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American Presidents.
First Washington, Adams,
With Jellerson reckoned ;
Next Madison, Monroe,
Then Adams the second.
Andrew Jackson came next,
Of Xew Orleans fame;
Van Ihiren, and Harrison,
And Tyler next came,
Teen Folk, and then Taylor,
Then Fillmore and Pierce,
Then liuehanan, then Lincoln,
With war's dreadful curse.
Then Johnson, of whom
There is little to say, t
And now (Jrant, who presides
At the White House to-day.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SEXATK.
Wasiiixotont, April 19. The gal
leries. of the Senate chamber were
again densely crowded, ladies pre
dominating. So great-was the rush
that it was found necessary to
close some of the doors. Soon after
the Senate was called to order, the
tables and seats for the use of the
managers, the accused and his coun
sel was arranged as on Monday.
Immediately after the Journal of
yesterday's proceedings was rend the
chair laid before the Senate the fol
lowing message:
To the Senate of the United States:
Herewith I return Senate bill No.
172, entitled an act fixing the salary
the TJ. S. President, without my of
approval. I am coustrained to this
course from a sense of duty to my
successors in office, to myself and
to what is due to the dignity of the
position of chief magistrate of a na
tion of more than forty millions of
people. When tho salary of the
President of the United States -was
fixed by Congress at P25,!00 per
annum we wore a nation of but 3,
00). oK) of people, poor from a long
and exhaustive war, without com
merce or mannfaetors, with but few
wants and those cheaply supplied.
The salary must then have been
deemed small for th responsibilities
necessarily and justiliably so, from
the impoverished condition of the
treasury and the simplicity it was
desired to cultivate in" the republic.
the pay of Congressmen under the
constitution was first fixed at -'.) per
day for time actually in session, on
an average, about l1) days to iv.ch
session, or seven hundred and twenty
dollars per vear, or less thtn one
twentieth of the salary of the Presi
dent. Congressmen have legislated
upon their own salaries from time to
tune so unlawfully that it reached
."( V.) jK-r annum, or on:j fifth that of
the
the
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t before, the
as increased.
saiary oi
No one
letter
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chnowledge of the cost o!
living at the capital will contend
that the present salary of Congress
men is too high; unh'.sr? it bo tiie in
tention to make the ofhee one entire
ly or honor, when the salary should
bo nl dished. This is a proposition
repugnant to our re
and institutions. I
the eitizei.s of this l
Mil
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as
(inn t Peiievc
pnblio. desin
ineir puoite servants to serve teem
without a fair compensation for their
services. Twenty-live thousand dol
lars do not defray the expenses of
tie? Pxeeutivu fur one? year, and have
not in mv experience. It is now
one-fifth in value what it was when
fixed by the constitution in supply
ing demands and wants. Having no
personal interest in this matter, I
have felt myself free to return this
bill to the House in which it origin
ated with my olwections, believing
that in doing so I meet the wishes
and judgment of tho great majority
of those who indirectly pay all sal
aries and all ether expense i of tho
government. U. S. Chant.
KxF.ci'Tivr: Mansion, April 18. 187G.
On motion of Clayton it was order
ed that the message lie printed and
referred to the committee on civil
service and retrenchment.
Ex-Secretary Belknap, accompani
ed by his counsel, Carpenter, Black
and Blair, entered the Senate cham
ber at 12:25, and at 12:30 the Senale
suspended the consideration of legis
lativo business to resume tho im
peachment trial, and the Secretary
of the Senate was directed to
notify the managers that the Senate
was ready to proceed with the trial.
The managers shortly after arrived
and Lord, on behalf of the board,
sent to the secretary's desJj and had
read the answer adopted by the
House to the plea of Belknap, to the
effect that at the time of the com
mission of tho acts charged against
said Belknap he was an officer of the
United States, and he was euch
officer until after the House of Hep-
rescntatives.by its proper committee,
had completed its investigation into
the charge against him ami were pre
paring for his impeachment, and j
that this fact was known to him when
he resigned.
Edmunds submitted an order that
the counsel files his answer to the re
plication by the 21th inst, and that
the managers tile their rejoinder by
the 25th. and that the trial proceeded
on the 27th inst., which was agreed
to after same discussion; and, on
motion of Edmunds, it was ordered,
that the Senate sitting as a court of
impeachment adjourn until the 27tb
instant at 12:30 P. M.
