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Concerning corsets.

In an indirect way the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania has been called upon to de-
eide the important question as to. whether
a woman has any legal right to wear stays.
1t gallantly says she has. The matter
found its way into court after this fashion:
a lady was riding in hnrse-car, not
crowded, perhaps, but containing ladies
enough to cover all the seats with their
dresses, SO that this traveller had to stand
up. The car started suddenly, and she fell
over, breaking her knee-pan. She sued for
damages The company claimed contribu-
tory negligence on her part, in that she did
not take hold of the strap that is provided
for standing passengers. She set up on the
other hand that she could not reach or hold
the strap, owing to the stays which she
wore. and that with the present fashions
no lady can do 80, at least without incoD-
venience and possible injury. The lower
court decided that the lady. In taking hold
of a fellow passengers hand, had done all
that was necessary, and that under the
circumstances, she was not obliged to
stretch up to the strap. 1t awarded her
about 81, 900, and the Supreme Court, re-
viewing the case, declines 70 interfere. IL
Id question of some sociological import
ance To know how this decis III would be
received by the sex. at first glance it looks
like d declaration in favor Of women's
rights. but il will scarcely stand analysis a.
such It amounts really 20 the official
proclamation that woman shall remain
ciasnpe0 barreied up and unable 70 lift mp
her arms. and content only with clinging 10
some other person. hand for support. And
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Popular Science Nom hly.


The physical superiority of the ante-Al-
eye. 'riau Greeks to the EARLIEST and most
robust nations of modern times ls, perhaps,
best illustrated by the military statistics of
Xenophon. According to the author of
the Anabasis," the complete accoure-
ments Of Spartan soldier, in what we
would call heavy marching order, weighed
seventy-fve pounds, exclusive of the camp,
mining and bridge-building tools, and the
rations of bread and dried fruit, which
were issued In weekly installments, and in-
creased the burden of the infantry soldier
to ninety, ninety-fve, or even full hun
dred pounds. This load was often carried
at the rate of four English miles an hour
for twelve hours per diem, day after day,
and only in the burning deserts of South
ern Syria did the commander of the. Gre
clan auxilliaries think 1T prudent to short
en- the length of o days march by one
fourth. The gymnastic tests applied by
the systarch1s, or recruiting officer of
picked corps, would appear even more pre-
posterous to the uniformed exq1isites Of
modern .crack regiment. Even tai.
and well shaped men of the soundest con-
stitutions could not pass the preliminary
examination unless they were able to jump
their own height vertically, and thrice
their own length horizontally, and two
thirds of those distances in full armor
pitch weight equal to one third of their
own distance ftwenty yards, and throw
a jayelin with such dex ,erity that they
would not miss mark the size of a mans
head more than four out of ten times at
distance of fifty yards, besides other tests
referring to their expertness in the use Of
the bow and the broadsword.
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Scenes IN the House.

Grace Greenwood graphically pictures
the scenes in the House Of Representatives
dnring lie struggle oYer the Potter resoln-
ton:
It was a strange aud interesting scene.
The chief conspirators resolute ard eager;
their followers watehful and obedient; the
Republicans united more soldly. than they
have been on any auestfoa oTlase, their
leader = Prince Eugene "--plucky and
pclsisteut, standing out gallantly, disput-
every inch Of the enemy's menaeing and
mobilize advance; the venerable Alex.
Stephens, ''fi.ithfp among the faithless
found true to tie best and most honora-
bic principles OF pure, not party, democra-
cy, WISE and cool, and cautious, sitting
unmoved in the very centre of the tumult
aud the conflict, receiving more in sorrow
than in anger his own rebufIs from his own
side watching them and their course with
his keen pretern aturally bright eyes gianc-
ing from under the brim of his hat. Pot
ter, the elegant and alert, always " to the
fore,'' engineering the perilous petard
which is to hoist the Administration, per-
haps; well-to-do Democrats like Fernando
Wood, gentlemanly and worldly wise, look
ing on from their seats, calm and cold and
apparently unconcerned rougher and
hungrier Democrats in the background,
nervously striding up and down, smoking
cigars aud splitting right and lei IN reck-
less way, only to be excused BY the.faet Of
extraordinary excitement anu the other
fact that they had in early life been quite
unused to the syharitic luxury of carpets.
Randall in his chair, reveling lFhis oppor-
tunity, ruling with superb Indifference to
parliamentary courtesies, q magnificent
freedom from restraints Of fair dealing and
fair play. If Mr. Potter is the head and
front, Mr.. Randall IS the soul Of this mad,
mischieyous enterprise, He is naturally
Jesuit. aJacebin. His anteeedents and his
old-tin.e affiliations have fitted him for the
g sstrategems, if rot the g treasons. in
.volyed in this movement, and for the
. spoiIs 2 it promises. The 'smischief,
disturbances, and disaster" SO clearly fore
seen and set forth by Mr.. Stephens are no
q let y to him.
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EVE-ANGEIcAL coRNER.

