WORSHIP OF GAB.
A Clam of LcRlglntort Wlio Dmerrn f gno
mlnlui'M anil SiM-prlr ltrtlrrment.
Ill this day of progress there is no'
error more general and more tieieiori
ous to our material ami intellectual
prosperity than our senseless worship
of gab. It is not a worthy apprecia
tion of tin' bounties of true, ami pure
eloquence. Hut those who are gifted
with a eopiotis How of impracticable
ami useless words have educated the
people to the idea that no man is (it for
a legislator unless he is endowed with
a constant ehullition of gas. And al
though every man of exierieiieo and
thought will at once acknowledge that
not one in a hundred of those who ari
a's tireless in their tall; as llio winds on
the prairies are lit for any tiling practi
cal in the world, as legislators they are
totally ineapahlc of originating a prac
tical law, or of successfully remodeling
a bill offered by any one else. In this
matter we have some readers who have
had experience in legislative folly, ami
they know how little reliance can be
placed in an inveterate talker in ar
ranging practical legislation. It is the
calm, cool, thinking men, who have
gathered up the great lessons of lift in
a severe and oloo cotillicl. with the
world. Colleges may make scholars,
but it takes something additional to
make men.
Those who have done most in forming
and perpetuating the institutions of our
countrv were not orators, but men of
thought, experience and of mature judg
ment. Croat principle?, arc evolved ami
important questions settled by deep and
close investigation in the private ollice,
and in the closer contlict of minds in
the committee-rooms. Speeches in ho
public halls of legislation have nothing
to do with the seftlcinont of great ques
tions. They are made for the gaping
crowd.
Our halls of legislation are crowded
with lawyers, to the exclusion of the
various branches of industry. This
would not be so objectionable if a better
ol.ts of lawyers were selected. It is
well known in this learned profession,
to be successful a law linn should
always have as one of the partners a
good "ollice lawyer." This means a
man of practical sor.se enough to get
up the papers ami picas in the right
form. A man who can put himself
down to the preparation of business.
The other partner should he a good
"Jurj lawyer." This is one who 'can
spread the eagle a)id tell thodirty anec
ilotes. In I he. profession there is too
large a proportion of the latter
-class And our readers will bear
witness that if any one of the lirm be
comes a candidate for the Legislature or
Congress, it is invariably the one
who has the "gift of gab," instead of
the one who has by study ami a well
balanced mind brought success to the
law lirm. In this way our legislative
and congressional halls are filled with
Impractical men. What better evidence,
slo we want of ihis fact than the fre
quent and constant passage of laws
which arc unconstitutional, and that,
too, after going thro:i.;h the scrutiny of
the judiciary committee, composed of
lawyers, for the express purpose of
vhecklng unconstitutional legislation.
This would not be the case if the ollice
instead of the jury lawyer was elected.
And this brings us back to the question
our great error of gab worship. We
want more thinking and fewer talking
men in higher places. A gassy mem
ber of Congress is an expensive animal.
Every set fcpeecit he makes to empty
benches cost sc cral thousand dollar,
ami does no good. And a large por
tion of our extravagant expenditures
and our protracted and useless sessions
of ('ougnss grow out of the practice of
taking fqr a. Congressman the wrong
member of the linn, or the wrong mem
ber of the cpmpiunity. (Jas instead of
case, imprudence Instead of modest
merit, is too often the man of the popu
lar crowd. If there, be a man in any
community who has never done any
thing in the world except to study
graceful gestures, and ornament his
language with stolen quotations from
the literature of the past, ho is selected
to be the man to frame grave laws for
the government of the divers! lied inter
ests of a continent.
The past history of every Statcin this
Union, anil of the United States, .shows
that thcrellable practical men are those
who have matured and disciplined their
minds in the great Industrial interests,
agriculture, manufacture, mechanics or
merchandise. These are the Interests
of the world, and from these we want
more men of practical experience and
moral llnnness. If the people would
cease running after mere gab, and seek
after plain, practical ipcu, who know
and who sympathize with those who
labor, our rights would be better re
' spected and our Institutions be longer
perpetuated. lloston Hiulqct.
