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lOnr Toanr Falka for March.
-J;. 1 Frbm Jtaaonia laXxatal " ;
,1 It ii rh felinpir of nhfeignea
tpBilaeiB tt we) iiote -the not xm
tapctod death of Erol E-'Al Tones,
cf Webb Lodge, No. 2 Ind.,which
took place at his residence, in Rich
IBond, lnd., on " the 1 dth " of last
BOAth. " ' " ' '- '
fi Hia nttntArniM frifnAa tn triia .nd
other SUtes, wiU join "with ns in
tendering - heartfelt sympathies. to
a His, was one off those . active
diancters which inipressed all with
whom he associated. We know of
Imt lew who possessed mpre real,
tiiorongh going business quaMc
tions than he.' His energies were
mtiring, and he possessed the en-
pre ftjm tall confidence of, his em.
as witnessed in the fact
he commenced his apprentice
ship in the ' Spring Foundry, Rich
mond, Indiana, and steadly worked
bis way up until he was entrusted
with the general management of
.those extensive works. , , s , f i,
t:; Bro.' Jones was,' at the' time of
hisc death, ' an active member of
Webb , Xodge No. ;24 King Solo
mon Chapter No.' 4, Wayne Council
No. 10, Richmond Commandery No.
8, 'and Riobjnond Conristory No. 2.
1 At the stated communication of
King Solomon Chapter No, 4 held
Feb. 14, the M. E. H. P. Comp. W.
W. Austin, alluded tp the death of
their departed C!omjanion in . the
following address, which, at the re
quest of some of the Craft, we here
s ;: "l-'-Z; i -.
Otmicn 0 King Solomon CkaptorXo. 4, 0
A'- Indiana: . ' "
t L Since last we closed this Arch, the
. Angel of Death has cast the
shadow of his wing across our . Tab
ernacle; a Craftsman has been called,
from the quarry, to present his
work for final inspection; the Fourth
Tiel has been parted by an unseen
Hand, and a Laborer has been sum
moned into the presence of the Su-
5reme Grand Council, where we
ervently trust that his Signet has
been recognized. ,
On the 10th inst, all that was
mortal of our late Companion, A
; EDWW AHJEK JOKR3, s
was borne by fraternal hands to the
city of Death, there to await the
general resurrection. ' f
l After several long months of lin
gering sickness, sustained by a firm
reliance on the trutha revealed in
that Great I4ght of our Order, his
grand pilgrimage of life was closed
at the ripe age of 43. " .
"Wheo Etaa woold kind! aet at free, 1
And aarth'a delation and
It taaea iba moat effectual msaoa, - ' ..
And robaaa of friend." . . i ,-,-.
That in the midst ofLjjfewe are
'in Death that ceaseless change is
' the one unfailing law of our being
that as a breath created, so a breath
may destroy and, that the silken
cord which connects life with phy
'sical destruction is, alas, often too
rudely Severed are matters of
every day illustration. " '
s Our Companion was, as it were,
but yesterday, in the full bloom of
. health and exhuberant vitality.
f His enlivening voice, and cheer
ful countenance seem .even yet, in
fancy's mirror, to greet us, as we
pasB the busy throng . in our daily
.avocations. - -
? That he had his faults the frail
ties of our common natureis : but
confession of bur erring humanity
e but, in his case, an appeal may be
safely made to all who enjoyed his
'acquaintance, to bear witness to his
honesty, to his integrity of purpose
-his - warmth ' and devotedness of
'friendship his scrupulous atten
tion to the duties of office, whether
private or public his freedom from
guile and his persistency in the
advocacy oi what ha believed right;
and that excellencies of character
far overbalanced errors of judgment
or mistakes of conduct j i ?
In the very prime of life in the
maturity of his . usefulness, he ' has
left us. .No, not wholly as the
pebble dropped in mid ocean affects
the equilibrium of all its waters, so
. the Silent influence of even the hum
blest impresses itself, for, weal or
for woo, on countless myriads.
- Let us then emulate the conceded
virtues of our lamented Companion,
and dwell rather on the many ex
cellencies that adorned his charac
ter. ' - ' ' f , - i - A
'. , ,The aphorism of 'questionable ac
.oeptance "Nil de i mortius, nisi
bonum, say nothing but good of
the dead, may with more proprie
ty be changed in reference to the
departed, to 4 Nil de mortius, nisi
verum," say nothing jot the dead,
but truth. Nor will a charitable
application of the latter fail 5 of
.merited justification. ( ! ':
, ;lWe disclaim a wish' to violate the
proprieties of the occasion, by in
dulging in fulsome adultation, but
claim the privilege of adding this,
our sincere tribute of respect to the
, memory of the departod, in words
not unwarranted by facts.
