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The New Telephone.
New York Lettert 70 Indianopolis Journa

New York Letter.to Indianapolis Journal
About a week ago Edward II. johnson
Edison's right hand man and the manage
Of the Monograph company, said, as
met him on Fulton street:
''Edison is about ready to exhibit tht
new telephone to the publc-that is to tic
press. Come out"
You will probably remember that told
your readers about the new telephone q
month or two ago, giving quite a full de-
scription of it. But it has made progress
since then.
Let me say to begin with, as l said then,
that this new telephone is apparently des-
tined to revolutionize the current methods
Of communication. 1t will certainly de-
stroy the value of the Bell and Gray pat
ents, and render their telephone obsolete,
and it threatens even to supercede the tele-
graph for most purposes within the next
five years. You may say this is an enthu-
siastic opinion. Wait till tell you what
it can do, and then judge for yourself.
When wrote to Edison on Saturday, tell
ing him that l wanted to come over and
have a private preliminary view, Griffin,
his secretary and epistOlary intrenchment
against the scribbling world, answered.:
''COme On and take it in the crude cOndi-
tion.''
''Well," said Edison, after the first saltl-
tations, II haven't much that is new to
you, but a good deal that will seem new to
the public, and of especial interest to other
telephone men," And followed him up
stairs to his new machine that doesn't look
ike the crude affair of January. Wires
we're running from this in different direc-
ions. '.That," he said, ..runs over to the |
wife calls me to dinner"
''Bnt he never goes,'' said Griffin-'.that
S, with great seldomness."
'.These other lines," said the inventor,
run to the machine shop, to my office, to
he depot, and to other parts of the vii
age."
forgot to say that, on approaching tba
aboratory, little brick building in cor
er of the yard attracts the eye-erected
ince was last over. This is Edison's
flee, anu here he spends considerable of
is time.
The chief characteristic of this telephone
j that it delivers the voice from ten to
Tenty times as loud as the ordinary tele- ,
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P0et7'Y.
4 Ballad OF Brooklyn and London.

London, June 15-Ths morning the Rev. Mr.
~ aaImage preached to an enormous congregation
at the lslngton Presbyterian Church A dens,
crowd blockaded The streets Half mile betor,
reaching the church, the carriage of the reyer.
END gentleman was lifted from the ground ani
carried bodily to the church.
There was spry preacher in Erookly did dwell,
lie had but one Pride-'twas the Taberna kel
And there, every Sunday, he stood on his head
While his elegant legs they ges-tic-u-la-ted.
The Presbyteree it arraigned him for trial
Dead waters need stirring up once in whial-
And this demonstrated that most every brother
Had lied like trooper and cheated some other
They gave in ;. ~erdict which Van DYKE in
censed,
Twas twenty-five for him and twenty against,
1almage hoped up and cried, 81 ltnented too
soon,
For, 'ccrding to that, Pm an innocent coon!"
Therefore, he continued, ''I'll get on ship
And go to Lon hondon, likewise TO Eurip;
I'll climb in some pulpit and show them that we
Can preach like St. Paul in America-ee,"
He found eighty thousand surrounding the
church;
Did they let him ride on tho parement-lot
much
They grabbed up the horses and carriages and
all.
And shouted, ''IIurrah for the Brocklny Saint
Paul!'
His mouth he unruried and lie waved his limb:
And the audience shyiy inquired, is that hin?
He 10 like saint, and his gestures deligh; Us;
lie Ciz't AXE 81. PaGI cut he is like 81. Tiius!'
-ISc,c YOrs SUM-
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-07-31
Mans s Better Half.


