Some Autographs.
- r xhomai H. Noonen, of No. 4C7
p't'One Hundred and Seventeenth
Tt baa Very interesting collection
ofTutWpi"'.,in'bcr'nK ,ovei:
i.uosed of almost entirely of the
HUU
Btg-
nature,, of American colobrities.
Those which be prizes most highly.and
which ro of tho most interest at this
,.r.i tlio names of the dead Pres-
i.. nf liirt successor and of the Cabinot,
The ninny people- who have admired the
bold vet graceful handwriting of Presi
deut' Garfield, a displayed in hundreds
0f fac similes, will be glad to learn that
his original autographs are quite as flue
U I .1.,..,. .ti in,ln Th II.a
S gnV Copies VI uiuui ciri iuuiio. iu ill
..uuiiu(n owned by Mr. Noonen. the "J
ii as perfect as any letter could possibly
iu. made, while the others are as clear
cut as if drawn by the tools of tho exper
General Arthur writes a large, care
heavy hand, with no particular in
diuation. It looks preciselj as if tho
writer could not oven sparo the time no
;rv to execute it. There is streugth
in the writing, however, end bojdi these
jignatiires compare favorably with the
inflated, shapeless, balloon capitals of
General Grant, or the cramped hand of
president Hayes, which likewise appears
among tue rest.
Secretary Robert Ii. Lincoln, by the
wav, writes a liaud strikingly like tbatol
ax-President Hayes. Secretary Mac
Yeach's signature resembles some of
those afixed to the Declaration that is,
ii is laree, bDltl, antique aud distin-
mushed looking. Postmaster James writes
" uu l i
prettuy wuu nwo 'uceiui uour-
ihes. Secret iry Blaine's hand is laree.
bold and distinct, all letters and words
beinff connected throughout
If ever a signature could bo received
as indicative of the character of the
onier, it is that of Eoseoo Conkling
"Grand .Glootny and peculiar." It stands
out iu the relief of the blackest ink from
the paper. Scarcely any two letters at
the same angle, with intricate and even
frotesqiio flourishes everywhere, it cer
tainly gives expression of the mental
ramification of the groat unknown, so far
as they can be guessed at. It seems to
say: "My master writes like no one else;
I stand alone among signatures." Direotlv
below, as is fitting, appears the reBpectu-
blc and business-like chirography of
Mr. Thomas C. Piatt, which is above in
vidious criticism. Col. Geerge Bliss
signs his name iu a bold, dashing, run
ning hand, every stroke of which is cut
without a particle of allectation.
rt 1 F 1 . k T .
tienenu jouu a. uogau inscribes ins
name in a series of coarse, black, upright
characters. Senator Pendleton's style is
somewnutr similar, mougu tue letters are
better joined aud better formed. Hon.
Thomas E. Bayard's hand is a study.
Plain, neat and angular, it resembles the
bold, English manner of writing so much
afleeted by ladies. General Josoph R.
Hawley's elegant and gracoful autograph
is familiar from its appearance on in
numerable diplomas and other docu
ments issued by the Centennial Commis
sion iu 1876. Alexander H. Stephens
writes hesitatingly, in a small, trcmblous
hand.
General William Mahono, the great
Virginia readjnster, is the possessor of
whut may be termed a lateral handwrit
ting, if handwriting is a proper term to
apply ts a sea of broad, horizontal
dashes, extending from one side of the
paper to tho other, with hero and there
a slight ripple of short, upward stems.
Hannibal Hamlin apparently wastes as
little time, ink, and papor as possible' in
signing lus name, vet mere is no need of
second a cianco at the writini? in order tn
interpret it. Senator ft
K Hoar, of MilfiRftcllUsntta. vrit-R nnitn
lis uliiiiiv. nnz in a nmnnnri nnn nt inn.
like that of a Xw Kncliim! fu-linnl mnrm
w iu sets coiiipfl m hpr mini m lirjiHi v m
a . .
the stvle of lormor iIava. Wad a Ifntmi.
ton veils his ferocious rmrsnnftlitv lipln'n.l
ft ratuer m'ettv m v a hnnil winnh unmo
j "---j
vi ins r rtmsiiriinnm mirrnr unvv i inn
Uliueron nnnpartt to Imvn Anlivolv fur
tit 111 IS to nnnvpv ilrtm in lntmnn
Dllut . as nofc own thn nvnfniiml hand
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COlirts. COnM oonfrnnt. flm Rnrawl ln-
O ' "-I "h"" "V A4ilJ
8Cril)6iI ir. t)M m-rnnfiifn wiMiniif a finlim
Ul uwo.
