The Noble County Republican. (Caldwell, Ohio), 1882-04-27

              THE ltEPUBMCAX. ADVERTISING BATES. CO TY R ID B One column one year tlOO 00 One-half column one year. BO 00 One-fourth column ona year 29 00 Oiio-eiuhth column one year. 13 00 Boad Notice. $3.00; Attachment Notice, 92S3i Leeal advertising at the rate prescribed by law. Local ad vertUiB ten cent per line for every publication. ' Obituary Resolutions from Order and Societies, when they exceed eix line, five oenU pec line for each additional line of eight word, money to accompany the resolutions - EVERY THURSDAY, JLJOj CALDWELL, NOBLE CO., OHIO. TERMS : $1.50 pet year, in advance. Address H letter to W.H.COOLEX, Caldwell. Noble Co.. O. VOL. XXIII. CALDWELL, O., THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1882. NO. 39. NOB CAN, AN AMERICAN'S IDEAL. A common-place young girt ; A decidedly rare young girl; Stay at home night. Bo what is right, Help-her-old-mothor young girl. A hard-to-flnd young girl: A reader-of-fact young girl; An extra-poetieai, Anti-a?sthetical. Care-uothing-for-novels young girl. A minus-her-bangs young girl ; A show-all-her-brains young girl; With an unpowdered face, One that don't lace, A dress-for-her-bealth younjj girl. An up-in-the-morning young girl; i A help-with-the-wash young girl; One that can rub, Not afraid of the tub, A roll-up-her-sleeves young girl. " A quiet-and-modest young girl; A sweet-and-pure young girl; An upright, ambitious. Lovely, delicious, A pridojof-the-home young girl. A remarkably-scarce young girl; A very-inueh-wauted young girl; A truly-American, Too-ut tor-paragon, The kind-tbat-l-like young girl. H'iii SI. Clemens, in N. Y. Independent, A QUEER FELLOW TRAVELER. A True Story. Some years ago I had occasion to take a long journey to the north a journey which would" involve my traveling all night. A few days before I haF received n invitation from a friend of mine, who lived at a town which I had to pass, to dine and stay the night at his house; an invitation which I gladly accepted, as it would prove a pleasant break in the monotony of the journey. I resolved therefore to so arrange matters as to arrive at his house in time for dinner, and proceed to my destination next morning. When the day arrived I was very busy; so, after a hurried lunch, 1 If) ed up a few necessaries and rushed tr Euston, where I arrived with just two minutes to snare. I asked for mv train, which the guard pointed out, add ing: "If you don't hurry up, sir, you'll lose it," I took his advice, and jumped into the nearest tirst-class com partment, the door of which stood open and in which there was but one other occupant. I settled myself for my journey, and for the first time had leisure to observe my fellow-traveler. Now,-1 rather pride myself on being a judge of physiognomy, and my first impressions of him were the reverse ot pleasant. He was evidently a fidgety, nervous sort of man: he had restless gray eyes. without much expression in them, while his hair and beard were of a reddish hue. He was dressed in a long ulster, which I thought quite unnecessary : for though it was late in the year the weather was by no means cold. There was on the seat beside him a small oaken box, strongly bound with brass; and his eyes were constantly glancing from this box to me in a way that l qui not at all like. I began to have visions of Fenian plots, infernal machines, and I do not know what. After regarding me steadi ly for a few minutes, he said: " Is. it possible, sir, that you are not aware of this carriage being reserved for btate officials !"' - I looked around, and seeing no indi cation o the fact, replied that: " I was not aware of "such being the case." " Then, sir," he replied, "I must beg of you instantly to vacate it, and leave me here in solitary silence. Considering that the train was then going at the rate of about forty miles an our, and would not stop until it reached a small station half-way to my destina tion in about an hour's time, I could not quite see how I was to comply with his request, or rather command; and 1 frank ly told him so, adding; that "1 had much right there as he had, and did not "intend moving. He replied with a most solemn air: "Ihen your fate be-on your own . . . . - ( This began to frighten me, for the , man's manner convicted me that he must be insaie; and the prospect of an hour' journey shut up in a first-class railway carriage with a madman was not calculated to raise my spirits. However, I put a bold face on the matter, and affected to' be engrossed with my newspaper, though in reality I was watching his every movement.- He suddenly seized hold of the wooden box and held it on his knees, mumbling some inarticulate words, then suddenly replaced it beside . him. In doing so I caught a glimpse of the butt of a pistol sticking out of his pocket. Here was a pretty dilemma; shut up in a railway carriage with a man who was decidedly insane, and armed fvith a revolver or pistol; while I had nothing more defensive than an umbrella and a roll of papers, which, in consequence of their length, I was compelled to carry in my hand. Presently he began again: " Have you studied the marvelous powers of electricity, may I ask?" v ' I replied in the negative. "I have," said he; " and have arrived at such a pitch of perfection that, aided by the contents of this box, I could blow this train, and everybody in it, into infinitesimal atoms." " But,'1 I hazarded, "how about yourself?"" I should calmly mount into the air and survey the scene without injury." , "How?" said I. "That," he replied, "is my business; look to yourself." rieasant this, for me! However, I made some remark which seemed to satisfy him, and he lapsed again into silence. I felt more than ever convinced of his madness, thinking he had proba- -bly escaped from some private asylum. , for. he was evidently a gentleman; 3-et I could not understand what the box could be which he guarded so jealously. I felt sorry for him, in spile of my dan ererous situation. I then tried another tack, anil made several commonplace re-. marks to him; to all of which he an swered in monosyllables, suddenly burst ing out with: " Do vou dare to address me, sir, with out having first disclosed to me who you are? i our temerity surprises me! I thought it best to humor him, and handed him my card, on which was inscribed: "J. li. Smith, Quality Court." " Ha, I guessed you were a Smith; you look like one: a blacksmith, if 1 may judge by the smuts on your face." Here he broke into a maniacal laugh. When he had finished laughing he said: "Do Vou want to know who I am?" I said I thought I might as well know his name, if he did not mind. " Well," said he, leaning forw ard, and --vujueoping into m v eves, keeping one hand on the box, "w hen you first jumped into the carriage I was the Khan of Tartary, but the wonders of electricity are such that I am even now changing; I may be anybody iu a few hours, or even minutes." " I suppose I looked surprised, for he went on: "Ah, you look surprised, but perhaps you w ill hardly believe that my temper depends on w ! I may happen to be. Not long ago I was conversing with some friends, and I suddenly i liaiiged into the King of Siam, and before They could get out of my way I bit three of their fingers off. Yo.i should have seen them scatter. Ha, ha, ha!" " Good gracious!" I exclaimed. "You don't mean it!" " O, yes I do; but do not be alarmed, I never am so dangerous unless I .happen to assume