QJSSES
LAM. -,-
,To the partner of his life. we can
bat quota: t"While sympathyaing'
profQundly with you in your great
loss, we feel, that we can form . but
a faint conception of your : sorrows
of the painful trial of giving up the
one loved through hfe, who has
participated in,all your joys, sympa
thized in all your, sorrows, ana been
your comfort, support and protec
tion for so many .years. If it were
not for the sweet promise that God
has 'given, to be a husband ; to the
widow, and a father to the father
less,, such afflictions would be, in
supportable." c fTi'if i'i'-itxt
. In concluding these remarks, we
would say as one connected with
him in the tie of i Mystic brother
hood,: we can bear, fraternal .testi
mony to . his seal, his labors, and
his love : for - our .. .cherished Order.
In our association with him on the
Checkered Floor, in the Taberna
cle, in the Retreat of Secrecy and
Silence, in the. Asylum, and under
the CvCv we never found him deaf
to the call of duty to the appeal of
ditress, or to the .signs and sum
mons of a brother, j lie is gone,
and we shall never more extend to
him the fraternal, grasp, yet to the
fravecan say - . , j. -
' 'Thiiia for a ipm are they,
, . Yet ahalt thou yield tbj ireaiura op at
. i , ' last; ...
Thr gatea ahall yet give away; " '
- . Xhf bolta shall fall. Inexorable Paat."
AONGREUATIONAI. SINGING.
' . 1 i ' bt iufv. DEwrrr talmaqb.
, ' '9 '" - From the lodepehdent. .
. There has been an effertmade for
the last twenty years to kill congre
gational singing. The attempt has
been - tolerably - successful; - but it
wma to me that some rules might
''.J- given by which the work might
be done quickly and effectually.
What is the use of having it linger
ing on in this uncertain way? Why
not put it out of its misery? - - If you
are going to ' kill a snake, kill it
thoroughly, t and do not let it keep
wagging its tail till sundown. Con
gregational singing is a nuisance,
anyhow, to many of the people. It
interfere with their comfort. It of
fends their taste. ' It disposes their
nose to flexibility in the upward di
rection. It is too democratic in its
tendency. " - v Down with congrega
tional singing and let us have no
more of it! t? i , V " :.'
The first rule for killing is to
have only such tunes as the people
cannot sing. idil :.- i
- - In some churches' it is the ens
torn of choirs at each service to sing
one tune which the people know.
It is very generous of the choir to
do that - The people ought to be
thankful for the donation. They do
not deserve it They are all "misera
ble offenders LI heard them say
sol; and, if permitted once in a ser
vice to sing, ought to think them
selves highly favored. 1 J5ut 1 op
pose this singing oi even the one
tune that the people understand It
spoils them. It gets them hanker
ing after more. : Total abstinence
is the only safety, for if you allow
them to imbibe at alL and the first
thing you know they will be going
around drunk on sacred psalmody.
Besides that," if you let them sing
one tune at a service, they " will be '
putting their oar into the other
tunes and bothering the choir.
There is nothing more annoying to
the choir than, at some moment
when they have drawn out a note in
exquisite fineness, thin as a split
hair, to have some blundering elder j
to come in with a "Praise ye the 1
Lord!" Total abstinence I say! Let
all the churches . take the pledge,
even against the milder musical
beverages; for they . who tamper
with ' campaign cider - soon get to
Dock and old Burgundy. -
Now if all the tunes are new
there will be no new temptation by
the people. They will not keep
imming along,' hoping that they
will ' find some bars down where
they can break into the clover pas
tures. - They .will take the tune as
an inextricable conundrum, and give
it up. Besides that, Pisgah, Orton-
vilie and ' .Brattle btreet are : old
fashioned. They did very well in
their day. Our fathers were sim
ple minded people, and . the tunes
fitted them But our i fathers are
gone, and they ought to have taken
their baggage with them. It is a
nuisance to have those old - tunes
floating ' around the - church, and
some time, just as we have got the
music as fine as an opera,' to have
some new-born soul break out in
"Rock of Ages Cleft for me!" till the
organist stamps the pedal with in-
diirnation, and : the leader of the
tune gets red in the face and swears.
Certainly anything that mates a
man swear is wrong ergo, congre
gational singing's wrong. Quod erat
demonstrandum; which being trans
lated, means plain as the nose on a
man s face. What right have peo
pie to ' sing who know ' nothing
about rhythmics, melodies, dynam
ics? The old tunes , ought to be
ashamed of themselves when com
pared with our modern beauties.
Let Dundee and Portuguese Hymn
and Silver sJtreet hide their heads
beside what we heard hot long ago
in a church just where I shall not
tell iv The minister read the hymn
beautifully. , The organ began, and
the choir sang as near as I could
understand as follows:
Os aw gee bah, tt,..f
Ah me la le
' O pah Bah- dah ;
. , : 1 We haw ge-e-e-e.
My wife, seated beside me, did
not like the music. . But I said:
"What beatitiful : sentiment! ' My
dear, it is a : PRstoral. ; -1 Tou I might
have known' that from Wa-ha gee!
You have had your taste ruined by
attending the Brooklyn Tabernacle.