The Senate then resumed lee-ia-
lative business and the House bill to
define the tax on fermented and malt
liquors.
Morrill, of Maine called up tho
House bill making an appropriation
for the supply of deficiencies in the
appropriation for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1S7G, and for prior
years. The various amendments
proposed by the eoramuee on ap
propriation were agreed to, among
them the following: feu- payment of
mileage to Senators who took their
seats at the session- convened on
March 5th, 1875, by proclamation of
the President, who were not mem
bers of the previous Congress, G,
33G; for labor in the Senate, f 18,000,
for folding documents, $1,-100; for
horses and wagons for the Senate,
o6o.
ro?Jen amon,lment appropriating
Sbo.oOO to pay tho expenses of the
transportation and custodav of arti
cles belonging to tho United States,
w weimuiiea at the Cente:m.al ex
hibition, was agreed to.
liowe, from the committee on for
eign relations, reported a bill to
amend the laws in regard to the reg
ulations of consular courts of the
United States in Japan; placed on
iuu caieuuar.
April 20. Morrill, of Vermont, in
troduced a bill to authorize tho Sec
retary of the Treasury to allow Mrs.
Minnie Sherman Fitch to receive.
free from duty, a wedding present
from the Khedive of Egypt, and it
was passed unanimously.
The bill relative to the Japanese
indemnity fund then came up, ami
w ithout final action the Senate ad
journed.
April 20. Edmunds introduced a
bill to abolish tho board of health in
tne District of Columbia.
Sargent submitted tho following:
liesohed, That the Senate recom
mend the President that ho cause
negotiations to be entered into with
the Chinese government to effect
such changes in the existing treaty
between the United States and China
as will fully permit the application
of restrictions to the great inllux of
Chinese subjects to this country.
It was ordered printed and -to lie
on the table. He gave notice ho
would asked the indulgence of the
Senate to submitt some remarks on
the resolution at an early day.
The Senate resumed ths considera
tion of the silver bill.
3"o' moved an amendment to
make silver dollars legal tenders for
any amount, and receiveablo for cus
toms, and supported the amendment
by a sptaeh, after which the Senate
adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
Culberson introduced a bill to ex
tend the time for the construction of
tho Texas and Paeilic railroad: re
ferred. The House committee on the Ala
bama contested election ease of Biom
Lerg against Haralson, report being
unanimous against the claim of tho
contestant Broinberg, and declaring
the sitting member (Haralson, entitl
ed to tho seat.
Lord, Chairman of tub managers
of the . impeachment, reported the
replication proposed to be mado to
the plea of jurisdiction iiled on be
half of Belknap. The replication
was adopted by the House and was
ordered to be communicated to the
'Senate.
The sargant'al-arms made a, report
to the House that he had obeyed the
writ of habeas corpus in Haliet
Kilbourn's ease, and that the body of
Kitbourn had been ordered by Judge
Carter to the custody cf the marshal.
Pal;er oiVered a resolution instruct
ing the select committee on the real
estate pool to investigate whether
any memoers oi the lormer congress
were connected with that pool while
such members; adopted.
Witehouse introduced a bill for
re-funding the interest-bearing debt
of the United States in consuls hear
ing four per cent, gold interest and
having forty years to run; referred
to the committee on ways and means.
O'Brien, of Maryland, introduced
a bill to provide for coinage of Cen
tennial coins; referred. The bill
provides for silver dollars and half
dollars, one side of tha coins to give
corresponding value in coins of other
principal nations.
The House then resumed the con
sideration of the Florida contested
election case.
April 20. Young offered a resolu
tion reciting the unsettled condition
of the Mexican republic, and tho
many outrages committed on the
persons and property of American
citizens living in tho neighborhood
of tho Itio Grande, and requesting
the President of the United States to
order such military force to rendez
vous on the lUoGraudo as will euable
the President to enforce the existing
neutrality laws; to prevent hostilities
on the border, and to preserve peace
ful relations between the countries,
and also requesting tho President to
direct tho general of the army to
proceed in person to tho scene of tho
outbreak and to take such measures
as may bo necessary to maintain the
peace and protect the power and
dignity of this government; referred
to the committee on foreign affairs.
