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THE DONALDSONVILLE CHIEF.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE PARISH OF ASCENSION AND TOWN OF DONALDSONVILLE.
VOLUME IX. DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1880. NUMBER 41.
8n113bs DnbiI 41Arid.
Amicus Humrnai Generis.
A Wide-Awake Home Newspaper
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-Donaldsonville,Ascension Parish,L.,,
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Address: CHIEF, Donaldsonville. La.
SDONAL DSONVILLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
DRY GOODS, GRIOCERIES, Etc.
A .1) VEGA, Agent, dealer in Dry Goods,
SNotions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes,
Hats, Groceries, Liquors, Furniture, Hard
ware, Tobaoeo, Paints, Oils, Glass, Lumber,
Bricks, Carts and Wagons; Loeb's corner,
Railroad Avenue and Mississippi street.
IIERNARD LEMANN, dealer in Western
1) Produce, fancy and staple Groceries,
Liquors, llardware, Iron, Paints, Oils. Carts,
1'lows, Salildlexy, Stoves and Tinware, Fur
niture. Crockery, Wall Paper and House
Furnishing Goods, Mississippi street, corner
Crescent Place.
OSEPI' GON I)IRAN, dealer in Clothing,
S DI)ry Goods, Notions, Huts, Grooeries,
Wines, Liquors, loots, Shoes, Hardware,
Paints, Oils, Saddlery, Crockery, Furniture
'aitid all kinds of House Furnishing Goods,
No. 14 Mississippi street.
S'OBIAS, dealer in Groceries, Dry
M.eV Goods, Clothing, Notions, Boots and
Shoes, Hats, Furniture, Hardware, Crock
ery, Trunks, etc., corner Mississippi and St.
Patrick streets and No. 24 Railroad Avenue.
Everything at lowest figures.
C KLINE, corner Crescent Place and
C Hlonumas street, dealer in Dry Goods,
Notions, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Pro
visions, Corn, Oats and Bran.
M " ISRAEL & CO., denies in Dry Goods,
. Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Saddlery,
Buggies, etc., corner Mississippi street and
Railroad Avenue.
S MOYSE, dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth
• ing, Boots, Shoes, Ihits, Groceries,
Furniture, Hardware and Plantation Sup
plies, at the old Post-qfivestand, Mississippi
street.
S WEINSCHENCK, dealer in Dry Goods,
• Notions, Clothing, ,Groceries, Hard
ware, lints, Boots and Shoes, and general
Plantation Supplies. Railroad Avenue, be
twaito Ilberville and Attakapas streets.
NO. SOLOZANO, dealer in Groceries,
Winucs and Liquors, Crockery, Tinware,
Notions, etc. No. 21 Railroad Avenue, be
tween Conway and St, Michael streets,
)ounaldsonviile.
) T. BABIN, dealer in Choice Family
" Groceries,Wines and Liquors, Lamps,
Oils., etc. I)Darrowville, near ferry landing,
and opposite D)onaldsonville,
LIQUOIR AND BILLIARD SALOONS.
T IE PLACE, Gus. Israel, manager,
Corner Lessard and Mississippi streets.
Billiards, Lager Beer, Best Wines and
Liquors, Fine Cigars, etc.
|BUTCIIERS' EXCHANGE, P. Mollere,
IJ proprietor, Criscent Place, opposite the
Market-llouse. Best of Wities, Liquors and
Cigars always kept at the bar.
HOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSES.
R ORT. E. LEE HOTEL, at Marx Israel's
old stand, corner Mississippi and Les
sard streets. Jos. Lafargue, proprietor. Bar
niid bil}ijad room attached. First-class en
-.ertainment and acconmmodations.
R IVERSI DE HIOTEL and BAR1-F.OOM,
lis Missippi street. Fred. Rogge, Pro
prietor. Boarding and lodging at reasonable
-ates. Table always supplied with the best
the masrket afolrds. Special and comfortable
aceommwnodations for transient boarders.
jT. LOUIS HOTEL, Lucy Butler, pro
kprietor, Crescent Place, near the wharf.
