THE DONALDSONVII -LE C IEF.AN IExNDPEDENT, O3ro-AWAXcE HOMEO N3 rSPAPOER.-NA uSORIP'AU ION PDIYCN, 'Iw Eo 1OL AR3.s A TEAR.

VOLUME XIIL DI0NLDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1883. NUMBER 15.

Tle Doraldsoqville o iefAmicus Humani Generis.

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Donaldsonville, Ascensiea Parish, La.,-BY-

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correspondents.Address: Tun Carrw, Donaldsonville. Ia.

1t?.............f arondeletstreet........1.2Corner ma and Iberville treet

P44WIT. HANON, .D.CHNDLER,

j 11. HANSON, M. D.

OFFIO:Corner Houmas and Iberville streets, near C.

Kline's store,noesaldsonvIlle, La.W@5aUUMIRUIVVy, u1 a

DRUGGIST,Corner Chetimaohes and Mississippi streets,

Donaldsonville, La.A complete stock of pure chemicals always on

hand. Presn onrs, osrefuily oompiled at allbhurs day a nigt.

WM. REED MILLS,

ATWORNET Al LAW,No. 8 St. Charles Street,

New Orleans, La.Practices in all the Courts of Louisiana, State

and Federal.

A W AND NOTAHIAL OFFICE.

R1. N. Slaus,ATIOR•NTY A L AW,

Donaldsonvlle, La.

Peactices in Ascension, Aessumption and St.James.

RB. EARIUHAT,

ATTORNEY AT LAW,Office: Opposite the Conut-HIouso ,

DOletildSonville, La.Practices in the Twenty-Second Judicial Die-

trict (comprising St. James and Ascensi*onarisha), and in the Supreme and Unitedttes Courts.

R. N. 81xs. J. E. Po•HE.

ISIlS & POCHE,

ATTORl03S Al LAW,St. James, La.

Office at F. P. Poch6's. Address: Convent

.O. Mr. Sims will be in St. James every

OHRN H. ILSLEY,

4 10N=TW AT MAW,Dtpee l.fourche street, near Bayou Ferry.

Deealdsenvlle, La.Practices in the T•wety.Second Judicial Dis-

trit (co mp rsi g la e parishes St. James andscensionj, and in the Supreme and Unitedates Coorts.

u•IAs..a. BA yIE,

AmAUORNTE Al LAW,Hlshnville, La.

Practicer in the Twe ecenl d Twent-tbixth Judicial Distrits, comprising the parish-ps of Jefferson, St. Charles. St. John. St. Jamesnd Ascension, and before the Federal andupreme Courts in New Orleans.Special attention paid to the collection of

pomnmetcial claims.Address: Hahnville P. O., St. Charles, La.

HATr PRUDPOMMoE,

Carpenter and Builder,Donaldsonvlle, La.

T OCATED for the present at the Peespo'-DayLi Hotel on Mississippi tteet, wnhereall ordersorwork will be promptly attended to

,JOHN P. FO KA,.

Cistern Maker,gailroad Avenue, oppositethe Post-ofice,

I)onaldsonville, La.All work guaranteed and satisfaction war,.tped. Prices lower than the lowest.

DONALDSONVILLEBUSINESS DIRECTORY.

DRY GOODS. GROCERIES. Etc.

M I8RAEL.& 00., dealers in Dry Goods.. Clothing, Booth, Shoes. Saddlery, Bug-

gies; etc: oernerMissisePlPi and Lessard streetse.

C KLINE, Torner Crescent Place and Hou-Smae street, dealer in Dry Goods, Notions.

Boots and Shees, Groceries, Provisions, Cern,Oats and Bran.

A D. VEGA. Agent, dealer in Dry Goods,A Notions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats,Groceries. Liquors. Furniture. Hardware To-bacco Paint, Oils, Glass, Lumber, Bricks, martsand Wagons; Loeb's corner, Railroad Avenueand Mississippi street.

BERNARD LEMANN & BROTHER, dealersin Western Produce, fancy and staple Gro-

veries, Liquors, Hardware, Iron, Paints, Oils,(Crts, PloWs, Saddi y Stoves and Tinware,Furniture, Crockery, Wall Paper and HouseFurnishing Goods, Mississippi street, cornerCrescent Place.

JOS. GONDRAN & SONS. dealers in DryJ Goods, Clothing, Notions Hate, Groceries,Wine, Liquors. Boots, Shoes, Hardware, Paints,Oils, Saddlery, Crockery, Furmniture and allkinds of House Furnishing Goods. Blue Store,Mississippi street.

M TOBIAS. dealer in Groceries, Dry Goods,i Clothing, Notions, Boots and Shoes,Hats,

Furniture, Hardware, Crockery, Trunks, etc.corner Mississippi and St. Patrick streets antNo. 24 Railroad Avenue. Everything at lowestfigures.

LANDMAN, dealer in Dry Good Gce-rise, Plantation Supplies, Wines, Liquors,

Cigars. Tobacco, and General Merchandise, cor-ner Railroad Avenue and Taylor streets, oneblock from Railroad Depot.

