Journal.
On Saturday last two boys living in
Lakeport,! named Elmer Eaton, aged seven
teen years, and Douglass Hoppio, twelve
years of age, went hunting and did not re
turn. A search for them was instituted,
and their bodies were found this morning
in a ditch on the farm of Banks Douglass,
one mile from home. Both were dead and
it is believed they were frozen to death.
TAJCES.
The Pottawattomie Cniej of the 14th has
an article entitled "Oar Taxes," which ex
presses sound ideas upon the manner of as
teeing taxes that is upon the kind? of
property that arc made to bear the burden'
of T,-prnment. We copy the article refer
red to in full. The Clu'fye :
The papers of the State are again d.scussing
our tax laws. The excessive taxation of the
people Is beinc felt everywhere; with all the
ueallb added toourhtatednrlng the last five
years, and consequently a larger raouLlcf
taxable property, our per cent, of nxc.lon
gradually grows upon us. There isnououbt
a sad defect In uurtax law. One of the many
defects Is the real estate tax or rather farm
tax It vroiks about thu. iwo men own
adjoining tracts ot land, ouesett'es and Im
proves his, tbeothcrdoes not. TLe on who
improves, is taxed first upou his land, second
for about two dollar-, per acres for plonghlng
it, third, he ts taxed far ev ry poit, rail,
board or wire he ut around
It, Fourth, he ts taxed or his cor
ral, his barn, hi- hoi shed his chicken
house, his cow sheds, and his building.
Fifth, he is taxed for bis trees, Ac, that he
plants and grows oa and In the land. Sixth,
his teams used to cultivate the laud, is taxed.
Seventh, his plows barrows, hoe-s, rakes, 4c
are taxed. Klgbth, his beds, his clothing, his
stoves, his dishes and all that he or hU wile
povsesM-s are taxed. Muth, he pays a tux
ujwn 'all' the grain and produce raised upon
the land. Tenth, lis Is then taxed on roads
and again for general parioses.
The man who owns the adjoining tract of
land don't b jlld any fence", he Is not taxed.
don't plough his Und, he is not taxed, don't
raise any ciop, be is not taxed, uou'i piaui
any trees or slne, he is not taxed,
don't build any tirus, sheds or hous
es on tils land, and he pays no
tax thereon. One owns land, builds, im
proves the country, le of value to tbe com
inunlty.audull bis wealth aud all his lab r
is taxed The other does not build, does no
labor nor Improve-the country, and yet the
same law protects his land.
The man who improves adds wealth to
ntm who does z,ot impiove. 'Ihe improved
farmitlvrssaluelo the unimproved, jeloue
paStax for al that ue.
To tsx the farmeis because they plough
Hndltiicethetariii-ls vron. Iheux nugiii
to be on the laud, aud not ujaju the labor or
tbe improver. Tbe man who puts his
money in banks or bonds, p lys not oue
moiety ol the t ex that Is exscted of the fann
ers of our country.
This strikes directly at the nut of one of
the greatest evils of our Government. Our
whole system of taxation is wrong, inas
much as it throws all the burdens of gov
ernment upon the labor, the energy and the
industry of the country, and permits cap
ital to go free. Just the reverse of this
should be the rule : capital shoulJ pay the
taxes, and labor should be exempt, or as
nearly so as iwssible. The man who buys
a quarter section of land from the Govern
ment and by the energy, industry and
self-denial of hiui-elf and family, succeeds
in making valuable improvements upon it,
should not be required to jny a cent more
taxes than the man who buvs a like quar
ter section in the same vicinity, and who,
instead of putting his money into improve
ments on his place, and thereby asi-ting in
the work of building up and developing
the State, invests his funds in government
bonds, and Iive upon bis interest. The one
is a public benefactor, the other is a drone,
and our present policy of makinethe indu
bious and public spirited man bear all the
burdens of the State, w.hile his neighbor
goes free, U simply offering a premium on
indolence at the expense of industry. All
this should be reversed; the land should
pay thetaxe, and the improvements, with
in a resonable limit at least, should Le
exempt.
And the same rule should apply in as
sessment of our national taxes in the in
ternal revenue, and levying of duties uion
imports : The luxuries of life should pay
the taxes, and the necessaries should be fne
Pile up the tax as high is you plea-e upon
liquors, tobacco, silks, diamonds, anil such
other articles as everybody can do without
if need be, and exempt all those articles
commonly reckoned as "the necessaries of
life" things that are required alike by
rich and jioor. Give a man all tho-e ar
ticles which he aud his family must ne-ce-ss.rily
have, free of duty, and if he
wantstogola?yond this let him pay; if he can
afford to indulge in luxuries he can afibrd
to pay for them. In this ay the national
tax cannot possibly work any hardship to
anvbody it becomes, in fact, a voluntary
contribution, which any man may pay or
not as he pleases.
Our whole system of taxation national
and State needs revising,so as to take the
burden of government off the shoulders of
labor, where it now rests, and place it upon
capital. .
A t'OOIt PKVJ.PECT.
Keferring to the widespread distress that
now prevails in Great Britain, and the de
plorable condition of the working clas-csin
that country, as pictured by the telegraph,
the St. Louis Jimrt-JcruinsJ ot the 1'Jtn
says:
The distress among the working men or
Great Britain Is In patt attributable to tbe
dullness of trade, tint the fact remains that
wages have not in that country advanced In
proportion with tbe Increased cost of living.
Awrlter In the Conrrmporrrry Rmnv shows
that from 1M7 to I5TT, the rise in wages
amounted from 30 to ."2 per cent. During the
same time tbe price of rmats has Increased
nearly 80 pei cent., and that or vegetables nas
almott doubled. Kent, and boots and shoes
are much higher, and while clothing Is not
so much more costly, the clothes of to-day do
not last so lonz as those formerly made Wit li
tbe strictest economy It Is hardly tpovdble for
an English working man to lay by anything
foramlnyday.
FKED nOi;:l..SS AT IIO.Y1K.
The visit of Fred Doiiglas to his old
home at Etston, Maryland, recently, affords
the Easton Gazelle a theme for a column
editorial, in which it sayg of Mr. Doug
lass: "The contrast of his going out from among
na and his coming back Is as wonderiul as
auy teild in Eeastern story. He lelt ourcoun
try under compulsion ; lie left the State by
stealth. He comes b ick by inv itatiou, open
ly and freely, not to receive b'oas, but an
ovation; not tak pardon of thsse who he
ha I disobeyed, but to extend pardon to those
by whom he bad been wronged. He left us
a fugallve, he returns a gnest ; he left us with
a mind darker than tbe skin be bore, be
comes bick to us radiant with an Intelligence
that bla white and venerable head most fitly
symbolizes; he went ont from ns crushed,
cringing, submissive, bumble, be returns to
us full of dignity and courage: he left us a
slave without rights, without a couutry, he
comes back our equal before the law and onr
fellow citizen, with all which that Implies;
he left us a chattle. he comes back a man."
