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similar grades OF employment in the State
Legislatures, In municipal governments, or
In great corporations.
BY the present form OF the Legislative
bill the saving would be In round numbers
about S2i ,OOO but after the bill shall have
finally taken shape, IL will be found that
this rotrenchmcnt will dwindlo into smaller
sum. Considering the fall In prices, the
Senate salaries are all worse than enormous.
Many OF them are outrageous An extensive
corps OF engineers and laborers Is kept up
TO superintend the heating apparatus, and
the conductor Of the elevator" employed
few hours in the day, gets $1,000 year.
There are but sevcnty-sx Senators, against
three hundred and three members and dele
gates in the House, and the present bill fur
nlshes the following appropriations:
"POr compensation Of the officers. clerks messengers
others receiving annual salary In the service Of
the Senate hundred and fortYfour thousand four
hundred dollars
"For compensation Of the ofheerS clerks messengers
and others receiving annual salary In the service Of
the House Of Representatives hundred and ninety.
six thousand aud nifty Ave dollars and twenty centsn
1t thus appears that the cost for en-
ployees' salaries alone In the House OF
Representatives is about S6i7 per member,
while In the Senate II Is about 81 300 per
capita. There are glazing abuses in both
wings Of the Capitol which have not been
touched at all, and which are now pro-
tected by favorltism. The reforms pro-
posed for the Senate are comparatively
small, but we shall not fail TO observe how
they are treated when the pay OF the friends
Of the new majority is touched.
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Although the cost OF running the ma
chinery Of the House Of Representatives has
been materially diminished since the Forty
fourth Congress adopted a rule Of retrench-
ment IT is still far greater than IL should
be, in view Of the fact that the officials who
receive annual salaries do not average five
months Of service in the year, except when
special sessions, like the present. occur All
attempts to reduce the expenditures of the
Senate have heretofore failed, because the
Republican majority in that body assumed
the right 10 regulate the pay Of its own en-
ployees, as If it were distinct organization
and not a part of the Congress.
Now that the Democrats are In the as
oendant, their sincerity will soon be tested
by the Legislative, judicial, and Executive
bill OF the House, which proposes to cut
down the excessive pay Of the clerks and
subordinates Of the Senate by putting them
In the scale Of corresponding class in the
House. In the lower branch the duties to
DC performed are far more arduOus and con
slant than in the upper for the Senate, for
a large part OF every session, sits little
more than three or four days in a week,
and then rarely more than four hours day.
The appropriations made for tho Senate in
tho fiscal year ending June 80, 1879, amounted
10 s3OS3l3, while the corresponding appro-
priations for 1880, In the pending Legislative
bill, which failed at the last regular session,
and is now revived, amount to 1881, 400.
There is difference between what has been
heretofore paid and what should be paid
for this service, and the reduction is by no
means up to the public expectations or in
any way contormable 10 the price paid fer
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The Co-operatiye Movement.

The astonishing success Of the Rochdalo
enterprise, which began with capital OF
seven dollars, and thirty years aitcrward
did an annual business OF million and a
half has not been overlooked by American
workngmen. Numerous experiments in CO.
operation have been made especially in
Ohio and Massachusetts, some Of which
have fully met tho expectations OF their
promoters. On the other hand, many havo
mscarrlod; but it Is proved by the reports
issued from tho labor bureaus Of those
States that failure was in each case charge
able to overt or candestne divergence from
tho methods and principles Of their Roch-
dale exemplar.
To such a departure, for instance, from
wholesome precedcnts WAS due the collapse
OF the great organization known as the New
England Protective Union, which at ono
time controlled more than four hundred
branch stores, and which, starting with a
box OF soap and half chest Of tea, traded
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ArehbI.hop rureeIr. nebt..

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: When
leaving New York promised you that I would let you
Know IN what condition found the financial affairs Of
Archbishop Purcell upon my arrival in Cincinnati
Two stepshaye been made Of late IN the right direction
OF lhe one you have already been informed by the en-
einnau press Its an appeal to three thousand wealthy
Catholics To subscribe each $3.50 payable in install
mcnts ofsiOD year
The other step, OF which, perhaps you have not been
Informed. Is the following The German CONGREGATIONS
have resolved TO raise, Immediately after Easter coll
lection among the members Of their own parishes in
order to pay on partly entirely the claims OF the moor
and most needy who deposited money with the Arch.
bishop.
Both plans seem TO be conducive TO final satisfactory
settlement The latter cannot fail to prove enectual
CMcISSAri, April F. X wENlscKR d. D.
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jerome BOnHPHrte's FIrst Meeting with Mis-.
Hetsey Patterson.

