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' 5fiasau ist tha sua, the,little house,- -. ----- ' ■»
-16liBisg ift.the sun; and shone;   ,
isail feougJi the walla I couldheat Ms- voice *
t|h0l3oaitiiULfar fcisovfu. .... ,      « » .
Ei'8 ^ans.'-wefe bf%ire, as'TbnghJ as "gold,"  *
WrougM in a prgttjj 'fieMgfi; * ^ u -
v ..'Sia spaesa^etween for -windows sert^ed,-
4jiSit|ia floor was.clean arid fine. * ;
■ ..Wz.~3~x?p§.plenty, too, to eatanddrink,
; 3is.S3Jittle house that shone;
i lucliy'thing, te he sure, you'd say,
■ ■' \ 4^ousal%ethi8forpue,soyjil '»;*
Butthe doo* wiss shut, and locked gU tight.
Thelrey was ou the outside;
The" one who was in, <;ould.uot get out,
Uo laatter how much h& tried.      « •■    »
^Swasioaly a prison; after aU, * «■' -
tffaig bright little housd that shone?
Ms-, we would not want a house like that,
No matter if'twere, our own* .    „   .
. And yet, through the walls I heard the voice 5
Of -ih'e oiie who lived inside; " "     "
'So warble a sweeter song each day
It did seem as if he-tried.
Io open the door he never sought, -c
Nor fluttered in idle strife;
He ate, and he drank, and slept, and sang,   ,
■j And made, the' beat of his life.
And I, to myself* said every day, -   •
- As his cheery song! heard,- " **. ■
There's s lesson for us iu every UQt94
Of that little prisa&ed bird...
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WeatlofuslivstilUelferhigr '  '      •-
_J3re gse"WRllea dtt etfet* side?  ■'■"   -"'
W6 all long te do &3jtmdi;ed thihga  _-, «
Whiti-ftraeast-Mfiffie'ped. '.r'.rl   "
^e.,cgu spfe^d«urTsffeng& all foolishly
-XUadiseohtented'sfeiffeJ * .....
di \£fe can be wi3e, and laugh and giflg.  -.
^   A-aafaakfe the best o'£ our life.' '     '
mm,i&si.KMiitu&fopF&mirtt.
' *M.gAk ■ ASnt s4ojsSiJS§.     _    ° '
I stood alone in the porch last night,
And watdhfed the mood rise over the lea,
Mil the shadows waved'in ihefBilver light,.
,    And the night-wind sighed to me.
And down la the garffeu-paths I knew *
That last year's leaves were lingering yet,
Leaves that h^d tak^n. the sun and"thevdew „ "
Ot .days 1 would'fain forgot.'
I found no peace iu the summer night? ■ > „
" Old joys,'' Xsaid, 'flike the leaves lie law,"
And I cannot rest in this tranquil light*," *
So rw^it, and tfirijea to go. ,"  ■" h
I stegd cgain~in the porch at morn,
"WhilS the TszngbsJhaSE. dforra -tneir -feparjaing
Dijf2s»      . ■,.-,...        -      • f
]&$ tiiS,*Sun: wj^e <3ver the Bpfhigliig WrS"
AM thtj fields of gcerited hiy.   *
A wain went by with lis ff agrdnt Todd;
The wagoner whistled loud and dear,
But I heard a step on the quiet road, **        • '
Aud knew that my lova was near. .   .»   *
Blow, morning wind, o'er the suu-lit slope,
And carry the dead leaves cut of sighfrf
For JnyJie&et.b%3ta.highfoj*ife new-teund hope,: •
Ah, why did I doubt, last night?
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AWASTC&SWS (SHOgTc
It.seenied to be odd th'at'a grg-y-
liairedwidower likemyself was to mairy
a girl of 18. Her rnotlier nad been a
housekeeper in', our -family, but' died
soon, after Katie's birth. So it happened! she' *was" adopted by- tis, as w6'
had no children "of- our own. Poor
Anastasiss! She warned ma solsmnly
> on_ her  death-bed,-and  thsesrtened to
rise from her grave ia case of such an
event. ' - . '-   -\
.    EcSe'X7tis"in her 10th ^*ear"when my
,   wife died.   XiCi&hsxGmay to fr bocrd-
ing-school'; and, as business, called na$
abroad, Sid not see her again until my
return, eight' years afterward- 1  was
somewhat bewildered to find a-lovely
woman instead of'the little girl I had.
lef t jn short dresses." Of ""-course -ypu..'
can guGss the sequel.   I f ell"in'love with
this charming adopted daughter. There
was something in the "frankness of-her
nfHiner that completely won my heart.
2fc "ctes erdclenfc that 'she was deeply" at-
'rcdAyA *io ice.   A cot»M-.not hel^ Gsoing
"-*-; r2~ela "Az^cqs ahe yciued: my society^
".   ' 5"*:  zrf ESThew," John Say-"
4 -     "_ _ -"—•" -     --»**..;,"
abroad., She never addressed him except in. monosyllable, but would flush
all over with embarrassment if he but
"entered the room. But with me she
was always self-possessed and talkative
and sociable.