'irst-class Board and Lodging at reason;alle
ITY lIIOTEJA, P. eol.vre. Proprietor,
L.ailr,.ud Avenue, cot:. 4berville street.
liar supplied with best Liquors.
CONFECTIONERIES.
U.HILIP GEIGER'S Confectiouery and
1 F rlit ,:ore, Mississippi street, adloiing
1.0hAp's oild stand. Cakes, Soda Water.
NTts. Tots and Fancy Articles.
N -NA LAl SONV'LE CQNFECTIONERY,
D by A. m(rilhe, Mississippi street. near
. Paitrick. Branch on Railroad -Avenue,
neac Opel.l tsas 4treet. Cakes. Fruits. Nuts.
Soda Water, I;t Cre:an. t ake.. ice Cream
and Syrups for weddiugs and parties fur
nished on short notice.
CIGAR DEAE.I.L
JOS. THOMPSON. Railroad Avenue. next
door to corner of Conway street. Dear
Slie d.pot,. dealer in Havana and D,,maesti:
('i.ar. T'.bacco, Snuff. Pipes, etc.
- MiLTINERY.
R~ . Mr . . BLUM. Milliner. Mississippi
,.VL street. between Lessard and St. Pat
ri.k. Lstc.t styles of Bonnets, Hats. Frenchl
flowers. etc : atl,. all kinds of TLadies Un
.ierw ar.
rE ,. l'EVHIER. Milliner; all kindsof
fVllaTs. llh,unets. Trimmings. Artificial
",.r, aii t 'u,, Article cs. orner Mlissis
,, i ..v le .~.s rt streets.
SEWING MACHINES.
Singer Sewing Machine
DEPOT,
corner Mississippi and Lessard streets.
A. Combe.....................Manager,
Mrs. Octavia Illey,-............. Saleslady
LIVERY STABLES & UNDERTAKING.
SCHONBERG'S Livery, Feed and Sale
Stable and Undertaker's Establishment,
Railread Avenue, between Iberville and At
tat-sps steets. 'Competition defied.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
B RYBISKI, Apothecary and Drugg.st,
" Mississippi street, between St. Patrick
and St. Vincent streets, adjoining Gondran's
store.
CENTRAL DRUG STORE, corner Rail
road Avenue and Iberville street, L.
Blanchard, proprietor. Fresh Drags and
Medicines.
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
R J. GREF , House, Sign and Ornamen
R * tal Painter, Railroad Avenue, near
Claiborne street. Paper-hanging and CalMe
mining in superior style.
BARBER SHOP.
L L. FERNANDEZ. Barber Shlop, Mis
J sissippi Street, near corner Lessard.
Shaving, hair-cutting, shampooing, etc., in
most artistic style.
TINSMITH.
T OUIS J. RACKE, Tinsmith, Mississippi
street, at Lemann's old stand. Orders
attended to with dispatch aid satisfaction
insured.
IBOOT AND SHOE MAKING.
S GOETTE, Boot and Shoemaker, Mis
* sisslppi street, opposite Maurin's store.
All work in best style at bottom prices.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Frederick Duffel, R. Prosper Landry.
DUFFEL $. LANDRY, Attorneys at
Law. Office on Chetimaches street,
just back of the Court-House.
EDWARD N. PUGH, Attorney at Law,
Attakapas street, opposite Louisiana
Square. Visits Nanolconville on Mondavs.
SODA WATER MANUFACTORY.
IODA WATER MANUFACTORY, II.
S ether, proprietor, No. 1 Mississippi
street. Soda, Mineral, Seltzer and all kinds
of. aerated waters manufactured, and sold
at lowest prices.
SADDLEI~.---HARNESS -MAIRING.
FREI)ERICK BRENN, Saddler and iHar
ness Maker, 159 Railroad Avenue. Sad
dies and harness of all styles and prices
made to order. All orders for repairing and
painting of Carriages and Buggies promptly
executed.
Di'. P. J. Friedriclls, L
of New Orleans
Is now permanently located on Railroad
Avenue between Mississippi and Iberville
streets
DR. A. C. LOVE,
)arrowville, La.
Left bank Mississippi river, opposite Don
aldsonville.