..f '
Ex-Senator B. K. Bruce nlAnos on roc-
UHl OIIQ OI t.llft milRti ilnihfv nnl mioi-n
4
scopio rounil bftnda lmasrinublo. William
1 itt Kollf)"! KlllUll V -U'l'ifpu liia nnma lib-n
niarPii ittFr.p unU
)8l!ll (llil Htvll Wnin,l 1,nr,.l nc 1 ,
- - - n - - a. iu uu oikuutuic
lltllil thrt nu flirt riaurj ixt 4
,.Jlx iviiuii 1111111. (4D UlllUli IJO
tOl'lf'SI W.1V f.f olltin'rrl; 1,
- - - ... ,,s .mumut ii l Liu a ii ill i k:iv-.i. o
IU Simnrr p nn.l ,twr Kill 1.1.1 ,nM
llCCOrt UDCrt With th imon-inaro- nm-trn 1
;:o,u j vw n u uui, iuuiti in
liue of lipintv fi
commonly regarded as the line of beauty
approjinato to chirography. lien
wanregard s signature is as distinguished
nd Prencliy as his three magnificent
mmeH, Wj,ieli lie gives at full length.
Ex-Treasnrer Sninner. whose auto
finiph has lieen as eagerly sought for as
that of any other man living, appearing
M it 1ms in all its strange luxuriance
Pn niiliions of greenbacks, writes
roui in qmet home in Florid i a
courteous little note, the chief interest
of which is that it exhibits in a curious
Hanner the great difference between his
ordinary handwriting and his remarkable
signature. The latter, however, has lobt
none of its unique perfection.
"W. T. Sherman, General," appears
upon a visiting card in strong, upright
letters, with two bold flourishes, just
wge tnough to give emphasis to tho
'hole effect. Sheridan's signature is as
jjold and dashing as one of his own
owe cavalry charges. General Han
Wck writes a beautifully clear ond repu
w hand, which is unfortunately dis
"gnred and given a slight appearance
j affectation by an nnnecessarv prof usion
of ncavy downward dashes. Bon Entler
uasagreat, round, awkward schoolboy
.nd. McClellan shows a lack of suf
ncient executive ability to transfer ink to
PaIer in even a decorous manner. Gen.
lerry, the renowned Indian fighter, is
Pani tititus in his penmanship, writing
"l'y and gracefully, without the
t attempt at ornamentation. General
"aniside contrived to make a half
ozen words cover a whoh page of com
"rcial paper, and this not by any ordi
"y means, as his huge, scrawling char
ters, plain as those on s circus poster,
laed to literally chase each other
I pace or rather t0 bo festooned
tLI cluster f &rape ;
Among journalists and "literary fel
lers generally, one is prepared to look
for remarkably ineligible scrawls. This
is not alwaya the case Dumerous auto
graphs in this collection prove. The
late Bayard Taylor was fine ponnian.
Oeorge William Curtis ! irmtltipn nl-
thoUgh showing some signs of unusual
care, is written in an easy, running
lugiuie as print. WUitelaw Keid,
although not a fancy writer, evidently
givos his compositors no trouble. Ad
mirers of Charles A. Dana would hardly
."."tsiuu mm uig nno nditorials are
wmieu in a small, neat hand, and with a
Iu mppea in violet mk, instead of in
t.u. niinam unilen Bryant wrote
icgioiy in on old-fashioned at vie, though
rather nervously toward the last. That
a. uaKey Hall could writowoll, even un
der trying circumstances, appears from a
polito note of his, dated about a woek
ueiore no thought fit to disappear sud
denly from New York, somo years ago.
Lu Perkins is a hotter penman than any
one would believe upon his own un
backed assertion. Bob Bnntetto, of the
BurJini'ton Hawkeye, could, with tho
necossary knowledge of mathematics ob
tain a ioistion in any mercantile house
as bookkeeper. Longfellow writes in a
reany ueantirul Italian hand, and Wbit
tier and Holmes rival him in their own
peculiar StvleS. Goor-l W.lHliinrrtnn
Childs has a stylo of nenmahshin whiili
would appear as well at tlm lioitnm nf a
check as in the verses of one nf Ma fir
laineu elegies. Aluiat Halstead is cer
tainly tho worst writer in the whole
world, and the sight of what purports to
bo his signature would lead one to doubt
the truth of this whole paragraph.
Tho Chinese amhassad lor. wlinnn namn
tno writer had not time to translate,
could undoubtedly mako a grand suc
cess in the decoration of tea chests, ns
his writiuct is far better than ever Knnn
in-that line. It is exactly like a Chinese
lauuury check, in three Dcrnon.iieii nrlv
disposed characters, but written with
great elegance in black, glossy ink, like
the card placards commonly displayed.