Katie wasn't a bit like other girls that
I had known anything about. Instead
of blushing at my confusion that after-
-■<?"* noon she turned pale and shivered as if
struck by a sudden chffl; I noticed,
too, that there waa a strange quiver in
her voice when she finally consented to
be my wife. I wes apprehensive that
John had told her what Anastasia had
said on her death-bed. And yet I
couldn't believe he would be so inconsiderate. Somehow I. couldn't forget
that warning. Anastasia was a remarkable woman, and would surely keep her
word, if ghosts are permitted to wralk
the earth. Thinking thus, I began to
grow frightened at the shadow in my
room, and hastily rang the bell for
lights.
"Why are you so late, Bridget?" I
asked, sharply, as the servant entered
the room.
" Indade, sir, * and it's meself that's
been with Miss Kate every blessed
minute, and she's almost kilt with a
pain in her head."
Gould this be the result of our conversation that afternoon? Considerably
startled, I questioned Bridget eagerly.
John came in while we were talking.
"Kate ill?" he said, with a shadow on
his brow. "Is it anything serious; uncle?"
"What business had he to take any
special interest in Katie ?
" Only a headache," I answered, coldly; "she is subject to such   attacks.
...^        Bring in the tea, Bridget.'*  *
" "We shall have a lonesome evening,".
John sighed. * ...     ■    .
It was cheerless, though, without
Katie. I missed her bright face behind
the tea-tray. John left his cup untast-
ed. My jealousy Was aroused, and I
watche'd him keenly.
As spon, as we were alone, I said, half
angrily, "What is the matter, John ? "Sou
look as if you hadn't a friend on earth.
I didn't know before that you liked
Katie so."
The crimson leaped up to his very
brow.
" I am glad that you do," I continued,
hastily, "for you will soon be connected
by the ties of relationship. She. has
promised to be my wife,"
"You are jesting, uncle!'' he said,
doubtingly.
"I was never more serious in my
life," I answered. o
John showed evident signs of agitation."
"You have no right to sacrifice that
young girl," he said, bitterly.   "You are
old   enough to  be  her  father.     Of
<Qkirse  she   accepted  from  gratitude.
How dare you think * of such a thing? "
"No wonder you rave," I replied, with
a mocking smile; "you are disappointed
in your inheritance."
^ At that moment the wind gave a fear
ful shriek outside, and I' thought of
Anastasia. .        "
"Are you not afraid to marry again? "
John inquired, maliciously. "You remember the warning? "
"Nonsense!" I answered; "itwill take
something more than a ghost to frighten
me out of this marriage."
I had scarcely finished speaking when
there Was a-great gust of wind, and a
crashing of glass, and the storm actually.
swept into the room. We glanced
around us in dismay. The boughs of a
large tree that stood in front of the
house had. fallen against the winclc^!
John gav6 a peculiar look as 1 cowered
oyerrth§.fire, and then* barred the .wh1"
.dbW^iif such a manner as to keep'but*
ths rain. A "strange gloom enveloped
us both, and we did not return to the
subject we had been discussing. Our
conversation was fitful, and it seemed a
relief _wheh we-parted at bedtime.
There is no use in denying that I was
trdubled'a little with.superstitious fears.
I peered round ahxiSusly into eyery
cotnet of 4he tooffl. Be!6&3:etiring5 J>ut
ffttnd no si|j^ of any ntysteiious "visitant. I had sl^ch a feat of th§ dark"*
ness, however,*Hhat I-left the-candle
burning. A II
^2 $he fuiy of the stotm had not abated,
§nd 1 lay awake some time listening to
the Wind. At lastj however, I fell into
an uneasy slumber. How loilg I had slept
I kno\^nQtcjwhen„I*was awakened byan
icy toudh'bn;my forehead.
I standi tip With, s;*hrill'of' gppre-^
hension. The light emitted ft fawfe,
sepulchral gleam. Oh, horror! WhaV
was that I saw? A figure, robed in
white, came gliding toward me from the
fdot ofalebM*. The fa<5e;was hidden
from my view, but I knew from th&'
form that it was the ghost of Anastasia.
" "William 3ey1101^^, .came in a
heto6VfMdfe:|tGifi'the figure, ffl.am
&ere to-af ejp^e y<m± infidelity, and' to
drag you down tothe grave in my'em1
teace."
t shrieked with terror as I felt her
clutch-j my throat, and cried faintly,
"Mercy! mercy!",-; :''/•"*£ \* Z
•"p"You would marry Katie Kelson^
would you?" whispered the ghost, mockingly. "If you do not wish to die'—-
«nd here the icy fingers pressed so
tight that I gasped for breath—" promise' me that you wili not take a second
'Wife."     :^ _.-/•,;       ;      "■-;   - •,- .'
" Oh, 1"promise1. I promise 1" said I,
half deadjyith terror.      _
" Woe be unto you if you deceive me!"
answered the "ghost solemnly, andl heard
no more.
-   It was some? time,- however, before -I
ventured to cast a'timid glance around
the room.   The ghost had disappeared.
The etons^toQ, was beginning *to ^atef
.but 1 etfald -not go to„sleej|i4gain, fdr I'
fdund it impossible to forget.that phantom * and  its" deadly clutch upon my
plroat.. **I jiesblyed.toVay nothing about'
-it.-   Of'course, people, would ridicule
theidea of a ghost.''  Nevertheless I did
not dare towed Katie Nelson; yet how,
could I explain this. sudden change of
purpose?   I fervently hoped that she
would not die of a, broken heart, poor
child,   Whot^should I-sfcy to her?_
:After - considerable reflection,  i
Vdnnv'^^i^p'roposea-.^axriuge* was* so
odiousin his eyeslhai-I knew he would
jilstify my apparent treachery to her, if
possible.
