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, 1881-10-02

OFFICE: or THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, u. C., Oct. FL a.1n.-For Ten
nessee and the Ohio Valley. fair weather; in
Tennessee partly cloudy weather and rain;
in tile Ohio Valley variable: winds becoming
southeasterly, stationary or lower barometer,
and stationary or higher temperature.
For the Lower Lake region. partly cloudy
weather and rain, sontheaster1y winds, sta
tlonary or lower barometer, and stationary
or higher temperature.
For the Upper Mississippi and Lower MIS-
souri, Valleys, fair weather except rain IN the
southern portion, soutfleasterly winds, lower
barometer, aud stationary OF higher teinpera-
ture.
Tnc Chief Signal officer OF the Army
furnishes the following special bulletin:
The barometer is highest In, the Lower
Lake region, and is lowest in Southern Texas
The temperature has fallen from to II IN
New England, from I; to Il i'll the Lower
Lake region, and from to In the Ohio
Valley Elsewhere the temperature has risen
or remained nearly stationary. Rain has fallen
in the Lower Lake region, the OHIO valley:
and the southern portion of the MISSISSIPPI
Valley. 4 rainfall Of l-:e; inches II repoLIed
from st. Louis in the last eight hours Ine
winds iii New England. the Lake region, a1ld
Tennessee and the Ohio Valley are variable
In the Middle Atlantic States they are from
south to west, in the South Atlantic ana
Gulf States from east to south. and N Ine
Upper Mississippi and Missouri -Valleys
from the southeast. Fair weather IS lliat-
catc.t for the Middle Atlantic States today
anu tomorrow.
L0cAL OBSERVATIONS.
tu1CA0o 1-l1:f3 p.h1
, 1881-10-02
KAIAkAUA'.

WASHINGTON, d. G., Oct IA telegram
received from King kalakua, at Norfolk,
says he will arrive here this evening on the
United States steamer Dispatch, and he will
leave here tomorrow morning for Cincinnati,
whence he will 60 to Lexington, ky., to buy
horses.
, 1881-10-02

Special Dtspateh to The Chicago Tf1ouns-
OMAHA. Neb., Sept 3O.-A terrible wind
and rain storm prevailed in this section
"Wednesday night and Thursday. At Nc
braska City the blind asylum was unroofed
and Hall's store injured; also SteYepsoa'1
Block and the Gilbert Block,
, 1881-10-02

In ONE YEAR.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The Tribune says:
s.Present figures indicate that the total NUM-
ber Of deaths in tile city this year will reach
s.. 600. or g. more than in $780,"
, 1881-10-02
TIE DEBT.


Special Dispatch to The chscaoo Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct 1.-September
was in unusually prosperous month for the
Treasury. During the month the interest
bearing debt was reduced over S10,2400o0,
and matured bonds, Oh which interest had
ceased, to the amount Of ab0nt S4,l5o,000
were paid, making a total reduction of
nearly S14,4oo,00o Of the bonded debt.
The actual reduction of the total
debt, however, was only GOO. But
there was all increase Of the cash In the
Treasury to the amount of over $40, Isl 600,
so that the debt, less cash i'll the Treasury,
was over $1,000. 600 less on yesterday than
oh Aug. 81 4he increase Of cash in the
Treasury was owing partly to the large re-
ccipts and also to the fact that during the
month the payments by warrant were unus-
ually small.
OCT. ], 1851.
Ii to the Western Associated Prtss-
WASHINGTON, d. C., Oct. l.-public debt
, 1881-10-02

