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llLOOiislifl'.o, PA,
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Tnvf'ir AVfJK HOTEL.
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Tho uiidi-rslinicd having purchased this well-
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immediately npnwltn the Ciiluinbla CounlyCourt
House, respectfully Informs his friends and tho
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for the leceptliiu and i nteitnlumeut of trio ellers
who may bo disposed to f.ivor It with their uf
torn. He has spued uoi-wiisolu prcpai lug the
r.i.-luiiiL'o for the entertainment of his guests,
neither shall there bo anything wanting (on his
part) to mlnlsli r to their personal comfoil. Ills
house Is spacious, nun eigoys an r.niuii hum-
ness location,
Oinnlbusses run ut idl times between the
ohaiigo Hotel ami the variol railroad depots, by
which IrawlleM will is) pu-asauuy coin i yen n
nrul fiom the ri'ctlvu stalions Indue Hum I
ueel thuenr.
Jil&wiaur.-, Mm.h IS,
POETRY.
KOIl THE COLVMDIAy,
FLAKES.
SNOW
I1Y MARIAN ROSS.
Prom tho cloud folds of heaven,
From depth of pure ether driven,
With spirit motion alloat In tho air,
Like a myriad host of angels fair,
Silently over all,
A fieccy cloud,
For eartli n shroud,
Deautlfut snow (lakes of all.
Beautiful, beautiful snow,
Descending so soft and slow I
Nature from her bounteous lap now shakes,
In countless numbers, the feathery Hakes
Her store regardless flings
As purely white,
Ami sparkling bright,
As down from angel wings.
Slowly, ceaselessly they fall I
tenth beneath her wintry pal,
Is lying all cold, and white, and still,
Whllo hushed Is the music of bird and rill,
And the low zephyr, now,
That sang Its lays
To Kumtnor days,
Walls through tho leafless bough,
Coldly, silently they come,
On the cot and palace home,
On the city's streets, 'mid tho busy tread,
And on that silent city of tho dead
Fit emblem of purity
Prom yonder skies,
To mortal eyes,
A glimpse of futurity.
CIrbene, N. Y.
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
THE VETO.
THE COLORADO HILL RETURNED
SIGNED TO TUP. SENATE.
Tho following veto message has Ijcoii
communicated to Congress by tho Pres
Went of tho United States:
Tb the Sarnie of the United Stales:
I return to the Senate, in which Houso
it originated, n bill entitled "An act to
admit the Statu of Colorado into tho
Union," to which I cannot consistently,
with my sense of duty, givo my ap
proval. 'With tho exception of an addi
tional section containing new provis
ions, it i3 substantially thosamoasabill
of a similar title passed by Congress
during the Iastscssion, submitted to tho
President for his approval, returned
with tho objections contained in a mes
sage bearing dato tho loth of Mny last,
and yet awaiting tho reconsideration of
tho Senate. A second bill, having in
viow tho same purpose, has now passed
both Houses of Congress, nnd been pre
sented for my signature. Having again
carefully considered tho subject, I havo
been unablo to perceive any reason for
changing tho opinions which havo ai
ready been communicated to Congress.
And on tho contrary that there are
many objections to tho proposed legisla
tion of which I was not at that time
aware, and that while several of thoso
which I then assigned, havo, in tho in
terval gained in strength, yet others
have been created by tho altered charac
ter of tho measure now submitted. Tho
Constitution under which this State
government is to bo formed, very prop
erly contains ft provision that all laws
in force at the time of its adoption and
of the Stato into tho Union shall contin
ue as if tho Constitution had been
adopted. Among these laws is one ab
solutely prohibiting negroes and mulat-
toes from the right to sit as jurors.
This bill was vetoed by the Governor
of the Territory, who held that by the
United States negroes nud mulattoes are
citizens, and subject to tho duties, as
well as entitled to the rights of eitizon-
hip. Tho bill, however, was passed,
tho objections of the Governor to tho
contrary notwithstanding, and is now a
law in tho Territory. Yet In the bill
now beforo me, by which it is proposed
to admit the Territory as a State, it is
provided " that tlicro shall bo no denial
of tho clcctivo franchise or any other
rights to any person by reason of race
or color, excepting Indians not taxed."