TNO. F. PARK, dealer in Staple and Pa'5 Groceries.Provisions, Plantation and Steam-

Bottled Beer, Ale etc., Dry Goods a•id Notions,corner of Mississippi and Chetimaches streets,opposite River Ferry.

M LEVY, dealer -in Dry Goods, Clothing,Boots. Shoes, Hats. Groceries, Furniture,

Hordware and Plantation Supplies, at Lemann'sold stand, Missiesippi street. G. FEITEL,Agent.

INSURANCE AGENCIES.

V MAURIN, General Fire Insurance Agent," Mississippi street, over Fernandez's bar-ber shop. Represents first-class companies withov-r 50l,000,00 of capital. Policies issued di-rectly from agency without delay.

HOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSES.

-PEEP-O'-DAY HOTEL AND BARROOM,Mississippi street. First-rate accommo-

dation and reasonable prices. Western Uniontelegraph office in the hotel.

ROBT. .LE.E HOTEL Crescent Place, nearthe Market-House, Jos. Lafargue, propri-

etor. Bar and billiard room attached. First-class entertainment and accommodation.

CIITY HOTEL, P. Lefevre, Proprietor, rail-'- road Avenue, corner Ibervile street. Bar

supplied with best Liquors.

LIQUOR AND BILLIARD SALOONS.

THE PLACE. Gus. Israel, manager, CornerLessard and Mississippi streets. Billiards,

Lager Beer, Best Wines and Liquors. FineCigars, etc.

TINSMITH.

LOUIS J. RACKE, Tinsmith, Mississippistreet, at Lemann's old stand. Orders at-

tended to with dispatch and satisfaction in.

BARBER SHO'P.

L L. FERNANDEZ. Barber Sho, MississippiL street, near comrner Lesard. Saving. hair-

cutting, shampooing. etc., in most artistic style.

ATToRNEYS AT LAW.

LTREDERBCK DUFFEL, Attorney at law andI Notary Public, office on Chetimachee streetopposite the Court-House.

EDWARD N. PUGH. Attorney at Law, Atta-ekapas street. opposite Louisiana Square.

Visits Napoleonville on Mondays.

pAUL LECHE, Attorney at Law and NotaryPublic, Donaldsonville. Office: on block

below the Court-House, on Attakapas street.

HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.

G1INGRY, THE PAINTER, shop at Cheap1 Tony's Store, corner Mississippi street andRailroad Avenue. House, Sign and OrnamentalPainting in all their branches. Best work at

lowest prices.

UNDERTAKER.

-CHONBERG'S Undertaker's Establishment,i Railroad Avenue, between Iberville and At-takapas streets. All kinds of burial cases, fromthe pine coffin to the metalic or rosewood cas-ket.

DRUGS AND MEDICINES.

B RYBISKI, Apothecary and Drnnnist, Mis-SB.sissippi street. between t. Patrick and St.

Vincent streets, adjoining Gondran's store.

MILLINERY.

1RS1 . M. BLUM. Milliner. Mississippi street,;between Loesard and St. Patrick. Latest

styles of Bonnets, Hate, French Flowers, etc.;also. all kinds of Ladies Underware.

SODA WATER MANUFACTORY.

ODA WATER MANUFACTORY, H. Hether,S proprietor, No. 11 Mississippi street. Soda,Mineral, Seltzer and all kinds of aerated watersmanufactured and sold at lowest prices.

BLACKSMITHS & WHEELWRIGHTS.

QC1IULER & BRINKER, Blacksmiths andA7 Wheelwrigllts. orse4Shoers Wagon andCart makers and repairers, Railroad Avenue,between Mississippi and Iberville streets.

l H. DUNN,

Carpenter and Builder,Shop on Iborville street, near the corner of

Houmae,Donaldsonville, La.

Orders received through the Post-office willmeet with prompt attention.

MW. DARTON,

Civil Engineer & Surveyor,(Parish Surveyor of Aseeension.)

Will attend primptly to work in all branchesof his profession, such as surveying, mapping.leveling for canals, bridges, rice niumes, etc..estimating cost and supervisming construction ofsame. Orders leftat the CmzF office will meetwith immediate attention.

M RS. I. IALMER,

DRESSMAKER,Railroad Avenue, near Claiborne street,

Donaldsonville.plain and fancy sewing of all kinds done in

best style and on reasonable terms. A trialsolicited and satisfaction guaranteed.

Mrs. Palmer has engaged the services of theMisses (illet, one ofawhom will take charge ofthe cutting and fitting department. ?acting asforewoman.

Piano Tuning & Repairing.A CARD.

HE undersigned takes pleasure in notifyingShis former customers and his friends in gen-

eral that he will resume his business as

Piano Repairer and Tuner,in which he bears the highest reputation athome and abroad as a thorough workman. Or-ders left at the Riverside Hotel or receivedthrough the post-office will be promptly respon-ded to. RespectfuIlyE" VOM HOFE,

Riverside Hotel, Donaldsonville, La

FAREWELL.Rid ne farewell, the pain of parting deepens

When lingered o'er so long.The cherished object long possession cheapens:

Then kiss me and be gone,And know thy hold upon my heart is strength-

enedAs each sad day rolls by,

And twilight shadows into night have length-ened,

Yet failed to bring thee nigh.

