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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-22

AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House to-day
were Senators Allison, Wilson. Lapllam Pike and
Po"en and Representatives. Hopkins wilkins
Hf-Wer. G1ff. Henderson 'ull). Davis Cannon
Morse Hart Ohio and Raymond.
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a We,meri.t,s TrOuble~.

TRENTON. y. j.. Jan. 22.-Dr. sherman, the me-.
merist. who was attacked by Princeton College
students onfhe 12th instant. went before the grand
Jury here yesterday 10 secure an indictment but
the Jury found no bill against them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-22

A MORNING MAss-MEETING OF BRICKMAKERs.-The
hail OF the Federation OF Labor corner OF 4k street
and Penn. ave-, was well filled this morning
with members OF the Brickmakers Union. who held
meeting for the purpose OF enlarging their men,
bership and strengthening their union: There
A. Smith, occupied the chair, and A j. Wells acted
as secretary. Speeches were made 10y Messrs.
Brown Liverpool, Smith, Gorden, Webs, Virgins,
HQrner. Nelson Hobbs and McNicQl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-22

Hon. Thomas Humphreys and ChaA r. Holland
are mentioned as successors OF Senatorelect Wilson
on the bench OF wicomico county, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-22

DEATH OF NAVAL OFFICER.-COmmodore Tim
othy A. Hunt U.SN., died of congestion OF the
kidneys yesterday, at his residence In New Haven,
Conn. aged q Years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-22
President Arthur.s Health.
Washington Correspondence n Y Sun.

Washington Correspondence n. y. Sun
When the President is not going to get married
he is always going to die. Ii is the turn OF the
dying report. 1t is gravely circulated that the
President has eaten nothing since last July; that
on his trip to the Yellowstone. while the other
members OF the party had appetfUes like alligators
and digestons like ostriches the President lived on
q cracEer a day, and people say now. ''See how
gray he is getting Well, that's his liver, or his
heart, or digestion. or something. The fact Is. the
President rides horseback every day, and is as
well as he ever was in his life. Ii the republican
managers who want 10 run him for President wish
TO XIII OF these reports about his health they should
induce him to call on some lady I'm Washington.
Then the marrying rumors Will come up again, and
1t will be Miss FrelnghuySen or some one else
instead OF his liver, and Mrs. Wadsworth or some
other beauty instead or his heart.
THE KENTUCKY SENATORIAL DEADLoCK.-Eight
ballots were taken In the Senatorial caucus at
Frankfort, KY, yesterday, without change, except
that one vote Carlisle In one OF the bal
lots. The Louisville members were not influenced
by the public petitions and public meetings held
for that purpose. The ballot stood: Williams, 52
Blackburn, As; Sweeny, "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-22

THE PRESIDENT Will go to New York this after
noon to attend the annual banquet of the Union
League club Tomorrow Secretaries Fretnghuv-
sen. Foigtr and Teller and the presidential par =
VII oe joined il NV York by Attorney General
Brewster, WHO is now in that city. The preside-
tlal party will be absent but few days.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

~ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HORTICULTU-
~ RAJ SOCltTi-The annual meeting will be
held on WEDNESDAY EVENING. january %, 1884. 1T
German Hall No sos 1lth street northwest at O'Clock.
yoHS r. Brown, ESQ, will deliver an essay on The
Beauties OF Washington TERRITORY"
Ihe pubilc are Cordially invited to attend.
jazz 2t JOHN r c. CLARK Sec'y pro tenn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-22

"TECKNIcM" BLUNDER.-A clerk in the Treas
ury department who recently passed the civil ser
vice examination has since distinguished himself
communication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-22

PERsoSAL-Baron Won Alphen, OF the Neither
lands legation, and Hon. d. L. Yulee were registered
IN New York last evening. Drum and 60
Sheridan have returned from PhiladelDhta-Mrs
r H. Smith and Miss Smith, OF Washington, wert
REGISTERED at Jacksonville ON Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-22

CLAIMS ALLowED.-The Secretary Of the Treasury
to-day forwarded to the Speaker of the House OF
Representatives lists OF LII claims arising under
the act OF July 4, 1854 which have been examined
and allowed by the proper ACCOUNTING ofilcers since
January 5, 1883, amounting to S229,171. These
CLAIMS are for supplies taken by the army during
the rebellion - =. 800
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AN UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH.-The Navy depart
ment Is Informed that the U. s. tug Triana arrived
at the New York navy yard yesterday after an url-
successful search for the wreck OF the Harriet
smith Off the southeastern coast OF Long Island.
II IS supposed that the four torpedoes exploded in
tne wreck by the Triana recently broke Il up so
that 1t has disappeared and Is longer an obstruc-
t1Ol to safe navigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-22

