, 1873-03-30

az 10 about ceftstn matters Of much tmpoFssns
| Scratch scratch. prratch and still no reply.
| Once more: "Mr. Greeley, these gentlemen hav
great influence in the State; they Of the higAcs
"A set Of corfonnded asses; know that broke Il
the editor without looking s1I,. 'tThey waat
ing their tinle and trying to waste mine by comin
piscomfted very naturally by such m emphatic re
buff the politicians Departed and the editor went OF
s'TnE DRAWER"
ia indebted to or official OF the State Of Oregon
for an extract from debate that recently oc-
CURED in tho Legislature Of that State on sub
ject that excited the anxiety Of the entire com
from the mining districts, doslrous to put him.
self right on the record on this topic arose il,
his place and thus addressed the assembled
wisdom
"a1r. Speaker hope that this bill will nass bnt
hlr. Speaker. before make sIeech before the mem
hers Of this House, who here to-day represents
condition Of The bill before this House" >
Tho SpeAkcr Tho question IT, Shall the bill pass
the vote by which tho hill was lost having been
;, aentlernan from Baker" Yes, Mr., Speaker, hope
that this bill will pass this House and arsogato to
myself Mr.. Speaker, representative Of the State OF
Oregon before ths members Of this House, by virtue of
nj. Dovning-i Mr. Speaker, rise to a pint Of
order; Tho gentleman las already spoken on tic
The Speaker" This Is another consideration Of tho
blu. The gentleman from Baker has the floor"
Gentleman from baker," This il new bill "a I
understand it, Nj. Speaker, and - lLaughter.]
The Sreaker-" This is not new bill It il the same
bill on which the gentleman addressed the House
oetore nu. which 4 has come np for
have higher sense In behalf of the mpmbtrs Of this
House. by virtue Of which aTrogato to myself to be-
leve that there IL rude element that underlies the
inteecs OF this House aud representatives Of the stae
Of Oregon, By virtue Of which to-day occupy this
floor II orderto sustain the bill before thi. House.
Laughter and cries Of " Go ou.'] wish to say this
hr. Speaker to tue members of this House, that tls
Is = question that do not suppose tho members OF
this House seek particularly to occupy auy degree Of
time with: nevertheless, It being = question that
should receive the carefuI confederation Of tho c,n-
bers OF this House. In my opinion, Mr.. Speaker,
Of this House, arroyte to myself to believe [laugl-
teri that wooy elements whose interests arc COOK
teusive with tho latitude and longitude, by virtue of
which arc here to-day representatives Of the Feo-
lle Of the State Of OrcgoE should not be subsidiary 10
tha dog-elemeuts, which hope will not prevail.
that we viii not look On tho proposition as it COMES By
virtue OF legislation, before this House. with contempt,
but th;t w. o x sso IT. tha; 1esee e
this Ionee, by virtue Of which asroeste-"
The sicaler.-" The gent1enaan's time has expired,
md be will yial tho floor.
The editor says he believes this story, for it
comes from h respectable man in Paducah, Ky,
who knows tile party:
Ben Watson, having heard stranger in Colts ga
loon recite some rather tail narratives of exploits with
the rifle told the following singular instance Of Gun
hanging fire: lIo Ind snapped his gun Ut gray
squirrel, and the cn had exploded but the piece not
going OF, he took 1t from, his shoulder looked down
into the bAEro, md Baw tho charge Just starting.
whon bringing 1t to his shoulder again. 1t went o and
killed the squirrel.
