, 1877-09-10
JOHN T.. 1tEr:SAS's t,rrnsT.
Rlfffsfkf fNinaAttRf ttnd Chem fclA


R'esesfsr i"nnerai ami chrdrfcib.
At stance IN this locality, last Saturday
hight, the spirit of tic lntu John z. I1eennt,,
emtAtlte'l for thu nrcasi"n, put III al apprar~
ance. Mr. Eiernan-if wu may speak of the MP
partition as Il persun-appearel tn be In snch
EXCELLENT health tlmt tho suggestion ran aruunl
tho clrle TINT perhaps death waa tho best euro
fur consumption. The form was stnlwart, atul
tlls arr''s tirrcot were exceedingly muscular:
~ want to knew" taut atr. IieenatI, "ef
Ut the reality of this thing. Ei there Is sicil n
perann, ! want ter Interview hlm about tw"
iEintitcA.H
III man, with a'lnalrAtttr,. ~ never saw such
power s1lcll entire cpntt'tcnrc:"
"What II yrr sur n sat.1 Mr.. 1Iecnan, turn
ING sl,'rpy AMI making !|ne calil'.'on u h.,
Inst "ns wor,!! feel like I should 1ikc to
kill sHnctNly."
q beg yoilr partlon,' said tl,o tlnii man.
" | hal NJ inte,ltun of offending whatever.
'Nay. please. You n,nltt me nervous"
"Ncrrutrs, herr, said Mr.. lfecna1,, with in
cfEal!c .roral. +" We ,!ou't }ayu such things rs
nerves over thcrr.. It'a s.anl.tunlbie, nrrl
thc honor of logging Aicxaaler tic Urcat, anl
1furace Greeley would have been hurt II lie
IlaIln't run AWAY. Ef there's n reporter here.
Ilc's the tnnn I'm after. rhcrc 1tas 1ve,t tlu,1ts
Au3Ht LIub L!t!Ht jt3k llh0 LCF lAfG
Aone man gral, mo-"
"Wr urc aEl believers here, think" sail the
managing medium chccrfutly mil with the ut
must c.,ntl1uncc. ali any gentleman wou1.f
thin may ss sas ,at s l. ss II @ 1er,y ] ta
tho prcsencc, u E,sstl11c,' AMI TIC rnbtcl Ills
hands and lnlsEctl "a II he was very well satls
fed about something.
tense. Tho unly STIR wns tflt made by tic
tiultA naan In ah crort to steal but # tue r0nl.
"I1cyl ynu would, woiIl ynul" faa Mr.
11ectlan lcanfng 0ut Of tho circle attl dragging
"Now. you sit tt,crc, and don't gct W until I
tell yo,i to. YOU hear mel" anil Mf. fieGnat
slammed the titnA man down IN Ills chair as II
lc wcru determined to makc him stick.
Some Of them were 10 Impressed tint their
vuiccs tretnhlcd, and others were 50 awc.striek-
ell TINT they Ind serious Intentions bf jumping
from tho tllickly y:cuFta!nr,i window.
ono m abep s axtur III gfa tc ps
muscle Of Ills right aria. ABOUT have goo'l
{ssd f. over there, he liey i, Roast beetaad 81 day'
ono to another: 1T ID his joks.''
'Jokc. hcyl" eaEts Mr. 1lgonan. "Whar's
tlle man ns says llol Show Him tn inc! Let
me feel of lin. Thirdly him out tu tnel''
"Thsre t''e.s sa!l tS ,ans am%s'nS ,nsium
frlenls horc. Exhibit your lnLs, Jo1u."
II don't want no no,,sct.so here" said sfr.
IIccnau, sweepng the circle With lEe oIunous
eyes. but ucccpt tho apology. don't erc
as anybody wants to rccpcat tlle remark" liz
Oppressive. "Tlic halr, t. III Feel O. tl,at.''
1Ic bent hts head that bis l,atr might ho uxRnl-
med. To tho astontahncnt Of all present, 1,cr.
hap., 1t was beyond question rea'' There could
be no doubt Gf 1t. 1t Is true that nobody yuli.
turcl to pull tflo hair 1sarsiliy, for obvious
rcasons; but thu cTdcnees were unquestionablc
"Ei there's anybody ~ doesn't believe" sai,l
Mr.. 1Iccnan With great lsnprcss!ycncss, casually
balancing h1n.self In front of n partition md
striking Il d terrible bluw, "le, hlul slat,l uu.
