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VOL. XLVIII.
BRATTLEBORO, VT., FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1881.
JSTO. 13.
The Vermont Phoenix
AMI
VERMONT KEOOBD & FABMER,
Untied Slap 1,1880).
rOSUIBlD BVXBI TB1DAV BX
PltENCU S S'JT331BIAN,
Ilang-rr dc Xliomon'..lllock, Main Ml.,
BIUTTLEBORO, TT.
TBBire. Two Dollara per year In advance; fa.oulf
uot paid within three snontbe.
lurx. or ADTKATiiiKa furnlahed on application.
Blrtbi, Death, and Marrlagee publlabed gratia; Obit
uary Notlcei, Oardl of Thauke, etc., Ha per luch of
12 tinea or leia.
Jintered at the Urattleboro Poet Office a eeeond-tlatt
mail matter.
O. L. 1TBEXCB. D.ll. BlIWll.
BUSINESS GAUDS.
eneral Inrurance- and Ileal Eitate Agcnti,
Representing Companiea whose Aaaeta areorer
200,000,000.
TENEMENTS TO LET.
Agenta for lUBcocx Fibk Exiinouibhxks.
OlUce In Starr & Estey'a New Bank Block, cor. Malg
and Elliot itreeti,
BltATTLEUOllO, VT.
HEWltY XtlOKKII.m.U.,
SUKUKON AND liUMCEUl'ATlIlST,
umce and realdcnce, No. 3 Oreen btrett. t,j.ecial at
tentlou given to cbronlo dlseaue.
Hit. uoiro.v, si. i.,
rUYBICIAN AND BU11QE0N,
Bbattlbbobo. Vt.
Office and realilence corner Main and Walnut Bta
At borne from 1 to a and from 0 to 7 o'clock P. M.
OUAS. tV. lllltlV. .11. .,
rllVSlCIAN AND HDUQLON,
llBATTLtBOBO, VT.
OfllcewlthDr. llolton, corner Main and Walnut Sta,
E
W. HTOnilAlIII.
ATTORNEY & COUNBKIXO). AT LAW,
aou oouciior vi riKmi,
Bbattleboko, Vt.
EJ. CAIllr.XK, Market lilock.EUtot SI.
Dealer la Toy i, Ftucy aootU, Booka.BUtlooery,
Newipapcri, Magazlnri & rerlodlcali. Hubacriptlooi
retired for tha prlDclpal uewvpaperiand ma ga sleep.
and forwarded by mall or other wlic.
WI.. IlE.niN, lloune and Rlgu Fainter, Or"
namentaland Freico Tainting, Graining, Kal
ominlnB, Paper Hinging, etc.
Is9 Oreen Street, Urattleboro, Vt.
C.
A. Ola A 31. D.,
Uot Streit.'.Brattleboro, Vt.
"TTr.TT. A. DVtTOJT, Dealer In Marble and
Y V Brown Stone and Scotch Oranlte Monument!
and Headstones. Drattleboro, Vt.
JC. nOUTKll,
. FIRE INSUBANOE AGENT,
Office, Pntne?, Tt.
Having taJcen possession of the
Store'lalelu occupied by
A. J. SIMONDS,
Would aa j to the citizena of Erattleboro and vicinity
that we ran be found at
No. 49 Main Street,
Six titty each nerk (extraordlnarlra excepted,)
where we will anow our goods and quote prlcei that
we think will give you latlafactlon'.
We expect to take in exchange for goods moat klnda
of Farmer' Prodnce at the very beet price the market
afforda.
We are receiving a fresh line of
JAFA2? TEAS, both colored and
uncolored. AUo OOLjOXGS that
we think are hard to beat,
A fall line of goodi uinally kept In a flrit-cliis
Grocery store.
t7Cotu and flee ti.jrj
WALKER & HOWE.
J, ft, CHURCH,
man if ra Tint KB or
Doors, aSasli & Binds,
WINDOW AND DOOB FRAMES,
SI OTJUJ IN 3 B ,
Insido Finish & Stair Hails.
PLANING-, JOINTING-
AND MATCHING,
SCROLL BAWIHO 0 TUHNINO
DONE TO ORDER.
LATH, . . CLAPBOARDS,
Oulldlng and Ylalalalns" Xuanbar,
SPRUCE EAVE ST.DTS,
Wood Fitted for tho Stovo,
KINDLING B, ETC.,
Constantly on band.
.Hod und Yard on Vlat aireet, oppoilll
Brattlebora Uannfacturlag Co, rvoffic. at Hhop.
urasra uy maiiorotnerwis
Drattleboro, Not.31, 18T7.
Ordera by mallorotberwlav promptly attended to.
i . A. uuuncu,
6mi7
The following la the morn ilatemeat to lit
I.BBrane. Commlaaloaer of Sfasaacliaaetta of tha
aaanclal cOBdltlOB of tho
Iff ENGLAND MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
or DoitOB, ob the Slat of December, 1880.
ASSETS.
Stock! and Eonda at market yalne.,.. 110,101,701 39
Loana and Mortgage. ...i 3,110,725 00
Real Eitate 1,313,728 70
Premium Notea aecured by pollclea
worth double tbe amount loaned .... 1,289,231 M
Amount of Deferred Quarterly Preml
umi 207,407 15
Oatitandlng Renewal Premluma upon
pollclea upon wblcb a valuation baa
been made end reaerred 170,630 85
Accrued Ivtereat and Benta 198,031 13
Caab In Banka 117,303 18
Loana on Collateral 101,200 00
115,911,879 40
LIABILITIES.
Reaerre at A per cent. In .
compliance with tbe
atatuteaof Maaaacbu-
aetta 113,071,969 63
DIatrlbutiona unpaid. ., 1(3,923 98
Deatb loaaee unpaid.... M,09 00
Matured Endowment.
unpaid 25,127 00
113,363,918 88
Burplaa,,
.. 13,688,940 (3
37th Anneal Report bow ready for dlitrlbitloa.
Free to ear addreaa.
UKNJ. F. STEVENS, Prealdent.
ur m. uiuucna, Decreiary.
MlBOHll,1880. lyll
rPO KENT. Two Rood offices In tbe new
X Bank Block, on. of them with dm of a book
tanlt. Apply at feupl.. National Bank. 1X1
Tne Mm
astona -35 Doses
rU5 cents. A Mothers
'cmcdy for sleepless and irritable
l lilldrcn. The Recipe of Old
Pitcher, Free from Morphine, and
not Narcotic. Formula published
with each bottle. For Flatulency,
assimilating the food, Sour Stomach,
Feverishness, Worms, and Disor
dered liowcls, Custoria ljs the larg
est sale of any article dispensed by
Druggists.
A Porfcoted Piiriflor of the System.
Ttic. -"Increartng the ttrrngth. ofitlatlng the
ffr.-tttf ilt!'IIlli,uiidmtorturl,eullhuruHCtkmi."
WcijsTr.it.
For Indigestion, and Dyspepsia,
the many forms of Liver Coin
?!alnt, Impure and Impoverished
Itlood, and Functional Derange
ments attendant upon Debility, and
for nnlMIng fip the weak, Asli
Tonlc is doubtless the most prompt
and certain remedy yet devised. In
1-2 lb. bottles, 75 cents; Sixbottles,
$t. Accredited Physicians and
Clergymen, who may desire to test
the Tonic, will be supplied with not
exceeding six bottles, at onc-liulf
the retail price, money to accom
pany the order. Sold by Druggists,
and by D. 11. Dewey & Co., 46 Dcy
St., N. Y.
