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Ml papers sent out of the stalo or to distant poit unices mint bo paid tor Inaclvaucc, unless a respon sible person In Uolumbla county assumes to pay llio subscription duo on demand. I'OsrAUK Is no longer exacted from subscribers the county, JOB PRINTING. ThoJobblnffDepartmcntofthocoLcsiBiANlsTcry complete, and our Job Printing win compare favor ably with that or tho largo cities. All work done on ihort notice, neatly and at modernto prices. lu-ji-ruuiia wuumu reicrence in icngin. Executor's. Administrator's, and Andllor'nnotfrpf three dollars. Jlust bo paid for when nscrted. Transient or Local notices, ten cents a line, regu lar advertisements half rates. Cards In the 'Business Directory" column, ont dollar a year for each line. s.a.aiiVSLt., iP.a,tt,r J S BITTErnn,""0"0""1 BLOQMSBTTRG. PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1885. TUB COLUMBIAN, VOL. X1X.NOC UOLOMMA DCMOUHAT, VOL.XLVIII, NO 60 PROFESSIONAL CARDS. r E. WALLER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, llloomsburg, l'a. Olllco over 1st. National Dank. 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Tho boarders wem inclined lo bo cross on Monday mornings tbnt was perbnps inBi'jiarnblr from tlio weak nesses of humanity. Tho wnsli.boller was big, and tho stove was little that was perhaps the reason that so many extra toiN came upon Mrs. Moody's slender shoulders of a Monday. Hut when tho breakfast, with its endless criticisms and perpetual fault-finding. linil come to an end. Air. Moody car lied u little tray into Major Peek's room. Tho Major was a littlo lamo and a good deal hypochondriacal, and always brcaklastou in Ins own room, uo was particular, and consequently occupied the best room in the house. Tho major was a tall, fino looking man, with nn imposing presence, a good deal of bald forehead, and a great aptitudo at Scripture quotations, and all tho neighbors said what a comfort it must bo to Mrs. Moody to havo such a boarder. They did not know that tho major was a sort of distant cousin of the do ceased Mr. Moody, and did not consi der it necessary to pay bis board very regularly on that account. But he t;avc her a good deal of excellent ad vice, and was always ready to toll her when there was anything wrong about tho table. "So kind of him to take such an in terest in mo !" said the little widow fervently. The major had brushed tho two wisps of hair crosswiso over tho peak of bis bald head this morning, eologned his ooeket handkerchief, and trimmed his tilbeit-shapcd finger nails to perfec tion, and ho was waiting in the big easy-chair for his breakfast full fivo minutes before it arrived. "You'ro lato this morning, Mrs Moodv." he observed, reproachfully. "I am a littlo late," apologetically confessed Mrs. Moodv. "lint barah Jane was behindhand. There's a regu lar Scotch mist in the air, and tho kitch en chimney would not draw. Try a new boiled caa, major. And the rath er of bacon is good, I know, for I cook ed it myself. "Humph ! humph !" said the major. You ought to be a littlo particular with vour breakfasts, airs. Moody 'They are tho initial meal of tho day, you know. This coffee is not as good as usual. It isn't real Java, Mtb. Moody ; it tastes like Maracaibo." "I paid Java prico for it," said Mrs. LMoody, meekly ; "and the grocer war ranted it." "You can never depend upon what tliese tradespeople say," grunted the major, with his mouth full of egg and bacon. "By-the-way, is it possible, Mrs. Moody, that you have taken that opera man into your llnrd-story nan bedroom ? I heard it but I couldn't Tarint; my mind to believo it.'' "He isn't a singer, major," pleaded the trembling Mrs. Moody. "And ho doesn't play the flute or the cornet. I took particular pains to inquire all alwut that. He's engaged in writing a musical book something which is to be quite wonderful and m the mean time tio supports himself by playing the third violin in tho theatre j for he is very poor and " "fowl snorted tno mojor, sctung down tim cup of despised Maracaibo ; "in yotir circumstances, Mrs. Moody, you've sio business taking poor board ers." "Yes, I know it, major, but he has been sick, and ho looks so palo and wretched " "There it is again!" cried Major Peck. A woman is so easily taken in. I tell jou, Mrs. Moody, the man is an impostor, and so you'll find it." "Dear, deai!" said Mrs. Moody, tho startled tears coming into her faded blue eyes. "And if you will not take my ad vice," said tho major, waxing momen tarily more iriitable, "you must expect to abide tho