COUNTERFEITER ARREsTED-The Treasury de-
partment has been Informed Of the arrest. at Day.
export. Iowa, Yesterday, OF John Haney for passing
counterfeit dollars. fNe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-22

EX-JUDGE FISHER TURNED Up PAGAN.-Ex-Judge
George P. Fisher. OF Delaware, is applicant for
the seat on the bench of the United States court in
the Delaware district, made vacant by the death Of
Judge f. q. Bradford
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-22

PosTMAsTERs CoMMISSIONED.-Commiss were
issued to-day to L. L. Beatty, postmaster at Ingle-
side, Nd: Geo. w. Cohee, American Corners. Md.
A. Dumer, Fullerton. Nd; Susan J. Hughs, Fancy
Pattonviile, Va: A. S. Asbury, Roanoke Va: w. c.
Giles, Falrview, Va " "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-22

ADMITTED TO PRACT1CE.-The following were ad-
mitted to practice In the United States Supreme
Court, yesterday: F. E. Johnston, Of Napa city,
Cal: Henry G. Atwater. OF New York city; John
ODaE, of Springfield. Mo: Alexander j. Falls. OF
thiS city. and Charles B. Wilby, OF Cincinnati Ohio
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SUBDIVISION OF MR.. SPRINGER'S COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Springer offered resolution In the House
yesterday afternoon in behalf Of the committee on
expenditures In the Department of Justice, asking
that that committee be increased to nine members
and divided into three subcommittee, each OF
which shall have authority to send for papers and
persons, and employ stenographer and such other
assistance as necessary. The resolution raised a
spirited debate. Mr. Kasson opposed the resolu-
tfOn, and 1t was defended by Messrs. BelfOrd and
White MI. White (epublican) said that he believed
that thousands Of dollars OF public money had been
stolen by government officials, and he hoped moth
ing would be put In the way OF thorough investi-
cation. He said that he thought that II the matters
were thoroughly investigated the governor OF Utah
whisky ring here last Congress would be landed
in the penitentiary instead OF holding government
positions
Mr. Springer modified the resolution so as to limit
the expenditure to s. 200, and it was adopted
SWEEPING LAND GRANT RESOLUTION,
Mr.. Holman introduced resolution In the House
declaring it to be the sense Of the House that all
public lands granted to states or corporations to
aid in the construction OF railroads, SO far as are
subject to forfeiture by reason OF the non-funll-
ment Of the conditions, ought to be declared for
feited and restored to the public domain. The reso-
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NAVAL ORDERs.-Paymaster Fl. g. Colby. ordered
to duty on the store ship Monongahela, 1st OF
March; Samaker G. D. Macy, TO the training ship
Minnesota; Lieut.. James NJ. Grimes, detached from
the PoWhatan. 25th Instant, and placed on sick
leave: Sailmaker Charles F. Tallman from the Sar-
at9ga, and placed waiting orders: Sailmaker
J"nn Martin, from the training snip Minnesota,
ana ordered TO the training ship Saratoga.
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ARMY ORDERs.-Capt. Cyrus s. Roberts, 18th in
1antry. Is relieved from further duty as a member
or the army retiring board at Whpple barracks
Prescott. A. T.: the leave OF Capt. James H. Spcr-
Ger. fth Infantry. is extended three months on ac-
count or sickness Capt. Carl +. Paifrey. corps of
engineers, Is ordered TO report in person. The
p.lliol OF MS present leave OF absence. to Lieut..
Col. David G. Houston. corps of engineers. NiIWall-
kee, Wis. Tor duty under his orders.
New Ulm weekly review., 1884-11-26

narrated that the press was stopped
again and again, after a whole edition
Of the Spectator had been thrown off,
in order that its author might make a
slight change in sentence.
Tom Moore, with all his wonderful
brilliancy, considered it doing very
we'll if he wrote fifty lines of his ''Lalla
Rookie in week. Hawthorne was
slow in composing. Sometimes he
could write only what amounted to
half dozen pages a week, often only
a few lines in the same space of time,
and, alas, he would frequently 20 to
his chamber and take his pen, only to
find himself wholly unable to perform
any literary work. The author of
pleasures of hope'' was slow of
thought, and consequently his mode Of
composition was toilsome in the high
est degree. He wrote extremely eau
tiously, weighing and shaping the
effect of each particular line before he
permitted it to stand.
Bret Harte, whose creations read as
If they had come from his brain with
out a flaw OF hindrance, showing bril-
liancy of thought, with the grace of
the artist, is still another writer who
passes days and weeks on a short story
or poem before he is ready to deliver it
into the hands of the printer. So, too,
with Bryant. Though in reality the
sum total of his poetry might be in
cluded in small volume, so few are
his lyrics we cannot fail to be impressed
with the truth of the statement when
we are told that even these few gems
of verse cost our late Wordsworth
hard toll to bring into being, and en-
dow with the splendor OF immortality.
Boston I1.0veIer.
New Ulm weekly review., 1884-11-26
An Extraordinary Offer.
To All Wanting Employment.

