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MIR. RNiand. a Liberal. has been returned to
tue House OF Commons from parury.
Louis Maroern, CoLpto do Carn6, tho eminent
pubncst Hnd memDcr VI he French At adcmy Is uesd.
Johanna Nolan, aged - years, a chanbermAid
- the American Hotel, baltimore, fcn dUYn stars
yesterday morning aud Oroke her meek
The First Church OF Cheshire and the Centre
CaurCh And Dwight place Clurrl OF Nrw iiaYcn have
accepted tie Plymouth Nhurch Invitation
The House Committee on Military Affairs has
agreed 10 tayofnhlY report D eNtti ls t" tur Tor
naklns applications for b. mites uuul JAY 1, l75D
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REvERDr JoRNsoN's rrxERA1.
The Bells of baltimore Tslled ana tho Flags
Rt Hull Mnst.


BALTIMORE, Feb. l3-1'he funeral OF Rev
erdy Johnson took place this afternoon from the
family residence on Park street. Before the
hour named for the cor6ge 10 start @ p. NJ.
everv street In tue nelghborhood was thronged,
rnderng approach to the dwelling almost i'm
possible. ltls estimated that lO,ODg persons were
assembled The funeral services were con .rcted
by the Rev. j. 81. Hodges Of ST. Pauls, of which
Mr.. johnson was commitment, and tn Rev. A.
VI. Randolph, OF manuel Protestant Episcopal
Church. Many ms of the deceased states
whom were Chiei Justice Waite, and others.
Tho intorment was In GreenmOuut Cemetery.
The streets on the line OF the procession were
densely packed with thousands OF spectators,
The following named gentlemen acted as pail
bearersi Chief Justice james Dartol, Of the
Court OF Appeal-; Judges George W. Dobbin,
SeorRe william Brown, William Fell Giles Of
Baltimore; William II. Norris. :. Teackle Wallis,
J. Nevett Steele, John II. ID. Lstrobe, aud L. W.
Drune.
The bells were tolled from to p. NJ, aud
hags displayed at half mast throughout tho city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

our power and the spirits hav0 gone back dis
gusted.
Voices" Yah :" "Too thin" "The disgust
IL on oar .ide." "Ilumbug." You haven't .ot
Ary Jim Fist."
AnI SO the farce went on.
At half pas ten the Performance ends.
Fraud, nunIbun, swinde. skin game. give us
our money back, never MUD nrm enough for
dolQr," yell the crowd as they slowly nle out.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

Alta dancing academy sol Ge In Williamsburgh,
prize wa offered TO the couple that walized bost
TWenty-one couples competed, which number was soon
reduced to three thlrd trial was then made by the
three couples, and at is conclusion the Judges could
not agree ana the referee declined 10 decide For a
few minutes trouble seemed imminent, each OF the
couples desired me prise, rng each for me- ren. .le
man suu lhdy At eugth the committee decided that
the three successful gentlemen should throw dice for
the rings the highest 10 win, and IN moment a de.
clslOn Ms " lle lNsL IhMcNr wa lhns reAnhnd.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14
Suspicion. ofAno,hcr rmch. Murder.

Tho resldcnts Of Van Bruni street. brooklyn.
were excited yesterday by the nndlLa Of severed
hAal. by little boy, James Bond who was playing ia
the rubbi-i q yard adolning vacant house et Van
ffuhi .id WA'cott tfrcsts. suspicious OF another
luci" horror we're aroused OUT u ascertane1
that re hand was the property Of Dr. narcoutt who,
sN mouths g. g.oa ti" place a. stuIahOu-e g0g pDr
tlons Ot auuIen bodies that he wss disscctiug.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14
An Appropriation Exhausted.