Doubtless the progress CT the woman move
mont in this country aud in Eng land will prevent
a return to the choery old custom that used to
prevail in England Of selling oaes wife, where
ono had one that he was willing to part with, at
q great. discount, for CASH. "TiIo Drawer
quotes from book on "1he Antiquities of
Great Britain"
"The superstition that vito is a marketable COM
modify WAS entertained, to his misfortune, by one
rarsan Chicken, in the reign Of Queen Mary: for. in
his diary Henry ,lachy1a notes, under the year 1854
parson Of SAINT Nccolas Coldabbay, round about Lon
don, for he sold "a wylf to boWcler.'r
tho market always IN the direction Indicated III tho
old ballad below:
A Jolly shoemaker John Hobbs, John Hobbs
A jolly shoemaker, John Hobbs;
He married Jane Carter, no tlamse1 waa smarter,
But she was Tartar, Jane Hobbs, Jauo uohhs,
But she WAS Tartar, 1ane Hobbs!
Tie tied rope to her, Jane Hobbs, Jane Hobbs,
lie tied rope to her, Jnue Hobbs;
Like lamb to the slaughter, to Snhheld he brought
Bu: nobody boaght her, Jane Hobbs, Jane Hobbs,
But nobody bought her, June IIobbsi
+" Oh, who wants wife," cried Hobbs, cried Hcbbs,
But somehow they tell Es those wifo-deaiing fellows
We're all cr them sellers, like Hobbs, like Hobbs,
We're IL u them sellers, like Hobbs.
CHICAGO ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL.
The Chicago Illustrated Journal for April
contains
FOUR FULLPA8E ESGRAy1NGs,
with q number Of smaller cuts. "1.he Herd
Boy is pretty rustic sketch of ta,sny. fuzzy
iff1a Gr1fr1, child aiff In
ng indefatigably on his pipe, With no other
audience than his crook and his shcpherd-floe
: Fair Plar Thou Son OF jacob" ropre-
II tho twelfth century, when tho
'ews were the money-changsrs Of Europe,
md yet were robbed and rorBecuted withou.
'ity. freebooter is represented as offering to
ell some Of his ill-gotten gains,-plato from
ome ransacked cathedral, or Tho rich service Of
ome neighboring abbey The cunning Hebrew
8 weighing the silver to Judge its value, and his
tiscngaged hand may he seen stealthily tilting
'p tho scale in which the silver lies, so as to
csscn its weight Tho freebooter sees tho trick,
nd e1cla'mH, Fair play, thon son Of Jacob!"
An Unluclzy Spilr' is picture Of pretty wait
n-1naid in great distress Mt having dropped tray
# costly china s'Ihe Disappointed Epicures'' y
cPtcceaso o1tni4H 1aHuE. WHO nave batnefeC
ound box which one of their number has
toen from some uoighborng storehouse. In
teatl Of tho treat they had anticipated tie box,
'hen opened. nncovera two rats, who hastily
scape, leaving tho bnboons dinnerlcss.
Among tho articles in the ietter-preas is one I
n tho
"CsE OF ORNAMENT"
> ]. B. Runnion. Mr.. Euuuiou disputes the |
Jews OF recent writer il, tho atlantic MonthlY, |
tho approved tho general fondncss for oruu-
aentation because it betfays SO many people |
ato an exhibition Of falso taste. Says Mr. R.:
As people, the Americans are already gi1en too
auch to the practical workings Of utiIitarianier
Ia: couuDoEscrs should step1n to suppress whatever
rowing disposition there may he to suggest the dis
ractionR Of ornament conuer-lriaDt agatns: tho
istract!on of unreutting devotion to b,lsncRs. !
Common ornament has special mission In Amer
It is not expected that it should possess the eY-
encc Of culture that may characterize in older
'ies where cities ornamentel public e1peEsa,
nd tho people are forced Ito contribute their funds
the way Of taxation to pr.duse eHe> 3 which must
provided among by individuals, If at all. It is
cry nice to decree that ornament must be original but
le honse That w0tllI be esoate If it waited for cint-
1876 from tho Pencils Of Geromc, Messonier, Auer-
ael Biersta ns the Hart brothers. may ret bo ,natsa
'ore eo1ney anti cheerful by awaiting itself Of the hest
reductions in chromolithcgrarhy, which is denounc-
a1nons the rest Of 1com1nun ornament"
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