Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-04

Office and back twice every day, and they
are mile apart.

The latest story about Senator Stewart
goes that Mr.. Dolph challenged the use of
the word 'fntrinsio" in Q peculiar sense In
one of the Nevada statssman's speeches,
and declared that Webster did not sanction
such q usage "Websteri What websterI''
growled the apostle of 16-to.1 free coinage.
"Webster's dictionary" responded the
mild-mannered Dolph. "Webster's die
tionary" sjsculatsd Stewart with profound
contempt. Don't quote Webster's die
tionary to me. Every schoolboy in Amer
lea knows that 1t is nothing but q mass of
jumbled words"
The man who fred upon the brokers at
Chicago Is a lunatic, but he LIS not as luna
tic as he might be. He says: "You zee,
when Jones conspired with Dante to sell
my character on change It became neces-
ssry for man already elected to give my
enemies an idea of what hell was. In this
struggle for existence wild yelps are neces-
cary to virtue. The hypnotic influence of
good leaden bullets, taken in conjunction
with the spleen aroused by the attempts of
electricity to supersede sewing machines.
tends to eradicate baseball fever and draw
sufferers to more perfect civilization"
Chauucey Depsw makes many jokes and
occasionally finds himself called upon to
take one. He had to take a good one when
he received letter from q southern clergy
man who heard that Chauncey " Depew
was advising his fellow-Americsns to go to
the worlds fair, even If they had to run in
debt to do 1t, and wrote: GAS 1t comes from
such high authority have no choice but
to believe what you say. have been
laboring hard in the Cords vineyard in the
South for twenty-five years, and have
never had holiday. 1 was always afraid
to go in debt, but SIS your advice is general
1 thought 1 would ask you to loan me
$780,"
A number of Photographic plates taken
by a former Washington photographer,
Alexander Gardner, during the WAT, have
recently been found in that city and are of
much interest Included in the collection
are plates of Lincoln, Sumner, Stanton,
Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Grant, Mcclellan,
Beecher, Agsssiz and many others, all from
life. There Is also one of John Wilkes
Booth, which is thought to be g copy, as
Ed win Booth bought up and destroyed all
the negatives of the assassin known to be
in existence. OF Mr.. Lincoln there are
negatives in FIVE or six different positions.
Many of the photographs are of officers
and soldiers of the Armies of the Potomac
and the Cumberland and Federal officials
prominent in wartime
A man who has studied steps says that
quick steps are indicative of energy OF agi-
tation. Tiptoe walking symbolizss sur
prise, curiosity, discretion or mystery.
Turned in toes are often found in preoccu
pied and absent minded persons. The
miser's walk is represented as STOPPING,
noiseless, with short, nervous, anxious
steps. Slow steps, whether long or short,
suggest gentle or reflective state of mind,
as the case may be. The proud step is
elow aud measured; the toes are conepicu-
Ousl1 OusI ShO ieSo
Where a vengeful purpose be hidden under
a feigued smile the step will bs sinking
and noissless. The direction of the steps,
wavering and following every changing i'm
pulse of the mind, invariably bstrsys un-
certainty, hesitation and indeclsion. OBJ
stinate people. who in an argument rely
more on muscularity than on intellectual
power, rest the feet fiat and firm on tine
ground, walk heavily and slowly, and
stand with the legs firmly planted and far
apart.
The Independent O:der of B'nai Birth, or
Sons of the Covenant, will commemorate
its fftieth anniversary as an organization
in New York city next week. This order
was founded for social, religious, charitable
and political purposes. Its mission is to
unite Israelities sin promoting their high
eat interests and those of humanity; of
developing, slevating aud defending the
mental and moral character of the race, OF
intoxicating the purest principles of philan-
throphy, honor and patriotism, of support
ing science and art, alleviatiug the wants
of the poor and needy, attending the sick,
coming to the rescue of victims of psrsecu-
tion, and providing and assisting the
widows and orphans" This society was
founded by Henry Jones of New York. in
1S43, and during its half century of eI-
istence, has extended to all parts of the
globe, and numbers in its membership
the most wealthy and eminent Israelltes
in the world Delegations will be in at
tendance from all the lodges In this coun-
try, aud from Germany, England, Syria,