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I GENERAL JOHN M. THAYER
SKETCtl"OF THE DISTINGUISHED NEBRASKAN
WHO RECENTLY DIED AT LINCOLN
IS lONG AND EVENTFUL GAREER IN THIS STATE
Coming to the Comlllonwealth in 1854 , I-Ie Took
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Up Farnling but was Soon Called to Military
and CiVic Duties for State and Nation.
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Dorn in Dillingham , Mass. . , January
24 , 1820.
Graduated from Drown university ,
1841.
Settled in Nobmslm in 1854.
Drigadier general and major general
of torrltorla. forces operating against
the Indians from 1855 to 1861.
Colonel of Nebraslm troops In clv11 1
war and brigadier general Unltelll
States volunteers.
, Member of Nebraslm's first constl.
\ tutlonal convention , 1860.
United States senator from Neb.
mslm , 1867.18'/1.
. Governor of 'V 'ollllng terrltor ' ,
1875'Q.
Department commander Nebraslm G.
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A. It. UIS6.
Governor of Nebraslm , 1887.91.
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The followlng slQtch of the mo and i
public services of Gen. J. 1\1. 'I'hayer , .
who recently I1lel1 at his homo In Lin. '
coIn , at the age of elghty.slx , Is taltctJ
from the Omaha Dee : I
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! , ) . GENERAL JOHN M. THAYER. -
. - , John Milton Thayer was born at Bel.
, Ungham , Mass" January 24 , 1820 , ot
, good old colonial stock , both his grand.
" ' fathers having held commissions In
Washington's army. lIe was the young.
, est son of Captain Elias and Ruth
) . . ( Staples ) Thayer , and , with eight older
brothers and sisters , was farm.bred
He entered Drown college In Sep.
, " tember , 1837. On graduating In 1841
ho entered the law office of the Hon.
Isaac Davis of Worcester , of the class
of 1882 , and for forty ; years a memo
1 bel' of the corporation , and on finishing
- his law studies he spent some years In
Washington as a practitioner In land
claims , pensions and the Jl1\O. I
Meantime ho had formed the part.
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i , norshlp of his me. During his second
years In college he had talten three
months off to teach a rural school In
what was then Seekonlt , and tlms met
his fate in the person of Miss Mary
Torrey Allen , whose father , Rev. John
- . Allen , was pastor of a church In the
neighborhood. They wore marrlod t"o
- years after 'oung Thayer's gradua.
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" " , tlon-to wallt together happily through
bls whole ] mlJlIc life , unUi he brought
bel' baclt In brolen health to loolt once
( moro on the dear families elms and
breathe her last breath in the old
, home at Delllngham. Of six children
born to them , two son . John 1\1.
, Thnyer , Jr. , and Dana Thnyer , alone
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. fill Burvlve.
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I . , Comes to Nebraska ,
1\11' , 'l'ha'er removed to Nebrasln In
185.1-the same ) 'ear that saw his
classmate , Frieze , talta up his lIfo-worlt
In 1\Ilchlgan ; and though nt once ad.
mitted to the Nebraslm bar , It was with
no intent to practlco , Rather his heart
was set on the camng to which he was
born. and with a world of virgin soil
I about him , where to choose , he prompt.
Iy set his stales and went to farming.
Dut the sword was more In demand
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. than the l > lowshnre , just then and
t there ; and the first terrltorlnl le lsla'
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' 0 , ture 085-t. ] 8(5) mnde 'O\mg \ 'I'hayer
brigadier general In commnnd of the
forces levied against the redsldns , who
were as usunl on the warpath , For
the following six years he had enough
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to do In protecting the scattered plo.
neers and lweplng the Indians within
bounds-a tnslt that required all his
courage and dllJlomncy. Twice at
least lIe had to deal with a general
outlJrenlt , and once with less than 200
r. men he rounded up the whole Pawuee
l natlon-5,000 strong , Including 1,500
I fighting men-when the ) ' ha milled
the Ellthorn valley and left behind
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them 'ono wldo swnth of destruction. '
It wns on this eXlledltion that young
Thayer first found use for that decision
of charncter that has mnrlted his ca.
reel' ,
Guard for a Governor.
At the end oC a two days' march he
was overtnltcn b ' the go\'ernor with a
demijohn of whlsltcy In his traveling
amlJulance-a class of lmggage much
affected by the gentlemen "hom
Pierce and lluchanan used to send out
to govel'Il the territories. Now , gover.
nor - was already mellow and get.
tlng more 'so , and Tlmyer foresaw
trouble If In that stnte he shoulll as.
sert his nuthorlt ' as ex-officlo com.
mander.lnchlcf. Accol'dlngly , ho emp'
tied the demUolm and put the gover.
nor under guard till he should sober
off. Dut , watching his chance , the
governor got the car oC Thayer's sec.