that character." Then he sat quiet, and I was thankful for a little peace. On looking at my watch I found that we had yet another quarter of an hour before the train would stop. How I wished the time away! for 1 fully intended to cnange my carriage at the next stopping station. All at once, to my alarm, he said, quite unconcernedly : I feel it my solemn duty to inform you that I am changing, and that in a few minutes I shall be the King of Siam." Instinctively I looked around for some means of escape, at the same time grasping my umbrella firm, resolved at least to sell my fingers dearly. Never shall I forget the feeling of thankful ness with which I heard the whistle of the train announcing our approach to the next station. I collected my things together near me, so as to be prepared for a hasty exit,, the more so as I noticed the feelings of his Majesty of Siam were being worked up to a pitch of excitement, and the way he showed his teeth would have terrified a far less nervous man than myself. As we neared the station the tram slackened speed, and at last stopped. Just as I jumped out the maniac made a spring at me; but 1 fortunately avoided him, and slammed the door in his face. I got into the next compartment, which was empty; and, as the guard closed the door, I called out: "Here, I say, guard, there is a madman in . But the whistle drowned the rest of my sentence, and the train moved off before I had time to complete it. I sat still in a horrible state of nervousness, expecting I hardly know what. At last the train stopped at the station for which I was bound, and I jumped out. As I passed the carriage I could see him sitting there quietly; and I went into the station master's room and told him shortly what had happened, advising him to take some means of securing mm. He promised to telegraph, but said it was no business of his; ana with this assur ance I had to be content. I then went off to my friend's house, where I arrived lust m time for dinner. I suppose the traces of my fright still remained, for no sooner did I enter the dining-room than my host exclaimed: "Why, what is the matter, old man? You've not met a ghost on the road, have you."" 1 told him 1 had seen somebody i good deal worse than a ghost; and, dur - i i i . i i . ingainner, i reiaieu my auveniure, upon which they all congratulated me on my lucky escape. After dinner 1 went on early to bed, pleading fatigue and the next day s business as my excuse. When I awoke in the morning, I found my host ready for breakfast; and I joined him at once, as my tram left in an hour s time. As I shook hands with him at the station, he remarked he should like to hear of the man being caught. I transacted my business; and, as I had time to spare, I turned into the first hotel I came to, and walked up into the billiard-room,- where I met Fred Charlton, an old schoolfellow of mine, who was playing billiards with three other fellows. He seemed surprised to see me, and asked me how I got there. I told him I had come down there early that morning; and I then proceeded to give him a sketch of m3r adventurous journey of the night before. Fred smiled, and said: "Ah, yes, old man; I heard something about it." " You heard something?" I said. "From whom?" "Well," he replied, "I'll tell you all about it, for the benefit of the company. Old Harris, the diamond merchant, told me last night that he had just come down from London. When he had taken his seat in the carriage at Euston all Alone, just as the train started, some iellow rushed at the carriage and jumped in. Harris said he did not much like the look of the fellow, and as he had about eight thousand pounds' worth of diamonds with him in a small box, he began to feel uncomfortable. He said the stranger was a strong active man, and that if it had come to a struggle for the diamonds Harris would have had no chance for he evidently felt sure the fellow meant robbery, so he determined to try and frighten him out of the car nage by pretending madness, which he says he did so enectually that the fellow, in sheer fright, bolted at the first stop page and left him to finish his journey leie alone. But we did not know that you were the hero, old man, said Fred, as the whole four burst into such a shout of langhter as I never heard before, You must stay and be introduced to him afresh, and he will be here to-night." I did not stop to hear anything more. I rushed downstairs, thoroughly realiz ing that I had been made a fool, caught the first train home, and have not shown myself in that neighborhood since. A Western Mine. A Committee of stockholders who waited upon the Superintendent of California mine to ask why in blazes the said mine hadn t panned out anything but assessments were graciously received, invited to be seated, and the official ex plained: " lientieman, you are all aware of the fact that we had scarcely begun work when the mouth of our mine was blocked by a land slide. That put us back a month. They nodded their remembrance. "Then we had just got in shape to take out 4,000 tons of ore, worth $2,000 per ton, when the mine caved in. You recall it?" They did. " Once more we bent ourselves to the burden of reaping $500 for every $10 invested, when the mine was flooded by a subterranean river." That was true also. Then we had just got the water out when we discovered that our mine was located on another man's claim. AVe had him shot to prevent trouble, and once more we were about to declare a dividentof 200 per cent, when the dead man's heirs put in an appearance. There were three of them. We chased one over the range, had another one hung by the Vigilance Committee, and I am happy to inform you that I have four men out after the other and am every hour expecting to hear that he has tumbled off a cliff. Gentleman, there is hope ahead golden hope. Please come up and drink with me; after w hich there will be another assessment often per cent!" Wall Street News. SCHOOL ASD CHURCH. The veteran African missionary, Dr. Moffat, who has passed his eighty-fifth year, is now living in a secluded retreat in Kent, England. They tell of a church pew in Roch ester that was recently advertised as commanding a beautiful view of the entire congregation. The religious revival in Kentucky has been so thorough and general that the fashionable young women use note Eaper bearing the legend, "Praise the ord. ' ' Courier-Journal. The Ladies' Society of the Immanuel Baptist Church at Chicago, has established two industrial schools to prepare clothing for poor children. One is at the church and the other at the laber-nacle Mission. Chicago Herald-. It is stated that the revision of the old Testament is finished, with the exception of Ecclesiastes and the Songs of Solomon. The second revision will take the whole of 1882, and the finished work will be published in 1883. The Rev. Dr. James S. Chadwick, pastor of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, for the last three years, was presented with a horn of plenty, containing $800, by the members of his church a few evenings ago. He has accepted the pastorate of the Central Methodist Church in New York, and his successor in Brooklyn is the Rev. Henry Baker, of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Newark. The Baptist Home Mission Society expects to get $500,000 this year on account of its being the jubilee, or the fiftieth anniversary of its existence. In the fall of 1883 will occur the same anniversary of the First Church of Chicago, which was organized by a missionary of that society. The First Presbyterian Church is the oldest in Chicago, having been established by the Rev. Jeremiah Porter, then army chaplain at Fort Dearborn. A century ago it was customary for men to sit at the pew doors in church armed with guns in order to keep out intruding Indians. The extent to which this old custom has gone out of fashion is indicated by the fact that ten little In dian boys have been received by bap tism into the Presbyterian Church at Carlisle, ra. Ihey are from Uaptain Pratt's training school for Indians at that place. Thirty-five Indians in all have thus made profession of Christian faith at Carlisle. One of the most astounding things in the religious world is the extraordinary growth of the Methodist Episcopal Church, since the opening of the present year. The Methodist has been keeping a careful account of the conversions re ported by all the churches which consent to send their reports. J.hus far I,2a4 of the churches have reported that 39,652 persons have been converted since the 1st ot January. 