Each little thing with which thou art connectedBy lingering thought.

Will serve to cheer my heart, wihen, sore de-jected.

Some quiet scene I have sought,Some cherished spot, where thou wert wont to

lingerIn the golden autumn eves,

And note the trace of Time's relentless fingerOn the sere and yellow leaves.

These quiet scenes will yield me keener pleasureIn memory linked with thee;

In all thou loved'st a new discovered treasureShall be revealed to me;

And thus my love will seem to draw thee nearer,Through memory's subtle power,

Till my true heart confess thee even dearerSince the dread parting hour.

Then say farewell! I can not cease to love thee,Though we may never meet;

The same bright stars that gem the blue aboveme

Thy tranquil gaze will greet:And you pale moon its silvery radiance stream-

ingAcross the snow bed

Where thou--my love-art swcetly, fondlydreaming

On me its light will shed.

Farewell, farewell! Though bitter be the trial,Since God has willed it so,

We'll dread the stern, hard path of self-denial,And each our way will go:

And feel that He by whom our love is blighted,Will at his gracious throne

Receive and bless his servants reunitedWhere parting is unknown.

NICKERDEMUS QUADRILLE.Choose yo' pardners, time's er-flyin',

Take yo' places on de fio';Don't you hear dat fiddle cryin'

" Nickerdemns Ebbermo!"

S'lute yo' pardners, bow perlitely,Dat's de motion through 'en through;

Swing dem corners, step up lightly,Hail Columby! Hailaloo!

Pus' fo' forward, keep er-diggin',Now you sasshay back agin,

Nobber mine yo' ragged ggin',So's 't don't show de naked skin.

Lawdy! see dat Peter Slater,How he bow en scrape aroun',

Head look like a peeled pertater-Slick aez glass upon de crown.

Ladies change, on keep er-scootin',Cross right ober, now you swing,

Hole dem hands up highfalutin',Look permiskus, dat s de thing.

Mussy! look at Winny Jeeter,Dat gal flings a soople toe;

Crack yo' heels, dar, Tom, en meet her,Bow en smile, en-" so on so."

Balance all! Now don't git lazy.Fly aroun' en tar yo' shirt,

Stomp dem feet. but don't go crazyElse somebody sho' git hurt.

Fidler got his mouf wide ope'm,Holin' down dat music tight,

Teeth, dey settin' sorter slope'm-Look like tomestones in do night.

All sasshay! I 'cler to gracious,Nebber seed de like befo';

Niggers sho'ly dance on' daciousSid'rin drouth an' oberflo'.

Heb'nly Kingdom! look at Mary,Bofe eyes shinin' hke de moon,

" Don't git w'ary, don't git w'ary,"Dat's de way to change de chune.

Promenade! Now, dat comes handy,

-Texas Siftings.

LETTERS FROM GOOSEQUILL.

The Election of Carlisle-Sectional Com- ciplaints Revived-Strike of the Oil Cloth NPrinters-Anniversary of the Anti-Sla- 0

very Socliety-Fighting Dentists-Unfa-vorable Opinions of Mr. Irving, Etc. o

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 8. 1883. bEDITOR CHIEF: S

The political world has been all astir this I

week in consequence of the election of Mr.

Carlisle for the Speakership. The Repub-licans rejoiced, of course, at what they t

called the biggest blunder the Democrats

ever made, and predicted as an outcome of tit an easy victory for their party in 1884.

The Independents and Randall Democrats

were not slow to pronounce Mr. Carlisleone of the destructives, and to augur the

most dismal results to the Democratic party tand the country. Both sides relieved them-selves of their wrath by abusing the South;swore she did it just to get the whip handle

of power once more and to keep up sec-

tional hatred; accused her of being a " foe

to industry," of sneering at "the smallfisted farmers," " the greasy mechanics,"and the " mudsills" of the North; of teach-

ing that labor is menial and only for thosein servitude; of not wanting factories ormills or shops in the South, because theyare a menace to Southern idleness, toSouthern ignorance and to Southern power;of being glad of the chance to strike theNorth on its industries as its most vitalpart; of wanting cheap labor, cheap pro-ducts, a full treasury and a lion's share ofmoney appropriations. The Democrats ofthe free trade stamp, on the other hand,don't admit at all that they have made afaux pas, but think that this election give3promise of a real awakening to the Demo-cratic party. They anticipate no disturb-ance of business and industries in any way,I think the North has no grounds for callingout, " solid South," for resurrecting thebloody shirt or for warming into life its oldbitter prejudice and dread of seeing theSouth in position or office; find upon exam-ination of the vote that there was moreevidence of a "solid West" than a "solidSouth, " and inasmuch as Mr. Carlisle hasno supreme legislative power, but can only

f exert an influence in appointing commit-tees, and that in the event of any extremelegislation on the part of the DemocraticHouse, the Republican Senate and thePresident's veto must be confronted, con-elude that there can be little danger ofsmashing the country to pieces. Such aresome of the opinions of both sides. Whatare they worth? Who is right? Happily