An Expensive Luxury.
A (lernian, now visiting in this coun
try, writes to his home paper as follows
concerning our colleges: "In America,
in this laud of the free, it Is the sad fact
that university culture is a prize, which
is only accessible to the sons of rich
men." Ills inquiries, were very exact.
"Among the 1 10 students who had com
pleted their studies at Vale college this
year (1Ku3) 1 obtained answer fitrin
"lO'.i. According to their reports the
average cost for the four years' course
mummied to $!I!K. There were great
differences in Individual cases; one had
nuccccdcd In getting through' at the
cost of IM) a year; another needed no
less Ihuu Jta.OOO annually. 1 know a
(ierinau porter in the States whose
eldest sou passed a brilliant examina
tion at Princeton; but father ami sou
agreed that it was Impossible to pursue
his studies there on account of the.
frlgrtful costliness. Study at an Amer
ican university is a most expensive
luxury." t'rty0 'lima. .,
SEA PEARL FISHING.
The iJircrnt rend Mont Troclnrtlvo Fishery
Mutton of thft World.
The sea pearl fisheries are principally
confined to the Persian gulf, coasts of
Ceylon, the Eastern archipelago. Aus
tralia, the lagoons of many islands in
the Pacific and to Central America.
l;resh water pearls have, as a rule, but
little luster, and are consequently of no
great value, Enr a while the Scotch
pearls enjoyed a great reputation.
l)uring the .summer months the Arabs
carry on a sort of pearl fishery on the
coast of the Ucd Sea. They catch the
molliisks and lay them in the sun so
that they may open quickly. The
pearl !iheiie.s in the Persian gulf,
especially on the coasts of the island of
Hahrein, are also in the hands of the
Arab's.
The Ceylon pearl fisheries are carried
hi on the west coast of Ceylon, in the
gulf of Manaar. south of the island of
the same name, ami also on the west
coast of India, near Tuticorn. Ex
perience lias shown that few pearls,
and these of little value, conic from
mussels which are not older than live
years. During the fifth and sixth year
tin value doubles, and in tiie seventh
it becomes fourfold. The pearls are
not fully matured if they are taken
out too soon, and, on the other
hand, the animal dies if the, pearl
remain too long in the shells. For
these reasons, at the Ceylon fisheries
pearl fishing is prohibited at certain
periods. In sorting the pearls they are
lirsl passed through a row of baskets,
ten or twelve in number. The eighth
basket in the row has twenty holes, and
the pearls which do not pass through
these holes are said to have the "twen
tieth measure." The other baskets have
:to, no, so. loo. too. too. coo, 1,000
holes, etc., and each basket has its
special name. After the pearls have
been sorted in Ibis measure they are
weighed and their value is noted.
CJiina has pearl fisheries near Pakhol.
The Phillipplne Islands produce large
quantities ot mother-of-pearl. The en
tire region from '.lie island of lawi
Tawi and Lulu to Haselan is one con
tinuous bed of pearl oysters. Here the
Malays ami Chinese lilt iu common.
The Lulu fisheries, near Tawi-Tawi, are,
according to the statement of an En
glishman, Mr. Moore, the largest and
most productive of all the pearl fish
eries in the East Asiatic seas. The
pearls which are caught here have al
ways been famous, anil the inothcr-of-p.'arl
is distinguished by its yellow lus
ter, which makes it suitable for many
purposes. Tho most, important pearl
fisheries iu Queensland are iu the bunds
of Sydney capitalists. The fisheries are
carried on by Malays, who dive to a
?epth of six fathoms. Tho pour! fish
eries on the northwest coast of Austra
lia employ a large number, of Malays
and natives as divers. Recently the
English papers have reported 'he di
ecry of pearls and mother-of-pearl
near New Zealand.