consequences. This toast is charred absolutely burned to a crisp. Tako it away Mrs. Moody do tako it awav ! My breakfast is spoil ed!" "But what am I to do about the new boarder?" said Mrs. Moody desparing lv. " "Do!" shouted tho major. "Turn him out of doors! That's tho only thing to do. Take away this toast, I say ! It's a perfect outrage on civiliza tion !" To Mrs. Moody tho major s dictum was beyond appeal ; and after she had had her usual morning altercation with the butcher, she crept timidly up to tho third-story hall bedroom, to intorview tho musical man. Mr. Morion was writing on the cor ner of his wash-stand, with his shabby great-coat on, and a pocket handker chief tied around his neck. His palo, grave countenance sottened tho land Tadv's heait at once, as ho courteously rose up and bowed "You havo como for tho week's board in ndvance." said he. "Pardon me.but our manager does uot pay until Saturday night. It is not pleasant to coniessones poverty, but- "Uli. never iniun, n. iuuuuy, ill in a flutter. "I i only came to soo if thero was plenty of fresh towels. And if you hud it cold writing hero, sir, I'm suie you're very welcome to bring your worn uown to tno parior, WneiO lucre is u huuu Mr. Morton smiled and bowed. "Yes." lie admitted, "it is cold with out a fire, in November, and I cannot afford tho extra expenso ot coal at present." (He glanied at his bluo fin gers and shivered a littlo.) if it is uot to great a liberty, I will avail myself of your kind offer." And Mrs. Moody felt comparatively happy when she saw tho musical man diligently writing, at her south window, in tho soft atmosphere rf tho glowing anthracite. Hut Mis Hacquet and her daughter, tho geutcelest boarders in tho house, took vehement exceptions to this now plan. "I'm not particular," said tho for mer, with a toss of her head s "but this is really a littlo too much 1 A man who plavs in tho orchestra ol a tliird-raio theatre!" "But ho Is very respectable, ma'am, I assure you,1' said Mrs. Moody, eager- y..r t i ... "now am i to Know iiiut i Bum Mis. Bacquct, taitly. "I declare, I was mortified to deatli when Mrs. Law yer Leakington came to call, and found him perched up in tho corner 1 And Malissa and I shall lind it necessary to change our boarding house, if this sort of thing is to continue." 'Mr. Moilon is a centleman! said Mrs. Moody, roused into temporary spirit. "Ho has an equal right with yourself in tho parlorl'' Mrs. Kacquet and Miss Melissa gave warning at once. Mrs, Moody did not care. Miss Jen kins, tho district school teacher, turned up her nose and left tho houso. "Sho wasn't over-citical,'' she said j "but there were some thincs which no one could stand!'' One by ono tho boarders dropped way, and Major Peck grew deeply in dignant. 'Mis. Moody," he said, "I wonder at vou, nfter nil my advico and coun sel!" "You wouldn't have mo turn this poor man out of doors, now, of all times, when he's ill with malarial feveit" snid the widow. "Yes, I would!'' said the major tout iy. Hut, for once, Mrs. Moody disregard cd his advice. The nmical man was very ill, in deed so ill that ho would undoubtedly havo dieil without his landlady's care ful nursing and unremitted attention. But tho major never went near his fellow-boarder. "If Mrs. Moody bad taken my advice, ho said, "sho never would havo got herself into this dilemma. Now let her manago tiie best way that sho can!" Tho musical man, however, did not die. He lost his position in tho orches tra, of course. Ho was without means to meet his doctor's bill ; but Doctor Hayden was a benevolent soul, and de- claieil that ho could wait until tho pro fits from the uncompleted volume should roll in. It was tho first of February, when at last Mr. Morton was able once more to creep down stairs to tho sunny par lor window, where, by way of welcome' Mrs. Moody had placed a pot of bloss oming blue hyacinths. "How can I ever thank you for all your care V said lie, earnestly. "Tho littlo widow burst into tears. "I I don't mind it!" said she, "as loug-as long as you are well once more. If you had died " And thero sho stopped short, and grew crimson. "Is it so ?" said tho musical man, in that soft, deep tenor of his. "Is there any ono who really cares whether I live or die !" "I do!" whispered Mrs. Moody, with a fresh burst of tears. It would bo difficult to describe ex actly how it happened. Middle-aged love-making is never exactly like the testacies of youth. But it transpired, somehow, that Mr. Morton laid his heart at Mrs. Moody's feet, and she confessed that she had learned to lovo him during that