davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1881-09-24

uycr which tho 1'rcsidont WINS tn be borno
towards tint senslio cottago wi,loh It was
vainty hapcl1 would provo an asylum Of
lloaiti,1 Az tl,ay wlaltod tho slatlQ tnA,,y n
teryent, st1gut prtyur for tho recavery ut tho
Iova,l ono wont u!,to ltuayc1'. And on tho
linc Of tint snsl, ewlft journey aEain thu
humble lab0rurs by Thousands stonsl Mn-
coyerad, howeA reyarantIy IN prayqr far Tho
s,.fferur. Aud now that all ls over. their
ltppca tr,ls1lntl, their prnyers unanswered,
tho poor everywhere nro irst to taattfy their
groat grief through MI humble display Of tho
saL!o ornbunH of mourning. LII ivory city
III tic land II Ia United Tint there has been n
struggle aiming tho poor to show thcir mp
probation Ut tho Natlm'a grioyoi,s loss by
such poor wce,ls ~ tholr slender means
allow. In thIs touching demonstration Ut
tic Infection Of the poor there Is sublime
patl!ns-R pathos a. p1tlfully sweet alltt
tetltiur rs tho old 8crlpturnl story Of tito
Widows mite, In tho slcndor, Hcant bit Of
crupe Which atiurns the ttoor.posts af tho
luborer's cottnEe the universally Of SORROW
Is expresscll-a sorrow deep, earnest, nlld
With ITO etpMont OF ustrntatton.
III tile carcur OF Gartteil tho labor CLASSES
not only Of this tant, but Ut all laslas. sea
exempllnetl tho dignity Of toll. Iii tic mug
p1c they behold, As II embodied, tho trof.lell-
tlollB power Of tho labor Of llaill and lleat('
Ills life proves TINT to persistent, well-tlt'
rcctcd, systematic effort nll things arc p0Hst'
ble From tho tow-pattl to the I,cadati!p oi
tho Nation, from obscurIty 10 worldwide
runowM, Garfield narkod shining way.
, 1881-09-24

loust thnt this will continue to 10 tile status
of tho case, and That tho chargcs made
"1 ---=--
TEE sEoAhT of oAHtahhos ohhaAN Eos.
The secret Of Gartield's great SUCCESSES Ut
life, Of Ills culture, Of his learning, and of Ills
growth In statesmanship was disclosed III "
brlef spcccl, to tho students Ut Hiram Co!-
lego. delivered many Seafs nEo ny ule tseh-
cral, md reported from lnc1aorS bS the cleve-
land correspondent OF IltE Ii'lnuSi;' Jnty3'
1850. Tho spercl, nr familiar tulk, is worthy
Of reproduction now because OF Its phllo-
sophtCut vnlue ns \ guide In tho conduct OF
ltte. and bcnuso it affords such clegr Ill
sight to the character Of tho groat n!an
Win l,os uossc,1 uway-shows 30 clearly tbs
secret Of Its yast requirements auu immense
power. liz said:
i was thinking, young ,ad,es at,,l gentlemen, as
s9t here this !Urnilig. lnas w. ~ MMRnsE
WHOLLY aaq Mp u ,s 9n.sst sat ts Thnt "xsts
aSyway That expsotadi That y n9s wHFt NV
Eyes tho HEpt or kss th9 ~ dl1stpSshtig 9 n s,
suR 6 tho as pree eeH & fsss % j.
!S t Ge gret or sas Il so shns IT @
GTSas T%f.s o .ns TT t. q" hS astSt n II
~. nI.iref ~ thuItvhf finn mini IL int urnntnr
linn anothns. parhaps. In tho graat bulk Of IT.
gontgnts w. J.: !, 14sg % as s SyGto5 y, E ssn a a M
scnerai s "details II Il sIojcct, hut you can 9o Just
ltt!o further thyi eau iou hayo @ y greAtar i!,
tha;uht 'du iust boyoIla whcro hive gonU, Ynnr
margin has got NO. 1 must aucousnh to your
sapor,oeay; oaa wov 10 corrv out tho enmo lasa, md
botter Illustrate II. Is ny Plohas. Did yo.l eyer
oo i%o E!S9os Wn9sG ns u rr Iantrp tha Sns to
oshprS ThIs larger one, although thelo is 80
% ems'Tuy FIX ncoso m n."sy ~ o,ho!
to to- spase asi bcstdes. LII these xIules 10 n,0is
with lEy!rF Principe " too Hlaa " tnG!r
op,ma r. ovnSy Mnr dreosio1 "a to oxaiorv fes
knowietso.. Tho ono R0es y certatn dlstanco
aa an sa st,,dstii9 n ~ bas ~ roaouoI s nasin,m
uf Knowledge III that direction. Tho other
soEas rs "rna os' hor snd eah va F'gen @en 1s't
it1st mlnd to ablc 10 tei, tho either has sono
in.!nity farther thhn i Gan ,st TeagA, s, ~ K2sa
o.n,r H, 10 tos n lin tS,aHs o lid Mt k,o GeforS.
atnny u'lnds yoM on n1ay cnAslaeg Wo':1esful 'n
dns,r ,arc9 f H ipc Gsvon y". What ia ,ncunt
ivo this should be Tor nay ya,iug man To wnrk.
10 AnAkH H1b marlin III kFtHb ~ Ruk xltltkHE
, 1881-09-24