1 his is the more wonder ful in view of the fact that there are 17,656 Methodist churches and that the total number of additions to them dur ing 1881 was only 25,892. Chicago News. PUNGEUT PARAGRAPHS. Michigan, to beat the boy preacher, trots out a "boy Mayor." Next we shall have a boy oldest inhabitant. Boston Post. Aunt "Has any one been at these preserves? Dead silence. "Have you touched them, Jimmy r Jimmy, with the utmost deliberation "Pa never 'lows me talk at dinner." J y G Id. Your poem on the 'Shorn Lamb" received. Please call at this office and bring your tin box. Not for publication, but to create confidence, Boston Vommercial Bulletin. The new fashionable shade for ladies costumes is a golden brown There is only one difficulty with this color, a woman must be a blonde in order to wear it. We presume this can be overcome. New Haven Kegxsler. -A gentleman who, in a public meet- inir wau tilUnrr that ho WQQ inbtir-ti years old and Sad not been an abstainer from liquors, was interrupted by the re mark: "xou would have been a hun dred by this time if you had!" A teacher writes us, "what-will you charge to publish an advertisement of a high school four inches long?" A high school four inches long must be such a curiosity that people will go to see it without any advertising. Texas Sift- tngs. A Florida rattlesnake was recently killed by throwing a glass of whisky in its face. There is a moral connected with this touching incident, but we can't exactly point it out. New Haven Regis ter. You know vou are thinking " what a shameful waste of whisky!" but are afraid to say it. Boston Globe. The stage of a Western theater took fire the other evening, but a panic and rush for the door was averted by the manager who, with great presence of mind, slipped to the front and said: " Ladies and gentlemen we have pre pared a little surprise for you. An im mense kettle of whisky punch is now being heated and in a few moments wait ers will pass through the audience and distribute it." After that the audience had to be pulled out, one by one. Phil adelphia News. A Romance in Two Chapters: Chap ter I. The first time George and Mary met was at Mrs. Dixon's garden party at Putney. An old gentleman was fish- ish. All she said was: " He doesn t seem to be catching any fish." George only answered: " True happiness lies in anticipation." She thought he must have an original mind, and secretly loved him. Chapter 11. 1 heir next meeting was at the same place, under the same circumstances. The same old gentleman was fishing: " He doesn't seem to be catching any fish," said George. "True happiness lies in anticipation," said Mary. "What an original mind!" thought George, and he fell in love with her. xney are now married. runcn. Longfellow and the Children. Longfellow was largely a children's poet. Probably no other poet has written whose verse comes so naturally to a child's ear and tongue as his; for with the most genial music the purest and simpliest expression is united. Many a child has known this poet as a dear friend who never saw him, and to scores of children he was personally what his poems tell these others he was. "The Children's Hour" was a reality, when: From my study I see in the lamp-light. Descending the broad ball stnir, Grave Alice and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. ' A sudden rush from the stairway, A sudden ram trom tne nun, By three doors left unguarded They enter my castle wane ' They climb up into my turret u er tne arms ana oacK ot my cnair; If 1 try to escape, they surround me; xney seem to ne everywhere. ' They almost devour me with kisses, xnetr arms aoout me entwine. Till 1 think of the Bishop of Bingen, In bis Mouse-tower on tne Rhine i " To you think, O blue-eyed banditti, Because you nave scaiea tne wan. Such an old mustache as f am Is not a match for you alll I have you fast in my fortress And will not let you depart, But put you down in the dungeon In the round-tower of my heart.". These were the poet's girls, whose por trait in a group as photographed, has given rise to the assertion that one of them had but one arm a rumor which r i-o-i 1 1 ,intin-nl Ml T .nnn-foltrtW sn thsl.t he often requested its contradiction. The painter was certainly to blame for the rumor, for the copy does give that impression, yet it is wrong. Of these three lovely daughters, Miss Alice has made ventures in literature, and Edith is the wife of R. H. Dana, son of the noted lawyer and author, and grandson of the poet of the Buccaneer. Mr. Long fellow has two sons, and the eldest. promise as an artist; and of his brother Alexander's sons, William P. P. and Wordsworth Longfellow, of Portland, the first has also earned reputation as an artist. Mr. Longfellow's fondness for children was remarkable, and nothing else in the various tributes paid him on the recent occasion of his seventy-htth birthday touched him so nearly as the school children's recitations and letters from all over the land. The spontaneous love of the little folk for him was shown in the pretty gift which the chil dren of Cambridge made him in 18 an arm chair made from the old horse- chestnut tree in Brattle Street in that town, which he had celebrated in "The Village Blacksmith." The chair is not of the natural color, but ebonized, the upholstering of arms and cushion is green leather, and the casters are glass balls in sockets. In the back is an ex quisite carving, representing horse chestnut leaves and blossoms. Horse chestnut leaves and burrs are presented in various combinations at other points, Around the seat, in raised German text, are the following lines from the poem And children coming home from school look in at the ooon door. And catch the During sparks that fly like chaff irom tlie tnresbing noor. