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XEI'ISWX OF TltBASVItT XOTES. TTJiat Secretary Jlannlmj Says to the House on the Subject, Washington Special: Secretary Manning to-day sent a long communication to 8poaker Cnrli.slo in rcoly to recent resolu tions of the house of representatives re Bpectiii the reissue of treasury notes and tho destruction ol United Stnts.notrs. Tho first ot these resolutions inquired whether any money appropriated in tho sundry civil hill or any other government money had been expended for tho purpose of is suing trensury notes ot largo denomin.i tions in lieu of notes ot small denomina tions cancelled or retired. Secretary Man ning, after observing that he finds no nu thority to reissue treasury notes, says that if a more patient scrutiny ot thu statutes at large disclose such authority, ho could not, except under fresh instructions from congress, conceive ita duly to expend money for such a purpose, and thon adds that none of tho appropriations referred to nor any other money belonging to the gov ernment has beeircxpended for such pur poses The secretary then goes into n long argu ment in favor of paying the greenback debt and a repeal ot the compulsory silver pur chase law, and hiivh that another specit so! our outstanding indebtedness, namely, the legnl tenders or greenbacks, known in law as United States notes, nro equally with wjmt t lie law designates i.h treasury notea beyond any need or excuse for reissue. Thnt temporary note-", which nro a debt of principal only, like notes which are a debt of principal and interest, should at onro bo cashed and cancelled from t ho abundant mid siiperlluotts coin on hand, not now capable of being applied to any other use. This is so obvious a principle of sound finance, mica as a prudent citizen would up ply to his private affairs, that any secre tnry of the treasury would bo subject to Just reproach lor departure therefrom by reisiue, were it not that tlio net ot May 31, 1878, seems to require of liim that fiscal inisHtcp.aud submits tothehouso the quas tiiui whether, among many other reasons lor its repeal, t no contraction ot the cur rency sought to bo averted by that act, can not in nnyotheror better way borirevented than by its repeal. Tho fact thnt tho S340, 081,010 of greenback debt is a green buck currency is so far from being n reason against its payment that it is tho reason winch makes payment and destruction necessary not without abetter currency to tawo its place; butsurli a currency is at hand. Uiit. also, a contraction of tho currency should be avoided. Tho substi tution ot a better currency for the green backs runs no hazard of contraction. Hut the consequences of not using our coin sur plus thus are serious. For in currency of some sort will tlio year's taxes bo paid, and tho excess of icceipts over the author ized disbursements ot tho treasury would be tho mciisuro of the contraction ot tho curroncy. This contrnctioncanbeavoided by appropriations for an extravagant and reckless outpout and expense like that ot war. It can also be avoided by tho pay ment of debt. The first remedy need not be discussed; it is of course a remedy tho most unworthy of tho people's representa tives. The second remedy is all that re mains. "What debt, then, shall wo pay?" tho secretary asks, and goes on to argue that it would be inexcusable extravagance to (liininiHli tlio bonded debt not yet duo by anticipatory purchase at a high premium when, under the operations of tho sinking fund law, every dollar of tho natlonnldebt, greenbacks and nil, can bo cancelled by 1008. Anticipating payment of the funled debt at a high premium," tlio secre tary snys. "while successfully getting out of the treasury its currency tnx surplus and so preventing contraction in that form, is that method, nevertheless, which would contract tho currency in another form by too suddenly diminishing nat ional ba nk circulation based on tho funded debt. It ia thereforn necessury now not only to reduce taxation in order to prevent the surplus tax collections from being con tracted ngain and again, but it is nocos sary also to employ our present and un avoidable tax surplus m tlio payment not of funded but of the unfunded debt. Great extravnganco of needless oxponse or serious nionotary troubles can both bo so avoided. Tho pooplo s representatives, by action before adjournment, enn roliovo the sec-rotary ot tlio treasury from a bad choico between theno now present alternatives. The sur plus coin and bullion which will remain in tho treasury after all tho bonds subject to call have boon paid, and before tho Fiftieth congress will assemble, together with tho proceeds ot surplus taxation which will tlow into tho treasury boforo any possible reduction or taxes by tho present congress can tako effect, constitute a sum which can well bo got out of tho treasury into the hands of the people, where it belongs, by tho payment of tho greenback