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Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

WASHINGTON dispatches of the 1st
say: President Arthur has offered the po-
sition OF Secretary of the Interior to James
| A. Williamson, of Iowa, formerly Com
missioner of the General Land Office, and
appointed Joseph X. McCammon Commits
sioner of Railroads, vice Theophilus French.
| A report was current that Postmaster-G Gen.
eral James was to retire Jan. 1, and that
Chauncey /. Filley, of st. Louis, had been
| selected by the President to succeed him.
MIR. BRADY assumes to be so confident
of establishing his innocence of any COM
plicity in the alleged Star-route frauds, that
| he is said to he preparing to bring suits for
| libel against Postmaster General James and
| Attorney General MacVeagh, whom he
charges weth giving out much OF the de-
famatory matter that has been published re-
garding him.
A FREIGHT train on the Columbia &
Port Deposit Railroad was wrecked near
Safe Harbor, Pa, by a landslide. The To-
comotive and six cars were thrown into
the Susquehanna River, and the remainder
completely wrecked. The body OF Ellis
Duet, engineer, was believed to be under the
engine in the river. The fireman was seri-
ously injured.
THE Ozark Iron Mountain Railroad
Company has been incorporated with II, ,l0O,-
600 capital. The road will be 10 miles
long. The Gould representatives, HoXie,
Ports and Hayes, figure in the directory.
NINE prisoners escaped from the jail
at Lebanon, KY, on the 31st, passing out
through the tunnel.
CHARLES JONES, colored, who COM
mitted an indecent assault upon respecta-
BILE white married lady, was hanged by a
mob near Spadra, johnson County, Ark.
THE boiler of steam saw-mll at
Abbeyville. S. c., exploded on the 1st. in
stantly killing two colored men, and fatally
injuring two white men, one of whom had
his right leg and left arm severed from his
body.
WIN. L. GIBSON, Cashier of the Citi-
zens' National Bank, of Flint, Mich, has
been arraigned at Detroit for embezzle-
ment of $4,000 and making false entries
in the books some years since.
DECREASE of the public debt during
October, S1S. .S2l, ASS.
DANIEL H. GERCT, postal clerk run
ming between Kearney and Sidney on the
Union Pacific Railway, is under arrest for
stealing registered money package con-
tanning $4,000. He has confessed and turned
over $3.50, All he had left Of the stolen
money. Robert Rich, mail messenger be-
tween the Post office and railway station at
Burnside, KY, has also been arrested for
stealing and rifing registered letters. His
depredations amount to over 800, 900 in the
last six months.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05
Scandinavian Hospitality.

The most striking quality of Scandi-
navian character seems to be hospitali-
ty. Throughout Norway, Sweden and
the far North the author was heartily re-
ceived by every one, from the King in
his palace to the Laplander in his tent.
During five years of almost incessant
travel, in the course of which every part
of the peninsula was visited, Mr.. Du
Chaillu was coolly treated only once.
The Swedes and Norwegians have the
reputation of being reserved and cold,
but this is true Of them only when they
meet strangers of the class best suggest
ed by the word "tourist." To any one
whose interest in them can not be meas
ured by a stare or two and few i'm
pertinent questions they are unsus-
picious and communicative, as well as
cordial to the verge of affection. Mr..
Du Chaillu went among them freely,
conversed in their language, wore
garments like their own, and took part
in their labors, sports and ceremonies.
The treatment he received in return
causes him to speak most enthusiast
cally in praise of their sociability and
kindness.
As in all other countries that retain
primitive habits, hospitality in Scandi-
nayia always implies eating and drink
ing. The poorest farmer or fisherman
always has something to offer the Wis
itor, and lack of appetite is generally
construed as a slight. The author
mentions one occasion on which, to
avoid hurting any ones feelings, he ate
thirty times in two days, and drank
thirty -four cups of coffee. Often strong
cheese is offered just before meal to
provoke appetite, and in the cities a
formal dinner is preceded by a snaorgas,
or lunch, at table crowded with al
legged appetizers. On a single smorgGs
table the author noted smoked reindeer
meat, smoked salmon with poached
eggs, raw salmon freshly salted, hard
boiled eggs, caviare, fried sausage, an
chovy, smoked goose breast, cucum-
bers, raw salt herring, several kinds of
cheese and as many of bread, and a
salad made of picked herring, boiled
meat, potatoes, eggs, beets and onions.
There were also three kinds of spirits
on the table, and from these and the va
rious dishes the guests helped them
selves bountifully, and then did Justice
to an excellent dinner.-John Hab6ey'-
ton, in Harper's Magazine.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05
PITH AND POINT,