tops bent nearly to the ground, and then tho
sad aspect commenced.
Tue people saw the approaching danger, ara
some Of them seemed to comprehend t.
Houses were deserted by the dozen, and
men, women, and children took refuge in
cellars and nther places of safety. i son OF
Joel Stratton, Of the town Of Crystal Lake,
was returning home from q neigllbor >, and
the Whirlwiutl struck him. lie told your
correspondent he could not keep on his feet
and WIS making for shelter under 4 largo
blackjack tree, and had nearly
reached it wien the wind wrenchett
its trunk and roots from the
ground and hurled it twenty feet high. He
then ran to Il pile of fcnce-rails lying on the
ground and laid flat upon them, holding on
with his arms. just as he WAS beginning to
feel safe, the rails began TO rattle, and In less
than three seconds he was flying through
the atr with fifty rails in close proximity
Strange to say, when tho storm had passed
over lie picked himself up, and found he haul
escaped with but a dozen or two bruises
Along the stornl-bel hundreds of trees are
prostratcd, and fences are leveled to the
ground.
Oren Harrington. . farmer in the Town OF
Lind, hal the addition tn his house blown
twenty feet, and the main part twisted ont
of shape. \ log barn short distance away
was taken UP bodily and carried OFT, leaving
4 span OF horses tied to the ,nanger, which
was fastened by stakes driven in the ground.
IL bridge across the river was taken up anti
landed entire four rods down the road.
Joel Stratton, a farmer in Crystal Lake,
was especially unlucky. Ills house land barn
were totally demolished. An iron pump that
was fastened to tw0-inclL planks over tie
well was broken off and the well cayeG ill.,
Out OF seventeen acTes Of corn that lad been
cut anil set up in shocks, nothing could be
found but less than twenty shocks oil the
field.
VIII Aliens house was taken from its
foundation, and the whole family being in
the cellar were eye-witEesses, aud compre-
hendesl their hair-breadth escape.
\. Custar.l, OF the Town Of Waupaca, who
owns the finest and largest barn in tbs town.
ship. had the misfortune to have the build
ing entirely unroofed and its contents scat
tered to the winds. His damage will bo
$1,000.
James AIusant had five buildings unroofe.l-
Marcus }tttrnllatn saw his windmill and
barn give up the ghost and depart heaven-
ward. The Windmill hasn't been found get
Buckwheat and corn that stood In stocks
throughout the track of the tornado we're at
its mercy, and many farmers are heavy losers
thereby.
The damage in full cannot be estimated,
but it will reach up among the thousands
Numerous escapes, but no deaths, are re"
ported.
4 man by the name of Bates had his barn,
with four horses, blown off, and, when
found, one OF the animals was out In the
field, and Two others, strange to say, were
found in the scatfold Of the barn, covered up
with hay.
4 windspout struck Sandbar Lake and
threw hundred tis!, upon dry land, besides
bringing up an old water-soaked log and
leaving it in front of 4 farmers house on the
lake shore.
, 1881-10-02
WASHINGTON.

The Cosslps and Wire-PuIl-
ers Remarkably Busy
just Now. .
Jones Represented as. a Mutual
Friend, Striving for
Peace.
The President Dreaded Going
to New York, Fearing the
Busybodies.
Perhaps Blaine Can Be Helped
into. the Senate by
Arthur.
Logan Thinks He Gould Ease Things
by Getting Davis into the
Cabinet.
As for Hunt and Kirkwood, the Terri
tories Invite Them to High
Places.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-03-04

The repndiation 81 therailroad debt 81
Minnesota, Is. As the New York Tribune
shows, q totally indefcnsible act. What
ever the original excuse for ii may have
been, the State Is now abundantly able
70 pay. and could better Afford % lioui-
date the bonds twice over than 10 have
IT. good name disgraccd and lis credit
impaired. The amount of bonds, when
issued, in 1858. was 1920. O00. with
accumulated interest the whole debt
now amounts 20 about $1,000, 600. But
che assessed valuation 81 property N
the State il S25s. 05j. 5f3. and The real
value not less than $500. 000. 900. Hence
she debt. with past-duc interest, u not
more than thrce-fourths o( one per
cent: of the property in the State. the
TAX levy u very low. being only one
dollar On The $1,000, On : third u
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-03-04

the actual value of property. o.
ten cents on The 600. and only
twenty-eight cents on The 600 IL
taxes % al kinds. THE whole debt
could probably DO paid by disposing %
the public lands Of the State. There u
no valid excuse for the refusal 81 Min
nesota, which had Quadrupled In popu-
lation and multiplied It's property by
eight since 1860. 70 pay is honest debts
There can Be no dispute about the L.
gality q the debt. Minncsota's re-
pudiation was cool and calculating, and
ciIectnally Offsets fulls half Of the South
ern populations, over which the Re-
publican journals have wasted 30 many
moral homiIies. The Southern State
debts were mostly the work Of the car
pet-baggers The only thing that lent
the ghost Of moral obligation 70 the
bonds representing these debts was the
fact that some Of them found their way
into innocent hands Till Minnesota
purges herself the Republican party
should remain dumb on the subject Of
Reputation. Cleveland flaindealer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-03-04

