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Wasxh. weather baa given corn and
cotton a boom.
Qmm Yiotobia is la and hearty
weighing 200 pounds.
Qajubaldi's body bore scars of ten
gunshot, and one bayonet, wounds.
Dbxawaks promises to give the ooun
try the largest peach crop ainoe 1875.
Tn army worm is the object npon
which th farmer may brash his corses
this year.
PHRtADKLPHiA is taking steps toward
the cods traction and adoption of an
electric railway.
Stock of the Bank or Ireland sells at
819 that is higher than stock of the
Bank of England.
In thb destruction of the barley crop,
is it poMible that the army worm, too,
is fighting the brewers T
Brrwixw the army worm and the
weather there is little preference. The
one seems to augment the other.
Brxcs her marriage Sarah Bernhardt
is not popular, although she is perhaps
as good an actress as she ever was.
The census returns in Japan shows
nearly a million more men than women.
This is not a usual thing for old settled
countries,
Pobtwfs of 'Washington's farewell ad
dress are published in a French news
paper as appropriate to the condition of
that country.
Bobrst Boinm, the New York Ledger
man, baa $382,000 forested in horse flesh,
for his prirate use and to gratify a per
sonal ambition.
Lit m say to our Christian friends that
Mr. Boecher has taken to playing bil
liards. He keeps .a table in his house
for the purpose.
On hundred and ten thousand per
sons, orer Iwentv thousand of them
women and girls, used the free baths in
New York last week.
A Miss Chamberlain, of Cleveland,
Ohio, is creating a sensation in London
as a professional beauty. Bear in mind
that she is an Ohio girL
Wl ars informed that the Star Boute
trials are finally in progress. The trouble
will be to get them to end at least sat
isfactorily to the people.
Thb New York &'un tells of a man who
sent a written note to an apothecary for
offsallejrasset. He wanted ozalio
acid. He had a bod spelL
Suboxoh Woodward, TJ. 8. A., one of
the attending physicians on President
Garfield, is reported to be in a hopeless
condition at Nice, from brain fever.
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This year1 graduates at West Point
are said to be better waltzers than those
of any former class for years. In a mil
itary point of view this is important.
Lkasvillb exults over the fact that
there has not been a natural death in
that city for two weeks. A natural death
out there, by the way, is a death by
shooting or stabbing.
Thb condition of crops is good in
France, Oermany, and Holland. Bains
have improved prospects in Southern
Rossis. Cold weather has checked veg
etation m England.
V, m
U Tai Atlanta Constitution speaks
correctly, Basra reapers have been sold
in Georgia, hs yae than the entire cot
ton bett. possessed one year ago. If true,
this is a good thing for the State..
BnimiMTilABQW he can't com
plain of! the treatment he is receiving in
the Albany Penitentiary, only be would
like to get oat. . Being imprisoned is the
meanest feature of the whole thing.
- . ' , ''
Mb, TTmd, of Newburg, N. . Y., lost
450,000 km, one how 4 a game of poker
snd is nsns arsatkig, a fuss ail aver the.
eonbne MV. it Ofr. Weed doesn't
seem to know now to play the game."
Thb Chinese Government wQl return
fifty students to American eolletres. hav
ing discovered their removal was a mis
take. It seems that the meaner we treat
China feebetter they will think of us.
Uk-rnm Hiwrr. of rhfladlphia,- left
a wilk. beqasathing $180,000 for the
founding of ire law library, and $10
weeMaiifc alstersw-. Thns-ba- loved
the pubye7a man, better than he did
Miss BmaBiUDXjf ia said to be the
only female N wQmw4 officer ; in, the
country. She has v Inst been
TreMufer Of the Waynesburg and Wash
ington pauroed. In Pennsylvania, and
ia acting sr aymaats.
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Thb Calhofio TkUgraph thinks that
the mostsfulacU of Garibaldi's life
were tin sssarand candle factory on
Staten Ishtod,' and; teaching Americans
to make -oaoaroni. The Telegraph has
s high appreciation of a great statesman
and liberator.
Thb Tariff Commission, appointed by
the President, does not seem to have
been a "happy" one. Appointments
con rented npon the State of New York
nave been respectfully declined. New
York is not altogether patterning after
HiUOW KM.
bt. Jon DaWrrr, D. D., of the
Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadel
phia, resigned the pastorate of that
church, paying him $0,000 a year, to
accept a .professorship in Lane Sem
inary, Ulncinnat., at $3,000. But thin
is only one case in a million.
A Loitpoir scientist predicts that the
time is not far ahead of us when elec
tricity will be stored so successfully and
cheaply that little' boxes of it will be
used to propol tricycles, and people will
journey about the country by that
method rather than by rail,' J --
Whim ia to be made independent of
the corn crops. . A number of railroad
men are buying timber lands, and are
going to- make whisky out of smoke.
This is a question which requires the im
mediate attention of the foresters. In
a few year rain will be unknown.
A ootbktobabt whose patriotism is
bubbling over in fond anticipation of a
Fourth of July celebration, says :
Thar Is going to be more of 4th of Jn
' ftorioasjalyla this eonntry this year than the
oldest inhabitant ever saw before. Tie well.
We whlpoed 'em. We oaa do It again. Ifthet
VOLUME X.
don't kick nor bite. Tarn loose the whang
doodles and let toe rockets lis.
Lahptox, of the Louisville Courier-
Journal, has become something of a
political punster. He turns his attention
to affairs in Pennsylvania as follows:
Cameron A Son, saooeMors to Wm." Fenn.
Attention is called to the varied reanurees of
oar State. Every sdalt mala allowed to vote
(or ns. Onr own Legislation in session every
year. Head lor circular.
An edict signed by the Czar, and pub
lished in the official Gazette of St. Peters
burg, virtually bankrupts every wealthy
Jew in Russia. It provisionally suspends
all payment for contracts or debts due
to Jews, prohibits them from settling
outside towns and villages, and other
wise provides for their speedy extirpation
throughout Czar do m.
Afteb a serious illness of one of the
jurors in the Malley case, the trial has
been resumed, but the interest in the
proceedings has- wined. There is no
probability of a conviction of any of the
parties who stand charged with Miss
Cramer's outrage and murder, although
there is little doubt in the minds of any
who are familiar with the facts and tes
timony, ss to their guilt.
CHiidtojr Dickbbson, aged seventy-
five. of Danville. N. J., was bitten by a
mad dog last March. His wife was also
bitten. ' The woman who treated them
advised Dickerson to abstain from the
use of tobacco, which he did until re
cently, when he resumed indulgence of
the weed, and died. Mrs. Dickerson,
who, it is presumed, does not use to
bacco, has not been affected.