Morning came, and I arose in a feverish state of miud. How I dreaded to
meet Katie at the breakfast-table; but,
fortunately, she did not make her appearance. John looked so troubled
that I almost fancied he, too, had seen
the ghost. After breakfast I said to
him, with embarrassment that I strove
to hide: "My dear boy, do you remember what we were talking about
last evening? I have been thinking
over the matter seriously and am afraid
that a marriage between Katie and myself will result in unhappiness; but I
have not the courage to brave her reproaches. Now, John, will you act as
mediator, and make known this change
in my views?"
"Why, uncle," he answered, and I was
almost sure I saw a gleam of mischief
in his eyes, " something extraordinary
must have happened. You are not
usually.so fickle."
" We won't discuss the matter," said
I, in an irritated tone. " Will you, or
will you not grant my request? "
" Of course I will," he replied; "but
it is a difficult task. The poor child
will be so* disappointed."
I detected a joyous ring in his voice,
and looked at him rather suspiciously.
His diplomatic mission was successful, however. Late in the morning
Katie came downt nto the library where
I was sitting. had never seen her
look prettier.
"Oh, Mr. Raymond," he said, eagferly,
"I am so glad to see that you have
changed your mind, t was so unexpected yesterday. I never dreamed
before that you loved me in any other
way than«as a daughter."
Was this acting? Was she trying to
deceive me in her sweet unselfishness?
" Then you never loved me ? " I asked.
" Dear Mr. Eaymond, you know better," she answered; "only it was not
exactly the kind of love one ought to
feel toward a husband. You are as dear
as if you were my own father; but you
are so much older than I that—that—"
She hesitated and did not finish her
sentence. I remembered my gray, hairs
with a pang of mortified vanity. Was
not the ghostly visit enough? Must I
be tortured in this manner afterward?
The veil was torn away from the delusion I had cherished. Alas! I had misinterpreted her childish affection. It
must be that she loved another. I
looked down into the face, where a
vivid scarlet glowed, and read herse^
cret. ■ "*   •       . *
"My dear child," I exclaimed, attempting to control my agitation, " tell
me everything."
"Oh, Mr. Baymond," she answered,
in confusion, "John has asked me to be
his wife,"
The rascal! No wonder that he remained with her such a long time that
morning; no wonder he boasted of the
satisfactory manner in which everything
had been explained.
"The impudent fellow!" I muttered,
impatiently. "What did you answer,
child ? -Do you love him? "
Low ahd sdftthe^nswer came: "Yes."
The heart of a Woman is a mystery
that I cannot fathom. I was certainly-
outwitted by my nephew. He must have
been afraid, however, that my conscience
would reproach me if Katie showed her
disappointment. I have little doubt that
she loved me far better than she would
confess.
Ah, well! they were married in due
tjme; and we $ye gll living to^etbej:. Tbe
dear children do everything they can
for i^;ha^iiessi? '* ." AA^f^AAy A'-^AI
" Katie'is still a^beautiMT woman, and
John is the staff of my old age.
I never saw the ghost again. In fact,
I have good reason to think that the
mysterious visitant wasra certain graceless nephew ofJmijie,*wS9 hftSJailehii^
love with Katie. Of course I forgave
the deception long ago, as it saved me
from a terrible mistake.
THE
M'U
CAPITA!,.
*-< Killing.. ^rizzliesj ^ r. -
Several wee& ago, in*-the*heighbor-
hood of Hettenshaw, in this county, a
fematkable beat-hunt occurred. It appears that Dr. Stanley, while on a visit
to Hettenshaw, espt'essed an earnest de-
site tp^o beaf-hnn|i^:^Sti3.,acj|>3*din0;;
ly one morning lie started, in company
with Green Erench, George Burgess,
and Jo Lightfoot. Arriving at a thicket, the dogs ga^e .notice oi their near
approach ■ to 'hear; ^and the paft^ decided
to station themselves at eeytainjpoints
and let the dogs go in and diive the
bear out. This was done; but the doer
tor, .feigppming* impatient, $gt&?ed* tha
thicket. himself. The heavy undergrowth made his progress slow, but he
fought his way ahead until he came to
a fallen tree^ lying, ip.. a^little grolchf
Helping- himself along by the limbs h6
arrived at the upper end just in time
to be confronted by a huge grizzly bear.
Betreat was impossible, as it had been
withthetutmost difficulty th#f,thk doctor had advanced so far; there was no
tree in convenient distance, and, as the
grizzly showed fight, there was nothing
left for him to dp butjshpotv Taking
deliberated aim- with-Mss ^Henry* rifle, *the
doctor fired and the bear fell mortally
wounded. Another load was Sprung
from the magazine into the rifle, and
the doctor, looking towOTd^his p?p^
was surprised to see'a second bear in
the same spot. This he shot also, and,
quickly reloading, was yet more astonished to^see a third bear in the.same
placB wlfer<3 he ha'Alslldt the, other two.
Again the lever moved and a fresh charge
went into position, and again the doctor
looked up and discovedi, fourth grizzly
coming tow^d^hjgi|E&iih0.same. -opening in the bi-u'sl^ Whang, Went the gun
again, and down went bear No. 4. By
this time the doctor had got warmed
up «2i<| excite.d,;and he kept,moying the*
leveF^nd' fir&g^'mto'ijhe ^bodieis of £ihe
bears until the sixteen shots in th©
magazine were exhausted. Meantime
his companions, hearijig. the shooting,
and pfesumiiig3 the cause, made tlieir
way to where the Doctor was, with the
indention of assisting him, but found
■£§-  Hm on to^>oS the largest bear, fduk the
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■' Xetterftom Our BtrJ^dsir Correspondent.