It is, beyond question, a work of art,
but life is too short for him to have had
an opportunity of distributing many au-
lograpns.
His Majesty,' King Kalakana, contrib
nted during his Into visit to the colleo-
tion.in which, chirographically, he is en-
iiucti io a nigh rauu.
1K T in .....
uuu iUL'ersons signature needs no
particular description, as it has been
widely circulated in fao simile throuuh-
oui tue country upon tho covers of the
cheap editions of his addresses. His
nest door neighbor, thoolocicallv. Rev
Robert Collyer, writes an illiterate.crab
ova hand.
D. L. Moody and Ira D. Sankev. the
would be pillars of evangelical ortho
doxy, write each according to his pecu
liar gift, Moody in a coarse.heavy scrawl
ami oanuey m a pretty, ellominate style.
Mr. Moody invites the attention of all
to whose eyes his autograph may come,
as percuance misguided, to Revelations,
xxi, , and San key follows suit with Cor
miliums, iii.io. xne liev. and lion. 1
S. Ivalloch is a better writer than
Moody, but attempts to convey no scrip
tural lesson.
P. S. Gilmore prefixes a fine signature
with the first bar of lus anthem "Co
lumbia," drawn very neatly with pen and
id a.
George I rancis Tram signs an order
for SlO(K),"good at the next Centennial.
and adds on another paper the character
istic remark, "Stopped talking three
months ago, aud this may bo my last sig
nature. The dictator's writing does
much credit to him.
Here the writer was shown an auto'
graph Avhioh rendered the idea of fur-
the research positively distastoful. After
long and careful study tho mystery re
mained as impenetrable -an ever, and Mr.
JSoonen explained with a blush that he
had every reason to believe that it inubt
be intended as the signature of Mary
Anderson, who, perhaps, divides tho
honors with Murat Halstead as the worst
writer in tho world, with this difference:
lhat tho latter might improve if ho
choso, but to Mary reform is impossible,
Brooklyn Eagle.
"The Sun lo Move.''
The Rov. C. A. Johnson, the Canadian
Colored advocate of the theory that "tho
sun do move," bus been lecturing in
Troy. In addition to the sun revolving
around the earth, ho described a square,
ilatearth. "I have no reason to doubt,"
ho said, "that we are dwelling on a four
cornered earth. John, the jrovelator,
speaks of angels standing on the four
corners of tho earth. How have scientific
men better knowledge than tho scrip
tures? When man became too inquiring
they discovered that the earth was round.
My friends. this is all a mistake a grand
mistake. It is said that while it is night
with us it is day with people opposite us
on the earth. If that bo so and the earth
is round, at night people must be stand
ing on their heads. 1 believe tho earth
is a great plain surrounded by water.
The assertion of scientific men should
not be blindly received, but the scriptures
can give us authority." Some of tho
preaoher'3 hearers put questions to him,
indicating that his arguments were not
convincing, but for all no had tue same
reply: "lam not here to answer ques
tions. You may ask them if you choso.
But if the sun didn't move how did
Joshua make it stand still, as the scrip
tures prove he did?
How Iatuer Sraps are Utilized.
Every little scrap of leather that Hies
from the cutters' knives in tho Auburn
shoe shops is saved, and either goes into
leather-board, shoe heel or grease. Who
says this isn't an economical age? About
two months ago a factory was starto 1 for
making shoe heels in Auburn. They
now have about 2"i hantrs at work aud
are making about 120 cases of heels per
dav. or about Ij.iwj heels. lue heels
are made entirely oi smaii sci-ams ii
upper leather. The scraps are first cut
into the right shape by dies. They are
then packed and wnt to Chelsea, .Mass.,
w here tho oil is extracted by a secret
process. They come back dry, aud are
then pasted together in wooden hell
molds. The srease is extracted in order
that the heels may be burnished. They
take as nice a polish as a genuine soie
leather heel. All the pieces that will
not go into heels are tried out, and the
firm nets two or turee Darrein cu greums
per week from this eouroe. Lewiston
Journal.
Grrece and lit tiownmcnt.