The Drummer, after careful observa
tion, throws out the following hints to
girls:
If a vonne man truly loves von. he will al
ways be oniewhat embarrassed when with yon.
If s yonng man is not interested in yon at first
sight, the cbances are five to one against yon.
If a fellow continues to glance at yon lie is
interested in yon ; if be hastily averts his gaze
when yon catch his eye, the chances are that
he's a gentleman ; but if, instead, he smiles at
yon, yon may know that he is only a "masher."
HuxiiST compares Darwin to Socrates,
saying there was in him the same desire
to find some one wiser than himself, the
same belief in the sovereignty of reason,
the same ready humor, the same sympa
thetic interest in all the ways and works
of men. Just so, Professor Huxley;
but do you suppose if they had found
men wiser than themselves, either one of
them would have admitted it?
From France an extraordinary tri
cycle journey is reported to have been
made by the Vice President of the Lyons
Bicycle Club, accompanied by his wife.
They traveled in one of the two-seated
tricycles from Lyons to Nice, Genoa,
Borne, and Naples, and home again,
through Florence and Turin. The entire
distance is about 2,300 miles, and they
averaged between fifty and sixty miles
day.
Thb quicket time on record in a di
vorce suit was made last week at J ort
Wayne. A wealthy farmer named J.
T. Gilbert drove to town with his wife,
and she handed in an application for
freedom on the ground of cruelty. The
couple then agreed that the wife should
have $1,000 in cash, new false teeth
every three years, half the furniture,
fruit, and milk, and two-thirds of the
children. Both appeared in court, and
the divorce was at once granted.
Thb Mohammedan populace of Egypt
1 getting more excited and fanatical
every day. Europeans are leaving the
country by thousands, and more trouble
is expected. Under the circumstances
it is only a matter of life and death
with Europeans. Many who are in good
circumstances, prosecuting a lucrative
trade, voluntarily leave all for the sake of
ridding themselves of uncertainties that
must ultimately result in ruin and
death.
Afteb all, the Keely motor is a fraud.
Says the Scientific American:
The truth is that "the secret" was divulged
long ago. The power exhibited by the motor
is mmnlv that of compressed air introduced
surreptitiously by pipes which connect it with a
condenser. .
Perhaps the company who have in
vested so heavily in the motor, and have
been patiently waiting for years to real
ize their dreams of a scientific revolu-
tion and fortunes will now turn their
attention to hard facts as as they find
them.
Wohab suffrage has at least made
some progress, whatever individual
opinions or prejudices may be. Thu
committee in the United States Senate to
whom the matter .was entrusted for con
sideration, have made a majority and
minority report, the majority report
favoring an amendment to the Constitu
tion granting the elective franchise to
women, the proposed amendment to be
submitted to the several Legislatures.
The minority report favored submitting
the matter to the several States upon the
basis of States rights. It is not likely
that Congress will act upon the question
at the present session, but advocates of
woman suffrage may take courage and
hope for a full discussion of the theme
K.HOW 111 SB ELF.
" The wisest of all sayings," said some
one in the hearing of Charles Lamb
Kenney, an old journalist who has just
died in London, "ia the old Greek max
im, Know thyself.'"
" Yes," said Kenney, " there's a deal
of wisdom in it. ' Know thyself,' but
never introduce a friend."
An exchange says: "Some must
have a quarter of a column to express a
well-defined idea, when writing for. a
newspaper I pi$ it is astonishing how
concise they can make an advertisement
that costs 80 cents per line." Yes, some
like to spread when it don't cost a cent,
That class of men are so thin that they
don't amount to much in the world.
CambrUlye Tribune,
CURRENT NEWS.
Michail Davttt arrived in New York on the
18th Inst.
Sikatob Asthost has been re-elected in
Bhode Island.
Ghasshoppebs are alarming the people of
Northern Dakota.
Smallpox is reported to have broken out in
the far Northwest.
Pabis green and lime is given as a remedy
for the army worm.
N ousts of immigrants landing at our shores
during May, 141,035.
Wisconsin forest fires are not near so serions
as first reports indicated.
RriTEEH business houses were burned at
Gadsden, Ala.; loss 50.080.
A mi at Montreal destroyed property to the
value of nearly a million dollars.
Thb Democrats of Arkansas have nominated
Judge J. H. Berry, for Governor.
Thb losses by storm and high, water at In
dianapolis are estimated at (150,000.
Foob hundred arrests have been made of
Sunday rioters at Alexandria, Egypt.
A ix the Powers, except Turkey, will hold a
conference on the Egyptian question.
Thb Interior Department wants $245,000 to
complete .the work of the tenth census.
Bwzdeh hss refused to increase the allowance
of the Crown Prince upon his marriage.
Hiss Phcebb Couziks, of St. Louis, failed to
receive appointment on the Utah Commission.
A Nbw Yobb boy has recovered C20.000 from
street railroad company for the loss of a
leg. -
It is proposed the uovernment shall pur
chase the house in which President Lincoln
died.;
A wokak and her five children were drowned
in
a branch of Sugar Creek, Linn County,
Kansas.
At Xebia, III., Vfm. Johnson, aged 24, killed
his wife, aged 22, and then himself. Incom
patibility. Thb total production of gold in the United
State for 1881, was B34, 700,000 ; of silver,
43,000,000.
Thbxs Chinamen and a white foreman were
killed in a premature railroad construction
blast in Oregon.
Is Jl mine explosion near WilkesbaYre, Pa.,
one man was killed and five of his comrades
dreadfully burned.
Thb Empress of Bussia has given birth to a
daughter, and flags are flying at St. Petersburg
in honor of the event.
Tax Supreme Court of Ohio has decided
that those who have paid taxes under the Pond
law may recover them.
August Belmont has concluded to retire
from the turf. He sold $13,000 worth of
thoroughbreds the other day.
Eubopzahs are leaving Egypt as rapidly as
the Israelites under Hoses did. There is a
large speck of war in the East.
Seventeen indictments have been found
against Cleveland (O.) parties implicated in
the great Missouri land frauds.
Thb statement comes that the number of
Europeans killed in the Sunday riot at Alexan
dria, (Egypt) is not less than 250.
Major J. E. Waldbon, of Memphis, has
been acquitted of the charge of bribery in con
nection with the Star route cases.
John Hah boh, a colored man, was sold at
Louisville last week for one year for vagrancy.
A city scavenger bought him for two dollars.