THE right man in the right pace''-.A
husband at home in the evening. GA
wife" contributes this wise saw)
The New Orleans Ptcayune remarks thai
the young lady who graduates in foul
languages and sixteen nounces will soor
be heard from.
When Albany girls get tired of chewing
gum, they stick It behind tie left ear fol-
another 'ime.-Olganpia Experiment.
A keokuk Young lady offers to wage,
that she can sit down in 100 laps in 1O(
quarter hours. and VIII donate the admis
sion to the education of the heathen.
An exchange says that the only Jokes
women like to read are those Which reflect
, ridiclile on men, and asserts in proof that
on taking up paper a woman invariably
turns to the marriage column.
Wife.-''But do you think, dear, it's
proper to have royal marriage in lent %
Iusband.-''MOst proper! Right season
tor peni.ential sacrifices, and preparation
for lifelong repentance" But it was only
his grim joke and lie knew it.
There are four hundred and twenty lady
dentists in this country, and only five fe-
male lawyers. 4 cynical bachelor says
this shows that the ladies can work the
mouth to better advantage than the brain.
At the meetin" of the Supreme Court Of
Wisconsin recently Miss Lavina Goodell,
oi Janesville, was admitted to the Bar.
This is the first woman admitted to the
Bar Of this Court. Miss Goodell has been
urging her claims for two years, but until
to-day without success.
My darling" wrote husband to his
wife, Il shall not be home till very late
this evening. Do not wait up for n.e. It's
for thy dear sake that l work by the liz hit
of the pale, eifiilgent moon. as if it were
the bright, dazzling sunshine" She didn't
wait; size went and got detective and
hunted him up.
Young wife.-''And in the worry and
distraction of business do you always
think of the little wife at homer" Hus-
es. darling. always Young
wife. = What. alwaysy' Husband.-I
""ell-h-a-r-d-l-y always lie was oniy
quoting ''Pinatore,: but she thought her
self most hardly" used
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MARK TWAIN AND THE PREST.
DENCY.
He Offers Isim.eEs as a Candidate, and
| Points 10 his ssEsecOrd.''

Mark Twain has published the following
open letter to his countrymen of either OF
any party:
81 have pretty much made up my mind
to run for President. What the country
wants is candidate who cannot be in
jured by investigation of his past history,
so that the enemies Of the party will be
unable to rake up anything against him
that nobody ever heard of before. If you
know the worst about a candidate to begin
with, every attempt to spring things on
him will be checkmated. Now, l am go
ing to enter the field with an open record.
am going to own up in advance to all the
wickedness | have done, and il any Con-
gressional committee is disposed to prowl
around my biography, in the hope of dis
covering any dark and deadly deed that I
have secreted, why let it prowl.
ssIn the first place, admit that treed a
rheumatic grandfather Of mine in the win
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I
A German clergyman, who was travel
ing, stopped at a hotel much ffequented
by wags and jokers. The host, not being
used to having clergyman at his table,
looked at him with surprise; the guests
used all their artillery of wit upon him
without eliciting remark. The clergy
man ate his dinner quietly. apparently
without observing the gibes and sneers of
his neighbors. One of them, at last, in
despair at hi1 forbearance, said to him:
'.Well, wonder at your patience! Have
YOU not heard all that has been said to
yougy II xvprr
4Ob, ye6; bdtI am used to it. Do you
know who amT
mo, STR
sls,ell, i Wll inform you. lam chaplain
of a lunatic asylum; such remarks have NO
effect upon me-"
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What this World was Made Fer.

Robert Burdette, upon his return to his
sanctum at Burlington, says: "ihave ac--
quired such easy, familiar relations with
the people of the house that the baby has.
already emptied the ink into one Of my
boots and the mueiiage into the other, and
is drawing a map of Hawkeye creek on
my coat with piece of beet gristle and q
glass OF milk. His mother tells me I
should not let him do it, and perhaps she
is right, but what am to do? He seems
to enjoy it, and know do, and what
was this world made for if it wasn't for.
pleasure:''
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What Does it Matter?