.mm
The most Powerful,
Penetrating and Palii-rclicvlng
remedy ever devised by man. It
soothes Pain, it allays inflammation,
it heals Wounds, and it cures
BHEuaiATisar,
Sciatica, Lumbago, Scalds,
Burns, Stlir Joints, Cuts, Swell
ing, Frost Ijitcs, Quiuscr, Salt
Ithcuni, Iicli, Siiralns, Cinlls, and
Lameness from any cause. Suf
ferers from
PAiN IN TyE BACK,
Fever Sores, Eruptions, Ilrokcn
Breasts, contracted Cords, Neu
ralgia, Palsyordlslocatcd limbs;
and owners of horses, planters, me
chanics, merchants and professional
men everywhere, unite in saying, that
CENTAUK LINIMENT
bringrs relief when all other Lini
ments, Oils, F.xtracts and Kmbroca
tions have failed.
WEST BRATTLEBORO, VT.,
Fob. 24, 1881.
LATEST NEWS
FROM THE FRONT!
LARGE 8TOCK OF
PAPER HANGINGS
Just recti red. Alio, a fall line of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
BOOTS & SHOES,
OBOOEZB7,
And, in fact, ererytblDg ntoally kept in a flr.t-cl.ri
cocntrj atore.
A FEW HORSE ULANKETS LEFT
To le cloned oat CHEAT J
Are tlolng- u lurffn Iultu-lr BuiIimi.
EATON & NEWELL.
ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST RELIABLE
REMEDIES IN THE WORLD FOR
THE CURE OF
Couglis, Colds, Hoarsonoss,
Soro Throat, Bronchitis,
Influonza, Asthma,
Whooping Cough,
Croup, and
Every afTeotlon of tho
THROAT, LUNGS AND CHEST,
including
CONSUMPTION.
A WELL-KNOWN PHYSICIAN WRITES I
" It doca not dry up a cough, and leave the caute
behind, at ii the cue with moat preparation!, but
loosen! it, deansce the lung! and aliaya irritation,
thua removing the cauac of complaint"
1)0 NOT HE DECEIVED by article! bear,
ing aimilar name!. Be euro you get
DR. WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY,
with the signature of "I. BUTTS" on the wrapper,
SO Centa amd eM.0O a llottle.
Frepareil by SETII W. FOWLE 1 SONS, Boa
la., Mass. Sold by druggist! and dealers generally.
DYEING-STEAM CLEANSING!
Dreaa Qoodi. Bhawla. fiaconea.reallifri. etc. died
a variety of colon. Men' Clothing dyed or attain-
c lea Died and preaaed without ripping 01 crocking,
C barge paid one way on good sent tj exprea. El.
rcct to BraUleboro 1J Worka.
2(.J.UALA pHUor,
Ish-ToniC
ant
Dumnieriton,
ANOTHEn BTATZUXMT THOU THE BCrXBlNTKN
DENT,
Potilbly the time baa arrlred when tbe town m
perlntendent muit wrlta hli report of achool In eea
on to band It around among certain elaaa of yoang
teacheri, who plead tbe "tin of Ignorance concerning
tbe almplett acbool lawe, for tbetr InipMtlon and cor
rectlon, before be Inforrai tbe pnblle in regard to the
condition of acbool. wblcb they bare a right to know
and whom the inperintendent la obliged to Inform,
Judging from the temper of tbo teacber'a letter print
ed in The Paoiitiz of March 18, It might be Inferred
that abo waa made rpeclal object of attack became
ahe waa Inexperienced. Why alngle herself out. any
more than tbe teacher In No. 0 or tbe one In no. I.
WetttT In the special reports made at the annnal
March meeting, all tbe teacbera are named and tbelr
work crltlctsed. without the thought of doing any one
injustice; yet tbla teacher baa a auspiclon of lnjnry,
sud. In Justice to herself and tbe district where she
taught, takes the pen In defense of an Illegal course
of proceeding. Tbe superintendent baa been tinder
tbe fire of tongue and pen before this Instance, and
yet bl duty must be performed rtgtrdlesa of such
attacks. Tbe expression tbst "tbe teacher was not
properly licensed until sbe bsd taught nine weeks"
does not convey to tbe Intelligent reader that she was
not licensed stall; neither is It an locorrect state
ment. Bbe waa not properly licensed to teach tn
Dommeriton until Feb. 5. It Is not the practice of
all teachers from Drattleboro to do as ahe did get a
certificate there, begin a acbool In thia town, and ssy
nothing to tbe superintendent until too late to pre
vent trouble for the district. MIsa Katban. a young
teacher from that town.cinje and got a certificate a
tbe law requires. Mr. Whitman, bsfore beginning his
school, wrote that be held a state normal school cer
tificate, gare tbe date, and slated wbere he was going
to teach and when bis school would begin. How does
a teacher suppose a super lb tendent Is going to know
wbere sbe teaches and when ber achool will begin, by
telling some one out of the town In which she teaches?
All exsmlnatlon papers contain tbe questions: Whero
do you expect to teach tha coming term? When Is
tbe term to commence, and how long is ltto continual
Upon the Information the answers to these questions
gire, the soperlntendent arranges tbe time for Tislt
logthe schools. Tbla 1a not the first lostance of
trouble In District No. 1, West, on account of the teacb
era not belog properly licensed. Tbe teacher who
taught In tbe summer of 1179 was not properly li
censed until tbe fifth week of ber school, and the win
ter term was lengthened out two days tn order that
the district might hs?e 30 weeks of legal schooling,
and not lose the public money. There were many
sharp threatening! about ngt paying the teacher that
summer for the four weeka of Illegal acboollcg. All
tbe serious trouble In town,, the rt year, abont
achool. waa occasioned by three teacher not being
properly licensed before beginning their schools. The
teacher wrote to the auperlotindent, as the ssys; but
not "again," ae she claim-. or, if she did. It wss not
sent to this office. Tbe following letter la tbe one sbe
refers to J
"BBiTTXatnoBO, Tt., Jan. 39, 1881.
Mr. Mansfield, fr. Sir; Not knowing until re
cently that it Is unlawfa! for teacher to procure a
certificate In one town and teach In another, I write
to ask if you will pleaae be ao kind a to transfer my
certificate, which 1 procured In Urattleboro, to Dam
merston, if you think It Is necessary. I did not think
it neceaaary to pass another examination In Dummer
atou, knowing that the examination quest loos arealli
throughout tbe county, I am teaching In District Nt,
1. Yours truly, Nona Tift."
This letter la Introduced aa e tide nee in the case. It
was written on Saturday, three weeka alter the new
school laws were published, mailed Jaa. Slit, and re
celred by the superintendent at bis boarding-place,
Feb. 3d. It doe not read as though tbe teacher bad.
