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PLATTSMOUTir, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1875.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Compiled from Telegrams of Afcompinying Dates.
Monday. Jan. 18.
The English astronomers at Greenwich
have Riven to the public the results of their
first tentative computations from the data
obtained through observations of the recent
transit of Venus. Remarking upon these re
sults, an American astronomer states the
sun's distance from the earth to be S8,443,730
miles erj;,J74 miles less than the dis
tance as computed by Enckc from observa
tions of the last trans.it. lie says at this rate
of progress the earth will fall into the sun in
about 1,440 years. But as the earth's motion
will be greatly accelerated through the
increased influence of the sun's attraction as
the two bodies approach each other, the ca
tastrophe may, and in fact must, inevitably
occur much sooner, unices the eun's force
should be proportionately decreased or its
volume reduced.
At Urbana, Ohio, on the morning of the
17th, a party of forty masked men took from
the jail and hanged to a tree in front of the
Court-House a man who gave his name as O.
W. Ullery, and had confessed to having a few
Ik fore horribly outraged the person of a little
girl nine years old.
TnE Republican members of the Ohio
House of Representatives have caused a pro
test to be entered on the journal of the House
objecting to the subject matter of the lately
adopted Louisiana rcsoIutious,and protesting
against the manner of their adoption.
Imjwsxatiox meetings have been held in
Boston, St. Louis, Cincinnati and other cities,
East and West, to protest against the alleged
military interference in the organization of
the Louisiana Legislature.
A Berlix dispatch says Germany w ill soon
have fifty guns on the northern coast of
Spain to sustain any demand she may make
for indemnity for the past and security for
the future.
Tuesday, Jan. 10.
A Vit'KMtfKO dispatch of the 18th sa3-s
Maj. Head, with a squad of Federal troops
with fixed bayonets, and acting under
orders from Gen. Emory, had entered
the Sheriff's office there and forcibly ejected
Sheriir A. J. Flanagan, who was in posses
sion of the office by virtue of the recent elec
tion. Flanagan appealed to the court to pro
tect him in the discharge of his duties, but
was refused. The Chancellor appointed W.
H. McGhce Sheritr pro tern., and he was placed
in Ksscssion of the office by the inilitarj-.
The three Republican members of the
House Committee on Louisiana Affairs left
Washington for New Orleans on the rooming
of the lsth, and were followed bj Mr. Mar
shal, one of the Democratic members, in the
evening.
The commanders of the Spanish squadron
now at Zaranz have been instructed to exact
from the Carlists indemnity for the owners
and crew of the German brig Gustav and the
punishment of her assailants.
A Beki.ix dispatch 6ays the Prussian au
thorities have closed the Catholic seminary at
Fulda, expelled the head priest from German
territory and sequestrated all the property of
the Bishop of the diocese.
It is 6aid Castclar has declared that he will
not take his seat in the Cortes if he is re
quired to swear allegiance to the Monarchy.
At Bucjtus, Ohio, a few days ago, Mrs.
Heilman attempted to kindle a lire with coal
oil, and was fatally burned.
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Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Late cable dispatches state that on ac
count of the llagrant outrages on railway
trains and employes the Spanish Government
has determined that every armed Carlist
found in the vicinity of any railroad shall be
6hot. A delegation from the Carlist Com
mittee of London has gone to Spain to inform
Don Carlos that the English bankers with
whom tb Catlist loan was lodged have re
fused to make further advances. It was un
derstood that Spain will pay Germany an in
demnity equal to the value of the Gustav and
cargo, even if she be unsuccessful in exacting
the same from the Carlists at Zeranz.
The Methodist preachers of Boston and
vicinity have passed a resolution indorsing
and thanking the I'residcnt and Gen.
Sheridan for their action in the Louis
iana troubles. The New York Republican
Central Committee have adopted resolutions
sustaining throughout the action of the Pres
ident, and setting forth tLat, even if what was
done was illegal, it was done without tae
knowledge of the President, and with the sin
cere desire on the part of the officers of the
Government to perform simply their duty.
Secketaky Belknap has received a dis
patch from Gen. Sheridan, in which the latter
gives an epitome of a report from Maj. Mer
rill, stationed in the Shreveport district, con
cerning outrages said to have been
committed in that section. The re
port states that threats made be
fore election against persons who should
vote the Republican ticket were being car
ried out; that White Leagues were being
rapidly formed; that all citizens not belonging
to the Leagues arc ostracized, etc., etc.
Bali.oti no for United States Senators began
on the 19th in eleven Legislatures. Elec
tions were virtually made in Indiana, Maine,
Missouri, New York and Pennsylvania. The
successful candidates in thescStates, in the
order named, are: McDonald (Dem.), Ham
lin (Rep.), Cockrell (Dem.), Kcrnan (Dem.)
and Wallace (Dem.). Unsuccessful ballots
were had inMichigau, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Minnesota, Nebraska and Tennessee.
A New Orleans dispatch says the Patrons
of Husbandry of Louisiana and Mississippi
have issued an address to the Order through
out the United States indorsing the report of
the sub committee of Congress.
Thursday, Jan. 21.
The Republicans of Connecticut have nom
inated: For Governor, Jas. Lloyd Green, pres
ent Mayor of Norwich; Lieutejiant Governor,
Charles L. English; Secretary of State, Col.
Augustus Fenn; Treasurer, O. B. Arnold;
Comptroller, Gen. R. B. Crawford. Among
the resolutions adopted was one indorsing
the President's special message to Congress
on Louisiana alluirs.
The direct testimony of Francis D. Moulton
in the case of Tilton rx. Bencher closed on the
lth, he having been on the witness-stand for
over a week. His evidence was mainly a re
iteration of his former statements. His cross
examination was begun on the afternoon of
the ISth. The court-room is crowded daily
by a large concourse of spectators.
A Paris dispatch says that leading Spanish
Republicans are arranging with the Carliets
to bury their political differences and unite in
a general uprising against the authority of
King Alphonso, and that, should the project
succeed, it is proposed, by a plebiscite, to de
cide between a monarchy with Don Carlos as
King and a republic.
Oxe of the most disastrous and wide-spread
storms ever koown in the West swept over
Colorado, part of Utah and California ou the
20th. There was loss of both life and prop
erty. Several costly railway bridges were de
stroyed and several towns submerged.
The Cook County National Bank, Chicago,
has suspended. The President, B. F. Allen,
gives assurance that depositors will be paid in
full.