A mutual flame-two red-headed
people getting married.-N Z. Grulhic.
"A "crank" " is man whose mental
machinery runs on an eccentric. .-Nc1O
Haven Register.
-"It is a cold day when we get left"
said one neglected ice-cake on the side
walk to its fellow.-B0st0n IrGscript.
-" Riches have wings" says the maxim Old
Have you noticed where they fly?
They generally fly, so I've been told,
To where more riches lie.
-Wa and Wisdom.
A South End man found covered
basket on his steps the other day. But
he had family enough and would not
touch it, and went and got an officer to
come and remove it, and the officer
found it contained watermelon.-BoS
ton Post.
In Australia an enterprising firm
built a house of paper, and furnished it
throughout with furniture and fixtures
also made of paper. In America a
great many houses are built with paper,
and the unhappy men who 60 on the
paper have the houses to pay for, and
that's the gaul of it, stranger.-Bur-
hngton Hawkeye.
-'' Sixteen years married and still
happy?n incredulously muttered the
henpecked husband. "Sixteen years
married." repeated the good-natured
man, "and happier now than ever"
"You surprise me-" II don't mean to.
Ny wife ran off with another man six
months after our wedding. - Brooklyn
Eagle.
A Newark church member, who
says on Sunday that he is too tired to
stand up in church while the hymns are
sung, stood the other day for an hour on
Broad Street waiting for the circus to
come along. His neighbors say that he
did not complain of being weary on that
occasion.-Hartford Times.
-"Lay off your overcoat, or you
won't feel it when you 60 out" said the
landlord of Western inn to a guest who
was sitting by the fire. "That's what
I'm afraid of" returned the man. "The
last time l was here / laid off my over
coat. | didn't feel it when | went out,
and haven't felt it since. ''-Satartlay
Night.
"A young lady who mas shght de
feet in the off eye, entered a drug store
the other afternoon and called for a
glass of soda-water. The clerk mistook
the movement of the optic for the usual
hint, and ten minutes after the woman
left the store she felt an irresistible de-
sire to sing 'sWe-hic-won't go home
-hic-till mornin'," and her necktie
persisted in crawling around under her
left ear. Drug clerks ought to exercise
q little more caution. .-N0rristowg Her.
qId-
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05
Cornish FisherfOlk.

Cornish fishermen are peculiarly pa
tient under grinding poverty. Their
calling is a precarious one. The fish,
upon which they depend for the greater
part of their winters food, often do not
come. What shall they do? They mighS
frequently, and with good reason, cry
aloud for help, demanding some part of
the national subscriptions which the
Lord Mayor OF London disburses to dis
tressed Bulgarians and other worthy
claimants of international charity; but
no cry comes. They might, on the
other hand, destroy the boats and nests
of the seine-Owners to set matters right;
but this idea never suggests itself to
their minds. They simply face the hard
winter without murmur, keep their
poverty to themselves, eat their dry
crust with cheerfulness, and ask aims Of
none.
AS class they are certainly frugal.
usual influence in preventing the laying
by of portion of the earnings for a
rainy day; but, in truth, in the majority
of cases, it is hard struggle to live, let
alone save. During the long hard win
ters credit is often obtained at the gro
GERS and the bakers, who can not
harden their hearts to deny their hungry
customers the necessaries of life; and
spring finds them with burden of debt
upon their shoulders, which all the sum-
mer's fishing is unable to remove.
Hence, many of the fishermen are in
chronic state of debt, condition of
things which can not be remedied until
some occupation which may be resorted
to when stormy, unfavorable winds pre-
vent fishing is adopted. The patch of
garden ground titled by most fishermen
IS not sufficient to supply the need.
Theft is almost unknown. | speak
more especially of fishermen living in
small hamlets and villages; chose who
live in the larger towns are probably no
better than their neighbors. But in
bona tfde fishing places property is abb
solutely safe. Fishing gear, oars, arti-
cles of wearing apparel, and the like,
may be left unguarded and unmatched
without the slightest fear of their being
stolen. Temple Bur.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05
school-Teaching in the Old Dominion.