The Greek is born democrat and
republican words not always synony
mousand tho institutions of royalty
have never had any bold on him. The
monarchy, with its fictitious glitter and
Bengal lights, has never deluded his
snrcwd sense of realitv; lie ha no rev
erenco for one man ahovo another, and
ho nover forgets that the king is a mere
convention. Here is the first and most
telling incongruity nionaidiy growing
with no soil for its roots, a huge para
site sapping, and, what is worse, cor
rupting the national vitality. Again,
the Greek is the most individual of men,
one unlike every other shrewd ami
prosperous alone, paralyzed and lost iu
association. The communes are individ
ual States in which the greatest co-opem-1
tion of which the race is ctipaolo is ot
taiued, and all the -irogress made in
Greoce is in tho prosperity of the com
in u no. This is circumscribed by a pon
eral government wuoso centralization is
a caricature of that of nuy else where
now existing constitutional government
Tho commune is not free to build a bridge
or repair a road or pier without the con
sent of the Government ut Atlions
That the chance from Otho to Gcortr
was from bad to worse is now acknowl
edged by evorybody in Greeoo, The now
king, in addition to the usual dvnioraliza
tiou of princes, was a weak, vain and
pleasure-loving youth, profoundly self
ish, and w ith only ono strong point his
obstinate adherence to lus own wbinm
No despotism is so disastrous as that of
a weak character, and George lias nlread
shown that he knows how to take advau
tage of the defect of 'ho Greek Constitu
tion to enable him to evade the most
onerous responsibilities of his position
The first impression his personality gives
to an observer not or awo of royalty is
that of being nearly a simpleton; in fact
1ns intellectual attaiumeuts lievoud lan
guages uro scaroolv above those
of au average American school boy of
twelve. Ho hates study and books, sub
nuts to the superficial cramming wine
is necessary to his position with bud
grace, but absolutely refuses U acquire
a tiKvough knowledge of anvihing ex
cept horses. He is not, however, devoid
uf u certain cunning, which unubles him
to present always a good facoto tho dip
lomatio corps, whom ho succeeds in per
suadiug that-he is tho victim of tho jc-al
ousies of his people, and to play oil' one
set of miuisters against another when ho
has any particular object to gain. The
fact that a ministry can always be made
of men who have no views beyond the
advisability of holding oflico, and the
power the king possesses of dismissing a
ministry and dissolving a chamber if it
does not meet his views, make constitu
tional restraint a mockery. In fact,
nothing prevents the king from doing
what ho pleases, and as he takes no in
terest in tho country and has a dominant
passion avarice which he gratifies at
the expense of the nation iu the most
undignified ways, giving rise to the
common saving at Athens that he is
scraping up funds for his exile, it may
easily bo understood that he has long
ago exhausted tho loyal enthusiasm of
his subjects. He is, in fact, cordially
detested by the better part of the popu
lation, and a very slight provocation
might determine his departure from the
country which is to him simply a farm
from which, knowing the insecurity of
his tenure, he is gcttiug all ho can while
it lasts.
His constitutional timidity, or what wo
should in plain people call cowardice, is
tho real key to tho failure of the good in
Mentions of tho western powers and the
really heroio ellurts of the people to
secure a satisfactory solution of tho re
cent Turco-Groek crisis. The king had
from tho beginning determined not to
light or even to go to tho frontier, and ns
Greoco is really as to foreign matters
governed by one or other of tho diplo
matic corps through tho king, ho natur
ally fell iuto the plan of that diplomatic
agent who promised so to manage things
an to avert war. As Greek ambitions con
flict with Austrian plans, tho latter,
backed by Bismarck, of courso prevailed,
and Epirus, important to Austria in her
possible content with Italy for the domin
ion of the Adriatic, was sacrificed by
the king and Conmoundouros really be
cause tue lormer was airuni to leuu uis
army across tho frouti?r. Tho blue-book
discloses the curious fact that the Greek
government took the lead in urging the
reduction of Greek claims to the point at
which they were settled, in order to
avoid a war which the largo majority of
the nation had desired, and which all
were ready to enter into if need were.
To those who knew the extraordinarily
timid nature of tho king thero was no
puzzle in tho matter, but as kings rarely
liavo the truth told about them, the
world at large credited him with the
sincerity of his professions of warlike
purpose. Jlis habitual surroundings
always foretold that thero would bo no
war, and some gave as tue reason that
the king was a coward."
(Jai fluid's Ancestry.
The genealogy of tho Garfield family
seems to have boon strangely overlooked
in all that has been published of the
career and death of tho martyr Presi
dent. Beyond the scattering announce
ments that hisearliest known ancestors
were of Welch nativity, very littlo has
ever boen given to the public journals of
the day to denote the sourco'aiid charac
ter of the forefathers and maternal pre
decessors who existed during the long
interval from 1.187 down to the birth of
tho enibroyo President on the l'Jtli of
November, 18:11. Col. Russell II . Con
well, of this city, who prepared such
au elaborate biography of the successful
candidate for the presidency, immediate'
ly after his nomination at Chicago, paid
particular attention to those details
which are now so melancholy and inter
esting. In a recent interview which a
Herald attache had with tho biographer,
he was assured that all tho statements ho
mado in tho life volume were founded
upon facts which cannot bo questioned.