The London rail Mall Gazette says tha
war, if Dot actually declared, is resolved upon
by Montenegro against Turkey.
The Massachusetts Legislature has elected
Henry L. Dawes as United Stub's Senator
from that State.
Friday, Jan. 22.
Spanish telegrams state that forty-seven
Carlist officers have given in their adhesion to
the Monarch)'. Russia, Germany and Austria
have agreed to recognize Alphonso without
waiting for th5 proclamation of the Cortes.
The Michigan Legislature has chosen the
lion. J. P. Christiancy (Rep.) to succeed
Mr. Chandler (also Rep.) in the United
States Senate. Mr. Christiancy received the
Democratic vote, and a sufficient number of
Republicans voted for him to defeat Mr.
Chandler, the regular party candidate.
The Illinois State Farmers' Association held
its annual meeting at Springfield recently,
and adjourned to meet next year at Blooni
ington. A report was received from the State
Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners that
there is no law by which an injunction can be
obtained to prevent railroad companies vio
lating the Railroad laws of the State. The
committee of the association disagreed with
this opinion, claiming that the right of in
junction is a common law right. The com
mittee think the present law should remain
intact and be enforced until fairly tested, and
a resolution to that effect was adopted by the
association.
The Michigan State Grange recently held
its annual meeting at Grand Rapids. There
are 505 Granges in the State, with a member
ship of over 50,000.
TnoMAs F. Bayard has been re-elected
United States Senator by the Delaware Legis
lature. Saturday, Jan. 23.
Richard B. Irwin has told the committee
investigating the Pacific Mail subsidy busi
ness to whom he paid the money distributed
by him. He gives the following list:
Charles Abcrt, $7,000; O. J. Averil),
$ 10,000; J. G. Berrett, $10,000; E. II.
Cormack, $2,000 or $5,000; Amasa B. Corwln,
$3,600; L. E. Chittenden, $5,000; 3. H. Cheever,
$5,000; Hamilton G. Fant, $12,000; John W.
Forney, $25,000; Samuel A. Hatch, about
$:JO,000; S. 11. Ingham, $10,000; Alex.
W. Randall, $10,000; John II. Rice,
$2,500; William B. Shaw, $15,000; Chas.
II. Shcrrill, $500; John G. Schu
maker, $:300,000; A. II. Whitney, $100,000;
William S. King, $125,000; Richard S. Par
sous, $10,000; Mr. Morris, of the ChronUie,
$1,500; William Morris, $10,000 to $15,000;
ex-Postmaster-Gcu. Randall, $35,000.
Severax. casualties arc reported in Utah,
the result of recent heavy snow-slides in
the mining regions. In the Big Cotton
wood canon six men Mere carried away
by an avalanche and killed. The bodies of six
persons whowerc killed by a snow-slide in the
city of Alta had been recovered up to the 21st.
Many are supposed to have perished,
but their bodies arc covered to a great
depth by the snow, and probably they will not
be found for some time. In one demolished
house was found the body of Mrs. Carey, sit
ting in a rocking-chair, with an infant clasped
in her arms. Near them were the husband
and a little girl. All had been suffocated by
the snow.
Ex-Gov. A. S. Fadikxk (Rep.) was ou the
22d elected to the United States Senate by the
Nebraska Legislature by a vote of o7 to 11 for
Gen. Thayer, and 2 scattering.
The British Government has demanded an
explanation and apology from Peru for re
moving a passenger from a British steamer a
Callao.
rONCiltESSIONAt,.
In the SeDate, on the lGth, a memorial
signed by over iSK) citizens of Arkansas, formerly
Uuion soldiers, indorsing Gen. Sheridan's course
in New Orleans, and declarinti the statements
nude hv him to bo trim, wan presented . Mr.
Schnrz' Louisiana resolution was further debated
by Messrs. Saulsliury, Conklin. Clayton, Nor
wood, Stevenson, Cooper and Jshormuu Ad
journed. The House was not in session.
In the Senate, on the 18th, bills were
introduced -to estab!i)i a mint for the coinage
of sold and silver at Indianapolis; to amend the
act of March 3, 1873, authorizing: the construc
tion of a bridge across the Mississippi Kiver at
St. Louie; to authorize the construction of a
bridue across the same river at or near Grand
Chain Mr. Schnrz' Louisiana resolution camo
up as unfinished business, aud a motion was
agreed to to lay it aside and proceed with the
LeniiOtitivo Appropriation bill. Anions the
anieudente to this bill proposed by the Senate
committee was one authorizing the organization
of a Bureau of Commerce and Statistics, to be
attached to the Treasury Department, which
amendment was debated at considerable length
Adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, among the
bills introduced and referred were the following:
To prevent the issue of United States and Na
tional Hank notes of preater denomination than
$100; limiting the tax ou bank deposits; in re
gard to the collection of drafts and checks; au-thorizin-.'
the use of information received throiiKh
the Dead-Letter Office when its use will prevent
or punish crime; to amend the National Currency
act; to establish a mint at Cincinnati; for a
special distribution; of eeeds in the districts dev
astated ny grasshoppers; to authorize the con
struction of a bridge across the Mississippi Kiver
at Memphis The resolution of the Pennsylva
nia House of Representatives relating to military
interference with the organization ot the Louisi
ana Legislature was presented and referred....
Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 19th, a memorial
of citizens of Michigan, protesting against the
proposed Canadian reciprocity treaty, was pre
sented and referred The Legislative, Judicial
and Executive Appropriation bill was further
considered, and a proposed amendment providing
for the organization of a Bureau of Commerce
and Statistics was stricken out -"0 to 21 and an
amendment continuing the present Board
of Statistics was agreed to, with amend
ments instructing the said bureau
to collate and report annuallv statistics and facts
relating to commerce with foreign nations and
among the several States, the railroad systems of
this aud tlu r countries, the cost of construction
and operation of railroads and the actual cost
of the transportation of freight and passengers
on the railroads, canals and rivers of the coun
try. Other proposed amendments were disposed
of. . . . Adjourned.
