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VOL. XLV.
RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA; APML 314, 1875.
Wliole Jlambtr,
NO. 5.
"Local STotleea lO cents per line.
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fall Tim Table.
aoitfo Noicnf inci u
"Wayne R. Kudoses at 10HW a, m
n mm irom me uomo n- n.
inw-Olaetnnatl x
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2. Including all places supplied from the
I KaJ
QOIN
imm the (MumDUt It SOU
all Eastern arff efctral 8wUea-W
all t.rtlntM
2. tame as above 7)p.ii8-lrjjf
eluding all point supplied oy tne ina
Hoiiroitrl- a.lKo. Chicaeo and all
points west and ncWTOt,;
p. m. , t-,-w -.
Tt Webster, Williamsburg ana Bioominp,-
rt, on Tueivf lttrsOayand Satur-
day, at 2 p-io
T0'
-It. H
To Co:
'a Mills. WhlCe Water.Befhel and Ar-
ba, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
at ui. u f; i it, a s
To Ablngton. Clifton and Liberty, on Mon
day and Friday, at 70 a.m.
To Boston, Beechymfc, 0od win's jEorn.tr.
and College Corner, on Tuesday and
Friday, at 12:30 m.
MAILS AKK CS
At 8:00 a. m. frdfn rndlaiiapoIjFi and Claoln. "
natl and beyond. - .
At 110 a. m. from Cincinnati, way and
through malls.
At 40 p. ra. from East via Colnmbns Rail
road, and Dayton and Xenia Railroad.
At 70 p.m. from North, via Chicago Rail
road and Fort Wayne Railroad. ' . .
At 80 p. m. from Indianapolis and beyond.
Office open from 70 a. m. to 7:30 p: m.
On Sunday, from 9:00 to 100 a. m - -
Dec. 1 1874. B W. DAVIS. P. M.
IAILR0AD TIME-TABLE.
Plttabura;,
Cincinnati and St. l.onls
Railway.
PAN-HANDLE ROUTE.
OOMDKXSKD TMIK CABT- OOLtTJIBUS AND IW.
DlaAPOLIS DIVISION XOV.S0.1874. .
OOINQ WEST.
K(K 2. j So. 8.
LN'o. 6.
No. 10
Ptttiihnnr.. 2nm mil
l:50amt 750am
Ctilumbus 120 n't 5:10 pm
10:05am
3:4opm
4:45pm .
MU'ord.
1:11 am 6:27 pm
11:19am
Urbana.
Plana.
22 ami 720 pm
3:12 am; 8:45 pm
12:11pm
56 pm.
6:lpm
6:40pm
7:12pm
8:I6pm
8:55pm .
iapm
Brad Jan.1 3:40 am!
9:15 pm
20pm
Oreenv'le.: 4:20 ami
Rlchm'd- 5:28 am 10:25 am
Cambri'Ke: 68 am 11:12 am
3:40pm
4:18pm
Kmghts'n 0:56 am;123 pm
India'plis.; 8:25 am IdOpm
i.-Mipni
6:.'0pmillU0pm
aoisa east.
tit
I No. 1.
No. 3.
No. 5. i So. 7
India'pli-L 40am
Knigbts'n r 5 atn
Cambrl'ge; am
Rlchm'nd' 7:15am
70 pm
9:35am( 46pm
8:34 pm
ll0al Pm
v:z pm
105 pm
11:45am
12:25pm
6:42pm
7:lopm
8:20pm
8:45prn
Oreenvle.
Brad Jon-
8:23 am
lailpm
8:50 am
ff:17am
70 am
20pm
Plan
7:27 am
9:13pm.
Urbana .
10:10 am
8:40 ami
82pm10:Ui
im
Mil ford
10-50 am
:40 am
4:4,5pm 10:53pm
rupmlll.-65pm -:
2tm 7iJ5am
Colnmbns
11 -50 am
jllrOO
Pittsburg..
Uoa.1.2,6
and 7 run Daily.
All otker trains ,
Daily, except Sunday. J
and 7lilea IVIvfaioni 'y
Nov. 30, 1874. .ei - fcj
iinff" i
OOZX8 JtOKTK.
No. 2. I No. 8.
No, 10.
Cincinnati
.1 7:30 am
7d- pm
10:10 pm ,
10:52 nm i
Richmond
Haoerst'n.
.10:30a
lluflam
JiewCaatlei
UOami
111 po
12:18 am
1:55 am
3:10 am
6:20 am :
80 am
Anderson J
1:10 Dm
KOEono...
Locansp't.
Crown Pt
30 pm!
4:00 pm
7:u pm
Chicago.
90 pml
OOZKO SOUTH.
10:00 a. m. Via vayion i
road, doaesMWa.lo.. ! . I f ?d
west l. InaodingiinaiaapMf g
I No.,1. I No. 3.
Chicago 7:50 pm 80 am
Crown Pt 9:40 pm 104 am
Logansp't.:12:45m 10 pm
Kokomo 20 am 220 pm ..
Anderson. 8:42 am 4:11 pm
Newcastle! 4:38 am 58 pm . . ...
Hagerat'n: 58 am 6:38 pm -. -
Richmond ! 5:50 am 620 pml
Cincinnati 90 am 925 pm .1.... .
No. 10 leaves Richmond dally. No 1 leaves
Chicago aally. All other trains run dally.
except
oept Sunday.
Little Btlaaal Division.
Nov. 30, 1874:
" GO I NO WEST.
No. 2.
No. 4.
No. 6
No. 10.
Pittsburg
DresJnnc
Colnmb 's
London
Xenia
Morrow
Clncinatl
Xenia..-.