According to Colonel Conwell, the first
root of tho Preshlential family of which
there is any tangible knowledge was a
James A. Garfiidd (or Gearfeldt), who
in 1857 was given a tract of land on tho
border of Wales, near Chester, England,
through the influence of Robert Dudley,
Earl of Leicester. A natural inference
would be that be bad performed
some military service on the conti
nent under that celebrated favorite of
royalty, or was of some special service to
Robert at Keoilworth or London. Tho
estate thus conferred is said to be situat
ed near Osrestry, and not far from the
most beautiful and celebrated vale of
Tlangollen.on the border of Wales. What
was the nationality of this James Gar
field, whether Welsh or English, Dutch
or German, does not appcr. The most
probable coiijocturo is that ho was Welsh
and was a warrior of some note, perhaps
a descendant urtiiu old Luiglitsof tin
riliu casuo. iue estate conferred opoi'
him was either released by him, tak. n
from hull or lor some reason las children
did not inherit it, and uo mention of them
appoars so far as it is now known iu any
record ot the (mrtield family until lb.Hi
when Edward Gartleld, of Chester, Eug
land, came to America in a company of
colonist, who eaibarkod with his family
under the auspices of Gov. John Win-
throp. 1 lie name appears ajjain at a
tertown, in this State, in KKI5, and very
probably is the samo man. Uf this in
dividual full accounts are handed down
and curious researches into the family
history claim to have discovered his coat
of arms, and if the description of it is
correct it gees far to confirm thuprovions
concluuon that tho Gartlelds w ere a mar
tial family of wealth and influenco in the
days of Queen Elizabeth, and perhaps
in the crusades. It had threo horriznn
tal bars of rod on a Held or 1 ickcround
of gold in the center of tho shield, and a
red Malteso cross on an ermine canton or
corner piece. Tho crest consisted of a
helmet with tho visor raisod, aud an arm
uplilted Holding a drawn sword, l or a
motto wero tho words: "In crnce vineo'
(by the cross I conquer.) This
Edward Garfield, from whom the
present large Garfield family iu Amur
ica has descended, uppears to have taken
uo great pride in his liueage or lordly
titles, for ho took a personal and labor
ous share iu tho manual labor connected
with the dealing of his land in Wrater
towu, and left but a meager trace of his
armorial badge. His bonne was built ou
a beautiful spot in Watertown, overlook
ing the Charles river, aud tho site is still
pointed out to visitors, near the railway
station of the Fitcliburg railroad. In
this house ho lived but a few years bo-
foro be was able to purchase a much
larger estate in tho western part of Wat.
ertown, near the present location of tho
Waltham town line. On this land ho
erected a capacious mansion, and sur-
roundod himself with all tho comforts,
elegance of the gentlemau of that poriod,
and tho estate, now known ns the "Gov
ernor Gore place, "still holds its position
as one of the most beautiful and valuable
estates in tho vicinity of Boston. This
Edward Garlleld had a sou, Ldward, Jr.,
and he, in turn, had a son Benjamin, who
became o distinguished citizen of Water
town and was iven a captaiu's
commission by tho governor iu ' tho
colonial militia. lie held mini
erous town offices and was
elected nine timos to the colonial legis
lature. He was a stout, broad-shouldered
mau, with an open, cheerful
couutenance, and most affable aud kind
in his manner. Uis light complcxiou,
and especially light hair, appear to have
descended to the present generation.
The noxt ancestor iu line was Lieuten
ant Thomas Garlleld, who had offspring
numbering an even dozen. Thomas Jr
the third in order, was the one who
should be written umong the ancient
grandfathers of the late President, and
tho next ono down the scale was Sol
mon Garlleld. the oldest son of tho
junior Thomas. Solomons brother
Abraham was an earnest devotee of
American independence, nnd lived in
the town of Lincoln when tho revolt!
tionary war began. Ho was ono of the
first volunteers enlisted in the defense
of the colonies, and was in tho fight at
Concord, and side by side with many
llustrious Amoncans, including Jndgti
Rockwood Hoar, whoso descendant
and namesako has bocomo note 1 in tho
councils of tho nations in later years.