In the Hodsc, on the 19th, several
members made indignant denial of charges that
they had been implicated in the Pacific Mail sub
sidy scandal. ...A committee was ordered and ap
pointed to inquire whether the privileges of the
House had been violated by the arrest and deten
tion of Whitelaw Keid at the suit of Alexander
H. Shepherd while Keid was in the District of
Columbia under a enhpu'na from a com
mittee of the House... Chas. A. Wet more,
correspondent of the Alta California, was
brought before the House charged with contempt
in refusing to answer questions put to him liefore
the Ways and .Means Committee in the Pacific
Mail investigat ion, bnt further action was post
poned and the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 20th, the memo
rial of Conservative members of the Louisiana
Legislature, giving their views of the disturb
ances rttending the organization of the Legisla
ture, was prexented and referred, as was also the
memorial of the General Assembly of that State
in regard to the recent disturbances A bill was
introduced and referred to protect each State
against invasion and for other purposes The
joint resolution of the Ohio Legislature con
demning the expulsion of the officers and mem
bers of the Louisiana Legislature by military
power, and the protest signed by the Republican
members of the House and entered upon the
journal of that body, were presented and ordered
printed The Legislative Appropriation hill
was further amended and passed The Kortiti-
cation Appropriation bill was passed without
amendmeut The Consular and Diplomatic Ap
propriation bill was amended and passed A
motion was agreed to. to take up the proposed
amendment to the Constitution providing for the
election of the President and Vice-President bv a
direct t ol the people, and pending its consid
eration the Senate adjourned.
In the House, on the 20th, a resolution
was adopted rescinding so much of the resolution
of Jan. 6 as required the Sergeant-at-Arms to
keep Irwin In the District of Columbia jail. ...A
bill was passed appropriating $:JO.ooo for the
special distribution of seeds to portions of the
country that have viiffcred from grasshopper rav
ages.... The memorial of Conservative members
of the Louisiana Legislature as to the difficulties
concerning the organization of the Legislatnre
was presented and referred Thelndiau Appro
priation bill was considered in Committee of the
Whole, amended and reported to the House, and
rejected yeas 111. nays 1J0 the appropriation of
fiii.O.OiX) tor the Choctaw nation being the prob
able cause of the defeat of the bill.... A message
was received front ilie i'residcnt and referred,
calling special attention to the absolute necessity
of providing proper armamvnt for sea-coast de
fenses .The recusant witness Wet more was
declared in contempt, because of insulting lau-
gnage to tha House, and conducted to jail
Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 21st, the Presi
dent's messago rlat'n to tc.l.st flefeiiscs was
received and referred An adverse report was
made from the Civil Service and Retrenchment
Committecon the bil, to reduce the salary or the
President Mr. Moiton spoke in favor of his
proposed amendment to the Constitution in re
gard to the election of President and Vice-President,
and Messrs. Thurman and Conklinq Advo
cated some Mdittonn! provisions designating the
tribunal for the Settlement of contested election
cases in the Electoral College.
In the House, on the 21st, the vote re
jecting the Indian Appropriation bill was recon
sidered and the bill was referred to the Commit
tee or the Whole Charles A. Wet more, having
made satisfactory a pologv.' was, on motion, dis
charged from custody A report was made from
the Committee on Elections to exclude the Dele
gate from I'tah (Cannon from hi scat on the
ground of polygamy The conference report on
wh.it is known as the "Little Tariff'' bill was
made snd, after debate, agreed to l:K to OH.
In the Senate, on the 22d, the creden
tials of P. B. S. Pinchbeck as Senator-elect from
Louisiana were presented, aud referred to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections The
credentials of Senator Bnvard, of l)elaware, were
also presented A bill was introduced and
referred to establish a Court for contested
elections The proposed amendment to
the Constitution in regard to Presidential
elections was debated by Mr Anthony in Its
favor and its further consideration was postponed
tothetrTth Mr. Sherman addressed the Senate
in defense of the Administration in its connec
tion with the Louisiana difficulties aud was briefly
replied to by Mr. Johnston.
In the House, on the 22d, many bills
of a private character were introduced and re.
ferred Leave was askod, and objected to, to
offer a resolution calling on the President to state
by w hat authority the courts or officers of Mis
sissippi, at Vicksburg, had been interfered with
by the army A number of private bills were
passed Adjourned to the S5lh.
TUB ZTIAItKETS.
New York. Cotton-ioiQ.lS'Ac. Flour Good
to choice, $4.85(35.45; white winter extra, $5,450
H. IIO. H'Ardf-No. a Chicago, $1.07(1.0!); No. i
Northwestern, $l.otK&1.10; No. -A Milwaukee
Spring, S1.10S1.1J?. ll'j" Western. 99tic.
Harley f 1.4.Y&1.50. Corn W1S87V4C Oats Mixed
Western, fi73ti!ic. ' Pork New mess, $i!l.90fr&
20.00. Lard 137814c. Cheese 12&15c.
Wool Common to extra, 4:j(.1c. Beeves $10.00
fcl2.no. Hogg Dressed, $7.75g.50; live,
iti.SK&e'i. Hheep Live, $3.5H7.25.
CiitcAOo. Beeves Choice, S".7r3,6.2"; good,
$5.Wj.jO; medium, $4..VXS5.JO; butchers'
stock, $2.7ofr,t.5u; stock cattle, $.!.75""9
4.00. Hoy Live, good to choice J6.4jc0.75
dressed, $7.50C.7.!0. Sheep Good to choice,
$4.751.73. Butter Choice yellow, :Wr:i7c. Fgqs
Fresh. arTSHc. rork Mess, new. $17.rV?17.70.
Lard $i:.;!0&.tf.25. Cheese New York Factory,
I. V4fjrlc: Western Factory, 15fTfl5Sc
flour White winter extra, $4.2.VtS.Q0;
spring extra, $:.75(r4.7.'l. Wheat Spring
No. a, 88'ic. CornSo. 3, new, 5V4a
6c. Oaf No. 2, 52'4f!iW'4c. Jl'eSo. 2,
tm567c. BarietjTio. i. $1.2fKTil.:io. Wool
Tub-washed, 4r('t57c; fleece, washed, 403
4c; fleece, unwashed, 27(i:J6c. Lumber
First-clear, $j2.)0t-'j5.txt; second-clear, $wi.00
T(50.0n: common boards, SU.OtXTM-i.OO: fenc
ing. $ia.oor.(.14.)0; "A" shingles, $:.00tr&:J.;i3 ;
lath, $J.0(iS.i.
Cincinnati. "0'r $l.!Trt.5.05. Wheat Red,
fl.Oi1.07. Corn New, 7Uu,72c. Jiye $!. 14
.10. Oats X36:Jc. Barley S1.S71.-T. rork
$18.!XKttl9.00. Lard WHC&H'ac.