Diving is one of the principal employ
ments for the natives of the Pacific
Ocean. Here, likewise, mother-of-pearl
i I ho principal object of the fisheries.
The oysters live iu large colonies, close
together, and are firmly attached to
j ch other; they are attached to the
w itom by a ligament or baud, starting
from their body and running through
ihe licll. In the live animal this baud
!s of a dark green, and sometimes gold
hron.c color, ami fishermen can tell
from its color whether the shells con
tain pearls or not. Tho shells reach
their full size when they are seven years
old. When the animal has reached
maturity, It tears itself loose from the
stones, opens its shell anil dies. The
shells are then covered with corals and
parasites. They become worthless and
the pearls are lost. Occasionally pearls
are found loose in the shells. These
are always of a very line quality, per
fectly round and often very large. Hut
there is hardly one in a thousand oysters
which contain such pearls. The natives
often lose them, owing to the careless
way in widely hoy open thosholls. Vine
and calm weather Is most favorable for
pearl fishing. The divers wear no special
suit, but simply rub their body with oil,
-o the sun may not blister their skin.
They remain under the water one or
two ininutes, and bring up oysters from
a depth of twenty fathoms. They rare
ly go to such a depth, but the finest
oysters are found there. Thus In many
fishing grounds, which were supposed
to be exhausted, a great many pearl
oysters are found iu deep water.
Hesides the pearl oyster there is often
found iu the lagoons of the Pacific
Ocean a kind of Venus shell, which
often contains pearls of great value.
The fishermen do not -look for these
pearls at all, hut it is presumed that it
would pay to examine these shells more
systematically. In the Pacific there is
found another pearl-producing mollusk,
whose shells greatly resemble those of
the common oyster. They are always
found attached to rocks, invariably one
by itself; and they are quite rare.
Their pearls are always perfectly sound,
w ith a line luster and a gold color, of
about the size of a pea. A'. I". Star.
Henry Goorgo's Wife.
Though lleury (icorgo has acquired
inch large wlobrlty, his wife's name
has hardly been mentioned iu the pa
pers that speak of him so often and so
much. She Is a thorough home body,
devoted to her husband and their four
children. She is one of the small,
plump, cheery bodies that never get
down-hearted, and people who have
known them a long time say that but
for her unflagging devotion and enthu
siastic belief in hint Mr. (Icorgo would
never have been able to come triumph
antly through the long period of strait
ened means and hard work which pre
ceded Id sudden success. Chicago
Tribune.
WISE MONKEYS.
How They Arc Tniight to Art ni HklllfuJ
Workmen, Ieterllve or Hail Monry unci
(iooil Wuter,
In tho island of Sumatra tho com
mon monkey is th hruh, or pig-failed
monkey, and ho becomes a docile and
Intelligent servant. What he has to
do is to gather eoeoaiiuts. 0 course
nothing is easier for a four-hando I fel
low than to climb tall trees and throw
down nuts, but the bruh does better
than that; lie selects the nuts, gather
ing none bat the ripo ones, and, what
is more, he picks only as many as his
muster wishes.
So useful is this animal that gather
ing nuts has become, one inav say. his
trade iu that part of the world. A man
having captured and trained a gang of
them, marches them around the coun
try to get iu the harvest, hiring them
out on difi'crout plantations. Then,
when the nuts are all picked, or the
laborers too numerous, gangs of them
are taken to the English colonies at
Cape Town, and hired out like any
workmen, or coolies, as they are called.
A Siamese ape lias reached a step
higher, it is said. Tho story is told by
an Austrian who lived in Siani that
this ape is able to tell by the taste
whether coin is goo I or bad. and mer
chants employ him for the purpo e of
detecting counterfeits.
Within a few months a gentleman
of India has tried his hand at training
monkeys, ami he reports to tho Asiatic.