quarter million for tho urAnt glft fani, In II.
iss,lo Of Thurslny says:
Tho royult AEnlnst tho 1sorabioan ,naoblno tn
this State III etlglngUrutl by Mr.. CDnklnH anJ hss
nss!stants scctn9 to ho growing III strrnuth
Following olpsc upon the tanrent or tho Iunki,nc
the Frat District nr Wuahlnxtau County So,n". H.rs
nowa of tho complete tllscnHllt,,ro Dr tic Cu.,k.
tiInehIhe In IIrnulnc and Suffolk. All fur hnvs
h!tlurto been ruRnrtiG. aH CnnklnK siru"s
b,lle. ani tho uctlun rf tho Hutrnlh County CH'.
vontfnn is al instruattVo et,!nEncnt on tto icet,
ing with which bis constituents rg9Anl MI, in..
ConkltnEs much vauntoti Gnccess fl eBrrrInv !
fuw wnrls Ut tho City Of Utica mny or may nai
procure bis seduction Ms delcHntp to tho Stste
Convention. "~
, 1881-09-24

AMONG other wIso and benelicent laws I'm.
dor which the poupto OF this 8tato 1.-Two Is nne
which provides TINT porsous nbuut to commit
1nntrttnnuy shall aeutlrp from tho Clerk Of tho
county III which tito cHr0in0ny IL 10 bp por-
formed tcons1 authorizing tholn to heeomo
nun and wife. Tho samo law alsu provides that
within thirty days after tho solon,nlzatiou uf
such marrHgc tho minister, 1ndKe, Or Justice
Of the rcnce who prcs!ttcs OIL tho eventual oc-
easton slnll make Il ccrtlf'aato at such mnrrIngo
md rottrn tho sasno+ to9ethor with tho l!cunsc.
to tho County Clork. Rcuent Investigation his
.lovotupul tho fact that in Cook County fha pro-
vision Of tito faw.-wlErh Is vItAl ono, ina4+
in,loh rs IL furnishes tho Gully loyal rucor1oa
proof Of tnarragu-hna beefl got ut tlef!ahco by
many ministers, notably those Of thu Catholic
Church. Thu County Clerk, III spoaklng OF this
mntter, instanccd tho fuet thnt u number Of
murrin8cs celebrated in lg7l by certain
Cutholto priest Ut this city worn never reported
to tho authorities until tho present year-toA
yenrs tatDr tlRn required by 1nw. It Ia not only
Il cicrRytnHn's duty. uHlpr tho Inv, 10 tnnko
prompt and proper return u u.ArrtaKes at
whc! hu uiI!eiu.cs. but 1t Is also duty which ha
owes tu tho parties directly Interested Ia alloh
marriages, snco II neglect TO comply with tho
law n1ny result III rendering tho chll1ron Of such
marriages. unnblc to provo the Legitimacy OF
their birth, or pnco wives at tho mercy Of tt-
surupuons and designing husbands. Thu rcne-
dy for tho stnto Of affairs which now exists Ia
this county is very simple. Tho !aw snya:
II any mintstar, ,Julxo. or Juatice at tho Ponce.
having rG!nbratpl mArFlnKct or nay nlurk Or
secretary Of my society, Church, or detlnniia.
tion ntannK whom nlarriago y celebrated, and
whoao duty 4 shnll bo to trako aia ,setlrr, q
ur roturn to tho County Cl8rk such cprttnoMtr III
tho time and lnut,1er provided by Inv, ho ahatl
forfeit md nay $10O to bo rocnyeFcd III tho natlo
ot tho people Of tho State Of Illinois, Ia Fn nctiun
Of dett III atly court Of competent jurlshuuot1.
II shall Go tho duty nf tho 6tata's- Of
tho prnper county to prosecute all Dfonses ull.
der rho preceding sections.
Tho StMte'H- Attorney Of Cook County Is n vtg-
orous young nun who hns twu Other vigorous
young mcn as assistants. Retwcon tho three oi
thaut It Wautd gosm that timo enough might bc
found to obtAln from tho county Clerks boo1ts
ths nanles OF clorGymon who are perststly v!o-
hitting tho law, md summon tho gentleuan be.
furo thu court provided fos the settlement oi
thGir cases.
, 1881-09-24