St. Louis. Cattle Fair to choice. $5.0ovf?5.75.
llois Live, $fj.2.Vit;.75. Flour XX Fall, $ t.:i.rv
4.50. Wheat No. S Red Fall, $1.05'i'' 1.00.
Corn No. S. new, lilfrMiic. Oats No. J. WiVjft
.S'ic. Jlye $l.l'l''il.o2. $1.3V6
1.40. l'ork Mess, $18.4118.50. Lardli&
Milwaukee. flour Spriug XX. $5.25(95.50.
Wfteat Spring, No. l.W-iGr.WJc ; No. S, ssi-ifff xs-Hc.
Corn No. 2. tilfiil'c. 0f No 2, 51tf-51'4c.
Hue No. 1, 97taW5C. Barley No. 2, $1.30
i.:w;.
Ci.evklano. Wheat No. 1 Ked, S1.10'4fijl.ll ;
No. 2 Ked, $ LIMA'S 1-05. Corn New, 71(r72c
OatsSo. 1, MVifeoOc.
Detroit. Wheat Extra, Jl.lSUl. 13' J. Corn
7o7U'4c. Oats tt;-4'(ot;;4c. Pressed llrxjs
$7. 00.
Toledo. Wheat Amber Michigan,
1.10; No. 3 Ked, $1.08'4TV 1.01. Corn High
Mixed, new, b9!if".6y?c. Oats'Su. 2, 56!4t'i57c.
Buffalo. Beeves S.80Yr;'.2.". 1orjs Live,
$0.007.15. Sheep Live, $ t.75Tj,.00.
East Libeutv. Beevf ISest, fO.25CTfi.75;
medium, $5.2.79 5 50. Uoq Yorkers, $0.4Ov
K.ttO; Philadelphia, $7.:HK&7..r0. Sheep Beet,
$b.252.50; medium, $4.50(15.50.
The rresidenf s Message on Fortillca
Hons and Armaments.
S8
Washington. Jan. 20.
The President sent the following nies
ge to Congress to-day :
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
In my annual message of Dec. 1, 1&73, while
inviting general attention to all recommenda
tions made by the Secretary of War, your
special attention was invited to the impor
tance of preparation for war in the arming of
oursea-coast defenses. Proper armament Is of
vastly more importance than fortifications. The
latter can be supplied very speedily for tem
porary purposes when needed. The former
cannot. These views pain increased strength
and pertinence as the years roll by. I have
now asjain the honor to call special attention
to the condition of the armament of our forti
fications and the absolute necessity for imme
diate provision by Congress for the procure
ment of heavy cannon.
The large expenditures required to supply
the number of guns for our forts is the strong
est argument that can be adduced for a liberal
annual appreciation for their gradual ac
cumulation. In time of war such preparations
cannot be made; cannon cannot be purchased
in open market nor manufactured at short
notice. They must be the product of years of
experienced labor.
I herewith inclose copies of the reports of
the Chief of Ordnance and of the Board of
Ordnance Olliccrs on the trial of the eight
inch rifle, converted from the ten-inch smooth
bore, which shows very conclusively an eco
nomical meansof utilizing the useless smooth
bores and making them into eight-inch rilles,
capable of piercing seven inches of iron.
The 1,294 ten-inch Rodman guns should, in
my opinion, be so utilized, and the appropria
tion requested by the Chief of Ordnance of
$250,000 to commence these conversions is
earnestly recommended.
While" convinced of the economy and
necessity of these conversions, the deter
mination of the Injst and most economi
cal method of providing guns of still
larger caliber should no longer be delayed.
The experience of other nations, based on
the new conditions of defense, brought prom
inently by the introduction of iron clads into
every navy afloat, demands heavier metal,
and rille guns of no less than twelve
Inches iu caliber. These enormous masses,
hurling a shot of 700 pounds, can
alone meet many of the requirements l
the national defenses. They must be pro
vided, aud experiments on a large scale can
alone give the data necessary for the deter
mination of the question. A suitable proving
ground with all the facilities and conveniences
referred to by the Chief of Ordnance, with a
liberal annual appropriation, is an undoubted
necessity.
The gnus ready for trial cannot be tested
without funds, and the estimate of $250,000
for the purjKise is deemed reasonable, and is
strongly recommended. The constant ap
peals for legislation on "armament of
fortifications'' ought no longer to be
disregarded if Congress desires in peace
to prepare important material " the
want of which in future wars must
inevitably lead to disaster. This subject is
submitted with the hope that the considera
tion it deserves may be eiven it at the present
session. (Signed) U. S. Grant.
Executive Mansion, Jan. 2 1S73.
The Troposert ew Plan for the Elec
tion of President.
The following is the full text of Sena
tor Morton's proposed amendment to the
Constitution providing for a change in
the manner of electing the President and
Vice-President of the United States:
lie' 'A 'veil b'j the Senate and Ifmse f Iiepre
sentathvs, in Congress AssembM, Tirit-ttird of
Ktfli Hutixe t'onrnrrinff Therein, That the folj
lowing1 article is hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, and when ratified by the Legislatures
of three-fourths of the States 6hall be valid
to all intents and purposes as part of the Con
stitution, to-wit:
Article 1. The President and Vice-President
shall be elected by direct vote of the
people in the manner following: Each State
shall be divided into districts equal in num
ber to the number of Representatives to
which the State may be entitled in Congress,
to be composed of contiguous territory, and
to be as nearly equal in opulation as may be;
and the person having the highest number of
votes in each district for President shall re
ceive the vote of that district, which shall be
counted one Presidential vote.
2. The person having the highest number of
votes for President in the State shall receive
two Presidential votes from the State at
large.
3. The person having- the hicbest nunilcr
"f Presidential votes in the Liiitcd Slates
shall lie President.
4. If two persons have the same number of
votes in any State, it being the highest num
ber, they shall receive each one Presidential
vote from the State at large, and if more thau
two persons 6hall hove each the same number
of vutcs in tiny State, it being the highest
number, no Presidential vote shall be counted
from the State at large. If more persons than
one shall have the 6ame. number of votes, it
being the highest number iu any district, no
Presidential vote shall be counted from that
district.
5. The foregoing provisions Bhall appty to
the election of Vice-President.