WASHINGTON. April Al have read with in
EIest ne account IN last sundays Tes OF Madame fat
Mrson'bonApare. called upon her in Baltimore 10 W
Year, ago and found little withered oil lady the snap
az Mluse hilght eyes only uld Of the eager ambition and
determined VIII which wrecked her HE Tor one of hrr
sen9olmales ana intimate friends who died only lew
N'NiS hko tol me more than that Kelsey PAttpr
snhs capture ~ jerome Bonaparte was Of nnce pseus
ihe iauN VINO told ne thIs Was no other than
81 hI Declaration At whose house. as the writer OF the
sh'Nn AYERS, Miss Patterson met Jerome The winter
docs not mention, however that the bcnuuul rl roie
70 ner scene OF conquest on donkey II was 10 Jerome
nnnpAte lAt lhc society OF baltimore and Washington
Mvlc lnu'nWu ior the introduction Of thc waltz which
80 hnrlhti the hareuls OF the girls who learned
~ Wht AZ hrtt they could only dance II secretly MIR
Nueorhn told me few days ago that he distinctly re-
cuucrs when Jerome Bunaparto and his bride came In
" ahhIngton on thor MedlIna lnmrnnN - w "
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The announcement has been made that
two deformed children. known as the Midgets
one IA and the other 10 years old. are. some
time during the present week. to be forced or
persuaded by their guardians to 20 through the
mockery Of marriage ceremony. We shall be
surprised II any Christian minister or any
intelligent magistrate can be found who will
lend himself to so shameful a perversion Of his
functions. Certainly the Society for the Pre-.
venton OF Cruelty to Children has often inter-
iered between its helpless wards and brutal
parents or taskmasters with far less apparent
cause than 1t would have in this instance. Can
It not protect these irresponsible little creatures
from being thus misused for tho selfish pur-
poses Of those who profit by their hapless con-
ditlonY The scheme Is as immoral and de-
grading ms it is certain, from tho testimony Of
physicians. that it will be injurious to the two
children. 1t ought not TO be permitted.
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Both Parties Want The Patronage.

Tho Legislature is in session. Tho Gov
ernor Is at Albany. II clean streets are
really wanted in this city, why is not a
change in the city charter at once made
which shall put the whole power and tho
whole pay for street cleaning into the hands
OF one man. No body of three or four men
can be SO good for an executive duty like
That as one man, Where there Is only one
there can be no division OF counsels.
We do not mean one man like Mayor
COOPER, who cannot make up his mind. and
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proposed appropriation, but upon GAR
FIELDS assurance that 1t was all right the
bill went through. Two or throo weeks
later the SHEPHERD Board awarded to DE
GoLYER Il MCCLELLAN a contract for 15O, 900
square yards Of their humbug pavement, at
$3.50 per square yard, and promised them a
contract for $4,000 square yards more. The
superintendent OF the pavement concern has
sworn that it costs but $3.50 TO lay the stuff
The pavement was laid and soon rotted.
Tho profits of the steal. to all the parties
concerned in 1t. amounted to hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars.
Did GARFIELD make blunder when he
opened the Treasury door TO the thieves 2
Was he the victim OF excessive confidence in
human nature, as so many Supplemented
patriots had been before his timer
On July ~, 1872, JAMES A. GARFIELD pock-
eted check for $1,000, paid him by DE Col
YER through RICHARD G. PARSONS, another
member OF Congress from Ohio. This gen.
erous gift was delicately put in the shape OF
a counsel fee for professional services as
lawyer. GARFIELD pocketed the check, al
though he well knew that he had rendered
no legal assistance to the firm OF DE Col
ZEN "a "oOhhhhhN, lOI thc cAcellenJ rea-
son that there had been no legal question in
volved in their operations at Washington.
He accepted the money in the spirit In which
it was offered-as a gift, gratuity, trb-
ute from an eccentric Chicago philanthro-
pst to the character OF a Christian states
man from Ohio. Soon after this benevolent
transaction, DE GoLYER died.
We think our correspondent will under
stand now why GARFIELD owes IL TO the
memory OF his beneiactor TO bear the name
DE GoLYRR for the remainder Of his days
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Great Britain. can DO seen from paragraphs

like this:
The rOut at Isandula sudden and complete that
Lord Chelmsford lost the whole u his baggage Including
his stars anu orders, misfortune wicd 10
viewed In tue colony with nlisguiscd s,usucun tits
evident TIA. this uuiucky uuncr and S.r BIfde Frere
are The two most detestod men ~ AFRICA
The partial elections in France are not over
yet. second ballot being required in several
districts. But. so far. decided victory has
been secured by the moderate Republicans
Social and art life in France. as in all Catho-
Tic countries. was exceptionally duh last week,
which was ono Of general religious devotion.
l.
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Another American Countess.