AX inFOBTlT nctRt'SE.
A bill of very great importance to the
West was introduced by Senator Plumb, of
this State, and is now in the hands of the
Senate Committee on Military Affairs.
The bill is short, and we copy it in lull :
Jie it enoctetl by the Srcle and Jlouse cf Jitpre-
ttnlatxm of the Cniied Steiet of America m
Gngrett atxmbJfd :
That the President erf tho United States
may, whenever. In bis judgment, the exigen
cies of the frontier service requlio it, cause
nottoexceed twenty-five hundred enlisted
men to be added to the army, to serve during
such exigency, not longer than one year:
JVoodnf, That the maximum strength of the
army shall not at any time exceed twenty
seven thousand rive hundred men.
The object ot this measure, as will be
seen, is to furnish facilities for protecting
our frontier settlements from the ravages of
hostile bands of Indians. Tbe experience
of last year haa shown that something of
the kind is necessary, and it is to be hoped
that Mr. Plumb's bill will become a law,
without delay.
THAT IJLI.SEI ItABV.
Mrs. Carrie E. Hull ha published
book to prove that she got that baby in the
regular way. We made afew extrac trom
her book, a few davs irc in order to
bring it to the attention of the public,
and to show thit it would make a beauti
ful holiday present. All new books are ad
vertised in this way ; in fact there is no
other way in which to bring their merits
before the public, and the people rare
ly if ever buy a book un!e-s they knox
something about it. We tried to give Car
rie s book a good send off, and hare made
a market for it where it otherwise would
never have been heard of. In return for this
rrsirnl vpsterdav the following dis
patch, sent at our expen e :
EwtOKTlMts:-You are aware joa have
greatly trespassed upon my copyright.
tAKI.IEE.HCI.I-
Now, our sympathies have always Uen
with Carrie; we had her case reported with
a great deal of care; we have always been
of the opinion that the baby was hers, but
we are reluctantly forced to change our
mind upon that point. It is not generally
supposed that a woman mu-t needs have the
highest order of intellect in order to have
a baby indeed, some very mediocre women
have been known to do such things, and
respond to mcvrw with more of the same,
but a woman who hasn't more sene than
to object to a free advertisement of a book
that she wants to see, hasn't ens enough
to have a baby, under the most favorable
ci rcu mst ances
DISTRESS II F.MI.AJ1I).
We must not Hatter ourselves that we
have no interest in the sad condition of af
fairs now existing aniorg the working
classes of England. In an article illustra
ting how this country will be unfavorably
effected by England's distress, the New
York lima of the l'Jth says :
Englind's distress is largely due to the in
creasing cap ibility of the United to dspeue
with tbe products of her lactones and uoik
shop, and it is by no mean-, certain that ILe
existing depression will le removed without
a trau-ferof capital and population to mora
favored tlelJs. Lut while the cjinme'iiial
greatness of our country Is being built up,
party at England's extnise. It is well to re
membertiiHt II flKlres.ol our mtt formi
dable comm-icial competitor menus al
so, for the pieseut, a diminution f
the purcliasliiK t-ower of our chief
agrirultural cuto:uer. Iceland's ioir
to consume wheal and p oxoionv. !u u very
lutlm-le connection with the wa -fari.iug
capacity ot its artisans IVe luaigin 1
tweeu the food consumption of go.d and
bad limes in England is astonishingly wide,
aud American larmers villi be among the
nrst to feel its contractloa Of couise, dis
tress in Lancashire means also a reduced de
mand for American cotlou, though that Is
rather a question of the world's demand for
manufactured cotlou to w hlch Lancashire
responds than or ny merely local co di
tioiiK The two countries are I wo cios- ly as
soclated tor the ..eprevion of the one m
lallofhaviugttsellrct on the trade of the
ot..er,and therelsrei-on lortlnokfulues-siu
the fact hatthewotstoiour dilhculti.s re
ovr before the most tllsssiroux isirtionof
Eugiaud S expt rieuce bad beguu.
A CITY l B1.1KKUPTCV.
Tennessee pai.ers aie calling attention to
a proposition to pre-cnt a bill to the legis
lature of that State providing for a repeal
of the charter of Memphis and the appoint
ment of a receiver by the Governor to ad
minister the financial affairs of the corpor
ation. It is not at-all improbable that' the
same kind of a measure will have to be
considered, some day, by the Lcgi-lature of
Kansas. Some of our cities are about
ready to go into the hands of receivers.
vm 1 tin.
"The cipher dispatches will take care of
them-elves. Durham, Democrat, Ktntueh
Yes ; and they will take hair off the Dem
ocracy, too. Giayhie.
A Uanu Time iu a Kptlt Consul
Hon. l(JIobe-lcmocrat, it) J
It is always an unpleasant duty for the
GluU-Demoaat to call attention to a falling
out among the shepherds of any religious
denomination. Harmony and good will te
lon so naturally to the men who lead their
flocks in the pleasant pilhwavn of the gos
pel of peace that the ab-enee of the.-e feel
ings at a Conference or Synod is sure to set
piofane tongues wanging, anil often call
down the censure of fcllow-ltborers in other
eienominatioEs. But aeciden: will happen
in the best regulated families, and conten
tion will creep into a Conference. The lat
est occurrence of the kind wa in New York
st the ti-ual weekly meeting of Biptist
mini-ters held last Monday. No blows were
exchanged, liecause all well-trained clergy
men know that nice questions in theology
are not satisfactorily settled now-a days by
a resort to physical force, but some of the
language employed would have proyoked a
muscular encounter in an ordinary politi
cal assemblage. We mention this with
proper pride, for it goes to show that while
the exilian theolorjxeam often leads to puch
warmth of expression, it seldom culminates
in physical violence.
In the ca-e at is-iie it seems that Kev.
D. C. l'otter, the Secretary of the Confer
ence, having just returned from European
tour in which he paid much attention to
the religious condition of the people he
met, undertook to tell his astounded hear
ers that the Koman Catholic Church paid
more attention to the welfare of itspeople,
and on the whole ministered to their needs
with more zeal and effect than any Protest
ant sect that he knew of. Not that he had
inv intention of upholding the doctrines of
that faith. No one. he said, could be more
fully convinced than himself that many of
the teachings and practices 01 tne latnoucs
are verv bad and subser-ive of true Christi
anity, but he was also well convinced that
Protestants might learn tnanj things of ad
vantage to themselves in studying the ben
evolence of the Catholic Church toward its
poor, and the perfect equality of poor and
rich before the altar which it inculcated.
In the European cathedrals he had seen
beggars kneeling side by side with tl
wealthiest aristocrats, and often, when bo
service was being conducted, he hsd no
ticed ragged beggars sleeping sweetly on
the marble 11 jor of St. Peter's in Kome.