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. The London Clergyman, London contains a greater variety of peoples, classes and conditions ot lite than any other place in the world. The church can not claim more than a frac tion of the people. At least ten thousand householders .nly come to town for the season, and have their real homes, their neighbors, rich or poor, and their social obligations far away Many times that number of persons never sleep in the metropolis at all, and only enter it for a few hours of hard work. Practically there is no such thing as parochial organization. A man may be in a parish for years without knowing who is his minister, or the minister knowing that there is such a man. A clergyman enters a house two or three doors from his church, Ihe master ot the house informs him that he has never been in his church or slept at his shop, and that all he has to give or do in the matter of religion or of aims is due to a place ten miles off; nor has he the slightest idea of the religion if any of his shop people and work people, or even where they live if they have any fixed abode. Ihe laity are not insensible to spiritual wants. They would generally be only too happy to see the church com ing forward as a pattern of good works ami proving uaeii nie salt ui wie tsu lii. They see a vast harvest and very few reapers in the field. Indeed, they some times strain their eyes in vain, for they see none at all. They want to see the church and its ministry taking a lead and an active part in the many works of enlightened benevolence now too often found to want so much material support as wiser heads and abler hands, but their hope is ever deferred. London Times. The South Carolina Frauds. A Kindly Act. Mr. Maurice W. Clark, the popular conductor of the Chicago k Alton train that arrived here last night, relates an incident that occurred on his down trip, wherein an old gentleman, ninety-nine years of age, from away up in Wisconsin, and a traveling man, Mr. Ehrman, The object of the proceedings begun ia South Carolina, under the direction of Attorney-General Brewster, is to bring to justice the men who willfully and notoriously defrauded the people of that Mate ot their rights at the polls. In this case it is not necessary to urge intimidation and violence to prove the downright iniquity of the election returns. There has never been, in the history of the country, since the election ) frauds in Kansas, during border-ruffian rule, any invasion of the right of suffrage so open as this. The success of the Democrats during the last Gubernatorial election just previous to that of 1880 so emboldened them that they re solved to cheat the voters of the State without compunction or attempt at concealment. A well-organized system of ballot-box stuffing was contrived and put into operation. Tissue paper ballots were printed and slipped into the boxes in vast numbers, lo such an extent was this carried that it was found necessary to undo the business that had been overdone. In other words, in their eagerness to stuff the boxes, the Demo crats put in niore tissue paper ballots than could have been voted honestly, provided every legal voter in the precinct had deposited one ballot. Then began the process of drawing out the superfluous ballots, in order that the poll-list should tally with the number of votes returned. That this extraordinary proceeding was common, and was conducted exclusively by Democrats, no man can deny. It anything could vitiate a poll, it would be an outrage of this sort. To open the boxes and take out the ballots of voters, no matter what might be the character of the ballots withdrawn and destroyed, is sufficient to make void the election so far as that poll is concerned. And to show that this tampering with the ballot-boxes .was deliberate, it is only needful to refer to the action of the State Democratic Executive Committee in the premises. That body, being informed that the United States Supervisor had instructed his subordinates to report if any ballots had been with drawn, and if any, how many, issued a peremptory order directing the County Committee men "net to allow the Supervisors to see or inspect any ballots drawn from the box in excess of the poll-list." And, as if to fasten upon themselves conclusive proof of their guilty participation in this fraud, the committee instructed the County Com mittee men further that "the ballots must be withdrawn without being seen." In accordance with these orders enough ballots were withdrawn to make the showing appear fair and to give large majorities to the Democratic can-! didates. In the Charleston district, where the most glaring frauds were committed, even these efforts were not successful, and the returns showed Re publican majorities. In all such cases the figures were deliberately falsified. and the County Canvassers swore to what they knew were false returns. That this was the practice, both as to the stuffing of the boxes and the falsification of the returns, in all districts where Democratic ascendency was in doubt, is true beyond dispute or cavil. A blind man could withdraw the ballots of the Republicans and leave the thin bits of tissue paper contrived by the Democrats for their own uses. And any desperate men, bent on defeating the will of the people, and intrusted with the exclusive control of the returns, as the Democrats were, could forge figures to order. It is the fact that evidence of the most irrefragable sort has been accumulated against these men that has thrown the Democracy into a panic. The local Democratic newspapers attempt no de fense of the criminals who have thus shamefully violated the highest rights of American freemen. They assert that the Democrats of South Carolina and the State authorities must stand by the accused, " no matter whether they are guilty or not. Democratic supremacy according to these exponents ot politi cal morality, is of so much greater mo ment than any mere purity of the ballot, or right of suffrage, that the men who have stuffed the ballot-boxes and perjured themselves in the manu facture ot returns are to be pro tected at all hazards. Ihe interposi tion of the State Attorney-General, at the order of the Governor, in behalf of the acused election offi cers is something unexampled in the history of this country. The crime of which these men are accused is not one against any officer of the United States, as in the case of men who have been arrested before now for fir ing at United States revenue officers. It is a crime against the citizens of the State of South Carolina voting under the laws of the United States for Rep resentatives in Congress Yet the Governor directs that the prisoners shall be defended at the ex pense or tne state, bo mignt tne uov ernor of lennessoe, had he been so minded, have ordered that the "moon shiners" of East Tennessee be defended by the State when brought to trial in the United states District uourt. ine action of the Governor is a virtual recog mtion of the fact that the tissue paper ballot and the falsification of election union. It has been supposed that Democrats, if united in nothing else, were at least united in suppressing free speech and honest elections at the South. But here we have Senator Ma-hone, and after him come others, who declare that it is time to put an end to the methods by which the South has been made solid. Again, it was very significant that the Tariff Commission bill passed the Senate by the votes of twelve Senators who were elected as Democrats, and ten of them came from the South. With them was Mr. Voor- hees, whose speech recognizing the movement of public opinion toward the protective system was generally accepted as evidence of Democratic dis integration. In due time there will bo votes on measures of internal improvement. It is probable that these will make manifest the radical disagreement of Democrats on this question also. Does anybody want proof that there is no Democratic party? If so, this Congress will furnish it. N. Y. Tribune. The Change in Southern Politics. nf Phienarn fiolirpd Tt, seems