The choir repeated the last line of
the. hymn ' four tamest - Then' the
prima donna' leaped on the first
8
line, and supped and fell on the
second, and that broke out and let
her through r on the third. - The
other voices came ; in to -pick 5 her
up, lmd got into a grand ' wrangle,
and the bass and the soprano had
it for about ten" 1 seconds ; , but the
soprana'-beat women always do)
and the bass rolled down into - the
cellar, and the -soprano went up in
to the garret, but the latter - kept
on squalling as though the bass in
leavmg her,' wickedly t6re out all
her black nair. & :" " " --
Now I admit that we ' cannot all
have; such things in our - churches.
It costs like sixty; In the church
of the Holy Baukak it costs $100 to
have sung that communion piece '.
"Ye wretched hungry, starving
poor!
But let us come as near to it as
we can. The ; tune - "Pisgah" has
been standing :long enough " on
"Jordon's stormy banks.'VLet ' it
pass over and get out of the ' wet
weather. Goodby, "Antioch," "Har
well," and "Boylston," Bood-by till
we meet m Glory, c-? it .vr
i But if the - prescriptions of new
tunes does not end congregational
singing, I have another suggestion.
Get an irreligious choir,1 and put
them in a high balcony back of tile
congregation. I know choirs who
are made up chiefly of ' religious
people ; or those, at least, ' respect
nil for sacred things. That will
never do, if you want to kill the
music. - ' ' ' - - - -
The theatrical troupe are not
busy elsewhere on the Sabbath, and
you can get them at half price to
sing the praises of the ixjid. Meet
them in the green room at the close
of the "Black Crook" and secure
them.8 : They will come to church
with opera glasses, which will bring
the minister so near to them that
they can, from their' high " perch,
look clear down his throat and see
. i m "a . i
ms sermon Deiore n is aenverea.
They will make excellent poetry on
Deacon Goodsoul as he . carries
around the missionary box. They
will write dear little notes to Gon
zoldo, asking him how his cold is
and how he likes gum drops. With
out interfering with the worship
below, they can discuss the com
parative, fashionableness ' of the
"Basque" and the "Polonaise," and
tha one" lady vowing she thinks
the first style is "horrid" and the
other saying she would rather die
than be seen in .the latter all this
whilst the chorister is gone during
the sermon to refresh himself with
mint julip, hastening back in time
to sing tile last hymn. ; How much
like Heaven it will be when, at the
close , of a solemn servicej we are
favored with matches from Verel's
"TrovatorMeybeer's "Huguenots,"
and Bellini's "Somnambula" from
such artists as -
Prima Donna Soprano, '
Mademoiselle Squintelle, -'
From Grand Opera House, Paris,
! oignor xwmoasiani ,
I Basso BuflEb ' - . n
Frorn the Royal Italian Opera, ,
First Baritone, s-
, .Of His Majesty's Theatre, Berlin. '
. If after three months of taking
these two prescriptions the congre
gational singing is not thoroughly
dead, send me a letter -directed to
my name, with the title of O. F. M.
(Old Fogy in Music), and I will on
receipt thereof, write another pre
scription, which 1 am sure will kill
it as dead as a door-nail, and that
is the deadest thing in history.", ,
Incubator. ; !
A Mr. Hunt has patented an im
proved incubator or apparatus of
simple and inexpensive construction
for hatching . eggs, and also for
rearing the young when hatched
The incubator is composed of two
boxes placed one within another,
a clear space " being left at every
part between them (say one inch),
which is filled with a non conducT
tor of heat The inner box, says
the Fnglish Mechanic, contains a
metal vessel, which is filled with
heated liquid "every twelve hours,
and above this' is placed a tray ? to
contain the eggs 1 for incubation.
The heat is graduated and ' air ad
mitted by. a perforated lid at the
top of the outer box. n That part cf
the invention relating to the young
when hatched, which the inventor
calls "mother," is constructed . as
above described, save, that the ves
sel for the heated liquid is placed
at the upper part of the box, so as
to leave a sufficient space to admit
the young to warmth. t . The liquid
is admitted to and drawn from the
apparatus by pipes and cocks suit
ably arranged for such purpose.
'-"--T IT ' .- '
In the good time coming, when
women have all . their rights, an
nouncements like the following will
be frequent: r "Died, in the thirty
fifth - year of his age, Mr. John
Smith, husband of Horn Jane Smith,
at her residence, in ?Meriden, this
morning, at six o'clock.'-' Mr. Smith
was a meek and quiet husband, be
loved for the graces of a cultivated
and trained nature. He excelled
in the domestic virtues as cook, he
was surpassed by few; as nurse,' he
was equalled by none."
- An industrious and virtuous edu
cation of children is a better inheri
tance for them than a great estate
LOOSE FROM ..