Washin^c:^ Feb. 8,1879.
THE CIBHEB 7aIlEGBAMS.
The*secret of tho„;e cipher telegrams,
about which there *h s been so much
talk these last few -Months—or, rather,
the secret as to hovf p\ey were procured
and made public—hW et last come out.
It is a simple story, a id, briefly told, is
about as follows: Tiie, originals were delivered by the Telegrs, >h Company to the
Senate Committee. on Privileges and
Elections, of which ^ciiator Morton was
$t that time Chairm&r „ When the com-
'ihittee were through; ;Mth them—there
was alargetrunk fuEoiihe cabalistic messages—they were -dumped back into the
trunk, returned to the telegraph Company, shipped off toNe'V^ork, and burned.
It was supposed . \^y the telegraph
people that all the "f "-spatches relating
to, the Presidential 'election were re-*
duced to "ashes. The ra was at least one
person, however, tljrv was wiser than
the telegraph compc'- ^"namely, George
33. Bullock, clerk oi 'ISier Senate Committee on Privileges rad Elections, and
now Consul to Coi^ lie. It appears
that Bullock sorted "lit all the suspicious-looking Bepir Jatio dispatches
and preserved them. * Just before his
departure" for fpivii,.^ lands Bullock
turned them over ic James L. Evans,
an Indiana Bepublier^ politician, with
the remark that bliey.
ful to the BepubIkJ
turned them over to_"
sistant Postmaster (*. .aeral, and he
turned them oyer to ".Yilliam E. Chandler after ttyihg in /ain to decipher
them. Chandler carr-'i the originals to
the office of- Ben Tintler, and, while
that genflemqn.'s haui was turned,*
quietly laid them on I is desk. Copies
of them, in. the mc:
made and forwar&cv
Whitelaw Beid, of '.
placed two experts, A_
venor, atWopk upon £r.
with the matter fop vr
ing any progress *
them.. EinaJly the'
mining cipher pdr * -
hold Dioti^n£8,y,i, &£
forti. wns as ^ea^y
log" -.'-:'.
AnU'this is the tlr
ocrati6 cipherK w:c:v
while tho Eei>i-*&.
might prove use-
n party. Evans
W. Brady, As-
otime, had  been
by  Chandler to
few York.    Eeid
wizard and Gros-
m. They wrestled
oks without mak-
,rrd deciphering
■me across an old
;. ia the'' House-
',' 'ihe work henee-
i.3 rolling offt,* a
OOT* '""■' *^J"t? ^ *"
3    J?)r<.   *'"
' of how theDem-
-ven to the World,
■ dispatches were
"" ?.nd etepial ob**
Ohe"'was an im- [, Z"
anrf shouting "lustily,
mense grizzly, so large that the hunters
could not handle bim, and the oflier
three were good-sized grizzlies, probably about 2' years old. The shooting
of four bears by one man, without ever
changing his position, is something
hitherto unheard of, even in the most
highlycolored annals of the Western
wilds.—Trinity (Cal.) Journal.
Bro. Gardner's Lime-Kiln Club,
. "Gem'len,. an. onpleasant dooty am
forced upon me by de pressur'trf circumstances," began Brother Gardner, as
. the hall grew quiet. " D e odder evenin',
as I war reclinin' on de kitchen lounge,
a rap was heard at de dooh and de fol-
lerin' note was put into my hands:
"Beotheb Gardner—If you will follow the
bearer of this you will discover a number of
your club engaged in a very disreputable business.- - • X.
" I followed de boy. In a barn in an
alley off Hastings street de diskivery
was made. A member of dis club was
dar, engaged in puttin' up a dog-fight,
an' about forty specktatorsWeije on han'
to see de fun. I looked frew de cracks
and seed de hull performance. De dog
owned by de Lime-kiln man licked de
odder canine in about ten minits, an' §5
changed hando, but de blush o' pride
didn't come to my cheek on dat account.
If dar ever war a time when I liked to
see a dog-fight,it war way back in de
forties. It am a cruel, bad bizness, too
low for decent men to encouraige or en-
gaige in, an' it am now my painful
duty to ax Brudder Philbrick Gladstone
to stan' up an' let himself be seen."
»The member mentioned slowly arose.
The proceedings were, a perfect thunderclap to him. As he reached his feet
and found sixty or seventy pair of eyes
turned upon him he would have resumed
his bench if the thoughtful Jan. Harrison hadn't been behind him with a darning-needle.        '   ; -
"I—-Ize heah, sah!"' he gasped, as he
turned to the platform.
"De brudder will.step^seben or eight
paces dis way," said the President.
He walked slowly forward, his knees
playing a tufle and hip color fading to
the complexion of Erench wall-paper,
and when he was in position the President arose and said:   "       . /. .
"Brudder Philbrick Gladstone, you
hez heard de charges. Am you guilty
or innocent?"
"I war dar, ait' I owned de winnin'
dorg," was the reply.
"Well, de sentence am dat you hand
over de $5 to de library fund o' dis club,
an' dat you sign a pledge nebber to en-
gaige-in such low bizness agin. In ease
you. refuse to han' over an' sign, your
name will be crossed from de roll, an'
dis hall won't see you any more."