Bt a cas jumping the track and falling over
trestle on a West Virginia railroad, fifteen
passengers were injured, two of whom have
died.
It is a remarkable fact that the shrinkage in
the capital of 115 railroads in the country has
amounted, in about eleven months, to C514,
668,038. Thb bOl extending indefinitely the distilled
spirits bond period has been defeated in the
United States Senate by a vote of thirty-two to
twenty.
Thb Malley murder trial, at New Haven, was
adjourned on the 16th mst. for several days,
on aooount of the death of a daughter of Juror
Fnrman.
Br A tkeeible hail-storm in the vicinity of
Broken Arrow, Indian Territory, crops and
other property were destroyed and several
lives lost.
Thb biggest oil well in the world, yielding
twenty-four hundred barrels a day, was struck
at Cherry Grove, Warren County, Pa., on the
15th inst.
Bob Bticknzt, the noted equestrian, and
son-in-law of Old John Robinson, showman,
ia reported to have been killed near Denver,
Colorado.
Thb Brookfield, Mo., bank robbers whose ar
rest have been mentioned, have pleaded guilty
and been sentenced to twenty-five years' im
prisonment.
Ws. Millixiw, of Boston, Mass., was liter
ally torn to- pieces by a black bear that he
recklessly attacked at Lake Piseco. in the
Adirondacks.
A St. John PH. F.) dispatch states that a
French schooner was struck by ice on the 10th
inst., carrying down with her her.whole crew of
seventeen men.
License fees by commercial travelers to the
city of Hew Orleans, for 1881, are to be re
funded, the city ordinance having been doclared
unconstitutional.
Hailstones "as laree as saucers" fell at
Dubuque, Iowa, a few days ago. Many per
sons were injured and a number of plate win
dows were broken.
A half-witted section-hand in New Mexico
was tantalized into shooting and killing bis
boss, whereupon bis companions hanged him
in a brutal manner.
The United States Senate passed the Japan
ese indemnity bill, but in snch shape that the
House will probablv refuse to concur in the
amendments which it added. -
At Jackson, Mich., a saloon-keeper shot a
policeman, then his (the saloon-keeper's) wife,
and then himself. The policeman may recover,
but his eyes have been put out.
Thb labor unions of Pittsburg made a grand
demonstration s few days ago, in the way of a
street Darade. The number of men in line is
estimated to have been fully 80.000.
News of the massacre in Alexandria beoomes
more horrifying every day. The latest intelli
gence says that the number now known to have
been killed in the Sunday riot was 840.
Dr. Hedges, a sporting man of Newburgb,
New York, has been arrested, charged with set
ting up a poker game on. Francis P. Weed, of
that city, and beating him out of 150,000.
- Fob members of the Tariff Commission, the
President has nominated Wm. H. HcMahon,
of New York, and Alex. B. Boteler, of West
Virginia, viae Wheeler and Phelps, declined.
Fatbeb Houox, private Secretary to Bishop
Gilmour, was ejected from the Cleveland
Lender offee, after which he swore ont a war
rant for Editor Oowles arrest for assault and
battery.
James Vauohn, who murdered Wm. Watts,
City Marshal at Tamaroa, 111., last August,
was hanged at Pinokneyville on the 16 th. Hil
ton Yarberry was hanged at Albuquorque, New
Mexico.
The American Institute of Homeopathy
held its thirty -ninth anniversary at Indianapo
lis the past week. The institute consists of
representatives of 265 institutions and 7,000
phyi
SOMERSET, OHIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 22. 1882.
At Bice, Colorado, a mob entered the .jail
and took out two murderes, Thomas Wall and
Trinidad Charlie, and hung them to a small
cabin opposite the jail. They were shackled
together by one arm.
Joe Mitchell, a negro, was taken from the
Sheriff near Mt. Sterling, Ky., while on his
way to jail, and hanged. He had outraged a ,
Mrs. Thomas (white), the day before. The '.
mob consisted of about 500 men.
The old man William Belcham, sentenced at '
Cincinnati to hang July 13, for the murder of '
a man named Hughes, who assaulted Belcham
upon the tatter's premises, has had his sentence ,
commuted to imprisonment for life., - '
The Bepublicans of Maine have nominated
Colonel Frederick Eobie for Governor, and
Thomas B. Beed, Nelson Dmgley, Charles A.
Boutelle and Seth D. Milliken for Congress.
Eugene Hale presided over the convention.-?-
While Captain Dwight, of 8pringnieldMass.,
of the ship Freeman Clark, from Calcutta, was
asleep in his berth at sea, he was murdered by
the Malay steward and cook. The murderers
were killed by the crew after a bloody fight. -
A BIOT broke out in Cleveland in a crowd of
about two thousand strikers attacking the
Boiling Hill Company's workmen on their way
home. Hany workmen were hit with missiles,
and the protecting force of policemen bruised.
At the session at Indianapolis of the Ameri
can Institute of Homeopathy, Niagara Falls
was selected as the place of holding the next
meeting. Officers were elected for the ensuing
year, headed by Bushrod W. James, for Presi
dent. At Bed Wins, Minn., while John Nelson, a
prominent dry goods merchant, and his wife,
son and Hiss Bradley, of Springfield, Ohio,
were boating, they came in contact with the
cable of a ferry-boat, capsized and both ladies
were drowned.
Geobge HcMuixen was found at Canton,
Ohio, Jnne 15, with a bullet-hole in his breast,
and , his wife dead in bed, with a bullet-hole
under the eye. He says an unknown woman
entered the room and committed the deed.
Mcmullen is under arrest.
A PA88ENOEB train on the L, N. A. and C.
Railroad was wrecked near Bedford, Ind.,
caused by the rear coach jumping the track,
and: rolled down an embankment. Of forty
passengers aboard all were more or less in j ored.
John Carmouy, engineer, was killed.
Habby, only son of ex-Congressman Finley,
of Bucvrns, O., committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head. He was a graduate at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, and has held the
position of midshipmau in the navy until a
short time before his death, when he resigned.
Dubing) a f unous wind-storm, on the night
of June 16, a toner of Mt. St. Mary's Acad
emy,; near Leavenworth, Kansas, was blown
down, crashing in the roof of the dormitory,
killing four young girls. The loss of property
in and about the city is estimated at $500,000.
The British House of Commons have adopted
clauses 7 and 8 of the repression bill. The
Government adopted an amendment that Mag
istrates should appear at meetings and summon
the people to disperse. Gladstone deolined to
introduce a bill suspending evictions for six
months.