Hin-
f Under its Reatrictioa-the Great Tax
" Paying Trade la Liquors wjll ,
' i ' be Paraljted '" ' ' '-'T'a
From the Cincinnati Enqnirer. , H
! , The very stringent. Temperance
Law passed by the Republican Leg-i
! islatur of Indiana the other day
ta.
has been signed by Governor'Hen-?
dricks. It is one of the- most ex?
treme measures that has ever been
f adopted by any Representative A s
- sembly. in any of tile States in the
union. r its penaiaes are very; se
vere bo th on the seller and drmkeri
It has-our Adair Law ad a basis, to
hinh-are,, added . many , additional
exactions. ; , It belongs to a class o
legislation tliat lias been JBiefore'the
people '1otlhtii)ki-:txttW'yGim
under f the same f of ' the- IfaiBi)
Lmjuots Laws; Maine being the first
State in which they originated The
uemocranc sentiment nas Deenai
most unanimously opposed to' thenii
hot beeaiise the Democracy are not
in favor of temperance, but because
they doubt the .correctness of the
principle that man .-can be made
better by statute law; ana, rurtaerr
more, such enactments are, in their
opinion, opposed to the fundamen1
tal principles of constitutional rights
touching and paeserving individual
liberty.; o"'-' 4 1!-
Thus in State Legislatures, while
the . vote has not been . entirely
unanimous on each side, it has been
sufficiently so to indicate its parti
san character. ; Its supporters have
been mainly Republicans and its
opponents Democrats. This has
been conceded and commented up
on in several articles by our Liber
al Republican contemporary, the
Volksblatt In his action on this
bill Governor1 Hendricks has sepa
rated himself from the mass of his
political friends - and supporters,
both in Indiana And elsewhere, and
for which action they decline to be
responsible. The effect of this law
upon important r industries in Cin
cinnati and other . Western cities,
will be in the highest degree detri
mental 4 Under its restriction the
great tax-paying trade in liquors
will be paralyzed." J " " "
ll; I - A Matter of Importance.
I We have been frequently intero
gated as to the . effect of the new
Temperance Law . upon dealers
1 whose license have not expired. It
is the opinion of many of the best
lawyers of the State ; that all ' the
provisions of the new law-will apply
to those holding license, , except as
to their ( being required , to obtain
signatures of the majority of voters
of the several wards or townships.
In' other words the seller of liquor
will ' be required 1 to i close -. at half
past nine at night, and be responsi
ble for all damages done that may
occur oh account of the sale of
liquor, and be governed in all re
spects by the new law save in the
exceptions named- It is important
that parties interested take notice,
and govern themselves accordingly,
Every proprietor of a - saloon who
keens his house ooen. or even closes
fit and sells liquor, after half . past
nine o'clock, -undoubtedly violates
the law and is liable to prosecution.
Anderson Herald.
The Editorial; Association of In
diana ought to donate a, pewter
medal to those fellows of the pres
ent Legislature who are making
noble efforts to legislate respectable
newspapers ' out of f existence by
forcing publishers to ; take starva
tion .prices for ? their labor." One
side of the medal might be embel
lished with the figure of a donkey,
while the reverse should depict the
honorable gentleman spurning the
printing press with his foot,- while
be is reaching his hand into ' the
treasury to secure his eight dollars
per day: An' appropriate legend
could be modernized from the lm
mortal words of Caesar r "You too.
Brute." Rushville Republican.
. . A retired clergyman sqnas us an
account of a little afiair that hap
pened in his place. " It appears that
there was a young woman," a fine
spirited girl, ' engaged at a wash
tub, opposite an open door. Just
behind her was a young man, as
generally the case, ana in the yard
was an old buck that - was allowed
the freedom of , the premises, which
is not always the case,, we are glad
to say. Well this buck came up to
the door and looked in, and the
young man going close behind the
young woman, -pointed his ; finger
straight at the buck, ' and the old
fellow 1 recognizing:? at once the
pressing character of this, mute m,
vitation . put . down his : , head and
dashed forward, and the miserable
man stepped to one . side and . fled,
and the young woman' unconscious
of the ftrraingements ' received the
awful shock without ' warning,' and
passed over the tub, the air for an
instant appeared to be full of slip'
pars and wet clothes, and soap and
hot water and suds. And the next
minute that goat came flying out
of that door at a dreadful speed,
bald the whole length of his spine,
and with a wild look in his eye.
And for an hour afterward he stood
back of the barn scratching f- his
chin and trying to recall all the cir
cumstances in the ' unfortunate af
fair. Danbury News. ' - - x - J
v An .employment that was respect-
able, should 4 be preferred? to . one
that is more lucrative t the esteem
' of the public m better than wealth
CUTTING
DIVORCrt;
4I
Uowther disselrS MatnmdBiaiPart-
uership in OiHerent Countries.
it 't ") t-u ' ' i - . :i Hit.
From"HI) Brae bb8 Bar for Janoary.l - '
: Australlians-DivoTcea l! have'
never been sanctioned - in Austral -
Jews In olden times, the Jew
had a , discretionary power of (di
vorcing jtheir wives. ' . f ; t
' Javans--If a wife be dissatisfied
she can be divorced by paying !-a
certain sum." s -
' Thibetans Divorces are seldom
allowed, unless with the consent of
both parties; neither of whom can
erwar rib marry . T
Moors--lf a wife does hot be
come the mother of a boy, she may
be divorced with' the consent of the
tribe,' and marry' again. M tfifrafaiht
1 Abyssinians--No form of marriage
is, necessary, Tie-conneqtion may
be dissolved and renewed as the
parties think proper.'