Everywhere thetoor were as welcome to
the church as the rich. Mr. l'otter denied
that a like state of affairs exi-ts in any
Protestant denomination known to bim.
In his enthusiasm he complimented the
Catholic system of caring for the destitute
poor. At" St. Bernard's Hospice he found
that from 13,000 to 2j,000 are annually fed
at a cost of less than CO.OOO francs, and
that not more than one in sixteen pays for
what he gets. This has been going on for
900 years, said the Secretary, lie was as
tonished to find that many of the priests
are quite intelligent, and by close exami
nation be made out that aat heart ihe
Koman church is Baptist." He even had
the temeritv to cast a stone at the Protest
ant missions in Rome, declaring that tbey
are very coetlv and useless. Tbe only real
abbath school in the Eternal City, he ssi 1,
was one founded by Pius IX and kept up
by his successor, this was incendiary
language, to say the least, and it drew some
fierr responses. Rev. Mr. Symonds said
that he, too, had traveled in Europe, but
he had failed to discover such evidences of
Catholic perfection as the impressionable
Mr. Potter had eathe red. As be proceeded
to relate the facts he had gathered,
he warmed to his work, and wonnd up by
declaring that "either Brother Potter's
word was a lie, or God's word was a lie."
Several others who had alo wandered
through the cathedrals of the Old World
hastened to corroborate tbe views of thelart
speaker and to censure Brother Potter for
being beguiled by appearances fo easi
ly. When dinner time came the discussion
was raging with great Tigor, and it became
evident that the vials of true Baptist
wrath conld not be emptied at a single ses
sion. To give everj" willing brother an op
portunity to unburden his mind it was re
solved that at the Conference next Mon
day, the question, "Is the Church of Rome
the beast of the Revelation?" shall be taken
np. We fancy that Mr. Potter will find
little comfort in the remarks of his own
fellow-laborers. Much interest will be felt
in the debate, lor the consequences to the
Catholic Chach should the Conference de
clare that it is "the beast" must be Tery
painful.
C:Itt.i:.MttCK.S AX I'AK tS GULP.
W A. CEOFCT.
O. Greenback, veteran of tbe years!
Thou crl ppled so dler of tue war I
Bsptized witii blood and wet with tears.
To day thou ait without a scar.
Thou sliJ upon the picket-line
Wherever hissing bullets flew :
Thou whimpered freedom's countersign
Wherever marched the Hoys la Blue I
Thou stormed the forts; thou sped tlieshlps;
Tl.ou dealt the sunboal's timely blow ;
Thou furjisi tbecunuon's angry lips
1 hat screamed a welcome to the foe.
Thanks Creeuback I Veteran ot the j ears !
1'iiou enpp ed hero of the war!
Te-dsy thj last wound df-apiiears
TUtu standest forth without a scar !
heloit.
Educational us;etloii The I'fop
er ttay to Uispose ol lire Houd
uesitlan A ."tew Optra Il-juse in a
Lite To veil.
Beloit, Kas., December 20, 1,78.
Editor Times: For one, I am decided
ly of the opinion that J. A. B , in his
"Questions for Educuors" ha3 taken an
impolitic, unjust and uiprudent position re
garding the distribution of the S.ale gener
al school fund. As 3 christian gentleman,
he will the better appreciate the position
heoccupies by the following scriptural quo
tation :
"For unto every one that hath shall be
given, and he shall have abundance; but
from him that hath not shall be taken
away that which he hath." Mathew 2,
This is the theory and practice of the"bloat-
ed bond holder." What the poor hath we
will take and give it unto the rich. This
may suit J. A. 15, but I doubt it. Yet his
ugge-tions tend wholly mat way.
The eviis he complains of, "parents not
making appropriations for maintaining
schools, and not sending their children to
rchool when school is in session," cannot
be remedied in such an unfair manner.
These evils are within the scope of our leg
islative jiower. Let our legislators pass
more stringent laws for the education of
children. Have less lburishrs and furbe
lows in the manner of teaching, less cram
ming for the sike of show, more develop
ment of mind, and less of the gilt and tin
sel of Paul l'otiphar.
Cold winter is ujion us in earnest. Snow
several icches deep, bal drifted. Mercury
ranging from ten to twenty degrees be!o"V
zero, yet everybody is happy, and editors in
particular.
The present term of the District Court
hasadjiurned until the Slh of January,
but little business was transacted. Two
unfortunate young horse thieves went up
for two and a half years each, ujion their
own confessions, Tney did not exactly
understand that they were confessing to
quite so long a term in the penitentiary.
1 he case of the State against McGrath
for libeling Mr. Anderson of the Gozdc,
was continued upon the affidavit of Mr.
McGrath. The affidavit filed for the con
tinuace made a sorry case for either the
defendant, or the prosecuting witness.
'Twosn't exactly Leavenworth practice
in ciss of libel. Fun is ahead. His Hon
or, .Ioe.1 Holt, judge of the Fifteenth Dis
trict, presides wiui uue uigniiy over me
administration of justice here, and appears
to give full satisfaction to the public and
the bir.
ti,p srrav made in TiteTntES of what
"The neighbors think of I-eavenworth's old-
ar nnd best paper is ej. rv, mil 11 woum ue
well if the Leavenworthians knew the'pee
nleout in these parts believe they are dead-
IT tnall OIU au n insic iu un uceji biccji 10
their own interests as the metropolis of
tbe Slate. 'Tis a common question, "Why
don't la;avenworth push that Narrow
Gauge road out here':" It would pay her,
thevsav, so say I, and the huge debt hang
ing" o'ver the city and county would
be" made no worse by going deeper into
debt, if that is possible.
The Hon. James F. Legates, proposition
for compromising that debt seems not un
fair so lar as it is practicable, but I would
make one suggestion. If the people don't
intend to pay their indebtednese, what is
the ue of annoying the county and city of
ficers about m iking as-es-iuents-' Let the
lew U 1.1-dc for the full amcunt, payable
according to the law. Let all the debts be
made due; atone fell swoop let the tax 1
assessed to pay the same, then if the tropic
won't pay that particular assessment or tax
for such bonded indebtedce.", why their
property will have to be sold, and who
would " be the purchasers but
the owners? No second assessment could be
made ; the law had fulfilled its purpose,
and no need of mandamuses from the V. S.
Circuit Court to bother the county officers.
Then what would the landholders do about
it? It wouldn't be nice nor proper for any
of them to attempt making any purchases,
when the eale is made, for that particular
delinquent tax. They might be served as
Jacob Swaggler served one of the specula
tors during the sale at Nebraska City. He,
the simulator, insisted upon bidding upon
a tract of Und thathad been squatted upon.