Cos, from the committee on rules,
made a report in the case of Chas.D.
Smith, Journal clerk, who was shown
to have issued a circular seeking
business in the collection of addi
tional bounty claims. The report
reprehends severely the action of
Smith; but, inasmuch as he had ro
oigned his position, no action was
recommended.
Cole offered a resolution reciting
the charges made in newspapers af
fecting the official conduct of B. H.
Bristow, Secretary of the Treasury,
in regard to the remission of forfeit
ures in the case of the bark Mary
Merritt, seized in Milwaukee in June
1SG0, for violation of the custom law,
and instructing the committee on ex
pendituies in the Treasury Hepart
men t to inquire into the circumstances
and ascertain on what grounds the
judgment of forfeiture was remitted
and for what purpose; adopted.
Lawrence introduced a bill relat
ing to the writ of habeas corpus. It
provides that whenever auy person
shall be detained or imprisoned by
order of .the Senate or House, he
shall be entitled to the privileges of
tho writ of habeas corpus, and the
Sargeant-at-Arms or any other officer
having in custody the person detain
ed or imprisoned, shall, in obedience
to the writ of habeas corpus, produce
before the District Judge or Justice
who shall issue the writ, tho body of
the person so detained without any
I
order from eitlier the Senate or the
House. Any person who shall be
imprisoned or detained by such court
of the United States or any justice or
judge thereof for contempt, shall be
entitled to apply to an5r court having
appelate jurisdiction in any case from
tho court, justice or judge having
made such order of detention or im-"
prisonment, or to any justice or judge
of said court having such appelate
jurisdiction for the w'rit of habeas
corpus, and the same shall be issued,
served, proceeded with and determ
ined as proper cases.
The House then took r.p tho bill
to transfer the Indian Bureau to the
War Department.
Cox made a speech" agai 05 fiho bill
in one of his humorous discourses,
lie was reminded by Morris, in an
under tone, that he had a war record,
to which he retorted, amid great
laughter "Yours was struck out of
the Congressional dictionary."
Conger, of Michigan, also opposed
tho bill in the name of the churches
of the country, of all religious de
nominations, which would look with
amazement at this effort to substitute
the sword for the Bible.
Finley wes declared entitled to the
seat now occupied by "Walls, of Flor
ida, the vote being 113 against 83.
Tho House took a recess until ev
ening to discuss tho bill transferring
the Indian bureau, but the proceed
ings then were entirely devoid of
public interest, there being but few
members present, and those not con
lining themselves to the subject. The
bill will probably be brought to a
vote to-morrow.
Poou STitADEfiiA! ft is impossi
ble to separate our sense of the beau
ty and earnestness of Stradclla's
music from the memory of his ro
mantic history, his devoted attach
ment, and tragic end. Being en
gaged in the service of republic of
Venice to compose operas for the
carnival, he achieved a great success,
both with his compositions and his
splendid voice. A Venetian noble,
whose mistress was a passable singer,
invited Stradelht to give her some
lessons; and between the master aud
his lovely scholar there i-oon sprang
up an itleetiwu which led eventually"
to their escaping together, one
night, and setling out for Borne.
The noble immediately hired assas
sins to fullow the fugitives and put
them to death. Tho ruffians soon
found Stradelia at Home, where he
was on the point of giving an ora
torio, in the church of St. Giovanni
Eaterano; and, as the story goes,
waited through the performance for a
liitting opportunity for putting theiv
purpose into execution, but wore so
melted by the wondrous beauty of
Stradella's voice and music, that
they relented; and, with many tears,
confessed to him what had been
their mission, and protested that
they wore ine.fpable of the crime of
robbing Italy and music of so great
a genius. AVarned by thisad venture,
the lovers lied to Turin, whither
they were pursued by the implacable
vengeance of the Venetian; and
Stradelia .vss attacked and wounded
by three assassins. From these in
juries he ultimately recovered, and
perhaps thought himself safe from
further danger; but the anger of his
persecutor was not to bo so easily
appeased, and, shortly after, Stra
delia having taken his Ortensia to
Genoa on an excursion, tho pair
were barbarously murdered iu their
apartments about the year 1G81. "So
perished," says his biographer, "the
most excellent musician of that day
in all Italy." Macniilkm's Maga
zine.