.ond in command and gave his first
'mliltar ' order : "Colonel , " quoth the
gallant governor , "you wlll talto sev.
ent ' .fivo men amI ] > roceed to Colum.
bus and bring four bags of flour and
twenty lJnrrels of whlsltcy ! " When
this order wns reported to the young
lJrlgadler , that officer simply said :
"Colonel you wlll tal\O no orders rrom
anyone but mysel ! . " Then he placed
the governor In his amlJulance between
two trusty soldiers and resumed his i
midnight march upon the enemy's I
trail. So the redsldns were rounded I .
up and reconcentrated for good and all
-It was the last Pawnee outlJreal. ;
and the general wns never court.mar.
tlaled for Duttlng the commander.ln.
chief under arrest.
In the Civil War ,
At this juncture the civil war came
on , and the.J'oung Indian fighter found
a larger field for his talents and ex.
perlence. Under Abraham Lincoln's
first call for 300,000 men , he raised a
full regiment , 1,000 strong , In the new
territory whoso total population was
hnrply 28,000 ; and of this First Regi.
ment of NclJraslm Volunteers ho was
commissioned colonel. Reporting with
his regiment to General Fremont , then
commanding at St. Louis , he was at
once sent to re.lnCorce Grant who , with
throe reglmen1.1 , was holding Pilot
Knob , then thrcatened hy Hardeo at
the head of 7,000 Confederates. From
his first meeting with Grant , whom he
found simply clad and smoltlng n clny
pipe In his farm house headuqarters ,
they were wnrm friends. For two
J'ears Thayer served under Grant's
immediate command and he was among
the first to recognize the real greatness
ot tne man , Their cloRe relations were
renewed whn the one was In the White
House and the other In tile senate , and
were hroltcn only by the great com.
I mander's death.
Wins His Star ,
For gallant en'lces at Fort Donel.
son and Shiloh , Thayer was ma'le a
brl adler general , and later l > revetted
major general ; ho led a storming col.
umn against the Vlcltshurg bluffs at
Chlclmsaw nayou , in Shormnn's expedition -
dition up the Yazoo ; had his horse
shot from under him at the taltlng of
Arlmnsas post ; nnd ser\'ed through the
slego of Vlcltsburg under Grant. After
Viclshurg , he was transferred to the
Department of Arlmnsas and presently
assigned to the command of the Dls.
trict and Army of the Frontier ; suc.
cessfully defenlled Fort Smith , and
commanded a division II ! the battle of
Jenldns Ferry ,
General Thayer was n good soldier.
and he Imew well enough what the
war meant ; indeed , he anticipated the
omnn lpatlon proc1t\matlon. "In the
winter of 1861 , whl10 still n colonel , J
received nn order from a general om.
ccr to h8V ( > nn' camp st'nrched tor 0
runaway slovo nnd to rdurn him If
found to his mastel' , who brought the
order. There wns nn issue tor mo , I
said to the sln'e.hunter : 'You shell
not talO this mnn lJack to bondage , nntl
I glvo 'ou eve minutes to get outsldo
m ' lines. ' 110 did not 1I0sitnte about
going , I ltopt the slave at hendquar.
tel's thnt night , nnd next morning 1
] oadod him with sUPI > lIes ntHI sent him
rojolclng on his WU . to freodom. " Aud
thnt wns not the first nor the last
tlmo ho tool. the bull by the horns.
Saved Lives of , Soldiers ,
An Incident worth } ' of montlon In
his cnreer occurred when his reglmont
was stationed nt Lenvonworth , News
cnmo from Independence , 1\10. , thnt
four union soldiers had been captured
by the rebels nn wcro held as spies ,
awaiting denth. General Thayer do.
termlnCtl to snvo thom nnd nccorcllngy ]
boarded the boat and went down tho'
river to independence with his com.
pany. The ' proceeded at once to the
jail and demancled the relense of the
four union soldiers which wus given
them. General Thn 'er toole them to
Fort LenvenworUl nnd gave them their
liberty ,
After the War.
At the close of the war he returnel
to Nobl'aslm and became a member of
the fil'st constltutlonnl convention in
1866 : lIe toolt n leading part In secur.