WAsnNGroN, Feb. l3.-Tte Bureau Of Encrsv-
ing aud Printing hayng exhausted the appropriation
for the present fiscal year all the por ,n employees
we're yesterday furlonghed until Congress the
necessary gniroprintOn, throwing OF employment
largg number OF people vlusc daiy wages did not
coed q day. The Columbian Bank Note Company
MAS also compelled TO suspend MOrk until such tnc
The acton OF congress will enable tae Printing Bureau
% laDOr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

LONDON, Feb. H.-rhe special dispatches to
the &aHdard from Vienna says lette's from Belgrade
announce the tru nph OF the party ServiA The
appointment OF Rstich to the Premiership Is almost
certain,
II Is reported that shortly before the close Of the
sion the skuptschine sltrg with cosd doors resolved
upon war IN spring, appointed committee TO watch
over the GoNrrumen raise taxes IN aCyAnCe, gnd
paper money ON the outbreak Of the WAT
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14
JERRY M'AuLEY's REGENERArroy.
What Rum did for him Once, ahd what Tenn
perRDce IL Doing Now.

NoNs
Jerry McAuley's lecture on "Temper-
ance" yesterday afternoon before tho East Side
Temperance League was interrupted by the ap-
pearanoe In the hall OF drunken woman. Prior
to the opening Of the services, her yols ard ges-
ticulations had caused considerable excitement.
Nevertheless she had been permitted 10 remain.
MIR. J. llenbeard opened the meeting with
prayer, during which the inehriate woman
stamped her feet ana In loud tones demanded
what temperance would do for her. An othcer
was sent for, and she WAS removed.
MI MoAuley, In his lecture, said he had been
a alhlef, blackguard, ana a ru msucker for years
he hau been la many fights, and even Witnessed
murders but God had brought him, after twen-
~ wears slavery, TO his senses, and to-day he
stoou on lhe platform of temperance. He had
Deen guilty OF AlmOst every Sin that man was
heir TO except wilfu murder lie mad stood
before the assassin with pistol In hand and so
briefly alone had saved him. Religion came
first and temperance after, without which he
was Tree 10 say no man could conscientiousY
live He requested the brethren to pray for the
woman whe had been turned out.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14
A Drunlscn Man Among Thieves.

IvO tblcYes yos 0rday led a well. drrssen
irunkArd Ia Houston street. and snatched The uan's
seal skin cap from his mead ana replaced It with poor
nt The Their ihl.f LED the drunk,rd through Bleccl.
81 siitc 90 BrosdHHy, end. Ia h4llN roDDcd him
NAch nnd money. Detective Adams knocked tho
thiet down. and handcufoi hlni. Mr.. LYMAN OF thu
Central once tuuA charge vi tho rOhccd uau VINO SAID
h n.iae A. lo.n MEG be lhe arrested thief WAS
recg lni1eg 40 James Mcbride.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14
The Centennial Fourth n, He'll GATE.

The excavation under the East river az Icu
oaei. after ~ years Of work md an expenditure ~
sonooo. A. large asst intended 10 be- Preparation
fcr the explosion $4,000 pounds VI ultro gycer.
iue itnd the rock that makes navigation peril
Gus Nj thai point Ia. commenccd. Smal holes ara
hong drilled ~ tt roof and dcs ~ the pa. cages and
are TO he charged witn tue explosive which viii De rn-
closed ~ non tunys. TIE discharge Will caused hy
electricity. and probably viii n next Fourth
20. JuiY, one hundred and twenty men now en-.
piOlcd, aEl tNeniy- holes are drilled eyely day
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

pITTsBURGH, Feb l3-'rhe last line W est over
tie Pennsylvania Railroad last night struck heavy
land slide Just east OF Johnstown station, AMI WAS
thrown from the track badly wreckng the engine,
baggage car, and passenger coaches The wrecked
cars caught hre and he baggage ana two coaches
were destroyed. A portion OF the maie were also
burned, One lady passenger and the baggage master
wrro slightly bruised.
The track was damaged for distance OF goo feet and
the obstruction great that blasting had to bo
sorted u tO Clcai the track OF debris.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14
Death Anticipating the nanaman.