that, thft old gentleman, who was very feeble and returns are peculiar institutions of the utterly unused to the ways of the world State, and must be defended by the A lad3' in town painted a plaque in the most exquisite manner, and expressed it to a friend. Soon after a note of acknowledgment came, in which the lady stated that, "It is altogether toe nice to use every day, so I only use it for a bread plate when we have company. Rochester Express, Death of the First American Hnniorist. William Tappan Thompson, whose death was reported recently, can no doubt be claimed as the first of the distinctive "American Humorists." He was bom in Ohio in 1812. He left the West in hi3 eleventh year and obtained employment in the office of a Philadelphia newspaper. In 1836 he established the first literary weekly newspaper the Mirror published in Georgia. Soon afterwards he married the daughter of a prominent Augustus merchant, to whose sympathy and interest was due much of the work that made the success of his humorous book: ' Major Jones' Courtship." Afterwards he was editor of the Miscellany, of Madison, Ga., and later still of the Western Continent, of Baltimore, and founded the News, in Savannah. Among his other books, written at intervals between his active newspaper work, were " The Chronicles of Pineville" and " Major Jones' Travels." and lie also wrote a farce which John E. Owens produced with success, entitled "The Vicar of Wakennld. outside of his own little circle, had pur chased a ticket for Holden, Mo. He had been placed aboard the train entirely destitute of funds, or the commonest necessaries of life. Happily he fell in with the train porter, who attended to him, doing all in his power, and making known his wants to the passengers. Mr. Ehrman, after investigation, promptly handed the old man ten dollars, saying as he did so: " This is the best invest ment I could make with this money." He also attended to his safe transfer to the Missouri Pacific train, secured him a berth, and did not leave till he saw that the old gentleman was made easy for the rest ot his journey, l his little episode endeared the giver, and was noticed by all aboard the train. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. sworn law officers of the sovereign State of South Carolina. Whether the Governor will invoke the militia to prevent the punishment of the offenders, if they are proved to be guilty, is another question. To be consistent. Governor Hagood should persist, even to this extremity, in his attempt to nullify the laws of the United States. N. Y. Times. Is There a Democratic Party 1 The Boston Gazette bears heavily upon the latest fashion of men's headgear. " While merciless abuse," it says, " has been heaped upon woman's spreading Gainesborougn with no talk back, why does not some champion of that unpopular hat arise and attack those ridiculous little curved saucers adorning masculine pates? Never was there a sillier-looking head-covering than this same postage stamp of a felt hat, which is neither one thing nor t'other. The man who says it is becoming should remember Ananias, and canvas his family circle for an honest opinion." At the Palmer House in Chicago the other day, a drummer smiled at a bride. Then he sent her a note asking if she didn't want to meet the smiler. She handed the missive to her husband, and he took an introduction and pounded the drummer to the edge of the grave, - Detroit Free Press, . Naturalists claim that every creature, however insignificant, has its use. But no man can name the use to which the so-called Democratic party can be put. It cannot be used to uphold the system of protection, and yet its most influential leaders render it impossible for the party to be used to assad that system. It hates National Banks, and yet embraces hosts of men who would quit it at once if it shoidd make war on the National Banking system with effect. Its traditions and many of its strongest men favor a sound currency, and yet the Democratic masses are so infected with soft-money notions that, if it ever takes any side on that question, it inevitably takes the wrong side. All its theories are hostile to internal improvements. The party, therefore, can never be used to plan or carry out great works for the material development of the country. Yet the temper of its local politicians and voters, especially at the South, is so strongly in favor of works in which they have a direct inter est that tne party could not be held together for an hour on a policy of rigid opposition to such works. It seems to be the mission of this Congress to teach the country that the so-called Democratic party has not even one bond of The principal argument which the Bourbons of the Southern States- advance in favor of their continued rule is that their overthrow will result in the renewal of that condition of affairs which prevailed in the yeafs that followed immediately upon reconstruction. They point to the abuse of power of such men as Moses, of South Carolina, the squandering of public funds, and the general mal-administration which it must be admitted existed in some States, as the situation that anti-Bourbon success will revive. ; There were two classes of men that went to the South from the North after the war. One of them went for the purpose of honestly furthering their fortunes. ' The other put on the garb of Republicanism and entered politics from motives that were unmis takably evil. They found at their hand a large class of newly enfranchised citizens, necessarily ignorant and incapa ble of intelligently taking part in public auaus. Notwithstanding the disadvantages that every intelligent man acknowledged to be involved in the en franchisement of the blacks, there were seen to be still greater objections to leaving them without "the protection of the ballot. A transition state had to be passed through, however great the trials ana tribulations temporarily incurred. W hatever these might be, they were in eluded in the retribution that followed upon slavery and secession. They were the inevitable sequence of cause and effect. . . With the aid of the inexperienced and ignorant votes men foisted them selves into official position, who should never have been there. It took time to find them out. They did what they could to disgrace the Republican party in the South, and lost the moral sup port of good citizens all through the countrf. Thero even arose among many Republicans a sympathy for the movement that put an end to their career. But it soon became known that this so-called reform involved practices that could not be upheld. : The Bour bons once installed began to legislate and to act generally in the direction of nullifying the fourteenth and ntteentn amendments. The methods adopted that were at first justified by respectable citizens began to grow distasteful to them, and ' politics passed into the hands of rings of more or less un scrupulous men who were suffered control things through the fear that existed of a return to carpet-bag. 