debt. Coin certificates are a ready and superior paper money to tho greonbneks. Tlio substitution :an bo effected as a mere matter of treasury administration whenovertwo indispensable conditions nro first fullilled by congress. Tho report ot tho compulsory silver pur chases is the first and indispensable con iition, and tho repeal ot tho compulsory redemption reissues United States note's 8 the next and only condition." wn.iT xiii: visit is stauk foil Washington special: A writer in to-day's Washington Herald, ill discussing Mexican matters in particular, and tlio management of tho diplomatic branch of ourgovernment in general, says: "While I am upon lies Mexican a I would just like to nek oneques tion ot tho president. Did ho sond Dr. Georgo L. Miller, editor of tho leading dem ocratic journal in Nebraska, to Mexico upon public business, and if so, what is tho cause for such extreme secrecy about his going? Members of the Nebraska delega tion in congress ono branch at least Bay that Dr. Miller came to Washington at tho president's request. As Miller is u sound democrat, It van thought at first that he was to be consulted about tho patronage ol the state. This was not the matter. After three consultations Miller was sent to Mexico on business so confidently guarded that no human being excepting the presi dent, Miller, and possibly tlio secretary of state, have the slightest idea of what it is. This Is the story precisely as it was told to me. Perlmps tho future may unveil this mystery, if mystery thero be. Nebrnskans say there is one and seem to believe it. So. ne will wait and see. OFFICERS SnOT. Little Rock, Auk., Feb. 1. This morning In Union township, a few miles south of here, Mann Sneed was arrested by Constable I. L. Smith and his deputy for unlawfully carrying pistol Soon after.tbo arrest and as the officers were prcptrlng to depart with Sneed His sister told them that his mother was very anxious to see him before he was taken awsy. ITie oflicers consented and accompanied the prisoner to the house ot Wratt Sneed. a short distance away As they entered the house they were fired upon and Smith was Instantly killed. Ills deputy returned the tire but was shot duwn and died immediately. The assaislns, Wratt and Dlnkr 8necd. es caped but are being-hotly pursued and It Is thought one of them is faullr wounded The father of the Sneeds Is now serviug a terra In the penitentiary for murder. Come what will, to be weak Is onlj to b more miserable. The supports of sorrow art patience, activity and aflectloa. Leigh JIuuX. ' kecrvitixo TitEin eaxics. The Strikers Joined by Workmen, front Other Lines of ltushicss. New Touk, Feb. 1. The extension of the strike to the freight handlers on the railroad piers of New York Is the most serious blow to commerce that the uulon men have (truck. The effect of It on one road the Jersey Cen tralIs tho almost complete suspension of business. The men tinned out so suddenly that the compnnr was left lit crcat IK-ulvantnge and Its Inability to deliver freight was the cause of much inconvenience to merchants. The next move on the part of the strikers will be to Induce the train men to conic out, mid thus tie up the railroads centering on the Jer sey shore. There Is also some tnlk of getting the dock hands and firemen on the fern bouts to join the strikers, but these men are adverse to such a course. The freight handlers on the Pennsylvania railroad piers No. 4, fi and 0. North nvi-r, struck work at 1 p. m. They had sent an In formal demand )e.teidny, but no answer hud been received when they went out nt dinner time, and when thev returned they did not re punie work, but sent a delegation to the Klliee of Agent Dow man. Ho told them the coin pany could not grant the advamv at the ino uieut, but were willing to consider the question or any other crlevaneos. The men decided to striUi'J.uid inarched otl to the pterin a body. At It! the men weie st-ll tit work to-dnv. The freight handler of the Lehigh Valley railroad lit pier 2, North river, numbering 1J0 men struck at 3 p. m. and joined the r.uihs of tho strikers. Thefielght handlers employed In the yards of the New Jersev Central fntlnmd nt'Com tnunlpaw and liayniine. struck for mi .'neiense of wages In aeeofdaiice with the notice they had served on the company yesterday. About 500 men went out. General Freight Agent Hullerof the Pennsyl vania railroad lecclr.