Jake told him he had better not , but the
speculator said that he came there for that
particular tract of land, and he wa going
to bid on it. Whereupon Jake grabbed
him about the neck, and rolled him, plug
hat and all, into the Missouri river, saying,
"I'll just drown you a little while." Sure
enough he soused him until the breath was
almost gone, only enough being left to say,
"I'll go,"and he went, nor did he bid on the
quatter'a land. What could the bondhold
er do? Nothing.
George Burt will open his "Bijou Opera
House" next Tuesday night. This is not
the original opera house of this city. Burt
started this as an opposition shop, and it ts
the finest hall fur entertainments in the
State. The tcenery is finished in the most
artistic manner, tne nan is capauie 01
holding about three hundred. New opera
house in a live city is a good thing.
Your', I am,
Silex.
Enforcement or UrrnanT' .Socialist
Laws.
iNeW York Times, 13
The enforcement cf the law against the
Socialists iu Germany is provoking a large
amount of adverse criticism even from
those !io were, for political reasons, in
favor of its enactment. It is always a
difficult matter to define the exact bounda
e;s of nninion. and say that it includes
this and do" not include that, even after
c'.rc ar.d impartial investigation; but
where the affirming power is placed in the
hand of the police, mistakes of judgment
must be inevitable. There have been nu
merous errors of this kind even in the few
weeks that the law has been in force, and
it tnav le tint an accumulation of them
will lie the strorgest plea that can be
made for its repeal. In Hamburg,
where quite a number of the in
habitants are supposed to entertain Social
istic sentiments, an order has been issued by
the police that no political gathering of any
kind snail be neia, a aecree wnicu is noi
only unjust to the many who are not Social
ists, bnt one which is in direct antagonism
to a section in the German Constitution. In
order to continue their existence, several
newspapers in Berlin and elsewhere which
had leaninrs toward the proscribed belief
changed their names and in some cases
their organizations, but all to no purpose.
For, though they had not published a single
seditions word, and though it was mani
festly for their interest not to do so, the
Government officials absolutely refused to
allow the oaprs to be issned. A rather
amu-ing interdiction is that which rests upon
certain popular songs, and is so compre
hensive as to include not only the word
but the airs, an official document gravely
riiilnv that the latter contains much which
is apparently aimed at the subversion of
existing social conaiiions.
It Woald Be Very Bad for tne Coo.
St- Louis Post and Dispatch, 2J
The telegraph announces that Grant's
friends have prevailed upon Blaine to
join the Grant movement, and that Blaine
will not stand in the way of Grant. When
som-body asked George Stephens what
would happen if a cow stood in the way of
his locomotive, the engineer answered, " it
would be Tery bad for the coo."
Secretary Mieritinn 5Iotie.
tChicago tribune, 1" 1
There is a legend that an old and expe
rienced Judge advised a young man who
had just attained the dignity of the ermine
never to give his reasons for any decision
he might make. Perhaps Secretary Sher
man wa3 precluded from following the
spirit of this advice by the terms of Mr.
Beck's resolution, to which he has replied
after considerable delsy, bat he must suffer
the penalty of his infraction of the rule.
The resolution was as follows :
keolzid, That the Secretary of the Treas
ury be and he is hereby directed to inform
the Senate what amount and denomination
of silver coin has been received in payment
of customs dues since the Inrginaing of the
current fiscal year, and whether or not he
has applied the eilv r coin so received, in
whole or in part, lu the payment of interest
on tbe bonds or notes of the United States.
If it has not been eo applied to that pur
pose, state the reason why ; if it has been
applieel to that purpo.-e in part only, to
state what p ortion has been so used, and
on what character of obligation. Also, that
he is directed to inform the Senate the
amount of interest he has paid on the bonds
and notes of the United States since the
current fi-cal year began, and the amount
of such interest he has paid in gold and
silver coin respectively.
That portion of the Secretary's reply
which giyes the figures called for has not
beeu telegraphed, but we infer from the
explanation and apology which Mr. Sher
man makes that he has received a consid
erable amount of silver in payment of cus
toms duties; but ha3 paid out none of it
for interest on the public debt. As Senator
Beck's resolution referred pointedly to the
law which requires that the coin received
for duties shall be set aside for the pay
ment of interest and the Sinking Fund, this
admisiion may make the Secretary some
trouble before the discussion is ended. In
the meantime, an examination of his own
excues for not using the silver dollar for
the payment of intercst-coupoM shows
them to be weak and unsatisfactory, and
they create a sericu3 doubt whether the Se
cretary's action was really suggested by the
motives he cites. Men are frciuently in
fluenced by purposes which they will not
admit even to themselves so long as they
can find other pretexts to the same end.
In paying out gold for interest on the
public debt to the exclusion of silver, Sec
retary Sherman says he has followed "the
practice of allowing the public creditor the
option of the form and denomination of
money in which he shall be paid. There
never was such a practice as this untilSec
retary Sherman inaugurated it; it is an
absurdity, and co Government or other
larger dispenser of moneys would ever
dream of maintaining it. It is only about
five years since the silver dollar, of the
very same weight and fineness of the pres
e nt silver dollar, was worth more than the
gold do'lar, and it was then legal-tender
and payable in interest on the public debt
as it is "now. Did the then Secretary of the
Treasury give the public creditor the op
tion of "demanding either silver or gold ?
Would not every shrewd business-man
have exacted silver, which he could then
have sold at a premium over gold, if such
had been the rule? The fact is, that there
has never been any such practice, and not
even a precedent for the impracticable and
unreasonable extension to every creditor
of the right to discriminate between va
rious kinds and denominations of coin and
demand such as may be most convenient
and valuable to him for the time being.
Secretary Sherman says that the "mani
fest object" of the act remonctizing silver is
that "gold coins and the standard silver
dollars shall be maintained at par with
each other." If this be admitted, how can
ttie.orrt.tnrv's tiolicv lie reconciled with the
theorv that he has" sought to execute the
law lionestly? Mr. Sherman can scarcely
have so poor an opinion of public in exi
gence as to suppose he can make the people
believe the silver dollarcan lie best kept at
par with gold by piling it up in the Treas
ury vaults. Such treatment is simply in
obedience to the dictation of the Eastern
money-lender", who seek to depreciate 11
by refusing it recognition as current funds.
It is a confe-ion on the part of the Gov
ernment that a portion of the coin which it
has made a legal tender is of less value
than another portion, and it places the
Government in the ridiculous attitude of
nullifying its own laws and partially re
pudiating its own currency.
Nor will it avail Secretary Sherman to
set up, as he has done U-fore, that he could
not pay out the silver dollars in redemp
tion of interest coupons without discrimin
ating, since there was not enough of thee
dollars to pay all the interest. There can
lie no question as to di-criniination, in the
first place, for the inerican ilver dollar
is worth as much tn law and in fact, and
will purchase as much at home or abroad,
as the Amcricanacold dollar; in the next
place, the Secretary could have paid out
part silver and part gold to all creditors in
equal proportion, as long as the silver held
out. aud thcreoy could Inve avoided evep
the appearance" of discrimination. It is
very evident that Secretary Sherman did
not desire to pay out the silver dollars, but
we fear he has not given the true reason for
his disinclination
a DKnoTTtT-r u n talks.