Tho incongruity thus exhibited between
the legislation of Congress and that of
tho Territory, taken in connection with
tho protest against tho admission of the
State, hereinafter referred to, would
seem clearly to indicate tho impolicy
and injustice of tho proposed enact
ment.
It might, indeed, bo a subject of grave
inquiry, and doubtless will end in such
inquiry if this bill becomoa law, wheth
er it does not attempt to exorcise n pow
er not conferred upon Congicss by tho
Federal Constitution. That Instrument
simply declares that Congress may ad
mit new States into tho Union, it no
wiicro says that Congress may mako
new States for tho purposo of admitting
them into tho Union for any other pur
pose. And yet this bill is as clear an
attempt to mako the institutions as any
ono which tho peoplo themselves couiu
engage. In viow of tins action of lon
lrress tho Houso of Itcpre.-entatives of
thoTcrritory earnestly protested against
bclnir forced Into tho Union witnoutiirst
having the question submitted to the
neonle,
Nothing could uo more rcaounuiu
than the position which they thus ns
sumo, and It certainly cannot bo tho
mimoso of Congress to lorco upon u coin
munity, against their will, ft govern
ment which they do not believe them
elves caiiable of sustaining.
Thu following Is u copy of tho protest
alluded to us ollli'lally transmitted to
mo:
Whereat, It is announced in tho pub
lic mints that it is tho Intention of Con
grcss to admit Colorado as a State into
1h Union
tuereioro,
Jleioked, l!y the Homo of Represcn-
r 41.I- 'iwllnrv Hint. renresOllt-
in- as we .lo tho hM and only legal ex -
BLOOMSBURG,
prcsslon of public opinion on this ques
tion, wo earnestly protest against tho
pasago of a law admitting tho Stato
without first having tho question sub
mitted to a vote of tho people, for tho
reasons
First. That wo havo a right to a voice
In tho selection of tho character of our
government.
Second, That wo have not a sufficient
population to support tho expenses of a.
State government.
I'orthcso reasons wo trust that Con
gress will not forco upon us a govern
ment against our will.
Upon information which I considered
reliablo I assumed, in my message of
tho fifteenth of May last, that tho pop
ulation of Colorado was not more than
thirty thousand, and expressed tho
opinion that this number was entirely
too small cither to assume tho responsi
bility or to enjoy tho privileges of a
State.
It appears that previous to that tlmo
tho Legislature, with a view to ascer
tain the exact condition of tho Territo
ry, had passed a law authorizing a cen
sus of tho population to bo taken. Tho
law mado it tho duty of tho assessors in
tliosevoral counties to tako tho census
in connection witli tho annual assess
mcnts; and In order to secure a correct
cnumcjatlon of tho population, allowed
them a liberal compensation for tho
service by paying them for every namo
they returned, mid added to their pre
vious oath of olllco an oath to perform
this duty witii fidelity. From the ac
companying official report it appears
that returns havo been received from
fifteen of tho eighteen counties into
which tho State is divided, and that
their population amounts in tho aggre
gate to twenty-four thousand nine hun
dred and nine. Tho three remaining
counties aro estimated to contain three
thousand, milking a total population of
twenty-seven thousand nine hundred
and nine.
Tho census was taken in tho Summer
season, when it is claimed that tho pop
ulation is much larger than at any oth
er period, ns in tho autumn miners in
large numbers leave their work and re
turn to tho Fast with tiio result of their
Summer enterprise. Tho population,
it will bo observed, is but slightly in
excessof one-fifth of the number requir
ed as tho basis of representation for a
single congressional district in any of
tho States, that number being one hun
dred and twenty-soven thousand. I
am unable to perceive any good reason
for such great disparity In tho right of
representation, giving, as it would, to
the peoplo of Colorado, not only this
vast advantage in tho House of Repre
sentatives, but mi equality in tho Sen
ate, where tho other States aro repre
sented by millions. With perhaps a
single exception, no such inequality has
over boforo been attempted.
