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Tfe cissnpnesso d tho sapiilt Missionary
rlsoyeroshrfc hurches.

Tie GltrnfltsNpt tho hAptf4t NN1ntphhf1
work 0yeroshrr Churches.
Tine.
An esteemed religious contemporary
has published some sery. interesting Stats
tics eorcefning foreign missionary work,
The5s .atiSties may well fllthe hosons
q our Baptist friends with pride. since
they appear 10 show that Baptists are far
more successful than tile members Of any
other denomination in securing heathen
converts! The combined heather eon-
iyerts now connected with missionary
stations under the charge Of the Pres;
ibyterians, Congreg ationalists, Atethodtsts,
iChrisLians, aud Episcopa number
7S.74l while the Baptists alone have 1l3,-
"a heather TO their credit. Thus the
iBantists have made 81 l9more converts
than .haye been made by all the other
prominent religious bodies, and, as will
be presently shown, at an extremely
cheap rate. (.
Our esteemed contetnpo fary In passing
tothe discussion Of the cost Of converts
prints the following table:
I Added Ayeage
"a During Cost per
DennminAtl lon, y q u Z the Year Convert.
ChIEstIan JCampb ellits ssS e Y
EpiScopAl = ~ ~
Methodist 5I,s ~
Ptesby SiVes t y
ro,s, =s.7s9 eCa 81
81 o5
From this table It appears that Baptist
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and used his claws quite iteelsin theehoft
4, retain his balance Tie mailer threw
sI6wni his hammer and Jumped TO on side
mn nifoxysm 81 fright. he siterwlfd
said that he thought fora moment that
tie Old Nick had got him tllhis e gu (
give the Girls N Equal Chance.
~ tsss.s
An eminent French writer has said,
tyYhen you educate q boy, yoii perhaps
educate d man but, when you educate Q
gill, you are laying the tonndat ion ior the
education Of d family. He might have
added that 10 this end the physical tram
Ing was Of equal imp rtance tothe mental:
In these daystlie subject oil the physical
training Of Young men is occupying much
attention. and the discussions are broad
and full ofintefest. The fanlt is, that the
needs ofbothaexes inthis respect are not
equally considered. 8 Y 5 4.
Anefect figure, an organism IN 5which
the proces OF lie mayo on without the
ceaseless discord Of functs ons Of war with
each other because OF abnormal relation
in short, the added advantages which 9
fine physical adjustment gives % US PCS.
sessor-are as necessary 10 one sex ~ W
the other, and for the same reasons.
II physical education and consequent
improvement are things 70, be desired, u Is
not that q number Of individuals IS 9 re-
suit Of this training shalls be able to per
form certain feats Of strength and agility
but in It's broadcast sense Il is for the linz
,proyement of the race, and the race can
not materially advance physically, intel
lectually. or morally unless the two factors
which constitute the race share equally In
whatever tends TO its greater perfection,
Therefore, II in consequence OF proper
physical training men can 90 more Sork,
| i've longer, and transmit to their offspring
| n shareof this improved condition, women
AIS should be 90 trained that they can,do
more work, liyelonger, and contribute to
the highest possibilities Of their offspring
/ by experimenting instead Of thwarting the
promise which has been presupposed ~
the Acknowledgement OF the male parent
| T7la J go ~ -'7Ll4
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swlft netrlbutioa.

'Caleigo itfrutd.
;.'oilicer, You say: this man was drunk on
the street, wllooping and using slang and
quoting bad poetry TO the passers.byY
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OF a Youth who wore Blue Specs.