Dayton
Rlchm'd
Ind'polis. 20 pm
1:50am
7:23 am
7:50 am
122 pm
3:40 pm
4:84 pm
5:35 pra
6:37 pm
8:00 pm
5:45 pm
6:45 pm
9:08 pm
12:00 n't.
15 am
50 am 105 am
60amill6aml
7:10 am; 12: 15 pm
8:28 am 123 pm
10:30 am 2:50 pm
720am?1220pm
8:10 ami 1:15 pm
100 am 320 pm
2:20 am
3:40 am
5:15 am
iswpm :3pm
QOINQ EAST.
J No. 1. No. 3. No. 5. j No. 7.
Ind'polis 9A5 am ...... ..,.-
Rlcbmnd' .". 12:40 pm
Dayton. 8:15 am 2:45 pm -
Xenia I 9:40 am 3:45 pm
Cinclnnti 70 am 120 pm 7:10 pm
Morrow-. 8:28 am 2:48 pm 8:40 pm
Xenia J 9:35 am 12:50 am 3:50 pm 9:45 pm
London... 10:43am 23 am 58 pm 10:55 pm
Colnmb 's 11:45 am 85 am 65 pm 11:55 pin
DresJunc: 1:58pm 5:25am 8:31pm 22 am
PlttBbnrg 7:15 pm 1220pm 2:20 am 7:25 am
Nos. 1, 2, 6 and 7 run Daily to and from
Cincinnati. All other Trains Daily, except
Sunday.
TIT T. r'HOTli"NT
Genl Passenger and Ticket Agent.
" . v 1
C. R. A Ft. Wayne Railroad.
OOIITO WORTH.
aoiTta south.
O R ra'l ft ex J00 am
Portland ac 40 pin
Portland ac... 90 am
O R m'l ft ex. 6:25 pm
EX. W. HOBB3, M. 3D.'
Praetltloner r
Medicine & Surgery ,
Gives special attention f, the study
treatment of all diseases and
injuries of the
and
EYE AND EAR.
He hopes to merit a liberal patronage. :
Ofllce and
Residence, o.
Flltn Street,
24 South
RICHMOND, INDIANA.
47-3m , . , iX
JJART A. DOBBIXH,
Hanse, Hlai and Ornamental
PAINTERS. GRAINERS. Etc.
S13 Main Street, " ' .'r''
i8-1 RICHMOND INDIANA
PATENTS.
Patents for their inven
AI,L PERSONS
vic-3 in PATENT CASES, on reasonable
terms, will do well to address
Counselor and Solicitor in Patent Cases
VfTitinna .Vv x i
I per Day at home. Terms free
Jan. 19, 1865.
fan. 19, 186.5. lyl : Portland. Min-
AVWSTVm B.
v ' J 3
Torsre,
ATTORNEY AND NOTARY.
Office in room over George W
Grooery. Richmond Indiana; ; ;
Barnes '
T JThere's a stwry that Isold, V J
AijBattod fffwicetofd,
Of a doctor of limited skill,
QJKjio cared Beast ami man ) y :
On the "cold water plan,"
Without the small help of a pill.
On his nortal of pine
J Hang an eh'fant aiKtt s fi ' "?
Depicting a beautiful rill, r 4 -
f
And a lake, where a sprite, . -
With apparent delight. -"Was
sporting In sweet deshabille.6
"3ts ne' satrntered-trmt-way,
Stood and gazed at that portal of pine,
, f Wnfljme aoctor-w rprraWjf
AtAr-d un to Lis sidai X r j
4
Saying: "Pat, how is that for a sign?"
"There's wan thing," says Pat,
"Yeve lift out o that,
Wfcicb, bo Jabers, in quite mistake, '; y
It's trim and it's nate, '-
But to make it com plate
Ye shud have a fols-e bnrd on the lake."
"Ah! Indeed! pray then tell, " -
To make it look well,
What bird do you think it may lack?"
Says Pat, "Ol the same
I've forgotten the name,
But the song that he sings is'quack!'quack!'
The Bfew S amp Act.
The followine letter explains in de
J tail the act of Congress passed Febru
ary eth, imposing - a stamp tax oa
checks, notes, drafts, etc.:
Treasury Department,
Office of Internal Revenue,
Washington, March 10, 1875.
375. J
; KiR-'-la your letter or tne 4tn in
stant, you inquired as to the proper
interDretation of the word "Vouch
ers," in Section -15 of the "Act ta
amend existing customs and internal
revenue laws.".' &c approved Febru
ary 8th, 1875. '
Youjuso ask the following ques
tions:
lst. "Are notes, drafts and accept
ances, when made payable at a bank,
subject to a stamp tax of two cents,
and if so, does the tax apply to notes,
drafts and acceptances drawn or ac
cepted prior to February 8th, 1875,
and which have matured and been
paid since?"
2d. - "Does the tax apply to checks
drawn by a bank, upon? itself for the
DurDOse of payinr its own dividends
and the dividends, coupons or inter
est of other corDorations?"
: 3d.;."ATe checks drawn by a State,
county or city government on a bank
liable to this tax?"
Section 15 of said act of February
8th. 1875, provides that a bak check,
draft, order or Toucher; for the pay
ment of anv sum of money whatsoever.
drawn upon any bank, banker or trust
company, shall be intject to a stamp
tax of tifco' ena.-S,,S? - v ? :
It is understood that this enact
ment was made mainly to meet eva
sions of the stamp tax on checks by
the substitution of receipts, orders
"payable one day after date, etc. It
imposes .the tax upon checks or or
ders, etc., drawn on time, as well as
those payable at sight, or on demand.