time when she and Death stood together over his pil low. "You are my guardian angel!" said lie lervently. "A poor ono enough," sho murmured, "Oil, 1 wish, for your sake, Paul, that I weio younger and prettier!" "You aro beautiful in my sight!" lie relumed, with emphasis. "Your eyes were the hrst that beamed hope and cheer upon mo your heart was the first that softened to my woes. Sweet heart, tho flower which blooms at noon tido may surely bo as sweet as the morning violet!'' They were still talking thus, when Mrs. Moody caught sight of a letter on the table. "Oh, I forgot!" she cried. "Tho postman ! And it was a letter for you, Paul. A foreign letter." "A foreign letter, eh? That is spme thing which does not often greet my eyes," said he. "And it. has a black seal, too." Ho broke it open and read it, while unconscious Mrs. Moody trimmed tho dead blossoms of her hyacinth plant witli a dainty pair of scissors. "Mollie," ho said, suddenly, "read this. Henceforward I havo no secrets from you." It was simple enough, and yet how marvelous! An accident in a Swiss railway train, an apoplectic fit.carryitig off a rich banker in London, and tho two lives which intervened between Paul Morton and a fortune had bten removed, almost tho same day. Tho musical man, disinherited by his family, becauso of his devotion to art jerred by his relatives becaiuo lie resolutely remained true touiusio was rich at lat. Mrs. Moody grew palo. "You you won't caro for mo jio," said she. "Oh, Paul, I am sorry ! and yet, I ought to bo glad.'' "On tho contrary," ho said, tenderly; "I caro for you moro than ever. My jewel ! I can place you in a fit setting U last,' Of courso all this mado a creat sen sation in Itedstono street. Thero were plcanty to declare that they had known all along that Paul Morton was a born aristocrat. Thero were pleanty to as sort that Mrs. Moody was a scheming plotter, isut neither ot tho pair cared a straw what pcoplo said : Mrs. Moody Bold out tho lease and good will of tho establishment in Red stone street, and went to England with her husband, the happiest of forty-year-old brides. AVhilo Major Peck polished his eve-glasses with the corner of a silk handkerchief, and murmured, thought fully : "No onu will ever suit mo with an omeletto as Mrs. Moody did. And I've got to settle up my board bill regularly now, or I shall get a notice lo quit. It's a terrible nuisance terriblu I 1 always meant to marry that woman myself. But tho mus'cal man somehow man aced to get ahead of me. Saturday Night. Dr. Spurgcon is fond of smoking. Ho says that if anybody could show him in the Biblo the command, "Thou shalt not smoke,1' ho was ready to keep it. "1 limy no said, "ten command raonts, and it's as much as I can do to keep them i and I've no desire to make them into eleven or twelve. Why, a man may think it a sin to havo his boots blackened. Well, then, let him glvo it up and havo the in white washed. I wish to say that I am not nHhumcd of anything whatever that 1 do j I don't think smoking makes mo ashamed, nnd therefore I mean to smoke," Orators of Congress Their Many Ways of rrepanng anil Delivering Bpeeohes. Tho men most eminent for their power of oratory in recent Congresses, however, havo spurned tho use of man uscript. The lato Senator Carpenter, whom many regarded as tho most fas cinating speaker of recent years in Congress, despised n written speech. Ho once said that he might as well shut himself up in nu iron cage, and try lo talk through the bars. Ho be lieved in preparation, but not in pre scription. Mr. Conkling, while in the Senate, never laid his manuscript open on his desk. Never read u speech, and, iiko Mr. uarpenter, never nesita ted for a word. Yet both ihcso ora tors never spoke without preparation Mr. Edmunds seldom makes lonu speeches, rarely exceeding fifteen min utes, tie speaks always extempora neously, and never revises tho steuog raphcr's notes or proof slips. John Sherman does not write his speeches ; neither does lien. Jjogau nor (senator Hoar. Tho three most voluble Senators, Beck, Morgan, and Plumb, neither writo nor specially prepare their speecues, excepting to gather their fact'. None of theso thiee, however, makes any claim to the possession of oratorical powers, though each is sin gular in one respect. Mr. Plumb is tho most rapid speaker who has been in the Senato for many years. Ho and Senator Beck are tho only men who over taxed Mr. Murphy's power us a stenographer to tho fullest, and many think Mr. Murphy is tho most rapid stenographer in tho world. Mr. Plumb's words aro emitted with