, 1879-01-12

Bayard TAYLOR. like Caleb Cushing believed that
he had years OF life before him.
i: The .tutac OF Char9os Simmer which wa recent
II unveiled in Boston, cast 9l3, 600.
Dcecher feels good because the pews in his church
rented for S. 600 more this ycar than last.
The dry goods man C!a1Iin paid the highest price
for new in Eecchers Church. The premium WIS
$500.
4 hint to ladies who will wear outside pockets.
Have yonr purses made up to look like prayer
books.-Londo0 Punch.
Senator Beck calls Sherman '1tte nnsncrat Of
the Treasury Departmcnt" NJ. Voorhees, can
next invent IN epiihet for the Secretary.
The severe illness of the Hon. Columbus Delano
js announced. lie member OF the Grant
Cabinet, and formerly wcll-known Congressman
from Ohio.
Gov Talbot blacks his own boots.-Bosfon Post.
! And whose boots should he black? Dana Is the
only man .swho shines for all. '-Plllade ,phid
Butietin.
The Washington Jcnkinses wrote Of "afrs.
Commissioner. OF Internal Revenue Raum, " ard
s1AIrs. Second Assistant Secretary Of State
Hunter"
Gen. Sherman says that Senator Bruce is essen
tialIy modest and unobtrusivc man. who has too
much sense to force social issue with regard to
h,msclf or his wife.
The Hon. Charles Foster declares for Sherman
for the Ohio Goycrnorship. Garfield is FOR Foster
Heres is for Garfield; and Sherman hasn't told
anybody yet who he i5 for.
There is an absurd rurnor printed In British
newspaper that Queen Victoria has decided to re-
lnquish the reins Of power in favor OF the f1ince
Of Wales as Prince Regent.
tW. II. Vanderbilt, said to be the richest man in
the Cuitcd States, swcars to 4 written statement
that he has no personal property subject to TAXA
ton. 4 widow with one COW pays tax.
T. T. Bayuum is making e fierce CANVASS for the
Connecticut Senatorsh,p, and We believe he will be
elec,clat least nobody will deny he's got the best
show in tue world.-St. Loats Tt,nes-Journat
Senator Garland entertained large party ofeen-
tIc,neu the other evening in Washington with IN
Arkansas dinner. the principal dish being possum
ccrnjshed with sweet potatoes which had been sent
him from home.
The s*Rev" II. Il. Hayden, who is charged
with the murder Of Mary Stannard, IN jail at Ne"
Haven, has gained twenty pounds since ne went 10
prison. Jail fare is better than donation parties
for one minister at least
Grant certainly did kiss The hlarney-stone. His
Dublin speech, besides being long, contained
bull, Tic said: awe have had our period OF de-
pressioa; yours is just coming on. hope it Is
nearly over. .'-Bosfon Heratd.
The New York Times complains that none OF
file Astora. Rhinelandcra, Goc'ets. Lorliiards.
Schcr1ncrorns, OF Leuoxes. and other mll!lona1res
of the metropolis, who represent real estate
arcrecatine not less than S150, 00o 600, take any
concern whatever III municipal affairs
Louis Blanc is quoted by Dir. Yates as saying
tha1 the coming federation OF the world" III Tue
universal rcruolic, two languages alone would re-
muiu.-F.eucn, Us the language Of 1iteraturei anu
English. as the language Of commerce. Carl
sclnrx saws the ssEnslish is the language OF cVl-
Zation."
Am funeral service in New York one OF tile
members of the choir had voice so much like thGs
of the dead man that Ills little SON. who could NOT
see the s,recrs, cried ont: t0h, mamma! mamma
that's NV papa. lie isn't dead. He'll 20 nome
with US to- -night' There was not dry eye IN the
congregation
Lucy Hooper hits Grant in this hard way: Let
IN alluson be 1undc to any dangerous subject OF
political topic, and up rises the wall OF silence ~
Of old, and the Sphinx resumes his marble mask =
All, Lucy, if Grant could only .alk like you and
write like Gail Hamilton that Sphinx business
would be played.
A Washington letter describes John fisherman IS
the writer him coming ont of Tile Treasury
| Department: *'I1is face was more set than ever
into that cold, hard expression which is Its chief
characteristic. lie is playing to have Ohio politics
become SO complicated that his party will ask him
to run for Governor. and then-thc Presidency"
Mr., Cushing was an intimate friend o! Webster,
and in some respects their tastes were similar
Webster, at the neriod Of his death, owed Mr.
Cushing quite large amount OF money. There
wore many secrets of State locked up in this old
n,an.s hrcnst Once he told q friend that he had
himself written over Fifty OF Secretary Stewards