Inter-Ocenn,I3.
A short time ago we copied from the
Columbus, Mi-s., Independent an article on
"Disfranchising theNegro," and made com
ments thereon. Some of the organs of De
mocracy in the North denied the authenti
city of the article, and others denied that
thev represented the views .f Southern
Democrats. Some Northern Democrat in
the region of Muncie, Ind., has called the
editor of Mississippi to account, and the
latter replies, heading his article "Not a
Mistake." He says:
A ceutlemin from Munrle, Ind., Inc'oscs
ns an extract from our article on dlsfran
clilslnz the nesro, copied Into the Chicago
Inter-Ocean together with that paper's com
ments upon It.
He writes: . ,
"If the inclosed is correctly repo'ted. yen
are maklm; a sad mistake. 1 am a D 'inocrat
and a Southern man, and such lansnsgo ts
Joy tothe hell hounds and bloody shirt radi
cals. It Is taken from tUe Chicago Inter
Ocean, and. as J ousee.it is used to prejudice
the people. andUod knows they are enough
that way "
In response, the editor of the Independent
proceeds as follows :
We respond to the pol'tlcil fellowship
avowed by the writer of tbe above. but the
iime 1ms come when Democratsol the orth
must know us as we are. and must co-opera'e
with us because we are right, or antagonize
us because we are wrong.
If Northern Democrats require, as terms of
party affiliation, that .-oiilhern Democrats
make professions which are lles.and acts des
tructive to their indnstrtsl interests, M peace
and personal security, we reject the compact
00
V.cessity compels theSonth to her present
attltnle The supremacy t the whitest must
be malntelned. This Is thedemmid of th
dlvmewtneces lty, th-nece-sity of self-pres
erv atlon To surrender it would b to surren
derthe keys to cur treasures Into the keeping
ot the most corrupt ot men, and toenjov per
sonal security, not as a guaranteed light, but
as a gracious favor, depeudent upon tbe
mercy of those w ho bate us, and whose acts
when In authority, were a record of wrongs
and oppression.
The gentleman from Indiana, who is a
Democrat, and who is anxious to defeat
" tbe hell-hounds and bloody shirt radi
cals," has thus received a boulder eqjare
between the eyes He is informed that "we
of the South vill refuse to cceoperate with
Democra'a who make professions which arc
lies." " We reject the compact," says the
editor It will now be in order for the
gentleman from Indiana to bow upon his
stomach and crawl at the feet of his master
in Mississippi. That is the demand, and
his great leader, Allen G. Thurman, has
taken bis cne, and sounded tne key-note
from his place in the Senate.
Baby 111"'' In Cnnrcn.
I Hartford Times.
A chnrch organist, in a place not far
distant from Hartford, astonished some cf
his auditors, on Thanksgiving morning, by
incorporating in his voluntary the new and
popular song of ' Baby Mine." After the
service, it was found that he was but ex
pressing his thankfulness for the safe ar
rival of an heiress, and there was a laugh
all roend.
Aojourned.
Was HrSGTOX.December 2 1 .Mr. Teller if
Senate Committee appointed under Blaine's
resolution, reported that he Jwas unable to
furnish Blaine with a copy of the iesln
tions requesting him to supply the commis
sioners with specifications regarding the
matter to be investigated The resolution
was then adopted retpuesting Thurman to
give the committee any facts in his posses
sion. The committee agreed to hold
future sessions with open doors, and ad
journed to January Olh.
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ICIncinnatlGizette, IS.
The fashion of workmen's cooking clubs,
which was described some time ago, prom
ised an advanced installment of the millen
nium. Women were to be inducted into
knowledge of cooking by the force of fash
ion. Tint supreme power over the female
mind which hitherto had been the foe to
thirgs which belong to domestic comfort
wis now to be turned to the culture of
skill in them. Women were to be made
capable wives by fashion. The banc was
now to become the antidode.
With that enthusiasm which the Gaz-tle
feels for everything that promises improve
ment of woman, we gave prominence to this
new force of reform. It is sweet, manly,
and becoming that man should be most
zealous for those improvements of woman
which promise to add to his own comfort.
Our prospect brought new hope to many a
du-couraged husband. It alo bore fruit
quickly rmong'women, and in one of ourelc
gant suberbs a young women's and then a
married women's cooking club was formed.
Then great exceptations of several hus
bands seemed at the point of fruition.
We grieve to relate that these expecta
tions have met sore disappointment. The
cats?, as it comes to us, is that these club sap
pers are nice enough for the women who are
sati-fied with them, and that the ring of
cooks play the mutual admiration society
to the top, praising the dishes of each suc
cessive hostess to her face as attainments in
high art, and bravely partaking of them,
and risking the consequences to that func
tion which the people of the East sayis the
leading topic of conversation in Western
society.
But the hubinds, who fondly looketl to
all this cooking devotion for an improve
ment in the preparation of their daily
victuals, say that the club suppers are made
up of kick-shaws and confectionery stuff,
such as charlotte russe, blanc mange, jel
lies, chicken salad, escalloped oysters, cakes,
ices, and so on, and that after all the ser
vice of mutual admiration, and this exal
ation of their achievements in the art of
cooking, the men, at their brcakfarts for
the train lo the city, find the steak as
tough and dry as a chip, the choiw hard
aud greasy, the jiotatoes soggy, the coffee
muddy, the bread dry, and so on.
From this they come to the conclusion
that women's coooking clubs, like the cook
books made by women, run to the unsub
stantial disi es, to the neglect of the real ar
ticle of living. Therefore they vote these
clubs a failure. But we doubt if thisis not
unreasonable. Iu the first place the idea is
very mannish that all improvement in wom
an is to be for man's gratification ; that all
her culture is merely to enable her to feed
his tastes and appetites, and makehis home
more comfortable.
Is not this a low view of woman's eleva
tion? Rather is it not inevitable that as
woman takes on a higher culture she will
diverge moie and more from her subordi
nate office of minister to man's home pleas
ures? With attainment to the knowledge
of good and evil, and to higher capacities,
there grows between woman and man an
irrepresrible conflict which must continue
to grow until he recognizes her equality by
birth, aud her right to pursue happiness in
her own way.
These women's club suppers are for the
gratification of women. Men are admitted
on sufferance. If men are not content with
these delicate dishes, they have the manly
recourse in the town restaurants. And is it
nothing that for a week after one of these
club suppers, the remains furnish them a
surfeit of thee extra dainties? The man
nish idea, that the women were clubbing
together to learn the art of cooking in or
der to feed men, is exceedingly ludicrous.