9 there is a conservative element which, letus hope, will prevail over the extreme.s Only moderation in legislating can give

e. universal satisfaction, for the simple reason

that the interests of diffierent parts of thecountry are soat variance. Free trade maybe the life blood of one portion and the-death knell of another. And so of highprotective tariff. Thus far there are nosigns of any thing but moderation. Mr.Carlisle seems to be quite sane on the sub-ject, will no doubt be able to keep the ram-pant leaders in check and make a very con-servative Speaker. On the whole, I think

n the country is safe. True, the South hashad the temerity to come to the front andleague with the West in electing a Speaker,,e but let her not flatter herself that the North

At will calmly look on and suffer it. The timeo" f the season of her humiliation is notended yet; the North does not wish to beshocked by any of her "rebel yells" and

* she must get herself back to the rear. TheNorth only must rule this land. The Dem-ocrats too have openly declared for freetrade. But what of that? The Republicana- party will crush out that dragon at any cost,

even that of giving Grant a third ter m.Yes, we will take courage. The country issafe!

The oil cloth printers in Philadelphiaat made a strike some days ago and display

)r- great firmness in holding out. They sayed they are determined not to yield to the de-

n- mands of their employers, because to do sois to relegate themselves into absolute sla-very. The demand is that each employb

shall sever his eonnection with the tradeassociations and row never to join it whilein their present eployment. The printersfeel independent because their trade is askilled one. Theuprotest that they do notwant to take advantage of their employers-that their object 1i simply self protection,and they claim the light to form and main-tain their organiz on, which is beneficialin every way. The'manufactories are sus-pended, each one laving only about ten orfifteen workigen. !The busiest season is inFebruary and at tfis rate there will be nogoods in the marlgt, for, even now the de-mand is greater tian the supply. Oil clothprinting is difficuI to learn. Apprenticesare taken for a y ar, but several years ofconstant applicatibn are required to attasnperfection. _ Fronz nine to twelve dollars a,week are given t, best printers-twen ydollars when veri extra work is dont.About twenty of tli printers have gone toNew York and thei are still openings f, rmore in New England. As the factorieshere have no meanl of filling up vacancies,the printers, it s(ems to me, have a fairchance of winningip this fight.

The 4th of Decenber was the fiftieth an-niversary of the organization in Philade:-phia of the Nationll Anti-Slavery Society,and in order the lbter to keep alive mem-ories of the past, there was a celebration,attended by influettial white persons andfreedmen from difflrent parts of the countryand from Philadiphia. Robert Purves,who presided over the meeting, ElizarWright and the pwt, Whittier, who couldnot be present, are ohe only survivors of thesixty who organized the association. MayorKing detailed a n nber of Negro police-men, all he had, I presume, to attend themeeting; not to k ep order, no necessityfor that, but just topose as statuary againstthe walls and listento the good things thatwere said. Letters wereread from a num-ber of well wishes, among them GeorgeWilliam Curtis, Sainel Longfellow, Wen-dell Phillips, Oliver Wendell Holmes andJohn G. Whittier. Mr, Whittier's letter waslong and. though rwrospective, was full ofkind feeling, quit. in contrast with onefrom Abbey K. Fcster of New York, whosaid," No, there is no peace, but Ku-Kluxregulators, shotguns and, last and mostbrutal, the United States Supreme Courtwiping out constitt$ional guarantee." Anumber of speeches were made. Susan B.Anthony took occasion to wedge in herhobby. Said the Apnerican nation was tobe commended for, wiping out the " foulblot of slavery," btt that there was muchmore to be done. Woman must have herrights. All the great events in connectionwith slavery were reviewed and relics of theold barbaric days were exhibited-amongthem an auction block on which thousandsof Negroes had been gold in Virginia, and achest in which a Negro girl was shipped asfreight from Baltimore to this city. WilliamStill, who owns and treasures this chest,told the story-how that Lear Green was apretty girl and was so anxious for freedomthat she allowed herself to be shut up in thechest, with no means of getting air exceptthrough the key hole; that the chest was inthe hold of the vessel for eighteen hours;that it was taken to his house and that Learlived and became a happy wife and mother.Resolutions were passed to keep up the an-nual meetings.

By way of variety, we have had a fight be-tween two dentists asjd as a result some ar-rests in high life and one or two suits forassault and battery. The cause of such un-happy psoceedings was nothing but envyand a deficiency ofhat most excellent giftof charity which prnpt kindness and love,one to another. Te years ago threegentlemen (?) sa closeother down. e"barkers "-men to promenade the side-walk in front of the office and solicit pa-tronage, from persons passing by. This, tosay the least of it, is an improfessionalcustom, deserving only of public contempt.Messrs. Neal & Cassidy employedtwo men;one teas stationed above and the other be-low Dr. Stoughton's office, and when theycould not coat people to go into the officeof Messrs. Neal & Cassidy they endeavoredto freighten them with the horrors of Dr.Stoughton's office. The rule was toaccostDr. Stoughton's patrons with such remarksas " Don't go in there unless you want to berobbed." "He will give you chloroform.""Hewill break your jaw." "He gets histeeth from the cemetery." The other day,just as the Doctor was receiving a lady heheard the warning ~iven her and called outto the "barker" toshut up. Immediatelyhe felt himself slaiped in the face and thenext moment the tio were having a livelyfight on the sidevalk. Subsequently Dr.Stoughton and D1. Cassidy, in hopes ofsettling their diffeunces, had a squabble ofwords and a fight with chairs. lie endeththe chapter. The sequel will give the trial,costs for damages etc., of the disgracednnrties.