| It matters little where was born,
| Or il my parents were rich or poor;
| Whether they siirank from The cold wcrld'
sc0rn,
Or walked in the pride OF wealth secure:
But whether lived an honest man,
And hold my integrity firm in my clutch
tell yvu, brother. plain as can,
1t matter, much!
1t matters little how lorg I stay
In world of sorrDw, sin and care;
Whether in youth am called away,
Or live till my bones and pate are bare;
Bat whether do the best can
To soften the weight of adversity's touch
On the faded cheek Of my fellow man,
1t matters much!
1t matters little where he my grave,
Or on the land or on the sea!
BY purlinS brook or meath stormy wave,
1t matters little or naught to me:
But whether the angel Death comes down
And marks my brow with his loving touch,
AS one that shall wear the victor's crown
1t matters much
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'sWherc do you want to get out ?" said
the conductor to tramp who, on the rear
platform ON the last car was detected steal
ing ride. ''Whereyer the train stops
Em not particular" he said airily. s'Oh,"
said the conductor, as he pulled the bell
rope and kicked him eleven feet in a
straight line, ''I'il accommodate xou a
once" and he did.
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The wonders of the Yellowstone are still
coming to light. Mr.. =. W. Norris. til,
Superintendent Of the Yellowstone Nation
al Park. recently delivered lecture on
some Of the natural cuiiosites of the re.
gion in which, as reported in the Scientific
American, he described, us one OF the most
notable, mountain and Il road of glass.
This mountain, which is of pure obsiuan
or volcanic glass. is near the foot of Beaver
lake, aid rises in columns and countless
huge masses. many hundreds of feet high,
from Kissing hot spring. The steep,
smooth surface was, OF course. barrier
to the progress of the explorers, not even
an Indian or game track being discovera-
ble over if. Great fires were bcilt on the
glass, TO thoroughly heat and expand it,
after Which cold lake water was dashed on
it, causing the glass to cool and large tiag-
ments to break off from the srlrfnce. These
were broken into small pieces with sledges
and picks, and thus was constructed the
only glass wagon road on the continent.
The glass is very hard and is used by the
Indians for making unequaled arrow heads.
and tools. The eastern palisade
of the Grand Canyon of the Gibbon river.
for about two miles, also consists OF ver-
tical pillars. hundreds of feet high. of this
5listening black, yellow, mottled or band |
ID volcanic glass.
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ter OF 1880. He was Old and ineXpert in
climbing trees, but with tho hcartless brll-
t;ilty that is characteristic of me, | ran
him out of the front door in lis night
shirt at the point of a shotgun, and caused
him to bowl up a maple tree, where he re-
mained all night, While | enlpted shot into
his legs. | did this because he snored. |
viii do it again if ever l have another
grandfather. | ar1 as inhuman now as
was in 1850.
81 cand;tlly acknowledge that ran away
at the battle OF Gettysburg. My friends
have tried to smooth over this fact by as
serting that did 50 for tie purpose of
initiating Washington, who went into the
woods at Valley Forge for the purpose of
saying his prayers. 1t Was a miserable
subterfuge. | struck Oft in straight line
for the Tropic of Cancer because was
scared. wanted my country saved, but |
preferred to have somebody else save if.
| entertain that preference yet. If the bub-
bic reputation can be obtained only at the
cannonfs mouth, | am willing to go there
for it, providing the cannon is empty. If
it is loaded, my immortal and inflexible
purpose is to get over the fence and go
home. My inyariable practice in war has
been to bring out Of every fight two-thirtls
more men than had when first went in.
This seems to ne to be Napolconic in its
grandeur.
'My financial views are of the most de-
cided character, but they are not likely.
perhaps. to increase my popularity with
the advocates of imitation. | do not insist
upon the special supremacy OF rag money
OF hard money. The great fundamental
principle of my life is to take any Kind
can get.
"The runner that l buried dead aunt
under my grape vine was correct. The
vine needed fertliZing, my aunt had to be
buried, and | dedicated her to this hioh
purpose.
''Does that unfit me for TIE Presidency ? |
The Constitution OF OIU country does not
say so. No other citizen was ever consid-
cred unV 'Orthy of the office because he en-
riched his grape vines with his dead rela-
tiycs. Why should | be selected as the
first victim of an absurd prejudice?
Il admit also that | am not friend of
Ihe poor man. Iregard the poor man, in
rs present condition, as so much wasted
'aw material. Gut up and properly cans
led, lie might be made useful to f;.tten the
natives ot the Canniba Islands. and to i,.,-
prove our export trade Wit, tliit region
shall recommend leGiSiati IN upon the
'n2jeet in my first message. Ny carl-
'ai%n cry viii be: 'Dess:cate the poor
Yoikinginan; stuff | N into sausaces.'
These are about the worst parts Of my
ecOrd. On them come before the coun-
~. if my country don't want me, will
70 back again. Eut recommend myself
5 safe nlan-a man who starts from the
as.5 of total depravity AMI proposes to
c ticnlsh TO tie last
=
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The cattlo trade Of London, is irving 10
arrange for the slaughter Of cattle ut the
point oil debarkatton,
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LEGIsLATIyG NOTES.

