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4 At a THE MADISONIAN, s %TURD tY, OCTOBER 17,1874. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Ono Year 'in adv A nee) . $5 00 Six Months 2 50 Three Months 1 50 ADVERTISING RATES. THE MADISONIAN, as an advertising r. ...fiton, is equal to any paper in Montana. ; 1 .14 z .a 4 1;4 4 8 , .4 0) In $5, $7 $8 2 Inches ' 51 8 9 10 3 Inches i '. 7 1 9 11 12 1 4 Inches 8! 11 12 14 t; Inches 101 12 15 18 13 Inches ! I 181 24 30 34 f5 I nclie- , 1 tOi 40 50 55 - $10 $15;$ - ..%),4.5 2 12 29! 301 44) 15 25 37! 55 17! 30 15, 70 24 38 t;5! 90 40 51 90040 65 75 150! 250 Ike above scale of prices Is for ordinary sin- :71tscoluntn. display advertising. Solid sal fibular adwrtisernents will be charged at the 'each rate abr space occupied. LOCAL NOTICES, Fifteen it per line for first, and ten cents Ner line for each additional insertion. CARDS, One-half inch, $2 for one insertion; $.3 for two insertions; it$ per quarter; $16 per year. rr The foregoing schedule of prices will be strictly adhered to. All advertisements counted in Nonpareil measure. C)13 ri\TriaMT(*, 4)f every description, executed in the best and neatest silk, and on reasonable terms. NEWSPAPER DECISIONS. 1. Any one who takes a paper regularly from the Post - otliee--whether directed to his name or another's, or whether he has subscribed or not —is responsible for the payment. 2. If a person orders his paper discontinued. he must pay all arrearages or the publisher niav elm:Mite to send it until payment is made, anI colllect the whole amount, whether the pa- per is taken from the office or not. 3. The courts have decided that refusing to take the newspapers or periodicals from the Postoliice, or removing and leaving them un- called for, is prima facia evidence of intention- s! fraud. PROFESSIONAL. G. F. COWAN, Attorney and &oune1or at Law. Itadersberg, Montana Territory. HENRY P. WILLIAMS, Atly & Counselor at Law, VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. OFFICE over the Post Officer. J. E. CALLAWAY, Attorney and CCO111 - selor at 1 - 4a,Av. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. 40F FICE. adjoining the office of the Secre- tar .4 the l'erritorv 1. STV. rou.t. J. K. row..s. TOOLE & TOOLE. Attorneys at Law. HELENA, MONTANA. Will practice in all the Courts of Montana. :. , 1(\ T. ! 4 TIOREK. T. J. LOwERY. SHOBER & LOWERY, atcovitkeys and coun- selors at ][._.aw. HELENA, M. T. Will practice in all the Courts of Montana. SAMUEL WORD, t4 )1•114'y 211 i.E1A1V. VIRGINIA CITY. M. T. JAMES G. SPR ATT, Attorney and Coun- selor at law. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. ‘N ill praklick• Lit LIII th , of Montana. R. W. HI... _Attorney at _Law, GALLATIN CITY, N. T. W. F. SANDERS, Attorney and C!onn- selor at I4av. HELENA, M. T. Will practice in all Courts of Record in Montana. C. W. TURNER, VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. OFFICE: Adjoining Colonel Callaway' WM. F. K I R KWOOD, Attorney at Law, VIRGINIA CITY. Can be found at Judge Spratt's office or Pro- bate Court Rooms. IV ill practice in all the l'ourts of the Territorv. GEORGE CALLAWAY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, M NTANA. OFFICE, at the Law Office of J. E. C aila- n - ay, Esq.. until further notice_ 1. C. SMITH, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. office at the Old Lc Beau Stand, Wallace *:reet where he can be found night or day E. T. YAGER. M. 0. 7 Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. Will practice in all branches. °thee one door above the City Drug Store. H. d. BARKLEY. M. D. Physician & Surgeon. R.ADERsBuRG, M. T. Ip s had twenty-one years' experience in in his profess:on—blur years of that time *sargeon in the Confederate army. lie is pie- Pared to perform all kinds of surgery. . 11 = 11 FEMALE COMPLAINTS, his expe- r i i e e rr nc i e to i n sn .. et surpassed by any physician in the r ia r TIIOSE WHO HAVE VENEREAL 7-TI1\LAINTS.—Gonorrhea if called upon 71 !?.lin live days after the first appearance,. he \LI cure in seventy-two hours. In syphilis, wili cure in live days• His treatment is diff.:rent fram any physi- •lan i this Territory. He is prep red for Extraeting :and Filling T e lb. 03 . C. S. ELL13 ip Ili I I. AYING taken an interestin is trie Drug Department of A. 4. f- ,.._ A llratellst.l's store at Silver Star, Moutaitti,c11 11 _ at all times, day and night, at said se m . Y Wtt-ti cot tibsent on profeesional busi- ties, 1-26tf G. B. WHITFORD, M. D., Pa -Yeles a s. 13 E 7 -R I.C,Dc - ,E. and Surgeon, ? , 10lITTAN A / 1) 44- 6 • .4mealaanintrneall6 VOL. 1. RED LIPS. Red lips—so fair to kiss, So far away - 1 dream of you, and miss (Ah, every day!) The measure of a bliss How great no heart can say Save mine, red lips! Red lips, across the sea I know you wait With all your sweets for me, Quite desolate Until that time shall be So long withheld by fate— Stern fate, red lips! Red lips, no more to roam— To toil no more— That time shall guide me home With golden store, And winds through mist and foam Shall waft me safe to shore And you, red lipfs! T. Ferguson. BABY LAND. How many miles to Baby Land? Any one can tell; tip one flight To F(sur right, Please to ring the bell. What can you see in Baby Land? Little folks in white; Downy heads, Cradle beds, Faces pure and bright. What do they do in Baby Land? Dream and wake and play, Laagh and crow, Shout and grow, Jolly times have they, What do they say in Baby Land? Why, the oddest things; Might as well Try to tell W hat a