And their turning from the soil ami sweet
charlotte rnc and the sadly sentimental
chicken salad, to vulgar steaks and chops
and potatoes, is as when the transformed
Bottom rejected the delicate entertainments
offered by the infatuated Titania and thus
answered her solicitude :
"TianM-Or say, sweet love, what thou de
slret meat. , .
".'otom-Trnly, a reek of provender; I
could muucli jourgood dry oats. Methliiks
I have a great desire to a bundtu of ha ,
good hay, sweet hay. hath no fellow.
A Woman With a, menagerie In Her
Stomaeti.
About three weeks ago Mary Minor, a
colored woman residing at the corner of
Twelfth and E streets, southeast, complain
ed of being "mighty poorly" and "badly
grird," and there was a curious movement
oliserved about her stomach. One or two
phvsicians were called in, and being of
opinion that the movements in her stomach
were occasioned by a tapeworm, treated her
for it. But she and her friends
could not be brought to believe
that this was the cause, anil to colored
"voudoo" doctors were called in.
Vfler a diagnosis one gave the opinion
that her stomach was the home of a big
tree frog, and the other that it is inhabited
by a big black snake andjtwo groundhogs
both agreeing that the animals had been
conjured into her by some enemy. One of
the Voudooi-ts has proved to the satisfac
tion of the family aad many of the super
stitious people in that section that such is
the case by finding two "conjure" bottles
under the houe containing some of the
paticut's hair, a piece of her calico dress
and some "graveyard dirt."
It is claimed bv the present attending
Voudoo doctor that he has broken the
spell, and that she won't be troubled any
more alter he succeeds by medicine in dis
solving the "varmints," so that they can be
naturally ejected. Thi" case excites great
interest among the colored people of that
section, and numbers of people visit tbe
patients from time to time to get an op
portunity to feel the movements of the
"varmints," but there is among them, as
there is with "doctors," a diversity of
opinion as to whether they feel the move
ments of the hind legs of a frog or the gy
rations of a black snake and his two at
tendant groundhogs.
PolonerltVneriln henlIot .Tlealc
Key West Key.l
Our smack fi-hermen are nearly discour
aged with their ill luck. For over twelve
months they have been unable to get live
fish to Havana; they all die on reaching the
putrid waters of the bay, which has now
extended over l-"0 miles into the Gulf ol
Mexico. The smack George Storrs, Cap
tain 7.eb Allen, attempted to run west
ward.in hopes of escaping the deadly waters,
and when fifty miles west of Tonngas in
inin.Acs fathoms of water. lost his whole
f.. "f fish in a very short time. He de
scribes the poisoned water to the south and
.. f liim ns far as he could see. The
largct fi.h, such as shark', jew-fish and
f..r?u m.n tloatinsr around his vessel. He
pointed his veel eastward and entered our
tort on Tuesday last, almost disgusted. Op
s-aturdav la-t the water had
apiKjared near the north-west Light-hou-e,
with its thousands of dead fash
floating like tufts of cotton over the sea.
On Mondav and Tuesday the water was
elotted with dead Portugue-c men-of-war,
but until Wednesday did the dead fc?,aJ:
tar in sight. The stratas of dark reddish
water pissed through our island channels,
carrying on its surface fish of all kinds
manv of them of ihe largest specimens of
sharks, jew fish, barracoota, rouper,
grunts, interspersed with a few kinds of the
fresh water varieties, such as the mud-eels,
bullhead catfish, breem, perch, etc., are
found in great abundance in Lake Okeecn--v...-
vi.itmmr river, and ruh-hating
creek. As these dead fish approached our
wharves the stench became almost intoler
able, and many plans were attempted and
suggested to keep them in tide water. Had
this occurred in the heat of summer a
plague mmt have followed. It is even yet
feared. The fish are dying in our harbor,
and no one knows where this great evil
will stop. Our people are large fish eater?,
and if deprived of this cheap class of food
there must necessarily be much suffering.
Tue Hevef end Talmmfje Won't Do.
(Sew Vo-k Herald, W.
Oar pcor friends the Bulgarians are still
without a sovereign, rnd one of our bril
liant contemporaries propose to send them
Talmage, the howling dervih of the Brook
lyn Presbvterian cirens. But we are
alraid they have had a surfeit of dervishes
alreadv. Besides, Talmage's habits of
thought would not incline him to tbe to!
cration that must be practiced in a land in
which the religious division of the reople
is of primary consequence. He cannot
tolerate what he dees not nnderstand-and
he does not understand much. J e, there
fore, should not like lo commit the Amen
cm people to this recommendation. Lat
there is a reverend man of another sort,
who professes all the good qualities of Tal
mage and none of his defect e refer, ot
course, to that great prophet and medicine
man of the Sioux, Sitting Ball.
A Valuable lutentlon.
Chicago Tr.buce, 19.
A new valve haa been patented whereby
a great saving of steara is gained on loco-
motives. All the steam that is generated iNoitu Topeka Times, Co.
is utilized by the new invention and, above t Thc tone of a large majoritv of the Re
al, it is said to completely abate the no.-e , y. f KaD,,J - ,e M of
of craping steam, which 13 consumed a I f :OHi!eBtU, and esd; aK emb
great nuisance The inventor offers tn ,. , h Mis-ouri river
take all the surplit) ncise out of both bran-1 . . .J. ... - , ,,,; ,-i..i.i. .
ches of Cong
1
TUe Unanimous Verdict of the Jury, j
Mr. Hendricks give some cood advice iu
his recent address to the law studeuts cf
the Michigan University. In dicus-irg j
the wisdom of entering politics he said . J
"If successful, don't stay too lorg. I often
think I staid too long. Kcmain in politic
long enough to learn public life, and then
return to your profession. If you stand by
your profession it will stand by you." Yes
Thomas, it is the unanmous verdict of the
jury that you staid tco lensr.'
Tliterableneaa.
The most wonderful and marvelous suc
cess, in ca-es where per-ons are sick or pin
ing away from a condition of miserable
ncs. that no one knows what ails them,
(profitable patients for doctor",) is obtained
by the use of Hop Bitters. They begin to
cure from the first and keep it up until
perfect health and strength is restored.
Whoever is afflicted in this way need not
suffer when they can get Hop Bitters.
See "Truths" and "Proverbs" in another
column.
Where the Power of the Solid Nanin
Can be I'sed loAdviintmnce.
1U Louis rimes Journal, 19.J
A bill has been pre-ented in the Honse
for the improvement of the Mississippi
River and its tributaries, involving an ap
propriation of S2,."sjO,00U. As this is
about the sum that New York City asks to
continue the Hell Gate and Harlem Kiver
improvements, it would seem nothing more
than reasonable that the people of the
West and South should have reaon to
hope that their interests will he considered.