And what of MrIrving? Why, the mostabsolute disappoittment following theeager anticipationi to see England's boast.Must I go more ito detail? Well, youhave seen severe citicisms of him. Theywere not exaggeratons, they were just. Itis true that he has glaring faults. Take hisHamlet, for instarce. ie played Hamlethere for the first tme in this country andgave us an oppor nity to compare himwith Booth. He suld not be mentionedin the same breathwith Booth and does notequal Forest, Bariltt or McCullough. Hisstage managemet and the scenery areperfect. His con ptiou of the character isgood enough and ais facial expression very

sne. That is al His voice is not good,and when not in duversation he drawls itout very disagrea ; his utterance of wordsand sentences is idedly bad, so much sothat at times one •ses altogether what hesays, and his carrge is exceedingly devoidof dignity or gr, it is slouchy. In theplay scene he interesting. In that heshows the wonde power he has over hiscountenance; otltrwise his rendition ofHamlet is positi ly wearisome and onetries in vain to lain the mystery of hisgreat reputation d the fact that England,having had the eatest actor, in a Mac-ready, that perh ever lived, should wor-ship at the shrin an Irving. Miss EllenTerry is lovely every thing-a fascina-ting Portia, a Jerfectly ideal Ophelia.Philadelphia andinces are not much givento applause, but tr Miss Terry as Opheliathere was the mo) lengthened and deafen-ing applause. Soally, Mr. Irving has beenreceived most dly here. Yesterday abreakfast was a to him by the CloverClub, at Hotel evue. The usual table isin shape like a r leaf clover, but as itwould not seat ty-five guests the formwas changed to t of a horseshoe. Ofcourse the men as superb, the decora-tions beautiful wine and toasts good.But, the has-re" feature of the occasionwas the presenton of the watch whichEdwin Forrest ed and carried to Mr.Irving by Hon omas Donaldson. Mr.Irving was mu ached by such prefer-ment and his p ingremark was, "I thankGod that I cam America, and I thankGod that I have n able to meet thesefriends." A

The produce rket is very dull.Pavement w ing is illegal from this

time until Apri line, $5.A raid is g made on Philadelphia

theatrical manr for the annual Statelicense of O

A wish bone tead of a horseshoe, thatremnant of ba rism, is the proper thingto be married •iter now.

It is suggestethat the Democratic bat-tle cry for 1884 a " For Randall and theConservative pty; down with free trade."

One of Irvi,'s company, passing onChestnut stree remarked that he was" disgusted wa the beauty and horridnarrow lanes a streets in Philadelphia."

GOOSEQUILL.

No other mei ne h•s won for itself suchuniversal apprtion in its own city, State,and country, alamong all people, as Ayer'sSarsaparilla. Its the best combination ofvegetable bioo urfiers, with the Iodide ofPotassium and •, ever offere to the public.

Y.:

John Griffin Carlisle.SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REP-

RESENTATIVES.

A Sketch of His Life-A Walk-Over in theCaucus-His Views on the Tariff.

From Our Washington Correspondent.Hon. John G. Carlisle, representing the

Sixth District of Kentucky in the presentCongress, is now 48 years of age, and hasserved seven years in the House with in-

creased distinction each term. Soon afterhis entry into this body in 1876 it was con-ceded by the older members that Mr. Car-lisle was destined to become a central fig-ure in national politics, and time has veri-fied the prophecy by his elevation to theSpeakership.

The contest from which Mr. Carlisle hasjust emerged so successfully has given hima victory that brings him. into formidableprominence as a probable candidate on thepresidential ticket of 1884. Within an hourafter his selection by the caucus for theSpeakership there were not a few emphaticin their opinions that the present honorwas only a stepping-stone to the Presidencyof the Senate in 1885.

In other words, it is claimed that Carlislewill be the Democratic nominee for VicePresident next year, in combination withsome Northern man for the Presidency,thus uniting the two great sections of theparty, North and South. The Northerncandidate is not yet named.

M. CARLIBLE 8 TABIPP PVIEs.Your correspondent sought an interview

with the new Speaker and found him will-ing to frankly express himself on subjectsfor future legislation.

" Mr. Carlisle, do you consider your se-lection for Speaker an indorsement by theDemocratic party of your views on the tar-iff?"

"Most emphatically, yes. I was the onlycandidate for the honor representing myparty's policyon tariff, Messrs. Randall and

hodin view inconsistent with

regulated, however, so as to protect ourhome industries without fostering monop-lies. For instance, we should have a hightariff on manufactured products coming incompetition with home industries, with alow tariff on raw materials not attainablein our own country."