The brother handed over the cash
without hesitation, signed a written
pledge, and as he returned to his seat
he had to unbutton his vest to give play
to his heartfelt emotions. He will doubtless be found in the front rank of philanthropists and humanitarians after
this.—Detroit AE'ree JPress* .
mittee on Education and Labor, to restrict the immigration of Chinese to the
"United States. Briefly stated, it provides that no master of a vessel owned
in the United States shall take on board
a any noint in China or elsewhere more
than fifteen Chinees passengers, with
intent to bring them within the "United
States. Yiolation of this provision is
made a misdemeanor, punishable by a
fine of $100 for each passenger and imprisonment for six months. The master of the vessel is required, under like
penalties, to report on his arrival a
sworn list of all Chinese passengers.
The report from the committee on
this "bill was unanimous. It sets forth
that the evils of Chinese immigration
are fully recognized on the Pacific
slope, and have been for many years.
"Welcomed at first," the report says,
"as a meager addition to society and a
"valuable ally in the development of the
material resources of their new home,
the Chinese, by their sordid, clannish,
immoral and non-amalgamating habits,-
within a very short time reversed the
judgment in their favor and came to be
regarded -as a standing menace to the
.social and political institutions.of-jthe
country."
THE LABOB PBOBLEM.
Senator David Davis, of Illinois, has*
presented in the Senate a memorial of
more than ordinary importance. The
memorial is .signed by 3,190persons
from a number of States, -ranging all
th© way from Massachusetts to Texas
and recites that the lalio* question is
one which involves the happiness or
misery of millions of the people of "this
country, and asks that Congress take
some action in collecting statistics
on the subject. Mr. Davis made
a few remarks in favor of the.
subject of the memorial. He said
the people were • justly indignant
that Congress"should expend-motfey to
ascertain the condition of foreign trade
and bestow no attention upon the condition, of trade at horned He thoaght
the accumulation of statistics upon the
subject was of the utmost' importance,
and that the manor set of men who
would do anything to solve this .great
question of • the status- of- labor* would
become immortal.* The memorial was
referred to an appropriate committee.
SCAELET EETEE.
TTHE 'NEW EENt. ±oK xrtxis*-
It is said that the future Prince of
Bulgaria is likely tobe Price Louis of
Battenberg, the son of Prince Alexander of Hesse, who is an Austrian cavalry
general and honorary colonel of the
Eighth Bussian Hussars. Prince Louis
is now serving in the British navy,fand
is an intimate friend of the Dukeof
Edinburgh	
The Philadelphia Inquirer estimates
that the real and personal property of
the United States is worth $50,000,000,-
000, against $42,000,000,000 for Great
Britain, and,$4^000,000,000 for &c§jic
At a Cabinet meriting, last week,
there was an extended legal discussion
with reference to the construction to be placed upon portions
of the Pension Arrearages bill. It is a
matter of great importance as to when
the payment of arrearages begins,
whether on the date of the discharge of
the pensioner from the Government
service or at the period at which the
disability commenced. After considerable debate on this topic the matter was
left for the opinion of the Attorney
General.
THE MITCHELli WAB CIiAIM.
Warren Mitchell, of Louisville, Ky.,
has for several years been prosecuting
a claim for $128,000, to reimburse him
for cotton seized by the Eederal troops
in Georgia, during the last days of the
Kebellion. The Court of Claims once
decided favorably on this claim, and
Mitchell was just about to get possession of the money, when information
came to the members of the Court that,
so far from the plaintiff being a loyal
citizen, as he had proved by any number
of witnesses, he had been a contractor in
the South during the war, furnishing the
Confederate army with pork, beef,
and other sinews. Thereupon the
Court of Claims modified their
opinions so far as to reverse their decision and kick the claim out of court.
Of course Mitchell's next step was to
make a raid on Congress. After a series
of spicy debates the question was decided adversely by the Senate, bythe
decisive vote of seventeen yeas to thirty
nays. The unusual prominence given
to these war claims in the House of late
has induced Senator Edmunds, of Yer-
mont, to propose an amendment to the
constitution prohibiting the payment of
claims to disloyal persons.   It reads as
follows:
Art. 16. No claim against the United States
shall ever hereafter be sustained or allowed by
Congress, or any department, officer, or court
of the United States, or gioney paid bythe
United States or from their funds, whether as
damages, compensation, or otherwise, from or
on account of any property, real, personal, or
mixed, taken, used, injured, or destroyed by
the United States troops, or by or through any
officer, civil or military,.or other person acting
or professing to act under or by authority of
the United States, or of their enemies, or taken,
used, injured, or destroyed from any other
cause whatever during tho existence of tho
late insurrection or rebellion against the
Government of the United States, unless the
owner thereof (and in case of any corporation
its governing authority and management) was
during all the time of such insurrection or rebellion loyal in fact to the Government of the
United States, and gave neither aid nor
encouragement to the enemy. No pension,
bounty, grant, pecuniary indemnity, or pecuniary benefit shall ever be given or provided for,
by or under authority of Congress or any State
for or on account of any military or other service performed or injury suffered in hostility to
the Government of the United States. No pardon or amnesty, past or future, shall have any
effect to take any person, case or claim out of
the pur new of this article.
THE BBAVE MTLITIA.