OSE of the city papers heads nm article
"crcpc." There IL no such word In tho English
lnuKuago. Thorc Ia Il French Worl onllcd crepe
und M English word spulled c1upe, meaning
black MOURNING goods.
, 1881-09-24
I'OST'At3E.

Entered at the Poa!.fts at tAieaea Ill.,, ~ sftond~
t7dss Matter.
For tho boneat OF mir patrons who desire 70 sct1d
eIngle Qo1rs uf THE TAtHuSE thFonfh tho MALI VIZ
blvc herewith tho transient rnte Ut postage;
Fprrfan nntf ibbrttstle. Pr Harv.
r+,oht .t nv.,vc finuo liatar centa.
tirtnn,, t,yc t'nnbr Cuutk.
, 1881-09-24
And poets by thatr sufFcrtnRs grow
AtI thpre wcrp no moro to do
To nuke a root pNOeltlnt
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SENATE.

Thc sntleflntt,Iess of that pnrt pf thu Cotl-
stitrtton which provides for tho succession
when President dies or Is removed, or Ia
1aborIne under an inability. llas boon freely
discussed during tho late Illness Of President
Garfield. Tho succession Of tho Vice-Prest-
dent Inns for tho tflnp closed TINT question.
Thu Constitution, however, instead Of pro-
vftllng who should become President IN cNso
bnth the Offices Of President and Vlcs-rresl-
doMt should becotlio vaca'lt, left TINT duty to
Congress. Several Vioe-preslttents have dlcd
III Office. Mr. King died in 1853, leaving the
Office vacant during tho whole term for
which Ito was etcctctl. and Vlce-rresittent
Wilson, at d more recent tlnte, died III office.
Congress, III providing for such MI
eycnt, designated tho presiding oriicors
of tho two 1louaas Of Congress sllo-
cessiyoly to net as President Until MI
election could be Ind. Neittar tho Con-
Btttutlon nor tho net Of Congress detinos
whether President thus elected shall servo
for tho tern, Ut four yoarB or tor the ui,ox
pireil torn Of tho lccodunts. Now the aitlla-
tion IL embarrassed by tho fuct that the offices
OF President OF tho Senate and Speaker
Of the House arc both vacant. When The
Senate wns Inst In session thu members woro
equally divided according to party classitca-
ttou and tho Vice President l.uu tho casting
| vote, Slncu then two Senators from New
| York haye resigned, and ono from nGodo
Island ltus dcceascsl. Two Senators hiyo
! been elected 10 illl tho vacancies from New
York, mud onu 10 I'LL tic yucancy from Khodo
Island will bo elected noxt wools. But tllcso
persons l,ayo no vote until Tho scllato
Inns presiding officer nnd thoy shall be nd
lullted and sworn. This Senate Is nlso with
out Secretary,
| When tho Senate s1p!i bo convened It
will stand Democrats 81, Republicans Is,
mud Republicans mt admitted D. Ttis all
mits tie possibility of Democratic Prcsi-
dent pro tcmporc. This classification IN
cluttcs SIahonp ns n Republican, atui Juugy
, 1881-09-24