Birdy sings. When is queen in Baby Land Mother. kind and sweet; And her love )ra above, Cuides the lithe feet. HOW LITTLE WE iiN OW. How little we know et each other! How ready we are to condemn! And lazily drift with the current 'Twere manly and noble to stem, When, could we but know the temptations And trials of frail ones that fall. Ourjudgment were tempered with mercy And terder compassion for all. How little we know of each other! How dim is prosperity's ray! The trials and struggles that cover, Like guilt from the eves of the day, The pangs of the houseless, the homeless. The friendless on poverty's road; May beat our threshold, unheeded, And visible only to God. How little we know of each other! The brand of dishonor and shame, If truth were as welcome as falsehood, Might canonize many a name. The culprit might put on the ermine, The silver be purged of its dross, And crime's ghastly gibbet transfigured To martyrdom's glorious cross. NOTHING TO DO. A strip of snowiest linen Half-broidered and stamped in blue, And the gleam of a trreadless needle Piercing the pattern through: The needle is ready, yet the sweet little lady Sits sighing for something to do. Heaped on the table beside her Blossoms of every hue; Delicate, odorous roses— The rarest that ever grew: The vase stands ready, while the sweet lady Sits wishing for something to do. Half hid under flowers a volume In daintiest gold and blue, Just parted, as if it would open At ' `The Miller's Daughter\ for you: The book lies ready, yet the sweet little lady Sits sighing for something to do. A silent harp in the corner, And melodies old and new Scattered in pretty disorder— Songs of the false and the true: The harp stands ready, still the sweet little lady Still longing for something to do. A sudden wind -sweep and flutter— The door wide-open flew; A step in the hall, and swiftly, Like a bird to the threshold she flew: Blushing, already the sweet little lady Forgets she has nothing to do! Harriet 31'Ewen little CALIFORNIA HONEY PRODUCT. Among the other numerous products for which California seems destined to become famous, honey ranks as by no means the least valuable item. It has already found its way into the Eastern markets, though, so far, in limited sup- ply, and is mu :11 admired for its purity and delicacy ot flavor. Its production is not limited to any part of the State, but at present it is chiefly made a speciality in San Diego county, near the Mexican border. The honey crop of that county tor 1873 WAS 119.000 pounds, and it is expected it will this year equal 200.000 pounds. The bees commence working in that country about the first of Februa- ry. and the season for storing honey lasts from June to September. The finest hon- ey is made from the flowers of the sea - plant which grows there ill such abund- ance. This is the true sage. and must not be confounded with the 'sage -brush\ of Nevada and Northern counties. The flat top. or \buckwheat greasewood\ also affords excellent honey. The bloom of this plant closely resembles that of buck- wheat, 1 ence the name. The flower of the sumac is aeother source. and the ice - plant which c wen so much of the coun- try is lit ewise sought by the bees. This latter plant m ikes a very white honey but is libable to the objection that it turns very quickly to sugar, or -candies.\ as the honey -men term it. The bee -keep- ers therefore try to avoid it. The bulk of the honey finds a market in the East. Several car -loads were shipped from San Diego, East Last year and found a paying and appreciative _market. and much More will be shipped this year. The honey made in San Diego is exceedingly white and handsome, and of fine flavor, and commands a (rood price and ready mierket wherever offered. Little or no strained honey can be sold during the prevalence of the green fruit season, and it will not be until next fall that any great amount can be moved. The total crop in Califor- nia this ear is variously estimated at o 000 to 700,000 paancts.—Eoono- mW. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1874. THE MEN WHO RULE LOUISIANA. None of the Southern States have had such marvelous political adventurers as Louisiana. Fleet of these was War- mouth—acute, able, and unscrupulous. Ile is gone, for a time at least, and I should not like to say anything which might bring him back. Then comes Kellogg, whose name is William Pitt no longer, but William promise. He prom- ises everybody everything, and then for- gets all about it. But the worst name on the list is that of J. H. Sypher, who has been eight years in Congress and proba- bly was never once elected. his record at Washington is as bad as his reputation in Louisiana. It is a matter of official his- tory that he unblushingly bargains for the sale of the votes of men who were elected to Congress. Two years ago he was the radical candidate against Effing- ham Lawrence, and we have the testimo- ny of such men as General Longstreet on the canvassing board that Lawrence was elected, and that the certificate of election was already made out for him and ready to be signed, when Sypher appeared with a carpet -bag full of frauds and got the paper. These men are only specimens of the people who rule Louisiana. Shel- don is the best of the delegation in Con- gress, and he has been nominated to stay at home. This is because he is too good a to be altogether useful, and as a punish- ment for acting with Senator Carpenter in favor of a new election. Henry C. Dib- ble. who has been nominated as his suc- cessor, is one