The siguaturo of Judge Hoar's
groat-grandfather, John Hoar, and
Abraham Garfield are still pre
servod, nnd the curious document they
signed was an important matter in its
time. At tho beg;nning of tho revolution
separation from England was not genor
ally meditated, and it was deemed im
portant to endeavor to ilx tho rosiiousi
bility for tho beginning of the conflict,
showing which side struck the first blow,
in tho event of a settlement of the trou
bio. Therefore the affidavit of many
persons concerned wero secured and pro
servod.
Solomon's oldest son, Thomas Garfield,
wus bom in lu o, and lived a farmer s
life at Worcester, Otsego county, N. Y.,
nd married Aseuattellill, of Sharon, Ii.
Their children woro Polly, Botsoy,
Abram aud Thomas. Abram, who was
named for his patriotic nncle, w ho fought
at Concord, was the father of tho lato
President, lie was bom Doc. !'.);,
at Worcester, X. Y. He was kept hard
at work on a farm, with littlo ojiportu-
lty for an education. Ho was married
to Miss Eliza Bullou, tho venerable stir
viving mother of tho murdered Presi
lent, nnd removed to Ohio in lai'J. luoy
ad four children, all of whom are now
living, exeppt the lato President. The
father died suddenly while James was a
creejiing infant. Boston Herald
A Temperance Tale.
Sixty cents invested in whisky in the
time of 1809 cost Fannin county, lexas,
n time nnd money inoro than tho revo-
ue arising.from the whisky traflio for
five years amounted to, We speak of tho
investment by vonna Dean. He shot
Dan Coulter aud poer Dan passed into
the spirit land. Then tho McDonalds
shot and killed Dean. Tor this offense
they were arrested, and after continuing
tho case several times, were tried and
convicted of manslaughter and sentenced
to the penitentiary. Whilo in jail they
were rescued by their friends breaking
open the jail and liberating them. Tak
ing this altogether, this sixty cents'
worth of whisky killud two men, made
one widow, caused two men to be incar
cerated and kej)t in jail at in enormous
expense to Tannin county, ami caused
trouble to tho families and friends of
those two men, and then tho expense of
witnosses and trials in court, and loss o'
time to the sheriff and posse, put Fannin
county to the expense of not less than
10,000, and that is just about the usual
per cent, whisky pays, and pays it in the
same way. Bonham News.
"I declare!" exclaimed Brown, "I be
lieve I have forgotten all I ever knew."
"Sorry to hear it," remarked Fogg.
"However, yon can take an hour some
day and learn it all over again."
One Thouidfid foncirsHinfta.
The proposition which ban been mado
to increase the number of congresmen
to eight hundred or a thousand under
tho new appropriation is not without
somo strong points in its favor. The
British Parliament, which legislates for
a much smaller territory than Hint of
some of our States, consists of between
six hundred and seven hundred mem
bers. If the United States had the same
basis of territorial representation ou
House of Kcprcsentativo would hav
not less than "hi th 10 numbers. In man
respects this would he a very great a
vantige. Fifty thousand congressme
would menu tho introduction of about
.1,000,000 bills every session, which
would bo a magnificent thing for the
paper manufacturers and the printers
Old rags would probably bring $10
pound, paper mills would li started ou
every other block, and printers would I
paid a thousand dollars for every thou
sand "ems." Tho government printing
olheo at Washington would have to
extended beyond tho boundaries of tin
District of Columbia, over half the Stat
of Maryland. This would improve real
estate in thut section immensely, lhe
the capitol would have to be built bo
yond the Potomac into irginia, there!
helping scores aud scores of industries
and developing thousands of marbl
quarries which are now idle and tin pro
(active. But these nro not the ouly
benefits that would follow tho enlarge
mont of congress. As five uiotnlierM are
on an average sulhcieut to run a first'
class saloon, there would be room for
tcu thousand additional establishments
of this kind in Washington. The onl
interest thut we can think of that tho ad
lition would not help is religion. It
would bo entirely unnecessary to enlarge
tho churches.
But these advantage's are purely local
and should not bo taken into considera
tion iu deciding the question. There nro
however, controlling natioual reasons iu
favor of tho proposition of which w
should not lose sight. If Congress con
sisted of 50,000 members, every member
would, of course, ms t upon tho right
of enlightening his colleagues and con
stituent on every question that might
arise. Fifty thousand speeches, would
of course, render tho pusnago of more
than one or two bills iu a session impos
Bible. This would 1k bo groat a step in
tho lino of good government that we are
certain tho poople uould cheerfully make
any sacrinoe iu oruor to nccomiuisn it
Indeed, tho chances are that beforo
members had finished introducing bill
tho session would liavo expired nnd
fresh 50,000 M. C.'s would bo swooping
down on tho District. Another trouble
some question which the enlargement
would settle is the disposition of thesur
plus revenue. The salaries alouo of
Congress on the scalo suggested would
bo abont S25U,(I0U,000 a year. As they
are bound to have this money in some
form or another, tho best thing to do is
to lot them draw it out in a lawful way
A thousand Congressmen would be on
tirely too small for this great country
Let us have 50,000 and make Mr. Blaine
Speaker. fN. Y. Herald.