Ing the admission of the now st\\to \ ,
and was chosen ono of Its fir5lt senators
In congress. In this high omco ho
served four yenrs (1867.71) ( , including
the stormy sosalon of Andrew John.
son's impenchment and the earlier pnrt
of Grant's first term , After leaving
the sonnte ho was Gppolnted by his
old commander to bo g vernor of
Wyoming territory : and held that of.
fice some four years (1875.9) ( ) . In 1886
ho was elected governor of Nebraslm ,
und In 1888 was re.elucted , and , 0.1.
though not a candidate nt the foHow.
Ing eectlon ] , he became , in fact , the
first and only third-term governor In
the history of the state. It came about
In this wise : James E. Doyd , who car.
rled the stnte In 1890 , was not only a.
democrat , but a born Irishman. lIe
hud como to Nobraslm as a minor with
his father , and neither of thorn hud
over tulton out naturalf7.atlon papers ,
though the son had always heen an
nctlvo politician and was at the tlmo
mayor of Omaha.
Leaves Governor's Chair.
Governor Thayer decline ! } to turn
over. the office to him , and claimed to
bo governor de facto nnd do jure until
a successor should be elected and duly
qualified. The Issue was tried on a.
writ of ouster before the state sue
premo court. and the govemor's con.
tentlon was sustained , hut. on opleal ]
to the federal supreme court , thut trl.
bunal , by a majorlt ' of one , reversed
the decision and seated 1\11' . llo 'd-
some 'of Ule justices calmlng ] that the
enabling act made aJlresldents citizens
of th4J new state , whllo Chief .Justice
Fuller held thnt DonI wns de facto a
citizen , Inasmuch as he hnd been voting -
ing and occuslona ] ! ) ' holding office
over since the admission of the state
into the union. In accordance with
this decision Govc > rnor Tha'er tnrned
the ofllco ovO ! ' to Mr. noyd sllortly be.
fore. the expiration oC his unsought
third term. In 1812 ! ,
His Domestic Life.
Gen. Thayer wns prominently Iden.
tIfled with the Grand Army of the Re.
public and John 1\ [ . Thayer post Is
named In his honor. General Thnyer
was commnnder of the state department -
ment of the Grand Army of the Repub.
lIc In 1879.
The domestic life of the great Ne-
brasltan was an exceedlngy ] happy
ono. His wlfo , to wlrom ho WM mar.
rled In 1843 , died In 1892.
During his long and eventCul public
career he always had been 0 republlcnn
and advocated ropubllcan principles.
Since his retirement from public
life he was 0 frequent and welcome
visitor at the state capitol and his
words of wisdom frequently have been
heard In the administrative counsels.
A Spirit of Reconciliation.
LINCOLN-The visit of C. II. Dietrich -
rich of Hastings , ex.sC > T1ator nnd ox.
g-overnor , recalls one of the Interesting
episodes In the life of the late Gen.
eral .John 1\L 'I'hayer. Because of
doubt concernln the citizenship of
Governor-ell'd .Tames Eo noyd In 1801 ,
Governor Thayer refusell to turn over
the office until the 8Upr(1me court
should say whether no 'd had heen
properly naturallmd : or not. The feull
hecamo hitter anll wIlen final Ile'IRlon
had heen reached and noyd de'lared
1'1I lble for the position , the two men
had 11ecol11e , the most Irreconclllblo
enemies. They rc > fuRed to spealt and
the common courtesl(1s lJetween men
were forgotton.
In 1901 , when GO\'ernor Dietrich wns
living In the governor' 111anslon. he
Invited aH the living' ex.governors to
tIInner nt 111s home In Lincoln. Doyd ,
Poyntor. Holcomh , Furnas , Crotll1so
and 'l'hayer were prc > sont. General
Thayer was the Inst to arrlvo an,1 as
ho took off his cent In thn 111111 he anx ,
lously nslc > d Governor Dletrleh If
norel was present ,
"He Is , " said the governor , "and 1
hollevo ho will he glall to see J'OU , 1
hope that you and GO\'l'rnor ! noyd will
forget forever the Imst unl > leasant
ness , "
"I hope so , too , " resl'nnded the aged
veto ran.
As Governor Dietrich nnel his gllcst
entered the Imrlor , ox.Govornor noyd
was the first to rlRe and r ( > et Gc > nera ]
Thayer , The two J11nn shook hnncl
long I\IHI cor\lnJ1 \ ' , w'I'I" tears stream
ell down the ch ( ' ( > 1.8 of the olel J.eneral
'I'he reconciliation was complete and
the two mon ever aftorwarel s ] > ( ) IO 01
each other with rent reslloct and
friendship.