J so also on receipts and all other vouch
ers substituted for checks, etc., : as
commonly used according to the cus
tom of banks. -
Section 6, of the act of March 3d,
1875, exempts from the tax "the re
ceipts in the receipt book of a savings
bank or institution for savings, hav
ing no capital stock and doing no oth
er business than receiving deposits,
to be loaned or invested for the sole
benefit ol the parties making such de
posits, without profit or compensation
to the association or company when
money is taid to a depositor on his
pass book.'
This provision leaves the tax upon
all receipts (with the above exception)
given to banks as vouchers for the
payment of money on deposits, as im
posed by section 15, of the said act of
rebruary eth, whether such receipts
are loose or contained in a book.
I reply to your specific questions:
1st. That, if there is any under
standing between the bank and the
maker of the notes, or acceptor of the
checks, drafts or orders payable at
bank, that all such notes and accept
ances shall be paid by the bank and
charged in the account of the maker,
drawer or acceptor, in the same man
ner as ordinary checks would be,
such'notes and acceptances are consid
ered liable to the two-cent stamp tax
as "vouchers" for the payment of
money by the bank. This applies to
notes, drafts, &c. made, drawn or ac
cepted prior to February 8th, 1875,
when paid by the bank on or after
that date.
2d. This tax applies to "checks
drawn by a bank upon itself, for the
purpose of paying its own dividends,
and the dividends, coupons or interest
of other corporations, ' or for other
payments. --
3d. Checks drawn by State, county
of city officers in their official capacity
upon public- funds deposited in a
bank, are exempt, if said funds are
kept separate from any private ac
counts, it not being within the intent
of the law to tax a public treasury.
"I will add, with reference to some
other questions frequently "proposed
at this office, that orders for dividends
are subject to the tax, if drawn for a
definite and certain sum, but riot oth
erwise. ; An ordinary certificate of deposit.
used in the ordinary manner, is not
liable, t " . ,
s Interest coupons are considered ex
empt. Bills "of exchange, foreign as
well as inland, when drawn upon a
bank, banker or trust company, are
held to be subject to the tax, whether
payable at sight or otherwise. ,-,
Duplicates of bills, orders&c, are
liable the same as originals. - Receipts
not relating to banking business, for
instance for rent, are exempt. ' - : -Very
respectfully, '. "
J. W. Douglass, Com.
"The question of the cremation of
the dead, i says the France, "has ad
vanced a step m France. This is not
yet a solution, but it is a progress to
ward one. In August, of last year,
the Municipal Council of Paris, while
approving, in principle, of the estab-i
lishment of a cemetery at Mery-sur-Oise,
expressed the desire that crema
tion should be made optional by law,
and that a prize should be offered for
the most rapid and economical method
of burning bodies. The Prefect of
the, Seine, in execution of that wish,
ha now appointed a committee, of
which M." Herald, Vice President of
tbe Council, is chairman to fix the
conditions of the competition." i
' From tbGLadlaonouttai April 2.1
! GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
i
The letterof-Governor Hendricks
if remarkable for its matter and from
the fact that it inaugurates a new fca-H
luie m aiiiau puiiiiue. unci uc-
fore has a Governor of Indiana issued
an address reviewing the works of a
Legislature and waking a, comparison.
ol tnarwotfwltl tncraDors ot tormer
Legislatures. To a man of Thomas
A. Hendricks' known caution,-the
pressure brought to bear to squeeze
such an address out of him must have
been immense. The matter and the
manner of it shows that it was writ
ten under durress. This remarkable
State paper was printed in our issue
of Friday last without comments. We
thought that rf that was all 'and-the
best that could be said in defense of a
Legislature hat had been burlesqued
unmercifully during ito session, and
more virulently by correspondents of
Democratic papers than by the Re
publican press, it did not require com
ment. But the action of tne Demo
cratic press in taking this letter as a
text and commenting upon it uncan
didly, to use a mild term, has changed
that opinion. Drops of water falling
continually upon hard limestone will
wear it- away, and errors left un
changed will make their mark upon
public opinion and become hard to
eradicate.
By reference to Governor Hen
dricks' letter in to-day's Courier, it
will bo seen that our distinguished
statesman of the Democratic persua
sion is not pleased with the conduct
of the Legislature that has so recently
adjourned. He acknowledges that he
expected good results from a body of
men claiming to hold .Democratic
opinions, but regrets to admit that he
has been grievously disappointed. It
was, he thinks, quite as disreputable
a body as the " Legislature of 1872 3,
which was composed of a majority of
Republicans. Now the duress begins. -
For convenience of out readers a
portion of the letter published else
where is reproduced here. The Goy-"
ernor says, a comparison between the
Legislature of 1873 and its work, and
that of 1875, may properly be made in
respect, first, to the economy in legis
lative expenses. The Legislature of
1872-3 was in special and regular ses
sion 101 days. Its expenditures, as '
shown by Auditor WildmanV report
of November, 1873, page 7, amounted
to $199,563.32. The per diem of mem-
hpra at. the Knp.niftl Kpasinn nf fnrtv
days , was $5, and at the regular scs-
sion or sixty-one days, Wa.
It amounted as follows :
Forty days at $5....'.
Sixty-two days at
73,200
Making 5103,200
"That left for miscellaneous ex
penses $96,363 32, which was for 101
davs at the rate of $953 09 per day.
The JuogtelatuFa ot ts year wn- n
regular session sixty-one days, and in
special session seven days, and in
all sixty-eight days. Its expenses
amounted to $117,325 12. as shown bv
statement furnished m& from' the if
books of the Auditor of State. From
this sum should be deducted items in
the specific appropriation bill not
chargeable to expenses of this Legis
lature, amounting to 4,ob4 o7, which
leaves the expenses proper $112,480 55.