Russia ana Rousseau's Prediction.
Tho present political stale of Russia
recalls with peculiar force the jtrediction
concerning that country made by Rous
scan about 1771 aud published in his
well known work ou tho "Contrat
Social."
"With nations as with men," he wrote
"thero is a period of maturity that should
not be anticipated. To do so is to nn
poverish results. The difficulty is thutit
is not always easy to determine that lire
ciso poriod in the lifo of a nation when
the people can bo brought to recognize
and submit itself, in the interest of the
commonwealth, to constituted laws. Ono
nation at its birth is capable of being dis
ciplrtiod to a voluntary recognition of
and submission to promulgated laws;
another would not be ho in a thousand
years. Tho Russians will never
thoroughly, and truly become a law
abiding people. This is duo to tho errors
committed by Peter the Great. Tho
genius of Peter was but that of the imi
tator, not the true genius which, villi in
ferior means, still attains perfection
which out of nothing creates all. His
edict was to the effect that from a bar
barous peoplo they, should instantly
become a civilized one, and from the
moment he so desired it he insisted
upon assuming that the transformation
had been effected. Uo saw that his peo
ple was n barbarous one: ho failed to
comprehend that a period of educational
transition was necessary before imposing
upon it laws such ns could only bo un
derstood nnd would only be recognized
by civilized people. He visited Germa
ny, and returned so impressed with Ger
man civililation and procedure of tho
government that ho determined to mako
his people as the Germans were. He next
visited England, and his residence in
that country so modified his views in re
spect to Germany, that when ho again
returned to his own people he again set
about making Englishmen of them. First
Germans! then Englishmen! when he
should have begun by making them
Russians. Ho imrvertod thoir proper
genius, and in this way, persuading thorn
that they were what they wore uot, ho
prevented them from becoiaing that
which they should and might liavo bee if.
Ideas of inordinate vanity ami ambition
were implanted on a false and disinte
grated basis, the consequence of which
will bo that Russia will one day want to
subjugate Europe, but will, instead, bo
subjugated herself.
Exports.
Ono hundrod and twenty-two wheat,
flour and salmon cargoes have been dis
patched from the Columbia river from
August 1, 1HS1, to date, divided among
the various local shipping houses us
follows: Balfour, Guthrie Ac Co., Ill; C.
Ceasar A Co., ; Corbitt & Macleay, 1;
McNear k Co., 8;Rodgers, Meyer & Co.,
17: Sibson, Church & Co., 40; and tho
Salem Flouring Mill Co., by S. C. & Co.,
2. The aggregate tonnage f tho ships
so dispatched foots up 1 IK, 237 tons regis
ter, and their total carrying capacity is
about 100,000 tons. In this were 200,000
cases of salmon, equivalent to 72.10 tons,
which leaves about 182,000 tons of wheat
and flonr shipped to date.
You can hardly blame the man who
swore when, after enduring the agonies
of a vaccinated arm, he learned that
vaccination did not prevent jiinjams.
ail sonrx.
In combating an evil, the first thing s
to discover the evil.
What sculpture is to a block of marble
education is to a human soul.
i
j Wealth is too often an n)ology for
offenses that poverty makes degrading.
What we gain iu experience is not
i worth what e lose in illusion.
Flattery is like falso monoy: it im
poverishes those who receive it.
A lady, joking about her nose, said:
"I had nothing to do in shaping it. It
was a birthday present."
A German waiter at a hotel said to a
boarder: "Of you see vot you don't
vaut, yoost shpeak out."
The meanest man in Ohio gave his
neighbor's boy a fifteen-oent dog just tho
day before the tax was assessed.
A man can't help being born a Smith,
but ho can relieve the monotony of it by
prefixing the uaino of Algernon St. Law
re nco to it.
A little boy caino to his mother re
cently aud said: "Mamma, I should think
that if I was mado of dust, I would get
muddy inside whuu I drink."
Tho proprietor of a bone factory an
nounces that persons leaving their bones
with him can nave them grouud at short
notice New Orleaus Picayune.