Senator Ferry, of Michigan, 'has
offered in the Senate a new National
Militia bill. It provides that all able-
bodied male citizens between the ages
of 18 and 45 years, within the respective
States and Territories, except such as
may be exempt by law,sliall constitute the
militia. The militia are to be divided
into two classes—the active, to be known
as the National''or State Guard, as the
State may prescribe, and the inactive, to
be known as the reserve militia. The
bill proposes to appropriate $1,000,000
for the purpose of providing arms, ammunition and other ordinary and Quartermaster's stores for the active militia.
THE CHINESE EVIL.
The House of Bepresentatives has
passed til? bill} reported frcan the Com-
A Creditable Contrast,
We hav6 under one Government and
one flag a territory larger rthan tliat
ruled by a dozen Governments in Eu:
rope, and the .difference .in^tha^alariel
paid to Kings and royalty and those
paid the servant^ of our people in our
republic is1 striking: -The Czairof^ Biis-
si&gets $8^250,000 per year, of J25,"0Q0 a
my?6#OOIO0OrOTSTB^OO^er^gay^M^
poleon III. had a salary pf $5,000,000
annually, or $14,000 eachday_ Erancis
Joseph, of Austria, receives $4,000,000
a year, or $10,000 a day. King William
of Prussia, is paid $3,000,000 per year,
and Victor Emmanuel $2,400,000, and,
good Queen Yictoria manages to live on
$2,000,000. Now, in addition to these
salaries, each sovereign is furnished
with a dozen or more first-class residences free of cost. In this country
our President gets only $50,000 a year
just as much as the Czar of Bussia
gets in two days. Gen. Sherman receives in all some $18,000 per year—
only a fraction-more than the Sultan of
Turkey gets each day. The whole expense of an American Congress for a
session of six months will not exceed —
incidentals and all—$4,000,000. The
people in this country complain of hard
times. Let them study the pauperism
of England, and, our word for it, they
will deem the condition of our poorer
classes a comparatively happy one.
Serenity in Death,
Perfect serenity in regard to death is
not to be attained by any effort of the
will, or by any process of reasoning; it
is rather the result of a happy combination of bodily and mental conditions. The chief of these conditions,
the assured hope of a future beyond the
grave, in comparison of which the
brightest earthly visions fade like a
candle before the dawn, is not given .to
all; and in these days, especially, it is
for many overshadowed, if not altogether blotted out by doubts and questionings which can no longer be hidden
from the multitude. Even to those
who most earnestly cling to the hope of
immortality it would seem that our
troublous "inheritance of sympathy
must cast many a distressing side-light
upon prospects in which of old the
faithful were able to take undisturbed
delight. However this may be, the
mer£ prospect of prolonged existence
beyond tho grave, apart from other
reasons for joyful confidence, must be
taken rather as enlarging the scope of
our hopes and our fears than as' necessarily altering the balance between
them. Habitual hopefulness may color
the prospect beyond the grave with the
same glowing tints which it throws over
this world, so that in some cases the
same cause which makes life delightful
makes death not unwelcome. Such a
s£ate of mind, though rare, is not unknown. But perhaps a perfect balance
of feeling is more readily to be found at
a lower level of expectation.—Corn-
hill Magazine.
Horse Biscuits.
The German army horses are now
fed on biscuits of three parts each of
rye flour, oat flour and dextrinated pea
flour. The biscuit are made with a
hole in the middle of each, so they can
be strung on a string and hung to the
saddle-bow or be carried by the trooper
around his waist. Each biscuit weighs,
when baked dry and hard, about two
ounces. Seven biscuits are broken up
and given to the horse in the morning,
moistened with water, if convenient,
otherwise dry; twelve at noon and seven
at night, After careful experiment in
camp, on the march and campaigning
they are reported by all the cavalry and
artillery officers better than oats. A
trooper can easily carry thirty pounds
of these biscuits, which will furnish his
horse with full rations for eight days, or
will serve, with forage, for twenty days'
hard marching.
Some Facts .as to Its Origin.
The prevalance of scarlet fever in
New York induced the World to inter1-
view -Dr. Fordyee-Baarker concerning
the disease. The-following is there-
suit:
" It was first described by Sydenham
in the seventeenth century,"" said- Prof.,
Barker, " as a distinct disease." u
" Are there great differences in the
severity of such^epidemics?"
" "Very great ^differejices, some v epi"
demies being miM. and „some-attended
with severe and dangerous cases. Bufc
fchere are always mild cases during the
most severe epidemics."
"What are the causes of scarlet
fever?"
" The specific cause is infection by a
specific poison which is communicated
by direct contact either with the ex-
halatioiUifrom the lungs of patients,
wifch tfierb skin, or by means of clothing
or various Substances with wbich the
patients have come in contact. Scarlet
fever is said to have been communicated by milk, or even by a letter. Taylor,
an eminent English writer, reports the
beginning of one epidemic as being in
the family of a milkman who delivered
milk to twelve families. Of these families six had scarlet fever as a consequence. A certain individual predisposition must exist, as it is frequently
found that one child in a family may
take the disease, while others of the
children who have frequently been exposed iii'vtlie^saMe degree do nii|t"gefc
it."
"Are individuals who have had the
disease in a mild form more liable to the
second attack?"
"I should say not. On the contrary,
those who have a constitutional predilection to the disease are more liable to
a second attack. Ordinarily one attack
secures immunity from a second, but
there are many exceptions to this. It
is very rare that patients die from a second attack. In faot not more than three
or four cases of this kind have been reported in medical literature."