Office and residence at Gibson's Hotel.
DI. J. B. VANDEGRIFF
OFFICE :
Attakapas street, near the Court-House,
Dionaldsonville, La.
R . M. McGALLIA RD
Office in .esceit iPatre.
i)onaldsonville, Lan.
J D. HANSON, MI. D.
OFFICE:
Corner Iberville street and Railroad Avenue,
next door to Central Drug Store,
Donaldsonville, La.
LAW AND NOTARIAL OFFICE.
R. N. Sin's,
ATTORBNAT AT LAW,
Donaldsourille, La.
Practice in Ascension, Assumption and St.
James. " * inch22-ly
PAUL LECHE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Donaldsonville, La.,
Office: One block below the Court
IHouse, on Attakapas street. miy24-ly
.B. EARHART,
AWTTORW.Y AT LAW,
O()ffice: Opposite the Court-House,
Donaldsonville, La.
Practices in the Twenty-Second Judicial
District (comprising St. James and Asese
sion parishes), and in the Supreme and
United States Courts. myl
R. N. SiMs. J. E. PocnE.
SIMS & POCIIE,
ATWORaNZS AT LAW,
St, Jamues, La.
Office at F. P. Pochm's. Address; Convent
P. O.
-P~ Mr. Sims will be in St. James every
Monday. ap24
II. C. GRUBE'S
Auction and Commission House,
Donaldsonville, La.
The undersigned is pleased to inform the
public that. having filed the bond required
by law and received his commission from
the Governor as an AUCTIONEER, he is
now prepared to execute with prompltness
and satisfaction all business in the auction
line with which he may be entrnsted. Fur
niture and articlces of every description
stored and sold on commission. Apply to
or address,
II. C. GRUBE:
dl:l Licensed and Bonded Auctioneer.
N. EEL,
DRUGGIST,
Corner i 'hetiumaches and Mississippi Streets
Donaldsonville, La.
A complete stock of Pure Chemicals al
wsavs on hand. Prescriptions carefully com
piiled at all hours. day or night. febhl6
JOiH(N P. FOICHA,
Cistern Maker,
Railroad Avenue, opposite the Post-office,
Donaldsonville, La.
All work guaranteed and satisfantion
1` warranted. Prices lower than the lowest.
A LOVER'S QUAREL.
I could not hear all that'theyinusthavesaid;
But as I sat beside the little stream
I watch them ,part with jnst one angry word.
She passed me quickly, with a down
drooped head,
Redcheeks, eyes flashing with a scornful
gleam,
A hasty step, as by deep passina stirred.
She did not turn, nor look back where he
stood,
But vanished q'uickly in the thick green
wood.
I watched him sigh, then noted how he gazed
At her retreating form; he whistled low
And softly to himself: in deepest thought
He whispered, " Is she vexed I "-then was
amazed
That 'twas. in truth, she really meant to go.
He looked once more, as if indeed he sought
To bring her back, but on she went that
day
Then he went too-but 'twas the other way.
They never met again; but oft I see
The girl, a woman f.own, come by this seat,
And gaze into the stream with tear worn
eyes!
And then I wonder why such things should
be!
If she had turned her bead, or stayed he1
feet,
Life would have altered, love's bright, sunny
skies
Shone e'er her forever ! 'Tis but things like
this
That form our lives, and make our woe or
bliss.
-All the Year Round.
an, one of the party of thirty er.,
,re for Kansas on the steamer Belle of
reveport, on the 7th of last April, re
rued this week and reports that, hav
visited the promised land of Kansas
d satisfied himself of the falsity of the
travagant stories circulated here re- 1
ecting the advantages offered to im- I
grants in tlhat State, he has concluded
it Louisinila is the better place of the t
o, particularly for people of his race. 0
says there has been and still is coil
lerable suffering among the colored
plle who have gone from the South to
section of Kansas lie visited; that s
tst of them would like to return, but
any are without means to do so. Those '
o are ablo to make their way back to I
Louis readily receive employment, as
nuts df cotton planters are located
wre on the look out for hands, and fur- C
.h transportation South to all laborers
th whom they make contracts. Shed- a
k's observations of Kansas were con
ed principally to the Northeastern A
rt of the State, in and around Wash- I
-ton county, on the Nebraska border, g
1d it is reasonable to presnume that the
indition of affairs existing there is in
ative of that prevailing in other sec
- .. ..- - - . ý . .. . 1 . ,- = ý - ~m • s
.Give us a Sunday Law.
llouma Courier.