In a prize fight at Smith's Ferry, Pennsylva
nia, Weeden gave Haloney a terrible pounding,
bnt after the forty-first round he agreed to call
the battle a draw, he being overawed by the
roughs present who had their money up on
Maloney. Weeden is a celebrity and Haloney
an amateur.
The following is reported as the probable
composition of the new Egyptian Ministry :
Bagheb Pasha will take the portfolio of Fi
nance ; Ahmed Baschid, Minister of the Inter
ior ; Zulnkar f asha, Minister of Justice ; Zetki
Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Arabi
Pasha, Minister of War. ,.- r .
A dispatch from Alexandria states, that the
Governor and Military Commandant admit
that they have no control over the situation,
and that the soldiers only obey their colonels.
Private advices from Cario state that all
European have left there, including the staff
of the Eastern Cable Company.;
The steamship Pera, from Montreal for
Great. Britain, foundered off CapeBace. She'
had as a part of her cargo, 204 head of cattle.
Of the crew, which took to boats, ten were
missing at last accounts. The Sidney steamer
Raleigh, from Sidney for San Francisco, was
wrecked near Card well, Queensland. Crew
saved.- ' i
Frvs boys : named Thomas McOormick,
George HcCormick, Willie Shorey, Hesney
Meggett, Daniel Kelley and Charles Duplessis
were drowned at New Orleans by the capBizing
of a boat. Five laborers, at Paspebiao, Que-.
bee, came to their death in the same manner,
while the rising tide at Isle Aux Grass covered
an islet on which two children named Lapointo
and Harvey were at play, and they were
drowned.
Eight veterans of the war of 1812 held a re
union at Lexington, Ky., on the 17th inst. Dr.
Chinn, chairman of the meeting, said that
fifteen years ago the Association numbered
near 150. A coincidence is that in 1878 there
were 85 present, and 85 deaths reported ; in
1879, 25 present and 25 deaths ; in 1880, 15
present and 15 deaths ; in 1881, 14 present and
13 deaths, and the present meeting 8 present
and 9 deaths.
Rain fell in torrents in Ohio and Indiana on
the 14th inst, doing an immense amount of
damage to property. The Big and Little
Minmia in Ohio were higher than they have
been since 1866, carrying off much stock
and destroying property. In many of the river
towns people were driven from their homes,
the water in many instances reasoning the
second story. All over Ohio and Indiana rail
road bridges were swept away and railroad
travel seriously impeded.
Ex-Govebnob William Dennison, known as
" the War Governor of Ohio," died at Colum
bus, Thursday morning, June 15, aged sixty-
seven years. He was Governor of the State
from 1860 to 1862 ; Postmaster General under
Lincoln and Johnson ; Commissioner of the
District of Columbia under Grant, and promi
nent in other publio positions. He was Presi
dent of the National Convention which nomi
nated Lincoln and Johnson. Candidate for
nomination for Yice President against Wilson
iu 1872, and for Senator when Garfield was
chosen in 1880. He was sick for nearly a year.
Advices from the section traversed by a cy
clone, in Iowa, are of the most distressing
character. At Grinnell both buildings of the
Iowa College were blown down and about one-
third of the houses in the place were wrecked
or badly damaged. The number of persons
killed are estimated at one hundred, and there
aro about one hundred i and fifty badly
injured now under the care of physicians.
From Haloom similar reports are received,
seven dead bodies having been recovered and
many reported badly hurt Railway trains wars
blown from the track and demolished, and
houses and barns carried before the wind and
scattered in every direction. ,
"A prizb of solid gold, and not an
inch of gilding," is the way they speak
of a pay mastership in the army a posi
tion which is accounted among appli
cants at Washington as one of the most
desirable in the publio service.
Trh Queen of Italy is described as
having an interesting bnt sad and
pathetic expression of countenance. She
has no majesty of presence, her walk is
ungraceful, but her manners are affable
and gracious, and she puts tlie Bhyest
strangers instantly at ease.
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' TERRIBLE TOBlf ADO 15 IOWA.
. rt- Fmrnmrn HI Ural mm rwriUr
TfUuSn4lkjire. -
A, terrific cyclone struck the town of Grinnell,
Iowa, on the 17th inst and completely demol
ished it. The storm wu HMn firat Anminir fWm I
ib tonthweet, sweeping up to the northweot cor
w pi me town, leveling huge trees In Us path t
way1, and taking A. A. Foster's house and barn
leveling both to the ground, and carrying Mr'
and Mrs. Foster and their two children thirty
yards, precipitating them amidst the deoris.
All were somewhat injured.
issteastof Foster's was H. 0. Pitman's
house, also completely leveled, burying be
neath it Pitman, his wife and three children,,
bis wife's sister and her little baby. Foster
took out his three-year-old girl, Hattie, dead.
UM noy Harry, aged ten, was fatally injured,
and Authwr was slightly hurt. Not far away
was.the residence of Mr. Lewis, an old gentle
man and lady, who were both killed.
From here the storm pursued a ziezag direc
tion) to the north of the city, when, after wip
ing out the finest residence portion of the citv.
it turned toward the college. The West build
ing was dumped into a heap of lath and plaster
and broken timber, burying beneath it eight
students who roomed therein, all of whom were
afterwards extricated more or less injured, and
one died. The East college, a five-storv build
ing, was unroofed, and a fire followed.
After completing its work of demolition at
the College, the whirh'ne fiend struck tri?ht
across the Iowa Central Railroad, and directlv
in its path lay loaded cars. The Great Mogul
engine was lifted completely off the track and
the train toppled on either side. Across the
track was the building of Professor J. W.
Chamberlain, Treasurer of the College, which
was gathered up in sections and dumped in a
disjointed heap, portions upside down. Dr.
B. N. Scott's house was turned around. C.
W. Hobart's elegant residence and barn are
gone. Near by stood S twq-'Story house,
iu which Hiss Abbie Ogard was killed. In the
vicinity stood the house of Hy. HcConnell
new a pile of lath, splinters and plaster.
- In a block which contained nine houses, all
butj one were leveled to the ground. In one
no nee oi mis diock lour persons were Killed,
Mr.. Ford, wife snd hired girl and Mr. Totten.
In this vicinity F. W. Williams' house was un
roofed, Professor Herrick's and Mr. Morris'
two houses were bunched together. Not far
off stood Lucy Sanders' fine residence, and
what Of it that is liot scattered omr tho mA.
joining country is dumped into the cellar. Ten
people in Sanders' cellar escaped. Mr. Taylor's
anaMrs. Day's houses are gone ; also the home
of Hon. C. F. Craver, and also the large new
residence of Andrew Larrabee. The side and
the top of B. B. Clark's house were blown off;
mu uis nam. me nome oi Jl (Trill, or Jum
bali A Merrill, is unroofed. Then followed
rows of houses as fiat on the ground as space
will allow, among them John Carhart's, Burns
Becker's, B. Schaff's, editor of the Signal
then Professor Buck's residence and . C.