wben sbe wrote, "no thought that all waa not right.'1
It doe not read as though ahe had previously written
to him 'The following Saturday I again wrote him,"
he clilms, and tbe date, Jan. 39, answers to her state
ment ; but only one letter f rem ber to tbe superinten
dent was received by him. "Uut be did not answer
my letter." Did he not comply with tbe request
write her a certificate and date it Fe b. 6th, the earliest
opportunity he had for ao doing ? Sbe begs hi par
don for not aendlng a postage atamp, which waa of no
consequence and was not tbonght of when tbe letter
waa read; but fails to ask pardon for not aendlng tn
the letter her Drattleboro certificate, hlch waa of
much consequence to blm as evidence of ber scholar
ship and moral character. No certificate could be
sent lu a letter to her under tbe circumstance, as ah
was a stranger and bsd furnished no evidence of schol
arship. It waa necessary to withhold tbe certificate
until the school was visited and aome evidence obtain
ed of her quail II cat ions for teaching. II er achool
wonld have been visited for that purpose Feb, lltb,
bad 1 not been Informed the day before that tbe teach
er waa sick and no acbool was la session. Hence the
delay. Iter certificate from Drattleboro baa not been
seen by the superintendent, although It waa called for
wben her school waa visited. Bbe did not bare It with
ber owing, perbap. to the "sin of Ignorance." Tbe
necessity for It, as evidence was waived, a new one
given, and tbe reasons explained; and she. In grati
tude to blm for It, saya be said, "Aa yon hav written
me, it is all right on your part." He bss no recollec
tion of saying any such thing. There was no occasion
for such a remark. Bbe wrote in ber letter sho bad
found out that it waa unlawful for ber to do aa ahe
bad done. It may be for tbe public good to state that
there Is no such thing In law aa transferring or en
dorsing a teacher' certificate. See Bec3l, Compiled
School l-jwi of Vermont. Certificates may be ac
cepted as evidence of scholarship and good moral
character, and tbry4)ve thus been used. In regard
to her willingness for a second examination, ahe saya
lu ber letter that "ab did not think it necesi ary." So
It appeara that she was her own Judge la that matter.
The superintendent did not suppose his visit waa mad
"tbe last day of acbool." Two persons, at least, had
told blm, previous to bis visit, when tbe school would
clpae. She asks, "Could he not have enforced tb law
when It would not have ben a loss to tbe district ?"
That Is where one of the "rigid points ef law" comes
la, aud the teacher herself must answer Its require
ments. She does not think that a "lady Is required"
to know these thing. Tbe State of Vermont taluks
differently, and haa bad tbeae very iawa about which
Ignorance Ja ulalmed, od the urglect of which caused
the district to lose It public mouey, printed on tb
second page of tbe school register, which this teacher
and all others hare an opportunity to read dally while
la tbe schoolroom. It Is not a new law, for it was
made In 1878. D. h. MAKSFirXD, Supt.
Since sending the above article to Tub Phciwix, I
have seen Rev, D. L. Miller, the Drattleboro auperio
Undent for the year I860, and find that he did not
license Miss Tift, lie ascertained, however, from du
plicate of certlflcatea left in his bin Js by Rev. W. H,
Collins, who waa aaperinteudent of schools for the
year 1879, that he granted Mia Taft a certificate dated
Feb. 23, 1880, a abort time before tbe election of bis
succeisor, Mr. Miller. Tbe law in rrgird to tbe time
for which a teacher la licensed Is this: "Each town
superintendent shall bold two public examinationa of
teachers sunuslty, in tbe moo tbe of April or May and
October or November. Raid public eiaminattone
shall be held Id all tbe towns in tbe county on the
same dsy, and all certlflcatea granted by town auper
luteodents shall be good till tbe first day of June In
the calendar year next following the examination, and
no longer." Tbe examination referred to in tbe hut
clause does not mean aoy examination other than tb
vub lie examinationa made In the montha named tn
tbe law, "Aud no examination of teacbera shall be
held at any other time or in any other manner, excrpt
In tbe diacretlon of tb superintendent and for tb
accommodation cf teachers prevented by sickness or
other unavoidable circumstances from attending the
regular public examination. It would be Strang In
deed if teachers who avoid a public examination could
get a license for a longer time than tboae who attend
tbe regular examinations. The law is not to be thua
eon it rued; therefore certificate granted by superin
tendent of 1879 expired by limitation, Jnnel, 1880,
and those for 1881 will expire June 1, 188X Itlaplaln
to be aeen that tb teacher In District No.I, West, had
no legal certificate at tb time ahe wrote to bare one
transferred, because the one she bad waa good until
June lat, 1880. and no longer rx w.
In tbe correspondence now published, we hav
given both aide a full bearing, aud think the mi Iter
should be allowed to reat bare, ao far as newspaper
discussion Is concerned. Ed. Pnatsix.
ANOT1IKB OLD RESIDENT OOHE.
When tb last census wss taken, In June, 1880,
tber were eighteen persona In town over 80 years of
see. On March 3d, 1881, Mrs. Betsey Joy Deed, on
of tbe number who waa fourscore year of age and
upwar 3s, being 85, finished ber conrs in life and
paaaed "over the river" to tbe farther side. Her life
waa replete with deed of klndneaa. She fought the
gwod fight, waa faithful to the Captain of Salvation,
and kept tb faith nnto tbe end. Keallxlng, in ber
last slcknesa, that her friends on tbe unseeu shore
would not have to watch and wait for her coming but
a little louger, ahe aelecled for tbe text of th sermon
to be preached at ber funeral t "Many are the afflic
tions of tha righteous, but th Lord dellveretb him
out of tbem all." Bbe died at the residence of her aon,
Thomas Reel. Her husband, BimeOn Steed, died in
187S, aged 81. Uia father waa John Deed, one of tbe
first settlers In Putney. He removed to that town
from Digbton, Mass., settled on West Hill, where there
was good, rocky soil, lived there many years, and died
In 1840, aged 83. Simeon Reed bought tbe Reuben
Km tad place lu thla town, and moved there with bla
family In 1812, wbere be lived when be died. Mra.
Reed was the daughter or Capt. Amos Joy of Putney,
She was born In that town August 8, 1793, and be
longed to a large family of children, only two of whom
are now living Rev. A marls b Joy of Joyfleld, Mich,,
and Thomas Joy or Woodstock, Joyfleld, Mich., waa
named Jn bonorofRev.Mr.Joy. Defore ber marriage,
Mrs, Reed taught acbool. In the cold summer of 1818
ah taught In District No. l.Dummerston Centre, and
baa often aald, in reference to tb coldness of that
seaaon, that at times ahe waa obliged to wear a shawl
lu the schoolroom, and get into the aunshine, to make
herself comfortable, x. l. u.
Tux ForuLia Scixvcg Mouth ly fob ArniL con
tains fifteen articles, all of tbem readable aud Instruc
tive, and several of them of great practical value,
Herbert Spencer opens the number with bla alxtb. pa
per on "Tbe Development of Political Institutions,"
In which he discusses th subject of "Political Heads,"
or tha causes and condition that determine tbe con
centratlonof authority and power In chiefs, kings,
etc. Tbo Black Racea of Oceanlca," by Dr. u, Ver
neau, Is an Illustrated article devoted to a atudyof tbe
cranial and facial characteristics of tbe principal ne
gro racea of th Pacific Islands. Dr. Felix L. Oswald
continue his common-sens treatment of the subject
of physical education In an article on "Out-door Life.'
He claims, and with reaaon, that, as ft natural preven
tive of disease, nothing equal active exercise In the
open air; and, for respiratory ailment especially, It
Is superior to anything else as a curative agent. For
the healthful development of children It la Indispen
sable, and with its aasoctated opportunities may be
f roflt ably substituted for much of tbe dreary drill of
be schoolroom. In the paper on "Tbe Ulstorj cf
Chronology," by Prof. li. 8. Burns, we have a very In
telligible account of the methods employed by th an
cient In measuring time, tha errors they fell Into,
with the resulting confusion, and the Improvements
that have been effected with tha advance of accurate
knowledge. Samuel Parsons writea briefly on "The
Relative Hardness of Plants ; and In tb next article,
alao a abort one, a media! man undertakes to anawer
tbe question wblcb everybody la asking, 'Wbat la a
Cold?" "Tbe Purification of Bewer Waters," by M.