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Combined Escuicheons of
Longworth and Roosevelt I .
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Alfred Radwny , the English hernhllc
expert , has executed and presented to
President Roose\'olt an illuminated
cop ' of the combined escutcheons of
Nicholas Longworth atHI his hrldo ,
The Longworth arms show on a sl1. I
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SOMf COSTLY BANQUfTS
Many Thousands of Dollars
Spent by People of Wealth
for Single Ropasts.
Three hundred dollars , half Ii. ) 'ear's
Income for hunllrells of thousl\nds of
cIerIs , for a slnglo meal ! Such was
the regal hospitality with which 1\11' .
and 1\1rs. John Hnnan entertained
fort . of their friends nt a house.warm.
lug dinner in New Yorl. a few weels
ago. The dinner , we are told , was an
exuct reproduction of a banquet given
in Paris during the seventeenth cen.
tury br the Dulw of Alva In honor of
the birth of the Prince of Asturias.
The forty guests at this Lucullan
feast dined off plates of soHd gold ;
and for souvenirs of such a memorable -
able banquet each lady carried away
a. . small cloclt of gold and each man
sported a golll fiower.holdor In his
buttonhole.
Such costly hospitality as this
raises the intorestlng qucstlon , "How
much of the $300 pOl' guest was spent
on the food alone ? " nnd the auswer
Is rather surprising. 1\1. Escoffior , a
chef of world.wIde reputation , says :
"As far as the food Itself Is concel'll'
cd , and apart from wines and decora.
tlons , you could not limIte a menu
cost more than $15 a. . head for four
people without being eccentric. " Such
a. . menu , which would satisfy the most
exnctlng of epicures , would Include
the most costly dollcncles the world
can supply , such as swallows' nests
from China ; ourslns , a Itlnd of cray.
fish caught In the 1\Iediterranean ;
caviare from Russia , sturgeon from
the Volga , and terrapin.
Another famous chef fixes $20 as
the cost of the most expenslvo din.
ner he could provide-In food' alone.
"In any dinner In which common
sense Is talwn Into account , " he says ,
"the food alone would not cost you
moro t.han $20 a cover ; that Is , with.
out wines , decorations or attendance. "
It is tJms clear thnt any ono who
Is prepared to ontertaln his friends nt
the cost of $15 or $20 a head could
provide for them as good a dlnnor as
the man who counts his fortune In
tens of millions of dollars , and thnt
any expondlturo be 'ond this relative.
Iy modest figure is , apart from wines ,
] avlshed on externals , aud principally
on decorations.
Thus , at a dinner which cost $50 a
head , given not long ago by a million-
nlro to celebrate a remarlmhle run of
luck at * , Ionte Carlo , the 'walls of the
dining room were surrounded by
peach trees and \'ines , from which the
guests gathercd the growing fruit for
dessert ; and in the center of the ta.
ble 11 fountain of rose.water plashed
In a veritable orchnrd of dwarf fruit
trees ,
At another dlnnol' oC eighteen covers -
ers , which cost In all $13,900 , or over
$720 a cover , the dining room was
converted into a natural grape arbor ,
from which the fruit hung In hundreds
of tempting bunches. 'rhero were
dwnrf trees from .Japan , each b ( > arlng
Its burden of seductlvo fruit , the rnr.
cst exotics from all parts of the wOI'I,1 ,
and fountains n which fish swnm ,
Not long ago a western mllllonalre
entertained thirty of his friends at a
banquet for vhlch he ] mld $8,000 , at
least fifteen times the actual cost of
the dinner ItGe : ! . Ono charming fea.
ture of the meal was a centerpleco of
3,000 Amel'lcan neauty roses nesliing
among maldonhalr ferns. Each rose
of the 3,000 cost the host 75 cents.
A notable din nor of this extrava.
gant typo was given at Del monico's
some ) 'ears ngo lJy a 1\11' . l.ueltme'cr.
In thE. center of the table Was a mln ,
laturo lalte with Islots. among which
swans floated. The din nor consisted
of nine courses on ! ) ' , but they com.
prisod the mrest and most costly dell.
cacles the whole world could ] II'ovlde ;
and the cost of the feast was $12,500 ,
or about $166 for eaeh of the soventy.
OVA I7I1ACltCl
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vcr shield , three blnelt dragous' heads.
