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An Interesting Experiment,

New York Times, 18th: MANY Amer
cans tho have an interest in pathology have
visited La SalpetgIere, the famous hospital in
Paris for old aud Insane women. l. is q vast
establishment, never sheltlia. less than
three thousand aniortuna.es, entirely I'M
known to the world, mere z-r-es ia life
Death is continually busy there; on an aver
age enc person expires every two hours; but
this Is too small 4 mortality fo- the public
convenience, as there are ten a2pl.".,l's for
each vacancy. At riz5 O'Clock every nlcrn-
ing SIX hearseS stand at the ch.2i dor, and
at quarter past aias tn T. ..-. +iysn away,
eaeh hears carrying t@o .a.p--> For some
time Or. ClarcOt, ad em!neAt Professor, has
been lectuung there on nervous diseases, OF
which be has made SPECIAL study. He
traces hypnotism, animal magnetism, cpl
lepsy, and sonnambullsm all to nervous dis
order, and demonstrates 1t By experiment.
He places a hystero epIleptic patient and bids
her look on an electric or Dcummond light.
Her whole being is absorbed by the light,
and she soon becomes insensible. She re-
mains motionless-the eyes wide open, the
conductive humid and unmoved. She may
be pinched or punctured without betraying
the least sign of pain; she remains in any
position in which she or any of her limbs
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emiyration. by virtue Of State and patIona!
law. ~ send beck to Europe criminals and
tanners. ard Kansas will no more become
the Botany Bay for pauper negroes than Cal
ifornia will become the asylum for penriess
Cinnamon. The Radical papers are shedding
c-ockodle tears over the fate which will over
take the south on account Of the colored
exodus But they will learn that the two
thousand negroes that have emigrated to
Karsas will cause sudden check of white
emigration, aud will be the means of losing
twenty thousand skilled lsborers and me-
chanics. The emf grafton OF one hundred thou
sand negroes from the south to Kansas would
secure two hundred thousand emigrants TO
the south. many Of them from Kansas.
Notwithstanding this fact the southern peo-
Gle would advise the colored people, for Their
own prosperity and happiness, to remain
where they are, to become contented citizens,
and to abandon all their absurd and visionary
ideas about fading home where they can
live without cork
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FANNIE ISABELLE sHERRICK.

The SHADOW OF death ls around us ALL
And life IS a SOrOWful thing;
For the winds sweep b. with a mOurnful sigh,
and sad are the tioings they bring.
He is dead-and the strong brave life that he CAV
Seemed Offered to God In vaini
Yet he died, ChTtst-like. in a labor of love
Mid sorrow and death and pain
And why should wa sorrow-the crown Is his,
AM the glory OF life is won;
Though he died when his labor was Just begun,
Yet the work of his life is done.
The beautiful South is a land Of death,
Where the shadows darke1 the sun;
Ant the means of tine dying are heard In the night,
When the deeds of the day are done.
The sunlight falls with dTeary CLEAN
On the cities where ruin Is spread,
And the raiu beats down with mournful sound
On the graves CT the silent dead
Yet high in the heavens hand is stretched,
That treasures the deeds OF love-
Aud the lives gone out In the darkness below
are wrapped ia the glory above.
The North bends down In her Icy pride
And kisses the land of the sun;
Love joins them both in a flood of tears,
And The glory OF peace is won.
The hand that is dyed in brothers blood
Now eases that brothers pain.
And the hearts that in life were driven apart
In death are united again.
Then why should we Sorrow-our God Is love,
And lives are not lived in vain;
Bright hope still shines like star of night
In the shadow of death and pain.
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CHURCH PROPERTY.
A Bill introduced in the Ohio LeEfsIn-
ture Regulating the Manner OF
Holding and Administering
It-TaI1iDS it out Of the
Hands CT the Par
sons and Priests.