leritio speed. Ho sometimes uttets as many as 250 in a minute. Mr. Beck, while scarcely less rapid, speaks less clearly than Mr. Plumb, so that his words sound just as tho posts of a Virginia teneo look to a man sitting at tho win dow of a lightning express. Mr. Mor gan's speech is rapid, Hows as continu ously as a running brook, with much the same pleasantly bubbling sound. He never prepare or revises his speeches. They appear in the liecord precisely as ho delivers them, and yet Mr. Mtirpby siys that ho never yet has found in them an uror of grammar or of dictiou, and that as specimens of pure, classic English they are unex celled by the speeches of any Senator. Mr. Bayard does not read his speeches, but with these exceptions almost all the others do. It did cause his Indana friends somo astonishment when Mr. Voorliees first unrolled his manuscript, but tho custom is now confirmed with him. Mr. Pendleton, too, whoso ora tory used to bo a delight to his Ohio f i "lends, now reads his speeches. In long debates upon the tariff bill in the House, both last winter and the proceeding session, witli hardly an ex ception, tho speeches were road from manuscript. Speaker Carlisle, two years ago, Judge Kelley and Mr Ran dall were the only members of promi nonce who did not read their speeches. This habit has had one effect that is inevitable; it gies tho speech reader very slim audiences generally. The essays aro read in a monotonous and almost inaudible tone, and the cases where a speech that is lead is accom panied by any of the graces of elocu tion aie very rare. Judged by tho ac cepted standards of oratory, hardly a member of Congress who reads his speeches can be ranked as an orator. Cousidciing those men who havo re pute as speakers, it will bo found that a great difference exists between them in respect to their method of preparing a speech of consequence. Mr. Carpen ter spent days in tho most exhaustive study of his'subject matter. Ho went at his work like a German scholar. He has been known to spend fifty-eight hours at a timo in his library, snatch ing but a few moments' sleep. Books and all other authorities were ransack ed, and ho studied his subject from all sides. But ho never gavo a moment's thought to the arts of oratory. After writing out a complete syllabus, ho re garded himself as thoroughly prepared. Very much after the same manner Senator Conkling prepared his spet di es. Both were in tho habit of keeping their power of fluent diction unimpair ed by daily reading of some of the English classics. Mr. Conkling's el bow companion is a Webster's una bridged dictiouary. Senator Edmunds' solo preparation for a speech is tho reading of authoii ties, 1I seldom makes any notes ex cept for reference lo the authorities, and never writes out a speech, either in full, or in part. Mr. Thurman's method of preparation was almost iden tical with that of Senator Edmunds. Mr. Blaine, on tho other hand, not only very carefully prepared himself by exhaustive study on tho subject matter, but also weighed his sentences, writing and rewriting some of them many times. Many of his speeches were fully written out before delivery, although he did not always confine himself to his notes when on the lloor. Mr. Gaifiela took infinitu pains with his speeches, prepaiing them as much witli a view to the rhetorical effect as to their subject matter. Mr. Carlisle owes his prominence in tho House to tho inlinito pains with which ho prepared himself for his speeches, especially that on tho Re funding bill Jour years ago, which put him in tho front rank, and that on the tariff. This preparation, however, went no further than an exhaustive study of tho original data. Ho accept ed no mau's figures, but prepared his own from tho official statistics. For weeks and weeks he spent every night at his desk, computing, compariug, fig uring and makiug his own deductions. He never gavo a thought to his die tion, his gestures, or to any of tho arts of rhetoric Mr. Hewitt and Mr. Cox carefully prepare all their speeches, and Gover nor Long, who is regarded as the most pleasing and effective orator of tho present House, pot only thoroimhly prepares his speeches, but generally commits thorn to memory. Tho most careful and claborato preparation are nwjo uy oenntor uoar wlien ho pur- puses tho delivery of an important speech. Having thoioughly arranged his line of thought, after having his suuject matter at hand, Mr, lloar with most laborious pains writes his speech es out, turiiiiia sentences, twisting words, rubbiug and polishing until tho iiiuiiuii nnu rirfiv iiiu pence), in ins es timation. Next tho speech is cartful, ly committed, and finally praoticed. 