| think a bit of my experience in
school teaching in Virginia is worth
telling. Fancy log house, daubed
with the reddest of red mud, with royal
oak trees shaking hands over its low
roof. That is my school-house. Fancy
a middle-aged,. middle sized, timorous
woman, installed for the first time in
the chair of authority. That is 1. Be-
fore me, on long, backless benches, sit
my scholars, gazing with eyes like gim-
lets; one funny boy, two stupids, three
curly-headed girls, four with red hair,
all the rest being composed of sandy
hair, freckles, and snaggled teeth, with
blue eyes like glass marbles, as like as a
handful of blackeye peas.
1t is the fashion, in my school, for
notes to come to me from the parents,
written on the children's states:
"Sary Ann is not by no means to be
let sit beside of liberia Tuck. The fam
blies not settin' horses at time present. -
"I would like Willy Anna to learn the
pianner.. hear you pick the chunes
very clever"
81 request of you to hold in my son
Adoniram. He is q forrud child and
will get ahead of his helth unless held
in"
A boy with a mouth like a catfish
says:
g Oh, Miss Simpson! Pa he says he
don't want no grammar spread on me,
and am to spell in his old yaller spell
er; for he amt got no confidence in
them blue spellers."
Having occasion to correct a boy for
saying ''that ar slate," the same catfish
scornfully observes: sDon't it sound
jest like Niger? 1 always says that
thar
Tommy comes late, but instead of an
excuse he beams upon me with eyes like
stars. A little muddy dog sinks in,
nearly throwing him down, and he
draws out of his bag mangled, drag
gled squirrel, and holds it up in tri-
umph.
"That's what me and Trot done. He
treed him, and throwed at him, and
me and he and him had it thar, tusslin'
like wildcats; and hope you'll 'cept OF
him, marm."
Oh, but they do smite the English
grammar in the face!
"Mary, what is quadruped?"
GA dangerous weapon used in war. "
"No."
GA large, violent bird.'
"No."
"Oh, Miss Simpson," from the ire
pressible catfish. 81 seen one at the
circus. Hits got tail like CATER
CATER r-cattermount, and ears like a
possum.
The pride of this world and the glory!
1t freely tlourishes in free school.
There is the pride of family which keeps
Sary Ann apart from Miss Tuck. The
pride of four ruffies creates an impassa-
BILE gulf between Miss Charity Stubs
and the one-ruflie girls with bias
piece. There is the pride of spelling and
the pride of Johnny's pa, owning pea
patch and a mule, over Tom, Dick and
Harry, who own nothing and must "get
further"
Oh, the head-tossings, and the sniff
filings, and this one too good to 90 with
that one! Vanitas vanitatum Cor.
n. Y. San.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate, on the 26th, resolution by
Mr. Butler, directing the Committee on Print
ing to inquire why the agricultural reports for
1880 have not been distributed to Congress
was adopted. Mr.. Sherman called up a roso-
luton offered by him the day previous, for in
vestigation into the disbursements of the con-
tingent fund of the Treasury Department.
After having modified it somewhat it was
adopted. The resolution reads:
Resolved That the Committee on Appropri-
ations be directed to investigate the accounts
for expenditures for contingent or other ex-
penses of the several departments, including
the methods of making such disbursements,
the character and disposition of the pur-
chases che mode and employment of labor
paid from such appropriations, and to report
at as early a day as practicable what further
legislation is necessary to secure the proper
disbursement of such appropriations, and
that the committee have leave to send for
persons and papers and to sit during the re-
cess OF the Senate,
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05

THE kentucky authorities were in
formed some time ago that the James boys
had taken up their quarters in Logan Coun-
ty and had planned the capture OF train on
the Louisville ls Nashville Railroad. A
well armed posse were dispatched to the
alleged rendezvous of the famous bandits,
but no trace of them could be found.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05

AMAN, apparently insane, made ms
.uao.rance atsthe White House on the Slst
and and demanded admission. After some par4
@ue ,a,' i was found he was armed witha seyen-
harrs,ed revolver and evidently bent on
shooting somebody. His arrest was accom-
nIi.bed after some difficulty, requiring
three men to oyerpower him.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05