hccenstein, after his removal from the court
room to the Raymond Street jail Saturday evening,
was physlcaly exhausted, aud fell PROSTATE upon his
prison cot. He passed elccplcs night fervently pray
Ing and munihlng incOherenty. His slight. consump-
uNr frame has harn worn To a by confinement
snd Hsng and u Is doubtful whether he Will live un,
III the day appointed for lls hangn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

PARls Feb, 13-L'Aide, Bonapartist jour
nal published at AIaoco, has been seized ana prosecut
ed for attacking the Government and publishing the
proclamation issucd By Napoleon irOm Wtlhclnsh Ohe
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

FoR1 WAYNE, Ind, Feb. l3.--lhe recent heavy
rains have swollen the ryers IA ts vicinity higher nan
va. ever before known. Much dan.g ge has been done
- bridges and farms along tac ST. Marys rlycr the
Fort wayne. Muucie AMI Cincinnati kRrOad beng
rapidly oNttn0Med aud nearly mar , mile washed en-
t.reH awsy The river rs sim rl,ilg.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

PANS Fab. Prince Napoleon has issued
an address TO the electors OF Aeaclo, lie rhe
form " Government Is not in question II
eAists. | ac'cpt o. fmukly." lie denies that
his a'cepanee ~ the iepui c s dictated ny ambition
personal interest, iut declares it comes from pr.
found convictions. lie concludes e. followai
~ respect n form uf government without bitter.
ness proyidrl 10 iuutrrs order justice and liberty ~
elected siRl be ways democratic, and partlLan Of
pOsrrfa."
Mn lenault and Decazes have issued strongly Re.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

WAsHINGTON, Feb. Bon the subject OF a
third term the latest declaration OF tie presdeni Is
reported "a follows the question Of third term /
do npt believe concerns tle American people very
murh. | msintIn that under The Constitution any
citizen las tue right once twice. tariCc fur
the Presidency II ne 81 a. sirts. DO not
sert Auy such dcsrO"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

POTTsvILiE, Pa, Feb. l3,-Notvithstandlne
the fears OF riot which were entertained ro yesterday
the excitement has suhsided, rna all In et
the region Many runors OF additional Of proml.
neni Molly hagulIes are ~ circulation but nothing re-
liable can be ascerlalred a. to their authenticity.
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QUEEHsrowS, FEB. l3.-Ihe steamer Germanic,
rom New YORK. arrived here to-day at 1890 this
ing, max ing tho voyage IN daYs 10 hour minutes ap
parent Umr' lht deduction OF huur-and ~ mluutOs
Tor tne dnercnce ~ tine leaves daS IA nouis, 40
minutes as tue actual time u tho voyage
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14
The wealthy Bachelor whs wa. Tired of Lilo,

moposan Hotel on Friday nlsht, dying. consuts-
uor OF payecilns was held hst evauing. and, on
sec uW Of Mr. Hankss age ani the large quantity ct
lAteaLhu ne sN low. d. tney ray 10 10 Impossible for
him 10 recover. Nr. Hanks has been with Dursut 3
Co., osnkc~s, for twentI.siX years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

Bishop Clark Of Rhode Island preached In
Grac" Church yesterday oil A Man with Purpose"
thst man belns Paul. He said Paul In earnest snd
naiu ally opposed TO form aud ceremony. and Ad
refer rinv to his own denomination. kptcopnan Paul
would hardly teel NJ nome iu certain corners OF tho
church Imagine him practising for come great ritual
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14
Masked Uiehvnymeu.

George Goldng, aged 10 years, Of l5 Freeman
street Grecuport, was knocked down while passing
thr lugh hst street and robbed He says that here
We thrC" men over MN when his cudhctVusucgs ro.
turned. anu that two Of them were masked.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

This new NJ. Il. Church In Alloldale passnic
county n. D., dcdicstod yosterdY by the Rev G
i. Dickinson, the Rev j. :. Gilbert. eni the Row H. NJ
llart OUT Of iaosoH The church me OF the nnes,
IN That part OF the county, and hut, fru aud
presented 10 the congregation by MIR D. 4. Archer VI
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weather Oaice Prediction.