Ladies' swimming clubs are popular in
England. s''
A certain California schoolma'am is said
to be able to Using hymns like ten-oc-
taye angel"
The quiet fellow in the corner who lets
his rivals do all the talking generally mar
ries the girl.
Insanity is no cause for divorce in Wis
csnsin. They think man must be crazy
in the first place to marry.
| A Philadelphia paper says that fashiona-
BILE croquet sets now contain stockings coll
ored to match the mallets.
There isG Gtnueb difference between a
grasshopper and grass widow. Either
will jump at the first chance.
A lady joking the other day about her
nose, said: Z" had nothing to do in sha-
ping it. 1t was birthday present"
A devoted husband says the phonograph
is simply machine that talks back, and
he has had one of that kind in his House
ever since he was married.
Girls, whose opinion about such things
is always valuable, say that there's too
much shirt-collar and too little young man
in the present fashion to suit their taste.
Mrs. S. J Lippincott (Grace Greenwood)
announces in her letter to the New York
Times that she purposes going to Europe
shortly, to remain an indefinite length of
time. @
The cottage formerly occupied by a
beautiful Newport widow will be rented.
this season. Reason given in the widows
own words; "Too much balcony and too
little Romeo. .n-Nep Hagen Register.
Hans Makart painted a picture in which
he represented the Emperor's horse pre-
ceded by four lovely nude women with the
beautiful faces Of well-known Viennese la
dies. There was much scandal and indig-
nation, all Of which has subsided into
quiet pride in the picture on the part of
the ladies themselves. Human nature
again. s
The yonng lady whom Arthur, Duke of
Connaugh, is going to marry, is the young
est of the three daughters of Prince Fred
erick Charles, Of Prussia. Her name is
Louise Margarethe Alexandra Victoria
Agnes. She is very pretty, very charm
ing and amiable, and is seventeen years
old. The Duke now receives from the
British nation an annual income of $75, 600
and upon his marriage it will be raised to
$l25. .0OO. "a
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Eaten Up by Interest.
Na Citr Erto,


We have learned tie particulars of n case
OF young nah who is being eaten mp by
interest at about as lively a rate as though
he we're being devoured by devil-fish. His
case Is a reminder of the horseshoe nail
problem. It appears that in 1876 the young
man, not then being of age, was the keeper
of restaurant in the city. On one occa-
sion he required some money. and lawyer
boarding with him loaned him $50, the
young man saying that, as interest on the
sum, he would not charge the lawyer for
his board until he paid hin back the
money. The lawyer said this was all right
and the next day brought the boy note, to
be signed by him, in which interest on the
$50 was charged at the rate of 81. 40 per
day, the lawyer saying this was about the
value of what be was eating each day. The
boy objected strongly to signing the note,
but was finally induced to put his name to
the paper. The lawyer went on eating
the boy not finding it in his power to keep
going and pay the $50--till the retaurant
"busted." Finally the young man, who
had gone to work in some restaurant in
town, was sued on the note by the lawyer,
who obtained Judgment with interest at the
rate of $1.40 per day. The young mans
wages, amounting to s116, wers attached
and gobbled, yet the note was far from be-
ing paid. Now the lawyer is going after
his victim again, and the principal and in
terest yesterday amounted to just $725.59.
not saying anything about what the lawyer
ate and S116 he got by attaching the boys
wages. s 8.S .la RI 1a2
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WHAT The WITS SAY.