of the gang, and he was also a favorite with Kellogg's predeces- sor. When Warmouth Wanted to own a judge he had a court created by the Leg- islature, and Dibble became its presiding justice. Kellogg, however, pretends that he wanted to see &within re -nominated. and says he used every effort to accom- plish that result. He told ine so at 111S )1%11 h011e a few days ago. --In spite of everything I coin(' do,\ the Governor blandly said, -he was defeated. It was impossible to save him.' Mille Kellogg was telling me this, and showing his ex- treme sympathy for Sheldon I was flui- ning myself with Dibble's fan. which I found on his table. The circumstance was sue - gestive, even if it does tall short or being a coincidence. And so it seems that fitness and worth are disqualifica. tions for official position ill Louisiana. Aim agsregation of herpies control the State, alai what terrible harpies they are may be judged by the specimens I have given. Such men are bad enough to em- bitter any people, though, at the saine time, it must be confessed that there is a party in Louisiana, led by rash, impetu- ous, and hot-headed youths, which is no better, except that the leaders have had fewer opportunities. Nowhere is there a prospect of official integrity and good government, but signs of disaster loom up at every hand, and the near and far future are equally dark mid dismal.—New Orleans Correspoutlenee N. Y. Herald. A MARROW -GAUGE COAST RAIL- ROAD. We have from time to time given pret- ty full accounts of the progress of three narrow-guage railroads now in process of building along the coast line. The North Pacific Railroad will ill a short time be completed for a distance of fifty miles, to the head of Tonudes bay, and next summer another section will be ad- ded, extending the line to Russian river, making a continuous track of not less than 75 miles. The Santa Cruz and Wat- sonville narrow-guage road will be com- pleted some time next year. The Sali- nas and Monterey narrow-guage will be finished in a few weeks between the two points mentioned, or for the distance say of 25 miles. Here we have, all told, 120 miles of narrow-guage road along the coast, in three sections net yet linked together. But sufficient has already been done to make it evident that within a short time there will be a continuous liar- row-guage railroad from Humbolt Bay to Monterey Bay, a distance of about 325 miles. In litct, the 120 miles already iti progress is really the beginning of a sys- tem of narrow-gauge roads along the coast which will no doubt finally ex- tend from Coose Bay to San Diego. The blank spaces will be filled in gradually. Wherever two roads have their termini within a few miles, they will finally be linked together. So long as a coast liar- row e estiage was only on paper, there was nothing very encouraging in the pros- pect. But now that three companies are actually at work in good earnest, and rails for not less than 120 miles have al- reely been bought. track graded, aril mcomotivee are arriving. we have some tangible facts. These sections of road will naturelly come into line, and will be the first solid pledge of a nerrow- guage road which will traverse the en- tire coast line of California.—Calitornia Exchat Great consternation has arisen through- out Egypt in consequence of plague hav- ing broken out at Leet and other places near Jeddah, brought on, it is said, by water used for domestic purposes being allowed to filter through an old burial - ground. Quarantine of twenty-one days has beeti imposed at Suez upon all ves- sels touching at any of the Arabian ports. including Aden, and also Eli Wedgi, where vessels are being sent instead of being allowed to remain out their time at Suez. and whither a considerable quar- antine force is being dispatched. Orders have been issued forbidding any ships belonging to the Egyptian Gov. ernment to call at Jeddah or any of the neighbor- ing ports, and trade between them and ports on the Egyptian side is temporarily suspended. It is supposed diet the num- ber of pilgrims this year will, in conse- quence, be greatly diminished, and that the Siftings late Grand Vizier, who has just been appointed Governor of Mecca, will immediately resign his appointment. Middle Tennessee had rain on the 28th of August for the first time since the 15th sof May. There is treasured up in the archives of the Revenue Office in this city, says the Napa Rsgister, a document that is pre- cious in the eyes of its owner, and should be an object of interest as the last official act of the martyred President, Abraham Lincoln. It is the appointment of W. C. S. Smith as United States Internal Rev- enue Collector for this (the Fifth) Dis- trict of California. an office that gentle- man still tills, and the district of which has become, under his efficient manage- ment, probably one of the best and most economically administered of any in the Union. The document was signed by the President April 13, 1865, at about the close of business hours on that day. The next day—the 14th—busint ss generally was suspended as a eort of holiday on ac- count of the fall of Richmond, and that evening. at Ford's Theater, the President was shot. This appointment is certainly the last made by the President, and is be- lieved to be the very lasa official act of his life. GOOD ADVIt E. It is curious, says the London World, to watch the face of a man who, instead of solid aid which he is to selfish to offer, gives in abundance \goo 1 advice.