Bangor cammatial. &,
A party Of Bangor men went out fishing
ashort time since and one OF them to pro.
tect his eyes wore blue glasses. On arriy.
ing at the scene Of the fishing the horse
was stabbed and the man with the blue
glasses was detailed TO give the animal q
feed 81 hay. .Hewent 10 do this and after
being absent q half hour or more returned
and reported that there was no hay In the
= Why N said one Of tho party, there are
tons oft there
"You are mistaken said the young
nwho wore blue glasses there Is moth.
ing there except straw !,
The party examined the stable and
found hay in abundance.
The laugh was on the young man'who
wore glasses.
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Lave Hcllaise q 2siof. u. Tor summetncid!
lspaitliE AfflInitI lllaiIsi llls ~: indbiisfNI
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ORGANIC weakness. or loss Of powerin
either sex, howeverinduced, speedily and
permanently cured. Enclose three letter,
stamps for book OF particulars. Worlds
Dispensafy Medical Association, Buffalo,
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Commissioners Sale.


\ CloAIM1SsIoNER'S SALE OF VAN.
W ABLE PROPERTY.
State Of West Virginia, Ohio County, InthsCSs
cult Court for said county.
70. p. Brown, Administrator Of the1
estate OF Philip MetInes, de- y,
ceased, a4 In ChAncr,
Matilda MetxncE aud othcs.
By.yirtue Of q decree Of said Court In Ne an,
ranse entered IN Part i, on the Sd day d jlass'.
1855, the undersigned, appollted, q Special d
missioner for the purpose will sell ct publio -
ton at the front door Of the Court HG1se d 81
county, on
SATURDAY, TIE 18Th DAY OF FRBRUARy,isa
commencing at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, The ioIloEtagm
T,1il That portion Of the lots Numbered Il Nh
OF the addition 70 the City of Wheeling hil 0sIg
John Eof aud William ChRplIne, situate nd.
Filth ward Of said city, on which, Is situated u
ner At the time Of his death, which lOttioa tra1
on Main street twenty. FIVE feet and extends hetkn
the alloy In tho rear Of said lot one hundred n
twenty feet.
A1so, The twenty two feet In front OF be oa.A.
ern side Of the south hall oi The lot Numbered q
hundred aud thIrty.thfce oil the addition % q
City Of Wheeling laid out by John E01and Villa
Chapline. Of the uniform width Of aid ttO1l aa,
rear Of said lot, In the Fifth ward, and 0a thetA
side OF the Market Square, In what & kn0Eau
Centre W heelIng In said city.
ALSO, the north half OF Los number RTtntJtIla
on tho cast side Of Main street, between IEn.s
Laid out by John Eof and William Chaplins 90.
City OF Wheeling, In OHIO county, West VtEgiE4
Said pieces OF property will be sold sefaatelL
TERMS or HAIK-0ne third Of tho purchase lllf
and rs much more rs the purchaser shall tleesp
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MlYhat m van writn9'.

5"What do you writer
Honor a5tr I'm He gSnIs% gaap Thss
for a big publishing house"
ooh, you are. Well, that alters the.
case. Did ] say ten days? Well call II
six MONTHS
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eyes, sir. I'm the boss poet Of this
country, 1 am. My works have the larg.
eel circulation. Everybody, heeled or
broke, tony or way down, has my poetry
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.atats aud Gaps s..

M ENTLEMEN's sILk AZ, AK y q.
AQFHATS renovated 70 pret.Gi'lsIr; ls'stssl Z,
lehaiFeS, by WIN. dIalowSky, he In El1 =
iPiltSbuiRlI, Pa. Leave your rhSslinE ~
lWoois,oa, u sIxtecplu tTeeh "Hs .,
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"But, Yer Honor, I'm a poet, and ]
don't want to be sent up.
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Aleu- Advertisements.

NXJAsTED-A GOOD GIRL 40 no
wv gtutfal hoptevork Must come ntll re
c6tunAndtd fnqniie " No 10 Ohio stsettl
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n osT MONDAY AFTERNOON on
IL Wheeling Island Hli Inglish PUG Dog. 1he
Under Will b suitably rewarded ~ leaving s1tne
IL No ~ Main ttiet. y lcl3
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OPERA HOUSE.
!. , s4 ssB February 81 and 28.
ma. EststErs eREATEsr SUCCESS
irtRsr APPEARANCE or

50 U r g II s e = 2,
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olye I'D eIII. 8 l.qaal oAanee.
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Local and through tiek6ia are sold Ma an tho
SsFees III iy youf tiSfets thSfc. -
, 1885-09-23
NOTICE..