0. The Congress shall have the power to
provide for holding and conducting the elec
tions of President and Vice-President, and to
establish a tribunal for the decision of such
elections as may be contested.
7. The States 6hall be divided into districts
by the Legislatures thereof, but Congress may
at any time by law make or alter the same.
What Are " Fictions."
The committee say that there was no intimida
tinirof the colored voters last fall; that, the elec
tion was conducted w ith remarkable fairness. The
stories of oppression and lawlessness by the
White League are fictions.
The report of the sub-committee of
Congress who visited New Orleans is
thus summarized by a Democratic news
paper. Taken altogether, this is perhaps
the most remarkable report ever sub
mitted by a committee of Congress. If
there is anything stranger than the re
port, it is that such a committee were
ever sent to Louisiana to make it. "We
know of no other instance in which a
dominant party has delegated work of
like importance to individuals all of
whom were either opposed to it or were
utterly indifferent regarding the subject
investigated. If the report were not so
palpably and transparently false it
might cause the country to believe that
all" the stories of outrage in the State
named were purely imaginary; but the
sub-committee have gone so far in their
prejudices that thev have overreached
themselves, and their report will only
create a smile of contempt.
' There was no intimidation!" "Where,
then, the necessity for such certificates
as the following:
New Orleans, Nov. 28, 1874.
This is to certify that Charles Durassa, a bar
ber by occupation, is a member of the First Ward
Colored Democratic Club, and that at the late
election he voted lor and worked in the interests
of the Democratic candidates.
William Alexander.
President First Ward Colored Democratic Club.
Nick Hock, Secretary.
Was this to insure the safety of the
bearer of it? Everybody knows it was,
and for this reason the colored men clung
to these certificates as they would to a
life-preserver. Those who did not have
them occupied dangerous ground indeed.
" No intimidation!" Wherefore, then,
such words as the following, from the
Westville News, which w ere substantially
repeated by every White League organ
in the South :
The white man's party is the only salvation for
the State. Show the ne'ro his place and make
himketpif. If tee, can't rote, him down we can
knock him down, and the result will be the same.
"No intimidation!" Why was lan
guage like the following employed by
the Shreveport 2'ines again and again :
The white people aire determined to protect
themselves to the taut extremity, and by the more
diex rate means the bt'ti-r. We say again,
wk are going to carry the tlections in this State
his fall.
"But the 6tories of lawlessness and
oppression are fictions." Are they, in
deed! Pray what kind of peace, quiet
and liberty are indicated by the follow
ing? The victims, it need scarcely be
remarked, were all Republicans:
An Inquisition taken for the State of Louisiana
at Caspiaua aud Canipo Bella plantations, iu the
parish of Caddo, on the :tlst day of August, 1871.
hefore Justice Marion, acting Coroner of said
parish, upon the bodies of six unknown men,
three of whom are on the Caspiaua plantation
and three on Campo Bella plantation, lying dead.
The jurors, whose names arc hereunto sub
scribed, being dulv sworn, do hereby render as
their verdict that said six men came to their
death by gunshot wounds produced by parties
unknown to us.
Signed by W. J. Hutchinson, Foreman, and
eight other jurors, and attested by John Marion,
Justice of the Peace, acting as Coroner.
But why quote these positive acknowl
edgments ol" guilt from the momlters of the
White League themselves? Have they
not been given again and again, and if
the committee would not believe men
who confessed themselves guilty of
murder, and boasted of it, what testimony
can satisfy them? "There was no law
lessness," and yet this committee were
walking the streets where a few weeks
before an organized army of rioters de
fied the law, murdered the guardians of
the city's peace to the number of a score,
and only retired when driven out by the
power of the Federal army. Even while
the committee were there in person they
witnessed an attempt to overturn the law
of the State by violence, and organized
the Legislature by force; and yet they
have the temerity to say that all is peace
ful and serene! The report is an insult
to the intelligence of the country, and
the feeble-minded gentlemen who made
it have evidently mistaken their calling.
Inter- Ocean.
Letter to the President from the Gov
ernor of Iowa.
Washington, Jan. 22.
The following letter has been received
at the Executive Mansion:
State of Iowa, Executive Department,
Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 12, 1873. (
To the President:
I have watched with anxiety the progress
aud development of the Louisiana imbroglio,
and in the recent climax of an insurrection
ary spirit and purpose shown by the people
of New Orleans, representing secret organiza
tions hostile to the Government, I have been
gratified by the promptness with which the
revolutionary schemes were met and de
feated. It is also a source of grat
ification and an earnest of the wis
dom and moderation with which the mili
tary arm will be used to suppress this incip
ient rebellion that the commander of this de
partment is a General whose past services to
the country, whose brilliant reputatiou as a
soldier and whose patriotic devotion to free
dom are recognized and trusted by every man
whose heart was w ith the Union during the
war of the rebellion.
These people do not believe that he will
abuee his power, and they know that he will
not sutler the rights for which he and his
comrades periled their lives in the past to be
trampled down by an organized mob. I may
safely say that the masses of Iowa, who sym
pathized with you and your army when you
confronted the rebellion at Vicksburg and
Richmond, sympathize with you in your pol
icy to-day when confronting its lingering
spirit at New Orleans. It is true that the
people who were with you when civil liberty
was imperiled by undisguised and recog
nized warfare will be glad when the spirit of
law and order shall so far take the place of
turbulence and insubordination, and tran
quillity and peaceful industry shall again so
generally prevail, that military interference to
preserve peace and prevent bloodshed will
become unnecessary in any of the States.
But if the Government of any State is to be a
government of force they prefer Federal bayo
nets iu the hands of men who have proven
their fidelity to the country to shot-gtuis and
bowie-knives iu the hands of White Leaguers
and Union haters. With great respect, truly
yours, c. C. Caiu'Entek.
Kid GloTes.
Besides kid, gloves are made of goat,
lamb, sheep, and calf skins. The rat
skin story is a pure fabrication. A gen
tleman who has been in the business for
the last fifteen years told me he never
Baw a rat-skin glove in his life. Nearly
all the gloves sold in this country are
made iu France and Germany. They are
cut at the factories and sewed in the sur
rounding country. Italy, Sweden, En
gland, and some other countries manu
facture gloves, but not to the extent of
France anil Germany. The kids of which
gloves are made are taken from the
mother before they arc weaned, so that
the skin may be of perfect quality. The
other animals of whose skins gloves are
manufactured arc very carefully raised.