\ which costs him nothing. His expression is brave, and somethnes, in the case of a good actor, it seems troubled and slightly flushed with emotion. He would like you to believe that all his words gush straight from his heart and flow impul- sively toward you as a river toward the sea. His voice is always low and soft, insinuating, confidential, and caressing. His hands, however, and his eyes are gen- erally restless and uneasy. He dare not loon at one long in the thee, for tear of laughing, just as the augurs of Rome when their glances met ; and he does not know whet to do with his hands, for, like the schoolboy who recites a lesson, he is retailing maxims which he knows by heart, without feeling them ; and in such cases it requires the talent of a very good comedian to suit the action to the word. As to the man who receives the \good advice.\ his countenance depends, of eourse, upon his character; if he be cred- ulous, he %%all accept your counsels with the convict lolls that you are a good friend to him and that you •nnean well,\ with- out being able to give him any material assistance. He will accordingly thank you for your good advice in the embar- rassed tone of a man who receives a pres- ent with which he does not know what to do—a cart -load of pebbles for instance; the pebbles take up a great deal of room and are perfectly useless. bat he is afraid to send them back for fear of offending - you. He keeps them, therefore, but wish- es li•oill the bottom of his heart that your generosity would take a more serviceable form. It, however, he chances to be a skeptic, having oft lavished upou others the spurious charity wnich you are be- stowing upon him, it will be very easy to see by his face what he thinks of your \good advice.\ Notwithstanding all .his desire to be courteous, he will look ex- actly like a crossing -sweeper to whom you give a bad penny. THOUGHTS FROM THE TALMUD. The thought of the sin is worse than the sin. The older the wise man gets the wiser he grows; the fool, when he ages, becomes but an old fbol. He who studies for a good purpose, to him his study be- comes a blessing; to him who does not, it grows into a poison. A bad wife is like a hail -storm. Do not dwell too long on your trieml's praises; you will end in say- ing things against him. Do much or lit- tle, so that you do it for a good purpose. Refined music is liked by refined people; weavers do not much care for it. Three cry out, but get no pity, viz.: He who lends out his money without witness, the henpecked husband, and he who cannot get in one place and does not try another. Even the conmion talk of the wise should be pondered over. One goose generally follows another. Bad servants first ask only when they have committed a blun- der. The load is laid upon the camel according to its strength. If a word is worth a pound, silence is worth two. A pig is the richest animal, everything is a piec ; of goods to him. W hoever does too much does too little. The greater a man, the greater his posessions. He who presses the hour, the hour will press him. May our future reward be like that of him who remains silent under a ease imputation. One peppercorn is better than a hundred gourds. A teamed man whose deeds are evils is like a man who has a door and no house. He who prays for his neignator vill be heard nest tor himself. lie who marries his daughter to an uneducated man throws her before a wild beast. lie who throws out sus- picions should at once be suspected him- self. Three keep good fellowship— strangers, slaves, and ravens. Dono At cry fao l o a u l ways rushes to the tbre before the calamity has rea.ly happened. If a inan say s something strauge. beware to mock at it wantonly. Passion is at first like a thin reed ; by and by it be- comes like a cable.—Jewish Messenger. The other day as a Detroiter was riding on the Pontiac road, he came across an old lady seated in a buggy wh:ch had been halted within a few yards of the Grand Trunk Railroad track. She seemed to be uneasy about something, and as he drove up she asked, \Say mister, hain't that engine going to come along pretty soon ?\ He asked her to explain, and she pointed to the sign, \Look out tbr the engine !\ and added, \I have waited more'n two hours for the ole engine to go by. but I'm getting tired, and if it dond't come pretty soon I'll drive right over the track and go hum.\ Over four thousand women in Salt Lake Citypetitioned the Municipal C01111- eil to grant no licenses for the sale of in- toxicatirg liquors. Grant's representa- tive, Justice McKean, decided, however, that gambling dens and concert salsame should be open whether the people wished it or not. A FUNNY RUMPUS—THE III MORS OF THE STAGE COACH. Of late the stage companies, to escape the well-known robberies by drivers, have put the patent box in each stage. The drivers give change, but are not per- mitted to take the tare. We were seated, when a stout gentleman entered and crowded into a corner near the door, for the stage was crowded. The newcomer took from his vest pocket a ragged note and passed it along the line. The man nearest the box was a meek -eyed creature In the singleebreasted coat upon which confiding, pious females are so fond of casting their burdens and sometimes them iselves, for he was evidently a clergy- mat- This humble follower of the Lord the note and dropped it in the box. \Hallo cried the indignant adipoise near the door, \what'd you do that fur; it's a quarter.