Pnelps, and a house belonging to Mr. Hayes.
The hurricane took everything north nf Pt-m-
raeni aiagoun s nome, leaving that uninjured. '
ah me noruiwesi corner or tne mr.v ttin ntnmi ;
txvcAtA Iha hnnea nt Wllu.- 1711.'. -1 .
of J. M. Boss ; his wife was slightly injured ;
and the house of Henry Spaulding was leveled,
then the home of Kimball, of Kimball A Mor
rill, dry goods dealers. A. J. Preston's house
was moved six feet from its foundation. The
dwelling of Attorney Dunn was leveled ) also
that of G. B. TruwelL, the dry goods mer
chant ; also - the new house of Gra
ham, the merchant tailor, near here. Mrs.
Griswold was killed, and her house demolish
ed. John Merrill's house was blown a distance
apparently in the teeth of the wind. Nota sign
is leu of the house of Madison Howard. The
house of George Hamlin, cashier of the First
National Bank, is in ruins. George Jennings'
nouse is in sinanng wooa. two nouses belong-
ing to Mr. Bottham were obliterated, as also I
the houses of James Hanlan, Philip Clenden-
ing, Henry J. Pittman, Marcus Wightman,
wm. iwnson, lieacon f ord s two houses. W.
Neilly'a and Mr. Hoffer's. The house of A. E.
Beinferd was completely demolished. Mrs.
Stewart's house was blown half a block, frag
ments jamming the corner of Jones' house. A
list ol em ii teen or twenty other demolished res
idences is given.
The following persons are known to be
among the killed : Deacon Ford and wife, Mr.
Lewis and wife, Deacon Clements' two children,
mrs. .va junrton, oi unicage, Henry ritt-
mau s two children, Hattie and Harry, and
Mr. Pittman probably fatally injured ; Miss
Abbie A. Good, photographic artist ; Cornell
Chase, of Storm Lake, the only student killed;
Susie Bayer, daughter of the dry goods mer
chant, and mother, Mrs. Bayer, also his son
fatally wounded ; Mrs. Griswold, Mrs. Totten,
Mrs. CulliBon and her mother, Mrs. Alexander's
two children, Mrs. Huff and child, George
Terry's baby, Terry not expected to Bvei
Bingham Burkott, student from Montezuma ;
Madison Howard's boy ; a lady from Cedar
Bapids visiting at Bayard's ; three persons
dead two miles west of town ; Barrett E.
Chase, student, of Storm Lake ; Henry Moore,
a brakeman on the Iowa Central Road, of
Harshalltown, fatally injured ; John Delgan,
conductor of the Rock Island freight, fatally
injured ; a tramp from Des Moines, fatally
injured ; a traveling man, W. J. Barbour, of
Chicago ; hired girl of Deacon Ford, and Sirs.
Totten. '
The engine house, where seventeen of the
dead bodies are laid out, presents a sight that
brings baek army days.
Other dead are aronnd in the wrecks of their
homes, where enough was left for shelter, or
sent to the houses of friends.
, . i 1 : 1 il 1 ... . 1 1
juaiconi, lows, lareu u utua wwx . tnan
Grinnell. Hany of the business houses were
demolished, and eigut deatns are reported.
The storm swept over an area a half mile wide
and about twenty-five miles long, and every
thing in its path was leveled to the ground. A
number of persons were killed at Brooklyn.
STOBT OP JACKSON AND BESTOX.
- One evening at the White House the
conversation drifted to Benton, and Mr.
Lincoln said that the very room we were
sittina: in had been the scene of a most
characteristic adventure of Benton's with
President Jackson. When Benton came
to Missouri he was at feud with Jack
son ; in fact, he and his brother and
Jackson and several others had a diffi
culty at Nashville, in which Jesse Ben
ton was killed, and which was the cause
of Benton coming to Missouri. They
had not met for years, until Jackson
was President and Benton Senator from
Missouri. '"It was in this room," said
President Lincoln, " that their first
meeting took place, Jackson was seated
at this very table when the door yonder
swung open and Benton stalked in and
stood Bilently in tho middle of the floor.
Jackson looked up and recognized him
at once, and recollected at the same time
that he had no weapon to defend him.
self. Equally silently he got up, walked
to the door, locked it and put tlie key
in his pocket, and went back to his seat.
Then he said, "Dohi this moan war or
Pee?", , ,.
" It means peace," said Benton. . , ,
' ' Jackson again arose, walked to the
door, unlocked it, come back to his seat,
and then said, " OoL Benton, I am
pleased to see you. Take a choir." '
All this time Benton was standing'
etatuo8iuey in the center of the room,
never moving. a muscle while Jaokson
was looking and unlocking the door, and
the reconciliation between the two gen
tlemen was complete. It simply showed
the dramatic character of the
St. Louis T'ont-Vinpatch.
Adviob to wives Man is very muoh
like a egg keep him in hot water and
be is bound to become hardened,
WASHI5GT0JC BRIEFS.
Pbesxdent Abthvb has not yet decided
whese he will spend the summer.
The Naval Appropriation bill, agreed upon
by the sub-committee, appropriates $600,000
less than last year's bill.
Conobess will be called upon to provide for
iie payment of the Utah Commiaaiott before
7 " .
family, have gone to Russia, il. Uartuolomie
expects to return about December next.
Thibtt-three out of the thirty-eight States
ask for appropriations for the improvement of
rivers and harbors, real and imaginary.
New indictments have been found by the
Grand Jury in the Star Route cases against
Thos. J. Brady, G. V. Mcserole and J. B.
Price.
The creditors of the Freedman's Bank have
received the 15 per cent, dividend realized from
the sale of tlie bank building. Payment was
begun on the 1st inst.
The estimated number of i ersons needed in
the various departments in Washington for the
ensuing year is nearly 8,000, an increase of
about if. 500 clerks over last year.
A bureau of hygiene, for the purpose of
prosecuting microscopic experiments on diseas
ed germs, has been established by the Naval
Bureau of Medicine Snd Surgery,
The name of J. J. Woodward, the head of
the National Grange, has been presented by
by Senator Conger to fill one of the vacant
places on the TarifT Commission.
Queen Victoria, through Minister Lowell,
expresses her pleasure at the reception of a
copy of the international stamp bearing the
likeness of the late President Garfield.