Tho police Of Long island C!tv received six
months ck paw on ~sturaV ana arc aaxiUusly oOks
g. fur ihe three months pay till cue
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

A reader asks Messrs. Moody and Sangey TO
renoye ths ;ui.-dress hy brid nguie that cmbcslcs
the strNak a. the south side u ths Madison sYeaUs
entrance - the liippOdrome.
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Boston, Feb. 13.-Tho Parke fraternity
socially voted to extend call to The Rev. Moncure d.
COnwRy Of London, England to becom, their pastor.
II 10 thought lie vii accept and take the deak fol uury
occupied BY Theodore farKeT,
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Louis Nagls. OF 10 Hopkins avenue. Jersey
CT. heightr, full from freight the ProvoI
str e., crossing ~ the Ere llalNay, Jersey CITY. last
eve 1ins, and vas cruSh,d 10 death.
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IN effort T. reduce the rates ~ fare on tha
Hulirrs Point ferries being maze bY 'hr Ct,rn'sS
As'o,'nto " Lons Island tity. a iii Asriag thil
OBJ c. ~ view Is ~ be seat to Albany.
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SALT LAKE CITY Feb. ~. The Union Pacinc
express trains east aud to-day are rspurtcd 4pow
bound near Piedmont station.
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LONDON, Feb IA A Tincs despatch from st.
Jean dc Luz reports that tue main BODY Of the Carst
under Gems. CAsertA Sna Perula v IN AlLnandoE and
BArT0ta,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

The Temperance Brotherhood IN Newark have
evidence against three hundred liluOr sellers for
Violation Of the sunday law.
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Late last night news OF the safety of the
steamer city Of Galveston previously reported Lost
was rleeiNel by lhe 0Wner. N tn.t MY.
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CONsTAETINoPLE, Feb. AZ. - The Sultan has
boen suffering from q oarbunole, An operation war
performed on Saturday and hiS Majesty IL better
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14
JOTTISGS .IBOUr TOWN.

Warmer, cloudy. and rainy weather. with
soufhNe 10 southeast winds
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14
SPARKS From THE rELEGRIPH.

The journal thnt IL Read.
The regular sale Of THB Sun, last week, On
ceeded one million copies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-18

France has just introduced the
English system of penny savings
banks.
In Madagascar there are 1900
Christian churches with 100000
worshipers.
Wyoming stock raisers have Or
ganized a mounted patrol to protect
their cattle from the ravages Of
marauding Indians.
The Kansas farmers are 50 en-
barrassed with their superintendent
crops that they actually sigh for
the agile grasshopper.
A training school for young bal
let girlSjs to be established in con
nection with the new national
opera house in London.
A New York ice cream vender
encourages trade by giving a silver
Plated spoon to every person buying
twenty-five cents worth of the
frozen article.
In New York the acme Of lazi-
ness has been reached, for there sun
umbrellas made to be fastened to
the back, instead Of being carried
in the hand, are offered for sale.
In a bull fight some time ago, at
Valdepinas, one Of the animals
rushed in among the public and
killed a child, and wounded two
police officers and many Of the
spectators. The animal was showed
down and finally dispatched with a
knife.
The effects of the great depress-
ion in the English mines has been
to reduce not only the working
miners but the small shop-keepers
in the mining districts to the Dor
ders of starvation, and all who can
raise money by any means are emf
grating.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-18
CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CITY
Friday EvouinR Aug. is, 1876.
LEDGER LINES.
Choice watermelons at 2S7 Main.