"Do you anticipate any attempt in thepresent Congress to revise the existing lawson this subject? "

"There will probably be no effort of thekind until a change in the political com-plexion of the Senate occurs. I believe,however, that the question will be sooneror later intelligently approached and forthe best interests of the country at large."

ECHOES FROM THE cAUcUS.

"You had quite a walk-over in the cau-cus, Mr. Carlisle."

".Just what I knew would take place, sir.Mr. Randall's argument for supporters wasbased on so called 'business interests.'Heavy Pennsylvania- capitalists and highprotectionists came down here and said totheir representatives, 'You must vote forMr. Randall or the mercantile interests ofthe country will suffer. Our working-men and we as the employers expect you todo it.' It was the threat of the ballot boxthat holds the votes the workingman caststo elect Congressmen, and it worked verynicely with about fifty members, but overone hundred of my supporters and thirty ofMr. Cox's thought differently and the resultis what has been a certainty for severaldays."

" In courtesy to your antagonists will youplace Mr. Randall and Mr. Cox on the mostimportant committees? "

"I have not given the subject of commit-tee organization much thought, but mydistinguished competitors will receive duerecognition in that matter. In my canvassfor the Speakership I refrained from ma-king any promises, and I shall reorganizethe committees with material that will in-ure to the good of the country without par-tisan benefits."

" What have you to say about the sec-tional cry that was raised against you dur-ing the canvass? "

"Nothing more than the day has passedwhen such tactics in politics will aid thecause of any faction springing such a ques-tion. The war is over and the people aresatisfied that Mason and Dixon's line haslong been obliterated."

A SKETCH OF CABLISLE'S LIFE.

Mr. Carlisle was born September 5, 18.35,in Kenton county, Kentucky. His earlydays were spent in securing an educationsuch as the country schools of those daysafforded, at the same time supporting him-self by his own labor. An opportunity waspresented and young Carlisle began thestudy of law in Covington. At the end oftwo years he was admitted to the bar, in1858, and so rapid was his rise in the pro-fession and so great his popularity with thepublic that he was elected a member of thelower house of the Kentucky Legislature in1864, a State Senator in 1869 LieutenantGovernor in 1871, serving until September,187f.& -Ir. Carlisle was then relieved of theLieutenant Governorship by his election tothe Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses.He was returned to the Forty-seventh Con-gress, in which he became a conspicuousfigure, and now he is Speaker of the Forty-eighth.

Personally Mr. Carlisle is quite dignifiedyet very courteous in manner and im-presses one with the opinion that he is acharacter of more than ordinary ability, bynature and tact a brilliant leader and con-scientious politician. His career as Speakerwill be looked forward to with general in-terest.

A clear head is indicative of good health andregular habits. When the body feels heavy andlanguid. and the min4 works sluggishly, Ayer'sCathartic Pills will wonderfully ,ssist to a re-covery of physical buoyancy and mental vigor.The constipated should use them,

A North Carolina farmer lost his six chil-dren in one week, three from diphtheria,two from snake bites, and the remaining

child was fatally scalded in a pot of boilingsoap.

Dr. A. Page, Rushmore, 0.. says: " I haveprescribed Brown's Iron Bitters in several in-stance, and ir each ease obtained good re-sults."

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

The ruins of an ancidut Romadi city havebeen discovered near tihe Gulf of Gabes, inTunis, by Lie t. Massenet.

Arrangements have been completed foran international exhibition at Edinburg in1884, to include everything pertaining toforestry.

It is stated that man than fifteen percent. of the samples examined lastyear, un-der an act of the BritishParliament relatingto the sale of food, proiqed to be impure. Ofmilk 7000 samples w tested, and aboutone-lifth were cond .

From an investigation covering 128 ob-servations made in theourse of three years,Prof. A. Hall of Washttgton has calculatedthat the mass of the auts 8482. 2 times thatof the planet Saturn, the second in size ofthe eight great planetsa f our solar system.

Prof. A. Graham Bell contends that deafmules should be taught the use of the vocalorgans and the reading of the lips, andshould be educated in the public schools.The practice now pursued of placing thedeaf children in schools apart from chil-dren who hear he believes is distinctly tend-ing to the development of a deaf race ofpeople.

Prof. J. Koinig propo6es to purify townsewage, and the waste waters of slaughter-houses, dye works, breweries, etc., by al-lowing them to trickle over a net-work ofwire, thus exposing a lafge surface to oxi-dizing action of the adfmosphere. He rec-ommends that the coarser impurities shouldfirst be removed by meadls of settling tanks.

It is remarked by Mr. Ernest Ingersollthat if we judge by the standard of theirpossesing a convenient currency, we mustrank the American Indians high amongsavage nations in point of advantage to-ward civilization. In their wampum theyhad a regular money Whose value was al-most as well defined as is that of our owngold and silver coinage;

A remarkable phenonimron was lately ob-served at Karingon, Sweden. During aperfectly calm evening vyiolent whirlwindarose from the southea when a brilliantmeteor suddenly appeased in the zenith,traveled to the northwest andburstnear thehorizon. As the meteot disappeared thewind quickly ceasedl the *hole phenomenonlasting only abont six if conds.