I know that it is claimed that tho
population of tho different States at the
tlmo of their ndmi-sion has varied at
different periods, but it has not varied
much more than each decade, and tho
corresponding basis of representation
for tho dillerent periods. Tho obvious
intent of tho Constitution was that no
Stato should bo admitted with a less
population than the ratio for a ltepre
sontativo at tho time of application.
Tho limitation in the second section ol
tho first article of tho Constitution, de
claring that " Facli Stato shall havo at
least one Representative," was mani-
tlv designed to protect the States
which originally composed tho Union,
from being deprived, in the event of a
waning population, of a voice in tho
popular branch of Congress, and was
never intended as a warrant to forco a
new State into the Union with a repre
sentative population far below that
which might at the tlmo bo required of
sister members of tho confederacy. This
bill, in viow of tho prohibition of the
same section which declares that "Tho
number of Iteprcscntativcssliall not ex
ceed ono for every thirty thousand," is
at least a violation of tho spirit, if not
of tho letter, of tho Con.-lltitutlon.
It is respectfully submitted thut.how-
ever, Congress, unuer mo pro-sum ui
circumstances, may havo admitted two
or three States wltli le.s than a repre
sentative population at the time, tlicro
has been no in-tanco In which nu appli
cation for admission has been entertain
ed, whon tho population, as officially
ascertained, was below thirty thousand.
Were there any doubt of this being the
true construction of tho Constitution, it
would bo dispelled hy tho early and
long continued practice of tho Federal
Government. For nearly sixty years
after tho adoption of tho Constitution,
no Stato was admitted with a population
believed ut tho tlmo to bo less than tho
current rates for a Representative, and
tho first Jnstanco in which thero appears
to havo been a departure from tho prin
ciple was In 1S13, in tho casoof Florida.
Obviously tho result of sectional strife,
wo would do well to regard.lt as a warn
ing of evil rather than as an cxamplo
for Imitation.
I think candid men of all parties will
agreo that tho Inspiring causo of this
wholesome principle of restraint is to bo
found in a vain attempt tobalaucotlie.-o
antagonisms which refused to bo recon
died except through tho bloody arbitra
ment of arms. Tho plain facts of our
history will attest that tho great and
leading Stated admitted slnco 1815, vizi
Iowa. Wisconsin, California, Minnesota
and Kansas, including Texas, which
win admitted that ycai, havo all como
with an ample population for ono Rep-
lesClltlVO, aim some oi tiicui v, mi mm-
1 ly or quite enough for two,
To demon
PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1867.
strato tho correctness of my views on
tins question, I subjoin n table contain
ing n list of tho States admitted slnco
tho adoption of tho Federal Constitu
tion, with tho dato of admission, tho
tlmo when admitted, deducted from
tho United States census table. Tho
calculation being mado for tho per cent.
of tho decado corresponding with tho
dato of admission:
Main. Hale of admission. Hallo.
Population.
92,320
95,038
73,801
85,413
75,212
05,110
r.3,077
10,274
111,150
298,335
09,250
05,175
153,073
67,951
1 89,327
250, 107
92,597
11,030
133,900
107,200
319,028
Vermont
1701
1792
171)0
1802
1812
1810
1817
ISIS
1817
1820
1821
1800
1837
1815
1813
1818
lSoO
1838
1853
03,000
Kentcky,
Tennessee,
Ohio,
ua,iHHi
32,000
33,000
35,000
35,000
35,000
35,000
35,009
35,000
35,000
17,700
17,700
70,090
70,080
70.0S0
70,080
1)3,402
03,102
93,102
1)3,192
112,700
Louisiana,
Indiana,
Mississippi.
Illinois,
Alabama,
Maine,
Missouri,
Arkansas,
Michigan.