Choice watermelons at 2S7 Main.
The first bale of cotton is the talk Of
the town.
The oneidas and Memphis Reds play
a base ball game at Central Park this
afternoon,
The black guards, Capt. Glass com
handing, were out on the streets last
night i~ndulging in a drill.
Just received, fresh Baltimore oysters,
for sale by the dozen Or can, at Madam
VincenG's Crystal Palace Saloon. ISL
Alderman John Cochran returned
home last evening" from an extended tour
East and North, including a visit to the
Centennial Exposition.
Hen roost raiding gives employment
to scores Of lazy and worthless negroes
who by day prowl around the city spot.
ting out ben roosts for plumber at night
Sunday school concert tonight at St.
Johns M. &. Church, corner of Vance
aud Lauderdale, commencing at eight
o'clock. General invitation. Admis-
sion free.
The first bale has arrived, and can be
seen in front of the Cotton Exchange. 1t
was received this morning by Thomas H.
Allen q Co. from A. H. Simpson, Of
Tibbee, COliax county, Miss.
1t would be a blessing If the Court
Square drinking fountain could be ar
ranged like the drinking fountains around
the Davidson fountain at Cincinnati,
and have ice 80 packed around the pipes
that the thirsty citizen while imbibing
the yellow.colored fluid of Wolf river
would find that it was ice cold, at least.
The color line is being drawn by the
negroes, headed by Ed Shaw and the
white Radicals, whom the negroes well
know only hang on to Radicalism for the
sake of office. Ed Shaw will be the can.
didate for Congress, unless his white OPP
ponents, Barbour Lewis, VIM. Randolph
and Charles Kortrecht, so manipulate the
Congressional convention as to defeat
this legitimate result. All the white
men in the Radical party are office
seekers and the negroes are beginning
to smell a rat.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-18

At II o'clock the sale of the bale CON-
menced under the supervision of Mr..
Stoddard as a%uctioneer. The majority
Of the cotton buyers are off at the
springs, Centennial Exposition or East
ern seaboard; consequently the bidding
was confined to a few "can't-get-aways."
The bid was started by that well.known
cotton operator, Pete Harris, who an
%nounced ll5c as his offer. Fred Bur-
rows hearing the bid Of his old partner
lifted up his voice and cried out lie, and
at once an echo was heard from Harris
saying l25c. Burrows sung out l3c and
Harris came back with l35c, Bur
rows shouted lac, aud then Pete
Harris leaned back heavily against the
bale and sang out family l4Jc. The bid
of ! advance necessitated calling up a
full number or a fraction above it. About
this time Mr.. Hawkes., of the firm Of
Hawkes. q Co, came mp and cried out in
a loud voice l5se. Everybody looked
around at Pete Harris and Fred Bur-
rows, but they remained silent, and auc-
tioneer Stoddard knocked off the bale to
Hawkes. & Co.
At the close of the sale the cotton men
ana their friends repaired to the Office OF
Thomas II. Allen & Co. on Monroe
street, near Front, and drank the good
fortune Of the cotton crop Of 1867 in
bumpers of champagne.
The first bale of cotton last year came
from Helena, Ark, consigned to F. Fur
slenheim & Co., and reached this city on
board the steamer Quickstep at II o'clock
on the night of Saturday, August 2lst.
The second bale came from Delta, Miss,
consigned to Sledge, Mckay & Co., and
reached here on Sunday morning, August
22d, a few hours later. The Arkansas
bale was classed as low middling, and
the Mississippi bale as middling, the
former weighing 400 pounds aud the lat.
ter 1874 pounds. The first bale of the
previous year sold for thirty FIVE cents on
the 23d of August. The two bales were
bid off by Mr.. James F. Timberlake,
representing the house Of Robb Il Pete,
New York, at thirty.six cents per pound.
The present bale of the season will be
shipped East to-day by Captain John G.
Forbes, agent Of the Toledo, Wabash
and Western Line.
Colonel Harry Tomlinson insured the
bale in the Iuland Insurance Union, O
New York, free Of charge, to its Eastern
destination.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-18
sparrOws