coRlHrttfAN CHATTER, No. 10 y; 4. M.7Thg
Wnni1vrs are snanassod ~ n!rHt NJ thpr hn, O.
The ru,air1s f our infs eumpanIun douglass Nes1tt
~ o@k""'', ltTiIGl! Itn'ItGGl wXnitlSGruN, H. r. 1tr
, 1881-09-24

NxCEf.sInR 1.0D1E Nj. T. X. OF r.-AttentIon-.
All utenlb4rs nru hereby ordered 10 rsp,rt ~ EAnd
lL,dGu tfHlI, III NulIg nht AdNna.sts in MDndaY ut
l:1i "a part Ia the fun4Fai rsocHaa!nn nf auE
Ilte l'resftoht. ALFRED t3ot,nMAN,,
, 1881-09-24

Ctn.k rtrett. uppasf INV tuIFt.tIutish. Engnse-
msnt of ttc Enon squhTo Theatre COMPANY. "Tha
uaakurs pauAhloE." Afternoon Nnd eysIuR.
, 1881-09-24
Gbe Gtfh,1,te..:
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

ny MAir--1N ADvAycE-rosTAoE PREPAID.
Datly ct},tlo1, emo yenr Zoo
iara I'll yeas. pef Loo
t}ntlY and Sunday ntla year ..t.....,,..sas 1A.0O
imrsstnv Thnfrfnf, md HAtuttlAy, nor J0ar,, 600
Mnn3n .ynjnosdAf. hrt FRIDAY. puf fanf.,. 100
BunlaJ, u-pngc vdltd1s, ptr 1ear.....,....." Zoo
WEEKLY EDiT1oN-roBTrA1D.
ma e,nx t,or vna. l.HO
f."h ~ }vn ".... .......'....'....... fs,OD
Twtty-ong copleH... &o'V"
ppucimcn oopfos ssnt FREQ. ...........
Give pott-Un1ea address in fu1t. Including county
and state. ......
Henilttnncos may oa nado either By drift oxptosa'
Pobt.co order. Ia registered iettcf At cur fsk
To CtTT SUBSCRIBERS.
Daily. delivered, 6nndAY excepted. So cents pc4"ee1'
Daily, delivered, sundaT incads 10 cent psf ~"ok'
Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY,
Corner Madison md }carhorn.sts'' Ga'eaeo' ILL
, 1881-09-24

GAUNTLET l.DrGE. No. 1. X. or F.-Each Hrt
avery member ts hereby requested 10 ntt0nd sec
Il D. shurp, 10 tpke action Eea!v9 81 MnI.It5
procession. -. HA y. HltO0hE ESt
Chancellor Cuun.ulldef.
, 1881-09-24

antotrh etrcaf. boiwucn clnrk and Ia sa''A.
Engagement ot SnlEhutga TTUubnIours. "The AHa'
steur uununt.' Afternaon utltt evening.
, 1881-09-24

Msdteon street. hctneon atnto and Dearbnr
Engagement Of j, NJ lltlIs Comedy Eou,panY. -
tho lssue," Afserncnn and evening.
, 1881-09-24

I.nko Front {f:lrnns Gr1unua).
uetween aiad!sun atteet md Exposition 1ulld!ns
Thu Aon:tsr WAalu.
, 1881-09-24

Clark Fsrrea be warn Lake ntt' thHdnlpn' En9nR,
rc1lt Of Ilstu + fs9l.nnn'a Comedy Conlptny Saa
!yvu's Plcnle" Afternoon a3I UyentnK.
, 1881-09-24