MISS Ada iungerford, sister in-aw OF Mac
MY o we mlhohs' has htcome Countess Trlener The
hlase ooA place IN Rome the other day win rather
more pitatcs 10 help than Is usual with us when Id,
20 We throne are throwing themso Ives away The King
W hNl. sent IN hdede camp In the Ccromony ana ALTER
went 10 We races held on the occasion In the Counts
nhAt PARK for an American and her brother in laws
hsG l-lhlAMi MISS hung0rurd has been exceedingly
mwcrhc She might have had her nick Of the tukcs of
wy oouhehli u was eNldenLy marriage Of ,cllon
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BENNETT and Mrs. SMITH, accused of the

BENNETT and Mrs. SMITH, accused OF the
crime OF murder. are still imprisoned in Jersey
City. waiting to be tried When the trial that
was begun some time ago was Interrupted by
the sudden insanity OF one Of the jurors the
accused and their counsel we're equally anxious
to proceed with eleven jurors but. under the
imperative rule-which not even the consent OF
prisoner can dispense wth-that there must
be unanimous verdict Of twelve men to con-
Wet In such a case the Judge was unable 10
comply with their desire. II innocent as they
assert themselves to be. this long confinement
is a cruel injury and hardship. Yet it is the
result OF provision OF the law designed solely
for their protection.
When the TIcHBoRNE cases were on trial in
England. occupying months on months and in
voving immense expenditure and labor. the
fact that the Illness OF single Juror would make
II necessary TO begin all over again was viewed
with serious apprehension. and gave rise 10
much discussion. both there and here. on the
necessity Of providing in some way for such nm
emergency. But years have passed. and the
old condition OF things remains unchanged.
Here We see that not oven IL prisoner. under
the advice OF competent counsel with the ap-
proyal OF the Court and under circumstances
that make 1t clear that his interests are in no
way imperiiled by it. consents to DO tried by
eleven jurors, can it be allowed.
There is no apparent reason for such n state
OF things. Many Of tho proposed changes in
the administration Of the law. and particularly
those in regard TO trial by Jury. are the sugges-
fions Of theorists and practical lawyers do not
view them with approval; but tho most con-
sentative mind will fail TO see any reason why a
prisoner ought not to have the right to be tried
10y eleven jurors, II under competent advice he
chooses TO be so tried and some provision to
render that possible ought 10 be made. Other
wise. a rule Of law intended to protect those ac-
cused OF public offences is two-edged sword
that Is liable to wound them
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Whether Congress should appropriate q
quarter OF n million Of dollars for the eradica-
ton OF contagious diseases among cattle. was
the question under discussion yesterday IN the
House. Members we're agreed as to the noces-
sity Of decisive action 10 stamp out pleuro-
pneumonia, but disagreed as to methods. Mr..
REAGAN wanted It done under tho direction OF
Mr.. CARL SEIZURE Mr.. HAwLEY and others
were OF opinion that this would DO interfering
with State rights. From sick cows the debate
wandered of into the mazes OF constitutional
law. and II ended in a reference OF the whole
question to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mr.. BRAGG. the newly appointed Chairman
Of tho Committee on War Claims. moved to
insert clause repeating the law creating the
Southern Claims Commission; but a vote was
not reached upon this proposition. The temper
OF the House on the subject OF general legisla-
ton at tho extra session was indicated yester-
day in the close vote OF 1O5 to 1903 on motion
to adjourn over Monday which is general bill
day. food Of measures may DO expected to-
morrow.
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Have dying paupers, or the friends OF dead
paupers, any rights which the professors and
students Of medical schools are bound to ro-
spect2 Gov. TALBOT OF Maseach usetts thinks
they have. and has vetoed an otherwise unob-
iectionable Vital Statistics bill because II con-
tanned clause providing that the bodies OF
paupers or charity patients dying in public
institutions. II not taken away by friends
within two days after death. should be "deliv-
cred up for the promotion Of anatomical sci
ence." He points out that the time given is too
short; that no discretion is allowed to the hos
pital or poorhouse authorities; that under the
law they would have no power 10 give tho body
OF a child to the mother II she arrived an hour
too late; that It might happen to any OF the
Legislators themselves to be smitten with sud
den fatal disease among strangers. die In pub
lie hospital. and. under this law go to the dis
sccting table But the Governors strongest
objection to the bill is thus stated;
"wors, Of ALL dsreeas the requests Of the diving 40
carefully guarded IA the existing statute which rro
Nides hAt "a AIS last sckne the deceased reque sted
70 DC hurled tic body shall not be for
un but shan be buried. The provisions the proposed
Aethre plainly Inconsistent with the humane provisions
referred TO, and would therefore repeal them, The
rendlcss poor should have the full prucc Of those
who make and those who execute the laws and their
plea Tor Christian burial should never be refused In
Nhrsuan land To any act which denies II cannot
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who requires three assistants to help him
make 1t up three different ways. We mean
man Of decision OF character, OF intelIi-
gence and Of integrity. We have many
such citizens, TO whose handshot one dollar
Of the public moneys would stick, and who
from pride and public spirit would accept
such public trust, csteeming the approba-
ton and applause OF their fellow citizens far
moro highly than any pecuniary gain.
Why cannot such an amendment be car
rled through
Simply because both parties care more for
the political patronage Of q many-headed
commission than they do to have the streets
kept clean.
Let the Evening Post make note Of this.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-08-07
A Caution to Farmers.