Society of Hmgal his success in teach
ing them to pull punkahs. A punkah
perhaps you know is an immense
fan, liui'r from the ceiling and moved
hack and forth by means of a rope out
side the room. It keep a whole room
cool, and iu that climate is necessary
for a white man to eat or sleep with
any comfort. A monkey who can pull
one, then, is as useful as a man, and is
a true worker.
Another valuable inonkev is the
chacma of Africa. When young this
baboon i very teachable, and is often
kept by the Kaffirs as a domestic ani
mal. He takes the place of a dog,
growling when a stranger conies near,
and if it becomes necessary to defend
his master's property, he is much
stronger than any dog.
The chacma easily learns to blow
the bellows of a smith, and to drive
horses or oxen; but his greatest use iu
that, countrv is to find water.
Iu the hot season, when the earth is
parched and springs and streams are
drv, tho owner of a lame chacma takes
him out to hunt for tho water they all
must have.
Tho intelligent monkey seems to
know what is wanted, or perhaps hn
knows by his own feelings what to look
for. and he goes carefully over the
ground, looking earnestlv at everv tuft
of grass, and eagerly snilllmg the
hroc.c on everv sale. Vh"tlicr lie
scents it or not is not" known, but if
there is water iu the neighborhood lie
is sure to find it. It may bit a dec)
spring, in which ea-e he sets to work
digging down to it: and it -may be a
certain very juicy root, which often
servos instead of water. H" gets that
out aNo; and let us hope he has his
full share of it, to pay for his .vork.
St. Au7oo.s.
FILTH IN JAIL.
Siinitiiry Condition ol u I.iircn Ntimlitir of
Hufni-iimtory Institution.
As civilization advances, the treat
ment of the unfortunate and criminal
classes is said to become more humane,
and as a Nation we love to boast of our
prison and asvluni reforms; hut now
and then huinanitv receives a rude
shock from revelations coming out of
these very signs of our advancement.
With one or two exceptions the prison
pens of war limes, for whose condition
there was, at least, the partial ex
cuse of necessity and the bitter
ness engendered by tho strife we
say with one or two exceptions those
places are to-day surpassed by prison
in both tho South and the North, while
city jails and work-houses am notori
ously bad and often criminally man
aged. The plumbing inspector of Min
neapolis recently made an Inspection
of tho county jail, wherein lie found a
reeking abomination of filth, for the
long continued existence of which no
excuse can be tillered, for the olllcials
have been notified more than ouco of
its bad sanitary condition. Filth alone.
It is well known, will breed crime, anil
it certainly is a fit environment for
other extremely bad and easily avoided
conditions which maintain iu almost
all jails, viz,, the commingling of the
hardened criminal and the novice iu
the milder forms of law-breaking; but
it is the sanitary condition of these
places to which our readers' attention
is called. In the Minneapolis jail Mr.
lla.en found a veritable cess-pool iu
the basement, caused by the wash
water running from Ihe jail apartments
above. The plumber hail used the con
venient and inexpensive putty to make
his joints, a material quite largely in
use in this, as, no doubt, iu many an
other city, and the oM and cheapest
forms of closets .poorly set, had also
boon used, and they were sadly out of
joint. An enlightened public sentiment
will correct those abuses, but the
correction is always specific. One job
at a time, ami that after infinite harm
has been done, seems to be all that the
public can handle. Tho ounce of pre
vention has never been weighed by this
public, and it still seems a pound to
the men whom wo all love to honor
with our franchises. To employ an
architect to build a jail would be the
helghth of folly and tho aemeof extrav
agance, but soon the voice of tho arch
itect will be heard, not crying out
against old abuses, bat as a warning to
avoid all such calamities, and the soon
er that video is hoard tliu hotter.
XorthwcJtcrn Arohittet.
THROUGH WEST IRELAND.
A Country I'mtirpasneil for Ornnil nnd Sur
Iirlnlnjly Beautiful Kce-nrry.