\ \I'm very sorry, I'm sure,\ stam- mered the gospel expounder. \Much good'll your sorry do me,\ an- swered indignation, working his way to the hole through which the driver con- versed with the passengers. He trod on several corns as he pulled the strap. The stage came to a halt. \I want my change,\ through the hole. \What change,\ ver.\ \I put a quarter in the box.\ \More fool you.\ \I want none of your impudence.\ \What do you want then?\ \I want my change.\ \You can't tool Inc that way. I know you put a quarter in?\ he shouted up shouted down the dri- How do And the driver started. The clergyman sprang up and pulled the strap and shouted : -I put the quarter in my good man it is all correct.\ \Two et you.\ retorted the driver, dri- ving on. Both adtpoise and piety hung to the strap. nDatnn your ornery soul ?\ roared the driver, -do you want to pull my leg off? El you touch that strep again I'll come down 811(1 ay -window yer countenan- ces.\ Again the stage rolled on, -Permit me, sir\ said the clergyman, pulling out a very thin pocket -book that looked as if it had gone into a decline, to decline to pay nothing—and presenting fifteen cents. -I don't want your money,\ was I he gruff response ; 46 I want my own, and going to have it;\ and he seized the strap at the moment a he k -nosed old lady, who resembled a bawl: in delicate health, seized it. The feminine hook - nosed wanted to get out. The driver mach- co.:1)0) - mo. In an instant the tut man, the clergyman, and old lady were swinging on the strap. The strap sud- denly gave way, as it' it or the driver's legs were broken, and the three, tumb- ling over each other, fell to the bottom :mild roars of laughter from all of us. The stage came to it halt, and we heard the driver shout Plice !\ loud as he could bawl. A policeman responding, Lime driver informed him that there was \a riot\ going on among the --lunatics\ inside his stage, and he'd -better settle 'em before we had another car -hook mur- der.\ The policeman opened the door. The belligerents had subsided, save the old lady, who, attempting to get eut, was promptly arrested. The fat man ex- plained the ease. \How is this, driver,\ asked the police- man. -This man says he put a quarter in your box and you won't give him his chinge.\ \No ; I'd think not,\ was the dry re- sponse: -the way for him to do is to tile an nifidavy with the surrogate. It'll only COSt him a dollar.\ There is but one course for a policeman to pursue, mid that is to arrest somebody. If he can not arrest any one he puts on a dignified air and marenes away. In this case the conservator of the peace com- promised. He arrested the old hook - nosed female party—the only innocent actor among us—and held her in durance as far as the sidewalk, and we rolled on. --Don Piatt in the Capital. A CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. A correspondent writes as follows atiout the sanitary power of a well-known plant : \I have discovered a remedy for pulmonary consumption. It has cured a number of eases after they had commenc- ed bleeding at the lungs and the hectic flush was already on the cheek. After trying this remedy to my own sa ietac- tion,I havt bought philanthropy required that I should let it be known to the world. It is the common mullen, steeped strong and sweetened with coffee sugar, and drank freely. The herb should be gathered before the end of July, if con- venient. Young or old plants are good dried in the shade, and kept In clean pa- per bags. The medicine must be contin- ued from three to six months, according to the nature of the disease. It is good for the blood vessels also. It strengthens the system. and builds up, instead of tak- ing away strength. It makes good blood, and takes inflamation from the lungs. It is the wish of the writer that every peri- odical in the United States, Canada and Europe should publish this receipt for the benefit of the human family. Lay for this up and keep in the house ready use.\ One of the London journals contains a statemeet by Dr. Berry of his successful treatment of uncomplicated whooping - cough with diluted nitric acid, in doses of from five to fifteen minims, according to age, with simple syrup, given every three or four hours, alleviating the cough and spasm, and apparently - cutting short the disease. During an epidemic of the disorder he prescribed this frequently and with very satistlictory results. He offers po suggestion as to the operation of the remedy-, but he believes its 114%tiOlt to be that ol a tonic, sedative, and anti- septic, and, at the same time its refrigera- ting properties are not to be lost sight of. In all the cases treated he has, of murse, paid attention to time state of the digestive bined teith an alteettitist. organs, and, .10 snch ea -es. as have re - (rued it he has - an aperient eaain- REFORMING ELBOW -CROOKING WOMEN This is the way it is done in Detroit: \I am a lone woman,\ said Jenny Welch, as she was brought around to thee his lio can't help it if you haven't a friend r , 1 . 1 1 o . in America,\ he answered, motioning for the officer to come forward and swear. \ 'Twas just a little drop --just a little tonic,\ she urged, as the offieer went on to say that it was a bad case of drunken. ness. He found her sitting on a door step, swinging her bonnet and singing: \Fazzer dear fitzzer, c\ome wiz me now— Clock in 'er zeeple strikes wan.\ And she couldn't tell him where she lived. who she was, how many tomatoes he had canned this Fall. nor anything else. \I was just fooling, your honor,\ she put in, trying hard to laugh. \It is my eolenin duty to warn you, Jane, Welch,\ he said, -that you are on the high rold to degradation. This court is a hedge -fence, as it were, standing be- tween you and misery, seasoned with sobs for breakfast and hashed up with tears and groans for supper.