* * * Aside from the moral ef
fect, is any ma1n, woman or child, any
better off for ti orking on Sunday f
Does any ilerchant or business man
make any more by keeping his store
openL, or attending his place of busi
ness on Sunday I We think not; it
is a physical as well as a moral law,
that the body" needs rest one day in
seven; the business lanio needs rest,
his clerks need rest, and if they get
it as they ought, they will coime into
the store or office Monday morning,
refreshed and prepared to resume the
duties of the week, with a vigor they
can not feel if they have stood be
hind the counte r sor t at tile desk
all day Sunday. The law of tile Uni
ted States and of every State in the
Union recognizes in its - acts te Sab
bath day, alind no alt passed on that
day is legal.
The lmerehnutts make this excuse in
regard to closing their stores on Sun
day, they say, "' If all would close, I
will close, but if I close my store,
others will take advantage and reap
the benefit." Nothing will obviate
this diffticulty but a Sunday law re
quiring all places of business to be
closed on Sunday. We are in favor
of it, and we do say, that we believe
this State and parish would be more
benlefitted by such a law, rigidly en
flrted, than it is even by the public
sch.ol system, which is saying a great
deal.
We do not believe in the old puri
tanic laws; they cat ried the thing as
far to the one extreme as we of to
day are ca;rying it to the other.
When we pass along the streets of
ouIr town on Sunday and see every
store in town open, every coffee-house
and billiard rooml in full blast, and
the red flag of the auctioneer flung to
the breeze, while a colored boy beats
a drum with might and main, and the
voice of the auctioneer is heLard "just
a going, wLat do I heart " it is cer
tainly not very elevating.
Just From Paris.
San Francisco News Letter.
To suppose that the French bonnes
brought back from " Yurrup" by re
cently returned maitres familles, and
whose white caps and aprons have
attracted so much atteutiou of late in
the streets near the principal hotels,
are employecd for the purpose of
"learning " the children French, is a
mistake. Monsieur Henri de Char
ville, a genial assistant at the Maison
Doree, is entitled to first place toi tile
discovery of the error. He was saun
tering up Market street neal the Pal
ace the other morning, on his way to
where Ihis short, gingham jacket hangs
on a peg behind the door, when lhe
spied a brace of tfemale kids, Witll
hair- banged foleheads and black
stockings in charge of a damsel, tile
roseate hue of whose cheeks, the quiet
i gray of whose skirts, tile delicious
whiteness of whose cap and apron
in short, the completeness of whose
SParisian "get-up " brought him back
to the Boulevards, the Champs Ely
sees, the Jardin des Plantes, and all
the rest of them. Doffing his hat,
with his politest bow, as was his wont
in the home of his boyhood, he saluted
Mademoiselle thusly : "Bon jour,
i m'mselle. Je suis enchante de vous voir
Sce matin." Mademoiselle looked at hiim
a minute, and then, in the choicest
tParisiain, replied : " Fwat do yez
take me furr, anyhow I Do yez tihink
I'm a Choinay?'"
Our Broadbrim Letters.
Busy Times-An Imported Saint-A
Barber Baron-Bad Death of a Prima
Donna-The Wheat Sharks, etc.
NEW YoRK, June 12, 1880.
EDITOR CHIEF:
A busy week; a very busy week,
commencing with the tribute to our
patriot dead, and ending with the
grand re-union of 1500 saw-bones,
gathered from all parts of the laud,
and whose learned discussions on
sphymogranls, autopsies, chrysopho
iic acid, pains, aches, dislocations,
contusions, amputations, contagious
diseases, and all sorts of evils that
make mankind continually miserable,
was somethling marvelous to listen to,
as indeed it was incomprehensible to
he'ar. Then there was the assembling
of the Masonic Grand Lodge, and tihe
election of a Grand Master and a
number of lesser officers. The Hick
site Quakers had a peaceful meeting;
and the refuse vagabon ds who went
to the Goss and Ryan fight, and who
escaped the penitentiary they so emi
nently deserved, are all, I am happy
to state, at home, and considering the
circumstances, as well as couli pos
sibly be expected.