-d notice from u commit tee of freight handlers of Jersey City this morning that unless their wages were "raised they would titrike. The company was given until to-morrow at noon to comply with the demands. The freight handlers employed on the F.ric docks In lids city went out on a strike at 2 o'clock this afternoon. They marched In a body to Hamilton park, where they held a meeting. The men will hold another meeting to-morrow morning, at which It will be" decided whether to return to work or not. TJtAXSFEII OF THE WEATHER JJUUEAV. Washington special: While olllccrs ot tho signal service favor a trnusfar of tlio weather bureau to a civil department, they nro desirous ot placing tho service on a footing similiar to tho revenue marino service in t he treasury department. The enlisted men of tho corps seem to bounaui mously in favor not only of tho transfer but of divesting tho sorvico of all semblance to a military organization. They think that if the sorvico is orgaui.cd like tliorovo nue ninrino it would simply bo achnugo from a military to a naval organization. An enlisted man of tho service, in spoil king to-dny on the subject, said; "Just why the weather bureau, a scientific branch of tlio government, should bo either a naval or military branch of tho government, and not civilian, is not clearly understood at all. It can as well bo operated under mili tary rules and discipline ns under naval. and vice versa. That it can be ns well, nud hotter, operated under a civilian or ganization is undoubtedly tho sense ot our legislators and tho opin ion ot tho scientific public. Tho president, in his annual message, approved the position taken by the secretary of war in tho hitter's annual report, which was to the erfect that no legislation should bo had tending to further tho military features of the signnl service and intimating that the time was approaching when tho sisunl bureau should become a civil bureau. The lieutenant general ot the army positively opposes a continunnce ot tlio connection ot the signal service with the army. Thoioiut congressional commission appointed under an act approved July 7, 1 Shi, stated in its report that the 'commission do not beliovo that this work is in nny senso military work or that military discipline and law are notes.sary to its efficiency.' Tho state ments which have been published thnt thu men do not favor a transfer to a civil or ganization arc opposed by a paper signed by a majority of tho men on duty in tho signnl olllco, which is to the effect that llioy do favor a transfer to such nn organization at this time. Tho paper has been signed by a largo majority, with many more to bo hoard from." AXOTIIEIt JUG TRLttPHOSE SUIT. Philadelphia dispatch: A tolephono suit involving tho right to erect and maintain long distance telephone wires between Now i one, l'hiindoiphia and various largo cities was begun in the United States circuitcoiirL by a bill in equity filed this afternoon by tlio attorneys for the Brooks Tolecratih Construction company. Tlio dofendants nro nnrl, lit tlin Hull inlnnlinno afrwlionti and hnvo organized a corporation which jiiis recently opened ouicen In various citios. Tho plaintiffs claim t!itv bminlif. tli. nriln. sivc right under putont to mako ami uso metallic circuits throughout tho United btaies for a term of seventeen years trotn Fobruarw 1881: tb.it, ihnv 1 lnr"0 sums of mnnnv in TiAr-f.,.f Im-t ( l, .... tern, but that defendants nro violating this exclusive right. It is claimed that the rapid application of the long dlstanco tole phono to nuidern bimItnHrt nnptincna mn,)... tho prospective valuo of ownership of tho uiLiiuue uircmi. 10 oo contested in tlio courts second only to that of the telephone itself. TALK OF AX EXTJIA SESSIOX. Washington special: As indicated sev eral days ago it is tlio general impression in the house that nil cttorts to liarinonizo upon a revenue bill this session will fail, and that no measure will whatever pass through the house. Tho inovemout of the Randall men will go on until checked by some action ot the house, but thnt it will lead to nny legislation is doubted. What it is oxpected to result in by somo ot thoso most interested in the question is nn extra session of congress. A very welt informed tariff reformer said to-day that ho sx pectcd an extra session to bo called to meet in October. Other members ex pressed the sumo opinion. Meanwhile it is expected that the surplus now in the treas ury will bo greatly reduced by the bill of bonds that inny be redeemed and by pay ments on account of the Mexican and three months service pension bills. It is believed iioestimate any whereapproacliin? the amount of theso pensions bus been made. M1XT JUUECTOltS UEPOllT. Tho secretary of the treasury to-day transmitted to the speaker of (he house an answer by the director of the mint to the house resolution relating to silver coinage. The director presents a table from which it' appears that the cost of the amount of bullion delivered on monthly purchases during the past fiscal year was 24,308;002, and tho faco value of the coinage was $29, 830,000. During the Bix months of the current fiscal year the cost of the monthly f urcnases of bullion was fl.'l, 548,403, and he coinage $15.000,3111. hi only one month (July, 1885 did tho coinage fall short of $2,500,000. The director says it w ill be seen from the table that the law has been complied with during the past fiscal year, as well as for the remaining six mouths ot the calendar