\ \Is that so ?\ she asked, greatly sur- preei. \The solemn truth, madam,\ he an- swered. \This court—this hedge-fence— is going to send you to the House of Cor- rection for sixty days, but with only a feeling of kindness, you will bave time to reflect; your nose will lose its rosy hue ; you'll have a chance to comb your hair and make yourself a bustle, and I haven't a doubt that before you come out you will have sue!. high ahns that a po- liceman can't get within ten rods of you.\ She said she'd go if he thought it was best. GOOD ANECDOTE ABOU'T A FIRE- EATING GENERAL. An amusing anecdote is told of a well- known French general. who played a conspicuous part in a cavalry charge. The gallant warrior had been severely wounded on that occasion, having re- ceived a sabre -cut on the head and a bul- let in his left thigh. Such an allowance might have satisfied a man of quiet tastes. but was far from sufficient for the fire- eating general. In relating the charge, which he did at every dinner -party, he W85 in the habit of throwing in halfa dozen bayonet thrusts, and a couple of stray splinters from a shell, and he inva- riably appealed for corroboration of his narrative to an aide-de-camp who had ridden by his side. On one occasion, having imbibed more than his usual al- lowance of '47 Chateau Yquem, he drew a more than usually startling picture of his riddled and perforated condition. A cannon -ball had killed his horse. a dozen sabres had descended at once on his leetd. a couple of lances had passed through each of his arms, and all the bullets and bayonets of Germany seemed to have given each other a rendezvous in his a body. \You remember it well, don't you?\ he added, turninn to his aide-de- camp. The well-tramed subaltern had suffered long in silence. The bayonets, bullets, lances, & - c., he had got used to by long practice. but the cannon -ball was the last straw that broke the camel's back. •'No, GePei al. I don - t remember it; how could you expect me to? You knew as well as I do diat the very can- non -hall that killed your horse struck the breast -plate of a cuirassier behind us, and then home - fed back and took my head off!\ TIE DECLINE OF MANNERS. It cannot be denied that there leis been a generel decay of manners. Our social free shows the decay of breeding at the top as well as at the root. Not only has there come over the general ivaiii.er of our gentlemen a certain free -and -easy bearing. but they have permitted them- selves in many things to disregard the comfort and rights of others. How many men, claiming to be gentlemen, and even recognized as such, persistently smoke in the streets, to t e intense discomfort of all Indic and many men ? What right has a person who thus deliberately im- poses the unpleasantness of a personal habit upon others to complain, if his sel- fisliness is imitated by his interiors? What rink has the lady or gentleman who disregards the comfort of a public audience, by coming late or leaving un- timely, to winder if this supremely nn - courteous selfishness is copied and en- larged upon ? It may be asserted that while the lower classes are unmannerly and often offensive, yet for acts of pure selfishness, for cool disregard of every- body's rights or convenience, the upper classes are often almost intolerable. these people insist upon civility and good breeding in the mass, they must begin by illustrating these virtues in them - NO A-9 ; • •: THE FITCH-SHERMAN WEDDING— Tut: MOST 1 .11.4.GNIFICENT CATII- OLIC WEDDING OF OUR DAY. Washington's social world is all agog with excitement over the Fitch -Sherman I wedding to be celebrated at the Church of St. Aloysius on Thursday, October 1st. The ceremony will be pertorined by arch- bishop Purcell, who, with his secretary and other cleroymen, are, as the guest of ' General and Mrs. Sherman, occupying , a fine suit of rooms at the Arlington. The archbishop svill be assieted in the ceremo- ny by Father Maguire. S. J., pastor of St. Aloysitts; Father Healey. S. J.; Father Mooney of' New York and Fathers Boyle. Quatman and Cutton. There win be a throne on the left side of the Sanctuary tor Bishop Wood and one on the right for Archbishop Bayley, the primate hi this country. The other priests number- ing about forty, will be in reserved seats near the sanctuary. The Rev. Dr. 'fina- lly and wife, the Methodist divine w ho performed the marriage ceremony uni- ting Mr. Sartoris with the President's dimehtea and the Rev Dr. Pitzer, a Lu- theran clergyman, will occupy seats in the front pews. The bridesmaids: and groomemen will be on prie dieux ar- ranged on either side the altar, while the bride and groom will occupy those plac- ed at the foot of the altar. There will be a nuptial mass and the marriage ceremo- ny performed belie e mass. The best mu- sical talent at Washington, and elsewhere will lend sublimity to the occasion. There is great demand tor cards for the church, to which mime can be admitted without time bit of card hoard on which are the magical words. 'rile presence of two archbishops, one hishop and fifty of the clergy; of the President and cabinet, representatives of all foreign powers, glittering in their court dress; army and navy offieers, brilliant in their uniterms, with judges and etatesinen. politicians, legislators, members, governors and dis- tingenthed people from the social, litiary and art world, will combine to make it the most magnificent catholic wedding that has taken place in our day. in either this country or Europe excepting, of course, that of Eugene in Paris, in 1852.