Nothing astonishes me now; I am
prepared for almost any kind of sae
lilege. What say you to seizing the
bones of a saint in New York t none
of your humbug saints, made out of
wax and papier mache, but a real,
genuine, bona fide saint, one of whose
toe-nails is worth more from a sani
tary point, than thle assembled wis
dom of tihe 1500 doctors who were
just gathered here in solemn con
clave. The saint, nicely boxed, and
in about as good condition as a saint
could be expected to be who had been
under the sod for 1400 years, arrived
here from Rome last week. His pedi
gree was complete, and his canoni
i zation properly authenticated. Though
coming from Rome, I suspect lie was
not a native Italian, for the name on
the coffin was "Saint Dniscolius."
Now, tihe "ins" could never deceive
any man who had knocked about
every part of Ireland, from the Cur
rua of Kildare to'Bantry Bay. De
prived of its Latin appendage, thbere
is no doubt but the saint's name was,
originally, Patrick or Terrance Dris
coil; but that makes no difference;
he was a good, genuine saint never
tlheless, and was able to cure any
thing, friom cholera morbus to tri
chinosis. I never knew before that
there was a duty on saints. Instead
of encouraging the impor tation of
these beneficent ghosts, the miserable
Government has actually laid a duty
on them. Right across. from New
York, in the State of New Jersey, we
have the shini-bone of a saint that can
cure a broken leg any time, and as
for fits-well, it's of no use for any
one to try and have fits where that
shin-bone is, for St. Benedict would
knock them higher than a kite. When
Bristow was Secretary of the Treas
ury, lie admitted St. Benedict free of
duty, expecting, no doubt, when the
presidential contest came off, that the
good saint would not forget him; but,
I regret to add, the saint went back
on him and Bristow was beaten,
thioughi there is no doubt but a small
piiece of St. Benedict's shin-bone
would havepulled him through. The
difficulty with regard to the appraise
ment of St. Driscoll appears to be
thlat no one but a Bishop can break
thie seals on the sarncophangus for a
custonm-house officer to attempt it
would be sacrilege, and the chances
are two to one if he attempted it,
that thie saint would knock him down;
or perlhaps an explosion would take
plalce,-worse than nitro-glycerine, that
Iwould blow the custom-house into
sm;nithereens, and teach these ofticial
reprobates that saints, especially Irishl
saints, are not to be fooled with. Tihe
bones of St. Driscoll are encasedl in
costly silks and velvets, and the duty
on the nraw material would be $50.
A Mr. McSorley, who appears as tine
guardlian of Ihis saintsliip'os Ioes, has
taken an appleal to thie Secret;u'y of
tihe T'reasury; and, as our worthy
Secretary is known to have a pretty
good opinion of saints in general, I
hope St. Driscoll's hat may be chalked
duty free.
Another romance has been 411icov
ered, but unfortunately not until the
imposter was laid in his grave. A
few days ago, a stranger of distin
guished appearance arrivtd in New
York, and, as he sported a wealth of
Pundreary whiskers, and spoke three
or four languages fluently, it was not
long before he gained a footing in
good society. He passed for a dis.
tinguislled medical practitioner, and
artfully hinted that he was heir to a
baronetcy, and so it was nnderstood
in the circle in which he moved. In
the due course of time he captivated
the affections of a very worthy lady,
who sighed for one of his magnificent
apartments in his castle on the Rhine.
Remarkable as it may seem, the Ba
ron did not long for the sight of his
native land. America wasgoodenough
for him. Matters went on this way
several years; and, to give the Baron
his due, he conducted himself as well
as a Baron could be expected to do,
whose remittances from abroad were
irregular, and who was frequently
short of cash; but one day death
stepped in and walked off with the
Baron, and then came the discovery
of his successful fraud, which had
stood unchallenged for twenty years.