SPN accordance with orders from
- the Government of the Danish
West India Islands, the following
articles, to be deIiUered according as
required for the STATE TREASURES ESTATES
from 1st October 1885 to 3Ist March
1886. are hereby put up to public
competition, viz:
For Estates Work & Rest &c.
From I4-25 puns. best Brandywine
COrnmeal,
$40 M. Boston Shingles,
Circo 80 yds, Bamboo,
" bolt Canvass,
" 2 sides Harness Leather,
] dozen English dung forks,
" / dozen English ShOvels,
" 3 gallons Harness Oil,
" 10 bbls. Danish Oilmeal, 10
dozen W. p. Boards,
2 dozen pieces PIP. JOists,
l piece Hardwood, 5 Cappa
Posts, 200 lbs. assorted sizes
wrought Nails,
6 bars of Iron.
. dozen Lyndon's No. 3 Cane
Bills,
2 dozen Lyndon's best No. 8
Hoes,
2 pounds Saddler's sewing
Irvine,
Is fathoms Manila rope,
25 do. Tar do.
2 gallons Paint Oil,
9 dozen Grass Knives,
6 quires writing Paper,
Is blank Reports,
Is lbs. Amer. H. S. Nails,
25 lbs. Intoxicating Grease,
- Plough Socks.
, 1885-09-23
PrOklama.

"A LIE og Enhver, som have
- Noget at fordre paa Skillet
efter afg. Kanalarbeider PIERRE
CAUDINA indkaldes herved med
3 Maaneders Varsel til for under
tegnede Skifteret at anmelde og be-
visliggj0re deres Krav.
LigeIedes indkaldes med Aars og
Days Varsel Afd0des Arvinger efter
Loven til at anmelde og l%egitimere
sig, SAINT varetage deres Tarv under
Skiftebehandlingen
st. Thome Skifteret, den 18de Septem-
Der 1885.
MAXEN.
est.
, 1885-09-23
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CTLO
80
~ FTER Begjaring af Christian
- steds Skifteret som behand-
lende Boet efter afgAngne JAM S
CORNELIUS vii den BOet til
hOrende
HALVDEL AT
EIENDOMMEN
No. % ~Compagnigade

NO. rs ComPagnlgade
i Christiansted blive opraabt til
Bortsalg we'd 3 offentlige Aucti0ner
i Inconsistencies med Placat
22de April 1917.
Au%ctionerne afholdes paa under
tegnede AuctiOnscontoir ON Efter-
middagen Kl. l slet son f0Eger:
1sIe Auction L0rdagen den Tide
October 1875.
2den Auction L0rdagen den Site
October 1885
3die Auction L0rdagen den 14de
November 1885.
Conditionerne, VurderingSforret-
%nin9en SAINT andre Salget vedkom,
mende Documenter Vile vBre til
EfterSyn paa Auctionscontoiret
Denne Acknowledgements tjener til
lige til Efterretning for Panthaverne
i Hcnhold til Placat 22de April
1917.
ChriStianStedS AuctionScOntOir, st. Crolx
den ode September 1888.
NJ. R. NYSSUM,
est.
, 1885-09-23

COR Estates Sion Farm &
Peters Rest.
rom 1925 puns. best Brandywine
Cornmeal,
5 to 25 NJ. do. Boston Shin
giles,
Urea ! dozen English dung Forks,
/ do. do. Shovels,
2 sides Harness Leather,
IL Plough Socks,
" IL dozen W. p. Boards,
pieces p. p. Lumber,
" $50 pounds assorted sizes
wrought Nails,
1 piece Gregory Wood,
/ do. Fustic do,
6 Oappa posts,
IL bars of Iron.
SO lbs. lubricating Grease,
3 gallons Engine & Harness
Oil,
5 do. Paint Oil,
lbs. Lamp Black,
25 lbs. 2nd qt. White Lead,
Is lbs. Red Lead,
5 lbs. packing Rope,
" 2 dozen Lyndon's best No. 8
Hoes,
2 dozen do. DO. NJ. 3
Bills,
Is lbs. H. S. Nails,
100 lbs. Tar Rope,
2 barrels pond Salf,
Is barrels Danish Oilmeal,
dozen Grass Knives,
rs blank Reports,
20 yards Bamboo, 1 bolt Can
Vase,
2 pounds SaddIer's sewing
Irvine,
IT -, n m ~
, 1885-09-23
estate TREAsURY's ESTATES