NN% tAAhN- 6eAANatNAAoeI
How much longer will there be spar
row clubs and sparrow prizes2 They
must be the result of want Of observation.
A new light broke in upon my bailif yes
terday as he saw flights of sparrows bust
ly engaged in our field Of green peas, ap-
propriating the "%louss' which was injur.
ing the plant and stopping its growth.
l am a great believer in birds and poul.
try as farmers friends, and this belief
has been produced not only by reading
the opinions and facts Of others, but from
thirty years OF close observation of their
habits Ny gardener was an ~inveterate
enemy to birds, and destroyed their nests
in my ~shrubbefy, aud in consequence
there was always a complaint OF grub
aud other destructive insects; but when
| pat a firm veto against the destruction
my garden was well filed with uniDjured
produce. In fact, if you have grub and
insects in your garden, stock it with birds
or poultry, and you will no longer com.
plain. In very dry weather, when worms
aud insects are scarce, you must protect
your fruit. Just now | see lots Of my
poultry among the young mangold OF
tares, "appropriating' my enemies. But
| have so often said hat my best corn
crops are within fifty feet of the fowl
house, where the crops, from the day Of
their sowing until harvest, undergo poul
try examination, that | will not again
trouble you with details. One must have
confidence with only a bushel an acre
of seed-wheat at their mercy. Let me
warn those who do away with all their
hedges, that there should be belts Of
shrubbery, not only as breeding places
for birds, but also as shelter from strong
prevailing winds.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-18
MT. WatterssR 5n she House.
TO Chicago Times.l

opeclal 10 CnicagO I1mes.l
WASHINGTON, August IA
visitor upon the House floor TODAY
sought to find Uncle Jimmy vii
hams' seat. He said, "Show me
the man who wears leather seats in
his trowsers, who won't spend pub
lie money for lemonade, and who
is q reformer." No one paid any
attention to him, and he had to
study a long time on his 25-cent
diagram before he could find the
seat. When he did so he was very
much surprised. He saw there an
aquilined-featured, blond-headed,
military mustached and goatee-
fiu-e bent over a sheet Of paper
within an inch of its surface, writ
ing away like a mailman, crossing
the broad page five times to the
second, and every three seconds
pausing to make a vicious iab at
his inkstand at his right. The Wis
itor exclaimed at once that this did
not look like his full idea of Jimmy.
He had no idea he could gather
himself in that sort of fashion at
the end of a pen, and he so ex-
pressed himself, until a Kentucky
member enlightened him by saying.
''You are mistaken. Blue Jeans is
gone home. That mar is Waiter
son, of the Courier-Journal, the
pride of Kentucky, by Cd"
Thus was Watterson introduced to
Congressional life by being given.
aft being sworn, the seat made
smooth and sacred by the leathern
understanding of Uncle Jimmy.
1t was an unusual sight to see this
blande bundle of nervous energy
racing through newspapers and
heaping up manuscripts Of private
correspondence with a rush and a
go unusual even in Thoroughbred
journalists. The old-time occupant,
Uncle Jimmy, used to spend his
leisure hours in contemplating his
cowskin boots, gently repOsing upon
the desk before him. The neighbors
about this seat welcome W~atterson
right cordially. When he left his
desk he always had a crowd Of
Kentuck admirers at his heels.
begging him with tears in their
eyes, to imbibe a little corn-iuice
with them for sweet Kentucky's
sake. If he had only accepted
these kindly offers he would have
been bowling drunk at 2 pm. with
il fit Of tremens before dinner, but
he gently escaped from his friends
as he best could, and gave himself
up to the delight of being one Of
those fellows that he has so often
castigated with his brilliant pen.
This was a point often made by
members round about him: "Now
that you are one of us you will
have to let up, you know" was
often remarked to him by men who
regarded this sally as the most
brilliant imaginable wit,