0'Ilr!enfa 6Nllrry. ...
ms Wabash Avanuo. ATT 1exhGlton-"Ths Court
OF nenth.H
, 1881-09-24

COVENANT I.OpGE. Nj. hat F. 4 4. M.-An
CONT Communication Ut thp Nl,pvn i1dKu VII! hu
hh Ills iknturl.uy} Afernuou. ut ueck. NJ Eurlns
,l!nn Hulk ~ kinte.kt. inr thy putp"s9 r.
III Nesiitt. Nnstur AtMsors iron! xissoF lo'i4aa
cordially Invited. As o''''i, i,u0it MAsos, ". M.
GEU H. WAIT. 8acrqtary.
, 1881-09-24

u. c. CNEHlEn LODGE. M. Gti. 4. 7. 4. M.1.
1ro members Hso nureby nnlttcd 10 snaet Rt t,lpr
hHtl tlH 4Alur1ny) byu'tnK ~ pulucA Y make ~;
Fuu.un,eHH for t!Gir lhfslG!ht1dii 10 tho fAhafal
''"~O " jASlES KEATS, W. u.
, 1881-09-24

GrltcrlNM Thcntre. -----
Corner Ut scdgwick ind l'vtanH HtFccis. variety
ENTERTAINMENT Afternoon nnh DYentng.
, 1881-09-24

Monroe atreet. betweon Clark and 1seatbnrn. En-
pareupnt u RullAnn und ErMH1 "Tweltth Nlxht
Or, What YOU VIII" Afternoon anu eyut!Ng.
, 1881-09-24

nesplalncs atrscL r,Uar Madtnn. Waat Hde.
ctr entertainment hfternoun and evening.
, 1881-09-24
SOCIETY NJ El;.rINGS.

l, O. H. H--The n1ambpFa Of the independent Order
n! !nu! FIRTH pra tequastua y i.Ilat IN ls4n.nh
LuxD Hail. c6rilGr Ut 1nkD stta LII H!lbaES on aD-
dny luurnnC. Sept. Vi. OnB hsiur psirF 10 the puh9
snnoaucuyn u tlo pEasssss!n r. u w
y ordepot till Gensra x,Hr''p!ssY n = n Ii M J.
Attcst, Al1QIrII LOisIl, Heer0LAEy.
, 1881-09-24

Instnstrtnl ExpnAltian. . ..
Luse. Front, uppoaLt A1aMs street, Open day nts
evening.
, 1881-09-24

(srnnd Opesu.IFnuss.
Ctp.k ftrett uppnsf Muw tu1Irl-lEDtish. Engn5e-
msnt Of tho EnIon.squhTo Theatre Comnany 'Tha
uankur's pauAhior." A{ternnon Hnd eyssluR
SJcvtchcr's Theatre.
Mcdtfon street. bctuoon atnto and Dearborn.
Engagement Of j, NJ. 1ltIs Comedy Eoupan7* "Ah
shu Nsue,' Atscrncan and evening.
1EnverlS's 'rheHtre.
atpuroc street. between Clark and Dearborn. En'
pareuent VI l.ulaan und crano. "Tweltth Might
Or, What YOU Will.' AtturnuUn uni eyunnE.
Olympic Theatre.
t1ark F,rres be vapn Lake an' lihHdnph. En1nRo-
rcnt Of Il.do i Eol.nInua Connolly Company. "S!ul-
!uvn's rlcnIc." Afternoon ami evening.
Academy or Music.
f'nl..ch street., near stutbo, Watt Hlde. Variety
entertainment Attc1noun nnd asenlng+
E.yceum Theatre. .
nesnlalncx atrspt, runr $ndlnnn, WAIT Hlda. Vail.
ctr entertainment AftornnVn and eyantnv.
Grltcrlnn Thcntre.
Corner ot scdxwck und l'!Sialan streets. Variety
ENTERTAINMENT Aftosnoon Hna evening"
Inttnstrtnt ExpnAltian. ...
Lase-Front, oppoalt Adams street. Open dag and
evening.
Gl,icnKu Driving Pnrk.
Al tho terminus Ut tie Madlson xtFcet cAE'&faok.
Trpt.nH at2 O'clock.
I.nko Frnnt t&:lsrps Grpt,nda).
uetween Madtsun atTuet md Exposition building.
Thu Aon=tsr WAao.
0'Ne!en'4 Cutlery.
Eos Wabash Avanne. ATT Exhlb|.fon-"Ths Court
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-29
THE SPEED OF THOUGHT.