to be forwarded to the Government
on or before the Goth inst. contain
ing a statement of the price of each
article to be delivered. The tenders
will be opened on THURSDAY LIST
October proximo Mt 3 o'clock p. m. in
the Cover nment Secretary's Office in
the presence of the parties concerned.
The Government reserves the right Of
deciding within 8 days after, which
of the 8 lowest tenders shall be &C
cepted.
Any article or articles advertised
for according to notice in ST. Cro;r
AviS of 3rd March 1885, by which
CCIPCF") articles were likely to
be required to Both September 1885
for these estates, if not all required to
that time will not be called for after
tenders have been accepted in the
present instance.
C~hristiansted, st. Croix 21st September
1885.
JAS. P. BRULEY,
Inspector Of State Treasury's Estates.
, 1885-09-23
House & Lot No. % Com
pany Street

fJ
in Christiansted will be offered for
sale at 3 public auctions in accord.
ance with the Placard dated 22nd
April 1917.
The auctions to be held at the
undersigned Auction Office at l
o'clock p. m. as follows:
1st Auction on Saturday October
18th 1885.
End Auction on Saturday October
31st 1885.
Ord Auction on Saturday NOvem-
Der l4th 1885.
The Conditions, Appraisement
and other documents relating to the
sale may be see at this Auction
Office,
This advertisement also serves as
notice to the mortgageholders in
conformity with the Placard 22nd
April 1917.
!, Christiansted's Auction Office, ST CrOix
September 22nd 1885.
NJ. R. NYSSUM.
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WAIT BROTHERS.
PILES! FiLELII Ps.ES!!!