We want Live, Energetic and Capabls Agents in
every county in the United States ;.ld Canada to
sell patent article Of great merit, ITS NER.
IT'S An article having large sale, paying over
100 per cent. profit, having no competition, and on
which the agent is protected in the exclusive sale
by deed given for each and cvery-county he may
secure from us. With ali these advantages to our
agents. and the fact that it is an article that can
be snG to every hOuscOWner, it might not be ne
cessary to make an ''cXraordinarv ohel'' 10 Sc
to make it to show not only our confidence in the
merits OF our invention, but in its stability by
any agent that will handle it with energy. Onr
agents NOW at work are maxim" from $3.50 to 5000
to make our offer to all who arc out Of employ
ment. An agent that will give oar business a
thirty days trial and fail to clear at least 500 in
this lime above All expenses can return all goods
for them. Amy agent or General Agent who would
like ten Or more county, and work them
throgh b-agents for ninet' days. and fail to
clear at least $3.50 bO!c all expenses, can return
employer Of agents ever dared to make such Of.
lers, nor would We if we did not know that We
have agents that make more than double The
amount we guaranteed, and but two sales Il day
would give II profit Of over Sl25 month, and that
one of our agents took eighteen orders in one day,
Our large descriptive circulars explain our offer
fully and these wish TO send to everyone ont of
EN- oymeEt who will send us three one cent
sta Fps for postage. Send at once and secarc the
ag ,ncy i'll time for the boom, and go to work tho
tel named in extraordinary offer. We
| wc>lld like the address ofal the agents, sewing
| machine solicitors and arpenters in the country,
and ask any reader of this paper who reads this
offer, to send lis at the and address of al
such they know. Address at once, or you VIII lose
the best chance ever offered 20 those out OF
pirmoy oymcn to make II. oney.
EENNEE MANUFACTUEING Co., -
Smithf cid st III s!sl Pa
New Ulm weekly review., 1884-11-26
{Ccntin2tetl. .fror. |cso ,ccs:.l
How Watch Cases Gre Made.

A plate of SOLID GOLD II 2-lO karats
sine is soldered on each side Of 4 plate Of
hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
steel rollers. From this plate the various
parts of the cascs-backs, ccntcrs, !'cze:s: @tc
are cut and shaped BY dies and formers.
The gold is thick enough to admit OF all
kinl: Of chasing, engraving, ana engine
turning. ihc composition metal gives 1t
needed s,cayh, stiffness and solidiy, while
the ,w1tcz guarantee Of the manufacturers
rmranting each case to wear te"enty years
proves that it contains uN the gold that
can possibly be needed. This guarantee
is given from actual results, as n1any. OF
these eases have been worn perfectly smooth
hy wears Of use without wearing through
the gold. DUBUQUE, a. Dec. IA, 1880.
have used one Of your James Boss God Watch
Case. for &c ve,,tcon years. bought it secondhand
sNl know Of its having been used before got It,,
lut Go not know how long II looks good tor ten
wears longer. Did not suspect it Was 1a!let case
until so informed by jewc!er short time Fli!cc.
most chccrfully recommend yo}lr cases TO be al
ts.ty are rcp,escrtcl to lie, and more
O. AcCRANEY, De1' CO... ]E:. l;sr. 30 OiS. lo'oa.
snr! rc. STAMP 70 keystone Watch cass Factories, Pha.
Gc,l: a., a'sone Illustrated Pamphlet aho"'ns how
1.u:e. AMI Mcy siu..e 'i"tc! Gases are niadr
iTg be COj;t:7t2iet!.j 3
New Ulm weekly review., 1884-11-26
Politics AND POWDER.
What it costs to rum u Campaign.
Opinions Of u Fire W0rkS Iu0Ecer.