'rule, This prospect has enabled them secure the tacit consent of otherwise good citizens to intimidation and fraud, and they have been working this species of political capital for all that it is worth. Meanwhile they have con-. stituted a monopoly of the offices and have practiced many abuses. Ihe situation is not what it was ten years ago. ihose wolves m sheep s clothmg that called themselves Republicans to secure a chance for plunder have passed from the scene.Ex-Governor Moses, who has recently been arrested in New York for theft and forgery, stands as an exaggerated type of their after experiences. The anti-Bourbon party of to-day is composed of reputable white men who have grown tired of ring monopoly, who reject the class proscription and who are alive to the real interests of the South. " Here and. there a demagogue is -mixed in among them, but that is the case in all political movements. The colored voters have also learned much in ten years. They have a great deal to acquire yet before they will become intelligent wielders of the franchise, but they are far from being the raw material they were. At present they are not made use of by political adventurers from the North, but they are politically allied with Southern men who were formerly Bourbon supporters, and who think that the time has come when a change of rulers will be a blessing. The personal character of Senator Mahone is quite up to that of the average Virginian, and Dr. Felton, of Georgia, will compare very favorably in that respect with Ben Hill. The names upon the lately defeated Independent ticket in Mississippi vvere rather more respectable, if anything, than those on the other. A South Carolina gentleman ex pressed himself recently to a newspaper man to this effect: Well. sir. T hftvo registered ft vow that I will never vote another Ilemocratic ticket as long 1 live. 1 had rutner contend ia- a poor man) with all the negro Governments that ever held sway in youth Carolina than to direct mv efforts towards keening up an aris tocratic government composed ot my own native people, who delight in depriving me of the minor privileges that not only 1, but my ancestors before me, have enjoyed in an unin terrupted manner from time immemorial. The grounds of complaint in this case were the Stock law that discriminates against the negroes and poorer classes generally, and the Registration law, which is nicely framed to limit negro suffrage. The present political situation in the South is that of division among born and bred Southerners them selves, and the effort of the Bourbons to make it appear that it is a set of unprincipled schemers and plunderers that are endeavoring to get in power, is not based on anything like facts. It is so flagrantly untrue that it will not avail long. What was hopefully predicted some time ago with respect to the Solid South has come to pass. Ihe Bourbon solidity was so great that it had to crack, and a healthy disintegration has set in. It may be some time before the direction of the political contests take definite shape, but out of elements that are now working we may be led to believe that a normal state of society in the Southern States is in the way of being established, and that the possession of the ballot by the negro is beginning to have the-desired quality of protecting his rights. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. OHIO LEGISLATURE. Baiate, April 13.The bill to amend 4,415 nd 4,418 Revised Statutes, requiring one -half the amounts received from traveling shows to be paid by the county treasurers into the State agricultural fund was passed. . The following bills were read and adopted : to amend 4,7 Revised Statutes, making costs of suits brought against road supervisors payable by wjnuomj) Hum-cco, iu Kuiuurut; Bnvmgs, loan and building associations to increase their capital stock ; requiring drug clerks to register; to remedy defects in consolidation agreements between railroad companies. Adjourned. Mouse. The bill to amend the law relatina- to county infirmaries so that the salary of superintendents shall be $1,200, and that the tail-oress shall be paid $30 per month, was passed. The joint resolution, by Mr. Schneider, to furnish the Reform School with 300stand of arms, was reconsidered and adopted. The bill providing for the creation and regulation of safe deposit companies, was slightly amended and Senate, April 13. House bill amending 4,957 bo that Clerks of Common Fleas shall keep an index to the trial docket and journal direct, and to the appearance docket, record and executive docket, direct and reverse, passed. House bill to amend 6,407 so that appeals may be taken to the Common Pleas in proceedings to increase or diminish the allowance to widows and' to prohibit mutual fire insurance , companies from borrowing monev. were also passed. The Jones Constitutional amendment resolution was then taken up, and after beinir discussed at length, was adopted with a slight amend ment by a vote of 20 yeas to 12 nays. Senator Wolcott, who was absent on the 12th when the vote on the Smith bill was taken, recorded his vote in favor of the bill, and Senator" Wilson recorded his vote against it. House. The Committee on Military Affairs having had under consideration House bill by Mr. Thorp, to purchase uniforms for the Na tional ttuara, reported It back and recommended the appropriation of twenty-five in-tead of fifty thousand dollars, which amendment was agreed to. The bill failed to pass. Mr. Thorp moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was lost, which was agreed to. and the bill passed yeas 55, navs 19. Senate bill compelling witnesses in continued cases in courts of Common Fleas to enter into recognizance for their appearance, was passed. House bills making church property liable for indebtedness in the erection of buildings, to punish speculation in tickets to places of amusements, ana regulating the width of bal lots, passed. Senate bill providing that no railroad shall lease the railroad property of any otner company witnout tne consent ot two-thirds of the stockholders of both companies. House Dill to provide lor perpetuating the geological surveys of Ohio wag passed. Adjourned. .., . Senate, April 14. The following appoint ments were maae by tne uovernor and con firmed by the Senate x ' Simeon W. Pickering, of Athens, to be a trustee of the Athens Asy lum lor tne iusane ; . vv imam m. Beetle, or Summit, to De a trustee of the Cleveland Asylum for the Insane; Theodore Comstock, of franKiin, to Be a trustee or. the Columbus Asylum for the Insane: Edwin T. Drayton, of Ashland, to be a i rustee of the Institution for the Blind; Wells S. Jones, of Pike, to be a trustee of the Insiitntion for the Deaf and Dumb, each for the term of five years, be ginning April 15, 1882; and John M. Mil-liken, of Butler, to be a trustee of the Dayton Asylum for the Insane, ' for the term of five years, beginning April ! 14, 1882. .Joseph i'erkins, of . Cuvahoga, ran4 John W. Andrews, of Franklin, to the Board of State Charities for three years, beginning April 23, 1882. John N. Rogers, of Clarke, to be a trustee of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, for five years f John M. Holmes, of Harrison, to be a trustee of the Institution of Jfeeole-Minded Konth for nve years; Michael A. Daugherty, of Franklin, trustee of the same for the nnexpired term to I fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George W. Manypenny, John Hunter, as trustee of the Reform School ; Earl W. Merry, of Wood, as trustee of the Girls' Industrial Home, were nominated tand confirmed. 