I A person calling himself Louis Blodgett,
lays claim to about 500 acres of land in the
central part of Washington, and has employed
a St. Louis lawyer to prosecute his claim.
A fledoe to abstain from the use of beef and
mutton for ten days, is being circulated in the
government departments in the vain hope that
this action will reduce the present high price of
meats.
Four hundred and twenty-five million dollars
Will be required to pay pensions for the next
four years. The necessarily increased force in
i the Pension Office will cost $1,742,000 per
annum.
i The friends of anti-liquor legislation are or
ganizing for a move on Congress to obtain
prohibition laws in the District, or a law mak
ing dealers responsible for damage done by
those to whom they sell liquor,
Commissioner MacfarlanD. of the General
Land Offiice, says that a larger amount of pub
' lie lands will have been disposed of daring the
year ending June 30, 1882, than during any
preceding year since the establishment of the
General Land Office.
I Thb newly designed postal card with a flap,
. which can be sealed like an envelope, is being
urged upon the attention or the House Com
: mittee on Postoffices and Post Roads. Mem
bers of the committee have expressed them
selves in favor of its adoption.
E. C. Inoersoll, of counsel for the com
plainant in the Christiancy divorce case, has
been removed to an insane asylum. Tho phy
j sicians believe his trouble is only temporary.
Air. ingersou acquiesces in tnis treatment of his
case. This Ingersoll is not the celebrated infl-
i t..k n
"
The new indictments in the Star Boute cases
are understood to cover a good deal that is
sensational in their character in connection
. with the Washington lobby and the bleeding
and blackmailing of contractors. The case of
Contractor James B. Price, in particular, is
I named as one likely to prove of general in
terest. The dispute at the Government Printing
I Office over the rate to be paid for extra work,
has been wisejy ended by the printers, who
' found that the law contained no provision for
their demand. They have, therefore, present
ed a petition, through Senator Hawley, asking
i Congress for an advance of fifty per cent, on
I the regular price for all work performed on
Sundays, legal holidays, or after midnight.
Or the members of the Utah Commission.
Mr. Godfrey, of Iowa, served first in the war
from his State, and was i.f terward Lieutenant
Colonel of Senator Spencer's regiment of
Alabama cavalry. He was Assistant United
States District Attorney for several years, and
ia a lawyer of considerable prominence. Mr.
Carltonj of Indiana, is a Democrat, and for
merly the law partner of Dan Voorhees. Mr.
Pettigrew, of Arkansas, has been a member of
the Legislature in that State, and is at present
the Journal Clerk of the United States Senate.
He was recommended by both the Arkansas
Senators, and is regarded as a good man for
the place. .
DROWNED IN A CULVERT.
lke RrMffe Sm Pobtw's Bnn, KnMalMi.
It. itVM Way and Frrclattate a Num
ber mt Pttravna Into tlie WnlrMua;
Torreaf. Test of Wbooa are Drowsed.
An Indianapolis (Ind.) dispatch of 11th inst.
says: Last evening there was a heavy rainfall,
which continued at intervals during the night,
and early this morning a regular deluge came
down, flooding the streets, overflowing side
walks, and swelling Pogue's Bun into a
tremendous torrent.
Between 8 and 9 o'clock this morning a large
number of people were standing on a platform
spanning Pogue's run, just east of the Union
n.nnl Lwilrintf a f tha a mrrv fl (uul wtian fha
. , T, , ,
structure suddenly gave way, and the
' entire number were precipitated into the
swift current, fifteen feet deep, below. At
i this part there is a bndge at Meridian street, and
' (Us .tHMmmn.nnill- th. Tlninn Tlmwt Om Ortr
the stream runs under the Union Depot, emerg
ing on the south side through stone culverts
under McNabb street.
Cyrus Bartlett, a workman, immediately
jumped into the flood and rescuod two girls,
and at least fifteen others W6re saved before
being swept under the bridge. Several others
passed under the bridge and in a moment's
time out through the culvert at McNabb street,
and were there drawn out, but others were
swept by and under the culvert at South street
to certain death.
The following persons are known to have
been rescued, but it is impossible to learn the
names of the others : Henry Sendon, James
Connelly, Frank Oakey, Pat. Dougherty, Annie
I Sensenbrenner and Florence Lynn, all of Iu-
Minnie Balser, of Canton, Ohio, who were on
their way to Hot Springs, and stepped out to
see the flood. Connelly was carried under the
Union Depot, and when rescued was almost
insensible from knocks and bruises.
Five bodies were recovered. They are those
of Katie Gilderman, George F. Scoville, A. K.
Saunders, attorney at law ; Edward Tilford, son
of S. E. Tilford, Geo. W. Smith, of Clermont.
Other bodies have been seen floating, but
could not be reached. It is supposed that at
least ton persons were drowned.
By three o'clock this afternoon the water
down town had about disappeared, but that in
the northeast part was still high.
The list of dead, whose bodies have been re
covered, is as follows :
Katie Gilderman, nineteen, city; Geo. F.
Scoville, Colony, Kansas ; A. K. Saunders,
thirty-four, attorney, city ; Geo. W. Smith,
thirty-five, Clermont ; Edgar A. Tilford,
seventeen, city.
Sooville, who was identified by papers upon
bis person, was a well dressed man, carried a
gold watch and chain and revolver, weighed
about 180 pounds, and was about thirty-five
years of age, -
Three bodies were seen floating down White
River during the day, bnt the current was so
wift that they could not be brought to shore,
and as several persons are reported missing, it
is believed that t least ten were drowned.
Among the missing are Patrick O'Brien,
blacksmith, Charles Harmon, saloon keeper,
and Thomas Daley.
: Usbftjii dentistry : " You look cheer
ful, Mr. Bpiser?" said a friend who mot
the : old gentleman ambling down the
avenue,: "Yes," said the interrogated;
'I have ' just had a troublesome grinder
pulled.". And when the sympathizing
gentleman asked him if it hurt him
muoh, Seth oheerfully responded, " Not
ft bit ; it was an organ-grinder, and ft
policeman pulled him."
,j 1 - : ' " ' "
"And now." shouts an excited ex
change, " where shall we look for
Independence?" Oh, friend and brother,
searching and long-suffering fellow-sufferer,
look in the kitchen, look iu the
kitchen. iau - Hue,
NUMBER 12.
XLVIIth CONGRESS.
first session.
The Japanese indemnity bill came up as un
finished business, the question being upon Mr.