If the "solid South" will rcmeinWr that its
interests as an agricultural section are
identical with the interests of the Wet and
Northwest, its olitical lower can be used
to better advantage than in fruitless
wrangles over dead issues. The agricul
tural West and Northwest and the agricul
tural South are strong enough to control
the Government, and, if united, they will
do it.
llnvo Y.hi Seen the (.euernl.
(;iolK" Democrat, IU 1
The New York Aim agrees with the
Globe-Demrcrat that it is vulgar snobbery
to address ihe President of the I'nited
States as "His Excellency " Gragres once
decided that point. But the Aan indulges
in still greater "snobbery by the u-e of
military titles for men who are not in the
military service. An illustration of the
alwurdity of this custom eccurrtd in Wash
ington a few years ago. The occasion was
a society reception, and the time was late
at night. Two ladies, anxious to find their
husbands, met each other. One was Mrs
U. S. Grant. "Hsve you seen Mr. Grant'"
said the latter. "No; have you seen the
General?" was the answer. And "the Gen
eral" in this case so denominated by his
own loving spouse was a inety -day brig
adier with a record which showed him to
be the reverse of a hero.
The Bill 10 l'nlllrusl nnd .Shield on
lite Itellred Llt.
It is said that Mr. Blaine will, after the
holiday recc?s, revive ihe scheme to place
General Shields and General Grant on the
retired list of the army. When the meas
ure was defeated last year, Mr. Teller, of
Colorado, entered a motion to reconsider,
which allows him the privilege of calling
up the bill for a reconsideration voteat any
time during the same Congress. It is un
derstood that Mr. Teller entered this mo
tion at the request of Senators Blaine and
Cameron. Mr. Blaine, it will be remem
bered, earnestly advocated the measure
when it was introduced, and it is said he is
still determined to pass it and put both
Shields and Grant on the retired list. Some
of the friends of General Grant spy that he
would not oppose the measure himself, as
he is oor and needs the money. The re
cent sale of his house in Washington would
seem to give some foundation to sue- a
plea.
Electric I.lKUt on the U liter.
Itostou Hi mid, li
Another and very important step forward
in the "cience of electric lighting was mide
in Boston last night, when lor the first
time, so far as there is any knownrecord,
this wonderful means of illumination was
applied with marked, though not tinriuali
ged success to maritime purposes. Last
Thursday forenoon, Mr. Linus B. Comins,
Jr.. agent for the Wallate-Karmer electric
light, placed the necessary apparatus on
board the ferryboat Winthrop, and at 4
o'clock that afternoon had it set up and lim
ning. The Iwat, however, did not go into
service until last evening, when she was
lighted by electricity. Two lanterns were
placed on deck, one suspended directly tin
dtr either pilot hou-e, and a third was be
low over the after end of the engine. These
lamps were illuminated by means of an
electric current generated by a Wallace-Farmer
dynamo-electric machine,
which was driven off the balacct
wheel of a Woodworlh steam pump
This pump worked very irregularly,
and as a result a fluctuating current was
supplied to thelami,which were naturally
affected in their steadiness thereby. Ihe
light, however, was generally very brilliant
and illuminated every portion of the deck
with a flood of soft,white light, which could
only have been exceeded in intensity by the
rays of the sun. On the water the effect was
remarkable, aa the boat's track from shore
to shore was so illumined that the smallest
boat could not have crossed the Winthrop's
path within three hundred feet without
being clearly seen. It was al-o apparent
that no vessel could come near the ferry
boat without seeing her plainly, and, in
fact, distinguishing her entire outline, and
accurately determining her course. Mr.
Charles H. Doten, engineer-in-chief of the,
ferries, says tbe system is a pertect success
and supplies a want that has long been felt
on his boat". In a few days better motive
power will be furnished, when the lights
will be seen at their best.
Charleston lor.iale by the Sherlir.
(Charleston (8. 0 Xewsand Courier.)
The spectacle presented to the country by
the publication of the city sheriff's notice
for the sale, next Wednesday, of the real
estate and other property of nearly 1,200
citizen' of Charleston, may well fill the
minds of its iieople with the grave-t reflec
tions as to the causes which have induced
this wholesale auction of the city of C harles
ton. It would be unjust, as well as untrue,
to say that all the ierson.s whose property
is now offered for sale under the ordinance
passed by council at its last meeting have
wilfully "delayed, or wish to avoid the pay
ment of what is justly due by them to the
city. The contrary is the cav.
There never was a period of time during
the past fifty years when there was so uni
versal a money famine among the people
of the,city. It is true there are some ex
ceptions. There are some whose large cap
ital enables them, even in times of univer
sal and unprecedented business depression",
to pay promptly the assessments on their
city real estate; but they are few in num
ber, when compared with the majority of
the citizens who have their entire posses
sions in real estate, in a once opulent city
which is now trying to bang on nntil better
times come. There are few in the long list
of delinquents who wonld not, had it been
within their power, nave paid tneir munic
ipal tar, as hard as it is. and so be spared
the mortification of having their names
held up to the public gaze aa delinquents.
A Great Intellectual Teat.
lChlcago Tribune, ID.
excue
tike
o.;.. rare to other matters at the same
lime without any intentional discourtesy
toward or nezlect of eilher" It is related
of Bacon, "the wis-st, brightest, meanest
of mankind," that he conld write letters,
carry on a promiscuous conversation with
several persons, and dictate an e-say en
mental philosophy at one aud the same
time. Perhaps the Seaator from New
York is equil to such an intellectual feat
as that.
All Because Miuler ilay"Away.
Philadelphia Times, 19.
Gen. Butler still remains, away from
Washington. Meantime Congress has
done more work and less deviltry in two
weeks and a half than in any similar pe
riod since Bctler was discovered.
Ihe Washinston 7;c7xj6iKcshas Sound an i,,,i, iclndes ladies.
e lor UonKling, wnicn says ne -a , . :,,i i,ut ym. Hayes
... -.-. 1 1. .- 1 ......- -
in the nxtch of Senator Jllaine and L . .,-. that Mr. L
l'OI.ITICAI..
irr -novi) be ketirsep
the re-tlc'i m of Hon. John J. Ingalls to
he I'mtid states s-cnat-. With six years
tSjrleccCj aial the pier of auy member of
that body aJ . uVbiter and parliamenta-
rim. no man in the ute can serve his con
titnents bettf r than he With a
t-ratic majority in the next cenate,
Demo-
it be
hooves the Ieju-lature of our State to elect
its ablest man, and we know it is esmcrded
to be the choire of a large majority of the
people of thisSia'e that Mr. Ingalls, its
able and faithful Senator should be return
ed. HEIUs.lXIM1.rOCE SECOSD TO 0NE.
Independence Tribune, 1.
Iu view ot the political condition of the
next I". S Senate, we believe it is the vital
interest of Kansis, and of the Republican
partv of the Mate and nation, that the Hon.