DR.. GooUh wants State ilag. Delegate
roney, moved that the picture of Wash
ington adorn such flag. johnson, Of EIar-
rison, moved 10 amend BY adding "Wash.
ington's little Ratchet"
Only Is more days remain Of the present
session. viii the session DO extended or
will we have an adjourned session? =
The committees Of the House Of Dele
gates were busy ut work last night.
The resolution proposing an amend
ment 10 the Constitution In relation to a
change in the judicial system OF the State,
remains in the same condition as when
reported by the committee. The Senate
yesterday refused to take it from the Ia.
Die.
Speaker AToiGlt is determined 10 keep
good order in the House. h
Scion Shinglc Stuart says there is no
difficulty in the House to carry a motion
to adjourn.
The military appropriation bill passed
to its second reading in tho House yester-
day. II will probably pass andibecome a
law by The end Of the week.
Speaker Geo. y. Davenport, Of the
"Third House." has announced his stand.
ing committees.
The State Librarian, in his report, saws
that IN appropriation Of 81, 500 will enable
him to furnish complete State law libra.
~, and that all that will be required here
after will be the new textbooks, the State
reports being added under the exchange
plan with other States, at a great saving.
State Librarian Woods printed catalogue
Of the State books has been laid on The
members desks.
Bills are still being introduced in both
Houses.
The Finance Committee will report The
appropriation bill this week.
The cngrossing clerks arc kept busy
now cngrossing bills for a Third reading,
A petition is being circulated in some
parts Of the city to solicit the Legislature
not to pass the military appropriation bill.
The petition is said TO have been origina-
ted by several sore heads"
John Brown Gray's ability has been
recognized in the "Tliirl House." lie
occupies position on m important com.
mittee.
DIR. Summers occupied the clair in the
Senate this afternoon, in the Committee
Of the Whole.
The gallery Of the House was packed to-
day by persons who we're anxious to hear
what our Solons had to say.
Delegate Snidcr moves the pre-, ious
question with considerable dignity and
grace. He thinks it Is a sad death 10 die
being talked to death.
The five minute resolution will have 10
be9Put IN force, or some Of the members
will never dry up"
in the House.
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A SOUTHERN Democrat, who talks freely
aud claims thorough acquaintance with
the inner councils Of his party, has been
found in Washington, and the substance
Of what he says Is this: The South has
no opinions on finance which II would not
surrender in five minutes for the sake Of
success; it wants a currency and banking
system Of It's own, manageable after It's
own methOds-wants It because II thinks
the West is much Of the same MUD, and
the South and West united can rule
things; the next Democratic platform In
Ohio will be on this idea; II II wins In
Ohio, New York and New Jersey can do
rs they please, With Ohio, illinois,
Indiana, aud perhaps, Pennsylvania, the
solid South will prevail; III tails in Ohio,
then 1--WE the South shall become the
hardest Of harI.money men, from an al
lance with the eastern democracy and
make strike for New York and New
jersey" There is irankness in this, any
way, The eastern or western wing OF the
democracy is to be sold ont on the tlnan'
cial question to achieve success for the
South.
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JUlicidrV-Mr. Dennis, chairman, 70.
ported back iavorably Senate bill No. IA,
10 re.enact sections II and Is ichapter15l,
Of the Code Of VIVA, and 10 repeal chap.
ter II OF the Acts OF 1877, concerning Of.
lenses against public policy.
Also favorably Senate bill No. los, to
amend and re.enact section "a OF chapter
80 Of the Acts Of 1875, concerning the col.
lection Of taxes.
Also Senate bill l47, tavorably, in re.
latton TO the Cumberland road In this
State. .-i....
Also, favorably, Senate bill 70, to amend
and re.enact sections 3, 8, 8 and II, and
repeal section Z Of chapter 10 OF the Acts
Of 1928, entitled IAN Act organizing the
Suprsme CourtofAppeals, defningitsjuris.
dictiOn aud powers, aud describing its
manner Of proceeding"
Also. untavorably, Senate bill No. 81, TO
amend and re'enact section (lS Of chapter
81 Of M act entitled Eat act to amend and
re.enact the 10Th chapter Of the Code con.
corning the assessment Of taxes, Ap'
proved Dec. 90, 1876"
Also, without Recommendation, Senate
bill No. ll5, to amend and re.Gnact sec
ton 81, chapter lj2, OF the Code, concern
ing crimes and mistemeanors.
EiuoliiOn-Nr, Kirtley, Chairman, re'
ported buck favorably Senate bill No. lo9,
TO regulate the prices OF class books used
IN the free schools Of this State.
Public Bui(tiIga and IiumqNe Inaituii0nt-
Mr.. Newton, Chairman, reported bach
Senatc bill no. l4O fayorabIy, 10 repea
u al, N,Nf At II
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COMMESrrSG OIL the annual statements
Of life insurance companies thus far male
public, the New York Bulletin says: an
every instance the statements exhibit
sound financial condition, and all give
proof that Notwithstanding all that has
been said about and against liiU insurance
andits management, tho fact remains that
the system is one that is not to be easily
,lislodged from its place in the popular
heart. The wedding out Of weak aud
worthless concerns has about ended, and
tho other kind, having endured tho strain
and test, now present stronger claims than
ever before upon the public confidence.
No more perjured statements, no more
barnacled or hatuIent assets, no more
cooked accounts-but, on the contrary, an
evident desire to have their companies
pass for Just " hat they are worth-would
seem 10 he the present ambition Of life
managers. So fur as the published state.
ments furnish any indication OF the results
Of last years operations, they afford much
encouragement. The figures are as follows:
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IAEEn