They arc never allowed in any but the
smoothest pastures, for the fclightest
bruise or scratch from a stone or twig
would unfit the skin for use. There arc
no kid gloves of any consequence manu
factureilin this country, for the reason
that it costs a great deal more than to
import them. It is the cheapness of labor
on the other side of the water that makes
them cost so little over there. People
complain of the high price of gloves in
this country, when in Europe they are so
cheap. Perhaps we are a little over
charged, but then it should be borne in
mind tlmt the Custom-IIouse dues are
50 per cent., and that there arc great
risks in the business.
To give some idea of how great an un
dertaking the manufacture of kid gloves
is: The tawing or dressing of the kids
preparatory to dj eing requires twenty
four manipulations. And among the
twenty-four manipulations which con
stitute the dressing of the skin there is
one w hich requires that it should pass
through eleven different hands; for the
making, it passes through fifty-six.
These facts will make the reader under
stand the quantity of labor necessary for
the making of this delicate production,
which is destined to last so short a time
A skin to be dressed must pass through
138 hands; the operation of dyeing re
quires eighteen manipulators, the cut-tlng-out
thirty-four, the sewing seven
teen, the putting in dozens and packing
twelve. A glove, from the state of skin
with the hair on to that of a finished
glove, passes through 219 hands. One
large manufactory in France employs
0,700 hands, viz.: Dressers, 200; dyers
and openers, 40; glovers, 240; clerks and
overseers, SO; undertakers of sewing,
40; seamstresses, 4,150. This establish
ment dresses every year 600,000 kid
skins, French and foreign. It dyes 512,
000 kid skins, and cuts out 900,000 pairs
of kid gloves, which are sewn in differ
ent departments. (The sewing of a
woman's small glove comprises 2,500
stitches.) The dressing and the dyeing
together require 1,000,000 yolks of eggs.
The yolks of eggs are employed in dress
ing the skins and dyeing. The whites
are used for making albumen. It may
be that in the course of time kid glove
making will be among the industries of
America; but it is exceedingly doubtful.
Uor. New Bedford Mersury.
The Overworked Man of Easiness.
The London Sanitary Record, in an in
teresting article on " Overwork," gives
the following graphic picture of the
business man who is overtasking his
powers :
" Sooner or later he finds that his day's
work has become an effort, a toil rather
than a delight; the last hour has become
a strain only maintained by determina
tion; a sense of exhaustion and fatigue en
velops his closure of the day's work, and
the last columns of figures have present-,
ed difficulties hitherto unknown, and the
last pile of letters has seemed more try
ing than of yore. Anything new, of an
unwonted character, making special de
mands upon the higher faculties, becomes
arduous and distasteful, revealing the
fact that the higher powers are first
commencing to give w ay, to announce
their inability ; while the mcie routine
matters, which have almost become
automatic, or even habitual, can still
be effectively discharged. But in
time even these lower processes are
affected, and the last half hour at
the office is a distinct trial, and is fol
lowed by a new sense of exhaustion.
There is a certain amount of irritability
combined with the sense of exhaustion,
that irritability which is ever found
along with the exhaustion of nerve
matter; this irritation, sometimes almost
amounting to exaltation, marks the com
mencement of nervous exhaustion and
failure. While work seems to become
more irksome, the usual sources of pleas
ure no longer afford their wonted solace
and satisfaction. There is a heightened
susceptibility to any little trivial annoy
ance, domestic matters are felt more
keenly, the dinner is not so satisfactory,
the children are noisy ; the more neces
sity for rest, and the more distinct the
craving for comfort and quiet, the less
seems forthcoming. There is an emo
tional exaltation which reveals the irri
tability of the exhausted nerve centers;
the newspaper is stupid and uninterest
ing, the piano wants tuning, servants
are deteriorating, children are less obedi
ent, and wives less sympathizing than of
yore. The mind is as sensitive as is the
skin after a blister; the slightest touch
produces pain."
Which Should Hare the Child?
It is recorded of Solomon of old that
he once had a tough case to decide as
between two women, each claiming the
motherhood of the child. To settle the
question the wise King proposed to cut
the child in two and give each woman a
half. The true mother was then re
vealed when she agreed, without any
other scratching or pulling of hair, to
give the other woman the little one and
save its life. A question somewhat sim
ilar lately was sprung up between the
station-master and a porter at an En
glish railway station. A basket came to
the station which, upon being opened,
was found to contain a living child. The
station master declined the gift, but the
porter, pitying the poor little helpless
wanderer, volunteered to accept it and
took the basket and child to his humble
home by general consent the station
master being glad to get rid of the
package so easily. The porter and his
wife were made glad, for they were child
less, with strong paternal desires un
gratified. They lifted the baby gently
out of the basket and found a treasure
of another sort. It was a package of
money, and counted out 800. Soon as
the station-master heard of the porter's
good fortune he demanded the basket
and its contents. Of course the porter
refused to give them up, and hence the
question of right between them. It
would not take a Solomon to decide to
which of the men the mother, could she
be consulted, would intrust her child.
The " Crjins Doll."
Somebody gave Thomas Cooley's Bister
a crying doll" on Christmas and Thom
as found much satisfaction in punching
it in the stomach so that it would
squeak. Arguing from his experience
with the doll he concluded that his baby
brother might be made to produce noise
by the same process. So the first time
he found himself alone in the room with
the child he went up to it. and gave it a
terrific dig in the abdomen. As this
knocked the breath out of the baby it
did not cry; and so Thomas placed both
elbows upon the child and pushed three
or four times with considerable violence.
Still it was silent. Then Thomas climbed
into the cradle and seating himself upon
the baby jumped up and down often
enough to produce music for any doll
baby that was properly constructed. In
the midst of the exercises he heard his
mc ther coming and knocked off, with the
intention of resuming his experiments at
some future time. But he never will re
sume them unless the little one has a
stomach in heaven. For Thomas Cooley's
baby brother is an angel now. Max
Adeler, in Danbury News.
ALL sums.
A negro man while fishing iu Green
liivcr last summer caught a large catfish.
Wishing to go farther up the river he
put a string through the gills of the fish,
tied it to a root in the water anil went
on. In a short while another negro came
along w ho had caught a small cattish.
Seeing the large fish, he exchanged, leav
ing his and taking the other. Toward
evening the first fisherman, returning,
stopped to get his fish. Taking it out of
the water and seeing a very small one
instead of the large one he had left, he
said : " Dis ain't my fish ; yet it nuts' be
for it's on my string; but lars a marsa,
how he swunk!" Owensboro Examiner.