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The Hawheye wants to know if the past
tense of stave factory is stove factory.
wicked punstertries to make ice cream
from the name of Isaac Ream, OF Buffalo.
In New York they will kill a man for one
dollar. In Texas the pnce is seventy-five
cents. Go West.-Syracuse Courier.
No husband who chews tobacco will re-
fuse to buy house plants. The vases are as
handy as pocket in shirt Free Press
The parting gives me pain,'' sighed the
man who was comblng his hair for the first
time after two weeks spree Cincinnati
Post.
General Grant wants polo introduced into
the army. But there is no need of it /;
poker is good enough for the soldiers.-N
o. Times.
The experiment of Moses in the bull
rishes was an attempt to throw little Is
raelite on the darkness Of Egypt.-Roches-
ter Jaaon. ....
Referring to the Free Press announce
ment that the Hessian fly is coming, the
Graphic regrets that George Washington
created that creature. a. .rs-
Crafty Ritualist Ito Influential church
warden, who has heard complaints about
the new reading desk-which has cross
cut out of the front-and has come to see
about it) "Cross, my dear sir? Why,
you see, not only is there no cross On it, but
one has actually been taken away p'--
Punch. .--fs.t ..-.. @ at
Pipe smoking in public is on the increase
in England among what are called first
class people. 1t is no uncommon thing to
occupy first-class railroad coach in Eu-
rope with an Englishman who carries pipe
with him powerful enough to make an
average tobacco smoker sick. - Boston
Transcript, y z .aas ee. .ree = @Ailt-
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Earl aassell
From the New York ucrald.

fTUlu tHS M 3oIE 1Act tttI- Z
The death of man eighty-six years old. !.
who passed sixty busy years ia English
political life; who during that period filled
the NEST important offices in the govern
ment; who was commoner, peer. Cabinet
Minister, Premier, always in front Of The
political battle and always power, must
attract attention. For years :" Lord john"
as he was best known, had scarcely appear
ed in public life, and was only remembered
on the occasional appearance OF aquerulous
pamphlet on religious questions. His life
labor was completed long before he died
and there has been ample time to assign
him his place il the history OF his coun-
try. He was not great man, Successful
personally, he was nuE generally successful
in his undertakings. He was the SOC of a
duke and whig of wings. To have allied
himself to the progressive party at tie
time it needed every title Of influence II
could obtain, and to have taken the lead
in laying the most imp ortant legislative
act of the century-the Reform Bill of 1862
7--U61QlE EEl0tCO 11A1A aaESbAAS-
tion to which nothing he attained in after
life has added materially, although t mark
ed the beginning OF his long Ministerial
career He was pertiuacious in asserting
himself, but bis popularity was never
very great during the past quarter CEN
tury, although no one sought ii more ea-
gerry, for lie became AFRAID ofthe force he
had helped to rnloose, and wss narrow and
pre5adiced to q degree on almost every
question suye tile suffrage. In matters Of
religion be was bigotry personitied. TO
America lie was known as the pfetentious
quibbler of ihe Alabama eorrespo spondence
in Ireland his name was detested because
of his attitude to It's people during the
terrible famine Yasas and On the Ecclesias
fical Titles bin. II Eagland the present
generation knew him AZ the naeddIing REM
nant Of The bygone days when be approach
ad GREATNESS.
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The Country Album, .