'Ihomas J. Godfrey, to be trustee of the Ohio State University. John B. Gregory, of 8cioto, to be Chief Engineer of the Public Works for two years, beginning May 22, .1883. , . House. The following bills were read the third time and passed: To amend Section 5,437 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, as ameuded April 15th, 1880, (0.. L., 77, p. 210), . relating to homestead exemption for widows and orphans, so that as long as the widow or orphan resides thereon the homes ead shall not be sold; to amend section 2,959 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio so that incorporated banks shall set forth in their yearly statements the average amount of Government and oiher securities, specifying the kind exempt from taxation ; to amend section 25, 28 and 29 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, so that clerks and sergeants-at-arms and- standing committees maybe elected at the beginning of the session, was amended. . , , Senate. April 15. The bill making an appro priation to purchase uniforms for the Ohio National Guard was passed. ' The following bills were also passed:. To establish a meteorological bureau for the State of Ohio ; amend atory and supplementary to section s oi tue Revised Statutes of Ohio, . and providing for the enforcement of conditions named in pardons granted by the Governor; authorizing the printing and distribution of additional copies of the report of the bureau of statistics of labor for the year 18S1; adjourned until the 17th. House. The entire session of the House was taken up in discussing the bribery resolutions and the rcdistricting bill, the latter of which was finally referred to a Conference Committee. Adjourned until the lith. Senate, April 17. The Senate met at nine o'clock and after passing a few local bills the President, at twelve o'clock, adjourned the Senate until January, 1883. House. Mr. Robinson ' submitted the report of the Conference Committee on the redisrict ing bill, which had already been agreed to by the Senate, and asked its passage, which was done by a vote of 66 to 32. It redistricts the State asfollows First and Second district. Hamilton county as at present; Third, Preble, Miami and Mont gomery; rounn, iarKe, Eneioy, jnercer, Auglaize and Allen; Fifth, Putnam, Hancock, Wyandot, Seneca and Crawford; Sixth, Wood, Fulton, Williams, Henry, Defiance, Paulding nnd Van Wert: Seventh, Greene, Clermont- Warren and Butler; Eighth, Clarke, Pickaway, Champaign, Logan and Madison; Ninth, Knox, Delaware, Morrow, Union, Marion and Hardin ; Tenth. Sandusky, Ottawa, Lucas and Erie; Eleventh, Scioto, Adams, Lawrence, Gal lia, Jackson and Vinton; xwolttn, Clinton, Highland. Favette. Brown. Ross and Pike: Thirteenth, Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking and Perry; Fourteenth, Kichland, Ashland, Huron and Lorain: Fifteenth, Meigs, Athens, Morgan, Washington and Monroe; blxteeentn. Licking, Muskingum, Coshocton, Holmes and Tuscara was: Seventeenth. Belmont, Harrison, Jeffer son, Guernsey and Noble; Eighteenth, Carroll, Columbiana, Mahoning and Stark; Nineteenth, Portage, Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula and Trumbull; Twentieth, the counties of Summit, Medina and Wayne, the townships of Bedford, Chagrin Falls, East Cleveland, Enclid, May-field, Newburgh, Orange, Warrensville, and Solon, in Cuyahoga county, and theFour-tot-nth. Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth wards of the city of Cleveland; Twenty-first, the townships of Brecksville, Brooklyn, Dover, Middleburgu, Olmsted, Independence, Parma, Rockport, Royaltown and Strongsvllle in Cuyahoga eountv, and the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventn, Kigntn, mintn, renin, Eieventn, Twelfth and Thirteeeth wards of the city oi Cleveland. The House then adjourned until January, 1B83. CONGRESSIONAL. Mr. Camekon, of Fa., on the 13th pre sented a protest from the Central Branch Land League of America against the i mprisonment of American citizens in Ireland; referred. Th bill appropriating $ti.000,000 for the improvement of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers-was made unfinished business for the following day. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Appro priations, reported witnout aonenament too House bill appropriating $80,000 to supply th deficiency in the current year in tha subsistence --of the .. Indian -- tribs. He explained the bill was substantially identical with the one recently originated in and passed by the Senate, and was made necessary because the House declined to recognize tne ngnt oi tne senate to originate tne measure. Mr. Plumb, from the same committee, reported without . amendment the House-bill to supply 'the-deficiencies of the current year;- $170,09-4,or printing, stamps, etc., for Revenue Department; $35,000 for the manuraerure or paper lor tne Treasury. Department, also $150,000- to : continue - the work on the Washington monument the latter appropriation being for the next fiscal' year and to enable the person in charge of the work to make his contracts for the coining year at tnts time; passed.. Aajmiraea.... .-. .. In the House the bill to-ratify the agreement between the Shoshone and Bannock Indians for the sale of a portion of their reser vation in Idaho required jor the Utah, ana Northern Railroad passed. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the Tariff Commission bill. Mr. Updegraff, of Ohio, concluded bis speech in favor of protective as opposed to free trade tariff or tariff for-revenue orrly. Mr. Turn er, ot Georgia, argued ip support of revenue tariff. Mr. iirumm, of Pennsylvania, argued for a continuance of the present protective Solley. Mr. Armfleld, of North Carolina, conned his remarks principally to ft review of the abuses of the Internal revenue system of taxation. The Committee rose without action,, and the House adjourned. In the Senate oa the 14th, Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Claims, reported favorably, with amendments, a bill to reap-propriate and apply the amount appropriated by the act of March, 1877, to pay certain Southern mall contractors. The regular order of business was passed over and Mr. Voorhees addressed the Senate upon the resolution introduced by htm, declaring that the conduct of the -State Department in relation to the arrest and imprisonment by the British authorities of Daniel McSweeney and other American citizens is in violation of American law, inconsistent with the value of American citizenship, and derogatory to the honor of the United States. After an executive session the - Senate adjourned until the 17th ,ln . the House the minority report ' on the anti-Chinese bill was presented. It states that the minoritr have determined not to report the fifteen year bill, but to vote for Mr. Page's motion. The Mr. O" Sullivan, M. P., has introduced a bill into Parliament, by the terms of which no spirits can be drank ia England until they are a year old. William S. Dunn, a Philadelphia commercial traveler, returned trom a Western trip one day recently. Six months ago his wife died, to whom he had been only a year married, and. on his return he seemed depressed on ac count of the well-meant but annoying consolations of his friends. The next morning when he visited the store he seemed to have shaken off his despondency and was in good spirits. About 10:15 o'clock he walked to the rear of the store, a pistol report was heard and Dunn was found dying, having shot himself in the ns:ht temple. -ft. Jr. Herald. , The New York Tribune critic says Anna Dickinson s "Hamlet lacks "pas sionate tenderness, corroding gloom the far-off gaze of the haunted soul that looks with anguish and despair throusrh wild and beautitul eyes, and the forlorn deiection of the thoiirht- laden mind." That