THE Government has been defeated
in the recent German elections. In Berlin
the Progressists gained complete victory.
The most remarkable feature OF the election
is triumph of those Liberals who are
specially obnoxious to Prince Bismarck,
viz, Eugene Richter, Karl Mayer and Count
Won Arnim. Bismarck's son William was
defeated for reelection at Mulhauscn by the
Liberal candidate. Z Eis
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05

NINE Governors were in attendance
upon the Atlanta Cotton Exposition on the
9th. The feature of the day was making
two suits of clothes, one for Governor Col
quit, of Georgia, and one for Governor
Bigelow, OF Connecticut, from seed cotton
worn at the reception in the evening.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05

Washington correspondents esti-
mate the expenses Of President Gar
fields illness at 100000, of which the
doctors bills are expected to be $685.
600. DR.. Bliss is accredited with claim
Of S25, 900
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05

The nomination of Stratham, Re-
adiuster of Democratic antecedents, for
Postmaster at Lynchburg, Va, in the place
of Wilson, Republican, who has opposed
Malone, is taken as indicating that Presi-
dent Arthur is in hearty sympathy with Ma
hone and will support him. Senator Johns
ton says hewill oppose the confirmation OF
Stratham, and that he will have the support
of all the Democratic Senators in his oppo.
sition. tgt.-- t+4 4
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05
CEN. MERRIwETHER

CRY MERRIwETHER LEWIS CLARK,
.,dior in the Blackhawk War, the Mexl-
War and the late civil war, died at his
~ name in Frankfort, Ky., on the 2Sth, aseo
y - The deceased served under Lee during
a.. 49, rhole Of the late war, holding the rank
.,coraral at its close.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05

In explanation of the denomination of
PostmasterG General James, it is said some
doubt existed as to his legal status under
the Tenure of Office law, and the President
thought best to remove this by having him
reappointed. 1t is understood Mr.. James
will continue at the head Of the Post-office
Department long enough to close up the
Star route prosecutions.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05
NEWS AND NOTES
4 Summary of Important Events.

1,,vrnrArELY following the adjourn
r.of the Senate the President appointed
n.S"tham ine"t Postmaster at Lynchburg, Va, In
rl.cs of Wilson, suspended. ~. B
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05

The small farmers in Germany can
not hold their own. Nearly 1000 farms
were offered for sale last year, and 200
found no purchasers.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-11-05


only induced to accept the position of Sec
retary of the Treasury on condition, or with
the understanding, that he shall be appoint
ed to the United States Supreme Bench, to
succeed Hunt, who, it is confidently believed,
will be retired by Congress on account of
physical disability. Folger did not really
want the Secretaryship, but is ambitious to
90 upon the Supreme Bench. 1t is still as
serted by those who assume to know that
Coniling will succeed Folger in the Treasu-
ry before Arthur's Administration grows
Very old.
THNER, First Assistant Postmaster
General, has finally rendered his resigna-
uon, IN accordance. it is understood, with
Tue clearly expressed wish of the President
anu postmaster General. He at the same
time furnished the press with statement
uec'aring his innocence of any completely,
airectly or indirectly, in the Star-route
rauos' de says his suppressed re-
port was read. by both President
OsrHeid and Postmaster-Gcner James,
VINO concurred in the opinion it had
oet'ef not be made public; that it had been
hept from the files of the Department bv
hey,s order, and was private paper. Post
master General James, in letter to judge
iyner acknowledging receipt of his resigna.
u0n, says, The request for yoiar resirna.
'ion was not based upon-any reelection upon
your personal or official integrity n,
oNE OF the most stupendous bank
lailures on record is that of the Mechanics,
aS'ional ~ Bank of Newark, N. j., which on
.ne o''n OF October was rated as the strong.
s. H"aiclal Institution in the State. with n
m sns :. surplus capital and unimpaired credit.
ml,. INV ,ne DIST was declared insolyent. with
.ranitf onies exceeding by over. 50 1000. 600 its
to"na. aoie assets. The history OF this as.
accosail financial collapse is briefly this.
Rsldn'; R,uins 10 the statement Of Cashier O. 81.
tion m,n' vii tne actual manager of the institu-
proI ~" - mas made full confession: Sew
NJ. oars asohe began making loans to d.
mon,s, oo., very extensive morocco
ofh-ao'uring of ,ha =. firm, without the KNOWLEDGE
H directors and without proper securitv
self 7' II a. a. ne says, gradually placed him
tboir; 'neir power, he continued to supply
all ,bn innate demands for money-hoping
the Io.n "nie they would ultimately repay
,bo oaii-unlll their Indebtedness reached
means V,,aous a,. sum of over $4,000 By
c,n;u u Ia'se entries he succeeded in es.
bo s rs suspicion, which was not so 1ifficult
eutira ssi implicitly trusted and having the
Find;un management of the banks affairs.
the ss sass.n himself unable longer to carry on
inc .usme ~ ~ OF Justification, he called meet
tnIl Tue BOARD of Directors and made a
is n'ession. ,ISa Baldwin is under arrest, as
cb,~mo christopher Nugent, the latter
4 u, seu with being an accessory. Josenb
s..!, halsey is President Of the bank bnt as
tiss ~ n.. uiu not perform any of the actual du-
~ pertaining to the position.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-11-09
Keeping Children at Home.