Rocheste: y. Y. Democrat
Five Million Dollars!''
Eyes, sir, five million dollars, Of
which two millions are spent for fire.
| works and three millions for uniforms,
etc, every presidential campaign.''
Thus said MIR. James Palmer, the
Rochester fireworks maker, to our re-
porters inquiry.
"Ihe average spent in off years for
fireworks is over one million dollars. y
"Do we import the bulk OF our fire
works''?
"No, sir, we import nothing but fire.
crackers. We make the rest in this
country. There are only ten fireworks
establishments in America"
| Upon invitation of Superintendent
Frederick Fitz Fichner, the reporter in
spectea the Palmer establishment not
without some fear and trembling al
first. When the superintendent said he
had been blown up twice, the reporter
furtively asked: a,;,=s
lis not this business a little rsky?'
Eyes I suppose it would be so con-
sidered by outsiders, but have encoun-
tered greater dangers than any l find
here and don't feel concerned"
81 don't quite catch your meaning?"
''Well, | have been i'll this business
many years and the constant though
unconscious nervous strain has caused
greater suffering than the explosions ]
have ''taken!' Many day l would be
very dizzy, and everything would get
dark. At other times l could scarcely
breathe from choking sensations. Then
my appetite left me and / grew thin.
weak, and lifeless. / WAS drowsv by
day and waNeful by night. My side
panied me, my back ached, my limbs
burned, / bloatcd fcarfully and one leo
got paralyZed. For ten months l sui
fered desperately, and two prominent
physicians gaye7me mp for dead man,
sure.
! ''You don't look it now?"
! ''No, that's so but it was q fact, lust
! the same. When found out nv troub-
le' | at once resortcd to Warmers safe
cure and dozen bottles put me in pos
session of the best health | ever expect.
ed to enjoy, and was pronounced in
curably sick with bright's disease. Il
is the most wonderful medicine in the
world"
''lndeed. You are fortunate man.
Is there any falling off in the fireworks
business this year??"
:'Not at all. On the contrary il
grows more popular every year, anc
this year we have done an extraordin.
ary business. The American people
are getting quite SIS fond of display as
the mercuriaI i'renchman. and they
manifest it by rockets and volcanoes
political banners, campaign uniforms
etc. l Ireckon that 100000 won
cover the incidental political expenses
of q presidential campaign.'
New Ulm weekly review., 1884-11-26

English temperance drinks must be
delightful beverages. Not long ago a
Yorkshire chemist was held up for SELL
ing decoction Of methylated spirits,
cardamons and ginger, which he cum
ningly called g the teetotaler's night
cap.' So many people took to wear
ing his "nightcaps," that an enterpris-
ing manufacturer bethought him of a
rousing mixture to counteract the ef-
feet. He called his competitive drink
ginger beer, but it was found to con-
tain lead and "copper" An analyst
writes Of it: "This sample contains a
very notable quantity Of lead, about II
grains to the imperial gallon hegoes
on to say that taken habitually-and be
it noted that people who drink these
things drink them habitually-''taken
habitually severe and even fatal symp-
toms of lead poisoning might ensue:' -
Another ginger beer contained nearly
three grains of lead per gallon, ''a
highly dangerous proportion" says the
chemist.
New Ulm weekly review., 1884-11-26
The Veto.

1t would be q gain for clearness of
thought if the word veto could be ban
ished from political discussion on both
sides OF the ocean. The use of that
word gives false conception of the
position of king, president, house of
lords, any person Or assembly to which
it is commonly applied. The word
veto is in place when one power of the
state whose active consent is not neces-
sary to an act has the purely negative
power OF stepping in to forbid that act.
1t is from the intercession of the Ro-
man tribune that the whole notion of
veto comes. The tribune had strictly
veto. His consent was not needed
to an act Of the magistrates, of the SEN
ate, or of the popular assembly; if he
held his peace the act took effect, but
he had the power Of stepping in with
his veto to hinder any act of any of
them from taking effect.
The principle of the Hberume veto
which belonged to each member of the
Polish diet was much the same But
the English king has iii theory, the
American president has in practice,
something more than mere veto. The
active consent of the king in all cases,
the active consent of the president in
all but one specified case, is needed
for all legislative acts of both houses.
The king or president never stands bv,
as the Roman tribune did whenever he
held his peace, and sees the acts OF the
the other powers take effect without
any reference to him. Still less does
the word apply to the action of co-ordi-
fn ,,I
If we say that the lords have a veto
on the acts of the commons, we must
also say that the commons have a veto
on the acts OF the lords. But in truth
the word is misapplied in both cases.
1t is not that either house has power
of stepping in to forbid the acts of the
other house which otherwise would
take effect; the two houses are co-or-
dinatc; neither can carry anything into
effect without the help of the other;
each needs the others active consent
to every act of legislation and to some
others. There is indeed real power
OF veto in those cases where certain ad-
ministrative acts are laid on the ta3,e>
of both houses which acts take effect
unless either house addresses the crown
against them.
But in the case Of ordinary legisla-
ton the word is misapplied, and TO
speak of ''the veto of the house OF
lords, " while we never speak of ..'the
veto of the house of commons, puts
the house of lords in a necdlessly in
vidious light. But when we have re-
formed our Aother house!' we may per-
haps find something for it to do besides
simply reconsidering acts of the COM
mons. 1t has been often remarked
that certain kinds Of questions, when
the lords can be got to forego their
dinners to discuss them at all, get bet
ter discussed in the lords than in the
commons. In reformed "other
house. many more measures might be
| brought in than are brought in in the
present house of lords. IN
the Contemporary Reviea0.
New Ulm weekly review., 1884-11-26
Elephantine Intelligence.