Somebody tried to exotiso a lnwyor to
Dr. Johnson, saying: "You must not be
lievo more thnu half what ho, says."
"Aye," replied tho doctor, "but which
halt?"
Wo cannot live ou probabilities. The
faith in which we can live Itravely and
die in peace must be a certainty, so far
as it professes to be a faith at all, or it is
nothing.
"Mr. Smith, father would like to bor
row your pajor; ho ouly wants to read
it." Woll, go back and tell your father
to send mo his supper. Toll him I only
want to cat it."
There is not tho least doubt that the
thirty-two men buried in the Miillotban
(Ya.) mino are all dead. This disaster
has mado twenty-seven widows and one
hundred and eight orphans.
It was at the music hall, uot long
sinco, that a lady remarked to a visiting
friend, after a solo on the big organ:
"That's all very well, but yon must wait
till they put ou the vox popttli."
A fashion journal says that white vul
tures' feathers are used in opera hats.
Tho vulture's bill is kept by the milincr,
who subsequently proaouts'it to tho hus
band of tho woman wearing tho bat.
Dr. Johnson, when asked to give his
opinion on the production of a lady, who
told him "that, when he had finished
that, she had other irons in tho fire," re
plied: "Madam, pnt this with your other
irons.
'How do you say 'nig' in German?"'
asked nn Englishman of an American as
tho vessel neurod Antwerp. "You need
not say anything, replied tho Amorican;
"you'll be rocognized without explana
tion."
An old maid, not attractive, recoutly
read iu a temperance lodge an original
Poem entitled, "lho lips, that touch
liquor can never touch mine," and the
young men present gave her three
cheers.
He slipped quietly in at tho door, but
catching eight of nu inquiring face ovor
the stair rail, Haul: "Sorry so lato, my
dear; couldn't got near beforo." "So the
cars wero full too, said tho lady, aud
then any fnrthor remarks woro unneces
sary.
Hate hunt yos, wo bate him with aur
undying hate, and we'll bring woo upon
him. We'll drive him nenrly to distrait
tion. We 11 tell him that we saw his
namo In tho paper tho other day, but do
not remember what paper it wus, or what
was said about him.
fond mother said to her littlo son:
"Tommy, my dear, I am going to give
you a little companion soon; which
would you profor, a littlo boy or a littlo
girl?" "Well, mother," replied Tommy,
if it is the samo to you I would rather
nive a littlo donkey.
At Chicago Edward Muller. ill with
smallpox, was nursed by Edward John
son nnd wife. While Johnson was rest-
ng, Muller got out of bod, robbed John
son, nnd then entered an adjoining room,
assaulted Mrs. Johnson and ilod. They
lo have hoapsof fun in Chicago.
A coriespondont of tho New England
Fanner writes about "My Experience in
Boo Keeping." But us he says nothing
about jumping into a well to drown the
pesky critters out of his trousers, w
don't believe he has mado a truthful state
ment. Why will men dissemblo about
such matters.
Tho New York News says: "It doesn't
ook well for a husband to get drunk on
lis wedding night, or on any other man's
wedding night. Itobody will bo dis
posed to dispute this statement; but will
tho News pleaso state on what occasions,
in its judgment, it docs look well in a
man to get drunk?
Some of the students of tho Indiana
college dressed np u gawky, long-haired
comrade as Oscar Wilde, accompanied
him on lecturing visit to Crawfords-
ville, and dined with an test Initio vill
ager. And the swindled peoplo thought
him a most particularly deep young man,
till they fouud out ho wasu t Oscar.
"Miserable?" said young Symonds.
Of course I'm misorabln. and I can't
elp looking so. I'm invited, and can't
refuso to attend, a party given by the
lr In at tho boarding-school, lhev re
oing to cook the supN?r themselvcs.and
shall havo to eat some of the bread and
like, and I shall die in awful agony be-
ro morning. 1 know 1 shall."
A w idow called at tho sculptor's study
o see tho clay modi lot the bust or
er husband. "I can change it in any
particular that you may dosiro,madauie,"
said tho artist. The widow regardod it
ith tearful eves. "The nose is large."
A largo nose is an indication o( good-
ess, responded the artist, lhe widow
wiped away her tears and sobbed, "Well
then, mako tho nose larger."
At a Newport dance the other night he
as introduced to a very bewitching and
modest girl, and so, of course was doing
is very best to merit Lis good luck.
Feeling a sudden disposition he excused
himself for a minnte, and on returning
was in the act of removing a few ker
nels of coffee from his vest pocket, when
the damsel astonished him by saving:
Don't chew that; I'd rather smell the.
new ram.