1 with a view to perfecting the gesticu lation, Mr, Hoar genci ally practices before a full-length mirror, and though the witty Senator Vance nlwaya insists that Mr. Hoar got the idea from the fnmous scene in llio "Rivals,1' wherein Bob Acres strives to perfect himself in the art oi dancing by practicing before a glass, yot Mr. Hoar's method is pre cisely identical with that practiced by ono of the greatest of American orn tors, William Pioknoy. In style and diction, the most noted of recent Congresses greatly differ, Mr. Edmunds' style is that of absoiuto simplicity. His sentences aro short, his words express the exact shade of meaning he desires it to convey. He uses no metaphors, no illustrations. His speech is so clear nnd as cold as ice. Ho never is nniiuatcd, never but once betrayed emotion, but stand like a man in a witness box, his hands clasped together, occasionally lifting tho forefinger of his right hand. Every one listens, every ono understands, many nre convinced, but none are im pt eased, and he never mado a hearer's pulse beat, a stroke quicker than usual, nor had an auditor who held his breath. Mr. Thurman, somewhat like Mr. Edmunds in his utter simplicity and freedom from ornament and his clearness, unlike Edmunds, became heated, and at times vehement, nnd then would saw tho air witli vigorous right-hand blows. Mr. Carpenter trampled the tiaditions of tho schools under his feet when ho spoke. His stylo was at times exceedingly cmbel ished, metaphors suggested themselves to him as uniquely and appropriately as they did to Carlyle, his diction was pure and his sentences rhythmic.il, so that at times ho seemed almost to bo repeating blank verso. His hiuh pitched voico was singularly pleasing and was modulated with great skill. With his long, white looks scattered all over his head, and sometimes over his eyes, frequently with ono or both hands thrust into his pockets, somo times frantically gesticulating, ho fob lowed none of the lessons of" elocution. Yet ho was regarded as a singularly graceful speaker, and overy one of hi gestures meant something, Mr. Conkling seemed to delight to play with his sentences. He spoke slowly, witli long pauses between his sentences, with a most remarkable in tonation which tbo curious enunciation of Henry Irving most nearly suggests. Mr. Conkling delighted in involved sentences, the more labyrinthino the better. Startintt with his subject, he would frequently insert parenthetical sentences, with which ho would travel over all the parts of speech, making involutions within involutions, until, just as ho seemed to havo become lost in tho labyrinth, he would emerge plump in tho predicate for tho original sentence. This very dangerous habit never tripped Mr. Conkling; and though with any other man it would have been tedious, bo was able to make his hearers like it. Mr. Conk ling seldom gesticulated and rarely be came heated, relying for his strongest ell'ects upon the suggestion of reserved power which ho well knew how to ex ercise. Mr. Bayard labors with a voico that is weak, almost effeminate. Yet ho is regarded as ono of tho most graceful speakers in tho Senate. Ho is moro diffuse in hia stylo than some others, but no man's diction is superior to his. Mr. Bayard follows tho traditions of the schools. His oratory and gestures ate accurately proper, and ho never violates tho rules in this respect. Mr. Vest is a flowery speaker. Ho has something of Mr. Carpenter's power of bedecking a legal argument with ihe torical flowers, and as ho sometimes gets hot with conviction and tho desire of impressing it, ho Beldom bpeaks without having the entire Senate for listeners. Two of tho most entertain ing speakers of the Senate aro Logan and Ingalls, and for precisely opposite reasons. Logan is fierce, often when thero seems to be no call for ferocity ; Ingalls iB cold as an icicle. Logan easily works up to white heat : no one oversaw Ingalls when ho seemed to have an emotion. Logan wanders in his enthusiasm all over the fields of rhetoric, and sometimes gels mired in to the swamps ; Inealls is always clas sically correct, Logan is effective when delivering sledge-hammer blows, and absurd when ho essays sarcasm. In galls never attempts to wield tho sledge-hammer, but his sarcasm cuts as keenly, quickly, and deeply as a Jap ancso haii-kan knife. Ingalls stands like a statue, liko tho zero point per sonified ; Logau dances and prances over tho chamber liko a hot-blooded