ol 188G. ntosPECTs of ns passage. Ttie Committee on Jmllnu Affairs mill the Sioux tteserrittloH lltll. Wnghington special: Site house commit tec on Indian n flairs will to-morrow or next duy cull up the billl t open to settle ment the Sioux reservation, oontalning about 11,000,000 acres ot good farming lands. The Indians are more than willing to have it done, and (he bill is likely to ho- copio a law unless the opponents ot the fol lowing clause gain a stronger follow lug than is now thought possible. Th s clause, tho only one in serious controversy,, relates lo tho contracts entered into between the Sioux Indians on tho one past, and the Milwaukee it St. Paul and tho Northwest ern railroad on the other. Years ago it was stipulated by these parties that tho two railroads should liuvc tho right ot way through that reservation. Tho road way is lot) feet wide. For seven miles ten acres were to be sold tor station purposes, and each was to have a section ot land on the wet bunk ot the Missouri river, oppn site Pierre and Chamberlain, 11. T. For this the rmids ncrecd to pay ki an acre. This iigioetnent or contract was ut the time proposed by the secretary of the in torior, b .1 it was found that that was nit Hiiflieient. and leuinlatioii is necessary. Several at tempts to pass it proved Unit less, and now th ag'eement is before con- grew as a cause ot the aforementioned o 11 in the commit tee. Thin clause whs foujlit long and pers;s teutly by La Follette. who thought the two loads should have only 1(H feet .f road bed ant! a tract ot 20l).3,tl00 feet for every stii'ion. 1-iiinlly Senator Dawes, who has inannceil the bill in tho senate, went to La Follette and told him he was cuitniu the Indians would not give their assent to the bill as required by it unlet tho agreement with tho raflronds named was rutilied by congress. lie explauied that the bill gives tho Indians but titty cents per acre for all tho lands taken up under it, and that, ot courso, tho land for the railroads would only bring them the Hume price, while if the clause is retained they will get $." per acre from tho roads for all the lands they take. The Indians, he said, look nt this difference ns a great thing, and nt tlio refusal to ratify their agreement with the roads ns a plan to rob them, und would certainly not agree to the lull thus defeating tho opening of the re orvntion to settlers. La Follotto yielded to thin argument, but "now Wellborn, the chairman of the committee, declares that he will move to strike out tho clause, or to amend it by giving the railroads only the above mentioned usual roadbed, 100 feet, etc. The people of Piorre and Chamber I'm oppose this clause because they fear that that tho roads will uso tlio two sec tions they would get under it to build a now city opposite, theirs. 1: tins bo true, thoso two sections would servo a very profitable speculation. Nelson and Strait, of Minnesota, are earnestly favoring tho bill with the contested clause. A CTXCIXXATr SKXSATIOX. Cincinnati dispatch: Tho attempt upon tlio lifo of Judga Fitzgerald, of tho polico court, last night, has produced n profound sensation. Tho judge for a long time lias been a terror to evil doors. Only yes tor day ho had over ono hundred cock lighters before him. Tho circumstances of tho at tack made last night, gives color to the suspicion that someone interested in tho defendants had undertaken tho dosperato scliemo oi murdering tho judgo. Tho judge was greally prostrated ny a nervous shock about u week ago. After attending a business mooting near tho court houso ho tnrted home, whon somo ono hurled ns brickbat or boulder at his head, narrowly missing him. It was dark and tho judgo couiu not, seo ins nssailaut, who instantly ran. Tho judge nppeared on tho bench as usual this morning, lie says ho has no doubt ho can lecognizo tho voico and form of his assailant. WITTROCK'S END ACHIEVED. Ills Mother's Homo Itoltovcd From Incumbrance. Wlttrock, tlio chivalrous expess robber, has been an Interesting study to psychologists. When his arre6t revealed the fact that the Cummlngs letters had not been written tc shield an accomplice but to clear an Innocent man, the public while condemning his rash ness applauded his generosity. Tho romance surrounding his criminal career was height ened when it became known that the Incentive of the robber had been a dcslro to relievo his mother's home from a mortgage. The state ment made by Wlttrock and the additional ono that before be would disclose the whereabouts of the money piovislou must be made for pay ing off the Incumbrance on his mother's prop erty were Implicitly believed, the nubile having conio to share tho opinion of the detectives that Wlttrock was as honest a man as over robbed a train. That this confidence was not mlsnlacod Is shown by the developments. Messrs. Jarvls, ( onklln iSi Co., who held tho mortgage on Mrs. Wit track's place, yesterday received a draft for MJ2I, tlio full