A sure cure for Eliud, bleeding,
Itching, aud liberated Piles, has been
discovered by DR.. William, tan Indian
remedy )called DR. WILLIAMS INDIAN
OINTMENT. A single box las cured
the worst chronic eases of twenty-five
years. standing. No one need suffer
five minutes after Supplying this Won
derful soothing medicine. Lotions and
instruments dn more harm than good
Williams Ointment ;,hsorbs the tu-
nors, allays the intense itching, (par-
ticularly at night after getting warm
in bed,) acts rs p"uitice, gives in
slant and painless relief, and is pre-
pared only for Piles, itching of the
private parts, AMI for nothing else.
For sale by Fl. Waterman, and mail
ed ~ r"cri,h - t,rit" ~. M
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mr. Garland was educated ut st. Mary's and
st. Joseph 3 College i'll X kcutGcliy. He was ad-
mittcd to tho pruct at law In 1853 in WASH
ington, Ark. In lSsi h" went to Little Rock.
He was member of the State Convention In
1861 that passed thr ordinance of secession.
Later in that year he WIS elected member
of the Provisional Congress of the Confcder-
acy that met mt Montgomery, Ala. He was
after that made IL member of tho Lower
House of the Confederate Congress when
it met at Richmond. Garland was later Al
member of the Confederate Senate
and was in that body Mt the time
tho Rebellion closed. His people in 1857
elected him to the United States Sonata. He
was refused admission there because the
State was not then regularly admitted back
in the Union. He made Il Nat onal reputa-
ton by raising the conStitut, ,Onality OF the
law requiring lawyers to take the test oath
before being permitted 10 practice in the
United States Courts. lie won his case, and
followed the practice of law until 1874. He
was elected GovcrnOp OfArkansas, and by his
great GOODNESS and judgment was influential
in settling the dispute in that Stnto az TO
which faction should control the State Gov
ernmont. He was elected to the United
States Senate In lS7G, succeeding Powell Clay
ton. He was reelected in 1883.
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way, da ss.. in $780, graduated at Yale Col
lego ing $685. at the Harvard Law School in
lSS4 uIa itthen went TO New York. where he
was admit ted to the bar. Whitney devoted
himself without delay to getting into politics,
end theresly became the Corporation Coun-
sel-an aIsJointive office-On the downfall of
the Tweed ring. In business he was success
full, and he made a considerable start to-
wards fortune when he gained so much more
of it at the altar, by HIS marriage to a daugh-
ter Of Senator Payne, of Ohio. that his
own accumluation at the bar was instg-
njficant by contrast. He was, in a sense,
during his carly political career protege of
Samuel J. Tilden, for whom he labored hard
in 1876, and into whose Cabinet he would un-
cuessionably have gone had the Sage of
Greystone been elected. his prosperity In a
business sense had been so good from the
outset of his career that be has had no temp
tation to seek public Office for the sake of
Taoncy. In poiitics he IL wonderfully clever
at organizing aud promoting measures for
definite objects This quality was shown po-
teutly in the Chicago Convention which labo-
rously nominated Cleveland Whitney was
doubticss as influential Us Dan Manning in
bringing the Cleveland venture to success
full issue. 1t WAS he who nullified the Hen
drioka boom and he who beat Villas with Hen
dricks for the SECOND place oh the ticket.
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with the exception OF tIto years-ls55 and
not pleased with the result of his expert
ment, and returned at the end of the two
years to Wilrn ngton. The only Office that
he ever held before he was elected % the
Senate in l6i9 was the Office of District At
tOrney of Delaware, which Office he held
from 1853 to l&4 He was ranked as one OF
the best lawyers of Delaware. He is one of
the most regular of Senators in his attend
ance upon the sessions of the Senate. There
Is no debate so dull US to drive out Mr.. Bay
ard. He is one of the Senators who are
nearly always to he found in their seats and
he listens carefully to II great many very dry
speeches. He is one of the bestlnformed
Senators in the body about everytlh ing re-
lnting to its rules and methods of doing bust.
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DANIEL j. MANNING.

Mr.. Manning, the appointee for Secretary
of the Treasury, was born in Albany in 1881.
His father died a few years after his birth,
leaving his widow, son and daughter unpro-
yided for. When nine years of age Dan be-
gan to earn his own living as an errand-boy
i'll the Argus Office, and 1t was there that he
acquired all his education and experience.
Mr. William j. Cassidy, the owner OF thp ar
gus. was not slow in discovering the peculiar
talents Of his errand-boy, and made him II re-
porter before he was fifteen years Old. Man
ming acquired in this position an extensive
acquaintance with public men, as the AIuus
office was then the headquarters of the
Northern Democracy. All through the war
Senate, and also all political c""vesl-
New York. At tho death OF Cassid ISL
Company, and improved its business facili-
ties in skillfui manneE. He also took an
active part in the management of the Com
mercial National Bank. At present Manning
has Withdrawn from the active management
OF the Argus and devotes himself to the
management Of the Commercial National
Bank, OF which he has been President for
several years. Born u Catholic, he gradually
drifted into the Episcopal Church. of which
his first wife was membe AMI both of his
sons, who hold important positions on the
Ar1glts, belong to this denomination. His
daughter, however has remained Catholic.
Hia first wife died about four years ago. and
about three months ago he ventured again
onto the sea of matrimony, leading to the
altar Miss Fryer. the only daughter of an
Albany dry goods prince, and thereby OBJ
tanned more prominent position Ia society.
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Special Notice!
OFFICE OF
Rockford Watch Co.,