The cackling Of geese once saved
ancient Rome from capture and pillagc.
The coughing d q baby, nearly suiio-
Gated BY smoke, saved many lives the
other night, IN the modern town Of that
name in Georgia. The coughing of her
baby awokc the npthcr. who discovered
that the roof Of the hotel above her
head was IN flames. She aroused
the inmates, who barely escaped with
their lives. Colonel McSpaddcn. 81
Center, IN this State, who was stopping
there, as already noticed by rs. was 10
suiiocnted that hisrecovery was thought
doubtful. Thus very momentous con-
sequences often hang npcn events In
themselves triiiing. -. Montgomery GAIA J
Advertiser.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-03-04

4mt OtH0f night Dr<. Snort AM
bilkins. two Of the Oldest physicians 4,
the country. met ~ 4 hotel ~ Cleye
land. They were on 4 Journey. N.
| their meeting was accidental.
We must occupy the same room. :
insisted Dr. Snort III has been Y.
long since / met An old ma doc,o
that the occasion shall retain pleasan,
memories.
" Nothing would give me create,
pleasure" answered br. Bilkins III Y
pleasant ID meet 4 genuine phxs;cian =
The two old men were shown ~ ,
room. where. with bright fire. ia,
built an addition 10 An aco,,ainfance ~
gun when Ohio was nj recar.led - ~.
great State az Presidential nrodnct;o,
There are 4 great many tricks Il
the medical profession now said d.
Snort; "these upstart doctors Ara kill.
ing the people or a. a shameful rata y
s'lt wasn't 50 IN our dav.r renl;ea
DR.. Bilkins; "a boy nineteen wears ~
are WASN'T onracea ss f....;, s"'r N
sician then. ''s P"y'
mo; nor there wasn't that ;ea,ousv
existing between doctors thar Won INA
now To- III r;aht y, t.l,. ~. se~ 49,
prise and Young blood. hut : doctor
should not 10 TOO enternris;no
After talkjno until the fra MA h,rnod
out. the two friends retired :. S..s,, 49,
inc about yonnv docforsv MA ~,
Snort. II have ALWAYS hs,d shat ~
best physician 4 ~ Via "a NV ~. 80
II Is ali nracfice ANYWAY ana he,;sv n.y.,
that 4 f;ffv-vcer-oId dao,o- = '.,s ss'.so
,:- ., !" 49, 60 -oiu "oc'or - more re-
"Ycs.n said Bilkins' "but after tbev
$50 M. ~ $500 - 1,'ol ICY
ence w = - ''"~o ''''h u'ne'-
Eyes h does A fftv-exov..~ ~
doctor Is naturally mora rel;.bis tha,,
~, go, $500 ~ /. 'enao'o 'n"1
NAV here ;, sa;a p;,r;n. ..
sav thaf ;nsf hsc.nse -, co. ,ou
are ahonf f;ftv-dvsv ~ s "''a ~
.No d;jc,f th;,L - -. a;e,.-.
N ar aces Howarsr Il. ~ $3.50 AZ s.' y
e d;fferenf 800 =
..Don'f ~ y. cra,y, 80 u 1. ao..
H..
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-03-04

Hayes has violated the law every
month since be has been IN the White
House by drawing his salary IN advance.
But then. = he ID II the White House
n violation Of law, Il shows character
istic consistency q bis part. Nv y
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-03-04

You never take pen in hand but
you are showing something Of Your
own character. The very style Of your
handwriting Is an element in the de-
termination Of character. The way in
which man dashes or letter Is very
much the way in which 4 man uses his
voice. There Is modulated ease in
the tones Of the handwriting. With
ont processing 10 be experts like
Messrs. Chabot and Nethcrclift, we can
certainly gather general idea 81 char
acter from the handwriting. A min
ister was commenting on very strong
dispatch IN the presence Of his sover-
eign. The language is strong.u said
the statesman, but the writer does not
mean II; he Is irresolute.'' ..Whence do
You see irresolution?" said the King.
IN his MS and Is. please your Mai
csty." Only II IL 10 be said that Il
great deal Of humbug Is ofcn talked by
people who profess to be Judges or
showed professor III
calligraphy letter which 1 had re-
ceived. He took very unfavorablc
view Of the handwriting. II was the
handwriting Of q man without learn.
Ing, without genius, without feeling.
And now. SIR" / said. twill YOU
look at the signatureP' The letter was
written BY Lord Macaulay nv London
Society
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-03-04