amount of the incum brance. The history of the transaction forms an Interesting chapter of tho crime. Tho day after the recovery of the money from Mrs. Witt rock's house Plnkerton placed 51,800 In bank to her credit to be used in paving oil the i H'l, i. . .. -i r iiiui .uri. t uuucK mtuio uj mofsrs. jar vls, ('onklln & Co. stating that she had tho money In bank ami asking the amount of their claim. The mortgage was originally for $1, 800, but the accrued Interest nnd taxes amounted to $121. Mrs. Wlttrock. on receiv ing a reply, wiote to the express company and the additional sum was placed to her credit. In order that the money might not bo used for any other pui pixe, the first deposit was taken up and a draft for the full amount made out payable to thu order of Mrs. Klizu F. Wltt rock. On the back of the draft, which was dated January s, was the Indorsement. "Pay to tho orderof Jaivls, Conklln & Co.. for the release of a certain mortgage on inv property on Miami street in Leavenworth.'' riie Indorsement was signed "Mrs. Eliza F. Wlttrock" In a innscullne hand aud below tho name wai written r -.:n Mrs. wlttrock. The first signature was probably written by an offi cerof the express company. In any event the draft was Ironclad and "could be used for no other puroso than the one Intended. This clo-.es ns far ns Wlttrock is concerned the most remarkable cr.mlnal case ou record. Al though It was at the expense of u term In the penitentiary, Wlttrock has accomplished what he .started out to do. Kansat City Tiinei. Statistics of iJliiidness. The world's blind are computed to number about 1,000,000, or about one sightless person to every 1,100 Inhabitants. In Austria ono person lu every 1,78.1 Is blind; In Sweden, ono In every 1,418; lu Frauee, ono In every 1,101; In Prussia, one In every 1,111; In England, one In every 1,C37. The proportion is greatest in Egypt, where, In Cairo, there Is ono blind person to every twenty Inhabitants; while In New Zealand it falls to oue In every 3,K0 In habitants. Germany has the greatest number of Institutes for the blind, thlrty-ftvo; Eng land lias sixteen; France, thirteen; Auolriu Hungary, ten; Italy, nine; Ilelglum, six; Australia, two; while America, Asia, and Af ilca together are said to possess only six. lie approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he Is in the right Cato. People who hare beard Mrs. Parsons talk understand how her huiband can take the sen tence of bis death so philosophically, Plti burgh ChronitU. ALCOHOL AS MEDICINE. A Cnse of firont Importnnco to Totnl Abstinence Societies. Yesterday n case, of great importnnco to members of teetotal friendly .societies was liennl by Jir. Yelverton (sitting as deputy for Judgo Stouur) at tlio Uromp ton county court. Tho plaintitl', Mr. Henry Gregory, sued tho trustees of tlio Henjiiniin "lintlielil lodgu of the Orig'nal tlranil Onior of tlio Total Abstinent Sons of tho l'lia-ni.v to rocov or the sum of $. The plauitiU'sueti to recover tlio money as the legal repro sentativo of his son, who had been a member of the lodge lor nineteen vears, and who died in April, 1SSG. The de fendants refused to piu the money on the ground that tlio plaititill's son linil placed )i msclf out of benelit by taking alcoholic liquor, noiw.tlistand ng that it was in accordance v th the orders of liis medical attendant. Ilr. Moyse- was counsel for the plainlil"; Mr. Lyon for the defendant--. Mr. Moyses said that the eu-o had already been before the magistrate at. Weitiniuslor police couit, and lie. in directing that tho Latter .should be brought to tho county court characterized "the defense us monstrous. The plaintiffs son has been a member of the lodge for n;ne teen years, nud had paid his subscription regularly. For some time ho had aet fd as secretary lo the lodge. In the early part of last year the plaintitV's son. Mr. J. J. Gregory, fell ill, and ho was ordered by his medical attendant to take port wine as a stimu lant. Ho did so. He was acting bona title in the matter, and communicated the fact to the defendants. Ho might have- concealed it if ho had chosen. Tho plaintiir.s son was removed to the hospital, where ho died. When tho plnlntiil applied for the 8. which was the payment usually made upon the death of a member." ho was informed that, having broken tho twelfth rulo of the lodge by drinking alcoholic liquor, his son had placed h nielf out of bene fit, aud that no money could bo paid. That was a point which had never yet been ra'.sed. if tlio rulo was to bo ao construed (and there were many other societies with the same rule exactly) that no meinour of society could tako alcoholic ytininlunt under "medical ad vice it would be a monstrous prohibi tion, and, ho submitted, against public policy. Dr. Gaven said ho ordered the deceased son of the plaintiff to tako port wine. It was a constant jiraetico to put alcohol into medicine without specifying its presence. Tine'uro of