Siberians If a man be dissatis
fied Kith the most trifling act of his
wife he tears the cap or -veil from
her head, and this constitutes a di
Torce. t.sfe, &j t-yrfl.- .tri ': V iA '
South Sea IskndsThe , connec
tion hardly deserves the name of
marriage, as it is dissolved when
the husband desires a change. "
Chicago The husband sends his
wife out to spend the night -with
! her mother, and hires a shyster - to
make affidavits that she had . been
gone six months with another man.
The divorce is "without publicity,"
and when tile wife came back next
morning she finds her- husband
married to another woman.
- Corean The husband can , di
vorce his wife at pleasure and leave
her the charge of maintaining their
chudren. If she "prove unfaithful,
he can put her to death. - .''
Siamese The first wife may be
divorced, but not sold,- as the others
may be. . f She then may . claim the
first, thii'd and fifth child, and the
alternate children aro - yielded . to
the husband' : " ' I
Arctic Regions When a man de
sires a divorce, he leaves the house
in anger, and does . not return for
several days; the wife understands
the hint, packs her clothes and
leaves. '. W 7 ' -' "
Druse and Turkomans Among
these people, if a wife asks her
husband's perm ssion to go out and
he -says- "go," without:, adding,
come back, she . is s divorcea;
though both parties "desire it, they
cannot live together without being
re-married-- "-, - '--
-. Cochin Chinese-If the parties
chose to separate, they break a pair
of chop sticks or copper coin in the
presence of witnesses, by which ac
tion the union w dissolved.- The
husband must restore to the wife
the property belonging to her prior
to marriage. ? , A f. ... :
American Indians Among some
tribes, the piece of stick given ' to
the witnesses- of the - marriage are
burnt as a sign of divorce. Usually
new connections are formed with
out the old ones being dissolved
A taan- never divorces bis : wife if
she have borne' him. sons.' F c 1:1
Tartars The husband may put
away his partner and seek f . another
whenever it pleases him, and . his
wife may do the same.'-If-she be
ill-treated ' she - complains to tile
magistrate, who, attended by some
of the . principal people, accompa
nies her to the house, and pronoun
ces a formal divorce.
Chinese Divorces are allowed iri
cases of criminality, mutual dislike,
incompatibility of temper, or too
much loquacity . of the , , wife. The
husband cannot sell his wife until
she leaves him and becomes a slave
to him" by fiction of law1 for deser
tion. :. A son is bound to divorce his
wife if she. displeases his parents. ;
Circassians Two kinds of T cuV
vorce are granted in Circassia, one
total, the other provisional ' When
the first is allowed, "the parties an
iaunediately marry again; where the
second exists,, the couple . agree to
separate for one year,' and if, at the
end of or at the expiration of that
time, the husband does not send
for his wife,, her relations may com
pel him to a total divorce. K,i , , ,H
, Grecians A settlement was usu-.
ally given the wife at marriage for
her support in case of a divorce."
The wife's portion " was then - re-'
stored to her, and the husband re
quired tojpay monthly interest for
its use during the time he detained
it from her. :- Usually the men
could ' put their 'wives - away' on
slight occasions. Even the fear of
having too large a family sufficed.
Divorces scarcely ever . occur in
Modern Greece. . - ' ' --
r Hmdoosr-Either f party, for a
slight cause, may " leave the other
and marry again. -" Where a man
calls his wife .- "mother,", it is con-.
sidered indelicate to live with her
again.: Among one , . tribe, the
''Garos," if the wife be unfaithful,'
the husband cannot obtain a - di
vorce unless he gives her all the
property and the children.. A wo
man, on . the contrary, may .leave
when she pleases, and marry . an
other man, and convey to him the.
entire property of her former hus
band - ' : - i
Romans In olden times a, man
might divorce his wife ' if she were
unfaithful, if she" counterfeited his
private keys, or drank wine without
his knowledge.' They would di
vorce their wives when they pleased
Notwithstatfidrng jBiia, five hundred
and twenty-one JfkVs elapsed witht
) but one divorce.
Tke .RatUe
vThe Christian TJmon ogives." ex
pression to. the following thoughts.'
upon the most momentioua' ques
tion of. theeq, modern times, the
struggle between public virtue and
the corrupting influences of con
centrated capital: " ' 7 '."