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immigrants Attacked by Indians.
For.x Lahaixit:. April 20. A Mr.
Milgan, of Scranton, Pennsylvania,
arrived here tins alternoon. lie savs
while cominpr in ou the mornintr of
the IGth, his party was attacked by
Indians in Red Canyon, near the
Cheyenne river ranch, about fifty
miles from Custer. A few of the
party escaped to the ranch. Mr. and
Airs. Aictz, 01 jjaramie Uity, were
killed. A colored woman was taken
prisoner. A mau named Simpson
was also killed. The bodies were
buried the next day. Mrs. Metz had
been ravisiied. lhree men wcro
wounded Grichan, from Missouri,
mortally; and Batalty, from Missouri
and C. W . Bergessir, from Virgmi
City, Nevada, seriously. It is feared
tho wounds may prove fatal. The
wounded men are at the Cheyenne
river ranch. Tho place where the
attack was made is about 120 miles
from this post.
A party from the Black Hills to
dar say that about ten days ago three
wagons were found at the entrance
to Buffalo on the Yankton route, do
stroyed and the stock gone. Signs
of a fight were numerous; the wagon
covers had been shot to pieces, and
parts of the material the wagons had
been loaded with were scattered
loosely around, some with marks oi
balls on them. The Indians had
evidently attacked and destroyed the
entire outfit.
roKT Liakamie, April lil. in my
dispatch of yesterday, about the Bed
Canon massacre, I mentioned that
three wounded men were left at the
Cheyenne river ranch this morning
Gen. Bradley, commandiug the dis
tnct of the Black Hills, sent a de
tachment of cavalry and an ambur
fance to bring them in.
Io Kill a Town. An exchange
tellingly puts it in this way: "Un
derrate every present and prospective
enterprise; speak ill of the churches
and schools; tell everybody the ho
tels are bad; enlarge the vices of the
people, especially tho young people;
withhold the patronage from your
merchants and tradesmen, and buy
your goods at some other place; nev
er subscribe for the local papers, and
11 you are in business, refuse to ad-
j yertise.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
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The Spiritualist Home Dead.
A report is published in the Taris
Steele that Home, the famous medium.
died suddenly a few weeks since, on
a railway train between St. Peters
burg and Berlin. The whole life of
this man, says the Times, has been a
series of mai-ycls, and those familiar
with his career will hesitate to be-
ieve him actually dead. until the fact
ias been fully confirmed by medical
authority. Ho may have planned to
cap the climax of his miraculous per
formances by getting himself advir-
tised as defunct, ami tnen astonish
ing the world anew by returning
rom the. spirit land to his mortal
body in spiritualistic parlance, ma
terializing himself. lie was born iu
Scotland in 1833 and his full name
was Daniel Douglas Home. Like so
many modern adventurers, however,
he-belongs to the United States, hav
ing been brought here when a child.
lie went into the spiritualistic busi
ness at the carlv age of T7. and has
icen in it ever since. He went to
Europe in ISoo, where his extraor
dinary tricks, manifestations, or what
ever they should be called , astonished
and bewildered all ranks of society.
In London the Queen and her court
were greatly impressed, and many
noble converts v'ero made by him.
In Paris the Emperor Napoleon be
came strongly interested in him, and
afterward he was received with pe
culiar favor at the Papal court.' He
joined the lloman Catholic church,
and in 180 married at homo a ilus-
sian laly of rank, who died four
years later. Alterwam Home lefi
out with the Pope and was banished
om Borne. In 1871 he married an
other Hessian ladv, and lias lived 111
that country most of the time since.
He was probablv well fixed in this
world's goods, for he has not done
much in tho show business for sev
eral years past. Many of his mani
festations have not yet been fnily or
satisfactorily explained by scientists.
though usually referred to as an ex
ceptional exoertness in prestidigita
tion in combination with certain little
understood natural principles, such
as atiiraa! magnetism and what lias
been called "leviation" in contradis
tinction to navigation. As usual with
such peddlers of the preternatural.