opium, which was made from proof spirits, was often used; and that was stronger than brandy or port wine. Mr. Lyon said that rulo "12, while it exclud ed a member from benelit who had vio lated his pledge, added that ho might bo 1'eadmittud as a now member after he had remained a total abstainer for ono month. Tho deceased was treated by Dr. Gaven for ilys ontory, whilo "death was certilied to hnvo resulted from sclrrhus of tho rectuman illness for which port wino would have been tho very worst of med icines. When it became known to tho lodge that the deceased had beon drink ing'port wine, Mr. Suowden, tho secre tary, called upon him, received Irs sub scription and reminded him that ho had placed himself out of benelit by taking port wine. Ho expressed tho hope that the lodge would, under tlio circum stances, oxhonerato him. Tho lodge met but decided that the deceased had placed himself out of benelit by his eon duct. Mr. Snowdon again called on tho deceased, communicated to him the decision of the lodge, and returned tho subscription. The deceased said ho quite expected it, and seemed quite sat isfied. The judgo said that tlio fact of tho return, and acceptance of tho re turn, of tho subscription by deceased, compelled him to find for tho defend ants though his sympathies were en tirely with the plaintitl'. Tho popular ity of tho .society would much increaso if they had paid tho claim. He should think that many of tho present mem bers would resign nndor tho present state of tho rules, Ho would give ov cry facility to appeal. Judgment was then entered for tlio defendants. Lon don Times. A ITew Invention. A coal-miner near Pittsburgh, Pa., has secured a patent ou a coal-mining machine which is expected to revolu tionize tho coal-mining business. Tho machine consists in tho operation of ono or more circular saws, or disks, fitted upon ono or moro shafts. Tho wholo is worked by moans of it very small rotary engine, sot upon a framo, which is placed on wheels, so that tho in ner can movo it whenever ho likes with case. Tho machine is put in mo tion by compressed air orstoam. oreiso it can bo worked by hand-power. As soon as tho power is turned on tho saws commence to revolve, and will bo foro cdgradunlly into aud alone: the wall of the coal-vein. It will nmko an under- cut of four and a half to six feet, as re quired, saving nil the coal which was hithorto lost by the uso of tho pick. It weighs less than two hundred pounds, and can be manipulated by ono man. Fifty tons a day can bo easily mined. A saving of 20 pcrcont will bo realized by tlfo mino-ownor, us thoro will bo no waste, whilo tho minor will augment his daily earnings by at least double tho amount without half tho exertion ho has now. The work ing of tho machiuo does not rcquiro nny skill or practice In tho handling of it. While, by tho uso of tho pick, tho miners make now a great deal of waste, tlio saws of tho machine by striking straight into tho vo n of coal will cut solid-blocks out of tho vein aud mako every particle of tho voln tnarkctablo coal. Five Hundred Million Lobsters. Tho average catch of lobstors on tho Mnino coast has been 15,000,000 yearly, ' for thirty years, or nearly fiOO.003,000 during that period. About 200,000,000 havo been used by factories at an aver age cost of one cent each. Doubtless thev have paid $2,000,000 to tho fisher men. Tlio market men havo paid S'J,- 000,000 moro to tho lobjtor catchers in the last thirty yours. Lcwtuon Ate.) Journal. PASTEUR'S PATIENTS. Mnny Americans Secretly Visit tho Institute tor Treatment. Surrreon Charles E. Siegfried, of tlio United States navy, has returned from Paris, where he looked in on tho Pas teur system of lighting hydrophobia with a view to its introduction into a government hospital in th s country, writes a New Y6rk correspondent of tho ' incinnitti Enquirer. He says that medical opinions lu 1-ranco diller as to the oilicacv of its inoculations, but that the records of cues seem to estab lish the value of Pasteur a work. "Tho number of Americans who resort to Prof. Pasteur's institute." ho adds, "is not suspected by their countrymen. Manvmake tho trip privately, especial ly if they belong to well-to-do fundi es able to pav the expense without publ ci ty. Uosidcs bitten persons are loath to admit their nervousness, and there fore go to Paris ostensibly for pleasure, whilo their real errand is to get inocu lated. Pasteur humors their desire for secreev, and permits them to rejr ster under assumed names even whVn he knows who they really are, which is bv no means always. A note of Intro duetiou from the American minister is required, as a matter of form, No fee is charged, but voluntary contributions are accepted, and thoso jro into a ren- eral fund for the maintamance of tho hospital. .Pasteur personally takes no I iay. "I saw a Xow York lady go through the process Her case find not beon mentioned in print. Her naiiiu as sumed for tho occasion was