E. Aubrey-Vltet, la an account of several attempts
that have been made to dispose of the sewsg of Par
Is, wberelu they have failed, and the prospect of tba
latest scheme, which consists In the removal of tbe
aolld matter, to be use for agricultural purposes, and
th return of th water, thoroughly pnrifled, directly
to the rivers. The remaining article are ef an equal
ly lnatractlva character. D. Appleton 4 Co., New
York, an the puUlabcrs,
A PRESIDENT B DAILY LIFE.
noutlnelVork At thr lVlillw Ilonsr.
THE PftEBIDENT's ASSISTANTS CURIOUS COLLEC
TIONS OF LETTES8 AND CLIPPINOS DOMES
TIC AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THE O ill FIELDS.
tflta IT correspondence of the N, Y, Tribune.
The routine office work of the White House
constantly Increases. The early President
were not even allowed a prlvato secretary by
law. They had to pay for all clerical assist
ance out of their own salaries. Afterward
one secretary was provided for j then an as
sistant was added. From Administration to
Administration tho working force grew by
the addition of clerks, or the detail of army
offlcerB, until what is practically a bureau of
appointments has grown up. Including the
private secretary, there are now seven per
sons attached to this bureau, And their places
are no sinecures. Often they are busy until
late at night bringing up the day's work. If
they allow itto get behind It is next to Impos
sible to deal with It satlafactorily. Perhaps a
description of the current office duties of tbe
President's personal staff may interest some
readers. Au enormous mall Is received every
day. Tbs pile of letters Is deposited upon
the desk of t ho private secretary, Mr. Drown,
and ho and Mr. Head ley, (the executive clerk,
open and classify them. Of course tt Is Im
possible for the President to read all the let
ters addressed to him. If he should under
take the Job he would have little time for any
thing else. But ,it fs Important that he
should be able to select from the mass such
Utters jjs he wants to read. So there Is a
system of briefing the correspondence, letter
by letter on broad sheets of paper and mak
ing a sort of unbound volume of the sheets of
each day. By glancing over these abstracts
the President can see Tn a few minutes what
letters there aro that requlro his attention
among tho hundreds that daily arrive. Such
of the letters as are applications for office,
and more than nine-tenths are of this class,
are put each into a long envelopo which he a
a printed form on Its back for Indorsement
with name, date, office applied for and re
marks. Most of these letters are distributed
each day to tho several departments and go
upon their files. There are, however, sever
affiles in tho White House one of official let
ter., to which the Fre.ident may wish to re
fer, another of applications and recommend
ations In cases pending for bis decision, one
of personal letters, and one, which would
furnish curious reading to students of human
nature, called the eccentric filo. An hour
spent in looking oxer tho contents of this file
would make the least mUanthropic man be
lieve that half the world had gone crazy, or
causo him to apply to America tho bitter re
mark of Carlyle, who said that England was
Inhabited by 30,000,000 of people, principally
fools.
THE rnESIOKXTIal. SCBiP-BOOI.
President Hayes carried off to Fremont the
"eccentrio file" of his Administration, think
in; it could not be considered by any stretch
of tbo imagination valuable publio property.
Hayes was a great collector of material of
personal or historical Interest, and he had an
active assistant in his son Webb. AU the
newspaper criticisms on tho policy and
appointment of the Administration were
carefully preserved by him. Ho took with
him a small library of scrap-books filled with
such clippings. Hpeaking of these scrap
books I must not forget to mention in con
nection with the office work of the White
House, the fact that there is a post similar to
that of an exchange reader in a daily newspa
per office. This place is filled by Mr. Morton,
who serred under President Hayes. He goes
through two or three hundred papers a day,
cuts out everything be thinks the President
ought to see, arranges his clippings in topical
scrap-books and takes the books in once a
day for the President's inspection. By this
system a President can, if he gives sufficient
time to the matter, keep almost as well post
ed on pnblid opinion as tbe chief editor of a
great daily.
TIIE YV1IITK HOUSE STAJT.
In length of service the oldest member of
tbe White House staff is Mr. W. L. Crook, the
executivo agent aud disbursing clerk, who
dates back to the end of Prealdent Lincoln's
Administration ; but there is among tbe ser
vants of tbe house a man who was appointed
by President Fillmore ; be is tbe fireman and
bis name is Herbert ; and the principal door
keeper, Mr. Loefiler, was put tn the place by
President (Irani in 18G9.
Tbe exchange reader does his work behind
a big screen in the general reception-room.
Tbe private secretary, Mr. Brown, and Mr.
Headley have a room to themselves with two
bay wiudows looking out on the Potomac and
tbe Virginia hills and a door leading to tbe
President's room. Adjoining is a smaller
room wbere Mr. Prudon, the assistant pri
vate secretary, keeps, with tho aid of two
clerks, the records of appointments and re
movals in formidable leatber-bound volumes
like the ledgers in i counting-house.
Besides the stall of secretaries and clerks
is what might be called an official stnff of ser
vants, who are appointed by tbe President
and whose salaries are provided for by Con
gress in the annual appropriations. It con
sists of a steward, doorkeeper, four assistant
doorkeepers, a messenger, four assistant
messengers, two of whom are mounted, a
watchman and a fireman. There is also a
telegraph operator detailed from the Signal
Service Corps. The other servant of the
household, such as tbe coachman, the cook
and the waiters, aro paid by the President
Tbo repairs and general good order of tbe
bouse, Its furniture and its conservatory and
grounds are attended to by the Commissioner
of Public Buildings and Grounds.
Tne oiBriELits and society.
Tbe family and social life of tbe Executive
Mansion goes on quite apart from the routine
official work, and is measurably secluded from
it by the big mahogany doors which cut off
the portion of the upper ball whero the offices
are located. There u always a great deal of
curiosity in Washington wben a new Presi
dent comes in, to learn how tbe lady of the
White House is going to treat tbe public
Naturally, tbe social publio is eager to be en
tertained and honored by opportunities to
call and chat and show its fine clothes, and
talk afterward about what is going on in tbe
Presidential circles as much as possible. Nat
urally, too, tbe wife of a President, while
wishing to perform well the duties of her sta
tion, Is desirous of keeping ber family life
from being wholly broken up. So there is a
conflict of forces going on for a time. Mrs.
Hayes settled the question in favor of tbe
Eublio, and gave it, I think, much more of
er time than any of her predecessors. Mrs.
Garfield seems disposed to draw the line to
as to divide her time more fairly to herself
and her family. She will give only two even
ings in the week to recreations, and is, I hear,
determined to keep up as much as she can
her old home ways her reading of books
and magazines, ber oversight of the educa
tion of tbe children and ber care of her
household and all its inmates. No one who
has a home and appreciates its ties and da
ties will find fault with ber. The hospitality
of the White Houso will, perhaps, be less un
limited than of late, but those who are so
fortunate as to enjoy it will be able to do
more than exchange a bow and a pleasant
phrase with the mistress of tbe Mansion. If
thero is less society there may be more real
sociability. Tho darflelds, during their long
life In Washington, were never at all fond of
fashionable society because it was fashiona
ble, but were always exceedingly sociable
when sociability was elevated to an intellect
ual plane. Any one who bad ideas to give
or exchange was always treated as good com
pany, whether ho made any figuro in the
world of farhion or not. Tbo ways of their
modest brick house on Franklin-square and
of tbeir farm-house in Mentor are not likely to
be greatly modified, except aa the duties of
tbeir station require tbem to be. Certainly
there will be no aristocratlo exclusiveness
and no disposition to honor wealth unless it
is playing some important part in advancing
the culture, intelligence or great material In
terests of the country.
nous ura at tux wnm house.