The Baron was a barber-only this
and nothing more; but no doubt he
was just as good a nobleman as nine
tenths of the titled vagabonds who
float upon the surface of American
society, or capture the fortunes of our
American heiresses while traveling
abroad.
A few years ago, a lovely girl in
Western New York was discovered,
who had a phenomenal voice. Her
parents were poor, her relations were
poor, and none of them were able to
assist her. By the aid of the Member
of Congress in her district, she found
her way to the city of Washington,
and there procured a situation in one
of the Government departments.
While there she attracted the atten
tion of a distinguished statesman,
who was understood to be a candidate
for the Presidency, and he took her
under his protection, and sent her
abroad. Years of long and patient
study followed, and under careful
and experienced teachers, her voice
uipened into an organ of wonderful
brilliancy. After years of struggle,
at last the supreme hour of trial came,
and with it her triumph, and the
poor American girl found herself the
lion of the saloons of London and
Paris. Milan and Naples greeted her,
and for a time it seemed as it she had
the whole world at her feet. While
in Florence it was her fortune, in an
evil hour, to meet one of those titled
rascals who are constantly on the
lookout for just such game. The un
fortunate prima donna became in
fatuated with this scoundrel, and
against the protest of her mother, her
sisters and her friends, he married
her. From the hour they left the
altar, the high-spirited American girl
seemed to have lost all control of
herself; and as if under the spirit of
witchery, she followed him like a
spaniel. No abuse or neglect could
shake her infatuation. She went upon
the stage, and he took every penny of
her earnings, denying her even the
commonest necessaries of life. She
appeared in New York in one of the
most popular operas of the day, but
her heart was breaking, and after a
desperate struggle against fate, she
was obliged to leave the stage, and,
though dying, her mother and her
sisters were denied admission to her.
A few days ago she passed the dark
shadow of the valley, svith none whom
she loved near her, a poor wreck, cast
like driftwood upon the shore.
The wheat syndicate is looking anx
iously towards settling day. The ap
proach of harvest has brought only
partial relief, and freights for Europe
are still ruinously low. The struggle
between the great foreign buyers and
the grain sharks has been a desperate
one. The wheat grabbers counted on
the necessities of nearly ar hundred
millions of people. The starvation in
Ireland gave them the most unquali
tied joy. They were in hopes it would
extend all over Europe. Th'le cry of
famishing millions was like music to
their ears, and they deliberately sat
down to plan how to capture the 183
millions of surplus wheat which the
United States had to offer to the dif
ferent nations of the earth. The
wildest days of the Gold Room spec
ulation never showed any thing like
it. Large and small banks, capital
ists in every quarter of the land were
drawn into the speculation; and then
slowly but surely they began to draw
the serpent fold all over the globe.
Here in New York we have been pay
ing eight and nine dollars for flour
worth five and six. Europe, too, has
been compelled to pay its tribute.'
Hundreds of ships have been kept in
idleness; much suffering has followed,
hut we are in hope that the day of
reckoning is not far off, and that, be
fore sixty days are past, the villains
engaged in this nefarions business
will be involved in one common ruin.
The new Mining-stock Board opened
with a flourish of trumpets on Tues
day. So far there has been no boom.
General stocks are much depressed,
though the clouds seem to be break
ing.
The long-expected rain has made
the weather delightful, and those of
us who had the good fortune to keep
I away from Chicago are looking for
I tr reward to Coney Island.
Yours truly, BRIOADDRIM,
Our Washington Letter.
The Republican Noaminees-The Ticket
considered a Strong, One-A Lasy
Oongress-Injustice to the District of
Oolumbia, etc
WASIIINrTON. D. C..June 9, 1880.
EnrTOR CIuEF:
It must be that the American peo
ple are becoming more and more ex
citable. The wild confusion at Chi
cago was almost paralleled in the
House of Representatives yesterday
when General Garfield's nomination
was announced. Members threw up
their hats and canes and cheered un
til business had to be suspended.
Democrats exhibited almost as lively
an interest in the result as did Repub
licans.