Some two and a half miles from lt
terfrack is a picturesque bridgo cross
ing the Uiver D.uiross. which Hows be
low through bending branches of tree-.
Here the country opens out somewhat,
and from the bridge is caught the first
view of the Pass 0f Kyiemore. so sur
prisingly beautiful that its beauty must
be seen and felt it can not be describ
ed. A valley, wide and level, and
Hooded with sunshine, to the lefta tall
mountain rises sheer out of a calm lake
at its base; the sides of this mountain
are thickly .wooded half way up, the
other half bar.' and glistening with a
hundred streamlets that How from their
source above. Standing out of the road,
contrasting sharply witli the dark
green of the pijies, is a castlo built of
white stone, and a little further down
tho banks of the lake rises tho spire of
a beautiful memorial chapel, built by
the owner of tho place in memory of
his wife. On the right of the road, in
crescent-shaped sweep, the Diamond
mountain and others of the Twelve
Pins lift their heads, their bare, craggy
sides beautified bv an ethereal blue
mist, like a soft vail thrown over, yet
iu no way hiding them. And so does
the valley wind ami twist that all these
mountains seem to nrivo and shift,
now in, now out; tho one that a few
minutes ago was in front, now peeps
over the necks of two others.
Then tho contrasts of color,
light and shade, bafile descrip
tion. Tho blue heights, the dark wood
(from which Call-mor-Klcymore. or big
wooil the place take. its name), the
white castle anil church, the lake,
black with shadow in parts sparkling
I ke diamonds where it catclu s the
light; above and around, and pene
trating every thing, the vivid gold of
the sunshine all made an entrancing
world, that once seen and felt w ill he
loved forever. Here, too, are the love
ly gardens of Kyiemore Castle, and
through the woods, wild flowers and
heath tho white Mcililerrauea i heath
among them and ferns to delight all
who are happy enough to have time to
linger. Hut I think few who come
here will care much to look at. tics
artificial gardens and hot-houses they
are almost oul of keeping with such
grand nature, and the people of the
country never tire of repeating:
"Piarrin' the castles and gardens, every
casthly thing hero is as Cod made it
it's all nature; nothing artificial in our
country."
Of all the woods that once shaded
and made part of the wealth of Con
naught, this of Kyloinnre is the only
one left in this part of the countrv. It
is one of the peculiarities of th '
scenery throughout the western Irish
highlands that the absence of trees is
not felt as if it were a lo-s. or as if it
marred tho perfection of the land
scape. It is with surprise oil" sudden
ly remembers that, with the exception
of a fuchsia hedge, or a few straggling
shrubs, or bushes along the roadside,
no trees have been seen for miles and
miles, but they were not ini-s'd. Cr.
Providence Journal
THE ERIE CANAL.
.Iuir I'ouro's UecollcctloiK or tltp Open
Inir or tlin tirriit W titer-Wtiy.
I have a faint recollection, for I wa
a small boy then, of the grand celebra
tion at New York of the opening of the
canal from Lake Erie to tho Hudson
river. On tho 'Jot It of October. 18iY,
eight years and four months from the
time the work commenced, the Erie
canal was completed, and on that day
the Seneca Chief, with De Witt Clin
ton, then Governor of the State of New
York, Lieutenant-Governor Tallniadge
and various committees on board, left
HulValo for the Hudson river. Along
the entire line of the canal, within
hearing distance of each other, heavy
artillery were placed, an 1 the startitig
of the Seneca Ciiief front HulValo was
carried to the citv of New York as fast
as sound could travel, and by the same
means it was announced iu Hufl'alo
that this great event was known in
New York. This was before the pres
ent mode of communicating informa
tion by telegraph had been known; but
the nlan was so well executed that in
ono hour and thirty minutes from the
firing of tho first gun in HulValo. the
echo was heard in New York and re
turned to HulValo. It was a day of
great rejoicing throughout the State,
and tho arrival of the "Chief" at the
various places along the line was sig
nalized with great pomp and splendor.