Florida,
Texas,
Wisconsin,
California,
Oregon,
Minnesota,
Kansas,
1S01
AV. Vlrirlnin. IRfi
Nevada, 1SG1
lll 1850.
Colorado, which it Is now proposed
to admit as a State, claims, as-has al
ready been stated, a population less
than twanty-cight thousand, while tho
present ratio of representation Is ono
hundred and twenty-soven thousand,
Thero can be no reason that I can per
ceive for tho admission of Colorado that
would not apply with equal forco to
nearly every other Territory now or
ganized, and I submit whether, if this
bill becomes a law, It will bo possible to
resist tho logical conclusion that suel
Territories as Dacota, Montana, and
Idaho, must be received as States when
ever they present themselves, without
regard to tho number of inhabitants
they may respectively contain. F.ight
or ion new Senators, and four or five
Representatives would thus be admitted
to represent a population scarcely ox
coaling tliat which, In any other portion
of tho nation, is entitled to but a single
membcrof the IIoue of Representatives
whllo tho average for two Senators in
tho Union, as now constituted, is at
least ono million "of people.
It would surely bo unjust to all other
sections of tho Union to enter upon a
policy with regard to tho admission of
new States, which might result in con
ferring such a disproportionate share of
inlluonco In the national legislature
upon communities which, in pursuance
of tho wiso policy of our fathers, should
for some years to como be retained under
tho fostering care and protection of tho
national government.
If it is deemed
jut and expedient now to depart from
the settled policy of tho nation during
all its history, and to admit all tho Ter
ritories to the rights nnd privileges of
States, irrespective of their population
or fitness for such government, it is sub
mitted whether it would not bo well to
devise such measures as will bring tho
subject beforo thocouutry for considera
tion and decision.
This would seem to be evidently wiso,
because, as has already been staled, if it
is right to admit Colorado now there Is
no reafon for the exclusion of tho other
Territories. It is no answer to theso
suggestions that an enabling act was
passed authorizing tho peoplo of Colora
do to tako action on this subject. It is
well known that that act was passed In
consequence of representations that tho
population reached, accordin
to some
statements, as high as eighty thousind,
and none less than fifty thousand, and
was growing with a rapidity which, by
the time tho admission could bo consum
mated, would secure a population of
over a hundred thousand.
These representations prove to havo
been wholly fallacious, and in addition,
the people of the Territory, hy a delib
erate vote, decided that they would not
assume tho responsibility of a Stato gov
ernment. Hy that decision they entire
ly exhausted all power that was confer
red by tho enabling act, and thero has
been no step taken since in relation to
tho admission that has tho slightest
sanction or warrant of law. Tho pro
ceedings upon which tho present appli
cation Is based was in utter absenco of
all law in relation to it, and there is no
evidence that tho votes on tho question
of tho formation of a Stato govern
ment bear any relation whatever to the
sentiment of thoTcrritory. The protest
of tho Houso of Representatives previ
ously quoted Is concluslvo evidence to
tho contrary.
Hut If none of thc.-o reasons existed
ralnst this proposed enactment, tho
bill itself besides being inconsistent in
its provisions in conferring power upon
n person unknown to tho laws, and who
may novor havo a legal existence, is so
framed s to remitter its execution almost
imposible. It is, indeed, aquestlon whe
ther It is not in itself anullity. To say tho
least, it is of exceedingly doubtful pro
priety to confer tho power proposed In
tho bill upon tho " Governor elect," for
as by Its own terms tho Constitution is
not to tako effect until after tho admis
sion of tho State, ho, lu tho meantime,
lias no moronnthority than an any other
prlvato citizen. Hut oven supposing
him to lie clothed with sufficient author
ity to conveno tho Legislature, what
constitutes tho "Stato Legislature," to
which Is to bo referred tho question of
tho conditions imposed by Congress:
Is It a new body to bo elected and con
vened by proclamation of tho Governor
elect, or Is It that body which met moro
than a yoar ago under tho provisions oi
iho State constitution? Hy reference lo
thu second section of tlioseheduleand to
tho eighteenth sectlonjsf tho fourth ar
ticle of tho Stato constitution, it will bo
scon that tho term of tho members of
tho Houso of Representatives and that
of ono half of tho members of tho Sen
oto expired on tho first Monday of tho
present mouth. It is clear that If there
wero no Intrinsic objections to tho bill
Itself in relation to tho purposes to bo
accomplished this objection would bo
fatal, as it is apparent that tho provis
ions of tho third section of tho bill to
admit Colorado havo reference to a pe
riod and n state of facts entirely diller
ent from tho presont nnd nffairs as they
now exist, and if carried into elfcct
must necessarily lead to confusion.