Morrill's amendment to pay back in legal coin
the exact sum received - from the Japanese
Government namely, 9786,00a After discuss
ion, the amendment prevailed yeas, 26 ; nays,
20. Mr. Windom, Chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Relations, from which the bill was
reported, said he spoke deliberately when be
asserted that to pass the bill as amended would
be a burning shame to the United States. It
was now an admission that 786,000 belonged
to Japan and had been unjustly withheld. On
motion of Mr. Logan the Senate insisted upon
its amendments to the Army appropriation bill,
and Messrs. Logan Plumb, and Ransom were
appointed conferees.
Hr. Brown's resolution for supplying each
Senator with a clerk at a salary of (1,200 a
year, was rejected by yeas 20, nays 28. The
Japanese idemnity bill was considered in Com
mittee. Mr. Sherman said he would vote
against it because he believed it to be a sensa
tional bill, and thought the money was not due
Japan. The bill passedyeas 86, nays 13. The
bill, as passed, authorizes and directs the
President to pay to the government of Japan
$785,000 in legal coin, through the United
States Minister to Japan, and directs that all
bonds now owned or controlled by the State
Department and designated in the department
reports as "the Japanese indemnity fund,"
shall be canceled and destroyed. Section 2
directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay
from the Treasury $140,000 as prize money to
the officers and crews of the United States ship
Wyoming and the steamer Taking, or then
legal representatives, for services in the Straits
of Sbimonosekl in 1863 and 1864; no payment
to be made to the assignee of any mariner, but
to the mariner himself, his legal representatives,
or bis or then: dnly authorized attorney.
The joint resolution to pay Southern mail
Contractors for 1859, 1860, and 1861 was consid
ered. , Mr. Conger opposed the bill, when it was
laid aside and the bonded spirits bill taken up.
Mr, Bayard addressed the Senate in favor of a
prolongation of the bonded period. Hr. Wil
liams advocated the House bill, and opposed
the Senate Committee's amendments. Hr.
Sherman took art opposite view. . The bill went
over without action. During the session a
message from the President was received, trans
mitting the full Tresoott and : Walker Blaine
correspondence, which was ordered printed and;
referred. , ., ; ; , ;
The House bill relating to the bonded period
upon distilled spirits was again up as unfin
ished business. Mr. Windom, . in opposition to
the bill as passed by the House, objected to it
as unnecessary and as aggravating the evils it
professed to cure. He said it proposed a part
nership between the Government and the owners-of
whisky in bond or hereafter to be bonded,
whereby the former is to put in two-thirds of the,
capital, assume all the ruks, and bear all thei
losses, while the latter is to enjoy all the benefits'
and profits of the business. It would want to)
surrender the bonds already given for the full
amount of $76,800,000, and substitue graduated!
bonds which amounted to $1,000,000 or the en
tire 86,000,000 gallons now in bond. He furtbea
cnarged tnat it would invite ana encourage,
immense rings and combinations, dangerous tot
the revenues of the Government and wholly in
the interest of speculation. Various amend
ments were rejected. Mr. McMillian moved to
postpone the bill and amendments indefinitely,
and the motion prevailedyeas 32, nays 20.
Hr. Hoar introduced a bill to provide for the
performance of the duties of the Presidential
office under certain circumstances. Bef erred
to the Judiciary Committee. A "bill to erect a
statue of Benjamin Franklin, in Washington,
was introduced. The bill to enable national
banking associations to extend their corporate
existence was taken up, and considered to the
sixtn section, and laid over. Among the Dills
introduced was one to permit freedmen to
enter certain lands in the Indian Territory.
HOUSE.
Mr. Butterworth, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back the Army appro
priation bill with Senate amendments recom
monding concurrence iu some and non-concurrence
in others. Among the amendments in
which non-concurrence is recommended is that
making army retirement compulsory at the age
of sixty-four instead of sixty-two, as provided
in -the bill as it passed the House. . After do
bate the Senate amendment was agreed - to
yeas 101, nays 73. The other recommendations
of . the Committee oil Appropriations were
agreed to without diversion. Mr. Humphrey,
from the Committee on Judiciary, reported
a bill to establish a uniform system of bank- .
nip toy.. Placed on the House calendar. The
House Committee on Pensions agreed to rec
ommend a pension of $600 per year to Mrs.
Betty Taylor Dandridge, daughter of President
Qfc-ylor. j
A joint resolution was passed authorizing the
Secretary of War to erect, at a cost of $10,000, :
a memorial column at Washington's headquar
ters, Newbnrg, N. Y. ; appropriating $15,000 to
aid iu defraying the expenses of the celebration
to be held there in 1888,' on the centennial
anniversary of the Declaration of Peace, and
providing for 'be appointment of a soleot oom
miltee of five Senators and eight Representa
tives to make arrangements for that celebration:
The House went into Committee on the Whole
on the legislative, executive and judicial ap
propriation bili. "
The legislative, executive, and judicial ap
propriation bill in committee of the whole, was
taken up. A personal squabble occurred be
tween Mr. Kelley and Hr. White of Keutucky.
Both gentlemen- were 'censured, both appolo
gized to the House, . and in both cases' the
censure was withdrawn. Debate on the bill
was resumed, in committee, when Hr. White
criticised the conduct of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, and commented severely on
the "whisky ring." ' All proposed amendments
were ruled out, except one fixing the salary of
the Reporter of - the Bupreme Court, and
another forbidding that clerks employed by the
members of Congress be paid out of the con
tingent fund. The bill was then reported to
the Honse and passed 125 to 45. A resolution
was adopted providing for- paying George Q.
Cannon, of Utah, mileage and salary to April
19, 1882. The invalid pensions .appropriation
bill ($100,000,000) was reported, and referred
to committee of the whole. The river and
barber appropriation bill was then considered,
in committee, a few minutes, when the Honse
adjourned. . t , ;; .. .
The River and Harbor Appropriation Bill
was considered in Committee of the Whole.
After long debate a clause was agreed to ap
propriating $350,000 for the improvement of
the Ohio River. The Military Academy appro
priation dum was reported Daok, and the senate
amendments agreed to. Pension bins was con
sidered at the evening session. : - . .
JTOT A TEXT COXMOtT COMPIAIST.
A police magistrate is questioning a
tramp whose bearing indicates that
he has etoeh better days. ' " " You look as
if you had been a' gentleman," he re
marks. " Yes," says the prisoner, with a sigh;
"once I was .worth $100,000."
Own,liled,Jh?", ,' .
"No, sir." "i .