A Norwegian speculstor a short time agoconceived the idea tht whale's flesh, ofwhich immense quanties are wasted,might be preserved asid utilized, as food.He has accordingly madebxperiments whichhe thinks prove that the preserved meatmay be cooked in various ways to form adelicious and wholesome article of diet, thecost being much less than that of cannedbeef. Whale's flesh is eaten every fishing-season by the crews of iyhaling vessels.

In experiments in sientific agriculture,Prof. W. H. Jordan hat found phosphoricacid from boneblack sup rphosphate to in-crease the yield of wheat more than anyother plant food. The addition of potassa,and especially of potassa and mtrogen,gave an increase of grain, and still more ofstraw. Farm-yard mature produced a lessdecided increase of the crop than a com-plete dressingwith artificial manures. Lime,ground limestone and gypsum had little orno effect.

According to Dr. John O. Peters, veter-inary authorities have recognized scarletfever as a disease of hoz.e from a periodas early as the year. 1 These animalsand human beings differently.In the former the i ceeds out of

case are common and give no uneasiness,in the other are sure precursors of death.

While on the ice of Greenland last sum-mer, Baron Nordenskjold's party expe-rienced not only snow-blindness, with whichArctic travelers are so familiar, but also apainful blistering of the skin of the face,produced by the sunshine in the dry, trans-parent and thin air. The blisters causedthe skin of the nose, ears and cheeks to peeloff in large patches. This was repeated sev-eral times during the journey of the party,and the pain was increased by the effect ofthe cold morning air on the newly-formedskin. The sun has no similar effect in thetropics.

One of the results of Koch's great discov-ery of the parasites of tuberculosis or con-sumption is the determined effort which isnow being made to cope with this dreaddisease. The questions as to its contagious-ness and heredity are being systematicallystudied in Austria, as well as in Germanyand England. A circular has been sent to8000 physicians of Austria, requesting themto give particulars of any cases which theyconsider to have proved the contagiousnessof the disease, particulars of cases of sup-posed heredity, and of cases believed tohave been completely cured.

An interesting acoustic apparatus, calledthe "electro-m

ngnetophone," was shown

at the Munich electrical exhibition. Theinstrument consists of a tin disk fixed atthe bottom of a hollow cone, and havingabove it an electro-magnet, and beneath ita mercury cup into which dips a metallicpoint. When the electric current passesthe electro-magnet attracts the disk andbreaks the contact with the mercury, thecurrent ceases to pass, and the contact isrestored, so that the disk is set in rapid mo-tion, and may make from 400 to 440 vibra-tions per second. An intense sound is pro-duced, which it is thought may be madesufficiently loud to serve as a fog-signal.

While many sea-serpent stories have hadtheir origin in illusion, and others in fic-tion, Prof. Proctor considers that such ex-

lanations can hardly be applied to some ofthe accounts which have been given con-cerning the appearance of strange marinemonsters. He says: "The fact really is thatso far from the belief being absurd thatcreatures hitherto unknown exist in thedepths of the sea, the wonder rather wouldbe if men knew all, or even half, of the in-habitants of the ocean. It is astonishinghow few of the denizens of the deep evershow themselves. In a sea journey lastingmany weeks one may see a shoal or two ofporpoises, a whale or two, or the spoutingof whales in the distance, a few sharks, fly-ing fish, and so forth, but not one in a mill-ion even of the sea creatures which havebeen near the ship. For one sea creaturewhich has occasion to come near the sur-face there are millions which never showthemselves. I doubt if even half of theraces of fish are known. That there aremarine creatures, also, other than fish, pass-ing all their time beneath the sea surface,except when some occasional, and as it wereaccidental circumstances may compel oneof the-race to come to the top, may be heldto be absolutely certain. The doubts whichhave been flung on sea-serpent narratives,authenticated by responsible and reputablepersons, are not scientific doubts, but thedoubts of smatterers, who imagine that anair of doubt is an air of wisdom."

Time to Stop It.It's too bad, Sir or Madam, but don't get

frightened. Your hair is falling off-that's cer-tain. A glance in the mirror, or an investiga-ting committee of fingers tell the dismal story.We won't discuess the probable cause. It isenough that Parker's Hair Balsam used nowwill prevent further destruction. Is your hairsomewhat gray. too. and crisp? Alas. yes. TheBalsam will give back the original color, soft-nese and aloes. Not a dye, not oily, elegantlyperfumed, a perfect dressing.

400. -Though Mr. Vanderbilt's tomb will oc-

cupy some nine acres in all, against onefor Mr. Gould, the latter will spend $100,-000 in the construction of his tomb, whileVenderbilt's will cost only $75,000.

Mr. J, A. Spellicy, 100 Spain street, New Or-leans. La., says: ' I have been a sufferer fromindigestion for three years. lirown's ron lit-ters gwve perfect relief."

OUR GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY;.

The dry docJat Havana burned Decem-ber 5.

Prince Bismarck has a groat antipathy toappear in public.

Portable paper houses are coning hntovogue in England.

The military guard of the Bank of Frane3has been reestablished.