Miss Gertrude Pillow, daughter of
Gen. Gideon .1. Pillow, of this city, shot
a bear near Old Town landing, Ark., last
week. The young lady was attended by
a youth named Charles Mitchell, brother
of Capt. John II. Mitchell. Bruin re
ceived two loads from a double-barreled
shot-gun, and, turning over with a sigh
somewhat akin to a growl, quietly
breathed his last. He was of a very large
size and the steaks were juicy and nice.
Miss Pillow has the reputation of being
skilled in the use of the fowling piece,
and has brought down many deer.
Memphis Appeal.
Apparently the opening of the new
opera-house in Paris is to furnish a polit
ical scandal as well as a pleasure to the
public. In the original plan there was
an imperial box, as the plan was made
under the Empire, and this box still ex
ists. There has consequently been some
curiosity to know what disposition would
be made of it. It is now reported that
this box has been permanently hired to
a club and that the club will keep it
"systematically empty," and so it will
constantly stare the public in the face as
the place where the Emperor ought to
be.
One of the Paris almanacs has this
story, signed " Laboulaye": A lazy girl
who liked to live in comfort and do noth
ing asked her fairy godmother to pi vc
her a good genius to do everything for her.
On the instant the .fairy cailed ten
dwarfs who dressed and washed the lit
tle girl and combed her hair and so on.
All was done so nicely that she was hap
py, except for the thought that they
would go away. " To prevent that," said
the godmother, "I will place them per
manently in your ten pretty little lin
gers." And they are there yet.
"Arc vou going after that sugar?"
called a M"arquettc (Mich.) mother to her
boy who was on the street. "Am I going
after that sugar?" drawled the youth in
a saucy and impudent tone ; but just
then he happened to see his father com
ing up behind him, and he said very re
spectfully and lovingly: "Why, of
course I am, ma I didn't know you
needed it right away." Mining Jvurmtl.
Prince Bismarck wears a revolver
since he was shot at by his would be as
sassion, Kullmann, and since he has be
come persuaded of the assassinating ten
dencies of his antagonists. He laugh
ingly remarked to some of his friends
that hereafter the Chancellorship of the
German Empire and a six-shooter must
go along together. Berlin smiles grimly
w hen it does smile.
An American, who has been travel
ing at night on a Mexican railroad, says
hejpas astonished at the amount of cock
crowing along the line about the hour of
daybreak. His first impression was that
the train must be passing through end
less rows of roosters, but he discovered
at last that every other Mexican on the
cars had a game-cock under his terape.
An ambitious Piovidence under
taker went to Boston, and there, falling
in love with a wealthy lady connected
with one of the "old families," asked
her hand in marriage. The proud dam
sel looked at him scornfully for a mo
ment, and said: " Sir, I must consider
your proposition a grave joke."
Abner Granger, of Mliine, spoke up
one evening twenty-four years ago and
said he guessed he'd go out and fodder
the cows. He went out, but has never
returned. If this meets his eye we'd
like to have him understand that we
think he's the slowest man to fodder
stock ever heard of. Detroit Free l'rr.
John L. Paget, of Cornish Flat, N.
IT . Ktill shaves" himself with a razor
which was the only one used by his
f 4 l . .. I, n ..1,1 ,rr1.tr
IttlUl'l, V 11 'J (JUI lb JL cill eiu ju,u viiiij
years of age, who in turn bought it when
he was a young man for sixpence at a
f pawnbroker's shop in the city of Glasgow,
t was an old razor then.
The Exeter (N. II.) Bank lately no
tified a man that $500 stood on its books
to his credit and subject to his order.
As he had made no deposit there the an
nouncement was a surprise, but did not
impair his confidence in the bank. He
now thinks a former employer must have
done it.
A man was recently found lying in
sensible in the street by the police of
Baltimore. He has since been claimed
by a woman, who positively identified
him as her husband, and by a young
man. astraneerto the woman, who is
just as positive that the man is his long-
lost father.
The Chinese have names which cor
respond in frequency with the Browns
and Smiths of Anglo-Saxon Christendom.
Those most frequently occurring are
Ching, Chang, Wrang and Shih, which
are the equivalents of "gold," "long,"
" prince" and " stone."
Chicago claims to possess the " Belle
of the Eastern Slope" in a seventeen-year-old
daughter of a liquor merchant.
She has been kept very secluded since
her return from school in Germany, but
is soon to rise upon the view of an en
raptured world.
The exclamation of an old lady on
hearing of the execution of a man who
had once lived in the neighborhood was:
" Well, I knowed he'd come to the gal
lows at last, for the knot in his handker
chief was always slipping round under
his left ear."
Miss Jennie Britton," of Lewisburg,
Pa., has gained a reputation as a skater
by propelling herself thirty-two miles
on the ice in three hours and thirty-live
minutes, the other day.
Full-Dress Toilets.
Parisian modistes delight this season
in quaint and new combinations of color
and are fast discarding the familiar rose
with pearl, or pink with blue and s?.lmon,
for fresher fancies and more daring ar
rangements. Extreme shades of one
color and the pretty monotone dresses
of several kindred hues arc also aban
doned for odd contrasts made up of a
very light tint of one color with a dark
shade of some opposite color, such as
pale pink with chestnut brown, sky blue
with seal brown, straw-color w ith garnet,
or fiesh pink w ith emerald green.
Brocades are fully restored to favor
again, but instead of flowers and stripes
the more novel designs, like coins and
scales, are sought after. Velvet is also
much used for full-dress toilets, and in
stead of black being used exclusively
colored velvets are worn, especially blue
in its lightest and darkest shades. Satin
is also in favor again. One of the rich
est satin dresses made this winter is in
Spanish colors, viz. : salmon with pink
hues predominating, trimmed with scar
let geraniums.
Very stately dresses are made of the
new embossed velvets that come in deep
positive colors gray, violet, brown and
peacock-color. Tfiesc have a soft repped
surface, with arabesques of self-color in
deep velvet pile. Like the rich materials
just noted these are used mostly as ac
cessories of a dress rather thanir a full
toilet. Ostrich feather bands are its
most effective trimmings.