Of the strength of the ticket-Gar
field and Arthur--there is a great dif
ference of opinion amlong both Demo
crate and Republicans, but the gener
al opinion is, I think, that it will run
better than would a ticket headed by
either Grant o' Blaine. It is plain,
from general conversation here among
politicians, that the )emocray will do
their best to select men at Cincinnati,
without regard to individual " claims"
of such a character as to give Garfield's
friends abundant chance for exertion.
It is a matter of regret to all Repub
licans that the prominent men of the
party, such men as Grant, Blaine,
Conkling and.Logan, become so bitter
as to play the part of dog in the man
ger. Grant was determined if he
didn't get the nomination Blaine
shouldn't, and the field combined in
a determination that Grant should
not have it any how. The Republic
an party seems afflicted with dark
Iholes. Its first President was a dark
horse, Hayes a dark horse, and now
Garfield, its last nomi':ee, is a dark
horse. But, as I have said before,
Garfield has elements of strength that
will combine his party, and all Re
publicans will work heartily to elect
him.
Congress is a lazfbody lately. It
is Lot attempting to push business,
but will probably be ready for ad
journment by tihe 15th or 18th. In
fact, every thing is in Ord r so that a
little effort would dispose of all un
finished business which any one antici
pates will be disposed of. Yesterday
the Senate Chaplain's prayer wa,s ad
dressed to only a few persons.
Those Representatives who believe
in action at this session on some parts
of the tariff scored a nominal victory
yesterday. No changes were made
except as to a small class of articles
to be imported prior to January 1881,
under contracts entered into before
March 1, 1880, but the action was
gratifying to many members.
If re saen nAe yin&LesteAdy t1h 11UA1
of West Virginia presented the report
of the Conference Committee on the
Legislative bill, and said there was
no hope for an agreement as to the
salaries of the Senate employees,
which was the bone of contention in
the bill. Mr. Vorhees moved a new
committee and had it instructed to
adhere to the Senate amendment.
Our people here are very much dis
appointed by the action of Congress
in relation to the District of Columbia.
Two years ago it was decided that the
United States would pay one-half of
the expenses of the District. This
was done, as we have said before, on
the basis of ownership of property,
the United States owning fully cue
half the real estate here. It was a
matter of justice nhmg delayed, and
they congratulated themselves on the
result of the action of Congress in
this particular.
Now it seems that the present Con
gress has determined to render the
former act void practically, by im
posing upon the District burdens
which do not belong to it. The most
unjust and unreasonable of these is
Scausing the payment as provided by
the recent sundry civil appropriation
bill, by the people of the District, of
one-half the expenses of the United
States Courts here. For this there is
absolutely no excuse or reason. The
people here have no money to pay the
expenses of carrying on the cortts for
the benefit ot the country at large. In
all the States the United States Courts
are supported by appropriations by
Congress. These courts are for the
people at large, and the taxes paid to
the United States are used fur the
purpose of paying such expenses.
The people of the States might just as
hell ie compelled to pay the expenses
of the United States Courts from their
State Treasury as to call upon tre
people of the District to pay from its
treasury the funds needed for the
use of the courts here.
The change in the weat her during
the last few days has been most wel
come. The unprecedented heat of
the month of May proved almost too
much for us. It is seldom that we
suffer more from the heat in July or
I August than we did many days in
I May. But that is now over and we
I seem to have entered upon our Spring
I weather in proper shape.
SENTINEL.
Scientiftc Miscellany.
-The moon was once a region of in
tense activity, as is clearly shown by the
vast volcanic craters covering its sur
face, amtht has long been believed that
all changes in its form due to cooling
from a molten mass ceased ages ago,
leaving our satellite a cold, dead world.
Recent observations, however, have
shown a great black crater, over three
miles in diameter, which was never
seen prior to 1876. As many very minute
features in the same vicinity were map
ped by careful observers before that
time, it can hardly be supposed that the
existence of so large an object could
have escaped notice. The conclusion is
therefore drawn that the crater was
formed during the year 1876 or 1877.