MrCiiI E-At his residence In CanOnsburs, Ia on
Friday, January 81, 1871, CRAIG RIrlIE, formerly
citizen Of Wheeling, aged 10 ycNr.
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
DEPARTURE Oy rRAlss-wuEE1lsa rptn.

oTriadelnhIa Accommodate trnIn only mn,
between WatelinE and Trialelphla. -.
tpaily except Sunhay-EORlfk Accommodation
tSleubNhVille Accommodation traln dnTing
the day paSses backward and forward betEeen Mn.
tins Ferry and Belaire, stopping when fSquIre1 n
sherman H. House, EtnaEille, West Wheeling and
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~ CARn

To all who arc suffering from the error and indIs
CEe'ioRs :" YOUTH nervous weakness carly decay, los
Of manhood &c., Will send rveite that will cure
you, FREE OF CHARGE This great remedy was
discovered by missionary In South America. Send
seli-adiressei envelope 10 the REV. JosEr T. IL.
Man, SNltioa D. Bibts Ltoa't, Eee lork Guy.
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House bill No. l0i, 10 exclude the farm
Of Bnrrell Wilkes from tie corporate lin.
Its OF the city Of Huntington, was read a
trst time and ordered 10 second reading
House bill No, 1888, in relation 10 lie
taking Of lands for public purposes with.
9at tue owners consent, was read a iirst
time and ordered TO a second reading,
Senate bill No, 100, to appropriate S..
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TRUsrEE's SALE,

IL ~
By virtue Of a deed Of trust male By Henry s.
hieh1fda and Mary ", his wife 10 me, dated tho 2ui
ay q February, 1873, aud rec0nle 10 the Office oi
the Clerk Of the County Court Of Ohio county, WeSt
virginia, 10 Dead NJ Trust Book No. H. iOos 81 and
S63 shall sell Ut public auction to the highest biI.
DER o. the front do1r Of Court House Of said cOun-
YIN the city Of Wheeling, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1879,
Commanding alto o'clock A. NJ, the following d..
seIbe property t0-wit: part Of the lOt nulnbaFri
~ o. Eof aud Chapltne's addition 10 the cIty 81
wheeling, situated on the corner west Of Chanilno
street and north Of Alley twenty, beSinulbR II Ihe
southeast corner Of sald lot thence funnlnR noTih
along the eastern boundary Of Sad lot Giteen iesf
thence In line parallel with the Southcrr
uounuaty Of AaId lot one hundred aud tWenty.tWO
teetI thence SonthWarlly with All alley hlleen feet.
thence elswarIily one hundred and tWenty.tVu iest
Win the southern boundary Of said lot 10 the pace
6eeinnln icing the same property conveyed 10 Sall
tlehnTds BY Janes Campbell and wife BY deed b0ar
ing dale the 18th day Of November 1873 and recorded
70 The CLERKS Osa Of the County Court Of Ohij coun
" IN Deed l!0ok No. q, p7ge 4S1
iARASoF SALE-One thousand dollars Of the Dur.
chase money or ~ much more u the purchaser InRy
elect 10 hand, the balance In two eQua inSialment:
yAhe ak aud twelve months respectively after M
date o. ale With interest, the deferred 10 h
secured BY deed Il trust on the property snld, Tltit
believed god but selling d trustee shall Only CON.
EeF sueh tile rs Is vested In me by said deed vi trust
teo j. D. EWING, Trustee
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THE LEa1sLATURE.

WEDNESDAY,, February 5, 1870.
~, - SENATE. a.
Senate met at 10 AVN.
Prayer by Rev. w. @. Wilson.
The jonrnal.of Tuesday was read by the
clerk and approved.
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MARRIED.

TTLER-nuBsARD-w elneslay afternoon, Feb.
rry ., 1872 at the rCsidecc Of the brides part n,
2lS0 Chapllne street. by the lev W. H. White, WAT
y. TYLER 0t Tallullh, MahsJu Parish, La, 10 JuLIA
~ daughter u MI aud Ms. Z. d. Hubbard, II this
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BE wise in ttmc and procure Dr. Bulls
Cough Syrup, which always cures Coughs
mud Colds, and prevents consumption.
Price % cents bottle.