Even If it wero settled that tho old
and not a new body was to act, it would
bo found Impracticable to execute tho
law, because ft considerable number of
tho members, as I am Informed, havo
ceased to bo residents of tho Territory,
and In tho sixty days within which tho
Legislature is to bo convened nftcr tho
pas.-ago of tho act that tlicro would not bo
sufficient' time to fill tho vacancies by
new elections, wero thero any authority
under which they could bo held. It
may bo proper to add that If tho pro
ceedings were all regular, and tho result
to bo obtained wero desirable, slniplo
justteo to tho people of tho Territory
would require a longer period than six
ty days within which to obtain action
on tho conditions proposed by the third
section of tho bill.
Thero arc, as it is well known, largo
portions of tho Territory with which
tlicro is and can bo no general commu
nication, there being several counties
which, from November to May, can
only bo reached by persons traveling on
foot, wlille with other regions of tho
Territory, occupied by a large portion
of tho population, thero is very little
more freedom of access. Thus if this
bill should becomo a law, it would bo
impractieublo to obtain any expression
of public sentiment in reference to its
provisions with a viow to enlighten tho
Legislature, if tho old body wero called
together, and, of course, equally imprac
ticable to procure tho now election of a
new body.
Thjs defect might have been reme
died by an extension of the time and a
submission of tho question to the peo
ple, with a full opportunity to enable
them to express their .sentiments. Tho
admission of a now Stato lias generally
been regarded as an epoch in our histo
ry, but after the most careful and anx
ious inquiry on the subject I cannot pcr
ceivo that the proposed proceeding Is
in conformity with tho policy which,
from tho origin of tho government, has
i"i"' 111 imuiissiuu
....if. 1.. ...n....lln.l 1.. ...1...! t....
oi now mates, l tuereioro return tuo
bill to tho Senate without my signature.
(Signed,) Andkew Johnson.
Washington-, January
The editor of the Galveston (Texas)
Civilian, In a letter from Xow Orleans,
mentioning an interview with General
James Longstreet, states that ho "heard
from his own truthful tongue the fol
lowing characteristic aneodoto of Gen
eral Robert F. Lee, whom ho asserted
to 'bo the best man in tho world.' On
one occasion General Leo called Colonel
L., ono of his stair officers into his tent,
and commenced dictating whllo Colonel
L. wrote. Colonel L. had in 1 1 is mouth
a pipe, and was smoking. The General
inhaled tho noxious vapor until his pa
tience became exhau-ted, and then
said: 'Colonel L. you can retire, and
send mo Colonel 31.; he does not smoke.'
Colonel L. retired, and in a lew mo
ments Colonel 31. entered, to whom tho
General commenced dictating, but after
Inhaling the atmosphere of tho tent for
a whllo ho discovered it to bo consider
ably impregnated, not with the perfume
of roses, but tho odious smell of villain
ous whisky, which ho could not stand.
'Retire, Colonel M. and send mo an of
ficer who neither drinks nor smokes; 1
would rather euduro the smoko of to
bacco than the smell of whisky.' "
RP.TUUNINCi to " Massa." Wo saw
on Saturday about twelve or fifteen ne
groes, moro than half of them under
fifteen years of age, and all females ex
cept one, who left their master, Mr. C.