"How long does the poison retain its
activity in clothing, furniture, rooms,
©tc."
"This is very uncertain. There is
conclusive evidence that it has been retained in clothing sometimes for
months."
"How soon is the disease developed
after infection? '\
"TrohS^aJCb reports a caSeia*whichth&
disease was manifested in twenty-four
hours after exposure, and other cases
are reported; but usually the period of
development is from three to ten or
twelve -days ykf€ei 4xppsuroi   Tfhis is ■
susceptibihty of^the patiOTLti?*-*^*" ~%!L>!'
"At what period of the disease, and
!. ^ Monday, Feb. 10.—The Legiolciure reassembled nt 8:30 in th& evening filter a recess of
ten d&jV....G6v. Oroswellsent the following
messagQ relative to the resignation of ex-Senator Christiancy: "I trauemit herewith for the
informafcipn of lhe Legislature a copy of a
letter hearing date the' 8th inst, ad-.
dre'ssied to me by the Hofl. Isaac P. Christiancy, resigning the office of Senator from fhe
-State of Mcjhigan in the Congress of the'United.
States, to late effect afc 12 o'clock noon of this
day, -whereby said office is .now vacant, and haa
been from said last-mentioned period of time."
Thm following is a copy of Senator Christiancy's
letter of resignation: "Lansing, jffieb., Feb. 8.
1879.—To His JBxcellendy Chas. M. Croswell,
Governor of the State of Michigan— Sir? Ihereby resign my office of • Senator JErom
the State of Michigan in. the Con-
"gress of- the United. States, this xssig-
'nation to take effect on the 10th day of February insij at 12 o'clock noon of said day, Isaag
P. Christiancy,";...No business of. a geueral
character *was transacted. Numerous petitions
W&re received, and no'ices of introduction Of .
bills given..'. .A resolution instructing fli§committee investigating the asylum at -Kalamazoo
to sit with open doors was laid upon the table.
The Terrible Garr.ote0
An   execution by the 'garrote,  al-
how long, is it infectious? "
"It is infectioiis throughout its whole
course. It is believed to be most intensely so during the period of dis-
quamation, or when the skin is peeling
off; but so long as there is evidence of
disturbance of the system from the localization of the poison in any organ it
is not safe to assume that the disease is
not communicable."
" What is the comparative susceptibility and danger from the disease at
different ages?"
" The most susceptible period of lif e
is from 1 to 15 years. Murchisdn, a
very high authority, states from the
statistics of nearly 150,000 cases that
about 24 per cent, of deaths from scarlet fever are under 5 years, and nearly
90 per cent, under 10 years, 95-} per
cent, under 15 years, and only If per
cent, over 25 years. Scarlet fever is
very rare in young infants. Only one-
ninetieth of all the deaths are under 1
year, and one-fifteenth between 1 and 2
years."
" How can scarlet fever be prevented
and alleviated?"
"To prevent scarlet fever complete
isolation of the patients is absolutely
essential, as well as the prevention of
all contact with those in attendance on
the diseased persons. It is essential
also that the house should be thoroughly ventilated, -so that the.poison which
may escape may be as diluted as possible. All clothing should be thoroughly
disinfected, and even the soiled linen of
the sick should not be mingled with
that of tne other members of the household. The rehef of the patients pertains to theiaeQical treatment.. After::
the disease is recovered from the sickroom should be thoroughly disinfected,
as well as the.bedding,'the "furniture,
the carpets, and even the walls. It is
found that..dry heat to the point-of 212
degrees, kept up for some hours, effeett*
uaUy destroys the poison; and this,
perhaps, is as good a method, as any of
disinfecting the bedding of those who
cannot afford to have it destroyed."
" Does the term scarlatina mean a
mild form of scarlet fever? "
"No; the two terms are precisely
identical."
Ma«Mahon'& Letter of Resignation.
The following is the text of Marshal
MacMahon's letter announcing his
resignation of the Presidency of the
Erench Bepublic:
At the opening of this .session of the Chambers the Ministry -presented to you a programme Which, -while affording satisfaction to
public opinion, appeared to the Cabinet such
as might be voted without danger to the security or good administration of the country.
Putting aside personal views, I had given
the programme io which conscience commanded me to remain faithful To-day the Ministry,
thinking to respond to the opinion of the majority in the two Chambers, proposes to me in
regard to the military * commands some
general measures which I consider contrary to
the interests of the army, and consequently to
those of the country. I cannot subscribe to
them. Any other Ministry, taken from the majority, would impose upon me tho same conditions, I consider myself, therefore, bound to
shorten the duration at the mandate which the
National Assembly confided to me, and Ithere-
f ore tender my resignation. In quitting power,
I have the consolation of thinking that, during
the fifty-three years I haye devoted to the service of my country as a soldier or citizen, I
have never been guided by sentimente other
than by absolute devotion to my country. I
request you to communicate my decision to tlie
Chambers. .    MAcMAHON,Duke of Magenta.
A BBBiADEliPHiA firm hm justoon-
tracted to construct a railway and canal
in Mexico, which will open Matampras
to trade.
though accredited with being mercifully
-painless, is certainly awful to behold*
The place of execution in Madrid is accessible to the public, and the occasion
is of equal interest with a day at the
bull-ring.   Everything connected with
this ceremony of death is viewed with
morbid horror by the Spaniards because
of ancient Oriental prejudices of pollur
tion.   All actually employed in. the operation are  accounted-infamous, alid-
lose their caste and purity of blood.