The great battle of our day is to
be the battle of money. ,The com
binations of capitalists, the con
solidation ' . of railroads, -, the enor
mous concentration of money in
j companuveiy lew.nanas, in raising
up a. Plutocracy which thrertens to
overmatch legislatures, eourts, and
j all private interests that' may ' stand
in the way of these . gigantic cort
ipprations. ,
If the men in Uongress are so
easily beguiled and perverted by.
this last onset, what will the future
be, when millions of dollars can be
brought to bear upon Congress 1 to
secure millionaire legislation, as
f against the interests of the common
I. .. . 1 - - ' v.-' ' - - , -
r people . - .-r f ' y - -j
Is the Congress of .the United
States to become an exchange, on
which many princes shall meet and
exchange commodities : - .
i One man in, the Senate, one man
in the-House of Representatives,
of the right land, could have stop
ped the eisrantic i swindle of the
Credit Mobilier, . A , - thorough ex-
posuro , of the . real nature oi tms
parasitic . and abnormal thing,
spread boldly before the "; countryJi
would have saved Congress its pres
ent disaster and disgrace. y i
i That such a ; monstrous fungus
could swell up, and throw its roots
all through, Congress , without ex- i
citing remark, without calling out
one faithful man to warn and guard
the public, is a thing - that : should
fill reflecting men with al- rm. ,n.,.tft
Is it right to buy legislation! Are
not Congress and .Legislatures in
the market !,. Is not the capital
now combining in America, a stand'
ing threat to our law, our courts,
and our ; Legislatures. . S;
A Maine paper tells the stonf of
& sinernlar case of poiaonine, , A
young man named Abbot was wound
ed in the thigh by a minnie (bullet
at the battle of the Wilderness in
f 1864," and that the bullet could not
be found at the time. He has suf
fered somewhat ever since. Drs.
. Small and Gordon Ion Saturday
' moriiiner etherized the patient and
proceeded to make , a surgical exi
amination, which - resulted in the
discovery of the ball in the thigh.
The bullet was encased in a.. bony
substance of about the size , of
goose egg, the shell of which was
one-forth of an ; inch thick. , .The
bullet has been tumbling about in
this cavity for eight years, and be
come worn and polished as smooth
ly as though it had been done on an
emery wheeL ? Sufficient amount of
the lead, however; : had permeated
the incasing and entered the system
to produce ; lead rpoisonincr, which
would have proved fatal in a short
time but for the r timely relief af
forded; ; s,, j-l :om vj: j.
: Jj or some : years ; past a ., very
worthy young lady has filled the po
sition of Deputy ; . Clerk in Clark
county, HL and has discharged, her
duties in a thoroughly faithful, and
acceptable manner. ,a f A new tclexk
came in last Monday and. at:, once
appointed the young lady,, to her
old position as deputy. ,; The Judge
of the court, however, declined; to
confirm . the appointment on ! the
ground that .the law -requires the
deputy clerk to be an elector. The
decision of the Judge -: is admitted
to be according to the law, but the
; friends of the young woman think
I the law itself very - unjust ; and op
pressive. ' ,..;j;;.. f
,. Some persons seem to think tha
i their personal freedom gives them
i the right to make their fellow-men
: An incf. ns t-.tv tT.o aa
J' A policeman " in Rhode Island by
the name of Brown was such ' a fa
vorite with the children that when
i he died, a few days since; they pur
chased by subscription flowers to
deck his coffin.' : ' ;""'' "
. Mrs. Thumb and Mrs. Nutt,shop
ped in Pittsburg last week, bought
ten yards of silk each for a dress
pattern. What v wonderful - dolls
these -Liliputs . would make c for
wealthy Brobdignag'a daughter.
" The eating saloon at Kit Carson
Colorado,. on the Kansas Pacific
has , been , extremely.; f fortunate.
Only four proprietors have been
shot by passengers whose fff-lings
were outraged by the .- buck cot-
fee.. : . r .. . m -. e ta-, j
The dving words ot the hue L, D.
Shewell; who died on the steamer
Adriatic on her last, voyage to this
country, . were w :Torn my face : in
the direction : of j America that I
may look toward my native coun
try, tv , .-u ... s t
J - ! . , . ' ifv. ,..'J "" "" - 1
This is the way they keep up
the balance of power in Kentucky r
"To the wife oi James Bradley, rf
Fayette county, a son Jctf. Davi&
To the wife of Robert Ritchey, of
Fayette county, a son U: S.
Grant".' ' : ' s
' - - .' : -
The my tterioaa suicide of a Mias
Annie C, Doyle put the Washington
qniduues in a state of ferment j the
other day,. The excitment subsid
ed, when n it was discovered that
the etorr, arose from breaking-, the
koeck of a bottle of linseed .oU.",.?
-LiQiDnrrs . or Excisim: -TTnr
tssuIu the year iOtiCstf' Bia&
S"ei'iras eatirejy frwen ore pflo;
463 1 tie baonbe . ws Jfroznjspa
Iheodomer marched oyer Xhe iocs:
to avenge h'.s brother's : death c in
Saubia. In 763, notonfy the Blse
Sen,' but the Strait of Dardaneller
was frozen over. ftbe mow,
some places rose fifty feet bigb
and the ice was to heaped in' tiii
citieias to push ' down the" wall
in 822, the great rivers fn Europe,
each as the Danube, the Elbc, and
tUe Seine were so: bard ; forzen ns
to bear heavy wagons tor n mootbtT
la 860 the Adriatic waa frozen.