Marietta llvrne. and she actually belongs to a rather rich and fashionable family. Her pet dog had bitten her, and then died m convulsions, so that she did not know for a certainty whether or not shu was in danger of the dreaded rab es. She rode to Pasteur's house, at No. I t Rue Yaquolin, which is an insignificant building in the midst of tho various schools of tho Latin quarter. She was accompanied by her father, who pre sented her crodenlials, and gave all thu particulars of her easo to a clerk, who recorded them in a bir book. Then sho was shown into an ante-room, and directed how to prepare herself for tho operation. This consisted simply in arrang ng her attire so that, without delay, the surgeon could inject the virus under tho skin. Then she was placed in a line with seventeen other bit ten persons, ail womon or children, for th.s day was sot apart for thorn men having hail tho previous day. "All marched into tho room wlioro Pasteur and his assistants were in read iness. Ono surgeon stood besido a ta ble on which was a glass jar contain ing tho protective fluid. Over the top of this vessel was stretched a filtering paper. Uesiilo it lay a hypodermic syr inge. Tho man thrust the sharp, deli cate nozzle of this instrument through the paper into tho liquid, ami filled it in that way, in order that by no possibili ty could it bo vitiated bv contact witli tho air. Having thus charged tho syr inge, lie handed it to tho principal op erator, who deftly inserted it obliquely through tho skin of the patient, in the region of tho loins, nnd quickly inject ed tho contents. It was liko tho punc ture of a needle and not very painful. Tho girl boro it without flinching, but somo of tlio children, as woll as tho more ignorant adults, cried and strug gled. She had to rolurn for additional injections during several weoks." . it is thought congress will be asked to uppropiiato money for tho opening of a Pasteur hospital, either in this city or Washington probably tho latter. Handy Things to Know. Hero aro somo iiguros and rules vory handy to know ami havo at iiaud, in the mind or on paper: A rod is 10 J feet, or fi yards. A mile is l!20 rods. A mile is 1,7(50 vards. A mile is fi,280"foot. A square foot is 144 square inches. A square yard contains 0 square feet. A square rod is 2721, square feet. An aero contains 4!),fib'0 square feet. An aero cent tins 4,810 squaro yards. An acre contains 1G0 squaro rods. A suction, or square mile, contains G10 acres. A quarter-section contains 100 acros. An acre is A rods wide by 20 rods long. AnacroislO rods wide by 1G rods long. An aero is about 2083 eot snnnro. A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches. A pint (of water) wolghs 1 pound. A solid foot of wator weighs 02J pounds. A gallon (of wator) holds 231 solid inches. A gallon of milk wolghs 8 pounds and 10 ounces. A pint (of water) holtls 28 solid inches (28.87.0). A barrel (31 J gallons) holds 4 solid feet (4.211). A solid foot contains nearly 7 solid pints (7.48). A bushel (struck) contains 2,150 solid inches. Abushol (hnaplug) contains 1J struck bushels. A struck bushel contains about 1 solid feot. Too Attractive Uy Far. In a school section in Northumber land county, where a young lady is on gagod us toachor, says The Toronto Qlobc, thoro has been qui to a dispute as to whether it would bo prudont to re cngago hor or not It was claimed that sho hud too many admirers of tho op posite sex, and that tho section hud thus been deprived of a portion of her tlmo that should havo beon spent In tho dis charge of ho duties as a toachor. Ac cordingly at school-mcoting, tho trust cos had an agreement drawn up to tlio effect that sho should not kcop compa ny during tho coming year with any man during school hours, ns hor undi vided tlmo should bo dovotod to tho school. Upon hor refusing to sign this agreoinont it was decided to loavo it to a voto of tho mooting us to whether sho should bo compelled to sign it or not. A show of hands was taken, which ro Btiltod in a tlo, whon tho ohalrman, be ing a .young man, gave tho casting voto in tier favor. A Swamper's Camp. A Louisiana swamper's camp con sists of a lot of slabs from a cypress tree, hero culled pows. Theso are driven upright irf the ground. A rool of tho same material is added; bunks, benches and tabl.) on tho same primi tive principle are soon constructed, and the camp is finished. "When we first arrived," writes n correspondent, "in one of these bl'ssful bowers, thlntra were dry and comfortable, but this con dition wax of short duration. The water rapidly ros i and was soon two feet deep under table and bunks. Then, at least, I became more intimately ac quainted with the neighborly spirit that Inrkcs in the bosom of tho moccasin. Upon awakening one morning tho first thing that appeared to my horrified gaze was a moccasin that seemed lo mo ti-u feet long (it was found to measure two) curled up iu my blankut asloep. He set-mod lo