A mother who had several fun
loving boys so interested them that
they preferred to spend their even
ings at home, instead of seeking
amusement out-of-doors, or going
off with questionable companions.
The way she did it is told in her
own language;
Il remember that children are
children, and must have amuse-
ments. | fear that the adherence
with which some good parents re-
gard any play for children is the
reason why children go away for
pleasure.
Husband and | used to read his
tory, and at the end of each chap
ter ask some questions, requiring
the answer to be looked up if not
given correctly.
ave follow similar plan with
the children; sometimes we play
one game, and sometimes another,
always planning with books, sto-
rles, plays, or treats of some kind,
to make the evenings at home more
attractive than they can be made
abroad.
"When there is good concert,
lecture, or entertainment, we all 90
together to enjoy it; for whatever
is worth the price of admission to
US Older people, is equally valuable
to the children; and we let them
see that we spare no expense where
1t is to their advantage to be out of
an evening.
But the greater number of our
evenings are spent quietly at home.
Sometimes it requires quite an eff
fort to sit quietly, talking and play
ing with them, when my work has
ket is filled with unfinished work,
and books and papers lie unread on
the table.
''But as the years go by and | see
my boys and girls growing into
home-loving, modest young men
and maidens, | am glad ] made it
my rule to give the best of myself
to my family"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-11-09
Young Man !!

Stop and think. What you are
to be will depend upon what you
do. Your words, and thoughts, and
deeds, are not fragile and perisha-
BILE, but permanent and enduring.
Make all things then have a right
shaping. Dono wrong. Battle for
the right. Help and bless humani-
ty. Honor and obey the Author
of your being and your blessings.
Be not an idler. Work and win.
1t is not genius but toll that is the
creator of all utilities. Great char
acters in history are always mira
cles of industry Butler put TWEEN
ty years on his analogy; and the
work is immortal. Rittenhouse,
who began to calculate eclipses on
his pillow handles, could not fail of
eminence. Tomorrow is the day
in which idle men work, and fools
reform. Let your theatre and time
of action be to-day.
Seek to be an intelligent worker.
Read books and papers. Cultivate
and discipline the mind. Seek the
society of thinkers. Aim at emil
nence in the arts and sciences. The
paths along which Franklin walk
ed or Webster or Henry Clay, are
still open to willing feet. Enter
and walk therein. Advance to the
front. Be an intelligent toiler in
the worlds great workshops.
You are in life's spring time. If
you do not sew and plant now, you
cannot expect a rich harvest bye
and bye. Up and be doing. Sow
good seed. Keep the weeds down.
Be patient and workful, and the
future will not be without hope and
blessedness. -Aduance.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-11-09
Work for Winter Evenings.

Don't neglect to organize some
kind of club for intellectual work
this winter. Thousands of stag
nant little villages, whose social
life runs in feeble little eddies in
stead of one strong current, would
cain a new interest and impulse if
some center of association were
made. A few people giving an
evening a week to the reading OF a
GOOD book or the study of an inter
eesting subject will soon find much
to think and talk about. Life runs
too much to waste; give it dlrec-
zion and it often reveals remarka-
bic and unexpected powers. A
winter given to the study OF such
a book as Dowden's Shakespeare,
published by the Harpers, or one OF y
the Epochs Of History, published
bv the Scribners, will stimulate
not only the mental but the social
life of a. community. Get a few
friends together, select a book IN
which all will be interested, ana
try it in your village. The Christian
IInlO1l.