Columbus (Ohio) special to the Cleveland
Herald: MIR. Covert introduced blll tins
morning which will, no DOUBT, create some
stir in church circles and will more especial
ly draw the attention Of the ruling powers of
the Catholic church. The bill provides that
after the first day of July, 1879, all properly
owned in this State in lands, tenements,
moneys, bonds credits, Or any goods or chat
tells OF any kind by any church or religious
organization, shall be held and managed ex
clusively by board of trustees appointed by
the members OF such church or religious or
ganiza ion. It further provides that after the
debt above mentioned IT shall be unlawful for
any clergyman, bishop, or priest, to hold In
his own name and to control the use of any
property in lands, tenements, moneys, ETC.,
AID that where any property Is so held con-
trary to the prov sions OF the act, the person
holding 1t shall be liable to fine Of not
less thau two hundred nor more than five
hundred dollars, aud the property so held
shall be listed for taxation aud be taxed the
same as all private property. The penalties
for the mfr, oton of the act may be enforced
in any common pleas court by the prosccut-
ing attorney of the county wherein the prep
erty so held is situated. The property Cf
most churches and religious organizations is
now held according to the provisions Of this
act by boards of trustees, but the property of
the Catholic church is held in the name of
the priest of the parish and the bishop of the
diocese, hence it will be seen that this bill
strikes more directly at that church taan any
nj her ~
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FAY HEsIPsTEAD
With anxious hearts, the coming of the time
When, smiling downward through the yauted open,
The winter-sprite shall rain the hoaTy rlme.
For here the good the brave the fair and tenoer
Are clipped and wilted BY the simoOns breath,
As through the limits OF land plague-ridden
There stalks the awful carnival Of Death.
God send the rlme! Oh. days of ripe October,
S@eet AIT thou with tiny vail Of hay light;
Thy leaves and fruits dipped and dyed in beauty
Thy rcd and gold is gladstone to the sight.
But llngeT not! Let winds from Northland blowing
Move and dlspel thy mellow wealth displayed,
And wake the fuilness Of the Frost Kings vigor,
So long delayed-ah, me! so long deldyedP'
So sighed people In the early autumn,
When heart aud hope we're dull and cold with
As through the long night they sat with heavy
To catch the coming signal OF relief.
SO slow It came! The heavens tdrdy season
Seemed far and fainter as 1t rolled away;
AS tuey who in the stretch Of expectation,
Live through long years In waiting day.
But while the tar1y season Jagged and halted
There rose relief bestowed In other forms;
For house and home within the northern region,
Gave forth their goods in quick and warm.
Yea. man with man, and each with Others vieing
From great and small from rank and low condition,
To sOothe the sick or ease the bed OF psin.
Not idly was the cry OF pain repeated.
In that far land OF coast and signing pine;
Leapt to the Work Ct charity divine.
Not v4inly was the call for sueeor rendered.
In one vast swell from city as from town,
They gave in lavish measure their possessions,
And blessed the giving tina they showered down.
Sweet Sister. we with misty tears ul,starting.
Kiss the kind hand thou hefd'St US in our need;
Thy gifts we measure not upon their value,
But for the priceless sweetness OF the deed.
And long, to childTen's children, ia T5heaTsing
The gIler that dimme1 our OVeIburdened eyes,
Shall we recount alike the sanity action.
That knit us to thee with enduring ties.
Not Statesmen in the halls of legislation.
Not gems OF genius on the poets page,
Could e'er have bound US unto thee so closely,
As this thy favor In the fever's rage.
And who can say but that this closer drawing
Was meant by Him with all foresight endowed.
To be one earning from dread disaster
A silver lining to an ebon cloud.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
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Democratic Disc.pIine.

HARRISBURG, PA, March lS.-A promi-
nent senator, who represents one of the
largest Democratic districts il tbs State, re-
turned from Washington to-day Referring
to the Randall Wallace fight, he says that
there was but one of the Pennsylvania dele
cation in congress who sympathiz9d with
Wallace. All were OF the OPINION that he
made great blunder in assaiIng the claims
OF Pennsylvania for the speakership. The
senator referred to denied that there was any
significance attached TO Randall's election so
far as related to sn expression of the State
delegation on the Presidential question. He
said that quite a number of those for Randall
were opposed to Tilden. He further stated
that leading Democratic politicians in the
State blame both Randall and Wallace for
allowing their personal spite to run so far.
They think that some concessions should
have been made on both sides, and they con-
smn the policy that led to an open rupture.
When the senator left Washington arrange
ments were beng made for an early meeting
of the Pennsylvania delegation IN congress,
before whom 1t is designed to call both Ran
dali and Wallace, and, after reprimandiug
them, measures are to be adopted looking
toward a reconciliation of the bellgerents In
the interest of peace and party organization
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Four Children SuRocated In a Burning
He'd.