Home was most successful in con
vincing women, and one jnghsh lady
of wealth, a ?dts. Lyon, was somehow
impressed by him with the belief
that sho snoukt make over to him all
her property. Tho courts were in
voked by her relatives, and Home
had to disgorge.
!akvi. and Tfir. FcxruAT,. There
is a story related of Jarvis, the. ia.5
tinguished painter, to the effect that.
v.a'king down Broadway one day lie
saw lieiore him a dark-lookmr? for-
igner, bearing under Ids arm a
mall red cedar cig ir-box. He
stepped immediately into !
tely into!. is "wake."
1110 whenever lie met a friend (which
was once in every two or three min
utes, for tho popular aiti. t knew
everybody), he would become him
with a wink to "fall into line." be
hind.
Bv and by the man turned
down one ot the cross streets, follow
ed closely by Jarvis and his "tail."
Attracted by tho measured tread 01
he turned around ab-
rupt; v
and seeing tho procession
that followed in his footsteps, he ex
claimed: "What for do debble is
lis? What for von take me, eh?
What for so much come after me,
eh?'' "Sir," exclaimed Jarvis, with
an air of profound respect, "we saw
you going to the grave alone with
tho body of your dead infant and we
took the opportunity to offer you our
sympathy, and to follow your libe
tOjthe tomb." The man explained
in his broken manner that the box
contained only cigars, and he evinc
ed his gratitude for the interest
which had been manifested in his
behalf, by breaking it open and dis
pensing them very liberally to the
mourners. Scribncr's Monthly.
a
The ruler of Egypt is working upon
the rivalry of the French aud English
governments, both of which are so
anxious to attend to his interests.
England got ahead of France in the
purchase of ihe Suez Canal shares,
to the chagrin of tho French, who
had neglected to purchasewhen the
opportunity was offered. But France
has since then been getting ahead of
England in regard to the control of
the Egvptain finances, jnd has lately
obtained a position which is disa
greeable to the English. The 3vhe
dive watches their proceedings, and
takes such advantages from either
- . 1 . "lTTl t
side as he can opram. v 11011 nis
credit was going to wreck in Loudon
last week, he appealed directly to
the friendship of the French govern
ment, which promptly gave him the
pecuniary support he needed in the
London "market. Between the two
powers the Khedive's treasury has
been lifted out of the troubles in
which it was involved, aud he can
now find tho means to carry on ins
war in Abyssinia. The Khedive is 1
shrewd man. well aware of the man
umvres of France and England re
speeding Egypt.
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Jusr His Luck. "You see, said
the despondent man on the pickle
barrel, addressing the grocer, who
was spearing tho top of a cracker box
with a cheese knife, "you see some
people has good luck, and some has
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had Hick, isow, x rememoer once
was walking along the street with
Tom J clucks, and no went down ou
one side of it and I went down on
the other. We hadn't got more'n
half way down when he found a
pocketbook with 82G1 in it, and I
stepped on a woman's dress and got
acquainted with my present wife. It
was always so," he said with a sigh,
"that Tom Jellicks was the luckiest
man in the world, ami x never nad
any luck. New Orleans Republican,
Fractical Jokes.
One of the neatest things that ever
came under our observation chanced
to a friend in the employ of a firm
on Beekman street; and this is how
it was. Our friend is on terms of
familiar intimacy with his employers,
one of whom was about to go on a
journey up north. Ho lives in Brook
lyn, and when he came over in the
morning, calculating to take the
steamer to Boston in the evening, he
brought a largo valiso along, into
which to pack, a -few more articles.
During the day business called him
up-town, and the spirit of mischief
entered the noddle of our friend re
garding that valise. He picked it
up, felt of its weight, and set it down.
"What a joke we could play on
," said he to M 's partner,
a man also in for a joke at almost
any time.
"If I could only get that valise
open, I would fill it'fuil of these iron
bolts. Wouldn't that be a joke on
the old man?"
"It would indeed. Try your keys."
Both tried their keys", but none of
them would open it." A friend was
taken into the secret, and his keys
tried, but neither of them would "tit
the lock. Whet was to be done?
Our friend is not the man to weak
en in tho face of difficulties. So
taking a bundle of tho bolts as heavy
as he could carry in one hand, and
tho valise in the other, he went to &
locksmith near by, had it opened,
the heavy bolts pnt in and then look
ed again. Placing it back again w here
M had left it, they waited events.