Helmholtz showed that a wave
of thought would require about a
minute to travel a mile of nerve.
and Hirsch found that a touch on
the face was recognized by the
brain, and responded to by a man
ual signal, in the sevent'l Of a sec
ond. He also found that the speed
Of sense differed for different or
gans, the sense Of hearing being
responded to in a sixth of a second:
while that Of sight required only
one-tifth second to be felt and sig
nailed. In all these cases the dis
tances traversed were about the
same, so the inference is that i'm
ages travel more slowly that sounds
or touch 1t still remained, how
ever, to show the portion of this
interval taken up by the action of
the brain. Prot. Donbers by very
delicate apparatus had demonstrate
ed this to be about seventy-five
thousandths of a second. Of the
whole interval of forty-thousandths
are occupied in the simple act of
recognition, and thirty-five-thous-
andths for the act Of willing a re-
spouse. When two irritants were
caused to operate on the same sense
one-twenty-fifth Of a second was
required for the person to recog-
nize which was the first: but a
slightly longer interval was requir-
ed to determine the priority in the
case of the other senses. These
results were obtained from a mid
dle-aged man, but in youths the
mental operations are somewhat
quicker than in the adult. The
average of many experiments PROV
ed that a simple thought occupies
one fortieth of a second.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-29

Reporters, as a rule, are preserv-
ing men, and like to give good value
for their services. \ good story is
told of Lord Palmerston's exper-
fence Of unfortunate reporters. 4
London scribe having heard that
his Lordship was to be present at
an archery meeting in small coun-
try village in Hampshire, posted
down to the place and attended the
meeting. Lord Palmerston's task
was to distribute prizes to some
half-dozen blushing young ladies,
and the whole company present did
not number much above a score.
His LordshiP performed the task
with his customary grace and good
humor, giving the young ladies q
kindly pat on the head, but making
only the most common place obser-
vations. The reporter waited an
xiously in his place until, to his
horror, he saw the proceedings
brought to a close without any for
mai speech from the Premier. This
was more than he could stand. He
rushed from his corner to the noble
Lord, who was passing out of the
room. MY Lord, [ beg your par
don, but really this won't do"
what do you mean" was the re-
ply Of the astonished statesman.
why, you've made no speech!
I've come from London to report
it, and I must have aspeech of some
sort" Whereupon, it is upon re-
cord that the good-tempered old
gentleman turned back and detain-
ed the retreating audience for twen-
ty minutes, while he gave them a
genial dissertation on the good quail
tiles of English woman in general
and Of Hampshire lasses in partic-
ular.-ChuDbers' Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-29
WHAT AN ALBANY NAN
SAID.

One of the lumber dealers in this
State had for three years been sup
plying a dealer at Albany. For
| the first year everything went well
but at length the Albany man be-
gan to complain. He found short
age and culls in every carload sent
him and demanded discounts there
| of, and it was impossible to please
him. No matter how carefully lum-
Der and shingles were culled and
billed here, he was sure to write
back that they were not up to the
standard a carload Of "star" shin
giles was sent him. The "star"
shingle beats anything made in the
country, and they know it at AL
bany as well as in Michigan, but as
soon as the car arrived the dealer
replied that he really must protest.
The shingles were hardly "clear
butts" and he could not unload the
car until assured Of a discount Of %
cents per 1000.
The Michiganeer had suffered
long, but the end was nigh. He
had inspected every bunch of SHIN
giles on that car, and he made up
his mind to 60 to Albany and in
spect them over again. The deal
er there had never seen him and the
Wolverine walked into his Office as
a would-be purchaser of some extra
fine shingles.
Owe got exactly what you want"
promptly replied the Albanian. "I've
got a carload of Michigan stars
out here which lay over any shin
giles you ever saw"
"Are they all perfect"
"Every one of them"
"No culls in the center Of the
bunches!'
'I'll eat every Gull you find. I
got them from a Michigander who
is as straight as the Ten Command
ments, and he has never yet sent
me a stick Of second-class stuff.
Come and see EN-"
The Wolverine quietly pulled out
his business card and laid it on the
desk.
The dealer took it up, read the
name, and sat down on the stool
with queer feeling in his knees.
There was an awful silence as
they glared at each other, and it
| was full minute before the victim
slowly extended his hand and hoarse-
ly whispered:
Odd you ever see a man make
such an internal ass of himself!
Shakew!-Detr0H Free Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-29
HOW THE OLD SALARIES
WE'RE PAID.