Washington Republic: about half-past
ten o'clock Wednesday night bed caught fire
from a stove in the front room of two story
frame house, No 81 Beall street, George.
town, owned by LIcy Martin, coIored, and
occupied by her son, Samuel Martin, and his
family. The four little children Of Samuel
Martin, who were asleep in the room where
the FIRE originated, were killed by suffoca-
ton. Mary, the oldest, was FIVE years of
age; Carrie, four years; Willie, three years,
and Samuel, nine months. 1t appears the
mother came home at seven o'clock, un-
dressed and bathed two of the children and
put ali four Of them to bed. She then went
out to purchase some groceries, with the in
tention of returning and washing the other
two, so that ali four would be prepared for
Sabbath-school. When the mother returned
she discovered smoke issuing from the second
story front room, and attempted to force her
way in to rescue her children, but the dense
smoke drove her back, and she was compelled
to stand 10 tne passage and witness the
death of her children, without being able to
rescue them. The fire originated from the
stove in the room where the children were
sleeping, and the flames ignited the bed
clothing. One of the bodies was badly
burned"
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TELEGRApHIC BREVIrY.

New York. March 81: Ayrived-Canada,
from London, aad Adriatic, from Liverpool.
San Francisco, March q: Arrived-Steam-
ers City Of Pgking, Hong Kong and Yoko-
hama.
St. Petersburg, March 81: A well-known
countess has been arrested for sympathizing
with the nihi:ists.
London, March 81: Bullion gone into the
Bank Of England On balance to-day, eighty
uine Thousand pounds.
Berlin, March 2I: Princes and potentates
are arriving from all parts OF Germany to
celebrate the emper0rs birthday.
Portsmouth,, n. H., March q: Major
Philip 4 Feudall, United States marine
corps, died suddenly this morning.
Brne, March 81: Tea SWISS State coun-
cal, uy L vote ot y to l.. resolved 10 restore
capital punishment ~ Switzerland.
Boston, March 81: The cattle shipped by
the steamer Brazilian we're partly American
and partly Canadian, all IN good order.
Springfield, Mass, March 81: The ex-
plosion Of a boiler in the DeForrest steam
sawmill probably fatally injured James
Taylor and Horace Landon, and severely in
Jured two others.
San Francisco, March 81: A FIRE in the
Palace hotel laundry, last night, was soon
extn2uished, with a loss of four thousand
dollars. There was no excitement, many of
the guests not knowing of the fire until after
it was exbnguished. -
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may be put, the expression of her counte-
nance varying with the position. As long as
she keeps her eve on the light she continues
in catalepsy. If the eye be closed, or the
light nut OF. shr t.l- into a magnetized
state or s7mnat8hulism. She Is subject TO
the vail Of others; go-s wu.n called; does as
ordered; aos weTs ans question; shows Jar
nor intelligence th8n ia her normal con-
dl,i-n Ali that Is necessary 10 arouse her Is
TO blow breath 10 her face. II her eyellds
are raised. 0. tie light exhibited, catalepsy
again supervenss, and these changes cata-
lep,y, the mesmeric state, catalepsy-recur
regularly. These experiments are as IN
teyest ng n valuable to the medico-scientlhc
tvor'l
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sam Small. in Atlanta Constitutional
TAEsE JIA'S INTIMIDATION.

Hon old Ben toldths Story IL t.e Courtho'ase.
Sc Nov, thea, slr witness" Yes sahr'
e Go on N your own honest way
And tell to the court anG Jury
OF t1at row on elec,iOH-Cay.
But. first. how long have you known, sir,
The prisoner here at tie bur2'
'' De who. sab? De piis'ner? You don't mean
Mars Jim, what's setiin' down dar?"
a. Why, Use kno'd him sense fust he cotch BRET
Up Jander In Tenne- see
But Whar'S de use In aNing me dat?
You all kno's he WIZ raised by me!'
g Now, tell Us about the election fight
That ycu saw thai day at the polls,
When your Mars Jim tried bT violence
To intimidate this Man Bowls
us dat what Marse JlH's 'raiyned for?
Well, 1 30 decldr'. dat's funnyi
But den, yer less listen a minnit
An I'll tell yer de tTufe, LOW, honey!
Dat ar leckShun was gWine IN Early
An quiet. an oTu'ly az free,
When Mars Jim cum up 70 the poles daT,
Wild de hans rum de farm an me.
We'll, dis Iob-side Niger named Bowls, hyar.
WuZ kavoriin' around 10 de crowd,
An pullln' de voters fus' one side
an de oddeT and talking out loud.
When he seed US be cum up a bulgin'
An paSSin' his ticaetS about,
An swrarin' as how he could chaE up
Emmy DtmocrOt Niger fOicu Outl
''.Den | made er remark dat wuz passIa'
'B0nt niggers CutgrOwtb' deTe pants.
Al fiNin derssel;S 10 be voorhees,
he aharteT WardS-'csptiu' fer hRnis,
Den Bowls reich 4 round fer his rdZOr,
AlOwin' he'd cyaTye my ola hart
But Mars Jim slipp'd In daT bttwiN' Us
An pushed me an Bowls hJfe apart
~ Den he fotch Bowls lick IN de LEI eye
Dat shot II up fighter than wax;
T2en he peeled him W daT in Ce temple
And DlIdded b 5 0OZ5 WiG two WhaCks;
Den he planted de toe OF his boot, san.
Where BOTis's coat tails oTter bin.
AMI Bowls span round in DAT 'rOuut-alOst
Like sr boys whifleTgig In de win.
80 Den eb'Tyoae oar glib Oh her, sab.
An SSld dat biz sRTv'C dis SoEls right.
4 a nj ticki'd uS udTSieS ter dt.5. mos.
'kase Mas Jim fix Ge cid mans nEhti
BuJ. den, OATS Mars jim f.T Oe wrT.' sab
JeS' &c sans : nee &c Wah e b5fO'-
An whOeber Gums fOOlln' along o has hans
Is gWine ter get hurled, now, shOl
50 Now, dat Is de tTufe-anU Bowls knO'S hit
An could tell IL eZ plane, sab, e. me
An y0u'S got de 'rOng man In de box, daT,
EZ l hopes dat de jury II see.
An II dat TuZ attemp' teTe 'ntimeIdate.
HIS pow Tful wtnniu' som way
'Kase de man dat Mars Jim wuZ a. baekin'
We niggers elecktid dat day!'
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They viii Fight 1t Out on That Line.