A President's family belongs bo much to
the publio by custom and necessity that I
cannot fairly be accused of overstepping the
proper limits of a correspondent's field of ob
servation irt thua glancing behind the parti
tions that separata the official from the
domestic part of the Executivo Mansion.
Perhaps I may safely add that tbe family Is
reunited now, tbe two oldest boys having
left their Concord school to finish their prep
arations for college under tho charge of n tu
tor. Tfaoy are both to enter the freshman
class At Williams, their father's alma mater,
next September. Harry, the eldest, whose
household name is "Hal," will bo a lawyer if
his inclinations do not change during his col
lege course. James has a taste for mathe
matics and the practical sciences, which
points to an actlvo business career. The
younger boys, Irwin and Abram, are enjoy
ing themselves famously rolling about tbe
walks of the White House grounds on their
velocipedes orranglng through tbe big parlors
and broad ball of the maneion. Tho daugh
ter, Molly, may be seen any moming hasten
ing to school with her books under ber arm,as
pretty a picture of youth and health as can
be found In Washington. Tbe new mistress
of the White House shows the quiet dignity
and grace and the adaptability to the require
ments of a social circle suddenly expanded a
hundred fold which all her friends knew sbe
would display. And the "little mother" min
gles as much or at little as she pleases in this
circle. Her place at the table is besido ber
son and bis arm is always ready for her sup
port. Her room is tbe pleasanteet in tho
Louse, with its three windows looking out on
the drive, the lawn and tho gray walls of tbe
BUte and War Departments. Among all the
occupants of the White House, I question
whether thero is any one as happy as sbe.
An intelligent observer, and a keen but kind
ly critio of persons and events, she finds life
as full of interest for ber as it is devoid of
worry and care. r. v. s.
Tbe KbiiI of a ltmaiece.
Among the obituary notices published In
The Journal of Wednesday was a brief one of
Lady Blanche Murphy, who died at North
Conway, N. II., on the iitst inat. With tbe
death of this lady ended a sad story which be
gan in a very romantic fashion. She died in
comparative poverty, and yet she was the
eldest daughter of an English earl, Charles
George Noel, Second Earl of Gainsborough.
In ber father's house she was brought into
frequent companionship with a young man
named Thomas P. Murphy, a good looking
and amiable gentleman, whoso position in the
Gainsborough bouse was that of a muiic
teacher. Between tbe young lady and her
teacher there sprang up a mutual attachment,
which resulted some twelve years ago in an
elopement. Even tbe priest who married
them endeavored to dissuado tho girl from
ber unwise proceeding, but sbe was deter
mined, and tbe ceremony of marriage was
performed. English society had a fine sub
ject for gossip, and the daughter of the
house of Gainsborough became a stranger to
ber father's home. Bhe was completely cut
oil from the family, and never saw any mem
ber of it again to the day of her deatb. With
her husband she came to America, and here
Mr. Murphy endeavored to earn a support by
his skill as a musician. Like too many others
in one calling and another he failed. Then
his wife proved her love still further by tak
ing up the burden he was unable to carry.
Sbe had natural gifts, was well educated, and
had been an observer of people and events.
Beginning to write for tho press ber efforts
were successful, and during her residence in
America she baa made for herself a reputa
tion aa a contributor to periodical literature
and has been enabled to support both herself
and her husband. She wrote good stories
and excellent articles on subject of current
social interest, and though producing nothing
that will endure as a monument to her ability,
produced much that attracted immediate and
favorable attention. In religion she waa a
Itoman Catholic, her father's family having
been converted to that faith, and she was a
frequent contributor to Catholic publications.
She wrote frequently for The Galaxy, and
was an occasional contributor to tbo New
York Graphic. No children were born of her
marriage. In character sbe was a woman of
many virtues, and bore her trials in a spirit
which might almost be characterized as hero
ism. In person she could not be called beau
tiful, but sbe was what many people call "in
teresting," being small, delicate of figure,
with fair hair and complexion and blue eyes,
and a great deal of character in her face. Her
voice was sweet, but when she spoke there
was evidence in her utterance of a concealed
power that might be wrongly exercised but
still was power. Her body will be couveyed
to England. llotton Journal.
Wnziz the "IlxniL Bbioadiebs" Abe.
Some prominent ex-Confederate Generals are
employed aa follows i Major.General Marina,
duke is a Missouri railroad commissioner,
and, as a bachelor, lives comfortably in St.
Louis on a salary of $5000 a year. Genera
J. B. Gordon, a counsel for the Louisville
and Nashville road, gets a salary of $14,000.
Major.General F. B. Cbeatbam has a band
some farm in Tennessee, and General L. J.
Polk has another. General Toombs prac
tises law and is very rich. General Basil
Duke is a lawyer in Louisville, Kj., and has a
good income. General Bradley Johnson is
also getting rich in tbe same profession In
Baltimore. AU tbe sons of Ilobert E. Lee,
except one, are successful farmers in Virgin
ia. Curtis Lee succeeded bis father as Pres
ident of Washington Lee University. Gen
eral Jubal Early Is living quietly at Lyrfch
burg in comfortable circumstances. Genera
J. O. Pemberton has become a resident of
Philadelphia, is an invalid, and haa written
a book on Vicksburg.
It is about time to ring down the curtain
on cat stories, but before. tbe beU sounds
there is just time for a good one. A man
now living In Kingston emigrated to the West
many years ago and bought a houso which
bad stood unoccupied for a considerable time.
Tbe first night be beard sounds which con
vinced him that there were rat in the cellar,
and on investigation he fonnd that hundreds
of the creatures were disporting themselves
there. Having eaten a quarter of beef down
to the bone, they were playing tag among
shelves and boxes. He offered to introduce
the family oat, but she declined to be present
ed. The next day she was missing and tbe
family supposed they had lost ber; but on
the fourth day a familiar "meow" was beard,
and there was tabby at the head of a column
of three dozen cats in light marching order,
their backs up and tails rampant. The front
door was opened and the dotachment moved
down the cellar stairs in good order. The
next morning a flour barrel full of dead rats
was buried behind tbe house and the cats re
turned to their homes.
A refreshing story for the dog-days, if it
could be kept fresh until then, is related by
a travelling salesman, Dow by name, who
was in Minnesota during a recent "cold
snap." Being snow-bound in a small vUlage,
the only quarters be could find for the night
were in a bleak, haU-furnlahed room, minus
a stove, but plus two broken panes in the
window. Mr, Dow accepted the situation,
and, cblUed to the marrow, went to bed and
feU asleep. The next thing be was conscious
of was being carried down stairs. He could,
n't speak or move a muscle, nor even realize
what bad happened. It appears that a "bliz
zard" bad set in, the thermometer bad fallen
to 409 below zero, and Mr. Dow had actually
frozen stiff before the other occupants of the
bouse could break into his room and get him
out of it. Fortunately, a vigorous course of
treatment restored him to action, and he is
slowly but steadily recovering.
A Boston minister was asked a few days ago
what was tbe result of tbe Moody and Sankey
revival whether the churches had been ben
efited. "Not materially," was the response.
"There have been a great many backsliders.
Tbe revival was a mistake.. Mr, Moody
should have labored in the churches Instead
of in a big tabernacle, for in this way be
could do effective work. He sees his mistake
now, and at Sun Francisco and Oakland,
where he is now working, he is laboring in
the churches, with the cooperation of mints,
ters and laymen, and with better results. One
good that grew out of that revival was that it
had the effect of making more workers in
our churches."