Every city ami village had prepared its
festival, and throughout the whole line,
from the lake to the ocean, it was a
voyage of triumph. On the -M of No
vember the Seneca Chief reached the
city of Albany, eight days from Huf
falo, and on the 1th alio arrived in the
city of New York.
When the tleet, which was composed
of the Sonera Chief and several steam
and other craft from Albany, New
York and other places on the river,
readied Sandy Hook. Governor Do
Witt Clinton proceeded to perforin the
ceremony of commingling tlto wateri
bf the lake with the ocean by pouring
a keg of L ike Erie water into the At
lantic when he delivered tho following
address,;
"This solemnity at this place on the
first arrival of vessels from Lake Erie
Is intended to indicate and commem
orate tiie navigable communication
which has been accomplished between
our Mediterranean seas and tho Atlan
tic ocean in about eight years, and to
Ihe extent of more limit -Pi'i miles, by
the wisdon, public spirit and energy ol
tho people of the State iK Now York;
and may the God of tho heavens and
the earth smile most propitiously on
this irk, and render it subservient to
the best Interests of the human race."
Uen: 1'tirlcy iwrf, in Uoslon liu:lgct.
SAVAGE CEREMONIES.
IVoullnr Ciutonn Obtaining Among till
N'ntlTr of Now Ilrltiitn.
The most peculiar ceremony practiced
by the. natives has rarely been witnessed
by a white man. I saw one last year,
and I will endeavor to describe the in
cidents of tin; performance and it.'
meanings. The Duk-duk is supposed
to be a spirit which makes its appear
ance at the day-break of the day on
which tho new moon appears. It in
variably comes from the sea, and as it
is daylight two or three canons, with a
platform upon them, are seen coming
to the shore. The entire male com
munity of the village awaits the com
ing on the beach seated in silence. On
the platform are two men, leaping and
shouting and crying out in shrill tones.
They wear a loose robe of leaves woven
together and retelling to the knees.
On their heads are conical-shaped hats,
some six feet high, from the rims of
which are hung masks entirely conceal
ing tho features. The masks have hor
rible looking faces painted upon them.
The lower portions of the legs are alone
visible. As the dress is supposed to
represent a cassowary, or New Guinea
ostrich, witli a human head, the figures
upon landing execute a series of hop
ping steps iu imitation of the bird.
Meanwhile the native- appear to be
frightened. The Diik-duk is to slay in
the village a fortnight, and during that
period he is at liberty to do whatever
lie pleases. No woman is allowed to
look at him. In fact, as soon as the
canoe was sighted, the women all ran
away to tho bush. After dancing a
short time the Ditk-duk goe.s into the
jungle, and the natives move off slowly
to their homes.
In the evening immense quantities of
cocoanuts, yams, taro and other- food
arc piled iu the center of the village
square. As each man brings Ids con
tribution tlie Duk-duk dances around
him. If satisfied, lie utters a shrill cry:
if displeased, the individual receives a
tremendous blow with a club. After
these food title rings are concluded the
ceremonies begin. A largj bundle of
canes about six feet long and as thick
as one's little finger were brought.
Five or six young men jumped up. and,
holding their hands high above their
heads, received heavy blows from this
bundle of canes, which were wielded by
the Duk-duk. The canes curled round
tho bodies and at each stroke drew
blood. Other young men took their
places. Sometime the Duk-duk would
vary the performance by striking with
his club. The ceremonies were repeated
for ten davs ami then the Duk-duks took
their departure. I believe the origio
and moaning of these peculiar cere
monies are that the. old natives hold
power over the young men. The Duk
duk is always said to belong to -iiw.i-whl
man who summons it out of the se t.
No one knows who is actually dancing
in disguise, but they do know that if the
old men have ordered the Duk-duk to
kill any individual tho command will I;.'
obeyed without interference front any
tine. Again, the old men, having be
come decrepit, can not work in their
gardens, and the piles of food offered
to the spirit conies into their possession.