This would seem to indicate that the
moon's internal fires are not yet comn
pletely extinguished, and it is possible:
that some day we may witness the inter
esting spectacle of an active lunar vol
cano.
-Five entombed skeletons have been
discovered in Switzerland, which, from
the absence of metal ornaments and
other indications, are supposed to belong
to an age prior to that of bronze.
-Dr.'Schmidt has proven by experi
ment that sponges may be grown artifi
cially. A sponge is cut into small pieces,
which are fastened to a pile and im
mersed in the sea, where they rapidly
grow into perfect sponges. The systemt
has been adopted by the Austrian Gov
ernment, and is being carried out on the
Dalmatian coast.
-Attention has been called to the ex
istence of large apiaries in a crowded
quarter of Paris. From sugar-refineries
in the vicinity the bees secure an abun
dant supply of sweets, making the hives
a profitable investment to their owners.
-A correspondent of a T'f;suaiiuai
journal records an instanceof the self
poisoning of a snake. The reptile being
pinned to the ground by a forked stick
instantly buried its fangs in its own
body. Its coils around the stick quickly
relaxed and in less than three minutes
the snake was dead from the effects of
its venom.
-Drs. De La Rue and Muller have de
termined the height at which the aurora
borealis has its greatest brilliancy to be
about 38 miles, when it should be visi
ble to a distance of nearly 600 miles. At
a height of 81 miles the lighlt . y
ipaile annd faTnt, and 124 mfies above the
earth's surface no electric discharge can
take place to produce the phenomenon,
They conclude that the aurora may oc
cur at times at an altitude of a few
thousand feet.
-German manufacturers have fount)
another use for paper. They make stoves
of that material, in which the fire blazes
cheefully without the slightest injury to
the paper enclosing it.
-The present centre of interest to Eu
glish geologists is a newly-discovered
fossil forest in an Oldhltam quarry.
About a dozen trees have been found,
some of them over two feet in diameter.
Near their roots are numerous impras
sionsofferns and otber plant's. It is con
sidered somewhat remarkable that, al
though the trees belong to the middle
coal-measure period, no coal has been
found near them.
-Am.azed the other day at the ralpit
growth of fungus, a botanist calculated
that it had developed 10,000,000 cells in
one day, or 116 oells a seconutl. Prof.
Gray, however, cites an instance where
a century plant formed 2,000,000,000 cells
in twenty-four hours, or 2.1,4! 1 a second.
-It is estimated that 70 years and
$1,000,000 will be required to complete
the excavations at Pompeii.
-According to the generally acepted
theory, what we call light is impression
prodneed upon the retina by the wave
like motion of particles of matter. The
lengths of these nldulations have bheen
measured, and it is shown that :l6,91ý
waves of red light, or 64,631 waves of
violet light, placed end to end, are re
quired to make a single inch. From the
velocity of light it has been proved that
more than 450 millions of millions of
these minute waves flow into the eye
and dash against the retina in each sec
ond of time.
--The animal king; of the world is
Hartmann, of Berlin, from whose great
gardens come most of the wild beasts
exhibited in this country, His collectors
are mainly young zological students ir
trained hnnterse and they secure for
him the animnals of all countries-which
afterward appear in numeroul: "greatest
shows on eart h."
-A submarine volcanic eruption was
lately observed near Corsica. It lasted
about an hour, producing much agita
tion of the sea, while the air bccame
charged with sulphurous vapor.
-An old millstone, t;:e and a hal
feet in diameter and seven inches thick,
with a central hole e'even inches in
diameter, was left in an English orchard
ma.y years ago. In 1812 a filbert-tree
sprouted from the earth at the bottom o,
the hole, and gr~dually increased in size
front year to year until, in 1838, it wan
found that tho tree had completely filled
the hcle anl aetnally lifted the stone
from the glamnd; wearing it as a girdle
about its trunk.
-Scjientists have of late had a growing
conviction that the developmentof para
sites upon the phylloxera will prove the
umost effective plan of desro.ying thai
anid similar insect pests. A pluarasite o,
the pihythuxera has mnow al'i*.laremnd i
Sicily, andi its etlcdct will be ..;itch:e
with intern t.