settles it. We don't want to see Anna wrestle with the melancholy Dane. We don't care much for the far-off gaze of the haunted soul and such, but no "Hamlet" for us that doesn't contain "corroding gloom.' The idea of such a Hamlet is supremely preposterous. Norristown Herald. House then went into Committee of the Whole on the private . calendar. The first bill on the calendar 'was for the relief of Edward B. Armstrong,' one of the heirs of James B. Armstrong, of Missouri met with opposition on the ground that, though the original claimant had been loyal, E. B. Armstrong had been unable to prove his loyalty. The debate was continued at great length, after which the enacting "clause was stricken out, thus defeating the measure. Adjourned. . The Senate was hot in session on the 15th. . .,The House went into Committee of the Whole on the Tariff Commission bill. Mr. McMillan" ' opposed the pending bill on the ground that it was the duty of Congress to legislate directly on the . subject of revision of the tariff. High tariff, he said, taxed every fwmer,- printer,- teacher, doctor, lawyer, preacher and mechanic in the land in order to increase the 'profits of the rich manufacturer; and even-placed a duty upon Bibles, thus prohibiting the plan of salvation from going untaxed to the people. If there was to be a revision of the tariff, why did not the representatives of the people stand 1 to their duty like men, and not shrink from, that duty and send an irresponsible commission all over the country, junketing and feasting, in order to inform Congress what it must do. Messrs, Sbellen-barger, Wilson and Ward advocated the pass- ageoi the Dili.- Mr. mil iavorea tne continuation of the-protective system. Adjourned until 17th. The following bills were introduced in the Senate on the 17th : To establish (.Board of Ballroad -Commissioners to regulate the inter-State commerce and tor other purposes; tabled. .The bill recently repotted by Mr. Kellogg, from the Commerce Committee for deepening canals and improving the navigation of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers then came" up as the regular order, and after lengthy discussion the bill went over without action, and after an executive Session the Senate adjourned In the House the following bills were intro duced and referred: To create a United states Cattle Commission; appropriating flOO.OOOfor the purchase of seed cane ana for theaistriDu-tion of the-same. by the Commission of Agriculture: a resolution calling on the Secretary (of the Treasury for information,, whether in pis estimates for an appropriation covering 'laborers, mechanics, etc., such estimates were based on tne eight - aour law; m retire the circulation of the national Ibanks ' and to continue them as- banks krf deposit and discount. . Mr. Kanney, trom It-hp rnmmlrtpA on F.lentinns. submitted a majority report in the contested case of-Bis-Ibeevs. Finley,-of Florida; declaring the con testant, Bisbee. entitled, to the seat; laid oyer. Mr. Page, of California, under instructions of the Committee on Education and Labor, raoved to suspend the rules and put upon its passage the anti-Chinese bill, with a ten-yoar period of suspension of immigration. The bill was passed . yeas, 201; nays, 'SI. Adjourned.. , The Chair. iSubmitted to the Senate on the 18th a message -from the President trans mitting ,a recommendation to tne Mississippi Jtiver Commission for an appropriation of fl.000,000 for closing the existing gaps in the levees in addition to tfieTIke sunt already estimated for; The President urges the early and favorable consideration of the recommendation and balls special attention to. the importance of the subject; ordered printed. Mr. Garland, from the Judieinry Committee, reported an affirmative answer to the inquiry addressed the committee whether a United States army officer can lawfully hold a civil office under the United States. Mr. Cockrell, trom the Military Committee reported favorably on the bill ta donate to the Ladies soldiers Monument so ciety of Portsmouth. U., four condemned cannonst -passed. Mr: Johnston offered a reso lution calling tor copy oi me diplomatic correspondence which passed in the early part of 1876 between the United! States Minister in Madrid and the Spanish Secretary of State, concerning the cases of citizens of the United Stales condemned to death in Cuba, etc.; adopted. The Senate bill to accept and ratify tbe'agreement with the Crow Indians for the sale of a portion of the reservation in Montana required for the Northern Pacific Railway, and appropriating $2"i,000 therefore, was passed. The Mississippi and Missouri im- froveraent bill was takeomp and discussed at ength, when It was laid aside and the Senate adjourned In the House Mr. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill providing that all railroad bridges across the Ohio Kiver, which have not yet been completed shall be Union bridges; referred. Mr. Hiscock, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, i reported the joint resolution appropriating $485,000 to supply tke deficiency in the appropriations for printing and binding for the current fiscal year. On motion of Mr. Guenther, a bill was passed to regulate the carriage of passengers by sea. The bill changes the method of determining the amount of space to be allowed to each passenger trom superficial to cubic. measurement. A communication was received from the Secretary of the Navy concerning the establishment of the Indian Training School on the site of the old Fort Ripley Military Reservation, Minnesota. Adjourned. . - In the Senate on the 19th Mr. Allison,' from the Committee on Finance, reported favorably the bill to allow the investment of funds in the Agricultural College of Iowa; passed. Mr. Sherman presented a petition from citizens of Ohio praying for liberal appropriations for the education of illiterate people in the Southern States. The time assigned to the : calendar was largely occupied by discussion on the bill to provide for the sale of part of the reservation of the Omaha tribe of Indians, in Nebraska, the point in controversy being as to the validity of the provision oxempting trom taxation for twenty-five years thereafter those portions of the lands sold to Indians. Mr. Miller, Of California, from the Committee on Foreign - Relations, reported with amendments the House bill to execute treaty stipulations relating to Chinese. He stated that the report was not a unanimous one, and it went over. After executive session the Senate adjourned IntheHousea vote was taken on the resolution of the minority of the Election Committee, declaring Cannon entitled to a seat, and it was rejected-yeas 79, nays 133. This was a party vote, with the exception of Messrs. Beltz-hoover, Coleriek. Cobb, Cassidy, Holman, Mosgrove, Murch, Rice of Missouri, Mat-son and Turner, of Kentucky,, who voted in the negative with the Republicans, and Campbell, of Pennsylvania, in the affirmative with the Democrats. A majority resolution, declaring that neither Cannon or Campbell is entitled to a seat, was adopted withoutdivision. If women will paint, why will they 'do it in a manner that would disgrace a house and sign painter? Women who paint are subject to a' certain form of color-blindness. The eye becomes demoralizedthey think they are giving themselves a tinge of color when they are reddening themselves to the hue of peonies. The woman who paints resigns the privilege of blushing. Washington Post.