bo perfectly at home, and, tk-itmh I felt confident he had mistakeu h a apartments, his air of perfect seren ity and confidence in my uii.l"rst.iuding tin' awkwardness of the situation for li'm, in can) I demanded an c xplanation, wrought ou my nervous nature to such an cMent, that rather than awaken hun and demand his card. I determined to leave him in full possession. In fact, my solio tude for his fiel ngs was such that in order to not disturb lini, I scarcely breathed until I was safely on the tloor. Once there and out of reach, 1 felt my courage and anger rise and demanded satisfaction. I accordingly dispatched him with a ramrod, anil hung liim by the neck to tho under sido of the bunk. .Soon after wo got a king snake in camp, and that settled any further visits from moccasins. King Miakos are tho particular pets of a swamp, und woo to the rash strangor who kills ono; for, If his performance is witnessed, a sound and eonsciontous lv laid on thrashing is tho certain ro sult. Tho only excuse accoptcd is Ignor ance, and it will not work u second time. Th s beautiful reptile well de serves thu protection it reeo vcs. It kills every other snake that crosses its path, and all manner of vermine. It cannot by any provocation be induced to atta-k a man. 1 havo soon a com bination of boy and stick sufficient to strike terror to the hoarl. of any tlt.ng less formidable than a rhinoceros, and the poor creature would content itself with hiding lis head under its coil, and await w.th pationeo the departure of its tormentor in search of moro stir ring game. 'I hu meek aud lowly spirit this thing exhibits under nllliotion, is touch. ng to behold, and has been great ly neirlecled in po uting morals aud adorning tales. Chicago Mail. A Whimsical Hevone. Writers of fiction rarely attain that grace anil eloganco which mark tho pages ot the best essayists. Tho writer of romance begins his work vory early in life, before ids mind has had time to ripen; and, it seems, that ho is not dis posed to put aside his own work to read thu work of others. It Is raro that it man of great imagination possosses a woll trained mind. Dickens, though in manv respects the greatest of English novelists, was, at times, crude In ex pression, and never ascended to ele gance of d.etion. Thuokerv wrote with more finish, but h a $tlo is marred by I'roncl) expressions and u loo freiuiont uso of "prodigioiM." In "Vanity 1-a r" it occurs on nearly every page. Pro digious is an expressive term, but It Is not in good taste to shun tho soeioty of simpler words aud take it upusu favor ite. Tlio adoption of u favorite word lu literature is no more to be advised than the adoption of a favorite word at court, llolh eventually oast reproach upon their benefactors. Somo writers, and especially the admirers of Georgo Elliott, fancy that, ruggoduoss Is hlrungth. Tins 's. as fallacious us it 13 to believe that awkward men are possessed of more strength than men of symmet rical shape, rifacauluv's smoothness has caucd hundreds of thoughtless persons to regard linn as shallow. A polished eano is harder to break than a rough stick-. Tlio ab.sorh'ng Interest which wo feol in the great narrative rolutod by Hume, often leads us away from a just admira tion of the magnificent manner in which thu recital is made. There nro, iu tho English language, few buttor sen tences than tho following summary of the character of Mary, Queen of Scots: ' An enumeration of her qualities might carry tho appearance of a panegyric; an account of hoi4 conduct might, in somo parts, wear tho aspect of severe satire aud invective." In this sentence wo see tho character of that unfortunate woman. To namo nil her good quali ties w'ould be excessive praise; to speak of hor faults would bo undue condom nation. In tho opinion of tho poet Whlttior, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the best Knglish, and all men must agrco that lie wrote with morn purity than any other inuu of fiction. His htvlo has all tho pleasant humor of Addison and moro quaint of gentleness than tho prose of Goldsmith. Arlcunsaw Trav tlcr. Deficiency of Pollto Language "This eternal 'beg pardon' intima tion that you havo failed to hoar is be ginning to bo tiresome," growled an old gentleman tho other day. "'What?' is too abrupt and 'How?'- is oxcornblo, and yet somo other form besides 'beg pardon' could bo used. Why not jomotimes say 'I didn't hoar you,' or 'Ploaso ropout that,' or 'Excuse my in itttuution.' Then, too, tho sneaker iometlmes tnlks in such nn indistinct, inarticulate manner that ho is the one who ought to say 'beg pardon,' and not tho patient listener.' 1'hiUulctphia Call. Overheard at tho Theatre. Omaha Lady Oh, dear! I'vo for gotten my fau, and it's dreadfully we.rm in hero. Geutlemau (In tho next seat back) can't boar to tw a woman suffer. Would you allow me to mKke a sugges tion for your comlort? i "Certainly." "Why not fan yourself wltk your bat?"-0mAa Wart.