savago at a war dance. Both of theso men, however, are effectivo speaker?, both command the attention of the Senate and tho galleries, and both cf- lect their purposo in their speeches, for Doth niako an impression. It is the opinion of men qualified to judge that should a great occasion arise lor tno exhibition of eloquenco and oratory, there aro men to-day in both Houses of Congress who would bo able to reach tho highest ideals of tho art. Neio York Sun. There is but ono place in the United States where gun-cotton is made. Un til six months ago tho navy was oblig ed to depend upon England for all the gun-cotton used, but a manufactory has been erected at tho torpedo station, Newport, and now produces all that is reqired for tea-going men-of-war and torpedoes. Tho crowth of tho nvstnr industry in Connecticut has beeu remarkable. Tho first steamer that was used in this trado was put on less than ten years ago, and now there aro forty steamers, with an aggregato capacity of 30,720 bushels a day. Four more large new Bteamcrs are building for tho spring. Tho Ohio Farmer is authority for tho statement that in Cuyahoga coun ty, that State, sheep havo receutly been sold at ono dollar each, and it learns from its exchangos that in other parts of Ohio siles havo been made at fifty to seventy-fivo cents. A few days ago an oner of Kansas lands, who was until lately a wool-grower, stated that sheep havo beeu sold in Kansas this winter at twcnty-fivo cents Hot head. 1 "Say, Sam, did you ecu de man about dat house T" "Oh j es; I seed him, and he gib mo do refusal ob do house." "How long did ho gib you do refus al of hit t" "Foreber. Ho refused to hab any thing to do,wid mo." Tho Presidents. Wo huve preserved tho last words of somo of Ih't'i. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on tho same day, and that tho 4th of July, 1820. They were friends during their latter years, nnd Adams' last words wtre, "Thomas Jefferson still lives," but history shows ho was mistaken. Jefferson died an hour hofore, exclaim ing, "Lord, now lettest thou thy ser vant depart in peace," nnd "I resign my soul lo God and my daughter to my country." John Quincy" Adams gavo his last breath in the capitol at Washington, saying: "This is tho end of the earth, I am content," and Gen eral Harrison, who died in tho Wliito House, said : "bir, I wish you to un derstand tho principles of government. I wish them carried out. I ak noth ing more." Garfield's last reported words, as he lay racked by his terriblo wound, were, "Oh, that pain !" But Lincoln became unconscious when ho was shot, and re mained so till ho died. Georgo Wash ington was sano dining his last hours, and ho spent them in calmly arranging his affairs. He told his wifo to bring two wills which ho had made, and to burn ono of them, lie then grasped his p'ulso with ono hand and counted tho beats until ho dropped back dead. Washington died of a cold, Polk of the cholera, Andrew Johnson of paral ysis, and General Harrison of cold, pleurisy and cholera morbus. Presi dent Jackson was for thirty-ono years a diseased man, and tho latter part of his life was spent in almost continuous pain. Even on his death-bed ho was tortured by oflico seekers. "1 am dy ing," said he, "as fast as I can, and they all know it ; but they keep swarming about mo in crowds, seeking for office intriguing for office." His death bed scene was a most affecting one. A half hour before his death his children and fiiends were standing around hi bedside, and his adopted son Andrew had taken his hand and whispered in his ear : "Father, how do you feel ? Do you know mo T" "Know you 1 Yes, I should know you all if I could see. Bring me my spectacles.'' Theso were brought and put on him, and ho said, "Where is my daughter and Marian? God will tako care of you for mo. I am my God's. I be long to him. I go but a short time bo--foro you, and I want to meet you all, white and black, in heaven." At this all buret into tears, and the General said, "What i tho matter with you, my dear children? Have I alarmed you ? Oh, don't cry. Be good children, and wo will all meet in heaven.'1 Theso were Jackson's last wouls. A short time after this ho passed peace fully away. He died a Christian and a Presbyteiian. Thomas Jiffcrson was more of a deist than anything elsn, and when he died ho said he would bo glad to seo a preacher who called "as a good neigh bor," thereby intimating that ho did not caro to see him professionally. Thero was no preacher pre.'ent at Washington's death-bed, and ihero is no doubt as to his belief. The Adam ses