— New - York World. S tention to t commentary hoer ssa-stie . stss kriltil(i,(r.:1111s The New Y cans public at - upon one section of the Federel Constitu- tion afforded by the correspondence be- tween Gov. Moses, of South Carolina, and Attorney -General Williams. in re- gard to the request for troops to suppress domestie violence in the town of Edge - field. The reply of the Attorney -General was that one company of Fedem al soldiers already guarded the town, and he consid- ered that sufficient for all purposes. The event proved that it was more than suffi- cient, but the admission of this high ju- dicial officer, who has always been prod- igal hi distributing Federal engines of force whether political needs called for them, was a confession that the whole military of South Carolina was unable to meet a difficulty which perhaps seventy- five regulars or less were competent to not only everawe, but put down with a strong hand if necessery. Had the At- torney-Generai paused to think he would doubtless have realized the obsurdity of the position and made some different ar- ranoenients. The Herald declares this ridiculous tttlittlde ml borlesque upon that part of the cni,:titution which' declares that -a well -regulated militia being nec- essary to the security of a State. the right of tile people to keep and bear arms shell not be infringed.\ It is useless to say that the militia was not available, even at Moses's bidding. for by the last ccustis flue white population was only 289,eit7, lime colored inhabitants, the lmitIuhtii reliance of the State's scheming Execu- tive, was over 415,000. Thee. facts show the trattsparaney of the device which Moses and his allies sought to employ, and the conspirators have betrayed them- selves by this peculiar method of carry- ing out their policy. Mr. Bergh does not suffer the case be- tween himself and the advocates of vivi- section to pass by default but replies at considerable length and with his usual vigor to the claims that Dr. Dalton re- cenily set up for the practice. Mr. Bergh makes his attack with considerable skill, by denying the assumptions of good ac- complished and information acquired by means of experiments upon living ani- mals, citing very respectable authorities in support of this eounter theory. Even Dr. Dalton coal not argue himself' into the assertion that vivisection was not at- tended with more or less sintering, and if this suffering is merely for the scientific amusement of those who practise it rath- er than the advancement of positive and valuable medical knowledge, as Mr. Bergh sets out to prove, then he has his case before the bar of public opinion. A remark of Sir Charles Bell, whom Mr. selves High breeding. prompt regard Bergh credits with contributing more to for the rights of others, unselfish thought -- a knowledge of the nervous syetetn than fulness in their personal contract with any other man, is quoted to the effect nu I) and women, would be sure to find \that nothing is ever learned by yivisec- admirers and copyists among those low- tion,\ and a report of the Royal Medical er in the so _ial scale ; and the influence of these examples. if persistently main- tained, would eventually permeate the whole cominunity.—Appletons' Journal. sasa-sansei It is announced in the Canadian papers that Major Walker, recently elected a member of the Canadian Parliament troin London, has been unseated for bri- bery - , it having been showil that he had spent $9,000 in his district to secure his election. The Canadian ideas of bribery diZer from ours. If an Ameriean con_ gressman should ever be unseated for such an ofinnse as Major ‘Valker was guilty of it would only be for the small- ness of the sum expended. Mr. Peter Dayton, of Arkansas, found a package in the road the other day, and when he got home he threw it into the fire to see whether it was sand or pow- der, but he was so andel:14 called just then to atteni hie own funeral that he dicidt find Celt tentteh it wat.t. and Chirurgneal Society of London is held up to not wholly unjust ridicule on account of conclusions certainly not com- mensurate with the amount of suffering caused in reaching hem. Mr. Bergh ex- tends his list of authorities to quite a res- pectable length, and now steps aside for his opponents ;to reply. The question will have to be settled on the basis of medical testimony, where it now seems to rest. Taking an abstract view, hu- manity favors Mr. Bergh, and the only excuse for the further practice of vivseo- don will be an array of proven results that shall establish its unquestioned sci- entitle value to the human race. A real estate owner having let all of his !louses but one, was asked it that nulet house was his last. \Yes last, but not leased,\ was his reply. - asseas \Clara asked Tom, \what animal drooped from the cloteder \The rain dear, yeas reply. THE MA DISON IAN 1 - - Pir BUSHED Evr.nv s.ttutio.t Virginia City, —AT-- - Mettana. THOMAS DEYAREION, Editor and Proprietor. Papers ordered to any address en rt be changed to another address utthe Option of the subscriber. Remittance by draft. cheek, money order or rer,nstered letter tnuy be sent at our risk. THE MIAMSONIAN is fittnte41 T.) the advoettry of the pritieipleN nf the OrmocratIC party and to general and local newh. TM: PITCHING utonsr .