, 1870-09-19

units Win the line, and the le,ther Ia r.5,lyrl
Lack Into Its original eelattnc, ami can then Ut
cast In mould, and served vi, to table.
The Congrr11tfonasss says: A Boston gcatlr-
man, spending week In one NJ our countrr
towns, could Ind no place where liquor was soil.
nc became uneasy. anu Inquired particularly OF
his landlord whether temperance meetings weres
ever held there. The answer was: sOae il to nc
held In the town ball Tonight Wep,llnu his way
thithcr. our friend soon heard speaker exul,tng
that no liquor WIS sold In ihc town. althonrh
there WAS suspicion that the Village barber S.
'crrtly supplied bis customers. This was the hint
waited Tor. and soon The wants OF the cIty gentle.
man we're supplied, much to his joy. and with
thanks to the ardent Temperance advertiser"
The LesvenTo1th 8nfitttn has an amusing
"take OH on the pretens:0ns to vast ponu,a-
uons By Missouri River cities previous to the cca-
sus, md sums up the actual condition Of things,
after the Marshal's boots have been malc mn. m
fo1lows;
Omaha, before the census. oAo
Omaha, after the ceosus.... - ....., ..la000
Killed, wounded and missing N 0fN1
Council Bluffs, before the censna :.., 49,. .q0 NN
council Biu1s, Alter the census.. III 00O
St Joseph, before the census -. 1860
o. Joseph, after the Census ......... .....ls1o0
Not accounted for % nm
AeavenEorth, hcfore the census. Isl ord
Lsa'en"ofths after the ccnsus...-.. 81 eDU
Gone to Congress... II oOn
Kansas City, before the census. .... 80. $4,000
haasas CITY, after the census. .....-....-,17 900
Killed, wounded, and deserted. .ss,up0
"A rams correspondent writes: "a curious Oh
sefVat1on l1s been made respecting former French
campaigns, proving that her triunphs have been
always IN IN inverse RATIO 70 the szp af her arlas
Aenry ~ wbn his Successes with about g. $40 ,usn.
heneEeu held all Europe In awe with 1o6, ono men.
oonaparte took Italy With mere handful Of SOL
u.elFs and lost France with more than a million.
lNapoeon III. has brought into the neld IN army
iellor TO tts paper estimate, 1t certatn1Y In the
sstnate OF the army register, figured at l,aso 900.
eeneta1 cluse1et, formerly OF our rarmy, published
s.a lseica4 work on this subject last year, from
VIM lake few items: Richelieu, in 1855. had
im,'eo men; Loula XIV, In 1862, $4,000; Louis
~, lsas 4of, Goo; In 17s5, sos, 600: the rcpuo-
NC. ~ l's3, l169 900; Napoleon, IN 1902, 10000.
IN lsls 1.1o7, 900; the republic In 1s4s, 900:
ny the latest oflcal statement, NAPOLEON III, III
ls'p, had $50, 900. II the figures arc wrong, So
"ach tne worse for them. for they are French
Afe -'ohh Gt'7aan Correspondent. OF Dcrliu
presents tho following extinct from the Paris
chaFtrdF OF Aug. g, Is "proof Of the utter de-
iholnlzaHon Of France under the present regime,>
wI'1ch "should be more painful to q patriotic
trenctnan than thousand German victories ~:
3" arg our petitts danes, Who nre just noY dEireu
.ioin , me troHosrs b5 politicians and qudnuncs to
ttesents itself lnyoluntart1y when We re-read the
i,,! i,ol!%wing story Of past nge: In the reign OF
p:llip '. Of Spain, when thu Portuguese we're en-
" tht lntter city dctetmiued to give proof OF
theF patriotism. Accordingly, all those VINO knew
'nemssiyes TO be infected With detestabie d.s-
ease. iastng adorned and rerfumed themselves,
took !le road 70 the Portuguese camp. Ii less
tin three weeks, 5000 men Of the tnemF's Nrmy
"csc III Inc hospitals, where most Of them ,lIcd"
Hiram ketcum, an old and wcu-kuown New
or1er, dlel at Rtverdale, Westches,er County,
september 16, aged 7s years.. He WAS lawycrby
and took considerable part In politics
as Wing. In 1871 Mr. Kctclium was involved In .
lengthy controversy with Archbishop Hughes upon
the subject OF the division Of the public school
iuno between Catholic schools aud those OF other
denominations This discussion cost Mr. Ketchnm
the position Of Circuit Judge, to which be was
nominated about that time. Governor Seward,
who IVES then Governor OF tho stale, had adyo-
Gated In his message a course opposed to that
taken by Mr. ketchum, and the latter's contro-
version Of Nj. Sewartls position resulted in the
appointment Of another to the Judgeshlp. Mr.
ketchum's most famous law case was that Of
the trial Of Bishop OndcrdonE tn which he an
pcafed Tor the prosecution. He was a warm
partisan OF Daniel Webster, and his relations |
with that great statesman were Of tue most tntt-
mate character In 1873, when the Wing Party
was divided into the factions Of "Woolly Heads
and "SI1ver Gra. s, }" Mr. kstchum became leader
ol the latter He never, however, held any public
office, Notwithstanding his close connection with
Inc politics Of more than a generation. Twice
nominated for office By the Know NothIngs-once |
for Judge Of the Court Of Appeals, mud once for
Justice OF the Marine Court Of New York city |
he was defeated on both occasions. During the |