I he per diem of members, at S,
amounted to $81,600. That left for
miscellaneous expenses $30,870 55,
which for sixty days, was at the rate
ot $4o2 97 per day.
Daily miscellaneous
expenses,
l72-3...
$953 09
453 91
8109 12
The same for 1875
Dally difference
The aKEi-eitate miscellaneous ex
penses lor lMtZ-s were sw.363 32
The mime for the two sessions of
1S75. .. 30,870 55
Difference
SG.5,492 77
All expenses of 1872-3, including
nay of members...
. 8199,563 32
The same in 1875
112,470 oo
Difference $87,092 77
The resident correspondent at In
dianapolis of the Cincinnati Gazette
has examined the Governor's state
ment and figures and gives the results
of the examination as follows :
There are three palpable errors in
these figures. First, the total ex
penses of the Legislature of 1872-3
were $183,617 44, instead of $199,563.-
32. The difference ($15,945 88) con
sists of debts contracted by the Demo
cratic Legislature of 1871, and which
the Assembly of 1873 paid. But, of
course there is no justice or sense in
charging it to the expense account of
1873. Second, the expense of the last
Legislature is $117,325 12, instead of
$112,470 50. The $4,854 57 should
not be deducted, as the Governor in
fers, for it was used to pay the legiti
mate expenses of the Legislature, as
the books of the State Auditor clear-
y show. Third, the miscellaneous
expenses ot the .Legislature of 1373
were $80,417 44. instead of $96,363 32.
and those of the Assemby of 1875.
$35,725 12, instead of 30,872 55. The
former, tbereford. would be $796 21
per day, and the latter $625 36, thus :
Daily miscellaneous ' expenses.
1872-73 , ,
J79fi 21
525 36
J271 fcd
The same for 175. - J..
Daily differences. ... .,
instead of $499 12, as shown by the
Governoi" a difference of nearly one-
half.
His second point of comparison, to
which I desire to call the attention of
the reader, is in respect to
THE DISPATCH OF BUSINESS. .'
He says:
"The Legislature of 1872-3" sat 101
days, and passed 154 bills which be
came laws, and three bills which were
vetoed. The Legislature of 1875 sat
tixty-eight days, and passed 158 bills -which
became laws, and three bills
which were vetoed." ""..
" Would Gov. Hendricks have his
readers understand that the excellence
of a Legislature is to be rated by the
number of bills it can pass in a given
number of days ? History teaches
that the' ablest legislators enact the
fewest laws, and that they aro long
and wall considered. But why was
the Legislature of lSTZ compelled to
sit for 101 days ? Gov. Baker tells us
in his message to that body, convened
by him in special session on the 14th
of November, 1872, as follows :
"The growth of the State in popu
lation and wealth, and the consequent
increased diversity and importance of
the subjects and interests requiring
legislative supervision and protection,
render it impracticable for the Gen
eral Assembly to. transact all the
business demanding its attention dur
ing its regular biennial sessions (lim
ited as these are by the Constitution
to the term of sixty-one days each),
i ii - i j:
even wneu noining exiraorutuary w
curs to impede and prevent legislation
When.1' however. to- these -consider
ations the fact is added, that the last
three sessions were all prematurely and
abruptly terminated bv the resignation
of members, and by reason thereof
much important and necessary legis
lation failed to be enacted, no other
reasons need be offered in explanation
of the exercise of the constitutions
power of calling you together at this
time in special session.'
He then lays before them, among
other important matters, "the Garrett
suit against the Wabash & fine Ja
nal," and "the eonstitutional amend
ment in relation to the canal debt.'
The consideration of these two
weighty questions occupied the atten
tionof'the members during almost
the entire session, and in the end
saved to the people of the State up
ward of $18,000,000.
It is not a little surprising that the
Governor should overlook 60 impor
tant a matter when reviewing the acts
of that body f lie goes over its work
seemingly very carefully, and yet
ignores the very questions for which
the special session was convened. A
more convenient memory could not be
desired by any politician, 'however
near the ragged edge.
Our beloved Governor Hendricks
has been visiting Ohio for the double
purpose of keeping peace between the
two States and furthering his interests
for the nomination tor the Presidency
While in that State, he imparted the
startling information that he was
Buckeye and not Hoosier born. Ye
gods, is our Governor that detestable.
horrible thing a cariwt-bagger !
Oh, my! but won't these virtuous
carpet-bag nating. rebel-loving Inde
pendent papers give the 'Governor
thunder from this time on? They
will almost make him wish he'd never
been born. Winchester Journal.
A good black for restoring harness
and wagon tops is made of one half
ounce of fine glue, one-half ounce of
indigo, eight ounces extract of log
wood, four ounces of crown soap
common soft soap may be used, but it
is not as good as the crown soap, and
one quart of pure cider vinegar. The
glue must first be soaked in water un
til it is soft, but not dissolved; then
mix the wliole mass together over i
slow fire, stirring until all is thorough
ly mixed. In using it, first cleanse
tne leather with tepid water and
crown soap; when the leather is dry
apply the black with a soft brush
using a little harder brush for polish
ing.
Anecdote by Parson Brownlow.
Parson Brownlow fells a good story
of an old Presbyterian bachelor
preacher, known almost as a woman
hater until he was fifty years old,
when he married and settled some
where among the mountains of North
Carolina." T bo tiarson says : : Our
! bachelor mend was preaching on the
sinner's excuses. " 'I have bought a
; piece of ground, and wish to go and
see it,' says one. Here is want of in
clination to divine things," said the
Ereacher. "Another said, 'I have
ought five yoke ot oxen, and must
needs go and prove them.' This
seems a case of necessity. A third
said, 'I have married a wife, and
therefore I cannot tome.' Here is a
case of natural impossibility, from
a a r n a
. wnicn we may inter, continued our
i bachelor preacher, "that one woman
! will pull a man further from tfee Lord
I .1 ' T7,l ; T - :
.uau ecu oicds uuiiui o J 'I an LI 1 n
Harper's.
j ' Willow Tie.