John J. Ingalls be returned. He has served
one term with great credit to himself, tothe
Mtte and to the party, and has gainetl an
inllucnce second 10 that of no Senator in a
sir-gle term', and having the ability, experi
ence and intluence, is jut the person we
shall neeel in the high council of the na
tion. Hon. Sam Cary, of Ohio, is to raske a
lecturing tour through Kansas 13 January.
ONE 0K THE MOST IMTEXTI.W.
Abiline Gazette, Dtc.LUI
Col. Phillips is one of the be-t workers as
well as one of the most influential members
of the House. We notice that he recently
took a leading part in the discussion of the
transportation bill, ile showed verv clearly
that if it became a law, the effect of one of
its provisions would be to increase the rates
of freight for large shipments on long dis
tances. The regulation of freight charges,
by law, is a knotty problem. Unfair dK
criminat'ons and c'xnrtionate charges niav
possibly be prevented, on some roads, by
legal enactment. Who can frame a jut
bill for the con-ideration of the Kansas
legislature?
THlE WHO 1'EiIRE TlIE e.KEASTtoT e.OOIl
it WE DtClPEP.
UutehiUMiu Iutiilor.19.
The mm who make public opinion and
govein the hgi-lative body of the State,
tint i-, the thinking men of Kansas have
decided long igo the contest for Senator.
Tho-e men who desire the greaUat good for
Kansas that can be secured by the i-enators
at W shiigton haveeheidedth.it John J.
Ingalls shall be his own -iicetor. The
wi-dom of this opinion can only be disputed
by tactions in the interest of jsjlitician-
who are alwavs ready to hold olhee. We
recognize that gentleman have a right to
come before the legislature as c mdidales
for Senator, hut at the same time the State
of K.i.sis has too mueh at stake m the
United States Senate to itruiit any
man, to represent her who is not iu every
particular tnlified for the office and over,
and beyond all that pertains to our State,
there is a national demand for a renator
who can meet the emergencies of thehotir,
and coi with the Democratic majority in
the Senate of the Luited Mates. nator
Ingalls has a national reputation as a
statesman, skilled in debate, positive in
opinions, powerful in argument, and true
to the principles of the Republican party.
Not only the thinking men of Kansas, but
the Republican party of the I'nited Mates
demand that he shall le returned to the
I nited States Senate where he has stood
shoulder to shoulder with other giants of
the Republic. We trust that the men who,
by their votes, elect the ncit Senator, will,
when the time arrive, show their good
judgment and patriotism by returning Mr.
Ingalls ou the first ballot.
Mi:iuir. iti.i.i.
narrlnge of Jlnjor Scott Anthony
and ?Ir. I.ncj Melibtus.
t Denver News, is j
The residence of W. D. nthony, F,
on Arapahoe street, was the scene ot a
happv wedding last evening. The con
tracting parties were Major Scott nthony
and Mrs. Lucy J. Stebbics, both of this
city. The event had Letn rumored for
some week', and the hundreds of friends
of both the bride and groom were anxious
to extend their o ngratulations. But the
ceremonies, at the wi-h of both parties
were altogether private ami informal Rtv.
W R. Alger, ptor of I nity Church
officiated, aud read the marriage service 111
the presence of a few friends and rela
tives of the contracting parties. The mar
riage is a most auspicious one in every
wav. The bride is a very estimable ladv.
and the groom is one of Denver's pi.
neers, having served with distinction as
Major of the hr't Colorado regiment
formed. A happy incident in con
nection with the ceremony is, that
while it was being celebrated .litre,
the aged parents of the groom were
oWrviiig the sixtieth anniveis-ry of thiir
marriage iu their old home in New ork.
Mutual congratulatory messages were ex
changed. 'Ihe day was a!-o the anniversary
of the birth of the bride and altigether
was most au-picioiisly celebrated. Afler
the ceremony the guets sat down to a mar
riage feast prepared by W. D. Anthony
and his hospital sister, and a pleasant hour
was spent in a mutual exchange of good
wishes and congratulations. Some very
handsome pre-ents were tendered the newly
wedded pair. The -Vnra desires to add iu
congratulations to the many offered and to
hope that the wedded life of Mr. and Mrs.
Anthony will be as pleasant as a long snui
mei's dav. The newly wedded pair w ill re
ceive their friends at thir re-idence, ....
Uapahoe.on Friday and-Saturday of this
week.
.TlarrlajceoI.Mr. xcoti J. Aniliony niul
.Mr. I.ucy J. Slebhln.
Denver Tribune, 19.
A pleasant and happy group were as
sembled at the hoc-e of W. D. Anthony,
last evening, to celebrate the marriage ol
vcott J. Anthony to Mrs. Lucy J. Slebbms
The ever pleasant and cheerful face ot the
Major was resplendent with happiness,
while gay spirits and good cheer prevailed
wilh all. , 1 .t
Rev. Wm. R. Al.-er reformed the
ceremonv, which was witnessed only by the
members of the families represented at the
Tne evening was one to he remembered
with pleasure by the family, a, at the time
ibey were celebrating the wedding here in
Denver, at the old homestead in New ioi
was being celebrated the diamond wei.din,?
of their parents, this being the sixtieth an
niversary of their marriage. The hearty
ai.d hale old people were receiving the con
gratulations of their friends and children
Tn the old home, while the members of the
family here met to commemorate the w
casionb starting the Major on his life
journev." May his journey be as long and
peaceful as has Uen that of his aged
parents. . .
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony will receive their
friends on Friday and Saturday of this
week at iheir residence, No. -3 Arapahce
stieet.
Tyidle Hani-tied lrom Cabinet Mm-
nrri.
Wash ngtoa Correspondence of the tvurler-
Journal.',
The Secretary of State, the Secretary of
the Treasury and the Attorney General
entertain
the Cabinet. -Mr. Lvarts has
law concerning thes-a dincers
pa-red
Ihe President is
is left out. Now,
varts is moved to
this stroke ot diplomacy so as 10 gi?e
Rutherford a chance to see a little con
viviality without Lucy's knowledge.
Hitherto, when a Cabinet dinner was given,
it was rendered brilliant by the full .even
ing dress of the ladies. That was when
wine was not forbidden. Ab there can be
no reason why ladies sLoald not be pres
ent, as no state secrets are diiccs-ed, and
conversation is only of the lightestand
most trivial kind, it teems safe to infer
that Mr. Kvarts believes in giving tbe
boys a chance and allowing them to enjoy
their wine without shocking the temper
ance principles of Mrs. Haves. U hen the
Postmaster .eneral gives his Cabinet din
ner it will be given si. Welter's, or Worm
It t's.
have each given state uiuner.. j.m. ..-ev
retarr of War gives the next one. and
r ..."i.:. tt.e St cretarv of the Navy will
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