Miscellany.
Tbit J.ltll Olrl HI Tfftt't.
"Tbera'a a liltle girl at Mre'a,"
Bo tbe ne Igbbora aald, wltb eigba.
"She baa lost ber way, we fear,
Poor loae birdie, ueaiUDg bere
In a home so dark aud dreary,
With a mother pale and wearr,
With a father who Is waiting
Hta atroog life, to roln haetlNg.
Yea, ahe'e aurelr gone aatray!
Qod ne'er aent ber here," they ear.
Ah 1 we've eyes, but eannot see t
Deaf, uncertain eara have wet
God ia atlll a myatery.
Tot "the little girl at Kye's,"
With her sweet and lorlog eyes,
In ber bone a very beam
Of the cheery aon did aeem.
Till the mother half forgot
All the bardabipa of ber lot,
And lbe father, wltb a amlle,
Think! of each bewitching wile,
Tolling all the harder now,
Wlplog off bli heated brow.
"Quickly matt the work be done ;
I tonit go at aet of ann,
or ahe grieves, my little one."
Tied at home with corda ao alender
Baby Hep! and cooing! tender
Cordi so alender, yet ao atrong
They will keep bla feet from wrong.
And hla lawlesa frlenda of old
bneered, then coaxed, and then grew cold.
Dot, atast one wintry day,
Mournf ally tbe neigh bora asy t
"Baby'edeadl
And they lightly tread, and low
Whl.per of the pareota' woe,
And aweet nowera they eofuyetrew,
Wet with tears aa once wltb dew,
Boand ber bead.
And the mother, day by day,
Fotde ao carefolly away
Daby'a things,
Thinking, with, happy amlle
Through ber falling tears tbe while,
"Berapha eannot uny below;
Heaven wanted thee, and ao
Ood aent wlngi.
Hot Ile'll take good care of thec
als will keep thee still for me."
Faler grew he father'a brow,
And the comradee whisper: "Now,
Wben bla heart la crashed and sore,
lie will come to us ooce more.
Let tbe fosmlog, sparkling glanea
Tempt him dally as he passee."
Tempt blm 1 yea, but be ie !trong ;
lleir bl.anawer to tb throng:
"I will glre you thU to ponder:
I've an angel waitiog yonder
Witting, aye, though time be alow,
And yrara paea before I go.
Barely, anrely, then tie meet
That my Hp! be pare and aweet
For ber greeting
At tbe meeting.
Think yon, comrades, that for thtn
I'd give np my babya klaaT"
So the "little girl at Nya'a"
Waa an angel from the aklea
Waa a bit of Ood'a own amlle
Shining on them for a while.
For.wkliel II aLlneth ever,
Ood'a own amlle li darkened never.
A SLEIQU.RIDB FOll LIFE.
The month of February was drawing to a
close. There had been a thaw with a warm,
drizzling rain, all day ; but just before dark
tbe wind changed, and great masses of inky
clouds rolled up from tbe northwest. It
grew cold very rapidly, and before a o'clock
the soft 'sposhy' snow bad become a mass of
frozen ice. The morning dawned clear and
bright, with tbe mercury only four degrees
above zero. Frosty particle glittered in the
air, and lbe cleared fields at tbe base of tbe
distant blue Oquago mountain seemed cased
in fetters of ice.
"Boys," said father rising from the table
and going where the warm fire was glowing
like molten gold in -tbe open grate, "can't
you take Mr. Fenton' sleigh home this morn
ing as you go to school ? It's down hill most
of tbe way, and you can draw it easily by
band. Yon will have plenty of time before
school commences, and you'll not be bother
ed to come home with the horses.'
Of course, we could take it, just as well as
not. John was 17 and I was 19, bale and
hearty.- and, with our strength of muscle
and ambitious spirits, we undoubtedly felt,
as most young men of that age do, that we
were a "full tram" for almost anything. The
1&K yellow sleigh, with three seats and
heavy swan-neck, in front, was soon at the
door. Tbe diuuer-basket and books were
placed therein, and each took his place at
the pole, for a briak run along the icy road.
"Let me say one word to you, boys, before
you go," said father, coming out upon the
stone steps. "Don't undertake to ride down
bill. It's icy and it's dangerous. Remem
ber what I tell you."
"All right," wo replied in concert, as we
started on a run. The half-mile that Inter
vened between our place and the school
house was soon passed. A number of girls
and boys were running about tbe yard as we
came up.
"Hurrah for a sleigh-ride a genuine old
fashioned good one 1" I sbonted, as we baited
before tbe door. "Come, boys and girls,
get in. Load up the old sleigh and go down
to Mr. Fenton's with us. We'll have a glori
ous time, and we can aU get back before
school commences. Cornel"
Abu, in our momenta of excitement and hi
larity, bow soon was the admonition of a
kind father forgotten I
"Good I" ejaculated Harry Siggars, but
toning np his coat and drawing on his mit
tens. "Girls, get your cloaks and shawls,
and bundle up, and we'll have a half-hour's
fun fit for a king."
In less than five minutes the long sleigh
was well filled with a laughing, merry crowd,
and wa were ready to start. BiUy stood up
in front to hold the pole, and two of the
larger boys took their places on the sides to
steer. Herb Martin stepped aside and pushed
the sleigh two or three rods as fast as be
could run, and then leaped aboard. We
were fairly under way. Before we bad
passed over 10 rods I began to see that wo
had undertaken a dangerous ride. On we
flew, gathering speed faster and faster with
every rod we passed over, until the keen air
blew in our faces, and the trees and fences
seemed to dash past us at an amazing rate of
speed. What if we should happen to meet a
loaded vehicle ? I could not help shuddering
at the thought. Tbe boys who were acting
as steersmen were stout fellows, who kuew
their duty well ; but I noticed they already
had bard work, aud the sleigh, wltb it heavy
load of human freight, was getting beyond
their control. We had not taken into con
sideration the icy road and tbe weight of the
load that was propelling tbe smooth steel
sleigh-shoe with almost irresistible power.
We had a good mUe of down grade to ride,
and scarce a quarter of the distance had yet
been passed. A short way below us the road
made an abrupt turn to the right, around a
spur of tbe steep hiU-side. The ground bad
slid away on the lower side of the road around
this turn, and an almost sheer precipice
yawned below for more than 150 feet. Could
we make the turn ? We had little time to
think. A loaded sleigh had passed along the
road the night before, and the runners bad
cut deep furrows in the soft slush, which
wa now frozen liko adamant. Doubtless
these aided greatly in keeping our sleigh in
proper position. We dashed around tbe dan
gerous turn like wildfire. I shuddered aa I
caught an instantaneous glimpse of the tall
tree-tops away below us, and lower still the
clusters of willows that lined the icy shore of
the river.
At the same moment a column of whit,
steam shot up from the foot of the black bank
directly below us, and the sbriU shriek of the
locomotive rang fearfully in our ears. It
was the up mail train, sounding Its approach
to the station,
Tbe road extended along tbe steep hlU-aide
in a southwest direction for half a mile or
more, when it crossed tho railroad at the foot
of the descent In many places the rocks
had been sliced down 40 or 0 feet to form
the road-bed, and a preolpltous cliff extended
below to the railroad track. Neck aud neck
we flew along, eveu with the great puffing
iron monster below. It was a wild race for
life for If we met tbe train at the crossing
no earthly power could save us.