New York Tribune: "If the southern
butidCzIng congressman can do as they
please, congress will be likely to sit all sum-
mer. A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial obtained the opIni u of several
OF them on the length OF the session, and
the unanimous voice was a long fight with
the President. General Hooker, of Missis-
sippj, thinks congress may sit till March 4.
1881, unless the Radicals adopt different
programme from the one that they have
marked out General Manning, also of
Mississippi, expects to stay all summer. Car
Isle, OF Kentucky, says adjournment won't
come for a long time. General Gibson, of
Louisiana, has the calm assurance to say the
session will be a long one, unless Hayes
should behave himself, which is not prcba-
bic Casey Young, of Tennessee. is pre-
pared TO sit till we carry cur points If it
takes all summer Eppa Hutton, of Vir-
ginia, expects an eighteen moths fight
The ferocious Chalmers is going to t for the
rest of the time for he will slt Till hell free zes
over, If the Republicans persist in their
policy"
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and foot, and dragged all over New York
and Vermont. Daring the progr, SIS OF his
trlai he would interrupt a witness With,
when Cv5rruled by the judge, who was a
member OF the supreme court, Jack would
take exceptions 20 his rulings, and upon
these he appealed to the supreme court re-
Gently held at Woodstock, before which he
won his point and obtained 2 new trisl.
dis versatility, shtewdness and legal knowl
edge are subject Of much comment among
the legal fraternity. California Jack has
been conficed in the Windsor State prison.
AZ no other prison was deemed safe against
his experienced Efforts to escape"
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.'TRUFH" AND aHE SUNDAY SCR
rF=ssr-s.-


On Sunday last We Published a second
communication from Truth, in which he
undertook 10 refute our assertion that Sun
day regulations, hitherto, have operated
Principally against The poorer cl. sses. lie
replies TO this: You here assert two
things: First, that cur Sunday laws,
as laws, make discrimination
nation against the poor; and, secondly, that
those who administer those laws will enforce
them with parIaity to the rich" truth"
is once more in error. The passage he
quotes and replies TO contains neither of the
assertions he sets ~ as ours. That passage
says that Sunday gulatons, hitherto, have
operated principally against the poorer
classes, which expression contains neither
the "6rs." rcr the second OF the asscr-
tons Truth" attributes to it. He denies
the correctness OF the two assertions, which
he himself has made, not We, and which,
being has own, we have no business with, or
with the denial Of Truth" respecting them.
He then invites US b look to the Sunday
laws themselves. As cur article was on the
subject Of the Sunday "0rders" issued by
the authorities Of this District, it is unneces-
sary to extend tie discussion to Sunday laws
in general; the subject before US
is the Sunday manifesto OF the Dis
triot authorities. Truth" asserts that
Irregular avocatioEs may not he
pursued on Sunday" But regular avora.
tons are pursued 90 Sundays in this city.
Where the may Tot be" Of Truth" has
the hard fact Of every Sundays experience
to re.ute its accuracy, no argument from NJ
Is necessary, An classes" says Truth, "
must close their places Of business" out, as
the article M the APPEAL said would be the
case, they don't, and what is the value of
Truth 5 must Ia tae presence Of That
fact9 Our article asked whether, if one man
drove out IN his carriage on Sunday and an
other on a dray, the general orders" would
be carried out impartialIy with respect 10
bolhP To this Truth" replies boldly: If
the rich man uses his carriage in the way of
regular business, be will be indicted, Just as
the poor man with his dray." If a lawyer
goes to consultation, or a merchant TO
settle trade, CT q capital st to effect a loan,
and 90 in his carriage on a Sunday, he will
be Gin tie way Of regular business, that Is.
his regular business, but would he be, and
could he he indicted? The fact that IS over
looked here by cur correspondent, is that the
nature Of the poor mans business exposes
him to prosecution in manner the other
man business, or profession. does not. From
.he very nature Of the circumstances, therefore,
,41day regulations act unfairly between the
poor and the comparatively rich, and for that
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Park. Ia Parlk conntr- e.
He will give me his address II he pleases
The cream ofthe letters is this one, written
in a neat hand by a lady in drab:

WILMINGTON, DEL, Third Month, 10th, 1879.
RESPECTFUL SIR-In looking in the newspapers
my eye CHANGED to a small item headed ''De-
mand for Wives have read it very carefully and
thOughtfuly aud asked myself the question, Would
1t be prudent in me to answer this?" So came to
the conclusion would risk 1t and answer. | don't
know II this should ever reach you not; II il
does do hope may be successful in my bold un-
deraking. thou2 to have spent my entire life in
single bessedneSs but the death of dear parents
caused me TO change my mind. l buried my mother
Just twenty months ago and not two months since
my father. must tell you am farmers daughter;
can do anything in housekeeping or about a
bake and cook for any one; would defy that one to
excel me in cooking. / have one sister single; we
have a nice farm aud every comfort but 1t looks
very lonely sinc9 father passed away. We have
strong desire TO go west number OF our friends have
gone TO Kansas, but our desire is to go to Iowa as
high standing; can go and mingle with the upper
classes and have always done From childhood
our reputation has been SpOtlesS. We each profess
TO be christians and try to do what Is right We have
always stood by our parents but you know death
makes such changes. SO you see we Will try to
you would try TO tell you more of my life but the
husband want must be good, noble and above ali,
temperate. As our past life has been very smooth
and happy; IN TACT, no sorrow or trouble did We
know TIL death entered our midst. know this is
very delicate undertaking, especially for lady, You
may thlnk my motive In doing this Is justifOr sport
put am In sound earnest l hope am not to be
disappointed In my present undei taking, so will
leave IL II your judgment In regard to chance for
a nus and. Well, guess have said enough, Te-
main true,
Please address Wilmington pOstonice, Delaware.
viii walt anxious to hear from you.
These letters are only a few out of a hun
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Il Burglar vino Knew More Than a


Windsor (Vt) correspondent of the New
York Sun: "a man about thirty five years
of age was arrested for burglary, committed
at the store of Robbins Il Marsh, at North
Chester, Vermont At his trial he gave his
lame as John Hammond, or California
Jack and proved himself quite an inter-
esting character. Although a young attor-
ney was assigned him, he conducted his own
case. Al the impaueling of the
jury he inquired of each of them
scruples against acquitting prisoner should
it be shown that he had been ironed, hand
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Another Outbreak in Breathitt.

CINCINNATI, March 20.-A special to the
Uening Star, from Mount Sterling. Ken
lucky, says: "A report, well authenticated,
reached here that the old Nick has been t.
pay again in Breathitt Several days since a
body Of desperadoes assembled in Jackson,
ana after consultation proceeded to the jail,
built of logs, and beginning with the roo;
proceeded to raze 1t to the g5ound. They
completed the work of demolition, after
which they swore by all the gods and god
desses of the Kentucky mountains that
another jail should never be built in the free
county Of Breathitt. Twenty-Five men as
sembled in Wolfe county, near the State
road, the day the militia left Breathitt, with
the avowed purpose of rescuing the twelve
prisoners, but were deferred"
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ST. Louis Republican,
EOr DEAD, BIT SLEEPING.

To the memory of Edwin 3. Foster, member
of the Memphis Howards, who noby sacrificed his
own life for Others and in remembrance of those
unknown TO fame or friends VITO have silently fol-
lowed in the Steps of our Savior