---11L IS A NATIVE OE TEXAS. The pitching horse is en exotic in the East. Texas is his country, his habitat, his home. On her prairies only grew the juicy grasses that no Irish the pitch- ing propensity in perennial vigor. M- lles never yet formed a taste for corn tied oats. To see him quietly feeling up ma- terial for future usonlneas, you would not dream of his wonderful eapabilinee; He has a sluggishnhang-dog look. I say hang -dog for the sake ofeuphony—I nev- er knew how to hang a dog - . I have Seen hint kick one into eatneiges, but he didn't hang 'em up afterward. lie had gout' reasons ter it, I have no doubt. but he didn't mention them at the time. There is no music in his soul. lie has Pitch enough, but lacks tone. He indul- ges hi none of those sweet eiturtesies and domeetic endearments which character- ize the ..krab bard Mien confined in 114 stalls of the booksellers. He can be bought for twenty dollan4 without auy trouble, but it is datigerOUS to try him any cheaper. Sanguine gen- tlemen who et -tempt it are getieralla tak- c by willing hands out of the mire amid perplexities of this and transfurtued into post oak acorns. The tea:Ain-ma- lion is interesting to a disciple of Pyth- agoras, but, to the party chiefly concern- ed. the elevation is lacking in the true elements of grandeur. It is no trouble, though, to borrow one: You can borrow one to ride a 'Week. a Month. six Months—If you should live that long. When I first came to Texas I negotia- ted, with difficulty, the loan of a spottea animal named Downy, being fisurrd by his master that he was as gentle Mileh cow. This WIN a ligltratiVe ex- p1'eSSi011. which it would have b e en e .41 br me if I had called on him to explain. But it seemed so absurd lin. a huntan be- ing hi boots to require a gentler bt41, 4 than a 'Mich cow that I retramed. He did look gentle. his ears 'Milt:, loosely about a Very Ullhltelleenlal fore- head, his leea were built even from time ground up, and his fetlocks were four inches long. These marks were sure eVidence.1 ol a lamb -like spirit when found in the horse 1 mounted him without hesitation, and of InY native land. dismounted hi the same way. As soon as I got comfortably seated hi the saddle, he straightened his ears and drew a long breath. I did not know what this meant, but 1 round out after- ward. He did not mean to let me ride him without a vigorous protest. If he had only taken the trouble to in- form me in :my language that I under- took what he Wallted, I WOUld haVe SaVtki him some exertion. lie o ‘liticr ;. i i . ,14 1t t . i the trouble in the worn, oc- casioned by people not understandiug ea up like a balloon. He came dowe like an :le! olite. I started to soy like a thunderbolt, but saw that would not do. There is some el:wildly abfalt thunderbolt, but Downy's legs were as stiff as the Illailller87 of an English tourist iii Texas. I tried to dismount, but before I could get iny right foot out of the stirrup lic tVelit Iii) again. When he %MP' 1114Wtt this time the jar was awful bete Ind de- scription. I do not ktiONV Wil:1 it. is to be strikek by lig,litning, bin I do not dread it UuW like I used to. There !eight be some- thing lieW in the tilling up, but the gen- erah outlines of the feeling would be ta- m iar to me. The jar did not seem to hurt Downy, for he kept going imp and conneg doe a faster than I could count. Anti toerv time he struck the ground he belle wed like it bun This was the only point of reAlnblatice that. freni first to last. I discovered be- tween him and a mileh cow. Ii was not striking th he sure --bet as corroborative, to a limited extent, of my freiers testimo- ny, it was, on the whole, grin:I:sing to my feelings. HOW FAR DOES THE DECiON REACH. In the decision of the Supreme Court annuling the Local Option Law, the statute is void because it did not become a law when it left the hands of the Legis- lature. May not the same point be rais- ed in all the railroad subsidy enactmenta in this State? These did not become law t until approved by a inajority of the people. Ifa majority of N'OteS %'ere cast against .subsidy then the law was a nulli- ty. The statute in one case gave the peo- ple the right to say whether lignorshould be sold within a certain precinct. The statute in the other case gives the peo- ple the right to decide whether they will subscribe stock or issue bonds in behalf of this or the railroad. The statute de- pended tor its validity on the action of the people. Would not the reasoning of the Supreme Court apply to these snbsi- dy cases? The Court, it is true, makes a further distinction that townships are not corporation -3. But this was not the con- trolling point - . If it were, then what would be the elect of a vote against the sale of liquors in an incorporated city It was hinted in advance that Judge Sanderson was fully alive to the import- ance of having the Local Option Law ells- taincd—not so much for the importance Of the temperance question as because the principle of an adverse decisioi would necessarily reach over and involve the subsidy question. Ens the Supremo Court indirectly vitiated the subsidy ea- aotments by the principle laid down in the recent decision on the liquor law? Years ago they claimed that a Chide- tian who owinel a ratenthoree couldn't go ta onh. lieaven, but now the Rev. Murray is allowed to own se%eu and nobody stye w 16 t 4b A man in Co/orado self/ his wife for fif- ty dollars and a mule, and being meen enough to seek stolen interviews with hei afnrward was Lhot nael. new master. 1 1 ; 1