Owens, of Fauquier, lu 1805, and made
theirwaytothiscounty.wheretlioyhavo
since lived. Homo weeks ago thogrown
members of tho party wroto to their
former master, telling hlin of their des
titute condition. Mr. Owens consent
ed to tho request, forwarding money
hero to relievo their immediate necessi
ties, and also to pay their faro over tho
railroad to their former home. Thoy
left yesterday morning on tho Orange
.u-s, and were rejoiced at tho prospect
of again having ft kind master to tako
care of iXwm.Lynehliury Xaea.
How IT Looiw. Tho Springfield lie-
mtblkan, commenting on tho Senatorial
election In this State, says: 1110 elec
tion of Simon Cameron to succeed Mr.
Cowan as Senator from I'ennsylvanla
strikes the country unpleasantly. Mr,
Cameron may bo no moro corrupt in tho
tisoof means to obtain power than many
other men in public life, but tho odor of
corruption attaches to him very posi
tivelv. and It Is this fact that makes his
elect Inn n st hrniiv upon his party mul
sitnii. 'I'hpro imio doubt that hoirnln
ed bis seat in the Senate before by what
Is commonly called nriuery, aim u u
was not stilctly that it was ceriainiy
close aklu to It."
IT Is said Macauley met Mrs. Reedier
Slowo at St. Charles Tivvolyan's and
milled hor on her admiration of Shakes,
pcare. "Which of his characters do
vou liko tho best'.'" said lie. " Uesde
iiiona," said tho lady. "Ah! of course,"
was tho reply; "for she was tho ono
who rait after it bind; man."
MISCELLANEOUS.
A SPiniTUAII CIRCLE.
Jones has been among tho Spiritual
ists ; ho joined a clrclo tho other night,
and had manifestations. Tho medium
was a tall, thin, angular, cadaverous In
dividual, who looked as If, after getting
tip tho frame, naturo had been seized
with a fit of economy, and neglected to
put In tho midcrplnnlngand plastering.
Tho clrclo was mixed, being mado up
of elderly females, thin men, with a few
pretty girls. Jones seated himself be
tween two of tho last and all clasped
hands round n table. Jqnes pays It was
delightful. Ho squeezed tho little hands
and when an unusually loud knock star
tled tho clrclo, tho llttlo hands squeezed
Jones. Snlffklns, who is so skeptical
that his father don't bcltovo him, was
tho first to ask questions.
" Wlioro ,was I born?" asked SnifT.
" In the poor houso." Sniff's turned
up no'o waxed red.
" Correct."
'. How many chlldrcd havo wo In tho
family V"
"Xlne."
Horo a dispute arose ns to whether
tho spirit rapped eight or nine. So Sniff
asked again:
" How many children havo I ?"
"One," was tho reply.
" Probably correct again," remarked
Jones.
Hero Mr. SnifTkins arose in wrath,
slapped his hat on with a bang, and re
tired. "Tho clrclo is not harmonious," said
tho medium in a deep sepulchral voice.
Jones thought it was ns ho pressed tho
llttlo hands.
" Let monsk a question, said n vltic
gary old lady.
" Is tho spirit of my husband pres
ent V"
"Ho is."
" Aro you happy, John,M ithout me?"
" Very happy."
" Whero are, you?"
"In li-ll!"
John's relict looked at tho medium.
Tho medium smiled. He looked as if
he had tho toothache. The circle laughed
whereupon John's relict seized tho lamp
and hurled it at the medium. It broke
over his devoted head and left tho cir
cle in darkness. Jones says a spirit
kissed him, lie tried to seize the spirit,
and caught one of tho pretty girls about
the waist, wcrcupon there were screams.
In the meantime Jones was nwaro of a
furious engagement on his right. A
light was produced, when It was found
that John's relict had seized a vencra
blo "spirit" by the head which was di
vested of sundry tufts of hair, mistak
ing him for tiio medium, 'lhey wero
separated, when tho "mejum," with
tho coal oil dripping over his woe-bo-
gono countenance, said, "the circle must
bo broken up ; it is not harmonious."
PATE OP THE APOSTLES.