Farmers in this vicinity should be
on their guard against a willy gang
OF shsrpers who are going about
seeking whom they may devour.
The swindle which they are engaged
in perpetrating is briefly described
as follows: A pretended agent of
the co operative fertilizer company
induces some wellto-do tiller of the
soil to take an agency for the town
or county in which he resides, and in
payment of the valuable position ne
IS induced TO give note for $3.50,
payable to his own order, which.
however, the maker is assured is of
no value until ladorsed by him, and
that such Endorsement will not be re-
questcd unless the fertilizer proves
perfectly satisfactory. Then the re-
verse side of the note rs presented,
aud the unsuspecting farmer is pre-.
vailed upon to sign his name to a
printed statement that he is worth a
certain amount OF personal and real
property, and that the said note is in
full payment of every demand be-
tween himself and the fertilizer COM
pany, and further that is given for
goods purchased of said company.
As the pretended agent has made ar
engagements with the farmer to ship
the latter a quantity of the fertilizer,
the signature is easily secured, and
then the peculiarly Endorsed note is
negotiated at the first favorable OPP.
portunity. Dubuque Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-08-07
Washington on Swearing.

On the Goth of July, 1879, 100
years ago, General Washington is-
sued special order, at West Point,
IN reference to the practice OF pro-
family
"Many and pointed orders have
been issued against that unmeaning
and abominable custom of swearing,
Notwithstanding which, with much
regret, the General observes that it
prevails, if possible, more than ever ;
his feelings are continually wounded
by the oaths and lmprecations of the
soldiers whenever he is in hearing of
them.
"Tbe name of that Being from
whose bountiiul goodness we are per-
United to exist and enjoy the COM
forts of life, is necessarily imprecated
and profaned in a manner as wanton
as it is shocking. For the sake.
therefore, of religion, decency and
order, the General hopes and trusts
that officers of every rank will use
their influence and authority to check
vice which is as Improbable as it
is wicked and shameful.
"If officers would make it an un.
avoidable rule to reprlmand, and, If
that does not do, punish soldiers for
offenses of this kind, it could not
fail OF having the desired effect"
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surrender" swinging his iormida-
BILE weapons defiantly at the officers.
Over 100 convicts were cheering
him on. Once more Biglin urged
him to surrender, but Barrett raised
his hammer ard was about to hurl
it al Biglin's mead. when Officer
Good again drew his revolver and
said ; Barrett, if you fire that ham,
mer I'll shoot YOU" Derisive laugh.
ter, groans and cat.calls now arose
from all parts of the foundry. The
line of oonyicts, which had been
formed preparatory to dinner, was
broken, the men were circling right
| around the officers, crowding them
on, hootiag and yelling. Somebody
IN the back part OF the foundry here
called out, "He dare not shoe. -
Then srose the cry all around the
| officers.
You are towards! You dare not
shoot. aud it became high time 20
show them at least that the shooting
irons were ready. Up went the re.
volvers from half dozen pockets,
and while Officer Good kept his re-
viewer pointing as Barrett, the off,
GERS having stationed themselves in
semi circle pointed theirs at the
threatening convicts some of whom
had now began to reform their line.
Il am going in that line,' exclaimed
Barrett. IF you do said Good, 'it
won't be good for YOU garrett's
object evidently was to 90 with the
convicts into the mess-room, and
with the aid Of 1900 fellows there