Hon. Samuel j. Tilden has been
elected the first honorary member of
the jefferson Club of New York. In
reply 70 letter Of the President.
Channcey +. Black. Esq, informing him
Of his election, Governor Tilden writes
as follows
NEW YORK. January g. 1851.
ny DEAR SIN: have received your letter
notifying me Of my unanimous election a. the
nrst homo my member "a the Jefferson Demo
distinction thus conferred In order "a testify
my approval and commendation ~ the objects
81 your association. Thomas Jefferson has
title n the esteem and gratitude OF the Amer
lean people even greater than that which ~
derived from being the author OF the Declare
ton q independence end from being the an
Stnteof virginia. During All the bloody con-
nIcfs q me American revolution. and the civil
ssrns9iss out q which our system q govern
which WIS impressed upon Il the char
acter Or the Government Thy the peo-
ema i9r fr rne ps'p aca hs was nc apostle q
that bcnchccnt philosophy which WAS en-
bodied In oar Institutions At time when
powerful tendencies are q work q subvcrt
break down the Limitations u power csfab-
Iisncl ~ the CONSTITUTE "a: - centrallzc the
seton end influence a oiIIcial authorities; 10
create 2 governing class. using me machinery
of government ~ corrupt balance Or power
IN the elections. and then shaping Legislation
ana administration IN tho interests ~ the few
ukains' the many: the prcccpfs and example
q such a man - Mr. Jefferson cannot be too
often invoked. Tho formation ~ socictIcs
which can net ~ cenfers of disc us sion and ~
agencies Tor the propagation or the trne prin-
cipics Of the Fathers Of The Republic IL 4
measure capable "a great service % the people
With assurance Of sympathy and csfccm--
70 the members OF your association and 70
yourself, have the honor ~ be, your fellow
ci'i<en, SAMUEL j. TIrDEN.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-03-04

IT y reported that the Texas q Rio
Grande Railroad Company have sent d
check for 80. 900 Is q present IL Mr..
Henry Greenwood, Of Dummerston.
W.. whose husband wa, murdered while
N The employ q that company in Mex
leo last spring.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-03-04

1t turns ont that Mr.. Hayes, the
great Civil-Service rcformer who has
for nearly four years occupied the
Presidency In spite If the notorious fact
that he was not elected thereto, has
compelled the Treasury officials ID pay
him his salary monthly in advance.
This he did IN plain con'ravenfion Of
paragraph 3,6iS 81 the Revised Statutes.
which provides that "no advance of
public money shall be made ia any case
whatever. and in spite Or the protests
q the officials ~ the Treasury against
this bold violation of the law. When
demonstrated with BY member Of Bis
Cabinet, he simply answered that he
must have the money for Investment.
But then. could ANYTHING better be ex-
pected from q fraudulent President?--
Harrisburg Patriot.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-02-05

A Chicago paper published an article
with these garing headlines: 1t is
Proven. Chicago the Biggest Town for
Busins So in the Worla; And Her Enter
prising Citizens do not care who knows
it." Whereupon the american Grocer
proceeds to demolish the Chicago papers
assertions by few figures: cat the
New York custom house there was COL
lected in revenue 1928, 1877, 1859, or 70. 48
per cent. Ct the total customs revenue
collected during the last fiscal year.
The foreign commerce of New York
amounted to 1914, 229, 124, out of Sl,6l3,-
no 633 for the country, or 5S4 per cent
of the whole. The imports OF merchal-
disc reached $3.50 973, l53 out of total
for the country of 1861, 954 ,746. 1t is
the great depot for the natural and
manufactured products of the world,
and the principal distributive point for
nation of fifty millions of people. The
census statistics will show that The city
itself is the largest manufacturing center
in the United States, and that the man
ufacturing interests OF the port, which
really belong to its record, make it as
supreme in power in the direction of
manufactures as it is in finance and
commerce. A measure of its prosperity
is seen in the 2 1856 new buildings erected
in 1880 at cost of S24, 900 0OO."
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-02-05
Words OF Wisdom.

None but fooi is always right.
He that sips many arts drinks none.
To fear the worst, oft cures the worst.
Rumor doth double, like the voice and
echo.
We are never as happy nor as unhappy
as we fancy.
No one wishes to be pitied on account
of his errors.
Wrinkles disfgure woman less than
Immature.
Grief counts the seconds; happiness
forgets the hours.
Men speak of what they know; women
of what pleases them.
1t is not only arrogant, butt is profit
gate for man to disregard the worlds
opinion of himself.
To maintain an opinion because it is
thine, and MT because it is true, is to
prefer thyseH above truth.
Opinion is the main thing which does
harm or good In the world. 1t is our
false opinion of things which ruin US.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-02-05
HUMOROUS.