Matthew is supposed to have suffered
martyrdom, or was slain, in tho city of
Fthiopia.
Mark was dragged through the streets
of Alexandria, in Kgypt, till he expired.
Luke was put in a boiling cauldron at
Rome, but escaped death. Ho died a
natural death in Kphc-us, Asia.
James tho great was beheaded In Je
rusalem. James tho less was thrown from a pin
nacle and beaten to death.
Philip was beheaded.
Bartholomew was skinned nlive.
Andrew was crucified, nnd pounded
whllo dying.
Thomas was run through with a lance.
John was shot to death with arrows.
Simon was crucified.
Matbias was stoned.
Harnabas was stoned to death.
Paul was beheaded by tho tyrant Xc-
ro, at Rome.
Joi: Johnston Si li:nci:i. While
tho rebel .loo Johnston was marching
with ills men to Hrisloo Station, in the
full of 180'J, ho perceived ono of his men
up a persimmon tree and called out to
him:
" I say, there, what are you doing up
tlicro? Why alnt you with your regi
ment?"
"I'mgcttln' 'slmmons, I am," replied
tho soldier.
" Paislminons, thunder: They are
nol vino vet. Thov aro not lit to oat.'
" Yes, but. General," persisted tho
conlcilerato. "i am trying to draw my
stomach tin to suit tho size ol my ra
tions. If It stays liko It Is now 1 shall
starve."
The General had nothing further to
say, out rotio on.
A LKAliNEl) YouTir. A pretty good
joko is told at tho expenso of iv clever
puliiirnan senooi tgacner, wno Kcptauer
school n youngster who had manifested
a crcat aversion to acquiring additional
learning, and In tliecoursoof reprimand
llin toucher said :
" N'ow James can you tell mo one sin
trio t ilmr you havo learned slnco tho
quarter commenced ?"
" Yes, 1 havo learned mio thing."
" What Is It?"
"Well I've learned whero there Is
chestnut tree that none of tho boys
know anything about, ami I was com
thero for nuts If you hadn't kept mo
after school,"
Ol tl'IC METIIllDOrCAl.Cl'I.ATlNri Is
TKur-sT. Multiply the principal by the
number of davs and divide the product
(If for 5 per cent. I by 7200; (If ford per
cent.) Iiv iidun; n lur i iici i'iii.i u
5113; (If for sper cent.) 1500; (if for!
per cent.) by 1000; (if lor 10 per cent
iv 351)11.
'FxAMPi.i:. What is Iho Interest on
-I2(l for 20 day-siit ten percent.?
12II.OH dollars,
Multiplied by 20 days.
Divide by 3.".Ooj21oo,(ioiOO-(5 cents. In
teicst.
I'RIOE FIVE CENTS.
"I'M THIS MAN."
Tho Synod of Kentucky was hi ses
sion. Tho subject of raising tho salaries
of certain iirofeasors was under discus
sion. Tho Rev. R. J. Rrecklnrldgc,
was on tho floor making n speech In op
position to tho measure. It had been
snld thut ministers of high standing
mid largo means, clothed in fine linen
and faring sumptuously every day,- did
not sympathize with thoso whoso sala
ries were small. To this Dr. Hreckln-
rldgo was replying. Ho scouted tho
idea that ministers livo for money j or
desire tholuxtiries of tho world. As for
ilmsclf, ho chalenged any man to say
that ho lived moro frugally than him
self. Drawing himself up to his full
height, nnd standing six feet high at
least, he displayed his proportions and
exclaimed :
"As to the fine linen, if thero is n.
man on this floor who dresses moro
plainly than I do, I offer to exchange
clothes with him this moment."
Directly In front of tho moderator,
itid In sight of most of tho members,
sat tho Rev. Mr. Hopkins oifo of tho
planting clergy, n short, thickset, nnd
rotund brother, whoso circumstances
exceeded his altitude, nnd in this re
spect no ono in tho houso
presented so strong nnd striking
u contrast with tho tall, courtly Ken-
tucklan. Hut tho proposition to swap
clothes had hardly escaped tho Hps of
the speaker beforo Hopkins wriggled
himself out of his seat, nnd on his foot,
and cried out :
"Mr. Moderator, I'm this man."