assembled, create general revolt.
With all the appearance of leader
among desperate men he swung his
weapon defiantly TO and fro, Il am
going in that line; do what you
damn please, he exclaimed next and
made motion as il to leap TO the
gsngway, whittier the other convicts
had been driven by the ugly appear
ance of the officers sevolvers.
THE LEADER SHOT DEAD.
Seeing, however, that he ceuld not
get there he lifted his heavy hammer
aud was aiming it at Officer Good,
when, Just as he raised il over his
head ready TO strike, Good fired.
Jarrett stumbled into the gangway.
lie was with his comrades now, but
ID dead man. The moment this shot
was fired the convicts scattered; they
s.aad seen that the officers meant bust
$ness and while several of the latter
chad now come forward with drawn
Srevolvers to protect their fellow
skeepers, Officers Biglin and Good
Carried the dead body of the convict
to the hospital. He ha6 lived just
four minutes after he had been shot.
The noise and growing on the
| part of the numerous convicts con-
tinued for some time, but discipline
was restored in the mess-room when
the other crowds who had not heard
OF the traeas were mixed with those
who had witnessed the scene in the
foundry. In the afternoon DIR. Smith
made an autopsy of the young burg
lars body, and found that Goods
bullet had penetrated young Bar
retts heart in such way as to make
two holes in that organ.
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Who is the True Gentleman PA
Lesson IN Politeness and
Human Nature the
Rising Gener-
alton.
From the Virginia New Chronicle

81 beg your PARDON and with a
smile and touch of his hat Harry
Edmond handed to an old man
against whom lie accidentally Stun.
bled the cane which he had knocked
from his hand. 81 hope 1 did no,
hurt you. We were playing too
roughly
"Not a bit !" said the old man
cheerily. "Boys will be boys, and
it's best they should be. You didn't
harm me.
"Im glad to hear it," and lifting
his hat again Harry turned to join his
playmates with whom he had been
frolicking at the time of the accident.
"What do you raise your hat t.
that old fellow for ?" asked his com
panion, Charles Gray. "He's only
Giles, the huckster. F"
"That makes no difference said
Harry. 1.-THE question is not wheth.
err he is a gentleman, but whether
am one "-Morat Erchange.
THE STORY CONTINUED (oN THE COM.
sToCK).
"What kind of taffy is you givin'
us p demanded Charles Gasy, with
a sneer.
"lt's the true racket" replied the
noble boy, proudly.
cav, pull down your vest," wa:
the rude retort.
"Tm the gamest rooster o my size
in the ward,' cried Harry, his blue
eyes flashing with honest indl gnatior
at the implied doubt cast upon hi'
motives.
"See here, Gully" said Charlie:
Gray, thrusting his hands into biz
trousers pockets, spreading his legs
wide apart and closing one eye, "Set
here, Gully, give us the business
What's yer game in dom the pretty
by that old snoozer? None O. vel
Sunday school pie, now, but biz
the cheese, you know. You dom
think he's got any scads hid away il
sack that he'll leave you in his will
do you? P'r'aps yer think he's long
on Serrey Nevady, but yer off. Hs
amt worth short bit, an he came
out o soak Yesterday, after bein' il
for five months for petty larceny"
"Peel yer rags, Gray Kissed Har
ny through his teeth. "I'm on i
bigger'n a wolf, an yer scslp's mine.
"Peel goes" rejoined the wicked
boy, and in moment after Virtue
and Vice were rolling in the dust or
Howard street, with all the boys il
the neighborhood gathering around
offering odds, with no takers, tha
the ear of Virtue wouldn't hold ou
longer than the teeth of Vice. Ok
Giles, observing the crowd, hasteneC
back and quietly gathering up thu
jackets and hats of his young friends
hobbled sadly away.