M soon after returned and began
bustling about to get ready-for his
journey. When on the point of say
ing good-bye and going, he lifted the.
valiso and instantly susected some
thing wrong; but ho said nothing
that would lead tho jokists to believe
that he in the least suspected the
trick. Finally, being all ready, he
turned to our friend and asked:
"Are you busy now, John?"
"No. " What can I do?"
"I've, got a number of bundles
here. Put on your coat and carry
this valise down to the boat for me,
wili you?" -
Hero was a situation! But, if he
objected" or tried to excuse himself
now, lie would be suspected. So,
blushing clear up to his ears, he put
on his coat, and, taking up the heavy
bag, he followed his boss, but in a
very ehopfallen way. Tho other
conspirators watted until he was out
of doors, and tnen laughed tit his
expense till they were tired.
Arriving 011 board the boat, M
produced his keys, and opened the
valise as sober as an owl, he tons out
tho heaw bundle of iron bolts, and,
handing them to our crestfallen
frienu, said:
"John, I don t t tunic I shall need
these, come to "think of it. Won't
you take them back to the office
again ?"
Poor John! The perspiration was
reaming from every pore in his
body; and to think that he had to
take that heavy load back again about
mile! He felt liko jumping over
board. But there was no help for it;
the bolts were too valuable to throw-
away; so back he lugged them through
the sun and heat, and the reception
he got on his return to the office was
enough to complete his nervous
prostration.
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The Art of Hospitality.
The art of hospitality should bo as
devoid of art as possible, aud is well
immed up 111 the following:
Welcome the coming guest; wel
come him with a few simple, pleas
ant, easy words, without ostenta
tious cordiality; without gushing
declarations of friendship; without
paralyzing his arm by an intermina
ble shaking oi hands; without hurry
or flourish, or due anxiety to have
his trunk carried up to his room, or
sandwiching between every sentence
an anxious appeal to make himself
entirely at home, an appeal which
usually operates to make one feel as
much away from home as possible.
Constantly taking it for granted, on
tho part of tho host and his family,
that one is not comfortable, and that
they must hurry about and take all
the responsibility and self-helpfulness
from th guest, thus depriving
him of the credit of common - sense,
is something worthy of indignation;
all tho more so because politeness
forbids the least sign of impatience
It is ill-bred it is not decent. It is
insulting to the guest; and he would
serve tho author of such treatment
right if ho -cut him, thereafter, with
out ceremony, .and yet how many
of our . well meaning, aud, in most
things, well-bred people, fall into
the error that, unless they are con
stantly on the alert, unless they es
raonsn a Kind 01 espionage over
their guest and watch his every
movement, lest he should brush his
coat or take a seat for himself, they
will be wauting in courtesy. The
art of hospitality consists in putting
the guest at his case; and this does
not mean telling him to bo at his
ease. It consists in making him for
get that he is a guest, and not in
constantly pushing tho fact before
his eyes. And it also consists in
leaving to him tho exercise of his
senses, and of responsibility, at
least, so far that, finding what he
needs at his hand, he may help him
self.
At a little gathering the other even
ing somebody asked a man if he was
found of opera. He said he was
passionately. He always liked that
part where the lady rides around and
jumps through the hoops.
If you have built castles in the air
your work need not bo lost; that is
where they should be. Now put
foundations under them. Thoreau
Lincoln as a Lawyer.
In tho amount of legal learning
which he possessed as a fund ot
knowledge and from which he could
draw as ho pleased, he was not tha
A
equal of many lawyers I have known.
Somebody has said the greatest law
yer is the man who in the least time
can lind the man who knows the law.
If a law question was submitted to
Lincoln, or rose' in a case, by his
power of analysis, by looking at tire
statement of the principle in ajew
books; and by logical induction, he
knew how to reach the root and mar
row of the matter, and do it accurate
ly. What he saw he saw clearly i and
what he slated or demonstrated, ha
stated or demonstrated clearly. Many
a time x nave seen an old larmer m
the court room all attention for an
hour listening to Mr. Lincoln in tho
argument of a dry law proposition,1
lie made it so clear and so plain,
illustrated and enforced it by com-i
parisons and arguments so forcible
and easily comprehended, that the
farmer understood just as much about
it as the court did. As a trial lawyer,
he had few equals and no superiors.