In 1087, the" cold' was so intense,
that most of the; travelers' In Ger
many ' were f frozen to death"-, on
the roads. In 1236.ilie Danube was
irozen to the bottom; and remained
for a considerable time 'Jnthaf
state. UslV'-'inftfnaBtUfes' of
snow fell in Austria as to bury the
very houses. , la J460 tlie i Baitio
was frozen, and both horse 'and
foot passengers crossed; pver f rbm
Denmark and Sweden.! 11463,
the winter was so seyfrojn Flandes
that the wine distributed to the sol
diers was cut in pieces by them with
hatchets. In 1544. the same thinz
happened Regain, the . wine; being
frozen into solid luuips. . Io 1621
and 1622, all the rivers! of Europe !
were frozen even the Zoider Zee. :
A sheet of ice covered the Hellcs
pont; and the Venetinnflectl was '
choked up in the lngoons of the
Adriatic. The winters 1658, 1659.
and 1660 were intensely cold. The
rivers in Italyjbore heavy carriages
and so much snow had, not fallen
at Rome for several centnriet. ' . It
was in 1058 that Charles X of
Sweden, crossed tho LUUe Belt
over the. ice from Holetcin io Deu-
taarktnUh bis wbola, nraiyt,j foot
and horse followed by the train of
D8ggge and artillery. Tn "1691;
the cold was so excessive that the
fruishtd wolves entered Vienna.
and attacked the cattle, and even
men. In 1700 occurred -that iftu
mous h inter, called by disti Action
the cold wlnter.K;-.4;AU " the ;, iri Vers
and lakes 'were frozenl' 1'n'nd even
tlie seas to the distance of : several
miUs from the shoreTbe frost
is said to have penetrated three
yards into the ground, t Bird' and
wild beasts were strewed, dead jn
the fields, nod men perished by the
thousands in their -houses. '- 'The
roofe tender ehrabs and vegetables
in England wcre killed,' and y wheat
rcee in its price from two -to four
pounds per quarter. In the South of
France, the olive plantations were
almost entire! v destrbved:" .nor'
haveihey' jet recovered from that
fatal disaster. , - The Adriatic Sea
was quite frozen over, ' and' eve
the coast of the' Mediterranean'
about GendaJTnnd 'the citron and
orange groves soffered evrelf In
the 6nes.t parts of Italy. In .1116
t winter was very cold., On the
Thames booths were erected, - and
fairs held. : The printers and book
sellers' pursued. Iheir professions
upon Its ' surface! 'r In' 1754 Tand
in 1755, t'ue winter waapaxlicuiarly
coldt At Pnriav Fahrenheit's ther
mometer sank to the beginning1 of
the scale- and tn, England, tliS
strongest alef expoied . to 'I the air
was covered in less than a "quarter
of nn hour,; with ice an. eighth of
inch thick. In 1776 much -snow
fell at.d the cold was intense Tlie
Danube bore ice five feet tbickAbe-!
low Vienna. .t Wine roze in the
cellars both in Franee'and ia HoU
land. Many people were frost-bit-'
ten, and 'vast, multitudes both of
the feathered and of the finny tribe
perished. But the winter of 1812
was beyond all question, the tnot
nevete of the present century; and
was rendered - memorable to alt
time by the sufferings of the French
army during its retreat from Ruas
eia. We have no suoh - winters
now.
. Sau Francisco giris nre luxuriat
ing in .white ' dresses and .going
barefooted , while, they play cru-r
: A widow argued a will ease be
fore a Georgia court, hnd by put
ting in a judicious -assortment of
smiles and tears won it. ' "
Two SL Louis benevolent mdiee
after meditating two days to
what was best to send to a starvisg
woman, bestowed two biscuit san4
whicbes npon her. !.,;,, .-, ,.u
A female lobbyist who couldnt
get her bid through, spit in a Wis-;
cousin Solon's face, and the Solon
choked her a litUe. ' ' '
A Louisville ' lass baa act the
fashion' or sliding down ' tSA on q
tin pen. and now no hose wife fas
that region can find her dish
when she Wants it. -v::
wo ;riiiJ 9'it ?tiJ'z&
squirrel who chose ft oOSKt'g
in .the woods la- wnio loyf 'tta a
home. Infhefrowt.k
slight live With W CifiOM' US
eoeanjehcid . JsJ qMtty cts?