believed in Unitarian doctriiif 5, and it is said that John Quincy A lams, during his last yenis, never went to sleep without repeating that littlo child's prayer: "Now I lay mo down to sleep, I pVay tho Loul my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray tho Lotd my soul to lake.'' Thero is considerable doubt as to Lin coln's Christianity, but his best friends believo him to havo been a believer. Ho wa certainly a great Bible reader, and understood it thoroughly. Frank Pierco wa an Episcopalian and a church member. Generals Grant aud Hayes attended tho Methodist Church while in tho White House, and Gar field spent his Sundays at tho chapel of tho Disciples. John Tyler wa", I think, a Presbyteiian, though hi sec ond wifo was a Catholic. Dolly Mad ison was an Episcopalian, whatever her husband may have been, and the old church which sho attended years aso still stands, and in it President Arthur worships to-day. A Story of George Howie, A story I heard recently related to Georgo Bowie, the inventor of the Bowie knife, or "tho Arkansas tooth pick," as it is also called. It is said that Bowio was a gentle and chival ious a ho was bravo and regardless of human life. Ono night, years ago, wiiuo ruling in a stage toward uiuo, o.i tho old national pike, a poorly clad old woman and her littlo boy of'about ten years, were for miles tho only pas sengers. Howie did not speak to them, but wrapping himself up in his own coat slept iis well a he could under the jolting of tho stage. An hour later a uig uuriy ieilow entered tbo coach at a way station, and immediately took out a clay pipe, which studied as though it had been smoked sinco the days of Sir Walter Raleigh. This he filled with tobacco of tho vilest brand, and began lo smoku. The stage was soon filled witli his exhalations, and tho smoko began to make tho old lady sick, aud sho opened tho window and sought relief from tho fresh air which poured in. But the weather was bitter cold, and sho had to close it. Sho then asked the boy to beg tho man to stop smoking. This hu did, but tin man loudly said : "If tho old woman don't like it she can get out. I paid my passage and I will smoke when 'l please." In tho meantime Georgo Bowio had been awakened and had seen the whole proceedure. As tho man uttered tneso words Jiowie put his hand at tho back of his neck, and drawing out ono of his famous bowies, said coolly : "You are mistaken about your smoking. You will put out that pipo at once and keep your mouth hut, or by tho eternal I will run vou through the heart 1 I would havo vou understand I am Geortro Bowie, and Georgo Bowio means what ho says I" With that ho slowly began to advance ins KTiuo towards tiiu man s stomach, and the latter frartically threw his pipe out of the door and bmiieil for his life. During tho next half hour tho man said nothing, but looked pale. As Bowie thought over his action and no ted tho sickness of tho old woman ho grew still more angry, and at tho next station ho forced tho smoker to get out of tho stage aud ride with tho driver ,tor tho remainder ol his journoy. Revival of Business. During the past week there has been a littlo improvement in -the general business outlook, Of course a boom will not como suddenly, but tho return may bo as moderate as was tho de cline. This is a great country in every sense of tho term, and a suspension of tho manufactories will soon bring down the bulk of over-production, and admit of resumption. Tho iron trado in Euglaud is still in a depressed condition, but in this coun try favorable reports are coming to us from fouudrymeii. A Cleveland, Ohio, letter says that the iron trade there bids fair to bo strong and healthy in a very short time. Tho Union Rolling Mill, which ha been idlo nearly three months, will start at its full capacity February 1st, and employ between three aud four hundred men. Presi dent Chisholm. of tho Cleveland Roll-ing-Mill Company, says that hi addi tion to tho fivo mills already running, about half tho full capacity", tho bal anco would start up in less than four weeks. This means work for 1,C00 men. The United Bra. Company, former ly the Soel Hayden woks and a mem ber of the big brass combination, hav ing its shops in Lorain, havo started up Nyith plcanty 'of work aud will employ six hundred men. Tho works have been closed for three months. H. C. Montgomery & Co., bra founders, also eontemplato doubling their sixty men to night and day turns next week. Thero appears to bo a favorablo move in tho ootton establishments also. A large dealer in wool and cotton who ha been around