He was as hard a man to beat in a
closely contested case as I ever met.'
Ho was wise in knowing what to at
tempt and what to let alone. Ho
was fair to the court, the jury, and
his adversary, but c.iuilor compels
me to say that he by practice learned
ther.i was power in this. He was
candid a-nd he was fur, but he knew
how to
make jn the most of this.'
As he
entered ihe trial, where most
i ob:ret. i: would sav ho
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"reckoned" it would be fair to let
thi in or that, aud sometimes, when
his adversary could not prove v.Lst
Mr. Lincoln knew to be the truth, he
would .say he "reckoned" it would
bo fair to admit the truth to bo so
and so. When he did object to the
court, after ho heard his objection'
answered, he would often say, "Well
I reckon I must be wrong." Now,
about the time he had practiced this
three quarters through a case, if his
adversary didn't understand him he
would wake up in a few minutes
finding that ho had feared the Greeks'"
too late, and wake up to find himself
beat. He was wise as a serpent in
the trial of a cause, but I tell you I
have got too many scars from his
blows to certify he was harmless as a
dove. When the w hole thing is un
raveleLthe adversary begins to seo
that what he was so blandly giving
away was simply what he couldn't
get and keep. By giving away six
points and carrying the seventh ho
carried his case, and the whole case
hanging on the seventh, he traded'
everything off that would give him
the least aid in carrying that. Any
mau who took Mr. Lincoln for a
simple-minded man would very soon
wake up on his back in the ditch."'
By this I do not mean that he had
cunning, arid beat by trick. He had
nothing of this, for he never cheated
his adversary. lie simply knew that
the strength of Sampson lay in his
hair, and knowing this, so long as
v on gave him the shears and achanco
at the hair, so long he would give
away everything else with the utmost
frankness and kindness; but if you;
too, found out or knew the same fact
and went at him to joust him fronr
his position and take away his weap
ons, then he gave nothing, but arose
like a lion awakened in his lair.' His
stooping form straightened, his an
gular features acquired - force and
expression, his eyes Hashed, all liis
powers of logic, sarcasm aud ridienle
were aroused, and, rejecting all com
promise, he fought it out on that
ine until he carried the day. Leon
ard Suceit.
Don't WoKitr About Yockself.
To regain or recover health, persons"
should be relieved about all anxiety
concerning disease. The mind has
power over the body. For a person
to think he has a disease will often
31-oduce that disease. This we see
effected when the mind is intensely
concentrated upon the disease of an
other. It is found, in the hosnital.
that surgeons and physicians .who
make a specialty of a certain disease
are liable to die of it themselves; and
the mental power is so great that
sometimes people die cf disease that
they only have in imagination. We
have known a person to die of cancer
in the stomach when Tie had no can
cer, or any other mortal disease. A
blindfolded man slightly pricked in
the arm, has fainted and died from
believing that ho was bleeding to
leath. Therefore, well persons, td
remain well, must bo cheerful ana
happy; and sick persons should have
their attention drawn, as much &
possible, from themselves. It is by
their faith men are saved, and it is
by their faith that men die. If he
wills not to die, he can often live, in.
spite of disease; and, if ho has little
or no attachment to life, he will slip
away as easily as a child falls asleer.'
Men live by their souls, and by their
bodies. Their bodies have no life of
themselves; they are only resources
of life, tenements of their souls. The
will has much to do m continuing
tho physical occupancy or giving it
up. Dr. Hall.
Among the stories told of Finney,'
the revivalist, is tho following: He
was passing an iron foundry when
the works were in full blast, and.
heard a workman swearing terribly
"Young man," said the revivalist, ad
dressing the swearer. "How hot do
you suppose hell is?" The workman
recognized his questioner, and plac
ing his arms akimbo, and looking
him squarely in the face, said, "Well,
Mr. Finney, I suppose it's so hot
there that if somebody brought you
a spoonful of melted iron you'd
swear 'twas ice cream." Mr. Finney
had nothing more to say.
Judge Coghlan has been confirmed
as district attorney for California '
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