Only an intimate friend knows where Mr.Parnell lives in London.

King Alfonso's sister was lately marriedto Prince Louis of Bavaria.

William Black introduces Shakespeare asa chaActer in his last novel.

England will restore the Zulu chief, Cot.ewayo, to power over his tribe.

Immense reservoirs of naphta have beenstruck at Balachana and Sabunt eha, Rus-sia.

The Italian residents in Tunis have beenforbidden by the Bey to publish a news-paper.

The Canton of Valais has decided.to re-store the death penalty as a punishmentfor murder.

At London public dinners it has easeato be in order to rise to any.toast exceptthat of the Queen.

The Czar and the German Ambassador toRussia were present at the festival at St.George's winter palace.

One of the survivors of the famous Bala-kava charge died of exposure and hungerinEngland a few fears ago.

Akiinfernal mabhine has been i~fltto i9-Lesseps who merely reimtnaked, "Theytreat me like a'sovereign."

The Crown Prince of -Germany duringhis visit to spain,.gave 2500 pesetas to theservants of the palace and 50,000to mili-tary asylums.

The commercial value of the' brass andcast-iron gods shipped to heathen landrfarexoeeds that of the Bibles, which readb thesame destination.

The King of Bavaria has ordered that infuture the Royal Opera at Munich` is to bewholly devoted to the representation ofWagner's operas.

An attempt is to be made to induceO'Donnell's jury to sign a memorial to theHome Secretary asking a commutation ofthe death sentence.

Poor London seamstresses make ulstersat the-rate of fifty cents a dozen, find theirown sewing machine and cotton and carrytheir work to and fro.

A fish of solid gold, of the bullion valueof $2500, incised with mythological fgaure:;has oeen dug up in Ober Lausitz, the bor.,-er land between Saxony and Silesia.

Queen Victoria has ordered a large brae-,bearing a eulogistic inscription in memoryof John Brown

singer to the Emperor of Germany, MinmeHauck received from His MajeSty his pho-tograph and signature.

DOMIMTIO.The boy preacher is to be married to one

of his converts.A woman at Chattanooga, Tenn., fell into

,a vat of boiling brick clay.The famous San Francisco Minstrels, of

New York, have disbanded.Over 10,000 Indian children are bein-g

educated by the Government.A Philadelphia gentleman has paid a

London florist $37.50 for a rose plant.The girls of Princeton, Indiana, have or-

ganized an anti-chewing-gum society,.The Salvation Army has a brisk sale of

watches inscribed "every hour for Jesus."Mrs. Langtry gave five dollars to a han-

gry woman in a Rochester railroad station.A couple were]married at Wilton, Conn.,

over the open coffin of the bride's brother.The three most valuable pearl necklaces

in America are owned byNew York ladies.Three boarders cheated a New York land-

lord out of his bill by climbing down thefire escape.

In the Erie, Pa., Almshouse there is ayoung woman of sixteen who has neverbeen weaned.

A Cincinnati man shot himself fourtimes attempting suicide, but is likely torecover from the wounds.

A shaft is to be built in the Milwaukee.cemetery in memory of the victims of theNewhall Hotel holocaust.

Chinese society of Lafayette, Ind., hasexpelled one of its members on account ofhis betrothal to a white girL

A party of men, including stone masons,have left Boston bound for the city of Jeru-salem to help rebuild the temple.

A womait at Dear Lake, Md., becamecrazed by religious excitement and killedherself by eating two handfuls of blue vit -riol.

The two highest salaried Governors ofthe States are those of New York andPennsylvania, who receive $10,000 a 1yer:each.

Fourteen prisoners escaped from the a~w$30,000 jail at Chattanooga by sawing theirway through with steel shanks taken from,their shoes.

The Mayor of Doylestoron, Ohio, wentinto a low saloon to quell a disturbance,and had his watch seized and used as Iaslungshot.

In Gowanda, N. Y., six brothers and sisisters have six children, each all,of wholmare six feet tall, and the lightest one weigh:.200 pounds.

A Roman Catholic priest has returned astolen watch to its owner at Vicennes, Ind..which came into his hands from a thief intthe cenfessional.Thirteen dozen pairs of eight-button kid

aloves were abstracted from the trunks ofLady Mandeville while being conve.t.afrom Newport to New York, recently.

A couple of BaptistdeaconsatP loresvill.,Texas, disputed over a Biblical question un-til they lost their temper, and fought wit;,their fists until other members of theirchurch separated them.

tWhy suffer longer from dyspepsia, inrdig: i.tion. want of appetite. nlon of strength, lackenergy, malaria, intermittent fevers, tcBrown's Iron Butters never fail to cure thediseases. They act like a charm on the ct. --tive organs. removing all dyspeptic symt .e such as belching, hJeartburn, bili,,usne•, ..",.Remember it is the only iron prepnratio.' i:iwill not blacker the teeth or give ht ads:.,.Ask your druggist concerning its merit.

---------- + .ra0 -e"n Purge out the morbid hutm,rrs of the b•h, -

a dote or two of Ay:,r's Pil r, anml o,, wilJl 1:u-ear headrls to wll as h e.mithier bl)its