The engineer saw us, and promptly sound
ed tho danger signal sharp and distinct. It
rang alarmingly in our ears, like the knell of
approaching deatb. Tbe steersmen grasped
the side of the sleigh with the energy of des-
Ealr, and setting their teeth together, made a
ist concentrated effort to check our lightning-like
career. But the moment their feet 1
touched tbe surface they were thrown vlo
lently upward, nearly jerking them from their
positions, ami tne mad runaway Kleigb tiasb
ed ou as before.
Tbo engineer seeing our situation as we
afterward learned opened the Ibroltle and
threw on every pound of steam the cngino
was mado to bear. Fearing for our live., be
tnado the effort to pass tbo crowing before
we reacned tuero. it waa an nwtui moment.
Tho slelgh-track spun out behind un like sit.
ver ribbons, and the slumps and torners of
fences seemed to dash past us like flashes of
llghtnlog. Little pieces of ice from the road
bed flow spitefully in our faces, and the wind
blew to hard we could scarcely breathe.
Oh, how f oroibly did father's kind words of
warning couto back to our recollection now,
and pierce our disobedient hearts with men
tal BUEuish I Thoucht of homo and eterni
ty pasted vividly through our minds in quick
succession. The gitls clasped each other's
hands, and with staring eyes and bated breath
tremblingly awaited the dread moment. A
moment only wo bad to think and wo were
at tbo crossing, and the crisis was at band.
The sleigh struck the iron rails just ahead
of tho cow-catcher, and with a sudden shock
leaped forward and upward. Thero was a
frightful clanging and hissing around us, and
a deafening screech from tbe steam valves as
we leaped tbe track. Tbe hot breath of the
fierr monster fairlr swent in our faces m we
dashed before Mm i.nil he even left bis
mark, in tne snape of a loug and deep Inden
tation, on the rear of the sleigh-box.
The girls uttered a wild shriek of despair,
and two of them fainted in each other's arms.
Billy Smith sank down pale and trembling,
and the steersmen lottcred and shook as
though tbeir almost palsied limbs were struck
with deathly weakness.
It was all over, however. We had won the
race ; we wero at the bottom of tho hill, and
.we were safe. The engineer and fireman
swung their bats, and a score of handker
chiefs fluttered at tho car-windows as they
dashed past us ; but we were too much fright,
med and excited to return the congratula.
tions.
Our rate of speed diminished rapidly as we
crossed the liltle flat, and, sboitly after we
struck the ascending grade, ceased altogeth
er. The shock to our nervous systems had
been considerable ; but nevertheless we soon
recuperated, and while the girls slowly wend
ed their way back to the school-house, we
drew tho sleigh to its destination.
We returned to the school-room that morn
ing 10 minutes late. Tho teacher had heard
the story of our narrow escape, but did not
mention it to us then. Perhaps our blanched
faces and nervous glances revealed tho fact
that we had learned a lesson we wero not
soon to forget.
Aye, so It was ! For wocks after that ex
citing event I often saw in my dreams the
great, hissing iron stoed just dashing upon
me, and with the alarming scream of tbe
steam-whistle I would give back the answer
with a despairing shriek, and awake, trem
bling with mortal terror. Father kindly for
gave us when he heard of it, but it was the
last of our riding down hiU ; and from that
day to this I cannot witness the sport any
where near tbe raUway without recalling uiy
fearful experience, when so many'of us pass
ed through such a narrow escape from a
death so horrible. Golden Dayi.
Tbe Way Tblng. do.
Affairs do go oddly in this world. Tbe
other day there was a railroad disaster in New
Jersey, wbereby several persons wero hurt,
but only one, as It turned out, fatally. He
was a young man of singularly industrious
habit and of a most unselfish character. Up
on his labors an aged father and mother and
two sisters wholly depended for their support.
It was tbo ambition of this young man to
give to his mother a deed of the bouse which
the family occupied. To this end be bad
foregone marriage, and toiled early and Tale ;
he personally attended to tho smallest house,
keeping details, managing them with the
most painstaking economy. Tbe family it
self had s.en better days, and he was the last
prop left. His manly and self-sacrificing
spirit had gradually impressed itself upon the
community in which he lived, so that he was
respectfully and kindly regarded on every
hand. He Lad been in one place of service
and trust for eight years, and only life and
time seemed to be needed to enable him to
finally securo the end toward which all his en
ergies were bent. Well, out of eight car
loads of pasrengers he was the only ono kill
ed. Sitting in the seat with him at tbe time
of the crash was a man who has sajd since
that be thought ho wo ready to die and that
no one would have suffered by his death, or,
according to his own perhaps excessive mod
esty, missed him. This man was not even
scratched, whUe bis fellow occupant of the
same seat, about whose life so many Interests
were linked, was so hurt about tho head that
even his remarkable natural strength gave no
hope from the first that he could survive.
Things do go strangely In this world. JVVao
York Evening Pott.
Tbe sew PsoniBmoN Law or Kansas is
meeting with the strongest opposition from
a quarter whence trouble wag least expected.
The law absolutely forbids the use of wine in
the sacrament, punishing the minister who
so administers the sacrament with two yearB
Imprisonment in the penitentiary, and shut
ting up tbo church itself as a public nuisance,
according to the interpretation of tbe Itev.
Dr. Beatty, rector of the Episcopal Church
at Lawrence. On a recent Sunday Dr. Beatty
administered the sacrament as usual, regard
less of the consequences, having previously
announced to the congregation his determi
nation so to do. He said: "We are willing
to render unto Csosar the things which are
Ciusar's, but we will still give to God the
things that are His. I say, as did Peter,
'Judge ye whether we should obey men rath
er than God.' Of one thing you may be as
sured, we shall never recognize fora moment
the attempts of human legislation to destroy
the great sacrament of the Christian church."
It is probable that tbe Itev. Dr. Beatty's ao
tion will be Imitated by other clergymen and
the result is bard to predict. It will bo ar
gued that the State cannot permit the pro
hibition law to be openly violated by clergy
men without arousing a storm of opposition
from those to whom its enforcement ia a pe
cuniary loss, and, on the other band, that to
consign the Itov, Dr. Beatty to prisou and
close his church as a nuisance would place
sharp weapons in the hands of those who
wont to see the new law hewn down root and
branch.
The Scene in the Senate Between Mae-one
and Uiu, is said to have been so bois
terous that even the reporters could not catch
all the angry words spoken. A correspondent
of The Syracuse Journal says that before Ma
bone left his seat he rose, and looking across
at Hill, said, in a tone of defiance i "The
Senator haa charged me with what no man
shall dare to charge me I" and pointing his
finger in a menacing way, shouted, "Stop I
I say stop, right there I" with emphasis on
the closing words. It was manifest that Hill
quailed ; but so full of ire was he that the
passion was irresistible, and he could not or
would not desist. When Mahone left his seat
he talked as he moved over toward Hill, half
couching, half creeping, and saying: "You
want to know, do ye f who it is (raising his
voloe to a high pilch) : you waut to know
who it is that dares to vote as be pleaso3 f"
When Mabone came close to Hill, shaking tbe
finger in a manner that was in keeping with
the flash in his eye, he suddenly stood erect
and shouted) "Weill here is tbe man who
dares to vote as he pleases."
A New York lady, well known for her good
works, whose rule it has been to Investigate
before granting the applications for alms at
her door, reports that in seventeen years' ex
perience she has never found a deserving case
among persons thus applying, a fictitious ad
dress having been given In every cose. The
Sunday School Times argues that this does
not prove that there are no deserving poor,
but It does show the folly and wickedness of
indiscriminate giving. Tbe poor are "always
with us," but so are the idle and tbe vicious j
and there is need of tbe utmost care in giv
ing, lest, instead of relieving actual want,
Christians propagate pauperism and crime.