Lookin' at the old album, are you?
Well 1t amt no great shakes to see
But like to look at pictures. too,
?. ana can tell you perhaps whose they be.
IL belonged to my sister Abbie:
And when new twas right hard to heat
But things got trife shabby,
AND the pesky clasps won't meet
Tine first ones Aunt Jane with her wiz on +.
Then comes Uncle John with his snecs
AID next their two SONS, Zeph and Solon
WIN splck-span new stocks round their necks
1aein are Ned Grim's boys on the next page:
MADE every one of their suits:
Seth, the big chap, has Just come of age.
And Fred has his first d-toppd boots.
that's cousin Matilda's first husband.
who'll be dead thirteen years this next spring: (:
ne left her the homestead at Upland;
But now she don't own anything. ..
She was such romantic creature,
,-s.l ana would have his picture made SO,
win vines CROWN round pillar, HE
And an urn at his left elbow.
And here is Matilda's own picture.
Taken ten years ago or more,
On the day that the SQUIRE married her.
i remember the dress which che wore.
You see, that limb Reub would 90 with her,
And lust as the picture was made
she was tryin' hard not to snicker
AT something or other he'd said ..
Let me see: this is Captain Stiger,
That was killed in the war down south
They say that he fit like tiger, ...-
And fell at the cannnns mouth!
The next one ls his sweethearts picture
Miss Meiggs-she's the old maid, Won know.
That lives with good Deacon Ritter
And is the district school-marm now.
Here's the last and the oldest of all;
wonder whose phiz it can be -.M
Its as bomely as any stone wall.
Why such people sit, can't see
Them cUrlg in
Remind me of some one I've known: ft
Just wait till | put on my glasses-
Why. bless me, the pictures my own!
Hugh Mility.
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A MoDEL SPEECH. .-Apropos of the May
meetings in London, the correspondent of
an English journal cites the following as a
model speech for dinners attended by o
Bishop or two. He says he heard it made
himself year ortwo ago: My Lord
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, and you,
my Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, and you
my Lord Bishop of Sodor and Mani have
much pleasure in supporting the resolution
winch you, my Lord Bishop Of Gloucester
and Bristol, proposed, and you, my Lord
Bishop Of Bath and Wells, seconded. My
Lords I had the honor, a year or two ago,
of breakfasting with my friend, the Lord
Bishop OF Gibraltar, and, my Lords, asked
his Lordship, in the confidence of private
friendship, what be thought of this society.
And what, my Lord Bishop of Gloucester
and Bristol, and you, my Lord Bishop of
Bath and Wells, and you, my Lord Bishop
Of Sodor and Man, do you think his Lord
ships answer was ? Hesaid, my Lords, I
think it very good society And so, my
Lerds, do l." And he sat down.
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WHAT DINE NOVELS DIp FOR. i Boy
A Sullivan, Ind, tramp Of 10 returned
home from q two years absence, during
which time his parents have had no inti-
NATION of bis whereabouts. Dime novels
started him off, but reality struck him in
the shape of a fever at New Orleans.
broken arm at Galveston, two broken ribs
at Houston, an almost fatal fan By being
pushed from the Texas freight train on
which he was stealing ride and an acci-
denral pistol shot while driving herd of
cattle across Indian Territory. The young
ster sold papers, blacaed boots. worked in
a livery stable, athaatre, aarestaurant, cue
timber for ties and herded cattle. lie cal
ried his only sisters photograph as his most
sacred treasure; and, strange 70 say. does
not chew, drink, swear bet or gambla. He
thinks be has seen enough of The world for
q while, and means to spend the next three
years in the pleasant school room be left
fv.a Years aasn
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TURKISH LOVE OF WATER.-A Turk,
writes traveller, thinks he can do nothing
so grateful to God and man as the setting
up Of a fountain by the roadside or in the
streets Of the city, where the wayfarer and
his animals may appease their thirst and
bless the name of him who provided for
their wants. Often in my travels I have
halted beneath the shade of widespreading
plane tree. to slake my thirst at the limpid
waters of a marble fountain, and to repose
from the MONDAY Feat. There is always
some edifying disiieh, from the Koran,
that 6 Water is the gift of God, and blessed
is he who distributes it, or that W'ater is
the soulce OF heal h and life, " etc. There
is q practical pieis in these monuments of
charity that speaks we'll for the benevolent
disposition of the Mussulman. The Turks
are great consumers Of water, aud they are
good judges Of its quality, and nice in what
they use. The favorite water that is sold
at q para glass in the streets, is from Asia;
either from Tchamildja. ON the mountain
above Scutari, or from Karakoalak, some
ten miles up the Bosphorus, several miles
inward from Beioos. This is brought to
the landing in barrels. on horses backs,
put IN barges, and in this way carried to
Constantinople beforf daylight. Notwith-
the length q the journey, it is as
clear as crystal. I he vendors cry it as
4 Bowz gnibi ''--as ,ood AZ iee. a pacha
will drain two g05lets at a swallow. AS
water Is said to have fattening properties.
the large draughts they lake Of It may be
th cause, in part, ul the obesity to which
both sexes. .of the Turks are subject.
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NEW NOE u: !! Rs.
"A son Of ex-senator Eyo is editor Of an