Although cannibalism is reported by
missionaries to have died out among
the islands iu the South seas, it is far
more common than generally imagined.
In New Ireland I saw a big fight be
tween two villages, and after the battle
the bodies of those who had fallen were
oaten. The hodies, after being scalded
iu hot water, are scraped with a bamboo
knife by old women. An old man cuts
up the botlies, taking care to keep the
thigh and shin bones, which are Used
for spearheads. After being wrapped
in leaves, the dismembered cadavers
are placed iu ovens dug in the ground,
and in four days are ready for eating.
The natives made no concealment of
their disgusting meal, ami during tho
feast they held wild dancing and orgies.
The preparation of sago, eoeoanut and
human brains is called saksak, and is in
great demand among the women. The
females seemed to be more brutal and
savage than the men during the canni
bal banquet.
With regard to the adaptability of
these islands to white colonization, then
is no reason why such a scheme should
not succeed. There is rich soil, fine
climate anil plenty of water. Although
the natives are savage and suspicious,
they can bo easily managed by firmness
anil consideration. None of tho men
aie over five and a half feet in stature,
w hile the women are much shorter.
They make good servants, hut must be
held in cheek and never allowed any
familiaritv.isdH Frnncinco Chronicle.
Reading for the Blind.
It not to be expected that Paris, which
is so well provided with libraries, would
neglect the blind. Hut tho lending
library for the blind recently opened
docs not owe Its existence to official
zeal, but to private generosity. A gen
tleman named M. do la Sizerauite
blind himself who consecrates his life
to the protection of those afiltctcd with
the same infirmity, has got the master
piece of French literature specially
printed, and lends them out gratuit
ously to the blind iu Paris to read. He
also publishes a newspaper printed iu
Hraille type, and another for the teach
ers and friends of the blind. Mo-t ((f
the books are in manuscript. They
have been copied out iu Hraille--to
dictation by the blind themselves, or
by copyists. The Hraille system is ex
tremely simple, and may be acquired iu
a few hours. M de la Sizoranno says
that he is nsitfd in Ids work by nu
merous grand dames, and receives all the
paper required from leading stationer
for nothing. Mall dinette.
There are more than thirty-two
utiles of shelves iu the British Mu'ctuu,
Loudon.
THE SUPREME COURT.
Bit ofMeilln-val Ktlqttrttn Iteurrectcl for
tliu llclielU of Thl Hotlf.
The assembling of the Supremo
Court at Washington on tho second
Mouday in October Is nlways tho oc
casion of tho beginning of the cere
monial courtesies, which arc annually
exchanged between the co-ordinaUi
powers of tho Government. The Chief
Justice and Associates, in their robes
of office, take their scats upon tho Su
preme bench ami begin their sessions.
After preliminary directions as to Uie
commencement of business the court
adjourns. Having laid aside their
robes the Court in a body, attended by
its own officers and accompanied by
the Attorney-General and the Solicitor
General, proceed to tho Executive
Mansion and. being formally an
nounced, are received by the President
in the audience parlor. Tho Chief
Justice congratulated the President
upon his appearance and gocd health.
Alter tho Associates in turn present
their compliments, the Court retires.
It would then bo custom to leave, a
canl at the residence of the Vice-President,
that high functionary being ex
olllcto chief olliccr of the. upper body
of Congress, the second co-ordinate
branch of the Government. The Presi
dent never returning a call in form,
except that of a sovereign, ruler of a
countrv or member of a royal family
visiting Washington, docs not return
the call of the C ourt. During the sea
son, however, it is custom for him to
"ive a state dinner in its honor.