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Six electric lighting companies aro now
orgaulzcd In New York city.
The pork scare abroad has reduced the
exports of bacon from New York from 12,
000,000 pounds weekly to 7,400,000 pounds.
Seven masked robbers bound and gagged
an old couple living at Catfish, Pa., oile night
last week, and robbed the safe of over $10,.
000 in Government bond.
The public debt of tho United Stales is
$C8 per hcadj of Spain, $164 1 of France,
13C; otEugland, 8117; of Holland, $114 ;
of Canada, $28 ; of Mexico, $3D ; of Switzer
land, $2.
A desperate burglar named Pat Ebert at
tempted to rob tbe National Dank at Holla,
Mo., and was shot dead by an officer's posse
whowero watching for blm.
Sothern, tbe actor, requested that his
friends should not attend bis burial, as "peo
ple catch such colds standing about in grave
yards with tbeir hats off."
Cypress trocs have been plantod around
tho spot where the czar fell, and sacred pict
ures with lamps burning beforo them have
been placed there.
At one of the Moody meetings in San
Francisco, Mr. Miller, the new senator from
California, rose nnd asked prayers that he
might be enabled to lead a Christian life in
Washington.
President Grevy of France has accepted
tho invitation of the United States to send
representatives to the Yorktown centennial
celebration.
A German physician, Dr. Hcrz, has in
ventsd a telephone by which conversation
was carried on through a distance of more
than COO miles, over a circuit having no
special adaptation to tho purpose.
Mrs. Mark Hopkins, of San Francisco, is
fitting up a haudsomo home in Great Barring
ton, Mas'., intending, it is reported, to make
that town her legal residence, thus saving a
large amount of taxes in California.
Kossuth is now living in a pleasant villa
near Turin. Although nearly sevtnly-nlne
years old, he Is in good health, and his intel
lect is unimpaired. He spends a great dial
of time in studying natural science.
The importation of opium for smoking
into tho United State in 1880 reached 77,190
pound?, an increase of 10,518 pounds over
the previous year. It is chiefly consumed by
Chinese smokers. Its total value in gold is
$773, 790.
For the year ending March 1, there were
packed in Chicago C,7A2,401 hogi", an in
creaso over tha previous year of 1,071, 554.
This Is said to be the largest number ever
packed in one year in any city in the world.
Texas prohibits by law the opening
of telegraph offices on Sundays. Tho Detroit
Free Press expresses the hope thot tbe good
state-will go a little further and make it a mis
demeanor to murder a man on Sunday.
A recent compilation of the criminal sta
tistics of the country gives one convict to
every 6,000 of population. Although this ap
pears a largo percentage, it is less than shown
by any other nation.
Nearly one-fifth of all the cotton raised
in this country in 18S0 as raised in Texas.
That year Texas produced about 1,000,000
bales, or eighty times as much as sbe produced
in 1810.
Iron sleepers for railroads are coming in
to quite general use in Germany, aud hare
been tried in this country. Tbey are not
made solid, but shaped nearly liko tho wood
tioj, with tho bottom and inside left out.
The Massachusetts supremo court has de
cided that if a passenger ou a railway train
leaves the train while it is in motion he is no
longer a passenger, and has no rights against
the company for damages in case of accident
resulting from his otu act.
Tho Congregationalist warns people
against subscribing in advance for copies of
tbe revised Now Testament, which agents are
offeriug at $1.50, since it will be scarcely a
week after tbe appearance of the new Lock in
this country before it wiU be sold every whero
at from 10 cents upwards.
An Englishman named llowe, profiting
by Mr. JoTju Burroughs's suggestion that tbe
English skylark might bo naturalized in this
couutry, is about to ship twenty-five pairs of
these birds to tbe United States and liberate
tbem bere.
The great desire of the negro visitors to
Washington is to see Secretary Lincoln, and
they flock to him in crowds, sayiog they want
to shake hands with tho sou of tho man who
issued tbe emancipation proclamation.
The way of trangressors is hard. A man
in Missouri worked tbreo months and spent
$150 in casb, getting ready to make bis for
tune by counterfeiting coin. lie made just
sixteen bronze cents and took n vacation of
four years in tbe penitentiary.
Miss Kate Field recently bad a dress
made iu Paris by the famous Worth, of
American silk, and Mrs. Bonanza Mackey so
admired it that she went aud did likewise.
Worth says the Americans will soon beat tba
world iu making silkr, as tba French fabrics
are constantly deteriorating.
Gen. Grant's house in Galena is in charge
of an old soldier and his wife, wLo take pride
in keeping it in perfect order. Many of tho
presents bestowed upon tho General and Mrs.
Grant daring their sojourn in China and
Japan are to be seen in the parlor and library,
There aro now 2209 lager beer breweries
in the United States, and during tho year end
iug May 1, 1880, tbey turned out 12,800,900
barrels of bier, or one barrel for every four
persons in the country. This is an increase
of 2,019,712 barrels over the production of
1879.
Moody and Sankey liavo finished their
four-months' campaign in San Francisco. Al
though San Francisco bos no great reputation
for piety tho meetings of the evangelists have
been crowded, and tbe number of converts is
placed at 1000. Moody visits tho Yosemite
vaUey before returning East.
Big ocean steamships are now'a necessity
to meet the demands of trade. The City of
Berlin of the Ionian Line is 488 feet by 41
feet, and tbeir new steamer, tbe City of Home,
building at Barrow, England, wiU be still
larger, viz. i Length of keel, SIC feet ; length
over all, 590 feet ; breadth, 52 feet, and a
gross registered tonnage of 8000 tons.
A white pine tree of remarkable dimen
sions was feUed recently at- Crystal Spring,
Yates Co., N. Y, The tree was perfectly
sound and vigorous, 13 feet in circumference
at the ground, and nearly 200 feet in height.
Tho "rings" on its stump indicate an age of
315 years, and it is estimated that 4000 feet
of lumber will be cut from its trunk.
John and Michael Sullivan, laborers on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, discovered
a crooked rail on the track near McKeesport,
Fa. While they were endeavoring to straight
en it in. order to prevent a train from being
wrecked, a passcngor train came around the
curve. Tbey frantically worked at a crowbar
to get the rail replaced to save the train, and
succeeded just in time, but both men were
struck by the engine and killed.
The famous insurance case of Col. Wal
ter Dwigbt of Blughampton, N. Y., is decid
ed by the New York court of appeals against
tho insuranoo companies. Dwigbt obtained
$225,000 in various companies between Au
gust 18 and September 17, 1878. ne died In
November, 1878, and it was alleged that he
bad purposely taken means to undermine bis
health, and, again, that be had committed
suicide. Somo of tbo companies, however,
paid tbo claims presented. In April, 1879,
the body of Col. Dwigbt was disinterred and
a Jury of inquest found that death resulted
from natural causes. The litigation has gone
on, and has now reached a decision as above,
An important discovery has been made
in connection with tbe telegraph systems of
some parts of Europe, The wires have in
many parts been laid in leaden pipes buried
beneath the roadways, and in some places
embedded in mortar or cement. Whenever
this has been the case, on opening tho pipes
It is found that the lead has disappeared and
given place to a basic carbonate of a brittle
and porous nature. Experiments conducted
by an expert, it is said, have shown that lead,
when placed in contaot with lime for a time,
invariably loses it weight and becomes sub.
ject to a corrosive action, which ultimately
destroys it.