* there's person Within rcaeh u thts n-ex.
e'osct-"a Al Is inclined to rucstton this per-
fos1nancc, let him co.l,e forward. In, waiting
for blu. want 70 conyfnco him."
Wonderful! W0,ldcrlult" sail the n,itntct
'.lthluk woaro oil beliovors, y said Mr.. Ilccna11.
osy S or t. l;ut thero il one more @ test. 81
whit somebody to grub I'M. Ol. should ilke
tuoti,, to grub nlcl'' anl slr. iicea', extended
lis hand, slightly t,cn,ling tho knuckcs of tho
flexible fingers of tho satnc. and paved thu mir
with % sH,aS anxiety; ;,: y; II, ..,, ,,, ,,.,nn.,,
gentlemen. ,ilda't think It u yoii, | 10 want:
I'd somebody to grub moi But ncycr mind. !
llavu prUtuIsed to lick Napt,lrou I,ouaEsrtc tt,-
Gsht, %,a tcFaps tint Will 10 Just as WELL
lIu disappeared, md 40 real and startling was
tho uptnrslon tat tho nolsc Of h's boots oi. t1r
tiour Ut the room below WINS distinctly luarl for
two minutes afterwarl. It WIS the most suc-
cessful naturalization ercr attempted In this
vicinity.
PARLIAMENTARY onsTnUcT1vEs
IN THE UNITED STATES.
GRAND IioTgL, Paris, Aug. 1J.-Io the Editor
Of Nuufdir {I4onlon}: A brief visit to Europe
Ina tocn greatly clcerod by reading your ac-
counts Of tho proceedings of your Pnrliu-
mcntary ObAtrtcttvcs. We have in our Nuuau
oE Representatives occasional outbursts OF live
llacss, la which the authority Of the Speaker Is
tlcoa, anl moro especially tho 1ife oi the I'LL.
fortunate luan who temporarily holds position
equivalent to TINT Of your air. RaIkcs Ia lnado
a burden to him. l Go not know whether Il
would ho III any use, or indeed whether We
pooF Americans can tearh your House Of Com
mons anything thcy do not know: but II you
tlliuk It worth Insertion should liko to tell you
how Obstruction was onco met III tho House of
Representatives.
II happened good many years ago, when
alr. r. n. r. Hunter was Spcukcr. Tle House
was In Committee OF tho Whole, As VIZ calll It,
atl tle Speaker. oM Leaving, had nonEnatc.! Il
gentleman Ilanvsl Ttlil.giGlst tU tho CHAIR. TIL
l'Hkhtst wus gAAl sort oE fellow, but nowllcru
aa II cllairtnuh, and In about llalf an hour tle
iiouse. which Ind not much to do, and ~as bout
upoa' larks, got lnto state Of such perfect Hl.-
ruar TINT ttoor Ti!ilnghast, l,cing at his Wits
end. sent Tor el,s s,'cakcr. Mhea the speaker
tlsrle, ho was for 0 moment ut q 1usa what tu
do; but, casting hts oyv rou.nl tho turbulent
lenel.ca' hs obscrvel = young member na!nc'l
johnson, Representative from Maryland, whose
determination, tact, aud knowacdgu vi
tic forms Of tho ltouso ha1 becu proved On sew
eral occasions. JohustuI accepting the instruc-
ttJns, took the chutr, rappn1 an.ar.ly with thu
guyel, With MllCll our Speaker assists lu carry
in0 uut tile conditions Ut our Constitution.
There was silence fos moment, ths House bp:
tn9 curluus to see what tic newcomer would
tlu or say. What hu said was, "Tho House viii
please 70 10 IN orlcr.''' IN Invitation which w4s
received by roar Of laughter. Amongst hia
other claims to distinction, Ar. johnson wills
wel!-k,mwu aa sharp, quick hand with the
pistol, and not uuaecust0nod to the tiuello.
For moment he stootl E!asi.3 at tho dLsoruct-
ly .ns,6. Then hu ruppc'a loudly with ttu gasel.
al.l silence being temporarily restored, hs spoku
to thu following effect:
"leutIe,nen uf tue House OF Representa-
tEves, III compliance with thu request ot your
regular presltllny olerr. have taken tue chair