black ant renejt?d rt'Ala f-rtstr,
tearing'up thV gmiVm said
tholUltcjii
nre deatrqving It, The, spsbrrle
Wettoui i&&W&J"lhi
withal a aelflsh cres, 3TW
wered him vOTy jll aaturedly: i4I
have chosen; th plac, ; ao4 14
build my burrow he sore,v help
yourself if yott;ean.! "And'the
terrified little' ant scampered off as
fant a bis six ttoy lejs eould car
hisbodyf , ,;txr; r. -y
A lazy old marrcot , eame wad-
dling that way. after tho squirrel '
was quite wearied and had nearly
X :My impudent' frlend,9-said the
maimot, showing his sharp, taetbt
"you are on i forbiddeoc ::grqnad.t
Clear but, for this' is my knoll, and
I am going to build my house here
this very day.w'- -.-''' "
. "But I -have already built mtaa,'
said tho squarrcl, "and there iaio
good reason why you , should Mrob
me of my labor in this way." tat, ,
You can ; go elsewhere," waa
the ill-natured mormot's reply. ' 8a
get out of the way or 1 twill cover'
you with dirL. And, he commcno
ed throwing the dirt- and sand so
rftpidly that little Buehy -tail, was
glad to hop upon a log to wipe his :
blinded eyes, and rattle the 'dirt
front his ears and hairy eoatT. ?- V:
l But the marmot Jiad hardly coas-f
cd laughing tX the '?at , trick . lie
had played upon a weaker .nnimaL
when a cunning for saw bint at hie
Work," and decided to avail Hmaelf
of the same kind of stratsgy; ; So"
. he lay down at the toot of a stuep
i . i . . i-i . i
;nu igun.a suort. nnp wiuie.uo
marmot finished bis work. v When
the hole was completed; and fJie
laborer 'was b ushiag : hi - broW
clothes, and washing bin face witla
his paws, and congratulating, bim-r
self on having so sice a home in
which fc to stay daring the coll
snowy' winter, the 7 fox sadden ly!
hounded over a log and f rlgtiteaed
bim ,j sadly -with a short, , qniek:
bark - m-. '.--j f J'tJt -"A'
pretty stato of things, this is,,
said the fox, uwhen one caunot Tie
absent from home leni enough-W
dt ink t the. riveri without Soding:
a, tre5spas6cron one's rctoro.'; .
' rfThis is my house," "I have just
finished it" X ?.
"You are on" my ?ground,'sir,,
replied the foxaagrily, "end yonr
only safety is in flight.' ! . Be gone
sir." ?i :
So the marmot, too. violdd rto
. the power of tho stranser. , And
r the" squirrel; the maruio; and the
atlpeace i quite? near each ' other
nni oecame iroou meuas. sna uvea
- ... tS U-B
known the sorrow of. injustice f
J H earth and Home. .
it
. . Alex IL Stephens was elected to.
con areas Irom" th, 8th . Georgia
district, on thef 26th" ult r,i i - ?
I ""The Clerirvmen of Lebonon. Tn-
diafta, are indignant ' beoanso the
I girls of the congregation eatpia
auto, io f ajhurih . js.The.; o rackCag
noiae .often, destroys the moat bean .
tifully rounded ;senUncent u.(
- The4- following fs by caa7r8l
"Clerk of the weather:
in - .i f
"DWrty-days hath SeptemhCr,-
Apru, jOMaMavemoer; - ' '
FkiH JiMlu la lfmv ... f
rs t Ci I:.!
. - T . r . ' i
The rain it ralneth ererr dar ,
rr?i h-se.
Withoat blesaai fteaniof tn. i 1 S
And if any of them had two-aod-ibirt.
- They'd be aU a4 wt and tartoe aa ahirr.'
II. A La Croese; Wiseoastn gicifisa'
been turned out of herouas. and
to me, for -rubbing, her .cheeks?
against . her sister husband's"
beard when she wanted fo gcup a.
healthful glow for a ballr :i
J" In the. transformation ..scene of
Roughing It," now on fhc.boards
at the grand oper toese,1 Ne
jTorksix little girls arvifttrodooed
who are triplets, 4the children of
... :a tt. .i. .jm - a. it. 1.
9f the theauo. Sitfh it - U;-j
f ' The ''first mule ever taken tnto
the Hoosac Tunnel', was "brought
n tec en tl-; after a two years' res
idence In the towels of. . Jha earthy
He began to kick ; vidt baity '
eobn ss.he reachedths ,snrfaoe 4tT
thing he was never known to do
before.- ' "-, T' -
n - , . srib bss .- . r.",!4)
nflUov7 tberro ,Episcopaliana ot
their prayer book?"., is tho que-;
lion a tiipologlan spreads oyer ft?
colcmn in a Hudson paper,. snd the,
lliUsdale Business . frveveatly
spondi; ,,(WJb en strapping (t9ir:
lz,ucy itplwi'ItoLi
A 'Chinaman wasv iaaonneejl
a witness' in New TorfcT the -otUf
day, and to ascertain bis iwar.&
the nature of aw oath, ' the ttY
asked him whit Would be blsC
Ubment It he wocld swear to I3ei
9 shad never retarn to Cttsa; .but'
always remain in New7 for!, m
the reply,' and he :': was HXCZ32
Srort -:r:ii cr i . t -h--k
,;,WhSt U coats to- vtllj?x
chureV Crooklyn, a jr, U sbowa
in , th - following ? Crres; Tfenrr
Ward Beeober, U3.L 1' lleti
day. assistant pastoM IHTi
Wield tot-aexton.CJ; t?
Uayaor -pond sex:Qn :., -
cwrentexpeat JMffz
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