Gardners may take a hint from the
, nurserymen in the matter of material
j for plant ties and for numerous other
! purposes. We know one who years
ago set out a "patch" of willows along
; the bank of a stream, and annually
j they are cut down to the ground
j whether needed or not. He declares
he should not know how to get along
: without them, now that it has become
a custom to use a live osier twig in
; the place of tarred twine. The pure
j willow (Salix purpurea) is the species
j he selected, and he finds it equal to
' anv other. The irrnvlh la lull iilim
and very pliable, wbich includes about
all the requisites. When needed for
use place the base end upon the
ground and hold it firm with the foot,
then with a rapid, twirling motion the
woody fiber is soon made flexible. A
loop must be formed at the small end,
through which, in tying, the thicker
end must pass, and after sufficient
tension has been given, a few twists
and a tucking under will make all se
cure. The great value of willow for
tying consists not alone in its cheap
ness, but in its soft, smooth bark,
which never chafes young trees and
plants.
Apprentices
Wno
Hen.
Became Ctract
Shoemakers' apprentices read with
pride that Roger Sherman, of Con
necticut, one of the signers of the Dec
laration of Independence, learned
their trade, and that Henry Wilson,
Vice-President of the United States,
was working as a journeyman shoe
maker when first elected to the Legis
lature of Massachusetts. Millard Fill
more, a late Vice-President and Pres
ident of the United States, was an
apprentice in acountry clothier's estab
lishment. Andrew Johnson, Vice
Presidentand President of the United
Stat es,learned and' worked at the tail
ors trade. Simon Cameron, formerly
Secretary of War, and now United
States Senator, was originally a rrin
ter. David K. Carter, formerly a
member, of Congress from Ohio, now
Chief Justice of the court in the Dis
trict of Columbia, was my apprentice
at Rochester. Several mechanics have
been mayors of the City of New York,
prominent among whom were Stephen
Allen. Gideon Lee and James Har
per. Daniel Cady.for more than thirty
years one of the most distinguish jd
lawyers our State ever produced,
served his apprenticeship and worked
as a journeyman shoemaker until he
was twenty.four years old. Thurlow
Weed.
. John Robinson was not wicked
enough to draw the crowd, and he
was too bad for the truly good.
Cin. Commercial, i , ri ;
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Beecber'a Denial.'
The public , can . appreciate Mr.
Beecher s impatience at the questions
propounded to him, but his answers,
given under an evident repression of
, indignation, are all the more convinc
ing from the bursts of feeling which
occasionally master his best efforts to
control them. An illustration of this
was given in his replies to a number
of questions propounded during Mon
day s examination.' - - -
Mr. Evarts asked the witness if he
had ever stated to .Tilton, as testified .
by Moulton, that the relationship
which had existed between himself
and Elizabeth hadnot always been,
marked by sexual intimacy. '
"Did you say any thing of that kind?
said Mr. Evarts,
"It is intolerable," replied Mr.'.
Beecher, "to be asked that question,
but before Almighty God no such
question, by anybody, at -any time, un
dor any circumstances, was put to me,
or any conversation, that might lead '
to it."
Q. Or any each statement made by
you? .' ;
A. Nor any such statement made
by me. : J ;" -
Q. Did you also say, or did you not
say, that you did not know how you
could offer any communication or ex
cuse for yourself, only you wanted
Tilton to believe for Elizabeth's sake
and also for his own, that you had
never sought her for vulgar ends, but
that your sexual commerce had been
through love and not through lust?,
A. I never used any such language as
that, Mr. Evarts.
Q. iaa there any such topic? A.
No such topic. , ' 7 TJ ; 1
Q. At that interview? A. No such'
topic at that interview nor at any
other was possible. I am obliged to
hear these questions put in court, but
such questions could never have been
put in any of the .interviews between
any of the parties concerned.
There was another point at which
the applause of the audience could
not be repressed, though Judge Neil- '
son had warned spectators against
such demonstrations. It was at the
close of the day, and in regard to Til
ton's alleged conversation with Mr.
Beecher respecting the legitimacy of
little Ralph. Tilton said be asked
Mr.' Beecher if the date fixed by Mrs. ,
Tilton as the commencement of the
intimacy was correct; and Beecher
declared it was. f 1 ,
. Mr. Evarts Now, did any such in
terview, in which that subject of the
spuriousness of the boy or the adul
tery ot the wife was mentioned, ever
occur? a
A. . Can you not divide that ques-
tion, and let me be asked whether a
father asked the seducer of his wife
Beach One moment, if vour Honor
please; I must object to this.
Jfcivarts The question, Mr. Beecher,
is simply tor your answer, whether
any such interview, any such conver
sationv'aoy such topio of conversation,
was ever raised between you and Til
ton? - -
A. Never between me; and Tilton
alone, in the presence of his wife, nev
er any such conversation or out of
which such a conversation could be
made or imagined to take place It is
a monstrous and absolute falsehood.
It was here that the audience broke
over all restraint, and gave vent to
loud and long-continued applause. It -was
natural, and they could not be"
deterred by the frowns of the court or
the foaming rage of Fullerton. who
daily grows more irritable as his case
appears more hopeless. The specta
tors felt that the almost indignant re
sponse of Mr. Beecher was not only
true, but was some sort of return for
the long and continued persecution to
which he has been subjected.