' 1'ho Hoosovolt nrms are three rod
roses on a green hllloclt. The crest
Is boal"s , hend , holding In the mouth
n. sword.
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BATH' GOOD FOR HUMAN LUNGS.
As Necessary for Hcalth as Cleansing
of the Body. '
Heturnlng from the theatre via the
Subwny , Dr , IIenr ' Hussoll of the up.
per West SllIe , with his wiCe nnd a
nolghbor whom ho had mot on tlw
train. wallted over to Hlvorshle Driye
at the ph'slcltu1'ti rcquest , to "talte
n lung hath , " ns ho eXJI'eGsed It.
"Our lungs , qulto as well nR our bod.
los , neell baths , " said he.j'Bspcclally
do the ' need a bath after wo have Bat
for three or four hours In the 11111)111'0 )
Ilstnlo all' of . thentl'o ' .
an n. 01' n. church.
'I'hen , If we could see them , our lungs
woulll loolt as unsightly as the face oC
a coal henver loolts arler a hnrd day's
worl { .
"Air , pure all' , is the cleanser of the
lungs , and to bathe them the hend
should bo thrown bacI" and through
the nostrils pure , fresh air should bo
Inhaled , till the lungs nro dlstonded
to their utmost limit. Ahout twonty.
11YO oC the lIeepest possllJlo lungsCuls
of Imro all' should bo slowlr Inhaled
and oxlmled. 'l'hen the pure all' rushes
II1to a torrent through all the dusty
crnnnies and hidden , grimy cOl'11ors of
the lungs , and It cal'l'les out wilh It
every Impurity.
"Aftor a long sitting In a theatre's
stale all' , try 0 lung lJnth. You w1l1 bo
amazed to find how It will cheer and
strengthen you.-New Yore ) Press.
Tried to Conceal His Feelings.
The Into President Samuel C. Bart.
lett of Dartmouth was n mnn who
Iwenly appreciated rOHlrtee , whether
turned upon himself or some ono olso.
At a college gathering recently this
story was told as nn illustration of his
temperament : ,
Dnrron Shlrloy , now a prominent
Inwyor In I.'ranltlln , N , II. , wus called
before President llnrtlett when a stu.
dent at the college for remarlts he had
passed because of a ruling of the li'ac.
ulty. The matter was rognrded as
serious , and there was Ilangor of
young Shirley's cxpulslon.
"Sir , " said President Dnrtlett , storn.
ly , "I understand you have been ex.
pressing your contempt for the Fac.
ulty , "
"No , sir , " replied Shlrloy , as qUlclt
as a fia h , "I have alwn 's done my
best to conceal It. "
Presillent Bartlett looked Into the
young student's eyes , then cbucltled
and said : "You ma ' go , sir. "
Women In the Great West ,
Glrls- too , hero provo their capacity ,
for I saw a house that a gll'l built hor.
self. She toole up a claim , worlwd it
all alone , built her own house , and In
U J'ear more will have "proved up"
and become a ] > ropel'ty owner In her
own right , 'Vo heard of several moro
Ruch Instances , and visited one neat
little house , shining cleun , with a
woollon fioor on which the neighbors
loved to dance , and a windmill near
b ' lJUmlllng gallons and gallons of
good water I to big tanls for the bon.
ofit of the many cattle and pigs , It
was set by the rO dslde , offering bless.
ings to every passer.by , 'rhls raneh ,
comprising a fuli section-that Is , ono
Slluare mllhad been talwn up by
two 'oung men and tholr two sisters ,
each filing on n quarter , The glrla
farmed , the ho 's raised cattle. All
were successful.-l\1. F. W. , In Harp.
or's Dnzar ,
African Park for Elephants ,
A society which calls Itself "T11Q
EIl'phant's ) " 1'101111" has been founded
In Pnrls , It has for Its object the pro.
tectlon of the African clephant , which
Is threntened with extermination by
the hunters who now swnrm the no
longer rlarlt continent.
It Is Ilroposell to found In the center
of the African contlnont a sort 01
Imrl { which would serve as a range for
wild HllIne , the regulntlons concern.
In which will he founded upon those
existing In YellowHtone Parlt ,
Not only elephants will be accorded
sllOitOl' , but asylum will also be glv.
en to glralTes , zebras and other harm.
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JUSTICE BROWN WILL RETIRE.
Fears Continuation of Judicial Dutlos
May CauRe DlindneSB.