Even the gloomy scaffold on which the .
culprit is strangled is usually erected.in
the night, and by unseen hands.   It
rises from the earth like a fungus work.;
of  darkness.   Execution .by  hanging
was graciously abolished byEerdinand,
Til; ■ Ifc  is certainly more in accord**--
ance with the semi-Oriental natures 'ot
the Spanish people, which leads them to '
tenderly  respect  the bowstring.   All
that Cervantes, from his sad experience^
pictured a prison to be, it is to-day; ^1
that he said of the morbid love of Ms
countrymen for the horrible or the ludicrous is equally true now.   The crowd
that assembles just beyond, the line of
gendarmes go to ^see how the criminal
will conduct himself.   TheysyrapafcMze
with him if he displays bravacUroreottr- •
age, and they despise him on the least
tsymptoms of unmahliness.   At the fatal
hour ihe culprit appears, usuallydadin.
a coarse, yellow baize gown— the color
in which the Spanish school of painters
robe  the special object of their con-"
tempt, Judas Iscariot.   The   scaffold.
having been  mounted, the culprit is
placed on a rude seat.   Has back leans "
against a strong, upright past, to which
an iron collar is attached, inclosing his
neck, and so contrived as to be drawn
home by turning a powerful screw behind the post.   The asms and legs of
the culprit are tightly bound. IVhen all •
is ready the executioner takes the lever
of the  screw in both hands, gathers
himself up for a powerful muscular effort, and, at the moment ?of a preconcerted signal,  draws  the iron eollay .
tight, while an attendant Sings a black
handkerchief over the faed.   A convulsive pressure of the hahda &nd a heaving of the chest are ttsuallyfche only
visible signs of suffering.
Efoitallty iia Citteso
Below is given an interesting table
showing the mortality in. the principal
cities of the Union during the yer^l878.
She figures were collected Ifc- ArTedAx'
«6diiI~g~omci8a[^^*ii^po^ur«^iv/ju-'v^-Cjii——
cinnati is placed at a figure which is believed by competent judges tobe far
below what it really is, and which, no
doubt, will be found to be erroneous
when a correct census is taken, as is
proposed by Dr. Minor in a communication whieh he made to the Police Board,
and which was most favorably received
by that body. Chicago, on the other
hand, as will be seen, has an inflated
population of 450,000; these figures are
arrived at by including all the county
(Cook) in which that windy city is situated. Taking its own figures, however,
it is a very healthy place, showing but
16.49 deaths in each 1,000. St.
Louis not having furnished data, it
cannot be seen how that city stands for
healthfulness:
Cities.
New York	
Brooklyn	
Philadelphia ....
Boston	
Providence, B. I.
Baltimore	
Pittsburgh	
Newark, il. J.....
Cleveland	
Chicago..	
Milwaukee	
Charleston, S. C.
New Orleans	
Memphis	
Nashville	
Sau Francisco....
Washington	
Cincinnati	
^
<
1,0?3.731
STB.IOC
10v,675
365.000
145,000
125.000
16S;0CO
450,000
123,600
27,0S5
300,000
IGO.OOi.
280,000
t2 =
27.00S
U,(P5
15,743
7,(335
1,8S9
6,733
1,446
3,141
2,710
7,422
10,31S
"im
4,740
1,254
2,823
.2? is2!.
24.03
20.15
17.07
20.36
19.75
18.44
21.16
25.13
16.72
16.49
14.50
2S.98
50.17
7S1.S2
23.11
15.80
26.59
17.23
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Heroism Rewarded.
Ida Lewis, "the Grace Darling of
America," has been appointed keeper of
the lighthouse at Lime rocks, in the
harbor of Newport, B. I., at a salary of
$750 per year. Her mother has been the
custodian of the light since the death of
Ida's father, a few years ago. The latter, by reason of her age, was induced
to resign, through the influence of United
States Senator Burnside, who had Ida
appointed in recognition of lier services
in saving life. Secretary Sherman, in
his letter conveying the appointment,
says: " This appointment is conferred
upon you as a mark of my appreciation
for your noble and heroic efforts in saving "human life." Thekeepership of the
light, therefore, is retained in the family. The salary has been increased $250
for Ida's benefit. Her mother will remain with .her.
Suspended,
The Eev. Dr. Justin D.
Pulton, the
widely-known preacher, has been suspended from fellowship in the Baptist
Ministers' Conference, which includes
New York, Brooklyn and New Jersey pastors. Dr. Pulton's offense
was in saying publicly of Bev.
Dr. Sampson, a brother minister, that during the war he had never
been known to utter a word or perform
a single act in the cause of liberty.
These words Dr. Pulton refused to withdraw or apologize for, and, after a stormy
discussion, in which Dr. Eulton took
part, it was voted, by 53 to 13, to suspend. Dr. Eulton said, on leaving the
room: "I thank you all* for what yon
have done, and may God bless you all."
This action will not affect his pastorate,
as he has long been independent.
James James, probably the oldest
man in Texas, recently died, aged 114
years 6 months and 22 days. He was
born near the Bed House, Prince Will
iam county, Ya., M<iy 10,1764. In his
"109fchyearhe cultivated a watermelon
patch and seaiized off the same $125,
-i>v*i,?V t'
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