One of the best things Artemus Ward
ever got off was new sixty-dollar over
coat.-New York News.
They tell us matches are made in
heaven, but somehow they never smell
that way when you strike 'em.-LotoeU
Citizen.
"i'm going to come down on you
hard" as the rain said to the mbrella.
sim not to be shut up in that way"
was the Philadelphia sam
81 presume you understand my bust
ness" said the census-taker to the aero.
bat, g. merely wish to know your occu-
patton" "Oh, yes! l tumble" replied
the acrobat.
They had women doctors in Egypt
over 5000 years ago. They used to
bend over their patients, grooming: "Let
me kiss him for his mummy. "-PsilG-
de phtd Bulletin.
Harvard student twho has just failed
in Chinese sentence, to protessor)-
''Thou tea-chest-" Professor Ouri-
ously)-" What! you dare to-" Stu
dent Calmly proceeds % Thou teachest
most difficult language"
A singular fact-A Galveston gentle
man has observed that when he goes out
hunting, and has his gun with him, and
wants to ride on the street car, he has
never yet had occasion to signal street.
car driver twice Galveston Nesos.
When q Buffalo street-car conduc-
tor was told by lawyer that he had
fallen heir to legacy OF 100000, the
man simply asked the loan of five cents
to buy cigar with. He wanted to find
out if the lawyer was lying to him
Boston Post.
A youngster, while warming his
hands at the fire, was demonstrated
with by his father, who said: go
| away from the fire-the weather Is not
cold" Il ANT heating the weather;
I'm warming my bands" the little fell
low demurely replied.
A South End maiden asks: when
young man comes twice week with
carriage and takes u young lady to the
theater ami supper afterward, and
makes her magnificent presents, what
does it indicated" 1t indicates, ma'am,
that he has got more money to fool
away than we have-BoSton Post.
1t was a bitter cold day when the
travelling combination which have the
honor to feed gathered its soil airy valise
and stepped ashore at Hartford, Conn.
The Dutch found this beautiful city
here nearly $50 years ago. and the first
thing they did was to establish Colts
armory and 60 into the insurance busi-
ness. You can get insured here in any
way Tor any thing you wish-mutual,
endowment, tontine, accident, inten-
tional, nomadic. differential, proto-
plasmic, renaissance, gothic, byzantine,
greenback, composite, corinthian,
Scotch, chevoit, gossamer, seamless,
barbed wire, liver pad and hard finish.
1t is the central and distributing point
for the entire insurance business OF
America. No insurance company is
genuine unless Hartford is blown
upon the Understandable.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-02-05
Rest.

Rest
i"y ieet are wearled, my hands are tied
My soul oppressed;
AND with desire have long desired
Rest-only rest
lis hard to toll, when toll is almost vain.
In barren ways;
lis bard to SOW, and never garner grain
In harvest days.
The burden OF my days is hard to bear,
But God knows best;
And have prayed-but vain has been my
For rest-sweet rest.
lis hard to plant in spring, and never reap
The autumn yield;
lis hard to till, and when tits titled to weep
Ger fruitless field.
And so cry, weak and human cry,
So heart oppressed;
And so sigh, weak and human sigh,
For rest, sweet rest.
My way has wound across the desert years,
And cares intest
Ny path; and through the flowing of hot
tears
pine for rest.
Twas always so; when still a child I laid
On mothers breast
My wearied little head, cen then prayed
As now, for rest
And am restless still; It will soon be DER,
For, down the west,
Lies sun is setting, and see the shore
Where I shall rest.
Father Ryan.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-02-05
Toll and Love.

Ye whose earnest spirits long,
With the ardors that endure,
To be counted mid the strong,
To be numbered in the pure.
Pray to toll to burn the hand
With his deep and bitter brand,
But your joyous hearts above
Wear the shining marks of love.
For the tree OF lie is high,
And its branches touch the sky,
But without the golden fruit
Are your lips forever dry,
And We perish by the root.
Only toll the prize may grasp,
Though it wither in his clasp,
Love to reach is incomplete,
But her touch will make it sweet.
katherine Lee Bates.