y +
"A son of ex-senator Eye is editor Of an
Omaha paper.
There are 147 prisoners inthe State
Prison at Carson.
American fietion-Tbe annual state
meut Of New York insurance companies
-ThurIow Weed thinks that General
Grant is the first choice of the people in
1880
Frank Leslie has a title" B. L. T. /.
A It means = Biggest Literary Thief in
America
The telephone is now successfully used
between Keokalz and Council Bluffs, dis
tance of 900 miles,
Uncle Daniel Drew is seriously i'll and
now reads two chapters Of the Bib3a daily,
instead of one as formerly.
MARX Twain Has received $ls5, ,oe6 from
bis publishers in Hartford, as his commits
sion on the sale of his works.
The Cleveland Herald calls the Post
~. lss 1ASg.a.-r L 4Os'tt2Ay w
tit D. R. Locke, of the Toledo Blade
b No man under the rank of Colonel can be
elected superintendent Of Mississippi Sun
day school, although now and then a judge
slips through.
Denver is infested with highwaymen,
footpads, and murderers, supposed to be
tramps. 1t is scarcely safe fora man to
walk the streets Of that city after 10 o'clock
at flight.
Was tie not want not is maxim j would teach,
Let your watchword be dispatch and practice what
you pleach Eeal
Do not let yoHr chances like sunbeas pass You by.
Fer you'll never miss the water till the well runs
dry. s.. ga rar, .e
Scene. at q recent law Commencement !:
Immediately after the graduates had re-
ceived their diplomas 1.-The orchestra strack
up '.Out in the Cold World" The sug
gestion was So striking as to merit the
Laughter and applause that greeted it.
-Sneezing in many recorded and unre-
corded instances has been inopportune. It
was a sneeze that betrayed Edward Cahill,
who, having emptied the poor box of a Ro-
man Catholic Church, hid himself in the
organ. That sneeze led to his arrest aud
he was sentenced to State prison, at hard
labor, for 4 long term of years.
Eight thousand gallons of real water
are used nightly in Ehe storm scene in i'Di-
norah, = at Her Majesty's Theatre, in Lon.
don. This necessitates gigantic tank on
the stage and similar receiving tank be-
meath. besides many square yards of water
proof scenery. sa
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gaaa!7oossIl!A.l ggguga!spggssmoN ovaa SOLDIERS
RULING OF THEwAn DEPARTMENT THERE


The following opinion Of the Judge Ad-
vocate General has been approved by the
Secretary of war, by whose direction it is
published for the information and guidance
Of officers of the army
The judicial power of Territory is
vested in courts established, directly by
Congress, or indirectly. by its authority,
through the Territorial Legislature, and no
doubt is entertained that the local courts
of Territory are fully empowered to cite
officers or soldiers of the army, stationed
within the Territory, to appear before
them as defendants in civil actions, as well
as to attach or take, in replevin or execu-
tion in such actions, personal property held
by such officers or soldiers, and not special
lys exempted from attachment, &c. Nor
can it, in my opinion, affect the exercise of
this power that the defendant is quartered,
or the property is held, upon military
reservation. In the present case, therefore,
am clearly of the opinion that the Terri
torial Justices court had jurisdiction Of
the acton instituted to try the title to the
article of personal property Ga sewing ma
chine) mentioned, as also authority to cite
the soldier directly before it, in the usual
manner as defendant i'll said action. and
to issue it's writ for the caption of the prop
erty, upon judgment against the defend
ant. Further, that the commanding Off
Ger Of the post-though it would have been
no more than courtesy to have advised him
of the proceedings and invited his cooper
ation-was not authorized to resist or OBJ
struct, in any manner, the execution of the
summons or process of the court. He
should, in my judgment, upon the soldier.
being cited to appear as within specified,
have caused or allowed him to be excused
from duty for the purpose, and upon the
service, by the Sheriff, of the writ requiring
him to take the property, should not have
assumed to exercise any control whatever
over the same, or otherwise to interfere
with the due course of law. 4