On one occasion I arranged with
mahout to bring up his elephant where
/ was standing, that [ might indicate
the work to be done, the mahout to be
absolutely silent. Standing by a six
foot log, beckoned to the mahout, and
up came the elephant. Arrived at the
spot, and being without chains, he
must have opined that dragging was
not intended. There remained, then,
pushing or carrying, the latter opera
ton being the one which the sagacious
creature saw was intended, for he pro-
ceeded at once with his awkward prep
arations for carrying it away. Through
out this test the mahout was absolutely
silent, and, as far as could see, quite
passive. The result of it was that the
elephant OWNED what I, a stranger,
wished it to do, and did it.
On another occasion I applied the
test to a difficult object, an eighteen
inch cube of teak, which the dear old
fellow at once arranged to carry off;
but how to do it he could not at first
determine. As his tusks diverged more
than eighteen inches, they were no
support, and the many sharp corners
of the cube sorely tried the delicate
trunk. After some failures, he man
aged to seize the fragment by the CEN
ter, and then raise tup below the tusks
against his lower lip. As he had vir-
tually accomplished the task, I discon-
tinucd the experiment, expressing my
satisfaction and delight to the man
ager, who somewhat damped my ardol
by informing me that the mahout,
while abstaining from use of voice OF
stick, might have conveyed his wishes
to the elephant by pressure with his
heels!
| But moments reflection increased
my admiration for the elephants intel.
ligence, for allowing that the mahout's
heels had pressed his side, how could
such pressure inform him that he was
neither to drag nor push, but carry:
Surely the mahout could not have pos.
sessed code of pressure-signals with
which he had indoctrinated the elephant
in prospect of curious visitors. If he
had, then it must have included voice
and stick signaling as well. to either o1
which I might have resorted. No;
believe the elephant acted independent
ly of signals, and reasoned on what he
had to do by what was laid before him
chambers Journal.
New Ulm weekly review., 1884-11-26
Spring Without Blossoms
Late in Life to Look for Joy-Yet
Never to Late to Mend.

Readers of Hawthorne's blouse Of Seven Ga
bles' will recall the paths with which poor Cliff
ford Pyncheon, who had been unjustly imrrsoll-
ed since his early manhood, said after his release
My life is gone, and where is my happiness: or!
give me my happiness But that could be done
only i'll part, CLEANS of warm sunshine occa-
sionally fall across the 8! oom Of a New England
autumn day.
In letter to NIessrs. Hiscocl< & Co., Mr.. L. H.
Titns of Pennington, N. j., says: Il have suf-
fered untold misery from childhood from chronc
disease of the bowels and diarrhoe, ACCOMPANIED
by great pain. sought relief the hands OF ply
sicans Of every school and used every patrit and
domestic remedy under the l have at last
found in PARkER'S TONlCa complete specific,
preventive and cure. AS your invaluable medi-
cine, which did for me hat nothing else could do
is entitled to the credit of my getting back my
happy days, chceriully and gratefully acknowl-
edge the fact"
Mr.. T.. S. Wells, who needs no introduction TO
the people Of Jersey City. adds: "The testm onial
of Mr.. Titus is genuine and voluntary; only he
does not adequately portray the suffering he has
endured for many years. He is my brcther-n-
law, and know the case we'll. He is now per-
fecty free from his old troubles, and enjoys heal
tn aad life, ascribing it all to PARKER'S TONIC
Uncqualed as an invigo,ant, stimulates all the
organs; cures ailmeuts Of the liver, kidneys and
all diseases Of the blood.
Dec 19-84.