" The Vice-President or President pro
teinporo of tho Senate, if in the city,
or within a reasonable time after bis
return, leaves a return card at the resi
dence of the Chief Justice. This in
troductory ceremonial occasion is fol
lowed bv calls of etiquette among tho
members of the court and their ladies
in societv. the Associates first calling
upon the Chief Justice and then junior
upon senior Justices, return calls be
ing made in the same order of preced
ence. The ladies of tho court are at
home on Mondays during the season,
at which trine persons in fcjicial rela
tions with the court circle or others in
polite society may call, tlie dress on
these occasions being afternoon or
street costume. These Mondays at
homo give rise to a general movement
in soci7il circles, followed by a round
of courtesies in advance of the rush ot
"aycty in fashionable life, which comes
Tate during tho Congressional and Ad
ministration seasons. The eodo of
etiquette of the Supremo Court circle
was founded on tho early social prac
tices of the old school of manners
established by the lirst President and
Ids wife and incorporated into tho
social regime of the court by its first
Chief Justice. The pre-eminent public
services of John Jay and the high
social inheritance anufaeeoinplishinonts
of his wife, a daughter of William Liv
ingston, of the distinguished colonial
family of that name, gave tho first of
ficial and social environments of the
judicial circle, a degree of dignity and
prominence which has been maintained
through the seven succeeding eminent
jurists who have worn the ermine of tliu
Chict Justice. -AT. J'. Home Journal.
When keeping eggs turn them at
least three times a week. This is to
prevent the yolk from adhering to the
shell, as it may do if kept'too long iu
sue position.
While celebrating Ihe Fourth of
July in 1S7.". Thomas llannigan, a Sing
Sing (N. Y.) boy, was severely in
jured by the explosion of a soda-water
bottle full ot powder. He lost the sight
of his right eye, and was badly cut on
the face and neck. Now. after the lapse
of over eleven years, he has been re
lieved of x piece oi bottle glass from
his lost eye. It. is three-quarters of an
inch long, and a quarter of an inch
wide. It had been ill the while im
bedded on the upper side of tho upper
lid.
A Hrooklyn paper contains an ad
vertisement offering a reward of one
thousand dollars for information iden
tifying the author of certain anony
mous letters that have been received
by citizens of tho Nineteenth ward
iu the last fortnight. The letters have
been addressed largely to young
women, making scandalous assertions
about their acquaintances, and many
family secrets have been disclosed as
well as false charges made. Engage
ments havo been broken otV and much
uiihappiucss caused.
SIMM0NS
LIVER REGULATOR
For all Disuses of tlie
Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Spleon.
ThU jiiirplyvPRtnble pre
paration, now to celebrated a a
Family Medicine, originated In
the South in 1838. It acts
Ktmtly on the llowels and
Kidneys and correct the
action of the Liver, and b, there -fore,
the best preparatory
medicine, whatever the sick
ness may prove to be. In all
common diseases it will, un
uftaUtt'tl by any othe medi
cine, e licet u speedy cure.
An Clllcaclott lteuiedy. " I can recom
mend as an efficacious remedy for all diseases of tlie
Liver, Headache and Dyspepsia, Simmon Liver
Regulator." Lewis G. Wckder, Ati'uuut Pttot
master, Philadelphia.
Nolens of time, no Inter
ruption nr stoppage of
business while uUng the
Regulator.
Children complaining of
Colic, Ilcuiluclie, or Sick
Stoiuncli. a teapoonful or
atsre will give relief.
If taken occasionally by no.
tienu eiposed to MALARIA,
w ill ea pet the poison and protect
them from attack.
A l'IIYRlCRts OIrXIOJf.
I have been practicing medicine for twenty yea",
and have never been able to put up a vegetable
compound that would, like Simmons Liver Regu
Uwr, promptly and effecTvely move the liver to
action, nj at the same time aid (instead of weak.
erng) the diestive and assimilative powers of the
system. L.M.UttcTOH,M. I)., Washington, Ark.
HEK TUJLT YOU OKT THE UK.NUI.NK.
KEPAKED (V
J. H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
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