ROCKFORD, ILL, May 18th, 1854.
Referring to the fact that we have
appointed WAIT BROTHERS., of
Ravenna, Sole Agents for the sale of
our Quick Train Railroad Watches in
Portage County, Ohio, we desire TO say
that no parties other than WATT Bros.
or their employees, are authorised to
offer these Goods for sale In the terri
tory indicated and that no warranty
whatever attaches to our goods when
offered for sale by others than our duly
authorised agents. Our goods are sold
directly from the factory. and only
through competent and well known
dealers.
AS the movements leave our hands
carefully adjusted and regulated for
immediate use, we hold ourselves di-
rectly responsible to the wearer of the
watch for its satisfactory performance,
BUT ONLY WHEN SOLD BY OUR CHOSEN
AGENTS. We unders' and the extraor-
diuary guarantee of excellence made
by WAIT BROs aud given out bS
Them to the public, and are prepared
to make good the assertions of our
representatives in that particular.
Very respectfully,
ROCKFORD WATCH co.
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THE ADMINISTRATION.
Composition Of President Cgevelands Cab.
met.
Brief Biographical Sketches of the Cen
tlemen Whom President Cleve-
land Has Placed at the
Heads of the Do
partments.

President Cleveland's Cabinet, presented
30 the Senate on the 5th. is made up as
follows:
Secretary of State-Thomas 3. BayRr4, of
Delaware.
Secretary of the TreGsu7y-Daniei Manning,
of New York.
Secretary Of the IntertOr-L. Q. c. Lamar, of
Mississippi.
Secretary of Wdr-W. C. Endicott, of Massar
chuSettS.
Secretary of the NdUy-Willfam c. Whitney,
of New York
Postmdster-G Generdl-W. F. Villas, or WiSc0n
sin.
Attorney acknowledgements H. Garland, OF
Arkansas.
We arc Indebted to the Chicago Tribune for
the following cuts and brief biographical
Skafnhas.
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we have had the exclusive Sale of the
Rock ford Quick Train Railroad Watch
for the past three yeas. No OTHER
PARTY CAN BUY THEM FROM THE FAC
TORY. OR HAS ANY RIGHT TO SELL
THEM. II seems To us much like boys
play To get angry and advertise prices
because they cannot buy the goods
We trust the publication of prices will
continue thrnugh the whole list, as W.
have no money Ia advertise goods not
in stock. Such desperate Efforts will
not deceive any. The people know
that we have never cursed the place as
ready to be fenced in, because we were
going to leave it. They know that Wr
are not Il travelling experimental irsti-
tuition, and they will continue To buy
their Watches, Silver Ware, etc., OF
the Old Reliable Ravenua jewelers.,
SwiiL's Block.
WATT HROTH ERS
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L. O. c. LAMAR.

Mr.. Lamar is forty-nlne years of age; He
is one of the scholars OF the South, and has
had, probably. IL wider range of experience
than any of his Southern associates He is
q native of Georgia, and is related to the
family Of Howell Cobb and other equally
a short term in Congress before the war, but
he made no particular mark then. His
eulogy of Charles Sumner gave him instantly
a National reputation. Mr.. Lamar was edu-
Gated at oxford, Ga, and graduated ut
Emory College in that State. He studied
law at Macon. Ca, and was admitted TO
the bar in 1857 He soon after removed to
since. Here he has been lawyer, planter,
and professor during long term of years.
He was first Professor of Mathematics, and
after the war was Professor of Political
Economy and Social Science. From 1867 un-
til his election to the Forty-third Congress
he was Professor of Law. He only served
part of the Forty-fourth Congress, when he
of the Rebellion he Gas, uGtil 1869, 2
Lieutcnant-Colonel in Mississippi Eegi-
ment In that year he was sent Us the Min
lister of the Confederate Government to
Russia Mr.. Lamar ia q widOwer. and has
no fortune outside of his official salary. He
above five feet ten, with q large, we'll
rounded figure. His head is large and
thickly covered with grayish-brOwn hair
wh;3h falls in straight parallels upon each
side OF II s face into u long roll which curls
in at the back of his neck. HIS forehead is
high and narrow. His eyes are browa ana
deeply set. His nose is straight. The lower
molstache and heavy chin whiskerS. His
5o,qplaxipn is very sallow. He has the con-
templ;,tlvG aiP Gf g student and is fond of
solitude and reflection,