High corsages are almost always made
with fanciful basque waists, though la
dies with fine full figures like the plain
corset waist extending smoothly over the
hips, and laced behind. Transparent
sleeves, short pulls, long shirred sleeves
and autique sleeves reaching just to the
elbow are all worn with high waists.
Young ladies select high corsages with
short sleeves a pretty and girlish
fashion. The high neck may be heart
hhaped, pointed or square, anl those cut
three-quarter low and square are also in
vogue. Low corsages are usually either
pointed or else iu corset shape, though
very many imported dresses have the
round Josephine waist. A bertha finishes
the neck of low corsages, ami the sleeves
are as short as possible.
Trained skirls are of medium length,
anil cling closely to the figure in front.
Shirred lront breadths, elaborate tabliers
of various kinds, and the wide-flowing
pleated back breadths are the conspicu
ous trimmings. There are a few round
ovcrskirts made with full-dress toilets, but
aprons of every shape are seen. A lace
point, either black or white, forms the
prettiest apron, and when put oifwitli
the back in front falls at once into fash
ionable shape. While beaded tulle
aprons come in this design; they arc
edged with side-pleated tulle, and a
flounce of the same trims the tkirt of
the colored Bilk dress.
Sashes must be uniquely arranged.
The simple bow with end streaming be
hind, or the scarf-sash worn below the
hips, will not answer now. More elabo
rate festooning is used, and scarcely any
two are placed alike. Sometimes the
wide faille ribbon starts high on the right
side and extends back and front to the
left foot, where a bow holds the point ;
on other dresses there is a regular side
trimming of a ladder of ribbon loops un
der each arm from the belt to the foot;
w hile another fancy litis the sash begin
ning on each side at the belt, festooned
across the tournure, then draped to the
end of the train, where it is tied in a great
bow and attached to the skirl instead of
streaming out from it.
Snow-balls, chrysanthemums, gera
niums and tipple-blossoms at e the flowers
that find most favor this winter, not be
cause they make as pretty garniture uh
more drooping flowers, but because they
have been so little used.- Many while
dresses are trimmed with scarlet flowers
such as geraniumsor poppies. Pink aud
scarlet together are also popular in ge
raniums and chrysanthemums for trim
ming white dresses, of which there are
more worn than at any previous season.
Another caprice is for variegated
geranium garlands and clusters made
up of the rose-pink, the scar
let Lady Washington, white i.nd
amber -colored geraniums, with em
browned foliage, or perhaps none at all.
A cluster of pure while snow-hulls is put
on the corsages of colored Mlks that
have no flowers elsewhere, and many
white, fresh toilets without nn atom of
color have a full para re of dwarfed snow
balls; oilier white dresses have tri color
clusters of three chrysanthemums pink,
white and crimson. The newest, paruret
outline an apron, and sometimes there
are triple garlands representing the
stylish triple apron. .Apple blossoms of
whitish pink, with thick, natural-looking
woody stems, form lovely clusters for
tulle and pale-tinted silk dresses. So.no
garlands are arranged across the waist
from the right shoulder to the left of the
belt, and from thence three vines are
draped to form the tablier. Hoses with
loose, soft petals are used alone, or else
are mixed with violets, apple blossoms
or white lilacs. White lilies, with grass
fringe, are' also admired. Prices rang'',
from $5 to T'2o, according to style and
quantity. Though most dresses are
laden with flowers there are exclusive
tastes that are wearied of them, and for
these the modistes use quantities of rib
bons in bows of every conceivable shape,
with the new French blonde laces.
The French fashion of excluding lace
from brides' dresses is adopted here,
more especially for very young brides.
Simple, yet-very stylish, w edding-dressr
of w hite silk have a tulle overskirt, made
with lengthwise pulls down the entire
front ami a vine of orange buds and
blossoms betw een the pulls. The back
of the overskirt is irregularly pulled and
clusters of flowers are set about on it.
The lower skirt has a wide silk flounce,
edged and headed with a tulle pleating,
anil a vine of blossoms also heads it.
The basque is of plain silk, or else s
covered with lengthwise puffs f tulle.
A vine of flowers trims the neck and a
spray extends down the center of the
back. The youthful bridemaids look ap
propriately dressed in muslin w ith Valen
ciennes trimming and lavender, rose,
pink or scarlet flowers and sashes, no two
of which are alike.
The novelty in thin fabrics for very
young ladies and for bridemaids' dresses
is white Chambery gauze in checks and
half-inch blocks, with open figures like
embroidery in the center of each block.
This gauze is combined with pink or
blue silk of pale shades, forming trans
parent fdecves, overskirt and flounce s on
a cuirass and train ot the silk. These
square figures for gau.es are new er than
6tripcs or damask patterns, though stripes
of three different widths are much used
in a single dress, viz.: narrow stripes for
the cuirass, very broad stripes for the
overskirt and medium stripes for the
pleated flounces.
Another novelty seized upon by bride
maids is the beaded tulle over dresses,
all w rought and spangled with white jet.
They are worn over dresses of plain
white tulle, with pink or blue cmpe
sashes tied low down, fichus to match,
and bouquetsof blue forget-me-nots, con
volvuli of blue and pink together, or else
sprays and fringe of pink acacia.
Pearl, gray, maroon and ashes of-roses
are the colors worn by mothers w hen ac
companying their daughters to the altar.
A handsome toilet worn by a brunette
matron on such an occasion is of very
light pearl colored t-ilk and partly of
plum color, with cardinal red roses for
garniture. The shirred lront breadths of
the skirt are of pearl color ; the back of
the train in a great quadruple fold is of
the darkest shade, trimmed with long
looped bows of the pearly hue. Down
each side is a w ide flounce of black lace,
held by the dark red roses. The basque
is dark, with pearl-colored sleeves. Hoses
in corsage and coiffure. Diamond orna
ments. The English fashion of bridemaids
without groomsmen is followed this
winter. The ushers who seat the guests
escort the bridemaids. The ushers wear
full dress always, even when the groom
is attired in English morning costume.
A small square bow of white gros-grain
ribbon, with perhaps a w hite rose-bud in
it, is worn in the breast of the usher's
coat. Harper's Bazar.
A Baltimore toy took his boots off
to send to the Iowa sufferers, and every
body patted him on the back, and the
philanthropists made him up a purse of
$50. The boy's father knew how the
plan would work.
The woman who wore her absent
over's kisses on her lips for him to come
and take again survived long enough to
bestow them upon a responsible third
party, with good collateral security.
Brooklyn Argus.