His friends inav well congratulate
themselves on the manner in which
he has borne himself thus far. We
shall be disappointed if he shall not
strengthen his position on the cross-
examination, in spite of all the skill
which the -regiment ot lawyers can
bring against him. -
Hearty Suppers.
Eating a hearty meal at the close of
the day is like giving a laboring man
full days work to do just as night
sets in, although he has been toiling
all day. The whole body is fatigued
when night sets in, the stomach takes
its due share, ana to eat heartily at
supper and then go to bed, is giving
all the other portions and functions of
the body repose, while the stomach
has thrown upon it four or five hours
to dispose of breakfast, and a still
onger time for dinner.
This ten or twelve hours of almost
incessant work has nearly exhausted
its power; it cannot properly digest
another full meal, but labors at it for
ong hours together, like an exhaust
ed galley-slave on a newly-imposed
task. The result is that, by the un
natural length of tine the food is kept
n tne stomach; and the imperfect
manner in which the exhausted or
gans manage it, it becomes more or
ess acid: this generates wind: this
distends the stomach: this presses
teelf up against the more yielding
ungs, confining them to a largely
diniinished space hence every breath
taken is insufficient for the want9 of
the system, the blood becomes foul.
black and thick, refuses to flow, and
the man dies; or in'dclirium or fright
leaps from a window to commit sui
cide. -
Let any reader1 who leads an inac
tive life for the most part, try the ex
periment for a week of eating abso
utely nothing after a one or two
o'clock dinner, and see if a sounder
sleep and a .vigorous appetite for .
breakfast and a heartv dinner, are not
the pleasurable results, to say nothing
of a happy deliverance from that disa
greeable fullness, weight, oppression
or acidity, which attends over-eating
xne great renovatinir and vivacitv
which a long, delicious, soothing'
sleep imparts both to mind and body,
will of themselves, more than com
pensate for the certainly short and
rather dubious pleasure' of eating a
j-uf-per with no special relish for it.
David - Crockett, after i returning
home from his first trip to New York,
gave his backwoods audience his idea
of the first gentleman in the metropo
lis: "Phillip Hone is the most gen-
tleraanly man in New York, boys, and
I'll tell you how I know it. . When,
he asks you to drink he don't hand
you a glass; he puts the decanter on"
the table and walks off to the window,
and looks out until you have finish
ed." 5 i-n ,J
TO SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
Shall School-Honaea be Rented on
Sundays for Religrlons Purposes?
The Superintendent of Public In
struction, in a communicatin to Ed
mund Jackson, Walcott. Indiana, in
answer to the question if school trus
tees have the right to rent out their
school-houses to persons who, desire
to occupy them on Sundays for re
licious purposes, says :
1. Section ten of the school law of
1865 provides that the trustees "shall
have the care and management of all
property, real and personal, belonging
to their respective corporations, tor
common school purposes.". etc. Sec
tion 30 of the same law provides that
the director of a district "shall take
charge of the school-house and the
property belonging thereto, under the
general order and concurrence of the
trustee, and., reserve the same, . ett.
The, act of March 3, 1859, provides
that if a majority ot the tegal voters
of any district desire the use of the
school-house of such district for other
purposes than common schools, when
unoccupied for common school . pur
poses, the trustee shall, upon such
application, authorize the director of
such school district to permit tne
people of such district tq use the
house tor any such purpose, giving
equal rights and privileges to all re
ligious denominations and political
parties, without any regard whatever
to the numerical strength of any re
ligious denomination or political party
ol such district. (l.u. & 1IM 571).
This is the law which bears upon the
point in question.
, 2. It will be observed that the
trustee is made responsible lor the
care, management and preservation of
the school-houses in his school cor
poration. This trust he cannot alien
ate. tt is true that it is his duty to per
mit the school-house to be used for
other than school purposes when the
terms of the law quoted above have
been complied with, but it is equally
true that it is contemplated by the
law that the trustee shall retain such
control of the school-house as will
enable him to enforce the provisions
of the law. Inasmuch as the
trustee must give equal : rights and
privileges to all religious denomina
tions and political parties, it is clear
that he cannot make a contract with
any party by reason of which one de
nomination or one political party shall
obtain possession of the house to the
exclusion of any otheT, except for the
time being, or by reason of which the
control of the house shall pass from
his bands.
3. It is not necessary that the
voters of a district petition the trus
tees ou each separate occasion that
the house is desired for other than
school purposes, but if a general pe
tition be tiled with the trustee', in
proper form, requesting, for example,
that the house be used for religious
fmrposes, he may then permit the
touse to be used, as occasion may re
quire. 4. . In the absence of an expressed
desire on the part of the voters of a
district, it is held, in accordance with
the uniform ruling of this department,
that the trustee, through the spirit of
accommodation rather than byaatrict
construction of the law, may permit
school-houses to be used for religious
and other public meetings when he is
satisfied that a majority of the district
do not object.
5. . In all cases when school houses
are used for such purposes, it is the
duty of the trustee to prescribe and
enforce such rules and regulations as
will protect tne property trom injury
6. It is evident that the provisions
of section b, act ot March J, loo9, ap
ply only to district in townships, and
not to cities and incorporated towns
Ind. Journal.
A gentleman who rode his own
mare in the course of an Eastern tour,
asked his Arab attendant it he was
quite sure she always got her allow
ance." Uh, yes, he replied; my
countrymen often steal from one an
other, and rob their friends' horses,
but 1 can always find out if your mare
has been cheated. llowr 1 al
ways put. some pebbles in with the
barley seven or eight and count
exactly how many I put in. The mare
never eats the pebbles, and, if any
one steals the barley, he is sure to
take two or three pebbles with it. If
find the pebbles short in the morn
ing. I have hard words, and they can
not tell how I know, so they give up
cheating her.