Assoclato JusUco Henry DlllIngs
Drown of the United Statcs Supreme
CO\1lt Intends to retlro from the bench
nnd has notified Presldont Itoosove1t
to thnt effect ,
Justlco llrown was , 70 ) 'ears old on
Iarch 2. lIaving reached thnt ago
nnd hnvlng served ten years n8 n
member of the SUI\rOmo hench , he
was prl\'lleged to rotlro on fult pay.
Although strong nnd , 'Igorous bOl1l1y
nnd mentally , JUStiCO Drown hns been
troubled with fnlllng sight , ami ho has
felt that n contlnuanco of his judicial
dutlos might cnuse 111m to become
LJtlnd ,
110 will servo through the present
term of court and 111'Obnbl ) ' wIlt rotlre
In the fall. 110 expects to travel In
Burope , durIng the sum mol' .
Juatlco llrown was born nt Soutb
[ . ( > e , 1\Inss. , in 1836 , grnduatod from
Yale when 20 'cars old , and , aCtor
Bhlll 'lnS' lnw at the Yale nnd 110.1"
yard ] nw schools , Was Illlmitted to the
lJar in 'Va 'no county , 1\IIch. , iu 1860 ,
Prom 1861 to 1868 ho served as deputy
Unltell States marshnl amI assistant
Unltell Stntes attorney for the east.
ern IIlstrlct of 1\tlchlgnn , und then be.
came judge of the state Circuit court
of Wa 'no coun1y ,
110 served only n few months , when
ho returned to the practice of Inw In
IS- cI
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u.rr i HEMYi" . MOWH
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Detroit In partnership wilh John S.
Nowberr ' and Ashley Pond , In 1875
President Grant al > lIolnted him Unit.
ed States Judge for the eastern dls.
trlct. of 1\tlchlgan , and In December ,
18J0 ! , President lIal'rlson appolntcd
him assocll1to justlco of the United
States Supreme court ,
THINI < TOO MUCH OF "NERVES. "
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Mlotake Made by People and Physl.
clans of To.day.
What a. . flno thing It would have
been for the human race had rhysl.
clans never dUico\'ered : anything
about the nervous system or Invented
such tOI'111S ns "nor\'ous prostration"
or "nervous dysllopsla. " It maltes one
green with envy to thlnlt of these for'
mer tlmcs when people ] mow lIttle or
nothing about anntoll1 ' and when they
called thlnss hy their rlgbt
names. When they were 1lI.
tempered or jealous or mel.
ancholy they said they were , instead
of putting everything on the poor
nerves as wo do now , When physl.
clans 0.1'0 called In and find thom.
solves at a loss to lmow just what is
the matter with patlont-and oven the
very cleverest of thom somotlmos do
find themselves In that humiliating
position-they can always fall back
upon "nerves , " with the certainty that
the patlent will qulto agree with thorn
nnd also that ho will Immodlately jus.
tlfy the Illllgnosis by having n nerv.
ous attaclt of rome sort.-Charleston
News and Courier.
SCIENTIFIC FACT AND THEORY.
Too Many VagarlcB Indulged In by
the Thinkers.
That the human race will become
blind through the effects of the elec ,
trlcnl current so abundantly genorat.
cd for modern uses is the startling
proposition of nn alleged scientist of
Chicago. Wo 0.1'0 of the opinion that
this statement should bo classed
among the vagaries of sclenco , 'l'hero
never was a time when real sclenco
commanded more reSlect ] , or , to dem'
onstrated truths , moro unquestioning
belief tllan the present. 'I'hls Is shown
by the Innumerable Instances of ap.
plied sclenco In all branches of Indus.
try. Dut scientific demonstl'atlons aTO
one thin ! ; and scientific speculations
are qulto another. In fact , real sci ,
entlsts do not indulge in the latter ,
They announce conclusions as the result -
sult of patlont and thorough retearch ,
but the ' do not promulghto long.range
speculations or fantastic thoorie8.-
IndlanullOlis News ,
French President a Music Lover.
M. FaIlleres , the new President of
France , Is a capital bllllarll player ,
having succumbed to the fascinations
of the game long ago , lIe Is 1ho first
President to adJure tobacco , hut ho
has a fine taste [ 01' music , which Lou ,
bet , Fauro , Grov ' , l\Iacl\lahon and
Thiel's , who wel'O all smol\Ors , notably
laclted. President Falllores shares l\f.
Loubet'3 enthusiasm for shooting , and
Is a tettor B ot than President Carnet ,
.
who once at n. slJooting part tn Iturn-
bOlllllet Bevercly " [ leI1Pored" Gen. Dru.
gere ,