"Squandered it in riotons living? " 1
No, sir,", . ,
" Then to .what :vioe were you .ad
dicted?" ; ' ' ' ' ' . :
aftienfohifttfr." ' ' 1 ' ;
Thb Into George W. GUI, of ' Worces
ter, Mass., . went to that city fifty years
ago - a tall, awkward boy, without any
capital except his trade as a blacksmith,
He died one of the richest . men ia
WoroeBter, and so complete a master of
hia business that his judgment as to the
quality and manufacture of l ail road Iron
was 'considered final, by perto' in
that department. , -.At j.
Thb New York savings banks paid
$8,000,000 interest to depositors kst
year. .
LAW, JTOT JTJBTICB. " '
William Shaw, ft respectable trades-,
man -of Edinburgh, was blessed with a
daughter who had formed a foolish at
tachment for a young man of bad char ,
aeter,, ..Naturally enougb,the father ob
jected to the whole business. , The fool
ish young woman, growing desperate,
stabbed herself. When in the throes of -
death, in the presence of witnesses, hex
father appeared, and before expiring she
uttered the words, . " Cruel father, thou
art the cause of my death 1" The father.
at this accusation, was ' said to exhibit
great agitation. On the evidence, then.
of the daughter's dying speech, and the
decided alarm which he displayed, -the
unfortunate father was condemned to the
gallows. Apparently no evidence could
be more conclusive ; but still, be it re
membered, it was only "apparently. ' ,
It! was simply, after all, going on the.
question of precedent. It .was .only' a
presumption of fact grounded on a gen
eral belief that the confession of a dying
person may always be taken for granted
to be true. But circumstances proved
otherwise. A year or so afterward, as a i
new tenant of Shaw's former apartments .
was rummaging by chance in the; room .
in which .Catherine Shaw had died, ho.
accidentally discovered a paper which
had fallen into a cavity on - one side of .
the chimney. It was- folded as a letter,
and on being opened the .following con
fession was brought to light :
("Babbabotts Father: .Your . cruelty
having put it out. of my power ever to .
jom my fate to that of the man I could love,
and tyrannically insisting upon my mar
rying one - whom I always hated, has
made me form a resolution to put an end
to on existence which has become a bur
dep to me.' I doubt not I shall find
mercy in another world, for- sure no be-
nevolent Being can require that I should
live any longer in torment to myself in
thJsv;My death I lay to your charge.
When you read this, consider yourself"
ftnj inhuman wretch that plunged the',
murderous knife into the bosom of the
uqhappy '-' !,: "'- Cathebiicb Shaw." ,
- jFor another case might be quoted the
famous trial and conviction of Bradford,
flie innkeeper. Here the evidence which
produced conviction consisted of the fact
thfit he was seen standing with a bloody
knife in his .hand over' the body of the
murdered man. - Bradford was executed; -but
by a deathbed confession of guilt it
subsequently became known that the
rel murderer' was the servant of his vic
tkp, who had been tempted to the crime .
by! the knowledge that his unfortunate
master was carrying a considerable sum
of -money about his person.' Here, again, '
was another case of the fallibility of ar
guing on precedent. - Other undoubted
mnrderers have been convicted because
th'ey had been caught red-handed in the
presenoe of their victims. ' Therefore
Bradford was undoubtedly guilty be
cause he was discovered under the same
circumstances, and it was quite un
natural to suppose anything to the con
trary. As to the well-known case of the
Courier of Lyons, the Geddeley case and
the recent case of Habran, who fortun
. ately escaped the gallows, there is no
need to enter into any particular da
tails, as those already quoted are suffi
cient for any ordinary purpose of expo- '
si tion. It may be taken for granted,'
then, that the lawyer is not always the
best, and never, at" any time, the only ,
judge of the value of evidence, Tina,
ley's Magazine.
j HOW A BABBEK DEVELOPS.
" How long does it. take a man to learn
the barber 'business T" asked a reporter,
wiile undergoing a tonsorial 'operation
at the hands of a colored professional. ' '.
!- j" Well,- dat. depends on how much
talent he has: for; de business," was the
quiet reply; "generally takes .'bout a
year.".. : ' .
" How do they begin ?" asked the re
porter. ; !"Dey generally' begin by blackin
boots. Den dey s tan' 'round an' watch
an ole barber strop his razah, watch him
shave. After a while dey lets 'em put de
lather on. Den pretty soon he tries his
han at shavin'. Somebody comes dat's
vepy good-natured, or mebbe ain't very ,
particular how he's shaved, an' dey puts
dar new man on fo' to try his han', but
some ole barber always strops his razah
an" keeps an eye on him. . Mebbe .de
new man does fust-rate, . an' mebbe he
docBn't It all ' depends on , his confi
dence; - Confidence is do main thing in
learning de barber business.". - - ; .
;'Do barbers 'shave themselves?"-,
queried the reporter. - -'
"Ho, dey shave one'anoder. When
a barber wants a shave Tie asks" a friend
to do it, an' den he shaves de other man.
Barbers never pays nothing for shaves,
unless they's away from home."
" Doesn't professional courtesy exist
among barbers everywhere ?"j .
"I reckon it does, but I never heard v
it called by dat some afor'" Boston
Courier, I ".
a rnrAxciAZ anecdote,
Theodore was a poor lad. One day
when! he was very hungry he espied a
6-cenl piece on the floor of the broker's
office, whioh he was sweeping out. He
had remembered stories wherein little
boys : had picked up ft small piece of .
money, handed it to the great merchant . .
or rich banker . and been immediately
taken into . partnership. So Theodore
stepped np to the door of the broker's
private room and said : ' : -
" Please, sir, here's a 5-cent piece I '
found on the floor." 1
" The broker looked at Theodore a mo
ment and then said : . ,,.
; ' ' You found , that on my , floor, did
you ? And you are hungry, aren't you ?'
, ' Yes, ! sir," replied Theodore. .
Well, give it to me and get out I
was looking around for a partner, bat a
boy who doesn't know1 enough ; to buy
bread When he is starving to death would :
task tu ' m sorry broker. No, boy, I .
can't take you into the firm,"cj c .. -
And Theodore never became ft great
broker, Honesty is the best, policy,
-children, but it is not indispensable to
snooess .in the . brokerage business. .
. Boston fYanscripi. V, -; -l:'-i ' - ;
' -... ? . ..
Tin total number of distilleries in the .
United State 4 6,205, and the produo-.
tio in gallons in .1881. was 117,728.150.',
The, number engaged in grain distills-'
tion was 1,240 ; fruit distilleries, 3,963.
The product of the fruit distilleries, .
however, wm only 1,702,000 gallons, .