"Mother wants to know if you won't
please to lend her your preserving
kettle, 'cause as how she wants to pre
serve. VV e would with pleasure.
boy, but the fact ia the last time we
lent it to your mother she preserved
it so effectually that we have never
seen it since." "Well, you needen't
be so sassy about your old kettle:
mother wouldn't. have troubled you
agin, only we seed you have a new
one." , .
Paddy Malone went to his priest
and asked: "What is a nieracle, yer
riverencc.' 1 be priest asked him
several questions, and" found he- had
been to revival meetings and heard
strange talk. He was--mighty mad,
and telling Paddy to stand out before
him, he gave the poor fellow a tre
mendous kick in the rear.
"Did it hurt you?" asked the priest.
"To be sure it did," says Paddy.
"And it would have been a miracle
if it had not, replied his reverence,
with which Paddy walked away an
swered, but not satisfied.
.To make glue for resisting fire, pro
ceed as follows: Mix a handful of
quicklime in four ounces of linseed
oil; boil to a good thickness, then
spread on plates in the shade, and it
will become exceedingly hard, but
mav be easilv dissolved over the fire
and used as ordinary glue. It resists
fire after having been used for gluing
substances together. '
The increase in the cultivation of
beet-root in Europe for the manufac
ture ot sugar is said to be causing
great loss to the cane-sugar planters
in Cuba, who have been at an enor
mous outlay for machinery and labor
to produce the fine class of sugar that
is exported from thence. Should the
European manufacture and consump
tion of beet sugar go on increasing as j
it has done during the past four years, I
serious changes are anticipated in the
cane-sugar productions all over the
Weat Indies. -r . -t
Ho Smokers, Drinkers, or CTaewer
"Keed Apply.
Very recently we met . with an
advertisement under the head of
"Help wanted Males," in which
these terms were prominently set
forth "those that smoke, chew or
drink need not apply." n
1 There are many positions which!
men nil in. which these conditions
ought to be rigidly: enforced; bt
certainly the last place in the world
in , which we t could expect these
terms to be made the sine, qua non
for the appointment to office, would
be that from which the advertise
ment in question emanated.' ; " '
' The terms which head the article'
we would naturally expect ' to meet
f with in the qualifications required
in those seeking to enter the Chris
tian ministry. Most evangelical
churches now inquire of candidates
if they smoke, f chew or drink, but
they do not appear to enforce any
rule upon it The rule to exclude
all who cannot solemnly and sin
cerely answer in the negative ought
to be made most rigid and imper
ative. The evil example set to
young men by chewing, smoking
and drinking ministers is most
hurtful and injurious in its' tenden
cies, v. .' ' ' " ' : - '
It ought to be insisted in every
Sunday school in the land that the
superintendents and teachers nei
ther smoke, chew nor drink. It is .
a disgraoo to many a Sunday school .
to find t possessed of a poorly
stocked ' library; while its officers
and staff smoke that which costs
as much in one' year as would fill
its shelves with new and interest
ing volumes for the children..
The Christian . church itself, the
body of believers, ought to make it
a rule that "those wno smoke ctiew
or drink need not apply " If these
three sources of wastefulness were
not found among believers, there ,
might be no struggling congrega
tions, burdened with church debts
and hardly able to find the pastor's
salary. Stop these three modes of
squandering money in every Chris
tian church in the land, apply the v
amount now so wasted to enlarging
church accommodations and ex
tending Christian operations for
the spread of the Gospel, and the .
result would be that ' the pastors
and people, missionary societies
and tract societies would not know
what to do with the funds so placed
at their command.
Bankers, merchants, traders.
public companies, and public cor
porations, municipalities, and the
State, the national government and
various departments ought to lay
down the same rule, "those . who
smoke, chew or drink need not ap
ply.-" There would not be one-fifth
the cases of fraud and embezzle
ment by officials and those in po
sitions of trust if this reerulation
was laid down as a strict rule, to be
strictly adhered to. But we have
not yet informed our readers - who
it is that has resolved upon these
conditions for those entering their
employment. We regret to say
that it is not the ministry of the
Christian church, nor yet the
Sunday school organizations, nor
the body of Christian beIievers,nor
tho merchants, traders bankers and
public organizations, nor the State
and national governments none
of these have adopted the rule in
all its fullness and force. It is only
required by distillers! Reader,
pray do not be startled, and give
way to any. sudden burst of aston
ishment. We merely calmly state
the facts.
The New York Herald of a re
cent date contained the following
advertisement:
Wanted A few young men late
ly landed, to work in a distillery
store; those who smoke, chew or
drink need not apply; wages,' $15 a
month and board. Apply ,
West street.
We think this the best commen
tary that we have met with upon
all the blatant nonsense talked and
written by liquor dealers and their
advocates about the folly and
fanaticism of teetotalers, and the
necessity for men to use stimulants
When distillers want employes
themselves, "those who smoke,chew
or drink need not apply."
How soon will this be the rule in
the church, the Sunday school, the
Christian ministry, business houses,
banking and insurance ' companies,
the State and nation? How soon?
James Alex, Mo watt.
A Distressing accident occurred
at West Alexandria, on Monday
morning March 29th, about 9 o
clock. A little four-year old
daughter of Samuel Sayler, during
the temporary absence of her moth
er, attempted to kindle a fire from
a bottle of coal oil, (as she no
doubt had seen her mother' do,)
which igniting communicated to
her clothing; burning her in a
horrible manner.' Drs.' Huggins
and Wolf were called in and did
everything in their power to re .
lieve the suffering of the child, but'
without avail. f She died m about
two hours . in the most intense
agony. Persons who were present
say it was a most heartrending
spectacle to behold. Eaton .Regis
ter. ... - , :
On Tuesday, the 14th dav o
June next, the Richmond Trotting
Association gives the first of a se
ries of races at their immoral
grounds, east of the city. Six
thousand dollars in purses will be
contended s for during the three
days' noes. - . t .