among manufacturers of tho East say 8 that ho finis tho stocks of goods well cleaned up, and a very hopeful feeling prevailing. Man ufacturers regard price for raw mate rial as at the bottom, and seo no rea son why a good year for business should not be enjoyed. Many aro ly ing in largo stocks of cotton and wool at present prices. New England seems lobe exception ally well situated. Tho proportion of idlo laborers is less in New England than in some sections according to tho returns made to Bradstreet's Weekly. Thero will bo a considerable resump tion of labor in the next month in tho East wherever it has been suspend ed. Years ago, when Horace Greely was aikfcd how to resumo specie payment, he said, "tho Aay to resumo is to re sume," and tho way to revive business is for people to stop growling and keep their money moving. There is an abundance of monejv every dollar of which is good, and the country is full of provisions, nnd no epidemics aro pro- vailing. Ono great cau'o of tho ffclintr of un certainty is the frequent failure of largo bankinj; establishments, and theso in stitutions in tlireo cases out of fivo go uuuer lurougu uisuonest managers, or a better term won d bo, thieving offi cers. Investigations show that the men who havo been intrusted with other peoplo'a mony havo been dab bling in grain or stocks on Wall Street, and the namo of that street has become obnoxious to the public, ' and were it sunk forever tho common people would havo good rcasou to cry out : "Thank God for his merov.'' Tribune tO Far- Itatlier a Strange Verdict. With nil tho ndvjiritnnrp u-liw.li rail. .. a - .- road corporations are popularly sup- iu.-uu iu uuj''v, Liiuy .nu nut entirely free from tmnlilp- Thnso win the nrncnciliniM nf anv KtnlA lpfrialntiir.. and keep an accurate count of tho anti- iiiscnminaiiou un a t nai are oltereil an- iially will jump at tho conclusion that latllitur for their nrivilnirpu ia t hn nrin. . i o r- - cs l ctpal annoyance that besots them. But the fact i ttiat theso are a small por- ion of tiio perplexities that meet tho railroad officials at every turn. A ciise decided in the United States oiicutt court in Indiana tho other dav moro in noint. In rIiow tlip rlifllenl. ties that ate to be met in railroad man agement. Un ono of the road in that siato a pasjenger was taken on who was laboring under tho influence of a .w. c i it . , iut, iii-i- immim-'iiuu in rum. tio nil mediatilr cot into fi ilimintn u-itli thn n ...... conductor and with drawn pistol threat ened to let daylight through the body of that official. Ho didn't carry our, his threat, however, but subsequently quatreiieii wmi a ieilow passenger and shot him dead. Tho friends of the de ceased traveller sued the company and got a verdict for $o,000, on the ground that railroad companies aro obliged to protect their passengers from assault as well a from accident. The average reader will be constrain ed to duubt till! wisdom n u-cll na I In justice of tho verdict. It tho dead pa tron of tbo road had met with his death by reason of oarclessnes-s of tho road or ils nireiilH it wnnhl tin ril,t , o -- - - and proper to demand compensatory damages. But llio evidenco was that tno conductor wa diligent in hi ef forts to prevent bloodshed. If tho road had refused to carry tho bellicoso pas. sender the probabilities are that ho would have sueil fnr ilmme nml m. covered. Having- prevented such a suit by taking him aboard, the company is uovei uieiess muicieu oecause its agents were tumble to movent him from pnm. mining murder. If that uile is to ob tain what is to prevent tho relatives of persons inuidered in tho streets of a city ftotn suing the corporation, 7Ja- irioi. There is a stagnant pool in a Florida forest pnttieularly lonesome and se cluded. Thirty years ago a lover was shot aud thrown into it by tho father of his sweetheart who at once drowned herself in the same water; and the be lief is held among the peoplo of that .... .1.... !!. . . t rrgum mm no visitor to tno spot can avoid an intense depression of spirits, occasioned by tho brooding ghosts of tho pair. Mississippi tpends nearly twico as much for education as her neighbor, Alabama. White muslin tidies with pictures woiked in outline stitch aro very pret ty, and ono does not tire of them un les tho design be grotesque. Scroll wotk is the best of all, and if the col ors bo nicely blended its effect is charming- Headaches almost always yield to tho simultaneous application of lot water to tho feet and tiie back of tho neck.
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