Tho effect was instantaneous and tre
mendous. Tho imago of Hrcckinridgo,
with his long arms and legs protruding
from Hopkins toggery, was up before tho
eyes of the synod. They couldsee noth
ing else ; and for awhile thoy gavo way
to uncontrolled laughter, in which no
one joined so heartily as the discomfited
speaker.
THE CRASHING " SEVEN."
A N'orthem paper of ft Into date re
minds us of the curious fact, that al
most every decado in tho. history of tills
country, ending with tiio figure 7, has
marked tho beginning of n financial
crash or severe depression. It says:
Historic fatalism, if not nctual signs
of tho times, incline many to the belief
that 18G7 is to be added to tho periods in
our past history, made memorable by
financial troubles. Wltli 1797 canio tho
erasli that wiped out tiio Continental
currency; and in.lS07 our troubles wltli
1-ranee and prospective war with Eng
land throw the business of the country
into confusion, whllo In 1S17 wo got tho
legacy of the war or 1812-1 1 with ICug
land, which was a tremendous financial
rovuMon.Thrtt of 1827 was less severe,
but ten years later it came In good ear
nestthe smash of all previous smashes
in which tho whole banking system ami
business of tho country went down, not
to rise for nearly Hvo years. King Hud
son reigned over the Fngllsh railroad
speculation of 1818, and famine stnlkod
over Furope, and especially in Ireland,
spreading suffering and causing wide
spread failures. A purely commercial
snap cmpjinsized 1857, caused by infla
tion and over-trading.
Hut the crash of 1S07, If ono Is Inevi
table, which wo neither proclaim or ad
mit, will bo "Polion upon Ossa," Indeed.
Tho chasm is too deep and dark to think
of, much less to look into. .SV. Louis
Jlejiiijican.
A TEititini.r. FniEAit.M. Tho United
States Government is now having man
ufactured ut Hartford, Conn., ono hun
dred battery guns of a new invention,
and which is slated will prove tho most
destructive firearm ever invented. Tho
main characteristics of this terrible
weapon is that it has a series of barrels
with ft carrier and lock cylinder, rigidly
fastened to the main shaft, and rotating
simultaneously and continuously by
means of a crank, tho cartridges, being
fed Into tho carriers from tho feed boxes
theni-o driven endwise into the rear
ends of tho barrels, then exploded anil
tho empty cartridgi-n withdrawn, with
out any pause in the operation. The
incessant loadlngandfirlngiiro produced
by the simplest kind of mechanism,
there being fewer parts about the gun
than the Springfield musket. Thisgtm
can bo discharged at the rate of two
hundred shots por minute. Ono of Its
features is that thero is no recoil which
can effect tho accuracy of tho aim.
When tho gun isoucoslghlcd atagiven
object the same aim can bo maintained
at tho will of the operator until thous
ands of discharges take place. A later
al motion of tho gun may bo kept up,
If desired, whllo the gun is being dis
charged so that a perfect sheet of balls
can be made lo sweep a section of any
circle within it range.
Austiiia has seven hundred and
twenty-seven monasteries, containing
fifty-nine abbots, six thousand soveu
hundred nnd fifty-four priests, two hun
dred and forty novices, and nineteen
hundred nud soventy-ono lay brothers,
and two hundred and ninety-eight con
vents containing live thousand ono hun
dred and ninety-eight nuns. Of the-o
religious house-twohundredand eighty
two belong to Franciscans, elghty-fivo
ta the Si-ters of Charity, sixty to tho
Plarists, forty-ouo to the Dominicans,
fiirty-scven to the llonedictlucs, twenty
six to tho Ha-slllans, and seventeen to
the Jesuits.
Whp.n n man goes three time? a day
to get a dram, I wonder If hy-and-bv
ho won't go four tinier.
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