Wpl-Sl.e ? Waa. ,
There was a sharp young lady ia- j
Atlanta who had.iorty. or more'
admirers, j For each of these she
bought the canvas for slippers, all ?
of the same pattern, the making : of ,
which she leased out to . an agedg
colored seamstress,' while she kept -the
forty-first pair Jher self in theJi
parlor, where she could have, them
on hand whenever one of her lovers,,
called. Of course, the young w$n
asked for whom she was , working r)
those pretty slippers, "and she ie-
plied with that bewitching droop'
ing of , the eyelK$s which is- one
parti modesty and tgro parts wlplus7
"Oh, they're for a- present JT6r7a
gentleman friend brmine." 'Then ' r
the infatuated youth went off; and
bought her a sealskin jacket, or a ' '
pair of ear rings, or an easy chair
for her gift She -feesto wed"' upon r. t
each of her admirers a pair of slip :
pers worked by the colored seam
stress and footed by a Dutch shoe-
maker with, one' eye, I each? costing x
her on an average $2 65, while. ; she t
estimates that . her presents will -average
$45 f from, each adorer. The
pai: she worked herself, was presen.- ,
ted to a young dry goods clerk in J
Augusta to whom she. was secretly ,
married last September.? She since , 3
has sold the presents and has now
money enough to go tothousekeep- '
, A Romlnlseettce. " " , t
The "death of Judge John Davis
of Anderson last week recalls an
incident in the experience of ; the ;
family. ' Prior to 1868 he had been
incessantly devoted to . the practice, J
of his profession, when, 'his health
failed him and he. felt constrained. !
to go . to Europe forarf entire :re- T
spite from the : responsibilities and a
cares of business.. WJtlile in Italy K
he was suddenly, . atricken Iwitb,
paralysis, and .for- many months J
could not communicate with his
family, and must Tiave died ha,d, he
not been cared 'for by ' "friends of
the Masonic fraternity. He finally 5(1
so far recovered as to give the ad
dress of his family, to whom no- j
tice was at once sent. : His sonin-v
law, Dr. Burr, went to him, ' and . j
when . , convalescent brought , him ,
home, when, he found . his ; wifq an ,
invalid from the; same. cause, . and, .
as subsequently ascertained, she
was stricken at the same time,' and. '
what is stranger still, neither ever'
recovered their health. The; wife0
died sometime since, and after lin
gering a long time, the judge died
as announced in the Sentinel
yesterday morning. Deceased was'. -;
a man of wealth, and public promi
nence, ' but of course greatly ham . j,
pered in influence by his misfor- ,
tunes. State Sentinel. . . .
At a large dinner party recently, '
the cool weather had done consid- 1
erable duty irl supplying conversa
tion, when a plump, happy -looking-
married woman - made a remark f
about cold feet. "Surely," . said a
lady opposite. "Mrs.-; , you aro
not troubled with cold feet?"' Amid
an awful pause she naively
answered: "les, indeed, I nm;
very much ' troubled but then
they are not my own." Her Iras- i
band blushed scarlet. f;
A paragraph is going the rounds
of the newspapers to this effect: ;
-There is one good wife in . the
country, and' every man thinks he
has her. Old Brown, who" live3 on
Olive street, who is bald,and whose " '
wife has red hair and a wicked eye, '
read this and murmured, as he
meditatively passed his hand over
his head, "I dun no! I dunno!' "
St. Louis Republican.
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... Shirt Making.
The most durable material for shirts
is, as almost everybody knows, New
York Mills, but as that is rather hard
to wash and iron, many prefer Wain
sutta, which ranks next in durability
and quality. A pattern may readily
be obtained of the pattern venders, or
it may be cut from a well fitting shirt,
but the very best course of procedure
in this difficult and delicate matter is
to send the candidate for new, under
garments to a professional shirt maker,
who will take his measure and cut a
pattern warranted to fit. In this way
the chief responsibility in the getting ;;
up of the garments does not rest on
the seamstress. There has been of
late a decided improvement made in
the shape of shirt-bosoms. Instead li
of being cut as they formerly were, in ?
a rectangular shape, they are sloped
from about half way from the top to a
point at the waistband,- thus escaping
the wear and pressure of the suspend-
ers. and retaining their smoothness
and shape far more readily than when
molested alter the old style. Butch
er's linen is used to line, not bosoms
only, but collars and cuffs. 'It is ob
tainable st nearly all dry goods stores.
This coarse and heavy threaded linen
holds starch much better and longer
than cotton. If the shirt is onen in
the back the wear and tear of buttons -t
and button-holes in the bosom will be
totally avoided.,1 -j&velets may be:
worked; in the, middle fold of the
bosom to receive the studs, which are
held in place by spiral coils. Shirts ,
thus made, with pointed bosoms, lined
with Butchers' .linen, ojen in the
back, stiffly starched nicely ironed
and polished, will last, without ap-
Searing rumpled or soiled, for several -i
ays. The stiffer the starch and the ,
higher the polish, the greater will the
resistance of the linen be to the dust
and tarnish of every kind.' Button-
holes made in linen will wear much
longer if, before inserting the button,
the starch is carefully rubbed put of
the thread around the button-hole. .
This also makes the process of unbut
toning the linen much easier, and
saves impatience. N. Y. Tribune. tdt
"Boys, what is a stratum r'Y:.: As
layer, j r ,:&' iv H U'-tli-
"Mention an example." v "A hen.
"Yes, and a ship; she lays to."t j -?ii'
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