Between 1777 and 1874 the Ter
ritory of Tennessee (really part OF
North Carolina) maintained state
government under the name OF
"Franklyn." In the old records
quoted once by Daniel Webster in
a COMPRESSION speech-stand the fol
lowing curious statements ofthe way
payments were made in time when
the people had no current money:
''Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of FRANKLIN,
and it is hereby enacted by the
authority Of the same: That from
the first day Of January, 1879, the
salaries of the officers Of this com
monwealth be as follows, to wit:
His excellency, the Governor,
per annum, 1000 deer skins.
His Honor, the Chief Justice,
500 raccoon skins, or 500 deer
skins.
THE Treasurer Of the State, $50
racc0n skins.
CLERK of the House Of Commons,
200 raccoon skins.
members of Assembly, per diem,
three raccoon skins.
Entered into a law the 18th day
Of October, IT'S under the great
seal Of the state"
The well-known burlesque of the
Heather medal suggests a vague
reference to the times when skins
were the only money.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-29

ONE Of the chief hindrances to
telegraphing in Japanis the ground
ing Of the current by spider lines.
The trees bordering the highways
swarm with spiders, which spin
their webs everywhere between the
earth, wires, posts, insulators and
trees. When the spider webs are
covered with heavy dews they be
come good conductors and run the
messages into the earth. The on
ly way to remove the difficulty is
by employing men to sweep the
wires with brushes of bamboo: but
as the spiders are more numerous
and persistent than the brushers,
the difficulty remains always SER
ious one.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-29
GRANTS ARABIAN STEEDS

A curious little story about Gen
eral Grants Arabian steeds is told
by Mrs. Hooper. When the hors-
es wers delivered to the American
Official who was deputed to repre-,
sent General Grant, he found that
through some hocus-pocus of the
horses selected had been exchang-
ed for a dismal beast, being lame
and generally unsound. Our coun-
tryman did not wish to forward SC
wretched an animal to the United
States, yet what was to be done!
To refuse the sultan's gift would
have been deadly insult, and, be
sides, he had no right to do any
thing of the kind; while to find fault
with it would have been a deadlier.
Finally, a bright idea struck him.
The ulsouud horse happened to be
black, so he sent for the high and
mighty Turkish Official who had the
matter in charge, and regretfully
informed him that, though General
Grant was enchanted with the two
noble steeds that were accorded
him by the muniticence Of the sui
tan, he would, unfortunately, be
unable to use the black one, as
horses Of that color were only en-
ployed at funerals in America, and
to offer or accept one as gift was
held to be an exceedingly bad ON
en- in that country. The courte-
Gus Turk was profuse in civilities
and apologies, the black horse was
taken away, and a sound and hand
some animal Of another color was
sent in its stead.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-09-29

TIE American Express Company has
introduced into New York the system Of
Harvesting three horses abreast, after the
fashion Of the London omnibaees. The
wagons arc supplied with two poles in
stead of one, and each of the three nor
ses is attached TO a separate whifletree.
This IS found to be a decided improve
ment over the system sometimes used of
putting one horse in shafts and another
at each side. The Harvesting is pract-
ically the same as with two horses, with
two poles instead of one.